Leslie's Illustrated Weekly 1901-05-04: Vol 92 Iss 2382

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NEW YORK’S BRAVE. FIREMEN FIGHT A FIRE. L Vou. XCII.—No. 2882 Copyright, 1901, by JODGE COMPANY, No. 110 Fifth Avenue. litle Registered asa Trade-mark. Ali Rights Reserved. NEW YORK, MAY 4, 1901. Pricr, 10 Cents. Entered as second-class matter at the New York Post-Office. x oo 3 AeA TE AE ee Pr) ed <a i THE, STANDING TOAST—*TO OUR WIVES AND SWEETHEARTS.” GIVING THE FAMOUS NAVAL TOAST AT A BANQUET IN THE WALDORF-ASTORIA, NEW YORE. DRAWN FOR “ LESLIE’s WEEKLY” BY T, DanT WaLkKeR.—(Sre PaGE 429.]

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LESLIE’S WEEKLY. The Oldest Illustrated Weekly in the United States. CENTURY RECORD OF CURRENT EVENTS. PUBLISHED BY THE JULGE COMPANY. Judge Building, No. 110 Fifth Avenue, New York Western Office, Boyce Building, 112 Dearborn Street, Chicago, Ill. EvrROPEAN SaLes-aGents: The International News Company, Bream’s Building, Chancery Lane, E. C., London, England ; Saar- bach’s News Exchange, Mainz, Germany; Brentano's, Paris, France. THE 20TH SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1901. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Terms: $4.00 per year; $2.00 for six months. Foreign Countries in Postal Union, $5.00. Postage free to all subscribers in the United States, and in Hawaii, Porto Rico, the Philippine Islands, Guam, Tutuila, Samoa, Canada, and Mexico. Subscriptions payable in advance by draft on New York, or by express or postal order, not by local checks, which, under present banking regulations of New York, are at a discount in that city. The Stars and the Weather. (Contributed Article to Leslie's Weekly.) WHEN we have an uncommon kind of weather we naturally attribute it to some unusual cause in the heavens or the earth. But it does not follow that weather is produced by anything out of the common. Paradoxical though it may sound, the fact is that uncommon weather is very com- A season such mon indeed. may be unusually hot, unusually cold, un- usually wet or dry, PROFESSOR S. NEWCOMB, THE EMI ynusually fine or NENT AMERICAN ASTRONOMER stormy, or remarkably changeable. Some one or another of these conditions is sure to occur every year or two. The belief that out weather is in some way dependent on the moon or planets is so natural as to be very widespread. Until a recent time, possibly until this very day, farmers killed their pigs only at a certain phase of the moon, be- at other times the flesh was not supposed to cook so cause well. Now, however, at the great butcheries of Chicago, these uhfortunate animals are killed in a constant stream day after day, and no one ever notices any difference in their meat dependent on the changes of the moon. It is much the same in the case of the weather. of my readers may have seen, in old almanacs, a number of rules attributed to Herschel, showing what kind of weather would occur if the changes or the phases of the moon took place at certain hours of the day. The fact is that none of the Herschels ever proposed or indorsed any such theory. A more common notion is that a change of weather is apt to take place at some one of the four phases of the moon. Makers of weather almanacs have also professed to pre- dict weather by the varying aspects of the planets. Just how the planets could affect the weather no ove pretended to point. out, and these predictions have never proved any Many better than any others There is better scientific authority for the idea that the spots on the sun affect our weather. It is now a well-known astronomical fact that the spots on the sun go through a regular period of variation in about eleven years. For two or three years spots are very small, and only seen occasion- aliy This was the case about 1878, 1889, and 1900. Then, the number of spots begins regularly to increase and large ones oceasionally show themselves. For four or five years they grow more and more numerous until finally they at- tain to a certain limit, which astronomers call the maxi mum. This was the case about 1883 and 1894, and will doubtless be the case again about 1905. During these times of maxima the sun is seldom seen without spots, and very large ones occasionally show themselves. Thus there isa regular vibration, as it were, going on every eleven years. This has been traced back as far as the timeof Galileo, and has for some time been an established tact concerning ‘the sun. Now, it is well known that the sun is the original active cause of all our weather. Were his rays cut off from us it would take but a few months for the surface of all the land’on the surface of the earth to cool off so that it would be covered with snow and ice, while the waters of the ocean would be all frozen over. Soon there would be no wind to speak of, and, practically, we might say, no weather, unless eternal frost could be so called. The changes in the spots on the sun show that some change goes on within the sun itself. May not these produce changes in the weather on the earth? This question has been elaborately investigated by some authorities. It was once supposed that, in consequence of this change of (Continued on page 433.) President McKinley’s Great Tour. No event of the present year will have a deeper significance, or will excite a keener interest among the masses of the Amer- ican people, than the extensive tour of vis- itation which the Presi dent of the United States will make ‘throughout the South and West, beginning at Washington and end- ing in the Pau-Ameri can Exposition grounds at Duffalo. The trip will consume over six weeks, and the distance traversed will be be- tween 12,000 and 13,000 miles. Nearly half of the States and Terri tories of the Union will be visited, including the wide expanse of Texas, the lonely plains of Arizona and New Mexico, the wonderful Pacific coast from Los Angeles to Port- land, the marvelous region of the Kocky Mountains, and the rich and populous States of the Northwest and the great lakes. What is most worth seeing in all this varied and vast stretch of mountains, valleys, and prairie lands the President and his associates will undertake to see. The journey will be unique in many respects. It will be much the longest trip ever taken by a President of the United States while in office. Accompany- ing the President will be all the Cabinet officials with the ex ception of Secretaries Gage and Root, and Attorney-General Knox. Fora month and a half the government of the United States will be on wheels. In keeping with its customary enter prise and up-to-date methods, LESLIE’s WEEKLY has made ar rangements to present its readers with a complete and beautiful pictoria!t record of this remarkable ‘‘ swing around the circle” at each successive stage of its progress. Through the courtesy of the executive office at Washington a special representative of LESLIE’S WEEKLY, in the person of its chief photographer, Mr. R. L. Dunn, will accompany the Presidential party throughout the entire trip. From week to week, as the party proceeds, the notable scenes visited and the various picturesque features of the journey will be portrayed in a series of illustrations of the finest order of photographic art. No other publication in the country will furnish its readers with an illustrated history of this famous Presidential trip equal to that of LESLIE’s WEEKLY. MR. R. L. DUNN. Ingratitude Among Nations. THE United States is accusing Cuba of being ungrateful for her emancipation from Spanish’despotism in 1898. Ingratitude is a common trait among nations. Russia for twocenturies has been waging wars at intervals, long or short, for the Christian peoples oppressed by the Turks. Some of them, like Roumania, Servia, and Bulgaria, it has freed. None of those peoples, how- ever, except in instances in which their own liberty has been imperiled, has done anything to show Russia that it has ap preciated the favor. When Napoleon III. in 1859 fought the war against Austria which freed a considerable part of Italy from that Power and placed it under the sway of King Victor Emanuel of Sardinia, who was destined later to get the whole of Italy, with Rome as the capital, the Italians never showed any especial friendship for their benefactor. ‘ United States’example in 1776 incited Central and South Amer- ica to rise against Spain in the first two decades of the nineteenth century, when Bonaparte overthrew Spain’s Ferdinand VII. In 1822 the United States welcomed the newly-emancipated Span ish-American countries into the family of nations. The United States saved them, by Monroe’s ** hands. off-the-A merican-conti nent” warning to the Holy Alliance in 1823, from being handed back to Spain or from being seized by Russia, Austria, Prussia, or Bourbon France, the Holy Allies. In 1866 the United States forced Napoleon ILI. to withdraw his troops from Mexico. Presi- dent Cleveland in 1896 constrained England to submit her bound- ary dispute with Venezuela to arbitration, although Venezuela for many years had been vainly attempting to induce England to consent to such an adjustment. And yet, except in the case of Mexico, none of the Latin- American nations has ever shown any gratitude toward the Unit- ed States for its services. On the contrary, the sympathies of several of the South American countries were said to have been against the United States in the Spanish-American war of 1898. The expressions of the press of Venezuela at the present time are distinctly unfriendly to the United States The United States itself did not show any especial amount of gratitude to France for her aid during the dark days of our war of Independence. Contrary to its promise, the United States made a separate peace with England without informing France Instead of the alliance of the United States which France ex- pected in .her war with England in 1793, Washington held the United States neutral. This was the policy of wisdom for the United: States in those crises, of course. ‘‘ The Americans know too muéfi of politics,” said TaHeyrand, ‘ to believe in the virtue called gratitude between nations. They know that disinterest- ed ser¥Vices are alone entitled to that sentiment, and that there are no such services between States.” Russia’s favors for the Christians in the Balkan region were incited by a desire to render its march on Constantinople, which has been a Muscovite aspiration since the days of Peter the Great, easy. Napoleon III. aided the Italians, in the hope of getting some of the territory wrested from Austria, and of get- ting an Italian ally in the day of need. Louis XVI, in sending fleets and armies to the United States in 1778, was inspired less by love for the Americans or for treedom’s cause than he was by hatred for his old enemy, England. The policy of keeping “ideal standard. out of Europe’s quarrels, which President Washington made a cardinal principle in American diplomacy, was the policy t which America has grown to be the most powerful and enlight ened among the nations. But when thinking of Cuba's ingratitude in our case, let Liberty is dear to ever The ann bear these other instances in mind people, however feeble and benighted they may be ation of Cuba to the United States is, happily for the Cubans certain as any political event of the future can be. It will con by the consent of the Cuban people. Let us not betray indec: eagerness to hasten this outcome. The Plain Truth. It is gratifying to have the assurance of Governor Cand] of Georgia, given in an interview during his recent visit 16 New York, that his State isin a better condition to-day than has been for a generation. The Governor adds that there bas been a marked decrease in the number of lynchings in Georg and that he is being cordially aided by other officials in emp! ing every method to secure a fair trial for all men accused of crime. Recently three white men have been sent to the penit tiary for life for lynching a negro, and several others are un indictment. Georgia has set a good example here for those Sta es in the North as well as the South which have been disgraced jy ferocious lynching scenes. It only needs a few stern and rigor: \is applications of law, such as bave been administered in Geor ia recently, to make an end of these exhibitions of savagery wh ch are bringing deserved reproach upon us in the eyes of ||| Christendom. ss It is, perhaps, a kind and generous thing for the press ag: 1 cies of the country to continue to exploit the sayings and doi: vs of the Nebraska gentleman who has failed twice by a large ii) overwhelming majority to get himself elected President of «he United States, but we fail to see why the public gener: ily should have “ news” of this sort thrust before them daily, a. if it were really worthrepeating. Has a combination been forn ed between these press agencies and the Nebraska editor to seciire free and unlimited advertising for him and his new magazi On what other supposition can be explained the daily announce ments of what his publication is to contain from period to period ? After listening to his turgid talk pretty steadily for four years, the American people retired the ‘* boy orator of the Platte ” to the obscurity from which he sprang, as decisively as a large and thoughtful vote could do it. They are entitled to the fruits of victory in the skape of rest and silence as to him and all his money-making schemes. Much fault is properly found with the hasty passage of the revised New York charter by the State Legislature. Had this body acted with greater deliberation the results would have been far more creditable. In the form in which the charter was submitted by the revisers the document approached the It is a great pity that the fruit of much thought and study on the part of an able and competent body of men should have been seriously marred, if not spoiled, by irrelevant and unnecessary amendments. It is impossible not to have a degree of sympathy with Mayor Van Wyck in his indignant protest against having such a mixture of good and bad legislation dumped upon him for inspection. The charter has to do with the welfare of the largest city on the continent, and it was sufficiently important to command the entire atten- tion of the Legislature for weeks, if necessary. A Legislature meeting annually has time te do its work with dignity and de- liberation, and there was no excuse whatever for the precipitate action taken when the charter came up for consideration. The Congregationalist, a religious journal which we hold in high esteem, is displeased because LESLIE’s WEEKLY published a picture of Mrs. Nation at prayer in her cell at Wichita. It thinks the picture ‘‘ indicative of the lengths to which the craze for publicity bas carried press and people.” Our contemporary has passed a hasty judgment. Whether or no the representation ot a person in the attitude of prayer constitutes an offense avainst good taste depends largely upon the motive prompting the pub lication and other circumstances. In the case in point the pict ure of Mrs. Nation accompanied an article descriptive of her character and work, which, if not entirely sympathetic. was not flippant or unkind. There was no suggestion of irvever ence either in the picture, or in the wording of the aiticle. Pictures of persons in the attitude of prayer have been co;mon in Christian art from the earliest times, and are too fa:niliar to call for specification. We cannot see why a photog: aphic representation of this kind should be “ indicative” of any new departure from the high standard of respect for all re'igions which has always prevailed in these columns. The fact that President McKinley has summoned («neral Wood to Washington fora conference, previous to the ar: valof the new Cuban commission, is rightly construed as an evid: nceof the executive’s continued confidence in the wisdom and ef!: iency of the military Governor of Cuba. It is well that this e: idence should be forthcoming just now, when a persistent ¢. ‘ort is being made by a few disgruntled Cuban politicians and the anti-administration organs in this country to discred:! Gen eral Wood and represent that he has outlived his usefwu!iess iD Cuba. But from the beginning of his service as Ai erical administrator at Santiago immediately after the wa:, dow! through his present term of office at Havana, Genera’ Wood has shown himself to be a master of the situation, « bigh minded, energetic, resourceful, and thoroughly capable . flicial. He has gained the respect and confidence of the neassc; of the Cuban people, who recognize him as an unselfish frien! anda wise and safe leader. That his conduct has not always } leased the so-called anti-imperialists here at home might go without saying. Abuse and misrepresentation from that source is to be expected for every American official who is faithful to bis cou” try and loyal to duty in Cuba or the Philippines at the pre ent time. It is only the traitors and malcontents who recei'é praise from that quarter. : % oy iat “te EEE , face + tere ip. pees ix ment help ¢ the Y by bi ill tl Lord cil of | miner THE KI} DOME rH} I¢ make ** Thi ther CE THE coun has made ship is yo

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raze rary ition iinst pub pict her was ever ticle, ymon viliar iphie new ions neral valot nee of iency lence ort is id the Gen ess In pican down Wood bigh- fficial. of the anda leased ithout s to be ; coun bp pres eceive ee ee tshirt ae hae FS % ae Pa Fa PEOPLE| ‘TALKED | ABOUT OMY > BLES? A 7,4 vas _ 2 ¥ Y Sse” ag LORD KINNAIRD, of London, is one of the nobility of Great tritain who will grace the celebration of the jubilee of the Young Men’s Christian Association during the present year, especially by attendance on the sessions of the conven- tion in Boston, June 11th to 16th. He will be a special guest. His pres- ence in this country has been sought times in several recent years, when large religious con- ventions were to assem- ble, such as the Ecumen- ical Missionary Confer- ence in New York last year. But hfttherto he has been unable to ac- cept. Lord Kinnaird has been connected with the Young Men’s Christian Association work for fully thirty years, since 74 on the central committee, and since early in the eighties the national council. Following in the steps of the excellent irl of Shaftesbury, Earl Cairns, Mr. Samuel Morley, and oth- his lordship occupies a place in the front rank of public n who have advocated this cause. No one except Sir George lliams has rendered more constant personal service, while lordship has been second to none in his gifts to the work, i has been a warm supporter of every movement for its ex- ision both at home and abroad. No public Young Men’s ristian Association function in England, such as stone-lay- , or opening of buildings, or inauguration of new depart- nts, is thought to be complete unless his lordship is there to help and bless the movement. Lord Kinnaird is president of e Young Women’s Christian Association, which was founded by his mother, Lady Kinnaird, and is in close essociation with ill the work of the Young Women’s Christian Association. Lord Kinnaird is also president of the Scottish National Coun- cil of the Young Men’s Christian Association. It is stated on reliable authority that a separation is im- minent between the King of Portugal and Queen Amalie on account of a difference in religious matters. It appears that when the King was in London on the occasion of the funeral of Queen Victoria, he received a deputation of Protestants, to whom he made a speech, promising a con- tinuance of the enlightened policy of religious toleration in his dominions, While this speech, when reported in Por- tugal, gave much satisfaction to the more enlightened and progressive elements in the population, it was bitterly re sented by another element by whom it was construed as an attack upon certain religious orders hitherto numerous and powerful in Portugal, and be- tween whom and the King a feeling of hostility has ex- isted for some time. Queen Amalie, being a devout Roman Catholic, took sides with the religious orders, and hence began ‘‘the rift within the lute,” which bids fair to make ‘ the music mute ” in the royal home at Lisbon. That the bicycle bas ‘‘come to stay” in the British Isles there can be no manner of doubt. How strong a hold it has upon popular favor in that country may be judged from the fact that nearly every mem- ber of the English royal family of both sexes and all ages, down to the second and third generations, are de- voted to the wheel, and find a good part of their out- door pleasure by this means. One of the finest and most graceful rid- ers among. the members of the English _ nobility is the Countess de la Warr, whose portrait we give. Tbe countess has been riding for several years, and has made several long holiday tours on her*wheel. Her lady- ship is young, graceful, and pretty, and her devotion to the LORD KINNAIRD, PROMINENT IN YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION WORK. THE KING OF PORTUGAL, WHOSE DOMESTIC HAPPINESS IS (HREATENED BY RELIG- IOUS DIFFERENCES. THE COUNTESS DE LA WARR, AN «NGLISH BICYCLE ENTHUSIAST. ’cycle has led many others to find health, strength, and pleasure in the same way. She is a member of an old English family distinguished in history for many brave and famous deeds It was this family from which one of our name. States derived its Charles Sumner Hamlin, who has succeeded the late ex President Benjamin Harrison as lecturer on international law at Stanford University, California, is a young Bostonian, just turned forty, and was Assist ant Secretary of the Treasury under the last Cleveland administra- tion. President McKin- ley thought well enough of Mr. Hamlin to ap- point him on an impor- tant Alaskan mission, on his retirement from the Treasury ment, and Wolcott, of setts, made him a mem- Depart Governor Massachu- ber of the Paris Exposi tion commission of the Bay State. Mr. Hamlin CHARLES SUMNER HAMLIN, WHO baaaay = =m —- isa practicing attorney before the courts of Massachusetts. His practice is largely of a corporation nature, and his friends say that he has ambitions to become the next Democratic Governor of Massachusetts. Mr. Hamlin was one of the nearest friends of the late Governor Russell, of Massa- chusetts, the last Democratic Governor of that State, and did much to make his campaigns successful. Mr. tion to this important post Hamlin’s selec- came as a great surprise to his friends in Boston, who had never associated his name with in- international law, but know him as a hard-working, painstak- ing, conscientious young attorney. He is a most affable gen- tleman, with pleasing manners and readiness of speech. =If Mr. Albert L. Johnson, the trolley magnate, is able to carry out even a part of the rapid-transit enterprises, below ground and above, which he has prom ised to undertake in the near future, he will deservedly rank among the great benefactors of humanity, or at least of that part of humanity resident in the vicinity of New York. As Mr. Johnson is em inently a man of action and has already and carried out many extensive railway enter- prises, there are those who believe that he will make good all his prom- ises now if not hin- dered in their exe- Photograph by R. L. Dunn cution by alien in- terests. The one project of Mr. Jobnson’s which excites the most general interest and is apparently the most certain of ex- ecution is a through trolley line between New York and Phila- delphia. In fact, actua) work on this line has been in progress for some time, and Mr. Johnson declares that he will have it ready for operation before next Christmas. It is promised that the cars on this system will be specially comfortable and com- modious, that they will move at the rate of not less than fifty miles an hour, and that the fare between New York and Phil- adelphia will be only fifty cents, or one-fifth of the tariff by the steam roads. Mr. Johnson is an enthusiast on the general subject of trolley extension as a means of broadening the life of the people in both city and country, of developing trade and bringing many other benefits. Our photograph was taken specially for LESLIE'S WEEKLY, and is the first Mr. Johnson has had of himself in fifteen years. =A long and brilliant record of military service, extending through three wars in as many lands, has found its due and fit- ting reward in the pro- 3. motion of Colonel Jacob “| H-BSmith, of the Seven- teenth Imfantry, to the rank of a splice eral of the regilar army. General Smith is a Ken- tuckian and began his life as a soldier as a lienten- ant in the Second Ken- tucky Infantry during the Civil War. He par- ticipated in many battles in that war and was se- verely wounded at Shi- loh. He wassoon after ap- pointed a captain in the regular army. He served with such distinction at San Juan hill and other engagements around San- tiago in the Spanish- American war that he was promoted from the rank of major to that of lieutenant-col- onel, During the two years’ struggle in the Philippines Gen- eral Smith has commanded in a large number of important en- gagements and added greatly to his reputation as a brave and conceived MR. ALBERT L. JOHNSON, WHO PROPOSES TO ESTABLISH.A TROLLEY SYSTEM BETWEEN NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA. COLONEL JACOB H. SMITH, PROMOTED _TO.BEA BRIGADIER-GENERAL. is a Harvard man, and — 425 efficient officer. In a letter from General MacArthur to the War Department, g General Smith’s promotion, occurs tbis joining the division, this officer has rendered conspicuous and important services. As lieutenant-colonel he commanded the Twelfth Infantry in the battle of Au frontof San Fernando with marked skill ten companies of the Battery E passage : ‘* Since gust 9th in On August 16th, with Twelfth Infantry and a platoon of Light , First Artillery, under Lieutenant Kenley, he captured the town of Angeles by direct assault, in opposition to a force very much superior numerically Altogether the capture of Angeles by Colonel Smith and the maintenance of his command therein until the reconstruction of the railroad could be com pleted was one of the most brilliant episodes of the campaign on this line, the credit of which must be exclusively given to Colo nel Smith.” It is generally conceded among all who are interested in political reforms of a practical character that the best method desirable and truly representative men as candidates for public office is through a nomination whereby of securing system candi dates may be chosen by a direct vote of the peo ple instead of being lected by party the general practice has been. It is believed that the nomination by direct vote at primaries open to all members of a party will render it more difficult for unfit and corrupt men to foist themselves into public station, and lessen the baleful influence of political THE HON. DAVID E. BURNS, AUTHOR bosses. In OF THE FAMOUS BURNS PRIMARY LAW. Photograph by Ellison. such t = delegates in conventions, as rings and Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and other Western States, the enactment of a ‘‘ direct primary ” law has been a leading topic of legislative interest for some time. Thanks to the energy and persistence of the Hon. David E. Burns, representative of Kent County in the Michigan Legislature, that State has recently placed such a law upon its statute-books. The measure was passed in the lower house after a hard fight extending over fifty days, but finally received a unanimous vote. It then passed the State Senate with sufficient votes to give it immediate effect, but limited its operation to Grand Rapids, Mr. Burns's own city. The man to whom the voters of Michigan are indebted for this popular and salutary reform measure is a native of the State, and has been closely identified with its progress for years. His father was a Methodist clergyman, who died when young Burns was only seventeen, leaving hiin and the other members of a large family without financial resources. The young man, however, inherited pluck, brains, and many sturdy moral qual- ities, and with these as bis capital he advanced himself steadily and surely. He received his education at Albion College and Michigan University, being graduated from the latter in 1892 He then studied law, and in due time was admitted to the Bar. He was prosecuting attorney of Kent County in 1893, and came to public notice in the case of the people against James McKee. Mr. Burns was also a member of the State board of pardons at the time the Charles T. Wright case was fought out before that body. He was elected a representative to the State Legislature in 1900 on the Republican ticket by 1,500 majority, in a Democratic district that usually gave 1,800 Democratic majority—an evidence of popular esteem and confi- dence not often accorded to a political candidate =To be the first couple to enter upon the state of matri- monial bliss in the twentieth century, and to be the first clergy- man to officiate at such a proceeding, are dis- tinctions which belong, it appears, not to any enterprising persons in this wide-awake land, as might have been ex- pected, but to certain residents of that pro- gressive country on the other side of the globe, where the Mikado rules and whose people are sometimes not inaptly called the Yankees of the East. The {event happened at Okayama, Jupan, at just one min- ute past twelve on the morning of January ist, 1901. The clergyman in the case was the Rev. Dr. James H. Pettee, « veteran missionary, sent out by the American Board of Foreign Missious, and the parties to the marriage contract were H. 8. Wheeler and Miss Edith S. Shaw, the lat- ter being a teacher in Kobé College, Kobé, Japan. A large number of missionary friends were present on the occasion. The claim that this was the very first marriage ceremony of the new century rests on the fact that the geograpbical position of Japan gives it a slight advantage over other civilized lands in the matter of time. Okayama lies on the one-hundred-and- thirty fourth parallel of longitude ’east- from-Greenwich, and each new day is reckoned as beginning at the one-hundred-and- eightieth parallel. A large part of the space between these parallels is uninhabited, and Japan itself, though fifteen de- grees wide, has but one standard time. It appears from this that Dr. Pettee’s claim rests on a foundation of scientific fact. REV. JAPAN, WHO PERFORMED THE FIRST WEDDING CEREMONY IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. JAMES H. PETTEE, D.D, OF

