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"ertli Aralioy Evenlna News Fonniled 1ST!* as tlia Perth Amlioy Republican. J> Independent newspaper, publlsbcil every afternoun, except Sundays, by the PERTH AMBOY EVENING NEWS COMPANY, No. t'Si State street, Perth Amlioy. N. J. . LOGAN CLEVENGER .Editor >. P.^fiMSTEAD_w... Business Manager —-ter ms of Subscription. B| EVENING NEW A is on sale at news atniuls and delivered by regular car rier In Penh Amboy, South Amboy, Wood bridge, lit.volt, Tuttenvlllo ana surrounding towns for Oc per week. ong Distance Telephone _ 98 Entered at Post Office as Bceond-elnss matter. O OUR READERS:—If you do not re ceive 3'our pnper regularly, we would consider It a favor if you would re port tin* matter at oneo. 0 attention paid to unsigned communica tions. 1 JfCKE ALARM ROXJOS. -Karl tan Copper Works. High and Lewis Streets. JttadlHon Avenue and Paterson Street. /Market and First Streets. M$mith and High Street*. —New Brunswick Avenue and New Street raffltRRl and Smith Streets. ‘—Buckingham 'Avenue and Hartford St. —ConuuM*ee arid Front Streets. HhTnnd Washington Streets. ‘~«Tite Street and Buckingham Avenue. {■Ball Avenue ami Charles Street. ■■State and Wn.vne Streets. h-Ncar United Lead Works. I—Washington and First Streets. i—New Brunswick Avenue and Elm Street —Smith, Street and Watson Avenue. —Commerce and state Streets. —Front and Smith Streets. —Water and Gordon Streets. —Kearny Avenue ami Gordon Street. —Smith and Herbert Stn*ets. —Woodbrldge Jload and Washington St. —Lehigh Avenue and Stanford Street. —Near City Hospital. —Maurer. To send in an alarm, opeu tin* door of e box and pull down the lever and let i, ONCE ONLY. Stay at box until firemen rive. SPECIAL CALLS. 1 tap—Break in circuit. 2 taps—Drill id fire alarm test. 3 taps Fin* out. 6 ps—Polic call. 13—Call for Washington »se. 14—Call for McClellan Engine Cont 15—Call for Protection Hook and idder. 15—Call for Eagle Ilose- Company. Lincoln Engine Company. YORK HERALD WEATHER FORECAST. m the middle sthtes and New Eng land today fair weather will prevail, with fresh and light northwesterly to northerly winds and freezing, fol | lowdd In this section by slowly rising temperature. On Friday fair tb part ly cloudy and milder weather will [ prevail, temperatures rising ronsid ■ erably .above freezing in ibis section, ' with light and fresh northeasterly winds, -followed by increasing cloudi ness; and on Saturday overcast, : farmer weather, with rain or snow , in this section. r" THURSDAY, MARCH 7. MORE RECKLESSNESS. It is understood that the water h ,board has overdrawn its account. ! That is, It has gone ahead and had | work done expecting 10 get the raon f ' ey to pay for It later. Some of this t work has been completed and some phas been contracted for. This is one 5 of the reasons the water board is f' anxious to get tlp'ough that $100, i 000 bond issue. But suppose the Hoard of Alder ! ; men should refuse to allow the Issue (, of theso bonds. What would the , water board do then? ^ How Is It that the water board, be [ Ing short of funds, has money enough £ to employ a high priced lawyer as I special counsel to fight the citizens when an effort Is made to save some I of the city’s money which the water H board would throw away? * , How is it that the water board, be- j ing so short or funds, can find money 6 enough to pay Asbury and James | Fountain $500 an acre for a lot of ’ land which is not worth $50 an acre? (To handle the city s money in .such J a reckless manner and then run he-! bind in what aro supposed 10 be le gitimate oxpenses of the department ! i Is what might be called high flnan-j I oierlng. 1 That high priced special counsel | Is still at work, employed '.