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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-04
By Smith D. Fry


swer the requirements of the Senators, to
run errands to the document room, library,
or other points in the immense building.
The page boys of the Senate wear knee
breeches, neat little roundabouts, silk stock
ings, and neat fitting well polished shoes.
Their faces and hands are clean, their hair
carefully brushed, their fngernails polished,
and each one of them looks as if he had just
come out of a Christmas bandbox, pretty
as Puck and attractive as Cupid in his
best bib and tucker.
What They Have to Do
THE duties of a page to-day are substan-
TALLY the same as were required at the
beginning of the Government. The work is
light, and therefore agreeable. At nine
duty. Upon the desk of each Senator the
pages arrange the files of the current Con
gressional Record" also the bills and reports
on the desk of each Senator to whom such
bills and reports have been officially as
signed. This work must be done by noon,
when the Senate convenes and the serious
business of the day begins. Then comes the
messenger work The pages do not walk
when on such duty. They run, they skip,
they try to fly.
On one occasion a Western Senator made
an unexpected attack upon Senator Hoar OF
Massachusetts,. Something said suddenly
reminded the venerable statesman of story
in an old novel that would fit the occasion
Calling little page, Senator Hoar sent him
to the Library of Congress for the book. In
just three minutes the book was on his desk.
When the attacking Senator concluded
his remarks, Senator Hoar rose with the
book in his hand, read the chapter which
was singularly applicable to the occasion,
and won applause. The'people in the gal
leries of course could comprehend how the
eminent scholar of the Senate could be re-
minded of what he knew; but they could
not understand how he happened to have
the book there ready for use; but to the
initiated it was very simple.
The little boy ran like streak of lightning
to the telephone and called for the book; it
was shot into the Capitol by pneumatic tube;
the boy flew back to the Senator; the chap
ter was easily found; and when his antago-
mist concluded the attack Senator Hoar was
loaded for the speech in reply. This story
aptly illustrates one of the duties of page.
Every day, just two or three minutes be-
fore the noon hour, the pages form circle
round the inner circle of the front row of
desks, with their back to those desks, all of
themfacing the platform of theVicePresident.
There they remain during the invocation of
the chaplain. At the conclusion of the prayer,
they go to the carpeted and brass rallied
lower steps on each side of the Vice Presi-
dents dais. ready to answer the calls of
Senators for their services.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-04
PERTAINING TO PAGES

but could not obtain such a
courteous. refined set of little
gentlemen as those who an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-04
Best of Educat ton

Of the thousands of people who annually
~ visit the Capitol, many express regret
The little fellows are receiving two and half
dollars day, whereby they are enabled to
aid needy mothers or others near and dear
to them They attend night schools. They
are being educated by listening to debates
and by reading The Congressional Record. :"
Every university or college has professor
of political economy. These little page boys
of the United States Senate spend four years
in the greatest university of the world.
They listen to the lectures (debates) of
ninety-two superior professors Senators
of political economy. Thus they are receiv-
ing educations on national affairs and on
economics such as no university in the world
could afford to provide for its students.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-04

PRESIDENT SHEER
v MAN enters the Senate
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Hard Tests of Endurance

SOMETIMES there are big political con-
~ tests in the Senate which result in con-
tinual sessions, or tests of endurance. Some
times these unusual sessions continue for
three or four days and nights. At such times
the little page boys are sufferers: for they
must be on duty continuously and sleeplessly.
The sergeant at arms on such occasions
makes arrangements for the little fellows to
work in squads; SO that four or five of them
may be on duty all the time, while the
Others are snoring for dear life on the sofas
of committee rooms.
If the Senate desired to do SO, it could OBJ
tain the services of little boys for less money;
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-09
NO RIGHT TO TAKE LIFE

