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A NOV Ell ENTERPRISE
THE NEW CHICAGO SUBWAY AND
ITS QUIET CONSTRUCTION.

An Underground Railroad Built TN
der the Heart Of the City without
Attracting Attention Arrange.
ments For Handling Freight.
New York has just opened II subway,
and Chicago, not to be Outdone, is also
going to have II shortly and beat
New York in length of system. The
Chicago subway has not attracted
much attention III comparison with
that given the great underground rail
road recently opened in New York. In
fact, wen in Chicago itself. few per-
sons knew until W years ago that
such Il work was under construction.
Yet over twenty miles of the subway
will be opened Oh Jan l, and the total
length of the system is nearly sixty
miles. The New York subway. ut pres
ent the longest underground railroad in
operation, is only about twenty-five
miles in extent. Both this and the
Chicago enterprise are remarkable feats
Of engineering. The most important
difference between them consists in the
fact that while the New York under
ground railway is for passenger traffic
that in Chicago is for freight.
Perhaps the most remarkable thing
about the Chicago subway is the quiet
way in which it has colne into exist
ence. About four years ago Il FRAN
chise was given to il company for
building conduits for telephone wires
and other wires Of corporations fur
nishing public utilities. Corporations
which scented opposition to their mo-
nopolies in the new project contrived
to have Il clause inserted in the fran-
chise providing that the company
should not tear up Il foot Of pavement
or disturb the surface OF the roadways
in any manne on pain of forfeiture of
its plant. 1t was supposed that this
provision had put an effectual quietus
on the new concern. No work appeared
to be going on. Not Il foot of pavement
had been torn up, and there was no
sign of anything being done. What was
the surprise of the mayor and council
one day about two years ago on being
! told that seven miles Of subways un-
der all the principal streets Of the bust
ness district had been completed and
! that they had been built large enough
not merely to carry the wires Of tele-
: phone and telegraph and lighting com
panics. but to permit the operation of
trains Of small cars for conveyance Of
freight.
The statement seemed beyond belief
but Il tour through the subways 1901,
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When to

When to exercise is an important
consideration. If the morning only is
available the exercise should be light.
Particularly is this the case IL one is
engaged in any work. The supply of
energy must not be drawn from ut the
beginning Of the day. The afternoon
is perhaps the best time for exercise.
when one has gained strength from
the absorption Of the morning and
noon meals. Those who exercise vigor-
ously Mt night should eat n midday
dinner. Exercise should always pre-.
cede bathing and not, as a rule, follow
it. In this respect the ancient Greeks
showed great wisdom. Exercise and
bathing they called the two pillars of
strength. Exercise was Hercules ana
bathing Apollo. Both were regarded
with equal Importance. and neither
was complete without the other.
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Such Ignorance.

When Alexander had swung around
the circle Il few times and the election
returns justified hin. in wearing the
earth as a watch charm, it is related
that he sat down one day and broke
the drought of several years standing
in the Syrian desert by shedding a few
barrels OF wet tears because there We're
no more worlds to conquer.
Poor Alex: Ills early education had
beer sadly neglected. He had never
heard Of New Jersey. Three Oaks.
Michigan or the Philippines. Suppose
he had saved his money and bought Il
Cooks excursion ticket and landed
solne fine morning on the Philippines
just rs the natives We're feeling the
working Of the revolution microbe! He
would have found worlds enough there
to conquer with his crude methods to
last him the rest of his life, and he
could have handed down the Job to his
wives relations. There were worlds
enough. and then some had he only
been posted.
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When Her husband
Saw the Milliner

