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The Newark journal., 1903-02-27
HE STOPPED THE BELL.
And Gave the show n Chance There fore Was Entitled to Free
 Admission.

The requests for theater lavors in the small towns are very troublesome. Every person of local standing feels that he mas a right to admission at least, while the trus- tees and the constable feel that they are entitled to private boxes. Some of the requests are decidedly unique, says the Chicago lnter-0cean.
 Recently company played small southern city. The manager was taking the tickets at the door of the theater, and the natives were struggling 0 get in Sud denly" he tells, "a long, thin, bushy-chin- ned individual divided the folding doors with his shoulder and whispered confi- deutialy; I stop the bell l asked him to repeat. I stop the bell ho said again in a hoarse whisper. You will have to see the opera house manager and tell him what you stop, l said, reaching for tickets.
 He tripped up several ladies while back ing out Soon the manager of the house came in saving; Hes an right. he stops the bell 1 allowed him 10 go in, and after the people were seated l asked the local man what he meant hy He stops the bell. Well said he, This man is the lanitor of the town hall right opposite and on tshow nights" he does not ring nine or ten on the town clock You see, he said, 'it would disturb the performances and so the poor people do not know what time it Is until II o'clock. when the opera house is open If I had turned him down" he would have rung out nine and ten every half hour te get even.
The Newark journal., 1903-02-27
FAMOUS DEAD OF looz.
Half a DoxeH Names of Worldwide Prominence Head the Li~t
 of Losses.

In scanning the list of dead for the year 1902 there are not many names that stand out distinct and monumental, says Harper's Weekly. Of such, in the light of the present, are these: Cecil Rhodes, Rudolf Nirehow. Zola, Thomas E. Reed and Samuel Rawson Gardiner. Rhodes. whatever his methods may have been, ethically appraised, was d statesman with an imagination and an empire builder; Nirchow was a benefactor of his race, vastly pro longing mans life and happiness by his scientific discoveries; Zola, both as story-teller and a citizen of France, revealed passion for truth which was great compared with that of most of his French eontempora- ries; Reed had an intellectual and ethical equipment comparable to his physical superiority over most men of his time, and he lived long enough to know that his place was secure in the list of great parliamentarians; and Gardiner was, in the opinion of some, the greatest of historians next to Gibbon and Thueydides. If the boys of the English-reading world were to vote as to the death of the year causing the most irreparable loss. it is not certain whether their verdict would not fall on C. A. Hen tvs name. Of men who had lived so long as to be forgotten, and yet who once were famous as poets, we gave one to the list-Thomas Dunn English-and Great Britain the other letters prematurely taken off we mourn Frank Norris; the Scotch, George Douglass BrOwn-the for mer's "The Octopus" and the lat ter's "The House with the Green Shutters" marking them as men DO. tentially great. Of editors, the bril- liant and mordant Godkin, of the Nation, and the sane and conserva- tive Scudder, of the Atlantic, have read their fast proof and pennel their last exhortation. Two of Great Britain's most loyal and seryiceable AHAo'AANt9 Ait AllhAti ihlS OA DhiANl ltA and Lord Fauncefote-have been pro- noted to heavenly courts. Our naval list is much less rich in valor. intel leetuality. and lofty sense of duty by the premature death of Admiral Sampson. The world of art misses the living presence of B. Constant, J. c. Nibert, Tissot and Mesdag. and the Christian church moHrns prelates and preachers as notable as Cardinal Ledoehowski, Archbishops Corrigan, Feehan and Crol1e, Bishop William Taylor and Drs. Talnage, Newman Hall and Joseph Parker, and Rev. Hugh Price Hughes, while American Jewry mourns Chief Rabbi Joseph Jacob, leader among its people.
The Newark journal., 1903-02-27
.Inst in Time.

