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The Appeal., 1901-06-15

The Congressional Historical Liter
ary Association, of Israel NJ E. Church,
at it's last regular meeting elected Off
GERS for the ensuing year as follows:
John N. Wilkinson, Sr., President; J..
L. Smith, Vice President; L. "A. Wiles,
Recording Secretary; T.. E. Barton,
Treasurer; M. H. Robinson, Sr., Chap
lain; James M. Foster, Doorkeeper; B.
c. Lee, Delegate to Bethel Literary AS
sociation. The association meets ev-
cry Sunday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock at
Israel Church. = z.,. ,r.sS. d. Is .--
The Appeal., 1901-06-15

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as well as a lathe Of practical dimen-
slons, attracted attention as the work
OF boys. Very fine sets of steel tools,
which have been produced in the
school, as well as constructive iron
work, fences and the like, filled the
room.
The work of the business department
OF the school, with it's one hundred
pupils, lined the walls and desks of
one OF the rooms on the second floor
HIhls work was also practical, consist
Ing OF shorthand and typewriting, busi-
ness papers of all descriptions and le-
gal contracts, all produced and execut-
ed by the pupils.
In the chemical laboratory the pu-
pills We're on hand and made demon
strat1ons and experiments to those Of
the visitors who were interested, while
IN the large physical laboratory on the
second HCor most ingenious display
was arranged. This room was equip
pea With power furnished by electric.
motors, motors, the work of the pupils. In
front OF the power plant, which was
at the end Of the room, was long
table on which was built a town, in
Guiding a Waterworks, a turbine mill,
an electric light plant, fire alarm and
street car system, which combines the
underground, single and double troll.
ley systems. All of these mechanical
devices were in running order and op-.
Grated by the motor in the rear. In
this room also was an interesting ex-
hiblt OF electrotyping in the shape of
medals and halftone work Zinc etch-
lngs were also made, and there was a.
complete photographing outfit. includ-
ing dark room.
The large assembly hall was given
over to the exhibit of the art depart
ment, as were also the regular drawing
rooms l This work was in water coll
or, pencil and charcoal sketches, and
was taztefully arranged on white back
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-04-13

the presidency Of the largest independ-
ent railway system in this or any other
country are events of more than ordl-
nary interest to the business world.
They serve to call attention not only
TO the high order of executive and adj
illustrative ability now required to
manage the great transportation prop
critics of the country, but also convey
to the people significant object lessons
in the application of the merit system"
of promotion-the only system that as
sures efficient and economic manage
ment in the interests of stockholders
and of the people. There can be no
finer exemplificatlon of the merit sys-
TEN" In a public or quasi-public service
for the study of the peop.e than is pre-
scented in the management of such great
railway systems as the Burlington"
and the Northwestern" The new
President of the Burlington, who is
placed at the head of u system en-
bracing S,064 miles of line, with $4,000
stockholders, is a railroad man" Mod
cT0 CONDITIONS III III tllo SOuh-
try make it impossible that any other
sort of a man could be seriously consid-
cred for such a position. The time is
gone by when unframed or ineXperi-
enced relatives or favorites of intluen-
tal stockholders can be advanced to
responsible managerial positions in the
great railway systems. Promotion in
all the big systems is now based upon
absolute demonstrated knowledge of
every important detail of the trans
portation business. Mr.. Harris, the
new President, and General Manager
William c. Brown are splendid types Of
''the twentieth century railroad man."
Each worked his way up from the bot
tom. There is no detail in the entire
range Of railroad management from
track building to motive power and
equipment with which they are not ia
miliar. The railway career of the new
President of the Burlington" began
at the age of 10 as office boy for the
Hannibal and st. Joseph Road. now a
part of the Burlington" From this
he gradually climbed to the topsthrough
successive promotions embracing near
ly every branch of the operating de-
partment.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-04-13

