BROUGHT THANKS OF CHINESE EMPIRE
Copyright by Waldon Fdwcctt.
Tang Shao Yt Is the special ambassador of China who came all the way
from his country to Washington to thank the United States for remitting part
of the Boxer Indemnity. He Is one of the most brilliant and capable men of
tho Flowery Kingdom. Before going home he will observe and absorb all he
can of our financial and commercial systems so that his country may profit
by It.
THE HELP
HOW ONE SOCIETY SOLVES THE
SERVANT QUESTION.
German Housewives In New York Give
Rewards to Mald3 for Faith
ful Service to Its
Members.
Now York. Tho raannglng director
of tho Gorman Housewives' society,
which at Its recent annual meeting
nwarded premiums to 40 servnnts for
faithful service, declares that tho
members of tho society know nothing
of tho difficulty of tho servant prob
lem which Is driving suburbanites
from their country homes nnd city
householders Into apartment hotels.
Tho Hausfrnuen Vorclu does not
belong to tho City Federation of Wom
en's Clubs and Its membors nro
not long on social uplift or economic
progress. Equal suffrago is barely a
nnmo nnd the glories of tho Dnughters
of tho Revolution have hardly been re-
vcaled to them.
Instead they arc a band of women,
who cling tenaciously to tho Idea,
rapidly becoming obsolete, that the
eternal job of woman is to niako a
comfortable home. It Is a Just con
viction, but so deep that thoy mannged
to strlko at tho roots of tho servant
problem, whilo their sisters who 'cs
teom themselves brilliant nnd intellec
tual confess themselves benten.
Tho Houselwlves' society Ib versa
tllo. It nets ns an employment agency
for its members. It gives freo services
to employes In various wayB. It en
cournges servants in all tho domestic
patlenco and tact. Mrs. Theresa C.
Schmidt, tho mnnnglng director, Is
full of help for tho servnnts who como
to her seeking places.
Twelve years ago, before tho days
of employment agency roform, a few
German women arose In revolt against
tho ways of employment agencies and
formed a Bocioty to servo tho samo
purposo in a moro satisfactory man
ner. This antedated tho days of tho
servant problem In i(s present serious
aspqet, but these careful housowives
recognized disturbing Influences be
low stnlrs nnd built their society to
meet them.
According to Mrs. Schmidt, the se
cret of happiness among tho Gormnn
housowives Is n deop seated objection
to n continual change of maids.
DOG CUSTODIAN OF JEWELS.
Boston Bull Takes Gems to Mistress
Every Night.
New York. Porsons at the Plaza
wero surprised tho other day to seo a
Boston bulldog leave the ofllco In that
hotel with a Russian leather jewol
caso hold between his teeth, nnd, fol
lowed by a maid, walk to nn elevator
and enter it. Thoy wero moro sur
prised when thoy learned that tho
Jewel caso contained gems worth sov
oral thousand dollars, tho property of
Mrs. Benjamin B. Klrkland of Phila
delphia who, with her husband, is
staying In tho hotel.
Mrs. Klrkland has found thnt Cap
tain, tho bulldog, is n faithful mes
senger, and has intrusted to him each
evening tho task of going to tho ofllco
to get (ho Jowels sho Is to wear at
dinner.
Captain camo to tho Plozo with Mr.
and Mrs. Klrklnnd ,fram tho Hotel
RItz, Paris. A Russian lenthor jowol
caso Is tho only artlclo ho will carry
In his mouth, and whilo ho is tho cus
todian of tho Jewels ho makes no
stops on his Journey. Tho maid who
nccompnnies htm as a measure of pro
tection seems to bo superfluous, be
cause tho dog goes directly to tho of
fice safe, and, having recolved tho
caeo, goes immediately to Mrs. Kirk
land's apartment with It.
PROBLEM
"Tho comfort of tho household de
pends moro upon keeping servants for
n long tlmo than upon anything else,"
Bho said, "so wo reward tho maids
who stay In their plnccs. When a girl
has worked for ono of our members
for two years sho Is presented at tho
annual meeting with a hnndsomo gold
brooch In the form of a bee."
