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it ?eccnd-clas? matter under act of Con- .
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SATURDAY, J1"LY 22, 1911.
THE LOOTED TOWN OK LAWRENCE.
Lawrence is one of the largest Cities
In the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
By the last United States Census It had
a population of 86*892 last year, an in?
crease of more than ."7 per cent, during \
the last decade. It Is situated within
thirty miles of Boston, has been re?
garded as one of the show places ot
the Old Bay State, distinguished for
the Industry Ot Its Inhabitants and the
strength of Its administration. A
strange thing has happened. M T.
White, former Mayor of the town, who
was compelled to resign his office not
long ago, and who until recently was
one of the most respected ciMz.-ns ot
the community, now occupies a cell In
jail; his former secretary his pleaded
guilty to an indictment for bribery,
the fire marshal and one of the Alder-'
men are in prison. Charged with steal- J
ing or bribery- a number of the other
members of the city government have I
been nnd still are under Indictment for
the same offences: the town is bank- '
rupt. nnd the present Mayor his beenI
compelled to go to the Governor and
the General Court, asking for a loan ot
$500,000 for ten years to enable the
city to Ri on with its affairs Hun?
dreds of the city employees have been
discharged; the June bills have noti
been paid; there Is no money in the
public treasury to meet future ?bll- ,
gntions; the testimony that has been I
taken shows that there has been steal-:
Ing right and loft; that an organized'
band of thieves has been robbing the
city In every possible way. that this j
stealing has heen going on for years,
and that popular government in Liaw> j
rence has failed
A committee of representative citl-j
eens hnve gone to the State with thej
request that the affairs of the cltv be
taken over by the Commonwealth;!
that a sufficient amount of money be j
granted by the State to tide the town I
over its troubles, nnd that the affairs!
of the community be administered by |
the State under such a form of com- j
mission control as will enable the town \
to pay what It owes nnd to provide -
the means with which Its business may
be honestly conducted In the future. I
Possibly some such arrangement will '
he made: something must be done, and!
done at once.
We can very well Imagine that the"
respectable people of the Slate should!
feel oeenly mortified by the disclosures. !
but they are themselves to blame. They I
have suffered the thieves to control the!
?lections, to fill the offices, to manage!
the finnnces. until there arc no finances
left to manage, and they are now won-!
dering-how it was possible. It wns'
possible because they would not do \
their duty aj("b?Qd Citizens, and they!
have got exactly what they deserve_|
a discredited community, an empty!
treasury, a gang of robbers to deal
with In the courts llouhtless many
of the now thoroughly aroused "repre
?entative citizens'1 have heen making a
virtue of dodging jury duty and have:
depended upon the managers of the pol?
itics of the wards to manipulate the 1
voters at the polls.
It is a disgraceful state of things;
but It is a state of things that can be'
co.ir.trd upon in every community!
where the "respectables" allow the
rabble to run its affairs. The :i.-s;
thing for the Lawrence people to do is
t" send the thieves and grafters and '
bribers to jail, and after that to lake
s more Jealous Interest in the business I
of government.
AKTI.lt MUs EDDY'S MILLIONS.
Mrs Mary Baker Glover Eddy dje 1
last December. She was th- Pounder
of the religious cull known as Chris?
tian Science She left a large estate,
the greater part of it for the tue of
the Church which she founded. She
left also one son, George W Glover,
and an adopted son. for whrm she'
had made very liberal provision while'
She was living, for which they ap. j
peared to be duly thankful, and which ;
they acknowledged AS payment In full
of any claims they could have ir, law
or In equity on what belonged to her. ?
The estate left for the promulgalion ?
of the doctrlr.es of Christian Science i
amounts to something like $3,000,000,1
and this "money George Glover and the:
adopted son are now trying get ]
their hands on. acting through their
attorney, the Hon Wllliahi t? Ciiand-'
ler, of New Hampshire, who h.lB n|ed
with the Court nt Concord certain j
amendments to the former pleas thai
have been made. aFkinp that the
money ht turned over to his client-.
The ground upon which this, petition
rests is the claim ihm Mrs. Eddy was
a poor deluded creature, trial the ?y?.
ttm of religious teachings she in?
vented are ."pernicious and homile to
organized society, and constitute a
business which Is forbidden and made
void by public policy and the laws of
the land," and so on. and so on, and
s.l for the purpose of getting the
money for George Glover, not one I
penny of which he earned and not ono !
penny of which. In all fulrne?s, should I
he be permitted to touch.
Wo agree with Mr. Chandler In'hlsl
general proposition that Christian
Science Is a fraud, we have always
thought that It was; but it is a "bust- [
ness" which lias been recognized by
tho laws of the land, and there ure I
?Cme hundreds of thousands of people ?
in this country who think that it is a
good system. It owns churches that
are well endowed, it conducts educa- 1
tlonul institutions of one sort an.1 an?
other. Its adherents worship Go<J ac- :
cording to the dictates ot their own .
consciences as the Constitution per?
mits, and it Is entitled to what Mrs. ;
Eddy left for Its uses, if any trust
can be regarded as good In law. With
the theolnglcnl questions which form
the basis of Mr. Chandler's plea for
the acquisition of $2,600,000 for the
benefit of Ills clients, the Court should
have nothing to do. It th? will Is to
be Invalidated, so far as the Christian
Science establishment is concerned, the;
Court should find a way to turn the
money into the common fund and not;
Into the pocket of George Glover and |
his counsel.
