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laTentor Edison Blocki an Attempt of
OrafUn to Fleece the Public
fOOLISH SON STIRS WIZARD TO ACTION
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Order Issaea.
Thomas A. Edison, the famous Inventor,
took drsstio meana to protect hla name
nd by the same meana exposed a akeleton
la the family rloaet.
At the request of Mr. Edison, subple
m anted by ample proof, the Postofflce de
partment laaued a fraud order ecalnet
Tha Thomaa A. Edison, Jr., Chemical
Company of New York" and Its officers
debarring them from the use of the mails
and brought to light a condition of ;in"alis
which tha posts) authorltlea rgarJ-i us
showing conclusively a fraudulent at
tempt to get money out of the pocketa of a
trusting public by use of Edison's nam.
The order Indud') also Thomaa A. Edison,
Jr.,- aon of the electrical wizard, and the
evidence In the can Indicates a state of
trained relations between father and son.
The offices of tha Thomaa A. Edison,
Jr., Electrical company are at U and 1
Stone alreet. New Tork. The company
offered for sale a device styled "tha magno
tseclrle vllaJIsr,"' which consisted prin
cipally of sn alleged electric battery. In
February, VA, tha patent ofllca denied an
application for a patent of the device on
tha ground that tha battery consisted only
of two plates of copper with Interposing
acidulated blotting paper, which the ex
aminers pronounced Inoperative because
there was noaher any relation of copper
and sine as required for a battery cell.
Alterations were suggested by the patent
office to meet the requirements for a bat
tery, but they were not satisfactory to the
examiners snd a second application for a
patent was refused.
The Thomaa A. Edison, Jr., Chemical com
pany advertise! Ita device extensively. In
on of Ita statements it said that young
Edison had refused 750,060 for his Inven
tion. It wss stated also that young Edi
son had Inherited the Inventive genlua of
Ilia father, but had devoted It to the cause
of humanity and waa proving his philan
thropy by offering tha mag no-electric vltal
Iser for sale at coat 1. Readers of tha
advertisement were Invited to send a de
scription of their aliments to Thomaa A.
Edison, Jr., at tha company's address and
it waa shown by the evidence submitted
that responses were sent to these to the
effect that young Edison had found that
the symptoms described were such a could
be cured by his Invention.
Assistant Attorney General Goodwin, In
tha opinion recommending the fraud order.
Says:
'It appeara that the article which the
company is endeavoring to sell to the pub
lic Is Inoperative; that all matters of
opinion relative to Its curative power for
diseases, and other matters of opinion, are
made dishonestly, and with Intent to de
ceive and that falsa and fraudulent repre
sentations are made regarding foreign pat
ents, tha Inventive genius of Edison, Jr.,
Ills Inventing this vltallxer, the personal
attention alleged to be given to the treat
ment by Edison, Jr., tha laboratory of
Edison, Jr., and hla motives In offering the
article for sale."
Ilgaattrt Vsed.
Another feature 'in tha case was tha fac
simile of tha signature of Thomas Alva
Edison, sr., used by tha company for a
considerable Uma, but afterwards discon
tinued. It appears from the evidence that
the company Imitated the signature of
' Edison, sr. -In bis opinion, As'l't.-int At
torney General Goodwin aays:
"Tha company throughout I's literature
expressly and Impliedly seeks to convey
to tha pnbllo the impression that Edison,
)., la a man of Inventive genlua as great
a that of his father. For instance, the
following was written by Manager Sparks:
." 'Never has tha truth of the' law of
heredity btan so well .Illustrated as It
baa In tha Edlsons father and son.' "
It. was disclosed Edison, Jr., was not
tha Inventor; that under tha agreement
ha had with tha company he never re
ceived over $36 a week, while the company
, sold thousands of the Vltallier at $8 per
set at a large profit- v
From the evidence before the department
It- appeared tha vltallxer waa never pat
anted. Examiner George W. Seeley of the
patent office found it Inoperative. In Feb
ruary, 1908, Mr. Beeley said tha "so-called
BEAUTY OF SKIN
PURITY OF BLOOD
Ancient' and Modern Ideas on
These Interesting
Subjects.