Mrs. Schmidt dlsplnycd ono of theso
emblems of Industry, which wns en
graved on tho back with tho stamp of
tho society and tho name of the prize
winner. After n servant is entitled to
wear tho golden beo she receives nddi-
tionnl premiums every two years if
sho still continues In her place. This
year $3,000 Was spent In prizes. Rings,
bracelets and ten dollar gold pieces
wore presented to tbo oldor sorvnnts
"You see, a girl will work very hard
to cam ono of theso," Mrs. Schmidt
said. "It makes her very proud and
hnppy. It is a recommendation In It
self. It is llko a diploma from a train
ing school. Tho girls mnko a kind of
frnternlty among themselves."
"You see, I impress upon my girls
that it is tho steady ones who mako
most In tho end. You can seo for.
yourself. Rose Hnhn, our oldest goldon
bee, who got tho 12 years' premium
this yenr, began at $18 a month nnd
sho Is now enrnlng ?50 in tho snmo
plnco."
Mrs. Schmidt admitted that It is hot
always possible to place a girl satis
factorily tho first time.
"They aro very human, llko overy
ono elso," sho dcclnred, "and thoy will
do well In ono place where thoy will
fall in nnothor. I always glvo them
three trials and sometimes moro.
"When a girl is In n strnngo coun
try without friends to help her it goes
to my honrt nnd I do my best for her.
It is not always tho girl's fault if sho
does not do well. Sometimes sho Is
too sick, or If sho has just como over,
too homesick to work."
Onco a girl has earned a golden beo
sho has a recognized standing with
tho coclety. If after that sho has a
grlevanco ngalnst her mlstross sho chn
bring It before tho board of directors
for sottlement. This prlvllcgo Is
granted onco a year, but according to
Mrs. Schmidt it is soldom claimed, be
eauso the ghis como and talk about
It to her first and usually sottlo it out
of court.
Will Care
Philadelphia Nun Leaves Hospital for
Heroic Task.
Philadelphia. Fulfilling a desire
which has long occupied her mind,
Sister Marcolla, for many years head
nurse in the accident department of
St. Joseph's hospital, lias left that In
stitution to devote tho rest of her llfo
to tho unfortunate lopors, who have
been gathered togothor at New Or
leans. Sister Mnrcolla goes first to tho
mother nurso of tho Sisters of Charity
at Emmltsburg, Md. Undor their aus
pices a lopor colony has boon estab
lished nt Now Orlennt. nnd Sister
Mnrcolla, volunteering for a vncancy
caused by tho death of ono of tho Bis
ters, was selected for tho heroic work
by Mothor Mnrgarot, superior of tho
order of tho order at Emmltsburg.
There aro 3C lepers In tho homo, at
tended by six Sisters of Charity,
headed by tho Rov. A. V. Keenaua as
chaplain. Five yearB ago Sister Mar
colla volunteered her services for tho
leper homo, a state Institution ol
Louisiana, but nt thnt tlmo her su
periors decided to assign her to hos-
i pitnl work in this city. Sho hns been
PIN2 LOOS FLOAT DOWN SACO.
River Not Largest, But le Center of
Maine's Big Lumber Industry.
Saco, Me. Tho Snco river, nltliough
not ono of tlio largest rlvern In Mnlno,
lms floated more nine logs this season
thn any othor stream In Mnlno.
In fact, tho Snco has had this rec
ord for sovornl years. Pino Is becom
ing scarce In Mnlno and Is becoming
moro valuablo overy year. Up among
tho upper tributaries of tho Saco
which extend Into Now Hatnpshlro and
through tho Whlto mountains and in
many of tho towns In Mnlno bordering
on this river somo plno Is yot to bo
found, but tho lumber "cruisers," as
they nro called, tho men who scout
through tho country hunting for plno
timber, find It moro difficult each year
to buy sufficient plno to supply tbo
needs of tho manufacturing concerns
which demand this, kind of lumber.
