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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-21

thumoed pages hear evidence OF constant
uss. Mr.. Folk IL Z deep student Of history.
and the greater portion Of his by no means
small library - made up of volumes OF
historical matter. He Is also a great ad-
mirer OF Shakespeare. A complete volume
of the poets plays Is one Of his most treas
ured possessions. A bust Of the Bard or
Avon adorns the bookcase.
Mr.. Folk has no fads. As he himself
says. he has no time TO indulge them II
he possessed any. He does not go in for
golf. cricket, rowing or athletics OF any
sort. but he Is an site baseball fan.
and whenever his duties allow him the OPP
~portunity he can be found at one or the
other OF the baseball parks. cheering for the
homo team as industriously AZ any occu-
pant of the bleachers.
Since the beginning Of the Doodle crusade
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-21

wErrTEN FOR THE sUrDA RHUBIzn
Circuit Attorney Joseph ". Folk. whose
erussds against the st. Louis boodlers has
focused the eyes OF the country upon him.
b - paatn. simple and unaffected IN private
Ens a. he Is In his Official capacity. He Is
essentially q home man. and once away
from the multifold and confirming cares Of
his Once he discards of1cial business n
dignity as he does his office coat. and be-
comes o private citizen. intent only on such
pursuits as becomes q man devoted TO his
family and the pleasures Of his own hearth.
Nr. Folk lives In q modest but comforta-
bly, furnished home at Nc. 4o10 Dslmar ave
mus.
TheCfrcufeA Attorney fs O man of studious,
rUtYfux disposition. He 10 very fond Of
reading, and has little or no desire to
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-21
But Not With the Line.

He had ashsd up the stream and down
the stream. and used niss. paste. worms m
every other form Of bait that the ingenuity
Of man could devise. hut without result.
and. az he vsnded his way homeward. at
the close OF the day. hia temper vas high.
no occasion to publiBh the latter fact to
the whole world. so when he met a friend
by the way. the relieving dialogue ensued:
Been ~ishing?"'
Yes"
Had a good days spertr.
Yea"
what did yo1 eatchrs
Tho e:c."-AnW~
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-21
ANOTHER 'CRRMEN"Pos SD
81
M vrmtfls E~ngnsSmen.

Whe u the NEST versatile Of living Eng
tishmanf Many tourists at Dartmoor must
have noticed q stgnboard over the door OF
q matched cottage In the village OF Bel
stone. near OkehAmpton. which wi
that the occupier. William Elhs. ID a pho
tographer." sells views Of the n~efghbor-
hood" IL q "Dartmoor guide" repairs
nurs and seed marchant." Port Reeve Of
the Manor of Belstone-" But this sign
board by no means exhausts the list of his
manifold accomplishments an Official ap-
pointmsnts. He Is also church warden. or
ganist, bellrfnger, lay reader. oyerseer of
the poor. dog breeder tspecialist in red set
tersl. dealer In game. and. last. but not
least. knight OF Honor and Warden OF the
Primrose League. This paragon Of YER
satility 10 q bachelor. lives quite alone. doeS
all his own housework and Is q very ZEAL
Gus ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Caxette.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-21

Pms soaoaa 1gf1D A0 1As - -
leisure
Gertrude CLAN. when h married h1. m
Brownsville. Tenn. are BaptistA Mr..
Folk has . brother. z u Folk. d. D.,
who Is president Of the 6u~nday-echool
Board Of the Southern Baptist Conven-
ton. president Of the Antisaloon League
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-21
PORTRAIT OF CHLvE
. AS CARMEN"

WRITTEN o THE SUNDAY REFUBIIu
Emma Cslve may never again sing IN
public after the coming opera season
In q letter to q friend In Paris. she her
ssif has admitted her engagement to an old
sreetheart, q man who courted her before
she won fame as a prima donna
That man is George Cain. the author. II
- nd that he has made 1t q condition tina
b should quit the stage.
She win be heard this winter only at the
Paris Opera Comique. lust now Nine.
os1ys 10 at her country seat in France.
whsrssshe Is recovering from an accident
which came near proving fatal. While
x1dtngs along . country road on a bicycle
ne dashed into q mule team. The animals
ssrs - frightened that they backed vio-
bsu<1y. instead Of kicking. She was promptly
Ee1cese6 and escaped with q few bruises.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-21

