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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-01-22
POINTED TALK

Very often hear people say, mo to try to sell Piano or
Organ to Mr. So So sngy buy jewshap Are
YOU in this class? Perhaps and perhaps you Will say that
YOU do not other people about Yon
are wrong as You will not admit the fact We ask again,
do you care your family? You CT busi-
but Won are wrong again 1t business to sell musical in
it also our YOU out of your SHELF
sbe and it OUR to sell Piano and
from So 90 $50 price These things and the "shoe
fits YOU invest stamp and write for catalogues and
ce do postal read that and want
TO keer the matter yourself much possbe We shall be
pleased to hear from YOU and and all questions
Brereton & Beydenreich,
Rooms 15-16:S Crowle Building. Stanton
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-01-22

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The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-03-25
CHILDREN OF JAPAN.
They Never Shed Tears and Even
When They Have q TOothache
know How to Smile.


For Gods sake. stop that crying"
To hear this good missionary English
in a nest of japanese houses-and Jap
anese houses are SO tLln that every
thing the neighbors say Is easily heard
was startling. In four months we had
never heard any scolding or seen .
child punished.
This unusual event proved to be in one
of those international households not
uncommon in the east. 1t was the
Anglo-Saxon half of the child that
roared and tyrannized over its submis-
sive Japanese mother. His English IA
ther had bought him bright blue ulster
with brass buttons. In this he strutted
up and down Negisha Mura, bossing all
the children of the quarter. A palmer
instance of heredity and racial traits is
rarely seen.
No one was more shocked at John
Tashira San than o Tara, the little
niece of our maid, o Yen, THE Honor
| able Miss Dollar" Even when o Tara
had the toothache she smiled through
her pain.
bad boy" said o Tara. "His rude
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Evil
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
| ly-Honorable-one is" with great dig
nifty, and bowling her little head down to
| the floor.
Even Japanese babies are popularity
supposed never to cry. This comes pref
ty near the truth, for the land and all
there is in it seems to be theirs.
In any country where Shintoism or
oncactral worebip nnreyaiIs the children
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-03-25
he KNOWS THE TIME.
Pete, Canine Attache of the Post
once mt SOmerville, Mass, Ii
q Wonderful Dog.

Pete, the mascot of the Somerville
post Office. stands. according to his
friends. absolutely without a peer in the
postal service.
The worth Of the men in this branch
of the government employ depends in a
large measure upon the promptness and
precision with which they attend to the
details of the daily routine. In fact. this
may be said to be the very essence OF
the service.
But. says the Boston Globe, in the
whole force at Somerville there is not
q man who can equal this small fox ter
r.er in devotion to his daily duty.
Pete came to the Office in the fall
Of 1902, having followed the Prospect
Hill carrier late one afternoon. He lin
gered about the Office for day or two.
and it was soon noticed that the dog
was beginning to catch the spirit Of the
regular routine.
He at once made friends with Assist
ant Chief Clerk Grifiiths, who took him
home with him and fed him. Lodging
he refused. He was accordingly re-
leased and went directly to the office
where he spends all his spare time. To-
day when on the route and not at his
meals Pete is always to be found at the
ofice in Union square.
According to regulations all carriers
must report at $40 each morning and
''ring in" Promptly to the minute
Pete takes his stand under the
clock, where he quietly surveys each
man as he comes up and inserts his key
The next operation is the sorting OF
the mail While this is going on Pete
sits by watching every one like an over
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-03-25

T. - J o. S1 4
:. =! - 40 g a. 49, VSnSe-
~ ~ 60 - ~ : 'cAsss.
: mnster q tact Thus backed, g. Bar-
8 oaneWs has grown into : gigantic
oonseries Of religious orders. bows
c.uo mothers meetings. sewing
caasses and everything that could En-
nance the comfort Of the poorer parish-
toner's. - go
suppose Dr.. Greer inherited a claim
upon the younger Vanderbilts, though
It would not be 60 handy to collect
Inc father was always to be found at
lending to business It isn't 50 easy
70 catch with 4 subscription paner .
young fellow sky-hooting across coun-
Try % miles an hour in an automobile
IN Dr. Parks New York will have I
Ousiness-ltke successor to Z business
IKE clergyman. Either DR.. Parks or
Dr. Greer, In ordinary raiment. would
De taken for q merchant or perhans =
railroad Official. Each is in fact
many things, not spiritual advisor
alone, but architect, sociologist, admin
istrator, general commanding of host
OF people. DIR. Parks is called to admin
lister parish whose property and en-
dowments amount to more than $1,000
wv. and whose annual income is nearly
$S5O.OOO. He needs to be q business
man, and he is. trained by similar work
n Boston. The employment agencies OF
st Bartholmew's church place" 5000
persons In q year: its free physicians
make 5000 calls. 1t has six Sunday
schools, including one each in Chinese,
Armenian. Swedish and German. Two
are in English.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-03-25