BY CARLETON SIMON, NJ. d.
TT HERE is no possible justification
i for a physician, and certainly
not for a layman, to hasten the death
of a patient suffering from an incur
able disease. not only because there
are on record cases where recovery
has taken place. or where a mistaken
diagnosis has been made, nor because
science may at any hour discover a
cure for an incurable disease, such as
cancer. as an example-nOt because
of these reasons. but because no man
has a right to take a life
Suffering can be relieved by suita-
BILE remedies, and with a merciful
tendency should be cultivated to the
highest degree, there is no combina-
ton of circumstances possible that
vindicate the destruction OF the life
of a patient by the physician In the
number of instances where such acts
were committed by members of the
family. the depressed. tortured mind
yielded to OverpOwering emotions or
hysterical bias that in cooler moments
of reasoning would have been reject
ed.
The fact that this western man is
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extremely nervous after his act shows
that he made a mistake.
The viewpoint of life makes up the
misery and happiness Of this world 5
Kaleidoscope phases. If we could
only think out our problems serenely
and in our despair listen TO wiser and
cooler counsel, they would no longer
be veXing.
The physician must be an optimlst.
Hope is his cornerstone and his key
stone, and the whole rock upon
which rests the basic principle of his
profession lies in the words, Where
there is life there is hope" Hope Is
the light of life Without II We
might all of US at times wish we were
dead. Who or where is he who has
not at times felt his blood flow faster
with renewed hope. with its wonderful
rejuvenating radiations OF joy and its
.mavelous tOnieal effects upon the
mind and body?
The grave responsibilities that rest
with the physician, commencing win
the birth OF his patient. and which
cease only when nature calls back her
gift. tend to make him strong, self
reliant and merciful. but his ears
must be deaf to apeals for the ending
of life. He must fight for the pre-
servation of the last spark or Ire.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-09

mountain, IN the British Columbia eX-
tension of the Cascade range, and
soon after he is married he decides TO
visit it.
The trail leads through a very
rough country, but MacDOWelis bride
insists upon accompanying him. They
have three mules-One for the wife,
one for the husband and one for pro-
visions and implements. The noun
tain trails are very narrow and steep,
and, one Gly, as the little caValcade is
travelling along slowly the wife's
mule, which is somewhat in the lead,
suddenly brays, as if in pain, and the
miner, looking up, sees him rearing
on the very edge Of the precipice-
Before he can reach his wife's side,
the mule has plunged over the edge
of the cliff, carrying the wife with
him.
Mcdowell follows the edge of the
canyon until he comes TO the mouth
and makes his way to the point or the
catastrophe.
There he finds the body Of the
mule and. fifty feet away. the crushed
and mutilated body of his wife. Every
bone is broken, although her head
and face have somehow escaped Sc
rious injury. He mixes some brandy
and water and forces it down her
throat. and she revlves. She recog-
nizes her husband and begs him to
put her out OF her misery.
Mcdowell realizes that her case is
hopeless and that her death can only
be matter of hours. The nearest
help of any kind is 12O miles away.
In the distance, he hears the howl
ing of the wolves and knows that the
cougar or mountain lion will make
short work of his suffering wife if he
| leaves her.
For thirty-six hours he has had
neither sleep nor food. and he is un-
able to maitain the strict watch
which will be necessary TO save his
wife and himself from the wild beasts
| of the region.
And all the time his bride OF nine
months is begging him to put her
away, to release her from her agony
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-09
From
Tor
ture!

die, more Or less overcome with
fatigue and the intense heat from
which the heavy woods afforded us
little protection when suddenly l was
aroused by a CRY and. looking up, saw
Fanny's mule rearing on his hind
legs. / thought that he had been
stung by a hornet. and hurried to-
ward him. Before 1 had advanced a
yard. the brute tOppled over the edge
of the precipiee which yawned, and
disappeared.
L came upon the dead mule first. A
few feet away / fddInd the shapeless
form of my wife-every bone in her
body broken. Her head and face We're
not badly injured. She had fallen 1000
feet pressed my cahteen to her
lips. and the brandy and water it con-
tanned brought her back TO conscious
ness.
Jim" she mOaned. IF you love
me. end my agOnyi'
I put my head in my hands and
groaned. I knew that it would take
me ten days to bring help from Cal
gary, and / believed that poor Fanny
could not survive as many hours
heard the bowling OF the wolves. and
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-09
ny JAMES AIACDOWELL