Broadland, So Dak., Feb. 23rd-Beadle county has never been so worked up as during the last lew weeks. Every one Is talking of the wonderful case of C. w. are best told in the following statement which MT Gray has just publsaed:
 'tI was dying. had given up all hope. l was prostrate and as helpless as little babe. l had been ailing with Kidney Trouble for many years and 1t finally turned to Bright s disease. All medicine had failed and was in despair.
 q ordered one box of Dodd's Kidney Pills and this first box helped me out of bed. l continued the treatment till now l am a strong, well man. l praise God for the day when decided to use Dodd's Kidney Pills. y
 Every body expected that Air, Gray would die and his remarkable recovery is regarded as little short of a miracle by all who know how very low he was Dodd's Kidney Pills are certainly wonderful remedy.
The Newark journal., 1903-02-27
SOUTHERN
 EDUCATION
EDUCATION AND TAXATION.
The Relative Ability of thc states of the south to Educate Their
 Children.


 The most important factor in deter mining n state's ability 10 provide schools for it's children is found in the relation of taxable property to the number of children to be edu- eated. If in one state the amount of taxable property for each child of school age is only one-half or one- third the amount for each child in anctEer state, then the people of the first state must tax their property two or three times as much as the people of the second state in crder that the child of one state may have as large a school fund as fhs child of tue utber state. The following fig ures show the amount of taxable property for each child of school age tfrom te 20 years oId) in some of the southern states and in few states in other sections: South Caro- lima, $335; Florida, S494; Iowa. S714; Wisconsin, S1966; Missouri, S1,9s2; Michigan, Sl.996; Maryland. $1,597; New York, $2,66t. Georgia has less than one-third as much taxable prop erfy per capita of school population as Maryland, and the tax rate must, therefore be three times as large, if the school funds are to be equal. Ten nessee has only about one-fourth as much property per capita of school population as Wisconsin, and must, therefore, impose tax rate four times as large, and so on for other states of the south as compared with states of other sections. But this does not form valid reason why any state should not undertake 10 provide for the fullest, freest and most per feet education of all it's children. Poor states like poor people may find it necessary 10 do without luxuries, but they may not deny themselves the ne cessities of life except at the peril of life. Education is an individual, so- cial and civic necessity. Again, poor states, like poor men, must invest their meager capital and little savings for the greatest safety and the larg- est dividends. Both may be had by the state in good public schools right ly managed and well taught, and probably nowhere else.
The Newark journal., 1903-02-27
THE WHITE MANS BURDEN.
The Negro Adds to Our Burden of Public EducntiOn-HeasOn for
 Accepting Aid.

There are some things which the south has once for all decided. which she has q right to decide. First, there fore, in dealing with the question of popular education, she has begun by placing her negro children in one school house and her white children in another. The educational burden of the south is thus a double burden. for its educational system is q double system. The cost of it is large. But it is necessary and must be borne. To illustrate from conditions in Ten nessee: In Rutherford county there are on an average 24.5 children of school ag2 to the square mile. Of these 13.3 are white and 11.2 col- ored; thus practically making two counties, both having a very sparse population In Madison county there are on an average 26.3 children of school age to the square mile, 131 white and 13.2 colored. In FaYette county there are on an average 20 8 children of school age 10 the square mile, j.4 white and 15.4 colored. In some counties the number of negro children is so small that the cost of schooling must be much larger per capita than that of the white children. In Bradley county there are 2.2 col ored children of school age 10 the square mile; in Cooke county. IT; in Cannon county. 6; in Claiborne, ;; in Grundy county, .2; in Fentress county, .o2.
 The problem is made still more diff ficult and the burden still heavier for the white people of this section be- cause the negroes pay very little taxes in proportion to the amount of the school fund they receive. But the welfare not only of these states but of the nation as a whole and hence of all it's people of every section de- bends on the education of the chil- dren of both races in this section. This is the sufficient reason for our receiving willingly the aid offered for the same reason, by people of other sections.
The Newark journal., 1903-02-27
No Discrimination.

