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cooking stoves, and mechanical toys OF
every description. which as the fond pa
rent knows when he buys them. are bound
TO get out of order inside of six weeks.
But he buys them just the same.
Are the children really more contented
with all this array of elaborate and ex-
pensive playthings than they used to be
with c9rn-cob houses, broken dishes. and
home made balls? Undoubtedly some chill
dren DO get along with just such q limited
collection of treasures, and they seem to
feel quite happy. But the modern child
in The city wants considerably more for
his satisfaction.
1t is always question whether the
childs wants are caused by real desire
for amusement or by the wish to have as
much as his neighbors have. Children are
born conformists in some ways, and one
of the strongest arguments, in their eyes,
for their having certain things, is that
"other children have them" The child
does not feel happy any more than the
grown person does when somebody sneers
at him because he has, not the things
counted desirable in his particular sec
tion OF society.
This insistence of the younger members
of the family that they are to be given
whatever other children have is one rea-
son for the purchasing of expensive toys
and another, perhaps. is a sneaking liking
for these ingenious devices on the part Of
the buyer. More than one father has spent
half day teaching his boy how to run
toy steamboat, when the boy could have
learned perfectly well by himself; just as
whenever the circus comes numerous
grown people are seen there on account of
having to bring the children. This is all
right, of course, for there is nothing that
makes home happier than such comrade
ship in pleasure.
As general thing, however it may be
said that the child is in the end best en-
tertained by amusement which he has TO
contrive for himself He should be given
tools of various kinds, with which he can
make articles useful or ornamental; he
should be furnished with good and inter
esting literature. and every care should
be taken TO develop whatever taste he has
for any art or trade. If an elaborate toy
is tool, ii will be useful as well as pleas
ing, and will please the recipient consid-
erably more, eventually. than anything in
tended purely for his amusement
The times., 1900-12-19
A Sermon.
From the PhiIadelphia Record.

tfroTn the fhlIadelphia hecoTu.)
While the Republican majority in Congress
refuse 10 touch the tariff expressions and in
iquities, the question arises: What the Demo-
Gratis doing2 Although rhey are in the minority
(of less than score in the House, they are
not deaf and dumb: are the rules OF the
Senate or House such as TO prevent them from
forcing upon the consideration Of Congress such
iniquites as are disclosed in this circular ukase
Of the Pittsburg Plate Glass Company. Are tliey,
too, 80 completely under the glamour OF tariff
made prosperity as to have forgotten that
three times in this generation the Democrats
have carried the country the issue against
protection, and have repeatedly elecsed a ma
jority TO Congress the same issue? The tariff
evils against which the Democrats successfully
oontended in the Presidential campaigns of 1876,
1854. and 1892 were mild infections compared
with the existing monster OF oppression and rob
berry But. strangely enough, the Democrats
sitting in Congress seem hardly to give evidence
that they are aware OF its rayages or even Of its
presence.
The times., 1900-12-19
A KENTUCKY INVESTIGATION
An Enquiry Into the Methods of In
vestment Companies.

LEXINGTON, Ky. Dec 1s.-The Fay
cite grand jury has begun an investiga
tion of the business methods of investment
companies. and may take measures TO re-
strict their operations.
The members of the grand jury will not
intimate what their present purpose is.
hut a number of the officers of the local
investment companies have been called be-
fore them to testify as TO the methods en-
ployed by the concerns. There are between
ten and fifteen companies in the city which
have branches in different parts of the
State The action OF the grand jury is
causing much uneasiness among stockhoId-
erg here
The times., 1900-12-19
AN ACCIDENT TO THE BAILEY.
The Torpedo BOats Official Trinl
Trip suddenly Interrupted.

NEWPORT, R. /, Dec. 1s.-owing to a
slight accident to her machinery, the
official trial of the torpedo boat Bailey
was interrupted today. 1t win be con-
tinued on Friday or Saturday, when the
damage will have been repaired. The
Bailey had started and had made seem
ingly satisfactory runs at the slower
rates, and was about to enter the course
for her thirty knot run when the acci-
dent occurred.
At the torpedo station it was found that
q small piece of copper pipe had broken
away from the super heater and had
lodged in one OF the cylinders under the
piston A duplicate of the damaged part
was telegraphed for. and as soon as il
can be installed the trial will be con-
tinued
The times., 1900-12-19
How to Cook Rice.
lFrom the New York sun.)

