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The Starkville news., 1908-11-06

ID ESIDES this there have been many
ID lesser or indefinite gifts. She gave
100000 in lump to the Margaret Sage
Industrial School for Girls and Boys at
Inwood, L. l., and has promised $4,000
a year endowment. She has pledged
the National Suffrage association
$4,000 year for the next five years.
She gave $4,000 for memorial win
dow in the First Presbyterian church
of Syracuse, and various smaller sums
to the Woman's Exchange and the Pas
cal Institute. She financed the legis-
lative movement against racetrack
betting. She gave the relatives of Mr..
Sage $650,000, doubling the bequests
left them by him. She tips number
of the Central park laborers five dol
lars every New. Years. January 1,
1907, when. she tipped 225 of them.
was her largest bestowal of this kind.
The Sage Foundation to Improve
social and living conditions in the
United States" has financed, among
other things, the playground and the
anti-tuberculosis movements. June 20
last she gave lawn party to 900
school children of Sag Harbor and per.
sonally superintended the distribu-
tion among them of 1000 bricks of ice
cream and 500 pounds of cake.
Nevertheless, a detective guard
watches her grounds all the time; and
when Sag Harbor celebrated the open
ing of the new school building for
which Mrs. Sage gave the money they
assured her that il she would attend
special guard should be provided for
her for the day at the city's expense.
A prisoner Of wealth, victim of sus-
picion, weighed down by heavy respon-
sibilities when she asks only few
quiet years at the end OF life, the
eighty millions that Russell Sage
slaved to amass have been singularly
unproductive Of happiness to the one
person in the world that he cared for
The Starkville news., 1908-11-06

almost instantly into a storm Of ap-
peals which amounted to persecu-
tion. Her mail for some years before
tween 40 and so letters day. 1t
leaped instantly to 900 day, and the
entire surplus was appeals for money
Within two months after Mr.. Sages
death 1000 letters were carted away
from her house unopened. Two secre-
taries work night and day almost to
handle Mrs. Sage's private mail. II
she attempted to read ten per cent. Of
it personally she would be able to do
nothing else.
At first she tried conscientiously to
look it over herself She was aston
ished and disgusted at some of it. Be-
fore Mr.. Sage's body was cold in it's
coffin she received a letter from a
New York man whom she never had
seen asking her to send him check
for 81, 900 by return mail, and he was
kind enough to inclose a stamped en-
velope for reply. She never asked for
advice as to the disposal of this for
tune, yet within the first two months
of her widowhood she received letters
from more than 1000 different men,
instructing her how to give away her
money so as to do the most good. One
of them, the president of a college,
wrote her that if she would give him
charge of her entire fortune he would
invest it so that it would support his
college forever. And, far from men
tioning the gratitude of his college in
such an event, he told her that she
ought to be thankful and grateful that
she had an opportunity to do such a
splendid work.
HE letters that really affected Mrs.
i Sage at this time were pathetic
appeals for help from individuals.
Many of these were to all appearances
genuine, the appeals of poor and ig-
norant persons, suffering in want and
hardship and pathetically confident
that the kind-hearted woman who had
more money than she knew what to
do with would give them the little
that would make them happy. Some
Of these letters distressed Mrs. Sage
greatly; but they came not only from
every state in the union but from for
eign countries. Had she responded to
them she would have dissipated her
entire fortune in small checks to indi-
viduals all oyer the world. So finally
Mrs Sage gave up her mail. Now
letter which is manifestly from per
sonal friend is given her. but nothing
else reaches her eye.
1t is not only impossible to reach
Mrs. Sage by letter-it has become
one OF the impossible things to see,
her. Mrs. Sage formerly was one Of
the most approaehable Of women.
Not 9 trace of snobbery or purse pride
The Starkville news., 1908-11-06
RECOVERED FROM SNAKE BITE
How Ranchman Treated Wound WheE
Far from a Settlement.

