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^AKlN5 Absolutely Pure The only baking powder made from Royal Grope Cream of Tartar NoAlum,NoLimePhosphate BURMAH HOME OF THE RUBY Practically All the Valuable Stones Are the Product of That Country's Mines. All the world's great rubies come from the mines of the Mogok valley, India. There are four principal mines in the valley, in each of which mod ern tools and machinery are used, which facilitate the proper examina tion of a large amount of byon or ruby-bearing clay each day. In the nearby valleys the Burmans still prosecute their searches in the old way, digging and washing by hand la bor, but often with astonishing re sults. In the large workings the sys tem has been reduced to a science, with corresponding results. The work goes on day and night. The ruby bearing clay Is extracted by the open Quarry method of removing all the surface down to the valuable clay, which is then dug up, carried on trol leys to the steam cleansing mill, washed, passed through the sieves, and then examined for rubies and spinels. The byon stretches almost everywhere along the Mogok valley, and wherever this clay exists rubies are to be found. Besides the pure ruby, spinel or balas rubies are found in large quantities in the same neigh borhood. Wherever the ruby is found the spinel is sure to crop up close be side it. They are both crystals of alumina, but of different shapes. Ex cept in a few rare cases the expert can easily distinguish between the two stones, although they are very much alike to the naked eye. The Burman is inclined to invest his savings in ru bies and diamonds, which may be readily realized upon in times of finan cial stress. Rubies are more precious than diamonds, and are practically in destructible except by fire. During the season as many as 2,000 Burmans are employed in the mines. Power of Small Vegetable. Nature manifests her latent power In strange ways Radishes which it was thought had all been uprooted are growing through the asphalt in the playground of St George's schools, Northampton, England, the site of which was formerly a market garden, and it is feared they may injure the buildings themselves. TO THE MAN WHO SMOKE, No. 10 A Cigar lasts you about an hour so the price for a good time for an hour is only the price of a Cigar. Isn't it worth while then to get one that is good—for it means an hour's pleasure or an hour's disappointment You simply cannot get a poor cigar here because we do not keep them in stock and no matter what your taste we can gratify it. ft- CHILD CRUSADER,E By F. A. I E [Copyright, 1909, by American Press Asso ciation.] Pr7"% Far back in what are called the' mid dle ages in Europe one vast army after another marched to Palestine with/ a view to freeing the holy sepulcher from the infidel Turk. These crusades, as they were called, produced an. epi demic of fanaticism which at last seized upon the children. A French peasant boy about twelve years old conceived the idea that he had been assigned a divine mission to lead the children to the rescue of the holy sepulcher. He exhorted* them, mak ing them wild with religious frenzy. Fifty thousand children went from Germany and 30,000 from France. Two thousand sailed from Brindusium from whom no voice ever came back. The French children were betrayed and sold to Mohammedan masters. At that time there lived in Venice a boy named Dino Cosimo, who was being brought up with a little girl, Gemma, his constant playfellow. Dino never played with boys, Gemma never played with girls, because neither would give up for any time the society of the other. Dino used to row Gem ma in his little gondola on the canals every day. During these boat rides they would sing, though the songs they knew were very limited, Dino han dling the pole, Gemma sitting in the stern with her lute, a stringed instru ment much like a mandolin. When the wave of childish fanati cism that resulted in the children's crusades swept over Europe it carried Dino with it. Gemma was a child of rare foresight for those days and did not see how children could accomplish that in which great armies had failed. She begged iDino not to go, but he claimed that he obeyed a sacred duty and that the child army would be made to prevail by divine interposition. Dino bid adieu to his playmate and sailed out upon the Adriatic sea with a fleet of child laden ships. Month after month, year after year, passed and no tidings came from the fleet of children. Gemma from the first had little faith in the success of the expedition and at last made up her mind that Dino would never return to her. After five years had passed and she found the same void in her heart as of yore she determined to go in search of her companion. She was now seventeen years old. That was