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Ihe Cost of Electrification r1-.,1 irarmlmnrft IHE advisability of whclesale the country has been formally considered m TV. electrical engineering associations, and the question has been found so great that the meetings .were marked more by conten tlon and argument than by defiaite results or conclusions ig ures presented show the estimated expenditure Evolved should urea pifsuuiu tti-i st-itP ho reconstructed for every nine or rauroaa m iuc r v.nlV u rrPsnond operation by electricity, and the rolling equipment changed correspond The total cost of such a change is given at about 11.500.0.0 c powerhouses to give a total of two million one hundred thousand kilowatts or two million eight hundred thousand oe-power hundred millions of dollars is a sum so vast that it means ntnin V e7age person, and yet it represents, an investment so' stupendous that on y an extremely small portion of it can be considered to have any relation to the immediate future. The economy of such a change has been estimated, in prospect, as con siderable. Present operating costs for the movement of every car and engine In the country total $1,400,000,000 in one year. By electrification this would be reduced by about $250,000,000, representing that much actual and n 3t sav Ing This last sura is indeed enormous, but it only emphasizes the maSn"ud! of the project of universal electrification; for the most radical vatf8 OI the new power have not yet dared tj claim that the saving, large as it seems, would warrant the change in its entirety. , n . Under certain special conditions, however, the new power will stand supreme, and it is by the extension and more general application under these peculiar circumstances that electricity will one day, in due time, come into its own on the railroads. From The World Today. Count Okuma's Attitude. By William O Fit z-Oe raid. Tv-ttuta i.nmman the Tesnect Efif tn Rav hf will never Ppnr of Portsmouth were "J practical tone of the Marquis Saionji, the actual leader of the Opposition, whose criticisms of the Government were suDoruin ated to the allaying of popular agitation and the directing of the fetSi . IjhJ country's energies to commercial development. "Our diplomacy." Count Okuma saia, -was Douna to wn "" accepted the Invitation of President Roosevelt to the Peace Conference. Our plenipotentiaries were in reality of war, in custody of the President; that they could achieve no good was a foregone conclusion." Nov it would be idle to deny that several such influential voices are raised today to foment Japanese discontent and inflame animosity, especially against this country. The press, too, is being made use of by statesmen hos tile to America, especially Count Kato, Viscount Hayashi's predecessor in the Foreign Office."' Kato owns that immensely influential journal, the Nichl Nlenl af Tokio, which he uses as a mouth-piece. to proclaim a doctrine of imperious dictation to this country. He is a tried diplomat of more than ordinary calibre and one of the trusted lieutenants of the aged Marquis Ito himself. For this reason the views on diplomatic questions that find expression in the Niohl Nichi afford an important gauge of Japanese public opinion. The main point is that the old and prudent school of Japanese statesmen is of necessity passing away, and there are signs that the new advisers of the Emperor and his Government are of a less constructive and conservative type than their, predecessors. Putnam's Monthly. Progress in By Hamilton Wricht. , LL the larger towns and cities A of American initiative. The local native mayors (presidents) and councllmen are glad to adopt the suggestions of the con stabulary officers, schoolteachers, army men and commercial men with whom they come into contact. Street lighting, grad ing; pure water, sanitation, improved school buildings, and a inousanu ami oue leaturcs cue uciug uohicu um m v , on-u community in the islands. The governors of different province are doing great work, especially in the building of good roads. There are a number o! regions where the roads are suitable to automobiles, and incldenr ally, there are a number of motor cars in the Philippines. The Insular Government has subsidized eleven different steamship routes, and calls are made regularly at sixty different ports in the islands. Many of their boats are modern steel vessels, equipped in first-class shape. Perhaps the greatest benefit from the incoming American is the fact that be stimulates the native people to do things in our