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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1902-11-03
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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-12-13

other guests. Countess Castellane met
the king on the porch Of the chateau.
After luncheon a hunt, superbly or
gained, occupied the party until five
o'clock, when a theatrical perform
ance was given in the chateau theater.
This was another example Of De Cas-
~tellane's lavish hospitality. Instead
Of having them 60 to the chateau by
train he sent a number of fast auto
mobiles to fetch them. The entire
troupe Of the delightful operetta
"Chonchette" was engaged for the
performance with Mile. Bertha, the
fayorite star for the hour in Paris, in
the leading role.
Following the performance there
was a dinner, and after that a display
Of fireworks made especially for the
occasion in Portuguese designs and
colors, and music.
The night was beautiful, and, struck
by the charm Of it all, the king turned
to the Duchess de Rdhan ant said: 81
hear, madame, that you recite verses
in an exquisite fashion. viii you not
favor us on this beautiful night?" The
l'duchess rose to comply with the COM
mand and recited several charming
bits of verse.
At II o'clock the king accompanied
by Count de Castellane and "a number
of guests, took a special train back to
Paris.
Although little is known about Don
| Carlos of Portugal. save his marvellous
craftsmanship, | doubt if there is in
all Europe a king as popular with his
subjects or one as thoroughly respect
ed by every n in his kingdom, from
the ~ultra-royalist down to the most
radical socialist. Every one, no mat
ter what class or party he may belong
to, doffs his hat respectfully and with
evident liking upon the appearance of
the king.
1t is said of him that he has not an
enemy in the world. Like the prince
of Monaco, he is deeply interested in
the treasures to be found at the bot
tom Of the sea, and is constantly taking
s~oundings aboard his yacht Amelia.
He is one of the sovereigns who con-
fines himself strictly within the
bounds of his constitutional rights.
He never attempts TO govern, but sim
ply to call into power as members of
his cabinet the men whom public opin-
ion seems to favor. This is perhaps one
of the secrets Of his popularity.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-12-13

years past the Colombian government
has professed to be eager for tne
United States to purchase and con-.
plete the unfinished ditch of the
French company. This country has
been given to understand that every
facility will be offered it for the
prompt completion of the canal on
The most liberal terms. But now
that it is ready and eager to begin
the work, Colombia seems inclined
to temporize and to ask impossible
conditions. There does not seem to
be the slightest justification for the
reported attempt to increase the
rental price. 1t is understood that
Colombia was willing to accept a GER
tain price a year or two ago, when it
VS. not certain that the United
States would want to build at Pana-
ma. Nothing has occurred since then
to make the concession more valna-
bic. AS for Colombia's reluctance to
grant to this country complete and
ermanen control of the strip of
land containing the canal, her own
conduct and condition demonstrate
its unreasonableness. 1t would be
simply intolerable TO have the canal
exposed to The disturbances which
for months past have beset the PAN
m railroad.
The terms proposed by the United
States are not only reasonable, they
are generous to Colombia. 1t is for
Colombia TO accept them or reject
them. Whichever she does she should
do thoughtfully and advisedly, for
the decision is one fraught with in
calculable importance to her future,
but she should, and indeed must, do
it promptly. The United States must
not be kept waiting like a party to an
old-fashioned New England horse
trade. For the Panama route, as orr
Colombian friends should remember,
is not the only me-. There is an
other at Nicaragua, which has some
advantages over that at Panama, and
which we can have for the asking
The president is as fully authorized
to accept and adopt it as he is t.
conclude arrangements with Colon.
bia, and if he should do so that would
mean an ending of the Panama canal
Whichever route this country adopts
will th~enceforth be the only one
Colombia cannot afford to run an,
Unnecessary risk of being left in the
lurch forever.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-12-13
UNEQUAL RreHrsrN wEDLocK

