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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-31
"A Horsemor7's Exploit.

To decide a wager OF $1,000 made
with Edward l.. Norton, a broker.
Harry X Ningut of the New York
Racket and Tennis club. a horse own
err, rode 100 miles on horseback in 9
hours and 9 minutes at Belmont
park the other afternoon. says the
New York Herald. Under the terms
of the bet he had twenty -four hours in
which to complete the journey. Vim
gut used six ponies, mostly quarter and
half breeds, and galloped his mounts
all of the way. The performance of
the young man is considered by horse
men as a demonstration of much en-
durance.
Members of several New York clubs,
themselves with money wagered on the
feat, were not only treated TO the spec
tacle of a man giving his best efforts
to win bet. but were witnesses of n
storm which came near turning the
contest into tragedy.
Vingut was riding past the three
quarter pole. galloping freely on a fresh
horse. when Il bolt of lightning struck
the pole and shattered It, He was only
ten feet away. He clapped his knees
to the sides of the plunging horse.
caught him before the animal could
start into a run. wiped his hand across
his face as though dazed and then con
tinued to the point where his anxious
friends were waiting for him. He
swept by them with wave of his hand
to indicate that he was unframed and
then passed around the curve.
Mr. Norton, who watched after Vim
gut at the conclusion of-the feat, de-
clared:
Il lost $1,000. but / am mighty glad
Ningut beat me. 1t was a game strug
gle ! am as tickled over the result as
though he had paid me the money"
Ningut entered the saddle at 4:42
o'clock in the morning His timers
We're Edward l. Norton, E. A. Thomp-
son and L. E. Larocque. Others who
witnessed the feat were August Bel
mont. Philip Brown, W. G.. Street, +.
Livingston, Jr.; L. La Montague and
Mr.. German, the superintendent of the
track.
One of the ponies covered thirty
miles at intervals Mr. Yingut rode
continuously for ferty-three and one
half miles on one relay 1t took the
rider Is hours 80 minutes from the
time he took his first mount to COM
plete the hundred miles. He was on
the ground three times. While at
breakfast he took time to shave him
self When he dropped to the ground
upon completing the sixty-ninth cir
cult of the mile and half course he
said:
I'm glad that last mile is over.
Let's see. it's hundred miles and a
half over. have done no riding in six
years. Figure to yourself the mood l
am going TO be in when come out of
bed tomorrow morning
vingut was dined by Mr.. Morton
and his friends at the Racket and
Tennis club at night. He had had
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-31

ing others by barbaric spIendor. Ieus-
sell Sage was a curious combination
of the best and the worst, of virtues
projected till they became vices. Many
of his ideas and notices were excel
lent, but they were too narrow in their
application, they were not actuated
enough by kindness, they took too
much the form of selfish avarice, they
were not directed enough toward the
service of all. Man does not live unto
himself, but unto his kind.
Mrs. Sage has the opportunity OF
changing all that. of making amends
for his shortness of vision and Of leav-
ing a kindlier memory of the man that
she loved and served through forty
years.
That she will do so Is proved by the
fact mentioned I'm the opening sentence
Of this article that three Of Mrs. Sage's
closest friends were Elizabeth Cady
Stanton. Louisa May Alcott and Helen
Miller Gould.
We are known by the character OF
our friends. J. Il EDGERTON.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-31
Berries Going to Waste.

The berry crop around Winsted,
Conn, is the heaviest ever known and
thousands of quarts will go to waste
because nobody wants them for the
picking, says the New York World.
Every housewife who cans bilberries,
blue or black berries already has a sup
ply for the winter larger than usual.
One Nepaug farmer who brought ten
full crates to Winsted could not find a
market for them at any price, and
rather than give the berries away fed
them to his pigs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-31

