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The best talent that money and
experienced management can get will
appear on this program
Double afternoon and evening pro
grams
A season ticket gives the owner a
program for six cents
Go to the Chautauqua and enjoy a
real treat
Miss Agnes Kirksrnith
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MISS AGNES KIRKSMITH
One of the clevr est accompanists
ippecring anywhere this summer is
Jliss Agnes Kirksrnith of the Kirk
mith Sisters Company
Miss Kirksrnith received her mu
sical education in one of the best
onservatories in the country and is
sure to please Chautauqua audiences
CHAUTAUQUA SCENE
The modern Chautauqua affords
more good instruction and entertain
ment than any other public institution
Patronize one of the best things
3a our community
Go to the Chautauqua Get your
friends interested in some of the
smny big attractions any four of
them are worth the price of the
season ticket
JITY CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Christian Bible school at 10 a m
Preaching at 11 a m and 3 p m O E
at 7 p m All are welcome
R U Anvi worth Pator
Episcopal Preaching services at St
Albans church at 11 a m and 730 p
aa Sunday school at- 10 a m All
are welcome to thete services
E R Earl3 Rector
Catholic Order of services Mass
i a m Mass and sermon 1000 a m
Evening service at 8 oclock Sunday
jhool 230 p m Every Sunday
Wm J Kikwin O M 1
Methodist Sunday school at 10 a m
Sermons by pastor at 11 and S Class
at 12 Junior League at 3 Epworth
League at 645 Prayer meeting Wed
nesday night at 745
M B Carman Pastor
Baptist Sunday school at 10 a m
Preaching service at 1100 a m Even
ing service at 800 B Y P U at 7 p m
A most cordial invitation is extended to
11 to worship with us
E Burton Pastor
Evangelical Lutheran Regular
German preaching services in frame
building of East Ward every Sunday
naming at 1000 All Germans oordial
3y invited Rev Wm Brueggeman
607 5th 3t East
Christian Science 219 Main Ave
iae Services Sunday at 11 a m and
Wednesday at S p m Reading Room
tpen all the time Science literature
n sale Subject for next Sunday
Life
Congregational Sunday school at
30 a m Preaching it 11 a m and 8 p
3i by pastor Juaior C E at 3 p m
Senior Endeavor at 7 p m Prayer meet
hig Wednesday evening at eight oclock
The public is cordially invited to these
services G B Hawkes Pastor
Evangelical Lutheran Congrega
sional Sunday School at 930 a m
Preaching ar 1030 a m and 730 p m
by pastor Junior C E at 130 p m
Senior C E at 400 p m Prayer
aaeetings every Wednesday and Satur
day evenings at 730 All Germans
cordially invited to these services
Rev Gu8TavHenkelmann
505 3rd street West
Toleys Honey and Tar not only stops
oSronic coughs that weaken the consti
tution and develop into consumption
But heals and strengthens the lungs It
affords comfort and relief in the worst
eases of chronic bronchitis asthma bay
Jever and lung trouble A McMillan
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VESTS CAMPAIGN SPEECH
Why a Small Boy Persisted In Hear
fng ItEvery Day
Senator Vest vns innking a buggy
campaign In southeast Missouri some
years ago snid a Missouri official
His driver was n small boy who was
duly Impressed with the Importance
of ills distinguished passenger
At each town visited by Vest the
boy hurried his team to n convenient
livery barn and then raced for the
courthouse or wherever the speakln
wa3 to take place and perched him
self with painful regularity on the
front seat lie Invariably turned his
eyes on the senator and took In every
word of the speech as If his very life
depended on It
Finally he lads continued conspic
uous presence among his auditors an
noyed the senator and he kindly but
firmly reminded the boy that It was
not necessary for him to attend every
meeting
I make the same speech each time
You have heard It often enough to
know It by rote so just put In your
time in the future looking after the
team he admonished his youthful
driver
Despite the senators objection the
boy was again In the front seat the
next day and the following day This
enraged Vest and he thundered
Why do you persist in always oc
cupying that front seat Didnt I tell
you I make the same speech every
day Its as old and stale to you as It
Is to me Why Insist on hearing it
again and again
I want to see what youre going to
do when you fergit it answered the
boy Vest capitulated St Louis Re
public
THE ELEPKAHT FLEET
How It Is Usrd by the British Gov
ernment In India
Its elephant fleet is one of the stran
gest and most deadly departments
maintained by the British government
in India It is a large fleet of coast
ing steamers specially built for the
transport of elephants Indias popu
lation is ouv fifth that of the entire
globe All these people use elephants
They use them for draft work and for
tiger hunting and in the arenas of the
native states they oven t pit them
against one another and against wild
beasts The elephant fleet transfers
the animals from Dacca the trapping
and training headquarters to the va
rious districts whence comes the de
mand
To get an elephant aboard ship is a
