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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-11-30
Is CAUGHT IN NETS
400 . Girls Get Out of Bur1in<S
Schoo'.

Lawrence, Mass, (SpeciaD ALL but
one of 400 girls attending the parocial
school of St. Anne's parish. whose lives
were endangered by fire in the buildins,
escaped without injury, although rs oil
them were caught in nets by 6remen al
they were dropped from thrd-torS
window by a teacher
Rena Drouin, II years old, was tSlSd&6
to hospital suffering from the effects
of fright and inhaling smoke 1t is
thought that she may recover
The fire was caused by AN overheatcd
furnace.
All the pupils except those on the
third floor, who escaped by means Of the
nets. marched out of the building in good
order when the alarm was given
Sister Mary, one of the teachers, and
her 2S pupils. who were on the third
floor, could not get down the stairs on
account of the dense smoke Sle-.Is.d.r
the pupils to the windows. beneath wrtlE1S
the fremen stretched nets. Under the
sisters direction the girls climbed out
over the sill and one by one we're as
sisted to drop, being caught safely in ilSu
apparatus held by the firemen. AftcrS
The last pupil had been cared for. Sister
Mary herself reached the street by means
Of a ladder.
The damage to the building was slight.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-11-30
ENDED LIFE KNEELIN6.
Hit BY Train While 10 Attitude
Prayer.

New York (SpeciaD MARY G. Mc-
Carthy, pretty young woman. OF 400
West Sixty-fourth' street, ended her life
in a spectacular manner by jumping TO
the tracks of the elevated structure at
Columbus Avenue and Sixty-sixth Street
and then kneeling in an attitude OF
prayer before the train, which swept
down on her and crushed her.
The suicide selected an hour wher
there IS rush of shoppers and matinee
goers and the south-bound platfSraa- 49,
crowded with women and children. They
were waiting for the Sixth Avenue train
that was approaching the station.
The girls appearance attracted sone
attention, as after leaving the ticket
choppers box she made several short
SpurtS toward the edge of the platform.
In this eccentric manner she made her
way towards the south end of the plat
form, where there were few people
Then she stopped at the edge OF the plat
form and glanced up the tracks. The.
train was about half block away and
coming down the grade at full head
way.
She waited until there was no possN
bility of the motornan stopping the train.
whereupon she jumped - the tracks.
She fell at first, but raised herself 20 her
knees and faced the on-rushirg train.
clasping her hands as il in. prayer and in
clined her head towards one of the rails.
The crowd of women who looked on
stood for a moment speechless Then
they began to scream hysterically, and
their cries could be heard aboye tiie~sSfrn-
bic of the train. 1t was all over in az
instant, the train being stopped after the
first car had passed over the young
womau's body. A half dozen women
had tainted in the station but they were
revived BY physicians in the crowd
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-11-30

The tin saint is the only one that
needs sign.
Every laggard believes he is a born
leader.
You do not get berries by beating
about the bush.
The true man is greater than any
thing he can make.
When the preacher seeks fame he is
sure to find folly.
When each does his own work the
work Of all is done.
Heavenly mamma does not make a
man mealymouthed.
III you eat leeks its hard to keep
the fact from leaking out.
Some men would forget there was
God if they never had any trouble.
The happy life is simply the one
that has cultivated the habit of look
ing for happiness in all things.
Nothing cures back-fence gossip
quicker than. closet-communion.
Drifting to perdition is often a
quicker route than driving there.
Love is the one stamp that. makes
good deeds current in Heaven.
A man does not escape his own bus
mess by electing himself boss.
Heaven is going to be hot place
for. some cold-blooded people.
1t is not always safe to be sure
of the man who is sure of himself.
The great question is not whether
you are having peace, but whether
you are making progress.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-11-30
Tho wish That Jeny wished.

Now what do you think that Jeffy wished
IN turkey bone Thanksgiving day?
He brought it to me.
Les WISH" said he.
4 ou pull an l pull-that is the way"
L pulled and he pulled, one at each end,
AS wlshers have wished since turkeys were
made.
There came snap! the deed was done,
And Jeffy's piece was the longer onel
" goody, hooray, it's my wish" he said.
And what do you think that boy had
wished,
One at each end, as wishers do?
It seems queer, know,
But he told me So
Jetfy had wished that his wish would
come truei
Annie II. Donnell, in Youths Compan-
ion.
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day. Shouldn't wonder If Mr. Daniel
would give them 10 that widow with
seven children that he told about"
Gee whiZ"' exclaimed Shrimp. 81
forgot about tonight" He looked
sheepishly at the little dime in his
hand. 1--WE got to buy something for
ten cents" he sighed. Cant YOU helm
fellow out. Tad?'
Iadpole deeply pondered. There's
rice he suggested. The Chinese live
on that, and | guess few grains go
n great way"
Shrimp sincerely hoped that they did
go great way after he discovered how
small quantity his dime purchased
at neighboring grocery store. And
that evening, when he saw the liberal
donations in the Sunday school rooms
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-11-30
ThankapIVInY.

