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Evening journal., 1900-02-26
margaret Had Perhaps Grown a Lit
tie White When He Spoke.1

"For Just two weeks she repeated.
mechanically, and with an effort. AT
all events, give me an address where
mail would reach you. Something
might happen; | might want YOU"
He avoided her eyes. The hurt look
In them was more than ne could bear,
but he took the little trembling hands
In his and stopped to kiss her. Good
bv. dear. take good care Of yourself.
Give me one more kiss and am gone.
Remember, it's only two weeks"
Two weeks later the train Is steam
Ing into the city rs fast as the big iron
horse can carry IT, but Il cannot go
too fast for the impatient Mr. Powers.
The two weeks are over, the business
trip is at an end and is successful, ana
now he wants 20 see Margaret his
love, his darling.
He had thought Of her day and night,
he had bought her extravagant pres
ents. he had done everything TO please
her except write TO her, and he can
hardly wait for his meeting with her.
Tie gets his overcoat on, his grip in
hand. he scorns the assistance Of the
norfer and before the train has fairly
ceased its motion he steps down 10
the nlatform of the station. He sends
telegram to Margaret announcing
his arrival. and then takes a cab TO his
hotel. giving the cabman an extra TO
hurry. so anxious is he to make the
necessary change in his toilet and get
10 his iancee. He fairly runs up the
stairs 10 his room and finds a note I'M
der the door. From her? No, from
her brother.
( sNfv Dear Fellow: We are so sorry
we haven't your address and cannot
send FOR You. Margaret, Of course,
must know where You are. but for
Some reason she declines to tell us.
Probably it is to spare the pain Of part
lno-for Margaret is dying. She took
lrold the day YOU left and the illness
anidlv developed into pneumonia. The
doctor gave us almost no hope from
fhe beginning. and tonight says we
mnst cxpect the worst We think she
twill hold ont couple Of days longer
and we are all hoping that some chance
lwill bring you home before she goes
Il send this TO your hotel that it may
.eoeh Won the instant you arrive. Come
to ms mt once II YOU would see Mar.
raret alive. Very truly your.
JACK LELAND"
This letter was dated a week before
boston Post.
Evening journal., 1900-02-26
canada's Fuel Problem.

"The most serious problem that con-
fronts the Canadian people of the fu-
ture," says Colonel Seyfert in a letter
to the State Department from STRAIT
ford, "is material for fuel. The gigan-
tic lumber industry and the great an
nual forest fires have so denuded the
timber area Of Ontario that the people
are thoroughly alarmed about the fu-
ture fuel supply. Hard wood for fuel
Is now worth from Sc to So a cord and
soft from SO to SO, while, coal, which is
all imported from the United States,
costs Sc a ton. The item Of fuel is,
therefore one Of the heaviest expenses
to every person in this latitude of long
and severe winters. An ordinary resi-
dent will consume no less than 500
worth Of fuel a year. It has been well
known for years that there are exten-
sive beds Of peat bog in Canada, and
particularly in the providence Of On
tario. An effort has been made during
the last six months to utilize this
product Of nature. In Holland, Ireland,
Wales and Bavaria peat has long been
the chief fuel used by the people. The
recent invention of machinery by
means of which vast areas of hitherto
unused bogs can be converted into
marketable peat has opened up a new
Canadian industry"
Evening journal., 1900-02-26
Younaest Woman Preaeher.

Melesin X. Sowies, a girl of sixteen
years, is probably the youngest woman
preacher in the world. In June Of
this year she preached the opening
sermon in the yearly meeting Of the
Baptist church, Honey Creek, Wis,
and she has been granted an unlimited
license to preach at the quarterly
meeting of that church. Miss Sowles'
home is at Prospect. Wis, where her
father is in charge Of the Baptist
Church. Miss Sowles has frequently
during the summer spoken from her
fathers pulpit. Before she was 10
years old she evinced a great interest
in theology and. unaided, outlined
sermon.
Evening journal., 1900-02-26

