THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE SATURD AT MORNING, APRIL 13, 1895,
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Fd .of Interest
To Womeo Readers.
"H, I VI...
v,'5yinposksm of Information, Partly, Grave,
; Partly .Gossipy; and Partly Gay.
Th end ot the Century MaldP The end of I
the.Cenrury Maid! .'.' ' '
She'rf tall and she's slim, alio belongs to
' 'aynr." ''' r ,"
'And she learning: o box, I'm afraid.
rhe end of the Century Mutd! The peoplo
ot nothlngelse prate: .
Jlow ahe reuds and 8 ho talk, how she
rides and she walks. :
Dft In bloomers, I'm sorry to state. '
The end of the Century Maldf The gush
., of the. weird V Woman's Page,"
TJae twaiidlu.of "teas,".'; tulks on chalk
t andon, cheese, .. . ; i . . .
Her Importance In art, on the stage.
IThe end of the Century Maid! She has
. put all the men In the shade,
. Till sometimes, 1 fear, we wish we could
... hear . . , . r
IThe end of the Century Muldt --Fuck.
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llere are several faots. about women
Which sun diligent- dry-iis-dust- hits
compiled for the. newspapers: Go-eat
Britain hns $.700,000 women. . Belgium
has '1,840,000 women - above 15. Roum
anla, hus.I,2C0,(i(H) women "over 1,8. Switz
erland hits 6K0.000 womeivabove 18. Nor
way has 460,000 women -more than 16:
Italy has 6.8500,000 women of marriage
able age. New York has 27 female bar
kers. Spain has 4,1,30,000 women over
the age of 16. All the good Human Em
pefOrs 'had very, bad wives. Sweden
has 1,170.000 women over 18 years of ago.
Or.eece has 4!0,000 women over 20 years
ufage. One New England factory em
ploys 12.000' women. There are 8,780,000
grown women In France. Austria has
9,680,000 women above the age of IS.
The little kingdom of Do.nmark has 4'J.O,
0. women. The United States has 30.
654,370 female, population. Portugal has
1,OSO,000 women more than 17 years old.
In Great Britain there. are 1.017 women
to: 1.000 men.' In North America there
are 970 women to 1,000 men. The Ger
man Kmpire has 10,930,000 women over
the "age of 16. Women are naturally
more prone to Insanity thun are men.
Holland, though small in size, has 1,070.
000 women, young und old. There are
said to be over a hundred female pulpit
orators In this country. No' woman
has aver written an epic poem that be
came known to. the world. The average
weight of 1.000 women In Paris is 110
pounds; in Russia, 122. In France the
eexes are almost exactly balanced,
there being 1,004 women to 1.000 men,
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ifcARNED TO COOK:
We used to have old-fashioned things, like
hominy and greens.
,VVe used to have just common soup, made
out of pork and beans;
Cut now it's bouillon, consomme, and
things, made from a book.
And 1'ot au Feu and Julienne, since my
daughter's learned to cook,. J
Ve used to. have a piece of beef Just or
;. dlnary meat.
Arid pickled pigs' feet, spdrerlbs, too, and
i . Other things to eat; .
"While now It's llllet and ragout, and leg
of mutton braised,
And macaroni au gratin, and Bheep's head
' Hulliuidalsed: '.
Escallops a la Versailles a la'thls and a la
that.
And sweetbread a la Dieppotse If s entfugh
st. -to. kill a eaH-r -v - '
But while I suffer deeply, I Invariably
-' look
As If I were delighted 'cause my.daugh
. ter's learned to cook.
We have a lot of salad things, with dress-
; . -ing mayonnaise,.
Id place of oysters. Blue. Points fricas
seed a dozen ways.
And orange Holey Poley, float, and peach
meringue, alas,
Enough to wreck a stomach that is made
of plated brass!
The good old things have passed away, In
sllenr, sad retreat;
We've lots ot hlghfalutln things,. but noth-
Ing much to eat.
And while I never say a word, and always
pleasant lcok,
You bet I've had dyspepsia since my
daughter's learned to cook.
Good Housekeeping.
It Is only among- people ., of . modern
civilization that the supremacy of wo
man is regarded as . novelty. In
Iiorae undervthe empire there was a
singular Institution where a tribunal
of women was established to decide
questions regarding luxury and eti
quette. The Emperor Ilellogabalus
consulted this assembly frequently.
They -decided questions of precedence,
the number and state of females at
court, upon the style of carriage the
emperor should ride In, whether sedan
chairs should be ornamented with sil-
( ver or Ivory, and contested the rights
oC man. with an Intelligence -worthy of
the present time. It was a veritable
senate of fashion, was approved of by
wiser men than Hellogabalus, and, was
re-established and maintained by his
successors. ' There occurred in the reign
of Henjy VIII. ia. curious case, of a wo-
rfnan who acted as a Judge. She was
Xa0y Anne?. Berkeley, of Gloucester
Shire, who appealed to the king to pun
ish a party of rioters who had entered
; her park, killed her deer and burned
her hayracks. His majesty granted her
a special commission to try the offend-
ers andi being armed with this author
ity, she appeared' In court, heard the
charge, and, on a verdict of guilty, pro
Ytounced the. sentence. In several Vil
lages of, Finland the woman has au
thorlty, for a religious sect exists" here
-whose1 disciples are forced, when about
to marry to take, a vow .to submit to the
woman for their governing head, whose
duty it is to see that the men behave
themselves, and fp ptihlsh'jtHem if they
transgress. Similar are the purlflcants
of 'Liberia, who' also recognize the su
premacy of women.
MODERJf EDUCATION!
We teach' the children Danish,
. .Trigonometry and Spanish: '
.Fill their heads with old-time notions1,
,And the secret s of the oceans.
