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JOB VVOBK OP ALL KINDS SOLIC
ITED. Triflles kill more pood men
and women than do calamities.
To the right ambition there
is a sky full of
horizon.
stars but no
Hon W. T. Carrington has
made an excellent official he
will doubtless be renominated
without opposition.
Ex-Queen Lil is to visit
President Rossevelt, and of
course will be entertained at
the White House which means
more squerming for the south
ern newspapers.
All matter for publication
must reach us not later than
Wednesday; except special
news from correspondents
which may be received as late '
as Thursday morning.
The election of Seth Lovv
as mayor of New York last
Tuesday certainly speaks well
for the citizens of the metrop
olis. The talented ex-college
President will doubtless give
the city a clean busines ad- (
ministration while Tammany
will have rest. Every cat has
his day.
In another column is found
an interesting article contrib
uted to the Profk.3SI'"stv.
World by our geuial friend.
Or. J. E. Perry. Dr Perry
is a deep thinker and a force
. vriter, and is establishing
quite a reputation as a physi
cian and surgeon in the state.
The Daily Tribune claims to
have found the name of Presi
dent Rossevelt on our sub. list.
Strange to say on look
ing over the list of subscribers
to the Tribune we fail to see
the'nameof Col. VV. J.Bryan
We are informed, however,
that the "Col. "will subscribe
as soon as he gets in the
White House, which will be
:about 19 ? ? ?
In the large cities of this
country there are more than
10,000 children who cannot
receive the benefits of educa
tion because there are not
enough school buildings,
Even Boston, the best equip
ped city in America, needs
twenty-seven more buildings
for school purposes. The
showing in all cities this fall
U worse than ever. The ac
commodations have not kept
pace with the increase of pop
ulation, it is a disgrace to us
all, and as usual its ex plan a
ts found in politics, what we
need is more school men on
school boards.
FOR SALE.
A. Nnuure Pltsiitti orlrlntalljr
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JiftQUIIIB AT Tilt OFFICII '
WRITES SWEET SONGS
LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON'8
GREAT FAME.
. .
IT Other American Woman Baa As-
""o" n.gree of late.
national liwm-ff . ChUd of Cost-
Every reader of the best magaslnea
and every lover of real poetry must be
familiar with the name of Louise Chaa
dler Moulton, a Boston writer who has
won for herself a high place In Ameri
can literature. Although it Is aa a
poet that Mrs. Moulton has won the
highest distinction, her prose writings
hare had many admirers, her letters of
travel being particularly good. Mm.
Moulton is of eastern birth, having
been born In Promfret, Conn., in 1S3S
Hers was a home in which the theolo
gy and traditions of the Purltmi sur
vived, and her childhood was not like
i the childhood of the children of today.
I Some very innocent amusements were
strictly prohibited and her childish
companions were few. Happily for
her one bad a highly Imaginative na
ture that helped her to people her lit
tle world with agreeable companions
and she was not unhappy. Like most
poets, Mrs. Moulton began to write
when she was very young, and she was
but 13 years of age when she wrote
for a composition In school a poem
that her teacher could hardly believe
LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON.
as original, and he detained her
tfter school to ask If she had really
written the poem. When 14 years oil
Abe sent a little poem to a local news
paper and for the first time saw her
own lines in print. No lines of hers
that appeared In after years In the
great magazines and that brought her
praise from Longfellow and Holmes
and Browning and Matthew Arnold
ever gave Mrs. Moulton the peculiar
thrill of delight she felt on seeing her
first lines la that little Tillage news
paper. Only once in a lifetime can one
experience the delight of seeing one's
first literary effort in print.
When 18 years old the young Con
necticut poet brought out a small vol
ume of the stories, poems and sketches
she had had published in various pe
riodicals up to that time. Some of
these poems and stories had appeared
In the Boston True Flag, then edited
by William V. JToulton. who had be
come greatly Interested in his young
contributor, and they were married In
1856. From that time until now Mrs.
Moulton has lived In Boston, with the
exception of many summers spent
abroad.
It Is doubtful If any other American
woman ever atta'nud the prestige In
literary circles attained by Mrs. Moul
ton in bth America and Europe. A
woman of a kindly and sympathetic
nature, fond of social pleasures, and
eager to give pleasure to others, she
has made friends everywhere. One of
the memorable events In the liter
ary history of London was a breakfast
given for Mrs. Moulton by Lord
Houghton (Richard Monckton Mtlnes)
some years ago. The most noted poets,
novelists, actors and artists have at
tended Mrs. Mod 1 ton's London "at
homes." Her Friday afternoon recep
tions at her home In Boston partake
more of the nature of the salon than
any other social gathering In the city.
