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1 •* “ ' r
Woman's "emancipation" has not gone
so far forward in New York as some
persons might suppose. It would be rea
sonable to think, for instance, that a
woman's earnings are her own by right.
But it Isn't so, in New York. The Su
preme Court of that etate has Just held
in a decision that "at common law the
husband is entitled absolutely to the
services and earnings of his wife."
When the body of Abraham Lincoln
was removed in Springfield the other day
from the temporary orypt In which It had
reeted for some time to tha national mon
ument that is to be its permanent resting
place. It underwent its eleventh transfer.
The formal dedication of the reconstruct
ed monument has been fixed for Oct. 15
next, the twenty-seventh anniversary of
the original dedication of the memorial.
A Wall street story has It that George
J. Gould has made JE.OOO.Ohh in the last
four years. Half of that sum. the storv
goes, has been made during the past two
months. "Leaving out tha fractions,"
says the New York correspondence of
the Baltimore Sun, "Mr. Gould's earning
capacity when working for himself is $7
every time the clock ticks. President
McKinley works a whole year to earn
what Mr. Gould makes in three hours of
an afternoon."
Thirty large Saratoga trunks will he
shipped from Pittsburg to New York dur
ing the next few days. They will con
tain the bonds of the Carnegie Company
that have been deposited in Pittsburg for
exchange in New York for bonds of the
United States Btefl Corporation. The
bonds to be sent from Pitlsburg will rep
resent a vaJue of 1117.000,000. Assorting
and canoellng them Is now going forward,
and the task Is said to be an extremely
tedious one.
The students of the Northwestern Uni
versity, where co-education is the rule,
are sorry for Prof. Algte R. Crook. In
a nearl-to-heart talk to his class the other
day ho made this statement: "I have nev
er uttered a profane word, have never
smoked, chewed tobacoo. drank intoxi
cants, nor hugged nor kissed a woman."
Tha young women of the class blushed
and looked confused. "Weil." si>oke up
n bold young chap, "you don't know shut
you've mled. Professor!” And the other
members of tlie class looked relieved and
smiled approval.
The. old building of the New York
Block Bachangc went out of bulncr*
permanently yasterday afternoon. The
buklne** of the concern will t* trn
ji-rred to the tkr of the Produce Kx-
Dense tienoororlly, until the new tttork
Exchange Unhung lu Uu a.rected The
ivw horn.; of the etock trader* I* to Itv
H>e of the fliwet flngnclal building* In the
world; arid It I* to be conetructed Urge
|y of Oeurgia marble. The U*t d*y* of
tna Exchange In the old building were
made memorable by the Immense
autoui>' of treeing done, and th<; *' ep
riuoaily high price* at whkh rwue*
which Mrllth the lie de;* to ‘'attending
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BOERS STILE HOPEKI L.
Notwithstanding the frequent reports re
ceived through British sources that the
war in South Africa is practice iy over,
it is evident from statements that are be
ing made by those who are well acquaint
ed with the condition of affairs there that
the Boers are still hopeful of getting, if
not complete indeiwmdenre. at least much
better terms than the British have yet of
fered them. Mr. Montagu White stated a
few day.- ago. that they had ammunition
enough to last them a good while, if they
were economical in the use of it, and that
they were in as pood a condition for con
tinuing the war as at any time during
the last fourteen months. 1L is certain
that their spirit is unbroken. They feel
that as their homes have been destroyed
and their farms laid waste they might
as well fight on in the hone that some
thing will turn up to their advantage.
The recent statement of the British min
ister of finance gave them ground for
hoping that Ist ter terms would be offered
them than unconditional surrender if they
continued the* war. It showed that the
British are heartily tired of the war and
would be glad to bring it to an end if
they could do so honorably to themselves,
even if they failed to force the Boers to
surrender unconditionally.
The Boers also hope that England will
become entangled in a war with Russia,
and, if not with Russia, then with the
United States. They have followed the
controversy between the United States
and Great Britain concerning the Clay
ton-Bulwer treaty, and they expect to see
the United States set aside that treaty
if Great Britain refuses to consent to its
abrogation, and that war between the two
countries will follow.
