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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-05-18

equanlmInlty they can we'll smile as they
see their battle fought by the very element
that looks upon state socialism with the
strongest disaDproval.
Many attempts have been made to con-
duct communities on the socialistic plaD,
but with little success so far
The reason for these failures seems quite
apparent.
This is a practical age,-no matter how
beautifully thing can be demonstrated in
theory people will have little to do with it
until its practical utility is shown.
For instance, steam power, electricity
and in fact pretty mcuh all great labor
saving inventions were known and expert
mented with a long time before they
became Of much benefit to mankind
II was not until practical business men
became convinced that an enormous gain
IN productiveness and economy would follow
their employ ment, and invested large
amounts Of capital in adopting and de
velopiug these agencies, that they became
successful
Then the more conservative element was
compelled TO tall in line and adopt the
same iabor-saving appliances or be left be-
bind under the new conditions.
So it is with socialism, phiIanthropists
and thinking men Of every age have re,
garded it as the ideal form of society, bat
they have mostly held that the human race
would have TO wait until the millennium
before it could be realized.
| But it has been left for the Industrial
trusts 10 demonstrate the advantages OF
combination and drive the people into II
for self preservation.
As the avenues OF industrial enterprise
became closed up by our oYergrown
monopolies the American people will be
brought face to face with the problem ol
existence.
How they shall solve il will depend upon
their owD stamina and capacity for self
government. That people among whom
education is so re morally diffused aud who
are 90 thoroughly imbued with the doctrine
Of the nntlienable rights of man, will
lignobly refuse TO exercise the powers in
herent in them is not to be looked for.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-04

She decided, however, to lay the matter
before Father Pierson, my school princi-
pal. The jolly old gentleman summoned
me and began in fatherly tone of voice:
SO, my little fellow we are going to
spend our life among musicians?"
" Yes, Mr.. Person
g But musicl Is that professon?'
Weber, Rossini? Didn't they have a pro-
fession?'
The good principal was somewhat
taken aback and replied hastily: on,
Mozart-thats different matter alto
gether. He gave proof of genius when he
was only your age But you, What can
you DO? Let US see. With these words
he scribbled on a sheet of paper Joseph 5
ballad, beginning, When my childhood
was past. Then he handed me the sheet.
Come, let me have some music for these
came back to him with my first musical
composition
" Good gracious" said the old gentle
man, You are a terrible fellow. Go ahead
and sing your little song now
Sing? Without a piano.?
What do want a piano for?'
q" To play an accompaniment. 1t is i'm
possible in any other way to set forth the
true harmony of work.
" oh, nonsense l don't care a fig for
your harmony What l want to know is
musical temperament. Go ahead now
Il began to sing. When l had finished l
glanced timorously at my stern critic
Tears stood in his eyes. tears were roll
ing down his cheeks. I saw that he was
strangely moved and ] was not surprised
to find myself the next moment in his
arms.
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he had asked in his dream: us there
any gold in these mountains?"
Plenty" she said: 'ft is in all the
rocks"
Then the old woman told him that her
husband had taken a great deal of gold
out Of the mountains and that after he
was dead her son had also found many
of the precious particles; but he, too, had
died, and she was all alone. She showed
him the hole they had dug in the noun
tain side. and the rough arrastra where
they had ground up the ore and taken
out the metal. She was waiting to sell
the little mountain ranch, she said, so
that she could go to San Diego and spend
the rest Of her days there in comfort.
In ten minutes more Cave Couts had
started for San Diego and he rode there
as fast as his pinto pony would carry
him. He borrowed $1,000 of friends, and
with that he bought the little ranch and
hired men to go there and open up the
mine.
The "Ranchita" mine was sold by Cave
Couts a few days ago to Gail Borden. the
condensedS milk millionaire, for half a
million dollars. Cave Couts dreamed
himself rich.
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scientist who delves in such matters
for the love OF science and not money
Is an enthusiast. A man Of means, ht
is paying the entire expense OF thii
trial Of casks out Of his own pocket
I asked him what he thought would b,
the practical result Of the experiment
He said:
what we hope and believe is, tina
some Of the casks will And their way
to Greenland and be thrown upor
either the west or east coast by thai
current which first sweeps down on the
west side Of Greenland, curves about 1t
and then trends along the eastern coast
for distance. II these casks, or any
Of them, succeed In making this trir
intact, 1t Is fair to draw the deduction
that vessel. II she were properly
built, GOULD do the same thing.
""The casks are the invention Of Chie4
Engineer Melville, and I regard them
as furnishing the most common sense
and practical plan for getting at the
secret of the Arctic drift and current
yet devised. I have thought enough Of
1t to pay the expense myself, and be-
neve that eventually by means OF this
experiment we are more likely to find
q way to reach the pole. Every one
knows what Nansen achieved with the
Fran. He believes If he had drifted
with the current instead of with the
Zoe, he would have been quite likely to
drift directly across the pole.
Here is what Engineer Melville has
to say about the casks: Tt viii be OBJ
served that the casks are made after
the ordinary manner, with solid wood
en- ends, fitted to bear on the ends Of
the slaves, not on the heads. held in
place by a brass rod, with conical
brass nuts to hold the cone ends In
place. The cask Is painted a heavy
black to preserve 1t from decay and to
help keep 1t watertight-black, that 1t
may readily be seen.
"Tf thrown into the open water,
they are apt to be drifted with the
winds. The deep ice, being affected by
under currents, will probably carry the
casks on a more correct drift. The
customary bung hole and bung are
fitted, the intention being to place in
each cask a bottle. tightly corked, to
preserve-in case the cask should leak
such records as it may seem proper
to place therein.
The casks being properly prepared.
should be carried on a Government
vessel through Bering Strait, and set
adrift in sets of five, numbered con-
secutively. commencing with the first
five at or near Herald Island, then pro-
ceeding to the northward, along the
eastern edge of the ice pack, until the
highest safe latitude is obtained-say
latitude rs degrees north, longitude 10
degrees west from Greenwich. I sug-
gest this latitude and longitude be-
cause the polar pack in the above lad-
tude commences to crowd well over tc
the eastward and toward the North
American archipelago. where other cur
rents are known to exist
There is no doubt the casks will
come out somewhere. Siberian drift
wood has been found on the northeast
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-04

