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should any attention be paid to what
he said about good manners century
ago? That is ncient history.
So here's to the senate-the noisy,
bustling, busy senate-and may it
grow noiser, buster and more bustling
every day.
when Senator Brown now dead
was boy" said Georgia member,
Ibis father reared him with an iron
hand. He made him do everything
he attempted; if he failed he got
whipped. The elder Brown didn't whip
the coming senator through any ex-
cess of cruelty, but it was his system.
He proposed to make every failure of
his son cost smartingly. This would
promote endeavor; he would try with
might and main not to fail, and the
elder Brown was confident this would
do him a world of good. 4
1T gives my son Joe an. incentive
to success said the elder Brown. I'm
not rich enough to offer system of
rewards and bait my boy to victory;
but, thank heaven, I'm a strong,
healthy man and can inaugurate a sys-
tenn of punishments and belt him into
being winner .l.-.-.
''The old gentleman's system had
points, and may have served, in it's re-
moter effects, to save the senator's
life.
young Joe liked to hunt gray squir-
rels. The elder Brown had no objec-
tions. He would outfit young Joe with
the family rifle, an eight-square, with
. barrel about five feet long. Then he
would measure out a dozen charges
of powder ard bestow upon him Z
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Is NOT a SINECURE.
Mayor Of a Large City Must Work
Hard and Steadily.
Our Correspondent Spends Day at
the Chicago Executive ONCE
and Sees and Hears Many
Strange Things.
Especial Chicago Letter. !

- -
Having spent ole day with the mayor
Of Chicago, / believe he earns mis- $10.-
600 q year salary. OF course there
are lots Of people who believe
they can run the city much better
than anyone else, just as there are
Lots of people who are sure they can
1un q newspaper great deal better
than the editor. We have all seen these
people, and we all know them. Weall
know that in theory things look much
better than they work out IN actual
practice. Now, the man who thinks
that running the. city of Chicago is a
sort of half-holiday picnic never made
a bigger mistake in his life. It doesn't
make any difference whether the mayor
is republican or a democrat, it all
amounts to- the same thing when it
comes to transacting the business of
the city. The work may be done poor
1y; the streets may be dirty; the gar
bage boxes may not be properly emp
tied, but there is a certain amount of
work to be done-good, bad or indiffer-
cnt, and somebody has to direct it all.
That is the mayors business. and he
has his hands full.
If they would let him do his work
quietly, it wouldn' t be so bad, but some
body is after him all the time. If it
isn't the politicians, it's the refcrmers,
or the women representing diverse and
numerous organizations for the propa-
cation of all sorts of propositions, so
it doesn't make any difference; there
is always somebody knocking at the
private door.
To get an idea of what the mayor has
to do put in day with him not long
ago. arrived at his Office little in ad-
vance of him. His private secretary,
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q lady wants to see you, Mr.. Mayor 4
t.All right said the mayor. .'let her
rorn q In - n, III

= a lad dy wants to see you, Mr.. Mayor !.
'.All right, said the may or. .'let ner
come In
Agood- looking woman neatly dressed
in black went straight up to the
mayors desk in 10 business like way.
.'Mr. May or, !" she began, Il snouldIi
to have you buy ticket for our church
rattle. It's only so cents
Harrison reached far down into his
trousers pocket, brought forth bright
half-dollar and handed it to her. She
thanked him, and as she softl7 closed
the door he sighed.
''If subscribed to everything that
/ am asked to subscribe to- said he,
ut would cost me SIS 900 to $4,000 a
year; but l couldn't 7 refuse that WON
an-she was SO easy about it,
Then he picked up . letter. There
were three minutes Of silence. The
private secretary announced delega.
ton of colored men from the First
ward. They wanted more representa-
tion on the pay rolls at the city hall
Before the delegation got away man
who. had slipped in the outer door
edged up to the deskand said he wanted
a free peddling permit to sell campaign
songsters. Then an old man came in
and asked for transportation for hiz
son who was stranded down in Kalama.
ZOO. He was followed by a young girl
who begged the mayor to sign an end.
less chain for the relief of the heroes OF
Ell Caney. After that they came string.
ing along for all sorts of things. Wom'
en- wanted to get their sons pardoned
from the bridewell for drunkenness
men wanted jobs sweeping the streets
presidents of big corporations wanted
more privileges, three West side politi
clans wanted his honor to speak al
their meeting the whole town seemei
turned loose, and all the time thu
mayor was skimming through his mail
sending for clerks in the different de-
partments, asking questions and an
swering them; -.
He glanced at his watch and saw tha,
it was II o'clock. He went into the bis
general office to which everybody ha:
free access, and took a seat at desk be-
hind long railing. This desk is calle;
at the city hall the 'altar of duty
Here the mayor receives the publ,
from II a. m. till p. m. Everyone i:
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STRENGTH OF NEW GUN.
Is Made of Cast Steel and Withsta nds
. an Enormous Powder
Pressure.

