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fflfe Tr fntrr nn irir ir niP Pages 9 to 12. RALEIGH. N. C, SUNDAY. MARCH 27, 1898. TWELVE PAGES. No. ICO 1 W ' IMELY TOPICS TOR THE FAIR' SEX. ... . 4 " " Tut to -ar and How to Wear It Matters Dear to Every Woman's Heart. , , ,,,-U:m.- of Stone-gray i b'!-'Jl.,. ,.,7-ihg wear has the ti- i!; V th-- back ana eagw w -.r,,-.-. The gray c-iuin 4 !ith sleeves ana . i .'.i.ui' '-ties euRcu vm.ii t- IC4 I.v Ci:;!.trv UiT-ta ar; .if I'n o ' -rVd with white gui- ,,v..r thf fun rroni 01 "r 'it of turquoise and ' , ,t' ir.t.-rvals of four inch ?,i m'k -ki-s the lace collar "IV. t . ' : ; ii us of mousseline ft -t ! t.rjr th r.! eon.; 2y b? tit 1 - brai'l- wlii' h means the -t of springtime s, made over glace , . I ; ;i :n: lines '.! with Kilk plcots. .-vers of tine tucks :; . v. ;i . a bow or ,vcp-! with black ap- 1 at th- thr(iat. The i.itiv;ih is headed by cl k i ',:iv. v-iUm- witn net "V'.,.;.,i:.'it.. b it at the side. .r. r,t . h;n ii'i'-r, but also ex vV,.r!. is a loth gown, the ,.7',','V th- froncand fas- .' !).. v.nist with three cord- y-u. tn, i is oraiaeu in ;,. and lias a tie of blue r,,at vli -iv's" with braided Xmiu it hstaii'ling the mili-l- iti front, the frock is tlo ! at tl,-' hack. hatty Rirl, of the , . , v ,Ht - sst-s seize upon to ,i;t.ii.-r '.itli dull men. Her ... this occasion was more ;,,',;,!,: lir,Milrious. She pluck i:, .1 rv : topic her nimble ..:uk "f to bring him out. ; ..m. h it all in bland si v ia-f !.-!r'Hscd and weary, ! t., h--r n.-iirhbor on her right J44 ran h' iK! T.t ' Bn'filnary." 6 C'Ul'l Sl'"it'ri s-a:i1! ittv. and she sat sip- !.-, list'-nmg to his laugh . ari'l iliinking what a stu- linp.'-r jiartner was. ' h- iis seized with a vio-i!:-!'!!u'"Vhy this is most irasped, as soon as ' I -I have been try- little feather!" the quiet man. ntiteupat l;tsi; 'it must have been .... .,,.). !l m I'm ivininii. v ..... i ' A toothsome 1.etK i, dish which "has qulse th rwrsf .f a penitential flavor is rr.a k rH ni:ffl.- a la Carmelite. To VT?i it. mine- and pound .in. a mor tar i :un-.-s f i-iicooked mackerel Nbsi ail tiMn - ami skin. Put six cB'$ f Sutt.-r. ih.- same ouantitv of focr. rh- v,.u.s . f i' . ,. vcrv fresh peers. b:t i p-:;t ..f n.iik and a dusting of jnn- j-tj.,.r into, a saucepan. Place r t!,.- t'u.' and stir steadily ! :its li.-il. mixing. thorough 'h' may be no lurdps. Now nn pan from the fire, put !' 'lM.i. u tish and add a little th i in t:!l th- trr, v- a int.. :.. tlii n::ik into ; jrr.. ' It-... of h-:;: 8V" v- ' r !;, i.- .., ! 'p to a very stiff froth ' t' i-iii'.s and put them lla.Vf ready a well-but-: ii 1; h has a band of !' standing two inches r in the prepared mack- k a few browned bread ! top. with some pieces ;md there. Hake in a for half an hour: re r a:. l s.-rve at once, very V'i ... '.'Il.-l 'y !-': m v- V. ; -k- ; tat . r'. . ... t" r. s!" . . '-h fv,'- -4 li.S the -obstinate or ' o - 'ui,-,-n of Holland, who ! n succession, half "!.' v otf, !,., t,, ner as con- 1 ' sii.'kname. It is. "Her " i a j.-st v." i'"Ut a New York '' v -i!'i:!. sjM-ingtime even ".'t'orttmity to observe !,'; ,t'' athelf tic woman ' 'v':':,'. sake. She was f ;': or six young V !') 1- they came whiz-' ' ' '' vard on their bicy o i p.f-ar the skating '! ' ' -d tlieir foreheads : ' ' t' .-i:- heated faces ?;.'.ndk,T.-hjefs. ; "We'll ,! : - s' h re in this March " v ti. w ho looked as ' haperone of the ;:'l;v! !" in mind that it (- - of tViis adorable ' '"'.on she and her ' s mounted their , ! ,; : a trip around ,' ' - men to wait for rr. -meats three more ' ;i: '. a volley of ques w hereabouts of the '.j '; 1 l ped their brows mrshed faces. When -u-:u toother finally, , !u' i pair of skates f;: "r the handle-bar of Hnt; his steel steed t into the "ice pal " s skating! -r. v -.3" , ' ' ' fcy . V n- - sboos and boots a-:: rushed brown "t" clumsy as the t SKison. anti much Tht-y are seamed r.ary b x.ts. to give n to the ankles. ;ind rounded toes ; !" with a single asy to gft on and i-Jt a bit higher mi: boots, and the tennis shoes. .ham belts in ;d solid tints. rt sts. are new. They sell for i i ported by a fr u young woman an oppressively afttr Pnctoi. ... 