The writer remembers seeing at Mrs.
Moulton's at one of these receptions
Oliver Wendell Holmes. Julia Ward
Howe, Sarah Orne Jewett, Thomas
Wentworth Hlgginson, Julia Marlowe,
and a host of artists, writers, college
professors, andmen and women of dis
tinction In tbs higher walks or lire
No other woman in Boston has enter-
talned so many men and women ot
I ths highest distinction, and no other
I woman has been kinder or more help
I ful to struggling young writers and
artists. She has encouraged when oth
ers have ridlpuled and has helped
when others have hindered. Her son
nets have been unsurpassed by any
American poet, and all of ber work
heart the Imprint of a master band
MORRII WADE
FAITHFUL SENTINEL.
a That Searaa WoItm by Shooting
Etstt Hour.
The wolf gun was considered sacs
a foolish device that the United States
government for a long time refused to
Issue a patent for It. Now it Is in op
eration, and is saving thousands of
head of cattle, sheep, and swine. Dos
ens of ranchmen In Colorado and Wyo
ming are providing themselves with
the weapons, and it is said tnat they
are "worth their w "it In gold." Tha
wolf gun is an oni u.i . y gun arrange
to explode a blank nrnidge every hoar
during the nlgbt l i clever little do
vine Invented l Kansas man. Ta
ranchman pluivs u near his herd as
goes to sleep, knowing that they wUt
be safe from the attack of predatory
animals, because these animals fear
the report of a gun. It is a faithful
watch. Kvtry hour its report can bo
heard, and if there are coyotes within
half a mile of the machine they will
endeavor to get more distance betwetio
them and the noise. Denver Times.
Sweden.
In cold and cheerier weather s
ereat concourse of working people
gathered on a hill in the outskirts ot
Stockholm and listened to their ora
tors, adopted resolutions and finally
adjourned in the midst of a blinding
snowstorm A speaker who attracted
not a little attention was a Norwegian
woman named Mrs. Anna Sterky. Be
tween the speeches songs were sung,
and but for the weather a pleasant
time was spent. About 16,000 persons
took part in the meeting, and every
thing was conducted In the most
orderly manner. Meetings also took
place in Upsala, Orebro. Ekllstlma,
Malmo and Norrkoping. Charles Sam
flers. in Chlrseo Record.
ICE PROM NORWAY.
Ill Eoropa la Rnppllad from ths Standi
navlan Faalnsnla.
We have all heard about Greenland's
icy mountains, but Norway's are
trifle less familiar to us by name, de
spite the fact that they are of far
more practical service to us, for in
summer and winter we draw our let-
supplies from the mountain lakes of
that country. The lakes of crystal
clear water are high up in the moun
tains and are surrounded by countless
pine trees that grow to a great height
Europe's ice supply from these sources
is controlled by syndicates. The Ice
which Is considered by experts to be
the finest in the world, is cut up intc
huge, square-shaped blocks by meant
of plows constructed for the purpose
These blocks are sent down the moun
tain side on huge slides. Owing tr
their great length the ice often ac
quires an amazing velocity ere 1
reaches the inclosed pool, outside
which the bulky ice ships ride at an
chor awaiting their cool cargoes. In
spite of these arrangements It some
times comes about that the ice supply
does not continue altogether uninter
rupted, for, apart from the occasional
delay of ships, orders sometimes come
which necessitate phenomenal quanti
ties being cut from the lakes, and
when this occurs after a drouth the
demand quickly exceeds the supply
and scarcity ensues. That Is why wt
often have to pay dear tor our Ice
even in winter time
CATHERINE WAITS. ESQ.
dorado Woman Lawyar Who Is Has
Husband's Partner.
