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"Th I Luxury of the Rich" ] JjV 831 Charles Johnston C * ♦>♦♦♦♦»> m OR any one who has Imagination, there is a curious and won {(.. —T derful story behind a "luxurious" bill of fare. Let us begin F > + w jth the wines; and let us assume that they are genuine, J for one can usually have th 6 authentic thing by paying the ♦ price for it. The wines on a richly decked table really rep- J resent the work of hundreds of French peasants, with their *' ' ♦ wives and children, who, in the midst of a lovely country, rise and toil late, with loving and tender care watch ing ovqr the growth and ripening of the fruit of what Is one of the most beautiful and decorative plants in the world. Millions of these thrifty, s'tnple people depend for their well-being and comfort on the constant demand for wines, auid for the best and purest, and therefore the most extensive wines. The rich do not compel these people to work; nature compels them to work. What the rich do Is to influence the direction 1& which they shall work, and to bring within their reach all kinds of commodi ties in exchange for their work. So other things on the same table represent '.he well-being, the family comfort, of shepherds in the hills, perhaps, of our west, or of Wales or' Scotland; or the wealth of fishermen on 'the rivers of Maine or along our New England coasts; or down south, in the Gulf, or in the oyster beds at the mouths of our rivers; or, again, the earnings of the hunters along the fringes of the spa marshes, or among the woods and hills, or on the prAlries; vigorous, adventurous men, with a warm love of every changing aspect of natural beauty, who are thus able to lead half-wild lives under the fair dome of heaven. It Is just this putting In motion of a huge ftrmy of folk, scattered over widespread regions, carrying out exacting tasks, that makes the cost of an expensive banquet; and the rich man Is simply the factor determining In irhlch Of a score of directions a constant stream of resources shall flow, bringing the power to work, and recompense for work, to a varied army of good people all over the world. . . The basis of the whole thing Is that the richest man in the world can not spend a penny except by paying some one for something.—Harper's Weekly. •; The Berliner \ • j !' Unpleasant Qualities on the Surface, ! 1 ! • Jidmirable Ones Below ! 1 Ey Robert Haven Schauffler HEN I speak of the Berliner I do not mean the highest stratum of Berlin society; for the gentleman and the gentlo- Wwomau are fairly constant types the world over. I mean the person whom the young clerk, fresh from the provinces, sets about Imitating; the person whose origin is recognized the moment he enters any European cafe; the person wltu ———— whom the stranger to Berlin has exclusive dealings. The Berliner Inclines to military standards in appear ance and character, very much as official Berlin does. A ■moon, determined chin, a daunting glance, a right noble pose, a rapid stride, •re all the mode. An upturned mustache has recently been de rigueur, and one notices with joy that even the bronze mermen on the Heydt bridge possess the imperial "string-beard." One of the Berliner's most trying characteristics is his superiority. He has known the latest joke at least 10 years. Do not try to tell him anything or to strike from him the least spark of enthusiasm, for news is no news to him; he was born blase. His eleventh commandment Is, "I>et not thyself be bluffed," his life motto, "Nil admirari." In conversation he instinctively In terrupts each fresh subject to deliver the last word upon It, and to argue with him is to insult him. There Is something cutting in his speech. Per haps Voltaire's influence on the great Frederick, the critic king, started this dreadful habit, which seems to grow with indulgence. It is a curious coin •ldetioe that the lirst performance of Goethe's "Faust" should have been in Schloss Monbijou, the homo of the Hohenzollern museum, for It wou3a almost seem as though the Berllners had modelled their daily speech alter the caußilc, sneering, telling style of the engaging villain in that drama. They have little humor, but much wit of the barbed, barracks variety. And ithelr target is the universe. Because their unpleasant qualities are on the surface and their admir able ones are below, the Berllners do a grave injustice to the rest of Ger many. Many foreigners go first to the capital, are repelled by the people they first r «t, and hasten on to France or Italy with the idea that all Germans hate corrosive tongues and manners of a .drill sergeant. Whereas there is no widsr difference, in temperament between the people of Naples and those of Warsaw than between the citizens of Munich and the citizens of gfcrim— — 1 1 —— l -— r^ji ■ | What Shall We Do with j | 5,000,000 Women? j By "Jimuscd Teacher" ■ 1 ■ | "j HEN President Woodrow Wilson in his talk before the W Southern society generalized on the logical nature of wom en's minds he evidently was not acquainted with the ar guments of the president of the National society for the ■ -1 Civic Education against woman suffrage. ln deploring