IUCH C11 KAM ANU M> POOH KIN.
According to the report of Hester, l
of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange;
the takings of the Northern spinners
during the last year wen- 1.0S3.666 j
bales of cotton, a decrease of ;>0.!"1S
bales as compared with the previous
year. D?ring the same period the
takings of the .Southern spinners were
2.112,336 bales, a decrease of ft,"..Tis
bales as compared with the takings of t
th,- corresponding period the previous
year. In spite of the larger decrease
In the takings of the Southern spin?
ners, the figures show that the actual
consumption of cotton by the Southern
miljs wats 12S.S70 balr-s in excess of
tho consumption by the Northern
mills, which shows that the mill* are
coming to the cotton. If we all live | |
and have goo.f health and the law- i
makers will give the industry hulf a
chance, the time will come speedily
when the Southern States?the Cot ton
growing States?will control the cot?
ton-spinning Industry of thts country
even as they now control and must ,
continue to control the cotton-growing .
of the world. Tho South Is coming
into its own. Nothing but foolish
legislation and wild administration
can postpone the day of our industrial
and commercial Independence.
Not only Is the South making slant
strides in the business of manufac?
turing, but Its Increasing wealth is '
shown In^the money now on deposit In
It? banks. On lune 7. 1911. the do-I
posits in Nntlojial banks In the South ' ,
were $726,237,726, or nearly three (
time? as much as in 1900. Between dune
2S.UifiO.tmd .lune 7. 1011, the deposits
Increased from $593,853,076 to $72fi,2s.i,
72fi. or by $127,432,651, or 21.3 per
cent. The increase in the deposits of
the .National banks in all the rest
of the country amounted to only 10.5 |
per cent., and the total deposits in the
National banks of the South amounted i
to in.2 per cent.; of the total deposits i ,
of the kind In the whole country. It
is worth noting that of the savings .
deposits in the National banks of the |
country $100,483,935 are in the South?
ern banks In .Tune. 11>09. the de.
posits In the National banks of Vir?
ginia were 161,992.SSI; In .tune, 1911. ,
the deposits in the National bnnks of |
Virginia were $$0,070,996, an Increase I ,
of $19,078,111 in the course of two!
yoars, nnd not particularly good years
at that. Only in the two States of
Maryland and Texas were there larger
deposits In the National banks of any j,
Southern State than in the State Of ,
Virginia.
These are all wonderfully encourag
Ing figure.-. Thev show that not only
is the- South spinninr Its own cotton. ;
b it that It Is keeping its money at I .
home. for the development of homo j,
enterprises.
IMF. II I MM; < OST OP PIKES.
In the first six months of this year'
fire losses in the United States and.
Canada exceeded those of I9in for the!
same months by $30.000,000. Nor was:
1910 a good tire year. The losses dur !
ing the twelve months of ifllO were!
$235.500.000, At the present rato this!
year will count $300,000,000 wasted In
smoke and ashes. To this must be add-j
ed by Government estimate nearly)
$25*0.0OO,06o for costs of fire protcctlpn.
Eor 190" this amounted to $241.111,442.
Ii consisted of the following items:
Excess "f insurance- premiums over '
payments of losses. $145,604,362: waterl
ivorks expense on account of fire pro-)
t.ectlpn, $28,S56,235; expenses of tire i
departments. US.940,845; costs r.f prl-j'
vate fire protection. $1 S.OOO.onn. For) 1
? lHOT the total lire lax. Including losses!
and tire protection, was $5.36 per capi?
ta 1' I* a heavy t;.x, but the worst of
? t is thai fire does not shift property
values from one person to another.
When a house- or stock of goods or a
;.:..'.n elevator lull of grain or a lum?
ber yard or n forest burns, wealth
heaped up by nature anil appropriated
by man is withdrawn from human use
anil returned to nature alone.
Perusual of some tire statistics col?
lected by our consuls should cause us
.to think and act. Confeul-Genera] Ma-'
son, at. Paris, reports 2,049 tires at'
Paris In 1968: 2.1R7 In 190ft. and J ,
In 1910. r,f the 2.049 fires In Paris In
19t>8| 1.634 were accompanied with lessl
thai. $200 joss In each case, th- t,.t ,i
amounting to ?K.491. The 415 fire.J
Wim losses above *20o eaTTsed u total!
loss of $1.343,919. The total le.sses Of
all tires In Paris In 190R were $1.300,
413. The population of Pails is i
I S46,9:;7 and there are. 1,803 firemen, In
eluding ofTlcors. The cost of the firs
department was 24 cents to the head of
i population. The tiremen are efficient,
; though the apparatus Is very simple
; One of tho most effective units of the
I equipment 1? an automobile able to
carry eight men besides short sections
of hose, sixty-five buckets, one hand
pump, three ten-foot ladders, together
with axes, hammer.'. < to. This force
can extinguish most Bros, which, on
account Of the safe construction of]
buildings and tho careful, frugal use
of fire and fuel In French homes are
usually confined to the room or the
story in which they start.