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And the cuneiform inscriptions
From the land of the Egyptians;
Learn the date of every battle,
, Know the habit's of the cattle,
Know the data of every crowning',
Read the poetry of Browning.
';, Make'thera Bhow a preference
For each musty branch of science;
' Tell the acreagoof Sweden, ,
And the serpent's wiles. In Eden;
And the other things we teach 'em
Make a, mountain so Immense
That we have not a moment loft
To teach them Common Sense. .
London Truth,
r:rr. " .."aw.?.-
Men more often than women nliuipa
into jisilpatlon and crime, to ,Scane
immrirouuw,'iiui mere is one woman
Identified rlth the most notorious band
. .of putlawnin .the-west who says' vague
Jy tItts1jefuia,1iaaf;rifQube'' ahjj're
,liortea lt0. h,;pi'esenf.lne ln hopes that
the exoltement woultrermble her to for.
Bat the nast-i .SHe Is known as "Doll'
nd he" declines to give- any. further
Information as to her name. She Is 22
years old, well educated and appears
to have come of a good family. She ac
companies the Cook band of outlaws
wherever it goes, and is Idolized by its
members. Her title is "Queen of the
Outlaws," and she does all she can to
maintain her high reputation. She is
a perfectly sure shot with either her
rifle or six-shooter, Is cool and collected
In time of. danger, fond of adventure,
and even more daring and reckless
than male members of the band. Her
wearing apparel Is of silk and the finest
of other materials, but made In com
mon sense style, so as not to Interfere
with physical movements. She carries
a six-shooter and a large knife, and Is
prepared to use both to the best ad
vantage In case of an emergency, rides
a horse man fashion and goes with the
gang everywhere, often leading In their
acts of deviltry.
WOMAN OF FORTY SUMMERS:
Full of outline und fair of face.
Swinging her fan with languid grncej
White arms gleaming through folih) of
luce
A woman of forty summers, :
No thread of white In the auburn hair,
No line of ago In the forehead fulr,
A life unmurrcd by touch of care,
In spite ot her forty summers.
A husband-lover and children sweet,
Pleasure to charm nnd friends to greet.
Hoses scattered before her feet,
Through each of her forty summers.
Summers all, for no winters bold -
Have snatched her sunshine and made her
cold:
Have killed her roses nnd left her old;
Nothing she knows bnt summers.
Nothing she knows of latent cloud,
Of freezing air and tempest loud.
Of snows that weave for Hope a shroud;.
Her life has been only summers.
So calm she sits In the summer air,
No sorrows to fret, no cross to bear,
A summer idyl, a vision fair.
This woman of forty summers.
Yet cold and blast but make lis strong,
After the snow the robin's song;
To tho fullest life by right belong "
The winters as well as summers.
And they whom fame shall carve In stone
The women whom men would. fain en
throne,
The women whom God has stamped his
own,
Live winters as well as summers.
( Jenness Miller Monthly.
'
In all ages, the bachelor has been de
servedly held in contempt. The wise
Plato condemned the Blngle man. to a
fine, and In Sparta they were; driven at
stated times to the temple of Hercules
by the women, who there drilled and
castigated them in true military style.
The ancient Romans, too, were severe
with their bachelors, who were made
to pay heavy, fines; and, worse than
that, for, after the siege of Veil, Camil
lus Is recorded to have compelled them
to marry the widows of the .soldiers
who had fallen in the war. Again, in
the time of Augustus, the married men.
au, Other, things, being equal, were pre
ferred to the single men for the public
offices. Then the Roman who had
three children -was exempted from per
sonal taxes and the bachelors not only
haa to pay them but were prevented
from inheriting the property of anyone
not a Roman citizen. Coming to more
recent times, we have several instances
of a like kind recorded for us by a re
cent writer on the subject. In the
French settlement of Canada, for ex
ample, women were sent over after the
men, and the single men, that they
might be forced to marry, were. sub-
Jected to heavy taxation and to restrla
tlons on their trade and movements
generally. Those who married were
dealt with on the other hand in a gen
erous spirit. Not only were they pro
vlded with a good wife and a comfort
able home, but they were rewarded ac
cording to the number of their off
spring. The father of ten children, for
instance, was pensioned for life at tho
rate of 200 llvres a year. If he had
twelve children he had 100 llvres a year
more, and the amount ran up to 1,200
llvres a year when fifteen children
bltjssed the union. About the close of
the seventeenth century , the local au
thorities of Eastham, In Massachusetts
voted that every unmarried man In the
township' should kill six blackbirds or
three crows yearly as long as ho re
mained single, producing the scalps In
proof; and, as a penalty 0r not obeying
the order, he was forbidden to marry
until he had made up nil arrears. The
requirements here are almost nominal
but It was somewhat different in Mary
land, where half ft century later the
colonial assembly imposed a tax of 5
shillings yearly upon all bachelors over
30 as .veil as upon widows without
chldren who were possessed of $300.
In England, In the days of William III
any commoner who remained single at
25 had to pay a shilling fine yearly, and
the amount increased with rank and
title. A duke was supposed to be
special offender In not taking a wife,
and had to pay. for his whim to the ex
tent of 12 10s per annum,
AUERBACH'S BABY:
You haf not seen him? Ach, meln herr,
Resser you lose you zwanzlff year,
Your life oud aber miss das dear,
Das kleine kind, my baby. . (
. ''''
Vhen vltsles blow by cfenlng time
Und I fon vork come kvlck iu helm,
Eef you could see him creep to climb
My knees oup dot schmall baby!
His Angers aur mine eye ha stdlcks,
He rumps mine hairund crows und kicks.
Und plays a. hundred funny urtcks
Like dot, my lcodle baby.
On kaltes night bout dhrec o'clock .
Ho dries to vakn oudt half rilmr block,
Und I must vnlk und valk und valk
M It dot schmaal rascal baby., .