AH of this is of course looking a long
way ahead. Just now there are no alarm
ing signs of war between Great Britain
and Russia, and it is certain that there
Is no desire in this country for a war with
Great Britain or any other nation. It is
probable that there will be threatening
talk in connection with the Clayton-Bul
wer treaty, If an acceptable treaty rela
tive to the Nicaragua canal is not negotiat
ed before the meeting of Congress, but it
is doubtful if the threats will be followed
by war. Still there is a chance for a war
between Great Britain and Russia, and
also between Great Britain and this coun
try, and there is no reason why the Boers
should not get some satisfaction out of
this chance. The main hope of the Boers,
however, of getting better terms than
Orra* Britain has offered them Is the
growing dissatisfaction of the British peo
ple with the war. The British tax payer
Is feeling the burden of taxation, which
the war has imposed upon him, and is
grumbling. The government is putting
its hand too deeply Into his pocket and
he doesn't like It. It is not improbable
that popular sentiment against the war
will become so strong that the govern
ment will have to heed it and bring the
war to a close on the best terms obtain
able. The Boers are well informed as
to the actual situation- of affairs In Eng
land. and they have not very much, if
anything, more to lose by continuing the
war, while there Is a chance of gaining
a great deal.
RAIMI) INCREASE IN RICHES.
The Increase In (he size of the big for
tunes in this country that has taken place
with in the last year or two Is so great
that it is attracting vesy general atten
tion. For Instance, It is said that the
adopted daughter of the late C. P. Hunt
ington is threatening to bring suit for a
share of the increase in the Huntington
estate. At the time of Mr. Huntington’s
death his estate was appraised, for the
purpose of levying the inheritance tax,
at 270,000,000. It is stated that the estate
is now worth $90,000,000, although Mr
Huntington has been dead only a few
months. He left his adopted daughter
$1,000,000, and now she thinks she ought
to have a share of the $20,000,000 Increase.
It is estimated that there has been an
Increase in the Gould estate of $50,000,000,
on account of the great rise in the mar
ket value of securities, and of many mil
lions in the fortune of each one of the
Vanderbilts. In fact, all of the big for
tunes of citizens, of this country are
worth a great deal more now than they
were a year ago. The advance in nearly
all kinds of securities has made many
people who were only fairly well off com
paratively rich.
But the incomes from these big fortunes
havo not Increased in proportion as the
fortunes have. A 5 per cent, bond that
was worth only its face value a year ago,
and is worth on the market a quarter
or a third more than its face value now,
pays the same dividend. And it may be
that within the next year or two there
will be a decline in securities, and conse
quently a shrinkage in the size of the big
fortunes. But It is not a matter of much
consequence to a man whose fortune
amounts to many millions of dollars whut
the variations of the security market are,
so long as tlie dividends on his securities
are paid?
M. Paul de Cassagnao. editor of a Bon
apartist newspaper in Paris, thinks we
are "very mean” people, who try to
make out that we are honest and indus
trious when we are not. He says: ‘ The
American needed sugar and he took Cuba.
He needed coffee and he took Porto Riro.
He wanted to have an outlet for his com
merce in the" Bast ami he took the Philip
pines. He thought he could make use
of China and accompanied the Europeans
there. He made u feint of occupation and
then quietly went away, leaving behind
and betraying his allies for the benefit of
tlie cut-throat Chinese." Therefore, ac
cording to M. Cassagnac, we shall neve,
be able to "buy" the “esteem of the civ
ilized world.” It would be interesting to
know when this pessimistic Frenchman
projioses to visit Boston and lecture there,
lie would doubtless receive a warm wel
come In that city, where dislike and dls
parug.mcnt of America and Americana
seems to have become quite the proper
thing.
Gov, La Kolb u of Wlmonaln has tak
en a position • tint la llk< .y to make him
unpopular wilt) Mime of (he iw.lltltUns
in a special nieawage to lh legislature
the Ollier day lie told that body that there
were too many putdl ..fibre, thai a num
tjt of them scild and should be abolished
Ur the eating of a considerable sum of
money for the taxpayers He named dor
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THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1901.
THE CHINESE INDEMNITY.
Minister Conger does not seem to be in
complete harmony with the State Depart -
ment in the matter of the inderanlty
whtch China is to pay- It has been given
out at Washington several tiroes that our
government was anxious to make the in
demnity as light as possible, so that
China could pay it without putting a
heavier burden on her people than they
could bear. Jt was argued that if the
indemnity was so great that it would
dishearten the Chinese they might re
fuse to pay it, and thus afford the Euro- i
pean Powers an excuse for breaking up !
the empire.
