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Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects.
Women os Wage Earners.
. T has never been determined to the satlsfac-
&r| T tion of the men workers that It Is a pood or a
I B fair thing for the women workers to compete
■ "'ith them In the op'en labor market. The men
contend tl>at the women, by accepting a lower
wage, decrease the average wage paid to all.
The unmarried women who have no one to
work for them maintain that the woman who has a hus
band for her bread-winner is an unfair competitor. Then,
again, there are those, generally old-fnshloned folk that
have, like Webster’s veterans, comedown to us from former
.generations, who devoutly believe that the woman's sphere
6f labor, as wife and mother, is in her own home, where
useful, helpful work for tljp world may be found to en
gage much of her time, energy and intelligence. These
ancient people contend that the rearing aright of children,
the making of good men and noble women, is the very
best and the most profitable work to which married wom
en can put their hands or minds.
Respecting the merits or demerits of any of these three
■contentions we do not pretend to decide, as we are past
masters in neither political economy nor sociology. What
we do know on the subject pretty thoroughly is that the
right kind of labor is a good and beneficent tiling for wom
en as well as for rfien, and that day by day recognition of
that fact Is becoming more general. What else is being
recognized is that the woman who works tor a wage or
•alary loses no dignity nor prestige, but rather gains both
t>y her willingness and ability either to work and support
herself In womanly Independence or to assist In the sup
port of her family who need her assistance.—Philadelphia
Ledger.
Saving Niagara.
OVERXOR ODELL'S veto has, for the time
• being, saved Niagara Falls from spoliation by
y utilitarian enterprise. He rightly considers
that sentiment—a love for the grand and beau
' ttful in nature —has claims upon the law-mak-
Ing power which cannot wisely be Ignored In
behalf of money-making propositions. It will
be easy to find elsewhere the power necessary to run the
machinery of a population five or ten times as great as
■that of the United States to-day. But we cannot find an
other Niagara. So the New York statesman has the ap
proval of the nation at large, whatever the disappointed
Niagara corporation and its tools In the State Legislature
may think of his veto.
But Governors and' Legislatures come and go, and If
Niagara is to flow on forever it is not well that the fate of
■the Falls should depend on the bargainings of lobbyists and
politicians. Neither should It depend on the chance that
there may never be a Governor of New York to whom
sentiment may be mere silliness, and Niagara a mere waste
of water which should be set to turning mill-wheels. The
jurisdiction of New York State over a river which forms
part of an international boundary is subject to the treaty
making power of the Federal Government. That govern
ment, in conjunction with Canada, can make the destruction
of the cataract forever Impossible through altreaty prohib
iting any further diversion of the waters of the river. As
both countries are now using the water in about equal quan
tities the prohibition would be fair to both, and would pre
serve to Canada and New York the glorious central attrac
tion about which each has created, at vast expense, a mag
■nifleent riverside park.—St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Cupid in the School Houses.
^“^^^ROM time Immemorial the school house has
I I been a favorite resort tor sly Cupid. Thou-
I g* Isands of charming young women have found
^^^^^Jtlie school house the threshold of matrimony.
[2SK]aiid countless young men have met their fate
WWW] while eking out an educational existence by
teaching winters and “boarding round." Under
these circumstances none but the most hard hearted educa
tional autocrat would have the temerity to seek to bAnlsh
Cupid and to say that no female teacher could rise In love
and marry the man of her choice without losing her posi
tion in the public schools.
The New York Board of Education sought to banish
all married women from wicked Gotham's public schools,
and forthwith an incipient revolution was started. A come-
AVOID STRAY NICKELS.
Small Coin Lost in Malla Worries
Clerks and Costs $18.43.
Ordinarily no man is rich enough to
escape that certain sense of elation
which comes from picking up a nickel
on a sidewalk, but for a railway pos
tal clerk to find such a coin in a mall
pouch wheye It has worked out from
Insufficient wrappings, not only' does
he miss this elation, but it may pro
voke profanity.
