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lily Ooxy and
Your Doxy.

has not kept abreast of the times in the
understanding and adoption of modern
inventions and newly discovered forces
making for civilization, yet she has a
very respectable civilization of her own.
as complete, if not so advanced. as that
OF the Western nations Their great
ethical teacher uttered the golden rule
long before Christ, while the people Of
Europe lived in caves and dressed in
skins of wild ANIMALS. He quite properly
suggests that foreigners in China would
do Well to study the civilization of China
and try to understand the Chinese char
acter, and let them alone in their in
herited beliefs, rather than to arouse
their prejudices and breed strife and
hatred among them China for centuries
has lived chiefly within herself. Her
people have solved labor problems. and
have made sufficient internal deyeIop-
ments for their own comfort and happt-
ness They had the family life. cuItivar-
ed gardens and built cities before there
was government in Europe. They are
sef-sustaining, mind their own business.
and naturally cannot be changed all at
once. in generation or two, and made
like US of the West. Nor is it best that
they should
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Nndep Difficulties
FROM :.
LOWLY LIFE.

back, told him what a fine senator he
would make, and suggested that a con-
tributiOn to this or that campaign fund
would help his chances-and all the time
they were winking at each other. The
people in general smiled at the idea of
sending a common miner to the SEN
Rte," and laughed heartily at some of his
campaign speeches.
After the election of members of the
legislature, Tom made formal an
nouncement of his candidacy. Pitted
against him were some of the most in
fuentia1 men in the state One of the
candidates was a brilliant lawyer and
experienced politician, who was making
his fight on his previous record in the
senate. Another was a millionaire banker
with a powerful business and political
backing. Still another candidate had the
support Of coterie that for years had
ruled the party in the state. There were
half dozen other aspirants. and the
| Wiseacres, in making their predictions as
| to the result of the balloting, placed the
miner at the bottom of the list.
All the prophecies were ludicrously
astray. The first ballot in the legislative
caucus showed astounding strength for
| Mr.. Kearns On succeeding ballots he
! gained vote after vote that the other
candidates had tried IN vain to secure
| They stopped laughing at him The maj
ballot showed that Thomas Kearns,
only a miner" had won the senatorship.
and had outgeneraled the shrewdest and
most experienced politicians in the state
Such, in outline, is the unique career of
Senator Thomas Kearns, who has arisen
in ten years from laborer to lawmaker;
all in less than thiTty-line years after
| his birth. In the little town of Wood
stock, Ontario. Before beginning his
! career as miner he was farm hand in
| Nebraska. Now, among other things. he
| is director in a newly organized rail-
| road company in Utah, and is president
| of the construction company that IS to
| build the road.
| In entering upon his career in Wash
! ington, Senator Kearns realizes the hand
! leap Of his lack of schooling but he IS
starting out with his customary deterni-
| nation to win despite all obstacles. One
| Of his first acts after his election was
| to persuade his campaign manager, who
| is successful lawyer and former news
paper man, to accompany him to Wash
| ington to advise him on the legal phases
Of the matters that might come up for
] his action or vote.
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Betty Green.
DAILY LIFE OF THE MONEY QUEEN
A HARD WORKER.

A HARD WORKER
Mrs. Hetty Green's daily life is more
like that of manual laborer than of a
merchant prince. She rises early in her
cheap little fiat in Hoboken, N. J., spends
few minutes upon a light breakfa st,
and hurries TO the ferry. She is almost
the first person to arrive at her Office in
the Chemical bank on Broadway Here
she labors until after dark.
Her rise in the financial world was
very swift, and yet it did not appear to
attract public notice for several years
Before the public was aware of the fact
she had become a banker, railway Ill
rector, stock operator, real estate iu-
Vestor and capitalist. Her success led
many people TO believe at first that she
was but a hgurehead for a shrewd, IN
feated many groups of hostile flnanciers
and predatory promoters did the world
realize that she was a new and potent
factor in the banking community. She
Is the largest individual stakeholder of
the Louisville & Nashville railroad
Her greatest achievement so far as the
public is concerned took place in 1899,
when she lent over million dollars in
cash in a single operation. The money
market was tight, the need of the Dor
rover great, and only one Wall street
magnate, Russell Sage, was supposed to
be in a position capable of furnishing
the ready money. Imagine therefore the
general surprise when the poorly-dressed
Mrs. Green came forward and took I'D
the loan with the quiekness of an auc-
tioneer 'seizing half-heard bid.
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Prepared by the
Photographers.

