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WELL GOVERNED CITIES. Ahead of America In Coi- ' diet of Municipal Affairs. Dr. Edmund J. Jaines, professor of public administration aud director of the extension division In the Univer ity of Chicago, has spent a year In Europe In the study of municipal ad ministration of the cities of Germany and France, particularly Berlin and Paris. "European cities as a rule are much batter governed than those of Amer ica," aald Professor James In a recent Interview. "The administration is con ducted on strict business principles, t»ui unexpected deficits In the treasury sever arise, as they so often do In this country. The revenues and expendi tures are planned for a long time and the citizens know to a cer tainty exactly what their financial con dition will be at the end of the year. Furthermore, In the continental coun tries the cities are under the direct con trol of the central government, and they are not allowed togo deeply Into debt or contract for things they can not easily pay for. "I was strongly impressed with the fact that great cities everywhere ac complish practically the same things, whether in Europe or America. There has been vast Improvement of social conditions in the municipal provisions which add so much to the comfort and happiness of the people. Water sup plies, electric lighting, solid paving, street railway lines and other like pub lic works have made wonderful ad vances In all the large cities of Ger many. "Paris, on the other hand, is one of the worst provided cities In this re spect. There Is only one trolley line, and that Is short. A large part of this backwardness Is due to the unwilling ness of the Parisians to allow any In novation which will detract from the beauty of their streets. A solution of the difficulty is likely to come through an underground railway, which Is al ready partially completed." BROOM CORN CENTER. ■mall Illinois Town Handles Moat of the World*! Prodaet. Areola, Ills., with a population of &000, proudly steps to the front with a championship claim. Situated in the heart of the richest agricultural dis trict of the rich state of Illinois, it leads the world In the broom corn In dustry and has no close rival for sec ond honors. Douglas county, with some assistance from Coles on the south, Moultrie on the west and Edgar on the east, produces and supplies the world with three-fourths of the broom corn need. Of all the brush raised In the fear counties mentioned three-fourths of tfee product Is handled through Ar eola brokers and shipped to all points at the world by the broom corn brokers at that city. The two banks of Areola pay out annually more than $1,000,000, and the brokers of Areola alone handle three-fourths of all the broom corn raised and shipped from the central Il linois district. Areola is not a manu facturing town, and this Industry, which Is carried on in a strictly agri cultural center. Is probably without a parallel in the history of the country Whet: the same conditions are consid ered. Areola not only supplies the wertd with three-fourths of its broom eoru, but It is the recognized center of the Industry and practically quotes the price of the commodity to the whole woiiu. Bow to Select Color Schemes Fof Rooms, After deciding what shall be the pre dominating color In the room and what or colors you desire to use with It, arrange the colors together and etudy the effect carefully. It will be found that some combinations bring out all the good and pleasing qualities of the different colors, while other eomblnations are discordant- There are many things t® take Into consider' atlon—the exposure of the room, the amount of light and the style of the house, whether in city or country. Soft finlehee, either In walls or draperies, more readily than does the smooth or glace finish. —Ladles' Home Journal. Honey Dew. 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"In a Balcony" Charmingly Pre sented by Mrs. Le Moyne. POET'S PLAYS NOT IMPOSSIBLE, j Otis Skinner and Eleanor Robaoa > Able (u of the Star—Miss illitnrlie Wnlsh In "More Than Queen." It lias long been held that Brown ing's poems would not admit of ac ceptable stage use. The successful recent attempt of Mrs. Le Moyne at ; Wallack's theater in Browning's "In j a Balcony" would seem to disprove this. It may not be generally known that Mrs. Le Moyne first made her name through Browning readings, and the play selected for this trial Is con sidered his best work. As the story Ist probably known to few, It is here giv en: At the rise of the curtain the balcony of the palace Is shown looking out on a —■—* ~ " - "H Photo br Stereoicopic company, London. MARTIN" HARVKY. vista of plants, flowers, sky and twin- ' kling