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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-08
Ex.Postmaster In state prlson

SALT LAKE, Utah, Jan. 7.-CharIes
Meighan, former postmaster at Ogden.
convicted of embezzlement of government
funds. today withdrew his petition for an
appeal, and this afternoon began to serve
penitentiary.
II wish to have it over with" Meighan
said Some day the truth of this matter
VIII come out, but / can't stay the sus-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-08
SLABS A sALooNKEEPER.
Kirkpatrick Assaults J. McGregor Be-
cause Latter Gave Him No Letter.

TNHNEdtTlSk Assaults Os MC1FGSOr De-
cause Latter Gave Him No Letter.
Emmett R. Kirkpatrick, a man who
has been seen about the city for some
time, is locked up at the central sta
ton in Minneapolis charged with
felonious assault.
Kirkpatrick claims that Joseph Nc
Gregor. a saloonkeeper at 104 Henne-
pin avenue, has been Withholding mail
delivered at the saloon for him, and
yesterday afternoon he went to Nc
Gregor's place demanding the mail. Nc
GregOr denied that he had any mail for
the name of Kirkpatrick, whereupon
the gentleman of that name drew a
dirk from his clothes and attacked the
saloon man.
McGregor fought his assailant off
fairly well, but got stabbed in the leg
before Kirkpatrick was eventually
subdued. The man fought hard and re-
sisted arrest. On the arrival of the
police he took a bottle from his pocket
which he declared contained poison and
drank deeply. He was put under ar
rest and locked up.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-08
PRESIDENT GREETS THE
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVoR PEOPLE
Sends Message to Be Read on the Ami
Versary of the Society.

Versary of the Society.
BOSTON, Mass, JAM, THE twenty
second anniversary of the formation OF
the first Christian Endeavor society, Feb.
next, will be celebrated by al least
100000 members In all parts of the world,
according to expectations of the officers
deavor. The Christian Endeavor World
has received the following message from
President Roosevelt to the society," writ
ten for Christian Endeavor day. and il
will be read during the celebrations:
I greet you and wish you well. Your
body stands prominent among the organi-
ton of Observation-Disclosures Christian fei-
low ship, as well as among those which
stand for ideals of true citizenship; that
is, for the cultivation, not alone of a high
standard of civic and social righteousness
but of strength, courage and common
sense necessary for living to such a stand
ard
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-08
WASHINGToN'S NEW PUBLIC
LIBRARY DEDICATED
MIR. Carnegie Contributed a GoodIy
Sum Thereto,

GUM 1nSTGCOs
WASHINGTON, D. c., ian. T.
Washington's new public library. a
handsome white marble structure, To-
Gated on Mount Vernon square, donat-
ed to the national capital by Andrew
Carneg1e,was dedicated this afternoon.
President Roosevelt and members of
his cabinet~and men in all walks of
civil and political life were present.
Mr.. Carnegie, who contributed $350,00O
for its construction, delivered the prin-
clpal address. The president also
spoke. At the conclusion of the form
al exercises the library was thrown
open to the public.
Mr.. Carnegie, who spoke at today's
exercises, afterward said that he was
so well pleased with the new library
and the use made Of his gift of $3.50, 900
and the provision for the support of
the library that he would donate an
other $350,000 for the erection of
branch libraries on the same condition
as the original gift, that the city pro-
vide the sites and arrange for the sup
port of the libraries. -
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-08
CHASE AFTER EXPRESS DRIVER.

Exciting Experience of Brokerage Firm
Waiting for Package of Securities.
An exciting game of hide and seek
occurred yesterday in MINNEAPOLIS.
A well known firm of brokers had a.
package of securities due by express
and it was essential that this package
should be delivered before noon in or
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-08
COLLEGE ORATORS TO COMPETE
Preliminary Contest to Choose Mime
sofas Debaters Occurs Monday,

The preliminary contest to choose
Minnesota's representatives in the an
nual debate with Iowa university will
be held next Monday evening in the
university chapel
Nine men who were chosen in a pre-
vious contest will discuss the question
which will be debated with Iowa. Fol-
lowing are those who will speak:
Wildey, Choate, Churchill, Drake, Mac
Ladd.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-08
For the EiIininns