tours quadrupeds. and flve's centipedes."
FOND OF CHILDREN-Ex the
merits Of dog he offered for sale, the
owner said: He will eat anything. and
is very fond Of children"
HAD TO STOP Don't leave the ia
BILE" said the landladS as her new
boarder rose from his scanty breakfast.
Il must. madam; it's hardwood, and my
teeth are not what they used to be-"
THOUGHT IT WAS A PROPOSAL
tScene, Cab stand in London)- dis
tributing tracts, hands one to cabby,
who glanceS at it. hands it back, and
I'm a married man" Lady nervousIy
looks at the title, and reading. ABIDE
with me- hurriedly departs to the great
amusement Of cabby.
TH0UGHTF7UL-Ex is often
the cause of strange kilograms, as we'll
as other queer manifestations. A man
who had been one of the passengers on
sh1pwrecked vessel was rescued almost
by a miracle. On arrival at place
from which he could send a telegraphie
patch to his brother: II am saved. Try
to break it gently to my wife"
THE CHICKENS RAISED THEM
Friend-Do You raise vegetables? Suburb
ante (Sadlyl-'No, 1 only plant them.
my neighbours chickens raise them
OFF AGAIN, ON AGAIN-.sVery well. ,,
said she, in huff, "aH is over between
US. I'll thank you to return my letters
"All right" said he. I'm send them to
you the first thing in the morning"
Oh, there's no killing hurry. Suppose
you-er-brfng them with you when yoA
call tomorrow evening"
A FINANCIAL MERRY Go-ARoUND-
Judy. and l got into terrible tangIe
shopping today" ''How?" IT owed her
10 cents and borrowed cents, and then
80 cents" "Well?" Then l paid %
cents for something she bought
"Yes?" And she paid &C cents for some
thing I bought and then we treated
each other to ice cream soda" "Well?s'
"She says 1 still owe her nickel"
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A FRENCH CoNCEIT.
ORIGIN OF THE FAD.

A FRENCH CONCEIT.
Dingle-dangles are those narrow ribbons
of black silk, tipped at the ends with
brass points which have been hanging
lately from the waists of many young
women. They resemble shoe laces, and
the story of their origin as feminine
ornaments is interesting
They were invented a man milliner
says, in Paris. A nilliner sat raeking
his brain one afternoon for some new
idea to spring upon the women, and while
this racking process went on his eyes
rested absently on an old-fashioned print
of girl in a bodice that laced down the
front as a corset faces. The broad silk
strings in the bodice attracted him. 1t
was of silk ribbon and was pointed at
the end with metal. 1t resembled
shoe string. An idiotic idea came to the
man milliner, and he bought some dozens
of those wide black shoe laces that are
worn in Oxford ties. He tipped them
with gilt wire and hung them in a bunch
from the waist of an afternoon gown.
They had an instantaneous success. 1t
wasn't long before, under the charming
name of dingie-dangles. they had travel
ed to England and America. They are
not in any way pretty, and yet, some
how, swinging from the slender waist of
a young girl they look nice.
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Some of the Big
Things of the World.


friends
Forth bridge, over the Firth of Forth.
near Edinburgh. Total length, 2,765 yards
(Cne and four-seventh miles,. There are
Two cantilever spans of Lie feet each
lthe longest in the world. Fifty-four
Thousand tons of steel and iron. Ex-
IRENE height above water mark level,
over 80 feet. About twenty-five acres
si5, 900. 'e p'i-i'@
The highest bridge in the world is at
cara b1l, France, 413 feet from water, and
Cabin John bridge, near Washington. D.
world (220 feet)
The Bridge Of the Holy Trinity. at Flor
eI.ce, was built in 1863. 1t is 322 feet
long, constructed of white marble, and
stands unrivafedf as work of art.
arch, built from designs of Michael An
geio, ninety-eight and half feet long;
completed 1881
The New York and Brooklyn suspen-
rection of J. Roebling, in 1870, and com
pleted in about thirteen years. 1t is 59S9
Teet long and 135 feet above high water
Len OF river 7 span 0sSa2 teef oil eacn
was nearly $15,0G6,000.
The Cantilever bridge over the Niagara
is built almost entirely of steel. Its
length is SO feet, the total weight is
3.00O tons. and the cost was s1S0,000
The Niagara suspension bridge was
built by Roebling. in 1s52-lS55. at cost of
1900 600. 1t is as feet above water, $40
strength is estimated at 1900 tons.
The two bridges across the Mississippi
at st. Louis areS notable structures. The
steel bridge is 2945S feet long.
Cincinnati, over Ohio $ river (suspen-
sion), 300 feet siong
IL TGa 9aat over over Danube river (stone}.
Highbridge. Harlem tstone), 1,4eo feet
Victoria. Montreal tubular,, s,144 feet
Louisville, over Ohio river Ctruss). SINS
feet long
Hayre de Grace. over the susquehanna,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-14
American Wars. Re-
beiIions, Insured.
tious, Riots, Strikes.
CroQbEes OF Our O@1a7.

