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RUSSELL SAGE'S MILLIONS.
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He In Snftl to Have Mntlo Them Cnlefly
by Trending Money
"I Low much Is Russell Sago worth?"
Many bankers and stockholders in
Wall street have boon asking one an
other this question, says tho Now
York World, for, naturally, tho nccu-
OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS -t. them. , n
report that Mr. Sage's lawyers are
winding up his affairs and that the
denn of tho street, who is 89 years
old and whose heulth Is not tho host,
will retire from business absolutely as
soon ns lie can.
The answers to the question varied
greatly. The few who have some ac
quaintance with the veteran's finan
cial affairs fixed his fortuno as $25,-
000,000; most estimated it at twice
that amount; many "guessed" that ho
had nilcd up $ 100,000,000. All agreed
that Russell Sage can, at shorter no
tice, lay his hand on more ready cash
than any man In this country, barring
John D. Rockefeller.
"No man in America hus been more
secretive nor more reliant In business
than Russell Sage, lie has never had
a partner In tho street, ho has worked
there sdngle-handed and with both
hands, save for the aid of clerks and
other subordinates. He has never
practiced tho modem 'high llnanco';
It Is doubtful If ho knows much about
It. lie has made money breed money
and he alono has been shepherd of his
Hock with tho golden fleeces.
"His fortune is tho fruit of tho pro-
foundest prudence, tho extremest
thrift lie has been fortunate In his
Investments because he has always
made sure of their value before In
vesting. He has never taken a risk
when lie lent money and ho has dono
little, except lend money for tho last
ton years. Always, especially In pan
icky times, ho has received high rates
of Interest
"Yet I am as certain as any man
can bo that when Mr. Sage's estate Is
settled up and his securities are real
ized on there will bo not more than
$25,000,000."
So said a banker yesterday who
knows as much as any man of Mr.
Sago's affairs.
"Mr. Sago has been arranging to re
tire from business for two years or
more," ho continued. "He yielded then
to the Importunities of Mrs. Sage and
A Foolish Custom Abolished.
MONG tho changes in the details of warfare
which have been wrought by tho long-rango
rifle there Is one which has been brought into
especial notice by tho casualty tatlslles of the
Russo-Japanese war. Ofllcors no longer expose
themsejvos to the enemy's fire for tJie purpose
of "encouraging tho men."
This foolish practice, which, through years of custom,
hnd the force of prescription, has ovldently been aban
doned. Thus far In tho Mnnchurlan campaign only ono
general ottlcer has boon killed outright and hardly more
than a score have been wounded,
When wo compare these figures with the statistics of
our own Civil War we can seo how swooping has been the
change. A recent study of the Confederate archives shows
that of 41fi Confederate general olllcers Hoventy-four were
killed In action or mortally Avoundcd, whllo In the Union
army fifty general ofllcors, twenty-thrco brevet brigadier
general and thirty-four colonels commanding brigades
were killed or mortally wounded.
In the Civil War, that Is to say, general ofllccrs were
still under the stress of a tradition which hold that a com
mander should ride up and idown his lines on a white
horso If possible so that tho enemy might havo a good
chanco of picking him off. In tho Manchurlan campaign
the general ofllcors liave remained In tho rear out of
rifle rango and directed tho operations of their men by
lolcphoiio or by messenger. Tho casualty statistics show
the advantage of this latter system.
It Is no reflection upon the bravery of a general officer
that he does not expose himself to tho lire of tho enemy.
He Is not a lighting man but a director of fighting men.
His services are too valuable to bo risked In n foolish and
spectacular display of personal courage which may bo lm
presslvo but which Is absolutely valueless to the cause
which ho serves.
In this respect the long-range rlllc, which has rendered
such exhibitions too dangerous to be attempted, has accom
plished a distinct reform In an old and senseless custom.
Chicago Chronicle.
harmony, "Tho Star Spangled Hanner," moisten their
eycH.
