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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-11
UP-TO-DATE WISDOM TOLD IN
PARAGRAPHS FOR BUSY READERS.
BY AMBROSR BIERCE.

WRITTEN FOR n SUNDAY REPUBLIC
Convictions are variable: 10 be always
consistent Is TO b sometimes dishonest.
sss
Who am T. inquired IA soul. awaken
ing in the Other World.
THAT knowledge Is the only thing de-
MED to you here" said the smiling angel
This IS Heaven
Bear me. good oceans. 20 some isle.
Where 1 may never fear
The snake alurk in woman's smile.
The tiger in her fear.
Yet bear not with me one. o detps.
Who never smiles and never weeps.
The philosophers ~profoundesz convic-
ton Is that which il most reluctant 10 cx-
press. lest he mislead.
When exchange Of Identities is possible
be careful; you may choose a person who
is willing.
The mosts intolerant advocate is he who
is trying TO convince himself.
sss
In the Parliament OF Otumwee the
Chancellor OF the Exchequer proposed a
tax on fools.
The right honorable and generous gen
tleman." said a member. ''forgets that
We already " II in the poll tax.
Woman's courage Is insensibility TO dan
ger: mans is hope to escape.
The man Of honor pays his bet
BY saving on his lawful debt.
when he 10 Nature pays his dust
Not for he would. but for he musu
Men say. II settled that. tits true.
But, faith. II long vas overdue"
II all thought were audible none would
be deemed discreditable. We know. in
deed. that bad thoughts are universal. but
that is not the same thing as catching
them at being so.
"An the souls IN his place have been
happy ever since you Numbered into IT,"
said Satan. eiectinE Hope. You make
wherever you go"
What a woman most sdmires IN a man
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THE KINGS LEVELS

The sensations experienced by the justordinary
citizen Of st. Louis, United States Of America. &C.
companying a realization that the Kings Jewels are
here, includes an overwhelming desire to see these
priceless treasures and an inclination to smile at
that desire. Aside from the base cupidity through
which concentrated wealth fascinates. the presence
of the twenty tons of metal work and gems awak-
ems a provoking consciousness of a lingering super
stftiOn for things kingly. Yet the American in rs.
though profoundly respectful to foreign king or
queen as representing a people, laughs at extreme
reverence for a crowned head. The laugh is no.
directed at those who bow to royalty. but at our
selves who seem to have a wee bit of an impulse 10
do the same thing.
The Kings jewels, properly speaking. are the
Queens Jubilee gifts. The Queen is dead: long live
the King! In a way, these jewels bring an iIustra-
ton of the system of succession and constitute a
reminder of the wide gap between the United States
and a majority of the civilized Powers.
1t would seem that the American. contemplating
the Kings jewels, would feel nothing but repus.
nance toward that which they represent. yet. aside
from being worth several million sterling. they have
for us a mysterious attraction merely because they
are the Kings and have been the Queens. That
must be the remote voices of our ancestors speaking
through four or five generations of devotion to de
mOcraey. 1t is the insistency of the thing. the crop
ping up Of the old. old spirit. at which we laugh.
Still in a sense, the laugh is out Of place. The
ideal Of kingship is one to command true reverence.
The conception. upon which mOnarchies are based.
of comforting upon one man the mantle Of authority
and thus uplifting him as an abstraction. is not
without its beauties. The working out Of the idea
exposes the King as a man. sometimes better and
often worse than the average man. While it may be
al RIGHT enough to bow down and worship the King.
S9-12n cannot bow down 70 the man; aud
6ff;ra Hofnes in because the abstraction gets
an ID up with the reality.
~ asy by which King Edward permits the
jewels is one which every Ameri-
appreciate. The gems certainly
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-11
BY DIX.

