PATRIOTISM THEIR
FAVORITE THEME
Von Moscfiziskers Wrote Poems
to Fiag and Country,
BREATHED SPIRIT OF tiBERTY
Parents of Nominee For Supreme
Court Justice Figured Prominently
In Promoting the Cause of the Union.
In the Dark Days of the Rebellion.
Admirers of Judge Robert von
Aloschzisker, Republican candidate for
associate Justice of the supreme court,
are directing their attention to the pa
triotic writings of his parents, which
breathed loyalty to the Union during
the Civil War.
Judge von Moschzisker's father
Franz A. von Moschzisker was a ui
tive of Poland and his mother was jn
American, Miss Clara Harrison, of
Philadelphia. The elder Von Mosch
zisker was of distinguished lineage - n
the paternal side of the old Polish no
bility. and through his mother of too
ancient Saxon, being a direct descena
ant of the Elector of Saxony, who sus
tained Luther In his historic contest.
He was a patriot and a scholar Dur
ing the uprising of IS4S he joined the
forces under Kossuth, and in man.
battles fought for the cause of liberty.
He was captured by the Austrians. but
after many exciting adventures e.v
capod to England, where he became
professor of German literature in
Kings college, London. Later be stud
led medicine, and after graduation in
Germany came to the United States
and settled in Philadelphia where ne
practiced his profession.
Both Dr. von Moschzisker and his
wife were enthusiastic supporters of
the cause of the Union m the Civil
War. Dr. von Moschzisker went to
Washington and submitted to con
gress a memorial urging the establish
ment of ophthalmic hospitals and oy
other acts fully established his thor
ough sympathy with the Union. After
coming to the United States he never
returned to Europe, but transferred nls
natural patriotism and devotion of
country to the land of his adoption. Ha
contributed to the newspapers and
periodicals many patriotic articles and
poems The intensity ol his sympa
thies with the Unionists may be judg
ed by a poem entitled "The Seen an '
Unseen Armies." written by him upo«
the occasion of the great military re
view at Washington.
The Seen ana Unseen Armies.
It reads:
With quickened breath and proud hur
rah
AVe greet our armies back today;
Their bayonets, glistening in the sun.
Not brighter than their victories won:
Their blood-stained flags, when tow
unfurled.
Commanding homage from a world
Each man his country's boast and joy.
From general to drummer boy'
And they, the heroes of the hour.
What thoughts must in their breasts
have power!
The men whose arms have dashed
away
The cloud that o'er tfceir country lay,
When here, in first and last review.
They bid that country saved adieu!
No monarch's praise these warriors
crave;
Their country's grateful love ttey
have.
Beneath those suits of warworn blue
What joy must, thrill each tense nervi
throueh'
Their leaders viewing them with
pride.
Hail them as comrades, true and tried
While they, exulting, greet the form
That led them here through fiery
storm!
On winged thought our souls aspire
Where purified by blood and fire.
With downward glancing, spirit eyes
They see that day so blest arise—
* ound its Chief, in bright array.
The army that has passed away!
its Chief—not he who led the way
Through night to victory's perfect oay.
But He, above whose martyr grave
'The white-hued flowers of Peace snati
wave,
Implanted by the loving hand
Whose life-blood stains a stricken
- land!
Upon the assassination of Abranam
Lincoln and while the body of the mar
tyred president lay instate in fblia
delphia. Dr. von MoscDzisker wrote
these lines:
The State House Bell.
Toll forth, old oell
With mournful knell
His requiem swell
Who lletb here
Cold on his bier!
Tell in each stroke
Of fetters broke
By action grand
Of this pale nand!
The Nation greet.
Tell blood so sweet
At country's feet,
Was never poured
By need abhorred!
Yet on this head.
By fiends low laid—
On this dead lace
Our sad eyefc trace —
O er martyr's crown
By thorns pressed down
The Victory won,
With these closed eyes
Kt.ul slavery dies:
'f :ien toll on ol bell,
With mournful kneil;
His requiem swell
Who lieth here
Cold on his bier!