Mrs. Catherine V. Walte, aged 71, is
bout to form a law partnership In
lerver, Colo., with her hi sband, for
mer Judge Charles B. Walte. The firm
fill lie C. 1!. & C. V. Walte, and friends
Jill be disappointed If the aged couple
In not make some of the hustling
veslern firms do their best to maintain
. stige. Mrs. Walte, who is now in
uolt, has lived In Chicago at various
1 . es since 1865, and her home is at
..-sent with her daughter, Mrs. Lucy
alte, 98 Loomis street. She has been
lifelong friend of Susan B. Anthony,
Ld Is one of the most remarkable
women ot the west. Having lived In
uany states of the union, Mrs. Walte
going to Colorado because she be
teves it has the only atmosphere con
genial to women of business ability
.ml who desire a voice In the adminls
ration of public affairs. The versa
lllty of this energetic woman Is shown
oy the fact that she has been a farmer
1 teacher, a lecturer, an author, a
-nerchant, a contractor and a manager
f large moneyed interests, and has at
tained eminent success In each of these
allings. Cincinnati Commercial Trio
we. Hnus Grow Wild In English Cnutitl .
It is a somewhat remarkable fact
that the hop, although only cultivated
In a few districts in a few English
counties, yet grows freely In a wild
condition In very many places. It Is
a perennial, flowering In July nd Au
gust, and to be found In hedges and
thickets. The plant Is only cultivated,
Cur Instance, in the northeastern por
lons of Hampshire, and about Peters
'eld, and even there It does not cover
3,000 acres In all It grows and flour
shes, however, In a wild state all over
the county, Including tle Isle of WlaAt
-Uouiat, & sprees.
it i ftiiii'riTAn fTimimv"
nAM Ml U.V Lb MM
Mm ayaj J aS ws aVWwwm -i- w
the Man Who Declined
An Invitation to
DIE 11ITII Ollt HUT
Mrs Roosevelt BDd Her House
hold Arrangements; Admind
Schley and Others.
(From Cur Repular Correspondent )
Washington, ; c., -ov. 3, lflol.
The "first lady in the lan'l" find-
after arranging for her family that their
will be only one spare room at the dis
Itosal of any guests who may chance to
s end the niglit with the family of the
President of the United States there
is li ely to be doubling up, triplingu
and even quadrupling up in that room
during the coming social season. The
large oval library, on the second floor
just over the Blue Room, and the samt
shape and size, is the sitting or living
rpotn of the family. It has three large
windows facing south, and command
ipg a beautiful view of the Potomai
river and the Virginia hills, with th.
Washington Mc nument in the fore
1 round. Mrs Rosevelt's room is a
the southwest corner of the building
and previous to the McKinley regirn
was always the the chamber of thi
chamber of the mistress of the Whit
House. Miss Alice will have the Bin
Room, in the northwest corner knowi
tor he past five years as Mrs. Mr
Kinley's room, ard a smaller roan
opening from this will be occupied b
Miss Ethel. As no announcement ha
been made about the beds, it is pre
sumed they are to bt tucked away in
anv old corner ol the mansion.
Mrs. james G. Blaine and daughtet
Mrs Beale have returned to Washing
tod and reopened their K street house
Mr and Mrs. James G. Blaine, Jr.
are settled in New York, where they
will make tl eir home, but thay will
spend some time io Washington dur
ing the winter. "Jim' is saip to have
come a full-fledg d Wall street specu
later, and it is to be hoped he will n
figure laier as a "well-fleeced lamb.1
as so many would-ba Napoleons of
finance have done,
Rear Admiral Schley accompanied
Cant. Parker, one of his counsel, went
into the hotel at which Mr. Raynor
his chief counsel is a guest, and it took
him more than a hall hour to get away
'rom the crowd of ladies and gentle
men who surrounded him and began
to shake his hand and extended their
congratulations on th- ou'ook of a
complete vindication from the Court o
Inquiry.
Mr. Charl Janish. of Berlin, who i
in ivasninion. is an ardsnt admirer o
Emperor William In the course
an interesting conversation he said
"Your people do not understand ou
our Emperor, He is like your presi
dent; he has what you call it? Puh?
Yah, that is it. He's a hustler lik
Roosevelt, ane we who understand him
anmire him much. Others do not
know what it means, but he's alright
We learn much from America. Why
don't we make good machinery lik
yours? I do not know unless it is we
have no push
Mrs. Hay and her youngest daugh
ter. Miss Alice, are in Cleveland. The
family being still in deep mourning on
account of the tragic death of Adelbert
Hay, last flune, will taking no part in
the social ayeties of ihe coming sea
son, although Mr. Hay, as Secretary
of State, will have to be present at
4 ome of the official functions, especi
ally those in which members of the dip,
lomatic corps particepate.
The original inuntif-n of making the
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marriage of Miss Edyth Patten to Ad.
jutant Corbin a big sociel event, which
was abandoned for a time on account.