modern way and shows them how to do it. One firm sold almost half a million dollars' worth of farm ing machinery to native planters last year. The Filipino will not learn by precept: b must see the work done in order to do it himself. From Th World t& m? 0 Ihe Ch&jrn qf the Orient. By Diplomatist. kICH and poor wear the plaited frock coat tr.bre hues, the absence of a collar producing .a slovenly appearance, while the snow turban of the Arab and the red fez of the Turk are re placed by the black lambskin kolah and the brown felt skull cap of the peasant. You ask why the carpenter should draw his plane towards him, why the horse is backed into his stall, or the boat dragged stern foremost on the beach. You notice the footnote at the top of tbe page, and that your morning egg is invariably served wih its small end uppermost. But not, certainly, in such trivial mat ters does the charm of the exist reside. We are nearer an explanation when we acknowledge the release from care and artificial conventions which accom panies a relapse to the conditions of a freer and more primitive life. To en Joy an ease, even luxury, of life, wc could not afford at home, to have a ser vant for every task, to ride in Bombay or Teheran when we would walk If In Piccadilly, to be free from the burdens of a civilization which has created civic responsibilities and duties to one's fellow men, to have no Young Men's Christian Association to support or fireman's ball to patronize, to be able to play the role of self-indulgence to one's heart's content, and be. In truth, a little king, In these thing3, alas, for many lies the secret of this charm. The Atlantic. m m m Railroad Facts By A Railroad Man By J, O. Fagan. HERE is practically no out on the road supervision on American railroads. 2. Railroad managers depend upon the reports of em ployees for information in regard to violations of rules. 3, But employees do not, and cannot be compelled to re T port their associates, consequently negligence of all kinds la practically uncnecK.eu. 4. Unchecked negligence can be shown to be the root and direct cause o nearly air preventable accidents, and loss of life therefrom, on American railroads. 5. Here we have a conclusion worth looking into. At a glance we per ceive that negligence is the prime and fundamental fact. It Is the direct cause of th3 trouble. The fact that the negligence Is unchecked 13 important, yet secondary. It should be treated as a separate issue, and it must stand or Call on Its own merits. The Atlantic. Post Card and Fish Scale Hats. Miss A. Leona Murphy, of Salis bury, Md.. exhibited at the Sun of fice yesterday three interesting speci mens of original and unique designs In hats. Two of them were made of leather postal cards and the third was of fish scalc3. The cards used on ooe of the hats bore burnt likenesses St President Roosevelt, whil the oth All Railroads Bums electrification 01 u of all his countrymen, but it is be a leader again. His remarks on in marked contrast to the wise and ilippine Cities in the Philippines snow the result! er bore flower designs. The scales used in the third hat were cleverly sewed on a blue chiffon frame, which was trimmed with foliage. All three hats were exhibited at the Jamestown Exposition, where they excited much admiration. Miss Murphy, who is a milliner, has applied for patents for the exclusive manufacture of th hats. Baltimore Sun. ALL IS NOT GOLD 7m Pw Wedding Breakfast Hem Week'g cleverest cartoon, by CONGRESSMAN RIDICULES THE AMERICAN HEIRESSES WHO WED FOR FOREIGN TITLES McGavin, ot Chicago, Says They "Sacrifice Their Souls to SnobberyAuction Block of Fifth Avenue "Oh, Mamma, Buy Me That!" Girl Says, and It is Done, in McGavin's View Every Day a Bargain Day in New York, Whether For a Yard of Ribbon or a Pound ot Flesh. Washington, D. C. Declaring that the women concerned "sacrifice their souls and their honor on the altar of snobbery and vice," Representative Charles McGavin, of Chicago, took occasion In the House to denounce "the International marriage habit" on the part of American heiresses. It was only a few days ago that Repre sentative Sabath, of Chicago, intro duced a bill to tax all property expa triated through marriage settlements made on account of such alliances. Mr. McGavin, who is a native of Illi nois, got to Congress by defeating Carter H. Harrison's brother. "In thinking of these numerous weddings," he said, "I wondered what the early pioneers who battled with the Indians, challenged the for est and braved the winter's winds and snows to