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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-13

Advertise in and read THE sUS. To reach them you
should bear In mind that no other pEper a1srdI an
equal opportunity. - Ads.
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HE "LoAFs" HER MONEY BAGS.

living; he has done almost anything of
a mental nature or served in trade.
But after papa has developed the mon
ey-making faculty, and become rich,
he wants to shine among men, while his
wife and daughters want to shine
among women. Mamma takes the in
itiative and papa comes trailing along.
They must go to Washington, where
people do not know the details of their
early and honorable struggles; and
there, with plenty of money, they can
give swell entertainments, and forge
to the front in the social world.
Once here they go angling after
titles, and they find plenty of pretend
ers who are anxious to work off their
bogus or genuine titles for vulgar
American money-bags. The holders of
titles do not care particularly what
kind of a girl they are required to
marry, in order to get the money. They
play their parts well, and tell each girl,
with beautiful accent, that they loaf
her" They also kiss her with charm
ing galIantry But they don't mean it.
They must go through the alleged love
part of the performance in order to
get the moneybags.
After the titled foreigner gets hold
of the coveted money he soon shows
the girl that he does not loaf her. at
all. After the girl gets her titled for
eigner she finds that she and her whole
family have been buying gold bricks,
L
encourage with bogus coats-of-arms.
The Lenten season is over, and So
ciety is playing fast and loose with
hearts, hands, fortunes and human
souls. 1t is pitiable; it is lamentable;
and yet, despite it's pathos, it is anus
ing. SMITH D. FRY.
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LILLE FEET.

Dear little feet that lie in my handl
Dear little feet from far-off land.
Come 10 Us, come 10 us, come TO us newly
Out of a far-off fairy Thule.
You have run TO us out of the greater day
Can you give no hint of the winsome way?
For we who are grizzled and gray and old
Would fain step out on the streets of gold.
What was the way? What was the road?
Was the pathway easy. and smooth, and
broad2
1t must have been strewn with roses,
think,
For here is their white. and here is their
pink:
And forget-me-nots, and violets, too,
Have stained sweet lilies of delicate blue
Yes, rose leaves white and rose leaves red
Were a carpet meet for your dainty tread,
And forget-me-nots and violets blue
Lent you hint of a heaven new,
Tell us the way All! youth forgets.
And the dew soon dries on the yiolets.
IL.
Dear little feet. you will go some day
Down by a dark and a cruel way,
out to a country dim and far
Where cool, great waters and green grass
are.
But the way is sharp, with many stone.
And, dear little feet, you must go alone
And it's oh! that might lay down my heart
To ease for a moment just one little smart.
For my heart is tender and soft and true.
And 'twould be as the silk rose leaves for
you
AS the rose leaves white and the rose leaves
red,
Warm and soft to your timid tread:
AS the rose leaves red and the rose leaves
white
To CLEAN in the dark with Loves own light;
AS forget-me-nots and violets blue,
To keep you in mind of the heaven in view.
And oh! it would stretch for you all the
way,
On through the night, on to the day.
But dear little feet. you must go alone,
Alone, alone, and all alone.
A Mackenzie. in Good Words.
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A HEARTS oUTPoURING.
That Was Somewhat Eff
GuViOus.