"The recognition of the right to withhold from the negro his just and needed part of the public school fund because he fails to pay his part of the public school tax would strike at the very foundation of the public school system. By the same reasoning, why should not the taxes of the rich, be- cause they pay more taxes, be used for the education of the rich only. and the taxes of the poor be used for the education of the chil- dren of the poor only? The weaker and more helpless the race, the louder the call to the strong to help.'-Hon. ]. Y. Joyner.
The Newark journal., 1903-02-27

The French Society of Musical Composers is reported to have de- cided to take action against a num- Der of grocers who are using gramo- phones as an advertisement in their shops. The society maintains it has the right to authors fees for the tunes played on the instruments.
The Newark journal., 1903-02-27

Tallent-"What's this? Lost, house dog; 8 liberal reward will be paid for his return. Why, man, there's your dog out in the yard this moment Gilfore-"Ne es; somebody'll come along and steal him as soon as that advertisement gets about. = Boston Transcript.
The Newark journal., 1903-02-27

Playwright" That villain in my play doesn't act his part up to the lines He must wear a look of worry and desperation. Manager don't get excited, Fl fix that. John, go on the stage and start q rumor that i have skipped with the box of fee receipts. -Baltimore News.
The Newark journal., 1903-02-27
Where He Had the Last Word.

Mrs. Crimsonbeak Talking about q wom- an doing ali the talking, l take notice that even in the wedding ceremony the man has as much to say as the woman
 Mr Crlmsonbeak-Nes and that is where the equal division of cenyersat lon ends.- Yonkers Statesman.
The Newark journal., 1903-02-27

Mrs. Dauber-"This is one of my sons paintings" Grittiek-"A "Ahem, Yes:a Mrs. Dauber-"Y les, he $ quite welded to his art and" Crlttick-" Rather d hastv mar rage, wasn't Philadelphia Press.
The Newark journal., 1903-02-27

Truth. justice and reason lose all their force. and all their luster. when they are not accompanied by agreeable manners.- lhOmpSQn.
The Newark journal., 1903-02-27

To be good and disagreeable is high trea- son against the royalty of virtue.-H. More.
The Newark journal., 1903-02-27

Bill-"NhY do they call it Cr;?ple Creek, Eo you suppose Perhaps because the water Is hmpid "-Y Yonkers Statesman.
The Newark journal., 1903-02-27

Occupation is the best time annihilator.- Chicago Daily News.
The Newark journal., 1903-02-27

Do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump- lion has an equal for coughs and colds.-J. F. Boyer, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb b, 1900
The Newark journal., 1903-02-27

Gossip may be idle but it generally stirs up, the entire neighborhood.-Cajcago Jour. nal.
The Newark journal., 1903-02-27

Any one can dye with Putnam Fadeles! Dye, no experience required
The Newark journal., 1903-02-27

"Is he refned?" "No, not yet"-rown Topics
The Newark journal., 1903-02-27
stops the Cough

and works of the cold. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Price 9 cents
The Newark journal., 1903-02-27
Snnerinr Art.

Pallette-DeAuber is ap odd genius. Brushly~ Whats he up to now
 'Ile is painting $500 portrait of a 30-cent man. N-C hlcaEo Daily News.
The Newark journal., 1903-02-27

Ignorance is the stepmother of prejudice. Chicago Daily News.
The Newark journal., 1903-02-27

There is no impossiblity to him who the fearful are the failing Sarah J. Hale.
The Newark journal., 1903-02-27

Dentists are dealers in extracts.-Ch Chicago Daily News
The Newark journal., 1903-02-27

The highest genius Is willingness and abil- ity to do hard work.-R. \. McArthur.
The Newark journal., 1903-02-27

An extreme rigor is sure to arm every thing against lt.-Burke.
The Newark journal., 1903-02-27
P
~s3o tnizl< hees4se other 1medies do them The wondrous resuSt Stamp Doan merit.

SouTH BAEfoSvLLr., ILL, Feb. 8, 1903. .---'I received tho trial package of Doans Kidneys Pills and have bought several boxes of my druggist. They have donc mo much good l was hardly able to do any work until began taking them; now can work all day and my back does not get inc least bit tired BmD GRAY.
The Newark journal., 1903-02-27

Kindness will win where gold will fail.-- United Presbyterian
The Newark journal., 1903-02-27

A small door may lead te large room.- Ran Horp-
The Newark journal., 1903-02-27
A Lnudabie Ambition.

