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MADE TO PAY THE DEBTS OF
ANOTHER.
t» Finally Brought Death — Pathetic
Story of the Life Task of Giles F.
Filler of St. Loul*—Tried to Fay
81,300,000.
One of the most pathetic stories now
going the rounds of the press is the
one which tells of the brave struggle
of Giles F. Filley of St. Louis to dis¬
charge an enormouse debt of $1,350,000
shouldered upon him by the shortcom¬
ings of another man. Every dollar of
this sum should have been paid by
John How, who was morally responsi¬
ble for it, but Mr. Filley was unfortu¬
nate enough to have stood his security,
believing implicitely in his ability and
honor in financial transactions, and
when John How failed Mr. Filley found
himself confronted' with tho necessity
of meeting his obligations. He could
not pay the full amount at the time,
although he was one of St. Louis’ most
prosperous merchants, but he under¬
took to pay it from year to year, and
for thirty-five years he staggered un¬
der the burden. Except for his fail¬
ure in business some few weeks ago ho
would have paid every dollar of it, bat
financial disaster overtook him, and
his own death followed soon thereafter.
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GILES F. FILLEY.
When John How was mayor of St,
Louis during the closing days of the
civil war he was thought tb be the
wealthiest man in the town. He owned
extensive tanneries and other business
enterprises. The home of How was on
Locust avenue, and next door—1627—
was the Filley residence. The two men
were bosom friends. Mr. Filley trusted
How as only one man gives himself to
another in whom he believes. Both
were on the high road to riches; for
oach life could not seem to be bright¬
er. How needed ready money. He ap¬
pealed to Mr. Filley for aid. Mr. Fil¬
ley instantly Indorsed his notes for
amounts that in the end aggregated
$800,000. Some little trouble over one of
the notes led Mr. Filley to investigate
A MOLDER OF DESTINY.
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Sixty-four years ago. in March, Tex-
as declared its absolute independence,
and Samuel Houston, an American-
born soldier, led the Texans into battle
against the Mexicans. Samuel Hous-
who died the . 26th . of July, thir-
toit, on
ty-six years ago, was one of those ro¬
bust and active pioneers who have
played Important parts in molding the
destinies of the United States. Though
born in Virginia, he was of Irish
descent. Before he had attained his
majority he was a lieutenant ln the
United States infantry, and while still
a mere boy was ac-ting as a sub-agent
for the Cherokee Indians. Although
he had been a stranger to school edu-
cation, he set to work and qualified as
m lawyer at 25, and the next year was
appointed adjutant-general of Tennes-
fee. After a varied oAreer ln American
the standing of his friend. How fled the
city. Then It dawned on his neighbor
that h.o \va3 legally responsible for
every dollar paid on the notes he in¬
dorsed. He accepted the situation. His
friends urged him to go into bankrupt¬
cy and settle for 50 cents on the dollar.
This ho refused to do. He drew on the
resources of the Excelsior company to
meet the notes. He never compromised
but two notes—one held by a bank
which would accept nothing but a
compromise and one possessed by the
late Capt. Eads, who would take but
50 cents on the dollar. The other notes,
with interest, were paid in full, with
only two or three exceptions. Death
intervened and prevented their pay¬
ment. The interest on the notes in tho
thirty-five years aggregated over $500,-
000, but Mr. Bhlley made no remon-
strance. His business prospered for a
time. Up to 1880 and 1881 he was able
to keep abreast of his misfortune. Then
n fire and a strike cost him $250,000.
Still, he recovered from this until three
years ago, when a change in the con¬
ditions of the iron trade seriously af¬
fected his company. He had no reserve
capital to draw upon. His life's work
was represented by the canceled How
notes. He breasted the rising tide as
best he could, meeting payment after
payment. Last month he could no
longer command money, and the end
came. Now he is in his grave. How,
after his exposure and flight, appeared
in Arizona, where he led a dog’s life.
He returned to St. Louis in time, but
was coldly received, He offered no
atonement to the man he had wronged.
