OTES for women." The
peer who could have
been apprehended ut
tering those words 100
years ago in England
would have been ostra
cizc-.’ by society — by
men and women alike.
But scan the situation
to-day aad you will find
that we suffragettes
have nearly won our
battle. Perhaps it
seems far from viotory
lo Americans who have
been fei'owing the
struggle which we have b,ien conduct
ing in our own way, but let me say
right here that “votes for women” i3
in my mind a certainty within a de
cade.
The idea has fcrn driven home
among the msa who are the ruling
powers of Great Britain and they can
not help but- sett the- beauty cf our
«• filaments. This opening cf a vista
# of light in the stubborn minds of the j
men who construct English law is to I
the suffragettes a certain indication !
that if the fight is carried on in the j
next few years with * it--* same vigorous j
measures which hav- marked the
pursuit of votes by (he !'• minine Brit
ish of the past few y* us, our cause
is won.
li is an enlightened ge. The wom
an who spurns the thought of partici j
pating in the political activities of her j
country has not yet reached a plane, 1
according to my belief, where she can '
jiossibly appreciate the benefits to be'
derived from the little ballot. Why do j
woman dislike politics? I answer sim- j
piv because they believe the |>olitical
side of a country's life is the degraded
one. They connect politics and votes
with drinking, graft and other evils,
which, i may say, beset the safety of
political government to-day.
And let me ask the woman who'
does not believe that she should vote:
Would net the introduction of the
feminine into government affairs serve
to cleanse them of <he stigma whirh
asserted their rights verbally in front
of the house cf commons in February,
were dragged into the worst excuse j
lor a court of justice and sentenced to |
one month in the workshop because j
they had nerve enough to tell the peo-J,
pie cf Lor dm their ideas on rights of
men and women.
The mental agonies which we wom
en were compelled to undergo were
compensated in the good which was
i
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I -EQUAL. ft/G/rfo C^/Vp/UGM
?s too often attached’ To my mind |
that would be the result
I have sail :• i would deal ir:
partially in this ar-ude and so 1 ami
giving ‘the other hied" of the ques
lion. Men haw opposed equal rights
because they say that’the influence
which a woman of evil intentions
could throw into a imiiTcal fight would
disrupt organization I answer: There
is now much evil i:, the manner in
which our male citi :--na are carrying
out their policies ami it is a certainty
* bat the purifying influence? of woman
would be felt in national questions.
But woman lias not the training
ior a political career,” some of my
skeptical friends may declare. True,
she has not had (ho training which
lias been accorded to the men, but just
now she is not looking for political
office for she i.. after her primary
right—the ballot. Then after that is
won tfa-t jwliticsl training will natural
ly follow with the interest which the
woman must take it: the affairs of the
country, which sin will necessarily
help in deciding.
I ao not supposi [fiat enlightened
readers will want ra<- to again go over
that thread-hare m itto, which arises
to the uppermost part of the brain or
mail whenever lie is arguing against
equal-rights, viz., lh t ‘ woman's place
is in her home."
Of course woman's place is in her
homo. So is a man's, but that does
not prevent cither from participating ;
in the decision of who aha.: govern i
the rights uimvii which that home is
built. Think it over Does it?
It befe.il me to be. a member of the
little band of women who, when they
dene the cause, for we were the mar
t'-rs of our division of the great baud
women which is fighting for the
ballot in England.
True, the magistrate was good
enough, to give us places in “jail"
which were bot'er than those to which
the ordinary drunkard of the dens of
Cheapside is sentenced, but the care
which vve received was not such that
our lives in the confinement of the
jail was by any means comfortable.
One of cur number was a member of
the iiritish nobility and the grievous
wrong which we believe was inflicted
upon iter station will not be forgotten
by our suffrage band for many years.
\ ct we refused to allow ourselves
freedom.
Men have laughed at our methods of
going about tile acquirement of our
right to the ballot.
