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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (June 15, 1900)
ill the mountains west of the big fiorge lived the tribe of Cappa Tom. : ind the chieftain of the tribe. Singing Water , was proud of his 500 braves , who were tall and lithe and strong and mighty huntsmen ; and he was proud of the buxom squaws and the fat papooses in the mountain camp. No enemy in the region for a hundred leagues about dared give battle to Hinging Water , for the fame of his braves had spread even to the great forest on the north and the marsh lands on the south. Once upon a time , so the legend eaya. Singing Water found among the children in the tepees a poor little papoose , a shrunken diminutive dwarf child , of whom the other Indian boys made sport and forbade him their amusement ; so "Little Injin" would sit cross-legged apart from his fellows , and watch them at play. Chief Singing Water sent for him one day , and to the trembling , shrink ing , little figure before him he grunted words of disapproval.and with a frown on his face he spoke to "Little In jin. " "Ha ! Little Injin. You good not at all. You very small ! You , crooked like manzanilla tree ; you sick like dy ing squaw ; you ugly like stinking fox ; you can no fight , you can no hunt. So , ugh ! You go old squaw ; you grind acorns , you make fires , you cook , like equaw. Little Injin. you no good. " When the words were uttered a change came over the face and form of Little Injin. He stood as erect as his crooked limbs wouid permit , and with a set , stern face and an angry voice he dared answer Singing Water. "Big chief , you say Little Injin no good. Little Injin sick ; Little Injin crooked ; Little Injin ugly ; Little Injin no fight ; Little Injin no hunt ; only grind acorns and make fires for squaw. Little Injin no more stay with you ; Little Ipjin go far off ; you see Little Injin no more ! " Hehobbled' away from the presence of Singing Water , and that night he left the camp , and through the long hours until the dawn of another day lie limped along the path that led to nowhere in particular. By the light of the moon he crossed the creeks and the small streams , and the stars point ed him a way over the hills and through the valleys. Finally Little Injin reached the sum mit of a high mountain , and lay down to rest his tired limbs. He was faint and sore ; and could not eat the ber ries that grew in abundance on the mountain slope , he could not sleep , for Ilis eyes would constantly fill with tears. He lay there for a long time , a sobbing in his throat , a patter of tears falling on his moccasins. Then a good spirit came on the mountain top , and touched him light ly on the shoulder. It was like a woman's touch like his mother's.back in the land of Singing Water. "Little Injin , , vhat for you cry ? " said the good spirit ; and the lad hid his face in fright , and his sobs only increased. "Little Injin. no get scared , " reas sured the good spirit. "You no be afraid of good spirit , but say what for you cry. " Little Injin dried his tears and be tween his sobs he said : "Great chief of my people , no like Little Injia ; he say me too little ; he ay me too sick ; he say me too crook ed : he say me too ugly ; me no can fight , me no can hunt , me no good. Me go away. " "But Little Injin must go back to his people , " said the good spirit ; "you must speak to them and tell the chief and his braves that you are going far away to live in big valley , where you will" find pretty squaw. Then some it years more papoose will come , and he will grow big and strong. Then he will go back to your people , and make big chief and his braves all afraid of him. You go now. Little Injin , back to your people in the mountain. Some days later Little Injin reached his old home , and following the direc tions of the good spirit he talked to Singing Water and the braves , and he told them what he proposed to do. They laughed him to scorn and de clared that in all the land Little Injin could find no squaw. But , determined to follow the advice of the good spirit. Little Injin now left his people , and he journeyed to a valley far in the east , where he met an Indian girl who became his squaw. Then came a papoose to Little Injin , and he grew and he grew , until he was over six feet tall.and had the strength of a bear and the fleetness of the deer. All the other Indians in the valley became afraid of him , and he was soon known far and wide as a great hunter and a mighty man when at war. Then the good spirit again called on Little Injin and said to him : "Little Injin. you go now back to your people. Take your son , the big Injiii , and tell him to call all his braves in the valley and go with you with their bows and arrows , their beads and war paint , to fight the In dians of the mountain. " The Indians of the valley marched upon the long journey to the moun tain the very next day. Meanwhile a bad spirit , in the form of a woodpeck er , from his nest m the mountain , saw the valley Indians approach across the plain. So he flew as fast as he could to the camp of Singing Water , and he warned 'him and his people. "The big Injin and his braves from the great valley are coming to make war on you , and I warn you not to run but tofight them. You caneasily whip the big Indian and his braves. ' The next day a great battle was fought between the Indians of the mountain and those of the valley ; and the legend tells the result in these few words : "Mountain Injin no run away ; he fight valley Injin. Valley Injin heap kill Mountain Injin ; he strong , he brave , he not sick , he not crooked , he not ugly. He fight like wild cat ; Mountain Injin he say got enough fight ; he smoke peace pipe. Very .well , Valley Injin he stay in moun tain ; he no go home ; he send for Lit tle Injin , now old man , to come back to his people. Then Valley Injin make Singing Water pay money Injin money ; make him grind corn ; make him cook ; make all Injius of mountl tain cook same as squaw ; while Valley - ley Injin he hunt , ho fish , he fight , Little Injin very old Injin he now big chief ; he laugh , he cry no more ; he see his big papoose : he smile ; he much happy Injin now. " India's Idols. The number of India's idols is said to exceed 333,000,000. Every village has its special idol , and frequently more than one Brahma is the supreme-god , and appears in three forms Brahma , the creator , Vishnu , the preserver , and Siva , the destroyer. Each of the three is supposed to be married , and thus there are six deities which are supreme in India. Vishnu the preserver , the most worshipped , is shown black , and with four arms. His wife , Lakshmi , is the goddess of prosperity and good luck. Very different are Siva and his wife. He is the destroyer , and is rep resented as a man powdered over with ashes and wearing a tiger-skin. A necklace of human skulls decorates his throat , while he carries a club or tri dent , surmounted by human heads and bones. China and Japan have immense numbers of idols , many of their tem ples being full of them. One Japanese temple at Sanjusangendo has so many that , if placed in line , they would extend - tend for not less than half a mile. Many of the Chinese are said to spend from 20 to 25 per cent of their income on idol worship. The Coaster IJrnko. The innovation known as the coaster brake is decidedly popular. Back ped aling is exceedingly tiresome , and coasting has steadily declined by rea son of the obvious inconvenience of using the plunger brake , operated by a the foot. With the coaster brake one can slide down a hill without remov ing his feet from -the pedals. It re quires but a few moments to become used to the new brake , and soon the sense of complete control of the wheel is felt and a comfortable feeling of security is imparted , which has never hitherto been experienced. The coast er brake will be espeoial'y popular ir. this city , where so many hills are en countered. Nearly all the brakes of this kind on the market are operated " by rollers , controlled by springs , are simple in construction and easily at tached to any wheel. Meat in Vladivostok. Butchers in Vladivostok have re solved to raise the price of meat. Their reasons are the usual stock ar guments on such occasions ; but they it appear a trifle funny when It is re called that one Chinese merchant who imported a thousand slaughtered cat tle into Vladivostok some time ago was not allowed to discharge his cargo for three weeks. When landed the meat had to be corned in order to save , and the unfortunate purchaser was compelled to buy barrels to preserve his importation , and incur additional expense. Vegetarians are amused at the situation , but meat rises in price. CIik-aRo's Invariably 1'leasant Day. The weather office records in Chicago cage show that the 25th of April has been clear in that city for twenty-five years past , not a drop of rain having fallen there on that day since 1875. BIDDY BOYCOTTS MISTRESS. It'uw York Servant Uevc'iipeHerself Upon Unldnd Kmnloyor. The New York servant has found a way of revenging herself upon an un - kind mistress. The plan Is not origi nal ; but it works satisfactorily. It explains why some women can only keep a servant for a few days. The scheme is simple. The departing do mestic writes her opinion of her em ployer In some hidden nook or cranny , cither in the kitchen or in her own room. The new domestic finds this communication. She profits by it. In quiry at an employment agency on Sixth avenue revealed that this scheme was generally practiced. "It is no more than could be expected , " said the manager of the agency , "that a girl who leaves a place in a rage against her mistress , as many of them do , should want to have a word to say to the next servant that comes in. It's an easy matter to leave a line Avhere the newcomer will find it. One woman told me that on the wall at the head of her servant's bed she found a penciled line , 'The mistress here has got such a temper she'd make your hair curl. My , but she's fussy and mean. ' A spot often utilized is in the neighborhood of the clock , but per haps 1 : the most unique one of all was written on a slip of paper and pasted TS TI I the bottom of the wash bowl. In going domestics have learned to look for these communications now. A girl I sent to a place the other day came back in a few hours. When 1 asked her what was the matter , she said : ' 1 didn't like the missus' references. jj They wasn't as good as mine. ' I knew what she meant and I told the housewife - wife in question that she had better rub out the notice that her departing maid left. The plan was perhaps sug gested by the Chinese servants in San Francisco. Their method was to leave a few hieroglyphics under the kitchen sink. . The new celestial invariably looked ' there the fir it thing. If the signs were favorable to the lady of the house he stayed , if not he left with out any explanation. It has only re cently , however , come into vogue among New York domestics , but it is already a popular practice. " New York Journal. BARBER GOT IT MIXED. Ho Fails Miserably in Telling the Collar JoUo. Henry Lamm , an attorney of Seda- lia , told a story at the reception to the Missouri Bar association last night which caused a great laugh. Mr. Lamm was called on to make an impromptu speech. He said : "This is taking an unfair advantage of me. I have a pa- per in my pocket which I am to read acl the meeting tomorrow. It is a very dry paper and it will take me an hour to read it. If I am given the slightest encouragement I will read it right now. That will be one on you , would n't it ? And that reminds me , I was in Texas recently and there they have a new joke. A man asks you , "Have you heard the story about the two dirty collars ? ' You are supposed to answer , 'No. ' And then the man says , 'That's one on you. ' A Dutch barber who had been sold on this joke concluded to try it on the next customer who came into his shop. Seas as he was getting ready to shave the next caller he asked him : 'Haf you heard dot story about the two dirty collars ? ' 'No , ' answered the customer. 'Veil , clot's one you got on. ' " Kansas City Star. As In a Iookliipr-Glass. When Livingstone was in South Af rica his looking glass afforded the na tives endless amusement. They were a always asking for it , and their remarks were sometimes simple , sometimes silly , and sometimes laughable. "Is that me ? " cried one. "What a big ra I have ! " said another. "I have in chin at all ! " deplored a third. "My ears are as big a pumpkin leaves , " was the proud comment of a fourth. 'See how my head shoots up in the middle , " joked a fifth , and so on , the company laughing boisterously at the different remarks. While the doctor was thought to be asleep a man took quiet look in the mirror. After twisting his mouth about in a variety of ways he said to himself : "People call me ugly , and how ugly I am. in deed ! " However , he might not have been so refreshingly candid had he known the eye and ear of the mission ary were both on the watch. Detroit Free Press. tor hung out a large blackboard sign , the other day , with the announcement. "You can't beat our 15-cent dinners. " A young man of humorous turn of ai mind came along , stopped and smiled. ai He waited until none of the employes en * { was watching , and , taking out his handkerchief , he erased the letter "b" th from the word " " cafe "beat. Another young man managed to eat a dinner P at that restaurant without paying for foLi , and then mailed the proprietor a Li letter telling the facts and asking this , question : "Who says I can't beat your " 15-cent dinners ? " lii dc For Flashlight Pictures. QI Powder for flashlight pictures is re tl placed by gas in a new invention , ai which has the gas stored in a jar , with tl the flame in position to ignite it when ai the jar is opened by pressure on a se pneumatic bulb , the latter also oper tl ating the shutter of the camera. tl tlol jr Coming : to Ai ol Rudyard Kipling , according to Lon don announcements , is to visit the pi United States next autumn. The au in thor says he does not lay his former for illness against * the American climate. the tln n < TALMA&E'S SERMON. AN INCIDENT IN THE LIFE OF OUR SAVIOR. liei I'alh of Least KcsiNtnucc IN the Kent One In Which to I'erfortiiCotxl Works KoiiKli I'lnccx In l.lTo'n .four- "T- ( Copyright. 