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New-York tribune., 1906-06-03
BEGAN as ERRAND BOY.

During the summer holidays I worked as an
errand boy in a hardware stoor for 81 20 a week
I did not play baseball or indulge in the sports
Of country boys Mine has been a workaday
lfe. Ny only active recreation was on Wednes-
day and Saturday afternoons. when, with
couple Of boon companions. I took long tramps
10 explore the surrounding picturesque country.
This was To a great degree, inspired by my poet
zeal propensities, which developed from reading
Sir Walter Scotts works.
Il became acquainted, early in an idle way,
with the pulse Of mercantile life Market street
philadelphia. in those days was q business
centre, Two doors away from the school was
the passenger station Of the Phnadelphia VIII
lnington & Baltimore Railroad. The trains ,vyers
not made up there, but four horses attached 70
each car pulled them on the tracks down the
centre OF the street TO Gray's Ferry Canal
boats, divided Into sections and filed with prod
uce, or carrying from the city for foreign
ports mUsins and other merchandise We're
ha1led trucks through the city in the same
manner. But the great COuestOga wagons
drawn BY six or eight horses, the whips OF the
drivers swapping around The leaders ears and
the various parts OF the vehicles creakng under
the weight OF all kin s Of goods Tor Western
Pennsylvania, Ohio anC Virginia, most awakened
NY interest in mercantile life. Often I recall
how ! frequently stood before the entrances Of
the wholesale drygOOCs stores, none OF them over
twenty-five feet Wide-stOUes that to-day YOU
could put IN your backvard-and 7 wondered at
fhe business they transacted. II seemed 10 me
tnat it would be prfncely 70 be & wholesale
orygoOds merchant. the height OF ambition, the
pinnacle Of fame.
when became fourteen years old, accepted
q clerlship in a drygoods store in Philadelphia
] have experienced the ordinary viCissitudes Of
tie country boy who comes % The city with all
Of his belongings tied up in a pocket handker-
chief and wins a fortune. Mine was what might
be considered a hurndrum lfe-the ordinary life
OF clerk VINO steadily. through industry tact
and honesty, rises 10 a position Of trust. It is
only through lack Of proper interest that many
men ind themselves filing small positions year
after year. Later IN li1e I became, with my
father a partner IN the firm OF Devlin 6, Co, ,
retail ciOthters OF New York. Ny subsequent
achievements are hardly romantic enough 10
record ] had known Mr. Wanamaker, person
ally for twenty years. in the course Of which
he had frequently asked me 10 identify myself
with him"
Adr. ogden became member Of Mr. Wanna
makers firm in Philadelphia in 1885 and came
20 New York IN 1896 10 put life into q once
nnoribund store" as one person described A T.
Stewards old place
New-York tribune., 1906-06-03

+ha most timber for the farm sell to tho nssrs
bOFS - At.h-.,..- -
toIt ten feet apart and should be an even IN ~,
g. ,Inssible 10 make a pretty Ona strone ,os-s
re Iocust has other decduous trees I, tsass
its foliage makes but little litter the lawn -
'~,oaI,e rhen too. they are ornamental ssrsrsz.
so when in bloom. In the pastures they afford sufr
otav,t shade FOR the stock. and being OF uuoh 49,
,yI,, tban most OF the trees used for THIS usr,.s
they should replace them--Farrning. '
New-York tribune., 1906-06-03

