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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-05-09

"Your Jnedioine has helped me IN.
derfully," she wrote to the patent
medicinehouse. "Three weeks ago /
could not spank the baby, and now /
am able to thrash my husband. God
bless you !'-Smart Set,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-05-09
CAPER SAUCE FOR FISH.

Take some melted butter, into which
throw small bit of glaze; and when
the sauce in state of readiness,
throw into it some choice capers, salt and
pepper and spoonful of essence of an
ehevies.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-05-09

Take crumbs of bread, soak them in
milk, and put them over the FIRE with a
small piece of butter, a little salt, mace.
two or three cloves, some whole pepper,
and very little chopped onion; stew it
slowly until the bread is thoroughly
boxed up with the milk it should be
perfertly smooth, and of the consistency
Of drawn butter; serve with plain boiled
&sh.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-05-09

hand and the brain. He does not
beleve that aexterity is directly con
ncoted with intelligence, but that it is
noticeable through its effect upon
speech.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-05-09

Take two cloves of garlic, and mound
them with fresh piece of butter about
the size of nutmeg; roll it through a
double hair sieve, and stir it into half
q pint of melted butter, or beef gravy,
or make 1t with garlic vinegar.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-05-09

Dover, May 2,-TheI Twentieth Cen.
fury Social Ulub- of Rehoboth, which
has capital stock OF 5000, filed it's
certificate of incorporation here yester-
day.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-05-09

Put into stewpan a little butter. a
little parsley, and a few green onions,
all cut small: turn them few times
ever the fire. then add some -four, and
moisten with cream or milk; let the
whole boil for a quarter of an hour;
strain off the sauce, and when you want
It for use, put In a little butter. some
parsley. just soalded and chopped fine,
aalt and whole pepper; then thi0ken the
same over the FIRE; this may. be used
with all kinds Of dishes that are done
white.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-05-09

The outlets may be prepared by cut
ting them into shape, dipping them into
the yolks of eggs, and seasoning them
with fine bread crumbs, about four
tablespoonful, two spoonfuls of curry
powder and one of salt; fry them in
fresh butter; serve with curry sauce,
which may be made with equal parts of
curry powder, flour and butter. worked
well together into a paste; put it into
the pan from which the outlets have
been removed. moisten with cupful Of
water. in which cayenne and salt have
been stirred; let it thicken. and serve
very hot.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-05-09

Dress them well. Put bit of butter,
pepper and salt, mixed, into the body, or
fill with mashed potatoes. seasoned with
a bit of butter, pepper, and salt, and
moistened with milk; cut off the pinions
Mt the first joint fasten the legs close
to the ribs, aud turn the head back
ward. sticking the bill between the leg
aud the body; rub over with pepper AMI
salt, and roast with hot fire; basic
with cup of water and butter; dredae
flour or rolled cracker over, and haste
almost continually for the last five mix
ptes; serve OH toast.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-11
cUBA,s uNFITNEss FOR INDEPEND

II is evident that there will be trouble In
the adjustment of the relations OF Cuba TO
the United States. The difficulty will be
intensified and increased because of the at
titude OF some OF the enemies Of the ad-
ministration toward the Cubans. Many
persons seem TO believe that any people.
10 matter how ignorant or inexperienced
I'm government. are qualified for self-gov-
eminent and should have their freedom
This is a most pernicious error. Only the
most intelligent and conservative people are
ut TO carry on successfully a popular gov
eminent. Those peoples who have come 10
a stable representative or popular govern
ment have reached 1t after many years OF
education and contention. The people OF
the United States are able TO maintain such
a government because the early settlers OF
the Atlantic States brought with them the
experience OF hundreds of years OF striving
for popular government. Thus far the only
races that seem TO have he real capacity
for self-government are those OF Great
Britain. Germany and northern Europe.
! Judged from the efforts OF the Spanish In
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-11

