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The Washington times., 1907-02-20
DEPRESSING ENGLISH SUNDAY
DESCRIBED BY FRENCHMAN

prohibit people 10 drink and amuse
themselves on Sunday" wrote a notable
French visitor to London, Taine. in the
seventies. But 10 a French workman,
and 10 q peasant. Sunday appears TO
have been made for nothing else" He
WIS depressed beyond measure by a
Sunday spent in London. The aspect is
Jhut Of an immense and well-bred Gene
terry But what is 10 be done in
England on the dav of resr2 There is
the church or the pOthOuse, intoxication
or q sermon. inSenSibilty or fntOXica-
ton in that way. whether in thinking.
whether In making a beast Of oneself.
one attaius fOrgetfulness-" After such
an indictment one is glad TO read further
and find that the accuser was much i'm
pressed by a Sunday visit 10 Westmin-
ster Abbey. such music makes worship
the opera of elevated serious, and be-
lievinF souls. There are as many
men as women. and many gentlemen:
the public in the churches was not our
guide of women, ole curmudge ser
want girls. common people" Another
foreigner. Stendhal, is responsible for
the statement that in England religion
sEOils or day out of seven, destr~7-s thu
seventh part Of the possible har-..a-s.
let, IN the seventies as now. pr0cll-
nations on the observance OF Sunday
seem 10 nave beel found necessary
The Queen herself vas responsible for
one which appeared in the Gazette to Zen
join and prohibit all our loving subjects
OF what degree or quality soeve-, from
playing on the Lords Dav az dice. cards.
or any other game whatsC-N OF. and We
DO hereby require and command Them,
reVerently 10 attend the worship of God
on every Lords Day" In order 20 pre-
serve and advance the honor and
service Of Almighty God"
The Washington times., 1907-02-20
TRIAL OF ALCOHOL"
BEFORE MOCK COURT

The Trial of Alcohol" said to be an
even better object lesson than the old
play of Ten Nights in Bar Room. -
viii be presented at odd Fellows Hail
423 Seventh street northwest. on the
evening of Washington's Birthday. The
trial will be held under the direction Of
the Prohibition Crusaders and Eagle
Tent, No 2. Independent Order Of
Rechabites. The public will be well
coined.
Judge o. B. Hallam. Of the Washing
ton bar, will be the trial judge: \. R
Weber. member of Congress from Ohio
and author of the Weber prohibition
bill. will appear as the prosecuting at
tOrney; F. Edwin Mitchell. of the Wash
ington bar. counsel for the defense: Col
w. +. Novels, clerk Of the court:
Charles Williams. marshal Twelve
jurors will be drawn from the audience
The Washington times., 1907-02-20

Now the wealth of the United
States is given as $4,000, 600, 600.
So, 1T will be seen that the wealth
of the Old World is more than twice
that of the New"-meaning the
United States. Europe, he goes on,
has more than twice rs much money
invested in transportation as we
have; nearly half billion more in
mines; almost 100 per cent more in
manufacturing; and 200 per cent
more in agriculture.
Yet, all those figures viii hardly
depress Mr.. Bolce's American read
ers- They have not yet come to
think themselves greater than the
people of the British Isles, France,
Germany, Russia, Austro-Hungarv,
Italy, Belgium, Spain, Netherlands,
Portugal, ana Switzerland put to-
gether. They have been fighting
less than 300 years with a purpose
to get the lead. and there seems to
be no reasonable doubt even in Mr..
Bolce's mind that they have arrived.
Wherefore, they are trying Just now
TO be content, and not lose their
heads.
The Washington times., 1907-02-20
Grmned at Quarter Fine:
Almost Wept at Costs
Told Policeman to Chase Himself and Was
Chased to Police Station-Thought He
Was Getting Off Easily.

HOLD on a minute" the clerk an
swered- Where's the rest of ito"
Rest OF whaI2 I've paid nv fine"
The cost in this case will be exactly,
80, the clerk replied in a businessliLle
McGrogan's air OF assurance evan
GRATED, and with a detected manner ne
began TO fsh through all his pockets to
meet the deficit After he had paid the
balance he departed. making good raso-
lutiOns.
hcGroEan was hopping Up the floor
OF Madison street car with some of
i Els companions Tuesday night when
Sergeant kSlliher thinking IN vyas a
genuine fight, inteTfeTed. Upon disc9v-
ering that il was merely horse-plav. he
rebUked tie disturbers of the peace
WhereupoI a2cGroSan told him to chase
nlmSelt- v ne sergeant Chased" aim
tc the Desplaines street station.
The Washington times., 1907-02-20

When the legislation passes it will
be found to have benefited all con-
cerned, especially the travelling pub
lie.
Proper regulation and supervision
increase confidence of investors
and buyers. 1t makes business bet
ter, not worse. There have been so
many demonstrations of this that
the eternal cry of wolf" ought long
since to have lost its terrors.
The Washington times., 1907-02-20
Satisfactory Progress.

