AGR [Y] I THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA., MAY 13. 1909. ~~ | Names Noted The British Minister at the Capital of Persia, Sir Cecil Arthur Spring Rice — The Yamomoto Incident and Its Sequel, A A A KA \ T HE British am- bassador to Persia, Sir Ce- cell Arthur Spring Rice been Y leading ure In the turbulent scenes in that empire connect- ed with the develop- ment of a constitu- tional government. The struggle for a parliamentary sys-| tem of rule has been resisted by the shah, and the progressive elements in thelr efforts for malnte- nance of the constitutional regime have | received help from the European diplo- | mats at Teheran, notably the British | and Russian ambassadors. Recently | these two diplomats had planned to | call together on the Persian monarch | to make urgent representations to him | in the matter of the grant of a con- | stitution. He found it convenient at that time, however, to be too {ll to | receive them, | Persia has recently been a center of | political and social upheaval and of outrage and massacre, the incidents of this kind being much like those trans- piring at the same time in Turkey. The problem in both empires is much thesame and isa v ery complicated one owing to the racial and religious an- tipathles | which are of long standing ar bstacle to prog- {tical reform SIR CECIL RICE. or g eem so very long ago of the mak ect of a ns with government. iid what was it did not stop sarcastic com- that Vi Japane ng a Amer] break In r HN y relat] the mikado's country and He denles cred! more « ments fr to his a timent famed as ear causing reference ¢ sen- h in- unt of the episode Japanese in the San Francisc the utterance at- tributed to Admiral Yamomoto proved | “20 especially un- | fortunate Incl dent. Recently the distinguished officer of the ml kado's navy has been visiting the United States ind saying pleas ant things of Americans gen erally, while ves sels of the Jap anese navy have making =a stay In Hawallan ADMIRAL waters and their officers receiving courtesies at the hands of Americans in this part of our Pacific Events have moved swiftly Indeed The vis of the squadron to Honolulu afforded the first opportunity for American city to American appreciation of by the Japanese to and the opportunity Everything was done and entertainment of men of the fleet that The Merchants’ asso free transportation wy of the city th countries was mu the of the 2 at time on aces han) 0 hools, been YAMOMOTO » been possessions it Japanese training an demonstrate the welcome given the Atlar was fully for the the officers we w f cond Iw eclatl on the for the Re ingements entertainment very day these ar lon gener thers _ of for both officers and men o that t iadron Go Frear gave whic! the most b the kind held In Honolulo and the Japand of much « clally f ing y some sort was vernor irden party affalr of years, vided espe was in Ge Hawn pr themselves men of work: with the general com mittee of citizens In giving the sallors a good time. The Incident has done much to Improve relations between Japanese and Americans tertainment the th oe fleet in harmot Commodore Elbridge of New York belleves ence to the law regarding customs duo ties. He recently pald his annual visit to the custom house, by this sign the officials knew that he was soon to sall for Europe, The mission of the com modore was to reg ister with the law division his famous sealskin cap, so that he can bring It back with him without being suspected of smuggling. Annually as the summer approaches Commodore Gerry drives to the custom house and registers ELDRIDGE T. GERRY the cap. [Ile says he would not think of going abroad without it. The cap is described as being of brown sealskin, Inside appear his In} tials in letters of gold-—paper, “This registration | make every year because 1 believe In obeying even the etter of the law,” sald the comme dore. Thomas Gerry In strict obed) and {en of knowledge. In Passing: President Taft's Choice For the Post of Naval Aid at the White House, Lieuten- ant Palmer. Americans In Turkey. ot post of naval ald at the White Is one which is much coveted, s0 much on account of 11% impor- from a naval standpoint as be- cause of the social prominence that goes with the position. President Taft's appointee to this post, Lieuten ant Commander Lelgh Carlyle Palmer, who succeeds Lieutenant Commander W. 8, Simms, is a native of Missour! and entered the navy in 1802. He is a popular young officer and has perform- ed important service. He was one of the representatives of the United States government at the wedding of Commander The House not tance an mis jan dis where ! { medans and Art + raging the flercest The Mohammedans indulging in mas sacres and incendiarism evidently are very careful to avold