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a VIew of the alass BusIness.

The Steubenville Herald says A crisis
is said to be imminent in the glass business,
affecting both manufacturers and employees.
One of the best informed glass men in the
trade said recently to representative OF
this paper that the condition OF the trade
was completely demoralized and that in 10
years Of active experience he had never
seen such condition at any season of a
year. Usually at this time the trade is
the hest OF the year, but now
there is absolutely no business at
all. Nearly twO-thirds Of the establish
ments about Pittsburg are either shut
down entirely or partially so. The four
concerns in this city are running as usual,
but il is because Of the high reputation
their ware enjoy in the market that they
are enabled to find sales. The cause Of
the trouble appears TO be Over-prOductiOn
resulting from the establishment of so
many new factories in the free gas fields.
Conservative wOrkmen and Others fear that
the glass worker craft is in danger of meet
ing the same fate as has relentlessly over
come the nsilers At any rate the pros
poets are far from encouraging.
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stoI1enbseh's Columbia Crackers.
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Wbite GOO

In this department we offer u1lEt. d.
tons. Everything in the Don, 0' ole
and figured goods at a,.0u.l
ingly Low Price
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his administration was clean and able" dis
play ing great executive abilities In 1853 he
was reelected, and gained such reputation ss
the voting civil service reform mayor that
his enthusiastic friends confidently predicted
that he wond soon be governor Of the state
and formidable candidate for the Rcpubl-
can presidential nomination as soon as be
reached the legal age
Iii lSS4 however. ther.. were compicu-
tious. I3roohlyu's young Republicans were
not enthusiastic III support of the prcsiden.
tial candidate aud Mr.. Lows party stand
ing was somewhat impaired. He declined
further political honors, travelled hbioat
somo time and i'll 1883 succeeded in getting
completely outside of politics. Through I'LL
this though, til was some harsh criticism;
there was no impntation on his canior
During all the years since his graduation
Mr.. Low has maintained lively interest in
tho affairs OF Columbia college In 1881 G.t
was chosen one Of its trustees, and 1t was
soon admitted that lie was IN authority on
nll matters connected with its business and
financial management. In April last Presi-
dent F. A F. Barnard died and on the open
ing of the new college year Mr. Low was
chosen to succeed him.
The appointment gives universal sitisfac-
tion to officials, professors, students nnd
alumni. Among the trustees are Hamilton
Fish, Rt. Rev. Henry c. Potter Rev. Nor
gan Dix, DR.. George l.. Peabody and Others
Of national fame. Columbia is the old AID
original college Of New York .&he alma mater
of Alexander Hamilton and others of Revo-
lutionary fame, and down to the days Of
Hamilton it was called Kings college. Its
president at that time and some Of its officials
got son the wrong side' OF the great contro,
versy, and so the name was changed, any
thing labeled Kings" being unpopular.
President Low enters on his Office at an era
when Columbia is ceasing to be II college and
becoming real university, and has before
him career to satisfy the ambition Of any
educator.
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Utility, and a very bare utility, was the
basis of oil work in Utah, and as the church
naturally tended towards communism, and
every man III those days did just as the bishop
told him, they solved the question of water
ownership at the very start. The dam, canal
and bitches belong to the community, Just as
the roads and school houses do, and are under
the control Of an official usually called the
water marshal. Every man may be called
on to work the bitches, just as in the states he
may be called upon to work the roads" or
pay Communication. Ordinarily every man
uses as much water ns he pleases and at any
time, but In very dry seasons, and in some
settlements every season, the water marshal
takes control and directs the water by raising
and lowering the head gate for few hours to
this section and then few hours to that. and
there have been times when this bad 70 60 on
day and night. In Salt Lake City there Is
usually such abundance of water that it hows
down both sides Of every street, lacing all the
squares with crystal borders, and this feature
it was which SO charmed the early emigrants
to California and caused them to write those
glowing letters about the city's beauty. But
there have been seasons when all those bitches
were dry, as all the water was absorbed In the
gardens and orchards.
When Salt Lake City was the only settle.
ment between the Missouri and California
Its crystal streams and fruitful gardens made
It aeen paradise to those who had toiled
across l, 100 miles Of arid plains and noun
tains; but now settlements are numerous al
most ell the way, and Colorado has vastly
out<fone Utah In irrigation tworks, It ts es-
tirnated that by their present system a,00O.-
900 acres in Colorado can be irrigated, but
not mora than eO0, 90 acres are yetEecla1med.
