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She had laughed persistently in the face of
hard fortune. Now that the tide had turned
her gay courage began to ebb.
IF only l had anybody all my own. l
should not mind she went on ."But there
is not a soul. Maybe ought to be selfshly
glad. II there was a soul nearer than ninth
cousin, this wonderful fairy fortune would be
cut in two. cannot feel that in the least
deserve it. But only think! l can have
what frocks | please and silver money for
my poor people istead of pennies
viii it spoil you, 4 wonder?" Hildreth
said meditatiyely. you know we've al
Any poor body can be decent; there is so lit
tie temptation to be anything else
Il wish l Knew Helen said 81 think
souls are like flowers, making the earth they
srow in too rich-runs if it does not kill them
outright
You are not extensively rich. All told,
this great-uncle's legacy foots up a quarter
of million. Spending that will never
bother person of your luxurious capacities :
Hildreth said consolingly.
Helen laughed. And have existed on
less than six hundred year. she Fsatd.
Promise me, Vance. you will never change
the beastly money shall make no difference
with us.
Its bound to make a difference Think of
daring to ask you now to dine with me at
L'Ally's! Hildreth laughed back: Nothing
Will go with you but sMerry's or, the Swelldorf.
And I cannot eat your dinners there since l
have net the coin to return them ilfskind -
You are horrible!' Helen said promptly.
BY way of punishment, l invite myself to
dine with you tonight. Not at L'Ally's either
we'll go to that forty cent place where the
coffee is SO sinful that it always suggests an
appeal to the police. Maybe some of the
others will be there
All of them. It's near the middle Of the
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Daily New York Letter

Sir Robert Gnavs the Golden Bone.
April s-sirs Robert, terrier owned by
Miss A. b. Green, 124 West Fifteenth street,
was given an elaborate and costly burial yes
terday. He had been figure on Fifth ave-
nue. where he paraded in costumes designed by
Worth and fashionable tailors. His body was
laid in coffin lined with satin and covered
with flowers. -
Before the burial the little casket laid in
state in the drawing room of the Green man
sion. The heavy damask curtains were
drawn and a heavy perfume of flowers per-
meated the room and his magnificent ward
robe was exhibited to callers. monument
will be erected over his grave with the
inscription: Bob. We loved him. .
Warnings to Young Ministers.
Bishop Fowler delivered characteristic
address, full of practical good sense and
humor, to six applicants for admission to
the New York Methodist Conference He
cautioned the young ministers against laz-
ness, and told them to put as much life, zeal
and energy into their work as the business
man does, and they would surely win. The
principal doctrine needed for this century and
generation is the doctrine of SIM" he said:
we've had altogether too much of goody-
goody preaching Wake up this city to the
terrible, Infinitely horrible condition of sin,
and you will have men and women crowding
around your affairs seeking grace Bishop
Fowler then cautioned his hearers to discrim-
mate between specification and crank tifica-
ton The former he defined as conservation
unto God, the latter as Goodness turned sour.
Hobson's Defense of Army ana Navy.
A defense Of the yalor Of the troops who
took part in the battle Of Gettysburg, in
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Nor, indeed, are any OF the originals Of the
various roles. Nevertheless, well bal
anced and. on the whole; satisfactory pres
entation is given to the play Charles Kent
whose seasons In summer stock here won
MIN many admirers, presents a carefully.
wrought Interpretation Of the central figure
Of the play, the man about whose moral
coWardlce the story turns. His saturnine
face, his gray, almost white hair and HIS
angular personality help out his remarkable
slnuiatlon OF nervous, distraught schemer
Drought to book. In the powerful scene
' where ne accuses his friend and his wife of
Delns lovers, the suggestion of intoxicatiou
10 artiuiiy anu not too plainly made James
CareW, as the friend who battles to save the
woman he has long and secretly loved gives
Recommendation that grows in power with
tne progress OF the play. Despite certain
SYN uhgfacefulness that marks his carriage,
nls repression is such as to make the cli-
makes when they do come more striking Miss
Jennie A. Eustace plays the wife with pose
ana certainty. She is not entirely reduced
70 tears by her woes nor utterly cast down,
py her difficulties Her representation is
Womanly and satisfying
me other members OF the Hunter family.
VINO nave been so. cleyerly differentiated by
the playwright, are we'll played, too. The
utter shalloWness of the extravagant, fryol-
~ AAAoSAASAs SISFSdleus Will UNCONSCIOUS
naivete by Miss Marguerite ST. John. Thel.
there is the self-suffcient youngest daughter
admirably unprecedented by Miss Marian
Berg, who is by the way a Minneapolis con-
tabution to the, stage; and who does her ma
tiye city greatscredit. Miss Berg never over
acts and yetacontrives to give the humor OF
her role Epiquant favor. Miss Elizabeth
Barry as the other sister, in spite Of the
brevity Of the part, manages to give it indi-
vlduality Miss Ethel Winthrop is equally
effective as the maiden aunt who has all the
unselfish ways of the spnster who has made
her home in brothers. growing family.
Fred ". Peters improves most of his op-
| portunities for comedy as the young paryenu
with social aspirations Miss Marian Girou.
IS also responsible Z for some refreshingly
| breezy comedy as the slangy society woman
ana shows moreover in the roadhouse scene
| an aptitude for more serious work There are
number$of other minor roles, for the mos:
part In good hands, save for the fact tina,
some OF the mensarez too youngish inzmake-
up The play is staged beautifully.
w B. Chamberlain
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Croesus and Cupid.
~ Mar.ha Observation-Disclosures.