The cooking OF rice is most caralessiy per
formed by the average American cook. and the
result is heavy. pasty, and unpalatahe irass
Properly prepared rice is white, and the grains
separate and firm. The Chinese know how to
cook rice properly and at their restaurants it
can be seen TO perfection. IL must be washed
perfectly clean and rinsed in several waters.
then picked over carefully. Hall a pound Of
rice requires two quarts OF boiling water in which
two teaspoonfuls OF salt have been dissolved.
The rice must stew slowly without cover and
cold water may be added occasionally 10 keep
il from hard boiling. The grains should be
unbroken, and when the rice is done it should
be turned out to drain upon napkin. then
turned over into the stew pan with an ounce OF
butter 1t must not be stirred touched while
cooking IS this breaks and discolors the grains
The times., 1900-12-19
THE HAVANA BUDGET.
The sum of s2.4I1, 900 Required for
Municipal Expenses.

HAVANA, Dec. 1s,TTThe budget of the
municipality OF Havana amounts to
s2,4l1 600 The principal. items are: Po-
lice, ss02 600; Salaries of city officials.
s177,O0O.
Governor General Wood has appointed
commission Of four members to examine
into the city accounts. In, the event of
the commission discovering shortages or
losses, they are TO determine who is re-
sponsible therefor.
Horatio Rubens,4 attorney for the Gov
ernment in the postofiice cases, will leave
on Thursday for Washington.
A decree is TO be issued providing that
upon an order issued by judge witnesses
in legal cases can be prevented from leav-
ing the island
The times., 1900-12-19
Patronage Under the Army BIZ.
From the Boston Herald.

One motive that contributed to give the Army
Reorganization bill its easy passage through the
House is not so generally recognized it should
be- The bill provides for large increase in the
number of commissioned officers. There is no
adequate supply of officers educated at the Mill
tary Academy Inevitably large nuInber of APP
pointments OF others to the Regular Army must
be made. and the new bill provides for them.
even going to the extent OF removing the limit
Of age on the appointment OF lieutenants in the
line. Then, there the large number Of staff
appointments, paynasters, surgeons, commissaries
quartcrmasters veterinaries, etc, indispensable TO
a larger establishment. In fact the bill opens
a wide door of extremely desirable patronage
inasmuch Us the places arc .or life.
The times., 1900-12-19
A Gift tn Mr. MckInIex

Representative Shaw of New York, the
x-Commander-in-Ch of the Grand
Army, yesterday presented the President
with a handsome Bible and an illuIninat-
ed address and photograph of the Soldiers
and Sailors Monument now being erected
in Riverside Park. New York The gifss
were presented on behalf of the Woma n s
Relief Corps of Hamilton Post. of New
York. The President expressed his gra e.
full appreciation of the gifts. The corner
stone of the monument was laid last
week by Governor Roosevelt. Represen-
tatiye Shaw delivered the oraticD
The times., 1900-12-19
The Trust Ambition.
(From the New orleans Picayune.)

(FFom the New orleans Ploayune.)
Trusts have been heretofore strong enough TO
fasten themselves on the people without aid
from the Government. All they have asked was
to be let alone. Now the Ship Trust wants 10 be
supported out of the taxpayers pockets. That is
the most audacious scheme of all. This subsidy
grab has been on hand for three years, and
has heretofore been defeated in all its attempts
to fasten Itself on the people. Now however, 1t
seems to have prospect of success and its power
iul promoters will doubtless use pressure enough
to defeat other appropriations, unless they can
get what they want.
The times., 1900-12-19
MR.. CHoATE's RETURN.
State Department officials Discredit
Reports From London.

The report from London that Arnbassa-
dor Choate is coming home was a surprise
to the officials of the State Department.
1t was said in Secretary Hays Office that
Mr.. Choate would hardly return without
notifying the Department and he had not
done so. If he had applied for leave of
absence, IL was said, the application
would be granted Immediately. The Off
cials think that Mr.. Choate has no inten-
ton of resigning his mission, but they
say the death of his law partner, Mr..
Beaman, which occurred last Saturday.
will probably make it necessary for him
to pay visit TO New York, particularly
as the other partner, Mr.. Evarts is not
able to attend TO active work
The times., 1900-12-19
senator CoekreII.
CFrom the Hartford Courant)

