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SONGS OF TEE NATION" .
OARDS of education In three Western cities
have required that every pupil who enters
the high school must be nble to repeat the
words of several patriotic songs , such as
"My Country 'TIs of Thee , " "Hail Colum
bia" and "The Star Spangled Banner/ ' Ex
cellent ! It is a crying shame that not one
In ten of the average American audience Is able to re
peat or sing all of the stanzas of "America. " An ex
change tells of a patriotic Sunday school superintendent
who was surprised to find that the national hymn was
not contained in the book used in his rrthool. He request
ed the children to sing it from memory. They got
through the first stanza and then [ altered. And the
adults present were unable to lend i.i ni .much assistance.
This incident is typical. Do you sup : - n any company of
Germans would fail to sing every li..wof "Die Wacht
Am Rhine ? " Or could you imagine r. : / audience of the
French that would fail to remember i single word of
the "Marseillaise ? " The fault Is with 3 schools. Youth
Is the time to learn the songs that ai.o abide in mem
ory and the school is the place to 1 : ch them. It is
possible to he patriotic without knov. : either words or
tune of the. national songs. It Is ; j possible to be
patriotic without the flag. But the : ; symbolizes pat-
riotlsm. And the dearest tradition- i the nation are
forever wedded to both song and flap. Old Glory" ought
to be raised over every school hou and the national
songs should be taught in every pi. j school. Kansas
City World.
A SPLENDID PEOP 3.
HE quick and generous n ponse of tUe coun
try to the cry of distrc H from San Fran
cisco is inspiring. It in. lies one proud that
he is a citizen of suc'.i a country. The
American people are : > grc.it people as
great in noble impulses and humane sym
pathy as in industrial and commercial en
ergy. We often hear it , and more often read it , that
this is a land of mammon worshipers. We are told that
the fierce , remorseless battle for gain has absorbed our
mental faculties and made us sordid and unfeeling. Yet
when a city far out on the Pacific coast is suddenly
stricken and blighted we see these calloused and coldhearted -
hearted American.- * rushing from every quarter to lay
their savings at the feet of the sufferer. The Atlantic
seauoard and the Middle West vie with the Pacific slope
In sending prompt and liberal contributions. The rich ,
the well-to-do and the poor are mingling their gifts , and
hundreds of cars of provisions and other necessaries will
soon be speeding across the continent bearing relief to
the unfortunates.
It is grand , splendid , glorious ! It gives the lie to the
calumnies of the critics. It shows that however fast
their business pace and however much they overtax their
strength in the pursuit of wealth , the American people
have human hearts in their bodies and a plentiful supply
of the milk of human kindness. The silver lining to the
dark cloud of adversity when devastating tornadoes , de
structive floods or consuming flames wreck a thriving
city or hamlet is the fine exhibition of generous sympathy
that they call forth from the people of the nation. Kan
sas City Journal.
THE EVOLUTION OF ILLUMINANTS.
E have been going from bad to worse in the
matter of illuminants. The old-time lamps
that the wise virgins kept trimmed and burn
ing were no doubt primitive and harmless ,
little jugs filled with oil or grease into which
was inserted a spluttering wick , gave but
little light , but enough to enable people to
move about from place to place. There was nothing to
read in those days and the eyes were not taxed. Then
came the sconces with their wax or tallow dips and later
the candelabra with their multiplied lights. The flam
beau became popular for out of door lighting and Nero
lit his gardens on one occasion by burning the bodies of
fat Christians whom he charged with the burning of
Rome after having fired it himself. There were no elec
tric lights in those days and no gas Jets. There were
no pavements or sidewalks and the traveler attached a
small lamp to one of his ankles to light him n the way.
From this custom came the Spiritual phrase : "Thy
word sliall be a lamp unto my feet" The old poets who
rhapsodized the brilliancy of the lights in halls on gala
occasions had little to boast as compared with the sys
tem of'lighting now in vogue. There was nothing that
gave a better light than the American pine knot by the
aid of which so many Americans in the early days edu
cated themselves.
Gas we have had for long and gas is bad enough on
the eyes ; but electricity , the product of only yesterday , is
the evil genius. We are becoming a spectacled race and
we may be on the road to total blindness as scientists
claim , but we are not likely to abandon electric light
ing. Memphis News Scimitar.
TUBERCULOSIS TREATMENT.
ONSUMPTION , or the white plague , as it la
often called , -has received more considera
tion of late than any other human disease.
