The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1901-1982, March 01, 1905, Image 3
A DESISUCT
New Orleans/of fers a
(By Ravai
TWELVE BLOG1S ARE DESTROYEI
A Conflagration Believed to Have Ori
ginated From an lnsufficientlyy Oile
Car Journal Sweeps a Long Sectioi
of tne River Front Covered Witi
Modern and Costly Wharves, th
Great Terminals of the Illinois Cer
tral and Two Grain Elevators.
New Orleans, Special.-Fire involvini
millions of dollars loss in physica
property and that strikes a serious, i.
temporary, blow at the immense expor
trade of New Orleans, swept the rive
front Sunday night and wiped out th
vast freight terminals of the Illino'.
Central Railroad, known as the Stuy
vesant docks. Nearly a dozen squares o
modern wharves and frieght sheds. tw<
magnificent grain elevators, hundred;
of loaded cars and vast quantities o
freight, including 20,000 bales of cotton
were destroyed, together with a largi
number of small residences. The fir
was still raging furiously at midnight
at which time it had almost reached th<
upper end of the Illinois Central prop
erty. It has not been destermine<
whether there has been any loss o
life. The ocean-going shipping seems t*
have escaped serious damage. A num
ber of firemen and employes of thi
docks were injured. Actual estimates o
the losses are impossible, though the:
may exceed $5,000,000.
TWELVE SQUARES SWEPT.
The Stuyvesant docks extend fron
Louisiana avenue almost to Napoleox
avenue, a distance of twelve squares
The wharves between those two point;
were covered with miles of trackage
and steel and iron sheds ran the wholh
distance. The two grain elevators wer(
of the most modern construction, tht
upper one having a capacity of a mil
lion bushels. Thousands of bushels o:
corn, several hundred thousand pack
ages of sugar, great quantities of cot
ton-seed oil and oil cake, lumber ani
every conceivable variety of freight fill
ed the warehouses and sheds. Practi
cally all the export business handled bi
the Illinois Central was put abaorc
ships at these docks. The docks and
Simprovements have been under con
struction for ten years past, elabora.
* extensions and immense investment:
baying been made.
BEGINNING OF THE FIRE.
The fire was discovered shortly afte1
7 o'clock. I was said to have resultec
from a journal that had not been suffi
ciently oiled. The whole plant wa
equipped with gigantic water tanks an
fire-extinguishing apparatus, but thl
blaze, small at the beginning, almos
Instantly got beyond control, communi
cating through the conveyers to th4
lower elevator and some of the sheds
The respense of the fire department was
prompt, but because of the fact tha
the terminals were inaccessible, owini
to tracks, the engines found difficult:
in reaching the flames. In half an hou1
the fire covered two squares and th4
lower elevator was practically con
sumed, the fire sweeping up and dowr
the river. As soon as it became know!
that the scene of the fire was the Stuy
vesant docks, harbor tugs hastenec
to the wharves, and vessels that wer4
moored there were pulled out into thi
river.
Increase Capital.
Suffolk, Special.-An amendment ti
the charter of the United Spring Moto:
Corporation was received here increas
ing the capital stock from a maximun
of $30,000 to $500,000. The corporatO]
which patented a sewing machine de
vice, already has sold several foreigi
rights at a high figure.
Twelve Years For Forger.
Newport News, Special.-Paul C
Jo'mison, the negro forger, was sent
cnced to 12 years in the penitentlar:
in the Corporation Court. He wa:
given a jury trial on two indictment
af three counts and found guilty 0
all allegations. He was sentenced t
'tw years each for the six offenses
Johnson has already served two year
in the peniitentiary, having been sent
enced from Petersburg. Under th
'law five years will be added to hi
term for this reason. Johnson feigne
insazity, but it did not serve to mit:
ate the sentence.
North Sea Decision Read.
Paris. By Cable.-The decision 0
the international commission of in
quiry into the North Sea incident wa
publicly announced at the closing ses
sion of the commission. The decis
ion lengthly sets forth the circumstan
ces and incidents and gives the opin
on of the admirals on the various im
porta.nt points involved. The decis
ion says the delay of the Rusian trans
port Kamschatka, following the breat
down of her machinery, was perhap
the cause of the incident.
To Build Ships at Home.
Tokio, By Cable.-The statemen
that Japan has ordered four battle
ships in England is incorrect. Iti
probable. unless circumstances dic
tate otherwise, that Japan in futur
will construct all her vessels at home
Shea has equipped extensive yard
shops and gun and armor foundries
and there is a strong, growing sent
ment in the navy and in the peopl
generally in favor of home constru<
tion exclusively. The yards are a
ready engaged in an extensive built
ig programme, which includes tw
are armored vessels.
f
E WHARF FIRE
Five Million Dollar Loss
ring Flames
At the same time switch engines were
rushed to the wharves and hundreds
of box cars loaded with freight were
- drawn to points above the upper end
of the terminals before the fire reach
ed them. Many hundreds more, how
ever, were consumed.
