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DESTROYS of presenting to their alma
mater a statue of the patriot, himself
a graduate Of that university, Of the
class of ITS. '*
The statue, which is of heroic size,
represents the young patriot on his
way to the scaffold. Hig head is held
high and in his eyes is the expression Of
q man who is oblipious to the jeers Of
the mob gathered to witness the exc
cution of a spy.
In his original sketch Of the statue
Mr.. Partridge had his figure standing
at the foot of the scaffold. That itw was
changed to its present state-that OF
a forward motion, suggesting action
without fatiguing the eye is due to .
beautiful thought of Phillips Brooks.
He was looking at the first sketch in
the sculptor's studio one day when he
said that "a man does not remain all
his life at university, but passes on
to something higher and more worthy
of his powers" and SO the suggestion
Of motion in the figure typifies that
thought as we'll as the story Of the pa
triot's heroism. Since no portrait OF
Hale exists, Mr.. Partridge built up his
ideal of the face in manner that is
an evidence of the thoroughness with
which he works. Acting on the princi-
pie that men of one epoch bear gen
eral resemblance to one another, he
studied the colonial type faithfully,
and used in connection with this type
the mask of a Yale student who was
much after Hale's manner Of thought
and purpose in life. The statue is of
bronze and will be mounted on a pedes-
tai three feet six inches high. The
cost will be about $4,000.
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thin country, but you can be United
States senator" This was long before
there was a New Education" but one
of it's foundation methods was used by
Miss Dillon in thus relating young Mel
sons life to the vital facts in the lives
of men of success. From this time on
he studied them with keen personal in
teres+. seeking to find just how they
had achieved. He realized that the first
step was to learn more than a country
district school taught.
Senator Nelson tells that he jour-
neyed in an ox-cart of home construc-
ton, the wheels of which were sections
of a big log, to the little village acad-
envy from which he graduated. On this
cart was a large wooden chest which
contained, in addition to his scanty
wardrobe, sufficient provision from
the farm to last him half the term.
He did his own cooking, living as SIM
ply as did Daniel when he was in, train
ing to stand before Babylon's triumph
ant king. At this time he bore, with
out the slightest thought of relinquish-
ing his object, the constant Sights and
ridicule of his fellow students.
Senator Nelson's personality an
nounces the staying qualities which
enabled him to realize the ambition
inspired by his first teacher. He walks
short, cts tall, and has the sturdiness
Of those not easily overthrown. His
wide, firm mouth closes evenly; his
iron-gray hair and beard are cropped
to coordinate with the square-turned
lines Of his head and face; and his ear,
which, according to &c Maupassant, in
dicates ones origin far more accurate
" than any certificate of birth, is siz-
able, with elaborate, well-defined con-
volutions.
In a small way he entered the arena
of politics shortly after he had fin
ished his academic course, and has
filed almost every Office in the gift of
the people, once or more, up to the one
he now occupies. Meanwhile, he found
time to serve as a soldier during the
civil war, and to become an able law
yer.
The woman who opened the world of
books to the senator, and the scarcely
less important world of the amenities
of life, was a guest at his home while
he was a congressman. After her
death, among her effects was found,
carefully dated and arranged, almost
every thing that had been published,
up to that time, about him. It is one
of the regrets of his life that Miss Dill
Ion, the inspirer of his attachments,
did not live to see him senator.
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COMPOSITE PICTURE.
Faces Of Twenty Men Of Importance
in One Illustration.
Average Are II Nearly sixty, Bat the
Composite 10 In Its Prlne, So
Far ~ Active Effort 10
Concerned.

