American vs. English Colleges By HON. JOSEPH H. CHOATE, United States Ambassador to Great Britain. American colleges are now numbered by the hundreds, bringing the higher education home to the people, and higher education in England must fTvjjjra be adapted to the startling and violent change in the national life, and the colleges and universities, it they would hold their own, must greatly increase >p{ their numbers, change their methods and assume n '* w c ' oser relations with the people whom they a '* as P' ro to {^ u^e » instruct and lead, 112 1 In America the colleges and universities are not all on the same model, but afford a wide choice of course of study to suit the varied necessities of a greatly diversified community. Each state in the union has by the use of public funds and lands created a state university, and it has been the laudable ambition of several of their multi-millionaires to create universities by the generous appli cation of portions of their vast fortunes. But the most signal advance in university extension yet made in America, nay, the latest in date, was the creation of the Carnegie Institute of Research at Washington, with an endowment of $10,000,000, to be devoted absolutely to original research. Whoever believes that there is no more truth to be found, no new laws of nature to be discovered, might as well join the ranks of those deluded ones who believe that the end of the world is at hand. So long as idlers rule the world that institute will occupy a foremost place among institutions of learning and bring lasting fame to its gen erous founder. It is not too much to say that education has been the chief indus try of America and each state owes to each of its children of both sexes an education at the public expense up to the point at which they may be able to sustain themselves in the struggle of life. Without this it is deemed that their institutions, resting as they do on uni versal suffrage, cannot be safe or enduring. On these broad and deep foundations their centers for teaching rest. Out of it they have grown and with it they form an entire and coordinated system on which a government depending wholly on the sum of public opinion of all its citizens may safely abide. If England wants her universities to fill the full measure of their usefulness in the grand action of the world of to-day could not some system be evolved on a broader scale than that which prevailed in all the universities before this tremendous expansion of modern life? Could they not attain the desired object of a liberal education without binding them all down to that system of training which once sufficed for candidates for the oloer professions, for public service, and for cultivated life of the leisured class ? Could not a scheme be de vised which would enable every man who entered that university to get the most out of himself, to begin to prepare for that life occupa tion for which he was best fitted and to serve the community by the best service of the faculties with which he was by nature endowed? These questions had for answer the adoption in the United States cf the second form of university extension—the broadening and ex pansion of the courses of instruction by the introduction of the open door for the human mind into the university curriculum. One of the greatest services which their lecturers could render was to guide them in the choice of the books. In their selected course by substantially the same means the two countries were pursuing the same end of pop ularizing the higher education, of bringing it home to the people and securing its benefits to everyone and not only to those whom fortune or circumstance favored. The SocietyiVoman By CLARA BLOODGOOD. formerly a New York Society Woman, Now Playing the Title Role in "A Girl With the Green Eye»." QCIAL experience counts for nothing in making one's m I way as an actress. I That may sound strange, but it is logical. I jj know there is a great vogue to-day for society plays I and managers talk of engaging casts made up of so ciety women exclusively to interpret them. That is Vv&O. * only a managerial device. There is no logic in the contention that because a woman is an adept at a ball she will appear at case in a ballroom scene behind the footlights. The only advantage to a "smart" woman is that from familiarity she may more readily learn how to do certain things. On the other hand, her experience may cause her great difficulties. A society woman has been trained to repress her feelings. On the stage she must give expression to them. The atmosphere of a society play —so-called—is created mainlv by the author's lines and incidentally by the stage management. In telligence is of more avail than all the social experience in the world. A well-trained actress, an intelligent actress, though she may never have seen the inside of a drawing-room, will do just the right thing and give the correct impression. It was done with exceeding clever ness before society women began flocking to the footlights. Acting is a craft, and one can't hope to become an artisan until one has served an apprenticeship. 