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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-02-06

M ORE than half the membership of
lV1 the United States senate and not
quite half Of the membership of the
house of representatives in the pres
ent house come from cities and towns
with more than 10000 population OF
the 236 members of both houses who
come from cities and towns 81 are in
the senate and 1856 in the house Of rep
resentatives. OF the senators 38 are
from the northern states and only 13
from the southern states, while among
the representatives 145 are from the
north and only 40 from the south
The leadership Of both the house and
senate on the Republican side is
largely confined to men from the
cities, while the Democratic leader
ship, In the house especially, is divided
among men from the smaller Commu.
mites. Sectionally the states of Mary
land, Kentucky and Missouri have
been included among the southern
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-02-06

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. from pill
w lar to post for a quarter of a cen.
tury, the United States civil service
commission is crying at the doorstep
OF the committee ON appropriations of
the house of representatives.
Give me home of my own" is the
plaintive appeal of this national waif
Although established permanently in
the affairs of the government, the civil
service commission is homeless wan
derer without a place to lay its weary
head. Five times since its establish
ment in 1888 it has been turned out OF
doors and forced to seek new living
quarters. Now it is asking congress
for 100000 with which to build a mod,
est dwelling place where it may be Sc
cure from eviction and where its work
may be carried on in a proper and dig
nitied manner In asking congress for
a home the commission has not leon
content to follow the convent nal
practice of pointing out how much
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-02-06
Civil Service Commission Wants Home

money will be saved in rentals. The
moral element in the proposition is i'm.
portant, also, according to the official
communication addressed to the presi-
dent by the commission and by him
transmitted to congress.
II is nearly twenty.siX years since
the commission was organized. The
early meetings in 1883 were held in the
apartment Of Dorman b. Eaton in the
celebrated but dilapidated Wormlcys
hotel. Later the commission rented
two rooms in aresidence in Fourteenth
street From there 1t moved to the
seed building of the department OF ag
riculture. In 1855 it moved to wing
of the city hall building. In 1895 It
moved to the Concordia building, and
in 1900 it moved to its present wholly
inadequate building.
The commission wants quarters
that are permanent, that will be a
creditablo monument to the work it
has done and an honor to the public
service that it is performing An ap.
propytarjou of 100000 will provide a
proper site and building and this ap.
propriltiou is recommended. In trans
hitting 10 couaross the commissions
loltnr and tho draft of bill for Jhe Np-
pron,ta.inu Pre- tJrut Roosevelt says
he approve. The commissions recon.
mt.I.yI.N.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-02-06
Automobile to Supersede the Horse

with arraug'm uts made for him bt
tl. national and state committee.
Th. urgent deficiency bilI recently
reported. authorizes an appropriation
OF $4,000 for the purchase carr aud
maintenance of automobiles at III"
White House. This appropriation be
comes available Immediately u Will
cover the initial cost Of the machines
which Mr.. Taft will doubtless pur
chase and also provide for the care Of
The machines for the remainder ~ the
current fiscal year, which Will end
on June 30 In the new fiscal year,
beginning July the white House au.
tomObiles viii be provided for by an
appropriation becoming ayailabl" on
that date, carried In the executive. Log
islatlye and judicial approximation BIN
According to statements made az
the Capitol Mr. Taft intends TO use the
automobile exclusively In his move
mcuts In and about Washington The
provision in the urgent deficiency bin
au horizing the use Of automobiles a
ne White House was inserted in thai
measure al the request uf Pres!dent
'lcct Taft
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-02-06
Leaders in Congress Come from Cities

states else the representation oi that
region among the members from tho
cities would be still further materially
reduced
1t is noteworthy that of the city
membership sent to congress l6S are
lawyers and only GS belong TO other
professions and avocations
Two OF the best ailaround logisla.
tors in Cougrcss-Throdore f. Burton
Of Cleveland and John w. Weeks Of
Newton, Mass.-comc from the cities
They are equally posted on currency
the tariff, the navy, agriculture ana
rivers and harbors. Representative
Mann OF Chicago Is a recognized au.
thority on the pure food and drugs act
F. p. Gillet of Massachusetts is the
bestinformed man on the civil serv-
ice, Charles r. Townsend Of Michigan
on the interstate commerce laws, 1t
being generally known that he praCti
calIy drew the Hepburn railroad-rato
act: James A. Tawncy Of Minnesota is
the authority on appropriations and
Serene + Payne Of New York on the
raising Of revenues to pay them; John
Dalzell Of Pennsylvania is the apostle
Of protection; w. ). Bennett of New
York the strong man on the immigra
tiOn laws, and Charles n. Fowler Of
New Jersey on currency.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-02-06

