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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-04-23
COOPER IN PERIL.
Had Narrow Escape From Being Shot in a
Racine Hotel by John Deane.

Congressman Henry A. Cooper,
Chairman Of the committee of Insular
Affairs, who, with his wife, is spend
ing his vacation at the Hotel Racine,
Sunday evening had narrow escape
from being shot by John Deane, son of
friends of Mr.. Cooper. Deane, who
had been drinking, entered the hotel
and abused the clerk and others, and
when an attempt was made to eject him
Deane drew revolver and threatened
to shoot. When Congressman Cooper
appealed to Deane to give up the wea-
pom and leave the hotel, Deane attempt
ed to shoot Cooper. The police we're
called, and Deane hearing the message
ran from the hotel.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-04-23
APPLICATION BLANKS READY
Candidates for the Offices on the Police
Force MaylGet Ready for Examinations

Candidates for the Offices on the Police
Force'MaylGet Ready for Examinations
President G. H. Curtis of the Fire
and Police Commission announces that
the application blanks for the use of
people seeking positions in either of
the departments are now ready for dis
tribution, and those desiring to make
application for any of these positions
can secure the blanks from the mem
bers of the Fire and Police Commits
sion or from the Chief of the Police
department. The examination of the
candidates for positions has not as yet
been decided on, but will be set as
soon as applications enough are re-
ceived.
Nearly all the'Ipresent members of
the two departments will make appli-
cation Propositions under the Commits
sion. It is probable that the first ex-
aminationswill be held at the City Hall
early in May.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-04-23

The new members of the city council
include contractor, manufacturer,
a merchant, machinist, a real estate
man and proprietor of creamery.
This is pretty good representation of
the different interests of the city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-04-23

HALF RATES TO NEW ORLEANS, La,
Via the North Western Line. Excur-
sion tickets will be sold at one fare for
round trip May /, 2, 3 and 4, limited
for return by special extension until
May 80, inclusive, on account of An
nual Meeting American Association.
Apply to agents Chicago & Northwest
ern R'y. w51
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-04-23

Miss Madge Penny and Mrs. Lucas,
of Council Bluffs, Iowa, are visiting
Mrs. H. A. Ros inson.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-04-23

A. E. Rutledge, of Rockford, III.
spent Monday evening ia Kenosha.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-22
wA.SHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY.

No holiday has a deeper symbolism than the
Twen;y-second Of February. 1t comes nearer than
any other to being a national holiday, for its cele-
bration best represents the true American spirit. At
Christmas and New Years we rejoice in common
with the rest Of the world. Thanksgiving is an oc-
casion for gratitude. On the Fourth of July we give
voice TO patriotism. Concentrating Washington's
birthday. we pause and give heed to an example Of
American character which has come to be symbolic,
suggestive, inspiring, e%nnobling.
1t is because his memory symbolizes what we
most prize in American manhood that Washington
occupies first place In our imaginations. 1t is the
traditional Washington to whom we cling; for us he
is the real. The tradition which became a part Of
our mental furniture, so to speak. in infancy and be-
fore We learned Of historical ~quibbles is the Wash
ington whose birthday we are celebrating.
Much of the tradition We know to he verify, reali-
ty; for that which is not we care nothing. We know
that he was an unselfsh, fearless patriot actuated by
the loftiest principles of citizenship and a stern
fidelity to duty. Beyond these cardinal facts we
look with Indifference. The hero was there, in
trinsically. We prefer the heroic vcstments to the
commonplace wardrobe; though we by no means fear
to contemplate the latter, since his detractOrs, even
the worst of them. never succeeded in fastening upon
him a really ingiorious garb. Perseverance in duty
was his answer. to caluaDy.
He hoped that he should always possess the firm
ness and virtue to maintain what he considered the
most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest
man. In that character he came to posterity.
Honesty is the central virtue from which radiates
his fame.
That We giorify the virtues of great men, that
their characters enhance in luster as they pass from
to mouth and from generation to generation,
testifies TO the American reverence for essential
worth, and TO the quality of our ideals. The bril-
liant light of the Washington name to-day is a re-
Election Of national character. Is a people we shall
in greatness just as we keep true to the
Of the Washington character.
Observance of the holiday is IN articulate express
of Americas ~creed-honesty, fidelity, fearless
ness, independence and patriotism. |
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-22
RECENT
Increase Of Fatal Accidents.

