CURRENT EVENTS
OF THE W E E K
N E W Y O R K IS R E P U B L IC A N .
Assembly Changes
Tone,
Leaving
Governor Without Support
Doings of the World at Large
Told in Brief.
General Resume o f Important Events
Presented in Condensed Form
for O ur Busy Reader*.
Francisco I. Madero form ally takes
office as p resid en t of Mexico.
P ortland has become second only to
San Francisco as a to u rist center.
C om plete official re tu rn s g ive pro
h ib itio n ists a slig h t m ajo rity in Maine.
Union labor leaders point o u t many
alleged flaws in th e em ployers’ lia
b ility act.
W ith censorship rem oved, Chinese
papers score th e Im p eria lists fo r need
less m assacres.
P ekin has fallen into th e hands of
th e revolutionists and th e royal fam ily
o f C hina has fled and cannot be found.
A second package o f bank b ills w as
found near the scene o f the robbery
o f the Bank o f M ontreal a t New W est
m in ister, B. C.
New Y ork— From a D em ocratic m a
jo rity of 24, th e New Y ork s ta te a s
sem bly has tu rn ed overw helm ingly
R epublican.
All indications point to the Republi
cans in th e low er cham ber having a
m a jo rity o f 24. Thus th e m ajo rities
in both houses, w hich ex isted durin g
th e first h alf o f Governor John A
D ix ’s ad m in istratio n , ’w ill be lacking
n e x t year.
The p resen t sen ate holds
over.
In the unexpected
landslide the
D em ocrats w ere able to c ap tu re only
th ree seats held by th e R epublicans,
w hereas all over th e comm onwealth,
D em ocratic assem blym en fell by the
w ayside.
In one instance— Schnectady— H er
b e rt R. M orrill, a Socialist, won,
w here a D em ocrat had held th e seat.
In G reater New York the Republi
cans d efeated nine D em ocrats, while
in K ings county an equal num ber of
D em ocratic candidates m et defeat.
A t A uburn Thom as S. Osborne, one
o f th e o rganizers o f th e D em ocratic
league, was d efeated for m ayor by
Thom as H. O ’N eill, Republican.
Ten vacancies on th e S ta te Suprem e
bench w ere filled by elections in four
judicial d istric ts.
Six seats will
probaby go to th e R epublicans and
four to th e D em ocrats.
The C ourtship 9Í
M iles Stan dish
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( C o p y r ig h t ,
OCEAN TO OCEAN
FLIGHT IS ENDED
Aviator Rodgers Lands at Pas
adena Safe and Sound.
A strik in g m ach in ist a t P o rtlan d
w as shot and killed in a s tre e t fight
by a m achine shop p ro prietor.
G overnm ent officers a re in v e s tig a t
in g an alleged corner in w heat.
K yrle Bellew, once fam ous acto r
died o f pneum onia a t S a lt L ake C ity.
Excesses by victorious C hinese
troops have tem p o rarily checked peace
ov ertu res.
T em perance union w orkers have
sta rte d an a n ti-c ig a re tte crusade in
M ilw aukee.
Roosevelt says th e w ars now in pro
g ress show th e folly o f peace tre a tie s
on v ital question*.
A,viator Rodgers ran o u t o f gasoline
and w as forced to land a t a lonely sid
in g in the A rizona desert, w here the
only in h a b ita n t w as a teleg rap h o p er
a to r. A special tra in b ro u g h t him a
new supply from Yuma, 60 m iles
w est.
A ju ry in v estig ated th e Chehalis
pow der m ill Are and rep o rts th a t
th ey w ere unable to d eterm in e the
cause of th e fire, b u t held th e company
blam eless, as every precaution was
tak en and all rules o f sa fe ty fully
^complied w ith.
PO RTLAN D M ARKETS.
W h eat— E x p o rt b asis : B luestem , 88
to84c; club, 79«/,'80c; red R ussian, 77
(« 78c; valley, 79(«:80c; forty-fold, 80c.
C orn— W hole, $86; cracked, $87 ton.
O ats—No 1 w hite, $31(«;31.50 ton.
M illstuffs— B ran, $28 per to n ; m id
dlings, $31; shorts, $24; rolled b a r
ley, $34(« 35.
H a y —No. 1 E aste rn Oregon, tim
othy, $17(«’18; No. 1 valley, $15« 16;
a lfa lfa , $ 1 3 fu l4 ; clover,
$11«;12;
g ra in , $11(«>12.
B arley—Feed, 31 p er to n ; brew ing,
nom inal,
F resh F ru its P ears, 75c«($1.75 per
b o x ; grapes, 76c<« $1.25 per b o x ; ap
ples, $1(«2.25; cran b erries, 4«:6c per
pound.
