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Mexico Missouri message., 1910-08-18

Now six shillings ninepence at S4.SS5 to the
pound is S1.65. AS for the dishes themselves they
could not have been surpassed anywhere For the
hors d'oeuvres l had a dozen different dishes to
select from.
did you ever find hors d'oeuvres varies on the
bill of fare of a New York restaurant? Try 1t. OF
you may get them at a table d'hote. but
l mean the carte du Jour of restaurant where
you pay separately for each thing you eat.
"In Paris there is a restaurant in the Avenue
de rOpera, where you have about twenty diff
ferent varieties Of little fish and cold salads and
appetizers for about Is 16 cents. 1t took me a
long time to find this In first-cass house here.
and then when | did so it was In a restaurant
which is not usually considered among the most
expensive In the city. Here hors d'oeuvres varies
masqueraded under the title of buffet russo They
charged so cents for it. against the IS
charged in the London restaurant
my pilaffe of sweetbreads tasted exactly like
that had in London and cost exactly the same, so
cents. l ordered some asparagus On the bill Of
fare they had asparagus with Hollandaise sauce
for 40 cents. but | wanted It cold, with French
dressing. They did not tell me 1t would be any
more. but for it they charged me 20 cents. For
the Neufchatel cheese they charged 20 cents and
for the coffee Is. The robbery the beer.
"In London If you want little pitcher of beer
they you excellent brew of Psener or
Wlrzburger in a little sealed vessel holding a
pint for a shilling asked the waiter to bring me
a small pitcher of beer on draught, knowing they
did not serve the beer as in London, He brought
a pitcher and charged me 70 cents for it..
Now my bill came to S2.G5, exactly 81 more
than the same food and drink had cost me in Lon
don. | gave the New York waiter a quarter and
he scarcely nodded | gave the London waiter six.
pence and he thanked me so that could hear him"
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-08-18

as Aloysia and her mother, who were
distinctly insignificant and unworthy
Of notice, who went nowhere and wore
clothes fashioned badly from those
which were passed on to them by
certain invisible cousin Daisy. In
their simplicity, attributed great
wealth, because she was able to have
a new hat and gown each season. Be
sides sending them her CASTOR clothes
cousin Daisy, whose husband was a
lawyer in New York did not notice
them. But their poor little claim upon
them. But their little claim upon her
was their one pride and pretension.
Aloysia was conscious that she
dressed badly and the people looked
down on her for doing so. She and
her mother owned their tiny house
and had bit of money in the bank.
But they we're never asked out or had
any company. They read continually
books from the public library, and
there was an old piano upon which
Aloysia had learned to play. She sang
a little too, old fashioned songs, which
were suited to her light unframed
voice But what she and her mother
really did was to make lace and they
did this that they might live. They
did exquisite work at absurdly low
prices,
If Aloysia had but known, her life
was sunless enough. As It was, she
made the best of it, and turned to
her music and her books for her d.
version. Sometimes as she played or
read, vague, sweet dreams haunted
her. For she had not come to twenty
six years without finding that she had
a heart and a hero.
Her hero was Dick Churchill. Big,
blonde, good hearted, good-humored.
Dick who liked everybody and whom
everybody liked, but who was as far
beyond her reach as the farthest star.
She always saw him at church and oc-
casionally during the week, but he
never saw her. There were too many
pretty, well dressed girls within close
range of his vision. Yet somehow he
did not tarry. 1t was said that he
was waiting to get money enough to
build a house before taking a wife.
The girls smiled at him in vain and
Dick smiled back, aware Of their wiles
and knowing very well that whenever
he got ready he could take his pick
of the lot. Aloysia knew that too, but
so long as he was unattached It was
sufficient delight for her to admire
the poise Of his head and the clear
brown of his cheek and the fne line of
His chin as he sat sidewise to her in
church,
But Dick never knew. Nor would
he have cared if he had. After all she
was just a pale little young thing of
girl who wore abominable black hats
that might have done for old Mrs.
Jessup, who was 20 years old and de-
pendent for the charity of the church.
Thus Aloysia lived. and It seemed
likely she was to live thus for the rest
OF her remaining years, when sudden.
'ly her mother was stricken with a
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-08-18
Cousin Daisy's
Advice
BY HoNoRE sIssoN

