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C. IWncU in The Scrap . . r.t statistics show that Individa ! ; jvcrty in the United States lis In ii. j ins out of all proportion to the 1 crease In aggregate wealth, and a.1 i .!,! the advance prophets of evii l ave predicted trouble at io disUni iJven now. It Is said that by a strange paradox the very atuoum ct wealth, especially in the United Statea. where most of the population Is mo-rey-niad,' Is responsible for this con dition, f i people T who have wealth st only it spend It while they have It but keo on spending: It after they have, it t , .: In fact here are Instance on re ord where they have epent more af ter they have It not. . ' ' v This constitutes a class of pauper ism all by Itself, and a few anecdotes related here show bow the "busted"' rich cling to an apartment In a swell hotel.- even though they may not have the price of coffee and rolls at a cheap restaurant Every story Is a fact, and many more might be told. A peculiar species of madness seises the victims, who labor under the delusion that they still bave millions, and they frequent ly hypnotise the managers of hotels tintil the spell Is broken by rude re ality. L In the effort to keep up appearan ' es, almost Incredible sufferings are sometimes endured, actual .hunger ; gnawing the smiling human sacrifice to false pride, while all the finer sensibilities of life are trampled un der foot . - The great bluff put up Is to live at a prominent hotel, use the stationary, nave the service, receive friends In the parlors, telephone, lie, always lie about everything, keep enough clothes to bear out the fake, and then eat at cheap restaurants if they have the price. This might be a Joke, were it not ; for the fact that it has led to forgery, suicide, theft has caused madness, loss Of aelf-repect and has led indirectly to many crimes. But little of the darker aide Is shown here, for even a passing view U sad enough. This particular phase of life In New York is increas ing, and the constant victimising of the hotels Is explained by the fact that the management does not And It polite to refuse credit to persons who are supposed to have money, while an old patron who goes broke would, of course, have consideration. It Is also one of the reasons for the exorbitant prices charged everywhere, for somebody most pay for the dis honest ones. It was but a short time ago that a mother and daughter, who had had great wealth and known every luxury, found themselves at the end of their string. They were literally stranded, with but little cash left and only a pitifully slender Income for the two. They Invested every cent they could spare in clothes, .pawned some of their Jewels, disposed of all the family heir looms that were left from the wreck of fortune, and went to an ultra fash lonable New York hotel. There they took the smallest room In the hotel, and began a life of thp most rigid economy. They adhered to a definite plan, as the object was the marriage of the daughter to the bent catch they could get. They lived, or existed, there for a little over a year.,and they never ate but two meals in the dining-room While they were there, being the guests of friends on both occasions. Every morning they had coffee and rolls served in their room, and out of the generous portion served for two they saved enough roll and butter fcr their lunch. After that they trusted to the ca , price of fate for dinner, and a they were good schemers and had many, social connections, they were able to secure many an excellent square meal In swell restaurants or in private homes. The wine and truffles of the -festive feasts happily tldud over tho day of much thinking and pain eat ing at cheap restaurant. A year of this strenuous fake was kept up. end then thf-y gave up the game. The daughter almost caught a millionaire, but at the laxt moment he married a show girl, and In the de pression caused by this Incident they flitted to other quartern In relating tho story of their experi ences to confidential frlendu, the mo ther was wont to say that ho was fre- fluently reminded of the shipwrecked aalldr who declared that he had lived for a fortnight on the smell of a knife that had cut meat. " An historic case, well known to n large circle of tym-vlvantw of New York, was that of a bachelor who, after squandering a large fortune and living for years on the bounty of o ...relative, "put out the light" one day when his small, regular cheek did not arrive. A number nf year ago, when , he was wealthy burdened with a for tune he had inherited he lived In ..royal state at one of the big ImteK and thither, In his handsome unite, he brought hi boon cotiii'iunionH, men of the world, like hlm'lf, with noth ing to do but spend money and enjoy life. His expenditures for ordinary en tertalnmenu mounted up int the thousands. His social standing brought . a large and valuable clientele to the - hotel; h Introduced nvn of influence . and capital, and to be seen with hint 1 was as good as a letter of credit, be cause hit associate were all wealthy. Time changed. Ills extiavagant '. manner of life, nli lavlfh and uncon sidered expenditures, exhausted his share of the family fortune, and afty " that he began to draw on the aha - of Other members of the hou and despite their protests, proceeded to spend borrowed money with the same . freedom that he had spent his own. . presently the end came. After repeat- - ed expostulations on the subject, the . other members of his family flatly refused to pay his enormous bills at the hotel, snd, one by one, they ceas ed to advance money to him. ' 'All this time he . had made no - change n hl habit of life. He still 1 occupied his expensive suite, and still wined and. dined his ;rienls; but the situation was radically altered when he woke one