: r. F. i s & rs
Copyright 1902, by the S. s. Mcclure Company
= A fine country place. heaps Of ready money
and perfect liberty! Helen, is there any
thing left to wish for?" Hildreth asked,
laying down the lawyers letter. Helen
shrugged the least bit as she answered:
Why, yes! il only one could have been born
a widow
1 am ready to immediate myself. Widows
are easier made than born. Hildreth said,
catching her hand. Only make me your
lord, Helen OF Troy, and will promise to
do the disappearing act whenever you are
ready r
You don't understand. OF course should
hate being made widow. Made widows have
to wear caps, and-and people say such
horrid, horrid things of them II they venture
to be--oh, the least bit human mean not
funereal But if only one could be born
to that estate, with all the grief over or
softened to a becoming pensive memory why,
it would be heavenly. Widows, for all their
drawbacks. have the best lives Of all,' Helen
said. pickering her forehead the best she
could Scowling was an unknown art to her.
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Already the friends and enemies Of
Cecil Rhodes have taken up the cudgels
for and against the character and reputa-
ton OF 1.-The evil genius of South Africa
hundred years from now they will still
be disputing as to whether he was demi-
god or fiend-just as admirers and haters
of Napoleon are still waging incessant
war around the tomb of the great con-
queror. Sides will be taken largely &C
cording to temperament. The active, en-
ergetic man, admirer Of action delighting
in achievement, impressed by plans of
great scope and accomplishing ambition,
will laud Rhodes and crown him one Of
the 1mmortals. The man of thought, the
studious moralist, will find Rhodes a
Grass materialist, an immoral conuueror
and commercial explolter, man who
viewed the British flag as an asset, a
wholesale murderer, an assassin OF re-
publics.
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WELL PAID BARRIER

When the Majestic was queen of the At
lantic she was the favorite steamer of j.
Pierpont Morgan, gossips a New York writer.
The barber on board was the fnancier's
especial pet. For shave the customary fee
was $25-when Mr.. Morgan was in the giving
vein. When the Morgan chilGren went abroad
they were placed in the care Of this barber
who at the same time was steward Of the
ship. The great general of industry would
say: Here. Charlie, take good care or
them" and when Charlie had delivered the
youngsters safe on the other side, or ON this,
he received as pourbore the sum Of $3.50
Charles Wolf was his name He may be on
the Majestic to-day. He used to make more
money than the captain, purser, chef and
head waiter combined.
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NO ENCOURAGEMENT FROM LAuRlER