Bitten by rattlesnake In the calf OF
the right leg In the Santa Ana noun
tains last Saturday. John Mccormick, &
rancher OF Grapeland, saved his life
by making an incision with his pockel
knife and inserting piece of the
reptiles flesh in the wound. He
bandaged 1t tightly and walked sever
hours before he reached his ranch
where he could receive medical treat
ment. DR.. Summer J. Quint was callee
from Los Angeles to attend Mccormick
When he arrived he found that his pa
tient was suffering from slight
poisoning. He declares that McCor
nick saved his life by his own treat
ment.
Mccormick was hunting through
scrub oak when he felt peculiar stins
in his leg. He looked down and saw.
the snake dragging on the ground al
he walked. It's fangs had become
fastened in his leggings and it was un
able to withdraw them.
With the butt of his gun Mccormick
knocked the snake off and then crushed
Its head with his heel. AS quickly as
possible he ran into the open and car
ried the snake with him. When he
barred his leg he squeezed all the blooo
he could out of the two punctures
which the fangs had made. Then he
opened a cash, cutting through the two
wounds and letting out the blood and
poison. He cut piece of flesh OUT
of the wound Mccormick used his
handkerchief for bandages and then
tied his leg again just above the knee
to stop the poison from working
through his system.
Mccormick was miles from any settle
ment where he could secure medical
attention, so he started back to Grape
land. His leg pulsated with pain and
he soon became deathly sick. In his
weakened condition he was compelled
to rest on the road time and again
When he finally reached home he was
almost exhausted and his leg was
dreadfully swollen and almost black.
Mccormick says that his treatment
was famous among the Indians for
snake bites and he has known of a
number of instances where its applica
tion has saved lives.-Los Angeles
Times.
The Starkville news., 1908-11-06

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A@1 EW YOhh.-MTS. Russell
~ Sage has new velvet car
A~ pets in her home at No.
~SXGM 632 Fifth avenue-soft,
~E rich and beautiful, with
w. deep, thick pile into which
the foot sinks.
II am glad" said a woman who has
known Mrs. Sage for years, that she
could have those velvet carpets before
she died. In all the years of her mar
ried life down at the house at No. 506
Fifth avenue she had nothing but
ancient Brussels carpet on her parlor
floor 1t was one she had when she
first went to keeping house, and had
those great, set medallions in it that
they used to use for carpet patterns
40 years ago. The nap was worn off
all over it so that the brown warp
showed through. When it finally got
SO bad that it was impossible to use it
longer mating was put down in the
parlor, as it long had been in the rest
Of the house. She always used the old
horSehair furniture she had when she
was married, such as one saw in coun-
try parlors 40 years ago, and there
were great cracks in the parlor walls
OF the house at Forty-second street
which went for years without fixing.
Mrs. Sage suffered from mortifica-
tion at such things just as much as
any other woman would, and I'm glad
she's able to have the velvet carpets
for few years before she dies. But
they came too late to give her much
pleasure. After they had all been put
down and the furniture was in place
she walked through the house observ-
ing and admiring, and then sat down
and cried. She said not a word in ex-
PLANTATION, but it was easy to under
stand. She was thinking of all the
stinted years when she might have en-
joyed such things, and now she has
them when she is too old to care very
much.
There scarcely is a day that Mrs.
Sage does not weep" continued this
old friend Of hers. "She simply sits
and cries at the intolerable burden of
having $65, ,00o, 900 on her shoulders. at
the burden of distributing that huge
fortune I'm the way that will do the
most good. She is 80 years old and
has New England conscience. She
wants to do just the right thing with
ft all, and 1t requires an amount of
and study and imposes a
feeling of responsibility that is hard
on an old woman who only wants
quiet corner to spend her few remain
lng years in"
AIRS. SAGE has aged very much
W since her husbands death. She las
grown thin, pale, bent and wrinkleG
Aside from the natural grief over Mr.. /
3age's death, Mrs. Sage was plunged !
The Starkville news., 1908-11-06

Lake Geneva, in Switzerland, ia
quite Insignificant as lakes go. being
only so miles long and ten miles wide,
but it is remarkable for its relation to-
beautiful landscape of which it is a
part. |
The Starkville news., 1908-11-06
The Philippines.

