WHERE THE BLAME LAY.
He Wanted to Get to the Front a
Little Too Quick for His
Ov/n Good.
Sternly the judge recorded the prisoner
before him. lie beheld a man of tender,
unripe years, whose face was fair to look
upon, bearing as it did every known mark
of honesty. Appearances gave no reas»pn
for committing the crime, and yet the jury
had decided, on first ballot, that the pris
oner was guilty. In fact, tlie plea for the
defense was very weak, says the New York
Times.
"It seems incredible," said the judge,
"that a man with your connections should
have stooped so law as to become * com
mon forger. Surely some one else must
have been the cause of your downfall. A
woman?"
"There was some one," replied the pris
oner, "but that some one was not a wo
man. It is yourself, your honor."
"1?" ejaculated the judge, amazedly.
"Just so. A short time ago 1 was n mem
ber of the graduating class in my college.
You were one of the speakers at the fare
well sc-sion. You may remember your
words: 'The world lies ahead of you. But
you must push your winy ste;%lily. 1 want
each one of you to forge to the front: 1
want to soon see each occupying a promi
nent position >n the eves ot your families
jmd of the world.' " The prisoner paused
and smiled. "J forged quicker than the
others. I've gained a place before the
public. And now, what next?"
"Three years," laconically said the judge
"Next case!"
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"Sir!" exclaimed the injured party
"you stuck your umbrella into my eye.'
"O, no," replied the cheerful offender
"you are mistaken."
"Mistaken?" demanded the irate man
"You idiot, 1 know when my eye is hurt
I guess."
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I boiTowoa this one from a friend to
day."—Stray Stories.
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Stranger (to hotel proprietor)—Hav«
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1 suppose 1 might make a place for a man
of fine address like you. Have you ever
hud any experience in waiting?
"Well, 1 should say so. 1 waited 13
years to marry a girl, and last week she
married another fellow."—Stray Stones.
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Singsong—Does Graspit go by the goldec
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Hifbang—-Well, not exactly.
"How's that?"
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Great minds must be ready not only to
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Col ton.
Politeness oft makes liars of honest men.
—Chicago Daily News.
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SION OFTHE H3H.
Woman Suffrage and H^oman
By HON. ALVA ADAMS,
Ex-Governor of Colorado.
■ In Colorado the statue of Justice that crowns
city hall, courthouse and capitol is not a lie. l'or the
capitol in Washington and in 41 states of the union the
figure of St. Paul would be more fitting than that of
After ten years of experience equal suffrage in
Colorado needs neither apology nor defense. No harm
has come to either woman, man or the state. Justice
Woman has not conquered iniquity in Colorado,
nor has it conquered her. Suffrage is not a revolu
tion ; it is but a step and not the end of the journey.
The ballot has not changed her nature. She still recognizes that raising
bread and babies is a part of the Divine command, but these duties are
not the whole of life. She uses the ballot to protect her property, her
home, her children. It has broadened, not impaired, the woman. They
have made no effort to upset the universe. They are cleaning one room
at a time, not trying to right the wrongs of a hundred years in a day.
Women may not have suffered, but there is a moral uplift, an inspira
tion, in the recognition of her equality. To the free the world is different;
the sky is clearer, the air more exhilarating. She is a partner in the gov
ernment; her home is a full and equal partnership affair, not a corpora
tion where the man holds all the stock and does all the voting. She is
a part of things, an individual and independent. This is everything. Our
homes are the "Home, Sweet Home" of other days, with the added inter
est and inspiration that a free, self-respecting, equal womanhood can
give.
Women have not mired in the pool of politics. They are purifying
it. They have raised the atmosphere of the polls without lowering them
selves at the polls. Women are as free from insult as in the vestibule
of a church. Genuine respect and deference for woman is a western
trait. Now and then a woman may take a man's view of politics and use
a ballot corruptly, but for every corrupt woman in politics you can find
100 men equally foolish, and with more power for wrong doing. Last
year one poor, deluded woman was caught repeating, and among the
antis there was more rejoicing over the one that went astray than over
the ninety and nine that were true.
The professional politician says that the woman vote is uncertain.
No greater tribute could be paid. In its uncertainty the gangster can
read his doom. In three or four of the largest cities women have made
but little headway against the intrenched machine. The failure here is
due to the so-called respectable Christian men who will not ally them
selves with the women to form an invincible army of civic righteousness
The women are ready, but the men are chained to partisanship.
It is human nature to question success, but it never doubts failure.
The only battle cry of the mob is to "crucify him." Ugly charges are
remembered and repeated. Praise and words of honor are forgotten
Few kind words are printed regarding equal suffrage, but sarcasm ar.d
falsehood are given wide circulation. Two years ago 25 Colorado min
isters of all denominations replied to the question of equal suffrage re
sults. One said it worked badly, three said it worked fairly well, twenty
one said it worked well.
