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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21
WHAT RACING HAS DONE
FOR THE
Citations in S Support of the Claim That Speed Contests Have
an Important and Positive Value.

ed development Of automobilism been due;
I To two principal factors; it was adopted
and launched in sporting circles-that is to
popular in the upper middle classes.
And these two successes were due to rae
ing.
by the Petit Journal. was one of the most
| phenomenal causes of the development OF
this industry when in its mere infancy.
struck with the idea of the possibility of
! one day being able to make use of this new
method of locomotion. That was the germ
the same time the ideas Of society
people travelled in another direction. So
ciety saw in automobilism an entirely and
absolutely new sport. destined to test in q
marked manner the sang-froid, science and
energies of its votaries. 1t had the attrac-
ton of a kind of terrestrial y~achting-more
Interesting. more Independent and much less
Race From Paris to Amsterdam.
After the society people, the general pub
lie came in. What could be more entfcing
than the prospects of road contests In pure
open air. and the intense pleasure Of pass
ing a less speedy competitor or one who
had fewer mishaps than ones self?
This feeling caught on and automobilism
Who among chauffeurs does not remem-
Der the phantasmagorial race from Paris
to Amsterdam in which. I believe, fifty-six
competitors took part? This was a revela-
tlon: One saw six and eight-horse power
tourist carriages, carrying four persons, go
ing merrily over the six stages of this inter-
national route. and this with but few
breakdowns and not a single serious acct
dent. From that day Belgium and Holland
were converted to automobilism. In the
four days occupied in crossing these coun-
tries more good was done to the automobile
industry than could have been obtained by
'swamping' these kingdoms for six years
with advertisements. 4
And what pleasure We chauffeurs had
ourselves! With our small carriages-not
crossed two frontiers and admired glorious
scenery, but the enthusiastic reception given
us by Belgians and Dutch alike will remain
forever imprinted in our memories. People
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21
for So q time, and we do not wish to tn
him anything that is unpleasant"

for So "a time, and we do not wish to tel
him anything that is unpleasant" =
P. W. Rouss, son of the merchant, saidS
1.-THE trouble arose, / think, from jeal-
ousies. I can't. Of course. talk about these
things. because the movement to present
"I am sorry that there has been a jarrfng
note in what should nave been a harmonf-
Gus event"
The committee that presented the bust q
composed Of Mrs. John C. Calhoun, Mrs
Donald Mclean. Mrs. Helen B. Reid, Mrs..
w. l.. Peel, Mrs. Alfred Gray, Mrs. Harry
Wentworth Young and Miss Halle ErminiO
Rives. An Advisory Committee Of a dosen
men have aided them.
Both Commissioner Clausen and General
di Cesno1a declare that their consents were
obtained by a Colonel Dickinson. late Of
the Confederate army. He Is alleged to
have told Mr.. Clausen that 1t was destined
for the museum and General di Cesnole
hat 1t was for the park.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21

As manager Of the "military-trafic'' pool.
Chairman Macleod Of the Western Pa1ene
ger Association has saved the railroads
so much money and so completely stopped
competition In rates that the executive ON
GERS OF the Western lines now propose to
extend his authority to cover the move
ment of all military traffic originating west
OF chicago. Now ne MAKES the rate and
all military traffic originating in or east Of
Chicago. Army officials have made no OBJ
lection to the manner IN which military
traffic has been handled by Chairman MaO-
LeOd. They say the Government gets rea-
sonable rates and much better service than
when all the roads were fighting for mill
ary traffic.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21
SHORT TALKS WITH
GUESTS At THE HOTELS