stars bathed in the mellow moon- ; light of a summer night. Enjoying the soft, sweet air, Constance (Miss Elea nor Robsou) is seen deep in troubled thought, yet trying to forget all in the anticipation of her lover's coming. The picture was truly beautiful. A sweet \ scene of love follows between Norbert (Mr. Otis Skinner) and Constance. The wealth of his love Is most generously returned, yet she fears for their fu ture, as she knows that the queen Is In love with this doer of brave deeds and tireless servitor of her majesty. The youth and loneliness of Constance's life have been guarded and tenderly cared for by her cousin, the queen. It Is finally decided to ask as reward for Norbert's services the hand of Con stance. When he leaves her to seek the queen, she dreads and hopes. She is soon joined by the queen (Mrs. Le Moyne). who comes to tell her that she is at last beloved for herself alone and not as a queen. This old woman has yearned for the true love of a man such love as falls to other women —and In her wild, uubrklled ecstasy to know she has realized her dream she admits that had the guard at her gates thrown aside his badge of office to clasp his queen for the love of the woman for giveness would have been his. She has misconstrued Norbert's avowal Into an expression of love for herself and rush es to Constance as the only one to whom she can speak unguardedly. It is almost needless to say that In this speech Mrs. Le Moyne reaches the height of dramatic power. The Joyous feelings aroused by love, closely fol lowed by the fear of losing what she has at last gained, the heart of the wo man, the dignity of the queen, are shown In such rapid sequence that the opportunity for the actress Is great, and It Is fully grasped by Mrs. Le Moyne. Mrs. Le Mo.vne's clear, well modu lated voice, added to the all pervading and refined dignity she lends her art, must win admiration from the brains and good taste of the patrons of the drama. When the queen later surprises the lovers and through her eyes and ears litems her own fatal mistake, the dig nity of the sovereign and the acute suffering of the woman form a piece of wordless acting which Is dramat ically intense. Her hysterical effort to discredit her senses, the struggle be tween the queen and the woman and the final victory of the latter are pitiful, the more so as she once more openly declares to him and before Constance that she loves him and will make him here. This horrible avowal Is the deathknell of hope to the young people, and Norl>ert and Constance are torn with doubt and dread. At lftst he risks all and manfully admits it Is Con stance he loves, while she Is nearly dis tracted when she reflects what these words may bring to him from the wrath of the Insulted queen. She nerv ously tries to explain what Is manifest ly impossible of explanation, and with a glance of suppressed rage the crush ed woman almost staggers from their presence. A few moments of abandon ment to grief and love for the lovers, and they see the door open to admit the guards who come for Norbert. As Constance faints In his arms the cur tain falls. The fine work of the principals and the touching finale caused many dem onstrations of pleasure, and the Impres sion was general that even In a Brown ing play success unqualified had been scored by Mrs. Le Moyne. X JJterary treat aud something to digest served In good taste cause those who partook, like Oliver Twist, to cry for "more." Miss Blanche Walsh Is an excellent actress, but she should confine her ef forts to the class of plays for which na ture has adapted her. She should, In short, never attempt anything In which the principal female character must be a delicate, seductive aud thoroughly womanly siren, In "Le Tosca" and "Gismonda" and "Cleopatra" V l ' an easily understand that she might be al most syeat. but as Josenhlne. poiuree? A Woman's Awful Peril. ' 'There is only one chance to save yonr life and that is through an operation" were the startling words heard by Mrs. I. B. Hunt of Lime Ridge, Wis., from her doctor after he had vainly tried to enre her of a frightful case of stomach trouble and yellow jaundice. Gall stones had formed and she constantly grew worse. Then she began to use Electric Bitters which wholly cured her. It's a wonderful Stomach, Liver and Kidney remedy, Cures Dyspepsia, Loss of Appetit*. Try it. Only 50 cts. Guar anteed. For sale by Paules tt Cbs Drug gists of the Frencn, in Bergerat's "More Than Queen," she Is not at her best. It is possible that If Josephine were shown as the woman whom De Barras gives us in his memoirs the role might fit her to a "t," but the gentle, frivo lous, light hearted and only occasional ly thoughtful, though always true and good, woman