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5 Topics of
I the Times
The man who li too meek to apeak
In meeting gets over It befor election.
Money U a minor consideration with
tome men and a minus consideration
with others.
Woman would take more Interest in
the elections If a trading stamp went
with every rote.
Many a fool man expresses his will-
tngnesssto die for a woman who would
sot eTen taken In washing for him.
Mr. Rockefeller saya that he milked
the cows when he was only 8 years
old; and he has been skimming off the
cream ever since.
The London Times Is reported to be
adopting American Ideas. The next
thing we know John Bull will be talk
ing through his nose.
A Philadelphia preacher says wom
en's extravagance Is the cause of bach
elorhood. How about the extrava
gance of the bachelors?
Ella Wheeler Wilcox has a poem
which closes with Jhe words, "What
ever you do keen sweet" It would
make a great label for the milk jar.
A writer In Forest and Stream tells
us that a horse he knew of chewed to
bacco. Total depravity. It seems. Is
not confined exclusively to the human
race.
The merger is having almost as
much difficulty coming down hill as It
did climbing up, which reminds us
that the way of the transgressor la
bard, anyway.
A medical essayist asserts that the
blues are a form of sDlanehlne neuras-
thenia, due to Intraabdominal venous
congestion. That would cause a don't
worry club to dissolve.
The scoundrelly Tibetans are using
modern rifles. Can it be possible that
the British are mistaken and that they
have been trying to gild refined gold
in civilizing a civilized people?
Mexico Is going to have a vice presi
dent If the Vice President of the
United States cuts a small figure,
where will the Vice President of Mex
ico come In, with Dial holding the
other Job?
Susan B. Anthony recently testified
in a will case that married women I
know nothing about handling money.
Miss Anthony evidently doesn't believe
all these stories about women and the
trousers pockets.
China has been sending some stu
dents over to this country to take les
sons In the manufacture of steel. Ap
parently John Chinaman Is too child
like and bland to have any fear of the
consequences of rearing a great steel
trust "In his midst"
Granting that there Is a greater
mileage of railroad In this country,
the proportionate travel is probably
greater In England than here. What
then, is the explanation of the fewer
fatal accidents, or, rather, the almost
total lack of accidents In that country
as compared with the frightful mortal
ity on our American roads? The exact
solution is probably not easy, but the
most natural explanation that will
come to mind is that the British roads
are better managed and that they ore
held to a much stricter accountability
by th authorities. Another reason
also Is the total absence of all grade
crossings In England and the universal
employment of the best of safety de
vices and signals, the block signal sys
tem being practically -universal.
To-day Russia's 140,000,000 and
more of people are comparatively se
cure and content nnder despotism,
Why? Because, while they are illit
erate, ignorant degraded, as a rule
they have enough to eat and drink.
They are superstitious, it is true, but
religious superstition is not sufficient
to make millions of people submit to
a government that engenders starva
tion through taxation. Russia's rulers
have been shrewd; they have not tried
to make their Ignorant, illiterate people
Intelligent, but they have been careful
so to govern that the people would not
rebel yelling, "Bread or blood." No
body becomes a nihilist In Russia save
an educated man, who is a political en
thusiast or is a member of the nobilltv
who ha become, through disappointed
official ambition in the army or navy
or civil service, a bitter, vindictive
malcontent
A college woman had occasion last
summer to spend & few weeks In a fac
tory town boarding house where lived
three young women who from their
childhood had been employed in the
mills. These girls represented the more
prosperous element of the community.
One, who was fond of fine raiment and
personal adornment, afterward asked
Miss McCracken, who tells the story in
the Outlook, for some information
about Schumann, adding that she was
learning to play a little of his music.
