Corvallis gazette., March 06, 1903, Image 4

What would you take forme?
She was ready to sleep as she lay on my
arm,
In her little frilled cap so fine,
With her golden hair falling out at the
edge,
Like a circle of noon sunshine.
And I hummed the old tune of "Banbury
Cross,"
And "Three Men Who Put Out to
Sea,"
When she sleepily said, as she closed her
blue eyes:
"Papa, what would you take for me?"
And I answered, "A dollar, dear little
heart,"'
And she slept, baby weary with play,
But I held her warm in my love-strong
arms,
And I rocked her and rocked away.
Oh, the dollar meant all the world to me,
The land and the sea and the sky,
The lowest depths of the lowest place,
The highest of all that's high.
t
All the cities,-with streets and palaces,
With their people and stores of art,
I would not take for one low soft :hrob
Of my little one's loving heart;
Nor of all the gold that was ever found,
In the busy wealth finding past,
Would stake for one smile of my darling's
face,
Did I know it must be the last.
So I rocked my baby and rocked away.
And I felt such a sweet content,
For the words of the song expressed more
to me,
Than they ever before had meant.
And the night crept on, and I slept and
dreamed
Of things far too gladsome to be,
And I waken'd-with lips saying close in
my ear,
"Papa, what would you take for me?"
Eugene Field.
I Jonas' Birthday Present f
ERTAINLY, Jonas must have a
birthday present! Now the ques
tion is. what shall it be?" said
black-eyed May Gardner in a deter
mined manner. "Just think! He'll be
35 years, old, and has never had one,
except when he was a little boy, almost
too young to remember!" she added,
sympathetically.
"Did he say that?" asked Jennie
Deering, with a curious blush.
"Yes, he told Uncle John so," said
May quickly, "and when uncle repeated
it to me I just decided that he should
have a present this year, sure."
"Let's send him something that is
useful! An old bachelor needs so many
things that he would never think of
buying himself. We could send him a
"I WANT YOU, OB NOBODY."
clock," said Jennie, but again May
frowned upon the suggestion.
"No, indeed! That won't do. Jonas
has no end of clocks and needs no more.
Let's give him something that he would
never dream of getting for himself."
"Oh, girls!" broke in Sallie Green,
with a ringing laugh. "I've thought of
the very thing! Let's give Jonas a wife
for his birthday present! He has ev
erything else that he needs, and you
know he is altogether too timid to even
secure a wife without "some assist
ance!' - f
"Won't he resent it?" asked the girls,
timidly, but May checked them im
periously. "Certainly not, if she is the right one.
What man would? The only thing is
to see that she is In every way worthy
of him, for Jonas is really a splendid
fellow, even If he Is bashful. Jonas
shall have a wife for his birthday, that
much is settled! Now, who shall she
be, and how will we present her?"
The three girls sat for a moment In
silence; then suddenly May was struck
-with a brightidea. The other girls
stared at her in breathless amazement
-when she told them what it was.
"Why, May Gardner, you must be
crazy!" they cried simultaneously.
"Not a bit of - It!" said May, stoutly.
- "Now, see here, girls, be sensible. Here
-we are, getting older and older every
day, and not a man in the village that
is marriageable except Jonas. Now,
we all like him, you know we do; but
if we wait for him to propose we'll all
die old maids, and that would be
awful.. All Jonas needs is a little en
couragement, and no one .will ever
know that we used our Influence for
each other!"
And, finally, her reasoning prevailed,
possibly by the aid of a tender senti
ment existing toward Jonas in the
hearts of both the blushing maidens.
"I say, Jonas, you'd oughter be think
in' of marryin'," said Uncle John Gard
ner shortly after the Important agree
ment between the three young ladies.
"I s'pose so," said Jonas absently,
with a little blush.
" 'Pears to me you'd better be lookln'
around," continued the old farmer, as
Indifferently as possible. "Your thirty
fifth birthday is comin' and you've
be'n half your life without a wife.
Must be sort o' desolate fer ye, I'm
thinkln'."
. "That's so," said Jonas, a little
mournfully. "There ain't so' much fun
a-settln' alone o evenin's, but I'm used
to it," he added, despondently.
"Pshaw! There ain't no sech thing
as gittin' used tew it! It ain't nat'ral!"
said Uncle John, stoutly.