Going from St. Louis to Montana, he
died there, friendless and a pauper.
T-he amount of his indebtedness yet
unpaid by Mr. Filley when he died was
$130,000. This will be settled in the
final winding up of the firm’s affairs.
So that although the brave old man
was forced to quit before he could do
all he intended to, the How indebted¬
ness will he wiped out by what he built
up and his name be stainless forever.
A Precocious Boy.
Representative Champ Clark, of
Missouri, has a ten-year-old son who
shows a disposition to some day suc¬
ceed his father as a wit. The youth is
in the habit of accompanying his
father to the house and sitting in the
latter’s seat while the statesman is
making campaign material. During
the latest speech by the father, how¬
ever, the son was absent from his
accustomed place. The next day h«
was on hand, and a representative who
occupies a seat near Mr. Clark asked
him: “Why weren't you in your seat
yesterday to hear your father's
speech?” “Oh,” replied the juvenile
wearily, “I got tired hearing those
things when maw was teaching them
to him.”—New York World.
Her Point of View.
Miss Flypp—I learn from the papers
that dress goods will be much higher
this year than they were last. Miss
Primm—Well, I’m glad of it I never
did approve of those decollete cos-
tumes.—Chicago Daily News.
politics he moved to Texas in 1832, and
when elected commander-in-chief of
the Texan forces set to work putting
his army In shape. The war with Mex¬
ico followed shortly after, and on the
hanks of the San Jacinto, Houston de-
f eated t £, e Mexican force. He became
the first president of the new republic
and t. wo years later took the initial
steps toward securing the annexation
of Texas to the United States. When
President Van Buren hesitated in this
matter, Houston, with characteristic
energy, began to coquette with France,
Spain and England. But rather than
have a foreign power Intrude on Amer-
lean soil, Texas became a part of Un-
cle Sam’s country. Houston continued
for some time in American public life,
but his great work was the adding of
the Lone Star state to the country
which gave him birth.
IS A NEW RELIGION.
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HOW THE CHURCH ARMY OF
ENGLAND IS CONDUCTED'
It* Foundor Flay* tne Trombone and
Convoy* I.ess.on. by Mu ft ill Lantern*
—Successful Mura i/lmong the Con.
verts.
Next to the Salvation army and
closely akin to it is the Church army,
which is an ally of the dignified and
somewhat haughty Church of England.
Its founder is Rev. Wilson Carlile, who
eight years ago was a poor London
curate. Ho is poor enough still, for
that matter, but the Church army has
grown until now it has an income of
$700,000 a year and a working staff of
more than 1,000 people. It has been
reeognizod by the queen and indorsed
by the archbishop of Canterbury. Rev.
Mr. Carlile is known in England a3
the man with the trombone. He has
played that instrument in the streets,
in saloons and in dance halls, and has
had it pretty badly battered in many an
encounter with toughs. Once, after an
encounter with a rowdy, he was laid
up for six months.
The headquarters of the Church
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army are in Edgware road, in Hyde
Park, London, and here a large force
of employes are constantly at work.
One of the most important things per- j
formed by the army is the work in
prisons and poorhouses and the sys¬
tem of “working homes.” The Church
army has official permission to get at
the prisoners, and the additional con¬
cession that no prison official need be
present during the interviews with the
prisoners.
In the course of these interviews the
prisoner is told, not how wicked and
irredeemable he is, hut what a mistake 1
he has made in adopting a life of idle- I
ness and worry instead of one of thrift j I
and content. If he realizes the truth of i
this, they ask him if he would like to \
earn an honest living after he comes
out of prison. If, after all their efforts,
he doesn’t, ha is let alone, but if he
does the .Church army receives him,
when his term expires, into one of its
working homes, of which there are 102 \
in Great Britain. When a man enters
the home ho . begins , to chop firewood _ .
and to draw salary at the rate of about
$2.50 a week. For his board-four
meals a day-and lodging they charge
h;m $1.50; he gets 2o cents pocket
money and the rest Is banked for h m.