Miss McCracken hastened to comply,
and drew out the reason for the re-
quest The mill operative "had always
liked music. Well, last summer a lady
boarded at bur house who said she had
always liked German, and wanted to
etudy It She wore real plain clothes
because she was saving up money to
to Germany to tudy. And It cam
Into my head that I could sat up mon
ey and take muaic leason. to 1 am
doing It; and I bellev after all I Hk
plain clothe beat"
The discussion of possible remedies
for the divorce evil by speakers bcTor
the National Congress of Mothers in
Chicago calls public attention to the
Increase In number of divorces granted
In many States during the last two
or three decades. The statistics tell a
story of martial disruption that seems
almost Incredible. As an Instance of
the growth of divorces one of the
speakers cited the example of Ohio,
where one divorce In every twenty-five
marriages waa the ratio In 1S70 and
one divorce In eight marriages the
ratio In 1902. Other States might have
been cited, however, as Illustrative of
the tendency to seek relief from mar
ltal responsibilities and Incompatibili
ties In the court. In 18C7 Indiana had
1.01X1 divorces, the largest number fot
that year In any State, In 1000 the
number had Increased to 4.609, or one
to every 5.T marriages of the rear.
Michigan divorces Increased from 440
In ISO? to 1,339 In lSStl and 1413 In
1900. The ratio In that State la now
one divorce to eleven marriages, Illi
nois granted 1.071 divorces In 1867 and
2,006 in 1SSG. Connecticut and Ver
mont apepar to be the only States In
which the divorce evil has been check
ed. The former State had fewer di
vorcee In 1900 than In 1807. Changes
In the statutes and In the adminis
tration of the various county courta
largely account for Improved condi
tions In these States. In the United
States during the twenty years from
1SG7 to 1SSG there were S2S.716 di
vorces granted, representing an in
crease of 157 per cent, while the pop
ulation Increased little more than C
per cent. In contrast to this picture It
Is Interesting to contemplate the di
vorce statistics of Canada. In the lat
ter country sixty-nine divorces were
granted In the thirty-four years be
tween 1S67 and 190L
Judge Adams, of the New 'Jersey
-,rcuit Court, did not soy broadly that
tne Ufe ' a by when It comes to a
question of awarding damages Is twice
as vaiuaoie as that of a girl. He was
laying down the law as to a particular
ty and a particular girl, and his rea-
soning appears to be sound. A Jury
had given a verdict of $6,000 In favor
of the father of a boy who was killed
at a grade crossing accident near New
ark a year ago. Another Jury had re
turned a verdict of $5,000 In favor of
the father of a girl killed at the
same time. Both the boy and
the girl were pupils in the Newark
High School. The Judge held that the
$6,000 verdict was not excessive. The
Dy wa a scholar, healthy, of
h,8h promise, endowed with a peculiar
aptitude for mechanical construction
which "Would have made him useful In
his father's business. The girl, said
the Judge, was in good health, was a
promising young woman, and thought
of becoming a school teacher. If she
had lived and adopted that profession
she, In all probability, could not have
earned more than $110 a month. Fur
thermore, while "a woman may be
come a bread winner, a man must be
one." Had the girl lived she mlzht
have married Instead of becoming a
bread winner. Therefore, all things
considered, the Judge thought the po
tential earning power of the boy
should be rated at about double that
of the girl. Consequently, If the ver
dict for $5,000 were reduced to $3,000
he would let it stand. Presumably, If
the boy had been dull, In feeble health,
likely to be a burden rather than
support to his parents, or if the girl
had been exceptionally gifted had a
wonderful voice, for Instance the
Judge would have thought $6,000 too
much in one case and $5,000 not too
much In the other. The life of the
New Jersey boy was no more sacred
than that of the girl. The mental
suffering of one parent was as great
as that of the other. But the law does
not take mental suffering into consld
eratlon. It considers only the compen
sation of the parent for a pecuniary
loss. The extent of the loss must be
governed by the age, condition, and
capacities of the child.
Coaxing the Boy.
"Did I understand you to say that
this boy voluntarily confessed his
share in the mischief done to the school
house?" asked the magistrate, address
ing the determined-looking female pa
rent of a small and dirty boy,
"ies, sir, ne aiei," tne woman re
sponded "I Just had to persuade lilm
a little, and then he told me the whole
thing voluntarily."
"How did you persuade him?" que
ried his worship.
"Well, first I gave him a good hid
lug," said the firm parent "and then
put him to bed without any supper,
and took his clothes away, and told
him he'd stay in bed till he confessed
what he'd done, If 'twas the rest of his
days, and I should thrash hhn again
in the morning. And In less than an
hour he told me the whole story vol
untarlly."
