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THE POLICE SEARCHING FOR PERSON WHO SENT BOMB
"ft\e- Home
The New York Police are using every effort to discover a clue that will lead to the identity of the person
Or persons who sent a bomb through the mails to Peter W. Rouss, the young New York millionaire, and son of
Charies Broadway Rouss, the well-known blind millionaire merchant. .
MODERN FABLES.
By GEORGE ADE.
The Modern Fable of the Attenuated Attorney
Who Rang in the Associated Counsel.
(Copyright, 1901, By Robert Howard Russell.)
Once thero was a sawed-off Attorney
<lP_ro ?iar1 etudled until hc was Blcary
Bitrmid tho Eyes and as lean as a Razor
_ta?^, He knew the Law from Soup to
JPots, but much lcarnin_- had prut him a
little bit, to the Willies. And his Size was
against him. Ho lacked Bellows.
He was an lnconspicuous littlo Kunt.
"When ho stood up lo Plead, he came a
trtfle higher than the Chair. Of the 90
pounds he carried, about AZ were Gray
(Matter. Ho had Mental Merchandiso to
Jyurn, but no way of delivering- it
"When thero was a Rally of some other
Gah&est on thc Bills, the Committee
ncvcr asked him to make an Address.
Tho Committee wanted a AYind-Jammer
who could movo the Leaves on a Tree
200 feet distant. The dricd-up Lawyer
could write Great Sluff that would charm
a (Bird out of a Tree, but he did not have
the Tubos to cnable him to Spout. Wh?n
ho got up to Talk, it was all he could
do to hear himself. The Juries used to
go to sle^p on him. Ho needed a Mega?
phone. And he had about as much Per?
sonal Magnetism as an Undertakcr's As?
sistant.
HIS SHORTCOMING.
The Runt lost many a Case beca.use he
could not Bark at the Jury and pound
Holes in a Table. His Briefs had been
greatly admired by the Supreme Court.
Also it was known lhat he could draw
up a copper-riveted Contract that would
hold] AVater, but as a Pleader he was a
Pickercl.
At one time he had an Important Suit
on hand, and hc w.is AVorried, for he was
opposed by a couple of living Gas Engines
who could rear up and down In front of
a yap Jury for uurther Orders.
"I have the Law on my Side," said the
Runt. "Now, if ] were only Six-Feot
Two, with a sole-leather Thorax, I could
swing the A'crdlcu"
"While he was repining, in came a
Friend of his 1'outh, named Jim.
This Jlm was a Book-Agent. He was
as big as the Side of a House. He had'
a "Vbicc that eoundedi as if it came up
an Elevator Shaft. Wheni he foldedi his
Arms and looked Solemn, he was.a colos
sal Picture of Power in Repose. He wore
a Plug Hat and: a large Black coal.
Js'ature intend'ed him for thc TJ. S. Z .inate,
but used up all the Material early 111
thp Job and failed to stock tho Brain
Cavity.
Jim had always been at the Foot of tho
Class in School. At the age of 40 luo
ppelled Sure with an- Shj and sank in a
Heap when he tried to add 8 and1 7. But
he was a tall Success as a Book Peddler,
because he learned his Piece and tho
-IS pounds of Dignilied Superioritv dia
the Rest.
COMMANDED RESPECT.
AA'herever he went, he commanded Re
spect. He could go into a strange Hotel
and sit down at the Breakfast Table and
say: "Please pass tho Syrup" in a Tonc
tliat had all the ? majestic Signilicancc
of an Ohlcial Utterance. He would slt
there in silent Meditation. Those who
steed up lhat elephantine Form and noted
the Gravity of his Countenance and: the
liuted AVrinkles of his high Brow, imag
ined that he was pondering on the im
mortallty of the Soul. As a matter of
fact, Jim was wondering whetlicr he
would take Ham or Bacbn with his Eggs.
Jim had tle Bulk and- the awe-inspir
ing Front. As long as he preserved a
Napoleonic Sllence he could/ carry out
the Bluff. Little Boys tip-toed when they
came- near him, and Maiden Ladies
sighed for an Introduction. Nothing but
a Post-Mortem Examination would have
shown Jim up in his True Light. The
midget. Lawyer looked1 up in Envy at his
mastodonic Acquaintayice and sighed.