morning to find that ' there was no one left In the world to j five him a penny save one sister, who - advanced the ultimatum of fifty dol-' lars a month. . . r - From that hour there was a pro gressive, decline ia his mode of living, lie gave tip hi suite and took a single room, and for a long time, owing to Ms prestige and the custom he had brought the house, be had room and ' board without paying a " penny, al . though his accumulated bill were at that time mounting up Into thousands. At last owing to increasing patron age, be gave up the room and took a (mill one only a block away. lie si 1 11 took his meals at the hotel, ana spent t:iohI of ill time there It was all had to spend- Old habit clung to him. Book. ' and his sister flaally threatened to stop his allowance if the bills of tradesmen were sent to her. One day the regular monthly check did not ar rive. The next morning the maid could not get Into v the room, and there was ho reply "to knocks. They broke open the door. He was dead. The disconnected gas-tube was still In his mouth. He owed; the Hoffman House seventeen thousand dollars. . About a year ago a man who had seen a fortune of a million vanish Into thin air went with only a few dollars in his pocket to the Hotel' Imperial and took a room. Himself and his family were threatened , with ruin if he could not recoup, and he was en gaged In a mining deal that seemed to promise well. His wife and children were in Paris, floating on the ragged edge of starvation, and, desperate, he returned to ' New York. Handsome, suave, with the manner of & prince and an Immaculate wardrobe of tin latest fashion, he grappled with fate barehanded and discussed details of business Involving millions, while fear gnawed at his heart and undermined his nerves.- .., ' ' He strolled through the corridors as , easily as if they were lined with mo ney, and wothout so much as a glance at the palm-room sauntered gaily to the nearest cheap restaurant and stay ed the pangs of hunger with coffee and wheat-cakes. Weeks passed, and he could n-' raise a dollar to pay on his bill or to send to Paris for debts there. There was no more prosperous-looking man In the hotel than he, -but his handsome room was simply a prison-cell, to which he returned every evening, exhausted In mind and body, to pace the floor all night In agony. At last he owed seven hundred and fifty dollars at the hotel, and was pressed for payment. That day the mining deal fell through. Urgent cablegrams had some from Paris. He had scarcely the price of a cheap meal In his pocket. Almost maddened he passed several torturing days and nights. Then, as he was crossing the street, so distractad tha' he carcely knew his own name, he greeted by one of the capitalists with whom he was dealing, who offered him a salaried position of ten thou sand dollars a year, an drew a check for a month's salary in advance. The shock was so great that he slept al most a week. A clever trick, worked by a woman, has possibly never been duplicated. She was a dashing and beautiful wid ow from a Southern city. Her hus band was worth considerably over a mlitlan, and her extravagant tastes had been gratified to the utmost. They were in San Francisco, returning from a tour of the world, when he sudden ly died. Instead of the large fortune she thought she Inherited, she found herself virtually penniless, and when the funeral expenses were paid she had but little left. At the end of a year, social ambition and the desire for luxury and display Impelled her to come to New York, where she took a suite at one of the most fashionable hotels. There, with little more than a pre tense of mourning left in her raln ment, she attracted much attention and became a popular patron. At first she paid, then she was expecting a check, then one excuse and another. As usual, the management was lenient, but at last she was modestly but firm ly Informed that her bill of five hun dred dollars must be paid at once. The widow was all smiles and dimples. Why, certainly! How careless of her to overlook It so long. She would net tle it Immediately, or, at least, In a day or two. That evening n friend of the widow, a woman, arrived at the hotel and took the suite adjoining. Several large, empty trunks were sent to her rooms. She was going to London and had mueh chopping to do. On the morning of the second day, the widow, carrying a dress-suit case, accompanied her friend to the ship t oen her sail. They both sailed. When the tardy .investigation of the wblow'g room was made, her empty trunks and tho entire absence of her wardrobe was explained. She had packed everything in the empty trunks of her friend, and both birds had flown. fi'i.. ht a beautiful note expressing her regret. Last summer a woman living In one of the expenaiye apartments on Cen tral Park West was Invited to visit at Nuwport. She had spent all the mon-y left by her husband, and, although she kept the apartment, tihe had gone hungry more than once. She was also months In ar'ari nf her rent. She decided that shelmfirfsJT'.ndu She derided that she might ns w. 11 accept th.- Invitation as not, ond. bor rowing fiulflelent money from a friend to pity the servants' tips at the end of i her visit, td;o floated away In the tout ing car sent for her. At the friend's house 5he was com pel,, d to borrow more. money to pl.iy bridge whist, and lost that, in despair sho returned to her npartnvnt. only to be met by a notice to move . Hw pawned some jewels and kept up up. pea ranee for a while and not one of her friend suspecting the ttufh. One morning Mie was found walking In the pink, babbling to herself. They took her to Hidlevuo to tho psychopa thic ward, v.-he re her identity was dis covered, and she was taken away They found :it the hospital that sho was almos-t starved, A beautiful urid cultured gh, who u.xi ii--.