It has not been so very long since our
State Department instructed Commission
er Roekhill to ask the Powers to reduce
their claims so that the whole amount j
of the indemnity would not exceed S2OO,- 1
000,000. The United States expressed their
willingness to scale down their claim to j
a very small sum although American j
troops were prominent In relieving the
besieged legations at Pekin, while the j
troops of Germany and France did not I
arrive at Pekin until the trouble was
over. Germany, however, is now putting
in a claim far greater than that of the
United States, and the claim of France
is out of all proportion to the damages
she has actually suffered and the ex
penses she has Incurred.
Minister Conger, who arrived at Ban
Francisco on Thursday, on his way to
his home, stated in an interview that
China could well afford to pay an in-,
domnity of $300,000,000. What better en
couragement could the European Powers,
which are Insisting upon an enormous in
demnity, have, than this statement of
Minister Conger, to Insist upon the full
amount of their claims? Our government
has been trying to have the amount of
the indemnity made as small as possible
on the ground that China is financially
unable- to- meet a large indemnity—as
large as the European Powers are in
sisting upon—but Minister Conger nulli
fies its efforts, in a great measure, by
asserting that China can pay $100,000,000
more than our government thinks she
can.
It is probable that Minister Conger
feels bitterly towards the Chinese. He
cannot forget his sufferings and the suf
fering* of his family while beselged In
Pekin by the Boxers. It is not improba
ble that if he could have his way he
would strip China of her wealth to pay
extortionate claims of the European
Powers. He fails to take into account
that it is of the utmost importance to
tliis country that business shall be re
sumed in China as soon as possible and
that th£ Chinese shall not be left so poor
that they- cannot buy our manufactured
products. He does not seem to be in touch
with the Chinese policy of the govern
ment which lie represents. If this is the
correct view of the situation he may not
bo urged to return to China when his
leave of absence expires.
A MILD MANNERED CRANK.
If the Rev. Dr. Parkhurst is a crank,
a* asserted by Gov. Candler, he is &
very mild-mannered one. In answer to
the Governor he simply said that he
thought the Governor was not speaking
his real sentiments, but was trying to
please those who were not in sympathy
with the mission of the Ogden philanthro
pists. Asa rule, the Governor speaks
his real sentiments and then regrets his
frankness if he finds that what he has
said does not meet with general approval.
There Is no doubt, however, that he said
what he thought respecting the educa
tion of negroes. And it would be better
for the negroes if they had less of the
kind of education that most of them are
getting. We would like to. see the ne
groes prosperous, but at present they are
not so, Education ts setting them back,
instead of helping them ahead. We do
not refer to those who are being educal
ed along industrial lines, and who become
very good citizens, but to those who are
taught Just enough to unfit them for any
occupation. Thy won t work at anything
steadily and they have no particular aim
or purpose in Ufa. They go to the towns
and become idlers and loafers. If they
were willing to work and were thrifty
they could become farmers and get ahead
in the world, but they don’t want to
work.
We don’t know whether Dr. Parkhurst
and the others of the Ogden party intend
to assist the negroes of the South or not.
As far <M- we know, the only donatijns
yet made by any one of them were made
for the benefit of white people at Colum
bus, Ga. If there are Northerners who
want to help educate the whites or the
blacks of the South we see no reason
why they shouldn't be permitted to do
so, but, at the same time, it ought to be
understood that the South is doing all
she can for the education of both races.
And the Southern people understand
much better than the Northern people
what Is best for the negroes In the
South.
It is doubtful If the negroes, outside
of the cities, have any better educational
advantages in the North than they have
in the South. The truth probably is the
members of the Ogden party don't know
what the educational advantages are In
the rural districts of either section. They
have been told that In the South both
the whites and the blacks, In the country
districts, have very few opportunities for
getting the rudiments of an education,
and having more money than they know
what to do with, they came South to dis
tribute some of it. Let them send their
money here if they want to. Their in
tentions are good, and their money may
do some good, particularly if it Is handlad
with Judgment. There is no use calling
them cranks or trying to belittle them in
the estimation of the public In any way.
Dr. Park hurst may bo lacking In Judg
ment, but there is no doubt of his sin
cerity.
Some of the British war officials are
so nervous that they dream dreams and
are frightened by them. For Instance, of
ficial circles In London are now dlscus
idng a Boer plot, said to have been put
Into execution, (o poison horses and
mules embarked at New Orleans for
South Africa. The sutqiosltlon Is that
lbs r emissaries, disguised as -teamsters.
Inoculated the animals with glanders as
they were being loaded on the sldpe.