The report from Berlin Is similar.
Houses there must be Insured. In a
decade losses have never exceeded
?3no.tiOO but once. In 1908-9, when pay?
ments <>f $301,403 were made to policy
holders The Berlin lire department!
cost ftf.OD SI I In 1909-10. atw the n\cr-l
age cost has been steadily about I'.O
cents to the head of population
Carrying the comparison further, the
following figures are official: The an-,
nual tire loss in Austria is?#7,601,389, |
per capita 29 cents; in Denmark. $'??'?>.-|
924, per capita cents: In France, j
$11. ?99.27.-,. per capita 30 .it*;' |n
Germany, $27,655,000, per capita 41
cents: In Italy. $4,113,725, per capita. 12
cents; in Switzerland $999,364, per
capita 30 cents; In Canada. $23.f>93;296,
per capita $3.11.
No magic is used in securing the re?
sults obtained by other lands. Wood
burns as easily In France und Germany!
as here. There is le.-s of it used In!
construction, howOver, in foreign ooun-i
tries. Oil. rags and paper are not tol-!
^rated in Berlin. Lighted matches and
?ignrette sparks are alike everywhere.;
The difference is that abroad people |
ire taught to waste no matches an'l |
to risk no lire by throwing down any- I
thing lighied.
??HETTY EXPENSIVE COLLEGE.
Clemson College, South Carolina. Is I
supported largely by the special tax j
r>n commercial fertilizers mnnufactur- ?
ed or sold In that State. Last year. !
according to the Greenwood Dally:
JOtirhal, there was expended on this J
institution more than $312,000, of
which amount $155,053.43 was expend-:
id on the operating expense? ot the
Collece. AI a recent meeting of the
citizens of Lexington County a reso?
lution was adopted memorializing thej
Legislature to pass a bill providing)
lhal one-half of the fertilizer tnx bo ?
Lakoh away from Clemson College and ;
Slven to the common schools of the :
Slate. That would be pure waste, as j
he tax so divided would give the I
ommon schools practically nothing
If the tax is to he divided it should
he divided with the other State Insti?
tutions, the University at Columbia.
Ihe Woman's College at Rock Hill, or
ihe Citadel Academy nt Charleston. j
There Is no complaint as to the ex
-eiient quality of the work done at j
Clemson; the fault Is to be found not
ivith the liberal support it receives,;
nit with the fact that it Is a State
""ollege and is really not under the 1
;ontroi of the State, the management'
>f Its affairs being entrusted to a
board which Ihe State neither selects
nor controls; a board.Which was large?
ly partisan In Its creation and which
is self-porpetuatlng. What the State
Legislature ought to do Is to destroy
ihe Clemson trust and then give the
College all the money It needs for its
liberal support and continuous devel?
opment.
FETCH THE PRINCE TO RICHMOND.
The Prince of Wales Is to be sent
iround the world on a visit to all ih<;
British dependencies, nnd U is ex
riected that he will come to the United
States. In passing. Manifestly, he
should not be permitted to come te>
Ibis country without coming to Vir
jlntn, one of the oldest nnd most j
loyal of the British colonies In this l
hemisphere, and to Richmond, the
Capital of the Old Dominion. Steps \
should be taken by tho authorities of
Uichmond and Virginia looking to the i
reception and entertainment of the j
Prince on his tour of this country.
He're he would meet his own people
ind see for himself what the Third
3eorge lost by not heeding the repre?
sentations of his colonist*
JOHN H %YS I V VAUDEVILLE.
.lohn Hays Hammond has returned i
io tho United States from tho coro- j
-lalion of King George. He was the
ipecial representative of the Presl
leni "f the United States on that au?
spicious Occasion and behaved himself
with great dignity. He must have
spent a gre.-.t deal of money, and as
ne is of frugal mind, though of lavish
ilsposltlon, we would suggest that he
might recoup at least a large part of
:he wealth he put out in this venture
?y going Into the vaudeville business.
Almost anv one of the larger amuse?
ment houses in the Metropolis would
Be willing to pay him handsomely for
in appearance every night for ten
nlhutes in the clothes he wore when
lie was gallivanting with Royalty. I
\ It TO ft HM s DEFEAT.
