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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-17

reckoning so far as merchant service goes. But
II IS a very important naval station and is strong
" 1Ortined; and the fact that It faces the Bay %
ben6al and keeps watch and ward over the whoa
eastern coast OF India gives IL extraordinary
strategic value 70 the British sea arm. IL has %
many points of interest to the tourist Il would
take MANY rsSes alIidA 11scrt6e. nd
more space than can be spared here to enumsrais
them For. naturally in writing OF ''the isle from
which comes the fine tea the port through which
recipients in all parts OF ths globe must claim rs
centre OF the stage, IL not the whole Of IT,.
AU Colombo, where once every vessel had TO r1s
IN an open rOadStead, exposed to the fury OF ths
destructive storms of the Orient, there is now
OF the largest and safest harbOrs in the worlds
water area OF five hundred acres. sheltered By
concrete breakwater four thousand feet long
When the British took CeylOn from the 7Dri,a
mere were no banks, no good roads or bridges
Few schools. no hospitals. only four pOstofces and
no newspapers on the island BY the latest Cru1t
aValable, there are Il important exehsuEs
ana deposit banks. 1500 miles OF Splendid n1etssd
roads countless good bridges more than two
thousand schools upwards OF 100 hospitals and
olSPe9SaIleS, 80 pOStOfficeS. 50 newspapers and
periodicals. over 100000 cultivated acres and
over 6OOO00O tons Of shipping entered and cleared
AGAINST $4,000 IN early part Of century; and Co.
IIOhlO9, ON the southwest coast, Is the pusatiDs
mart OF THIS whole modern system. and the seat
OF most OF ITS trade and educational facilities. 50
wei as OF the colOny'S legislative Offices.
WINE PAIN prOdUcJS-the cOcOanut oil and fibre.
arecanut, and cacaO-CardamOms coffee. einchOna,
cinnamon and plUmbagO form no lneonsderahIa
OF negligible. factors in COlOmbO'S export trade.
Yea mas usurped trst place both as regards volume
, aliO VaIue And It's from this great seaport that
.SCey4on Tea the third in rank as regards guam
~, ana Ine hrSt In quality, OF all the worlds
teas Is distributed to the nations OF earth.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-17

up OF men who work for living-tho powerful
middle class that is the blood, and bone Of every
American community. They hold together be-
cause they are Christians and because they are
social. But the Church universal must teach and
heal If it is TO be prosperous and successful
'"What do I mean? That cities, villages and
neIghborhoOds have different needs / wouldn't at
tempt to duplicate that which is already being
done The public schools are all right: so are col
leges But here is town. let say, grouped
around a dozen tanneries. The boys and young
men work during the day. / would teach them at
night what they wanted to learn-shorthand. book
keeping. law. medicine or the chemistry of leather
Nothing in these later years Of my life gives me
the Joy that is found in ecturing to poor boys who
are longing fighting for an education"
And you would also doctor the people physi-
cslIy?" ~
yes / haven't gone all the way with Elwood
Worcester. rector Of Emmanuel Church, in Boston.
but believe to a degree in the principles Of mem
tai healing Years ago / was Mrs. Mary Baker
Glover Eddy's attorney. do not recommend her
but she has hitched her cult to mighty truth that
the churches have let slip through their open I'm
gers-and that is. faith-Or courage If a more mill
tant word is preferable Convince man that he
has fighting chance and the probabilities are that
he will recover
Twelve years ago changed my methods when
called TO pray at the bedside OF the dying quit
pleading for the reception of a sin burdened soul
into Heaven and began asking that weary body be
filled with courage and speedily restored 10 sound
health. talked cheerfully and hopefully, ana
when ! dared ! told a story. Men apd women
whom know, doomed 20 death by the doctors.
are going about dheir daily business. and every
sunday see somt Of them al my own church.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-17
SINGULAR TALES