Potatoes— Oregon, ( l j c p e r pound;
sw eet potatoes, $2.15«; 2.25 p er crate.
Onions Oregon, $1.25 per hundred.
V eg etab les — A rtichokes, 75c per
dozen; beans, 6«; 10c per pound; cab
bage, | « ; | c ; cauliflower, 60c«;$l per
dozen; g arlic, l(k«.’12c per pound; h o t
house lettu ce, $1.25 per box; pum p
kins, l f tl ll c per pound; sprouts, 8<u
9 c; squash, l l e / l j c ; tom atoes, fiOcn.
$1 per box; c arro ts, $1 per sa c k ; tu r
nips, $1; beets, $1; parsnips, $1.
B u tte r
Oregon cream ery, solid
pack, 3 2 ic ; p rin ts, e x tra ; b u tte r fat,
lc less than solid pack.
Poultry Hens, 14c; sprin g s, 13c;
ducks, young, 16«;16)c; geese, 11J«;.
12c; turkeys, alive, 20c; dressed,
choice, 25(u 26c.
E ggs F resh O regon ranch, candled,
40«! 42Jc.
P ork— Fancy, 9f«9Jc.
V eal— Fancy, 13«/ 13ie.
H ops— 1911 crop, 4 2 |« (4 3 )c ; olds,
nom inal.
Wool— E astern Oregon, 9(«(16c pet
pound; valley,
15(«;T7c;
m ohair,
choice, 35 « 37c.
C a ttle -Choice steers, $5.60.. <. 5 . 9 5 ;
good, $5.25«; 5.50; fa ir, $6«; 5 .26;
poor, $3.75«; 4.60; choice cows, $4.60
« ;5 .1 6 ;
fair,
$4«; 4.25;
common,
$2.60«/;3.60; e x tra choice spayed h e if
ers, $ 4 .7 6 « 5 ; choice h eifers, $4.60«;
4.6 0 ; choice bulls, $3.75«; 4; good,
$3.25«; 3.60;
common,
$2«; 2.50;
choice calves,
$7.60«« 7 .75; good.
$ 7 .2 5 « 7.60; common, $4«; 6 ; choice
sta g s, $4.50«; 4.76; good, $4.25«; 4.60.
H o g s- Choic# lig h t. $6.95«;7; good
to choice hogs.
$6.75«;6.95; fa ir,
$6.60«« 6.75; common, $5«; 6.60.
Sheep — Choice y earlin g w ethers,
e a s t o f m ountains, $3.25«; 8.40; choice
tw os and threes, $3.16«; 3.25; choice
m ountain Iam bs, $4.25«C4.76; good to
choice lam bs, $4«; 4.16; valley lam bs,
$3.75«; 4; culls, $3«;.3.60.
Massachusetts Vote Close.
Both Sides Make Claims.
t h e B u b b s - M e r r ill C o m p a n y j
The Spinning Wheel
Johnson Man Wins by 18,000.
Boston—On th e face o f com plete re
tu rn s from 1,071 election d is tric ts in
M assachusetts th e D em ocrats won the
s ta te election Tuesday and k ep t M as
sach u setts in th e p a rty column by con
tin u in g G overonr Foss in office for a
second term . The re tu rn s gave Foss,
D em ocrat, 210,622; F rothingham , R e
publican, 202,888.
F o ss’ p lu rality ,
7,734.
L a st y e a r th e sam e d is tric ts gave
Foss, D em ocrat, 201,324; D raper, Re
publican, 167,497.
T he m argin o f victory th is y e a r w as
the narro w est in y ears and fo r hours
a fte r th e close o f th e polls th e resu lt
hung in the balance.
R epublicans re
fused to concede th e d e fe a t o f L ieu
te n a n t Governor F rothingham , and it
w as in tim ated th a t a state-w id e re
count m ig h t be necessary.
In
the
R epublican
cam paign
speeches, o rato rs urged F ro th in g h am ’s
election on th e ground th a t th e na
tional a d m in istratio n should be sup
ported in its ta riff policy, and th a t a
D em ocratic victory would m ean a
blow to the te x tile in d u stries in the
sta te .
G overnor Foss placed his record be
fore the people and asked for support.
I t w as expected th a t the to tal vote
would fall off considerably, bu t tile
av erag e was well m aintained.
Both branches o f the leg islatu re,
app aren tly , w ill be Republican.