For Friends to Drop In.
"When the airships reach that stage
of perfection where they will be gen
erally used," remarked the observer
of events and things, "a neighbor will
only have to leave his scuttle open
when he wants you to drop in." Yon
kers Statesman.
By Way of Compromise.
Lord Brokelelgh (pompously) I've
called, sir, to request your daughter's
hand In marriage.
Mr. Roxley That's out of the ques-
tion, my man. However, I don't want
to seem altogether uncharitable, so
I here's $3 for you. Philadelphia Press.
OUR EVER Of EN BOOK.
SHOULD NATIONAL HOSPITALITY
BE LIMITED.
rite Great Problem Which Continue to
lVrpWx the Pmbllc and Oar StttMara
Many Immigrant Very Poor la
creating 8ceoc,
The great problem which continues
to agitate the public mind and to en
gage the attention of statesmen Is the
number and char
acter of the for
eigner who annu
ally come through
our ever open door
the Immigrant
station at Kills Isl
and, Every week
there are thou
sands of new ar
rivals seeking a
home In the land
of the free. Tew
ttouLnr adams, jk. of corue, like
the pilgrims of old, for freedom to
worship God. The chief motive lu
these days Is a sordid one the gath
ering In of American do.lar, which
iney ignorantiy imagine to be moro
abundant and more easily procured
than Is the fact There Is a sudden
and rude dispelling of this Illusion on
reaching our shores, but In spite of
their disappointments they find con
ditlons of living here more easy than
In the lands they left behind.
It Is a curious and interesting study
to watch these people landing at New
York. There are amusing and pathetic
scenes when they disembark. Some
times they are met with shrieks of 1
light on the part of friends who have
preceded them, and again they are ab
solutely friendless when they land,
and their entire worldly possessions
are worth but a few dollars, but they
ELLIS ISLAND IM
are buoyed up by hopefulness and
their wants are few. They are . a
peaceful people with the possible ex
ception of the red-shirted and wild
eyed anarchist who comes over with
his hand against every man better off
than himself, and who does not think
as he thinks.
The ever-harassing question Is
whether It Is wise to continue this un
restricted influx of foreigners. Every
session of Congress sees new Ideas
brought forward. The latest proposi
tion was that of Congressman Robert
Adams, Jr., of Pennsylvania, who
placed a limit of 80,000 upon each na
tionality per year. Three times that
many Italians came to our shores last
year, and four times that number of
Russians, Poles and Hungarians com
bined. The disposition of the majority
iu Congress seemed to be to leave ihe
door wide open. The Interesting state
ment is made that it tne present im
migration of Italians continues It will
not be long before there will be more
Italians In America than in Italy, for
It Is now true that for every boy born
In the southern part of Italy two Ital
ian men come to the United States.
This Is a fact as serious to Italy as to
America, for there are hundreds of
Italians leaving Italy for other coun-
'liici Ali'tsj liciLin.NO
tries as well as for the United States.
And those leaving are mostly the
young and those in vigorous middle
life, leaving behind them largely those
of non-productive age.
An unexpectedly large number of
Greeks have turned their faces towurd
our open door. More than 5,000 Grepks
arrived in America in a single month
last year, and this was a larger num
ber of these people than ever came to
America before In a single year, while
the total number arlving In our coun
try within a year was about 20,000.
- . Many Very Poor.
The poverty of some of these for
eigners Is something most appalling.
Many of them land with less than $10
in their pockets and with no relatives
or friends to whom they can go, and
most of them are illiterate, the Italians
fromthesouth of Italy being notably so.