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WAITING FOR A BITE. — , W. D. Chamberlin, Schenectady, N. Y. GROUP OF CHARMING WATER NYMPHS. T. M. Brown, Denver, Col. FISHING FOR A WHALE yg A CUBAN ROUGH RIDER L. E. Offutt, Memphis, Tenn. Joseph Wilner, Second Artillery, Havana, Cuba. THE PRIZE-WINNER.) ‘‘ CHUMS !” WATCHING THE FOUNTAIN PLAY. ebecca E. Jackson, Oshkosh, Wis. C. W. Warfield, Princeton, Ill. OUR AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHIC CUTE CHILDREN CONTEST, No. 2.—WISCONSIN WINS (SEE OFFERS OF VARIOUS SPECIAL PRIZES IN OUR AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHIC ANNOUNCEMENT ELSEWHERE IN THIS ISSUF

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eve i8i; , - £ FIREMAN CAUGHT IN LIFE-NET AFTER A SIX-STORY LEAP—PROFESSOR MCADAMS AT THE LEFT, SWINGING FROM WINDOW TO WINDOW SCALING A BUILDING SINGLE-HANDED. DESCENDING BY LIFE-LINES TO THE NET—THE WORK OF RESOUE, WITH SCALING-LADDERS. A FIREMAN PASSING UP THE LADDER. MAKING FIRE HEROES OUT OF RAW RECRUITS. A Rierp ScHooL In NEw YORK FOR THE MEN WHO UNDERTAKE TO SAVE LIFE AT THE PERIL OF THEIR OwN.—(SEE PAGE 429.] Photographed for “* Leslie’s Weekly” by R. L. Dunn, ENTHUSIASTIC OPENING OF THE BASE-BALL SEASON. THE BRrookuye Caampions Meet THE MIGHTY QuAKERS FROM PHILADELPHIA ON THE FORMER’S GrouNDS—KEELER, THE CHAMPION BaTSMAN OF THE LEAGUE, In Posttion.—Photographed for “‘ Leslie’s Weekly” by A. Hedley.

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Sa AE OTT ee XY RNS Rai EBS: ca RTE 428 Golden Chances in the Philippines—No. 2. THE GLORIOUS JOURNEY TO MANILA BY ARMY TRANSPORT, WITH ITS MUSIC AND ROMANCE— FASCINATING LIFE IN THE PHILIPPINE METROPOLIS AND THE OPPORTUNITIES OF A CIVIL-SERVICE EMPLOYE. THE young man or woman who succeeds in one of the com- petitive examinations for the Philippine civil service, and who later is lucky enough to get an appointment, will soon start on the trip of a lifetime. If this new civil servant is fond of travel and adventure, the trip from any point in this country to Ma- nila will be a source of unalloyed delight. As was stated in my former article on this subject, the civil- service appointee will be obliged to furnish his own fare as far as San Francisco. Upon reaching that city he is likely to have a few days to spare, and every one of these days should be filled with pleasure, for San Francisco is a city of more than a few delights. It will be well for our young American to devote a good deal of time to studying San Francisco’s ‘‘ Chinatown,” for here are herded probably a third of all the yellow men who live within the borders of the United States. It will prepare the young civil servant for the hordes of Chinese to whom he will have to accustom himself in the Philippines. Then will come the day on which the young man or woman will be ordered aboard of the United States Army transport scheduled for the next sailing. Now comes another real ex- perience. Few people in the United States have any definite idea of what a transport is like. Such a craft is modeled after a big passenger-ship, but it will strike our young American as being a very third-rate one. There is nothing of elegance on an army transport. Luxurious state-room appointments are unknown. It is sufficient to have the towels and bed - linen clean. There is nothing dainty about the table appointments. On the most of the transports every inch of space must be so well utilized that little length and breadth are given to®the dining-room. When the cabin-list is crowded there will gener- ally have to be a second table, and they of the civil service are likely to be at this table. After all, however, the young man of the civil service will be foolish if he growls. He is at least a cabin passenger, and he will have as good as any one has on the ship, except that he will be obliged to sleep in one of the least desirable state-rooms, all the best ones being given over to high army and civic officials. There is an enormous steerage department on this transport, which is given over to soldiers who sleep in bunks three decp. After the transport has steamed out through the Golden Gate the young civil servant will find much of his amusement in standing on the saloon-deck, just forward of the pilot-house, and watching the enlisted men on the spar-deck be- neath him. Whenever it will vary the monotony of the trip the cabin passenger may go down the short gangway and min- gle with the enlisted men who fill the steerage. Before the second day is over the greatest pleasure will be found at table. The meals? Well, they are not expected to be as dainty as those supplied on the Majestic or the Deutschland, but they are satisfying and wholesome. Cabin passengers are charged a dollar a day for mess, and every penny of the money is supposed to be expended on the table. As the army buys all its food at wholesale cost, a very decent trio of meals can be provided for a dollar a day. Whenever the weather is mild enough the military band, if there is one on board, assembles on the spar-deck just after the evening meal. The concert lasts an hour, or perhaps a little longer, and the last number is in- variably ‘*‘ The Star-spangled Banner.” As the first note sounds every man within hearing of the music must rise to his feet, stand at attention, doff his hat, and remain silent during the playing. The ladies rise, too, though they do not remove their head-coverings. Nothing more thrilling to a patriotic American can be im- agined than this nightly finish to the concert. Under a starlit sky the transport rolls indolently along over the gently-swelling Pacific. Up on the saloon-deck is a sprinkling of civilian cos- tumes and military uniforms, mingled here and there with the fluttering robes of pretty women. Down on the spar - deck stand hundreds of uncovered soldiers, many of whom will never see home again. The spell of an enchantment is cver the whole scene while the music continues. Eveu the mate on the bridge overhead refrains from giving any orders. As the last note dies out the spell is removed, and the scene becomes again one of life. There-is a stop at Honolulu, and now the young American finds bimself really in a strange country, though the stars and stripes fly from every government building. Honolulu is one of the quaintest and most delightful spots in the world. ‘ Trop- ical Paradise” is the only term that fitly describes it. Every mivute on shore can be profitably spent in sight-seeing, and lit- tle that is seen will ever be forgotten. By the time that the transport turns her nose seaward again all the cabin passen- gers, military and civil, will find themselves much better ac- quainted. The weatber will be decidedly warm by this time, and the ladies will appear in their prettiest and fleeciest gowns, while the men will affect white duck or flannel. The next stop will be at the island of Guam. What an ideal spot fora lazy man! The few thousand natives live as near to a workless life as possible, and nature aids their indolence by every encouragement. No more primitive people are to be found on earth. The hardest workers are the little brown children, who are forced by the American government to at- tend school and learn something. Their elders are prone to lie off under the shade of banana palms, smoking and apparently waiting for the ripe fruit to drop into their mouths. But it is a picturesque island, with good-natured people, and a decided tinge of that subtle charm that former Spanish occupation leaves behind it. If it were not that he is looking forward to Manila, the young American would be wonderfully sorry to leave sunny, lazy Guam behind. And now comes the last stage of the journey. The civil servant, whether young man or young woman, has fallen quite in love with the army. There are hearty good times on board the transport. The band plays dance music, and the forward end of the saloon-deck, by night, resembles a miniature danc- ing-pavilion. In various corners of the part of the ship that is reserved for cabin passengers are little parties of two. Don’t intrude! Organize a party of your own if you are lonesome. It ought not to be difficult, for there is romance in the air. If there is a really enterprising jeweler in Manila he has, by this time, employed a salesman to board incoming transports with a choice assortment of rings. There is love in the soft air of the southern seas on a moonlit night wlien the band is playing the Waldteufel waltzes ! All too soon this delightful last stage comes toan end. The young woman wishes the voyage could last for weeks more. The young man, despite his regret at leaving the ship that has been his home for weeks, is wondering what sort of a place in the Philippines he is going to, and whether he is likely to get mixed up in any of the fighting. And one of these days, per- haps just after breakfast, the coast of Luzon is sighted. The ship skirts along the coast until it reaches the entrance to Ma nila Bay, and sails past the Corregidor that Dewey almost guessed at one night three years ago. The huge transport is moving slowly now, for Manila Bay is shallow and the bottom shifty. All the young people are crowded forward, watching for the first glimpses of Manila. The church spire of Paranaque is the first to be sighted, but this is several miles south of Ma- nila. Then Cavité is passed, and the voyagers see the scene of Dewey’s May-party for the Spaniards in 1898. Is the transport moving at all? It hardly seems so to the impatient young people in the civil service. But the captain, who knows the need of caution in this bay, is having the lead constantly dropped and feeling his way. Yet, as all things must end, the vessel comes to anchor, in the afternoon, off the moss- grown battlements of the walled city and close to the light-bouse at the mouth of the Pasig River. As if they had been lying in wait for tbe big ship, the health and customs launches dart out of the Pasig and are quickly alongside. If the young people are fortunate they will get ashore in Manila before dark. Where are they to go? That depends on whether they have waiting friends. If they have not, plenty of advice about a hotel can be obtained at the office of the captain of the port. There are several hotels in Manila, but no first-class ones. However, the new arrival will not mind that, for he has been dropped suddenly in a new world that is full of many strange delights. If there is yet time, parties of two and three will jump into carriages and go rattling and jolting over to the Luneta, a mile-or a mile and a quarter away from the hotel. And now, for the first time, the newly-arrived American tastes the delights of cheap cab-hire. For a quilez, which is the usual vehicle, the charge is twenty cents, American money, for the first hour, and twelve and a half cents an hour afterward. The charge for the quilez is the same whether one or four peo- ple ride. And the Luneta? It is one of the fairest spots in the world, yet with one of the most tragic histories. It has ever been the fashionable drive of Manila. Under Spanish rule Filipino rebels were brought here in squads early in the morning. Car- riages containing all the representatives of fashionable Spanish society were drawn up along the edges of the oval. Squad after squad of Filipino rebels were shot down. After the final killing the military band struck up a lively air, and Spanish society drove home to its breakfast.’ In the afternoon the Span- iards again drove around the oval to inspiriting music. But this is alla nightmare of the past. There are no more execu- tions here. The newly-arrived American looks upon a scené of peace and beauty. Officers and civilians drive about. -There are women in all manner of pretty dresses. Children’s happy faces show on every side. An American army band is.playing the kind of music that goes best with the tropics. Filipinos and Chinese are out by the thousands; American soldiers stroll about the oval. Just over to the west of the Luneta the waters of the bay roll up on the short, sandy beach with a music in harmony with that of the band. It is the cool part of the day, and all is animated beauty. There are meetings of friends and laughter. The new arrival wonders how soon he will become a real part of this wonderful life. From the soutb to the west in the sky is a gorgeous sun- set, painted in the most bewildering hues by the Almighty. It is a sunset that would bave been worth a trip around the world to Turner. The new arrival gazes at this gorgeous sky, then back at the variegated throng, and feels wonderfully contented. There bas been a pause in the music, and now the band strikes up in sweet, solemn strains. The new arrival, after his trip on the transport, understands. ‘‘ The Star-spangled Banner” is swelling out. Men leap out of carriages and stand at attention. Mounted men alight. Every male head is uncovered. The flag is accorded more veneration in Manila than at home. Driving back to his hotel the new civil servant dines. His din- ner may not strike him as being very good, but there is enough of it. There is music in the air by night, for the Filipinos pos- sess the true Latin love for it. Early the next morning the new arrival finds the government office at which he has been ordered to report. And now his new life begins in earnest. He must report every morning at nine o’clock. From then until twelve he must perform his office-duties. Promptly at noon Manila goes to sleep. Shop-doors are closed and few people are seen in the streets. The American eats a very light luncheon, if he has been well advised, and immediately begins to drowse, for the lot air of Manila’s mid-day is strangely sedative. At a little before two the nap ends, for that is the hour at which the em- bryo government official must be at bis desk, where he remains until five. Then the Luneta, and, as soon as he becomes suffi- ciently acquainted, an evening of indolent social enjoyment. Ere long the new arrival must look about for a cheaper and more satisfactory home than the hotel. Houses may be rented in the Ermita and Malate suburbs for from $30 to $35 a month in American money. Three young bachelors may live very com fortably in one of these houses. Furniture is very cheap, and not a great deal is required. Seventy-five dollars will furnish the house. A Chinaman to cook and a Filipino boy to drive and do general work completes the establishment. A pony and quilez will have to be bought, for it is not advisable to walk much in the daytime in Manila. But all these expenses are well within the means of a trio of clerks, each of whom re ceives $1,200 a year. There will presently be a number of de partment assistants appointed at annual salaries of $2,000 each If all the members of our trio are fortunate enough to get these appointments they will be able to live like Oriental princes But even on the smaller salaries they will be able to enjoy life and save money if they are so disposed. Here is the schedule of the day’s life of the civil-service man, as nearly as it can be forecast: Rise at seven A. M., and take ivery house has a shower, and the bath is ab Read the papers and breakfast at eight. At 8:40 start in the quilez for the office. From nine to twelve, toil. From twelve to two, luncheon and siesta. From two to five more toil. After that, the parade and concert o1 the Luneta. At 6:30, dinner. Between eight and nine P. M. arrival at some social affair at Major Blank’s house, or at th: residence of some civil official. Between eleven and twelve, : quiet ‘*smoke-talk” at the club. Retire at midnight, or soo1 afterward. Of course there will be many variations in thi programme. There is the occasional arrival of an opera troup: or a dramatic company from Europe, or the coming of an American circus on its way through the Orient. There is th: Filipino theatre, with its unique plays declaimed in the Tagal tongue. There are—let it be whispered !—cock-fights still going on in Manila, and some men are brutal enough to see at leas! one of these sanguinary affairs. Club-life is a feature that abounds in Manila. through the Orient, a good reputation and the manners of : gentleman are the main requisites for admittance. There ar some men who, whatever their means, must have club connec tions, and such a man may be as happy in the Philippine m: tropolis as elsewhere, but clubdom is apt to prove expensive it Manila, and the prudent civil-service man will do well to avoid it at first. There are moonlight drives and rides in the cool of the evening. ‘There are little strolls along the street, and in th: tropical night an American girl’s eyes are wonderfully be witching. It is not dull, even, to sit with another fellow on th: porch and smoke cigar after cigar, musing and chatting softly while the waters of the bay murmur on the beach near by But this is all descriptive of what the young man may do. The American girl, if she is at all bright and agreeable, will not find her leisure hanging heavily on her hands, for there are altogether too few of her in Manila, and she will be treated like a queen. As I have pointed out in previous articles, there are count less millions to be made in the Philippines by enterprising Americans. The young man who enters the civil service steps in on the ground-floor of opportunity. In his government work he meets ‘‘ the best people to know.” He acquires inside infor mation about good chances, and, when the time is ripe, he can seize opportunity in a fashion hardly possible at home. Yet, even if he wishes te remain permanently in the insular civil service, for the right kind of a man there is plenty of oppor tunity for advancement and pay. Altogether, it is a golden chance and a golden life ! H. InvinGc Hancock. a shower-bath. solutely a daily necessity. As elsewher: How New York Fights a Fire. DiFFICULTIES AND DANGERS THAT BESET THE FIREMEN IN A CROWDED CITY—EFFECTIVE WORK OF THE POLICE. ROWDS gat! in New York at almost any provocatio! tc see a vender with a cateli) phrase or «n tic, a broken wagon, a sail dog, — | t nothing cm pares to ‘he smoke ind flame o: a house a-fir as an attract on. A fire-en ine on its w: to work arouses every one, and a wake of men, women and _ |\il- 4 dren trails after, snuffing the soft-coal smoke. One alarin bh. gs three fire-engines, with hose-tenders, a hook-and-ladder tru: : or two, an insurance patrol,and a deputy chief’s wagon, ‘ach piece of apparatus has a big and easily-rung bell, of eithe: the tumbling or gong variety. The fire-boxes are on the corn. »s of streets, and it isa not uncommon sight to see two engines | -ad- ed toward each other at breakneck speed. It is a fascinating sight to see the firemen go, but wit’: the added attraction of a fire as the goal the mob follows an the fire-fighters are hampered by the spectators, The onlooke- are reckless and heedless. They get as close as possible to the bu: ning building, if left alone, and run all the dangers of suddenly Lift- ed flames, broken glass, and even of falling walls. Unmista .abie or fancied danger causes half a panic,and every one 1 ishes backward. Then women and children are crushed til] they scream. If to the mere fire is added some one leaning out of an upper- story window, screaming for help, matters are complicate:!, be- cause each spectator displays his or her sympathy in different fashion. Women throw their arms around the necks of firemen and implore them to save the endangered ones. Would-\e he- roes get half way up the front of a building and are carried to the street sick with dizzy fear by the firemen. Others jump up and down in a frenzy of excitement, yelling and crying, uncon- scious of what they are doing. 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turn pale and stand like stone—frozen stiff. Real heroes in cit ns’ clothes sometimes appear, but even they interfere after the fremen arrive, not knowing how to work in with tbe trained n. Asa rule, peril vanishes, so far as the inmates of a build » are concerned, a couple of minutes after the arrival of the emen. Windows are reached up the fire escapes with scaling iders, once in a while along the copings of windows from adja nt buildings, and every one is quickly carried out of danger. lo guard against the crowds and keep them out of the way firemen and in safety, fire-lines are established by the police r enough from the burning building for protection. « Police- nrun toa near-by fire, leaving their posts for the time, to p the inmates and to drive on-lookers back. In tenement dis ts a street fills in a few moments and whole squads of police required to make an opening in the crowd large enough. residence and business sections at night it is not so difficult Che other night there was a fire in a restaurant down on Cort idt Street. The blaze flared high up in the air and threatened block, Two alarms were sent in, one after the other. The ets were comparatively quiet until the first engines hurried the alarm-box, then kundreds of men and boys, all-night rkers, ran down Broadway, Church Street, and through the ss streets toward the fire, which looked ominously large and cht. It was a stirring spectacle, but vot the least interesting iture was the handling of the crowd by the police. bluecoats arrived om the spot as soon as the engines did. A andsman in comman4 mancetvred them so that the spectators A score re pressed back as if by a* huge wedge, and the engines ar ing from the second alarm had-aclean sweep. The police s once established are practically invincible and impene ble. ine night an alarm was sent in from the corner of Ann and ssau streets, a box noted for its record of big fires. The first men on the scene found a tremendous fire raging. Alarm +r alarm was sent in and in a few minutes engines and other iratus were racing down from miles up town on Broadway the Bowery. At about the third alarm Inspector Cross he police started for the fire. ¢ in the firemen so that they could hardly work at all. He s ut for the reserves of twenty precincts at once and got 200 men in reply very quickly. As fast as a squad of them arrived rusbed the crowd back a block in some direction or other. He finally had an opening for the fixemen four blocks by three large. The firemen had ample room then for stretching hose He found a vast crowd hem- and supplying engines with fuel. Managing crowds is one of the chief, if not the chief, duties of the police. ‘ihe policeman begins his training by dispersing gangs of school- boys and corner loafers, and making way through a crowd for an ambulance patient or prisoner. The training never ceases. A fire or parade crowd is governed by manceuvre and with tact, but rioters and obstreperous ones get the long ends of night-sticks. The average New York crowd is good-humored, and to a remarkable extent does as it ought. RAYMOND S. SPEARS. Teaching Firemen To Save Life. THERE is a man at fire headquarters in New York who has spent nearly twenty years teaching other men to save life. In that period 25,000 firemen have received instruction from him, and he says that only two of the whole number have been hurt. ‘Ihis does not mean much when told off-hand, but a glance at the risks run makes it of deep significance. The man, who is Professor Henry McAdams, chief of instruction, is a hale and hearty person, who loves his fellows. He knows the stuff a fireman should be made of, and can tell at a glance whether the raw material that is sent to him is of the right kind. © But he does not have to turn people away as is done in the case of recruits for the army and navy. The man who is not fit for a fireman soon finds the preliminary ordeal too much for him, and after a few days of it he will not go back. He must have a | head, a strong, lithe body, and a resolute will to stay in the serviee, once he enters. Professor McAdams has trained nearly every person in the department at the present time, including the chief, the offi- cers, and the men. He knows the aptitude of each one, and he warinly praised the superior will and courage of Chief Croker, who liad, be said, shown from the start a gritty determination ania rare ability to master the difficulties of any situation in which he might be placed. lt would be hard to bestow higher praise on the judgment and sturdy integrity of any man than to say that men will lea; four, five, six or seven stories at his bidding, in perfect con- fide ce that they will not be harmed. Yet Professor McAdams has ittained such an ascendency that when he tells bis men to do atl ag they never hesitate. And as no two fires ever produced the -\me conditions the drills at headquarters are always chang- ing -o as to prepare the men to meet any and all of them. the time of the great fire in the World building in 1881, the -ity awoke to the fact that its department had no system and uo means of saving life. The commissioners set about to fini one, and in St. Louis they ran across a primitive scaling- ladior, then used ineffectively. The inventor was dragged out of obscurity and brought to New York. A life-saving brigade was pl ed in 1883, and volunteers were called for from the de- part'vent. Only six men in the whole force responded. The wor! was plainly not to anybody’s liking. One of the volunteers was tlenry McAdams, and when the instructor, Captain Chris Hoel!, laid down his work a few years later, he selected Mc- Adams to sueceed him. For the first seven or eight years every mai in the department was drilled three or four times a year. Now all new-comers are trained on probation for thirty days before they are appointed to the force. Then, if a man’s work has been satisfactory, he is bired ; if not he is paid for the time served and allowed to go. When a new batch of probationers is received, Mc Adams has them form in company order and drill. He assigns a number to each man and uses the numbers until he is familiar with their names. Precision is observed in every movement. The next thing is to teach the men how to get in and out of anet. This issimple enough, but there is only ore way to do it without getting hurt. This learned, the pupils are taught to climb ona scaling-ladder. First they go up one story, and this is repeated

