The Hennessey Clipper. (Hennessey, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 22, 1903 Page: 3 of 8
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ALL ALONE.
1 <fct and watched the sun go down.
And watched the world ro darlt;
Then 'round about me, up and dow n.
Small lights flashed out to mark.
Like stars, wee spots amidst ti e gloatn.
Each that to some one dear had grown;
Not one but marked a place called "home";
I sat and watched the lights flasth out.
But I was ull alone.
I sat and watched the moon come up.
And heard the nlghtblrd call;
And 'round me moonflowers ope'd their cup
To catch the night dew's fa!';
And one by one the llglils went dead.
The night bird's crooning tone
5Vas hushed, the whole world seemed abed;
Wan. bird and beast, each had their mate;
But 1 was all alone!
Ar.il midnight darkness held the world
Like a huge thing enthralled;
Day's ev'ry banner had been furled;
Nor w ind, nor nlbhtbird called
Across the heavy lying dark.
Nor e'en the billows moan;
Che world's a grisly thing and stark
At midnight's heavy voiceless hour
When cne is all alone.
—J M. Lewis, In flouston Post.
(Copyright, 1903, by I aily Story Pub. Co.)
T^RYANT thought it quite funny |
ll when he put at the top of
Iiis letterheads a stipulation in regard
to the size of performers' dressing-
room and hotel trunks and the condi-
tions: "Trunks at hotels twice a
week. No dogs or guns carried. No
deadwood permitted." In spite of
Bryant's rule and resolution he did
have to carry some deadwood, and it
came about through the necessity of
engaging an equestrienne.
Bryant had no standing in the circus
business and was despised "by artists
and managers alike. Stolid and mer-
cenary, he had a cuticle like a rhinoc-
eros and when the comments of others
reached his ears he laughed at the un-
complimentary criticisms, when a man
of finer feelings would have blushed
for very shame.
One spring Bryant found himself at
a very late day minus that all impor- !
tant feature, a lady rider, as already
stated. Several had applied, been
turned down and put off, or, better
said, bluffed in the standard Bryant
way. Now that the man was in a
pinch he did not advertise or confide
his imperative necessity to his agents,
but doggedly declared obtusely;
"'The show will go out, rider or no
rider."
One afternoon he had a caller. It
was Flora Ervine, a rider of repute and
physical charms, and to the manager's
astonishment her mission was to se-
cure an engagement.
"I thought you was engaged?'' said
Bryant, as soon as the visitor made
known her errand.
"I canceled," was the reply.
"Because?"
"Because I am married."
"Oh, ho!" exclaimed Bryant, mis- j
trusting the reason of the tancella- |
tion. "is your husband In the busi-
ness?"
The equestrienne bit her lip beiore
ehe answered, hesitated while Bryant
looked upon her with something be-
tween a glare and a grin:
"My husband is not in the busi-
ness."
"I thought as much," blurted Bryant,
coarsely, and then he quickly recov-
ered himself and remarked apologet-
ically; "Excuse me."
An awkward pause followed, the vis- '
ltor quietly breaking the ice anew ;
"I learned that you were without a
rider and thought I would call—"
The manager cut her off with the
blunt statement:
"I don'U carry any deadwood with
my trick, 1 don't."
"Deadwood!" repeated the eques-
trienne.
"Y-e-s," drawled the manager.
"Dead-wood, deadwood!" With that
he pushed a letterhead into his caller's
liand3, with bis finger indicating the
conditions.
"Then I might as well be going," j
observed the equestrienne By the
time that she had gained her feet he
had interposed a request for her to
remain:
"Wait a leetle."
Bryant was not fool enough to throw
away a last chance, and he hastened to
say, with an effort to conciliate:
"P'raps we might make a dicker an'
Include the—the—er your husband;
that is, if you make the figure right.
(Foxy Bryant never lost sight of the
dollar.) 'Twould le nard to spoil your
honeymoon, wouldn't it? Ha, ha!"