BIG GRAIN ELEVATOR BURNS.
The wind was blowing down the
river and the blaze spread with great
speed in that direction. By 9 o'clock
the lower elevator and sheds and
wharves from Amelia street to Louis
ana avenue, a distance of six squares,
had fallen in. Fortunately, Louisiana
avenue is a very broad thoroughfare,
and the further spread of the fire be
yond that point into a residence sec
tion was checked. Between those
points, however, the flames swept to
complete destruction many cottages of
y the poorer classes, the occupants in a
great many instances losing all they
possessed. With the wind. in a favor
,able direction, the river boats. the
able direction, the river boats, the em
ployes of the road and the fire depart
ment concentrated all their energies
in an effort to save the upper elevator
between Austerlitz and Constantinople
streets and to check the fire at that
point. The fire, however, gradually
worked past the point occupied by the
. elevator. Heroically, the forces 'kept
at work, but ultimately they were
beaten, and the big steel structure,
covered with corrugated iron sudtlenly
burst into flames at 10:30 and in a half
hour was a complete wreck.
BLAZE OF TERRIFIC FURY.
At midnight more than nine squares
of the terminals had been completely
destroyed, and it seemed unlikely that
the fire would be- checked until it
reached Napoleon avenue, which also
is a very broad street. During the fire
a heavy wind blew, and the blaze was
of indescribable fury, carrying brands
to great dist.inces, driving back the
crowds of sight-seers. Immense pieces
of corrugated iron, torn from the sides
of the upper elevator were carried
through the air as if they were feathers,
and, dropping in every direction, con
stantly endangered the lives of fire
men and spectators.
The 'weather was bright and warm,
50,000 people visited the scene during
the 1;rogress of the fire. Aside from
the tremendous loss involved in the
destruction of property, the fire is a
calamity to New Orleans in the tem
porary abatement of the immense ex~
port business of the Illinois Central,
partly in the matter of grain ship.
-ments.
SDestructive Fire at Hot Springs.
Hot Springs, Ark., Special.-Fire
Iswept the southern portion of thiu
'city early Saturday, doing immens4
damage and causing the known deati
of three persons. The losses are var
iously estimated at from $1,000,000 tc
$2,000,000. Sunday was a da.y 01
gloom in Hot Springs. The first esti
-mates of the damage done by the greal
conflagration were not exaggerated
More than forty blocks were eatez
away by the flames, and the most con
servative estimates place the loss at
million and a half dollars, and severa:
insurance men state that the figures
will reach two million. The three un
known bodies recovered are the only
known fataliJies.
Live Items of News.
Fifty bodies have been recovered
from the Virginia mine in Alabama,
where 160 men were imprisoned by ax
explosion.
A special Federal grand jury ye
nire was drawn in Chicago and sub
poenas for 185 employes of the so
called "Beef 'Trust" were issued, .pend
ing an investigation as to whether
ithe supposed combine has been violat
ing Tudge Grosscup's injunction.
Two additional indictments, making
ten in all, were found in Cleveland
against Mrs. Chadwick.
- President Truesdale, of the Dela
ware, Lackawana and Western Rail.
road, says the proposed bil to regu.
late railroad rates would be in effect
confiscation of railroad property.
The striking New York, New Havez
and Hartford Railroad firemen pro
posed a method of arbitration which
the company rejected, on the ground
that it was objectionable to the engi
neers.
The Equitable Life Assurance So'i
ety has won a suit in which it was
* ntended to compel the company tc
divide $8.000,000 among the policy.
holders in Wisconsin.
Gov. A. J. Montague was one of the
speakers at the Washington banquet
in Alexandria.
A train was wrecked on the James
River division of the Chesapeake anc
Ohio railroad by a falling bowider.
-The widow of Jefferson Davis has
-published a statement declaring thal
-she has no recollection of writing
-letter to General Miles thanking hitr
-for his humane treatment of her hus
- band, and she calls on the general tC
Smake public a photographic reproduc
tion of the letter.
Eight Democrats in the Delaware
legislature voted for James H. Hughes
t for Senator.
-Fire destroyed two of the larges1
s Hoosac tunnel piers in Boston anc
damaged the steamship Philadelphia
causing the loss of $1L000.000.