Systematic investigation of the Phil
ippine islands reveals the fact that the
group consists of $500 islands, while.
before the American occupation the
number was estimated at 1,200.
The Starkville news., 1908-11-06

u" EW YORK.-Mrs. Russell
~ Sage has new velvet car
A pets in her home at No.
'SAGM 632 Fifth avenue-soft,
~H rich and beautiful, with
w. deep, thick pile into which
the foot sinks
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-26

On a sudden impulse he drew pen
and paper toward him, and wrote to
Paul Valitsky, whom he had only very
rarely and casually seen since that
strange parsonage had offered him the
choice of life or death.
my F~riend-You told me when !
was tired to let you know. ] am tired
now. Life offers me nothing. l made.
as you said. Il bad choice. If you
believe in heaven still, will you assure
mo of it? II that voice | once heard is
real, IL it Is the voice of one who is
pitiful, and true, and tender. may ]
not hear 1t again? Certain mysteries
are unveiled to you. certain faiths are
clear to you: If to your potent secret
force / owe the gift of longer life. take
1t back, 1 entreat you, and let me find
myself where I was seye years ago,
on the verge of the Eterila., with the
golden gates ATARI"
Several days elapsed before he re-
ceived any reply to his letter. and he
was growing restless, feverish. and
impatient when at last 1t came its
characteristic brevity quoting him into
a strange and passive peace. 1t ran
thus:
Heaven has not altered it's design
or changed its place. my friend, be-
cause blind Earth doubts its beauty.
Your seven years Is a little seven min
utes to the jewellers In that higher
sphere-a mere pause in the song you
heard. Be satisfaction the night you
receive this letter, the nj shall be
continued and the singer declared"
Dreamily John Denver sat at his open
window. with this missive In his hand;
the glory of a rosy sunset bathed all
tho visible country, and a thrush,
swaying to and fro on a ranch of
pine, piped a tender little evening carol.
He listened to the bird with a vague
pleasure: he was quite alone-alone as
he had beer for many months since
his wife had fled from him with her
latest lover. He was conscious of a
singular sensation, IN impression of
duality. as though he, o Denver,
were the mere frame or casing for an
other individual and intelligent per-
sonality, a creature that until now had
been pent up. In clay, suffering and re-
s~entful, but that at the present mo-
ment was ready to break loose o
Imprisonment into a vast and Joyous
liberty.
"And yet" he murmured, half aloud,
'if there Is a heaven, what right have
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-26

4 change from the present volumi-
nous style of hairdressing to q simple
mode will be most welcome to the
great majority of women, who, from
an overdose of rats, curls, puffs and
other hirsute adornments not their OWL
by nature, are being forced to witness
the rapid diminution of their own
locks, caused by overheating of the
scalp and lack of air. Women always
have ard always will put fashion be-
fore common sense and comfort. The
modern t~op-heaVy couture is certainly
not the result of careful judgment, and
it is discomfort itself, but as long as
Dame Fashion ~pronounces it 1.-THE
thing" 1.-THE thing it will be.
If one insists upon wearing pounds
of rat and yards of puffs one must WORK
overtime with the hairbrush to eve UP
conditions, for SO much heavy falsity
seriously threatens the health of the
scalp. 1t stops the circulation, and UNI
less the hair is well ventilated at night,
there is bound to be irreparable damage
done.
Therefore, all ye plates of fashion, be
careful to take down your hair each
night and give each strand a thorough
brushing, following this by q finger
tip massage of the scalp until it tingles.
Braid you hair loosely for the night
or allow 1t to hang free. The latter
method is preferable. Thus you may
offset the effects of that portion of your
.'crowning glory which crowns you
bureau at night.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-26

