inioas of Great Papers on Important Subjects.
Women as Wage Earners.
T lias never been determined to the satisfac
tion of the men workers that it is a good or p
fair thing for the women workers to compel
with them in the open labor market. The men
contend that the women , by accepting , a lowi
\vnge , decrease the -average wage paid to all.
The unmarried women who have no one tc
rvvork 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-fashioned folk that
have , like Webster's veterans , come down to us from fernier
generations , who * devoutly believe that the woman's sphere
of labor , as wife and mother , is in her own liorae , where
useful , helpful work for the 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 thing for wom
en as well as for men , and that day by day recognition of
that fact is becoming more general. What elsetis being
recognized is that the woman who works for a wage or
Balary loses no dignity nor prestige , but rather gains both
by 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 iher assistance. Philadelphia
JLedger.
Saving Niagara.
OVERNOR ODELL'S veto has , for the time
being , saved Niagara Falls from spoliation by
utilitarian enterprise. He rightly considers
that sentiment a love for the grand and beau
tiful in nature has claims upon the lawmaking
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
eeHtiment 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 a treaty 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 N - York the glorious central attrac
tion about which each jRs created , at vast expense , a mag
nificent riverside park. St. Paul Pioneer Press.
CupiJ in the School Houses.
ROM time immemorial the school house has
ibeen a favorite resort for sly Cupid. Thou
sands of charming young women have found
the school house the threshold of matrimony ,
and countless young men have met their fate
wJiile 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 bauisli
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 Cola Lost in Mails Worries
Clerks and Costs $13.43.
Ordinarily no man is rich enough to
escape that certain sense of elation
TWhich comes from picking up a nickel
on a sidewalk , but for a railway pos
tal clerk to find such a coin in a mail
pouch where 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 a pouch of mail
In transit becomes a matter for na
tional concern. It comes to view , per
haps , just as a pouch of mail Is emp
tied upon a sorting table , and when
It has 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 tails ,
a noisy spinning dance , the clerk
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 and should tell the
jpostal clerk , the clerk wouldn't dare
try to restore the coin to the original
package. That would be too easy al
together.
No , it is a lost nickel from the mo
ment the clerk has to see it spinning
there before his eyes and according to
the tender governmental conscience the
clerk has to get ready for the inaugu
ration of about $18.43 worts 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 fdr the action
of. the fool person from whom the
nickel wa * parted. He digs up his
printed form for such occasions , print
ed and provided , and at once fills out a
long blnuk , describing the coin , tell
ing tne circumstances of .its being
-.found , and whether it landed heads or
T
ly young teacher named Kate S. Murphy , vrho fell a vic
tim to Cupid's wiles , determined to * make a test case in
behalf of herself as weM as of her suffering sisters , and she
brought action against the superintendent for the purpose
of preventing enforcement of the by-law providing that
"No woman principle , head of department or member of
the teaching or supervising staff shall inarry while in the
employ of the Board of Education.
The cose 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 still retain their 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 as a token of her good faith
she will continue to teach in gay Gotham even 'though she
has fallen a victim to clever Cupid. Burlington Free Press ,
Brazil , Peru and Rubber.
HEN Brazil and Bolivia entered into a treaty
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
1 still to be reckoned with. A battle has been
fought between Peruvian and Brazilian troops
on the River Crandlcss , 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 bid 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 up the tributaries of the Amazon , while Peruvian
companies have entered them since the denudation of the
forests in Mantana , whicfi 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 thatvthe 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
trially at least the "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 sliows that China is rapidly getting into a
condition to supply herself with certain articles lor which
she has depended Iicrctofore 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 in 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 off 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 milla
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.
' .V
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ONE OF DALNY'S PRINCIPAL STREETS.
The necessities of war produce strange conditions. For five years the
Russians had been engaged in erecting the commercial port of Dalny , situ
ated on Talienwan 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 government buildings were erected , streets were laid out ,
houses built and great docks constructed , the entire outlay being in the
neighborhood of $25,000,000. Then came' the war , with Russian unpre-
of the Russians at Kin-Chou compelled
paredness on laud and sea. The defeat
pelled their evacuation of Dalny. Before Abandoning the place , however ,
they destroy-td the larger docks and many ol ! the utilities which Japan niight
find useful , thus wiping out in a few hours works which in times of peace
they had created at large outlay of time and money.
tails on the table , naming the pouch
from which it was emptied , the num
ber of the train carrying it , the date ,
and a few other little details any one
of which in hot weather would have
cost a mug of beer.
This report with the nickel goes to
the headquarters of the postal division
in which the' car was operated , and
from these bonded 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 Postoffice Department which/per
sists In sending money In envelopes
through the unregistered mails of thn
service.
The Way of Servants.
Subbubs I see Cashinan has an
nounced himself as a candidate for
governor.
Citiman Yes , he declares it Is his.
"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 seem to think the church
belongs to them-
AN OPTIMIST.