Many animals have died on tha outward
voysges fiotn New Orleans, and reason
ing that ths Hun) would have |s,i*oa**<l
the atoms Is If they <ould Isisl-ai seems
to have toadied the - • u.efustoa that they
dtd The Milileli ag-nts at New Orleans
lbet>4wi lists Isea iiotnectcd la look
ui fvr pet sot.e Dying I* potsar. l.vt *< e
awed Mswlsa Aveunsd hm Capa less,
Great, rushing, busy New York is pop
ularly pictured as a heartless city in
which the milk of human kindness is
dried up. That picture is a libel. New
York's heart is warm and true, as is un
ostentatiously demonstrated hundreds of
times every day, beyond any doubt, in
deeds of goodness and charity. Such
deeds, however, seldom find their way
into the public prints, since ordinarily
they are not good "news" stories. An in
cident illustrating New York's better, and
least known, nature occurred the other
night in the heart of the Tenderloin. A
lady on her way borne from the theater
saw a ten-year-old boy lying asleep on
the sidewalk, his head on a doorstep. It
was raining and cold. She ordered her
carriage stopped, got out and threw her
carriage robe over the child, and sent her
coachman for a policeman. A crowd
quickly gathered. One man slipped a
quarter Into the pocket of the sleeping
child. Others quickly followed suit.
When the policeman came he took the boy
in his arms and carried him to the station,
where his clothes were dried. Then the
little fellow was treated to a nice hot sup
per by the polioe. He was a dead-broke
tittle newsboy, too tired to walk to his
home two miles further up the city. Such
Incidents are of frequent occurrence, but
few persons ever hear of them.
Texas has on her statute books an anti
trust law that is very stringent. Texas
has also struck oil. There is a lot of
talk about forming a $50,000,000 corpora
tion to exploit the oil. Attorney General
Bell was asked In Austin the other day
If there was anything in the anti-trust
law that would Interfere with the for
mation of the proposed corporation. He
declined to make a statement. A capital
ist with whom the Attorney General had
been in conference expressed it as his
opinion that the proposed corporation
would be permitted to do business In Tex
as without molestation by the state au
thorities, as it would not be In conflict
with any provision of the anti-trust law.
PERSONAL.
—Prof. Charles Howard Hinton, late of
the University of Minnesota, has recent
ly been appointed a computer at the na
tional naval observatory in Washington.
Prof. Hinton was graduated at Oxford,
and after continuing the study of mathe
matics in Germany, traveled extensively,
devoting several years to scientific re
search in Japan.
—The faculty and students of Furman
University in Greenville, S. C., celebrated
recently the semi-centennial anniversary
of Dr. C. H. Judson's connection with
the Institution, which was also his 81st
birthday. Dr. Judson is hale and hearty,
and is diligently serving the University
in the chair of mathematics, as he has
done for half a century.
—Capt. D. G. Parr of L ou >sville, Ky.,
has decided to trustees a residence val
ued at about SIO,OOO, to be used as a home
for aged and infirm Confederate soldiers.
Mrs. Jennie Sale, a daughter of Capt.
Parr, lately vacated the residence, and it
was partly througli her influence {hat
the gift was made. Mrs. Sale is an en
thusiastic Daughter of the Confederacy.
—The German Emperor has a fad for
collecting boots and shoes of famous peo
ple. and in the Marble Palace at Potsdam
he has 2,000 pairs. Among tihem are slip
pers reputed to have been worn by Ma
homet, the boots of Wallenstein, Gus
tavos Adolphus, Peter the Great, and Na
poleon Bonaparte, as well as specimens
of the footger worn by Frederick the
Great and others of his ancestors.
BRIGHT BITS.
—More Up-to-Date.—“Mazie has a grace
ful carriage, hasn't she?”
"Yes, but better still, her beau has a
splendid automobile."—Philadelphia Ev
ening Bulletin.
—No Telling.—Miss Prettygirl: Ferdy Is
such a fool I simply can't bear him. If
I should tell him to stay away—why, he
is such a fool I'm afraid he might.—
Judge.
—Ambition’s Frail Fabric.—" Jack, did
your new art magazine do as well as you
expected?”
"Yes, oh, yes; we got out one number
before we went into the receiver's hands."
—Chicago Record-Herald.
—Low-Down Meanness.—Casey: Thot
was a mean thrick th’> boss played on th’
boys!"
Cassidy: Phwat was thot?
Casey: whin they shtruck he raised
their pay before they even hod tolme to
go out and get a dhrink.—Puck.
