Moriey-mad Age and
Woman's ResponsiDiiuy
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"YOU CAN LEAD, A HORSE TO 'WATER,7 V
r BUT YOU CAN'T MAKE HIM DRINK."
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i. -rr, women, even the cMlaren,
HIS country seems mouej-mau, ,
are osseLed of the one idea-money. Money, wisely
does a great deal ot good, but it Is W no f greatest
thing inihe world. It would be wiser to derote one's energies
in speculating on tie worthiness of a man character raOier
than upon the size of Us pocket-book. oJ
This idea or measuring a. u""" - - . rrat
money is all wrong. A girl's influence over the JSS think
and if she constantly urges him to spend money, he f"00 h
that money-making is the most important thing ;Jt nlias
better use her influence in urging him to be sober M duble livin&
both these qualities, he -will always be able me a comtotole im
When the young wife keeps forever at her husband to work harder to ma
LrT money, he becomes in time nothing but a money-making jchine.
"t is the women who drive the men to n'
finery on the wife's part has aged many a man before his time. u
be moderate in your desire; be economical; &J?j
family fortunes far more than over-work on tne man's part. The average young
man of today cannot afford to marry on tne same income tha t
end the chief reason for this is that the average young girl . of today is s no t
content .to live as. her mother did. She wants more clothes, more theatre
tickets, more luxury of every kind. . . mrrft
If you are a young girl, remember that your father h J
the money you are so ready to spend; if you are a wlfe re?S;rat
represents much toil and worry on your husband s part If e 5jL
earner, you should understand all the better the lmInc ?
Wisely. Always bear in mind, girls, that in marrying a man whose , only recom
mendation is riches, you will find no happiness. You had far bet ter marry
a man for love and help him to build his fortune rather than enter upon a
loveless union with a rich man, for without love all the money in tne wonq
Trill not bring you content, Progressive Farmer
State Rights vs. Paternalism.
By the Hon. Samuel W. McCall, Con
gressman from Massachusetts
bring State instrumentalities into contempt. The most con
mon thing in interstate commerce promises soon to be the affi
davit necessary for a citizen to move his goods from State to
State Between hypocritically purloining and boldly usurping
power the moral difference is in favor of the latter. For my part
r. Mo-hw .PTitraiizpA naternalism which is
threatened and which will engender .a servile dependence upon sojernment ana
destroy the fibre of our .citizenship. Tne States, in this genera t on a t least.
Have been fully abreast of the national government, and the il Jzen
lias not done badly, What reason is there for the edification of the Federal
office-holder? Our contributions to astronomy have not been made ty tne
magnificent government instruments at Georgetown, but by the private i ana
often humble institutions of the country. Our marvelous inventions and otner
gifts to civilization come from "the splendid body of our private ciUzenship. Our
citizens may be trusted to learn to spell and to regulate their diets and their
baths without too much governmental assistance from Washington ine time
may come when tb muck-raker shall sit in the seat of the publicist, and . tne
sensational demagogue take the place of the statesman, and when we snan De
given over to the heralds of a statutory millennium, who would make every
Tody equal and perfect by penal enactment. Leslie's Weekly.
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Simple Life a Delusion.
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By E. J. Apple ton.
ODAY, we read the ever increasing avalanche of literature depict-,-r,
fha f tTiid ciTnnip lifA in the eountrv. next to the soil.
II I away from the hurly-burly of congested, streets' and bank accounts,
municipal grart and personal piuaus. e idu
that shall be self-supporting; we talk of jeans and homespun; and
we look forward to the time when we shall keep our own cows and
Diss and bees. True, the city dweller gets the best the country
affords, and the farmer eats what's left; but it is interesting to think of the
possibilities. It is all very pretty and entertaining and uplifting in the mag
azines. If it doesn't prove so in reality, we can write the editor a sharp note
and threaten to nave the jpost-offiee department on him for spreading false
'reports.
