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The Punta Gorda herald., 1902-06-06

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The several district registration
officers will be at some convenient
place In his election district on the
IL, Is and IA days OF June 1902 for the
purpose Of registering all qualified
white democrats who desire to par
ticipate In the coming primaries.
On motion, duly seconded, the
committee adjourned to convene at
the call of the chairman.
&. w. FORESTER,
J. III. HANCOCK, Sec. Chairman.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1902-06-06

J, II. HANCOCK, Sec. Chairman.
Evening journal., 1902-02-21
WSPAPER OPINION
Planning Cuban Reciprocity

Planning Cuban Reciprocity
From the New York Tribune.
The intimation that the Ways and
Means Committee of the House of Rep
resentatives will today draft a bill for
modifying the trade and tariff relations
between the United States and Cuba is
most welcome. There is nothing that
Committee could do which would be
more welcome to the nation than the
drafting and favorable reporting of a
measure providing for reciprocity on a
liberal scale between the two countries
It might have been better had the
House passed such bill before passing
the War Tax Repeal bill Certainly it
would be far better had the Cuban
question been attended to long ago. in
prompt response to the Presidents
message of last December. for thus
much actual loss on both sides would
have been preventd and this country
would have been saved from the re-
preach Of seeming tosdO late with re-
luctance that which it should have
been eager to do early, in the name OF
honor and Justice. Nevertheless. il is
better late than never. and reciproc-
ity bin following close upon the war
tax repeal will be regarded with favor
by the vast majority of straight-see-
ing and right-thinSing Americans.
We speak of reciprocity rather than
of relief. for that is the truer descrip-
ton OF the measure which is desired.
II will grant Cuba relief from actual
distress. and from threatened ruin.
That is quite true. But that is not all
II will similarly grant to the United
States relief from what should be re-
garded as an intolerable situation
namely. the decline and ruin of our ex-
port trace to Cuba. IL is a discredit-
able anomaly that the markets of Cuba
should be so largely closed against us
and that Cuba should purchase in Eu'
rope every year tens of millions of dol
liars worth of goods of the very kind
which we are able to supply. Il is moi
lCuba's wish that this should be so
She would prefer to do her marketing
in the United States. But she really
cannot afford to do so without fai
\ treatment She is not rich enough t,
give us aims. What she does require
lis to reciprocate with us in trade, TO sci
her goods to MS and to buy our good
in return. Under a proper reduction
, of tariffs on both sides Cuba woull
send all her sugar and the bulk Of al
, other products to the United States
= and she would purchase nearly all he
supplies in the United States.
Evening journal., 1902-02-21
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
High Points of Land

To the Editor Of the Evening Journal.
Sir: / notice in the World Almanac
for 1902 that the greatest altitude in
the State of Delaware is 2S2 feet. The
name of the place having this altitude
is given as DUPONT" Can you tell
me Just where this highest point is?
had with others supposed that either
Polly Drummonds' or Iron Hill was
the highest point in our State.
Chrisuana hundred people think Mt.
Airy" as high as MT. Cuba" and
speak Of them as being the highest
points in Delaware In a late issue
YOU spoke about the land purchased
for a new reservoir having an altitude
of 270 feet Does that mean above tide
water? Can you give us the altitude
Of the new water tower at Rising Sun,
and land at Eighth and Rodney
streets? Inquirer.
/ fChief Bond. of the Water Depart
ment and Park Engineer Lessen, say
there are elevations in this State
higher than 2S2 feet To the northeast
of the farm of Isaac Elliott. in Brandy
wine hundred. is a piece OF ground at
least oVu Attl hlAhs pii9 GAuAAA ihNAiN
lhiu lnear Stanton). Mt. Cuba or Iron
Hin, are perhaps higher than this
Surveys of the heights are not on rec.
ord here. however. II is the belief that
= Polly Drummond's hill is the highes
point IN the State. Officials in th'
Geological Department of the Govern
ment having established a signal sta
ton on its summit.
DUPONT" is probably what is nov
t Montchanin station, on the Philadel
phia and Reading railroad.
The altitude of the Weldin farm. il
p Brandywine hundred is 27O eet; that q
the land about the Rockford waite
tower. 200 feet and Of the reservoir
# Eighth and Rodney streets, 24O fee
r attitudes above low water.-Ed T. j.
Evening journal., 1902-02-21
A Cat and Doggerel