the entrance of women into the industries she thinks "the time has come when we must consider, and ■BBMBaJI consider seriously, whether this movement has not gone far enough." For the sake of the argument let us decide to agrt*; with her, but let us protend that we want to be practical, though of course we really don't. Would this home-loving lady (who seems to have plenty of money to •tay at home on) mind telling us what she would have us do with the five million working women we already have on our hands—l mean are going to have when we h«ve decided they have gone far enough? Those whose savings seem to make the venture safe might be put to bed and strapped down if they can't be made to behave any other way. The hundreds of thousands of women whose, husbands cannot support them might be killed off in some humane manner. The women who have parents to sup port could be disposed of in the same practical fashion. And the "bachelor niidds" with no one but themselves to support and no account nohow a gen tle application of chloroform and all would be over, with no one the worse. Only the widow Is left, and she—but she can usually dispose of herself, and we forego advice. | A Word to Parents I — - By Theodore Roosevelt JL . nwM%#w»»Oin Y ideal of a boy la.one who will grow up and be able to M support himself and a wife and children. To be fit to be an American citizen, he has got to pre serve his self-respect and conduct himself go as to wrong no one. Fathers need the most preaching. Frequently the mothers who have had hard lives take the unwise course In attempting to benefit daughters and sons by bringing them up free from hard knocks. Next to hardness of heart, the next least desirable quality is softness of head, and the UMLiier or father should not try to bring up their child In that way. You tfoat get the right stuff out of thoße children for the nsit war, or you don't «®t decent citizens when there Isn't any war. Bring them up to work, so that they shall recognise an obstacle Is not something to be shirked, but to b« overcome. CENSUS BUREAU REPORT Amount of Cotton Stocks on Hand February 28 Was 6,252,6C3 Bales Report Preliminary to Official Statement and is Made at Request of CongrMfr—Total Supply of Cot ton. Washington, Special.—The census bureau in a report Monday announc ed that the amount of cotton stocks on hand in the United States at the close of February was 5,252,663 baits. The indicated consumption of cot ton is 2,521,436 bales. The report is a preliminary one, and is in reaponse to a resolution of Congress. The stocks on hand are distributed as fol lows : Manufacturers, 1,844,992; produc ers, 326,377; warehouses and com press, 2,306,786; transportation com panies, 518,479; other holders, 255,- 669. The total supply of cotton in the United States and the net imports for the six months' period ending Febru ary 28, last, were 14,340,670 and •18,000 bales respectively. The total dock held September 1, last, was 1,233,058 and cotton ginned since Aug-ust 31, last, aggregated 13,006,- 512 running bales. The total export of cottcn from September 1, 1908, to February 28, last, inclusive, was 6,- 566,571 bales. The approximate segregation of eotton stocks shown in the report re lates to location and not to owner ship. Cotton in warehouses owned md opera tingin conjunction with mills is classed as in possession of mann i'icturers, under independent ware houses and compresses is shown all cotton so stored, regardless of its ownership. Cotton of foreign growth included in these statistics amounts to r 55,629 bales, of which 50,561 are Egyptian, 1,859 Indian, 3,086 Peru vian and 124 others. Of the total amount held 3,721,971 bales were in the cotton-growing States and 1,530,- 692 bales in all other States. Feudists Shot From Ambush. Huntington, W. .Va., Special.—John and Frank Flemming, alleged mem bers of a feud gang that has terror ized HaVts Creek, incoln county, 40 miiles south of this city, were Bhot from ambush Monday evening. Frank was Killed and John was seriously wounded. John Flemming was re leased Saturday from the peniten tiary, where he served two years for conspiracy to defraud the govern ment. When he learned that his young wife had secured a divorce and had married John McCoy, a bitter enemy of his, the Flemming brothers started for McCoy's home. They were ambushed en route. Fivo Persons Dio in Mine Explosion. Evansville,lnd., Special.—Five men were killed and a score injured in an exphision at the Sunnyside coal mine near this city Saturday afternoon. The explosion was caused by a windy shot due to an overcharge of powder said to have been placed by John Petit. Petit is burned over his entire body and will die. The dead were all killed by sulphuric fumes which fol lowed tho shot. The mine was swept as if by a whirlwind. Twenty-nine were in the west shaft of the mine when the explosion occurred. Wild Train Hits Station. _ v _ Montreal, Special.