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TO 41 EIGHTY-SIXTH BIRTHDAY. CELEBRATION OF WOMAN SCF FRAGISTS IN H0NOR OF MISS ANTHONY. Protest Against Laws Which Allov Mothers Small Protection Ovei Children - Plea for Exercises o Corrective Ballot. It is a rare occurrence when note( men. of the country gather together t< do honor to a woman who has worke< and striven for a cause to which man: of them are antagonistic. Yet this wa the case a week or two ago whei statesmen, political leaders, jurists and literary lights joined in paying homage to Miss Susan B. Anthony the great woman suffragist, on thi occasion of her eighty-sixth birth day. This meeting was held in Washing ton, D. C., in February, Miss Anthony of course, being present to listen to th< addresses and words of felicity. Sho had just come from a convention o woman suffragists in Baltimore Among the letters of congratulatioi read was one from President Roose velt which said: "Let me join in congratulating Mis, Susan B. Anthony on the occasion o! her eighty-sixth birthday and extent my best wishes to her upon her con tinued good health." In reply to the numerous congratu lations. Miss Anthony, owing to a se vere cold, confined her remarks tc these few words: "I %'ish the men would do something besides extend congratulations. ] have asked President Roosevelt tc push the matter of a constitutional oamendment allowing suffrage to women by a recommendation to Con gress. I would rather have him say a -word to Congress for the cause that to praise me endlessly." The Rev. Anna Howara Shaw, a prominent woman leader, presided over the meeting, introducing th< speakers, and incidentally poking much fun at the members of the stern er sex. She said that any man whc accepts a post of especial learning im mediately dons. a gown. It was truE of college professors, of graduates and of men who sat upon the Supremc Bench. She stated that the gown ii a symbol of wisdom. Over One Hundred Woman Leaders, In connection with this celebration of Miss Anthony's birthday, one hun 4red and fifty advocates of woman suffrage swooped down on the Mem bers of Congress and hurled at the Statesmen all sorts of feminine oratory on the subject. In appealing to the solons of the Capitol, the argument was made by the women that God did not intend the female to be subserv ient to man, and thatshe should be given justice through the ballot. The principal address was made by Miss Mary Thomas, of Baltimore, who pretested against the laws dis criminating against women. "We have no right to the children we have cradled in our loving arms beyond the age of seven years," she said, "and now our boys of eighteen need not ask our permission to join e army and navy if their fathers are Iling. The girls of Maryland, whc nnot contract legal marriages under xteen years of age, may then con int to their own degradation and heir destroyer go free. Think of this rrible injustieg to ignorange and ,.oi'ence and grant us the power tc protect the child who cannot protect himself. "The saloon keeper, the cigarette vender, and the gambler may ply thei: nefarious trades next door to our very homes and we are powerless to save the boys of the land from their influ ence. We ask of Congress the righi to express our opinion at the ballo1 box, biecause it will be the surest anm safest way to accomplish what we desire." .3iss Anthony's Remarkable Bat tie Against Ridicule and Calumny. Susan Brownell Anthony was bort 86 years ago in the Hicksite Quake settlement at South Adams, Mass., an< was as quiet and gentle and obedient little Quaker maiden as any of he playmates in that tranqlull sp~ot. Hel life was uneventful until she took u] teaching and went out into the world She was 26 years old when she mad her first fight for the right of suffrage It was for the right to vote at a ten perance meeting whicli was dominates bygeeng men. The Sons of Temiper -4Mce were holding a convention ~ Albany, N. Y. and the Daughters C Temperance were invited to meet wit] them. Susan was one of the Daugi ters who accepted the invitation. Ea1 ,ly ig the proceedings the young wome discovered that their position in th convention was purely an honorar one. The men did not propose tna they should have any voice in the pr< ceedings. It was against scriptur and against her natural sphere tha woman should raise her voice in th councils of men. wvere the argument of the men in answering the protest of the women and in refusing the; petition to be allowed to vote. Suddenly a tall, slender Quaker gI' arose from her seat and, followed b six others, marched out of the conven ion hall. The leader was Susan: Anthony. It was her first rebellio 'gainst that order of things whic gave men a monopoly of power. Sh immediately ser about orgamizmg th~ Women's New York State Temperanc Society. That was the real beginnin of what has been her life's work which the central theme has ever bee equal suff rage for the sexes. Great Courage to Withstand Rebuffs It required great courage to under take this work at the time and in the manner she did. But she possessed that requisite and exercised iz on many occasions. She never faltered, never lost heart, though she was con stantly subjected to ridicuic, calumny and opposition. Few women were brave enough to follow