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The Washington times., 1901-10-30

Mr. and Mrs. John Leetch have issued
invitations for the marriage OF their
daughter, Annie Isabelle, to Mr.. Lawrence
Ogdin Mallery. Wednesday evening. No
vember 6. at o'clock, at West Street
Presbyterian Church
The Washington times., 1901-10-30

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The Washington times., 1901-10-30
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The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-04
Armour and His Wealth.

What good does your money q, you?" a friend once asked of the late r. D. Armour.
 'That is a question:" Mir. Armour replied, Il often ask myself. I was raised a butcher boy. learned to love early now, as I have done all my life, and when o'clock comes, no matter what's going on at home, must get to bed.
 And here 1 am. Yes, have large means, as you say; but ! can't eat as much as wonder clerk; can't sleep as much, and can hardly wear any more clothes than he.
 "The only real pleasure 1 can get out of life that wonder clerk with his limit ed means cannot get, is the giving now and then, to some deserving fellow, without a soul knowing it, $500 or S1,- O00-giving him a fresh start upward without making the gift a hurt to him. That's the only real pleasure < get out of life.
 And as to possessions, the only thing I sometimes feel, I really own are my two boys and my good name. Take everything else from me, leave me them. and would yet be rich. I would mt care a snap for the rest. We would soon together make enough to keep the wolf long way from the dcOrv'
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-04
HUMoR IN THE COURTROOM.

Specimens of Irish Wit that Have Con- vuIsed Grave Judges.
 The quaint repartee and whimscial humOr of an Irish witness give a fillip Of excitement to the dullest courtroom. Quite recently a woman asked for a warrant against man for using abu- sive language ill the street. What did he say" asked the magistrate. He went fOreninst the whole world at the corner of Capel street and call ed me-yeS, he did, yer wuship-an Ould communicated gasometer." '" He called me out of me name," said a witness in a case of assault. The judge, trying to preserve the relevancy of the witness testimony, said: That's a civil action, my good wo- man." The witness eye flashed fire as she looked up at the judge and retort- ed: "Musha, then, if you call that a civil action 'tis a bad bla'gard ye must be yerselfr' A witness was once asked the amount of his gross income. Me gross income, is it?' he answered. Sure, an ye know I've no gross in come. I'm a fisherman and me income is all net"
 No man." said a wealthy but rath- CT weak-headed barriSter, should be admitted to the bar who has not an independent landed property" May l ask, sir" said witty and eminent Irish lawyer, "how many acres make wiseacre" The element of the un- expected, which characterizes Irish fun. crops out in other places besides the courtroom. It may be an old story, but is as perennial as its sub iect, of the priest who preached a ser mon on Grace" An me brethren" he said in conclusion, ''if ye have wan spark av heavenly grace, wather it, watEer it continually"
 Another priest who had delivered what seemed to him an excellent and striking sermon was anxious to as certain it's effect on his flock Was the sermon today to y'r liking, Pat?" he inquired of one of them. "Troth, y'r riverence, it was a grand sermon entirely" said Pat. with such genuine admiration that his reverence felt moved to investigate further. Was there any one part of it more than an- other that seemed to take hold of ye :" he inquired. Well. now, as ye are for aXin' me most was y'r riverence's parSeverance-the way ye wint over same thing agin and agin and agin. ."- Green Bag.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-04

arts, for it desires to give this nation stimulus in this important field of human activity, such as could perhaps be obtain ed Tn no other way, and to direct the at tentlon of the American public in the most emphatic manner to the importance or giving substantial patronage to native artists and sculptors. To this end the entire art exhibit will be confined to the work of New World artists Buffalo has many enthusiastic devotees of art. J. J. Albright gave the magnificent marble gal lery, costing nearly $4O0,0OO, which5 is to house the collection, and after the ex- position will become the permanent home of the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy. Will liam A.. Coffin, the well-known art critic and painter, is the executive head of the fine arts department. It is hoped that one outcome of the Pan-American Expo- sitiOn will be a movement for the estab- lishment of an institution which shall partake of the character of a national sa- lon, in whose awards American artists would recognize greater honor than in the medals bestowed by the juries of Old World institutions. The fine arts exhibit will include paintings in oil, water color
 pastel and other recognized mediums: miniatures, cartoons, sculpture, embrac- ing medals and cameos; drawings, etch- ings, engravings, black and white or mon- otint paintings in oil or water color; ar chitecture. All works in all classes must be original productions, and every artist,
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-04