Al. I know" -xcIaims the milliner.
something simple. yet chic. With dis
iiuetIou. 7 am a judge 81 character. and
as soon as YOU entered the store / said TO
myself. she has temperament She must
have something individual. with a little
note Of originality in Il. She wouli never
buy q hat that comes by the dozen on the
bargain ouuteg.' Am ] not rlghtg'
Well. I do like a HAT that's different
- begins the woman. weakening.
Il knew Il" interrupts the ioIIier. your
air. your style-sp distinctive, Now,
here's a little thing. very simple and in
expensIve-onIy S5-that suits you To
Perfection and forthwith she brings out
a purple structure. three feet by four.
Composed ~ a dead fowl and a peck OF
violets.
on. that isn't IN the least what I
want eNelaims o." woman Il want a
simple. rIoee-htt'rS little walking hat to
wear shopping and on rainy days
But Try this on" urges the jollier,
Just for my pleasure. Il am an artistic.
madnm. 7 have feeling about my crea-
lions. and I say to myself. One must have
the complexion. the coI0rInS. the hair.
the air at once distinguished and refined
20 wear the violet hat There are not
many who could wear iJ. but il was made
for you"
Thus adilred. the woman suffers the
violet hat to be pinned on. and the milii-
ner fails back in an attitude Of rapture.
"A 5-jam, a picture! Perfection she
in ecstasy. Madam. It Is a
pleasure to work for one who knows
how TO wear hat as you do
'Ru I wanted a close-htting hat pro-
tests the woman. struggling bIindiy with
the hypHutist.
And cover un yeur beautlfll hair New
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WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC
When a woman starts out In the morn
Ing to purchase a plain. durable. sensible
walking hat that will cost about SO. and
returns az nishtfal with q SO CONNECTION
that the light Will fade and a drop OF
moisture ruin. her husband is apt to sy
things about her eNjravaCauce and TO de-
ride the feminine intellect.
This T. most unjust. Il Is a case for
pity and not for blame. for the poor. UNI
fortunate woman has merely succumbed
to the miliner's Jolly. which is the most
deadly. the most artfuI. the most ~insidiOus
graft on earth
It is easy for men to mock az the dan
gers n temptations TO which they nave
never been exposed. hut u has been OBJ
served that no man who once enters a
milllner's shop ever speaks lightly ~ its
perils again. He leaves Il a wiser and
a poorer man.
OF course. when n woman sets out TO
buy a hat. having been there many times
before. she is IN a measure prepared for
the tactics OF the beguiler. She therefore
prepares herself for the fray by making a
cast-iron resolution 10 buy nothing but the
simple. u-npretentious. inexpensive hat that
she needs fO- everyday wear.
All the way downtown she "mauifests.
as our Christian Science friends say.
against the danger she Is about % encoun-
ter and keeps her mind fixed on the VI
sion OF a little. close-httinE hat that will
defy wind and weather that she means TO
purchase.
Entering the shop. a stately woman
with a Straight-front figure and a per
oxide ~pompadour. sails up 20 her ana leads
her 20 n seat before a triple mirror. The
women takes a stranEle hold on her c0ur-
< and explains that she wants some
thing plain and cheap.
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as noodle. poodle. foozle, the very utterance Of which
provokes a smile. such light significance has come
ont in the wash. or rather. before grand and the
other kind Of iuries.
-Four yearS ago. the minds picture OF a bOodler
was Il merry Falstaf, OF not specially elevated NOR
ais but not exactly ON the plane OF iniquity
with highwaymen, train robbers snd high-cInss
thieves. But the moral awakening has come. just
as buccaneers ceased 10 be heroes when the law
against pirates began To be ~forceful. the bOOdler has
no longer a circle Of imitators and admirers. II the
moral force endures the boodler will be extermi-
mated.
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CONCERNING SOME JOLLES THAT
WE KNOW: THE. MILLINERS ADVICE.