Shall I , by Life's close commonplaces hedged ,
Misrate the casual sunbeam , or , austere ,
Regard the wild flower pale , chance-rooted
Scorning the song-bird this dull thicket fledged ?
Nay ! Heart's ease , Fortune , I have never
A hostage for thy favor aft too dear.
Ah , Heaven's light downshineth strangely near.
When outward view hath long been casement-edged.
Though grim mischance with evil hour conspire ,
The balanced soul they shall not overs-way ,
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 etaz.
Century , .
© ) =
Y name is Persephone , and
am said to resemble my moth
er , Pandora , who , as far as he
puppies go , certainly holds the tradi
tional gift box. For all my brother
and sisters are prize-takers. I mysel
don't go to shows , because I. , aru nei
vous and hate being stared at
I am proud of being the poodle , ant
a French one into the bargain. 'Ti
only jealousy that makes other dog
sneer at me , just as I have seen hu
man canaille sneei ? at a safe distance
My young mistress is the pretties
creature living. I used to think he
one of the most sensible until she go
friendly with Mr. Roft , who then was
and I thought ever would be , my pe
abomination in trousered males.
Phyllis and I live with an old lad }
who is fond of us both , but she is verj
strict with Phyllis , who calls her be
hind her back "the ogre-aunt"
Mr. Roft laughed until his eyes wer <
lost when she first said it to him. :
longed to tell him what I thought oi
him , and wondered how he would loot
then.
then.Phyllis
Phyllis had been getting very thicfc
with this young man whose laugt
startled me almost out of my skin-
when one day she fell from her bl
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 hill with all her might
Suddenly she rode over a stone ,
s\7erved 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 oft' 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 he 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'l felt .wretched. The "ogre-
aunt" 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 in nervously.
My heart was beating very loudly and
my eyes were dim with tears of joy.
Such a thin little hand patted iny un
combed head , such a weak little voice
said : "Dear doggie , do you miss me
very much ? " Miss her ! Of course I
[ lid. And with her all my pet titbits ,
my little walks , my scampers after
balls. So I wagged my tail and smiled
up at her.
Little by little she got better , and
vell enough to comb me and send me
for my ribbons. I knew the colors
svell and always brought the one she
said.
said.But
But one morning my feelings re
ceived a shock. Phyllis had a letter
ind was very silly about it kissing it
is 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-
3d , as she combed my hair. "I am
sure you will understand , you dear
3ld 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 and lowered my
tail. By him I knew she meant Mr.
Roft. But what answer did she al
lude to ? I looked inquiringly into her
jentle , blue eyes.
She laughed and kissed me on the
nose.
"You dear old thing ! I will read it
to you , Phoney. "
And she pulled it from her pocket
ind read out a lot of rubbish that
seemed quite unintelligible to me. But
then , I always thought Mr. Roft half
in idiot and wondered at Phyllis lik-
jig him. Then came a few words
that 'made me sit up I can tell you.
"Let that poodle of yours be made
use of for once. If it is to be 'yes' put
5n her a blue ribbon. If 'no' a yellow
sne. I shall call to-day , and if I see
the color I long for on that black creat
ure's head I shall at once beard the
[ ion and assert my rights. "
"Phoney , it shall be blue ! Fetch
blue , darling , " said Phyllis , with a
Joyful smile.
And 1 walked slowly out of the
room to the boudoir beyond. When I
brought the blue ribbon back she
laughed ngain.
But I had laid my plans. Whatever
this "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 dogof my
breeding could be something more thau
a mere catspaw in his plot
I rolled over and scratched until the
ribbon came off and lay on the ground.
Then I trotted into the garden with
it and buried It in my favorite corner ,
where I hide my best bones.
I kjiew 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
boudoir 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 tail as she tied it on.
For civility lowers no one , and she Is
a 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 his 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 terrified
submission.
"Silly brute , " he murmured , "get
up. Have you been stealing ? Don't
give yourself 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 lie had 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 cnme
across him outside his 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 tail 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 Mephistopheles , 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.
And , when we got to the house , I
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 fcxe
window.
As she turned her head to look at
me her eyes fell upon him , and she
crimsoned with delight Then sud
denly she became quite pale , and said
in a cold voice :
"Good evening , Mr. Roft"
He stepped up to h.er , and held out
the ribbon I had given him.
"Phyllis , " he asked , "is this the rib
bon you put on Phoney that mornIng -
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
i sudden exclamation he threw him
self on his knees by her side , and took
tier to his arms. St. Louis Star.
A Sum in Addition.
Mrs. Flaherty stepped off the scales
in the back room of the grocery store
as soon as she had 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 ,
in' I weigh wan hundred an' noinety
pounds. "
"It's easily discouraged ye are , " said
tier companion , Mrs. Dempsey , cheer
fully. "Just step on to thini twict , me
ilear , and let Jamesy , here , do th' sum
Pr ye. "
When you begin to notice a man's
name in the financial columns . .ofa
newspaper it is time to look for his
ivife's name in the society columns.
Reference books contain everything
except the one thing you want to
know.