tower, the cascade falling into it from height of seventy feet, and the basin Of the court of fountains, with it's fountains and cascades, as we'll as the plaza and esplanade and surrounding buildings, will be grandly illuminated with these same incandescent lights, employed in such a way as to intensity the charm of the whole magnificent scheme. To give some adequate idea of the scale upon which this illumination is to be conducted, it may be mentioned that about 400 miles of wire will be used in the insulation of the lamps in and around the court of fountains, comprising in all about 250 tons of copper wire of all sizes. The cleo tric energy for the production of this vast illumination will be obtained in part from Niagara Falls, which is to furnish 5,000-horse power and 5,000-horse power will be generated on the grounds It is claimed by the management that the Pan-American Exposition will enjoy the advantage of greater resources of power than has been possessed by any fair in the past.
 New departures are being made in ev- cry direction by the Pan-American man. agement. Even its exhibit of the fine arts will be on a unique and original plan. It will not attempt to cover specimens of everything of an art character in the entire universe, but will be exclusively devoted to the progress made in Pan America in painting, sculpture and allied
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-04

Writing about the iron industry of
 the Northwest, a correspondent makes
 some interesting statements concern
 ing the salaries paid by the great min
 ing companies. He tells of one man
 who began life as an office boy or the
 corporation that now pays him twenty
 thousand dollars a year; of another
 who receives thirty-five thousand dOl-
 lars, and of many whose salaries range from five to fifteen thousand dol lars. The company that employs the man who earns thirty-fve thousand dollars produces annually six million tons of ore An improvement that saves even a cent a ton makes a vast difference in it's profits. The high-sal- aried man has suggested several such improvements. All these richly re- warded managers and agents are able to initiate as well as to direct and exc cute. The present organization of in- dustry tends toward specialization. An old-time shoemaker would be lost in one of our modern factories where a DdSScS ent hands. Perhaps few of the en- ployes could make a shoe unaided, as he could; but in his own line of work a laster. q stitcher, or any one of the fOrty-fCur could beat the old shoe maker ito a standstill." Yet a "spe- cialist" in any industry is liable to grow narrow and get into a rut It is important to note that the high-salar- fed ironmasters of whom we have spoken are men who stopped short of this danger point and broadened out. The fact that a certain thing had al- ways been done in a certain way did not prove to them that that was the best way, and they earned their salar- ies by finding a better. When the young man at a machine grows dissat- istied with his wages, the thing for him to do is not to strike but to study. If he has the capacity to understand and improve upon the processes that go to the completion of any manufactured product, it is in his own power to rise to a plane where he can call the rich brother.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-04