"If I could combiiie my Inteliect with
your Horse-Power, I would be the larg?
est Dandelion in the Legal Pasture," he
said.
Then a Happy Idea struck him amid
ship.
"Jim, I want you to be my Associate
Counsel," he said. "I understand, of
couro, that you do not know the differ
ence between a Cravat and Caviar Sand
wich, but as long as you ket?? your Hair
combed the way it is now and wear
that Thoughtful Expression, you're just
as good as the whole Choate ..amily. 1
will introuuce you as an Eminent Attor?
ney from the East I will guard the L.aw
Points and you will slt tnere and Dlsmay
tho Upposition by looking Wlse."
THE EFFECT.
So when the Case came up for Trial,
the Runt led the august Jim into the
Court Room and introduced him as As?
sociate Counsel. A Murmur of Admira
tion ran throughout Ihe Assemblage when
Jim showed his Commanding Figure. a
Law Book under liis Arm and a look of
Heavy ResponslDllity on his Face. Old
Atlas, who carries the Globe on his Shoul
uers, did not seem to be in it with this
grand and gloomy Stranger.
For two hours J.m had been rchearsing
his Speech. He arose.
"Your Honor," he began.
At the Sound of that Voice, a scared
Silence fell upon the Court Room. R was
!w.e the Lower Octavc of a Pipe Organ.
"Your Honor," said Jim, "we are icady
for Trial."
The musical Rumble filled the Spacious
Room and went echoing through the Cor
ridors. The Sound beat out through the
Open Windows and checked. Traffic in the
Street. It sang through the Telegraph
AVires and lifted every drooping Flag.
The Jurors turned Pale and began to
quiver, Opposlng Counsel were as white
as a Sheet. Their mute and frightened
Faces seemed to ask, "What are' we up
against?"
Jim sat down and the Trial got under
way.
AVhonever Jim got his Cue he arose and
said, "Your Honor and Gentlemen of the
Jury, I quite agree with my learned Col
league."
DEATH TO THE OPPOSITION.
Then he would relapse and throw on a
Soerates Frown and the Other Side would
go all to Pieces1. Every time Jim cleared
his Throat you could hear a Pin drop.
There was no getting away from the
dominating Influence of the Master Mind.
The Jury was out only 10 Mlnutes. AVhao
the A^erdict was rendcred, the Runt, who
had provided everything except the .\ir
Pressure. was nearly trampled under foot
in thhi general Rush to Congratulate tho
distinguished Attorney from the East.
The Little Man gnthered up his Books
and did the customary Slink. while the
False Alarm stood in awful Silence and
p-rrmitted the Judge and others to shake
him by the Hand.
MORAL: An Associate Counsel should
weigh at least 200 Pounds.
THE STREET FAIR AT
STRATFORD-ON-AVON
Confetti and Hot Sosh in Evidence at Shakes
peare's Town.
.(Written for Thc Sundav Times.)
STRATFORD-CX-AVON, ENGLAND,
October 19.?To most people Slratford-on
Avon is ihe place where Shakespeare was
born, ?Hlucated and buried, but to those
who know thc town well it ha.s other and
more important associations?the River
and the Mup. Of the origin of this name
Brewer says: "Some few days after a
statute fair a second, ealled a Mop, is
held for the benefit'bf those not already
hired. This fair mops?,. or wipes, up -the
rcfuse of the statuto fair, carrying away
the dregs of the servants Ieft" How
cver, the Mop is now the only annuai
fair. Originally this fair was for busi?
ness purposes. goods being bought and
sold and servants hired. Now it is
business for the few and amusement for
the many. I saw only one stall devoted
to serious trade?tliat was a cutlery stall.
The Mop takes place on October 12th?
when that date does not fall on Sunday?
and then the town is transformed, the
princlpal streets being filled with booths,
shows, mcrry-go-'rounds. switch-backs,
shooting-ranges. etc
On October 11th the only signs of the
Mop wero the areas chalked out in the
atreets for letting. On October mh the
only remains of tlie past deiights are
oonfetti and dirty: papers, Tho appnra
tus of the Mop oomes and goes by night.