1 have been asked for advice by many women who look to the stage as an easy means to obtain a liveli hood. I have warned them that unless they were willing to work hard to rely on perseverance and energy to win advancement they had bet ter keep out of it. Education an By REV. DR. MONTAGUE GEER, Vicar of St. Paul's Church, New York. a country like this, with a mixed population, it is not ijgfl jf A the right and not the duty nor the policy of the state to Fj I educate. The state is too big and unwieldy an organiza carry on this kind of ethical and spiritual warfare is as absurd as to intrust to the church the duty of managing a military campaign against a foreign foe. The state, for its own protection, is to see that the children are educa'ed, and only to take action where it is necessary to do so. by providing the simplest, most elementary kind of an education for those children who would otherwise be neglected. In this way an open field and 110 favor would be given to every religious body to provide proper education for its own children or take the consequences of its neglect of duty. Private schools, large and small, differing widely in dogmatic teaching, but identical in ethics and patriotism, would again spring up and multiply all over the land, and education would again be on a proper and safe basis. The -children, or most of them, would be Chris'ir.nized as well as Ameri canized. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1903. WILL OPPOSE IT. People of Allegheny* I'll. , Will llpilil Any Attempt to Place tiledty I nder Quarantine. Pittsburg, Oct. 20. —The residents of Allegheny are up in arms against the reported intention of Dr. W. I!. P.att, quarantine officer of the slate board of health, to place Allegheny under a general quarantine to prevent the. spread of smallpox. There has been friction for some time between tho Allegheny board of health and Dr. Batt as to the methods pursued in stamping out contagious diseases and it was announced yesterday from Philadelphia that Dr. llatt was en route to Allegheny to establish a gen eral quarantine unless his ideas were put into force by the Allegheny board of health. The officials and many prominent residents of Allegheny are incensed at the stand alleged to have been l aken by Dr. Batt and claim to have the sanitary condition of their city well in hand and vigorously resent any interference by the state authori ties. Major James A. McLaughlin, stiperi intendent of the Allegheny health bureau, said last night: "We do not need any outside help. We have money and men, and, what is more, we have no epidemic of smallpox. This morning, according to the reports from my doctors, there are :;i cases of the disease in the city limits. Eleven of these are in the pest house and the other 20 are scattered, under guard, through the various wards. Of the 21) no less than 11 are on the verge of dismissal from quarantine. They have been con valescent for days and are about ready to be discharged. As far as the state quarantine goes we will resist it." iluarnntlne was Uriel. Pittsburg, Oct. 31.—The mild type of quarantine established early Friday by Dr. W. IJ. Batt, quarantine officer at large of the state board of health, in Allegheny, was abandoned late Friday afternoon, the stale ami local authorities having arrived at an amicable understanding. It is under stood that both sides receded sume wliat from their hitherto uncomprom ising stand and as a result of harmon ious efforts the dreaded smallpox is expected to be stamped out witliin a fort night. NEEDED THE CASH. Woman Accused ol an Attempt to Hi* tort Money (.Ives a liood Kxcuse. Columbus, 0., Oct. 20—Deputy United States Marshal Bauer yesterday re ceived from the district attorney at Cincinnati a warrant for the arrest of Mrs. Samuel Boswell, of this city, on the charge of using the mails to defraud, but she was too ill to be taken into custody. It is alleged in the affidavit that Mrs. Boswell sent through the mails a letter to Z. L. White, a leading mer chant of Columbus, demanding that he pay her S3OO or "certain facts" would be exposed. It is alleged that the woman sent a similar letter to Senator Hauna de manding SSOO. The name Anna Klynn was signed ! ill both instances. The identity of the sender was ascertained through a decoy letter. When confronted by the postoflice inspector, it is alleged that Mrs. Boswell admitted having I sent the letters, saying she knew ! nothing derogatory to the persons to j whom they had been addressed, and that her act was inspired solely by a desire to obtain money. Columbus, 0., Oct. 31.