0 ftie death of President McKinle,
will be crried out. This week cards
were issued in the name . of Miss Pat
ten, a sister of the Bride-to-be, for
Wednesday, Nov. 6, at noon. '
Many Washingtonians are please'd at
tle announcement that Miss Cushman
K' Davis, widow of the late Senator
Davis, of Minnesota, will make ' her
prrmahent home in Washington.
TO 8AV8 TIME.
A lUform Thai's Saraastaa' fee Gaa
mtirelal Corraspoadsaoe.
Not content with the destruction s4
the art of letter-writing through the
Invention of the telegraph, the type
writer and other time-saving devices.
an iconoclastic Camden genius makes
what he calls a plea for reform in
commercial correspondence by elimi
nating the few courteous words, such
as "Dear Sir" and "Yours very truly,"
which still survive in the arid waste
of business letters. "By actual experi
ment," he says in the Philadelphia
Record, "it will be found that it takes
a typewriter one hour to write these
formal Introductions and conclusions
to 500 letters. Now, the estimated
total annual letter mail of the world
Is 8,000,000,000 pieces. Of course, this
Is not all commercial correspondence,
nor is It a.I typewritten, but for ths
purpose of having some statistical
starting point it will be assumed that
it Is. To write the 'Dear sirs' " and
Yours very trulys.' for this number
of pieces would take one typewriter
16,000,000 days, or allowing 800 work
ing days to the year, about 6,700 years.
To translate this Into an approxima
tion of its money value, allowing $10
as the wage of the typewriter asvi
eight hours as the average day's
work, the cost would be $3,350,000. Is
It worth it? Or, to go a step further,
Is It worth anything? Little by little
the forms of address have been oon
densed until such old-school phrases
'My Dear and Respected Sir' -.sad
'Your humble and obedient servant
are obsolete. Why not continue the
good work and 'reform It altogether?
Why not adopt the following sensible.
straightaway, businesslike form:
" 'John Smith ft Co.:
" We wish to order, etc.
"T. Brown Jk Co.
That Is what you mean. Why not sag
It and stopf
YELLOW FEVER.
Worst Plaoo ror tha DUtaia Is BaaosM
Arris.
From the reports there can be littls
doubt that Just now the worst yellow
i'ever spot on earth Is Senegal, tlM
."Yench colony In Bast Africa. "Fit"
een per cent ot the population of this
olony is already destroyed by tha
'earful disease. One -per cent die every
lay with hopeless regularity during
he incessant winter rain. There la
till nearly 100 days ot thii In pros
oct. Imagine an epidemic in any city
hat should carry 75,000 Inhabitants la
hree months, or 800 persons dally.
Oppose that during the last live days
one 25,000 individuals, or 5,000 per
on s daily, had been carried off, and
hat the probabilities were in favor at
n Increase of the epidemic, and Ml
an get an Idea of the situation la
lencgul. "We are guarded," sayd Us
eport, "by a military cordon. w."lca
ires ou those unfortunates who at
empt to escape. It does not tt.ks
ong. On a Saturday Colonel de Coeur
was In full health. On Sunday morn
'tig he entered the hospital. On Mon
lay evening at 3 o'clock he was
Juried." Usually, however, a case
lasts three or four days. The mortal
Ity is always about 86 per cent in pro
portion to the number of those at
'acked. The epidemic started from
the extreme western section of the
town, and after following a regular
line ot march, Is on board the war
ship Heroine, moored at the extreme
eastern end of the towa. For fifteen
days the officers and men have been
consigned on board this old vessel and
have not appeared on shore. Never
theless, the disease baa found meant)
to reach them'. "Physicians die like
flies," continues the report "Sisters
and lnflrma. follow the same road.
Mass is no longer said in public on aa
count ot contagion. Fortunately there
will always remain a negro priest ts
absolve the last who die, for it Is a
curious fact that the negroes are cons
pletely Immune."
laoantlvo ta Ooaa BUaaaa.
A natural effect of the free delivery
system is the Improvement of high
ways throughout the country. Ia lo
cating free delivery routes the condi
tion of the roads is always an Impor
tant consideration, and many petitions
have been den'ci on the ground tuat
the highways were not fit for travel
during the muddy months of the year.
( This point is now understood, and "
rearly every V110 -
J that AnR.rtTTisftnr rhA&A Avm im
comes te
' r "
aecom
pledge on the
part of the county commissioners ta
Improve the roads and put than ta
S.PSLS'. "
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