Pinkie. BiImore sat with her face half
averted from him.
In the young mans flushed cheek, trem-
bling lip and agltated manner there were
unmistakable signs of a coming outburst.
The emotions of an overcharged heart
could be crushed down no longer
Elaylus JosephUs MIllsap was no stranger
to the Bilmore mansion. He pervaded it
three or four evenings every week, as a rule,
and oftener still as a frequent exception.
Everybody in the house, from the aged
grandmother to the kitchen lady, knew he
came to see Miss Pinkie
Even Miss Pinkie knew it, despite the
fact that he had never explicitly said so.
In like manner he knew She was perfectly
willing for him to pervade the mansion, ac,
eording to rule or exceptionally, though she
had never actually expressed herself to that
effect.
Yet she sat with her face half averted
from him
Such is the contradictory, tantalizing ex-
asperating habit of the young woman of all
climes, kindreds, tongues, and periods of the
worlds history.
Young woman! Young woman! What
an abject fool thou hast made of the wor
Shipping yaung man from time immemorial,
even when-but this is a depression.
''Pinke'-the voice of Flavius Josephus
Millsap again broke in upon the Stiffness
you know what / want to sayi'
Yes, she replied, softly, Il know. ION
want to tell me that this style of wearing my
hair isn't becoming to me. That's because
you're not used to seeing it. When you be-
come accustomed
You know wen enough it isn't that"
"You want to ask me why | didn't ac-
knowledge the receipt of that box Of candy
you sent me by a messenger boy. | did not
know till after he had gone away that it had
come from you, and | thought | would wait
till ! saw YOU"
You know well enough it isn't that,
either
"'Then I'm sure
"Pinke-"
He made a slight motion as if to take her
hand
But she still sat with her face half avert
ed from him.
'Pinkie, why do you think I've been com
ing here for the last SIX months?'
'Seven months" she murmured.
This was not encouraging, on the face of
it, but he went ahead:
The fact of the matter is, Pnkie Bill
more, / have been coming here because !
SAINT keep away Ever since met you-do
you believe in love at first sight? / dot
ever since first net You have known you
are my fatei Dearest and best"
She put up er hand.
40, not now, Flaviusi Not now!"
She still sat with Ter face half averted
from him.
why not, Pinkie? Why not? What is
the matter?"
"Flavius''-it was almost a sob-'have
you been eating onions E'-Chicago Tribune.
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a title of no value in France, it having
been granted by the king of Denmark.
Count de NiIlars, who married Garcia
Livingstone, has no right TO a title. He
is descended from a man who came to
Paris, started in the hotel business, and
quietly assumed the title OF count.
Clara Ward married an alleged Prince
de Chimay. There is no original Prince
Chimay. A Chimay married princess
and took the title of prince. Due de la
Rochefoucauld, who married Matte
Mitchell, has a right title, but ii is now
too new to be valuable for he is de-
scendant of a blacksmith.
Among the few real titles worn by
American women is that of Miss Hoff-
man, of New York, who married the
late Marquis de Mores.
American women, when they cannot
marry even bogus French titles, some
times get them from the pope. For in
stance, Mrs. Mackin, of ST. Louis, is the
papal Countess de SpothswoodMac
Mrs. Wentworth, of New York, is the
papal Marquise de Wentworth. Even
our bogus titles are dear Miss Goulds
cost S15,000000; Miss Singers, $2,0o0,-
600; Miss Coudert. of New York, paid
$250.000 for the privilege of being
Marquise Choiseul. These statements
can be verified by documents in the
National library.
Vicomte de Boyer thus states the
amounts of American money paid out
for French titles and the real value of
the considerations the American pur-
chasers respectively received:
Gould estate, for Castellane title, $751;
100000. Bogus.
Collins estate, for De Giers title, 81
100000. Bogus.
Singer estate, for Decazes title, 81
100000. yalueless in France.
Ward estate for De Chimay title, 81
100000. Bogus.
Hayward estate. for re Rohan-Cha
bot title. 100000. Bogus
Livingstone estate, fer De Vilars
title, Bogus.
Coudert estate. Tor De Choiseul title.
S2J0.0 Genuine.
No estimate is set upon the French
man who was thrown in with the tide.
bogus or genuine, but that perhaps
would involve a great deal of very deli
cate aud complex. figuring.
Thus you see that all over this coun-
try there are foolish mothers, foolish
girls and badgered fathers. The moth
ers are the worst of all They are old
enough to know that their daughters
canno. be happy with titles, in lien of
husbands. They know that ''love is
woman 5 whole existence" ard they
know that physical wrecks With titles
cannot participate in loves young
dream. They know that they are sac
rificing their daughters to pride. pomp
and pretense. They are committing
what may be termed the objectionable
sin. But what shall be said of the girls
and their fathers, who are particeps
criminis2
The girls. OF course. lack experience,
and are dazzIed with the glamour Of So
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WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.


