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New-York tribune., 1901-09-19

Power to make arrests has recently been
granted to Mrs. c. A. Severance of St Paul
Mimi Mrs. Severance has long been a prominent
worker In the Humane Society of her city and
has regretted her disability TO secure the punish
ment' In many cases, of persons who treated their
animals with cruelty. She has now obtained from
the Chief OF Police a silver star bearing the in
scrlption. Special Humane Officer. st. Paul" and
she may make arrests whenever necessary She
says that she will call on passers-by for helm If
resistance is made to her arrests Mrs Severance
VIII not patrol the streets but will make use of
her power merely when instances of violation of
humane laws come before her notice
New-York tribune., 1901-09-19

In answer to the question Who is the greatest
woman in all hstory?'' put to two hundred Macon
County tMo) teachers, Miss Mamie Vickroy of
Macon. made unique answer. which received the
prize for originality. She passed over Queen Vic
toria, Frances Willard Helen Gould and other
women whose names were the most popular and
declared: The wife of the Missouri farmer Of
moderate means who does her cooking wash
ing and ironing, brings up large family of girls
and boys TO be useful members of society and finds
time for her own intellectual and moral improve
ment is the greatest woman in all history"
New-York tribune., 1901-09-19
CHEEKY OFFERS

L. r. F., Derby. Conn.-Your kindly offer OF the
wheel chair is most acceptab)-. Amabel. Louise
and Wilhelmina Roberts three little girls OF
Madison. y. J.. who will send books 10 Edith
Spaulding of East Somerville Mass who has
spinal disease.
New-York tribune., 1901-09-19

Probably one of the most remarkable of ,luioue
and costly dresses is that given to a woman by
an Indian ruler. 1t is covered with thousands of
the wing cases of an Indian beetle, which makes
the dress shine with bewildering iridescent light
rms beautiful product of the beetle is used also
by native women decoration for their dresses
New-York tribune., 1901-09-19

The last petals leave the rose.
The latest swallows preen for flight.
The summers gone where one knows.
With dead mems love and spent years light
And warm hearts buried out of sight
Edmund Gosse.
New-York tribune., 1901-09-19

Along the edges suitable maxims embroidered
when in doubt, lead trumps." Short suit players
should die the DEATH" etc. The edges of the cloth
pnked hnish-(Harper's Bazaar
New-York tribune., 1901-09-19

The most costly element of womens dress as
a rule, Is lace. particularly old lace which IS
sometimes Of almost priceless value. A lace hand
kerchief of the Queen gowager of italy is said
TO be three hundred years old and valued at
slu.V1 Among women of fashion, however ex-
,raVasance In all departments of dress conceded
py ieaaing modistes 10 be the increase and
even the most ordinary of street gowns is onIv
made at high figure, Perhaps the acme of this
extravaganza was reached by the woman who as
the report goes paid single costumer $500 900 for
her gowns. 10000 ioi
New-York tribune., 1901-09-19

The movement 10 endow chair nf temperance
In the University Of London. TO offset the iniu-
ence of the brewing professorship the Univer-
sity of Birmingham is largely due to Mrs. Ar
thur Bertrand Russell.
New-York tribune., 1901-09-19

The portable schoolhouses now in use in Boston
are proving a great success in helping the school
board out of present difficulties caused bv lack of
room for scholars These contrivances NAV he
set down in school yards other available places
like the voting booths familiar on Election Day
Since they are easily carried from one place IN
another, they of great advantage as tbe
centres of school population shift from time to
time Forty-three of these were opened last Woek
and they were placed near to the regular school
houses, which have usually ground space in the
privileges of fully equipped school. BY this
means the school board In Boston feels con6dept
that IT can accommodate the school population as
soon as the new buildings now under wav sh ali
be completed. N'' '""'i
New-York tribune., 1901-09-19

The employment OF Chinese girls as telephone
operators is innovation probably soon TO he
come an established fact In San Francisco. The
large number of Chinese subscribers in that city
has long made IL necessary have a central
station where the operators speak the Chinese
language. Men have held these positions hereto
fore. but the company finds that girls will answer
its purpose better Intelligent girls will be pro-
cured from the missions and a n.atron viii be
engaged TO that they properly protected
six operators Will be needed for the Chinese
system An interesting feature of their duties will
be the making OF tea, since Chinese etiauette re-
quires that customers should he entertained while
waiting for the public telephone Tea and toba Geo
both furnished the company's expense
New-York tribune., 1901-09-19
OBITUARY.
JAMES G. PATTERSON.