am Bsve4 YFW A0sdsHsa Rsknsr
nfeth@. ROD u I'm TrsaSmR q he
Stats q TSnn0sA q A Folk, another
brother. II president OF Boscobel College
at Nashville. Tenn. II. q. Folk. another
brother, Il . student at the Southern Bap-
tist Theological Seminary Of Tennessee and
editor OF the Seminary Magazine n. b
Folk. IN. now dead, was At one ttns Q
reporter On ne Republic
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-21

make addresses on the subject % 6rrbs0.
All OF these he has courteousiy declined. a.
he feels that his position as q prosecutor
in these cases would place him IN q false
position at this time before the public were
he TO discuss the subject publicly. Al
though Mr.. Folk and his wife are not much
given to the frivolities OF society, they
been compelled to forego many pleas
ant Invitations because of the inroads Mr..
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-21

Here Is Madame's sprighoy Letter h
which she tells OF her betrothali
Z am stin single. although I have ufed
hard to persuade some fellow to rescue me
from my sad, vagrant stata
Tho particular man you mention I nnai-
ly brought to make definite overtures last
month. We knew and loved zach other
when both were young. Then we wandered
apart. each into many exhilsrating expert
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-21

skan what ns Amasrsns en- . 7kochsF
Hubbard
IL the mules my Acyu3s ran into . ~
night sgo had known their business ]
should now - spared thsss perpiexfttes.
but ths kicks met such soff resistance ev-
erywhers NAT No bones were broken, and.
except for a few hlack-and-blue spots. I
am enooytns . health which h-prfsctly
euormoua"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-24
THE LANDLADY'S SON
Set Right by a Boarder.

Most people are creatures of habit
The person who thinks he cannot get
along without his morning drink of
coffee is pretty hard to convince I'M
less he is treated like Mrs. Clara Hoff-
man of Portland. Ore, treated her
landlady's son. She says: Having
suffered with stomach trouble for sew
eral years 1 determined to discontinue
the use of coffee and try Postum Food
Coffee.
Il carefully followed directions for
making and the result was a beverage
very pleasing to the taste. I induced
my husband to give it a trial, and soon
noticed the Improvement.
HE complained of heart trouble,
but as he drank coffee 1 felt sure that
this was the cause. 1t proved to be so,
for after having used Postum for a
short time. his heart trouble COM
pletely disappeared.
Last year we went East and while
there boarded with a private family
Our landlady complained of sleepless-
ness and her son of obstinate stomach
trouble. 1t was a plain case of coffee
poisoning in both. Knowing what Pos
tum had done for me I advised a trial
but the son declared he wanted none
of that weak, watery stuff Well,
had been making Postum Coffee for
myself and husband and next morning
| offered him a cup and he drank it.
not knowing what 1t was. Well l
said, you seem TO like Postum after
all What he exclaimed. that was
not Postum, why. that tasted fine.
Mother If you learn TO make il like
this ! will always drink it, The next
morning she watched me and I ex-
planned the Importance OF allowing Il
10 boil long enough. After that we
all III. Il.
and her son soon began 10 get well
They continued It's use after we re-
turned home, and recently wrote me
that they are improving daily"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-24

His Point of View-"The tendency
In modern journalism" asserts the
man with the haunted look. lis 10 con-
centration. II will not be long before
the most successful newspapers will be
but one column wide" Here the lis
teninR natdwellers broke into a cho-
rus Of approval. For they were aweary
OF being compelled 10 sit on the fire.
escape in order 10 see what was on the
next paEe.--Baltlmore American.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-24

Almost the only old-fashioned boot
blacks with boxes slung on their
shoulders now in New York are to be
found away down town in the vicinity
of the postoffice and City Hail. These
are all small boys and they charge 5
cents only, instead of the regulation
10 cents, which has become the stand
ard price of a polish in New York.
None of these boys are colored. The
colored bootblack, like the colored
barber and the colored waiter, has vir-
tually disappeared from the metropo-
lis Why, no one seems to know. 1t
certainly is not because colored men
and boys are not still willing to shine,
shave and wait. They complain bit
terly of the present state of affairs.
Nor can it be because the American
public no longer approves of them as
bootblackS, BARRIERS and walters for
they still serve in these capacities very
acceptably in other American cities
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-24

The corporation bootblack, by the
way, is almost the only person now
ministering in public to individual
comfort who never expects a tip IN
this town. Walters and BARRIERS will
not serve you with cheerfulness or
even decency in New York, if you are
suspected of not tipping and your tips
must be liberal. too. Ten per cent of
the order is small for the waiter, but
it will pass. The barber wants four
times as much, 10 cents being the
smallest admissible tip on a 15-cent
shave, or 40 per cent. Duane.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-24
$2S.4O Savannah 90 Washington and
Return.