UP-TO-DATE METHODS
for Purifying: and Beautifying
the Skin, Scalp, Hair
and Hands.
Socrttea call ad beauty a short-Hred
tyranny, Plato a privilege of nature,
Theocritus, a delightful prejudice,
Tneophrastos a silent cheat, Carneadee
a solitary kingdom, Homer a glorious
gift of nature, Ovid a favor of the
gods. Aristotle affirmed that beauty
waa better than all the letters of rec
ommendation la the world, and yet
one of these distinguished authorltlea
has left ns area a bint of how beauty
U to be perpetuated, or the ravages of
age and disease defied. Time soon
blends the Illy and the rose Into the
pallor of age, disease dots the fair face
with cutaneous disfigurations and
crimsons the Roman nose with unsight
ly flushes, moth. If not met, corrupts
tee glory of eyes, teeth, and Hps yet
baauUfil by defacing ths complexion,
and All the aenslUre soul wlttt agony.
If such be the unhappy condition of
one afflicted with slight skin blemishes,
what must be the feelings of those la
whom torturing humors have for
years run riot, covering the akin with
scales and sores and charging the '
blood with poisonous elements to be
come a part of the system nniV death f
tt Is in the treatment of torturing,
disfiguring humors and affections of
iae skin. scaJp and blood, with loss of
hair, that ths Cutlcura remedies have
achieved their greatest success. Orig
inal la pom position, scientifically com
pounded, absolutely pure, nnchangti
able la anjr climate, always ready, axd
agreeable to the most delicate and aen
Utve, they present to. young and old
the most successful curatives of mod
era Uwcs.
battery cell appears to be Inoperative."
Amendments were proposed and a year
later Mr. 8eley found the device still In
operative, the body of the patient receiv
ing little of the current In the circuit.
Among other representations to the pub
lic as one that the alleviation of human
suffering waa the object of tha company,
the profits being but slight.
Where Idea Originated.
Franklin Everhart and W. Newton Ben
nington in 1901 organised the Edison Chem
ical company, under tha laws of Delaware.
After a few months' operation they were
enjoined from using the name as a result
of a suit brought against them by Mr.
Edison. Their claim that a C. M. Edison
wss a member of their directorate, and
that It waa hla name that waa used by the
company waa not upheld.
Then Everhart, Bennington and certain
other men In "the street" approached
Thomas A. Edison, Jr., and secured a,tllle
to the right to use hla. name. They met
young Edison In this city. He was lra
prei.onable, and it was therefore an easy
matter for Everhart to get the boy to
permit the use of his name in connection
with a new company for a consideration of
$2S per wer-k. With this accomplished, tha
concern known as the Thomas A, Edison,
Jr., Chemical company waa organised under
the laws of Delaware.
t'ntll they coul.t hit upon some electrical
term to give to the company's products
the associates simply sold Ink, bluing, pa
per, perfume and other commodities. One
day young Edison happened to speak of an
Idea he had in connection with a medical
electric battery. Everhart and Bennington
seised upon the Idea Instantly. An appli
cation for a patent was sent to Washington.
The answer came back that the affair was
Inoperative.
This did not deter Everhart In the least.
Ha decided that he had the rough outline
of an apparatus which might be trimmed
up and made a wonderful Invention. He
secured the services of men who had some
knowledge of electricity, and by December
C, 1902, had been able to construct, a com
plex bit ,of head and body harness which
was called the magno-electrlc vltallxer, and
said was cspable of curing every disease
known to man.
On that day he drew up a contract with
Thomas A. Edison. Jr., assigning all rights
to the latter and a royalty of t2 on every
vltallxer sold, the price of the article be
ing fixed at 18.
Blow to Thomaa Edlaoa.
Thomas A. Edison, the veteran and bril
liant Inventor, after bearing for almost
two years a heavy weight of sorrow be
cause his son and namesake for a paltry
weekly stipend plunged the family nams
into disreputable association, put all tho
energy of his declining years Into the fight
which came to a successful termination
today.
The son, repentant and broken In health.
Is, even now with the battle won, under
the watchful eye of a nurse at Greenwood
Luke, lest In his present nervous condition
he might unwittingly yield to the persua
sion of other smooth-tongued men.