WASHINGTON, D. c.. Jan. THE
president today transmitted to congress
me annual al report Of the Philippine com
enact financial and other laws recon- ~ y
mended by the commission and Endorsed
by the secretary of war. = :
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-08
Jailed Lynchers Reec,,aa

,LE5WIsBURG,, Tenn. Jan. Thirty
w. H. Johnson from the Marsban Io co,, altu
jan last night. The prisoners wers
charged with lynchieg a negro named
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-08
The consoIatoru rhounnt

6ertrude-Isn't that fur boa very I'M
comfortable mic around your neck?
;. Evailne-Terribly uncomfortable; but it
Is very expensive fur, don't YOU know
Bastnn TRANSFORMS
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-08

Left Him In Doubt.
i've been thinking of it ever since I
started on my present trip said the
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30
His Own Hat.

George Buchanan, who represents the
firm Of Bunnell & Buchanan on the
curb, was the victim Of his own love
of raising rumpus on the day when
the curb takes to smashing hats. Be
fore Mr.. Buchanan left his Office that
morning he warned his partners that
If they happened to come down to the
curb on that morning he would see to
it that their hats paid the penalty.
When Mr.. Won Gossler, his Junior part
ner, put in an appearance in the crowd
the genial Buchanan proceeded to put
his threat into effect. He knocked the
visitors hat off and made a football
out Of it.
Il told you what would happen to
your he said.
His partner took it very good-na-
turedly, merely remarking, as he head
ed for the office:
81 remembered all right. That was
the new hat you bought yesterday and
forgot to take home. 1t fitted me all
ri1htw
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30
CYPRESS is A USEFUL TREE.

Product OF Southern Swamps Can Be
Utilized In Many Industries.
A Mr.. Tonney, writing in the st.
Louis Globe-Democrat, says: "The
axman is fast destroying the melan-
choly cypress and the enormous con-
sumption of the imperishable wood
will soon clear the Southern swamps
of their noblest product. Mr.. Tonney
says the best specimens are found in
Arkansas and Louisiana. The lumber
men class the timber as red, yellow
and white, according to the tint of the
wood. In Southern Illinois some years
ago there were brakes of a white va
rtety, but the trees were pygmies COM
pared with the yellow cypress giants
of the Cache River country in Arkan-
sas, and the mammoth red cypress
tree along the Ouachita River. The
slow growth and the uncertain method
Of reproduction leads to the belief,
says Mr.. Tonney, that before many
years the tree will become extinct. The
great brakes are rapidly disappearing
before the modern methods of lumber
ing and regions which heretofore were
regarded as inaccessible because Of the
swamp conditions are being cut over,
and the lumber going into the mar
kets at rate surprising even to those
who are intimately acquainted with
Of logging, so slow and cumbersome,
have been replaced by the up-to-date
ideas, and the new facilities and i'm
proyements have worked wonders in
the business.
Mr.. Tonney says further that just
which has attained a prominent place
on the lumberman's list and the in
creasing demand and the advancing
price are attracting the attention Of
every one who has in any way to deal
with building materials. The CONNER
cial value Of good cypress brake Is
almost beyond the belief of those who
are not familiar with the numbering
industry. The merits of the timber as
adapted to multiplicity of uses are
without question and it has taken rank
along with white pine and poplar. A
house may be built these days wholly
Of cypress. The frame work, siding,
flooring, lath, shingles and even the
interior when finished in this remark
able product of the Southern swamps
gives satisfaction, which is shared
alike by the builder and owner.
Strength, durability and beauty Of fin
ish combine to make it popular with
the woodworker. An instance may be
for yellow pine In the construction OF
the Worlds Fair buildings.
While it is true that the cypress
brakes In Arkansas are being drawn
upon heavily, there is no danger Of i'm
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30
THE ETERNAL QUESTION.
How One Com unity Solved the Ser
want Girl Problem.