I want to live to see the day when every boy and girl in Tennessee, whether living in country or city, whether the child of poverty and toil, or the child of wealth and luxury, shall doubtless learn something for of attending, a well-taugkt school for at least nine months in every year. And when this is done you will sec your penitentiary problem simplified. your criminal cost bills grow infinite ly less, and the productive energy and wealth of this great state many times multiplied.-G James 5. Frazier, of Tennessee.
The Newark journal., 1903-02-27
Education "a Good Thing.

All over the face of nature and of the universe it has been written in no unmistakable language that education of the right sort is good thing for the plants of the field, for the beasts of the forest, for all created things. It needs must be good thing, then, for man, Gods highest creation, fash toned in His own image, endowed with His own faculties, with infinite capacity for good or evil. This unr alterable Jaw of God can not lJe changed by the color of mans skin or by racial differences CT differences of natural endowments.-H -HoI. J. '. Joyner.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-28
BROKEN LEGS HIS PUNISHMENT.
Boy Attempts to Escape From Re
form School, but Fails.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Salem. Ore. June T.-Ieo Jacks. aged IL
years. is lying at Salem Hospital with two
legs broken and in very precar;ous con-
dftion as a result of an attempt to escape
from the State Reform School
Pursuant to a plan which Jacks and an
other boy had formed. he tied together
several articles Of their bed clothing in the
form Of rope. which he tied to his window
in the third story Of the building. and by
which he proceeded to let himself down 70
the ground with a view to getting away
from the school. When he had descended
to within about twenty feet of the ground
the improvised rope separated. and the boy
fell to the cement walk breaking both less
below the knees and otherwise brusflg
himself.
The other boy whose name IL Vincent.
and who was all ready for the escapade.
made no attempt to follow his Companion.
but the cries of the latter at once raised
the alarm. and the poor fellow was found
by the officers in his MANNED and suffering
condition. He was carried into the building
and cared for according to the best
means at hand, and as soon as possible was
conveyed to the hospital. where he was
placed under medical care. At present IL Is
not known whether amputation Of the limbs
will be necessary.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-28

the cost Of manufacture fully 70 per cent.
More than that, II will be possible to fit
up plant necessary for the working of the
process at about one-fourth the cost of
erecting plant under the present system
and all skilled labor will be dispensed with.
not even an electrician being necessary once
the plant is in operation.
The local inventors have now perfected
their process. and by the end of the week
they expect to have several hides completed
for inspection.
PATENTS APPLIED FOR.
The applications for patents and foreign
rights are now being made, and as soon as
they have been granted the plant and the
process Will be put to commercial use. At
present the inventors are undecided what
line they will follow, whether 10 form a tam
nlnS company of their own or to sell the
chemicals and explain the system of opera
ton to tanners throughout the country un-
der special license and royalty clause.
Inc IDEA principally favored. however, is
the organization of a large company TO es-
tablish tanneries not only in this city, but
throughout the country. entering into direct
competition with the other manufacturers
who employ the old more lengthy and more
expensive method.
The inventors were led to make the expert
ments which resulted in their valuable dis
covery by the chemical effect of the N-rays
claims in the present discovery materiaiize-
and from all appearances they are thorough
ly practical and substantiated by the finish
ed productivity regard it as but the first
step in the use of the N-ray in commercial
industries. which will eventually lead to its
employment in great degree in the various
manufacturing interests.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-28
REPURLlc SPECIAL.