The entire system of building mod
ern great guns promises to b. changed
as the result of a remarkable exhibi-
tion of power displayed on the Sandy
Hook proving grounds by an eight-inch
gun made of cast steel. The weapon
was built at the Otis works of Cleve-
land, O., after design of DR.. Gatling
Of gatling gun fame.
In the test the new piece successfully
withstood powder pressure in the
chamber of approximately $4,000
pounds to the square inch. The service
pressure demanded of the present army
built-up gun are 16 tons to the square
inch, and the navy weapons are SUBJ
jected to pressure of Is tons to the
square inch. It will be observed that
the new cast steel gun far exceeded the
army pressures.
/ Six shots were fired from DR.. Cat
]ing's weapon; the first powder charge
weighing 1872 pounds, the mex. two 1875
pounds, and each of the last three 142
pounds, with the result that the new
gun exhibited no sign of strain.
The test was conducted before the
board of Notifications, of which Gen.
Miles is the head. He was so astonished
and pleased at the remarkable showing
Of the cast steel gun that he seized
DR.. Gatling by both hands and congrat-
ulated him warmly. The results OBJ
tanned are a complete surprise to many
ordnance and artillery officers.
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Winter Carrots.

Do not forget how wholesome is this
sturdy vegetable. In winter they are
deemed rank, but this objection may
be met in their preparation. Wash,
scrape and slice them, put them on
to cook in cold salted water to more
than cover them, and cook until per-
fectly tender; drain, pour milk over
them, which thicken with equal parts
of -four and sugar blended together. A
teaspoonful of sugar to each pint Of
sliced carrots should be added to the
water in which they are cooked. An
other method of preparation is to drain
the carrots when they first begin to
get tender, cover them with boiling sea-
soned soup-stoclz, and simmer slowly,
uncovered, until the stock is reduced
to a glaze -Woman's Home Companion.
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:E. NJ. Lahiff, was in the outer office
sorting the mail. There are stacks and
stacks of letters waiting for the mayor
every morning. All private letters are
laid aside for the mayors personal peru
sal. The others the secretary uses his
discretion in answering orturning over
TO the mayor. That saves the mayor
time. To get rid of this mail is days
job in itself. There are communica-
tions on almost every imaginable sub
'ject. One man wants to know why the
city doesn't have double board of al
dermen, so that one would be a check
ioh the other, and keep the paving
blocks from being stolen off the street.
Another man asks the privilege of sell
ing cracker-jack on the east steps of
the city hall. Another wants a job in
the water office. Another wants his
honor to go around to the gas house
and tell them if they don't cut down
their bills he'll shut them off. Another
suggests congress of religions to be
held here next Fourth of July. A young
lady from away out west somewhere
writes in for an autograph. The pres
ident of the Woman's Society for the
Good of the Earth wants the mayors
opinion on the advisability of electing
old women for sheriffs in towns of the
fourth class. Then, there are all kinds
of complaints. The man who has no
business of his own makes it his busi-
ness to see to it that other people do
their work right. There are several of
these men in Chicago, and when they
are too busy looking after the affairs
CT some one else to give everybody
proper attention, they call on some of
their friends out of town to help them.
There is never a dearth of complaints
awaiting the mayor when he comes
down to the office No matter how triv-
ial these complaints may be, he exam
ines and investigates every one of them.
If against certain department, he
calls in the head of that department
and probes the matter to the bottom.
Some of these complaints, perhaps the
majority of them-are groundless,
and many of the grievances are imag-