By 10 o'clock on the Mop morning the
streets are toegihning to fill with people
of all descriptions, tho Stratford people
and Gxcurslonlsts, who have come from
the neighborlng dlstricts by train; cycles,
brakes, carriages and motors. Excur
eiojis come even from Lonudon to this
fair, which is the only survival?of any
stlzo-of the old English statute fairs.
Tho _hlef morning sights are eatables?
_ausages, fried flsh. roasting whole ani?
mals and candy. Th? eausages hang in
gre*t ohair.s on th. stalls and are cooked
Im ti? open air. You can cat th?*m
standing by the stall or you may carry
them away in a pieco of newspaper.
The fried-lish stalls are wonderful in
color and odor. Tho fish are friedi in
a batter; colored a brilliant orange. It
is sold cold1. By the expression of those
who stood in the street and ate it, minus
knives or .forks, one can only judge that
it is deliciotis. In spite of the objections
of my companions. I determined to, buy
some. so, having counted three, I ac
costed the saleswoman-: "Pleaso let me
have a petuiyworth of fish."
"Yes, Miss?vinegar, Miss?"
I had not considered the possibility of
vinegar, but. wishing to db the thing
properly, said: "Yes, please." I was
holding the fish in my hand, wrapped- in
a shect from an old raagazirie. Over the
paper and over the fish she poured a
large quantity of durk-brownv very acld
smelling stuff from a spirituous-looking
bottle. That vinegar washed away my
deslro to taste the fish, and, slipping be?
hind a booth, I depositod- it In the gut
ter.
In front of most.of the inns cooking
was proceeding before huge wood) 'llres.
This consistedi in the roasting of whole
oxcn, sheep or.pigs; the carcases are im
paled upon poles, which are kept turnlng
by means of a wheel. By each of these
lires is a cook, a carver and'a crowdi
The cooking beglns quite early; by dinner
time most of the meat has beeni'cut
away and by evening only the white sket
etons remain. To have meat from these
anlriials on Mop-Day ls quite an insti
lution. It is very juicy andi has a cu
rious fresh ar.d spicy fiavor.
At the caridy stalls they only ,sell Strat
ford rock?long sticks of wonderfully-col
ored mixtures of red1, green, yellow and
brown.
All the afternoon we rested, except that
wr< workod on the "rock" candy. I
Ev*'^r?p>?er?? thnre were slgna o? t8?
war. On the stalls were war medals;
on bttttons were English officers?and
every soldier at the Mop had two girls!
This one night of tlie year all classes
are upon an equality and you do just
what you desire, regardless of propriety,
caste or cuiture. Confetti is now being
sold on stalls, which have sprung up like
mushrooms, and everybody is armed with
it, with colored>-paper flickers or with
bladders tied) to sticks.
Maids tickle their mistresses' nose with
peacock feathers, respectable fathers
chase their cooks with flickers. The
maddest, mcrriest crowd whirls round
and round the square and up and down
the streets. Indeedl the Mop at night
may be likened to a Roman saturnalia,
with a spice of Coney Islandi in it.
Towards 11 o'clock the trains took the
people away and by 12 o'clock tha streets
were given up to the empty shows and
booths, andi the tired men and women
who had to clear away their business be?
fore 4 o'clock the next morning.
MILLIE MERRITT.
A Study In Caste.
Human nature is so happily constitutec
that as long as the humble man has
an humbler man to look down upon he
can still maintain a degree of dignity
and. self-respect.
To the back door of a city residence
tho other day came an old man tramp.
He was grimy and: tattcred, weary and
WTetched in appearance; but asked no
money?merely something to eat. A. cup
of liot coffee was adejed to the .bread and
meat bestowed upon the poor old fellow,
and as he munched and slpped content
edly, albelt ravenously, on the doorstep,
the lady of the house chatted with him".
He said - that he was from" England;
that he was once a traveling tinker' and;
made good wages every day, but that
he had grown "old1; work made him very
tired, so he had concluded to beg his
bread. . ? .
"Couldn't.you find occupatlori- of some
kind somewhere?" asked the sympathet
ic lady. " "lt woqld. surely be less tire
somo than'walking as much as you do,
to beg."