A male friend of mine said to ino:
“Why do not. you women go after
tlie suffrage light p> aceably without
the attempt at making your point felt
by the use of brute strength?"
1 hink of it. sisters and brothers—
“brute strength.” Ho called our efforts
ti e utilization of “brute strength." 1
!ahghed outright, when he chose to
term our fight under that cap,!"n
Perhaps he gained his idea from im
fact that our vigorous prosecution of
the fight has been styled “rioting" by
the sensational press. Hut in my mind
it cannot be called that for to my
knew ! d'ie none of the women came to
bmws with their enemies in this fight.
It seems to me that what “brute
strength” has been used was on tin*
other side.
lirains have been used to a greater
extent than you Americans may imag- |
ine. It was a cunning mind among our !
leaders who thought out the plan to
talk to the members of parliament by
having two of im women chain them
selves to the guard in ihe balcony,
■lust that little incident gave England
the idea that the fight was a deter
mined one.
Modern advertising methods were
used to circulate general knowledge of
the March demonstration and certain
ly if we believed that the power of
brawn is needed to win this struggle
we would not have gone about it in
that manner. We could have hired
hoodlums to make a far more startling
argumon' in line with the use of
brut>* strength.”
Another manner of unique advertis
ing was the airship episode, which un
fortunately ended disastrously. The
craft, upon the side of which was
pinned a great banner bearing the
slogan. "VOTES FOR WOMEN,” trav
eled in the direction opposite to that
for which it had been steered, but the
moral effect upon the public was good.
Though it is not generally known
th^re are great minds behind this cam
paign and through them eventual suc
cess is sure. Every day new moves
~rr planiieJ and the members of par
liament who are opposed to our creed
little know where to look next for an
outcropping of the emblem which
bears o little legend: “equal suf
frage.”
Male members of British nobilit> are
to be figured upon if the selfish would
defeat us. and tl&t is why I say I be
lieve I have good reason to argue that
within a decade our fight will he won.
_____ i
Are there not in England among
the male population minds of far
lesser caliber than those of the women !
who believe they should vote? There
is no doubt of it. Yet we. who have
a greater grasp of the political side of
life in his majesty's domain, are de
nied the privilege. Is our condition
rot like that which you Americans
fought hack in 1776: taxation without
i (‘presentation?
From reading the cable news from
America in the daily newspaper here
in London I learn that several states I
of our former colonies have bestowed
niton their women the right to cast
ballots in rendering decisions ns to
state and city officers. If the offspring
of England shall have so far prog
ressed as to recognize that the femi
nine branch of the human race de
serves a "say" in the affairs of men,
is it not time for the mother country
to cast from her hack the black cloak
of unequal suffrage?
There is a suffrage lesson in Amer
ica and well may England profit by it.
The thought that voting is unwom
anly is as obsolete a3 the old stage- I
coach system, to my mind, and some
day the eyes of our country will be
opened to that fact. We women have
simply formed ourselves into a band
of leaders and we hope soon to sec oar
way clear to the voting booth.
Our struggle commenced in humble
little mass meetings on the street.
The success of these resolved itself
into the desire to do greater things
and to-day you Americans who read
the newspapers are viewing a fight
which is nearing the mountain top of 1
victory.
j OUT OF THE ORDINARY
Prince Victor Duleep Singh's Ghost
Story and Its Confirmation.
“On Saturday, October 21, 189", I
was in Berlin with Lord Carnarvon.
We went to the theater together and
returned at midnight," quotes a writ
er in the Strand Magazine. “I went to
bed at once, leaving, as I always do. a
bright light burning in the room (elec
tric light). As I lay in bed. 1 found
myself gazing at an oleograph which
hung en the wall opposite my bed. I
saw distinctly the face of my father,
the Maharajah of Duleep Singh, look
ing at me. as ii were, out of the pic
ture; not like a portrait of him, but
liis ical head. The head about filled
tire picture frame. I continued look
ing and still saw my father gazing at
i me with an intent expression. Though
I net in the least alarmed, 1 was so puz
j zleil that 1 got out of bed. to see what
1 the picture really was. It was un
oleograph or a girl noinmg a rose anu
leaning out of a balcony, an arch
forming the background. The girl's
face was unite small, whereas my
father’s head was the size of life, and
filled the ffanie."
