Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1901 — Page 6

CELIA’S HONEYMOON

BLIA is strong-minded. You (G would not thlnk 80 to look at her; she is what I call a fluffy girl. She has a sweet face, with large blue •yes and a matchless dimple in her left cheek. But Celia is strong-minded. I sometimes even think mamma is a little afraid of her. She has certainly managed us both all her life. Celia has • perfect talent for managing people. When she told us she was engaged to be married to Sir Vernon Branstone mamma said: “But, Celia, darliug, you hardly know him.’* .“You never know any man unless you •re actually married to him," answered Celia, who is possessed of an extraordinary amount of worldly wisdom. Then I put in my word—“l don’t like him, Celia,’’ I said decidedly. “And you haven't got to marry him,” replied Celia, in her most putting-down manner, “so you needn't trouble about that.”

Mamma cried a little, and finally gave her consent, which was, after all, only a matter of form, as Celia has money of her own and is over 21.

We sat chatting over her fire the night before her marriage. “Supposing he is unkind to Celia,” I said: Celia, darling, whatever would you do if he were unkind to you?” “Do?” answered Celia, with an air of great astonishment, “I should leave him, of course, and come back to you and mamma.”

I gasped! “You couldn’t leaves man you were married to,” 1 said. “Couldn't I?" she replied calmly; “you’d see, Dot.” “I’m afraid he is rather selfish, Celia,” I said presently. “All men are selfish,” replied the wise Celia, “if they are encouraged—l shan’t encourage Vernon.” Then we went to bed.

I awoke the next morning feeling depressed. I hated parting with my favorite sister, and I did not care about my future brother-in-law. I must own he seemed devoted to Celia, but he looked so rough and big beside her I was dreadfully afraid he might bully her. But the wedding went off very well, in spite of my misgivings. My sister looked deliciously pretty In her white satin gown, and 1 thought Vernon looked proud and happy. A friend of his had lent them a house in Scotland for their honeymoon, and Vernon was to have some spring fishing. I saw them off at the station. This was, I know, a dreadfully unconventional thing to do, but It was just like Celia, and she insisted on it. She said it would prevenl people from knowing they were newly married—which was absurd, as her hat was covered with rice.

Just before the train was due to start Vernon looked at his watch and said to me: “Well, good bye Dot; I must be getting in now.” I shook hands with him, and Celia, leaning forward, moved the Ladies' Pictorial from the seat opposite. He saw the movement. "Don’t bother to move anything, Celia," he said genially, “I am going smoking.” I stared Incredulously at him—then I glanced at Celia to see howshe would take it. To my surprise she only smiled and said, “All right; go and tell Denise to come to me a minute, I want to speak to her."

He went off in a burry for her maid, who came up just as the train was starting. “Here, jump In, Denise, I want to speak to you,” cried Celia; “1 can pay the extra on your ticket at the other end.” Denise was bundled In and the train started without my having time to exchange another word with my ■later. I stood waving my hand until It was nearly out of sight, although Celia did not look once out of the window; then I turned away, feeling disconsolate. I felt furiously angry with Vernon. How hateful of him to go smoking and leave Celia to travel by herself—just when she must have been dying to talk over the wedding and everything! How lonely she would be on that long, dull journey! They were going to stop at New York for the night, Sut she would have nearly five hours alone with her maid. Poor Celia! I had warned her he was selfish, but it Is no use warning people who are in love —they are always so peculiar. I felt a little disappointed in my sister, to tell ths truth, for I never thought she would have surrendered so easily. She hadn’t •ven looked cross, but had smiled at Vernon. How dreadfully soon marriage changes some people! I found mamma still rather watery about the eyes. She asked me a great many questions, and was most indignant at Vernon’s selfishness.

“Fancy slighting my darling girl like that!" she said angrily. “And fancy her taking It so calmly,” I added. “I wish she bad never left us,” sobbed mamma. “I know he will bully her. I never heard of a man doing such a thing in mg life; my poor, neglected child!” We could talk nnd think of nothing •Ise, and sat down to dinner finding lonely and miserable. At about half past 9, as I was feeling quite worn out with excitement and fatigue, 1 thought I would go to bed. I kissed mamma •nd begged her not to worry about Celia. “1 wonder what she is doing?” she said tearfully.. “I do hope they will not quarrel, Dot.” I said I was sure they wouldn’t, as Celia had never quarreled with anybody In her life. I was just going upstairs when I heard the front door bell ring violently.

