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FEUD , T. HOPKINS , Prop , , 37 Great Jcnes Slraei , KwYoil
He Could .Fill Hie Bill.
A day or two after George B. Cor-
telyou assumed the duties of Secretary
of the Treasury , he was visited by an
-elderly man \vho wanted an appoint
ment as confidential clerk to one of the
assistant secretaries.
Notwithstanding the fact that he was
- very busy at the time , Mr. Cortelyou
.gave the elderly person a hearing. On
account of his age , Mr. Cortelyou said ,
he felt that he could not comply with
"the request So , gently but firmly , he
dntimated to the old man that it was
-about time for him to go. This , however -
ever , did not dampen the latter's spirit
rin the least.
"Xow , sir , " said lie , "as I feel myself
peculiarly competent to fill one of
these confidential clerkships , I hope
that you will further consider my ap
plication. " Then , wagging his head
anost impressively , he added :
"Oh , Mr. Cortelyou , I could be so
confidential ! " "Success Magazine. "
Up to His Xamc.
A teacher in a mission school in Bos
\ ton had among her pupils a colored
boy named Ralph Waldo Emerson-
I Longfellow. As he was absent one
Sunday , she asked the class if any one
knew the reason for his absence.
"I reckon I do , " said one small ,
serious-looking boy.
"What is the reason , Johnnie ? "
"I guess he's home writing poetry , "
fc responded the boy , with a delighted
fci fci chuckle.
i i , AN OLD EDITOR
, Fount ! 92OOO Worth of Food.
The editor of a paper out in Okla.
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made me a well man. I have gained
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and have been for 33 years.
"My pen shall always be ready to
epeak a good word for this powerful
nutritive food. I had of course often
read the advertisements regarding
Grape-Nuts , but never thought to apply
V the food to my own use , until , in my
extremity and sickness the thought
came to me that it might fit my case.
The statements in regard to the food
are absolutely correct , as I have proven
in my own case. One very fortunate
thing about the food is that while it is
the most scientifically made and highly
nourishing , concentrated food I have
ever known , it has so delicious a taste
that it wins and holds friends. "
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fy
* nions of Great Papers on important Subjects.
TRAGIC TEASING.
YOUNG \voumn drowned herself near Wil
mington , Del. , the othe/ day because she
could not endure the playful taunts of her
associates about a trivial personal matter.
She had begged them to stop , but they per
sisted. She then threatened to end her life
if the persecution continued , and still they
teased her. Then she carried her threat into execution ,
and no\v the young people who engaged in their pas
time of annoyance are overwhelmed with regret.
, This tragedy carries an impressive lesson , applicable.
' to great numbers of people who do not realize the sen
sitiveness of othdrs. Of all subtle cruelties none is more
abominable than the persistent reference to a subject
that is painful to another. Yet this form of torment is
Indulged in constantly. Parents tease their children
about things that may seem trifling to them , but are
serious and important to the little folks. They cause
great suffering of mind by thus incessantly "poking
fun" at the youngsters whom they are supposed to
cherish and guard from pain. The expression is often
heard : "Oh , it is good for her. She is too sensitive.
She will have to get used to being criticised and teased
while she is young. " Yet this very treatment is cal
culated to render the child more keenly susceptible to
mental torture than before. It may not be doubted
that many a child's nature is warped by injudicious
jocularity on the part of its elders. Washington Star.
THE STOCK EXCHANGE.
, ANY persons think of the New York Stock
Exchange as a seat of commercial iniquity ,
and have been encouraged. in this view by
magazine articles picturesque and expert in
phrasing , but not so accurate as they ought
to be.
When something unusual , like the recent
decline of stocks , calls attention to "the market , " we
realize bow little thought most of us give to it day by
day. It seems remote from the interests of the man of
small means. But the central stock-market is a solid
and important institution , and the conditions which it
Indicates at tjie end of each day's trading are almost
sure signs of the state of the country's production and
commerce.
It is true that a great many of the transactions on
the stock exchange are mere gambling , and represent
nothing more than the turning of money from one man's
pocket into another's ; it is also true that even in legiti
mate trading there is a fever and hysteria which per
verts not only commercial values , but life values.