L@Slies weekly
The old law OF compensat ton, as interpreted by CARLYLE,
Emerson and other philosophers of both ancient and mod
en times seem to find its verifcation l., recent reports Of
the Census Bureau. showing that the proportion of deaths
from accidents in the United States is increasing. That
Is to say, all our new and wonderful devices and agencies
insuring higher speed in travelling. more ease and con-
venience in the operation Of almost every branch of pro-
ductive industry, more comforts and 'luxnries in homes
and households. all these have an offset In some degree
In the increased risks We run at every turn and the real
perils We encounter while We indulge ourselves in these
new and improved why's Of life. According to this census
report, the proportion of deaths from accidental causes in
1900 was 516 in a total OF 1000 deaths from all causes. In
1890 the proportion was only 537. Some curious facts
brought out by this same report are that the death rate
due to accidents aud injuries is highest among persons
40 years of age and over; that the average age of death
from accidents is about sys years. and that the warmer
months show a larger proportion of fatal accidents than
the cooler ones. In March the country is a more dangerous
place to live in than the city, and in May and June the
reverse is true. 1t also appears that a person is twice as
likely to die from accident as from old age and that acci-
dents happen more frequently and kill more persons In the
Rocky Mountain regions and on the Pacific Coast than in
the Atlantic States. On the whole, it appears that nearly
6 per cent Of all deaths in the United States are due to
accidental Injuries. One obvious moral to be drawn from
all this would seem to be the increasing need Of exercising
caution among the complexities Of modern life.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-22
MARRIAGE AND DESTINY.

Everybody knows, Of course, that the trusts will
shortly own the country, and control the destinies of
mankind. They have already assimilated the Re.
publican. party. Complete subjugation is only q
question of a year or two at most Instead Of the
United States of America we shall be known as an
Imperial Monopoly, by name the United Trusts.
The triumph Of will be born out of
a merger Of the octopus with the elephant and Mr..
Roosevelt. The Imperial policy will have its birth
out Of a fusion Of the doctrines of these elements.
In the light Of the future. therefore, Roosevelt's
laudable marriage proposition assumes the magni-
tude Of first Importance.
1t lies at the basis Of the nations strength. He
only in proportion to the numbers and size of the
lutely controlling our destiny, will bear this in mind.
The United Trusts can regulate the numbers and size
Of antilles as they please. A small trust in Massa-
chusetts recently illustrated this principle. 1t re-
fused to employ any but married men. Marriages
in the vicinity Immediately increased.
In the future every man will be an employee Of the
trusts. They will employ none but married men.
They will make marriage easy, and endeavor to
render it attractive to wives, to whom they will pay
the husbands wages directly. Each woman may
brand and register her husband, securing for all time
his wages. Accordingly the practical Inconvenience
of desertion and nonsupport will be unknown to her.
Large families will be premiumized by the trusts,
on a graduated scale; small ones penalized on Il plan
somewhat similar. Increase will mean advancement
In service and social status; failure Of increase, re-
PROGRESSION. Patriarchal supremacy will come to
signify political ascendency.
1t will be a great nation with a wonderful people.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-22
Studies in Natural History: DOROTHY DIX.