Tickets on sale via Southern Railway
daily through Sept. 80, good to return
up to and including Oct. 81. Leave
Savannah lis noon and 1875 mid
night. Through Pullman sleepers and
dining cars on all trains. City ticket
office, 141 Bull street.--ad.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-24
Our Cash Trading Stamps Are Like Saving
work. One company gives its boys

work One company gives its boys u
printed set of rules to observe, a
prominent rule being that only Eng
lish shall be spoken in the presence
of customers. The idea is that talk by
the boys in an unknown tongue will
give rise to the customers suspecting
that uncomplimentary comments are
being passed upon them.
1t need hardly be added that nine
tenths of all the bootblacks are ltal-
ians.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-24
.eThe aver popular sunday excursion

''The ever popular Sunday excursions
via Atlantic Coast Line to Charleston,
S. c.. 81 90 for the round trip. Tickets
to be sold for trains leaving Savan
nah 1:S0 a. m. and a. m. Return
ing. leave Charleston at D. m. and
1875 p. m. Visit the Isle of Palms and
enjoy the delightful sea breezes. I'D.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-24
sunday Excursions TO Brunswick
and Fernnndinn via s. A. l.. Ry.

s1.oO TO Brunswick and $1.1O 10 Fer
nandina every Sunday. Tickets sold
for train leaving Savannah 500 a. m.
railroad time, from new I'm
ion Station, and limited to
date OF sale for return, Civ
ing all an opportunity 70 spend the day
AT these famous resorts. Full informa-
ton at Ticket Once. No. Bull street.
Phone Is.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-24
ParlOr Cars On SeabOard Air.
Line.

Effective Aug. II, parlor cars oper-
ated on trains Nos. II and 70, between
Savannah, Americas and Montgomery.
have been withdrawn and, instead, are
now being operated between Savannah,
Dublin and Macon.-ad.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-24

The same young German is amazed
by what he terms "the vast circula-
ton of money among the American
working people" His father is a re-
tail merchant on large scale in Ham
burg and the young man is here to
learn American retail methods. On
looking the ground over he decided
that the best way to study his subject
would be to go 70 work in a ~etail
shop. So he applied for a job and. de-
spite his comparative ignorance of the
English language, he got one without
delay This surprised him immense
ly, but he was positively astounded at
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-24
S1.OO Savannah to Brunswick via
Seaboard Air Line Railway.

Every Sunday morning. Tickets on
sale for 500 a. m. train. The shortest
and quickest route. See schedule.
Ticket office, No. Bull street. Phone
No 2S-ad
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-24

the freedom with which wage earners
here spend their cash.
II do not think the working people
of all Germany spend as much money
day by day as do the working people
of New York" was his comment at the
close of his first weeks employment.
This may be an exaggeration also, but,
like certain old-fashioned pieces of fic-
ton, it's founded on fact beyond a
doubt.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-24

This same young German says that
according to letters from his friends
times are mighty tight in all German
cities at present. The news dispatches
give hints along that line occasionally,
but he says the dispatches do not tell
the story in all it's naked dreariness
Wages are low and the unemployed are
many Thousands are actually hungry
in both Berlin and Hamburg, he says,
speaking from the American view
point, but they put up with it because
they have never known the American
standard of wages and consequent
comfortable plenty.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-24