1 tew t Vi . l j -..v. vuicr uay. ,vn. but so beautiful own with 5 PU ftnv a rs and materials f a i'Ly UO 1 '""sume gown. 1 i.e , I:"J h.tiVV but the effect of the costume is 'grace personified. From the front the dress has a princess effect, the front of the bodice and the front of the skirt being of emerald green silk, veiled In black silk net, strewn with green and black sequins, and enriched with delicate floral appliques. The back and sides of the skirt are covered by a tunic of black moire which falls in fanciful scallops in the back to about a foot fiom the ground. It is veiled in black net and striped with green and black sequins, the edges caught up in scal lops by airy cut jets and delicately cut paste emeralds. The back of the bodice oeiow the bolero, formed by the emer all silk, is of black moire, as are also under parts of the sleejves. The upper parts ipf. the sleeves are of the green. The bolero is outlined' by fanciful jet and emerald passementerie. A Ions jabot and Muted ruffle of equisitfc cream-white lace complete this beauti ful costume. ' ' It was a modest looking little white envelope, scribbled over with angular handwriting. It did not look abit alarm ing. But that was because the obser ver was not initiated. She had no coun try friends. The recipient of the note had. She opened the innocent looking missive, ietting fall a cloud of silk and muslin scraps as she did so. Then she put her head down on the table and groaned. "D dead?" asked the onlooker, re ferring to the news which she imagined the note must have contained, to have caused such emotion. "I wish I were," moaned the other. "I might have known it. When Marie brought that note in I saw the Podge ville postmark, and if I did not wear a pompadour coiffure you would have ob served my hair rising on end. The very sight of a Podgeville postmark sends a cold shiver down rny back. Oh, what does she want this time, I wonder." And the plaintive recipient of the crested note summoned upgpourage, to scan the clcselv written pages. "A page and a half of apologies so sorry to 'trouble me hopes I won t mind three pages, crisscrossed and .iiargin'ed, of demands! I repeat, I wish wie dead!" She put the offending note in the letter-rack and frownkigly discoursed, while the happy creature .vho had no friends in the country gave ear and wondered greatly. "It's easy enough to think out anJ write down on paper the accumulated .wants of several : months," she . said 4'btsulte4aircFth aside all one's own affairs and tramp around town making selections for other people. I don't believe in the heart of the shopping district and cannot ;un out every time' I want to buy something, and then fly back to my work; It takes time and strength and nerve to go down town with a ionjr Hei of things to buy, and if I cannot fin ? what my amiable country friend de sires 1 am expected to write to net what the next best thing would be. or send it at the risk of her not liking t. Being troubled with a conscience 1 hunt the out of the way shops if I can not find what she wants in the big, con venient stores; and all this costs time, and money. But ..my troubles do not cease with the buying. My country friend, after thinking of all the pos sible and impossible things that she would like to have me I send her. winds up her letter by desiring me to send her an itemized list of expenses, so that she may send me a money order of thp amount. I obey. I may have calls to make, work to do, friends to entertain. But I will leave them all. The pack age will arrive and have to be repacked and expressed. That will render one or two trips more down town necessarily. Also a considerable outlay of ready money, of which I never have too much. Then, when the money order arrives, it will be made out to the wrong initials, ind I shall have to spend more time and portage stamps rectifying the mistake. It seems too bad. too barbarous, to think that city women's lives should be made a burden in this way. w;hen women of refined taste and scrupulous honesty devote their time exclusively to the business of shopping for out-of-tov. :t women. One professional shop per I know does not even charge a percentage 'to her customers, and will execute the smallest orders promptly. She Vuys anything, from Turkish rugs to ball gowns, from household furni ture to wedding veils. She is looking for more patronage, while I am bowed down with the weight of work thrust upon