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WATERBURY EVENING DEMOCRAT. FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1901
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What Uniyersity
Freedom Means
' By ANDREW S. DRAPER. Commissioner of Education of New York State
EEHAPS the most gratifying development in recent
university administration is a more RATIONAL man
agement of students. The one thing every one in a uni
versity demands is freedom. There can be no sound ad
ministration without administrative freedom. . Student
freedom is VITAL to normal and healthful student growth. Admin
istrative freedom does not include the right to be unjust. Teaching
freedom does not cover the privilege of talking to the public more
than to the students, and, on top of that TO INSIST ON TALK
ING LIKE A FOOL. Nor does the student mean
that one may go to the dogs without let or
hindrance. ' . '
All university freedom is to be exercised sanely
and with good purposes, or the place must cease to
be a university. The lines in .American universities
are setting for CHARACTER quite as much as for
scholarship. German university ideals are being re
pudiated, as must be the case in this country. A student who hazes
his fellow or goes to excess over an athletic victory DESERVES
discipline for it, but a trustee who demands a place for his son, a
president whose favor turns upon favoritism or prejudice, and a
teacher who runs to the newspapers for notoriety, or scoffs at things
many people revere, is entitled to NOTHING SHORT OF A
IFIGHT. ' "
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Japan Is Tighting the
United States' Battle
: ' bV POULTNEY BIGE LOW, "Author and Traveler
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Ij suouiu. ue .cvu 1 1 rv ivi rtu xo ibt, uapan ngni our oaiue.
xfl I e have ne bulk of trade in the affected territory.
we nave Deen Dacjang down Dei ore -tvussia just as Jing
land has done, and JAPAN IS FIGHTING THE
BATTLE for American trade: , Next to the American
consuls nothing has done so much damage to American trade there
as the Russian occupation of Manchuria.
Russia has never conducted a really FIRST CLASS campaign.
Ve are the only nation that has ever conducted so "brilliant a cam
paign as the Spanish-American war, in which we brought back the
whole army as heroes EXCEPT THE REGULAR ARMY. But
for God's providence the rough riders would have been chewed up
at Santiago, had it not been for these UNTHOUGHT OF regulars,
who crowded around them on the hill.
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MARRIAGE BY PROXY
A GENUINE CASE OF
HEARTS ACROSS THE
"FONI
SEA."
Cupid Defies Atlantic and Joins De
voted CoupleGirl Wins Husband
: in Candy Box School Girl
' j Romance.
Cupid's latest achievement was the
uniting of two fond hearts, although
the broad Atlantic rolled between the
lovers. , Berend Polak, of New York
went to the pier last week and welcomec
a bride to whom he had been married a
month before by proxy.
As soon as the gangplank had. been
lowered one of the first to trip gayTy
down, to the dock was Mrs. Polak, whe
was Miss Wilhelmina Courlander, who,
perceiving her anxiously awaiting hus
band in the large throng, by means of a
previously arranged signal code of hand
kerchiefs, rushed joyously to him. . Aft
er a tender exchange of greetings the
couple left the pier in a cab.
A small party of their relatives and
Intimate friends were assembled in a
restaurant up town, and congratulations
were extended to the newly - wedded
pair. -- . , - . .
When the luncheon was finished, the
little party disbanded, and Mr. .Polak
escorted his wife to a cozy home in East
One Hundred and Nineteenth street,
which the young husband had managed
to furnish and have in readiness for the
reception of his bride when she had com
pleted her long journey of over 3,00C
miles.'1 i . :.
Their romance began in Holland when
they were children. Together they at
tended the same school. When Berend
Polak grew toward manhood he kissed
Wilhelmina good-by and came to Amer
ica to make a fortune and a home.
Saving every cent and dollar possible,
young Polak had sufficient money to en
able him to marry. When he was ready
to arrange for the ceremony he and his
wife to be decided that a most appro
priate climax to their romantic court
chip would be a wedding out of the ordi
nary. Dozens of letters passed between
them, in which it was agreed that the
marriage should take place by proxy.
The day when this strange marriage
was to take place was specified In the
contracts, and on that day, at a; partic
ular time, each of the couple had to at
tend church, accompanied by witnesses
WHEN THE JOKE'S ON US.