Students of social conditions in En-
gland are tending toward the conclu-
sion that the humane sentiment of
modern society is productive of harm
in some of it's phases. The Spectator
recently showed that the comfortable
housing of paupers in London, with all
it's great benefits, has had a bad effect
in increasing pauperism. During the
Boer war and the prosperity of the last
year it was impossible to get enough
men in London to do all the work Of
fered, yet the almshouse population
showed no falling off. There We're
thousands of new occupants. In the
same way the too lenient treatment of
habitual criminals seems to be having
n bad effect, as shown by Robert An
derson, Assistant Commissioner Of Pc
lice in London, in an article in the
Nineteenth Century. Mr.. Anderson
shows by official statistics that crimes
by professional offenders have steadily
increased in London since the trans
portation of such criminals was abOl-
ished in 1867. While the total number
of felonies has shown a gratifying de-
crease, the number of offenses by pro-
feSsional criminals has grown each
year. Within the last half century the
burglaries in London have increased
tifteen-fold, and professional offenses
of other kinds have shown a similar in
crease. Mr.. Anderson believes this is
a 90 ho ;.I,,
the general decrease of crime has made
possible. Men who deliberately choose
life of crime are taking advantage of
the humane sentiment which permits
them to escape with short terms They
should be treated more stringently than
the ordinary law breaker The point
Mr.. Anderson makes is valid. He says
the practice of sentencing a habitual
criminal merely for his latest offense
is unjust to the community. Such q
criminal, after serving his sentence at
once returns to his profession" To set
such a public enemy at liberty, says
Mr.. Anderson, is as stupid and wicked
as to allow a smallpox patient to go at
large in the community. He urges life
Imprisonment for such cases. When a
man is seen to belong irrevocably to
the class of incorrigibles he should nc
longer be released to prey upon the
public. If all the well-known criminals
of this kind were so treated says Sir
James stephen, an eminent English
iurist, 1.-The really bad offenders might
in a few years be made as rare as
wolves
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-04-13
line to hear the last half of the SEN

time to hear the last half of the SEN
tence
| Isabel and l were just lamenting
that we didn't have a maid to serve the
luncheon, Gertrude. We were SAYING
how desperately embarrassing it is for
hostess to jump up to remove the
plates after course and to bring the
uext course to table"
Il never thought of that" Gertrude
acquiesced in a disappointed tone. Our
entertaining has always been so in
formal we're likely to make the guests
change the plates and bring in the
courses from the kitchen themselves.
But it's true, as you say, that kind of
thing won't do when we're entertaining
Mrs. Caulkington. She's so critical that
her eyes burn holes in anything they
fall on. We wouldn't mind her little
peculiaritieS If she were merely an ac-
quaintance. But if Isabel is going to
demand big fat salary she must make
a big fat impression. I'm sure Mrs
Caulkington would cut her down half if
she knew how poor we are and how
badly we need that secretaryship
Something must be done"
Gertrude, dear, you know perfectly
well that nothing can be done. There
are only two hours left, and, in any
case, you can't secure girl here in the
country to come in for just one day"
! Il know that; but whisht, my dear!
An idea dawns in my brain! Let it ma
ture.'
4 IAN idea for what-for getting us a
maid?"
Yes, my dear. A ready maid, so to
speak"
SILLY! Do you think Isabel and l
have time to waste upon your vapor-
| ings?'
"A ready maid. No, maid to order
Don't talk to me for three minutes. !
feel the idea grow in my cerebrum-
and it really is a good one"
The young lady sat down in the little
Oakt& window and buried her face in
her hStds.
Three minutes later she sprang up
and piroutted triumphantly around the
charming table.
"Huzza! I've solved the problem"
she cried. "And I'll stand for it that
/ you shall have maid to serve Mrs.
, Caulkington's luncheon A stunning
maid, well trained, light-footed, soft
voiced; maid who will not send so
much as one plate OF raw oysters down
the back of your guest; who will do
things without diagrams and will not
cause the downfall and destruction of
our precious willow pattern china. In
fact the maid propose TO offer you
VIII be an explanatory key with copi-
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-04-13