In searching the Jail in Oshkosh in
vestigating Charles Wheeler's escape
four ounces of dynamite and three saws
were found. Some of the bars were
found partly sawed through. A portion
of the wall in the north end of the Jail
was dug away and hole large enough
to pass mans body was found. An
outside wall prevented the prisoners
from crawling out. II was the inten-
ton to blow ont the wall. The dynamite
and fuses were found in a small vent
hole in the ceiling Of the cell
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eial surroundings; the expressions OF
envy of other girls; the congratula-
tons of seemingly good friends, and the
unceasing DINING in their ears of the
plaudits of the mother whom they
love. They are led as lambs TO the
slaughter.
The fathers! Well, they are meekly
willing to let their wives manage social
functions; and they come to regard
the sacrifice of their daughters as part
of the social functions in which they
participate only as drawers of checks
to pay the bills. Many of them are de-
lighted with the prospect of the COM
ing of the day when they will cease to
draw checks for this daughter, and
then for the next one, until they all
are married off. Besides, as every wise
and worldly woman knows, man can
be nagged into almost anything, if a
woman is only persistent.
During the past ten years the rich
men of the big cities of this republic
have been buying suitable sites in
Washington, and building on them
palatial residences. They are moved
to do so, not for business considera-
lions, but by social environments. Papa
has been a pawnbroker, or has killed
hogs, or manufactured soap; he has
sold patent medicines, canned vege-
tables, shod horses, half-soled shoes
or half-soled trousers; he has
driven dray or driven cabs for
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HARD TO GET.
The Girls Were Learning to Make
Hair Flowers and They
Wanted White.

A venerable white-haired clergyman re
Gently preached in the church of friend.
He had hardly got back to the vicarage
from the church when the door bell rang
and young lady asked to see him. He re-
ceived her. They talked about the sermon
and other things, until finally she asked,
difiidently:
"0h, won't you please give me lock of
your hair"
Certainly, my child, said the old gentle
man, flattered at the request. I'll send it
to you tomorrow" And he did.
On his return TO his own home he had
five more requests of the same kind, and
he proudly boosted to his wife that he was
glad to see that he had not yet lost his
power to please. All went well until his
wife received this note:
Dear Mrs Fourthly: Won't you please
ask your husband to send me just little
lock of his hair? We have all been taking
lessons in making hair flowers. So many Of
the other girls asked him, and he sent it to
them, that l thought | would rather ask
you to get it for me. Won't you please do
this for me. 1t is so hard to get white hair
for lilies of the valley"
This was a terrible blow, and the less
now said about locks of hair in that old
gentleman's presence the better.-Cincin-
natl Enquirer
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Mitchell Peters, a drunken Shawano
Indian. was carried over the Sturgeon
falls. the most dangerous place in the
Menominee river region, and escaped
alive. He jumped on a moving log to
cross the river and with il was carried
over. The falls are about 40 feet high,
drowned did not even search for his
body. In the morning he appeared for
breakfast uninjured with the exception
of q few scratches
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"MAKING CHANGE TO-DAY. i"
The Troubles which Have Come 20
an ''L'' Road Ticket Seller
in Chicago.

