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ne / of revolutionary days—they are swept MAGAZINE SECTION. PART TWO. — 4 ie | U Cc t Cc S. SN = —— ioasaspassibabiaseavasseasnennosegnasaiaetaneussaonncnmenacasnnnliiisnssaatttiorensacsaanat aaa ean — VOL. XXVII. BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2s, 1905. NO. 48 MODERN CLIFF DWELLERS | 32 azsros.an',¥,'s.2 one Mock from) PRN DOR IN CHNA. | STF OF AN oxp xove, ~ [tie ary years of, tis absence. He THR PARCELS PO T, —and fashionable. The third street be- anisiiatines The Romantic History of Two Sweet-| Write at once, She, tov, had kept the ——en THE SKY SCRAPERS OF BIG CITIES the flight of the elevated trains, and beyond that lies one of the poorest sec- tiops of New children swarm like arts, TAKING PLACE OF HOMES, Not Only Used for Office Bu‘idings, But Occupied by Thousands of families. When the United States Consul in Europe says to his visiting countryman, | ! “Come over to my house this afternoon and have a cup of tea with us,” the listener makes a careful memorandum | ‘ of the address, and towards five o'clock xoes out in search of an unpretentious dwelling such as the modest salary of a consul might warrant. What he finds at the address*given him is a big square building, into which he is ad- mitted by an unseen porter, and the innumerable stairs of which he climbs, examining brass dvorplates at every landing, until at last he comes to the apartment of his host. Mr. W. J. Bryan, on his recent trip abroad, finding one of our Ambassa- dors similarly lodged, the only differ- ence being the increased rental, in- veighed against it as being un-Ameri- can, He wanted to know why a nice American home wasn't provided—such a house as would give the unlucky for- eigner- some idea of how we live in America, Mr. Bryan overlooked the fact that in our own big cities his “ideal American home” is rapidly dis- appearing, and that long before our metropolis is one-tenth the age of the Ruropean cupitals, increase of popula- tion and greater need for economy wii have rendered unattainable the mod- est individual home, and will have eriven city dwellers together under one roof in apartment houses whose size is limited only by the confines of the block and the building laws regulating height. Private Homes Disappearing. Twenty-five years ago the New Yorker who possessed an annual in- come of $10,000 lived in his own house and kept a carriage. The New Yorker of to-day with only $10,000 a year hunts an apartment for the mere rent of which he expects to pay not less than $1,800, and he cannot afford a carriage. The trouble is that on the island of Manhattan there is not room for its millions to live in the old-fash- joned way, and the cost of living bas increased enormously, They — oo their dwellings high above ground, every foot of ‘fs worth a king's ransom. wh there is no room for tke stately homes away for the warehouses of great mer- cantile companies. There is no room for the smaller brick houses of the past generation—their fronts are pulled off and replaced with the immense plate glass windows of the “exclusive import- ers.” There is no room for churches— they are torn down to make space for annexes to the mammoth apartment houses. New York, which offers the best ex- ample of the metamorphosis, is, of course, the most un-American of Amer- ican cities. The Italian walking up from the Battery finds himself at home; here are the high tenements of Naples, Genoa, Venice. The Austrian and the Hungarian land among fa- : ya at OMHOWN O Pr ‘WAY TO ADDITIONAL miliar surroundings; here are the square-bullt palaces of Vienna an¢ Budapest, The Russian suffers ne homesickness; here are the narrow streets of St. Petersburg and Moscow Only the aative American, with hiv lungs full of country air, and his mind filled with the picture of sunny, cot- tage-lined. village streets, stifles in the buildings are still big, sive, and the prices are lower. xins, a fairly comfortable seven-room bigger twelve and fifteen story struc- tures, from eight to twelve rooms, rents run from $2,500 a year up to $4,000 or TRINITY, NEW $5,000, at least. these a creamy white fifteen-story building, adorned with grilled iron balconies painted green, one may secure a bachelor suite, con- sisting of parlor, bedroom and bath, unfurnished, for the mere pittance of $3,000 a year. The Drive is the most beautiful resi- dence street in the city, but it is far from Fifth avenue, and the wind blow- ing in over five miles of bay and river is distressingly harsh during the winter. Here for $1,800 one may find an apart- ment comprising a parlor, a library (by pet taae so called), three bedrooms, ath, CITY, ON THE RICHY SOON TO GIVB B-RIC TOWERING SKY SCRAPERS. rond it is roaring day and night with York City, where the West of Central Park, the apartment r, hot so exclu- On oadway, above Columbus Circle, or ifty-ninth street, where the Park be- artment in one of the smaller build- without elevators, may be bad $100 a month and upward. In the where the apartments range ST. PAUL AND OTHER YORK CHURCHES ONCE SURROUNDED BY BEAUTIFUL HOMES ARE NOW OVERSHAD- OWED BY SKY SCRAPERS, In the best known