.The fresh air cure ia proving more effectual
than anything else. Fresh , pure air , in un
limited quantities with sufficient daily exer
else to insure full deep breathing is a sure
preventive against this disease. In the early stages It
may be entirely cured by sleeping In the open air. This
brings the question of ventilation straight home to every
one. More deaths are caused by consumption in some
parts of the country than all other diseases combined.
Probably ninety per cent of these deaths could be pre
vented by the liberal use of fresh air. The other ten
per cent could be prevented by tlie proper care of these
suffering with the disease. Consumption is purely con
tagious. It could be entirely stamped out if everyone
would follow the simple rules of health as laid down by
physicians who have made a thorough study of this
terrible1 malady. Farm , Field and Fireside.
THE EEVOLT IN SOUTH AFBICA.
BRITISH MOUNTED TROOPS IN CONFLICT WITH THE FIERCE ZULUS.
Some time ago Bambaata , a native Zulu chief and
formerly regent under the British for the Greytown dis
trict , in Natal , South Africa , revolted , and began a
* - . tmsh warfare against the whites. Many members of the
British mounted police have been murdered and other
native chiefs joined Bainbaata's forces , A tax collecting
party , headed by Magistrate Stalnbank and supported by
a mounted column , was attacked at Mahlabitini , in Zulu-
laud , and the magistrate and one of the mounted men
were killed , the others of the party narrowly escaping
with their lives. Ever since the revolt" of Bambaata the
mounted police have been in almost daily conflict with
bands of Zulus , who after delivering a sudden attack will
disappear in the forests or hide In the tall katlir corn.
All of South Africa is now seething with unrest , not only
In English but in German territory , and the doctrine
.POWER FROM COKE GASES.
< S rxnan City Contracts for Elc-ctrlc
Current at a- Low Rate.
*
One of the problems confronting the
city officials of Crefeld , Germany , in
providing necessary improvements in
the new harbor territory and the sub
urb Crefcld-Linn , adjoining , was the
problem of furnishing these places
With cheap electric light and power.
The direct current generated at the
city power house could not be utilized
on account of the distance ; hence the
city would be compelled either to build
end equip a new power house or to set
p 'an alternating current machine and
or/nduct U > 2 current te the jplavie of
v-onsumptlon , about five miles away.
The cost to the city would be great
to adopt either plan. The consump
tion of current for the Urat few years
of Africa for the Africans is being preached among the
blacks. The agitation is even extending to the far north
and agents are busily engaged in stirring up revolt
against the white man's rule.
The Zulus , a considerable number of whom are now in
revolt , are the fiercest native lightsrs in South Africa
and are close seconds to the Arabs of the Soudan In
fanaticism. In the past they have waged many "desper
ate wars against the English. It was in one of these
struggles , in the SO's , ' that the Prince Imperial of France ,
the son of the last Napoleon , fell. In former wars the
Zulus depended mainly upon their assegai , or spears , but
now many of them are armed with rifles , which renders
the situation even more grave. If the dlsafTection be
comes general , affecting the native races , there will be
much bloodshed in the dark continent In the near future.
would be small , and in order to se
cure as little loss as possible from tills
condition the city closed a contract with
the railway directors to furnish the
yards and depots of several stations
along the lines of the road with light
and power for ten years. .
One of the coal mine companies op
erating In the district manufactures
coke and has almost completed the
erection of a large electric power plant
to deliver electric current to cities and
villages within reach. This company
purposes to utlHze the hot gases formed
in the manufacture of coke to drive
the dynamos of its plant. The coal and
cole * company can produce by this plan
'Je"trte evirroit for commercial pu > j
poses cheaply , and , as the plant will bean
an alternating cnrrent syetcm , the firm
la contracting to deliver it to Impor
tant placeo ttt'a distance.
The city of Crefcld has completed a
contract with this company to have an
electric current delivered supplying all
its needs at a price much lower than
the city could supply It and the city
oflldafc ; are rejoicing that the occasion
presented itself to them at such an op
portune time. The distance from the
electric light plant to Crefeld-Linn and
the harbor territory is about teu miles ,
but the contract with the city is made
to cover a large additlonaj district ,
which is to got electric current cheaper
than the plants in operation can make
it under the old system.
t Improve X. I vino.
The Britishcovemmecj comm
physical deterioration rocomm Mi
law requiring every dw lllng or porUoa
of a dwelling occupied by a single ftun-
ill to have a grate suitable for cookta *
ORGY AND PILLAGE.
STORY OF THE BUTCHERY AT
BIALYSTOK.
Drunken 3Ioljs Sack anil Burn Jevr-
ixu HOUSCK ami Tear to Piece *
Victims * of Their Snvapre Ferocity
Riot Jjawts Three Days.