Prince Duleep Singh adds that his
father had long been out of health,
but not alarmingly so. On the next
morning (Sunday) he told Lord Car
narvon. In the evening Lord Carna
rvon handed him two telegrams. The
Prince at once said: “Mv father is
dead." It was so.
He had an apoplectic seizure on the
previous Saturday evening at about
nine^ and never recovered. He had
often said he would try and appear to -
1 is son at death if they were apart.
Prince Duleep Singh is not subject to
hallucinations, and had only one sim
ilar experience—as a school boy.
Lord Carnarvon confirms the ac
count. The Mararajah died on Sun
day, October 22, 1&90.
FOR SAFETY IN THE SCHOOLS
European Schemes Intended to Guard
Against Disaster.
How to guard against disaster in
schools in case ot fire is a subject
which is receiving niHch attention in
the large cities ot Europe. Some of
the preventive measures suggested by
correspondents of a Vienna paper
make interesting reading for Ameri
cans One man writes that in one of
j the small towns in Bohemia the
.icliool sessions are held in two old
buildings which were once residences.
By an iron door one may go from one
building to the other, and in case of
I fire in one house the children have
: but to go to this door and find safety
[ in the building in which there is no
fire. This plan Should be adopted,
he says, for all Ute city schools. "They
usually stand among dwelling houses,
and from each there should be an ex
it to the house next door. That would
mike the schools safe and prevent
1«. tics.” Another man writes that the
expense of placing new doors on the
schools to prevent a catastrophe
woudld cost too much. “All danger
could he obviated.” he says, “by leav
ing the doors to the street wide open
while the schools are in session.” No
correspondent suggested fire escapes
Visiting the Son’s Sins.
The Tifliski Listok (Tiflis Leaflet)
publishes a very remarkable order
'■ublished by the commandant of the
place in connection with the military
school. The terms are as follows:
“In case of any act of disobedience on
the part of a pupil toward one of his
masters, whatever may have b°en the
conduct of the latter, the governor
will expel from the limitations of the
place not only the pupil, but also his
parents; for parents possessing a son
who dares to disobey bis master con
stitute a pen:■'c'oum - h ment’’—From
La Correspondence Russo.
THE MOVE FOR A BETTER BREED
OF HORSES
States Which Have Laws Regulating the Registration
of Stallions.
Belmont 64.
Son of Alexander’s Abdallah, and a horse often found in the pedigrees
of \ro: :oan carriage hor--s. Belmont was the sire of Egmont. who sired
-lo.vi.ilo .V sok, the sire of Lord Brilli ant.
Owners of pure-bred stallions have
been pleated to comply with the Wis
consin ’.aw as regards posters, having
nothing to hide and everything to gain
publicity; others have been lax in
Ins ' aspect or liave pleaded ignorance
as an excuse, when taken to task for
their negligence. This condition of
affairs will be aid to continue to a
greater or less degree if. as is now the
case in many districts, owners of
cares aid and abet the owners of stat
ions in their evasion of the law and
i so are indifferent as to the breeding
of the stallions they patronize, pro
vided the service fee is kept sufficient
ly low. A cheap service fee is the
least consideration in breeding horses.
The cheap fee means a cheap selling
offspring. It is the proverbial •penny
■vise, pound foolish" policy and it is
high time that our farmers learn that
it is to their b sst interest to make
sure that the stallion they patronize is
pure bred, sound, a fin • individual and
properly prepotenr and in that case
the service fee will be of little mo
ment and will be more than paid hack
when the time comes to sell the colt.