In the trial of Charles Kratz, one o:
the former St. Louis aldermen charge<
with boodling, an order was issue<
to compel the production of the $30,
000 bribery fund in court.
-: New York capitalists propose to built
Sa railroad from Richmond to Urbanna
DETAILS OF TdE MINE HORROR
Thirty-Nine Bodies Have Been Take
From the Virginia Mine and N
Hope is Held Out That Any of th
119 Men Remaining Are Alive.
Birmingham, Ala., Special.-As a re
sult of the most horrible mine disaste
I:n the history of Alabama, 39 blacken
?d, bruised and twisted human bodie
aave been recovered from the Virgini
mines at a late hour and laid out fo
identification by heart-broken mothers
wives, sisters, and sweethearts. It i
aow stated positively that 160 mei
were in the mine at the time of th,
:lust explosion and not the slightes
hope is held out to sorrowing lovei
:nes that a man of them will live ti
tell of the horrible disaster.
With the first ominous rumble of th,
!oming catastrophe, by common im
pulse, every one in the village rushei
to the mouth of the main slope. fea
struggling against hope for the safet:
of loved ones. The scenes at the mine
this afternoon were the mcst gruesom
and harro\ving that have ever beel
witnessed in the mining section of Ala
bama. Corpses were frightfully man
;led and disfigured and identificatiol
is almost impossible. Many of th
bodies are so bruised, twisted and dis
-olored that negroes cannot be tol
from white men.
All day long at the mouth of th
mine were waiting and moaning wome1
and children whose relatives wer
among the unfortunates. One hundre
families and 300 children are left des
titute and without means of support b:
the calamity. As the bodies of the vic
tims, which in many cases have beei
gathered together a piece at a time, ar
brought to the surface they are placei
in rows on a rough improvised plat
form. Late Tuesday ambulances begai
the removal of those so far recovere
to Bessemer.
Since the list of dead will probabl:
go to 160, the local undertakers hav
wired to adjoining cities for coffins
as it was found there were not enoug
suitable coffins in the district to bur:
the victims. Out of the 50 bodies re
covered one was found about 4 o'cloc1
this afternoon, which was barely alive
The body was carefully taken from th
mine and heroic methods resorted t,
to bring the man to consciousness. H
is still alive, but scant hope is held ou
for his recovery.
President Flynn, of the Alabam;
United Mine Workers, said to the As
sociated Press: "I shall be surprised i
a single person escapes alive from tha
mine. Ventilation is very difficult ani
if the men were not killed by the ex
plosion they have certainly been suffo
cated by the gases. The bodies so fa
reached were in the main slope and I
will be several days before we can ge
to the rooms which branch off frorm th
main slope."
President Flynn worked all Tues
day night with a pick and shovel at th
mine and other mine officials wer
among the leaders In the rescue worls
Conspicuous among these was W. F
Farley, member-of the national execu
tive board of the United Mine Worker
from Alaska.
To Prevent Pool Selling.
Jefferson City, Mo., Special.-Th
lower house of the Legislature passe
a bill releasing the "old breeder:
law." Pool selling on horse races
certain enclosures was legalized b
the breeders' law, but the Dill whic
passed the House today not only ri
peals the old law, but prohibits th
selling in any part of Missouri of pool
on horse races, whether the races ar
run with or without the boundarie
of the State. The bill will now go t
the Senate where it is expected a di
termined fight will be made by pel
sons interested in tihe several rac
tracks of the State.
Died at Age of 101.
Trimbelle, Wis., Special.-Anthonl
Huddleson, aged 101, the first whit
settler in Pierce county, is dead at th
home of his grandson, near her'
Mr. Huddleson was born in Virgini:
and was a direct descendant of th
family of which Daniel Boone was
member. His youngest child is 5
years old, and his oldest 80.
Inquiries to Be Made.
Chicago, Special.-United States ofi
cials commenced one of the most e:
haustive inquiries ever started unde
the Sherman anti-trust act by issuin
subpoenas for 185 witnesses, callin
for a Federal grand jury to sit Marc
20 and making full arrangements fc
froducing the operations of the pacd
ers in Chicago and other packing cel
Blew H is Head Off.
Raleigh, N. C., Special.-Late Tue!
day afternoon, Edward Yarboroug]
aged about 45, committed suicide
his home here. He placed a shot-gu
in a rocking chair.. with its muzz
at his throat, holding it .there with h:
left hand, while with his right h~
pressed a stick agains. the trigge
while he was lying on the bed. Dent
was instantanecus, and his head wi
partially blown awaf. He was a mer
er of a prominent county family. H
grandfather built ar.d owyned the Ya
borough House. A relative of ti
same name committed suicide in
hotel here 12 years ago by taking poi
on. __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
$1,000,000 Dock Fire.