How One Com mi unity Solved the Ser
want Girl Problem.
From San Miguel, mining camp
in the copper country of Southern
Arizona, come the glad tidings that the
great problem of the centuries has at
last been solved-and by women, of
course. The recent celebration Of it's
fourth anniversary by the San Miguel
Cooperative Cooking Club calls atten-
ton to the manner in which the SER
want question has been robbed of its
alton of community of interest" plan.
This club consists of 45 families, ac-
customed to ref1nements and pleasant
surroundings. Some four years ago the
women Of the camp, after unsuccessful
individual attempts to procure and re-
tain proper domestic service, put their
heads together and organized the club,
leased a suitable house in the central
part Of the town, engaged a matron,
and hired a number of capable Chi
nese servants. Each family has its
own table, and the unmarried ones
have a table to themselves. The pur-
chase of the supplies is intrusted to
an executive committee of three. Ex-
perience shows that the families have
saved on an average 30 per cent in
living expenses since the formation Of
the club, the service is better, and the
food is of higher quality than could
have been afforded under the old sys-
tenn.
1t is apparent at glance that the
conditions which made the San Miguel
Cooking Club success are not COM
mon to all parts of the United States.
Chinese servants, for instance, are not
generally procurab BILE, and there Is a
feeling Of comradeship, engendered by
the sharing of hardships, in the less
thickly settled communities, that is
not so apparent in those sections Of the
country, which have been longer in
habited. But the relief experienced
by the housekeepers of San Miguel
from the haunting fear that Bridget
may "gfve notice" any day, or exact
a few additional privileges" from her
long-suffering employer, must be de-
uphtful. and the success Of the San
Miguel experiment will at least serve
as a valuable object lesson in the
solving Of this most vexatious prob
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30

dnarily ana there are Dut OF tneSe Inc
country their and downs
you fingers the really successful
SPECTATORS who are in the all the time.
When you the who put their money into stocks,
speculative you cannot but have pity for the
and this especially the with the who has
speculative fever and who is it. We have
in mnd the present time, and when he the
chant the professional the mechanic placing his
money hands of the mob down there in Wall
to up and goat over, he says Poor fools!'
He reasons this and it will be found true in the
majority of There Is greater inequality of
lost figuring winnings and losses the
begin with This clearly by the following:
buys 100 shares of stocks at TO- carries it
thirty days and then sells it at r. His profit
Take from this his commission of $25 and the interest
the $4,000 at dollar day, and he has a profit OF
S145 Taking the same proposition change the
point profit loss and His gross loss $780, which
with the commission and interest would make loss
of $255 Here difference of $110 against the
a proposition apparently the Admitting he
makes six turns always the and breaks even is
makes three winnings and three losings, his
stand follows Three losings S255 $685. three win
nngs at $145, $35 Therefore he is pocket $780,
Now in order to avoid losing ALL he sixteen
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30

What becomes of the brilliant men
Of the schools and colleges-the stu
ddous fellows who always stood at
the heads Of their classes and prom
ised most masterful achievements
when they should get whack at life?
AS a rule we don't hear much about
them afterwards. They seem to step
forth from their alma mater into OBJ
scurity. The ordinary fellows who
just manage somehow to forge
through high school or college with
only one eye on the text books, and
the other on life, we hear a good re-
port of occasionally. Somehow they
have forged to the front, following that
one eye which was fixed on actual life.
It's queer. But it's 80. When two or
three college mates get together, five.
ten or fifteen years after graduation,
and review the progress made by the
various members of the class, they
must confess surprise at the fantas-
tic pranks played by the world upon
the men whom alma mater blessed
with her richest gifts, and then turn
ed aside to swim or sink. The man
who carried off the class medal for
scholarship and for whom great things
were predicted, has perhaps drifted
along until he has sunk into a rut
and shows signs that he will remain
a hack on a small salary all his life.
The superior man who lorded 1t over
the other fellows Is eating the bread
of humility, and importuning his brill
liant but more successful classmates
to give him employment or money.
The pious man, who was forever
preaching. it may be has proved to be
the worst Of the class, and has taken
to wild ways. And it happens, too,
sometfmes-be 1t said to the eternal
shame of fate-that the fellow who
gra duated out of the back door be-
fore his time was up, waves cordial
salute from the pleasant hilltop of
success to the dfplomaed alumni who
1t Is very queer. But thus it runs.
How vast and irreconcila BILE is tho
difference between college and life
The qualities that promise SO brilliant
ly In school are not always the quail
tiles that count most in the world.
The "dig." who crammed constantly
and made his poor brain an overstock-
ed lumber yard, seldom is the man
who rises in actual life. Something
OF a human quality is demanded by
the world. Men prefer the man who
has little leisure and a little inelina-
ton for amusement. The boy who
went about little at college and made
acquaintances, who rubbed up against
the other fellows and found out the
stuff Of which they are made, who
learned to bear himself well among
men and acquire some degree of self
confidence and assurance, has a bet
ter assets with which to commence life
than little more scholarly knowledge
Of the use Of the Greek particles would
be. One Of the most important aids
to success is the knowledge Of how
to approach and manage men, how to
win their confidence and hold their
attention. These are things not in
cluded in any college curriculum.
Some men-even men Of brains-neyer
can learn them.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30
rtxmssScleflCe,
IN No. Ap,.
s Ssz1IlVef1tiOfl
~00ONON~