“I can’t see any one, Dot,” mamma called out to me. “I am too tired and upset to-night.” “We’re out, James,” I said to the footman, and added reassuringly to mamma, “It will only be what Celia calls a posthumous weddjng present.” I waited a moment to see. Suddenly I heard a peremptory voice saying: “Here, James, take in this box; Denise is coming on with the others in a fourwheeler. Where is Miss Dot?” I simply flew across the hall. “O, Celia, darling Celia, whatever is the matter?” I cried excitedly. Celia stopped to kiss mamma, who ■ had rushed into the hall at the sound of ; her voice, then she slipped her arm ; through mine. “Come along into the dining-room, dears,” she said, “and I’ll , tell you all about it; but do order me ! some dinner first; I am dreadfully hungry.” She spoke quite brightly, but her face was pale, and I don't think her : tears were far off. Then she told us what she had done. As soon as I left her she arranged with Denise to get out at Peterborough and catch the next express back to town. Vernon had luckily never seen her. Poor mamma looked rather dazed, as though she hardly understood what had happened. “It serves him right, Celia," I said angrily, “but whatever will he do? Won’t he be fearfully angry?” I felt nervous, but Celia only shrugged her shoulders. he wllL"_Abe replied, coolly; “but, after all, what can he do excepting swear? I have begun as 1 mean to go on, Dot, and«l must await developments. I expect he will soon fetch me back,” she added cheerfully, “and try to hush it up. No man likes being made a fool of, but it was really more than I eould stand.” She yawned and raised her pretty arms above her head. "And now let’s go to bed, Dot, I'm so awfully tired. It’s useless to sit here and speculate as to what he will do; I am all right in the meantime, as I have brought my trousseau back with me.”

The next morning Celia received a frantic telegram from Vernon, and in the afternoon be arrived. Mamma and I thought it kinder not to see him. I Celia had a long interview with him in the dining-room, after which she ran up to us and, giving us each a hasty kiss, 1 whispered she would tell us all about it to-morrow. Then they drove off to- I gether, and Denise followed with the ' luggage. I believe they staid at a hotel for the night and caught the express to

Scotland the next day. We did not see Celia again for several weeks, and when she wrote all she told us was that Vernon was a “dear.” They seem happy now, and I sometimes think I never saw a man kinder or more attentive to bls wife. Celia seems devotedly fond of him. Of course I always knew she was strong-minded; but I must say I have often wondered how she managed Vernon.—Westminster Budget.

Will Harness the River.

It is proposed now to utilize the power of the Colorado River, which tears Its way through the Grand Canyon with force enough to e the machinery of a thousand mills. For many months hydraulic engineers have been studying the project and they have just made a report. They declare that in 150 miles of the river’s course a dozen times more electrical energy can be secured than is taken from Niagara Falls. Part of the canyon is in the forest reserve and It also passes through several Indian reservations. If the Government’s consent can be secured it is intended to install this summer a plant of sufficient size to furnish electrical power to cities, towns and mining camps within comparatively easy reach of the Colorado, and then to increase the scope of the company until all of Arizona and most of the lower part of California can be supplied from the canyon torrent. If success attends the plans of the company one of the chief results will be the placing In operation of many mines of value which have long been idle because of lack of power. * The plans of the company include the furnishing of motive power and light to all the cities within reach and to electric railways. It Is proposed to build an electric line along the rim of the canyon for a distance of fifteen miles, the better to enable tourists to view the wonders of the great chasm.—New lock Sun.

Shirt Waists In London.