me. That's why I am going to the country the first of April. I dread the spring orders from Podgeville." A wheelwoman who has pedalled her way over a good part of the earth's surface, says that only two countries are bicycles carried on railways free of charge. Itxis done on most American lines and on one railroad in Ireland. "Yes. I am keeping Lent." said the fresh-faced woman.who has dismounted from her bicycle to speak to a friend wa'king in the Park. "I discipline my body and mind every year at this sea son, and this year my heroism Is partly commission and partly omission. For example, I don't sit in a warm room and sew; It's the usual Lenten way of being virtuous. I rather like to sew, but" it's very bad for my health to stay Indoors. Thus I triumph over mind and matter by coming out here to breathe. I'm not fond of exercise; It bores me to death, and I don't 'weep over my steel steed, like the engineer In Kip ling's story, sp I'm really doing pen ance and gaining health at the .same time. It's very nice to think that one's soul and body are improving together. Isn't it? Then. I am fond of sweets, J love hot biscuits and marmalade i for breakfast, and rich soups and fruit pudding for dinner, arid game and lob ster and Welsh rabbit for supper. They are more than unwholesome for j me. My doctor says if J were older I would be a. hopeless dsyeptlc; as it Is, I am a dyspeptic; but while there's youth there's hope. To mortify my flesh dur ing Lent I have abstained from every thing but eggs,, milk, fruit, vegetables and brown bread. Fish or meat usual ly fish I eat once a day only. The re sult has noteen exactly good for my soul, I 'm afraid. I am growing more self-satisfied and vain every daythe first because of my strength of will, the second because my figure and complex ion are improving so much. Try it, my dear; there are kinds of good to be got out of Lenten fasting and dis cipline than are ever dreamed of In church philosophy. A strange little girl has been found by an arithmetical explorer in an up town school. She can tell, at any time, the days in a month without repeating th rhyme beginning "Thirty days hath September. A benevolent writer with a weakness for statistics has published the result of studious investigation in registry of fices and othjer records of woman's chance of marriage. The term woman is elastic. She may be a maiden from 15 to 75, or a widow from 21 to 80, and according to these cheerful statistics still stand a chance of drawing a mat rimonial prize. The best time for a spinster to marry or, at least, the time when she has the greatest number of opportunities is the period between her 25th and 29th years. One out of eight spinsters marries at this age. Next best to this is the period, between 20 and 24, when one in thirteen mar ries; then comes comes from 30 to 34, when one in twenty-three marries. Be tween the ages of 35 and 39 statistics show only one marriage in twenty eight. After 40 the spinster's chances are not encouraging, although more women between the ages of 40 and 50 marry than do girls between the ages of 15 and 19, one in seventy-three being the poor, showing for the bread and butter misses. . But these facts are not the only ones of interest to unmated women that sta tistics show. For instance, so that no time may be lost by the husband-hunting maid, the statistician points out that it is folly for a woman to waste her energy trying to entrap a man of some ages, whereas if she directed her attention to-another sort of man she might find a conquest ready to her hand. Asian illustration of this, a bachelor from 25 to 35 is worth -to a woman as a marrying man fifty young bachelors from 15 to 19, for the chance of the older man marrying within one year is fifty times as great as the chance of one of of the younger men. Then, a more common instance, a bachelor of from 25 to 35 is worth three times as much to any woman as a marrying man as a bachelor from 35 to 45. It is encouraging to learn that the excess of spinsters is only 75 to every 1,000 bachelors. But to offset this is the disquieting fact that there are 230 wid ows to every 100 widowers, which, tho statistician admits, "does tend to work against the interest of spinsters who wish to marry." The spinster of from 15 to 34 is more apt to marry a bache lor