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him, to carry in my mind picture of
his spare form, his benevolent face,
framed in white hair and upheld by
white "GalwayS' beneath his chin,
and the memory of his piping voice.
He was so remarkable that he foresaw
years ago all the needs of great in
dustrial institute, and laid plans for
it that have needed no changing. He
did not, however, endow Cooper insti-
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tute. After his death, Mr. Hewitt ard
a few others of the family, with
blowing of trumpets, furnished
money necessary to run the union a..s
to build it up. At the time of their last
great gift, year ago, they had given
1t sums more than equaling all that
they received as legacies from the
Cooper estate.
Mr.. Hewitt was in everything but APP
pearance and voice as singular a per-
sonality as his father-in-law. 1t was
pleasure to see him and Edward
Cooper, brothers-in-law and lifelong
friends, making in those last days one
OF their infrequent visits to their down
town otfice-a pair of bent, white
haired old men, irritable, but kindly, if
you admit the possibility of the de-
scription.
Mr.. Hewitt was a favorite with
newspaper men-when they under
stood him. For years he was in bad
odor with them because as congress-
man he denied an interview with him
printed by E. G. Dunnell, long the
Washington man" of the Times. I
can understand how it happened. L
once took to him an interview to re-
wise. 1t was accurate, somewhat in
formal in phrasing.
Il didn't say that" the old man
complained. why did you clip my
speech so? Educated men don't say
don't"
And so, repeating the very express
sion to which he objected, he cor
rected" the offending word, and all
was well.
o o O
Mr.. Rockefeller as n Sunday school
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-02-12

Father-What did l tell you I was
going to do to you if 1 caught you
smoking again?
Johnnie-If you don't remember it,
pa, you needn't think I'm going to
tell you!-Woman's Home CompaH-
ion. ------- -----'-
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greatest work was
not as mayor of
New York, nor as
member of con-
gress, nor as "old
man eloquent and
irascible," giving
advice upon pub
lie questions, but
as the principal
builder of Cooper
Union.
P e t er Cooper
was a remarkab BILE
IN a n , too. I'm
glad TO have seen
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day-school class.
Clubs and Sun
day-schools don't
go together in
the usual catego-
ries, b Il t n e w
York's different.
Besides, it isn't
exactly the usual
club. There is al
ready a G. u b.
house, but it is
too small for the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-02-12

A white rust is an unexplained "dis-
ease" of English and German galvan-
lied iron that has developed within a
year or two.-N. Y. Sun.
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making one of the
IN o S t talked of
men in the city
still talked of even
w h e n h e h a S
passed from sight.
One claims a por-
ton of his wealth
as his wife and the
mother of his chill
dren, another for
deferred wages as
housekeeper, an
other for compen-
sation for having
sung to the old
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o o o


Mr., Rouss selected his own middle
name of "Broadway." 1t was part of
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-02-12
What the People of New
York Do 10 Be Talked About

The three women who are suing the
estate of Charles Broadway Rouss are
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-02-12
Mr.. Rockefeller as n Sunday School
Teacher

Young John d. Rockefeller is happy,
in planning a clubhouse for his Sun
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-02-12

Mrs. Astor's annual ball is looked
to as a clearing up and final de-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-07-02