Religion is not pressed upon him too
sharply; he attends morning and even-
ing prayer, hut when work is done he
can smoke and play checkers or domi¬
noes. The first thing aimed at is that
these “homes” should be as much like
a home as possible. The man and
woman in charge of them are callel
the “mother” and "father,” and no
more than twenty-five “lodgers” are
permitted in each, for the reason that
it is possible, if the number is limited
in this way, to know each man.
Clean Caught!
In Paris there lives an eminent
painter who is economical and sen¬
tentious. The other day one of the
students broke a pane of glass in the
studio window and replaced it tem¬
porarily by passing a sheet of paper
over the aperature. When the painter
came down next morning he thrust
his cane through the makeshift with
the remark, “He that breaks pays.”
None of the class, however, took the
hint, and next morning another sheet
of paper was pasted across the win¬
dow. It met with the same fate; And
so on the next day, and so on the
fourth. On the fifth day, when the
artist came down, there was the pa¬
per as before. Fire flashed from his
eyes, and roaring, "He that breaks
pays,” and he drove his cane through
the paper—and through the pane be¬
hind it that had been put in by the
students and then carefully pasted
over with a sheet of paper.
Rich Gold Field* In Philippine*.
American prospectors have searched
the province of Bengnet, in the Philip¬
pines, and have found many paying
gold fields. Igorrottes everywhere in
the interior on high elevations are
working good, small quartz veins, and
in some places in very primitive style.
Much territory belonging to the savage
"head hunters” was never explored by
the Spanish. Copper and gold, iron
and lignito are sure to be developed by
the experts. Rich Igorrottes count
their wealth in hundreds of ounces of
gold.
WOMAN ON THE BIKE
Some Bales That the Fair Sex Should
Follow In Biding.
One of the first requisites, whether
the rider be delicate or strong, is mod¬
eration. Riding for speed subverts the
very end of the exercise—it is like row¬
ing or running or doing anything else
for speed, it finally conquers the con¬
queror—and the most sickening, har¬
rowing sight is the continuous race.
The association of wheelmen should do
all in their power to suppress these
public exhibitions of human idiocy.
Another essential, especially for wo¬
men, is an appropriate dress, and there
is no law against a gentleman also
being appropriately dressed. I never
could understand why it was necessary
that a man should wear the garb of
a circus clown in order to ride a wheel.
In the past year or two the women
have come nobly to the rescue in the
matter of genteel dress, The short
hair, the bloomer, and the chewing
gum have well nigh disappeared, The
plain cloth, medium length, medium
width gown is no hindrance, and has
the further advantage and economy of
being a good rainy day gown for walk¬
ing. Another essential is to Ieara how
to ride. Many are riding without this
knowledge. There are few mechanical
principles to be observed. One is to
have the gearing so arranged as to
have the pedals on a level with the
foot when the foot is extended. An¬
other is to have the saddle so placed
as to bring the -weight of the body di¬
rectly over the pedal when the latter
is at its lowest point. Still another is
to lower the handle bars sufficiently to
allow the body to bend forward slight¬
ly from the hips—not stooping from
the shoulders, thereby compressing the
lungs. Nearly all beginners bend the
spine backward from the hips. As a
rule, young children, if the gearing
is correct, take the normal position.
Finally the rider should sit, as in a
chair, upon the bones or tuberosities of
the pelvis, and should, on no account,
allow the weight of the body to rest
upon the tissues situated between
the»e bony prominences. Indeed, the
danger of serious injury resulting to
children and adults from riding a sad¬
dle constructed in ignorance of cor¬
rect anatomical principles is so great
that it is always wise to refer the sad¬
dle question to a competent physician.
Besides the very important question of
saddle is that of the wheel itself. It
must be thoroughly well made, of the
best material, and it must not be too
light. Too light a wheel gains no
momentum to speak of, while the jar¬
ring and vibration are very disagree¬
able, if not injurious. There must be
a certain weight and solidity. Finally,
the wheel by its economy of money
and time permits the rider to avail
himself of new scenes and places, giv¬
ing pleasurable sensations, the absence
of which in exercise for the sake of
health alone is the reason why health
seldom responds to the call of such
perfunctory exercise. The heart is not
in it.—Leslie’s Weekly.
