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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-02-24
NJ. c. D. Borden Showed Arthur
Twining HadIey How to Raise the
Bicentennia Alumni Fund of
Million Dollars.

When Arthur Twining Hadley be-
came president of Yale university,
being elected to that office at a young
or age than any of his predecessors,
he knew that one of the most i'm
portant of the duties that lay imme-
diately to hand was the raising of the
bicentennial alumni fund of one mil
lion dollars. For 1t was hoped and ex,
pected that Yale would be able to eel
citrate it's two hundredth anniversary
not only with formal ceremonies, but
by the announcement that a fund of
one million dollars had been raised.
The young president started out to
secure this fund. What was at first
enthusiasm on his part was followed
by something like despair, until at
last he called upon one of the most
enthusiastic of the alumni OF Yale, M.
c. d. Borden of Fall River, Mass,
the largest cotton manufacturer In the
United States. Mr. Borden heard pa
tiently the young presidents nara
tion of the difficulty he had met with
in securing pledges.
Arthur" he said, at last, you are
expert authority on ECONOMICS and on
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-02-24
Usually Cautious, He Hastily Bought
the Nickel Plate Because II Was
Going to Be Sold to Jay
Gould.

II wish you could have seen William
H. Vanderbilt upon one occasion when
he thought he was compelled to de-
eide whether he would spend several
millions in the purchase of railroad
or let it co. said the late Charles C..
Clarke, who was for many years one
OF the most intimate personal friends
of Mr.. Vanderbilt and vice-president
of the Vanderbilt lines.
In order the better to understand
the description, | am going to give
you, ought To remind you," contin-
ued Mr.. Clarke, "of the manner in
which the Nickel Plate railroad was
built. 1t was promoted chiefly by
Gen. Sam Thomas and Cal Brice-
we always called him Cal-and we
suspected from the beginning that
it was built with the intent, by a
sort of genteel blackmail, to compel
Vanderbilt to buy it. 1t ran from Buff
falo to Chicago and practically paral-
leled the Lake Shore railroad. There
did not appear to be the slightest ne
cessity for building railroad there,
since the Lake Shore couls take care
of all the business that was offered,
That was the reason why we sus-
pected that the chief object Brice
and Thomas had in promoting the rail-
road was to unload it at fat profit
upon the Vanderbilts.
Just about that time Mr.. Wander
bilt was having a good deal of per-
. H. I,,s1 ~
the West Shore railroad, which prac-
tically parallels the New York Central
from New York city to Buffalo; and
he was accustomed to declare that
he'd be hanged if he'd buy the West
Shore, and he'd be id If he'd buy
the Nickel Plate. Yet he bought the
Nickel Plate, almost In the twinkling
of an eye; and I'll tell you exactly
how it happened, although a part of
the anecdote has already been pub
lished.
"One day was with Mr.. Vanderbilt
in his Office when some one brought
to him a telegram that had come
over the company's wires from Buffa-
To- He opened it and read it, and then
handed it to me. AS nearly as | can
recollect, the telegram stated that
Gen Thomas and Cal Brice had just
left Buffalo in private car with Jay
Gould as a guest, and that they were
going to take him on tour of inspec-
ton over the Nickei Plate
What do you think of that, Char
lie?' asked Mr.. Vanderbilt. excitedly.
81 don't know what to think of it,
| replied.
Well, l know Mr.. Vanderbilt
cried, as he jumped out of his chair
and began walking excitedly back and
forth. They've got tired fishing for
me and they're going to have Gould
make an offer to buy the Nickel Plate
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-02-24
William MckinIey's Unfailing kindIl-
ness and Tenderness of Heart H.
Illustrated by an Incident at
Cabinet Meeting.