The American whose portrait 10
shown herewith is 20 men. But each
one of the 20 Is to-day in his prime,
working with unimpaired vigor and
with superbly developed faculties at
the problems of civilization which still
remain unsolved. Taken collectively,
they represent the typical American,
to whose; marvellous ability the glory
of the epoch is due. g..
4 Their counterfeit presentmentsh have
been grouped in composite picture,
says the Kansas City Star, to show,
as we'll as facial expression may, the
personal traits that make the typical
American what he Is.
Three of the group are three of the
richest men on earth, not by Inherit
ance or by the use of despotic power,
such as has been used by monarchs
of all time to wiring tribute from un-
willing subjects, but by sheer business
ability. Two of them rank among the
highest governors of earth, a presi.
dent and an ex-president of the United
States.
One of them won a great naval bat
tie.
One is head of the concern which
does the largest dry goods business of
any one concern in the world.
One Is ranked as sculptor and ono
as an artist in oils, whose work is not
for the generation, but for all time.
One is recognized leader of the
transportation business of the cohn-
try, the president of the Great North
ern system.
One is the engineer who built the
highest viaduct on earth-in Veragua,
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viii Not Marry Toners.

Young men who have acquired a
taste for strong liquor need not look
for wives among the young girls of
Waremme, in Belgium. since they have
solemnly vowed that they will not
marry men who drink. The pledge they
seck after they had formed society,
which is known as the Union of Swal-
lows" and the sole object of which
Is to ward off undesirable suitors. The
m .mbers are quite as willing to mar
~ as other girls, but they vow that
they will remain old maids to the end
Of their days sooner than give their
hands and hearts to men who betray
even 4 moderate liking for strong
liquor,
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president Worlds Woman's Christian
Temperance Union.)
of the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union and a personal visitor to the late
Frances E. Willard, of whom she was
an intimate friend. She is the eldest
daughter and co-heiress of the late
Earl Somers, and is the wife of Lord
Henry Somerset, the son of the eighth
duke of Beaufort. She has one son,
Henry Somers Somerset, who in 1896,
was married to the daughter of the
duke of St. Adams. AS a girl Lady Som
erset took sympathetic interest in
sharities of various kinds, and in her
later life was attracted to the temper
ance cause, in which she soon assumed
rank of the first importance. In
1890 she was elected to the position
from which she has just resigned, and
in the years she has had control Of
it the great British association has
grown with enormous strides and has
done wonderful work in all parts Of
the United Kingdom. At Miss Wizards
death in 1898 she took her place at the
head of the International union, and
for two years worked as the editor of
the Women's Signal. She also con-
tributed literally to the magazines and
has published, besides, book of short
stories entitled "Black and White"
In 1895 she founded tho Industrial
Farm colony at Duxhurst, and this in
stitutiqn has had surprising success.
On the death Of her father she sue
ceeded to his rich estates in Worces-
tershire, Hertfordshire, Surrey and
London, and has used this vast wealth
very largely for the betterment of the
poor.
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LADY, HENRY SOMERSET.
Gives Up Temperance Work for the
Time Being ON Account Of Her
& Failing Health.

Lady Henry Somerset, president Of
the National British Women's Temper
ance association, and president of the
Worlds Women's Christian Temper
ance union, has resigned from the for.
mer Office and will, for the present at
least, do no more work. Lady Henry
has taken this important step, it il
said, solely on account of her health,
which for some time past has been fall
ing. She is in hopes that an entire rest
for an indefinite period will restore her
health and her power to work.
Lady Henry Somerset is we'll known
in Chicago, where she has been Q guest
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YALE's HALE STATUE.
Upon = Noble Figure tor the
College Green.