(the visitor smiled not). Bryant
leered and chuckled. "I'm a widower,
you knew, but I never dreamt that
you had nn idea of matrimony."
The visitor looked grave and offend-
ed, whereat the manager ceased his
distasteful banter and proceeded to
business, a deal was made, and it is
scarcely necessary to state that Bryant
took considerable advantage of the
situation. As the equestrienne was de-
parting with her contract the manager
remarked:
"I hope that while your husband is
with the show he will pick up some-
thing of l^e trade and not be excess
baggage all the season."
When Milton Folsom came on with
his wife for rehearsals be got the cold
shoulder both from the manager and
the performers. Even the animal
keepers, grooms, canvasmen and
razorbacks pointed him out as Flora
Ervine's deadwood. The performers
Were especially severe in their com-
ments. Said the first singing clown,
the oracle of the dressing-room:
"Why, the chappie don't know
Inough to ev*n keep up her norses."
"Or groom them," added a grotesque
Who always confirmed the orac/o'g
©pinions.
Milton Folsom had Joined the show
with a determination to fit himself in
somewhere. Possessing no money in
his own right and without a calling,
he found himself in the position of a
non-producer. Cupid, the rascal, had
trapped the young man and lured the
lover into an unenviable situation.
When the husband blamed himself,
the wife asserted:
"Don't reproach yourself, dearest;
never mind what others say or look
All will come out right in the end."
After Bryant had engaged his lady
rider he still had one matter in hand
that troubled him—as much as a man
of his temperament could be worried.
During the winter he had purchased
den of hyenas with the intention of
having them broken for a feature of
the street parade. When Bryant
bought the brutes he was confident
that his boss animal man, the lion
king, would train the animals and ap-
pear in public in the sensational group.
For once the manager counted without
his host.
"Not on your life!" exclaimed the
lion king, on hearing the proposition.
"What, me break them grave rob-
bers? Not on my tintype!"
Neither persuasion nor bullying
would alter the determination of the-
employe, nor could the wily manager
cajole any of the minor keepers into
becoming the "Brave Master of the
Grave Robbing Hyenas." Bryant even
tempted canvasmen, grooms and razor-
backs in vain. Just as he was on the
point of advertising for a trainer v
bright thought entered his dullish
brain. After the birth of the inspira-
tion he cultivated Milton Folsom with
a purpose. The manager did not
broach the uppermost subject abrupt-
ly. Shrewdly he bided his time, and
when he believed that he had suffi-
ciently ingratiated himself, he ex-
plained incidentally his dilemma in the
lack of a trainer and an exhibition in
the procession of the den of hyenas.
"What I want." said Bryant, "is a
man of nerve." lie looked significant-
ly at the young man as he emphasized
"a man of nerve."
Milton Folsom repeated the words
and added, calmly: "I have some
nerve."
The manager fairly sprang forward
as he wheedled:
"If you could only do it, I would
make It an object."
"But she must not know it while I
am breaking them In," said the young
husband.
The bargain was made in whispers
as if the walls indeed had ears.
When the boss animal man learnecf
of the project he was bold enough tc
expostulate with the manager,declaring
in his honest indignatiem:
"Mr. Bryant, you will be the deatl
of that young chap!"
"If I am," was the brutal return
with a leer and wink, "I am a widowei
and he will leave a pretty widow!"
The lion king controlled himsel
and curbed a rising and reflecting ex
pression.
Milton Folsom's determination wa
a reckless and dangerous one, but h«
proved himself to be the "Brave Mas
ter of the Grave Robbing Hyenas.'
and it was not until he actually ap
peared in the procession that his ells
tressed and greatly shocked \rife was
■aware of his thrilling exploit.
The boss animal man shook his
head day after day us the pageant
formed and the hyena den moved intc
place, with Milton Folsom surrounded
by the treacherous, snarling, genuine-
ly fierce brutes.
"Only a question of time! Only 8
question of time!" the lion king fairly
groaned as he expressed his prophetic
belief.
On one occasion the manager over-
heard t lie wail and mendaciously
sneered:
"She will look prettier than ever in
mourning."