"Wbat'll I do?" asked Jonas, sheep
ishly. "Ask one of these pretty girls around
here to marry you sort of a birthday
present to yourself, don't you know."
The old man chuckled as he glanced
slyly at Jonas.
"They wouldn't have me," said
SOLUTION OF THE LAND
MAP OF IRELAND, SHOWING THE CONGESTED DISTRICTS.
WALTER WELLMAN, of the Chicago Record-Herald, is assured by
Sir Anthony MacDonnell, the new Under Secretary for Ireland,
that the whole land question will be settled soon, on terms not
only satisfactory the Irish people and to the landlords, but In
a manner yrhktb -will greatly strengthen the British empire. In
brief, the plan is the whotsjsale turning over of the soil of Ireland to the
people of Ireland. Twjts-five years ago a settlement might possibly have
been made on the line followed in India, where the land rents were fixed
upon the basis of the price of produce in the actual market. This plan has
worked well in India, but it is too late to adopt that method in Ireland. It
will not satisfy the aspirations of the people for actual ownership of the soil.
So another plan must be devised, a plan which involves the actual removal
of landlordism. There will be no confiscation of property, no compulsory
sale except under conditions which may make it necessary for the good of the
state.
The vital point, of course, is the price. Naturally the landlords desire to
secure as high prices as they can, while the tenants are equally anxious to
buy as cheaply as possible. Between these two stands the Government,
which Is deeply concerned in devising a practical plan and one .which will
involve as little cost as possible to, the imperial treasury. Probably a new
valuation of the land will be made.'
It is estimated that this project will cost the imperial government at the
outset 150,000,000 sterling; this is $750,000,000 a large sum of money, but
not too much to buy peace and order and prosperity in Ireland.
In many instances the price will probably equal the rent overlng a
period of fifteen to twenty or twenty-five years. Where the purchaser and
the landlord cannot agree the government must aid in reaching a settle
ment. It may buy out entire estates and then sell back to the landlord his
homesteads and castles, preserving much of the outlying land for the people.
The scheme contemplates the thinning out of congested districts where
families are crowded together on small tracts of land incapable of giving
decent support to the number of people dwelling thereon. The sale of the
estates will bring into use large areas, now given up to parks and hunting
preserves, and in many instances wide stretches of pasture land, which have
been too sparsely stocked with cattle, will be turned Into productive farms
and homes for the people.
The landlords, it appears, In most Instances, are ready to submit to this
scheme. Under, existing land laws, where rents may now be determined in
the courts, the exorbitant rents heretofore exacted cannot always be secured
and land holding is losing its attractions.
It is less fascinating, also, for another reason. In '1896 parliament gave
the people of Ireland the right to elect their own county councils. Hereto
fore the landlords held the local offices without dispute, but under the act
of '96 the honors passed in many cases from the lord, by the suffrage of the
people, to the former tenant. Ousted from local places of dignity and honor,
and subjected to the official jurisdiction of his social inferiors, the landlord
finds residence and land holding in Ireland less attractive than heretofore.
Where the unwillingness of the landlord to sell his lands to the people
creates a condition unfavorable to public order and the general welfare it is
proposed that the state exercise its right of eminent domain, fix a price upon
his property, buy it from him and sell it again to purchasers from among
the people.
Jonas, with a decided shake of his
head.
"There's three of them that would,"
began the old farmer, but he checked
himself abruptly. He had come very
near betraying his pretty niece's se
cret. "Just you ask 'em,'"! he finished
abruptly, but with an encouraging
smile.
"Which one'U I ask?" queried Jonas.
"Ask 'em all," said the old farmer,
with a roar of laughter. He had evi
dently thought of something that was
exceedingly funny.
"John Gardner, be you out of your
head?" said Jonas, half angrily.
But the farmer's words burned in his
brain long after he had parted with his
friend and neighbor.
And that evening he put on his best
suit and went over to call on Jennie
Deering.
An hour before midnight they were
sitting alone in the kitchen, for the old
folks had gone to bed In a most accom
modating manner.
"Did you know my birthday was
next-week, Jennie?" said Jonas, sud
denly. He was sitting as near her as
he dared when he asked the question.
Suddenly, Jennie giggled hi a most
unaccountable way.