establish a Government where manhood might be recognized for its true value, lnsteag of for the accident of birth, would sayif from their graves they could look back and see so many of the women of this country sacificing their souls upon the altar of snobbery and vice. "I have no reference to any partic ular girl, nor have I prejudice against all of these titled men, for some of them are worthy to grace any home; some of them have added to the honor of their names and to the glory of their countries. I have ref erence only to those who have a mon ocle on their eye and an idiotic look upon their faces those who have neither the disposition to be good nor the ability to do harm. . "A bill has been introduced In the House by one of my colleagues from Chicago to levy a tax upon all dow ries and upon their titled husbands. I am not here to advocate the passage of that bill or to oppose it, but my curiosity has been aroused to know to what committee it might have been referred. The Committee on Foreign Relations might do, or the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce might also be appropriate. "But on further thought and exam ination I found it had been very prop- 500 American Girls, With $204,000,000, Wave Wed Titles New York City. More than 500 American girls have married titled foreigners, and a careful statistician has figured that a trifle more than $204,000,000 has been taken over seas through cupid's Influence. Thto amount does not include the $12, 000,000 fortune of Miss Gladys Van derbilt, who married Count Szech enyl, of Hungary. But the record of infelicitous In ternational marriages- Is- appalling, and the divorce court history of the past few years teems with the names of titled foreigners who married rich American girls. There are few of these cases in which the American wife did not bring the suit either for separation or divorce. Some of the matches have been love matches, and in these instances, with few exceptions, the American wives have been happy. But these FORTUNES WHICH AMERICAN GIRLS HAVE HANDED OVER TO TITLED FOREIGNERS DURING LAST QUARTER CENTURY Duchess of Manchester. . . J 1,000,000 Princess Poniatowski 1,000,000 Duchess of Marlborough. .10,000,000 Lady Curzon 5,000,000 Lady Llster-Kaye 1,000,000 Countess vonPappenheim 1,000,000 Princess Colonna 2,500,000 Countess Castellane 17,000,000 Mrs. Geo. Cornwallis West 500,000 Lady William Beresford.. 3,000,000 Duchess of Manchester. . . 2,000,000 Duchess of Roxburghe. .25,000,000 Countess of Strafford 1,000,000 Princess Auersperg 1,000,000 Lady Thomas Hesketh.... 1,000,000 Mrs. Arthur Paget 2,000,000 Mrs. Vivian 12,000,000 Countess of Craven 1,000,000 Countess of Donoughmore 500,000 Baroness de Vriere 500,000 Mrs. Douglass Campbell . . 500,000 Marchioness de Brereull.. 2,000,000 Princess Vicovaro 1,000,000 Marchioness de San Mar- zano 1,000,000 Countesc de Rohan-Cha- bott 1,000,000 Cliurch Will Offer Compelling Attractions. Cleveland. In keeping with the spirit of modern times, the new Win dermere Methodist Episcopal Church will have many innovations. One of the features will be a tocial room, thirty-eight by sixty-eight feet. There will be spacious rooms for the trustees, the choir and the pastor, while the women of the congregation will have a parlor and work room. The church also will contain a gym nasium, kitchen and kindergarten. The pator is the Rev. N. W, Stroup. Ttl AT GUTTERS 11, l EL Hungarian Goulash. . t Jamieson, in the Pittsbnrft Dispfitoh. erly referred to the Ways and Means Committee, inasmuch as it sought to levy a tax. Then I was more curious to know whether the present tariff schedule included dukes, earls, lords and counts, and finding that these things were nowhere mentioned. I thought It might be proper- for the customs officers to classify them like frogs' legs, as poultry, for it is the general opinion among Americans that they are a species of geese. "We upon this side of the House have In recent years referred trium phantly to the fact that, as between this and other nations, the balance of trade was in our favor, but nowhere in the summary can be found a refer ence to such trades as these, where soiled and frayed nobility Is ex changed for a few million dollars wrung from the lambs of Wall Street with a woman thrown in ,'to boot.' Every day seems to be a bargain" day in the great city of New York, wheth er it be for a yard of ribbon or a pound of flesh; whether It be upon the retail counter of Broadway or th9 auction block of Fifth avenue. "There was a time when wealthy Americans