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VOLUME LX XXIII.— NO. 01.
FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL IT, 1914.
THK STATK CAMPAIGN THIS YKAR.
The campaign for the fall elections will begin
early. Id fact, the campaign has already begun. A
’ year ago it looked as if there would be a walkover
• for the Democratic candidates in 1914, and that there
‘ would be a dearth of Republican candidates. And
' here in April they are starting up in every county of
; the State.
The Legislature this year has Democratic ma
jorities of one in the Senate and fourteen in the
House. A change of one in the Senate will make that
; body Republican and give the Republicans control of
legislation next year, as all bills passed by the As
sembly must, pass the Senate. A change of eight in
the Assembly will make It Republican.
The hope of the Democrats lies in the Progressive
vote, and the meagre showing for that party in the
recent election in the Seventh district did not indicate
that the Progressive, vote would play the part it did
in last year's election or in 1912. It is not at all
improbable that the Republicans and Progressives will
fuse in some of the counties on the legislative ticket.
In the election for the Legislature last year the
Progressive totul vote in the State was 48,894. If
this vote had been given to the Republican candidates
their majority in the State would have been about
' 33,000. It seemed to be overlooked at Trenton during
i the legislative session that the winning of the Legisla
: ture of 1914 was accomplished by a minority of the
| voters of the State.
A study of tlie situation in the light of the last
legislative eleciions shows the significance of the Pro
• gressive vote. In the Seventh district this year the
Progressive vote shrank from about five thousand on
Assembly last year to 661, or more than five-sixths.
At the same ratio the 48,894 Progressive votes in
the State last year will be reduced to about 8,000.
' If so, where Will the other forty thousand go? And
if it goes to the Republican candidates, as this vote did
in Passaic on April 7, what chance will the Democrats
have for retaining the Legislature?
HOW THE TREATY HAS BEEN CONSTRUED.
The construction of the Panama canal treaty with
Great. Britain which Senator R<5t)t enunciated and
which the President upheld in his message to Con
gress differed from all previous constructions, and
there are many of them.
Tint Hay-Pauncefote treaty was construed live
times by the United Stales Senate to mean that our
coastwise ships should have as free use of the canal
ns all our domestic commerce lias of all the rest of
the canals of the government within the United States.
The House of Representatives twice adopted the same
construction.
Tlie treaty was construed four times by President
Roosevelt and once by President Taft. The late .iolin
Hay construed the treaty in the same way. and
Senator Root himself, when secretary of state, gave
tile treaty no different construction. It should he
added that President Wilson at Edgewater, in tills
State, in 191" construed the treaty to mean exemp
tion for our coastwise ships, and that also was the
construction given to the treaty by the Baltimore
national convention.
Against all these authorities and the judgment of
such men as former Secretary of State Olney we have
the construction given to the treaty by the lawyers
of tlie transcontinental railroads, the Britisli foreign
office and President Wilson, who lias twice shifted
his ground since he made his message to Congress.
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF WEAKNESS.
The reported offer by tlie German minister to
Haiti for Germany to take charge of tlie administra
tion id' tlie h laud, so as to help the negro government
to get out of its difficulties, Jins a sinister significance
just at this time.
European governments are curiously watching the
newly-developed statesmanship at Washington and
its smashing of all precedents and all statecraft that
has grown out of the world's political experiences.
The extraordinary surrender to Great Britain in the
canal tolls question gave European diplomacy a shock,
and our course in Mexico is a Chinese puzzle.
But what a rare chance is now offered for acts of
encroachment on this continent that have never been
thought of before! If Great Britain can virtually take
over control of the Panama canal, what's to prevent a
European power from securing naval bases and plant
ing colonies and doing other things in disregard of the
Monroe Doctrine? Surely there will nardly be a pro
test from Washington.
A government meekly compliant has no need for
a navy, except for salutes', and little yse for an army.
It is well for Congress, therefore, to adopt the propo
sition already made to employ our soldiers as com
mon laborers and use our warships as merchant ves
sels to carry passengers and freight through the
Panama canal, paying tolls.
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MERELY TO EXCHANGE SALUTES,
i The Mexican question is constantly assuming new
phases. The latest is the question, already settled by
the flat of the pdmiiiistration. as to the character of
the reparation to be made by Huerta for tiie series of
insults to our Hag. The common understanding is
that when one government permits gross affronts to
be given to another government or to its flag, and
satisfaction is demanded in the conventional form,
it is the party that lias given the affront which per
forms the expiatory act:
But it now appears, according to the official idea
at Was I ling ton, that this must be a joint act, each
party performing the same ceremony, to make honors
even.