ask your blind belief. 1t says, Come
and see, and do not believe a word be-
yond what you can see or hear or feel
Of reality that carries with it this
great conviction
IT have had what purports to be
hundreds Of messages from the other
side. and I have never had one that
was soundly orthodox"
He says that DR.. Lyman Abbott and
DR.. Hills are believers in all that is es-
sential in spiritualism, but are anxious
to guard themselves against the belief
in such vulgar things as a rap on a
table. DIR. Savage says:
Frankly, 1 can never understand
what there is so foolish or degrading
in a rap. tap on the door to announce
myself TO you in a hotel. Suppose
have a fSfend in the unseen, close by
me, who wishes to communicate some
thing to me. and finds he can call my
attention by tap. Is there anything
so very silly about It? If there is I am
too dun 10 discover IT,"
Or. Savage is frank about wishing to
believe in Immortality himself.
IF It were possible TO prove that be-
yond this life is another. If we could
Just know that would not IL be worth
while for the sake of the comfort and
happiness it would bring? do not say
1t is possible yet to know 1t. If so,
would it not be worth while?"
The probabilities and hopes for fu-
ture life. he says. fall short OF demon
stration, but he adds;
"As an evolutionist first. last and all
the time an evolutionist. I believe with
my whole soul that It will not be long
before Immortality will be as much
discovered as America was discovered
by Columbus"
A chapter is devoted TO the studies
Of the Socie ~ for Psychical Research,
of which Dr. Savage is a member. The
appendix is devoted entirely to a dis
cussion OF spiritualism. In the course
of the chapter he says:
IT think there is no sort Of question
that there are such things as ghosts"
His own position in regard to spir-
itualism is thus stated:
II have said and published a num-
her of times that am not a Spiritual
lst. take the trouble Of emphasizing
Il once more, because I am constantly
represented as being one. I say 1 am
not a Spiritualist. At the same time !
am perfectly willing to say that be-
heve there is great truth at the heart
of the spiritualistic movement"
Evening journal., 1900-02-26
THE LIFE beyond DEATH
Immortality Will Soon Be An
Assured Fact.
REV DR.. SAVAGE'S BOOK.

a Frank Discussion of an Important
Sublect-He Says There Is No Sort
Of Question That There Are Such
Things as Ghosts.
In his book called Life Beyond
Death" DR.. Minot ]. Savage announces
that he does not believe in spiritualism.
This is something Of surprise, con-
sidering the fact that DR.. Savage has
for many years-since 1874, he says
been lecturing upon and investigating
the subject and making constant ref
erences in his lectures toits phenomena
He treats spiritualism at length in this
present volume.
The book reviews the beliefs held in
the past concerning "life beyond
death" He considers primitive ideas,
ethnic beliefs and middle-age belief in
the other world. compares them with
that Of Paul and Jesus, and takes up
the present conditions of the same be-
lief. He treats the fervor Of belief in
the other world and the agnostic reac-
tion which followed it, and the present
spiritualistic reaction against agnosti-
cism.
In his discussion of the Old Testa-
ment idea as TO immortality, he says:
1--WE see. then, as the summed-up re-
suit Of the brief outline, that although
there was no teaching apparent and
emphasized on the surface of the OH
Testament in these other worlds, there
really was a common belief underneath
the surface, growing up in the hearts
and imagination Of the common peo-
pie and we see also what we common
ly misunderstood, that these other
worlds take the shape which they had
to take.
He sums up thus the teachings OF
Jesus on the other world:
$50 Jesus teaches. 1 think, that the
eternal life. being a quality Of charac-
ter, exists to-day. It is not something
to be waited for. Our friends, for ex-
ample, If they are alive anywhere, are
alive at all, are alive this minute. We
are immortal this naoment."
DR.. Savage's study Of spiritualism
has Influenced his treatment OF immor-
tality, as in the paragraph after the
preceding, in which he says:
This everyday. commonplace world
of hopes and fears, meetings and part
ings, joys and sorrows, this world, ac-
cOrding TO the Gospel story, is encased
in a world Of spirit immersed in 1t,
surrounded by It as by atmosphere, 1
am not saying that sou believeiit.
DR.. Savage points out the doubts
concerning the doctrine OF Immortality
held by the churches and the weakness
of the traditional creeds and the loos-
ening of their hold upon people. He
treats the agnostic with tender consid-
Grafton.
His chapter on the spiritualistic re-
action is filled with bits like this:
1.-The one wonderful thing about spir-
itualism. without any reference to its
truth or its falsity. is that it does not
Evening journal., 1900-02-26
Alcoholism and Crime.

The alcoholic craving accounts for
many a confirmed criminal. Doubtless
he tendency exists in a minor degree
as belonging to au hahituals, who
make it a secondary part of their
life, teetotalers being rarely met with
in criminal walks. But there is a large
number Of hopeless prisoners whose
only idea of life is drunkenness at
any cost. In such the craving makes
the criminal, and as the drink cannot
pc obtained without money other
means are resorted to. such as break
ing into public houses, robbing bar
tills stealing jugs and bottles from
children sent out on such errands,
iressing up as blind men, mutilated
,eggars crawling along the pavement
and other pleasantries so well known
o the expert. Chewing a piece of soap
and thus forming a lather to the sim
llation of epilepsy is a common fraud,
and the profits all go to the publican.
rhe alcoholic aspect is, however, very
iidcult of concealment, and the ex-
|perienced observer well knows the
oseudo-epileptic the armless, legless
cripple, and the unfortunate widow
who with five children (all hired) par
tdes the street in lamentation Of
-aes.-Gentleman's Magazine.
Evening journal., 1900-02-26
A DUMMY DECK.
Cards Runs In On Four Poker Play
ers In Camp.