With Illustrations by
Howard Chandler Christy
C leveland — C leveland, w hich two
T u rk ish troops recap tu red th e city
o f D erna, a f te r k illin g GOO Ita lia n s y ears ago w ent Republican, elec tin g
and c a p tu rin g th e re s t o f th e g arriso n H erm an C. B aehr m ayor over Tom L,
Johnson, has retu rn ed to th e Demo
in a terriffic b a ttle .
c ra tic fold, elec tin g N ew ton D. B aker,
A pouch o f m ail co ntaining $20,000 Jo h n so n ’s political heir, m ayor over
in currency disappeared betw een R a F ran k H ogan, R epublican, by about
Almost Mobbed by Enthusiastic Spec
leigh, N. C., and New York C ity, and 18,000 p lu rality .
tators— Declares Mechanism Must
no tra c e o f i t has been found.
The e n tire D em ocratic city tic k e t
Be Revolutionized.
was elected w ith th e exception of five
A U nited S ta te s w arship has been councilmen.
dispatched to T ripoli, though th e W ar
N ew ton D. B aker, th e new mayor,
d e p artm en t denies th a t it is an answ er was city solicitor d u rin g th e e n tire
to an appeal from T urkey fo r in te rv e n e ig h t y ears o f th e Johnson regim e, and j** S ta tistic s o f R od g ers’ Flight. ^
tion.
w as a victo r tw o y ears ago when the
T otal d istan ce traveled, 4,231 j
The d e p artm en t o f a g ric u ltu re be re s t o f the D em ocratic tic k e t w as de miles.
He favors woman suffrage
lieves th a t seaw eed, to be found in al feated .
A ctual flying tim e, 4,924 m in- t
m ost unlim ited q u a n titie s along the and in his cam paign declared fo r a
utes, o r 3 days, 10 hours, 4 m inutes, i
Pacific Coast, is w orth m any m illons m unicipal lig h tin g p lant, m unicipal
E lapsed tim e of journey, 49 days. !
y early as fe rtiliz e r, co n tain in g large b e tte rm e n t gen erally and all th e is
A verage speed when flying, 61.72 •
q u a n titie s o f potash.
sues fo r which Johnson stood.
m iles an hour.
F iv e of th e unidentified g irl victim s
o f th e C hehalis pow der explosion w ere
buried in one grave.
S en d in g e le c tric a l th rill*
th ro u g h
e v e ry n e rv e in h is body.
AVIATOR WHO HAS COMPLETED FIRST CROSS-CONTINENT FLIGHT
EVER MADE.
P asad en a— In a flying m achine th a t
held to g e th e r only through th e good
w ill o f Providence. C alb raith P. Rod
gers, th e tra n sco n tin en tal
aviator,
glim psed th e Pacific ocean Saturday,
as he soared over th e gray top of
M ount W ilson and se ttle d down in
T ournam ent P ark, am idst a clam orous
m u ltitu d e, w a itin g to w elcome him a t
w h at w as v irtu ally th e finish of his
flight from Sheepshead Bay, N. Y.
Rodgers landed a t 4:10 o ’clock in the
afternoon.
R odgers appeared on the sky line
sh o rtly a fte r 3 o'clock, a few m om ents
a fte r he had risen a t Pomona, 26
m iles aw ay. He w as sighted first by
telescopes levelled a t him from the
solar observ ato ry on M ount W ilson,
and word flashed down th e m ountain
by telephone caused a sw arm ing of
20.000 people to T ournam ent P ark.
The av ia to r, flying a t a h eig h t of
5.000 feet, hovered over the city fo r a
few m inutes, then w arp in g the planes
th a t previously had been as m otionless
as th e spread in g pinions of a soaring
eagle, he sailed in a w ide spiral and
volplaned down to the [greensw ard in
the m iddle o f th e park.
R odgers lite ra lly w as mobbed. He
w as borne h ith e r and th ith e r by the
su rg in g crowd. E ager hands clutched
and scratched him , h u t his leath er
clothing w as stro n g enough to re sist
a tta c k , although afte rw a rd s the av ia
to r declared his ribs woul<f surely
m an ifest black and blue m arks o f an
o v er-en th u siastic g reetin g .
Itodgers sta rte d on th e la st dash of
his n ig h t from B anning, a little tow n
ou t in th e d esert, w here his arriv al
had in te rru p te d the only diversion of
th e y e a r— th e funeral dance of the
Mojave Indians.
The av iato r saw a
squaw , 101 y ears old, who had danced
all n ig h t and day, fall in a swoon.
Then he took th e a ir a t noon.
A lbuquerque, N. M.— Bursum , Re
publican, and McDonald, D em ocrat,
for governor, both claim election on
m eager early retu rn s.
