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SIIMAN J JIIDOWAY
T1
iIIE publisher
of Everybodys
Magazine
man J Itldgway
who has recently
taken to the lecture
platform Is an Il
lustration of a man
who Is developed
In an ail around
way As a maga
zine editor and
publisher he lias
won conspicuous
success but his de
votion to the
ary lire has not
warped him or
stunted his growth as a citizen a man
of affairs and as a specimen of phys
ical manhood He belongs to half a
dozen clubs and Is active and popular
In them takes n keen Interest in pro
gressive movements both as a maga
zine publisher and as an individual
citizen keeps up the acquaintance
ships of his college days and In spite
of the many demands of his business
finds time for outdoor sports and ex
ercise especially for golf and is often
seen on the links of two golf clubs in
Montclair N J where he makes his
home lie Is one of the leading spir
its in the Commonwealth club a
unique organization for men and boys
which Is a power for good in Upper
Montclair Mr Itidgway was born In
Muskingum county O and studied
at Northwestern university for two
years afterward going to Yale where
ho took the degree of bachelor of arts
with honors lie was for some years
associated with Frank A Munsey In
magazine and newspaper work and
became publisher of Everybodys
Magazine about four years ago In a
receiit address at Chautauqua N Y
Mr Ridgway spoke In praise of the
much abused yellow journal lie
said in part The yellow journalist
when he literally yells the 5000000
poor families of this country out of
their mental apathy and compels them
to take an interest in life and affairs
is a public benefactor God speed the
mission of the yellow press
In his last years General William
Booth of the Salvation Army Is receiv
ing honors from most unexpected quar
ters Who would have dreamed
xars ago that he would receive
from Ai a conservative Institution
as Oxford university an honorary de
gree Yet at the same time that Ox
ford complimented the great Ameri
can humorist and man of letters Mark
Twain by the bestowal of a degree It
also honored the venerable Salvation
ist making him a doctor of civil law
With his long white beard and bris
tling hair he makes an impressive fig
ure in his academic robes
Since his formation of his Hallelu
iah band in the early sixties he has
TWO XEW PICTURES OF GENERAL BOOTH
labored zealously to Christianize the
multitude to purify the public mind
and to improve the material welfare of
the poor The militant idea struck
him forcibly just thirty years ago
rwhen his Halleluiah band then spread
all over the British Isles became the
Salvation Army and he its general
In his seventy eighth year he Is more
widely known and revered than any
other figure in the religious world ex
cept the pope of Home There are
many others conducting evangelical
and spiritually uplifting work in
smaller fields but there is none his
equal In the public vision
Since he received his honorary de
gree at the University of Oxford Gen
eral Booth has been making a tour of
Great Britain In a motor car In ev
ery humble hamlet there Is a branch
of the Salvation Army He has been
received everywhere with veneration
by great throngs Xo emperor ever
called forth a greater manifestation
of his power over the people He has
lately appointed his own successor a
privilege denied to the crowned kings
William W Finley president of the
Southern railway has come into un
usual prominence on account of the
controversy between his railroad and
the state of North Carolina which has
occasioned a conflict between the state
and federal courts and rejuvenated the
doctrine of state rights as a political
issue Mr Finley succeeded to the presi
w w FINLEY
dency of the road
when its former
president Samuel
Spencer was killed
In a wreck last
Thanksgiving day
Mr Finley was
born at Pass Chris
tian Miss In 1S53
and started his rail
way career as a
stenographer to one
of the vice presi
dents of the New
Orleans Jackson
and Great Northern
uiiu line in itu
I
years to be assistant general freight
agent of the road Ten years later
WIFWissp
found Mm general traffic manager of
the Great Northern In 1895 he was
made third vice president of the South
ern and was second vice president of
the same road when the death of Mr
Spencer occurred and he was chosen as
Its head Mr Finley was Intimately
associated with James J Hill while
tralllc manager of the Great Northern
and latcd second vice president and
was looked upon by Mr Hill as one
of the coming railway men of the coun
try
In the contest over the North Caro
lina railway rate law Mr Finley was
arrested and was being taken before a
police judge when released on a writ
of habeas corpus Issued by Judge
Pritchard of the federal court
Boys and girls the
world over will
be Interested In a
relic that recently
came into the pos
session of an Amer
ican woman Mrs
Huldah I White of
Philadelphia It is
the old time firelock
used on the Island
of Juan Fernandez
by Alexander Sel
kirk whose experi
ences formed the
basis for Daniel De
foes story entitled
itobinson Crusoe
The firelock has an
authentic pedigree
and was for a long
time in the posses
sion of Selkirks rel
atives near his birth
place Largo Fife
shire It was pur
chased by Mrs
I X-
jgf