difficult and dangerous task The anl
mal must wade through the surf to n
stout raft and this unknown surf so
white and tumultuous often terrifies
and maddens him If in his fury he
slaughters a mahout or two he cannot
be greatly blamed Once on the raft
his legs are tied to pegs and the slow
sail to the ship is uneventful But
now a great band must be arranged
under the elephants belly and a crane
must hoist him up some twenty or
thirty feet to the deck Here again
the elephant cannot be set down as in
tractable if losing his head in that
unprecedented aerial journey he mur
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Honors Well Won but
Tardily Paid Three
Courageous Explorers and
Pioneers
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vvnt and poweiful nation ex
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ders some more mahouts Very pros 1 fied Mr Guthries conclusions beyond
perous albeit stained a little with ma- I question the resu ts being accepted by
houts blood the elephant fleet fori the Chicago Historical society The
many years has plied up and down the spot was set apart as a park and un
Iudian coast embarking and Qer the auspices of the Chicago Asso
barking its heavy unmanageable elation of Commerce the monumental
freight New York Press already des ri ed was dedi ated
The Appreciation cf Music
If we would appreciate music aright
we must remember that its beauty de
pends not upon the composer alone
but upon ourselves also Deep calls i
unto deep and the harmony of sound
though appealing primarily to the out
ward ear must be answered by a har
mony from within ourselves The
more culture we bring to the hearing
of music the wider our sympathy the
more exquisite will be the echoes
which it awakens in the soul If we
would understand the composers mes
sage we must co operate with him
We must reach out to him with all
our faculties If we do that the reve
lation of music will ceaselessly renew
its beauty ever turning unimagined
aspects to gladden us Redfern Mason
in Atlantic
An Ugly Locking Lizard
Among the lizards of Australia the
thorny devil Moloch horridus is
unrivaled in its ugliness From the
tip of its nose to the end of its tail
this lizard is covered with tubercles
and spines but in spite of its danger
ous appearance it is quite harmless
It measure about seven inches in
length It has a flat body a small
head and a cylindrical tail It fre
quents sandy places feJd largely on
ants and is more cr less diurnal In
habits It powerful iib ro fur
nlshed wih stror -laws whi Ii i
uses in dirinn fe ca 1 in whih
often lies or pariilly buried
What I r57r o befocv
firmness ano asked i
young lady of or f
Firmnect m gant repK
Is a ncbl ohar i of VTif
obstinacy is i la cia lo defect i
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Scribbler Fh Ist writing anj
more articles on how to manage a
husband Scrawler No she knows
better now Shes married Philadel
phia Record
Enough Sad
Visitor What part of prison life Is
the hardest to put up with Convict
The visitors Judge
In great attempts It Is glorious even
to fall Longlnus
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THE MABQUETTU MEMORIAL CHICAGO
unveiled one of the speakers on this
occasion being the French consul at
Chicago Baron de St Laurent repre
senting the nation to win- h the ex
plorers belonged He may be seen in
the center of the group in the accom
panying picture The story of the ad
ventures and achievements Of Toliet
and Marquette is told briefly but com
prehensively in the inscription upon
the tablet as follows
In memory of Father Marquette S
J and Louis Joliet of New France
Canada first white explorers of the
Mississippi and Illinois rivers and
Lake Michigan 1073 navigating 2500
miles in canoes in 120 days
In crossing the site of Chicago
Joliet recommended it for its natural
advantages as a place of first settle
ment and suggested a lakes to the gulf
waterway by cutting a canal through
the portage west of here where begins
the Chicago drainage ship canal
Work on this canal was begun Sept
S1S02 and received the first waters
of Lake Michigan Jan 2 1900 This
remarkable prophecy made 234 years
ago Is now being fulfilled
This end of Robey street Is the his
toric high ground where Marquette
spent the winter of 1674 1G75
It was about 105 years after the visit
of Joliet and Marquette to the site of
Chicago that General George Rogers
dark made the record which resulted
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The Memorials Recently
Erected In Illinois toJoliet
and Marquette and to Gen
eral George Rogers Clark
In saving the middle west to the Unit
ed States and wlil h has been com
memorated In the monument recently
em ted by the state of Illinois at
of Mexico to the great lakes is due in I Quincy on a bluff overlooking fie
large degree to the foresight energy sissippi Sometimes General Ueoi xe
and cmira -e of explorers and pioneers Rogers Clark Is contured with lib
ChilizntlLii might have been held j brother William Clark win re exploits
back imf the march of empire west j and those of Meriwether Lewis were
