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n ENG neither q policeman nor q
woman can give an impartial
y view OF the episode. Until that
moment, $3.50 p. m. July 1e. life
was one dull and prosaic affair. Ex-
citsment there was not. The world
moved along at an anniabie jog trct A
fat woman with two sticky young ones
olembered on board the streetcsr, took
three seats and paid one fare and even
the conductor was too lazy to remon-
strate. Along Van Ness avenue. swell
tering In the heat, moved g quiet. tired
line OF shoppers. 1t was very quiet
very hot and very dull.
Then It came, suddenly and without
warning. The girl whose fare / paid
first saw the wonder. Her eyes. hither-
TO nstless and half closed, snapped
open with eagerness. "Ohi" said she,
and then said no more. Now. knowing
that the "OhI" might mean anything
from dog fight TO q house on IRE !
reused myself from my semiletharSy
and cast one languid, iasy glance In
the direction IN which she was gazing.
What is it7" asked.
''That-that gown"
'Huhi Is that ali7 Why I thought
great Caesars ghesti"
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found good ones-for which I am
grateful
On the street some trafic stopped,
and three wagon drivers intently rub
bertng' let their horses meander as
they would. The result was that they
came together with q loud bang. The
crowd forgot me for g minute and
watched that bit OF excitement.
On Market street anticipated trou-
bic. We gave It q thorough trial. and
none came. Men, as we passed, Just
stared; q few followed, and one man
ner Powell street laughed so hard that
Z anticipated q stroke OF epoplexy for
him. From Mason street down to
Kearny we passed amid comments,
funny and otherwise. Thomas heard
wouldn't take his place for q million"
but he walked bravely on.
was not nervous I was no longer
unset I was only amused at an old
man who followed me from Mason
street to Kearny, devouring the dress
inch BY inch and who. when we finally
drove away IN Mrs. Timmie'a cab at
Rearny street. remarked:
We'll, she ought 70 be &rrestedr'
Perhaps he wss thinking of this all
those half dozen blocks.
Dear, game. little San Francisco
Were you horrined like Paris. and
shocked like New York; II you were,
you didn't show Il. Right here I say
q truth Any woman can wear any
gown she chooses on your streets,
dress as she pleases, and DO as she
likes. No matter how outlandish or
ultra stylish her attire. she may 90 az
abe wiii-oniy let her give people 20
understand that her reepectability is
unassailabie-that she is q lady. She Is
perfectly safe.
interested as the women were there
were no very unkind comments, no
1oud protests, no oontemptuous noses,
nc anubbing mttftuoe. And the menf
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immortal Dolly Madison.
IKE his father, John Quincy Adams.
the sixth president of the United
States, was born, lived and died
poor man. Only In culture and the
treasures of the mind could he be
said to have been an aristocrat. He
was born In the frame house IN Brain
tree where his father had been born,
and this house continued through his
lifetime to be his real home. His long
life, devoted to the last to public serv-
ice in a multitude of capacities, from
congressman and ambassador to the
presidency, shows no time devoted to
private gain or emolument.
IN Andrew Jackson we have presi-
dent who was likewise poor, but
poor in a different way from the
Adamses. He was poor In the sense of
low birth and squalid surroundings.
A posthumous child, his mother sup
ported herself and three children with
the work of her own hands. And so
far from having family burial plat
was Andrew Jackson that this same
faithful mother was doomed to be laid
away in an unmarked grave. He was
who was not a man of scholastic at
tainments, of culture and of expert
enced craftsmanship, and he may. with
safety be declared to have been one OF
the most poverty stricken executives.
w uyILLIAM HENRY HARRISONS S
M father, BENJAMIN Harrison, was a
rich man. He owned a fine plant
alton at Berkeley, on the banks of the
James river, and was one of the early
governors of Virginia. His son was
brought up in all the wealth and lux
ury which had surrounded the other
Virginia presidents, and had William
Henry chosen any other course than
that of indian fighter he might, too.
have ended his life in the ease and
luxury habitual to the grandees of the
old dominion. AS 1t was, though. he
preferred hard campaigning in the wild
regions north OF the Ohio, an empire
which eventually he was to give over
to civilization and in which he was to
