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CHICAGO AND THE LIQUOR
QUESTION
Chicago Is to meet the liquor j
question directly next Ai>ril, ami ■
pending the trial of strength be
tween the "wots" and "drys" at |
tie next municipal election a cam
paign of education is being carried !
on with vigor and intelligence. Chi-1
cago is one of the great eosmopoli-;
tau cities of the world. In its
white 'Herniation Austria,,1 Belgium,,
Canada, Denmark, Eugland, Fiu-1
land, France, Germany, Greece, Hol
land, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Nor
way, Roumania, Kussia, Scotland,'
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, ami
practically all the other nations
of the earth are represented. The1
native Austrian population exceeds
225,000, the native German 501,300
the native Irish 204,750, the na
tive Russian 1S4.500 —the foreign
bora population of Chicago is 1
out of a total of 2.1S5.2S3,
according to the last federal census.
Mixture of races and nationalities,
if common experience may be
trusted, tends generally to compli-1
cate matters when such a question '
:>s the regulation cr prohibition of i
liquor is up for discussion cr de
cision Strange to say, however. !
there are discoverable in Chicago no
well-defined lines of demarcation in
public sentiment running parallel
wltp racial or national lines. The
differences are found to be as
niaiiv and as variable in the for
eigr.-born as in the American-bom
quarters of the city.
For the reason that it has prov- j
eA misleading more than once to j
judge probabilities in the voting
population upon the strength of na-1
tiouality cr name, thoughtful people
have been taking a broader view of
the situation and treating the sen
timent of the loreigu-born exactly
as the native-born. • To determine
what the sentiment of Chicago is
ou the liquor question the-popula
tion, it is seem, must be dealt with
as a whole. It is for the purpose
i-i reaching the sentiment of Chica
go as a whole that the municiisility,
iu accordance with a recent order
of the city couuil, is uow about to
set cut upou the task of inquiring
into the •"medical, moral, political,
financial, social and economic as
pects of the use of intoxicating li
quor" iu the community.
I*, ought to be set dowu a* sig
nificant that the Chicago city coun
c'l, a body as cosmopolitan as the
population it represents, should
have passed au order the ex
pressed ourpose of which is to de
termine "the chief methods of
licensing, regulating and prohibit
um the sale of intoxicating liquors,
>'id to recommend—the best prac
tical policy for this municipality to
pursue." There is 110 longer, even
.iinong the friends of the liquor in
-rests, an attempt to prevent ac
tion. it is seen to be useless; to resort
to the old method of belittling the
uiiti-liquor agitation, and thero is
far more meaning than may appear
on t .e surface to the average read
er in the willingness of the city
counc'l of Chicago to give the
whole question a free hearing and
a thorough airing. Eventually, of
course, the Chicago electorate will
P 'ss upon the matter of closing the
saloons, but meanwhile it wilt do
no harm to acquaint better the un
convinced and the indifferent with
tap reasons for closing • them and
iteet.ia* them closed.
A tramp railed for fool at a hand- I
some country residence. The lady of
the house was sitting on ;he veranda.
She was n woman to interest herself
in building up those wlu» needed bulUI
ing up uiul ordered a maid to bring a
substantial meal out on to the veranda
and place It on a table. Thin she In
vited the tramp to help himself. While
bo nte she questioned him as to the
cause of ht» living a life of beggarly
indolence. Ills replies were not very
satisfactory and indicated that he fol
lowed the life of n tramp because be
preferred it to work.
The lady, having fed him. gave him
some money, und he departed. When
her husband came home that evening
she mentioned to him what she had
done. lie ehided her for wasting her
sympathy on one who was evidently
undeserving, whereuitm she declared
that all persons were in a sense unde- I
serving; that the mere fact of a per- !
son's being In bad condition, even !
though through his owu fuult, was a
legitimate object for sympathy, and in
any event it was an advantage to the
giver to lead a helping hand.