A lbuquerque
and l.as Vegas, both ord in arily stro n g
ly R epublican, how ever, are both con
ceded to th e D em ocrats, the form er
hy 1,100 and th e la tte r by 200.
I t seem s safe to p red ict a R epubli
can le g isla tu re , w hich w ill elec t two
Glacial Ice Uncovered.
U n ited S ta te s senators, b u t th e Demo
KlamBth Falls, O r.— W hile W illiam
crats, ap p aren tly ,
have [excellent
chances of e lec tin g a sta te tic k e t and McCully w as dig ging g rav el in B ul
m em bers o f congress.
la rd 's canyon recently he w as su r
prised to encounter a larg e body of
Three Ohio Cities Democratic.
glacial ice several feet below the su r
Columbus, O .— D em ocrats sw ep t in face o f th e gravel bed.
He took
to pow er in th e la rg e st th ree c itie s of some o f th e cakes into the tow n of
Ohio Tuesday, Columbus, C incinnati M errill, w here it w as judged to be o f
and Cleveland
re tu rn in g
decisive good q u a lity .
T h irte e n y ears ago
D em ocratic p lu ralities. A fe a tu re of w h at is supposed to be th e sam e body
the elections thro u g h o u t th e s ta te was o f ice w as uncovered, b u t it becam e
th e larg e S ocialist vote. In Columbus covered and not u n til th e late d is
th e S ocialist candidate for m ayor ran covery w as it supposed to be still in
a close race w ith Mayor M arshall, the existence.
R epublican nominee, for second place.
In C incinnati, Mayor I<ouis Schwab,
Mammoth's Bona Dug Up.
can d id ate for re-election, w ith the Re
H
illsboro,
Or. P a rt o f the fem ur
publican indorsem ent, w as d efeated
o f a m am m oth w as found here w hile
by H enry T. H unt, D em ocrat.
w orkm en w ere d ig g in g a well for the
H illsboro w a te r system .
The bone
New Jersey is Republican.
T renton, N. J . — R eturns indicate was found 11 fe e t in th e e arth , on a
th a t th e R epublicans will control both beaverdam de|iosit, and m ust have
branches of the le g isla tu re n ex t w in been buried for thousands of years.
te r. The election is significant in the I t is well preserved and m easures six
d e fe a t of several men whose election inches in d iam eter. Search w as m ade
w as specifically advocated by G over for o th e r portions of th e skeleton, b u t
nor Woodrow Wilson.
Essex county n othing w as found, and it is evident
w ent bark to th e Republican aide. A th a t th e fem u r had been w ashed some
R epublican sen ato r and 12 R epublican distance a fte r the skeleton was d is
assem blym en w ere chosen.
R eturns mem bered.
from th e F irst d is tric t show th a t W il
T urkey G row * fo r T aft.
liam J . B rauning, R epublican, was
N ew port, R. I. H orace Vosc, the
elected to congress.
W esterly tu rk ey fancier, is p reparing
his annual T hank sgiving g if t for the
High Living Cost Study.
p re sid e n t’s table.
The T a ft tu rk ey
Madison. W is.—A com m ittee o f the th is y e a r is a fine bronze gobbler,
sta te board o f public affairs m et to which is g ain in g w eight every m inute
tak e up the su b ject o f co-operative on a d ie t o f ch estnuts, w hich produces
m ark etin g as an aid in solving the a fine q u ality o f w hite m eat. “ I shall
problem o f the high cost o f living. send P resid en t T a ft th e finest tu r
Those presen t included Governor Mc key I ev er gave to any P resid en t since
Govern and several W isconsin u n iv e r the one I se n t to P resid en t G ra n t,”
sity professors. The com m ittee con says Vose.
sidered the selection of an e x p e rt to
a ssist in g e ttin g sta tistic s w ith re fe r
T rans-A tlantic Dirigible Fails.
ence to th e cost o f liv in g and co-oper
A tla n tic C ity, N. J . — Lack o f suffi
ation am ong th e farm ers.
cient gas to keep th e big d irig ib le in
th e a ir b ro u g h t to a sudden end the
Taft Refuses to Comment.
tria l flight o f the a irsh ip Akron,
C in c in n a ti- P re sid e n t T a ft had no w hich is scheduled to m ake an a t
.comm ent to m ake on the resu lt o f the tem p t to cross th e A tla n tic ocean from
election in the various sta te s. He th is city some tim e th is month. A
scanned w ith in te re st the b ulletins p ropeller blade broken and a guy w ire
handed him by an A ssociated P ress snapped w ere the only p a rts dam
rep rese n ta tiv e , b u t refused to m ake aged in th e landing, and these can be
any statem en t.
rep aired easily.