“Ladles prefer American shirts to English, because the,#ut is so much superior.” So said the buyer of one of the largest wholesale houses in “The Churchyard" to an Express representative on Sunday. "Here is an English shirt—good cloth, well cut, but—l don’t know—there’s something wanting about It. Now, here an American—rotten cloth, not worth twopence a yard, but the style, the set of the wllar— well, the English shirt can't touch it. “There was such a demand for American shirts last year that one firm set apart a large warehouse for them. “Speaking for ourselves, however, this year I am hardly stocking any— the cloth is so bad. “If our makers would only wake up and cut better; they might even Import some American women. If the English can’t do It.”—London Express. It is easy to forgive when you know that there’ll come a day.

HEART OF THE STORM

STRANGE ADVENTURE OF AN EN- - GUSH AERNAUT. Balloon Floats Through the Very Core of a Thunder ClouJi with Lightning Flashing and Thunder Hearing All About, and Is Not Injured. To be in the very heart of a thunder cloud and escape unharmed is an unusual, If not a unique, experience. That is what happened to the Rev. John M. Bacon and some of his companions in one of his balloon ascensions from Newbury, England. Mr. Bacon, in telling of his experience, according to the New Orleans Times-Democrat, says: "In scarcely more than twenty minutes from tfie start a sudden and surprising change took place in our circumstances. Our environment, which had appeared absolutely calm and clear, began changing with the rapidity of a transforms tion scene. Below us the few hundred feet which separated us from earth began tilling in with a blue haze quite transparent, but growing palpably filmier, while ahead, as also right and left, the horizon at the level of our eye and higher opposed a deuse fog barrier of an ashen hue. Overhead, of course, the sky view was entirely hidden by the huge silken globe. At this,time we were being swept along on our course, which remained sensibly unaltered in direction, at, a speed which we subsequently were able to fix at approximately forty mfies an hour. ■ “To ourselves the full significance of these circumstances was not immediately apparent, but the onlookers at our point of departure—the town gas : works, now some five miles in our

Wake —clearly detected the approach of a heavy thunderpack and, as they reasonably asserted, coming against the wind. It towered above the balloon, now seen projected plainly against its face. It came on rapidly and assumed formidable proportions. The balloon was flying due west at high speed, and at apparently no great distance overhead; the thunder cloud was progressing at a moderate velocity not accurately determined, but due east or directly opposed to the surface current. “And now with a whistle a blinding sheet of hail attacked the aeronauts, stinging their faces so sharply as to give the idea that the stones were falling from a great height, and immediately' afterward from all sides and close around flashes of lightning shot out with remarkable frequency and vividness. We were, in fact, fairly embosomed in the thunder cloud. Other and near observers narrowly watched the phases of phenomena now in progress. These were the countrymen who became interested, spectators, and who presently come to our assistance. They seemed to have imagined that the b?.loon must be infallibly struck, inasmuch as it appeared to them completely encircled with lightning. It was, Indeed ,the worst storm the countryside had known for many years. At Devizes, only a few miles ahead, it lasted for five hours continuously. A little way on our right a house was struck and burned to the ground, and on our left a couple of soldiers were killed on Salisbury plain. “Though the storm progressed, it also appeared to lag behind the wind that bore it along. It did not seem to advance against us as a whole, but rather about us. forming Itself out of what a few moments before had appeared mere empty and transparent air.

“The lightning as seen by the people In the balloon seeaned to leap from cloud to cloud, and not from the clouds to the earth, and the noise of the thunder consisted of short, sharp reports like the explosions of guncotton without any of the rolling reverberations heard on the earth. The aeronauts passed through the thunderstorm uninjured, but it was trying to the nerves. The question is, With the lightning playing all around it, and the houses and men being struck on the earth below. why was not the balloon demolished by a thunderbolt?”

BAD MONEY VERY SCARCE.