A year iwtssed. The tramp was pass
ing over the same route as before and
bethought himself ofTtie aid and com
fort he had derived at the place he was
approaching. lie was no more worthy
of help than before, felt no gratitude;
he only wished to get another meal
and some more money. On reaching
the house he saw evidences of a fu
neral taking place in it. The obsequies
were for the lady who had befriended
him, and since she had rendered her
self much beloved on account of her
charities a large number of poor people I
were In attendance.
The tramp Joined those who were
passing to have a last look at their
benefactress. lie noticed on the finger
of the dead a diamoud ring. He fur- j
ther noticed that when the lid of the !
coffin was put on the ring was not j
removed. When the funeral procession j
went to the cemetery he joined the !
throng and saw the body lowered into ;
the grave. Then the mourners (lis- j
persed. and the tramp, after carefully ;
noting the position of the lot. went,
away.
When night came he went to the
home from which his lNjncfactress_had»1
bei^i'carried, "stole a ">pa3e ana n sliov^
e! from among the garden tools and.
going to the cemetery, began to re
move the earth that hud been thrown
into the grave of his beuefactress.
Having uncovered the cottiu. he took u
screwdriver from his pocket and re
moved the lid. TaUIns the hand, he
was surprised that there was in It a
little warmth. The diamond ring
was there, and he attempted to re
move it. Failing to do so. lie took out
hi< knife to cut o!T the finger. Keeling
something warm on his hand, he struck
a match and saw that it was blood.
leaping from ilie grave, he ran away
as fast as his legs would carry him.
Then he stopped ami began to think.
The most likely solution of what he
h id stumbled on was that it was one
ff those very rare cases of a trance
having been mistaken for death, ills
benefactress was lying uncovered in a
grave. What should he do? If ho
rescued her he would be obliged to
confess that he had gone there to steal
the ring on her linger.
There are natures so bereft of what
[3 good that they can only be affected
by some momentous event The tramp
was one of these. A sudden revulsion
came over him. Ueturning to the
grave, he found the body as he had
left it. Itemovlug It from Its cold bed,
tie wrapped It in his coat nnd carried it
the nearest house and restoratives
were applied.
For a long while the invalid hung
between life and death. As soon as
there was any hope for her recovery
tier husband was untitled of what had
ixrtirred, but not till this was asmired
was the matter broken to any other
member of the family. Then they
knew of it bj the lady being brought
to her home.
As soon as the tramp had done all iu
liis power to save bis benefactress,
from whose dead body he had intended
:o steal a jewel, taking advantage of
the excitement attending the efforts to
restore her. he disappeared. When the
iady became convalescent she asked
ivhat had happened, but It was not
thought advisable to tell her. Seeing
that her linger had been badly cut, she
nquircd Into the cause A story was
nvented to satisfy her.
One thing puzzled her. fler hus
)and. who had formerly been unsym
pathetic with her charitable work,
vhicb was not a part of organized aid
o the poor. but. rather, spontaneous,
lad suddenly become an unreasoning
jiver.
The tramp again visited the house
vhere he h id received aid and comfort,
jut not as a tramp. The lady, as at the
ime of his first visit, was seated on
he veranda when she saw a well
Iressed juan coming up. the wajk. She
ilTTTiiof recognize hlin fflfhe mailc him
self known and told her that it was
through her he had become a changed
man. But he exercised sufficient cau
tion to discover that she did not know
she had been in a grave, and he did not
tell her. She asked hira If there was
anything she could do for him. and he
replied that there was. He gave one
tenth of all he earned to criminals, and
he thought that his gifts would have
more effect if they passed through her
hands. She accepted the trust He
made his first donation, and they wer$
rontinued regularly during his life.
DEATH CAP AND FLY CAP.
The Most Deadly of All 8peoies of
Poisonous Mushrooms.
The two most feared and deadly
poisonous mushrooms the world over
are the death cap (Amanita phalloldes)
and the fly cap (Amanita muscarla).