ing day Of the previous year. Then he calls Ior
the figures for the day and compares thein WIZ WIN
those Of the year before. with comments some
times he gives lectures to the empIoyes On ',e nc
| business. While he is strict disciphnailaf no
one who attends TO business mas any yInls i, - ~
fear from him. At the lectures ne Is Away ,
genial. AT the receptions in the store ne sreetS
every one whom he knows. whether ne De rici
poor with grasp Of the hand and eNpresssion sI
of his pleasure in seeing him. All are received
alike regardless of their position IN so'lety
mir OGDEN is one of the greatest organizers
In the co1ntTv" said a head of department OF
the Wanamaker store 1T is not all dollars ana
cents with him. He will spend just as much Ior
the comfort of his employees as for that or ms
customers For instance, he might Walk through
a room used only by employees, one never FlSlteu
by customers. Discovering ihal lne an "aa .. nc 70
pure as IL ought 10 be, ne Woulu 90 JuSI tis
much TO remedy the ventilation as ne "ouIo lor
a more public place.
He expects every one here TO be courteous
Over there" pointing toward 4 counter Where
goods were being wrapped up by girl is an
Inspector He is addressing wrapper clerk, but
he doesn't say. Mamie, wrap this up He says;
Miss Smith This form of address is insisted
upon. Tt has the double value of increasing the
respect of the clerks for themselves ana TOT
each other.
In many stores there is system of fines
There is no such thing here In most stores IL
is the rule that no enploye shall get vacation
unless he has been there year, and then some
times only for a week But here every one when
summer comes gets ten days no matter now
short time he has been in the store III ne
has been here a year he gets two weeks"
One Of the rules of the store is that no VISITOR
with which Mr. Ogden enforces this rule is illus
trated by an incident which occurred some tlrne l
ago Ordinarily he enters the store from the
10th street side but, one morning he went IN AT
the 9th street entrance. Near this entrance was
a demonstrator. a woman not employed by the
store but permitted to display some notion the
sale of which by the store was being considered
As he came in the demonstrator approached him
and began TO tell him about the article she was
exhibiting He said nothing. but tried TO edge
ayyav She took him by the elbow and said:
Come over here Let me show you these
goods and explain their merits To you" He
waited until she had finished. Then he went 70
his Office and pushed a button. The head or the
department who was responsible for the con-
duct Of the employees was called into his office
Within ten minutes the young woman VINO mad
begun the day with such aggressivenes and lack
Of understanding of the rules had lost her op-
portunity TO display the wares of her employer.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-03
4 PRESIDING EXPERT.

this trip we have been permitted to meet the
lord of hosts"
New-York tribune., 1906-06-03
4 'IORD OF HOSTS"

Probably few outside OF royal personages
travel with such freedom from care for the de-
tails OF the journey as do those who accept Mr..
Oscen's hospitality for this yearly tour to the
South The guest need give no thought for any
thing once he boards the special train. His
baggage. as If by magic. faces him wherever he
may need it without his lifting a hand to II or
oothering himself about it. Whether It be the
compartment Of the car which has been assigned
TO him. or his room at the hotel at the place Of
the conference. there ne finds his trunk, or his
bag awaiting him.
Il never travelled when there was such abso-
lutte freedom from care" said one of those who
went 10 the conference this year on this special
train. Il have taken several long trips with
personally conducted parties Although these
were considered to be travel made easy
yet you usually had TO look out for your bag
gage, at least. The plans for the Ogden trip
are perfectly arranged. First. you receive, some
time beforehand. your invitation. After you
have replied accepting, you receive an acknowl-
edgment Of your acceptance and the Informal
ton that later fun details OF the trip will be
sent In due time you find in your mail COM
munication with Enclosures. You learn from this
when and from what point the train will start
how to reach the train, the in the train and
the compartment on that which you will
occupy. and how TO have your baggage sent
There are tags TO be attached to your trunks and
bags. You are asked TO put a tag on either
end Of your trunk. An expressman calls for
your baggage. II you live in Brooklyn. there IS
card which. If shown to the gateman at the
Annex ferry, will transport you across the bay
TO the station. When you reach the railroad
station you find each OF the train marked
ana when you enter the To which you have
been assigned you find a card bearing your
name hung on the door Of the compartment
"hich has been set aside for you. Opening the
eoor you see your baggage already there. wher-
ever the party is to stop at a hotel over night
one simply goes 70 the hotel The rooms and
1 baggage are waiting 1890
me Trip is one OF perfect relaxation for the
s1esls and the fact that Mr. Ogden has the
i,espohslolhty or a conference as well as a train
| Ioao OF guests does not seem to bring anv
! MIlIifaes 10 his brow. They appear al the cor
neFs or his mouth instead
! - ntue incident which occurred on the las,
1s T oL TINS years conference. which was held al
1eNlgton, Ky, Indicates what Mr. Ogden's
1 sues's sts thihk OF him as host. A reception was
| neia IN one OF the Lexington hoyncg a NaU
Iork woman member of the party rose in he,
pace ana, turning toward Mo Ogden aaid. .sIr
Virginia IL would be gate Qnderst1,od that nf
j piasphemy WAS intehd:S q 4 ssiG that upor
New-York tribune., 1906-06-03
UPLIFTING THE SOUTH.