"Do you want a birthday present,
Jonas?" she asked, with a fit of laugh
ter that bordered on hysterics. -
Jonas looked at her with some sur
prise, but when he answered her he
was in desperate earnest.
"I want a wife!" he said boldly, and
then blushed as red as a poppy.
"That's what I mean," said Jennie,
still hovering on hysterics. "Do you
want a. wife for a birthday present?"
Jonas caught his breath and looked!
at her sharply. Had she turned mind
reader, or was it simply a chance ques
tion? But Jennie was desperately in ear
nest, as well as Jonas. She had to ful
fill her part toward securing the com
bination wife and present.
"May Gardner or Sallie Green would
marry you, I am sure. They are both
nice girls, and you're bound to like
them." She blurted out the words in
the most astonishing way, and then
finished by bursting into a fit of crying.
"But I don't want Sallie Green or
May Gardner! I want -you, or nobody,
for my wife," Jonas said bravely.
The sight of her tears had made
him bold, and he was holding her bands
now in the tenderest fashion.
And before 12 o'clock she was his
promised wife, and when he left her
there was only one cloud upon her hap
piness. "The girls will be awfully
mad," she 6aid over and over, "but,
QUESTION OF IRELAND.
n
anyhow, I have kept my promise I am
going to give Jonas a wife for his birth
day." New York Daily News.
Just to Give Confidence.
Sam Is a gentleman of color. Occa
sionally he takes a seat at the poker
table with some of the boys, and bis
winning ability is a matter of wonder
among the "perfesh." A new recruit to
the gambling ranks showed up and
Sam was Informed that he had a big
roll.
Wall, ah don't mind takln' a hand
at de table wif de gemman wif de
finance," responded the ever-willing
Samuel.
"Well, he's got the dough, Sam," said
his friend, "and I've got a line on him
for to-night. Now, Pll tell you what
we'll do. We'll take him a spin at
poker and I'll deal. I'll give the mon
eyed guy four queens. Then I'll deal
you four kings, and, of course, we'll
land him."
"Yaas, sab, yaas, sah. Ah see. Yo'
'gwine t gimme fo' kings, an gib de
gemman wif de money fo' queens. And
den you gwine ter deal to yo'se'f." :
"Sure thing."
"Yaas, sah, yaas, sah; I git de fo'
kings he git de fo queens. An'.yo
gwine ter deal. Umph, umph! "Waal,
say, I don't play cahds so much, but I
wish yo'd give me a ace Jes' as a sort
ob a confidence cahd. Jes' to gimme
confidence, dat's all." Indianapolis
News. - .
His Conglomeratipredicament.
"Well, zish," said Mr. Ryefuddle,
partially steadying himself by clawing
on to the door-frame and gazing at the
wife of his bosom with fishy and fo
cusless eyes, "Is the (hie) first time I
ever saw a liv(hic)ing puzzle-picture.
Now, which of the two is (hie) which
and which Is not (hie) which? In osher
words, which of 'em is (hie) and which
of her ain't one of (hie) 'em? On the
ozher band, which one of the two zhat
I see is the (hie) one I don't see, and
which is the (hie) one I see but don't
think I do? I pause for a (hie) re
ply."
N. B. He got it. Judge.
Around the World in Seven Months.
Seven months and a half was the
time taken in traveling round the
world by a picture post card which
has just been delivered to its sender at
Berlin.
Died Happy.
Wigg At any rate, poor old Hard-
uppe died happy.
Wagg Yes; he had lived on tick so
long that he was just tickled to death,
Philadelphia Presa.
REPLY AMAZED ENGLISHMAN.
Lingering Suspicion in His Mind that
Bhe Poked Fun at Him.
"The conversational versatility of
your American girls astonishes me,"
aid the Englishman who was ap
proaching the close of his first month
in' New York. .'.'Not only do I find
that In society the young women have
quickness of perception and readiness
of repartee, but I have found that
in the downtown restaurants, where
girls are employed as waitresses, they
are extremely handy with their re
torts." "Been trying two Jolly 'em a bit, eh?" .
said the college graduate, who was '
finishing off in Uncle Jim's Wall street
office.
"Not at all not at all!" replied the
Englishman, hastily. "My observa
tions are based on what I hear them
saying to other men. The girls are
quite bright, y'know."