E M P E R O R M U S T A B D IC A T E .
Rebels Insist on Absolute
of Manchus.
Surrender
Shanghai—The central m achine of
the revolutionary governm ent does not
tr u s t the throne, nor does i t agree
w ith the throrfe’s term s. I t is, th ere
fore, proceeding to arran g e to control
th e n a tio n ’s affairs in ex p ectatio n of
th e sucess w hich it regards as certain.
The re tire m e n t of th e m achine dynasty
will be demanded.
The official lis t draw n up includes
Dr. Wu T in g Fang, a t one tim e m inis
te r a t W ashington, who has accepted
the post of secretary o f foreign a f
fa irs ; W en T song Yao, a t one tim e
Chinese resid en t in T hibet, to whom
the post o f under secretary has been
offered; E h r T ang, a to n e tim e direc
to r o f th e A m erican council of Canton,
who has accepted the m ilita ry gover
norship o f Che K iang and K iang Su
provinces; Li P ing Shui, head of the
Shanghai g en try , who has accepted the
civil governorship of those provinces,
and Yu Y a Ching, a leading m erchant,
who has accepted the m ayoralty of
Shanghai.
The C hinese cham ber o f c< m-nerce
has declared fo r the rebels and urged
th e consular body to p rev en t th e im
perial fleet from e n terin g th e W hang
Po river. The populace fe a r a re p e ti
tion of the H ankow b ru ta litie s.
P e rfe c t order w as m aintained in
Shanghai and the o u tly in g d is tric ts
th e first n ig h t a fte r the cap itu latio n
o f the city to the revolutionists.
Li Ping Shui, responsible head of
the new ad m in istratio n in th e native
city and suburbs, is com pleting his
organization. H e inform ed th e cor
respondent th a t he recognized only the
republic and would g u a ra n te e order.
The only disorderly elem ents now in
China, he said, are the ex-officials,
th e ir supporters
and th e Manchu
troops, who never again would be per
m itted to control.
T here is reason to believe th a t the
revolutionary sen tim en t throughout
the South strongly favors th e uncon
ditional abdication of the em peror and
the estab lish m en t o f an e n tirely new
regim e.
C olored O ran g es B arred .
San B ernardino, C al.— B ecause the
artificial coloring o f oranges is no lon
g er perm itted, by order o f the bureau
of food and d ru g inspection, E astern
tab les th is
T hanksgiving w ill be
w ithout oranges as fa r as Southern
C alifornia is concerned.
Prom inent
orange shippers estim a te th a t th is sea
son’s crop w ill be from tw o to four
w eeks late because of th e order.
H eretofore, by use o f th e coloring de
vice, the first o f the crop have been in
New York in tim e for the c o u n try ’s
annual ffeast day.
Speculator* Hold Fruit.
Sacram ento—One hundred thousand
boxes of apples are being placed in
cold storage h ere by speculators, who
will hold them until spring, when they
will be sold in C alifornia and E astern
m arkets.
Seventy thousand boxes
have already been shipped here and
stored, and o th ers are com ing in car
lots daily. The cold sto rag e concern
handling th is business has decided to
double its sto rag e room, although it
has only recently com pleted a large
addition to its p lan t in ex p ectatio n of
th is business.
M onth a fte r m o n th p a sse d aw ay, and
in a u tu m n th e sh ip s of th e
m e rc h a n ts
C am e w ith k in d re d and frien d s, w ith
c a ttle a n d c o rn for th e P ilg rim s.
All in th e v illage w as p e ac e; th e m en
w ere in te n t on th e ir labors,
B usy w ith h ew ing and building, w ith
g ard en -p lo t and w ith m e re ste a d .
Busy w ith b re a k in g th e glebe, and
m ow ing th e g ra s s In th e m eadow s,
S e a rc h in g th e s e a fo r its fish, and
h u n tin g th e d e e r In th e f o r e s t
All In th e villag e w as p e a c e ; b u t a t
tim e s th e ru m o r of w a rfa re
F ille d th e a ir w ith a la rm , a n d th e ap
p re h en sio n of d an g er.
B ravely th e s ta lw a rt Mlldff S ta n d lsh
w as sc o u rin g th e la n d w ith his
forces,
W axing v a lia n t In fight a n d d e fe a tin g
th e a lie n a rm ies,
T ill his n a m e h a d becom e a sound of
fe a r to th e n a tio n s.
A nger w as still In his h e a rt, b u t a t
tim e s th e re m o rs e a n d c o n tritio n
W hich In all n oble n a tu re s su cceed
th e p a ssio n a te o u tb re a k ,
Cam e lik e a risin g tid e , th a t e n c o u n t
e r s th e ru s h of a riv er.