that Bergerat makes her Is entirely beyond the grasp of Miss Walsh. Then, too. Miss Walsh labored under the disadvantage of following that consummate artist. Julia Arthur, to whom the role of Josephine was pe culiarly suited. Still It must be said to the credit of Miss Walsh that she did not Imitate Miss Arthur, and It must also be ad mitted that In one or two scenes she was perhaps something of an Improve ment upon her predecessor In the role, but as a rule the memory of the origi nal overshadowed completely the fairly good, though never startling, work done by Miss Walsh. Miss Walsh was poorly advised, I think. In making the "More Than Queen" production, for comparisons were inevitable, and it Is difficult to Imagine how even Miss Walsh could hope that these would be In her favor. It Is very probable ihat in Its unplayed territory on the road "More Than Queen" will do better business than "Marcelle," but it Is difficult to grasp the process of reasoning by which her managers argued that the former play should be revived during their star's final week at the Broadway theater In this city. Miss Walsh's company was even be low the standard of Miss Arthur's. It is true that she had "specially engag ed" the original Napoleon, William Humphrey, but as that gentleman made the conqueror of Europe even more absurd than ever before the value of this stroke was, to say the least, problematical. Martin Harvey Is the young London actor of whom It is said that he is the most artistic performer England has seen in many years. Negotiations for Mr. Harvey's early appearance In this country are now in progress, and while It Is hinted that he may come over during the present season those who pretend to be In a position to know de clare that he will not visit us until the autumn of 1901. The accompanying portrait shows Mr. Harvey In charac ter In"The Only Way," In which Hen ry Miller last year won considerable success In this country. Mr. Harvey Is said to be a great student and a stick ler for what some persons call the "verities of the stage," whatever that may ineap. At any rate, his coming will be a matter of considerable impor tance In the American theatrical world. Miss Edith Skerritt, daughter of Rear Admiral Skerritt, Is a young ac tress who has made something of a reputation for herself during a very Photo by Rote & Sands, Sew York. KDITH 6KKRKITT. brief experience on the stage. Her last engagement was with Henry E. Dixey }p Langdou Mitchell's dramatization of his father's (Dr. S. Weir Mitchell's) novel, "The Adventures of Francois," which, by the way, in stage form have not been phenomenally successful. As Miss Skerritt in addition to being ex ceptionally clever is also an extremely pretty young woman it is not likely that she will be long confronted with the puzzling problem of where to get in engagement. It. O. COHEN. New York. filch l.lrlnK and Cancer. Sir William Banks advances the the ory that overeating or even a high standard of general nutrition may pre dispose to cancer, which he believes to be eminently a disease of the healthy and robust. From this point of view the abundance of food, which Is a re sult of national prosperity and on the whole a powerful factor In the Im provement of public health, is not with out Its drawbacks. Sir William points put that the Increase of cancer in Great Britain coincides with an increase throughout the country. Ever since the passing of the corn laws bread has been cheap and plentiful, while during the last 20 years the importation of animal food from other countries has been enormous. The Increased wages and profits of all classes have enabled them to buy freely of the best things to eat and drink. The working classes fare admirably. The better classes eat a great deal too much, tr' '••■r nniir. il food at breakfast, lv.-.a '.i u:i i >re now have proved very d:iir.''M i:s Sit William Banks Is com .1 that when a man Is over 4r» excess in food is ac tually worse for him than excess in drink and believes one of the results of too nourishing food is the production of a widely spread second rate kind of gout, a modification. In fact, of the acute and furious attacks produced In former days by the copious drinkiug of beer and port wine. A Combination llaiiillx Ilnr. An Ingenious makeshift f>r a com bination handle bar, af.'ordiu,: a "drop ped" position and a horizontal bar for sitting up, has been hit upon by a number of the "regulars" in the cen tury riding ranks, it consists simply in lashing a piece of broomstick across the top of the droppe 1 bam. The stick Is first set with tire tape, which Is pass ed between the wood and handle bars to prevent scratching of th« nickel, and then is made s-cure with heavy twine or wire A little tire tape bound about the ends of the erosspieee affords a good substitute fni gripe. World's Champion. "I tried many remedies to cure piles,' writes W. R. Smith, of Latham. 