mary, but the mayor looks into every
one of them and replies to them person
ally.
Mayor Harrison reaches his office
at about $3.50 every morning. He
doesn't vary five minutes either way.
He goes at once to his desk, where his
mail is all laid out for him. He had
hardly got down to business the day
was there when an alderman came in.
The alderman wanted pardon for a
constituent who had been sent to the
bridewell.'
''What's he in for?" asked the mayor.
"Oh, just some little thing-I don't
know exactly" said the alderman eva
sively. Then he added: "He's good
fellow, you know, and handy man
around primaries" --.-'-. =.
''Wait till I see the record" said the
mayor. - 49,
In another minute the papers were
spread out on the desk. Harrison looked
up and said: Sst
''Why, this fellows in for wife beat
Ing" 5a, SIS
"Oh, I don't know" said the alder
man, twisting in his chair, for he knew
the mayor was down on wife beaters.
We'll, know" continued Mayor
Harrison, land that settles it. No wife
beater viii ever be pardoned from this
office" 4.
The alderman walked ont, and the
mayor turned to his mail again. Then
Lahiff stuck his head in at the door and
raid;
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welcome. The people from all parta
of the city come here to see the mayor
They present their petitions to him
They ask for his advice. They ask him
for assistance in all kinds of projects
Some ask for aims. Allreceive hear.
ing. This "altar Of duty" is one of the
most interesting features of the city
hall. One has but to note the hetero.
geneous mass of people assembled d
there to learn lesson in human ma.
ture. The old, the poor, the halt and
the blind are there. Faces pinched
with poverty and faces scared with
crime peer over the tall railing at the
mayor. At the "altar of duty" many a
poor soul receives the word of com.
fort that is needed to cheer and hely
him. It is the best thing that Mayor
Harrison has originated, and now that
it has been inaugurated it is likely that
it will be continued by his successors.
At 1870 p. m. the mayor went to lunch
and was back again promptly at $3.50
In the afternoon he endeavors to keep
out general visitors that he may de.
vote himself to examining city reports
and attend to municipal business. Un.
til $3.50 and sometimes $3.50 p. m. he de.
votes himself to the city work. The day
l was with him he worked like hired
man, only stopping when interrupted
by some politician or determined per.
son whom the private secretary could
not keep out.
There is one day when nobody-no
matter whether big or little-can see
the mayor. That is on Monday. Mon.
day his door is closed tight, and he de.
votes the entire. day to personal exam
ination of each order and ordinance
that is before the city council. The
council meets on Monday night and the
mayor wants to be perfectly conversant
with every measure that comes before
that body. He goes through each docu-
ment and either approves of orvetoesit
Sometimes the aldermen override his
veto, but in important measures he is
pretty crafty in providing against that.
He learned some tricks from his rather
Garter H. Harrison the senior When
he vetoed the General Electric orui-
nance the aldermen threatened to pass
it over his veto. The mayor sent word
around into the wards where men were
holding city hall jobs that unless the
aldermen voted to sustain him there
would be general cleaning out in the
departments. The aldermen could not
Withstand the demands of their con-
stituents and the veto went through.
The work in the Office is only small
part of what the mayor has to do to
hold down his job and his dignity.
1t was quarter past six o'clock when
the mayor shut down his roll top desk
and bade me goodnight.
Through at last t,'s''said I. 49,.
Through" reiterated he. 81 guess
you don't know much about this job.
l have to make a speech tonight to the
Young Mems Go-Ahead society in the
Thirty fourth ward = &
FREDERICK BOYD STEVENSON.
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WASHING MADE EASY.