of innumerable Tiny Hives for Homes, On Riverside Drive rates are lower. dining-room, pantry, servant's POLICY IS ASSURED AS RESULT| Statistics of the Year Indicate the war the “open door” in Manchuria was assured for all time. the world that she would see that the} trade of Manchuria would be kept free to all nations alike, and that in the event of her victory the United States} \ need never fear trade discriminations there. tional friendship for this country the policies of the nation do not inspire confidence that there will be no dis- crimination against our goods under any circumstances, clared in favor of Japan and with the present status of Manchuria fixed for all time in favor of Chinese sovereign- ty, the world is assured that there will be an open door there for the trade of all nations, especially for the states of the South. there should be a feeling of congratu- lation over this aspect of the situation, and the fruition of Secretary Hay’ most cherished hopes, China has been going forward bounding strides in recent years, The larger part of that trade is with Man- churia, which constitutes about one- tenth of Chinese territory and is locat- ed along her northern boundary line. About half of that trade is in cotton and the consumption of coarse cotton goods South is constantly increasing. boycott of Chinese merchants is the only occurrence that has tended to hamper that trade, and it is expected that American tact will, in the near future, succeed in lifting the ban that has been placed on these goods which the Chinese want and which can be se- cured by cheaper than from anywhere else. to China goods worth about four mil- lions of dollars, month of the previous year the sales amounted to less than half of that value. During the seven months ending last July we sold to China over thirty- seven millions worth of goods, which was about four times the amount of our exports there during the same period of the previous year. Those fig- ures indicate the rapidity of the trade advances that have been American manufacturers in China. Manchurians Like American Goods. cool climate, prefer strong cotton weave that is turned out by the mills of the Southern states, while the inhabitants of the southern provinces buy the finer fabrics sent there from England. trade advantages gained in China have done much to fire the imagination of the manufac- turers of this country, who have long been told of the wonderful market that awaits American products of all kinds OF RUSSIAN-JAPANESE WAR, tnormous Market Opened for American Goods in Manchuria. With the close of the Russo-Japanese} Russia had told) But while Russia has a tradi- But with the victories of war de- To the United States, and Great Increase in Trade. The trade of the United States with with in the The manufactured chiefly them from this country During July the United States sold During that same made by The people of Manchuria, living in a the coarse and The American that have been in China, but who have only recently had a demonstration of the nature of that market. “open door” trade of all China is open to the na- tions of the world. entering China does not exceed five per cent. ad valorum, except on opium, which trade the Empire desires to dis- | courage. On many articles the duty is less than five per cent. wholly for the purpose of raising revenue. door” hag been established officially in Manchuria the merchants them- selves have determined to boycott exclusive policy toward the Chinese that has been adopted by the United States and for so long has been en- forced, Louisiana Purchase Exposition invited China to send exhibits to the world’s fair they did not dream that that act would result in trade disadvantages for America. Not only is there established an in Manchuria, but the The duty on goods It is levied The Chinese Boycott. But at the moment when the “open When the managers of the The Chinese responded to the invitation liberally. .Among those who came to attend the fair were many wealthy Chinese merchants and men of high standing at their homes. They may have heard of our laws from HISTORIC RESIDENCES OF AND OTHER FAMOUS ‘oom and kitchen. All light rooms, the :dvertisement says. The dining-room ‘3s very pretty. . There ‘s a big square alcove window, but ‘oming up in front of it to darken the neal hours is another big steel and ‘tone structure. The bedrooms look out over the city, but already the con- tractors are tearing down the neigh- boring houses and the blank white wall of still another giant hive will soon shut the air and light from the sleep- ing rooms. Vashington is a city of such mag- nificent disfances that people w could otherwise afford to build in the suburbs are obliged to move into apart- ments in order to be near their. offices to insure punctuality in business hours. In addition, for some sy Jd roa ae roe Ak le the outskirts of the capital is by no means Chicago has -sanag for fiat life San Francisco, circles that the diplomacy of the Presi- |in'this cave ae it has’ been in others od Moeeover. ao bie as Posse De Ameri-| hood, and to assist her recollection and can goods to| prices, it is at the most a question