We can get a lot of giggle from th cares
of other folk;
We "can pluck a lot of pleasure from our
own delightful jokes;
We can laugh to beat the mischief when
the other fellow slips
On a fr&sh banana peeling, as adown the
street he trips;
We can smile a smile of rapture at a fel
low creature's muss,
ut it's quite another story when the
Joke's
on
. us.
We can scheme and plot to humble some
poor chap we think isi proud,
And we're glad when he's the victim of
' the cackle of the crowd;
We will play1 the blooming joker when the
ether fellow's It
And will gurgl o'r his trouble till we
nearly have a fit;
But we're southbound in a minute and pre
pared to start a fuss
When Uie victim turns the tables and the
. Joke's
on
i .- . ; ': ' . - . us.'
We will never reach perfection In thin
tricky human game
Till a joke on t'oier fellow or on us Is all
the same . , '
Till we laugh as long and loudly at our
own, discomfiture
As we do when some one else has held the
bag of snipes to lure;
We'll be failures just as Ions as we pro
ceed to rave and cuss
When the other fellow's laughing and the
- Joke's .
on r
" , '. . . us. .
Baltimore American.
H-I-H"H"I"I"I"I"I"t"l"r
A "CASE OF
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By ATHOL HOLLOWAY ?
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HEROINE OF BONBON ROMANCE.
where the marriage ceremony was gone
through. ;:
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HEAVY shower of rain had left
A
JJ me stranded in the ancient and
sleepy city of Elchester. The country
roads, bad enough at the best of times,
were so sloppy as to put bicycling out
of the question. I knew nobody in
the town and, as here ' is, only one
place i of Interest the cathedral I
went there.
In doing this I believed I was spend
ing an idle hour. As a m&tter of fact,
I was unconsciously fulfilling the ob
ject for. which I was probably brought
into the world. . ,
The building appeared tb be empty,
and I amused myself -reading the
tablets that recorded the" lives of
worthy people 'who existed : genera
tions ago. I found thorn interesting,
for my own name happens to be Clut-
ton, and, though I have never troubled ,
myself about family "trees," I knew
that we came from the west of Eng
land.' " In other words, the knights, and
"Yes; but I am afraid i that will
never happen now," she said, with a
little sigh. "Nobody knows what has
become of the Cluttons, and the Clar
ences are nearly extinct."
"It appears to me"," I said, "that you
are superstitious about the country
legends." , , x
"I am afraid I am," she said, laugn-
Ing, "because so many hava come
true. But this one never will."
"Why not?"
"Because," she eaid, "I happen to be
the last of the Clarences. I was named
Dorothy, after the lady who died of a
broken heart." '
"Are you a Miss Clarence?" I asked.
"But I am afraid I can't help those
unfortunate Cluttons," she went on,
"because I don't know a one."
At this, I am afraid, I winked at the
broken-nosed monument of Sir Francis.-
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"Besides," she continutd, "even if I
did, I couldn't give them back their
property, because I haven't any
money." : .
By this time my rough drawing was
finished, and she was kind enough to
say it was clever.
"May I keep it?" she asked. "I
should like to paste it in my scrap
book." V.. - .
"By all means. Would you like me
to sign my name?" ?
"Yes, please, and put the date."
I did as she told me, signing myself'
"Richard Clutton."
When ; she saw what I had written
she went pale with astonishment.
"Are you really descended from
those old monuments?" she said. -V '
"Not from the monuments," I an
swered; "but I believe I am descended
from that . unfeeling brute who broke
Miss Dorothy Clarence's heart."
Then she tu rned scarlet at o some
thought which struck her and looked
uncomfortable. But I could not resist
the opportunity of teasing her. (
"There is no doubt that you will
have to marry me," 'I said,' "and so
restore the Cluttons to their former
glory.",. '-,v.
"I don't see that," she said.' "I I
don't believe in those old legends."
"I thought you said you did." .
"Yes, I believe in some of them, but
not this one. Besides, I am not going
to marry any one."
By this time she had quite recovered
Her equanimity, and was prepared to
treat the matter as a joke. ;.
"It seems hard lines that I should
be obliged to fall in love with you,"
she said, with a mischievous gleam in
her eyes. "I am afraid you are not
my ideal."
"Perhaps not," I admitted. "But,
then, Dorothy, people never , marry
their ideals." "
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were in all probability my ancestors, j sketch. ;It is time for me to go.
I wish that thev had had the foresight t She packed up her drawing mate
to. leave maome of tiieir property.
Wandering through the cloisters, I
came across a living picture of much
greater interest and beauty than the
images of stone and iron lying around
me. ..