for two long days. By tbat time it is supposed that the men will beeome so tired of its sameness that it will not be necessary to coax them’ to go higher. Twodays each are spent in turn on the second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth floors. By this time the end of the second week has come. The laggards and the unfit bave dropped out. An able corps remains, and compara tively difficult drills begin in earnest The men are now taught to straddle a sill. They are sent up singly, each man drawing the ladder after him, passing it to the Next, two men are sent up together, one standing inside and bolding the ladder for the other to lower people from roofs and floors, which is now taught lhe men learn to use the life-lines themselves, and then to take people down with them, floor above, and securing it firmly before he ascends Great skill in this is necessary in order McAdams, standing on the ground, watches every motion, and insists on the precision of an old drill-master. be held ina certain way, the ladders used as he directs, and Ropes must leaps made into the net from any story instantly at bis bidding. Having secured proficiency up to this point, the instructor starts off to show the men how to swing over from the windows of an adjoining building to the burning one, as ic frequently happens that fire in floors beneath makes any other method of ascent to reach persons sbut off on floors above impossible. The bardest thing of all is to learn to take down dummies. These range in weight from seventy-five to 150 pounds. ‘The men begin with the lightest, and the weight is increased until they are able to descend with the heaviest. Skill again is needed in the handling of the life-nets, and Pro- fessor McAdams has bit upon a plan, which he thinks the best possible, to get desired results. He makes the firemen in turn jump from the windows into the net, believing that in this way they become more careful than in any other, for every man wants to know that the net will be held right when he goes to jump Dummies are thrown from the windows into the net, and, if possible, always ata different angle, so as to meet every condi- tion possible when persons are jumping, dropping, or tumbling head-foremost from the windows at a fire The classes of instruction comprise from twenty-five to fifty men. Professor McAdams has already drilled 1,300 of the memat present serving in Manhattan and 900 of those in Brooklyn and the other boroughs, where 300 remain to be trained. His rank is equivalent to that of a chief of battalion. Save for the brass buttons on his blouse, he wears no insignia to distinguish bim from other firemen, although he has a record for personal bravery, has saved several lives himself, and is directly respon sible for the splendid efficiency of the forcein this respeet. “And in this connection it may be asked why service stripes are not worn on the sleeve by firemen as well as by the police. H. I. HAZELTON: Rehearsal—A Circus’s Tragic Side: THOSE who have seen both profess to-think that a rehearsal: for a circus is more interesting than ‘the ‘show itself. Just as the small boy used to go over the hill on‘the‘outskirts ofhis/na-. tive village to see the preparation mad@forthe*entryinto town,: a great many people, mostly with the same cufiosity,-have watched the work of getting ready, at Ambrose Park} Brooklyn, for the show that is now performing at Madison«Square’ Gar den. All the circus was present for’abouwt two aweeks}excepting he trapeze performers, the jugglers, andsthe cléwnss Trapeze performers require such precision of movement that.a wind dis- turbing the position of their apparatus inthe least, or a bright sun shining in their faces, wouldedisconcéertsthem and perhaps produce fatal results. *As for the jugglers*afidsthe clowns, it was said that they avoided the open-air’, because they are so modest. Yet matiy of these persons mingled withthe on-lookers, and told stories about their pranks in country ‘towns. Danny Ryan, short and solemt® a famous trapeze performer, hopes that the circus will never go. back"to St-Lawrence County again. He basa penchant for halting persdns in a crowd and telling them to look at a tree-top and brace While be pretends -to take a snap-shot picture. He disappears as they stand transfixed. The victims, of course, never see negative or proof, and after the circus has been to one town several times the practical joke becomes perilous. While itis safe to halt a man as near as six

GRIZZLY BEAR WRESTLING WITH ITS TRAINER. Photograph by A. B. Phelan, ; risk ‘of injury on a'trapeze. aes = Women at Public Dinners. S £29 feet on the first visit, the distance increases thereafter, aud Ryan bas bad burlsnfegm boys dart at him.with daggers in theireyes and clincgagists*?when a start of fifty fe¢tBarely saved bim. ix FF oS 73 Sometimes thea hist: on seeing’ the picture then nid there,” and I telf@wém that they sha’n’t see it untill get it dont This often satisfies them It is the best joke I know, but then I have bad so many narrow escapes and been over the same he says, ** ground so often, that’ lam trying to think of something else that will be attended with less risk.” Nor is the throng without its touch of sadness. Tragedy is revealed in the garb of mourning worn by several of the women, who with hearts that may be bursting ride with solemn dignity beside the thoughtless and the gay who have nothing with them incommon, Clothes mark the line between jov and sadness, skill and ignorance, the trapeze perfornfer and the stable boy The life has left its In- all the world it would be hard, perhaps, to find a lot of people with whom the tinsel and And the aggregation is not commonplace scars on hearts as well as faces the dress-parade and the blare of a discordant band would sug gest less that is in harmony. Near the entrance to the park the camp-fire smoked and sizzled in the open air. Great kettles, shaped like ash-cans, stood on*all sides, while above the fire were immense stew ing- pans filled high with meats. A burning pile of cord-wood, pro tected by an iron frame which made a primitive range, warmed the whole mass at once Coal-black negroes made the food savory, and white men ran back and forth to the mess-room, where a hundred hands sat at the long tables The animals were gathered under the shelter of the grand stand, shivering and uncomfortable in the April weather, They were screened by a faded curtain which once re presented the scenery of Manila Bay and San Juan hill at Madison Square Garden, The tents for horses, some ten in number, were on the other sideof the grounds toward the water Men were leading the equines, carrying hay,ror training great dogs that made the small boys scamper; while the four-horse chariots were driven round end.round&éta bazardous gallop, dodging Little Red Rid ing Hoo@’sghaxiot with its twelve ponies, the elephants, and the aniinal véagons: ‘Dite sarena was thevplace of work. High-bred4horses were brotfeait out -and,tested. _ Bareback riders did thei.acts, lim bered theirqmuscles,-and got_used to the sawdust ring after the winter's repose. The spring-board jumpers hurled single and double ;soniersaults, but it was: plain to see that it would take much: practice tosget thenrup to their best work. It requires an exact téach of the spring-board to get the momentum needed for one.or two turusiin niid air, and it is doubtful if there is as much ALBERT ALLEN. Ip.is said that the past winter season witnessed more public dinners and club banquets in New York than were ever known before in the same period in the metropolis. Whether this in crease-in gustatory joys may be taken as an evidence of the hopefal and happy spirit of the times growing out of improved industrial and financial conditions, or whether it signifies some view development of our ever-changing social problem, we will leave our readers to determine for themselves. <A fact of equal and perhaps greater significance in connection with these ban- quetings and’ proceedings post-prandial is the increasing num- ber of women guests to be seen.on these joyous occasions, The time is not far distant when the preseuce of women at a public dinner was an event of a rare and exceptional order. Now it is coming to be the rule rather than the exception. Several of the largest and most popular clubs in New York, such as the Quill, the Lotos, and the Century, witha membership of men only, have a ‘‘ ladies’ night” now as a regular feature of each season’s programme, aud the plan has commended itself so high ly in practice that several clubs are seriously thinking of addinz to the number of these ‘‘ nights.” The men, the poor, selfish creatures, are j .st finding out how much they have missed all these years by excluding from their festivities the partners ot most of their other joys and sorrows. What they lose by the innovation in the way of after-dinner cigars and occasional] jokes of a doubtful order they find is more than made up to them by the higher delights and satisfactions vouchsafed by the presence of an admiring and appreciative contingent of bright, graceful, and lovely women. It generally insures a better menu and a finer type of after-dinner oratory, for both cooks and speakers are apt to use better ingredients and to ex- ercise more care and taste in the setting forth of their concoc tions when they know that they are catering to the delicate and refined tastes of womankind. Often where the ladies are not privileged to sit at the banquet tables they rule the scene from the boxes and galleries, as on the occasion celebrated by our artist. No one is heard to object to this in coming of the gentle sex except a few crusty and musty old bachelors, and they don’t count. Found Out. A TRAINED NURSE DisCOVERED Its FFFECT. No one is in better position to know the value of food and drink than a trained nurse. Speaking of coffee, a nurse of Wilkesbarre, Penn., writes : **T used to drink strong coffee myself, and suffered greatly from headaches and indigestion. While on a visit to my brothers I hada good chance to try Postum Cereal Food Cof- fee, for they drank it altogether in place of ordinary coffee. In two weeks after using Postum I found I was much benefited, and finally.my headaches disappeared and also the indigestion. ‘Naturally, I have since used Postum among my patients, and have noticed a marked benefit where coffee has been left off and Postum used. ** T observe a curious fact about Postum used among mothers. It greatly helps the flow of milk in cases where coffee is inclined to dry it up, and where tea causes nervousness. ‘I find trouble in getting servants to make Posturh properly. They most always serve it before it has been boiled long enough. It should be boiled fifteen or twenty minutes and served with cream, when it is certainly a delicious beverage,” Mrs. Bila C. Burns, 309 East South Street, Wilkesbarre, Penn

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RETURNING FROM THE FIRE. FIGHTING THE FLAMES AT CLOSE RANGE.—Photograph by O’ Niel. THE POLICE LINE HOLDING BACK THE CROWD, FIREMAN RESCUING A BOY FROM AN UPPER WINDOW. FIRE-FIGHTING HEROES IN GREATER NEW YORK. MEN WHO NOBLY MEET THE TESTS OF COURAGE AND ENDURANCE AMID FLAME AND SMOKE-IN THE METROPOLIS, PHOTOGRAPHED FOR ‘“‘ LESLIE'S WEEKLY’ By A. B. PHELAN.—(See Pace 48.)

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TRAINED ELEPHANTS PERFORMING IN THE RING. BABY ELEPHANTS TIGHT-ROPE ACT. XJ ELEPHANTS DRINKING FROM A TUB, SUPPLIED BY A SPRINKLING CART. THE GRAND ENTRY TO THE SAWDUST RING. WOMAN BAREBACK RIDER AT PRACTICE. *@ =F \ ™ P a | Bis ie SOMERSAULTS IN'i.'D AIR TO GET LIMBERED UP. CANVASMEN AT DINNER. OPEN-AIR> CIRCUS REHEARSALS BEFORE THE DRESS-PARADE. THE PERFORMERS WEAR PLAIN OLOTHE., AND ACT AS IF THE VACANT ARENA RESOUNDED WITH APPLAUSE.—Puorocrapass By A. B. PHELAN FoR ‘“‘ LESLIE'S WEEKLY.”’—{SEE PaGE 429.]

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432 A Glimpse of the Chinese Situation from the Inside. INTERVIEW WITH HIS HIGHNESS PRINCE CHING, (Special Correspondence of Leslie's Weekly.) PEKING, March 1st, 1901.—As I walked through the cold wind and the dust of a bright Peking day to the palace of Prince Ching I turned over in my mind the many questions that I wished to put to the great plenipotentiary, the nearest to the absent Emperor. I fully realized that many of my sug- gestions would necessarily be evaded. Imagine the position, the extremely nice position, of a prince representing an absent court, who, in conjunction with a great viceroy, is confronting the representatives of all the great Powers of the earth. He must, as far as he can, be agreeable to every nation ; by his speech he may offend the world, or, even more disastrous to himself, annoy or compromise the court and his imperial mas- ter, the Emperor. A more difficult position a great statesman could not possi- bly be called upon to fill. It is safe to say that in Europe or America any great public personage similarly placed would close his doors to every man who sought bis opinions to give to the world through the press. And yet this Chinese prince, one- half of all that stands for the Chinese throne and the govern- ment of China’s millions, freely arranged to give me an audi- ence, and sat with me for fully an hour, answering or skillfully evading questions which, however carefully disguised, went straight to the root of the present situation, and asked for opinions on subjects which are the speculation—nay, the vital interest—of all the world’s greatest Powers! Now that it is over and I have quietly reviewed the whole of our conversation Iam amazed at the definite opinions which he expressed, and delighted with the naive way in which, by a little hesitation, a show of diplomatic fencing, he conveyed to me exactly what I wanted to know, without saying a word to compromise himself or the court, or offend the Powers. When we arrived at the prince’s palace, which is in the Japanese section of the Tartar city, Mr. Li, my Chinese friend —who, by the way, is a naval officer who fought in the battle of the Tarrow River, and belongs to a diverging branch of Li Hung Chang’s family—explained to a very dignified and re- served mandarin that we had come by appointment to see the prince. My card was taken in, and in a moment we were ushered into a room of the palace as neat and tidy as a modern drawing-room, furnished with dark, carved-wood furniture, and decorated by many beautiful porcelain vessels with plants and dwarfed trees. The door opened and, escorted by this man- darin, his Highness the prince entered and bowed to us. When my friend spoke my name the prince pulled back the gray sleeve of his silk robe, which completely covered his hand, and shook hands with me. He then almost led me to a seat ona cushion placed on one of those raised stone couches which are built in every Chinese house, whetber it be a palace or a cot- tage. Seating himself on a chair beside me, he asked my friend Mr. Li to be seated, but he only bowed and remained standing. The mandarin sat on the other side of a little table beside the prince. 1 had made up my mind to adopt a very bold policy, and immediately asked Mr. Li, after I had conveyed my thanks and high appreciation of the honor done me by his Highness in granting an interview, to explain clearly that I represented LESLIE’s WEEKLY, of New York, but in no way represented the government of the United States or any other. I then asked Mr. Li to explain to the prince that I had been studying the situation very closely, and had come to ask his opinion and be guided by his advice in what I should write for the informa- tion of the American people, emphasizing the fact that in that country, where the public had so much to do with the govern- ment and where the high officials read and considered the press, that the necessity of truly presenting affairs of great moment to the world, in sending written opinions to such a country, was a matter of great importance, and that the opinions expressed by bim would undoubtedly convey much weight. The prince listened keenly to the interpretation, and I soon noticed by his alert manner and quick replies that he was be- coming interested. He is a small man and spare, witha sombre face, thin beard, and drooping mustache. Upon his head he wore a black cap set back from his forehead. On the front of the cap was a great precious stone surrounded by at least a dozen pearls as large as peas. The main garment, of which the voluminous sleeves and the skirts appeared from beneath his claret-colored sleeveless over-jacket, was gray silk, with a woven pattern, in the same gray, of bamboo-leaves. In his hand he had a neat cigarette-holder, with a mouth-piece of green jade and a cloisonne stem. In it the cigarette stuck up- right, and he smoked a little as he listened, removing the holder to speak. The mandarin, who was dressed in a dark, sombre color, almost if not black, sat beside the little table next the prince, steadily regarding me witb an utterly impassive, yet searching, look. 1 felt that he was measuring every word I said, and yet at that time I did not know that he spoke a word of English. When I had conveyed to him that the United States was friendly to China—would gladly see China exert herself to open the country up to commerce, adopt modern ways, and strengthen herself against encroaching enemies—I suddenly asked if it was true that Russia had demanded Manchuria. There was a moment's hesitation, and the answer came definite and strong : ‘The question of Russia’s intentions toward Manchuria are not yet fully revealed, but iu case of her demanding or at- tempting to hold Manchuria, China will oppose her.” 1 intimated that, as far as one could gather by a study of the press, and by the official expressions and actions of those three countries, America, England, and Japan were opposed to Russia taking Mancburia, or indeed to any Power exacting ter- ritory from China. He assented without hesitation. Many times throughout our conversation he allied England, America, and Japan without any suggestion of mine. He unmistakably HIS HIGHNESS PRINCE CHING. grasped the value of their individual, but more especially of their collective, friendship for China. His insistence in men- tioning these names had the double object of conveying his re- gard for them, his desire for their future co-operation with China, and of expressing his opinion of those other Powers in the Eastern concert by his careful omission of their names. With regard to Russia, after the one strong expression that her expected (7?) or possible action in demanding Manchuria would be strongly resisted by China, he was either dumb or extremely evasive. What did his Highness consider was Rus- sia’s reason, or, I should put it, Russia’s excuse for slaughter- ing thousands of helpless, innocent people in Manchuria—people who could not defend themselves and who had done her no hurt? Silence to this. Again I asked had she any provocation te attack Manchuria atall? Curiously, his replies were now a far-fetched and pure- ly diplomatic defense of Russia. He fenced me. Yes, the Rus- sian railroad had been torn up, and other offenses. I asked if there were any Boxers in Manchuria. This was eagerly seized upon. Yes, there were Boxers in Manchuria ; the Russians had gone there to put them down. ‘*Ts it not true that Russia has now many troops in Man- churia ?’ Again the answer was evasive. ‘* Some have beer withdrawn.” Then, as a second thought, ‘The Chinese officers have returned to their garrisons in Man- cburia, and the Chinese officials to their posts in Mukden.” Then I changed the subject and asked about the Emperor and the court and the all-important questions of punishment for the princes and generals, and about the progress of negotia- tions with the ministers. ‘* A very important question,” he answered with decision, at once and with evident feeling. As he is the uncle of Kwang- Su, and is here directly representing him, he ought to know. ‘* Will the Emperor return to Peking while the foreign troops are still occupying the city ¢” ‘* No, never.” ‘*Do you believe that the Emperor wishes to return to Pe- king ?”’ ee” ‘If the troops go away when will he return ?” ** At once.” ‘* If the troops are simply withdrawn from Peking will that be sufficient ? 1 mean if they remain in Shen-Hai-Kwan or somewhere near in China, would that prevent his return ?” ‘* No; he will return if the troops leave Peking.” The mandarin with the clear, intelligent face and distant manner was now interpreting for me. He spoke most perfect English and grasped a question at once. Mr. Li had to leave the room to speak to his servant without. ‘I his dignified man had then quietly spoken to me in English. I at once said: * Then you have heard every word of our conversation ? It is needless to recount; let us go on.” I congratulated myself that every word to Mr. Li had been carefully selected, and that I had always said ‘‘ his Highness ” or ‘‘ the prince.” The hardest questions to put, and surely the hardest questions to answer, were those relating to the punishment of the princes and the generals. I asked questions with the definite knowledge that they could not possibly be answered truthfully, if at all. When I had finished I told the prince that I thoroughly realized the extreme difficulty of his position, and the fact that he must not tell me what I asked. As the mandarin interpreted the prince smiled and turned upon me a look more expressive than words. Even the severe mandarin smiled a little, and I felt that we knew each other better. They saw that I understood. ‘* Did the ministers still insist upon the punishment of the guilty parties to the Boxer uprising ?” ‘* They did.” * T referred principally to Tuan and General Tung-Fu-Shi- ang. They were accused of being guilty, were they not ?” “The guilt of Prince Tuan lay in attacking the besieged church, and of Tung-Fu-Shiang in generally countenancing the attack on the legations,” said the prince. The mandarin, whose name is Chang, here told me that the people were run mad and out of band ; that the Boxers, though originally supposed to help the government, had run amuck and were killing, robbing, and pillaging everywhere ; that practical anarchy reigned, and the fact of the nobles being divided among themselves, and that General Tung-Fu-Shiang and others, who ordinarily would be the repressing influence inthe country, were siding against the foreigners—all these circumstances weakened those who desired order, and rendered them powerless for the time being. Several times the prince and the mandarin said, ‘‘ The guilty parties must be punished.” They said it like a les son learned by memory, and repeated rather to please a master than as something springing from within or suggested by the reason or the heart. It seemed to me that in their words was e certain regret. Then i asked : ‘‘ Suppose the Fowers insist upon the punish ment of these guilty parties ; even suppose that Kwang - Su agrees to the demand; when he tries to enforce it, to seiz Prince Tuan, to seize Tung-Fu-Shiang, Yung Lu, and the rest, what then? Will the army and the people stand by the Em peror ? Will his power be great enough to enable him thus t antagonize more than half of his court and anger the people by doing this at the demand of the foreigners? In plain words, is it a feasible thing to demand ?” The mandarin carefully interpreted. He repeated it twic« and the prince answered in a few words, with a long-drawi ‘‘e-r” deep down in his throat, ‘‘ Undoubtedly the Empero: would be strong enough.” But the mandarin hastily said : ‘‘ Of course it would ange: the relatives of those people punished, and it would anger th people of China because the demand for such punishment cam from the foreigners.” I could see that they were cruelly exercised by my ques tions, and that their answers were the least that they coul give. Are they not subjects of Kwang-Su just at the begi: ning of long and difficult negotiations with those very Power who are making the demands? Surely their duty, first an foremost, was to be loyal to their Emperor, and their nex duty to agree with the wishes of the all-powerful allies. Jus how they could reconcile these conflicting duties and tell m truly what they thought, I leave my reader to puzzle out fi himself. I tell you what the prince and the mandarin told m: Do you believe it? And do you blame them if you don’t ? I then changed the subject and turned to the progress of tl negotiations with the ministers. The prince here suggeste: in Oriental form, that if the negotiations were half over | could better judge of the time needed to complete them. Que tioned, he stated that they were just begun, and that severs| months would certainly elapse before they could be well ac vanced or completed. Questioned again, he replied that if th Emperor were here in Peking he thought that the negotiation: could be completed more rapidly. He then stated that Franc and Germany were the principal countries whose attitude pro longed debate. I asked him if he personally favored the adoption by China of modern methods — the opening up of the country to the world’s commerce and the maintenance of her position by an army organized and armed in modern style and assisted by a strong navy. He expressed himself without hesitation in favor of reforms on such lines, and took this opportunity to remark that the Emperor himself bad been endeavoring to bring them about. I then asked him if he considered that, when the present trouble was all over, the reform party would be stronger than the reactionaries. The prince said yes, and the mandarin added that he ‘‘ felt sure that the better sense of the educated, governing class would, irrespective of popular opinion, see the necessity for reforms and adopt measures to bring them about, suppressing meanwhile the reactionaries.” This opinion was given freely, though suggested by my questions. A matter which has interested me greatly, and which I have endeavored to understand by observation and consultation with different Chinese, is the effect upon popular Chinese opinion ot the close association with so many foreigners and the daily in tercourse with them which bas now continued for months in Peking. On this head there is an astonishing unanimity of opinion. The Chinese regard the English, Americans, and Japanese as civilized people. They are satisfied with their rule. I have heard some say that they will be sorry when these na tions withdraw from their districts, which may or may not be true. When I asked the prince his opinion, it came without hesitation : ‘* With the Americans, the English, and the Japanese the ; eo ple are well satisfied.” Here he paused, and the pause was eloquent of what he thought of the others. The mandarin Chang said the pevple would not forget the wise rule of these nations, nor would | iey ever forget the barbarous treatment, the killing, the pillage, ind the ruthless destruction which some of the others had infli ted on the country. In fact, he gave the Chinese people the cr dit for being discriminating individuals (which too many who jow write and talk about them do not), and he seemed to convey ‘hat the people will remember the Japanese, English, and Ameri: «ins, if not with liking, at least with respect, while the others— ell, not to mention nations, there are the tales of Manchurian 1 ‘ers blocked with dead which will be told to all the children av the children’s children ; there are the memories of bayonete: wo- men and children between Taku and Peking which were nv the work of these three nations but of some of those that ar not mentioned. A rumor had been in the air of Germany’s withdrawal! | rom her arrangement with England. I did not believe it, but, -uri- ous to see the effect cf such a possibility, I asked the prii ¢ if this rumor was true. He listened with a look of blank : -ton- ishment. I could see that such news, if true, would be diss /ree- able to him. The mandarin asked me where I had hear: the rumor. I told him among friends; that I considered i‘ idle gossip, but wanted to be certain. This was translated to | rince Ching, and then his interest in the matter dropped, Then we talked about that absorbing topi¢, the future of China. If the attitude of Prince Ching represents the future action of the court, then the world may sée China wake from her long opium dream and see things as they are. She may drill her men and buy ships to strengthen her in an eff:t to save the Empire and carry gq Feform. Not, as the world ) opt" larly fancies, to give’scrength to her antediluvian exclusiveness Is it too late? Has China’s last chance gone? What the ‘world’ wiljave to say if Russia tries to hold Mancburi: will determine the answer. If Russia gains Manchuria, in tine she will ‘pave Korea. By taking Manchuria she will force the other ¥) 7 i ri 3 Fj ey ok ti ie Saas Esse ia Sok Aap bi 5. é *. e a Powe milite Kore bave wedd tegrit may woul not tl of me WwW it oO ive 2 WwW ann di P. TEC! THE gumen vote,” unfavo But deeper, cities t mental mental those a ple of t as a Wh its affa line str But | barrier. Legisla citizens only at its affai Levislat their ac its peop m rit nel for the the Stat ipa ail cil al the nt ean onl as ed di c ]@\isan ~uch of 3 pl constitu ing itsd from th we or go in ural ha altoveth in count know ba The ¢ Many of Power of the char safely ty proportic citizensh qualifica: tion law: One of oy and they Deople of

