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Show 1 lEGEfJD OF MONUMENT The WANTS PRESIDENT AT PARTIES Mr. Taft Data Net Lika to Entartala Whan MOW THE TALL MARBLE BMAFT IB GAININGS HISTORY. Hr Is Husband Away, Tbe White House wee unusually quiet during the month of May the president was away. Mra. Taft doe not like to entertain largely when the president It tway. The first lady of the land eeeme to make It a point that the president shall be at burnt when large functions are given at the White House. While the president la away Mra. Taft contents herself with long walks end with email tea parties In the afternoon. Two large garden parties wr canceled her u the president bad to be away. Indeed, Mra. Taft la quite Insistent that the president shall be present at her garden parties. Two years ago tbe president had made arrangements to visit Indianapolis, but It ehanred that this date was tbs lame as tbe first of Mra, Taft'a garden parties and tbe president eared to yield to the wUhes of bis wife, end the fndUnapo-ll- s party trip waa canceled to tbe great dismay of quite a number of politician In that state, and they hurried down to Washington In numbers to learn what was the matter, not being able to credit that a mere garden party bad Interfered with tbe visit llut they learned It waa a fact aid themselves yielded to Mrs. Taft'a wishes afterward, although a whole year lapsed, entertaining the president In Indianapolis. be-cau- Something Happening About It Evory Year to Draw Attention Inataneoo of Acdots Piling Up ao Ad Juncta to Its Hlotory, ! I f When Thnmna H. I'urcrll, tbo build-toof the Washington monument, a r Two Monarchs One Mans Unforgetable Meeting Untimely Fate of of the Jungle. With Rattler. Blamaao Wmn BnahesMp teemed a Worthy Brava Llf Afttr H Had Btt Husband's Re Ha But Navtr Ha Prlia, of Cirrltd 0ff-'- 9hf grettad the Caution of Hla "Calf" Prtdatory Traveling Companion. Dd" Tho day waa warm, very warm, and Lorf tolled up tho aun baked, obolUk, which doiulnatoa lusty Ulua Rida mountain road. Vp, tbo bulbllngo at up wo went by alow degree, over fresh winding of the road disclosing tbo capital, died a now and mors beautiful panoramas of few days ago, tbo remln I a c o a e o a valleys, farm straws and rlvar bisectwhich cling about ed, and distant bills, and yot farther distant valleys and tnlaty mountains the marble ahaft were recalled to la tho background cloud crowned and oun besprinkled. mind. Purcell waa clKbly-elgh- t And to wo alowly approached tbo yoara summit. Aa wo rounded a bend to old and bad apent tbo road w saw stretched out as the greater part of bla Ufa In straight aa a pier of airing a dead rattler and nnnexrd to Ita tall a aplea tbo did airing of rattles. Tho anak had building of atono not long been dead, for hla skin waa edifice. 'Every yeir or two the monument certainly In prim eondltlon, and tb lH-beauty of that diamond marked araly nomnthfng to draw attention to It. For Instance, a freak atory waa covering nude Into a belt or cut up Into purira was apparent Hut I waa circulated about tbo ahnft a year ago mor Interested In tb buttons that In tbo effect that Ita material waa rotout tho dread warning that seta moat Tbla libel tbo glv ting. gained a man looking In SO different direccredence. Htork-- were printed tion at one. by practically every newspaper In the I wanted thos rattles, and, full of wa try and pbotograpba of decaying block were etiown. It waa claltuad Impetuosity, I reached for my Jack ENTERTAINED knlf and mad to aprlng out upon 1y Mime gnologUt tbut tbe poor qual- TEXAS GIRL tho ground: but my older companion, ity of material with wlilrb tbe walla nT the iiini.uuient are tilled waa going tho delay that would surety Mlsa Kstherln Morgan Was a Gusst realizing follow and appreciating tho onall'o to bring about tbe deatrurtlun of tbo and at Many Recaptions which w were traveling, put at He claimed that this filler par building. Entertainments, bla veto upon any diversion or delay. wan rotting and rnutdng the decay of Tb make was very much dead, would the outer valla, tie went so far asto Prominent among tbe many beautipoint out the decayed place. There ful and charming society girl visit- not run away, would be there when w returned: tho dead chestnut alongwiiB g vntt deal of newiaper talk ing tbe national capital during the side tbe road would mark tbe spot, but tlie mailer, but after a while season Just passed, may be mentioned and with a glang to tbe horses wo be story wu forgotten, Inld on the Miss Katherine of llnuham. Morgan Jielf with all the other freak (alee. kept going and left the anako behind. were