-i n i l ii wisn ejenii-it in nr Ife. was left tdotie In New Y"rk by i the death of her father. JH left more than a hundred thousand dollars to her, but when the estate was settled up. h ound that the entire amount had been stolen, and that the defaul ter had fled to Europe. She had neith er money nor resources, for her edu cation was of the fashionable order, end she could do nothing to earn a living. For a year she oked out a wretch ed existence, accepted Invitations, din ed out or went without, sat In her friends boves as long as her clothe. lasted, pawned nearly everything h oau -snew an tne misery of annnr. ent comfort' In actual want. Then the invitations reil oft; friends began to forget bcr. At the crisis she rose to her old form. Every evening, abftut the dinner-hour, she put on a handsome gown; attended to every detail of her toilet with the utmost care, and went to Delmonlco's, gherrya, (Martin's, or some other fashionable restaurant whve, Mating herself at a table and explaining to the assiduous waiter that he was expecting her ' escort every moment he was , promptly served witn .an abundance of rollt and hut ter and ice-water. i Then. In a leisurely manner, in with an occasional showof wel4red annoyance at the delay of a recreant 1 ,e i.' i, n :' it .. Iv cf reJ i; U u .lit a r v 1 r. a tft then drpat ted. Afvr in t .1.4 f r t number of O.ivs In s.ivr.---iu:i, N strength give out and ti.s oven y fol lowed. 'These are but a few isolated Instan ces. If the truth were known, It Is not at all Improbable that every one ft the great gilded carvansartes of New York, that take the place of, homes, conceal every day a number of wretched human beings on the verso of despair, apparently living In lux ury, but In reality needing food, and suffering untold torture of mental agony.' . -. - .. WONDERFUL SERVE CELLS. Estimated That the Spine Alone Con- , , trola Three IUJJion8 f Ttienv New York Press. j - Dr. Alfred Wenxel delivered short lecture before the members of te Mug House Club which set many brains a-working. His remarks open ed brain cells that had been hermeti cally sealed for years. We are aup posed to have 600,000,000 nerve cells In the brain alone. Each cell is an archive In which some Impression is stored away for safe-keeping. . It takes a mental burglar to open the cells and let loose their contents which we style memory. A mental burglar la a man who creates thought. He sets the rusty cog-wheels of your brain turning this way and that; and presently you wake up with a mind refreshed and an appetite for mental pabulum. Dr. Wenael is a "chirp? praetor." We have dictionaries to-Jay which contain half a million words; yet the average vocabulary of an educated man Is less than 5.000 words. Scien tist are the ablest linguists, because they are manufacturers of words and phrases. Now, you are a smart man. You have 600,000,000 little nerve colls In your caput. Of these you may make 600,000 useful In the course of a long life.. The rest 599.400,000 are of no especial value. Sometimes they dry up. Sometimes they gt filled with water. Your brain becomes as a dismantled Indsutrlal plant It Is easy to understand that the man who makes use of the greatest num ber of brain cells possesses a higher order of Intelligence .than one who makes use of the smallest number. The most- wonderful of all mech anisms Is the spine, which Is deslnei principally for the protection of the spinal cord, or marrow an Integral part of the brain. The chiropractor believes that each of the twenty-six Joints in your backbone positively con trols by means of nerves (attached to the spinal cord) some particular part of your body. It Is estimated that there are 3.000,000,000 nerve cells un der such -ontro1. Osteopathy Is bas ed 'on the principle that circulation Is the essence of life; chlropractlee Is based on restoration of nerve action. If th srtlnal column Is displaced and a single vertebra presses on the Here and There BY TROJAN Sometime ago the able and versatile editor of the sparkling Greensboro Record confessed that the Lord had always been good to him, and taken care of him which has been for a long time although he by no means trembles under the weight of his years. Hut recently with prices ot every thing soaring up day by day he has felt like giving up, although taught never to doubt. But right In the nick of time something turns up indicating that Providence is still looking after him. The coal trust has had him by the throat, but a new fuel by the name or coame nan uecu utve:ic.i.peilc,en art not supposed to think In burning, it makes no smoke, an i i much on this item but they can always gives off. It la claimed, something II ae l:re&ch better with a little money in twice the heat of coal and the fire wil (h0 pocket. But ;en thousand would be last 40 per cent, longer than the or- , Hrnall compensation with his present dlnary coal (Ire, and the stuff is cheap- occupation the Democratic candi- er and altogether a long-site neuer than coal. So Brother Reece will keep warm at reduced rates and his faith brightened In a never failing Prov idence. Hut where Is the coalite? One of the curious things in politic- is the apparent Interest of many i-m- H-rat In President Roosevelt and tut' continued expression of opinion as t ...I. iUa. ... L. itf II hn n ennd blltn , whether or not he will be a candidate ugaln. Certainly it would be very dis comforting to many if he should bo. because from all Indications his elec tion would be certain. However, Mr. Roosevelt Is not In It any more and Colonel Rry-an will not be railed to contend with the present President. In all probability Mr. Taft is the next mun. The splits in the Republican party are never serious. The organisa tion 'is complete and when voting time come" the votes count. This very char acteristic has been the crown of vic tory for the Republican party. On tho leading planks of Its platform the strong men alwuys stand flat-footed. l! Is said that talk Is cheap. That depends upon the talker and bis abll-1 Itv to make his tongue or pen a val uable attset. The observer quite a while hk calld attention to the wealth of Mr. lirvan. $400,000. or morn, and all of it made by virtue of the publicity given him as a perpetual presidential candidate and his ability to under stands now to make it pay him. But a few years ago he was poor, now he Is rich, if ever a man has received full -.