If a grccerynian must sell oleomar
arine he should at least ticket it as
such and not advertise it as pure,
creamery butter. In exactly the same
way it is but right that the man who
offers a counterfeit, grade, or scrub
stallion for public service should ad
vertise its true breeding and this is
done when, according to law, the li
cense certificate Is printed and posted
up in conspicuous places wherever the
horse is used.
Relative to the stallion situation the
following facts will be of interest to
horse breeders:
Tne secretary of the stallion regis
tration board of Minnesota, Prrf. An
drew Boss, says: "The law requiring
the enrollment and licensing of i.tah
ions was passed on April 25. 19o7. The
board was organized in May. and .lur
ing the first year of its existence has
licensed 2,959 horses. Of these 1,110,
or 37.5 per cent., are pure-bred; 1,849,
or 02.5 per cent., are grades; 9G have
been refused license oi account c un
soundnesses which are recorded as
transmissible and would be likely to
affect the get of these stallions. It is
estimated that 25 to 30 stallion owners
have been advised by ’oca’, veterin
arians that their horses could not pass
examination and applicaiio Pas not
been sent in for thorn. n all proba
bility 125 unsound horses have been
kept from service in the state this
year. The Percheron breed of nr.rses
leads all others both in grades and
pure-breds. with standard-bred trot
ters second and Belgians tuird in the
list.
in some sections ot tne state there
Is slight opposition to the law, due
largely to local prejudice, or misrepre
sentation on the part of some preju
diced stallion owner, or other inter
ested party. As a whole, the la - is
meeting with the approval of tne horse
breeders of the state. This is evi
denced both by the large number of
horses registered, and by the co-re
spondence necessary In securing li
censes. With only a few exceptions,
the law is being obeyed strictly, some
counties reporting only one or two
horses still unlicensed. Some misun
derstanding still exists regarding Sec
tions 5 and 7 of the law relative to
posters. The law requires a poster
containing copy of the license certi
ficate on the door of every stable at
which ihe horse is stood for pub.ic
service. In many places these par
ticular sections of the law are not
being observed simply becat se the
owners of stallions do not know that
it is necessary. Where it: formed that
this is required, there is little diffi
culty in securing the posting of the
license." I
In Pennsylvania, where the stallion
law has been in effect for cue season.
1.820 stallions have been licensed, of
which Cel, or 33.2 per c nt.. ar*- pure
bred and 1.210, or CG.8 per cent., are
grades and mongrels.
in New Jersey the legislature last
winter i'1907-081 passed a stallion law
based upon that of Wisconsin, but hav
ing the following . important differ
ences: The work of stallion enroll
ment is to be done by a stallion rvgis
tration hoard, consisting of the ani-ral
husbandman of the State Experiment
station, who shall be secretary and
executive officer; a graduate veterin
arian and a prominent breeder of live
stock. ‘It shall be the duty of the
board to examine personally each
stallion or jack ami determine to the
best of their knowledge and belief
whether said stallion or jack is free
from infectious, contagious or trans
missalde diseases or unsourdness and
their findings shall be final.” The
board is authorized in case of e ter
gencv to name a committee in each
county, consisting of a graduate voter
inarian ami a practical horseman who
shall examine the various stan.ons or
jacks in the said county as to sound
ness. Tim fee for enrollment is $r, i
and 32 shall be paid annually for the j
renewal of pedigree certificate and i
service license. Stallions shal. be ex- j
amined every year until t. years ot I
age. and after the first examination
shall be exempt, if ten years of ag<
or over. The act went into effect
September 1. 1908.
