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New-York tribune., 1905-02-26
DRpUrAr1oN OF woRKMEN AT TsARskoE-sELo.

takes many responsibilities conducted IN other
count: :es by private enterprise
Il Is state colllerte5, the original IDEA
being & enable consumers to purchase coal at
a more reasonable rate than formerly. on TINS
point l have not heard Of the result, but do
not think the price 10 the consumer has fallen
apprecia bly,. 1t works the railway system
(HIth the exception Of about one hundred miles
of pri"ate linG), twenty-four hundred miles De-
ing open. AS whole this pays about 3l2 per
cent ne capital expended, and would nave
paid f.u;e had il not been that for some years
past tl1 policy of the government has been TO
reduce lhe rates, both for passengers and for
freight, 50 long as the net return does not fall
below 3l4 per cent, thus giving back to the
people, who the users much possible
This policy has resulted in an enormous in
crease in traffic and with net returns each year
better than the last
The government IS also the largest landlord
Originally il had immense tracts OF land. These
have been, ana being. annually largely in
creased by the compulsory purchase of big es-
tates with a view to breaking them up for
closer settlement. These farms the govern
ment does not SELL bur let's on leases in perpetu-
ity, the question Of leasehold or freehold being
at the present moment one OF the most burn
ing in the political arena. The time has now
when population is wanted if this
policy of closer settlement is 10 be successfully
continued.
The government further. under the ''Ad-
vances 10 Settlers act, lends money TO settlers
at a very low rate of interest. Also, il carries
on life insurance. doing nearly half the New
Zealand business in this Hne.-(F,arl of Ran
furly. in The Cosmopolitan.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-26
THE KA1sER,s EYE ON HOLLAND.

One who watches the current OF European
diplomatic opinion must be struck with the fact
that every writer on the trend of international
affairs has sounded note of warning that the
Netherlands must ultimately fall, ripe fruit,
into Germany's lap. Indeed, pan-German
organ has already declared that the years Of
Hollands independence are numbered, that the
fall is imminent. This makes startling news for
American ears, which do not receive the never
ceasing Whsperings of the International in
trgue of Continental courts. But while the
German paper may take an alarmiSt view, there
is still enough In the rumors to make one think
o. nights. Any attempt by the Kaiser TO COB
bic up Holland means nothing less than a gen
eral European That such q step would be
bitterly opposed not only by France, but also by
England, is a fOregone conclusion. Such a step
would make inevitable close Anglo French
union with little Belgium as the lever and the
theatre of war Austria would through jeal-
ousy, be alienated from her German brother,
who would surely draw to Russia in a union
that the Kaiser has long desired but never dared
Meanwhile, King William and King Edward
continue to do their duty to their respective
peoples by posing loving brothers Just how
much this little piece of comedy accomplishes II
would be difficult to say. But Il is not on rec
ord that the English dealers have become rich
through the sale OF the Kaiser's Photographs
(The metropolitan Magazine.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-26
THE LIMIT OF SPEED SAFETY.

The American travelling public is inconsistent
IN Its demands for greater safety and at the
same time greater speed. With cOnservatively
progressive railroad managements safety is the
first desideratum. Yet In providing this, to-
gether with the highest rate of speed consistent
herewith, the railroads often fail fully to sat
lsIy the unreasonable demands OF q thoughtIess
ana impatient public. 1t is simple thing to
demand mlle-a-minute pace without any
thought OF what is involved. Should the man
agement of the railroads. forgetful of their
higher duty recklessly grant this demand and
an accident result, none would be more ready
to denounce that management than the men
who had insisted upon the speed which caused
it.
The American railroads have reached very
near II not quite. the speed limit of safety and
there is no occasion for any higher speed sched-
ules with an attendant risk Twenty hours he
tween New-York and Chicago may be ser down
as the shortest reasonable and safe mace liIrel,,
to be experienced in this age and generation
ana mat is only possible by making the RIM
with few stops and over a model roadhed allow
the natural highway. with almost no grades nd
a straight, level track "'Ao
IN demanding more speed the ayeraoa r,ar
thinks nothing of possible conseuuences TI
simply wants something different. he 40 ,. aae
satisfed.-tF'our-Track News so - "e'er
New-York tribune., 1905-02-26
TWO FAMOUS PoPEs:

When Pio Mono went out It was a real royal
cEeur on a good horse stopping a4l the car
rtagss and traffic; then The Pope in his handsome
CETTiage one or two eccltsi6StlCs sith AiTl, anu
followed by several cardinals In thAIr carriages
laino- prelates members Of The escort of garoes
lpCies All the genJ!amen got out OF thsir car
Tiages, kEelt or bowed very low; the ladies stood
s. theirs. making low curtseys,.anG many -peop.e
k1elt ii the street. one the old man quite
distinctly. dressed al In white, leaning forward
sweeping movement OF his hand. He rarely
walked In the streets Of Rome, but often in the
vblas-Pampkin or Borghe5e There almost ali
che people be met kneit; children kissed his
hand and he would sometimes pat their little
black heads. We crossed him one day in the
Hbila Pamphin We WeEE \ band Of youngsters
s-5RomRn and foreiEners-and I'll kne.t. The old
man looked quite pleased at the group Of young
peoBIe-stopped moment and gave his blessing
were rather hOrrifed al seeing Us kneel with all
the rest-Protestants doing homage to the head
os the Roman Catholic Cburch-anc expressed
their opinion to father; II would certainly be &
very bad note for my BESther. However, father
ctdnlt think the United States government would
atLscn much Importance to our papal demon
EEaton and we continued to IIneel and ask his
blessing whenever we met His Holiness. He
had kind, gentle face "a twinkle. toO in his
eEesl an6 was always fond OF children and
foung people. The contrast between hin. and
Dis snccessor Is most striking. Leo XIII was
tslL slight, hardly anything earthly about him
S5he type Of the Intellectual ascetc priest
AL bis WI, and energy shining out Of his eyes.
which are extraordinarily bright and keen for a
man Of his sge.-(FTOTn italian Recollections, q"
by Mary King Washington. In Scribner's
New-York tribune., 1905-02-26
PRECEDENCE IN WASHINGTON.

Hardly year passes in which dispute does
not arise in Washington to questions that
have relative value in the eyes of the cultivated;
it causes ineXtinguishable laughter in the
initiated What difference does II make whether
the dean OF the diplomatic corps is received be-
fore the Secretary of the Department of the In
terror on New Years Day by the President?
asks the man in the remote settlement, as he
dips hts hand into the prunes at the cross roads
grocery shop and sends his tobacco juice at the
stovepipe with unerring aim. What difference
does it make whether there is a New Years
reception whether there are Ambassadors or
Minister'S or any ceremonial order of any
kind? None. In the opinion Of the half-civiIized
citizen who eats his pie he pleases and yet
who crows hot under the collar If the flag is not
publicly respected. He does not realize that
official etiquette is one of the means by which
his country is made respectable in the eyes of
men who know the value of symbols. Cere-
mouy has its value. Lie is sometimes made
easier and more comfortable by recognizing
this; in Washington, where il holds its legitimate
place complicated knots are, by the aid of COM
mon sense and good feeling, often cut to the
satisfaction OF all concerned. Difficulties in prec-
edence that would break the heart of a Spanish
grandee are arranged in the twinkling of an
eye; and il is admitted that the capital is
becoming the most educative of our cities let
us admit, too, that one of its educational ad-
vantages is the lesson of restraint reticence and
poliJeness which it offers-(Maurice Francis
Egan, in The Smart Set.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-26
'TRENzIED F1NANCE." INDFrD.

The plan had SO carefully formulated IN
cation yet vast IN scope. II was TO buy up ali
tae Sood producing Bines at their market price
or double II necessary, to organize them into n
new corporation and offer its stock 10 the
public at a capitalization OF double the original
cost. BY Advertising the e1ceprfonal marie of
re copper Industry and the financial power Of
tae men who were backing it, the public would
become educated TO a knowledge Of the yal,cs
of copper" Under this education the world Of
ceIltal would invest in copper shares until tfe
prlce had advanced. because of so much capitaI
seeking this form Of Investment 10 nofrt
N{fTFre tf1e-aet return was brought down to the
gong rate OF. say, per cent. This would Nom
taat the old going prices Of good producing Pos
ton copper mines would advance 100 10 g60 ner
cent which in turn meant that those who rfsI,e5
t1elr money in the fret venture which T fe,,ra,7
wcnld require 100000 would make SI09
OvdovO TO S2oG.000,00J, while at the same tfo1s
Ine PUBLIC would make 500 O00 900 10 S4On
VoNsVVO This seems Ike an Aladdin lar3,,'.
sttEY when II IS told. but, as matter of f5c+
lIlces aftsrTard did advance in this ratio nd
4vy ana zoo per cent beyond, and many of them
Notwithstanding the tremendous dro.,s tI,st
LSFe taken place since. stiII show from s0o -
oVv Der cent advance over the prices tben in
vogue Never IN all The history Of buei0ess y,ae
mere aTo71ed capitalists so fair an opportllr7i+v
tO> make honestly and lcgitimateiy so vast p
sF-o OF money and AT the same time 70 DO ,so
iECen tor n, people. Nor was there O mora
honorable undertaking nor ore which man
co9lo be more justly proud Of carving "a
Magazine 10y
New-York tribune., 1905-02-26
EDIBLE CACTUS.