Away up on the top Of the United
Charities building, says the New York
Press, ten stories in the air. William
Ordway Partridge has in his studio the
complete statue of Nathan Hale, . hg-
ure that is in some respects one Of the
most distinguished works created By
an American sculptor. In so far - the
sculptor's actual labor is concerned It
represents six years toll, but he had
begun to think of the statue some time
before the year 1897 (when it was ac-
tually begun) at the suggestion Of sew
eral of the alumni of Yale, who were
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than most men are gifted with to re-
sist the social influences of the saloon.
"The reason so few sons of families
of wealth 60 to the devil is because
family influences hedge them in until
they are old enough to stand alone,
which is when they are about 20, at
which age there is little danger of
their going astray. The tone of the
colleges in which they are brought up
nowadays is as hostile to dissipation as
formerly it was otherwise. A man who
is addicted to drink now is social out
cast. Not one per cent. of the sons
of those who have $4,000 a year 60
to the devil"
DR.. Hills was speaking on Oliver
Cromwell's protection of religious lib
erty, and said: "He was the greatest
lover of liberty and righteousness that
ever led troops into the field to en-
force his ideals. To-day we are raising
pampered sons and daughters and sur
rounding them with every luxury and
idle satisfaction of desire, and they
are rotten before they are ripe.
II repeat it, they are rotten before
they are ripe, and boys in many cases
are sinful before they are bearded.
Sunday has to great extent ceased
to be day of worship"
ten o'clock and drive until ~, eat q
dinner of IL courses, and in the even
ing hold reception for their friends.
"Women and children follow much
the same plan. They practice the ten
commandments with the shall nots'
left out, and warn them that in the
end they will find that God and nature
practice the ten commandments, but
the shall nots' are left in.
II cannot pick up paper but that
I see the 400 Of this city engaged in
divorce suits. Even the oldest families
of Boston are in the divorce courts.
I tremble for my country when all
tie work a preacher does at one end
in marrying the judge undoes at the
other end in the divorce court.
'Culture does not stand for all. You
cannot make bad man good by cul-
ture and education, any more thanyou
can improve we'll of water polluted
with typhoid germs by painting the
pump with harmonious colors. If the
women of my congregation who are
suffering from nervous prostration had
the will power to take nine out of ev-
erv ten of their frocks into the back
ward and burn them do not think
thew would longer be tr >ubled with
their nervous prostration."
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Good Lesson for n Bov.

In New York city. Justice Mayer
recently gave a good lesson to an
eight-year-old street urchin, who was
arraigned before him for the crime
of throwing stones. The boy admit
ted the charge. and said he thought
It was fun to see the horses jump
when he hit them. The justice order
ed the lad to be taken into the court
yard so that big boy might throw
stones at him. The little fellow broke
down and cried. "The stones will
hurt me- he said. This gave the
Justice the desired chance TO draw
the obvious moral, and, exacting a
promise that no more stones be
thrown, he discharged the boy.
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Joseph B. FORAKER.
Junior Senator from Ohio who
Stands Very Close to the R00se.
Welt nistration.

One of the most prominent men in
Ohio to-day is j. B. Foraker, and he is
a self-made man.
Joseph Benson Foraker was born on
a farm near Rainsboro, Highland coun-
ty, O., July 5, 1876. He is said to have
been a strong boy, being q leader in
all fishing and swimming expeditions.
He took an active part in the civil war,
having enlisted at the age of IS with
the Eighty-ninth Ohio volunteer in
fantry, as private, and serving clear
to the end of the war. In that war
he gave some intimation of his future
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RIVER TRADING BOATS.
Aate-BGllum Conn ercial Enterprl.a
IL Said to he Comiag late
Vogue Again.

Overlooking aatboats, varying IN
size and capable of carrying many
tons Of freight, having on board rude
home for the owner, are again begin
ming to ply up and down the broId ex-
panse of the Ohio river and its tribu-
taries. One in particular has attract
ed the attention of the farmers
through whose lands it occasionally
wends its way. It has been fitatngly
named THE American Trader" in
that it is veritable floating store and
clubhouse. ..s
According to river men, the life of
the water trader is far more pleasant
than that of the average peddler.
whose vocation necessitates the fire.
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BIRD which Bites q Heck.

Notable among the denizens of the
Balkan mountains is . bird, called by
the natives the waspeater. Asits name
indicates, it is the enemy of the hive,
and the scourge of honey-bees, but It
has a decided preference for wasps.
It pursues its prey with remarkable
agility, catching an immense number
of insects in its fight through the air
in an incredibly short space of time.
Strange to say, this bird is caught by
means of line, like common gud-
geon. The children stick crooked pin
through the body of a live wasp, fast
ening it to long stout piece of thread.
The insect scars aloft, ard is pres
emily gobbled up by the bird of prey.
It is humiliating spectacle to see
the miserable waspeater struggling at
the end of the line like a young carp,
while it is being drawn down to earth.
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success by his rapid promotion-hew was
a brevet captain when peace was again
declared.
Mr.. Foraker graduated from Cornell
in 1869, and was admitted to the bar
and began practice in Cincinnati dur
ing the same year. He was judge of
the superior court in Cincinnati from
1879 to 1882, but resigned on account
of ill health. He was the republican
candidate for governor of Ohio, but
was defeated at the election Of 1852,
to be elected in 1885 and 1887, and again
defeated in 1889. He has been United
States senator since 1897.
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walks Paved with Corncobs.