Hartford. Conn, Sept. 1S-James G. Patterson,
president of the Travellers Insurance Company.
died his home here at 30 O'Clock this morning
after short illness, with sciatica
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-05-09

as we know, nobody has been alarmed.
The catastrophe in Perseus, whatever
its cause, must have occurred so years
ago to give the light time To get here.
and catastrophes so inconceiyably dis
tant are outside the range even Of the
Imagination. We read OF them Is we
read OF quintillions. grasping the
words. but not the thoughts they are
intended TO convey. The .aaSs of man
kind, too, are protected against as
Economical alarms, not only by their
ignorance. bat by two very steady be-
liefs. One. which is not quite reason
able. is that God. though Gle S,lo%s
railway collisions, will never allow
anything so big as an Astronomical
catastrophe--as If there could be
greatness or littleness in the eyes Of
the lnfnite-and the other. which Is
reasonable enough. is that il an astro-
nomical catastrophe affected sentient
beings at all, it must destroy all of
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-05-09
Personal AND POLITICAL.

David B. Hill declares he is not a
candidate for the democratic presi-
dental nomination n 1904.
Van b. Triplet, who swindled people
out of a million dollars by different
kinds of confidence games, died in
West Baden. Ind.
Congressman Rosseau f. Crump,
aged So years, representative from the
Tenth congressional district, died at
his home in West Bay City. Mich.
William II. Elliott, Michigan MEM
Der of the republican national commit
tee, died at his home in Detroit, aged
81 years.
Mrs. Mary Sankey, mother of Ira ID.
Sankey, the famous evangelist and
niger, died at her home in Newcastle,
Pa, aged 80 years.
Ohio republicans will hold their state
convention in Columbus June "a
and %.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-05-09
hem within its range utterly and at
Cannon n. n Teacher OF Science.

NJ. Maurice Levy. the president OF
the French Academy of Sciences, re-
marked in a recent address that the
laboratories that science possesses.
1t was the modern cannon, he said.
which suggested the application of ex-
plosive gases to the driving of engines.
The experience of the immense pres
sures obtained in cannon also led to
the use of pre- ssures in steam machines,
which few years ago would have
been regarded as impracticable. Thus
experiments intended primarily for
the purposes of war had resulted in
the advance of the triumphs of peace.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-05-09
FOREIGN,

Darrells island in the Bermudas has
been leased by the British for a Boer
prison.
A mass meeting at Matanzas, Cuba,
declared for the Platt amendment.
The amnesty period in the Philip
pines may be extended to July /. Gen.
Alijandrino, one of the strongest Fill
pino leaders, surrendered at Arayat.
j. Pierpont Morgan's company has
secured control of the Leyland Steam
ship company of London. which has
property worth $75,O0O,OOO.
In a fire at the artillery camp at
st. Jean, France, eight artillerymen
were burned to death.
Six hundred persons were arrested
in Russian Poland. suspected Of being
implicated in an anarchist plot.
The new 100000 pier at San Juan.
Porto Rico, was totally destroyed by
fire.
Nine robbers were beheaded in Pc
king.
Cablegrams announce the surrender
of all but one o. the important Fill
pino leaders, practically ending armed
opposition to the United States in the
islands.
Victoria day, May "a. has been made
permanent holiday in Canada.
Gen. George w. Davis will succeed
Gen. Ludlow at Manila, whose illness
comPels him To return home. Army
officials in Washington regard the sur
render Of Alejandrino as second in inn
portance only to the capture of Agui-
naldo.
President Errazur:z. of Chill, has re-
signed because Of i'll health.
The report of the indemnity com.
mittee of foreign ministers names
$273, O0o,too as the indemnity China is
to pay "a a result Of the Boxer up.
rising.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-05-09
DID PERSEUS EXPLODED
conjectu re rs to the New LiGht That
Has Appeared In the
Heavens.