| thank Thee, God, for these.
My trinity of blessings:
A seeing eye, the open door
Through which my soul looks out
And grows more glad
At every glowing sky and opening flower;
For ears that hear Thy music,
Alike in speech of friends or song of birds
Or man-made harmonieS of sound
By Thee inspired;
And lastly, God, for this, thank Thee.
A heart through Thee
Made friend to all humanity,
A heart of understanding, swift to read
In all the beauty of the world,
Thy message of eternal love.
Marion Cromwell Prentiss, in The Cri.
teriOn
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-11-30

Three cups Of light bread sponge, two
cups sugar, one cup butter. three eggs,
one-third cup milk in which is dis
solved one teaspoonful of soda, two
cups currants, one cup chopped raislns,
one-fourth pound sliced citron. Mix
with the hands thoroughly. Raise till
light and bake in a moderate oven
slowly. There should be no -four add
ed. This is the style of half century
ago.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-11-30
Tweuty.Fourtb Child Gets All.

Trenton, N. ]. (SpcciaD The will Of
Charles G. Myers of Cape May County
IS being contested in the New Jersey
court of Errors and Appeals by 23 child
rem. The estate, valued at 100000, was
left 10 the twenty-fourth child. the SOLE
offspring of his fourth marriage TIN
23 children seek to have the will sey
aside
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-11-30
LABOR WORLD.

srhe resumption of work in the tin
az sheet mills of the country contin-
wen X. Lovejoy is the assistant
tary or the National Child Labor
nittee.
he present time the machinista
)urisdictional fight on with the
!; constructors.
Unemployment of Polish miners in
the coal fields in Scotland has
"a once led to disorder.
Rtherhood of Painters. Deer
Paperhangers of Ameri-a
between $1,000 and 60.O00
ated union in the Los An
buildings Trades Council
sly voted for the weekly
ertain labor leaders to
Ddly workers of Wash
ie said to be gradually
kcess.
rbers in the City of
If the master bar
centage OF receipts
per cent.
E shops of the Chi
nee the printers
a new field Of In
Rphers.
the Salvation
lree steamships
U Yorkmen from
e spring.
Regates to the
Labor con- /.
scd by fire,
pmpers.
appointed :
Wales Ar
complain
pwyers.
pye pre-
Paint .
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-11-30
Satisfied With cammIssIon.

Washington. D. c. (SpeciaD.-Pres
dent Roosevelt will oppose the abohsI
nent of the present Canal ComnissI
and also its rsOrgsfization, -.Lssss>
It be known that he is Satisf3eSE
present Commission and has CO.. .
in it so that Representative Man
anounced the intention OF introdSrco
DILL for the adjustment 10 the body, 81
not have the Presidents SUPPORT.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-11-30
Turkey ArSees 10 Yield.

Paris (By Cable) ).-The Temps pull
lished the following dispatch from Com
stantinople: Following a second meet
ing of the Council of Ministers. it isl
stated that Turkeys response to the
Powers will be an acceptance OF theirI
demands. with the reserve that the teruas'
of the Powers control of the finance
OF Macedonia be modified so as not q
reflect on the prestige of Turks~l.-sy1so--
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-11-30

speedily supplemented by badge OF
his teams color, hat baud to match
end cane with appropriate streamers.
He was about to spend his last dime in
chewing gum. when the shop doors
opened and Tadpole appeared. a large
package In both arms.
They exchanged college yeIls.
What have you got there?" asked
shrimp.
"Bfans," replied Tadpole. THEY'RE
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-11-30
LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS.