White at a sale In robinson Crusoes
Edinburgh for 1G0 gun
Vice President Fairbanks likes young
people With five children in the
family four sons and a daughter
the Fairbanks household has alwajs
been a lively one and it has long been
known for its open hearted and old
fashioned hospitality Mrs Fairbanks
is prominent In patriotic movements
and her husband encourages her In her
special work In womans sphere
The strike among the miners in the
Iron regions of Minnesota threatened
to put Governor John A Johnson In a
difficult situation by requiring him to
decide whether or not to call out the
state troops to enforce order in the
districts affected by the strike For a
presidential candidate this Is a risky
thing to do on account of the liability
of his motives being misconstrued by
opponents Fortunately perhaps for
GOVERNOR JOHN A
JOHNSON
for governor and
Governor J o h n
sons presidential
chances the occa
sion for calling out
the troops did not
arise He is the
man favored for
the Democratic
presidential nomi
nation by Colonel
Henry Watterson
of the Louisville
Courier Journal It
is three years since
he became a na
tional figure It
was In the fall of
1904 that he was
first a candidate
some of his oppo
nents thought to beat him by recalling
the fact that his mother took In wash
ing The circumstance that he did not
allow her to do it after he was four
teen years old but took upon his young
shoulders the burden of supporting a
family of five rallied so many voters to
his side that he was elected by a large
majority even though In the national
election the state gave Mr Roosevelt a
big majority Governor Johnson was
chosen for a second term last autumn
He has won high praise for the man
ner in which he has conducted his of
fice and handled questions arising out
of the necessity of regulating the large
corporations
Governor Johnson is not an orator
but Is a fluent speaker In an address
at Duluth some time ago he said
Ten thousand a year Is enough for
any man and he betrayed what may
be after all his real ambition As a
life work he went on I would rath
er be able to provide for the needs of
a family enjoy the fellowship of good
books and good friends and write one
book that would be read 100 years
from now than to
be able to amass all
the money In the
world
The wife of the
governor Is a gra
cious and hand
some woman barely
thirty years of age
and tall brown
haired and with the
ruddy glow of health
in her cheeks She
is a native of Wis
consin and met the
governor while on a
visit to St Peter
his home town
four years ago
WEtw
MRS JOHN A
JOnNSON
They were married
The Assessor Foiled
Cunning Assessor to Kreesus wife
Wonder If I could get an Idea from
you as to how much your husband Is
worth
Truthful Wife I dont know From
the way he stints me I should say
that instead of being assessed for any
thing at all the city ought to pay him
something Boston Transcript
Examples j
The country air develops an enor
mous appetite doesnt It commented
one summer boarder
Yesi answered the other Judging
by the mosquitoes Washington Star
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RELICS OF THE DEAD
Horrible Custom of a South American
Indian Trib a
The Ucayall Indians a numerous
south American tribe with decided
cannibalistic tastes who inhabit botu
j banks of one of the uppermost ami
longest of the afllueuts of the Amazou
have a system by which they preserve
the features of their dead so that
friends can always Identify those that
have gone to the happy hunting
ground as surely as If gazing at a
photograph
To accomplish this they cut the head
from the body but retain the long hair
The ghastly bleeding trophies of a
days battle or a nights massacre of
their enemies are suspended by the
long straight black hair to the limb
of a tree Directly under this they
dig a hole which they fill with water
in their primitive way causing it to
boll by placing hot stones in it or if
near a camp or village an earthen pot
of boiling water is used
The ascending hot vapor and steam
which envelop the suspended head
outlined by the fire and shadows like
ghosts In the darkness of a tropical
night In the deep solitude and under
the black shadows of the palm forests
accompanied by the weird antics of
the ugly human brutes and the shriek
of wild birds of the night or the howl
of tigers make a scene that cannot be
fully described to -the imagination
This steaming process has the effect
of loosening the scalp from the skull
or in some way of softening It that all
the bones are removed With the va
cant sack of skin drawn from the head
intact they next fill It with hot pebbles
and sand Tse are replaced by oth
ers when they are cool The process
they use has the effect of drying and
shrinking the skin but in some way
not clearly known it preserves the
original features of the victim They
are thus distorted and ghastly looking
reminders of the departed London
Spare Moments
BOTH WERE TRICKY
A Bit of Business Between a Merchant
and a Lumberman
There used to be an old retired mer
chant In Detroit who delighted In re
calling his experiences when an active
man running a general store in one of
the northern cities of the lower penin
sula
I used to reap a harvest when the
men were coming out of the woods
he relates They were not up in