UTOMOBILES will become a part
"A OF the White House equipment IN
the administration of William II TAFT
taking the place in measure Of the
horses and carriages now used as
means OF locomo.on in and around
Washington by thu members OF the
Roosevelt family. Une OF President
Rooseyelts pet ayersons Is the auto
mobile. He taa declined TO purchase
a car and cn.y in two or three in.
stances has he ever consented to be
a passenger in one. On the other
hand, Mr.. Taft Is very fond Of the al.
tomobile. In tie late political cam
paign he made any tours Ia high
power cars, notably on his visit to
Sew York. whore he vas compelled
to make hong jumps in accordance
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-02-06
PICTURE HAD REAL VALUE.
At Least One Person Appreciated
Artists Painting

AlmaTadema, the artist, did not
had a few ups 10 many downs before
he was finally recognized as a painter
of ability. In his student days one Of
his unsuccessful pictures was returned
unsold by the committee Of the Brus-
sells exhibition of 1859, The subject
was a house on fire, says the Associ-
ated Sunday Magazine.
Instead Of TRADE against the stu.
pidity or fayoritism of the committee
the artist asked his fellow students
into his studio and invited them TO
jump through the canvas He led the
way by leaping head first through the
oily flames
4 second unsuccessful effort was q
large sized square picture that came
back again and again TO its creators
easel, until at last he reyenged himself
upon it in a novel way by cutting the
picture out of its frame and giving It
to an old woman TO use as a a table
cover
There was some one at last to ap-
preciate its excellence. The next time
Alma.Tadema saw the old woman she
told him that II was much better than
those common oilcloth things They
ALWAYS let the water through" she ex
plained. but that one of yours is 1.
good thick one, with plenty OF paint
on IL
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-02-06
Carriage for "Uncle Joe" in the Future

slipped over to the senate and wills
perad that Speaker Cannon should
have a carriage TO make consistency
jewel It was suggested that the gov
orumcnt ought to keep a vehicle for
the yicepresidcnt
The bait was swallowed in conncc.
ton with the line and pole and the
legislative executive and judicial APP
preparation bill provides that the
vicc-prcsident and speaker shall each
have a carriage.
It was figured that two pranciIg
horses for each, with an appropriate
conveyance having four wheels and a
vanished body, would cost the gov.
crnmcnt $4,000, and that lump sum
was allowed for the innovation.
The itom. which is incorporated for
the first tmo does not specify wh"ih'
er either of the officials shall have one
OF tgo horses, rockaway victoria
trap or phatcOn, II simply specifies
1ur-as aud carriages
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-02-06

kHINCLE JOE" CANNON, plain
~ farmer and unfrilled speaker OF
the house, will soon blossom out and
put on more airs that a humming bird
with two sets of wings. He IS going
to have a carriage with two prancins
horses and a colprcd coachman.
He will dash along Pennsylvania
avenue like a real plutocrat and throw
dust in the eyes Of the common toiler
plodding along on ms weary way. For
all these years Uncle Joe has occu-
pied the rear seat of trailer and
smoked his Porto Ricun cigar in peace
and content.
Then some foe Of rural simplicity
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-02-06