traveling In Europe were content with' buying costly fabrics and paintings by old masters of whom they knew nothing, but now they buy something even more costly but less valuable. When the wealthy girls traveling with their parents abroad see some remnant of royalty they en thusiastically exclaim, 'Oh, mamma, buy me that.' An interpreter Is se cured, the bargain is . made, the money Is produced, and the girl is gone soon to return a sadder but a wiser woman. "While I have engaged in some criticism of those particular women who have made a mockery of the most sacred relations of life of those not satisfied with any other name than Countess Spaghetti or Macaroni I want to say one word In tribute to those true American wom en who spruned the wiles of earls, lords and counts for the love of HL Majesty, an American citizen." are the exceptions that prove the rule Unhappiness, shame and ignominy have come in most of the internation al marriages. - The most recent American heiress to sue for a divorce was the Countess of Castellane, who was Miss Anna Gould. This was a love matchthat ended disastrously. And when Miss Gould married the picturesque Bonl It was confidently believed it was a union that would bring happiness to the bride. Miss Gould brought $17, 000,000 to her Count. There is a prevalent opinion that It is safer for ' a young American heiress to take up the lion taming business and to plunge on the races than to marry a title. The general view seems to be that with such a marriage she Is sure to lose her money and her happiness, and ij lucky if she gets off with her life. Princess Scey-Montbellard Princess Hatzfeld Baroness Bocklln3on . . . , Marquis de Choisene Princess Engalltcheff ., Duchess de DIno Countess Festitics 1,000,000 2,000,000 1,000,000 500,000 1,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 Baroness de Zedlitz 500,000 Lady Gilbert Thomas Car- 1 ter 3,000,000 Countess von Larisch. . .. 4,000,000 Mrs. Michael Henry Herbert 5,000,000 Barones3 Halkett 10,000,000 Mrs. Burke Roche. .. ... 1,000,000 Duchess de Valencay 1,000,000 T.iirlv nnrilnn-Piimltif 1 flftn (f'i Countess Moltke-Huitfeldt lioooioool countess Yarmouth ...... 1,000,000 One hundred lesser Ameri can heiresses .64,500,000 Mrs. Colin-Campbell 5,000,000 Countess of Suffolk 5,000,000 Total $204,000,000 Since divorced, cago. Lives in Chl- Electrocution of Animals Painless, Says French Savant. Paris. Dr. Ledue, a professor at the School of- Medicine, In Nantes, who has been experimenting in the slaughter houses of that city ou the electrocution of animals by intermit tent low tension currents, claims that the system is painless, the central functions of perception being first de stroyed and then those of respiration and circulation, and that there is con sequently neither suffering nor reac tion from the animals thus killed, making it better than other methods. INTERNATIONAL . LKSSON , COM. ; ME NTS FOB FEBRUARY 10. ' Subject! Jesus Heals the Nobleman's ' Son, John 4:43-51 Golden Text, John 4:50 Commit Verses 49, 50 Commentary. TIME. December, A. D. 27. PLACE. Cana. EXPOSITION. I. The Noble man'ft Appeal to Jesus. 43-49. Jesus had had a hearty welcome and re sponsive hearing In Samaria (vs. 4-42). There had been a glorious re vival there, but His heart yearned for His own people in Nazareth where He had grown up, and He returned to Galilee. It would have been of little use to go to them before He had es tablished a reputation elsewhere; for "a prophet hath no honor in his own country." Human nature is so petty it will not forgive a neighbor for sur passing his fellows, until he has been well received -elsewhere. But Jesus had now demonstrated His power at the Capital, and Galilee will now listen. Indeed Galilee will be the great scene of His victories. The one who came was a king's officer. Not a likely person to come to Jesus, but his deep need overcame his prejudice. There is nothing like a sense of need to drive men to Jesus (Matt. 9:18; 15:22; 17:14, 15; Luke 7:2. 37. 