Returning to New York and it's pros
perity, the business of backing shoes
as now carried on here is well worth
consideration.
To begin with the amount spent
weekly to keep the footgear of New
Workers we'll polished may properly be
termed "a small fortune" Those who
are posted say that $500 a day at
least is taken in regularly by the cor
porations and firms whose employees
keep clean the shoes of those who
travel on Jersey ferry boats, those who
patroniZe the railroad station boot
blacks and those who get their shoes
shined in hotels and big commercial
buildings. In q year this would
amount up to $557 900; and this proba-
bly, doesn't represent much more than
half the total sums spent in shining
shoes here.
That the bootblacks on the ferry
boats, in the hotels and in the sky
scrapers are employed by firms and
corporations in the main may be a sur
prise in some quarters, but neverthe-
less so it is. The corporations began
to take over the ferry privileges some
years ago. To-day they employ hun
dreds of boys and young men and are
constantly reaching out. Not so many
of the sinners in the hotels and com
corporations. firms and individual en-
ployers being in the lead there. But
everywhere shoe shining has risen to
a dignity which it has been able to
boast for few years only. Formerly
most of the shoe shining was done by
independent bootblacks, mere boys
most of them, who carried their boxes
and brushes slung by a,strap over their
shoulders; now peripatatic bootblacks
o,.itx h. str 1os,-
place there are stands with big COM
Portable chairs, also boot backing
parlors." located in easements and OPP
Grated by shifts of bootblacks under
the supervision of superintendent,
each establishment boasting a cashier
and carried on with all the precision
of any other commercial pursuit.
The boot backing corporations are
conducted as carefully as are most
railroad or industrial corporations.
The boys report at headquarters in
the morning and draw their supplies
(fresh backing and polish, besides the
brushes and boXes). AS soon as they
are supplied there is an inspection.
Boys who have been dereict are fined
or punished otherwise. Each boy must
go to his work properly clad and clean
of hands, face and attire. one COM
pany that prescribes a uniform in
Guiding blue flannel shirt. and blue
trousers, also prescribes white suspen-
ders. which must be spotlessly clean
daily. Supplies are given out TO last
one day. and IL the days intake Of
money is smaller than the supplies
used would warrant at the end OF the
day then an explanation is due.
Most companies use the bell punch
as a check on dishonest boys and have
also inspectors regularly visiting the
boats or other places where the boys
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-04-04
IN PROGRESS OLD SITKA
Dr. Keller Talks About the
 Alaska Capital.

Dr. Keller returned from Stka on the floSie to June U, anI came up to Sksg- way on the Dolphin yesterday.
 The doctor Is delighted with the beau ties of Sl,ka, which aside from Us scenic surroundings, has been lately made more slightly by the removal of mlnv old and erumbllng buildings. He siYs the people there have constant round of social pleas ure and are embued to an extreme degree with the spirit of hospitality.
 He installed young and vigorous camp of the Arctic Brotherhood, with Lieut.. Mathers. of the marine corps, as Arctic chief, and Dr. Kusher, the pioneer of Rus sian days. as vice chief.
 Among the many things that attracted the doctors interest and attention at Sitks, was the magnetic observatory. There are only four of them In the world. It's pur- pose Is to determine the true direction of the poles and to figure the variations of the magnetic needle. There Is no iron whatever, In the structure. The lnsiru- mentS sre so finely m de and sensitive, th { the operator must be even careful that there Is no iron or steel article about hls person-even to iron nails In his shoes.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-04-04
NEED BUOY
Why Government Ships Do
 Not Visit Skagway.

Dr. Kellar while he was at SitkI did considerable hobnobblng with the oftietrs of the revenue cutter Rush and learned a thing or two about Alaskan matters and among others a little circumstance that is of peculiar interest to Skagway. The reason, say the offi;ers of the Rush that government boats do not visit Skagway and .ojourn at that port Is because there is no buoy In the harbor;. If the people of Skagwav would install and maintain buoy the port would be visited by all the boats assigned to or passing by this station. The people of Juneau are taking measures to install buoy and there should be one at Skagway. The cost of buoy is some thing le. than sI,ooo.
 The buoy question should be take up bv the chamber of commerce.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-04-04
DIRIGO
Arrived In Port Last Even
 ing at Seven.

The Dirlgo arrived in port last night at 8 o'clOCk.wiih twelve passengers and So tons of fr irh,. ". |. Root, H. Grimm, A. M. Andersen, F. n. Clavsoi. E. H.. Clyne, C. E. Frank, Bosworth X Aggers, E. R. Peoples and Kettles & Ford all re- eelved large shipments.
 The Dirigo had aboard three large boilers for the csnnerv al Haines which were to be unloaded going south.
 The Dirig0 sailed at last night with several passengers principally for H ines and Juneiu.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-04-04
GOOD LOAD
Dolphin Brought Many Pas
 sengers For Skagway.