>y the wat er board. Who is going to pay him? Ib a part of that *100,(WO now asked I for to go to him? It should not be allowed. The city is already paying a city attorney. There is no excuse ; for the water hotird hiring another \ lawyer. The Board of Aldermen Is justified I t. in going carefoily into this matter. The people, whose money they are handling, are bound to have a reck oning. If they could get „t the water board now it is safe to say there would be a houseeleaning without de- 1 ! Uy. Thousands and thousands of dollars have flowed through this de-1 partment. It is time now to know f something definite boforo going any t further. [' There Is that new Worthington pump recently- installed. The water board insisted upon buying that t pump in spite of protests. It is un derstood that it is not ail that it 1 should be. More is likely to be heard - about it later. At present, the peo [ pie aro concerned about letting these commiBsioners get their !- '.:tds bn 1100,000 more of the city’s money. CRAVENETTES .AND TOP COATS If your heavy coat is just a little shabby a Cravenette or Top Coat will fill in nicely. We are showing a larger line than ever before. All the new Spring styles now ready. Cravenettes, $6.50 to $25. Top Coats, $5.00 to $20. Our Spring Line of Men's Fine Negligee Shirts now ready for inspection. | slst that the water board drop the proceeding* now in the courts and give up the idea of buying land at Runyon for $500 an acre. This much is due the taxpayers. Tile people should be assured that not one cent of their money Is to go to pay special counsel engaged to fight them when they are already paying a city at torney. Until the water board drops the proceedings now in the courts, the aldermen should not grant the $100,000 bond issue. LEGISLATIVE PUBLICITY. Publicity in legislative proceedings is becoming more and more popular. This is good. The men sent to Tren ton go there to serve the people. The people should know everything that goes on> there. This is one of the ob jects of the People's Lobby. Excel lent results are bound to come by its establishment. A new movement in the line of publicity is that which was taken up by the Board of Aldermen Monday night. An enterprising correspond ent at Trenton has offered to supply the city with a copy of every bill Introduced for $25 for the session. The city accepted the offer. This is money well expended. Every year many laws are passed iffecting municipalities. These bills tre often introduced for the benefit of a certain city but, in order to be onstltutlonal they must be made general. What may remedy an evil In one city might work much harm in another. With the bill not at hand, however, the effect is not known un til it is too late. By securing a copy of every bill Introduced, the city can scrutinize each one and thus title wel fare of the city can be looked after. If the measure is a detriment objec tions can be made and the bill can possible be altered so as to eliminate the offending portion. The $25 invested in securing a topy of every bill introduced is mon tty well spent. It is possible for it to tavo the city many times that, amount n the course of a legislative session. Gently moves the bowels and at the same time stops the cough. Bee's Laxative Cough Syrup. Contains Hon ay and Tar. No opiates. Best for Coughs, colds, croup and whopping sough. Satisfaction guaranteed. Chil dren like It. Mothers Indore It. Sold by Setxon's Pharmacy. Not to read the store ads. is to flout (he first and last articles of your “thrift creed.” HANSON REALTY CORPORATION New Idea and a Square Deal Will build at Fairmount Park, | Borough of Metuchen, N. J. House to suit purchaser on rea sonable monthly payments, not to exceed renting rates. All conveniences such as Gas, Elec tric Light and City Water. Homes at Cost Price. In the most healthful climate in the State of New Jersey, good School, Churches of all denom ination. j For particulars call at Office: 194 NIGH STREET. Perth Amboy. N. J. The New Congressional Junket to Panama—Thought we’d drop down and see how you are getting on, Sammy. Mr. Digger Sam—Yep ;’this is about the last place you fellows can get free transportation to, and an ocean voyage is said to be beneficial. The fifty or sixty Congressmen who will visit Panama during March wi I be the guests of the Panama Pailroad Com pany, which will furnish fr,e tran portation by boat and rail itESCEED FROM THE, BLIZZARD. The police have done rightly to butt into the sale of cigarettes to small boys. Many a crook has made a name for himself. Some take even more than one alias. No Increase In home made bread is feared from report of dirty condi tion of