80 0NtAAIFa
"A rather amusing thing happened
at a fishing camp at which was last
summer" said r. R. Reynolds, OF
Hartford at the Hotel Manhattan,
New York. One Of our party, while
otherwise a thorough good fellow was
an interminable talker, and, as such,
an awful bore. The description, once
applied to a certain statesman, that
he used to set his mouth going and
go away and leave It talking, fitted
him to a n. We stood it for a couple
Of days, and then we put up a game
on him. After supper, when we start
ed In on his regular conversations, we
got up In a body and decamped. He
saw the point and gracefully yielded
to the inevitable, although he swore
revenge. About this time we found
that we had no playing cards with us,
and telegraphed back to the club for
20 packs, which arrived in due time,
and that night We had game. After
we had played some time the conver-
sationalist dealt the cards. held the
age, and when / picked up my hand
held four tens.
"The next man simply stayed, SO
did the next, but the other two whoop-
ed her Tor the limit The dealer
dropping out, raised again, and so
did every one else in turn. This went
on until we all got tired, and then
came the draw. Some stood pat, and
the balance drew one card each. AT
ter the draw we went it fast and fUri-
GUS. All the chips had gone up long
since and the falling of l o US look
ed like a snowstorm. It finally result
ed in a show down, and every blessed
man present laid down four tens.
When we recovered from the trance
we were at first thrown into we look
ed for the dealer Wise in his day and
generation, he had disappeared aud
returned no more that night It took
about an hour and a halfs hard work
to get that pot Strengthened out. It
seemed that the dealer had been alone
IN camp when the cards arrived, and
all the 20 packs happening to have the
same backs suggested the idea to him,
and he put up the dummy pack which
he held In his lap. The substitution
was easy, and we did the rest. New
York Tribune.
Evening journal., 1900-02-26
THE WIDOW KNEW

"Dick Hartley goos to see Mrs. Rob
inson, every day, they say"
"Why, he's engaged to Helen Easton.
you know"
Il know, my dear; but II I were
Helen Easton I'd break it Off / was
at Mrs Robinson's this very morning.
and she had just received a big box OF
Merinets from him. Yes. she showed
me the card Innocent little widow
innocent little manl'
Thus started, the report Of Dicks at.
tentlon TO the Widow Robinson had
Evening journal., 1900-02-26
In seIf-Defense.

Are you willing to work for your
dlnnerw asked the woman.
dat depends on wot you wants
DONE" replied the tramp.
IL want you 20 beat that carpet
hanging on the line over there she
said.
LADY" answered the wanderer,
"pm poor nd I'm hungry, but I'm
honest, an I'm not gOin' 10 begin beat
in me way trough de world at this
late day-seef
Evening journal., 1900-02-26
Two Sides.

A we'll known New Yorker who has
just returned from Europe tells the
following story:
"I was dining with an English
friend in a Paris cafe. A young Aus
trian, when l had met in my travels
approached the table. and a short con-
versation followed between him and
myself in German. He soon excused
himself and left the place. Then my
English friend spoke up:
lawfully sorry for that young chap.
don't You know
'Why2 / asked.
+" Because he couldn't speak Eng
lish.'
That's very odd l remarked, for
he said to me just before he left that
II was a pity that you couldn't speak
anything but English.
Evening journal., 1900-02-26
The slgn W. Am Rlght.

"Then you'd better take down your
sign"
''Whuffurw
Because it says 'Whitewashing done
here And you say ycl don't white
wash"
Oats signs all right. Ny OF wom-
an she done take IN washin' for white
folks, an dat's de kind O. whiteWash-
in we does"
Evening journal., 1900-02-26
A Hirh stnnner.

"Afr. sixaweek." said her little broth
Or. while the young man sat on the
steps waiting for her to appear, do
,ou wear your toe weights inside your
shoess'
what do YOU mean by that Sammy?'
"Oh. nothin', 'cept I heard sis tell
now vistiddy that you were so light
you'd go right up into the air if you
didn't wear toe weights. Washing
ton Post
Evening journal., 1900-02-26
whv He Won't Sell.

