St. Louis Post-Dispatch
February 17, 1907

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a ao iD “ie Se ee ee a - iS = o. % Bs, a 'S ; ¥ i ae _—s e a Be. oe Be a, ae Po —. avy “ pes. : ee r : 4 : me svomen ant the South who, in fe #2 ey Weitg her son. _ children from San Francisco schools to that of ex- ey BF the “Sound steamer, Larchmont, off the const of p> ton.* Both vessels had all lights displayed and were ay fa full view of €ach other long before the collision. * a Eos. of mind, of mere apathy on both sides preventing 25 diana Senate sunvAY MORNING—ST. LOUIS POST- DISPATCH-FEBRUARY 17, 1907

ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH. Founded by JOSEPH PULITZER. Published by The Pulitzer Publishing Co., 210-212 N. Broadway. ——_l-,

JANUARY CIRCULATION AVERAGE Sunday .. 257,106. meer PS s.252 The circulated th lished between the Mississippi River and largest newspaper the Pacitic Ocean. “FIRST IN EVER¥THING.”’

“HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK On Monday the President’s secretary gave out the information that the President had communicated with Postmaster-General Cortelyou to learn if it were “feasible” te bar from the mails all newspa- pers publishing full details of the Thaw case. It was added that the President wished to exclude such papers from the mails “if it could be done.” The law in the case is plain. It is unlawful for the President, the Postmaster-General or any other official to attempt to exclude newspapers from the mails, but it is made an official duty to indict news- paper publishers or any others who send through the mails matter the law prohibits. This may seem only a slight difference, but in principle it is the whole difference between the Americ-n system of _ responsible govermment through law and the arbi- trary system of Russia, A government of law deals only with violations of law already committed and deals with them not arbitrarily, but only through law and on the evidence. ne Only “crowned heads” are usually elected hono- rary members of the British Royal Geographical So- cicty, but at its meeting during the week, it was disclosed that an honorary membership had_ been voted to President Roosevelt and accepted by him With deep personal appreciation and also with deep appreciation “on behalf of the great English-speak- ing people of the Western Hemisphere.” This great English-<pooking people started out with the the- ory that with \mericans are born “sovereigns,” their “inalienable under the crown of their hats,” soVere.enty whether or not it is recognized by hon- ovary memberships, degrees and titles. _—_— In his “speech from the throne” the English Parliament on Feb. 12; King Edward spoke gratefully of the help given the earthquake He concluded by turning and bowing to the American Such as this may do much to keep the peace. When they are universaily practiced in sincerity and good faith, London financiers who control Japanese politics will at the opening of suflerers of Jamaica by the American Navy. Ambassador. diplomatic courtesies shudder at the thought of “jamming” that country up against American commercial progress in the Pa- cific, as it was diplomatically jammed up against Russian progress, with results which excited much - American admiration for Japanese heroism. oe The basis of the “compromise” between San Francisco and Washington on the question of free education for the children of Japanese subjects re- siding in San Francisco, is reported from Washing- ton as a concession by San Francisco of the school privileges demanded by Japan, in return for a clause in the pending immigration bill, prohibiting the entrance of Japanese and all other Asiatic “coolies” into the United States, This will transfer the question from San Francisco to Washington by changing the question from that of excluding a few sage * ers, cluding a majority of the people of Japan from the _ United States, Probably three-fourths of the peo- ple of Japan are “coolies,” or manual laborers, ea _ a . a The worst disaster of the week was the sinking of a Rhode Island on the evening of Feb, 12. The steam- er carried 200 passengers, of whom 175 are reported lost or missing, as a result of the steamer's collis- ~ fon with a two-masted schooner, the Har-y Knowl- ¥ , The only explanation of the disaster is such remark- fs able conditions of mind as are illustrated by the ae testimony of insanity experts in criminal trinle. Each vessel fully expected the other to turn out of ite way. ‘The defense of each against the other was that its lights were burning and that it made its sig- nals plainly. & * ¥ % As a result of this singular stiffness e- The investigation of cause of the the mind from acting rationally, the disaster -eame inevitable, many deaths resulting may_lead to a scientific study ‘of the difference between “emotional” and “apathet- fo” Insanity. In spite of an adverse committee report, the In- passed to third reading a bill providing that the State shall care f Hanks.” ‘The highest public hone her ta the naming of a racehorse » a ' vr j vrave of “Nancy thus tar paid to ter her. She rep- ot hg : iy t class of +h of th re h Virtues e resented the ul ntro- yersy lending te the Civil \ examples of degvridat by slavery as a system. She iy RS ion | sit ‘on “poor whites” ‘8 illiterate and her ical “supérmen,” but by the method of Taine as rep- resentatives of popular forces. At present, with those who belonged to Lincoln’s generation passing out and their successors having as yet little or no access to the realities of history, almost all the first decade of the twentieth century can dé -is to stimulate interest in history which will be actually learned later on. A. Fdison’s sixtieth birthday it was announced that he had. retired from the “commer- eal pursuit of seience”’ and that he would Qn Thomas devote the rest of his life to “pure science with no money