her in those I days. In 1852 she addressed a large convention of men teachers. A clergy man who was present complimented I her afterwards. "You spoke ably and well." he said, "but I had rather see my mother and sister dead in their graves than to hear them speaking from a public platform." Unceasingly she preached the doe trine of woman's suffrage and equ.l rights. Few, even among women them A SUSAN B. At Leader of Woman Suffrage Movement Who Has selves, grasped her message and her s very name became a term of derision. a She was caricatured, insulted, jeered at a and maligned. In the early days of the t movement Women's Rights was the c synonym for dress reform, for neglect- I ed home duties for rabid political i tendencies and for uiwomanly women. f Elizabeth Cady Stanton was Miss Anthony's earliest ally. Together they conducted one campaign aftereanother, seemingly making but little headwayt at first. They traveled all over the country, going from place to place in oi en wagons, stage coaches or what ever other conveyance was obtainable, and from door to door on foot. They endured many hardships and were sub' jected to insults innumerable. People said of them that Mrs. Stanton made the balls and Miss Anthony fired them. She proved her good ma~rasmanship by making every ball count. Partial Suffrage in Many States. "I never saw that tail, stately Quaker girl coming across my lawn," said Mrs. Stanton, "But what I knew another bomb-shell was to be hurled into some assembly of men." -Miss Anthony was arrested and fined for illegal voting in 1872. She had - cast a ballot at the election. She never Spaid the fine. Since then four states Shave granted the right of suffrage to - women; 23 states have given them the right to vote at school elections, and New York permits women taxpayers to vote on all questions affecting the tax ation of property. For years Miss. Anthony hoped to live to see a woman -elected 'and inaugurated as President of the United States, but she hais a b landoned that hope now, realizing that such a thing will not come to pass in fher day. a Her life is now less strenuous and* L- she and her sister. Mary, have a quiet~ -pretty home at Rochester N. Y. She keeps in touch with every cause in the interest of or for the advancement of I woman, and in her voluminous corres pondence continues to give advice and - counsel to women in all quarters of the globe. Out of her little workshop t in the attic of the Rochester home comes much of the ammunition used in continuing the battle for suffrage. Six years ago, at the age of 80 she r learned to operate a typewriter, which she employs in her personal corres 1 pondlenco and in caring on her wvo"1. STime has dealt gently with her. She is still stately and erect, and her step 3 has the vigor and elasticity of most 1 women many years her junior. Her 1 memory is undulled by age, all of her e faculties seer.. to retain the keenness which made her such a power in the eprime of her life. Her Interest in the ! world's affairs is unabated, and her l mind is attuned to every movement a having for its object the betterment of mankind. TRUIPH FOR ROOT GERMANY'S NEW TARIFF ACT ALLOWS SMALLEST RATE ON AMERICAN GOODS. Securing This Unlooked For Conces sion Makes Secretary of State a Diplomat of first Rank-German Market Prized. War has been averted between the Lnited States and Germany; not the strife of cannon and sword, but com nercial war, which nevertheless very seriously threatened important Ameri :an industries. The recent action of the German reiclistag in passing legislation defer ,ing from March 1 next, until June 30, 907, the assessment of the maximum t t 7 t N a g t a c 0 9 ~~/ 3 b C t If t a /e f C MTHONY. e liust Celebrated Hier :Eigh!y-sixth lB31-rthday.C t chedules of the new imperial tariff c gainst American goods, thus averting , tari:1 war with the United States, is; he climax to a protracted interchange I f correspondence between Secretary toot and Ambassador Sternberg, in hich Secretary Root has achieved his rs-. great feat of pure diplomacy. C The success of the State Department n obtaining for another sixteen months. qual consideration in the German rade with other governments that have nade great concessions to obtain the ninimum tariff in Germany, without ny amelioration of our schedules Lganst German goods entering this :ountry, ranks as one of the notable 1: rorks of statecraft in several decades I: f the recent history of the American oreign office. Had Secretary Root notI lready given ample promise of being I Ldiplomat of the first class, he would t iow be hailed as the new stellar light f n international politics.t All Done in a Month. Only a month before the action of the eichstag, the German government was ill apparently inexorable in its posi ion that the maximum rates would be anforced on March 1. In the light of the 'eichstag's action, it the earnest solicitation of Chancellor on Buelow, one might be led to think i colossal bluff had been attempted, and pushed to the last moment by Germany. But this, it is understood here, is not the case. The seed of education as to the result of the tariff war, which Mr. Root had been sowing, did not sprout until within the last few weeks; then its growth was rapid. Realizing that Mr. .R1oot was