For a nickel lost In n pouch of mall
In transit becomes a matter for na
tional concern. It comes to view, per
haps, Just as a pouch of mall is emp
tied upon a sorting table, and when
It |ias broken away from the bunches
of letters, and cards, and circulars,
rolled to an open space on the table,
and there settled down, heads or tads,
with a noisy spinning dance, the clerk
who first sees it Is It.
A necromancer could have no more
Idea than the man In the moon as to
what particular package It rolled out
of, and if ho had nnd should tell the
postal clerk, the clerk wouldn’t dare
try to restore the coin to the original
package. That would be too easy al
toget her.
No, It is a lost nickel from the mo
ment the clerk has to see it spinning
there before ills eyes and according to
tile tender governmental conscience the
clerk has to get ready for the Inaugu
ration of about $18.43 worth of fuss
over It
For himself he doesn't dare go to
bed for a short nap until he has got
rid of his 5 cents' worth of responsi
bility to the government for the action
of the fool person from whom the
nickel war parted’* He digs up bls
printed form for such occasions, print
ed and provided, and at once Oils out a
long blank, describing the coin, tell
ing the circumstances of Its being
found, and whether it lauded hood* or
ly young teacher named Kate S. Murphy, who fell a vic
tim to Cupid's wiles, determined to make a test case in
behalf of herself as well a« of her suffering sisters, and she
brought action against the superintendent tor the purpose
of preventing the enforcement of the by-law providing that
"No woman princlpre, head «f department or member of
the teaching or supervising stuff shall marry while in the
employ of tile Board of Education.
The case was carried to the Court of Appeals, where
a victory was won for the matrimonial liberty of the fe
male teacher. Following this defeat the New York Board
of Education has now amended Its by-laws by striking
out the clause which permits charges to be made against
a teacher-bride, but it retains the prohibitive feature, mere
ly to demonstrate its continued belief that female teachers
ought not to wed and etill retain tliclr positions.
In the meantime Kate S. Murphy has won a victory
in behalf of her sex In connection with the public schools
which will unquestionably be appreciated by her teaching
sisters everywhere, and ns a token of her good faith
she will continue to teach in gay Gotham even though she
lias fallen a victim to clever Cupid.—Burlington Free Press,
Brazil, Peru and Rubber.
Brazil and Bolivia entered into a treaty
W concerning the territory of Acre last fall, It
was thought that the long standing disputes
— over the region had finally been brought to an
end. Now it appears, however, that. Peru is
still to be reckoned with. A battle\^nis been
fought between Peruvian and Brazilian troops
on the River Crandless, the result being, according to Bra
zilian reports, a complete rout of the Peruvians.
The Ministers of both countries at Washington have
thought it important to bld for American sympathy by Issu
ing statements as to their respective claims and rights.
Formally considered, these statements have little in them
of Interest. They deal simply with vague treaties and
vaguer boundaries In an exceedingly thinly settled region.
Actually the dispute has great importance to both coun
tries, because the prize at stake is the control of some of
the richest rubber forests in the world. Brazilian com
panies have begun to work the forests in the course of their
progress jjp the tributaries of the Amazon, while Peruvian
companies have entered them since the denudation of the
forests in Mantana, which Is recognized Peruvian territory.
It is reported from Rio Janeiro that no war will result
from the frontier battle since both countries desire arbitra
tion. Brazil demands, however, that Peru withdraw all
her troops from the disputed country before arbitration be
gins, while Peru Insists that the presence of her troops Is
not in the slightest degree derogatory of "good faun and
fraternal sentiment." Certainly If the desire for arbitration
Is genuine a provisional arrangement should be easy to
make. —Chicago Record-Herald.
Industrial Changes in China.