—Fonr persons are dead and thirty others were more or less seriously inured as the result of the blowing out of a wash pipe on the locomotive hauling the Boston express of the Canadian Pacific Kail way Wednesday morning, three miles out from this city. Scalding steam filled cab and the engineer and fireman were forced to jump. The train without a guiding hand at the throttle, dashed into the Windsor street sation, through the granite wall into the woman's waiting room and then into the rotunda. Furniture Shippers Mnst Pack Their Wares. Mobile, Ala., Special.—The South ern classification committee adjourn ed to meet in Atlantic City in July. The committee devoted most of it 4 time to correcting errors in the pack ing of freight, with a view to decreas ing the number of claims for dam ages. It was ordered also that fibre boxes must be made waterproof. Shortest Bill on Record. Washington, Special.—Representa tive Coudrev, of Missouri, has just introduced what is probably the shortest bill so far presented during the present session, yet if enacted in to law it would attract more atention than the Sherman Antitrust law. After the enacting clause the entire bill is as follows: That from and after the passage of this act all corporations shall pay a license tax of 4,1-10 of 1 per cent on their capital.. Girls Whipped in Lien of Fines. Atlanta, Ga., Special.—Two girls, one of whom had"been married but had left her husband, were chastised at the local police barracks Monday morning in the presence of the police matron by their mothers, following a declaration by the oity recorded that a mother had the right to "whip" her daughter until she "was 21 years of age." This course was agreed up on in lieu of a fine. A CHILD KIDNAPPfD Willie Whitla, Aged 8, Taken froni School at Sharon, Pa NO CLUE TO THE PERPETRATORS WUJto WMtb, > Tears Old. Taken From His School at Sharon, IV— Held For SIO,OOO Ransom—Terms Complied With, But Plan Fails. On last Friday Willie Whitla, 8 years old, was kidnapped from achooi at Sharon, Pennsylvania. A well dressed man drove up to the school and told the janitor that Willie's father had sent him to bring Willie (o his office. Not suspecting any thing wrong the teacher fixed Willie up and sent him on, in light pleasan try Baying Bhe hoped he was not be ing kidnapped. All too soon she found that it was a stern reality. A letter was received Friday in Willie's own hand which read: Dear Father: Two bad men have me, and if you don't send SIO,OOO they will kill me in 10 days. Willie Whitla. There was nothing on the envelope to denote where the letter had been mailed. ' Frank H. Buhl, a millionaire uncle of Willie's, took a decided interest in the cage and will freely pay the $lO,- 000 for his safe recovery. It was reported from that city that two men and a boy answering the description of the kidnappers and their victim have been seen there, consequently the supposition is that Mr. Buhl has received word which made him believe his nephew was in Cleveland or that vicinity. The bug gy in which the child was taken from school was located at Warren Oh:o, ami as the Cleveland papers were among those specified, in which the demand of the kidnappers for a SIO,OOO ransom should be answered by a personal advertisement, all evi dence seemed to indicate that devel opments irt the mysterious case was centered about the Lake City. A clue was secured Sunday, in which little credenoo is placed, how ever. On March 1 the local postofflce department received a circular an nouncing a reward for a man de scribed as Samuel C. Leavanson, of Canton, 0., said to be wanted thero for the theft of S4OO. Janitor WTes ley C. Slogs, of the school from which Willie was taken, wken shown the cir cular boating a portrait of the man wanted, declared it bore a strong re semblance to the abductor. A Cleveland, 0., special on Sunday says: Whitla was instructed in a letter frctn the kidnappers to leave SIO,OOO in Flat Iron Park Saturday night. If no detectives were about the kidnappere promised they* would deliver the boy safely to the father in a hotel at Ashtabula at 3 o'clock Sunday morning. Whitla deposited the money as requested, but the Ash tabula )H>lice learned of the plans to pay the ransom and went to the park. The kidnapers are supposed to have seen them, for at 3 o'clock the money was intact and not a man had ap proached the * Whitla believes the failure to effect a settlement with him wilU frighten the kidnapers and they will not commlmtcale - with him again. The police of Ashtabula are unwil ling to believe that the kidnapers have left that section of the country. The letter from the captors of Wil lie Whilla came to the boy's parents in Shann Friday afternoon. Upon receipt of the letter Whitla called in private dectives and asked their advice. They were anxious to capture the kidnapers and pleaded with him to permit them to place a decoy package of bills at the desig nated spot and let officers lie in wait and capture the men N'ho came after the money. Whitla would nofagree to this. He finally consented to permit the detec tives to acompany him to this city and await his summons to start a search for the kidnapers. Promptly at 10 o'clock Whitla left the package of bills in the park. He went tto, the designated spot alone, feeling certain that his compliance with the request of the kidnapers would prove the means of delivering his boy back