Just as the shops whistle bley vester- day for o'clock. the whistle of the white flyer Dolphin sounded and sooa after she dr clSsd an So first-eIass and 20 second class passengers trlpped down the gang plank.
 The D Ilphin male one of her quick trips North, calling In at Ketchlkan, Ju- neau and Douglas, and arriving at SkaG- way after a 7o-hour run.
 The Dolphin bid I63 tons of freight, three-fourths of which was for local mer- chants. The Dolphin swung away again for inc South at noon, with IA passengers.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-04-04
Work of O,Scutting the
 Humboldt Vein.

Two men are steadily at work upon the cross cut of the Humboldt snd as on aS the work IS done a nil test will be shiprel to J. c. Dwies' mill at Juneau, and the test which Is to demonstrate whether a further exploitation of the prop erty IS to bs done, will be made. The mining committee are acting under expert advice. to the effect that an average value must be ascertained and that the asSavlng of mere samples would be waste of mjnev.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-04-04

According to the aivlces brought north by the Dolphin yesterdiv two more steamers are to De added to tbe Lynn canal run. The Clutch which has been fixed up after being given over to the ele- ments for several months. The Clutch has been chartered to E. E. caIne. She will call al Vancouver north and south bound.
 The freighterElihu Thomson will leave Sc title about the 4ih of this m1nth for here. She Is owacy by the l. Il. Gray
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-04-04
MAIN FIXED
The City Water Is Again Flowing
 Full Force.

At I o'clock yesterday afternoon the broken main on Third avenue south of was replaced and the water was turned on.
 Harry St. Clair says that as soon sS the frost leaves the ground many leaks will be discovered through the system.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-04-04

Col. J. w. lvev writes the Alaskan from Seattle. under date of March 90;
 "The chamber of commerce of Seattle will tske up our matters next "Wednesday and will get action on Washington, D, C., a. once. Seattle will do everything In its power for us. Portland and San Francisco will do the me. Send resolutions from Sklsway chamber of commerce and peti' tion signed by an the business men to ( ,ngtesS immedl ,ielv, asking them to p ss
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-04-04
TWO MORE STEAMERS FOR
 LYNN CANAL
The Elihu Thomson and the Clutch Will Go
 On This Run.

Co which has large cold storage proper ties in the InterlM The company also has a eannery on Tsku and intends ship ping in 1909 head of cattle this year to be slaughtered at Dawson. With what little freight they will be able to pick up and with their cannery and cold storage business the eompan7 believes that they have q good chance of keeping even. The hulk of the Dishing Wave, formerly schooner has been purchased by this com plnv and the stock will be brought north on her in tow of tug.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-04-04
Convalesoing

Wm. Chandler, a young man from Maine, Is at the Bishop Rowe hospital, from very recent operation Mr. Chandler is a stranger in Skagway and an Odd Fellow.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-04-04
TRANSFERS
Will Re Sold to Victoria and
 Vancouver.

The steamship sssoci ,tion at a meeting held at Victoria on March 2S, decided tn [ as heretofore. transfers would be sold on all steamers from the North for Vancouver or Victoria. Several steamers of the American lines have not been calling at those places, but heneeforth transfers will be issued from Seattle.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-04-04

In the Seattle Times of March 26, is re- ported sn extended interview with Col. J. w. lvev. The colonel repeats much Of the m ,tte! contained in his skaswav speech, as printed in the MisI an of the 22nd of March.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-04-04
HON. J.W. .N[Y ASKS ACTION
 Al SKAGWAY
Wants Petitions and Resolutions Sent to
 Washington Immediately

Cushman's Delegate blll will 10 all | can down here as long as stay, but must go North In June to engage in my mining enterprise"
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-04-04

No matter what your want may be-lt you want to buy or want to sell-The ad- verlising columns of the Daily Alaskan will bring the desired results.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-04-04
Buck Beer

Herman Grimm's big annual shipment of buck beer arrived on the Dolphin. It will be on tap as soon as it Is taken from the wharf.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-04-04
Return That Song.

The party who stole the song Forget from the Cottage will please mall the same to P. O. box 2.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-04-04

Try Gilt Edge restaurant, best home cooking in city. lf you don't believe it, try it and be convinced.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-04-04

Fresh milk & tream from the Skagwav Pioneer Daily at Chealander'S, 5th Ave
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-04-04

Mining blanks at this ofics.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-04-04

Fine watch repairing at P. E. Kerns