The electric washing machine OF
Josef Macy, Of Szegedin, is claimed to
cleanse clothes from grease, stains,
etc, without soap or rubbing.
The images preceding sleep are found
by NJ. Delage to be retinal; they per-
sist as rental ''glimmers" after the
eyes are closed, and pass to the cere-
brum only when sleep begins.
The forests of Nicaragua are found
by Prof. r. d. Baker to contain three
hundred distinct varieties Of trees. A
bark that has been brought to the Unit
ed States as a substitute for cork,
proves to be from the roots Of the
anona, a tree Of the lowlands resem-
bling the ordinary cotton wood Of the
United States.
In a paper read before the Anthrop-
illogical Society Of Washington on
Popular Sayings" A. R. Spofford
called attention to the wealth Of such
sayings in English and Irish, and re-
marked that these had a distinct eth
ical value in that they are almost in
variably optimistic. Professor Nc
Gee said we may almost predicate the
stage of development of people by
their use of proverbs. Proverbs pre-
vail in lower culture. Walter Hough
pointed out the debt of language and
literature to popular sayings, and
Miss Fletcher said that among In
dams ethical proverbs, such as Stolen
food does not satisfy hunger" are
used in teaching.
Sir William Willcocks, late director
general of the Irrigation works Of
Egypt, draws a brilliant picture Of the
possible future Of the ancient land
Of Chaldea, once one Of the most fer
tile and populous in the world, but
now a desert. The Tigris, he says,
once performed, and can again per-
form, for Chaldea the same functions
as the Nile for Egypt. Opis, at one
time the wealthiest mart Of the East,
but at present mound Of ruins, bears
to the Tigris delta very much the same
relation as that Of Cairo to the delta
Of the Nile. At an expense Of about
100000 the ancient irrigation sys-
tenn could be restored, and Chaldea
WOuA DcCOnc do it'll q SouAeAt GO
Egypt, which, 30 years hence, he pre-
diets, will attain a height of splen-
dor and magnificence SURPRISING its
greatness in the days of the Pharaohs.
In the pathological laboratories Of
the University of Pennsylvania an In
vestigation, designed to discover anti
dotes for all kinds of snake poison, Is
conducted along lines suggested by
DIR. s. Weir Mitchell, and the Carnegie
Institute has granted an appropriation
to assist the work. Many experiments
are made with rattlesnakes, cobras,
and other poisonous reptiles, and the
effects of their venom upon animals
are studied. The physicians regard al
cohol, taken internally, as a valuable
stimulant, but not as an antidote.
The most valuable remedial agent Is
the intermittent ligature-a band about
the wounded limb, which Is loosened
for an instant at stated intervals, thus
allowing the poison to enter the sys-
tenn in very small quantities. In this
manner the patient Is enabled grad
ually to overcome the effects Of the
DOisOn
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30
NO BREAKFAST THEIR CREED.
Colony of Westerners Who Starve and
Don't Love Their Wives.