One by one. under the merciless in.
ternretations of modern law, the hus-
bands Of the land are being stripped
of privileges and exclusive powers.
In St. Louis, as recently noted, a wife
was upheld who searched the pockets
of her sleeping lord but-no-master.
From Portland, Me-, comes the de
cision that a woman who took her hus-
band's pocketbook from beneath his
pillow did that which could not be
stealing. And right over in Newark.
N. j., a judge declares that no man
can stop a wife from talking, be it
ever so much. so long as she confines
her conversational exercises to her
own home.
The legal announcements predicate
a shifting of the burden of UNEQUAL
rights as between the exes. They
leave man few rights which woman
is bound to respect after marriage and
they leave him also with no earthly
chance to get ven He cannot 90
through his wife's pocket. for, icing
a man, he cannot find it. He cannot
take from under the pillow a pocket
book which no woman puts there
when a whole china closet of covered
dishes is handy. And if he cannot
stop the partner Of his Joys and jars
from taking unquestionaby he will be
unable to talk back.
The Western justice who recently
held that a wife had a right to carry
a latch key did less to drive husband.
to melancholy than has been done by
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-12-13
COUNT HOST TO KING
Boni de Castellsne Spends Gould
Money Like Water.
Carlos, the Fat Ruler OF Portugal, En-
terfained In IA Way Whose Law
ighnesN Has Set All France
to Talking.

1t is many a year since such a bril-
liant private fete vas seen in France
as the hunting party in honor Of the
king Of Portugal given by Count
and Countess Boni de Castellane at
their chateau Marias, ear Rambouil-
let. Such a display IF splendor has
rarely been equaied anywhere in Eu-
rope.
a great deal Of fuss has been made
over the king CT Portugal by the
French ~aristocracy. owing 10 his on
sort being Of French birth. She was
an Orleans princess. Her marriage TO
the king and several other important
events in Orleans circles at the time
so frightened the republicans that the
famous law exiting the pretender's
family was passed as a %precaution
against the then apparently growing
Orleans influence.
Chateau Marias formerly belonged
TO the De Noailles family, from whom
Count Boni purchased it when he tired
of his family chateau in Tourraine. In
landscape gardening alone he has
spent a fortune and there are foun-
tains which rival those of Versailles.
Castellane has put the chateau's SUI
perb hunting fields into perfect condi-
ton, and the estate is now one of the
finest in France.
The king of Portugal accepted the
counts invitation with pleasure, as he
is passionately fond of hunting. The
affair was royalty done throughout.
A special train, luXuriously fitted up.
was engaged from the Compagnie de
l'Ouest, which owns the fine lines from
Cherbourg to Paris and the Havre-
Trouville line, which is one of the fin
est in the world.
Count Boni and several chosen
friends met the king at the station in
hunting costume, and the host and his
guest drove up to the chateau in a
landau with bewigged footmen on the
box, an outrider ahead. and a mounted
escort alongside. A number of car-
riages and automobiles conveyed the
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-12-13
R o MANY SONGS,
Death of septimus Winner Recalls .
Number Of Once Very Popular
Compositions.

The recent death of Septimus Win
FER recalls the fact that he contrib
uted many songs to the world. When
he celebrated. his seventy-fourth
birthday last spring he also was con-
graduated because it was the forty
fourth anniversary of the publication
of his song, Listen TO the Mocking
Bird" The greatest of singers have
sung it, street urchins have whistled
it and the greatest of musicians as
well as the humblest have played it.
Those who remember having seen the
name Of Alice Hawthorne given as the
author of the song on its title page
will perhaps wonder why this name
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-12-13
MISS MARIA MITCHELL.
birthplace Of Americas First Woman
TO he Preserved
by Vnssar umn