found a new home. AS a general in
the army and later as United States
senator, Harrison had nothing but his
regulation salary, and his appointment
as minister p1enipotentiary to the re-
public Of Colombia did not add any
was recalled summarily from this post
on the accession Of Andrew Jackson he
retired to a little farm he had bought
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n startling contrast to Washington's
wealth was the poverty OF his sue
oessor. John Adams.
Unlike the father OF his country.
and unlike his own three successors.
our second president was not born
with a gold spoon IN his mouth.
Unlike his predecessor and a long
line Of successors, his birth cannot be
described as aristocratic, at least in
the sense IN which that adjective was
applied to the landed gentry OF the
old dominion. John Adams father
was a New England farmer He was
godly man. and he did not allow any
foolish pride IN the fact that he was
deacon IN the church to prevent his
taking on the trade Of shoe maker to
to wrest from the Massachusetts,
SOIL Indeed. with the proceeds of his
fathers cobbler's work young John
Adams was sent to Harvard. Here
needless TO say, he did not cut any
figure IN society. He did not maintain
any blooded horses or the dignity of a
body servant as did young Thomas
Jefferson during his college days. On
the contrary, he worked as hard as
and lived even more vigorously than
any farmer or mechanics son OF to-
day working his way through such
democratic institutions as Cornell or
Ann Arbor. he was graduated when
he was 20. Then he studied law and
got married. he married. not a reign
ing belle or heiress, as was to be the
wont OF so many OF his successors, but
a demure village girl, Miss Abigail
Smith, the minister's daughter.
They lived IN a modest frame house
which John Adams owned In Brafntree,
and that house continued to be their
home" throughout their lifetime 1t
was worth not more than $4,000 In
deed. the Adamses were VIGOROUSLY
poor-so poor. in fact. that they suf-
fered much embarrassment when, IN
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1854, Mrs. Adams went over to Paris
and established herself in house in
Auteuil, near Paris, where her husband
had spent the three preceding years as
minister plenipotentiary to the Eu-
ropean countries, whittier he had gone
to negotiate treaties between them and
the new republic. So poor were they
that there were no carpets on the am
bassadorial floors, and it required all
the ingenuity of Mrs. Adams to keep
up the household expenses and pay off
the wages of the seven servants which
the dignity of the minister plenipoten-
tiary's position rendered absolutely
necessary, even If floors did have to go
uncarpeted and windows curtainless.
TO the frugal Adams successor.
Thomas Jefferson. must be awarded
the distinction of having been our
richest president. Like Washington.
Jefferson's parents were rich. His ia
ther, Peter Jefferson, was the proprie-
tor OF fourteen hundred acre planta-
ton. His mother was of opulent parent
age. Shadwen, his home IN Albemarle
county Va, contained a fine library and
all the elegances of the time which
money could buy. When he went to
William and Mary college, at Williams
young Jefferson cut a wide swath with
his bIooded horses, his grooms and body
servants. Like Washington, too. he mar
ried a widow, the greatest heiress of her
day. Mrs. Martha Shelton. She brought
him as a dover 10000 acres of land and
135 slaves, besides much valuable plate.
This made Jefferson the greatest slave
holder In Virginia, as he already pos
sessed before his marriage more
than one hundred slaves of his
own. He had also been IN pos
session of an income OF $1,000 a year
from his ancestral plantation. Some
time after his marriage the beautiful
mansion of Monticello was erected
which remains to this day a model OF
what wealth combined with taste can
accomplish In the way OF a country
seat.
The story of Washington and the
story OF Jefferson find an almost
verbatim repetition in that of
James Madison. He was the son OF an
opulent planter, whose seat, Mont
pelier, was one of the show places Of
Virginia Montpelier was filled with
beautiful things. There was a fine II
brary, and the best society of Virginia
thronged its drawing rooms. He had
tutors es child, and as a young man
went to Princeton college. He studied
law, was sent to congress, and, as luck
would have 1t. met a dashing beautiful
and also rich widow, Mrs. Todd. who
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Who Followed Directoe His Impression

