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York; only ten Exchange.
stories; the tower is perhaps 49,
It looks low, certainly; the windows
are arranged in three tiers to give
that appearance. It is some 400 feet
long.
The city grows downtown as it
grows uptown. The Produce exchange
is, and the Stock exchange will be for
one year, opposite Bowling Green.
Here stood the statue of King George,
melted into bullets in the revolution.
Just opposite still remained, when
came to the city, the old Washington
headquarters tavern, frequented in
the last century by many men we
read about. South of the Green a row
of houses $50 years old has just been
pulled down to make room for the
new custom house. At it's lower ex-
tremity it touches the Battery, CEN
ter and citadel of the city more than
three hundred years ago, and still
the center of it's shipping and grain
trades. Within q quarter of mile
are buildings more than 200 years old.
eat my lunch in such an one every
business day. It was built in 1878.
Part of it has been an eating house
for more than 200 years, except for
a few months just after the passage
of the Raines law. Upstairs in this old
house-it has belonged to one family
for 12o years, and has never changed
hands in that time except by bequest
; is little luncheon club to which I
belong. Howells, Stephen Crane, Ham
lin Garland, Bishop Fowler, Forbes
Winslow, Mark Twain, H. NJ. Alden,
r. w. Glider, have enjoyed the quaint
old room with its brown rafters.
The kitchen is under the 15-foot-
high sloping roof. I don't often go
up there, but when I do I can see
on the roof the original shingles, each
four feet long and shaved with a
draw shave. 1t was a days work to
shave $50 of them. They are nearly
all covered up with tar paper now.
New York is curious mixture OF
the very new and very old. Where
the Stock exchange men are going to
bull and bear steam kettle shares the
old Dutch burghers used to cheapen
the pelts the Indians brought in.
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the country upon an estate which
cost vast sum. He has spent
half million in laying out land.
which cost to buy don't know how
much. He is building stable which
is costing 100000. But the old house
upon his estate, which would be dear at
$4,000, is not to be disturbed-prob-
ably not during his lifetime. To move
would be troublesome.
my son can build when am gone,
the great house which have planned y
says Mr.. Rockefeller. II don't want to
be bothered with it at my time of life. ~
To gain a great fortune and to take
care of it after it is gained are exhaust
ing occupations. Yet there are many
very rich men who at 60 or 20 retain the
vigor of their minds and bodies, and
who keenly enjoy the advantages that
wealth brings. OWEN LANGDON.
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New COmmandant.

Captain Thomas Mcmillan, who has
been commandant of the Minnesota
Soldiers Home ever since it's estab-
lishment about thirteen years ago,
will be superseded on September by
Captain James Compton, of Fergus
Falls. Such is the result of the action
of the board of trustees of the Sol
diers' Home, which held it's annual
meeting at the home.
The board also elected George N.
Lamphere, of St. Paul, formerly of
Moorhead, secretary to succeed Secre-
tary !. II. B. Beebe, of St. Paul.
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NIsg"' f&$Ss Bowling Gree n.
People said he was crazy. to 30 % far
uptown It has been one Of the most
prosperous hotels in America ever
since--T 70 prosperous that. though
it il only dxastories high, no one has
ever tried to tear it down and build
upon IT. rte, because the loss would be
80 enormous during the transition.
Many atAousapds. q people eat there
every day. aN III II obably the most
profitSl1o1nr In America. y
rhat's m mile the city =.
grown iRoM yearh Go i've miles lar,
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Mot MORE than q week ago. I
IN said that fashionable Paris
would not be seen at Biarritz
for at least two weeks more, and yet
that letter was hardly onsits way to
America before, my prophecy was
disproved by the thrush Of the FASH
ionables. They were weary of the
hot days in the gay capital even with
the functions attending the social
side of the exposition to keep them,
and seemingly made q grand rush for
the watering places. Now they are
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though not much
past middle age.
His health is
r a t h er pc or,
til GU gh not 50
much so as to
cause alarm; but
he seems not to
have vitality and
mental elasticity.
This is the real ex.
PLANTATION of the
fact that he con.
tinues to live in a
compar ely
m06ost. hnucn u
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some Day,