Aloysia had always believed that
Aries was the most important place
In the world, because 1t was the only
place she had ever known anything
about. She had been born there, and
had lived there every one of her TWEEN
ty-six years Of her uneventful life.
Her mother felt just as she did. Her
mother was a widow---a timid retiring
little soul, who constantly hid herself
in her home. She had made a few
friends and acquaintances, with whom
she was not very intimate, but they
sufficed her. She went to church regu-
larly, and sat very humbly in an I'M
observed corner. And Aloysia sat
with her.
The girl reflected her mothers atti-
tude toward the world in general. She
trembled If she so much as touched ell
bows with Aries great ones. Some.
times as she sat downcast, apparently
attentive to the preachers every word
she was in reality observing the peo-
pie about her. There was Mrs. Forbes
in her stylish rustling black, who
came late and walked up the aisle as
if she owned the whole church ediflce:
and there was Miss Corbin, very
naughty and very correctly gowned
who had gone to school with Aloysia,
and had since forgotten her very exis
tence; there was old Mrs. Blackeney
and Anna Morrisy and Miss Bush, the
popular milliner who advertised her
wares by wearing a new hat every
Sunday-all these were Aries best per
sons, to be beheld with awe by such
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-08-18
&SMRPjNG
q HE4UT
EASSENfE7

traps just as mice are caught, and
monkeys are also trapped. Such great
beasts as the rhinoceros and the like
are not captured by the animal men,
but are secured from native poten-
tates, who give them away as mark
of special esteem or barter them for
brass and other trifiing but snowy
gewgaws.
1--WE take comparatively few lions
from the wilds now. 1t is cheaper to
buy them in captivity. Polar, griz-
ely and Russian bears also are mainly
bought and sold in captivity; but 9TH
err wild beasts are taken in their
lairs"
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-08-18
CONDITION PRECEDENT.

THE religion of some people is too lenient"
said Bishop Heslin In a recent address in Nan,
tucket
Some people suggest to me, in their view Of
religion, little girl whose teacher said to her.
"'Mary, what must do first before we can
expect forgiveness for our sins?
1--WE must sin first the little girl answered.
Nashville Banner.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-08-18
FOOD IN LONDON is CHEAPER.

For many years." said a man who
came back from a European tour the
other day, according to an exchange,
Il have been in the habit of getting
into an argument with friends after
my return about the prices of food in
the best restaurants in New York and
London. have been contending that
Nav York restaurants were nnttinP
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-08-18

up their prices all the time and some of my friends
have tried to convince me that you could get
meal cheaper at the higher priced restaurants in
New York than in London.
81 determined this time to collect some real
data for comparison and as a result have kept
the bills of many meals l had in London. 1t is
my intention to duplicate the meals had over
there at some of the restaurants here item for
item. did this with OF them the other day
and demonstrated that for such meal London is
a lot cheaper than New York.
Here is the bill for luncheon l had at one
OF the most extensive hotels In london:
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-08-18
UNREASONABLE EVENT.

Among other events, we shall have a sack RAGS
for ladies. Professionals \barred.
What do YOU mean by PROFESSIONALS"
Those who have been wearing tube gowns
Answers.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-08-18

to talk Interestingly of the busi-
ness in which his firm is engaged.
There are nearly a dozen firms
in New York city that carry on
an immense business In the trans
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-08-18
CALLED TO
BE WITNESS

HE word witness" is one
Of the great words of the
Bible. 1t is found at least
a hundred times in the Old
and New Testaments with
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-08-18