In the heart Of George vanderbilt's
estate, near Ashville. ~ c., is a plot
owned by an old negro, who lives
there and refuses to sell He says he
has been bothered all his life by bad
neighbors. and now that he has a
good one, he viii not move.
Evening journal., 1900-02-26
Tonlmy's wish.

Human nature crops out rather early
in the youth OF the present age.
Tommy" asked a mother of her
three-year-old son. what would you
do if gave you q nice Granger "Pd
wish you would give me another" re-
piled Tommy.
Evening journal., 1900-02-26
Modern Philosophy.

cam I the first girl you ever lovedg'
she asked him. more as a matter Of
habit than anything else.
Il cannot tell n lie," said he. "You
are not. You are simply the best of
the bunch"
Being a modern maid, she was con
tent with that.-Cmcinnau Enquirer.
Evening journal., 1900-02-26
can,t shake II on.

eyes, that's his sad He is a good
surgeon. but for the last ten years
he hs studied nothing but warts"
"Well. that's a sort of thing that
grows on one, you know" Detroit
Journal.
Evening journal., 1900-02-26

ssYou ought to hear our new rector
cad the service. He's right up to
late"
..Ifow does be read itF'
~, 49, rfisiia ''-r.avele-nd aadar
Evening journal., 1900-02-26

The semi-annual inspection Of fire
will be made tonight by the
Fire Committee of City Council. The
West Side companies win be visited
tonight, and those of the East Side to-
morrow evening.
Evening journal., 1900-02-26
rhn Animal I,enner

Eyes" said the excited man, che
tried to act the hes and treat me like
n dog, but ] soon howed him he was
playing horse with the wrong man
when he monkeyed with meg-Detroit
Free Press
Evening journal., 1900-02-26

At tonights meeting of the Board Of
Education William Turner, the newly
elected member from the Fourth ward,
will probably be sworn in. The pro-
posed changes in rules Will also be
considered.
Evening journal., 1900-02-26
WHAT DO YOU wANrr

Advertise your wants IN the Evening
Journal. Employment wanted. help
wanted TO let, for rent, for sale, board
ing, and lost and found ads. win be pub
lshed, three lines. one tlme, for a dlmei
three times tor 9 Qvs-fs=s 1890
Evening journal., 1900-02-26
WHAT DO YOU MANr1

Advertise your wants I'm the Evening
Journal Employment wanted. help
wanted, to let. for rent for sale, board
ing, and lost and found ads. win be pub
llshed. three lines, one time, for a dime;
three times for a quarter.
Evening journal., 1900-02-26

If by any peradventure the trusts
should not yield to the on't-invite-
them-to-dinner treatment, President
Hadley may conclude to go further and
not lend them his lawn mower.-Kan-
sas City Journal.
Evening journal., 1900-02-26
WHAT DO YOU wANrr

Advertise your wants tn the Evening
journal. Employment wanted. help
wanted. 10 let. for rent. for sales board
ing, and lost and found ads wln be pub
hshed, throe lines. one time. FOR olmei
thTas times Tor q quarter
Evening journal., 1900-02-26

There is a quicksilver mine in Peru
$50 feet deep. In this abyss are streets,
squares and a chapel where religious
Worship is held.
Evening journal., 1900-02-26
Donnted.

"Do you know I can't tell lie with
out blushlng?"
"Mm. You are not blushing now"
-IndianaDolis Journal.
Evening journal., 1900-02-26

And Wish They Had Bought Others.
Half the men carry the watches they
gave their wives before marriage.-At-
Gibson Globe
Evening journal., 1900-02-26

SUBSCRIPTION BALL TONIGHT.
The annual subscription and mas
querade ball of the Delaware Saenger-
bund Society will be given at German
Hall tonight A large attendance is ex-
pected.
Evening journal., 1900-02-26

a Frank Discussion Of an Important
Sublect-He Says There Is No Sort
Of Question That There Are Such
Things as Ghosts.
The suburban citizen., 1900-04-14
+. 8. RANpAr
PORTO alco's PNEUMATIC FISH.
when He Appears Properly Inflated th'
Young People Hasten 10 Marry.