Mr. Ogden's interest in Southern education IS
said to have grown out of journeys in the South
as far back as the close Of the Civil War. He
was a lifelong friend Of General Armstrong. the
founder of Hampton Institute. and Of Dr. ]. l.
N. Curry. His first connection with Southern
education was as trustee of Hampton Institute.
He was not present at the birth in 1898 Of the
conference for Southern education in a rough
little chapel half hurried in the brush OF a HILL
side at whose foot it stood at Capon Springs,
W. Va Through DR.. Curry he became inter
ested in its object that Of discussing the South
ern educational problem. and the next year he
was elected vice president. In 1900 he was
chosen president, the position he holds and
which he is likely TO hold as long as he will
accept il. The reports OF the conferences con-
tain farewell speeches which he has made, but
the demand for his temperance the following
year has resulted in his reelection from year TO
year.
The machinery which has grown out of the
conferences for assisting the South in the solu-
ton Of its problem is an Illustration and a
monument 10 his ability organizer. The
first year he took party to the conference, 1901.
at the gathering he described II as Get-To-
gether Club. Under his direction il has become
a gathering Of Southerners interested in educa-
tion TO compare notes. It's object is that OF
stimulating interest. Out Of it grew the South
ern Education Board. The object of the latter
is that Of promoting popular education in the
South by sending out evangelists. This the
second step taken under his direction Follow
Board, organized to study the financial
needs Of education in the South and direct funds
into the channels in which they will accomplish
the most not only for that part of the country,
but for the education of the nation as whole.
This board has become the trustee for a large
amount Of money, including S10,000.000 given by
John D. Rockefeller, the income of which is to
be used in promoting education.
As head of these three organizations, which
supplement- each other so thoroughly and cover
in every particular the requirements OF the
South, Mr.. Ogden who as a boy had only
mea8re supply Of schooling, has become a great
factor in the education Of the children of a
large part Of the United States The confer
ence and these other bodies have helped to
change the attitude toward popular education.
Mr. Ogden believes that the problem I'm the
South IS not clearly understood, that only few.
very few, Southerners have reached the point
where they can look beyond prejudice and see
that they are suffering more from the negro
problem than the negroes are. The only way. he
believes, the North in its desire to assist can
help is TO meet the attitude Of the Southerner
IN quiet sympathetic manner. The North
should not oppose prejudice, but work in har-
mony with the Southerner
New-York tribune., 1906-06-03

The St. Francis Hotel has adopted the moved
plan Of building temporary annex IN Union
Square. There Will be zoo rooms in oEe-story
building. 246 feet by 20, which will face Powell
and Geary streets The exterior will be attrac-
tive and will be painted in white and gold Nons
OF the large trees II the square will be dis
turbed. and the hotel managers have agreed to
restore the park 10 it's original appearances when
the annex IS removed
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lewis SINGLE BINDER
~ STRAIGHT 5fCEGAR ALWAYS RELIABLE

Every housekeeper should know that
if they will buy Defiance Cold Water
Starch for laundry use they will save
no. only time, because it never sticks
to the iron. but because each package
contains &c Ozone full pound-while
all ether Cold Water Starches are put
up in s4-pound packages, and the price
is the same, 10 cents. Then again
because Defiance Starch is free from
ali injurious chemicals. If your grocer
tries to sell you t2-oz. package 1t
is because he has a stock on hand
which he wishes TO dispose of before
he puts in Defiance. He knows that
Defiance Starch has printed on every
package in large letters and figures
"l5 ozs." Demand Defiance and save
much time and money and the annoy
ancc of the iron sticking. Defiance
never sticks.
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The young man was trying TO think
OF something else 20 say when the
young woman suddenly spoke up.
by the way. Mr.. Llngerlong." she
said. Il tried to call you up by tele-
phone this morning. but didn't get
any response"
You tried to call me up by tele-
phone?"
yves; wanted 20 ask you a CUES
ton"
why. haven't any telephone num-
Der"
20. yes you have. Double six four
seven"
The young man made rapid mental
calculation
"Twenty-three," he gasped. reaching
for his hat.-Chicago Tribune
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KNlFED.
Coffee Knitted an Old Soldier.