Tell in each stroke
Of fetters broke
By action grand
Of this pale hand!
Judge von Moschzisker's mother was
born in Philadelphia, where her ram
Ily for four generations resided. Man>
of her ancestors were seafaring pen
pie. Her father and maternal grand
father both were sea captains. Mrs
von Moschg'sker was a great reader
and wrote extenai\ .: . volume of hef
verses Is amonj the cherished posses
sions of her son. Like her husband
she employed 'er pen to impart tc
northerners patriotism which
thrilled her. the battle of Chlcka
mauga Brigadier General Steadman
observing a regiment in line of battle
panic-stricken and about to retreat,
rode forward and, seizing its flag, ex
claimed. "Go back, boys, but the flag
can't go with you." This Incident
prompted Mrs. von Moschzisker to
■write these lines:
The Flag.
Gallant Steadman! e'en more than the
soldier art thou,
The wreath of the Poet encircles thv
brow.
GOV'ER;;O.I SIUART
MEETS THE PEOPLE
touJive TaiKi ul His iw
el me Mais
Philadelphia, Sept. 14
Governor Edwin 8 Stuart, who has
Just returned trom a tour of the stats
as guest of various "Old Home Week
celebrations speaks in the most en
thuslastic way of the evidences of
; prosperity he saw upon every hand
i The people of Pennsylvania, he says
! are happy and prosperous and therf>
are indications everywhere ot the hen
i fcflcml results of the passage ol ihe
! tariff bill, which does »o much to pro
teet Pennsylvania's varied interests,
agricultural and industrial and com
j merclal
1 The governor believes this will be a
1 great Republican year and that tt.<
! people of this commonwealth will ap
! preciate tin work of the Republican
1 representatives m congress in tne en
! actment of the tarill legislation
As a personal friend and admirer of
Judge von Moschzisker, whom he has
Known intimately for years Governor
Stuart was delighted to learn that the
candidacy or the Philadelphia jurist is
receiving tlie enthusiastic support of
tne influential men of the uench ;in I
i; HI, Ano are familiar with his spiei, NNl
i record upon the common pleas bench
fhe Republican nominee for the SII
i preine court Judge von Moschzisker
is- ue.-t Known to the n>gal profession
in roue h the many opinions he
written upon a diversity of sunj < '
>LO the tact that these opinions hav
I neen sustained by the nighest cour' i<\
the state.
"Every Pennsylvanian should be
proud of Judge von Moschzisker re
marked the governor a few day? ago
"It gives me pleasure to speak of his
worth as a man and his splendid rec
ord as a jurist."
Following the formal opening of the
state campaign at the Lehigh i-ountv
Republican meeting at Dorneyville.
| where nominees tor auditor general
and state treasurer respectively, A. B
Slsson and J A Stober both made
stirring addresses Chairman Andrew"
. is planning a series of meetings a» the
I instance ot the Republican count*
I ci.alrmen in different parts of the «tate.
The most important, gathering this
month will be the convention of toe
State League of Republican Clubs to
t»e held in Altoona. Sept.. 22. 23 and? 4.
All of the Republican candidates have
i been invited, along with Senators Pu
rest and Oliver, Chairman Andrews
and others.
'jr< it preparations have been made
tor the entertainment of the delegates
ar.i other visitors. unJ a large attend
tnce is anticipated.
Fourth of July Dialogue.
Wilfred McGonigle—Say, Spectacles,
| didjer hav' enny firewolks on de
i Fourt'?
j Edwin Bostonbeens—Most assuredly,
I and among the heterogeneous collection
| I had some elongated circular paste
-5 board tubes that emitted varicolored
j spheres.
| Wilfred .McGonigle—Say, dent's Eiv
; man candles yer mean, ain't dey?
j Edwin Bostonbeens—Precisely, and
, then I had other cylindrical pyrotech
nics with cone shaped apexes which,
upon being ignited, sailed with velocity
toward the empyrean regions and—
Wilfred McGonigle—Can't yer say
j skyrockets? Den wot?
