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New-York tribune., 1903-03-05
REPORT FROM PENNSYLVANIA.

Mrs S Bernstein. State president of PennsyI-
vania does not contine her Sunshine work eXclus-
ivelv to those needing cheer in her own State but
her sunny greetings go to shut in members IN
different States who were on her list long before
tho orpanizatfon of the T. S. s. During February
she remembered 1O5 with useful and entertaining
gifts Mrs Bernstein reports the death OF Pennsyl-
vania invalid members. Mrs Mary H Pultz or
TanesbOro and Miss frankie Wood, Of Athens
D. this announcement the T. S. s. correspondents
oF these members will know why their letters have
No, be4r answered The president also reports that
Howard F Brown OF Athens is still i'll and always
ill no as he suffers from curvature of the spine
YIN some of tho Pennsylvania members SEQ that
e IL not forotten in distribution Of sunshine?
New-York tribune., 1903-03-05
MEAT CREATES DRINK HABIT. ="
4 White Ribboner Thinks Beef Trust a
Temperance Factor.

If had my way I would wipe every saloon
81 the face OF the earth would close every door
ever opened 70 provide Intoxicating liquors L
would build a chapel every go feet throughout
greater New-York. as understand that no saloon
oan legally exist within thar distance Of a place
~ divine worship
This declaration by the Rev. Dr.. Babcock at yes
terday's afternoon session of the County Woman's
Christian Temperance Union. held in the New
York Presbyterian Church, OF which he is pastor,
called forth vigorous and prolonged applause
However" continued the speaker, Il realize that
rhers fs. sn honest dfverEerce Of views on this
subject aid, while 7 deDrecate from the bottom
~ nv soul the moral nearxghtedness OF min
7ster OF God who sees In the saloon social neces-
stty or thinks any good end is served by handing
over the first DAY Of the week to the gtn1n1A, L m
willing to give my differing brother the credit OF
an honest conviction and keep On in my own way
which is that Of total abstinence and an old fash
icned Sunday
Mrs Ella A. Booze thought that II the signing OF
2 total abstinence pledge and the promise never
10 smoke were made obligatory upon everyone de-
string 70 unite with any Christian church IT would
-'at once range the church one side and the
drunkards on the other. and prove the first step
toward giving tntemperance the death blow OF the
ballot
vice
In speaking of what the press could do to aid the
the average citizen was rarely above the level
Us to spend their pennies on the sheets that
binarcn Of cheap fruits and the Beef Trust as
factors II the wide spreading OF Temperance o..
rnented liquors Dr. Waite asked the whole audi
lzxins eSeTcises before they listened to her re-
marks For two minutes Of the twelve allowed Dr..
snd stnginS arms but ali declared they felt bet
ter and "Eaked up" when they got through
New-York tribune., 1903-03-05
p1J<n MEMBER CHEERED.

The name of Miss Martha A. Miller. blind
member at the Chaplin Home. on East Sixty-sixth-
Ct has been forwarded to the State Librarian for
the Blind at Albany. that she may share IN the tree
1istribution Of reading matter Miss Miller is six
tvs;x wears old and sight left her suddenly two
wears ago but this terrible misfortune has not de-
tracted from but rather added to her native. sunny
d,snosi+Ior so that every one who meets her feels
the insnjration Of her presence. She has learned
fo read the books for the blind. and one OF the
Greatest pleasures Of her darkened life Is reading
when foid that she could have constant reading
from Albany she said: This Is indeed sunshine
To one who sits in the shadows. and am deeply
New-York tribune., 1903-03-05
cANrATA AT CALVARY CHURCH.

A. Corfng-Thomas's cantata. THE Swan and Sky
lark viii be given at Calvary Methodist Episcopal
Church One-hundred and twenty -ninth-st and Sew
enth-ave this evening, under the direction OF A y
Cornell. The solosts will be Katharine Cordner-
Heath Nine. Josephine Jacoby, William A. Veg
ener and lGwilym Miles Florence Brown Shepard
Will be the organist and Corinne Woierstetn the
nsanist Thev will be assisted by a chorus OF one
hundred selected voices. THE Swan and Skylark
has been rendered here only once, and that some
New-York tribune., 1903-03-05
TO DISCUSS NEWSPAPERS.