ern shores of Bennett Island, on the
northeast point Of Nova Zembla, on the
eastern coast Of Franz Josef Land, on
the eastern shores Of Spitzbergen, and.
possibly, in the drift of the eastern side
Of Greenland
1--WE placed some Of these casks
aboard whalers which started north
before the Bear. Our idea is to place
these casks on the ice foes at different
points, covering quite an expanse Of
territory and in this way we shall not
be apt to miss anything"
One of the men who has been very
active in assisting Mr., Bryant in car
rying out the eask project ts Professor
Angelo Heilprin. Speaking Of the pro-
jeet and it's possibilities. he said:
so far as the northeastern or North
American drift is concerned, 1t is very
likely that the casks, If goins through
at all, will follow the line more or less
closely which was the path of the
famous expedition of Mcclure over
forty years ago. which solved the
northwest passage,
Again, with regard to the northwest
eFn or Siberian drift, which would
eaineident with the line that was fol-
lowed by the Fran, 1t is proper to say
that despite the absolutely positive
confirmation of the existence of such a
current. which the successful voyage of
the Fran gave, there arc some even
to-day whe lock upon the drift of this
vessel as net being borne by a perma-
neat current, but by a combination of
temporary enes. Chief Engineer Mel
Vile himself has at various times ex-
pressed a doubt upon the existence of
such permanent current, and 1t was
probably largely this doubt which in
fluenced him more particularly toward
the present exploration.
I'm singular confirmation of Mel
ville's views is the testimony which
has been recently published by the sec
ond officer of Nansens expedition, Whe
was on board the Fran during the
memorable drift, to the effect that in
his belief the current which bore the
Fran northwestward in such close
proximity to the pole was, contrary to
the opinion expressed by Nansen HIM
self, not a continuous one. but one ac-
cidental and brought about by the con-
currence Of interacting, temporary and
local ones.
"In evidence of this he says that at
various periods of the drift hawsers
that were dropped from the stern Of
the Fran, instead Of following in the
course of the boat, were drawn in
tension in the direction opposite to it,
showing that in those parts OF the
water which were some distance from
the surface there was an oceanic cur
rent tending in a direction contrary to
that which the Fran itself was making.
This view, which seems not general
ly to be known, has recently been pub
lished as brochure in Norwegian and
German, as q supplement to Nansen's
exploration, and in German as a sup
plement to his work 1t carries also
the further information that the Fran
did not go through her journey un-
scathed, as is also currently believed,
but with such injuries to her as were
at one time considered to be almost
fatal to a further continuance of the
journey"
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-04
T LIGHTING AND HEA ATINCx
E'AEA1S WII7EI IEIC-TE2ICIIY-

