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' 'f r Mayer Quality Shoe.1
: ' Most of us see only the present. We
see success only as we arc brought
face to face with it today. How many
I of us ever look back for the cause , the
- ' . vital things that make success possi-
: ble ? '
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That the key to real business suc ,
cess is often based on a sound princi
ple , rather than money , is best illus
) - trated by the reproduction of the fol ,
l " wlngr \ biographical sketch of Freder-
ick Mayer , founder of the F. Mayei
Boot & Shoe Company , reproducec
. from an issue of the German Americar
National Alliance :
\ Frederick Mayer , founder of the fac-
tories at Milwaukee and Seattle now
bearing his name , came to this country
from Niernstein , Hessen Darmstadt , in
May : , 1851 , and immediately proceeded
to Milwaukee , Wisconsin , where he en-
tered the employ of R. Suhm as a. . jour-
neyman shoemaker.
The spirit that prompted him to seek
his fortune in the new world was soon
responsible for another change , and in
1852 a year later , he embarked in
business on his own accord , making i
boots and shoes to order as only a
German apprenticed artisan knows
how. Subsequently a stock of goods
was carried and a retail business con-
ducted until 1880 , when the manufac
, ture of shoes was engaged in at whole-
sale to the trade.
The business succeeded from the be-
ginning arid it was here that the staid
. qualities of German honesty and per-
sistency , together with the knowledge
of shoe making gained by a strict Ger-
man apprenticeship , came to the aid of
:
a young business destined to become a i
. . , factor in the production of shoes in
America , for it soon became known
that the shoes manufactured by F.
Mayer had qualities not ordinarily
found : in shoes , and business began to
-expand.
In 18SO the business was well estab-
lished , the foundation firmly laid and
the policy well determined. From that
time en the growth was more rapid.
Faotories , additions , more factories and
. mere additions were added , until now
, the plant occupies a substantial , group
, . of buildings in Milwaukee and Seattle.
, The capacity of the , present Mayer fac-
,
tories at Milwaukee and Seattle is 9-
' . 000 pair per day , giving employment to
an army of people , paying annually
# over six hundred thousand dollars in
J ! wages , and emplpying sixty-five sales-
men who travel 24 states in the inter-
est of Mayer shoes.
Frederick Mayer died on March 16 ,
1893 , after building up a large and suc-
cessful business. He was succeeded
by his sons , George P. Mayer , Fred J.
Mayer and Adam J. Mayer , who , by
-rigidly maintaining the policy of the
founder , have succeeded in bringing
the business up to its present magni-
tude , where it stands as a monument
of German thrift and industry. Fred-
erick Mayer was a man of strong char-
. acter and amiable disposition. He be -
lieved in a square deal for everybody.
. He was popular and had hosts of
friends , especially among the early set-
. tIers of Milwaukee , who admired him
for the qualities that were responsible
for his success. He was a man of sim-
ple tastes , who loved his home and be-
lieved in the strict observances of his
duty t . God and man. He left behind
.him a striking example of what has , in
, at least one instance , been contributed
by a German to the welfare and pros-
perity of , this great country.
The leading brands manufactured by
the F. Mayer Boot & Shoe Co. are :
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"Honorbilt , " for men ; "Leading Lady"
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. Shoes , "Martha Washington" Comfort
Shoes , "Yerman" Cushion Shoes , "Spe-
I cial Merit" School Shoes.
The savings banks of Germany have
some 19,000,000 pass books out , and
ueir deposits amount to 3213000000. I
Skin Humor 25 "Shears.