"When," shouted the orator, "when
will come that blessed day when every
man shall get all he earns?" s<xs
4 eth come about the time" fiercely
back-answered the man in the crowd,
who was there for that purpose, ..it:will
come when every man earns all he
gets!" -Indiananpolis Press.
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The Astors are
a new family in
New York. They
are of this CEN
fury. This fact
h a 8 sometimes
been used to COM
bat the s oci a l
plans of t h e ir
women folk.
Fifty years ago
the Astor Of that
day put upa great
hotel less than ..
half mile from the
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Manhattan Island will tip up next

The Stock ex-
change is to put
up a ha n d S o m e
new building at .
cost of be t W e e n
three and ur
million dollars; it
will take a year to
do the work, no
matter how vigor-
ously it is pushed.
and du ring t he
time the bulls and
bears on cha n g e
will be sheltered
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character in it
like David: Ha-
rum" This is true.
T h e y insinuate
that the new novel
is a copy or imita-
ton of the older
one. That is not
true.
Bachelor is a re-
markable man. He
has been war COR
respondent, bust
ness man. author,
editor, inventor,
traveller. He was
<ho 1r:~sro%1~ ~
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An Example.

Electricity in the atmosphere at
fects your SYSTEM" said the scientific
physician. 80.
"Yes," said the patient, who had paid
ten dollars for two visits, II agree with
you there are times when one feels
ovsrcharged." Chicago Daily News.
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from the south.
what is that
ine-looking low
b u i l d i n g?" an
English visitor on
"a transatlan tic
g t e a m err once
asked me. 1t was
his first sight OF
New York.
THAT is t h e
Pr d uce ex-
change" I said.
II suppose it is
low for Ne W
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POLITE IN FACE OF DANGER.
- - man During . Fire Aston.
t'~ ishe6 the FiPenen.

1.-THE coolest man 1 ever met" said
q New York fireman, relates Golfers
Weekly, II met at fire in dwelling
house on Fifth avenue. We found him
in an upstairs front room, dressing to
go out. The fire by this time was surg
ing up through the house at a great
rate.
-r "'Helloa, there!' we hollered at him
when we looked in at the door, the
house is afire!' - ,=-...s
"'Would it disturb You If I should
remain while you are putting it out?'
he said, lifting the comb from his hair
and looking round at US. He had ON
: white evening waistcoat, and his
dresscoat lay across chair. srz i .
Seeing US staring at him, he dropped
his comb into his hair again and went
On combing. But, a. o MISTER of fact,
he VI aboutbready.@He put down the
comb, put on his coat and hat, and
picked up his overcoat.
e Nov I'm ready, gentlemen he
we started, but the stairway had
now beer closed up by fire. We turned
to the windows. The boys had rot q
ladder up to the front of the house.
tNows then, We said to him, when
We eln1e 10 the window.
After you, gentlemen he said,
standing back. And I'm, blessed II We
didh'ts have 70 80 down che ladder
641tJFfz 4HkIfEY'fef va ~ Iggfs 6E-.g y.fsg .
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Old Scotch PloWIsli.

1n'scotland invery ancient times the
eight-oxen plow was probably in gen.
Reral use, for the old land measures, as
dayoch and such like, were founded
thereon. Last century, in Aberdeen
shire, the ten OF twelve oxen pillow was,
however, more common, but III such
iplOws finally disappeared about the
time ofiWaterloo. hicago Times-Her-
AID = ~ - = -
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Extensive Depredationa.

1t was discovered that a party of
twenty-five men from Lacrosse, who
make log stealing profession, had at
tackled the raft of j. w. Van SAINT,
which was tied at Dresbech, Mimi, and
removed several hundred logs from it,
which are valued at $1,000 or more.
The men went up in ten skiffs and
overpowered the Waterman. After
taking the logs they came to Lacrosse
and sold them to a local lumberman.
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nIx1en,nILaltir9 ,Cirer...t...e,. -. Z :

ii 1xtennating. Cirep.astaneos.
8 The Poet adoa,t abs1ievsrth cd.
tors read halt ] the manuscript. that
come in. US y
His Friend don't blame thssn.-
BreeklJn Lits. s - 81. s.
sffa Il
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His AAflitx Provea,

'''You say he j. an able speaker?'s 4
...Oh, yes. He talked for three hours
and was able to walk out Of the hail I'M
assisted in spite Of the things thatwere
thrown Ct him. !" Chicago TimsD-Isrs
ald. slsaS. ss19f 1ssyaa -.
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Prepared for Euerxenaies.