to him. Three policemen who had been sent out from the Ashtabula central sta tion saw W hitla leave the money in the park. They appraised Chief Las key of their discovery and re«eived instructions to remain on duty and capture the kidnapers should they appear. In the meantime Whitla returned to the city and communicated with his detectives in Cleveland. They ad vised him not to go to the hotel for his boy a minute before the time set. After five hours of anxious waiting, Whitla stated after hi* boy. As he was on his way, a policeman inform ed him that three officers had been on guard in the immediate vicinity of the park and that no one had called for the money. Whitla wjas overcome when this the park and found his paekage of money undisturbed. A dettachment of detectives was sent out from Cleveland as soon as it was learned that the Ashtabula police were working on the case. The father refuses to sleep at all, and keeps up through sheer will power. The mother, who will not at low her daughter, Saline, oat of her sight, is showing the effects of the worry. Whitla returned to Celevland and after a conference with Detective Perkins the return trip to Sharon was made. Hundreds of letters from all ovei the country continue to come mltjo' the country continue to pour in from friends and strangers alike, tendering sympathy. But among all the corres pondence there haa been no word from the abductors, nor any one who seemed to be in any way in touch with them. THE CHILD RESTORED: - - KIDNAPERS CAUGHT Required Ransom Paid Agent—Man and Woman Described by Willie Whitla Arrested —The Woman Had the Money and Confessed. —Gov- Stuart Offers $16,000 Reward. On Monday J. P. Whitla, father of Willie, the kidnaped boy, received a note telling him where to go and coai mnnicate with a woman in Cleveland, Ohio, who would tell him bow to se cure the boy. The first plan having failed on account of the watching of detectives, Mr. Whitla went alone, found the woman and paid the $lO,- 000. He then returned to the Hollen den Hotel and waited. The kidnaper dressed Willie in disguise, paid the fare and saw him off on the car. He was soon in the arms of his father and back to Sharon where the whole town went wild in rejoicing over Willie's return. Cleveland, 0., Speciul.—ln the ar rest here Tuesday night of a man and woman having $9,790 in their pos session, ihe police believe they have captured the kidnapers of Willie Whitla. In fact, the woman in the ease, who is somewhat befuddled, ad mitted that she had been responsib'e for the kidnaping. When placed in custody at the central police station she said to Captain Shattuck: "I am the one who planned the whole thing. There will be trouble for me and hell in Sharon to-morrow." Beneath the woman's skirt was found $9,79 Q. All of it but S4O was bound in packages with the original slips placed on the money .when Whitla took it from the banks still around it. Man Tries to Eecape. Captain Norman Shattuck and De tective Frank Wood made the arrests in the east end of the city. Wheu near the police station the man broke away from Detective Wood and ran towards an alley. The police official flrel two shots from his revolver into the air and the man stopped. The woman made no attempt to escape. The woman appears to be well edu cated and is retiued in manners. She says she spent 15 years of her life in a convent in Pennsylvania, but de nies that she has ever been in trouble before. Bo!h the man and'the woman deny that they knew the name of each other. They admit they are not man fcnd wife. Acording to the police they were intoxicated when placed in custody. Due to their condition'they were not questioned closely by the police and were locked up in separate cells. Both will be arraigned in po lice court on the charge of abduction, according to Detective W T ood. At tempts were made to communicate with Whitla in Sharon but he~eould not be located. Captain Shattnck is said to have secured his description of .the kid napers from Willie Whit la and this description led to the arrest. Tuesday detectives heard that a man and woman answering the de scription of the kidnapers had been seen on the outskirts of the city. They came down town and bought numer ous articles of clothing, tendering $3 and $lO bills in payment, it was learn ed. Shortly after nightfall the police learned that the two had gone to the east end of the c|ty. Tho police walk ed up behind the pair, and Captain Shattuck took the woman by |he arm, Detective Wood securing thf* man. Tho couple staggered, say as if they were intoxicated. They made no protest against accompany ing the officers. The woman chatted with the policeman at her side at first and asked to be released. Whitla says he has the numbeis on the currency bills handed the kid napers and the police are comparing the notes found in the possession of the prisoners with the memoranda of "Wthitia. Sharon people who heard of the ar rests in Cleveland suspect a woman well known there. The woman sus pected has not been living with her husband for some time, ..but has been making her home there. She is said to have had intimate knowledge of the Whitla family and to nave