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Evening journal., 1902-12-06

the purposes are not always, perhaps.
consistent Impulse succeeds Impulse.
and they are not as yet sufflciently
tempered by continuous reflection and
|matured experience to ut into a harm
I0niOus whole. The Bmperor's interests
are as many-sided almost as human
life. Strategy and naval architecture
theology and science, painting and
sculpture, music and the drama-these
ane but fraction OF the subjects on
which the Emperor has uttered CON
hdent opinions. He has his own philo-
sophy of history, resolving itself in the
main into the doctrine that the world
was made for Germany, and Germany
for the Hohenzollerns. He applies to
his own country and to his own house
the doctrine Of Milton, that when God
had any great work on hand He put IL
into the hearts of His Englishmen TO
accomplish It. 1t is difficult to keep a
feeling Of this kind permanently alive;
but the Emperor apparently succeeds
in doing so, and there can be no doubt
that it is the condition under which
great things are accomplished, and the
sometimes which precipi-
tates splendid failures.
Evening journal., 1902-12-06
DIR. ELIor,s OPINION

Professor Eugene w. Manning. until
recently Of the Delaware College fac
ulty. is still intent on the project of the
removal Of that institution to whining
ton. To get an expression Of opinion
from an undoubted authority on the
probable effect the removal of the coll
lege to a city would have ON the morals
of the students. he addressed a letter
to Dr. Eliot, President of Harvard.
In reply. this eminent educator says:
In my opinion there would be no men
ace 10 the morals of students in the
State college in it's removal to Will
mington. Indeed, ir is improbable that
mere seclusion offers as good a moral
safeguard as is to be found in the
steady upholding Of high ideals of char
acter in a normal community; such as
most OF the students would enter at the
end Of their college course"
This Is an old and vexed oues-
ton. and must still be a matter for
debate. yet Dir. Eliot is probably right.
A city, 1t is true, offers more opportu-
mites TO the weak student with tenden-
cies towards immortality, hut it also af
fords greater field for the ambitious
student and widens his horizon. In our
centers Of population are to be found
squalor and the worst forms Of vice,
but they are onset by splendid chari-
It, ,,,hf- ,1,,,,4t,,,of t,ps,a,,,ce ,,I
great religious movements. Probably
the weakling is better off when shielded
by a residence in a rural community,
but his morality is apt to be Of that
negative sort which results from habit,
rather than from self-disciplne. In a
larger city he meets all the conditions
which wilr obtain in after life, and he
becomes the directing factor in the for
nation of his character.
we are satisfied that our State col
lege could be conducted as we'll in VIII
mington as in Newark, but the piacti-
cal question of its removal yet Ie-
mains. To secure proper grounds Il
would be necessary to go into the sub
urbs, and since proximity is not mat
ter OF miles. but Of transportation, We
, doubt whether it would be any more &C.
{ cessible Besides, to abandon the pres
ent buildings and TO erect new, and I,
e equip the institution as its enlarge'
e field would demand, would probably re
I quire 81 900, ,000-and we haven't tn
= money. If Delaware Cosaage can b
Il moved TO Wilmington without a grea
p loss to the State. and if there is none
e to equip it as its new location woul
o demand, we should find no objection
d but we see no evidence that this is poi
8r Sble
Evening journal., 1902-12-06
Stories From Here and Their
Cuba for Truck Farming

Wlthln a lew years, writes Edwin
Warren Guygol, in Golfers Weekly.
Cuba will be the winter market garden
Tor the Atlantic slope of the United
States. South of Havana, near the
town Of Guines $4,000 population
there are thousands of acres OF land
we'll watered, cleared. well protected
Since time immemOrial this district
mas been devoted to raising vegetables.
But the Cuban knew little of scientific
gardening; consequently, as land was
cheap, when one section would cease to
yield as bounteously as at first. it would
be abandoned. In 1899 few Floridans
bought small patches of land near
Guines, paying very little therefor.
Last year 100. 900 barrels of Irish pota-
toes and $4,000 bags of Spanish onions
were shipped from Guines to the Unit
ed States. as well as many more thou
sand crates Of tomatoes, egg plants and
plneapples. There ds now, in that vi
cinity, quite colony of Americans. all
OF whom cleared highly satisfactory
profits on their crops of last year. Their
success is due entirely TO their abil-
ity, energy and knowledge of how to
utilize the forces at their command.
Most of them are settled on cd lands
which they have rejuvenated, by care
ful tilling and judicious use of fertil-
izers.
Lands in the vicinity Of Guines can
be bought for from $S to $40 per acre.
Potatoes can be harvested within ten
weeks Of the time planted. at all times
or the year. This refers to sweet DO
tatoes as well as white, both of which
are produced bountifully in Cuban
soil. Tomatoes, egg plants, beans,
peas, lettuce, cabbage, caulifower.
turnips, parsnips, carrots, onions, Brus-
sells sprouts, parsley, watercress,
squash, rheubarb, cucumbers and sal
sify may be planted or gathered every
day in the year, without the use of a
hothouse. Fine celery ripens during
the winter months. Delicious straw
berries can be marketed from early
December until March or April. As
paragus ripens in December. Water
melons and cantaloupes are ready for
market early in Aril.
One of the lines of agriculture that
is in great need of immediate develop
ment is the growth of native fruits for
the Cuban and American markets. Ex-
cellent, easily accessible fruit lands, al
ready partially stocked, may be pur-
chased for absurdly low figures, owing
TO the poverty of their present owners.
Apples and peaches are about the only
fruit know in the United States that
cannot be successfully produced in
Cuba.
Evening journal., 1902-12-06
REPEAL 1T