—T00 ill to arise from the bed where she has lain i several days, suffering from nervous I prostration. Mrs. Samuel Boswell, charged with using the mails to de j fraud in an alleged attempt, to black mail I. White, a prominent mer | chant, last evening waived examina tion and was held to the United : States grand jury in SSOO bonds, which J was promptly furnished. Tented Ilie "Electric Mule." Schenectady, X. Y., Oct. 20.—A test of a new electric system of canal tow ing, commonly known as the "electric mule" was made on the Erie canal here yesterday in the presence of Gov. Odell and a number of officials of the ! state public works department on the ! tow path of the canal. Four boats J each loaded with 250 tons of sand were used for the test. One, two, ] three and four boats were drawn ■ against the current. The electric motor took the four boats for the dis tance at a speed of five miles an hour. The average speed with horses or mules is one and a half miles an hour j and about two miles an hour with steaiu. Ordered n tioneral Strike. New York, Oct. 30.—-The threat of a | national strike by the International \ Structural and Bridge Iron Workers to force recognition of Local Xo. 2 by the Iron League and Employers' Asso ciation culminated Thursday at a , meeting of the international and local committee of the association in a re j solution being passed ordering a ! strike all over the country, togo into effect Saturday in all cities where I members of the Iron League have ! contracts. President Buchanan was i in favor of exhausting all efforts to bring about a settlement. but the Parks element thought this too slow and carried the majority with tlieiu. OUllield Iflakrui Npw It crorri*. Denver. Col., Oct. 30. —Barney Old- I field at Overland Park yesterday j broke three world's records for auto i mobiles. For five miles the old ree j ord was 4:54, made yesterday in 4:45; | ten miles in 9:38, former record 9:45, and 15 miles in 14:24 V-- former record J 14:33. Both old and new records are held by Ohlfield. To Aid Midway Inlander*. Washington, Oct. 29.—Acting Secre { tary of the Xnvy Darling has cabled I orders to Honolulu for the cruiser j Iroquois to take on a supply of pro i visions and proceed at once to Mid j way Island in the North Pacific ocean ! for the purpose of affording relief to j the force of 2(1 men employed at the I cable station there. This action was 1 based on information that the steam er recently sent to Midway Island t with provisions for the few inhabi tants there had been wrecked and that (lie food supply was running low and would soon be exhausted. Midway Island is 1,200 miles from Honolulu. WANTED THEIR MONEY. A I'alKe Humor flunked Ituiix on the Suvlng* Department* of Three St. l.uiil* llunU» Depositor*' llrmuiidi Were All Mel. St. bonis, Oct. 2S.—»From shortly be fore 1 o'clock Tuesday until the clos ing hour, :i o'clock, runs were made on the savings departments of three banks of St. Louis, and at the same time more than the ordinary amount of withdrawals by savings depositor were noticeable in the other banking institutions. The run, so far as it can be traced, was started by a disquiet ing rumor from the outside that seemed to strike St. Louis shortly af ter lie ,n. to the effect that the sav liw .institutions here were unsound %ii a rush the corridors of the Lin -oln Trust Co.. the Mercantile Trusf Co. and the Mississippi Valley Trusf Co. were filled with men and women, all eager to withdraw their money. The scene in any one bank was du plicated in the other two. A line of people with bank books in their hands and faces eagerly scanning the little barred widows of the bank teller* stretched out into the street, and in termingled were policemen and bank ollicials counselling calmness and giv ing assurances of solvency. It is stated that the rumor thai started the run came from Chicago and was to the effect that two di rectors of the Mississippi Valley Trust Co. had recently endeavored t« negotiate a loan of $2,000,000 in thai city and had been refused. As soon as the runs started all other business was laid aside anij every facility was afforded for thu prompt payment of deposits. Tliq clause which gives the bank the priv ilege of withholding payment until (sii days after notification was waived and amounts were paid rapidly, re gardless of their size. There was n<l disorder manifested at any of the. institutions and in many eases de positors