Harold Bolce, who seems TO have
given the matter some attention.
has come to the disturbing conclu-
sion that America is not the whole
cheese, after all. He would have it
that Europe outdoes us so far in so
many things that we must, perforce,
take on modesty or look foolish. In
support of his Gliding, he cites this
table as the latest estimate o. The
wealth of the leading nations:
The Washington times., 1907-02-20
REGULAR FORCE ADEQUATE
FOR ALL PENSION BUSINESS

Passage of the McCumber service
pension bill does not mean that the
clerical force at the Pension Office will
be increased. Commissioner of Pen
sions Vespasian Warner said this morn
ing that he thought the present force of
clerks could cope with the situation.
"Of course" said Mr.. Warner, quite
a number of persons who have never
applied for a pension will put in their
application. since the service measure
has passed, and there will be a great
rush in the office for a while. but it
will soon wear off and things viii settle
down. / don't think It will be necessary
TO add 10 the force The corps Of clerks
in TIE bureau at present is most eff
cient ana viii make quick work of the
extra tasks"
The Washington times., 1907-02-20

CHICAGO, Feb. 20.-MunicipaI Judge
Going imposed the smallest fine on rec
ord Yesterday when he ordered Edward
McGrogan to pay > cents for unseemly
conduct in a street car and for daring
a policeman TO arrest him
MCGrOEan bore the shock bravely. but
when the clerk OF the Desplaines street
court got through with him he was a
sadder and q wiser man
only TWO bitsT That's easy" quoth
McGrosan after the judge had pro-
rouEced sentence. He pranced gayly up
TO Clerk BOWERS desk and slapped
down his .arter as If he were asking
the official e. Join him in a drink
There's your money" he said. You
don't need 70 give me q receipt"
The Washington times., 1907-02-20

islative body for more salaries. But his
friends are active
IL Is pointed out as a reason why Mr.
Loeb should have the increase that 81
all Government officials, unless II he tte
secretary OF State, no one has matters
or larger Importance pass through his
hands. and no official In the Government
Is more regularly abused than the
Presidents Secretary.
The Washington times., 1907-02-20

The coroner who found that excessive
speed was the cause of the recent acct
dent in New York Will, OF course, not
expect TO cause much sensation. The
New York pace has been recognized for
some time
The Washington times., 1907-02-20

II appears that over in Germany the
opposition has no more confidence i'm
the honorable intentions of the Kaiser
toward the constitution than the anti
Roosevelt party has in those of our
President
The Washington times., 1907-02-20

Omaha is all worked up because
"Salome" is to appear there 1t just
aches TO see the naughty play: but. on
the other hand. IL hates TO have folks
think it can stand something. that was
too tough for New York
The Washington times., 1907-02-20
SOUNDS A TRIFLE WARM.

Bosnia is the first European country
to issue postage stamp with the pic
ture of an automobile on IL, the new
fifty hellers bearing such a picture Must
have hot currency over there.-New
York Telegram.
The Washington times., 1907-02-20

General Kuropatkin is Threatened
with trouble over his history Of the late
war. but man so accustomed 10 truu-
bic will hardly mind anything they can
fix up for him now.
The Washington times., 1907-02-20

In the light Of results, II seems quite
plain that Philadelphia needed a few
more speeches by Mr.. Secretary Root.
in which the right labels could have
been pat on things.
The Washington times., 1907-02-20

The United Gas Improvement Com
pany appears at this distance to have
been restored TO power IN Philadelphia
The Washington times., 1907-02-20

The ship subsidy proposition seems 10
suffer from the same trouble that a
distinguished naval officer ascribed to
the Cars navy-lack of buoyancy.
The Washington times., 1907-02-20

The country will be entitled to con-
graduate itself on at least one act of
this Congressional session. That's the
sine die adjournment.
The Washington times., 1907-02-20
FISH FOR ASSISTANT TREASURER

The President has nominated Hamilton
Fish to be Assistant Treasurer of the
United States at New York city.
The Washington times., 1907-02-20

-fn.-- L. HILL - .--.
San Francisco School Director, Distin-
guished as Artist.
A. ALTMANE.