than a widower; at ages 34 to 44 her chances of bachelors is still better than .with w idowers, but after 45 .she has to take a widower or remain sin gle, and even then her offers are not as numerous as those of the widow. The best time for a widow who wishes to wed a bachelor is from 15 to 34; after 34 she has a better chance to marry a over 30 marrying are very slim com pared vvitr- tr.ose of widows of the same age. For instance, between the ages of 34 and 44, fifty-four spinsters marry", while fifty-five widows marry. The dif ference here is hardly noticeable, but it increases with every year. Between the ages of 45 and 55 there are seventy eight widows and seventy-three spin sters married; between 55 and 65, ninety widows marry and only seventy eight spinsters wed. Truiy it has been said: "A little widow is a dangerous thing.". The eternal tiara, the diamond sun burst and other wearisome ""gifts of the bridegroom" will not take as prom inent a part in the Eastef wedding fes tivities as has been the wont for sev eral seasons. This season the happy man will, in addition to his heart, hand and worldly goods, endow his fair partner with a jewelled nosegay, puis lovely trinket is to.be worn on j the front of the dress, as would a spray of real fiowersi and is composed ofi or chids, roses, lilies of the valley or wild flowers, the petals of which are sprinkled with diamond dust to repre sent dew. The stalks are held together by a diamond lizard, butterfly, beetle or bee. " I Our English cousins may take the credit of giving the long-reverenced petticoat its first blow when they insti tuted riding trousers. The trousers gave birth to knicking and tights, the former in silk, satin and woollen fab ric, the latter in silk, cotton and wool, for day wear. French and American women never gave-up their loyalty to petticoats until the bicycling craze made knickers indespensable, out sinco women are ordering this spring exqui of clothing themselves in such a sim ple, sensible garment, and realized how much it conduced to beauty, and real ized how much it conduced to beauty of figure lines, knickers have grown tremendously popular. Ultra smart women are ordering this spring exqui sitely colored lining-satin and foulard knickers, to wear with long, clinging house-gown skirts, which have frills both fnside and out, in order to ripple and xrail the ground with grace. The thrifty soul whose sweetheart or wife demands a bouquet of violets to wear to Sunday morning servie fre quents a fcrist shop on the West Side whee every Saturday night a' bargain s.ib of b i 5soms Is held. The idea is c-rminly unkue and the florist says it pays. April brides are choosing their trav elling bags in purple gre n or iron- J gray leather w'th gold mountings ami watered silk linings to match the leather The ardor of the plucky young wo men who have decided to become army nurses in the event of a war with Spain may be damped, If the present day military authorities adopt the rules governing the admission of nurses into the ranks "during the Civil War. In those days the sympathy and energy of the impulsive girl Just out of ashort skirts were balked by the warning that "no woman under thirty need apply." Nurses were ! required to be "plain looking persons." They were also cau tioned to wear black or brown dresses without hoopskirts. and curls, bows or jewelry were tantamount to dismissal from the ranks of ministering angels. These pargaons of plainness were paid $12 a month, but, of course, many wives of officers and soldiers offered their services and worked bravely, for love only, all through the war. DAILY HINTS FOR THE TABLE. Frizzled Beef and Cream. Pennsyl vania Syle. Put two tablespoonsful of butter in a saucepan, or skillet; lot ft get hot and add. one-half pound of beef, which let frizzle up till brown and crispy. Then, add a small tablespoonful of flour, which stir around with the meat till it is all brown. Then add slowly a. pin!, of cream or good rich milk. If too thick add a little more milk. Let it boil up and serve at once in hot dish. Here are directions for three ways 6f cooking, squab . - To broil them, first free the squab from any little feathers that may cling to them, cut off their heads and the lower joint with the feet. Split them down, the back, remove the entrails, give