Nevertheless , most of the chicanery and madness of
stock transactions flourishes not in the central market ,
nor in the offices of those who guide it , but in the
suburbs of the business , in offices not related to the
exchange or to any reputable banking house.
Real stock transactions bear a definite relation to'
the business of the country , and after due allowance
Is made for the artificial manipulations , so difficult to
A GLIMPSE OF SHERMAN I
It is not always the great things
men do that keep their memory alive.
Frequently it is some surall act of
kindliness , some pleasant speech or
manly courtesy , which remains in the
minds of those who knew them. So in
Illinois there is a young man who
thinks of General Sherman not as "Old
Tecumseh , " the soldier , victor in stren
uous campaigns , but as a kindly ,
rough-bearded old gentleman , who car
ried Irfrn over niiies of road on his lap
In order that at the end he might real
ly see his boyish hero , the soldier.
It was in the early eighties. The
county In which the boy lived was to
dedicate a soldiers' monument on Me
morial day. General Sherman and
Governor Oglesby were to be the two
speakers of the occasion.
From where the boy lived it was six
miles to the county seat , lie had to
walk the distance. But worst of all
misfortunes , it rained all the day be
fore , when he should have been workIng -
Ing in the garden , -and so on Memorial
day the boy had to get down on hands
and knees and pull weeds under a
broiling suu , across row after row of
young vegetables , so that he did not
get away from home until 1 o'clock.
Only an hour , and six miles to go !
He knew it was useless. It would
take him two hours , and when he got
there he would find everything over
and the general gone and there was
no use in anything , anyway. Tears
rolled down his cheeks now and then ,
and he felt like a much abused boy.
Every little while a buggjor car
riage passed him going in his direc
tion , but all of them were full , and
there was no one to give him a lift.
But at last , when he was certain that
he could never get there , a buggy
which came up from behind did not
pass , but stopped beside him.
"Hello , bub ! " said a kindly voice ,
"Going far ? "
The boy looked up through misty
eyes. Two gray and quizzical old faces
peered at him out of a muddy buggy.
Two pleasant old gentlemen were on
the seat
"Y-y-yes , sir I'm , trying to , " said
the boy. . . - v
"Climb in , than/ ' said the man near
est him , and as the boy , not believing
his ears , put a foot on the step , the
man reached out and lifted him in , and
seated him on his lap.
"Where 'you going ? " he asked.
" " "I was a-going to the monument , "
Ba'ld the boy , "but I didn't think I
would get there. Do you suppose I
will ? In time to see General Sher
man ? "
old man who was drivinp cluck-
practice on the market as a whole , we find the exchange
a sound register of the state of the country. The same
things that all human beings feiur , .crop failure , war ,
strikes , depress the market. That is why men were
afraid , when the market "broke ; not so much because
they care for the stocks , as that they feared the signs
of the end of prosperity. Fortunately the market recov
ered , and there was no panic. But for a few days all
intelligent persons watched the market with respect and
attention. YoutlCompanion. .
BOYS AND THE STREET.
HE Illinois Senate has passed a bill which
will have the effect , if it becomes law , of
requiring boys between 14 and 1C to be law
fully employed during school hours or to be
in school. Some latitude will probably be
allowed to the interpretation of the word
"employed , " so that it may cover useful
work at home or under the direction of the boy's parents
as well as work for hire. The intent is to keep off the
streets the boys who are iot in school.
The street is not the place for a boy under 16. Habits
of idleness unfit the boy for serious work and give him
a distaste for it. No phase of the criminal history of the
city is more disquieting than the increase'in the number
of adolescent criminals during recent years. " This increase -
_ crease is due , more than'anything else , to the failure of
parents to see to it that their boys are kept under dis
cipline after they have reached the age of 14. The gang
that meets near the corner saloon is not good company
for the boy who expects to make a success of life. * * *
Boys who will be men can be made or ruined by the
habits into which they fall before the age of 1G. Idle
ness during two of the most important of the formative
years is likely to lead to incompetence and failure-
nothing more sericms. It is better for a boy to enter
upon life as fully equipped for the struggle as possible.
