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Lifo is not enjoying nor seemingnor getting life in doing and bungHe lives moat not who laughs mostBhowa moet or boa most hut whodone moat and ia most Jamen Harporgave aentontioiisly the estimate of allnoble tiring when ho said Myproblem has always been to see nothow few but how many bourn I couldlabor ° Is the secret of alltrue living because the problem oievery true man is to see how muchbo can add to thin sum of humanitystrue wealth Of all current lies thereare few more pernicious than thisThe world owes me a living The

world owes you nothing unless byyour own achievement you havemade It your debtor The man whoimagines that tho world owes him aliving has taken tho Jlret steps toward knavery the nocond step istakou when ho tries to collect a debtwhich is not duo him The greaterhis Buccees the greater thief he isif he takes out ot the world morethan he has put into itLymanAbbott

IN OUR OWN COUNTRY

The Kentucky House on Mondaypassed the Personal Liability Billand nlao a measure permitting thefermentation of sweet wines

A decision mado this week by theU S Supreme Court In some Michignu railroad cases boa been inter-preted as making It certain that theRailroad Rate bill now before theSenate needs amendment along theline of providing for a review ofrates by a court

Thu strike situation Is not seserious today It has been decidedto allow miner to remain at work In

tho bituminous fluids where the eonditions demanded by the strike lead-

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are allowed The publlo is notin the fullest sympathy with thestrikers oa it was several years agoTho demands are more exacting andate aimed at the making of the min-

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business a monopoly for theunion miners There will bo a furtherconference of the anthracite opera ¬

tors and miners Many foreignersare moving out of the anthraciteregion andsome of them are goinghome

Au illustration of the workingoftho tariff Is to be found in thegroundof au appeal to Congress forprotection that comes from MichiganThere arc several Dutch colonies Inthe United States the members olwhich wear wooden shoes Theseshoes arc also worn by market gar ¬

deners to a considerable extent A

firm in Michigan manufactures theseshoes and they are also Importedfrom Holland Tho Michigan manuIlecturers have naked for a123 pur cent un Imported shoes on theground that they cannot competewith foreign workmen Congresu le

asked to tax the few who wear wood ¬

en shoes for the benefit of a smallmanufacturing enterprise It Is timethis sort of thing was done awaywithIFROM THE WIDE WORLD

According to the New York Worldan expedition Js o set out shortlyfrom Europe In three largo steam-

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which are already under con ¬

tract They aru to carry about 5000volunteers with the following armsand ammunition Eight tbousandManner rifles of the latest pattern24000 rounds of cartridges WOOOO

shells 8 rapid fire guns o000 armybelts officers swords 1000officers revolvers 3000 machetes andswords and other supplies Thisexpedition is for the purpose of over-turning

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tho Castro government inVenezoula and setting upa stablegovernment there It Is also saidthat merchants Now York Londonand Paris are financing tho expe

ditionItsaid that hostilities are immi ¬

nent between the Russian troopsremaining In Manchuria and theChinese soldiers Russia is slow inevacuating tho country according totreaty and the Chinese influenced

moving forward Do-mobilization of tho Russian armyhas and tho Russian Com >

mnnderiuChief has ismicd instructions to prepare for eventualitiesIt will bo insult to Injury IfRussia Is now whipped by China

Tho Algcclras conference has atlast come to an agreement and although France has not gained all sheasked for Germany has lost op near ¬

ly line France and Spainare to police the country and Francohas the Atlantic port cities Thebank Is to bo financed by severalnations but France has the balanceof stock Either Germany has beenoutweighed iu tho conference or shenever expected to get anything butwent into the contest with the ex-

ptlCtation of laying the foundationfor something else like a free handia her advance toward Persia

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maflmaUerTHE CITIZENQUARANTINE BILL

The Measure Placing Control Un ¬

der Secretary of TreasuryPassed the House

TO SELECT SUITABLE STATIONS

Dill Regulates Common Carriers In

Transporting Freight and BaggageFrom Fever Infected Points

Appropriation of 500000 or So MuchAe May Be Necessary To Carry

Out the Provisions of theMeasure Made

Washington April 4Dy a vote ot202 to 26 the houso passed tbu national quarantine bill Tho bill places thecontrol of all quarantine stationsgrounds and anchorage under tho socretury of the treasury and directs thataa soon as practicable after the ap-proval ot the act be shall select anddesignate such suitable places totthem and establish the same at suchpoints on or neat tho seacoast ot theUnited States on the Mexican borderaa in hta judgment aro best suited forthe same In order to prevent the In-

troduction ot yellow fever Into theUnited States Tho bill further givesthe secretary of the treasury the rightto establish a quarantine station atthe Dry Tortugos and at such othoipoints at or hoar seacoasts not to exrood four In the aggregate as hedeems

necessaryInterstateCommerce

Tho bill also provides that everycommon carrier engaged In Interstatecommarco shall recelvo and carrjthrough any state or territory passesgora freight and baggage which mayhave boon discharged and properlycertified In accordance with tho regulatlon ot ttw public health and marinehospital service and every person Intorforing with or obstructing auch carrler or any passenger or any Instrumentality of commerco In any suchcarriage or journey shall bo guilty ola misdemeanor and on conviction bepunlsbad by a flue not exceeding 300or be Imprisoned for a period not exceeding ono year or both In tho discretan ot the court It Is providedthat this section shall not be conatruod as giving authority to any porson to debark or unload freight in anylocality contrary to tho lawful regulatlons

