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PU8JUtHID BVIItY FRIDAY AT •ftfjuwrrn, n-t. rwmh % ntvm Hmtm, 1158 Wllmattf Avenue. =S58! G. F. ThoKso*. *i. '.' tUMCWPTION VIM than Wedn*j»day FRIDAY, The laws pretend to ceed from current weak'* not l*ter 20. i9ir». ce, which we ved from nature, pro- ,â€"Montaigne. drinking fountain loctrlcity and contrlbut- to whomsoever drlnkB color to tne assertion ^o !¥»• 4tt*«»r of the In the bubbling fountain than 1117 the unattractive tin cuf> chained to Us post. One of the Interesting idiosyncratic* of W critical public !s the aabK of drawing comparison between the ruler of the Germans and Napoleon who frightened Europe a century ago, quite to tho disadvantage of the Kaiser. Still It Isn't so very easy to discover any vital difference between their ambi- tions, nor indeed, in their methods. The favorite prophesy of the, outcome of the war suggests a similarity In their ends. tow decisis, !M$ toe wwrtinaed* age of the crowd.' in ltaelf. shows toe futility of «a objection > wbleh con fists only of making unpleasant re- marks about persons who are never present to hear what is said. ,â-  ,, "wiliiUsaj-xJ USEFUL A8 WtJfrlAlMENT. Aft eerifet if not unpres.lve group of citlsens has gathered at Piatt* burg, N. Y., to find out a little of whst srmy fife Is like. For a month they will be drilled and governed by mill- faiy eUauette sad rule. At the end of the camp titer will go back to their various businesses.* probably more physically fit snd equipped with s mastery of the meaning of military orders and acquainted somewhat with a soldier's vocabulary. In the campaign under Von Hlnden- burg. against the Russians, tho In the German army were marched 125 miles in four days and want immediately into battle it the ond. ..••.,,-: That Is the power of endurance which a soldier must develop if no Is to be serviceable to his country and is to go through a campaign without complete physical exhaustion. The re- quired hardness of muscle and indif- ference to discomfort anil weariness ate not acquired by a short season of playing soldier by men approaching middle ago. It comes only from the cultivation of the military Idea la the youth of a nation, both in yonng men ahd young women, the creation in the one of a power and willingness to en- dhro hardship for the sake of his country, and In the other the willing- ness to eacrlflce and to encourage men in the performance of a public duty *9eafls*. and Tenth 7:45 p. m. Wednesday a. m. to 8 p. m., ex- cept Wednesday. Wednesday until ?:<« p. m. Brown building, lit! .mi* mette avenue. â€"adv-tf Baptist Church. „ Rev. B. Prank Tiber, pastor. Res- 910 Forest avbnue. Sunday services held In the Woman's club building, corner Oreenleaf avenue and Tenth street -; 9:45â€"Bible school. 11:00â€"Public worship. Sermon by Rev. R. N, Van Doren. . >-v f: 46â€"Union service at the Methodist church. '. '\£ ,f Prayer meeting Wednesday evening, 8:00 o'clock, at the residence of Mr. David Nelson, 82i Elmwood avenue. Congregational Church. Roy Edwin Bowers; minister. Wll- mette avenue sad BJ.yeoth street Sunday. August 22â€" • 3:45 a, in.â€"Sunday school. I 11:00 a m.â€"Sermon by Rev. Elliott A..«oyL/, â-  „..;, ,/ .. ...,; ~ < ,1:46 p. m.â€"Union Young People's meeting., ••:-t*a^ 7:45 p. m.â€"Union service in the Methodist church. Rot. E. A. Boyi wlllepsak. . . : Methodist Church. pake and mtmttte avenue. T; K. Gale, minister, 1024 Lake avenue. Telephone 554. ... '.;)„, 9:30 a, m.â€"Bible school. Classes for all. E. W. McCullough, superin- tendent. .'.' 10:46 a. m.â€"Miss Florence Koup of Chicago will speak. 6:15 p; ra.â€"Young People's meet- ing. E. M. Stafford, president. 7:45 p. m.â€"Union meeting at the Methodist church. .. , ........ Strangers and visitors in Wilmette •ire welcome. .:.'