chutney, salt and paprika, rub through
a sieve, add the gelatine and coloring,
Divide this mixture into the molds.
Turn out when firm and garnish with
parsley. lettuce m chopped aspic Jelly.
Hot Asparagus NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
YOU asparagus well, tie up in bundles,
place the same In salt water and cook
until 1t is soft, then taxi up when
it is ready to serve with H~ollandaise
sauce, the latter being prepared in the
following manner. Boil some water in
a large basin. Have a asueepan and
break into it the yolks of eight raw
eggs and add the juice of half n lemon
Place the saucepan into the hot water
and break into it, in small pieces, one
pound of fresh butter, stirring con-
stantly with a wire whip. 1t must be
carefully watched, as II Is liable to burr
If not taken off at the proper time.
Add a small amount of cayenne pepper
and salt, if needed. Strain through Il
sieve and keep in a warm place until
served. Should the sauce turn, take
another saucepan with a spoonful of
ice water and pour into it the sauce,
spoonful by spoonful. stirring constant
ly. This win bring it to the proper
condition.
The hot asparagus can also be served
with drawn butter or fine bread crumbs
and butter.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-26
~ HATE God" said Angel.
angel-like statement she folde,

And, having maze tnlS uh-
angel-llke statement she folded
her short arms across her breast and
surveyed her Mortified audience de
family.
1t was a cold December Sunday, and
the Rev. Josiah Snawley was superin-
tending a Bible class in a small,
whitewashed. damp and comfortiess
schoolroom In one Of the worst quar-
tiers of the East End. He was assisted
in his pious TASK by the virginia. Miss
Pqwser, a lady of uncertain age, tall
and lanky of limb, with sandy locks
much frizzled, and a simpering smile.
The children ranged in a forlorn row
before these two charitable persons
were the miserable offspring of fathers
and mothers whose chief business II
was in life to starve uncomplainingly.
And Angel-such was the odd name
given her by her godfathers and god
mothers in her baptism-was one OF
the thinnest and most ragged among
all the small recipients of the Rev.
Joslah's instructions, which had that
day consisted Of well-worn mild plati-
tudes respecting the love of God to-
ward His wretched, selfish and forever
undeserving creation, She had usually
figured as rather a dull, quiet child.
more noticeable, perhaps, than others
of her condition by reason of her very
big dark eyes, small, sensitive mouth,
and untidy mass of chestnut-golden
hair. but she had never come promi-
nently to the front, either for cleverness
or right-down naughtiness till now,
when she boldly uttered the amazing,
bl~ood-curdIing declaration above re-
corded.
"Was that Angel Middleton who
spoke?" inquired the Rev. Josiah, with
bland austerity. Say it again. An
gel /. But no, ~no,"-here he shook mis-
head solemnly-"you will not dare to
say it again!"
Eyes, 1 will!' retorted Angel. stub
bornly. Il hate God! There!'
A terrible pause ensued. The other
children. stared al their refractory COM
in %stupefied a~mazement: they
Gid not quite understand who God
as themselves, being poor little weak,
physically Incapable creatures, who
were nearly always too hungry to think
much about Infinite and U~nreachable
s%plendors, but they had a dim idea that
whoever the Unknown Quantity" In
Creations plan might be, it was very
wrong to hate Him! Dreadfully wrong!
Frightfully wicked, and alarming from
IL ,-,f,4-a F yrgap-f Affar Gfurinpr Mt
Angel till they could stare 10 more,
of them put their fingers in their
mouths and stared ut Miss Powser.
What did she think of it? Oh, she was
limp with horror-her eyes had grown
paler, greener. and more watery than
ever. She had clasped her hands, and
was looking plaintively at the Rev.
Josiah. as indeed II was her frequent
to do. He meanwhile laid down
the Testament he held, and surveyed
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-26
the whole class with a glance of right.