First Washer Why % you hang
two thermometers IN tie vindow7 -,
Il Second Aasher-ly daAr fellah, one
Is for the heat and the other j, for the
cold, you know. You're not 90 wen ID
e 8 !, astronomy q I thought you var
81 Lonis Rspablis. rs.
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News In Brief,

AAe arrest Oh TWO men mas Deen
made on suspicion of being connected
with the postoffice robbery at Edge
mon. The names of the men are Ed
ward Atwood and C. H. Macy. They
have been bound over under $500
bonds.
Twenty-seven rural schools in Red
wood county will receive state aid
under the existing law. Only one
other county in the state makes the
same showing, namely, Blue Earth.
Hennepin county, with twenty-six,
Olmstead with twenty-five, Otter Tail
and Steel with twenty-four each, are
the only counties that have over
twenty schools receiving state aid.
Yu Lung, a Chinaman en- route to
Hongkong, died in the waiting room
of the St. Paul depot.
Charles Doig, the s-year-old son of
Alex Doig, superintendent of bridges
for the Northwestern railroad, was
drow ned while bathing at Winona.
Executive Agent Beutner says he
will enforce the law of 1895, dug up
from the records, which requires the
payment of a license fee of SIS by
non-residents wishing to fish or hunt
in the state. Notices to this effect will
be sent out in day or two.
A report on 900 samples of vinegar,
analysed by the state chemist, shows
constant improvement in the quality
OF the product marketed in the state
during the past year and half.
Presidents Of the state normal
schools met in St. Paul and Endorsed
the diplomas of recent normal grau-
ates, thereby converting them into
first grade state teachers certificates.
The state auditor received $3.50. 80
from the Oliver Mining Company, as
royalty for ore mined on state school
lands under contract. The settlement
In for the month of July.
Meat Inspector Jansen, of st. Paul,
ordered nine head of cattle, killed
which were found suffering from
lumpy jaw at New Brighton. The
carcasess of two were condemned and
destroyed and the others passed. Il,
Louis Hamm, of Osseo, died from
lockjaw caused by stepping on rusty
nail.
| Willie. Jackson, aged 10 years, waa
drowned in the river at st. Paul.
Burglars 4 secured q considerable
famount of goods and some money
from the dry goods stores 1t Owa-
tonna. IL TX: ~. sst;s@ssezr- 's - :. -.
q man claiming to Be liquor man
worked the bank At Carleton, and Il
lCloquet forged drafts Tor $50 each. Ii
arrested ut Cloquet on tie train.
RostohRce service has been. estab-
"a ats Esqusainnot, Aitlfn county,
,lana feH Seth appadnted postmaater.
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And the Uptown Movement.
The name of Astor is good enough
one to measure the uptown movement
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/ satisfy1sg, Her Corioslty

In view of the hour ct which ho
reached ghsne. perhaps her questioa
was justified. 80 -. s.
Why" she asked, sarcastically, lid
HDl come home at all?''
IT sleep. = replied. tsrsely- Chi.
caGo Post.
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Heat Causes Death.

While the intense heat of the past
two weeks has not occasioned many
deaths among grown people, it has
been particularly severe on children
and infants in Minneapolis.
According to the records of the
health department, IA deaths have oc-
CURED in this respect and there are
a number more which the torrid
weather contributed to.
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Convict Labor.

The state labor commissioner, upon
an investigation of conditions in the
state prison and reformatory. finds
that during 1899 but forty-five con-
victs in the reformatory were en-
ployed in quarrying and cutting
stone, while the number engaged in
this trade outside was go, making the
total number employed 1,015. In the
state prison, however, the convicts en-
ployed in the shoe department num-
Der 237, out of total of 1855 en-
ployed in factories throughout the
state, percentage of 1877 for the
convicts. The percentage of reforma-
tory labor to the whole is but 2.31.
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The Produce Exchanxe

The Produce exchange is modern.
You see it as you approach the city
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"Eben HOldeA.n

The critics say that Irving Bachel-
ler's "Eben Holden" is book with one
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Rockefeller's Stable.