his it “dream for years,” but on his sixtieth oe at e that this was unfortunately premature. in It was explained later to a caller his it was said that he found himself with at : vears of money-making scientific work on ds hands he eould not possible leave until it is “cleaned up.” As he cannot “clean-up” such things as his-storage battery and the rest of it, without vetting deeper and. deeper into the making of more money, he will probably have to postpone “pure sci- ence” for his final uncommercial release from the at- traction of gravitation he has been trying so hard Lo abolish commercially.

——__—_——_#-#- KEEPING UP THE FAMILY. An old edition of Froissart’s Chronicles, illustrat- ed with pictures from medieval “illuminations,” has a striking picture of a Middle Age “war lord” and his “seven sons who loved arms.” It is so striking a picture that anyone who has seen it is likely to recall it at once, because of the ingenuity shown by the draftsman in illustrating the different ways in which the strapping sons had been trained by their careful father in what in the English of that time was called “man kwellin a”? D? or “quelling.” The word explains the theory of the picture and of everything that belongs to it on the general sup- position that the only really effective way to “quell” men is to kill them. The different kinds of arms the old but still stalwart warlord had taught the boys of hig ancient and noble family to love, were all introduced by the artist to show their efficiency in handling the different implements of man quel- ling, necessary to “keep up the family.” Our great advance in civilization is illustrated by a remarkable p&ture published during the week by the New York World, for the first time in America. [tis a “war lord” of the year. 1907, with five of his six sons who “love armk.” He is a fine, strapping fellow himself and his five sons all are fine,-strap- ping fellows—‘‘iman quellers” every one of them and ready. for action at a moment’s notice. They are marching down the street in line with their father, all with their swords at their sides and all in uni- form, with every uniform showing a different branch or department of the great ancient and modern art of man quelling. The helmet adapted from the helmt worn at Troy before yis- ors were invented. father wears a The son on his right wears a cocked hat adapted from the eighteenth century, -an- other wears a plume of the sixth century B. C., and various other centuries are represented in the vari- ous other details of difference in the uniformity which belongs to “uniform.” : In the Middle Ages, to show these differences and to bring out the general idea through all details, an artist who had been trained for years was obliged to work in seclusion for weeks, perhaps for months. the streets of Berlin, sees the German “Kaiser” and five Now a daring American newspaper man on of his sons coming down the street, and when they are in focus, presses the button. The sun does the rest. The forces of the solar system make the thing instantaneous. The dominant family idea is developed and reported in every detail of dress, gesture and motion. It is unmistakable as the primitive idea of “keep- ing up the family,” changed since the time of Froissart in nothing at all except details, showing its readiness to adopt all improvements in “man quelling.” The question it presents is the highly important one of whether the primitive ideas which belong to human history are more likely to survive in keeping up the family at the top or the bot- tom. In the Stone Age the family was best “kept up” which had the best stone axes and was best trained to It gathered retainers to whom it supplied stone axes to take the place of their clubs and kept itself up by increasing supe iority in quell- it forced opposing combinations among families who use them. ing other families, unless, as often happened, had only clubs until it was overwhelmed by num- bers. 3 At “the top” our titles of highest “honor” still A “duke,” “leader” who either defended a go back to this period of primitive habit. es ior example, is the eave. stronghold or led the storming party against it in the period when we were first forming “word A all myths to the contrary, a really primitive Caesar » "ee oe scar? . ‘sg ‘8 . . » roots. Kaiser” js a “Caesar.” and in spite of is simply a “cutter,” who cuts and slashes to keep up the Caesar family by “quelling” those who ob- ject to its “position,” We have modernized the It as necessary now as then to “keep up the family,” but finally we will also_mod- ‘ picture making ~ since Is lroissart’s time. ernize the “man-quelling” method of doing it. pencil csace ‘The attention of the Missouri hen is called to the fact that 160 British pullets have laid 2523 eggs in eieht weeks. Rees Se See EXPERT TESTIMONY. When a man undertakes to give testimony murder trial he should be sure that Expert Dr. Charles C. Wiley, in the Thaw ease, has been put to confusion because is expert in a he is an expert,