are bound to have good time. A SON 10
necessary to carry on the worship OF his
parents and to keep the ancestral fires
lit II man has not a son, he adopts
one or takes another wife. II woman
has not son. she knows what to expect.
Polygamy finds its excuse in religion.
Japanese girls are by no means SO high
ly valued, but. as can be seen, they
work into the general scheme. Children
being a religious necessity, their place
is fixed. Supplementing this is the
natural joy of parents in their own
progeny and the sense of possession.
Curiously enough, pampered as they
The Japanese regard kissing as vulgar,
animal and unsanitary. Even foreign
children would willingly give up being
kissed in return for never being scolded
or whipped.
A baby wears layers Of those long
easy slips we know as kimonas, which
cover its feet and its hands. Conse-
quently. it has no cause for crying when
1t is dressed. Even the poorest baby has
its daily hot bath. Hot in Japan means
no degrees Fahrenheit. temperature
that gives even grown person lively
recollections. It's head is shaved, with
the exception of small tuft, until 1t Is
three years old. One of the few repulsive
sights in Japan is the number Of sore
headed children seen on the streets.
These sores are not allowed to heal. the
theory being that in this manner all the
evil humors of the body are expelled
Louisville Courier-JournAl.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-03-25

A lawyer who became celebrated for
his success as a cross-examiner had
a strong contempt for the bullying
methods resorted to by some OF ais
learned friends at the bar. The best
way, he said, to deal with witness
was to seem to agree with him and
fiatter him until he forgot that trap
might be prepared for him and gave
himself away" AS proof OF the Ell
ficacy of this milder process he related
the following experience:
A railroad company was sued for
damages by q stalwart fellow who
claimed that his right arm. which
looked well enough. had been SO IN
jured In a collision that he could mot
raise it above his waist
"You say you're unable to move your
right arm freely?" I asked him, pleas
antly.
Eyes. SIR
"What q pity!" said ]. Now just
how far can you raise it," :.
only SO high" said he. lifting II
| to his waist with q painful grimace.
TOO bad, too bad!" / sympathized
"And before this accident I'll wager
you were physically match Tor any
man.?
.You bet vast" he assented
warmly.
"And could swing that arm aroune
| A well as the next fellow!
"Better!" he declared.
| Just show US how high You couie
raise It them" asked. quickly
Away up here!" he answered. noiss
ing his arm straight over his head witi
unvary enthusiasm.--N. 7. Weekly.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-03-25
A MODEL.

When I lay Dolly down to s'eep
She shuts her eyes up tight,
She never gives one single peep
However dark We night.
6ne doesn't fink of booger men
Or bears CT fings like vose,
Or kick We cover off her when
She's once beneaf We clo'es.
An when my Dolly's wide awake
An settin' up in bed,
She doesn't cwy at all or make
A naughty fuss; instead
Shes jest as quiet as can be,
An let's me comb her hair
An wash her face. i fink vat she
Can't really, truly care.
She sets 'zample to me, vough
l am her muvver dear,
] always ought to have. l know
But still / don't, fear.
can't, aivough / often try,
Sit still an never stir.
II was filled wiv sawdust, why,
l might be good like her.
Chicago Daily News.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-03-25
.sar 1t home to go downtown for sver3