"Oh,. no_. lady,!'.. replied,.tho: old tramp.
An' I haln't a, low-down beggar; t
hain't the lowest o* th' low, lady. Na.
na; there's a class twixt" me an' th" 1
gypsleR."?Detrolt Free Press. __ _ |
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CURRENT LITEARTURE
FOR BUSY READERS
?I Should Lle Ute."
They tell me, love, when ehildren go to
rest , i
Held m the arms they know and l?ve
the best
They then sleep sweetest* longest?turui
late '- .
When conqueror Day rldes vhriign
Dawn's golden gate.
If, when I die, your lips should mne
caress,
And your two arms around me warrniy
press, *
I should lie late on Resurrection mt-rn,
Tili Gabriel wound impatlent on his harn.
-S. W. Gillilan, in November Smart Set
A HarrJ Questlon.
When I was quite a lad, long bei< ro
1 became a preacher, I had some \<ry
difflcult questions put to me, one isfrioiftl
ly so, as I considered it The Sun3ay
school was rather a new thing in :he
section where 1 lived, and it put (i. axeat
many to asking and answering questions.
A little girl came to me one day as on a
mission of great importance, and: began
to ply me with questions, I answering
them, of course, the best I could. She
asked me who made me, why God v ade
me, and a number of other questions,
and then, pausing for a while as if in
a deep study she said. "Why ")id God
make you so ugly?" That was a \cry
hard questlon for me. I was ? obliged to
ask for time, and have never answered
it yet?The Homiletic Review.. ..
Child Labor.In Southern Factories.
In spite of tlie excellent system of ven
tilation adopted in most of these facto?
ries. by which the atmosphere is render
ed bearable, a very little enquiry shows
that it is by no means as healthy a one
ivould be led to believe from the eulogies
of those who are seldom in it, writes
Irene Ashby, in .World's Work. The fly
ing lint often brings on throat and lung
trouble, while pneumonia resulting from
,the sudden change from tlie hot facto
ry to the early morning and thc late
evening mists is not uncommon. ' These
conditions tell far more frequently aiid
fatally on the unformed constitutions of
ehildren than on the grown workers. In
one. factory I found a little girl aged ten,
in Ihe "drawing in" room, where every
individual thread of the wrap is drawn
through the "harness" of the weaving
loom. She could earn as much sometimes
as 75 cents a day, thougli alas, at the ex
pense of the beautiful eyes she turned
up to me as I spoke to her. Her mother
told me that she brought her youhgest
daughter, aged seven, into the mill with
her, and al though urged to allow her to
work, there being many as small in the
mill, she would not allow it. Yet without
doinrr any work the child has lost in
weight in a year through confinement in
the mill atmosphere. Over ancT over again
I was told that the mill was a "play
ground."
'If any one tells you that," said a su?
perintendent to me without concentrated
scorn, "he doesn't know what he's
talking- about, or he's telling a d'ownright
lie. I've been in the mill since I was S
years old myself. and I know. We've no
charity institution."
The Rlngmaster of Old.
A circus without a ring-master! They
used" to have black hair, parted in the
middle, and beautifully smoothered* even?
lng dress (even at matinees.) and white
gloves. The ring-master was almost one's
earliest hero: the butcher came first, per?
haps, and' then the policeman and raii?
way guard; but thc ring-master, when
his hour struck, thurst these plebeians,
these usurpers, these Warbecks and Sim
nels, into impeneti-able uarkness. That
whip was beyond -all steels. all truricn
eons; one would not exchange it for a
sceptre. The ring-master's effulgence was
superior even to the dimming influences
of the clown's wit That immortal d'ia
logue following upon the bet of a bottle
of "wine" (always "wine"; what is
"wine?" champagne? claret? sherry?
portV?port, I suspect,.) that the :ing-mas
ter could not answer three questions
with plain yes onio; how often have i
ADMIRAL SCHLEY.
(From his Iatest photograph.)
heard it and how potent it always is!