LOW as Is the progress of civilization in China,
compared with Japan, which, in a period cov
ered by the memory of men now living, had
sprung from a condition as barbarous as Persia
to her present place among nations, yet indus
trlally at least She* "Celestial” Empire does
move, and that In a manner which cannot be
neglected in any computation of future trade with that
country. The report of the Inspector General of Customs
of the empire shows that China is rapidly getting into a
condition to supply herself with certain articles for -which
she has depended heretofore almost entirely upon other
countries. Those who have not kept themselves well in.
formed in regard to the industrial changes which have
been taking place lit the empire will be surprised to learn
from the report that the nation which for so many years
relied almost entirely upon England and the United States
for Its cotton goods, now manufactures 50 per cent of all
the goods of this kind supplied to the home market. In a
year China's Imports of flour have fallen oft one-fourth,
not that the Chinese are eating less of it than formerly—
In fact, the consumption of flour Is Increasing In the em
pire—but because the deficiency In Imports was more than
made good by the recently established Chinese flour mills
grinding Chinese wheat.
These would seem to be signs that, In spite of a cor
rupt and Incompetent Government. China Is beginning to
awake from her sleep of centuries. —New York Press.
DESTRUCTION OF DALNY’S DOCKS.
RSM;". ' - ' '3
Laaji : ■ ■ ’a;:.' . ‘>l
ONE OF DAI.NY'S PRINCIPAL STREETS.
The necessities of war produce strange conditions. For five years the
Russians had been engaged lu erecting the commercial port of Dalny, situ
ated on Tallenwan Bay to the east and north of Port Arthur. It was to
be an open port, without a custom house, and free to the commerce of the
world. Large govenknent buildings were erected, streets were laid out.
houses built and great docks constructed, the entire outlay being In the
neighborhood of $2. r >,000.000. Then came the war, with Russian unpre
pa redness on land and sea. The defeat of the Russians at Kin-Chou com
pelled their evacuation of Dalny. Before abandoning the place, however,
they destroyed the larger docks nnd many of the utilities which Japan might
find useful, thus wiping out in a few hours works which in times of peace
they had created nt large outlay of time nnd money.
tails on the table, naming the pouch
from which It was emptied, the num
ber of the train carrying it, the date,
nnd a few other little details any one
of which In hot weather would have
cost a mug of beer.
Tblg report with the niekel goes to
the headquarters of the postal division
In which the car wns operated, and
from these lionded officials, by the
same general red tape route, the small
coin finds Its way to the seat of na
tional government and to the fund
representing that great constituency of
the Poetoffice Department which per
sleta in tending money In envelopes
through the unregistered malls of the
service.
Ttio Way of Servants.
Hubbubs—-I see Cnshman has an
nounced himself as a candidate for
governor.
Citlman— Yes, lie declares it Is bls
"great ambition to be the servant of
the people.”
Subbubs—Servant? What! Doesn't
he mean to keep the place If he gets
It?-—Philadelphia Ledger.
Some men belong to church and
some others'«eem to think the church
belongs to tb»m.
AN OPTIMIST.
Shall 1, by Life's close commonplaces hedged.
Misrate the casual sunbeam, or, austere;
Regard the wild flower pale, chance-rooted here.
Scorning the song-bird this dull thicket fledged?
•Nay! Heart's ease, Fortune, I have never pledged,
A hostage for thy tavor all too dear.
- Ah. Heaven's light downshlneth strangely near.
When outward view hath long been casement-edged.
Though grim mischance with evil hour conspire,
The balanced soul they shall not oversway.
Nor circumstance abash, nor failure bar.
They vex me not. the lamps of old desire,
Unlighted In the bare room of to-day.
Somewhere the morning waits! Meanwhile a star.
—Century.
Love Me, Love My Dog
TjAIT? T name Is Persephone, and I
JhYfll am said to resemble my moth
er, Pandora, who, as far as her
puppies go, certainly bolds the tradi
tional gift box. For all my brothers
and sisters are prize-takers. I myself
don't go to shows, because I am ner
vous and hate being stared nt.
I am proud of being the poodle, and
a French one into the bargain. 'TIs
only Jealousy that makes other dogs
sneer at me, Just as I have seen hu
man canaille sneer—at a safe distance.
My young mistress is the prettiest
creature living. I used to think her
one of the most sensible until she gol
friendly with Mr. Roft, who then was,
and I thought ever would be, my pet
abomination in trousered males.