erty. These waterfalls. one of which Is
sixty feet and the other 1SO feet high, fur
nish the power.
The owner of the farm employed the
Westinghouse Company to put this
scheme in operation.
The smaller fall was used as the operat-
ing power. and near it was built power
house in which was placed 1S0-kilowatt
Westinghouse generator, connected with a
horizontal turbine operated by the water
From this central power-house the cur
rent is transmitted by wires to the dwell
house and other buildings.
One motor of ten horsepower runs q
moving machine, another a threshinp
machine and third works a 44-inch saw
for cutting logs.
The farmhouse is brilliantly lighted and
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-04
How G Govnod Became a Musician.

How qounod Became a Musician.
~ HORTLY before his death Gounod
wrote a brief sketch of the manner
In which he became a musician and
] this has just been published for the
first time by the Petit Bleu Of Paris.
1t is wholly from Gounod's pen, and as
an autobiographic fragment will surely
prove of much interest to ali admirers of
the famous composer of Faust"
81 was 13 years old" he begins, land
was a pupil at the Harcourt School NV
mother, a poor widow. was obliged to
work hard for her living, and had to
trudge through snow and sunshine in or
der to obtain the means for her children s
education | was continually worried
over the thought that she was sacrificing
herself for me, and 1 longed for the day
when I could set her free from her un-
worthy labor. Her views, however, in
regard to mine, differed from mine. She
had destined me for a university career,
whereas 1 ever heard an enticing voice
saying, You must be musician
"One day 1 told my mother about my
hearts desire.
" Are you in earnest?' she asked
i" In dead earnest
sity?'
" 'Never!'
Where will you go then?'
"a TO the conservatory
ut was now her turn to say Never
IT seemed fated then that l was to remain
I at the Harcourt School until I had fin
ished my studies and that, If misfortune
still dogged my footsteps at that time, |
would have to become a soldier. I could
not look to my mother for any help. She
would rather that 1 should do anything
else than become vagabond musician.
" My dear mother, I finally said to her,
L will stay at school since you wish IT,
but one thing 1 am determined upon. and
that is that l will never become q soldier
=" DO you mean that you will not obey
the law, which calls for military SER
vice?'
90 No; but I mean that the law will be
a dead letter SO far as | am concernedI
What do you mean?
"T mean that I will win the "Prix de
Rome" which will free me from the ne
cessity of becoming soldier
my mother then abandoned the idea
Of trying to make me change my mind.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-04

NEAR St townsville, N. Y, is a farm
nj of $50 acres belonging to G. r.
Y Beardslee On this place is COM
plete electric plant, which produces
the current for lighting and heating as
we'll as supplying the power for other
operations connected with the farm.
This electric installation is the first of
it's kind ever used for doing the work of
farm hands.
All the mechanical energy is supplied by
nature and the cost and maintenance of
the plant is inexpensive. 1t has demon
strated that electricity used for manual
labor is a success.
The farm land is situated on both sides
of the East Canadian Creek, which is a
good-sized stream. containing two falls
within the bounds of the Beardslee prop
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-04