Music, all kinds of music, plays and has played for
the ages a grand part In the building of men. It makes for
M'ongth. It helps men to porform heroic deeds, and, If
needs be, to die. It Is the language of humanity and the
notes echo around the world. They are caught tip by
tho savage who fights, perhaps, for his thatched home,
nerved by the rudo notes of tomtons. Agalu you will find
In "A Hoi Time in the Old Town To-night." when a
Dowoy sm grimly and says, "You may fire when you
re ready, 'i; dley," and the shots of his cannon help brouk
the shack: of an enslaved nation.
Old Cromwell's men, grim and stern, fought well,
banting hymns, and the Ttoers carried the name of God
on their Hps, in song, Into battle, as they fought for their
doomed cause.
The time may como when wars aro gone forever, when
dossed peaco shall abldo in overy corner of tho globe.
Until then, lot us havo music -moro music the kind that
strikos flro In Ihn eye, and mnkes tho pulso beat and drives
out fear. . Feed music to babes, to old men. to all of us.
for it Is good for humanity. Kansas City World.
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Fine Men in States Prison.
1 10 was a flno man," said Classic Chadwlck,
when she heard that Spear, cashier of tho
wrecked Oberlln bank, had got seven years in
the penitentiary for his part in tho "frenzied
finance."
Yes, Cassle, these bank wreckers aro usual
ly line men. They live in flno houses. They
glvo line banquets. They ride in line automobiles. They
shlno In flno society. They dresH their Xamllles In line
raiment. Thoy, being flnauclers, aro supposed to bo n
llttlo liner breed than the common herd. Some day It
develops that they havo taken advantage of flno oppor
tunities to gamble with trust funds belonging to other
people, and down comes all their finery.
It n wonderful how many line men nro going to the
penitentiary these days, while the gross ones go right on
wearing negligeo shirts and the sweat of real labor.
It is oven announced that the Ohio penitentiary is so
lull of lino men, from banking and other financial circles,
that It is Impossible to find clerical work for Spear In that
popular Institution. Spear may havo to carry a hod and
Casslo do washing. Sometimes Justice, In her gamo of
bllndman's buir, grabs the eternal fitness and fineness of
things, in splto of the atmosphere of morbid sympathy,
and a man morally equipped for hod-carrying really has
to Dually carry a hod. Des MolnesNews.
Music nnd Men-Making,
13RTAIN members of the National Council of
Women recently struck hard at ono of the
supports and Inspirations of all Christendom
by deploring the fact that children nro allowed
to hear and sing martial songs and therefore
become imbued with the spirit of war.
What do these women want? Would they
ho content with a race of men from whoso breasts coin
age had been plucked and who would shine best at pink
teas? God forbid! There aro enough of these affected
clods in society now. "Yankee Doodle' fans no spark In
their breasts, nor does tho swelling chorus of that grand
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Missouri's Experiment,
1IM Legislature that mot in January, 15)03, ap
propriated $35,000 for a binding twine plant to
bo maintained In tho penitentiary. In accord
ance with that law the Legislature just ad
journed appropriated $125,000 moro to be
known as a "revolving fund," to be used only
to purchase raw material required In the man
ufacture, handling nnd marketing of twine, All moneys
derived from the sale of twine are to bo collected and paid
into the State treasury by tho penitentiary warden, and
kept in a separate account. The warden is empowered
to sell the twine to the farmers of the State for cash, free
on board the cars at .fell'erson City, "and at a price per
pound sufficient only to indemnify the State against loss."
Stale twine In bulk may also bo sold for cash by the war
den to persons in each county who shall he required to sign
an agreement to sell the twine to actual consumers at a
prlco not greater than 1 cent per pound over Its cost, with
transportation from tho State capital added.
Manufacturing of tho twine has begun, and tho price
has been fixed at 10 cents a pound. The trust, it Is said,
sell tho same article for from 12Vj cents to 14 cents a
pound. It will bo somo time before the working results
of tills special branch of State industry can be ascertained.
ho far the appropriations havo amounted to $100,000, The
farmers who trot tho fu-lni nf n minnni m-inn nim
taxes, and tho money that has established the plant, and t Dr: .Ml,J J1'8., PIctan. to pass
1M SGL nnnrt for tlw "rnvn v im fiml nit mi0 mo iij w
1 ---- i. . r till ,lUU3 X. LVHH kUll"
oral taxation. Public mnurshl
What It may return In public revenue Is an open question. 'rora Aroy' "er serving two terms In
It remains for actual practical experience to strike the Iml- "BVQs from Rensselaer county, he
ance. St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Treuting Tuberculosis.