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In other words, the war comes to an
end; nearly a quarter of century
passes, and We then find one national
legislator out of three from the north
survivor Of that conflict.
But from the former Confederate
States three Legislators out of four bore
arms in behalf Of the cause that was lost
at Appomattox .%mmaM.... #
And if the philosophers are fond Of ex-
planning the activities and successes Of
human classes, let them tell us why,
with but million war survivors; Of
total population Of Gt,000,000, two-ffths
of the members of congress were once
wcarers of the blue or the gray?
One thing which the philosophers will
tell us is that there never was in the his
tory Of the world 4 war in which SO
many young men bore arms as in the
rebellion The smooth faced boys who
shouldered nuskct and marched to the
front are the statesmen of today.
That this is literally true ono may see
by glancinS at the records. Look any
where i'll the pages Of biography and you
will find the boys at the 'front.' in the
days of war and in these piping times Of
peace, Congressman Mckinley, of Ohio,
was Il STRIPPING of II when he enlisted
as a private. He was mustered out
brevet major. Representative Booth
man, of the same state, was but year
older whom he shouldered his musket
Thompson, of Ohio, was the same age,
as was Mot1itt, of New York; Clark, of
Wisconsin; Peters, of Kansas; Golf, of
West Virginia; Nelson, of Minnesota,
and others. Thomas, of Illinois, went
in at 10; Struble, of Iowa. at II; Conger
and Holmes, of the same state, at l9.
Laird, of Nebraska, now dead, was one
Of the youngest soldiers in the war He
put on the blue when lie was Il lad Of 13.
Nearly one-half of the southern soldier
statesmen enlisted is mere boys. Catch
ings and .tllcn, Of Mississippi, were only
n; the two senators from West Viz
ginia, Kenna and Faulkner, were 10;
Berry, Of Mississippi, was but lG, as We're
Breclinridye, of Arkansas, Crisp and
Grimes, Of Georgia, and Lanham, OF
Texas; Senator Riddleherger, of Vir-
ginia, went in at II, and Senator Daniel
ut 10; Browne, of Virginia, was II; Hop
kins, Is, rs were Wilson, Of West Vir-
ginia Rowland and Henderson, OF North
Carolina, Bankhead, of Alabama, Lub-
boon, of kentucky, and Anderson, of
Mississippi. The stress Of battle was SO
great in the south that even the boys and
old men were made soldiers of. The old
men are dead The boys arc in con-
gress WALTER WELLMAN. -
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elected district attorney. His career in this
office made him the famous Oakley Hall He
made record for good works that stood him
III good stead through all his subsequent
troubles, and is still pointed to with pride by
his friends and supporters. His worst en-
einies admit that his action as district attor-
ney was Of great benefit to the city and lis
record without flaw. He was next elected
mayor of New York, and in that capacity he
has ever since been studied.
is, perhaps, too soon to give an impartial
judgment the affairs OF lSGy-'7l, or Of
national affairs for the ten years following
the var 1t was, all men admit, the era Of
vast, and corruption. Many m honored
name was blackened forever; the reputation
of many a bravo soldier and many d man
high in the national councils was sunk in
irredeemable blackness, The cities grew fas-
ter than lawmakers could pass reform char
ters to suit. All city governments were adj
mittedly reckless aud many corrupt; that Of
New York, AS it was the biggest city, was
confesscdly tho worst. @#"
This could not last. In 1871 the explosion
came and for months the pa pers wero full
Of the doings O! Tweed Sweeny, Hall and
Connolly" Their pictures adorned all tho
illustrated papers; Mast and other caricatur.
lists made millions merry with their ex;gger-
ated lineaments. During the cra of corrup-
ton Hall WIS mayor, S"eeny city chamber
lain or treasurer, Connolly city comptroller
and Tweed at the head Of the street depart
mcnt besides being supreme in the matter Of
public works and, more than ALL in tho po-
litical organization which elected all the city
government. In due time the ''rgH got
control of the judiciary, and in 1850 they Sc
cured of the state legislature tile celebrated
''new charter which practically gave them
control of the city. Their doings gave occa-
sion for the so called "eSplosion of lS7l, - hut
need not he reCouutetl here.