las soon as the dogwood begins to bloom
fishing on the South Missouri streams will
commence" said former Senator ]. B. Har.
rison Of Rolla. Mo-. who is at the Laclede
Hotel. about the latter part of May or the
first OF June Is the best season. and from
that time until the snow flies the banks Of
the Gasconade and Big Piney will be COW
cred with fishermen from source to mouth,
In recent years these two streams have
been growing in popularity. and especially
SO with st. Louis fishermen. The waters
are clear and the bass fishing is good all the
time.
THE proper way to fish is to get into a
boat at the source or as near the
source OF the stream as possible. and
then float down, fishing along the way.
II you are not in a hurry the sport
cannot be excelled for genuine pleasure.
Catching fish in a clear stream, where it
brings out all the fighting qualities of a fish,
is the only way to &c at 1t. The excitement
is more exhilarating than hunting big game.
The fish are excellent for eating at all sea-
sons of the year. but in the early summer
they taste unusually well. fresh from the
limpid water.
There is no scarcity Of fish in the Cas-
conade. 1t may be hard to catch more than
a single mess in an afternoon, but what
more can a thorough sportsman desire? The
fish are OF good size and plentiful"
'The Missouri Penitentiary is a model
one" said G.. H. Van Pelt. a last manufac-
turer Of Chicago. who has had occasion to
see the penitentiaries of the West. The
Missouri. institution seems to be conducted
on a, business policy that has made itself
supporting. This is an achievement CT
which the people Of the State should Ger
tainly feel proud. The discipline at Jerer-
son City seems to be unusually good. and I
consider Captain Todd. who was with the
institution for years. the ablest prison man.
ager in the United States. There may be
other penitentiaries that are larger, but not
better managed. /
"What to do with the c~onvicts is a ques-
ton that I am loath to answer. The prison
contractors seem to get good service out Of
the men and the men take an interest in
the work. OF course. this is competition
with outside labor. but what can you put
them at where they will not confict? I
nave seen the convicts tried on the roads,
While 1t would give us better roads,, the cost
would be propordonately greater, and It's
hardly right to ask the people to carry the
burden Of the penal institutions If It can be
prevented"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21

Papa would insist that l must concen-
trate M thoughts upon my future state.
He would quote:
So when men bury us beneath the yew.
Thy crimson-stained mouth a rose will be,
Ard thy soft eyes lush harebells dimmed with
dew,
And when the white narcissus wantonly
Kisses the wind. its playmate. some faint joy
Will thrill our dust.
Mother and 1 lived here for about a
year after fathers death. One day we saw
a large white butterfly which lowered
about the windows, and several times when
l was attending the roses 1t settled upon
my shoulder. 1 brushed it off once or twice
before l thought.
This velvety, white insect would flutter
his wings against my face, and l began to
wonder If 1t were indeed my father. The
roses had never doomed as they did that
summer, but there were not enough Of them
to give room for the myriads of butterflies
tina alighted upon them.
Rose said mamma one day to me.
suppose We go some place into the coun-
try where We may have an acre of roses If
We desire and where the butterflies may
find a haven
I'VE chose a pleasant home two and a
half miles from Sonoma. The house is an
old l. ado s;or but It. the he r O5sse that Tbs grg y;ot there nSee
the fences and Chamber everywhere.
1.-THE large butterfly of which L spoke
seemed to cling to me. whenever went
into the garden 1t would settle upon my
shoulder.
WED better take him with u.s. I sug-
gested to mamma; 1t may be papa
That's true she agreed, much to my
surprise.
..Nhen we were going away the insect
came of his own accord to me. l placed
him in a basket and took him with us.
Since then We have always had many but
terfies or our place. l feel father must
he one of them"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Alameda. Cal, April 19.-When Doctor
John Starr was about to die at his home.
No. 26l7 Central avenue. five years ago. he
gathered the member of his family about
His bed and told them he would return to
them in the form of a butterfly. He was a
firm believer in the theory of transmigra-
ton of souls. and as he had preached that
doctrine for many years his wife and daugh-
ter felt that his deathbed promise might be
fulfilled.
Shortly after his death there came into
the Starr garden a white butterfly. 1t fit
ted and flew about one of the rose bushes.
and Mrs. Starr and Miss Rose Starr are
convinced that 1t was Doctor STAIRS spirit.
Fifteen years ago." says Miss Starr, "our
family moved from Boston to Alameda.
Papa began at once to train roses over the
windows of our home and to plant hedges
of them about the house. One day 1 re-
marked upon the clouds of butterflies, and
papa said to me:
when I die. Rose, / shall not ascend to
some mystic heaven. I shall live here or
earth-here in this garden, perhaps. One
thing / am sure of, it will be wherever you
and your dear mother are. 1 shall be in the
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21

Nothing less airy than a butterfly would
satisfy me. l called you Rose because I
thought that in my future state I'd live al
ways on earth. a glorious butterfly. and
you. 1 fancied. might choose to come back
as a great, splendid. crimson rose. What
what comrades we'd bet
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21
The Reason Therefor Is That the
Blind Millionaire Is Still
Alive.
NEW YoRK's PECULIAR LAW.
Man Must Be Dead for Five Years
Before a Bust of Him Is Eligi-
BILE to a Prominent Public
Display.