To some boys two years more of school would be an in
valuable help. To others aq earlier start in business era
a trade would be more important But to no one in
average health can two years of the lessons of the street
be anything but hurtful. Chicago Tribune.
PLAY A NECESSITY OP LIPE.
HE gospel of play will , we are confident , win
for itself a hearing as the gospel of whole-
someuess and a fuller life. It will go far
to create a better race of manly beings , a
better social state and throw a new lighten
on the piety of grimness and "other worldli-
ness. " What we have said has been applied
mainly to city life , to the overpacked and unnatural
crowd ; but it is applicable in a modified form to'country
fife. The people who live among the trees and brooks
do get , in spite of themselves , a certain relaxation , yet
they need what they do not get the useless sport , the
utter relief for a portion of each day from "trying to
make ends meet" New York Independent
ed to the horse , and the other , stroking
his beard , said :
"Why yes , I guess you will. Yes ,
I reckon he'll gel there. Eh , Dick ? "
"Why why , yes , I reckon so. " said
the other. For some reason they both
chuckled.
"Want to see the general , eh ? " said
the old man who held him. "Don't
care about the governor , eh ? "
"No. sir , not so much , " said the boy ,
truthfully. "You see , he lives right
here in this stite , and he didn't inarch
through Georgia , or have songs about
him , or anything. "
"Why , no , so he didn't ! Did he ,
Dick ? " asked the boy's old gentleman
again. This seemed to amuse them
very much. They chuckled about it
a while , and then the old gentleman
who held the boy began to tell him
stories about the campai is General
Sherman had fought in , and about sol
dier life , stories some of which were
in the history book ; but most of them
were new to the boy. Then the other
man told some stories about Mr. Lin
coln.
"Did you knowxhim ? " demanded the
boy ; and to his delight they both did ,
and told more stories about him.
Six miles was a long way to walk ,
but it was a short way to ride , and It
seemed as if they had hardly started
when the boy heard a tremendous
shouting and cheering , and there was
the crowd , all lined up along the road ,
cheering.
Cheering whom ? He felt a motion
back of him , snd turned , and saw bis
old gentleman take off his hat and
smile and bow ; and the other sld gen
tleman did the same.
They drove up to the square and set
him down , and every one stared at
him. and then he saw them mount the
platform with the committee.
He had , indeed , arrived in time to
"see the general , " for it was General
Sherman and Governor Oglesby who
had brought him.
MOST EXPENSIVE OF HATS.
Sombrero Presented to Grant and
One Owned in Pitt.slnirf ? . |
The most expensive hat in the world
is a Mexican 'sombrero on exhibition
in the national museum. Washington.
It cost $1.500 in gold and was present
ed to Gen. Grant while in Mexico in
1SS2.
Samuel Sherard of Pittsburg , Pa. ,
probably has-the - costliest hat owned by
any private individual. It cost $1,100
and is made of spun glass. It was
made by an old Alsatian at Pittsburg.
He invented a process for spinning and
weaving glass , and the hat has consid
erable elasticity , being as hard to break
as an or'dinary Panama.
Mr. Sherard has own l this unique
headpiece for ten years and occasion-
j aJy ? wears it because in a good-natured
moment he promised the inventor to do
so.
so.WluSe
WluSe William H. Seward was Secre
tary of State in Lincoln's cabinet some
of his South American admirers sent
him a Panama hat which cost $1,000.
It was exhibited in a New York show
window for a year or more.
Panama hats used to be frequently
sold as high as $500 apiece , one New-
York merchant selling three hats at
that price in a single day in the sum
mer of 1S07. but they are no longer
on the market
Panama hats are not made in Pan
ama , but this name was given them
because that city was formerly the
greatest market for these goods.
The finest hats come from Payta and
Guayaquil , Peru , and are made of the
fiber of the pita or pineapple plant
This fiber is soft and pliable as silk ,
and some of the hats are made so flue
that they can be folded up and put in
the vest pocket.