who hail hurried to withdraw amounts departed without theit money, after having conversed a few moments with the officials and bee i made confident that the bank would continue to do business. Presidents of the different nationn, banks assembled during the after noon and issued a statement in whicH they announced that the banks of St Louis are all perfectly solvent am! amply able to liquidate all demands NOT GUILTY. A Itrlclilayer l« Itcleascd from Prison Alter Serving !I6 Vcart. Berlin, Oct. 2S. —A bricklayer name 4 Burmeister, who has served 20 yean in the penitentiary, though innocen) of the crime for which he was sen. teneed, has just been released uiulei singular circumstances. In 1877 Bur meister and his father undertook te commit a burglary at the house of « farmer at Damsdrof, Schles wlg-Hol stein, and Burmeister's father in s< doing shot and killed the farmer am! his wife. At the trial the son confessed thai he fired the fatal shots. Both me| were sentenced to death, but a peti tion to the emperor secured a eliangi in the sentence, to imprisonment. fo| life. The father died in prison ij ISO 6 and the son recently gave sucj a circumstantial narrative of his par; in the affair that the authorities well convinced that he was not guilty. A < hurch Merger Scheme. Grand Rapids. Mich., Oct. 20. —Thi general conference of the Wesleyai Methodist church of America took ac tion yesterday looking toward tin merging of that church with the Fre< Methodist church. A committee waj appointed to confer with a similai committee from the Free Methodist church and to report at the nexi meeting. The matter was brought before the conference by a delegate from the Free Methodist church. Tin conference adopted a resolution which requests all voting members ol tne church to vote the ticket of the prohibition party. Three .lien Killed. Niagara Falls, X. Y., Oct. 25. —Three men were killed and three injured in an accident at the Canadian Niagara Power Co.'s plant, at Niagara Falls (Int., yesterday. Two of the dead and the injured are Italian laborers. The other dead man was George Hillcr. of this city. The men were being low ered into the pit when the bucket was overturned bv striking a ledge precipitating the entire party to th< bottom of the shaft, a distance ol 150 feet. The injured men probablj will recover. (Jot oil the Wrong Truck. New York, Oct. 28.—Three mer were instantly killed on the tracks ol the New York, Xsw Haven & Hart ford railroad last 'veiling, by a loca! train. The men were returning froir a fishing trip and their lines anc other paraphernalia were afterwards found scattered along the line. Thej were walking in a labyrinth of tracks and, seeing one train approaching they jumped on what they thought was a safe track, but instead got ot the one to which the train switches as it came through the yards. Order* a 4 utile till until tine. Santa Fe, X. M., Oct. 20.—Gov Otero has issued a proclamation es tablishing a quarantine against cattle brought from Colorado, Texas, Okla honia and Mexico on account of tin alleged existence of splenic fever mange and other diseases in those states. Tokciiiio tva« Only Celebrating. Mexico City, Oct. 20. —Gen. M»na has received a message from Presi dent Diaz saying that the reported attack on his life is untrue. He says Toseano was drunk and took a sensa tional way of celebrating. Hurrett I'rolcAtM. Washington, Oct. 2*. —Harrison J Barrett, whose disbarment from prac tice before the postoflice department for alleged wrongful acts disclosed bj the general postal investigation wa> announced last week, has written i letter to the postmaster general ii: which he expresses surprise in view of the fact that he has been furnish ed no specification of charges anc has been given no hearing. The lettel says he (Barrett) invited a searchins investigation of all his acts ami wai assured a hearing and an opportunity I to meet, any accusations against hiia IT WOULDN'T COME OFF. lie Had n Fare Tliut In<l «*! 11 hi y Im preNNfd All Who Ciot u Ciliiu|»Ne of It. A. Duluth attorney recently went east to visit his old home, and the first Sunday ho was there he attended church, relates the Duluth News-Tribune. After service he visited the Sunday school and saw many familiar faces among the pupils, although .cy had all grown considerably during tne years he had been away. At the request of the superintendent tho visitor addressed the school, and in open ing he asked if there were any present who remembered him —who had ever seen him before. The hand of a little fellow in the front row immediately went up "I do—l do!" be said. A satisfied smile crept over the face of the visitor. lie was glad that the chil dien remembered him. "Xow, where was it