nature. 'The People at the Top OF tie
World IS the expressive title OF an Illus
trated paper by Jonas Stadiing. telling OF a
tour In search OF Andree. Sir Walter
Besant continues his account Of charity
work I'm East London: Robert II. ThiiTston
offers much IN his paper or
The Steel Industry of America; Rebeccs
Harding Davis has an account OF An
English Passion Play" and Amelia Cers
Mason discusses the question:, rs Senti-
ment Decliningg' Perhaps Mr: w. y:
be classed with the fiction. but IL Is really
a psychological study dealing with sub
jects-certain problems OF life and ceath-
that men him OF oftener than they men
ton them in conversation. Mr.. Howells ID
writing industriously these days, but pro-
duces nothing which is not worth while
Among the stories is the prize story in the
college competition, An Old World Woo
ing" by Adeline NJ. Jenney. OF the Wiscon-
sin University. There Is no special note
or originality In IL Among the nlustra-
tons are a series of four full-pag mid
winter scenes In New York city, from pas
tells by Everett Shinn.
The North American Review for Feb
ruary is a notable number. not only for
the distinguished names among its con-
tributors but for the nature II their offer
ings. Some of these contributions have
already been commented on by the Journal
in it's editorial pages. In the opening pa
per Mark Twain discusses certain national
problems in his off-hano. original and
fercible way. 1t is none the less entertain
ing from the fact that the reader may
not agree with him. Twain is himself the
subject Of an analytical study by w. ID.
Howells. 1t is an extremely entertaining
| Paper, as is everything SIR. H0wells writes
In the line of literary criticism. Ex-Presi-
dent Harrison's chapter of Musings Upon
Current Topics" reaches by other and more
ergumentative directions some Of the
same conclusions arrived at by Twain Both
obJecl TO The "worlu-power' idea in the
| sei.se in which il is recently applied 20
America. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge dis
cIsses from a lawyers standpoint ths
| career Of John Marshall. Stateaman."
Perry Belmont a leading Democrat OF
New York, describes The Plight OF thu
Democratic Party" j.. Il. FOrgan, presi-
cent OF the First National Bank of Chi
caeo. writes Of the Practical Efficiency
of the Banking Law" DIR. McLane Hamil-
tor has something 10 say of Legal Safe
guards of Sanity" Augustine Birrell gives
his view of the causes of the conserva-
tism of England and Lady Jeune offers an
estimate of Victoria and Her Reign" In
addition are papers on the following top
les: What England Ought TO DO" "Ameri-
Can Troops in the Light of the Peking Ex-
petition The South and the Negro,
Substitutes for Ship Subsidies" and Sikh
ism and the Sikhs.' Not 10 read some Of
fthese papers is TO fall out of step with
current literature. The number has an
Importance and dignity which justify the
claim OF the magazine TO the name Re
view"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-11
Songs of the Old south.

Miss Howard Weeden, whose name Is
somewhat misleading as to her sex, offers
a second collection of topical and typical
verses relating to the South, and for the
most part to negro life. A former collec-
ton of her verses, called "Bandanna Bal
lads" was well received. and the present
volume is equally deserving of favor.
Songs of the Old South" contains twenty
four short poems and the same number of
drawings Of the old-time Southern negro
The verses have the coloring and atmos-
phere of Southern life, many of them be-
ing In negro dialect, and the pictures de-
pict different types of negro character i'm a
very realistic and true to life manner. The
following is entitled Hard Worked"
"Old man with the sweet. black, pat;ent
face.
Pray tell me about your life:
1t has had It's many griefs, I'm sure,
And its noble work and strife"
Eyes. sir. dat's right; In slavery times
My business used 10 be
To hunt ole masters specs. an dat
Did shorely poster me.
'Since Freedom come I've had a load
OF politics to tote;
For If you does It right II takes
All of your strenk to vote"
The picture accompanying these lines
shows a well-preserved, good-natured look
ing old negro, with white hair and beard
stomach and appetite for 'possum. The
verses are simple but pretty and the illus
t~rations charming. New York: Doubleday,
Page & Co.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-11