HE tendency to deal with a case of pulmonary
tuberculosis In Its early stages by means of
drugs solely, Is held to be as harmful as It
Is helpful, not so much tnat drugs do harm, but,
Unit weeks of priceless time aro wasted trying
to check a cough and quiet a fever while the
patient is allowed to contlnuo work. Rational
home treatment will effect much in tho early stages of the
disease, and the following things are mentioned as essen
tial in this home treatment In small towns, suburbs and
country places.
(1) The confidence of the patient, since confidence
broods hope; (2) a masterful management on tho part of
the doctor; (3) persistence benefit Is usually a matter of
years, absolute cure a matter of many years; (4) sunshine
by day, fresh air by night and day; (5) rest while there Is
fever; (0) breadstufl's and milk, moat and eggs.
It Is held that tho question of extirpating the disease
is a municipal one, and that a necessary feature of it Is
tho compulsory provision of sanitary dwelling for the
poor and for all that are crowded closely, while at the
same time States must have sanatoria whoro such people
can be treated. These two broad lines of attack on" the
disease meanwhile heralded by a wise home treatment It
is urged will crown tho end with the extirpation of the
disease. Indianapolis News.
had enough money to start a broker
age business, no made a specialty of
'puts' and 'calls' and so successful
was he that 1 know of one year In
which he did a business of $25,000,000
and came out $10,000,000 ahead.
"But that does not mean that iie
made a fabulous fortuno. A man who
took the chances he did In 'puts' and
'calls' stood to lose almost as much
as ho made. It was not until about
ten years ago that Mr. Sage gave him
self up to money lending entirely. He
took nothing but gilt-edge securities
and though ho rarely lost his fortune
did not grow with leaps and bounds
"I have heard him say lately he is
worth scarcely $25,000,000. He has
been exacting In money matters, but
Mrs. Sago has given away great sums
of money of course, witli his ap
provul."
KITCHEN FOR A BACHELOR.
The Modern Architect Tiuuchcn One
More lllow at Matrimony.
As a concession to tho homo-making
Instinct bachelor apartments aro
now built with kitchens. They aro not
ordinarily intended for men wlio em
ploy others to do their cooking, but
for tlwso who cook for themselves.
Tho kitchens, Indeed, In tho small
est bachelor npartments Intended for
men of modest means are about tho
smallest tilings of tho kind ashoro or
afloat. There is just room enough for
a small gas stove, a llttlo sink, a tiny
refrigerator and tho necessary floor
space to enable tlho bachelor to turn
around.
All tho permauont appointments aro
provided by the landlord. Tho tiny
refrigerator will hold a moderate sup
ply of milk, butter and tho moat of
at least three meals.
Some of tho bncholor cooks are cou
tout to got breakfast merely, but oth
ers also prepare dinner. The gas
stove will do either.
Forty minutes will ordinarily suf
fice to prepare, cook and sorvo the
bachelor cook's dinner, nnd If the
housekeeping Is done in partnership
tho mieal can bo made ready in less
.time.
Bachelor apartments with tiny
kitchens nro on the whole an economy
tor men who cannot enduro tho ordl
nor ilmn wiin iv house. Tho ;:kitohen
fc vl) -
doeaTnt add greatly to the rent of an
apartment, and the cost of iriculs Is
Tho breakfast of coffee, rolls and
eggs the year around need uot average
more than 8 to 10 cents a head, and
with fruit included It Is hardly more
than $1 a week. Dinners, Including an
occasional night off at a restaurant.
need not average more than from $2.50
to $3 a week, so that tlje weekly cost
of two meals a day is bolow the price
charged by a pretty cheap boarding
house.
Tho man who must restrict him
solf to a hall bedroom and a cheap
boarding house table cannot afford
even the smallest of bachelor apart
ments with the tiniest of kitchens,
but two bachelors who aro able to pay
a fair price for board and lodging and
who do not mind being their own
cooks can bo exceedingly comfortable
In an apartmont with kitchen.