The Cleveland Leader lakes Ihe po- |
dtion that "no victory won for the
Commission plan ol government In
[ties has I.n more significant of
!.? growing popularity and strength
ivith the people" than tho defeat .t
a.et Tuesday In Jersey City. In a totul
cote of almost 24,600 the new plan
was beaten by less than 1,500 ma ?
ionty. It was endorsed in tho "home
wards" of the city The adverse mn
rlty enme from the localities where
the floating and Irresponsible popu?
lation is largest, and there aro many
mon who have neither families nor set
Interests in the tfty.
The election was held at the worst
Ol the year fo- testing the iien
llmenl ot the wh'te community, for
otera v., re jivay from home and
many round it difficult to givo atten?
tion to poiitic.^r problems In mldsuin
1 ..' /the reason why the is
!.?!. ?d upon the voters of
f the parly bosses with
if ore opportunity for put
? adequately before
Ihe coif.n-.?f.ty.
\ Jf . is like an overflow of
th?- river wards of the lower pnrt of
Manhattan Island. XI is colored by
New York in ovory way. nnd Jersey
City politics can usually t,c expected to
resemble the baser kind of politics in
the vast metropolis which over?
shadows it. "One might as well look
for it quick decision In favor of a
reform llko the short ballot in New
York itself."
in view of these circumstances, it in
the opinion of the Leader that the
slim majority against the commission
plan In Jersey City has the "moral el"
tccl of a notable vlotbry." It shows
that the commission system appeals
strongly to public sentiment in the
Bast.
SETTING A tiOtll) EXAMPLE.
After all this time, it remained for
tlie llttl.- city of Talladega, Alabama, to'
set the example for city officers who do
not know what to do when confronted
with commission government?the is-]
sue which Is popping up everywhere
and which usually evokes, the strenu?
ous opposition of the men who are In
authority at the city hall.
When the matter of adopting the
commission form of government was
broached in Taliudega, the subject wasj
discussed by ihe Ahlermen of the city.'
and their decision was to keep their :
hands oil. Because their position upon
the mutter was of keen Interest to* the I
people, an,I likewise a source of much ;
speculation, the officers got together;
ami declared themselves In the lollow- '
ing manner:
"An election having been called to
asi srtaln the advisability- of establish?
ing a commission form of government
for our city, tiie Mayor and Board of
Aldermen jtcel that this, question should'
be decided purely upon its merits; In :
other wo:ds, this is an issue of mens-I
tires, and not one of men.
"Your Board considers this question
one of great and nn>.st vital Importance,
and is Itself divided thereon. and:
trusts that Its friends and former sup- '
porters will vote their convictions on j
the question at issue, as the Board Is
In no wise personally'Interested in the;
result."
The Councilman of other cities might
well study and Imitate the example set '
by the City Fathers of this little Ala
bama city. Anyway, what Is the use i
Of trying to beat buck the wave?
TIIE DUNCOMHE COUNTY APPLE.
Moved anil instigate,! by the wonder
ful success of npple-groWlng In vir
ginla, the North Carolina papers are
beginning to agitate for the prosecu
lion of this Industry In that State, the:
Aahoville Gazette-News saying that ,
while "Virginia Is far ahead of North
Carolina in respect tb market methods, ,
our (the North Carolina) apples are'
undisputed champions of the world." 1
This Is drawing It rather strong; but |
that "Is of his walk the way." The.
Charlotte Chronicle says. "The only;
thing necessary to bring North Carolina '
to the front as the greatest apple
growing State In the world is for the!
people of the mountain counties to go
Into apple culture on a business basis,*
giving the proper care t" the cultlva ? 1
tlon of the fruit and Its preparation'
for the market. The apple orchard in
North Carolina Is as yet an undevel
oped gold mine."
That Is excellent advice. After the
people ot North Carollnu learn how to
grow apples, doubtless they will he
nhle to produce very fine fruit. They,
have land and olim'.te both well adapt-;
ed to the culture of this splendid fruit. I
The old Buncombe County apple was I
at one time the finest npple grown in!
the country. A long time ago. the |
Fortunes used to take it down into
Upper South Carolina by the wagon J
load nnd sell it at good prices, along
with the cabbages then grown In that!
part of the Tar-Heel State, nnd would!
go back home loaded with merchan- j
dlse. That was In the days before the
Stock-yards and slaughter pens In Chi
cago and the West, nnd when hogs were j
driven through the country over thoj
mountain roads from Tennessee andj
Kentucky, nnd were killed when there!
was frost in the air; a time when the1
tables of the h-M families we're loaded
with spnre-rlbs and sausage and chit
lings. It was also the day when the'
people raised their own corn and wheat,
and when the neighbors hud corn
shttckings far Into the night, and the
air was melodious with the songs of
the colored people?
"O corn, so allck. can't hold:
Miss 'Lisa .lane can't hold."
and the quality gathered about thej
supner (able at early candle-lighting:
to discuss the merits of the waffles of
the mothers, which, when eaten with j
souse and quln-'e preserves, mnrle life
a dream
That was the time, also, when the
Buncombe County people wore home?
spun clothes nr.d rejoiced In the free?
dom of their mountain homes, secure
from the clamor and confusion of the
outside world; In the Spring-time the
air tilled with the sweet odor of tho
apple blossoms, grown before the frost '
should fall again into mellow fruit
of exquisite taste and color. Those
old-time people seemed to know a good
deal more about a gren'f many things
than their present-day descendants, and
would have resented any suggestion
that they "put the big ones on top."