and deputies to enter. On July 5 a force
of Pinkerton detectives approached the
works on two Ohio river barges, but
were driven away after fight in which
seven persons were killed and twenty or
thirty wounded. On July 10 the entire
Pennsylvania militia force appeared at
Homestead, marital law was declared and
order restored. The works were gradual
ly filled with new people, but the strike
was not declared OFF until Nov. 20. The
money loss by this strike was great. not
to speak of the ten killed and several
score wounded.
A STREET CAR RIOT
In the memorable Brooklyn trolley
strike, in January, 1895, nearly 1000 men
turned out. 1t began in relatively or
derby manner On the fourth day serious
trouble began and several cars were
stoned. The police were powerless to
deal with the situation. Rioting became
general, and the First and Second bri-
gades of the national guard had to be
called out. This was on Jan 49, The
mob defied the guardsmen and was fired
upon, two men being killed. There were
also several bayonet charges, which re-
suited in bl0odshed. Two attempts were
made to burn the cars on Vanderbilt ave-
nue., but were frustrated by the guards
men. There was some savage fighting in
the streets before the rioters were sup
pressed. The trasps. occupied the streets
from Jan. 10 until Jan. 81.
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lust for Fun

LONELY.-"I suppose you sometimes
find 1t triae lonely out IN your suburb
Lonely! Why, we all run to the window
when a dog goes by.
A SECRET-Barber: "Why is it that
you and your brother are 80 baId?" Vic
tim: TN tell you if you'n promise not
Der: Sure" Victim Whispering: Its
because our hair has fallen out.
SHE WAS ACrIvE.-Mistress: what
1 want is an active girl" Applicant
Then 1 think III just suit you Pve
moved about good deal of late-been in
no less than twelve different places in six
months
HERE TOO.-Church-'I see some of
the theaters are reducing their prices"
GothantA''Yes; it looks as if a fellow
would be able pretty soon to see a 25-cent
show in New York for only so cents. .
HOW TO FIX HIM-'ewhat would you
say" began the voluble prophet of woe.
t'if 1 were to tell you that in very
short space of time all the rivers in this
country would dry up?" Il would say"
replied the patient man, Go thou and
do likewise"
EDUCATIONAL.-Roc you real
ly think the theater an educational insti-
tutton2" Miss StyIe-"I know it is. Some
of the loveliest costumes even seen orig
mated on the stage.
IT IS AR-'sThere's one fact"
remarked the Sweet Thing, 81 can't I'M
derstand about discovering these new
stars" Whats that?' asked the pro-
fessor. "How they manage to find out
their Names"
THE REASONING. we didn't invite
her to our wedding. We heard that she
had a past" "Oh, I understand; and
you cared to see only people with
present
HE KNEW-''What's twins, mamma? ''
asked four-year-old Bessie. 81 know
exclaimed her small brother before the
mother could answer. Twins is two
kids just the same age, three's triplets
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BOQD 10
DO CbiimQs

WISHING.
Do you wish the world were better?
Let me tell you what to do.
Set watch upon your actions,
Keep them always straight and true.
Rid your mind OF selfish motives,
Let your thought be clean and high.
You can make a little Eden
OF the sphere you occupy.
Do you wish the world were wiser?
Well, suppose you made a start
By accommodating wisdom
In the scrap-book of your heart
Do not waste one page on folly:
Live to learn, and learn to live
If you want to give men knowledge
You must get it. ere you give.
Do you wish the world We're happy?
Then remember day by day
Just to scatter seeds of kindness
AS you pass along the way
For the pleasures of the many
May be ofttimes traced to one
AS the hand that plants an acorn
Shelters armies from the, sun.
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Our D0&iieg
CHINESE CIVILIZATION.