The employe's first impulse was to
throttle the manager. He looked dan-
gerous and his eyes flashed fire. As lie
entered his den of lions he restrained
his hands, but his lips were free:
"You prefer to kill by proxy, Mr.
Bryant?"
The manager cowered as if his in-
most thoughts had been read. With a
suppressed oath he turned on his heel
and from I hat hour avoided the lion
king as much as possible. The calam-
ity foretold by the bo.cs animal man
came at last. The season was well-
nigh spent and Milton Folsom had
escaped all harm and not received
even so much as a scratch, when on
the fatal day the greatest crowds of
the season packed the streets and lined
up so close to the moving pageant
parade that they fairly endangered
themselves as the multitude iu the
rear pressed Impatiently and struggled
to catch a glimpse of the music her-
alded exhibit. The local authorities
were inefficient, and the cage and band
wagon drivers threaded their teams
through the mass as best they could,
calling at times to the excited throngs
to "Clear the way." Just as the hyena
den was passing a public square the
hyenas, as If by command of a signal,
sprang upon Milton Folsom and Tend-
ed him to pieces, to the horror of the
beholders. Strong men fainted and
women dropped to the earth as sudden-
ly as if stricken with death. The lion
king and several of his assistants
reached the hyena den too late to ren-
der any assistance—only in time to
remove the blood dripping form from
the den of four-lesged demons. Bry-
ant turned up in time to send the halt-
ed procession on its way, while Flora
Ervine. the equestrienne, rode away in
her place almost at the head of th«
line, ignorant of the tragic disaster
At the manager's arrival the Hon king
was supporting Folsom's limp form
tenderly.
"Horrible accident!" said Bryant,
avoiding the ga/e of the brave fellow
"Terrible murder." replied the lion
king.
.851...
. .America.
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...Maglr
1ST 1..
. ..Sappho.
;...
...Madeline.
iStfsl. ..
..Mischief.
. .Puritan.
1&86 .
. ..Mayflower.
1SS7...
... Volunteer.
isyf..
. .Vigilant.
.. IX lender.
IV-9...
.Columbia
. .Columbia.
iyc-3...
... Reliance.
SPORTS AND
ATHLETICS
The defeat of Shamrock III., due to
aa small extent to the skilful seaman-
ship displayed in
the races by the
skipper of the de-
fender Reliance,
Capt. Charke Barr,
ended the twelfth
unsuccessful at-
tempt to lift Amer-
ica's cup. After
the trophy was cap-
tured by the yacht
America in 1831,
19 years elapsed
before the first
felt. OhtrlM fcarr. chall.n«e was
made". In the following 23 years the
boat builders of England and the United
States have bent their energies toward
the construction of racing yachts of
the speediest type. Canada twice took
up the fight of the mother country. In
the last ten years Lord Dunraven with
'.he two Valkyries and Sir Thomas Lip-
ton with the three Shamrocks have done
ill the fighting for the trophy.
Only once in all the series of races
sailed has an English boat won a single
race. In 1871, when the Livonia ww
challenger, she beat Columbia in ona
race. Sappho was at once substituted
to defend the cup and defeated the Liv-
onia three times in succession.
Following is «i history of the races
for America's cup:
Home of
Lo.«er. Challenger.
Aurora America
Cambtia. England
I.'.vonia. Knu-iind
of Duffertn. rail
Atlanta Canada
(Jem sta. Kng.ai.d
(Jalalea. England
Thistle. Scotland
Va'.kj rle. England
Valkyrie III. Engi'd
Shamrock. Eng'and
Shamrock 11 Kng.'i
Shamr'ck III. Engi'd
Millions have been spent in defend-
ing America's cup. More millions havi
been spent in trying to take the trophj
back to England. It has been figured
that two average modern warships
could have been built and equipped with
the money spent for the "toy" boats.