They have the news at St Louis Kansas CITY
and other political centres that some Of his Dem
ocratc associates in the Senate thinking Sc
riuusly of Mr.. Cotkrell for the position of party
standrd-bearer in the campaign OF 1901 The
Hon. Francis Marion Coekrell is a diligent Sena-
tor, keeps close eye on the public business.
has some sterling personal qualities, and when
the next Democratic National CONVENTION meets
will be Of still this shoal % time) within
three months so of his seventeen birthday.
The times., 1900-12-19
Different in the south.
(From the Raltimnrc sun.N

The rough, i'll manners OF some OF tire New
York street ear conductors is one OF the first
things which impress themselves upon the mind
OF a stranger when he lands in New York. In
that respect there Is a marked contrast to some
of their brethren in Baltimore. The street car
company of this city seems 10 be able to enlist
in its service many men Of superior class.
both as conductors and motormen. They axe uni
formy courteous and Painsiakin2 and frequently
patient under great proyocation.
The times., 1900-12-19
A New sugar MnI in Porto Rico.

SAN JUAN, p. r., Dee. 1s.-De Ford's
new central sugar factory at Guayama
was formally opened by Governor Allen
yesterday. Many planters were present.
The capacity of>the factory. which will
grind the cane of the largest plantation
on the island. is 900 tons for the sea-
The times., 1900-12-19
BIue Grass CompIacency.

From the Louisville CONFECTIONERY
Under the bill for reapportonment, intro
dueed by Congressman Hopkins, Kentucky would
lose one Congressman. We shall lose no sleep,
however, on that account. In fact, we should
not be inconsolable such a small thing as the
loss Of several Congressman
The times., 1900-12-19
pnrtn Rico nnd Cuba.

(From the ST. louis Globe Democrat)
Many years may pass before Porto Rico becomes
a State Of the Union, but is is on the road 10
statehood. and that rank will ultimately be
reached This. too, is likely TO be the out
come in Cuba eventually, hut it will be brought
about by the free consent OF the Cubans.
The times., 1900-12-19

The good people of the New York viii
lage of Sing Sing are suffering from de-
sire to change the name of the pIace-all
but the part where the State prison is
to that of 0ssining, which they consider
to be "a more tenderer word" Their
trouble is that when they visit relatives
in other localities and are introduced to
strangers as being Just from Sing Sing
the latter do not take to them cordially.
and explanations are received often with
unbecoming incredulity. So the inhabi-
tants OF the celebrated centre of puni-
tive activity yearn to be relieved Of their
corporate stigma, and are organizing to
induce the State Legislature TO help them
out 1t is probable that their aspiration
may be realized. They are likely to find
a fellow feeling among the lawmakers of
the Commonwealth. Doubtless there are
statesmen at Albany who also feel sem
sitive about having it remarked that they
are proximately or remotely from Slrg
Cinpr
The times., 1900-12-19
Hanna and the White House.
lErou the pbiladaInhia rSn,osA


Hanna's chance was in 1900 II he wanted to
be President he should have elected himself then,
in place Of his deputy. The opportunity VIII not
occur again.
The times., 1900-12-19
Honors Were Easy.

From the Hetere Welte.l
He-But | still don't dare 10 confess TO your
father the extent OF my debts.
She-What towards you men arei Papa is also
afraid to tell you about his debts.
The times., 1900-12-19

The Hon. Grover Cleveland expresses
the opinion that what is the matter with
the Democratic party is that it has gone
them, but there is no doubt about his be-
ing right as regards one. The Democratic
party did go after particularly bad and
false Joss in 1892, suffered from his male
violence and perfidy. and will never cease
being sorry for the blunder, which, in
effect, has turned out TO be crime
The times., 1900-12-19

And SO the Hon. Joseph II. Choute is
coming home at oncei His law partner in
New York is dead and his means are not
opulent. What win he do when he ar
rives? VIII he practice his noble pro-
fession or trade places with Lord Sails
bury's purely personal asset?" Mr.. Hay,
too. is to resign, so it is said. Will he
replace Mr.. Choate in dear old Lunnon ?"
And will the latter try his hand at bound
aries and things?
The times., 1900-12-19

Judge s Tolliver. of Houston. Tex. Is
in the city to help along the propositions
now before Congress for the improvement
OF the rivers and barbors IN the Lone Star
State He is registered at the Ebbitt.
The times., 1900-12-19