It was a tourist reporter who stated that Colorado women used
charity and philanthropy as a political lever; that the highest and sweet
est sentiments of the human heart were used by women as trading coin
with which to purchase votes. What a shameless libel 011 her sex! One
wonders with whom she associated when there. Certainly no true
woman ever gave utterance to such revolting sentiments, for they are
not true. If uttered at all, the words but expressed the individual dis
torted and deformed methods and ideals of one woman and in no way
represented the 100,000 self-respecting, honest women voters of Colo
rado any more than John L. Sullivan represents the culture and rcfin»
ment of his native citv of Boston.
Keep Off
By JESSIE MILLWARD,
Leading Woman of the Century Players.
ON'T ! That's my advice to the stagestruck girl,
a The stage is overloaded to-day by second and third
I J I rate material, but good, efficient women in both clerical
and domestic positions are in demand. And I assure you
it is far more honorable to be a first-class bookkeeper or
stenographer than to be a second-rate actress. Your pride
will suffer less, your feelings will be better guarded, and
&& d js§! >' our "pecuniary return far more sure and at least as great.
And as for the public, well, from being a public charge
■ I - 011 become a public benefactor.
0 V ] Of course there have been women who have made
tri'MiiiVniirtaJ splendid successes, women like Mme. Bernhardt, Miss
Terry and Mme. Rejane, but these are not ordinary
women. Here you have women with Heaven-sen* missions, women who
have the Divine gift, women who, had they disregarded this gift, would
have committed a crime. But these are not your young girl who thinks
to become a star in a day, who, without training and innate ability, often
without common intelligence, lias an idea that she wants togo 011 the
stage. Such women as Bernhardt, Miss Terry, and Rejane have bought
the right to their positions by years of the hardest sort of work in train
ing schools of practical experience. One and all they have had to work
years upon years and suffer years upon years in order to know the tech
nique as well as the meaning of their craft. For acting is like any other
art; like sculpture, like painting, like music even—you must learn the
technique.
The ordinary young woman has an altogether perverted idea of the
stage. I receive dozens of letters from young girls asking mv advice.
Most of these girls are in good circumstances and are not forced bv
necessity to earn a livelihood. There is a glitter and glamour to the
stage which quite bewilders them. They see the successful actress and
they hear the applause, and tiieir modicum of intellgence goes 110 further.
They do not realize the years of work which went to make that success.
Here is an example which, while it may strike you as somewhat over
drawn, is absolutely true. It shows what 1 call the kitchen idea of the
stage.
The other day a maid came here with a message from a friend who
lives up-town. She was a new maid, and perhaps rather raw. While I
was writing a reply she went to the mantel and looked over the photo
graphs. Suddenly she blurted out: "Are you an actress?" I some
times have been called so, 1 answered. "Well, do you know," she said,
"I've always wanted togo 011 the stage, and now that I've seen you I
think 1 will"—and there you are. That girl's ideas, ludicrous as they
seem, are 110 more absurd than those of dozens of others who should havt
oiore intelligence. ..ai.. *•
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS THURSDAY, APRIL 2<S 1904.
A HOMEMADE STONE BOAT.
It Dumps Its Own X>oad and Can Bo
Used for the Heaviest Kind
of Work.
Make the boat in two separate parts, a
; right arid a left half. Each half haa a
double floor, one level, the other in
; clined to the middle of the boat. The
lower floor must be at least two inches
thick, the upper may be slightly lighter.
The latter is supported at its higher
side by a cleat on the lower floor.
Hinge the two halves together by
A
■ '• DETAILS OF IIINQE.
means of heavy iron straps bent forward
at the hinge, as shown in Fig. 2. The
axis of the hinge is wrench-shaped at
i the top and is fitted with a flat iron
| rod, shown at a in both drawings, bent
; at right angles and so fitted that it may
j be turned up or down. Fasten the chain
at the sides of the boat.
At the rear, instead of heavy wooden
pieces, bolt the boards of the floor to
gether by means of flat iron rods pro-
THE BOAT COMPLETE,
vided with a hook and ring for hold
ing the two halves together. When
ready to dump, unhook the rear, throw
a down so as to catch in the ground, and
when the team pulls up, the sides will
be drawn apart, and the load will re
main on the ground. Very heavy stones
may be loaded on behind, to avoid the
rather high edges. Orange Jud.i
Farmer.
SOME ROAD-MAKING HINTS.
While National Agitation Is Going On
Some Practical Work Might
Well Be Done at Home.
The air Is full of talk about good
roads. It is "good roads, good roads,"
everywhere you go. But isn't it about
time something practical was coming to
pass? All talk with no results amounts
to nothing, so let us get down to the
root of the matter. How are we really
to have good roads? Well, I have seen
many plans tested, but this is the beet of
all: Make good, deep ditches on each
side of th» road to carry off all water. |
In digging the ditches, throw all dirt I
into the road and add enough from oth- [
er : ...srees to elevate the roadbed to a
good height above the ditches. The
roadbed should be 18 feet wide and !
should be highest in the center and
sloping slightly each way eo as to drain
nil water into the ditches. Cut down
the hill and fill up the hollows. As a
railroad company had rather pull a train
four miles over a level road than a half
mile up a steep grade so it is a vast deal
better to observe this rule for wagon
roads. And now to make the roads per- '<
maaently good gravel them good. Bet- j
ter macadamize them if at all practical.