C lUnterfeltina as a Bnsiness Seems to Hove Gone Out of Vogue. “Through a combination of circumstances, a number of articles have recently appeared In different newspapers in connection with the destruction of some counterfeit money by the Treasury Department,” explained an officer of « local bank to a reporter for the Washington Star, "and some persons have got the idea from reading them that there Is a great deal of counterfeit money in circulation. The exact opposite is true, for never In the history of the United States national bank notes has there been so little fraudulent money In existence. I saw the money which was destroyed. Most of it has t>een in the possession of the department for a number of years, and has been made the subject of many previous sensational and misleading newspaper articles. Put all together It would not fill a water bucket. As has been frequently explained, counterfeiting money is to a great extent a lost art. and the men who formerly made It have died out “There is more risk about it than any other crime described on the statute books, for detection la almost pure, and punishment is absolutely certain. There la no sympathy whatever with a counterfeiter, and the full penalty Is almoat always Imposed. The counterfeiter of former days has found this out to his complete satisfaction, and the result la that his crimes take some other form. AA any business men, and they will all concur Ln the statement that but

little counterfeit money ever reached their eye. I put the. question to the managers of three of the principal stores of the city a few days ago, and they told me that they rarely ever saw a counterfeit note in a business way. One of them, the manager of a big clothing store, said he had not seen a counterfeit note of any kind for seven years. Ordinarily publications in regard to money do not do any particular harm, even if they do not do any good, but the moment three or four publications are made in close order about counterfeit money there is a certain class of people who are alarmed. Bankers find out this alarm sooner thap others, for they are the parties who are consulted. It costs considerable to get out a fairly well executed note, and as soon as one does appear, which is very rare in late years, the newspapers publish the fact, and that simply prevents it from circulating to an extent sufficient to pay the expensed of issuing it”

QUEER STORIES

The only town in a civilized country which is ruled and managed entirely by colored men is Eatonville, in Orange County, Florida. England's Australasian colonies (New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand) Increased in population 266 per cent between 1861 and 1898. The distinction among animals of requiring least sleep belongs to the elephant. In spite of its capacity for hard work, the elephant seldom if ever sleeps more than four or occasionally five hours.

The blood is a colorless liquid, in which little red globules are floating. Every drop of it contains about one million of the globules, and they are susceptible of division into smaller globules still. Among its many curious products, South Africa Includes the “sneezewood” tree, which takes its name from the fact that one cannot cut it with a saw without sneezing, as the fine dust has exactly the effect of snuff. After the abandonment of Britain by the Romans, the roads fell tato disuse, and bridle paths formed the only means of communication. Not until the sixteenth year of Charles 11., that is 1676, was any systematic effort made to improve the roads of England. Snbw sells in the north of Sicily for about 1 cent a pound. It is a government monopoly, and the Prince of Palermo derives the greater part of his income from it. The snow is gathered on the mountains in felt-covered baskets, and is sold in the cities for refrigerating purposes. The society of California pioneers has determined after careful investigation that Jan. 28, 1848, was the exact date of the discovery of gold in California by James W. Marshall. The gold was found in the rocky bed of the tailrace of the Sutter saw-mill at Coloma, on the south fork of the American River.

The First-Born Child Strongest.

It would seem that first-born children excel later-born children hi height and weight. This may be due to the greater vigor of the mother at the birth of the first child. We are reminded of a fact, mentioned later, that out of fifty great men of this country 30 per cent were the youngest sons. In England It was found that growth degenerates as we go lower in the social scale, there being a difference of even five inches In height between the best and worst fed classes in the community. An investigation of 10,000 children In Switzerland showed that children born In summer are taller for their age than those born in winter; as a majority of chldren in the public schools are poor, in winter their parents are forced to economize more on account of expense of heating; their rooms are also liable to be small and poorly ventilated, while In summer they are out in the fresh air; f food is also cheaper and more varied. The Influence of unhealthy conditions on a very young child would be much greater than when It Is older and better able to resist them.—Everybody's Magazine.

Familiar Axioms.

Fun for an idle hour lies in turning proverbs Into bombastic verse. Here are two classic models: Teach not your parent's parent to extract The golden contents of the egg by suction. The good old lady can the feat enact Quite irrespective of your kind induction. A member of the feathered federation, A prisoner by your palm and digit* made. Is worth at least a couple of his brothert Who in your leafy arbor seek the shade.

Convincing His Chum.

Johnny (in the garden)—Father! father! look out of the window. Father (putting out his head)—What a nuisance' you children are! What do you want now? Johnny (with a triumphant glance at his playfellow) Tommy Brook* wouldn't believe you’d got no hair on the top of your head.—London Tit-Bits.