John d. Rockefeller, the richest man
in theworld, doesnot expect to live long.
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MINNESOTA NEWS.

~ o9ke -. 16pf0os Co0ponloo.
The state will at once proceed
against the express companies doing
business in Minnesota on account Of
the refusal of the latter to comply
With the gross earnings tax law. Ex-
ception is taken by the companies to
the bill. increasing the rate from = to
s per cent. The legislature raised the
rate from 3 to ~, but after the bin
was signed the figure was seen to be
s per cent.
. The last statement of the express
companies regarding their gross earn
inga. as shown by the legislative
manual, is as follows: Great North
ern. taxabh receipts. $e7,s427s, re-
sulting in q tax at per cent. of
$2,035.2s; United States, receipts, $751;
1880, and tax of $1.737.5s; American,
receipts, $37,702.66, and tax of ST.
131.0s; Northern Pacific, sec, 500.94,
and tax of $795.02; Adams. receipts,
$9,406. and tax of $2s2.1s; Wells, Far
60, receipts $2,497.14, and tax of
$74.91. The total tax from all COM
panies was $6,O56.O6.
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Just Like a Man,

Just Like q Man. A
Biggs Ito cabman)-What will you
charge to take me and my wife to
Blanks hotel? .. s,~~@.. 49,. i. ...,.,.
Cabman-One dollar, sir.
Biggs-And how much for taking me
alone?
Cabman-The same-one dollar. -
Biggs Ito his wife)-There, my dear.
you see how much you are valued at
Chicago Daily News. ~ -
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the opportunity Of settling for he1
misdeeds upon a financial basis at all
they would demand absolute .protec.
ton for their investment, and this
China could not give under present
conditions, though she might, attempt
to. Such an attempt would but pnt
off the evil day of dismemberment for
a short time longer, and would add
but another to the excuses of the
powers 1or the breaking up of the ma.
ton.
But what If the powers should re.
fuse money indemnity and demand
territory, and the Chinese government
go down into number of spheres OF
influence under the rule of every
power of Europe? If such thing
should happen, who would pay the
present indebtedness Of China, or who
would compensate the powers that do
not take a part in the dismember.
ment of the empire for the losses
they have incurred? Not only has
China an indebtedness at the present
time under which she is staggering,
but she has as well guaranteed the
interest on railway bonds to the ex.
tent of some s7,ooo,00 What, be.
comes of this security if China is di.
vided? Splitting up the Chinese EN-.
pire will mean T. loss to the bondhold.
ers of the world of many millions Of
dollars; a loss which will be felt by
every nation and every class of peo-
pie. Lord Charles Beresford knew Of
what he was speaking when he said
that "the division of China was not
an object to be accomplished by the
stroke of pen." It IS subject that
will tax the ingenuity of the worlds
diplomats, and probably the worlds
generals. DANIEL CLEVERTON.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-21
MUSIC AND DRAMA.

The well known Black Patti Hrouba-
dours. the most notable organization of
colored comedians. singers and dancers
on the American stage, are to be the at
traction al the Crawford theatre Friday.
June Is The Troubadours pleased large
audiences last season. and as they bring
with them this season a larger company
and more pretentions repertoire than
formerly the same cordial and apprecia-
tive patronage doubtless awaits them
Merry sonsg, story and dance are the
theme Of the Troubadours' stage perfor-
nance. The curtain rises on a skit. a
Rag-Time Frohc at Ras-Bury Park" and
falls on an operate kaleidoscope" Black
Patti and her melodious voice viii be
heard in solos and grand operate en-
semhles. and the rag-time contingent viii
provide .cake-wslks, coon songs and buck
dances.
Nine. Sissierette Jones. Or Black Patti.
as she IS familiarly known. is the best
known singer OF her race. and she has
sung with success at home and abroad.
With .. II. Francis. tenor; James Light
foot. Baritone; Anthony Byrd. basso:
Mary Rector and the chorus, she ap-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-21
FRIENDS UNIVERSITY.

