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NEWS NOTES FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL CITY FORTUNES OF WAR WAVERING, Government Retakes Gracias, Rebels Threaten Puerto Cortez. Washington, July 15. Official ad vices which reached the state depart ment yesterday confirm the press re ports that the Honduran government forces have retaken the small town of Gracias, and add that they arc about to move to the more important city of Choluteca. To this extent the gov ernment appears to have the advan tage. On the other hand Honduras is menaced from the northern border. On the Caribbean sea border there are continually reiterated reports of attacks on Puero Cortez, while Gen eral l.ce Christmas, whom the state department officials style a soldier of fortune, is reported in the country just a few miles from Puerto Cortez. The force mentioned in one of the dispatches as being on a small island about in miles distant from Puerto Cortez is presumably the one from which an attack is feared. The state department is being fully .advised of the situation in the whole Central American district, but Mr. Dodge, the minister to Honduras and Salvador, explains that reliable infor mation is difficult to obtain. The United States and Mexican governments still continue to use their best efforts to keep peace in that part of the world, but have gone to the extent thus far only of offering their friendly mediation. The Amer ican cruiser Albany is now on its way from Panama to Amapala, the Pacific coast port of Honduras. PACIFIC COAST HIT. Dealers Do Not Get Chance to Bid on Supplies for Canal. Washington, July 17. Unless word is received from Colonel Goethels to day to the contrary, Pacific coast dealers will not be considered in the purchasing of supplies by the commis stary department of the canal com mission. Captain Beggs, general pur chasing agent for the Panama canal commission, in a statement given out yesterday, said that poor steamship service on the Pacific coast is respon sible for the decision. The Pacific coast merchants have requested that some of the supplies be purchased there and shipped to La Boca. Captain Beggs says that if supplies werfl purchased on the Pacific coast and there should be a failure to ship on a vessel it would be 20 days "before another shipment could arrive. On the Atlantic coast shipments can "be made every four days. Twenty davs is too long an interval for the shipment of fresh food, says Captain Beggs. but prunes and dried peaches might be purchased on the Pacific voast. Gunboats Ordered to Unrestville. Washington, July 18. Orders have been issued by the War department for the gunboats Vicksburg and Princeton to proceed at once around the horn to the Caribbean sea, a distance of 14,000 miles. Both vessel are out of com mission. The Vicksburg is at Mare Island and the Princeton is at Bremer ton. Conditions in Honduras are re sponsible for the rush. The gunboats will stop at Amapala, where the cruiser Albany is now stationed. 4)rders have also been issued for the gunboat Mari etta, now Jat Jamaica, to proceed at once to Porta Costa, on the Gulf coast. Balks at Canned Speech. Oyster Bay, N. Y., July .- -President Roosevelt has refused an offer to make speeches into the receiver of a talking machine for the purpose of making records for public sale. The president attended to official business this morning and this afternoon assist ed Mrs. Roosevelt in entertaining the members of the St. Hilda society of Christ Episcopal church. The society assists in the parish charitable cases, and Mrs. Roosevelt each year enter tains its members. Gunboats to go East. Washington, July 18. Acting Sec retary of the Navy Newberry has an nounced that the gunboats Princeton and Vicksburg, now at Bremerton and Mare Island respectively, on the Pa cific coast, will be brought to the At lantic in a short time. Both vessels are now out of commission. They will be fitted for the voyage and ad vantage will be taken of suitable -weather conditions to make the trip. They will be used for coast defense on the Atlantic. Increase Border Posts. Washington, July 16. Ambassador Creel, of Mexico, who has been in con ference with Acting Secretary of State Tiacon regarding the alleged violation of the neutrality laws along the Mex ican border, was given again the most positive assurance of the intentions of this government to prosecute all neu-traliK- offenders. An increase of the army posts on the border is possible, as Mexico already lias indicated her Intention of adding to the number. Knocker on Navy Visits President. Oyster Bay, L. I., July 18. Henry Iteuterdahl was the guest of President Roosevelt yesterday. This is the first time the writer has seen the president since his criticism of the navy. It is understood that Reuterdahl went over the whole article with the president and pointed out to him the basis of the criticism. Meyer for Secretary of State. Faris, )ulv 11. According to ad vices received here from Washington. William H. Taft