err It would be sacriIege.' exclaims the
miIlinsr.
Il don't think purple is becoming 20 me.
objects the woman. seebIy. Il
am too sullOw to wear it
Madam. with your complexion and
ewes you could wear anything. Your col
oring is absolutely perfect. That little
dash OF yellow in your skin gives an ORR
entail touch that is simply ravishing."
Don't you think I'm too old 10 wear
that kind Of a hatg" demands the woman,
weakening.
Too old at y, When madam IS 70 she
may begin to talk OF age, But while she
is still a mere girl Absurd And the iOI-
lier raises dcprecatinE hands
The woman. who Will never see her for
ty-Gfth birthday again. gees under. though
she lakes one last feeble effort 20 save
herself by saying she didn't want 20 pay
So for a hat. but the milliner protests that
Il Is very cheap.
The bird. the flowers. the trimmings are
OF a quality ~UnexcsIled. Besides" she
adds. sOothinEly. "A woman with a facs
u figure like madam's-a woman who
attracts attention wherever she goes
could not afford to wear a dowdy. CON-
monplace little hat. II would be a jarring
note; but the violet Chat. so elegant. 50
artistic. so chic, The effect on madam Is
superb. II is a perfect harmony between
hat and wearer."
1t is becoming" signs the woman, and
all is over except paying the bill
And after she gets home she sits down
and wonders how IL was that she bought a
hish-priced picture hat that she didn't
need in place u the inexpensive little hat
she did need and that she started out to
purchase.
But the mlIiner knows.
Copyright. IrL. by W. r. Hearst. Greas
Britain rights reserved
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is distinction among men. What a man
most admires in a woman Is devotion TO
himself.
Our severest retorts are unanswerable
because nobody Is present 10 answer them.
The angels have good dreams and bad,
and We are the dreams. When an angel
wakes one OF Us dies.
The highest and rarc=t form OF content
ment Is approval Of the success Of an
other.
II inclination challenge stand and fight
From opportunity the wise take light.
Better than We know the needs Of others
We know our own To serve ones self Is
couomy OF administration
There are two arguments more convinc-
ing than a cannon. Two cannon.
Before undergoing a surgical operation
arrange your temporal Affairs, Tor you
may live.
Those who most loudly invite Gods at
tentiou TO themselves when in peril Of
death are those who should most fervently
wish 20 escape MS OBSERVATION
When you have made a catalogue OF
your friends faults Il is only fair to sup
PLY him with a duplicate in order that he
may know yours.
The ninety-and-nine who most strenu-
ously demand opportunity most bitterly
revile the one who has made a profitable
use OF II.
Insurance companies are the first gam
b'ers to perceive the advantage OF parad-
ing their enormous winnings ~ an induce
10 bet against their game.
Observe. my son. with how austere a
the man without a cent puts aside
the temptation to manipulate the market
or acquire a monopoly.
ss
For study Of the good and the bad in
woman two women are a needless ex-
pense.
The man whom no woman can resist has
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will prove to be one Of the most noted attractions in
the vast Exposition. To the American mind. they
will be prominent among many foreign exhibits
which will bespeak. not what we have progressed TO
but what we have progressed from. Before the royal
jewels the citizen Of the United States must be
moved TO reassert. Il am an American" and reflect
upon the significance Of the statement. The true
adhercnt to a republican government must look
monarchy. at its nest. fun in the face that he may
be able To defend his choice.
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RECENT
4 Revolution in England.

The Independent.
When a new great issue appears in politics It drives
a pIowshare through the old parties. So IL was when
antislavery first split and then destroyed the Wing par
~ and drew off from the Democratic party an ex-Presi-
dent and a host OF young men to join the new Free Soil
party. So # was when. after the Civil War. the revived
issue Of protection drove hack a multitude OF Republic
ans 10 the Democrats. So was Il when our insular &C
QUESTIONS repealed the loose members Of one party and
attracted those OF the other. SO is Il to-day in Great
Britain. where the sudden revival or an old issue, sup
posed long dead. is realigninr the old parties. 50 that
We know not which to call Liberal and which Conserva:
tive, or to which the term Unionist properly belongs.
The disturbing force Is Joseph Chamberlain. II is he
that has seemed to discover the fatal cause OF Eng
lands checked prosperity. II is the maintenance OF
free trade, when all the rest Of the world has gone over
to protection. Since Peel and Golden free trade had
become so much OF n political religion that no man
dared above a whisper 20 mutter dissent But Chamber
lain has fouted Il aloud. and 10. in an instant half the
nation turns inhdel. and Premier Balfour follows first
after the Arch Hereto.
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a brief tenure OF power. for already he IS
accosted by a charmer whom he cannot
himself resist. Her name IL Age.
There's no free WILL" say the philoso-
pher;
To hang Is most unjust"
There Is no free WILL assents the Of
ficer:
W hang because We must"
Hope Is an explorer who surveys the
country ahead. That is why we know so
much about the hereafter and so little
about the heretofore.
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WORTH KNOWING.
o E
BY A R II. C. o

There are poems unWritten and songs uEsung
sweeter than any that ever were heard;
Poems that wait for an angel tongue.
Songs that but long for a Paradise bird.
Sing to my soul the sweet song that thou Invest:
Read me the poem that never was penned,
The wonderful idyi OF life that thou givest.
Fresh from thy spirit. o beautiful friend.
Poems that ripple through lowliest lives,
Poems unnoted and hidden away
Down in the soul where the beautiful thrives,
Sweetiy as flowers in the airs Of May.
Poems that only the angels above US,
Looking down deep In our hearts NAV behold
Felt, though unseen. ~ the beings above Us.
Written on lives and in letters Of gold.
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HIS FeeIin's.
Detroit Tribune.