righth&ud man, Mr., Theodore l..
Weed, and the assistant secretary Of
commerce and labor, Mr.. William II.
Wheeler of California, were instru-
mental in starting the ball rolling, will
henCeforth be connected with the or.
ganizatiOn only in an advisory capac-
ity, they preierrlsg to leave the active
direction of affairs in the hands of the
business men themselves. However,
Secretary Straus hopes that one of
the ultimate results of this new move
ment will be to bring about a closer
relationship between the commercial
interests of the country and the ma
tional government. In speaking of
the matter Secretary Straus said
Unfortunately the national govern
ment has never up to this time been
brought as closely in touch as is de.
sirable with the tremendous power
and influence and ability Of American
commercial life because the interests
involved have not been brought to.
gether in the concrete form necessary
to enlighten our government officials
and secure their cooperation" In fu-
ture he believes that, thanks to the
new council of commerce. the federal
ests OF the country will be enabled to
work hand in hand All local or ma.
| tional organizations in any way inter
ested will be invited TO make common
cause By Joining the new council and
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-02-06


rial nbrary ra b, erected at the Uni
versity ur Chtcaeo. seems NOW to be
an assured rhiug. the Dbnd aDulycr
sary of the death of the dsttnemshod
college rr,s.Jrnt being marked D, tae
practical comuI,Iian of IN, $>0t0o
iuud 10, the erection Of tho buIlms
no l.u.o who have followed ,hudus.
du,ea of Tie Midway institution since
jla foundation, as Wen ass to lD4 later
friends .he assurance If their dream
.or IL memorial ,o the universities first
president. to whom doubtless thr I'M
sDiuution owes it's being is Il vivid
pleasure.
such men as Harry Pratt Jud-ou
the present president. Thomas w
Goodsprcd registrar and secretary of
the board of trustees; Wallace Heck
man. business MANAGER, the scyera.
members Of the faculty the trustees
Of the three departments of the uni
yerslty and the alumni and student
body, past and nrescut feel sense OF
personal qualification at the approach
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-02-06
The Usual Loop Hole.

Il imagine Brown hasn't any use tcr
Jones
Why
When asked him what sort q .
man Jones was he said Well, be .
good hearted when YOU get 10 know
him Detroit Free Press
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-06-04

Minstrelsy's historic home, the
Eleventh Street Opera house. In Phila-
delphia. has closed forever. and the
burnt cork artist is now without any
place that is devoted specially to his
particular kind of entertainment.
There is an almost national sig
nificance in the fact, for the minstrel
show. with its lively part. its songs.
its dances. its humor of the end men.
may be said 10 represent the only
characteristic form of theatrical enter
tainment that the United States has
produced.
When Dvorak, the Bohemian COM
poser. came 10 the United States to
get the material for a symphony. he
was so much attracted by the original
songs of the negroes as he heard them
on the plantations that he decided
that they were the only original form
Of melody the new world afforded.
and he Incorporated them with most
beautiful effect in his composition
From the New World"
What Dyorak did for these melo-
dies in serious vein the minstrel show
does for them In a manner to afford
entertainment to the public, and 1t is
a matter of regret that after two gen.
erations of continuous minstreisy, the
old building on Eleventh street in the
Quaker City is to close its doors for
ever
The entire history of minstrelsy can
be traced through the experiences of
this house and those who have per-
formed there.
Beginning OF MinstreIsy.
When 1t was launched the minstrel
show was form of entertainment had
just begun TO take definite form. and
in its walls have been heard the songs
and the jokes of those who were the
founders of the special form OF amuse.
ment.
Those who have given study to the
subject name as the first of the min.
strels, George Washington Dixon. who
Coon" He began his successful ca
reer in the early Jos. But no more
than one swallow could make a sum
mer can this lone performer, singing
his negro songs and doing his dances
be termed a minstrel show"
Dan Rice. with his Yin Crow
| song. which was thoroughly in the
vein of the negro minstrel song Of the
present day. and which gave him q
vogue so extraordinary that others
saw the possibilities of the form OF
entertainment as extended to fill a
whole evening.
Rice gave a burlesque. something in
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-06-04
The Rat Skin Industry,