As things are now going In New
York the bachelor apartment, which Is
really a home, begins to compote with
the club as a dotorent to matrimony.
Now York Sun.
BREAKING IT GENTLY.
Hoy Tells Wife of Accident that Had
Ilet'allcn Her Iluabaiul.
"What do you want, llttlo boy?"
"Is this where Mr. Upjohn llvos
ma'am?"
"Yes."
"The Mr. Upjohn that runs tho
bunk?"
"Ho Is an officer In a bank."
Tho Mr. Upjohn that went down
town on a trolley car this morning?"
"I presume , he went on a trolley
car. What "
"Is he the Mr. Upjohn that was in
that horrible street ear accident?"
"I haven't heard of his being In any
street car accident"
"Didn't hear 'at he'd sprained his
ankle Jumpln' out o' the car when tho
train run Into It?"
"No. Little boy, you frighten mo.
What has "
"Didn't you hear how he'd run to n
dmg storo fur a piece of court plas
ter to stick on a little cut ho'd got
over ono eye?"
"Not at all. For mercy's sako
"Ho isn't in, is ho, ma'am?"
"No, he's "
"Name's John P. Upjohn, isn't it?"
"Yes, that Is his name."
"Then he's tho same man. ne won't
bo hero for an hour or two, I guess,
'cause he's stoppln' to have one of his
teeth tightened, that got knocked a lit
tle bit loose when ho was Jumpln' out
o' danger, y' know."
"Llttlo boy, toll me tho whole story.
I think I can boar it now."
"Well, ma'am, he's In the hosplttle
with four ribs broke, an' ono leg's In a
sling, an' his nose is knocked kind o'
sideways, but he's glttln' along all
right nn' ho'll be out again in about
a month, an' hero's a letter f'ra the
doctor, tellln' ye all about It, ma'am.'
Colorado Han xi Soda Lake.
One of tho most remarkable dlscov
cries ever made in the region is that
of a lake of liquid soda in the inac
cessible desert between Crestone,
Colo., and Hooper, In the San Luis
valley. Tho lake is nn acre and a
quarter in extent and lies at tho bot
torn of a little bnsln valley In tho des
ort On Its surface soda crystals
havo collected to a depth of eighteen
Inches, the whole lake having tho ap
pearanco of a body of Ice with a hard
snow covering.
A recent examination by tho State
School of Mines shows that these
crystals aro 87 per cont pure soda,
purer than most of tho commercial
soda offered on the market. A Denver
man, E. M. Falke, has secured
lease of the land containing tho lake
and Is now instilling machinery which
will convert the native crystals into
marketable form. There are 4,000 tons
in sight.
Tho School or Mines experts say
that the soda Is a creation of feldspar,
Tho granite masses of the Sangre do
Crlsto. range stand sentinel on two
sldos of the llttlo valley. Tho feldspor
In the granite, undergoing decomposl
tlon, collects In the lako basin, where
It Is held In check by an Impervious
clay, and proper conditions are fur
nlshed for concentration and ovapora
tlon.
The picture telegraph of Dr. Kom
of tho University of Munich has been
so perfected that in ten to twenty
minutes a photograph 4x7 Indies in
size can be sent through a resistance
corresponding to ono thousand miles.
Tho portrait or design to be transmit
ted is on a transparent film, which la
wound around a glass cylinder, and
upon which a lens focuses a point of
Ight that passes through the film to a
selenium cell In the cylinder. Tho
bright nnd dark portions of the plcturo
cause the ray of light to vary the re-,
sistnnce of the selenium cell to aYy
electric current passing through It
nd this varintlon produces a corre
sponding Instantaneous brightening or
darkening of the glow in a Tesia va
cuum tube at tho receiving end of the
wire. Except a pin point aperture,
this vacuum tube is covered with wax
or rubber. Tho light ray from tho
aperture falls upon a sensitive film
wound upon a cylinder, nnd as this
cylinder and that of the transmitter
are moved lu unison, the light nnd
shade of tho original picture aro re
produced in proper place on the second1
film, giving a new photograph accu-
ate in minute detail.