AkR. sTANDIsH was mad when
lie went into the millinery es-
tablishment, and the longer he
stayed the madden he got. Presently
he walked over to Il stunning black
creation that hung OF a peg near the
window and said:
This is the hat l want to see you
about"
The proprietor came forward. what
can l do for your" he asked.
"You can fix this hat over the way
my wife asked you to-" said Standish
explosively. "She wants the feather
put OF the other side, that bow moved
to the front. and she wants the rim to
bulge Il little more over the temples.
"She says you've refused to make
any alterations OH the ground that the
addition or subtraction of another
stitch is bound to ruin it, but l tell YOU
that's all nonsense. My wife knows
how She wants her hat to look. and If
she can't stand up for her rights I'll do
1t for her. She is coming around this
afternoon to try the hat on again. Ii
it isn't ready by that time there'll be
no end of II row."
The proprietor twirled the black hat
on his fOrefinger and looked from it to
the head salcswoman lugubriously.
II remember" he said. that the lady
who ordered this hat did bring it back
yesterday to be yemodeled. Perhaps it
will be possible to make the alterations
sug :ested, after ALL"
The managers humility made Stand
ish feel very proud Of himself. That's
tie only way to deal with those fell
lows" he said when he left the shop.
"YOu've got to meet them on their own
level. 1t takes Il man to do that. No
wonder women get cheated out of their
very eyeteeth. They haven't got sand
enough to say the things that have to
be said to secure their rights"
Throughout the day Standish continu-
Ell to revel in self congratulations, and
he actually went home half an hour
ahead of time to see If his wifc's hat
had been metamorphosed into the thing
Of beauty he had suggested.
"Well," said he jubilantly. Twas the
hat all rightY"
"A rightE" said Mrs.
"They hadn't even touched it. How
could you expect it to be all right when
you didn't stop in to see about it,"
"But I did STOP" protested Standish.
II saw everybody about the place and
laid the whole establishment out in
great shape. Here's their card. I
picked it up as l was passing out"
Mrs. Standish took up the card and
read the name aloud.
"O-O-O-oh" she cried. els that where
you went? Why. you got into the
wrong place. What on earth will that
manager think? He must think you
are crazy"
II don't care If he does,'' said Stand
ish Imply, "but l would like to know
what the owner Of that black hat will
say If they make it Owe according tc
my directiOns."-New York Press.
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Eleventh Indiana regiment, which was
under command of General Lew Wal
lace. Afterward he was with the
Thirty-seventh Illinois, rising to he a
colonel. On the close Of the war he
was brevetted Il brigadier general.
General Black distinguished himself
for bravery ut Pea Ridge. Ala, in 1862.
He was ordered to have his regiment
seize and hold Il vital point. BY his
qualities rs a commander he stemmed
the tide Of apparent defeat. held the
field and drove the enemy from it.
During the engagement one Of his
arms was shattered. hut he remained
with his troops until the victory was
won. Later In the same year, while
fighting at Prairie Grove, Ark. with
his injured arm in a sling. his other
arm was wounded and crippled. In
describing the fighting ut Prairie Grove
an eyewitness has written:
General Black was holding his
ground. lie kept his men as If they
were on dress parade. He tore up and
down the line. crying In clear tones tt
be accurate in the aim. to be careful
and lie snug upon the ground. HI
saved the day Mt Prairie Grove"
After the war General Black reno
law and ok"up~ the practice Of tina
profession. In 1885 President Cleve
land appointed him pension commits
sioncr. and he served until 1889. HI
has since been n congressman ut large
from Illinois and United States attor
ney for the northern district of Illinois
President Roosevelt appointed him Il.
the Democratic member Of the civil
service commission. which position HI
now holds,
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SUBWAY.
convinced the doubterS. Down twenty
four feet or more under the heart Of
Chicago this work had been going on
for nearly two years. and not n sign Of
it appeared on the surface. Surveys
were made. and the tunnels We're run
under the centers Of streets 81 as not
to conflict with the foundations of the
skyscrapers. for which Chicago is fa-
nous. Easements We're rented mt inter
walls along the routes. and debris was
carried away at night through coal
holes in the sidewalk. 40 that it did not
attract attention. The initial point of
the system was at II Of the busiest
parts of Chicago. and it is stated in il.
lustration Of the quiet way in which
the work was done that V the po-
liceman III the beat supposed 1t was q
job Of repairing in a saloon cellar.
The right to use the tunnels for
transportation Of freight was not east.
" obtained. but when won the mer-
chants Of Chicago began to see the nd.
vantage of the system. Work was
pushed for the extension of the tun-
nels, and n large number Of merchants
entered into contracts with the COM
pany. The tunnels are Of two sizes.
The trunk lines. which run along the
chief streets. are twelve feet six inches
high and Il little over eleven feet wide.
and the branch lines. which run off in.
to intersecting streets. are six feet
wide and seven feet six inches high
The tunnels run from twenty-four to
| forty feet below the surface. Business
houses will have connection with them
SO as to receive and discharge freight
coal will be delivered and it's transpOr
tation through the streets above avoid.
cd, and United States mails and news.
papers will be distributed by the tun
mel routes.
Merchandise will be deposited in thu
easements Of the railway terminals
direct from the underground roads
The freight cars are 4 little more thar
ten feet long and have n capacity Of
fifteen tons each. and they are drawn
by small electric locomotives. The cos
wheel and third rail system Is used
The Chicago Subway company. which
has recently taken over the stock o.
the company that built the tunnels. l.
capitalized Mt $5O.OO.OO0. Another sub
way for Chicago has also been planned
and this will be for passenger traf1c.
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At lightweight he is active and at
tends closely to business, and every
time a birthday comes around he says
he is going to celebrate many more.
He proposes to die in the company Of
his old friend the 'ticker" when his
summons comes. His mother passed
away at ninety-eight as she was sitting
in her rocking chair knitting stockings.
His grandmother died at the age Of
about ninety and attended to her house
work up to the day Of her demise.
Mr.. Sage has never been known 40 a
president maker, but he figured at ona
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the Mast and was admitted to the
bar without having studied the pre-
scribed time. Much as we desired to
exclude you" said the chairman Of the
examining board. W are compelled
to admit YOU" When Mr.. Moody was
a senior at Harvard a young freshman
appeared at the college. and little did
Moody imagine that the humble
''freshie" would n day be president
Of the United States and that he. a
mighty senior. would be "Freshie"
Roosevelt's attorney general and secre-
tary Of the navy.
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infancy. tie is the
only director now
alive of the original
board Of directors Of
the New York Cen
trail road. 1t is al
old saying in Wall
street that Russell
Sage belongs to the
Hundred Year club.
To be sure. he has
not reached that age
yet, Out he is in a
fair way to do so.
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Apollo, but the description quoted
somewhat eXaggerates his homeliness.
and his achievements more than offset
the uefects in his features and figure.
His father was Il humble peasant. and
the present diplomat began life as Il
newspaper writer. Becoming the secrc-
tary to a member Of the chamber of
deplties. 1t CHANGED that the deputy
died. NJ. Delcasse soon married his
widow and succeeded to the seat as n
deputy occupied by his former en-
ployer. He has been q cabinet officer
under four successive administrations,
so that it begins to be said that though
mikistries may come and ministries
may go Delcasse stays on forever.
Russell Sage. whose wealth is esti-
mated at Owe :ss25. UOO. 900. is still in the
business harness ut the age Of eighty
eight. When he was a boy he adopted
as his motto the old adnge. ANY one
car earn a dollar. but it takes a wise
man to keep it," He saved the first
dollar he mace and never has been in
debt since. he says. Though so many
times Il millionaire. he is still haunted
now and then by the dread Of poverty.
which he acquired in early youth from
seeing the misery caused by it.
Mr.. Sage has bern financially inter-
ested in railroads since 1850. a time
when the railroad business was in it's
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of the other and MRS. HETTf GREEN.
that the property Of each should be
kept separate. Despite the entreaties
ed in Wall street and lost all his
money. He tlen retired from active
life and spent his last days in obscu-
rity. His wife has continued to in
crease her fortune. Like Russell Sage,
she is of a frugal disposition and lives
very plainly. She has Il permit to carry
a revolver, and the weapon usually re-
poses in Il reticule in company with
millions Of dollars worth of securities.
Mrs. Green and the reticule are insep.
arabic.
"A pistol is a good thing to have
around when l am talking to lawyers"
she said recently. Nov, If you We're
a lawyer and l had Il pistol lying on
the table and l took the pistol up in
my hands, you would keep away,
wouldn't you? You wouldn't try to
bulldoze me because l am a woman
Except for lawyers l am happy. Peo-
pie are good to me. have q good con.
science. l eat we'll and am in splendid
health. But you don't know what
these lawyers have done to NE. l am
going to protect myself. l am not
bloodthirsty, for l am a Quakeress.
but If I had to shoot l believe l could
hit a mar at twenty yards. l wouldn't
shoot to hit him first; l would shoot
over his head to scare him."
NJ. Theophile Delcasse, the French
minister of foreign affairs, whose pres
tige has been strengthened so much
recently by his success in bringing
about the Anglo-F1ench agreement,
has another feather in his cap as a
diplomat. This consists in the fact
that his influence is credited with
averting the threatened clash between
England and Russia W the North
sea incident. France did not want to
be drawn into any struggle because of
her alliance with Russia, and the
course of events has added to the popu-
larity Of NJ. Delcasse.
The foreign minister had a good
laugh Il few weeks ago when he read
in a French paper this description of
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No Longer on the Man,