Washing day is the hardest day Of m
the week. All efforts to make wash
ing easy have not yet materially affect
ed this matter. Washing machines
have nghtcned the burden and wiring
ing machines have proved household
blessing, but still blue Monday remains
the hardest day in the week. Chemicals
and chemical soaps rot the fiber Of the
clothes. They are not genuine labor
savers, because they destroy the clothes
so soon that more labor must be given
to making new ones than is saved by
rapid washing. The cost of new fabric
labor. There are many superior soaps,
but they are not those which profess
to WASH clothes without labor. There
are harmless washing fluids, but they
are generally those made up at home
from welltested domestic recipe, In
which all the ingredients are articles
known 20 the household.
Probably one of the most successful
labor-savers is common benzine. When
it is purchased by the gallon it is not
expensive, though when sold by drug
gists for cleaning it is generally sold
by the small bottle at from five to six
times its proper price. It is used in the
water il which clothes are soaked and
in the boiler. For large tubfui OF
soiled clothes prepare a tub of luke
warm water. Add little soap and .
half cupful of benzine. Look over the
washing carefully. Put in no colored
clothex. II there are any stains on the
clothes remove them with sthe proper
stain eraGicator. This should not be =
powerful chemical. For fruit stains
boiling water poured On while boiling
is the best. For mildew ammonia may
| be used, but common buttermi1k in
even better, though it takes more time
Let the m!ldeWed spots soak in it until
the sweet buttermilk turns sour, or for
at least "a hours. Rub the spots well,
and if they do not come out give them
second bath, using a fresh supply OF
buttermilk. After attending to the
spots in the washing immerse the soiled
clothes one by one in the preparation
of soapy water and benzine and let
them remain over night covered. In
the morning rub the fine pieces out
on board and put the coarser cneS
through washing machine. Put them
all after tEis into boiler of 1ukewarm
"suds" in which another half cup Of
benzine has been mixed. Let the
clothes boil for three or four minutes,
no longer. Rinse the clothes very care
fully. Wash colored clothes in luke
warm water, using half a cupfuI of
benzine tc every tub Of water. OF
course, ccIored clothes should not Be
soaked, but washed and rinsed as quick
ly as possible. Use a mild white soap,
not strong brown soap, for washing
colored clothes. Use Iukewarm water,
never boiling water, unless you wish to
run the risk of fading them.-N. Y.
| Trihune
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A WOMAN'S CRIME.

A woman's jealousy was the cause OF
a frightfu crime at Duluth. Mrs. H. l..
Borglund shot and killed Peter Han
son. tailor, and then cut her own
throat. but was not as effective in her
own case and will probably recover
Mrs. Borglund is widow of 90 years oi
age. She kept number of boarders,
among them Hanson, who was her
cousin. He was 80 years of age, but al
though 10 years his senior, the widow
was wildly in love with him. Hanson
paid her considerable attention for a
time. but lately had been quite devoted
to younger and fairer woman.
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UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

A decision was handed down from
the supreme court in which it was held
that the law providing for the appro-
priation OF money for seed loans is un-
constitutional. The reason for the de-
cision is that the money appropriated is
for private purpose, and therefore il
legal. The same order holds that those
who have already borrowed money un-
der the law cannot use the decision as a
means OF escaping payment, because,
having availed themselves of the law,
they are now estopped from pleading
its unconstitutionality The case is that
of William Deering & Co.. appellants,
vs.: Peter August Peterson, defendant,
John Gillespie, garnishee.
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Indian Reli.h.

Chop fine small head Of cabbage,
six onions, also IL green peppers and
two quarts green tomatoes. Sprinkle
over one cup Of salt and let stand till
next day. Then drain of all the liquid
and put the vegetables in kettle. Bare
Is cover with vinegar. Add half cup
full mustard seeds, one teaspoonfuI cell
cry seed and half cup sugar. Boil five
minutes. Remove from fire and put
into glass jars or in 9 stone jar. II you
like the relish sweet, add one cup of
sugar Add finally one tablespoonful
English mustard. ooklyn Eagle.
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dozen bullets. caps and linen patches,
enough all round for q dozen shots.
" At the close Of the hunt the old
gentleman took strict inventory,
For every charge of powder and every
bullet missing young Joe must produce
gray squirrel, shot through the head.
you've got to plug ,em through
the head, joe said the old man. ANY
other sort Of KILN would be sloven-
~, and I'll not raise boy of mine to
grow up a careless sloven about his
work
IF Joe failed to produce squirrel
killed through the head the old man
took down long plant, reliable hick-
ory and walloped him. AS result,
when Senator Joe Brown was grown
man, indeed to the day of his death,
he was the surest, deadest shot in all
Georgia.
Nov, here's where the skill and the
wide repute it gained for him stood
him in good stead. He was involved in
q political fight with Ben Hill. They
made very sarcastic, not to say in
sulting, speeches at ard of each other.
Hill was the best talker Georgia ever
saw, and the way he peeled the hide
off Joe Brown was solemn thing. One
night he went too far.
"'They accuse Senator Brown said
Hill, of being gambler and wine
drinker. will defend him from these
charges. don't believe them; I deny
them. To gamble and to drink wine,
while vices, are after all the vices of a
gentleman, and there's nothing of the
gentleman 10 Joe Brown
"At this Brown went after the vola-
tile Mr.. Hill la the code duello.
He wanted blood. It was then his dead
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SMALL BOY AS BANKER

F. H: Peavey three years ago started
little financial scheme to induce small
boys Of Minneapolis who were working
for living to put their surplus earn
ings in the bank. In the three years 176
boys have enrolled themselves in Mr..
Peavey's Economic CLUB. and out of
that number 137 have still some money
in the treasurer's strong box. One boy
who saved $81.7o drew it out to start
his sister in the millinery business.
Many of the depositors are office boys,
Of whom one has saved $50, another
$63,~another. $42, another~$34, etc., -,-~,
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CHRISTMAS FANCY WORK.
Half = Dozen Novel Designs for Pin
cushions Which Make Pretty
Presents.

