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A Royal Vending ™ Moroiand ^ &\^j27*rwvczzY: ~*o - ----:_ ■7W£ 'SULTAN'S V/NTA, 0£> £>0X4 £ SLOOP, BEACHED rOQ PEPAin<s <? ts <: The United States is not without its : royal families, regardless of what pro hibitive measures congress and the constitution have provided. The con quests of 1898 brought us not only new dominions to administer, but among other things, a full quota of royalty as well. The Island of Mindanao, America's furthermost frontier, is ruled and gov erned under the tutorship of American officials by blue-blooded families boast ing as old and spotless an ancestral lineage as any dynasty in the far east. | These families are Mohammedan in religion and decidedly oriental in cus tom, so much so that a comic opera writer would be in clover of operatic material could one but live to study the varied curiosities of the royalty of Moroland. A great celebration took place in Mindanao recently. It was not when Mrs. Longworth, nee Roosevelt, vis ited the country and, according to ru mor, was offered an opportunity of marriage into the royal household of the Moros by an over-zealous prince —a sort of charter membership as it were—nor was it when the Hon. Wil liam Jennings Bryan visited the island paradise and out of pure Moro hos pitality and respect was made a full fledged Datto, a rank next below that of prince. Zambo, as the Americans say for short, was in festal attire, mirth and feasting for the popular Sultan of Ma guindanao, the ruler of Margosa Tu big, a principality not unlike Timbuc too in a great many respects, on the occasion of his marriage to the Princess of Cottobato. It was a na tional affair in Margosa and the cere mony was consummated in full state honors. Especial interest was dis played by the people in this matri monial event owing to the great wealth and rank of the princess who comes from one of the foremost fam ilies of the Sulu archipelago. The princess is the widow of the late Dat to Uto, who greatly harassed the Spanish authorities in the old days of strife and turmoil, and she was much sought after by the leading Dattos and Sultans of the Moro provinces. The Wooing of the dashing Sultan of Maguindanao was finally looked upon ■with favor by the dusky princess and the wedding was to have taken place earlier in the year, but according to their mythology the date set was un propltious, the fact having been made known to the royal councillors by a bird flying past the door of the sul tanate, and going in the wrong di rection. Mohammedans have their full share of superstition and are al ways prone to its fanciful dictations. Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood is the big man in social functions that he is in matters military, and in order that the sultan, who, by the way has al ways borne a friendly air toward Americans and American government, might attend his wedding in modern state, the general gave instructions that a launch be placed at his dis posal to transport the bridal party from Cottobato to Zamboanga, the ancient capital of Moroland. From this it must be judged that the sul tans are minus their methods of water transportation. They are the owners of many large and beautifully deco rated canoes, carved from the most precious woods in the east. The ca noes are propelled by slaves, some having as many as one hundred black, sleek oarsmen on occasions of state. But to be able to have a steam vessel of modern lines in attendance at a wedding was a thing not enjoyed at every marriage and because of this compliment alone the wedding will be one long remembered among the peo Cple. It was a proud prince that brought his bride aboard the tooting, flag-bedecked government launch. At the ceremony the bride and groom appeared in full state robes and jewels, some of the latter of which would grace the personage of a more powerful peer. A wedding ceremony as performed by Moros takes place in a large embroidered marque of rich and costly design, and is an affair which usually outshines marital cele brations in more advanced countries. On one side of the ponderous, silk en tent sits the bride esconsed. on a cushion laden throne and with a cushion in front of her on which rests her hands. The linger nails are pro tected with long silver ferrules that at once suggest the garb of the wild tribes of South Africa, but Moro roy alty, on the contrary, is far from be ing wild.