"What makes you so late!" asked
Tins father, who in the boys alb
sence had had to see to the evening
chores himself.
"Teacher kept me in."
"What for:'
"'Cause ! couldn't find Moscow on
the map"
Couldn't find Moscow? And I'd
like to know who could, then! Why.
I remember hearing tell Of Moscow be-
Ing burned when l was Il boy! It's an
outrage to put such nonsenslcal ques-
tons to children what's there to learn
something useful. I'll look into that
and let yer teacher know l amt been
elected on the school board for moth
ing!'-LOndon Globe.
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! saw a maid the other day
AT s!-:.t OF whom a golden ray
1llumined all the world for me
And Tiled me full OF ecstasy
She was a perfect dream of bliss
What higher praise can be than this?
The heart of me Swellcd in ny breast
"She is the sweetest and the best"
Sc sang my happy heart to me.
Prophetic of the time &c be
When should know this maiden sweet
And lay NY heart down at her feet.
Such wondrous grace and beauty fair
Must surely join With culture rare.
I felt that words Doth choice AID pure
I'd hea IL spoke the maid tenure.
And speak she did. 1 heard ler say
To her companion, blithe INC gay.
AS down uper a bench they sat.
well. now. what dye think 9 that?'
And she u"vrapped a bunch 4 gum
And gave the other damsei soEie
And. as their jaws began &c wag
LAS, right my beau had on IA jig"
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GENERAL BLACK A FIGHTER.

