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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-01-20
OUR EASTERN
INSTITUTIONS
They Continue to Draw Students from
All Over the Country.

IL has been asserted that the East
efn universities are losing ground in
the states outside OF their own divis-
lon-that is. the North AtIantic-ow-
ing 10 the increasing competition of
the leading State universities of the
Middle West, but as a matter of fact
the total registration of Columbia Cor
nell, Harvard, Pennsylvania. Prince
ION, and Yale for the year 1909 I'm
divisions outside of the North Atlantic
and in foreign countries shows a gain
OF OF l4o over the preceding year and
SUI students over 1905.
This Increase would be nuch Iargar
were 1t not for the advantages offered
IN institutions like Illinois. Michigan.
ana Wisconsin. These are the only,
state universities that draw over 20
per cent OF their student body from
other states than their own. and they
can lay claim, therefore, to having he
come national institutions. Nichigan
today draws students from every State
OF the Union but one Delaware in
Guiding 391 from New York State las
from Pennsylvania, and 60 from for
elgn countries, attracting $40 students
from the North Atlantic division or
lI6 more than I'm 1905.
1t must not be forgotten. however
that many OF the students registered
AT the various State universities would
not go to college at all If II were not
LOT the advantages just mentioned
with many of them, says the Ameri-
can College, IL is a question of the
state university or none at all and
not of selection between the State in
stitution and representative Eastern
university. and a fair percentage OF
these very students are apt to turn
up later on in the professional or grad.
uate schools of the Eastern institu.
tion, having earned money through
teachlng or In other ways after grad
uation from the State uniyersitv
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-01-20
GAMBLING BY
GOVERNMENT
Spain much the Worse on for Grant
ing San Sebastian Concession.

IL seems to be fact that the Span
ish government has given a conces-
sion for great gambling establish
Dent at San Sebastian. on the Monte
Carlo pattern. This, it is understood.
in opposition to the wish of King
Alfonso. who has his summer resi-
dence there, 1t being on the Bay of
Btscay and close to the main Pyre-
nees; it is but few miles from the
french frontier, and is a great water
ing place The King wanted a secIu-
ston which would be impossible with
the grand rush of the gambling frater-
nifty; but the ministry wanted the
money the concession would bring
two million dollars year and a share
IN the profits of the games.
1t Is said that there is a genuine
boom on In real estate at San Sebas-
nan In consequence of the concession,
hotel men seeing a great future for
their business, and many buying and
building. The concession was granted
TO one A. HarQuet, who has a gamb-
ling resort at Ostend, and who is also
interested IN the Monte Carlo gamb-
ling palace. He Is not in good odor,
having introduced at Ostend and also
ut Monte Carlo features considered
unfair
The Spanish government is in great
heeS or money. The war with the
tribesmen of Morocco has exhausted
the treasury. and the people are SO
heavily taxed already that the impo-
siuon or further taxation is difficult.
Tho public debt charge alone is $7O,-
100000 year, or almost 81 per capita
on the population. and Spain is almost
ia extremity In it's finances To a
ministry so pressed as the Spanish
ministry is. the opening presented for
financial relief is alluring. They see
that In Monte Carlo the gambling
operations pay all the public expenses,
there being no tax Ievies. 1t is the
same at Macas. under Portuguese ad-
ministration. at the month OF the Can
ton River. where the gambling conces-
ston pays $1,000 a day and the lottery
10000 month, and the whole place
is kept like a parlor
1t is no doubt true, that the Span
tsh and Portuguese fail to have such
a supreme horror of gambling on
moral grounds as we have in America
SO that the wave OF popular resent
nent against such a concession may
not be felt In Spain against this min
sterial move that we would feel in
like case Public lotteries are a recog-
nIzed means OF raising revenue in
those countries. But such schemes
are vast evils from an economic stand
point, and In the end it is certain
that Spain will be much the worse
for granting this gambling conces-
sioH.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-01-20
.BLAMES PINCEOT
AND BIG SHOWS
II Mutton Is Higher. Ex-Senator
hcarn Knows Che Reasons.