The anti-Jewish riating at Bialystok ,
Bussin , seems now ended. The troops
are in full control , and in view of the
outcry raised it is certaii that the au
thorities will not permit a renewal of
the horrors witnessed at Bialystok. The
entire region is greatly excited owing
to fear that the Bialystok massacre was
only the signal for a general attack on
the Jews throughout the pale and in
Poland , hut if any such conspiracy ex
isted it is too late to carry out the
plans , as the most imperative orders to
prevent further outbreaks have been
issued to the governors and governors-
general from St. Petersburg.
When the Associated Press corre
spondent arrived at Bialystok the worst
was already over , but on all sides there
was revolting evidence of savage bes
tiality on the part of the blood-drunken
mobs , which sacked and burned the
Jewish houses , shops and stores. For
seventy-two hours , with a slight abate
ment during the daytime , the mad orgy
of blood and pillage went on unchecked.
The inhumanity displayed would have
done credit to the Mongol hordes of
Genghis Khan in his conquests of China
and central Asia in the thirteenth cen
tury.
tury..At
.At first police and troops urged on
the mob , but finally , when dismayed by
the bloody deeds accomplished , they re
luctantly sought to obey the orders of
their superiors to put an end to the
work of the rapacious bands of roughs ,
who were so far beyond control of the
local forces that regiment after regi
ment had to be thrown into the city be
fore order could be restored.
Dv.rh : the rictir. tha Jcv.s were
hunted down by ferocious pursuers ,
who , in the majority of cases , were not
content with killing more victims , but
tore them to pieces , like wild animals.
And while this was in progress the
troops either stood idly by , or , as was
more frequently the case , fired into the
houses and shops where Jews were con-
FINED $20,000 AS A "TRUST. "
Harvester Company Settles for
Breaking the Arkansas J..aiv.
The International Harvester Company
surrendered to the State of Arkansas
rather than stand trial on an indictment
of violating the anti-trust laws of that
State. The company , through a repre
sentative in Chicago , agreed to plead-
guilty and pay a fine of $10,000 on each
of two counts , making $20,000. The
costs , it is said , will amount to $ lo,000
more. A year ago the State of Arkansas
collected $20,000 in fines from an east
ern insurance company.
The "exclusive contract clause" forbid
ding agents to handle anything but the
agricultural implements manufactured by
the trust formed the basis of the harvest
er prosecution. The company admitted
tliat this Clause was in their contracts.
It also admitted that it existed in tllo
contracts for some time after an extreme
ly stringent anti-trust law was passed in
Arkansas inMarch , 190 > . The harvester
company , while acknowledging that the
exclusive contract clause existed in agree
ments with its agents in Arkansas for
some months in 1903 , representatives of
the corporation said that it had since
been stricken from contracts in all States.
Texas , Missouri and Michigan , like Ar
kansas , have strong anti-trust laws.
There were two cases , one against the
International Harvester Company and
the other against the International Har
vester Company of America. Each cor
poration , under a compromise , admitted
to doing business in violation of the law
for fifty days. The fine is $200 a day ,
making a total fine of $20.000.
Attorney General Rogers left Chicago
for Little Rock with the $20,000. check ,
highly elated over his victory. He said :
"We are getting to like twisting the tails
of the trusts. We have now beaten the
life insuranca and harvester people. I
think we will begin at once to go after
several others that are openly violating
the law. "
BIRTHDAY OF A"PARTY. .
Republicans Celebrate Fiftieth An
niversary in Philadelphia.
In celebrating the fiftieth anniversary
of' the first Republican national conven
tion as the "golden jubilee" of their par
ty's birth the Republicans assembled in
Philadelphia kept well within'the limits
of strict historical accuracy , says the
Clilc'igo News. The convention in Phila
delphia fifty years ago which nominated
John C. Fremont for President was the
first in which Republicans from.all the
Northern States were assembled. It prop
erly marked the official and formal en
trance of the party into national affairs.
Whether it is also to be regarded as mark
ing the birth of the party is a question
upon which not all Republicans agree.
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THE RIOTS IN RUSSIA.
cealed , under the pretext that they be-
liovcd them to be revolutionists , but
really to make way for the murderers
and plunderers who followed the sol
diers.
diers.While
While it is impossible to give the ex
act figures , the visits of the correspond
ent to the hospitals and cemeteries enable -
able him to approximate the killed at
100 Jews and twenty Christians and
the wounded at ] oO Jews and seven
Christians.
The question of Hie origin of the
massacre was carefully investigated.