Reconciliation is at hand between father
and son. The one is willing to forgive and
forget; the other wants another chance.
So anxious was Edison, Jr., to take ad.
vantage of the friendly hand of aid which
his father extended to him in September
that he got up out of a sick bed and went
to Washington as a witness In the case.
Thomas A. Edison appealed to the Wash
ington authorities in this wise:
"The Thomas A. Edison, Jr., Chemical
company Is and has been engaged In an
Illegitimate, fraudulent and deceptive
schema for Imposing upon the credulous
public, and particularly upon persona In-,
capacitated and made desperate by dis
ease. My son, who Is named in the com
pany's literature as a great Inventor and
medical authority and In personal charge
of the regulation of the vltallxers to he
needs of Individual cases, Is a young man
of no scientific or inventive attainments.
He never represented himsulf such. All
tho statements attributed to him In the
alleged interviews and In the publications
of the company are false. He has no in
terest in the company and never was dl.
rectly connected with Its operations.
"The boy was gotten hold of solely for
tho use of his name. In the way of re
muneration he never received more than
$36 a week.
"He did suggest to the company on one
occasion the advisability of marketing an
electric medical battery, but It was not
the 'vltallier.' My son is Incapable of
making any Invention or diacovery of mrlt.
"Before 1808 he was employed in a cler
ical capacity in my office. Ho has had no
regular employment since, but has sup
ported himself by the sale of his name to a
number of persons, who have sought to
trade on my reputation."
Baa's Confession.
To his father, Thomas A. Edison, Jr.,
made this confession:
"I was a stockholder In the company
bearing my name, but in August, lflul,
after having received only $35 a week for
clerical work In the office, dropped It ifnd
never went back again. Those vltallxers
were made by the wholesale t Cambridge
port, Mass. I never saw anv of h onm.
pany'a letters until I signed an affidavit, on
August ii. iwk. Ai statements which have
been attributed to me In hn pmnnanv.
literature are false. I never gave an In.
terview to anybody. I was misled by one
named Newton Bennlnaton and a.
raaliicd that I was being Imposed upon.
several occasions I protested tho men-
lion or 'Mr. Edison' In the comnanv'a lu.
erature and ths una of your signature,
wnicn waa taken from a photograph.
"It Is hard for me to realize nnw hn t
could have been so weak as to yield to tha
persuasion or mass men, who have been
trading on our family naina anil
reputation."
NEW YORK'S FLOWER SHOW
Soma ISO Varieties of Chrysaath.
mama Exhibited la Ceatral
Park Greeahoase.
There Is a wealth of color In tha ex
hibition of chrysanthemums which, with
one of other flowers, opened Monday at tha
Central Park conservatories, Fifth avenue
and One Hundred and Fifth street. There
wera soma 160 varieties of the beautiful
blossoms In all colors and shades, very
evenly divided. A feature of the' show
was the mass of little Mlspah chrysanthe
mum which tormed a border to the larger
plants, extending around the sides and
center of. the north conservatory. These
are small plants with many little daisy-like
blossoms, tha greatest number of a deep
magnsta pink with here and there ona of
yellow or white.
Thomas Humphreys Is the new chrysan
themum of tha year; It la a beautiful rich
terra-cotta, with yellow under petals,
which turn up to form a medium slxed and
very pretty blossom. Rider Haggard Is an
old friend, with white petals and beauti
ful sunflower-Ilk center; Shavings la a
funny little narrow, curled petaled flower
In yellow and yellow and red, which looks
half wilted; Sliver Cloud is a big, creamy
whit beauty, and tli Petaluna ar sharp
petaled blossoms which look like small
hedgehogs. Acacls and genestas make a
feathery background of green and In tha
center are pig tree ferns and New Holland
plant.
In the stov house adjoining th north
greenhouse ar the pitcher plsnts In which
tha children delight, and quite a crop of
peanuts has bean raised ia th cgnstrva-
tories this year. A heslthy plant on ex
hibition shows a mammo4heanut on the
surface of the ground. Peanuts r not
tubers, they tell the children who Inquire,
but a fruit, a seed pod which In Us last
stages work Itself Into th earth. Ther
are beautiful sensitive planta In this house,
the foliage plants in -green ana wiui.
red, a green snd white pineapple being
na which Is always Interesting.