-.line for what he has given It has been Mr. Pryan. And this writer Is glad of It for he la always pleased In the mic?e?s of others. Some of the papers have been crit icising Colonel Bryan a little bit be cause he is to get about $1,000 for his trip to North Carolina and the few speeches he has been invited to make. The. criticism is not in good taste. That Is the way the colonel makes his living and he has the rlpht to get all he can by his oratory. From the time he made the famous "crown of gold, croes of thorns, bleedlng-browj of labor" speech his tongue has been Incorporated with power to act and it has proven for him a most valuable niece of property, fetching him a for tune and he continues to talk for pub lication and for pay. North Carolina has been food to Colonel Ilryan and there Is no reason why he should not delight to Visit this territory where the people are glad to give him the Driee. There is notnmg in me woria a talking man loves to do more than to talk, Ana when able to command a nig f fo dolnir this kind of work the speech-making It down-right refresh ing to him. xne cojonei aoes noi nurt himself or any one eise or nis ires quent speeches, and his friends ara pleased that he is weu paia in tne coin that maketh glad the heart. Easy to make a living that way If you know how. The colonel does, r .. -rs-: It l said that hs would be willing to again make the sacrifice of himself, Why, certainly, but do yott ever stop to think of the meaning of the word? An offering made 1o Jo4, ar4 of course where one unselfishly rives himself to the real good of his fellow men that is giving unto Ood. Another Idea of sacrifice is devotion with loss. The word 1 so commonly used by public men that its meaning Is not considered. Take Mr. Brvan. he has 1 been entirely devoted, fully eoniecrat- t ( or v t chiros has 4. t .1 .." t . i ti ; r i, are put I 1 j ..1 0 by t.v ructlc thrust btfore irou:atl-'3 pped. recovery U possible. li liidoninia, i-t. Vitus djtnce, KT. drunkenness, mental depression. neurosis, etc., are palliated by this treatment because co-ardlnatlon of the nervous system with the brain is restored. The following statement by Dr. Wenxel made members of the Mag House Club gasp: A young boy, about eleven, suffered from paralysis of the rtght arm. He could not lift .Jt to the horizontal to save his life, and the member' Was otherwise useless. Hut parents had spent much money to have him cured, but In vain. Protes tor ,m. ; undertook-to effect at least a partial cure; and the . demonstra tion In chiropractic was made before & large class. The boy was asked to hold a thermometer in each hand, and the temperatures were found to be seven 'degrees apart. The good arm, of course, was the warmer, be cause of its better circulation. . professor .'said: "Now, gen tlemen, when I have : discovered the dorsal vertebra whose nerver control this boy's arm,-1 shall give it the chi ropractic, thrust; you win please to note . the . result" - After fingering a moment' along the boy's spine the thrust . was given. No pain accom panied it . In a few seconds the ther mometer lh the paralysed hand regis tered the same temperature as that in the left . And In a few weeks the boy could use the right arm as well as his left; life had been restor ed to it by a very slight adjustment of a single Joint of the backbone. Doesn't that make you think? MB. CANNON AS A FOOTBALLtST. Thrilling Story cl Youthful f Septa agenarian's Stunt at Vermilion College. ; . . New York Sun. Uncle Joe Cannon's gymnastic ex ercises began to become famous' as soon as his boom was let loose upon a heartless world. When he was go? ing through the country in a palace car the toes of visiting delegations, mayors and aldermen and members of the Republican town committee were often smashed by the Jolting of his dumbbells and throwing hammers. On his celebrated voyage he danced all night, turned double fllpflaps most of the day, boxed the compass, wrest led with the bill of fare, and swam In the dally -pool. He rowed . In the galley, wanted to rob the crow's nest, and went ashore In a tug of war. When he got back his arms were al rnont as hard as his language. Uncle Josephus is still in training. He was at Galesburg last week and "opened? a football game , between Carthage College and Lombard Col lege. A dispatch to The Chicago Tribune tells the thrilling story: "Speaker Cannon was escorted to the field, introduced to the players ed to his Ideas, but in what sense has his life been a sacrifice? Money! Mo ney! the power, of which all his speeches touch upon has been rolling Into his coffers all the time with won derful rapidity. His life Is like a fairy tale, Nobody is sorry that he gathers in the gold and silver but don't use the word sacrifice. Quit It! What could he have gone Into that would have paid him better? Impressions, it is reported, have been made on him to preach. He would make good no doubt in this calling; and be popular and get a lnrv nf 11 A 000 nrnhnhlv Df rniint (!;Ue The old banker was ruffled when the young man aRked the hand nf his daughter in marriage and said: "You don't mean to tell me that you -ant my daughter?" "Yes, sir, I do: '!it not any worse than she wants me," 'vas