Mere denials from West Point will not
serve to hush up the Booz hazing scandal
The testimony taken by the military
court at the dead boys home, does not
appear to bear out the statements made
on behalf OF the cadets who were his "ene-
mics, prosecutors, and slanderers" IN the
Academy. The case more than ever has
the appearance of being an ugly one. 1t
should be investigated to the bottom, not
alone that the cadets who may be guilty
of a mean and despicable crime shall he
punished, but that laws and regulations
providing adequate penalties for such off,
GERS may result from national Indignation
and disgust, that such system of bru-
tality as the Booz episode appears to dis
close, could possibly exist in high class
Government educational institution
The times., 1900-12-19

"The people of Kentucky are much in
teresled in the probable action of the Sem
ate on the Boreing BILL" said Mark L.
Mabley, OF Louisville. at the Normandie,
last night This bill, you know. is de-
signed TO divide the State into two judicial
Districts and there are a hundred and one
applicants for the position of Federal
Judge The wire-pulling began before the
bill was introduced in the House. and it
will go ON until the end of time. or more
properly speaking. until the Senate passes
the bill and the President makes the ap-
pointment. You would be surprised 10
note the number OF good Republicans we
have in the State. One would not think
they would have any trouble in securing
a majority oe the votes at al election.
judging from the number thai come from
Under cover when job is in sight. Take
a census OF Kentucky today with the pros
pect Of Federal judgeship to be given
away. and you will find every lawyer in
the State on the ticket for the Admins
tration. This is not overdrdwing the pic
:ure. lt is too conservative. il anything.
The next Federal Judge, if The bill becomes
a law. will probably be Congressman Pugh.
He has been out after the position, or
rather his friends have been out after the
job for him. and | understand the Presi-
dent is favorably Impressed with his ean-
didaey Anyway il goes, there will be a
warm time in Kentucky when the an
nOungement is made
The times., 1900-12-19

Judge Jesse Holdom, of Chicago, is reg
istered at the Arlington. He came here
yesterday to secure a speaker for the
Jonn Marshall Day celebration, February
4. which will be observed by the mem
bers of the Chicago Bar Association.
Ex- President Harrison was asked to be
the orator of the day, but he declined the
invitation. Judge Hoidom was then Sc
lected to come to this city and find
speaker He did not hnd that for which
he came, and Chicago talent will furnish
the speechmaking. Judge Holdom says
the celebration will be one OF the larg-
est ever held by the Chicago Bar Asso-
ciaiinr
The times., 1900-12-19

Thomas SheIvin. of Minneapolis, is At
the Arlington. Mr.. Shelvin is one of the
Northwestern lumber politicians who be-
lieve in helping his friends, and proves
this assertion in his remark that he il
not in this city on business matters but
has come here to help elect his friend,
Bob" Evans, to seat in the United
States Senate. Mr.. Evans is Il candidate
for the place made vacant by the death
of the late Cushman X Davis and new
filled by Senator Towne, who was appoint
ed to the position pending the election o.
his successor.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-24
USE YOUR OWN BRAINS.
The Education We Acquire by Our
Efforts Becomes n Vital
Part of Us.

There is always a certain lack in
what we get from others. What they
give us is like food put into our mouths.
If it remains there, it never becomes
force, life or thought. 1t must be di-
gested, assimilated, vitalized by our
own activities. All others can do for us
is to furnish the food. The digestion,
the assimilation, the vitalizing, must
be our own work, says Success.
The education we acquire by our
own efforts becomes a vital part of us.
1t is not added to us, but is a living,
pulsing, integral part of us.
Many college graduates never swal-
low what the school has put into their
mouths, but carry it about with them
and wonder why they do not grow,
why they are so power-thin. We see
them everywhere, conductors on street
cars, motormen, perpetual clerks whose
salaries are never raised, writer's of
occasional squibs for the local press.
hangers-on in society, loafers about ho-
tells and clubs, who never get strength
enough to rise in the world because
they have never digested or assimi-
lated their knowledge.
knowledge is of no use unless it can
be used, and until it has been trans
formed into thought-timber, into man
timber. College graduates often
astonish us by the enormous amount
of their learning and the meagerness
of their performance. 1t seems to take
all their strength to carry about what
they have learned and they have moth
ing left with which to use what they
have.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-24
Peach HIangOes.