During the entire period that VIII
liam Mckinley was president of the
United States, Lyman j. Gage was sec
rotary of the treasury, and as such was
brought into close official and personal
relations with Mckinley
With the exception of Abraham
Lincoln, Mckinley, in all probability.
mad greater tenderness of heart than
any man who has been president"
SAID Mr.. Gage, and his nobility OF
mind was the equal of that of any of
MS predecessors. Let me illustrate by
an incident that occurred in a cabinet
meeting, and for the occurrence of
which | was primarily responsible.
After | had been in the treasury
department for some time it was
brought to my attention that one OF
the departments subordinate officials
mad dared to write for publication an
article that, to my mind, breathed in
subordination of the highest degree.
quite naturally, was offended and in
olgnant, so much so, in fact, that /
look the first opportunity to call the
attention of President Mckinley and
the cabinet to the breach of discipline.
minced no words in declaring to the
president that peremptory removal of
the official in question was justified by
MS disloyalty and the studied insult he
had placed in his communication. Then
read in full what the subordinate had
written, observing all the while the
president seemed greatly interested.
When I had finished, the president
was silent for a moment, then he
said:
Mr. Secretary, IL seems to me that
II this communication is written IN a
spirit Of disloyalty, and if it contains
studied insult, as you believe and de-
clare, then that disloyalty and that in
suit affects the president of the United
states quite as much as they do the
secretary of the treasury
That Is precisely my view Of the
matter, Mr.. President replied. That
Is why ! have brought this communi-
cation to the attention of yourself and
the cabinet do not believe that It
Is right, nor for the best interests Of
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-02-24
Oldest Erult.Rearinn Vine

Under the headline "Old but
Sweet" German agricultural paper
publishes a description of what he
calls the oldest fruit-bearing grape
vine in the new world. The vine is
on farm in Roanoke Island, North
Carolina. where 1t has fourished
more than three hundred years. II
was planted by one of the followers
of Sir Walter Raleigh in 1884, and
the history of the old vine shows that
1t has borne fruit every year"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-02-24

had no intention of buying the road:
he was perfectly innocent in the mat
ter. Now that we have got 1t,
must make the best of it, but l am
sure that If we had waited we
could have got it on our terms. and
saved several million dollars
Had Mr.. Vanderbilt lived a few
years longer than he did" concluded
Mr.. Clarke, whose death occurred a
few months ago, he would have been
gratified to know that. after ALL his
purchase of the Nickel Plate was j
wise venture, for 1t has proved a most
valuable subsidiary to our Lake Shore
system"
Copyright. 1910, by r. ]. Edwards. AL
Rights ReServed.)
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-02-24
President Who Was ForgiiUir1g

the department, to retain in it anyone
who is so disloyal and so insulting to
the president of the United States.
So l desire to receive from you au-
thority for the prompt and peremptory
removal of this insubordinate Official
THE president looked at me
thoughtfully for perhaps half a minute,
and then directed his glance at the
other members of the cabinet, one
after another. So far as l could faith
ON their opinions with respect to the
situation, they accorded with mine,
and it seemed to me that the presi-
dent also reached that conclusion after
he had looked searchingly at each of
his advisers. At last he spoke:
Mr.. Secretary he said, slowly, If
it appears to you that this communica-
ton involves the president as we'll as
yourself, wish you would let me take
it. l will read it carefully, and then, if
find that your opinion of it is justi-
fed, think | will keep 1t and forgive
the official who wrote It,"
With that" concluded Mr.. Gage. 81
handed the letter to the president.
who put it upon his desk, turned
serenely to other affairs of govern.
ment, and afterwards, to my own per
sonal knowledge, actually forgave the
man who had dared to be insubordi-
nate and to insult him"
Copyright 1910. by E. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-02-24
70 Get aid Of smell Of Tobacco.

To Get Rid or smell OF Iopacco.
There is no odor more disagreeable
than that of stale tobacco smoke and
tobacco ashes. Sometimes room be
comes so permeated with it that II
becomes hardly possible for delicate
persons to breathe in it. Here is q
remedy suggested by an Englishwcm.
an who suffered and overcame:
Close the room up we'll over night,
with doors and windows tightly shut,
and leave in it large pail full OF
water, with a few wisps of straw. For
some reason, the water and straw to
gether absorb the smoke, and ever
take up the odor of ashes. Needless
to say, all discoverable ashes should
previously have been removed and
thrown away.
By morning the room Is odorless.
and little airing will cool it out and
put it again in condition for USE
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-02-24
Hurry Costly to Vanderbilt