90 see!' he wrote "The cat-kins long
Are dangling from the trees
The cat-nip sprouts. and in the swamp
The cat-tails greet the breeze.
The dog-wood blooms. the dog-bane
starts:
The dog-rose is well met;
And in the woods. one now may see
The dog-toothed violet
The cat-bird calls. the CATTLE range
Upon the Cat-skills high;
The cat-amount doth watch for prey
In yon cat-alpa nigh.
1.-THE dog-star shines once more in
heayn--
Come. let us all be merry.
tbs time to cease dog-matic themes,
And seek the ripe dog-berry.
"The caterpillar feeds upon
Cat-awba vines beside
The roaring cataract that falls
Into the river wide"
Twas after dog-days, that this hard
His dog-eared manuscript
Put by forever, Doggedly,
He crept into his crypt
This cat-acomb catastrophe
Was caused by grim cat-arrh,
And cat-alepsy stopped the thoughts
Not catalogued thus far.
And 80. the strangest form OF verse
That ever I've heard tell
Is this the poet mad composed
That ever I've heard tell
Is this the poet mad composed
The cat-and dog-gerell
blanche Elizabeth Wade, in Frank
Leslie's Popular Monthly for March.
Evening journal., 1902-02-21
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY ai, 1902
FILIPINO RRurALIrY

The Senate Committee on the Phil
ippines a few days since asked Secre-
try Root for information regarding
certain reports OF alleged cruelty and
oppression by our soldiers I'm the ar
chipelago. In furnishing the desired
information the Secretary takes occa-
sion in vigorous language to depict the
true condition which he Is In a posi-
tion to understand by virtue of his
Office We cannot impeach every per-
son in high authority. and since the
statements of Judge Taft and Of the
heads of our army in the Philippines,
substantially agree with Secretary
Roots statement. we must take il
without question. He says in part.
The war on the part of the Fill
pinos has been conducted with the bar
barous cruelty common among un=
civilized races, and with general disre-
gard TO the rules of civilized warfare.
They deliberately adopted the policy
of killing all natives however peace
full. who were friendly to our govern
ment. and In literally thousands of in
stances these poor creatures, depend
ent upon our soldiers for protection
have been assassinated. The Filipino
troops have frequently fired upon our
men from under protection Of flags OF
truce. tortured to death American pris-
oners who have fallen into their hands
buried alive both Americans and
friendly natives, and horribly mutt
lated the bodies of the American dead
That the soldiers fighting against such
an enemy and with their open eyes
witnessing such deeds should OCCASION
ally be regardless of their orders and
retaliate by uniustihable seventies Is
not incredible Such things happen IN
every war. even between two civilized
nations. and they always will happier
while war lasts.
And these are the patriots abou
whom certain Democratic journals are
so sollcitous. We are told that mer
guilty Of practices which shock al
minkind are entitled to a free govern
ment. Daily they are compared viii
the colonists who threw OF the yoke
of Great Britain. and We are invited
10 admire their lofty patriotism, anC
their sacrifices for splendid ideals. Il
has been demonstrated beyond perad
venture that the Filipinos cannot gov
ern themselves, and yet they must b
governed.
Evening journal., 1902-02-21
THE LITERARY WORLD

The Outlook in its March Magazine
number has no less than ten illustrated
special features-certainly good show
special features certainly a good
showing as to quantity in a magazine
which is also a weekly newspaper and
devotes even its magazine numbers
large space to current topics, editorials,
and book reviews. Among the Illus
trated articles of this month are. Two
college presidents MARK and Henry
Hopkins): Edward Everett Hale S
Memories of Hundred Years. E. A.
Steincrs "Crackow and Polish Patriot
ism" Poultney Bigelow's Henry the
Sailor Prince" w. A. Browns Some
Rare Musical instruments" and Clifton
Iohnson's when the White Mountains
arc White"
Managers of the Florence Crittentor
Home are making arrangements &c
Evening journal., 1902-02-21
STORIES FROM
HERE AND THERE