Tho bill carries an appropriation ol1000000 or BO much aa may ba necessary to carry tho provisions of the billInto effect

ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT

House Committee Authorized Favorablo Report on the Senate Bill

Washington April 4Tho housecommittee on military affairs authorteed a favorablo report on the senatebill reorganising the medical departwent of the army The bill wasamended by cutting down the numberof colonel from 16 to 14 of lIeuten-ant colonels from 24 to 20 ot majorsfrom 110 to 100 A provision is In

sorted that any oMcer of the medicalservice corps provided for In tho billwho IB subject to call and who shallho ordered upon active duty but shallrefuse to accept shall forfeit his commission Under tho bill the corps willconsist of a surgeon general with therank of brigadier gdnoral li colonels20 lieutenant colonels 100 majors and300 captains

SECRETARY OF NAVYS POWER

That Official Can Dismiss Hut NotReinstate Midshipmen

Washington April 4SecretaryBonaparte was advlsod by the attor-ney general that the authority ot thosecretary ot the navy to appoint anddlsmlas midshipmen does not embracetho power to reinstate Inquiry was

CHAnLES J BONAPARTB j

made by Mr Bonaparte connectionwith the effort ot Senator Bailey andRepresentative Burleson of Texas tohave Midshipman John Paul Dean ofTexas reinstated

Zlona Financial ManagerZion City Ill April tDoacon WII ¬

liam D Yerger tho present head ofthe Christian Catholic church Ia Cin ¬

cinnati will bo the financial managerot Zion City under the reorganizationnow Sa progress heY

DOWIE GIVES OUT A STATEMENT

OFFICIALLY DISMISSES SIX OFHIS OVERSEERS

Cancels Vollvas Power of Attorneyand Ousts Granger as General Fl ¬

nancial Manager of Zion

Ocotlan MOL April 4The follow-Ing statement was made public byJohn Alexander Dpwle

John Alexander Dowie first apostleof the Christian Catholic Apostolicchurch In Zion has treated with con¬

tempt the powerless allegations of hisopposition by six of his overseersheaded by Vollva

Dowle admits having taken the fol¬

lowing actionFirst Ho has officially dismissed

Overseers Vollva PI pot Exell Brasfield Cantel Spelcher

Secondlie haa cancelled Vollvaapower of attorney

Third He has dismissed Orangesfrom tho offlco of general financialmanager r

Fourth Ho has appointed DeaconFielding Wilhite us Orangers successot and has given him power ot attor

neyFlrtblIe has taken the necessarylegal steps to protect his estate andthe vast interests of ZIon

Sixth Deacon James F Peters genoral manager of the Zion railroad atfaire Is arranging transportation fortho Immediate return of the first apestie and party to Zion City

Ho will probably give further Information Wednesday and meanwhileasks his friends throughout the worldnot to be anxious concerning Zion orhimself

REMARKABLE PHENOMENON

The Ohio River liOn Fire NearSewlckley Pa

PUtsburg April 4The Ohio riverIs burning Flames 30 feet high areleaping from tho surface of tho streamnear Sewickley Pa and there Is littlehope of tho conflagration being checked for a time Tho blaze Is still burnlug with unabated fury During thenight the flames brightly Illuminatethe hills river and valley for milesaround and hundreds of residents of

Sewlckloy and Coraopolla gathered orthe banks to witness tho sight whiclwas ono of exceptional beauty About10 feet from tho southern bank of theriver at a point where tho water IIabout threo feet In depth there la ahuge pillar ot red flame It Is aboutaU feet In diameter and over 3Q feethigh and dances and leaps about thesurface of the river a fiery menaceto navigation This remarkable phe-nomenon Is caused by the ignition ot agreat leak in the Manufacturers Lightand Heat Cos 12Inch gas main whichpasses under tho river

GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA

President Roosevelt Gave a Dinner In

Honor of Him and His Party

Washington April 4 Presldenlloosevelt gave a dinner at the whitehouse In honor of the governor genera of Canada and Countess Gray andtheir party The visitors who In ad-

dition to Earl and Lady Gray includetheir daughter Lady Sibyl Gray LadyAlexander Devero Deauclero and CotHanbury Williams arrived hero tramNew York and went direct to thewhite houie where they were overnight guests of the president Theywill remain In the city for severaldays Among those Invited to meettho distinguished visitors were theBritish Ambassador and Lady DurandSecretary arid Mrs Root SpeakerCannon Senator Lodge RepresentaLive and Mrs Longworth AttorneyGeneral Moody Secretary and MrsBonaparte and nr Adm and MrsCowles