Former Senator Thomas Kearns. OF
Otah' has arrived at the Waldorf. and
he says that we may look for an early
advance in the price of mutton on ac-
count OF the recent heavy snow in the
ROCKY Mountain region. which was fol-
lowed by thaw and freeze.
i have had word that stock out
there is suffering severely. and there
are grave fears that there will be big
losses of sheep said Senator Kearns
Yesterday. There was a tremendous
tall OF snow, and then when this had
partly melted and the cold snap came
suddenly it frOze such a heavy crust
that it is hard for the sheep to feed
IN some places practically impossible
1t has got hard enough to feed
STOCK out there anyhow, since that fell
10" Flnchot got so active" Senator
kearns went on. This forest res rye
business has cut off many shee;, own
ers from grazing land, TO-. they in
many places are prevented from using
public lands as such any longer. and
the present high price of meat is the
result. The government ranges made
cheap meats possible"
Senator Kearns was one of the build
ers OF and is heavily interested in the
Salt Lake railroad. on which there has
been washout. but he said he had
no news of the extent of the damage
Things are first class in Utah gen
orally Just now" and Salt Lake CITY
is building up fast" Senator Kearns
said. You'll soon see Salt Lake the
biggest city between the Mississippi
and the coast. There is terrible de-
mand for land in the far West lust
now on the part of the capitalists OF
the middle West, who are trying to
buy up large tracts for reclamation
ana colonization purposes. N. y.
Sun.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-01-20
Ara Treasures In Italy

From Frank Jewett Mather's Safe
guarding the Art Treasures OF italy,
IN the North American Review.
obviously the regulation of excava-
non rs the most important part of the
NV governing expectation OF works
on art The provisions that concern
private collections and dealers have n
retrospective and obsolete look. and
f"'S" requirements could be abolished
relatnin" merely 4 general right -
appropriation. without seriously al'~-.
neg the situation. Why. then. do the
Adams keep these tardy restrictions
" the statC'e books? Because they
"a thrift and sensible people. I'm
mayed by fear Of ridicule when thov.
nave q practical aim, however minute
- imperfectlv realized, to compass.
The present law OF expectation does
+" ise "a certain amount of revenue and
bring To the museums at favorable
nrlces - uGmber of desirable objects.
IT 1T does not prevent smuggling il
makes II difficult and odious. The
Italians, I repeat. have certain Latin
quantities OF looking beyond formal in
constituencies to actual effects. They
com proverbs, but do not fear them.
I6ey know that. when the robbers
may return for the harness and the
rig, II may be excellent sense to lock
the stable door, even after the horse
has been stolen.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-01-20
SIMPLE BANQUETS
ARE IN VOGUE
LOcai Bon ViVant SeaShOre Interview
ed on Dining ut Capital.

A bon vivant from Washington, d.
c.. now at the Hotel Westmont, says
that dinners In official and exclusive
circles at the Capital this winter are
simpler than formerly. These feasts
are not less rich or IuXuTious-in fact.
the use Of luXuries in food is of
grester vogue than ever-but the sim
plicity is in the form of fewer courses
and less elaboration of dishes
Dinners now" he said, Gin the Ill
tra-fashionable set, begin with one of
the hundred canapes, with caviare or
with oysters. The grape fruit as an
opening course for dinner is quite out
OF il. or course. first to the luncheon
table frequently, but when 1t figures
In the dinner Ii is as a salad Salads
of any sort must be as far removed as
possible from the ornamental variety
Above all. they must not be mussy or
messy. This appearance is scarcely
avoidable IL several kinds OF vegeta-
bles, for instance, are collected in the
salad bowl Three vegetables make
the limit OF those that are now en-
ployed. and included In the three is
the lettuce. that Is the background.
The French vegetables, to be sure.
consists OF several kinds. But 1t
should not make its appearance In a
f0rTpai dinner OF courses. IL Is for a
lnnfheon or for a dainty home dinner,
whifA consists OF but a soup. q chop
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-01-20
Taft Always on Time.