One of the elevated railroads in Chi
cago has in its employ young woman
ticket seller who is looking forward to
the first of May with something like
desperate hope. If the annual attack
of moving-fever doesn't take a certain
family out of her district she feels that
nothing but suicide or the insane asy-
lum will be left to her. This is the
reason of her grief.
One day last autumn the feminine
head of that family was hurrying past
the turnstile on her way to the city
bound rain. The ticket seller gave her
incorrect change. The lady called her
attention to this fact and the ticket
seller grew indignant.
II guess I'm making change at this
window" she remarked, haughtily.
The other woman was in a hurry, so
she pocketed her change and her anger
for the time being. But she happened
to be one of those individuals who get
even in principle and her entire fam
lily has helped her to get even ever since.
The work of retribution commenced
early the next morning, when the mas
culine head of the family passed
through the turnstile, and it will only
end when death or the moving mania
parts that ticket seller from her en-
emies.
Good morning; / believe you are
making change to-day" remarked the
paterfamilias pleasantly. as he handed
in five pennies.
Il think you told me that you are
making change at this window smiled
the other half a couple of hours later,
passing a ten-dollar bill through the
window.
Il fancy remember hearing that you
are making change here" was the gra-
ciously delivered announcement of the
grown-up daughter.
II guess you're making change"
grumbled the high school boy that aft
ernoon, and so it has gone on. Nothing
but large bills and pennies does the
miserable ticket seller ever get from
any member of that particular family,
it's friends and it's visitors, and always
that awful inevitable, irritating remark
accompanies the cash. This is why she
is seriously contemplating suicide if
the family doesn't change its station or
the railroad company hers along about
the first of May After that period the
sound of the word change-which is al
ready about as pleasant to her as fat
pork to a victim of ea-sickness-win
drive her to desperation she feels sure.
And, meantime, the family of the in
iured woman is cultivating satisfied
smile. Chicago Chronicle.
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In the debate ~ Iieloit between Beloit
and Knox colleges Reloit, who had the
negative side Of the question, was
awarded The decision. The question
was Resolved. that the Philippine is
lands should not be annexed to the
United States" The speakers were:
For Knox-A. II. Gilmer, r. T. Fulton
and w Z. lancaster. For BeIoit W. II.
McMaster, f. A. Ralph, e. Il. Mussey.
This is the third successive victory by
Beloit over Knox college.
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BusIncss Enterprise.

The keen-eyed stranger sidled up to the
tall man who was hurriedly shuffling over
his mail. Beg pardon, sir he said, "but
if | am not mistaken you are one of the
physicians of the sick author?' Il am" re
marked the tall man. Thank you," said
the stranger. "Then | assume that yours
is one of the names that appears on the hour
ly bulletin?" 1T does, said the tall man
Thank you again." said the stranger
And now, what l want to suggest is that
you permit me, for handsome compensa-
ton, of course, to add these words at the
bottom of each bulletin: Use Bulger's
Blood Btters! They fight off diseased
with indignation, those bulletins are not
advertisements" Aren't they?" screeched
the peppery stranger Then take your
name off of 'emi" And he stalked away,
leaving the tall man specifies with rage
St. Louis Republic
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state Of sp,pi.b Traae

United States Consular Agent Mer-
tens. at Grao. mas submitted figures
relative to the Spanish trade lasr year
showing that. notwithstanding her de
feat in war and her distressed eco
monte condition. Spain vas able to
show a balance Of trade N her favor
for 1925. The total exporfs were So.
fol,eaS and the imports s9l.TT.2,8j0.
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AboIi.b tbe Den,b penoI,x

AT Albany the lawmakers are wrancling
over the abolition of the death penalty.
1he man who succeeds in passing such bill
will prove as great a benefactor to the
breaker of mans laws as Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters has to the breaker of nature
laws. If you've neglected your stomach I'M
I'll indigestion, constipation, biliousness,
liver and kidney troubles are upon YOU
there's but one -Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters. Don't fail to try it. All druggists
sell IL
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stnte Phnrmncy nonrd.

The Wisconsin state board of phar-
macy at its session in Black River Falls
elected officers as follows: President,
A. f. Menges, of Madison; secretary and
treasurer, f. p. Heimstreet, of James
vile. Meetings for the ensuing year
were fixed for examination as follows:
June IA, Oconomowoc; August ,, James
Vile; October II, Madison; December 8,
Milwaukee,
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Given Mig Damages.

The jury in Milwaukee in the suit OF
Brakeman Frank Helms against the Chi
cago & Northwestern railroad brought
in verdict for $4,000 damages after
two hours and a half in the jury room
The plaintiff was injured in a collision
at Appleton Junction. He brought suit
for $4,000. His spine was so badly in
jured that his neck is practically
broken
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Died on the WY.

