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Luau?" tiny“!!- kWh-chantehot gmmhummum gin-lie “SI-n: . * fl opposite to thls picture at 3. modern pl” work]. tom (1 mnly nun wo-nly who are tam Mal "no tho up with night Mm. wind mm. nuns-c null-t v with DJ I'll! Mon next page.) m 'tocho my. mué'z'no‘mmmnam Ida. . “What.Â¥m- ”not imam-few minus “gutsy-Maputo!»- mu. annulus-tor item sat-«W momma-ct. Inna»... knot Duke's Picture. , ‘r‘ Here is a pen picture whléh the writer given at Mr. Duke: ; “There is nothing of the hero about hlmâ€"nothing fierce nothing | preda- wry; will is round, soft. slam'pudgy. crude, commonplace. He cares nothing for horses, or automobiles. or dogs. or field: or pictures, or (hue rarity oth- -er afl'ectatlons which engage lib gold- swollen fellows. Ile dilutes lino no palaces, expands into no wide estate; To him the table is nothing. uni bottle nothing. He eats, he dtlnks oply bo- eause he must, not because he i to. Noonehearsothimatarand ta: for him books have no chormi The “'l‘lms you not; that Mr.- (Duke’s tastes are as few and simple as are those otâ€"shall we say u obacco worm? There are no arrogan es, no manners. Doubileas he has his prefer ences, his spprecistions. I t in): he would have pltied Sterne, sad Reynolds, dodged Johnson, had he met those worthies in their hodr. Ho yearns not at an ‘tor politiemfor the power or place. Lite with him‘ begins and ends at MONEY. Money is his am- bition, his horizon his hope. his!” , his religion. his all. I; is his :20], he is its priest. By it he ‘ his declare: the ($th 1.11;. Duke,. mung his dollars drawn 2min watmd stocks. The ‘young American' is to «the his opportunity: whatever that may mum, and ‘work his way to the top- of the larger systems! I past, hounds his future, 0f it‘ for it, by “(he sits onhis throne of tobacco and directs usâ€"kho are his subjectsâ€"- in the kingdom of Nicotine." World Smoking Like I Dragon. 'At the bacon! this man’ 8 money god is the tobacco'weed. J'l'his kingdom of Nicotine over which Mr. Duke sways his rod or con- trol? It covers within its frontiers every question or Limerican toimccoâ€"l snufl, cigam'dgarettes, smoking tobao‘ co, anecut, ping. 51:0 Mr. Dirké‘s to- meeo will is simulate in Cuba, in the Philippines, in China as well as Japan. What that should measure to is dimiy thrown upon the canvas 01' conjecture for one moment sweet him; a the ml parent of these parrotlsms. He took them trom'n hook, or hid than from the {nut-paid lip! of trait “mt- mammghetoreamrtorahl“ Mauve communion. and but repent! than, mphouany, as pat on? lion provides. And yet it is precisely fill! chat-inflated. selfconpplacent {waddleonthenleek partsotsuch as Mr. Duke that intimates the koala at men and leads to- noelnlism. ‘Love your work,’ preaches the oracqtar Mr. Date to hi: ‘hunhreds or maunnds’ of toilets in those deadmllls ox tobac- co he runs factories. They tyre not maxim: wine and his fire dud his evening clear. All you' ve got tp do In ‘love your work!’ As well tell ieonvlct xv ac .ugnw w--v__v-v v 10 mind the pay. Their weekly sci: pend my spenpeue and pa.” “in 138% 3nd chilling margin! to wives and children. ‘Heed snot these things? counsels the urbane Mti. Duke. to love his letters, or galley 81¢ “And every ‘young America: fabundoli all foolish ideas a‘hou mu mint business convent] when it' is recalled that the United Shim, unaided, consumes annually three Hundred and twenty millions of pounds of manufactured tobacco, be aides twelve billions of cigarettes (thank the_ Centennial Exposition 01“ 1876 for that), and more than wt} billion! of cigars. Americans, in film“; mi mum and smoking-_ tobacgéâ€" 11$ mitten-s or pipe and plug, yam: from mutt, cigarettes,and chi-s -â€"pay new“ the annual counters .of' m; Duke over $700,000,000. 'Nor in Auction ail.‘ The Wiggle worm, is am like a mason. Mind every yea ma. eiglit billions 01 «mg aide; (Lina .two billions; Japan tour unm‘ This outside cigarette habit min then million: into the 09801101 LINCOLN'S ASSASSINATION.‘ GARFIELD'S DRAMATIC ORA- mu. It wait the 14th at Apr". 