Newspapers. Their Legitimate Field Is the
subject to discussed Friday morning at the
Lenox Avenue Unitarian Church by the New-York
League of Unitarian Women. Mrs. ". s. Burton
will read q paper the American Newspaper"
and MIS-. Herbert deya on The Foreign News
paper" Mrs Eeyn is a daughter Of DIR. Senner.
formerly Commissioner cf Emigration for New
York The phfl6ntaropic news committee VIII pre-
sent q report on Newspaper Philanthropy In New
York"
New-York tribune., 1903-03-05
REQUESTS

Quest for reading matter for Miss Fannie Trenary.
of Boyce. Va whose life is sad and lonely. Miss
J. Olmstead. president OF Manhattan Branch No.
IL, would like pair Of bedroom shoes for an tn
valid baby clothes for a poor mother and q skirt
and waist for girl OF sixteen years who has just
secured work and needs these articles OF clothing
had
New-York tribune., 1903-03-05
FOR WORK IN JAPAN.

The woman's Missionary Society of the Uni
versaIist Church is raising 1900 to send another
woman missionary and teacher to Japan. Sarah
H. Macvey. corresponding secretary, of No 2o2
South Ninth-st-. Brooklyn. reports that S224 has
already been subscribed for this purpose. and a
committee has been appointed to select some
earnest young woman, closely identified with the
work of the church and who. If successful, will
make q life work of this helpful erdeavOr.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-05
NOTICE

All letters and packages intended tor '"e
r. =. =. should he addressed 70 .
York City. II the above address Is careiuAI
obHerved Communications inteDde1 @ TOT Tne
r : = will be less likely TO 20 AAIE.:: I'm
Tribune Sunahfne Society has no CtI9cS COZ tioH
wi other OFEunlIRIlIn OF
naInR the word "Sunsh1ne'
New-York tribune., 1903-03-05
THE SMILES.

II there were smiles for sale
At some fair market where r
The rich. the poor. the low. the niSm,
Might hurry with their change u o"E'
What crowds would gather 'heie'
We; there are smiles enough
And each might have his snare
IF every man would do or say
One-jlIst one-kind thing every Gay
To lift some others care kiser
New-York tribune., 1903-03-05
G. 3. SHELDON auYs COUNTRY HoME.

The J. Harvey Ladew place at Glen Cove Long
Island comprising forty five acres. n tin" h"uS"
and large stables. has been sold to George r.
Sheldon. the banker. of this city. who will occupy
IL as a country home. The I4adew place - on' "
the show places of that part of Long Island
New-York tribune., 1903-03-05
RT-SY .nTNIORS.

Since the last report Of the Merrtck uong Isian0
3uror branch the children have been busy scatter
ing sunshine They have taken flowers. fresh milk
and butter TO those in need of cheer: have made
friendly calls and passed on bundles OF reading
New-York tribune., 1903-03-05

The longer on this earth we live
And weigh the various qualities or men.
Seeing how most are fugitive
Or ftful gifts at best, or now and then
Wind wavertl copse lights daughters OF the ZEN
The more W. feel the high. stern featured beauty
OF plain devotednesS to duty.
Steadfast and still. nor paid with mortal praise.
But finding amplest reCOmpense
For life's unga rlanded expense.
In work done squarely and unwasted days
flames Russell Lowell
New-York tribune., 1903-03-05

urgent. The generous donors may be assured that
their sunshine contributions will be passed on TO
those most in need Of cheer A friend in Tarry-
town. \. Y. has kindly offered to give S. II need
ed for this special case all the generous friends
who did not give names the president Of the T =
s desires to extend her hearty thanks TO them
through the column for their quick and kindly re-
sponSes.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-05
a WASTED ORNAMENT.

Old Graybeard-It's pity to keep such a pretty
bird in cage. w. soo.r,,
Mrs. De StyIe-Isn't it shame? How perIecIiy
New-York tribune., 1903-03-05
EoR+m AND SMILE

Rettar by far you should forget and smile
A-0'' -(ChristtnS RoaseeA
New-York tribune., 1903-03-05
RIeH AllHRllINe lENELRY

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-12
NEW WEAPON AGAINST
THE TOBACCO TRUST
Chicago Retailers Adopt Stamp to Mark
Independent Goods and Furnish
Sinews of War.