But when we liave tried ft ah, how the pictures fade! That sneaking
-desire to get away from the cows and the pigs and the chickens, with their
multiplicity of odors and troubles, and their paucity of adequate compensation
for the care we give them, overwhelms us. We look slyly at the city papers
to see what's going on at the theatres. And then, some day we come out bold
ly; wrestle an hour or so with the tmsolvable puzzle of the age, the railroad
time table and return to the city, backing in so people will think we are goin
-out, perhaps! From the Bohemian. - v
Why Life on the Small
arm is Advantageous
ByJamesJ. Murphy,
T has been said that to find a city .family of three generations is
a rarity and that when you do And such a group it is apt to be
sterile and anaemic. . The city .has its advantages for the un
married and .the married who are childless, and neither of these
classes is normal. Parents who voluntarily condemn their off
spring to a city childhood are inflicting on them the worst injury
which they can endure and one which is irremediable.
The true policy would urge a combination of city and country life, and for
this purpose the small farm is the best unit. With modern methods of trans
porting people, goods, power and information there is no reason why the popu
lation of our great cities should not be spread over large areas, nor why there
hould not be that diversification of employment, agricultural or mechanical,
-which makes possible the realization for every one of the best in life.
The city as it now exists is the cancer of our civilization, and the tendency
to congestion grows daily greater. It may seem inevitable, but sooner or
later the tide must run the other way. I have no eulogies to waste upon
arural virtues. Their praises have been sung by people who were often mak
ing believe. But it is equally true that few become keenly alive "to the pleas
. tires of health but those who have lost it. Is it, therefore, to be urged that
we become invalids?
The city people whom you champion, as soon as their means allow it,
make for the country to rear their families and spend their declining years
under conditions more favorable than the city can offer. Your able rustic
makes for the city, but that, judging by your own dictum, is only an evidence
of his undeveloped taste. Brought down to an analogy, it is much like dis
puting the relative value of the taste for champagne and forpring water.
' One may be sorry for the man who has not had a chance to sample both, but
.-me must be sorry for the man who does not recognize that .the latter ia th$
iSneriOf the two.
W w
ore Federal
Control Needed
By Edward H. Harriman.
I HE roads are not overcapitalized for the country and its capable
ities. In counting your capitalization think of the money that
has gone into the abandoned lines, bridges and terminals. 4 They
must be" considered a part of the constructive cost, and when you
take that in you will find that you have not overcapitalized.
There Is Federal control now. There are laws enough on
t sxaxute dooks now more man enougn. All that is necessary is
to have tbemjufticlously and wisely administered. We don't need any more
Federal control. - .
We have been brought up staggering, but we are going to go ahead. It
may take time, but I am a great believer in this country, in its resources and
its people, and this check svill not be permanent.
It is probable that the cost of the necessities of life and living will fall
Possibly the , demand will fall' off, and that will bring-about a' reduction in
prices not a panic or violent reaction, but a general drawing1 in.
English methods are impossible. There is not a single item upon which
th 9 twain can meet. 5fou can no more measure the enormous resources,
capacities and energies of the American people and their country than you
can compare- the equipment of American , roads with the capacities of th
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Pertinent Cartoon by Sullivant, In the New York American.
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WOMAN'S ACTIVITY IN THE DAY'S NEWS
GIRL TEACHER YINDICATKi;
FOR ADJUSTING GARTERS
! NEW HAMPSHIRE WIYES "
MAKE GOOD DEPUTY SHERIFFS
Says ( Charges Are Result of "Spite
Work by Jealous
Women.
Cleveland, Ohio. Charged with
adjusting her garters in the pres
ence of the pupils, Miss Pearl Gray,
principal and teaching staff combined
of the public school in Chardon, was
triumphant in a trial before the
Board of Education of the pretty lit
tle suburb. The trial was marked
by much display of bitterness on the
part of a score of women. They ex
pressed their disapproval of the ver
dict In direct and forceful terms, and
one indignant matron was applauded
when she exclaimed: "It .lust goes
to show what a woman who's said
to be pretty can do with a trial board
composed entirely of men. I'd like
to have been on that board."