"Cutlcura did wonders for me. For I
twenty-five years I suffered agony I
from a terrible humor , completely cov-
ering my head , neck and shoulders , so
,
even to my wife , I became an object
of dread. At large expense I consult-
ed the most able doctors far and near. ,
Their treatment was of no avail , nor
: was that of the Hospital , dur-
ing six months' efforts. I suffered on
and concluded , there was no help for
me this side of the grave. Then I t
heard of , some one who had been cured \ r
by Cuticura Remedies and thought
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- that a trial could do no harm. In , a cd ct t
. . . surprisingly short time I was com- d
pletely cured. S. P. Keyes , 147 Con- d
; , gress St. , Boston , Mass. , Oct. 12 , ' 09. . " j
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"I congratulate Cuticura upon my
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I speedy recovery from pimples which n
covered my face. I used Cuticura a
d
Soap , Ointment and Resolvent for ten
a
days and my face cleared and I am n
perfectly well. I had tried doctors for n
several months but got no results. b :
Wm. J. : Sadlier , 1614 Susquehanna e
. ' Ave. Philadelphia , May 1 , 1909. " b
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In Norway the longest day lasti
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ruption. s
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$100 Reward , $100. 11it
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TEc readers of this paper will be pleasea itc
to learn that there Is at least one dreaded ita
disease that science has been able to cure in a
I , all Its stages , and that is Catarrh. Hall's a
Catarrh Cure Is the only positive cure now
knowa to the medical fraternity. Catarrh e
beIng a constitutional disease , requires a T
constitutional treatment Hall's Catarrh ir :
Cure Is taken
Internally , acting directly li 1
upon tfce blood and mucous surfaces of the lis
system , thereby destroying the foundation s ]
of the' disease , and giving the patient h
strength by building up the constitution and hfc
assisting nature In doing its work. The '
proprietors ! have so much faith In its cura- fcw
tive powers that they offer One Hundred w ;
Dollars for any case that it falls to cure. S (
fiend for list of testimonials.
Address : : F. J. CHENEY & CO. , Toledo , 0. a :
Sold by nil Drug Ists , 75c. fl
Take Hall'8 Family -Pills for constipation. flai :
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CHAPTER . XXI.
Quietly , gently , briefly as he could ,
David narrated the events of the past
few months , and as he 'did so she drew
In short breaths or long inspirations
as the story shifted from phase to
phase , and when at last he had fin
ished , she clasped her hands'and gazed
up into the depths of the sky with
eyes that were swimming in tears.
"Poor doctor , poor old man , " Pepee-
ta sighed at last. "Oh ! How we haye
wronged him , how we have made . . him
suffer. He was always kind ! He was
rough , but he was kind. ' Oh ! why
could I not have loved him ? But I
did not , I could not. My heart was
asleep. It had never once waked from
its slumber until it heard your voice ,
David. And , afterwards-well I could
not love him ! But why should we
have wronged hini so ? How base it
was ! How terrible ! I pity him , I
blame myself-and yet I cannot wish
him back. What does all this mean
for us , David ? Perhaps you can see
the light now , as you used to ! I think
from your face and your voice that
you are your old self again. Oh ! if
you can see that inner light once
more , consult it. Ask it if there is
any reason why we- cannot be happy
now ? 'Tell it that your Pepeeta is too
weak to endure this separation any
longer. I am only a woman , David !
I cannot any longer ; bear life alone. I
love you too deeply. I cannot live
without you. "
Waiting long before he answered , as
if to reflect and be sure , David said
quietly but confidently , "Pepeeta , I
cannot see any reason why we should
not begin our lives over again , start-
ing at this very place from which we .
made that false beginning three long i
years ago. We cannot goback , but ,
in a sense , we can begin again. "
"But can we really begin again ? "
she asked. ' "How is it possible ? I do
not see ! We are not what we were.
There is so much of evil in our hearts.
We were pure and innocent three
years ago. Is it not necessary to be
pure and innocent ? And how can we
be- with all this fearful past behind
us i ? We cannot become children
again ! ! "
"I have thought much and deeply
about it , " David responded. ' ' ' 1 know
not I what subtle change has taken
place 1 within me , but I know that it
has 1i 1 been great and real. My heart
was hard ; but not it is tender. It was
full ( of despair , and now it is full of
hope. 1 I am not as innocent as I was
that < night when you heard me speak
in 5 the old Quaker meeting-house , or
5i
5i rather I am ' not innocent in the same
way. My heart was then like a spring
among the mountains ! it had a sort' of '
virgin innocence. I had sinned only
in i thought , and in the dreamy imagi-
nations of unfolding youth. It is dif-
ferent i now ; a whole world of realized ,
actualized evil lies buried in the depths
of my soul. It is there , but it is there
only as a memory and .not as a living
force. There must in some way , I
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cannot tell how , be a purity of guilt
as well as of innocence , and perhaps
it is a purity of a still higher and
finer kind. There was a peace of
mind which I had as an innocent boy ,
which I do not possess now ; but I
have another and deeper peace. There
was a childish courage ; but it was the
courage of one who had never been
exposed ' to danger. There is another
courage in my heart now ; and it is
the courage of the veteran who has
bared his bosom to the foe'I ! know
not by what strange alchemy these di-
verse elements of evil can have be-
come absorbed and incorporated into
this : newer and better life , but this I
do know , and nothing can make me
doubt it-that while I am not so good
yet I am better ; while I am not so
pure , yet I am purer. Yes , Pepeeta
: think we can go back on our track.