REPUBLIC sPECIAL.
New York. April 20.-A handsome bronze
bust Of Charles Broadway Rouss. blind mil
lionaire merchant and philanthropist. has
been presented to the city by a committee
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-09-11

bottles. Fragments of rich food, with
which the house had been stocked, lay
about, and there were indications
which showed that the thieves had
cooked their meals on the gas range.
In the bathroom were towels, still
moist, which gave off strong odors of
bay rum and Florida water. Every
other toilet preparation in the place
had been also lavishly used by the
robbers, who, after their bath and ban
quet, had dressed themselves from top
to toe in the best in the house, leay-
ing behind their own four well worn
outfits, even to four pairs of old shoes.
Everything they could find to eat or
drink had been consumed when they
left. The detectives took the clothes
and watched, saying nothing. They
observed that Frank Safreck, 20 years
old, of 400 East Seventy-second street,
had suddenlycome out in a light brown
suit of fine quality, and it was recalled
that the clothes he had worn during
the summer were counterparts of one
of the suits in their possession. Then
they arrested him, and Mr.. Sulzberger
said the clothes Safrecll wore were
his. They questioned Safreck, and he
incriminated Frank Pollock and John
Pollock, brothers, of about his age. In
their rooms the detectives found sill
yer matchbox and four pairs of opera
glasses, which Mr.. Sulzberger said be-
longed to members Of his family.
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him. Late Sunday afternoon half "a
dozen of the fair ones met Foss on the
public square. bounced upon him and
overwhelmed him with kisses. The
music teacher protested and threat
ened to have them arrested, but his
threats were laughed at and the girls
did not stop their amusement until
they had kissed Foss plentifully. He
says he will get his revenge through
the law, but the general sentiment is
that he will get little in the way of re-
dress and much in the way of ridicule
if he courts further publicity.
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ROOSTER WAS vANQUIsHED.

of nightly symphonies on the back
fence and of daily Investigations of
the pantry, the cat devoted herself to
the task, and the happy result she re
CARDS as her personal property.
To accomplish this it was necessary
to give lesson to a rooster, the lord
of the farmyard. He made a. game
fight but was yanquished at the ex-
pense Of large part of his feathers.
strangest of all is that the chicks
dote on their fur-coated mamma.
They follow her all around the yard,
and, while their taste and hers differ
somewhat in regard to food, neverthe-
less the Bishops see that each secures
a plenty.
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Saved by His UgIines..

In the case of a French conscript his
face was distinctly his fortune, though
not exactly in the sense in which the
milkmaid reckoned. Brought before
the council of revision at Mines. he
was of an ugliness 50 appalling that
the council could not withhold a cry.
Forgetting the young mans presence
the council Instantly fell to heated
discussion as to whether the laws
which regulate the physical standard
requisite for. service could be stretched
to exclude abnormal ug1iness. They
decided that the conscript must awake
such mirth in the ranks as to iniure
discipline. The young man according
II was dismissed, not wholly dis.
pleased with his homely face, which
has saved him three years service.
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swear you in fust. Hold up yer right
hands
us, too?' asked the sponsors.
"'Of course, said the justice. All
witnesses must be swore in
"Then, looking at them all with COM
ical dignity, he began the strangest
christening ever performed. You an
each one of you do solemnly swear that
the evidence you shall give in this case
shall be the truth, the whole truth, an
nothin' but the truth, s'elp you Gawd!'
"'You, John Wilson, do solemnly
swear that to the best O. yer knowl-
edge an belief, this yer child is yourn
an yer wife's to have an ter hold for
yerself, yer heirs, exekyters, admins
traitors, an assigns, for yer an their
use an behoof forever?'
"'I does answered the father.
"'You, Mary Wilson, believe this
man an boy; to wit, John Wilson an
son. to be yer husband an child; an
you do further swear that you are law
fully seized in fee simple, are free from
all incumbrance, an hev good right to
sell, bargain an convey yer own an
husbands name to the principal in this
case; to wit, yer son an heir, his heirs,
administrators an assigns.
"'I does answered the mother, sol
EMMY.
"'Weu, john said the justice, wip-
ing the perspiration from his brow,
'that'n be about three dollars
"'Ain't the child christened yet?'
"'Not yet he amt, replied old Scrug-
gins; but this is where the fee comes
in
''The money being paid over, the jus
tice put it in his pocket and went on as
follows: Know all men by these pres
ents that I, Willyum ]. Scruggins, jus
tice of the peace of Waco, in the state
of Texas. being in good health an Of
sound an disposin' mind, in considera-
ton of three dollars to me in hand
paid, the receipt whereof is hereby ac-
knowledged. do an by these hev de-
clared the child's name to be Willyum
J. Scruggins Wilson, during good be-
havior an till otherwise ordered by
this court. which now stands adj
iourned'"
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HELD UP AND KISSED.
Six HOosier Girls Rob Wonderfully
Bashful Man of Il Boosted
Distinction.