Last year tho Snco floated to Us
mouth 16,000,000 feet of plno, together
with much spruce, hemlock nnd other
lumber. Tho men who buy tho plno
nro obliged to purchaso n't tho samo
tlmo nil tho other kinds of lumbor
with which It Is mixed, and such of It
as can bo used is floated down tho
Snco to bo manufactured Into boards
or whatever olso It can be well UBcd
for.
Tho Saco Is not largo, but Is known
as one of tho most ploturcsquo of
Maine rivers, nnd Is tho scene of Knto
Douglas Wlggln's "lioao of tho River."
It Is also n busy ltttlo stream, and In
Its way to the ocean docs n good deal
of work. Porhnps tho Snco contributes
moro to tho prosperity Qf, tho stato
than nnjothor river In It. Every
where Its wny Is fettered by dams
and water wheels, and just before It
takes Its final plunge to tho ocean
level It makes a grand-stand llnlsh by
giving energy to- thrco of tho largest
cotton mills In Now England.
TAKES LONGEST CANOE TRIP.
Ben Glssel Makes Journey from Min
neapolis to New Orleans.
New OrlcnnB. Hon Glssel of Now
York Is in tho city, after having com
pleted ono of tho moBt novel trips ever
taken in this country, coming by canoe
from almost tho source of tho Missis
sippi to Crescent City, a short dlstanco
from tho mouth of tho Father of
Waters.
Glssel left Minneapolis, Minn., on
August 23 and arrived In Now Orleans
50 days later, most rcmarkablo time,
considering that his canoo measured
17 feet and was loaded with over 110
pounds, "counting tho clothing and
cooking utensils which Glssel carried,
not to mention his own weight at 115
pounds.
Glssel said that tho trip was an
admirable ono and that ho was treat
ed royally by overy ono with whom
ho came In contact at overy city and
town and at somo of tho plantations
whero ho stopped while on his wny
down tho river.
Tho only unplensant Incident of
the trip was when Glssel was in Don
aldsonvlllo on Sunday, October 4.
Whilo ho was looking In u show wln
dow ono of tho shorlffs of tho town at
tempted to arrest him for being a dan
gerous chnracter.
LOUD SOCKS EXPEL BOY PUPIL
Youth Refuses to Conceal Footgear
and High School Ousts Him.
Mlddlotown, Conn. Young Augustus
Marsh, who wtis a tackle on tho Mid
dlotown high school cloven, left that
institution of learning In somo hasto
tho other day. As a consequonco tho
other students havo ceased to wear
their trousers "turned up." Thoy havo
been rivals, In tho splendor of their
hosiery.
Augustus bought nnd woro socks to
school that woro so loud his young
woninn tencher could not hoar horself
think; they drowned tho sound of tho
noon wlhstles so thnt recess wns Into
They woro Nllo green in color, em
broldcred In a vivid red. Hotter to dlB
play their glory Augustus mndo o
double roll in tho end of his trousers.
"Augustus," said tho teacher, blush
ing as rod as tho clocks on her pupil's
socks, "pull down your trousers ends.
Augustus only grinned.
Tho teacher reported him to Prln
cipal C. H. Woolscy, who suspended
him Indefinitely.
for Lepers
In tho scrvlco for 1G yenrs, but Is still
n young looking woman.
Tho lopors In the Now Orleans col
ony live in sapnrato tents nnd nro
dressed and fed by tho sisters, who
occupy a soparnto community Uoubo
jy themselves, Tho work Is danger
cus In tho highest degree, nnd menus
constnnt contnet with tho pitiful, out
enst crentures. Living with them
nenrly nlwnys terminates in infection
and death.
Street Swallows a Horse.
Wilmington, Del. John Johnson, a
driver for D. S. Mnrvel, a livorymnn,
thought an earthquako was in progross
when tho earth opened and gobbled
ono of the horsos ho wnB driving.
Tho moro tho horse struggled tho
deeper It sank until part of tho wagon
nlso went down, A big water pipe
undor tho Btreot had burst nnd washed
away tho earth, leaving only a thin
crust of tho roadbed, which, whon tho
horse stopped upon it, collapsed und
allowed tho anlmui to drop into tho
hole, which was sovoral feot deop.