This is a true story about ten pins
and $500 little girls, and about the
new method of teaching the children Of
the Newark public schools to be care
ful with their belongings.
A few days ago the principals and
teachers in that city's fifty public
schools were notified that hereafter
they must be more business-like in
giving out pins to the sewing CLASSES, and
that a rigid and accurate accounting
would be expected of every pin allotted
to the girls in these classes. Each girl
lis to get 10 pins when She begins sew
ing in The sixth grade, and when
she completes the course at the end
lof the eighth year she must return the
lpins or as many others.
Each girl has a small pasteboard box
in which she is supposed to keep her
needles, pins, scissors thread, etc. and
at the end of The sewing period she
must her materials neatly in the box,
leave the box on her desk for the in
spection of THE teacher and then put
on the lid and place the box in her
desk
There has been little bother over
needles or thread, but the pins seemed
to vanish as if they had wings. In
many instances a paper Of 300 pins
would scarcely last a week in a class
The officials when they heard of this
extravaganza, grew grave and now
have evolved the rule which holds
every girl to strich accountability for
lher 10 pins, which she receives when
she starts sewing in the sixth grade.
she may turn them in TO her teacher
at the end of the year, or perhaps she
may be permitted TO take them with
her into the seventh grade but If the
last is allowed She is simply putting
off the day of accounting, for, sooner
or later she will be officially asked:
What have you done with Those
no pins? Produce them
Under the new system $4,000 pins
Twill be supplied to the children of the
Newark public schools who sew. since
there are $500 of them. This means
l70 papers of pins to be bought at whole
sale costs the Board of Education
cents. so the pin bill each year will be
about $3.50. Hitherto it has been
nearer SIS a year, so the actual saving
lin dollars and cents will be about Sl2.
we don't care so very muCh about
1.-THE saving OF money said an official
/ of the Board of Education, FOR it is a
ltrihe. We will explain to the children,
however, how much can be done with
1872 and let them understand that each
! of them is contributing her small share
toward saving this amount
THE chief lesson TO be learned, and
the real value of the new rule. is to inn
press upon these girls that a pin is an
article Of possession, and that it has its
real value and should not be dealt
with carelessly. A girl who is careful
with pins will soon learn to be careful
labOut everything.
THAT little pin habit may do a world
OF good We do not ask them to fol-
low out the old adage, See pin and
pick it up, and so on for we have nc
business TO direct their actions out OF
school and some cranky parent might
lobiect to it. But we do insist THAT They
shall take care of the things we give
them to use, even pins"
Evening journal., 1902-02-21
CHRISTIAN sCIENCE nFACrsr

The Christian Science Sentinel, a
Boston journal devoted to the new
theory of the healing art, reprints an
article from the pen of Norman e.
John. which recently appeared in the
Evening Journal, and which was in
reply to an editorial utterance Of this
paper on the subject The Sentinel
comments on both the letter and the
editorial in a pleasant manner, but
gives us little assistance in resolving
our doubts. AS we regard the matter
Il is not for us to show that the Chris
tian Science method Of healing is i'm
possible. but the burden of proof is
upon the disciples of the theory, The
Sentinel says in concluding it's article:
Our editorial friends queries, or OBJ
iections. are argumentative and specu-
lative What does he do with present
facts? How does he account for the
Metaphysical healing which has been
done for many years through the
genius of Mrs. Eddy and which is
now being done all about him, and all
round the globe? Surely the burden
of proof is on him and those who
doubt as he does. to show that this
healing is not done in accordance with
the teaching and practice Of Christian
Science
We reply that facts are stubborn
things. but we do not have these in
our possession least no facts which
would bear out the Christian Scien
lists contention. The facts which VIZ
demand are not the claims which arr
made by disciples. Before we can be
lieve these we must reconstruct all GU
theories. and reasonable men hesitate
and weigh evidence long ere they d.
this. There is an element OF faith
confidence or nerve-call II what W
will-which enters into the cure @
every ailment We believe Christa
Science has carried this to the max
mum. but that It has done nothin
more. These cures must be made i
q considerable numbers. We must kno
n the antecedent condition of patient
not guessed at. but ascertained by sc
: entidc experts They must not
n merely cases Of temporary derang
S ment. nor the results OF hypochondri
N but of deep-seated disease which a
d healed in large numbers. and with Il
D. evidence before our eyes, we shall ha
Of the facts" which the Sentinel a
40 sumes exist.
Evening journal., 1902-02-21
ANOTHER DELAY

Instead OF definitely deciding the
matter OF the appeal OF the Weldin
farm purchase at its meeting last night,
Council postponed action. There was
no good reason for this, as the matter
has been discussed in all its phases,
and there is needed no further light on
the question. The resolution adopted
refers dhe question TO Council as a COM
mittee of the whole, under the advice Of
the City Solicitor. This makes ne
change in the present situation. ans
will offer no opportunity Of evading re
sponsibality. The Solicitor is ALREADY
Coancils legal adviser without a specia
resolution, and he is already concerne
in this case. A committee ON the Who'll
is composed of al 1.-THE members. ant
therefore. whatever action lis taken, in
dividuals will be responsible TO th
people
This is not a party question, but
can be made such Already the Repu
licans are on record as favoring the dis
continuance Of the appeal, and if th
Democrats choose to act together
urging the prosecution Of the suit, the
and their party must take the respons
bility. We are unable to see what pei
sonal popularity or party capital the
expect to get out Of their policy If III
case is carried TO the Supreme Com
and Is dismissed, they must be hel
accountable for spending the people
Evening journal., 1902-02-21
LAST FLORIDA TOUR-VIA PENN
SYLVANIA RAILROAD.