S ta y in g its c u rre n t a w hile, b u t m ak
in g It b itte r a n d b ra ck ish .
B e rth a , th e B eau tifu l S p in n e r.”
H e re th e light foot on th e tre a d le
g re w s w ifte r a n d s w ifte r; th e
sp in d le
U tte re d an a n g ry sn a rl, a n d th e th re a d
sn a p p e d s h o rt In h e r fin g ers;
W hile th e im p etu o u s sp e a k e r, not
h eed in g th e m ischief, c o n tin u e d :
"Y ou a re th e b e a u tifu l B e rth a , th e
sp in n e r, th e queen of H e lv e tia ;
She w hose sto ry I re a d a t a s ta ll In
th e s tr e e ts of S o u th am p to n ,
W ho, as sh e rodo on h e r p alfrey, o’e r
valley and m eadow and m oun
tain .
E v er w as sp in n in g h e r th re a d from
a d istaff fixed to h e r saddle.
She w as so th rifty a n d good, th a t h e r
Lo! In th e m id s t of th is scen e, a
b re a th le s s m e s se n g e r e n te re d .
B ringing In h u rry a n d h e a t th e t e r
rib le new s fro m th e village.
Y es; M iles S ta n d ls h w as d e a d !— an
In d ian h a d b ro u g h t th e m th e tid
ings.—
S lain by a poisoned a rro w , sh o t dow n
In th e fro n t of th e b a ttle .
In to a n a m b u sh beguiled, c u t off w ith
th e w hole of h is fo rc e s;
All th e tow n w ould be b u rn e d , a n d all
th e p eople b e m u rd ere d !
Such w ere th e tid in g s of evil th a t
b u rs t on th e h e a r ts of th e hear-
ers.
S ilen t and. etatue-U ke sto o d P risc illa .
h e r face lo oking b a c k w a rd
S till a t th e fa c e of th e sp e a k e r, h e r
a rm s u p lifte d in h o rro r;
B ut Jo h n A lden, u p s ta rtin g , a s If th*
b a rb of th e a rro w
P ie rc in g th e h e a r t of h is frie n d had
s tru c k his ow n, a n d h a d su n d e re d
O nce and fo re v e r th e bon d s th a t held
him bound a s a cap tiv e,
W ild w ith e x ce ss of se n sa tio n , th e
aw fu l d e lig h t of h is freedom ,
M ingled w ith pain and re g re t, u n c o n
scio u s of w h a t h e w as doing.
C lasped, a lm o st w ith a g ro an , th e
m o tio n less fo rm of P risc illa ,
P re ss in g h e r close to his h e a rt, a s for
e v e r his ow n, a n d e x claim in g :
M eanw hile A lden a t hom e had b u ilt
him a new h a b ita tio n ,
Solid, su b s ta n tia l, of tim b e r rough-
hew n fro m th e firs of th e fo rest.
W ooden-barred w as th e door, a n d th e
roof w as covered w ith ru sh e s;
L attic ed th e w indow s w ere, a n d th e
w indow -panes w e re of p ap er,
O iled to a d m it th e lig h t, w hile w ind
a n d ra in w ere excluded.
T h e re , toor-he dug a w ell, a n d aro u n d
It p la n te d a n o rc h a rd :
S till m ay be se e n to th is d a y som e
tra c e of th e w ell and th e o rc h a rd .
C lose to th e h o u se w as th e s ta ll,
w h e re, sa fe a n d se c u re fro m a n
n oyance,
R ag h o rn , th e snow -w hite s te e r, th a t
h a d fa llen to A ld e n ’s a llo tm e n t
In th e d ivision of c a ttle , m ig h t ru m in
a te In th e n ig h t-tim e
O v e r th e p a s tu re s h e cropped, m ade
fra g r a n t by sw e e t p ennyroyal.
O ft w hen h is la b o r w as finished,
w ith e a g e r fe e t w ould th e d re a m e r
F ollow th e p a th w a y t h a t ra n th ro u g h
th e w oods to th e h o u se of P r is
cilla,
L ed by Illusions ro m a n tic a n d su b tile
d e ce p tio n s of fancy,
P le a s u re disg u ised a s d u ty , and love
In th e se m b la n c e of frien d sh ip .
