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The St. Louis Republic., 1901-10-20

, and take a hanrDerleSs along. And when
started in the Packing business it wds all
straight sailng-ro frills-just turning hogs
into hog meat-dry- salt for the niurers down
South and suBar-cured for the white folks
up North. Everything elce vas sausage. or
thrown away. But when we get through
with a hog nowadays he's scattered through
a hundred different cans and packages. and
he's all accounted for. What We used to
throw away Is our profit. IL takes doctors.
lawyers, engineers and poets. and / don {
know what. to run the business, and I
reckon the improvements which call for par
sons will be creeping in next Naturally Il
young man who expects 10 hold his own
when he is thrown in with lot of men
like these must be clean and sharp a. u
hounds tooth. or some other fellows simp-
ly going to eat him up
The first college man I ever hired was old
John Durhams son Jim. That was good
many years ago when the house was 4
much smaller affair. Jira's father had n
lot Of money ttQ he started out to buck the
universe and corner wheat. And the boy
took all the fancy courses and trimmings at
college. The old man was mighty proud Of
Jim. Wanted him to be a literary fellow.
But old Durham found out what every one
learns who gets his ambitions mixed up
with No. 2 red-that there's a heap of 1t
lying around loose In the country. The
wheat coming in 30 lively that one settling
day half q dozen OF us had to get under the
market to keep it from going to everlasting
smash
That day made young Jim Durham can
d,date for Job. 1t didn't take him long
to decide that the Lord would attend to
keeping up the visible supply of poetry, and
that he had better turn his attention to
the stocks Of mess pork. Next morning
h. los. frer 1att rfi NJ
PRODUCTION when 1 got TO the office. and
when he found that / wouldn't have n pri-
vate secretary at any price. he applied Tor
every other position on the premises right
down to office boy. told him was sorry.
but l couldn't do anything for him then.
that We were letting men 60. but I'd keep
him in mind and so on. The fact was that
1 didn't think fellow with Jim's training
would be much good. anyhow. But Jim
hung on-said he'd taken fancy to the
house. and wanted to work for 1t. Used
to call by about twice a week 10 find out II
anything had turned UP.
Finally. after about a month Of this. he
wore me down so that I stopped him one
day as he was passing me on the street.
1 thought I'd find out If he really was so
red-hot to work as he pretended to be. Be
sides. felt that perhaps I hadn't treated
the boy Just right. as had delivered quite
a Jag OF that wheat to his father myself.
Hello. Jim." called. do you still want
that tob?''
Yes. SIR" he answered, quick as light
ming.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-10-20
TAKING CHANCES

New York is rejoicing over the settle
ment that has been made with the heirs
Of the late Jacob s. Rogers whereby the
Metropolitan Museum will receive the
$6,O0O,OOO which he left by his will to
that great institution. According to the
attorneys in the case. the contestants
compromised on the payment Of about
$250,O00-a comparatively Insignificant
\ sum when the delay that might have
been caused by litigation is considered.
| And this calls up the old question of
beQuests to public objects. Why is it
that rich men SO often give their prop
/, erty to these charitable enterprises only
when they cap make no further use
of the surplus income? In the case of
Millionaire Rogers it is said that previ-
| GUS to his death he was not known as a
public-spirited man, yet he must have
been in intent or he could not have
| made such n magnificent gift to the
Metropolitan Museum.
Christian Brothers College in this city
| recently lost bequest of 100000 made
by Mr.. Benoist of Kansas City through
| successful will contest 1t Is COM
paratively easy thing to convince jury
that undue influence has been used to
induce gift for charitable objects.
Even the great Tilden properties were
turned from the owners purposes by a
litigation that reflected on the ability
of the juriSt.
Is it not far better to do as have some
Of the rich men and women of St.
Louis? Washington University has been
placed on its feet for decades to come
through the living generosity of Cup
Piles, Brookings and others. The prop
critics given to the university are still
productive. so that nothing in values
has been lost by their early donation to
the school. 1t is only by the lberality
of the living that the magnificent Wash
ington University buildings are being
completed in time for their occupation
by the educational exhibit of the Worlds
Fair.
Andrew Carnegie's principle Of giving
is coming more and more into vogue. 1t
might almost be said that it is not only
q crime for a man to die rich, but, to
repeat Touches famous remark, 1T Is
worse-it is blunder." The machinery
Of the courts is too cumbersome, juries
are too risky and relatives are too in
considerate for benevolent men to take
the chances of bequests being diverted
to unexpected uses.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-10-20
".
THE HALF TURN OF THE t0E
AROUND THE NORTH POLE.