the whole class with a glance of right
eous indignation.
II am Shocked" he said, slowly,
Shocked. and panied, n grievedi
Here is a child-one who has been
taught Bible lessons Sunday after Sum-
day-who tells me she hates God!
What ~blasphemy! What temper,
Stand forward, Angel Middleton!
Come out OF the class!"
Whereupon Angel came out as COM
handed, and fully declared herself.
Like a small alien on strange soil she
stood in advance of the other children.
her worm. bursting shoes showing the
dirty-stockinged feet within, her
patched skirt clinging s~cantily about
her meager little figure, her arms still
folded across her chest. and her lips
set in n thin, obstinate line. Something
in her look and attitude evidently ir-
ritated the Rev. Mr.. Snawley, for he
said sharply:
Unfold those arms of yours directly!"
She obeyed, but though the offending
limbs dropped passively at her sides,
the grimy little hands remained firmly
clinched.
Now" and he clergyman drew q
deep breath. and, taking up his Testa-
ment, gave a smart rap with it on the
desk in front of him. Explain your
self! What do you mean by such
wicked conduct? Why do you hate
God?"
Angel looked steadily on the floor,
and her lips quivered.
Because [ do" she replied, reso-
lutely.
That's no answer,'' And the rever-
end gentleman turned to his lady ass
sistant In despair. Really, Miss Pow
ser. you should not have admitted such
a child as this into the Sunday class.
She seems to me quite incorrigible; %
mere insolent heatheni'
Miss Powser appeared quite crushed
by the majesty of this ~reproach, and /,
feebly murmured something about a
mistaken idea of character adding
as a bright suggestion that the child
had better be dismissed.
Dismissed? OF course, of coursel"
snorted the Reverend Josiah, angrily.
"She must never come here again.
Such a bad example to the other chill
dren! DO you understand what | say,
Angel Middleton? You must never
come here againi"
"All right" said Angel, calmly; II
don't care"
ooh, Angel Angel" moaned Miss
Powser, family, Il am so sorry to see
this. | had hoped for much better
things from you. Your father
That's it" interrupted the girl, sud-
denly. her breast heaving. That's
why / hate God. You teach us that
God does everything: well. then. God
is killing father. Father never did any
harm To apy one. and vet he's diving
| know he isl He couldn't get work
when he was we'll, and now there isn't
enough to eat. and there's no fire, and
we're as miserable as ever we can be,
and all the time you say God is good
and loves us. / don't believe it! II
God won't care for father, then I won't
care for dodi"
rTe he Continued Tonorrowl
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-26

I to enter it? I have done nothing u
deserve it. l have honestly striven T.
do my best according to my poo.
knowledge; out hat is of no accoun
] nave missed love on earth, 1t is true
but why should I expect to find 1t l.
another world? Valitsky declares tina
all Gods work is founded on pur.
equity. and that every human soul ha
its mate either here or elsewhere: !
that were true-if that could be true
perhaps by the very law of God which
knows no changing, I may meet au6
love the singer OF that heavenly songi'
At that very moment a sound, swest
and penetrating, pierced the silence
tho full, delicious cadence of a melody
more dulcet thai ever came from the
throat Of any amorous lark or nightin-
gale, and John Denver, the weary and
world-worn man of many cares and
many disappointment, stood up alert,
pale and expectant. peering wistfully
yet doubtfully into the gathering
shadows OF his room. Earth and earth's
gains had proved delusions-would tbs
nope OF heaven prove equally vain?
The Voice divine," he Whispered
r%aptuously. 1.-The same beloved voice
l heard before! = It sings again.
So sweet a voice could not deceive. ]
will accept it as assurance of the truth
of Godi'
With straining sight he still gazed
into tho deepening darkness. Was II
fancy? or did he see there an angel
figure and face fairer than that of any
pictured ~vision?-a face luminous as O
star, and full of tenderest appeal. love
and ecstasy? He stretched out his arms
blindly, wonderingly, with a superna4
sense of joy.
1T is true he said. God Is JUST
and heaven exists, despite all narrow,
worldly doubtings! What has been
missed shall be found; what has been
lost shall be gained; and ever to the
poorest. the most sinful, and the most
ignorant, shall consolation be givenI
For death is not death--but iife!"
He staggered a little-his breath
failed him-and. falling back In HIS
chair, he closed his eyes. The mystic
voice SUM on, flooding the silence with
exquisite music; he smiled. listening.
After long sleep, to wake up IN
heaven to the sound of a beautiful voice
singing." he murmured; and then was
still.
And even so John Denver slept the
sleep of death, and, If all faiths are MOI
frenzies. ever so he woke.
THE ENID