They held unsuilied their regulations
for courtesy. They behaved like gen.
uemen.
And my loyal Thomas-hard tried,
you must admit, was the finest Of all.
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OF securing himself or his family
against the future Lincoln's devotion
to his country absorbed every passion
TO the hour OF his assassination
4 NDREw JOHNSON was born IN
a bitter poverty and died IN exceed
ingiy modest circumstances.
LYssEs S. GRANT was also born
in poverty. and It might be said
~ died in comparatively straitened
circumstances. due TO the Grant 8
Ward failure. In which he lost all save
a small remnant OF the fortune which
he had been able to build up In the
various business enterprises he en-
gagged in after retiring from once.
UTHERFoRD B. HAYES. after the
- expiration OF his term. lived and
~ died IN very modest though COM
Portable circumstances. In his country
home IN Ohio.
AMEs A GARFIELD represents an
other of our log cabin presidents.
He was born In the humhlest pow
erty, ana when he went 70 the White
House the house he left At Mentor.
Ohio, was simple almost to frugality.
Indeed, this home constituted about all
the legacy he left his family when he
died by the assassin's hand, wherefore
q fund of ss5o.00o was raised and pre-
sented to his widow.
CHESTER ALAN ARTHUR was born
poor and he had the distinction OF
~ heto1 +ba Ar.k a1d 0ra of kha opfv
two ministers sons who have ever be-
come president. His fathers salary
was $500 year, and though Arthur Is
always spoken of as one of our wealthy
presidents nevertheless the fortune he
left at his death was estimated to be
not more than $15o.00O. This fortune
represented the wise investment OF the
accumulated savings OF General Ar
thurs extensive law practice.
THE name OF William Mckinley
must be reckoned among the long
line OF United States presidents
who died comparatively poor men.
He left an estate worth little more
than 100000. OF this amount $4,000
was saved from his salary as president
and $4,000 was life insurance. Nc
Kinley was always a poor man. Up to
the time he went into the White House
he never had any money, and when IN
congress he borrowed money TO make
campaigns, paying the loan as he drew
his salary. When he became president
great demands were made upon his
purse IN a social way. He did the
honors OF his position generously and
in the four years and little more that
he drew the salary or $4,000 a year he
saved only SAC, zoe. Mckinley could
have died a rich man had he so elect
ed Opportunities for investing in
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AMES K. POLK was not born to
riches. although when he died the
y eleventh president of the United
States was possessed OF an ample for
tune for those days. This fortune he
amassed through the practice Of law
and by wise investments Of such Of his
salary as he could save while he served
in the various political offices he occu-
pied preceding his election to the pres
idency.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-26
By Harry Davids