some bakery yards. Pitman authorities have bought a road scraper. Maybe they’re going to do some muck-raking. Camden woman frightened burglar away with a toy pistol. Might sic a teddy bear on him. The New York legislature is go ing to settle the question whether the people or corporations control. Thought that was known already. Waiting for “Y” delayed water de partment repairs at Runyon. Wait ing for whys has delayed more im portant things than that. Some New York papers said It was an electric blizzard caused by sun spots. According to that, the sun spots needn’t cause much alarm. Brewery Interests said to have of fered $1,000 to vote for bill to allow liquor selling on Sunday if munici palities so vote. Often heard men say they’d give that much for a drink, when they couldn’t get it. General Booth, of the Salvation Army, is going to try to convent the Mikado to Christianity. Wonder If the general knows what he’s up against. | Refused permission to erect a mer ry-go-round in the city park at Egg Harbor, a capitalist has purchased ground adjoining. The city might buy it and try municipal ownership. A woman shopper hunted around several places but all asked 26 cents a dozen for eggs. Finally she found a store where they charged but 25 /’Dntu •» ‘*rThoro ’’ aVtn py claimed, “I knew I'd find a cheaper place. I want a half-dozen, please.” ’Twas early in the evening And the maiden and her beau Had the lamp burning brightly, And they sat just so. About two hours later The young man stole a kiss, For her papa was in dreamland, Andtheysatlikethis. A VOYAGE UNRIVALLED. (Front A. W. Greeley’s “Amund sen’s Expedition and the Northwest. Passage" in the Century.) Although anticipated as to ge6- . graphical discoveries by his British ■ predecessors, yet the voyage of ' Amundsen 6tands forth unrivalled as to scant means, scientific work and successful navigation. Under his skillful handling the tiny Gjoa is the first ship to make the Northwest pas sage and the redetermination of the location of the north magnetic pole, by observations covering nearly two years in the immediate vicinity of the pole, is a nost iota’ ’e contribution to science. It chould be borne In mind that these results have been produced b; the labor of only nine men, without undue suffering, and with most modest equipment. The outcome stamps Amundsen a3 a man endowed with high qualities of ad ministration, judgment and resource fulness. Thirty days’ treatment for kidney, bladder troubles and rheumatism for $1 .00. Your money refundad if not ( satisfied. Pineules contain no alco hol. Do not derange the stomach. ; Easy to take-Sold by Sexton’s Phar- r macy. . a MAGAZINES | Success Magazine. The recent sudden death of Josiah Plynt Willard lends peculiar inter ;st to the March number of Success Magazine, In which his autobiogra phy, “My Life—So Far,’.’ is now run ling as a serial, over his pen name of ‘Josluh Flynt.” The preceding por tions of this narrative have been characterized as the most daring vol-1 antary revelation of failure and lost | llusions ever penned. In the present ; nstallment the writer tells of his I study at the University of Berlin and lis acquaintance with Ibsen, Tolstoi, and the great German thinkers. Tol itoi he characterizes as a quiet, sim ple old gentleman, whose wife was the active manager of affairs in his lome, apparently caring much for aim as a man, but not as the loader pf a edit. He emphatically denies ill insinuations that the Russian would-be reformer is a fakir of any sort. Tho House of Special Representa Ives at Washington.—what propor lon of the general public knows apy liing of this additional branch of the rational legislature, this "Legisla ive Annex of the Special Interests?” Jnder the heading, “The Third rlouse,” Gilson Gardner describes the arge and active body of lobbyists in Washington, how they are recruited, aow they work, the famous entertain aaents they give, the magnificent, i ‘Lobbyist’s Heaven” erected by | 'Nat” McKay for the use of congress-; open, and the dinner of the $2,500 i cablecloth. “Beautiful Women in' Portraiture,” by Grace Whitworth, is i resume of the progress of portrait inlntlng in America, and Is copiously llustrated with