rub down, plenty OF arnica and witch
hazel and appeared as fresh as any OF
the four Mcl who returned with him
from the parl. in an automobile.
There was plenty of light in the sky
when Ningut and the timers stepped
from the clubhouse and went out on
the track. Vingut wore riding breech-
es and a flannel shirt His head was
barred. A half dozen ponies. some OF
them saddled, were waiting at the
start. Vingut selected one. vaulted
into the saddle and waited for the
word. The pony felt touch of steel
and bounded away like the wind. He
was full of run, and Vingut had to
RESTRAIN him for a circuit or two.
There was more or less monotony I'm
the first quarter of the century. Ningut
changed his mounts frequently. IL he
was tired w&en he had ridden twenty
five and a half miles he did not look It.
He said that he was going to eat a
COW. he felt so hungry, and the manner
in which he made a steak. chops and
eggs disappear indicated his hearty APP
petite. He had stopped at $50 o'clock
and when he concluded breakfast de-
cided that he needed shave. This
operation he performed quickly and
then stood around 70 talk to his
friends.
1t was $40 o'clock when Vingut was
again In the saddle. He covered forty
three and one-half miles Before he took
another rest, at 1875 O'Clock, when he
had luncheon, and he was hungry
again.
Vingut figured on three hours to
cover the thirty-one miles remaining,
and he did it in less than that. He
started on his last ride at 2:45 o'clock.
in a heavy storm and over a sloppy
track. His clothing was wet through
when he finished, at 5:21 o'clock. COM
pleting Is hours and 80 minutes from
the time the start was made. including
the rests. Vingut lost fourteen pounds
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-31

"HAT there is good in Mrs. Rus
sell Sage is shown by the fact
that among her most intimate
friends are TO be found the
names OF three noble women-EliZa-
beth Cady Stanton. Louisa May Alcott
and Helen Miller Gould. One who can
attract such rare souls must herself
possess some of the quality that en-
dears them to the world.
Mrs. Sage is now said 10 be the
richest woman on earth. The world,
you know, measures riches by dollars,
not by inherent qualities, such as good
ness, wisdom, truth, love and enlight-
eminent. We talk most of that which
we most esteem, and, whether we
praise or denounce, 1t still is in our
thoughts. Incorporate condemnation
is itself a sort of inverted praise, for
it shows that the object we condemn
still troubles us. If it were no longer
in our hearts we would be Indifferent
to it and pass it by without notice.
Nearly All Pursue II.
Judged by this standard, the thing
that is most in the worlds heart is
wealth. for it is now the thing most
universally discussed. Many praise it.
many more denounce it, and nearly
all pursue IL. We live so much in the
external and material phase that we
measure by an external and material
standard. If we looked a little deeper
we should discern that character is the
only real standard of measurement,
but seemingly we are not yet living
On the plane of character.
If dollars are the things to which we
give most attention, we will naturally
be most interested in that person who
has the largest number of dollars. John
d. Rockefeller among men and Mrs.
Russell Sage among women possess
this distinction The difference be-
tween them is that Rockefeller sought
his and Mrs. Sage did not She could
not help ii. This wealth came to her
without especial desire or effort on her
part, and now the thing that is en-
crossing her most is how to get rid of
it.
Her problem, in a word, is how to
give away her dollars in a manner to
do her fellows the most good. She
wants to strengthen and make them |
better, not weaken them and make |
them dependent
Lavish and mIsdlrected charity is |
vulgar in him that gives and hurtful to |
him that receives. 1t is false i'll its /
effects because false in it's source, pro
ceeding from a desire to glorify the !
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-31
MRS RUSSELL SAGE. WORLDS RICHEST WOMAN

be the one seen and Known OF the
world while she basked under the
shadow of his personality. This she
did for over thirty years, in fact until
he became so old and feeble that she
had to come into the foreground ana
assume charge of his business.
Mrs. Sage's closest friend is Helen
Gould. The two have projected char
liable and philanthropic work together
. I'm the past In the old days Sage and
Gould were cronies. They had similar
ideas, and tlhir wills were remarkably
alike. Their intimacy was shared by
their families, and Mrs. Gould and
Mrs. Sage were also chums. After
Mrs. Gould's death Mrs. Sage became
q second mother to Helen. On Russell
Sage's casket the largest floral wreaths
We're left by George, Helen and How
ard Gould.
1t is known that Mrs. Sage is wait
ing for Helen Gould's return from Eu
rope before deciding what form her
benefactions are to take. The great
public that has come to appreciate
Helen Gould at her true worth rather
than at her moneys worth will be re-
assured by this fact. They will feel
that the Sage charities will be directed
along lines of common sense and gen
uine kindness. The benefactions will
be helpful rather than hurtful to their
objects. The motive of their giving
will not be selfish, but altruistic. That
one fact determines everything.
A Life of Self Denial.
However much we may oppose sys-
TENS institutions and public wrongs.
we can be kindly and just to indi-
viduals. Mrs. Russell Sage is as much
victim of capitalism as is the poorest
laborer in a factory or mine. She had
nothing to do with creating it and
little or no part in accommodating the
millions that are now in her name. 1t
IS not even certain that she SYM
pathiZeS with the system that gave
them to her. Probably she does not
even understand it. All her life has
been one of repression and self denial.
She has had few if any Injuries. has
never travelled abroad and but little in
her own country, has had little outlet
for her natural kindness except char
liable work, and the means for that
We're often denied. and she has been
without children, that browning glory
and dearest solace of any woman's Bfe
Now in her old age she is left alone
with a heritage Of cold dollars that can
be nothing less than Il responsibility
and a burden. Yet she is brave
through it all, with that. old Puritan
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-31
Fair Warning.