The birthplace Of Maria Mitchell. the
drst woman astronomer in America,
where all her early years were spen;
and her first observations made. in
Nantucket. Mass, is to be preserved
by Vassar alumuae. Nassar. incident
ally. was the first woman's college to
Introduce astronomy in its curriculum.
Miss Mitchell went there as professor
Of astronomy and director Of the OBJ
.servatory in 1865, remaining until her
death, 23 years later. Harvard coli
lege at the time had no telescope bet
ter than that used by Miss Mitchell's
father in his Nantucket home. No.
where was tuition in this science then
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-12-13

An unfortunate mishap recently befell a
theatrial company touring in Queensland.
They could only muster one frock coat,
which had to be used by the doctor and the
villain of the piece in turn, says the London
Express, One night the manager borrowed
a pair of handouts from the local police
station. At the right dramatic moment
they were clicked on the villains wrists,
amid loud applause. Imagine the dismay
when it was found that the key of the hand
cuffs had been forgotten, and the one and
only frock coat was securely locked to the
villain. The doctor, who was in waiting in
his shirt sleeves in the wings, had no other
alternative but TO go on as he was, He
was equal to the occasion, however, and at
once explained that he had driven in haste
through pelting rain and left his frock coat
outside to be dried,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-12-13

At the first concert Of the new church or
gan no one in the audience was better
than the Cape Breton maid en-
ployed in the organist's family, an honest
soul, entirely unspoiled by her two months
in the states.
so you liked the music, did you, Mary? %
said the organist the next morning, reports
of her enthusiasm having reached his ears.
ooh, it was just grand" replied Mary.
'The grandest / ever heardl"
What did you like best?" asked the OF.
ganist, moved by this glowing eulogy.
"Oh, l don't know that" said Mary.
"But there was one place where you come
down with both hands and your feet at the
same time; that was about the best. Ii
sounded like the steam roller coming down
the street ."-Youth's Companion.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-12-13
PEACE is RESTORED.
Warning Factions in Colombia VIII
Fight No Longer.
Termination of Hosti1fties Is of Par.
ficular Interest to Us on Account
of Pending Canal Me-
gotiations.

Colombian's reported conclusion OF
peace is full Of interest to the Uni
ted States. 1t is on general princi-
pies pleasing to know that our south.
ern n%eighbor has reached the end of
a struggle which was tedious and dis
astrous in the extreme. 1t is a re-
lief to be rid or the necessity of
keeping guard owe our interests at
Panama and occasionally intervening
IN their behalf with force and arms.
There have been complaints made
against such Intervention, by both
parties to the conflict ON the isthmus,
largely, if not entirely, u~nfounded.
The tEeaty rights of the United
States TO intervene for the protection
of its property and the maintenance
of free traffic on the railroads cannot
be disputed. 1t may well be that
such intervention hampered the bel
iigerent activities of one or both CT
the parties. But if so their quarrel
vas with the treaty, and not with
our enforcement of its provisions.
Certainly the government, now that
it has won the day, must realize that
it is far better to have the railroad
and it's terminals in good order and
in operation than it would have been
but for United States Intervention.
The establishment of peace is thus
welcome as a v~indication of Ameri-
can action.
Another highly important consider
alton is that the return of peace will
expedite a definite settlement of ~.
canal question. Being rid of Il ~
surrection, the Bogota govern -
can apply itself to that que =
without distraction. 1t is higl "
for it to do so to a practical pun =.
says the New York Tribune. There
has already been too much delay ard
too much backing and filing. For
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-12-13

The severe cold sna the early part
of this week caused no little suffering
on the part of the Door, VINO even when
coal is plentiful. and at lower rates
than now have difficulty in securing
enough to keep them warm. Nor is the
promise OF their relief in II way
bright should the cold weather con-
tinue as we may look for it to do.
There are many worthy poor in the
community who will need during the
winter not only our sympathy but as
we'll our watchful care and help. The
high price and scarcity of coal lays
upon the city and county the necessity
of organized effort for relief and this
at once. Let it not be that We must
be started into active effort in thier be-
half by the sad story of some poor and
unbefriended family frozen to death.
A poor fund should be at hand for any
Now is the time to get
in readiness for the worst.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-12-13