HE return Of Colonel
Roosevelt and party
from Africa, with the
cargo of animal speci.
mems which had been
killed during their in
Vasion Of the jungle.
caused a New York
dealer in wild beasts
The National tribune., 1910-03-17
ST. CLOUD VETERANS COLONY.
DEAR CoMRADE:


may have equal
opportunity assignment made of property in the vet
Colony Florida giving t: last notice
all inquiry may understand that there will be no
further offering made after present subscription has been completed
present indications will be able only very limited
complete this the third offering, and if desire to avail
yourself of this opportunity you will have do immediately
the right close promptly we have received the 500
subscriptions.
The 500 500 offered will be scattered through the
properties owned by former subscribers consequently are equally
desirable with the additional advantage and value OF the improve
and phenomenal growth of the and Colony.
AS stated before have made this third offering account OF the
number of people whose subscriptions received too late Tor the
second and who felt that they ought to have equal opportunity VII"
others to secure at After the third agnment IS
remaining property will be sold private sae and as lots IN
present selling from SIPS $500 each and the
correpondngy good the Company will eb
h for the minimum price OF not less than SIPS each and
price $500 each for lots according to location these
prices being justified by the phenomenal growth OF the which
August did contain single residence or business house but
AS completed and under construction
with population OF from three thousand people The fine two
story solid brick building the home of the First National Bank Of
completed with vaults fixtures and everything place and
opened business later than March 18th large power
building been constructed the electric lighting plant the ground
being the plant has been shipped and will be in
operation; complete telephone system also will be
immediately and machinery shipped for the drilling of large
WELL which will abundant supply of the most heau
of fine theeory brick hotel with all
being constructed and will soon be open TO the
public and such other improvements contemplated as Will soon make
Cloud OF the foremost in the State OF Florida
Every good citizen will add to the wealth and prosperity OF the
town the of the property owned by each nd
ual Hence we avad of by the very best people
possible as zip present St Cloud composed OF class Of
proud of and that justihes the early predictions
would only be profitable investment but the nucleus OF
community of Importance to the commercial interests OF
State of Florida.
Assignment of property to those subscribed therefor will
by committee of prominent G. A R. March 22
will be absolutely your last opportunity TO secure hVeace
tract and town a St Cloud for SIoo.
Very respectfully,
THE NATIONAL, TRIBUNE.
The National tribune., 1910-03-17
ALL FOOLS NOT DEAD YET.

An editorial in a Paducah paper on
the protest of the 43d Mass. against the
Lee statue In the Capitol causes the
editor and proprietor of the FIushine
Times to show righteous wrath, and he
responds with an editorial SO hot that
It should be printed on asbestos paper
for safety. In the course OF the ed
itorial he says:
The men who have placed it there
and those who advocate its retention
;inoW that it is the most vital question
which has come up since 1865.
They intend it to be. They mean IL
to be a reopening of what should be
dead issues q reversal of the verdict OF
the God of Battles to whom the South
iii 1861 appealed. and a decision that
their cause was right when that court
of what should be final judgment de-
cided it wrong.
The Grand Army of the Republic,
so long az one of its Fools shall live,
will never stand for this; neither dc, we
believe their sons will. either now OF
when the last one of the old fools has
gone, and they alone are left to uphold
the principles for which their fathers
fought.
The Grand Army of the Republic
contends IL the cause for which Robert
r. Lee fought is now to be glorified,
then that for which Ulysses S. Grant
fought must be condemned; IL Jeffer-
son Davis stood for principles which
were right, then Abraham Lincoln stood
for what was wrong and unjust"
The National tribune., 1910-03-17
A Damaged Organ.

A story comes from Milledgeville,
Ga, that on Shermans march to the
sea one of his regiments camped for
the night In the Episcopal church. and
the men amused themselves by pour
ing molasses into the pipes of the
church organ. This. like many other
stories coming from Georgia of what
Sherman'S men did. must be taken with
great deal of allowance. The story
goes that it permanently injured the
organ. destroying the tone OF many Of
the pipes Yet. in spite of this, the
wheezy old organ has been kept in SER
vice ever since, much to the discomfort
of the organist. choir and congregation.
The one thought is. why the people did
not have spirit enough in 45 years to
matter came to the attention of George
w. Perkins, formerly of Cleveland. and
one Of j. Pierpont Morgan's partners.
He was asked to contribute something
toward buying a new organ. and re-
sponded by a telegram to buy a new
organ and send the bill to him. Hav-
ing found the Yankees in the humor OF
giving, the Milledgevillans selected an
organ which would cost s2,100. and
sent the bill to Mr.. Perkins, which was
promptly paid. and now the congrega-
ton listens to a remarkably fine instru-
ment. and we trust 1t will incline their
hearts to real religious charity to the
Northerners and eXtinguish the smol-
dering fires of sectional hate which they
have 50 assiduously cherished.
The National tribune., 1910-03-17
TOO MUCH WAR IN HISTORIES.