These- two species in the same genus
have destroyed several emperors, a
pope and probably average 500 deaths
annually in various parts of the world,
to say nothing of innumerable mam
mals, birds, reptiles and insects, the
latter being almost wholly destroyed
by poisonous fungi.
Of the two deadly species, muscarla
Is most easily detected by tho layman.
It Is a large, showy mushroom, omngo
yellow in color, with what looks like
warts over the cap. You see them
In dooryards, where evergreens are
growing, sometimes thousands of them,
standing up. tall and splendid in the
grass. Keep your hens In the hen
yard and your cow in the barn while
these fellows are up. with their tempt
ing appearance.
The species Amanita phalloldes enn
readily be avoided. Whatever the color
of the cap, white or gray, the under
side of it. the gills, are pure white. The
cap may or may not be covered with
warty protuberance. The stem ter
minates in a bulb, usually wholly or
partially beneath the soli. If a large,
deep chunk of earth Is taken out
around, the bulb Invariably will be
found setting In a cup. nandle a
poisonous mushroom as freely as you
like, but do not experiment with one
at the table. There are other species,
both in the atuanita genus and that of
lepiota, that closely resemble It and
which may be dellclously edible. You
cannot learn these differences from the
books. Only an expert, with the sev
eral fresh species In hand, can teach
you such differences.—New York Press.
A comparison.
"Why do you compare my marks
manship with lightning?" asked the re
cruit.
"Because," replied the instructor "it
never hits twice in the same place."—
Washington Star.
SURROUNDING AN ARMY. I.'
: -
Turning tho Enomy's Flanks and Roll- 6
ing Up tho Entire Line.
Those not familiar with military tnc- |
tics have a very vague Idea as to how |
nn army is surrounded. It Is generally |
believed that a commander who i E
schemes to eDclrcle bis enemy with au j|
Impenetrable ring of guns and men t
must conceive some method of maneu- 1
vering his troops round to the rear of '
his opponent's army. It is possible, j
however, for a general well versed in a
field tactics to cleverly "roll up" a large i j
body of troops by frontal attack alone. j
This Is accomplished by means of flank- '
ing movements.
For purposes of example let us imag- '
Ine two armies facing one another I
drawn up In two long lines. Behind (
one of the battle lines a body of re- t
serve troops stealthily make their way |
over to the right Their purpose is to j
make a sudden onslaught on one end of I
the enemy's line. At exactly the right '
moment, when the artillery Ore Is at Its '
fiercest, the reserve troops violently at- |
tack the forces situated at the extreme |
left of the enemy's front The attack- .
ing force, owing to its overwhelming
numbers, bends back the end of the ,
assailed army. "It refuses its right,"
as military men say.
At the opposite end of (he line a simi
lar attack Is launched, which has the
efTect of forcing back the enemy's
[ right An army which "refuses" al
most at the same time its "left" and
I "right" wings is doomed. Unless a
very speedy retreat is carried out the
whole force is "rolled up," as both its !
flanks are forced back.
As the right and left Hanks of the '
enemy give ground the attacking j
troops slowly force their way to tho
rear of the assailed army, closing in j
the while. The result Is that within a
few hours the defeated force is entirely
surrounded, although In the lirst in
stance it was attacked from its front j
alone.—Pearson's Weekly.
The Query Discourteous.
"So glad to see you again, dear. And
I've got such a lot of news for you.
Did you know I was interested in busi
ness now?" said the first sweet young
thing.
"Whose?" asked the second, and then
the conversation lagged perceptibly.—
Philadelphia Ledger.
A Spanish Legend.
A rockj* eminence 011 the outskirts j
of Granada, Spain, is known as "El j
ultimo sospiro del Moro' (the Inst sigh j
of the Moor), because, according to
tho legend, RoabdU, the last Moorish ,
monarch, took leave there of the land j
of his birth.
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