It required two hours' work with a
derrick to cxtrlcato tho imprisoned
horao,
WHY HOT OWN LflHD?
ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO
MAKE MONEY IS TO INVEST
IN WESTERN CANADA.
"Dscv down In tho nnturo of overy
proptrly constituted man Is tho desiro
to own somo laud." A writer In tho
Iowa Stato Register thus terBoly ex
presses a well-known truth. Tho ques
tion is whero In the best land to bo
had at tho lowest prlcos, nnd this tho
samo writer points out in tho samo nr-1
ttclo. Tho fact la not disguised that
tho writer has a personal lntorest In
tho stntemcnt of his caso, nnd thoro Is
no hidden meaning when ho rcfors to
Westorn Cniuuln ns presenting great
er possibilities than any othor pnrt of
tho American Continent, to the man
who is Inclined to till tho soil for n
livelihood and posslblo competence.
Whnt Interests ono nro tho nrgumonts
ndvnnced by this writer, nnd when
fairly nnnlyzod tho conclusion is
ronched thnt no matter what personal
iutcrest tho writer may havo had, his
reasons appear to havo tho quality of
groat soundness. Tho climatic condi
tions of Western Canada nro fully ns
good na those of Mlnnosotn, tho Dnko-
tas or Iowa, tho productiveness of tho
soil is as great, tho social conditions
nro on a pnrlty, tho laws aro us well
established and ns cnrcfully observed.
In addition to theso tho prlco of land
Is much less, easier to Bccure. So, with
theso ndvnntugcs, why shouldn't this
tho offer of Western Cnnnda bo
ombrnccd. Tho hundreds of thousands
of sottlers now there, whoso homos
were orlglnnlly in tho "United States,
nppcar to be nro satisfied. Onco In
nwhllc complaints nro hoard, but tho
Canadians havo novor Bpokon of tho
country as an Eldorado no matter
what thoy may havo thought. Tho
wrltor happened to havo at hand n few
letters, written by former residents of
tho United States, from which ono or
two extracts aro submitted. Theso go
to prove that tho writer In tho Regis
ter has a good baslB of fact In support
of his Btatements rcgnrdlng tho oxcel-
lency of tho grnln growing area of
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
On tho 29th of April of this year W.
R. Conlcy, of Loughccd, Alberta, wroto
a friend in Dotroit. lie snyB: "Tho
wenthor lityi been Just flno over since
I camo hero In March, nnd I bclievo
ono could find If ho wnnted to Bomo
email bunches of snow nround tho
odgo of tho lake. Thcro Is a front near
ly overy morning: at sunrlao It bcgliiB
to fado away, then thoao bluo flow
ers open and look as fresh as If thoro
had been no frost for a week. . . .
Thoro is no reason why this country
should not becomo a garden of Eden;
tho wealth Is In tho ground and only
needs a Htllo encouragement from tho
government to Induco capital In hero.
Thoro Is ovorythlng hero to build
with: good clay for brick; coal under
neath, plonty of water In tho spring
lnkcs, and good oprings coming out of
tho banks."
Splendid.
"That's a flno looking maid you havo
now, dear."
"Yos, sho's n darling, and Bho camo
to mo highly recommended."
"Knows all about tho latest styles of
maiding, I suppose?"
"Oh, so far ns knowing tho dutlos
of a maid goes, I don't suppose sho
knowB'n thing."
"But sho came highly recommended,
you said?"
"Yes, sho broko tho Jaw of tho last
man who tried to kiss her." Houston
Post.
I long to hand a full cup of happi
ness to every human being. Dr. Pay
son. 1'ir.ics ctmtsi) in o to i t dayh.
I'AZO OINTMKNT In fjtiaranteort to euro any earn.
of ltrlilni?, Jlllnd, lllcoctlnii or rroirudlni; I'llim In
6 to U dura or money rofnndrd. CQc.
Ono woman can bo awfully fond of
another If they nro a hundred miles
apart.
Lewis' Single Hinder cigar richest, most
MtisfyiiiR Binolto on tho market. Your
dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, 111.