Statistics prove that of 135,000 Italians
who landed In our country in the year
1902 76,000 above 14 years of ago
could not read or write and they do
not, like the Poles, go into the country,
1 I
but they remain In the title. t?r
their morals are not likely to b im
proved. Their children go to the pub-
lie school, and It U surprising to nolo
how a Kft the chlklreu of some foreign
era are when It comes to th matter
of education. They learn the lancuag
ry quickly, and some of them ran
within a few months keen up with
white American children of the am
age In their studies. The children of
the Kuaalan Jews are very alert lu thU
respect. '
Thousands of these foreigners go to
the coal mining district ami many of
them find employment In the conduc
tion of railroad. But It U a fact Hint
may not be generally known that
Unit one-third of all the foreigners
who come to America remain In the
State of New York, and a very large
cumber of them remain In New York
City. A great many go to Boston, and
one may almost any day see Italians
and other foreigners at the South sta
tion awaiting the arrival of their rela
tives and friends who have landed In
New York and are gotng from there
to Boston. Excitement runs high whea
the train finally pulls Into the station,
and the gatekeeper have all they con
do to keep back the crowds wildly
eager to rush forward to meet their
friends th moment they step from the
train. It Is not at all unusual to a.
bearded men rush Into each other's
arms and kiss each other again and
again, while the womeu shriek with
delight at first sight of the loved onea
for whom they are looking. -Sometimes
an Incredibly large num
ler of children follow In the wake of
the father and mother, for the Italians
take pride In the slse of their families,
and th father of a round dozen of
I lack-eyed, swarthy-skinned boys and
girls is proud of them, and all of them
ure made to become wage-earners at
an eoriy age so mat tney "pay their
. .. .. 1
way" from early Infancy. They go I
Into mines and factories Just as soon ar
MIGRANT STATION.
the child' labor laws of our land will
allow them to be thus employed, and
It Is pretty certain that some of them,
as well as the children of Americans,
are employed beforo they reach the
age required by law. It being an easy
matter In some States to evade the
laws regulating child labor.
Not a great many of this large num
ber of foreigners coming to our shore
come for the purpose of begging or
living In Idleness. They are too eager
for the American dollar for that They
will work If they can find work to do,
and In their eagerness to secure em
ployment they will work for a !,
urn tnan tne American laborer rte-r
mands. This continued lmmlirmtlnn
add to the complications and perplex-
ltles of our lahor problems, and it
would seem as if tho time must soon
come when our open door must be
t,rti rini n,i rrotor nmitHn.
unt UDon our hosottalitT ss a nation.
ATEMPcE OF ART.
The Art Building-of the New Ottawa
Canada, University.
Last year the old Ottawa Unlver
slty, situated at the Dominion's cap!
tal, was burned to the ground. It was
decided to rebuild, and the reconstruct-
ed university will be one of the most
or' O'l'iAWA LiMVi!.U..liY.
splendid " groups of buildings on the
continent The principal building of
the frnr.rt I the Arts Building, whose
coni'r !-'one wns in Id recently. It i
in general appcurancc timllnr to the
national Capitol ut Washington,
though on a
ii i i,i
a smaller scale, and brings
out all the classic
beauties of the
Greek style. It has "several splendid
colonnades ajid a superb dome, and
will be of stone and steel, fireproof
throughout The expectation is that
It will be ready for occupnncy in the
fall, and It will be one of the finest
structures of its kind on the continent
Will Represent Radium, -
Le Radium la the title of a new peri-
odical which Is to be Issued in Paris
ere long. It will contain monthly rec
ords of the progress made in the util
ization of the costly new substance.
"I am surprised that Gayboy didn't
pay you. I thought the fellow had
good points." "So have pins yet
they'll stick your Judge,
THE TOKEN.
TJe had won sow costly badges
Ou tlit blood atalned battlvtWld,
. From the heart he'd taught to lov him of confidence?" ald th ma
J ni'Si lSZ U ,W' i jor. .brtl-, a Ponderou. forefinger la
Tliat L wor next to his brvaitt.
Wa a littl withered flower
A poor, bedraggled flower,
la a goldeu locket preaaed.
Aud hi tired llpa they klaaed It,
As they kliued noo of tu reat
So th prli w leant to valu
loii will tint no mark of fsiu.
Tla a little, altmil token,
Hardly worthy of the name,
But to us 'tin alwaia bright-
It la always pure and while,
And th white withered llower
Th poor, bedraggled flower,
We may dream of It at night.
And It tella ua when to (alter
As It tells ua when to fight
We may ktxa It, but In secret.
Kot 'tla sacred from th world;
And, with downoait eyes w claap It
In th angry battl burled.