An old time English baiTlster was
John Williams, n sarcastic wit and
bachelor with an intense prejudice
against marriage His clerk one day
asked him for a holiday 10 get mar
ried and some months aftcrward. on
entering his chambers. Williams found
his dead body suspended from the
door. He engaged another clerk and
asked him if he was married. NO"
the clerk replied. but thinking that VIII
liams would regard marriage rs a
guarantee Of steadiness he added. but
/ am going TO be-" Very WELL re-
piled Williams. but understand this
when you hang yourself don't do it
herer'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-31

to the discipline OF her own will;
good taller. with Il sharp wit and
sharp tongue upon occasion; good
Halter also, who never forgets n slight
or an injury; 4 peculiar blending of
very old fashioned and very up to date
ideas; liberal in her impulses; believing
display of any kind to be vulgar, wear
ing, therefore, no rings or spangles
upon her fingers or figure; dressed in
good fabrics, but not of fashionable
cut: with n strong nose and face.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-31

I giver rather than the wish to help 9th
ers. From this false motive Mrs Sage
| is happily free.
Esteemers of Great Wealth.
There are at least four classes who
esteem great wealth-the miser, who
loves it for its own sake; the tyrant,
who loves it for the sake of its re-
suItant power; the vulgarian, who loves
it for display, and the philanthropist,
who loves it for the good it enables him
to do. Mrs Sage belongs to the last
class. The reader can determine the
class TO which Mr.. Sage belonged. He
is dead however, and we should not
think i'll of the dead.
Mrs. Sage has ideas. She believes in
the higher educa ton of women and
even in woman suffrage. 1t is altogeth-
err possible that she will give part of
her millions-that is, if the lawyers
ever let her have them-to the woman's
movement.
Moreover, she has character. She
showed remarkable self control at her
husbands funeral. Although nearly
eighty and left almost wholly alone in
the world. she never broke down or
shed tear In public. Forty years with
Russell Sage had taught her self de-
NAL, even in the luxury of sorrow.
Again, she has good blood. She is a
lineal descendent of Miles Standish.
There are many people who claim to
be descended from Standish, but Mrs.
Sage can make good. So numerous is
the posterity of the stout old Puritan
captain that they can be divided into
two classes-realities and jokes. Mrs.
Sage is one of the realities.
Well Trained.
She also was favored with good
training, having been educated in Mrs.
Wizards famous seminary at Troy.
where Elizabeth Cady Stanton and SO
many other well known women re-
ceived their schooling. Mrs. Sage fire.
quentIy made benefactions and deliv-
cred addresses TO the school. For one
thing. she founded Sage hall. 1t is
probable that out of the remnants of
the Sage fortune left by the lawyers
Mrs. Wizards seminary will get a
goodly portion.
Thus it appears that the widow of
Russell Sage is well endowed with the
three things most esteemed by the
world-wealth, blood and culture.
AS to her personality, she belongs
TO Il type well known a half century
ago. She is distinctly Puritan in de-
scent and aspect; tall. severe but kind |
~, proud in her humility and obedient !
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-31
pennsyIvania,. Educational Novelty

:. State Zoolegist Surface of Pennsyl-
vanfa is preparing to send to each coun-
~ in the state collection Of snakes
found in Pennsylvania, with chart
showing the food OF the various SER
penis, the ramifications of the snake
family and the geographical situation
of the various species, says the Phila-
delphia Record. The snakes will be
used for educational purposes, so that
the teachers and pupils may be able TO
recognize the varieties from their APP
pearance and know whether they ara
poisonous or not
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-31