NO SUCH BECOSD OP TALK.
Fifty-ninth Congress * the Most Tallc-
ative in the Country's History.
Completed records made by clerics
of the Senate and House show that the
last Congress the Fiftjvninth did
more talking than any other in the his
tory of the country. Their researches
go back fourteen years , or to the Fifty-
second Congress. The latter Congres *
filled 2,020 pages of the Congressional
Rqcord with its talk , as against 4,810
for the Fifty-ninth.
In the Fifty-second Congress 10,323
bills were introduced , but the Fifty-
ninth set a new figure with 25,897. The
Fifty-second Congress was in session
340 legislative days and passed 398
public and 324 private bill * The Fif-
ty-ninta was in session 227 legislative
days and passed G92 public and 0,248
private acts. Most of the measures
known as private acts are for the cor
rection of military records or the grant
of pensions.
No Congress ever passed the number
of bills that were made into law as the
Fifty-ninth. It appears that such a
thing as a dishonorable discharge from
the army or navy , uncorrected by leg
islative act , will SOQU be a positive curi
osity. Congress is not only generous to
the nation's fighting men in the matter
of pensions , but it is also charitable in
tht- matter of expunging from the rec
ords anything set down against their
conduct
A Sole Theory.
"A shoemaker is the most paradoxi
cal of human beings. "
'Why so ? "
"Because his first word is his last * *
Baltimore American , t
When a man observes conventional
hours in calling on a , girl , it Indicates ,
among other things , that the affair isn't
very serious.
EAILWATSLAUGHTEE
TERRIBLE INDICTMENT AGAINST
AMERICAN MANAGERS.
More Attention Pnld to Increasing
Dividends than to the Practical
Method * of Transportation Acci
dents Likely to Increase.
A list of the wrecks in the last twelve
mouths constitutes an awful indictment
against the American railway mana
ger. } n no part of the civilized world
is transportation attended by so many
perils as in the United States , and of
late the danger seems to be increasing
instead of decreasing.
Scarcely ; a day passes that the newspapers
'
papers do 'not have to report some new
disaster. In many instances the trage
dies are the result of gross careless
ness on the part of the railroad people.
Spreading rails , open switches , dis
regard of orders , carelessness of en
gineers , conductors aud train dispatch
ers explain some of the other disasters.
In a few cases washouts , snowstorms
and fogs caused wrecks. These are the
only instances in which the railroad
people can be held blameless.
Something : lUulieallyVronpr. .
No part of the country seems to have
escaped , and , if anything , conditions
appear to be worse on big railroad
systems , where passenger traffic is sup
posed to be attended by every safeguard
that experience can suggest , than it is
on smaller lines , where roatlbeds are
weak and the equipment is not up to
the times.
That there is something radically
wrong with the railroads is certain.
James J. Hill , president of the Grdat
Northern , acknowledged this when he
said that be never took a railroad trip
nowadays that he did not fear disaster.
Transportation men say the railroads
are not to blame and that railroad
managers are struggling against condi
tions such as they never confronted
before and which they could not guard
against. They say the public has no
conception of the strain to which the
railroads have been subjected in the
last year or two. There has been a
tremendous increase in traffic. The in
crease came suddenfr. The railroads
have done their best to handle it. but
they have been unable to get cars or
locomotives to meet the needs. From
the Atlantic to the Pacific and from
the Gulf to the Great Lakes nearly
every road is glutted with freight. If
this excess of business could be handled
promptly the railroads would make
immense profits. The railroads did
profit largely in the early days of the
rise in the tide of traffic , but there
was no end to the volume of freight ,
and soon men and machinery beran to
suffer from the strain. Cars and loco
motives need rest and repairs just as
human beings do. When they do not
receive it they are liable to break down.
Men cannot be pressed to the limit of
endurance week in and week out , month
after month , without giving way.
Railroads to Blame.
But this explanation does not fully
explain. Men who go to the root of
the trouble lay the responsibility for
present conditions upon the shoulders
of half a dozen big men , who know
more about finance than they do about
practical railroading.