mind was almost i but to her Virtues. as nioticr, Abraham L\neoln attributed everything that was best in his own life, through its whole course. She immortalized herself in immortal- Marit veloped, nt fa. The obeervanee of Lincoln's birthday on Tuesday was perhaps more yeneral this vear than usual. “The orations of the day as they were reported from all parts of the country had the qualities which now ) ‘eharacterize American eloquence, They were stim- wk ween 1840 and 1870, A further advance will bring ‘rican cloquence to the “historical method,” by h such men as Lincoln will be explained, not

the a i s “ £ % 5 bis had that he did not know that the cardiae and pneumo-gastric medical knowledge grown -so rusty are one and the same nerve. This is on a par with a revelation in regard to expert testimony in the case of Mabel Page, who in a house near Keston in 104. Charles L. Tucker was electrocuted for that rourder, but Dr. Francis A. Harris, who testified at the trial in regard to a certain wound which had was stabbed to death probably caused death, reversed himself in a con- fession in which he said that he had never heard of the it had men- tioned in the text-books which he had studied forty years previously, AzYgos Vein, since never been And so it goes, the expert, so-called, in any special line of work, |has kept himself fully informed as to the latest a ; developments in his. branch of learning, his tegti- fs mony may not only be useless but may do nye- parable injustice. The art of medicine and surgery is advancing at such a rapid rate that no prac- titioner who is not a constant and careful student can expect to be expert in its multitudinous : branches. or even in one. | It might be well to compel che aspirant Jor ex: pert honor at a murder trial to undergo a previous examination in order to test his pretensions. It is outrageous to permit a fossilized or ignorant per |son to give testimony in a matter of life and death. ——_________— Reeruiting will be important so 15,000 men in a tropical climate. 6-9 ——_______ - THE CASE OF MAXIMILIAN TOCH. In a long list of new books, the very newest books of the year 1907. produced by authors of all kinds, the name of Toeh stands high above every other name, though the list has 12 -ew poets, long as we keep

\Maxinulian a score or so of new novels by novelists new or old, and also sociology, ethies, science and almost any- thing else that can be called for. Why, then, if Maximilian’ Toch is super-eminent among those who are already eminent or expect soon to be so, is this super-eminence so plain on its face that no one ean mistake it? It is because Maximilian Toch is authority. He knows paint. He knows not only highly artistic paint, but house paint, fence paint and all other kinds of paint. He knows not only all that painters know about paint, but all that with case as he ee prima facie,” an scientists know about science in connection paint. At least, this is the prima facie makes it for himself among, but still apart from, all the rest. His call, or vocation, in life being paint, he has learned paint from bottom to top. The result with consideration ot is his work on “Mixed Paints,” their chemistry and technicology and 60 photomicro- graphic illustrations. As an author Maximilian Toch could expected fame or fortune because of his knowledge When he reached a point in knowl- not have of mixed paint. edge of paint where he felt his knowledge ought not to be exclusive, he worked it out of his single head upon paper and the result is the work in which he offers the world all he knows of paint, expecting no praise from it, demanding no honors, looking for no celebrity and satisfied when his *knowledge of paint is no longer confined to his single brain. If these motives which alone can explain the ap- pearance of Maximilian Toch among authors whose portraits adorn the literary columns, were to begin to become general in 1907. what a turning point the vear would become in the history of “higher mind!” oe i Leading London journals are boasting that the c fam

increase of British imports and exports for 1906 are much: larger than for any other single year in the But of know that such an increase is impossible with free history of British commerce. course we trade. Our stand-pat Congress stands pat.