It was a young lady, who was sketch- 80 easily. v . . .
ine a corner of the building, and mak-: "You will let me see you home, at
tner a. fmntif attfmnt tn Hn inaticft to any rate?" I Said
rials; but I noticed she did not offer
to return my sketch, in spite of her
indignation. She packed it away in
her portfolio. However, that may have
been an accident. -
But I was not going to let her escape
khink not,".,.she answered.
live a long way off.
J the WoncLerfnl ajcjjes and,. quaint win
COWS. ' ' .
In order to get a peep at her face, I "So much the better; we can discuss
made a pretense of examining a monu- family legends and other things."
ment close at hand. It was erected to 1 "Besides, I am well known. If I am
the memory of "SIP Francis Clutton,' seen walking through the streets of
1153-1201." His lejjs were crossed at Elchester with a stranger everybody
the knees, which signified he had
fought in three crusades; and had it
not been that, some barbarous visitor
had , broken oft the gentleman's nose,,
he would have made a' most imposing i
will want to know who you are.
"You will, of course, explain that
my name Is Clutton, and they1 will
grasp the situation at once.' ';
She bit her lip with vexation.
'feu.
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Stories of romances growing" out of
notes sent in bottles and cigar boxes
have been told and printed numerously
lately, but it has remained for a York
(Pa.) candy factory girl to select a more
appropriate vehicle for opening corre
spondence with the man who now de
clares he is her affinity.
,She is Miss Daisy Armpriester, who
sent her message in a box of confections
known as "Sweetheart Kisses."
It was in the midst of the busy sea
son at the factory at York preceding the
Christmas holidays, that Miss Arm
priester, in a spirit of fun, wrote her
name and address upon a card.-with the
request that if the finder be a gentleman
to make himself known to her by letter..-
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She placed the card in the box, which.,
as it now develops, found its way to
Grand Forks, B. C, where the missive,
nestling among the sweets, fell into the
hands of Aaron Sweezy, a prosperous
bachelor, 28 years old. '
A great many letters have since passed
between the two, and Sweezey proposed
marriage, and in his last letter expressed
his intention of coming to York to visit
the girl who puts the final touches to
"Sweetheart Kisses." .
If there be no parental objections
Miss Armpriester is but 18 years old
the romance which had its beginning in
the candy factory, may yet end at the
altar.-,
One forenoon Mr." and Mrs. Van Wag
enen, of Fulton, N. Y., received a tele
gram from their daughter, who was at
boarding school in New York. It read:
"I am coming home with my hus
band." , ;
That same evening the doorbell rang,
and the parents, who had not yet -re-
covered from the surprise of the tele
gram opened the door to their daugh
ter, who brought in a young man, whom
she introduced as "my husband, Mr.
Hatch."
'The parents had to submit, but theii
relief was unbounded when they dis
covered their daughter had married Ed
ward F. Hatch, son of Justice Hatch, of
the New York appellate court, and prom
inent in Syracuse social circles.
. Many Jews Are , Tailors.
More than ten per cent, of all Jewish
Immigrants are tailors.
Coincidence.
Old Gentleman (suddenly turning
about) I could almost swear your hand
was in my pocket. .
Questionable Character And I could
almost swear that I did have it there.
Queer coincidence, isn't it, that both of
us" should be the victim of the same de
lusion? Boston Transcript.
figure.
I tool? the liberty of standing for. a
moment by her side to see her work.
"If you will excuse my saying so," I ,
ventured, "you have drawn that arch
wrong. It is out of perspective.". ,. -"I
know it is," she answered, with a
.little moue. -"But can't get it right.
Areyou!" im-rartist.tV ,V. -.W.
"Not exactly,"-1 said. "But I know
something of architectural drawing."
"I wish you would show me how to
get the wretched thing In so that it
doesn't seem to be standing on -one
leg."..
"With pleasure!"
I took her place on the camp stool,
and, on another piece of paper, made
a rough 'drawing Of the comer which
had puzzled her.
"What a number of people of . the
name o Ciuttoxi are buried here!" I
said, by way of opening the conversa
tion. - ' .
"Oh, yes; they used to be a great
family in the days gone by," she said.
"Henry VIII., took them away when
he was reforming the church. The
Cluttons, didn't change their religion
fast enough. Edgar Clutton was the
last of them. But he deserved to be
punished,"., she added. "He did a
shabby thing." ' .