Art and Nature.

Miss Prude—Yes, our choral society is going to present a comic opera, but 1 won’t take part. They expect me to wear tights, but I couldn’t do that. Miss Sharpe—Why not? You might get them padded, you know.—Philadelphia Press. If you are at all busy, you can't stand on the streets and argue everything with everybody.

POLITICS OF THE DAY

81km of Democratic Hevlval. Of all the signs es Democratic revival none give more promise than the present situation in the State of Pennsylvania, which has been torn to pieces by the plundering policy of its Republican leaders. Recent events in that State are calculated to set honest men to thinking, and to drive them to some remedy for the disgrace which has nbw ! fallen upon them. In discussing the action es Mayor Ashbridge, of Philadelphia, in giving franchises to his friends for which he held a cash offer of $2,500,000, it has been denounced by The Philadelphia Press as dishonest. It must be remembered that Mayor Ashbridge was but a cog in tti> wheel of Pennsylvania Republican politics, and that the legislation which he assisted in making effective came from the inner circles of the ruling Republican party, bearing the sign manual of the Governor of the State. Thus the wholesale squandering of public interests is a peculiarly Republican act for which that party must be held responsible. In all the efforts of The Press to denounce and circumvent the rifling of public values it has not been able, and will not be able, to clear the Republican party from responsibility. It Is in this stage that The Times calls upon the Democrats of Pennsylvania to take ad-

vantage of the situation. In order to show what the party can do if it only will, The Times says: There can be no question about the presence of a live Democratic spirit in this State. Recur to the figures for a moment. It gave Tilden 366,158 votes. It gave Hancock-Pennsylvanian--407,502. It gave Grover Cleveland, running against a native of Pennsylvania, 392,785; It raised this four years later to 446,663, and again four years later it increased it to 452,264. This was high-water mark. With free silver in 1896 Bryan received only 427,125, and last year there was another drop to 424,232.

But taking the figures at their lowest we find an army of Democrats in Pennsylvania who outnumber those of every State except New York, Illinois and Ohio. Pennsylvania cast over 15,000 more Democratic votes last year than Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Georgia and Nebraska put together. Nor Is this all. Considering that there was no special Inducement to get out the Democratic vote fn this State and taking into consideration the large

number of Democrats who could not accept the Chicago platform, It is evident that there are In Pennsylvania more than 500,000 Democrats, and that in numerical strength Pennsylvania is the third Democratic State In the Nation, New York being first and Illinois second, although there is some question as to. whether or not Pennsylvania on a full count could not show a total that would equal—and possibly exceed—that of Illinois. Every word here spoken points to the fact that the Democratic party of the State of Pennsylvania has such an opportunity to rehabilitate itself as has not been presented to it for fifty years. It has won in State elections twice within the last twenty years upon Issues much weaker than those which it can command to-day. When we add to this large Democratic army the tens of thousands of patriotic citizens who, voting the Republican ticket for traditional reasons, are now anxious to redeem their State, we can see what an opportunity is presented. Of course, this calls for an up-to-date policy, one freighted with the hopes of the present day and looking to the welfare of the future.

The Democratic party must cease from being a mere objector in national councils and become the agent of the constructive force of the people of the union. Taking such a stand, regarding the past as in history and the future as yet to be made, the Democratic party has an opportunity for leadership which it should not throw away. t ln bringing about such a condition as this the traditional Democratic States can do but little. They have already been doing their best. The responsibility for forward action rests with the Democrats of such States as Pennsylvania, who have it in their power by taking the right side in State politics, to gain local control and thus have an influence upon the decisions of the national party. With such numbers as the Democrats constitute In Peunsylvania, it requires only independent action and the patriotic regard for the highest Interests of the State to win the support of those Republicans who seek release from the machine which has so wrecked their public institutions. The Times declares that “Pennsylvania Democrats do not believe In vagaries. The masses are still true t 6 the old principles that have endured since the nation began.” This being the case, we can readily join with The Times in hoping that “with the Pennsylvania Democracy revitalized and strengthened, there could be no doubt as to the policy of the selfrespecting Republicans who have come to the point where they must choose between sacrificing a thieving minority of their own organization and saving the honor and material welfare of their State.” The Democrats of the country will watch with hope and interest the position taken by their brethren In Pennsylvania, who have thus an op-