with forty yards Of o~ff-eolor chiffon in place
of them.
This popularity In an apparently intelli-
gent creature can only be accounted Tor on
the theory that the Shopper suffers ut times
from being hoodooed. The next day, how
ever. after the Shopper has COM around, it
calls itself names. and weeps over the fool
things tina are sent home from the store.
Men. as may be supposed, stand in great
fear and dread OF the Shopper, but I'M
fortunately there are no outward marks by
which it can be distinguished from the
ordinary female domestic animal, and so
many a man who thinks he is getting a
thrifty, economical wife. finds out when he
has gotten 1t home that he has acquired a
Shopper instead. and as II is impossible to
trade one on. or even give 1t away, his
plight indeed isfa sad one.
Nor is this his only danger, for the Shop
per is q m~an-huhting animal. and not in
frequently tracks it's victim down. In this
it shows great cunning. for it has q way
of appearing before the owner 1t desires to
attract in a dainty little garb which 1t af-
firms it picked up cheap on various rem
nant counteral
The unhappy man. hearing this thinks
that it would be cheap to keep a pet that
would cost so little. and Is deceived into
Offering 1t a home and thereafter spends his
life In paying for imitation japanese bric-a-
prac and short-length remnants.
A Shopper is the most expensive pet In
the world to keep. A small and nsignih-
cant-looking one. with an appetite no big
ger than a birds. costing more to maintain
than a herd of elephants or q menaeerie of
carnivorous beasts.
This Is owing to their unfortunate habit
Of going of on buying bats. Whether
science will ever be able to find a virus that
VIII inoculate Shoppers against the bargain
rabies, as dogs are ~inoculated against ny
drophobia. 1t is impossible to say.
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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-22
IRambles, in Womanland: MAX ORELL.

dence. and that sometimes he feels he Is
not good enough for her. not worthy OF her.
Women are extremists in everything.
Poets. painters and sculptors know this so
well that they have always taken women
as models for War, Pestilence. Death. Fam
inc and Justice. Virtue. Glory, Victory,
PITT. Charity. On the other hand, virtues
and vices, blessings" and caiamities of q
lesser degree are represented by men-such
ns Work. Perseverance, Laziness. Avarics.
etc.
Beauty is not the mother Of love. On
the contrary, 1t Is often love which engen-
ters beauty, gives brill!ancy 10 the eyes.
gracefulness to the body, vibration to the
voice. Love is the sun shat matches the
flowers of the soul. The face which reflects
all the inner sentiments of the heart bs-
trays the love of its owner, and is beauti-
full.
1t is not given to any man or woman to
fall in love more than once with the came
person. And although men and women may
love several times in succession. they can
only once love to the fullness OF their hearts.
Love is a great healer. The worst char
acteristic traits of a man and of a woman
have been known to be cured by II.
There is nothing that the true love Of a
good woman cannot raise n man to achieve.
The sweetest music in the ears OF a wom-
an is The sound of the praises of the man
whom she loves.
1t is Cupid who introduces you to Hymen.
and a pity il IS. How much better it would
be il II were Hymen who introduced you TO
Cupid and invited the little fellow to remain
Your guest
There are women who. like cats. do not
"a ress us. hut caress themselves against us.
There are but few husbands who, believ-
ers in reincarnation. would pray that their
souls should animate the bodies Of their
wives second husbands.
Women derive more happiness from this
love they inspire than from the love they
feel. Men. 1 believe. do exactly the con-
tFary. ?
Love in matrimony can live only on con-
clifton that man and wife remain interesting
In each others eyes. Devotion. fidelity. at
tention to duty and all the troop of domes-
tic virtues will not be sufficient to keep love
alive. ] might almost say that these may
run the risk of killing love and changing
it into friendship.
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duly vigilant in some instances: otherwise the es-
Establishments which are now known to have existed
never would have gained a footing. How long these
establishments have existed and what members Of
the force. if any, are responsible for permitting them
to exist are pertinent Inquiries for the Grand Jury.
The real significance for st. Louis In New York's
record is that a powerful public sentiment sprang to
the support of Mr.. Jerome as soon as his sincerity
became known.
Public sentiment in st. Louis may have anything
which it sincerely demands. 1t will have rigid en-
forcement of law If it insists upon it. Good govern
mcnr Is had by enacting only sane. wholesome laws
which are administrable aud by rigid enforcement
of those laws. 1t would be far better to have no
law against gambling houses than to fail of enforcing
one. Since we have 4 law it must be obeyed to the
letter. If its violation has been tolerated in the past,
then the public demands TO know upon whom re
lies for that liberation. Any inyestiga-
tons toward that end will have solid public support.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-22