Rushing into the Arctic Basin between
Iceland and Norway, and 50 on between
Greenland and Spitzbergen. the Great Ga
cial Deluge enters upon its wonderful half
turn around the North Pole. which Will be
best comprehended from the map Its ice
bergs. as much as they have been broken up
during their wild flight northward. are
still large enough 10 force the axial torrents
OF the flood to keep to their deep-sea basins.
They do this everywhere. and this Is why
the continental shelves o: the Atlantic fall
away everywhere from shallow depths to a
thousand or more fathoms.
The channels followed in the Arctic Ocean
are between two and four miles deep, as has
been shown by Explorer Nansen and others.
Keeping to its deep-sea channels, therefore.
but at the same time hugging the northern
shores of Europe and Asia. the Great Gla-
cial Deluge reaches the opposite side Of the
basin at the New Siberian Islands. where
It begins piling up its ice and rising upon
itself in a whiri which defies description.
The Arctic Ocean. being substantially a
closed sea here, with only the small OPEN
ing of Behring Strait. which is soon choked
by the ice, the waters and icebergs of the
flood are forced to make half-turn upon
themselves.
While they are doing this the Arctic
Basin becomes filled to overfowing-
The return of the deluge southwark Is
made chiefly upon northwest and southwest
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-10-20

y,,v --,..,, raorlv scared me to death that
first wear. At last he had got into some
thing that he took an interest in-spenoins
money-and he just fairly waliowed IN II.
Used to aySawake niSnts tnihkin. up s.s He"
ways of getting rid Of the old mans pronts.
And he found them. Seemed as II couldn't
se, away from Grahnm's Extract, ana
whenever I saw it gagged. for knew IL
was costing me money that WASH coHlns
back: but every time l started 10 ofaw
in my horns Jim talked to me, and showed
me where there was fortune "aieihs io9
me lust around the corner.
Graham's Extract started out by being
something that you could make beef-tea
OUT of-that was ALL But before Jim had
been foo,ing with II month he had got MS
girl TO think up a hundred different ways
in which II could be used, ana nad aoVel-
tised them all. 1t seemed there was notn-
ing YOU could COOK that didn't need oash
of It. He kept me between cniii anu z
sweat all the time. Sometimes, but not
often. lust had to grin at his foolish
ness. I remember one picture he got out
showing sixteen cows. or tnereaooueS.
standing between something that looked
like letter-press. and teiilnS now e.eiy
pound or 80 of Graham's Extract cohtaAheN
the juice squeezed from nero OF s'sefs-
If an explorer started for the NoE'n 1o'.
Jim would send him a case OF extract. anu
then advertise that it was the great neat
maker for cold climates: and II some otnef
fellow started across Africa he sent him .
case. too. and advertised what a bully drink
1t was served up with a little ice.
He broke out in a new place every day.
and every time he broke out 1t cost the
house money. Finally. made up my mind
to swallow the loss. and Mister jim was
lust about to lose his job. when the orders
for Extract began to look up. and he got
reprieve Then he began to make expenses
and he got a pardon; and finally rusn
came that left him high and dry In q per.
manent place.
THAT was where I caught the connection
between a college education and business.
I've always made 1t rule to buy brains.
and I've learned now that the better trained
they are the faster they find reasons Tor
getting their salaries raised. The fellow VINO
hasn't had the training may be just As
smart but he's apt to paw the ar wnen
he's reaching for ideas
suppose you're asking why, II I'm 20
hot for education, I'm against this posi-
graduate course. But habits Of thought
amt the only thing . fellow picks up n
college.
see you've been elected president Of
your class. rm glad the boys aren't down
on you, but while the most popular man
in his class isn't always q failure In nusi-'
ness being popular takes up hsap OF ume.
I noticed, too, when you were homo Eas-
ter, that you were running 70 spofV olotae.
and cigarettes. There's nothing GRIMM.
at ali. and the only part Of tho premises on
which cigarette smoking - allowed . sns
fertilizer factory.
I simply mention this IN pes.ane naNS
sense. and I guess .you'n SEQ the point
without my Celebrating With .. meaS cs ax
my reasons fol. thinking that you've sos,
college enough for the present
YOITR RAFFECTIONATN FATHER.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-10-20
GoTHENBURG SYSTEM.