when He Appears Property Inflated th'
Young People Hasten TO Marry.
With two horns on the front OF its
head, feather on its back and de.
cidedly bovine expression of face, the
coming of the cowhsh is welcomed in
Porto Rico. 1t is migrating, usually
appearing in May in schools of greater
or less extent. While it fingers on the
coast it emits sort of "mooing"
sound, because Of which visitors often
Gail it drumfsh. Anyhow, it drums
up the native population, who run Go
the beach to see if the schools are large,
in which case they say: "Phere lie
milk in the cocosput" expression
equivalent to the promise of fruitful
season.
When there is this expectation Of
abundance of food many of the young
people get married at once. A family
can live on thefruit of the wild banana,
which is twice the size Of those eX.
ported and of much courser grain, but
roasted 10 ashes il IS not bad eating.
Science has yet to determine what the
coming OF the cowtish has TO do with the
fruitfulness of cocOanuts and bananas,
but with it's two black horns and the
music it makes, and the little feather,
which is iridescent, as it moves
through the water it is very engaging.
The preserved specimens are stuffed
with air only.
The manatee of the Caribbean Sea
is sometimes called the cowhsh be-
cause it comes on shore and eats grass.
The manatee is becoming extinct, and
is oitener found on the coast of Cubs
and keys south of Florida than in
Porto Rico.
1t is entirely distinct from the Porto
Rico variety, which is a true Ash, run
ming in schools, whereas the mauasee
is O mammal, nursing its young. This
latter is hunted for ITS hide, which is
manufactured in TO canes that look like
tortoise shell, These canes are so
elastic and powerful that they are re.
garded as deadly weapons, and by the
Cuban laws q fine Of $50 Is imposed
upon any one who strikes another with
a manntee cane. They cost from $40
to S25 each in Havana stores. The
Porto Rico covfish has quite a tough
little hide also, bat it is seldom caught
weighing more than ponnd or two,
IT has no commercial value in Porto
Rico, where there are such variety and
abundance Of fish.
The present specimen has almost q
balloou-like appearance when in tho
water, and the mooing musical sound
it makes Is supposed to be owing to
the distention and contraction Of the
skin while inhaling and emitting air.
Philadelphia Record.
The suburban citizen., 1900-04-14
rurIons un,ldIsh Prnctlos,

There was a little girl on the street.
cars yesterday who was acting very
queerly. That is, "certain grown.
ups" who have forgotten the ways Of
little girls seemed to think 30. She
was sitting very quietly beside her
mother, but her bright eyes were
watching the streets closely for some
thing. Every now aud then they
would sparkle and she made queer
little gesture. She touched the eud
OF her second finger to her tongue and
doubling up her fist struck it into the
palm Of her other hand.
"Ninety-fye," sue said under her
breath. "NInety.six, ninety-seYen."
Each time making the gesture.
What could the child be doing?
just where little girls learn some
things is a question. Probably from
their grOwn-up sisters or other little
girls grOwn.up sisters. However II
may be, there is a way whereby little
girls can tell who their future hus-
bands are going TO be, They get
together and agree TO count white
horses until they get 100. Then they
must see three white mules, and after
that the FIRST young man who ineets
them is the fated one Just how the
meeting takes place is a matter of pre-
vious arrangement amolg the little
girls. It may be the first one who
shakes hands with them or who opens
she door for them or who gives them
something.
Then, Of course, there is the con-
sest Of seeing who Will get the 100
horses arst-to say nothing of tue
mules That was what made The lit
Gle girls eyes sparkle yesterday.
"Only three more. Just think,
mamma, Then the mules. I'm beating
che other girls all 10 pieces. kansas
City Journal.
The suburban citizen., 1900-04-14
padereu,l,l,s Femlnlne crltIcs.

"About a year ago." said a NORTH
Side girl, "a gentleman moved into
the fat next 10 ours and brought his
piano with him. Now, I'm fond Of
music, but that did not hinder me
from getting very tired sometimes OF
hearing our neighbor practieing, and
I would say TO Molly, What dullard
that fellow isl He will never become
a musicianp Then again, he would
do 80 well that / would add repent.
emily, Really his touch is quite
good.
"The other night he gave us a gor.
geous surprise. He played all even.
ing long-and such musicl Molly
and ] crept out Cn the landing en-.
trRuced. ! vowed I was going to get
some one TO introduce him to me, and
then I might implore him to play a
little every night. But Molly de.
murred. She said she quite agreed
with me that this WIS excellent music,
but, all the same, tho musician was
lacking in technique, and it was
clearly q case OF special inspiration
rather than the result OF any great
training or ability.
"But we did enjoy it all the same,
and I prayed that our neighbor might
have his inspirations early and often.
The next morning when / went down
in the elevator, the boy said: 'D'you
know that Paderewski was here last
nigbt?' 1 gasped, 'Where?' 'Oh,
right in the fiat next 60 yours, he
said, 'Paderewski is q great friend
Of that fellow who lives there, and,
do you know, hejuststayed apd played
oil the eyepingr r"-Cbicago Times
Herald,