1865. apd in the midst of the universal rejoicing over the return or peace,~ that Mr. m win val struck down by the hand of V#A_s the alt-fit xmfl’ the telegraph (Cuminued (tam pkecéeding page) who know: Mr. Dékei will t fight- mtlon !' llnglinz we his jNew York City. on the morning star the assassination. seemed may to: the scenes of the French Revolution. The 1newspaper headlines were .In the lug- Butler!” rang out with tremendous and thrilling en'ect. and was taken up by the people. But nut a hurrah! Not one! It was the cry of a great peo' ple, asking to know how‘ their Presi- dent died. The blood boiled in their veins. and the tear: ran in streams down their faces. How it was done cannot be told, but Butler'waa‘ pulled through, and pulled up. and into the reception-room. A broad crape, a yard long, hung from his left arm. in strik- lng contrast with the cquntlessfings that were 4' 11¢ run sound was the hour net for the mdelvonl. Fifty thousand people crowded around the Exchange Building wedged in u tight as men could atand together. General Butler. it was announced, ind later-ted from Wanhlngton, and we! either almdv in the city or expected every mom; and the crowd waited in solemn silence for him to arrive and address the gathering. Not a hur- rah was heard. but. for the moon pert, dead silence hung over all, broken only now and then by a deep, ominou- mut- tering. which ran llke a rising were up the. streeh' toward Broadway. and ngnln doWu toward the river on the right. In the reception-room of the building nearly a hundred prominent menâ€"generals. judges, statesmen. law. yen, editors. and clergymanâ€"were gathered, waiting , rm: Ann/AL or Burn-e. At length the batons or the police were seen swinglng in the air, tnr up on the left, parting the crowd end pressing it back; to make way for i. carriage that moved slowly and with dliilcuit jogs through the compact mul. titude. Suddenly the silence was bro- ken. and the cry of “Butler! Butler! .. m: w": or POPULAI mntmu'nox had swelled to its crest. In an ad- joinlng ‘stréet two men lny bleeding, the one dead. the other dying; one on the pavement, the other. right m the gutter. They had said a moment be- fore, that f‘Lincoln ought to have been shot long ago.” They were not allow- ed to say It" again! Soon two long pieces of, eeantllng were raised above the heads ‘0! the crowd; crossed ,at the top like the letter K a loopediha‘lter pendent from the junction,‘and a down men followed its low. motion through the masses; while the cry of “Ven- geance!" surged up from every quar- ter. wnvxm 'rnn union's moron _ from the adjoining buildings. When Butlerenteredl the room he shook hands with the gentleman present. Some spoke, some could not speak; All were in tears. The only.word he hnd for them all at the first break of the silence was, “Gentlemen, he died in the fullness of his fume !" As he ’spoke his lips quivered nnd tears run fast .lown his cheeks. : . After '11 few moments, canning out upon the balcony or the Exchange. Butler addressed the assemblnge, The effect as the crepe on his uplifted srm fluttered in the wind, can scarcely be imagined. Men became frantic with excitement. Daniel S. Dickenson, of New York, was fairly wild. He leaped over the iron rolling of the balcony, and while in bystander held on to his coat to keep him from fsllinxrhe stood there, on , the edge overhanging the crowd, gesticulnting in the most vehe ment manner, and bidding thelcrowd “to burn um the rebel seed, root and branch." By) this time est type. Crowds were about the bul- letlnboardmanidthehighulmewu of the government, form 1:”: few haul! 'the news came that Sewarmtno , w aux antenna. and that atmmpts had been made upon the llvee of other of the government officers. Placards were put up. every» where, 111 pent black letters. calling upon the loyal cltuene of New York, Brooklyn, Jersey City. and other neith- borlng cltlee to meet around We]! Street Exchange and give «pee-lion to their sentiments. It was a duh and terible hour. What might come next no one could tell and men spoke with hated breath. The wrath of the worklngmen was simply uncontrol- lable, and, revolvers and knives were in the hands of thoulende, read: at the first provocation to avenge the death of the martyred President upon any and all who dares! to utter a word agalnst him. Eleven o'clock On the right suddenly the shout, arouse, “The World 2" “The World!" “The office or The World!" "World!" "World!’ and a movement of perhaps eight or ten thousand. turning their ‘faees iu' the directionvot that building, began to he executed. ‘ n wut A 03111an noumr; What might have come had that xerowd movedupon the olllee of that Journal, may be easily imagined. Po- lice and military would have availed nothing. A telegram had just been read from Washington, “Seward in dy- lng!’ Just then. at that Juncture. a man stepped forward with a smell m in his hand. and beckoned the i ng‘ton‘!” And then. in the awful still- or the crisis, taking advantage of the heeitetion of the croivd. whose steps had been arrested a moment. a right arm was lifted skywerd. and s Cicada and'darkjneos are‘ round about Him! His pavilion is dark waters 3nd thick clouds of the skies! Justice and judgme'ut an the establishment of ma 7*: HI- -h-" m I... Juno-nun --- 7-- , throne! \me and truth shall go be tore/his thee! Fellow cm”! God Sit zâ€""V‘i‘énow gm ; “wan rs in?” . The answer came in low whispers.- “General Garfield. of Ohio." Who asked some time no to give the words hehudspokauhsmaedflesn- not. i could not have told ilve .min- ntes utter-wards i only‘know [drew the lightning from that crowd. sud brought it hack to union." He had arrived from Washington that morning. and utter heron-st had strolled out upon the crowded streets. with no definite purpose in view. end lnent inmnceotthegreet gnu» ering n the Exchange Building. Provi- denceâ€" ch we no accidentâ€"â€" directed his step wn Broadway. and when» he saw the great mneoune of people he kept on to learn the amnion or the assemblage. Gmerel Butler was spesklnx when he arrived. Ind s friend on the steps of the Exchnnge beckoned to him to come up there, above the buds of the multitude. Providence thus furnished the man for the (xx-anion. and‘soon it lent him ,the We have received the following catn- municntion for publigation: ’ EDITOR News- Ln'rrn: â€"ln connect ion with the proposed pavement of Ravine Avenue from St. Johns avenue to the lake. it has been suggested that Rsvine Avenue should be made a boule- vard. It is one of the most attractive streets in the citv. The eesterly portion at the street is winding and flankedon either side by hiih pound which -falls of! sharply towards the street. Yesrs ago itwuoneoitheshowplscesof thecity but latterly the pavement hss gone to piece» The city has ruched its limit of and the government .1: War aria-w“ woman. I It“! me." ~ an Th0 crowd “riveted to the ground in awe, [ulna at the motionle- on- tomundthmmrolaodudorfflh I'm, m two boulevuds permitted by the statute. viz:â€"~Nonh Sheridan Ind South Sheri- dan Drive, The city. Won. cannot boulevard Ravin'e Avenue. Fononnely'. however. a park district can beomnize’d and park commissioner! elected. who may make a boulevard of Ravine Ave- nue, i! the City of Highland Park, with the consent of the owners of a majority of the shutting property. turns over the street to the jurisdiction of the park com- missioners. The commissioners msy then pave the street by special assessment. the same as the city would do sr'td may regulate the traffic on the street in such manner ss they may deem hest. The ststute provides that commissioners may also take over such parks ss the city may desire to turn over to them. They may also assume jurisdiction 01 North Sheri- dsn Drive and South Sheridan Drive. it the city desires to turn such streets over to the commissioners. 'v ln‘ viet'v of the apparent desire oi the property men who would be m torthe pavement o! Ravine Avenue to create 1 park district and to turn that street over to the park oommieeionerl to be used II a boulevard. the Board of L0- cal .lmyrovementa has postponed further consideration of the proposed pavement to March 1. 