the young man's reply. That was ihe truth. This writer Is not wanting In respect for the subject-of this little 8ketcn wnen he writes only the truth. - . " The big man is always interesting but hundreds Jlsten who do not vote for him. Hut; Avhy should he care? We know a man who by hard work In a few years a cumulated a fortune. Ills character was all right and In ev ery respect a worthy citizen. It reach ed his ears that ho was spoken of as a candidate for a certain office. He did not want it but still the talk was flat tering. The convention met and In a little while the nomination was made and o committee appointed to notify the nominee. They found him hard at work m one of his industries tnat made him lots of money. He put on his coat and went to the convention hall. The handsome, upright, vigor oim man was greeted with great ap plause as he entered. It made his face a little pale for a few moments but his heart was glad. His speech was entirely impromptu but pointed, good dnd lively. With flattering comment it was publisbed in all the town papef s. He soon had tb reputation of being one -of Aha. beat stump speakers In the State. His county was redeemed and time after time dWl the faithful ser vant of the people give his best service In the office to which he was frequent ly elected. He had no vices and his of fice to him was a sacred trust and he so considered It He gva of his means freely and as a result of the close ap plication torthe good of the people his business suffered dally and when through serving his country the busi ness was crippled beyond -recovery. Here was sacrifice a devotion with loss He gave verything and received nothing, how many ioiuicitns or tnis day serve that way?, This writer Is no believer In -working tor noming. nut remember, personal" sacrifice always means loss! Plenty of men who abuse wealth and corporations, make their living and become fat and rich on publk, pap." They ,havo houses, lands, horses, cattle,, bonds and coupons all coming ' as.,, result -of office and yet on mnny occasion with the air of holy sanctity do they hold up their hands and cry out: "Oh, Lord have mercy on the poor people and .. them from tho plutocrat and the radicals." These gentlemen know their game and the chores to shirk. They are wise In their generation. ' '7. -'' .,T -.-T .-, Well, we ara beginning to look up In the fifth congressional district You have heard about the different candidates for the nomination. Who will get Jt? This scrlba guesses, A. L. Brook, of Greensboro. Jt would give thousand of peopls pleasure; to cast their votes for him. Clean In life In every relation, mentally and physical ly welt endowed truly 4 faithful and successful servant of the Ftats as So licitor for many years he Is entitled to the position. Tha writer knows nothlnr against the other gentlemen, the ara well known and men of characler but If tha people of this district get their choice it win b Brooke That Is Just my notion. - i r J " t ..,k i ! i i ; ; h" 1 boote 1 C.o : 'A - -i n ,o trio 1 fi":.!:i ! i C.J tr.ii, fit t. better and tho fime l;i - m." The second kick was twenty-five yards. .The athletic vi-'-j is the Ver milion champion's, if it Is not pre viously engaged- He la a strong can didate, very strong. x - S3IALL PAXKS IN TnE SOUTH. Rapid Increase Shown by Recent Re port of Comp roller -1,421 National . banks. ' Manufacturers' Record, 1 How rapidly and extensively . the banking facilities of the South have grown within the last seven years is shown,' at loast In part by a recent bulletin Issued by the Comptroller-of the Currency." This reveals inclden tlally the great Increase In the num ber and total capitalization - of na tional banks in tha It Southern States, especially of small banks in country towns and villages, many of which places were without ' banking; accommodations before the establish ment -of these financial Institutions. The bulletin does not however, give figures on State banks or trust com panies, of which there Is a ...large number in the South: in fact, there ara no complete figures .- concerning such institutions, as all the States do not, keep . statistics .'Concerning . the banks chartered by them. The total number of national basiks now In the South la 1,421, and their total capital is $154,066,735. More thai) two-thirds of this number, or 959. have been established since the approval of the act of March 14,. 1900, which permitted the organization or national banks with less than J 50,000 capitat The total .capital . of . these com paratlveiy new banks a $54.T23, 500, of which amount $39,315,000 rep resents 383 banks with capital ot oyer $50,000 each, the remainder ot $15, 408,500 being distributed among 676 banks with capital of less than $50, 000 each. These lattei figures indi cate very, plainly the Southern de mand for national banks with capital of between $25,000 and $50,000, and how well It is being supplied. ;., ; Small national banks are numerous. In Texas, for Instance, out of a total of 392 national banks, organized since the act of 1900, there are 275 ot the smaller class. In Kentucky, out of 74 so organized there are 49 of the little ones. In Virginia there are 43 out of 69, In Alabama 34 out' of 63, In West Virginia 83 out of 62. Jn Georgia 82 out ot 64, in Maryland 27 out of 88, In Tennessee 24 out ot 42. In North Carolina,. 