BY JAMES ALACDOWELL-
Z AM broken man. When 1 killed
4 my vie, my interest in life
ceased. / do not repFoach myself now
for ending my wife's sufferings in the
way / did took the hardest part.
for the memory of her passing away
is always with me. Now that I am
barring my soul 10 the world, l may
perhaps md peace. / have tried
everything else. and have yet 10 md
IT,
Fanny was my child-wsfe. She was
the daughter of my best friend, and
] had watched her and loved her from
her cradle days, and when / married
her / combined the love for a child
with the love for a wife.
AT the time OF our tragedy we were
about 12O miles from Calgary. the
nearest inhabited place. and We're ap-
preaching the widest section Of our
Journey. We had been riding for four
hours without a break, because 1
wanted TO complete our trip as soon
as possible. Fanny was a few feet
ahead OF me, and the packmule
brought up the rear.
We were both browsing in the sad
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For ten hours he debates whether or
not to yield to her request, and then
decides TO do so. He presses his re-
vOlver against his wife's head and
fires.
Then DacDowell faints. When he
RECEIVERS hours later, he covers his
Wife's body with stones, rocks and
grass, and starts for Calgary where
he gives himself up to the sheriff. He
is tried by a coroner's jury and eX-
onerated. The terrible experience he
has gone through almost drives him
insane. He becomes a physical and
mental wreck. Now he is haunted
by his deed, and has come to New
York to recuperate.
Did James Mcdowell commit muir
der, or nOt2
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-09
A SPLENDID ACT
BY REV. JEAN NORTON.

BY REV. JEAN NORTON.
THE men who moved by love ana
i sympathy ended their wives
suferings by killing them were he
roes! Their acts were splendid!
The medical world has discussed
these questions before. It has divided
along radical and conservative lines.
I knew an instance of such a mereiful
act. The patient was a lovely young
woman-my niece. She was dying Of
tuberculosis and the doctor had been
administering morphine 10 make her
sleep. At last he gave her a larger
dose. and the end came. I have al
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-09

ways thought he did this 20 end her
suffering and that he was right.
1 have a son. a handsome, me boy
of 21. ! have all OF a mothers love
for and pride in him, but II he were
in physical agony that could not DO
relieved and asked me to end it for
him / would
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-12-08

Does dear Mr.. Hoke propose to
save us from a fierce senatorial elec-
ton by precipitatinS a fierce gu0er-
Material election? Rome Tribune.
Would the Tri9 une have two pri-
maries? Possibly we could have
10th primaries in one, AS we under
stand il there will have TO be a SEN
ntorial primary whether Hoke Smith
runs for governor or no. That is the
proposition put up by the anu-Smith
people-Savannah Psess.
If the lately repudiated admins
tration had really wished to leave
the senatorial question to n primary
they had the opportunity of showing
their good faith before the appoint
ment of Senator Terrell.
No honest man will seriously In
sist that the faction lately turned
down at the polls should take advan'
tage OF a mere accident--sad con-
tingency to put the chief of the re-
undated crowd In the high office OF
United States senator, then cry out
primary" against all party prece
dent.
Senator Clay was elected precisely
MS ris successor will be, and under
etrikingly,. similar circumstances.
Under the law the legislature VIII
elect andr, following party precedent
eve executive committee ia not In
s,v sense todnd TO interfere.-Fitz-
rr@osd Lr.torprsse
And what is giving some OF the
Rrown organs a crimp in the neck,
So the fact that they know pretty
well who the Legislature will cleo
and II won't be big Joe
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Saved From Awful Death.

How an appalling calamity in lbs
family was prevented is told by A.
D. Mcdonald, of Fayetteville, N. C.,
f. F. D. No. s. MY sister had con-
sumption" he writes. she was very
thin and pale, had no appetite and
seemed to grow weaker every day,
as all remedies failed, till Or. Kings
New Discovery was tried, and so
completely cured her, that she has
not been troubled with a cough
since. It's the best medicine 1 ever
saw or heard Of" For coughs, colds.
lagrippe, asthma, Group, hemorrhage,
all bronchial troubles, it has no equal.
so, 81. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed
by Roses Drug Store.
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AN uNFoRTuNhTE- NAVAL OFF,
GER.