Take fine large freestone peaches
and with knife carefully extract the
stone from the side, place in jars,
pour over them boiling water salted
to taste, and let stand "a hours; then
drop into fresh cold water and al
low to stand is minutes. Wipe very
dry and fill each cavity with the fol-
lowing mixture: To two tablespoon
fuls of mustard seed add two table
spoonfuls of grated horseradish, a
small piece of ginger root and two or
three cloves; sew up the opening and
place closely together in stone jar.
Make a sirup sufficient to cover the
fruit by allowing one pint of sugar to
three pints of vinegar while boiling
hot over the peaches. These are very
fine.-Home Magazine.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-24
TRUST REMEDY.
eRYAN'S SCHEME IS lMPeRlALlSTl lC
IN ITS SCOPE.

When He Was In Congress He Bitterly
Opposed the Same Princ,pIe when
Embodied In the Reciprocity CAuse
OF Mckinley Law.
we have a trust remedy" shouts
Bryan in his speeches. His pet scheme,
one that he proposed even when in
congress, when he was helping the
sugar trust with the Wilson tariff bill,
is to empower the president to put
upon the free list any article of i'm.
port that he may think is the product
OF an American trust. This is imper-
ialism itself-absolute power over the
articles OF k~ne production or con-
sumption.
Yet when Bryan was in congress he
and his party contended that the Nc
Kinley law was contrary to the consti-
tuition, in its reciprocity section, which
empowered the president, if satisfied
that countries whose coffee, tea, sugar
or hides entered the United States free
of duty were imposing duties on Amer
lean products which he deemed to be
reciprocally unequal, to suspend the
free introduction of those articles and
to levy certain specified duties on them
while the period of suspension lasted
II it was unconstitutional to direct
the president to suspend the tariff
upon five articles, how does it sudden
ly become constitutional to give the
president full swing and control, all by
himself, over every item of home man
ufacture that may be in the tariff lists? +?
Bryan's own party by that contention
condemned his present boasted plan of
taking care of trusts, and he was with
his party in that contention against
the reciprocity clause of the Mckinley
tariff. How is he going to be able to
do with everything what then he de-
clared to be unable to do with even
five things?
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-24
BRYAN AT ANN ARBOR.

Michigan university students at Ann
Arbor have always had their own way
of getting from public speaker ex-
pressions of his opinion, and they
treated Bryan according to their tra-
ditiops. 1t wasn't a brutal attack,
such as the Chicago stockyards crowd
made upon Senator Hanna, but good
natured badgering to bring out things
that a speaker might otherwise fail
to state Thus the Ann Arbor boys got
Mr. Bryan to say more frankly than
he has anywhere else since this cam
paign commenced that:
I'VE are in favor of the free coinage
of silver a. the ratio of 16 to / with
out waiting for the aid or consent OF
any other nation on earth. Your pres
ident is now coming silver dollars al
the ratio Of 16 to / without waiting
for the aid or consent of any Other
nation on oartK''
That declaration by Bryan, just al
he is goinG to New York, made thai
trip useless. If it was not hopeless be
fore.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-24

ard Eckert Cincinnati Womans Club.
b. All other Clubs. Miss Ada H..
Riley. The Tourist Club, Price Hill.
1906 Working Suggestions. Discus
sion following each topic.
a. simpllfication of Programmes.
b. Value of Discussion following
papers.
c. The Small Club-a stimulus to
exertion and growth Of the individual.
d. The Legitimate Use of Address
es by Public Lecturers and other nom
members of Clubs. Mrs. John A. Ew-
alt, London.
Leader of discussion, Mrs. Mary
oyd-Yeoman, Hillsboro.
400 e. Value of knowledge of Par
liamentary Law Mrs. Horace A.
Reeve, Sorosls Club, Delphos
Leader of discussion, Mrs. P. D. Cot
tie, The Julia Ward Howe Club, Wal
nut Hills.
f. Federation of Clubs by Counties
and Cities. Mrs. j. B. Cline, Perrin
town. Progress Club, Milford.
Leaders of Discussion, Miss Gail Sin
gleton Dorham, The Fortnightly, New
Richmond. Mrs. Gregg, Batavia.
g. A Plea to the Women of Ohio
for the commemoration of the Centen-
nial of the State. Mrs. H. NJ. Barlow,
Womens Educational Club, Toledo.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, from s to
IL o'clock.
Reception at The Elks Club House.
Mrs. S. S. Porter, Chairman. Wom-
ans Centennial Association, Mari
eta