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All transactions conFunk & Wagnalls Company, Publishers, New York. etc., etc. Readers of THE LITERARY DIGEST are asked to mention to publication when writing to advertisers. PERSONALS. 3 Little Stories of John Hay.-Much of the suffering of the late John Hay, it is said, was due to a morbidness that at times took the form of deep mental depression, and manifested itself in frequent spells of what is generally termed the "blues." The acute cause of his morbidness in recent years, says the Milwaukee Free Press, was the knowledge that he had become an old man. Mr. Hay was sixty-seven when he died. "In all, or nearly all, of his public addresses delivered in the past four or five years this note of sadness over his age was sounded, but it was apparent only to those who knew him well. 'We who are of another generation,' was one way in which he sounded it; and a perusal of his speeches in the period men-. tioned will show that in nearly all of them he made some reference to his advancing years. It did not, however, prevent him from having his little joke on the subject. He had been ailing one time, and a friend made bold to ask what the trouble was. I am suffering from an incurable disease,' answered Mr. Hay, bravely. "A sense of delicacy prevented the friend from making further inquiry; but he told the story to many of his associates, nearly all of whom were acquainted with Mr. Hay, and-the report soon spread around Washington that a deadly disease held the Secretary of State within its grasp. One intimate acquaintance of Mr. Hay determined to find out the nature of the secretary's ailment and addressed him one day with the remark: 666 'I have been told that you are suffering from an incurable disease. Is it true?' "It is,' said Mr. Hay, in a sad tone. "What is the incurable disease?' then asked the insistent acquaintance. แ 666 'Old age,' exclaimed Mr. Hay, with a chuckle, A little incident will serve to indicate his goodness of heart, and how it pained him if he inadvertently caused distress to the feelings of an acquaintance. One day Mr. Hay told to some newspaper men a story with so much point and cleverness in it that one of his callers regarded it as too good to be lost. So he sent it to his newspaper, and on the following day told Mr. Hay that he had printed it. Mr. Hay had an understanding with the newspaper men, with whom he frequently talked in a confidential way, that he was not to be quoted in the public prints, and he coldly reproved the correspondent, who left the secretary's office feeling very much hurt. This occurred on a Saturday. On the following Monday the correspondent received this note, written by Mr. Hay: A Monument to Adam.-Márk Twain, writing in Harper's Weekly, tells how he suggested a monument to Adam. This was thirty years ago, and tho the matter started as a joke, Mr. Clemens says it came pretty near to materializing. He writes: "Mr. Darwin's' Descent of Man' had been in print five or six years, and the storm of indignation raised by it was still, raging in pulpits and periodicals. In tracing the genesis of the human race back to its sources Mr. Darwin had left Adam out altogether. We had monkeys, and missing links,' and plenty of other kinds of ancestors, but no Adam. Jesting with Mr. Beecher and other friends in Elmira, I said there seemed to be a likelihood that the world would discard Adam and accept the monkey, and that in the course of time Adam's very name would be forgotten in the earth; therefore this calamity ought to be averted a monument would accomplish this, and Elmira ought not to waste this honorable opportunity to do Adam a favor and herself a credit. 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MAYHEW PUBLISHING CO., 50-102 Ruggles St., Boston, Mass. Readers of THE LITERARY DIGEST are asked to mention the publication when writing to advertisers. Safety A Cadillac may safely be stopped, CADILLAC is its remark. ably low cost of maintenance. This economy is manifest not only in the cost of fuel and lubrication, but in repairs; for the Cadillac comes near to being actually trouble-proof. Never-failing serviceableness makes it the most satisfactory car to own; thorough excellence of workmanship and time-tried principles of construction make it the most economical. Model F-Side Entrance All prices f.o.b. Detroit. The project had seemed gently humorous before-it was more than that now, with this stern business gravity injected into it. The bankers discussed the monument with me. We met several times. They proposed an indestructible memorial, to cost twenty-five thousand dollars. The insane oddity of a monument set up in a village to preserve a name that would outlast the hills and the rocks without any such help, would advertise