I sing him auf dot Julnby '
Undlll my dhroad vns cracking dhry,
Und coax him dot he clone his eye
Und go to sleep, my baby,
Dhen roundt my neck he makes his arm,
So schubby, dimpled, soft und varm
O, may dhere neffer come some harm
To dot schmall, leedle baby!'
Charles, Eugene Banks.
SELECTED . RECIPES:
Chicken Jelly Put half a raw chicken In
a coarse 'cloth and pound with a mullet
bones and meoit together; then put It Into
a covered vessel with enough water to
cover It well; let It all simmer slowly un
til the liquor Is reduced about- ono-holf
and the meat falls to pices when stirred
Strain and press through a collander, and
afterwards through a roarne -cloth ; salt
and season to taste, then put It again on
the Are to- simmer about Ave minutes
longer; after it is oold skim It.
Rosy' Potatoes Choose even-sized pota
toes and boll them, putting them In cgld
water with a little salt, for ten minutes,,
drain, then put them in the boiling fat
which surrounds the mutton In the oven,
lieeD baltlns briskly, and In half an -hour
or so they will be dons and-quite mealy.
Turn several times with a knife to bake
eaeh side in turn, pour off all fat, dish the
meat with potatoes round It. Keep warm
while, the gravy Is made as follows: Alter
straining fat oft dredge a little flour Into
the dripping tin, add a few drops l'urlslan
essence, smooth with tho back of a spoon,
adding a little salt anil pepper II lIKeU.
Roll up In 'the oven, and strain over tho
Joint or into a tureen. The partial boil
ing renders the potatoes quite meaiy, anu
does away with hardnesB. This is a genu
Ine Yorkshire recipe.
Chlcken'en Casserole Cut up the chick.
en In neat Joints, lay them In a ttreproof
casserole nan. with a llttlo nutter or
dripping, and a sliced onion, cover tho pun
and fry its contonts over tno nre tin just,
brown, then add about half a pint of stock,
a tomato or a couple of mushrooms, sea
son to taste, and Blmmer gently in tho
oven or over the Are for un hour. Serve In
the casserole. Any bird can be treated In
this wny, and will be found easy or diges
tion. It Is also an excellent method of
ooklng stenk or veul.
Broiled Cad Ash Select a piece and soak
thick part of -the cod.' Wash It .well, nnd
soak over night Iti soM water. Put It In
the Bplder with cold wuter to cover ut lenst
nil Inch deep, lining slowly to the boiling
point, und simmer' for un hour or until It
Is tender. Serve with u border of sllcod
hnrd-bolled eggs, utid with it little drawn
butter for a sauce, linked new potatoes
are an excellent accompaniment.
Holed CodllshSeect a. piece and 'soak
over night us given above.- -Wipe It dry
and broil It over clear coulB..for ten min
utes, l'laee.lt on a hot dish, score or gush
it lightly with a very sharp knife, und
spread it generously With butter. Miik'-s
a- nice relish for supper If pluced to souk
at noon.
Codfish Crouettc Tuke equal parts 'c-f
codllsh (squeezed from cold wuter In
which it has soaked live minutes ufter be
ing picked Into bits) nnd fceshly-mushcd
potutoes; season -with pepper, and roll
Into shupes between sllghtly-Houred
hunds; dip Into beaten egg, und roll In tine
cracker crumbs; set uslde a' few hours to
become Arm, und fry In deep, hot fat,
Serve with a liberal garnish of parsley for
a supper dish. May be conveniently ma le
at noon, or the night before If wanted for
brenkfust,
Austrian Biscuits Five eggs, one-half
pound sugar, one-half pound Hour. Heat
the eggs wtth the powdered BUgur for nr
tcen minutes, then udd the Hour, und beat
the mixture , again till It is light and
smooth; put .the btauter into a biscuit-
forcer, nnd squeeze broad at the ends, nnd
nnrrow In tho middle, on to sheets of but
tered puper, dredge sugar over, and bake
In a quick oven from eight to ten mm
utes. .,
Veal Curry Cut up about two pounds of
lean veal Into small pieces. Cut a large
onion and one large sour apple Into slices,
put them Into a saucepun with a heaping
tablesnoonful of butter, and stir them
about till lightly browned; then stir in a
good tablespoonful of curry powder and a
tublespoonfur of flour. Add a pint or
water and the veal, season with salt, stir
around two or three times to mix thor
oughly and cook gently an hour and a half.
or until the veal Is perfectly tender. Adil
the Juice of half a lemon and stir it
round very gently. Turn the curry on a
hot dish and serve with a border of rice.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS:
I'urify Jars from grease by soaking In
strong soda water.
' Wash an oilcloth with a flannel and
warm water, wiping dry, and rubbing a lit
tle skim milk over.
To make a cement -that Is useful for al
most any purpose , about a house, use
alum, plaster of parls-and water. It should
ba a. little thicker than cream and used
as soon as made up, as it hardens rap
idly. When a stain gots on the fresh dinner
cloth the easiest way to remove It is im
mediately after dinner ttrsllp a bowl di
rectly under the spot, thus raising the
cloth from the table, and then pour boil
ing water over the stain. Let the cloth re
main stretched over the bowl until the
wot portion dries.
Lime water ought to be kept in the house
regularly as soon as hot weather comes.
Used In tho milk for little children It fur
nishes a necessary element to the growth
of the bones and teeth. It prevents the
milk curdling, and, If used In the propor
tion or a teaspoonrul or lime water to a
tumberful of milk It adds a sweeter flavor.
'More complexions have been ruined by
hard water than by late hours nnd crowd
ed rooms,'' said an English doctor In a
course of lectures on domestic and per
sonal hygiene. Wrinkles, If superficial,
may be removed by a gentle massage.