The Next Pc aston Commissioners and
His civil War Record.
General John c. Black Of Illinois.
who is to succeed Eugene +. Ware as
United States pension commissioner.
has a fine war record and has been a
dasling figure in public life. He Is
very popular in the Grand Army of the
Republic and was recently commander
In chief of the order. General Black
was born in Mississippi in 1889, but
his family removed to Illinois when
he was Il boy, and he was educated at
Evansville. in that state, and ut Wabash
college. Charlottesville, Ind. When the
civil war broke out he enlisted in the
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portfolio the men,
bers Of the associa.
ton drew up Il telc
gram as follows:
"Duar Bill-We're
glad you've got the
Job. Please send up
the Dolphin. The
gang wants TO 60
dshing."
Mr.. Moody read
law with Richard
n. Dana. author of
"Two Years Before
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Many Il brave man sidesteps Il bat
tie when his wife commands the oppos-
ing side.
1t takes lots of courage to marry an
heiress, but mel are courageous crea-
lures and have ever inundated them
selves for the good of the cause.
II the Russian winter of discomfort is
as long as the fall Of Port Arthur it
will sure be hard lines for the Mus
cOvite.
Money may be the root of all evil.
but It spreads Il luyuriant and delight
full foliage of long green about the
head Of its lucky possessor.
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Jimmy" said the teacher after read
ing the Youngsters mote from his ia
ther'' eXcusing Jimmy's absence from
school the day before. at seems to me
your fathers writing is very much
like yours"
Eyes" replied Jimmy, unabashed.
"father amt had no education. and
I'm learnin' him."
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"And you wouldn't begin a journey
on Friday"
"YOu bet | wouldn't"
II CAM understand how you can
have any faith in such Il silly supersti-
ton"
"No superstition about its Saturdays
pay ~day."-DetrOit News.
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A Natural Inference.

SLOW long have you been the nus
band of the defendant"
"Twenty-four years."
Eth! She's just testified that her
age is but twcnty-eight. How do you
explain this?"
"We-we married young. your hon,
OF. "--Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Conventional.