Steiner Stenerson, a young Marinette
man, left last February for his home in
Norway Nothing was heard of himun-
til recently, when notice was received
from the public authorities of Glasgow,
Scotland, stating that he had died in
that city and was buried there. He was
taken sick on the steamer and passed
away a few days after his arrival.
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The Frances Willard Hospital. Chicago. Ill.

Miss Georgiana Dean was for three
years missionary in Liberia under the
M. E. Church from the training school
in Chicago. After her return she stud
led nursing, graduating from the pres
ent Frances Z. Willard National Tenn
perance Hospital of Chicago. She is an
enthusiastic friend of Pe-ru-na, as is
evident from the following letter:
Chicago. H., Jan. 20, 1899.
Pe-ru-na Drug Mfg Co., Columbus. o.:
Gentlemen-You will be glad to know
of the happy results obtained from the
use of Pe-ru-na among the patients I'M
der my care whenever prescribed by the
physician. / have seen some very re
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The jury in the case of A. L. Lynch,
charged with the murder of his di-
vorced wifc's father after being out 26
hours stated 10 the court in Mauston
that they were unable 10 arrive MT n
verdict and were discharged. The de-
Tense was insanity. The murder oc-
CURED ut Tomah, June 20. 1898. and the
case was brought TO Juneau county A
new trial viii take place
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Mustered Bac,< 10 service.

The recognized companies j and M
of the Third Wisconsin. which rendered
good service in Porto Rico, will be mus
tered back into the state service in La
Crosse on May 3 by Col. George Graham,
of Tomah, who has been named as mus
tering officer. Practically all of the old
men of these companies are going back
into the Wisconsin national guard.
This is true of the entire regiment.
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Had Hin

NO." said her father, you are not
the man want for son-in-law. Why,
I'll bet you never earned dollar in
your life by your own efforts.
@Ahi" exclaimed the young man,
Frightening up, there's where you
have underestimate me. She bet me
a dollar that ] wouldn't dare to come
here and ask you for her, and, as you
know. | have won out. Chicago Daily
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Course me luck!" Kissed the burglar, and
fled into the night Bear in mind if you
please, that all crime was now disease, mere
~, and all diseases the work of germs. The
burglar perceived, in the cellar window
where he tried to enter, one of the latest
electric automatic spraying devices, and en-
1eavored to avoid It. But fortune was
against him. A click in the dark, and al
most before he knew it he was drenched
with germicide and cured of his malady.-
Detroit Journal
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We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure.
f. j.. Cheney & CO., Props, Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known f. j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
tons and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
ledo, @.
Waiding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo, @.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally.
acting directly iron the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bot
tie. Sold by I'll Druggists. Testimonials
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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ACE Your De..ler Cor Allen,. Fool-E ase.

A powder to shake into your shoes. 1t rests
the feet. Cures Corns, BuniOns, Swollen, Sore,
Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating feet and In
growing Nails. Aliens Foot-Ease makes
new or tight shoes easy. Sold BY all druggists
and shoe stores, 25c. Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, lie Roy, n. Y.
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markable cures of cases of very obsti-
nate catarrh of the stomach, where Pc
ru-na was the only medicine used. l
consider it a reliable medicine.
Georgiana Dean.
The symptoms of catarrhal dyspepsia
are: Coated tongue, pain or heavy feel
ing in the stomach, belching of gas,
dizzy head, sometimes headache, de-
spondent feelings, loss of appetite, pal
pitation of the heart and irregularity of
the bowels.
Send for a free book written by
DR.. Hartman. entitled Health and
Beauty" Address DIR. Hartman, Co.
lumbus, O.
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signs of spr1ng.

Atchool
The popularity of the shady side of the
street.
The flowers that bloom in buttonholes.
Absence Of furry garments.
Open spring coats
The advent of the shirt-waist girl.
The posy hat.-Philadelphi Press.
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II have come to pay my COURT. ex-
claimed the prince. bowling low.
Have you paid your washerwolnan? p
asked the princess. courteousiy but
firmly.
ManifestIy. if ali girls were as sen
sihle rs she, there would be fewer un-
harpy marriages or fewer marriages,
which is much the same thing Detroit
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