thof oughly familiar with all the premisca nd sound in his understanding of what the results would be of any course pur sued by Germany, and that he could not be shaken from his position of polite regret that no concession was possible at this ced of the wire, the German statesmen quickly went to their reichstag. and had legislation: passed deferring the trouble. Had the department here shown signs of hysteria, or had Secretary Root not fully anpreciated the several anl~ls of the eso or had he made ex cited efforts to have Congress act hur riedly in~ giving (Gprmnyn enneessions5 before March 1. the Germnans would have decidod that the United States could he coerced hv actually apnlying the maximum tariff. hut Mr. Root's placid explanations that nothing at all could he done here. either before or after March 1. had an exceedingly quieting effect upon German tariff opinions. Se'eretary Root's impassive attitude, which was so remarkably effective In this case, Is all the more notable, in view of the flood of excited protests that hav& come to Washington from assocatine of farming, manufacturing, mnd other producing interests in th ifiddle West, whi::h consider the Ger man market their *velvet.*' STOCK EXCHANGE SEATS. Points of Vantage Where Millions Are Mace (and Lost) While uu Wait. in keeping with the recent remark ible rise in stock prices in this coun. :ry is the rapid advance in rates at hich New York Stock ExchangE eats are selling. The membership of he Exchange is strictly limited tc ,100, and seats are therefore objects f ardent desire on the part of many 2g:dreds of market operators, tc Thom a membership would be mate. -!ally valuable. A month ago a seat old for $85,000, a record price. A few lays ago membership rights were sold or $90,000 and one seat was bought t the unprecedented price of $95,000. t is believed that if there is another ransaction of this character soon the )rice will reach $100,000, or somewhat nore than 50 per cent. greater than he rate at which seats were sold t'wo ears ago. In 1S72 Stock Exchange eats sold for $4,000, and this was re ,arded as high. An idea of the reason why Wall treet operators are anxious to ob ain the right to transact their busi tess on the floor of the Exchange s gained from the fact that the stock ransactions nowadays average close pon 1,000,000 shares a day. If every ember of the Exchange were active, nd if the business were evenly di ided, such a daily business would give D each member a commission upon bout 990 shares, amounting to a early income of $32,700. This is. of ourse, entirely apart from individual perations and profits. These Stock Exchange seats are re arded as assets. There has been in he past some trading in them for the ake of the profits gained by the rise a the rate, but the tendenc: was dis ouraged by a rigid enforcement of the ule that the purchaser must be ac eptable to the governors of the Ex hange. Men now sell their seats only Dr urgent reason, such as failure of ealth, or removal to other fields. In he latter case the New York seat is robably more profitably turned into ash, at the high rates now prevailing, han to be held for future use. When member of the -xchange dies, his xecutors sell his seat for the highest btainable rate. The bidding is -ften pirited, and some of the most strik ag advances in the record prices have een scored in this way. M IONAIRES FOR WAITERS. addies Feasted as Guests of the Germantown Cricket Club, Near Philadelphia. Mi~lionaires and men of promin nce in the business and social life f the city turned waiters and fed be little lads who have served as addies on the golf links of the Ger 3antown Cricket Club, at a banquet t the clubhouse at Wissahickon eights the other night. The lads ,ere delighted with the feast, but iore pleased with the attention show red upon them by the dignified men f affairs, who left nothing undone to ake them happy. As the eighty-six youngsters, rang ag in age from eight to sixteen years, at about the banquet board, garbed their regular costumes, Samuel T. eebner, one of the old members of he club, wielded the carving knife, .d huge slices of turkey were prompt y hurried to the hungry youngsters y the millionaire waiters. First, ex-Minister to Italy, William otter would hurry away with a >ate, then Sheriff Brown and Direc or of Public Safety Potter would rush rom the carver's side, carrying plat ers heaped with turkey and tempting egetables. Edward S. Buckley, Jr., yresident of the club, took a hand and vas assisted by Vice-President H. H. ingston, Harian S. Page, Howard errin, Joseph S. Clark, Charles T. Dowperwaite, Henry A. Lewis, Robert 3Cooke. William R. Buckley, C. H. otter, William Disston and W. Find ey Brown, and all of them were busy ooking after the wants of their cad lies, all of them men of great affairs. After the collation had been served, William C. Houston, chairman of the golf committee. ..alled the gathering to order and maue a brief address, ir which he con~ratulated the boys upor their bchavior during the year. As 2 means of still further leaxsin~r the end lies, each was presented with a bo, >f candy and prizes ranging from $] i $2.50 in gold. A Propelior In the Air. An English device is reported of a! air motor boat, which, while not re markable as a speed