The first question was anything; the sec?
ond question was anything; but the third,
pronounced by the down after long seif
communing, was steeped in guile: "Do
you still beat your wife?" There is no
way out of that; affirmatlve and nega
tive alike are powerless to rob that
"still" of its sting; and off goes the
clown with his bottle of wine, crack
goes the whip, round ambles the old
white horse with a back Uke Table Mount
ain, and' tlie Signorina resumes her pet
ty capers. And to-day the ring-master ls
seen only for an instant, and the speak
ing clown not at all.?The Cornhill.
The Most Wonderful Exploslve In the World
Hudson Maxim, the inventor of "Max
imite," which has recently been adopted
by the United States Government, gives
a clear account of his remarkable inven
tion In Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly.
"Maximite," he says, "which has recent?
ly been adopted by the Government, has
satisfactorlly stood every test to whicn
it has been sub.iected1, and' there is none
of the foregoing requirements1 which it
does not fulfill perfectly. Jit is very in
expenslve of manufacture; has a fusion
point below the temperature of bolling
water; cannot be exproded' from Ignitlon,
and, indeed, cannot be heated hot enough
to explode, for it wlll boil away like wa?
ter without explodirigi It is, therefore.
perfectly safe to melt over a? opea fire
lor fllling projectiles, In the same man
ner that asphalt ls melted ln a street
cauldron. Should! the material by any
chance catch fire, it would1 slmply burn
away like asphalt, without exploding.
AVhten cast into shells, it not only solid
ifics Into a dense, hard, Incompressible
masa on coollng, but lt expands and; sets
hard upon the walts of the projectile, like
sulphiir. That is to say, lt expands in
the same way as water does ln freezing.
"When a shell fiiled with it strikes ar
mor plate, the Maximite does not Shift
a particle, and it is so insensitive that It
not only stands the shock of penetratlon
of the thickest armor-plate which the
shell itself can go through, but it will
not explode, even If. the projectile breaks
uq on the plate."
The Great Salvlnf.
For many of the most finely discrlmlna
tlng connoisseurs of acting ln this region,
Salvlni became the first and foremost of
the hlstrionlc artists of our day, and with
nearly all "the judicious" he took, held,
and holds, a highly exalted position, says
Henry A. Clapp in the November Ar
lantic. His persohality was the- most
splendid?that has illustrated the theatre
of his time. When he was first seen
he-rc, the grand proportions of his figuro
and the vibrant, sympathetic sweetness
of his voice?a voice as glorlous as ever
Droceeded from a man?combined to
ovcrpower the obscrver and Hstener. As
was said bf Edmund Kean, "he domlnat
cd stage and audience completely." H!?
training in the Continental schocl hadi
been thorough, and, in temperamental
force, I doubt if he was ever surpassed
by any player at any period of the world;
His acting was of the Latin order, not or
the Teutonic or Anglo-Teutonlc; it was,
howevcr, though always vital and strong,
never extravagant; in gesture, though
exuberant, it was not excessive; in its
general melhod- it belonged to what, ln
choice from a poverty of terms, must
be called the exhaustivo rather than the
suggestive school of art; there was in lt
not so high a solutlon of pure intellectu
ality as in Edwin Booth's, but in its- mas
te'ry, in the largest way an^. to the small
cst detail, of the symbols of hlstrionlc
expression, it ranked, I think, above that
of every other player whom the stage ot
America has known within the past lifty
years.
A First Alesting Witb Artemus Ward.
The Century. for November begins a
"Year of American Humor." AVe quote
from an article by James F. Ryder on
Artemus AVard, in that number of the
magazinc:
On going into; tho Cleveland "Plain
Dealer" editorial rooms. one morning, I
saw a new man, who was introduced to
me as Mr. Browne'
He was young, cheerful in manner, tall
and slender, not quite up-to-date in style
of dress, yet by no means shabby. His
hair was flaxen and very straight; his
nose, tho prominent feature of his face,
was Romanesque?quite violently so?and
with a leaning to the left. His eyes were
blue-gruy, with a twinkle in them; his
mouth seemed so given to a merry laugh,
so much in motion, that it was difficult
to describe. ?
It seemed as though bubbling in him
was a lot of happiuess which he made
no effort to conceal or hold back. AVhen
we were introduced he was sitting at his
table writing. He gave his 'eg a smirt
slap. arose. shook hands witii me, and
said he was glad to meet me. I believe
him, for hc looked glad all the time.