- It is rather enlighttmed in a great many ways and the pomp and taste with which they sometimes carry out their ceremonies is most attrac tive. The hair of the bride, in which nestles costly diamonds, and pearls from the Sulu seas, is dressed in stylish coiffure, surmounted with a floral crowjj. Around her are seated ladies of her court, all in gala attire, who fan her in turns while the others dance and kow-tow as the Pandita, or Mohammedan priest, recites in grave monosyllables portions of the Koran and extoles the groom in his duties towards his wife. The groom sits serenely silent on a pile of cushions about 15 feet away from the bride, surrounded by his cabinet and full official suite. After the Pandita has completed his matri monial lecture to the sultan he leads him with profound solemnity toward the bride, and causes him to wave about her head a long white cloth, re peating after the Pandita a number of vows as he makes each successive turn of the scarf. This, with a few other minor formalities, completes the ceremony and then the day is given over to feasting and merriment, in which rich and poor alike take part. According to a belief of the people, which belief is embodied in the teach ings of the Koran, the bride must not put her feet to the ground for a cer tain time after her marriage and when she goes into the house of her hus band, she is carried there by her guardian or nearest relative. And so a princess of the royal blood becomes a bride in this newly acquired, quaint and distant land of ours. MANILA, P. I. TRAINS RUN SLOWLY IN SPAIN. Traveler Must Be Content with Eighteen Miles an Hour. Spain does not facilitate the prog ress of the traveler. The tourist to that country must be rich in one thing which the average American signally lacks—namely, plenty of time. In Spain there is no “staying over a train” to visit a cathedral or a gallery. The points of interest are widely scat tered and a day's journey must not be considered as any hindrance to an inspection, however cursory, of even one cathedral. This difficulty in getting about is due largely to an execrable train serv ice. The cars in the south of Spain are old-fashioned; the roadbeds are so badly made that the trains rock like a ship in a heavy sea. The engineers either cannot of will not drive the en gines at any rate which an American would recognize as speed. Eighteen miles an hour is the Spanish idea of a lightning express; 15 is regarded as a working estimate that is good enough for ordinary purposes. The Spanish have “all the time there is,” and see no reason why they should imperil their lives and wreck their nerves by hurrying anywhere. It may be noted, however, that if the trains are slow they are sure, and for a train to be behind time practically is unknown. Women traveling alone; for instance, need not hesitate to take a train reaching a given point by ten at night through fear that it will not arrive until 11 or afterward. If the time table announces its arrival for ten. that train will enter the station on the minute. Opera’s First Production. Wagner's opera, “Die Meistersin ger,” was sung for the first time in America at the Metropolitan opera house, January 2, 1886. —II—HW1IBIM1IBI HERITAGE OF CIVIL WAR. thousands of Soldiers Contracted Chronic Kidney Trouble While in the Service. The experience of Capt. John L. Ely, pf Co. E, 17th Ohio, now living at 500 East Second 6treet, Newton, Kansas, _ will interest the thon sands or veterans who came back tram the Civil War suffer ing tortures with kid ney complaint. Capt Ely says: “1 contracted kidney trouble dur ing the Civil War, and the occasional attacks finally de veloped into a chronic case. At one time I had to use a crutch and cane to get about. My back was lame and weak, and besides the aching, there was a distressing retention of the kidney secretions. I was in a bad way when I began using Doan’s Kid ney Pills in 1901, but the remedy cured me, and I have been well ever since.” Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box, Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y. Smokers Shown by Handwriting. Mr. Saunders, a former schoolmas ter, told the British house of lords committee on juvenile smoking that he could detect smokers by their handwriting—that of boys who smoked being a loose, flabby kind. Handwrit ing, be said, was a cinematograph of the heart. Nicotine in Tobacco. A scientist writes: “The essential quality for which tobacco is smoked or chewed lies not really in the leaves themselves, but is contained in thou sands of hollow-knSbbed hairs which cover their surface. The vital nicotine is garnered in these pearlike balls, but as it is impossible to shave off these hairs, and would be a scarcely com mendable achievement if it could be undertaken, it becomes necessary to preserve the whole foliage for com mercial purposes.’ SORES ON HANDS. Suffered for a Long Time Without Relief—Doctor Was Afraid to Touch Th,em—Cured by Cuticura. “For a long time I suffered with sores on the hands which were itch ing, painful and disagreeable. I had three doctors, and derived no benefit from any of them. One doctor said he was afraid to touch my hands, so you must know how bad they were; another said I never could be cured; and the third said the sores were caused by the dipping of my hands in the water in the dye-house where I work. I saw in the papers about the wonderful cures of the Cuticura Remedies and procured some of the Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. In three days after the application of the Cuticura Ointment my hands began to peel and were better. The soreness disappeared, and they are now smooth and clean, and I am still working in the dye-house. Mrs. A, E. Maurer, 2340 State St., Chicago, 111., July 1, 1905.” THIEVING SQUIRREL DRIVEN OFF Robin* Successfully Defend Nest Against Marauder. A pair of robins proved too much for a marauding squirrel in Independ ence square yesterday. While on a midair cruise he suddenly stopped as though something special had attract ed his attention, and then he came down the tree in a slow, unconcerned manner. The secret was out when he shyly began the ascent of another oak, in the branches of which a pair of the redbreasts had built their nest. His little eyes glistening and his whole manner that of a thief, he moved up the tree trunk, and had al most reached the little blue eggs in the nest when the mother bird and her mate saw him and flew down from their upper perch. They were on Mr. Squirrel in an instant, and the fur flew when their beaks got into action. The retreat of the squirrel was quick ly effected. The watchers were amused. Then a second time the rob ber advanced, and was so successful as to get one of the eggs in his paws before the birds came to the rescue. The squirrel was nonplussed, as he couldn’t back down with the egg with the birds pecking him, and he was loath to relinquish his hard-won prize. His hesitation was fatal, though, as the birds, with a concerted rush, fair ly shoved him out of the nest, and the robins followed him so quickly and furiously that the egg was dropped and smashed on the ground. The squirrel then gave up his purloining expedition.—Philadelphia Record. A WINNING START. A Perfectly Digested Breakfast Makes Nerve Force for the Day. Everything goes wrong if the break fast lies in your stomach like a mud pie. What you eat does harm if you can't digest it—it turns to poison. A bright lady teacher found this to be true, even of an ordinary light breakfast of eggs and toast. She says: “Two years ago I contracted a very annoying form of indigestion. My stomach waS in such a condition that a simple breakfast of fruit, toast and egg gave me great distress. “I was slow to believe that trouble could come from such a simple diet but finally had to give it up, and found a great change upon a cup of hot Postum and Grape-Nuts with oream, for my morning meal. For more than a year I have held to this course and have not suffered except when injudiciously varying my diet. “I have been a teacher for several years and find that my easily digested breakfast means a saving of nervous force for the entire day. My gain of ten pounds, in weight also causes me to want to testify to the value of 3rape-Nuts. “Grape-Nuts holds first rank at our table." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. “There’s a reason." Read the little book, “The Road to Wellville,” la Bkgs. - xy.. ?, a'.if ■ C All creameries use butter color. Why not do as they do—use JUNE TINT BUTTER COLOR. Lots of people would be glad to get rid of their experience for less than they paid for it. Lewis’ Single Binder cigar—richest, most satisfying smoke on Ihe market. Your dealer or Lewis’ Factory, Peoria, 111. Honduras has large tracts of pjne lands, which will ere long lead to the building of railroads. The University of Notre Dame, it ap pears, has some features that can not tie duplicated in any other school. It is one of the old, well-established colleges, with settled traditions reaching back sixty-four years, with a distinguished staff of pro fessors and excellent library and labora tory equipment. Its discipline is of the paternal kind—strong