Phyllis and I live with an old lady
who is fond of us both, but she is very
strict with Phyllis, who calls her—be
hind her back—“the ogre-aunt.”
Mr. Roft laughed until his eyes were
lost when she first said it to him. 1
longed to tell him wbat I thought of
him, and wondered how he would look
then.
Phyllis had been getting very thick
with this young man—whose laugh
startled me almost out of my skin—
when one day she fell from her bi
cycle.
I was following her when the acci
dent occurred, and Mr. Roft was rid
ing by her side. Something he said
made her color hotly, then pedal down
the coming bill with all her might.
Suddenly she rode over a stone,
swerved to one side, and before I
could reach her fell to the ground
with a heavy thud.
I scampered to the spot and began
to howl for help, while Mr. Roft Jump
ed off his machine, as white as death,
and stooped over her.
"Be quiet, you brute!” he mutter
ed, glaring at me, and I knew that if
he could be would put the blame on
me and say that I upset her.
But of course, I paid no attention
to him, but howled again, until at
last some passerby came and fetched
a cab and took them home.
The house was very quiet for many
days, and I felt wretched. The “ogre
annt” crept about weeping. Once she
put her arms round my neck and wept
over me. I suspected from that that
she was getting short of handkerchiefs
and took care to keep out of her way;
for I do not like to have my neck curls
made all damp and untidy. I was
very neglected. No one brushed me.
At last I was summoned to my dar
ling’s room and crept lu nervously.
My heart was beating very loudly and
my eyes were dim with tears of Joy.
Such a thin little hand patted my un
combed head, such a weak little voice
said: “Dear doggie, do you miss me
very much?" Miss her! Of course I
did. And with her all my pet titbits,
my little walks, my scampers after
balls. So I wagged my tall and smiled
up nt her.
Little by little she got better, and
well enough to comb me and send me
tor my ribbons. I knew the colors
well and always brought the one she
said.
But one mornlug my feelings re
ceived a shock. Phyllis bad a letter
and was very silly about it, kissing it
as though it were a dog or two-legged
being. Still I minded that less than
If it had been Mr. Roft.
"Oh. Phoney .^listen!” she whisper
ed, as she combed my hair. “I am
sure you will understand, you dear
old thing! I’ve such a dear letter
from him, and he wants my answer.
Phoney—the answer I would not give
the day I met with my accident”
I dropped my ears aud lowered my
tall. By him I knew she meant Mr.
Roft. But what answer did she al
lude to? 1 looked inquiringly luto her
gentle, blue eyes.
She laughed and kissed me on the
nose.
"You dear old thing! I will read It
to you, Phaney."
And she pulled It from her pocket
and read out a lot of rubbish that
seemed quite unintelligible to me. But
then, I always thought Mr. Roft half
an Idiot and wondered at Phyllis Ilk
Ing him. Then came a few words
that made me sit up I can tell you.
"Let that poodle of yours be made
use (if for once. If It Is to be ‘yes’ put
on her a blue ribbon. If ’no’ a yellow
one. I shall call to-dny. and If I see
the color I long for on that black creat
ure’s head I shall at once beard the
Hon and assert my rights.”
“Phoney. It shall be blue! Fetch
blue, darling," said Phyllis, with a
Joyful smile.
And I walked slowly out of the
room to the boudoir bqyond, When I
brought the blue ribbon back she
laughed again.
But I had laid my plans. Whatever
thia “yes” was to mean. Mr. Roft
booed to read It In the color of my
ribbon. But I meant him to read "no."
I would show him that a dog of my
breeding could be something more than
a mere catspaw in bis plot
I mill'd over and scratched until the
ribbon came off and lay on the ground.
Then I trotted Into the garden with
It and burled It In my favorite corner,
where I hide my best bones.
I knew I was doing wrong, but
Phyllis would not really mind, and I
owed Mr. Roft a grudge or two.