In the main greenhouse they have a
small coffee plantation, raised since last
year, snd In the entrance one big coffee
plant some eight feet high and In full
fruit, good-slxed pods, eacn containing a
double berry. In the rear comer of the
main conservatory I the most valuable
plant In the collection, a great Australian
flame tree at least twenty feet tall and
with a leaf resembling that of the pin oak.
The tree was In blossom last month, show.
Ing brilliant flama-colored bloom which
will not be seen again for another year,
This plant Is a fine specimen valued at
$1,000.
In the center of the house Is th big
royal palm tree, with a fountain of silvery
strings on the trunk well below the leaves.
the fruit of the tree. There are enormou
Chinese fan palm trees, whose leaves
would make fan for giant, a sago palm
with Its husk-covered trunk, and an enor
mous banana tree, with a big bunch of half.
grown bananas. These are the red variety.
The leaves are seven and eight feet long.
Btag-hom and eelphant-ear fern are al
ways Interesting In tha fern house, and
there I a new lot of orchids the cattleya
dowlana. a cream top and rich crimson
lip, a beauty, and a queer little leopard'
spoted tygopetalum mackayl, which Is In
teresting.
Nothing Is more beautiful than th tea
roses In full blossom In the south green
house. These ar trained across one end
of the house l'ldore, the petals tinted with
deep shell pink; the pearl de Jardln, a
deep yellow, and a large-petaled pure whit
blossom nlphltus. President Pallas of the
park board has suggested many Improve
ment In the plant work since he came Into
office. The exhibition will continue for a
month. New Tork Times.
COULD NOT STOP CRYING
Love Letters of a Constable la aa
Amaslas; Breach f Promise
Case la aa Irish Coart.
The love letters of an Irish constable
kept the Longford county court In roar of
laughter tha other day, when their author
waa sued for breach of promise. The Judge,
scenting amusement at the outset, cheerily
remarked that th case would probably be
a pleasant change after a long day of dull
litigation. His forecast was correct
Though he cried when he left her and did
not know when he waa going to stop, Con
stable Patrick Greallsh, formerly of the
County Longford force, and now stationed
In County Mayo, did not marry Miss Agnes
Fanning, a dressmaker, but chose someone
else. Consequently Miss Fanning sought
600 damages. She was awarded 65.
The couple became engaged In' October,
1902, Greallsh being then at Longford, and
Miss Fanning living with her brother, who
kept a public house opposite the barracks.
When he had nothing else to do Greallsh,
according to Miss Fanning' counsel, says
the Irish Independent, spent his time in
tha public house making love to Miss Fan
ning. Then he was transferred to Drum
Ush, and love letters poured upon Miss Fan
ning by the shoal.
But hla affections changed. The first In
timation Mis Fanning had of the change
waa dramatic. She heard that her lover
had married someone else.
Counsel .was armed with. a large bundlje
of the love letters. The following are ex
tracts: i
It Is needless to mention tcf you. my Ag
nes, I am heart-broken it- this place
(Drumllsh). I arrived here quite safe about
& p. m. I must mention, AHr.es, that I cried
th whole way out. (Laughter.) You know,
Agnes, I could live in a wilderness and be
happy as long as 1 could have vou with me.
But, dearest, it's something desperate on
me to be separated from you. However,
It'a not long, darling, we shall be apart,
although, darling, while I am writing this
letter 1 am crying as much as when part
ing from you yesterday. 1 don't know when
I am going to stop. Not, 1 suppose, until
you are with me.
Well darling, they are all glad to see
me In nrumllsn. Mrs1. Burbnge went so far
as to kirn me on my arrival last night.
(Laughter). But that was not to be won
dered at, aa we are from the same town
land and went to school together.
Also Father Kevllle. When he met me
he stretched me out his two hands, and tha
next thing he says to me: "You must give
me a half sovereign toward the building
of the new chapel." (Loud laughter.)