During his stay in Pittburg, the
resident set an example for punctual-
fty that is impressive. Mr.. Taft was
Shunted about from pillar to post with
surprising celebrity, but throughout n
trying and perplexing schedule of
events. he was at no time tardy at any
point. This may seem like a little
thing, but 1t is nevertheless plain that
oallying by the wayside would have
seriously deranged the plans his hosts
rad prepared for him. II is not every
oOdy who appreciates the value of
punctuality. But It is safe TO say that
none Is more appreciative of il than
the person who waits an indefinite time
for the person who is invariably tardy.
And the reliability of the person who
Is always on time is a thing of JOY
forever
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-01-20
Easily Satisfied.

from PuCk, Special
La, now, Mis- Doolittle. don't Won
go TO mite O trouble on my account 81
said Mrs. Betsey Baxter when she ar
rived Unexpectedly for dinner at the
home of Mrs. DOrcas Doolittle. .'You
Know that I'm a person for whom YOU
can just lay down an extra plate an
set before me anything you happen
10 nave In the house. If you Just fry
chicken same as you would for your
own folks. and make up a pan O. your
tea biscuits that no one can beat. an
open glass O your red currant jelly.
an have dish o. your ounce pre-
serves. an some O the pound cake
you allus have in your cake jar-vou
DO that. an have some pipin' hot APP
pie fritters with hot maple syrup to
go with 'em. an some o. your good
coffee, an any vegetables you happen
TO nave In the house, like sweet DO
tatoes the way you make 'em nightly
but la. Just have anything else Won
happen TO have. I'm one that expects
an is willin' to eat what's set before
me. an ask no questions ner fault
found when | go visitin'. So don't
you put yourself out a mite for me
II YOU have what I've mentioned an
anything else YOU want to have. III
be satisfied. | amt one that cares
very much about what / eat. ANYHOW
AS the sayin' is, any old thing will
do for me-"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-01-20
EVERY BODY FOR
THE INSURGENTS
he-eieetlon of Beveridge. CIapp, and
Ia Toilette Is of National Moment.

Everybody's Magazine, as its renders
Know Is In no sense partisan pub
ncaton. But partisanship is not in
yOived in the insurgent movement
Representative government is at stake
For this controlling reason. Every
bodys does endorse. without dualifi-
cation, the noble stand taken bv the
insurgents OF the Senate and the
House. These men have risen above
party They have faithfully and con-
rageOusIy represented the people at
large in Congress.
The reelection of Beveridge. Clam
and La Toilette is of national mo-
ment. For these men not only rem
resent the people of their respective
States, they are Senators of the whole
people.
In the House, every insurgent who
Voteu against the Cannon rule shou1d
De Royalty and enthusiastically SIM
ported, together with every follower
OF Champ Clark, who stuck nv his
party. Retribution should be meted
OUT to the Democrats who turned
traitor
ana before the primaries-or AT
BEAST before the Congressional election
every candidate should be compeIed
TO give pledge that he will vote
against Cannon for Speaker. and vote
Tor change in the rules which will
take away the Speakers power TO
appoint committees. substituting there
FOR the naming of committees bv n hi
partisan committee Of the whole
House; thus terminating that un-
American officials domination of the
Committee on Rules.
Oct that pledge from your Congress
man. Get a pledge that will bind his
action, not alone in the party caucus
but, far more important. on the floor
OF the House.
Better get the pledge in writing
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-01-20

when the battle is over. The hattie
Is about over for the beautiful passen-
ger pigeon. I'm 1913 IL came down the
hudson river In such numbers thar
the then owner OF Ciaremont. near tho
place where Grants tomb now is. shot
from lis roof 100 I'm q morning. Twan-
weight years later "A pigeon nesting"
near Petoskey. Mich. occupied an
area twenty-eight miles long. avoroo-
ing Tour miles wide. That season tac-
cotding TO freighting records) 600 20
VOO'OOO passenger pigeons were do
StrOyed in Michigan. when roOstirp
Oy guns, bludgcOns. and pots OF sui
phur. Railroads had been laid. and
markets were ready The birds sold
In New York for cent apiece.
Nobody has noticed a passenger
pigeon, and proved it, since 1900 The
only attested living specimens for
years past were i'm captivity. a few
were In the Cincinnati zoo, a few in
Milwaukee; others had been bred from
a single pair owned by Prof. c. o.
whitman, of Chicago University. Six
years ago Prof. Whitman refused fur-
ther TO interbreed. All that were
known were presently dead. eXcen.
one male In Cincinnati and one fe-
male in the Whitman aviarv. The
lone female was sent TO the discon-
soiate male Of the tremendous flocks
which once flew over the United States
only those two birds are left
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-01-20
JAMES GORDON
IN The SENATE
New Senator a Picturesque Repre-
sentative of the Bayou State.