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a ee ¢ uf Ms wots Powers to seize similar advantages, not only for trade, but as a military set-off. That will be the end of China. By seizing Korea, Russia would deal a staggering blow to Japan. What bave England, America, and Japan tosay ? Is Germany truly wedded to the three? If so, and they agree to stand for the in tegrity of China, it matters little what the rest of the world may think, and endless friction and probably wars among what would be tne new European States in Asia will be avoided. Are not the future of the world in the East and the peace of nations f more importance than the heads of a few offending princes ? When we left, the prince rose, shook hands, and bowed us it of theapartment. The mandarin Chang came to the gate, ive me his card in exchange for mine, which he had requested. » was still grave and austere, but there was something in his inner, a kind look in his eye, a pressure in his hand, that were different from the haughty greeting of an hour ago. SYDNEY ADAMSON. A Ghost *Twas night within the wood. From overhead, By moon or star, not any light was shed ; And like a shadow, lighter than the night, A trodden path turned sharply to the right. And one for whom my heart with hate did burn Would come that way that night; and he would turn His back upon me, where concealed I stood, Beside that shadow-pathway through the wood. And he would sing, perhaps ; but that would serve To steel my heart, and steady hand and nerve. And in my mind, with that one purpose fed, I heard him come, and pass, and saw him—dead ! And now whene’er we meet, by day or night, I feel my heart grow cold, my face turn white ; For, though we smile, as passing friends beseem, He is a ghost--the dead man in my dream, JoHN P. SJOLANDER. How To Save Our Great Cities. THE problems involved in the government of our larger cities are too many and com- plicated to admit of any sim- ple solution, but so complete has been our failure that we naturally look for some one radical error as its cause. In the prevailing reaction against the principles of democracy there are those who ascribe to that system the evils of our municipal governments, and support their conclusion by comparisons with model Eu- ropean municipalities. We may partly answer their ar- gument by pointing out that, because of our large ‘‘ foreign vote,” universal suffrage is being tested in our cities under very unfavorable conditions. But the true answer is broader, and our real mistake lies deeper. It is, that we have not applied to the government of our cities the true principles of American democracy. The funda- imental idea of our system of government is that all govern- mental functions should be ultimately controlled by the will of those affected by their exercise. Thus the majority of the peo- ple of the United States decide all matters affecting the nation asa whole. In the same way the citizens of each State control its affairs, and between it and the general government there is a line strongly marked which limits the latter’s jurisdiction, But between the State and the city there is nosuch protecting barrier, and as a consequence each city is governed by the State Legislature—a superior, exterior, and often hostile body—and its citizens, the only people directly interested in its welfare, have only a minor voice in moulding its government and conducting The majority of the members of any of the State Levislatures are not the representatives of the city affected by their acts, are unacquainted with its needs and irresponsible to its people, and often they are members of a party hostile toa ma jority of its population. heir acts are therefore generally party measures, drawn for Lhe benefit of the party and not of the city. This power of the State Legislatures is really the ultimate cause of our munic- ipa! ‘ailures. It should therefore be done away with, and our cil. > allowed to exercise all their necessary powers, free from the -ontrol and chronic interference by the Legislatures. This cal) only be accomplished by granting to each city a charter as | sed and clear as a State constitution, and emanating, as di constitution, from the people and not from a continuing ]&.\san body like a Legislature. ha charter would not interfere with the State’s exercise of \.s proper functions within a city any more than a State’s con-titution prevents the national government from perform- ing tsduties within the State. Nor would it be a departure frou the principles of our State governments. When they we ormed, large cities, with their requirements of extensive go ‘mental powers, did not exist. It is therefore only nat- ural ‘hat their constitutions, then formed, though in spirit altocether in favor of local self government, and protecting it in counties and towns, should not kave provided for the un- known and altogether unforeseen needs of the cities. The objection may be raised that the property interests in many of our cities are too valuable to be left within the Power of their people without some outside check. Why? Is the character of their population so poor that it may not be as safely trusted as the people of a State? If there be too large a proportion of illiterate voters or of foreigners not yet fitted for citizenship, they may be eliminated by imposing an educational qualification for the franchise and strengthening our naturaliza- tion laws. Eliminate these two classes, and the voters of every one of our large cities are perfectly capable of self-government; and they are far more capable of ruling themselves than the beople of the rest of the State are of governing them. Pp. TECUMSEH SHERMAN, SON OF THE FAMOUS GENERAL OF THE CIVIL WAR. its affairs, There are, of course, many, especially among the highly educated and well-to-do, who doubt this. They are filled with a vague. mistrust of the ‘‘common people,” and cling to the right of appeal for protection or relief to the State government. They point out how often local abuses bave in the past, in thei! opinion, necessitated such appeals. But the results of the re- sponses to those very appeals prove the evil of the practice For they have seldom, if ever, accomplished any real good, but, on the contrary, bave been the cause of the greater part of the misrule, extravagance, and irresponsibility of our city govern- ments. A careful study of our municipal misdeeds shows that they bave arisen more from misdirected and unfair State legis lation than from local misconduct. And, on the other hand, every real improvement has sprung from within the cities themselves. And so long as this power of legislation over the cities’ mi- nutest affairs remains in the State governments there are too many influences demanding its use for us to hope that they will cease to exercise it. They may, therefore, be counted upon to continue to enact the cities’ laws and to appropriate their moneys, leaving to the local governments only their present ill defined powers of administration and disbursement. Under such conditions the chances of misgovernment are doubled, State and city politics are hopelessly confused, party passions and prejudices are injected into what should be purely local business matters, and all responsibility is beclouded and lost It is only natural, therefore, that city politics should have de generated into a game between local and State parties, with the cities’ moneys for the stakes. This condition of affairs can only be changed by uniting all the responsibility for local gov- ernment in officials responsible to the people of the city, and securing it from State interference by constitutional protection. But it would not be a correct application of the principles of our representative form of government to unite all the powers of a city in its central authorities. The recent charter of greater New York, which consolidated many formerly in dependent communities, gave extensive home-rule powers to the whole, but deprived the several parts of all control, and some of them of practically all influence over their local affairs and improvements. This has been proved to have been a serious error. The modern great city is too vast and has too many parts with varying conditions and needs to be treated as a unit for all purposes. We should, therefore, apply the principles of State government yet further ; and, as its powers are partly dis- tributed to counties and towns, so should a city’s governmental functions be divided between its central authorities and the of- ficials of its boroughs, wards, or other subdivisions. If we should grant to the people of the cities, under proper charters, this simple right of self-government, it would be the first step toward their salvation. Of course the governments that would result would still be subject to all the imperfections that characterize those of the States. But they would be free from the many evils peculiar to their present anomalous and dependent position. And the cities would then have, what they have not now, at least the power to save themselves. May-Day Sports at Central Park. THE wise foresight and generous public spirit to which New York is indebted for its largest, noblest. and most beautiful pleasure - ground would find ample justification in the scenes witnessed on its broad, green meadows every May Day, if no other justification were forthcoming. A man would need to be indeed a creature of ice or stone, an embodiment of selfiskness, who could witness the merry-makings, the scamperings to and fro, the games, the innocent jollities of every name and nature among the multitudes of happy children who throng the grassy spaces on days like this, and not be moved to thankfulness for the existence of such a place. Central Park is a source of de- light to young people all the year around—in winter for the skating on the lakes, and in warm weather for the opportu- nities for out-door sports and recreations of all kinds. But of all days at the park, the first of May is the ‘** maddest, merriest day ” of all the year, with its May-poles and May Queens and all their laughing, shouting throngs of happy followers. Special privileges are granted to tbe children at this time, and ‘* Keep off the grass ” is a rule, for the time being, honored altogether in the breach and not at all in the observance. Our illustration is in full keeping with the spirit of these joyful scenes. The Stars and the Weather. (Continued from page 424.) weather, there was a period of eleven years in the price of wheat, which indicated a greater abundance or scarcity arising from the variations in the effect of the sun on the growth of the blade. : Some have even supposed that commercial panics occurred every eleven years, to correspond to the spots on the sun. The most eminent authority on the subject in recent times is Sir Norman Lockyer, who has maintained that the weather in India varies with the number of spots on the sun. None of these doc- trines have, however, been proved correct by more mature ex- perience. If the spots on the sun affected the weather in any one region, as India, they would affect it in other places on the earth. It might be supposed that the sun gives a little less heat when the spots are most numerous, especially as it is now known that they are somewhat cooler than the rest of the sun. But the extremely accurate observations of temperature made at Green- wich for fifty years do not show the slightest change with these spots. We must therefore conclude that no effect of the sun- spots on the weather has been proved. The same is true of the planets. The planets give so little heat that it is impossible to conceive of them as affecting the weather in any way. The fact is that the extraordinary changes of weather which we experience are produced almost entirely by the accidental meeting of currents of hot, cold, or moist air. High above the earth the air is in constant motion—currents or streams moving with great swiftness around the earth, in some 433 latitudes or seasons in a westerly and in others in an easterly di- Through the beat of the sun water is constantly evap- orated from the ocean and, to a less extent, from the land. The vapor rising up mixes in with the air currents and condenses into clouds which are carried along with the winds. The cur- rents vary from time to time, and when a cold and a wet current come together we have rain. The sun shining on the earth heats it up, and the warm earth heats the air in contact with it and thus expands it ; the expanded hot air tends to rise and, as it does so, the air from around flows down and in and takes its By this change electricity is developed and thus we may If the winds are blowing in opposite di- rections near the place where the volume of air rises, we may rection. place have a thunder-storm have a whirlwind or a cyclone. Thus it is that the weather is continually changing over the greater part of the earth through the varying currents of air, It is true that the whole movement is kept up by the heat of the sun ; but without the direct action of any astronomical cause. there are, so far as we know, no changes in this heat to produce changes of weather The World’s Bread. In this era of wars the success of a fighting nation depends as much upon flour as upon sea-power or the strength of armies. Without bread for the ship or the regiment there can be no sus- tained fighting. Without the ‘staff of life” the home toilers who contribute the wealth that is consumed in war must suc cumb. The country whose home supply of wheat is far less than its needs, and whose supply from outside is imperiled by a state of hostilities, must think not once or twice, but many times before it engages a powerful enemy nowadays In this respect, as in many others, the United States is the nation most capable of sustained warfare. Our wheat crop for 1900 reached 497,123,811 bushels, or more than 80,000,000 bushels in excess of the production of our greatest competitor, Russia. England, one of the enormous bread-consuming countries of the world, raised only about 51 000,000 bushels. The question of wheat is one of the vital problems that confront British states- men whenever a serious war-cloud appears upon the horizon. It is a common belief in England that in the event of a shutting off of the supply of wheat from the United States, an ample quantity could be obtained from Australia, if naval protection ou the way were afforded. The fallacy of this is shown by the fact that Australia produces but little over a tenth as much wheat as the United States. In all there are ten countries whose production exceeds Aus- tralia’s, but only one of these countries, India, is an English colony. Even Spain grows 50,000,000 bushels more than Eng- land's great Pacific colony. Germany would be badly crippled for food in any armed struggle in which she had to face Russia aud the United States at the same time, for the fatherland buys ler immense stores of imported food-stuffs mainly from the other two countries, Russia furnishing 12,000,000 bushels of wheat a year and the United States 26,000,000. Of rye Russia furnishes Germany with 18,000,000 bushels a year, and of barley 26,000,000, while the United States supplies 2,700,000 and 2,500,- 000 bushels of the two cereals respectively. In addition the United States exports to Germany annually nearly 50,000,000 bushels of corn. With ber food imports from both countries cut off at the same time Germany’s plight would be a sad one. In peace, almost as much as in war, the success of a nation depends upon its ability to control the food supply and its trans- portation. This country will become richer and more powerful when it is able to send its wheat and other grains abroad in American bottoms. Even without its own freighters the United States has a powerful bold on the international situation. There has been frequent talk in Europe of a coalition against our industrial products, and many foreign manufacturers bave dreamed of a tariff that would shut our goods out from Europe aud ber colonies. Such a tariff even would be absurd, for the United States could retaliate by placing such export duties on grains and meat that prices would go up to the panic point in Europe. It is a commercial impossibility te ‘‘ down ” the United States in the markets of the world. Food for Babies must be nourishing and suitable, and by ‘suitable food” is meant a food which a child will properly digest and assimilate. Gail Borden Eagle Brand Condensed Milk for forty years has been the leading infant food. Book entitled ‘* Babies” sent free. EXCHANGE weakness for health —lassitude for energy—by taking Abbott’s, the Original Angostura Bitters. At all drag- gists’. Refuse substitutes. Kitchen Expenses. REDUCED BY READY COOKED GRaAPE-NUTS. ‘* MODERN food saves gas bills (cooking), labor, and doctors’ bills, and the food I refer to is Grape-Nuts,” says a Chicago woman. ‘*We have used Grape- Nuts over a year. I weighed when | began using it, about 100 pounds, but have gained twenty-two pounds since. I bave recovered entirely from dyspepsia since using this delicious food. My husband and children enjoy Grape-Nuts as much as IT do, and they have all been decidedly benefited by its use. ‘* My baby is very much healthier than my other two children were at his age. I attribute the difference to the use I have made of Grape-Nuts Food. ‘Of course it is a great advantage to havea food that is already cooked and sure to be in good condition. This is not always true of many cereals.” Mrs. Geo. S. Foster, 1025 Wa- bansia Ave., Chicago, Il.