111., "but found no relief till I used Bncklen's Arnica Salve. I have not been troubled with piles since." It 's the only champion pile cure on earth and the liest salve in the world. 25c per box, guaranteed by Ppul#i & Cos. druggist. FUEL OF THE FUTURE l t t POWDERED COAL FOUND SAFE AND ECONOMICAL. (SRenlona Kerdluic Appliance Tkai Worka Antuiiiatlcall)"—(sal Han mered to Duat aa fine a« Floor, Predicted Solution Of Unrbag* Problem. Powdered coal is the fuel of the fu ture. according to the officials of the Il linois Central railroad, who have been experimenting recently with a device for making use of coal dust. Two boilers at the railroad's Four teenth street power house have been equipped with the new invention, and tests of efficiency and economy In the use of coal will be continued for the *iext 30 days. At the end of that time The railroad men claim they will have demonstrated that coal when ground fine enough is the best and cheapest fuel available, as well as being abso lutely smokeless. The subject of coal dust firing lias occupied the attention of engineers all over the world for years, but the idea has only recently been put into practical shape. For coal dust firing the coal must be ground to a powder as flue as wheat flour. The appliances now In use at the rail road power house are simple, accord- FKEDKR FOR POWDSRF.D COAL. mg to the Chicago Record. A large hopper above the door of the firebox re ceives the dust, which is put up in bags —7O pounds to the bag. From this hop per the powdered coal is jarred down by an automatic shaker to a revolving brush with steel bristles. At the same time currents of air are admitted at one side and the top of the brush. Re volving several hundred times a min ute, this brush throws the particles of coal Into the firebox, where they are In stantly iu a state of combustion. Damp ers for the further admission of air ara placed below the brush. These appliances were placed on ex tra boilers, the only change necessary belug the construction of a front facing of brick about two feet deep. Further tests were made recently, when the other four boilers in the power house, which are hand fired, were shut off, and the two boilers hav lug the new devices were used to op erate the entire plant. Bags of dust were poured into the hopper as re quired. and the tire got no other atten tion during the two hours' test except an occasional adjustment of the damp ers and the feeders. Illinois coal, quoted at $1.40 per ton, was the fuel, and the officials declared that, so far as they could see, it was doing the work as well as the better grades for merly used. The coal is dumped into a circular pit, where six hammers, each striking 100 blows a minute, pound the mass until it is fine enough to drop through meshes at the bottom of the pit. , It was claimed that the adoption of this arrangement by the city would give an easy solution of the garbage problem, as the intense heat would In stantly consume the rubbish. Experi ments are being pushed to demonstrate whether the system Is suitable for use on the road's locomotives. Tests will be made of the apparatus In Beveral of the large smelting works within the next month. John F. Wallace, second assistant vice president of the Illinois Central railroad, declared that the officials of the company were satisfied that the principle of the new invention was cor rect and that they expected to demon strate that there was a saving of from 2r> to 40 per cent on the same quality of coal. Mr. Wallace said that within the next month he would begin experi ments, using the front end cinders and the clinkers from the grates as fuel after grinding them. A Snperatltlona Ball Plartr, Roy Thomas, the diminutive colle gian who plays center for Philadelphia, Is as superstitious as an old leaguer. When he comes to bat, he refuses to walk direct to his position across the plate, and he will not pass between the catcher and the umpire. CONSUMPTION CAN BE CUBED. T. A. Slocum, M. C., the Great Chem ! ist and Scientist, Will Send Free, to .lit- Afflicted, Three Bottles of his Ne.vl v Discovered Reme dies to Cure Consumption : i i All Lung Troubles. Nothing could be lairer, more philan thropic or carry moie joy to the afflict ed, than the oiler of T. A. Slocum, M. C., of New York City. Confident that ho has discovered a reliable cure for consumption and all bronchial, throat and lung diseases, general decline and weakness, loss of flesh and all conditions wasting, and to make its great merits known, he will send, Iree, three bottles to any reader o! the