It will be a long time boforo North
Carolina will develop Its applo-growing
Industry Into anything like tho present
proportions of the Virginia crop; hut
there Is room enough for nil
and there are apple-eaters all
over tire world Mr F. M. I.up
.ton. Prostdenl of the Business Men's
League of Winchester, his supplied the
New Ye.ik Packer wllh some very en?
couraging facts about tho apple bus?
iness In this State. "In' 1009," ho says,
"the shipments of apples from Win?
chester, were greater than that for the
entire (state of Oregon. The same yoar
the county of Berkeley shipped more
apples than the State of Oregon This
year the county of Frederick will shlD
more than three million boxes. Vir?
ginia apples are shipped as far us Cuba,
Porlo Rico, Liverpool, Hamburg, In?
diana and Iowa And tho Virginia
apple Interests are socking greatly to
enlarge their markets."
As we have sa.d, however, there Ik
room enough for North Carolina, If
North Carolina will cultivate the Bun?
combe County apple of precious mem?
ory. It can't raise the AlbomaHo pip?
pin or any such wine-saps as we grow
in this Stute; but if it will do its best
with Its own varieties It will find a
market for its fruit.
? OOKIXG WITH PAPER SACKS.
Through tho London newspapers a
British chef announces a revolution j
ary discovery in the domain of Oh
kitchen. Ho puts meats, vegetables, j
stews and almost every other kind of
food In specially prepared sterilized
Paper bags, places thorn on gridirons
In the oven of a gas stove, and brings
them out according to a well worked- j
out schedule done to a turn and .with
their Juices and natural A Ivors put
served as they cannot be undo' the
old system of open cooklnx.
The' advantages claimed for paper
bag cookery are: greater neatness In |
the kitchen; time raved In the prepa- (
ration of the food; time saved in cook?
ing: a saving of forty per cent, in
fuel, the elimination of basting and
the disappearance of the futn.'s of
cooking: everything can be OOkol in
adjacent bags simultaneously -.vt'.hout
a mixing of flavors; waste la reduced,
as throe pounds of mo A will go -as
far as four under the old priced! t'te
cost of kitchen equipment Is'cut down:*,
riitally, in addition to the saying -f
labor In the preparation of food, all
the work of the scullion Is dispensed
with. Instead of cleaning and t-cour
Ing greasy pots and pan*, the cook
merely throws a few brownt 1 pap. r
bags into the lire and the klt:'ien ts.
as fregh a nil clean as It was i t ;he
outstart.
The London Chronicle lately an?
nounced that a satisfactory paper bag
had been Invented for this style, of
cooking, and that a sample would be
sent free to every applicant. It re?
quired twenty thousand bag* t/> meet
the demand created by applications
made m the first two days f> the i
Chronicle. *
BltlTISII JOVK.NAL1SM.
Krank Harris writes for the "Eng?
lish Review"?he may be the editor of
It. for nil that we know. At any rate,
he wroto for Its .lune number some
thoughts of morals In the cnurs? of
which he suggested that the Japanese
are more sensible In some things than
the ancient Hebrews or the modern
Britons. Tho "Spectator." another
English publication of good reputation
and honorabli' history, was so shocked
by what Harris wrote that It an?
nounced its Intention of not noiictsg
again the Review, lind declined to sell
It any longer sparr in Its advertising
columns. Hnrrls got furious and wrote
a long and abusive letter to the editor,
of the Spectutor, accusing him of van-:
Ity, hypocrisy, malice, and. horror of
horrors, of writing sloppy Kngllsh In
winding up his letter. Harris rose to
th,- dignity of his argument, saying:
"There is a pit fouler than any im?
agined by Dahle, a cesspool bubbling
and streaming with eorruptlon and all
shining with putrb! Iridescence of hy?
pocrisy; thnt pool is Kngllsh morality,
and one of the foul bubbles on It the
Spectator."
That sounds almost American, and
we have no,do-:- hat Harris down
In Billingsgate or White-head has been
much landed for his courage and his
ability to say the right word In tho
handling of his enemies Of course, de?
cent people will see thnt tigere Is noth?
ing In his argument hut the smell of
the slum and the language, of its deni?
zens
THE SERIOUS-MINDED MAX.
"A Bachelor Girl" has written a let?
ter to the New Y/irk Times. In which
she says:
"The serious-minded man Is surely
at a premium, and I have never-Ob?
served that he was In disfavor In any
society where women <not school girls,
whose judgment has ne>t yet matured)
congregate."