the period of minstrelsy when men gained a livelihood by singing, usually with harp accompaniment, their own verses or the popular ballads recount ing events of the time. *Gemma dress ed herself as a minstrel boy and, tak ing her harp, set out to work her way on foot to the Holy Land. Turning her face eastward, she walked, sing ing by the way for bits of money, till she came to the Danube river. This she followed, occasionally making short distances by boat, and at its mouth in the Black sea found a ship about to leave for Constantinople. She prevailed upon the captain to take her with him, promising to amuse those on board during the trip with her minstrelsy. From Constantinople, then a Christian city, disguised as a Turk, she entered the domains of the sultan, but before doing so she learned some thing of the Turkish language and a few songs. These she sang by the way, visiting different Turkish cities and saving nearly all the coins that were given her. Two years after Gemma had left Venice she found herself one day sit ting on a bridge that crossed a river dividing a city, singing a Turkish song and accompanying herself on her harp By this time she was old enough to know that she would not be likely to recognize Dino, nor would he know her. She had learned that the Vene tian crusaders had been sold into slav ery and believed that Dino if alive was a slave. Indeed, she saw white slaves frequently, and whenever she met one about Dlno's age she would sing a song they used to sing on the canals of Venice. While she sat on the bridge a Turk walked by, followed by a retinue of servants, among them a tall white slave about twenty-one years old, in whom there was something to remind her of the boy Dino. She sang a few notes in an undertone of the song. The slave stopped and looked at her in as tonishment. Gemma, though she knew she had found her quest, had presence of mind enough to look an order to him not to notice her. Dino saw in the supposed Turkish boy a develop ment of his £hild friend and. restrained himself. He was in the rear of the train of slaves, and Gemma made a sign to him to go on. Presently she arose and followed, never losing sight of him till she had seen him enter a large house with his master. The nest day a slave dealer applied to Dino's master to buy the slave. The master would not sell. Dino, who had got word from Gemma that she would buy him with her savings, set himself to work to dissatisfy his master with him. Many a bastinado he got for re fusing to work, but he persisted, and at last his master consented to sell him at a low price, which took nearly all the money Gemma had saved. When Dino was turned over to his new master there was a joyful meet ing. But when Dino approached to embrace her they were no longer chil dren. Gemma received his caresses with blushes. How as master and slave they trav eled to the coast and took ship for Venice would make a happier story than has preceded, but a less eventful one. They arrived safely, and Dine was the only one of the child crusad ers that had sailed away on the Adri atic who waK sever heard from. 3 SBy MARTHA C. HUTCHINS. [Copyright, 1909, by American Press Asso ciation.]jpl||||^ Edgar Barry, novelist, was sitting in his living rooms when his friend Rob ert (commonly called Bob) Smithson, manufacturer of drainpipe, entered simultaneously with the postman. Bar ry took a letter from the latter, tore it open, scowled and threw it in a waste basket. "Evidently," said Smithson, ^""you don't prize your correspondent." "Oh, these women! They are con tinually writing me to know what some of my characters mean by such a thing, or how interested they are in the story, or how and when will it end in the magazine or something else, all of which means that they wish to get me to attend a function they're about to give and show me off as their inti mate friend." Smithson picked the note out of the basket and read it "Would "you object to turning this lady over to me?" he asked. "I might personate you." "Not in the least." "She seems to be quite fascinated with your character of Edwin Os trander." "Nonsense! She wants to get me to her party. Follow it up, personate me if you like, and you will be lionized." And so it turned out. A week later the audacious Bob Smithson was pres ent at a musical as Edgar Barry, who had recently risen into prominence through a story that'had made a hit. The worst feature about Smithson's performance was that he circulated a report that he had drawn the much admired Edwin Ostrander from him self. It didn't take long for the fascinat ing literary manufacturer not of ro mances, but of drainpipe, to fall In love with Alice Beardsley, who gave her whole heart to the deceiver. Bob proposed to her without realizing what he was doing, and the young