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“742 = & 4444 THE QUEEN OF THE MAYXY LEADING A FRUUBSSIUN— FU NVRE DS UR SEE U LINENS UR REREAD EU EAN NH REARS EIEN ER ES DRAWN For “ LESLIE’S WEEKLY” BY W. GLACKENS.—[SEE PAGE 433.] LESLIE’S WEEKLY, IN THE REALM OF WOMEN. By MARION MAY, A Quaint Chinese New Year. (Special Correspondence of Leslie's Weekly.) SHANGHAI, March 1st, 1901.—Chinese New Year’s Day he present year was on the nineteenth of February. (his holiday is a movable feast like our Easter, and is egulated by the moon. Several days, and especially ights, before the great day the crackle of small fire- rackers and the boom of large ones announce the coming estivities. In fact, as to fire-crackers it is a long-con- inued Fourth of July. To me it is a delight that this eople who, men, women, and children, work every day of he year even into the night have at least one day’s holi- ay. It is designated as Kwo-nien, “ Pass y-ar,” or “ pass- ig from one year to another, “ thank the year,” or “ wor- iip the year.” As according to custom all accounts must e settled; this does not mean all debts must actually be aid, but a satisfactory arrangement made between the iterested parties. The last days are full of business, rom high silk merchant to lowest coolie. Presents for riends and dependents, and provisions for feasts must e bought, and Chinese towns and cities present a lively ppearance the day before New Year. There is one strik- ag difference between the day before and the real New ear’s Day. On the first, the coolie is dressed in old atched or ragged garments; even the mandarin and mer- iant seem to wear their oldest garments, as if to make ore striking contrast in the coming of the new and beauti- il garments of the New Year. To sleep even in the reign part of Shanghai the last night was most difficult. Tae large cannon cracker so seldom used at home on ourth of Julys is quite common here and freely used on iis night. Having Chinese neighbors near us, we had ie full benefit of this Chinese music—for it is music to hinese ears. I was interested in looking from my window intervals during the night to see the busy throng, and, ite toward morning, the man with his lantern in search a creditor to pay or pacify. This was continued even after daylight, as according to custom the man with the intern may be allowed this privilege, New Year’s Day for him not having dawned. By nine o’clock from my veran- da, the people on the street had proved the aptness of the name Kwo-nien, “ Pass year,” having passed from their oid garments, and the street was a veritable kaleidoscope, a shifting scene of form and color. The rotund figure of 1 small boy, clad in a long dress of pea green, with pink trousers, leads a little girl—for Chinese boys do take care of their little sisters, being especially proud of them in their New Year’s dress. This girl has a gay bonnet-cap of searlet and gold with nodding tassels and balls, a red short jacket, and bright yello v trousers, which only differ from her brother’s in being loose at bottom, almost con- cealing her small feet, small although not yet having been bound, as she is but three years of age. Following is a group of young women, clad some of them demurely in black and delicate blues and grays, and others in all the shades and colors of the rainbow. All the women have beautifully coiled hair, decorated with colored ornaments and rosettes of the fragrant winter-plum blossoms. The coolie with his child copies his richer countryman, wearing cotton instead of satin, silk, and furs, while the child, seemingly equally happy and content, is arrayed in as gay colors, woven of cotton instead of silk, in flowered patterns or in small plaids. The proud father leading his boy, occasionally bearing a girl in his arms, and all either visiting with each other, or on their way to the joss house. Driving down the streets we see all the shops closed, except a. few tea and fruit shops. These are boarded up for the day, or for days, as the wealth of the owners will allow. On the outside are lengths of paper, which have been posted up during the night, representing the “ Door Gods ” or “ Keepers of the Doors.” New inscriptions of joyous or propitious meaning. in large red characters are also seen over the door, often the character meaning “ happiness.” The Cantonese inscrip- tions are on yellow paper, the others, as far as I have seen, of red. Guests pass from house to house, the mandarin riding in his brougham and wearing his robes of state, the peacock feather in his hat. This is only a slight sketch of the street scene. I will give a glimpse only of what is going on inside the homes of the people, and to do so must draw from others who know nore than I do of the customs of the people. Before doing so i will speak of one custom, of peculiar character, which is quite often seen during New Year festivities. A com- pany usually, not always, of boys bear above their heads a representation of a huge dragon, which is made of split bamboo covered with cloth. This they take through the " reets from house to house, asking for permission to come in and drive out the evil spirits, and to bring good luck for the new year. © This is not only fun for the boys, but results in a gathering of cash given by the members of the family. If we were to enter the house a short time before mid- night, we would see the members of the household coming together for a formal service. Sacrifices are offered to the kitchen god, to deceased ancestors, to other gods, also to the closing year. The head of thé family representing all the members, kneeling, worships and thanks the departing year. After this wine is sometimes drunk, called the “dividing year wine.” The new year takes the place of the old and is welcomed with a grand illumination’ of can‘les and an uninterrupted sound of fire-crackers. In the early morning, worship like that described is given for or to the new year; after this tne living ancestors take their seats and their children worship them, nearly the same forms and words being used for parents as for dead ancestors and their gods. After daylight, the families usually repair to the temples, prostrating themselves be- fore the idols and casting incense sticks into the large vases set before the idol. Afterward they are either at home to receive friends, having refreshments ready for visitors, or themselves visiting friends. A long article or even a book might be written upon Chinese New Year’s customs, this being only a glimpse of home and street scenes as seen in Shanghai. ALICE HAMILTON RIcH. The Secret of Beauty at Middle Age. THE woman of forty or thereabouts whose great aim in life is to preserve her figure and her complexion, not only pays strictest attention to her bath, gymnastics, and massage, but she is more careful as to what she eats than any old Roman gladiator. One society woman, who at forty-five is famous for her good looks and generally at- tractive and youthful appearance, never puts a bit of bread in her mouth; it might be rank poison, for the scant civility it receives at her hands. Nor does a sweet of any kind, sort, or description ever pass her lips, nor an ice, nor coffee, nor chocolate. What does she eat? Beef, mutton, and all vegetables that grow above ground, but of these she eats only sparingly, so fearful is milady of embonpoint, that foe to youthful appearance. In-reply to a query, “ Which has the best chance of marriage, the heiress or the beauty?” a query propounded by an English newspaper, the prize-winner was the young woman who replied that “a lovely face is very attractive, and men pay much attention to its happy possessor. But there is a wonderful glamour surrounding a woman who is popularly supposed to curl her hair with bank-notes, which no amount of personal charms can ever supersede. Men with little or no money generally desire well-dowered girls as wives, while rich men do not find it unpleasant to add to their wealth, and by choosing an heiress carry out the old adage of “ riches go to riches.” It is the grace of the American girl that catches the fancy of Lord Claude, some one says, after he has been brought up and bored to death in the icy atmosphere of the Lady Maude. It was the one who declared that every one married, except a few, foolish women, and some wise men, who afterward added that Pallas Athene was probably ap- pointed to the post of goddess of wisdom because she never married. It is generally acknowledged that some of the prettiest women in society are blondes, Mrs. Cornelius Vander- bilt, Jr., being one of the number. Then there are the two multi-millionaire widows, Mrs. Ogden Goelet and Mrs. Robert Goelet. Mrs. Frederick Vanderbilt’s hair also has the glint and glimmer of golden sunbeams in it. She has always been considered the beauty of the house of Vanderbilt; Mrs. Wilbur A. Bloodgood has fluffy blond hair, and pink and white complexion. After the blond matrons came the tall girls. New York is bound to possess the tallest race of women in the world; to rise even to the six-feet mark is becoming a common occurrence. There is Mrs. George Vanderbilt, who meas- ures at least six feet; Miss Augusta de Peyster also closely approaches this height. Her sister, Miss Helen de Peyster, lacks but three inches of six feet, and Miss Gardiner, Miss Dupont and Miss Barbey make a trio of five feet nine. Miss Fifi Potter, daughter of Mrs. James Brown Potter, lacks but a quarter of an inch of five feet nine. FRANCES SMITH. What Women Want To Know, EMILE ZOLA has been the subject of a singular expe- rience, related in the literary column of an English con- temporary. A young Viennese lady had obtained “* Doctor Pascal”? from a circulating library. Her father thought it unsuitable reading for a young girl, and forbade her to read it. However, his conscience was not quite at rest, and he wrote to Zola himself, asking for his advice, “ to which the contending parties (father and daughter) would bow.” To this curious request Zola made this re- ply: “I do not write for young ladies, and I do not think that every kind of reading is good for brains which are still in the process of deyelopment. You are perfectly right to guide the. education and culture of your children as you think right, and they owe you obedience. When they grow older and mix with the world, they will read what they please.” jek! The emigration of women to distant colonies and newly settled regions suffering from a dearth of womankind has received the special commendation of the Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, the British Colonial Secretary. The occa- sion was a meeting of the British Women’s Emigration Society to consider the situation in South Africa. Mr. Chamberlain urged thé raising of a special: fund to en- courage the emigration of women to that part of the em- pire. He believed that many benefits would be derived from such an emigration both in relieving the home land from the great excess of women over men, and in supplying South Africa with that element which it greatly needs to bring contentment, happiness, and prosperity to its people. It appears that the British Women’s Hmigration Society was organized some years ago for the purpose of assisting reputable women to remove from England to the colonies, and that its efforts have met with much success. Hun- 435 dreds of women have been sent out by it to Australia, Canada, and South Africa, and now have happy homes. In nearly every European country the women greatly out- number the men. In Germany and Great Britain the excess of women is said to be over 1,000,000 for each country. In the United States the excess is the other way. One of the few churches in the country having a choir of vested women is St. George’s Protestant Episcopal Church, New York, of which Rey. Dr. William 8. Raitis- ford is rector. St. George’s choir has included women for nearly eighteen years, their introduction having beer suggested by Dr. Rainsford at the beginning of his pas- torate. About eleven years ago they adopted vestments similar in character to those worn by the men and boys of the choir. The vestment consists of a black cassock with white cotta, a wide, white collar and a black tie and a small, flat black velvet bonnet with the cross of St, George in red enamel on the front. Hints on Health Topics. Tue dangers attending the use of flannelette as ane article of clothing are dwelt upon at length in an editorial article in the London Lancet. Flannelette ignites with the most dangerous ease, burning with a hot, bluish flame not unlike the flame of burning alcohol, and once alight it is well-nigh impossible to extinguish it. Several recent cases are referred to where children have been burned to death by the ignition of flannelette clothing in spite of all efforts to save them. The material burns so quickly and makes such an intense heat that persons once caught in the flames are seldom rescued in time. Persons suffering from weak circulation, dyspeptic con- ditions, or general debility, may be greatly relieved by the vigorous use of a stiff brush applied to the surface of the body. Thin-skinned people will find the remedy an heroic one, but it will do good and not harm even if it does hurt a little in the application. Let any person afflicted as mentioned give himself, or herself, a smart rubbing down over the entire body with a stiff hair brush the first thing after rising in the morning, and the good results will be immediately apparent in a healthy glow of the skin, a sefise of renewed vigor and good spirits, remaining for hours afterward. It is a simple and easy method of promoting health of mind and body, and within the reach of every one. All that is required for the exercise is a little courage and determination. Sensible advice on the prevention of stammering is given by an English specialist. on this subject, Dr. G. Hudson Makuen. It is pointed out that few, if any, children stammer from the very outset, and the thing to do is to prevent the habit, if possible, in its incipieney. The primary cause of this affliction, Dr. Makuen says, is probably: located in the motor speech centres of the bulbous portion of the spinal cord, It is probably a structural condition, differing slightly from the normal. In many cases the tendency to stammer js inherited. Stammering is generally of slow development and begins during a period of great excitement. The child should not be scolded or imitated or allowed to associate with stam- merers. ‘The mental processes should be directed into normal channels. Children should never be allowed to stammer and the habit should never be formed. The good effects of improved sanitation in modern days and the general increase of knowledge in regard to the laws of health are shown nowhere so conclusively as in the extension of the average duration of human life. Sixty years ago the expectancy of life of a male child averaged less than forty years and that of a female child forty-two years. At the present time the average for males is nearly forty-six years and for females forty-eight. This means that nearly three years have been added to the working lifetime of men and two years and a half to that of women. There is encouragement in this for all who are engaged in teaching and preaching the gospel of good health. Ignorance, prejudice, and indifference are slowly giving way to enlightened and common-sense meth- ods of caring for the body. It is not unreasonable to ex- pect that by the end of the present century the average duration of human life may be raised to at least fifty years. Efforts have been made recently in two Western States, Minnesota and Wisconsin, to enact laws restricting the marriage of persons afflicted with physical or mental disorders. It is proposed that persons contemplating marriage shall first pass a medical examination and that marriage licenses shall be refused to those who do not receive medical certificates as to their fitness to enter the marital relation. A bill of this kind passed the Wis- consin Assembly and failed by only two votes in the upper house. These measures have had the earnest support of the medical fraternity in both States. Many strong argu- ments may be adduced, of both a theoretical and practical nature, in favor of such laws. If generally enacted and strictly enforced they would undoubtedly result in a great falling off in the number of epileptics, imbeciles, and in- sane persons. It has been the general experience, bow- ever, that laws imposing restraints upon marriage are exceedingly difficult of enforcement. Not much improve- ment can be hoped for in the direction indicated except through the spread of enlightened knowledge and higher standards of moral conduct. A decent consideration for the welfare of the race ought to be enough in itself to prevent the marriage of persons known to be afflicted with grave and incurable disorders. Where such con- siderations are not present, prohibitive laws are likely to have little effect.

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LESLIE’S WEEKLY. An Unromantic Bridal Tour. Ir seemed strange that Mrs. Mansfield, after so many years of hardship in providing for her orphan children, should not have been content to settle down when Green- wood, an old-fashioned mansion in a quiet little Missouri village, was left to her by the death of her husband's uncle. Yet no sooner had she come into possession of her new home, than she set about organizing a W. C. T. U. society, to which she gave her heart, mind and talents in unceasing labor. Not until the society was in a flourish- ing condition, and she was appointed to Jecture and to organize societies in the neighboring towns, was the goal of her ambition reached and she supremely happy. As the mother came home but a few days in each month to rest and answer the scores of letters that always awaited her, the housekeeping fell to Miss Elizabeth, with the assistance of the twins, Lucile and Dorothy. Mar- jorie seldom helped much; as she had a happy knack of spoiling everything she undertook, her services were sel- dom sought. Yet she was so pretty, with her merry, sparkling brown eyes, and had such a bright, lovable dis- position, that she won your heart at once; and though Miss Elizabeth’s vocabulary seldom consisted of anything save reprimands and lectures, in her secret heart she loved Marjorie better than the twins, or their only married sis- ter Kate, who lived close by Greenwood, and was the proud mother of the sweetest baby on earth—or so the Mansfields naturally believed him. On this particular morning, as Miss Elizabeth sat sew- ing at the window, Marjorie came through the side en- trance and paused at the door, cheeks flushed, hair rum- pled, carrying a large basket of pears. * See, sister,” she began, “I was up early and out in the orchard. You know those pears we have watched with such devotion that we could scarcely wait for them to ripen? I gathered all the best—aren’t they beauties?” she exclaimed, holding up one of the largest. Miss Elizabeth laid her sewing in her lap and gave one of her most withering looks. “Marjorie! When you distinctly heard me say that those pears were not to be gathered until Monday; that I could not possibly find time to do them up until then?” But Miss Elizabeth’s severest tones never daunted Mar- jorie. “Oh, yes,” she said smiling, “I heard you, and that made me think of going to get them myself ; but don’t look at me as if I had committed some awful crime. I am going to can them myself!” Here was a dilemma; Miss Elizabeth’s cold gray eyes rested a moment on her work-table piled high with sewing, then on the basket of pears, and last upon Marjorie’s laughing brown eyes; and her own softened, just a little. Marjorie’s eyes saved her from a world of trouble. “ You'll -” “ Now don’t say I will ruin them, for I have eyes and ean see when anything has cooked enough. And then we'll take tea under the elms this afternoon, and when you have a nice saucerful with cream, you will see for yourself what a splendid cook I have become.” “Think of the sugar that will be wasted, besides the fruit,” put in Lucile, the practical member of the house- hold. “ You know, Marjorie, you burned your cake yes- terday.” “Oh, that was quite an accident,’ she answered, good- naturedly. “It seemed so long cooking—when I was afraid it would burn, and kept opening the oven door every few minutes—that at last 1 thought I would just begin the book Jack gave me. I was so interested in the very beginning that I forgot all about fire, cake and every- thing; and when I remembered and hurried in, the fire was out, and the cake burned to a charcoal. But really, it was a good thing, for I forgot to put in the sugar, and I had measured it out, too.” Miss Elizabeth’s eyes grew cold again. “But I will watch this time,” continued Marjorie. “ Just don’t any of you come near the kitchen while I am at work, and I'll get along splendidly,and be ever so thank- ful.” Then away she went, hearing but not heeding Miss Elizabeth’s sigh of patient resignation. She had not lived with Marjorie for eighteen years without finding that it was worse than useless to object to anything she had set her heart upon, and each year only made her—so Miss Elizabeth declared, with her thin lips pressed together— “more obstinate than ever.” To begin with, the wood-box was empty, so, humming a little tame, Marjorie snatched her sun- bonnet and was off to the wood-house. Three times the fire was lighted; three times the fire went out. But after much coaxing and fanning, and many vows not to lose her temper, it was finally burning brightly. By the time the kettle was ready, the stove was hot indeed. Heaving a sigh of satis- ‘faction that things had so far gone so well, she turned to the table and the sigh changed to a groan of dismay, and the smile on her lips vanished suddenly. There was the basket of pears which should have been peeled first. How vexing! and the fire burning too; she almost wished she had left them alone. But it would be cowardly to give up now ; so, biting her lips to keep the tears back, she went out on the cool back piazza with her pears.. What an end- less task it seemed! In her hurry a great deal more pear than was necessary came off with the paring. Fate was against Marjorie that morning, and as she again stood poking at the ashes one great tear after an- other rolled down her cheeks. “There,” she snapped, after blowing vigorously at the few coals until they grew to a feeble blaze; “if you go out again I am going to give up and leave everything just as it is, and have a good cry to make me feel better; and then hunt up Jack and go for a row.” Everything was soon running so smoothly, however, that Marjorie’s disconsolate face was once more bright with smiles. She was perched on the top of a high step- ladder, reaching the jars from the shelf of the oaken cup- board, when Jaek’s voice and laugh were heard in the drawing-room. Jack Livingston was a great favorite with the whole family, even Miss Elizabeth never failing to take his part ; but it was he and Marjorie who were the greatest friends, and had been since the day he had trudged into the Mans- field home on his fourth birthday in his first boy’s clothes and pockets, and told her all he was going to do when he was a man. From that moment he had been her friend, sharing his pleasures with her, and making her the con- fidante of his boyish secrets. It was he who always helped her with her lessons, for mathematics was the horror of poor Marjorie’s life. And now as they were growing older the childhood confidence remained and the friendship had only strengthened with the passage of years. Though it was only a friendship, with no thought of anything beyond, Mrs. Livingston, who loved the reckless Marjorie dearly, half hoped it might develop into some- thing more. Mrs. Mansfield, however, was too busy with other interests to think much of her daughters, and be- sides, she considered Marjorie and Jack mere children. Jack stopped a moment to bother Miss Elizabeth and admire Lucile’s latest piece of embroidery, then he asked as usual, “ Where is Marjorie?” “In the kitchen, ruining all the nicest pears,” replied Dorothy. “ Tlere, Jack,” called a merry voice. He thought she had never looked so pretty as now, with her flushed, saucy, merry face smiling at him from the ladder. “Tlow glad I am you came!” she began; “ you can take the jars as I hand them down. Yes, just put them on the table. “ You see I am canning the winter fruit. Oh, they told you—I heard them—that I’d ruin them, as I do every- thing else; but I shall not, and I believe they are going to be the very nicest we ever had. Just stir them a little, Jack,’ she went on as she reached the floor, “ while I rinse out the jars. If they turn out as well as I know they are going to you may help eat them this winter, and [ll give you credit for helping make them, too.” Jack was obediently stirring. ‘ Marjorie,’’ he said, “ it seems to be sticking at the bottom. What had we better do?” “T am sure I do not know,” she answered, peering anxiously over the kettle. “I am afraid to put in any more water, as I accidentally put in more at first than the recipe called for. Couldn't you scrape it with the spoon?” * Perhaps that will ke best,” he answered slowly, stir- ring vigorously. “ Yes, that’s all right. It can’t burn now; and while it cooks a littke more we may as well go out on the piazza and rest a while.” “* Marjorie,” began Jack as soon as they were seated, in a voice very much more serious than usual, “ we have always made confidants of each other, haven’t we?” “Yes,” with her bright smile. “ What’s the matter now, Jack?” “ Well, 1 am going to keep up my old custom by con- fiding in you now,” he went on after a moment’s pause. “ Marjorie, I’m in love! ” Marjorie fanned her hot face a moment, then, with a strange sinking in her heart she had never known before, said: “Indeed! who is the girl, and when is the wedding to take place?” ; “Oh, the girl doesn’t know yet; the fact is, I’m afraid to tell her.” ‘*Why, Jack, surely she must like you, and——” ““'That’s just it,” he interrupted; “I’m afraid she just likes me too well ever to love me; so I have come to you for advice. What would you do?” “ Well,” she answered slowly—it was hard to tell him how to win another girl when she had just begun to realize her own feeling for Lim—‘ I would tell her I loved her. Perhaps she will accept you, and at any rate you can set her thinking, and that’s half the battle; and if her affec- tions are not given to another, even if she does not love you now, you may win her yet. But if you do not speak, of course you will never know; for no girl will let a man see she loves him if he has not told his love.” Jack’s chair was close to hers, and as she finished he caught both her hands in his. “Then may I tell you how much I love you, Marjorie?”’ Then, mistaking the startled look on her face, added hurriedly. “ Dearest, do not say no. If it cannot be yes, then wait a while. But can you not trust your happiness to my keeping now? I will try so earnestly to be worthy of the trust, and I love you dearly.” Marjorie’s head drooped lower and lower during the pause that followed—a pause in which she knew Jack was watching her closely and waiting anxiously for her answer. Without a word she slipped her little hand confidingly into his and ventured a shy glance at his radiant face. Just as Jack stooped to kiss her, Miss Elizabeth’s shrill accents called : “ Marjorie, Marjorie, what is that dreadful smell of something burning?” Marjorie sprang up in sudden dismay, followed quickly by. Jack. When she opened the lid of the great kettle and viewed the ruin of all her morning’s work, even her new- found happiness could not keep her. from throwing herself down in one of the old-fashioned high-backed chairs, and bursting into tears. When Miss Elizabeth reached the kitchen Jack was scraping the blackened mass into the refuse pail. “Oh, Marjorie!” she wailed, “I knew you would; ” but before she could go further Jack broke in. “Do not scold her, Miss Elizabeth ; it was all my fault, truly; ” and then he told her the precious news with such a glad ring in his voice that Miss Elizabeth’s eyes grew soft and misty as she*listened. “I hope you will get on better after you are married,” she said in a very unsentimental tone, though as she said it she patted Marjorie’s curly head very tenderly. “Oh, she’ll learn, and besides I suppose we can have some one to do those things,” said Jack with vague ideas on the matter, but an indistinct sense that with the fortune his father had left-him, it would not be necessary for Mar- jorie to know very much more than she did now. “ But I do believe it would not have happened, if we had only put in the water, Jack,” said Marjorie, as they all passed out of the heated kitchen. At the close of a hot day the next August, Marjorie was standing under the clump of old elms waiting for Jack. This was the girl’s favorite retreat, and they always took tea here in hot weather, and Marjorie had just given the finishing touches to the dainty tea-table. As Jack en- tered the gate and sauntered slowly across the lawn she ealled to him cheerily: “Come and sit down, Jack. Kate and John and the darling baby that I have not seen for two days are coming to tea, and while we are waiting for them I want to talk to you about something.” But she did not seem in any hurry to begin, and they talked happily a few moments on the subject that lay nearest each heart, for the wedding-day was very near, and there were many last things to be decided. Finally Marjorie began: “You must have noticed, Jack, as every one else has, the attention a newly-married couple always attract, so that every one knows them at once?” “Oh, yes. I have watched them often, and at the same time vowed not to be the topic of conversation in a crowded car when my turn came.” “ Well,” Marjorie went on, “if you will do just as | say, no one will ever suspect the truth about us. Will you, Jack?” Jack closed his eyes and answered lazily, “‘ What are you going to do?” “ Well,” went on Marjorie eagerly; “in the first place I am not going to reveal the fact by my dress; I shall wear something dark and simple; then I intend to tak« with me some books I am anxious to read, and ”’—as a final startling announcement—*“ when we enter the cai youre to seat me and then pass on to the other side, and I shall begin reading! ” Jack had listened attentively. Certainly Marjorie neve did things like anybody else. Wouldn’t they be an un romantic couple, he sitting on the opposite side of the car, and she buried in a book? He was just beginning to re monstrate, but she went on, disregarding his look of con sternation. “T’ve told the girls I wouldn’t let any one suspect the truth from me, and they just laughed; but I'll show them!” The arrival of “‘ the dearest baby on earth” put an end to the conversation just then, but Jack knew from an occasional chance word as the days went by that Mai jorie had not forgotten her plan. It was a very simple wedding; very different fron those of former years when lights flashed from every win dow, and throngs of gay guests flitted through the grea halls, and when Greenwood had been the scene of man happy occasions such as this. But as the strains of th wedding-march sounded through the long rooms, and th bridal party took their places, many of the guests thoug) that there had never been a prettier wedding, though the had been grander ones. Marjorie looked lovely, her chee! pale, but a softened, tender light shining through the da: eyes. After the ceremony Lucile banished the shade of sad ness that is always present at a wedding by whisperii that she had sat in mortal terror from the time they e: tered the room until the ceremony was quite over for fe: Marjorie should do something to disgrace the affair. After the dainty wedding-breakfast was over, Marjo! hurried away to change her dress, and soon appeared in 1 dark blue traveling suit, carrying the promised bag o! books. Jack viewed it disapprovingly as it was hand into the carriage, but Marjorie had remained obstinate all entreaties to leave it behind. He hoped she might fi get it at the station—she always did forget something and he did not believe his conscience would trouble hi if he failed to remind her of it. “Now, Jack, you won’t forget our plan, will you? | am so afraid you will forget and spoil it all!” and Mav- jorie waited eagerly for his assurance. His eyes sparkle with a sudden determination. If she succeeded in taking the books aboard—but he only answered: “No, I am going to do exactly as you instructed me No one shall ever suspect the truth from me! ” The precious bag was not left behind, for Marjorie saw that Jack did not set it down for a moment. He put it beside her on the seat, and then, as he had promise, passed on down the aisle, leaving Marjorie to struggle her- self with her window, which obstinately refused to opc. “He might at least have done this,” she thought. “ o one would ever suspect anything from a simple act like that.” Glancing back to see why he did not notice and come to her assistance, she found to her amazement tht he was nowhere in sight. What was the matter, where could he be? she wondered. Leaning farther over as the