CHICAGO. Dec. I2.-Nearly every in
dependent retail cigar and tobacco man
in Chicago attended the meeting OF the
American Cigar Dealers Association
here. to vote on what is considered the
most extensive move ever contemplated
BY the association.
As a result of the meeting a plan OF
stamping goods was adopted which win
net the association over S1.OOO.oo0 an
nuaIly, 20 be used in fighting what are
called the trust dealers"
The association also adopted resolu-
tions which make it illegal to take into
membership any person employed by
the trust stores. The members OF the
association who are employed by these
stores, or in any way connected with
them, will be expelled. according 10 the
officers of the association.
Every cigar, cigarette or package Of
tobacco which is sold by independent
tobacco dealers in any part OF America
viii hereafter bear a stamp which Will
identify il as independent goods" said
President Edward Holman. These
stamps also will be a means Of raising
funds for our fight against the trusts.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-12
HENRI De ROTHSCHILD
HEIR TO VAST FORTUNE
Baron ArthuT's Death Totally Unex-
pected, Although He Had Been
Ill Some Time.

MONTE CARLO, Dec. 12.-General re-
greet is evinced among visitors and resi-
dents at the news of the sudden death
Of Baron Arthur de Rothschild.
He had been in poor health for some
time. Indeed, he had never completely
recovered from the effects of a serious
Illness that Frustrated him last year.
and was suffering from a complication
of uremia and heart disease.
He returned to Monte Carlo early In
October from Aix-les- Bains, where he
had undergone a course of treatment
that failed to give him much relief, and
he arrived here very much enfeebled and
depressed.
Nothing, however, indicated that his
illness would terminate fatally with
such rapidity The baron rose. as usual.
Thursday. and was about to go through
his mail, when he fell backward in his
armchair. His valet called for help, but
all medical skill was unvailing-the
Baron de RothschiId was dead.
Nothing is known definitely in regard
to his testamentary dispositions, but II
is believed that the bulk of his fortune,
estimated at between 1900 O0Of and S.
to his nephew. DR.. Henri de Rothschild,
who has arrived here by the Rapide
from Paris to make arrangements for
the funeral.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-12
LESLIE EDISON AMENDS
BILL FOR INJUNCTION
Declares He Has No Connection With a
Washington Concern.

In the suit of W. Leslie Edison. son
of Thomas a. Edison, for an injunction
against the Edison Automobile Com
pany Of Washington. and David K. and
George T. Joslin. the complainant has
filed an amendment to his original bill
I'm which he alleges that "as soon as
he became aware Of the nature of the
representations made to him ne refused
to have anything further TO do with
the business begun by the defendants,
and refused to recognize the legality
of the Edison Automobile Company, of
Washington. ID. {. He says he and
Thomas A. Edison are not connected
with the company nor has IT the right
10 use the name of the latter"
Proceedings have been begun in New
Jersey by Thomas A Edison and the
Edison Storage Battery Company, ask
ing for a permanent Injunction against
all the defendants in this case.
Edward S. DuvaIl Is named as coun-
sci for the complainant.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-12
HOPE TO RE-ESTABLISH
FRIENDLY RELATIONS
Mr.. Bowen and General Reyes Seek Re-
sumption of Diplomatic Intercourse
Between Colombia and Venezuela.

Herbert W. Bowen, the American
minister to Venezuela, and Gen. Rafael
Reyes, Colombia's special envoy, had a
conference yesterday afternoon to ar
range, if possible. for a renewal Of dip
lomatic negotiations between Venezuela
and Colombia. For long time these
two republics have been on bad terms,
each one charging the other with en-
couraginB revolutions against 1t. Mr..
Bowen and General Reyes are anxious
that past scores may be wiped out. and
they will use their influence with Pres
ident Marroquin, at Bogota, and Pres
ident Castro, at Caracas, respectively, to
re-establish friendly relations
General Reyes, at Mr.. Bowen's in
stance. has cabled Bogota recommend
ing that Colombia appoint consuls TO
Venezuela on February ], and minister
on March l. on condition that Venezuela
do the same.
Mr.. Bowen, upon his return TO Car
acas. will bring the matter to Presl-
dent Castro's attention. and there is
little doubt it will obtain his approval
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-12
NOTABLE DECREASE
IN NUMBER OF SHEEP
Output of Clipped and Pulled Wool for
Present Year Also Below
That of Isoa-