We cherish the hope that Col. James
Gordon, whom Gov. +. f. Noel has
appointed Senator from Mississippi.
VIII prove 10 be picturesque char
acter as we'll as a useful, if epheme-
real, representative of the Bayou State
when he arrives in Washington. He
really does not know how long he
Will be senator, for the Legislature
OF Mississippi. which is TO elect a sue
cesSor 10 the late Anselm J. McI>aurin.
Will meet on the very day that Con-
gress reassembles, January 4. Col.
Gordon may be a Senator "a hours.
or less or more. or not at all. for
Senator McEnery, of Louisiana. be-
lieves that Col. Gordon is disqualified
to take the oath by the precedents in
the Corbett and Quay cases. So the
colonel may present himself at the
door of the Senate only TO have it
shut in his face.
Pontotoc, from which Col. Gordon
halls, is one of the back counties of
mississippi, up in the northeast cor
ner and not far frome the Tennessee
and Alabama lines AS the crow flies
1T is 200 miles from Natchez, $50 miles
from Vicksburg. and rs miles from the
capital, jackson. The bear still roams
the canebrakes of Pontotoc; the Cho-
wappa rises there and the Chookan-
tonchl, and among its towns are Toe
copoia, Buckhorn, Mudcreek, and TROY.
PontOtoc is filled with ante-beIIum
memories, and Col. Gordon was 2S
when the war broke out. THEREOF
was 1t at OkolOna in the adjoining
county?-he organized, and at his
own expense armed and equipped. the
Chickasav Rangers of JEFF Davis I,e-
g1on, and at their head went forth TO
war. Later he modified the Second
Mississippi Cavalry, drew his saher.
and rode to reinforce Forrest. Col.
Gordon also served under Stuart, Van
Dorm. Jackson, and Armstrong. A
planter, he heard the "tocsin" AWAY
back In Pontotoc, and if he did not
prove himself a thunderbolt OF war.
like Nathan BEDFORD Forrest, he burn
ed with zeal for the cause and made
a dashing cavalry colonel.
Col Gordon will be interesting as
a new senator, If admitted. for these
reasons: He dates back long. long be-
fore the Civil War. and has always
been one of the first citizens of Pom
totoc; Jackson knew him as a legis-
lator before Sumter fell; he drew on
MS fortune to arm and equip his neigh
bors for the field and the conflict
swept away the rest of his compe-
tence; he has remained a poor man
back in Pontotoc. but always first citi-
zen, looked up to and esteemed. proud
of his civic and military record: when
he presents himself in the Senate to
take the oath he will be entirely new
TO Congress and Congress will be new
and strange to him; full OF memories
OF two generations and two or three
epochs, he should have stories to tell
never heard in Washington before:
he will not come to set the Potomac
on fire, for he says, During my brief
stay in Washington may not be abe
to do much good to the State. but |
shall certainly not do any harm"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-01-20
THERE ARE DOGS
And Then DOGS
women Inevitably Rob Them of All
Estimable Qualities.