One of those sad cases where mis-
fortune, pure and simple has wreck
cd a mans career has come to light
in tAc case of Midshipman Russell 2.
Hall of the dreadnaught Delaware.
Mr.. Hall has been compelled to resign
his hard won position In the navy be-
cause of seasickness, and after a
thorough examination of TIE facts in
the case the naval department has
accepted his resignation. The facts
were that his first real cruise in the
big iattlcship was one long mig t.
mare of nausea. He had had no pre-
monition Of ms coming doom. In the
practice cruises taken with his class
each year he Ind passed through the
trials OF the unstable sea with as lit
tie suffering as any of his shipmates
lie had graduated with hon0rs and
us heart must have beat high with
pride and hope-t,e pride which
every graduate of Annapolis feels in
being an officer in what he believes
to be the finest navy that sails the
seas. inspired Ky the hope of winning
fame and glory in the service of his
country.
But all his bright dreams of future
glory were futile and vain. Service
on the Delaware proved very differ
cnt thing from practice cruises in the
old-fashioned slow and easy boats
used for training. AS every expert
enced sailor knows. a big, modern
battleship is one of the toughest YES
sells that plows the waves. 1t is not
Il pleasure boat but a huge monster
of steel and iron equipped with pow
erful machinery and made with re-
gard for war rather than for ease and
comfort Poor Midshipman Halls
first cruise was his last Tossing In
frantic helplessness in the throes Of
nightmare of deatEly oualms that
pursued him day and night. he could
find no relief, much less a cure for
his torments. Seaslciness has eeen
defined as disease which causes its
victim FIRST to fear he will die and
then to fear that he won't; and youns
Hall endured every phase. of this de-
spairing malady from the beginnins
Of his cruise to the4end, After months
of Torture he reaened port a physical
wreck, his career for which he had
spent four years of hard study a
hopeless failure; for the medical ,rS,
peris pronounced his case incurable.
1t is believed that there Ia no par
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-12-08
A PARADISE FOR WOMEN.

\ Wyoming. ianry. rather than: re
kegn "a veEdjetapf murder. :against.- a
faoma.n; charged with, killing asar hns,
fagd. and against WhoR- the 5eyidaaae
1yas positive, gas: acquitted heF JAe
ftrdict is .nat. unprecedepted, The
fact for remark Is the frank. avowal
by the foreman that we could. mot
fear to think of sending a.. sob:
sing. shrieking woman to the gal
lows"
Wyoming is state distinguished
for It's chivalry and courtesy to worn=
en-. II was the first to grant taeu,
equal political rights and III allows
divorce for years desertion or fail:
ur', TO provide. AS now appears .it
grants them more than, equal rights
on. evidence of the possession by the
woman in the case OF. the PROPER emo
7ionaiism. Tie. fate ,of Q woman de-
f.t - ~ y 20 epre. 9erse1. wi.th.stoi-
r. indiifsfepee might he more. In
aiieoEdance' with 4hae ssksasFeer .ixsticaa
4 a.,;s sa {. ...;a! .s2s:sskia: Wy2msng
-. ,s.;..s!ae.sa .solslicaf. pasas
@o,t.sa,:ass .f9lNitito9sa yie. dQss,. 4.
ssi II. y " me yet t.a....9gs are IN
;s'2gys .:.s r..ls The !e$ adsaa'a...-' II r,
= X rs. 2a.la Pc e..pe&i! "a 10
i sss ee,ss!n lGsls9e .!np:! sgrsla9x. -
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-12-08

iris is the season ofs.the year
when the mail order houses get In
their work to the disadvantage OF
the local merchant. The people of
brunswick should frown on suol
propositions. The merchants OF THIS
city carry full and complete lines,
their selections are large and we'll
made and their prices are In line and
for those reasons they should be f.
vored with the patronage of the PEG
pie of Brunswick.
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MRS. SAGE AND HER MODEL CITY