craft:, is yet ver3 aseful In navigating many bodies 0: wate which on account of their ex treme shallowness are practically clos ed to navigation. Other deeper rivern and lakes are likewise avoided by 2 screw or paddle wheel craft on ac count of their g-owths of rank vege tation. A flat, shallow draft launch has beer constructed which overcomes both dif fculties, for its screw propeller or far works, not in the water but in the air Driven by a motor, the fan whirling i the air sends the boat along at a goo< rate of speed. Curara one of the deadly poison2 and that with which South Americal Indians annoint their arrow headr has been found very helpful in thi reamnt of hydronhoba IN HE ia OUiLAD A FBR U.eRYJO CR EY FROM THE LAND OF ICE T0 THE LAND OF FLOWERS. Breezy Account of a Midwinter Trip to Lnarieton, Jacksonville and 5t. Augustine.-flotels Which Are Palaces. We left Washington on February eighteenth and after spending two de lightful days in New York boarded the -Seminole" for Jacksonville, on Wash ington's birthday. Now the one accom plishment of my life has been that I was always a good sailor; but on this trip I had to succumb, never raising my head fror- the pillow from the hour we started ntil we reached Charles ton. I thought pretty faithfully of my son who was sick for 12 days while go ing to the Isthmus. It was a terrible passage for us, very cold, rainy and completely dismal. Nearly every one was sick, only two ladies and a few gentlemen, my lhusband among them being the exceptions. I bad the dub ious pleasure of taking all my meals in my berth. For two nights the steamer pitched and rolled to such ani extent, that my husband couldn't stay; in his upper berth, and when we came around Hatteras it seemed really peril ous. The captain said it was the rough est night the boat had experienced for five years and it will be a long, long while before I shall want to round Hatteras again! Saturday morning however the misery was over, and at eight A. M. we stopped at Charleston, with a partially clear sky, and a few hours before us in which to do the City. We drove to the "Battery" and walked the length of the sea wall there. The street is broad, the houses right on the street, their grounds on either side planted with vegetables, magnolia trees, roses in fullbioom,and a wealth of vines everywhere. The houses here were built before the war. and are immense three story structures running way back, with two and three story verandas facing the South to 'atc'h the sea breeze. Quaint old carv ings are on the doors which are also resplendent with great brass knockers. The view is fine acnd expalnsive, in cluding Charuleston Harbor, Fort Sum A SAFE IN' $5 or More Per M< Interest in Trot '.etc OFFICEES fn Preent. w. H. Aucm~Tosa. ExF .Rauirnad Comn. Phila .Pa. Ex-E~ditor Timne. Phila. Pa. Secray and~ Treasirer. C. M. MCMaUn. Phiua, Pa. (1ownC, A. L. wANAMAK~ER, Phula.. Pa. Write today for free booklet and handson letter will bring both to your door, without ch~ INTERNATIONAL LUMI J. 796 Drexel Building, ter in the distance, and the Ashley and Cooper Rivers. in the parr are several old statues and on a warm night it must be a charming spot. Flowers in Winter. Then we drove through the town, encountering everywhere gardens in bloom and trees in foliage as if it were the month of May. A lady we met gave me an exquisite red and white camelia, and I saw an immense bush CALHOUN MONUMENT, CHARLESTON. S. C. -overed with red ones. We went Inte St. " .chael's church, one of the oldest hurchee in the South, twice injured by fire, and the walls cracked during he great earthquake. The three walls ire lined with memorial tablets; the pews are of the old style, high ones, FORT SUMTER. CHARLESTON HARBOR. OSCEOLA'S GRAVE, FORT MOULTJA, ur heads just appearing over the tops. We rambled through the market, a one story building extending from block to block till I think I counted six. Flere we saw fruits and fresh vege ables in abundance, the darkey women alancing great fat baskets on their (Continued on next page.) , iUC3 Mf Large profits in small gardens. Write 1, 11 fo rcsof roots and seeds. Order roots and sceds now and arrange to start a garden in spring. illustrated book, tlling abotut it's history, cultiv-ation, profits, mnarket, etc. 25 cts.in stamp~s. .Address: Wisconsin Gin eng Gardens, 602 A dam. St., Wausau, Wi. VESTM~IENT )nth Buys Protected ~ical Plantation. 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Each share of stoc. resents fotrteen aeres of lard. Price of shares will n be increased to S350. The stckholders' money is fully secured as the en property including over 200 tuildings, railroad line. .paid for in fullI ard deeded in trust fcr protection tockholders to Philad elphia trusi ecompany. Investment returned in case of death. if desired. Over 3000 persons already receiving dividends. By making application now you secure shares a par receive 4 pr ct onycur money April 1st. BOARD OF DIRECTORS conett of officers' and H A . MvRRr-ui.. Pree. City Nat. Ttanko. Mason city, Ia. *Jomr P. BARNPJ. Justice suprerne Court. Norfolk, Neb. Vrcron Di PoirT. Ja. Dui Pont Powder Works. Wilmington, Del. EzAt.Gen. Porto Rico, Sani Juan. P. R. ey Welstrased paper. A teques t by postal or ER & DEVELOPMENT CO. Philadelphia. Pa.