"What led you to think them other
wise?" said the American citizen.
"I did not look for the quality of
glibness in girls of that class," said
the man from London. "In eating
places on the other side the waitresses
never talk to you, not even after you
have been going to the restaurant
every day for months. Here in New
York it is vastly different. And they
seem to know where you are from,
too. - '
"I went to my usual restaurant to
day. There was a new girl at my
table, and the one who usually waits
on me was a sort of assistant head
waitress. She came over to the girl
at my table before I had a chance to
ell what I wanted and said:
'Bring the gent a ' rasher of bacon,
iwo eggs, underdone, a toasted muffin
and tea. Is there anything else?' and
she looked at me. I said that would
be all right, and remarked that the
weather was changeable, and what do
you think she said?"
"Something equally bright," I sup
pose," remarked the college man.
The Englishman eyed him a mo
ment "I wonder if she was poking
fun at me?" he said. "Well, she just
answered: 'We have so many foreign
ers in New York we have to have all
kinds of weather to suit 'em. This is
not our day for English weather, but
I hope you won't get tired waiting for
your turn." Mail and Express.
An ordinary oak tree raises 120 to
150 tons of moisture from the earth dur
ing a single season.
The youngest monarch who ever as
cended the British throne was Henry
VII. He was eight months and twenty
five days old at his accession.
A raindrop one-twenty-fifth of an
inch in diameter cannot fall at any
greater speed than thirteen feet in a
second. Raindrops rarely exceed one
eighth of an inch in diameter.
Originally the common or domestic
goat was a native of the highlands of
Asia. Naturalists generally regard it
is having descended from an animal
ound m th Caucasus Mountains and
vhe hill eouriiry of Persia, called In the
Persian language the pesang.
Fancy two plants being so unfriendly
that the mere neighborhood of one is
death to the other! Yet this is the case
with two well-known British plants.
These are the thistle and the rape. If
the field Is Infested with thistles, which
come up year after year and ruin the
crops, all you have to do is to sow it
with rape. The thistle will be absolute
ly annihilated.
The use of hard coal has become so
common that it is hard to comprehend
how the community could be satisfied
with soft coal. Yet the available supply
of anthracite in America Is so small
that unless some other fuel be discov
ered, the use of bituminous coal must
prevail within seventy-five years at the
most. The anthracite fields of Penn
sylvania will be exhausted within seventy-five
years, and there is no other
deposit of the sort In the United States
of any importance. Europe has very lit
tle anthracite. Most of the Welsh coal
iH bituminous, though the coal of the
western part of the South Wales field
is hard coal. China has vast fields, how
ever, compared with which our Penn
sylvania field is but a dot on the map.
The China fields underlie forty thou
sand square miles In Hunan, Honan
and east Shansi.
Education In Sweden.
The largest school house, in the
world, one which has accommodations
for nearly three thousand children, Is
claimed by Stockholm. -In the base
ment are one hundred bath rooms,
where the, children are required to
bathe if their teachers think they are
not taught habits of cleanliness at
home. Soap and towels are furnished
free by the city. A wholesome dinner
is furnished poor children at noon in
all the public schools if they need it as
In Norway, which Insures every child
at least one warm meal each day. Chil
dren whose parents can afford to pay
for the dinner are charged a nominal
price, and the personal pride and inde
pendence of the Swedes compel many
people to pay who really cannot afford
to do so. This is a characteristic of
the race, says William Ik Curtis, who
adds: "Swedes abhor charity, and as a
rule, if they cannot take care of them
selves, will suffer and even starve rath
er than accept It They take care of
their poor In a generous manner, and
have ' asylums for the diseased, the
afBicted and distressed, but you sel
dom see a beggar in Sweden. I visit
ed every part of Stockholm, and did
not see abeggar; one may travel for
months in Sweden without being ask
ed for alms."
Patting It the Right Way.
"I ' have no doubt you have hea rd
some stories to my discredit" he said.
"I don't like to put it in that way,"
she quietly replied. .
"How then?" he hopefully asked.
"I have never heard any stories to
your credit," said she. Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
If people like you, don't ever' start
trouble for yourself by asking them
Why. - ' - -
When a woman serves cake, she
makes an apology for the frosting.
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REIGN OF ELOQUENCE IS PASSING."