A heavy decline in the number of
sheep and the amount or wool in the
United States is noted in the Crop Re
porter for December in the following
statement:
1.-THE National Association of Wool
Manufacturers estimates the number OF
sheep on hand in the United States,
April 1. 1903. at 80, 2S4. 900 head against
AZ. 1s4. 122 head on the same date in 1902,
a decrease for the year of $500 122 head.
The wool clip of 1903 is estimated at
245, $4,000 pounds of fleece and a. GO 100
pounds of pulled. wool making a total
wool product of PSI. $50. 900 pounds Of wool
in The grease. The corresponding fig
ure5 for 1902. as estimated by the same
authority. were 2T4.94l. 0s2 pounds IF
fieece1 wool and 42.O0O.OOo pounds Of
pulled. making a total wool product for
1902 Of 1881. O32 pounds. The estimated
dc -ref Sc in the wool clip of 1903 as com
psred With that of 1902 is therefore Is
s9l, O32 pounds.
The per cent of shrinkage in securing
for the 1903 clip is estimated at COS per
cent for fleece wool and 80 per cent for
secured, so that the total 1903 clip as
expressed in terms of secured wool
amounts to 124, 800, 405 pounds. In 1902 the
shrinkage in securing was estimated at
an even so per cent for fleece and 80 per
cent for pulled wool, the total 1902 prod
uct of secured wool being estimated at
1S7, .0S5 pounds. The decrease in the
output CT secured wool in 1908 as com
pared with that OF 1902 is thus estimated
to be Is. 545. $50 pounds.
The average weight of fleece in 1903
Is estimated at SIS pounds. a decrease
of % pounds from the average weight
in 1902. which was put at $50 pounds.
The average weight Of fleece in 1901 was
6.33 pounds. and 6.46 pounds in 1900.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-12
WASHINGTON FARMERS
TO RECEIVE REWARD

TACOMA, Wash, Dec 12.-Five Lin
coin farmers. who surrounded and shot
bandit Harry Tracy in August of last
year, will receive the 1900 reward which
Governor Mcbride offered for us cap
ture, dead or alive.
The reward has been held up fifteen
months because of a suit brought by
the sheriff of Lincoln county and others
present on the morning following the
fight with Tracy, when his lifeless body
was found I'm a wheatfleld, where he
had committed suicide rather than be
captured. The suit went against those
claimants.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-12

homes of the poor and see a teapot
standing on the back of the stove,
stewing away from morning till night,
filled up from time to time with not
water and few more of the dried
leaves, and serving to relieve thirst
or stimulate jaded nerves at intervals
all through the day. The people who
drink this decoction might almost as
we'll drink strychnine, though the lat
ter would kill them more suddenly.
Tea leaves which have been soaked
III hot water more than very few
minutes are rank poison. Tea stew
six hours old is enough to run any
human digestion-an animals would
probably know too much to touch it.
The one thing whiah is more needed
than any other for the amelioration
of the condition of the poor is instruc-
lion in cooking. The little money they
have to spend on food is too often
made nearly useless by bad cooking
and the cooking schools, being intend
ed for people OF large incomes, do not
often meet the needs of those whose
marketing must be done day by day,
ten cents worth or five cents worth at
time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-12
The Crusade Business.
A Time Honored Word Carelessly Used
in Season and Out.

It has come to be the fashion to re-
fer to pretty much every popular
movement against something which
somebody considers wrong as a "eTu-
SADIE" We have heard references to
crusades against RI n, against tea, and
coffee and pie, against corsets, against
cigarettes, against slang, and for all
that anybody knows there may be a
crusade against mosquitoes one of
these days. That is a crusade which
really might be termed a holy war.
since mosquitoes have undoubtedly
caused many men to endanger their
immortal souls by swear words.
There Is, of course, not overmuch
reason for considering the word cru
SADIE as sacred. Tie original crusade
business was started ostensibly for the
purpose of taking certain land away
from people who had been living there
for centuries and had a good title, and
it was paid for largely out Of the
pockets of Jewish persons whose an
cestors used to own that land, but who
would, undoubtedly, be forbidden to
set foot on it if the crusaders ever got
il into their possession The real rea-
son for the crusades probably was 9
Gesire for advertising military prov
ess and possibly desire to stimulate
trade with the Orient, though if the
latter had anything TO Go with the ex
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-12

petition it was probably not talked
about by the rank and file. The adj
vertising end of the performance,
however, was treated with all possible
publicity. Every knight openly al
mitted that ne wanted to advertise
himself, and paid literally for the
privilege. Witness the account books
of the heralds.
For all that, there was the redeem
ing element of self-sacrifice In the old
crusaders. They staked their for
tunes on the ventafe, some of them,
and they all took their chances of find
ing their affairs at skies and sevens,
and their sweethearts married to other
men, when they got back. The mod
ern crusade has none Of these fea-
lures. 1t is advertising pure and SIM
pie. Some sensation-loving clergy
man breaches a sermon some Sunday
evening saying that he does not APP
prove of women wearing hats IN
church, and the papers come out next
morning with the news that Mr..
Whizzer has started a crusade Against
hats. Another occupies bright sum-
mer Sunday morning in telling his
congregation that he viii not allow
women to come into his church hat
less, and the papers say that he has
started a crusade against hatless
women. Mrs. Nation takes a Ratchet
and starts on a crusade against pretty
much everything, including the peace
oe the ordinary citizen, and makes
money by it. There ought to be a
| limit to this modern crusading bust
less, and it might be a good thing to
have the limit set at the starting post.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-12
Not Malignant Trouble.