Are angels men? asks E. r, Trescot
In Temple Magazine, and he points out
that all the angels one ever reads of
are men. To this the London Academy
replies that while in literature angels
ere men, In art they are women-the
reason for the difference seeming to no
literary and artistic demands. Neither
OF these journals, however, states the
TACT that all the angels one meets In
daily life are women, nor does either
note the passing fancy that all the min
tstering angels In current literature are
women. Wings on angels seem to
nave been the result of an evolutionary
process, for the earliest angels of whom
We nave any knowledge are not do
scribed rs having wings. Evidently
those who appeared to Abraham and to
Lot were without wings, and. while in
the new testament the seraphim and
cherubim are described as winged an
gels proper. these who communicated
Gods message to man were wingless
The poet Nonnus, who lived in Egypt
In the fifth century, is the first on rec.
ord to speak of angels wings. Since
then what splendor of color, what va
riegated beauty and delicacy of tint
has been found in these heavenly be-
ings, whom Dante was pleased to call
birds of God" AS the word angel
signifies messenger. it was natural that
this order of beings should take on
wings, which indicate speed Hermes.
the Greek messenger of the gods, with
winged feet, is shown also with wings
on his golden sandals. on his broad
brimmed hat and on his caduceus or
staff. He does not take on a birdlike
form, with wings on his back. The
modern idea of an angel is associated
with kindness, sympathy and healing
devotion. Hence the modern angel has
no wings. She does not fly. She STAYS
by, ready to assist. Perhaps the real
type of the modern angel is best seen in
the trained nurse, who ministers to the
sick with patience and intelligence, and
who fulfills her mission witDvut fiutter
or rustic.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-04-13

The South African war has over
Swallowed for time that great prof.
ect of Cecil Rhodes, the Cape-to- Cairo
telegraph. That work has gone stead
lily on. Forests, streams, natives and
wild animals have been conquered.
Three thousand miles of poles, stretch
Ing northward from the Cape, have
been erected, and but one thousand
three hundred miles yet remain to be
conquered. Rhodes has also under
taken that greatest project the world
has ever seen-the Cape-to-C Cairo Rail
way-which will soon be pushed to
Victoria Falls. When these great en-
terprises are completed a long step
Will have been taken for the civiliza-
ton of Africa. War is great force,
but how can 1t compare with modern
science-that which is inevitably con-
quering the dark regions and the habi-
tatons of cruelty.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-04-13
KING OF ITALY.
He i. Possessed of Great win p

He Is Possessed of Great viii Pow,
and Many Acc mpiishments
from one who was intimately cor
nected with him in his youth | leo.
that his chief characteristic is earnos.
ness, added to great will power. What
ever he does, no matter how trivial 1.
attacked Il use theword advisedly) WITH
such force and such determination tho,
1t is invariably carried to a successors,
issue. For instance, all the worla
knows of his collection of coins. I'm,
few have heard of its origin. One dav
when a small boy he was playing in
the garden of the Quirinal, and found
Plus TX. penny, with which he rush.
ed delighted to Queen Margherita She
explained what it was, and incidentally
told him about others more important
From that moment he began to collect
and he has now become one of the
greatest numismatists in the world. /,
is the same with swimming He learn.
ed quickly. and reached such perfection
that it was his custom to jump from a
man-of-war into the open sea, have his
swim, and return without help.
Other accomplishments are music
and painting. Queen Margherita, who
is exceptionally fond of music, seeing
her husband so Indifferent to 1t, de-
cided that her son must play at least
the piano, If he had any talent at all.
Masters were procured when he was
small boy, with the result that he is a
very fair pianist, and satisfies even
the critical taste of his mother. OF
painting he knows less, but can dash
off very respectable sketch, showing
verve, but lack of knowledge of color.
But above all and before all, the
king Is man of will, and, try as he
may, no one can turn him once his
mind is made uD.-Rome Correspon-
dence Pail Mall Gazette.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-04-13

Demos Is a funny bird! The people
of Servia detested Milan when he was
King and would like to have seen him
iynched. They resented his brutal
treatment of Queen Natalie and hated
him for what he was-a roue, a card
sharp and a general all-around black
guard. Yet when his son, King Alex
ander, displays GOODNESS about his death
and has him buried outside of the king
dom he had disgraced the same popu-
lace becomes highly indignant at such
unfilial conduct and storms the palace,
with intent to do injury to the undutiful
child. The vagaries of the mob almost
equal those of the petit jury.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-04-13
His Prophecy Came True.