Suffice it TO state that clerk revealed
the fact that general fund.- and city LA
biltics" were terms which covered enormous
steaings estimated at from S9,0Oo,000 to
s15GD,00 A citizens committee of seven
ty, with Samuel j. Tilden a their head, in
restigated and prosecuted. Connolly fled
and died in exile. Swceny, after long ab-
sense, returned, and lives in obscurity. Tweed
died in Jail. Hall was tried md acquitted
He next tried his hand us n lecturer and
writer on The World and ufterwnr,l Oh
Truth. He then disappeared SO completely
from New York life that most people are
surprised to learn that he is successful law
yer in London, where he has taken the oath
of allegiance to the British government. He
now brings suit against Mr.. Bryce for libel
and puts his damages mt 60, 900, because the
latter has i'll chapter IS of 'Ihe American
Commonwealth" given IL very uncompli-
mentary history of Tweed, Sweenv, Hall
and Connolly" Such is the versatility of
one specimen of New Yor! .AmericaniSm.
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BARNARD'S SUCCESSOR.
Hon. Seth Low, Columbia Colleges Se'


Hon. Seth Low, Columbia Colleges New
President.
Columbia college, the far famed New York
city university, enters on its 13Gth year with
the Hon. Seth Low for president. After
being twice mayor of Brooklyn and pro-
spective candidate for governor, he takes i'll
stead tho presidency Hf great college, tor
which he is peculiarly we'll fitted. With
youth, health and an established reputation
for good works, it may 30 his good fortune
to rule the college for very long period and
impress his individuality strongly upon the
intellect of the country.
Seth Low was born i'll the city of Brooklyn
Jan. is, 1850, his fnther, Abiel A. Low, be-
ing prominent merchant i'll Burling slip
He first took an educational course ut the
Brooklyn Polytechnic institute and then ell
tered Columbia college, from which he was
graduated i'll 1870, standing at the head of his
class and dividing the second Greek prize of
the year. After extensive foreign travel lie
went into business with his father, becoming
full partner in 1875 He was soon active in
politics and promoter of thu, various reform
movements Of those years. While q member
Of the Chamber of Commerce he delivered
series of addresses on the trade of New York
and vicinity which attracted much attention
among commercial men nll over the country.
In 1850 he took n very prominent and uctive
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ind conditions Of gociety,

and conditions Of society.
It seems to me the explanation Is that
the young men Of ambition, Of courage,
Of lively spirit and strong bodies, were
the men that largely made up the rolls
of the armies. Their military expe-
rience was Of immense advantage to
them, adding to their courage and self
confidence, broadening their views and
giving them greater strength for the
race of life. II they went into the army
through patriotism, they came out of IL
fred by ambition. By services in the
field, too, they had won titles--general,
colonel, major, captain--and these gave
them prestige at home. The men who
went to tho war were the virile, push
ing, indomitabe men of the country; the
boys who staid at home adding to their
store of wealtl, and learning while their
brothers were neglccting private fortune
in their country's service still found
themselves outdone and overmatched as
soon as the latter returned to the actiyi-
ties and rivaries of peace.
In looking at these now upturned and
newly vanished desks occupied bv
statesmen in their season, we are re-
minded most strikingly of the fact that
there was a Confederate army. Sur
prisng as is the statement that of 4O1
national legislators 100 fought in the
war between the states, it does not ex-
cite our amazement nearly so much as
does this fact, that of the 100 surviving
warriors almost one-half hail from the
south.
Of 242 senators and representatives
from the twenty states Of the north in
the last congress 78 were in tile Union
army or navy.
Of 95 senators and Representatives. from
the ten states Of the south which joined
openly in rebellion, 60 were in the Con-
federate army or navy.
Of59 senators and representatives from
the SIX border states of Delaware, Mary
land, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennes-
see and Missouri, 10 were in the Confed-
crate army and in the Federal.
or senators and representatives from
the two states, Colorado and Nebraska.
admitted to the Union after the close of
the war, 3 were in the Federal army.