HEfCbht1
Greenwich. Conn, June 27.-Alfred ].
Peats, the millionaire wall paper manufac-
turer. who was driven insane through stress
of business, somewhat recovered his rea-
son in the most marvellous manner after
the fire which burned his little daughter
Genevieve to death and destroyed his sum-
mer home on Electric Hill here.
While his mind is not entirely normal
after years of insanity 1t is partly clear
and 1t is now believed that he will COM
pletely recover his reason.
Mr.. Peats has not yet fully realized his
frightful loss in the fire which destroyed
his home. but he has become almost ra-
tional. 1t is feared, however, that he may
be made insane again when he has recov-
cred sufficiently to learn of the death of
his daughter.
The story Of M. Peats's return to partial
sanity was told by Frederick McBerne. a
cousin of Mrs. Peats, and by Mr.. William
J. johnson. whose summer home, AMMAN
dale. Is next to the Peats estate.
Mr.. johnson was one of the first to rem
der assistance to the burned-out family
and saw and talked with Mr.. Peats for
some time.
know" said Mr.. johnson, that Mr.
Peats has recovered his mind. And / be-
lieve that he did recover II because of the
shock Of his dreadful experience last night
Mr.. Peats talked 10 me for some time
used to be an enthusiastic golf player.
Then he talked about the weather. and
how he wished 1t would clear. so that he
might get out and play round or two.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-28

tribe for ttirty-eight years and has mads
good leader. He claims he has always
been friendly to the whites and has coun-
seled his people to follow in the way Of the
white man. He Is magnificent specimen Of
manhood. He is tall and strong. in spite Of
the seventy-eight years Of his life.
He Is rather more intelligent than would
be supposed. and has lived UP to the treaty
he made with President johnson In 1851.
AT that time he, in company with seven
other chiefs. was called to Washington and
made treaties. While they were there the
Government had cast by special act Of
Congress eight medals. and one was pre-
scented to each chief.
White Eagle says he is the only one Of
the eight left. and his Is the only one of the
medals now worn by an Indian.
The medal Is piece Of property of which
the old chief is very proud. 1t Is of silver,
and upon one side Is the likeness of Presi-
dent johnson, while upon the other are two
clasped hands.
White Eagle says the chieftains agreed
that when they died these medals were to
be buried with them. and this is one of his
requests.
When asked how long the sun dance has
been In vogue. he answered: "As many
years as there are leaves on the trees"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-28
X-RAYS WILL MAKE
SHOES COST LESS.
Hides Are to Be Tanned by a
New Process Using
Light.
GREAT SAVING IN LABOR.
Work of Four Months Under Pres
ent Method Will Be Performed
in Two Hours Under
New System.
GREAT SAVING IN LABOR.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Cincinnati. June 27.-The discovery of
process Of tanning by means of which hides
can be transformed into leather in short
time by the use of the X-ray Is the result
of four months experimenting. and will be
the first application of the N-ray to an In
dustrial use. Heretofore the ray has been
valuable only to the medical fraternity. but
the invention of Cincinnati men opens the
way for it to become an important factor in
the commercial world.
The hides will be soaked in lime for the
separation of the fibers and removal of the
hair. as is done now. When this has been
completed, which usually requires about
four days. the hides will be soaked in So
luton of certain chemicals a part of the in
vention. for about two hours, and will then
be exposed to the X-rays for about fifteen
or twenty minutes. after which they will be
thoroughly tanned. The finishing will then
proceed in the way employed at present.
The value of the invention consists in the
exposition Of the soaked hides to the rays.
The present process of soaking the leather
in watts requires about four months, so that
the chemicals may penetrate every fiber OF
the skin. Under the new system the chem
icals absorbed by the hides during the two
hours soaking are decomposed by the "
rays In less than half hour. Every
molecule is thoroughly penetrated, and the
leather is as perfect as any tanned by the
old process. Prominent and large tanning
concerns and leather experts have tested
the product, and say that 1t is the equal
of any other leather.
UNDER RAYS TWENTY MINUTES.
After the hides have been soaked in tho
solution they are put on a highly polished
steel plate and a series of three tubes diff
fuse the rays upon their entire surface.
They remain in this state for about twenty
minutes, when they are ready to finish as
usual into enamel, patent leather or any
desired article. The great difficulty with
which the inventors met to obtain
ray sufficiently strong to penetrate the en-
tire hide. The discovery of Sheiders coil led
them to further experiment, and gave them
a ray powerful enough to photograph a
hand after the ray had been passed through
City Directory. an oak board and the hide
intended to be tanned. This gave absolute
proof that they will be able TO tan about
twenty hides at one time, lying one upon the
other.
Not only will this new process reduce the
time necessary for tanning from four
months to fou- days. but It will also reduce