Lef us imagine that, a French naval commander
offered a series of insults to the German flag. What
would happen? Would a German fleet sent to de
mand reparation be prepared to answer the expiatory
salute witli a similar one out of courtesy? Does any
1 body believe that such an event could happen? And
if the German, the French or the British flag had been
insulted in a Mexican seaport and a fleet had been
sent to exact a penalty, would the Mexican govern
ment be honored witli a salute?
The mountain labored and brought forth a mouse.
The imposing Atlantic fleet, representing the majesty
and might of the great American republic, sails on a
punitive mission to Tampico, with the eyes of all the
world upon it, to exchange salutes.
A NEW SPIRIT OF SONG.
The concert by John McCormack, the Irish lyric
tenor, at the Palace ballroom last Tuesday night is said
to have been the most successful one-man concert of
the kind ever given in this city. This is mentioned
not merely as a matter of curiosity, but because it
marks an important event in our civic life. It has
served to furnish indisputable proof of the awaken
ing of a new art spirit here.
The popular outpouring which greeted the great
singer was not merely a demonstration of regard
from Irishmen and Irish sympathizers to a noble bard
of the Emerald Isle. The majority, perhaps, of the
vast throng which crowded the great hall were native
Americans, Germans and Italians—music-lovers, to
whom only the music counted, which came like cas
cades of pearls from the throat of the singer.
The event also represents an individual triumph
for McCormack. This new Apollo of song is accom
plishing wonders in a world-wide uplift. He is doing
something no other singer perhaps had ever done
before—he is taking hold of the heart of the people,
the great common people, and elevating it on the wings
of song far above the sordid pursuits and affairs of
; life. The latter, of course, cannot thus be gotten rid
i of; but they can be leavened with the sweetness of a
better, healthier view of existence. And it is thiB
leaven which John McCormack’s singing supplies.
A STATE BOARD'S JUTOCIAIi ACT.
i
The State Fish and Game Commission has judi
! dally sat upon the new lisli and game license act and
decided that it does not apply to tidewaters or inter
state rivers or to bodies of water that are not or may
not hereafter be stocked by the com-iission. This
greatly limits tiie application of the law and likewise
limits the amount of revenue to be derived from it.
But it may bo asked what authority the commis
sion has to interpret an aet for the commission to
carry out by any other than the plain terms of the
act. How can the commission write into the law that
which the Legislature did not put there? A legisla
tive aet may be unwise, but it is a mandate for an
administration board for it to obey.
IMRE DANGER AT OVERBROOK.
Better lire protection at the Overbrook Hospital
for the Insane is a real necessity. The best possible
equipment should he placed there and the lire depart
I meat organization kept in thorough drill. With its
large insane population, the hospital is a tremendous
J tire risk, and without ample facilities for preventing
i or extinguishing fires and for the orderly exit of the
| patients a groat calamity might happen at any time,
i The freeholders’ committee that ordered improve
i monts in the fire protection at Overbrook yesterday
| was none too soon in its action.
—
BRITISHERS RATE YANKEE NOTIONS.
A woman engaged in rescue work in English cities
has told the mayor of Blackburn that women police
men could do excellent work in handling drunken
females and protecting girls in parks and dance halls,
and tiie mayor agrees with her, but ie is afraAt he
will not tie able to get Hie idea accepted, because it
is an American notion and tiie people of Lancashire
have no use for anything that bears tiie Yankee stamp.
This is an epitome of the English feeling toward
America.
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| OPINIONS AND VIEWS FROM THE EXCHANGES || j
MniiruinK No I.oncer In T'mhIiIoii.
From tin1 Ohio state Journal.
Tito notice ol’ the death of an emi
nent man in London contained these
words: "His wife and family will
respect his urgent desire lliat no out
ward sign of mourning should bo
worn." In referring to this notice
the London Times says: "The prac
tise of wearing mourning lias long
Jiibeen sliding into disuse, and proba
bly the next twenty years will see
it abandoned altogether, at any rate
among the wealthier people.”
According to the London paper, all
budges of woe are disappearing from
funerals. The black rosettes on the
horses’ bridles and the crape on the
hats anti sleeves are seen seldom. So
• it its with black-edged writing pa
< .per and blrck-edged cards. II is
all going, because mourning is not
needed, either for memory or respect.