1909. In the meantime steps are being taken to institute the necessary court proaedinge and to call a special election for the purpole of creating the district and electing compialionen. A park district under the Itatute may be'organized as follows. to-wit: _ Any one hundred legal voter! reeident within the limits of the propoled park ' ' maypetitionthe countyjudge to ,"Ae .L- ‘_...:._ an L. man-who‘d moh- an} man. and'to not more than one man in a century. WM. not-Chops: :01- Evereitihbt: Seward ever reached It, Demosthenes never equaled it. Tho man tor‘the «his bad cope. 1nd MI leon’l gunl’ at Pal-ll. A murmur went through the crowd. cause the queetion to be submitted to the legal votete of the proposed perk die- trict. whether they will organize an I park district; such petition shall define the ter- ritory intended to be embraced within thedietrlct; upon the filling olthe peti- tion in the ofice of the County Clerk the County Judge shell order en election tobeheld withingthe propoeed district. at which the elector! shell vote on the proposed district and the election 0! five commie-kitten; -the court shall give twenty day: notice of the propoeed elect- ion; and no district shell be organised unl'eue majority 01 the “cut in the Inspiration. proposed dm are inhm Mod. Thewmgniuionenchaflme humane mfiveyean: themohhenqoain comm“: shall be Mined by dnwinglou. RAVINE AVENUE AS 'A BOULEVARD. ‘ COULDN'T SEE THE POINT Au dinncr during the recent ! eopd convention u WIfl4 lady sitting our the Mollau laid to hip. "m [will you i- ntmvlfiindat Mano the linik; mdbimihfitymmm ounonone point. Does the but: became the m an?" Thebir .hnghed heutilynt thh vivacious Nouoyoung Englilhlnn a! his pl who. alterdinlper. taught his but. ' ‘va-onno. magâ€"~1- 'I ”WWW has mficmmnudmniunndaflob Memninudmflqudmy Iain-nail»: nndpenokleu lot violation of «diam a they: www.mummh encoded-c. which final and pen: mybemawemlbynhindum themrkdhrictbdaemyjmoz pau'inthccouty. Thediutrktdfllhave powers quin.|ly out. mumvm mknainwhmdhoulcvuflhfiu unmidcbmdngminthcp ‘undlnvefullpovet moonuol. III andmcrnthepuhmdhoulcvm lhcmethereof. The am my ndnucnm rabbit-scuba: vided. the voters withintbedhficu temine. .mbuidhficuhllhnve pow; sequin‘bymumo: putting: Mandarin ac! olemi Milly nndnll rule-(m. la rep-rimm- 0t rights.“ l“( mpenynquiredotneedodformy path or houlevud. or lot extent ndomingotmninuining the same w humriwry..1‘heporkdhuiamy nkepooeuimolnbmergedlumu "thoufldutjobeotflhnfii. She- edmeinhcmlcvbeaue the name- could. Pny tell me what mimic." arid-Inked” with the cal-en! oftlndty. bun: pvenonnd placed under-them themmmhdoneu. ‘ ‘ The trouble: that trouble dost are the troubles that I": 00016. does not need 'will that he cannot buy. The perk diurlct they levyegel tee lor the eeppost'ol the-m: vided. the eweate emount of t levied for eny one yeer. enclave ol emnt levied for peynent of hot indebtedness ot interest thenon. - notexceedthereteofloutmills on dollerof texebl'e m in the db .leedietriet my levy especielee ment lot loeel {mement- ln the I menu" that the City of Hkltlend now levies such easements. The district utey iqee‘honth lot agent of lend oomlemned or well for pets or boulevel'ds. for bulk mintelnlng. M end m the same and lorthe gement olem incident thereto. These bonds ms lseuedtoeuchen Mitchell!» istingindehtednessohhedhrict.» the mete Indebtedneâ€" ol the trict shell notexeeed Spercento value gt the tsuhle property thetei: Anywblicnnet, medorhighn limits ofany parkdhrlct maybe L chameolbylhe diatrict and lmpo andmaimahedby itaaaplaaaaru orbwlevald;pmvlded.thntheooc olthecorporate-amhorlfiea having (ml 01 named. highuayor p0 Walla" befint obtained, and the consent inn-icing eitheovne the majority 0(ch 01th: andlandaabuttingontheaane. ll atreét haa already béen made pleasure driveway or boulevard. the: mntolthe mhmnquim act theaameovetb the parkdbl Anymfkorboulcvaldahthedww themuol ohhe local “thou-{dear An agreeable person is one v agrees with you. There is no difficulty in get: ‘fellow to play the first fidt but it's an awful "male to at up the rest of the orchestra. cemln auditions. what i§§gzgiif3i 55a iiilafiiigg m m.""â€"Bucoou mu. gaff: ..«mmmm. mm memm mnwm mmmmwmmm MY. 0' TIIIULA‘HOI OVIR. “Inform-Minn. m mm Religion. 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