ular; SO, too, are "tag," "leap frog"
"ddck on a rock" jumping ropes, and
others equally as rural.
OF all of these "tag" is probably the
most popular with the children. II
affords amusement for an indefinite
number, and is game at which the
novice may play as well as those edu-
Gated in it. 1t is the great evening
game of the ghetto district when that
section is alive with the little folks
after their day of labor in the sweat
shops.
Two things are responsible for the
introduction, or rather regeneration,
of these old games. One is the kinder
garten, the teachers of which make
every effort possible to instill love
for such games for the reason that
they afford amusement and exercise
without an attendant expense. The
other is the play grounds of the pubic
schools. The board of education have
at a number of schools exerted their
best efforts in providing the children
with the means for healthy exercise
and innocent amusement during the
play hours, and here these games hold
sway for the reason that they are not
limited as to numbers. The teachers
find in such games an educational
value as well as a means of healthy ex-
ercise.
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the regeneration of society, with talks
by Mr.. Crafts and other reformers
against gambling, intemperance, the
social evil and every other kind of un-
cleanness. The hotel will be the resort
of reformers of all sorts, who will
crowd into Washington when congress
is in session to lay their various
schemes before the lawmaking power
Crafts expects to have very busy
winter of it. He will have on hand the
case of Apostle Smoot, whose presence
in the senate is Objectionable to
great many people, and he will have to
conduct the agitation against estab-
fishing an opium monopoly in the Phil
ippines, which is just beginning to at
tract attention. Then he will have on
hand his usual batch of measures for
regenerating congress and purifying
every other department of the govern
ment.
Crafts has developed his Christian
lobby into regular and f1ourishIng
business. He is responsible for nine
tenths of the petitions which are sent
into congress, encouraging the petit
ton industry by sending out countless
circulars and blanks to religious and
temperance organizations all over the
country. These printed petitions pour
into congress by the million and they
never receive the slightest attention;
for their artificial character is under.
stood,
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rant in New York, except the very
high class ones-and these uso few
pies, anyhow-has pretended to make
its own pies. There is a standard pie
everywhere. Thompson did it.
So Mr.. Gilman, who died two years
ago leaving fortune of $4,000, 900,
gained it by the bright idea of giving
away cheap, snowy crockery with pur-
chases of tea and coffee. So the orig
inal Horton made fortune by organic
ing the ice cream business on large
scale. All these men began in small
way and crept slowly but surely to
success.
There used to be sign on the East
side that amused me. 1t was Boston
Baked Bean Foundry" Out of the
Foundry" the energetic owner ham
nered fortune. He was from Boston
himself, just as young Thompson was
from the pie belt of New York
state. The one could find in New York
no such pies as his mother made; the
other hungered for the real Boston
beans, baked in pot with a narrow
mouth that kept in ali the rich juices,
not dry and parched in shallow pan.
as was then the New York style.
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The Broker at Luncheon. standard business
houses are working overtime, the rail-
roads are complaining that they
haven't cars or tracks enough, yet the
prices of stocks have been for weeks
at panic level-without the panic.
Brokers eat apples for luncheon, and
a Boston plunger who once tried for
the honor of defending the Americas
cup has sold his yacht between two
days"
Did make any mistake, two years
ago and again a year ago. in stating in
these letters that the price of stocks
was too high and that there was a
slump in prospect? Ifwhat then said
could have prevented few of my
friends on the old farms in the country
where 1 was raised" from buying
New York Central at about 100 upon
margins" / should be better salts
fed. Preaching does little gOod-but
Central has dropped below 125 recent
ly, and the margined men were long
ago wiped out" More amazing was
the dropping of Pennsylvania stock, a
SIIl-cuSS investment security pay III 3
six per cent. dividends and held by
many thousands of Pensylvanians in
their stockings, to an even lower fig
ure. Bought at 100, the issue price of
the new stock, it pays five per cent. not
counting the rise likely in the princi-
pal. All the doctors in the street are
wondering what's the matter; but the
country plows along just the same.
Many a millionaire whose name is
still household word the country
over has lost half his fortune; financial
skill, sagacity famed the world
around, the prestige of Morgan even
could not stay the slump. Happy the
man who did not buy in at the top
though if he paid cash and took his
purchase home he's better off than
many supposedly rich man Of the
street.
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ulysses D grant, lhito, comes the silent,
phlegmatic man, but for his growing
badness astonishingly like the old
general. who is known to army and
nation as Brig. Gen. Frederick Dent
Grant.
Gen. Grant has been minister to
Austria, but since the Spanish war the
military germ in his blood has done
its work, and he is to the army faith.
full. Year by year he grows more like
his father. His taciturnity is like that
of the elder Grant. He will talk inter
estingly, entertainingly with force and
insight.
Young Grant, the cadet, has the
square head of the family, inherited
from long line of Covenanters. He IL
illustrates in his personal appearance
curious law of inheritance. He is
taller than either his father and grand
father, and many shades darker az to
his hair and eyes.
Mr.. Gladstone used to say that the
blue-eyed races of Europe, among
whom must be reckoned such as the
lowland Scottish Grants, were rapidly
growing darker. Within his time, he
said, he had personally seen the av-
erage of men and women in English
society become appreciably darker.
The men and women of New York
to-day are in the average quite dark
complexioned. Here it is largely a
matter of immigration, but is it alto
gether that? OWEN LANGDON.
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staggering unuch
crushing burden. To sustain" their
dubious issues they had to abandon
''some thing that would sell" in
word, the finest stocks on the market
have been for weeks hawked about
on the bargain counter, and buyers,
who have been present all along, have
by dint of patience paid their own
prices.
The time to buy stocks is when the
market is blue and discouraged and
everybody is trying to sell. The time TO
sell is when everybody has the buying
fever. The time to speculate is never.
But heavy old conservative firms who
never speculate in the ordinary sense
of the word did "underwrite" more
stocks and bonds than the market
would digest" and they have been
hard hit. 1t is Wall street calamity
that hurts no one but Wall street.
1t has furnished the queer spectacle
of a professional gambler like Jim"
Keene coming to the aid of harassed
clique of great houses and obliSingly
''holding up" steel for them. Ordi-
narily steel would hardly need hold
ing up to price at which its shares
pay about II per cent. upon what they
cost. But people now distrust even the
most attractive ''industrials."
Vast as the steel corporation is, with
its declared earnings of 81, 100000 a
month or more and its 10000 stock
holders, it has played about seventh or
eighth fiddle to Pennsylvania in the
center of a speculative whirl in which
the pole-cutting fight of Cassatt and
Gould have been prominent. Penn
sylvania is the greatest railroad sys-
tenn in the world; it has not tracks
enough to carry its business; it is try
ing to place for the purpose an amount
of new stock which ever year ago
would have gone with whoop, but
which has now been made the excuse
of bear raid almost without prece-
dent. How much the personal antag-
onisms of the powerful Gould Rookie
Teller forces have had to do with it is
another matter.
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WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
Interesting Occasion.