lady, carried away by her feelings, accepted him without taking time to think about it. Then Bob awoke the morning aft er it had happened to a realization of his situation. He wrote out ten con fessions and tore them all up. He started six times to go and make a verbal confession and backed out ev ery time, including the one after he had rung the doorbell. Bob had told Miss Beardsley that he wrote in a room at the Authors' club. He told her this, intending to post Barry, who really did write there, so that if any notes came Barry would know and act accordingly. At 11 o'clock in the morning three days after Smithson's proposal, while Barry was putting some master touches to the character of Edwin Ostrander, the door opened and a servant in the club's livery announced: "A lady in the reception room to see you, sir." "A lady! What lady?" "She says tell 'im I'm his fiancy." "My fiancee!" TH AUDACITY OF* VIGOROUS FIGHT ON SOCIALISM The Author's club is a quiet place. Probably that is because authors have no money to spend in clubs. No one was about. The lady, taking advantage of this, had followed the servant to Mr. Barry's workrooms and now ap peared, trembling, at the open door. On seeing the au'thor she started. "I beg your pardon," she said. "I was looking for Mr. Barry." "I am Mr. Barry." "Not you the Mr. Barry." "I am Edgar Barry." "I am looking for Mr. Barry, the nov elist." "I write—at least, try to write— novels." Meanwhile the lady had stepped across the portal much bewildered. A servant approached and announced, "Mr. Smithson!" and in another mo ment Mr. Bob Smithson entered. "Oh, Edgar!" cried the lady. "What does it all mean?" Bob Smithson stood the picture of despair. He shivered and shook. He took out his handkerchief, drew it hastily across his brow, thrust it back into his pocket, tried to stammer some thing and at last looked appealingly, pitifully, at Barry. "What is it. Bob?" asked the latter. "Tell her." "The lady who"— "Yes for heaven's sake straighten it out!" "Miss"— Barry hesitated. Smithson put in: "Beardsley. If ever there was an angel on earth, and if ever there was a devil and a fool"— "Hold on, Bob! This is going to come out all right! Don't make it any worse. Miss Beardsley, you are en gaged to my esteemed friend Mr. Smithson, I believe." "I thought I was engaged to Mr. Barry, the novelist." Then, turning to her fiance, "What is your name, sir?" "Smithson, sweetheart. Bob—I mean Robert—Smithson." "Your profession?" "I—I sell drainpipe." "Drainpipe! I was not aware that the original of Edwin Ostrander dealt in a conductor of sewage." p»^ "Forgive me "K •'sMSM He stretched out his hands to her, but she turned, and after a rustle in the hall and a slam of the front door there was nothing left but the habit ual silence of the Authors' iclub. The same evening Mr. Barry called on Miss Beardsley, spoke in the high est terms of Mr. Smithson, told her that he had drawn Edwin Ostrander from him and secured a reconciliation. The-engagement has continued. »iS$$ Clergyman to Organize Nation al Campaign Against, It. S GALLS ITS Rev. J. Wesley Hill of New York Claims American Institutions Could Not Tol erate Principles of Socialism, Which He Terms Atheistic—Will Not Lead a "Pussy Footed" Attack. For several weeks the Rev. J. Wes ley Hill has been flaying the Socialists before his congregations at the Met ropolitan temple, in New York city, which is given over to the work of the Methodist Social union, and now his flock have come to the conclusion that the flaying ought to be extended from a civic to a national basis. As a con sequence they have passed a resolu tion authorizing their spiritual leader to call a national anti-socialistic con vention. The Bev. Mr. Hill «ays he is glad they did this and that henceforth the work will engage his whole attention. He hopes to bring together in his proposed convention representatives of universities, seminaries, Sunday schools, trades unions, organized reli gion and sociologists. To Be Fought Aggressively. Sitting in his study the other day, the Rev. Mr. Hill discussed the consid erations that move him to devote his next few years to leading a vigorous assault upon socialism. "We are going after socialism and are going after it aggressively. There are some very foolish ministers of the gospel in this country. They have the hardihood to speak of 'Christian so cialism,' and some of them even have adopted it as such. I want them to know—and they must learn it—that socialism attacks the very fundamen tal principles of Christian religion. As well talk of Christian free love or Christian atheism as of Ghristian so cialism. Rather class socialism where it of right belongs—with anarchism, with Mormonism and with atheism." It was suggested to the prime mover in the proposed crusade