Tt is beautiful, beautiful. my boy he
said. We will make something out of
you. You shall become a musician, for
the real fire is in you
''In this way I gained champion. FL
nally my mother took me to Reiche, my
first music teacher She was still troubled
about me and she whispered into Reiche's
ear: Don't let him have an easy time.
Let him see the dark side of the musical
profession. / will bless you If you send
him back to me a music hater.'
"Reiche. however, could not please her
in this way. After a year he was obliged
to say to her in reply to her inquiries
Madame you had better content your
self. Your boy has talent. He knows
what he wants and nothing can discour-
age him. He knows already as much as
1 do and there is only one thing which he
does not know. namely, that he knows
something
Il knew this also, however, for every
one who is not an ass possesses self-cor-
seriousness. Three years later l won the
'Prix de Rome and l had accomplished
my hearts desire"
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-04

well heated by electricity. The kitchen is
supplied with an electrically heated cook
ing stove and in the laundry the fiatirons
are heated by the same power. In the
dairy the churns and other appliances all
have electric motor attachments The
grounds are lighted by several arc lamps,
and their use in the barns greatly facili-
tates the work and lessons the danger Of
fire,
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-04

In Paris the thousands of sardine and
other tin boxes that are thrown away
every day form the basis for an industry
refuse cans are stamped by machinery
into tin soldiers and sold SO cheapIy that
The poorest children can possess them
yet the manufacturer makes fair profit,
which he could not do if he used new
material
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-04

will certainly be several years.
Henry G. Bryant, the president Of
the Geographical Society of Phila-
delphia, stands sponsor for the expert
ment. Mr.. Bryant is an old Arctic
traveller, having made two voyages
with Lieutenant Peary, and, like every
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-04

would be as well to say they will dem
onstrate the ice drift, instead of the
current, for the experience of DR.. Nan
sen and the Fran showed that these
two things are oftentimes very differ
ent. How long it will take the casks
to make the trip no one knows, but 1t
q oooooo q q oooo Q q
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sci properly constructed, to make the
circuit from Bering Sea to the Atlantic,
without harm to itself or those aboard
These casks are not to be placed IN
the water and allowed to float, but in
stead are to be firmly lodged on the
ice surface, 30 that perhaps 1t
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-04

Os ANGELES, April 17.-Cave ].
Couts of Escondido is known all
over Southern California as the
man who dreamed himself rich.
4 He discovered a wonderful gold
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-23
URGENT DEFICIENCY.
The Bill Makes an Appropriation of
SOL .OOO. 900.

WASHINGTON. Dec s2-The Urgent
Deficiency Appropriation bill. the first Of
the important supply bills for Government
cXpcrscs Is practically made up. and the
total will amount to about S5ieooon. Tho
items have already been sent I'm by the
several departments. and these are being
put together 50 that the ApprOpria lions
Committee will b9 able 10 submit the bill
10 the House soon after il assemblies. or
this amount $45,ljj.Su is asked for the
War Department and S3,lis,140 for the
Navy Department
Some Of the deficiency items required
FOR the War Department are very large;
that for the transportation. trOOp-ships,
etc. being 10000 600. subsistence. 5000. 70
coo; pay. etc. OF the army, $51Ss So; quar-
termasters' supplies. $l.J00,oo
other amounts are. Temporary employees
War Department. $4,000: signal service
for apparatus war balloons. etc. $4,000.
bailoon-hcuse az For Meyer. Va. $3.50.
horses for cavalry and artillery. $4,000.
barracks and quarters 100000. clothing,
camp and garrison equipage 100000.
bringing home the remains Of officers and
soldiers who die abroad sl01ODJ. manu-
facture of arms, S20e,oo3. ordnance sup
plies. $4,000 medical and hospital de-
partment. 500 900. deep waterway com
IRIS. len, for surveys for waterways be-
tween Great Lakes and Atlantic. $4,000.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-23