On the Oneida Indian reservation in
the counties of Outagamie and Brown
was celebrated an interesting occa-
sion when for the first time in the his
tory of the Oneida Indians one of that
tribe was ordained full-fledged priest
of the Episcopal church, And for the
first time in the history of the tribe the
Holy Eucharist was celebrated in the
Oneida language, the celebrapt being
the newly ordained priest Onon-Gwat-
Go, whose civilized name is Cornelius
Hill. and who is one of the leading
chiefs of his tribe.
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all the physical and mental vigor of
man of so.
Harlan was appointed to the bench
by President Hayes, and it was said at
the time that he secured his appoint
ment by reason of his service as Wis
iting statesman in Louisiana during
the days when the election of Hayes
was trembling in the balance.
Be that as it may, nobody has ever
questioned the honesty and ability of
his course as justice, and he has always
been regarded as one of the strong
men on the bench.
He has always had an inclinati ton to-
wards politics of the stalwart kind,
and his friends say the presidential bee
Yet, in all his three score years and ten,
he has never held an elective office.
That has been a source of great grief
to him. If he were to retire from the
bench the only temptation would come
from sure prospect of being elected
to something, no matter how small
Harlan is a great pedestrian and a
devoted player of golf. He walks
every day five or six miles, and it is a
rare day that fails to see him on the
Chevy Chase links. 1t was Harlan who
first characterized golf as disease
not a game; and he is qualified to
Judge. Last summer he went up to
Canada with a trunk full of cases
which he had promised himself to
L
for the fall term. He began playing
golf the first day and he came home
without once opening the trunk
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The News Condensed.