Manche, Limited, and ito make fur herinvestigatiOns, etc, with view to the construction of bridge or viaduct across the English channel (as a means of communication between England and France)." It was decided to con struct a submerged bridge fifty feet be- low the lowest tide and to run thereon an electric car capable of transporting four railway trains, which would be se- cured very much in the same way as the trains are fastened on to the ferry boats between New York and New Jer- sey. The directors report, recently submitted, stated that the work could be completed in five years at a cost Of not exceeding $70,000,00O.
 The other submarine railroad scheme has been evolved by an enthusiastic Frenchman, NJ. A. Mottier by name, and it differs in some details from the one just mentioned. The permanent way is to be thirteen feet in width and some thirty feet above the bottom of the channel This would not interfere with navigation and would afford se- cure bed for the rails, being built of solid masonry and anchored to with stand the currents. The elevated plat form is to be 32O feet long, 125 feet wide and 125 feet above the rails. It will be capable of taking several rail- road cars at once, to say nothing of ami malls, baggage and freight. On it there will be saloons, heated and lighted by electricity; smoking-rOoms-in fact, all the comforts that are to be found today on the finest ocean greyhound.
 The seagoing car imagined by NJ. Mottier will be propelled by an engine located on the platform and will be worked either by steam or electricity. The engine will operate a drum, over which chain will wind, and the car platform and submerged carriage will be thus drawn from one side of the channel to the other. M Mottier esti- mates the total cost of this unique un- dertaking at the small sum of $3, ,75O,- GOO and promises a return of $500 to S2,00O a day, making calculation for twenty trips every twentyfour hours.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-04

whatever his residence or school, must
 be a native of one of the Americas.
 The building which is to house the ex-
 hibit in manufactures and liberal arts at
 Buffalo is now reaching completion, and will be one of the most imposing in the fine group surrounding the Court of
 Fountains. It is 500 by $50 feet, with central court, and a dome 70 feet in dl- ameter over the entrance to the south Broad steps between groups of beautlrul statuary lead up to this entrance, which consists of 0 lofty arch, with columns on either side. Elaborate sculpture in relief
 enriches the gable. Statues symbOliZing | the various arts and industries are to be | placed in niches at the angles of the open towers around the dome, from whose in terior visitors can look down from gal leries and obtain a view of the throngs below.
 The exhibits to be placed in this build ing will illustrate the mental, moral and social progress of mankind in the West ern hemisphere. Under the general clas- sifcation of liberal arts will be all arti- cles relating to education or social econ omy, books and periodicals, scientific ap- paratus, hygiene and sanitation, musical instruments, public works, civil engineer ing, constructive architecture, photo graphs and photographic supplies, medi- cal and dental and surgical apparatus, and other branches of applied intellectual activity. The work of collecting and classifying these exhibits is now well un- der way and is in charge of Dr. Selim H. Peabody, who successfully handled the II. CoI, tion.
 The sculpture for the Temple of Music is 10 be among the most exquisite in the whole exposition, and with it's mural dec orations this building will constitute one of the most artistic features.
 Throughout the beautiful grounds. com prising 250 acres, there will be 125 splen- did original groups of statuary. symboliz- ing the purposes of the buildings and bringing out the poetry in what to many may seem exceedingly prosaic depart ments The fountain of Man by Charles Crafty, at the east end of the esplanade, is fianked by the fountain of PrometheuS and the fountain of Hercules. The sub iects of other fountains in this group will be the Savage Age, the Despotic Age and the Age of Enlightenment. At the other end of the esplanade the fountain of Ma ture by George T. Brewster is the most elaborate sculptural adornment, its mean ing being amplifed in minor fountains, such as the fountain of Ceres, and groups typifying mineral wealth, animal wealth, etc. These symbolic ideas will be work ed out in beautiful forms in other DOT tions of the main court.
 Already the exposition grounds, viewed from a little distance, present the appear ance of beautiful and stately little city, and when all is complete and winters frosts shall have given place to tie sun light and warmth of summer the charm of the scene will be such that the impress sion it conveys will be we'll worth storing among the pictures of a lifetime.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-04
GAVE UP IN DISGUST.
Rural Guest at Hotel Tells Emp1oyes
 Not to Wait for Son,