There are millions OF acres Of arid land unon
the globe. much Of II. even with the most per-
Eisten Irrigation, yielding but seanrily, and
eTOrmous reaches OF il devoid Of ali growth hut
the cactus 4 foe 70 man and beast; but Mr.
Burbank resolved that he would reclaim il not
l,y irrigation, though welcoming it's aid but hv
gaeaIs OF the desert ftself-fhe desert and its
oactus. It's heat and It's sun. SO for a period
Il over ten years he has worked with the ~
En0sC persistence and skin undl at last ne has
developed cactus plant which viii convert The
desert into garden. He has made the cactus
fhornless taking from its leaves the hard
woody substances the Eplcues, SO dangerous
- animal lifE. More than this. he has made IL
adaptable TO any climate. II VII thrive on the
bot cesSgt, but IL will gTow with marvellous
New-York tribune., 1905-02-26
EXTRAvAGANCE IN n1rrrr.

with the many sighs heaved over e,roos,
ana creamery bills, IL is encouraging re J,'n
tnat the crusade against butter at the ,Iinnsr
tapIe "a is rapidly gaining ground. partly becansa
II mas come to be the fad. Once the fad &c as
taohshed as habit, however Il win carry itsaIs
along as 1t Is good, sensible one II is noint
IN which we Americans are more extra 49, ~
than perhaps other nations. A Sul SI9na.
usually contains in itself more fat thar 90 ~
readily absorbed by the system and snnArf,,os u
fat tends seriously to retard, even distnrb ~
gestion. To add butter out OF sheer he ~. u. ui "a.
suffer from indigestion because OF too haat5, " -
diet. and In turn I'LL UP with drugs and 49, q. a
face the bills is bad management NTan, - -
husband. while strongly adyocating - q
economy, viii feel, in spite OF the ersv,' anS
juicy meat, besides vegetable sauces me, ae., $50
way his dinner Is not complete Williams h;
habitual butter. AT least start out the vo,,, Ia @
members OF the family In the new baSt, ,
eventually you will find they viii FEEL Gatt lu
satisfied minus than plus the superhuous fat
The manufactures has to study details g. ~ .
process OF exhausting from his raw material th
very last moleeule of his product and All ,hi
In relation 10 the expense In labor and tirna sns
securing IL Not only is this true of the orodrct
Itself. but every grain OF the by-product has ~
be used 10 the best advantage How I,ttIe rs
this method do we apply In our householdsS
More than that. one single attempt not entfrejv
successful. We are too prone 10 be discourage
Zach OF our household items OF expense denfands n
q Critical scrusiny.-lGpod Housskeeplng.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-26

another kind substituted. The product is known
as filled cheese
Honey is probably extensively adulterated
as any other common food product. Glucose
made from Indian corn starch. and resembling
honey in its physical characteristics, is the most
common adulterant. Sugar which has been
treated with acid to make 1t resemble honey
more closely is also at times used OF mixtures OF
the two. One method of aduiteration is to place
a small part of genuine honey in the honey
comb in a jar and I'LL the jar with glucose, or a
mixture Of glucose and the sugar mentioned
of all kinds. have been made the subject of de-
basement to a large extent The mixing
of sand with sugar is, believe. never, rarely,
PearSOn's.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-26
MAKING A LAWN.

Four things are required to make good lawn.
time, SOL, climate and intelligent labor. In Eng
land they have saying that it requires hun
dred years to make a lawn, and two hundred
years 10 make a good lawn. In this country,
where we are trying to make suburban homes
while you wait. and where month or two
seems a very long time, people too impatient.
II speaks well for their ambition that they want
lawns as soon as they move into their houses
but they are really expecting too much. At the
very best II requires no less than three years
10 make presentable lawn. and FIVE or ten
years to make what we uncritical Americans call
q good Wn.-(Garden Magazine.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-26
THE MIRACLE OF THE RAINDRoP.