The use Of rat skins In various In.
dustries has created a demand In
London alone to the amount OF nearly
100000 a year. states a British pub
LEGATION. They are used among other
things for bookbinding. photograph
frames. purses and for the thumbs of
women's gloves. A new brannh of
work is likely to increase the con.
sumption largely. and as much as IS
to 30 cents a day was earned by the
unemployed in Denmark last year.
when the rat act was passed. The
damage done by rats In England
alone is estimated to amount to many
million dollars a year. and their cap
ture already occupies a large number
of persons.
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lions. and the sweet singers delight
enee. Then would come the second
part. the various acts. which usually
included wench dance. an accordion
solo. a comic song and a long walk
around.
Among the early geniuses who
helped to give originality to the art
of the minstrel a member of the Buck
ley's New Orleans Serenaders. Then
he organized his own company, the
Sanford's Serenaders and Burlesque
Opera troupe.
Its plans were very artistic for this
kind of entertainment. Many grand
operas were then being heard in this
country for the first time, and the
Sanford company burlesqued them in
such clever style that II had the au-
diences in the big cities screaming
with laughter.
Closed to Black Face Artists.
Sanford wanted to play permanent
ly in Philadelphia. but his theater
burned down at the start Of his en-
gagement. and left without a home.
he decided to take the Eleventh
Street Opera house.
This was the beginning of the &C.
cupancy Of the building by minstrels.
and there was never a hiatus in the
fifty years that followed until a few
weeks ago. when the building closed
its doors as the home of the black
face artist.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-06-04
OVER THE FENCE
Neiehbor Says Something.

The front yard fence Is q famous
council place on pleasant days. Maybe
TO chat with some one along the street,
or for friendly gossip with next door
neighbor. Sometimes 1t Is only small
talk but other times neighbor has
something really good to offer.
An old resident OF Baird, Texas, got
some mighty good advice this way
once.
He says:
Drinking coffee left me nearly dead
with dyspepsia. kidney disease and
bowel trouble. with constant pains In
my stomach, back and side, and SO
weak could scarcely walk.
"One day was chatting with one of
my neighbors about my trouble and
told her l believed coffee hurt me.
Neighbor said she knew lots of people
TO whom coffee was poison and she
pleaded with me to quit 1t and give
Postum q trial. ] did not take her
advice right away but tried a change
OF climate. which did not do me any
good. Then l dropped coffee and took
up Postum.
MY Improvement began immediate.
~ and got better every day | used
Postum.
My bowels became regular in two
weeks. all my pains were gone. Now |
am well and strong and can eat any.
thing want to without distress. All
OF this 10 due to my having quit cof.
fee. and to the use OF Postum regu.
larry.
Ny sen who was troubled with indi
gestion thought that II Postum helped
me SO. II might help him. It did. too.
and he II now well and strong again.
We like Postum q well a. We ever
liked the coffee and use II altogether
n my family Ia place Of cokse and all
keep we'll" There's . ReAson." Read
Ia Road 20 MELVILLE. In Pigs.
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The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-06-04
ONLY PERMANENT HOME
OF MINSTRELSY CLOSES
Historic Amusement Place in Philadelphia Goes Out Of
Business-Great Names on Its Programs.

combinations with a whole company
OF entertainers.
The Buckleys New Orleans Sere-
naders claimed to be the first. and
they showed the countries in the 4Os.
They claimed to have been originated
In 1871. their desire evidently being
to antedate the whitlock's Virginia
minstrels. which had been formed in
1872
Printer Plans First snow.
Whitlock claimed that ne mapped
out and planned the first complete
minstrel show ever seen in this coun-
try. He was n printer. with great
deal of talent in the use of banjo.
and VIXEN he mapped out his idea of
the first entertainment where there
should be no orchestra save that on
the stage. and the melodies of the
negroes should fill the whole evening,
he invited some of his friends with
..usical skill. Dan Emmett, violinist:
Frank Bower, bones. and Dick Pei
ham. tambo. They had which went
Off SO well that they got ambitious.
They formed their company. went out
on the road and made good from the
start. Then followed a host of other
minstrel combinations. and by the
time the sos had arrived minstrelsy
was on the top crest of its vogue.
The show of that day was much on
the same lines as that which has sur
vived TO the present generation, ex-
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The Turnint
Point
~ LOUIS STELI6ANN