Upon which statement of fact tho
Ohio Stite Journal draws the follow?
ing true Indictment:
"This paragraph calls at!?-i'o-i to
the lack of serious-mlndedness am ing
tho young men especially. To ho friv?
olous and funny seems trt be tho humor
of tho day. There Is very little se?
rious talk these days: plenty up-ln
incidents and, experiences that" are
not the least Important: but not often
where principle?, ideas and great facis
are concerned. And especially Is this
the case where young men talk to
voting women. It is mosMy banter.
Joke and folderol of varlois kltids/
Of cour '. no one wants life to be sill
strong meat, nor yet does one Vaqt It,
all to ae soda water."
Tho trouble Is. though, that in a
given social assemblage the.-o are jio ?
many foolish people who are .nescap
ablo i.rd so many charmlr.-r and com?
panionable people undivided attention
to whom would bo Improper and Im?
polite. To Intelligent men *jnt.i soc'al I
e on versa lions seem the consummation
o( Inanity and the apotheosis of tro
p.idiom. If therc were only some way
to divide up and sogrogal? :he ,-ntcr
talnmg from tho stupid!
Wo somo es think that we could
almost make a very good citizen out
of Charles P. Taft. Speaking In his
newspaper, tho Cincinnati Times-Star,
of the reunion at Manassas, which was
concluded yesterday with the visit of
the President, he said: "Both sides can
afford to. and do. look back upon that
conllict on July.21. 1801, without ran?
cor. There uro no sides now." True,
very true: but there Is Heyhurn and
tho New York Evening Post and the
Brooklyn hummer i and n handful of
other left-overs who would keop tho.
old campflres burning. What does It
matter, however; everybody will be
dead after a little while, though, tho
pensions will go on forever.
Daily Queries and Answers
Attention! fruro Murrled Man.
Should on unmarried woman receive
courtesies from a married man whom
she has no special fondness for other
than trying to show her appreciation
of his kindness to a very dear rela?
tive, at the same time wanting him to
understand that they arc In a different
class from his? If this satric man Is a
bore to tho lady und Insists on spend
ing an evening occasionally, would
It bo proper for her to suggest the
park or theatre Instead of spending
an uninteresting evening at home
with him? Am alone, and huve no ono
except this relative to usk, and
wouldn't hurt his feelings or huve him
know juHt how I felt towards his
friend. I fee! that I am doing myself
an Injustice by BO entertaining him,
and am often visiting whore he also
has "business" and can Impose him?
self tipon me.
OVERLY ANXIOUS.
If the man's wife is still living and
unseparated or undlvorccd from him,
you should receive no attentions what?
ever from him. Of course. In any cir?
cumstances, you may talk to him. but
you should be wary of his attentions.
If he Is a widower or legally separated
f>r divorced from his wife, you may
receive his attentions, and may sug?
gest such amusements as you see fit?
in fact. If you wish to eliminate his
attentions, frequently suggest the
theatre and the park, as well as a
dinner afterward, properly chaperoned*,
at which you should order the highest
priced things on the menu. That will
stop him. You can repel him without
saying or doing anything, if he In?
sist on coming to *ee you. Insist on
reading something very dry from a
book to him. You jnny show your ap?
preciation In a dignified manner with?
out having to be too pleasant to this I
man.
I
Definition of "Yankee Dime."
For th,. Information of the party
who desires to know what a "Yankee
dime" Is. which query I saw In this
morning's paper. I would sta'to that I
was Informed by a Yankee some four
years ago that a "Yankee dime" was
what a man Usually likes from a pretty
girl, though In the moonlight ugly
"ii.-s are lust as often the recipient (I
Speak from experience, being an ugly
one). Whether It has changed sin-:e
then I \m not at liberty to say.
I am not surprised that your refer?
ence bOO'fa shed no light on the sub?
ject, as I had better explain ifor the
benefit of the stupid) that a "Yankee
dime" Is a "kiss " How many of us
deal In "Yankee dimes"? Hea'.ly, we
must admit that the Yankees are
? lever. lazy mart.
VI? hrrllnn.
AVIH yon tell mo what good has been
accomplished by vivisection on ani?
mals? R. E. O
What Is known as vivisection Is
medical or surgical experimentation on
living animals. These experiments
have been carried on for the purpose
of Investigation into certain diseases
ir. an effort to find a means of dealing
with the disease In man with greater
svtccess. and to give greater skill In
certain kinds of operations. A few
of the discoveries that have been made
as the result of experiments are the
antitoxin for the cure of ccrehro-splnal
meningitis, n discovers made In the
Rockefeller Institute-. Vporatlona on
the bones, grafting of llcsh and skin,
direct transfusion of blood, which. In
many cased, has boon found to be Iho
only moans of saving life; successful
operations for goitre, for ruptured .ar
terlea and injuries to the lieait, all of
which are recent developments In med?
ical or surgical treatment. In Juno,
1908. It was said that of 141 operations
for Injuries to the heart sixty-four
were successful, all operations I hereto?
fore impossible. "T3y the discovery of
tho now treatment for cerobro-spinal
meningitis 75 per cent, of the cases aro
cured, when formerly 85 per cent, of
tho number of persons attached died.