recently announced to certain of his friends his purpose, if elected president of the United States, of appointing George von L. Meyer, at present postmaster general, . to be his secretary of state. WARSHIP TO GO SOUTH. American Vessel Sent to Honduras to Investigate Trouble. Washington, July 14. It was an nounced at the state department Sat urday that an American warship will be sent to Port Amapa'a, Honduras, to investigate the reports that Hon duras revolutionists are rapidly push ing forward with a view to capturing the city. These messages were re ceived at the state department Satur day. From the tenor t)f the tele grams, no apprehension is felt th;t the dispute will involve other Central American republics. Dispatches from Salvador Saturday state that a number of arrests of Sal vadorean revolutionists have been made by the Salvadorean government because it was thought they were aid ing the reva'ution. The Honduran government is evidently trying to suppress the distui bances. In accordance with the request of the state department, the bureau of navigation Saturdav afternoon issued orders to the protected cruiser Al bany to proceed at once to Amapala. The Albany is now at Panama, where she had gone from San Francisco to take "marines to preserve peace in the coming Panama elections. She will carry 100 marines to Amapala, the os tensible reason for her visit to the Central American port being a threat to the Honduran government to pre serve peace. After the Honduran rev olution is-quitted the Albany will take the marines to San Francisco. LABORERS PLAY MERCHANT. Ancient Game Worked Successfully by Means of Lying Passports. Washington, July 16 Acting on re ports showing that many Japanese who come to this country on passports in dicating that they are merchants or stu dents or members of some other branch nf the. exempt classes, later take their places as laborers, the government is planning " to increase the activity of agents keeping the immigrants under surveillance. The officials believe that Japan is using every effort to live up to her agreement not to issue passports to laborers, but there is little doubt that the regulations are continually evaded. It is believed that a careful watch on the immigrants after they have reached tins countrv soon will lead to a solution of the problem. The work of the immigration commis sion on the Pacific Coast under the direction of Professor F. C. Mitchell, whose headquarters are in San Fran cisco, is progressing successfully, ac cording to his reports, and he is to he ullowed more agents for field work. He :s folowing the immigrants and deter mining their social progress. He finds that Italians, Mexicans and Russians have showed marked advancement. Granddaughter of Carlisle Married. Washington. July 14. Miss Laura Carlisle, granddaughter of John G. Carlisle, former secretary of the treas urv in Cleveland's administration, was married last week in the rectory of Cathedral church to Lewis P Pitkin, of Boston. Rev. W. T. Russell, pas tor of the church, was the officiating clergyman. Only former Secretary Carlisle and William Kincaid Carlisle, father of the bride, were present at the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Pitkin Vt Washington immediately after the ceremony, and will travel until the middle of September. They will spend lie winter in either Washington or Boston. Keep Eye on Coreans. Denver, July 15 Secret service men are said to be watching the Corean patriotic convention in the chapel of Grace Methodist church, in this city, because of a report that the foreigners came to this country to learn army and war tactics for use in ''reeing their country from the domi nation of the Japanese, but there was no indication of such a purpose in the proceedings yesterday, which were entirely peaceful in their tenor. All Well on Nebraska. Washington, July 17. All are well on board the Nebraska, announced Commander-in-Chief Sperry, of the Atlantic fleet, in reporting the Ne braska's rejoining the fleet in a wire less telegram by way of Honolulu. Because of the appearance of scarlet fever on the Nebraska, that vessel left San Francisco two days later than the other 15 vessels of the fleet. Will Visit Oyster Bay. Washington. July 14. Senator Bourne has returned to Washington from a week spent in the North. At the invitation of the president, he will spend a day at Oyster Bay. his call being purely personal. He also wit nessed the boat races at Schnectady, and spent the rest of the week on the Hudson. He expects to leave in a few days for Bar Harbor. Will Attack Puerto Cortez. Washington, July 15. A dispatch received at the state department yes terday from Consul Brickwood. at Puerto Cortez renews the report that an attack upon Puerto Cortez by rev olutionists is imminent. General I.cc Christmas is reported within a few hours' distance with a revolutionary force, and another force is on a small island 18 miles away. Living Memorial for Cleveland. Washington, July 15. President Roosevelt has issued