One Of the greatest blots on the stat
ute books of Delaware is the Voters
Assistant act. This is said in no
partisan sense, but is the statement OF
fact that all persons not blinded by
party passion must admit Several Of
the members Of the Legislature who
voted for il, began to regret their act
before a day had passed. Had there
been an impartial man in the Cover
nOr's chair, he would have vetoed It.
It's purpose was TO do away with the
secrecy OF the ballot. and in that re-
spect it has been am entire success.
The voters assistants in. the various
districts can tell just how every man
voted, and have had no hesitancy in
making It known. One party advised
every man TO ask for the services OF
the voters assistant OF that parity, in
order that Il might not be known who
had been purchased; and a candidate
for Congress lent himself to the dast-
ardly scheme, by calling for assistance.
This is the way it worked; the man
purchased was required to go to the
voters assistant Of the party buying
him, and that assistant would mark
his ballot Then he would send a mes
sage to the paymaster ON the outside
that the goods had BEEN delivered and
the seller would get his money. II a
system absolutely protecting bribery
and making II perfectly certain that
the goods should be delivered. had been
intended, nobody could have drawn a
more suitable bill. Under this benign
system some 10000 votes were bought
I'M Delaware at the last election, and
the who's transaction was under the
sanction Of the law--a law really made
for that purpose.
ANY man who sits in the next Leg
islature. and who takes the oath re-
quired, will be recreant TO his duty un-
less he does an in his power to repeal
this measure. We cannot believe that
a Governor understanding the work
ings Of the law would dare 20 intar-
pose his veto; but should he be per-
suaded 10 do so, the public would judge
him according TO his act.
Every Delawarean had cause to blush
when that bin became law, and We
must continue to blush until It is wiped
of the statute books.
Evening journal., 1902-12-06

coon, be climbed the shell of an q
tree.
AS he began shaking the neighbc
ing limb the stump to which he W.
slinging gave way, and he sank fe
hTst into the hollow center. All efsor
to escape we're impossible, and n
pious hustler had resolved 20 pass Il
remainder Of his life in prayer, wh5
toward night his supplicatfons we're q
terrupted. Looking up, he bebeid q
eye OF n bear looking straight dow
at him.
Then the animal turned about an
backed down the inside Of the STUN
Hardly knowing what TO do. Unc
Jess put up his hands in protection an
grasped the bear. Now II was Il
bears turn to be frightened II
scrambled up again, while the hunt,
hung on for his life and was carrie
with safety TO the top.
Here the bears real trouble begal
For with so heavy weight It was in
possible for him to tuHn about an
back down, so he tried It head frs
but that was no easy matter TO Il
beast, and he fell with n heavy thu
to the ground below and was kille
while Uncle Jess went home and tol
the truthful tale, TO be handed dow
to his children.-Sprlngheld Republi
=.
Evening journal., 1902-12-06
WEATHER PROPHETS.