The legislature of New Jersey also
enacted a unique and important bill
which now is in forco and provides
for the appointment cf a live slock j
commission by the governor, consist
ing of the director of the state ex
pertinent station and the master of the
state grange, ex-ofiicio; the animal
husbandman of the state experiment
station, who : hall be secretary and ex
ecutive officer of the commission; a
graduate veterinarian an.i a premia
eat breeder of live stock. "It shall be
the duty of this commission: First, to
purchase and maintain stallions of
draft and coach type for distribution
and use in the several counties of the
state,.wherever breeders' associations
have been duly organized and which
provide dams for breeding, wtiich
shall conform to the standards and
rules established by the commission:
second, to aid in the selection and
distribution of breeding sires and
dams of ether classes of live stock;
and third, to constitute stallion ex
amining board.” The sum of $20,000
is appropriated to the commission Tor
the current year, and thereafter
$5,000 annually for the purpose of
carrying out the provision of the act.
Pesteurizing Milk.—It is generally
conceded that pasteurizing milk adds
ijothing to its wholesomeness. In fact. 1
it is generally believed that, pure milk
is injured more or less by pasteuriza
tion. Milk that has not been produced
under sanitary conditions and which
may contain disease producing germs,
is far more beneficial and wholesome
if pasteurized than if used in the raw
state. In other words, pasteurization
will Improve faulty products hut will
not improve pure products. The best
authorities agree that it is better to
feed pasteurized milk to children than
to feed them the average milk as it is
delivered in the cities. We think that
all will agree that if they can get pure
and wholesome milk pasteurization
will not improve it for inf: nt feed
ing.
Of the races of the world, 600.000.000
are white. 700.000.000 yellow. 216.000.
000 black. 25,000,000 brown or Malayan,
and 15,000,000 red, or American In
dians.
LONG VS. SHORT
FEEDING PERIODS
To test the relative merits of long
and short feeding periods th^ On
tario agricultural college conducted
an experiment in which two lots of
11 sleers each and one lot of seven j
steers were used. The ration In every j
case consisted of mixed grain with
hay, silage and roots.
On a heavy grain ration, on an av
erage of 0.6 pound per 1(10 pounds of
live weight per day, the average daily
gain in the short period, 60 days, was
1.61 pounds, and the ccst of a pound
of gain 9.59 cents. On a light grain
ration 0.566 pound per 100 pounds
of live weight per day, the average
daily gain was 1.6 pound tfer head
and the cost of a pound of gain 9.09
cents. In the long period, 153 days,
the average daily gain was 1.63
pounds per head, the cost of a pound
ef gain 8.47 cents and the average
grain consumption 0.489 pound i>er
100 pounds of live weight per day.
The steers fed for the longer time
were at the beginning of the iest on
an average 200 to 400 pounds lighter
than the others.
The following deductions were
drawn from the test, although the re
suits are not regarded as final: To
feed steers cheaply, the meal ration
should be kept as low as possible con
sistent with securing a reasonable
gain in weight. Heavy, fleshy steers !
may be fed a heavier meal ration per
100 pounds live weight than lighter
and thinner steers, and give an equal
profit, making allowance for their
greater first cost per pound. The
lighter and thinner the steers the
greater the need for economizing in
regard to the meal ration. Condi
tions being equal, heavy steers are
worth more per pound U buy as
feeders than lighter ones, the selling
price per pound being the same.
Weight being equal, a fleshy steer
is worth more per pound lo buy as
a feeder, the selling price per pound
being the same. The lighter and
thiner the steer the greater tha dif
ference between the buying and sell
ing price per pound necessary to cota
per sate the man who feeds him.
A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE
Of Painting Requirements Will Save
Much Expense.
When one sees the surface of a
house or other building scaling, or
peeling, or spotted or blistered, or
showing other symptoms of paint “rii.
ease," it is evident that a. poor painter
has been on the job, and that j>oor
paint was used—or possibly tbal a.
good painter had been dominated by
a property-owner who knew nothing
about paint.
It is an easy matter to be informed
on paint and painting. A complete
painting guide, including a book of
color schemes, either for exterior or
interior—specifications for all kinds
of painting,—and an instrument for
detecting adulteration in paint ma
terial, with directions for using it,
may be had free by writing National
Lead Company, 1902 Trinity Bldg.,
New York City, and asking for House
owner's Painting Outfit No. 49.