orders that the name of the San Jacinto forest re serve, in Southern California, is to be changed to the Cleveland forest re serve, in honor of the late ex-presi dent. The reserve was created by President Cleveland, who inaugurated the forest reserve (olicy. DRY TICKET CHOSEN. Chafin and Watkins Will Carry Banner tor Prohibition Party. Columbus, O., July 17. For presi dent, Fugene VV. Chafin, of Chicago. J'or vice-president Aaron S. Wat kins, of Ada, Ohio. The above ticket was nominated yesterday by the Prohibition national convention, both men being chosen unanimously. The full indorsement of the convention was not, however, given to Mr. Chafin until after three ballots had been taken. Chafin, who was a delegate to the convention, was escorted to the plat form. He was formally declared by Chairman Scanlon to be the presi dential nominee, and in a speech re turned his thanks for the honor which had been thrust upon him, declaring that he would rather be the nominee of the Prohibition party than the suc cessful candidate of any other party. Both the presidential and vice-presidential nominees are candidates for governor in their respective states on the Prohibition ticket. Eugene W. Chafin, who leads the Prohibition party this year is an attor ney residing in Chicago. He is a na tive of Waukesha, Wis., and for some years practiced law there. He was at one time candidate for governor of Wisconsin on the Prohibition ticket, and was this year placed in the run ning for the same position in Illinois by Prohibitionists of that state. The forenoon session of the con vention was devoted to the discussion and adoption of a brief platform, which is possibly the .shortest on rec ord, containing not more than 350 words. TRIES NEW EXPERIMENT. Fleet Maneuvers Controlled on Land by Use of Wireless. London, July 17. England tried yesterday a new experiment in naval warfare, t he conducting of a battle from land by wireless. Over 300 ves sels are now maneuvering in the North sea, engaged in a sham battle, the movement of every vessel bein.- controlled by wireless by experts in the admiralty othce in this city. As each ship changed her position or fired on the "enemy" the move was reported to the naval experts here. They sat before a map showing the situation at every m'nute. Markers were moved about on the map, much as pieces would be moved on a chess board, the moves being flashed to the vessels by wireless. It is claimed that this svstem would be better in the controlling of ves sels than by an admiral in action, as the men on land can receive reports from the front and work out the prob lems while removed from the exciting scenes of battle. The experts who conducted the bat tle from the admiralty office would not comment on the result. They simply said it was satisfactory. DREADED ARGENTINE ANT. Will Destroy Orange and Fig Crops of California if Not Killed. Oakland, Cal., Julv 17. Professor C. W. Woodworth. head of the de partment of entomology of the Uni versity of California, has reported to Governor Gillett that the dreaded Ar gentine ant has made its appearance in California, in East Oakland. Professor Woodworth states that unless measures are taken at once to drive out the pest it will utterly de stroy orange and fig crops in the state. The Argentine ant is a small insect only an eighth of an inch long, but is of a fighting nature, and has driven all other ants .from Eat Oakland. It is one of the most dangerous pests that has ever been brought to the United States from a foreign country. According to a report by the Louisiana crop pest commission. he ant has destroyed millions ot dol ars' worth of property in that state. Express Train Goes Into Ditch. East Stamford, Conn. Tulv 17. One person was killed and several others injured when the fast White Mountain express was ditched a few miles east of here yesterday. Phy sicians and a wrecking crew were rushed to the scene on a special train Dashing along at a rapid rate of speed the engine struck a defective rail The mured passengers will be brought to this city, and it is believed that orompt medical attention will prevent more deaths, although some of those injured are said to be in a precarious condition. Millions to Lower Grade. New York, July 17. According to a statement made vesterdav bv an official of the Chicago, Milkaukee & St. Pam railroad, the cost of the Pa cific coast extension of that svstem will be about $.",000.000 more than the original plans called for. This Increase in the cost of work is due, it is said, to a decision to run the road at a lower grade over the moun tain division than the officials first figured on. The whole work now calls for the expenditure of $77,000. ooo. but there will be no shortage of funds. Striking Miners Buy Guns. Birmingham, Ala.. July 17. Father H. E. O'Grady, a priest of St. Cath erine's Catholic church, is heading a -ommittee which will make an effort to bring about a settlement of the coal miners' strike. It is reported that every hardware store "and gun