The lightning kissed a brooding cloud.
And moved her bursting heart 10 showers
The mellow tear-drOps of the rain
AT random fell upon the flowers!
One filed the chaice Of bud
Where lilies bathed beside a rill
And when the bud a lily bloomed,
The silver rain was water still.
But one upon the passionate rose
a moment in the sunlight stood;
And when that bud had blown, the drop
. OF water was a bead of blood
-tAloysius COll. in Cutters Magazine.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-26
PANIC PROOF THEATRES NEEDED.

It is not freproof theatres we need so much
as panic proof; the proof born of the simple
and the natural plan. The free and unrestricted
area with open spaces all sides is the first
imperative requirement. We legislate this, but
we eVade II. II under present circumstances
theatres cannot be made profitable upon such
expensive sites, does not the advent of quick
and cheap transportation offer a less expensive
substitute? Or If we must have some centrally
located playhouses then admission prices must
be advanced. better still, the profit taking
spirit may be eliminated by the advent of the
philanthropist into the field OF endowed thea
tres.
The perfect theatre necessitates first the per-
feet site, so that the architect may give ii q
fitting and proportionate plan. The ancients
understood this. Their semi-circuiar plan radi-
ated exits and more-each continued on its In
dividual axis to the street. Perhaps the most
noteworthy example is that mighty fabric the
Roman Theatre of Marcellus, which seated
fourteen thousand persons, and is the largest
theatre recorded in the worlds hstory.-(J Z.
Prldmore In Architectural Record Magazine.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-26
soc1AL1srIc NEw-zEALAND.

To go fully into all the socialstic legislation Of
New Zealand and it's results would be exceed
ing tie limits OF an article. Personally. ! con-
slider that much of il has been successful
II Is worthy of record that the government
does not confne its business TO the simple du-
ties o. governing rs understood hsrA but undey.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-26
From the March Magazines.
TYPICAL Timely Topics the Current Aerican
Monthly Periodicals.

fecundity when irrigated or when planted in
a richer soil.
But this is not all Of the marvel He has
bred this dreaded scourge OF the desert, this
pariah among plants, until ii has become the
producer of a delightful. nutritious food for man
and beast-until, in his estimate. considering
the unused areas of the world where it viii
thrive Il viii afford food for twice the people
now upon the earth--(Wiiam S. Harwood in
The Century Magazine
New-York tribune., 1905-02-26
SIXTY YEARS IN A RUSSIAN PRISON

Russian of to-day who, without leaving his
Church. breaches unorthodoX sobriety, truth
fUness, honesty and clean living. attracts his
fellow men and makes them better than he
found them is complained of by the priests and
whirled away TO the cloister prison. There he
IS no longer thrust into q stone SACK as in
olden times, but tnmured ia bare, narrow
cell the walls Of which Shiny with ooze.
The one little light aperture has three window
frames-two iron gratings and pane OF semi
Opaque greenish glass. He is denied pen and
paper, is forbidden to talk with the guards,
receives no letters nor writes any, and forfeits
his very name. in lieu of which he has num-
ber. In a word, he is dead, and is waiting only
10 be buried. From time to time a priest may
enter his cell and exhort him to abandon his
error but after the first few months even
this opportunity Of hearing human voice is
taken away, and he Is left with only such hope
as death may fulfil And some of these obscure
martyrs have waited long for that mercifuI end.
One man. named Shubin-an -Old Believer"
who in essentials was a member of the Ortho-
dOx Greek Church-spent sixty-tIree years of
his life in the fortress Of Solovetsk Monastery
Or E J. Dillon, IN Harpers Magazine.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-26
INSTANCES OF FOOD ADULrERArroNs

Dairy products have been more generally IN
Vestsated for adulterations than almost any
other kind of foods The addition of water TO
mix is probably not very extensively practised
Det the abstraction OF part OF the cream and sell
Ing the residue whole milk is still in vogue
a more common method OF adulterating milk is
to milk the COW only partially leaving the
greater portion Of the cream In the udder The
part first obtained is sold as whole milk ana ths
remaining portion serves cream
The most common adulteraton Of butter is the
Use or artincial eoloring matters. Formerly only
vegetable colors, such annatto were en-
pioyed. but In late years the -deveiopnlent Of fha
chemistry OF dyestuffs has offered TO the deft
dairyman many beautiful yellow tints, which
not only cheaper but more easily mixed
with the fat than the old fashioned vegetable
Sin OF butter cooring been pushed TO an almost
unlimited extent, and It is difficult 10 find upon
our markets uncolered butter, even In June.
Cheese Is not only artifciaIy coIored. but
sometimes tho milk tat is rsIHoVed and q fat Of
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-15
WATERFOWL JOTTINGS