I am sure I muft have been noticed when
leaving you yeaterday. I mean my crying,
dearest. I was more or less ashamed, darl
ing, but I could not help It.
The next letter was a model of briefness.
"Just a few line," It ran; "I am In very
bad form for writing, a my hand is
shaky." He added, however, "Love to
death" and three crosre.
'Subsequently ho was in better form,
though "still lonesome":
It makes m very lone'y to see all the
market people going to Longford today,
and your own Greallsh In a hut In Drum
ltsh. Well, my dearest Agnea, there la one
matter now which I must mention to you,
though, darltog, at the same time it makes
me blush to have to admit it. That la our
marriage, which Is to come off befor Ad
vent. I by myself am not In a position to carry
out the wish of my heart that is, to be
married this month. But, darling, it would
be the wish of my heart that we could be
married before Advent come In. So now,
Agnes, darling, I suppose at the very low
est It will take about 10 to attain that
object; so, dearest, let mo know by return
If you will be able to give me that much.
(Laughter). Then, darling, w will be one
until death.
His last letter was undated. It cam
from Lanes borough. It ran:
My Dear Agnes: I have got the rings by
this morning's poet. I trust in God It will
fit you all right, as you can keep any ona
of the rings you like, and send the other
two back, aa I must return them tonight.
Tou ran keep the case; It is free. 1 will
put the ring on your Anger tomorrow. You
can keep It until then. Goodbye, your lov
ing Patrick. Send ma a note tonight. Don't
forget.
The defendant did not appear, but his
eounsel startled tha court by stating that
tha defense was Insanity. He afterward
explained that this was a Jest "But," he
added, "If the Jury took the bundl of let
ters I have here up to the room with them
and looked them over they would come to
tha conclusion that a more Imbecile bundle
of productions was never written."
Miss Fanning gav It as her opinion that
the letter asking for 10 waa a mean ona.
She "had written and told him so. She did
not aend tha money. London Mall.
WEAR TWO PAIRS OF SOCKS
Advle of a Shoe talessaaa to Resi
dents of the Eastera Blls
sard Belt.
"I see you wear two pairs of socks," said
the- shoe salesman to the customer. "You
are very wise. A good many people are
beginning to do It, especially between
seasons.
"People ought to do It all through the
winter. There Is mor warmth In two pairs
of summer socks than ther I In th heavi
est pair of woollens that ever wss manu
factured. '
"If you are troubled with cold feet, you
will find that the combination of a pair of
woollens and a pair of lightweight socka
balbrlggun or llsl thread will fix you uj
comfortably th coldest day that comes
If your feet ar tender, you can wear the
thread ones Inside and th wool without.
If you ar eatra cold reverse the pro.
Wulcbsv you do, you wUl find the thin
ft ' w
WE HAVE ALL AGREED ON THIS
THE
pair easily doubles the value of the thick
one.
"There is, generally speaking, an alto
gether wrong notion as to the, best way to
keep the feet warm. People ask for heavy
soles and cork soles and Insoles and, fleece
soles, and fhlnk they are protecting; their
feet.
'It Is all a mistake. The soles of the feet
are not sensitive to cold. It Is not through
the soles that you catch cold or feel cold.
Any ordinary shoe affords the feet all the
protection necessary, so far as temperature
Is concerned.
'To avoid cold feet the ankles and Instep
should be protected. That's where your
second pair of socks does Its work. But,
as a matter of fact, In very cold weather
everyone should wear cloth tops covering
the whole upper part of the shoe.
"With spats and doubled socks and me
dium weight shoes you can walk on ice in
sero weather and not know It's cold so far
aa your feet are concerned. Of course you
feel the cold most In your toes, but the
protection of the upper part of the foot
where the larger blood vessels run down
Is the main thing. Your toes won't feel
cold if the rest of your foot is warm.
"I'd like to sell you a pair of tops. These
black ones would Just go with your new
shoes. They're only no, not this time?
Well, call again." New York Bun,
MILLIONAIRE FOR BUSINESS
Bank; Clerk Who Handles a Haadred
Millions Daring; Each
Year.