Boston, Special.-A loss estimat(
at $.000.000 was caused by a fire
the Hoosac Tunnell docks at Charle
town, early Tuesday. Two of the la
gest pieces were burned, the Wilso
Leyland-Furness .line steamer Phil
delphian ivas seriously damaged, as
a large quantity of merchandise, bo
on the docks and in the hold of tI
Philadelphian was runiec or destroye
Five persons sustained injuries.
Lee to See Cannon.
Norfolk, Special.-GeneCral Fitzhug
Lee, president of the Jamestown E
position Company, left here for Was
ington with the hope of being ab
to induce Speaker Cannon, of tl
IHouse of -Representatives, to chant
Ihis attitude toward the bill makir
an appropriation for the Jamestou
Exposition on Hampton Roads in 190
which bill has been approved and re
Iommended by the House committee<
idstri arts and expositions.
HONOR OF BIRIIDAD
Natal Day of George Washington Wa
Fittingly Observed
GOOD SPEECd BY THE PRESIDEN
Represrntatives of Three World Pov
ers Participate in the Exercises a
the University of Pennsylvania, ani
President Roosevelt, the Germai
Emperor and the British Ambassa
dor Were Among Those Honore<
With the Doctorate of Laws.
Philadelphia, Special-Commeratioi
of Washington's birthday b:
the University of Pennsylvania wa
- made notable by the fact that represen
tatives of three world powers partici
pated in the exercises, as follows: Th
United States, represented by the
Chief Executive of the nation, Presi
dent Roosevelt; Germany, representec
by Baron Von Speek Sternberg, am
bassador to this country, who acted a:
the personal representative of Emper
or William, and Sir Henry Mortimei
- Durand, the British ambassador. Th
occasion was marked by one of the
most enthusiastic demonstrations eve
witnessed in the Academy of Music
where the exercises were held. Presi.
I dent Roosevelt was the orator of th<
day, his theme being "Some Maxim:
of Washington."
The degree of doctor of laws wa!
conferred upon the President, the Ger
man Emperor, the British ambassador
Rear Admiral Charles E. Clark, Unite<
_ States navy; United States Senatol
Philander C. Knox, and David T. Wat.
son, a distinguished lawyer of Pitts
burg. Thomas Bailey Aldrich, the
1 poet and author, received the degree
of letters, and upon Robert 'Simpsoi
Woodward, president of the Carnegic
Institute, was conferred the degree a
doctor of science. Baron Von Specl
1 Sternberg received the degree for Em
l peror William.
When the President appeared on the
stage the band played "Hail to tE
Chief," and the entire assemblagc
arose and cheered for nearly five min
1 utes. It was a splendid ovation anc
r the President smiled his appreciation
bowing his acknowledgement at it,
conclusion.
As each candidate was presented b3
Dr. S. Weir Mitchell for the degree, h<
was greeted by the students with lust3
"hoorays" and college cries. Durini
t his address, the President was repeat
edly cheered, and his reference to the
t navy, which -he. addressed directly t<
- Admiral Clark, who sat on his left
f aroused great enthusiasm The Pres
t ident spoke in part as follows:
I THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH.
- As a nation we have had our ful
- share of great men, but the two met
r of pre-eminent greatness who, as the
t centuries go on, will surely loom abovc
t all others, are Washington and Lin
9 coln; and it is particularly fitting tha
their birthdays should be celebrate(
-every year and the meaning of thei)
lives brought home close to us.
SNo other city In the country Is s<
closely identified with Washington't
career as Philadelphia. He served here
-In 1775 in the Continental Congress
'He was here as commander of the arm:
at the time of the battle of Brandy
wine and Germantown; and it was neal
here that with that army he faced the
desolate winter at Valley Forge, the
ewinter which marked the turning poin
of the Revolutionary war. Here hi
came again as president of the con
vention which framed the constitutio1
and then as President of the Unite<
States, and finally as lieutenant genera
of the army, after he had retired fros
th presidency.
eOne hundred and eight years agt
just before he left the presidency, hi
issued his farewell address, and in I
he laid down certain principles, whici
he believed should guide the citizen
of this republic for all time to coine
his own words being. "which appea
to me all-Important to the permanenc;
of your felicity as a people."