—Evils of Economy.—" Overdid? I sup
pose so. I was saving up for my spring
clothes, and I made six far-apart calls
yesterday afternoon and went on foot to
save cab-hire, and now I spoil it all by
having a doctor, and I sha'n't have any
thing fit to wear."—Life.
—City and Suburban.—Miss Tooting
Beck (Suburban): Oh, Mr. Dash, what
horse is that they are all looking at?
Mr. Dash (City): That's the favorite,
Miss Beck.
Miss Tooting Beck: Really! What a
wonderful creature! It seems to have
run In every race I've heard of!—Punch.
CURRENT COMMENT.
The Springfield (Mass.) Republican
(Ind.) says: "Senator Morgan’s suggestion
that the Cubans be offered statehood In
the Union will satisfy very few, either
Americans or Cubans. Let them govern
themselves; there are objections to ietttnir
them help govern us. Th tobacco raisers
and the sugar growers in this country,
too, will rot welcome the Senator's sug
gestion. They don't care what happens
so long as they keep their market, but
tlie annexation of Cuba would make the
market look like a wet hen. Then there’s
the pledge What pledge? someone asks.
True, there Is a general weaknessof mem
ory concerning the pledge, but the pledge
was given to this effect; The United
States will get out of Cubu as soon as it
Is pacified, and leave the Island to its
people.”
The Pittsburg Dispatch (Rep.) says:
"The truth about the stock market Is that
it Is feverish. It is carrying a load of In
flated Industrial shares mid unduly high
priced railroad securities. The professional
traders who have made large profits on
the boom have been taking them and
probably a good many have been selling
for a reaction. The only question Is how
much of the reaction will satisfy them
and Induce them to cover, or huy for
another advance, Whatever else happens
the unsotdfistlcatrd public, anxious to get
rich quick, is exit tev> to pay for the fun
the regulars are having."
Ths Cincinnati Enquirer (Dem > says;
"A r’ul.sn .unimiseiun ■ ttinsl accomplish
much in (!•• United Staias now. Congress
ig 'at in sswslon, and the Klwiitlvs lie
puiiw.eM will soon be on wheel* for a
month Doubtless the President can e>
• H** si ) desirable rnodlfb slton of legls
i*iurn when assembles in Us
, • tn4r, but liter* Is M niu< ti p rasped of
a .undue !n In Cub Meg Meg sir# before that
tune All ibo results of lbs lg.er.lsn-Amer.
ksk m rw dragging along dismally."
Got Him at Lat.
"The other day." said the literary-In
cilned man, according to the Denver
Times, "I sent in a manuscript to an
Eastern magazine, and, of course, it was
turned down. I wouldn’t have cared for
that, but the editor attacked my origi
nality by saying that something had been
written along those same lines in some
other magazine somewhere.
’’Well, what did you do?" inquired the
patient listener.
"Oh, I wrote another story and sent it
in. It was returned in the same way,
and for the same alleged reasons. How
ever, not being discouraged, I wrote still
another story and sent that in to him. He
sent that back, too.”
"After that what did you do?"
"Sat down and wrote an article entitled
‘The I-ack of Originiality Among Promi
nent Authors,’ and I be blamed if I didn't
get a check for it to-day."
Paddy, the Yankee and the Tartle.
In New York a man was carrying a live
turtle along the street, when be came an
Irishman, followed by a large dog, says
the Baltimore Sun. The countryman
tried by gentle words to get the son of
the Emerald Isle to put his finger into the
turtle’s mouth, but he was too smart
for that.
"But says Pat, "I'll put my dog's tail in
and see what the basie will do.”
He immediately called his dog, took its
tail in his hand and stuck it in the tur
tle’s mouth. He had scarcely got It in
when Mr. Turtle shut down on the poor
dog's tail, and off the latter started at
railroad speed, pulling the turtle after
him at a more rapid rate than ever it had
traveled before. The countryman, think
ing that his day’s work would be thrown
away if the animal should run at that
rate, turned with a savage look upon the
Irishman and exclaimed:
"Call back your dog”’
Paddy put his hands into his pockets,
threw his head to one side, winked, and
then answered, with a provoking sang
froid: “Call back your fish!”
Fatal Obstacle.
"No, mamma. I cannot marry him! My
dream is over!”
Unshed tears stood in Glycerine Mc-
Curdy’s eyes. She was not quite ready
to shed them yet, or they would have beer,
shed, says the Baltimore Sun.