1888, 1s90-91. DIR, Garvin's plurality is
greater than the majorities received
by all the other democratic governors
while candidates for their six terms.
."Honest John" w. Davis, of Pawtucket,
however, had a majority of one branch
of the general assembly with him (the
housed, while DIR. Garvin will have only
a very strong working force, as the
legislature is republican by 20 on joint
ballot and the house is republican by
four votes.
DR.. Garvin is a Vermonter by parent
age. reared in Tennessee and North
Carolina, where his father, anAmherst
graduate, taught in two colleges.
Young Lucius was graduated from Am
herst in 1862 and Immediately enlisted
in company E, Fifty-frst Massachu-
sets. remaining until his company
was mustered out. He then entered
the Harvard medical school, from
which he was graduated in 1867. At
first a republican, he supported Tilden
in 1876 and has fought under the dem
ocratic banner ever since.
He entered Rhode Island politics in
1883. when he was elected to the gem
eral assembly ard, with the exception
of two years, has served continuously
in one branch or the other of that
hodv
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-12-13

open to a woman, so it was through
her father only that Miss Mitchell be-
came proficient in her life work.
She was the discoverer of a new
comet known to the world of science
as Maria Mitchell's comet. Her father
announced the event to Prof. Bond, of
Cambridge. A few years before Fred
erick VI, king Of Denmark, had offered
a gold medal to the first ~discoverer of
a telescope comet. Shortly after the
kings death Maria Mitehell's comet
was seen in Rome, Germany and Eng
land, but the priority of the American
girls discovery was Immediately adj
mitted .a4oughout Europe, and Fred
erick vi. carried cut MS fathers de-
sign.
Soon after this Miss Mitchell was
elected to memberships the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences, and
also made fellow and honorary mem
Der Of associations for the advance
ment of science. Miss Mitchell was
lionized wherever she went, but moth
ing detracted her from her work. At
lidl liilN AHN hiobOihNtNiS VI a
whaleships were taken to the Mitch
ell house to be rated and set Greenwich
time, Nantucket being the center of a
great whaling fishery. Miss Mitchell
helped her father in this work. and
also to compile The Nautical Al
manac." The latter work she CON
tinued after she was called TO Vassar.
The Mitchell house was built in 1890.
and during the last IS years has been
occupied by some member of the
Mitchell family. The lower part of the
building will be used as q museum, and
the upper story for literary and as
Economical purposes. Miss Mitchell's
scientific library was left by will to her
brother, Prof. Henry Mitchell, but he
will turn this over, as a gift in his sis
ter's name, to the library to be found
cd in the old homestead. Many Of
these books were gifts, and bear the
names of distinguished persons. The
Maria Mitchell association, in the
hands of which the purchase and
charge Of the Mitchell homestead are
placed, is composed exclusively of
the faculty and graduates OF Vassar.
Miss Mary w. Whitney, now professor
of astronomy at the college, is presi-
dent of the association
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-12-13

Some of our industries have felt no
little uneasiness because OF the coal
shortage. So far all have been kept
going, but il was a close call. Coal
is being delivered in small lots, enough
to keep. the fire burning and the
wheels running. We have not felt the
effects of the coal famine as some 9TH
er communities have. put we have
been forced to practice economy in the
matter of coal, as never before. We
are encouraged however, in the hope
we entertain that as is our need, 20
will our supply be.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-12-13

Judging from what one reads, Ex-
Speaker Reed now dead, had MANY
more friends and admirers Than even
he had supposed he had while living.
All knew him as q man of rugged cour-
age. striving to do what he conceived
Il be just and right, under any and
all circumstances, IN the interest to
his part and through it the welfare of
his country. He was not only a large
MAJ in body. but lust as large in
heart and brain. AS a leader. he had
scarce an equal. His courage, his in
tellectual powers, his wit. served him
well in every emergency. Whilst lat
terry he took no active part in politics,
having given himself entirely to the
practice on his profession the work he
had done and the influence he had eX-
erted in the councils of his party were
still felt as a mighty power in the fur
ther DEVELOPMENT of his party's policy.
The nation may we'll sorrow because
of the loss of such a man as Ex-Speak-
er Reed, the greatest leader of his
time.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-12-13