1SOO , by r.ouls ICIopscn. ) Text. Mark 39. "And He arose and rebuked the wind and said unto the sea. Peace , be still. " Here in Capernaum , the seashore village , was the temporary home of that Christ who for the most of his life was homeless. On the site of this village , now in ruins , and all around this lake , v/hat scenes of kindness and power and glory and pathos when our Lord lived here ! I can undertl stand the feeling of the immortal Scotchman , Robert McCheyne , when , sitting on the banks of this lake , he wrote : "It is not that the wild gazelle Comes clown to drink thy tide. But he that was pierced to save from hell Oft wandered by thy side. Graceful n round tliee the mountains meet , Thou calm , reposing sea. But , ah , far more the beautiful feet Of Jesus walked o'er thee. " I can easily understand from the contour of the country that bounds this lake that storms were easily tempted to make these waters their playground. This lake , in Christ's time , lay in a scene of great luxuri ance ; the surrounding hills , terraces , sloped , groved ; so many hanging gar dens of beauty. On the shore were castles , armed towers , Roman baths , everything attractive and beautiful all styles of vegetation in smaller space than in almost any other space in the world , from the palm tree of the forest to the trees of rigorous climate. It seemd as if the Lord had launched one wave of beauty on all the scene and it hung and swung from rock and hill and oleander. Roman gentlemen in pleasure boats sailing gltl this lake and countrymen in tishint * tlsi smacks coming down to drop their sin nets pass each other with nod and shout and laughter or swinging idly at their moorings. Oh. what a beautiful scene ! It seems as if we shall have a quiet night. Not a leaf quivered in the air , not a ripple disturbed the face of , Gennesaret. But there seems to be a little excitement up the beach , and we hasten to see what it is. and wo . find it an embarkation. From the western shore a flotilla pushing ; out : wm not a squadron of deadly armament , nor clipper with valuable merchandise nidi dise , nor piratic vessels ready to de stroy everything they could seize , but a flotilla , bearing messengers of light and life and peace. Christ is in the st of the boat. His disciples are ir the bow and amidships. Jesus , weary with much speaking to large multitudes , is put into somnolence by the rocking of the waves. If there was any motion at all , the ship was easily righted ; if the wind passed from star board ( to larboard , or from larboard tc starboard , the boat would rock and , tcb by : the gentleness of the motion , put ting the Master asleep. And they tie extemporized a pillow made out of a fisherman's coat. I think no sooner is fiic Christ ; prostrate and his head touched the : pillow than he is sound asleep. The breezes of the lake run their fingers . , gers through the locks of the worn sleeper , and the boat rises and falls like a sleeping child on the bosom of sleeping mother. Coming : of the Storm. Calm night , starry night , beautiful night ! Run up all the sails , ply all the oars , and let the large boat and the small boat glide over gentle Gen- nesaret. But the sailors say there is going to be a change of weather. And even the passengers can hear the moaning of the storm as it comes on with great stride and all the terrors of of hurricane and darkness. The large boat trembles like a deer at bay unions ? the clangor of the hounds ; great patches of foam are flung into the air ; the sails of the vessel loosen aii'l in the strong wind crack like pistols ; the all smaller boats , like petrels , poise on the cliffs of the waves and then plunge. Overboard go cargo , tackling and masts , and the drenched disciples " rush into the back part of the boat pa and lay hold of Christ and say unto en him , "Master , carest thoti not that we ter perish ? " "p That great personage lifts his head for from the pillow of the fisherman's ifbe coat , walks to the front of the vessel be and looks out into the storm. All ha around him are the smaller boats.driv- ple in the tempest , and through it " comes the cry of drowning men. By the flash of the lightning I see the at calm brow of Christ as the spray drop ped from his beard. He has one worJ for the sky and another for the waves. Looking upward , he cries , "Peace : " Looking downward , he says"Be still ! " . The waves fall fiat on their faces , the foam melts , the extinguished stars re light their torches. The tempest falls dead , and Christ stands with his foot te the neck of the storm. And while the ] sailors are baling out the boats and while they are trying to untangle a the cordage the disciples stand in his amazement , now looking into the calm sea , then into the calm sky , then into the calm Savior's countenance , and say they cry out. "What manner of man is riiia , that pven the winds and the sea obey him ? " The subject , in the first place , im presses me with the fact that it is ve.