AMERICAN who may be suffering. Already this "new scientific course oi medicine" has permanently cured thou sands of apparently hopeless cases. The Doctor considers it his religious duty—a duty which he owes to human ity—to donate his infallible cure. He has proved the dreaded consump tion to be a curable disease beyond any doubt, and has on filu in Mis American and European laboratories testimonials of experience from those benefitted and cured, in all parts of the world. Don't de'«y until it is too late. Con sumption, uninterruped, means speedy and certain death. Address T. A Slocumi M. C., 99 Pine street, New- York, and when writing the Doctor, give express and postoffice address, and please mention reading this article in the AMKKICAN* March 4 9 nT ML | NEW W®A\AN W ELIZA ARCMARD UTU " NNM It is the bablt of ambitious young women singers, artists, actresses and newspaper writers the country over to long with all their souls to come to New York and live. To them it is the kingdom come of their hopes and aspi rations. They cannot be blamed for this, because New York is the heart of hustling America. Life in the large is there In all Its varieties. But the girls outside picture to themselves au exist ence In New York made up of excite ment and pleasure, going to theater, enjoying little suppers where wit and merriment abound, sitting up late nights and having time to lie abed cor respondingly of mornings. Now, this is a gorgeous and picturesque mistake. Not a country schoolmistress in the land leads a simpler, more regular life than the really working woman artist or journalist in New York. She is obliged to devote all her energies to business. If the newspaper woman works in the daytime, she spends her evenings at home, goes to bed early and gets up early. She must take the best possible care of her health that she may be in condition for her task. Illness and headaches mean losing her place. If she writes at night, she fin ishes her office labors and steals home in the small hours to rest I have known several newspaper women wljp practically hid themselves away and did not tell their friends where they lived that they might not be hindered by social demands. To them visitors were like vampires. There was one firl-a brilliant soul she was, artist and writer both—who tried to accomplish her work and have a gay social exist ence too. She burned life's candle at both ends, and It was snuffed out. Death stepped In and snapped off one of the most promising careers in Amer ica. The gay, pleasuresome life of the real actresses, artists and newspaper women of New York Is to be found only in the Imagination of people who do not know them. They lead the most humdrum, laborious existence imagina ble. * * H The poor girl who must work for her living believes she would have nothing left to wish for if she were a rich girl and had only to dress in the mode and pursue fashionable amusements. The rich girl on her part, particularly If she has much sense, pines for the inde pendence and larger life which earning her own living would give her. And who is happy? * « * Here Is a good story of frail, weak woman: Miss Lottie Pollion of New York was walking in an unfrequented part of Central park recently. Sudden ly two rowdies sprang up in front of her. One of them tola her she was too pretty to be walking alone, and be seis ed her arm. Next minute he lay sprawl ing upon the walk. It was not the list of a chivalrous man stranger who ap peared at the exact moment and knock ed him there. It was Miss Pollion's own tlst that did it. The other fellow, seeing his comrade fall, was mad as a hornet and rushed upon ber with up lifted arm. She dodged him and landed a blow In his solar plexus. He turned and ran. bellowing, from the scene. By that time rowdy No. 1 had picked him self up. He could not believe he had been thrashed and came at the girl again. This time she made him know It for sure, and he, too. ran as if the fiends pursued him. Then MIBS Pollion went home. The explanation was that she had taken boxing lessons and was the woman champion in that field. ft It * fifteen years ago an impecunious dressmaker ID Salt Lake invested her little savings In some mining proper ties. They turned out rich, and the dressmaker became wealthy enough to give her sister a SIOO,OOO wedding when that young lady wus married re cently. That Is not all of the tale. The rest of it is that where one person is lucky in mining investments a hundred come to grief. * ft ft New York city, so far as the woman question is concerned, is probably the most conservative town north of Ma son and Dixon's line, yet within and around it today are actively practicing women lawyers enough to form a thriving and lively club of their