Below is an estimate of the cost in de-
fending and challenging for a cup that
has an "Intrinsic value of only a few
hundred dollars:
Total $3.€00,00l
Cost and maintenance of Sham-
rock III $ 900,001
Cost of othtr challengers 3,SoO,OC<
Total $4,700,001
The races for the cup have brought
about a marked change in the speed
qualities of racing yachts. SirThomai
Lipton says that the development ol
i>.ere speed is of r.o value whatever tc
shipbuilding and predicts that another
boat like Shamrock III will never be
built in England. In 17 years the area
of sail on the challengers and defenderi
has been almost doubled. The May-
flower In 1880 carried only 8,500 squara
feet of sail, while Reliance could hoist
1C.199 square feet. The size of the
boats has also been increased gradually
Mayflower had a length over all ol
100 feet, while Reliance is 138.4 ovet
all. The length over all has been In-
creased without making any material
change in the length at the water line.
Really great ball players, from th«
standpoint of the fan. are few and fa*
between, remarks a
Cincinnati writer of
sports. Ask the reg-
ular attendant at
the game, and he
will tell you that
there are only two
players in harness
to-day that are
genuine topnotch-
ers. and they are
Hans Wagner of
the Pittsburg's and
Napoleon Lajoie of
the Cleveland team.
Unfortunately for the student who llkei
to compare the w*ork of the two play-
ers as he sees them, this pair are not iu
the same league and consequently do
not appear before the same crowds. In
the American league circuit Lajoie li
considered the greatest of them all
while in the National league citlei
Hans Wagner is recognized as the stai
of the aggregation.
It would be a hard matter to dee ids
which really is the better player. La-
joie and Wagner are In a way playing
the game on about the same lines. Both
are awkwardly built fellows who do not
impress one as having much speed, but
who are much faster than some of th«
players who are listed among the fast
men of the profession. When it comes
to batting they are In a class by them-
selves. As fielders, both are stars In
their respective positions. When It
comes to all-round work Wagner seems
to have a bit the better of his rival for
first honors, for Wagner has proved a
6tar in every position he has been
placed. He was a star outfielder, a
cracking good first baseman, and as a
shortstop there is not a man In the
league who is his rqtiai. all things con-
sidered. Another advantage which
Wagner seems to have over Lajoie Is
that he is a scrappy, aggressive player,
who is always hustling and makes him-
self popular with the crowds, which can-
BOt be said of Lajoie. who Is more of a
quiet, unaggresbive player.
Pearc nt Anj Price,
Mr . Enpeck—Il's deplorabls fact
that too many people marry for money
nowaday!
Enpeck—Well. If I were tingle again,
no amount of the filthy lucre could In-
duce me to go up against the same —
Chicago Dally News
Qforgp Win SitUfled.
"Do you notice onions on my breath
to-night, George?'
"Yes. dear, but I don't mind them; In
fact, I think II males Ussing safer; the
smell of the or.iors probably has killed
<b. uiii'Ct'tjf i " Yon'..crt iimwuau.
I
Hans Wagner.
CROPS ARE INSURED.
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Hi* II.
THE MAN AND HIS WOODEN COO.
It is interesting to see the adjustment
of haiisteirra losst^ on Nebraska crops.
The insuring of crops from hail has be-
come the custom there, headway being
made since the. Nebraska farmer stopped
rai.-ing spring what and be pan sowing
winter wheat, reports the Chicago Trib-
une.
Winter wheat crops are considered
good risks by the old line companies.
They are insured fnr from $1 to$10an|
acre at six per cent premium. A large
amount of the insurance placi d by farm-
ers is against damage from hail A
storm occurred in western Nebraska this
year, but struck a section where most of
the growing crop of winter wheat was
covered by insurance.
A man with a barrel hoop will quickly
ascertain almost the exact amount of
the loss to a field of wheat. The com-
panies ha\e adjusters in every locality
where insurance Is placed. One drives to
the field and selects a place where the
wheat has been blown down and dam-
aged. Into a section of this he casts the
hoop, and then he carefully counts every*
stalk Inside It. Then he counts the num-
ber e>f heads that are down. If 50 out
of 100 of these heads have bren turned
to the earth, the adjuster reckons a loss
of 50 per cent,, and this loss Is allowed
on each acre that has been struck by the
storm. The number of acres Is deter-
mined by a survey, if the fanner demands
this.