Joseph Chamberlain's ambitious scheme
Tor decorating the British empire does not
seem to have met with much encourage
ment from the government of Canada.
NOT. even the lure of the title of Lord
Athabaska, to be conferred at the corona
ton OF King Edward, has been sufficient
TO- draw from Sir Wilfrid Laurier the
slightest token of approval Of the Cham
berla1n scheme, except wherein it relates
TO imperial commercial relations-and
there it is as much Laurier's idea as
Chamberlain's. In inviting Sir Wilfrid to
attend the coronation ceremonies as the
guest of the British nation Mr.. Chamber
lain added letter intimating that ad-
vantage would be taken Of the presence
in London of the colonial premiers to dis
cuss political relations between the COL
onies and the mother country, imperial
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derense, commercial relations and other
matters Of general interest,"
Replying to this letter. through Lord
Mimic, Sir Wilfrid frankly says that the
only one of the subjects enumerated that
gives promise Of useful discussion is that
relating to commercial relations Sir
Wlifrid Is satisfied with the present po-
iit1cal relations. except in some minor de-
tails, and does not think that Sin the
varying conditions of the colonies there
can be any scheme of defense applicable
to ALL" 8
The tone of this reply is that Canada is
very well satisfied with her existing re-
lations to the British empire, except that
she could very nicely accommodate few
more orders for her products and wouldn't
mind being given preference in the
British market. Otherwise she prefers to
go her own way without any more en-
tangling relations to the rest of the Brit
lsh empire than she has at present.
In this we have sort of assertion Of
the Canadian nationality. Canada is for
everything imperial so long as it fits with
Canada's interests, but Canada is develop
Ing into a nation and as such is bound
to have interests that do not jibe with
the views of ministers looking at the en-
pire from London. We may expect more
such assertions in the future. The tie
that binds colony, that is really ma
ton, to a distant political system can
not be very strong and is likely to be
snapped when business interests consider
that the relation is not good for them
Were Chamberlain Lord North such
independence as Sir Wilfrid and all
Canada show would be the signal for the
increase of British garrisons in Canada
and the forerunner of another revolution.
But times have changed and the United
Kingdom will manage to keep up it's en-
pire of sentiment by doing at all times
what the colonies want done and
scrupulously avoiding doing what they op-
pose. In that way the pretty ties may
be kept unstrained and apparently strong.
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Beet Sugar Figures and Prospects.

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At the annual meeting Of the American Beet
sugar company, in Jersey City. W.. Bayard
Cutting presided, and all the old directors
We're reelected, Archibald Murray being se-
lected to I'LL a vacancy. The annual report
showed that the years product was q, 923, 500
pounds, an increase of 1850, $40 pounds. The
gross earnings were $3,521, 047, an increase of
ISIS. $40. The surplus was $4s1, 3O7, and the
amount available for dividends was s266, 30T
the amount paid being s24000O. Mr.. Cutting
in this report speaks of the factories having.
been put In position to avail themselves of
the latest manufacturing facilities. so as to
be able to compete with any IN the world.
Everything looks more favorable he says,
"for satisfactory campaign for 1902 than
at any time in the writer's experience il the
price of sugar be excepted. The abnormally
low prices Of sugar In the worlds markets
is causing us, in common with every producer
here and elsewhere. a reduction of business
averaged 5. 80 cents per pound for our output
For 1901 we will average not over 4. 40ycents. :
Mr. Cutting adds however, that higher prices
must come 1.-THE abolition of the sugar beun-
ties recently recommended and adopted by the
Brussels conference will" he says. Ger
tainly tend toward higher prices for sugars
throughout the world. as operating to reduce
the production of beet sugar In the European
countries that now produce two thirds of the
worlds consumption. The experts Of Europe
are quoted as stating that the reduction in
beet planted acreage in Europe will amount
to 121a per cent of this years crop, an amount
estimated at about 800, 900 tons"
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ADJUSTMENTS