own. ft ft ft Two enterprising young New Jersey women. Miss Prances L. Campbell and Miss Elizabeth Schneider, have sturted a poultry farm to furnish fresh eggs regularly to people who can pay for them. The girls have wisely chosen the White Leghorn breed for their egg •tock. Women can do well in the neighborhood of any good market In the chipken and egg business If they manage carefully and learn as they go. average ben yields a profit of $1.50 a year. There Is many a girl who is not wortli that much. Many women build their characters as people do their houses, with a strict view to its appearance on the outside. Miss Grace Kennedy, commissioner of the court of claims In Santa Fe, is studying law. There is a real boom in young women law students. They are thronging into the legal profession much the same as women did into the medical field a generation ago after Elizabeth Black well showed them bow It could be done. The girls are not, however, much attracted toward the ology. la Tbcwrr, Bm~ Mrs. Newage—Why don't girls learn their father's business and be independ ent? One Girl—Please, ma'am, ntv father is B telegraph lineman. —New V Weekly. A lloitfM by Artful 11 cm. "Has Mrs. Fits-Shammer any social qualifications?" "Oh, yes: she's an adept at getting up lovely garden parties in other people's gardens."—lndianapolis Journal The Conventional Villager. The hero of the copiic opera looked steadfastly into the beautiful girl's great gray eyes. "If is true," he towered, "that her skirts fonift Rarely to het knees, yet some: thing tells me she is more than u mere villager for all that." Poor Marie! Her heart was In her throat, although she made the stage man ager believe it was only a frog when he roasted her singing.—Detroit Journal. Golds Melt Away. if yon use Krause's Cold Cnre. Pre pared in convenient capsule form are easy to take and effect a sj aa&y cure of the most obstinate eases. I i ice 25c. Sold by Rossman & Son's Phar macy. LOCAL NEWSPAPERS. PROMOTE INDUSTRY AND ENCOUR AGE TRADE. Ktcfitarr Adjunct to tl>c Bulant of a Community How a Wl4* Anaite Kditor lisprtuti Tkia «■ Ills Townsmen. The following story of the rejuvena tion of a moribund newspaper is told by E. D. Price in Advertising World: "I wUh you well, Mr. Tuttle. You can't lose much by your venture, for you're getting The Sentinel cheap enough, but this village won't support a newspaper. It's too near the city. Every business man In town awea for advertising, and folks think they ought to be paid for reading the papei, let alone buying It." The speaker was the retiring owner and editor of the Salem Sentinel, a drowsy four page paper published In a village just too far from the city of Blank to be called a suburb, and the editor was a bright looking young fel low, with good teeth and a genial smile, who had just purchased the little down at the heel newspaper for a song and was about taking possession. "Goshi" Bald a habitual frequenter of The Sentinel office two days later oa dropping Into get acquainted with the new editor. Well he might say "Gosh I** for the dingy place was transformed. A coat of paint had brightened up the outside appearance vastly, and within clean windows, walls and an Immacu late floor proclaimed a new order of things. Most significant was a parti tion, separating the workroom from the front office, with a sign, "No Ad mittance," on the door, proclaiming to all who could read that the days of "gaslng with the compositor" at his work were over. A new stove and a lot of comfortable armchairs gave an air of Invitation to the front office which the habitual frequenter was not slow to feel The first Issue of The Sentinel under the new management caused a sensa tion because of a pungent little notice to those In arrears wblc\i appeared In the editorial column. La substance It read, "Pay up or be dropped." Nobody, advertiser or subscribe!, paid much at tention to the "bluff." They had had such Invitations before, if not In such peppery, yet polished, terms. The following week's paper was a singular looking affair. It was got out by the new editor and the "devil." the "comp" having taken umbrage at cer tain restrictions of hla privileges and gone off In a huff. True to the notice of the previous week, the parties In ar rears had been dropped, and the adver tising space was a vast expanse of "whitewash," enlivened by this notice: "We have killed the dead ads. Ad vertisers In arrears may settle at half price. We pay cash and want cash." An extra GOO copies were given away, and the queer little paper, full of local news, if not of advertisements, was fa vorably commented on by the people, tired of Its dead and alive appearance under the former regime. At an informal meeting of Salem's In