oe WARNING TO WIVES. In this widespread divorce ,and_ easily hlasted mills signals each of us to be about his or her ee- day of romance, when thé smoke of the divorce to the slender ties The case of Thomas L. eentricities, it is well to look by which we are bound, Hammond of Joplin would seem to constitute a timely warning for wives. Mr, Hammond’s wife is seeking to be divorced from him, and his a swer to her allegations alleges that by her imperial will she compelled him to do housework and then heid him im contempt for so doing, House help is perhaps the searcest commodity in our national life today, and the error into which the Hammonds seem to have drifted lies for all of us The well-known tendeney of man to. lighten the domestie burdens of the kindling and ashes and to work late among the pots and pans, is naturally; stronger at this time than in the way of least. . resistance. woman he loves, to rise early among the hitherto. Being a strdng, stubborn creature, there is no end to the length to which he will go if given his head; but it is a wise wife who will define meets It question if any man should ever wear in his wife’s and bounds which will save them both. is a ordinary square-rigged, presence an ' dish-washing apron. In no wise does it comport with that high estate he enjoys in her esteem. “Let the women do the work” is a brutal slogan, at tributes its authorship to Cupid himself, to Mr. Hammond of Joplin. oi! * With the enormously rich city able to provide. schools for the education of 12.000 large family idea but there is least one man, perhaps, who at- We refer quseteneeneee: ee of New York un- surplus children, the Roosevelt seems to need some boosting in the President’s own State. aici AD ititamniemeniiinds TWO NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS. objects were accomplished in the _—- Two important Legislature tl] the past the prohibit ion 1} state Dispatch rrough the work of the Post- One was the checking oft of favora- week. recominitment had hee ement Ly the prohibition nl viment, Which a

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he miittee 2 Dowell of created hiv reported to to. Senate by t 1 K~enator ered- ndments. é) | Am the Gov- by the Post-Dispatch’s edi- ait nis trends vitably towards disaster to awakenin: the senators and } tie rnor. to the dangerous. situation . ’ : , 1 . , ‘ ria nHetion oOo ti! itt i’ L nal vernor and 1@ fa were driftiag in the State and to tie party. Folk litical \\ ra i rN) ? eeded il {ool- COV. and his adherents me ne 4 Msequences ot their foreetul here a a Courageous ' campaign of 1 tolergnee, Lh y word, and, as the result proved, the Governor has definitely deelared himself as opposed to prohibition The hes? th do schemes for State control of the excise and his the , he can now ‘ — in is to drop all let counties and cities settle this matter for themselves. Another notable accomplishment was the defeat of i the public service corporation's lobby and the well- merited rebuke of the St. Louis delegation in the prompt elimination of the amendment exempting St. Louis from the bill empowering municipalities to regulate the rates of publie service corporations. The itself hours and the effort of St. Louis senators to explain Senate's reversing within . twenty-four their failure to protect the interests of this city agiinst the lobby influences are directly due to the work of the Post-Dispatch in exposing the lobby trick and misrepresenation of St. Louis, This is the secoffd severe Plow dealt the lobby by