The conviction of George NJ. Ray on a
charge of conspiring with the commission
ers OF Shelby county to defraud the county
by means of an illegal contract for print
ing is an event of more than personal or
local interest. 1t shows that the move
ment for reform in local government has
taken strong root In Indiana and that the
people will not submit to be plundered by
political bosses and rings in the future
as they have in the past. Probably there
is not another county in the State where
political bossism and ring rule have car
ried things with a higher hand than they
have in Shelby. 1t has been unfortunate
for the county hat 1t was for many years
SO overwhelmingly Democratic that the
rarity leaders felt they could do as they
pleased. Large majorities and long con-
tInuance in power are apt TO prove injuri-
Gus TO any party. In Shelby county they
lave worked the worst possible results, for
it has been the f~ountain-head OF political
corruption thai has affected not only the
PEOPLE of that county but of many others
throughout the State. 1t was this same
George NJ. Ray who organized and worked
The school supply frauds, some eight or
ten years ago, by which certain township
trustees were induced to issue fraudulent
warrants to the amount of $4,000. Ray
has been arrested several times for brih-
ing township trustees. but has always
escaped conviction. In the present case the
proof of his guilt was SO clear that al
though he was editor of the Democratic
local organ and master of the art of polit-
ical intimidation, a jury containing nine
Democrats found him guilty. When a jury
composed CT a mans ~ne1ghbors, three
fourths OF whom are of his political
party, find him guilty on a charge of felony
there is nothing more to be said. The
penalty for the effense of which Ray was
convicted is two to fourteen years in tie
penitentiary. and it is none too severe
Conspiring with public officials TO rob the
| people is a very serious offense. TIL Coun.
ty Commissioners who conspired with Ray
are equally deserving of punishment, and
as they have been indicted, IL would bs
mistaken lenienoy not TO prosecute them
a work of practical reform as we'll begur
! as it has been In this case should be car
ried through.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-11

1t appears that the new hospital or
village for e~pileptics which has received
the favorable consideration of the Senate
is designed by those who favor it to care
for others than epileptics. The harmless
insane that need to be simply looked after
will be taken from insane hospitals and
county p~oorhouses and infirmaries and put
into the proposed village. where they can
be better cared for at a much less cost.
At least such is said to be the experience
of other States. 1t would seem, however,
that some estimate might be made of
the number and present cost of main
tenance of these unfortunates as a basis
for intelligent action.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-11

The fact that Mr.. Bryan declared that
Edward VII could announce his willing
ness to join Parliament in giving to the
Irish all the rights enjoyed by his Eng
lish subjects has called forth some re-
marks Of urDrise that he could be so
ignorant of the British system of gov
eminent, under which the ministry ex-
presses the opinions. the sovereign being
simply its mouthpiece. At the beginning
of the last century a British King was
dethroned as non compo mentis for un-
dertaking TO act independent of Parlia-
ment. The ministry, not the sovereign,
declares the policy of the government in
Great Britain-a well-know fact of which
Mr.. Bryan seems not to be aware.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-11
The Duke of StOckbridge.

This story of the late Mr.. Edward Bel
lamy is an historical novel dealing with
that passage in our early history known
as Shays's rebellion. One seldom hears or
reads Of that event nowadays. but 1t was a
remarkable episode, and at the time
fraught with real danger. 1t occurred
after the revolutionary war and before the
adoption of the present Constitution. This
was the period of the government known
as the Confederation. 1t was a period of
national feebleness and humiliation and of
extreme poverty among the people. Trade
had not revived after the war. The coun-
try was producing little that the outside
world wanted. The people as well as the
government were deeply in debt The pa
per money was not worth anything, and
tobacco, whisky and other products were
mediums of exchange In many instances
the annual taxes amounted to more money
than the average farmer or mechanic saw
In two years. 1t was in these circum-
stances that Shays's rebellion began in
Massachusetts,. 1t was a protest against
conditions that were intolerable and a gov
eminent that scarcely deserved the name.
t1rian that half the population
of New England was on the side of the in
surrection. At one time, according to Gen.
eral Lincoln. 1900 rebels were under arms,
most of them ex-officers or soldiers of the
evolutionary army. The conditions and
events of that period furnish rich material
for a story, and in THE Duke of Stock
bridge the author has utilized them well.
The story was written before Looking
Backward" as much as twenty years ago,
but is now published for the first time. II
has a depth of meaning beyond the mere
story. in that it presents the equitable side
of a revolt by debtor farmers against
harsh conditions and an oppressive state
government. 1t has dramati as we'll as
historic and literary merit, and will add tc
the authors reputation. The pictures OF
early New England life and character are
graphic, and the romantic side OF thf
story. which tells how an ex-oficer of the
revolutionary army wooed and won &
courtly belle Of the period, is we'll worked
out. New York: Silver. Burdett e Co.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-11