Total In Union army. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 81
Total in Confederate army ,...,,,,, ,,,,.,.,, SS
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4 man with his left arm in sling was
telling passenger on a Fort street car what
allied him and how 1t happened. Said he:
MY boy Henry likes to go hunting, und so
last Soonday takes my gun und goes oudt
by der Norris road nit him to kill some squir-
rels Pooty soon we vhas separated, und
goes along by thicket und Henry shoots
me mid his shotgun"
Accidentally, of coursef'
"Of course. He sees me creeping along,
untl takes me for wolf"
"a wolff Why, there isn't wolf within
five hundred miles Of Detroit"
"Dot vhns SO, but Henry doan' know it un-
til we comes back home. He feels very bad
aboudt it. Henry vhas good boy, und next
time he doa,l' make sooch q mistakc-he
shoots me for woodchuck. ."-Detroit Free
Press
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s.,.tr,.,rl f,@if the United States has now
er%! i%on tho WORK us Il part of It's lterinn-
nj Iipi{N, That Will" the reclamation Of
r;satt. bands viii proceed slowly it will con
time till vast work is done. That Amcri-
cans will improve upon all former methods
and tl,ut tllr result will he to nd at least So
600 square miles to the nations farming land
and some billions in dollar values to the ma
tional wealth.
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VOL. 21, NO. 18.

while canals i'll course of construction will
reach all the rest. The San Luis park canal
waters, or is capable of watering, 400 600
acres the State Land canal, 10000 acres;
the Citizens canal l00,0 600 acres, and the Del
Norte and Saguache canal about $4,000
Hcres md three Of these get their water from
the Rio Grande.
In Colorado two irrigatons in ordinary
seasons and three in dry are thought enough
for most crops, but roots of all kinds require
from three to ten times as much water us
things which grow above ground. OF conrse
experience has taught the Colorado farmer
many points which might be Of 10 value else
whcre-such as to soak his land before pow-
ing or not, rs the indications may direct: to
seed at the proper time after soaking, and to
judge when and how much water is needed
by the growing grain. 1t is claimed that
with their extensive system the cost does not
exceed 81 per acre, aud is often low
sixty cents per acre yearly, and that the crops
average twice rs great rs in a country where
rain iS relied on Forty bushels of wheat, 500
of potatoes, fifty of oats, two tons of wild
hay and four tons of alfalfa are spoken of ms
common, but the official figures of the state
shrink these figures somewhat for the total
average The hard wheat of Colorado is
noted, and Boulder -four already has world
wide reputation.
A ditch ten feet wide and two or three
feet deep land it has proved best to have
them wide md shallow costs an average of
81 900 a mile, and the first water companies
in Colorado realized "A per cent on their in.
vestment supplying water to cultivators at
so much per duty" The investments in
that line soon increased, and many bitches III
Wyoming We're constructed by Colorado cap
italists, but it Is evidently only question Of
time when all main bitches will be owned by
tho state. 1t was not long, of course, till
great many puzzling questions arose ms to the
ownership Of running water, and now the
courts and legislators are fast building upa
body Of common law on the subject
When the governor Of Nebraska sent Il
message to the governor of Colorado protest
Ing against the taking Of any more water
out Of the South Platte in Colorado. because
1t was drying up the Platte in Nebraska, it
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IUGnLIHtttlOH OF THO ot1. EoN IN 7<It.NOt.I7.
races, and it fills me with hope that, what
ever other nations may quarrel and come
il.to armed conflict, America and England
vainly divided by the ocean-will by and by
establish I'M international tribunal composed
OF the worthiest and best trusted men on
either side, and will refer to their Judgment
under the laws Of right and rcason-without
appeal-every question which threatens to
disturb the natural alliance that, in my opin-
ion, furnishes the very best hope of man
kind -
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The Rt. Rev Thomas l.. Grace, recently
appointed archbishop by the pope, was bern
in Charleston, S. c., Nov. G, 1871. At
studies to taking the holy order at the semi
nary at Cincinnati. One year later he en-
tered the Dominican order ut the Monastery
of st. Rose, in Kentucky. He then went to
Rome to pursue his studies entering the Col
lego Of the Minerva. Dec. 81, 1899, he
was ordained priest ut Rome, In 1874 he
returned to America and Immediately began
work i'll kentucky, For over thirteen years
he had charge Of parish in Memphis, Tenn,
July "a, 1859, he was consecrated bishop
of ST Paul The ceremony of conservation
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SENATOR BUTLER'S SENATORIAL POSE.
only one armed men i'll the last con-
gress, l believe, were Gen. Hooker, of
Mississippi, and Congressman Oates, of
Alabama. They were both mighty
brave men in battle, but I've heard they
never shook hands but once, refusing to
do so again because it is tho hoodoo or
left handed shake"
How many men do you suppose there
were in the last congress who served i'll
the civil war on one side or the other?"