! Edwin Bostonbeens—Then I had va
j rlegated spheroids that revolved In
j cessantly, with celerity discharging
j fiery asterisks that split into diverging
| lines as they sallied into the atnios
j phere. You may rest assured that 1
enjoyed those effulgent phenomena.
| Wilfred McGonigle—l like plnwheels
'• myself. Did yer hav' enny red lights
or green lights?
j Edwin Bostonbeens—Not that Inm
; cognizant of, but we had several derp
; onstrations of radium and helium.
| Wilfred McGonigle—Say, Specsy,
| let's set a match to some of dem words
1 and see If dat lankwidje don't explode.
1 —New York Tribune.
'
The robes of the Prophet thy brave
limbs enfold
As springs from thy firm lips that cry
wise as gold.
For onward, still onward, our proud
; flag must 50,
Bearing joy to its friends and despair
to the foe;
1 With liberty honor and light in its
| track.
; Whiie life nerves a true arm it ne'er
shall fall back!
j And years will but carry it on In their
flight.
Its stars, now o erclouded, triumphant
ly bright.
While from ocean to ocean ar anthem
will roll.
Of praise from a nations regenerate
soul
On ye who in manhood heaven dow
ers with a sword.
Tt draw in defense of your count""
and Lord,
i: patience, if faith hope or courag
e'er lag
"Go Ltik. toys, go hack but not with
you the flag!"
Although hotb of nip parents were
| ]' etic temperament. Judge vor
j Moschzisker would never be suspected
I ol loliowing the muses
I All of nis writings have been of th«-
| most practiral sort of prose. While
ne may ne said to nave inherited lit
erary instincts from nls parents, thev
run aiong different lines. He has con
tlned nls efforts almost entirely to
writings on the taw.
As was forcibly said by Alexander
Simpson, Jr.. in nls speech placing
tlm in nomination for the supreme
bench. Judge von Moschzisker is a
writing judge." He has earned this
reputation while sitting in common
pleas court No. 3
While many of bis colleagues on the
Dench have deemed It necessary to
put but few of their opinions In writ
Ing. Judge von Moschzisker has seen
fit to burn the midnight oil and be has
made an unprecedented record for the
number of opinions he has placed on
file in the Philadelphia courts.
"When 1 say to you," remarked Mr
Simpson, Ir his convention address
"that of upwards of Tour hundred of
these opinions but five ot them have
had reversals in the higher courts of
this commonwealth, you know whether
or Dot Judge von Moschzisker has
measured up to tne duty that has beer
before him "
LIVING HORRORS.
Men Made to Look Like Beasts by
Chinese Methods.
To transfer a man into a beast would
it first seem to be Impossible. It Is ae
'iniplislied, however, by tlie Chinese,
in whom nothing seems to be un
l.nmvn. The skin Is removed In small
[•articles from the entire surface of the
body, and to the bleeding parts bits of
the hide of living animals, bears and
flogs, are usually applied. Tlie opera
tion requires years for Its full accom
plishment. After the person has had
bis skin completely changed and be
comes a man-bear or a man-dog he Is
made mute to complete the illusion
and also deprive him of the means of
Informing tlie public he is Intended to
amuse of his long torture. A Chinese
lournal, the llupao, prints a descrip
tion of one of these human animals
exhibited in the Klangsi. Ills entire
body was covered with dog skin. He
stood erect (although sometimes the
feet are so mutilated that the beast is
forced to walk on all fours), could not
atter articulate sounds, rise and sit
iown—in short, make the gestures of a
human being. A mandarin who heard
nf this monstrosity had him brought to
his palace, where ills hairy skin and
bestial appearance caused quite as
much terror as surprise. Ui>on being
asked if lie was a man the creature
replied with an affirmative nod. lie
also signified in the same manner that
lie would write. A pencil was given
him. but ho could not use It, his hands
were so deformed. Ashes were then
placed on the ground in front of him,
when the man-dog, leaning over, trac
ed in them five characters indicating
his name and district. Investigation
showed that he had lieen stolon, Im
prisoned for years and subjected to
long tortures. Ills master was appre
hended and condemned to death.—
London Spare Moments.