The last Pennsylvania railroad tour of
the season to Jacksonville. allowing al
most three months in Florida, will
leave New York. Philadelphia, Badi-
more. and Washington, March 4.
Excursion tickets. including railway
transportation. Pullman accOmmOda-
tons tone bcrth), and meals en- route
while going on the special train, VIII
be sold at the following rates: New
York. $50; Philadelphia, Harrisburg
baltimore and Washington. SIS; Pitts
burg, S5S, and at proportiOnate rates
from other points. Returning. passen
gers will use regular trains until Ma,
Isl. 1902. Tickets admit of a stOp-off a
charleston Exposition on return trip.
For tickets, itineraries, and other in
formation apply to ticket agents or u
George W. Boyd, Assistant Genera
Passenger Agent, Broad Street Station
Philadelphia.
Evening journal., 1902-02-21

The other night number of Prince
ton students, eager for innocent fun,
went over TO Trenton and daubed The
battle monument in that city with yell
low paint, and INDUCED IN some other
joyous pranks The police gathered
them in and they were held under bail
for court Yesterday they were expell-
ed from college. and we see that they
had lots Of fun. The law makes no
discrimination between criminals
whether they are from the slums o.
wear long hair and play football. They
made the mistake in imagining they
were the only jokers. The law is some
thing Of a joker TOO, and it is a dan
gerons thing to trifle with. Many per
sons are disposed to smile al tn
pranks, innocent or otherwise, of col
lege men. but certainly when their su
peior advantages are considered the
should not be allowed to engage il
mischief which would land another per
son in Jail or in the asylum.
Evening journal., 1902-02-21
OF DELAWARE STATE
OF NEARLY A HUNDRED YEARS AGO

wheat and potatoes. 10 abounds in nat
ural and artificial meadows containing
la large variety OF grasses. Hemp. cot
ton. and silk, III properly attended to,
would doubtless flourish very well.
Chief towns-DOver, in the county Of
Kent, is the seal of government. New
Castle is 80 miles below Philadelphia.
1t was formerly uhe seat Of govern
lment. This is the first town settled On
Delaware Iiver Wilmington is mile
land a HAN west OF Delaware river, on
lChristiana creek Ii is the largest and
lpleasantest town in the State; the
houses are handsomely built, upon a
gentle ascent OF an eminence, and show
to great advantage from uhe Delaware.
milford is situated at source Of small
river, &c miles from Delaware bay.
duck Creek Cross Roads is IL miles
northwest from Dover, and is enc OF die
largest wheat markets in the state
] Trade and Wheat is
1.-THE staple commodity of this State
This is manufactured into flour and
Exported in large quantities. The ex-
ports from the Port of Wilmington.
where a number Of square rugged YES
lsels are owned. for the year 1856, in the
larticlc of flour. were 20,7S3 barrels
] superfne, Asa ditton common. 256 ditto
lmiddilngs. and BAG ditto in ship stuff.
1.-THE manufacture OF flour is carried to
Ia higher degree of perfection in this
State than i'm any other in the Union.
i Besides the well-cOnstructed mills on
Red Clay and White Clay creeks, and
lother streams in different parts OF the
4 State. there are the celebrated collec-
lltion Of mills on The Brandywine creek.
,lHere are to be seen, at one view, twelve
merchant mills (hesides a saw-milD.
f which have double that number Of
] lpairs of stores. all of superior dimen-
Z lsiOns. and excellent construction. These
y mills are three miles from the mouth OF
I 1.-THE creek on which they stand. half a
B. mile from Wilmington and q from
a Philadelphia. on the port road from the
b Eastern to the Southern States They
p are called the Brandywine Mills. from
= the stream on which they are erected.
S Besides wheat and flour. this State
y exports lumber and various other arti-
d cles.
# The lighthouse. near the town OF
r. Lewes. is a fine stone structure, eight
{, lstories high.
e Religion-In this State, there is q
ylvariety of religious denominations
e lPresbyterians Episcopalians, Baptist'
tland Methodists The Swedish Churci
l. in Wilmington is one of the cldes
81 churches in the United States.
Evening journal., 1902-02-21