Washington, though in some ways at
even greater man than Lincoln, did no
have Lincoln's wonderful gift of ex
pression-that gift which makes cer
tain speeches of the rail-splitter fron
.illinois read like the Inspired utter
ances of the great Hebrew seers an<
prophets. But he had all of Lincoln'
sound common sense, far-sightedness
and devotion to a lofty ideal. Lik
Lincoln, he sought after them by thor
oughly practical methods. These tw
greatest Americans can fairly be calle
the best among the great men of th
~world, and greatest among the goot
- men of the world. Each showed il
actual practice his capacity to securi
,under our system the priceless unlo1
' of individual liberty with governmenta
strength. Each was as free from the
vices of the tyrant as from the vice
, of the demagogue. To each the empt:
.futility of the mere doctrinaire was a:
. alien as the baseness of the merel:
self-seeking politician. Each was in
capable alike of the wickedness whic1
seeks by force of arms to wrong other
and of the no less criminal weaknes
which fails to provide effectivel:
- against being wronged by others.
t Among Washington's maxims whic1
3 he bequeathed to his countrymen wer
the two following: "Observe good fait]
and justice toward all nations," ani
"To be prepared for war is the mos
*effective means to promote peace.
These two principles taken togethe
5should form the basis of our whole for
e eign policy. Neither Is sufficient take
by itself. It is not merely an id]
"- dram, but a most mischievous drean
E to believe that mere refraining froi
wrongdoing will insure us agaInst b,eln
wronged. Yet, on the other hand,
nation preparedi for war is a menacet
mankind unless the pational purpos
,~is to treat other nations with goc
faith and justice.
FROM DR. HOHENZOLLERN.
"Dr. Charles C. Harrison, provost<
the University of Philadelphia, Phi
1 adelphia:
. "I am truly glad that the UJniverslt
-has tendered me at the same time wit
c resident Roosevelt the academ:c hon<
hthat once clothed George Washingtoi
E5 1 beg you to accept with my than]
.my best wishes for the continue
growth and prosperity of the Unmve
Want Lower Raw Cotton.
. Fall River, Mass., Spe'cial.-TI
Le sales in the print clot'1 market th
week will reach a total of about 15(
00 pieces. Th2 general market f<
e printing clotbs witbot'- special fe
K tui e. The tona is quiet and .iteat
n and prices for both wide and narrc
standar, are unchanged on a bas
of 2 5-8 for regulars. Little cotton
being purchased, as manvfacture
n generally believe in a lower mark
r the raw material.
Late experience in the British nav;
finas suggested that loathsome diseas
may be spread by tattooing, and thos
- who must decorate in this way ar
warned that the needles sha . b
sterilized.
t rheumatism seems to lie praeticn:l
nnknown in Japan. A French of
server attributes this to the sobriet
of the people, their vegetarian diet an
their great use of water. They nc
only drink large quantities of pure w:
ter, but take two or three baths dail
throughout the year.
The appearance of a nark diseas
among the Para rubber tress in ce
tain districts In Ceylon during 190
created some alarm among rubbi
- planters, but prompt measures for it
treatment were carried, out under th
advice of the Government mycologis
Mr. .T. B. Carruthers, the officer i
cluestion, states that the disease W:t
due to a canker fungus: further d
tails regarding its structure and trea
ment will form the subject of a latt
paper.
Phosphate rock is of organic or:gi
largely derived from guano and (tera
ing animu.l matter which contailn
phosphoric acid. In rainless region
such as the Peruvian coast and som
of the Pac ific islands. the guano ma
accumulate to great thickness withor
loss of soluble matter. In moist di:
tricts, however, the phosphoric CO!
stituents rre dissolved out by per(<
lating waters. and the solutions con
ing in contact with limestone may cot
-vert the latter into lime phosphati
The phospaate deposits of Florida at
thought to have formed in this mat
ner.
Principles of construction that arch
tects have slowly worked out, Lor
Avebury suggests, were adopted h
plants millions of years ago. Son:
plant stems are round, others are Itr
angular, others quadrangular. and s
on, and it seems possible to give a mi
chanical explanation of the dife
ences. Builders have adopted ti
girder as the most economical inetho
of resisting a strain in one directioi
Plants seem to have built on a lil
plan, tree trunks being round to r
sist strain from all direetions. whl
plants with opposite leaves and strai
in two 'directions have two girder:
giving a quadrangular stem. and tr
angular and pentagonal stems may I;
accounted for as strengthening againu
like obvious strains.
AN INGENIOUS CX0TAIN.'
Skipper Mattson Used a Novel Method <
Stopping a Leak in His Boat.
Many have read in Mr. Hopkinso
Smith's story of "Cap'n Bob" wli
stopped up a hole in his ferry-bot
with his own arm, and thus save
3many lives. The London Daily E:
press describes a method of stoppin
a leak no less novel and ingenious tua
"Cap'n Bob's," and not so trying1
physical well-being as that adopte
by the he'olc pilot. The Norwegia
bark Flora. bound for Cape Town, e:
perienced in the Bay of Biscay suc
terrific weather that she was oblige
to lie to for six days.