DR. Howes will lecture next wednesday
before the physiology class on the sub
ject Of the Nervous System"
Miss Burleigh entertained the girls of
South Hall Thursday afternoon at her
home on University avenue.
The Davis Lyceum elected new officers
last Friday night. Herman Newman was
elected president. Blanche Longstreeth.
vice president: LEILA Seal, secretary, and
o. W. Price, critic.
A class in conversational German viii
be organized next term by Professor
Francisco II will be composed of the
first and second year German classes and
will meet once a week, taking tho place
of the regular recitation on that day.
The Freshman English class under Pro-
5essor Kirby has maintained a lively in
terest in its work. and at present it is
especially pleased with its exercises in
analysis Of selected paragraphs from
standard authors.
The Brightonians gave a very inter
esting program last Friday night. The
"Brightonian News read by Lloyd pierce
was a source of much amusement 10 the
members. telling things they had not
thought Of as public property. The reci-
tation and parody were also very Sood.
The debate: Resolved. That cities should
own and operate their electric light
plant waterworks and street railway"
was closely contested and resulted in a
decision in favor of the Affirmative.
The Misses King, whose house burned
last saturday. have taken rooms in North
Hall until their new cottage on Charles
avenue shall be ready for occupancy.
The Thursday morning chapel services
conducted by Miss Francisco consisted 81
medley" OF newspaper clippings which
the students greatly enjoyed.
The singing Of the Italia" by the Davis
chorus viii be one of the attractions at
the open meeting next Wednesday even
ing
President Stanley's portly mein was
somewhat impaired for a few days by a
tIansi - can Of the audacious grip. -
but his pluck or good nature reinforced
by hearty laugh from some of his prev
i9usly afflicted friends soon sent the call
er TO the rear. leaving the president erect
End smiling with his cane in the corner
In chapel last Monday morning Profes-
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WICHITA BUSINESS COLLEGE.

Wichita Business College and Short
hand Institute has received the following
students recently: Maude Spencer. Earl
Carrothers. J. B. Kirby, Winifred Rich
ards. Thatcher Human. Jessie Carroth-
ers,, s r. JOcelyn. Paul Stoutemeyer
Grace McAdams. Arthur Newcome OF
Wichita; Newton Snow Of Chickasha, c.
NJ. Iitson Of Benton and Lillian Harding
Of Cincinnati.
Ohio P. Myers has taken position with
Mr.. Harbig, commercial agent of the Rock
Island
J. c. Brewer is stenographer of Adams
& Adams. attorneys
]. Pierce Torrey is in Harper's Bank al
Conway Springs.
Miss Fazel Is with DR.. McIhherny at
Conway Springs.
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sor Kirby read a very interesting selec-
ton on Manners and Customs of the
Japanese" SHE then read a composition
entitled 'How My Pair of Overshoes
Trouble Mes" written by Japanese stu
dent Of K. 10. which furnished good deal
of amusem, emit for the students.
The Frier DIS University is destined to
become one of the leading educational in
situations Of Kansas. Visitors are con-
stantly com irlg from far and near to ex-
anime the institution and to prospect for
locations wi TIA a view to moving here to
educate their children. Last year the
school open ID with fifty-eight, while this
year we ha sc enrolled over one hundred
and sixty-f We. 1t is confidently asserted
by those b est informed that when the
term for IL Le normal course opens after
the county schools close, the enrolment
will reach more than two hundred.
The Janu ary number of University
Life" came out on the 10th. AS usual it
contains se5teral articles of real interest,
especially those by Lee Redding, on
william Cullen Bryant" and Herman
Newman on Men are not Born Free and
Equal" In the former the sentimental
side of the greslt poet is taken up and
discussed very fully. In the latter some
excellent illustrations are given, that
some men are better fitted to rule-that
different powers give different rights
that inheriteii disease or deformity do
not present men free and equal to the
world.
Also the paper contains a good descrip-
ton of the electric lighting plant which
is expected to be placed in the University.
The sixth. page contains an especially at
tractive feature in the way of a very
handsome cut of the University, looking
west from the avenue.
Josie Sneoiker, an ex-student Of the
University. is visiting in the city.
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pears to advantage in the operate kaleid-
oscope, which embraces numerous mas
terpieces from grand and comic opera.
The comedy and funmakers headed by Al
Watts, w. c. Frazier, Matte Phillips,
Judson Hicks and Leslie Triplett find "A
Rag-Time Frolic at Ras-Bury Park" and
the olio splendid vehicles for their spe-
cialties.