The people of Marshall have formed
company, with a capital of $4,000,
to develop the peat beds in that vi
entity.
Trouble between mill men and lath
handlers at Marinette has been avert
ed by the companies granting the men
raise of Is cents per day.
The eighth annual picnic of the Or
der of Modern Woodmen of Columbia
county was held at Cambria. The day
was devoted to speeches and athletic
sports.
Prof. A. +. North, one of the best
known educators and writer's in the
state. died in Pewaukee, aged sc years.
Prof. North had lived in retirement
for several years.
Fire which broke out in the hayloft
of the Graham livery stable at Brod-
head caused loss of S1,1OO.
At the dinner of the alumni Of the
University of Wisconsin it was in all
seriousness proposed to establish at
the university a department for the
cultivation of humor, such as after
dinner speaking, story telling and car
looming.
Albert S. Caldwell, of Memphis,
Tenn. an old student of Racine col
leoe. has contributed $1,000 for the
erection of new building for the gym
nasium.
Beloit college has been given $780,
600 by Andrew Carnegie for library.
Word has been received that John
Gollmar, a Servian refugee in James
vile, has been pardoned by King
Peter. Gollmar was exiled by Draga's
orders.
Miss Mabel Windsor. aged 20 years,
daughter of B. F. Windsor, president
of the Windsor Spring company, was
killed in Kenosha by being thrown
from her horse while riding.
The photograph gallery and resi-
dence of S. o. Sargent, at Taylors Falls,
as well as the large hall owned by
stock company, were burned. Mr..
Sargent's loss is over $4,000.
Otto Stagman, who escaped from the
Winnebago county Jail on June Z, has
been recaptured at Ormeby, Langda!e
county.
Abraham Markala, young farmer
residing at Highbridge, was killed
while attempting to board freight
train.
A unique suit was commenced in the
circuit court in Milwaukee by Robert
Koerber against DR.. Arthur j. Patek,
The plaintiff charges the physician
with removing the stomach of Mrs.
Koerber, ST., taking it away and re.
fusing to restore it. For this he asks
S. 900 damages.
The board of regents of the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin has made up the BIZ
ennial budget for 1903-4-5, disposing of
an income from all sources, including
taxes, government grants and fuRds,
Of $4,000.
A sturgeon weighing 200 pounds
and measuring nine feet three inches
long. was caught on a bass line in the
Fox river near Oshkosh.
James McLaren, once prominent
citizen and clerk of the circuit court,
who suddenly disappeared from RAJ
cine more than ten years ago, is nov.
said to have been heard from in New
York.
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Ger Mail. Dn6H were DuEucO,
as nobody suspected that they were
anything but departmental trash.
Among them were autograph letters of
recommendation from famous public
men dating back 40 years-to the time
when public men were in the habit of
devoting a good share of their time to
recommending constituents to office
and when they would pen elaborate
testimonials to the heads of depart
nents.
That sort of thing has gone out of
date since the civil service commission
came into existence and the clerical
places in the departments were gath
cred into the classified service.
There are letters from Roscoe Conk-
ling, Horace Greeley, Charles Sumner
and James A. Garfield. There is a let
ter recommending the appointment of
the first woman who ever had posi-
ton in the department and one of the
first who ever received an appointment
in the government service. Most OF
them were addressed to Hora ito King,
who was postmaster general under
Buchanan for a few weeks before Lin
coin came in and to Montgomery Blair,
who was Lincoln's postmaster general.
The striking thing about all of the
letters is the peremptory tone in which
they are couched and the air of pro-
prietorship with which men not con-
nected with the department demanded
the privilege of naming the members
of the clerical force. Such letters
would receive scant courtesy now from
any cabinet officer; but, as a rule, in
1861 they seem to have prevailed.
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OF Jne times, II
not ahead of it. He took rail
way lines of the North and
West sides when the city was
clamoring for something better and
more modern than the mule car. He
gave them what they were asking
for-the cable and the trolley-and
then, when he had made fortune
from the operation of the lines. and
when the franchises were about to
expire, he unloaded at a good round
figure, and stepped out to begin anew
in London.
In that city he has already gained