Miss Gray took her victory quiet
ly. She said it was only wbat she
had expected, and intimated that ihe
charges were the result of "spite
work," and she further expressed the
opinion that there "are a lot of jeal
ous women cats in Chardon." Asked
for an explanation, Miss Gray said
she could talk if she wanted to, but
the fact was she didn't. The sig
nificance of her statement, however,
may lie in the fact that Miss Gray
is conceded by one-half of the popu
lation of Chardon, at least, to be the
prettiest young woman in the town.
There were six charges in all
against the young teacher. First, of
course, came the allegation that she
frequently raised her skirts a few
inches in adjusting her garters. Then,
in turn, were read the separate
counts, that she often immodestly ar
ranged her skirts in the presence of
the pupils; that she was in the habit
of sitting with her feet on her dosk
while she read novels; that she used
improper language; that as janitor of
the school, in addition to principal
and teaching staff, she burdened the
taxpayers by burning too much coal.
Five children, ranging from seven
to thirteen years of age, were called,
as witnesses, but they proved of no
avail, because they recited their testi
mony as if they were reciting a fa
miliar lesson to MisS Gray
Miss Gray was easy and smiling
on the stand. She moved the wit
ness chair until her back was turned
to the hostile female contingent, and
then she beamed her prettiest upon
her judges. These veueraole guar
dians of Chardon's moral status con
tinued to face the fair witness in
dignified sternness, but it was assert
ed by more than one of the aggres
sive matrons that the judges relaxed
in sympathetic smiles and even nods
of approval to the teacher.
It took the board just fifteen min
utes to absolve Miss Gray from all
suspicion She bowed her thanks to
each member of the board, and then,
in all the radiance of her early sum
mer attire, she swept past the wrath
ful women, without deigning to give
them a look.
Because Registrar Erred Girl is
Legally a "Boy" and Can't Wed
Paris, France. Because she isJ
legally a boy, owing to a mistake
made years ago, Mile. Deschamps, of
Normandy, cannot be wedded to the
man of her choice until a lot of red
tape has been straightened out.
The wedding was just about to be
solemnized, when the local registrar
went to the house of the bride-to-be
and declared that inasmuch as she
was down on his books as a boy, she
could not be married to a man. All
sorts of proof was offered him, but he
was inexorable, and the wedding was
put o2T.
Plot td Kill the Czar.
A terrorist plot to kill the Rus
sian Emperor was discovered through
the confession of a soldier of one of
the guard regiments at Tsarskoe
Selo, who said that he had accepted a
large sum of money from the conspir
ators, r "
State Finds Them Successful in Pro
tecting Children and Animals
From Cruelty.
Nashua, N. H. The unique experi
ment of the State of New Hampshire
to induce better enforcement of the
laws regarding cruelty to children
and animals by appointing two wom
en as deputy sheriffs seems to have
fully demonstrated its success by the
reports made by Mrs. Jennie Pv Pow
ers, of Keene, and Mrs. M. Jennie
Kendall, of Nashua, and will lead, it
is believed, to several other such ap
pointments. The work of both women is con
fined almost wholly to the enforce
ment of laws protecting children and
animals, from cruelty. Mrs. Powers
has Cheshire County under her juris
diction, while Mrs. Kendall is re
sponsible for Hillsboro County. The
former devotes her time exclusively
to the work of prosecuting wrong
doers, while Mrs. Kendall's time is
only partially taken up by the work,
her home demanding the rest of her
time.
Armed with a camera and a re
volver of heavy calibre, and thor
oughly versed in the law covering
her powers and duties, Mrs. Powers
has gone fearlessly about her work,
and in the last year has made six
teen arrests, killed forty-one horses
and caused numerous prosecutions.
Using her camera to obtain indis
putable evidence, she notifies wrong
doers of the law and their duty. Fail
ure to kill a maimed animal or a
continuance of cruel treatment Is fol
lowed at once by arrest and prosecu
tion, Mrs. Powers personally assum
ing the rfesponsibility of putting the
animal out of the way or obtaining
relief.
