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1—3 ■ OHM, A, GEORGIA. HKNDERSOfi 4 HANLON, Publishers. If you are enthusiastic over ilie automobile you are aUtomad; if an enthusiast, an automaniac; if you own or desire to own a motor carriage, a victim of automania. Those are the latest additions to the English lau- gauge. I’Ue metric system ot weights and measures was introduced into fter- rnuny shortly after the Franco- Gernmn war, but the Germans in geueral, in their every-day dealings, continue the use of the pound almost exclusively, especially the older peo- pie. Only iti New York, Buffalo, Yonkers, Boston, Chicago, Brookline, Provi- deuce, Philadelphia, and Worcester are public baths maintained, But public sentiment is developing to such an extent in other cities that it will not be be long when the municipality without a public bath will be the ex- eption. F'rauce, so says Archbishop Irelaud, and so say ail careful observers of current , events, . suffers from , an elo- , ment of instability because she retains a large portion of the monarchical system. The time is not distant, however, when she will make radical i chauges , in this . respect, . slough , , ofl ,, the j ; antique methods which she has in- , herited, and adopt the republican principles which have made us what i we are. Wh. n she does that the rumors of imperial intrigues with the 1 purpose of re-establishing a throne will cease. Lady Georgina Vernon, daughter of the tenth Earl of Haddington, is well kuown as an authority on dairying as . an occupation for women, She spent i some time in Normandy studying into | French methods in cheese-making. j She strongly urges the practicability of dairying for women as a seif-sup- por ting industry, but says that cheese I would be the most profitable branch of the work. Most of the bad butter, j she claims, comes from small dairies ; with only two or three cows. It is te i be hoped, remarks Harper’s Bazar, j that many women of this country may . be induced to follow some of her sug- j gestions, going into the manufacture of some of the more delicate cheeses, i During the Paris Exposition there will be ovor a hundred congresses ol all sorts, kinds, tongues aud conditions, comprehending everything from a bacillus to the universe itself. There will be a great hall, two-thirds on laud j and one-third on water, with vast galleries and such arrangements that j j thousands can be meeting at ouce. For instance, the 7000 members of the Congress of Medicine will be i divided into 23 sections, and not only will each be taken care of, but the . members will all be entertained and will have special opportunities for visiting the Paris schools and hospi- tala. This illustrates the whole pro- position. It shows that Paris is doing everything to gel, the world to visit her, and that she will exhibit all her varied interests to the millions that attend her eud-of-the-century show, Tlie attendance promises to be enor- snous. 1 Unexpected success has followed the opening in Philadelphia of a | children’s branch of the public library. It is the first library of the kind in the city, and the children have availed themselves eagerly of the opportuni- : ties it offers. Although it has beeu in existenoe only three months, there , ; are about 2,400 names registered on its books as regular readers. “With . clean hands and a clean face” is the only rule of the place, besides that of I 1 orderly , silence. .. During . the , wLola . . time of its existence no child has had ; to be seat out of the library for 1 misoonduct. Even on rainy days, when ' the place is crowded, ’ order and ’ silence always , prevaJ. , The , little folk ; come in and are allowed to go straight ; to the shelves iu search of reading matter. Each child is allowed to take out two books at a time, one of them fiction and’the other instructive. s On ! the average, the child readers are j about 14 years old, and the boys out- number the girls nearly four to oua. I History is the favorite literature for j the hoys, while the girls revel in fic- tiou. It is said by the library people, i the credit of the children and the j to shame of their elders, that the pro- j portion of instructive books taken out : far advance 1 by the little ones is in of i those perused by older card holders. KcPp nhreast of these stirring times b-y tubwibing for your home paper. The. price is ttlile, and you cannot afford to he without it. TWENTY YEARS. Somewhat back frcm the well-trav¬ eled turnpike stood a low, red farm¬ house, overshadowed by giant poplara. On either side of the weil-beaten path were beds of mignonette, bachelors' buttons, ladies’ delight and nodding nasturtiums. A thriving bush of south¬ ernwood that had long outlived the hand that placed it there flourished by the broad stone step and a tall cinna- mon rose that has clambered its way above the level of the half-open