But at least gravel, and that with thor- :
oughly good gravel. If parts need til
ing be sure to tile them and do this
properly. Let every hour's work be j
well done. There is vastly more truth
than poetry in the old adage that "what
is worth doing at all is worth doir.g '
well." Fill up all small ruts when they j
first appear. It is much easier done then !
than when a foot deep. Besides, it might i
save a wagon or a buggy wheel from !
being broken or a horse from being j
crippled. It might even save a human
being's limb or even his life.—T. 13. !
Richey, In Epltomist.
Dust Spray or Liquid Spray.
The contest is still on between the j
dust spray and the liquid spray. In j
Illinois and other states to the east 1
and north the dust spray has made .
little advance, but has obtained a
good share of the attention of the I
crchardists in Missouri and west. The !
men that stick to the liquid spray say '
that with the liquid it is possible to
get a uniform spraying material, but
that there is no possible way of pet- j
ting the poisonous substances equally |
distributed through du. t. Y>'e will j
have to wait a little and see how this '
problem is to be settled l>y the dust
sprayers. The men in favor of the
dust spray say that they can tale ad- :
vantage of the dew on the trees iti '
tho morning, and this saves the haul- j
Ing of a great amount of water over 1
the ground, especially after rains, when j
the ground is too soft to be driven on.
—Farmers' nc-iew.
Milk is best warmed by placing tfc«
c&a in warm water.
"ness and pain, says Miss Alma Pratt, if
I they will only have faith in the use of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound*
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how much Lydia E. Pinkham's wonderful Vegetable Compound has
done for me. I was completely run down, unable to attend school, and
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and have gained seven pounds of flesh in three months.
" I recommend it to all young women who suffer from female weak
ness."—Miss ALMA. PRATT, Holly, Mich.
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.Tudglnß- from the letters she Is receiving from so many yount? girls Mrs.
Pinkham believes that our girls are often pushed altogether too near the
limit of their endurance nowadays in our public schools and seminaries.
Nothing is allowed to interfere "with studies, the girl must be pushed to
the front and graduated with honor; often physical collapse follows, and it
takes years to recover the lost vitality,— often it is never recovered.
A Young Chicago Girl Saved from Despair.
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112 ' 17 E. 22d St., Chicago 111."
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Exhausted the Font.
Sir Samuel Sims saw sweet Sara Samp
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Striding slowly, Sara sighed softly. Sir
Samuel seemed speechless.
"Say something. Sir Samuel." said Sara.
"Say Sam. Sara," said Sir Samuel.
Sara, smiling shyly, softly said "Sam."
"Sara —Sally!" stammered Sir Samuel.
"Sweet Sara —sweetheart!"
Sara solemnly surrendered.
Pleace <t<.p ttiie. We are elicit of eccec.
(Printer). —N. Y. News.
New Caste.
Two men were discussing the social sta
tion of a l'iid who huil married an Ameri
can girl.
ou say his social position has im
proved since he married her If"
"Yes, indeed. Formerly lie was only a
nobleman, but now he belongs to our heir
esstocracy."— Washington Star.
"Good Afternoon" to Corpse.
One's risibilities are sometimes stirred
even at a funeral. Tho otbfx day in
Brooklyn, after the pastor had sam his
word and turned over the services to the
undertaker, he was surprised to hear that
worthy announce from alongside the
casket: "Now the friends will please step
forward and say: 'Hood afternoon' to the
corpse."—Homilctic Review.
Not Committing Himself.
A man who is noted for the reluctance
with wiiieli he declares definite and posi
tive judgments was talking to some friends
in hie niiiee.
A Hock ot sheep, newiy sheared, passed
by.
"Those sheep have just been sheared,"
observed one of the visitors.
Tho non-committal proprietor of the of
fice gazed out the window while his guests
waited. Finally after the last sheep had
pussed, IK' sail!:
"It looks like it, on this side."—
Youth's (_'on.]>.'.nioii.
Private 'Johnron's Mount.
In a certain yeomr.nry regiment there
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to iiia'-L- him-elf look as big as the rest,
had a very tall horse. It was well known
that Private Johnson could not mount un
fcssiste.l, so there was great amusement
when one day they heard tha order:
"Private Johnson,dismount!"
Priv; te Johnson gave no sign.
Again the order was given with a like
result.
A third time the captain gave the or
der: "Private Johnson, dismount," but
tiie little private could keep patience no
longer, and fairly roared out:
'"Don't be a i'ool, captain; you Know
I can't tct on &£ain."— Londyu Tit-Bits.
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