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wr of the car swung back, she caught sight of him just itering the smoker. She was not altogether happy; she had not quite ex- cted this, she told herself. Still, perhaps he would stay t a moment; so she took out her favorite book and was on lost to everything around her until she was recalled earth again by a gruff voice calling “‘ Tickets!” “ Tickets!” he repeated, still more gruffly. “ Jack—that is, Mr. Livingston—my husband,” she immered, “ has it in the smoker.” The conductor passed on, and Marjorie leaned out of e window to cool her flushed cheeks, and counted the legraph poles as they flew by to keep herself from crying. “ Your husband says he gave you the ticket, madam,” iid the gruff voice again at her elbow. Marjorie brought her head in quickly and blushed viv- idly. Yes, she remembered now, he had given it to her ith the laughing remark that perhaps she had better take are of that; it would be less sentimental. Where had she put it? It surely was in her purse, but that was lost, too, though a search of several minutes succeeded in find- ng it under the seat. In her embarrassment the purse ipped, scattering small change in every direction, but ot discovering the lost ticket. The conductor was becoming impatient as the search ontinued through bag, books, and, as a last resort, in her parasol—but with no avail. As he passed out, the con- ictor muttered something about “ taking better care of ch things in future.” Miss Elizabeth had made many such speeches which had fallen heedlessly on Marjorie’s ears, but now, for the first time in her life, she was com- pletely humiliated. Another backward glance as the conductor opened the a door, revealed Jack seated in the midst of a crowd of men, ughing and talking gayly. She leaned once more out of the window, her eyes blinded with tears. Of course he d forgotten all about her—forgotten he had ever been irried. She had not thought he could be so cruel, but had learned now that the husband is very different mm the lover. If this was the way it was always to be, wished she had remained single. Her handkerchief made so many trips to her eyes that it was now quite nched. a Just then the train slowed up at a station. There was udden flach of her brown eyes that dried up the tears. 1 LESLIE’S WEEKLY. od Hastily putting her beloved books in the bag, and taking her parasol, she slipped down the aisle and was lost in the crowd. She was going home. She would not be treated as shamefully as Jack had treated her, even if she was just married. She would be more independent. She was told at the ticket-office that the return train would be due very soon; so she sat down to wait and make herself miserable. It would be dark before she arrived at home. She was glad of that, because every one in the village knew her and she would not like to meet their astonished gaze. She arrived home with swollen eyes and aching head, wondering, for the first time in her life, what her sisters would think. Mrs. Mansfield, she knew, had left on the afternoon’train. It was with a trembling hand that she rang the bell. The door was opened by Miss Elizabeth, followed by Lucile and Dorothy, who peered out anxiously into the darkness; for the bell had startled them, visitors being rare at that hour in the quiet little village, early though it was. There was a cry of astonishment, and all three exclaimed, breathlessly : “Why, Marjorie! What's the matter? Jack?” Marjorie walked in without a word, dropped her books and parasol in the hall, and burst into tears. Back into the drawing-room trailed the little party, anxiety written on every face. Dorothy drew Marjorie to the lounge and removed her hat, and gently smoothed back the curls from her hot forehead, while Miss Elizabeth and Lucile begged with pale faces to know what was the matter. It was some time before Marjorie was calm enough to explain; but after a time, between sobs, she told the whole story 6f her wrongs. When she finished, Lucile laughed heartily ; Miss Elizabeth immediately sided with Jack and chided Marjorie severely for her deportment as a bride, and Marjorie’s tears burst forth afresh. Dorothy, the only one to sympathize with her, suggested various forms of punishment to be inflicted on Jack. But Marjorie, though she blamed him so much herself, did not quite relish hearing others do so. It was late when the girls finally went to bed, but Mar- jorie still sat at the window and refused to be comforted. The sound of the midnight train as it rushed into the station made her think of Jack, and she wondered where he was. For the first time she thought of his worry when Where is a ae ee ee hae | THE DELEGATION OF NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN NOW VISITING TEXAS, COMPOSED OF COMMITTEES OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE MERCHANTS’ ASSOCIATION, THE DELEGATION STARTED SOUTH ON APRIL 20TH, AND WILL SPEND TWO WEEKS IN TEXAS AS SPECIAL GUESTS OF THE STATE. Photographed for ** Leslie’s Weekly” by Its Staff Photographer. R. L. Dunn. he found her gone, and her tears this time were no longer hard and angry, but full of love and pity for Jack. Just then she heard hurried steps on the gravel walk. There were vines at the window and tears in her eyes, and the path was in shadow; but she knew that tall figure, and with a glad ery, “ Jack!” was flying through the hall and down stairs. When she succeeded in pushing the heavy bolts back, Jack was already on the porch, tie crooked, hat pushed back, anxiety written on his face and excitement in his manner. “ Marjorie!” he cried, and clasping the slender, weep- ing form to him he gently laid her head on his shoulder and held her for a few moments silently; then, drawing her face where he could see it, he whispered : “Are you angry, dear?” * No-o-o,” came the broken answer. * And did I not keep my promise? Do you think any one suspected that you were a bride?” * No!’ have dreamed that I was even married!” she answered, emphatically. “ No one would Susan Hay. New York [len in Texas. “ ACTING on the principle that seeing is believing ” the powers that be in Texas recently invited the Chamber of Commerce and the Merchants’ Association of New York to send down a delegation of their members to see and learn for themselves of the splendid resources of Texas and the unexampled opportunities for profitable investment which that State now offers to business men throughout the country. Much has been said in public print recently about the business revival which has struck the Lone Star State, particularly as to the production of oil, and it was wisely decided that the best way to im- press business sentiment in the metropolis as to the real- ity and extent of the revival was to ask a selected body of New York’s citizens to come down and inspect the situa- tion. The invitation was accepted with that alacrity characteristic of the solid men of Gotham when any good thing is brought within their reach. Our illustration was taken just before the delegation, forty strong, started from New York. The entire trip will consume about three weeks, tbe date of return to New York being fixed for May 9th. Zane. Isenbray. Kunmench. Crowther. THE PENNSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY CREW TRAINING UNDER THE DIRECTION OF ELLIS WARD, THE RENOWNED COACH, ON THE SCHUYLKILL FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COLLEGIATE CONTEST IN ENGLAND NEXT JUNE.—THIS IS SAID TO BE THE MOST FORMIDABLE ’VARSITY CREW EVER DEVELOPEP IN THE UNITED STATES. Flikwer. Allen. Photographed for “ Leslie's Weekly" by James L, Dition, William Gardner. John Gardner, stroke.

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438 LESLIE’S WEEKLY. NEWS AND VIEWS. (Photographs of interest, with brief descriptive matter, accepted for this department, will be paid for at the rate of $2 each.) A Relic of the Spanish War. THEY are only a memory now, those opening days of the Spanish-American war, when all the country was quiver- ing with excitement over the stirring news coming up from the Florida coast. Where and by whom would the

THE OLD SPANISH SHIP ‘‘ BUENA VENTURA,” THE FIRST PRIZE OF THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. Photograph by H. A. Morton, Portland, Me. first blow be struck—who would gain the first advantage in the fierce game of war now on between the old and proud Iberian kingdom and the great American republic? Dvents which would be counted little at any other time then loomed up with a large and portentous significance. Thus it was that when the news flashed up from the Southern coast that the first prize had been captured by an American gun-boat a popular feeling over the event found expression in many emphatic and vociferous ways. The prize was an old Spanish steamer, the Buena Ventura, and the vessel having the honor to make this, the first capture of the war, was the gun-boat Nashville, des- tined to figure prominently in many other scenes of carnage in the weeks immediately following. The capture was made just after the American fleet left Key West under sealed orders for the Cuban coast. The Nashville, alert for business, suddenly spied a steamer flying the Spanish flag bearing down upon the horizon. No time was lost in making the most of this opportunity, and in a brief space the steamer, which proved to be the Buena Ventura, found itself moving toward Key West nolens volens in the escort of the plucky little American gun-boat. The Spanish ship was held as being fairly contraband of war and was afterward converted into a coal freighter. In this service the ship has remained ever since. The story is told, although we cannot vouch for its authentic- ity, that the Buena Ventura was the first vessel to pass through the Suez Canal after its completion. Rover and the Morning Mail. THE accompanying picture represents an actual scene which may be witnessed almost any morning on a side street of Omaha, Nebraska. The letter-carrier, who is one of the parties in this transaction, thus describes the situa- tion: “ The sight_of such a large dog as he appears at the

A FAITHFUL MAIL RECEIVER. Photograph by W.C. Bouk, Omaha, Neb. garden fence would strike terror to the mind of the un- suspecting individual, and I recal) the first time I happened to deliver mail in the immediate vicinity of the home of the large Newfoundland dog shown in the picture. At the first sound of the carrier’s whistle old ‘ Rover’ at once placed both front feet on the uppérmost boards surround- ing a small yet neat appearing house down in the hills. As I had just received my appointment as ‘ régular car- rier’ for this district, where dogs and curs of every kind and description were wont to be. fouid, it was not sur- prising that the sight of this large animal caused me no little amount of fear lest he might escape from the in- closure in which he was confined. ‘ Rover’ is a beautiful specimen of the Newfoundland breed of dogs; his disap- pointment is plainly shown on his countenance when I have no mail for his owner and it becomes necessary to pass by without giving him a letter, paper or circular to carry to his master. Should it happen that another stray dog is accompanying me on my rounds, ‘ Rover’ is ready to demonstrate his right to the title of ‘monarch of all he surveys,’ but not until he has first received the mail and carried it safely to some member of the family will he make any demonstrations.” The Horse as a Passenger. A NOVELTY in street-car methods is that illustrated in the accompanying photograph. The scene is on a street

AN EQUINE PASSENGER, Photograph by Grace C. Wilson, Detroit, Mich. in Denver, Colorado. The horse has drawn the car up a heavy grade to this point. The return trip down the in- cline is made by the primitivé motive power known as gravity. But in order to have the horse at the other end of the line ready for prompt service it is necessary that he should accompany the car down. This object is gained by stowing the faithful animal on the rear platform as a privileged passenger with a free pass. How well the horse enjoys this experience deponent knoweth not. He is evi- dently resigned to the situation any way. Indians of Laguna, N. M. WHEN the California Limited stops at the different stations in New Mexico it is at once surrounded by num- bers of Pueblo Indians, eager to sell their pottery, bows, arrows, and other souvenirs to the tourists. Clad in their brightly colored blankets, with their long straight hair well greased, their faces painted vermilion, and the pottery balanced on their heads, they are a very picturesque lot.

A GROUP OF INDIANS AT LAGUNA, N. M. Photograph by George T. Power, Chicago, Ill. The group in the accompanying photograph are runn after the departing train at Laguna, calling their w which they were too late to sell. To Amateur Photographers. LESLIE’S WEEKLY was the first publication in United States to offer prizes for the best work of a teur photographers. Many of our readers have asked iis to open a similar contest, and we therefore offer a pi of five dollars for the best amateur photograph recei by us in each weekly contest, the competition to be based on the originality of the subject and the perfection the photograph. Preference will be given to unique aid original work and for that which bears a special rela‘ to news events of current interest. We invite ali a teurs to enter this contest. Photographs may be mountod or unmounted, and will be returned if stamps are si for this purpose with a request for the return. photographs entered in the contest and not prize-winn will be subject to our use unless otherwise directed, one dollar will be paid for each photograph that ma: used. No copyrighted photographs will be received, such as have been published or offered elsewhere. M photographs are received, and those accepted will |e utilized as soon as possible. Contestants should |e patient. No writing except the name and address of ‘the sender should appear on the back of the photograph, except when letter postage is paid, and in every instance care must be taken to use the proper amount of postage. Photographs must be entered by the amateur who took the picture. Silver paper with a glossy finish should be used when possible. Mat-surface paper is not the best for reproduction. Photographs entered are not always used. They are subject to return if they are ultimately found unavailable in making up the photographic con test. Preference is always given to pictures of recent current events of importance, for the news feature is on of the chief elements in selecting the prize-winners. SpectaL Prizzs.— We offer special prizes of ten dollars to each prize-winner, until further notice, for the most unique, original, and attractive pictures in the fol- lowing classes : Negro Life, Automobile-driving, Indian Life American Frontier Scenes, Gold-hunting in Alaska, Notable Catastrophes, Incidents of Travel,Decoration Day and Fourth of July. Contestants should mention the class in which they desire to compete. NEWS AND VIEwS.— News photographs of special public interest only, sent with brief explanatory notes, suitable for the department of ‘‘ News and Views,” will be paid for at ' rate of two dollars for each one used, manuscript included N.B.— Communications should be specifically dressed to ‘* Leslie’s Weekly, 110 Fifth Avenue.” Wien the address is not fully given, communications sometiri:s go to “ Leslie’s Magazine,” or other publications having no connection with “ Leslie’s Weekly.”

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ao LESLIE’S WEEKLY, THE SUNNY SIDE OF LIFE. ‘HIS HONOR AT STEAK.” Kodaking a Kiss. (tT wuz the two ov us, wot will sune be wun, es whint ter Cintril Park, wid me new kodakur, yisterday in the mirnin’. An’ the two ov us, thin an’ now, manes me purty switeheart, Mollie Fergus, an’ mesilf, Doalty Arklow. Mcilie, in her Aister suit ov grane, is swell anuff ter be a rale belle ov the Smart Set, so it’s a proud bye that I am ter be takin’ her anywhars in the city. Fur the broight eyes ov her are round an’ black, her waist is nate an’ slim, her feet are number wuns, her hands are little an’ plump, an’ she has, too, wot she calls a Jaundice Meredith kurl, that koils round the whoite neck ov per, loike a velvety snake. in’ me kodakur is a buty too, in its way. But the trubbuls an’ triuls I’ve had wid it wud fill a hull year’s diury. Troth, an’ I niver tutch the blissid button but wot ould Nicky’s ter pay ginerally! Yit I wantid Mollie’s pixture bad, an’ Cintril Park seem’d the bist place fur the propur takin’ ov it. “ Mollie,” sez I, es we sauntir’d through, “ you are quane ov all the Ferguses fur looks, an’ yours will be the foinist pixture I’ll git the day.” ‘But you hayn’t axt me permishun,” sed she, wid the laff ov a rogue. “ Snap-shots niver do,” I ansered, quick es quick. She crosst the driveway wid a bound or two, an’ me heart boundid afther. ‘ Don’t try it, Misther Arklow! ” croid she, loike a weathur-signul in warnin’. But I wuzn’t ter be kipt frum me purpus whin I wuz all riddy ter focus. “It will be an instanther view!” sez I, insinuatin’. “I’ve two noshuns an’ a half ter objict!” she flasht back, her black eyes dancin’ a hernpipe, loike the sun- bames about her. “You wudn’t be that cruil, Mollie Fergus! ”’ a spring-favur soigh. She slowly re-crosst the driveway ter me soide. “ Do you want me pixture fur kapes, Doalty Arklow?” “ Vis, darlint.” “Miss Mollie, ef you plaze, sur!” ‘I shpoke but the truth,” sez I, soighin’ sum more. ‘ An’ how wud you be afther takin’ me?” she axt, wid a butyful an’ nat’ral blush. “ T’ll take you fur loife, Mollie Fergus!” “T mane, in wot way wud you have me stand “At the altar, swateheart.” “ But I mane roight here an’ now, fur me pixture. “ Well, I’ve made up me moind ter kodak a kiss.” A wot?” “ A kiss, thrown frum the tips ov yer own purty fin- gurs.” ‘But I cudn’t do that, Doalty Arklow! ” “Try it, an’ see!” “It wud be throwin’ wun ter you.” “Ov coorse, Mollie Fergus.” ; “ An’ that wud be bould an’ bad both, wudn’t it?” “ But I luv you wid all me heart, darlint! ” She kum a bit closer, at that, an’ smoil’d loike a saint. “ You say you luv me, Doalty?” * Jist loike a furnis afire, swateheart! ” { guv her a rale kiss too, which wuz me very furst, an’ she blusht a rosy red. ‘“ Let me hay’ a swate wun in re- turn, darlint,” I whisper’d. But she shuk her silky Jaundice Meredith kurl. “ You'll hav’ it in the kodakur, fast anuff, -Doalty Arklow! ” “Thin git inter posishion this very minit, fur the but- ton’s waitin’ ter be tucht.” “Shall I throw the kiss, jist es I always do ter me babby bruther?” “ Yis, Mollie darlint.” “It’s not thrown ter you, remimber, only ter the kodakur,” “ Ov coorse, twict ovur, swateheart. I’H be afther countin’ wun, two, three, an’ at three, why, jist be riddy wid the kiss,” P ; Yis, Doalty Arklow, but it’s a purty silly thing ter ig “ Wun—” a te ribbuns are all awry wid the wind that’s blow- sez I, wid 9” ” “Two,” sez 1, on the count. “ But me dress is spred out loike the sail ov a boat! ” “Three!” An’ at that, her purty fingers flew out loike so many white burds frum her lips. But I wuz so busy watchin’ thim that I clane furgot ter tutch the button. “ Anuther!” croid I. *“ Anuther wot?” “Throw me—I mane the kodakur—anuther kiss, dar- lifit! ” “ Didn't that wun do, Doalty? Didn't it take?” “No,” sez I; “ kodakin’ is jist loike waxnashun fur smiall-pox.” “Thin be quick,” sez she, “fur here goes again, wid full luck ter you!” She wuz that clost ter the machine, I cud hav’ kisst her in ernust, an’ not half troid. But I tutcht the button, instid, an’ it wuz all ovur. : “Twill be foine es a fiddul!” I croid, wavin’ me tripud. “ Are you shure, Doalty Arklow?” “Vis, darlint. A buty-face is half kodakt ter begin wid.” * Let me see it.” “Kant do it, darlint!” “Thin you don’t luv me a bit * Deed an’ I do, swateheart! ” “But why so mane an’ stingy wid the plate?” “ Because the loight wud shpoil me pixture. The neg- gytive must be devilipt in a dark rume. An’ wid your consint, we'll go strate home, an’ I'll make wun ov me muther’s kitchun. Kum roight along, fur the new darter that you are sune to be.” So we whint tergether, an’ there wus no wun in the flat save sisther Kate, who wuz jist es woild es Mollie Par Fergus ter see me neggytiv. But that same wuz a soight ter behold! Fur Mollie’s purty hand show’d big es a ham an’ the butyful kiss ov her kindniss wuz nowhars. “ Wot’s that, Doalty?” they axt, bewildert. “It must be the hand ov ould Satan himsilf! ” I croid, in disperation. But Mollie whisper’d in the kitchun dark, “ Poor lad! It takes mony a failure ter make succiss at the ind!” An’ wid that I tuk her inter me two arrums, fur the sympythisin’ angul she wuz. “I'll hav’ yer pixture yit, darlint! But the kodakur’s bewicht fur ter day, an’ you yersilf hav’ bewitcht it!” “ An’ whar’s the kiss you tuk, Doalty? “It’s lost in the kodakur, swateheart, an’ now you'll hav’ ter guv me wun fur mesilf, ter make amends.” But me sisther Kate wuz papin’ in, an’ all I got in an- sur wuz a slap on me blarnyin’ mouth. We made up our kodakur tiff that same day, an’ the weddin’s set down in the kalundur fur June, an’ the roses wot go wid it, fur all the brides ov Ameriky. But the kiss ov me purty Mollie Fergus isn’t kodakt yit. Mrs. FINDLEY BRADEN. ” Touched. ’ “ You see me as I am,” said the broken-down humor- ist, as he solicited alms from the benevolent pedestrian ; “and yet I’ve worked like a beaver, writing jokes for the papers.” “And what did you get in return?” “ My manuscripts!” moaned the miserable mendicant. Moved almost to tears, the benevolent pedestrian handed the wretched man a crisp, new dime and went on his way without a word. Very Forgettful. A BENEVOLENT lady had given to a pious old colored man a large-print copy of the New Testament. As she saw him, one day, puzzling over the first chapter of Mat- thew, she said, “ Well, Pete, how do you like it?” “ Fac’ is, missus,” was the reply, “dem fellers got no min’; dey done ’member nuffin’. Dar wuz Abraham, he fergot Isaac; an’ Isaac, he fergot Jacob; an’ Jacob, he fergot Judas an’ his brudderin.” Ta | gt Worms Het? wen . e Ne 4 M' “ina, ental Me Magy t 0% ee ve | as SE ANY Ans TECHNICAL BUNCO. FarRMER WREATCROFT—‘ Wa-al, I'll be darned ef I hain’t been buncoed ag’in, by gosh! It sez ‘ Not transferable’ on this transfer thet thievin’ car-conductor jist gin me.” Suggestive Fact. Irate Old Gentleman (to snoring inebriate)-—* Don't you know if you kept your mouth shut you would make less noise?” Snoring Inebriate (drowsily)—‘* So would you.’’ A Proper Use of the Term. Twynn—* Dr. Thirdly is a very good man, but he never preaches a sermon less than an hour long.” Triplett—* He must be a terror.” T'wynn—* He is. He's a holy terror.” Means of Identification. “ ARE these your clothes or mine?” asked the athletic man of his wife. ‘Look in the hip-pocket,” was the reply. “If it’s smelling-salts they’re mine; if it’s brandy they’re yours.” She Felt It. “ Just think of how fond the old lady is of going to a funeral, and how few there have been.” “I know it. It’s gotten so now that whenever she meets a man over seventy she looks at him reproach- fully.” ” A Strong Trait. Miss Kittish—* There is absolutely nothing that I can see to admire in Mr. Skidds.”’ Miss Tillinghast—* I can see one thing, but only one.” Miss Kittish—* What is that?” Miss Tillinghast—* His absolute unsnubableness.” Opposites. Cumso—“ Mr. and Mrs. Gazzam evidently believed that only opposites should marry. He is ugly enough to stop a clock, you know.” Cawker—* I know, but what about Mrs. Gazzam?” Cumso—* She is pretty enough to stop a car.” Another Sufferer. “THAT is a very likely story,” said the magistrate, “a very likely story; but you’ve lied to me so often that I don’t know what to do. How do you explain it?” “It’s just this way, judge,” said the statesman of the curbstone. “I’m a victim of circumstances. What ails this country now is a lack of confidence, and that’s what's the matter with this case.” “ All right, Marcus Aurelius Henry Clay Washington ; we will wait for the restoration of confidence. Two months.” Mey WAZ Z Hy “ty , TO BE SEEN THESE SPRING DAYS. This shows the admirable energy displayed by Mr. Casey at the bat. ‘. “i And this is the same Mr, Casey beating his wife’s carpet,