win- dow nodded and swayed to and fro as if impatient with the cords that held it, and as though it could no longer con- trol its curiosity had thrust several fragrant blossoms Into the room within wh01 ' e a kindly faced woman was bus- 51y the few article, ot furni- ture. As she moved about in her cn- ergetlc fashion she hummed in a sweet yet tremulous voice the strains of an old-fashioned hymn. Martha Kidder, or “Marthy,’’ as she was familiarly called by the neighbors, was a woman of perhaps 50 years of age, long since past her first youth, bu ‘ possessor of one of those faces from which the youthful expression is never eliminated. She was of medium height and rather spare in form; her still abundant hair was drawn smooth- ly away from the placid brow and fas- tened in a neat coil at the back of the head. The lilac-sprigged gown of soft delaine, with its linen collar, was se- cured at the throat with a quaint, oval- B haped breastpin, in which was a braided lock of faded hair, ^ she ffloved abQUt jn her quicki nervous fashion she gradually drew near the window, and, attracted by the nodding rose, whose fragrance filled room > she leaned her tired aim upon its narrow ledge and gazed lov- , ngly OQ the mtle garderi , below . Martha Kidder was an ardent wor- Bhiper of nature, and this June after- noon, standing by the open window, 9be d ran k in the beauty of the land¬ scape spread before her till the lone¬ liness of her solitary life faded away, even as the misty clouds of vapor were rising from the bosom of the distant Gontoocook. A golden robin perched on the catalpa tree broke into an ec¬ stasy of song and a straggling sun¬ beam glinted in, shining across the room with unwonted brightness. Turn- ing reluctantly from the scene, Mar- tha resumed her work, and through the open window came stealing the sooth- j ng strains of “Cool Siloam's Shady Rill.” Gradually the long June day drew to a close, the western sky was stained with splashes of gold and crimson and the sinking sun slowly disappeared be- ss s= ? ggs- WSSBs SI ' \ I "■ r -.v. 3 ■ tm fj mm m \ r> "MARTHA, DON’T Y'OU KNOW ME?” hind the distant hilltops, giiding the farmhouse windows till they glittered like burnished gold; the frogs began to peep and the katydids took up their lnoessaut strain, and silently the twi- light crept over the New Hampshire hills, Taking her sunbonnet from its nail by the kitchen dresser, Martha made ready to carry the night milk to the city family at the boarding-house, a mile distant from the Kidder farm. Se- curely fastening the wide front door, she tripped down the narrow path, pausing to pick a spray of mignonette, Which she fastened in the folds of her kerchief. As she walked along the ““the echtaLes^sfafstilllummed the same old song. Passing the little grass-grown burial ground, she paused by its low stone wall, her eyes resting loyi ^ ,y a ™ ° f ston eB some ' what apart from the others, the t near- est bearing the nam0 of Hannah Kid- (j er , aged 16, painted in rude black let- ters on the tall, moss-covered stone, aad aow nearly obliterated by the etoms of forty years ’ A “ ist cama over the v . woman’s , eyes and she pressed tier wrinkled ha.nd t» her thr-oa.t, wliere it gently rested on the brooch contain- ing Hannah’s hair. Resuming her walk, sbe s00n reached the boarding-house and quietly started homeward. As the good-natured host drove up wlth the evening maU , he shouted to his wife: “Ann Maria, Abel King’s come home, after twenty years, and we a!1 thought him dead. Rich as Croesus, bo folks say. Guess Marthy wishes she’d treated him kinder when he asked her to marry him ’fore he left.” The moonlight flickered through the branches of the trees, casting fitful shadows along the dusty turnpike; the brakes and sweet fern nodded by the roadside; the white birches stood out In bold relief against a background of spruces and hemlock, and a deep si- lence, broken only by the wind in the P* nes brooded over all. Martha did not hasten on the way, but often paused to enjoy the beauty of the nlght An overhanging branch of moose bush loaded with creamy blossoms brushed against her cheek, and she paused to gather its heavily scented flowers. Suddenly the silence was broken by the sound of footsteps, A man was rapidly approaching, and in the moonlight the form seemed strangely familiar, Suddenly stopped; then, stepping to the wom¬ an's ’side exclaimed: "Martha, don’t you know me?’’ In a voice with emotion, she cried: "Abel, Is it you? They told me you were dead.” The moon shone out from behind a fleecy oloud and Its beams flooded the wooded slopes of old Monadnock till the placid river at its base shone like burnished silver, but its softest beams fell on the bent forms of a man and woman, who never more would walk life’s road apart. HOW CUBANS LIE. They Have No Moral Sense Where the Truth Is Concerned. It is often hard to tell whether a Cuban lies to you from ignorance or malice, says Herbert Pelham Williams in the Atlantic. On ordinary occasions and about matters that do not promise to affect himself, he is fairly truthful, but he seem to know no reason why he shouldn't tell a lie if he wants to. To the average Cuban who has always lived on his own island a lie is a thing to tell whenever it will serve any use¬ ful purpose—such as getting him out of a scrape, or securing an advantage, or getting money out of somebody, or conciliating some one, or creating a good impression. Here the absence of a moral sense becomes apparent. With the Cuban lying is not a matter of right, but of policy, his short-sighted¬ ness preventing him from perceiving that today’s advantage may be to¬ morrow’s loss. The statement, com¬ mon among Americans who have lived in Cuba,, that the Cubans are all liars, is much nearer the truth than most generalizations. Though they usually tell the truth, nearly all of them dis¬ seminate or equivocate whenever they see occasion. Hence it is not always easy to tell what a Cuban thinks or how he feels about the future of the island. He sometimes tells you what he thinks you want to hear. Every man of property wants Cuba to be un¬ der American control, but he will not admit it before a crowd, or even to an¬ other Cuban, unless convinced that he, too, is heartily in favor of it. The trait appears, likewise, in accounts of the Cuban army. However, it is only fair to say that the glowing descrip¬ tions given by the Cubans of the per¬ formances and the glorious victories of that somewhat mythical force are not intentional, deliberate, cold-blood¬ ed lies. Carried away by imaginations as fertile as the soil of their island, they actually believe their own mon¬ strous inventions. For,' after all, the Cuban loves better than all other things on earth to strike an attitude, to pose, to strut and brag and make himself out a great man and his gen¬ tle fellow-islands a great nation. Thousands of Cubans really believe that there was once a band of men worthy to be called a Cuban army, and that they fought battles. Others ad¬ mit that there were merely little com¬ panies of starving stragglers, who sometimes fired their two cartridges apiece from ambush at Spanish scout¬ ing parties and then scattered. But they all think they did great execution. Get some American or Englishman who was with them to tell you his view of it. It will he discouragingly differ¬ ent. Cuba is infested with "after the war”. ( soldiers, braggadocio mock he¬ roes who never got within earshot of fighting. A Moving Letter-Box. It almost seems as if it must be an American invention—the automatic letter box which is being placed in new apartment houses in Paris, although the French are pluming themselves upon it as a native noveity. In the ves¬ tibule of the house are placed as many of these letter boxes as there are ten¬ ants in the building. In general appear¬ ance there is little difference between the group of boxes and those to he seen in the vestibule of any flat house in this country. Instead, however, of retaining the letters, cards and so forth until some one descends to get them, the Paris invention promptly delivers its contents to the person for whom they are intended. Thus, when the postman has a letter for Mr. So-and-So he deposits it in the box bearing that gentleman’s name. The missive opens a lever at the bottom of the box, which thereupon moves upward until it comes to Mr. So-and-So’s apartment. There, by an ingenious mechanism, the con¬ tents of the box are emptied into a re¬ ceptacle in the hall of the apartment, and a hell is rung automatically to no¬ tify the servants that a letter has ar¬ rived. Its duty done the box descends again to take its place with those of the other tenants in the vestibule. Aid not a letter alone, but even a visiting card dropped into the box will speed it on its upward errand, so light is the weight required to operate the mech¬ anism. Sympathetic Burglar. New York Press: To save a baby’s life a burglar in Brooklyn gave over his intent to rob, summoned the child’s mother, confessed his mission, express¬ ed his sympathy and fled. The bur¬ glar had broken into the flat of a po¬ liceman, Patrolman John Farrell. Marguerite, the blue-eyed,flaxen-haired baby, had been tucked away in her crib. A little before midnight Mrs. Farrell was awakened by a strange voice. “Get up,” commanded the in¬ truder. “Get up at once. Your child is dying. Hurry.” The mother ran to the child just in time to save uer from death, and the burglar went out. The baby’s father, the policeman, was on duty. Crushed Velvet. Velvet that has become crushed may he restored by placing the linen side of the dress over a basin of hot water. HOW TO OVERCOME INSOMNIA Sleep May lie Induced 1>r Holding Oin'i llrcath f»T a Time. From the New York Press: In these