Aman who has been travelling in Iowa
has hit upon an odd use of corncobs.
He says: II made trip through big
part Of Iowa recently, and found sew
eral grain shipping towns that had
corncob sidewalks. In spite of what
one would think about it, cobs make
pretty good walk. The, are lit
tie rough at first but when the cobs
become tramplsd down the walk Is
smooth,
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FREDERICK W. HOLLIS.
Famous New York Lawyer and Pub.
llcist who Has Declined . Post
Of Great Honor.

President Roosevelt has happy fac
ulty of delighting to honor the really
great and brainy men of the nation.
Not long ago he rendered to Frederick
w. Hollis, of New York, the position of
umpire in the settlement of the claims
Of Germany and Italy against. Venez-
uela. Under the terms of the settle-
ment effected by Minister Bowen the
fixing of damages for Germany has to
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DO RICHES CORRUPT?
Question Discussed BY Senator De-
pew and Dr.. Hills.
senator Attempts to Explain why
Sons Of Rich Men Are safer from
Temptation Than Poor Boys
who Go to the City.

Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew has
taken issue with Rev. DR.. Newell
Dwight Hills, of Plymouth church,
Brooklyn, who said at the annual con-
ference of Orthodox Friends that 1--WE
all 60 to the devil on $4,000 year
at least great many men know are
going to the devil on that sum and
few are escaping it."
1T all amounts to this" said Sena-
tor Depew, whether a man has first
an inclination to go. to the devil, or,
secondly, with power enough to re-
sist the temptations that take him
there. IT q man possesses the first or
lacks the second condition he can just
as well 60 to the devil on SIC, 900 a year
as $4,000 in these days
Families of large incomes give sons
. liberal education and it is not from
the ranks of these that those are re-
cruited who throw themselves into dis
sipation. The number of those who at
tend college who 60 to the devil is SO
small as scarcely to be appreciate. 1t
is rather those who come to large
cities from the country, sons of fami-
lies of moderate means, who are apt
to 60 to the devil. This is owing to
the discomforts of boarding houses,
the attractions of saloons, and the
GOODNESS of the churches. Ayoung man
who has been accustomed to be petted
in his own town and who on coming
to the city and going to the church
Of his own denomination does not find
the congregation running to greet him
is likely to look for solace elsewhere,
and I tell you it takes q greater will,
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Keep Away from Transvaal.

The number of Americans who may
enter the Transvaal or Orange River
colony is limited to so a month and
each must have a permit, the blank ap-
plication for which can be had Of any
British consul. And, too, an affidavit
must be made that the applicant has
sufficient means to support himself
and family after arriving.
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SHAPED HIS DESTINY
Career Of Senator Nelson an Inspir-
alton to Young Men.
Poor Norwegian hoy who Rose from
Deepest Obscurity and Now II
one Of the Great Statesmen
Of the H0uP.