Lasting lines, it should be remembered,
are made by. scowling and other frequent
grlmaceB.
For soiled carets at the time of spring
cleaning salt is a wonderful restorer of
faded color; the coarsest kind is the best,
and should be spread without stint. Let it
lie on the carpet for a few hours, then
brush It off with a. hard broom; the result
Is most satisfactory. A pinch of salt
dropped In tho receiver of a lamp where
kerosene Is burnell gives the light a won
derful brilliancy. ' '
When the coal oil light burns dimly you
may be sure the burner Is out of order.
You should be very careful in trimming a
lamp not to dent the burner In any wuy,
because the slightest deflection will make
a difference In the light. To clean the
burner put It in an old tin with strong am
monia or snl soda water and boll It for an
hour. Then scrub nnd brighten it up and
It will be us good as new.
A good Aoor stain Is composed of a mix
ture of unboiled or crude linseed oil and
turpentine half and half,' with a pint of
Japan dryer to each gallon, to keep the
Aoor from stickiness.. Add for cherry, a
Binall quantity of burnt sienna, a little at
a time, trying at each addition so as to bo
certain the stain Is not too deep.. For a
yellowish red stain add to the sienna a
trifle of yellow ochre, or raw umber, only
a. little, remembering that color may be
easily deepened, but not bo easily reduced.
To keep the Anger nails clean the nail
brush and soap and Water should be used
once or oftcner dally as circumstances de
mand. - Once a day at least on wiping the
hands tho ccarf skin should be gently loos
ened and preascd back In a neat oval form,
by which soreness about the roots can be
avoided. The skin should never be cut,
torn, picked,, or pared off as Is the general
custom; and the less It. Is meddled with
otherwise than the way mentioned, tho
better. The ends or points of the nails
bhuuld be tiled at least once a week.
After you have been frying doughnuts
or fritters' or anything of thnt kind,
sharve off a few slices of potatoes when you
are done with the grease and drop them in
the sizzling fat; let them cook an lnstunt,
and then set on the back of the stove to
cool very slowly. In the course of half an
hour remove to a plnce to cool more rap
Idly, and Just before It getB beyond the
pouring stttge strain through a cloth Into
a clean Jur. You will And that the lard Is
nearly us sweet us ever, being only a lit
tle darker, which docs not hurt It for fry
ing cakes, in again.
ABOUT NOTED WOMEN: '
Queen Victoria has sixty pianos at her
various residences.
The Invention of the typewriter has giv
en employment to. half a million women.
More than 100 callings, professions and
occupations are open to women of the
present day.
It Is stutod by nn authority on. .educa
tion that h!ne,-tenths of the world's teuch
ers are Women. ' ' ,
In Blum tlie" flt-fft Wtfo'. may be divorced,
but cuniiiit lie' sold.' The'dther wiVea.may
not only be divorced, but sold in open mar
k"t. .'.,. " '''-:;., ;" '
' Mrs. Mary A. Llvefmore was the only
woman importer assigned to the ft'cpiib-
llcati national convention which nomlna.
ted Abraham Lincoln. ' (. '
In the forthcoming Austrian north pole
expedition undertaken by the artist and
explorer Julias Payer a Woman has volun
teered and has been accepted as one of the
crew, She will travel Incognito until the
pole Is reached, ,
In Albania the men wear petticoats and
the women weur trousers. The women do
all the work and their husbands attend to
the standing, around, ...
Miss Alta Rockefeller, an heiress to the
tune of millions, Is an expert typewriter.
She learned to use the machine In order to
do confidential work for her father.
Female bootblacks are ' increasing In
number in Purls. They dress neatly, and
are coaxlngly polite when they utter tho
French equivalent for "Bhlne, sir?" -
Over 40,000 women are attending the va
rious colleges in America, yet It has only
been twenty-Ave years since the first col
lege'ln the land was opened to women.
A Turcoman belle still goes through tho
form of marriage by capture. Mounted
on a horse she is chased by her lover, and
the marriage dependa on his overtaking
her. .
In Oormnny, Russia, Austria, Spain, Por
tugal, Sweden, Norwuy, Denmark, Hol
land, Relglum, Switzerland, Chile, Venezu
ela and Columbia the number of women Is
greater thun that of the mule population. '
Queen Victoria's newest miild of honor,
MIhs Mnjendle, atlructed her mujesty's
favor by her sweet face and voice in a
church choir where the queen happened to
be present, and tho lutter Invited her to
All the coveted place,
It appears from the tables of the statis
ticians that cither the "new woman," with
her aversion to matrimony, or polygnmy
was inevltublu. In England und Wales
alone thero are over 2uu.inju more unmar
ried women thun unmurrled men.
Thut was a good rebuke which an En
glish bachelor is accredited with giving bis
sister, who wrote, usklug him to look up
u governess for her daughters, enumera
ting the list of tuleiits und virtues she
would require, on a salury of $W0 n yeur:
"I'll look out for one, certainly," he wrote
In reply, "but If 1 And a lady all that you
describe I shall marry her, If she will have
me." . .
Queen- Victoria never mnkes purchases
In a shop,' but bus everything brought to
hir. There was much gqsslp In St. Peters
burg some, time ago over the new czar's
unprecedented net of going Into a store
with his wife to buy gloves. The Austrian
empress seldom goes Into a store In VI
ena, but Is very fond of shopping when
she can do so without being recognized on
her travels.
Bishop Potter's daughters were all edu
cated with a. view to doing at least one
thing well. One girl became an expert
pianist, another is nn artist, and a third
has trained herself to the duties of sec--
retnry. She not only answers her busy
fathers letters, but receives callers, an
swers nil questions, which pour In by tho
hundreds upon a man in his position, ar
ranges appointments ami fulfills all the
duties of an expert ofllce woman, relieving
her father from much care.