You could not look at him but he would
laugh. He laughed as he sat at his table
writing. AVhen he had written a thing
which pleastd him hc would slap his Icg
and laugh.
I noticed that George Hoyt and Jamss
Brokenshire at their tables were pleased
with his merriment and indulged in broad
smiles. As I bade him and the others
good morning, he. said. "Come again, me
llege." I thanked him. said I would, and
w-ent my way, thinking what a funny fel
low he was.
AVithin a month thereaftor appeared. in
the columns of the "Plain Dealer" a fun?
ny letter signed "Artemus AArard." The
writer said he was in the show business,
had a trained kangaroo. "a most amoosin'
little cuss," some "snaix," and a collec
tion of wax figures, which he ealled a
"great moral show." As he was coming
to Cleveland to exhibit, he made a pro
position to thc proprietor that th?y
"scratch each other's backs"?the pub
listier to write up the show vigorously,
and the showman to have the handbUls
printed at his offiee and give him ireo
tickets for all his family. So I found
my young friend of the gurgje and hay
colored hair to be an embryo humorist
just bursting into bloom. Artemus, as
from that time he was best known, soon
had a city full of friends, myseif and
family among them.
Spain's Mining Industries.
The great magnitude of Spain's mining
industries is best illustrated by the fact
that the industry provides one-third of
the total exports of the country? . .
The gross value of minerals produced
in Spain in 1S99 was th: largest yet re?
corded and amounted to ?33,430,000, an ex
cess of nearly $2,500,000 over the previou-j
year.
The mines actually being worked in
Spain epvers an area of about 630,000 acres
and the total extent of mines included in
concessions, already granted amounts to
nearly 1,000,000 acres. The growing inter?
est in the mining Industry may be judged
from the fact that during the year 1SS3
f>H?H-l'M-M"H41-tlI'.rt..H"I"M:I M-M-M-l-K-W-f-T-M-M : tllll ,'H HO
| MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK, |
| Capital $200,000.00 Surplua Over $500,000.00.
I Designated state, Unlted Statea and City Depository. %
j jss&^sssu Colleotions a Speclalty. "-Sftsr I
? Largest Bank Depository South of Baltimore. ?"
T JOHN P. BRANCH, President, JOHN P. GLENN, Cashier ?*
2 JOHN K. BRANCH, Vlce President ' v-asmcr' ..
4?
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LARQEST CAPITAL OF ANY BANK OR TRUST COMPANY IN THE SOUTHERN STATES.
Richmond Trust and Safe Deposif Co,
Kortfrwest Carnsr Tentft and Main Straat*.
FULL PAiD CAPITAL - - - - $1,000,000
SURPLUS AND UNDIVIDED PROFITS, - - 612,000
offers its services to the PEOPLE and solicitJ their patronage.
gg^? THINK OF THIS: You can open an account with this company, check on lt 4t wi_
and yet receive interest on your da ;y balances Lar_e and smaiiaccounts recelved. Notks.
ing is too large and nothing too smail.
*eealdent, Vlce-Prealdenta. TraaauraF,
John Skelton "William*. James H. Dooley. Lesvia D. Cren.shs.sr Jr
Hanry __ CabalL
J SECURITY BANK, t
f I 107 East Main Street, J
t C^L^ITi^JL,. $200,000.00, t
| CITY DEPOSITORY, t
+ effers exceptlon*' banklng facilities to todlviduals. firms aad corporatioas. Coartat. T
T Accuracy, Liberality, will mark the condnct of your account. BRINQ IT TO US. X
X Interest ailowed ia Savings Department. X
T- DIKBCTOBS.?Clay Drewry. W. T. Hancock. C. H. Hag.n. J. t_ Antrlra T
T C. D. Laru*. Jackson Quy. J. B. Moaby. H. W. Rountree. Preaton Cocks, X .raf T
T Q. Gunn. N. B. Sava_?. E. A. Catlin, 8. D. Cranahaw. Joxnea R. Qordoa. C. W, T
T Tannar. +?