and do what he wants TO with It.
That must be stopped
1t seemed to me that Mr.. Wander
biit was in a good deal of a hurry;
so l said that if Gould bought it he
would only get roadbed and a streak
of rust
THAT doesn't make any difference,
he retorted vehemently. He mustn't
have it. We don't want any more
trouble with Gould. l am going to &C
cept Thomas offer instantly, and per-
haps Gould will learn before he gets
through the tour of inspection that
Vanderbilt's got control of the road
Cautious a man as William H,
Vanderbilt was, and though wonder
fully accurate in his forecasts and
judgments, as / almost always found
him to be. he yet seemed to be car
ried away by this impulse to buy, and
as he did not ask my advice, | did
not give it. But felt there was some
trick about it all. and | was sure that
If he waited, he would get the road
for practically nothing
Well, that very day he bound the
bargain-he was not his usual calm
self until he had done so-and he
chuckled not little as he thought of
the manner In which he had over
reached Gould. But few days later
he came to me with woeful face.
Charlie he said, that was all a
trap. They set it for Gould and for
me, and they caught US both. Gould
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-02-24
Renefaotor Of Mankind.

The man who invented She whee.
did much for the convenience OF man.
kind, but we know no more of his iden.
tity than did the ancient Egyptians
who used his device just as we do.
His labor-saving device must have
astonished and pleased his fellows,
and it may be that it amused them
as toy before they put 1t to practk
cal use
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-02-24
Layn1an Taught Head OF Yale

railroad management and accounting.
But you have got something to learn
about the way to collect big fund OF
money. You never will get your mil
lion dollars If you continue in the way
you have begun"
What, then, shall do?" the presi-
dent of Yale asked
That's exactly what l am going to
tell you," Mr.. Borden replied. There's
a good deal of human nature to be
studied If you're going to raise large
fund of money. Now, what you must
do first is to get four or five or even
six men to say they will contribute
the larger part of the fund When
you have got pledges of that kind,
you will be astonished to see how
quickly other rich men will fall into
line. That's the human nature of CIV
ing"
But where am to find four or five
or six menu" Yale's president asked.
Il am going to show you. will be
one of six men to pledge in all six
hundred thousand dollars You shall
have the other pledges within two or
three days. Then, when you have
them, you will see how quickly others
will join the procession, and you shall
get your million within a month"
Here was new philosophy of life
for the new president of Yale. But
he knew from Mr. Borden's manner
that it was a correct philosophy.
On the day following Mr.. Borden
met Frederick w Vanderbilt, an alum.
nus of Yale. Fred" he said, I'D
like to have you be one of the six
who are going to contribute six hun
dred thousand dollars for Arthur Had.
ley's bicentennial fund"
1T would give me the greatest
pleasure" responded Mr.. Vanderbilt
Mr.. Borden next called upon three
other graduates of wealth, and he had
simply to repeat the request he had
made to Mr.. Vanderbilt to get their
subscriptions. Then. within a few
hours, he called upon James J. Hill
whose sons were graduates of Yale
Il won't do it," said Mr.. Hill, at
first.
"Oh, yes, you will" was the reply;
and after some further conversation
Mr.. Hill offered to give twenty-five
thousand dollars. He was told that
that wouldn't do Then he offered to
give fifty thousand dollars, but was
told that that amount also was too
small Along in the small hours OF
the morning Mr.. Hill yielded, so that
within three days the fund Of six hun.
dred thousand was raised
Take, that Arthur" said Mr. Bor
den the next day, and wen see If ]
was not correct"
The young president Of Yale. going
forth with the pledges OF six men for
six hundred thousand dollars, found
that it was even as Mr.. Borden had
said. Other rich men stepped up
quickly, so that they might be In time
to join the procession; and almost be.
fore President Hadley realized II
Yale's bicentennial alumni fund of
million dollars was secured to the last
dollar
Copyright, 1910, by f. J. Edwards. Au
Rights Reserved
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-02-24
IN Railroad Local Color.