There were not twenty paintings out
OF the hundreds forming the exhibit ia
the famous Mark Hopkins Institute Of
Art that escaped the fire OF April IS
1896" declared School Director A Alt
mann, of san Francisco. The most TO
be regretted We're the mural d-cora-
uOns OF the inner court which were
the masterpieces OF the late Jules
Tavcrnier. the great French painter,
who had 20 flee from Paris during the
commune, and went 10 san Francisco.
he had achieved International fame as
ara artist before Die located in our city.
one OF his greatest works was the
Awaiting OF MonteZuma IL elected
praise from arr critics from all over the
world and was accorded rank as one of
tho MASTERPIECE of the age. Our famous
gallery held treasures from all the
famous studies Of the modern masters
and was the generous gift OF Edward
r.. Searles Of Great Darlington, Mass,
who married the widow of the late Mark
Hopkins one of our great railroad
kings and the partner and associate OF
q. Z. Huntington, Leland Stanford, and
Charles t'rDciypr
The Washington times., 1907-02-20

When 1t comes to vote or confidence
in the deputies. NJ. CIemenceau. the
French premier. makes his opposition
look like Alton b. Parker.
The Washington times., 1907-02-20
Mr. Altmann's Pictures.

Mr.. Altman is native Of California,
and has made his way to the fore in the
world of art.
Two Of his crea tions. "Old Country
Woman" and "A Landscape" were
honoreG with a place in the Paris salon
Of 1896. where the greatest Of the French
masters are limited 10 two canvases.
and that a Californian should be IA
vored so highly drew greater attention
TO his talents.
Mr.. Altman says that one Of the Oe-
culiaT incidents Of the fire and earth
quake was the fact that the old mis-
sion built by the Franciscan mission
aries. in no. stands alone uninjU-ed
1t was constructed of adobe, and when
modern structures were shaken out of
plumb by the tremors and walls Of
steel and masonry crumbled beneath
the blast of the flames, the old mission
emerged unSca-hed-
The Washington times., 1907-02-20
Temporary Gallery

The building itself. the former Mark
Hopkins mansion. was burned 90 the
ground, and we have erected a tempo
rary structure on the site to hold what
few art treasures We're saved from the
flames
"Of course, every effort was put forth
To save the paintings and statues. and
that any OF the treasures was rescued
was due 10 the good judgment Of several
artists. who cut the Canvases out of
the frames and rolled them up. What
we have. however. is nucleus enough TO
make another start. and from the inti-
nations that have gone out many OF our
milliOnaires Will come forward and re-
place as far as possible the Mark Hop
kins Institute, one Of the great galleries
on this continent
The Washington times., 1907-02-20

Woodman. spare those forest reserves,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-11-28
Self FooIers.

From the San Antonio Express.
Robert Hyde, the noted vellum illu.
minator, of Santa Barbara's colony OF
artists, was talking the other a
about work.
"a disinclination to work is the ara
lists great trouble" he said. "A lazy
artist will fool even himself about his
work. He will say in his journal that
he has worked seven hours when ne
knows well that half of those hours
were passed III dreaming.
Yes, it is O common thing for artists
to fool themselves about their work.
They are like the man who took the
pledge. ....
"A minister saw this mans daughter
Fastening homeward with a pail OF
fresh, foaming beer. He halted her and
said:
my leaf child. where are you
taking that beer?' .aNs
Home to father, sir .
But surely your father doesnt
| drink beer said the minister, now ina
he has signed the pledge
"tOh, no, SIR said the girl. lie
don't drink it. He only soaks his preao
In it,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-11-28
WHAT WAS 1T
The Woman Feared4

What a comfort to find it is not 'the
awful thing feared. but only chronic
Indigestion, which proper food a re-
lieve.
A woman in Ohio says:
II was troubled for years with indi-
gestion and chronic constipation. At
times I would have such a gnawing in
my stomach that l actually feared I
had al dislike to write or ever think
of what l feared.
Seeing an account Of Grape-Nuts. I
decided to try it. After a short time l
was satisfied the trouble was not the
awful thing / feared. but was still bad
enough. However. l was relieved Of a
bad ase OF dyspepsia, by changing
from improper food to Grape-Nuts.
"Since that time my bowels have
been as regular as a clock. l had also
noticed before I began to eat Grape
Nuts that / was becoming ~forgetful OF
where I put little things about the
house, which was very annoying.
"But since the digestive organs have
become strong from eating Grape-Nuts,
my memory is good and my mind as
! clear as when l was young, and l am
thankful" Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich. Read the little
booklet, 1.-The Road to Wellville," in
packages. There's a Reason"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-11-28
She Got Him.