killing foreign. ers. When in the midst of the fight ing an] pillaging of Adana It became | known to the Mohammedans that Messrs. Rogers and Maurer, who lost their lives while attempting to put out a fire In the house of a Turkish wid ow, Americans, the fanatics ran away In alarm and practically desert ed that quarter of the town. The mis sionaries appear to be In danger only from accident arising from the fact that they are in the midst of frightful conflicts In which they bravely seek to Christian refugees and concil fate thelr assallants The Rev. Stephen R. Trowhridge of the American board of foreign mis glons, who Is stationed at Aintab, was in Adana on the day of the fercest fighting. He made a courageous but ineffectual attempt to protect an Ar menian teacher. To this end he threw his arm around the man’s neck and In terposed his body him and his assistants, but the Moslems shot the Armenian dead In Mr. Trow bridge's arms Tarsus, whe outrages have been were prote« i between the worst stians e 4.000) some of Armenian and whe ‘re against perpetrated VIEW OF CITY OF TARSUS refugees from Moslem fanaticism sought safety under the hospitable walls of the American mission, is fa. mous as the birthplace of the great apostle to the gentiles, Bt. Paul. A most important educational work has been done here by the St. Paul's inst) tute, an Institution under the auspices of American Congregationalists where | native youth are taught the languages | and sclences and other useful branch | At its head is the Thomas D. Christie, whose | daughter, Mary P. Christie, married the slain American missionary, Rev Daniel Minor Rogers of New Britain, | Conn, It would appear that the Turks and Kurds have been massacring not mere ly the Armenian Christians, but all Ohristians, The massacres are taking place, however, in provinces chiefly populated by Armenians. The purpose of the massacres is as well as religious, the richer of the Chris tians invariably belng the first vie. tims, whether Armenian, Syrian Greek. Rev, Dr Field of Honor Commission, Perhaps wit 18 stimulated by a slight | derangement of the nerves, and good things said on the fleld of battle are sometimes recorded. When “Bully” Egan fought Curran with pistols the bulky Egan complained that his oppo- nent was as thin as a blade of grass, “Let my size be chalked out upon your body," sald Curran, “and any hits out- glde of the line shall not count.” It not good form, however, to make parade of magnanimity, and the co mblenl practice of firing in the alr or “dumb shooting” or “chil- dren's I lay" was ‘letly prohibited by the rules, of which thirty-six were drawn up by representatives of the five most eminent Galway, Tip pern Ros on In the summer as to have and hon- il rule for “sim- ple, unpre meditated encounters with the ill sword.’ large element of absurdity nt all no doubt, bu had its place ns test of man! azine was a XC Po count VO, nd They {lm CO ah slzes at dono the estly, Ine met at mel and rk ve Indine lauding r wi ry gn a speci BI f t even rough, Blackwood's 18 fliclent Mag n 100d. Grand People In London In 1806, “lI came to town on Wednesday and intended to go to the Ancient Music: made a Bungle about my Ticket; it was too late to get it. The Drawing Room was the object yesterday. They made a mistake In my Dress, It was not deep enough for my Mourning, and the glass of my Sedan Chalr was not mended. Looked at my Lodgings; found them Abominable. I walked all over the Town till I was, Lord, how tired! Looked in upon the Duchess of Gordon while she took off her Hoop to Dine w fords.” This Jane, duchess who rode down the inburgh on an ith the Bed of G High street +) wns rdon, of Ed- 8 of rults pig's back In the d her wild girlhood ax raised re for the new highlar regiment other means ! each 1 a Viel Winn ng Ye At this pupil sister, with and m law, her: “It 1s time you stop fooling With! violin, You will never learn how to play it’ 1 take the liberty of a big brother, but she do not it for long time, At last bh to my ex perience and and playing. Then 1 say grandile “1 will take the Guarnerius, 1 I take it, and that is how the came into the possession of Ysaye” wl irry. Soon 1 got who ) my was my pupil, and say ae she succum y wisdor she stops wjuently 40" % violin They Meant Business. A Chicago manager was tell ing of amusing Incidents of blunders and errors stage fright. In A romanti revived one of the minor characters, a dairymaid comes forward at the end of the re cital of a love romance and comments as follows “Hope filled thelr youth and whetted their love; they plighted thelr troth!