A CHEERFUL OUTLOOK.
Making It Pleasant For the Studious
Traveler.
An English tourist traveling on foot
through one of our mountainous re
gions, studying the people, asked a
man whom he met to direct him to
a certain cabin at which he had been
advised to stay overnight. "Going
thar?" said the man. "Well, Tom's a
tlrst rater, take him just right, but he's
mighty queer."
"What do you mean?" asked the
traveler.
"Well, It's like this,"and the man
looked at the stranger in a calm, Im
personal way. "Ile'll be setting out
side, most probably, and he'll see you
coming. He'll take a good look at
you, and ef you don't suit him he may
Bet the dog on you.
"Ef he don't and you get to talking
with Him and say anything he don't
Just like ho may throw you down and
tromp on you. But ef you're too care
ful in your talk, on the other hand,
he's liable to take you for n spy and
use Ills gun fust and listen to expla
nations afterward.
"Out it's no use trying to get by
without stopping," concluded the man,
with evident relish of the prospect he
was opening up to the stranger. "Ef
you was to undertake that 'twould be
ail up with you, for he'd think you
was proud and biggetty.
"Ef you want to come out of the
mountain whole, don't go past Tom's
cabin without stopping, whatever you
do!" Youth's Companion.
The Unemployed.
Lack of employment is not a now
question. Says the Liverpool Mercury
1 of Feb. 14, 1812: "It is of the highest
, Importance that a committee of the
legislature should immediately inquire
into the causes of the present want of
1 employment among the laboring class
es and whether means might not be
I found in a nation of which the reve
| nue is immense by which a succession
of public works," etc. There were at
that time IG.OOO unemployed In Liver
pool. The same writer after asking
"Is war the only employment that the
state has to give the poor?" goes onto
show that the pyramids of Egypt and
the "elegant edifices of Greece" were
built with the object of "giving con
tinual employment to the laborer."
! ue wuo KUOWS iltfie soon teiis ii.—
German Proverb.
The Most Enticing Breakfasts
Are Now Shot from GUDS
ammmmKsmKjmrna mtraamammrmmmm mmmmmmammmanm ■ ihiwi ii wi mmm.
Puffed \\ heat and Puffed Rice were The foods of the day are the foods
served last month for seventeen mil- that are best. That is always so.
lion meals.
But millions of others lacked them. ^ a -v are ies^
There are millions yet who don't cris P> gigantic grains—puffed to eight
know them. times their natural size.
If you are among them, we invite These whole, unbroken, nut-like
you to try them. Serve one of these grains, made four times as porous as
foods tomorrow. bread
The world, as you know, doesn't You'll like what others like. We
jump to a food which all are not find- do you a kindness when we ask you
ing delightful. to try these foods.
Puffed Wheat —10c Puffed Rice —15c
These arc the foods invented by Prof. An- Then the guns are unsealed, and the steam
derson, and this is his curious process: explodes. Instantly every starch granule is
* , . . , . blasted into a mvriad particles.
1 he whole wheat or rice kernels arc put into *
sealed guns. Then the guns are revolved for Thc r " e , ls of * rain arc cx P a »' lcd ei R ht
sixty minutes in a heat of 550 degrees. timCS - } Ct J lO . c " at * are unbr ° ke ". th < shapes
are unaltered. We have simply the magnified
That fierce heat turns the moisture in thc grain.
grain to steam, and the pressure becomes trc- One package will tell you why people de
mendous. light in them. Order it now.
Made only by The Quaker Oats Company t«i
MESSENGERS ODD JOB ]
Little Hint to the Button Op
pressed Husbands.