them a little wrench so they will lay fiat Wipe them dry inside and out with a soft linen cloth. Rub them with a littlb melted, f perfectly sweet butter. Lay them on the broiler, skin side to the coals or gas flame. Let them broil till a rich brown, then turn them and broil the other side; sprinkle wrth salt on each side as soon as they are done. Place each squab on a slice of toast nicely trimmed and dipped in melted kbutter. When .the squab are on the toast put a tiny pat of butter on each. Stand the blatter ii the oven half a minute - and serve the birds with a fringe of parsley around them. To roart squab, prepare them as(yov would a chicken to roast. Then cu larding pork in tiny littre strips. Witi awarding needle thickly lard the breas: of ti e "birds. Strew the bottom cf v roasting pan with strips of the pork lay the birds in the pan, season we. with salt and pepper, place them in t jot oven and roast them quickly. Servt them on a hot plate in a little grave o. parsley. . Potted squab7 are prepared the samt is fcr roasting Put in a deep saucepai jver the fire a few slices of salt pork When they are fried brown pat in f few slices cf onion and let them f r: brown, then take out the onion and pul In the squab; let them brown on al ides, turning them often. When browx aour in cream to the depth of thre nches, season with a little salt, cove., the kettle and let the birds cook tii very tender. Lift them !,out carefull. with a skimmer, lay, them on a deer piutter, pour the cream over thern ant serve at once. " SPAIN'S PERILOUS IGNORANCE. From the New York Sun. That many people of Spain do no comprehend the difference in. military strength and resources between tha: country and ours'.can easiiv be under stood; but the delusion of the Diaiio de Ejercito, an army paper, is less intelli gible. This service journal says that anj good modern fleet could overcome the defences of New York, so that even a demonstration against that port would relieve Cuba from the menace of oui fleet. The actual fact is that a Span ish fleet which should seriously en gage even the outer land defences ol New York, to say nothing of the Chips or submarine mines, would be destroy ed. It would receive at Sandy Hook the fire of guns far more powerful and fire could reach the forts it would havt to withdraw or be sunk. The t same authority mentions Phila delphia and Wilmington as defence less. Philadelphia, on the contrary, is well fortified against a Spanish fleet. The Diario del Ejercito apparently knows nothing of the powerful batteries at Fort Mott and Fort Delaware, which close the entrance to the Delaware, apart from the defences. As for Wil mington, Fort Caswell, at the mouth oi Cape Fear river, contains a moderr high-power battery, with disappearing ?uns. The Spanish newspaper evident ly deals with the date when our har bors were unprotected; it is grossly ig norant if .it imagines them to be un protected now. So in regard to the monitors, which i' calls antiquated. - The single-turret relics of the war are indeed of -little avail against modern battleships; but Dur Puritan,- Terror, and Amphitrite though begun long ago, were armored and armed in the days of steel plates and high power rifles. Not a gun in the main batteries of our six double turret monitors is under the 10-inch calibre, while the Puritan and the Mon terey carry 12-inch guns. The Diario del Ejercito is a blind leader of the blind. s ONE WOMAN'S AMBITION. Mrs. Finch Would be a Justice of the Peace. The new woman now seeks the office of Justice of the Peace, says a Chicago dispatch in the New York w"orld. At least this is the position for which Mrs. Frances E. Finch is now working, and for which her friends are making a can vass for her. She lives in Evaston, 111., and expects to be nominated by peti tion of the voters in the ward In which she resides. She has been promised the full support of politicians and promi nent business and professional men. Sex will not be the question, but ability and fitness. Mrs. Finch is the widow of John B. Finch,, who was well known for his work in the temperance field. After her marriage Mrs. Finch joined the Good Templars, and for three years traveled with her husband in the interests of the society. She was elected general super intendent of Juvenile templars of Ne