-y lion important to have Christ in the ship : has all these boats would have gone to bottom of Gennesaret if Christ had out not been present. Oh , what a lessen for you and for me to loam ! Whatsi over voyage we undertake , into what ever enterprise wo start , lot us have Christ in the ship. All you can do with utmost tension of body , mind and soul you are bound to do ; but , oh , have Christ in every enterprise ! GodV Help. There are men who ask God's help at the beginning of great enterprises He has been with them in the past ; no trouble can overthrow them ; the storms might come down from the top of : Mount Hermon and lash Genne- saret Into foam and into agony , but it could not hurt them. But here is another man who starts out In worldly enterprise , and he depends upon the uncertainties of this life. He has no God to help him. After awhile the storm conies , tosses off the masts of the ship ; he puts out his life-boat and the long boat ; the sheriff and the auc tioneer try to help him off ; they can't help him off ; he must go down ; no Christ in the ship. Your life will be made up of sunshine and shadows. There may be in it arctic blasts or tropical tornadoes ; I know not what is before you , but I know If you have Christ with you all shall be well. You may seem to get along without the religion < of Christ while everything goes smoothly , but after awhile , when sorrow < hovers over the soul , when the waves of trial dash clear over the hurricane deck and the decks are crowded with piratical disasters oh , what would you do then without Christ in the ship ? Take God for your < portion , God for your guide , God for your help ; then all is well ; all is well for a time ; all shall be well for ever. Blessed is that man who puts in the Lord his trust. He shall never be confounded. But my Subject also impresses me with the fact that when people start to follow Christ they must not ex pect smooth sailing. These disciples got into the small boats , and I have no doubt they said : "What a beautiful day this is ! How delightful is sailing in this boat ! And as for the waves under the keel of the boat , why. they only make the motion of our little boat the more delightful. " But when the winds swept down and the ssa was tossed into wrath , when they found that following Christ was not smooth sailing. So you have found it ; so I have found it. Did you ever notice the end of the life of the apostles of Jesus Christ ? You would say if ever men ought to have had a smooth life , a smooth de parture , then these men , the disciples of Jesus Christ , ought to have had such a departure and such a life. St. James lost his head. St. Philip was hung to death on a pillar. St. Matthew - thew had his life dashed out with a halbert. St. Mark was dragged to death through the streets. St. James the Less was beaten to death with a ful ler's club. St. Thomas was struck through with a spear. They did not find following Christ smooth sailing. Oh , how they were all tossed in the tempest ! John Htiss in a fire ; Hugh McKail in the hour of martyrdom ; the Albigenses , the Waildenses , the Scotch Covenanters did they find it smooth sailing ? But why go into his- tory when we can draw from our own memory illustrations of the truth o what I say ? Not Alivay Smooth A young man in a store trying to serve God , while his employer scoffs ac Christianity ! the young men in the same store , antagonistic to the Chris te tian religion , teasing him , tormenting so him about his religion , trying to get him mad. They succeed in getting him ex mad and say , "You're a pretty Chris tian ! " Does that young man find it he smooth sailing when he tries to follow of Christ ? Or you remember a Chris lei tian girl. Her father despises the ria Christian religion ; her mother de tin spises the Christian religion ; her fee brothers and sisters scoff at the Chris mi tian religion : she can hardly find a sul quiet place in which to say her pray rei ers. Did she find it smooth sailing an when ' she tried to follow Jesus Christ ? die Oh. no ! All who would live the life of the Christian religion must suffer ofei : persecution. If you do not find il in ob one way , you will get it in another way. But be not disheartened * Take courage ! You are in a glorious com panionship. God will see you'through trials , and he will deliver you. My subject also impresses me with the fact that good people sometimes get frightened. In the tones of these disciples as they rushed into the baok She part of the boat I find they are fright ened almost to death. They say , "Mas of ei , carest thou not that we perish ? " They had no reason to be frightened , : Christ was in the boat. I suppose him we had been there we would have been just as much affrighted. Per m haps more. In all ages very good pee get very much affrighted. It is often so in our day , and men ? av : "Why , look at the bad lectures. Look the various errors going over the she church of God. We are going to founder. The church is going to per the ish. She is going down. " Oh , how masy good people are affrighted by be iniquity in our day and think the church of Jesus Christ is going to bo the overthrown and are just as much af frighted as were the disciples of my t ! Don't worry , don't fret , as though iniquity were going to triumph orer righteousness. A lion goes into cavern to sleep. He lies down with has shaggy mane covering his paws. tund Meanwhile the spiders spin a web and across the mouth of the cavern and for , "We have captured him. " Gos samer thread after gossamer thread until the whole front of the cavern is covered with the spider's web. and the spiders say , "The lion is done ; t'ie is fast. " After awhile the lion