E v e r of h e r h e th o u g h t, w hen h e fa s h
io n ed th e w alls of his d w e llin g ;
E v e r of h e r h e th o u g h t, w h en he
d e lv e d In th e soil of his g a rd e n ;
E v e r of h e r h e th o u g h t, w hen h e re a d
In h is B ible on S unday
P ra is e of th e v irtu o u s w om an, a s she
Is d e sc rib e d In th e P ro v e rb s,— '
H ow th e h e a r t of h e r h u sb a n d d o th
sa fe ly t r u s t In h e r alw ay s,
How all th e d a y s of h e r life s h e w ill
d o him good, a n d n o t evil,
H ow sh e s e e k e th th e wool a n d th e
flax and w o rk e th w ith g lad n e ss,
H ow sh e la y e th h e r h an d to th e sp in
d le a n d h o ld e th th e d istaff,
H ow sh e Is n o t a fra id of th e snow fo r
h e rs e lf o r h e r household,
K n ow ing h e r h o usehold a re c lo th e d
w ith th e s c a rle t c lo th of h e r
w eaving!
Pressing Her Close to His Heart.
n a m e d p a sse d In to a proverb.
So sh a ll It be w ith y o u r ow n, w hen
th e spin n in g -w h eel sh a ll no lo n g er
H um In th e ho u se of th e fa rm e r, and
fill its c h a m b e rs w ith m usic.
T h en s h a ll th e m o th e rs, re p ro v in g , re
la te how It w a s In th e ir c h ild
hood.
P ra isin g th e good old tim e s, a n d th e
d a y s of P risc illa , th e s p in n e r!”
S tra ig h t u p ro se from h e r w h eel tn e
b e a u tifu l P u rita n m aiden,
P le a s e d w ith th e p ra is e of h e r th r if t
from him w h o se p ra is e w as th e
sw e e te st,
D rew from th e re e l on th e ta b le a
snow y sk e in of h e r sp in n in g ,
T h u s m a k in g a n sw e r, m ean w h ile, to
th e fla tte rin g p h ra s e s of A lden:
"C om e, you m u st n o t be Idle; If I am
a p a tte rn fo r h ousew ives,
Show y o u rse lf e q u a lly w o rth y of be
in g th e m odel of h u sb a n d s.
H old th is sk e in on y o u r h a n d s, w hile
I w ind It, re ad y fo r k n ittin g ;
T h en w ho k now s b u t h e re a fte r, w hen
fa sh io n s h a v e c h an g e d a n d th e
So, as sh e s a t a t h e r w heel one a ft
m a n n e rs,
ern o o n In th e a u tu m n ,
A lden, w ho o p p o site 6at, a n d w as F a th e rs m ay ta lk to th e ir so n s of th e
w a tc h in g h e r d e x te ro u s fingers,
good old tim e s of J o h n A ld e n !"
As If th e th re a d sh e w as sp in n in g T hus, w ith a je s t a n d a lau g h , th e
w e re th a t of h is life and h is for
sk e in on his h a n d s sh h a d ju s te d .
He s ittin g a w k w a rd ly th e re , w ith his
tu n e ,
his a rm s e x te n d e d be fo re him .
A fte r a p a u se In th e ir ta lk , th u s sp a k e
She sta n d in g g ra ce fu l, e re c t, and w ind
to th e sound of th e spindle.
in g th e th re a d fro m his fingers.
" T ru ly , P ris c illa ,” h e said, "w h en I
S o m e tim es c hiding n little b is clum sy
se e you sp in n in g and sp in n in g .
N e v e r Idle a m om ent, b u t th rifty a n d
m a n n e r of holding.
th o u g h tfu l of o th e rs ,
S o m etim es to u ch in g his h a n d s, a s sh e
S u d d en ly you a re tra n s fo rm e d , a re
d ise n ta n g le d e x p e rtly
v isib ly c h an g e d in a m o m en t;
T w ist o r k n o t In th e y a rn , u n a w a re s
Y ou a re n o lo n g er P risc illa , b u t
— fo r how could sh e help It? —
Fowler Decends Suddenly,
El Paso, T ex .— R. G. Fow ler, the
eastbound coast-to-coast a v iato r, a r
rived here a t 3:10 Monday afternoon
on an El Paso & S outhw estern passen
g er tra in , u n h u rt a fte r an accident
which compelled him to leave his bi
plane one m ile from Mastodon, N. M.,
about 14 m iles w est of El Paso.
Fow ler had m ade 400 m iles since leav
ing Douglas. A riz., in the m orning,
when one o f the sp ark ers on his en
gine failed to work.
"T h o se w hom th e L o rd h a th u n ite d ,
le t no m an p u t th em a s u n d e r! ”
E v en a s riv u le ts tw a in , from d is ta n t
a n d s e p a ra te so u rc es.