They were parting.
The light in the hall was dim.
Good night" he said, bending to
press Il kiss upOn her cheek.
"Now, If you ever tell any one" she
began.
"Ah," he whispered, II printed that
kiss there, not for publication. but as
an evidence Of good faith."-Chicago
Tribune.
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him advised by the new Pacific cable
as to the state of his health. One day,
says the New York Herald. this mes
sage came to Mr.. Root from Governor
Taft ut Benguet. in the mountains near
Manila:
Rode ten miles on a mule today. Am
feeling much better. TAFT.
Mr.. Root chuckled and doubled with
mirth in the chair which Secretary
Taft has since discarded as too small.
He dictated this reply:
Taft. Benguet-Glad to hear it. but how
10 the mule? ROOT.
Carroll D. Wright, who is about to
terminate his long connection with the
bureau Of labor statistics Mt Washing
ton, is Of the foremost statistical
authorities Of the time. 1t was he who
originated the saying, Figures do not
lie, but liars figure" He was the first
labor commissioner of the United
States and was appointed to that posi-
ton by President Cleveland in 1881.
When the bureau of labor statistics be-
came a part Of the department of COM
merce and labor he remained as head
Of the bureau, and thus has served un-
der Cleveland. Harrison. Mckinley and
Roosevelt. He rendered distinguished
service in the settlement of the an
thracite coal strike as II member Of
the commission appointed by President
Roosevelt to arbitrate the difficulty. is
president of II college and holds po-
sitions as professor and lecturer in
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llIlllScIl. rug eyes,
the ears of Il bat,
the vaulted fore
a of hydro
%cephalus. a small
nose. wide
p ut the bottom,
the goatee OF Il sea
lion" NJ. I~:elcasSe
can now afford to
be good humored
when he secs such
pen sketches of him.
sole In Is NOT ~,
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Pincher-I believe in that old saying
about taking care of the pennies. You
know it. don't you? Spendcrs-Oh,
yes. Take care Of the pennies and
the dollars will take care Of your
heirs."-Philadelphia Press
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Reason Enough.

Well. It's to si'l% and dance a Jig
And do a fancy flop.
For we have harvested a big
Old style potato crop.
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Runny-Ma. there m Il hunter.
Old l;abbit-Sit right still. He won't
hurt you. That old chap has been
shooting around here every fall for the
last ten years. and he's never hit my
thing yet.-DetrOit Free Press.
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three other eduC0-
tiOnal institutions.
His resignation Of
his position as head
of the bureau Of Ia
Dor statistics is due
to his desire to give
o time to his
work as president
of the collegiate de.
partment of Clark
university, Worces-
fer. MASS.. and to
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Green after
her own affairs and
is shrewdneSs itself.
When she married
E d w ard H e II Y
Green he was q rich
man, but she insist
Ell before the we'd
dingthate each should
be absOlved O
any responsibility
for tho iV,Jnh<o1nocC
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A Couscientiou. Architect.

Caller-I have $4,000 to put into a
house. and l wish to select Il design.
Honest Architect-Yes. sir. John.
show the gentleman the plans OF our
g 600 ~hO,lSes.-New York Weekly.
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der1nined. He was
laboring d great
responsibility in gov
erning the archipela-
CO.. where conditions
We're yet so disturb.
ed as to give Score
tary Root and Presi-
dent Roosevelt much
concern. Mr.. Root
therefore requested
Indigo Taft tn Eppn
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Never Saw One.

"Do you think the go Of miracles is
past:"
II am sure it has. ! have been look.
ing for a raise in salary for five years
and ii does not come"
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More to Come.

Bride-I feel awfully nervous. Moth
er-Pshaw! Don't take your first mar
rage so seriously. 1t doesn't have to
last forever.--Town Topics.
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lust One Hitch.

"'f1e bought stock when 1t was very
low"
Il suppose he made Il fortune, them
"He would have but for one thing"
"What was thatY"
at went lower"
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He Spoke From Experience.
"ColOnel, do o think there is any
money in horse racing!"
Eyes, indeed. All mine is."-New
York Times