portunity of setting up the standard of honesty and patriotism to replace that of plunder and pelf.—Atlanta Constitution. Trusts and Tariff. Notwithstanding the discussion there has been of Representative Babcock’s proposition to put trust products on the free list, there Is conceded to be very little probability-that the Republican party will adopt any such measure. The resistance to it is based on the claim that the tariff is absolutely essential io American industrial success, and that to punish offenders in that way would be pulling down the structure on all alike, as Samson did with the temple. This theory has often been urged by protectionists, who accordingly maintain that some other means of curbing trusts must be found, or take the other horn of the dilemma In the assertion that trusts are beneficial and ought to be encouraged rather than opposed. The Washington correspondent of the New York Commercial Advertiser asserts that the only cause of attention of Republican leaders to the Babcock resolution at present is the fear that the Democrats -may make political capital out of its defeat. The general sentiment of the Republican leaders was undoubtedly voiced by Congressman Taylor, before the industrial commit slon, so far as any change of the tariff is concerned. They want the support of the trusts and will offer for it the retention of the tariff benefits on the plea of necessary protection of American inI dustrles.

The only country that has adopted the plan of restraining trust Increases of prices by threatened tariff reductions is Canada. -Under the Canadian law, when the Governor in council has reason to believe that with regard to any article of commerce there exists any trust, combination, association or agreement of any kind among manufacturers of such article or dealers therein to unduly enhance the price of such article or in any other way to unduly promote the advantages of the manufacturers or sale at the expense of the consumers he is authorized to commission or empower any judge of the Supreme Court - or Exchequer Court of Canada or of any superior court in any province of Canada to inquire in a summary way into and report to the Governor whether such trust, combination, association or agreement exists. The Judge may compel the attendance of witnesses and examine them under oath and require the production of books and papers, and shall have such other necessary powers as are conferred upon him by the Governor for the purpose of such inquiry. If the Judge reports that such trust, combination, «ssociation or agreement exists, and if ,lt appears to the Governor that such disadvantage to the consumers is facilitated by the duties or customs imposed on a like article when imported, the Governor is authorized by EarHetnent to place such article on the free or to so reduce the duty as to give the public the benefit of reasonable competition in such article. In practice, however, this law has never been applied in Canada, and for this there are various reasons. One is that prices are generally lower, as measured in gold, than when the formation of trusts began, and this makes

It difficult to show the effect of trust regulation" in keeping them up. Another Is the large Importation of foreign manufactured goods by Canada, and the relatively small amount of Canadian manufacture, whereby the imported goods seem to control the establishment Of ordinary prices. This is more especially true on account of the preferential rates to British manufacurers, which make the Canadian tariff wall a comparatively low one. Another is that trust development in Canada has not gone to any such extent as it has in the United States. In this country such a law would undoubtedly have speedy application in practice, because there are many Important industries which are hampered by trust extortions, and the Interests back of them are I 'strong enough to force the question to a test. —lndianapolis Sentinel. One of the settled things In politics seems to be the re-election of David B. Henderson to the Speakership of thd House of Representatives. Under the Speakership of Mr. Henderson that body has become a servile tool, without any original snap of conviction of its own—a body in such a condition of surrender that it is hardly any longer an honor to be a member of It. It Is probably the desire of the “powers that be” that the “popular” branch of Congress shall remain in a comatose condition, or worse, and one of the first steps toward that end would be to keep Henderson In the chair. We do not precisely agree with Thomas B. Reed that the Speakership is next to the highest place in the government, but it is certainly so great a position that It ought to be filled by some one of ability, dignity and patriotism. Mr. Henderson’s silly talk about his conversation with King Edward is a conclusive disqualification of him for the place he now occupies. Those who are not indignant at him must laugh at him. 'lt Is a great deal easier for some dramatists to compose a play than for people to keep composed while hearing it