Senator Hanna is frequently spoken
of as a possib Q Candidate for the Pres
idencv. He has MANY friends and adj
mirers.who would gladly render their
best services in making him the
Chief Executive. But il we may Judge
by what he says his eve are not
turned in that direction. He is report
ed as saying, Il am not a candidate.
Il do not expect to be a candidate, and
1 dop't want the job" He knows
what it means to be President, and at
the age of 60 years. he prefers not to
enter upon the hard work it involves.
The present Executive is a much young
er man and can carry the load more
easily, and Hanna will be glad to let
him carry it. The present drift is in
that direction. and it will take a
mighty big blunder of the part of Pres
ident Roosevelt, If he shall not be his
own successor.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-12-13

his contemporaries in the three de-
cisions here discussed. He gave liber-
ty ON the one hand: they snatch it. on
the other hand. The question arises I:
In view Of her growth in privileges
interests plainly material what
does woman want Of q little thing like
the voting franchise which represents
to lier ait best but a form and theory?
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-12-13
Market women Are Tricky.

A favorite trick of Alsatian marker
woman is % place six or eight eggs IN
a small basket, and to declare that
those are all the absolutely fresh one
they have. The victim buys them
thinking that if the woman were d.s-
honest she would have offered .aoFv
fresh eggs" Afterward the market
woman takes six mor out of a La, J
basket which is carefully cover
over.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-12-13
Blue Foxes Are Homogeneous.

The blue foxes of the Pribyloff Is
lands are homogeneous. An attempt
has been made to teach them polyg-
amy by killing only the males and
sparing the females, but it has failed.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-12-13
FOURTH OF HIS N
Gov.-Elect Garvin, of Rhode Island,
Has Had But Three Demo-
cratic Predecessors.

Lucius F. c. Garvin, goyernor-elect,
will be the fourth democrat to occupy
the chief executive nc in Rhode
Island since 1897. Iagee other demo-
cratic governors have served terms as
follows: Gov. Allen, 1s5o-51-52-53;
William Sprague (dem-eonservatiye),
1s6O-61; Honest John w. Davis, 1887
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-12-13
nrncer sunnIIed hr stnte.

tits the custom in the Belgium parliu-
ment, when a member is making a
long speech. 70 lie supplied with brandy
as a beverage, at The expense 81 the
government
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-12-13

was given. The explanation is that
Mr.. VIM wrote a great many of his
song pen name of Alice
HAY he sent Listen to
the 7" into the world over
tina Their pen name of his.
wa n" Indeed, most of
his written over names
9th vn, which is proof of
the lesty was n of Mr..
VIM marked character
istics.
Soldie. ne civil war will remem-
Der another song of Septimus Win
ner's that was the sensation Of the
day when it was first put into circu-
lation and that was sung around may
camp fires. This famous old war song
was Give Us Back Our Old Command
err" 1t was inspired by the removal
of Gen. Mcclellan from command of
the Army of the Potomac. Some idea
of the impression the song made may
he had from the fact that the de-
partment of war felt called upon
to suppress it. Mr.. Winner who no.
titled that he would be imprisoned in
Fort Lafayette if he continued to sell
the song, and a public singer, Julia
Mortimer, who was singing it with
tremendous effect on the stage, was
informed that she would be impris-
oned if she continued singing it. More
than $4,000 copies of the songs were
sold in Washington alone, and its au-
thor became one of the most talked of
men of the day.
Mr.. Winner was also the author of
that old-time favorite, what Is Home
Without a Mother?" Whispering
Hope" and many other f~avorites.