.Br Judge
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Honesty, courage, intelligence and health are
necessary to marked success even in commercial
pursuits, where the attainment of money is the
only thing desired. In the learned professions
there must be added to these learnldg, tact In
the management of the people and skill along the
lines to be pursued. The successful lawyer must
have as exaess baggage ease of expression and
an Indefinable adaptability for throwing oneself
1 BMmMHMMMi
wholly into the concerns of another. But, most of all, he
must in these latter days possess . business ability. The
most successful lawyer is he who is of greatest assistance
to the buiness man. The reign of eloquence is passing, if
not altogether gone. It Is of assistance still, but not in
dispensable. .Juries yawn before fiery oratory, and the
upper courts now reverse cases because of it.
JEALOUSY AN ABUSED SENTIMENT.
Br Paola Hontegatza, Italian Professor.
Jealousy is a constitutional psychological mal
ady, and when born in one is diflicult to conquer.
It poisons the dearest joys of life; It penetrates
into all the pores of the skin. Every drop of
water is saturated with its venom; it impreg
nates every mouthful of bread. It transforms
the man who loves into a soldier, always in arms,
his ear strained, his eye alert. The Jealous man
carefully watches, he always doubts, always suf
fers. He questions the past, the present, the future. In a
caress he seeks a falsehood, in a kiss indifference, in love
hypocrisy. What a life of torment!
Jealousy not being an elementary psychic phenomenon,
but a variable mixture, takes 'different ethnic forms as
numerous as they are varied. The jealousy of a number
of oriental peoples is familial. Of all Europeans the Ital
ians, Spaniards, and, above all, "the Portuguese, are the
most jealous- In America the Brazilians are the most jeal
ous. Jealousy is necessarily stronger in polygamous peo
ples than among monogamous. And just as it has already
diminished in the monogamous society it will tend to de
crease in the future, -when marriage will no longer be
sanctified without love, when the choice will always be
reciprocal, when every trace of hypocrisy shall have dis
appeared from the relations of the sexes.
Can we love any one more dearly than our children?
Certainly not. Yet we are not jealous of those who love
them, although father and mother with sublimity vie with
each other as to who can love them the most Love your
companion in love in the same way. But this is vain coun
sel, words thrown to the wind.
TEDERAL AID NEEDED IN HIGHWAY DEVELOPMENT.
Ey Representative Walter P. Brownlow of Tennessee.
The fact that the United States government
has taken no substantial part in building or
maintaining public highways in this country for
the last two generations Is accepted by many
people as final proof that the general government
Is forbidden, either by constitutional limitations
or by sound public policy, from engaging in any
such Internal Improvement
On the ether hand it should be noted that no
system of public highways was ever built up or main
tained in any country without the substantial aid of the
general government The almost universal lack of im
provement in our public road system is directly referable
to the fact that we have had no well established national
road policy. Those who bare done most" to agitate for
permanent improvements have found
the country have almost Invariably
general and durable roads; although
LONDON WOMAN INSPECTORS
They Are Trained for Duty and Fill
Important Posts.
In v4ew of the recent victory of wom
an principals here in the struggle' for
recognition in the selection of the high
er officers of the school system, it is in
teresting to look abroad and see how
the "weaker sex" are faring In their
endeavors' to obtain a footing in posi
tions from which they have hitherto
been excluded in London. On Jan. 15
a meeting was held by the Linnaean
Society to discuss whether women
should be admitted to fellowship. A
circular having been sent to the mem
bers requesting votes on the question,
301 answered favoring their admission,
126 negatived it, while 313 were still to
be heard from. The Botanic Society
already admits them.
As sanitary inspectors women are
rapidly gaining ground In London. They
were utilized as Inspectors of the slums
of the overcrowded city of Glasgow
many years ago, but it was not until
1893 that London followed the exam
ple. The vestry of Kensington appoint
ed two in that year. They have been
found such a success that there are
now twenty-two women employed In
that capacity under the borough coun
cils, at salaries ranging from $400 to
$750 a year. The work consists in the
inspection of all public places where
women work, including homes where
they take in outside ,work, tenement
house visiting, , and last, but by no
means least, the Investigation of causes
of infectious disease. These inspectors
must be trained and undergo an exam
ination before being eligible for a
berth. Their training, embraces the
study of physics and chemistry in rela
tion to air, water, soil and vegetation,
also municipal hygiene and building
construction.
