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Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-02-06

solve. Of course there orc m,,y in
 S'itu'Ions to which the child can be sen, but the one great problem is to decide on the most effective nln, so, running them. Already the New York Juvenile Asylum has made great suc. cess of it's cottage home plan. which if 's believed offers the ideal solution. Tho Juvenile Asylum officials holding that it IS necessary to remove the child From con'aminating surroundings, and to provide n real home, have east aside the idea of city institution and pro. vided sort of model little village in the country, where children are housed m separate cottages, with the home at mosphcrc. The success of this method IS attcstcd by the fac, that of the 60. O00 children which the institution has trained and placed in the West during its life very small percentage have inverted to their old habits and sur. roundings. The greatest number of of. lenses in the chil,lrcn's court, accord. ing to ihc report just issued, are of disordcrly conduct, although there are many strange and sometimes amusing eases. One little girl, for instance, was arrested and convicted in the cour, "for being Sabbath breakcr.' The child sold n nccktic on Sunday in her fathers store, on the East Side.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-02-06

or Tour of the young men were in do. mand' in spite of the novelty of the scheme. Incidentally, there is consider. able curiosity as to whether spectators VIII corner the services of the best es. oo''S in addition io monopoliziug the best seats. Some persons profess to fear that when New York women dis. cover that they can retain reliable male escort for practically nothing, matrimony may become unpopular.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-02-06

Tom Platt, eat. whose expulsion from the city postoiiicc, together with his brother feline, Theodore Roosevelt, as recorded last week, has followed the example of his famous namesakc and refused to get out. Although no word has as yet been received from Wash. ington concerning the decree of Post. master Wilcox, banishing the bearers of the famous names, public indigna. ton in many quarters has already led to the resembling of the order in the ease of Tom Platt. Theodore Roosc. welt is still out in the cold--whirh is very cold indeed. at present but Tom retains his soft berth, on inc rug in the postmaster's reception room. MT. Wilcox, while hc would like to do so, finds himself unable 10 accept the of. fer of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, to take the eats away. and to give them good homes, for Tom Platt absolutely refuses to go. II is easy to sec that like his nume' sake hc is not going to give up inc job until he gets good and ready. Teddy, on the other hand, much piqued by his expulsion. has formed an alliance with another former feline incumbent of n postoilicc job, that is Dave Hill, and postoilicc employees look askance at this alliance between ancient enemies and say that it means trouble. Meanwhile one may well ponder at what's in name. Had Thomas Platt and Theo dore Roosevelt, cats, been named Bill and Tim, would anyone have taken any in,crcs, in their really pathetic lots that is of being east adrift io perish on the streets in their old ages?
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-02-06

Just 9,G55 childish offenders were ar
 '''gn'd in the children's court last year. according to the report made
 pubic this week, s,56O of them being ooyS and 1905 girls. There were O'o3i boys convicted and I'll girls, of whom l,20l boys and 645 girls were committed to reformatories. They are ''aggering totals when taken in con hection with the ever growing problem o' child life in the city. "what shall we do with the children of the streets and Slums," is daily becoming a more a'nieult question, which persons who
 realize the necessity of giving the boy or girl fair start ere attempting to
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-02-06

Although such prophecy seems like The dream of disordlercd imagination, fl IS announced that the time is almost at hand which will mark the begin. ming of the disappearance of the New Yorker with one shoulder cbronically higher than the other from long con 'inn'd hanging io straps in street ears The genius siraphanger is to go. Al
 least that is the plan in connection with the opening next fall of certain
 tunnels under the river between New York and iioboken. Right here, how ever. the rosy dream of the New York. 'r who has hung to straps in the cars Tor years fades and disappears. He is 10 be eliminated, not by giving him n seat bn, by the charmingly simple ex' pedieni of doing away with the straps. What could be more beamtifulf So the street ear patron is not to he assured 'f seat after all, and moreover, if The ''raphanger is to make his exit The pole hanger will promptly step for "afd as his successor. In place of his 'avor'ie strap, the loss of which would doubtless cause much sorrow to the habii'rdden New Yorker, he is to have q nice shiny upright steel rod to cling 'o' In the tunnels in question the cars "iil contain n row of these poles along each side of the ear, just in front of me seats, extending from the floor to me ceiling. Their advantage is ob- ''on' for they can be reached by any one irrespective of height, and where o"Iy one or two persons could hang to s'rap, a dozen or two can swarm like bees about the nice shiny pole. Indeed MT Pcary's efforts to discover the pole 'nouId now be set at naught by patrons ." The new tunnels.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-02-06
NEW YORK'S ARMY
 OF THE MISSING
Hundreds who Disappear and are Never Heard of--Strap Hangers to Co--Pole Clingers to Come--The Citys Juvenile Ofenders--Post Office Cats not to Leave