There cannot bu said to be a con?
troversy among medical men or, the
subject, as practically nil of the per?
sons especially celebrated In surgery
or medicine or connected with medical
Institutions Indorse it. There is tin
antl-vlvlsectlon society in almost every
large city, though the proportion of
medical men In tho movement Is small,
Their Objections are based on tho Idea,
thut the practice results In neodletis
cruelty and thut the result:; obtalnc I
are not commensurate with the harm
done.
Different Primes.
Is there any differenco in accepting
goods known to be stolen and accept?
ing a bribe? LACROSSE.
Ye?. A bribe Implies accepting
something In return for the betrayal
of a trust or the corrupt performance
of a duty. Accepting stolen goods la
plain theft, not dependent on toe ful?
filment of any condition for its com?
pleteness.
Beiern Curnble.
Is there anv cure for eczema? If so.
will you kindly recommend a remedy?
OLD SUBSCRIBER
This Is a curable, disease, nut it
should be treated by a competent phy?
sician. We do not undertake to out?
line remedies for disease In this col?
umn.
Government of Territories.
Please tell mo how tho Territories
are governed. J. H. M.
The executive power of each organ?
ized Territory Is Invested in a Uov
ernor. who Is appointed by the Presi?
dent of the United States for a term
of four years, with the consent of tho
Senate. There is also a secretary ap?
pointed In the same manner and for
the same period. The legislative pOWer
is vested in a Council and House ??{
Representatives, chosen by the peopln
for two yeurs, the Legislature holding
biennial Sessions. A delegate to <'?:?.
gresa I? also elected by tho people nf
the Terrltorv for two vears. The law a
passed by Hie Legislature of Territo?
ries ure sublect to revision by Con?
gress. The Judiciui power of the Ter?
ritory Is vested In a Supreme Citirt.
consisting of a chief and ussoclate ?us
tlces, who are appointed for four years
by the President, with the consent of
the Senate: In district courts, each
hold by a Judge of tho Supreme Court,
and In Inferior courts organized by
the Territory. There Is also In euch
Territory a marshal, whose duty It Is
to execute the processes of the courts,
and also a district attorney. These
two officers are appointed t,v* the Pres?
Ident for a term of four years T'to
salaries of the executive and Judicial
olfleers named above are all paid from
th.- Treasury of the United States T'-o
salaries of the legislators and subor?
dinate olfleers. also other necessary
expenses of the government, are paid
try tho Territory, through taxation
levied by tho Legislature.
GAVE RICH PRESENTS
TO BE INTRODUCED
IIV I.A M A H?H ISB UK KONTKNOV.
WHILE c,n? hears a good many
stories of women of title
abroad who not only accept,
but even demand and extort
large sums of money as the price of
introducing Americans, end even na?
tives. Into smart Society. It Is relative?
ly seldom that any one of them Is
ever brought to book.
?This Is, however, what has Just laker,
place at Dublin, in connection with
some bankruptcy proceedings against
a Miss Cecilia Bell, of County Kultrim.
AmOhg the witnesses called by the
counsel for the creditors were Sir Ed?
ward and Lady Bradstreet, the former
a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin,
a civil engineer, a county court Judge
of County Tyrone, and a descendant,
through i.is mother, of the first Duke]
ot Lelhster, while Lady Bradstreet Isj
of Ita.ian origin, hulling from Algeria.
The Bradstreets have been In Ire-land!
since the days of Cromwell, from whom
John Bradstreet, the founder of the
family, obtained substantial grants otj
land In County Kilkenny. The baron?
etcy was bestowed by George II. in the
lust half of tliu eighteenth century.
Sir Edwaid 18 the seventh holder, and
makes his home; at Castilla Clontars;
an outsklrt of Dublin.
Examination of sir Edward and Lady
Bradstreet si.owed that Miss Bell, who
had been a mere casual acquaintance
until January of last year, and who is
twehty-eight.years of age, had tak--n up
her residence with them, and had pre?
sented them with a pair of hoises, a
brougham. and a victoria, several
thousand pounds' worth of Jewelry,
Costly carpets and hangings, besides
checks of considerable size, payable
to Sir Edward, to Lady Bradstreet, and
to their twenty-year-old son Gerald.
Pressed for an explanation, both sir
Edward, and especially Lady Brail
street, declared that these presents had
been given in return for the letter's
introduction of Miss Bell Into all tiiat
was best In Dublin society, and for
her presentation at the Viceregal
Court, that is to say, at Dublin Cas?
tle.
The creditors demand that since Miss
Cecilia Bell has been reduced to ?
condition of bankruptcy by her gifts to
the liradstreetH. that the latter should
make restitution for their benefit, and
the presiding Judge, Justice Boyd, ad?
journed the case for a fortnight or
three weeks, in order to enable Sir Ed?
ward and Lady Bradstreet to make
this restitution voluntarily, uftc-r giv?
ing them to thoroughly understand
that unless this were done, he would
Issue an order compelling them to dis?
gorge their plunder.