•â-  The mosquito is "no respecter of per- sons. Everybody suffers alike. Oar experience hasn't been -pleasant, but it can be made profltablo if we have ned to take ordinary precautions tot* year. The element of the continued wet weather we cannot, of course, ftllmlnnfo from amoss the conditions whleh provide the luxuriant mosquito crop. Tfae overgrowth -sf sfcruuWy, 'toe receptacles to catch and retain water we can and, if nes year we haven't entirely forgotten the discom- fort of this season, we will control. 'Tiithi'Tir nir-'f.,1 "f â-  â- â€¢ SHAKE8PBARE GAROEN8. Grandmother's garden in reproduc- tion has become so popular as to threaten fo be common. A variation in name If not so different in typo is produced frequently In England where the Shakespeare garden thrives in rrany quiet and unexpected places â- I Af4 ITEM OF HISTORY. It has been a favorite pastime With Americans to express their hdrror of the passage 'of the German _ troops -!!-ilar Tlsititlcr. another tKrough Belgium and to bewail the utter eclipse of civilltoUon If â„¢t tts final departure from us. The world Was horror stricken, or seemed to be. No parallel to the terrible experiences of the Belgian, population could be cited. There were no extenuating cir- cumstances to excuse m th%' least the barbarity of war. •'\:; â- â- ,,;' The production of the much adver- tised Birth of a Nation has aroused a new interest to too history of our own people, during that nark time In the early sixties and the decade that came after the close of the war. And, look ttfft* into the records of the time is not a pleasant task for those who have tot today. *4ft <$ The possibilities of such a garden i- The only sources from which an en- that "too public must make up Its mind that the merit of a paper, its enterprise, its resources, and its im- portance are not determined by the number of Its pages." Following tho agreement entered In to by the London w newspapers, the Times appears come before the swallows dare," the of ofllcial documents of the u,ne. Such among those with toe most pages, are limitless. There would be the "luscious woodbine," "daffodils that freckled cowslip," "the pale primrose and aiur'd harebell," gillyflowere. honeysuckle, llllles of all kindB, the flower-de-luce being one, pansies for thoughufroacmary for remembrance, violets dim, the whole place, made sweet with musk-roses and with eglantine. What a fairyland such a garden would be and what a treasure trove for Inspiration and for aspiration. """""itT"""^' nam* , i - PATIENCE OVERDONE. Patience Is the one conspicuous vir- tue of the American traveling public. Bo patient are We with discomfort, crowding, inconvenience that toe won- der is we are as well off as wo are. Wo have, in our endurance of ill con- ditions which are clearly remediable, reached that point where forbearance Faaases to be a virtue. We stand what we ought not to be asked to stand and, although the .few who do not fear ttaking themselves conspicuous, com- plain volubly, we all, even they, ac- cept the situation and no improvement Rev. Rev. Presbyterian Church. Ninth Bad Oreenleaf avenue. James Marquis Wilson, pastor. Sunday school,.9:46 a. m. Morning worship. 11 o'clock. E. B. Newcomb, D. D., of Keokuk, la., will preach. ; Union service in the evening at 7:45 o'clock, at the Methodist church, Lake and Wilmette avenues. r and Newspapers The war has accomplished at least two tilings for England that nothing less; overwhelming h could haVe achieved: it stopped the suffragette outrages, and now It has reduced the size of the London newspapers. What a feat this now one. Is, it Is not so easy to realize. "I do net bslievs," said Whltelaw Bold in an address Is 1879, "that the daily newspapers of 1890 will five many mora pages than 1880, Book-making is not journal- ism. Even magazine-making is not journalism." But in 1901 he hid to confess that "if the people continue to wait dttah- 'Htar, as they certainly seem to do now, " â- VAN8TON. D. P. EUyson won tho Dave Kober prise at Bvanaton on Saturday with a score of 144 net. Elliott Evans won fhe ball awisnstohes with a low Of 76. C..RMI and D. W. each getting 80. h. F. Camp net, 87^-18â€"<t, H. Lawrence d 88â€"ttâ€"71. and D. M. Rogers, 88â€"13 â€"75. Results to the first round for the club championship and flight cups were: onsblpâ€"D. W. EUyson de- Packard. 