NLW YORK, Feb. l. Enrolled in u. .fts army of lost and missing. |" fHt was the fate of i2J persons in Nru York. the city of mysteries, last gcar. one and all, they vanished, never ,o bc heard of again, and vanished in 'hc most commonplace manner, simply stepping out of their homes, offices or hotels. in the most commonplace way,
 n thc majority of cases, and failing cthrr tu return or to leave any clue whatever behind them. In the last de. cadc ihis list. which is increasing every year. toiallcd enough to populate n fairsilcd Western town. To the aucs. lion, "Whcrc do they go!' there is only the grim reply of the police: 'Oh. some kill themselves, some start life all over somewhere else, some sneak back after n few years and live
 n secrecy. and somc-why, nobody knows what becomes of them. They
 usi disappear. According to these figures one person out of every 10000
 10 New York vanishcs never to return
 "a rather startling percentage. Coupled with these figures are others, hardly less interesting, which show that out of q total of 2,2i3 children found by the police during the year, 4i6, or about 70 per cent, were never claimed. Of inc 372 bodies found during 1906. only lls were identified, the remaining .5l remaining unknown.' So from The ranks of the young, the old, and the lead, the past year in New York furnished nearly 1000 mysteries, in which the chief character either dis. appeared or was never made known by
 dcniiiication. Less than onc-ffth of ihe 'lisappearances can he laid to the door of mental unsoundness. No one knows the reason; no one ever knows inc explanation. But every year new hundreds arc added to the city's army of Host, missing and unidentified.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-02-15
The Family Honor.

Bobby" asked the teacher Of the
class in arithmetic, addressing the
question to one of the younger pupils,
how many pints are there in a gal
lon" I've forgot it again, ma'am, -
said Bobby, who found it hard to com
NIT to memory the tables Of weights
and measures.
Thinking that perhaps by turning
from the abstract to the concrete she
might succeed better in stimulating his
power of recollection, tie teacher tried
another trick.
Bobby" she said, your father is q
milkman, isn't hep
Yes, ma'am."
We'll, now, think as hard as you
can. He sometimes sells gallon can
full of milk, doesn't he? Just So
Well, when he does, how many pints OF
milk are there in that gallon CAM"
Its all milk, ma'am," Indignantly
exclaimed Bobby.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-02-15

writing was in his blood and he began
to issue a paper called The Rebel,
which was unique institution. It was
peripatetic, moving about as the Union
armies came into range. Usually a
covered wagon was the editorial sane
tum, press and composing room. On
one occasion the forms were already
made up, chronicllng, Confederate
victory in the engagement which had
taken place that day, when the tide Of
battle turned and before the forms
could 60 to press the Union army was
routing the Confederates. Watterson
abandoned his office" and when the
Federals rushed in and seized it the
artillery used the type which had been
employed to describe a Confederate VIC
tory by loading it into their cannon
and firing it at the retreating army.
Type was scarce In those days and it
was not until several months later,
when a Confederate detachment raided
a Union town on the border that Wat
terson's stock was replenished.
At the end Of the war Watterson
went to Louisville and was associated
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-02-15
Treats Them as Children.