that some folks were having rather a consider able problem of fixing upon an exact definition of socialism. What Socialism Really Is. "I'll tell you exactly what it is," he answered. "It is an irreconcilable ene my of the existing civic and social or der. Its program is confiscation—that is, the municipalization or nationaliza tion of all capital. It wants to break abruptly with history. It denies the fundamental truths of evolution. It sees in revolution its chief and, in fact, its only practicable weapon. I don't want to lead a pussy footed at tack on such an institution, for its very spirit is misanthropic and pessi mistic. It goes to the poor and unfortu nate, the unadapted and discontented, and strives to make them still more discontented than they are. "The socialistic movement is perme ated with discontent and class hatred. The leaders present a disheartening picture of life to the toiler, striving to poison his mind against the employer by picturing him as a vampire feeding upon the hfeblood of his helpless vic tims. As it is there are Socialist Sun day schools being organized where the spirit of revolution is instilled into the minds of children. In this movement there is a subtle attack on our schools. "And then take the propaganda fun damentally. It wants to place a sort of paternalism above the heads of all men, making them subservient to it. As if man wasn't here before his in stitutions, he creating them and not they creating him, they overlook this fundamental fact of God's law of cre ation, and they attack the primary ele ment of progress—the preservation of individual initiative. "And the Christian ministers may well be aroused at this time, for so cialism is preaching everywhere that the churches are paid servants of cap italism. In fact, the destruction of the churches is one of the prime objects of socialism. ence is that it shall be able to unfurl a danger signal against fostering this propaganda, saturated as it is in the philosophy of confiscation. We shall organize branches in every state and shall center our work at first in an extensive press and publicity bureau." No Socialism For America. The Rev. Mr. Hill's attention was called to the fact that in Europe Sam uel Gompers was styled a Socialist during his visit there last summer, while here he is known as a trades un ionist "And the reason for that is very clear," he suggested. "Socialism is not indigenous to the soil of America. It was not born to fight our institutions, but those dark, tyrannical coun tries where the freedom of man can be attained no other way. On our city's east side, for instance, the im migrants are often recruited from Rus sia, where to be a Socialist means to oppose the tyrannical czar. An Amer ican Socialist, meeting these new immi grants, comes well indorsed. He finds it easy to weave about them his sub tle web of just such opposition to our, democratic government and our flag as the crusader with the same name, but a different purpose, was able to weave about them in their native land LONDON NON-TIP HOTEL PROVES GREAT SUCCESS. Principle Upheld by Plenty of Guests and Employees. The experiment of a non-tip hotel in the Strand, in London, has proved a success. Since the establishment was opened a year ago there has not been a vacant bedroom, a record which could not be equaled by any other London hotel. Every day the manage ment has had to refuse visitors. Al together nearly a quarter of a million guests have stayed at the hotel in the 344 days it has been open. The success of the hotel, the direc tors believe, is mainly due to the non tip rule. Guests are forbidden to offer any servant of the hotel a gratuity, and servants found accepting them are instantly dismissed. People know exactly what it is going to cost them before they set foot in the hotel, and when they pay their bill there Is no need for them to put their hands into their pockets to tip anybody. Although the rule against tipping is rigidly enforced by the management, there have been visitors who have in sisted upon offering gratuities. In or der to protect the servants from temp tation the management has had to re quest these visitors either to abide by the regulations or to seek accommoda tion elsewhere. The management has had no diffi culty in securing plenty of waiters and chambermaids despite the fact that they receive no tips. KANSAS SILK FARM SOLD. Frenchman's Failure Brings Good Price After Long Litigation. The old silk farm in Franklin coun ty, Kan., known as the De Boissiere Odd Fellows' home, which was the cause of much litigation, has been sold for $130,000. ""Some forty years ago M. de Bois siere of France went to Franklin coun ty, Kan., with philanthropic and busi ness intentions. He erected a silk fac tory eighteen miles from Ottawa, which in time