38). Blessed are tbe afflictions that bring us to Jesus. Many a man who has had nothing but contempt for Christ and Christianity, has been found as a suppliant at His feet when the hour of trial has come. The most effective way to induce men to overcome the obstacles that lie between them and Jesus, is to bring them to a recogni tion of those needs in themselves which He alone can supply. This nobleman's son was very sick, "at the point of death." No human skill could reach him, but there is noth ing too hard for the Lord (Gen. 18:14; Luke 8:49, 50). o;ten In our own day does the Lord come in with His healing when all earthly physi cians have failed. Indeed, man's ex tremity is ever God's opportunity.' And It is not only extreme cases of sickness that can be taken to HIro, but extreme cases of sin, as well (1 Tim. 1:15; Heb. 7:25). He can heal not only those who are "at the point of death,"- but those who are already "dead" (Eph. 2:1). This man camo to Jesus because there was no one else to whom he could go, no one else who could help. For the same reason men come to Jesus now (Jno. 6; 68). If we would, induce men to come to Jesus, we must make clear to them that there Is no one else who can 6ave (Acts 4:12). Jesus wishes us to come to Him with all our troubles (Matt. 11:28; Ps. 50:15). There was no haste on Jesus part in grant ing the nobleman's request. The case was. Indeed, urgent, but there was something more urgent than the heal ing of the nobleman's boy; that was the development of the nobleman's faith. He had a faith that rested upon the sight of signs and wonders; Jesus would lead him out into a faith that rested upon His naked word (comp.' ch. 20:29; 1 Jno. 5:10, 11; 2 Pet. 1:17-19). When Jesus said, "except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe," He was seemingly contrasting the Jews with the Samar itans, who believed Him on Bimply hearing Him (vs. 29, 42), though they saw no miracles at all. The Samaritans regarded Him and sought Him as a Saviour; the nobleman re garded Him and sought Him as a II. The Nobleman's Faith end Its Reward, 50-54. At last Jesus said: "Go thy way, thy son liveth." Never had that nobleman heard such sweet music. And Jesus is ready to say the same thing to many to-day whose hearts are breaking over their sins, if they will only 6eek Him as this noble man did. The man's faith rose to the occasion. He "believed the word that Jesus spake." That word did not seem at all probable. The sole ground he had for faith was Jesus' word. His son was miles away; the man could see no change that had taken place, but he had Jesus' word and rested upon that. That was faith. He proved that "he believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him," by doing as Jesus had bidden him, "ho went his way." He asked for no sign; he no longer asked Jesus to "come down;" he counted that it was all done because Jesus said so. From Cana to Capernaum he walked by faith. Jesus often demands of us to walk In the same way. He gives us bare promise nothing else and de mands that we walk by that. That is enough. Happy is the man who counts It enough. The nobleman's faith proved to be well founded. Faith that rests upon the sure word of Christ always proves to be well founded. Christ's words cannot fall (Matt. 24:35). Everything had turned out as Jesus said it would, and everything will turn out every time just as God says it will (Acts 27:25; Josh. 23:14). The boy's improve ment had begun at the moment Jesus had spoken the word. "He spake and it was done." "He sent His word and healed him." Surely the one who had such power was the Son of God (comp. Ps. 33:9; 107:20). No won der that it is written that the noble uan "himself believed and his whole house." How could he do otherwise if he was an honest man? How. can any honest man read what is recorded in the various chapters of John with out being convinced that the stories related are true, and that the chief actor in them, Jesus, "is the Christ, the Son of God?" The growth of the nobleman's faith is an interesting and suggestive study. In verse 47 we see him believing In Jesus' power, in verse 50 believing in Jesus' word, and in versa 63 believing in Jesus Him self. THE CHEAPER WAY. "Do you know hubby, that wlien 1 go to Ostend I shall dream of you eve3j' night?" ' "If It'e all the same to you, I would prefer to have you stay with me and dream of Ostend."- Fliogende Blat ter. Philosophises the Dallas News: This Is a great world. Some are ex cited over politics, while others art excited over anthropology.. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16. Turning Defeat Into Victory. Matt, 26. 