A New York police justice has dis
covered a sure method of dealing with
big schoolboys and young college fell
lows who create trouble in public
places and then plead 'fun' and the
baby act when apprehended. He takes
them at their word and treats them as
babies
A lot Of young fellows attending the
City College engaged in a series of an
noying stunts on Il subway platform.
When arrested they took the usual
stand of youthful innocence, with the
usual youthful plea.
"All right" said Justice Olmsted
'If you are young children who know
30 better l will treat you as such. You
are remanded in care of the Children's
Society"
There was some lively kicking from
the husky young fellows, but an officer
took them to the rooms of the society,
where for several days they were pen
ned in with real children and fed on
childish diet. When again brought
into court they were fined So each. At
the college they are now known as 1.-The
baby suuad."-Cleveland Leader.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-02-15

with George D. Prentice on the Cour-
ier-Journal, after he had forced that
brilliant product Of journalism into
capitulation by establishing a rival pa
per. In those days papers like the
Courier-Journal, the Chicago Times,
the New York Sun and the New York
Tribune were synonymous with their
editors Prentice, Watterson, Story,
Dana, Greeley and others of their type
were always alluded to when the pa
pers were quoted. Prentice died and
Watterson became greater force. For
thirty years he ran the composing room
as we'll as the editorial department of
his paper, and the politics Of Kentucky
at the same time. He was the arch
partisan, the fiery free-trader who
manufactured doctrine for the other
free-trade editors to reproduce in their
columns. He also made many public
speeches on the labor platform at the
dinner table and elsewhere, and al
ways was the spectacular, grandilo-
quent performer. He served a term in
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-02-15

Congress. was influential in bringing
about reconstruction, fought the Ku
Klux Khan. supported Greeley and was
the first prominent Democrat to go to
Louisiana when hints Of fraud against
Tilden were set afloat. He counseled
peace and moderation during that per-
ilous situation and was influential In
preserving peace. He became the chum
of Cleveland, quarreled with him and
called him some Of the most memorable
names ever attached to this much
dubbed President He assailed Bryan
in 1896, organized the Gold Democrat
movement, and then turned around and
supported Bryan and Parker in 1900
and 1904.
In his general attitude toward life
Colonel Watterson is an Epicurian. He
lives freely, and cares little for money,
which he spends when he has it and
when he hasn't. His income has al
ways been large, but his savings small.
He can make thousands every season
on the platform, where he Is IN con-
slant demand, and indeed Is one Of the
most attractive Of speakers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-02-15

After all is said it must be conced-
ed that the apparent disregard for hui
man life in the United States is large
ly a tribute to progress and to the in
dustries that constitute prosperity.
Even fatal railroad accidents, the
largest item in the list, can not be
wholly eliminated, though they can and
ought to be greatly reduced in mum
Der. But railroad accidents are only
one item In the list of annual fatalities.
There are fatal accidents in mining.
building, manufacturing and agricul-
ture. They all claim their victims as a
sort of tribute to progress, though Il
very costly one. Carefully compiled
statistics show that in the five great
industries of railroading, mining, build
ing, manufacturing and agriculture no
less than CSC, t65 persons are annually
killed or injured in the United States.
This is at the rate of over enc a min
ute, and it includes only few Of the
largest industries.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-02-15