of time when they will triumph. T a cott is not a matter that the Chinese, youngsters’ point of view. Government can absolutely control. but it is believed the Government will dc inthe near furure the trade ot th. in near ‘ of th United States with the Chinese Bmpire| pathy with her father made her of will continue to grow at the same won: derful rate that has characterize. in the past. others, but when they came in contact with Uncle Sam’s immigration agents they were humiliated by being treated in a manner they saw was not used to- ward men of any other race. finally went home thoroughly mad. They were influential members of the great commercial guilds of China, and they stirred up such a feeling of dis- like for the United States that it was not difficult for them to conduct a boy- cott against American goods and to ex- tend it to all parts of the Empire. They Will Overcome Discrimination. It is confidently believed in official can be furnished at low oe - Japanese Reason for Success. Baron Komura ascribes the success which Japan has had to a just cause, | yeas honesty in the administra- Ln og life among the masses of her her affairs, and extreme sim- hearts of the Long Ago Whw Dis- covered Lach Other Only to be Separated, The echo of an old Virginia romance comes from Omaha, where Mrs. Lela Moir, of Lynchburg, Va., has been pros- trated over the news that the sweet- heart of her youth, whom she bas not seen for half a century, but to whom she was en route to be married, bad died suddenly, where the marriage was to have taken place upon her arrival. _ Before the war, down in Lynchburg, a, Lela Saunders was one of the belles, while Charlie Clay was one of the best “matches” in the country. The two had been sweethearts from their ee and were engaged to be mar- ried. and young Clay went West aud never wrote home, . In 1862, Miss Saunders married, her husband leaving the following day for the war, and three months later his dead body was breught home. | Husband Was a Mason, But her husband had been a Mason, and last February the Lynchburg Ma- mic lodge was asked by the Elmo lodge of Washington State to furnish information concerning = Miss Lela Saunders, Shortly after, Mrs. Moir re- ceived a letter from the friend of her childhood, Charlie Clay. Ile told of his wanderings through the West and his final settlement in the State of Washington, where fortune had favored him with great financial success, Tle had married, raised a family and had finally lost his wife. | But he had kept the memory of his Virginia sweetheart—his first love—and he had carried her photograph during ters followed But a lovers’ quarrel occurred | j photograph of young Clay which te bad given to her when a boy, Further let She had ne children, while all of Mr. Clay's children had howes of their own, Forgot That [hey Grew Old, Throughout the correspondence the two old people remembered each other as they were in their youn iys and from their photograpls N wr pic tured the other as old—they were again the sweethearts of their youth. And then it was rranged that they should be marrie Mrs. Moir, sixty-three years old, started West to meet her fu ture husband. Reaching Ouuilia, she received two telegrams, one that he was very sick, and as she was prepar- ten to his bedside avother ig that he was dead. The lady was stricken with grief and taken seriously il As soon as she is able to travel she will visit the grave of the man whom she says she has loved all her life. —_— Ben Butler and New Orleans. From the Ruffalo Express. It would have done Ben Butler good if he could have lived to see the day when New Orleans would welcome Federal control of a yellow” fever epidemic with such enthusiasm that the citizens themselves would raise by popular subscription the money to pay for it was recently done, General Butler e lished Federal control of ition as of everything else in New Orleans during the war, He was roundly abused for it, but he proved the efficacy of cleanliness and strict quarantine in preventing yellow fever. si MRS. PAYNE WHITNEY, DAUGHTER OF LATE SEC METARY HAY. LITERARY WORKS The country approves of John Hay’s selection of his literary executor. The work of preparing the former states- man’s papers for publication was be- queathed by him-to his daughter, Mrs. Payne Whitney, who was Miss Helen ‘Hay. She has inherited much of the high literary talent of her father and has been a frequent contributor to the leading periodicals of both prose and verse. It will be her pleasant duty to prepare for publication the many un- printed manuscripts from Mr. Hay’s facile pen. Mrs. Whitney's first published vol- ume of her own was a collection of poems which appeared in 1898. Quite lately, and principally through the in- fluence of her children, she has col- lected a series of charming stories for little folks. Many of these have at-| tracted critical attention through their OF JOHN HAY TO BE PUBLISHED BY HIS DAUGHTER loor-handle would convey disease, and herve is thus ample reason why door indies should be kept as clean us Jossible, Illustrated by Ernest Haskell easily recognized smack of childhood’s| hours. As a possible explanation of} how she was able to portray things so genuinely from the childish standpoint she has said that she has endeavored always when writing them to hark; back to the scenes of her own child-' imagination she has thrown herself on the floor with pencil and tablet, getting |as near actually as possible to the true worth made her a great favorite, and both there and in London her learning, wide reading and ready sym- it assistance to Fier husband, Mr, Payne Whitney, was a classmate of her brother, the late Adelbert Hay. Daager in Door Kaobs, A dirty door-knob, snys the “Lancet,” is an obvious” principles. Constant contact with the —_ means contamination sooner or \ At the National Capital Miss Hay’s him in bis work.