Inc NE OF senator mute NeASOA, VI
Minnesota, has in it the elements of a
purpose novel of twofold intent. The
themes, which are closely interviewer,
are the powerful influence which the
early inspiring of definite ambition
has in shaping q life, and how success
is gained despite the most untoward.
conditions. These points are clearly
brought out in clever little sketch,
contributed by Antoinette Van Hoesen
to the Cosmopolitan. IN
A foreign-born American, Knute
Nelson came to this country from Nor
way with his widowed mother when he
was less than five years old, and earned
his first money selling newspapers
upon the streets of Chicago. Later,
when he and his mother were settled
ON little sandy farm out in Wisconsin,
his life was given definite direction
by one Mary Dillon, who taught the
district. school. Miss Dillon was cul-
tivated woman who came with her fam
lily to this country from Belfast, Ire
land, to mend their broken fortunes.
She became interested in the little,
virile, eager-minded Norwegian boy,
and, 1T stated intervals, invited him to
her home. There, for the first time he
saw the table-napery in use and tea
table ornamented with flowers. On
one of these occasions, in talking with
him of the famous personages of his
tory, Miss Dillon said:
'You, too, may become distin-
guished man, Knute. You've good
mind, and all you have to do is to be in
dustricus and persevering. You can't
be president, for you were not born in
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be left to one person representing
Germany and another representing
Venezuela, with an umpire to be ap-
pointed by the president of the United
States. A similar method of arbitra-
ton was accepted by Italy. The quss-
ton of preferential treatment of Ger
many, Great Britain and Italy is left
to The Hague court. It is to be re-
GREETED that Mr.. Hollis, who is one Of
the foremost living authorities on in
ternational law and one of the found
ers of The Hague court, declined to
accept the post of umpire, which has
subsequently been bestowed upon Gen.
Henry Martin Duffield, of Detroit,
Mich, also an authority on interna-
tional law and a soldier with a fine
record.
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RIVER TRADING BOAT.
(Old-Time System of Commerce Again
Coming Into Vogue)
quent cleaning and continual looking
after a horse. Then, again, there are
enough residents along the larger riv-
ers to make an inland trip altogether
unnecessary.
The trading boats are supplied with
groceries and provisions of all kinds,
and take in exchange such articles as
butter, eggs, iron, wool and bones.
When laden it puts off to some town
and there sells its accumulation of
stock.
It is said thai long before the war
the f1atboat was ofed to take produce
down the rivers, blu: shat with its pass
ing came the modern barge, NOW al
most novelty, yet often useful one.
AS genera rule, these Graders" keep
to the smaller streams, like the Wa.
bash and White rivers, that are not so
easy of navigation by the larger steam
erS.
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Paper wiudov. Al Japa..

In Japan thin, transparent paper 10
used instead of glass in windows
not that glass is not as plentiful and
cheap as in this country, but that the
japanese desire the paper to filter the
air they breathe.
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FIGHTING FOR HONESTY.
Robert J. Wynne, Who IL the Central
Figure In the Post Once De.
paFtment Inquiry.

Robert J. Wynne, who started the
postal fraud inquiry and who has be-
come the central figure in the bitter
warfare now being waged against the
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The wild Animal Market.

A dealer in wild animals in Hamburg
collected and sold last year IS lions,
tigers and panthers, AZ bears, SO cle-
plants, GA camels and dromedaries,
730 monkeys and large number OF
smaller animals and birds.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-07-16

alleged corruptionists in the post Of
fee department, is first assistant post
master general, and was confirmed in
that position by the senate on April
16 of last year. Mr.. Wynne is vet
eran newspaper man and is especially
known a Washington correspondent.
He is New Yorker, 50 years old and
was formerly private secretary to
Charles Foster, secretary of the treas
ury. In 1892 he returned to Journal
ism and was thus engaged until APP
pointed to his present place.
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Learn the English Tongue.

Not less than four hours instruction
in English is to be given weekly in the
Swedish national elementary schoolA
The colored American., 1903-04-11
Some Men Pay 1000

For an expert to manage their
Advertising. There are others WIN
pay $500 for an annua' subscrip-
ion to printers ink and learn what
sll advertisers are thinking about
But even these are not the extremes
reached. There are men who lose
over 100000 year by doing
neither one. For sample copy send
lOc to Printers Ink. No. 10 Spruce
Street, New York City.
The colored American., 1903-04-11
DENTIST.

Dr. G. Clifford Fry, formerly OF
I4o7 Is st. n. W. bar r-moved TO
lI45 l. st. near Connecticut avenue.
II reporter called at DR.. Fry's new
IS aollshment and found bim oc.
cepying very handsome apartments.
o-st'y ltted up and thoroughly
elupped with the latest denta 81
P''ance7. DR. Fry invites his formej
H4trons and friends to call