20 but of 85. Yet In some of tho Southern States the little national banks are In the minority, State banks or trust com panies of small capital affording bank ing facilities to communities . which would not support institutions Df large dimensions. promoter Keeps Away From tVaH Street and Prays For Funds. ' Kansas City Dispatch., Wall street will not be asked to help In the building-of "the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient railroad; which Is being constructed by A. E. Stllwell, from this city to Topolobam po. Mexico Christian Science Is to build the road. Stllwell says there are two ways to build a railroad. One way Is to go to Wall Street and tell the financiers about It. If they like It they'll build It, and let you be a secretary- Another way Is to build It without Wall street's aid, then keep the road and operate It yourself. Stllwell says the railway of 1,700 miles is being flnacced by faith. In addition to Its promoter and builder, there are a number of Christian Scien tists on the direcorate and among Cie shareholders. Stllwell has been accused of apply ing to financial matters the pntrci pies which members of the Christian Science religion apply to physical, mental and ' spiritual difficulties. It has often been said that when Stll well runs out of money In railway building hjeprays for more and al ways gets it. Men who have had dealings with him say "ie often told them that he had no funds at that particular mo ment and did not know where he was golnt? to eet them, but he was positive that he would Tiave all the money he needed by the end of the week and, sure enough, his faith was always Jus tified. Stllwell is always lndigant when charged wirx using hypnotism upon his clients and financial backers. He admits that he Is sincere In the Chris tian Science belief. He says that some years ago he was given up by physicians as having an Incurable di sease. Christian Science cured him in four days, and he has never since had an ache or a pain. He admits he takes his religion Into his business, and "he believes that oth er people ought to do the same, for religion and business are both found ed on faith, and without faith In your reitowman nw is empty and use. less. Thought She Was a "Cullud Lady,?' Macon Telegraph. The story printed In our news col umns to-day from Lake Park, in Lowndes county, giving the .almost tragic, yet in a way comic, account of the journey of a young white wo man all the way from the barren hills of Vermont to southern Georgia to marry an unknown man, the en gagement having been made through one, of these Infamous matrimonial bureaus, agalriitcalls attention to that nefarious business. As the story oes, and it is well au thenticated, the young Woman camo the long Journey to marry Rev. J. J. Roberts, who turned out to be "Burnt-Eyed-Jake," a one-eyed. burnt-faced, but rather harmless ne gro, who, whan confronted with the situation, declared that he thought the coming "bride-to-be" was a "cul lud lady." , , If the prudence of single women does not put these so-called matri monial bureaus out of business, the laws of the lan4 ought to. Docs It Rain Frogs? New York Press. , Positive evidence Is wanting - on this all-Important subject The con troversy waxes warm. Where ara the nature fakers, that theydo not ariae ; to" explain f If left to -rthe farmers, (9 per cent will answer -Yes." . Most naturalists say "No." Without drawing too fine a dis tinction, by "frogs" .is meant "toads." I have eeen the ground perfectly dry for weeks, with not a toad In sight Suddenly comes a shower, almost out of a clear sky, all over In ten minutes, leaving millions of little toads hopping around, some so small that tour could sit on a copper cent without Overcrowding. ; ; . It ; is as serted that these toads are burled in the ground in . dry weather, and at the first warm rain coma forth. Let us have some proof.' If It "rains pitchforks with saw-log handles" and "blows great ,guns," why can't U rain toads T ; .4 n - :r f 1, U.su .:!y it does. Once i.t a t'tu....a.l time, .perhaps, it doesn't. The thous and;. time was the occion of . the murder of Benjamin Nathan, a be nevolent philanthropic gentleman, In his home, at No. 12 West Twenty third street New York, on the night of July 28th, 1870, It is a mystery yet ' - So far as any one knew or knows, Mr. Nathan had not an enemy in the world. He was murdered for money. The crime attracted the attention of the city almost to the exclusion of every other topic of conversation, but its perpetrator was never discovered, and the case remains a mystery. ' The following extract from the New York Times of July 30th. 1870, brings back the atmosphere ot the crime and recalls the personality ot the victim: Benjamin Nathan was one of the most prominent wealthy, public-spirited and best beloved of our Jewish citizens; CYears ago he i amassed an immense fortune in Wall Street and for some time past has been practical ly out of business. In his home he was lavish to excess, surrounding him self and his family with every com fort and luxury money could procure, but he did not spend his substance up on himself exclusively. - ' ; - No man was more unselfish, me?e generous in charity than he, and none worked ; tndttfailraDly' -!.! 'all - good works. His purse end time were equal ly at the service of the needy, and or ganized charities had. the benefit of both, and also' of his tftdmlrable ad ministrative ability. . He was almost the creator of the Mount Sinai Hospit al,, and to his management as its pres ident was largely due the great service which .that excellent Institution has rendered humanity. , ' In this time, in many ways, he 'has given away to this and other eleemosy nary institutions a large fortune, esti mated at five hundred thousand dol lars, and his charity was all absorb ing, for it was not confined to his own faith or race, but reached and light ened the loads of men ot all creeds and lineages.- ' .t..-,.; ; .T:.. -:,vi;'-rt :;,;y;. Upright In all his business relations, kindly in his ways, Benjamin Nathan, who was a native of New York City, Thursday morning had reached tha mature age of fifty-six years and seven months, almost without an enemy. He was yet in tha very -prime -of life, a man of large size, full habit Imposing appearance, with no sign of age Upon him, save a tinge -of gray in his hair and bushy whiskers, and .with his mental and physical powers untmp4lr- led. i, 1 'l" ".' 