store in Birmingham has depicted its stock of firearms, and that buckshot shells arc being ordered by telegraph. Last night sevral strike breakers were brought to the district from adjoining states. Mosquitoes Kill Cattle. High Island. Tex.. July 17. Mos quitoes are killing cattle by droves on ranches around the Gulf coast region. Great clouds of the insects hover over pastures where cattle feed, and literal ly drain the animals of their life blood, causing them to die from weakness. One ranchman has lost 200 head in ten days, and pastures are strewn with the carcasses of deal cattle. MANY DISTRICTS HIT BY STORM Hail Hurts Grain in Ncz Perce and Camas Prairie Districts. Dei Chutes Fields Are Also Cut Down by Hail Crop Damage Will Reach $300,000 Much Rain in District Southof Columbia Man Struck by Lightning. Portland, July 16. Various sections of Oregon and Washington have been visited by unusually heavy rain, hail and electrical storms throughout the past days, causing considerable dam age, especially to grain fields. The storms, which began Monday with a heavy downpour in Morrow, Wasco, Gilliam and other eastern counties, were, followed by severe hail and elec trical disturbances in several sections. Perhaps the most serious damage occurred in the Nez Perce and Camas prairie districts. In this section a hail storm began Tuesday and con tinued yesterday. The ripening grain in a belt 15 miles wide is reported as practically ruined. The yield in this section would have been very heavy, and the damage is estimated at $300, 000. Jn the vicinity of North Yakima, Wash., yesterday, there was a violent electrical storm. The damage was small, but one man, C. M. Harring ton, was struck by lightning and per haps fatally injured. A heavy hail storm in the Des Chutes district has ruined some of the best grain fields in that vicinity. Crops on five of the best Tygh ridge farms are a complete loss. Jn all the counties south of the Co lumbia rain has been falling. In some cases it has been of benefit, but in most instances the grain is too far along to be greatly helped, and the yield will be considerably below nor mal. RUEF BONDSMEN PROTEST. Assessor Takes Them at Their Word on Property Valuation. San Francisco, July 16. Abe Ruef is again in trouble. The latest woes of the fallen boss make Job look like a rank beginner. Ruef says he feels like an automobilist who has just been stranded in the middle of a pro hibition state and not a horse in sight. Abraham's troubles began afresh when the men on his bail bonds dis covered that the luxury of writing their signatures upon the documents was going to be expensive work. They find they will not be allowed to pay just once for the joy of helping their old friend. Abe, but that every in quisitive deputy assessor would en deavor to learn whether they had been making or losing money. Announcement made at the asses sor's office that the sworn statements made by the persons on Ruef's bond would be accepted as the basis for their tax this year is the bombshell that has created such widespread con sternation. Of course, no one ever tells the assessor how much money he really has, but ordinarily there is no harm in letting the court know your financial standing. As a result of the latter course increases of from .10 to loo per cent will be made in the assessments of nearly every person who signed the Ruef bonds. In one instance the amount will be raised from $!',00 unsecured personal prop erty to $1.1.000 cash in the bank which the bondsman told the court of. but forgot to mention to the assessor. TRAIN WRECKS OVER. Railway President Invents Device That Stops Them in Danger Zone. Chicago. July 16. Preparations are being made by the members of the interstate commerce commission for next Friday's tests of devices which, it is be'ieved. will prevent the col lision of railroad trains. A joint com mittee of the American railroad com mission will see the tests that are to be made. - George Wristine. president of the Tennessee Central, who invented the device believes it will prove effective, o that by its use collisions will be made impossible. The device is placed at each end of a railroad "block." While a train is in the block this device serves as a lookout, and should another engineer disregard the stop s'srnal at the block, the device catches and sets the air brakes, bringing the encroaching train to a standstill. Laughs at Old Durkee Suit. San Francisco, July 16. Attorneys for the Southern Pacific railroad here yesterday said they are not worried over a suit filed in the federal courts Tuesday by John A. Kuykendall, ad ministraator of the estate of former Governor Charles Durkee. of the ter ritorv of Utah, against the Ilarriman Hnes" for $n.22O.O00. The suit is filed as the result of an old claim against the Ilarriman lines, growing out of i sale of stock made in 1S6.1. when the Union Pacific and Central Pacific linos were constructed. Twelve Die in Colliery Fire. Fottsville. Pa.. July 16. Twelve men were killed yesterday in an ex