Blow out candle, and If the wick
continues long to smolder look for bad
weather. If it goes out quickly. the
weather viii be fair.
The twelve days after Christmas in
dicate the weather for the following
year. Each day in order shows the
weather for one month.
When it begins to snow, notice the
size Of the flakes. If they are very
fine, the storm viii be a long one; IL
large, the storm will soon be over.
If the chickens come out while it
rains, it Is a sign that the storm is to
be a long one. If they stand around
under the shed, the storm will be short.
When the cattle lie down as soon as
they are turned out to pasture in the
morning, ii is because they feel a rheu-
matte weariness in their bones, and you
can look for rain soon.
When a night passes and no dew
falls, it is a sign it is going to rain.
This omen loses much of its mystery
when one remembers that dew has not
fallen because the night was clouded.
When you see the sun drawing water
at night, know that It will rain on the
morrow. The sun is said to be draw
ing water when its rays can be seen
shining through riffs in distant clouds.
Evening journal., 1902-12-06
il terary Bequest

As on this earth can't fore'er
In reason hope to stay,
Like Carnegie, will in time
My library give away.
I give my Burns unto the cook,
My Howells TO the dog;
My Longfellow to Wall Street shorts
My Bacon to the hog.
I'll give the Dickens to the man
Who swore my vote would win;
NY Lamb I'll leave to bulls and bears,
My Coke goes to the bin.
To miners | would send my Pitt;
My Cable I'd unreel;
To politicians / would give
With perfect trust my Steele.
Ny Whittier ] do commend
Unto newspaper jokes;
My Holmes l think a proper one
For all the married folks.
My AIDE to injured ones l lend,
Though not Nye-more's the pity!
My Browning itan) leave with love
Unto Atlantic City.
All my Hall Gaines leave to dudes
To match their wooden heads.
And Chaucer TO the law that on
EXpectoration treads.
My Cooke ia keep at any cost
Till all my meals were Dunn;
Also my Harte, less fate Mark Twain
Where l mark two as enc.
I leave my Bunyan TO my Foote,
(My Haggard face II curls!)
My Peck to all my little birds,
My Lover to the girls.
This disposition Of my books
My will holds like a rock;
Lest thieves break in, l place on all
A combination Locke.
II Baltimore Americai
Evening journal., 1902-12-06
A POPULAR MISTAKE.
Shc Idea That Professional Men
Have an Easy Time.

Ehc Idea That Professional Men
Have an Easy Time.
People who work with their hands,
especially farmers, are apt to think
that professional men have an easy
time Of it," said lawyer OF this city.
ITS an amusing mistG.e The farmer
tops at sundOwn, and the laborer
works ten hours at the outside. The
average professional nan works from
u to II hours day in and day ont, all
the year around. Often, at q pinch. he
will work from 16 to 20 hours for sew
eral days in succession, and he viii
work when he is sick or suffering Sc
we're physical pain, something the man
ual to!lGr wouldn't dream Of. OF coHrse
he takes short intervals of rest, like
everybody else. The h<man engine
isn't capable of absolutely sustained
endeavor for over an hour at a stretch.
watch q day laboer, who seems to
be plodding alSng like a machine, and
you'll find that he r4aly rests more
than hak the time. He looks 1T some
well dressed doctor, lawyer, broker or
man Of affairs and says TO himself:
oh, you doggoned lazy rascal, If you
only had to work like mev The truth
is that the chap he envies is putting an
amount of concentration and continued
energy into his daily toll that would
kill the man who works. with his hands
alone In less than a week.
Il don't mean this as any reflection
on the lnhorer, who is also no doubt
doing his level best. l simply mean
that the demands on brain production
are a third again as severe as the de-
mands On muscle production. For
sheer staying qualities there is nothing
in the world that equals the nervous,
high strung, frail looking modern pro-
fessional man."-New Orleans Times
Democrat.
Evening journal., 1902-12-06
CAUGHT Al RANDOM

A rattlesnake that is five or six feet
in length will yield a tablespoonful OF
venom two or three times a month. 1t
takes its poison sass at least a week
to fiji again after they have been emp
tied.
she-You didn't stay long in Lon-
don.
He-No, ! couldn't stand it. Over
there everybody knew me for an
American right away. Here in New
York no one ever suspects it.
The hunting of birch saplings suit
able for barrel hoops in the Maine
woods occupies 1000 men
She stood before the mirror,
And touched UP hare and there;
He waited in the parlor,
She didn't seem to care
Yet In her heart she loved him,
Although she did him wrong
To woman time is nothing
But art is very long.
Old Crusteigh-How did you dare.
sir, to kiss my daughter. last night
on the dark piazza?
Young Gayboy-Gad. now that I've
seen her by daylight, | wonder myself
Missouri is now credited with the
greatest corn yield. estimated this year
at 315 900 900 bushels. Iowa is a close
second with 00,000 900 bushels, and
Kansas and Nebraska follow.
Ethel-Gracious, Mabel, why do you
Lace so awfully whenever Cholly Low
six comes around?
Mabel-Oh, the poor fellows arm is
so short
Cohwigger-Why should you like to
be President, my BOY?
Flreddie-Look at all the prize tur-
Keys he has sent to him at Thanksgiv-
ing.
AIS it true that your cashier has
eioped with your daughter and a large
sum of money?
Bit is quite true, but he is an hon
est man and means to repay me. He
mas already returned me my daughter.
Edith-Tell me frankly. George, if
you were a rich man do you think you
would ask me to marry you?
George don't think it would be
necessary. Edith; in that case you
would probably do the asking.
"Rafdi I should saw not Iloolx in tha
glass yourself. I've more hair than
you have"
More hair than l have? That's alb
surd, perfectly absurd Let's count
em!"
Two old friends meet after a separa-
ton 70 many years.
Time flies" says one, but, after all.
you are not so bald as l expected TO
find you"
Evening journal., 1902-12-06
Paper ana string.