The Dowager Empress of China Is said
to be the greatest woman sovereign who
has ever reigned In the east. She was an
extremely beautiful girl, the daughter of a
poor home, situated In the suburbs of Can
ton. When the family was starving she,
knowing her commercial' value, persuaded
her parents, though against their wishes,
to sell her as a slave. She was purchased
by a renowned general, who, delighted
with her beauty, disposition and general
cleverness, adopted and educated her as
his daughter. When, Inter, the general
was summoned to Pekln, he could think ot
no Aner gift to offer his sovereign than his
uaugnter. The emperor round her so
charming that he made her his wife. When
her husband died, in 18til, this slave-em
press became regent, the present emperor
being only seven years old. She found
China crippled by debt and torti by Inter
nal rebellions, yet Ave yenrs ago, when she
handed over the-governing power to her
son, peace. and prosperity reigned through
out the vast empire,
THE M0XR0E DOCTRINE.
When and How It Was Enunciated and
What It Is-IIow It Affects tho Policy of
This Republic Today.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The "Monroe doctrine was promul
gated as a protest against foreign in
terference In' affairs concerning . the
western, hemisphere. The revolution
which freed the thirteen colonics from
English yoke inspired the same de
sire to be free among tfie Spanish
American colonies. The revolts were
successful and little republics arose
upon the ruins of broken Spanish
authority. The attempt on the part
of European powers to seize 'upon
the territory lost to Spain and divide
It up was met by President Monroe
In a bold document which was sent
to congress in his annual message of
Dec. 2, 1823. In thesn days when the
Monroe doctrine is upon every lip it is
well to read and re-read the patriotic
utterances of this patriot president,
There Is no better literature. Here it
Is In full:
It was stated at the commencement
of the lost session that a great effort
was tlHMi making In Spain and Porta
gal to Improve the condition of the
people of those countries, and that it
appeared to be conducted with extra
ordinary moderation. It need scarcely
be remarked that the result has been,
bo far, very different from what was
then anticipated. Of events In that
quurter of the globe with which we
have so much Intercourse, and from
which we derive our origin,' we have al
ways been anxious and Interested spec
tators. The citizens, of the . United
States cherish sentiments the most
friendly In favor -of the liberty and
happiness of their fellowmen on that
side of the Atlantic. In the wars of
the European powers, In matters re
lating to- themselves, we Imve never
taken any. part, nor does it comport
with our policy to do so. ..It In only
when rights are invaded or seriously
menaced thnt we resent Injuries or
make preparations for our defense.
A I'uty of Sclf-Pcfcnso.
With the movements in this hemi
sphere we are of necessity more ltn-
mediately connected, and by causes
which must be obvious-to all enlight
ened and impartial observers. The
political system of the allied . powers
Is essentially different In this respect
from that Of America.' This difference
proceeds'from that which exists In
their respective governments. And to
the defense of our own, 'which has been
achieved by the. loss of so much blood
and treasure, and matured by the- wis
dom of our most enlightened citizens
and under which we have enjoyed un
exampled felicity, this nation Is de
voted. We owe It, therefore, to candor and
to the amicable relations existing be
tween the United States nnd these
powers to declare that we should con
sider any attempt on their part to
extend their system to any portion of
this hemisphere as dangerous to our
pence and safety. . ,
With the existing colonies or depen
dencies of any European power we have
not Interfered and shall npt Interfere.
Hut with Hhe governments who have
declared their independence and main
tained It, and whose Independence we
have, on great 1 consideration' and on
Just principles acknowledged, we could
not view any Interposition for the pur
pose of oppressing them or controlling
In any other manner their destiny by
any European power In nny other light
than as the manifestation of' an un
friendly, disposition towards the United
States,. . --.',.',
In the war between these new govern
ments and Spain we declared our neu
trality at the time of their recognition,
and to this we have adhered, and shall
continue to adhere, provided no chanae
shall ocour-which, In the Judgment of
the competent authorities of this' gov
ernment shall make a -corresponding
change on the part of the United States
Indispensable to their security.
The late events In 8pan and Portugal
show that Europe is Still unsettled. Of
this Important fact no stronger proof
can be adduced than that the allied
powers should have thought it proper,
on a principle satisfactory to .them
selves, to have Interposed by force In
the Internal concerns .of Bpain. our
policy in regard to Europe, which was
adopted at an early stage of the wars
which have so long agitated that
quarter of the globe, nevertheless re
mains the same, which is not to inter
fere In the Internal concerns of any of
Its powers; to consider the government,
de facto, as the legitimate government
for us; to cultivate friendly relations
with it, and to preserve thoBe relations
by a frank. Arm and manly policy;
meeting. In all Instances, tne just
claims of every power, submitting to
Injuries from none.
Hands Off Our Continent.
Bill In regard to these continents,
circumstances are eminently and con
spicuously different. It is Impossible
that the allied powers should extend
their political system to any portion of
either continent without endangering
our peace and happiness; nor cun any
one believe that our southern breth
ren, If left to themselves, would adopt
It of their own accord. It is equally
Impossible, therefore, thut we should
behold such Interposition in any form
with Indifference,
This, then. Is the great American
doctrine which this nation has adhered
to throughout the succession of presi
dents until the time of Urover Cleve
land. Under the doctrine we acknowl
edge the right of every foreign nation
to settle Its own Internal affairs. Wo
do not Interfere with them, neither do
wo allow any Interference, with our
own concerns. We undertake to pre
vent all encroachments upon American
soil In either the northern or southern
continent. We do not dispute the right
of foreign nations to govern their re
maining colonies, but onco the yoke is
thrown off we become the sponsors for
the new governments.
FOOTBALL AND HEALTH.
Other Forms of Physical Training Deemed
of Greater uluo.