AoAf 1t home to 60 downtown Tor oves9
small purchase.
The congestion of interests into 50
small a space has resulted not only in
crowding the streets there with people,
but it has also crowded the transporta-
ton lines leading in and out of this dis
trict, and the buying public. to AVOID
these conditions. have turned to the
smaller stores nearer home.
State street. Cottage Grove avenue.
Milwaukee avenue, Blue Island avenue.
Madison street and a large number OF
other thoroughfares in every part OF the
city are devoted to retail business IN
terests. They pay cheaper rents than
the department store competitors. and
the new patrons are finding that. though
the stocks are not SO large. they can
buy as cheaply as they can downtown.
besides saving street car fare and the
discomforts of trip to the department.
stores.
AS an Instance of this, know dealer
in mems furnishing goods on Cottage
Grove avenue who has struggled along
for some years In an effort to make
small merchandising pay.
He saw his neighbors pass by his
store on their way to the department
stores downtown. In no way could he
attract their trade. He offered bargains
that were genuine. but they didn't at
tract trade. Then the tide began to
turn his way. The people, friends and
strangers alike. became his patrons.
To-day he is riding on the top of the
prosperity wave. and all because of the
congested conditions in the small sec
ton known as the business district Of
Chicago.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-03-25

q Ii " u 8 tAS AaAS
rich. The Chicago public was not spe-
ciallv interested in the trial OF Tilbury
ON the charge Of carrying concealed
weapons. or of extorting money. but
the public was interested in the flavor
of scandal that lay back Of the charges.
Now It is said that an organized band
of men servants exists In the city. whose
nnrpose It is to blackmail their mis-
tresses by threatening to cannect their
names with q scandal. Such an organ
ization would find poor field for oper-
ations except among . class OF idle
women. The woman who Is genuinely
busy with the important duties Of life
has not time to place herself In COM
promising positions. even though she
do 90 innocently. The busy woman has
NO time to go automobile touring with
schemeing chauffeur.
II the coachmen and chau6eurs OF the
city have organized for the purpose OF
blackmailing their employers they VIII.
except in exceptional cases. fnd CHI
cago q poor field for their operations.
for the city is not center for the Idle
rich.
WRIGHT A PATTERSON.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-03-25

d e N q n d o I t b e
church element, or
q large section of
1t. for Sunday So
loon opening.
The Association
OF Neigh orhood
Workers, formed
OF young men and
women who knew
best the needs Of
the poor, have just
revived the old
question by voting
in favor Of Sunday
ope nj ng. The
greater part Of the
E pfsc opalian
church favore ~
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-03-25

seer or occupies himself with carrying
papers from one man to another, fol-
lowing In each case the directions given
as to the destination Of the particular
paper or parcel.
After q time the bell strikes as sig
nal to begin tying up. This is soon fol-
lowed by the bell to get such first-class
matter a has come in since s: 40 and add
1t to the sacks. In this Pete takes no
part. but as soon as the bell to leave
sounds he hurries to his place under the
clock.
Az each man rings OUT he surveys
him carefully until the one comes along
whom he chooses to make his companion
for the trip. This man varies each day,
Pete seeming to desire to keep himself
IN touch with every route emanating
from the Somerville ONCE.
Perhaps the most wonderful OF al
pete's many feats Is the fact that he can
keen track Of the time OF day. All car
riers are supposed to ring In" at Ger
tain time when the trip is done. Pete 70
always on hand. II his companion Is
late Il makes NO difference to the dog.
It IL necessary that he be present. and
present he is.
The day before Christmas all the men
came In considerably late On account OF
the extra work required Of them. The
time Tor reporting from the afternoon
trfp Is 4:45. On this particular trip
pate accompanied Carrier Refill.
when 4: 80 arrived the route had been
covered a. far - Perkins street Pete
promptly disappeared. and at 4:45 wa
sittine under the clock waiting the n
riy,l Of the tardy force. Here he ~
NAMED until every man had reported.
A general favorite with the men, they
have taken tho trouble to provide him
With : license and splendid collar
which, beside the number, bears thu
words: ..Pete, Somerville Post Once
Union Square"
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-03-25