CHINESE CIVILIZATION.
According to a very suggestive if not
a very accurate definition orthodoxy is
my doxy and heterodoxy is your doxy.
The intidel is one who doesn't believe as
you do Tolstoi, the famous Russian
writer, for example, is an extreme ex-
ample of a Christian, a very incarnation
of Christianity, believing and practieins
everything commanded by Christ yet he
is so great an s'infider' that he has been
honored by the Greek church with ex-
communication.
The Christian world is eager to con
vert" and Christianize the Chinese:
Christians are apt to regard the Chinese
as uncivilized, semi-barbarous, heather
ISL. In fine poetic language, but with
as false note as was ever uttered, the
Jealous Christians sing,
They call us to deliver
Their land from errors chain
The Chinese do nothing of the kind
They don't believe they are in error
They regard us as the heather" and
now can we assert and prove that We
are more right than they?
Minister WI. in late speech. suggests
that we should remember that although
China, IN her isolation and inconoclasm.
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Bdjir. S. .
Long ana Short of It.
LoNG-HAIRED MEN.


Male persons who let their hair grow
always have something in common and
the meeting which took place in a New
York hotel few nights ago provided
common ground for Ebert Hubbard,
Bliss Carman, Richard lie Gallienne, Ed
ward Markham and many other men and
women who are quaint or negligent in
their personal appearance, beside num-
Der who are not.
Nothing of momentous bearing on
civilization seems to have been done at
this feast. The account which one New
York paper printed allows the inference
that the most significant thing that was
said was said by Prof. Markham, to the
effect that men are nothing but human
cash registers.
The sanity of men who let their hair
grow Is always liable to be doubted by
those who do not; but since Mr. Hubbard
and Mr.. LIE Gallienne seem quite willing
to endure whatever attention. hostile or
friendly, they receive, and make the most
of it, the rest of US need not be concerned
OIL their account
1t seems to entertain the long-hairad
men to see the curiosity of the short
haired men. They bother themselves with
speculation as to whether the long-haired
men are composed of affeetation and pre-
tense, or whether behind that extraya-
giant exterior there may be soIodity and
depth.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-14
Building on aRock.

The Christian Endeavor topic for the
week beginning April IA, is found in
Matthew vii. 4-27. It is devoted to the
subject Of a man building his house up
on good foundations. They were the elcs-
ing words of Christ's sermon on the
mount. The people have heard His gra-
eieus words. but hearing alone does not
benefit. They must not only be hearers
but doors of His word before they are
His. This Christ teaches them in the
parable Of the house built upon the rock
and sand. He who hears and does Is
founded upon the rock. He who hears
and does not builds upon the sand. Christ
points out the results of hearing and not
doing, and then places the responsibility
of action upon the people. We are not
compelled to become Christians Christ
does not force US to do His holy will.
He shows US the advantages of doing it
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-14
KEARNS.

KEARNS.
A big muscular. fannel-shirted and
broganed young Irishman was toiling UP
a steep hill in Park City, Utah, some
years ago, carrying some heavy tim
bers on his back They weighed enough
to tax even his Drawn, and he was per
spring and putting, when the owneE of
one of the Park City mines stopped in
passing to say:
Hello, Toni Why don't you get a
pack mule, instead of being one your
self"
g 'Tis better for a poor man to be his
own pack mule now, and ride in a car
riage later. was the reply.
That was Tom Kearns common
miner. He was digging ore eight hours a
day, living in a cabin not much better
than a shanty, and spending most of mis-
time when 'on shift" in working or a
claim of his own.
A few years later there was a national
Republican convention at ST Louis in
which there was fierce Fight over the
adoption of a plank favoring the free
coinage of silver. The plank was de-
feated, and a body of Western delegates
left the convention. The newspapers
chronicled the fact that among the dele
gates to bolt the convention was Hon
Thomas Kearns, of Utah, one of the mil
lionaire miners of Park City"
Tom" by this time was able to ride
in his own carriage, but his ambitions
had barely begun to be aroused. lie
made investments in many mines. and
added repeatedly to his ALREADY vast for
tune, for his claim had developed into
one of the richest silver and gold mines
in the world When Mr.. Kaarns gave
$4,000 to found an orphanage in Salt
Lake City. and $4,000 toward the build
ing of a great new cathedral he began
to get a reputation for liberality But
the general public persisted in rega rding
him still as only a common miner lucky,
but ''only a miner" even though he be-
gan to build a marble palace in Salt Lake
City as his miners cabin"
Tom" was rapidly learning the int~i-
cacies of business politics. It touched his
pride to be continually taken IS a Joke,
and he set out to show the people that
he was great deal more than only a
miner"
When it was rumored that Tom
kearns would like to be United States
senator, the report passed as a joke
of the same order as other stories about
him. The politicians patted him on the
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.Npologjes. -.
GOOD FOR TWO WEE,
WITH COUPONS ATTACHED.