Some curious statistics, derived from
an American source, concerning the
merits and demerits of football as a
form of athletic training are given by
the lirltl.sh Medical Journal. Our con
temporary concludes that the figures
given to prove. that football develops a
physical condition superior to the aver
age do not really prove, that at all. If
the football player Is a finer man or boy
than his neighbor who does not play,
that is because football, . being essen
tially a rough game requiring strength
Instead of skill as its Indispensable con
dtlon, naturally attracts the stronger
boys and young men rather than those
whoso natural physical inferiority
would place them at a distinct disad
vantage. "Clearly," says the British Medical
Journal, "football has a selective In
fluence, and this natural selection, by
which the stronger youths are drawn
to take up the game to the exclusion of
the weaker ort, has a great deal to do
with manly forms seen on the field."
It appears, too, .that, so far as can ba
ascertained from statistics, boating
and systematized gymnasium drill,
particularly the former, are much su
perior to football as a means of bodily
training. The large and increasing
number of parents who forbid their
sons to play football at school will cer
tainly not be diminished by the publi
cation of these considerations.
HINTS FOR THE CYCLIST.
Uow to Keep Warm Whilo Riding
Wheel in Midwinter.
Those who enjoy the delights of rid
ing their wheels even In cold weather
may be glad of a few hints as to how to
keep warm. Of course, everyone knows
that a few miles' riding will have the
desired effect, but meanwhile the cy
clist sometimes suffers . unpleasantly
from chilliness. The best, way of get
tlngwarmqulckly Is not to start scorch
ing on the level; with dry roads and no
head wind the average cyclist's lungs
will give out (during the present cold
weather) before he gets heated. A good
stretch of uphill Is his opportunity; his
speed In this will not raise a keen
breeze, and the work he does when
keeping up a fairly smart pace will soon
send the blood flying to every extrem
lty. Another precaution that should
not be neglected Is the careful closing
up of all avenues by which cold can
enter. The 6leeves should be pinned
around the wrists, unless long gloves
are worn; the top of the stocking should
be pulled over the knee, Instead of be
ing rolled beneath It undr the knlcker,
as In summer; the neck of the rider's
underclothing should fit closely, back
and front, or else be made tn do so with
a couple of safety pins With these
precautions and some small extra wrap
carried on the, handle bar, heavy cloth
ing will not be found necessary much
to the cyclist's advantage.
1 Tho Son's fllg Tonnage.
The total tonnage passing through the
Sault Ste Mario canal during the season
wus valued ut $1 M.OUO.UtK). .
KA1N AND SHINE.
Can't have sunshine all the time
dot to como a rain;
The dry land, it gits thirsty.
An' the mountain an' the plain,
They cry out for a drop to drink,
An' nil the wlltln' flowers
Is glad to see the rain fall free.
An' freshen with tho showers. '
Can't have sunshine nil the time;
Glad fer rain to fall;
Fills the wells an' makes the dells
Look freBh.an' sparklln' all.
The raindrop makes the roseB grow,
An' If the rivers rise
They water nil the Innd, nn' co
Jest Blngln' 'neath the skies!
Cnn't have sunshine all the tlmo;
I like a rulny day; ,
Fer that's the time fer readln' books,
Or makln' fiddles piny.
To home, or to the grocery store,
I'm happy when It rains;
Fer they need It on the mountains,
An' It's welcome on the plalnsl
MODERN PAINTERS.
I gnzo with rapture and with awe
tin the eternal hills,
And lo, upon the rocks I read,
"Take Marker's llvor pills!"
I turn to where tho setting sun
Sinks grandly In the west.
His dying beams fall full upon
"Jenltfs Gladux are the best!"
Mark yonder frowning precipice, '
Adown Its dizzy steeps,
A mountain stream in foam and spray
A dazzling vision leaps.
Alack I the advertising Aend
Has climbed that giddy height,
And painted on tho topmost crag1
"Go buy your boots of Wright!"
Nestles in yonder lovely vale,
Amid its orchards green.
A farm housojWhlte, with bursting barns,
ill iruill u peueriui ni-viiu.- ,
A poet here might hope to dwell. .'.
Safe from the rude world's strife;
Tho blggeBt barn Is covered with
"Mortul, insure your life!" : '
( .
You meet him in the frigid lone, " '
On India's coral strand, t . " :
And where tho Sphinx, with eyes of stone,
Looks out o er Egypt 8 sand.
Alike In desert solitude .
And in the city's rush,
Where'er the foot of man has stood .
He Journeys with his bruBh.
. Harper's Magazine,
Gathered in the
World of Melody.
This . Is how the Chicago Herald
welcomes Walter Damroseh and his
season of Wagnerian opera: t
These are tho elemental days of music
In the new world, and Wagner in rea
sonable quantities Is an excellent stim
ulant at any time for those who are In
their salud days and And It difficult to es
cape the fascination of BtrauBS and Doni
zetti. The heathen may rage nnd the peo
ple Imuglne vain things, but the vigor, In
tensity, poetic Insight and overwhelming
dramatic power of Hlchard Wagner can
not full to stir tho Imagination and act as
a grateful tonic upon those enfeebled by
un excessive consumption of mimical con
fectionery. The mission of tho Buge of
Hayreuth was not to twang the guitar of
cheap sentiment, or turn songs for my
lady to applaud, ulthough, in the lunguuge
of Chaucer:
Ho coude songs make and wel endlte.
What could full more delightfully upon the
ear thun Walters' prize song in the "Mels-
terslnger," or thut matchless tribute to
the evening slur In "Tunnhuuser?"
Where Is thero more expressive poetry In
song than may he found In Lohengrin's
melting furewell, ".Meln Lleber Behwaii?"
Hut It was not the destiny of Hit-hard
Wagner to turn sweet phrases or match
tho beauty of many favored flowers with
tire rainbow radlunco of sentimental song.