THE LATE DR. KEELEY.
The late Dr. Leslie E. Keeley was a
native of St Lawrence county, N. Y.,
where he was born sixty-eight years
ago. He went through the civil war as
an army surgeon and then settled
^ tQ the Uce of me dicine m the
little town of Dwight, Ill. According
to his own story, he devoted all his
energies to the study of drunkenness
as a disease, and after numerous ex¬
periments devised what he termed a
cure. He opened a sanitarium at
Dwight and patients soon began flock-
t0 R _ Controversi e S raged about.
hJg cure Many physicians scoffed at
, But the remarkaWe fait h shown in
h , m by a large majorlty who ha d tak-
en hu cure goon brought about d
th ln puWSc opinion concerning
w and he becamt3 an object o{ re .
ful professional consi( i cra tion not¬
withstanding that his treatment was
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In part secret, in violation of the code
of medical ethics.
The “graduates” of his institute
formed a Keeley association and held
reunions, publicly proclaiming to the
world their victories over the demon of
intemperance through the gold cure.
Some famous men were among them.
Branch institutions were established,
nnd their members increased rapidly
all over the country. It long since be¬
came apparent that in the gold cure
Dr. Keeley had struck a gold mine.
His estate was valued at $1,000,000.
Allen Joke on the Senate.
A resolution expressing sympathy
for the Boers in their struggle against
Great Britain and urging mediation on
the part of the United States between
the belligerents was adopted the other
day by the senate without having at¬
tracted comment from any one of the
dozen or more senators present. A
talnute later, at the request of the
chair (Mr. Frye) Mr. Allen consented
to a reconsideration of the vote, by
which the resolution was passed, and
the incident closed amid quiet laugh-
ter.
GODLESS NEW YORK
HOPELESS PLACE FOR CHRIS¬
TIAN PREACHERS.
Many Causes Contribute to Till., bul
the Alain One .is That the daw.
Are Crowding Out tho Christian
Churches.
The most hopeless place on tho glob3
for satisfactory Christian work is New
York, according to Rev. Dr. Daniel N.
Martin of Newark. N. J. ".Once upon q
time,” says tho Newark divine, “Sun¬
day and church-going wero identified
together. Now Sunday is identified
with manifold forms of recreation. The
majestic king of days has lost hia
throne and his scepter in New York.
In fact, he has quietly been put to
death. They began by smothering
him under those big' white and black
blankets called Sunday newspapers.
While be was still breathing they
drove the street cars and excursion
trains over his body, and what bones
were left unbroken have been ground
completely to powder by the millions
of bicycles which roll over his pros¬
trate form. >
“Every preacher in New York, with
possibly two or three exceptions,
stands in his pulpit on Sunday with old
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REV. DR. DANIEL N. MARTIN.
Nehemiah’s question tugging at his
heartstrings, ‘Why is the house of
God Forsaken?’ Forsaken by the poor
because they have worked so hard
through the six days that tho seventh
finds them in bed trying to secure the
necessary equipment for another
week’s tussle with the wolf. Forsaken
by the rich because they have played
so hard all the week that they are ab¬
solutely too worn out for worship.
Forsaken by the vast foreign contin¬
gent, who have never been bred to hab¬
its of church-going. Forsaken by that
increasing class of morally corrupt
men who feel that religious convic¬
tions do not depend on church attend¬
ance. Forsaken, of course, by that
multitude of men and women to whom
life has no serious meaning, who are
living in the animal nature and are
satisfied with it. Forsaken also by
that numerous class of indifferents
who, while they may have no moral
slant to their lives, have drifted out
of all church affiliations, to whom tho
call to worship is like the dim echo of
an Alpine horn, who are more thrilled
by the breakfast bell than the church
bell, and who use Sunday to visit and
receive visits.