We can be born again ! We can once
more be little children. I feel myself
L little child to-night-I who , a few
days ago , was like an old man , bowed
and crushed under a load of wretched-
ness and misery ! God seems near to
me ; life seems sweet , to me. Let us
begin again , Pepeeta. We have trav-
eled round a circld , and have come
back to the old starting point. Let us
begin again. "
"Oh ! David , " she said , kissing the
hands she held ; "how like your old
elf you are to-night. Your words of
hope have filled my soul with joy. Is
t your presence alone that has done
t , or is it God's , , or is it both ? A
hange has come over the very world
iround , us. All is the same , and yet
ill . is different. The stars are bright-
er. : The brook has a sweeter music. ! 1 I
rhere is something of heaven in this
ntoxicating cup you have put to my
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ips ! I seem to . be enveloped by a
piritual presence ! Hush ! Do you
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ear voices ?
The excitempnt had been too intense
'or this sensitive woman to endure (
vith , tranquillity. Her heart , her con- i
science , her imagination had suffered
in almost unendurable strain. She $ .
ung- herself into the arms of her lover 1
md trembled upon his breast , and he
eld her there until she had regained
ler composure.
"Do 'you really love me yet ? " she
ked , at length , raising her face and
razing up Into his with an expression
l which the simple affection of a lit-
le child was strangely always'i
le passionate love of an ardent and t
.dorlng woman. I
"Love you ! " he cried ; "your face has t
ieen the last vision upon which I
azed when I fell into a restless slums
er , and the first which greeted re-
urning consciousness , when I waked D
om my : troubled dream. My life has 1
een but a , fragment since we parted ; t
part of my individuality seemed to b
ave been torn away. I' have always , . J b
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felt that neither . time nor space could
separate us \ for - "
At that instant the horse which had
. stood patiently beside them on the
bridge , shook his head , rattled his bri-
dle and whinnied.
"Poor fellow ! I had forgotten all '
about him in my joy ! " said David ,
starting at the sound" , and patting his
shoulder. , "You have had a hard < run ,
and are tired ' , and hungry. I must get
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you to the barn and feed you. They
will miss you at the stable to-night ,
but I will send you back to-morrow ,
. or ride you myself , that is , if Pepeeta
wishes to be rid of me. "
He said this teasingly , but smiled at
her-a tender and confident smile.
' 'Oh : ! you shall never leave me again
-not for a moment , " she cried , press-
ing his , arm against her heart.
He paused a moment and looked
down as if a new thought had struck :
him.
"What is the matter , ? " she asked.
"Do you think they will welcome me
home ? " he said , with a penitence and
humility that touched her deeply. .
"Welcome you home ? " she exclaim-
ed ; "you do not knaw them , David.
They talk of nothing else. They have
sent messages to you in every dir c-
tion. The door is never locked , and
there has never been a night since you
disappeared that a candle has not
burned to its socket on the sill of your
window ; what do you think of that ?
You do not know them , David. They
are angels of mercy and goodness. -I
have been selfish in keeping you so
long to myself. Come , let us hasten. "
Just at that instant a loud halloo
was heard _ "Pepeeta , Pepeeta , Pepee- ,
ta ! " ,
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"It is Steven-the dear boy ! He
has missed me. You have a dangerous
rival , David. "
She said this with a merry laugh
and cried out , "Steven , Steven , Ste = ;
ven ! " .
"Where are you ? " he called. I
. "I am here by the bridge ! " she cried ,
in her silver treble.
"She is here by the bridge ! The
deep bass voice of her lover went roll-
ing through the woods.
There was silence for a moment , and
then they heard a joyous shout , "Un-
cle David ! Uncle Day id ! 6h ! moth-
er , father , it is Uncle David. " .
There was a crashing in ' the bushes ,
and the great half-grown boy bounded
through them and flung himself " - into
the arms extended to him , with all the
trust , all the love , all the devotion of
the happy days of old.
CHAPTER XXII. _
David's welcome home was quiet ,
I cordial and heartfelt. The Quaker life
is calm ; storms seldom appear on its t .
surface , even though they must some-
times agitate its depths ; mind and
heart are brought under remarkable
control ; sympathy and charity are ex-
tended to the erring ; hospitality is a
duty and an instinct ; domestic love is
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deep and powerful.