Texas Is said TO have selected it's Lone star
emblem through mere accident A half century
mems OvercOatS We're Crnamentsd via
large brass buttons. IL happened that the huftous
the OVerCOat OF Governor smith % Texas Ia
the impress Of a hve-pOuted star For want ~ ~,
seal one OF these buttons cut on and uSe,, 80
owner Of this OvercOat and of the buttoh Hel.t
Smith. was chief executive OF the PROVISIONS -
eminent of Texas which. In 1855. preceded plT 49,
laratiOn of Independence by Texas aSainst -.
and the winning OF that independence IN thc 'ss'
OF San JaClntO April 81 1855 "A
While some prisoners in HesinSfors i.,.aA. .-s
tah We're engaged in executing work on tuc n.aced
roof one OF thepl.a professional electrician
that telephone wires passed close BY Ire tels-
OF has cell Obtaining. nobody knows - junction
phone apparatus. he managed 70 msAc, sS.,J5CDs az
with the wires and obtained a Local ..sl,rr,ra an
IectOry Tie began calling up on Ile'',these chats
his friends and ecOuaintanceS- Wen. I've sntiye
at last tired him he BEGAN 20 etlt ,,-,cr TIL
prison ADMINISTRATION. up to re s ySS hut rs
telephOnc worked for about toftl os,,s,r5sr ara
finally accidentally discovered BY NS''
removed. ,-i.ls fer
One Of the most interestlnE Of tns,.sRs n isi
wttchcratt was that Of the suffolk VI ~ tchn<
The two prisoners were accused or r,sacutict
Young chtldrcn. great potut Tor tss ~ sJckled
hHinss that oyu OF the blankets Or an and g
nv one OF them great toad nSd ga r,rrYsedi atel
Dloded In the fire like EuupoWucf. ss-rrhed az
after tho witch found AZ homie si5snrs, "
plaimPd In spite ut unsatisfactory =. ch'ldrsn
Two were convicted. Whercucon 49, No. 4
health At once began to improv~-SM
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-17
CEYL0N THE. GORGEOUS
THE ISLE FROM WHICp
COMES THE FINE IE4
TsceHtieth Century Conditions in u,
Seaports, To5Cns and Through
out Colony.
n

n would be interesting 20 Compare N. So.
and towns Of CeylOn-thOse which have s,rvs..
the wear and tear Of the ages and that Ha..
claim by reason OF their greater or Iess mr.
lance. to the notice OF the world % to-day-r,5s.
native and, later, under Portuguese ana nr,..
rule with their present condition under enlfzs
ened British dominion. Such a comparison o.oe,,
greatly rebound to the credit Of the latter OF -
buried cities. those silent witnesses OF -.
grandeur. enough remains 70 attest high star.
civilization as compared with the rest O, -.
ancient world; but as IN CeyIOn's recorded hls,,-
there Is naught TO show the genuine advanc4m...
which the peaceful and prosperous island kao,.
under the AnglO-SaxOn's wise sway
While the map OF modern CeyIon show, -,
coast towns. there only three that really -.
the name Of "seapOrts.' Gale. at the sgvsb.-
end. TrincOmalie the eastern and Colouso -
the western shores or the island: for NIsnaa- -,
OF influence from the yield OF IT'S pearl ASh.r,.,
Point Pedro. the landing place for Jaffna OF nb,.s
tobacco Is one OF the important staples and B,,,,
cslOa renowned as the chief town OF a s,r,xs.
cOcoanUt district. are not true harbOrs ana =.
not trade empOriums
Gale has lost much OF it's Importance sinc..s.
construction OF the magnificent artificial harbor !,
Colombo. for despite the fact that il ia exr,,-
trade OF East and West-of that day-rnet ana
indeed in the earlier period OF British occrD.,,
was a centre for modern steamship trade. II rs.
always dangerous owing TO its cross Currents 49,
It's coral reefs-besides It Is small and incon,
mOdious.
Trincomslie has been declared zone OF the A.,
or six magnificent harbors Of the Word'' bur I. h,
built up the western ports, and gave 20 CoIor5o
it's commission as one OF the chief servitors a.
cOmmerce in the Orient, left Trincomalie out q s
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-17
FRANCIS IMPROVED PRISON FARE.

Up TO that time Warden Francis had been too
busy with the Bankers Colony" outside the din
ing room, to look into the food matter There has
been great change for the better in the food in
the last month
That filth breeds vermn is strongly illustrated
in Riverside. Patrick Boyle and DIR. Frank Wood
bury. members Of the lunacy committee OF the
State Board of Charities after finishing visit to
the prison some days ago. said it doubt the
most unclean prism in the country and that it was
little wonder that sickness and insanity ran rioi
there. When taken from his cell and on his way
to Leavenworth Prison, Billy" Montgomery said:
1.-THE filth and vermn inside that prison cannot be
described One night recently. when 1 could not
get wink of sleep because OF the bugs. 1 was
burning the bugs off the wall with lighted matches
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-17