dignant business men, whose cards had beeu dropped by The Sentinel for non payment It was agreed that they should ignore the paper, and an opposition sheet was talked of. Editor Tuttle kept his own counseL A new compositor was hired, and as week by week The Sentinel appeared It showed the quality of the young man behind it A dress of new type Im proved Its looks wonderfully, editorial* right to the point were in evidence, the Salem churches, spurred by the Inser tion of pictures of their church edifices without charge, seni in bright notices of coming services; local lodges were sure of free space at any time, and, last, but not least, the gossip column, filled with those thousand and one hap penings of Interest in village life, grew weekly, and it was a "small potato" In deed who did not Bee his name In the paper frequently. As a newspaper The Sentinel was a success. As an advertising sheet It languished, and Editor Tuttle saw, with a certain amount of apprehension, the gradual diminution of his little store. Still he stuck to his colors. Tben came his opportunity. The completion of a trolley line to the neighboring city, cutting the railroad fare In two and furnishing frequent service, was the lever which the young man determined to use on the obsti nate boycotters. Filling his pockets with the last number of The Sentinel, he Journeyed to the city. When he re turned, after an absence of two days, his face wore a triumphant smile and his step was elastic. The following week saw a six page Bentlnel appear, crammed with adver tisements, all of them from the neigh boring city and all of them offering most undeniable bargains and, by spe cial arrangement with The Sentinel, a free trolley ride both ways to purchas ers during the opening week of trolley service. A huge edition was printed. The Sunday aspect of the business portion ftf Salem during that memora ble week will never be forgotten by Palem'a business wen. In spite of atern mandates their very wives and daughters Joined tha rush and made holiday In the city with money that rightly belonged to the Salem mer chants. And It was all the doings of that traitorous Sentinel, taking custom ers and good money away from them and ruining their business. Tben something happened. Inspired by a common Impulse, they casually dropped Into The Sentinel office and, mumbling something about that old account slipping their mind, paid up and inquired about advertising rates for a good space. The next week's SeqtiQel was an eight page .paper. float Dry. We are in receipt of the following la* «uiry: "Dear editor: oar eow has gone dry, do you think we conld sell her for drida beef? If so, whearf'—lndianapolis News. I'npleaaantneaa at Ik* Wlaltw. Paying Teller— Excuse me, madam, but I don't know you. Lady With Check—Know me? Well, I should think net! There are no bank cashiers In our set.—Chicago News. The Point of fl*w, "Get a divorce if you want It!" ex claimed the angry husband. "I can easily get another wife, and I've lived long enough to learn that one woman Is Just as good as another—lf not bet ter!" "Yea." calmly replied his better half, "and I've lived long enough to kuow that one man Is Just as bad as another —if not worse."—Chicago News. The Bt st Gold Cure, one yon can take without interrup tion to business. One that does not effect the head or hearing like the con tinued use of quinine. One that cures speedily and leaves you feeling fresh and ! clear-headed- Such a one in Kranse's Cold Cure. Price 25c. Sold by Rosa man & Son's Pharmacy LONG ENGAGEMENTS. WHAT A CATHOLIC PRIEST SAYS ON THE SUBJECT. Th( Chief Reason Why There Are So Many Old Maids—Absence Does Not Make the Heart Urow Fonder—Eth ics of Conrtshtp. "And will you wait for me, dear?" says the man. "I will wait a hundred years if neces sary, for I would rather die than mar ry another man," answers the girl. Then they separate. The man goes to another city to make his fortune, and the girl stays at home and waits. All is as it was before she met him with this exception—that in her desire to remain true to him she shuns the society of other men, and thus she misses almost all the good times in her particular set and becomes more and more of a recluse. Time passes on, her old admirers console themselves with other girls, and her friends marry. And meanwhile what of her? What of the man to whom she is indefinitely engaged and for whom she is sacrific ing all the best years of her youth? He was a mere college graduate per haps when she first met him and in the fullness of her love promised to wait and marry him when he had made his way. He goes out into the great world, and in a few months his horizon broadens wonderfully. His whole view of life undergoes a change. He Bhows this