HOW A BOY ACTED AS A MAID
Fair Washington Lady Left All Alone
Summoned "Reddy" McGowan to
Button a Pink Dress—"She's There
With the Looks All Riflht."
"Reddy" McGowan, a messenger boy
In Washington, has discovered a brand i
new job that has got aU other special j
stunts outside the regular routine fad
ed to a whisper. The other afternoon.
In response to a phone message, he
was sent to a fashionable apartment i
house on Connecticut avenue. The
tremulous feminine voice that sent in
the call frankly volunteered the in
formation that a boy was not wanted
to carry u message and tinally con
cluded that a statement of the work
he was to perforin could not be made
over the phone.
11 was iteddy McGuwan's turn, and
lie was shoved on the job. lleddy re
turned three-quarters ot an hour later.
Ills face wore a smile, and his eyes
were all a-twlnkle. "Did you find that
lady?" asked the clerk.
"Sure, 1 did. sir." replied Reddy.
"You'll have to make a report on
this," said the clerk.
"There With the Looks, All Right.
"She told me to peach to no one, but
I suppose I gotta," replied Reddy. "I
goes up there, an' she meets me at
the door. She's there with Uie looks,
all right. She says she's glad I ain't
any older, an' 1 wonders what's cotuin'
off. She has on one of them kimo
nos, an' she's there with the pink
cheeks an' the blond hair.
" 'Come In here, little boy,' she says,
an' she walks me through into the
best parlor an' sits me down on a big
yeller couch an' bands me a big bos
of chocolates an* tells me to eat me
head off. X ain't wise to what's doln'
yet, but I takes the candy, an' she asks
me to excuse her while she goes into
i another room. I eats candy for five
i minutes, an' I has Just linished up all
I of tho chocolate marshmellers 1 kin
lay me mitts on when she comes out
j again.
It Wasn't Any "Cinch."
"She's got a pink dress on this time,
i but it don't tit her none too good, an'
then 1 pipes it off that it ain't but
toned. There's a big string of black
buttons runnln' down the back an' a
lot of sort of little jiggers made out
of black cord that fits over 'em. She
looks at mo an' laughs. 'Little boy,'
I she says, '1 want you to button me up.'
j "That's a new one on me, all right.
I put a souse to bed once, an' I caught
a lot of runaway chickens for a dame
out In the northeast, an' 1 took a guy
around in a taxicab once, showin' him
the treasury an' White House an'
things, but I ain't never had to button
no dress on uo lady. 1 tells her me
ban's is dirty, an' she makes me wash
'em, an' then I starts.
"Say, that ain't no cinch. Those
there loops, or whatever you calls 'em.
don't go over those there buttons easy,
an', besides, that dress fits her purty
tight, an' there ain't no slack to get
a-hold of.l asks her If she can't pull
herself together a little tighter, an' she
ban's me a little poke on the ear an'
laughs an' says I'm a fresh kid an'
that she's laced tight enough.
"Well, I got 'em buttoned, all
right."
Convenient.
"Providence," said the deacon, "sho"
do look after do cullud race."
"now come?" demanded Brother
I Dickey.
"Well, hit's dlsaway: De nigger baby,
; ez dey say. walk too soon."
"Sho do!" assented Brother Dickey.
' "Dat makes him bowlegged."
"Now you tnlkln'!"
"An' bowlegs Is do mos' convenient
est legs in de worl' fer cllmbln' a tree
w'eu a possum's on de top limb!"—Ex
change.
A good and faithful judge prefe.
the honest to the expedient.—Horace
HOTEL CELLS.
The Difference Between Them and j
Those of the Jails.
The chief difference between the av
erage hotel cell and the average pris
on cell, viewed from the standpoint of
social psychology, Is that one is locked
on the inside to keep outsiders out,
while the other Is locked on the out
side to keep insiders In. The occupant
of the hotel cell Is afraid that some
thing will be done to him or that some
thing will lie taken from him by some
one who ought to be In a prison cell.