a foothold, and when it is practically
too late the newspapers and the
public seem to find that he is asking
for more than the city should give.
With him he has associated Ameri-
can capital, much of it from Ameri-
ca, and among the men interested
are a number of his financial asso-
ciates in Chicago who profted by his
management here, and are not afraid
to trust him in London.
Another five years will see Mr..
Yerl<es and his American friends in
control of the transportation lines of
the British metropolis, while within
the same time it is hardly too much
to expect to see Chicago freed from
the grasp in which he held this city
and on the high road to municipal
ownership.
WRIGHT A. PATTERSON.
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Business. layers of tur
odds are hit by the public, but they
can afford to lose now and then.
When McChesney came in first at the
recent Harlem national handicap the
public was ahead to the extent of
about 100000, it being estimated
that the bookmakers had lost about
that amount, but they made it back,
with interest, on other races the
same day.
Race betting has never been
stopped in Chicago. At times the po-
lice close the poolrooms and the
bookmakers at the track have to
step down from their stands, but the
handbook man is ever present.
The business of the bookmaller Of
fers opportunities for nice calcula-
ton. The ideal "book" is one on
which the maker cannot lose, no mat
ter which horse wins, and to secure
this result it is necessary not only
to keep a close watch on the betting,
but to regulate it by constantly
changing the odds to keep the book
balanced
A bookmaker once said to me:
''Don't try to buck the game unless
you want to lose. We pay big prices
for the privilege of making books at
n track, we pay big salaries for our
help, and we are not in the business
for our health"
What was good advice for me is
good advice for the general public,
and it was given to me by friend.
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tied amount o
dirt. 1t is commonly known among it's
habitues as ''the Hog Trough" and the
"Quick and Dirty"
1t is a mint for its proprietors.
Every customer picks out his own
sandwich or pie, and pays for it as he
sees fit. There is absolutely no check
TO prevent his walking out without
paving if he sees fit. The personnel of
the establishment consists of three or
four men behind the counter who draw
coffee and milk, two proprietors who
take in change, and nondescript who
walks around with rag picking up
soiled mugs and wiping off the chair
seats.
Yet a greater number of distit-
guished public men probably patron
lie this place than any other eating
establishment in America. At almost
any time in the middle of the day one
IS sure to find some high government
official, a senator, congressman and
occasionally a member of the cabinet.
II i in the nature of news exchange
where al sorts of public questions are
talked over, and where any number of
nolitical schemes are suggested.
If would be hard for millionaire to
snand more than Is cents in the estab-
1isbment. and nobody ever thought of
snch a thing as trying to beat it out of
a lunch. 1t is frequented not only by
officials near at hand, but by those who,
like Public Printer Palmer, have to
drive a mile and a half in their car
riages to foregather there every noon.
# is a striking example of what can
grow out of an acquired habit.
LOUIS A COOLIDGE
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ing to be worth more than her hire.
Professional mourners we no longer
know nor wish TO know; of professional
cheerers-up it should not be possible to
know too many. We bespeak serious
rivalry for this old lady who looks
pleasant. Here is the happiest COM
bination of business and philanthropy.
She exhibits an idea worthy of indie
finite extension through an infinite
variety of clients.
There is no culture more important
or pressing, says the New York World.
than that of the smile which means
good cheer
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backed up by police statistics, charge
this remnant and their connections
with committing so per cent. of the
crimes annually recorded on the far
side of the Chevfots.
Welshmen seem to shun Scotland, as
only 2,673 were found there when the
census enumerators came round. Mar
riage is popular to the extent of 46.777
per cent. of males over Is years of age,
and fair womankind is appreciated to
the extent of A, PIT per cent of like ages.
While the widowers number ~, TAI, the
widows total no fewer than 175 .405,
which bears out the truth there lies IN
the now neglected ballad of Three
Women for Every Man."