A retired field officer has expressed
his belief that four-ffths of the field
officers Of the line would retire to-day
if they could because of the unrest
and unhappiness in the army" Such
general unhappiness and unrest would
seem to argue a variety of causes; no
special reason can be given why the
life Of the officer in the army has lost
its attractiveness to so great ma
jority of those who lead 1t. In a time
of peace, with not a speck of war cloud
anywhere in sight, when promotions
are slow and advancement is apparent
ly hopeless; in time of great CONNER
cial prosperity when fortunes seem to
be easily made and when millionatres
are as abundant as the we'll to do men
of a few years ago, it is perhaps not
surprising that the officer on small pay
is dissatisfied with his lot and believes
that all he needs is the opportunity to
jump into a fortune. 1t is true also
that an officer with social qualities has
many friends among the civilians who
are ready to assist him In any bust
ness longings and to encourage him to
change his life. More than this, there
are not a few men in the army whose
training and qualifications attract the
attention of corporations and business
men, and whose services are eagerly
snapped up whenever an opportunity to
profit by this training presents itself.
Such men seem, therefore, to have an
incentive to leave the army. On the
other hand, there are those who should
wisely let we'll enough alone. If there
are hundreds or thousands Of million
aires and men who are apparently on
the safe road to wealth, there are also
thousands of those who have fallen
miserably by the wayside. Though
man may serve faithfully and credit
ably in the army, it does not follow
that he may leave at any time and ac-
quire millions Indeed, the converse of
the proposition is more likely to be
the truer. The army has its adyant-
ages even in time of peace. The living
is assured and the pay is regular. Fur
Their than this, the officer who conforms
to regulations knows that he has no
worry for the future, and that his
reasonably grateful country will sup
port him though he lives many years
after the period of retirement. II his
pay is not large it is at least adequate
for his support. and an officer of the
army. who is also gentleman, has
dignified standing in society that is
not without its compensatory value.
Doubtless the wave Of commercial pros
perity and the continued assertion of so
many business chances" have not
little to do with such unrest and I'M
happiness as have been specified. But
it is probable that the retired officer
quoted has overstated his case and that
no such general dissatisfaction pre-
walls. Uncle Sam is not a grinding
taskmaster, and his servants are al
ways sure of their L Jney.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-02-15
orange Marmalad

DO not peel the oranges H..
TWO dozen of them and take 'o on. Slice
seeds. Slice and seed two 1o VT The
peeled lemons. Do this rou, se IN
sharp knife, as the slices mpst WIN a
!, ln'n naa, save all the juice and meas r,s
IT, adding enough water to make t ts,ss
quarts of liquid. Put fruit and r iu'Se
into a stone crock, cover and xot "Nu'O
cellar all night. In the monina :, Tue
into a preserving kettle and -, 'uru
slowly to a gentle boil. Simmer ' mIl4s
the fruit-rind is very tender W. uu',l
low a pound of sugar for each pint r u,
liquid and add this to the fruit, Ro III
again until the rind looks clear sr SV =,
very tender. Take from the fire and \
when cool turn into jelly glasses "'u
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-02-15
short suggestions

Try swallowing saliva "nen 'l0'
with sour stomach.
Clean paint smoked by hel :, A
lamps with kerosene ana IuO
with a fresh cloth. Ao
A few drops of alcohol rnODeu ,rnore
inside of lamp chimneyS VIII w.
all trace of greasy smoke
In cleaning PAPER mache af''s o'1
use a sponge moistened WIN with
water. They may be pollSleU
-four and a flannel cloth IA
Llme-water will sweeten jars fsu 't to
iugs which soap and water t fall
cleanse. It is admirable for Cleans
milk vessels and nursing Do'''0s' and
Half a lemon dipped in salt, salt b n
rubbed on discolored ivory KIM .iolnsl
dies will restore them to Their O,, III tbs
wilderness. After doing TINS "
knives once in hot water :, oA
iected ed TO- hs can be removed by putting AZ.
small onion, cut finely, into the D sn S
cass directly it is cleaned. =. n Il 4 once,
this before cooking and DuFn !. o,r
for it will smell very ofensNs'''
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-02-15
SOume Potatoes.

The cook who will not take great
care in her preparation of souf1e pOta.
toes should not undertake to make
them. Pare and slice raw potatoes
very thin over a bowl of ice-cold wafer
so that the slices will drop into the
water before they have time to discoL
or. After all are cut, drain and dry in
q towel. Fry in deep hot lard. skim
out, lay in a colander for half min.
ute, drop again into hot fat, when the
slices will swell or puff up; skim out
and serve hot.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-02-15
Chocolate Ec1airs.

Melt half pound of butter in pint
of boiling water and stir in gradually
three-quarters Of a pound of -four. Stir
until the -four ceases TO- stick to the
sides of the pan. Take from the fire
and when cool whip in one at time
eight eggs, we'll beaten. Set on the ice
for an hour, then pour into CREASED
eclair tins and bake to a golden brown
When cold cut a slit in the side of each
puff and fill with a cream filling. Ice
the top of the eclairs with chocolate
icing.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-02-15
AN OAK OF JOURNALISM.
Col. Henry WattersOn, Editor OF tine
Louisville COurier-JOurna1.