braska, and has personally organized a number of templars. ' A few years ago she went abroad in its interests, traveling through Eng land, France, Germany and Switzer land. 1 " At present Mrs. Finch Is conducting a real estate business In Chicago, in connectiozfciwith her son, who Is not yet of age. The firm also builds houses which are comfortable homes for peo ple of moderate means. A ROSY VIEW OF KLONDIKE. mm iw -cuan How This. Country Responds to. Cuba's Cry. outbursts mim mm Belief for the. Starving ftocottcentradc s Coming From Every Section and From People of A I Sorts and Conditions The Railroads and Steamship Companies JMn In the 6ood wric From the New York Sun. -; Those- who know Just how deeply the people-of this country are stirred up over the struggle for liberty now going on In Cuba and the Spanish bru tality that has practically decreed ex termination by starvation for the peacefur portion of the populatlon-the women and the children and the old men are those, who are taking an ac tive part In the collection and the for warding of relief supplies to the suf ferers. Times almost without number great calamities have touched the hearts of the American people and they have given liberally and promptly of their plenty, but seldom has the feel ing of pity and the desire to help been so general and the contributions so dberal as they are at the present time. From one end of the country to the other and from the Atlantic to the Pa cific there is hardly. a town that has not its committee to aid in the work. The rich and the poor are interested; from the millionaire to the bootblack, and this Is liberal, for yesterday The Sun reporter saw a letter from a mil lionaire containing a check for $1,000 for the relief fund, and In the same mail was another from a bootblack In San Diego, Cal., containing a postal note for $3.75, or "the price of seventy five shines," as the sender put It. From old people tottering on the brink of the grave to young people hardly old enough to tell their name there come daily contributions -it money, of food, of clothing, of Jewelt . and of everything that in any conceiv able way can be turned into relief sup plies. A young womn sent to . tne Christian Herald a' few days ago a great bundle of beautiful hair. A pa thetic letter came with It. She war poor.. She had to struggle for money enough to support herself She had no Jewelry, but her heart was touched by nhuidit-inov Surveyor Ogilvie Declares That There Are $100,000,000 In Sight Mr. Ogilvie, the Canadian Govern ment Surveyor, now visiting England, has a notable Interview in the London Financial News. He declares that there are 20,000.000 in" sight today at Klon dike, tested and proved, not to speak of what may be found next year or the year after. It will take years merely to prospect the country. It may be said that there is not more than one-fifteenth -or ojie-sixteenth of the terri tory prospected. Mr. Ogilvie has no doubt that there now exists in the re gion a field which will require the la bor of at least 100.000 men for several generations to thoroughly test and ex amine. A full train of cotton, consisting of SI car loads, was recently brought into Fall River. She . felt she must do something. She cut off her hair. -She begged that -the paper would sell it and spend the mo ney, for the relief of the women and little children dying of starvation Every one knows how a woman prizes herwedding ring. It is the last thing in the. world as a rule that she will part with. In the . office of this same pewspaper The Sun reporter saw eight wedding rings. Some of them old and worn, others of them new and bright. Each had come with a letter pleading that ifxbe sold and the money be turned Into food for the starving. There were watches and lockets and diamond ear rings and pins, as well as two other tokens that probably were prized high er by the senders even than the wed ding rings. 'One was a gold piece on one side of which was Inscribed "Fif tieth Anniversary Golden Wedding." The other was a silver medal like it. On it was Inscribed "Twenty-fifth An niversary Silver Wedding." Then there were silver spoons and forks and knives, silver cake baskets, and silver rings. There were some pearls and other gems. All these from people who had no money, but who had hearts full of pity and charity. These things came from all parts of the country: no, sec tion had a monopoly of the gifts.