Hut certainly thoie button The monument still stand. lino ones, and would graro any one's Then alien Charlie Street, a baseden, and aa w were delayed at our ball player, wanted to prove bow tier-e-- r destination on the mountain top. I rehe woe on cutclilng tbe emblem of Jil profeexlcn he picked out tbe Washgretted that 1 had not taken that rattler and, bringing It along, skinned It ington inomiment aa tbo proper atruc-tm- e Bo In due time we returned, and at in Immortalize bln achievement. last came to the dead chestnut tree, Hliee Mitt a confederate to the top and we looked for and did not And our if tlie monument and bud him Iona a rattler. Some one, no doubt, bad come out one of the windows 600 that way appreelatlve of a line snake-ski- n feet In tbe air. He caught the ball or needing rattlesnake oil for and tlie old monument again enjoyed m tlmrt aenton of publicity. rheumatism, and had carried bla snakeshlp away. Ills markings In the At a still remoter period somebody dust were plainly seen, and as I chore the Washington monument aa Jumped from the rig and looked a litthe only proper medium to test tbe more closely at the spot where tle truth of tbe saying that a cat baa nine be lay ao very dead I could plainly fee Uvea. A feline In the prime of life where the snake, after enjoying bis waa selected for tbe teat, taken to tbe , unbath, had crawled Into tbe bushes sop of the ahaft and dropped from and gone down the mountain side. one of the windows. The cat followed It has always been a matter of snake tho lines of the structure all tbe way with me when I Imagined my ' painting lo the ground. On alighting It got to . ! . jumping from the rig alongside that It feet, walked a few steps and laid v very murb alive snake, of hla colling down and expired. 'Its back was brok and striking like a flash, of tbe mad en. rush to town for whisky, and the town ir. There are Instances of what sort nf miles away. ten Well, I am not anecdote the Washington monument la Mies Katherine Morgan. over tbe painting, yet tbe picpleased piling up as adjuncts to tbe story of ture cornea like a panorama beforf my id lue, and there are older stories Tex. Miss Morgan baa Just returned eyes every time I see a diamond widt h are nearly ancient enough to to her borne after spending tbe winter barked rattler In a too or even see a be labeled legends. of Mrs. as the guest of Lurton. wife Unof a rattler In a book. The obelisk itself was built in two the associate Justice of the Supreme picture this was a case of allowknowingly, teelkma. A historical society built court She attended a great many ing a sleeping rattler to He. (he Orst part and then ran out of receptions and balls, and was a genfunds. Work stopped for a long time, eral favorite among tbe different aets Education of Japaneia Women. and then the government appropriated wblcb go to make up Washington soThe majority of Japanese educa' . money for tbe completion of the shaft. ciety. tionists hold very strongly that the Inside From the may be seen blocks chief object of female education Is of all sbapea afid sizes bearing Inscrlp-(loit- a On of the Knox Knocks. preparation for the duties of married in all languages, the gifts of for-dg-n Thllander C. Knox, tbe secretary of ilfe, rather than general mental develand In- atate. received one day in his ofllce a opment and culture. To educate womnations, organizations dividuals. bunch of Washington en to be Independent and One of these, about which clings newspaper ' correspondents. In the la not an Ideal that most of the an interesting tale, was donated by the number was William Iloster, who step- teachers In girls' schools ever set bepope of Rome and later lost. This ped to the front with a copy of his fore them. The minds of the teachers was a tremendous, block weighing a paper In which was one of hla dis- are pejmeated with traditional notions ton or more which was to have been patches under big, black headlines. respecting the sphere that woman Is Inserted In a very prominent place. The dispatch dealt with the affairs of designed to All In the family. Hence The stone was poBed there for some the department of state and ran along It is to be feared that the day in still (Ime. What became of It Is a mystery. glibly as If the writer had enjoyed far distant when the Japanese woman the confidence of Mr. Knox regarding will be thoroughly emancipated and 'The pope sent no other block the whole matter. have accorded to her the rights and What do you think of this article?" privileges which are enjoyed by the ' 'Statesmen Swap Clothe. asked Hoster, exhibiting no modesty weaker sex In the