County Superintendent Of Schools A
F. Nightingale. Chicago. Ill. needs to be
taken vigorously in hand by some of the
able Comrades OF Chicago and given les
sons which his education has heretofore
sadly lacked. Mr.. Nightingale fills ex-
Iactly ex-Presiaent Roosevelt's definition
of a mollycoddle He seems to be a
whey -blooded emasculate who has
probably floated into his present posi-
Of HIS intellectual constitution. No mat
ter what may happen to be the intimacy
of his acquaintance with the multiplica-
Ition table and the arbitrary rules of
grammar, there seems to be a great
desert waste in his mind as to man
hood, public spirit and all that goes to
make life worth living. In an interview
explaining his action he said:
Some OF the historians give six. eight
and even 10 pages to telling OF one or
two of the great battles OF the civil war
Tor of a campaign. The study of the
heroic deeds of soldiers and sailors
Icreates in boys a fighting spirit, and
they are filed with a desire to emulate
them. With this information eliminat-
! ed there ought TO be less of desire to
| be hero in our boys ambitions, and
the change in handling the subjects VIII
ihclp the cause of universal peace"
! 1t seems incredible that a man who
has attained such an important position
as Superintendent of Public Schools
| tshouid be destitute of all true percep-
| ton of that which constitutes, com
l1,f manhood
| Boys are not made pugilistic and fond
| Of fighting by reading stories of battles
and OF great sacrifices in behalf of their
country. on the contrary. the stories
Of these battles aud the heroisn OF the
men who fought them are the highest
example that can be presented to the
youthful mind to stimulate them to the
exercise of all the nobler virtues Of
manhood. Wars come upon the coun-
| try as mysteriously as drouths, cyclones
and earthquakes. No one thing brings
| them about, and particularly no teach
! ing of the boys to prepare them for
military duty in times Of war. To say
! that giving boys a drill and reading
them stories OF battles helps precipitate
war is as absurd as to say that teaching
a boy how 10 swim or to properly clothe
land house himself in cold weather has
a tendency to bring on freshets and
bard Winters. All these come without
our will or purpose, and the thing to do
lis to prepare the youth for these great
emergencies, that they may do their
duty to protect. The dire needs of Supt
ithemseIves and others whom it is their
duty to protect. The dire neds OF Supt
Nishtingale's nature is a little less dry
as-dust knowledge of Latin quantities"
and asymptoic curves and a whole
world of red-b!ooded, vigorous, health
full manhood
The National tribune., 1910-03-17
18th Mass. Battery.

There was a most enjoyab BILE Reunion
of veterans on the afternoon and even-
ing of Feb. % at Elks' Hall. Boston, the
occasion being the 41st annual reception
and dinner OF the 14th Mass. Battery
Association and about "a OF the COM
rades assembled. The Association had
as guests Capt. John s. Doane. of the
5th Mass. Battery, and the Hon. VIM.
A Nye. Charles W. II. Sanoorn, the
presided. and added much to the pleas
ure of the occasion by his happy intro
duction of the various speakers. The
other officers of the Association, all OF
whom are permanent, are: z. D. San
born. Vice President; Emery W. Frost,
Secretary Treasurer: VIM. H. Fulsom,
Chaplain; George Rouillard, Chairman
of the Executive Committee. This bat
terry was organized at Readville, Mass,
in the Winter of 1S63-64. 1t was mus
tered into the United States service for
three years, Feb. 81. 1854. It left ths
State April 4, and after a week at An
napolis. Nd, reached Washington April
/ 1, and was attached to Stevenson's Di-
vision of the Ninth Corps. 1t crossed
the Long Bridge April 26, and reached
the Wilderness battlefield May s. IL
participated in all the engagements Of
Grants campaign, and spent 10 months
in different Positions in the Petersburg
trenches. It was mustered out June Is,
1865. It lost nine killed in action or
died from wounds and nine from dis
ease. Among its members are num-.
ber of subscribers to The National Trtb.
une, and the excellent story OF tho
Wilderness campaign. now being pub.
lished. was called to the attention of all
at the Reunion.
The National tribune., 1910-03-17
MEADE IN NATIONAL STiTUARY
III MI.