2 and 1; W. C. H. Rockhold post- ter ant p.,P. EUy son, postponed.. E. H. Evans dofeated W. R. Thomas, 8 and 1 . Second Fltghtâ€"E. Van Patten and C. E. Johnson, postponed; T. N. John- son defeated ft. W. Carpenter 1 up. 18 holes; P. W. Lenfesty defeated W. J. Phalen, 3 and 2; H. 8. Camp de- feated T. J. Byrne, 6 and 4. Third Plightâ€"G. I. Bell defeated W. F. Stevens, S and 1; R. A. Scott de- tested W. O. Board, 4 and 8; E. D. Howard defeated O. J. Caron, 1 up, 20 holes. W. «. Meyst, a bye. INDIAN HILL. •- Indian Hill golfers competed in the qualifying round for the R. D. Small cup on Saturday, the following quali- fying: K. L. Evans, E. M. Cummins, J. M. Curran, J. A. Sears, W. G. Wall- lag, R. H. Ripley R. D. Whitman A. M. Belflold, a T. WoodyatL J. F. Bur-' netfc F. J. Bersbach, H. R. "Bote,* R. E. Durham, J. Q. Syme, and II. SS. Ca- pron. J, R. Dickinson, C H. Conrad and W. J. Norton tied for. toe last place. fata that and roof's than they of n claim, that toe nortoecnRussWft ato more gSJfefeU M«»tata*t, «tunJr mn* more tender ttan ttblr brdjT* Little Russia. Nortb and sou . and west, all agree that in South Rus- sia true lsxmess may bo found la on- surpassed expression. It is said that ^^ ^^ u fa ^ ^^ nmp of the indolent South Russian will say » tobiswfto; 'Mttto.v|p.st^^oarto my horse; I have a pain In my tongue.' "Otherwise, too South Russian baa become more Ilka too Westerners. He dresses as the German, or the EngUsb- man. and ho more often takes an in- terest In «kf world without than toe peasant of the north. Ho Is better nourished, hotter educated, and. posr story, a trifle less religious. He is also of purer Stavdhio stockâ€"less melancholy Finnish is in his Wood- end his dialect is strongly marked. "He runs more to ornament, more to bright colors, to singing and to story-telling than does his northern compatriot. He is an unabashed and all-Inquisitive questioner, asking too entire stranger whether too stone In his scsrf-pin is genuine or not, bow much his neckwear cost, what bis ratoSs. I. a^To^ thing. scSUai **»" *"> telegraphs, and beyond ffl^T-f?[±'**I^2TX?i: toe reack of tod prisas. GLEN VIEW. First match rounds for 'the club championship and Old Hickory cup were decided Saturday at Glen View. The results of the championship flight were: K. H. Burns defeated. J. H. Fall. Jr., 8 and 1; B. M. Barnhart de- feated W. A. Vilas, 4 and 8; Q. F. Heuneberry defeated L. A. Ferguson, C and 4; R. W. Keyes defeated F. A. Morse, 6 and 6. Old Hickory Cupâ€"D. A. Noyes won by default from C. E. Dox; H. B. Riley defeated P. B. Bass, 1 up 19 holes; J. S. Bartle defeated G. B. Foster. 4 and 3; B. H. Ball, 'Jr.. defeated Ira J. Couch, 4 and 2. The flag handicap event resulted in a tlo between K. H. Burns, R. W. Keyes and R. F. Pettlbone. 8KOKIE. Members of the Skokie Country club the quantity will no doubt con tlnue to be printed." This was a sig- nificant admission from a man who, toatorn4udgnWt^n^tose^trm*ee^f ^*!^*^!SSS?:*$«•. h»* frsbj^l tirnly unadorned tale may be found, so fsr as we know, is the oUectlon a compilation of the records Is fur ntsheB in the "Messages and Papers of the Presidents," pubUshed tiy the Bu reau of National Literature. Among those which have to do with the period of the war is this record of Sherman's march from Atlanta to the sea. a tri- umph which has been commemorated In song and story: <£> 'The state of Georgia had never felt the scourge of war. Its rich planters WUre strong for a continuance of the struggle. Tho fertile soil supported not only her own people but also the Confederate army of Georgia and Lee's army of Virginia. Sherman suggested to Grant that he be permitted to leave Thomas with an army to oppose the Confederate General Hood, and with the remainder of hie troops march through Georgia. front Atlanta to the seaboard. Grant and Lincoln reluct- antly granted the desired permission and for thirty-two days, from Novem- ber 18 to December 14. 