We Honder II any person in the
world as been frightened by the APP
pearande and disappearance of the
new stab in Perseus, of which astron-
omers pave recently made so much.
Somebody ought to have been, says
the Lou don Spectator. The new light
probable appeared because a sun had
exploded, or because two suns had col
lided, evolving temporarily an almos;
inconcelvable quantity of flame. II "a
distantsun could explode, so could our
sun, and il two suns could collide, some
sun of which we know nothing may
he rushing at a pace which the mind
does not grasp. though the brain can
calculate it, toward our own. There
should be something alarming to the
imaginative in that idea, but, So far
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-05-09
SOUTHERN MEMORIAL DAY.
The Decoration OF Heroes Graves IL
Always Profuse aud
beautiful.

The floral displays are always mag
uificent in the larger cities, and espe-
cially is this true of Richmond, says
Lnndon Knight, in Woman's Home
Companion. In historic old Hollywood
lies the gallant and beloved Stuart,
who fell on the field of Yellow Tav-
ern. seven miles away, saving Rich
mond for the time. and who died n
major general at the age OF 81
There. too. where the old oaks aud
elms are swathed in ivy and mantled
with mistletoe, and inumerable birds
throughout the year pay their tribute
OF song to the dead, sleeps the old
cavalier Pickett. and hard 10y are
the sepulchers OF many others scarce
~ less distinguished. On this day
their admirers from all over the
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-05-09
Linguistic Triumph In China.

II was during the height of the late
military troubles in China. and an
English correspondent was standing
near two Alsatians of the German
troops. One said 10 the other:
"Schang, schynt dsunn schun?'
John, Is the sun shining yetO
His companion replied: "Ja. d'sunn
schynt SchIn lang" (Yes, the sun has
been shining long time).
An English soldier CHANGED TO pass
as this intereSting conversation was
progressing, and he stopped to listen.
Then lac exclaimed feelingly and with
evident admiratpn;
Wonderful follers these Germansi
Only been here a week. and blowed
II they amt talking Chinese already"
Youths Companion.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-05-09

come hyah. Sometimes he Wa,
Alexandry, an sometimes he WEI, ~
a lcetlc chu'ch down TO Pohlct
de Ferginny side O. de rivah- ou
de idce struck him. was fol. ~.
sab, by ole niggah when | wa. a.,
leetle boy. Dis yah ole nigpab a.
say, he was my gret-gran-pap. bu,
dunno. Hit was mighty baba =.
keep track o. dem things In slav..u
days, sab. when dey was a.buyin, ~,
a-sellln'. a.buyin' an a-sellln' nigc,h.
de whole time; but, leastwnys d,s
yah ole man, he say he seen de s,.
raj come to church hyah manv ~,
many a time, in n big seine boat. n.
gin'ral used to have n feeshln' sbo,
on his place. an dis yah ole niggah
he say he seen 'em haulin' seine hun
dreds o. times. an de gin'ral a.wadin,
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-05-09