"What was that?" I inquired.
"He was betrothed to his cousin,
Dorothy Clarence, and jilted her." .
"And what became of . Mistress
Dorothy Clarence?" '' V ! v ;
"She went into a convent. They say
she died of a broken heart, and soon
afterward Sir Edgar was executed for
high treason."
"A severe punishment!" I suggested.
"Not at all!" she said, warmly. "He
was a mean wretch to behave ; as he
did! Since those days a Clutton has
never owned an acre of land in Devon
shire." And they will never get back
their position of land owners unless "
She stopped. ; . ! '
"Unless what?" I asked.
"Well, there Is a ridiculous old
legend which - has been handed down ;
but I don't suppose it will ever come
true. It runs: '
" 'My lord shall come to his own again
When - a Clutton squire weds a
Clarence dame.' 1
"So the theory is that when a Clut
ton marries a Clarence, and so repairs
the. wickedness of Sir Edgar, then
orosperily will return?"
"uome,; l, saia,."aon't let us worry
about destiny or anything else. I will
walk; with you as far as your house.
You ' must' in mercy . permit me that,
for I don't know, a soul in the town.
Then if you find an additional cousin
such a nuisance, we will say good-by
forever and a day. Will that do?"
."Yes,", she said, doubtfully.
On ; our 'way through the town she
pointed ' out the house where at one
time a branch of ' the family used to
live. It is now converted into a hair
dressing establishment a truly inglo
rious falling off. Jt
That evening Mr. Clarence called at
the hotel where I was staying, and
begged; to make the acquaintance of a
member of the family. I submitted
gracefully, and we discussed the fam
ily tree and the family, history until 2
o'clock in the morning.
I think few men have had a more
difficult courtship than mine, for Miss.
Dorothy fought against the guidance
of destiny with all her might. Cu
riously enough, the rest of the legend
came, true, for a distant relative left
tyer a moderate fortune. The terms
of her will ran:' "I leave the sum to
my kinswoman, Dorothy Clutton, that
the ancient prophecy may be fulfilled,
and I beg that she will employ it as
far as practicable in repurchasing the
Clutton property." u
And all this arose from a chance
encounter in an old cathedral on a wet
afternoon. Chicago Tribune.
Conspiracy Foiled. ,
Gen. Kuropatkin's hold over men la
due to his reputation for absolute fear
lessness. Five years ago he received the
information that the great powder mag
azine at St. Petersburg and that at
Toulon (France) were "to be blown up
within 2 hours. The guard was in bed
when he heard the news, but he at once
got up and started for St. Petersburg
without losing a moment. , He sum
soned all the staff of the magazine and
went on a round of inspection; He found
everything in order, and as a proof of
his satisfaction-ordered every one in
the magazine to take three days' holiday
and to leave at once. He then collected
a new garrison and a new staff and set
a ring of sentries all round the maga
zine. The consequence was that nothing
happened to St. Petersburg magazine,
but that at Toulon was blown up the
next day.
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WILL CARLETON, the popular poet, lecturer and editor,
was born in Hudson, Mich., In 1845 and now reaidea in
Brooklyn, N. Y. After his graduation from HllUdale
college he did newspaper work for a time In Hillsdale,
Detroit and Chicago. Mr. Carleton lias arlven lectures
and readings throughout the United States, and also in
Great Britain and Europe, and is now editor of a maga
zine published in Brooklyn. ' .
VER the hill to the poor-house I'm trudgin' ray weary way
1 a woman of seventy, and only a trifle gray '
I, who am smart an chipper, for all the years I've told, ,
As many another woman that's only half as old.
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Over the hill to the poor-house I oan't. quite make It clear!
Over the hill to the poor-house it seems so horrid queer!
Many a step I've taken a-toiling to and fro.
But this is a sort of Journey I never thought to go. , ,.
' v.o-'SS o . , t , ' ..; . . . v . '. . ..-i
..What is the use of heapin' on me a pauper's shame? t .( ,
Am I lazy or crazy? Am I llind or lame? , '
True, I am not so supple, nor yet so awful stout;
But charity ain't ho favor, if one can live without.
I am wlllin'. and anxious ap'. ready any day
To work for a decent livin', an" pay my honest way;
For I can earn my victuals, an' more too, I'll be bound.
If anybody only is willln' to have me round.