But It drive away all fear
A we feel It nestling near,
Though a little withered flower
The poor, lwdraggled flower,
Senvely worth a brav nian'a tear,
Yet the hard won prliea fall ua,
While thla simple one bring cheer.
L
KUTAINI.Y there was nothing
in the appenrance of Major
lendlnulng to Indicate that he
was a blighted being. Rotund of fig-
ure, red-fnet-d, and alwnys smiling, he
familiar figure on the streets of
Frankfort.
a a it . a a ... t.
mono or tne oiuer lniuumnnm who
remembered might have spoken of the
tltno when the major a figure was not
rotund whai he was a slender, dash
lug officer of a Lost Cause.
He had been a very gny young gal
lnnt then, and he was a very gny old
gallant now. It was the. major's motto
that every woman lietwcen Id and H)
appreciated attention, and he wn not
very strict In drawing the line at elth
lor the maximum or minimum age.
Mth a comfortable and well-nour-
lulled Inheritance, supplemented by the
Income of a considerable law practice,
the major ranked as one of. tho rich
est men In Frankfort, and even now,
when he was drawing near K), he
wa esteemed a very desirable match
"Rut the major will never marry,"
said old Mrs. Bartlett. who was a
"won utV snt exclaimed.
walking newspaper and town history
ave anwn for forty years, and
1 do not be,leve he CTcr ll0(l any 60r'-
" ,n,nuon marrying, just De-
lOT ,ne WHr no wa "votea to
p,Hwr lHU "esi om Mlie """n-iea
ou" ftumunas, aim now mere s tne
B8r' Pa',n" aention to her dnugh
ler;
"Maybe you are right, Mrs. Bnrt
lett" said her neighbor, Mrs. Hardin,
"but really It does look like the major
Is serious now. Of course, It looks
ridiculous to see an old man like him
paying attention to a young girl like
Splcer Belle Edmunds, but he ha a
lot of money and that counts a whole
lot these days.
mtu. unruett anu Mrs. Hardin were
not the only persons Interested In the
question of the major's Intentions. Miss
Splcer Belle Edmunds, 20 and vastly
pretty, was somewhat interested her
self.
At the very time of the conversa
tion between tho two old ladies Mlns
Edmunds was putting the finishing
touches to her toilet, preparatory to
Joining the major, who wns waiting
for her lu the parlor, and she was
wondering how the major was golnjr to
take tho news of her engagement to
young Jack Frear.
The situation wns complicated by
the fact that Frear wns a protege of '
the major's, indebted to him for ninny
favors in the past, and entirely depen
dent upon the major for contlmiunce
In the minor political office which guve
him salary enough to be enabled to
murry,
Jack and Splcer Belle talked over
the question of breaking the news to
11.. n. . ... ,,
the major, but it wns a case of "bell
the cat," and neither quite liked Ue
Idoa of being the one to perform the
operation,
Hut Jack had chivalrously offered to
do It, and Splcer Belle did not know
hut what he had already done so
Finally, she nerved herself for the
ordeal and descended slowly. At the
foot of the stairs she mot the major,
his round, red face almost hid behind
a great bunch of American beauties
which he was extending toward her.
"For me!" she exclaimed, with a
pretty little air of surprise that was
not the less' convincing because as
sumed. "How good of you!" and burled her
flower face within the fragrant mass
ot the flowers.
"Jack hasn't told him, after all,"
she w Diapered to herself. But she wt
undeceived In a momunt
"My dear young lady, aren't yovi
ashamed of yourself to have kept me
her direction.
"Then Jack hat told your
"Of cour h has. But why oa
earth did he make so much ado about
telling me? Jack cam Into tuy offlce
with a face a long a though h wa
going to be hung Instead of married.
ml blurted out that you had promlHl
to marry him In much the aamo man
ner a though be had lost a near ami
dr relative."
Splcer Hello was as much taken
back os It I pooalbl for a lf pos
sessed young lady to bo, and could
only look up with i lltll amaiemeut
and say:
"W thought I thought that 1
O, major, and you are not angry t
Jack, after all?"
Angry! Why, my dear child, I
nearly squeesed Id hand off congratu
lating bliu. And you can't gua what
I atu going to give you two a a wed
ding present."