ward micht have been clicked had i commemorated in the Lewis ihmI Clarii
they not shown the qualities of per
sistence and heroism they did and pre
pared the way for tiie industrial and
commer ial enterprises and conquests
of our wii time whi h have made the
nation so pros erous ard so influential
among the pov ers of the globe That
is why the state of Illinois and the
city of Chicago have reetly paid
honor to three men whose exploratk ns
fortitude and enthusiasm as pioneers
of progress bad so mil h to do with
the settlement and upbuilding of the
great northwest These men were
Louis Toilet thecxpr r PeieJa ques
Marquette the missionary who shaicd
in his travels privations and penlh
and General George Rogers Clark
There is much romantic interest as
soeiated with the Jives and adventures
of these men Juliet and Marquette
pushed westwaid in the interest as
they believed of French civilization
and empire and in behalf of the spirit
ual welfare of the aboriginal inhab
itants of the unexplored territory
They led the way to the settlement
and development of vast tracts cf land
now occupied by millions of people
and General Clark over a century
later had the foresight while the col
onists of the eastern border were fight
ing for existence as a new nation to
pee the importance of grasping and
holding the land between the Alle
ghenies and Mississippi
Where Father Marquette wintered
on the shore of Lake Michigan after
he and Toliet bad explored the Missis
sippi and Illinois rivers in 1G71 there
now stands a tall cross These ex
plorers are believed to have been the
first white men to set foot on what is
new the sife of Chicago The cross
has been erected at the point where
Robej street meets one branch of the
Chicago river Ossian Guthrie a
pioneer of C hicago identified it as the
historic high ground where Mar
quette parsed the winter of 1G74 1 by
study of the journals of the iuisimi
ary and of his companion Toliet
Originally a sand mound of consid
erable extent arose here above the sur
rounding marsh and when the Jesuit
Relations were published Mr Guthrie
recognized it as the place where Father
Marquette had camped and erected his
chapel In 1836 Thomas A OShaugh
nessy the artist consulted him as to
subject matter for pictures relating to
Marquettes journeys and the two veri
exposition at Portland Ore in 1105
George Rogers Clark was the elder of
these famous brothers and was born
In Montlcello Va in 1712 received an
elementary education and studied sur
veying fousht Indians and appeared
n Kentuckv just before the rutin eik
of the Revc lution as the companion in
anils of Boone and othar border hen
Whrn th rghMng with England be
an lie had fe foresight to see the It
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portauce of securing possession of the
territory beyond the Allcchenics and
north of the Ohio This bad been
claimed by the French but with the
wre5tg of Canada from France by
the BrifiMi in 17 the sovereignty of
the Engish oarch hul ben extend
ed oer it and in 1774 the British par
liament in the Quebec act bad de
dared the territory between the Ohio
and the groat akes to be part of Can
ada In all human probability but for
the keen virion and courage of Clark
the Allegheny mountains would have
marked the confines of American pos
sessions at the coxe of lie Revolution
and the treaty of peace negotiated at
Pars in 17S2 would have left England
in possession of this ast tentory and
furthermore have prevented later on
the acquisition of the great Louisiana
purchase This would have confined
the United States to the narrow strip
along the Atlantic coast and have pre
vented its becoming the strong and
progressive nation which it is today
By his expedition into the territory
now forming the states of Ohio Indi
ana and Illinois his capture of Kas
kaskia and defeat of the British com
mander Lieutenant Governor TJenry
ITamilton at Yinconns and his re
markable feat in holding the territory
he had won Clark periormed a service
which is now recognized as among the
greatest to be credited to the heroes
and statesmen of the Revolutionary
period Yet he has not been well re
membered by the nation for whose
welfare he did so rmrh The sculptor
of the statue of Clark recently un
veiled at Quincy Chares J Mulligan
of the hicago Art institute calls htn
the neglected hero It is said that
in Washington which is bestrewn wit
memorials of the good and great there
is not a single thing to remind the
public of the man who forced back the
British to the farther shores of th
great lakes Mr Mulligan has por
trayed Clark standing aabst a bloc
of granite his hands folded an ol
cocked hat in his right hand and hi-
sword by his side The statue is nine
feet high of bronze and the
block is eleven feet high The ite N
commanding ph te 1nprersion give
by the memorial inot forceful
It was in July 177S two years
American nation was born thai
Clark placed the American flag over
the old fort at Kaska kia Today th
country which his expedition won for
the American flag a grca tes an
of 249000 square miles comprises five
states and contains a population of