That Is the theory of It.
"Lock your door und leave your val
uables at the office," cautions the oblig
ing Innkeeper. "If you had valuables
you wouldn't be here," observes the
wltt} - prison keeper. That Is to say,
the question of valuables seems to en
ter largely into the matter.
It would be great to have a civiliza
tion which considered valuable only
those things which could not be stolen,
such as mental and moral equipment,
skill and good fellowship. Then we
could be a little more sociable. We
could talk to each other without but
toning our coats or feeling for our dia
mond studs every few minutes. Then
the man who willingly secluded him
self in a stuffy hotel cell could be
locked in and made to stay there on
the ground that something terrible was
the matter with him.—Success Maga
zine.
THEATRICAL COSTUMES.
The Man V/ho Supplies Them Must Be
Artistic and Well Read.
An extensive library Is an absolute
necessity to the theatrical costumer.
At the head of every theatrical cos
tuming establishment there la a man
of education, experience and genuine
artistic ablliwhose business It la to
know what needed and how to get
It If "The i'rlnce of India," "Bcn-
Ilur" or "The Darling of tho Gods"
Is to be produced he must map out the
lines on which the costuming is to be
done, and those lines must be absolute
ly accurate. There Is a wide differ
ence between the French costumes of
Napoleon's time and those worn by
Jeanne d'Arc and her friends. The
chief designer must know it and act
on his knowledge. At the time Cus
ter fought his last fight the United
| States army—cavalry and Infantry
was outfitted In a peculiar manner
that has long since passed away. If
the play deals with American army
life of that period tho costumes must
show it for It would never do to have
the critics "roast" the piece because
the producers were Ignorant of the
thing produced. The man at the head
of the costuming department must ei
ther be conversant with all countries
and all periods of history or he must
know how to become so with decided
alacrity; hence the costumer's library.
—New Orleans Times-Democrat.
What Thieves Won't Steal.
The last thing the woman did before
leaving the flat was to put four rings
in the clock on the mantel. "So thieves
won't get them," she said.
"I should think that 1.-ould be simply
Inviting thieves to run away with
' them," said her friend. "That is a
handsome clock, and thieves like hand
some clocks."
"They do." said the woman, "but
I they never will steal this clock. It
ticks too loud. No wise thief will run
: away with a clock that goes like a
I thrashing machine. It isn't the alarm
j about his person that he is afraid of,
for he can stop the clock, but the oc
cupants of the flat are likely to return
before he gets safely away, and if a
loud ticking clock Is gone they will
| miss it the minute they step Inside the
door and maybe give him a hot chase
| for his plunder."—New York I'ress.
Too Eminent.
"Why don't you ask your office boy
j to wash those windows?"
j "I ain't got the nerve to do it, old
| man. He was the valedictorian of his
; class."—Washington Herald.
Innocence is better than repentance,
an nnsnllled life better than pardon.—
| Blnney.
j Never mind who was your grand
father. Who nt-p you?— Proverb.
LOEB'S NEW POLICE,
Customs Collector's Force to
Seize Smugglers at New York.
SEVERAL HAVE BEEN CAUGHT
Forty-eight Piers Are Watched Night
•nd Day to Prevent Smuggling In of
Contraband Goods—Colonel W. Luti,
Commander, Has Two Hundred and j
Seventy-five Men on Duty.
Every pier of New York city nt
which Is tied a vessel containing duti
able goods Is being watched night and
day by a new federal police force to
appreliend smugglers. This force was
organized a few days ago as the out
come of Collector William Loeb's de
termination to stop leaks in the collec
tion of customs iwenuo. Within six
days an average of two smugglers a
night were detected and the goods
they sought to sneak through free of
duty confiscated.
There are 270 men hi the new force.
Colonel W. Lutz, former chief of the
Insular police force of Porto Rico, has
been named as commandant. Ills
assistant is A. M. Beardsley.