A Santa Fe brakeman wrote this
poem and sent it to the company's
publication office: There was a
young lady named Fitch. who heard
loud snoring. at which-she took of
her hat and found that her rat had
fallen asleep at the switch"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-02-24
In snme Cases

do you think kissing is danger
oas?''
Well. that depends in some cases
on the size and attitude of the lady's
husband"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-07-14
Learn to Dance

A few more ladies and gentlemen
to join private dancing class
now forming. All the round and
dances taught rapidly and cor
consisting If waltz, two-step,
sthottische, polka, redowa, mazurka,
etc. stately !anciers ara waltz, plain
and polka %quadrille. Join now and
oy he time the fall anI winter season
opens you viii be 2 smooth and per-
EFT dane. in all the sS1ve dances.
You have the services of a teacher
If six years successful teaching in
schools aDG Summaries in an eastern
itv Rates .ery reasonable. Waltz
ana two-s:ep taught correctly and
guaranteed in six strictly private les
sons. For further information call
on or address w. A. McVicar. cor
East Main and Bridge streets.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-07-14
GOT EVEN WITH INSPECTOR

Mrs. E. A. Griffin of Meridian, Ida
no, had an acre of orchard and was
ordered by the fruit Inspector to
spray the trees. She did it or had 1t
done in a slipshod ma nner and the
inspector told her it must be done
over. When he returned to SEQ if
1t had been done right ne found the
orchard had been cut down. Follow
ing this a "roast" appeared in the
Meridian paper making it appear that
the inspector had compelled her to
have the trees cut.
Mrs. Griffin probably feels that she
is even with the inspector now, and
she will have something to think
about and talk about for some time
until the Meridian paper goes to pre- s
agan and explains how the editor was
imposed upon the week before when
he was led into publishing a lot of rot
about the drastic measures adopted
by the Inspector.
Mrs. Griffin has all the orchsrd she
is entitled to.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-07-14

latest addition to the mechanical ba-
ker is the pie-making machine.
Mixing and kneading machines pre-
pare the dough and cut it into Jumps
of just the right size for a single pie
crust, which humps r dropped n
by one into the hopper of a pie ma
chine. Each lump passes between
,ullers in two different direction,
thereby fiattening it into a disk a
trifie larger in diameter than the
needed pie crust. The disk of dough
thus formed slides down over one of
the ten pie tins on a revolving table,
and when it comes to the other side
a baker pours a ladle full of filling
on it. Then, when 1t passes under
the rollers a second time, another
disk of dough drops on it, forming
the upper crust. This is pressed down
tight by the roller, which also trims
off the projecting edge of the crusts,
leaving the pie ready for the oven.
With such a machine three men can
make from 500 TO 600 pies an hour.
A small electric motor perched at
the top of the machine supplies the
power. Such a pie machine is said
to pay for itself even with an output
of only 1000 pies per day.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-07-14
HORSE KILLED

On Monday afternoon a very dis
accident happened on Main
street when the delivery team OF De-
Kay & Davis ran away and smashed
the wagon tongue against a hitching
rack In front of Scott's Pharmacy.
ladies who were crossing the
narrowly escaped being run
down by them, and when the tongue
broke 1t slivered and disembowled one
of the horses. It got up and looked
at it's wrecked abdomen in a
pitiful manner until somebody
with a gun and shot it.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-07-14
TO BUTTERMAKERs

The Pure Food commissioners
working in this END of the state an
nounce the following form to be used
on butterwrappers:
"Idaho State Dairy Butter manu-
featured by (give name and address,.
This package contains 16 ounces net"
It is not necessary to show whether
the maker Of the butter separates the
cream by gravity or by machinery.
The butter must be pure and sweet
when offered to the trade, and anyone
having strong or short-weight butter
on the market is liable to prosecution.
If the dealer is found with butter
on hand that does not come up to
these requirements he Is liable to
prosecution, whether he has been de-
ceived or not. The label will enable
him to go back to the customer for
relief, and thus the responsibility
rests with the producer in the end.
In order to protect the dealer a slight
allowance should be made for shrink
age. but just how much the shrinkage
amounts to will depend upon the con-
dition of the butter, and this can be
determined by weighing a roll at in
tervals of a few days.
Persons using any other form than
the one outlined above should change
the form when they get the next order
printed. 2tf
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-07-14
Making Pies by Machinery

Now they make pies by machinery.
To the novice this would seem
quite impossible, but it is an estab-
lished fact in every modern bakery.
1t is we'll known that most of the
bakers products are made by cleo
trically driven machinery, but the
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-07-14
ALONG THE
SUBURBAN
/. !. !. !. !! :. !. X !. !. !. \ !. :. X -.