No one has suggested that wide-open
saloons tend to decrease the criminal
records of the courts. On the contrary,
st. Louis has had an example of what
the early closing of dramshops can nc
complish. The police officials state that
since the regulation went into effect
many forms of crime have been reduced
rs much as one-half or three-fourths in
number.
In connection with this assertion, a
short review of the Gothenburg system
in Sweden, by William Z. Curtis of the
Chicago Record Herald, is of interest.
In the five years preceding the adoption
of the system in that country the aver
age number of arrests was 1922 to 1000
inhabitants. while in the past five years
the number has fallen to 6.31 per 1000.
creased from forty-five quarts per
capita in 1850 to eight quarts in 1898.
How has this been accomplished? The
beginning was in 1866 when the Town
Council of Gothenburg delegated to a
company Of twenty prominent citizens
a monopoly of the liquor traffic. They
were to furnish the capital. All profits
over per cent were to be turned into
the public treasury. The management,
fortunately for the success of the
scheme, has been prudent and skillful.
The sale Of liquor in the fourteen
agencies of Gotlienburg, a city Of 113,-
600 population, is stopped at 6 o'clock
on Saturdays and days preceding holi-
days. No liquor is sold on Sunday. On
other days the agencies are open from
8 in the morning until at night in
summer and o'clock in the winter.
Minors and women are barred. Only
one drink can be sold to person. II
the bartender thinks that the customer
is in danger Of becoming drunk or is
already intoxicated, he may refuse to
sell and the would-be buyer has no re-
course.
Quarts and pints may be sold, but the
customer must consume this liquor on
| the premises. The agencies are very
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-10-20
WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Leon Lewis. in n startling work soon to
be published under the title of The Great
Glacial Deluge and Its Impending Recur-
renee" makes the uncomfortable prediction
that the whole human race-with all tie
miraculous accomplishments of ages Of civ
ilization-with all its cities. towns and coun-
tries-with all its learning and its deeds-is
soon to be entirely swept into nothing.
The agency which. according to Mr..
Lewis. is to tear down all that man mas
builded-and even man himself-is ICE.
At any moment, he declares. universal
glacial flood may come sweeping up from
the South Pole. destroying all before 1t. and
so changing the face Of the earth and the
worlds climate that all life shall be frozen
UP. and the only thing left shall be debris
which, in centuries to come. shall be dug
down to and unearthed by a new genera
tion of beings. and placed In museums as
exhibits of q past age-PERHAPS.
Mr.. Lewis is a scientist of note. and he
supports his startling statements by many
citations of seeming proofs; but Humanity
may find solace in the knowledge that past
predictions of universal disaster-also sup
ported by seeming proofs-have failed. and
-
than TO be burned Here are some Of the
main points advanced by Mr.. Lewis:
/.
THE GREAT ANTARCTIC CAP AND
IT'S WORK.
1.-THE trouble begins" says Mr.. Lewis. Eat
the extreme southern end of our globe.
The cold there is very excessive. as has
been made plain by Mr.. Borchgrevink and
our other explorers. The snowfall there Is
almost continuous Captain Ross tells us
1t having showed twenty-eight days out OF
the thirty he was cruising along the great
ice wall presented by the edge OF this So
called continent
This account is confirmed by Commodore
Wilkes Of the United States Exploring
Expedition. from whose reports it is easy to
figure that the total snowfall thereabouts
amounts to fifty-seven miles in ten thou
sand years.
There are no rains or thaws at the South
Pole. so that all the snow IS converted into
ice under pressure. and the whole mass
thickens and widens constantly. despite the
losses to which 1t is subjected by the break
ing off Of the immense tabular tcebergs
which have presented themselves to the no
tice Of Lord Kelvin and all other navfgators
in those regions. The waters OF the sur
rounding seas are below the freezing point,
as was first noted by the famous circum-
navigator Captain Cook. and hence there Is
a constant accretion from this source to the
vast bulk resulting from the unwonted
snowfall
And now. what are the consequences OF
this state of things? Why. during many
thousands Of years the so-calied antarctic
Continent" or .ice-cap." which is simply a
huge mountain of ice has been getting
bigger and bigger. until 1t is now as large az
North America, or one hundred and fifty
times as large as the State OF New York.
and is estimated to possess a surface of
100000 square miles. Doctor Croh CCii-
mate and Time'o and H. B. Norton Pop-
ular Science Monthly, October. 1873 speak
of it as being $500 or 1900 miles in diane
tef.
1t il more or less circular. and with its
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-10-20
NONPROFESSIONAL.