without being op pressive; and as it embraces in its scope the grammar school, high school and col lege work, its appeal is as broad as it is potent. Perhaps the most remarkable feature of the famous Indiana University, however, is the fact that it has arrived at its present marvelous development abso lutely without endowment. An announce ment of the courses provided at Notre Dame appears on another page. _ Sinai, the "Turquois Land.” Sinai was known as the "turquois land” in very ancient times, and Dr. Flinders Petrie believes that it was the first mining center in the world. In his recent book on the subject Dr. Petrie tells of the various expeditions sent to Sinai by the Egyptian govern ment. At the head of the party was the “commander,” or “bearer of the seal of the god.” the Pharaoh. The official staff consisted of "masters of the house of metals," or assayers. scribes and secretaries, to make in ventories of the output of the mines. Veterans Rapidly Passing Away. Veterans of the civil war are dying now at the rate of 100 a day, accord ing to records of the United States pension office. The monthly reports for several months past havp shown the death rate among the old soldiers to be in the neighborhood of 3,000 a month. Pension office officials who have watched the figures closely and know the tendency of the death rate are of the opinion that the number of civil war pensioners has reached the maximum and that hereafter each succeeding month wiil show a de crease. Foreign Bern Men of Fame. Of the 300,000 Canadians engaged in business or following professional pursuits in the United States many hold prominent posts. "Who's Whc in America" mentions 245 Canadians. Allowing one-eighth of those born in Great P.ritain hut brought up in and therefore rightly to be credited tc Canada, the number of Canadians be comes 276, or 2.3 for every 10,000 Canadians in the United States. With this may be compared the British rate per 10,000 of 2.2, that of 2.1 for the Dutch, that of .5 for Swedes, and that of .9 for native Americans (black and white), or 1.9 for native white Americans. BIG NEW SHOE BUILDING. It Is Dedicated by the W. L. Douglas Co. at Brockton. The dedication a short time ago of the new administration and jobbing house building erected by the W. L. Douglas Shoe Co. as a part of its mam moth manufacturing plant at Montello was marked by the thoroughness and attention to detail characteristic of the firm in all its undertakings. The dedicatory program included open house from 11 a. m. to 8 p. m. with concert by the Mace Gay orches tra and the presence of a Boston caterer to attend to the wishes of all. The building itself afforded a feast for the eye, especially the offices, which are marvels in many ways. Fifteen thousand invitations were sent out, including over 11.000 to the re tail dealers in the United States who handle the W. L. Douglas Co. shoes, the others going to shoe manufactur ers and all allied industries in Brock ton and vicinity. Mr. Douglas will be glad to have anybody who is interest ed call and inspect the new plant, and says “the latch string Is always out.” All departments of the plant were open for inspection, the three factories as well as the new’ building, and vis itors were received and escorted through the industrial maze by ex Gov. Douglas, assisted by the heads of the various departments. Under the present system all shoes are manufactured to order, and cus tomers sometimes lose sales waiting for shoes to arrive. With the new jobbing house they will be enabled to have their hurry orders shipped the same day they are received. The new building is 260 feet long and 60 feet wide and two stories in height. The jobbing department will occupy the entire lower floor, while the offices will occupy the second floor. The jobbing department will carry a complete stock of men's, boys’, youths’, misses’ and children’s shoes, slippers, rubbers and findings equal to any job bing house in the country. Buyers are especially invited to come here to trade, and every effort possible will be made to suit their convenience. There ■will be a finely appointed sample room on the second floor, with an office in which both telephone and telegraph will be Installed, with operators, both Western Union and Postal Telegraph wires to be used. There will also be arrangements for the receipt and des patch of mail. ANYTHING FOR FILTHY LUCRE Writer’s Cynical Justification of Mean Piece of Work. A certain gifted writer of whom It was once said that he wouldn’t recog nize his wife if he met her on the street wrote a charming love story not so long ago, and it was printed in a popular magazine. His friends and all those of the circle in which the author moved recognized the story as an exact and recent transcript from the life of the writer, involving a very beautiful young woman, also well known in the same set. One man, coming across the author, took him to task for it. "What in the world did you write up that affair with Miss Blank for?” he demanded. The author looked at him unmoved and with the same exquisite calm and clearness that characterized his work, replied: “I needed the money.