There are three lieutenants, twelve
roundsmen and 200 patrolmen or
watchmen, as they are officially desig
nated. The men ore divided into three
shifts of eight hours each. The greater
number of men are on duty from 8
a. m.to 4 p. in., a lesser number from
4 p. m.to midnight, and a still smaller
number from midnight until 8 a. m.
Thero is at least ono man to every
pier in the city where a vessel is tied
containing dutiable goods.
New Force Gets Busy.
The new department was formally
organized July 21. Colonel Lutz got
his patrolmen busy at once. In eight
instances they caught members of the
crews of different steamers trying to
take ashore packages containing goods
on which no duty had been paid. A
valuable lace spread, a number of
finely wrought fancy boxes, a valuable
Jewel case and boxes of cigars and
bottles of bay rum were among the
finds. In every case they were being
brought ashore when it was supposed
the customs officials had gone for the
day.
Never before in the history of the
customs service has a watch beeu kept
at night. The steamship companies
have always had watchmen at piers
At least they were supposed to watch,
but according to general report tliej
were either asleep or oblivious to what
any of the crew might bring ashore.
There will be strict discipline main
taiued of the new force in order to i
demonstrate that its organization and
i operation may prove its usefulness.
The roundsmen will be held account
able for the detection of delinquent
patrolmen at piers where one man is
assigned on the midnight shifts. The
lieutenants will make unexpected trips
to see that their immediate subordi
nates are really making the proper
rounds.
Forty-eight Piers Watched.
The force until recently had under
| surveillance forty-eight piers. It is
I stated that the force will be Increased
! to 000 patrolmen just as soon as it
i can be done.
The members of the newly organ
ized force are all clothed with the
"S.-S.-S." authority, as Colonel Lutz
terms It. This means that they have
the police and governmental right to
"stop, search, seize." The watchmen
are Instructed to take no chances, but
seize on suspicion if there is the slight
est thing to warrant such suspicion,
it is expected that hundreds of thou
| sands of dollars will be added to the
! treasury by this Increased vigilance
I before it will become generally under
, stood that there is no use trying to
leave a dock or pier with dutiable
! goods. When that particular time ar
i rives Colonel Lutz says he will reduce
j the force somewhat, but never to the
| point where a pier Is not covered by
! at least one man constantly.
Colonel Lutz had several hundred
police under him In Porto Rico for ten
j years. The body was organized after
the fashion of the new federal force
he commands. All below the rank of
major in the insular police force were
natives. During the labor strike on
the Island three years ngo Colouel
Lutz gained a reputation for his ener
getic preservation of order.—New
York World.
Monkey's Great Grief.
I Grief over the death of Dr. Monroe
S. Leach a few days ago caused the
suicide of the physician's pet monkey,
which refused to touch food after its
master died. It succumbed the other
day. When Dr. Leach was taken ill
the monkey took up its post at the
sickbed and refused to leave. On the
day the physician died, it Is declared
by members of the family, the animr.l
! whimpered like a child. At the fu-
J neral the monkey was permitted to
I look for the last time on the face of
j Its dead master. With shrill, almost
j human, cries It clung to the casket.
| and It was necessary to pull it away.
Real Butterflies For Hatpins.
A new enterprise In which the routh
of Palouse, Wash., ranging from five t.>
twelve years of age, are engaging Is
catching butterflies. The Insects nre
delivered t a confectionery store.
Pile re they are chloroformed and sent
to a plating company In Spokane,
Wash., to I metalized and made Into
hatpins. Five cents each Is paid, and
dozens of little people are to be seen
with their nets scouring the hills nbont
Palouse.
Thoroughly Prepared.
At a religious service hi Scotland tli.
late Lord Kelvin noticed a youugsti:
accompanying his grandparents and
sittlug wise as a young owl throug'.i
the sermon.
At the close of the service Lord Kel
vin congratulated the grandfather
upon the excellence of the young man's
behavior.
"Oeh, aye," returned the veteran,
■'Duncan's weel threatened afore lie
gangs In."