When David had frankly told his i
story , he was permitted to resume his ,
place in the life of the old hom'estead I
as if nothing had happened. He ex-
pressed to his brother and sister his
love for Pepeeta , and his determination
to make her his wife in lawful mar- 1
riage.
They assented to his plans , and at .
the earliest possible moment the min-
isters and elders of the little congre- *
gation of Friends were asked to meet , t
in accordance with their custom , to
"confer with him about a concern I
which was on his mind. " i
They came , and heard his story and
his intention , told with straightforward T
simplicity. They , too , touched with
sympathy and moved to confidence ,
agreed that there was no obstacle to v
the union. , The date of the wedding
was placed at the end of the month ,
which , by their ecclesiastical law , must
elapse after this avowal , and an - even
ing meeting was appointed for the
ceremony. '
In the meantime David remained t
quietly at home , and took up his old , s
labors as nearly as possible where he 0
had laid them down. Such a life as 0d
he had been leading induces a distaste
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for manual labor , and sometimes he
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chafed against it. : Again and again he
felt his spirit faint within him when c
he recalled the scenes of excitement
through which he had passed , and
looked forward to years of this un-
varied drudgery ; but he never permit-
ted his soul t"b question his duty ! He
j o
had decided in the most solemn refleco
tions of his life that he would conquer n
himself in the place where hehad been o
defeated , perform the tasks which he t
had so ignominiously abandoned , and t
then , when he had demonstrated his c
power [ to live a true life himself , de-
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vote his strength to helping others.
The charms of this pastora'l exist- t is
ence : gradually came to his support in a
his : heroic resolution. The unbroken li
lit
quiet of the happy life which had ir- t to
ritated him at first , grew to be more n
and more a balm to his wounded spir si
it. The society of the animal world
ent its gracious consolation ; the great .
horses , the ponderous oxen , the doves 11
fluttering and cooing about the barn- d
yard , the suckling calves , the playful a'
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colts , all" camo to him as to a friend , sc (
and in giving him their confidence and scm
affection awakened his own.
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Above all Pepeeta was ever "near '
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urn. It was no wonder that her beau-
ty threwits spell over David's spirit.
It had been enhanced by sorrow for
he human countenance , like the land-
scape : ; requires shadow as well as sun " ;
shine 'to perfect its charms. But the <
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burst of sunshine which h'ad come with h
avid's return . had brought it a final
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fjonsummation which transfigured even
he Quaker dress she had adopted. - Her hiei
bonnet , would never stay over her face ei
but fell back on her shoulders ' her aniS J ,
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mated countenance emerging from this
envelope like the bud of a rose from
itssheath. . She was as a butterfly at
that critical instant when it is ready
to leave its chrysalis and take wing.
She was a soul enmeshed in an ether-
eal body , rather than , a body which en-
sheathed a soul. Quietly and sedate-
ly the lovers met eacl other at the ta-
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ble , or at the spring : , or at the milk-
ing.
ing.And
And when the labors of the day had
ended , they sat beneath the spreading
hackberry trees , or wandered through
the garden , or down the winding "lane
to the meadow , and reviewed the past
with sadness or looked forward to the
future with a chastened joy. Their
spirits were subdued and softened ,
their love took on a holy rather than
a passionate cast , they felt themselves
beneath the shadow of an awful crime ,
and again and again when they grew
joyous and almost gay they were
checked by the irrepressible apprehen-
sion that out from under the silently
revolving wheels of judgment some
other punishment would roll.
Tenderly as they loved each opier ! ,
and sweet as was that love , they could
not always be happy with such a past
behind them ! In proportion to the
soul's real grandeur it must suffer over
its own imperfections. This suffering
is re orse. In proud and gloomy hearts
which tell their secrets only tp their
"own pillows , its tears are poison and
its rebukes the thrust of daggers. But
in those which , like theirs , are gentle
and tender by nature , remorseful tears :
are drops of penitential dew. David !
and Pepeeta suffered , but their suffer-
ing was curative , for pure love is like a
fountain ; by its incessant gushing from
the heart it clarifies the most turbid
streams of thought or emotion. Each
week witnessed a perceptible advance
in peace , in rest , in quiet happiness ,
and at last the night of their marriage
arrived , and they went together to the
meeting house.