Gov Dietrich, of Nebraska, has re-
signed to enter upon the duties OF
senator. Lieut.. Gov. Savage succeeds
him.
Edwin II. Conger. United States
minister to Picking, China, reached his
home in Des Moines, la.
Four Winnebago Indians who served
in the civil war have applied for mem
bership in q G. A. II. post at Sioux
City, la.
President Mckinley reached New
Orleans, where he was welcomed by
the governor, the full delegation OF
the state in congress and city officials.
Mrs. Mary G. Eddy, of Chicago.
mother of Christian Science, says her
followers are fast increasing in num-
bers.
Quarantine against the City of Mex
leo has been established by United
States officials because of many cases
of typhus fever.
The gates of the Pan-American ex-
position al Buffalo, N. V, were thrown
open to the public.
During April the total government
receipts were $47,767 ISL and the dis
bursements SAL, 96s, PAS, leaving a sur
plus for the month of $780, SOC.
Members of the commission from
the Cuban constitutional convention
sailed from New York for Havana.
President Mckinley and party
passed a day in inspecting New Or
leans, and left in the evening for Hous-
ton, Tex.
The Grinnell Qa.) Congregational
church voted to call a council of
churches to try Prof. Heron for con-
duct unbecoming a minister.
AS a result of conference at In
dianapolis ii was decided TO close all
glass factories May II and give en-
ployes an advance of Is per cent. in
wages.
Capt. McCalla will succeed Capt. Fol-
ger in command of the new battleship
Kearsarge.
Ambassador Won Holleben has asked
Secretary Hay for an explanation Of
recent American newspaper attacks
upon Germany.
The Oshkosh (Wis.) high school
building was burned, the loss being
$4,000.
\ seat on the New York stock ex-
change sold for $4,000, breaking all |
records.
Forest fires were doing immense |
damage between Somerfield and Addi- |
son. Pa.
The public debt statement issued |
on the I'd shows that the debt de- |
creased S4,397,653 during the month |
of April. The cash balance in the |
treasury was $500. 494, 20s. The total |
debt, less the cash in the treasury,
amounts to s1,072, 745.256.
The annual report of the Michigan |
Central railroad shows an increase of /
81, zee, 900 in earnings.
A towboat sunk 10 barges OF Pitts
bufgh coal in collision with q pier OF
the Henderson (Ky.) bridge.
Three negroes supposed TO have
been implicated in the murder of
Sheriff Edwards were shot near Sell
ma, Ala, by unknown parties.
A resolution for a constitutional
was lost in the Illinois
legislature.
In vetoing a biz. taxing dogs Gov.
La Toilette cited failure to increase
taxation of corporations and scored
the Wisconsin legislature.
A lightning bolt struck the Ozark
apartment building in Chicago and in
jured 90 persons.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-05-09

country come 10 lay wreaths OF flow
erS upon their graves. There also.
upon lofty eminence overlooking
The falls of the James, rests the
president OF the confederate states.
and by his side the Daughter Of the
Coufederacy." whom not only the
south. but the whole country loved
and mourned. And on Memorial! day
lowers from the hills Of Vermont
,ommingle over her grave with those
from the plains of Texas and the
and OF the setting sun as n tribute
20 her worth and in attestation OF n
reunited country.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-05-09

tent and finest quality. She has stone
excellent for building purposes and a
soft magnetism limestone that pro-
duces a cement in every respect equal
to the best imported. Iron of high
grade and value is known To exist in
several localities; SO also are indica-
tions Of petroleum. natural gas and
soft coal and asphalt to be found In
several portions of the state; and yet
with one or two exceptions the fields
containing these ores are undeveloped.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-05-09


Here Hes the BODY Of James
Jones, who Departed this Life
septr ~. IT, lIoJ, Ia the 81 yearof
his
Here the inscription ends. So the
church is at least I4l years old.
There is little Of interest in the APP
pearance of the building, except the
curious little half-ruincd portico ON
the end farthest away from the road;
but after we had Inspected the place
We encountered e historian on the
road little beyond, in the shape of
an old darby, feeble, halt and bent
with years. 1t required little to start
the springs of his conversation, and
he said:
"Nas, sab, OATS pow'ful ole
chu'ch, pow'ful ole! Mus be mo-
N TO- bundled yeahs ole, / reckon.
Dey tells me Gin'ral Gawge Wash
in'ton wushiped in dat chu'ch. sab.
an he used to come Nah in his
bawge, rowed by eight big niggahs-
him an his family. Someti times he
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-05-09
Mineral. In the Land Of oranEe.

Florida is rich in minerals. In addi.
tion To phosphate, of which the world
already knows, she has immense de-
posits of clays Of every knd-kaolin,
ochres. fire and aluminium clays. gyp.
sum and Fuller's earth OF great ea.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-05-09
Weight of the ZIrcon

The heaviest precious stone is the
zircon, which is four and one-half
times heavier than an equal quantity
of water; the ligntest is the opal, only
twice as heavy as water.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-05-09
Cost Of Oh. Queens Funeral

The queens funeral cost Sls5,OOO,
nearly one-third of which was for The
housing and entertainment OF foreign
puests
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-05-09
RurrInn MatrimonInI nr.trIctIon..

In Russia people must marry before
so or not at all, and may marry only
five times.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-05-09
Travel Chenp in chin.