most advanced Representative Timothy Ansberry, as he handed the paper to the secre- western countries. The Japanese a Democratic member from Ohio, ' of state. tary Mall. on the floor of the louse After looking this over," said Mr. wearing the loudest" suit of Knox graciously, "I must say, Mr. HosMEMORY. , clothes ever eten In the halls of ter, you are the nestor of Washington The warder of the brain" Memory. It had as many colors as Jo- correspondents." ( Macbeth called It. seph's coat, and the checks and At this, Ilostor took on the aspect The art of memory Is acquired not atrifxui added to Ita festive appear--ant- of a balloon and looked exceedingly by technical devices." said Descartes; pleased until Knox added softly: "but by a philosophical appreciation of Mares-nester.- " Where did you get It?. asked The Popular Maga- things." That Is good enough to con'William Hughes, another zine. sider closely. If the mind has gotten '.Democrat of 'New Jersey. the significance of a thing the memory In Belgium, last Bummer," replied . holds it. Playin by Ear. air. 'Ansberry. Without a good memory an otherIn a recent speech In the senate, fl l trade' you. I'm going to the Senator Rayner of Maryland was con- wise good mind goes lamely. A good nraces," said Mr.. Hughes. demning the argument of a political memory Impllea the appreciative un"Come' on, said the Ohioan. derstanding of Descartes. The parrot opponent. A few minutes later they Tbe valuable emerged My colleague misunderstood me." memory la not good. tfrom a nearby committee room, Mr. be said. He misunderstood me as memory stores facts and Impressions Hughes arrayed In many colors and completely as the little boy misunder- orderly. And does more. It attaches them as batteries In the mind to stimuSir. Ansberry In the sombre gray that stood the ear trumpet bad adorned the form of the New JerOne Sunday morning In church as late original thinking. the hymn was beginning, he taw a sey member. Mr. Hughes led his colleague away man take an ear trumpet from his Highest Mountain. The United States Is able to boast bosom and clap It to his ear. 'Oh, nit, for tbe Pimlico race track. look! he whispered, excitedly, to his of many of the greatest things In tbe mother. 'That there gentleman must world, and among Its other great Another Bachelor on List. things are to be reckoned some very r Lieutenant Colonel Yarde-Bullere- be goln to play by ear!'" lofty mountains. Rut Mount .McKinley cently appointed to succeed Colonel is not the highest mountain on earth. District Population. McLachlan as military attache of the to Mount distinction belong That Is estimated It by will be Richard Maj. bachanother British embassy, In the Himalayas. Younghus-banEverest elor added to the list of ellglbles in Sylvester, superintendent of police, long ago proved that Mount Evnow headed by bis col- that the trtal population of the Disthe corps, has an altitude of 29,002. This erest ' will Columbia of be trict shown by league. Captain Sowerby, naval atof tbe mountains wad named aftking tache. 'Another change to be made In the police census to be approximate- er Sir Edward Everest, who was suThe enumeration In 355,000. circle has been Washington Is ly the diplomatic perintendent of the trigonometrical th-promotion of Masano Hanihara of completed In all of the precincts survey of India at the time the the Japanese embassy staff, wbo has and the results are now being com- of the mountain was determined.height recently been appointed to an Im- piled. The last police census, taken In the Japanese foreign portant post Americas Silk Industry Greatest. 1909, showed the population of the oSHce, after having served his goverSilk manufacture has grown nment as third, second and first aecre- District to be approximately 343,000. In the United States In the last Is In believed and It often that the during the three ten years, and now this country leads rtary, consecutively, igbaence tot the- ambassador, aa charge years the population baa increased by the world la this Industry. 12,000. 