came to be known as Silkville. De Boissiere raised silk worms on a 3,100 acre farm and man ufactured silk and satin ribbons. The silk industry in Kansas was a failure, and, becoming discouraged, De Boissiere returned to France, aban doning Silkville and the silk business. He willed the property to an associate, Mr. Sears, and on Mr. Sears' death to his children. Finally, however, he decided to give the Silkville farm to the grand lodge of Odd Fellows to be converted into a school and asylum for the orphan children of members. At a session of the grand lodge in 1894 the gift was repudiated, after which James Troutman of Topeka went to France and bought the prop erty from the De Boissiere heirs When the purchase was made the trustees of the grand lodge refused to surrender the property. Thirteen law suits covering a period of sixteen years followed, and the supreme court of Kansas finally awarded the property to Troutman. NEEDS MAYOR ADVERTISES. Magdeburg, Germany, Views It as Pure Business Proposition. German cities are claimed to be the best governed in the world. How far apart are the ideas of Germans and Americans on the subject of city gov ernment may be seen from reading an advertisement which lately appeared in a number of German papers: The place of mayor of Magdeburg is vacant The salary is 21,000 marks ($5,250) a year, including the rental of a dwelling in the city halh Besides his salary the incumbent will receive 4,000 marks ($1,000) for his official ex penses Candidates should apply be fore Sept. 1. Can any one imagine an American city advertising for a mayor? The German idea is that a municipality is a business, to be conducted on busi ness lines. The office of mayor is one requiring knowledge and skill of a technical, professional character. A man who has proved himself a good mayor in one German town is fre quently invited to another. The larger towns look to the smaller towns to train municipal officers for them. It frequently happens that two cities bid in competition for a particu larly expert man. So when their chief "The hope of the proposed confer- burgomaster, Dr. Lentz, was appointed Prussian minister of finance the good people of Magdeburg gave public no tice of their need of a capable man. OCTOGENARIAN AT COLLEGE. No Use Sitting In Corner Awaiting Death, Her View. An eighty-year-old woman is one Of the most enthusiastic of the 2,400 pu pils at the Ohio State university. She is Mrs. A. D. Winship, a widow who has recently returned from a summer school in Michigan, where she kept up her studies. Mrs. Winship when registering at the university declared she was going to take an optional course, among her studies being psychology. "I am going to college," said Mrs. Winship, "simply because I want to learn all that I possibly can before I die. I cant see why so much fuss is made because I want to improve my mind, even though I am eighty years old. No one that old should simply stop everything and sit in the corner awaiting death. It's all foolishness^^ Americans Drinking Sake. About 250,000 gallons of sake, the national drink of Japan, is consumed In the United States every year. 1' 1 wmmmmmmm Di'i 'in 1 1 I I Broadway Grocery Specials? PEACHES Per Crate 65c. BLUE PLUMS Per Bkt, 30e, PEABSPerPk. 50c. Tokay Grapes Malagas a Bartlett Pears «!?|r Fancy Red Plums ^Bananas ^Oranges A N E I E S E QT Spanish Onion Red Globe Onion Cabbage Squash Pumpkin Fancy Washington Apples Green Peppers Celery CHEES E Brick Cbeese Fancy Cream CheeseOAmencan Swiss Cheese McLaren's Imperial Limberger I E S Sweet and Dill Olives of all Kinds. a One pound package of onr Broadway Special Coffee at 25cts. I will [please O t. E A S Premium Boiled Ha Premium Ra a Premium Bacon Quick Delivery. IP* Jfcl y- tW *^KX4 i. 7 5f lCc •K Beach Nu Bacon in Glass Summer Sausage Braun Schwiegerfl 3'. Smoked Frankfort* Smoked Vienna Sausages SPECIAL wjm Mill GROCERY S. A. ALBRECHT When you see this name on a fur garment, it means that it is honestly made by skilled workmen, of honest materials that are just what]|they are represented to be. It means that the furs have distinctive style and that the fit is correct. In fact, this name means Highest Grade FURS I always carry a complete line of fur garments for ladies and gentlemen, also neckwear and muffs in a large variety. When you'buy furs of me, I give you the benefit of my forty-six years' experience in this line. Send for my is Free for A Catalog it the Asking. CHAS. A. LBRECH I 27 W. 5th St., St. Paul, Minn. Opposite Hotel Saint Paul. Its worth while asking "Hickory "r Brand Rubbers and Overshoes. They are long wearing—always giving satis faction. Ask your dealer. St. Paul Rubber Co. Distributors. 45tf MARKET REPORT Corrected Sept. 28, 1910. 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