Mrs. Kendall has confined most of
her activities to -Nashua and the im
mediate vicinity, where she has
caused many arrests for cruelty to
children and animals, followed by
prosecution in the courts,' and has
had many animals killed.
"I often find it necessary ;to make
arrests," said Mrs. Powers, "and have
locked up many offenders, including
a number of men. I have a team
and a driver and thus far have not
met with any resistance when arrest
ing a person. I usually inform a man
or woman that I have been author
ized to make the arrest,' at the same
time emphasizing the fact that any
resistance will involve a greater pen
alty. As a rule this has been suffi
cient."
Both deputies are constantly seek
ing new means of .bettering condi
tions for which they are responsible.
They visited Lowell last week to in
spect a new gas system for the pain
less killing of animals, a method they
purpose to introduce into New Hamp
shire, and at the same time consulted
sl Massachusetts veterinary with a
view of having him visit New Hamp
shire and give lectures. .
Woman Justice Cuts "Obey"
and Substitntes '"Agree."
Chicago. Mrs. Catherine W. Mc
Culluch.'the only woman justice of
the peace In this.State and also judge,
has decided to leave out the word
"obey" in performing marriage cere
monies. "That is a word that has outlived
its usefulness," said she. "No man
or woman expects the person he or
she is going to marry to keep such
a promise. I believe that instead of
the word 'obey' I will use the word
agree.' That's the one thing that
brides ' and, bridegrooms should de
cide to do. If they always strive to
agree there will be no need of 'obey
ing "
Reichstag Passes Tariff Agreement.
The Reichstag, at Berlin, without
further discussion, passed the third
reading of the commercial modus Vi
vendi between the United States and
Germany. , , - .
Drowned in Vat of Whisky
William Kenney, an employe of the
Walker Distillery, Walkerville, Ont.
just acrosa the .Detroit River from
Detroit, was drowned in a vat of
whisky mash. Kenney fell x into the
fermenting vat and his body was dis
covered there.
President Roosevelt Censured.
The first sharp wrangle between
opposing counsel in the . Haywood
trial at Boise, Idaho, involved the
name of President Roosevelt in acri
monious discussion. ;
IOJR0XI FETED III NEW YORK
Good Feeling Between Japan and
America Keynote of Speeches.
Admiral Dewey and Others Pay Trib
ute to the Warrior and His Na-'
tion's Great -Rise in Civilizatizon.
New York' City. General Baron
Tamemoto Kurbki, of Japan, who has
been undergoing a severe initiation
Into American customs for the last
few weeks, got the final degree an
American banquet. The joint com
mittee of Japanese residents and
Americans gave this honor to the vis
iting soldier at the Hotfl Astor.
Being unconversant with our lan
guage, the General missed what Is
usually the characteristic feature of
the great American banquet, the ora
tory, but he sat unruffled and smooth
browed . under the speakers dias in
the bnquet hall and toyed with his
cigar while the flow of words was at
its full. Nobody could have read'Ku
Toki's face to be indicative of else
but the most absorbed interest. The
General possesses to the full limit
that admirable Japanese characteris
tic of assumed absorption.
There were almost 800 people sit
ting about the tables in the grand
ballroom at 7 o'clock. The guest list
Included the names of all the prom
inent Japanese of New York and the
surrounding cities, diplomats and
members of legation staffs from
Washington, American men and wom
en prominent in the business and so
cial life of New York. Admiral
George Dewey was ex-officio toast
master of the evening because of his
headship on the American committee
of reception, but. the Admiral was
modest . beyond precedent and he
spoke only briefly, allowing John H.
Finley, president of the College of the
City of New York, to do the yeoman
work.
Hailed as the Greece of the modern
world and her statesmen likened to
Lincoln, Gladstone and Bismarck,
Japan was enthusiastically cheered
as America's great sister nation.
Not the least opportunity was lost
to acclaim every achievement of the
Japanese. Nearly every speaker gave
Japan full credit for-having achieved
a civilization of her own.
Returning thanks for the compli
ments heaped upon them, the distin
guished guests paid pretty tribute to
American women, whom Viscount
Aoki described as "the handsomest
in the world."