The adjuster must take into consid-
eration the state of the wheat when it
was struck by the hail, for it may have
been blown down previously, and the
owner may yet be able to get the most
of It If it has reached a certain degree of
maturity.
H. W. Cowgill. an adjuster at Hold-
rrge. sajs that claims amounting to
$20,000 had been adjusted. Some of the
losses were total, and the owners had
but the insurance money for their labor
They were allowed to harvest what they
could get. and In some Instances they
secured 20 bushels to t he acre This t hey
were entitled to under the rules of tho
company.
The insurance renders a pood crop al-
most a certainty. In the last eight years
there has been one pood crop after an-
other, the acreage and the yield seem-
ing to increase until last year the state
produced P.fi.OOO.OOft bushels.
Mr, Cowgill showed a map of a town-
ship in Phelps county. Neb. On each
quarter sect ion was indicated the amount
of insurance, and nearly all of the town-
ship was protected.
TWO KINDS OF FINANCIERING.
Mm|)1«*M of flunk. Fraud. Tl.nl \\a
SucccNHfully Worked by a
Scheming Clerk.
"I saw a man on the street the other
day who got away with one of the sim-
plest bank frauds 1 ever heard of," said
a bank inspector who was in New York
on his regular tour of duty. "This man
was employed in a bank in a city up
state. It turned out when the bank
closed Its doors that it had been run
very loosely, but that had nothing in
particular to do with this man's opera-
tions. He was a clerk in the bank and
made up the quarterly interest account.'
"This was a sheet, showing what was
due each depositor for interest It gen-
erally ran to three or four sheets, and
the footing of each had to be carried
to the top of the next one. Well, about
the third sheet the clerk would enter
the footing properly, then let a drop
of ink fall on the first column of the
figures. He would let it dry there, thus
obscuring the footing of the sheet.
"In carrying over to the next sheet
the footing that was blotted he would
add $1.000, eo that the total of the report
would show $1,000 more chargfable to
interest than actually was a charge
against the bank. He'd let this report
go to the directors of the bank, with the
idea that if the error was detected ho
would account for it by the blot, saying
he had made a natural mistake When
the sheet went through unquestioned he
proceeded to get possession of the $1.000
by opening an account in the name of a
fictitious person and crediting this ac-
count with $1,000. The bank's accounts
were thus forced to a balance.
"Then by drawing checks on the ac-
count of the fictitious depositor he would
draw the money out. When we nabbed
him he made a confession. He had been
stealing about $1,000 a year in this way.
That was the bank." continued the in-
spector. "where, when the directors
found the hole in th^ bottom, they fitted
up a president's office in magnificent
style, went out and got an ambitious mil-
lionaire, showed him the office, asked
him If he wouldn't like to bo president
and then sold him their stock at $150.
He wasn't in a month before the bank
failed."
Feminine Timidity.
Old Betsey Nabors was one of the
rudely picturesque characters of a large
rural district in the mountains of Vir-
ginia. She was a great, muscular wo-
man. her masculine appearance beinp
emphasized by heavy boots and an Im-
mense bundle, since the gentle nomad
carried her home on her back.
"I should think, Betsey." said one of
the farm-wives, "that you'd be scared to
death out in the woods all night."
"No. I ain't sheered o' nuthln" rx~
ceptin' sometimes " she added with a
shamefaced air, "I do be a bit shy of a
bar."—Judge
Matter of Orthojf rnphy.
Some time ago," said the skeptical
boarder, "I consulted a fortune-teller
who Informed that a wave of prosperity
was coming my way."
"Well?" queried the human interro-
gation point at the end of the mahog-
any.
"It showed up. all right," continued
tho a. b., "but the old girl's orthography
was a trlflo lame. It should have bce
spelled 'waive Chicago Dally Newfc
r
A
l'lml (lie Mini. H lip.