S e e in g e a c h o th e r a fa r, a s th e y leap
fro m th e ro c k s, a n d p u rsu in g
E ac h one Its d e v io u s p a th , b u t draw
in g n e a re r a n d n e a re r,
R u sh to g e th e r a t la s t, a t th e ir try st-
lng-place in th e fo re s t;
So th e s e lives th a t h a d ru n th u s fa r
In s e p a ra te c h an n e ls,
C om ing In s ig h t of eac h o th e r, th e n
sw e rv in g a n d flow ing a su n d e r.
P a rte d by b a r rie r s stro n g , b u t d ra w
in g n e a re r a n d n e a re r,
R u sh ed to g e th e r a t la s t, a n d one wa*
lo st in th e o th e r.
(T O B E C O N T IN U E D .)
ARTIST WHO HAD
Miss Sarah Bitten, de Mentholon and
H ilei Held Brushes In Their
Teeth or Toes.
M iss S a ra h BlfTen w as a c o n sp icu
ous exam ple of the sk ill w hich a rm
less people so m e tim e s a c q u ire in
sp ite of th e ir affliction. S he w as m in
ia tu re p a in te r to Q ueen V ic to ria and
h e r w ork w as w idely know n for It*
b e au ty a n d delicacy.
S h e w as born w ith o u t a rm s, b u t as
a girl, h a v in g a g r e a t w ish to becom e
a n a r tis t, she w orked e a rn e s tly for
y e a rs u n til sh e could p a in t by h o lding
th e b ru sh in h e r te e th
In 1821, ac
c o rd in g to th e R a ja Yoga M essen g er,
th e Judges, w ith o u t a n y kno w led g e of
th e m ea n s she w as com pelled to use,
a w ard e d h e r th e gold m ed al of the
S ociety of A rts, a p rize so u g h t by
h u n d re d s of o th e rs.
M. d e M entholon and B e rtra m
H lles o th e r a r tis ts w ho
w ere
de
prived of th e use of th e ir a rm s. T h e
fo rm e r had only one foot, w h ich he
used to p a in t w ith.
Mr. H lles lo st b oth h is arm * in an
a cc id e n t, being ru n over by a s tr e e t
c a r w hen he w as only 8 y e a rs old
and w hen he w ns ju s t b e g in n in g to
a cq u ire skill In d raw in g . H e sp e n t
j two y e a rs In p a tie n t toll le a rn in g to
d ra w by h o ld in g tn e pencil In his
| te e th , a t th e end of w hich tim e he
won a first-class c e rtific a te from ■
local a r t schooL
Witnasses Confirm Atrocities,
—
-—
— —
— — —
He Had O ne F.esert.al.
Mr. Leo— "W hy did you le t your
d a u g h te r m a rry th a t little
b an d y
legged s p o rt? ” Mr. M onk— "Why, he'*
th e b e s t c lim b e r !n th e ju n g le , and
th a t's q u ite Im p o rta n t w h en food 1*
so h ig h .”
M alta— S team er passengers a rriv
ing from T ripoli describe the scene as
a reign o f te rro r. S trong m ilitary
patrols are continually conducting rig
orous house-to-house searches and on
th e sm allest p re te x t sum m ary punish
m ent is m eted out.
Many victim s
have been shot in th e ir own houses.
In the absence o f any a tte m p t to
d iscrim in ate betw een friend and foe
many foreigners have taken refuge in
th e ir respective consulates.
Eternal
Feminine.
I Ju ly — W hy a re you all so w o rried ?
C a p ta in —T h e fa c t 1*. m adam , w e hav*
bro k en o u r ru d d e r. L ady—Is th a t aU.
W elL th e ru d d e r Is u n d e r w a te r a n d
It w on’t show . L e t's go on.—T oledo
Blade.
Taft O ff for Cincinnati.
H ot Springs, V*.— A fte r th ree days'
rest here. P resident T a ft le ft fo r C in
cinnati, accom panied by Mrs. T aft,
Miss Helen T a ft and Mrs. Thom as M.
I.aughlin. o f P ittsb u rg .
S ecretary
H illes and M ajor Thomas L. Rhodes,
the p resid en t’s physician, w ill m eet
him in C incinnati.
P resid en t T a ft
expects to app ear before th e election
board in C incinnati and q u alify so he
can vote a t the city and county elec
tion.
NO ARMS
The Meekest Man.
O ur n otion of th* m e e k e s t m an 1*
one w ho Is a fra id to a tte m p t borrow
ing a p a r t of hi* s a la ry from hi* wife.
—A tch iso n Qlobe.
What W* L ive F or.
What do w* liv e fo r If not to make
th * w orld Ire s difficult fo r each other?
The Light Foot en th* Treadle Grew Swifter.
—G eorg*
Eliot