SIn the buffeting that the vessel r,
celved she sprang a leak, and bega
to take in water at the rate of si
inches an hour. All bands were kej
at the pumps day and night withol
intermission. As the gale abated tU
bark drove before it into calmer sea
Captain Mattson found the leak w;
getting worse and set his brainsi
work. He constructed a great wate
proof canvas bag. sixteen feet lcn;
six feet in circumference and twc fel
in diameter. This he k:ept distendt
by the means of hoops. A windcw<
glass was let into the side, five fe'
from the bottom. The captain steppc
into the bag, and by means of tack
was drawn under water so that 1
could see the leak. The other end <
the bag being open and above wate
he had plenty of air and could con
municate with his men. Two sleev<
had been made in the bag, and we)
tied tightly abont his wrists, so th:
h le could work freely..
1In this way, looking at the len
through the inserted window, the ca;
tain worked steadily while the shj
was hove to. The vessel rolled in
heavy swell, and sometimes Capta.
Mattson found himself from seven
ten feet below the surface. At one tin
the chafing of his feet against the ye
sl's side wore a hole in the bag. a1:
- the water entered and covered him.
t But he was drawn up in good tim
the bag was repaired, the work co:
Stinued and the leak stopped.
The Simple Life Expensive.
And, r'eally, the simple life is frigh
fully expensive. At a recent entertai:
ment in this city a great luxury in tI
serving of the second supper was 11
introduction of country sausage ai
buckwheat cakes with maple syru
But the sausage came from the far:
of the host and represented a sma
fortune. as the pigs from which tI
piece de resistance was made we:
bl)ooed anjimals with pedigrees. TI
bucwheal was grown in special filh
which cost ever so much a foot. at
0 the malpie syrup was taken from tre<
in the most expensive Adirondack pr
dserve. And thus can thousands
dollars he spent on the simple lif
whiie truMes. p)ate, terrap)in and su<
other rarebits of a former generatic
are left for tile tales0 of the midd
classes w:th moderate means.-Ton
yy and C'ount-y.
The Laugh Cure For Dyspepsia.
r Dyspeps:a is now systematicnl
's enred by laughter. It is stated that
d doctor, in return for a large fee,. a
- mits patients into his private instit
tion. where the mirth treatment is a
ministredl. The method sounds sil
pe enough. A few dyspeptics
around a room and begin to smile
each othei. The smile Lust never
e6 allowed to fade away. .On the co
is trary, it must he developed by w
,. power into a grin and the grin mu
r become a guffaw. Then!youm have
a- go on laughing until yout- sides acd
yy lywhen you will ailreadv feel mu
' letter. A course of a wee's or two
s the treatment ait the rate of a cou11
sof hours "igling a (lay cures \the woi
cases of dyspenI'a-LOndOn Te
rnh
WISE SERVANTS.
That the Gardeners of Darwin and Huj
ley Thought of Their Masters.
There is no personage more deeply
and deferentially aware of his own
mportance than the English butler;
iext to him in privileges. and ahead
)f him in sturdy frankness, must stand
:he Scotch gardener.
It vas Darwin's gardene. who. when
e friend of the family inquired after
:he health of the famous naturalist,
>vho had been somewhat ailing, replied
onfidentially that he did not doubt his
naster would be better "if only le t
}ould find something to do." The pa- t
t :ient and minute research in which he c
aw Darwin engaged struck his mind c
is merely a foolish and fussy form of t
rifling, not worthy to be considered I
in occupation. If, instead of bother- 1
e ng about the digestive capacity of
worthless insectivorous plants. the a
;reat man had grown cabbages or s
raised roses. the gardener's opinion of i
him would doubtless have been higher. s
The gardener of Professor Huxley,
with equal unconsciousness of doing <
1o, also cast a slur upon his renowned
semployer.