SOUTHERNER FOR PRESIDENT

Senator Frazer Addressed the Tennes-see Socley of New York

Now York April Ualted StatesSenator James D Frazier of Tcnnessee In the course of a speech at tinannual dinner of the Tennessee socie-ty of Now York at the WaldorfAstorla said

If we of the south want to nominato a southern man for tho pressdency wo have a perfect right to doso and If wo do ho should not losta single vote because ho comes fromthe south There is no nova southcontinued tho speakor It Is the sameold south Wo are all true Americansand have the love of constitutionalliberty

LADY OF THE WHITE HOUSE

Mrs Roosevelt Entertained the Mem-

ber of President Palma FamilyHavana April 4Mrs Theodore

Roosevelt Tuesday entertained thomembers ot President Palmas familyat C oclock tea on board the govern ¬

ment yacht Mayflower President andMrs Palma wero not present owingto the fact that the president was suffeting from slight indisposition

Minister Morgan Tuesday morningtook the Roosevelt party in an automo ¬

bile to Mattel a suburb ot Havana

George 8 Paull PromotedWashington April 4Postmaster

General Cortelyou announce 1lhe promotion ot George S Paul of Ohio tothe position otpostmaster clerk otl thopost omce department iv

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TAKEN OUT ALIVE

Thirteen French Miners EnduredUnspeakable Horrors For 20

Days in a Nine

LIVED ON PUTRID HORSE MEAT

Amid Midnight Darkness mad IK tillTerrible Stench From Scores of

Decaying Human Corpses

All Rescued From the CourrleretMines Showed Effects of Their Ex-

periences¬

Being Emaciatedt Exhausted and Blinded

Lens France March 31The disaster at the Courrleres coal mines bida startling sequel Friday when 13 mi-

ners were taken out alive attar baviRjendured unspeakable horrors during20 days of entombment The story 01

the survivors so far as It haa beentold discloses that they lived for manydays on putrid horse meat amid totaldarkness and In the stench fromscores of decaying corpses The presonce of human flesh would speedilyhave forced the starving men to re-

sort to tho last desperate extremityIf they had not been rescued Thesurvivors were sturdy young minersfrom 17 to 25 years of age except theirleader Henri Nemy who is 38 yearsold All show tho terrible effects oltheir experiences being emaciated exhaunted and blinded Their rescuecaused a temporary nervous lucidityduring which they greeted their relatives and graphically relatod their Buf

fetingThere was touching scenes U wives

and mothers greeted those whom theyhad long given up as dead Crowdsbesieged the hospitals to which themen were taken cheering the survi-vors and Imprecating the Ineffectivenature of the salvage work that followed Immediately after the disaster

The rescue ot these 13 men revivedthe hope In many families that othersore alive and the relatives of thosewhose bodies have not been recoveredclamorously demanded that efforts beredoubled to bring out any possible

survivorsThere a report that in addition totho 13 men who were brought up outof the mine Friday there were Aveothers who eme wlthUi ia almostto the bottom ot the pit but wereunable to come further on account ofexhaustion

THE BLUE AND THE GRAY

Effort To Be Made To Organize aNational Association

Atlanta Ga March 29A sessionot the blue and gray state organlza ¬

tions was held here with the expectaLion that tho formation of a national organlzatlon which will perpetuate with ¬

out distinction between north andsouth tho memory ot those who foughton either side In that memorable con ¬

flirt will be effected A score of statesfrom California to Maine and fromTexas to Michigan were representedby nearly COO veterans who listened to

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addresses from tho view point ofthose who wore both uniforms Theutmost harmony prevailed In everyutterance and the keynote of all wasan earnest desire that tho differences

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of tho past which were settled morethan 40 years ago shall bo forgottenin the unity of the future

Gov Pattlsona ConditionColumbus 0 April 4Tbo bulletin

issued by the physicians at 1130oclock Tuesday night on Gov Pattison is but a rcpcition of others givenout There has been practically nochange In the past 48 hours and re-ports from the residence are to theeffect that ho Is slowly improving

Newspaper Plant Damaged By FireBuffalo N Y April 3A fire broke

out on the second floor of the office ofthe Buffalo Times an afternoon paperat an early hour Tuesday morning

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spreading quickly gained control ot aI large portion ot the building The losswill reach J200000

PresidentPalmaHavana April 3Mrs Roosevelt

and her children called on PresidentPalma President Palma sent a statecoach to the wharf to receive MrsRoosevelt and the children and an aidedecamp escorted them to the palace

A State Tuberculosis HospitalDes Moines In April 4Thostato

legislature mado an appropriation ot10000 to begin tho erection ot a state

tuberculosis hospital and the prosecu ¬

Ition of a general educational campaignfor checking tho disease la Iowa

Strike Promoters ExiledSt Petersburg April 3 M Annen

Ilk a wellknown writer and M Orlehart president ot the railroad eontress which ordered tho railroad

I strike of last fall have been exiled toArchangel by administrative order

Allen Arrivals In New YorkAlbany N Y April 2Durlnr the

ast three months of 1905 there were65540 alien arrivals at the port ofYew York according to the quarterly

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