Although many of the Jews denied that
si bomb was thrown at the Corpus
Christ ! procession , the fact that a bomb
was thrown is established beyond a
doubt , but the question of who threw
the bomb remains unsettled.
At first the Jews fought with revolvers
vers and bombs , and with their weap
ons the majority of the Christian vic
tims were killed. But the Jews were
soon overwhelmed and fled for shelter
like rabbits to warrens , into cellars or
attics. The soldiers watched this chase
and butchery , sometimes laughing with
indifference , but never failing to fire
into houses where Jews , sometimes to
the number of 100 , were making a stand
against their assailants.
Agriculture Census O. K.
The report of the Keep commission on
the agricultural census of 1900 sustains
the accuracy of the bureau's figures. The
commission is now preparing to probe the
affairs of the Interior Department , as or
dered by the President and suggested by
Secretary Hitchcock. No attention will
be paid to the laud frauds. More indict
ments have been returned against western
lumbermen , who have come into large
tracts of timber lands through illegal
practices. The Secretary is now after
cattlemen in South Dakota and other
States , who are accused with engaging
"dummy" settlers to enter upon home
steads and then turn the land over to the
cattlemen for grazing purposes.
Deny Eartliuuake Liability.
Representatives of insurance companies
of New York have decided to deny liabil
ity of losses "caused directly o- indirect
ly by earthquakes" in connection with the
San Francisco disaster. San Francisco
merchants are generally of the opinion
that the companies will not be permitted
to avail themselves of the earthquake
clause. They argue that it would be ab
surd to claim that a building standing
safe and sound until reached by the
spreading flames was destroyed by the
earthquake.
The celebration held in Jackson. Mich. ,
two years ago commemorated the first
formally organized State convention
bearing the name Republican. Previous
ly the fusion of the free-soil , abliiionist ,
know-nothing and anti-slavery elements
generally had resulted in mass meetings
and sporadic organizations which had for
their object the creating of a new party
having opposition to slavery as .its chief
political tonet. One such meeting held in
Ripen , Wis. , tentatively adopted the name
Republican , but it was not until the
meeting in Michigan some months later
tnat a State organization bearing that
title was formally effected.
From that onward the movement spread
until when the national convention was
called in Philadelphia in ISoU it had
tiectod a plurality of the House of Repre
sentatives and eleven United States Sen
iors. All the Northern State ? , together
with Virginia , Kentucky. Maryland and
Delaware , were ' presented in the con
vention. Thus , while the inception of
Republicanism as a force in politics
dates back to a time before the Philadel
phia convention , the latter event in real-
1 % may be considered the official birthday
of the national party.
In the neighborhood of his home in
Mississippi , John Sharp Williams is al
ways called "John Sharp. " This is be
cause the family of the Congressman's
mother were the Sharps the great people
ple of that section.
Richard F. Pettigrew of South Dakota
wants to be the first socialist to sit in
the United States Senate as such. He
has served two terms already. Being an
eclectic in politics he was first elected
as a Republican , afterward re-elected as
a Demo-Populist , and in three years will
hoist the Socialist banner.
Bob Taylor , the ex-Governor of Ten
nessee , wlio has just won a Un'ted States
senatorship at his party's primaries , was
the author of the remark about Mason
and Dixon's line that it was "the line of
demarcation between hot bisculc and cold
bread. "
Senators Knox and SpooaT are the
Damon and Pythias of the Senate. One
day Alger came out of the Cloakroom
and ran against Dolliver. "Where's
Spooner1 asked Alger. "Do jon want
to find him ? " said Dolliver. "Sure , " re
plied Alger. "Well , find Knox then and
you'll have Spooner. "
In the Sweet Subsequent.
Reporter It's to be a quiet wedding ,
Isn't it ?
Prospective Bridegroom ( prominent
ward heeler ) Yes , sir ; de weddin' ' 11
be quiet enough , but we're goiu' to have'
de gol-whoppinest shivaroo dat ever woa
pulled off in de precin't ! "
ALL.EX S. OL.MSTED \VIXS
COURT.
Tlie Foot-Ease Trade-Marie Sus
tained.
Buffalo , X. T. The Supreme Court has
granted a permanent injunction with costs
against Paul B. Hudson and others of New
1'ork City , restraining them from making or
selling a foot powder which the court de
clares is an imitation and infringement on
"Foot-Ease , " now so largely advertised and
sold over the country. The owner of the
trade-mark "Foot-Ease , " Is Alleu S. Olmsti-d ,
of Le Koy. N. Y. , and the decision In this
suit upholds his trade-mark and renders all
parties liable who fraudulently attempt to
proilt by Che extensive "Foot-Ease" adver
tising. In placing on the market the spurious
and similar appearing < ; paration involved
! n the case. This the court declares was de
signed in Imitation and infringement of the
genuine "Foot-Ease. " It Is said that similar
euits will be brought against others who are
now infringing on the Foot-Ease trade-mark
rights. Each package of the genuine Allen's
Foot-Ease has the facsimile signature of Al
len S. Olmsted on its yellow label.