SsThe Climbers at the metropolitan n.
AS daring as the most audacious of mod
ern dramatists, Clyde Fitch still has a saw
ing dramatic sense which usually prevents
him from straying too far afield in his pur-
suit of realism. When in New York last win
ter several plays from his workshop were
being presented simultaneously, it was COM
planned that his work was uneven, some
times good and sometimes wretchedly bad.
This was not to be wondered at when the
rapidty with which he had turned out plays
considered. But even In his poorest
work, his bold originality was in evidence.
1.-THE Climbers" is generally held to be one
Of his best plays, and certainly it is most
impressive performance. Who but Fitch
would have had the curtain rise on servants
taking Off furniture after a funeral? Perhaps
Charles H. Hoyt might have done so in a
farce comedy, but in serious play it seems
an almost impossible situation with which to
begin. And yet Mr.. Fitch utilizes it with
consummate art to launch his story in a most
effective way. And the succeeding situations,
startlingly unexpected as many of them are,
grow naturally enough out of what has gone
before. Indeed, the workmanship of 1.-The
Climbers is admirable; there are no bare
rafters and beams, no creaking joints ex-
posed to sight 1t is an example of what
can be done by an original treatment Of an
old theme. There are points of contact, for
instance with Jim the Penman' and with
"The Henrietta in the story of the moral
coward who sinking, almost drags down
with him family and friends. But these are
mere condolences, for Mr.. Fitch has told
his own story in his own way.
The much discussed scene, in which the
man who speculates with other peoples
money agrees to confess to his wife and her
friends if only he may do it in the dark
where he cannot see her face nor she his,
is typical Of Mr.. Fitch's methods That it
is daring experiment Tor the stage cannot
be gainsaid-but is it not a natural ana
therefore a justifable device? Certainly, it
Eliminates most impressively the character
of the man, if darkness may by paradox
be said to illuminate Another audacious
thing-and one not SO easily justified-is the
marrying off of the widow to the rich young
noodle This cannot be said to be natural
or probable and it Is likely that Mr. Fitch
was led into 1t by his desireNto satirize the
marriages that have social aspiration as their
procuring cause.
But Mr.. Fitch is not merely plot-maker
The characters in 1.-THE Climbers are rear
persons-not types, but individuals who re-
veal, sometimes with unconscious and bitter
satire, the motives that move them and the
characteristics that individualize them. The
artistry of the work lies in the way these
Municipalities bear on the development of the
story and the part each plays in its telling.
AS for the dialogue, it is full of that Smart
ness" we have come to expect from Mr.
Fitch
1t is unfortunate that the program and
other announcements give the erroneous i'm :
preston that the successful actress man
ager, Amelia Bingham, is herself in the cast.
1t is her company, but she is not now in it,
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Epitaph on ..sir Robert"

Sir Robert New York society dog who
had blankets and gowns made by Worth and
other high-class tailors. who wore collars
studded with gems and who lived on tender
loin and specially made deg biscuit, suffered
from too much high living and went hence.
The 400 held hlgh-class dog funeral and a
monument will be erected over his grave:
Put away the diamond collar 3
That our doggie used to own,
He will need it on earth never,
He has gnaWed the golden bone.
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so-called trust Now If the trust gets
possession OF the beet sugar plants OF the
country. or most of them, any protection
to the beet will be protection to the trust
II it intends to operate them. If 1t in
tends to close them protection to beet
sugar will be useless, because there will
be none to protect. In that case we might
as we'll take all the duty off Cuban sugar
and refined sugar, too, and then give the
Cubans and the American consumers q
little consideration.
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TT WAS A DREAM