pictures of handsome American women, reproductions of portraits by notable painters. “Fools i iuu i inn mumjj , uy r ia.UK rit.utm, ind “The Dreyfus Affair.” by Vance Thompson, are continued. Mr. Fay mt discusses oil booms in California. Hudson Maxim, the well-known scientist, contributes a new explana tion of recent earthquakes, and Wil liam Mathews, a brilliant example of vigor in old age, gives directions as to “How to Live a Century.” Among the good stories in this number are "Serena’s Homesick ness,” by Ralph Henry Barbour. The Home-Coming," by Chauncey Thomas, and “The Regeneration of Little Lewis,” by James W. Foley. Verse is contributed by Wallace Ir win, Edith Mlniter, Nixon Waterman, \lfred J. Waterhouse, and William J Lampton. The cover design is by J. J. Leyendecker. The Travel Magazine. The April number of The Travel dagazlne is full of the Spirit of Eas er, and descriptions of places one vould wish to visit during this first eal month of spring. In “Bermuda, he Winter Haven of Lovers of the iea,” Percy K. Crocker tells us of >cean bathing and sailing in March iround the coral islands where the Oaster lilies grow. Russell Hewlett lescrlbes for us "Two Months Ashore it India,” and the strangeness and teauty of the Eastern Empire as it ippeared to an American party en oute around the world. In “Ile-de- t le, France,” we have the story of a and Boston, “Prints that Come True in Japan” gives Mrs. Fenollosa an opportunity to describe in her most charming style an extraordinary collection of photographs just taken which shows the fidelity of the Jap anese artists to natural scenery. “At the Holy Sepulchre on Easter-Eve” is a description by W. G. Fltz-Gerald of the commemoration today in Jer usalem of the tragic events of the days preceding the . first Easter. “Where Asia and America Meet” is an account of a mining camp on the coast of Behring Sea, as told by the aBsayer of the party, Martin Schwlt ter. The March McClure’s. In the March number of McClure's the Christian Science Serial easily holds first place. It deals in detail with the Quimby controversy that has waged for twenty-five years be tween Christian Scientists, and the followers of the New Thought move ment—also called Mental Healers. A mass of documentary evidence of the arguments of both sides is pre sented in the shape of fac-simile let ters, affidavits and the like. The in auguration of Lincoln, the epidemic of compromise that infected the country and the breaking out of the Civil War are dramatically described in the Carl Schurz Reminiscences. Waldemar Kaempffert tells “What We Know About Mars” in a lucid article that describes the marvels without recourse to the technical verbiage of science. “The Diary of an Amateur Waitress,” by Maud Younger, gives us the worker's point of view on an industrial problem. The fiction of this March McClure’s is especially fine, with eight strong stories. Wllla Sibert. Gather, in a romantic story, “The Namesake,” tells of the conception and growth of an artist’s inspiration for his master piece. Grace King, in “Tne Clod hopper," gives us a pathetic picture of a plantation hand who finds refuge after a stormy life, in the accustomed Reid toil of her vouth. “Somentn Nico for Celia,” by Mrs. Wilson Woodrow, Is another of her amusing Zenith comedies. Rex Beach takes us again to the humorous west In his broad farce “The Colognizing of Kansas.” How Chicago’s Teamster Strike affected the homes is dramat ically told in "Over Monahan’s,” by f’lara E. Laughlln. “A Suspended Sentence," by C. T. Revere, is the story of a cow-boy’s devotion that Dame to the surface only when the man, who had once saved him, at tacks him with murderous intent. A delightful young business man of ; thirteen is "Jimmie,” the hero of ! John McGraw, Jr's, story, “How Jim- i My Made Good.” In “The Love Story , >f a Cad,” M. Gauss capitally satiriz ?s a New York type. “To a Served , Ideal,” by Louise Imogen Guiney, Rose Dolores,” by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay and “The Self,” by Cora Linn Daniels are distinctive and thoughtr lul verse. The Rook News Monthly. A wonderfully generous table pf -ontents distinguishes the March lumber of The Book