Miss Edith Hughes was one Of the
wittiest and most popular of the Buck
eye Daisies, a group of young ladies
sent on a summer O u Of Europe by a
Columbus newspaper.
Miss Hughes said another Buck
eve Daisy, during a recent visit to Gin
cinnati, had an amusing passage-at-
arms with = Frenchman in our Paris
hotel.
1.-The Frenchman, a great joker, con
tinually attacked marriage. l believe
his wife has gone back on him, or
something. At any rate he was always
very bitter and sarcastic when mar
riage came up.
well, IN night, as we were all TAX
ing our coffee together in the lounge
after dinner. the Frenchman winked
at our large crew of Buckeye Daisies
and said:
"T don't see why a man needs to
marry when he can buy a parrot
for S.
Miss Hughes spoke up promptly.
LAS usual she said, woman Is al
a disadvantage here. A bear. / under
stand. can't be purchased for less thar
! $780,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-11-28
ENCOURAGING FACTS.

Those Contemplating Change OF
Residence Should Read Them.
The other day the writer was in the
Office of the Canadian Government at
st. Paul, Minnesota. On the windows
of the building were signs to the effect
that homesteads OF 160 acres were
given free to actual settlers, and in the
windows were displays OF wheat, oats,
barley, other grains and vegetables,
which he was told were grown in West
ern Canada. This could be readily be-
iieved, for in no other country on the
Continent would it be possible to grow
such splendid specimens. The world Is
now pretty well advised that in the
growing of such cereals as have been
named, and vegetables as well, the
Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan
and Alberta have no competitor. For
| several years past specimens have beer
exhibited at State and County Fairs
throughout the States, and these exhib-
its are looked upon as n OF the chief
attractions. They have demonstrated
what can be done in the climate of a
country possessing a soil that will grow
things. But that it was possible to grow
vegetables such as were seer there
seemed to create some doubt. But 1t
was the case. And apples. too. Not
| of course the splendid fruit grown in
countries more c%ongeniaI to such cul-
ture, but they were in evidence.
Throughout Indiana, the "Hoosier"
farmers were forced to stop and think.
When O similar exhibit was placed be-
fore them during the past few weeks.
many of them were forced to stop and
remark: ''That is much ahead Of any
thing we can do. The quality Of the
I grain we have conceded, for has not So
und7So sent us samples grown on his
own farm the like Of which we had
never seen before. But to think of the
vegetables-and such vegetables! Why,
we thought everything was frozen up
there, and these turnips, cabbages,
caurifewers, beets, mangolds, pumpkins
and squashes are away ahead OF any
thing we ever saw grow" That is the
story everywhere. Thousands of West
EN- Canada h~omesteaders, formerly
United States citizens, are growing just
such grain, just such vegetables, which
yield them a splendid profit with little
outlay on the farms that they have Sc
cured from the Government Of the Do
minion of Canada at the nominal cost
of $40 for 100 acres. If adjoining land
Is wanted it can be secured from the
railway companies or from private in
dividuals at moderate prices and rea-
sonable terms. BY placing your name
and address on a postal card and ad.
dressing it to the Canadian Govern.
ment Agent whose name appears else.
where, a copy Of Last Best West"
telling. you all about it, will be sent
J YOU free.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-11-28
BABY ITCHED TERRIBLY.

Face and Neck Covered with In
damed Sktn-DOctOrs No Avail
Cured by Cuticura Remedies.
"My baby's face and neck were Gov
cred with itching skin similar to ecze-
ma, and she suffered terribly for over
a year. l took her to a number of doc
tors, and also to different colleges, to
no avail. Then Cuticura Remedies
were recommended to me by Miss c..
/ did not use it at first, as 1 had tried
SO many other remedies without any
favorable results. At last l tried CUT
cura Soap, Cuticura Ointment and
Cuticura Resolvent Pills, and to my
surprise noticed an improvement.
After using three boxes Of the Cuti-
cura Ointment, together with Cutlcura
Soap and Pills, l am pleased to say she
is altogether Il different child and the
picture of health. Mrs. A, c. Brestlin,
III n. Lincoln St, Chicago, ILL.,, Oct.
10 and 30. 1906"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-11-28
TIE Prudent Piper.