- Con tributions as these Illustrate better than anything else the genuineness of the feeling, particularly .when such contributions are sent anonymously, as many of thes are sent. Now. as to the substantial rather than the sentimental contributions. Great corporations not ordinarily noted for their charity, are many of them, heavy contributors to the relief funds. Take the railroad corporations for in stance. All the great railroads In the country having a terminus in New York or New York connections have for a month been bringing to the sea board free of charge such supplies as the generous people of the country have provided. If this was an occas ional carload only It would not be so much, but it Is more. It is trainloads a week. Hundreds upon hundreds of tons of provisions, together with case upon case of clothing, of canned goods, of flour, and of meat and lard, they have carried and carried willingly. The steamship companies no more than the railroad companies have been known as charitable concerns, but in this mat ter they have not been second to the railroad companies In their contribu tions. Every Inch of spare space on the ships of the Ward line and the Mal Iory line has been given to the Cuban relief committees, and in the case of the Ward line several times when the need for food was most urgent paying cargo has been left behind In order that more food for the. starving people might be carried free. The newspapers throughout the country have achieved wonders; not the yellow Journals that spend their time blowing about what they are go ing to do, and whose owners occasion ally give a little of their plenty, for advertising purposes, but the solid, substantial newspapers. One paper In Kansas City has raised thousands of dollars and great stores of provisions. While the Sun reporter was In the headquarters of the Central Cuban Relief Committee yesterday a telegram came from' a paper In Atlanta. Ga., asking what to do with $500 It bad col lected In one day. The Christian Her ald is getting on an average $1,500 a day, or about $10,000 a week. Of this money Miss Clara Barton gets $10.00 a month for use In her work In the hos pitals and in the asylums for the chil dren exclusively. The Central Cuban Relief Committee Itself gets on an average $2,500 a week and this sum Is constantly Increasing and baa been since President McKInley issued his appeal to the charitable. The secre tary of the committee was asked yes terday what part of the country the money came from, and he replied: From every part." He. picked up a letter from a little town in California, It contained a contribution of 25 cents. He picked up another from Providence, ' R. L It was from the Board of Trade of that city. There was one contribu tion of $55 and another of $15. The last, the letter said, had been collected by a boy 6 years old. and it was sent with the particular requlest that it be used to buy food for the children of that age who were suffering. There were other letters on the desk from towns in the South and Southwest and the North and Northwest, and from towns in the Middle States. "Money comes from everywhere, re peated the secretary, "and it comes in sums from 1 cent up. You would be surprised at the amount that is sent In by little children, school children. A class of them will each contribute a cent or a nickel, and the whole, amounting to 60 cents or $L will be sent in with a letter signed by all the chil dren telling how sorry they are for the little ones in Cuba who haven't any thing to eat. Since January 1st the J committee has received In cash contri butions about $77,600. This money haa practically all been expended for sup plies, because the cost of distribution and collection has been so small. It has probably cost less to place the charity where it was needed than has ever been paid for, a similar work.. It Is not un likely that It will cost more In the fu ture than It does now, because more supplies are being sent and the steam ship companies are being overtaxed. There is more to go than they can car ry with their regular paid freight, so it may be necessary for the committee to charter a ship to make regular trips. The supplies that the "Ffern" took to Cuba recently were supplies that the regular ships could not carry." The secretary said there was no way of getting at, the actual figures of the enormous contributions that had been made to help the starving people In Cuba.' because, in addition to the things that had been sent by the Relief Com mittee or through the -committee, tons uon tons of supplies had been sent directly to Consul General Lee, and had been distributed under his dlrec- tlon where it was most needed. He said that the committee In Cuba that had, charge of the work of distributing the supplies that are sent figured that $15. 