III T------
Now as to Judge PheIan's feelin's sequentiaI to his
shipwreck, his Honor is retceut, but an inkling OF them
can be gained IN the reply OF n LudingtOn gentleman
who, describing TO a lady friend his awful sunerings
while cast away on a lone rock, with the waves wash
ing over him every few minutes for twelve hours. was
asked as the sympathetic tears rolled down her cheeks:
'Oh, my dear sir. how did you feel during that awful
experienceg' and, without the least attempt TO magnify
or exaggerate. he answered, with candor: wet, madam.
rerr uefn
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old EnEIand'. TanLInE Capacity.

Chicago Chronicle.
There is every indication that the visit to Boston and
other Eastern cities OF the Honorable Artillery Com
pany OF London. England. will have the effect OF es-
~tablishing in this country a new highbaII record. The
Ancient Artillery Company OF Boston and various
FOUNDERS in New York City have long been celebrated
for the number Of highbals that they were able to
inhale, but the honorables from London are understood
20 look upon them as mere amateurs.
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what the TarIn Doe. Tor the stsel Tr mzrst

The surplus earnings OF the corporation for the nine
months. after providing for maintenance, depreciation.
interest on bonds, sinking and reserve funds and diyi-
dends on preferred stock G4 per cent? and on common
stock ca per cent?. were almost S0O0.sN- The cor
poration's scale OF prices for its products stIl stands at
about double the cost OF manufacture.
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Give this country the right to bring the f~ugitives
back. and the United States detective will do the
rest. For Kelley, Krs:= II al. there must be small
comfort in the contemplation Of the capture Of
Arondez. the cmbezzler. nabbed by secretservtce
men many thousand miles from the scene OF hii
crime. With proper extrldition laws the world may
be made very small for the fugitive from justice.
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The boy and HI. ane.t.,

CeInl VOD Democrat.
John Mcfarland and best attended church at Al
brights Sunday evening.
Lew BoTenbaugher called on his best at Happy Hol-
low Saturday evening.
vinton Meyer and best OF skeels Y Roads went
through this place Saturday evening.
Adam Kettenring and best OF Wabash were on our
streets Sunday.
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observation-disclosures is always valuable. hut Is es-
pecially valuable to noncombatants at Il time when
other nations are at war. II Japan clashes with
Russia it will be just as well for this country to
preserve a Sophisticated Indifference" not Incom-
patible with perfect poliieness to both.
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
TO-DAY IN ST. LOUIS.

: lU-UAI IN 81. LUIS.
= From The Republic. October II 1913.
= The Philomedean Society was or
= ganized and guv its first entertain
. ment at the home OF Captain John
. l. Martin. The members were the
Misses II. Anderson, A. Anderson,
. 5. E. Hogan, Emma Stamm, Nellie
= Wallace, Maggie Steele. Ida Dyson.
= Amelia King. Hattie Ambruster.
. Helen J.. FIschel. Title Yost, Mrs.
= A. II. HOhoT. and Messrs. Louis
= Patterson. Alex. Mcdonald. VIII
. liam Peterson. = W. Stamm. Fred
= Rowland. George Stamm, Otto I
. Sprick. George a Hays. Alex. I
= Steele, William G.. Chouteau. Albert
= Dyson, Matt Aurbacher. Captain ,
. W. H Wallace. A T. Wolfarth. Ed 4
= Hole and James Hull.
. A statement compiled by the Mer- 4
. chants Exchange shove hat st. 4
= Louis led the cities OF America as
. a market for farm and plantation
. products. The firms mentioned were
. r. s. Mccormick & Co, j. c. Mac
. Ginnitie & Co. J. l. Thomson & 4
= Co. W. H. Harrison & Co. Green, 4
= Sherry & Minor; Cole Bros, ]. W. 4
= Booth & Sons. Manson. BarthoIov 4
9 & Co. EdgeIl. Chamberlain & Co:
Hoffman Bros. P. NJ. Lockwood & 4
9 Co. Henry J. LInneman, F1shseS
o Bros. Gregory & Stagg, Nd
o Cox & Co; E. NJ. Samuel &
y Bowman & Gaiennie. Butte &
= brecht. limbs Meyer & Co; MorAH
. StOddard < Co. Teichmann a Il
. Andrew Mcdowell & Co, H.
= BONN. Redmond Cleary & Co, sill ,
= wood. Karns & Co.. William KsI. :
= & Co. Eaton. Mcclellan & O. .
= John Mutually. Orthwein & Merl Z
y man. ". NJ. Price & Co. and II Z
. Hattersley & Co.
y George Thomas. nephew Of JUDI 4
y Dayid Thomas. died at the home ~ 4
= his father-in-law. Thomas RyaH 4
y No. 5sZ7 Olive street.
= Mrs. Mamie Woodwork gave a 4
= reception in honor OF Miss Mollie 4
= Donohue Of Kirkwood. :
= George P. Strong returned from (
= New York. where his daughter was 4
. married.
= Mrs Anna Hammm died at the 9
: family home. No. 1886 Mississippi Z
.
= Mrs. Adolph Knipper was struck :
= n Injured by an awning which {
= fell at Fifth and Elm streets. :
= Captain J. T. Mccord. with the 4
= steamer Gold Dust, broke the rec .
= ord for a quick trip to Helena =
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A Celestial Criticism.
Chicago Tribune