Colony of Westerners Who Starve and
Don't Love Their Wives.
Edgar Wallace Conable,, founder Of q
strange health colony in Colorado sew
eral years ago, has abandoned the high
altitude Of the Rockies and has bought
5000 acres of land in northern Arkan-
sas and coloniZed it with several hun
dred followers, all Of whom believe
in his manner of living.
The colonists eat no brea akfast. The
men do not love their wives, nor do
the wives love their husbands. Living
in family groups Is a mere matter of,
form, it is contended, although there
have been family squabbles caused by
jealous husbands and wives in this
colony.
The settlement lies along the Frisco
system, and is to be made into one
vast orchard and vineyard. No form
of animal life must be killed on the
premises. but it Is the endeavor of the
colonists to drive away all kinds of
insects and pests.
The Land, which was bought only
few weeks ago, Is now being planted
In fruit trees, and settlers are build
ing their homes on the wide stretch
of the mountain country. By next
summer they expect to have every
thing in frst-class working order
According to their creed, people
should live in the highest form of ply
sical and mental life This embraces
extended periods of fasting, for purifi-
cation of the body and the elimination
Of disease. It contemplates the non
use of meat alcoholic stimulants and
tobacco.
Conable says that as soon as his
crops begin to grow he will allow no
one on the premises, except as tenn
porary guest, who lives on anything
but his sort of food. No morning meal
will be tolerated by the Conable col
ony, and no cook stoves will be found
In the kitchens. The housework Of the
women will be limited, inasmuch as
the only preparation Of the food win
be to wash away the dirt
Fasting Is regarded as a means of
Strengthening the body among these
people. Miss Reda BENJAMIN. young
woman, has just completed a fast Of
twenty-five days without any bad
effect to her body. She has muscles as
hard az an athlete and 10 a perfect
specimen Of physical womanhood-
No physicians are allowed In the col
ony. Whenever person is i'll he 10
placed under the care Of one Of the
health teachers, who. by q system Of
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30
A Trick with Cards.

Have somebody select card from
an ordinary pack, and after looking at
it place it on top of the pack. Place
the pack in pasteboard box just large
enough to hold it, putting the cover
over it. A few moments later the box
is opened, the pack is taken out and
laid aside; a sealed envelope is showed
to the audience, and, when opened,
the card selected by the partner is
pulled out Of it.
The small pasteboard box must be
made in such way that it can just
hold the whole pack of cards. Inside
the cover paste a small piece of wax,
to which the uppermost card will stick
when the cover is put on the box.
When the box is opened again this
card must be removed secretly and
hidden in the palm of the hand.
The envelope is empty. Place the
card behind it, while you cut the en-
veIope open and pretend you pull the
card out. This trick, If well done, is
very deceptive.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30

criHcizeu Nv some it Bacon Addison ?-as
good Latnist but courtier. An egotst is that
things only reference to his interests
in other words a selfish Egotsm is opposed to
modesty and self -efacement egoism to altruism.
thorough egoist usually too worldly wise to be an
egotst He that the egotist is Knocked and de-
rded at least behind his back Egotism is weakness
egosm source strength Egotism is exterior; egoism
interior outward and visible sign; the other
habit of mind.
egosm The perfect egost is in most
cases quite ursuspecng of his egosm Not infrequenty
he thinks himself rather model Of unsefshness and
philanthropy. Sometimes he is extreme petist in re-
ligon Sometimes extreme libertine in morals he
may be in the desert, living locusts and
wild honey and subornang all the duties and interests
human fellowship the thought Of his souls wei
fare may be politician wading through slaughter
throne He may be captain of industry, grinding
poor superfuous profits. He be man about
town. seeking pleasure whatever cost to others The
egoist may a of fashion, marrying some man
professions both in of all and
diverse characters in the saturntne and the cheerful
in misanthropes and good fellows.
Egoism very efficient factor of worldly success The
egost always looks for himself He has the wisdom
Even when he makes sacrifice it is done
that may himself better in the long And
the egoist usually cheerful, well successful He
permits the troubles of others to him. He Is
the center of his universe-San Francisco Bulletin
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-10-30

American merchants are not the
only business men with enterprise. A
Russian firm has recently sent an ex-
petition into Mongolia to learn what
the Mongohans will buy now and what
they can be persuaded to purchase in
the future There are twenty men
and fifty pack horses In the party.
The Russian military authorities have
sent topographer along with it, and
the imperial geographical society is
represented by a naturalist. Thus the
commercial needs Of the country will
be studied along with the questions of
its military control and the possibili-
ties Of developing its natural resources.
This is an excellent example of the
thoroughness with which Russia does
the things which 1t undertakes.