GOOD FOR TWO WEEKS.
A teacher in one of the Chicago public
schools, who had been much ANNOYED by
truancy, has recently been stringent in
enforcing the rule that her scholars. on
their return to school after an absence.
must bring her note stating in full he
cause of such absence. the note to be in
writing of a parent or guardian The
following is a note brought by one of
her pupils after two weeks absence:
~-o-~.~-~-~~~.~.~-o-~-o.-0
Louisa was absent monday, please (
{ excuse her
Louisa was absent tousday. she {
! had sore thrcte.
Louisa was absent wensday, she 5
) had a sore throte.
5 Louisa was absent thursday, she 5
had sore throte
Louisa was absent friday. she had }
a sore throte and could not chew her !
food.
Read this over again for the next
{ week
=
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-14
ARTIFICIAL LIMBS

The first patent for artificial legs and
feet was issued to Ben F. Palmer. of
Meredith, N. H, in 1916, and his limbs
obtained a wide reputation. Mr. Palmer
having lost leg, undertook to supply the
deficiency, and succeeded so we'll that he
devoted himself to the manufacture of
limbs. He patented an arm and hand IN
1851. Nearly every large city in the coun-
try now has it's factory for making arti-
fetal limbs,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-14

George.
A
a Sor
a
he
Where fagot piles afforded harmless
The high valid garden the adventurer
e
This would much have signifed,
Upon
1t bore English cherry, lued much
To thrive for distant Hvelong
George left. perhaps unconscious of the wound,
for string pieces round
Soon after this his father passing
The shivered his
he
But could tidings All. all said, MOT!
m
To find the
The of the deed by George borne
heart was now with torn.
Dreaded
o
Papa. will tell a lie!
parent wit and spoke:
My sudden and grief fed.
Although lovely cherry is dead"
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EXPORTING ICE

The first cargo of ice exported from the
United States was a load of 100 tons,
shipped from G!ay's wharf, Charlestown,
Mass, on the brig Favortte, and sent
to Martinique, w. l.. in the spring of
1906, by Mr.. Frederick Tudor, of Boston
The ice was obtained from a pond in
Saugus. new Lynn. Mr.. Tudor lost money
upon this enterprise, and not much more
was sent abroad before the war of 1872,
but after the war and until the invention
Of methods for artfficially making ice, its
expectation was large business in New
England.
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AN ARKANSAS SCRAP

On May 1, 1874, two factions at Little
Rock-Brooks and Baxter-contesting
the election of their respective candi-
dates for governor, engaged in a fight
which resulted in the killing of nine men
and the wounding of twenty others.
THE HOMESTEAD RIOT.
The Homestead strike near Pittsburg
was the notable labor trouble of the
year 1892. The Carnegie Steel company
closed their works on June 80, owing 70
disagreement over wages, and while the
dispute affected only small part of the
force, yet all belonged to the union, AMI
when the company attempted M July 2
to open the works with non-union work
men the union men took charge of the
works and refused to allow the sheriff
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-14
THE CHEYENNE INDIAN WAR.

THE CHEYENNE INDIAN WAR.
The Cheyennes, in 1851, for the first
time in their history. engaged in war
with the whites. Troubles dragged along,
pending peace negotiations, when Col.
Chivington, on Nov. 90, 1864, destroyed a
Cheyenne village in Kansas, and killed
100 or more men. women and children.
1t was unprovoked massacre. fierce
war followed, in which there was large
loss of life on both sides, and hostilities
did not cease until Gen. Custer gave
them a crushing defeat, in 1867, at Wa
Shita