plosion in shaft No. 1 of the Wil liamsburg col'iery. operated by the Susquehanna Canal company. F.ifht others have been rescued, suffering from horrible burns. More men re main in the mine, where they were trapped by the explosion, and it is feared the death list will grow. Every effort is being made to reach the im prisoned men, but the flames make it difficult JAPAN CHANGES TUNE. New Cabinet Bases on Armyjand Navp Retrenchments and Economies. Tokio, July 15. Marquis Katsura, leader of the progressive party, who was ordered by the emperor to reor ganize the cabinet, has announced his appointments. Marquis Katsura will be both premier and minister of finance. Minister of War General M. Terauchi and Minister of the Navy Viee-Admiral M. Saito are to retain their seats in the new cabinet. Count Komura, now am bassador to England, is to be minister of foreign affairs, but until his return from England General Terauchi will act as head of the foreign ministry in connection with bis duties as minister of war. Baron T. Hirata, formerly minister of agriculture and commerce, is named as minister of home affairs. M. Goto, president of the South Man ehurian railway, is to be minister of communications. K, Komatsuhara, for merly vice-minister of home affairs, is to be minister of education. Viscount Okabe is minister of justice and K. Oura, formerly minister of communica tions, is to be minister of agriculture and aommerce. Baron Katsura has gathered most of the members of his former cabinet about him. The new cabinet is ex pected to inaugurate a policy of re trenchment in expenditures for the army and navy. The fact that Katsura is to be the head of the ministry of finance as well ns premier indicates that a careful watch is to be kept on the treasury. This new policy is in response to a eeneral demand from the people of Japan. STORM DAMAGE SLIGHT. Heavy 'Rains at Heppner Cause No Serious Losses. Heppner, Or., July 15 Monday's heavy rain storm was not so serious as at first reported. Other than the de struction of four small bridges and the covering of lawns with sand and debris, the actual loss is very slight. A foot of water covered the floor of the electric power plant at the mouth of Donaldson Canyon, wetting the belt ing so as to stop operation of the ma chinery, and the city was in darkness for the one night. In Sand Hollow the hay crop was considerably damaged by the overflow of water, "which covered the alfalfa with mud and laid it flat on the ground. Lightning struck a barn belonging to B. F. Clark, who resides about 15 miles north of Heppner. Two horses were killed in the barn. The O. R. & N. train was unable to go out yesterday morning, owing to drift which lodged on the track at Valentine, a small station near Lexing ton. COAL SHORTAGE ALREADY. Sertous Situation Expected in British Columbia This Winter. Vancouver, B. C, July 15 Accord ing to a dispatch received here reports gathered from various parts of the prairie west outline a rather serious prospect in regard to the fuel supply for next winter. Following a serious shortage in the winter of 1906-7 coal dealers and the consuming public stocked up largely last summer, but the winter turned out so unusually mild that the need for these precautions was not apparent. Railwavs last winter had abundant rolling stock owing to the light crop, and there was never anything approach ing a famine in any district. This sum mer, however, the financial conditions forbid the dealers to carry large stocks and prevent consumers from laying in even an average supply ahead. At the same time it is already clear the rail wavs will likely be blocked in an effort to handle the immense crop, and in a month or two a large coal movement, will be physically impossible. If. therefore, a severe'winter follows, the situation may become serious. Escaped Convict Returns. Michigan City, Ind., July 15 Thomas McCarthy, aged 40 years, for whose capture the warden of Indiana state prison here has had a reward standing for three years, returned to prison last evening voluntarily and gave himself up with the prospect of serving 12 years more. He went to the Pacific Coa'st and after leading a pre carious existence he joined the Salva tion Army at North Yakima, Wash. His conscience troubled him and after he had earned enough money he started back to prison, paying all his own ex penses. Would be Candidates' New York, July 15 Local leaders of the Independence party announce that the national convention of the pnrtv. which has been called to meet in Chicago on July 27, will complete ita lmsinesQ in two davs. The Inde pendence party leaders state there are four candidates in the field for presi dent. Thov are: Howard S. Taylor, of Tllino's; N. W. Howard, of Alabama; Thomas L. Hisgon. of Massachusetts, and Charles A. Walsh, of Iowa. Heney Anxious to Let Go. Pan Piesro. Cal.. Julv 15. Francis J. Ileney. who has been making a brief j visit in this city, addressed a large gathering here last night. In the course j of his speech, referring