Not to wait for Son.
 Colonel Eden, proprietor of the Great 1 Northern hotel, stands sponsor for the following story: A few days ago an old man and his son registered at the hotel They were undeniably from the rural districts, and they looked with wonder at the electric lights and the hurry and hustle of a big hotel. They were ap- palled at the cable cars that moved without any apparent motive power, and the tall buildings they regarded with feelings evidently akin to awe.
 The father and son remained three days at the hotel. The first night they retired at the time they observed in the country, which was about S:30 o'clock. The following night the boy, who pro- bab1y wanted to taste of the pleasure of city life by gaslight, was out until after midnight and his father was very uneasy.
 Up and down the rotunda walked the old man. He would approach the desk and begin to say something to the clerk, change his mind and walk away faster lUdu udu SOL1S. uc lNO were ldlk- ing of the guests strange behavior when he again drew near the deck. Be fore he spoke the man looked long and anxiously at the clock and then appear ed satisfied.
 ''I reckon he won't be in tonight" he said. You might jest as we'll close up."
 Whom do you mean" asked the clerk, leaning across the counter.
 Why. that gol durned boy of mine," was the reply. ''There ain't no use in a-settin' up fer him any longer. l don't reckon he'll be in tonight. an of he does come it'll teach him a lesson to find he's locked out"
 Colonel Eden assured the anxious father that the hotel would not close until the boy returned. no matter what time it was, and the old man went to- ward the stairs, insisting that the help shouldn't put themselves to any trouble because of his son.--Chicago Chronicle.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-04
Doctors Not Long Lived.

That medical practitioner who aspires to reach the scriptural age of three score and ten will be discouraged at the figures which have been compiled by Alfred Moeglich, one of those Ger mans given to the habit of disagreeable statistics. According to MOeglich the average time of death for a doctor varies from 3 to 56 years, while for the clergy it is ten years later. The combination of pedagogy with medi- cine appears to be particularly fatal, Cor one set of figures in which the nor nal death rate is represented by 100 gives III as the factor for physicians and 113.S for medical instructors. Of the causes of death infectious diseases rank highest, and among these typhoid fever occupies so prominent place as almost entities it to characterization as an occupation disease.
 Tuberculosis comes next, the death rate from this cause among physicians being almost double that of the clergy. Altogether it is rather a melancholy fact to realize that the men whose life work it is to teach others how to keep their health or to regain it if lost should be so completely at the mercy of the great bodily and mental stress to which their calling subjects them.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-04
Jewish Tones in China.

JesuitS who visited China in the fifteenth century found at Kai-Fung- Flu the remains of a magnificent temple. modelled after the temple at Jerusalem. A small company of Jews still remained, who gathered about their rabbi in a small synagogue. In the possession of this congregation of Jews was found a priceless collection of ancient rolls and manuscripts, and unsuccessful efforts were made by the JeSuitS to secure them. Two hundred years later a priest was sent to Kai Fung-Fu for the express purpose of getting possession of this collection, but the congregation had melted away. The synagogue and temple were gone and the collection of rolls and manu scripts lost, except a few fragments which were found in the possession of q Jewish family that could not read them and did not know what they were, but treasured them along with the tradition of their descent. The lost rolls and many more like them may yet be found in some of these Jewish sepulchers near the modern city.-Leslie's Weekly
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-04

leading young peoples society in ex- iStence.
 On the twentieth anniversary of its inauguration, an 'Old home week" was held in Portland and noted leaders in Christian Endeavor work from all sec tions of the country were in attend ance. A tablet from the united socie- ties was presented to WillistOn Church, where the first meeting was held. Dr. Clark, the founder, was in attendance and made several addresses. He is now 51 years of age and still takes a wig orous part in the extension of the so- ciety's influence.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-04
Flowers Preserved by Insects.

Insects are a necessity of the life of flowers, as they carry the pollen; yet some destroy both plants and trees. Here nature comes in with extraordin- ary means of protection, as in the arum lily, where fbers like needles and spikes force them to beat nasty retreat. The bulls horn thorn, an Aus traIian tree, is particularly we'll pro- tected against these marauders. At the end of each leaf is a pair of hollow horns, in which
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-04
Extent of Chinese Literature.