days, when the mercury Is trying to leap the hundred hurdle, the hardest problem of New Yorkers Is how to get to sleep at night. Turn and strive as one may to place himself, sleep won’t come. A prominent Now York physi¬ cian, himself a sufferer from Insomnia for many years, has discovered a brand new way of putting one’s self to sleep almost instantaneously. It has worked well in hie own case and never lias failed In the many trials he has made upon his patients. After taking a deep inspiration the breath is held until pos¬ itive discomfort is felt. It is then let gently out. The process is repeated a second and a third time, and this is as a rule sufficient to obtain sleep. The mind must be fixed upon the experi¬ ment and one’s thoughts must not be allowed to wander. Insomnia is pro¬ duced by two kinds of cerebral activity directly opposite in nature, a too active cerebral circulation and an insufficient cerebral circulation. The former can easily be recognized from the throb¬ bing and pulsating arteries. The self¬ asphyxiation of the patient causes a flow of nervoue blood to the brain and an increase of the carbonic acid and waste products of decomposition. These products, carried to the brain by the blood, overwhelm its centers and so produce sleep. Dr. Johann Meuli- Hiltz, a German physician, writes en¬ thusiastically about the effect of sleep¬ ing with the head low as a means of. obtaining the most refreshing slumber. He raises the foot of the bed so that it forms an inclined plane. He says that the sleep thus obtained is more benefi¬ cial: that one awakens with a clearer head, a wider mental horizon. He as¬ serts that the neck increases in size, that the cerebral circulation is im¬ proved and the influence upon the lungs is so great that it can' lessen the tendency to consumption. He recom¬ mends that the lowering of the head be done gradually, and says that in¬ somnia often is caused by sleeping with the head too high. LEARNED TO RIDE A Bicycle witbin tiie Sacred Precincts of the White Some. Washington correspondence Chicago Tribune: To an usher of the white house belongs the distinction of being the only person who has mastered the silent steed with the east room of the executive mansion as the riding aca- demy. For obvious reasons his name is withheld from publication. Like all learners he needed assistance in bal- ancing, and another usher was called in to render the service. The learner mounted the wheel in an awkward manner, and was trundled toward the south end of the big parlor, when his teacher let go with the usual result. The force of the fall broke the huge crystal chandeliers, and the bump could be heard plainly in the president’s of- flee. This misfortune did not deter the student, and he bravely mounted the wheel, started off again, and after wobbling along a few feet came down on the heavy carpet. This performance was repeated several times, and then the first lesson ended. The next day a second lesson was taken with little better result. But the usher perse- vered, and every afternoon for a week after the house was closed to visitors, he took a lesson until he had fairly good command of the unruly wheel, Then he began to “speed.” The rec- ord he made was creditable to a be- glnner, and the novelty of riding a bicycle in the white house was thor- oughly enjoyed. The usher is now one of the best riders in the city, but neither the president nor the chie’f usher knew what caused the house to shake as if a small earthquake had j visited the city during the week in ' question New Zealand Parrot. In New Zealand there is a peculiar kind of parrot found, which does not seem to exist in any other place. The natives call it the “ICea.” It inhabits only South Island, in mountainous re- gions, and was formerly a vegetable and insect-eating bird, but when sheep were introduced into the country, it began to frequent the various stations, especially where sheep had been killed, | and it was observed to feed upon the offal. Later on it acquired the strange j and objectionable habit of destroying live sheep, for which purpose a number of these parrots band together and hunt out a weakly member of the flock which they worry and torment till it falls tc the ground. Then the vora¬ cious creatures attack it on the flank, where the skin is thinnest, and even before the animal is dead they are de¬ vouring the kidney fat, which they seems to prefer to all other food. This seems to be one of the most remarka¬ ble instances known of a sudden change of habit. Scorned to Do It. “Isn’t it heartbreaking,” said the sea turtle, “that the Egyptian ibis in dead?” The crocodile stretched itself wearily in ita tank and •replied, with a smothered sob: “It is. I could shed tears, but I will not! They would only amuse the scoffers!”