In ths prehistoric dayz. whsn thsy wrote the
tribal lays
When the lady was not bothered by the fash
ions latest style;
Then-they never put the ban on the 1g leaf and
the fan,
And gown Of open palm leaves never Grew
the curious smile.
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at North Bend, on the Ohio. Here he
earned livelihood at agriculture, and
to exc out his income accepted the
office of clerk of the court OF Hamilton
county.
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Win kno 6ruSeD OF oomDAndL1cuB Oh C@p-
ital." he declared. and he was AZ good
as his word
Nv ELLIAM HOWARD TAFT rsrun-
NJ hcan candidate for ne prosi-
dsney. has been too busy 30 far
serving his country 90 make any mensy.
He was born IN Cincinnati IN 1887. He
was the son OF Judge Aiphonso Taft.
so he came naturally BIZ his Iegk bent.
Taft graduated from Tale In 1878, SEQ
ond in a class OF 14o men. After
graduation he became q reporter which
occupation does not always imply q su-
perabundance OF cash. and studied law.
He became assistant prosecutins at
torney OF Hamilton county af the age
period OF comparative progpexiGY when
he became . collector OF intsrnal
revenue for the nrst district Of Ohio
at q salary OF $4,000 year. but when
he married Miss Helen Herron At the
age OF 70, his income was but t1eo
month Four years after his marriage
he was serving his country again In
the capacity OF solicitor general ef the
United States. He retained THIS posi-
tion for three ysars and thsn becarns
Judge OF the federal court Sixth c1r-
cult, which included Ohio. Michigan,
Kentucky and Tennessee Al this time
he had many high ofrsrB from law
firms for his services. bat refused them
for the 5000 = year he was getting
as federal Judge
''Thsre are bigger things In tns world
than money" said Taft.
Az TILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN Is =
M business man. He Is . wealthy
w man, and he has made his money
himself by the business methods ef to-
day.
No president OF the United States has
ever made any money out OF the presi
dency. but the same can not be said OF
the presidential candidacy which Mr..
Bryan has been able to capitalize and
exploit during the last fifteen years TO
the tune OF several hundred thousand
dollars
In the financial status OF Mr.. Bryan
we have the most anomalous fact in the
history Of American politics. Mr.. Bry-
an has never been a president OF the
United States. He has only been
nominee. and yet as a NOMINEES he has
succeeded IN amassing a fortune far
greater than that Of any man who ever
reached the presidential chair. Indeed,
II Is doubtful whether Mr.. Bryan would
ind in the role OF president 50 many
easy and comparatively safe opportuni-
ties for private emoluHenr as have
been presented to him merely on the
strength Of his prospects az a presi-
Dental candidate
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y ACHARY TAYLOR was born poor,
lived poor and died poor. The son
of parents who emigrated from
Virginia to Kentucky he received few
social or educational advantages, and
like his two warrior predecessors,
Jackson and Harrison, he was too much
engrossed in the military service Of his
a thing as money.
a ILLARD FILLMORE was farm
NA er's son and born poor. At IA
his father apprenticed him to the
trade of clothier in the then wilds Of
Livingston county. He managed to get
an education for himself and studied
law. in the practice OF which through
succeeding years he was able to build
himself up a substantial fortune. When,
as vice president. he succeeded on the
death of General Zachary Taylor, Fill
more was accounted man OF excellent
circumstances.
- rankin PIERCE and James Bu-
chanan were both born poor, and
their wealth at death was what
might be described as typical OF the
wealth of the average statesman of
tho time. Each owned q commodious
home, with the modest and necessary
income to maintain 1t, and each home
and income represented the wise In
vestment OF the earnings OF long years
OF legal practice and whatever each
could save from his salary while In
public Office
1T Is almost trite to comment upon
the wealth of Abraham Lincoln. He
was born poor and he died poor IN
this worlds goods. AS a country law
yer Lincoln's income probably never
exceeded $4,000, and as for any thought
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great money making enterprises were
always being suggested to him By In
fuential friends. and while most OF
these opportunities were legitimate
enough, he had horror OF getting into
the stock market IN any way.
cannot AFFORD 70 have any relations
with the trusts or combinations OF cap
ital." he declared. and he was Rs good
as his word.
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1T is a curious not to say astound-
ing fact that the wealth of George
Washington and his immediate sue
cessors should still register the high
water mark of presidential opulence.
washington, Jefferson, Madison and
Monroe must be even to this day ac-
counted the richest men who have ever
filed the Office of the chief executive
When, in 1887, General Washington
was elected 10 the presidency OF the
young republic he stood, as regards
wealth. pretty much in the same rela-
ton to the people who elected him as
might q Vanderbilt or Astor or Rookie
feller today were he to attain that
ONCE.
John Washington. the grandfather of
George. had added to his own wealth
by his marriage to Anne Pope. of the
Virginia aristocracy. His son Angus
tine. the father of George, in turn add
ed 10 his patrimony by both his first
and second marriages, and on his death,
George washington. his son, succeeded
to the paternal mansion and the broad
acres surrounding It, together with
more than 100 slaves. Mount Vernon,
with its $500 acres and about equal
number OF slaves, he succeeded to a
few years later on the death of his
brother Lawrence's daughter, he be-
ing the next OF kin. Both his own pa
ternal estate and that OF Mount Yer
non boasted commodious mansions, so
that at 26 years of age young Wash
ington's wealth may be conservatively
computed at anywhere from 100000 to
$3.50, ,oo0 Then at q he increased this
very materially by his marriage with
the widow custis. who brought him a
dover Of 100000.
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OF securing himself or his family
against the future Lincoln's devotion
to his country absorbed every passion
TO the hour OF his assassination.
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4 NDREw JOHNSON was born IN
a bitter poverty and died IN exceed
ingly modest circumstances.
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was so soon destined to become the
immortal Dolly Madison.
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- UTHERFoRD B. HAYES. after the
expiration OF his term. lived and
died IN very modest though com
Portable circumstances. In his country
nome IN Ohio.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-22
Rouehaee For Idle Horses.