000 a week would buy all that was needed to keep the . suffering from starving three hundred tons of corn meal a week and fifty , tons of lard or bacon were absolutely necessary, and he believed that the amount would be contributed,, very soon and regularly if the present regular increase in the untributlons continued. The latest ensus, he said, showed that there were Ofi.000 persons in 400 accessible towns who were actually starving. - The sig nificance of that number will be under stood when It is known that the total population in the inland towns, includ tng.the reconcentrados who have sur vived. Is less than 700.000. One In a little more tnan every tnree persons is in daneer of starvation and absolutely in need.V-:--"- -;. HOW THE WITNESS CAME TO ': " .' . TIME. ", . ' From the Atlanta Constitution. "What time was It," asked the' law yer, "when you discovered' the prisoner committing the crime?" , "Well, suh," replied the witness, "ef I'dcwm disremember, hit was co-n-plantin time." ! "1 mean what o'clock was lt?'f "Dar wa'n't no clock dar, suh. Dar wuz a clock dar, but hit was one er dese heah Instalment plan clocks, what you fails ter meet de notes on, eh dey comes en takes hit away, en you lose all what you has paid." "You blockhead, you!" exclaimed the lawyer, "I ask you to tell me what was the hour of day?" "Well, suh," replied the witness, sence you so ha'd ter understand, I'll make de matter plain fer you: Comln en gwine dls way en dat way long n short, hit wus erbout 6 hours and a half by sun!" A SONG OF LIBERTY. From the Atlanta Constitution. Across the land from str.md to strand Loud Ting the bugle notes. And Freedom's smile, from Isle U Me, Like Freedom's banner floats. The velvet vales ptng "'Liberty!" . - To answering skies serene; The mountains, sloping to the sea. Wave all their flags erf green. The rivers, rushing to the deep. The Joyful notes prolong. And alP their waves In glory leap To that Immortal song! i One song of Liberty and life That was, and Is to be Till tyrant flags are trampled rags And all the world is free! It rises, and an echo comes From chained and troubled isles. And roars, like ocean's thunder drums, ' Where glad Columbia smiles. Where, throned and great she tits In state. Beneath her flag of stars, . ' Her heroes" blood the sacred flood . That crimsoned all its bars! 1 Hail to our country? Strong she stands.1 Nor fears the war drum's beat: The sword of Freedom in her tands The tyrant at her feet! I FRANK L. STAXTOX. DREYFUS CASE ECHOES. a Jeirlsh Erterhaxyj Challenged by J Gymnast. Major E ternary raid recently that he would like, sword in hand, to be shut up In a room with a thousand Jews. A Jewish gymnast, the champion of Hol land, now defies the Major to meet him singly or In any place he chooses to name on the Belgian frontier. The Bur- go-master of the Amsterdam has been asked to attest that the man sending the challenge is in earnest, and a re spectable .man In his line. i Booker T. Washington, the well- knwn colored educator, said m a re cent address: "Oar race is In too big a hurry. The preachers want the title of D. D. before they know divinity. Al most every graduate In the Knciish course must be addressed a 'profes sor.' We want a biography t-efore we have lived, Some want to take Latin and Greek who do not know the per sonal vrwnoun in English. . Foiu want post - offices who do not know how many stamped envelopes to give for 11 cents go to the firm; stick to the farm.... We do not want to govern the country until we learn to govern the home." .
The Morning Post (Raleigh, N.C.)
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March 27, 1898, edition 1
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