( To be continued. )
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WORKING WOMEN AND BALLOT.
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Argument to Stio-tv ; : That They "Would
Be WoiMe Off with It.
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The lack /JL tne ballot has nothing
whatever to do with the fact that wom-
. I
en jworkers , are paid less than men
in the same occupations ; the grant
of the ballot would not raise the rate
of women's' wages to an equality of
that of men's , says the Boston Tran-
script. The comparatively low pay of
women is due to economic and social
causes .which the voting power could
not affect in the slightest degree.
Briefly put the chief of these causes
are ; (1) The lower efficiency of the
average woman " worker , 'resulting '
mainly from physical limitations ;
(2) ( ) the temporary , nature of the em-
ployment ] , which in most cases is , ter-
minated ] by marriage ; (3) ( ) the rapid
increase of the supply of woman labor ,
which in recent decades has been
crowding into occupations already fill-
ed by men ; (4) ( ) the lack of organiza-
tion , which has eft , women at the
mercy of sweat masters ; (5) ( ) the para-
sitic relation of many women toward
their industrial occupations , which are
not their sole means . of support. These
causes would persist even if women
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had the ballot. Whatever the suffrage
would or would not do for woman ,
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it would assuredly not bring her equal-
ity of pay with man. ( I
Nor would the ballot assist work- ,
ing women to obtain better legislative
protection [ against injurious conditions.
of employment. On the contrary , much "
* of the present legislation limiting the I
hours and regulating the terms of em1 1
ployment : for women would be ren
Ic .
dered unconstitutional by the proposed
extension of the suffrage. This legis-
lation , * so far as it applies to adult
women , now stands the test of consti-
tutionality only because women are in
the : same class with minors as regards
their : constitutional status. If women
were given the ballot and thus were
placed in the same class with' adult
men , they would be deprived of the
special protection now afforded them
,
by the labor code. In this respect the
working ; woman would be worse off
; with the ballot than she is without the (
boomerang "weapon. " t
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Hope for the , Victims of Narcotics.
In an article in Success Magazine
Alexander Lambert , M. D. , says : From
t
ime immemorial mankind has sought
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substances : to help celebrate his joys , . " .
or soothe his sorrows , or blunt the
drudgery of his existence. Opium and
alcohol have most frequently been
used for these purposes. Of late years '
ocaine has been added to this list. I
Whenever these narcotics have been
employed : for these purposes they have t
often been used to excess.
When the habit of the excessive use
o
of narcotics has once been formed , so -
rare ' indeed have been the instances
f individuals successfully freeing af aa
hemselves from their enslaving habit f
hat they have been regarded as medi a
cal curiosities. In , the whole broad
t
ange of the practice of medicine there n
s no ' situation more trying to patient c
aiid physician than the struggle to ob t
literate the craving for narcotics and a
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o I re-establish the patient in a nor-
-s it
tnal : state in i which he may again face
successfully the problems of existence.
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Until recently this seemed , all but o
possible , but lately treatment / was er
iscovered which successfully obliter- h
tes the craving for narcotics , and perb
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who enslaved
sons were formerly may
ow have the opportunity to begin life
mew [ without their resistless desire d
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'or narcotic indulgence.
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An Example. dic <
"Some adjectives , " said the teacher , B
"are made from nouns , such as dan
erous , meaning full of danger ; and a1 :
azardous , full of hazard. Can any w
toy give me another example ? " clS
"Yes , sir , " replied the fat boy at the S (
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2nd of the form , "pious , full of pie. " - tIw
rting Times.
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The Week
Weekress
in Congres
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During a brief session the Senate I
adopted a resolution by Senator Cul-
lorn calling on the Secretary of the In-
terior for information respecting min
ing disasters and facilities of the gov
ernment for rendering aid in such dIs-
asters. Adjourned at 1:16 until Mon .
day. The House devoted five hours t6
the District of Columbia appropriation
bill , carrying $10,156,473 for 1911. Mr.
Hitchcock of Nebraska in a speech de-
manded a congressional investigation
of the general land office. He attack-
ed Secretary Ballinger in connection
with the so-called Cunningham coal
and cases. ,
The I Senate was not in session Fri
day. Consideration of the District of
Columbia appropriation bill again pc-
s cupied the day in the House. An
, amendment providing $17,000 fbr chIl-
dren's playgrounds was inserted. Mr.