1 This was thr character ' of the man who met his death at tha h&ndsof an. unknown assassin, 'in his own house, on that summer night in 1870. A few minutes after 6 o'clock on the morn ing of Friday, July 29, a policeman on pot at the corner of Twenty-third street and Fifth Avenuo heard "Mur der!" shouted from the former, thor oughfare, and discovered, two young men at No. 12, In their nightgowns, on the front porch, calling lor help. They were Frederick and Washington Na than, -and when the policeman ran down the street to them hey scream ed to him that their father had been murdered. ' -; . - The policeman followed " the well nigh distracted young men -,up to a front parlor on the second floor, where the body of a man was stretched out clad in a white nightdress- ;The head lay In a pool of blood, that bad flowed from numerous wounds In the skull, and blood was spattered over the floor, door-posts and the furniture. ' Close to the body Jay. .an overturned .chair, which had been placed in front of a writing-desk.' '.: ,v'.. - 4 It was learned tnat Mn Nathan's familj, with the. exception of the' two sons, Washington and Frederick, whose business kept them in' the city, were at his country seat in Morris town, N. J., and a bed had been fitted up In the front parlor for the old gentleman's use when he had occasion to stay In town overnight. Adjoining this room was a library, which waa connected with it by a short passage. The writing d -sk and a small safe, as well as the bet", had been added to the ordinary parlor furniture in the (front room.;'- ... . ... ' ;. The door of this safe was open when the policeman entered the room, and the key was missing. On the bed la a small drawer taken from-the Bate, containing nothing , but a few oopper coins. On the floor near the desk wag a small tin box containing papers, also, taken from the safe. ? On the desk lay a partly written check to the order of Lapsley ft Com pany, drawn on the" Union National Bank. The stub in the check-book bore the memorandum: "July 28, ten-thousand-dollar subscription for one hundred "" shares German-American Bank." It was surmised from the position of the body and the chair, that Mr. Na than must have been stricken down from, behind while writing this check. The first blow had, however, been in sufficient to produce unconsciousness, for a fearful struggle had ensued, a the overturned furniture and ' the blood-stained walls and carpets plain ly showed. It was also found that two fingers of the left hand had been fractured, evidently in warding off a blow. No fewer than a score : of woundB on the head, most of them be ing on the top and back of the skull. At the first cursory view of the body the ponce thought that, owing to va rying character of these injuries, some having evidently been made with a blunt and others with a sharp Instru ment, two weapons had been used, and this led to the theory that more than one person had been concerned In the murder. This view of the case was disposed of, however, when the instrument with which the crime had been committed was found. It was what la known as a "carpenters dog," consisting of an iron bar sixteen inches, long, , and turned down and sharpened at one end, somewhat in the shape of a' staple. The Incised wounds had been Inflicted with the sharp, end of the weapon, while the others had been caused ,by blow from the blunt angles. ' , The only persons known to have been In the house at the time of the murder were the two sons, who slept on the floor above their father; a man servant who occupied - an. adjoining room pn the same floor,' and the housekeeper, who slept In the base ment. ' None of these heard any noise during the night, a fact which was ex plained by the architect of. the house before the coroner's Jury,; who testi fied that the walls and floors had been deudenej by Mf," Nathan's orders, "x No trace could be discovered of the manner id which tho assassin had gained access to the premises; and, at tha inquest there was conflicting ev idence as to whether the front door had been found open in the morning when the two young men rushed out to call tha police. t Every effort was made to discover where the "dog" with which the crime was committed had come from, . but without succesa "It was a tool that Is often used In building, and might have been left In tha house years before by a workman," says Inspector Byrnes In hte book, "Professioaal Criminals of America. :"but It certainly was not tha kind of a weapon that a deliberate assassin or professional burglar would ' -:' c it;. 1 v : i l ' i. r . 1 ; ' -l the t:. ; -. t, ;. t'.f ; t -eo commit tel Ly one. of V, of the hou'-e." ' The police wen p...itlve the assassin was tUorou,: ;,1- r bad inmates -o that onvers- ant wita tho premises, as they agreed iiiai no one else could have so corn third stree was blocked, with dense masses of people, who came to gaze at v the windows of the room on the sec- 1 ond floor. The stage-drivers either drove slowly past the house or pulled up altogether to give their passengers a chanco to stare at the spot Private carriages loitered through h trt all day, forming a long procession, ineir occupants leaning out of the win dows, to catch a glimpse of the Bcene. The day after the tragedy, the stock ; exchange, of which Air. Nathan had been a member, offered a reward of ten thousand dollars for the arrest of ' the . murderer, and tha mayor, a re- .ward of five thousand dollar for his ' apprehension and of two thousand five hundred for the recovery of the watch and Jewelry that had been taken from the dead man's clothing. Two days, laterhe mayor Issued, the folloiwng circular, bringing the amount Tf the, rewards up to the immense total of " forty-sevn thousand dollars: , ' The ' Widow determined tti InorMM " the rewadrs heretofore, offered by me, and no result having yet been obtain ed.' and suggestions having been made that the rewards were not sufficiently. distributive or specific, the offers in the previous proclamation are hereby superseded by the following: " :A reward of thirty thousand dollars will be paid for the arrest and convic tion of the murderer of Benjamnn Na- than, who was killed in his house, No.T It West : Twenty-third -street. New. York, oa tha night of Thursday, July 281h. i , s.. . u , ' A reward of one thousand dollars will be paid for tha Identification and recovery of each and' every one of -three shirt studs which were - taken from the clothing of the deceased on the nigh V of the murder. ; .