• Here are two paragraphs from the
Times article:
’ "Those whose sympathy we value
■will give it us, without our advertis
ing for it: it will seem all but Indc
i cent to go about the world demand
J ing sympathy of strangers.
. "And if we believe that those who
have left us have still the power to
observe our doings we must believe
that it is our hearts, not our clothes,
that they will read.”
All of which may seem a little un
feeling. and yet it is only to give
ah idea of the changes that are going
on in the world of mourning.
Progress of the Quebec Bridge.
From the Lnghieering Becord.
In the erection of the Quebec bridge
across the St. Lawrence river, which
will have the greatest span in the
world, o'er (10,000 tons of steel are to
he assembled in three spans, of a
combined length of 2.830 feet. 150 feet
above the water. The river is 200 feet
deep, with a tide of sixteen feet and
a current of eight miles per hour.
Pieces weighing 185 tons and com
pound members nearly 800 feet long,
weighing more than 1,200 tons, are
to be bandied in midair and assem
bled and maintained with precision.
Two cantilever arms must be built
out self-supporting for 580 feet be
yond their piers and remain exposed
for months to the severest storms
and a 040-foot double track 5,000-ton
railroad span must be built at a dis
tance, floated to the site, raised 150
feet: and connected to them with great
speed and accuracy.
It is expected that all this can be
accomplished in four years of elapsed
time, since work must he discon
tinued during the long and severe
winters. To do this,.elaborate provi
sion is now being made for all the
construction operations, t lie schedule
is prepared for the successive steps
and the details of operations are be
ing minutely worked out. Even with
tills care the cost of installation of
the whole erection equipment will
hardly fall short of $1,000,000, exclu
sive of maintenance, supplies and
labor, so that the total erection ex
pense reaches thousands of dollars a
day for the actual working time.
A band Squeezed Ury.
From the Christian Herald.
Robert Hird, In his Interesting life
of St. Paul, tells us that when Paul
lived in Tarsus the River Cydnus,
which gushes forth from a deep cleft
in the mountains to the north passed
through fields of rich red earth for
over twenty miles, receiving many
little streams on its way to the sea.
Small villages, white farms and dark
mud huts were scattered over the
plain of pasture lands and fields of
grain, hedged vineyards and fruit
gardens, sonic protected with walls of
mud and stone, others by dense
prickly hedges. Tapering poplar
trees, dark eypresses, mulberry, pom
egranate, apple, cherry, sliver olive,
grew by the river side, or cast their
shadows a round the house doors,
while tall shrubs marked the banks
of the river water-courses, with
branches woven together by the star
like flowers of the clematis, sweet
honeysuckle and wild vines, and thus,
although the son of n Jew, Paul lived
far away from his own country
among Greek manners and customs,
hut under Homan laws, in whal would
now lx* called an ancient university
city, in a fruitful plain between the
mountains and the seas.”
The description of the early sur
roundings of St. Paul, though the
author is indebted in part to Im im
agination. is doubtless correct in its
main features. Hut now what a
change! During the hundreds of
years of Turkish misrule many of
l lie fertile fields have become barren.
The loaded fruit trees have been cut
down. The Cydnus lias formed for
Itself a new channel, and the old
harbor, which was white with the
sulls of many nations, is now an un
healthy morass.
Country Villas mi Waterloo's l'lebl.
From tlit* Glasgow Hernld.
When the centenary of the battle of
Waterloo is celebrated next year vis
itors to the famous field will find that
it has largely lost Its rural appear
ance, ns It has become a favorite site
for building of country villas. There
nre no fewer than fifty now on the
field where Napoleon met his doom,
and many of them are built on the
very spots that were occupied by the
combatants. The field is an ideal sit
uation for country retreats. The com
pletion of good motor roads from Nt
velles and Charleroi has done much
to stimulate villa building.
Gins* Eye Is Exploded by Mexican War
News.
HUNTINGTON. W. Vn.. April 17.—
M. C. Canterbury, a farmer residing
dear here, was leaning over his paper
with his attention riveted on a Mexi
can war story, when, with a loud re
port, his artificial eye burst, and a
shower of glass fell on the paper. He
was uninjured, but fell out of his
chair in surprise.
The explosion was similar to that of
an electric light bulb. Glass eyes,
like incandescent lights, are made
with a near vacuum. Just what
caused the explosion was more than
a local optician cuuld explain.
Woman Sacrifices l.ifc Gnder Train to
Save Pet Bog.