Edward Wigglesworth, Hollis pro
| fessor of divinity at Cambridge" in a
little pamphlet published in the porten-
tous year of 1775, must have had cor
rect idea of the prosperity of this coun-
try during the century just closing, as
he predicted that the population Of the
British American colonies" in 1900
would be S0,000,0OO.
Included in this estimate was Nova
Scotia, now the Dominion of Canada.
which with it's last recorded census re-
suit of 100000 added to the 10000, 900
of the United States fulfills almost to
the letter the accuracy of the Wiggles-
worth prophecy. And this somewhat
remarkable forecast was not based up
on any species of guess work, but upon
a well defined and clearly constructed
mathematical theory, which, reduced
to plain words, can be best described in
the language of it's author:
THE British Americans have doubled
their numbers in every period Of
twenty-five years from their first plan
tation."
LINING LnlS SIdIlSuCdl IdcC us u OASIS
for his calculations the Harvard divin-
ity professor constructed a system Of
reckoning the increase of a country's
population which history has shown to
be as correct as his method was simple.
Assuming that the 1775 population
was 100000 Mr.. Wigglesworth esti-
mated 100000 for 1900, 10000, 600 for
1925, 20,0OO,000 for 1850, 10000 900 for
1875 and 100000 for 1900, and the
record of the United States census since
its initial taking in 1890 shows sub
stantially these figures, as follows:
Census Of 1900, 5.3Os, 900; 1925 $500.
1888, 900; 1850, 23,191. 600; 1875 Qs70,
3s. 65S, 600; 1900. with Canada, $1,000
000.-National Magazine.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-04-13
/ \ Maid to Order.
OO HE table was charming. Tn,
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GO HE table was charming. The
III peaEly expanse of damask that
EMBODIED it was one of the Misses
Dormond's most treasured possessions,
saved out of general wreck of family
fortunes.
The old-fashioned silver, of those in
Irritable patterns which no modern
/ shop can supply, cleaned like irregu-
larry shaped planets at intervals across
the cloth.
Moreover, a daffodil bulb cherished
In windowsill warmth, had obiigingly
thrown out handful of blossoms. This
pot, sheathed in yellow tissue paper
made a thoroughly attractive center
piece.
1T is simply lovely" said Winifred,
with little sigh of relief and satisfac-
ton. Il shan't be in the least afraid to
have Mrs. Caulkington's eagle eye
turned upon it, even though you are a
candidate for her secretaryship, Isabel,
hnd8so much does depend upon making
good impression"
THE house couldn't fail to make a
good impression" Isabel broke in. 1T
is clean and sweet and old-fashoned
from top to toe. One can't say that a
house has toe? There's just one thing
lacktng-1 do wish we had a good maid
TO wait on the table. | hate those en-
.Darrassing breaks in a home luncheon,
where the hostess is obliged to cut off
In the middle Of a sentence and bolt
into the kitchen to bring the broiled
SQUAD course to table
Yes. That's always wretchedly en-
barrassing," Isabel agreed. Its harder
on the guests than the hostess, too.
However there's no help for it. We
don't keep maid and this suburb isn't
a place where you can find a girl to call
In for day at time. It's pity, but it
can't be helped"
What is pity but can't be helpedY'
demanded the youngest Miss Dormond,
who piroutted into the room just in
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-04-13
Truancy in New York.