The health of the President of the
United State and the Emperor of
' Japan was drunk standing, while the
Japanese anthem was sung. It came
to an end with a tremendous "BanT
zal," started by the Japanese thera
selves a wild, ecstatic cry compara
ble to nothing in the world and
taken up by all the Americans pres
ent; and carried along until it died
out in a long, fervent American cheer
that caused the glassware on the
tables to rattle.
.-The cheer was begun anew when
Dewey, introduced by Dr. Finlay,
mounted the platform. He blushed
in acknowledgement of the innova
tion and saluted with dignity the en
thusiastic Japanese who leaped to
their, feet, particularly the men from
the ships, and hurled a series of
"Banzai8" at the hero of Manila. His
speech was brief but graceful. .
"I wish," said Dewey, "to tender a
hearty greeting and welcome to the
distinguished guest from that coun
try with which our relations have al
ways been so sympathetic and cor
dial, and which have remained un
changed since that day when Japan
chose us as her earliest friend."
Among the speakers besides the
Admiral were: Oscar S. Straus, Sec
retary of the Department of Com
merce and Labor; Viscount S. Aoki,
Ambassador from Japan to the United
States; Major-General Frederick D.
Grant, General Baron T. Kuroki,
Rear-Admiral Joseph B. Coghlan,
Vice-Admiral G. Ijuin, the Rev. Dr.
Charles E. Jefferson, Jacob G. Schur
man, president of Cornell University,
and the Rev. Dr. S. Parkes Cadman.
KILLS HIS SMALL DAUGHTER
Reluctant to Leave Her, Man Expect
ing Death Shoots Her.
Philadelphia, Pa. Expecting death
any moment himself and unwilling
to leave his daughter,- Hazel, five
years old, behind him, Francis M.
Shults shot the child in Fairmount
Park, held her in. his lap until she
bled to death and then cut his own
throat. The insane father is in the
Presbyterian Hospital and may re
cover from his wound. The. child's
body is in the morgue. "
Shults was a salesman for Lawler
Brothers, No.' 727 Market street. He
lives in No. 5125 Reno street. He is
fifty years old and has a wife;much
younger. In addition to the daugh
ter, Hazel Bell Shults they had a
baby about nineteen months old.
For a ysar Shults has suffered
:rom heart disease. His doctors told
him the disease was incurable.
SENTENCE OF MRS. DE MASSY.
For
Seven Years and Five Months
IUlllng Gustave Simon.
New York City. Anisia Louise de
Massy, who killed Gustave Simon, a
Broadway shirt waist merchant, was
sentenced by Justice Blanchard in the
Supreme Court, Criminal Branch, to
seven years and five months in the
prison for women at Auburn. She
was convicted of manslaughter in the
first degree. The jury recommended
mercy.
Hummel Condemned to Prison.
Chief Justice Cullen, of New York
City, denied lawyer Abraham H.
Hummel's last plea to escape impris
onment, and he was allowed time to
make ready for his removal to the
penitentiary.
Affects 85,000 Operatives.
According to advices from the lead
ing cotton mill centres of Southern
New England, fully 85,000 operatives
will have their wages advanced about
ten per cent., beginning Monday, May
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COREY PASTOR RETUB11S FEE
The Rev. J. L Clerk Apologizes For
Marrying Magnate to Actress.
Admits to Church Committee His
"Great Wrong" and Humbly
Begs Their Forgiveness.
New York City. Declaring public
ly that he had done 44 a great wrong"
in marrying Mabelle Gil man, the
actress, and W. E. Corey, president
of the Steel Trust, the Rev. John
Lewis Clark, pastor of the Bushwick
Avenue Congregational Church, of
Brooklyn, returned to Corey his wed
ding fee, amounting, it is said, to
nearly $1000.
In addition, Pastor Clark appeared
before the Prudential Committee of
his church, consisting of the combined
board of deacons and trustees, and
humbly apologized for his connection
with the Corey-Gilman affair.