styles and about any old thing would
suit them provided the color was right
and the fit even passable But there
were tricksters among them and I
had to have my wits about me in or
der to keep even with them
How much is that hat asked a
strapping six footer who arrived from
camp one day with a pocketful of
money
Two fifty I replied
Then he informed me that he al
ways had the crowns of his hats
punched full of holes in order to keep
his head cool and his hair from com
ing out I soon had this attended to
and then he asked what the hat was
worth Two fifty I responded In sur
prise but he laughed at me for asking
such a price for damaged goods He
had me and got his hat for 1 while
the jolly crowd with him had a laugh
at my expense He wanted to look
at some fiddles and after pricing one
at 10 concluded to take it
Wheres the bow he asked as I
was doing up the package
You only bought the fiddle I
laughed The others saw the point
and laughed too The giant tried to
bluff me but I kept good humored
and got even on the hat by charging
him 150 for the bow I not only
got even but the others were so
pleased with my Yankee trick that
they spent plenty of money with me
Detroit Free Press
Wisdom Beyond His Years
His mother found him In the jam
and reprimanded him A little later
she caught him teasing his baby sis
ter and reprimanded him again
I dont see whats got into you Wil
lie she said Youre usually the
good littleboy but today youre up to
all kinds of mischief
Im tired of being good he return
ed with juvenile frankness
Tired of being good she exclaim
ed What do you mean by that
Well Brother Bob is naughty most
of the time and youre always giving
him things to get him to be good and
I guess Ill be naughty for awhile and
see if I dont get something too
Sometimes a youngster seems to have
wisdom beyond his years
A Magnate In Embryo
At the opening exercises of one of
our schools it Is the custom to have
mottoes and sentiments given by the
pupils
Julius Moses gave The pen is
mightier than the sword
Why Julius Is the pen mightier
than the sword
Why Because answered Julius
you can sign checks with It Circle
A Nice Little Hint
First Lieutenant How do you like
the horse you bought from me last
week Sdbond Lieutenant Yery
much Ho might hold his head a little
higher though First Lieutenant Oh
that will come all right when he Is
paid for London Tit Bits
Soothing
Are you hurt John
Yes dear I am afraid three or four
f my ribs are broken
Well dont feel bad It doesnt
ahow Houston Post
Observe the face of the wife to know
the husbands character Spanish
Proverb
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A ROMANTIC MATCH
That Between Lieutenant U S Grant
3d and Miss Edith Root
The match between Lieutenant
Tiiysses S Grant 3d and Miss Edith
Root will unite two of the best known
families in the United States and it
is natural the public should take a
good deal of Interest In the romance
Lieutenant Grant is the son of Major
General Frederick Dent Grant com
mander of the department of the east
and Is a grandson of the great Union
warrior whose name he bears
Miss Root is the daughter of the bril
liant head of the state department
Elihu Root Born in Illinois In 18S1
IiTEUTENANT U S GRANT 3d AND MISS
EDITH BOOT
young Grant spent his childhood in
New York city and In Europe He at
tended the state military school of Aus
tria during the four years of his fa
thers residence at Vienna as Americas
minister He was a Bchoolmate there
of the present khedlve of Egypt Abbas
HHmi On the return of his parents
to America he studied for a time at
Columbia university In 1898 he was
with his father In Porto Rico and got
a chance to see some fighting In 1883
when the present lieutenant was
scarcely more than an infant the late
President Grant then on his deathbed
wrote a request to the president of the
United States In behalf of his grand
sons appointment as a West Point ca
det and It was indorsed by the late
General William Tecumseh Sherman
More than thirteen years afterward
this unusual request was presented to
President McKInley who immediately
appointed the young man to the Mili
tary academy where he graduated in
1902 being one of the honor men In
a class of nearly 100 and thus being
eligible to appointment to the engineer
corps He served three years in the
Philippines and in 1904 was ordered
to Washington for duty as adjutant of
a battalion of engineers at the Wash
ington barracks and for study at the
war college
Miss Root Is a fine horsewoman and
an accomplished linguist She accom
panied her father on his recent South
American tour The wedding will take
place In the autumn
SENATOR ELECT JOHNSTON
Alabama Ex Governor Who Succeeds
the Late Edmund W Pettus
Joseph Forney Johnston of Alabama
who has been chosen to succeed the
late Edmund W Pettus In the United
States senate has served several
terms as governor of Alabama and it
has long been his ambition to wear the
senatorial toga He was born in
JOSEPH F JOHNSTON
coin county N C in 1S43 and was at
tending high school when the civil war
broke out He enlisted in the Confed
erate army as a private and rose to
the rank of captain In the service be
ing four times wounded He was ad
mitted to the bar at the close of the
war and for nearly twenty years prac
ticed at Selma Since 1SS4 he has