1884, the au- thorities at Washington heard no Word/ from him. He made the march, cut- ting a sixty-mile-wide swath of ruin comes. Wo mast travel on what sys- iams of iraiwpartation iow provided i»«d devastation, so Thai, jsccbrdtog to and there's an end to it The right route to tne powers that be, by whom improvement must be made, has not keen discovered. i For years thero has been occasional which for Thursday happened to be tweft*. A point below, which ' the number cannot bo reduced without causing dissatisfaction is toe amount that one can read on his way to the city In the morning Or home in the evening. But perhaps the commuter would be able to adjust himself to a smaller number of pages as he has adjusted himself to a growing num- berâ€"by varying the care with which he reads. ^,. . = m Wffii*^bw*$ handicap event, choice average score oc partners to figure to toe reckoning of final results. W. H. Rankin and Walter Paepcke had a score of 7* and a combined bet total of 148. • WE8TMORELAND. J. T. Ling won toe championship at Westmoreland by his victory o\3t F. B. Farnsworth, 2, and I. B. C. Hardenbrook won toe bail sweep- stakes with a card of 89â€"22â€"77. 1 Vg best ball twosome event was won by H. G. Edwards and C. D. Stroule, who returned a card of 93â€"23â€"70. Little Russia stranger. Negleettot -The toe of appearances south, but, also, they try that reaches front to» ~ Wnfto son across Ru- in yjarff a bait mare.than 800 northern'Una where the forests They are reindeer herders, flsbbiimui and hunters of seal. It Is .«_____jjta. ikplo esejomnataasaAM 4W ffiasiA #flt*Adl things that they come into contact wfto too Russian trader, who visits them to their far northern centers, or whom tody make long Journey* to visit to too city of Archangel. Reindeer skins, seal skins, furs, fish and. reto doer meat are sold by the Samoyeds to their Russian neighbors,, for the Rasmaa official and the Russian trad er it ostahllshed to widely scattered ___m______%L2a fc*»-- «-. ik. KM^Ii ' M.Ji.M'Mii.1 aero m too norm country, Jronv to* world, many ^un- nt miles from railroads, teia- personal and unexpected. But he is generally willing to be as free and frank himself, as be demands. Lazy, the Little Russian is vigorous and suc- cessful; of elastic, friendly tempera- ment, he is an unpeered fighter; ar- gumentative at all times, about ail things, he is clannish and a patriot; and a stay-at-home, be is, yet, burning with interest for all that goes on in the world beside." Edge of CiviHiation in! i.n- B EYOND the northern limits of toe scrub pine and snaggy stunted fir. there Is a Russian people, the Samoyeds, wbo, to W. likelihood, have not yet learned that the Crimean War is ended, and who have no idea of too difficulties that toe Tsar, the Little Father Who adopted them, is facing In a present world-War. So vast is the Muscovite realm that ru- mors of the greatest war to history cannot have penetrated to its out- skirts, to the wastes fringing toe Arc- tic, to the mouutsla isuglc* Just be- yond Mongolia, or to the evergreen forests of Kamschatka, Russia har- bors many strange peoples and aU of the languages of ton northern hemls- contested In an eighteenhole medal pb^^Witoitt ttvt_jmnh^^'iin^Ltt will be long before the news of the present war, told to 'friend pidgin.' will arrest toe attention of her sub- ject tribes." So begins a bulletin is- *mrto pushed to Of BS n bat. ton wan by are assured of a paacettl " the. whita rail of tho nortk. Tho buttptto continues: "The Samoyeds are a Mongolian it is dealings With to toey are described a* ttfld andIS TlllWWtlBroisTr konat- . f&Zfr+vMâ„¢*. lit «M ntndki press. "The Yurak Samoyeds, that branch which dwells in European Russia, it Is estimated, counts in all only about «,- 800. Of these, 5.000 live in the European tundra. In build they are short and stocky, with faces much more flat- •aaar1 miles t, and, than, often, are merely stages, wklefi toU Rnssisu gov* i established, tor too trans. I mails aid tare passes! beyond ton nonflnsa of *!