church favors it. SUNDAY Closing.
DIR. Parkhurst asks for It It is unnec-
cessary to say that all these people
have no sympathy with the saloon.
They regard it rs = necessary evil un-
der the circumstances and are almost
bitter toward those who assert without
knowing the fact that the Sunday
opening Is the road to ruin.
There are two answers which the
church people, the Settlement people
and the officers Of the law. like District
Attorney Jerome are accustomed to
make:
First, the saloons are open now,
many of them; the "Raines Law Ho-
tells" legally open, others illegally open.
To have them open against the Law
keeps no one sober and brings the law
into contempt.
Second. the feeling that the reform
element" tries to keep the saloons
closed drives thousands Of honest peo-
pie who do not go to church. but who
do take = drink now and then to vote
ON the wrong side In most municipal
| questions. This alone gives the ga
| loon power" its political importance.
There Ii no doubt that the saloon
men voted for the reform candidate In
1901 because they were tired Of the
price Tammany made them pay for the
privilege Of breaking the law. Last
| fall they voted for Tammany because
| they found the reform administration
unable to furnish the promised ND
eral" construction Of the law. In both
| instances they carried the day.
And 20 the whole matter comes "
again before the Legislature in the form
| of local option measures. each OF which
IL worse than most Of the cthers- !,
has even been proposed that each cleo
ton district have the right to vote
upon the Sunday opening question
A wealthy Probation OAeef.
| There Is no lack Of earnest effort te
1 a>1. xhn s,<sor and 0nc Out what thetI
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-03-25

real needs are BY
people Of wealth
and leisure. As an
instance, you a 8
Richard Stevens
and his sister. Mrs.
Alexan der, APP
pointed probation
omcers Of Hobo
ken.
Stevens was .
household name n
civil war times,
when Commodore
Stevens, head Of .
famous house Of
engineers, present.
- - thu 0fJHAT0-
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-03-25

ave grown In
wealth with the growth OF the city. The
Armours. the Pullmans, the Letters, the
Palmers and many others who are now
rated we'll up In the millions were pa
rents long before they were million
aires. But few Of these families. that
is the older generation. are typical So
ciety people to-day. The late Phil Ar
mour's sons grew to manhood while
their father was accommodating the for
tune he left them. The elder Letter, VINO
made much of his wealth by the advance
in the price Of Chicago real estate. was
the father Of the present Lady Curzon
before he was a millionaire. George
nj. Pullman was raising Chicago out OF
the mud, and dreaming Of palace cars
only when his children were born.
In part, the sons OF these pioneer
fathers have gone the way Of the idle
rich-pleasure seeking. But the ma
jority are home lovers. to whom the
prattle of childish voices is as sweet a.
it was to their pioneer fathers.
In the generally accepted sense Of the
word Chicago has no society at the
present time. There are no idle rich to
make 1t. The really wealthy men are
busy accommodating greater wealth. and
their wives are occupied with the vari-
GUS forms of new movements" for
women. Chicago does not yet need q
Freddy Gerhard. Harry Lehr or .
Ward McAllister. There Is neither .
400 to organize or to amuse.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-03-25

to property, ana
burned itself out within a few minutes
for lack of material on which to feed.
The Masonic temple is the tallest
strictly Office building in the city. There
are within it's walls 20 stories of offices
and few lodge rooms, though the ma
sonic fraternity are abandoning it to
q large extent. On top Of these 20 floors
of Offices is roof garden and vaudeville
theater, and above this roof observa-
tory.
The Masonic Temple roof garden has
been one Of the popular places of
amusement during the summer months
for several years, and its seating ca
pacity of 1000 has often been taxed to
the limit. The new theater ordinance
placed a ban on this place Of amusement,
as it did on all play houses that were
more than IL feet above the sidewalks,
but since the recent fire experience shows
the building to be really fireproof. the
management are hoping to induce the
authorities to issue a license again.
What would happen should a IRE
break out In the building during per-
Torrance in the theater Is hard to i'm
agine. The great central corridor would
carry the smoke upward to the pleasure
seekers 300 feet above the street, and
even though the danger might be
trifiing, 1t would be almost certain to
produce panic. and probably cause a
loss Of life before the IA elevators could
convey the audience to the street.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-03-25

5 ia t e m e mt that
children are not
W a n t e d in the
homes of the rich
on any investiga-
tons he made in
Chicago. / say it is
hardly probable for
the reason that
Chicago would not
have furnished a
good field for such
Investigations.
The majority OF
the really rio b
families of Chicago
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-03-25