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; BOND OFFERINGS a a A ee te ee Oe Oe Ae Ae Oe. ae > 4 > , > 4 > ‘ > 4 , 4 > 4 : 440 FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE. ee ee ee ee ae ae ae a/v 4 VETERAN operators have stood aghast at the spectacle of such a stock market, with daily sales aggregating more than 2,000,000 shares, and surpassing all records. Itis not surprising that sucha situation has engendered feverish conditions. The only wonder is that, consider- ing the patient's high temperature and his rapid pulse, the crisis in the fever has not oc- curred months ago. When the crisis comes the fever may break witb a veritable panic. The crisis is approaching very fast. Various explanations are given of the won- derful strength of the market since November. Three elements have. contributed to this strength, which has arisen largely from a scarcity of stocks. One element was the prompt absorption by eager capital, immedi- ately after the election of McKinley, of a vast amount of first-class shares and gilt - edged bonds, The second was the’ similar absorption of stocks and bonds on a heavy scale by great financial leaders, who were thus providing themselves with the necessary equipment with which to engineer their deals and combina- tions, On top of this, as always happens in an PAYING 3.75 TO 4.80¢. Baltimore & Ohio S. W. div. 33s, Fla., Cen. & Pen. Con. 5s, Fort Worth & Rio Grande Ist 3-4s, Gal., Har. & San Ant. Ist 5s, Iowa Cen. Ry. Co. Ist 5s, Long Island City & Flush. Ist 5s, Louis., New Albany & Chic. Ist 6s, Missouri Pacific Trust 5s, Minn. Gen’! Elec. Ist Con. 5s, Rio Grande West. Ist 4s, St. L., Iron Mt. & So. Refd. 4s. Complete Circular List on Application. Spencer Trask & Co., 27-29 Pine Street, ae Ce ne ln tal li il tl ed ‘ > ! te am te te THE DIRECTORS OF THE Sand Fork Petrolcum Co. (Capital Stock $1,000,000. Full Paid. Non-Assessable. Par Value $1.00.) Offer a Limited Amount of the Treasury Stock of the Company at 35 CENTS PER SHARE. IS NOW PAYING 1% PER MONTH ON THE INVESTMENT. CHECKS are mailed for dividends the first of each month. BUY NOW, so as to participate in the APRIL dividend, payable May Ist. This Company is not a prospect nor an experiment, but actually paying dividends from the sale of oil, Besides paying an extra dividend from surplus earnings every three or four months. The Company has 6,200 ACRES of fine oil territory in the great oil fields of Lewis County, West Virginia, There are already {2 PRODUCING WELLS on the property, supplying oil sufficient in volume to actually pay 1 PER CENT. ee ee DIVIDENDS on investments in stock, besides PAYING EXTRA DIVIDENDS EVERY THREE OR FOUR MONTHS from surplus fund. Some idea of the future earnings of this Company can be had when it is known that thousands of wells can be drilled upon this immense acreage. A PROVEN OIL=-PRODUCING PROPERTY. The district in which this Company’s 6,200 acres is located has been producing oil for many years, and the supply is inexhaustible. On September 22 one of the greatest oil wells ever drilled was drilled into the sand on Sand Fork Creek, in Lewis County, West Virginia. The well started off flowing 7,000 barrels per day. It has earned over $400,000 since it was drilled. On November 8 another large well was struck in this same district, which produced 6,000 barrels per day. The wells of the Sand Fork Petroleum Company are LOCATED BETWEEN THESE TWO LARGE GUSHERS. REASONS WHY THIS STOCK NOW SELLING AT 35 CENTS will be WORTH $5.22 Per Share, This Company is now drilling NEW WELLS at different points on its property, and as each new well reaches OIL, the dividends will be increased. You can Depend upon every Statement contained in this Advertisement. All the officers and principal stockholders of this Company are representative oil and business men of West Virginia. Copies of bank references concerning these gentlemen and the Company's property will be mailed to intending investors. THE ENTIRE OUTPUT OF THESE WELLS IS PURCHASED BY THE STANDARD OIL CO. Whose Pipe Lines are laid directly to the Company’s Tanks. The entire output of these wells is oil of the highest quality, and not like the inferior production of California and Texas wells, which has no cash market, and no more value than liquid coal, The stock of this Company is not being sold in the interest of promoters, bankers or brokers. All money received through the sale of Treasury stock is being used in the interest and development of new wells upon the Company’s vast territory. REFERENCES: First National Bank, Woodsfield, Ohio; Bank of the Ohio Valley, Wheeling, W. Va.; The German Bank of Wheeling, Wheeling, W. Va. The price of the Treasury Stock will be advanced shortly, but ample notice will be given. Remember, the price is now but 35 cents per share. Send for prospectus and order blanks. SEND REMITTANCES BY USUAL METHODS, PAYABLE TO THE ORDER OF E. R. HOLDEN & CO., BANKERS AND BROKERS, FISCAL AGENTS, 20 BROAD STREET, NEW YORK. eo ~e 22 22 22 2. LESLIE’S WEEKLY. HINTS TO MONEY-MAKERS. advancing market, came an inrush of innumer- able small speculators, buying in small lots of from five to 100 shares. Under this combina- tion of depleting circumstances there was al- most a dearth of stocks, and great manipu- lators found it very easy to advance prices in any specialty or all along the line. But there are evidences that the enormous demand will shortly be fully satisfied. The revelation that the Boer war has cost Great Britain well-nigh a billion dollars, or double the cost of the Crimean war, startled the world. British Consols, which, not very long ago, were selling at nearly 110, are now being offered to the extent of $300,000,000 at 9414. Think of the bonds of the most powerful gov- ernment in the world, paying 2°{ per cent. and offered at 9414, while the bonds of the United States government, paying 2 per cent., sell at over 106! Fifty million at least, and some esti- mate it as high as $100,000,000, of this British loan have been subscribed for in the United States, and the natural conclusion is that we must export some of our surplus gold to pay for our subscriptions. The drain of $100,000,000 on our surplus capitai will not all come at once, But this is not all. Many of our great rail- road lines have already largely added to their capital stock and bonded indebtedness, and have sold their new securities to the public. Others are preparing for new issues, and when the ag- gregate comes to be reckoned up at the close of this year, the amount of new investments thus offered to the public will foot up to amazing figures. The St. Louis and San Francisco, the Pennsylvania, the Northern Pacific, Union Pacific, Missouri Pacific, and other great sys- tems are all offering, or are about to offer, stocks and bonds for public sale, in such enor- mous quantities that it is safe to say that they will shortly be within the reach of the humblest citizen. History is repeating itself. We kad just such an experience twenty years ago, after our recovery from the Jay Cooke panic, which led to the close of the stock exchange for a period of over a week. At that time speculation was so wild that the price of stock-exchange seats was advanced to abnormal figures, daily trans- actions surpassed the record, combinations of railroads and the laying out of new lines were constantly announced, scrip~dividends and bonuses were declared, and there seemed to be no end of the prosperity of this great and growing country. Then came the assassination of Garfield and almost ten years of dull times, with stocks dropping again to a very low level. We shall pass through this experience again. Railroad wars, [signs of which are visible in various sections, will certainly break out when business becomes depressed, and the railroads must struggle to get their share of tho traffic in competition with each other. There will be seasons when our crops will partly fail and our export business will diminish, when money will become less plentiful and when labor will be dissatisfied and business be full of unrest. There is much significance in the surrender of the McKeesport Sheet Steel Concern to the demands of the strikers for the recognition of theunion. At the outset, a positive statement was made that this recognition would never be given, but that the union would be fought to the bitter end. Then astrike against the United States Steel Corporation in all its mills was threatened, Almost instantly a compromise was reached, very such settlement by com- promise has always put a premium on new de- mands, The important fact must not escape observation that the settlement of the incipient strike against the United States Steel Corpora- tion at McKeesport was not permanent. A truce was simply declared until July Ist, and many shrewd observers think it fair to set that date down as the dead-line of the bull move- ment. The disastrous effects of a great labor strike against United States Steel can be readily imagined. ‘The financial leaders are prepared to make any sacrifice rather than face such a serious situation just now. Do they expect to sell out by the 1st of July, and are they simply postpone the day of trouble for sixty days ? t looks like it. (Continued on next page.) ee — London ‘A TEMPLE OF LUXU Y’ HOTEL GREAT CENTRAL THE #*KEVERICK HOTELS Lrp KINGFISHER hook. Pat. Aug.3 ‘A 1900, catches two fish to the com- on hook’s one, Dealers wanted. m™m: PARDON FISH HOOK ©0,, OWFENSBO FINANCIAL AND INS. PLDI LL THE ANCE, Real Estate Trost Compe: OF PHILADELPHIA Southeast Corner Chestnut and Broad Str -ct, Capital (full paid). . . $4,000, .09 Surplus and Undivided Profits $700, \09 Allows Interest on Deposits subject to cl Rents Safe- Deposit Boxes in Burglar - Vaults. Buys, sells, and leases Real Estate in delphia and its vicinity. Collects Rent takes general charge and management of erty. Executes Trusts of every description l oof P ila- S ind the ap ointment of Courts, Corporations ind Individuals. Acts as Registrar or Tr Agent for Corporations, and as Trustee Corporation Mortgages. FRANK K. HIPPLE, President GEORGE PHILLER, Vice-President t fer 1 WILLIAM F. NORTH, Treasure: WILLIAM R. PHILLER, Se THOMAS B. PROSSER, Real Estate Office ROBERT D. GHRISKEY, Cashier M. 8. COLLINGWOOD, Asst. Treas ROLAND L. TAYLOR, Asst. Se POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT, Washin; C., March 28th, 1901.—Sealed proposals will be at this Department until Thursday, May 2d two o'clock Pp. M., for furnishing paper, bo tionery, rubber goods, wrapping-paper, twin post marking and rating stamps, rubber stam ing pads, cancelling-ink, packing- boxes, ; facing slips, cutting blank facing slips, and c; labels as they may be ordered from time to tir ing the fiscal year beginning July 1st, 1901, a ing June 30th, 1902, for the use of any branch departmental or postal service. Blanks for pri with specifications and full instructions, furnished on application to the Superintende: Division of Post-office Supplies, Post-office ment, Washington, D. C. CH. EMORY §& Postmaster-General. the salg, be (part ITH, Bankers and Brokers, STOCKS, BONDS, COTTON, GRA Investment Securities. i A. ROGERS & C0, , ti. 8 WALL ST., NEW YORK. iN. FORTUNES QUICKLY MADE IN Ol] Write for our new booklet (just out) ; special bulletin and advices on *‘ Ol! VESTMENTS” MAILED FREE. L. R. BECKLEY & CO., “NEW fon T ” L., len N- FET, h HAVE YOU A COPY OF Kimball's Kommandments Ten Commandments for the buying and se! Stocks, Bonds, Cotton, Grain and Provisions? \ more trades until you have received a copy. FE charge to speculators and traders, ng of ike no ree of JNO. H. KIMBALL CO. (Inc.), No. 50 BROADWAY, N.Y, OIL "> SMELTE ——— The Union Consolidated Oil with over 17,000 acres of valuable proven oil lan! @ monthly production of 3,400 barrels. EQUIVALENT TO OVER 2% MON on the entire amount invested in its stock ; the Standard Smelting & Refining with its plant of 250 tons capacity now unde construction in Yavapai County, Ariz., to be co: and in operation in August, promise larger d and immediate profits than any mining or in investment now before the public. We ar Agents tor eight mining Companies, of which 4 Are Paying Regular Monthly Divi The Union Consolidated Oil Company wi! dividends in May, and The Standard Smelti: fining Company, as soon asits plant is in ope! August; the other two rapidly approaching a «| paying basis. A limited amount of the stoc ormer Company is offered at 17 cents per s! of the latter Company at 40 cents ‘per share, | paid and non-assessable ; or the two In Combination at 55 Cents Per Prospectus of each Company, latest repo scription blanks and full particulars on ap; DOUGLAS, LACEY & C BANKERS AND BROKERS, Members New York Consolidated Stock Ex vow BRANCHES: Cleveland, ‘ The Cuyahoga” Building. Philadelphia, ‘“‘ The Betz” Building. Chicago, ** The Fisher” Building. St. Louis, “ The Security” Building. Kansas City, ** The Heist ” Building. Hartford, Conn., ‘ Hill’s Block.” Cincinnati, “The Union Trust * Building. St. John, N. B., “ The McLaugnfin” Buildin Montreal Can., “The Temple” Building. London, kng., ‘The Trafalgar” Buildings. To be ‘fixed for life’? is desirable. more so to be ‘‘ fixed for death.” TI temporal way for the latter better than Ii surance. Consult the PENN MuTwAL LIFE, 921-3-5 Chestnut St., Philada. inge. 66 Broadway and 17 New St., New ‘ ork. Boston, “ The International Trust Co.” Bui! »¢. New Haven, Conn., “ First National Bank” ‘4 cntmenteemiemesiaias | * a! - 0. , and HLY CO. tive leted ‘ends trial Fiscal c nds. begin e- n in iend- f the and 1 full are, sub- ition. Much e is no fe in- THE s familiar NAT ¢ ‘opyr! play | a arm Thee ti» app! s; cts s: isfact i ic § th ugh r Ve ses I nD , ey - I fi yaudevil aires, li tur’s, Pastor's, Eden Mi for quite able a bi th spri the ' mouths, cided su populari coutinuc forinan¢ revelati gerne ral the pub amused hours interest per! 1en agel M and one compan the vari selex ted sBy shift of const time th latest ni 1 s the amt in ‘‘ Th ny I called ¢ laughal Garrick had delichtt Criteric iam (‘ol son sau & Bo 4 Squ MEI ton “y stil “ Wid Nashyiil

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The World of Amusement.

r THE success of Nat C. Goodwin and Maxine Elliott in their familiar réles in ‘‘ When We Were Twenty-one,” at the Har- lem Opera House, is : ' another. evidence of eis | ‘ their strong hold on theatre-goers, After finishing their tour in this play they are to start out in what some consider to be an au- dacious’ revival of ‘The Merchant of Venice.”

The German con- tingent, and not a few who do not under- stand German, have been enjoying the first appearance in this city of the celebrated German actress, Ma- dame Helene Odilon, at the Irving Place Theatre. ‘‘ TheStar,” in which she made her first bow, did not give her an opportunity to play her ability, for the play is far from strong. She had at | a varm welcome, and gave abundant evidences of real talent. ‘he ‘he close of the Empire and of Weber & Fields’ signalizes approaching termination of what has been in many re- 5 sj cts a very sfactory dra-

NAT GOODWIN AS ** SHYLOCK.” ‘opyright, 1901, by Burr McIntosh, iry

1ur- S od motie season, ils, ti ugh all the the York play- art houses have not ra, I n great —_ I ley - makers. Kewanee, Ill.: The offer made by the bankrupt broker is probably as good as you can get. It means that or nothing, and will probably mean nothing in either event. (2) Not very high. (3) None to speak of. (4) Keep away from all such “ advisory *’ schemes and schemers. **Salol,” Portland, Me.: The impression prevails that Northern Pa cific common, as I have said repeatedly during several months past, is to be further advanced by the retirement of the preferred stock. If you can protect it only up to the figures you name, it might be advisa ble to hedge. *L.,”’ Philadelphia: Keep your money handy and when the break in the market comes, as it inevitably must and will, buy first-class preferred railroad stocks, or gilt-edged bonds. (2) The Reading bonds you speak of are good, and the Mexican Centrals are considered as a fair investment at the price you mention. “C.,°> Memphis, Tenn.: Mexican Central sold last year as low as 10%. It will be seen that it has had adecided advance. All Mexican railways are being exploited with more or less success, bat it would ap- pear as if most of them had reached pretty high figures. 1 would wait for a reaction if I contemplated purchasing. **C.,”” Logan, O.: The Denver and Southwestern railway is a short road formed by the consolidation of a number of small lines in the Cripple Creek region. Its earnings are increasing, and as its stock is not very large it can be easily manipulated for arise. If I wished a speculative investment, I would take the preferred rather than the common. * Reader,” Logansport, Ind.; I would have nothing to do with the mining and smelting enterprises. (2) A five per cent, railroad bond that sells under par is usually regarded with suspicion, but the Denver and Southwestern issues, both bonds and stocks, are being received with considerable favor. On reactions they ought to yield a profit. “§. S.,°? St. Paul, Minn.: I do not believe in the purchase of stock of the Universal Wireless Telegraph Company for safe investment. None of the oil companies is worthy of yourattention. Leave them all severely alone. The mining, the tunnel, and the Mexican planta- tion schemes are speculative gambles, with the money-makers on the inside, as usual. **M.,” Pittsburg, Penn.: Until the full extent of sonfe pending deals is made clear, I cannot consistently suggest a line of stocks to sell short. The market looks dangerousty high to many veteran operators, yet all of them fear to venture on thie short side, because of the indefinite knowledge concerning the operations of some of the great financiers. * Pp, E.,”’ Philadelphia: Financial forecasts are merely financial guesses, Some men guess better than others, in and out of Wall Street. Ido not believe that the **forecasts’’ are worth five dollars a month, and they might be dear at five cents. You can do better by reading the current news, the railroad reports, and other such data, and making your own guesses. “§.,” Albany, N. Y.: I do not believe in the scheme of L. L. Jack- son, (2) The loan you refer to is the 4 per cent. gold bond: of the Wladikawkas Railway. They are gold bonds, guaranteed, principal and interest, by the Russian government. Farson, Leach & Co., 35 Nassau Street, have been offering a million of these bonds at 100 and interest. They look like a good investment. ‘*Banker,’’ Kansas City, Mo,: Burlington and Quincy sold in 1880 at 18314, Rock Island at over 200, Western Union at 135, and Louisville and Nashville at 174. This was during the height of-the boom. (2) The stock in which Jay Gould and his friends made so much money in the boom of 1881 was Kansas and Pacific. They bought it in 1877 at about $2 per share, and it sold in 1881 at-par. **§.,”” South Norwalk, Conn.: I do not believe in the copper stock you mention. (2) Foz investment, American Ice preferred is prefer- able. (3) American Cotton Oil has lately shiown greater strength, but I would take a good profit in such a market. (4) It looks asif insiders had sold out their stocks on the rise in Colorado Southern common, The common lecks high enough. (5) Not rated high. *'T..*' Williamsport, Penn.: Pacific Mail has had an advance since you wrote. It has always been regarded as a good property in which to speculate, but since its confrol has fallen into the hands of Union Pacific it has not been in such favor. It has been engaged in a severe competition, which has largely reduced its earnings, but it is a good low-priced speculative stock in which to trade in an active market. MT. D.,”? Rendham, Penn.: I do not advise the short sales of in- vestment stocks like Delaware, Lackawanna and Western. (2) So little of this stock is on the market that it can readily be advanced at the higher figures. (3) The earning power of the road, its con- servative management, and the prominent identification of the Van- derbilt interests with it, all give it special strength in the eyes of investors who buy to hold. * E..”? Baltimore: Have been endeavoring to justify your interpreta- tion of the redeemable value of the Mexican second income bonds. You will observe that the stipulation is not absolutely clear. The pre- sumption, however, favors your contention, but no one can tell what the Mexican government might do. (2) Chicago Terminal common has doubled in value within a year. lama great believer in taking a good big profit, without waiting for the last cent. ** W.,’’ Milwaukee: A book that will give you complete informa- tion regarding the great mining and other industrial corporations is Moody’s * Manual of Industrial and Miscellaneous Securities,’ pub- lished by the O. C. Lewis Company, 6 Wall Street, New York. The copper stocks you mention are mostly low-priced, speculative se- curities. If I wished to buy a copper stock I should buy a dividend- yayer like Anaconda or Amalgamated. Copper exports are growing fie iter, and unless the combination can control the price of the metal it is likely to decline. *K.,"? Minneapolis: In such a market a 10 per cent. margin is risky. The lowest should be 20 per cent. Good stocks with a good future often remain inactive fora long time, because insiders are not ready to start them upward. For over a year, I urged my readers to buy St. Louis and 8. F. second preferred around 40. Those who bought and held patiently for a year received dividends on their stock, and can now sell at an advance of nearly 75 percent. (2) The prices vu. stocks are made on the New York Exchange rather than on the local exchanges. **©.,”’ Upper Alton, Ill: The American Canning Company was put together by the Moores, and embraces all the most prosperous tin-can factories in the country. A bonus of 100 per cent. in common stock was given to the purchasers of the preferred at par, and, at the start, subscription rights sold at a smal premium, which has since almost wholly disappeared. At this writing, the common and pre- ferred are selling at just about the price at which the promoters sold. If the latter intend to make a profit—and that is no doubt their pur- pose—they will have to advance the stock, and they will do so if prosperous conditions continue. ww D.,”’ Pittsburg: Leather common intrinsically has little value. Itis a good speculation in an active market, but I would not care to fix a price at which it should be purchased, considering its fluctuating qualities. (2) So many securities are abead of the Wabash common that the latter intrinsically seems high enough, though it will no doubt advance sympathetically with the preferred, if the pending developments in Wabash add greatly to the earnings. (3) Everything depends upon the future of the iron business. You ought to get out whole. (4) I do not wish to advise the purchase of any speculative common stocks at prevailing prices. ** J... Danbury, Conn.: Your letter should have been addressed to “* Jasper.” (1) Among thecopper stocks, I think Amalgamated one of the safest. (2) On reactions, the Erie stocks should be a purchase for along pull. (3) Unless depression in the iron market sets in, the United States Steel stocks, bought on a lower level, should yield a profit, especially the preferred. (4) The competition in American Cotton Oi3 is constantly growing. and militates against its advance. (5) The value of Tennessee Coal and Iron, and Missouri, Kansas and Texas depends largely upon the outcome of reported deals involving them. (A mercantile agency might give it to you. **M.,”* Chicago, Il].: Since the developments made some months ago regarding Northern Pacific and Atchison,I have advised against short sales. Itis a mistake to operate on the short side so stubbornly, when things are persistently going against you, unless you are prepared for a pull for a year or two. Addison Cammack, the most successful bear in Wall Street, always turned gay and promptly when he saw that he was rowing against the tide. (2) 1 cannot believe that this bull movement will continue very far iuto the summer, and the higher it goes the sharper and severer will be the drop. (3) I repeatedly advised the oye ar of Missouri Pacific, Wabash debenture Bs, and of St. Lonis and San Francisco preferred when they were selling at about half of the existing _—. You might have taken at least a little ** flyer ’’ on the bull side to have evened up your account. If this mar- ket keeps up its strength Kaneas CicY Southern common and preferred should advance. JASPER. April th, 1 441