News Monthly, i rhe interest of the number centers n James Whitcomb Riley; and Sar- i tent’s beautiful portrait of the poet i tppears on the cover, in two colors, rhe excellent likeness painted by T. I . . Steele is reproduced as a portrait i lupplement, and numerous other i ihotographs illustrate the various trticleB. Of "James Whitcomb Riley I ts a Person" Dr. Henry van Dyke ; vrites in his own engaging way; 'Riley as a Representative Hoosier” i s considered by Elizabeth Miller, mthor of "The Yoke” and “Saul of ’arsus." “The Poetry of Riley” has . . graceful and sincere appreciation rom the pen of Bliss Carman; old riends, Hewitt Hanson Howland and lamuel Duff McCoy, write of that are quality, the Riley humor# and ieorge C. Hitt contributes an article , n “Mr. Riley as a Public Reader.” “Timely Topics,” one of file most j ---t .interesting of the departments in the magazine, opens with a characterist ically sarcastic study of “The Novel ist—Theoretically Speaking,” by Dadi Graham Phillips. In the same I section the seventieth birthday of William Dean Howells, which occurs i on March 1, Is remembered with a i sketch by William Stanley Braith ! walte, who also writes a short poetic j tribute to the “dean of American let (t.ers.” In “Our Contemporary Dramat ists” Dr. Cornelius Weygandt takes up “The Significance of Stephen Phil lips' Success.” “The Old Bookshop’ has an entertaining article by Fred eric F. Sherman, on "The Miniature Books of To-day.” There are many book reviews— some thirty pages in all—including "For the Reader of New Fiction,” I "The Clergyman’s Study Table,” and I "For the Young Business Man’s Bookshel f.” The March Century. The March Century Is a Garden Number, covering a wide and varied •’range of outdoor interests—Charles | ton gardens, Persian gardens, work ingmen’s gardens, flower arrange ment in Japan, and a review by a Dutch expert of Luther Burbank's work In scientific horticulture. The Luther Burbank review, from the pen of Hugo de Vries, Professor of Plant Anatomy and Physiology in the University of Amsterdam, is the article of most scientific value in the magazine. It brings to American readers a new, sdggestlve and au thoritative presentation of Mr. Bur bank's claims And achievements. All the charm of Charleston’s gardens— probably the loveliest gardens in this country—is in Miss Frances Dun can's article, and there are delightful illustrations by Anna Whelan Betts, including two full pages in color. in a different vein, and also touch ing a subject of far-reaching inter est, is Williani H. Tolman’s account of "Workingmen’s Gardens in France,” one of the most encourag ing movements of, the day. Detroit, .now i oik, jrnuaueipnia ana ouicr American cities are developing sim ilar aims: but France has carried the work far beyond the point of an ex periment: and the story is full of vital Interest. Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue's description of Persian gar dens is embellished with many repro ductions of the author's drawings; and in Miss Zaida Ben-Yusuf’s paper on “The Honorable Flowers of Jap an” there are many pictures Illustrat ing the Japanese methods of arrang-. ing cut flowers. For those who want to read alBO of something besides out-of-doors, ther is a veriety or articles and the usual Action—the conclusion of A. E. W. Mason’s “Running Water,” and further chapters, increasing in interest, of Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett’s strong novel of Internation al marriage and Its problems, “Tho Shuttle.” An especially strong and timely apepal is made in John H. Finley’s estimate of “The Ex-presi dent," of whom he says: “it will be remembered that he made straight and easier of travel the road by which the people of this republic are to go to their greater heights.” Among the notable portraits of the year was Mr. Slgismond do Ivan owski's painting of Miss Maude Adams as “Peter Pan,” reproduced in color in the December Century. Equally remarkable is this artist’s portrayel of Miss Blanche Bates as “Madame Butterfly,” which is repro duced in color as the frontispiece of the March Century, the second of the magazine's notable series of portraits of famous actresses in