IRELAND'S JOAN OF ARC
Maud Ooiine to Wedn Irishman Who
Fought with the Boers.
Announcement is made of the be
trothal in France of Maude Gonne, the
Irish Joan of Arc and the fair high
priestess of Irish revolution, and Major
John McBride, who with the Ameri
can, Col. John Y. Fillmore Blake, com
manded the Irish brigade in South Af
rica during the Boer war.
Miss Gonne for more than a decade
has been a strong and ardent champion
bfUrish Independence and Is well
known in this country, where she has
lectured in favor of the cause so dear
to her. Most of her time since she
became a champion of Ireland has been
spent in France, and In Paris she con
ducts a paper In advocacy of her prin
ciples. '
She was not always an Irish sympa
thizer. She was born in Dublin, the
daughter of an Irishman of aristocrat
ic lineage, and who once held the post
of military attache to the British em
bassy at St. Petersburg. The misery
and distress which she saw on every
side In Ireland greatly Impressed her
compassionate heart, but during the
lifetime of her parents she was held
in check by their loyal sentiments.
When, however, she found herself at
the age of 19 an orphan and possessed
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BY
Karanagh, of Chicago.
that the farmers of
Deen opposed to any
It is generally con
of a goodly inheritance, she decided to
devote' her life to the amelioration of
the conditions surrounding her. She
would go among the evicted tenants,
preaching to them the necessity of ral
lying to the cause of home rule. That
her labors were effective is proved by
the fact that the British government j
issued an order for her arrest. She fled
to France before the arrest could be
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MISS MAUD GONNE.
made. She has often visited Ireland
since, but has not been molested.
Miss Gonne Is a beautiful woman
and Is a forcible writer and lecturer.
Major McBride is a native of County
Mayo, Ireland, and since the close of
the Boer war- has been living in
France.
CHEF GETS A BIG SALARY.
King Edward's Cook Receives Stipend
Equal to that of Bank President. '
The chef who perpares the food for
the table of King Edward of England
receives as large a salary as does an
admiral of a fleet or a lieutenant gen
eral of the army. Every year he draws
from the royal exchequer the handsome
sum of $10,000. The man who at present-occupies
the post is a native of
southern France and his name is Mena
ger. His age is about 40 and he is con
sidered, at least by King Edward, the
most capable chef in the world.
So great a culinary artist is not ex
pected to produce three masterpieces
In one day, so he .has nothing to do
with the king's breakfast. He arrives
at Buckinham palace from his private
residence near ,by - in a hansom , at
about 11 o'clock.
In a large, sunny kitchen, overlook
ing the lawns, he receives the lunch
eon carte, drawn up by Lord Farquhar.
and his work begins. First of all he or
ders what will be required and the mas
ter of the kitchen sees that all the ar
ticles come in, checks each item and
then sends the account tf' Sir. Nigel
Kingscote, the paymaster, who writes
out a check in payment
After luncheon is served M. Menager
if
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ceded that the farmers would be benefited as much, If not
more, than any other class of people by such roads.
The real reason for the farmer's objection is found' in
the fact that, according to the ordinary scheme of improve
ment, he would be called upon to pay the entire burden of
cost; which he intuitively feels to be greater than he ought
to bear, if not greater than he Is able to bear.
Considering this long continued opposition by the people
in the rural districts, and the lack of policy on the part of
the general government,' and especially considering that
road building Is undoubtedly a public duty whleh rests
upon the government In some form, it seems clear that the
farmers are entitled to some assistance in bearing the
necessary burden of cost to improve the public highways.
The United States government should step forward with
some definite policy and assume some share of the burden
and responsibility which is necessary to produce a credit
able system of public highways. WhatSwe have seen and
are seeing in the development of rural free mall delivery
should be repeated in the matter of permanent improvemnts
to the highways.
What members of Congress want is an expression from
their constituencies showing what is desired in the several
districts. There are many rural districts which have no
great rivers, or great harbors, or great cities which entitle
them to public buildings; but there is no district but has
many miles of public roads which need to be permanently
improved.