Often when my ribbon came off I
used to take It to my friend the parlor
maid and get her to put it on again.
So now, as I sneaked down from the
lioudolr with a yellow one in my mouth
and met her at the foot of the stairs,
she said with a laugh:
"What, your fine bow off again,
Phoney? What an untidy dog!”
I wagged my tall as she tied It on.
For civility lowers no one, and ^be Is
n nice girl. Then I sat down on the
doormat to watch for Mr. Roft
At last the gate clicked and he came
up the steps with a light spring. But
as bls eyes fell on me such a look of
astonished despair crept Into his face
that my heart quaked within me and
I hung my head.
He stooped over me as though he
could not believe his eyes, and as I
felt his warm breath on my face I
rolled over on to my back In terrifled
submission.
"Silly brute,” he murmured, "get
up. Have you been stealing? Don't
give yousself away like that. Pho
ney.”
He looked at me fixedly without
saying anything. Then, stooping again,
he took off my ribbon and stuffed It
into his pocket
That night Phyllis was worse, and
no one could understand why. And
the next day she lay silent, looking
out of her window with such distress
ed eyes that I could not bear to look
at her.
And Mr. Roft did not come near the
house, which proved that he bad really
meant goodby.
At last I could stand It no longer.
Surely Mr. Roft could make things
right again. I would go to him.
So one afternoon I crept silently out
into the road. He did not live far off.
and. as fate would have It, I carafe
across him outside bls garden gate.
He smiled when he saw me.
“Why, Phoney! Come to see your
friend,” he exclaimed; “you're only
Just In time, my girl. I start to
night”
I wagged my tall and opened my
mouth. At his feet I laid the earth
soiled blue ribbon. He stared at me
in amazement “Phoney, you're a
brick! You’re trying to tell me there’s
been some mistake. I’m coming back
with you to make sure. Lead on, you
Imitation Mepbistopbeles, and may the
real one have you if I’m misreading
you!"
What a race that was! I felt my
self really warming to him for under
standing me so well.
find, when we got to the bouse, 1
crept stealthily in through the open
door, enticing him up. until we stood
like two thieves within the boudoir,
where Phyllis lay on a couch by tAo
window. q- •
As she turned her head to look at
me her eyes fell upon him. and she
crimsoned >vlth delight. Then’ sud
denly she became quite pale, and said
In a cold volciD
“Good evening, Mr. Roft."
He stepped up to her, and held out
the ribbon I had given him.
"Phyllis,” he asked, “Is this the rib
bon you put on Phoney that morn
ing?”
She stared from him to me. I crept
beneath the couch, but I kept my ears
open.
"Yes," she murmured. “But ”
The words were never said, for with
a sudden exclamation he threw him
self on his knees by her side, and took
her to bls arms.—St. Louis Star.
a Sum in Addition.
Mrs. Flaherty stepped off the scales
th the back room of the grocery stare
as soon as she bad stepped on.
"Sure, these scales is no gud f’r me,”
she said. In a tone of deep disgust
"They only weigh up to wan hundred,
an' I weigh wan hundred an’ nolnety
pounds.”
"It's easily discouraged ye are," said
her companion. Mng Dempsey, cheer
fully. “Just step on to thlm twlct, mo
dear, and let Jamesy, here, do th' sum
f'r ye."
When you begin to notice a man's
name In the financial columns of a
newspaper It la time to look for bls
wife's name In the society columns^
Reference books contain everything
except the one thing you want to
know.
M^Wivcntion
The .Ambidextral Culture Society of
England seeks to Increase the ability
to use the left band, but without aim
ing to add to production in the arts by
the simultaneous use of both hands.
Monthly balloon ascents In the in
terest of meteorology are now made at
about 14 ■stations In France, Germany,
Russia. Austria, Switzerland, Spain
and Italy. Kites are sent up In Massa
chusetts nn<l In England.