PEMBROKE, N. C„ April 17.—De
votion for her pet dog cost the life
of an old Che'rokco (CToatan) Indian
woman here today. The dogt how
over, was saved.
The aged Indian woman, accompa
nied by the dog, was walking along
the tracks of the Atlantic Coast Line.
Suddenly she observed the approach
nf a fast passenger train. The dog, in
the meantime, had gotten a short
ways ahead of Its owner. Unmindful
of her own danger, the woman made
a dash for the dog. She managed to
save her pet, but in doing so was
struck and instantly killed by the
train.
Ufe-Siiver’s Dream Solves Mystery of
Missing .Man.
NEW YORK, A|»ril 17.—Ray Burch,
a life-saver, saw In a dream the body
of his friend, William Bennett, an
other life-saver, who disappeared on
March 1, lying on the beach at
Thatch Island, off the Eire Island
beach. Thereupon Burch sailed to
Thatch Island yesterday and found
the body.
Bennett was a member of the Jones
Beach life-saving crew. W'hilc sail
ing from Amityville to Jones Beach
he disappeared, his boat being found
afterward. Life-savers of his own
and the Gilgo station crew searched
for the body for several weeks.
Horne Stand* Hour* With Kitted Hoof to
Keep from stepping on Driver.
BINGHAMTON, N. Y., ^pril 17.—A
touching instance of the intelligence
anil fidelity of a horse came to light
yesterday, when the body of Frank
Hannon was found face downward
in a small brook near Owego with
a blanket so wrapped about him that
ho hail been unable to save himself
after falling. Over Hannon stood his
team, one of the animals having re
mained for many hours without being
able to place one of its feet to the
ground, us Hannon's face was under
the hoof, and the horses were unable
to move freely In the, tangled harness.
Coroner Hubert said'if he had fallen
face up he would have escaped. Had
the horse placed his weight on the
lifted hoof, Hannon’s body would
have been mangled.
Move. House Into Stale Where He Wa.
Horn to Die llappy.
PITTSFIELD, Mass., April 17.—
Eleuzer Larnbee hits moved his
house from Vermont into Massachu
setts because he was horn in Mas
sachusetts and wants to die in the
old liay State.
When lie built a home in Williams
town be supposed that he was in the
Slate. Then government surveyors
came along and changed tiie State
boundary after he had paid taxes to
Massachusetts for several years. Lar
atieo then had a new cellar dug over
in Massachusetts and yesterday
moved his residence into the Bay
State. The change cost him $1,flno.
Minister Make, lull for IIS Marriageable
liiielielor. Willi Vole..
SYRACUSE, April 17.—President F.
M. Parsons, of the village of Weeds
port, has sounded a clarion call for
bachelors to come to his village and
marry sixty-five widows who own
property there.
The town has too many widows, he
says, adding that he knows sixty-five
of them who would marry again.
Friends of the executive see an
Ethiopian in the woodpile. The vil
lage Is soon to vote on a municipal
lighting plant. Parsons opposes it,
and wants the sixty-five votes to
carry the proposition his way.
kVns Damage Wreaked by “Northwester”
••An Act of Providence.”
PITTSBURGH, April 17.—Accord
ing to the sworn testimony of Henry
Pennywitt, United States weather ob
server, the banner northwest wind In
Pittsburgh blew the afternoon of
May 31, 1911, when it reached a ve
locity of sixty-four miles an hour.
This testimony was developed in a
suit for damages brought by George
S. Martin against a property holder,
whose sign had been blown down,
and in falling struck Martin. Attor
neys for the defendant declared it
was "an act of Providence,” and
called in the weather observer to
prove it.
May Send Male Gossip to .Jail for Slander
ing Rival.
GREEN BAY. Wis.. April 17.-Be
eause Vie violated the anti-gossip law,
passed by the last Legislature, De
tective Dan M. Hyde, prize ring ref
eree and hotel official in Milwaukee,
faces a term of u year in jail or a
line of .12i>0.
He was found guilty yesterday by
a jury of slanderous gossip about De
tective Dick Cunningham, of Milwau
kee, as a result of a prohibition light
In Green Bay, In which the light ref
eree was representing the clergy.
Partis and Reading Give Way to Tango
ing tin Trains.
CHICAGO. April 17.—“Tango your
way to the West,” Is the latest slogan
of the transcontinental lines. Instead
of playing cards and reading novels
travelers are using the vlctrola on
the best trains for dance music. The
tables and chairs ot' the dining cars
are removed so that the passengers
may amuse themselves with the
tango.