But let that pass.
"Why do you say that, my daughter?"
asked the elderly woman, on whose sweet
face, crowned with a wealth or sliver
hair, was a look of anxious concern. "Has
he failed in business?”
"No, mamma."
“Have you discovered that he keeps low
associates?”
"Oh, no. It is not that.”
“Has he formed drinking habits?”
"No.”
"Ig he penurious?"
"Never.”
’’Has he deceived you in regard to his
expectations?”
“Not to my knowledge."
"Is he not handsome?"
"He is."
"Is he not well-bred, courteous, atten
tive, and ”
“Oh, yes, mamma; he is all that. It Is
nothing pertaining to his reputation, his
habits, or his treatment of me.”
"Then what, under heaven, my child, is
the insurmountable barrier that has arisen
between you?”
“Mamma,” wailed the daughter, with
tears in her voice—how they got there
nobody knows, but let that also pass—
"mamma, the stripes on his cuffs run the
wrong way!”
►<>■
The Dream Fulfilled.
"I noticed an article in the Star a few
days ago on presentiments of death,"
said an army officer to the Washington
Star, "which reminded me of an instance
coming under my personal observation
during the Civil War.
“A general officer on the staff of Gen.
Rosecrans received a letter from his
brother, slating that he (the brother) was
in receipt of a letter from a lady friend,
in which she stated that she had dreamed
that the army officer would be killed up
on a certain day which she specified.
"The brother, in acquainting the offi
cer with the premonition, ridiculed the
probabilities of its fulfillment, and ad
vised the officer not to take it to heart
or attach any weight to what was un
doubtedly a visionary creation.
"I knew the officer very well. He took
on opposite view to hts brother, and de
clared and seemed to feel that it was des
tined to prove true. He spoke of it often
to his intimates on the staff, and made
preparations to meet death by arranging
his worldly affairs. He was a Catholic,
and so convinced was he that he was to
die that he received the sacraments of the
church.
"On the day when the lady had dream
ed he was to be killed the battle of Mur
freesboro was raging. He mounted his
horse to carry out an order of his com
manding general, and as he was riding
over a field a few yards from where I
was stationed a shell exploded so close
to him that he was instantly killed, be
ing nearly decapitated.
"So impressed was he that that day
was to be his last on earth that he spent
the morning at intervals reading a small
pocket edition of the religious book. This
book was In his hand when the shell ex
ploded.
“Strange to say. the lady who had the
dream was not well acquainted with the
officer, but knew his brother, who was a
priest, very well. The fact that she should
have had such a dream at all concternlng
one whom she scarcely knew, that it
should be communicated to Its subject,
and that he should be killed on the very
day she named, was one of the many re
markable and unaccountable actual hap
penings of the Civil War which I person
ally know to be true."
The Procrastination Lullaby.
From the Bismarck Tribune.
The letter that I ought to write.
And put off day to day.
The many tasks I ought to do
The calls I ought to pay,
The social favors that I owe,
1 think of them and yawn—heigh-o-o!
I’U wait another day.
The sick I ought to go to see.
The garments I should mend.
The books I promised to return
Oh, torments without end!
They all rise up like skeletons
And mock me, but someway
I think of them and yawn—helgh-o-o!
I'll wait another day.
The poem that I ought to write,
The fame I should attain,
The laurels that my hands would reach,
The name I hope to gain.
They urge me, scourge me, beckon me,
Revile me, but someway
I sit and think and yawn—helgh-o-o!
1 II wait another day.
The little good 1 ought to do,
The poor 1 ought to old,
The weak l should lend succor to,
All in my mind arrayed.
March angrily and to and fro,
I ought to—but someway
I sit and dream and yawn—helgh-o-o!
i’ll wait another day.
The prep irations I should make
For better life *om* day,
The medicines that I should take,
Tlic prayer* I ought lo pray,
They troop before me to and fr®.
And call me, but someway
I d< n't !•-*! ilk* It now—helgh-o-o!
i i| watt another day.
Mince you’re my friend—a valued friend—
I don't mind telling you
To do >rr all I do intend
I It* las he | ought lu Mo- -
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■■■THE GENUINE BEARS THE NAME •• HORSFORD’S” ON LABEL,
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
—The new naval academy at Annapolis
will be a fine structure. When completed
the building will have cost $3,00,000 and
will be finer than any government struc
ture outside of Washington. It will ac
commodate 500 cadets.