you saw me be fore''" he asked the boy who had raised liis hand. "You wan the clown : n the circus last summer!" replied the youth, enthusias tically. "I'd never forget your face." Prlil* of Ills I'trforinnncf, In a downtown church, as the story f[oes, there was introduced a new hymn ast Sunday, and, after the disposal of the services, the organ blower found his way to the player's bench anil asked in a meek voice: "How did the music for that new hymn go this evening?" "Oh, very well, very well, indeed," re plied the organist; "but why do you ask?" "Well," said the blower, "I'll tell you the truth.l was a bit nervous and a bit worried about it, for, you see," he went on explaining "I never blowed for that hymn before. —Philadelphia Press. Couldn't Mae It. A trifling technicality was the basis of the argument, and, after deciding upon a referee, each man stated has contention, re lates the Chicago Post. "1 don't see tue difference," said the ref eree. "You don't!" cried the argumentative ones. "No, I don't." "Well, now, soe here." And each one Tery carefully stated his position again. "Now do you »ee it?" they a»ked. "No." "Well, you are dull." But, nevertheless, each one went over the ground again. "How about it now?" tney asked. "1 still fail to see it,"was the reply. "Do you ever expect to see it?" one of them asked, sarcastically. "Not unlt-ss you put it in writing," he re plied. "It's all a matter of words, and one can't see the spoken word." Thereupon they stopped the argument long enough to throw the referee over the top ot a building. To Core a Cold In One Day. Take Laxative Uromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c. Mere family never made a man great. Thought and deed, not pedigree, are the passports to enduring fame.—Skobeloff. The Chicago & North-Western is the only double track railway between Chicago and the Missouri River. Difficulties are meant to rouse, not dis courage.—Channing. Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of as a cough cure. —J. W. O'Brien, 322 Third Ave., N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 0, 1900. A conceited woman is seldom jealous.— Chicago Daily News. The Overland Limited, solid train Chi cago to the Coast daily. Chicago, Union Pacific & North-Western Line. Taking too much liberty may deprive a man oi his liberty.—Chicago Daily News. Putnam Fadeless Dyes color Silk, Wool and Cotton at one boiling. Set a beggar on horseback and h« will ride a gallop.—Button. lie AV«» Willing, Mme. Nordiea, the operatic vocalist, who has just been awarded the Bavarian gold medal—an honor bestowed only on those who stand in the front rank of ar tistic life—is an American by birth, though most of her great professional tri umphs have been scoren in Europe. Though very fond of her native land, she has been compelled to pass much of her time abroad. The great prima donna is gifted with a strong sense of humor and she is fond of telling the story of an ad venture which befell her at a concert in Texas. Forgetting her overshoes, she asked a cowboy to fetch them for her. As he brought her first one and then the other the charming singer regretted that he should have so much trouble, but her apologies received the pretty repply: "Don't name it, ma'am; I wish you were a centipede!"— Chicago Chronicle. Why Slie Couldn't Com^. "We're going to have such a jolly time." said the girl in blue. "A dinner first, you know, and then a theater party. Of cour&«, you'll come." "I should like to above all things," re turned the girl in gray, •"but 1 tear it i»u't possible." "Isn't possible? Why not?" "I'm not allowed to eat much of anything just now, and I fear siuch a dinner would be too great a temptation," explained the girl in gray, sadly. "Dieting?" queried the girl in blue. "Doc tor's orders?" "No; lawyers." "Lawyer's!" "Yes. You see, my breach of promise case comes to trial pretty soon, and I'm training down to show the ravages of blightedi affec tion.—Chicago Post. Not So Eftwlly Fooled. "Fine, wasn't it?" exclaimed Oitimnn, after the trombone soloist, had finished his star performance. "That was really clever, eh?" "Oh, shucks!" replied Citiman's coun try cousin. "He didn't fool me a little bit That's one o' thorn trick horns. He didn't really swaller it."—-Philadelphia I'flU. A VOICE FROM THE PULPIT. Rev. Jacob D. Van Doren, of 67 Sixth __g| Street, Fond du Lac, «H| Wis., Presbyterian clergyman, saj's : "I had attacks of Kidney L-"v disorders which kept ,ne * n *' ,e house for ' "prvSßMii days at a time, unable T jsiaßffl 1 to do anything. What I suffered can liardly "... ... be told. Complications set in, the particulars of which I will be '\ pleased to give in a personal interview to any one who requires , information. I began —J taking Doa l's Kidney Pills and I cau conscientiously say that they caused a general improvement in my health. Tliey brought great relief by lessening the pain and correcting tho action of the kidney secretions." Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all dealers. Price, 50 cents. FOSTER MI LBURN CO., Buffalo, N. Y. Slip Wan rnrbjr. "Yesterday was » mighty lucky day fat Mis* I'rettygirl." •Why?" "I proposed to her and she accepted irie." "Yes, people are usually considered luckj) when they have got a noft thing."—llou«- tali l'ost. The Mellrltle Caao Again. St. John, Kan., Oct. 26. —Mr. and Mr* William Mcßride and Jesue L. Limea, M. !)., have gone before Mr. George E. Moore, Notary Public, and have awora and subscribed to written statements con tirming the story of the awful illness and subsequent cure of the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Mcßride. Dr. Limes is particularly emphatic in his statement, and there does not now seem to be any room for doubt as to the fact that Dodii't Kidney Pills, and noth ing else, saved the little boy. lie was so bad that he had Epileptic spells which seized him with increasing frequency. He was semi-paralyzed in the right side, and his mind was badly af fected. In Their sworn statement, Mr. and Mrs. McHride say: "The very day we began to use Dodd'a Kidney Pills our boy had twenty-seven of these Epileptic spelts or tits. In less thaa a week he ceased having them ent'rely." The case has caused a great sensation in the neighborhood. The sworn state ments have confirmed the whole story. Naggsby—"Aren't those baggagemen de structive cusses?" Waggsby— 'I should say so. They treat a trunk as if it were » promise and they were the sultan of Tur key."—Baltimore American. California, the llenntlfnl. Now's your chance—cheap rates to Califordnia! $30.00 from St. Louis. $25.00 from Kansas City. Tickets on sale daily until November 30th. Personally con ducted_ excursions on"The Katy " Flyer" from St. Louis on Tuesdays of each we"k. Tourist car through to San Francisco. Aak for tour book and information. George Morton, G. P. & T. A., M., K. & T.~Ry., Suite J, The Wainwright, St. Louis, Mo. Nothing gives such a blow to friendship as the detecting another in an untruth. It strikes at the root of our confidence eve* after.—Hazlitt. Atlanta, Ga., escaped the sur geon's knife, by using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM : I wish to express my gratitude for the restored health and happiness Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound has brought into my life. "I had suffered for three years with terrible pains at the time of menstrua tion, and did not know what the trouble was until the doctor pronounced it in flammation of the ovaries, and proposed an operation. " I felt so weak and sick that I felt sure that I could not survive the ordeal, and so I told him that I would not un dergo it. The following week I read an advertisement in the paper of your Vegetable Compound in such an emer gency, and so I decided to try it. Great was my joy to find that I actually im proved after taking two bottles, so I kept taking it for ten weeks, and at the end of that time I was cured. I had gained eighteen pounds and was in excellent health, and am now. " You surely deserve great success, and you have my very best wishes." Miss AI.ICE BAILEY, 50 North Boule vard, Atlanta, Ga. — ssooo forfeit If original of above letter proving genuineness cannot be pro duced. All siek women would be wis© if tliey would take Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound and be well. jfbg Rlp Tir i E THE NEXT MORNING I FEEL BRIGHT AND NEW AND MV COMPLEXION IS BETTER. Bfy doctor says it acts gently on the stomach, liver and kidneys and is a pleasant laxative. Tins drink is made from herns, ana is prepared for use as easily as tea. It is called •'Lane's Tea" or LANE'S FAMILY MEDICINE All drug-jii»tßorl>y mail2s cts. and 50cts. Buy it to day. LSIIO'H Family .Medicine moves the bowels enrh day. In order to he healthy this-S ooceso&ry. Address, Box 2*Jo, La Roy, N. Y. t TRAD U-MARK. ••Sequel to the Fencing Copyright, 1903. by Chicago ART CATJEINTDAR Hour graceful poses from life; figuresten inches high, reproduced in colors. Highest example of lithographic art. "TJJJS only WAY" to own one of these beautiful calendars is to send twenty-five cents with name of publication in which you read this advertisement, to GEO. J. CHARLTON, Gen'L Passenger Agent, Chicago & Alton Railway, CHICAGO, 111. The best railway line between CHICAGO, ST. LOUIS. KANSAS CITY and PFORIA. Take the "Alton" to the St. Louis World's Fair, 1904. 3
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