Evening Star’s
Daily Puzzle
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What kind of a stone?
Answer to Yesterday’s Puzzle:
Mary.
Cans Spne in flrcadp
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In Arcady! In Arcady!
O, laddie, laddie, hark to me,
Ye’ll never tread a blither land in all your way of life;
O honey-sweet the kisses there.
And, heart o’ grace, the maids are fair!
For beauty dwells in Arcady, lad, when the heart is young.
In Arcady! In Arcady!
O laddie, but the heart of me
Went pulsing golden rapture, lad, through ev'ry joyous vein
When I was young in Arcady,
And life was all a song to me,
And merry hearts and loyal, lad, fared gayly at my side.
I i In Arcady! In Arcady! I
Lang syne a lassie harked with me.
With dancing feet, and dancing eyes, and cherry lips of red; |
And love was all she asked of me,
When love is all what more can be? •
1 Sure gold is dross in Arcady and hearts arc current coin!
ALFRED THORNE.
j| NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
A Curious Instance of the Working of Conscience
•'In my experience as an evangelist
I have learned that the promptings of
conscience sometimes lead lo peculiar,
inexplicible results.” This remark
rwus made to me recently by William
P. Hall, who is not only president of
a large corporation, but is ulso widely
known us an evangelist, perhaps the
most prominent of the laymen of the
United States who have taken up
evangelistic work.
“1 could relate to you many inci
dents that have come within my
knowledge which justify the state
ment which I have just made to you.
They sometimes lead to the belief
that none of us fully understands hu
man nature.
"Let me tell you of an incident of
which I have never been able to ex
plain. I learned upon undoubted au
thority the facts which I am now to
tell you.
"A. gentleman of excellent character
was riding, some years ago, in one of
the rapid-transit subway trains in
New York city. He sat in a seat
nearest the door. After a while his
attention was attracted to a well
dressed man whose appearance was
that of a person accustomed to re
finement of life and whose habits
were good. For some reason, which
he could not explain, the gentleman
of whom I spoke found himself in
constant observation of this man who
sat opposite to him.
"At lust, at one of the stations this
man got up and hastily left the car.
He was lost to view in the crowd
which had gathered on the platform.
The gentleman who had been watch
ing this mun just then discovered a
small package which had evidently
been forgotten by the man who had
left the car.
"The tinder took the package with
intent to give it to the guard. There
was, however, some delay before the
guard came through the ear. which
gave the gentleman opportunity to
look carefully at the package. It ap
peared to be a box of small size which
had been wrapped in a newspaper.
Something was written upon the
margin of the newspaper, which had
been so placed over the box as to be
certain instantly to attract the eye.
1 It was in these words: 'This box con
tains some money that was stolen.
Cor good reasons 1 cannot return it.
Therefore the money belongs to the
tinder of the box.’
"There was a queer manifestation
of the impulses of conscience. The
man was in possession of stolen
money, and his conscience would not
let him keep it. Yet his conscientious
scruples were not strong enough to
lead him to restore the money to
those from whom it had been stolen.
“But that was not all. The man
who found the parcel was persuaded
that he had a right to examine It.
He took off the newspaper covering
and found a cigar-box underneath tile
paper. He took the box with him
when he left the train and at a con
venient moment opened it. It con
tained some $3,000 In Hills. This
gentleman’s conscience could not per
mit him to make this confessedly
stolen money his own. After some
thought, he decided to give it as a
benefaction to someone who would
never know that it was stolen money.
He did this, thereby satisfying his
own conscience.
"Now if anyone can explain to me
the mysterious workings of human
nature which are contained in this in
cident 1 should lie very" glad to have
the explanation.”
(Copyright, 1914, by Dr. E. .1. Ed
wards. All rights reserved.)
A Definite Goal for Girls
Dr. O. S. Marden. well-known phil
osopher, believes that girls should cul
tivate the spirit of achievement. The
following is published through the
courtesy of the Pictorial Review:
With the average American girl,
her dellnlte purpose has ended with
her diploma. Her mother and grand
mother were brought up w'th the Idea
that marriage was a woman’s inevita
ble goal, and the girl of the past was
not encouraged to have any other am
bition.
The tremendous increase in Ameri
can divorces during the past decade
is largely due to the idle, aimless
lives of the wives, especially the wives
of wealthy men. Wage-earning occu
pations were unthought of in the girl s
training and not even hinted at in
the fashionable schools.