character. The American Magazine for March. The American Magazine for March includes a new little play, “The Goal,” by Henry Arthur Jones. Throughout the play, made joyful by his presence, there walks a great man of the world, seventy-five years old, who, on the day he died, pre served love of life, high respect for himself, and enthusiasm for larger achievement. When he died he died standing. Miss Tarbell, whose' history of the tariff is one of the features of this ( notable periodical, relates in the pres ent number the story of the tariff ; under Grant. Blaine, “Sunset” Cox, 1 Horace Greeley, “Pig-iron” Kelley and Garfield are among the men in- ■ frnflnrpfl .Tns<>nhinp DnRlrnm Vlnr» on's article on the servant problem Is entitled, “Wo and Our Neighbors.” Stanley Johnson describes “Athletics Among the Blind.” Joseph Jacobs records the biography of the Mean or Middle American. The Interpret er presents what is really a graphic L'haracter study of President Roose velt. David Grayson reports “An Argument With a Millionaire.” The author of “Emmy Lou” writes an other “Letltia” story, and F. Marion Crawford proceeds wltluhis serial. What Ray Stannard Baker is go ing to do with “The Rlddld of the Negro” is fully announced. Other contributors are: George Randolph Chester, Sarah N. Cleg torn, Michael Williams, Witter Byn ter and Jules Verne Des Voiognes . The March Metropolitan. The March issue of The Metropol tan Magazine might well be set up is the standard of American maga :inq publication. The first instal nent of “The Mexican War,” a series >f important historical value, by Pro essor Robert McNutt McElroy, of he Department of History of Prince on University, beginB what gives iromise of being the most fasclnat- i ng and important journey into the last of this country that has appear- | >d in recent years. He furnishes ■ vhat we have never had—a complete . listory for the people of the most ■omantie period of our country’s 1 growth. “The Fur Seal Fisheries/’ contain- 1 ng portions of the president’s mes- 1 tago and illustrated in color and with photographs by the United • Rates Government Agents, opons ino's eyes to tho crime against the , leal. Mr. W. S. Dudloy, secretary of the dotor Boat Association, ha* written 1 in article of absorbing interest on 1 ‘Motor Boating” in all its phases, i lommercial and amateur. Another article of importance and ■ nterest is that by T. Gilbert White , in “Hypnotism," a sane paper, the ( Meaning of which every one can ;rasp. "The .World at Largo” is crowded with short, pithy accounts of the treat history making events of the ] nonth, admirably illustrated. The fiction in this number is of an i in usually high grade, and is well 11 7 V ' chosen. "The Cause That Couldn’t Wait," by Clinton Dangertteld, brings up the much mooted question of the president's attitude towards the new spelling. „ . _ “The Curing of Peabody, by D. r . Moore, is a humorous story of the west. “The Passion of Iron,” by Ho mer Salnt-Gaudrns, je a strong tale Of the Iron smelters. Other Interesting stories in this number are: "A Deputy Suint,” by A. S. Durno; “Under the Semaphore," by Minnie Barbour Adams; "A Job in the Senate Chamber,” by Frank H. Sweet. The number is splendidly illustrated, several pages being In full color, which are worth framing. LINCOLN'S OWN COMMENT. On One of His Chief and Most Inter esting Characteristics. (From Col. Silas W. Burt’s “Lin coln on His Own Story Telling" in the Century.) It was the face (that of Lincoln) that, in evory line, told the story of anxiety and weariness. The droop ing eyelids, looking almost swollen; the dark bags beneath the eyes; the deep marks about the large and ex- ' presslve mouth; the flaccid muscles of the Jaws, were all so majestically pitiful, that I could almost have fal len on my knees and begged pardon for my part in the cruel presumption and impudence that had thus Invaded his repose. As we were severally in troduced, the president shook hands with us, and then took his seat on a haircloth covered sofa beside the ma jor, while we others sat on chairs in front of him. Con. Van Buren, in fitting words, conveyed the message from Gov. Seymour, asking the pres ident. in Governor Seymour’s