A poor Man who longed to pet rich. used to pray day and night for
wealth to a Wooden Idol which he had in his house. Notwithstanding
til his pravers, instead ol" becoming richer he got poorer. Out of all
patience with his Idol, lie one day took it by the legs, and dashed it to
pieces upon the iloor. Hundreds of gold pieces which had been hidden
n the body flew about the room. Transported at ihe sight, lie exclaimed,
'How have 1 wasted my time in worshipping a graceless diety, who
yields lo force what he would not grant to prayers."
MORAL Tie a duration of linages la the most stupid part of religion ti at was
ever Invented.
FEW ITALIAN SERVANT GIRLS. BRITAIN'S DANGEROUS POLICY
Oik- Nationality n ■>toll !• IM-ui-lli-nllj
I nrrpreB.-iit.Ml nt tin- 1 urL
lillililo) mcnl Isrm-lM.
Next to May, September is Ihe month
In which the employment agencies in
New York are busiest, stales the New
York Sun. Women who have lo depend j
upon these places note as u remarkable
circumstance that among tin- number
of girls to be engaged for domestic serv-
ice, including Irish, Swedish, Herman,
ICnglish and French maids, colored
girls, Swiss and Russian girls, Cana-
dian, Dutch. Polish, Scotch, Hungarian
and Bohemian girls, there are no Ital-
ians.
This exception is the more surprising
because wale Italians devote them-
selves largely to the class of work which
most nearly corresponds to domestic
sorvice among women. There are Ital-
ian waiters, Italian valets and Italian
porters, not to speak of Italian peddlers,
bootblacks, barbers and grocerynieu;
but there are no Italian servant girls.
The dearth of these Is the more sur-
prising because Italy is one of ihe coun-
tries in Europe In which the number
of female births greatly exceeds the
number of male births, and Italian girls,
usually precocious, do not lack training
in their own country as to the requlre-
ra nts of household service, to which
they devote themselves almost exclu-
sively, there being few co-eds and still
fewer professional women in Italy.
For many years the explanation of
this anomaly was lo he found in the fact
that a large proportion of the immigra-
tion from Italy was male, but In recent
years this disparity has not continued.
Italian girlB are not lacking in the at-
tributes required for efficient house-
hold service. They are quick, indus-
trious and frugal; they do not drink;
they have no top-lofty social notions;
there Is little demand for their services
in such professional occupations as
typewriting, bookkeeping and stenog-
raphy. The fact is that the girls in-
clined to domestic duties marry. They
do not become servants.
CITY THAT IS DYING.
Oni-e rrn.peroil. ?t.mllii Tinm Slow-
ly Dwindling lo 1!cIh|>IiIuII u
and Dfmy.
Virginia City, Nev,, has lust about
reached the limit of going down hill,"
said George W. Sproule, clerk of the
United States court, reports the Helena
Itecord. "The authorities have abolished
the street lights, discharged the solitary
night watchman and reduced the fire de-
partment to two men. Listen to this,"
continued Mr. Sproule. as he picked up a
Nevada newt paper and read: "'The
Virginia Enterprise says that owing to
the shortness of funds in the Storey
county treasury the commissioners have
found it necessary lo cut off ail expensis
possible. After the flrst of next month
there will be no more street lights on the
old Comstock. The fire department is to
be reduced to two men and the one po-
liceman now doing duty at night will be
dispensed with Poor old Virginia! It
seems a pity that a place once the live-
liest In the world should go so completely
to the dogs that there is nothing left
worth stealing and the few people left
thore must either stay at home nights or
carry lanterns.'
"I lived In Virginia City nearly 30 years
ago," said Mr. Sproule, "and at that time
the town had a population of 40,000 per-
sons. It doesn't scexn possible that it
should have reached Its present state of
dilapidation. In those days it was tho
liveliest place In the west, bar none
"There are hundreds of persons now
living in Montana who once lived in Vir-
ginia City, and none of them but will re-
member the old town In its palmy dayB,
and to think that now there isn't even a
policeman on duty there!"