At present the truancy department
employs twenty-six attendance officers
in Manhattan and the Bronx. Their
hardest work is in the Italian and Hun
garian quarters. Habitual truancy is
punished by term of thirty days or
more in the truant school, where the
children are boarded and taught at the
expense of the city. In the past year
S,762 truants and 1906 nonattendants
were placed in school. while go were
sent to the truant school. and seventy
nine were placed in reformatory insti-
buttons. Comparatively few girls are
truants, and none are committed to the
truant school.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-04-13
THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT.

Succeeds King Edward as Grand Mas
ter of the Freemasous.
King Edward VII. has ceased to bs
Grand Master of the Order of Freema-
sons. which Office he held as the
Prince of Wales. This is in conform
ity with the course adopted by the
last Prince of Wales on his becoming
Regent and afterwards George ". An
especial Grand Lodge has elected the
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-04-13
How Watches Are Adjusted.

Watches are adjusted to heat and
cold by being allowed to stand first in
room heated with dry heat to 100 de-
grees and then In cold storage, bsang
regulated after each treatment
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-04-13

Paris has caught the annexation
fever and proposes to extend her lin
urbs, thereby increasing her popula-
ton. Greater" Chicago and Great
err New York will doubtless regard
this as imitation.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-04-13

successor.
1t is interesting to note that only
three predecessors have stood between
the late Grand Master and the last
Prince of Wales who filed that office.
namely, Lord Ripon, who held the po-
sition from 1870 to 1874; the Earl Of
Zetland, who occupied it from 1914 to
1870; and the Duke of Sussex, 1913 to.
1913, who succeeded the Prince Regent.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-04-13

A personlfication of perseverance is
that man who has married the same
woman three times having been di-
vorced from her twice.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-04-13

The Sultan's ambassador to Spain
has resigned because he cannot get his
salary. If he had asked, the United
States could have told him a thing or
two about the way Abdul forgets to
pay his debts.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-04-13

David said ali men were liars, and
Washington asserted he could not tell
a falsehood. Here's question for the
debating societies to settle.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-04-13

Mrs. Woolley wants to know the
difference between playing euchre for
a prize or gambling for money, and
she hasn't found any person who is
bold enough to draw the line.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-04-13

The Queens life was insured by her
subjects for about $2,000,000. Who will
say that she was not worth it?
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-04-13
Sdsvsssltia itFVVSIvTez,
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

One of the first locks In the Near
aqua canal seems to be a deadlock.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-04-13

The retirement OF President Charles
e. Perkins. Of the Burlington. !" and the
advancement OF George B. Harris to
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-04-13

1t is hard to tell these days IL a girl
didn't take time to comb her hair, or
took the dme TO comb It in the latest
fashion
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-04-13
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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-04-13

Love never finds a burden too heavy
for II to tackle.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-04-13

Duke of Connaught as his Majesty's
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-01-16
SHOOTS TWO SISTERS
DastardIy Deed Committed by a Galsna
Ills, Man.


Galena, Ills, Jan. 14.-Unrequited
love was the cause of an attempted
murder as result of which Amelia
and Title Bergman, sisters, are at the
point of death. A man named George
Duerrstein was the assailant of the
girls.
Lying face downward, apparently
dead, the sisters were discovered by
their mother, who gave the alarm.
The shooting occurred at the gate of
the Bergman residence in Dewey ave-
nue., and was witnessed by friend of
Duerrstein. who assisted him In get
ting away. A vehicle was tied near
the scene of the attempted murder,
and 1t was in this that the parties es.
capped, closely followed by a force Of
street laborers who heard the shots.
At distance of but few feet the
insanely jealous sutton opened fire on
the ladies, remarking to Miss Amelia
as he shot: you will love me or die"
The sisters, who are employed as
stenOgraphers, were accompanied home
by Duerrstein, whose company was
Objectionable to them, and as a result
of his being informed of the fact the
shooting occurred.
The girls, aged 20 and II years, re-
spectively, are daughters of widowed
mother, whom they support.