Pincusb1ons are always handy and
make acceptable gifts, for one never
can have too many.-.A pretty and
dainty cushion seen in a shop the other
day was long and narrow, bordered
with pale blue silk fri1l, and neatly
pinned On the top with colored pins
was a strip Of dainty drawn thread
work, the threads being caught to
gether with pale pink cotton.
Another cushion seen on the same
table was small and square, covered
with timber satin, ornamented with
bows worked in heliotrope and white
silk. A little box-plaited border Of
heliotrope and white ribbon finished
this exquisite little gift, which was ef
fective anG nicely put together.
A comically shaped pincushion is
made by extending all the corners out
into divisions, run through with satin
ribbon the exact width of the cushion.
Between each division thus made is q
reel oe silk in various coIors. The
cushion seen was covered with pale
gray silk, edged with pink cord. The
ribbon was of dainty pink, and reels
of silk. black, white, pink and gray,
making an exquisite combination.
This cushion forms a serviceable sddi-
ton 10 work box.
Another blue cushion consisted OF
strips CT the blue satin, On which sprays
of violets lad been painted, joinel BY
deep cream lace insertions.
A water-lily cushion may be formed
by stiffened white satin petals sur
rounding small center of yellow silk,
tied around at the base with green
silk. The yellow center should be well
stuffed, in order to hold the pins. OF
course this custom does not recon-
mend itself for everyday use, but it In
a novelty, nevertheless, and pretty.
One other cushion, round and fat, was
made Of shaded mauve velvet; the dain-
ty lace dolly pinned over it was cir
cular in form.
To make a really useful and pretty
pincush:on, take an old-fashioned doll,
with sawdust body; cut out as
foundation for the cushion a circular
piece Of cardboard about six inches in
diameter end make a skirt of figured
silk for the doll that will fit about the
edges Of the circular piece of card
board: sew securely and then fill this
skirt with sawdust. Put in the doll up
to its waixt, and bring the gathered
edge around the waist, sewing it tight
". This stuffed skirt forms the pin
cushion. The body and head os the
doll may be dressed as fancifully n
possible. A charming cushion Of this
sort was copied from one of Kate Green
away babies, and another was little
gentlewcman of about the year 1910,
with her lace mantle and skyscrapeT
bonnet-St. Louis Republic.
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Woman, Lovely woman

Matte That idiotic young Softleieh had
the audacity to propose to me last night!
Helen-Did he, really! / always thought
be was a little of in the upper story, but /
had no idea he was as bad as hat.-Chicago
Evening News: 80
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For the Housekeepers.

A new way to disinfect room is 10
use small disinfecting pan with a
small reservoir that contains the dis
injecting liquid. This is to be heated
and converted into gas by a fame
beneath the reservoir. The gas is di-
rected through nozzle to any part of
the room.
To preserve vegetables keep the
stalks in water until ready to cook.
Eggs may be kept by burying them
in salt, and carrots and :turnips by bury
ing in box of sand.
Ink stains can be removed from some
wash goods by rubbing with the yolk
of an egg before washing. Starch can
be removed from muslin or linen by
applying the juice of two onions, one
half ounce of white soap, two ounces
of fuller's earth and one-half pint of
vinegar, all boiled together and cooled
before Chicago Evening News.
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Per.plexing.

Money talks and Silence is golden"
. With two such precepts what is man 20
ing to DON. y. Journal. 49, -. s.
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Professional Objections

Professional Objections.
II think, !" said the judge, "I win have
to send you to the workhouse."
The prisoner shuddered.
"Couldnt you make il the fail,
judge?" he asked. II don't mind the
confinement, but I don't like the name
It sounds horrible. Chicago Post,
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HeWhat's the matter with these
cigars?
She-Why, dear, they smelt % sho1rid
that ! put some can de cologne On
them!- Illustrated American.