At the stated meeting OF the Phila-
delpn,a Brigade Association, held on
Tuesday evening. March 1, 1910, the
following. offered by Comrade John w.
Frazier, Adjntant Of the Brigade Asso-
ciati6n, was unanimously adopted:
..Hiiereas at the suggestion of Sena-
tor 4ICrrilI. of Vermont, in 1864, the
old Hall Of the House OF Representa-
tiveS was set apart as National Stat
uary Ifail, TO which each State might
send the effigies Of two of her chosen
sons, in marble or bronze, to be placed
permanently there and
Whereas the State of Virginia has
now three such 'effiGies of chosen sons
Washington, Jefferson and Gen. Robert
T. Lee: and
Whereas the State OF Pennsylvania
has only two such statues. Robert Full
ton and John Peter Gabriel Mullen
berg; and
Whereas it IS altogether fitting and
proper that Pennsylvania should also
be represented in the National Statuary
Hall by her most distinguished soldier
of the civil war; it is therefore
Resolved, That the survivors of the
Philadelphia Brigade recommend that
a statue in bronze of Gen. Geo. CT.
Meade be placed in The National Stat
sisting of the officers of the Philadcl-
phia Brigade Association, be authorized
land directed to bring this matter to the
consideration of the Governor Of the
Commonwealth and the Legislature, and
that this committee be fully empowered
to request the cooperation of the Union
League the Military order OF the Loyal
Legion, Commandery of Pennsylvania.
the Grand Army of the Republic, and
Isuch other organizations and persons as
may, in their Judgment, bc necessary to
secure the object of these prcambleS
and resolutions. John w. Frazier.
Secretary.
The action of the Philadelphia Bri-
gade Association is eminently fitting and
proper The State of Pennsylvania has
been very neglectful that she has not
properly honored one of her greatest
sons. The State deserves a greater
place in Statuary Hall than she has so
far had and n better representation
among the statues of Washington gen.
orally Gen. Meade deserves this honor
because he won the greatest battle of
the war, and because he was, next to
Cen. Grant. the ablest and most sue
cessfal of the men pitted against Gen.
Lee and the greatest army which the
Confederacy produced. 1t is to be hoped
that the action of the Philadelphia AS
sociation will receive sympathy by every
veteran association in Pennsylvania and
of all the splendid veterans who fol-
lowed and honored Meade, and that
the long-delayed honor to Gen. Meade
shall be accorded to him.
Every veteran of the Army of the
Potomac will be astonished and indig-
nant to learn that nowhere in the city
of Washington-the city for the safety
of which that army battled for four
years4Ais there single thing to show
that it was commanded by Gen. George
G. Meade. This tho Meade commanded
the army far longer than any other
General. and that it fought more bat
ties and won more victories under his
command than under all his predeces-
| Sors
The National tribune., 1910-03-17
An Admirer of Speaker Cannon.

Comrade C. A Waters. Adams. Mass,
sends Speaker Cannon a photograph of
himself with a basket OF fish, among
which is a trout weighing two pounds
which he caught, and he writes:
My Dear Uncle Joe: am veteran
of the civil war, born in 1895 You
We're born in the same year that I was.
have always been an admirer of Uncle
Joe, and 1 do hope that you will re-
main Speaker of the House Just as long
as you want il, as | know by your past
record that you have always been
friend of the veterans. 1 inclose you
clipping which shows that we are still
interested in you. This Is cut from
our local paper. I don't know whether
1t is good picture of you or not, but
one thing sure. do want a good picture
of my old friend. Uncle Joe. 1 am
sending you one of myself. I am 10
years old, and can hunt and fish like
boy Of II. and can beat them all getting
the speckled beauties. 1 never have
been TO Africa. but have hunted and
fished in the Adirondacks and northern
Maine, and l do hope that you feel as
good as L do at this writing. Frater-
nally yours-C. A Waters"