got through sleeping. He rouses himself , he shakes his mane , he walks into the sunlight. He does not even know the spider's web i ? spun , ' i si and e sophistries They Christ. He seems to * "J rf Ho If * ! - " capture have say : "We will never come forth again y forever nation. Christ is overcome ky r- rL > \ f v truth and error a fair truth will come off victor Frightened by many good Bat there are a great other re in people who get affrighted about re spects. They are affrighted vivals. They say , "Oh , this is a strong religious gale ! We are afraid tne church of God is going to be upset and there are going to he a great many people brought into the church that are going to be of no use to it. Ann whenever they see they are affrighted a revival taking hold of the churcnes. As though a ship captain , with 5,000 bushels of wheat for a cargo , should say some day , coming upon deck , "Throw overboard all the cargo ! " and the sailors should say : "Why , captain. what do you mean ? Throw over all " " " the captain. the cargo ? "Oh , says "we have a peck of chaff that has got into this 5.000 bushels of wheat , and the only way to get rid of the chaff is to throw all the wheat overboard ! " Now. that is a great deal wiser than the talk of many Christians who want to throw overboard all the thousands and tens of thousands of souls who are the subjects of revivals. Throw all overboard because they are brought into the kingdom of God through great revivals , because there Is a pecfc of chaff , a quart of chaff , a pint of chaff ! I say , let them stay until the last day. The Lord will divide the chaff from the wheat. There is one storm into which wo will all have to run. The moment when we let go of this woid and try to take hold of the next , we will want all the grace possible. Yonder I see a Christian soul rocking on the surges of death. All the powers of darkness seem let out against that soul the swirling wave , the thunder of the sky. the shriek of the wind , all seem to unite together. But that soul is not troubled. There is no sighing.there are no tears ; plenty of tears in the room at the departure , but he weeps no tears calm , satisfied and peace ful ; all is well. By the flash of the storm you see the harbor just ahead , and you are making for that harbor. All shall be well. Jesus being our pi lot. ] "Into the harbor of heaven now we glide ; We're home at last , home at last. Softly we drift on the bright , silv'ry tide ; We're home at last. Glory to God , all our dangers are o'er ; We stand secure on the glorified shore ! Glory to God , we will shout evermore , We're home at last. " TIED OWN NUPTIAL KNOT. IVmn.vU-aiiia . .Iiistfc-u Acted as Celebrant at Ills Ou-ii Wedding. Ira Carle of Kingston , Pa. , is an old- time justice of the peace who takes a somewhat liberal view somj of his own magisterial powers. He is somewhat advanced in years and some eleven years ago , when three score and four teen < and a widower , felt the need of some : tender spirit to share his trou bles and add to the enjoyments of his existence. Casting about him , his eyes fell upon a comely widow of 65 , whom wooed with all the ardor of a swain one-fourth his years. He was not long in winning her consent to a mar riage. but , being of an economical turn , he hesitated about paying the that would be exacted by a clergy man or a brother magistrate. He con sulted his law library , consisting of the revised statutes of the Keystone state and could not find therein any inter diction of a lawfully qualified justice the peace performing the wedding ceremony. His bride-elect was equally oblivious ; of the proprieties and accord ingly it was done. Now comes Mrs Carle into court and asks for a legal separation from the squire on the ground of cruel treatment. Called upon to testify , the aggrieved woman said . .to marriage ceremony was per formed by 'Squire Carle himself and that there were no witnesses present said the 'squire told her such a marriage was all right under the laws Pennsylvania and that there was no other ceremony. Some old letters were shown to show that she had written to as his wife even before the strange ceremony of of 1893. One was written 1892 to the 'squire in which she signed herself his beloved wife. In describing the marriage ceremony the woman said lie read from a Bible asked her if she would be his wife and consented , believing the ceremonv vahd. Now. the 'squire declares that ceremony was a farce , but the court was of the opinion that it would good law. He refused to pass defi nitely upon the matter , however and case will be taken to a higher court. Chicago Chronicle. Model of the Maine. Rear-Admiral John W. Philip. com. rnandant of the Brooklyn navy yard consented to take charge of the to be raised among the sailors marines of the United States navy the purpose of having a silver model made of the United States bat tleship Maine. This model is to be presented to Miss Helen Gould. The Considerable * W1H C ° St * money has al- , . practically assured.