Tha handling of sums of money approxi
mating $100,000,000 each year is a feat with
which but few people have to trouble them
selves. Lemoyn S. Hatch of Chicago la
on of these few. Mr. Hatch Is In charge
of the "currency bin" of the First National
bank and annually bank notes, silver cer
tificates and gold pass through his hand
to a total of tha amount above named.
He ha been handling money for the last
six years, so he has counted In his life
something like over S5O0.0O0.OOO. On night
recently at a contest held by bank clerks
h conclusively proved the old adage to the
effect that practice make perfect, by
counting a total of $6,000 In note of vari
ous denominations In the record-breaking
time of twenty-one minute six and a half
seconds.
This money. In the form of notes of dlf.
ferent denominations, 6s, 10s and 20s, was
wrai ped In ona large package divided by
trip Into small parcels. In counting th
money Mr. Hatch sorted th denomination
together, counted them, wrapped them up
In package and made out a complete state
ment of tha currency handled. Each pack
age of each denomination wa "proved"
after being orted and after being tied up,
so In all th 816 bills of which the amount
consisted were handled three times, equal
ing tha counting of 2,636 bills one time.
Thl t considerably aver 100 bills per min
ute. "This Is a little faster than w generally
work during th day work," said Mr.
Hatch, "but still we count a good many
note each minute during the day. W
wora about seven hours each day and count
money all th time. Th counting of money
In the currency bin of a bank Ilk thl is
not th slmpl process that many peopl
might think. There 1 ona thing that must
d attained In a department where there
la each year handled tlflO.OOO.OOO In cash,
and that I accuracy. The pain to which
w go to obtain thl will prov a surprise
to many who imagine that money Is counted
Dy one man, then wrapped up and pos
sibly proved by another.
"In handling the money in th currency
bin It Is not only necessary to properly
count th amount handled. Money must ba
sorted Into the different denominations and
Issues. When note ar to b returned to
the government and this Is don her with
all old money It la required that th vari
ous Issues ba returned In separata packages.
Thus ths man counting a stack of bills
containing sevsra) thousand dollars la dif
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NATIONAL
CATARRH REMEDY
ferent denominations and Issues, must not
only keep track of hla count and sort out
ths denominations, but he must also watch
the Issues and do the same with them.
"It will be realized that to make a mis
take under these conditions does not require
much effort on the part of the clerk. So
the money Is proved three times, and when
we are through with It you could look a
long tlmo without finding an error In It.
This Is not so much because of the effec
tiveness of the system aa of tha accuracy
which the counter with years of practice
acqulrea In the contest held here last
week the only error made In counting
among all contestants was one of 2 cents,
and that was made by a man adding checks
on the adding machine.
"A man gets to be almost mechanical in
accuracy If he is adapted to this work and
stays at it long enough. It requires little
mental effort on hla part to count, and aa
for the physical end of It, while it Is hard
on the wrists and fingers as first, one gets
used to It. I can thumb bills all day and
not feel the least bit tired at night. But
my hands and finger are calloused, as you
can see. No, most people don't get cal
louses on their hands from handling bank
notes. "The money that gives the most trouble
In counting is the old bill and the one that
la mutilated. This money is only countod
so -that It may be returned to the govern
ment, as the bank here only Issues 'fresh
money. We get notes worn so thin that
they seein ready to fall apart. These are
hard to handle, of course. They stick to
gether and otherwise give trouble. The bill
with the corners torn off Is nearly as trou
blesome. '
"The theory of microbes abounding In old
bill does not seem altogether to be able to
stand alone when put to the practical test.
If it did, I ought to have contracted every
disease In existence. But the old money
never troubled me, and my five assistants
actually seem to thrive and grow fat band
ling It." Chicago Tribune.
Congress of Foresters.
Knrlv In tha evmlns vear an American
forest congress will meet in Washington
under the auspices of the American For
estry association. The congress la called
The people who
from the nerve tissues of body and brain.
It doesn't matter whether you work with your head or with
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Ghirardclli's Ground Chocolate contains all the nutriment in
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more convenient than cake chocolate for beverages as well as baking.