inspector evidently mistoOk the yell for one of
greeting and applause. He lifted his hat-just In
time to receive on his bare pate tin plate SHE'D
at him from the fourth row of cOnvicts.
Bedlam broke loose the cOnvicts throwing every
thing they could get hands at the prison IN
spectOr and his friends shouting all the time:
Hash! HASH Try IL! Try it!' 1t developed that
the prisoners had been fed on hash so much that
they had decided bring the matter TO the atten-
ton of the first prison official who entered the din
ing room. A feature of their attack on the prison
inspector and party is found in the fact that soma
OF the convicts taken to the dungeon later con-
fessed that they had heard the coming visitor was
Governor Stuart of Pennsylvania, and they wanted
TO impress the states chief executive the hash
proposition with force.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-17
LONDON ART
Old Masters Shosrn at the Grafton
Galleries.

London, October q.
-o,a r,asters are to work out their own saliva
.,or Not the art treasures of Paris and other
C,o,,+;rentaI capitals which bought for
.r,er,ca mr. Germany as soon as they come into
market but the famous pictures in the Enshsh
country houses and London mansions, which
have been enhanced in value by the high prices
maid for keeping in the country works IKE
T4tian,s portrait of Ariosto the ''Rokeby Venus
the Norfolk Holbein and the portrait group OF
Frans Halls The reduction OF the American
duties on art and the zeal Of millionaire COL
lectors in drawing across the Atlantic the pest
works of the stored past have Increased the OPP
pOrtunities for sale and stimulated the appetlte
of ambitious dealers for big bargains III the
great prizes of the rich English collections are
TO be diverted from America to the NaCohai
Gallery there must be systematized agencies for
their retention. The national loan coHecuOh at
the Grafton Galleries is the brilliant opening of
an organized movement for the enrichment OF
the great gallery in Trafalgar Square. The re-
ceipts at the doors will swell the rescue luIu'
which has been dependent upon the generosity
of art loving subscribers. and the old masters
will proclaim their own merits when exhibited
In spacious rooms under favorable conditions or
light and of judicious hanging, and cry aloud
for places of honor in the National Gallery.
Among the Italian pictures in this remarkable
collection are the two MadOnnas by Raphael.
belonging to Countess Cowper. They are nne
examples of the painters Florentine period, the
smaller one being assigned TO 1000 and the
larger one, the Niccolini, TO l5OS, or ABOUT
the time when the CardellinO of the Uftizi. the
Jardiniere of the Louvre and the st. Catherine
of the National Gallery were painted These
Madonnas have not been seen in London for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-17
CONVICT WAS TAKING EASE.

Francis had not been appointed warden until
after a hard battle in which he opposed by
some influential men connected with prison man
aEemerts of Pennsylvania. The reason for the
opposition nov appears. When Francis entered
the prison 10 take up his duties he found the
former banker Billy Montgomery. who had
wrecked the Allegheny National Bank for $780,
o00, sitting in a nicely carpeted room next TO the
avardens Office. with a roll top desk, smoking a
fine cigar and debating TO a stenographer. Francis
and Montgomery had been friends outside and
business associates. 1t was Montgomery who had
gone on Frencis's bond for $4,000 when the latter
took the postnlastershp OF Allegheny. and he as
a, banker had had many deals with Francis, the
business man.
-'Fiulo Francis, old boy Glad 10 see you,' said
Convict Montgomery. rising and reaching out his
hand 10 The new warden. who ignored the offer,
turned on his heel and touched button.
Take this prisoner his cell and keep him there
until ] give different ORDERS. said Francis TO the
guards who appeared In response to his ring. And
from that moment Francis has been warden IN
fact as well as in name Within forty-eight hours
fifteen members NJ the Bankers Colony in
Guiding Montgomery, were in the dungeon. J. B. F.
Rinehart, who wrecked the Farmers and DrOvers'
National Bank, OF Waynesburg. Penn. for more
than 8 100000 and who doing fifteen years. the
same as Montgomery, was another who went TO
the dungeon. ana for eight days. Rinehart had
protested against the prison warden even opening
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-17
PRISON WAS INFERNO.
SAVE FOR MEMBERS or
"B4NKERS' COLONY.
Francis Found Filth, Tuberculosis
and Insanity Rampant at
RiUerside.