about 17000 00 Clark with the aid
of Patrick Henry then governor of
Virginia conquered this empire with
the help of Httle more than 200 men
On the evenfng of the Fourth of July
1778 he reached the Kaskaskia river
and in the darkness ferried his men
over It and surprised the officers of
the post on the farther side as they
were enjoying themselves at a dance
Sony months later he surprised and
defeated Hamilton at Yincennes
THE 6H0ST AT THE FEAST
What the Ensign Saw and What Hap
pened After Dinner
In The Story of My Life by Mr
Augustus Hare Is told the following
creepy story
A regiment wa passing through Der
byshire on Its way to fresh quarters in
the north The cohnel as ih y stayed
for the night in one of the country
towns was Invited to dine at a coun
try house In the neighborhood and to
bring any one he liked with him Con
sequently he took with him a young
ensign for whom he had a great fancy
They arrived md it was a larg party
but the lady of the house did not ap
pear till just as they were going in to
dinner and when she appeared was so
strangely distrait and preoccupied that
she scarcely attended to anythlg tint
was said to her
At dinner the colonel observed that
his young companion scan ely ever
took his eyes off the lady of the house
staring at her in a way which seemed
at once rude and unaccountable It
made him observe the lady herself and
he saw tint she seemed scarcely to
attend to anything said by her neigh
bors on either side of her but rather
seemed Iu manner quite
to b listening to some one or
something ehind her
As soon a dinner was over the 3oung
ensign cam to the colonel and said
Oh do take me away I entreat you
to take me way from this place
The colonel said Indeed your con
duct Is so ery extraordinary and un
pleasant tb it I quite agree with you
that the bet thing we can do is to go
away A d he made the excuse of
his young friend being ill and ordered
their carriage
When thev hud driven some dtetanoc
the colonel asked the ensign for an ex
planation of his conduct He said that
he could not help it During the whole
of dinner he had seen a terrible black
shadowy figure standing behind the
chair of the lady of the house and it
had seemed to whiper to her and she
to listen to It lie had scarcely told
this when a man on horseback rode
rapidly past the carriage and the
colonel recognising one of the servants
of the hone they had iust left calle I
out to know If anything was the mat
ter
Oh dont stop me sir he shouted
I am going for the doctor My lady
has just cut her throat
HIS HOLLOW KEY
He Lent It but Had Occasion tc
Crave Its Return
They hirs in the French theaters
tvith the lelp of a hollow key relatec
Pihard Il rding Davis Paul Bour
get once told me an odd incident upon
this custom
A playwright call him Duval had
the unhappiaess one fine nl ht to sit
through a most successful production
of his latest play The house respond
ed with jeers ard and a young
man turning to Duval said
By Jove how Id roast this miser
able piece if I only had a hoilow key
My dear boy said Duval I am
happy to be abe to accommodate you
And he handed a hollow key to the
young man who at once set up a fierce
and continuous hising Just then a
critic appeared
Duval he said to the playwright
I am sorry fcr you Poor fellow you
dont deserve this
The young man wi h the key looked
amazed and ashamed
What Are you M Duval I beg
your pardon a thousand times h
cried
You owe me no apology said Du
val Lunch with me tomorrow
The young man accepted the invita
tion and at the end of the luncheoc
next day when the coffee and ciga
rettes were brought in he drew a
bulky manuscript from his pocket and
begged leave to read a comedy to M
Duval for he was a playwright too
Duval consented and listened atten
tively to the reading At the end the
young man said
Well monsieur what do vou
think of it
Duval smiled as he replied
Could j on oblige me by retnrnirgj
my hollo R key Cincinnati Com
merc isl Tribune
The Coloring cf the Clouds
The gorgeous coloring of the clouds
especially those of sunset is due to tb
circumstance that the yellow and red
rays of light have a much greater pei
etrative momentum than the blu
They make their vray through stret he
of the atmopphere which entirely ar
rest and turn back the blue and they
do this the more iarkedly if the ai
is at the time laden with extraueous
particles that augment the aerial opac
ity New York American
A Hairbreadth Escape
A certain comedian is bald except
for a rim of hair a few Inches above
his collar line
Im in an awful hurry he said
one day to the Lambs club barbe
Can you cut my hair with my collar
on
Sure replied the barber I can
cut it with your hat on Success
Magazine
Poetic License
Sportins Editor Just hat do you
understand by the term poetic li
cense Literary Editor Broadly
speaking it is that singular provision
In the constitution of the universe un
der which poets are permitted to ex
ist Chlcaco Tribune
Proposals
Has he proposed yet
Not In so many words
Thats no answer Proposals never
do come in words They consist of
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