Mann , of Illinois , attacked Auditor
Tweedale , of the District , for criticiz-
ing Congress , and Mr. Fitzgerald , of
New York , ' intimated that ex-President
Roosevelt's bad example was to blame.
Adjourned at 3:53 : p. m. until Monday.
The' I
The nomination of Horace H. Lur
: ton to be associate justice of the , Uni-
ted States Supreme Court , was con.
firmed by the Senate Monday. : Sena-
tor Depew made an optimistic Christ-
mas cheer speech in reply to pessi-
mistic predictions , based _ on the tariff
made in La Follette's magazine and
in newspapers. A long list of nCmi-
nations for ambassadors , ministers
and other vappointive officers was sent
to the Senate by the President. The ; :
District of , Columbia appropriation .
bill , carrying : aiout $10,275,000 , was1 ' :
passed by the House. Mr. : Mondell of
Wyoming upheld Secretary Ballinger
in a speech against the proposition to
enlarge the government's authority
over dams and water power'rights in
the different States. The Fitzgerald
"unanimpus consent" rule was invok
ed for , the first time and two small lo
cal bills were passedv
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The Senate Tuesday adopted a reso
lution by Mr. Flint calling for all the
papers in the Ballinger-Pinchot case , j
and thus put in motion an inquiry into
that controversy. After some debate ]
adjournment was taken to Jan. 4. In
a ten-minute session Mr. Mann report
ed to the House' his bill for the sup-
pression of the white slave traffic and
Mr ! Richardson filed a minority report
p
against Mr. Mann's bill for the reor-
ganization of the government of the
Isthmus of Panama. The House ad.
journed to Jan. 4. I
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Mayor-Elect A. . sni1H Rich.
At the dinner of the Southern So
ciety at New York , Mayor-elect Gay- <
nor , addressing a company which inI ,
cluded Morgan : : , Gary , Ryan and other <
multimillionaires , besides Secretary of f
War Dickinson and Gov. Patterson of t
Tennessee , very _ bluntly assailed men
of large property for systematically
corrupting the city officials. These
"contemptible bribers , " he said , should $
be dealt with IB the courts without
mercy. He called particular attention e
to the matter of assessments , and said tiSi
the rich men who got their assess- Si
ments lowered by bribing the assess- \
ors , thus added the burden on the r
small : ; property holder. "How can the rn
laws ! be enforced under such condi-
tions ? " he asked , and he added that
there : is a false moral 'standard , not b
only in New York , but throughout the
si
whole , country with regard to the siV
cheating of the government. The
same men who would not cheat an in- TJa
a
divjdual : out of a dollar did not hesi- :
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tate : to steal thousands from the com- ta
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"ALL AROUND THE GLOBE.
Open-air schools for children in tht
tenement : districts are recommended
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in the annual report of the New York :
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association for improving the condition f'
of the poor , which is making a crusade
b
against tuberculosis.
a
Mark Hanna , a Russian who took an
s. :
Xmerican name and sought a license to
a
wed at Newport , Ky. ' , had to wait two ti
days because he forgot the name of a
he : prospective bride. Her name was
Fannie Dozorthzov.
The general committee of home mis- it
sions : and church extension work of tha la :
Methodist , Episcopal Church , in session ladi !
. Wilkesbarre , Pa. , decided to fix the d
amount to be asked from the churches S
or home missions and extension work v
at $1,500,000. si
Mayor. . J. N. Adam , of Buffalo , at a v
meeting of the tuberculosis hospital t o
ommisslon of that city , announced
hat ) he intended buying what is known
as the Perrysburg site of 293 acres for re
, tuberculosis hospital and presenting p :
t t to the city. A
W. S. Evans , aged 60 , formerly : ediJ' ; <
tor of the Orrville ( Ohio ) Courier , went lrel
on his first hunting expedition the othe ]
r day and his body was found later in
inJ
anging over an old fence , where it is J <
elieved he accidentally shot himself si
n the act of climbing over. t o
About 15 per cent of the people wlio
Ie in the District of Columbia from
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tuberculosis ; : ; contract Disease as a ' sioi
result of drinking milk furnished from oi
oiPI
airies in and around Washington acpJ
cording to < a declaration made by ti :
Health [ Officer Woodward. in
Salvatore Demma , a Syrian , is under
Columbus , Ohio in le
irrest at , connection
with the Black Hand cases. He is
charged with misusing the mails to q1 [
send blackmail matter and will be L
- in Toledo witn the fifteen others v
tried t o
svhn have been arrested during . thex last , GI
tew ! months. ai
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Dr. Frederick A. Cook , whose claims '
as discoverer of the north pole were ?