Col. Henry Watterson, Editor OF the
Louisville Courier-JOurnal.
Twenty-Five years have wrought
great change in Henry Watterson, as
we'll as In the occupation to which he
has devoted his life Marse Henry was
a potent factor in that potential jour
nalism which did more to mold public
sentiment after the Civil War, during
the reconstruction period and even in
the campaign of 1880, in which Garfield
was saved from defeat by Conkling,
than the platforms OF parties and the
utterances Of orators. These latter
were but the echoes of the policies
which the great editors outlined, and
Of these molders Of public thought none
itics a quarter Of century ago than
Watterson, Of the Louisville Courier
Journal. He was a giant of the era
of political editors. He was af1ame
with enthusiasm when the sanctum was
the heart and vitals of the paper, when
tanned an influence in public affairs
which has largely descended to the
counting-room since the commercial
ism of newspapers has come upon the
land. Profit was not the primary con-
sideration with editors Of the Waiter
son stamp.
To-day Watterson still writes. Now
and then some utterance Of his rings
like a bugle blast across the country,
and the populace sits UP and hearkens.
But the virility which once marked his
editorials has vanished and, as rule,
they sound like an echo out of the past.
Watterson is still courageous, still pic
turesque, but the age is fast slipping
away from him and the journalism of
our day is not Of his own. Would that
his wit, his imagination, his emotion
might be perpetuated!
Watterson has been militant edi-
tor. He was born in politics and rear
ed in politics. His father, a Jefferson
ian Democrat occupied a seat in Con-
gress when Henry was born. The child
was frail, with one eye useless and the
other so weak that much Of the time
he was kept In darkness. His early ed
ucation was obtained by others reading
to him. But as he matured his ply
siuue improved and his sight was
STRENGTHENED When he was able to
read he began to devour with avidity
all sorts Of standard literature, and for
years he has been one of the best-read
men in the country in history, blog-
raphy and poetry. He also studied pol
itics and as a boy knew every public
man in Washington. At 10 he was re-
garded as a prodigy, and at Is he be-
came musical critic for a daily news
paper. At 20 he was editing news
paper in Tennessee which defended the
Union cause, but when the maelstrom
of the Confederacy engulfed him he
rushed into the Confederate army and
became a scout. Even then the lust OF
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-02-15

daughters that Thy desire shall De 10 thy nuspa
and no shall rule over thee and since IN the vast
majority Of cases. excepting during the period OF court
ship. and often then it has been the woman VINO mas
stryen hardest to please the man. who has sought 70
mold herself according to his IDEAL TO conform " MS
standard in all things Rudyard Kiplng says: Men
snaek the truth as they understand it, women as lney
think men would like understand it; then they all
act lies which would deceive Solomon and the result
a heartrending muddle which half dozen plain open
words would put straight LAS the husband Is the wire
so Of course there are exceptions, but In the main
there never was truer word spoken
Among the pungent aphorisms in clever brochure re-
Gently published About Men Women and Foos' is tns'
"Neyer marry a to reform him.
Reform him first, and then don't marry him.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-02-15

Uses to pay has been redeemed. We
read a great deal these days about the
unfeeling robbery of widows and or
phans" by the big corporations we
read of railroads grabbed and unwar-
ranted advances in the necessities of
life, but Of the plain, everyday, good
old American citizen, who sees his
name in print perhaps half a dozen
times in his life, and then in nonpareil
type, we hear very little. And yet he
is the finest product Of this great re-
public
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-02-15

Drain the liquor from can ot o,.
chop the corn very fine, add 10 Il
quart of salted water and Simmer =.
the side of the range for an hour puS
through a colander, return to tbA f..
add a teaspoonful of sugar and when
this melts stir in a Tablespoonful q,
butter rubbed to a paste with a taho
spoonful of -four. Stir until smooth
then add slowly to a pint of scaIdhe
milk into which a pinch of baking sodo
has been stirred. When near the hail
ing point remove from the fire and pOur
gradually, beating all the time, mop
two well-whipped eggs. Season and
serve Immediately.