Untie Allen.
"My boy , " .counseled Uncle Allea
Sparks , "it is a mighty serious thing to be
a young man these days , and to have to
make your choice between Opportunity
and Responsibility. That's where a lot
of you go wrong. "
S100 Reward , $100.
The readers of thla paper will be pleased
lo learn that there Is at least one dreaded
disease that science has ben able to cure In
all its stages , and that is Catarrh. IIalI'9
Catarrh Cure Is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh ,
being a constitutional disease , requires ft
constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh
Cure Is taken internally , acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
sj-jtem , thereby destroying the foundation
of the disease , and giving the patient
strength by building up tne constitution and
assisting nature In doing its work.- The
proprietors have so much faith in Its cura-
tl e powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that It falls to cure.
Bend for list of testimonials.
Address F. J. CIIEXEY & CO. , Toledo , O.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation ,
Tlie Back Fuce.
"What is that you are playing ? " wo
ask our friend , who is pumping his
pianola.
"That's a Back fugue , " he says.
"It doesn't sound much like Bach. "
"I didn't say Bach. I said Back. "
"Back ? "
"Yes , B-a-c-k Back. " t if
"Never heard of such a"
"Of course not. It's my own idea.
I do it by running a porous plaster
through the pianola. " London Scraps.
Decidedly Improved.
Mr. Sungsby ( rummaging in closet )
Maria , this is a new hat , isn't it ? Why
don't you wear it ? It looks better than
anything you havr- worn this season.
Mrs. Snagsby That's my old hat. It
blew off my head the-other day and was
run over by a street car , and I think
you are just as mean as you can be ! "
Chicago Tribune.
Tracked :
"What do you mean by our 'running
expenses' being 'too heavy ? ' " demanded
Mrs. Gayboy.
"Er racehorses , " reluctantly explained
Mr. Gayboy.
A Good Arrangement.
Little Tominie had been put to bed
alone. It was upstairs , and the thun
der rolled and the lightning flashed un
mercifully. He lay quietly until he
could no longer stand it , and then his
little nightgowned figure appeared at
the head of the stairs.
"Ma ! " he cried.
"Yes , my sou , " came the calm rejoin
der.
der."I'm
"I'm afraid , ma. It thunders so , and
I'm all alone. "
"Go back to bed. Tominie , " came his
mother's voice. "Don't you know noth
ing can hurt you ? "
Tommie went back to bed , but not ta
stay.
"Ma , " he called again , and this-tirnc
the little figure was half-way down
stairs.
"Tommie. " called his mother , "don't
you know I have told you nothing can
hurt you. God is always with you ? "
"Then , ma. " and this time there came ,
an audible sniff from the weeping Tom- !
my. "you come up and sleep with God
and let me sleep with pa. "
THE DOCTOR'S WIFE
Agrees vitl liltn A1 > ont Food.
A trained nurse says : "In the prac
tice of my profession I have foui/d so
many points in favor of Grape-Nuts
food that I unhesitatingly recommend
it to all my patients.
"It is delicate and pleasing to the
palate ( an essential in food for the
sick ) and can be adapted to all ages ,
being softened with milk or cream for
babies or the aged when deficiency of
teeth renders mastication impossible.
For fever patients or those on liquid
diet I find Grape-Nuts and albumen
water very nourishing and refreshing.
This recipe is my own idea and is
made as follows : Soak a teaspoonful
of Grape-Nuts in a glass of water for
an hour , strain and serve with the
beaten white of an egg and a spoonful
of fruit juice or flavoring. This af
fords a great deal of nourishment that
even the weakest stomach can assimil
ate without any distress.
"My huband is a physician and he
uses Grape-Nuts himself and orders it
many times for his patients.
"Personally I regard a dish of Grape-
Nuts with fresh or stewed fruit as thfe
ideal breakfast for anyone well or
sick. " Name given by Postum Co. , Bat
tle Creek , Mich.
In any cause of stomach trouble
nervous prostration or brain. fag , a
10 days' trial of Grape-Nuts will work
wonders toward nourishing and re
building , and in this way ending the
trouble. "There's a reason" and trial
proves.
Look In pkgs. for the famous
book , "The Road to Wellville. "