It wus not tho berlbboned courtier re-
Iendent in orders xay who went out
from Lelpslc with the rhythms of a tune
ful troubadour In his heart, but a Btern
cavulicr, puritan In determination, a cru
sader In a new field. Hugged,. Inspired, re
sistless hu hewed his way despite ull dis
couragements toward that Mecca In
which he should find the realization of his
dreams In a perfect musical expression of
dramatic thought. And this is the glory
of Hlchard Wagner, In .the' fullness of
which he stands alone and unequaled.-
Turning aside from commonplace topics
and time-worn methods to delve among
tne impressive Sagas of the Northland
with their mystic significance and wierdly
inspiring psychologic thought, and calling
to his aid the pious fantasies of the
Holy Grail and tho ancient folk lore of
Germany, he created first of all new dra
matic poems, and then with matchless in
spiration gave them expression in the lan
guage of music. Thus under his deft
genius a new music-drama was con
tributed to the world, In which solemn
themes and expressive motives are given
out In sonorous chords that swell and rlso
to tho limits of high Olympus. Under his
transforming hand and musical genius
the story of Siegfried and the rude tales
from which we obtain Lohengrin and
Parsifal, Isolde and Elizabeth, became
epic poems covered with the grace
of musical forms such as tho world
had never known before. It is Bmull
wonder that this music, oversetting
all the old familiar forms, should
have been called "the music of tho
future" by Its derisive enemies, but In no
more than a dozen years since the death of
the master It has confounded prophecy
Dy Decoming the music or the present.
Not that it Is or ever will be the only
music. A catholic and cultivated taste
will And enjoymiiet In the best composi
tions from all the schools, and only nar
row prejudice will maintain that the music
of Wagner Is alone worthy of contempla
tion anu praise. In the universal lan
guage of music there Is room for more
than one form of expression, and liberal
tnought will bestow upon each Its own ap
propriate benediction.
At the' request of . Henry R. Elliot,
secretary and treasurer of the New
York Evangelist, and the general man
ager of the forthcoming "Church Music
Tour," Tallie Morgan has consented to
look after the matter in this part of the
nation. These tours of the evangelist
are world-known, and the musical tour
this year will be a notable event. The
party is limited to one hundred, and
will be a very select affair. They will
leave on the steamer Berlin on June
26 and return from Antwerp on July
27. The tour will include Salisbury,
Manchester, Leeds, York, Lincoln, Per-
ersboro, Ely, Cambridge, London, and
other cities in. England, and the lead
Ing cities of France, llelguim nnd Hoi
land. The party will be entertained
by some of the leading musicians of the
old world, and they will have the pleas
ure of hearing the loading composers
or the age playing their own composi
tions. The visits to the old cathedrals
and other historic points will make the
trip a most pleasng nnd valuable one
to all musicians. The total expense
will be only $300, and Mr. Morgan will
be glnd to send all Information to any
that are Interested. George H. Carter
has already been booked as one of the
party by the New York office. It Is to
be hoped thut this section will be well
represented.
.
The rehearsal of theSacred Music so
ciety will take place next Wednesday
evening Instead of Tuesday evening.
The Young Men's Christian Associa
tion Glee club, numbering about twenty
voices, will give a concert at Hallstead
next Tuesday evening.
Only a few years ago the special ob
servance of Easter Sunday wus con
fined entirely to the Catholic and Epis
copal churches, but now the Protestant
churches mnke this a day of great im
portance. It Is a day ot Joy and glad
ness, and the music nnd sermons arc In
conformity with the day. A fine pro
gramme of music has been prepared
for the First Presbyterian church, and
the choir of thirty voices has been very
carefully trained by the director, Tal
lie Morgan. In the evening, the service
will be almost entirely musical. Pro
fessor Carter has decided to give his
special musical programme next Sun
day, when people of other churches will
have an opportunity of being pres
ent. Henry Hrownlng will have charge
of the new chorus at the Penn Avenue
Baptist church, and Mr. Weedon will
be assisted nt the Second Presbyterian
church by a Miss Derr from New York.
Professor Conant will have a fine pro
gramme and splendid music will be
heard nt all the Catholic churches. In
the North End, Professor T. J. Davles
will give good music at the Presby
terian church, and the liaptlst church
will give "Hesurgam," a service pre
pared by D. II. It. Palmer. On the
West Side there will be special music
at nearly all the churches. ,
. C. B. Derman Is Instructing a vocal
class at the South Side Young Women's
Christian association with encouraging
success. The class will give a concert
In the near future under direction of
Mr. Derman and will be assisted by
some of the well-known Instrumental
performers of the city. ...
;'-,'
The following from the Philadelphia
hecord of April 7 will no doubt be ap
preciated' by those who take Interest In
musical affairs of this city. As Mr.
Weeden, the baritone, may now be con
sidered a Scranton musician, It is grati
fying to note that his talents are ap
preciated elsewhere: '"The next min
strel show of the Pennsylvania Bicycle
club will be on the evenings of April 22
and 23, at the Drawing Room theater,
Interesting Notes About Famous
Musicians at Home and Abroad,
West Philadelphia. In the first part the
members will be assisted by Lew 61m
mons, the veteran minstrel. He will
have for his opposing end man G. F.
Wlese, and the support will be Messrs.
Hlnchman, Wall, Williams, Moore,
Hlrshley, Le Cato, Goodwin, Carroll,
Hichwlne, Klrke, Walters and Kessler,
members of the club. Also In the first
part will appear the New York bari
tone, W. C. Weeden. The show Is de
signed to start a building fund for the
erection of a large hall In the rear of
the club house, for the holding of the
club meetings, dances and dramatic en
tertainments."