In consequence of his abject apol
ogy the Prudential Committee, after
r a long and heated discussion, re
solved to recommend to the congrega
tion to condone the pastor's offense.
At the same time they issued a public
statement excoriating the pastor and
denouncing the Corey-Gilman union
in unmeasured terms.
The Rev. Mr. Clark was saved
from the humiliation of dismissal
from his pastorate, it Is said, by the
women of the congregation, who ral
lied to his support and conducted a
vigorous campaign in his behalf.
They are said to have won a majority
of the trustees and deacons over to
letting Pastor Clark down with an
apology and a stinging rebuke.
Pastor Clark's apology and admis
sion of wrongdoing as officially given
out by the Prudential Committee at
the close of their session is as fel
lows: "To the Prudential Committee of
Bushwick Avenue Congrega
tional -Church:
"Gentlemen My professional con
duet a3 a Congregational minister in
performing a wedding ceremony at
Hotel Gotham, May 14, having been
challenged, I desire to say that upon
reflection I am convinced that with
out intention I did a great wrong to
my office as a Congregational minis
ter, to my church and to the Chris
tian conception of the marriage rela
tion. "I most sincerely regret aaving
used -my ecclesiastical offics to sanc
tion this wedding, and I beg pardon
of my church and denomination for
having, unwittingly and without due
examination and reflection, been in
duced to officiate.
I will humbly receive any censure
which may be visited upon me, for I
realize Increasingly the ''gravity of
my transgression. I have returned
the fee which was given me, and ask
for such charitable judgment as
Christian forebearance may afford.
"If this great error, which, was nc
with evil intent, can be condonea,, 1
promise most solemnly that in future
all' my uses of my ecclesiastical office
shall be strictly within the princi
ples and practices of my denomina
tion. "With profound regret and humil
iation, I am yours earnestly,
"(Signed) JOHN LEWIS CLARK."
Talking to the workers of the Gos
pel Settlement at the Waldorf-Astoria,
the Rev. S. Parks Cadman, of
the Central Congregational Churchy
of Brooklyn, used some strong lan
guage about Mr. Clark, although he
did not mention nim by name. He
referred to Mr. Clark as "one of our
clergymen from Brooklyn who at the
witching hour of midnight so fai for
got himself and prostituted his sacred
office as to try to put the sanction of
God on a union begotten in filthi
ness." He saidF "It has fallen upoa
his own head, as it should."
RUEF PLEADS GUILTY.
San Francisco Boss Sheds Tears a
He Confesses BoodIm.
San Francisco. The city Tras
startled by the news that Abraham
Ruef had pleaded guilty before Judge
Dunne to the charge of extortion
contained in the indictment recently
found against him by the Grand Jury
in connection with the French res
taurant cases. "
He made an impressive address to
the Judge, stating that he had com
menced his career ' in politics with
high ideals for himself and for the
city, but that conditions had brclcen
him down, and he now desired cnly
an opportunity - to make reparation
and restore his character before the
world.
When he concluded his address he
fell back into his chair almost faint
ing and the tears coursed down his
cheeks.
His health, he said, could not en
dure the strain of the trial which he
was facing; and the torture was be
yond the endurance of those v. ho
were nearest and dearest to him.
HINDOO SEDITION SPREADS.
Mob In Delhi Knocks Crown Off Vio
, toria's Statue.
London. A special dispatch from
Lucknow, India, says that the sedi
tious movement among the Hindoos
Is spreading In Madras province.
Troops are patroling the streets of
Madras City and serious racial riot
ing has occurred at Delhi, in the Pun
jab, where, a mob of Hindoo and Mo
hammedan malcontents knocked the
crown off the statue of Queen Victoria.
Carnegie Fund Awards.
The Carnegie Hero Fund Commis
sion made the largest awards in its
history to the captain and crew or
the schooner Elsie, of Rhode Island,
which rescued survivors of the steam
er Larchmont. It amounted to $2-r
000.
Suit Against Corn Products Company.
The Chicago Real Estate Loan and
Trust Company asked an injunction
against the Corn Products Cornvf'
alleging conspiracy with Standard
people., .