WRITTEN % THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
We continually hear the expression. The
children are the hope of the nation" Chris
tan people say, Give us the children and
we will answer for the church"
These expressions are. doubtless, truisms,
but few persons who are guardians or aave
children of their own seem to realize the
responsibility resting Upon them, or to take
any pains to cultivate their children's
hearts or train them in any business meth
DDS, or to impress them with the fact that
they are to be useful in the world.
The Importance Of this training Is ex-
actiy the same for girls as for boys, but
should not be the same in kind. Their ca
reers are to be in different channels. but In
many senses dependent on each other.
1 agree with Secretary Shaw that Few
boys have a fair chance because OF the lack
OF companionship with their fathers. This
companionship should, however, be Of an
edifying character. The father may be ever
so companionable for his son and yet in no
way benefit him.
The father may be indolent and always
glad to have "a good time with his boy.
joining In all his sports and pastimes, but
never taking him into his business conf
dences, never advising or discussing bust
ness or other practical things with him,
rarely treating the boy as IL he were an
intelligent human being. to the boys earn
est inquiries too frequently replying that
children should be seen. but not heard"
or in some other way that serves to humil-
late and silence the lad.
One can easily explain things to boys
without encouraging p~ertness and conceit
In them. Without continually preaching
industry, honesty. moral courage.
fidelity to trusts and devotion to God and
to country, a man can set the example in
all of these things by practicing them him.
self and having his sons join him in doing
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Training of Boys: MRS. JOHN A. LOGAN.