According to an Evansville Ind.)
correspondent, Robert f. Foss, living
at Taswell, a small town in Crawford
county, has caused the arrest of six
young society women of that place on
a peculiar charge. Foss declares that
he was publicly kissed. He is a young
music teacher and only recently made
his home at Taswell.
It is alleged he claimed that no girl
had ever touched his lips. The girls
of the town grew tired of the mans
talk and concocted a plot to silence
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-09-11
BURGLARS HOLD REVEL.
Four Men Seize New York Lawyers
House, Battle in Florida Water
and Drink Wine.

Burglars have been holding high
revel in the house of Myron Sulzberg-
er, a lawyer, at 2o7 East SeVenty-sec-
ond street, New York, during the abb
sence Of the family at Aryerne, n. Y.
Their work was discovered because
they left the area door ajar. The
open door was noticed by a policeman
the other morning. He reported the
circumstance to Capt. Brown at the
East Sixty-seventh street station. De-
tectives Tunney, Allen and Maxon in
yestigated.
The dining-room table was found
Uttered with empty liquor and wine
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would marry the hacker of the win
ming chicken
The young men consented and the
battle began. Finally the spur of
Gray's rooster pierced the head of the
other bantam.
"She is yours" remarked Long, sad
ly.
Miss Thornbury felt sorry for the
defeated lover and invited him to ac-
company her and Gray to the county
clerks office near by, where license
to marry was asked for.
The happy couple came to Hodgens-
vile, accompanied by Long. They ap-
piled to the county clerk for a mar
riage certificate. Elbow old are you?"
asked the clerk.
"Just IS, and as sweet lass as ever
run spindle wheel Or settled a mat
rimonial muddle," said Long, the de-
feated lover.
The clerk refused to grant the IL
cense, because she was too young.
Not to be outwitted, the youthful
pair went to the railroad sta ton and
took train for Indiana. "Come along
with US, Thomas, and the first bridal
kiss shall be yours" said Nellie to the
disconsolate lover, who joined the cou-
pie on their journey to Jeffersonville,
Ind
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next thing she touched Gol&us for was
a piano. She didn't know an octave
from a dashboard, but that didn't
matter to Moses. He had the piano
set up in his parlor. Still Mrs. Goldus
wasn't satisfied. One day she told
Goldus he would be better looking
man if he would shave off his Whiskers.
In the next breath she made a demand
for a clean-shaven husband, and Cold
us baked.
He said he wouldn't shave and he
didn't. He was arrested and Mrs.
Goldus showed her contempt for whis-
kers by getting divorce.
Still there was no peace for GOldus
and his whiskers. The ink was not yet
dry on Mrs. Goldus' decree when john
Snyder, neighbor of Goldus', got his
hands tangled in the old mans beard.
Justice SABBATH fined Snyder $40 and
costs.
Now Goldus is looking for another
wife
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-09-11
SNAKE LOVED MUSIC.
Showed Great Rapture Over One Of
Chopin's Nocturnes.
Waltz Songs and Rngtime, or Any
thing Lively and Noisy, Repel1ed
the Reptilian Critic-Charmed
by Low Notes.