to the San j Francisco graft prosecutions, he said: j "I liken mvsclf to a man with his hand j on a bear's tail. If anyone will help j me lot go I will never take hold of it ; again." ! Tom Piatt is 75. j New York. July 16. Senator Tims. I C. Piatt was 73 years old yesterday j He spent the anniversary quietly at ! the Oriental hotel at Manhattan beach. He is very feeble, and he had few visitors. Old Favorites t Th Drummer Boy of Sklloh. On Shildh's dark and blood ground, tha dead and wounded ly ; Among thorn vu a drummer boy, who beat the drum that day. A wounded soldier held him up, bin drum waa by his side ; n clasped his hand and raJaed M eyes and prayed before he died. "Look down upon the battlefield, Oh, Thou, our Heavenly friend I Have mercy on our alnful aoula!" tho soldiers cried, "Anwn I" For, gathered round, a little group, each brave man knelt and cried 1 They listened to the drummer boy, who prayed before he died. "Oh, mother !" said the dying boy, "look down from Heaven on me ; Receive me to thy fond embrace; Oh, take me home to thee ! I've loved my country as my God ; to serve them both I've tried." fie smiled, shook hands; death seized the boy who prayed before he died. Each soldier wept, then, like a child ; stout hearts were they and brave. The flag his winding sheet God's book the key unto his grave. They wrote upon a single board tbesa words: "This is a guide To thflse that mourn the drummer boy who prayed before he died." Ye angels round the throne of grace, look down upon the braves Who fought and died on Shiloh's plains, now slumbering in their graves. How many homes made desolate, how many hearts have sighed ; How many like the drummer boy have prayed before they died? Sweet Marie. I'jre a secret In my heart, sweet Marie A tale I would impart, love, to thee. Every daisy in the dell Knows my secret, knows It well And yet I dare not tell, sweet Marie. When I hold your hand in mine, sweet Marie, A feeling most divine comes to me All the world Is full of spring, Full of warblers on the wing, And I listen while they sing, sweet Marie CHOBU8. Come to me, sweet Marie, Sweet Marie, come to me, Not because your face is fair, Love, to see; But your soul so pure and sweet Makes me falter at your feet, sweet Marie. la the morn when I awake, sweet Marie, Seems to me my heart would break, Love, to thee. Every wave that shakes the shore Seems to say it o'er and o'er, Seems to say that I adore sweet Marie. WTien the sunset tinta the west, sweet Marie, And I sit down to rest, love, with thee. Every star that studs the sky Seems to stand and wonder why They're so dimmer than your eye, sweet Marie. Cy Warman. A Case of Courtesy. "There Is always time enough for courtesy," says Emerson, giving voice to a gentle truth which too often gets overlooked In the great, noisy, worka day world. Arthur Ruhl in his article on Santiago, published In a recent Is sue of Serlbner's Magazine, gives an In stance of politeness and deference which took on a national character. The most Interesting performance 1 saw was in a schoolhouse. It waa a normal school, where a number of very earnest young Chileans were learning how to teach. The principal, a girl of twenty-five, was hearing a class read the English fable about the hare ami the wicked condor. Tooair-r aleotle hare-r-re," the., read, in extreme embarrassment, for some were quite grown up. Then tho pupils lined up and sang a national song, then In English "America." It was a polite attention to the guests which no Chilean would have received in the United States. After that the pupils drew a lon breath, smiled up to the gallery where we stood, and sang, quite correctly and with tremendous feeling, "My Old Ken tucky Home." All I could do waa to put myself in the place of a Chilean who would drop by chance Into a New York school and have the pupils stand up and sing his national anthem, fol lowed by an ancient popular song of Chile. Thl Day " Time. "Dls yer day an' time." said Brother Williams, "Is too much fer me. Ef dar wuz a Joshua llvin' who could make da sun stan' still he do it so he could save on de gas bill, an' ef Jonah wuz livin now an' a whale didn't have any mo sense than ter swaller him he'd Ian dat whale high an dry an' sell him ter de lie trust, an' ef Lot wuz gwine 'long wld his wife an' she wuz turned into pillar er salt he'd bull' a fence roun her an' 'lect hissef president er a salt trust! Hits de rushln'est, grab all age 1 ever wuz In. Iey not only rides da llghtnln', but dey done staked off de stars, an' dey knows des how many hours a day de fireman in de sunt works, an' dey Is slick enough ter tie tin cans ter de tails of de comics whnt go Marin' roun de sky ! We is bo wise on our own account dat wisdom itse'f looks foolish. Whar we'll fetch up I ! dunno. All I dHs know is dat we ! gwine fast enough ter make yo' head I nwlrn!" Atlanta Constitution. Some people take as much iuterest i In a neighborhood fuss as they do la religion. Some people who make themselve too free should be locked up.