Nlkl8eh, who since his resignation as
conductor of the Boston Symphony or
chestra, has directed In liuda Pesth, is
arranging a series ot fetes for next
year In connection with the celebration
of the 1,000th anniversary of foundation
ot the Hungarian nation under Stephen
whose title of "Apostolic King" and the
crown given him by Pope Sylvester II.
are still borne by tho Austrian emperor.
During the coming season and autumn
all programmes will be devoted largely,
to national music.
Among the artists already engaged
by Sir Augustus Harris for his forth
coming Italian opera, season, which Is
to open at Covpnt Garden on May 13,
are Adelina Pattl, Melba, Calve, Emma
fcames, Sofia and Gullla Ravogll, Olltz
ka, Florence Montelth, Marcella Semb
rleh, Ralph and Bauermelster. For the
six performances In which Madame
Pattl will appear she Is to receive $12,-
000 rather moderate for Pattl, whose
ordinary terms are $3,000 for a Blngle
performance. She probably consented
to a reduction on taking a quantity,
and then the diva is sure of her money.
It has happened under leFS happy man
agement than that of Sir Augustus
that the house has not contained suf
ficient to pay the lady her fee and al
though the money has been brought
round to her as It came in, it was only
by a squeak that they got her upon the
stage In time. To support Pattl and
the others Sir Augustus has engaged
the following gentlemen: Jean and
Edouard De Reszke, Tamagno, De
Lucia, Alvarez, Ancona, Corsl, Pesslna,
Rlnaidini, Pinl-Corsl. David Blspham,
Planoon, Armondi, Richard Green, Al
bers and Castelmary, Joseph O'Mara.
Among the -works to be produced are
Massenet's "Manon," "Tristan and
"Isolde," "Faust, "Romeo and Juliet,"
"Hamlet" and "Falstaff" Wagner will
be well represented and English- com
posers will include Mr. Cowen and Doc
tor Stanford. One or two of Rossini's
works will probably be revived and
Patti will be heard In "Crisplno H. La
Comare." There will be the usual
large orchestra and chorus and the con
ductors will be Signor Manclnelll and
Signor Bevlgnani.
The employes of The Tribune were
treated to a delightful serenade on
Thursday evening by the Lyric club, a
male party which Includes Scranton's
most talented vocalists under direction
of T. J. Davles, Mus. Bac. The selec
tions were given in excellent taste and
the artistic shadings; volume, and
quality of tone demonstrated the ability
of the singers. The Lyric club has been
engaged to sing at an entertainment
to be given for the hospital at Plttston
In the near future, and if their work of
Thursday evening Is a sample, a rare
treat Is in store for Pittstonians.
John T. Watklns is actively rehears
ing a chorus of 200 voices to compete
for the $1,000 prize at the June musio
festival in Wilkes-Barre.
The "Story of the Cross," by Buck,
will be given at Elm Park church on
Sunday, April 21. The chorus will be
under the direction of Professor Whltte
more. Gt. Luke's Easter choir will include
twenty-four men and boys.
SHARPS AND FLATS:
Calve will appear In Yldal's "La Guer
nica." Paderewskl says he practises regularly
four hours a day.
The new De Koven and Smith opera for
Lillian Russell is called "Vera."
Camllio D'Arvlllo is a Holland girl, and
her real name is Neeljte Dykstra,
Nina-Bertinl-Humphreys is to marry
Mertens, tho baritone of the Tavary opera
company.
Julian Edwards will conduct the summer,
opera season at the Tremont Theatre ia
Boston next summer.
It Is reported that WllhelmJ, the great
violinist, has been recently married to a
pianlste, Fraulein Marsch,
Jessie Bartlett Davis is the wife of W.
J. Davis, the Chicago manager. She used
to pluy Uuttereup in "Pinafore."
Jakobowskl has written a new one-aot
operetta entitled "The Venetian Singer,"
which will bo produced at the Casino
shortly. - -
Fadf'rewskl is sharlrf his honors in
Paris with M. Zeldcnrust, a Dutch pianist,
who Is coming soon to America, and whom '
the Purls critics compare to Rubinstein,
April 15, Walter Damroseh takes his Gor
man opera company to Chicago for one
week, then to St. Louis for a week, and to
Kansas City for a three-day's engagement.
Composer D'Albert has turned his wife,
Teresttu. Carreno, out of doors. D' Albert
Is her third husband, she having been the
wife of Tagliapletra and Violinist Tauret. ,
D'Albert Is said to be Jealous of Josof
Hoffman, tho whilom wonder-child, now a
young man.
New York Is to have a summer season
ot opera at. popular prices. Fmuletn
Gndskl, Elsa Kutscherra, Marcella Llndh,
Nicolas Rothinuhl, Conrad Behrens and
other members of Damrosch'B company
hnve been engaged, besides Perry Averill
and Arthur Sleton.
An opera based on Sir Walter Scott's
novel, "Kenllworth," the music being
from the pen of Herr Oscar Klein, has
been produced with much success In Ham
burg. It is the first work of the young
composer, who Is an American, though of
German parentage.
Late accounts agree that there Is some
thing striking and admirable In Victor
Herbert's conducting of the famous "Gil
more's Band." The famous old organiza
tion has evidently sprung into on alto
gether new life under his influence and
direction and Is playing with spirit, iask
and Anluh.
' Manual Garcia, In spite of his 90 years,
Is still an active singing teacher In Lon
don. It is nearly seventy years since ho
made his Arst appearance in opera In New
York. The aged maestro regrets the de
cay of the Aorld school of singing, on
grounds which are well set forth, 'and
even goes bo far as to aver that "singing
Is becoming as much a lost art as the man
ufacture of mandarin china or the var
nish used by .the old masters." Signor
Garcia concludes sarcastically by describ
ing the modern declamatory ; style ai
nearly always monesyllablo and almost
entirely, excluding vocalisation