There has been infinitely too great
emphasis placed upon two different
ideals for the boy and the girl. Every
thing in the boy's training has point
ed toward his future. He has been
taught that he is expected to do
something, and to bo somebody in the
world—to be a man of Inlluence and
power and to stand for something in
his community. The boy's training has
been calculated to develop his inde
pendence bis self-reliance, to call out
his Initiative and qualities which ac
complish things. Achievement along
the line of definite purpose has been
emphasized in his training.
The most pathetic picture in Ameri
can life has been that of the un
trained. helpless daughter, waiting
around at home after her schooling
was over, for some man to come along
who was willing to support her.
These helpless, ambttionlessicreatures,
however, are fast disappearing. The
new girl will be much more of a prize
than the old type of a girl, and she
will he much more sought after. The
new girl will not have the same
temptation to sell herself for a home,
for some one to support her, because
she will he able to provide for her
self.
The coming girl is going to be
trained In a business way, to lit her
self for some useful vocation which
which make her self- respecting, self
supporting, independent. She is not
going to he the clinging vine, dressed
up doll, man’s pJhything of the past.
She is going to be a much higher or
der of being, a character worth the
name of “woman.”
The new girl, if she doesn't marry,
is not going to live upon her father
and mother. She is going to bo
ashamed to be a further drag upon
her parents, a drain upon the family
treasury. She is going to regard it
just as much of a disgrace to hang
around the home for years and do
nothing while she is waiting for the
right man to come along as it would
be for her brother to live upon his
family after he is perfectly capable
of earning his own living. This living
upon the parents after one us capable
of earning one's own living is a great
character-weakener. It is practically
accepting charity when one is per
fectly capable of taking care of one
self, and the new girl’s sense of Jus
tice, her superb independence and self
reliance will protest against her long
er accepting these conditions.—Picto
rial Review. _
Famous Oak Is Dying |
A tree, which was more than a cen
tury old when Columbus discovered
America and Is still standing, makes
up stop and think a moment. Such
a tree stands, majestic in Its decay,
near the west hank of the < 'ocheo
river at Dover Point, N. H„ says the
Boston Globe.
This tree, which has yearly put
forth leaves during the entire history
of the country, which was old when
the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth
Rock, is a white oak.
* Scientists say that a white oak will
live for 900 years. Of its span of life
300 years are spent in growing, 300
more years elapse before decay com
mences and 300 years are spent in the
final wearing away of the giant.
The oak at Dover Point is far ad
vanced in the (Inal stage. The main
branches of the top are dead, some
have fallen and the trunk is hollow,
forming a home for woodchucks and
gypsy moths.
Residents around Dover call this
old giant of the forest the ‘‘Bound
Tree,” as it marked the original
boundary line between the farms of
John and Thomas Roberts. The
farms were given to the two men by
their father. Governor Roberts, who
settled on the land in 1833. Governor
Robert’s house stood on a prominence
east of the tree at the head of a small
ravine.
The great tree still shows remark
able strength in spite of the ravages
of time. It ceased to bear acorns
about ten years ago. says its pres
ent owner, Howard Mlllelt Roberts,
who is a descendant of Governor
Roberts. ,
Both Mr. Roberts and his son, Fred
Hard on Hubby.
The Lady (to the aeroplane dem
onstrator)—"I wish you wouldn’t try
to sell an airship to my husband.”
The Salesman—“And why not,
madam?”
“Because he isn't to be trusted
with it.”
“But. madam, our new machines
are all fool-proof."
“Ordinarily, perhaps. But you
haven’t met my husband."—Cleve
land Plain-Dealer.
H. Roberts, take much interest in the
tree and for the last two seasons they
have been spraying its brunches to
stop as far as possible the growth of !
the gypsy moths.
The Northam Colonists, u local his- !
torical society, has become interested I
in the tree, and it is understood that |
the organization also intends to help
in the preservation of the dying mon
arch of the virgin forest.
The old tree has a girth of twenty
three feet when the tape is held one
foot above the ground.
“In Reviewing the Work of 1913,
* •
I desire to say that, in cooperation with the Board of
Pirectors, the officers will continue the policies which
have been of such value to the Company in the past—
policies which have made “The Prudential” a household
word throughout the land, have established the Company
in the confidence of its patrons and tl|e general public,
and have been given full force and effect by the loyalty of
its entire organization both in the field and the Home
Office.”
From President Forrest F. Dryden’s
Report on Prudential Annual State
ment, January 1, 1914.