A Valuable Stock=-Exchange Book. By all odds the best, most accurate, and reliable guide for investors, speculators, and operators in the stock market is the “ Manual of Statistics,” published by Charles H. Nicoll, 220 Broadway, New York, embracing eight hundred and twelve pages and sold for five dollars per copy. The issue for 1901 is just out. It gives all the facts and figures that an investor requires regarding railroad, industrial, and street railway corporations, rec- ords of prices in the stock, grain, and cotton markets, and statistics of transactions in speculative commodities. It is one of the handiest reference-books for the thoughtful investor that can be had. In its statistics of mining, the quotations of the exchanges of New York, Boston, Sar i‘rancisco, and Colorado Springs are given. Life-insurance Suggestions. EveRY member of a fraternal or assessment order should bear in mind that, according to the decision of the Supreme Court of Virginia, assessment institutions have the right to increase their assessments after their policies have been issued to their members. The only recommen- dation that fraternal insurance has is that it is cheap; but is anything cheap which has not a fixed price? In- surance is paid on the installment plan—that is, it is not paid for, as a rule, all at once, but at regular periods, when the premiums fall due. In an old-line company these premiums are fixed and certain. They are never ad- vanced and they are sometimes decreased by the payment of dividends. In an assessment association, according to the decision of the courts, the assessments or premiums can be, and usually are, increased, so that a member never knows how much he may be obliged to pay. It is for this reason that I advise the thrifty to take less insurance in an old-line company than the same money would give them in a fraternal order. In one case they have some- thing the value of which is pretty well determined, and in the other they have something which may have a value, but which may also involve a loss. “J. W.S..”’ Baltimore : Advise you to write to the State superin- tendent of insurance at Albany, N. Y., forthe information you seek. “G.D. Y.,” New York: Of the companies you name, I think you would be best satisfied with a policy in the Mutual Life, of New York. **G.,”? Newark, N. J.: A policy in an old-line company will guaran- tee a cash surrender value which increases after the third year, a surrender value and paid-up insurance which constantly increases, a loanable value and cash dividends. These are features of old-line life insurance that no assessment company can afer. “R.,”” La Grange, lil.: The Home Insvrance Company, of New York, was established in 1860. Its premium receipts last year were over $2,000,000 ; the expenses of management $511,000, and the dis- bursement $1,720,000. I regard this as a good report. Life in Berlin. BERLIN, April 18th, 1901.—In the heart of the Kaiser's capital, where German life swirls and eddies in ceaseless motion, facing the truly picturesque Schloss-Platz, I write these lines. From my balcony in the Grand Hotel de Rome 1 hear martial music and see the royal guard as it marches past to relieve the castle-guard at noon. This opulent hotel faces ** Unter den Linden,” which, more than any other street, gives a true picture of life in the Kaiserstadt. The best trans- portation service imaginable in the shape of electric surface cars, penny *buses, and the characteristic *‘ droschke,”’ or cab, facilitate our pleasure at a minimum of expense. The interior of the Grand Hétel de Rome leaves nothing to be desired. The rooms are all large, high and light, with cheer, and prettily furnished. It is the German’s idea of picturesqueness, and he understands it well. The service is simply correct ; as a matter of fact, Herr Miihling’s discipline leaves nothing to be desired. From the educated waiter down to the bell-boy, it isa pleasure to have these answer our call with that punctuality and def- erence characteristic of the German, and seldom, I may say, have I found beds to equal those of this house. The linen, and the daily su- perveeee by some invisible but delicate hand, fills my room with the reshness of a spring morning, and I know that nowhere are the hy- gienic laws more carefully observed than in this house. There are also magnificent parlors, reading salons, and a picturesque foyer, to say nothing of the original American bar, with a dispenser of drinks who, if not an American, evidently understands our tastes. In short, the Grand Hétel de Rome is replete with every comfort and modern improvement, and, considering its limited capacity—of about two hundred rooms—and the very moderate tariff as compared with Amer- ican prices, it is little wonder that the house is almost always crowded; and this in spite of the fact that the new restaurant has but recently been opened, Bavarian Pleasures and Privileges. (From our Special Correspondent.) Municu, April 18th, 1901.—The old order changeth, yielding place to the new; if it were not so there would be no progress. The mov- ing finger of destiny merely writes a new name on the slate, to rub it out whenever the psychological time has come for another addi- tion; and the latest addition in this most agreeable town of the fa- therland is, as I have pointed out in a former letter, the Bayerischer Hof. He who comes to the Bavarian capital ought to leave cares behind. This is essentially a place of serenity and good-cheer, with an atmosphere “to love thy neighbor as thyself,” and there area goodly number of neighbors who are both lovable and loved. The Munich burgher, as a rule, attends to his own business, is industri- ous at beer-drinking, and in spare hours occasionally looks to the improvement of his town. There are no Presidential elections or trust investigations, for the whole of Munich is a paradise, full of interesting light and shade and living pictures, to say nothing of very valuable, aye, almost priceless, paintings in oils which have accumulated in her noted galleries. These attractions have gradu- ally spread abroad and increased travel hitherward. This, in turn, has increased hotel comforts, and several opulent houses have grown up of late, with the Bayerischer Hof leading. It would be difficult, indeed, to name a similar house in Berlin contain- ing a greater variety of comforts or such a reasonable tariff. It is built on a royal scale— large, roomy, and airy, with an eye to the picturesque, in harmony with Munich's international] rep- utation, yet on such a sumptuous scale that if it were situated ina more extravagant city it could not possibly pay any dividend. The visitor to this house is Cure to meet with lavish Sosntorte. The halls and assembly-rooms on the ground-floor are high, large, and almost extravagantly furnished, yet ever on linesof harmony and good taste. The bed-rooms, often with bath-rooms attached—uncommon in south- ern Germany—are airy and full of light and cheer, and all of them arge and most agreeably furnished. The best of modern contriv- ances, the latest tricks of newest inventions in light, heating, difts, messenger service, etc., has been adopted in its construction, and soon after our arrival we feel, indeed, quite “at home.” The cuisineis remarkable for its great variety, for the suburbs of Munich raise sufficient produce to market the greater portion of Germany. Here, too, will be found the best of meats, together with a high-class enenu. In spite of the fact that Munich is essentially a beer town, the Bayer- ischer Hof carries a long and valuable list of choice wines, frequently rare and old, for the proprietor is a wealthy man and can afford it. This hotel, too, has a private line of ‘buses, with conductors who speak fluent English, and meet all arrivals and departures at the train. The draveler need but call aloud for the ‘bus, hand the conductor his check, and he is sure to finc his luggage awaiting him in his room. A uniform tariff prevails in this hotel, devoid of extras, which are usually the terror and annoyance of traveling Americans. . C. Frank Dewey.

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— THE NEW WARDS OF UNCLE SAM—TYPICAL GROUP OF NATIVES OF MALABON. 1. Professor Dean C. Worcester. 2. Captain Allen. 3 General Kobbe. 4. Mr. Luna, the president-elect HOLDING THF FIRST ELECTION UNDER AMERICAN AUSPICES AT MALABON. INTRODUCING REPUBLICAN IDEAS IN THE PHILIPPINES. INTEREST IN THE FIRST ELECTION HELD AT MALABON, A CITY OF 35,000 INHABITANTS.—Photographed for ‘* Leslie’s Weekly.” Manila’s Beautiful Suburb—Malabon. (From the Special Photographer of Leslie's Weekly.) THE city of Malabon, which has about 40,000 inhabitants, is situated on Manila Bay, four miles north of Manila. Its prin- cipal industry is its great fish market, whence Manila derives almost its entire supply of the most important article of food consumed by the natives. It bas several large sugar-mills and tobacco -factories. Oue of the latter, the largest one in the world, was built here by the Spaniards, but during the revolu- tion against Spain was destroyed by the natives. The massive stone walls remain, and are covered with flowering vines and trees. Malabon also had large sugar refineries, but they were burned by the insurgents for fear that they might fall into the hands of the United States. They are now being rebuilt, prin- cipally by English capital. The representative of one uf these syndicates has done yeo- man service for our government in giving information to the military authorities. This gentleman speaks Spanish fluently and several native dialects, notably Tagalo. Since the Amer- ican occupation he has acted as interpreter for various com- manders in this city, always refusing remuneration. I had the good fortune to meet him at Captain Allen’s quarters in the old Malabon cathedral, where the captain had one company of the famous fighting Sixteenth Infantry doing guard duty for a city of over 40,000 inhabitants. Captain Allen was just the man for the place. He was prominent in the charge on San Juan bill, Cuba, and was the first American officer to reach its famous block-house. I witnessed, at Malabon, the election, under the auspices of the peace commission, of the first president of that city. Pro- fessor Worcester represented the commission, Colonel (now Gen- eral) Kobbe the military arm of the government, and Captain Allen was present as military Governor. This election had been duly advertised, and had many humorous incidents connected with it. All male residents had been asked to vote for a presi- dent, but only about a dozen appeared. The people could not understand such a thing as having a right to vote. Captain Allen had before him a sheet of paper, upon which he wrote the names that the voters whispered into his ear one at a time. But Captain Allen was not the only one who heard the names, for, though I was standing fully fifteen feet away, I distinctly recognized them. Mr. Luna was the successful candidate. The day after the election, so it is rumored, he received a communi- cation from Aguinaldo, to the effect that if he did not resign, his family would have occasion to go to a funeral. So he re- signed, and a new president had to be elected. It is in this connection that the peace commission had some unpleasant experiences, for at Imus, two weeks after the elec- tion of a president, that official was captured by our military forces as an officer in the insurgent army, and was promptly taken to Manila a prisoner of war. Aguinaldo must have drawn quite a number of men from Malabon for his army, as was shown by the groups of children seen in the streets in certain sections where no grown people were to be seen. Malabon is one of the delightfully-situated cities of the Philippines, and is but one mile from the railroad. It is also connected by a tram line with Manila, making hourly trips. E. C. Rost. A Gallant Defense. THE photograph that we publish herewith is of the church at San Antonio, island of Luzon, which was recently defended by THE CHURCH AT SAN ANTONIO, LUZON, WHERE AMERICAN SOLDIERS MADE A MOST GALLANT DEFENSE. Photograph by Horace S. Campbell, Twenty-second United States Infantry. thirty-five soldiers of the Twenty -second United States In- fantry against 350 insurgents. After a two days’ fight the rebel commander, finding that he could not capture the Ameri- can position, wisely surrendered bis own force and went out of the business of insurrection against the United States. Grain Elevators Now Made of Steel. VISITORS to the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo this sum- mer will find many things in and around this flourishing city on Lake Erie well worthy of inspection, although they are not in- cluded among the exhibits on the exposition grounds. Buffalo has been noted for years for the number and size of the grain elevators on its lake-front. Many of these structures are simply stupendous. The largest and most remarkable among them is the new Eastern Elevator, just completed for the East- ern Elevator Company by the Steel Storage and Elevator Company of Buffalo. This structure has been built on new and novel lines. It is of concrete and steel, and abso- lutely fire-proof. It consists of «» ‘*‘nest” of cylindrical stee] bins and tanks. There are sixty-eight small bins grouped together in the cen- tre. Each of these bins is fif- teen feet six inches in diam- eter. and the total capacity of the sixty-eight is 1,000,000 bushels. On two sides rise large bins—tauks, the engin- eers call them—with a total capacity of 1,500,000 bushels more, making the aggregate capacity 2,500,000. The two towers are 140 feet. high, and CONSTRUCTING IMMENSE GRAIN ELEVATORS OF STEEIL—NIAGARA FALLS FURNISHES ELECTRIC POWER FOR BUFFALO’S IMMENSE NEW ELEVATORS, HOLDING 2,500,000 BUSHELS OF GRAIN.—Photographed for *‘ Leslie’s Weekly.” the main working-house 147 feet high. Nearly 3,000,000 pounds of structural steel was used in the building, and twenty car-loads of machinery. N teen motors, with a total capacity of 965 horse- power, «re used in the elevator service, and the building is lighted by °\00 incandescent lamps. Power is furnished by electricity from Niagara Falls. The cost of this elevator was nearly $500,(.\) How General Wilson Was Interviewed. GENERAL JAMES H. WILSON, who was recently retired, was a friend of newspaper men, and willing to do all in his power to assist them. One gracious act of his is told by a correspoud- ent of a metropolitan paper. It happened on the night of the day that Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States, died. The paper sent the newspaper man to Wilmington, Del., the home of the general, to get an interview with him concern ing the capture of the rebel. General Wilson took an impor tant part in the arrest of the fugitive. The reporter found General Wilson at bis country home, near the city. A recep tion was being held, but in a short time after the reporter sent in his card the general appeared. After the scribe had ex plained his mission the general said : ‘* Well, my man, Ido not know how I can do anything for you. A reception is being held here, and the guests are vow waiting for me.” The correspondent explained in what an embarrassing posi tion he would be placed with his paper if he were compelled to go back and report that, after seeing the general, he did not get the interview. The general listened attentively, and then said: ‘‘ You wait here a minute.” In less than sixty seconds he reappeared, bringing with him a large volume. Turning to the anxious young man, he said: ** This is a book I once wrote of the capture of Jeff Davis. You can look through it and send as much or as little as you want. Quote the article, and that will be an interview with me.” The writer hurried back to the telegraph-office in Wilmington and began to copy the story of the capture as the general had described it. The next day the paper appeared with a two-column interview. Copies of ‘*Leslie’s Weekly’? Wanted. Copies of LESLIzx’s WEEKLY are desired to complete our files and we will be glad to compensate those who will seid to us issues of LESLIE’S WEEKLY of the following dates: January 20th, 1898, No. 2210; May 12th, 1898, No 9226, and July 2st, 1898, No. 2236. The papers should be addressed: ‘*‘ Manager, LESLIE’S WEEKLY, 110 Fifth Avenue, New York.” eat THE SWIFT YACHT ‘‘ VORANT II .” WINNER OF MANY “ON- TESTS AND A PROMISING COMPETITOR IN THIS YEAR'S REGATTAS,—GEORGE J. BASCOM, OWNER. bidtiaid at ht Out Pa Eg SHI TRAD! 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Tickets, including transportation, meals en route in both directions, transfers of passengers and bag gage, hotel accommodations at Old Point Comfort, | Richmond, and Washington, and carriage ride about Richmond will be sold at rate of $34.00 from New York, Brooklyn, and Newark ; $32.50 from Trenton ; $31.00 from Philadelphia, and proportionate rates from other stations. O_Lp Potnt ComForT ONLY. Tickets to Old Point Comfort only, including luncheon on going trip, one and three-fourths days’ board at that place, and good to return direct by regular trains within six days, will be sold in con- nection with this tour at rate of $15.00 from New York ; $13.50 from Trenton ;: $12.50 from Philadel- phia, and proportionate rates from other points. For itineraries and full information apply to ticket agents ; Tourist Agent, 1196 Bat yy & New York ; 789 Broad Street, Newark, N. J.; or George W. Boyd, Assistant General Passenger Agent, Broad Street Station, Philadelphia. 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PREPARING HIS WEAPON, **Going to shave, Sam ?” ** No, sah ; dance.” Established 1823. WILSON WHISKEY. That’s All! THE WILSON DISTILLING Co., Baltimore, Md. “She walks the waters like a thing of life.” PROPERLY DESCRIBES A TRUSCOTT BOAT THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL, Better Boats PERFECT MODELS, THEY REQUIRE LITTLE And Machinery MORE ATTENTION TO Cannot Be Made BE ALWAYS READY THAN A ROWBOAT. FASTEST-— HANDSOMEST -— CHEAPEST -— BEST Free illustrated booklet gives details. | Truscott Boat Mfg. Co., St. Joseph, Mich. BAKERS BREAKFAST FROM THE MEDICAL PRACTITIONER, THE NURSE AND THE INTELLIGENT HOUSEKEEPER AND CATERER WALTER BAKER & CO. Limited | nanan rock re doGeubaens teenies Caee i eon pants 1oco @Ah | THE “SOHMER” HEADS THE | LIST OF THE HIGHEST GRADE PIANOS. SOHMER PIANOS Sohmer Buildin Only Salesroom Sth Avo., cor. 22d St. Ss in Greater sow ~ r You have probably seen the kind of tires that riders swear at. e. G & J Tires are the kind they swear by— ! always faithful in service and easy to repair. | j A puncture has no terrors for the G & J 4 tiders—no tools of any kind required. Aske for G & J Tires and do not be put off with a substitute. Art catalogue free, 4 ’ Made just as it was G & J TIRE COMPANY, 7. a century ago— Indianapolis, Ind. 4 * Absolutely pure. Bottied in Bond. Fo rei g nlravel ‘ 4 A. Overholt & Co. Limited number of young ladies. PITTSBURG. 7 Fay a Constantinople, Italy, Spain, ete. Addtess Miss Waivon, “The Moorings,” oward, Pa. In The Prism and in the placing of the object lenses farther apart than the eyes are, lie the extraordinary y vantages of the Bausch é Lomb-Zeiss STEREO Field and Marine Glasses. Prisms make the pocket size, permit the use of regular TELESCOPE eyepieces and object lenses, giving immeng field of view and magnifying power, and that invaluable steredscopic effect found only jn 4, BauschéLomb4” > . STERE( Zeiss | oe Binocular Sold by all A ! Z . Catalog of Opticians , { Booklet 4 Free e F 3 =. z= SS NEW ONE-HAND FOCUSING ATTACHMENT. Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. 1-0) Incorporated 1867. “HISTORY OF A | TRADE-MARK” 'N WONDERLAND 1901- A STRANGE STORY. YOU CAN READ IT TOO. Send Cnas.S.FEE,St.Paul,Minn., SIX CENTS for the Boon. The Story is illustrated in Colors and refers toa time before the Christian Era. “NORTH COAST LIMITED” RESUMED SERVICE MAY 5™ “ S SOAP SHAVING THE J. B, WILLIAMs Co., Glastonbury Conn. ar Sirs ;— , I enclose a picture taken by me in one of the leading barber shops in this city yesterday. While awaiting “‘my turn,” the old gentleman in the chair entered and asked if he could be shaved. Being told that he could, he asked what soap they used, and said if they didn’t use WILLIAMS’ Soap he would go elsewhere. He stated that he was ninety-three years old, and had _ used nothing but ILLIAMS’ Soap for more than half of his life. That many years ago his face had been badl poisoned in a shop, where one of the eee Gee bye ey | ners ya suffered agonies. He at once quit that shop was alwa i j of all barbers who did uot use “WILLIAMS’ SOAP.” ee ae Very Respectfully, J. W. URQUHART, Detroit, Mich. MORAL: Protect yourself by insisting that your barber uses WILLIAMS’ SHAVING SOAP. Accept no substitute from deal- ers — shave yourself. Williams’ Soaps are sold all over the wor THE J. B. WILLIAMS COMPANY, Glastonbury, Conn. Depots : London, Paris, Dresden, Sydney. Nr ; Most Perrect Biock Sicanats on THe New York CentrRAt..

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