It is a remarkable fact thaji the United States govern
ment has already appropriated $1,000,000 to Porto BSco Tor
road-building, and another $1,000,000 to the Philippine Isl
ands; and the Secretary of War has just made an appeal
to Congress through the President of the United States
who strongly indorses that appeal, to have $3,000,000 ao
propriated for the use of the Philippine government
TRUSTS' RIGHTS AND RIGHTFUL USES.
By Franklin Murphy, Governor of Now Jersey.
There has been much discussion of late on the
subject of trusts, and New Jersey is largely in
terested In the matter by reason of the. large
number of corporations organized under her
laws. The fees and taxes from these corpora
tions are sufficient to pay the annual expenses
of the State, to pay a large proportion of the cost
of our public education, and to leave a handsome
surplus besides. Other States, envieus of our
prosperity, have copied our laws, reduced their fees, and
solicited our business. .
' As a matter of fact, there are few, If any, real trusts,
and the name is given promiscuously to large corporations
of all kinds, especially If composed of a combination of a
number of smaller concerns. It is a wrong use of the term
and it carries an unjust inference, but it has come into
common use.
The country has no more occasion for alarm than the
Arab has for an Ifrit or we have for the ogre of our child
hood. And were the situation really threatening I still
would have supreme faith in the ability of the people of
the country to protect themselves in any emergency that
might arise. The danger is not to the people from the greed
of corporate power asserting itself unwisely, but to the
corporations themselves.
Because of this alleged danger it has become the fashion -of
the day to assail corporations on general principles, and
the public man who Is bold enough to say a word in their
favor runs the risk of bitter criticism as to his motive, as
if it were a crime to be a stockholder and Immoral to be
the friend of a stockholder. It is time the air should be
cleared. The corporations have their rights, as the indi
viduals have theirs. We undertake here in New Jersey to
protect them in their rights. We have taken, their money
and sold them the charters under which they do their busi
ness. We continue to take their money eaeh year in the
shape of taxes, for which we give them the continued pro
tection of our laws.
retires once more, to reappear at 5
o'clock, when the great event of the
day the preparation for dinner com
mences. That over, the artist Is free for
the evening. It is worth noting that he
owes his enviable post solely to hard
work and genius, for the cook, like the
poet, is born, not made. An additional
interest attaches to this culinary auto
crat because of the encouragement he
gives to women cooks.
It has always been said that women
cannot attain to great heights as cooks
and creators of dishes, and that Just as
they fail to excel In music, poetry and
painting they fail also In the higher
mysteries of cooking. It is very inter
esting to learn on the testimony of the
king's cook that this is no longer true,
however true it may have been for
merly. HE LOVED HER JUST THE SAME.
HIa Antics Were Not Due to Any De
rangement of Hi AfFeotlona.
It was 9:30 o'clock in the drawing
room of the home of Miss Clara Arm
stretch. As the last notes of the piano
died away the young lady in question
suddenly whirled around and gazed
long and fixedly at the agitated coun
tenance of her embarrassed fiance.
"Mr. Mainspoke," she said, bitterly,
"this is too much. When you first
came in this evening it was evident to
me that you intended to provoke s
quarrel. There was a' marked cool
ness in your manner, and as we sat om
the sofa together you edged away and
insisted upon changing to a chair.
Even there, however, you were not
contented, but you suddenly arose and
I caught you glancing at the dock.
Several times I saw you start to pace
the floor as if something was on youa
mind, and now, when at your request
I play your favorite air on the piano,
I catch you trying to mimic me behind
my back. This has gone far enough.
If, sir, you wish to break off the en
gagement you have only to speak.
Let there be no further shillyshally
ing." James Mainspoke loved the indig
nant girl before him better than his
life, says the New York Times, and he
became conscious that unless he told
the plain truth she was lost to him
forever. '
"Darling," he said, his face suffused
with blushes, 'if you, must know, I
have on a suit of brand-new under-,
wear."
Also Her Prices.
Patti's voice at 59 may not be all it
used to be, but if she comes over here
it will be found, no doubt, that her dia
monds retain all their pristine splen
dor. Boston Globe.
British Sweets Welcome.
Colored sweets of British manufac
ture may now be imported Into Turkey.
It has taken nearly two years to per
suade the Turkish authorities that such
sweets contain nothing injurious.
Useful Dos Ambulance.
A dog ambulance is likely to be es
tablished shortly in connection with
the British military service. -