“Then there are hordes of people
who regulate their church-going by the
thermometer and the barometer. If
the weather is too hot or too cold, if
it rains or snows, they never attend
divine worship.
“But the final and far more serious
discouragement to church life in New
York is the stupendous growth of the
Hebrew race. Nearly every name on
the Broadway stores between the Bat¬
tery and Twenty-thircT street is a Jew¬
ish name. The Jews are becoming the
merchant princes of New Y’ork. They
are still the chosen people. They are
settling down into the ifest parts of
Manhattan island. Pastors suddenly
discover that their churches are sur¬
rounded by dwelling houses occupied
almost exclusively by Jews. I can
point out not only whole blocks, but
whole sections of the city, inhabited
by the Hebrew race, and in the finest
residential portions. They take pos¬
session of a neighborhood so gradually
and quietly that a pastor discovers that
his church, once launched in a Chris¬
tian community, is suddenly stranded
high and dry in a Jewish one. After a
while the original members drop off,
and the thrifty Jew has his eyes on the
bargain counter, for churches as well
as other merchandise. He need not go
to the trouble of building a synagogue,
he can buy a church far cheaper. A
prominent rabbi told a city pastor that
if the terms could be agreed upon he
could buy twenty or thirty churches
between Fiftieth and One Hundredth
streets. Americans have been com¬
plaining for a long time that the Jews
were crowding the GentLes out of
business. Is it possible that the Jews
are also crowding the churches out of
New York?”
'fact.
Tact is horn with some men and
women, like the supple, delicate fingers
of the artist's hand; and those who
have it use their gift instinctively. It
is not measured alike to those who
have it. Men possess it in different de¬
grees, while others again are wanting
in it altogether. It is the outcome of
intellectual and temperamental quali¬
fications, and implies the possession of
clear perceptions, quick imagination
and delicate sensibilities. It Is these
that give the tactful person his subtle
Intuition of another’s mental processes
and modes of feeling, and in the same
ar^iunt exactly the right method of
dealing with these.
MORNING
TIREDNESS
Is n serious complaint; It’s a warntug that
should be heeded. It is different from an
honost tired fooling. • It is a sure sign of
poor blood. You oan cure'ft by maklug
your blood rich ur.d pure with Hood’s Sar¬
saparilla. That is what other people do—
thousands of them. Take a few bottles Of
tills good medicine now and you will not
only get rid of that wank, languid, ex-
haustod feeling, but It will make you feel
’well all through tho summer.
Tired Feeli -'g—“Cor that tired and
worn out fueling iu tho spring, and as a
strength builder and appetite creator, I
have found Hood’s Sarsaparilla without
an equal.” Mbs. L. B. Woodabd, 235
Ballou Street, Woonsocket, It. I.
Hood’s Sarsa¬ parilla
I* America’s Greatest Blood .Modi cine.
Never Admit Defeat.
Never admit defeat or poverty,
though you seem to be down and have
not a cent. Stoutly assert your divine
right to he a man, to hold your head
up and look the world in the face; step
bravely to the front whatever opposes,
and the world will make way for you.
No one will insist upon your rights
while you yourself doubt that you pos¬
sess the qualities requisite for suc¬
cess. Never allow yourself to be a
traitor to your own cause by under¬
mining your self-confidence.
There never was a time before when
persistent, original force was so much
in demand as now. The namby-pam¬
by, nerveless man has little show In
the hustling world of to-day. In the
twentieth century a man must either
push or be pushed.
Every one admires the man who can
assert his rights and has the power to
demand nnd take them if denied him.
No one can respect the man who slinks
in the rear and apologizes for being in
the world. Negative virtues are of no
use in winning one’s way. It is the
positive man, the man with original
energy and push that forges to the
front.—Success.
The Philosophy of Criticism-
“So you intend to be a critic7”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“Well, it’s so easy to find fault with
things, and if a fellow can get paid
for doing it, life ought to he one long,
sweet snap.”
Tho
Plnkham
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