Spanish Chair of Automobilism—Seed Corn SPAIN EDUCATES CHAUFFEURS. Spain is not, perhaps, the land to which one would look for a lead in the spirit of modern progress, says the Pall Mal! Gazette, but in the field of antomobil- ism at least the young enthusiasm of King Alfonso seems to have struck out in a direction where other countries may follow. His Majesty has come to the conclusion that tech- nical instruction among Spanish chauffeurs is sum- mary, not to say fragmentary—defects which may At his instance there is to be of Arts and Crafts a of which Spanish vised a bold remedy. founded in the Madrid School chair of automobilism, by means It is certainly to be varied. the mechanism will be complete. Besides mere familiarity with of quaintance with the legislation governing the use of motor cars and a strong grasp upon the system of main roads in the country. As this is not of the most complicated, the difficulty so much less in mastering them. One feature of the course of instruction wil] tempt the caustic humor of the motorphobe. The Spanish chauffeur will receive sufficient training in surgical dressing to enable him to render first.aid to the In- jured person. VALUABLE SEED CORN. A single ear of Reid Yellow Dent corn, weighing 19 ounces, sold a few days ago at College for the phenomenal price of $150, which is at the rate of $8850 per bushel. Each kernel is worth 13 cents. Dan L. Pascal of De Witt, a member of the Iowa Corn Growers’ Association, who grew this re- markable ear, was its purchaser at the sale, which has eclipsed all previous prices for corn and estab- will be lished a world’s record. The grand champion single ear last year brought only $11 and was grown by H. J. Ross of Farragut, lo: The second grand championship last year. was won by Fred Hethershaw of Des Moines, and sold for $7. The grand championship ten ears of last year were those belonging to O. J. Easton of Whitney, and sold for $30, which at that time was the high- est price ever paid for that amount of seed corn. AUTOMATIC RAILWAY SIGNALS. We believe that automatic signaling apparatus has been made practically perfect, says the Railway Age, and that when located according to scientific prin- ciples (which require full consideration of traffic and physical conditions) and installed and maintained in accordance with strict specifications it can be de- pended. upon never to indicate safety when danger exists. The signals themselves are made of such form and size and may be so located with respect to each other and to the track that they can be seen easily, and they operate to give a certain indication whether it is safe to proceed. The locomotive, how- ever, is controlled by human agency and cannot be made automatic. When the engine driver sees there is danger ahead he instifictively reaches to apply the brakes and shut off steam. It is when he does not see or cannot see that the best of Automatic signals become powerless to prevent accidents, If the signal can be made to reach down or up and air brake in spite of the engineman; to make the train slow down if the signal indicates caution, and to stop if the indication is stop; and having accomplished. this the signal can then cause release of the brakes and permit the train to proceed, apply the at $150 Per Cob—Power From Fresh Water —Cheap Municipal Gas—Legislators to Vote by Electricity —Automatic Railroad Signaling, __ the automatic contro] of trains through the medium or signals will be accomplished. Here is the greatest and most fruitful field of endeavor for the engineer and operating expert. Signal GAS AT SIXTY CENTS. Consul F. W. Mahin reports that the price of illum- inating gas in Nottingham, under miinicipal control, is 60 cents per 1000 cubic feet to ordinary consumers,

not be exclusively peculiar to Spain—and he has de- | chauffeurs may receive a training which, it is hoped, the machine, they will have to acquire some new ac- | the Iowa State | | with a slight reduction to large users. This has been quite a low price, but seems extortion in | comparison with the rate given by the town of Wid- in Lancashire. The price now 32 cents 1 to small consumers, but will be reduced to 30 cents on July 1. consumers will pay from to 23 } cents. « Th claimed to be the cheapest gas in ithe world. It noteworthy that the Widnes gas works are under municipal control. The town has lonly about 30,000 population, but the profit on its gas ,works-last year stated to have £4703 ($22.,- 887.15). The price of gas is remarkably low every- where in Great Britain, whether under public or pri- control, the general range of price being be- 40 and 70 cents. considered ines. there is ono Large his is IS bee n is vate tween VOTING BY ELECTRICITY. Twentieth century legislative voting is expected to ibe done by electricity. The proposed apparatus con- sists of two or more upright disks, to be placed in full view near the speaker’s chair, connected Dy a ‘suitable eleétric device with the desk of each mem- | Without rising from his seat, without the waste minute of time of the House, each member present could record his vote by a mere touch of his finger on the button. On leaving his seat for any cause he could lock un the button, so

ber. of a needless

as to be sure that no enthusiastic friends should vote in his absence, as some of them might be willing to do. The record thus made would be per- fect, permanent and unassailable. The rapidly in- creasing volume of legislative business requ®es some practical relief. Here is a means for adding 40 per cent to the working hours of each session without increasing its numerical length. for him NEW ‘SOURCE OF POWER. Compressed air from fresh water for use as power has been promised for some time. At Magog, Que- bec, under a 20-foot head of water, the first plant of this kind was erected and has been in continuous operation, day and night. The latest plant of this kind was built near Norwich, Conn. In order to obtain the desired results such a plant has to be constructed near a waterfall. <A shaft is sunk into the earth, near the waterfall; an iron pipe is placed within the shaft, at the bottom of which shaft lies a tank, or separating chamber, to receive the air. The falling water is conducted to the top of the iron pipe and discharged therein, the water passing down through the pipe to the bottom of the shaft and returning thence to the surfasee. The shaft is made large enough to allow the wr Ye return to the surface within the shaft, but outside the down flow pipe. The falling water entertains the air in the fo-m of bubbles, carrying these bubbles to the bottom of the shaft. At this point the air separates from the water, remaining in the tank below, the water con- tinuing on its course up the shaft and into the stream. <A pipe is connected with the separation tank, and through it the air is conducted directly

ta the cylinder of the engine.