Once I was young an' handsome I was, upon my soul
Once my cheeks were roses, my eyes as black as coal;
And I can't remember, in them days, of hearin' people say,
.jFde an-M Jsindof reason, that I was in their .way.
'aint'no use 'o' boastin', or talkin' over-freei -: "'
But many a house an' borne was open. then to me; ... ,
Many a han'some offer I had from likely men,
And nobody ever hinted that I was a burden then.
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And when to John I was married, sure he was good and smart,
But he and all the neighbors would own I done my part; j
For life was all before me,, an' I was young an' strong,
And I worked the best that I could in tryin to get along. . ;
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And so we worked together: and life was hard, but r-ay, " '
With now and then a baby for to cheer us on our vay;
Till we had half a dozen, an' all growed clean7 aa' neat, ''. .
. -An', went ti. school like others, an' bad enough to eat.,
' So we worked Jor the ohildr'n, and raised 'em every one, .
Worked for 'en summer and winter, Just as we ought to 've done;
Only, perhaps, we humored 'era, which some good folks condemn ..
- But every couple's childr'n's a heap the best to them. '..
. Strange how much we think of our blessed little ones!
I'd have died for my daughters, I'd have died for my sons;
And God he made that rule of love; but when we're old and gray,
I've noticed it sometimes somehow falls to work the other way. .
- Strange, another thing: when our boys an' girls was grown.
And when; exceptin' Charley, they'd left us there alone; .
When John he nearer an' nearer come, an' dearer seemed to be,
. The Lord of Hosts he come one day, an' took him away from me.
Still I was bound to struggle, an' never to cringe or fall
Still I worked for Charley, for Charley was now my all;
And Charley was pretty good to me, with scarce a word or frown.
Till at last toe went a-courtin', and brought a wife from town.
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She was somewhat dressy, an' hadn't a pleasant smile '
She was quite coneeity, and carried a heap o' style; '..-.
- But If ever rtried to be friends, I did with her, I know; '
. But Bhe was hard and proud, an' 'I couldn't make It go. .
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She had an edication, an' that was good for her; ;
But when she twitted me on mine, 'twas carryin' things too fur; '
An' I told her once, 'fore company (an' It almost made her siok).
That I. never swallowed a grammar, or et a 'rlthraetic. ? :..'-.
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So 'twas only a few days before the thing was done
They was a family of themselves, and I another one;
And a very little cottage one family will do,; I Ih" j f ; . :
But 1 never have seen a house that was big enough tor two.
An' I never could speak to suit her, never could please her eye,
An' It made me independent, an' then I didn't try; 1
But I was terribly staggered, an felt it like a blow, , X
t When Charley turn'd agin me, an' told me I could go. ..
I went to live with Susan, but Susan's house was small.
And she was always a-hintin' how snug It was for us all; -"
And what with her husband's sisters, and what with chll&r'n three,
'Twaa easy to discover that there wasn't room : for me. '
An' then I went to Thomas, the eldest son I've -sot," :yj
For Thomas's buildings 'd cover the half of an acre lot;
But all the chlldr'n was on me I couldn't stand their eauce
And Thomas said I needn't think I was comln' there to boss.
An then I wrote to Rebecca, my girl who llveo out West,
And to Isaac, not far from her some twenty miles at best;
And one of 'em said 'twas too warm, there for any one so old.
And t'other had an opinion the climate was too cold.
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So they have shirked and slighted me, an' shifted me. about
So thy have well-nigh soured me, an' wore ray old heart out;
But still I've borne up pretty well, an wasn't much put down,
Till Charley went to the poor-master, an' put me on tho town.
Over the hill to the poor-house my chlldr'n dear, good-bye!
Many a night I've watched you when only God was nigh;
And God '11 Judge between us; but I will always pray - ------,
una l you snait never, euner ine naix x uo 10-aay. ;
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IRussia and Japan Ttireaten
The Peace of World
.By Rev. W, MONTAGUE GREER of New York
HE scandal is not so inuch that J apan and Russia are at
cleath grips, but that two such nations should be in existence.
These nations stand for the unfinished business of the church,
and their struggle is threatening the "peace of the world. All the
nations are watching and waiting and for what S To secure an "open '
door" f or tJie religion of Christ? Oh, no ! Preparing, for the ulti-!
mate partition of China. We are too ready to install the god
Mammon to take the place of the oriental gods, where the cross &houM
have been erectedjong a&s. " - ' '. -' "