*ii!sa. to sucn fsr places as the village Strength of Character. Strength of character is not mere strength of feelingâ€"It Is toe resolute restraint of strong foaling, it is un- yielding resistance to whatever would disconcert us from without or unset* tie ua from within.â€"Charles Dickens. â- "'."' "â- â- '. ' '".' !â- ' ' ' Home, OMMSt rtSltlO. Between thirty add forty thousand Sicilians emigrate from Palermo to the United States each year? and in the course of time almost all of them go back permanently or for a visit ICTORIA -THEAtttE- BKIMOMT XXntkSS STATION Tel. GrteeUnd 3481-----Welling ion 2122 Sheffield snd Belmont Avenues Ituiul iSitffttt THE South Russians, or the poop: of ^dt*^ Russia^ Jtom, j whom the colossal Muscovite ami draws some of Ra bravest; steadiest fighting men, are a people distinguished for their contradictory characteris- tics in a land that is a puzzle of con- tradictions. The South Russians, tho toughest fibre of tho Russian armies, are a people full of interest, of quaint philosophies, and of pleasant Ways, ac- cording to a bulletin Just issued by tho. National Geographic society. The sketch reads: complaint of the orowding whleh Is jswal on the Chicago and MUweu ef damage." Jefferson Davis, the whole confederacy was terrified. Two hundred and sixty- five miles of railroad were irreparably destroyed. Plautotfem) ^wbto^denuded â-  ..in.** " of stock and produce. Sherman re- ported having done 1100,000.000 worth Bassettâ€"The Tatting of Zenias Henry. Knibbsâ€"Sundown Slim. Millerâ€"Daybreak. ,Hartâ€"â- Psychology of Insanity. Mackenzieâ€"Evolution of Literature. Serviceâ€"Rhymes of a Rolling stone. Smithâ€"What Can Literature Do for Met Bourgeoisâ€"John M. Synge Snd the H Irish Theater. Historic Summer Haunts, heimâ€"Double Traitor. Lockeâ€"Jaffery. Halletâ€"The Lady Aft. Lincolnâ€"Thankful's Inheritance. Carletouâ€"Red Geranium. Seawellâ€"Diary of a Beauty. Stringerâ€"Hand of Peril. Porterâ€"PoRyanna Grows Up. Church 111â€"A Far Country. IfM'llllril^l i â-  IP ___:â€"-------~~------â€"--------^----' Kinenartâ€"k. . Montgomeryâ€"Anno of the Island. 8ervlceâ€"Spell of the Yukon. MHto-WHd Life In the Rockies. Van Worstâ€"Rocky Mountain Won- derland. Strong Contrast. "Between Central and; South Rus- sians, the contrast is as strong as be- tween the Prussian and the Bavarian. As in Germany, the vigor of the czar's mighty empire is more sharply ex- pressed in the north than in the south, and yet, to the case of both empires, much of toe national strength and energy are furniahed by the south. "Russian life is sprightly in the south. In the north, it is sullen, monotonous, oppressive. In the south- land, too, there is far greater display of well-being and comfort. The north- ern peasant Uvea in colorless villages. In grayish-brown thatched nouses built of logs, whleh are stretched along unsanitary streets, redolent With the accumulations of carelessness. Around these houses, there are al- most never any signs that their oc- cupants-are making homesâ€"there are no efforts toward gracing - improve- The roads are mostly just ground left between two rowB of houses; toe yards are Just ground left hare around them. "The South Rui snd orders his picturesque and gardens before the round about, and village are painted green. Porches, vine-covered vi architectural more cleanli 55K= Whore to Study History. Is bfton msf tnOBtttpa .Sea*. rYser Ticket. n5vT •mi i" STARBAND PRICES CUT IN HALF EwrfNijBl8:15..m. 15 i2:1S..«. Sm,to I- â-  NO HIGHER ' home rule, „jifrÂ¥| and orchards white not PToftftodly his- toricsl.-Macaulay.