She did not marry Mr.. Sage until she
was forty. and then was his second
wife. She was Il chum of the first Mrs.
Sage, and it was but natural that when
the grim old financier became widow
er he should turn to his dead wife's
best friend for comfort. 1t was just
as natural that the sympathy begotten
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-31

two oroers In the case-one to levy on
the man for the lawyers fee, the ali
mony and taxed costs and the other TO
show cause why the execution should
not be set aside The conflicting or
ders were too much for Vice ChanceI-
Tor Pitney, and he said:
I'm the language of the people up
the state L will let the learned vice
chancellor skin his own st;unks.' "
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-31

crowned by snow white hair. and that
is Mrs. Russell Sage. richest woman
in the world. provided always that
the lawyers let her have it.
After graduating from Mrs. Wizards
seminary Mrs. Sage, then Miss Mar
garet Olivia SIocum, taught for a time
In young ladies' seminary in Phila-
delphia. Her father had once been
wealthy. but had failed in business. and
while she was not absolutely compelled
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-31
pixies One NamcsaIse to March.

Pike Rust. lad of ten years. resid-
ing at Divide, Will march IN Colorado's
centennial parade arrayed in a uniform
similar TO that supposed TO have been
worn a hundred years ago, all be
cause his name Is Pike. So far as is
known, he is the only person fl the
whole world named after the great ex-
plorer. L. Miner, commander OF Post
%, G.. A. r., has arranged for the lad
TO march at the head OF the members
of the Grand Army of the Republic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-31
New Phrase From Jer,ex.

Vice Chancellor Pitney, the oldest of
the New Jersey vice chancellors, re
Gently added new expression to court
phraseology, says a special dispatch
from Trenton, N j., to the New York
Times. He was sitting in the case of
Fineburg versus Fineburg, a suit for
divorce. Vice Chancellor Bergen. who
usually sits at Trenton. had granted
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-31
"SWEET SIXTEEN" BANQUET
Guests at Wedding Anniversary Ate
Nothing hut Onions.

Guests at Wedding Anniversary Ate
Nothing hut Onions.
An onion reception and banquet in
honor of the sixteenth wedding ami
versary of Professor and Mrs. Frank
Gilman of Newark, n. J., was the en-
tertainment offered a large number of
guests at the summer home of Mrs.
Cornelius Mercereau in Union, n. Y,
the other evening. says a Binghamton
On. W dispatch to the New York Trib-
une
The house was decorated with onion
blossoms. There were onion blossoms
as the centerpiece on the dining table,
and a course dinner was served of
onions in every conceivable shape, and
nothing but onions. There We're top
onions, sliced onions, onion salad and
fried onions. The affair was pro-
nouneed decided success
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-31
;, Hose Mt All. latest seaside Fad.

Another startling departure has been
taken by the Long Branch summer
girls"-that is. those of them who are
proud of their limbs. The new wrinkle
is to go in the surf not with half hose
or socks, but with no covering from
the knee down, says the New York
American OF course, sandals are
worn, because the sand and shells
don't respect even the daintiest of feet
or the pinkest of toes
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-31

of n common sorrow should ripen into
affection. 1t is comforting to feel that
Russell Sage. in spite of his having
been a money making machine, pos
sessed some human touches.
Despite her belief in wolnan's rights,
a BELIEF that has only been Expressed of
late years, Mrs. Sage was old fashioned
enough to believe that a wife should
merge her identity into that of her hus-
A,.,c-;n. other words that he should
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-31
Knf hurled Yet.

There has never been any decisive
action on that bill you introduce year
after year"
NO." answered the statesman. THAT
bill has been OF such value in giving
me prominence that should rather re-
gret to see 1t removed from active con-
troversy and buried in the statuta
books. Washington Star.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-31
Delay Fatal.

Visitor Ito widow)-I am so sorry to
hear of the sudden death of your hus-
band. Did they hold a postmortem ex-
animation?
''Yes, and, like those doctors. they
did not hold it until he was dead, or
they might have saved his life."-Clin-
ical Reporter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-31
JAIL DOG A ROBBER.
stole sponges and May he Sentenced
to Solitary Confinement.

Dixie, the pretty little cocker span
iel owned by Jail Warden Charles
Rogers of New Brunswick, n. J., has
been found guilty of grand larceny,
says special dispatch to the New
York Times The other day Dixie
walked into. the. jail with a. small
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-31
An Economical Place.