the South and Central American republics,
they are incapable of maintaining sound
popular government. Nevertheless, they
nave been trying. and vainly trying. TO es-
tablish popular government in these coun-
tries for three-quarters Of a century.
And yet. with this experience we find
men in this country assuming that the
element in Cuba which by force of num-
bers is in control is fit by character and in
telligence to rule the island. Men who have
modified constitutions in Southern States
so as to d~isfranchise the negro race on the
ground that they are unfit for local self
government and so potential Tor evil that
an intelligent white majority in those
States cannot maintain good government
so long as the negroes vote are loudly pro-
claiming the fitness of the Cubans for inde-
pendent self--government, nearly one-half
OF whom are of mixed African blood and a
large part of the whites are unable to read.
This is gross Inconsistency andy dangerous
recklessness. If negroes and mixed races
in the United States that nave mingled
with whites who maintain self-government
are unfit TO participate in ii, what can we
expect from similar people in Cuba who
have no idea of self-government? No party
In this country has demanded Statehood
for New Mexico year after year, because
there has been an abiding conviction that
the alive who came to us with the ac-
QUESTION of the territory are not yet fitted
for the responsibilities of the limited indie
pendence which a State enjoys. Those ma
tives are much of the same race as the
whites in Cuba. If the natives of New
Mexico. under the tutelage of the United
States for fifty years. are not sufficiently
intelligent to be given the responsibility of
Statehood in the union, how can the whites
of Cuba, who have known nothing of gov
eminent but the oppression of Spain, be
qualified for that independence in govern
ment which is called entire freedom? The
assumption is both absurd and mischiev-
Gus.
Whatever may be the letter of the resolu-
ton of Congress under which the United
States interfered to put an end to the mis-
rule and outrages of Spain in Cuba, Con-
gress gave the civilized world promise by
its interference that the conditions of the
people should be improved. that just and
stable government should be maintained.
That tacit pledge will be violated if the
United States withdraws from the island
leaving 1T TO the misrule of factions and
revolutionists that will make it a San Do
mingo or a Central American republic with
its frequent revolutions.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-11

Representative Brown, of Ohio, grew
very eloquent in his denunciation of "a
colonial policy" The phrase involves a
fallacy. A policy contemplates a steady
and permanent line of action. but there is
nothing of that kind in our acquisition of
the Philippines. The United States has
not entered on a policy of colonial expan-
sion. 1t is simply trying to do the best
it can with territory it has acquired
through the fortune of war and without
generalization. The Mckinley plan of hold
ing these new possessions and planting
there the seeds of republican government
is far better than the Brown plan of
abandonment. There is nothing in a
colonial policy of cowardice to command
admiration.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-11

Detroit Journal.

Detroit Journal.
1t was a beautiful evening in June. The
waters Of the Drainage canal purled and rippled
against the prov of their gondola, virtually as
any other waters might. The occasion invited
condolences.
did you marry your first lover asked the
guest.
YES" replied Helene, naively, while her
color ~deepened percepti5ly. my first, third,
fifth and seventh. thus far! OF course I'm not in
the least superstitious. but there certainly is
luck in odd numbers"
AS the gloom gathered the gondoliers SANG
Italian love ballads. tho abattoirs used their
smoke consumers. and altogether 1t was quite
like Venice.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-11