The naval board OF construction is now
considering the recommendations of the
general board for naZo program foI
the year. n.
Henry White, American ambassador
to Rome, was selected to represent the
United States at the Morocco conference.
Aloysius Z. Bowling, of Bryantown,
Md, deputy auditor of the Treasures
died at his Washington home.
A pension claim of $o,S4S was awarded
to patient in the ST. Elizabeth's Insans
Asylum.
In the future if a civil service employe
OF the government miSconducts himself
IN the view of the President or of any
head OF an executive department be Il.
liable to dismissal on the spot, W: 3
further explanations, according to all 4
ecutive order just issued
President Roosevelt received from -
peror Meneiik of AbysSinia elcph.,
tuSkS and the hide of Numidian
The presents we're sent through a
fesentative OF the Emperor who IS -
ing the investment OF American
in his country.
Capt. William S. Cowles. bro
law of the President, was relieved
command of the .battleship Misso;5x
viii become naval attache at u
House
Vice President Fairbank
nor the season shc residex
sentative Morrcli. Of Phx
one OF the largest
city
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-11-30
RAMS HORN BLASTS

HERE is no conse-
Grafton with out
preparation.
One joy is a
good exchange for
many toys.
1t is never too
soon to begin a
good thing.
Living things do
not keep to a dead
level.
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BY May &. ESin1waIt.

GiGl lirill Jay, Tadpole. what are you
tS~SI going TO donatey' asked
Shrimp Carter, relieving
I@o=I his emotions suppressed for
kl5l l9llI an hour in Sunday-school.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-19
The Japanese and the Greeks.

While they (the Russians) are good
hearted and high spirited In the main,
they are a great deal too fond of in
dulging in various friyolities instead of
attending to business and, further, they
are apt to let private affairs come be-
fore their duty. In this there is the
strongest possible contrast between the
Japanese and the Russian and it ex-
plains a good deal In fact. the Japan
ese can teach all Western nations
great lesson in earnestness and another
lesson in duty. Our maxim that "All
work and no play will make Jack a
dull boy" seems to be totally disproved,
for with the Japanese diversions oc-
cupy scarcely hundredth part of the
attention we give them. They cannot
understand how we devote so much
time to amusements. They live more
nearly on the plan of the Spartan than
any Western nation. The noblest and
richest in Japan cultivate an elegant
simplicity and an intellectual intensity
worthy OF the school of Socrates Not
all Of them, of course, possibly not even
a majority, but certainly a far larger
proportion than in Europe. And taking
the nation as a whole, / think the
ideals, the ambitions. the philosophy,
defects and downright vices of the an
cient Greeks at their best are more
nearly reproduced In the Japanese than
in any other people.-Thomas Corwin
In "Russo-Japanese War"
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-19
WILL IN TIME BE
THE WORLD CAPITAL
New York City Fast Becoming the
Financial and Commercial
Center

It takes ages to change the CONNER
cial and financial center Of the world.
When one is once established it shifts
tardily and only long after it has ceased
to be the most convenient place for the
greatest number of people. There have
been but comparatively few such CEN
ters In the history of commerce. For
centuries their location was on the
Mediterranean Sea or its tributaries.
Carthage, Rome, Constantinople, Wen
ma followed one another at long inter-
walls. With the growth of the Anglo.
Saxon and Germanic races and the de-
velopmert of ocean traffic the location
shifted to northern Europe. Then came
Bruges, Antwerp, Amsterdam and
finally London, where it still remains.
But the signs Of the times now point
to another change. The United States
holds one-fourth of the worlds stock
of gold and controls over one-third of
the worlds banking power. In round
figures the worlds supply of gold is
81, SOC, zoe, ,000 OF this the United States
holds 81, 800, ,400, 900. The worlds bank
ing power is approximately $50, SOS, ,000.-
o00 OF this $13.S26, 100000 belongs to
the United States. During the last dec
ade the United States has gained 16s47
per cent in this particular to the S257
per cent gain of all combined foreign
nations.
If this rate continues, and 1t seems
that it will, then London must even
tually yield her supremacy to some
eitv IN tha limited States New York
will, of course, be that city, owing to
its marvellous advantages, due to its
access to the lakes through the Erie
canal to the convergence there of most
of the transcontinental railroads and
to its superior situation as port for
European trade.-Kansas City Journal
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-19