the Post-Dispatch’s work of publicity. The corpora- tion employers of the lobby ought to learn by this time that the worst course they could take is to pack Jefferson City with lobbyists for the purpose of. defeating good legislation. The action of the Senate on the bill above referred to ought to demon- strate the disastrous effect of lobby tricks and lobby work. The lobby ought to be removed trom Jefferson City by the corporations. It to the people because it may accomplish vicious work here and there by secret, underhand methods; and it is a menace, also, to the corporations employing it, whose valid pleas for justice in the Legislature are nullified by the fact known now to all the people of the State, that they are trying to gain unworthy ends by pernicious methods. If the corporations do not call off the lobby the is a menace lobbyists should be driven from Jefferson City. ooo TRIBUTES TO GEN. From the Literarv Digest. ; The tribute of the North, both in the press and in the deciarations of its public men, is but little less in volume and in evident sincerity than that which

LEE. the South itself bears to the memory of Robert #. Lee. On the occasion of the celebration of the cen- tenary of his birth, on Jan, 19, there was no sectional line discoverable in the eulogistic reviews of his abil- The untversa] recognition of his prominence in the hearts of the South and in the esteem of the North is widely noted editorialy as evidence of the healing of that wound in the causing of which he played such an important part. Natur- ally the Southern press. accords his memory unlim- ited praise.” Says the Atlanta Journal: ‘“The South gives him something a little and stronger than reverence, it would scarcely be too much it worship. * * * He summed up in the and ideals of the Southern was flower, the realization, the tion, of a striven-for type.” city congratulates the South was given ‘to produce the first the ideal character-life of the republic's life.” The of Adams, a “‘Yankee of the Yankees,” he calls himself, at the monies at. Washington and Lee U as representing much of the latter-day Nortnern sent lie said that from the Massaci tts f view, with which he sympathized, L¢ ‘false to flag,’ vet, tient study and most mature refiection, I c similar conditions I iyseif what Lee did.’’ enn A REASON FOR NO TARIFF REVISION. ity and character. warmer to call 1} person civilization, he perfect realiza- ) his own ideas its it 7 in that to her American * ® same address Charles Francis as cote ' a ee te ia MIVetrSity, §S ment. while nus poin 0 his ie added, ‘‘atter under would nu exactly

And the Georgian of the taken } “vantage of g

JUST A MINUTE FOR POST-DISPATCH VERSE AND HUMOR HIS DREAM. Ilis dream is that some day, when the sun Of life is sinking in its west, When ambition has its swift course run And hot-spurred youth outlived its quest, He shall be a farmer country-won— Which always he has loved the Dest,

His dream is that some day for his eyes Shall stretch the pleasant fields away, And that gently-rolling hills shall rise And fall, as in another day They used to in boyhood’s Paradise— He loved it, and he shall alway. His dream is that some day to his ear, When twilght’s gossamer forbodes The fall of night, there shal] float the Thump-thump, thump-thump of empty In autumn, when the bright ieaf is sere, Home-coming on the country roads, queer loads, His dream is that some‘ day to his voice, Lplitted in Pig-oo-eys strong, The squeals of those that do thus rejoice ShaH answer as they homeward throng— Ah yes, ah yes, this life is his choice, The thing that he has dreamed for long. \ A moving picture machine blew up in St. Louis the other day, burning one man’s brows Off and eating the- back out of It must have beeh a hot one—pfobably a legislator buying a railroad ticket. another's coat. series showing a oo THE WEEK IN BRIEF. TANGIERS, Morocco,—The bandit Raisuli passed a quiet week. His blood boiled up lo) on Wednes- day, but he cooled off by evening and issued a greet- ing to the Sultan, upon sandpaper, His receipts for ransoms the smallest since the lioly to

written Were | Mohanimedan W eek. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras.—The expected invasion by Nicaragua did On Thursday Mendez crossed the pa) |Jutigalpa, but he ri to the planters i ne Vi win a bet. Gen. out. with not borde: pan of men south explaining did it Lo turned itmmediate'y, that ne viity et iZhii y West Africa. peen Victorious here Monday. remaining west GREAT. WINDHOEK (jerman Th news that’ the Kal 2 Perm is e« tions reached ali the disap: Ali ‘