A movement that everybody will APP
prove Is one for the erection of a mon
OF American sailors. Statues n me-
MORALS of ava officers, who we'll de-
serve them. are not uncommon. but there
Is no fitting memorial of the valor OF
American sailors. the men behind the guns
who in all our wars have mad American
is 10 erect a monument in a place at the
Battery. in New York. where it would be
equally conspicuous from the land and
the water point OF view. The idea is
well conceived. and should be carried out
on a liberal scale.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-11

The observance of Marshall day in Geor-
gia brought TO light the fact that much
OF the State-rights idea underlies the po-
utical beliefs of the extreme South. One
OF Georgia's ablest lawyers declared that
s.MarshalIs day should be celebrated by
those who prefer empire 10 republic. by
ali Who nave lost faith in local self-gov-
eminent and who believe that secession
was unconstitutional" He went on TO
say that IF Marshallism is right. Jefferson
Davis legally deserved the scaffold." This
may be true: but In the North. where
sMarshallism" is generally believed in. the
rebellion has passed into history.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-11

Mr.. George Bernard Shaw. dramatic critic
and writer OF plays that are not played.
but which make good reading. has had an
odd experience in authorship. Many years
ago, when he was in the early twenties OF
his age, he wrote three novels. They did
not attract much attention at the time OF
their first publication. but the recent sue
cess of his plays Pleasant and Unpleas-
ant so popularized the author as to cause
a demand for his early stories, two OF
which nave been favorably received. and
Love Among the Artists" is the third. In
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-11

A touch OF nature makes the whole world
so much akin, and there are so many points
of common sympathy and experience In all
human lives that the story OF any one NE
honestly told interests all. and this Is
true in a sense whether il be what is called
an eventful lie or not. for most lives are
full Of small events so much alike as to
make one, feel that. on reading the story o.
an average life, he is reading his own
something OF this feeling is inspired by
this book. which is the story OF an av-
erage life related in a pleasant and EVIL
IDENTIFY truthful manner. 1t is told in the
form of a journal. which begins on Christ
mas, 1852. with Mother wants me to keep
a daily record of all my life. She says II
Will be such a pleasure TO read when l am
Old. The writer died in 1897. The record
or the intervening years contains nothing
at all remarkable, yet il possesses some
thing OF the interest already referred to,
and discloses a sweet, womanly character.
The record seems scarcely TO have been
intended for publication. II was written
by Helene Hall, and is published by the
Robert Clarke Company, Cincinnati.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-11

If Justice Harlan understands himself,
and probably he does, a good deal of
comment on what he was reported to nave
said at a recent Loyal Legion banquet in
washington has been wasted. There were
no reporters present on the occasion, but
a version of Justice Harlan's remarks got
into the newspapers. which was interpreted
as forecasting his views OH the Porto Ri
can cases pending in the Supreme Court
1t was hardly credible that a justice Of
the Supreme Court would speak freely re-
garding a matter pending in the court,
and it seems Justice Harlan did not. I'm
the few impromptu. remarks made by me
at the banquet" he says, 81 said nothing
that had the slightest bearing on the ques-
tons involved in those cases. Those ques-
tons were not at all in my mind while
talking at the banquet" Somebody did
a bad piece of reporting, and it was not a
reporter, either.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-11
pleasantly humorous nreface the author

a pleasantly humorous preface the author
says; 1T Is what is called a noyei win 2
this distance of time what the main par
pose was; but 1 remember that l had a
roiion of Illustrating the difference between
that enthusiasm for the fine arts which
people gather from reading about them.
and the genuine artistic faculty which can
not help creating. Interpreting. or, al pcst,
uraffec;edly enjoying music and pictures.
Thai Is a clever idea. and the purpose Is
not heavy enough to weight down the sto-
~. which is cleverly told and worth read
ing, Notwithstanding the fact that Ii Is
entirely devoid of stirring incidents or dra-
matte features, and that the principal char
acters are married in the middle OF the
book instead of at the end. The author
has a smooth n pleasing style. Chicago:
Herbert S. Stone & Co.