;. LES --~->---
4 While the. efforts OF Mrs. Sage. to
Place her money to good use by es-
tabhsaing a model city will besto6kA.
upon with general interest, those
.efo- sympathize withSAher motives
SifI' hardly join In her hopes. Given
re means and the inclination, there
3 nothing easier, -tpan to lay out. the
!. ode avenues, Sig, the chains land
feet the spotlese' and sanitary dwell
nRs. In fact, there Is nothing that
lnnot be done with mere matter
3ut wien It comes TO working over
-nimate raw material. particularly OF
re hum9n species, 1t Is another story
.itogetner.
Ills has 1ccn the great obstacle
D the efforts If eli reformers and
ilanthropjsts. The plans are de
1se,oped with the utnos. care, until
pparenbIy nothing has been over
cooked. and even q degree of enthu-
:iaa,n frs becn.. Infused, into those to
70 n1perimepted mpen%that promis-
- complete success. Why is it,
.hf p, t3a =. ec<aaecatigo. sOeietles-SSu,
'has nrool, Farms soon langnis1,
snd that IJtopias find g nsymanent
,xistence oiiIS:: n Ne6ssssssthe am
swer is readily found in the asser-
tivepess of the individual. Any man,
ss,i en-, = sfS9| s:slIs H. 4
ordG to find that. ike Bimi the ape.
r No A'' ,,a '@8 H.9NsSssssstaa's.n ' ss
IRE! .with. al that the. tatemegat i'm
plies, and while one touch of It is
said IT, make t',e wh@e ,Wofld akin.
every one l8newSs thatt giiN tMll "fall
out Oid Thomas Carlyle 'dehed the
combiaed. ph4saSthropic institutions
IF LondQn ia lassSne bootblack, and
There is ktrdns.. fis'.S,sjsshce to be drawn
from sbisspbilpka.Egs, that he thought
none ie;lessa,ef' the bootblack on
that account - y.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-12-08

Ii any member Ct the board of
county commissioners wants to find
out the sentiment of the people anent
TIE bond issue for good roads. etc,
just let him take quiet poll of tae
business men on Newcastle street!
That viii tell the tale.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-12-08

Uncle Sam holds examinations for
railway mail clerks, postodlce clerk or
carrier, custom house and department
tai clerks. Prepare at once for the
coming examinations.
Thousands Of appointments are TO
be made. Common school education
Is all you need; city and country peo-
pie have equal chance. Start to pre-
pare now-free scholarships thts
month. Write Immediately to Central
Schools, Dept. A-12, Rochester, NY.
The greatest danger from influen.
"a is of Its resulting In pneumonia
This can be obviated by using Cham.
pertains Cough Remedy, as 1t not
only cures influenza, tut counteracrs
any tendency O. the disease towards
pneumonia. Goid by 2 .. Bruce.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-12-08

The rivers and harbors congress is
in session in Washington, d. G.,
and it's a good bet that Brunswick IS
the only seaport city in the south
not represented. This IS a sample OF
some of the lack of civic pride to
which we so often advert,
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-12-08

In the death OF Mrs. Mary Baker
G. Eddy most remarkable woman
has passed away, who possessed in
marked degree, capacity for lead
ership and organization. in diff
ferent cause she would have been a
wonder.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-12-08

,Fne progressive .1littie. city Of Rome
has. just voted bond issue 't9 TIE
sum of 100000 for. public improve
ments. SCHOOLS, etc. That's the kind
of spirit 1t takes to win.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-12-08
Banks on Sure Trim Now.

I'm never be without DR.. King 8
New Life Pills again." writes A.
Schingeck, CAT Elm street, Buffalo. N.
Y. They cured me of chronic con
stipation when all others failed" I'm
equaled for Biliousness, Jaundice, In.
digestion, Headache, Chills, -Malaris
and Debility 25c at Roses Drug
Store. @-..
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-12-08

Uncle joe Cannon is the gamest
old duck In the whole republican
puddle and some how or other, we
just can't help from liking him.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-12-08

President Brown, OF the New York
Central lines, IS going back to the
farm and so is Gov. Brown 1t seems
to bevaack to the farm for the clan
of Brown
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-12-08

Bobby Walthour was licked to a
FRAGILE in big bike race in Now
York the other night. Bob should
have rememt cred how hard it is for
the old ones to come back" these
DAYS
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-12-08

A pocket stove would be a splen-
did thing to carry along with you
when travelling in the open summer
cars of the City and Suburban rail
way company in mid-winter.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-12-08

There Ia no use talking about 1t.
DIR. Frederick a. Cook is one of the
most delightfuI HAIRS that ever took
the lecture platform. $3.50 Vs.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-12-08

Shop early, and incidentally, shop
with the merchant Who has the ener-
,gy to advertise and ask for your pa
tronage.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-12-08

Champ Clark and Speaker Cannon
seem to be the big noises in Wash
tngton just at this particular time.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-12-08

Miss Helen Taft has come out"
and the Augusta Herald thinks the
old man win come out two years
later.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-12-08

Factories and farms win turn the
trick and Brunswick must make UP
her mind to have both of them.