X E. A. CUTLiN, President. Clat Drewry, Vice-Presldent. T
+ Geoxqe \V. Warren, Cashier. +
?+1 M H H H ? M H H H H H ? ? H ? H ? I f ?+ IfHIirHM M,4^t
now mines amounting to P5D, 111 acres wero
marked out, and at the end of that year
7,385 petitions for mining rights remained,
to be examined and acted ut>on.
While in Madrid I was told by the r.u
thorities that a still greater actlvlty pre
vailed during the year 1900, and that ne>v
concessions are constantly being asked.?
Mining and Metallurgy.
Speech.
Talk happiness. The world i3 sad enough
vvitnout your woe. ano path is wnouy
rougn?
Look tor the places that are smooth and
ctear,
And spt^ajv. of those to rest the weary ear
vl eartn, so hurt by ont: contlnuous
siram
Of mortal discontent and grief and pain.
Talk faith. The world is better off with
out
Your uttered ignorance and morbld
doubt.
If you huve faith in God, or man, or self,
Say so. If not, push back upon the shelf
Of silencc all your thoughts till faith
shall come.
No one will grieve because your lips are
dumb.
Talk health. The drcary never-changlng
tale
Of mortal maladies is worn and stale.
You cannot charm, or interest, or please
By harping on that minor chord. disease,
Say you are well, and all is well with
you,
And God shall hear your words and make
them true.
?Ella AVheeler Wilcox, in Baltimore Sun.
Germany aad America.
If in these two lands everything were
to be moulded by the form of the State
alone. the final outcome wouldl bo the
greatest possible difference ln the na?
tional life of the two?ono thoroughly
democratic, the other thoroughly aristo
cratic, writes Professor Hugo Munster
berg ln The Internatlonal Monthly ror
October. But the other possibility is
open, that each land supplements those
tendencies which are a necessary conse
quence of Its external form of public
life by compensatory functions which re
inforce the other side; if democracy coun
terbalances the evils of the crowd by so?
ciai efforts of the aristocratic, type, and
if monarchy overcomes its intrinsic one
sidedness by democratic reforms and) im
pulses, the differences wlll be unessential.
and both countries will show a profound
harmony of national instincts. Exactly
that seems at present, from day to day,
more the situatiom of the United States
and Germany. They become more antt
more alike, and the fact that one is by
birth, and desires to remain, a monarchy,
while the other desires to remain a re
public. appears secondary and unessential.
How is that possible? A hundred years
ago the question of political government
movedi the world and determined the
greatest differences. How has it be?
come so unessential that no one to-day
seriously considers the problem wlsethc-r
democracy or monarchy ls the "better"
form of state? And if the progress of hls
tory has abolished that problem, how does
lt happen that the new life in the two
lands moves in opposite directions, that
on monarchial ground towards greater
equallty, that on democratic ground to?
wards greater aristocracy, and both thus
towardsi the same type or sociai exist
ence, in spite of the Important Individual
characteristics and differences?
A Man Has Died.
A man has died?and so have myriad3
more?
They will, while yet this dying earth
lives on;
But when a leader make3 the utmost
shore,
AA*e sadly look toward where his ship
has gone,
Andi only get this messagc from the dead:
"Study the past: my words have all
been said."
A woman mourns?as woman always
must.
Sp long as joy has penalties of pain;
How sadly creeps that sweet soul in the
dust.
And yet her fearful woe Is not in vain:
It teaches. us that though love long en
dure,
Only in Heaven its raptures are secure.
?Will Carleton. in Every AVhere.
Roekefeller FcIIowship.
A recent and- new departure in charity
is the donation of John D. Roekefeller
of J200,<X)0 to furnish the funds for the
support of an institute for medical re
senrch. The object of tlie plan ls to
begin the work of research in earnest and
to that end; nlneteen fellowships have
been established. The persons having
these fellowships will work in the lab
oratories In Chicago. Montreal, Ann- Ar
bor, Boston, Baltimore and other citles.
Only one is to work abroad. This work
is to be done by Dr. Harry T. Marshall,
a pupll of Dr. Wetan. who will work m
the laboratory of Prjfesoor Ehrllchj ln
Germany. Dr. Marshall ls the fourth
son of Colonel Charles Marshall, of Bal?
timore. Ma\. and the appolntment of Dr.