In his letters perhaps, and the girl wonders at it and attrib utes it to other causes. Then she notes that he has changed, and they have their first misunderstanding, a thing which would never have happened if they had been together. Perhaps on the very day he receives her letter he meets another girl. In the I soft light of the lamp on her tea table he confides to her that he is unhappy. She is so sympathetic! Her very pres ence rests him from his labor at the of fice. So he goes to see her oftener and oftener. At first he may talk of the girl at home to whom he is engaged, then after awhile they find other subjects of common interest. Then the Inevitable happens—his letters become fewer and fewer. At first the girl at home re proaches him, then she cries her eyes out, and after a long time her pride comes to the rescue, and she tells him that perhaps their engagement was a mistake, and she releases him. By that time probably all her chances of mar rying are gone, und she passes the rest of her life alone. Even if she has chances still It is ten to one that she refuses to avail herself of them be cause she cannot rid herself of the memory of the man she loved. Has a man any right to tell a girl of his love when he cannot support her and consequently marry her? This is a subject which has been widely dis cussed. Some say he should at least give the girl that consolation that she may know that she does not love in vain. Why give her that consolation? For it is like a sweet sirup which con tains poison. A woman is naturally hopeful, and, knowing that her love is returned, she will refuse to give him up. On the other hand, suppose he had not spoken. Of course her pride would have been hurt, but pride heals, and then she would have forgotten and would have grown to love some other man who could marry her and give her the sort of a home every woman should have and of which no man has a right to deprive her by substituting a love which can lead to nothing but misery and anxiety. There Is a priest in New York state who has been preaching this to his parishioners. Father Owens is a bril liant and sympathetic man, with a broad and thorough knowledge of hu man nature. After witnessing for some time the disasters among his parishion ers caused by these long engagements thfa is what he has to say on the sub ject: "I have established a rule in my church against long courtships and pro tracted engagements. They are respon slble more than anj'thlng else for the Increasing number of old maids to be found everywhere and In every class of society today. The girl who enters into a long matrimonial engagement Jeop ardizes every possible chance she has of marriage. Nine times out of ten, aft er she has spent the best years of her life waiting for her lover to come and claim her, she is left an old maid. "There should be no excuse, and there la no excuse, for a long courtship or a long engagement. No young man has the right to pay marked attention to a young woman for any length of time unless his Intentions are serious, and no young woman has a right to accept those attentions for a very long period unless she feels that she can say yea When the supreme moment comes. 7hen, too. that young man has no right to offer himself to that young woxran unless he is in a position to ask her to name the day, and that some time within the following six months. Mar riage Is often called a lottery, but when ft girl enters into a long engagement •he does not Invest her stock of happi ness in anything even so sure as a lot tery. It Is more as If she were to stake her last dollar on a horse race. "The best years of the young worn •n's life are being wasted; the years of her greatest physical attractiveness. Every woman lias the God given right to look forward to some day becoming a happy wife and mother. 1 have a very poor opinion of the girl who does not indulge in day dreams of little arms twining about her ueck. of soft baby hands nestling in her hoaom. And H is entity right and wholesome that slls should dream such dreams. Mar riage and maternity are her manifest destiny, and courtship and betrothal, as blazing the way to that destiny, can not be too seriously considered." The Why. "Pa, why do they formally notify a man that he is nominated for president?" "Well, mainly, I think, so that he can*t get up after he fails to be elected i» No vember aad vow he wasn't i$ politics at ill." —Indianapolis Journal, Delicately I'nt. Young Lady (trying to steer)— Why, boat nets very queerly, seems to me. Boatman (gently)—l guess she feds a strange hand at the helm.—New York Weekly Grim, but Precis^, "Is your father going to l>e back soon?'' asked the stranger. 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