Got Too Ilrlskt,
Bota-Hear what happened to I'arlor
I .amp last night?
Piano Stool—No; what was It?
"Made light of a yousg couple T was
entertaining and got put out."—Balti-
more .\TOerlcan.
Ili> I it H Mori- lo II ■■ 11 <1 Ip War I'iiiii-i
III ll ll <o HnrnnrilKr Kilnoa-
llonul Ailvuniiiuriit.
That the British government musl
spend more money on education it
building "brain power" or fall far be-
hind tlie United States and Germany ai
a nation was the theme of the addrrts
of Sir Norman l.ockyer, president ol
tlie British Society for the Advancement
of Science, at the society's meeting at
Southport recently, reports the Chicakt
Tribune.
There Is no use, the speaker said, it'
building up a "sea power," unless thcr
is to be "brain power" behind it. and he
adiocated large grants by the govern-
ment to aid in higher education. Th«
waiting for private endowments, he de-
clared. has proved a failure, ant! It is
plainly the duty of the nation to take
hold.
The contrast of $200,000,000 of private
gifts to universities In the United Statu
in the last few years with only $20,000.-
000 in the last GO years In England, Ire-
land, Scotland and Wales was dwell
upon, and It was held to show why Brit-
ain Is falling back In Ihe race of nations
"The Influence of Brain Power on
History" was the subject of Sir Nor
man Loekver's address. The president
referred at length to the struggle ft i
existence in modern communities
showed that British Industries were suf-
fering from International competition
dwelt on the necessity for a body suet
as the British association dealing will
the organization of science, and said;
"We in Great Britain have 11 unlversl
ties competing with 134 state and pri
vately endowed in the United States rind
22 state endowed In Germany. The Orr
man stat° gives to one university mori
than the British government allows t<
all the universities and university col-
leges In England, Ireland, Scotland an#
Wales put together.
"These are the conditions which reg
ulate the production of brain power it
the United States, Germany and Great
Britain respectively, and tho excuse ot
the government Is that this Is a nrnttei
for private effort. Do not our ministcri
of state know that other civilized ccun
tries grant efficient state aid, and, fnr
ther, that private efTorthas provided in
Great Britain less than ten per cent ol
the sum thus furnished In the Ut:ltt<
States In addition to state aid?
"In depending In our country upon
this form of endowment we are trusting
to a broken reed. We find that privat#
effort here during 60 years has found
lefs than $20,000,000; that is $10,000,00C
for buildings and $200,000 a year in-
come. This gives its an average of $S30.-
000 for buildings and $1S,500 for yearly
Income.
"In the United States during the last
few years universities and colleges havi
received more than $200,000,000 froir
this source alone, private effort supplied
nearly $'15,000,000 In Ihe years 1S08-1900
"Next eonsider the amount of state aid
to universities afforded in Germany
The buildings of the new university ol
Strassburg already have cost nearly t
million; that is, about as much a3 hai
yet been found by private effort foi
buildings In Manchester. Liverpool. Bir-
mingham, Bristol, Newcastle and Shrf.
field. The government annual endow-
ment of the same (lerinau university ti
more than $245,000.
"When we consider the large endow
ments of university education both it
the United States and Germany it is ob-
vlous that state aid only can makeanj
valid competition possible with either.*
n.markibli Fntflni F«at.
An engine used In some works in Syra-
cuse, N. Y., Is slated, upon very reliable
authority, to have recently completed a
continuous run of 22 months. Duringth«
whole of this period It had never or.c«
been stopped, and Bince the speed wai
250 revolutions per minute this englm
performed the astonishing total of somi
241,000,000 [evolutions without a stop
As Is wall known, it Is seldom that an et>
gl-;t is run for a week without belni
given a rest for some slight examination
of Its parts, although, of course, the en-
gines on liners and warships run. a
times, for at much as three Wteks will*
out stopping
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