The Electro -Cher,ic treatment has a wonder
fUl curative effect IN special diseases of
NylleH- II cures tnese oao diseases "nen the
ordinary medical treetr1ents DO them no good.
II cures ban cases that are turned over to the
surgeon for treatment by the family doctor
because the family doctor fails TO cure them
with medicines There is too much surgical
treatment upon women Electro-Chemistry is
cases, and is curing these bad cases quickly,
painlessly snc cheaply, thus saving suffering
women the horrors and dangers and the great
should consent to the use OF the knife until
she has at least investigated what this
5erfui new Electro-chernic treatment VIII DO
for her Right here in San Francisco. many
happy women have been cured by Electro
Chemistry after having been told that surgery
Many have given public testimonials Of their
cures To All suffering women. the Electro
che1nfc specialists extend a cordial invitation
TO come for a thorough EIectro-Chen7ic exani-
nation free Of charge. This examination will
NJ least tell what can be done and whether
or not surgical treatment must be resorted to.
This examination Is free and IN many serious
cases Il VIII show the sufferers pleasant way
he krsfe. An sufferers are invited TO call at
The Ezecfr0-Chemfc Institute FOR free consul
tation and examination. Eiectro-C Chemistry is
the surest, safest. quickest and therefore the
ctespe-r Treatment known for the cure OF
estarTh. consumption. asthma bronchitis.
e[ze-,a blood poison. skin diseases. rheu-
srszrfsrz. neuralgia, locouotor atsxia, paral-
-~ix dizzfne~s- fafnfing spells, special dis
gtreucfh nerve exhaustion. etc The Electro
Cbeu1lc home treatment is the most successful
because the patient is loaned. free OF charge
complete Elecrro-chenaic apparatus with which
;be treatment r. applied al home Those per
sons living az 3 distance who can convent
enfiv cali fOr the personal examination should
- "a In the ma 5ority Of cases the patient
cau return home the Same day. taking the
nece4sary treatment along Those VINO cannot
-.---~s5l-- ,-r1r,e for the personal examination
s1rr5id write a careful description OF their
-s-rsr,sr,rne and receive free OF charge. full In
min rrz4f T.
mont T7he Eiectro-Chernic Institute Is the
i-- s-,sfffTyffor, OF this character the Pacific
coast and is centrally located al l1s Grant
s,,e--,,e .-o--ler ,f Post street. San Francisco.
al re ofnce hours are from nine IN the
-ror-inS until Eve IN the afternoon ana from
sfrcn 70 eight AZ 1ight ana on sundsys from
-, = 60 rno...1fng until one IN the afternoon
--fer- are separate and private apartments for
aides and gentlemen
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-19
PUTS
HIS FAITH
IN COINS
Believes They Act
as TaliSnnan
for Him.
He Carries Pieces
With Him at
All Times.

ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 18.-At the
moment a few old Eastern coins are in
finitely more valuable to the Czar than
all the gold in the Siberian mines,
which are his. For Nicholas firmly be-
lieves that these coins are blessed
amulets, which protect him from all
harm. and most particularly from death
at an assassin's hands.
Never is the Car without the coins.
He has more confidence in them than
in his soldiers bayonets to safeguard
him when he goes among his people.
The silver pieces jingled in his pocket
during the ceremony of blessing the
waters Of the Neva, when was fired the
charge of grapeshot which might have
wiped out the whole Romanof dynasty
-Czar, Czarina, Grand Dukes and all.
In the shower of bullets his Majesty
displayed the greatest sangfroid.
The head of the Greek church OBJ
tained the coins from Bernhard Tut
nauer. a Jew, who lives at Radautz,
town in the Austrian crownland Buko-
vina. Three years ago wonder-work-
nauer's guest. Departing, the rabbi re-
warded the hospitality shown him with
the coins. saying:
My son, although these pieces may
seem a poor gift, they will protect those
far greater than you in time Of dan
GER
Lately, for three nights in succession,
the vision Of Alexander III, the Cars
father, appeared to Tutnauer and told
him the rabbits coins would shield any
one who wears a crown from a violent
death. Tutnauer sent the coins to the
Russian Charge d'Affaires at Vienna
with a message which vividly described
his triple dream.
Much impressed, the Charge forward
ed the coins to his Majesty, who, most
gratefully, acknowledged their receipt.
The few faithful who surround him re-
joice that the coins have lent him con-
fidence. They do not seek to disabuse
him of his belief in their protecting
power
Before the Czar put the coins in his
pocket they had been tested at the
Imperial Laboratory for any insidious
poison that might lurk in them.
So the superstition which enthrals
the Gar as completely as the lowliest
Of his moujiks has manifested itself
again. Now he is reconciled to the loss
of Zenobia Golaczyi the beautiful little
woman from Poltava, the charming
mystic who conJured pictures for him
on a screen. The dreamy prophecies
interpreted the meaning of the dull,
confused, waving masses of light she
summoned to please herself and her
imperial patron Her seances gave
him hope; she showed him the shad-
owy Japanese fleeing before dazzling
Cossacks.
UnluckiIy for herself, the Golaczy
was not content to deal alone with the
Cars fears and hopes. She promised
TO tell him what the Grand Dukes
were plotting. what his Ministers were
planning. She disappeared-no one
knows whittier.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-19
Need to Change Names.