Chicago Tribune.
According TO the Cincinnati Enquirer. a Chinaman
who witnessed a show in that city recently was inter
viewed regarding ii. and asserted that the show was
'pletty good IN yartaf wyedncmfvwyp shrdlu cmfvw
syhrd." Lots OF US have felt Just that way about a
show.
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Chicago Record-Herald-
Lorimer threatens to let Yates fight it out alone. II
he sticks to this determination we viii all have a chance
to see just how the boy stood on the burning deck.
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Seven hundred and twentythree fires started
during five months in Chicago from unknown
causes" Persons should avoid starting fires in this
manner. 1t prejudices the insurance.
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The Holland tulips which will be interpreted in
the Worlds Fair floral displays ought to be popular,
even should they lack the sweetness and pertness
of the American kind.
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No matter which way the war should go. it's
China that would he licked.
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PhIladeIphia Inquirer.

= ---TT- |T---
Look out for the word .newkpaperiety." 1t was
coined by accident the other day but seems TO III a
iong-felt want and is likely TO bsladopted into the Ian
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SUNDAY. OCTOBER II, 1903.
CiEoulatioa During Septenber

". B. Carr, Business Manager OF The St. Louis Re
public. being duly sworn. says that the actual number
OF full and complete copies OF the Daily and Sunday
Republic printed during the month OF September. 1866.
an IN REGULAR editions. was as per schedula below:
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,hicago Record-Herald
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-11-26
ORDINANCE NO. AZ.

An Ordinance granting permission TO THE
AMERICAN TELEGRAPH AND TELE-
PHONE COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA
to construct its. lines Of poles, to!res and
FIXTURES upon the public rays of the Borough
Of Emporium Pennsylvania, upon the terms
and conditions therein stated.
DE 1T ORDAINED by the Town Council of
ID the Borough of Emporium, Cam eron county
Pennsylvinia, and it is hereby enacted by the
authority of the same that THE AMERICAN
TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE COMPANY
OF PENNSYLVANIA, its successors or assigns,
be and the same hereby are, granted the right,
privilege and authority to construct. operate and
maintain its lines of poles, wires and fixtures
upon, along, over and under the public ways of
said Borough of Emporium, upon the following
terms and conditions, viz:
SECTION l. All poles shall be reasonably
straight; they shall be erected under the direc-
ton and supervision of the Street Committee of
said Town Council and shall be subject to their
approval, and they shall be 80 placed as not to
interfere with the public and customary private
uses of said public ways impede the flow of water
in bitches or drains, or obstruct entrances to
gate-ways or drive-ways.
SECTION 2. Said Borough shall hold said Com
pany responsible at any and all times for any
and all damages caused by the construction or
negligent maintenance of said lines in said Bor-
ough.
SEcrIoN 8. Said Company shall be subject to
any and all general ordinances of said Borough
now in force, or which may hereafter be passed
regulating the of the public ways or other
public places in said Borough, or taxing poles
and wires generally in said Borough.
SECTION 4. 1t is expressly provided that said
Company, its successors or assigns, its agents or
employees shall not climb, cut, iujure or in any
manner interfere with any tree in said Borough
without the express consent of the owner thereof.
SECTION 5. In consideration of the rights and
privileges herein granted said Borough shall
have the right to attach the wires of its fire alarm
and police telegraph system to any and all poles
erected under the provisions of this ordinance in
addition to the right OF taxing said Compapys
poles and wires as provided in Section hereof
and according to law.
SECTION 6. This ordinance shall take effect
and be in force from and after the earliest period
allowed by law.
18th day of November, 1903
G. F. BALCOM, President.
ATTBsT:-
@. ]. GoopSoUGH, Secretary.
Approved November 18th, 1903.
JOSIAH HOWARD Burgess.