A~AAe~ss~ - caused Dy rise IL
normal price, Land Values.
though, Of course.
not SO high as they are In certain Sec
lions of New York. This raise In rent
values has brought . corresponding
raise In land values, until it is no longer
profitable to erect comparatively small
building in this section
The First national bank is spending
a 00O 600 in constructing a 16-story
building ON the land 1t owns at Dear
horn and Monroe streets, and refused
to improve the property or to add 10 the
holdings 1t had there until the city coun-
ell would remove the building limit
which prevented the erection OF any
thing higher than IA stories. As soon
"a that limitation was removed. the con-
struetion of the building was begun,
and IL being pushed to rapid completion.
The Daily Tribune. which had con-
stru,sed its new building under the old
ordinance. promptly added new floors
when the new law made such course
possible.
WIN modern elevators and fireproof
construction Of steel and brick and stone
only. the sixteenth door becomes as val
uable for ofices as is the second orthird
floors. The First national bank consid-
cred those two additional floors to mean
the difference between . profit or no
nroft on the investment The new
building is costing some 100000 to
construct, and aside from the Masonic
temple. which cost $500. 900. and the
new most ONCE. which is costing 4.000.-
600. IL the most expensive building In
the city.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-03-25

few days ago when
q fire occurred in
the Masonic tenn
pie The on ~
thing that burned
was the furniture
in the suite of
rooms in which the
blaze started, and
despite the I a c t
that 1t was so high
up that it was i'm
possible for the fire
dep r t m g n t to
reach it, it did but
a trifiing damage
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-03-25

Ntlcal purpose IN
mind, calls to or
der his people.
The season Of
'.banQuets" OF the
Sons Of the Some
where.
For such re-
unions New York
is q wonder. The
Southern Society
is q power In poll
tics. finance and
trade. 1t includes
such men as John
S. Wise and John
G. Carlisle, with
promising juniors
like David Lindsay
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-03-25
c.ve Anple Direetions.

A little fellow in saying MS preyas
oue night entreated blessing on hie
aunt. who was dangerously Ill. and
erayely concluded with these words:
.And please, God, don't forget Ter adj
dress. She lives ut 80 Blank street. q
the third door to the right"
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-03-25


uaxA Gordon and his
re Ohio Society needs but men,
re president of the Maine So
6Ds me that he has on his lists
- eligible to membership. OF
hey do not all come, but all
Some and all, it is worth remem-
are successful men in . city
competition and unusual temp
The Vermont Society is less
han in Boston: | think it is
II state organization Of which
hue. Even the far western
40 represented by smaller eat
there are such looser organi-
= the New England Society,
{>Nery year renews the dispute as
= day of the yeer really is Pill
1ay:" and the Holland Society,
- Includes many OF New York's
1acy, and which at its recent
anquet chartered an Atlantic
~ IN hour for the sending of
- back and forth between New
I'D London. True to their ma
tse Hollanders never get to-
4hat they do not eat gekruide
- and korstjes van paddenstoel.
raid balls and the St Andrews
brations complete = list Of fes-
which has in the meantime in
"a extraordinary succession OF
6ocieties from New York state.
re so Of these counties, say IS
0 the metropolis itself. and
every one has its society In the
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-03-25

no society. In the
light Of recent oc-
cure n c e 8 that
statement would
seem to need q cor
re ito n. 1t il
broadly limited, not
only in the public
press. but in the
city courts, that the
city Is becoming .
field for the opera
tons Of q class Of
servants who find
their opportunities
a m on1 the idle
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-03-25

Ethel-So Edith has finally caught
the nobleman she was trying to hook7
Majory-Yes. she said IN her last LETT
ter that he belonged to the landed gen.
try.-Yale Record
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-03-25

ID Ouuulu6 up INC
patronage Of the
neig b b orhoo d
store at the expense
OF the big depart
ment emporiums
Of the city. It has
been the fashion
to run to the big
d department stores
for everything
wanted. The
hous " lie who
wished Z yard Of
ribbon, or the man
who wanted Z new
shirt e. d o m
thought Of buying
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-03-25

noon for the Snail Merchant.
There u another effect this crowding
~ the dSwntown district il having. It
a. hr,f1d{uO mn tha
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-03-25
After.

After.
She-Ah. you men! Before marriage
you pay compliments, but after
He-After? Why. after-ws do bet.
ter; we pay bills.-Life
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1904-03-25

Absolute flreproof construction is be-
coming more of . necessity every day