It Is needless to add that tho names
of both Sir Edward and Lady Brad?
street will be utrlcken from the list
of those who have access to Dublin
Castle, as having been presented at the
Viceregal Court, and will likewise bo
barred from court in London, an intima?
tion to this effect being quietly dis?
patched to England's ambassadors and
ministers abroad, so as to prevent the
presentation e,f cither Sir Edward or
Lady Bradstreet at any foreign court.
The Cointo d'Abbadle d'Ariast, who
? reated so gri at a sensation last May
by cloplirg with h's children's gover?
ness, Mile. Beholt, to Canada, whore,
on landing at Halifax, they were both
deported hack by the Dominion authori?
ties to Liverpool, as undesirable aliens,
has completely disappeared from sight
since his return to Europe, and Is gen?
erally believed to have made his way,
with Mile. Benolt, to the Argentine
Republic. Although all the loading
French, English and American papers
had star reporters at Liverpool tcj ro
l elve him on landing, and to keep track
of him and of his companion, he seems
to have outwitted them all, nnd ab?
solutely refused to see his brother.
Martial, who came on board the "Mani?
toba" In tho Mersey before she was
dockod. In order to communicate to
the fugitive that his wife, like his fami?
ly had forgiven his escapade, and was
awaiting his roturn home to herself,
and to tlu-lr children.
The affair would not have attract?
ed nearly so much attention as It did,
had .not the com to pretended to corny,"
mit suicide, writing letters to tho cjjs
feet that he was about to drown him?
self In tho Seine. There seemed :0 bo
confirmation of this story, throVgh
the discovery of a hut and coat marked
with hid name and coronet, on the bank
of the river. Ilm before he had reached
Canada, the rune had been discovered.
D'Abbadie d'Ar rast is a tall, gaunt
man, of very powerful, not to any
herculean futme. who had plays ' n
very important role in Jtuyuiist and
Clerical circles at Evroux, u cathedral
town In an exceedingly aristocratic
section of Normandy, in fact, he was
regarded by the government as one oi
the lenders of the Koyallst party In
that section of the country, and as such
wus an object of so much concern to
the prefect or governor of the de?
partment that he had instructed one
of his best looking attaches to scrape
up an acquaintance with and to be?
come the suitor of Mile. Benoll. the
governess, in the hope of discovering
through her some clue rib to the in?
structions which Count d'Abbadie was
supposed to be receiving from the
Dirke of Orleans. Mile. Benott seems
to nave made use of this young at
tacho, to fun the Infatuation of tno
count for her, by means of Jealousy.
The Comtcsse d'Abbadie d'Arrast la
the only daughter of Henri Liserro,
author of "Notre Dame de Lourdes."
which, translated Into almost every
civilized language. Is a book familiar
to Catholics all over the world. It is
doubtful, Indeed, whether uny book
of thu last hundred years has proved
so great a monetary success In tho
way of royalties, despite its utter ab?
sence of any literary value. The way
In which Henri Laserre came to wrlto
It, was remarkable. He had been suf?
fering for some time, and seeking re?
lief In vain, for a severe muiady of
the eyes, which all but blinded him.
Inasmuch as he could only see objects
as dim shadows. Ex-Premier de Krey
cinot, an old friend of his. In spite Of
being himself a . Protestant, recom?
mended hirn, since he had tried every
other relief In vain, to have recourse
to I-oiirdes.
Laserre! whose father's name was
l Lasars, and whoso Immediate ances?
try is Semitic, followed the statesman's
advice, wrote to the custodian of tho
fountain for half-a-dozen bottles of
the miraculous water, made a general
and particular confession of his sin?
to his spiritual adviser, and thereupon
commenced to wash his eyes with the
water. The application of the water
resulted In "Immediate relief, and be?
fore the half-dozen bottles had beer,
exhausted, the cure, which proved
permanent, hud become iilmosl com?
plete, lenving tne patient in an ecsta?
tic state of mind, which found expres?
sion In the book. In which he describes
! the miracle of the recovery of his sight.
Already a rich man, this book vastly
increased his fortune, und he left a
very big amount of money, all of which
went to his only daughter, the Com?
tcsse d'Abbadie.
Jt was to please her that her hus?
band settled nt Evreux, where she
possessed a good deal of property,
since the D'Abbadies hall from the
South of France, where the count still
owns the ancestral chateau of his
"family, on the. headland between Hen
daye and St. Jean de Luz. The count-'
e.-'H. who is on Intimate terms with tho
ducal and princely house of De Broglie,
and with all the other families of the
old nobility who have chateaux within
j motoring distance of Evreux, is the ob
! Ject of n good deal of sympathy, as
I are also her seven children. At tho
same time, she will not suffer to any
extent financially through her hus?
band's desertion, owing to the manner
In which a very large fortune wns set?
tled upon her by her father.
(Copyrlght, 1911, by tho Brentwood
Company.)
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