| at the Court of 3s with that of the beautiful Jacqueline. The cent years. “Has what so few of its class possess, the swervingly. A briiliant story. study.” —N. ¥. Globe. 133-137 East 16th St., New York Every reader of this paper should have this book. Cut off the coupon and mail to us with $1.50. Missourian - The romantic adventures of John Dinwiddie Driscoll (nicknamed ‘“The Storm Centr e”"’) an in Mexico, whcre hisscerct mission comes into conflict by infinite pains of detail, verisimilitude, suggestion.” “A remarkable first book, of epic breadth, carricd tirough un- \. Y. Times Saturday Review. “There is no more dramctic period in hisiory, and the story bezrs every evidence of careful and painstaking -DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO. MOVEMENT TO SECURE ENACT- MENT OF SUCH A LAW. it Would Drive to the Wall all Local Stores—A Mooted Question Wheth- er Mail Order Houses Are Real Benctits. The “St. Paul Trade” sharply disa grees with Elbert) Hubbard in his ‘leas of the value to the country of a parcels post system, Mr. Hubbard Writes convincingly in the “Philistine” that the parcels post would be a splen- did thing for the country at large, but the “St, Paul Trade” affirms that such tesystem would result in an enormous concentration and congestion of busi- in the few large cities which would entirely drive out of business, hot only the small merchant, but eyen the department stores. The “Trade” says: “The great mail order houses of the country, selling direet to the customer, are behind a manufacturing organiza- tion which has started at work an ‘endless chain’ scheme to secure the thited support of the mam turers id wholesalers ef the en or an amendment to the postal laws, ding for two classes of mail mat- ter, one, the first elass, to consist of letter postage aft ane cent, and the see ond elass to consist of all eather classes of mailable matter at arate just sufi cient lo pay expenses, Country Merchants Forced Our. “This the Trade, “brought down to bare facts, a parcels post. It means that the big tail order houses will be enabled) te send their goods te farmers through the mails ata cost so little that it will he absolutely impossible for the coun- try merchant to compete, “The result will be one or more ble department stores, according to the ize of the place, in each town in coun try districts, and these will hy hond time to compete with the mel order houses, even though they will he able te get their goods in’ linge quantities at first hand, “It is, therefore, at once annarent ‘hat it is as mneh to the interest of the manufacturer and whole y to feht the parcels post scheme for the small merebant.” Are the Catalorue Houses Advantageous While the mail order houses can do large business In’ every section where they can get in touch with the ustomers, it is, however, a much dis yssed question whether they are a “i! efit to the country. They ean ell eheaper than local merehants, and i'* erders are combined and wisely placed they usually do enough fo more than pay the cost to the purchaser of the express or vofeht. But, on the other hand, ¢s must be ordered from = cata- nest there is always more or less Aisappeintment upon their arrival, since there is no opportunity for a choice, and it seoms practically imnos le for the average mily to look worone of these iustrated catalogues ond send in an erder without buving 1 number of articles not In the least needed, simply because they seem to be bargains. means,” continues 80 — Heading Off Lotteries. Information has been received at the Post Office Department alleging that lottery ticket) selling is in floorishing: in the United Sts . which has led to an investigation and recommendation of a frand order ogainst KE. TBogelsang, of WHamburg, rmany, Who is stated to be econduct- ing in the United States the Hamburg State Lottery, the Brunswick State Lottery and the Hessian State Lottery. Cireulars intercepted at the New York | Post Office, apparently mailed at Namburg, solicit remittances for ticket drawings in the above lotteries sid tire that remittances be made to Hogelsang, at Hamburg. parila ke »s, Corks Made From Oil, m the Washingten Post The Mellon *ittsburg bankers, started an opposition to the Standard Oil Trust, and were promptly plugged. Eugene P. Lyle, Jr. Published August 1st 18TH THOUSAND ALREADY All Bookstores, $1.50 best romantic American novel of re- "2 elements of reality wrought —St. Louis Republic.