r,,...,,,-- Oc. 1s-Meubers OF the State Board
az Charities OF Pennsylvania the State Lunsey
Commission and individual members OF the Board
~ Prison Inspectors in Western Pennsylvania are
Al present busily engaged in trying 10 prevent
the spread OF further scandal regarding Riverside
y,enitentiar, where thirteen hundred convicts are
now housed. No American prison in years has
provoked such q storm OF adverse comment as has
this one and n ore-tenth the stories coming rom
inside its walls are true no prison management
las deserved more criticism than this same River
ti6e otherwise known the Western Penitentiary
az Pennsylvania
one convict ont Of each four inside the prison
is now suffering from tuberculosis. The prison is
SO allied with verrnn that recently three hundred
oonyicts in as many different cells were found
husilv engaged IN burning poisonous insects
from the walls with matches at night. Insanity
Is spreading al a fearful rate. sixteen convicts
having been taken from the prison and confined
IN asylums inside of week recently. These are
facts made public by the state authorities. Cen
orsl carelessness. or worse. OF recent admnistra-
ton is held the main responsible for present con-
ditions IN the prison as well as for shortage OF
:s2 600 accounts. No arrests have yet oeeh inaoe
IN connection with the big shortage, which was
recently discovered and made public and that none
viii be made is believed.
John Francis. eK-member OF the state LSsislat-
ure and formerly postmaster OF Allegheny Ci's'
was recently appointed warden at Riverside ano
when he entered tie great gray stone building by
the Ohio River below Pittsburg things began to
hammer and they have been happening ever since
Francis found the prison in practical control OK
what is known as the Bankers Colony. com
posed OF bankers and other ''hnancers" who had
leen caught in bad work and sent up for years
There are about forty n this colony, the reported
requisite 10 eligibility being that member must
have stolen at least $4,000 The colony previous to
the arrival OF Francis had control of everything Its
members were eating apart from the common herd
OF prisoners and had special food. which was sent
10 them from the outside by their host OF friends
one former political leader OF Pittsburg was con-
Quoting a friends political campaign from inside
the prison. giving his orders to heutenants over
the phone daily. end there was not a day when
this convict. doing seven years. was not called up
ar the prison by some OF the gang.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-17
THE INEVITABLE.

II knew il had 10 come"
''fiow nOw?"
THAT show at the town hall Tonight has an
Esgulmau quartet. '-Loulsyills Courlsr-JouTuA
The Washington herald., 1909-10-24
HER DEAR OLD LEGS.

To have been soubrette all ones
life and then TO grow old, Why should
one be expected 20 change? Why should
not the habits Of thought OF years reach
on into the seventies?
The tale is told OF that dear lady who
forty years ago sent the blood dancing IN
the veins Of her generation with "Tassels
on her boots" and the lit OF kindred
ditties, says The New York Evening sun.
Her daughter IN constant fear Of pneu-
monia for the frail tiny old lady, urged
upon her the wearing Of wooden stock
ings- She sweetly but firmly declined
considering the ugly things. and needing
q new supply laid the case before her
son. He saw the point st once and
bought her a box Of the sheerest. daint-
lest, most open work affairs the market
afforded. To the surprise Of all she never
wore them.
Throughout the winter and far into
the spring she spoke no more OF stock
ings, but meekly wore the ugly wooden
ones Of her daughters choice.
At last one day her son asked her
why. Where" he queried, are those
pretty things I bought your "Oh, my
dear boy, she exclaimed. 1T was kind
and thoughtful and sweet OF you 10
buy them for me- and. Of course, you
couldn't possibly know. but the patterns
are SO unbecoming I can't wear them"
The Washington herald., 1909-10-24
TNHE admlrable edItorlal whlch Is

T%HE admirable editorial which is
the keynote OF the present
economy series supplies US
with another and a pregnant
text:
"Our garbage barrels are hIled with
material upon which European fami-
lies would grow fat. Meat that here
upon the average table would be a
tough and tHsteless mess. II properly
treated would set forth a feast OF
soup, nnely seasoned, a garnished
stew and. for the breakfast following.
q hash which, with the cheap vege-
tables boiled with the meat and some
little additions OF salad and cheese
and coffee rightly made. would tempt
the palate OF the patron OF the most
expensive restaurant. And all at less
than the cost OF a tough hunk OF In
digestible and navorless stuff set upon
tens OF thousands OF American tables
10 deaden, not crafty appetite and 20
breed dyspepsia
Plain, strong language this, but not
a whit palmer and stronger than is
demanded by the facts IN the case be-
fore US. We provide more lavishly for
our tables than any other people on
the globe. The householder who rises
early and sits up late and eats the
bitter bread OF caretulness, In order 20
Join the ends OF expense and income
on the first day Of the year, will state
as a self-evident fact that the best
Is always the cheapest" Furthermore.
with the honest % pride Of the free
born American citizen. that the best
is none too good for him"
A year ago I awaited my turn in q
butchers shop, and as my wont is
Whene'er I take nv walks abroad.
kept an eye upon my fellow-custom-
The Washington herald., 1909-10-24
SAvAGES LOVE MEDICINE.
Medical Missionary Tells Stories of
Her Patients.