FrankHns time honored and cumu-
latiye adage, "For want of the nail the
shoe was lost, for want Of the shoe the
horse was lost, for want Of the horse
the man was lost" should have the
addendum of twlne and paper bags
put to it to make It complete.
Few things are more aggravating
than to be ready to tie up n package
and find no string, or to carry a few
apples, oranges, eggs or bulbs o short
distance and find no bag to hold them.
Strings should always be wound in a
ball and kept ready for Immediate use
where the family may find them, ana
paper bags, as soon as emptied, should
be folded neatly and laid in a drawer
for use as needed.
Evening journal., 1902-12-06

Thomas B. Reed 'eTom" Reed to
those who admire him and who does
not? is lying dangerously i'll in Wash
ington. He has been out OF public life
for some years. hut not out OF the pub
lie mind. When he made the famous
Rlaed" rulings and counted as present
and not voting those who refused TO
answer a roll-call. he was denounced
as q "czar' and an "autoorat' yet
during all this time he head the per-
sonal esteem of nearly all Of his op-
ponents. and remained on intimate
terms with them. A few years ago
Representative Champ Clark, Of Mis-
souri, said in a lecture that he con-
sidered Tom" Reed as the intellectual
giant Of America, who lowered above
all others. And yet in politics he had
been one Of his bltterest opponents
May he speedily recover IS the wish
of his fellow countrymen.
Evening journal., 1902-12-06
How the Earth Changes
From Eiarper's.

From Harpers.
How does one generation OF men
succeed another? The fathsrs aie not
swept away in a body TO make room
for the children. but one by one the
old drop Off and the young come on, till
a day is reached when none of those re-
main that once were here. How does
some form of human speach become
extinct? About al hundred years ago
an old lady named Dolly Dentreath died
in Cornwall She could speak the
Cornish language; after her death
there was nobody that could. Thus
quietly did the living Cornish language
become a dead Language; and in a like
unObtrusive manner have bcsn
wrought most Of the new becomings
which have changed and are changing
the earth.
Evening journal., 1902-12-06
PUBLIC soHooI oURRIoULUM

There is a growing feeling among
educators that the school systems of
the day are too complex and the cur
riculum too crowded. We support the
public schools that our children may be
taught those things which are most
necessary in after life. and to disci-
pline their powers so that they shall
become expert in solving the prob
lems of life for themselves. Now the
average boy OF girl will never 60 to
college, but the public school will end
the systematic education that either
will receive. It is the duty of schoo
authorities to consider first the needs
OF the majority, and with this end il
view. many OF the studies which de
tract from a sound primary education
could be omitted.
Let us see what the average man o
woman requires most of all, wha
knowledge VIII count for most in ia
after life Of majority OF them. Firs
familiarity with our own language
may be possible to think withol
words. but if it is possible. it is VI
usual In business. in social life.
Evening journal., 1902-12-06
BUSINESS CHANGE
Zinemsn and Brothers, Philadelphia
OPTICIANS, Move TO New Building