I dreamed that dreamed a dream,
That you were by my side.
And the iove-lights in your eyes, dear heart
Were reflections could not hide;
The past was forgotten, the present ours.
But feared life was not as it seemed,
For in all the Joy came the conscious pain
dreamed it was only a dream.
Halt waking, prayed within me. !.
so God, be 1T mine to dream,
In the waking my heart. like a soul that is
lost,
Will drift out alone on life's stream
Again came the vision. your love had grown
cold,
I wakened, like heaven it seemed
For love, always constant, was yet by my side
My dream had been only,a dream!
Jennie Chester Gaines
Wateryllle, Minn..aADril 3.
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The boys and girls Of the Prescott
school have set an example in public
spirit that can be profitably copied by
their elders in the city at large. AS T e
j o urnal's S, news columns show to-day
they have done work in improving the
a task quite beyond their strength.
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FASTEST TRAIN IN THE WORLD

The fastest train in the world Is now that
between Paris and Calais, connecting with the
channel boats to England. 1t is scheduled
to cover the distance of 1S4h miles In three
hours. with a four-minute stop and slow
speed while passing through Calsis.
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The senate seems to be friendly to the
bucket-shops. Well, the senators always
did have soft side for draw poker and
similar forms of speculation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-08

The Hartford election certainly demon
strates that under the American political
system the people can rule if they will
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Morris now rejoices in what the local paper
IN that stirring town calls 1.-The kid band. .
There are about thirty pieces, and everybody,
from the boy who assaults the. big drum to
the cornetist, is Earring the air by daily prac-
tice Means and walls of all kinds are heard
from barn and attic. Open-air concerts are
promised later, and probably benefit con-
cert. After that the town will be made proud
in many WAYS
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Reports from various beet sugar-mak-
ing centers of the country show that re-
fineries in Michigan, Colorado and Utah
have already passed into the hands of the
American Sugar Refining company-the
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reply to Captain Hogan's assertion that none
OF the hot engagements during the Civil War
come Within measurable distance of Balaklaya
IS made by Captain Hobson, the hero of San
t1ago, in an address he delivered at the din
ner of the Friendly Sons of st. Patrick on
the 18th of March, Captain Hobson's ad
dress was delivered about midnight, and has
lever peen reported Captain Hobsou told
how at school he had been compelled to 70
cite the Charge of the Light Brigade" and
BalaKlaVa had been held up as the summit
OF human valor. Then he went on to show
by army records that the losses at Gettysburg
We're greater not only than those at Balaklaya
Dut at other great European battles Captain
tiobson dWelt upon this subject for some time
succeeding in arousing the enthusiasm. of his
hearers. Having yindicated the valor of the
army, Captain Hobson turned his attention to
the navy, and held that full credit had not
peens given to the achievements of the Arneri-
can navy at Santiago. He claimed that shin
for ship the Spanish navy was SUPERIOR and
tnat II IT had been manned by American Off
GERS and sailors the result OF the engagement
maght nave been different It was the s,,
per1or1ty OF the Americans rather than of
their ships that carried the day.
Some Hostility to Low.
me republican party seems to be divided
as regards Mayor Low. While Senator. Platt
takes pains to announce that he and the or
ganization support Mr.. Lows administration
abraham Gruber. one of the republican dis
t .1 leaders and partner of Ex-Governor
Black. severely criticizes the nayor. Mr.
Low says that 'if Mayor Low gives to the
pennsylvania railroad tunnel franchise in
perpetutty, as he contemplates tonight any
Tammany candidate will beat him by 100 900
and I'll help him do it,
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Ladies with long hair are touring the middle
west, showing at the drug stores and selling
mixture warranted to raise a hair mattress
growth on the palm of the hand. Their work
Is based on that of the Seven Sutherland Sis
tiers, and bald-headed men are contributing
freely to their maintenance.
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1t is rash man that will try to make both
ends meat these days If he can make one
eggs and the other potatoes, he will be doing
Well.-Kansas City Journal
Some butchers have but little trouble in
making both ends meat. The neck piece ap-
pears as sirloin and the tail is used in oxtail
soup.
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When the curtain rises on 'Humpty Dump
ty and the Black Dwarf at the Metropolitan
next Sunday night, 1T will reveal one OF the
most elaborate and expensive productions On
the road to-day in this country.