655 foot a e a tfco ta-cbn- !l xkd f .'Vv -- - . bigb-browe- g to-da- y s. . . e. , d ' enor-mousl- - 'Taffaira MJ ladlsaapalta Trad outn. torr of tb Brnttb told 1 v northern man b colonel, southern dentation of JJJ said, nnd wai Blrnoit Tb n first night by tnoiquliow. Mkod th man , wP j A wooden dub la not u,un recommend for buntti.B you that firearm th all need you taka along. However, a correspondent aomo inwho has lived In Slam recall Maater which In teresting Instances with attack before fell Stripes tbelr club, which succeeded through a inert daring and unexpectedness--antbo good luck that attended them. In th In the province of Nam, northern part of Slam, a villager and hla wlf were gathering wood on afternoon In th Jungle. Suddenly n him by tiger leaped on th man. seizedIta bark, tha ankle, threw him over and made for th wood. Tb wife, mad with grief and excitement, fob lowed. After going perhapa two hundred yard th tiger stopped, dropped Ita victim and began to play wl,h him wl,h precisely aa a rat play mouse. The woman, armed only with a atout bamboo club, stole up behind tbe beast and smote It on th neck. Ry great good luck ahe broke two of th vertebrae and killed tha animal. Then ahe dragged her aenaeles husband back to their hut and called the neighbors. The man, altlmugh badly mauled, finally recovered, re token of admiration for the woman' bravery, th Chao Phya or governor of the province, gave her a life pension and silver medal. A somewhat similar Incident one came under my own observation. At a place railed Anghln. about forty miles south of Bangkok, a Chinese and his wlf cultivated a small sugar ran plantation. The man had been greatly annoyed by having bla ran enten by bis neighbor's buffalo calve. Coming home one evening Just at dark, he aaw what he thought waa one of the marauders at work on the cane. Bten"ng silently up behind It, he strucg It a mighty blow with a heavy club. The animal dropped without a sound. The Chinese told hla wife what he had done, and added: "That calf will steal no more of my rane." In the morning be found that the "calf waa a full grown tiger: he had killed It by breaking Its neck Just as the woman of Nam bad done. And John was so much Impressed with hla own narrow escape that he took to hla bed and was alck for a week. Youth'a Companion. tlw: f" i northern monlng h niosqu colored butler obout miwqultuco bother tb "Don't plaguo, ked. . tb colon!?" b ' the bl!fr Mh." "Not much, the col"Tb flrzt pnrt of the night fe'1 to druuk onel am too J l and th last part of th night they too druuk to bother him." Proud Duk. atory told Importer An English lat Illustrative of tb prld of tb Duk of FIfo. A TFry rich wotnto In Croitwor asked th duk Squar." h aald, "one Ilk these: In trtna dinner to is "Mra. Parvenu's social secretary to Flf of Duk th Invlt to desired at I dinner on th seventh Instant o'clock. To tbl Invitation cam bark the D,wcr: . dePPr eoclal 'Tb Duk of r.f sired to Inform Mra. Parvenu's that tbe Duk of rtf de secretary dines br Bur. H Tb lnvltatlon."-Wah!ng- Took th orcbeatra played ton Hint No. . a aelee-tlo- i. '"! - - a (A im au la as tilt ua 6 It tb "high coat of Uvlorj of concern matter perianal th store ads will hetp way out. i, you ta J i- - While you are holding funds for investment they will grow at 4 pet cent compound interest in a aavingi account. Your money available whn you want It Walker Brothers Bankers tmu , wood-choppin- g y re About August M, , in OOP new store at iiq jj '"i. Ui iMl the HovU Tat k bull, itn to ifo Oil our sal am ' Haturdajr, I While it continues, A In addition to many oil,""bargains, Roger 1847 Iff Half Rrle, also ntw' Nome tli pattern of wr,r:'' k ver go t half price tmi, t! Malt Order Filled 1rnn.p that seemed to th bachelor very KsISlak Clip beautiful. If leaned toward bis com can driiosit nr withYou panlon and whispered: draw by mall. "Hoar lovely that la! What la It? Do you know? Tbe ad reader learn aomt-i- Bt She smiled demurely and replied In savra something, every day-iy a low, thrilling voice: always she docs both. Maldens Prayer.'" Is th "It And at the aam tlma ah banded A POSITIVE 4fLl him her program, pointing to No. HAMM with her finger. Crunkcnneiipf 11 read and started, for th real ?ium Disease. election was Mendels-achn- a nam of th m Mmn, I Uw, xmU , "Wedding March." Th bachehm b mm ImHUWlf, Ikttf Uw. Tilt UtUI S lor bought the ring next day. STITUH 134 W. i.lS IwA l.w t, U. Co Excusable. Had you wife any money when hlEH AND WOMEN (nr- - nn account nf mny tuoo., C(l you married her?" UcilUm. Oum ninrtunillca np-- wl It Not a cent to her name." In t. Vfr the Ira l. romti,i,. Molar BnrSr Cnllng, Uiuaw-htrvrt- . "Well, wbero on earth did you meet nr wntcSilt Lake City, lull, her?" ocean aa on "We became engaged His System, voyage." "Yes, slrree. I made all my bo "My, but you must havo been feel- by tbe sweating system by mil the other fellows do the sxa: ing very 11L" while I raked In the coin." It Pays. I should be ashamed to scIck Several weeks ago a Kansas editot it If I were you." edge advertised th fact that he bad lost there's no harm In bemg "Why, hla umbrella and requested the finder of a Turkish bilk proprietor now reports: "The lo keep it. II there?" Under has done so. It pays to advertise." Hls Garden, you "John, pormlsed at leut Still, dozen of our friends some early n "Is you wife still by herself?" I don't know. I'm never with her tables." 