Then, every houseowner should
make It a point to get only well
known reliable brands in buying his
materials. Pure white lead is espe
cially important, or the paint will
not prove satisfactory. The famous
‘'Dutch Boy Painter” trademark of
National Lead Company, the largest
makers of pure white lead, is an ab
solute guarantee of the purity and
quality of the white lead sold under
it. That trademark is a safeguard
against paint trouble.
TIRED OF THE REPETITION.
Plausible Argument Advanced by
Youthful Tactician.
Dorothy, age<l eight years, was very
fond of going to church, and when a
severe cold made it unwise for her
to he allowed to attend sertices one
Sunday morning she was disconso
late.
“Frauline will read the Bible to
you," her father assured her.
"I den't want to hear the Bible
read. I want to say my pra-ers," ob
jected the child.
“God will hear your prayers just the
same if you say them at home as if
you were in church," she was told.
“But I don't know any without the
prayer-book." argued Dorothy.
‘‘Why, you know ‘Mow i lay me
down to sleep.' " papa said.
‘‘But God has heard that so often."
she remonstrated.—Harper’s Weekly.
HUMOR BURNED AND ITCHED.
Eczema on Hand, Arms, Legs and
Face—It Was Something Terrible.
Complete Cure by Cuticura.
"About fifteen or eighteen years
ago eczema developed on top of my
hand. It burned and itched so much
that I was compelled to show it to a
doctor. He pronounced it ringworm
After trying his different remedies the
disease increased ar.d went up my
arms and to my legs and finally on my
face. The burning was something
terrible. I went to another doctor wk i
had the reputation of being the b ■■ t
in town. He told me it was eczema.
His medicine checked the advance of
the disease, but no further. I finally
concluded to try the Cuticura Reme
dies and found relief in the first trial.
I continued until I was completely
cured from the disease, and 1 have
not been troubled since. C. Burkhart.
236 W. Market St., Chambersburg, Pa.,
Sept. 19, 1908."
Pottf-r Print & Cheai. Corp., Solo Props., tS'on.
FREEDOM.
Sod—Say. dad; when is the free
dom of the city given to a man?
Pater—When his wife goes to the
country for the summer.
TWO YEARS OF FREEDOM.
No Kidney Trouble at All Since Using
Doan's Kidney Pills.
Mrs. J. It. Johnson. 710 Wee St.. Co
lumbia. Mo., says: ‘‘I was in misery
kidney trouble.
ana nnauy naa to un
dergo an operation.
I did not rally well,
and began to suffer
smothering spells and
dropsy. My leftside
was I badly swollen
and the action of the
' ' UVVO UIUCU uisor
■ V;-' ‘ -‘ dered. My doctors
said I would have to be tapped, but 1
began using Doan's Kidney Pills in
stead. and the swelling subsided and
the kidneys began to act properly.
Now my health is fine.” (Statement
made Aug. 1. 1906. and confirmed by
Mrs. Johnson Nov. 16, 1908.)
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
A t numph.
Editor—This is not a good dialect
story.
Author—On the contrary it is one
of the best ever written.
Editor—Huh! How do you dope that
out?
Author—If you will examine it
carefully, you-will see that not a single
word in the entire MS, is spelt right.
—Cleveland Leader.
Qualifications.
"I’m afraid you're not tall enough
for a nurse,” said the mistress inter
viewing an applicant.
"Oh, yes. ma’am,” replied the girl.
"It's all the better that I’m short; tlm
children don’t drop sc far when they
fall."
Stops Colds in an Hour.
T.ib?etsVJl|!1xatbefwiirstmH“aIll>haSant
old that could not )*■ warded off "
t ong else. They will :dwavs | “,k\ '-';
P- Woodward, £ BtTy?
True thinking, pure living, right -rd
ins and accurately stating, are the
prime foundation for a noble charae
ter.—\ erres.