Thomas f. Ryan. tho noted financier,
was talking about music in the smok-
ing room OF the Deutschland.
II like all music" he said, except
such native and special sorts as the
tom-tom, the bagpipes, or the Indian
hufaa give off.
Speaking of bagpipes, did you ever
notice how a piper prances up and
down as he pipes? He never sits. he
never stands still, but up and down,
round and round, to and fro he struts
continually.
"a little boy. listening to the weird
skirl of the bagpipes Of a street per-
former, ono said to his father:
"sFather, why does the piper keeI
! on the move ali the time he plays?
"I can't say, my boy the father an
swered, unless it is to prevent any
one getting the range with a cobble'
stone"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-11-28
CARRYING A MILLION A DAY.
Gigantic Transit Problem Which New
York Faces. &
From the Broadway Magazine.

From the Broadway Magazine.
The transit facilities of New York city
have been the subject of much criticism,
but when we are told that the passengers
carried on the transit lines of Manhattan
total a million people daily 63, were
the exact figures as recorded at the close
of a single days travel In Manhattan in
the present year-the wonder is that such
q thing as really rapid transit is possible.
New York possesses several Methods of
surface transportation which are far supe-
rior to the systems in use in either Lon
don or Paris. In Manhattan the electric
cars are worked mainly by the CONDUIT
system, the conductor lying underground,
and making connection with the car by a
slot between the rails. In Brooklyn the
trolley is omnipresent. We have also a
few old horse cars and stage coaches,
cabs, coaches, electric hansoms, etc. The
omnibuses of the European cities, which
form the chief means of transportation,
take, under the most favorable circum-
stances, nearly ten minutes to travel a
mile: the street cars of the American
metropolis can do a mile In from five to
seven minutes, when out of the downtown
crush, while the elevated trains easily
mako fifteen miles an hour. All omn!
buses and tram cars in both London ala
Paris do not commence running until what
an American woul consider a late hour
In the morning Uondon, s a. M; Paris,
a. mo-, and stop at midnight. Imagine
New York without cars after midnight!
In marked contrast to his less fortunate
neighbours over the sea, the lucky New
Yorker is able to reach either his home or
his business at any hour Of the day or
night without being required to take a
cab.' On the elevated system, the trains
run at from two to intervals
from 5:23 a. m. to midnight, n at ten
minute intervals from that hour through
out the night. The street car lines also
give an all-night service at varying inter-
walls.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-11-28
Only One.

AT the unwilling OF Rods bust of
Hanley in Westminster Abbey" said a
New York editor, "a number of GOOD
stories were told about a great poet.
III. G. Wells praised Henley's con-
duct of the New Review OF course,
his periodical failed, yet it was I'M
doubtedly the best edited me Of
the last century. In it Henley intro
duced to the world new writer's of such
distinction as Joseph Conrad, Kenneth
Grahame, w b. Yeats, Mr.. Wells him
self, and so on
lone day as Mr.. Wells and Henley
stood in the offie of the magazine, dis
cussing rather sadly it's gloomy pros
poets, a funeral went by with slow
ace
Henley leaned out of the Window
and looked at the funeral a~nxiously.
Then he turned to his companion and
said with q worried frown:
"'Can that be our subscriber"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-11-28
Beware of OintmentS for Catarrh
. that Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense OF
system when entering 1t through the mu-
cous surfaces. Such articles should never
be used except on prescriptions from reputa,
BILE physicians, as the damage they Will do
is tenfold TO the good you can possibly
derive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by f. J. Cheney 6 Co, To-
ledo, o.; contains no mercury, and Is taken
internally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system. In buy
Ing Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine. II IL taken internally and made
In Toledo, Ohio, by +. ]. Cheney Il Co
Testimonials free.
Take Halls Family pills for constipation.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-11-28

A suburban family has a servant VINO
"a an excellent cook, but insists upon
making all her dishes strictly according
10 her own recipes. Her mistress gave
her full swing not only as to cooking,
but as to the purchasing OF supplies.
The other day the mistress said:
mora, the coffee you are giving us IL
very good. What kind is it,"
IT'S no kind at all. num-, replleu
the cook. Its a mixer
How do o mix it,"
II make it o~ne-quarter Mocha, one
quarter Java, and one-quarter Rio.
But that's only three-quarters. Wnai
do you put in for h other quarter
II put in no quarter at all, mum
That's where so many spiles the cofee,
mum, by putting iu a fourth quarter