rom the London Globe
Mrs. T. Rowling, medical missionary
at Gayaza, Uganda, tells many stories
about her patients and their implicit
faith in the skill and knowledge Of
the white medicine woman" What she
has 70 say on the matter Is as anus
ing as IT is interesting and instructive,
and serves TO illustrate a curious trait
OF the savage mind that has been com
mented upon by travellers IN practically
all parts Of the world-viz, the keen
delight which natives take in sampling
the white mans drugs. II matters not
wheather the medicine be palatable or
nauseous. they must have It II II Is to
be obtained.
THE native patients" says Mrs. Row
ling, are most amusing in the implicit
faith they have In the musao (doctor).
as they call Miss Pilgrim, the dispenser
here. Anything she likes 20 give them
they take. but many OF them cannot
yet see how pain in the head can be
cured by swallowing a pill. and would
much prefer to rub the pill on the place
affected. One day we visited a woman
with a bad pain in the ear We gave
her two pills 20 swallow, but instead
OF doing so she proceeded to drop them
into her ear Another tried to put her
medicine up her nostrils."
The Washington herald., 1909-10-24

ers. A neatly dressed woman said
something in a low voice to the man
behind the counter, who walked 10 the
corner Of the shop and uncovered a
pile OF what looKed like ODDS and ends
Of meat. She made her selection and
purchase and went her way. In reply
20 the query 1 presently put him. the
man smiled indulgently and let me
have a closer view OF the reserved
fragments. That was what they were
the ends OF steaks ana chops ana
roasts pared away in trimming, ana
laid aside, not as Oifal. but as salaole
stock. Ali were clean and there was
nothing unpleasant about the pile.
They are never bought By Ameri-
cans" the man explained, except now
and then by cute boarding house
keeper. The k'rench and Germans get
them whenever they can. How 90
happen 10 have so many You see. not
one lady in ten who trades with me
gives orders 70 have the trimmings or
roast or steak sent home Yet she
knows that they are trimmed into
shape after she buys them. Unless we
have orders 10 that effect We never
SEM the trimmings. Most COOKS uon
ike 10 be bothered with them
/ learned, too, that tho odd blts-for
which our American housewife pays and
which she does not get-are bought by
the canhy foreigner for and cents
per pound Z dId not remind the ciYA
dealer that We pay for steak and roast
and chop before IL Is trimmed Into
shape Hence, that he pockets a tidy
pTOuJ from each sale, even when no
charges az the second one-tnird as
much as the easy-gOlng native house
mother paid at the hrsL
Since II is my invariable practice TO
order the trimmings sent home with
the bulk OF the meat, IL was none OF
my business TO disturb mis- cOmpIaCent
computation OF the petty gains that
are beneath the average customers
thoughts.
As surely as Michelangelo discerned
the embryo angel IN the shapeless block
Of marble. the clever economist sees in
the collection OF odds and ends at the
far end OF the marble counter the pos
sibiliues Of soups, ragouts hashes. can
Melons, meat pies. Curries-and an in
finite series OF other saVOries. The trim
mings OF her neighbours tables would set
forth hers for q week, and her family
be well fed
Our editorial has a smart slap at this
form Of improvidence:
We sit and growl at the impossible
prices OF meat. and all the while We in
sist upon having nothing set before US
but prime ribs, pOrterhOuse or slrlo!n
steak, leg OF lamb or round roast"
A sharper thrust az the native house
mother comes In the next paragraph.
Because there is practically no proper
cooking OF chuck, flank. rump, neck or
shin parts Of mutton or beef"
l subtoln 10 the justly severe com
ment upon our national cuisine the as
sertion that our housemOther looks
DOWN disdainfully upon what very