"No, I can't."
"Well, Congressman Ralph n
promltcd that I should have the ap
pointment of the collector and the dep
uty collector for thla district"
"And you are golug to make Jack
the dejnity collector? Why, th salary
wll! k twice what he is getting now.
You are a-dear!"
No, I am not going to make Jack
the deputy collector. HI ipitolntment
as collector will be announced next
week."
"And to think that Jack and I wive
afraid Oh, major! I can't thank you
enough!"
"You don't have to thank in, my
dear little girl, except by being Jnt
luippy as ever you can. But tell urn
what Jack and you were afraid of
that I would think hliu too young to
marry?" .
No yes, that was It. You don't
think he Is too young,' do you?"
Of course I don't Young men
ought to nmrry J nut as soon a they
can support a wife. Jack nl lmvo
no fenr alnnit that and then, you
know, 1 have a little bit of money my
self that will go to you when I ant
dead. But you can't deceive me a
you are trying to do; tell me what It
was you were really afraid pf ?"
"Don't ask me, major. I can't tell
you. I and here a great big blush
pped all over ber cheek.
In the light of this blush under
standing seemed to come to the mitjor.
He gazed for an Instant as though un
comprehending, and then lie smiled,
checking himself with an lulorn fear
of being ungallant.
"Of course, I understand, my child.
so no one ever told you Ah! It I ioa
slble tliut no one eer knew, not even
he'"
"Knew what? Not even who?" ask
ed Fplcer Itelle In a breath.
The major bad turned, and wa
looking out of the window. The amllo
bad gone from bis face and be looked,
very sad for the moment
As though Impelled by a sudden reso
lution be turned again suddenly and
fficed her.
He took his watch out of hi pocket.
opened tho bock and extended It to the
girl.' She took It and saw, let Into the
back, an old-fashlotud miniature. She
gnzed at It n moment and then lifted
Lf eyM f0 ie pMun of dutiful
woman which hung on the wall.
"My mother?" she questioned. There
were tears in iut eyes and In her
voice.
"Yes, your mother." The major'
voice wns harsh and dry, and all the
color seemed gone from his face.
"And she never knew?" .
"1 cannot say ns to that; I do not '
think she did. I wns only a friend
she loved your father."
Closing the watch the girl came clos
er t) the major and handed It to lilnu
He replaced It In his pocket silently.
Then, without a word, the girl,
renchlng upon tiptoe, drew the mnjor'ft
bend down and kissel him with a
kiss of which Jack could not bnve pos
sibly bwii Jealous. Utlca (I lobe.
F.mlgratn in Hoi Id Mam.
There Is lu Norway n curious Ilttlo
reptile known as the siiarn somo of
the same species are found In Hun
gary Hint Hilda it necessary lu tho
month of July or Avigimt to leave flit
old hounts for green fliids mid pas
tures new In other IncuMcs. It In n
tiny, wormllko creature. When colo
nies of these reptiles set-out on till
Journey they stick themselves togeth
er by means of somo glutinous matter
and form a huge, serpentllke mnss, of
ten reaching a length of between 40
and GO feet und several Inches In thick
ness. As the sclnra Is only on an aver
age about three thirty-seconds of niv
Inch in length, with no appreciable
breadth whatever, the number requir
ed to form a continuous line of the-,
size above mentioned is Incalculable.
Their puce Is, of course, very slow;
L' . ,il ..L, 'i '
I mm Uliuu unhung u uunmuit:, nul l! till
i H A utnno Uinv min
a stick or stone, they either writhe
over or around It, sometimes breaking
Into two bodies or the purpose. A
celebrated French naturalist says thnt
if the rear portion of this snakellko
procession be brought Into contact with
the front part the insects will keep
moving around In that circle for hours,
never seeming to realize that they are
getting no farther on their Journey. If
the portions be broken in two the pro
cession will unite in a short time. "
When the peasant meets one of these
processions he will lay some obstacle
in front of it If it passes over it it
Is a good omen.
Every pan makes a start iu the race
for the 'almighty dollar, but at the
finish he is apt to find his name among:
those .who "also ran."