Lovers of clean scholastic sports have
been encouraged by the measures which
have been taken by Western universi-
ties to abolish professionalism. For a
while the games may not be quite up to
the mark Of former years In speed, but
there will be n great advance In the
tone of the contests.
1t is always a temptation to small In
etitutions Of learning to bring their
teams nearer the level Of larger schools
by resorting TO subterfnges that are
n3thing less than hiring men OF ex-
trhordinary ability as representatives. In
one university not more than a thou
sand miles. from st. Louis even the
alhmni contributed to the funds which
wint for the support of these profess
sfdnals.
Perhaps they won their games. yet
this competition among schools has
worked HARM Men OF unusual football
strength raised their sale-price to figures
that was practically ruinous to the small
school. The teams could not be con-
siIered representative. Athletic boards
became little less than business man.
ayers whose chief concern was to see
that no deficit confronted their associa-
tions at the end of season.
There seems to have been change
this fall At Washington University a
movement is on foot whereby it is hoped
to not only abolish the necessity of
charging admission fees to football
games, but to endow athletics. 1t is
claimed that professionalism has been
abolished and there is every evidence
that this has been done. Other st. Louis
schools have taken practically the same
stand.
Formerly one Of the worst transgres-
sors was Kansas University, school
that has usually managed to have good
football eleven on the gridiron. In past
years a liberal fund has kept good foot
bah players In school until after the
Thanksgiving game, when they returned
to,their ordinary vocations with an In
creased roll of money.
.sfet this university has furnished q
most gratifying example Of the changed
conditions. In q game with the Kinks
vile, team Kansas played a ringer"
The faculty in Lawrence promptly took
mn the matter, called for the resignation
0f the athletic director who was ne.
sponsible for the breach and denounced
the action. Upon reconsideration, the
n9ofessional was dismissed and thoee
concerned IN the matter were censured
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The St. Louis Republic., 1901-10-20

after they had promised to make no
more mistakes of the sort.
This years Missouri University eleven
is probably weaker than in former years
because of the faculty's insistence upon
nonprofessionalisIn. There has been
trouble over the matter, but the faculty
has stood firm. Hereafter the public
may be assured of n representative
team from the State school. 1t is an
improvement all around.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-10-20

German economists have figured that
the Kaiser should drop the tariff war.
That was foregone conclusion. Wars
of commercial restriction are necessari-
ly disastrous to both sides.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-10-20

Efforts are being made to consolidate
the Hebrew charities OF st. Louis. This
Is putting them on business basis;
something that appeals to every donor
Vt funds.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-10-20

Excise Commissioner Seibert has full
power to enforce the early-closing regu.
lation. With the aid of the police he
can put a stop to the practice of estab.
fishing clubs as q subterfIge.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-10-20
HI.
RUSH OF THE GREAT GLACIAL DEL
UGE TOWARD THE NORTH.

RUSH OF THE GREAT GLACIAL DEL
UGE TOWARD THE NORTH.
And when the ice cap breaks up, what
then?
Why. the whole mass Of water and ice
thus gathered at the South Pole-the great
glacial deluge. as Mr.. Lewis calls it-starts
ncrthward, centering upon the twentieth
meridian of west longitude. which passes
in midatlantic. The bulk of the deluge. ice
and water. exceeds a hundred million CUBIC
miles. Imagine what a vacuum it makes IN
the region which has SO long been its era
Ole! Into this vacuum. however, rushes the
Indian Ocean from the east and the Pacific
from the west, both being drawn treneh-
dously iuto the cataclysm ty Its violence:
1t can readily be guessed how rapidly tine
great glacial deluge will take its way north
ward, sirce the total fall in its case Is not
less than three-quartcrs of mile.
But why does II come up the Atlantic:
Because the gravitational ''pulr OF the
world has hold of it: because the line OF
disruption Is midway between the cape Oh
Good Hope and Cape Horn. and FOR 1orty
other reasons given by Mr.. Lewis, but into
which we need not enter.
In coming away from the South Pole tne
+, ge icebergs of the flood tear tremendous
burrows in the floor of the ocean, and these
burrows have been discovered by recent ex-
plorers as II recorded in Appletoh's Annual
for 1899 The iceberss make similar eAca-
vation between Montevideo and Tristan da
Cunha, after they have been whiried
against the southeast coast of South Amer
lea by the diurnal rotation of the earth on
its axis, and in one place they have lett a
hole eight miles deep.
Grinding along the coast OF brazil. the
deluge crosses the Equator. reaching the
coast of Africa at Cape Verde. Here II is
subjected to such a pull from the East
ern Hemisphere that 1t hugs the coasts OF
Northwest Africa and Western Europe.
overwhelming Great Britain. Jutland, the
Netherlands, Southeastern Sweden. FIN
land and Northwestern Russia. and de-
stroyins all life and all the works of human
hands throughout those regions.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-10-20