The fare on Chinese railroads is only
one cent mile for first-class and a
half-cent for second-class.
The sun., 1901-08-11
III

II the social condition Of the country be
considered, no circumstance will be found
more striking than the complete separa-
ton OF one race from another. There Ia
an entire absence OF fusion OF the different
elements, although they live side by side.
Cases, indeed. exist, both in the Russian and
In the Turkish provinces of Armenia, where
from an expectation OF advantage or by
compulsion, the people Of particular dis
tr1ct have adopted the Mussulman religion
during periods OF Mussulman persecution.
and have become by intermarriage and
closer intercourse, absorbed into the
dominant race. On the part Of onlookers,
however. such examples by converting
prejudices into animosities. have only ag-
gravatcd the differences to which separation
Is due. When Russia appeared on the
scene, 1t might have been expected that,
at least in tho case Of the Christians, a dis
position to draw together would make
itself felt As matter Of fact, a reverse
tendency has been observed. To the old
religious breaches has been added new
barrier to coalescence, namely the Russian
orthodox Church. In the case OF marriage
between a Russian sectary and an Armenian
and. apparently also. In the case Of mar
The sun., 1901-08-11
VII.

A time went on, several causes con-
tr'huted TO widen the breach with the
Church OF the Roman Empire A Persian
occupation and the ultimate extinction Of
the Arsakid dynasty TO which Tiridates
and his descendants had belonged were
no small factors in an estrangement from
Byzantine influence which the policy Of
Persia lost no occasion Of furthering. The
Invention by Mesrop of an Armenian al
phabet imposed by the Persian Govern
ment as a political device, and the insti-
The sun., 1901-08-11

fertile ground b. for the most part. tiIlsd
BY an Armenian peaaantry whose burrows.
resembling large ant-hills, arc scarcely
porceptib,c In the scene. All the machinery
Of whatsver civilization tho land may pos
sess is provided BY Armenians. Over the
whole area Of tho Armenian tablcland,
a. II ID delimited In the present work, these
people are encountered In nearly double the
numbers Of any other race. The language
which you most often hear Is the some
what harsh Armenian tongue; tho legends
and historical memories which attach
to the great works Of nature have. for the
most part, an Armenian origin.
The sun., 1901-08-11

riags bstwssn 0rsgorian Atmsnian end
. Protestant Armenian. The, children OF
the mixed union are required BY Russian
law to be brought upin tho Ruasian orthodox
faith. II makes no difference that neither
Of the parents profcsscs that faith. The
result Of this regulation has been that the
old heterogeneous collection Of Christian
sects has been increased by two more
species Of schismatics. tho Molokans and the
Dukhoborsky, which, expelled from Russia
sought refuge ip Armenia, Upon both OF
theee sects Ia riveted isolation from their
nei yhbors, as they have no alternative but
TO educate their children in a creed and
religious systam which they abhor. -,
Under such circumstances but little
has been effected by the Russian settlers
toward raising the standards Of living
which previously prevailed IN their adopted
country. Mr. Lynch deems the presence
Of artificial barriers regrettable. In
had belonged to the flower OF Russian
peasantry. They are pronounced su-
perior to the Armenians In moral force.
and their methods OF agriculture, were
they generally followed, would produce an
economic revolution. Up to the present
time, however. their example has been
thrown away. Their neat stone houses,
spacious hearths, ploughs and field i'm
plements have not melted the Armenians
to forsake their ancestral habits, to Inn
prove the means Of cultivation and to emerge
from their unhealthy burrows into the light
and comfort Of glass windows and solid
walls Of stone. This barrenness Of result
Is partly attributed to the manner In which
the emigration from Russia took place.
Hunted out Of their native country. the
peasants came In whole village communi-
ties, with their women and children. and
their household goods. Their new settle
ments were grouped together and rendered
self-sufficient 30 that neither the necessi-
ties nor the Inducements Of social inter-
course drew them away from their own
circles.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-07-22

hibition and local option states. Il
at once became apparent that the gov
ernment could not have it's agents
selling liquor and it was determined
to issue an order against that
Further investigation, however, re.
vealed the fact that the carriers were
so anxious to make their commissions
on sales OF other goods that they were
ueglec.ing their legitimate duties It
was therefore, dttFmlned to prohib.
It them from acting as sales agents
for any concerns
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-07-22

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