Mir and Mrs Tiffany of Poughkeep- sic were in town recently calling on friends.
 Mrs John Moore and family of Si- monsville are spending a few days at Mrs Anne Moore's.
 The supper and entertainment given by the V. I. $. last evening was largely attended and large sum was realized to carry on the work of the society.
 Many people are afflicted with hard colds. -
 A large number of the official board of the Methodist church called on Mir and Mrs James B. Woolson Monday evening and presented them with set of engrossed resolutions, thanking them for their generous gift to the church, recently made. Mir and Mrs Woolson and daughter leave for Pasa- dena, California, on Thursday.
 The singing class of Albert skilton will meet on Saturday evening
 There are a number of cases of Ger man measles in town.
 Mrs Howard M. Hicqox is visiting relatives in Southbury.
 Charles Cables is working for Mir Switzer, who lives on the Charles Bid well place.
 X large number from here will take in the Yale Princeton game on Satur- day.
 Mrs Bartley Cunning will ehaperon a large party of young ladies who are going to wO0dbury this evening to at tend the fair given by the people of St Theresa's church in that place.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-15
OAKVILLE HAPPENINGS

John McGowan is reported on the sick list.
 Abraham Oster of Main street will move his family to Canada in few months where Mir Oster has purchased a farm.
 The meeting of the Young Ladies' Aid society has been postponed from Thursday to Friday evening for the benefit of some out of town guests who are expected to be present on the latter evening.
 Owing tO the cold weather of last night Mrs Borthwick lost large num- Der of very beautiful plants.
 Miss D. ]. AIattoon. formerly of Falls avenue. is teaching shorthand in New York city.
 Mrs A. M- Gazley has moved to SiH0nSville-
 Mrs JeTman is entertaining her brother. Floyd Roscoe of NOrWalk.
 Miss Grace Henne$sev and Frank F. Austin. both well known young people of Oakville. will be married on Thanksgiving day in St Peters church in Danbury. the former home of Miss HeHnessey.
 Meeting Of the Ladies Aid this af- ternoon in the conference room of the church A ten rent tea will be served from ; till 1
 Mrs Prank BaH is visiting with friends fn New York citr.
 The electric lights recently fustallel iu Hungerford's drug stors are biz frsnFpsesnenf It is bo1esz core of our otfrr buzness men Fi1I I-foii0w the ex- ample.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-15
Borough Court.

In the borough court this morning a fellow who said his name was Joe Harvey was fined SJ and costs by Judge HungerfOrd. and not being able 10 pay he will spend Thanksgiving at Sheriff Dunham's hotel in New Haven on the avenue. Harvey boarded the train in Waterbury last night and when Conductor SchilIing went to take his ticket he had none. but said he gave it to him. He claims he had ticket for South NOrwalk. He was put of at Naugatuck and handed over to Off ger Malone. This morning Judge Hun gerfOrd helped him on his way.
 Organized With Strong Team.
 Now that the football season is near ing the end much talk is heard of basketball. and there will he more in- terest here than ever before. It is ex- pected that Union City will have a strong independent team in the field this year and vill play a series of games with teams from Ansonis. Bridgeport Waterbury Bristol. Sey. mour and New Haven. those being the teams they have now under considers- fiOn. and with such veterans as M Swepney. TbOmpkinson. Rehm- Rear don. F. DunminE- D. Cornell. n. Swee- ney and F. Duuuing- as well as many others to pick from. there is sure tn be lively and fast aggregation. and the other teams in the state will bo obliged to step lively to defeat this crowd. A meeting Is to be held to- morrow evening. when a eaptain is to fe elected and plans far the season to he acted upon All members gre re aHested to be present as this iS of i'm p9rtauce-
 Nsugztuck Swamps TerriRgton.
 yauxxtuck High school beat Tor rinxfon HfEh schaol "a fEe Hofebkiss fssi yesterday sfterneeu to the tune