money and failing. They will also
have the credit OF lighting a necessary
improvement. one desired by the peo-
pie. and which must be provided by
some means.
Should they continue the case and
succeed in having The opinion of the
court below reversed, their position
would be no better Il would be that
of persons who had taken The public
monies to block a necessary improve
ment-one desired by the people whose
taxes were used 20 hght IT, We expect
from the City Solicitor an emphatic
objection to further obstructive tactics.
He has shown himself alive to the
city's interests, and There is now no
question of the public feeling in the
matter This project is necessary, and
the purpose of the Water Commission
to purchase the land and to pay all the
expenses out OF the water
revenues, lis praiseworuhy. The obatruc-
tionists in Council want these revenues
turned over to that body and the city
put under additional bonds to carry
out the new project The people have
already formed heir conclusions as to
which of these things should be done
Evening journal., 1902-02-21

Everything pertaining TO the early
history of Delaware is of interest Ito the
people of this State This is particu-
larly true of description of it, taken
from Carey's American Pocket Atlas,
published in Philadelphia in 1896. For
it the Evening Journal is indebted to
Walter f. Darlington. a prominent
real estate dealer of Helena, Montana.
III is ais follows.
Delaware
Leneoh. 90 miles; breadth, "A miles;
between 50 degrees. 20 minutes 30 sec
Ionds 80 degrees, "A minutes, north lati-
ltude. meridian Of Philadelphia, 40 min
iutes west longitude. Containing 1000
square miles. or 100000 acres.
This State is divided into three coun-
tics. viz, New Castle, Kent and Sussex.
The eastern side of the State is in
ldented with a large number OF creeks
Cr small rivers. which generally have a
short course. soft banks, numerous
shoals. are skirted with very extensive
marshes, and empty into the river and
bay of Delaware. In the southern and
western parts of this State, spring The
head waters of Pocomoke, Wicomico
lNanticoke, Choptank Chester. Sassa-
lfras and Bohemia rivers, all falling into
IChesapeake bay. Some of them are
lnavigable 20 or 30 miles into the cOun-
try for vessels Of so on go tons.
The State of Delaware, the uppel
lparts of the county of New Castle eX
lcepted to, is, to speak generally, eX
ltremely low and level. Large quaint
tiles Of stagnant water, at particular
seasons of the year. Oyerspreadlng
great proportion of the land, rendering
lii equally unfit for the purposes OF ag
lriculture and injurious to the health o
] the inhabitants. Delaware is chiefly al
horticultural State. 1t includes yer.
fertile tract of country; and scarcel
ANY mart of the Union can be selecte
Ibettter adapted to THE different pun
/ noses of agriculture. or in Whlch
e greater variety of the most useful pro
o. lductions can be conveniently and plen
ltifully reared. The soil along the Dela
ware river. and from eight to ten mile
Into the interior country, is general
v a rich clay. producing large timber an
p Lwell adapted to the various purposes
agriculture. From thence to tine II
terror and swamps the soil is llgh
u SANDY. and of an inferior quality III
u general aspect of the country IS Nei
n favorable for cultivation. Wheat IS u
It lstaple of this State Besides when,
I general produces plentiful crops OF IL
dian corn, barley, rye, oats llaN' quo
Evening journal., 1902-02-21
THE EVENING JOURNAL FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 21 1902

of Christian wOrshiyers. A charge Of
lproselyting should not be regarded Sc
lriOusly, since most persons of intelll-
Igence are able to settle the controversy
for themselves. IL wouldn't be "a bad
thing to put the buildings OF all Chris
tan churches at the disposal Of other
bodies holding the same general belief.
when they We're not required for the
regular services of THE usual worship
ers
Evening journal., 1902-02-21

The Pope yesterday began the
twenty-hfth year Of his pontihcate in
many respects the most remarkable
reign of any sovereign Of the church.
Notwithstanding his great age. his fac
ulties remain unimpaired. and he has
not relaxed his hold on the duties
which pertain to his office Leo has
been jealous for his church, but his
zeal has been tempered by a breadth
of intellect that has not always beer
evident among ecclesiastics. The
church in modern times has had n'
more sagacious a head.