known that Mr. Whitla would unquestionably give up any amount for the recovery of his son. Gov. Stuart offered a reward of $15,000 for the arrest and convic tion of the kidnapers. Within 111 Miles of the South Pole Lieutenant E. H. Shackleford ol the British navy, ha« jnst natnm»d £c New Zealand and reports that his ex pedition which left in July, 1907 reached the South Magnetic pole anj came within 111 miles of the Soutfc Pole proper. The theory of a still aii cone about the pole is practically dis proves At the point where the party was compelled to torn back the alti tude is 9,000 feet 3 %'■ IKE NEWS IN BRIEF Items of Interest Gathered By Wire and Coble GLEANINGS FROM BAY TO DAY Lira Items Covering Beents of More or Lose Interest* at Home ani Abroad. New York suffered a fire Friday ia an apartment store with a loss of $500,000 and 21 persons hart. It is believed that a million dollars worth of jewels are in the rains. The Kernersvill# Woolen Mills, KernesviHe, N. C., were burned Fri day, with products and raw material. The loss is estimated at $20,000. John B. Sharp was acquitted Fri day, of the charge of conspiraey in the slaying of E. W. Carmack at Nashville, Tenn., and Judge Hart sent the disaarreeing jury back to fur ther consider the case of the Coopers. It is announced that President and Mrs. Taft and ex-President and Mrs. Roosevelt walked to church last Sun day. Arrangements have been completed to raise the first torpedo boat of the Confederacy from the bottom of Lake Ponchartrain. The boat is lying near Spanish Fort, where it went down. It is proposed to place this vessel on the lawn of the Confederate Soldiers' Home in New Orleans. 1,500 horses have been quarantin ed in Philadelphia on account of a peculiar mange. Jack Johnson the world champion puf*ulist is threatened with prosecu tion if he returns to his former home, Galveston, Texas, for violating the law in having a white wife, besides the fact that a colored woman there says she is his lawful wife. An aeroplane was christened in New York city last Saturday in cere mony like that of a ship, including the breaking of a bottle of cham pagne. The Seattle exposition will open oa June Ist and news direct from there assures the public that 90 per cent of the work w,~3 complete on the Ist of March, mafcog it safe to say it will open ia completeness. More than 100 cases of illness oe eured ft Vinsenes, Ind., last week at * centennial feast of Masonry. The New Haven, Conn., railroad has forbidden any of its employes to ■moke while on duty. A Burglars' Trust has been dis covered in which the light fingers of Chicago and Cleveland, 0., exchange their liftings for easier disposal. One Bernard Solomon, of Mante eello, N. Y., a' • shed himself a dozen, gashes nnd set his house on Are, all with suicidal intent Monday. Being rescued and expecting to live he charged a neighbor with the deed, but finding he would die he confessed the truth. Mrs. Bull, the widow of the late Dr. Bull, of New York, who died of tuberculosis at Savannah, Oa., an nounced that she will build and en dow a hospital for the treatment of the dread disease. Muskrat pelts have been introduced on the headgear of the aristoeratie fair sex of New Orleans, and the de mand has made muskrat hunting aa industry which inures to the safety ef towns along the levees of the Miss issippi. Washington Affairs. Hon. Joseph Cannon was elected Speaker of the House of Representa tives again last Monday. The amended rules of the Hotise takes away some of the powers of the presiding officer. Tt is estimated that the Payne tariff bill, while reducing duties will in crease the revenue as compared with the Dingley bill. The armored cruisers "West Virgin ta, Colorado, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, California, South Dakota and Washincrton, eight of the finest of onr sea fighters are designated to take part in the Seattle Exposition. Assistant Secretary of the Treas ury Cool ridge says the receipts for the first 15 days of March have been 27 per cent butter than for the same period a year ago, while the differ ence in expenditures has been 65 per cent in the t-easury's favor. Lieut. Commander H. J. Cone has been made the head of the bureau of navy engineering, with the rank and pay of a rear-admiral. He distin guished himself in the round-the world trip. Foreign Notes. The insurrection started in Cuba Itst Monday came to an end Thum day night when the entire band sur rendered to the civil authorities. The Cuban vice president, Alfredo 2ayas, left Havana last Saturday for the United States, taking with him his son whom he will place at Anapo lis prior to entering Cornell. A committee from the textile man ufacturing interests of North Caro lina, South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama are in Washington urging that the tariff in their line remain as it now is. . Psndjala, Java, last Thursday landslides from >Ht. Kentjana fell covering two towns and killing 1000 people. The police of Palermo, Italy, be lieve tlwy have the man that sssarin- » sted Lieutenant Joseph Petrosina His name it T»l»wf|^ t . • ■ • r•
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