Chinese literature is so extensive that catalogue of the books in the four imperial libraries of the present dynas- ty classifies and briefly describes no less than 93.000 books and itself fills 200 volumes. Although some Western writers have described the collection as a whole as vast library of oriental conceit and dreary wilderness of words, the Abbe Remusat, a genuine student of the Chinese language, wrote enthusiastically regarding their charm, saying he found in them "eloquence and poetry, enriched by the beauty of a picturesque language preserving to imagination all it's colOrs." The de scription is a very accurate one too.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-04

Congregational Church, with the idea
 of arOusing interest among the young people of the congregation in church work, and after much effort some twen- ty were induced to join. Now there are in the United States over 5O,OO0 societies and its Influence has become world wide. there being in the British provinces some 4O00 societies and in other foreign countries 12,000. The total membership of the society is over 3 3.500,0 900. The influence eXerted by the Christian EndeavOrers in church work is tremendous and from the present rate of growth it is expected that in the not far distant future it will be the
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-04

America has become the great fruit country of the world. In no other country in the temperate zone is there so much fruit eaten by the people as in the United States. Oranges, lemons. strawberries, peaches, apples-all kinds of fruits, in fact-are grown in the United States, from those of tropic or semitropic character in Florida. Texas and California to the apples, bIueber- ries and cranberrieS of the northern States. It is computed that the straw berry crop alone is worth $50 OOO. GOO while the grapes of the United States probably bring $100,OOO,OO0 When it comes to peaches and apples it is all most impossible to estimate the yield or the value of these two great crops of delicious, wholesome fruit. There are orchards in the United States con taining as many as 300,000 peach trees, while the apple crop is ordinarily con siderably above 200O00,O00 barrels, of which 3,000000 barrels go to Europe every year. Iowa, Illinois, Ohio and New York especially are great apple growing States, the apples of Illinois taking the first premium at the recent Paris Exposition. One county of Iowa (Millsl Is said to have over 9OO.OOO ap- pie trees. while Niagara and Orleans Counties, New York, Surpass even this record
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-04

England is wrestling with the prob lem what to do with the juvenile of fender. The summary Jurisdiction act passed year or so ago is generally re- garded as a step in the right direction, and in its provisions is much like the juvenile court Chicago has established. The new act simply substituted a court of summary jurisdiction for the ordi- nary trial by jury. Previous to its adoption judges could be brought down from London to try cases relating only to few shillings. petty larcenies and the like by juvenile offenders. By the previous act of 1879 the court was en- abled to deal summarily with young offenders by consent of the latter. The principle is TOW extended to include almost all classes of cases except homi- eide. Commenting upon the new law at the time of its adoption the London Times remarked editorially: "Gener- ally we can trace his Che juvenile of fender's) first fault to the breaking up or weakening of the family life, to the absence of kindly feeling and whole some discipline at home. It is the view of many persons. and no better is put before us, that if he is to be mended he must have as nearly as pos stble circumstances akin to those which it was his misfortune to lose or
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-04
BY RAIL UNDER THE SEA.

Suudry Schemes Are on Foot to Unite
 England W tn the Continent.
 It may be a surprise to know that there are two projects in existence at the present moment for submerged railway across the English channel. Dec. r, 1884, there was registered a Channel Bridge and Railway Com pany;" its offices are at G9 Rue de la Victoria, Paris. It was formed to ac- quire the business of the International Railway Company, du Detroit de la
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-04

The reason foreigners laugh at Amer ican pretensions to aristocracy is that in spite of all that can be said social position in this country is based entire ly upon money and is permanent or not as the money lasts. With all our efforts to sharply define the lines that separate one social condition from an- other the fact remains that most of our claims to aristocracy are based on affectatiOns, which are understood thoroughly in this country as well as abroad.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-05-04

never have. Perhaps it is the highest flight of legislative wisdom to try to give the young delinquent some substi- tute-poor at best, and with all the de fleets of an artificial incubator mother who does her duty and a father who knows his place"