** i> it . What is Castoria. , _ ... • ASTOBIA. is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregorio, Drops and ^ Soothing Syrups. 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The amusements of Queen Wilhel mina of Holland are skating and rid ing, but as a child her hobfcy was the keeping of poultry. To Wash Velveteen. Velveteen may be washed by shaking it about in warm Ivory Soap suds; then rinse thoroughly and let it drip dry. On no account squeeze or wring it. Be care ful to hang it straight on the line, for otherwise it will be crooked when drv. ELEANOR R. PARKER. Drawing the Line. We have followed the plow, wielded the hoe, served time on the public roads under an austere overseer, swept the backyard, worked the gar den, churned the butter, washed the dishes, nursed the baby and performed other various and sundry disagreeable tasks in our times without a murmur, but when it comes to cleaning streets under three lady bosses—excuse us, please. Three women to boss you. Great Caesar's ghost! Just the thoughts of such a catastrophe is enough to give a man the "buck-ague.” —Minden (La.) Signal. NOTRE DAME ALWAYS CHARMS Visitors Never Tire of Beauty of Famous Cathedral. Often as I have seen Notre Dame, the marvel of it never grows less. I go to Paris with no thought or time for it, busy about many other things; and then, on my way over one of the bridges across the river, perhaps, 1 see it again on its island, the beauti ful towers high above the high roofs of homes and palaces, and the view, now so familiar, strikes me afresh with all the wonder of my first impres sion. The wonder only seems greater if I turn, as I am always tempted to, and walk down the quays on the left bank, the towers before me and with every step coming more and more completely together, by the Pont Neuf, to the island, and at last to the great square where Notre Dame fronts me in its superb calm.—Elizabeth Robins Pennell, In The Century. This Is What Catches Me! I6oz.—One-Third More Starch. A.. FULL POUND ,or lOc No premiums, but one-third more starch than you get of other brands. 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Thousands of women testify to this fact 50 cents at druggists. * Send for Free Trial Box IBB B. PAXTON GOw Borneo. r. W. N. U, OMAHA, NO. 33, 1909. M'ff f f f’T-fi It *T-r» f -T-r* V TT’fi Forgot His Courtship Days But Hubby Had Been There in His I Time, Like the Rest of Us. Husband (looking up from his pa ]>er)—What asses men make of them selves! Wife—What is the matter now, dear? Husband—I am looking at the love letters in this breach of promise case. Wife—Are they interesting? Husband—Interesting! They are absolutely sickening. Hear this: “My dear ducky!” "My lovely dovey!” Ha, ha, ha! Wife (demurely)—It does sound rather foolish, doesn't it? Husband (with a burst of laughter) I —Foolish! Idiotic, you mean. It's the *, worst nonsense imaginable. To think that any man in his senses could write such stuff as this: “I send you 1,000,000 kisses, my gosisie, poosie, sweety, peety!” Ha, ha, ha! Wife—Perhaps he loved her when he wrote those letters. Husband—Suppose he did. Is that any excuse for writing such bosh? Wife—Yes, it should be. Here are some letters I found to-day when look ing over my old relics—relics of court ship. They are very foolish, but very precious to me, I assure you. They are your letters. One of them begins: “My ownest own preciousest little ducky darling, my—” Husband (hastily)—That’s enough of that rot! Put them in the fire.— X. Y. Weekly. Unresting Machinery. A day consists of only 24 hours; and it might be fully occupied by three relays of workers, each doing eight hours, the machinery being on the stretch all the time. Rest does machinery no good; it tends to wear it out. The best thing for a machine is always to be going at a steady speed. It does no good to a watch to let it run down; it is Important to. keep it always going. !