There is great economy in preparing
cheap forage for horses during the
winter, when they are not required to
do much work. Dat straw and corn
slower make good roughage for idle
horses, and they will keep well on II
when given a little grain.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-22

1t looks as If any fighting would be
about rather than by our navy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-22

A little girl heard a sermon from the
words "My cup runneth over; surely
goodness and mercy shall follow me all
the days of my life" On returning
home she was asked if she could re-
member the minister's text and re-
piled: eyes, indeed. 1t was Mercy!
Goodness! MY cups tipped over"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-22

Gan actor should be devoted to his
art, should he notY
EYES," answered Mr.. Stormington
Barnes, she should be, but too many
Of US are prone to regard the practice
of our profession merely as a series OF
disagreeable Interruptions to a pc
nuchle ame."-Atlanta Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-22

THE HERALD can place your order for
Il ali kinds of engraving-cardS. wedding
stationery, announcements etc. Save your
money.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-04-22
SALESMAN WANTED For E Q, This T is
His Yearninq.

Confidence and Success.
Confidence is the companion Of sue.
cess.-Chatham
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29
300 MARRIED MEN
WILL BE EMPLOYED
CITY RESCUE MISSION HAS JOBS
FOR MANY
Applicants Must Have Families De-
pendent on Them-Charity insti-
tutions in Need of Voluntary
Contributions

There is a little relief for the labor
situation in some work that has come
to the City Rescue mission and Mon
day Melvin E. Trotter. superintendent
of the mission, will have employment
for 300 men.
The men who apply for this work
must be married men with families
dependent on them for support.
The City Rescue mission is at SOC
East Fifth street, and the first 300 men
who apply and answer the require
ments will be those selected by Mr..
Trotter.
Different kinds of work are to, be
performed, but most of 1t will be with
pick and shovel. Nine hours will con-
stitute a day and $1.5O will be paid
for the days work.
While this chance will bring joy and
food into at least 300 homes where star
walton has been staring the unem-
ployed out of countenance for weeks
there still are hundreds of others who
walk the streets constantly, looking
for work and unable to find 1t. There
seems to be little diminution of the
long lines that daily wait at the sour
kitchens for their broth and morsel
of bread, and the Salvation Army, Vol
unteers of America, Bethlehem instt-
tute and other charitable institutions
can use all the contributions of food
money and clothing that can be given
Through voluntary contributions is the
only way these organizations that are
doing SO much good every day car
meet the crying, ceaseless need.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-29
MARKED FOR THE
REAPER

About three years ago Mrs. L. Hekes
of S19 Kirkham street, Oakland, Cal,
called at our office with girl thirteen
years old, the latter weak and listless
She stated that she had lost daughter
through kidney disease and the doctors
now told her this one was in the same
fix and that she could live but a short
while.
The mother was nearly distracted
We told her that kidney disease was
really Inflammation of the kidneys and
that it was in fact incurable under
the old diuretics, all of which We're
kidney excitants, but that an emol-
lient for kidney Inflammation had been
discovered and that the child would
probably recover. The mother took the
treatment with her.
We skip three years.
A few months ago Mrs. Hekes called
with a beautiful young girl who was
the very picture of health. She intro
duced her as the dying patient of three
years ago, and told us to refer any,
body in the world to her She stated
the recovery was complete about the
eleventh week.
For the only emollient for inflamma-
tion of the kidneys the world has ever
seen ask Cor Fulton's Renal Com
pound. Literature mailed free.
JOHN ]. FULTON Co,
Oakland, Cal.
OWL DRUG CO.. Los Angeles, are
our local agents. Ask for bi-monthly
Bulletin of late recoveries.