Marshall to th? only European work is
That w? can do much better for
you on Watches than you can do
elsewhere. being Watch Inapectcra
for two railroads neceaaarlly hand
ling a quantlty ot Watehea. Buytng
in quantlU.es and for caah. w? buy
cheaper and soll cheaper. More
over, you buy from peraons who
have experience ln tha watch buat
ness and you are sure of gattlng ?
watch that keepa time. aa we teat
every movement before lettlng it go
out of th* house. W? carry * cora
plete llca of Jewelry, Diamonds.
etc.
Repairing a Specialty.
Bring- us your watch if lt doea not
keep time. We will flx It anfl
guarantee entire sattafactlon. Our
repair department la tha Iargast in
the city. We employ the hlgheet
class of workmen. We manufac
ture and repair jewelry right in tha
house, do not have to M*n& it to
New Tork.
J, T, Allen & Go,,
Jewelers,
14th and Main Straefs.
a high eompliment to him arwl to Johna
Hopkins, where he was educated. Th*
investigo.tion of the milk suppiy of New
York was the first work to be taken ur*
by the institute. It went orr d-urtnsj tho
summer. has been completed and a report
of it is already in the hands of tho r_U
rectors. Dr. Holt said that possibly lt
may be.made pubuic at some future time>,
but not at present. Tha investigatioa
was ar. exhaustive one, threo workara
being employed1? one to inspect dairles
and the transportation. another to do
bacterlological work and thc third to ex
amine tbe suppiy in lnstltutions in. rela
tion to thc health of the Inmates.
Another Investlgation was also 3tarte_
ln the summer, but has not yet been con
cluded. lt was of the germ which causea
outbreaks of dysentery. and) was mads oy
Dr. Flexner, of the University or Penn?
sylvania. Dr. Flexner has already yla
Ited two places where such an outbraak
occurred?New Kaven and Lancaster,
Penn., but ho uas not yet submitterl h!_
report.
The work to be taken up this winter.
Dr. Holt said. would be more in relatlon
to forms of tuberculosifl and typhoid fe?
ver. It Is understood that the work will
tako on a much more extensivc scopej
next year.
The Scout In foaili Afki.
At Zand river Mnjor F. R. Burnham,
the American scout, spent an aftermon
inside a Kaffir hut, while on u oench OUt
sfde were runged a number of Bo?.' of?
ficers watching the movements <>f the
British ln the distance. The scout. Vr'tM
his eye at a hole in the thin mtid plaster
wall, an inch from the head of th* nef.r
est Boer. was likewi3e watch.ng the i-ro
ceedings. There was only one room m.,
the hut, and when some of the tJoersj
decided to como and slt Inside. the dcouc.i'
had to jump for a pile of skina in on?
corner and He motlonless undameath ono
of them for two hours, while one uC tha
iSoors sat so close that he could have*
touched Burnham without rising from am
seat.
The incident iliustrat>?s on* of Majyf
Burnham's maxims. "Invislbility." i.e
says, "is immobility; but," he adds. "it
is not oasy to remain motionless ontesa
you keep an eye on the man you wisti
to avoid. When you lose aight of hhx
your Imaginatlon ls Ilkelf to get tha u-:
per hand of your judgment?an l your
nerves have to bc in good condition thi?n.'*
At another time he lay two days anU
two nights in an ant-bear hole. Just "??'?
enough to keep him concealed fr>m a
neighboring commassdo. Hc was aceom
panled by one black boy laden with ex
ploslvcs, who also had to use the ?.'m*
kind of shelter.
The dlet and the hard truvi-hng wr*
too much for the black boy, who 1 ad
been chosen for his great strength rifl
endurantfe. So Burnham took the i'-n
cotton with which his companion was
laden and went. on alone. while ths hr,j
struggled back to the British lines.
When the Bo*rs moved on. Bu.-nham
blew up me raUroad between Pretoria
and Johannesburj, ehabllng the British
to capture a number of ?nglne* and cars
at Johannesburst. He waj twelv? t*ys
on the expedttlon, livlng the last fom
days bri raw xaealles <*nly.?Pi???ua *
Magasine.