lived at Birmingham and is identified
with banking and other corporations
of that city He made a contest for
Mr Morgans seat in the senate about
six years ago but was unsuccessful in
rvrestlng from the veteran statesman
the honors he had so long enjoyed
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BELIEVE IN DREAMS
f Yes What Would You Do In a Casn
Similar to This
If you should dream that a man
with whom you were acquainted killed
his wife If you vividly saw him plunge
a dagger Into her heart In your vision
would you tell the wife of your premo
nition of a tragedy
This question has been puzzling a
number of people in London A mar
ried couple Avere Inspecting a house
which was for rent In Surrej some
time ago While the husband Inspect
ed the stables the wife remained In the
parlor
Shortly after her husband left the
room the wife said a man and woman
entered The woman was young and
pretty and In tears The man was an
gry After gesticulating a few minutes
he rushed to the girl drew a knife
from his coat and plunged It through
her heart
With a loud shriek the woman who
witnessed the tragedy arose and stag
gered to the door She looked about
her and saw that the couple had van
ished She realized she had either
been dreaming or had seen a vision
When her husband returned she told
him her experience They did not rent
the house
Some time afterward while attending
a reception the woman was Introduced
to a young lady and her fiance She
recognized the characters of her vision
Later the young couple to whom she
had been Introduced were married To
her dismay the woman learned they
had leased the very house where she
had experienced the harrowing dream
What was she to do She asked hor
friends They were at a loss to give
her advice The woman was convinced
that she was given the premonition of
a tragedy At the same time she dread
ed provoking a disagreement In case
there should be nothing but a halluci
nation
What would you do in such a case
This would depend of course as to
whether or not you believe in dreams
Do you
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
As a matter of fact there are no very
big fish in small puddles
You can usually find a pin almost
anywhere but in the pincushion
A fool Is the greatest nuisance In this
world And there are quite a few of
them
It is beyond some men to understand
the difference between pomposity and
dignity
We have always wondered what wo
men do with the 2 cents saved In pur
chasing a two dollar article for 198
Have you ever stopped to admire the
self control of the man who can pick
up a lead pencil without marking on
something
Every man would have a pretty fair
reputation If people looked for his good
qualities as carefully as they look for
the good qualities of a dog Atchison
Globe
Absentminded Gators
An old colored man who is devoutly
religious returned to Brooklyn recent
ly from a trip to Florida his birth
place and told his employer about a
narrow escape he had had from an
alligator Knowing of the religious
zeal of the darky the employer sought
to test his faith
What were you afraid of an alliga
tor for he asked him Dont you
know that the Lord will take care of
you Of course you know the story
of Jonah and the whale The whale
swallowed Jonah but Jonah came out
all safe enough
The darky shook his head dubious
ly Yes boss I knows about Jonah
he said but then you see a whales
got a memry A alligatah aint got
no memry If a gatah swallows you
he wont think no mo about you
New York Press
Simplicitys Saving Grace
I like simplicity said the states
man Simplicity saves us a lot of
trouble too
Two men met in front of the Blank
hotel the other day and fell into a po
litical argument They were ordinary
everyday sort of men but one of them
had an extraordinary flow of poly
syllabic language He talked half an
hour and his companion listened in a
daze
And now the speaker pompously
concluded perhaps you will coincide
with me
The others face brightened up
Why yes Thanks old man he
answered heartily moving toward the
barroom door I dont care if I do
Queer Smokes
Tobacco said a tobacconist is one
of many herbs that are smoked In the
orient for instance bhang or canna
bis a drug that gives one the desire to
caress peoples feet goes into loads of
pipes Some savages smoke the leaves
of the wild potato and the wild tomato
These bitter leaves are narcotic They
throw you Into a pleasant stupor Pur
sued in though they bring Insanity
Some of the Swiss guides smoke
mountain tobacco a weed that grows
only at great heights This stuff pro
duces an Intoxication akin to alcohols
Our Indians when hard up smoke hol
ly and sumac leaves and the silvery
leaves of Indian tobacco which every
boy has chewed New Orleans Times
Democrat
An Authors Journal
Sold one poem Molly has just come
fa to say the coals out
The Monthly Review paid me 3
er two sonnets Jane says the gas
3111 Is G
Have just written an article on
Trow To Live on One Dollar a Day
Molly says she has got to have 2
M ry day this week Atlanta Con-
itution
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The best of every
thing in his line at
the most reasonable
prices is flarshs
motto He wants
your trade and
hopes by merit to
keep it
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