—Chicago Tribune. Exercise. Washington Star: “We have walked eleven miles this morning without stopping,” said one Filipino soldier, discontentedly. “That’s so,” answered the other. We might as well join a golf club and be done with it.” Missouri Lead Mines. Eight thousand men are engaged in mining lead and zinc in Missouri. The total output for 1898 v/as 74,900 tons of lead and 140,000 tons of zinc. THE DEPOT PLANS . NOT IN EVIDENCE Railroads Entering Atlanta Defy Commission. THE ORDER WAS IGNORED Status of Affairs Grows More and More Interesting. The railroads entering Atlanta, Ga., have abandoned the idea, if they ever seriously entertained it, of voluntarily giving the Gate City a new passenger station. They have failed to file plans, and now they are up against the commis¬ sion. The board will meet again in a few kays and see what it can do with theta for disobeying its order. At Thursday’s meeting the lessee of the state’s road declared that it is ab¬ solutely impossible to get the roads, the city and state to agree. Major Thomas, representing the lessee, sug- guested that the state should patch up the old shed, which four of the roads claim to own. If the state does not do that, he pro- posed that his company would stand part of the expense of patching. This would mean the continuance of the dangerous street crossings at grade, a menace to life which the city has considered far more objectionable than the inadequate old shed. All the roads say that Major Thom- He j as holds the key to the situation. ! says there is no hope of getting a new union station. In the face of this announcement, the Southern railway takes an opti¬ mistic view of the situation. That company says it does not think the question of locating a union station on the old site has been exhausted, and asks for more time. Several times in the past, the Southern representa¬ tives have expressed doubt about the advisability of using the old site for a stati ? D U ‘«> »anow. None of the , other roads suggested anything that would tend to solve the problem. Fines May Be imposed. So the commission is looking ' dow into methods of procedure. j The roads have not filed plans, and : the next question is to fine them. The law fixes as the penalty a ‘fine not ex- ceeding §5,000. The fine, if im- j posed would go to the state. Six ! roads enter Atlanta. If the max- : imum fine were imposed and collected { it would amount to $30,000. ; The commission can cite the roads : every thirty days, and in the course of two years might collect enough in fines to build a magnificent station. i At Thursday’s meeting the board ■ asked Judge Atkinson, the legal mem- • her. for bis opinion on the way to pro- ! ceed against the roads. Judge Atkin- son assured his confreres he would j ba ^e his opinion ready when the board ! meets again. I President Thomas_ has been advised to confer with the 1 railroad commission i ftnld the legislature’s special commis- - s i°u. One idea in getting the pr'esi- tlent of the lessee company and the legislative committee together reached is to see tf any agreement can be on which the legislature can act looking to the state building a union passenger . station and renting to the roads. i rrnor.iui bemcuwj Dr >, . : " __1_ ‘ * ; 7 - 11 ? Sum of °,* $ 6 x he’Past 3 820 Was Paid Out D u t Year *. „„ ’The annual , report , of . . commissioner of pensions f ° r Georgia, Richard John- son> Lias J Ust b 0 ® 11 issued from the P r f Bs; Th rl ® *' e f or * Jf . ? ne of most interesting , , that will be issued , this year irom the capital, anti shows some very . important changes nave taken place in j the pension rolls during the present ' administration, , To begin with, the report shows that j the pension accounts for the fiscal year j just ended has increased $13,060, the ; total amount for the year reaching $652,820. j There is also an increase of 731 pen- ; sions this year as compared with last j year. There is increase » of 731 j ’ an new claims paid this year as compared 1 together with last with year. other These items, increases, of inter- taken j the tax and are public j j est to payers gen- erally as well as of great interest to . the pensioners. j ACTRESS NOT RELEASED. I Judge Estill Refuses Bail to Hiss 1 Julia riorrisou. At Chattanooga, Tenn., Wednesday, Judge Floyd Estill refused to grant Miss Julia Morrison, the murderess of Actor Leidenlieimer, hail, and she was returned , to jail . to await the ,, January term of court. When Judge Estill announced his decision Miss Morrison broke down and wept bitterly. T In delivering ..... hie decision Judge _ _ Es- , till stated the proof against the pris- , oner was of such a damaging nature : that under no circumstances, would ! he admit her to ban. /ie said the i state had conclusively proven that the \ murder was malicious, willful and premeditated. STRIKERS ENCOURAGED. flany More Workers at Cramp Ship Yards Quit Work. A Philadelphia dispatch says: Forty men employed at Cramps, representing ; various trades, joined the striking employees of that company Thursday. The strikers held a meeting and receiv¬ ed reports showing there are not more than five hundred mtn at work and that nearly fifteen hundred are on a strike. IVKINLEY’S SPEECH On Presenting Admiral Dewey the [Sword of Honor at the National Capitol. In presenting to Admiral Dewey the magnificent sword at Washington Tuesday, President McKinley said: “Admiral Dewey: From your en¬ trance in the harbor of New York with your gallant and valiant ship, the de¬ monstrations which everywhere have greeted you reveal the public esteem of your heroic action and the fullness of the love in which you are held by your “The country. voice of the nation is lifted in praise and gratitude for the distin¬ guished and memorable services yon have rendered the country, and all the people give yon affectionate wel¬ come home, in which I join with all my heart. Your victory exalted Ameri¬ can valor and extended American authority. “There is no flaw in your victory, there will be no faltering in maintain¬ ing it. (Great applause.) It gives me extreme pleasure and great honor in behalf of all the people to hand you this sword, the gift of the nation voted by the congress of the United States.” The president handed the admiral the sword with a deep bow, and there was a roar of applause as Dewey re¬ ceived it. The crowd was hushed as he turned to reply. Admiral Dewey said: “I thank you, Mr. President, for this great honor you have conferred upon me. I thank the secretary of the navy for his gracious words. I thank my countrymen for this beauti- ful gift, which shall be an heirloom in my family forever as an evidence that republics are not ungrateful, and I thank you, Mr. Chairman and gentle¬ men of the committee, for the gracious, cordial and kindly welcome which you have given me to my home.” CAPTAIN CARTER IN COURT. Habeas Corpus Case is Heard, But Decision Is Reserved. Oberlin M. Carter, the engineering capta i n> who is under sentence of five y eftrs ’ imprisonment after conviction on the charge of conspiracy to defraud the government, was taken from Gov- ernor’s Island to the United States circuit court in New York Wednesday 0 n a writ of habeas corpus in his be- h a )f obtained Monday. Judge La- Combe was on the benoh. On the question of sentence it was claimed by Carter’s attorneys the court had acted in excess of its pow- grs, beyond jurisdiction and contrary to law. Colonel Clous, in reply, held that the action of a courtmartial cannot be reviewed by any civil court, Counsel submitted hriefe. Judge LaOombe reserved decision on the writ and ordered Captain Garter back to the custody of Captain Roberts, of Governor’s island, PETITION FOR PEACE. McKinley Urged to Intervene In Fuss Between British and Boers. xhe New York World telegraphed | 0 j> re siderit McKinley the first in- bailment of signatures to a petition as jjiQg him to offer the friendly ser- v j ces 0 f the United States in mediation t, e tween Great Britain and the Trans¬ vaa p Among those who have signed the petition to the president are ex-Sena- tor George F. Edmunds, ex-Secretary J- Sterling Morton, John Sherman, Major General O. O. Howard, David Stary Jordan, president of Leland ^tandford university; Donald G. Pitched, j ame s D. Phelan, mayor Q f g an Francisco; William F. Warren, president of Boston univeisity and otbers . CHAMPION THIEF DEAD. Notorious “Jimmie’’ Logue Dies In Philadelphia Alms House, A Philadelphia dispatch says: Worn out by years of confinement resulting from his long career in crime, “Jim- my” Logue, the famous ex-convict who is believed to have stolen more money than any other thief of his time, and who was, perhaps, the best- known bank robber of the age, died in county almshouse Wednesday at the age of sixty-two years, consolation be- He sought religious f ore he died. Logue is supposed to have had a fortune at one time of about $300,000: CHLOROFORflED BY ROBBERS. Knoxville Woman Forcibly Drugged By Two Burglars. A sensational burglary occurred at Knoxville, Tenn., at an early hour Wednesday morning. Two masked burglar8 entered the residence of O. j^ Xrainum and held his sister, Mrs. Kimbrough, while they chloroformed her. They then searched the room, where Trainum> who is treasurer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En- . iliee r S> tad Beveral hundred dollars concealed . They aecared some of it, j )U j. Kimbrough had hidden the \ t whioh th did not di8 - eover. •4 FOR BARKER. SHORE DUTY Fortner Commander of the Battleship Oregon Gets An Assignment. Captain Robert 8 . Barker has been assigned to command the Norfolk navy yard, relieving Admiral Farquahar, who takes command of the North At¬ lantic station. Captain Barker will become a full rear admiral within a month. waiting orders. At present he is on Captain Barker commanded the battle¬ ship Oregon.