no" MNATiIVeSs eert had = inds ire. ing cast over é Hob- Wal LEW YORK. N 7; Pearson nh spent thi week here wit] iii } The a good ds al, but the stuck p hard Japahese de- Captain got retly ei FA close partially chest KINGSTON, Jamaica.—The re- his week, but Gov. in state of total city Was Swettenham'’s stored re-

mains “a collapse, velt only got in the papers once this week. disgusted. TOKIO, Japan.—The Mikado received the Associat- ed Ciolssone Manufacturers Friday, They com- |plained that thelr American market had been ‘stroyed by the action of the Japanese Government ‘in the California school case, His Majesty prom- mised to demand of President Roosevelt that all American families without a piece of cloissone . buy one at once, cette WASHINGTON, D. CveThe army of temperance women which stormed the Capito] Thursday | | | | tle-

has withdrawn from the city, und the saloons are open again. Moet af the members of Congress tock ad- youth to visit friends in New York.

POST-DISPATCH RECORD OF PROGRESS DFPARTWENT STORE. IDEAS IN GERMANY An Interesting Comparison With American Stores Made by a Specially Commissioner From Germany. By Herr Alfred Tietz, in New York World. MERICA is the pioneer in the department &tore, A which of comparatively recent Germany and has reached the of perfection in this country. Our ments are naturally subdivided, of the ihuvers, for «xa are not allowed quite such fre pear here, The department store here is untramme!led by Gov- ernment. interference. In Germany the Government exercises a strict supervision, There are the building. laws, Which require a court area of about one-fourth the total space and which limit height the building to four or five stories. Fire escapes must be placed at the utmost 25 meters apart, Public opinion upon a richness of architec- ture little dreamed here. A further Government restriction is the imposition of a tax ostensibly to protect the small merchant. Employes are offered every. incentive to increase the sales by the granting -of a small commission upon all goods sold in excess of a certain specified amount. Hours are longer than in American cities, though we must take into consideration the two-hour intermis- sion about noon, which is the German salesman’'s in- alienable right. A system of graded summer vaca- tions on full salaries has proved successful. -All em- ployes are compelled to take out old age, injury and sickness insurance, the firm bearing part of the ex- pence. The mail-order business is not so highly developed as here, for the cities are close together, and local preference is anturally given local industries. This branch of the work, however, is growing. Practically all business is on a‘cash basis. I have taken partic- ular interest in the banking system for accounts: in vogue in New York City, and will suggest its adop- tion in European emporiums. In the relations between customers and stores we show a like liberality of spirit. Exchange of goods that may prove unsatisfactory is readily effected. Bargain day has become a firmly rooted institution, and the German frau or fraulein is addicted to the shopping habit quite as much as her American pro- totype. is origin in hiighest cde Yarious dUepar’ hut the consrol Thi - & [- “vt wel] fifm seems more absoltte. ple, rein as they to have the of insists of