™ But at one of the performances the girl who played the dalrymald was absent without notice. At the last mo ment the manager gave the lines to a shepherdess, who had never had lines to speak before and who was excess came. This we heard igh and blight whetted thelr stage caused by play re ently ively nervous when her cue is what the astonished audier , Hope : od their we, tooth! edd thelr tron they The Hourglass stead of being eresting relle, forms A points out that timing hardening and tempering heats in twist drill ture, where sec onds or minutes must be gauged accu rately, nothing serves like hour glass with the right amount of sand Accuracy to fractions of a second can be had much more easily than by watching the hands of a watch obsolete he i In an int vark and sin pls ur th n the rians | twent machinist for h m century authority 1TDOSeS us is A necessity sn as » manufa the He Walked “Good afternoon, Miss Brown! Go ing for a walk? May | go with you?’ asked an elderly but ardent admirer of the lady “Yes: my doctor says that must always walk with an object, and | sup pose you'll answer the purpose !™ We The Exporter. “Who Is your Chicago friend?” “He is a prominent exporter.” “What does he export?’ “I didn't say he exported anything fle used to be a porter at the hotel | where 1 stopped” Cleveland Plain Dealer A Way They Have, “Some men,” sald Uncle Eben, “has & way of keepin’ der consclences quiet by takin’ de minister's advice on Bun. day an’ de lawyer's advice all de res o' de week." Washington Star A Brave Patient, Dentist (to assistant) think 1 heard A patient In the waiting room. As sistant—Yes, but | can’t bring him in He's turned the key on the inside Meggendorfer Biafter. | fuel to the flame by | are now comin ; His Best, The late Sir John Stainer, one of England's most celebrated musicians and composers, was once staying in a small Bwiss village, and the English clergyman was on the outlook for a musician to assist at the service Btainer was in the office of the hotel when the clergyman found him and started the conversation with “Do you play the harmonium?” “A little,” was the reply of the for mer organist of St. Paul's eathedral. “Will you, then, be good enough to help us out of our difficulty on Sunday? We will read the Psalms, and the hymns shall be the simplest 1 can se lect,” added the delighted parson, “1 will d ny best,” sald Stal with a smile The service proceeded satisfactorils but the congregation at the clos lis tened to a brilliant recital. When the parson heard the name of his assist ant he asked him to dinner. “Do you smoke?’ he asked at the close, “I will do my best,” responded Stain- er, and the ensuing laughter was the prologue of an entertalning exchange of Oxford reminiscences, When Boston Shuddered. “The superior intelligence of Boston continues to excite the envy of her sis ter citles,” recently observed a promi nent Bostonian, “and 1 propose to add citing the newest instance thereof, A little boy In the Back Bay district, at whose house oc cur many meetings of a certain liter- ary club, was asked not long ago by a returned Bostonian what had become of a family named Deering “ “The Deerirgs? sald the bog. ‘Oh, they're not asked here any more They're no longer on mother's list.’ “No longer on the list? What's the matter? “Why, have Deering sent that pine ott's Drusilla Atlantic "ee T1Ap- beard? to the lines! nt) son u net wd twen conta ty For It. in the oftener ing a Bolt ’ v po than infusion py fad He's wm na px - day nae lice » magistrate trade, and this the siness In on bu y in = O'clock “Yes. oner ca the replied the pris making a bolt for aor When Comets Terrified. To Evelyn a com Was a very ter. rifying phenomenon. He notes the ap pearance of one om Jan 12, 1680, which be describes in his diary as "a meteor of an obscure bright color, very much In shape like the blade of f sword” “What this may portend.” he adds, “God only knows, but such another phenomenon 1 remember to have in 1040 about the triall of the earie of Strafford, preced ing our blondy rebellion. | pray God avert his judgements.’ : el seen greate Marches and Marches. A schoolteacher In a small town saw some of George Ellot's works display ed In the window of the “general store” and went In to inquire If they had “Middlemarch” “No, we haven't that” sald the red cheeked girl who served as clerk, “but we have lots of others. Will one of Sousa’s do? Considerate. Mr. de Club -My dear, a great Ger man physician says women require more sleep than men, Mrs. de C.— Does he? Mr. de C.—~Yes. My dear-um er—-you'd better not walt up for me tonight No Mystery This Time. Mr. Popp—-By gosh, for once in my tife | know where cuff links are Mrs | Where are they now? Mr. P The baby's swallowed ‘em! Cleveland my Leader It ix all try's prosperity for your own right to vote for the coun but youn must work Atchison Globe “SELZ"” MAKE The Shoe! 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