An oid soldier. released from cof-
iae at u, recovered his health and tells
loo-- i as follows:
stuck TO coffee for years, although
Alitel me again and again.
About eight years ago (as resul.
q fee drinking which congested my
EFs,' was taken with 4 very severe
Ar4.s Of malarial fever.
would apparently recover and
s'1r' ABOUT ny usual work only TO suf.
ie7 relapse. After this had been
fei scd several times during the year
NJ" again taken violently i'll.
The Doctor said he had carefully
studied my case. and it was either quit
nIee or die. advising me TO take Pos
llA % is place. had always though.
soA-a one OF my dearest friends, and
especially when sick, and was very
D-tA taken back by the Doctors deci-
s'.1, Tor l hadn't suspected the coffee
drank could possibly cause my trou-
be
thought IL over for few minutes,
Gag lnally told the Doctor | would
uaHe the change. Postum was pro-
e-lsl for me the same day and made
according 10 directions; well. | liked
.-saud stuck to IL, and since then ]
uaF3 been a new man. The change In
1saill began in a few days and sur
p''ael me. and now. although | am
ssfeniy-two years Of age, do lots OF
.-li work, and for the past month
i've been tcaming. driving sixteen
. a day besides loading and IN
.e--lns the wagon. That's what Pos
s-h IN the place OF coffee has done
NJ ne. now like the Postum as we'll
q did coffee.
lave known people who did no.
49, ior Postum at first. but after hav-
~ earned to make it properly accord
Is p directions they have come &c
.'As Y rs well as coffee. never miss
Glance 10 praise it, Name glver
- rostum Co, Battle Creek, Mich.
!, LeoN Tor the little book, The Roaj
" MELVILLE" in pkgs.
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HON. JOHN G. new DEAD
AFTER YEARS ILLNESS

indianapolis. lnd-Hon. John c.
New. for many years proprietor OF the
Indianapolis Journal. died Of dropsy at
his home late Monday afternoon. aged
"A years Around his bedside were his
wife, his son. Harry 5 New. vice
chairman of the national republican
committee. and his daughter. Mrs
Ernest II. Burford of this city. An
other daughter. Mrs. W. r. Mexican
Jr.. is en- route here from her home al
Omaha Neb.
year He was lifelong friend Of Ben
jamin Harrison. whose political man
aeer he was. and was consul general
10 London under the Harrison admins
tration.
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"Give me the city hall. please" said
the lady TO the conductor OF the street
car.
II should be glad 70 do so. madam. .
replied the conductor. who was a new
man and had been greatly impressed
by the rules Of the ,mpany. which
insisted upon employees being courte-
Gus and oblieing. II should. indeed.
be glad 10 do so. but the lady over
there with the green feather in her
hat asked for the city hall before you
rot on the car. Is there any other
building that wou,j sui; YOU just as
well ?"-Detroit free Press.
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ARTHUR P. GORMAN
HAS PASSED AWAY
DEATH cAMEsUDDENLY AT HIS
HOME IN WASHINGTON.
VICTIM OF HEART TROUBLE
From IA Poor Boy, "a Page In the
senate, lie Rose 10 Command
kng Position In the Poll
ties of Maryland.

Washington, ID. C-Arhur Pue
German, United states senator nom
Maryland. died suddenly at his resi-
dence in this city at 1905 o'clock Mon
day morning While Senator German
had been III for many months. he had
shown some improvement lately. Heart
trouble was he immediate cause OF
death.
Senator Germans illness extended
over Ave months He had not left his
house since January lG. He suffered.
In addition 10 his heart affection. with
more or less stomach trouble 4 week
ago last Saturday he was seized with
heart attack and IL was thought then
that he could not survive. but he raj
lied and seemed TO get much better.
When the final attack seized him,
Monday morning. il was short and
sharp and the senator was dead before
the physicians, who We're Immediately
summoned. arrived.
senator Gorman's Career.
Arthur Fue German was horn in
Howard county. Maryland. March IL.
1899. So poor were his parents that
they did not even own the few acres
which they titled. His education was
begun in the country school, and was
continued after he became page in the
senate by personal reading and study.
For II years from the date OF his
appointment as page in the senate,
Gornan vas connected in an office
holding capacity with that body In
1866 be was postmaster OF the senate,
and was removed and was imuediate-
~ appointed collector OF internal rev.
enre tor the Fifth district of Maryland
This office ne held for three years,
when he was removed by President
Grant, going home 20 Howard county,
Maryland 10 run for the state legis-
lature. He was elected. and reelected .
10 the lower and later the upper
houses OF the Maryland legislature, .
serving in that body for q years.
re allied himself by marriage with
Henry Gassaway Davis the multi.
millionaire coal and railroad proprie-
tor OF West Virginia. became associ.
ated financially with stephen b. Elk.
ins. son-in-law Of Davis, and otherwise
built ~ the politicn financial structure
which was his strength.
He built a handsome residence and
bought large tract of land at laurel.
IN Howard county. and reared a large
family OF daughters and one son.
He Vas chosen United States senator,
arst in 1850 and served until 1899
when an an;i-machine revolt IN his
state sent him home. He bided his
time. and four Years later returned &c
tie senate.
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10 the housewife who has not yet
beec me acquainted with the new things
4, everyday use iii the market and
VINO is reasonably satisfied with the
We would suggest that trial OF
Distance Cold Water Starch se made
q, once. Not alone because it s guar
sEteed by the manufacturers 10 he su-
lsIicr 70 any other brand. but because
ID l0c$ package contains 16 ozs..
while all the other kinds contain out
i ozs. Il is safe TO say that the lady
wao once uses Defiance Starch viii use
nl other. Quality and quantity must
q
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SCINTILLATIONS.