Spanish war has definitely brought about
two results. one, and the paramount one,
the thorough confidence now reposed by
the whole West and North In the patriot
ism of the South; the other. the tighten
ing OF the blood tie between our go ing
western giant and that grand old io0th-
erIand beyond the sea-home-nest Of Pur-
itan and Cavalier alike.
God forbid that war civil or foreign,
should come again In our time, but
should il come men Of the North and OF
the East and Of the West. | speak FOR my
neople. YOU shall hear the tramp OF our
leg'Ons as they wheel into line to touch
elbows with the stsl&art sons Of New
England. eager 20 keep with the cadenced
step 10 the music Of the Union. TO hedge
round with stubborn steel that starry
banner that symbolizes once more. TO us
as 10 YOU. the majesty Of American citi-
zenship and the indestructbliity Of the
Republican Institutions.
In the course Of his speech John Barrett
read from a letter he had received within
the last month from the late General Law
ton the following extract:
II would TO God that the truth of this
whole Philippine situation could be known
by every one in America as I know II.
If the real history. inspiration ana condl-
tions Of this insurrecti0n. and the inilu-
cnces. local and external. that now encoui-
age the enemy. as well as the actual pos
sibillties Of these ISLANDS and peoples. and
their relations to this great East. could
be understood ut home. We would hear
no more talk of unjust Shooting Of gov
crnment into the Filipinos. or Of haul
ing down our fag IN the Philippines. II
the so-callod anti-imperiaiists would hon
estIv ascertain the truth on the ground
and not in distant America, they. whom
believe to be honest men misinformed'
would be convinced Of the error of their
statements and conclusions and Of the uh-
fortunate effect Of their publications here.
II I am shot by Filipino bullet u
might as well come from one OF my own
men. because know from observations.
confirmed 10y captured prisoners that the
continuance Of the fighting is chiefly due
TO reports that are sent out from Ame-
rica."
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-23
KIMBERLEY On
FULL RATIONS
General Methuen Believed to be
Master of the Situation and His
Position UnassalIabIe.

LONDON. Dec "a dispatch rom
cape Town. dated sunday. December lth'
saws that General Mcthuen's primary OBJ
ieci I'm crossing the Modder river appears
TO have ocen TO establish searehiight com
munication with kimberley which Is be-
,ieved to he sim ON full rations. The
water in the mines i- plentiful
on the other hand in spite ol thtiY usual
toctics. il IS considered possible that me
Fo.rs have leen compelled Go assume the
offensive. The commander having arranged
for the disposition of the forces ana anti
crpltinc difficulty in maintaining food sup
plies iu the present positions. Moreover,
Id is said there D. "A growing desire among
the Free Statcrs 90 return home, which Is
testified 20 on many Sides ana may tend
io precipitate an action On the part OF
the Boer comm nds
I'm spito of The delay OF General Me
ihuen in advancing. be- Is regarded as
largely the master of the situation ana
his eutreuchod position is believed TO be
unas.ailab.e.
m thc event of the Boers attacking
Kimberley. General Methuen would be en-
abied 10 make "A counter move Win MS
artillery and cavalry. consequently, such a
movement ca the part Ol The Beers. II u
said. IL not contemplated.
II Is apparent. therefore, that to make
haste slowly T. the truest policy al pres
enL In accordance with General Me
tluon's dictum. the army should not ad-
vance faster than the slowest ox-wagons.
LITTLE LIGHT
LONDON. Dec. 2}-i:ij A. M.-Belated
South African dispatches throw no light
upon the present situation at the sat Of
wa- There is no confirmation Of the re-
port that Ladysmith could hold out sew
e.al weeks longer and IL Is feared that
this was circulated By the Beers for their
own purposes.
The Daily Telegraph has a special from
Chieyeley. dated December 18th, which
tells how l. Leutenant Roberts fe.l AT Tu-
geia River. II says:
''The horses OF the 18th and 18th Bat
tcries had been killed and Lieutenant
Roberts. Captain schoheld and Captain
Congreve. OF the Rifles. attempted with
gunner volunteers 20 drag out the guns
Captain SrhoGeid succeeded helped by a
corporal and some men. Lieutenant Rob
eris was hit by a she'll Captain Congreve
was struck and wounded slightly.
After a while Captain consreve and
Major Baptle brought Lieutenant Rob-
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