Enjoyment stops where indolence
begins.—Pol lock.
TOCULL IMMiGRANrS
Missouri to Become a Pioneer In
a Big Problem.
THE DISTRIBUTING OF ALIENS.
How the Bullion State Will Indue*
Foreigners of the Right Kind to Set
tle Within Her Confines—Value of
the Scheme.
Missouri has decided to take its
pick of the immigration coming to the
United States. Ever since Governor
Hadley took his seat the state authori
ties have beeu pondering over ways
and means to attract a desirable class
of immigrants to build up the waste
places and put more value into the
farm holdings. The Missouri State So
ciety of New York has also been
working at the other end of the line
to accomplish the same object. Last
winter these same patriotic sons of
Missouri, who make their homes in
New York, but who hnve not lost In
terest in the welfare of their native
state, suggested that if a live, ener
getic agent were stationed at Ellis is
land, where the great bulk of Immi
grants disembark, great good would be
likely to come of It. Now, after a con
ference with Commissioner lveefe of
the United States immigration bureau.
Commissioner Currnu of the Missouri
immigration bureau has announced
that the state board will establish an
agency at the immigrant station nt
Ellis island. The purpose Is to worlt
in co-operation with the federal bu
reau in inducing as many Immigrants
as possible of the right kind to make
their homes In Missouri
Advantages of the State.
Thus Missouri is to become a pioneer
In solving the problem of distributing
immigrants throughout the United
States instead of leaving them to act
upon their own resources without ad
vice or assistance of a trustworthy
kind. Two other states, Louisiana and
South Carolina, have tried the plan
and are much pleased with the results.
This state is likely to be still more
so, inasmuch as it can offer many ad
vantages in climate, soil and social en
vironment which are lacking in the
semitroplcal gulf states. Besides be
ing centrally located, along the parallel
of travel cast and west, Missouri prob
ably enjoys a greater diversity of soil
and climate, both of the most favor
able character, than any other state
In the Union. With fertile grain pro
ducing lands in its center and north
ern counties, stock breeding and dairy
farms of the northwest tier, cotton and
tob.".ceo in the southwest and its un
surpassed fruit orchards and vine
yards along the slopes of the Ozarka
in the southwest, this state presents
every advantage to the agricultural
immigrant that could be desired, not
to speak of the coal, iron, /.inc. lead
and other flourishing mining industries
which extend from the extreme north
western to the southwestern borders,
affording employment at high wages
to many thousands of sturdy workers.
Many workmen in the coal mines of
this state net upward of $7 a day from
eight hours of labor. Thus no Indus
trious immigrant who settles In this
state will have occasion to regret his
choice so far as material prosperity
is concerned, while from a social polut
of view no warmer hearted and more
hospitable people can be found on
earth than the native Missourians.
National Bureau to Be Established
The federal authorities are said to
be so much impressed with the Mis
souri idea of the state going directly
to the source of supply to obtain the
pick of the immigrants that they have
I decided to establish a national immi
gration bureau at Washington to direct
Immigrants to favorable locations
throughout the United States and to
gather information along this line for
the benefit of states that may desire
to take advantage of the opportunity
to augment their population. This
plan, if intelligently pursued, ought to
go far to establish the much desired
equilibrium of labor between the east
and west which has beeu sought after
for years alike by public officers in the
bureau of immigration and private
philanthropists. At least It cannot fall
to lessen the tremendous congestion of
aliens in the large cities of the east,
which is fast becoming a menace to
the welfare of the nation.—Kansas
City Journal.
The Intricacies of It.
"Why don't you study the time ta
ble, and then you wouldn't have miss
ed your train?"
"That was the trouble. While 1 was
trying to translate the time table the
train pulled out."—New York Herald.
At His Best.
Blobbs—The doctor told Guzzler
drinking was the very worst thing he
could do. Slobbs—l guess that doctor
didn't know Guzzler or ho would have
realized that drinking is the best thing
he does.—Philadelphia Record.
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