name, to pay no attention to newspaper state ments as to the governor's unfriend liness, and assured the president of the governor’s fixed intention to ful fill any constitutional call upon him for funds to support the government. The president replied that he had at tached no importance to the rumors referred to, and that he needed no formal assurances that the governor The merely formal talk being over, something was said about the critical condition of military matters, and the president observed that he had no fears about the safety of Washing ton, and was certain that the attempt ed invasion of the northern states would be arrested. He said the latest intelligence from the army Of the Potomac was favorable, but gave no details, and it was not until the next day that we learned that Gen. Meade had succeeded Gen. Hooker. A little pause in the conversation ensued. The gaunt figure of the president had gradually slid lower on the slippery sofa, and his long legs were stretched out in front, tho loose slippers half fallen from his feet, while the drowsy eyelids had almost closed over his eyes, and his jaded features had taken on the suggestion of relaxation in sleep. I repeat that I never thing of this noble man’s per sonality without recalling him at that moment of supreme danger to the re public and without seeing again that, sad, worn countenance of the man who bore with such courage and pa tience his heavy burdens. Deeply moved by tho president’s evident fatigue, and by his cordial treatment of us, in spite of our pre sumptuous call, Col. Van Buren and I were about rising to make our iidieux when, to our dismay, the ma jor slaped the president on the knee and said: "Mr. President, tell us one of your ?ood stories." ' If the floor had opened and drop ped me out of sight, I should have aecn happy. The president drew himself up, and aiming his gack as far as possible apon the major, with great dignity iddressed the rest of us, saying: "I aelieve I have the popular reputation >f being a story teller, but I do not leserve the name in its general sense, :or it is not the story itself, but its mrpose, or effect, that interests me. : often avoid a long and useless dis '.ussion by others or a laborious ex ilanation on my own part by a short dory that illustrates my point of iew. So, too, the sharpness of a re usal or the edge of a rebuke may be ilunted by an appropriate story, so as o save wounded feeling and yet servo hp mirnnHn Nn T am nnt Himnlv a itory teller, but story telling as an ;molIient saves me much friction ind distress.” These are almost his ixact words, of which I made a rec ird that very night. When the president finished, we rose and made our salutations and withdrew, our last view of our great eader being of a countenance gra ious, but inexpressibly sad. I have told this adventure to many rlends, some of whom have asked vhy I did not publish it. For many ears I was loth to make a public tatement of even unconsenting pres ume at such treatment of one whom he nation recognizes as ranking as ligh as Washington in our political ilslory and venerates as a martyr. Jut I have been persuaded that this xplanatlon by our beloved president if the great solace he derived from its story telling should how be gen ially known. A SALOON SUBSTITUTE. . (From William H. Tolman’s 'Workingmen’s Gardens in France,” n the March Century.) s As a saloon substitute for work ngmen gardens are in the front rank. ‘On my little plot,” said a father of our children, “X have paid for my ont twice; once with the crop I havo aised, and a second time with what I lave saved in not going to the sa oon.” The gardon is a kind of safety 'alve, where the man can work off lis extra steam. If by chance ho lives n one room, ho can go to his little •lot instead of seeking the dlstrac ion which he finds in the saloon. The apid growth of tuberculosis, a city lisoase, is made easier by the un lealthy homes where so often the workingmen must live; in the open dr he can overcome that dread dis iase, if its ravages have not gone too ar. The safe, jertaln, reliable little iiiis that ot gripe or sicken are )ade s Liver Pills. Best for ick heat j, biliousness and lazy ifer», r