Lock for the patented hermetically sealed cans used only by
GhirardellL All others are imitations.
to consider the forests In their relation
to the great industries closely dependent
on them, such as lumbering, transporta
tion, Irrigation, mining and grazing. Its
Intention In general Is to guard intelligently
our forest resource, and bring to an end
the Ignorant and destructive ravage of
the lumberman and the wood pulp man,
who, left to themselves, would In a cen
tury denude the continent and provide the
way for It to become a deeert. The con
gress is of national Importance, the presi
dent will address it, and Its alms have the
sympathy of everybody with sufficient in
telllgence to comprehend their bearing on
the public welfare. The congress may bear
In mind and flourish forth anew Hum
boldt' dictum that wherever man has ap
peared on the earth he has prepared the
way for his extinction by his destruction
of forests. New York Tribune.
"MAMMY" CALLS ON "MISSY"
Old Colored Servant Brashes Aside
1'ollceinnn and Pays Farewell
Call on Bride.
While the last preparations were going
on In the residence of Thomas E. Still
man of New York, the millionaire lawyer
of 9 East Seventy-eighth street, for the
wedding of his daughter, Miss Mury E.
fltlllman to Edward S. Harshn.s, a tickety
old farm wagon, occupied by a white
haired negro mammy and a wee picka
ninny, drawn by a horse whose bones al
most broke' through its mud-colored hide,
cluttered from Fifth avenue Into Seventy
eighth street and halted before the Still
man doorway.
Down the stoop and across the sidewalk
an nwnlng had been erected. Underneath a
width of soft carpet had been laid. Around
the entrance uniformed policemen and de
tectives stood as a guard against curious
loiterers.
As the strange vehicle drew up beside the
curb the old negro woman roso to her feet
handed the reins to the little boy at her
side and began to smooth out the wrinkles
in the gorgeous velvet gown she wore. As
she patted her finery two policemen darted
forward. The first to reach her said. "Move
have to work need all the help
Made in California uhert ill talt i$ ioubU that of all atkf
cocoa combined a provf of tit upriority.
SUBJECT
Hers been
welcomed Iby-us
all to reli eve our
people from the
ravages of
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diseases.
on." Then he moved forward toward ths
horse aa If he would lead It away.
"Yo' Jes' let dat hawse 'Ion, mister," fr
torted mammy.
Before the copper had time to think the)
old negress had made a leap to th velvet
carpet and grabbed hla coat tail.
"But you can't stop here, auntie," he
said.
"Can't stop hyah? Who can'tT" SB
snorted. "Shucks, chile, you go 'way fata
hyah."
"But" began the officer.
"Now, now," droned the old woman,
"doan you reckon I knows what I wantsl
Heh?"
"Tommy," she said to the small boy in
the wagon, "you take good keer o dot
wagln till grannie come back."
Without more ado, still shooing off the
policemen, she marched up the carpeted
step and opened the front door. A liveried
servant got In the way here, but his ob
jections were no more successful than those
of the policemen,
"Doan you t'lnk I knows what I wants?"
she repeated. "I'se gwine to see my honey
Missy before she gets married, I'se."
The first liveried servant called another.
The r.cgress shooed both of them away.
About that time Mr. Stlllman, hearing
the commotion, hurried to the door.
"Why, It's Aunt Celia." ha said.
"Sure 'tis, honey," cried th old woman.
"I'se des came to de' weddln' an' dere's a
letter present out der In der wagln fer
Missy."
The policemen, detectives, butlers and
footmen retired, defelrted, a the lawyer or
dered the door opened to the guest "Cella
Johneon, dat's mah name," as she de
scribed herself who was the family ser
vant of the Stlllmnns for thirty years, until
the bride's father bought her a farm over
Jersey way.
The present In the "wagln" was a hug
pumpkin. Chicago Tribune.
Valentine lirarlns Mondny.
CINCINNATI. Nov. 23. Joseph T. Vnlen-
tlne. president of the Iron Molders' I'nlon
of North America, waa In police court today
to answer to the cnnr;e or alcilng unci anei
ting the malicious destruction of property.
The hearing of Mr. Vulcntine was 'set for
ninnnn' next. The case o: Thom:is
Bracken, churned with complicity in the
murder of Weakley, a nonunion molder,
was set for tomorrow.
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