, so. 1t will become a second nature to the
son. who will know no other way I'm life.
| 1t has been my observation, especially in
later years. that this mistake Is made by
fathers. They send their sons to school
| and expect them to learn ever! ....ng from
teachers and textbooks.
They themselves are usually so en-
crossed in money-making that they give no
time to their families. or not enough in
many instances, to become acquainted with
them.
They know nothing of the temperament.
tastes or inclinations of their sons. II the
fathers go on expeditions for recreation,
they are accompanied by business partners
or social cronies. The boys are not in
cluded in their parties. They are held at
arms length from the one person OF all
others with whom they wish to be aseo-
ciated.
Boys, with their bounding spirits and
their boisterous, restless manners. are gen.
orally considered a nuisance in the home.
Fathers are too busy to help them work
of some Of their superfluous energies. and
too many mothers think themselves too
nervous to endure the noise Of their boys
and their companions, SO OF they go for
companionship to some place where they
can make all the noise they wish.
There is no question but half OF the haz-
ing and rowdyism Of schools and even col
leyes is the outburst of'long. pent-up anima!
spirits in boys who have never known real
companionship in the home.
A boy with enough brains to achieve any
place in life should first discover his possi-
bilities through his companionship with his
father and his mother. who can do more to
arouse his ambition and his confidence In
himself than any one else.
II fathers would suggest to their sons
that after finishing their duties they would
all together have some diversion in the way
Of games. fishing. hunting or some recrea-
ton that could be enjoyed according to tne
season Of the year, they would soon gee good
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results. II the parents would inquire into
each days achievement at school and re-
ward each in some way, they would find
redoubled interest on the part OF the boys
In their studies.
Fathers should not condemn their boys
unheard. when they get into fights. but
should be on sucn friendly and confidential
terms with them as TO gain the truths
and nothing but the truth from them. III
a father thinks his boy In the wrong he
should point out. when absolutely alone
with him, the mistakes the boy has made
and the course he should pursue in the
matter. If. on the contrary, the boy is
right and has acted In self-defense. or has
resented an insult, let this manifestation
of self-respect be approved. Boys who
have no self-respect are towards and Of all
creatures the most contemplate.
Parents can save their children by eter-
nal vigilance expressed In a thousand nat
ural ways without laying down laws that
they know intuitively will be broken. Rath-
er cultivate In your children so much self
respect that there can be no danger of their
compromising themselves by evil ~associa-
tons.
I have vivid recolections Of q proud
spirited. joyous. noisy, ahectionate boy.
who was always coming in like . storm to
know If he could not bring some boys into
the house or yard at our home to build for
tifcations, erect theaters, menageries, or
something that meant debris. confusion ans
lots Of fun for himself and his compar
ions. 81
1 thank God that permission and a helk
ing hand were always given. The anguish
over his untimely death, while gallAntly
country, Is unmingled with remorse for
having denied him perfect freedom and
happiness at home.
1t should be as natural to make the home
happy for the boys as for the girls. We
should 20 farther and impress upoh the
boys feel that there IL no place like home,
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any love affair" but there are very few
who never had but one. Why? On, be-
cause. 1 suppose, most people would just
rs soon he hanged for stealing a flock as
for stealing one sheep.
Men and women do not love before they
are 80. mel especially. Until then 1t is lit
tie more than rehearsing. Fortunate are
those who retain for the play the same
company they had engaged for the re-
hearsal.
A woman never forgets. however old she
may be. that she was once very beautiful.
VIII should she? The pity is that she Very
often forgets that she is so no longer.
My pet aversion in society, Is the woman OF
Co who succeeds in making herself look
80, thinks she is 40. acts as il she were
80, and dresses ASH she were %.
The ~ancients used to represent Love with
a torch In his hand. / believe he carries it
still. But. then. considering this as a fact.
what a pity that the virtue of man and
woman was placed on a barrel of powder.
1t is n mistake for a married couple to
consider that marriage has made them one.
To be attractive to each other they should
each preserve their personality quite dis
tinct. Marriage is very often dull because
man and wife are one. and feel lonely.
Most people get bored in their own COM
pany.
In love the two most dangerous poisons.
are boredom and safety. People with inn
agination avoid the first; intelligent ones
avoid the second.
Happiness IN matrimony is sober, serious,
based on love, confidence and friendship.
Those who seek in it friyolity. pleasure.
noise and passion condemn themselves TO
penal servitude.
The great misfortune of mankind is that
matrimony Is the only vocation for which
candidates have had no training. Yet 1t is
the ore that requires the most careful
preparation.
The favorite food of love is mystery. II
clothes had never been invented. there
might never have been any love among the
dwellers of the earth.
If a man is not TO a certain extent i'll at
ease in the presence of a woman. you may
be quite sure that he does not really love
her.
On the part of a husband violent jealousy
Is an insult 10 his wife; but delicate. dis \
Greet jealousy is almost a compliment TO
her. for 1t proves his lack OF se,t-ccnfi- !
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-22
FOLK PLUS

New York's late experiences with the gambling
element should prove interesting to the public as well
as to the officials of ST. Louis at the present time.
There were laws upon New York's statutes pro
hibiting gambling. Gambling houses fourished OPEN
ly, VIGOROUSLY. Public complaint arose from time TO
time to demand that the laws be enforced. Police
raids were made at intervals, which the gamblers
prophetic souls were always able to anticipate.
Seemingly the gamblers possessed q superhuman
prescience Of where and when the lightning would
strike. The police always found the joints closed or
their occupants engaged in innocent a~musements. In
reality the gamblers had tips straight from head
quarters as to the time and place of tempt
raids.
District Attorney Jerome determined to probe the
relations of the police and the gamblers. Tammany,
being responsible for the police, shrewdly attempted
tee of fifteen irreproachable men for the purpose of
upright the fifteen might be, there was ample OPP
portunity for the corrupt force in Tammany to ap-
prise the gamblers of the ffteen's plans.
jerome therefore undertook personal raids. These
were successful. Gamblers were caught red-handed.
The police graft" was exposed. Police officials were
convicted Of levying blackmail upon the nefarious
establishments under q wholesale system Of police
protection"
For ST. louis, however, the significance of New
York's experience does not lie in these facts. There
is no evidence that the st. Louis police are guilty of
grating or have been guilty. Gambling has not
been done here to a great extent, certainly not boldly
and VIGOROUSLY. Just now the police are performing
their duty. They are not making fake" raids. It
would appear nevertheless that they have not been