1 know I did. I wonder It tl when she la by herself, but It hardly seems possible that she W still even would compromise on a trip to : theatre Instead. I don't see ho ' then." 1 mean. Is she still without a going to divide four radishes an a dozen families." cook? ' Mrs. Robert was the first woman to graduats from the law school of the Wisconsin university Nebraska Is now said to have more women students than any other weBt of tbe Mississippi rv,r Kansas has 846, Illinois 843 and Ne' braska 1.785. In the recent Phi Rets Kappa elections 31 of the 38 students receiving the honor were women though the highest average wa made by a man. Week tl t Removal Salt Th Daytime Jewelry of Amber. Amber Is at present a very highly favored Item of daytime Jewelry.. It la aeen as the hatpin head, globular In shape and of a medium size, and I the ornament of combs and prongs Magical rrorrrtleg were believed to be abscrlbnble to amber In former Those Girls of Our. times, and there were wearers of the Ethel Maud says h uses lemon beads who vowed they were saved by them from that tedious and trouble- lulce on ber face for ber complexsome complaint, hay fever. The new ion. Marie I wondered where she got delight found In amber Is traceable not to any occult connection, but to the that sour look. Boston Transcript fashion for every shade of gold, Relevant. through all the graduations from the Did bride get a Prue the most pallid to the most radiant tint. necklace from the groom? Hugh No boxing gloves. She man Unable to Classify Mounds. rled her second husband again.- Tbo problem of the Innumerable amall mounds scattered over north- Judge. eastern Texas has been brought to noThe First Thing. tice In a recent water supply paper of SlUcus What Is the flrst thing s the United States geological survey. fellow should do If be wants to please These mounds vary from 20 to 100 feet a girl? In height, and are usually circular In Cynlcus Make a fool of himself outline, but are sometimes elongated over her. Philadelphia Record. a little In a northeast and southwest An explanation of their direction. Why He Came Back. origin is wanted. Human or animal He I forgot something. agency, water erosion, glacial action Hls Wife (pouting) You forgot to and wind are among the causes sugkiss me. gested. but no theory has been estabDe Yes, hut I came hack for ah lished by satisfactory evidence. ' umbrella. Good Idea, Out of 760 samples of milk examA youth who lives on a little farm ined in London during three months In Elizabeth township recently got the 106 were pronounced tuberculous. To stage fever. He sought an audience find the source of Infection 8.713 cows with hls father and explained his had to be examined. They were located on 102 farms, scattered all over Pop. I want to leave the farm " the country. What for?" son?" Seest thou a man diligent In hls I want to go on the stage." He shall eland before My son, that may be a good Idea. business? One of the best paying acts In vaude- kings but the chances are the other fellow will he found ville laet season was a sitting with turn. Suppose you grab that ax and queens. practice up. No telling what you can do. Pittsburgh Post. Suggestive Names for Boats. During the Spanlsh-Americawar the navy department, by way of a graceful compliment to tbe great renamed two converted cruisers Harvard and Yale. Not long after Commodore Dewey was asked what new names should be conferred upon two little Spanish gunboats that had been captured In Philippine waters. "Oh." said the commodore, "we'll Just cal lone The Massachusetts Institutes jf Technology and the other The Pennsylvania College for Physicians and Surgeons." Lit The Facts. I hear that your boxed your ears on tbe street r terday. Little Boy Boxed my ears! that goes to show bow you can or believe what you an true only boxed one of my ean dodged the second lick. It wasn't the street it was on our stoop Little Girl X one-ha- lt Congressional Fiction. Gabe "Yes, Spinks had s g'xd f in Washington. He was fiction it tor of the Congressional Recorir Steve Fiction editor? Gabe Tes, he Inserted (chff' (laughter), and( applause) In speeches published every dayM dnnati Enquirer. Explained. "When I waa shipwrecked In America," said Captain Bowsprit-camacross a tribe of wild vox who had no tongues. Mercy." cried one of hls listn of the fair sex. 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