it necessary to grant the privilege to
the heads of families in changing their
names, if they feel so disposed. 1t is
a necessary piece of legislation for the
Danes, it seems, as the entire popula-
ton is divided into three great clans
the Hansens. the Petersens and the
Scerensens. Beside any one of
these familiar Smiths and Joneses of
Anglo Saxon origin would be in an
absurd minority. In one town of
5000 inhabitants there are only about
twenty surnames to go round and the
trouble experienced by the postman
almost drives him to drink. Conse-
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-19
seventr-Year-oId Baby.

There is a man Of 20 in Paris,
named Wallace Superneau, who still
sleeps in the cradle he was rocked in
when a baby and he has never slept
one night Of his long life on any other
bed. The youngest of a family of
boys. Wallace retained his place in the
cradle as he grew older. He soon be-
came too taH TO lie in il full length
but he overcame this difficulty by
drawing his knees upward. Each
night 10 this day he rests his feet
sQuarely on the bottom Of the era
die. sways his knees to and fro and
rocks himself 10 sleep as he did when
a small boy. The habit was formed
ia babyhood and was never broken
New FORK Tribune.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-19
ADVERTISEMENTS
THINK TT ovEh.
something You Can See in ANY Res
taurant or Cafe.

taarant or Cafe.
a physician puts the query: Have
you never noticed in any large restau-
loht az lunch or dinner time the large
number OF hearty vigorous old men at
me tables, men whose ages run from 90
20 81 years; many Of them bald and all
perhaps gray. but none Of them feeble
or senile?
Perhaps the spectacle is so common
as 10 nave escaped your observation or
cDinnent, but nevertheless il is an OBJ
5eet lesson which means something.
II you VIII notice what these hearty
"a leiiows are eating you viii observe
'Aat lhey arc not munching bran crack
nor gingerly picking their way
titeuSh menu card of tangled
Heaita foods; on the contrary, they
seem 10 prefer a juicy roast of beef, a
properly turned loin Of mutton. and
even the deadly broiled lobster is not
altogether ignored.
ne point Of al this is that a vigor-
Gus old age depends upon good diges-
uon and plenty Of wholesome food. and
not upon dieting and an endeavor to
1--we upon bran crackers.
mere is certain class of food cranks
who seem TO believe that meat. coffee
ana many other good things are rank
poiso1s, but these cadaverous. sickIy-
looking individuals are a walking con-
demnstion ot their own theories.
The matter, in a nutshell is that il
the stomach secretes the natural di-
gestive juices in sufficient quantities
eny wholesome food viii be promptly
oisested; If the stomach does not do so.
and certain foods cause distress. one or
two Of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets after
each meal viii remove all difficulty. be-
cause they supply Just what every
weak stomach lacks-pepsin. hydro
chloric acid. diastase and nux.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets do not
act upon the bowels, and. IN fact. are
not strictly a medicine. rs they act al
most entirely upon the food eaten. df-
gesting il thoroughly, and thus give a
much needed rest and giving an anne
tite for the next meal.
OF people who travel nine out OF ten
use Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. know
ing them to be perfectly safe TO use at
any time and also having found out by
eXperiepce that they are q safeguard
against indigestion in any form. and
eating. as they have TO. at all hours
and all kinds Of food, the travelling
public for years have pinned their faith
10 Stuart's Tablets.
All druggists sell them at 80 cents for
full-sized packages. and any druggist
from Maine TO California. If his opinion
were asked. viii say that Stuart's Dys-
pepsia Tablets is the most popular and
successful remedy for any stomach
trouble.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-19
ADVERTISESiENTs.
Grip Is Rife.

While Grip is rife it behooves every
man, woman and child in the United
States to be prudent. To be careful in
dress. To keep the feet warm and dry.
To wear woolen next the skin. To use
care in diet. no late suppers, no over
indulgence In stimulants. Above all
keep DIR. Humphreys Seventy
at hand and take it frequently: it will
knock out the Grip. break up cold and
prevent Pneumonia
..77'' is a small vial of pleasant pei
lets, fits the vest pocket.
At Druggists. 25c mailed.
Humphreys' Homeo. Medicine Co.. Cor VIII
liam and John Streets. New York