Probably fifty"
Fifty was not very good guess, for,
my interest in the matter thus reused,
searched tho biographies for accurate
figures. 1t proved very interesting IN
quiry, too.
was surprised to learn that notwith-
standing almost a quarter of a century
had elapsed since the close of the civil
war, there were in the last congress no
fewer than 169 men who had served in
one capacity or another in that war, Or
more than two-f fifths Of the whole num-
Der OF members. These congressional
honors being as rule such as are won
by genius, ability, perseverance and
strength of character, and not given out
of the gratitude of tho people, it follows
that the presence in the national legisla-
ture of such an extraordinary number Of
survivors of war that closed twenty
five years ago must be explainable only
on some broad grounds Of human nature
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DAVID DIXON PORTER.
HE FIRST WEsiT TO SEA WHEN He
WAS II YEARS OLD.

Some Account of the Porter Family and
Their Achievements on Water-David
Was the Early Companion of Farragut.
The Story OF Ills Life.
Admiral David Dixon Porter ranks In his
tory as the last of a long and honorable line
of heroes, For five generations the Porters
have served their country well by sea and
land; his father and grandfather and great
grandfather, his brothers, cousins and other
near relatives have won distinction and in
any complete history of the United States
navy there shines conspicuously almost
every page the name of Porter.
1t is believed that the family was origin.
ally Irish, and among the earliest Of those
exiles who left Ireland in consequence of the
wrongs that followed the violated treaty of
Limerick. The first of the linu to win dis
tinction was Alexander Porter, who COM
mantlcd Il Boston merchant vessel and in old
age showed great daring in bringing aid to
the Americans Mt the beginning of the rcvo-
luton. His sons David and Samuel were
commissioned by Gen. Washington to capt
ure ships bringing supplies to ahe British
army and acted with such bravery and sue
cess that they were regularly commissioned
in the continental navy. They fought
through the war; succeeding in many daring
exploits, and David served long as sailing
master after the war. D# "#M.#. .o.#., -.
His son John entered the navy in 1904 and
tf, ,F A hny.
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With the aid Of Mr. Beecher he conceived
"The Box Syndicate Press" powerful liter
ary influence of New York.
During all these ventures young Box was
occupying position with the Scribners He
has lately resigned tho position, which is an
important one, accepting the editorship Of
Tho Ladies' Home Journal, of Philadelphia,
at a salary. it Is said, of 1000 year. This
periodical has circulation equal to any
magazine in the world.
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Sir Edwin Arnold, who is now i'll the
United States, hus written an article for
Frank Lesles Illustrated Newspaper, giving
bis "first Impressions of America. He does
not quite agree with certain other English
men who have written of their cisatlantic
cousins. Among other things he says: MY
chief impression has been the absolute prac-
tical identity Of manner, mind and national
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My tito 2-year-oli has added something
new ta the story of Joseph and his brethren
he seemed much interested i'll Joseph's coat
Of many colors When had finished he snid:
Papa, tell me about his pants Home
Maker
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the offices of Tho
New York World
tho other day was
a notable event in
tho hi 5 t ory of
American Journal
ism, no matter how
The World news
paper be regarded.
The structure is to
he thirteen stories
h ig h, and it is
claimed, will be the
finest and best ap-
pointed newspaper
buildin in the
world. The ad-
dresses by Chaun-
cey III. Depew and
Governor Hill, of
New York, wore
exceptional feat
u.es OF the corner
stnne Iarinp of n
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age, and sold 1t to
The American Ma
gazine. He was q
personal friend of
H @ nry W ar d
Beecher, and after
Be g { hers death
compiled a Beech
er Memorial" for
the family. He was
assisted in this work
by such men as
Gladstone, the Duke
of Argyll, Oliver
Wendell Holmes,
DR.. Talnlngo and
others. Its publica-
ton attracted con-
siderable attention.