36-46; Psa. 86. You must be a Christian to under stand tliis theme. For the world Is full of trouble; most people fall oft ener than they succeed, are sad oft ener than they are glad; have more difficult tasks than simple ones; find more temptations than helps. Defeat; is more common than victory, unless' you are a Christian. What difference does being a Chris tian make? All the difference in the world. When you are on God's side and that is what ' It means to be a Christian all things, temptation, loss, sorrow, failure, work together for good. You see, you have put your self into" the hands of the Governor of the universe. , His plans are your plans, hla purposes your purposes, his will your will. And he is never de feated. There Is an old story of a man who bore a charmed life. Whatever his enemies did against him, he always profited by it. All their plots turned out In his favor, all their devices to hurt him only helped him the more. And the story is no myth. It is the truth of God. "When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his: enemies to be at peace with him." The truth which this theme enforces is proved at the very beginning of the Christian life. Conversion itself is a turning of defeat into victory.. Before conversion is conviction, and conviction is a sense of sin, of guilt, of failure, of defeat. But He who conquered in the face of the seem ing catastrophe of the cross ro veals Himself as Saviour, Reconciler, Ffiend, and sorrow Is turned to glad- ness, and weeping becomes a. song,! and the shadows of guilt flee away; all things have become new, and vic tory is won at the moment when all seemed most hopeless. And all the way through life this first conquest may be should be repeated. Just by holding on to the Christ, depending on his power, living in his presencefollowing his lead ings, doing his will that is the way to live the victory life and to turn all seeming disaster into complete , and glorious success. rj" CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR NOTES FEBRUARY SIXTEENTH. Ministering to Prisoners and the Poor. Matt. 25: 31-46. . A prisoner who craved ministry. Philemon 1-13. Chained In prison. Acts 12: 4-11. A Prison Endeavorer. Gen. 40: 1-8. Preaching to the poor. Luke 4: 16-22. Not grudgingly. Deut. 15: 8-11. A good example. Acts 9: 36-43. Christ's garments, taken from Him on Calvary, are restored to Him when we clothe the poor. . If Christ were in prison, how price less an opportunity would be each visitors' day! And He is. "When saw we Thee?" we cry. There is no blindness like the In ability to see a Christian opportunity. We have eternal life or eternal death In the doing or the refusing of Christlike deeds. Suggestions. Successful Christian End oleties exist in about twe state! prisons. Why not In all? If there is no penitentiary near you, where you may start a society. there is a Jail, where you may talK with the Inmates, and help them to an upright life when they leave. Each Christian, as a part of his Christian duty and privilege, should know well some poor family What is your attitude toward the poor? That is vour attitude toward Christ. Illustrations. Christian Endeavor may change the Iron of imprisonment Into the gold of a Christian faith. There is no trans mutation like that. A man who was freezing in the snow found another lost traveller, and in saving him, warmed and saved himself. The extra luxuries that make . us sick would keep all the poor well Look upon the next poor man you meet, and say, "When Christ was on earth, It was In such a lot as this, CAOUTCHOUC IN CUBA. Trees Which Require No Cultivation and Yield When Five Years Old. In describing the cultivatl( of a hardy variety of rubber tree ifr Cuba, a writer in the National Magazine of Cuba says that it is advisable to plant the small trees about six metres apart. In this way, at the age of 15 or 0 II. X 1 1 .1 ' rtf years me irees naving rescueu height of say thirty feet, do not Inter fere with minor cultivations. While the trees are reaching matur ity, the grower can raise beans, kid ney beans, nuts or cassavas, malanga, cotton and maize. The pineapple will make - profitable interpolated crop. The caoutchouc requires no culti vation, the grass and the vegetation assisting the young plant, and when older the shade eliminates all useless grasses and herbs. The tree can be tapped at the fifth year, but more sat-! lsiactory results will De attainea Dy waiting until the sixth year, and then, instead of abstracting two or three pounds of juice, It is prudent to takd no more than one to one and a half- pounds, according to the development! of the tree an average of one and a half pounds would be very reasonable. If methodically handled, the rubber! tree is extremely long lived, and from eighth to tenth years the tree will produce about six pounds ajpnuallyj and still remain in condition to give service many years to come. ' A flow nf Kft M1f -m . ' f mule wui impale g HiCSML.J
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