-4 A reward pt one thousand five hua dred dollars will be paid for the Iden tification and recovery: of one ot tha watche, being the gold anchor, hunt, ing ease, stew-wlndlng watch. No. 5, 637, nineteen lines, or about two Inches, in diameter,' made by Ed Per rigame; or for' the chain and . seals thereto attached. ! Tha chain 1 very massive, with square-cut links, and carries a pendant chann - with two seals, one of them having, tha mono gram "B. N.'-! cut thereon. , ' . . ..A reward, of three hundred dollars will be given for Information leading to the identification and recovery of . an old-fashioned open-faced gold watch, with gold dial, showing rays diverging from the center, and with ransed fig ures, believed ho have been made by Tobias, and -which was taken at, tha same time as the above articles A reward ot three hundred dollars will be given for the reepvery of a gold medal of about tha alia of a silver dollar, and which bears en Inscription of ' presentation v not precisely known, hat believed' to be; , "To Sampson Simpson , President of tha Jews Hospital," or To Benjamin Nathan, President of tha Jews Hospital.? , r To;.- enumerate the theories pro pounded as to the Identity of the muri derer or murderers of Benjamin Na than would ; require volumes. .While many clung to the idea that the crime was .committed by. a member of the household, others insisted hat it was the work of a bufglar who had secret ed himself lft-the house and, being discovered by hit victim, had slain him to;, prevent.an .tfutcryj -while .rothere held such wild theories as that the deed had been dope by some business rival.1 or that an escaped lunatic had entered the house..-. . .v,'" . "i I The police never found any real clua to the perpetrator of tha murder of Benjamin Nathan, though they made many arrests at the time. - ' Interest in the matter was revived In 1873, how ever, when JJohn T. Irving gave him; self up to the authorities in San Fran cisco as an accessory to the crime. He declared, that a man named Daniel Kelly actually killed Nathan while he (Irving) and two other burglars were watting in the cellar; Inrlng8 story was disproved, however. The preegot building at No. 12 West Twenty-third street Is. the one that was once the residence of Benjamin Nathan ana in which he met his trag ic death, though It Is now used for business purposes. . TOO LATE. i 3 W. Foley, in New York Times. All day I chased the griKly through. y , . -.wnnAm Ann ernsTC To get some sort of Interview My clothes WSfaJsii in ra&s; And when I rounded up the brute itruklH.. ltt lair -an 4TT" i m . I found that Beton Thompson had A coypngni on aim. . I plunged into an Arctic wste To write of wolves from life. Through barren floes of lee I chsbcd, , A stern tnd stubborn strife; v And when I caught nd cornered oni The shaggy monster said r T'm doing ill my growling for . Jack London, Limited." - Then. coming nearer home, I thought - To write of tamer things. And roll in with s trove of swino. ' Til be the bard who sings Of animated pork," I cried " But still misfortune damns, j . For Ellis Butler owns the pigs t And Kv Sinclair .the hams. Alas, my patience half worn out A aong rose, tosmyjlps - ' Of passiohste appeal, that would All passion songs eclipse: But I could see It would not do, The folly showed st once, : r - For F.lla Wheeler Wllemc, she Does all the passion stunts. "OcOd woman." plaintively I cried ' Into a slattern one, -Whom In my wsnderlngs I spied, , "Have you been deftly done In prose or rhymer' Sh eyed me close And yawned the once and twice, , And said,, "I'm copyrighted, Sir, uy Alice itegiui uce. ,, , .... Still wandering. It came upon.. Jz , ; .ktlJuAB 4 IS ami s fnlnv "Pray, tattle Dears, I bid you romp mit t what-vnn mnv.' I vaia beseechingly, ut found Them not for me Inatend. They were Jim Riky's children, and : .... m . i- . 1. v 1 JJOUgni UP (or inuniFia micu. . , riEAHT . WHFRK KINDNESS , DWELLS. Leslio'i Weekly. ' " " There's beauty In the glorious sky . , , When moni her rosy hue dlaplayt, ' And when at eve the western clouds Reflect in gold the sun's last revs. The star-bespangled heaven Is fair, . But there's a beauty far excels ? Nigbfs brilliant " genu or : gorgwmr clouds ' . ,, 'TIs In the heart where kindness dwells, A summer rose Is fair to me,'' With pearly dewdrops glittering hrl:ht. And beautiful the sweet spring flowers, Hlue violets and lilies white: They lend rich fragrancs to the mora; ! Of Innocsnce and Joy it tellst , , . I love thm well, but dearar far I love the heart where kindness dwells. I love the song of summer birds,' 1 11 1 And murmurs low of rippling streams, ' And fairy music which so oft Comes softly stealing, jhrough my dreams, , . But something hath a miglc power , urpnsdng music's sweetest soells TIs the low voloe whose gentle tones Ouah f.om tha heart Where kindness iJwsJh. A , 5 T-r
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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