Radium promises to till a need of the
Paris municipal laboratory. Measure
ment of the electricity of the air has
depended upon water, which gives trou
ble by freezing in winter, but radium
offers a means of measurement unaf
fected by cold. „
Rivers seem to have played a con
siderable part in limiting the distribu
tion of anlmalS. A notable Instance
of many noted by W. L. Distant, a
British zoologist, is that of the vls
eacha, a rabbit-like rodent of South
America, which is abundant south of
Uruguay, but is unknown to the north,
where the country seems quite as well
adapted to Its habits.
Ix-prosy has been Investigated by
Jonathan Hutchinson, the great Eng
lish pathologist. In all parts of ths
globe where it prevails. He finds noth
ing to Justify the idea of contagion, as
attendants In leper hospitals do not
contract the disease, nothing like an
epidemic Is ever known, and even
transmission from busband to wife is
rare. He attributes the disease to de
cayed or badly cured sish —not to any
excessive use of flsb In good condi
tion.
Two large and kwift transatlantic
steamships, to be built for the Cunard
line, are to be propelled by steam
turbines. Thia fact Is of great Interest
for shipbuilders and engineers, because
the turbines required will be far larger
than any, now In use. The largest tur
bines at present In marine use are
those of the steamship Queen, which
plies between Dover and Calais. A
new French type of steam-turbine, re
cently applied for the propulsion of a
first-class torpedo boat, gives a speed
of more than 26 knots.
All diamonds do not shine In the
dark after exposure to' sunlight or elec
tric light, but some do to a remarkable
degree. A diamond rubbed with a
woolen cloth, or against a bard surface,
will sometimes shine brilliantly. The
emission of light is a property belong
ing to many, if not all. kinds of crys
tals. A variety of white marble found
at Hastlngs-on-Hudson gives out a
flame-colored glow when pounded, and
bright flashes when scratched with
steel. In Northern New York is found
a kind of stone, known locally as "hell
fire rock,” which exhibits bright sul
phur-colored streaks when scratched
In the dark. Pieces of rose quarts
rubbed together exhibit brilliant flash
es. sometimes bright enough to illumi
nate the hands of the person bolding
them. Smoked quartz and other va
rieties sometimes show a similar phe
nomenon.
THE HORN OF A COW.
Many Useful Things Are Made Ont
of IL
Scientists, those men who are fond
of finding out all about things, tell
us that a cow's horn Is a combination
of phosphate of lime, gelatine and al
bumen, with these three substances
In the right proportion to make ths
horn not only serviceable to the ani
mal, but useful to man. Tbo^-Ume
makes the horn hard, but there is Just
enough to make it hard without mak
ing it brittle, and there is Just enough
gelatine to make the horn easy to cut
and shape, says the New York Her
ald.
Inside the horn is a core, which la
bone. To get It out the horn Is soaked
In water for several weeks and when
the core comes out it is grouqd up
and made Into crucibles, which ars
used for melting gold and silver In.
The outer end of the horn is bard
and solid and is used for making knifs
handles and other things. The hollow
part of the horn Is soaked for half
au hour or so In boiling water, when
it becomes soft and may easily be
split with a knife. It Is then spread
out fiat and put between iron plates.
There was a time long ago when these
born plates were made very thin by
hard pressure and used Jn wlndowa
and lanterns as we now use glass.
The “born-books" of the olden time,
from which children learned the al
phabet. were made of the same.
When born is heated it may be
molded Into almost any desirable
form. That is the way knife handles. '
buttons and other articles are made.
A mold of the required shape is used
and when the heated horn substance
is put luto it aud subjected to pres
sure the material takes the shape of
the mold.
Kany for Him.
“There's u qmire thing about a
cousin o' mine." said Barney O’Flynn.
"He has a great bablt o' walkin' in
bls jsleep.” -
"Can't lie lie cured of It at all?"
"Cured av it? Shure 'tis the mak
ln' av him. He's on the pollss force."
—Philadelphia Ledger.
Matrimonial.
"Did she have any money when ha
married her?”
"No; he took her at her face value."
—Detroit Free Press.
No man need hope to pass through
the pearly gates on the strength of th*
eultauh on bls tombstona