No one will be punished for stealing
the body Of Gam Lee. This is an un-
necessary disgrace which st. Louis
should not suffer Crime must be pun
ished or it will flourish.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-10-20

As a cause of street car accidents
muddy streets are beginning to take
rank with reckless motormen. The pub
lie will be entirely blameless when
main Travelled cross streets are paved.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-10-20

All reports seem to indicate that Chi
cago railroad assessments are made up
on a basis of 3 per cent. In Missouri
they are nearly twelve times as much.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-10-20

Grading on the Worlds Fair site will
begin Monday. Four months from now
the public will be paying admissions to
see the progress on the buildings.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-10-20

Every visitor duly enlightened as to
the plan and scope Of the Worlds Fair
becomes at once self-appointed ad-
vertiser and boomer of the Fair.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-10-20

Trust haters need not think that the
forthcoming combination of canning
companies in Iowa and Nebraska in
cludes beer canning.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-10-20

1t has been proved that mule meat is
Chicago staple. The idea of using
swine for street cleaners in that city
does not seem SO much out of place
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-10-20

Organized labor is not to be bunkoed
into opposing the Charter amendments
by misleading circulars bearing bogus
union labels and unauthorized stamps.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-10-20

Opposition to the Charter amendments
is voiced in secret. This is sure sign
that the amendments promise good to
the entire community.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-10-20

Football players are good enough on
the side, but for the real popular IA
vcrite' business the polo player is in
the saddle.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-10-20

Now that the Worlds Fair has en-
tered its constructive period the ham,
mer Of the knocker will be silenced by
that of the builder.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-10-20

When Miss Helen Gould consents to
grace the Board Of Lady Managers her
selection will have been made unani-
mOus.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-10-20

WheIever your gaze falls upon loyal
citizen Of st. Louis you are looking ut
a man who intends to vote for the
Charter amendments.
The St. Louis Republic., 1901-10-20

Tuesday. October q, should by the
adoption Of the Charter amendments be
come red-letter day in local history.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-04-05
one ON ALF

w. Alfred Lashlee is the latest
victim to an ancient gag worked on
him by a couple Of friends right
recently
The two friends dropped in his
store engaged in an animated dis
cussion literally punctuated with
gestures To a listenerit appeared
that a bet was on.
Presently one of the pair pro-
posed that they purchase two 10
cent cigars on a credit, the loser to
settle for them when the bet was
decided.
The proposition was submitted
to Mr.. Lashlee, who with sweet
and accommodating smile, said he
would be more than glad to sell
them the cigars upon the basis sug-
gested and wait for his pay until
the bet was decided.
The cigars procured, a bystander
inquired as to the nature of the wa
ger whereupon the pair explained
that one had bet that when the tow
er on the courthouse fell that it
would fell on the south side, while
the other bet it would fall on the
north side. At this juncture ALI
told Jesse Hall that as he wasn't
feeling very well he believed he
would go home and lie down.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-04-05
A NEW BASE BALL TEAM.

A base ball team has been organ
lied by the students of Benton
Seminary and they are anticipating
a game at an early date with the
Sugar Tree club, and the Ligo
Green Flowers nine composed of
Camden's Royal Slespers. The ar
rangement of the Seminary nine is
as follows:
Cyrus B. Harrison, captain and
catcher; A. r. Townsend, pitcher;
Roy Melton, first base; Irwin Lewis,
second base; Horace Presson. third
base; Tom Tucker, short stop; D.
r. Goodman, right field; Joseph
Fitzsimmons, center field; Wesley
Leegan, left field.