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ARNOLD.—In ‘Missouri marriage under assumed name is binding. We don’t know the Kansas law. R.—To learn to be electrician apply at electrical works or correspondence schools, ay is according to work done. READER.—If R. F. D. carrier owes you a just debt and refuses to pay, report him to the Post- office. Government is not disposed to employ dis- honest carriers. I. B.—Announce engagement at a luncheon. it would be something new to suddenly receive an imi- tation telegram ‘of the utmost importance,” dated St. Louis, making the announcement. , “COLLISION.”’—Collide is from a [Eatin word meaning to strike. <A car standing still can hardly strike anything. Possibly, however, custom May ex- tend the use of the word, The meaning of many words has been changed. , CRAZY.—As fishberries for hair parasités failed in your case, you might try this: Saturate head and hair with coal oil three or four hours; wash thor- oughly in warm water with good soap. When hair is dry wash again in good, strong vinegar, drying with- out using towel, Next day wash with soap and wa- ter. BUTLER.—One woman uses sage tea on her hair to keep it from turning gray. Another harmless hair dye, which is vouched for, is made by boiling to- gether equal parts of lemon juice, powdered lith- arge and vinegar. Let it cook in a porcelain kettle over a slow fire for half an hour. This applied reg- ularly is said to turn the hair dark. O. R. C.—Cheap paint: Whiting, 5 Ibs.; skimmed milk, 2 quarts; fresh slacked lime, oz. Put the lime into a stoneware vessel, pour upon it a suffi- cient quantity of the milk to make a mixture re- sembling cream; then add remainder of milk; lastly, the whiting is to be crumbled upon the surface of the fluid, in which it gradually sinks, Then stir in well, or grind as other paint. BEDALOA.—Mourning band on sleeve Originated among English servants, who were required .to wear a black band on the sleeve after a death in the master’s family. It Is still confined to servants, among persons of the best social position. The only evidence of mourning sanctioned by good breeding besides a black suit, a black silk cravat, and black calfskin shoes, is the black ribbon on. the hat. Russet shoes are never worn during mourning, nor is a colored derby. A straw hat is proper. Some men affect black shirt studs, black cuff links, and black-edged handkerchiefs, and go to the length of wearing these with evening clothes, . SCHOOLBOY.—About 15 centuries ago an Arab herder of goats, driving the flock through some new country, was alarmed at the antics of the animals and thought they were “possessed of the devil.” Each day the same thing occurred after the ts had eaten of a certain kind of berry. The. goatherd thought he would eat a few to try the effect. That was the discovery of coffee. Arabs learned to brown the berries and boil them, drinking the Hquor, which was then and now recognized as a stimulant, with direct action on the heart, and, of course, the fre- action and depression later on. Cc. N.—One breaking into a vacant house, or OC- cupying it without permission, may be prosecuted, E. 8.—Champagne is the name of white, red, still or sparkling wines made in Champagne, Franee. After the vintage season it stands till December, is then racked off, and fined or pureed with teinglass; in March tt is bottled and corked, the bottles being piaced with the corks downward, so that the #edi- ment may be drawn off. When this has been re- moved, brandy and sugar are introduced and bottles recorked. A large part of so-called champakne is made of cider and cheap wines. CARROT.—Of your carrot with 17 other carrots grown on it, Superintendent Irish of the Missouri Bo- tanical Garden says: “The reas6ng for the pecular growth of carrot are largely speculative It might be the lack of fertility tn the soll at the place where this plant Was growing. or it may have been caused by some Insect or other Injury to the root of the plant. It ta not uncommon to find plants of carrots or parsnips sending out a g@renter or less number of growths tn much the srt tre manner as the carrot plant In yvour possession. There ia al- wavs a tendency in cultivated. planta which have heen changed from their natural wild state th revert to the original type, and especially when growing in poor sot” . : HILDEGARD.—Various exercises reduce hips (One, which also has. a® effect on the liver, and is ei ges sormetimes known AS aA liver Miler zer. ia fo held the arry eut horizontally whithe standing erect and tren, without moving the timbs. turn the body around. Tirat to the right. then to the left, aa far as possible. Next held arms high overhead, touching palma, and bend firat to right and then to left as far awe possible, with arms in that position Rending to floor, keeping the knees etiff. bending only at the waist Hne, is good, and what is known as -the “rooge step” In German military-cirecles, that of standing firmly On Gne foot the to due 8

i ’ WHITE HOUSE, Washington.—President Roose- 2 t ' ian He 18 | ralis upon or hex and Ufting the other as hich aa possible, straight. ening: out the lee with toe pointed as tn the act of taking a step, ts also recommended, ANXIOUS.—Easter ta the Stioda Which follows fourteenth day of the calendar moon whieh t after March 71. It is not the real vy fon in the heavens, nor the Mean moon of the as- itronomers that regulates the time of Paater, entry Tt 4s imaginary moon whose periods are so the new (ealendar) moon always fotl- lows the real new moon, sometimes by two and even three days. The result of this t# that the l4th of the calendar moon, which had from the the of Moses been considered “full moon” for ecclesias- tical purposes, falls generally on the*ibth or the Ith of the real moon, and thus after tite real full moon, which ise generally on the Mth or 15th day. With the knowledge that the ecclesiatica! “full moon” te the | “th day of the calendar moon, the rule te that” Easter day is always the firet Sunday after the ull moon, that ia the full moon which hap- an eontrived that

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