The well-known Philadelphia firm of
opticians, Messrs. M. Zineman & Bro.
have moved from their old place of
business, No. 1905 Market street. to
their new building. No. p North Elev-
enth street (siX doors above Market
street,. The new store is a decided
move for the hstter. being on the di-
rect line of travel and convenient to
the Reading Terminal and Broad
Street Station.
The firm have spared no expense in
fitting up their new quarters. F'rcm
he workroom. where their large force
Of expert workmen turn out the fa-
NOUS Diamanta lenses and the other
portions of the FIRMS product. TO the
business offices and testing and sale de-
Dartment everything that experience OF
ingenuity could suggest that would
make this establishment one of the
most complete and handsomest optical
Establishments in the country have
been used.
Evening journal., 1902-12-06

the home. most OF our real effectiveness
depends upon the ability to use our own
tongue It was President Eliot Of
Harvard, who said that the truest test
Of education Is ones ability TO use his
own language with ease and precision.
Almost our every act is governed by
our vocabulary What made the great
ness OF Greece was a thorough knoWl-
edge of Greek There was no Babe,
OF tongues. They spoke in Greek,
thought in Greek, and wrote in Greek.
Whenever a new word was needed
they invented it, and did not introduce
foreign phase to corrupt their own
tongue
Therefore, If a thorough knowledge
of our language is imperative, we see
the necessity OF insisting ON thorough
ness I'm reading, spelling, grammar and
composition. This thOroughness has
been relaxed in order to cover a multi
tude of studies which are to prepare
pupils for college-to which the vast
majority OF them never go. When we
add to these subjects mathematics
which all will agree is necessary toI
everyone, we have the main studies of
the curriculum which should be fol-
lowed in the public schools.
Then when we consider these studies
from the standpoint Of discipline, can
be better? Cam there be any
thing calling for more concentrated
mental effort than mathematics and
the study OF ones own language? But
discipline does not result from skim
ming over many courses, but follows
the real mastery Of a few. The man
who understands something OF English,
something OF Latin. a little Of Greek
and less Of art. is in no true sense ed
and cannot have acquired dis
sipline. When from our public schools
come pupils who cannot spell, who |
sannlot express themselves in good |
ENGLISH and are unable to solve sim
Die mathematical problems we must |
admit that our public schools have |
failed o6 their mission.
Evening journal., 1902-12-06
Not Comnetenl

A Reading, Pa, clergyman hadl
making a call On one occasion.
friend in the country. In order II
there. he had taken the train [
nearest station and walked the rci|
ing distance. which proved to be
greater than he had expected. AM
set with difficulties. in the matt
crosses and turns, for one not fan
with that section. On returning d
station he had decided to take
other, and as he thought, a sh
route; but had net gone far befoI
became hopelessly confused, and
himself eagerly awaiting the app1
'of a numbering wagon. driven,
happened By a small boy of the {
try thereabouts.
MY young friend" he said, as
boy drew nSar, could you tell m,
road to Adamstown?" meationins
name OF the place he had set on
find.
The boy. with a look OF surprise
him at once, and found the sugge
that he ride along" accepted By
minister with alaaity. They
along fCr some distance. the boy
wering many questions all the !
about his life in the country. an,
duties on the farm, until his curl
getting the better Of him. he inqt
And what do yoaI do?"
Il am a minister OF the gospel. "
wered the other imDressively; -
people the road to heaven
"Hully gee. Show the -eople
road to heaven" retorted the y.
"and don't even know the road
Adamstown."
Evening journal., 1902-12-06

welcome A. Botkin has been granted
a divorce from the gentle Cordelia, who
now languishes in prison for having
poisoned two most estimable women.
This leaves this Borgia free to pursue
her dramatic career, or to marry again
If by her attractive and winsome man
ners she can charm another man. And
yet there is one thing that stands in
the way; the State OF California may
insist on her serving the term Of her
natural life in prison in order to ex-
piGte her crime.
Evening journal., 1902-12-06
Department Of Commerce

From the Baltimore Herald.
The bill for the establishment Of a
department OF commerce is one of the
measures left over from the first see-
sion of the Fifty-seventh Congress,
which will likely become a law at the
second session. The difficulties in the
path of the authors of this legislation
have consisted of differences of opin-
ion as to what bureaus should be trans
ferred from other departments to the
supervision or new Cabinet officer
Conferences have recently been held
by Representatives of the Treasury IN
ferior and Agricultural Departments
with the end of assisting the House
Committee on Interstate and Foreign
Commerce to adjust the details Of the
pending measure in a satisfactory man
ner. and It is regarded that the NEW
department win begin its career OF use
fulnsss ere many months elapse.
Evening journal., 1902-12-06
CURING
CONSUMPTION.

When SCOTS Emulsion
makes the consumptive gain
flesh it is curing his consump-
ton.
Exactly what goes on inside
to make the consumptive gain
weight when taking SCOTS
Emulsion is still a mystery.
SCOTS Emulsion does some
thing to the lungs too that re
duces the cough. More weight
and less cough always NEAR
that consumption is losing it
influence over the system.
SCOTS Emulsion is a relis
bic help. send for Ere. sampl
l SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists, 4os Pearl ST., n.