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The Prudential
FORREST F. DRYDEN. President
Noted Women Whose Birthday Is Yours '
APRIL 17
Susan Fenimore Cooper
Copyrighted 1914.
BY MARY MARSHALL.
Susan Fenimore Cooper was born
101 years ago today. She was the
daughter of the American novelist,
.lames Fenimore Cooper, and had it
not been for his curious dying request
that no biography be written to tell
the story of his life, Susan would
have undertaken this task.
Susan Cooper had been very much
loved by her -father, and for years
she acted as his secretary. So she
knew more* than anyone else did
about tlie details of his life, his am
bition and his methods of work; but
she respected her father’s wish and
left unwritten the book that she
might so interestingly have prepared.
Susan Cooper inherited something
of her father’s literary abilities, but
she confined her writing to descrip
tive sketches of rural scenery. Her
name will always be remembered in
Cooperstown, N. Y., where she spent
the greater part of her life, because
of the orphanafee for a hundred chil
dren which she founded in that town.
Other celebrated women born on
April 17 are these: Mary Peters, an
English clergyman’s wife, who wrote
popular hymns: Anna Garlin Spen
cer and Margaret Elizabeth Stratton,
both American educators; Isabel Bar- ,
rows, a present-day editor, who was
the first woman stenographer ever
employed by the department of stuto
at Washington, and Augusta Bristol,
the feminist writer, who died three
years ago.
Seek Land in Central America
ii_
Americans recently have become
so much interested regarding the
available banana, cocoanut and tim
ber lands of Honduras, as showi^by
their inquiries, thut United States
Consul Harold I_>. Chun has sent a
report to the, department of I'ora
merce on the subject, which he hopes
will be satisfactory to most inquirers.
He says it is now impossible to ob
tain extensive tracts of land suitable
for raising bananas along tl# coast
near Ceiba, but that east of Truxtllo,
however, (here is reported * to be
Plenty of land available for banana
production.
Mr. Chun also makes a rather dis
couraging report regarding the avail
ability of cocoanut land* near Chun
or in the Bay Islands, for the reason
that jersons owning suitable lands are
reluctant to part,, with them, as co
coanut growing has now become very
profitable. But, again, ho learns that
eastward from Truxillo, and espe
cially east of Iriara, are many miles
of coast land reputed to be excellent
for cocoanut gardens.
“I am informed,” continued Mr.
Chun, writing further of the re
sources of Honduras, “that there are
extensive tracts of tine timber in the
neighborhood of Caratasea Lagoon, in
wlfat is known as the Honduran
Mosquitia, and that some American
timber prospectors who visited th's
region some months ago stated that
the growth there compares very
favorably with the best found in the
southern part of the United States,
and that it would muke an excellent
sawmill proposition. In order to cut
and export this timber it would be
necessary to obtain a concession from
the government of Honduras.
There is said to be a certain
amount of mahogany in the neigh
borhood of the Paulaya, Sicri, Tuns,
Plantain and Patuca rivers and their
tributaries, in the Mosquitia, the priv
ilege of cutting whicli would have to
be obtained by concession. I am in
formed that a concession has rocently
been given to certain parties to cut
mahogany in this region, but I do not
understand that this will exclude
others.
"The manager of a banana company
tells me that he has completed ar
rangements to acquire about 70,000
acres of timberland in the department
of Tegecigalpa, between Rio Hondo
and Agalteca, on which there are ap
proximately 4,000,000 trees of pine and
hard woods. After being cleared, this
land would lie good for cattle, sugar
cane or coffee. The company will
probably sell it for approximately $t
gold per acre. At present it is Impos
sible to get the timber out, owing to
lack of transportation to the coast,
but the manager is confident that a
railway will be built into the vicinity
before long, as important interests
have a valuable iron mine at Agal
teea.
Large tracts of land suitable fop
raising cattle are available along the
north coast of Honduras. I am in
formed that to the eastward of Trux
illo, and especfitlly in the section
around Caratasca Lagoon, considera
ble areas said to be excellent for this
purpose can be acquired by denounce
ment, at an approximate cost of 50a
gold per acre. The great disadvan
tage of the Caratasca region is that it
is remote and unsettled. The lands in
the Department of Olancho are at
present without easy communication
with the coast, but the indications
are that the railway line of the Trux
illo Railroad Company, now under
construction, will reach them within
two or three years. In other parts of
the country (nearer the more settled
portions of the coast) it costs, I am
told, about $15 per acre to clear, grass
and fence the land. Considerable
areas in the Hay Islands, especially
Ruatan, are also adapted for pastur- \
age, but would have to be cleared, '
fenced, etc. In the islands conditions
should be favorable for loading, owing
to the many harbors with deep water
close to shore, and health conditions
are said to bo better than on tha
coast.”