No less than 1000 dogs were enter
ed for recent one-day show i'm the
East, and they were nearly all of tho
pet" variety and owned by ladies'.
Every wholesome minded man loves
dog and is sorry when conditions
compel him to hate it. Women Seem
to have an almost unique mower IN
rob dogs of their estimabIe qualities
and to reduce them to the condition of
loathsome parasites. At this particu-
lar show the dogs themselves are said
to have attracted far less attention
than the degrading circumstances with
which they were surrounded. For ex-
ample, there was one dog that arrived
with companion case containing tho
various articles supposed to be neces-
sary TO the lOathsome little beasts
comfort. These articles were as fol-
lows:
Small spirit stove, for taking the
chill of the dogs food.
Bottles of sterilized milk and fill
tered water.
Scent spray.
6ottIe OF meat extract for beef tea.
WA breast of
chlcken and pieces of prime beef
lvory-bacSed brush and comb.
Feeding spoon.
Colored ribbons
The so-called dog arrived i'm a mo-
tor car and repOsed upon a silk COW
cred pillow in a silk-lined box, with
an elderdown quilt for a coverlet. His
mistress sat by his side all day. feed
ing, spraying, and talking with bar
detestabIe pet Another lady was
heard addressing her dog as follows
NOW dearie, you have had your nice.
warm milk; try and go to sleep. Don't
De lonely, little one. Mother is going
away, but only for two little minutes. >
II is evidently necessary to revise
ana enlarge our vocabulary. We have
10 give the name of dogs to those
pampered little Quadrupeds who have
been robbed of every doglike and toll
cradle quality, and we must also give
tie name of woman to the brainless
and inhuman bipeds who own them.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-01-20
Jaw and SuperjaW.

MIR. G. Bernard Shaw is quick 10
recognize a disciple whenever he finds
him. Accordingly. when a city magis-
trate upbraided, or was alleged to have
upbraided, one of the striking shirt
waist makers for not being at work.
saying TO her. You are on strike
against God and nature. whose prime
law is that man shall earn his bread
In the sweat of his brow. You are
on strike against God" il was iDevita-
bic that the heart of G.. Bernard Shaw
should leap and that his tongue shOuld
quickly follow after. A sentiment so
purely Shawian is net expressed by a
city magistrate every day in the wear.
Naturally Mir. Shaw could not let ~
pass. Such discipleship deserved en-
couragement Jaw and spoken. and
superJuw must recognize. According
ly this cablegram:
Delightful. medieval America-aI-
ways in the intimate personal conf
dence of the Almighty.
BERNARD SHAW"
From teacher to pupil. from master
to prentice hand-it was such a mes
sage of approval and delight as only
the heart uttereth. No envy there. no
jealousy; only pellucid pleasure that
the pattern-the pattern of the super
1aw-had been followed SO faithfully
But let the city magistrate beware
III he keeps imposing he may find him
self in imminent danger OF utterly sub
versive appropriation. The master may
begin 10 crib-the pupil.-N Y Press
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-01-20
The Search for the OceuIt-

l suppose you neglected none OF
the usual precautions at the seance %
On, no. We tied the medium to
the chair with a stout clothesline i'm
Two places. Her neck was encfrcled
oy skate strap and her ankles were
pound together with knotted shoelaces
after this we safeguarded her fingers
win no. 90 cotton thread, linked her
wrIsts with elastic garter webbing and
ooun9 her knees with seven yards of
tested trout line"
How about her toes?"
We fastened them togetba- v,t.t
strip of guaranteed plaster"
1t must have taken Won some tina -
es- 1t took us altogether an bour
ana forty-three minutes"
.. ana were the results satisfactory -
extremely so. One end of the
table was lifted nearly two incbesi"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-01-20
BIG DECREASE
OF BIRD LIFE
Entire Species EXtinguiShed by Pot
Hunters in One Generation.

In times of record >He chief birds
absolutely to drop fro. ruman sight
are the dodO 16SD. great aux OS4N.
Nestor Productus parrot Used. and
F%Ilas cormorant recently These
can only be reconstructed from skins
and bones and old scriptions. New
orkeIs remember WuCn the Labrador
duck was common i'm the markets
sailors easily shot aud brought il TO
port by thousands Now ONLY three
are preserved in all the world. Walter
Rotschild. OF England. has two of
them-one obtained from Gordon
Plummer. of BrOokline. Mass. who
bought ii in Fulton market. New York.
In 1860; the other from William Dutch
er, of New York, by whom it was re-
ceived from the widow of a man
named Thompson, who shot it in the
ST. Lawrence river in 1852. Nine
years afterward one was killed on
Grand Manan, and four years later
the last to be known was shot by
}. q. Bell. who sold its skin to the
Smithsonian Institution at Washing
ton.
You see how carefully the roll is
called and identit1cations are made