Copyright, By Daily Story Pub. Co.y
The Dark Horse" Of the senatorial
contest strobe to and fro with cease.
less activity among his henchmen, be.
slowing here q whispered order, there
an expressive smile or nod and every
where handshakes. accompanied BY
well measured words of that seeming
ly spontaneous geniaiity which makes
the recipient feel he Is an intimate
friend on first sight-instead of a
man with that valuable commodity, a
vote-an art known only to the ac-
complished politician.
From q corner OF the crowded hotel
corridor the "Party's Choice" eyed
him askance. James Haskins was am
bilious to succeed himself as a nation
al representative of his district. Ex-
perience had laugh him how to Judge
human nature and for days past he
had noted. with ever-increasing alarm.
an inexplicable turn in the tide which
had promised to land him, high and
dry. on the shores of victory but a
short time before. Sansomc's ascend
ancy was something he could not I'M
derstand or explain by any of the va
rious standards that govern political
conditions. 1t seemed as though some
unseen power was using the sack"
the contents and purpose of which are
defined in cartoons by large dollar
mark. Yet he knew Sansome to be
almost fanatically honest: that San
some. himself. possessed no great
means and that. with the policy he
favored and would doubtless carry
out. 1t would be directly against the
interests Of any of the great CONNER
cial powers to back him.
Haskins. however, was too thor
oughly schooled in political methods
to voice his disquietude, even to his
nearest lieutenant. He knew the value
of manifested confidence and smiled
condescendingly on his opponents eff
forts. with the unconscious assurance
Of the political favorite who disre.
CARDS. on the surface. all undercur-
rents and trembles. inwardly. Resoiu-
tons of premature withdrawal were
forming in his mind. Ii was either
that or defeat, or
Pulkerson. upon whom Haskins had
frowned all evening and for many pre-.
vious days as well. caught his eye at
this juncture and noted the faint wa
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many of the most noted entertainers
of their day. Cool White, Dick Sitter,
Holden J. Williams, c. Campbell, ].
Paul, O.P. Perry. A. Won Bonhorst,
L. +. Dixey, John l.. Carncross, J. w.
H. Lincoln. Sam Sharpley and Master
]. Sanford
The combination was held together
virtually intact until 1860. when
Carncross and Sharpley left the COM
pany and opened up at another thea
ter.
The loss of these two favorites was
quite n blow. for Carncross was a
noted ballad singer. and Sharpley was
a great comedian. Sanford did not
do nearly so well without them. and
finally got into financial troubles.
which compelled him to give up the
house.
End Man at Seventy-four.
When he did so. other capital was
quickly forthcoming to put Carncross
In charge. He returned together with
Sharpley. and the house then became
known as the home of the Carncross
and Dixey company. Dixey being the
most popular of the old members who
had remained loyal to Sanford.
In this early company is to be
found on old programs the name Of
Hughey Dougherty. and 1t is point
of special interest that when the cur
tain fell the last time, a few weeks
ago, Dougherty, now seventy-four
years of age. was still filling the place
of end man. and arousing Just as
much laughter as of yore.
Lew Simmons and e. L. Slocum
started a minstrel house In opposition
to that Of the older organization. and
1t enjoyed ten years of success, the
Quaker City supporting both houses.
which shows what the minstrel show
meant in popularity then.
About a dozen years ago Mr.. earn,
cross withdrew from the business. and
was succeeded as proprietor by Frank
Dumont (who until the finish OF the
house. few weeks ago. acted as mid
die man. wrote all the burlesques
and conducted the business end.
Many noted singers and comedians
have appeared at the old house. In
addition to those already mentioned
were John Diamond. Frank Moran,
Eddie Foy. Press Eldridge. Bobby
Newcomb. Freddy Walz. Jeff De An
CELLS. Chauncey Oicott. Melcille jan
sen and Vic Richards.
Travelling combinations of min.
strels. like Dockstader's and Primrose
and Vests still remain. but it Is
matter for regret that the permanent
home should have found 1t necessary
to close.