Elmira to the ends of the earth-and draw custom. It would be the only monument on the planet to Adam, and in the matter of interest and impressiveness could never have a rival until somebody should set up a monument to the Milky Way.. "In the beginning-as a detail of the project when it was as yet a joke-I had framed a humble and beseeching and perfervid petition to Congress begging the Government to build the monument, as a testimony of the Great Republic's gratitude to the Father of the Human Race and as a token of her loyalty to him in this dark day of his humiliation when his older children were doubting him and deserting him. It seemed to me that this petition ought to be presented, now-it would be widely and feelingly abused and ridiculed and cursed, and would advertise our scheme and make our ground-floor stock go off briskly. So I sent it to Gen. Joseph R. Hawley, who was then in the House, and he said he would present it. But he did not do it. I think he explained that when he came to read it he was afraid of it: it was too serious, too gushy, too sentimental-the House might take it for Magnetic Carbo INCOME OF 6% PER ANNUM ON SUMS OF S100 OR MORE, WITHDRAWABLE AFTER ONE YEAR. Readers of THE LITERARY DIGEST are asked to mention the publication when writing to advertisers, Should be Patented.-DINAH: Mandy, wha' foh you give dat baby a big piece of pohk ter chaw on ? Don' you-all know the poh child 'll choke on it?" MANDY: "Dinah, don' you see de string tied to dat piece er fat pohk? De udder end's tied to de chile's toe. Ef he chokes he'll kick, an' if he kicks he'll jerk de pohk out. Ah reckon you all don't learn me nothin' 'bout bringin' up chillun!" Cleveland Leader. Strange.-THE REV. ALEXANDER TORREY: "IS it not a strange thing, Mr. McStiffins? Last night, at my reading of Coriolanus,' the hall was empty in a quarter of an hour; while at the vicar's lantern lecture on Palestine, the young people sat in the dark for over three hours and quite seemed to enjoy it." - Judy (London). Buncoed. In a certain home where the stork recently visited there is a 6-year-old son of inquiring mind. When he was first taken in to see the new arrival he explained: "Oh, mamma, it hasn't any teeth! Oh, mamma, it hasn't any hair!" Then, clasping his hands in despair, he cried: "Somebody has done us! It's an old baby."- Chicago News. Degrees of Mourning. - IRISHMAN (to shopman): "I want somethin' for mournin' wear, but I don't know exactly what the coostom is. What do they be wearin' now for mournin'?" SHOPMAN: "It depends a little on how near the relative is for whom you wish to show this mark of respect. For a very near relative you should have a black suit, a black band on your hat, and black gloves. For some one not so near and dear you may have a broad band of black on your left arm, or a somewhat narrower one for somebody more distant." IRISHMAN: " Och, is that it? Well, then, gimme a shoestring. It's me woife's mother!"-Tit-Bits. July 22.-According to Russian advices Oyama's lines extend from Liao Yang to Possiet Bay, the total strength of the Japanese being estimated at 550,000 men. M. Witte is received by President Loubet and Premier Rouvier in Paris. July 23.-The Czar and Emperor William sail on imperial yachts to hold a conference in the Baltic Sea. July 24.-The Czar returns to St. Petersburg after his conference with Emperor William; it is said that the Kaiser advised the making of peace with Japan and the restoration of order at home. July 25.-Baron Komura, Japanese peace envoy, arrives in New York, and announces that Russia must pay an indemnity, but that the amount would not be excessive. July 26.-A Japanese battalion lands at De Castries, on the Siberian coast. M. Takahira, Japanese Minister to the United States visits Oyster Bay and is reported as having sounded the President as to the United States's attitude toward interference with a "durable peace" alliance by German influence over the Czar. July 27.-With the landing of a Japanese force on Siberian soil and the seizure of a point near the mouth of the Amur, it is believed that Japan intends to cut off Russian communications on the north. Baron Komura and Minister Takahira, the Japanese peace envoys, visit President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay. July 28.-The Russians on Saghalien Island are isolated, and their surrender or capture is expected soon. M. Sato, of the peace delegation, says that an armistice is probable as soon as the peace negotiations begin. OTHER FOREIGN NEWS. July 22.-Twenty-four persons are killed and fiftyseven injured by a bomb which is thrown at the Sultan of Turkey. Gillette Safety Razor Every blade will shave from 20 to 40 times before 12 new wafer blades for $1.00. 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