—For the first time since the Grand
Army of the Republic was organized the
mortality in the order last year went
beyond 10,000. Within four or five years
one-half of the 400.000 members in 1890
will have passed from the rolls of the
living.
—Of all the British colonies New Zea
land has sent the largest proportion of its
strong youth to fight on the African
veldt. While Canada has sent one in
every 1,228 of its population and Austra
lia one in every 880, New Zealand has
sent one in every 335.
—During the ended March 14, 1901,
no less than sixty-five national banks,
representing over $2,000,000 in capital
stock, began business in Texas. Most of
them ere situated in small towns and
will stimulate business in sections where
banks were scarce before.
Tramps in England are fast growing
fewer. In one county there were about
half as many tramps last year as there
were four years ago, and in another
county there were not one-third as many.
Enlistments for the army and navy are
considered the cause of the decrease.
—The municipal ownership party in St.
Louis, which polled 30,000 votes in the
recent city election, is encouraged to be
come active in state politics. Its name
will be changed from "municipal owner
ship" to "public ownership” if the idea
matures. It is socialistic from the ground
up.
—An old horn snuff-box once belonging
to Sir Francis Drake, possibly the one
which he used at Plymouth Hoe during
his famous game of bowls, has just been
sold for £3 10s in London. The snuffbox
is a quaint old relic, bearing the coat of
arms of Sir Francis, with his name on
the lid.
-Twenty-four of ,the leading bankers,
professional men and merchants of Rich
land, Mo., have entered into a covenant
to parade on May 1 in shirtwaists, march
ing through the principal streets. At
night they will give an entertainment and
supper to Introduce the shirtwaist as a
substitute for the "spike-tail” and Tex
edo.
—From Dalmatia has come a perennial
cabbage, which forms the principal food
of hundreds of families in Dalmatia. It
grows to a bight of five feet and bears
tender leaves throughout the winter.
These are picked singly or the whole head
is cut and the stems sprout again. It
stands in the fields for three or four
years.
—At the Paris Exposition the United
States Weather Bureau was awarded a
grand prix. Gold medals were also award
ed to Prof. C. F. Marvin for instru
ments, apparatus and appliances, and to
Prof. A. J. Henry for cloud photographs.
The weather bureau will make an exten
sive exhibit at the pan-American Expo
sition.
—The United States are now patronizing
the banana plantations of the West In
dies and of Central America to the amount
of about $8,000,000 a year. That is the
exporting, not the retail value. The isl
and of Jamaica alone is sending to this
country over 4,000.000 bunches a year,
which means $1,800,000 to the producers and
shippers of the colony.
—The latest convenience in the New
York apartment is a private safe, built
into the wall, and so arranged that only
the tenant is acquainted with the com
bination. This makes it possible for the
flat dweller possessing valuable silver,
jewels and papers to keep them in his
apartment instead of in the vaults of the
safe deposit df the bank.
—Of the pure Hawaiians 83 per cent, and
of the part Hawaiians 91 per cent, can
read and write.- Out of a population of
199,030 the Hawaiians form 36 per ceht., a
little more than one-third. But of the
children in the sc'hools the Hawaiian and
part Hawaiian number one-half. Of the
6,327 landholders in the island 4,717 are
Hawaiians, more than two-thirds.
—A recent census of the population of
Rio de Janeiro gives the city approxi
mately 650.000 inhabitants. This is much
smaller than was generally supposed. In
all, there are 60.132 houses and dwellings,
giving the large average of ten people
each. The tenements are crowded with
hundreds of occupants, many of them liv
ing in the most wretched manner.
—The public printer of Minnesota beat
all records by issuing tbe laws passed by
the recent Legislature within two days
after adjournment. They consist df 181
general laws, fourteen spec tal laws and
two constitutional amendrriahts. They
comprise 140 columns of type set in non
pareil and agate. When “made up” they
make twenty-pages of an ordinary daily
newspapers.
—A table, published In the annual report
of the Department of Agriculture, is en
lightening as to the amount of money the
people of the United States spent in pur
chasing favorite flowers at retail in 1899-
roses, $6,000,(00; carnations, $4,000,000; vio
lets. $750,000; chrysanthemums:, $800,000;
miscellaneous, including lilies, $1,250,000.
These vast sums found their way into the
pockets of nearly 100,000 producers and
dealers.
—The origin of the tiger as an emblem
of Tammany is said by W. C. Montanye,
a coffee and spice dealer in New York, to
dnte from the time when William M.