badly dashed by the decision of the 1
committee of the University of Copen- /
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hagen , was born in Brooklyn forty-
in.
four years ago and was educated
the public schools of that city and in ,
the medical department of the UnIver-
sity of New York. Twb years after
his graduation from the medical
school , at 28 , he signed as surgeon for
Peary's expedition of 1893. That was
his first ' experience as an arctic trav
eler. In 1897 Cook accompanied 'an.
expedition to the antarctic and brought
back a series of niagnetic observations , ,
and a profile of the bed of the sea . i
south of Cape Horn. From 1893 till
1907 he was engaged in his alleged as- i
cent of Mount McKinley , but " his
claims that he reached the torof the ,
peak are also discredited. These are
the only important events of his life t
previous , to his recent return from the I
north. ,
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The rank of rear admiral has been , r . .
conferred upon A. C. Dillingham and
Hugo Osterhous by the Navy Depart- _ ,
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Robert S. Parsons , of South Dakota ,
: former auditor of the treasury for the- i
Interior [ Department , was presented.
with a handsome gold watch appro- ,
priately inscribed , by the 150 employes- *
of that bureau. &
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Legislation aimed at corporation ,
lawyers in Congress , especially those-
representing , railroads , is the object of .z
a bill introduced by Senator Borah , or _ / r
Idaho : , and referred to the Senate judi- r "
cial committee. Mr. Borah would /
make it a crime punishable by a fine ;
of $10,000 or two years' : imprisonment
for a statesman to serve a corpora
tion. : , .
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Representative Burke of South Da-
kota is endeavoring to increase from
1.25 ; to $2.50 an acre the price of lands '
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opened for settlement within the Chey-
enne : : River and Standing Rock reserva .
ions. The present rate , Mr. : Burke as- . +
serts , is contrary to promises made ,
when the treaty for the cession of the
reservations < was made by the govern- ; " +
nent. f
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Senator Nelson , of Minnesota , will
aend qvery energy to pass at this ses-
ion his bill providing for the conser-
vation ! of the timber , resources of the- I ,
Jnited States. The measure has been
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pproved : by the Secretary of the In- f
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erior and will soon be taken up for I
iction by the Senate committee on i ; I
sublic lands , of which Mr. : Nelson is- ' i
Jhairman. 'l I
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Upon the recommendation of the- ' 'I i i
Secretary : of Agriculture , the Secre- {
ary of the Interior has withdrawn. , , Ii !
rbm all forms of disposition , except ; 1
y mineral entry , vacant unappropri1 -
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ted lands in the Sacramento and Su- j ,
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anville land districts of California as. 1
proposed addition to the Plumas na- , I i i j
ional forest. , The withdrawn lands. I I
ipproximate ] 118,611 acres.
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A conservation estimate policy that .
: is believed will be written into the
aws of the United States -was outlin- "
d . in . a bill that will soon be -Intro- . ' / ,
luced by Representative Frederick C. !
tevens , of St. Paul. The measure pro- !
Idesfor the *
_ disposal of water power i
iites under conditions that will I
prg-
ent < monopolization , or any tendency / " I
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Claiming that the term "Hebrew" is ! I :
eligious In its nature , and Has no- I 1 t
lace in the reports of immigrants } '
. to- ) :
.mericg : , representatives of various \ I
fewish societies have appealed to " I it I
: the-
mmigration commission asking for an i Ji i ,
ilimination of the word "Hebrew" from" I J : <
mmigration reports. They desire that [
Fews shall be known as Germans , Rus- I ; I
ilans or other nationalities , according j , , t 1 :
) the country from which . ' . '
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Regardless of the .
recent
old :
age pen- , - I 1
ion legislation , providing- pension 11' 1 '
f 'not less than
$12 per month for- ' '
jractically all of the old soldiers of I t
he country Congress is still * being \ t J '
mportuned for increases to almost as r
rreat an extent as before the general ' ttti ( j l
egislatlon was enacted. . . )
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Nearly : forty paintings recently ac- " : ( "t .
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Uired from the collection of -
Klnff- ' . i
eopold of Belgium have been brought , ft
I New York. Paintings by Van D yck. . ' . . , ' I
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