Short say. Old man. VIII you lend
me 50 for an hour? Long-No. Go and,
sit in the park for an hour; then you
won't need it.'--Chicago News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-31

A man cannot escape in thought, any
more than he can in language, from
the past and the present.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-31
An Opportunity to Do Good.

Yet Mrs. Sages millions give her
one opportunity worth while that of
doing good. How many worthy people
she can help to help themselves. How
many worthy causes she can advance!
This evidently is the light in which
she herself views the matter. Deeply
religious by nature, having no extrava-
CANT tastes of her own to crafty, with
naught else to claim her heart, she can
make her last years a labor of love in
Frightening the dives of other people,
and this is more to be priced than all
the rest. for, after all, we live only in
the service we render.
Selfshness is always a mistake.
whether it takes the form of avarice
or pride or n desire to domineer over
others or that lower and more vulgar
guise of gratifying sensation and. awe
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-31
Married Sage at Forty.

to make her own way she preferred to
be self supporting.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-31

Bravery that never makes QUERY A
pathetic figure. is she not? She is poor
in the very poverty of riches.
The writer does not believe in inor-
dinate wealth. Rather he believes in
the law OF recompense, that only those
are entitled to wealth who create it Or
who render equivalent service therefor.
Yet he can find in his heart for Il wo-
man like Mrs. Russell Sage, whom all
the world envies. nothing but a spirit
of compassion. What has she after all?
Loneliness, old age responsibility: law
yers and heirs quarreIing over the dol
lars with whose stewardship She is
charged; millions OF hands reaching to
her, milllonS>Of voices crying to her TO
give; many eyes looking at her in envy
or avarice. few, so few. in love; many
hearts filled with resentment that she
has what they want 50 much and are
denied. The richest woman in the
world. How hollow it sounds. Love
only maketh full. love and truth and
trust. The bereaved heart cannot feed
upon dollars, the inward yearning is
not satisfied with treasure and bank
rolls. The loneliness is not peopled by
check books ana credits.
The juggling of coin does not drown
out the memory of the clods falling
upon Il coffin lid. neither does the vel
low CLEAN of gold Danish the image Of
a white, still face.
Somebody ought to write book on
the pathos Of riches, not of the vul-
garians who wallow in materiality and
sensation. but of the finer natures who
are isolated by their wealth, who have
tired of its hired pleasures and who
feel the lack of all else. Why cannot
the world come to look at things as
they arnE
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-31

giver rather than the wish to help 9th
ers. From this false motive Mrs Sage
is happily free.
ViÌnland. [volume] (Minneota, Minn.) 1902-1908, 1906-01-01
Marshall Field.

Him p%joofragi kaupmaour, Marshall Field,
do eftir stutta legu / New York 16. ,. N. rdmlega
s%jGtugur.
Maour pessi var fyrir l0ngu pjoofrngur ORD
inn, ekki syo mj0g fyrir pad az ham var situstu
ar ;pi sinnar talinn mestur kaupma6ur her I lsndi
og jafnvel i::0llum heimi, heldur fremur vegna pess
a0 ham hafoi 4 scr PAD almennings ORD, ao ham
veri nastum einstakur i sinni rod; pvi ress cru ia
Gnnur dami her / landi, ao nokkur maour hafl rad
vandlega og prettalaust safnao ems miklum aud
og ham.
Ham kom ungur og ftlaus til Chicago, en-
kom par bratt 4 tot st0rri verzlun / f6lagi med OR
urn. Imam skams YARD ham elm eigandi verzl-
unarinnar og rak hama med svo frabarum dngnaBt
ao hun var i fam arum oroinn mesta verzlunln
par / borginni, og sioustu arin, sem ham ffoi, vay
verzlun hans dtbreidd um pvi nar allan HIM
mentaoa helm. Hvao auour hans var 'or0inn mih-
i'll veit enginn enn meo vissu, en- talinn er: ham
ekki minna vir0i en- $50 milf. dollara.. En- pratt
fyrir allan pennan gr6oa veit enginn til Jess al
ham half fctlett nokkurn mann e5a haft ran8lega
&c at 00rum i vj5skiftum, og & danardegi var ham
virtur og elskaour at 0llum, sem bektu ham.