During our first year in Colorado"
said the ex-ranchman's wife to a New
York Sun reporter, my daughter and
myself were desperately lonesome,
and for the girls sake more than for
my own I urged my husband to try his
utmost and get piano brought there.
A Colorado ranch was then much fur
Their from any point of civilization
than it is to-day, and for long time
the feat seemed hopeless, but at. last,
after long and tedious effort, an instru-
ment found its way to our wilderness.
my daughter had fairly good mu-
steal education before we went to the
ranch, and after the arrival of the
piano she spent all her leisure time at
it. Oneevening, about two weeks after
it came, she had spent couple of hours
practicing some of Chopin's waltzes;
then she struck into the nocturnes.
Chopin is my fayorite among the COM
posers. While I sat there listening
intently, my elbow resting on a table
beside me and my head on my hand,
[ felt myself impelled to go to the win
dow and look out. I had heard no
sound, everything was as still as death
but there was just a consciousness
that something was outside.
Il moved cautiously, peered out
slowly, and drew suddenly back. A
huge snake was coiled up close under
the window. It's body was perfectly
still, it's head poised in listening at
titude, and swaying slightly from side
to side, as if in rhythmic movement
with the music. I did not see this all
at once. I took in the situation after
I returned to the window and stood
there for several minutes watching
the creature out of range of his eye,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-09-11
COLLECTED HIS FEE.
Then the Squire Christened the
Baby in Legal Form.
Began Operations by Swearing Par
ents, Child and Sponsors, Named
the Young Hopeful and Adj
journed Court.

"There used to be some funny ones
Down by the Rio Grande, remarked
the tall, broad-shouldered Texan to a
Chicago Inter Ocean reporter. Yes,
there were some mighty funny ones.
remember particularly an old justice
of the peace down there, who per-
formed all sorts of offices, particularly
those of religious OF semireligious
nature. in the absence of a minister.
He made some awful breaks in his
time; but he didn't reach the height of
his originality until the day he chris
tened the newly born childof cowboy
named Wilson. I'll tell you about it.
'In these days we never worried
much about christenings and such in
Texas. We simply slapped a name on
a kid and if a minister happened along
we had him go through the regular
form; if not, we let it go at that and
the kid never knew the difference.
This Wilson, however, was strong on
religion, though [ reckon he didn't
know SO very much about it, and when
his pretty little wife presented him
with a son he set about to have the
child regularly branded by some one
in authority. There was minister
within negotiable distance, and SO he
brought the child, accompanied by its
mother and the intended sponsors, to
our justice of the peace and asked him
to perform the ceremony. Now, old
"Bi.F' Scruggins-that was the JUS
tice's name-had never witnessed a
christening. He remembered having
seen a, book about the house years be-
fore with form of christening in it,;
but where it was he could not remem-
Der. A man with less nerve would
have faltered; but not the justice.
"'Hats off in the presence Of the
COURT he commanded.
"All being uncovered, he said: I'll
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-09-11
BATTLE WITH BEAR.
Remarkable Encounter in the Noun
tains of Wyoming.
Bruin Dragged Into Camp with q
Rope and Finished with a Dozen
Bullets - The Duel De-
scribed in Detail.

Henry A. Sommers, editor of the
Elizabethtown (ky.) News, who for
more than a month has been rough
ing it in Wyoming, has had some ex-
citing experiences in his search for
big game. The country in which he
has chosen to spend his vacation is
famous for bears of the black and sill
yer tip variety. More people are killed
by these animals than by guns, and
during the past - years over dozen
hunters have fallen victims to the
beasts rage. Last June Mr.. Sommers
was an eyewitness to a remarkable
battle between a man and bear,
which he describes in a letter to his
paper:
s'In going down the mountains ON
the 22d of June,' writes Mr.. Som
mers, 81 saw one of the most wonder
full fights with a bear that has prob
ably ever occurred in this part of the
country. l witnessed every detail OF
the exciting and dangerous conflict
between man and beast. The hunter,
whom I afterward met, was Mr..
George Saban, one of the largest
sheep owners in the state, and man
who served with great gallantry with
the Rough Riders in the war with
Spain.
''He saw a bear crossing a range
of low hills. He had neither gun nor
knife, but with the daring spirit Of
the frontiersman he started in pur-
suit, hoping to capture the animal
with an ordinary rope which hung
at the pommel of his saddle. Ten
times he cast that rope with a
trained hand and arm. Each time it
fell with perfect precision over the