Mrs. Huxley. fearful that he might a
be overworked, had inquired if he did i
r not need sonic assistance. t
"No." came the reply: "the place is c
not very large, and Mr. Huxley is al- c
., most a, good as another man." E
. Better than either of these true tales L
s is that of the butler in a fine old Eng- i
lish family, whose long service had i
e caused him to feel a personal and pro- z
prietary interest in the sons and daugh
,t ters of the house. He could not acquit
himself of a sense of responsibility t
for their manners and conduct, and I
. when at a large dinner-party he noticed j
one of them, a young girl who had but
recently entered society, devote an I
amount of attention to her agreeable
e neighbor on the right obviously in ex- i
,- cess of that accorded to the less fas- -
cinating gentleman on her other side. i
his perturbation increased till it could
- no longer be borne in silence.
d Under pretense of passing her a dish, i
y he managed cleverly to whisper in her
e ear:
"A little more conversation to the I
o left, miss."-Youth's Companion, E
WORDS OF WISDOM.
ci Man proves his liberty by his loyalty
to law.
e He 'Who makes friends makes the
. best fortune.
e Evil has a good servant in the man
i who is proud of his doubts.
It takes more than taste for fried
- chicken to make a good pastor.
Opportunity makes the great differ
ence between the greedy and the
grafter.
Men who pride themselves upon be
, ing hardheaded, are often mere tools
in the hands of other men.
I Children have moral measles some
, times. Only let them alone and they
t will get well of themselves. There is
da wise herb in the gardens, and it is
.called Thyme.-S. Weir Mitchell.
;Real character is not outward con
xi duct, but quality of thinking. The
o teaching of the Great Exemplar on
i this point was positive, but the world
ai has ignored its scientific exactness.
- Henry Wood.
h Just to be good, to keep life pure
d from degrading elements, to make it
constantly helpful in little ways to
-those who are touched by it, to keep
a one's spirit always sweet, and avoid1
Iall manner of petty anger and irrita
t bility-that is an idea as noble as it is
t difficult.--Edward Howard Griggs.
N. o Evolution For Cat.
s It is proposed to devote cultural
o0 and protective activities to the base
- as well as the apex of the cat pyramid
.-to struggle to advance the welfare of
t the democratic many rather than the
aristocratic few. , Although respect
mf must be felt for the worthiness of the
t motive inspiring those promoting this
l reform, experience has bred cynicism
Sconcerning its success. Evolution
C works in all things except in the cat
C species. Puss was in ancient Egypt;
, she is now. As the witty Frenchman
- said, "She is a creature, whether of
s the parlor or the ridgepole, which
seems by delicate design to devote her
t days to civilization and her nights to
barbarism."' The cat aristocratic and
k the cat democratic, even more than the
- colonel's lady and Judy O'Grady, are
p "sisters under their skin." The one
a is not as far above the other, or the
1 other as far below the other as Madi
0 son Square's cat exhibit would suggest.
The wild native music, the pibroch of
5- the race, comes as quickly from one
d as the other. Through all the ages she
has been unchangeable, and as culture
. at the top has not modified. so culture
- at the bottom would not.-Newv York
G lobe.
Popurarity of Barefoot Sandal.
tContrary to all expectations, the
barefoot sandal is here to stay, and
thousands of pairs are daily being
C made up for next seas'on. It was the
d general opinion last season, when so
-many of them were worn, that the sale
" must have reached its climax, but more
I than twice as many have been already
e sold thani were produced all last sea
eson. The barefoot sandal is here to
e stay. Not only are they being made
sfor the little ones, b)ut many ..dults
id are b)uying them for house slippers, be
scause of their wearing qualities.
SA salesman, just returned from his
fWestern trip, says out West there is
-as much demand for sandals as East
'li and South. While the barefoot sandal
nwas originally intended to be worn at
le the seashore and summer resorts, this
" salesman remarked that there were
hundireds of children out West who
never saw the seashore that wore
y barefoot sandals. bcing to them the
a ideal comfort and health shoe.-Shoe
i. Retailer.
d- rrumanity in Firemen.
1-After rescuing the human inmates of
some premises in Westminster Bridge
it road, which caught fire early last
t onth. some firemen again entered the
>eburning building in the hope of saving
la little retriever pup which was mak
t ing frantic efforts to escape. They suc
stceeded in bringing out the dog, but it
to died soon afterwards. The National
e, Canine Defensc League have now
-hshown their appreciationi of the gallant
of onduct of the tiremen br presenting
leach with a handsome address, in
st which (details of the galbuic act are
The Great Highway.
An:o.ng the principal addresses at the
few York and Chicago Road Associa
ion's recent convention at Erie, Pa.,
was one by Frank Z. Wilcox, of Syra
use, in which the need for and justice
f government aid in constructing in
erstate highways on modern line was
>lainly and forcibly set forth. Mr.
Vicxsi npr:"It has been said that good roads
re the nation's salvation. If that is
o, then in proportion as its roads are
mproved, in just that proportion will
alvation come to the nation, and sat
ation is not of much avail unless it be .;
ontinuous and constant..