Difficult Horseback Feat. '
There are no better horsemen in tha
world than the cavalry officers of the
Italian army , yet even among them
there are very few who could perform
the feat recently achieved by one of
them.
To run an ordinary foot race Iseasy >
enough , but to run at full speed for
several hundred yards holding in one
hand a spoon on which rests an egg
and to reach the goal without dropping
the egg is a feat which must be prac
ticed carefully a long time before it
can be performed successfully , and as
A result there are not many who can
be sure of accomplishing It whenever
they try. Great , therefore , was the
surprise when an Italian olllcer mount
ed on horseback performed this aifli-
culfc feat Moreover , he selected a
course in which there were two or
three high fences , and these he cleared
at full gallop without losing the egg.
Of "Wide Interest.
Breed , Wis. , July IS. Special.
Clms. Y. Peterson , Justice of the Peace
for Oconto Co. , has delivered a judg
ment that is of interest to the whole
United States. Put briefly , that judg
ment is , "Dodd's Kidney Pills are the
best Kidney medicine on the market to
day. "
And Mr. Peterson gives his reason
for this judgment He says : "Last win
ter I had an aching pain in my back
which troubled me very much. In the
morning I could hardly straighten niy
back. I did not know what it was , but
an advertisement led me to try Dodd's
Kidney Pills. After taking one box I !
can only sny they have done more for ,
me than expected , as I feel as well now
as ever I did before. "
Pain in the back is one of the first :
symptoms of Kidney disease. If not !
ciircd by Dodd's Kidney Pills it may1
develop into Bright's Disease" , Diabetes ,
Rheumatism or some of the other dead
ly forms of Kidney Disease.
The Value of Latin.
This story , told at an education
meeting in London the other night ,
may perhaps be enjoyed by those who
are antagonistic to the teaching of the
"dead languages. " At a certain school
a certain boy was regularly absent
during the hour in which Latin wa3
taught , and the teacher called upon
the boy's father , at whose instructions ,
it had been learned , the lad kept away.
The teacher asked for an explanation ,
and the father said :
"It is all right During the Latin
hour I am teaching Jimmy something
that he will find far more useful than
Latin in his progress through life. " The
teacher was interested , and asked what
this subject might be. The father re
plied , "I am teaching my son how to
shave without a looking glass. "
Wasted Alter Business Honrs.
A great many people dissipate more
energy between the time when they
leave their work at night and when
they return to itdn the morning than
they expend all day in their vocations ,
though they would be shocked and
offended 11 ! any one were to tell them
so. They think that physical dissipa
tion is the only method of energy-sap
ping. But men and women of exem
plary moral habits dissipate their vi
tality in a hundred ways. They in
dulge in wrong thinking ; they worry ;
they fret ; they fear this , that , and the
other imaginary thing ; and they carry
their business home with them , and
work as hard mentally after business
hours as durintr them. Success.
Forgetful.
"Will you erect a monument to your
husband's memory ? "
"Why , he had no memory. I never
saw such an absent-minded man as ho
tvas. " New York Daily News.
A BACK LICK.
Settled the Cane With Her.
Many great discoveries have been
nade by accident and things better
han gold mines have been found in
his way , for example when even the
iccidental discovery that coffee is the
eal cause of one's sickness proves of
nest tremendous value because it lo-
ates the cause and the person has then
i chauce to get well.
"For over 25 years , " says a Missouri
voman , "I suffered untold agonies In
ny stomach and even the best physi-
ians disagreed as to the cause without
; iving me any permanent help , differ
ent ones'gaying it was gastritis , indi-
; estion , neuralgia , etc. , so I dragged
.long from year to year , always half
ick , until finally I gave up all hopes
ever being well again.
"When taking dinner with a friend ,
ne day she said she had a new drink
diich turned out to be Postum and I
iked it so well I told her I thought I.
rould stop coffee for awhile and use
t , which I did.
"So for three months we had Postum
a place of coffee without ever having
ne of my old spells , but was always'
ealthy and vigorous instead.
"Husband kept saying he wascon - ,
inced it was coffee that caused those ;
pells , but even then I wouldn't believe-
: until one day we got out of Postum ;
nd as we lived two miles from town I'
bought to use the , coffee we had in the
ouse.
"The result of a week's use of coffee ,
gain was that I had another terrible
pell of agony and distress , proving.
ia.t it was the coffee and nothing else. !
'hat settled it and I said good-bye to
lolfee forever and since then Postunv
lone has been our hot mealtime drink.
"My friends all say I am looking ,
-orlds better and my complexion is' '
mch improved. All the other members'
E our family have been benefited , too , ,
y Postum in place of the old drink ,
sffee. " Name given by Postum Co. ,
attle Creek , Mich.
Ten days' trial of Postum in place of
3ffee or tea is the wise thing for evr
ry coffee drinker. Such a trial tells
le exact truth often where coffee is
ot suspected.
Look in each pkg. for the famous Ilt-
e book , "The Road to Wellville. "