Tile dimensions of the Immense dia
mond found in tho new "Premier
mine" in the Transvaal last January
aro given by Nature as follows: Meas
ured size, 4VJ by 2it inches; weight,
3,032 carats, equals 070 grains, or
nearly 1 pounds avoirdupois. The
argest diamond previously discovered
s the "Excelsior," found In tho Ja-
gersfoutelu mine, Orange River Colo
ny, in 1803, which -weighed 071
carats, was as lnrgc as a hen's egg,
nnd was valued at $5,000,000. It was
cut into nine large brilliants. The fa
mous Kohinoor and Great Mogul dia
monds sink into ' insignificance when
compared with tho latest find, which
s said to bo of excellent quality, and
will probably be cut up to make a con
siderable number of smaller gems.
Jacques Faure, the French aeronaut,
has demonstrated that, 'given favor
able winds nnd other favoring circum
stances, it Is possible to ride through
tho air across the English Channel,
and over the intervening lnnd on each
side, from the Rrltish cnpital to tho
metropolis of France. Op Feb. 11 ho
eft London with one companion in
his balloon, and six hours later lauded
safely at St. Denis in tho suburbs of
Paris. Upon reaching the shore of
tho Channel, near Hustings, they de
scended until the guide-rope touched
tho water. Rising again on approach
ing tho French shore, they passed over
Dieppo at an elevation of G,500 feet
Great thintrs are expected from thW
submarine telephone by officers of tlior
United States nnvy. The principles
underlying it are very different from
those of wireless telgeraphy. In tho
latter the telegraphic impulses are
transmitted through tho air or ether
by electricity. In the submarine tele
phone sound waves travel through wa
ter unaided by any electrical force.
Water, being denser than air, acts as a
bptter sound conductor. 11 transmits
sound four and a half times as fast as
air, 1,100 feet a second being the rate,
In the atmosphere, while in tho wntcr
it Is 4,712 feet, or almost a mile a1
second.
An outbreak of twelve cases of
smallpox at Newcastle, England, last
year hns mystified the doctors. No or
dinary sourco of Infection could be dls-
covered, but It has been found that on
tho days when eleven of tho patients
probably contracted the disease tho
wind wns blowing from ono or the
other of two smallpox hospitals one
nbout n mllo away, the other about
two miles. It is pointed out that flies,
a pest of hospitals, may bo carried
long distances by tho wind.
Tho moon is usually supposed to
have solidified from the center to tho
periphery, but lunar photographs havo
convinced two leading French astrono
mers that tho surface hardened first
This view modifies various theories.
Naturalists have discovered a wasp
that uses a pebble to pound down th
earth over her nest It Is believed
that this is the only ono of the lowor
animals that makes use of a mechani
cal instrument
In tho West End.
A small boy was reciting in a geog
raphy class. The teacher was trying
to teach him the points of tho com
pass. She explained:
"On your right is the south, your
left tho north, and in front of you is
Certain of It.
"Well, I sent away a poem to-day
that I am very suro will not bo re- tho east Now, what Is bohlnd you?'
turned to me."
"So good?"
"No. I gave the editor a false ad
dress." OlovoSand Plain Dealer.
The boy studied for a moment then
puckered up his face, and bawled:
"I know it; I told ma you'd ,see that
ptch" . 'i'lrisLiUSat
An Knrtliquako Specialist.
Professor John Milne, of England,
was for twenty years In the employ
of the Japanese government, and dur
ing this period established an earth
quake survey with nearly 1,000 sta
tions. Tho cable companies nlwaya
appeal to him when their lines are
interrupted by earth tremors. Somo
time since it was reported that two
West Indian cables hnd broken on Dec.
81. "That Is very unlikely," said Pro
fessor Milne, "but I have a selsmo
phono showing that these cables may
havo broken at 11:30 a. m. on Dec.
29." He then located tho break nt th
exact spot it had occurred off naltl.
Tho Bimplo Truth.
asked tho shopor in tho dollcatessen
department
"Veal, mostly, ma'am," replied th
now salesman.
Atommuy small.