"N\o chain or bond is stronger than
ts weakest link, and no highway can
ttain its greatest usefulness unless
t is Improved its entire length. If
here be road improvement in places
>r localities, and then a liquid morass
>f mud in other sections.. the money
,xpended on the improved portions
as been practicaly thrown away. The
nethods we have been pursuing in
-oad improvement have amounted to
t hit or miss. system, which equals no
ystem at all, and if any project in the-;
ride world should be thoroughly sys- 1
:ematized road improvement should
)e that system, as it involves an ex
)enditure of the people's money.. Peter
-,artwright on one occasion was asked
>y his bishop if he was growing in
race. He replied that he was growing
n spots. So far we have simply here
mnd there improved our roads in spots,
tnd unless we make these improvedA
;pots continuous all our road work
or road improvement has been, and
rill be, inevain-a prodigal waste of
:Ime, energy and money. Our fore
athers in this country, contrary to
he experience of centuries, inaugurat
d the present townships method for
he construction, care and maintenance
>f the public highways. This system
vve have followed for more than a hun
ired years, and results have shown
hat it is vicious, with scarcely a re
ieeming feature.
Experience has demonstrated that no
eneral road Improvement worthy the
tame can ever be accomplished with
>ut State or national aid. It is un
necessary for us here to speak of the
>ld Roman roads or the continuous
lines of national highway now existent
in Europe, as these are all matters of
r-ecord. One small community or town-.
ship can never plan or act for other
ommunities or townships in the con
struction of interstate roads any more
than In other matters aff'ecting the
gnenral good.l. There must be a strbng
_enralzedpowr_ctig _fr_al tes
The f common itretaly,an
Ahag mater is of: moressteesat tnd
iosreacet onalntcommntEie, Pra.,
al oe bypl Fran the Wicommof ra-d..
necessr inori the higeesto and justice
relopement ith ntionstutn.n
"rateighys cmon od ae was
thdarme and cblhetriuth.a cm
'uitieas, ben atin that cdradsb
ie thou bei' salvtken. withut ise
Watehnn rprton assroads ar
Auvtomobcoe one an and drivi
pubicn is weot ofl wtch ithnls ites
intres and oermntadet Wst
*il,No J.,ain the ueond tar strneda
tsh weaoss tin sances,. highwt and
Is Fmrnce its entime halbenthrid,,
tti its d,fratest timulessit uch.s
here be roimpoTemsrent if plae
malcalaie, ad is cleared oradst
and iosemteri. henin themoe
isxprnled oe the mrovd lightio. ns
the beenricas pthrown awa. Thle
Tetodns iote haenprsuing, bin-.
on imprsovemnt and aonte atne
face or miss sytecme thic equalsno
waterpof ath roale and. psojeti adde
ie orl shudbetooghyss
emacaize od Irosntur intouds
contat sysema Iot inpols an wen
nituran of pathe peoled oley.. teri
jutwrash onctonae caso as akeds.
Tyhis birshpifelgoing i n.itne,t,d
awy wiH relie thathgrwn
In pts. Soxperme havpe imply:her
dn,are ipountry u roa dsten sotsd,.)
ust ulsside ofaWeted, N.mJ.,.vea
taken. Tonsetious allou 1000 woet
funor ad imroadeed hith theen,s and
other te, naiproadigalep wste ofr
surfae, enrg ten moey Oarwa forled.
Inthers insthics cutry, conutrseeme to
:heee iencte ofppntriesl ofthe roa
main he pt present.sismto o
:heionstructin carom a minteng
canv ha followaed raror tan ihnch
afte ing vcous th crceoly ahre
hours.in fneatue shrieafetws.
laeidee as notrckgonstae ta ano
itnra oado sprovemrnt worthy thien
ove cai vrteacopihe.ih
H.eW.ssrye,che fortopekothe n
constRomanoroad the onatios
nsof ntonxal saidghewaso veyisaent
aly Eurpestseb wareesa, al-so
togh One slcoitinityere otwn
faorable or tosips i the ton-h
Bron ofr ineaeto rofadst Rmier
wank ing the mates affet the ox
Beah Boo..n Ther mst beng espi
mented on,d poer theg foprvisionthfs.
waymuitie tar towsimdatterstweet
$re0o a common mintesor all, siten
feet mater Tis ol reuire 300d
allonse peopl than the cmol-n rodk
Wecesar for e rrohes andres e
Or.ood od the ichga sato
Prmrily-tire comon roald forfv
hefrer ande thagrutural withwmd
mtires, isand anytinghat deep twey
lre per foethisrder,tant ftodr-xee
hercltraldr Anteest-n nton rale
pieulld euendpertakenthode-a
onei a well wilr wtcawihedtns