That the growth in the Emperor's
throat has not been Of n malignant
character is now established beyond all
manner of doubt, and If his recovery
from the somewhat trivial operation to
which he was subjected has been rather
slow. It has been due entirely to the
fact that he was at the time when II
was undertaken so terribly run down
from fatigue that for two or three
months beforehand his medical advisers,
as well as the Empress, had been urg-
ing him to take a rest.
There is no harder worker in the Ger
man empire than the Kaiser. whose in
tense activity is apparent in every phase
OF German life, and whose intense
energy, physical as well as mental. has
for a long time past not allowed him
sufficient rest. II naturally follows that
when overtaken by an illness such as
that from which he has been suffering.
the recovery is somewhat more low
than II ne had been at the time IN
less fatiRued condition.
Then, 700, IL is only natural that his
physicians and his family should insist
upon more than ordinary caution being
exercised during his cOnvaiescence. In
view Of the nature Of the death which
robbed him OF his father and also OF
his mother.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-12
Tea and Coffee Drunkenness.
The Evil Effects of Badly Selected Diet
on the Poor.

A tenement-house philanthropist
has recently made the statement that
more tea and bread are consumed by
the poor than by other people, in pro-
portion to the amount of food eaten !;
and that. IN fact, tea is the one thing
which is always found on the table
whether any meat and vegetables are
there or not The statement is also
made that tea-drinking induces desire
for tobacco and whisky.
There is doubtless reason in this,
but tea-and-coffee-t need not
therefore preach abstinence from all
hot drinks except hot water The
trouble with the diet Of the poor is
not 10 be mended by forbidding them
to drink tea. OF course, a properly
varied diet is better for any human
being than tea and bread, but the OWL
effects Of the tea are due mainly to
the fact that most people do not know
how to make it. One may go into the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-12
The Vanity of Riches.
The Value of Precept Versus Example
in Teaching the Young.

Mr.. Rockefeller, junior, in address
ing his Bible class the other day, is
said to have explained to the young
men that, to paraphrase Solomon's
advice to women, riches are deceitful
and stocks are vain, but the man that
feareth the Lord, lie shall be praised.
But, Just as it is not on record that
any young woman was ever induced
by the words of Solomon to neglect
her personal appearance in favor of
prayer meetings, or that Solomon
chose any of his numerous spouses on
that principle, so it is doubtful
whether the members of Mr.. Rookie
feller's Bible class viii be induced by
his teaching to abandon the pursuit
of riches, when he and his respected
father are examples so conspicuous of
the profits of the other course.
Apparently in the fear that OBJ
servations of the workings of the
Standard Oil Company may lead to
the pauperism of his Bible class,
young Mr.. Rockefeller recently took
occasion to explain to them that they
could not expect him to supply a GER
tain $15 needed for running expenses,
and that if each member Of the class
would give ten or fifteen cents the
sum could be made up without his aid
BY simple process of deduction the
class will then reason that cent
added TO the price of a gallon of oil
will, when multiplied by the number
of the producers, make up-no mat
ter exactly how many dollars in d
year. 1t may have been intended as a
kindergarten lesson in Standard Oil
methods, or as advice never to pay
anything which poorer people can be
made to pay for you, or some other
kind Of moral instruction, but Mr..
Rockefeller evidently extorted that
so on principle, if one could only
find out what the principle was. The
one thing which it could not possibly
have meant was that no self-respect-
ing person will allow another to do
for him what he can do for himself,
for Mr.. Rockefeller certainly could
have paid that $15.
AS an influence In commercial edu-
cation, the Rockefeller Bible class is
doubtless a success; but it cannot be
expected to teach the vanity of
money-making until Rockefeller,
senior, goes out of business, and
Rockefeller, junior, follows the advice
Of the New Testament to sell all his
goods and give to the poor, that he
may have treasure in heaven.