r. E. M~cConaughy and his son Robert
and Lyman Skeen came up from Salt
Lake and Ogden Monday and went out
to Rochelle which is another name for
the switch that the railroad timetables
indicate as Yuma. Yothwell and Nc
Conaughy are from Rochelle, Illinois.
and intend to make a town at the
switch to be known as Rochelle, Idaho.
Mr.. McConaughy said that a store
and a warehouse will be built right
away, and preparations made to han
die the fall trade.
Paul A Fugate was up from Aber-
deem the first of the week.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-07-14

Try u pure food butterwrappers
at The Republican Office. Always
sanitary, always protected from dust
while on our shelves. Who wants
to S ,butterwrappers that have
been exposed to dust while in the.
printing office? A word to the wife
is sufficient.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-07-14
Excursion to Canada
AUGUST 3rd

Via Oregon Short Line. Very low
rates to Lethbridge, Cardston, Mag
grath, Raymond, Stirling and other
points, with long limit. For further
details, write D. E. Burley, General
Passenger Agent, o. s. L. R. R. Co.,
Salt Lake City, Utah. 4-3
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-07-14
Relief Conference

The Relief Society of the Blackfoot
Stake will hold conference or Monday
the 18th. The morning session will be
at 10 o'clock and the afternoon session
at 1889.
Everybody is invited to attend.
JULIETTE BLACKBURN,
President.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-07-14

Dispose of it quickly through the
Wantad columns.
columns.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-23
WILL. -1M1ANT

number of people in this city, where for so many years she was actively associated with (her husband, Charles H. Townsend, inSt the photograph busi- ness, She was a. woman of unusual love1iness of character and sunny dis position. Besides her son. there sur vive seven brothers and sisters: Baza- leel, Marcus and George H. Taft and Mrs. Ruth Purinton of this city, Mrs. Addie Spafford of North Windham, Mrs. Catherine Harris of South Wind ham and Mrs. 'Addie White of Hart ford, who are : the survivors of the twelve children of the late Thomas Jefferson and Annie Parker Taft, who hall Wednesday evening. There was coming here from Ashford.
 Mrs. Erin. Manley.
 Mrs. Abbie Jane Manley, aged SI, widow of Erin Manley, died Tuesday at her home in Lebanon. Deceased was born in Lebanon. the daughter of Alvin Lyman and Johanna Naples Ly- man. and had always made her home in that town. There survives a daush- ter, Miss Hattie J. Manley, living at home,
 John R. Gilbert.
 John R. Gilbert of Gilead. aged 64 died Tuesday at the private hospital of angis neurotic oedema. He was a native of Gilead, a son of Ralph and Mary L. Hutchinson Gilbert. His widow and several children survive 1iIIH-
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-23
Only One Best
Norwich People Give Credit Where
 Credit is Due.

k People of Norwich who suffer with
 sick kidneys and bad backs want
 kidney remedy that can be depended
 upon. The best is DoaAs Kidney
 Pills, medicine for the kidneys only,
 made of pure roots and herbs. and
 the only one that is backed by cures
 in Norwich. Here's Norwich testi-
 mony:
 Mrs. Charles H. Whaley, 3 Treadway
 Avenue, Norwich, Conn, says: 'sEver
 since my first experience with Deans
 Kidney Pills some years ago I have
 valued them highly. Their use has
 saved me 8 great deal of suffering. My experience with verious remedies, has taught me that many of them. while doing good in one way, will cause distress ill another Such is not true of Doan's Kidney Pills, which, procured from N. D. Sevin & Sons Drug Store. They act solely upon ths kidneys, and do not affect the other organs l consider it a pleasure to } recommend Doans Kidney Pills to all kidney sufferers
 For sale by all dealers.s Price 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co.,, Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States.
 Remember the name-Doan's-an take no other Warning to RaiIroaa Men,, Look out for the severe and eveu l dangerous kidney and bladder trouble resulting from years of railroadins. Geo. E. Bell, 639 Third St., Fort Wayne. l Ind. was many years a conductor on 1 the Nickel Plate. He says Twenty years of railroading left my kidneys l in terrible condition There was a con 1 tinual pain across my back and hips and my kidneys gave me much dis l tress. and the action of my bladder i was frequent and most painful rot a supply of Foley Kidney Pills and tss l first bottle made a wonderful improve ] ment and four bost1es cured me com 1 pletely. Since being cured ] nave rec commended Foley Kidney Pills to many 1 of my railroad friends. Lee & Osssod 1 (Nn