Double dealing ends in divided divi
tenls
our seeking always secures HI.
sending.
AS soon as a nation becomes heart
less its case Is hopeless.
Goldfish culture is never complete un
III conscience is killed.
Every time you put out any nev
lite some old leaves drop or.
SANDER is bad breath; its eviienc,
applies only 20 its source.-Ram.
Horn.
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and how TO cure
them. Mrs. " G.
Davis, OF Groesoeck.
Texas. says: Back
aches hurt me 50 /
could hardly stand.
Spells OF dizziness
and sick headache
We're frequent and
the acsion OF the
kidneys was irreg-
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One Question Settled.

Ketchum A. Cummin-Have you de-
cided where you will spend the sum-
mer months?
Heidi Wynne-Yes; have decided
TO spend them at any darned place r-J
wife aad daughters can agree upon.
Saves me a heap OF trouble.-Chicago
Tribune.
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only Wanted a Square Deal.

Prisoner" said the Judge. stand
~ Have you anything 20 say why
I'll cement OF the court should not lie
r- r0lncei against your"
ll ike 10 say. your honor" an
svred the prisoner. that I hope you
will not allow your mind 10 be pre-
'a'oed against me by the poor de-
fease my lawyer put up for me I'll
tafe Il as great favor II your honor
viii Just give me the sentence I'd have
81 K ! had pleaded guilty In the f.sr
leo."-Chicago Tribune.
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Re Pitied Them.

A little boy was on his first coun-
try excursion. relates the Brooklyn
Citizen. Some birds were flying high
overhead. and his hostess. young
woman, said:
Look up, Tommy. See the pretty
birds dying through the air"
Tommy looked mp quickly. and then
he said in compassionate tone:
Poor little fellersi They amt got
no cages, have y?"-Detroit Free
Press.
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FOSTER D. C0BURN
TO SUCCEED BURTON

Topeka. Kas. Foster Dwight
COburn. the Nidely-knoNn agricultur
ist. was appointed United States sen.
ator ty Gov r. w. Hoch. late Monday
afternoon, to succeed J. Ralph Burton,
WHO had resigned earlier in the day.
Mr.. Coburn has not definitely accepted
the appointment.
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Chicago.-Monday the American
Weekly Publishers association was
organized here by the publishers Of
weekly newspapers in the central
western states. The object is TO pro
vide protection for members Of the as
sociation in legislation regarding news
papers, especially in all postal matters.
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severe Electrical storm.

Princeton. Ind.-A very severe
electrical storm passed over southern
Indiana late Monday afternoon. A
barn was struck by lightning and VIII.
lam McAtee and Charles Armstrong
were fatally hurt and six other men
badly shocked
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war Soon after began taking
Is LIS Kidney Pills passed several
rsrol stones. got well and the
t-.Yble has not returned. My back
4 rood and Strong and my general
b IN better"
s,M BY all dealers. 80 cents box.
-Milburn Co. Buffalo. ". Y.
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Ethics.

DO you think we will ever be able
% Communicate with Mars?"
Ny dear sir" answered. the astron-
omer. you surely DO not think
woui. spoil pages Of magazine articles
yet 70 be written by endeavoring TO
prove the contrary. 1: would be very
professional. Washington Star.
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These are the days when the old
hen gets in her work assisting the rad.
isAes 20 come up; when the house dog
begins a system OF excayating in the
tower beds and when the neighboI' :
oll COW walks leisurely across the
ire sally prepared lawn. = Chapman
(kAnl Outlook.