Mr. Chun says, however, that ha
would not advise an American with
$4,000 capital to buy grazing lands and
go into the cattle business in Hon
duras under present conditions.
“I urn informed,” he continues, "that
by expending $2,000 for land and build
ings and $2,000 for cattle and expenses
until a person began to get returns,
he might make a fair living in tha
dairy business if he is familiar with
the cattle business, speaks the Span
ish language and is accustomed to
dealing with Spanish-Americans, and r
if he is fortunate in getting the ser
vices of a capable and honest native .
overseer. I am told that for $2,000 one
can have 100 acres of good pasture
land, fenced, near the settled part of
the coast, and that this could carry
Hfty head of cattle. Twenty picked
native cows would cost about $000 and
would give returns of about 40 cents
gold per day each. Two men could .
handle the business. I would not re
gard this in the light of an invest
ment, however, but as a means of
earning one’s living; and if It is a
question of residing here and earning
one’s living In this way, the life on
this coast might be found disagreeable
in some respects, malaria and dysen
tery being prevalent.
“Steers now sell for about $22 gold
on this coast, and for $15 to $18 in the
Interior. This does not apply to re
pastured cattle, but to those from tha
range. Ordinary cows can be bought
for about $18; picked ones for $28 to
$40.” ______
All London Is Flying
"Have you flown?" is the little |
query which is exciting even more in
terest in London society today than
the tango or the war between the
hotels and the supper clubs.
The extent to which aviation has
"caught on” in society is illustrated
by the report that a youthful lord
has resigned his commission in the
Royal Horse Guards to study the art
of flying in France. His sister is also
working hard for her pilot's certifi
cate.
At the Hendon Aerodrome, Mr.
Grahame-White recalled that Lord
Carberry had performed a fine flight
from Paris to Hendon, and that other
pilots who had graduated at his
establishment included Lord Edward
Grosvenor, Sir Reginald Sinclair and
Sir Bryan Leighton.
“The well-known persons who have
flown with me could be numbered by
the score," said Mr. Grahame-White.
"Here are just a few: The Duke of
Sutherland, Prince Christopher of
Greece, Lord Curzon of Kedleston,
who was one of my first passengers;
Lord Drogheda. Lord Portalington,
Lord Deshborough, Admiral Sir Ed
ward Seymour, Sir Thomas Lipton,
Sir Richard Paget, Mr. Arthur Bal
four, Mr. Reginald McKenna and Col.
oncl Seely.
'And the ladies, here are a few sel
ections from the book: The Duchess
of Sutherland, Lady Ponsonby, Lary
Drogheda, Lady Limerick, Lady
Diana Manners, Lady Portalington,
tho Honorable Mrs. Assheton Har
bord, the Honorable Monica Crenfall
and Lady Tree.
“The danger of flying has been
greatly exaggerated; the statistics
show that there has been only one
fatal accident to every 95,000 miles
flown, which, for an industry in its
infancy, is pretty good.
"And then the cost promises soon
to be no greater than that of auto
mobiling. Our aerial charabano
travels at fifty miles an hour with
flve passengers at a cost of sixpence
per mile for every four people.
"Aerial touring will soon be as
popular as automobiling; nothing
could tie more delightful than gliding*
over England in the summer time at
the rate of 200 miles a day, and
parties of three or four could easily
be accommodated on one machine.
Once you are in the air the feeling of
security Is extraordinary.
"Not long ago I was at a party in a
country house where every one of the
twenty-four persons at dinner de
clared that nothing in the world
would induce them to take a flight.
The next day 1 took eacii member of
that party for a trip and they all
confessed that it was not half as
terrible as it looked.”
Mint Makes 186,626.871 Coins
The I’nited States mints in the fiscal
year ended June 30, 1913, turned out
186,620,871 coins, a pretty good year's
work. Tito face value of these coins
was $37,496,530, but this amount was
rather unevenly distributed, $30,058,283
being in gold coins, $3,448,200 in silver
and $3,940,102 in copper and nickel. In
number, however, the copper coins
had even more preponderance than
the gold coins in value, since there
were 170,068*761 of them, against only
4,221,400 of tile gold pieces.—Engineer
ing and Mining News.
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