There has been an evolution in the
railroad business in the United States
in the last eight or ten years. It lias
been a period of reorganization and
consolidation. Masters of finance rather
than masters of transportation affairs
have ruled in the councils of old and
A PATHETIC APPEAL.
-Cincinnati Post.
Spyglass that Tells Distance.
M. Gerard , an officer of the French
navy , has invented an instrument called
the telimeter , which enables one to find
accurately the distance of any visible ob
ject whose height is known , without com
plex calculations. The principle on which ,
this instrument works is the combination
ofy two prismatic rings so adjusted as to
give a variable refractive angle , enabling
the user by means of a graduated scale
to read off the distance of the object
looked at without stopping to go through
a mathematical calculation.
merger naf
Nearly every
new systems.
Attended by a stock issue largely
of water , which has been saddcd upon f
of finance
masters
the railroads. The
were discounting the growth < of tbe nation
development of the properties
tion and the
consolidating.
erties they were
Every "observant person has been
the Span-
fact that since
aware of the
i Cnerican war the nation's business
rate.
a great
has been expanding at
the country s oiech-
The only bnhich of
with.this .
anism that has not kept pace
railroad. It has
the
expansion has been
oC
been the policy ofthe masters
of nevr
finance to cheek the building
into sub-
ones
lines , force independent
traffic so that
aission and concentrate
rev-
t would yield the largest possible
which they
systems
trunk
-mie to the
. The
have succeeded.
controlled. They
railroads of the United States to-day
are in few hands. But in their hunger
and early returns
for large profits
they have absorbed ,
from the properties
the masters of fmance-'have neglected
the physical well being of the railroads.
They have looked more to net earnings
than to improved roadbeds , additional
equipment and better service to the
public. They viewed \vithinore , favor
the manager who worked men and
cars to the limit all-the time and show
ed a reduction of operating expenses ,
with a big increase in gross earnings ,
than the one who always sought to im
prove the property.
When about a year ago the tremendous
deus bulge in the volume of traffic carua
suddenly it found the railroads unpre
'
pared. 'The masters of finance had not
added many locomotives and cars to the
possessions of the properties they had
absorbed. Neither had they extended
the terminals of- the various roads to
meet the requirements of a constantly
growing traffic. Division superintend
ents , yardmasters , masters of transpor
tation , train dispatchers , conductors ,
firemen , engineers and brakemen did
all they could. They buckled down to
their work as only well-trained , earnest ,
efficient men will do. When they were
called upon to work extra hours they"
did so wiyingly. But they could make
no impression on the flood. The more
they battled , the more freight seemed
to pour in upon theoi. Locomotives
capable of drawing * thirty loaded cars
were pressed to drag trains of thirty-
* ix or fortyl Men who could work
safelj" and well twelve or fourteen
hours a daywere kept on duty sixteen
or eighteen. Cars that should go to the
repair shops were kept in service on
the chance that they would get through
all right.
As it was with freight so was it witb
passenger traffic. Every passenger car
that could bo utilized seemed to ba
needed. One branch of the service
seemed to keep pace with the other in
growth.
And now the railroads are in the
throes of the reaction from the strain-
Equipment has given way and men
have given way. Hundreds of persons
have been killed and hundreds more
probably will be slaughtered before
affairs come to a normal state. The
dozen < and dozens of freight wrecks
with t'ie killing or maiming of rail
road employes have been too s-nall in
interest to attract general attention.
Tears Kill Disease Germs.
Dr. C. Lindahl of Copenhagen tells in
the London Lancet of his discovery that
tears have the power to kill various bac
teria which produce disease in the human
body. This bactcriacidal capacity of thi
lachrymal fluid is not due to its inor
ganisms which it contains , known as leu
cocytes. The fluid when heated and
cooled fails to prevent the growth o bac
teria to the same degree as when in iti
normal state.
From Far and Xear.
Four churches and a school house wert
wrecked by a tornado at Rome
' persons e in
p
Francisco because of labor trouble *
The fire department
of Wyoming , Ohio ,