Tweed, then foreman of "Big Six" fire
company, took a fancy to a picture of a
royal Bengal tiger in the elder Montanye's
store in the ’so's. Tweed adopted the em
blem for the Americus Club, and It soon
was accepted by all Tammany.
—President David Starr Jordan of Stan
ford University, who has accepted an of
fer from the United States Fish t'ommi*-
ston to take charge of an expedition for
the investigation of the fish of the Ha
waiian lalnnda. will devote two month*
to the investigation, following which a
report will be made out and forwarded to
Washington, to be used as a basis for a
general plan of extending the work of the
Federal Kish i.'ornmlselon to the Islands.
—Cleveland has a home gardening asso
ciation which encourages children to cul
tivate flower# at home, LaU spring the
nssoelatian distributed to children Wt,tsu
penny packages of flower seeds, accom
panied w't h printed lueirm ttn* how to
preftMlw the soil. plaiil and water. Tim
tevti-te supplemented these instruction#
by talks, lu the fall exhibitions tears
In Id In many s tiwiis. which revealed lit#
fhvd that alen.it ti par coat, of the effort*
eg lb* children wire successful-
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SLUEUILhi.
For Isle of Hope, Montgomery, Thunder
bolt, Cattle Park and West End.
Dally except 6undays. Subject to
change without notice.
ISLE OF HOPE.
Lv. City for I. ot H.j Lv. Isle of Hope. '
630 am from 40th 600 am for Bolton
730 am from 40th 600 am for 40th
8 am from 40th 700 am for 40th
9 16 am from Bolton 8 Ou am for 40th
10 So am from 40th 10 00 am for (oth
UOO n'n from 40th |U 00 am for Bolton
1 lo pm from Bolton II 30 am for 40th
230 pm from 40th 200 pm for 40th
3 pm from 40th 240 pm for Bolton
430 pm from 4uth 300 pm for 40th
5 15 pm from Bolton 4 00 pm for 40tb
530 pm from 40th 600 pm for 40th
630 pm from 40th 700 pm for 40th
780 pm from 40th 800 pm for 40th
830 pm from 40th 900 pm for 40th
930 pm from 40th 10 00 pm for 40th
10 30 pm from 40th 11 00 pm for 40th
MONTGOMERY.
Lv - city for Mong’yTj Lv7~Montgomt ry. '
8 30 am from 40th | 7 15~ara for 40: h
2 30 pm from 40th j 1 15 pm for 40th
6 30 pm from 40th | 6 00 pm for 40th
CATTLE PARK.
Lv city for C.. Park , Lv. Cattie’Paru.
6 30 am from Bolton; 7 00 am for Bolton
7 30 am from Boltoni 8 00 am for Bolton
1 00 pm from Bo.ton| 1 30 pm for Bolton
2 30 pm from Bolton| 3 00 pm for Bolton
7 00 pm from Bolton[ 7 30 pm for Bolton
8 00 pm from Boltou| 8 30 pm for Bolton
THUNDERBOLT
Car leaves Bolt* street junction 530
a tn. and every thirty minutes thereafter
until 11:30 p. m.
Car leaves Thunderbolt a* 6:00 a. m.
and every thirty minutes thereafter untli
12:00 midnight, for Bolton street junc
tion.
FREIGT AND PARCEL CAR.
This car carries trailer for passengers
on all trips and leaves east side of city
market for Isle of Hope, Thunderbolt
and all intermediate points at 9;00 a. m.
1:00 p. m., 5:00 p. m.
Leaves Isle of Hope for Thunderbolt,
City Market and all Intermediate points
at 6:00 a. m.. 11:00 a. m., 2:40 p. m.
WEST END CAR.
Car leaves west side of City Market
for West End 6:00 a. m. and every 40
minutes thereafter during the day until
11:30 p. m.
Leaves West End at 6:20 a. m. and ev
ery 40 minutes thereafter during the day
until 12:00 o'clock midnight.
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The steamships of this company are ap
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(Central Standard Time):
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D. H. MILLER, Capt. Peters, BATUR
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ITASCA, Capt. Hudgins, TUESDAY, April
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HUDSON, Capt. James, THURSDAY,
May 2, at 5:30 p. m.
TEXAS, Capt. Eldredge, SATURDAY,
May 4, at 6:30 p. m.
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BERKSHIRE. Capt. Ryan, TUESDAY,
April 30, at 3:00 p. m.
ALLEGHANY, Capt. Foster, SATUR
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