Know whnt thou ennst work at and
do It llko a Horculcs. Carhio.
Allon'H root-ICano, ii l'owdor
KntAiriillmi.hwratinufcet. (llvi'filiiktant rrllcf. Tho
original powder lor the (rot. !45c mall Drugging.
Better ono discroot enomy than two
indiscreet frionds.
S3
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The genuine sold everywhere
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES
Color moro boodt brlohter and latter colon than any other die. One lOo package colors all flbon. Thei dra In cold water better than any other dra. You can di
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Unique Visiting Card.
Mmo. Johanna Gadskl has brought
to this country n fad thnt has becomo
qtillo tho raKO in Germany, whoro It
was introduced by no less a porsoungn
than tho crown prlncoas herself. It
Is a now form of visiting card, con
taining not only nn olnborntoly on
graved bordor, but a silhouette of tho
person It. represents. Tho custom calls
for a design npproprlnto to tho hold
or's stntlon. Thus, In Mmo. Gnrdskl's
caso tho prima donna's head is framed
in a border of laurel, whilo n lyro
forms tho baso of tho dCBlgn. Tho
card is not only unlquo but exceed
ingly pretty nnd effective.
And tho world would bo just ns
woll off if somo Etago-struck pcoplo
wero hit by automobiles.
When shown positive and reliable proof that a certain
remedy had cured numerous cases of female ills, wouldn't
any sensible woman conclude that the same remedy would .
also benefit her if suffering with the same trouble ?
Here are two letters which prove the efficiency of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Rod Bnr.lcs, Miss. "Words nro Inndcqmvto to express whnt
Xiydia 13. Plnklmm's Vegetable Compound has dono for inc. I
suffered from a femulo di.scuso mid weakness which tho doc
tors said was eaitscd by a fibroid tumor, and I commenced to
think thero was no help for mo. JLydhv 13. lMnlcliiim's Vcgctnulo
Compound mado mo a well woman after all other means had
fulled. My friends aro all asking Avhat has helped mo so much,
mid I pludly recommend Lydia 13. Pinkham's Vegctablo Com
pound." Mrs. "Willie Edwards.
Ifamnstcad, Maryland. " Before takinpr Jydla 12. Pinkham's
Vcgotahlo Compound I was weak and nervous, and could not
bo on my foot half a day without suffering. The doctors told
mo 1 never would bo'Avell without an operation, but .Lydia 13.
Piiikhuni's Vegetable Comiiound has done more for mo than nil
tho doctors, and I hope this valuablo medicine may como into
the hands of many moro suffering women." Mrs. Joseph H.
Dandy.
We will pay a handsome reward to any person who will
prove to us that these letters are not genuine and truthful
or that either of these women were paid in any way for
their testimonials, or that the letters arc published without ,
their permission, or that the original letter from each did
not come to us entirely unsolicited. ' 1
What more proof can any one ask ?
For 30 years Lydia 13. Pinkham's "Vc;;olnulo
Compound has been tho standard remedy for
female ills. No sick woman docs justico to
herself who will not try this famous medicine
Made exclusively from roots and herbs, nnd
has thousands of cures to its credit.
uStfE Mrs. Plnkhnm invites all sick women
SiffjF to writo her for advice. She hns
guided thousands to health freo of charge.
Address Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass.
All shoes arc mado in much
the same way.
Here's the difference,
Stylish White House Shoes fit
Not the ordinary binding lit. Not
the fit that takes three weeks to
break in. But the graceful fit that
feels snug the first time. And stay
snug and grace nil all tunes.
WHITE HOUSE SHOES
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ILIAJ8TIIATI5D 1IISTOHY
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dnnler, howlnn tho inirohnxo of n palrof'Whlto IIoumi" rIiooi. i coniplol t
of tlw ''Kiini; Dotaifm.'iTOUV." OrwIlleonJ furrx), without ccrtlUcato.
tignou 17 a finoa
of four volurauH
THE BROWN SHOE
MAPLEIHE
Ask for the
Baker's Cocoa
bearing
mark.
misled by imitations
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this trade
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