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__ v "The 11 Luxury of the Rich" j Sjr Charles Johnston y OR any ono who has Imagination, there is a curious and won4 I derful atory behind a "luxurious" bill of fare. Let ua begin ? with the wines; and let ua assume that they are genuine, I . t for one can usually have the authentic thing by paying the II ^ price for It. The wines on a richly decked table really repX resent the work of hundreds of French peasants, with their wives and children, who, In the midst of a lovely country, rise early and toll late, with loving and tender care watching over the growth and ripening of tho fruit of what Is < e of the most beautiful and decorative plants In the world. Millions of ?' Jse thrifty, simple people depend for their well-being and comfort on the istant demand for wines, and for the best and purest, and therefore the st extensive wines. The rich do not compel these people to work; nature npels them to work. What the rich do is to Influence the direction in which they shall work, and to hrlnir within thnlr rimch nil kltirin of cnmmndl Weekly. ttWkk>rtmkirtmkkkkMkkkkW?w? | I The Berliner I T Unpleasant Qualities on the Surface, '.' S ?Admirable Ones Below. . . ! | By Robert Haoen Schauffler k>Hii HEN I speak of the Berliner I do not moan the highest ? ~~~stratum of Berlin society; for the gentleman and the gentlewoman are fairly constant types the world over. 1 mean J the person whom the young clerk, fresh from the provinces, sots about imitating; the person whose origin is recognised the moment he entors any European cafe; the person wltu ????_ whom the stranger to Berlin has exclusive dealings. _ ! ur ncriinor inclines 10 military sianaaras in appearance and character, very much as official Berlin does. A mooch, determined chin, a daunting glance, a right noble pose, a rapid stride, ! are all the mode. An upturned mustache has recently been de rigueur, and one f notices with joy that even the bronze mermen on the Heydt bridge possess the Imperial "string-beard." One of the Berliner's most trying characteristics is his superiority. He has known the latest joke at least 10 years. Do not try to tell him anything or to strike from him the least 6park of enthusiasm, for news is no news \ to hi in; he was born blase. His eleventh commandment is, "Let not thyself k be bluffed," his life motto, "Nil admirari." In conversation he Instinctively inA terrupts each fresh subject to deliver the last word upon it. and to argue with him is to insult him. There is something cutting in his speech. PerI haps Voltaire's Influence on the great Frederick, the critic king, started this dreadful habit, which seems to grow with indulgence. It is a curious coincidence that the first performance of Goethe's "Faust" should have been given in Schloss Monbijou, the home of the Hohenzollcrn museum, for it would almost seem as though th Berliners had modelled their daily speech after the caustic, sneering, telling style of the engaging villain In that drama. They have little humor, but much wit of the barbed, barracks variety. And their target is the universe. Because their unpleasant qualities are on the surface and their admirable ones are below, the Berliners do a grave injustice to the rest of Ger Ruituiy. many toreigners go first to the capital, aro repelled by the people they first r "et( and hasten on to France or Italy with the Idea that all Germans have corrosive tongues and manners of a drill sergeant. Whereas there Is no widsr difference in temperament between the people of Naples and those of Warsaw than between the citizens of Munich and the citizens of Berlin?The Century. I What Shall We Do with j , | 5,000,000 Women? 5 By "Ji mused Teacher" V g? 1 m HEN President Woodrow Wilson in his talk before the www Southern society generalized on the logical nature of women's minds ho evideutly was not acquainted with the arguments of the president of the National society for the aMOBssBs Civic Education against woman suffrage. In deploring the entrance of women into the industries ^ ^ she thinks "the time has come when we must consider, and wuoiuu4 doi li/uaij, wuuiuer lqis movement has not gone far enough." For the sake of the argument let us decide to agree with her. but let us pretend that we want to be practical, though of course we really don't. Would this home-loving lady (who seems to have plenty of money to iatay at home on) mind telling us what she would have us do with the five million workin" women we already have on our hands?I mean are going to have when we have decided they hare gone far enough? Those whose savings seem to make the venture safe might be pnt to bed and strapped down If they can't be made to behave any other way. The hundreds of thousands of women whose husbands cannot support them might be killed off in some humane manner. The women who have parents to support could be disposed of in the same practical fashion. And the "bachelor salds" with no one but themselves to support and no account nohow?a gentle application of chloroform and all would be over, with no one the worse. Only the widow is left, and she?but she can usually dispose of herself, and we forego advice. nwskmhwswrtswswtiswswswkoams ^ A Word to Parents j, g A By Theodora Roosevelt ^ j| _ mnamnan^ T ideal of a boy is one who will grow op and be abl# to ' | support himself and a wife and children. I WkJM To be At to be an American citizen, he has got to preI Hyl serve his sslf-respect and conduct himself so as to wrong I A A no one. Fathers need the most preaching. Frequently the HL; I mothers who hare had hard lire* take the an wise course ia || I "ZTTZT attempting to benefit their daughters and sons by bringing' $?: ' them up free from hard knocks. Next to hardness of heart, ? mmmmJ the next least desirable quality is softness of head, and SwLi ner or father should nqt try to brtng up their child la that way. Ton yi it the right stuff out of those children for the next war, or you don't jBpat <l?v eat citizens when there lent any war. Bring them up to work, so i Bfhdt - ..gy shall rsaogaiss an obotacls is not soinstliisg to ks shlihzd. but ties In exchange for their work. 80 other things on the same table represent the well-being, the family comfort, of shepherds in the hills, perhaps, of our west, or of Wales or 8coUand; or the wealth of fishermen on tho rivers of MrIuo or along our New England coasts; or down south, in tho Qulf, or in the oyster beds at the mouths of our rivers; or, again, the earnings of the hunters along the fringes of the sea marshes, or among the woods and hills, or on the prairies; vigorous, adventurous men. with a warm love of every changing aspect of natural beauty, who aro thus able to lead half-wild lives under tho fair dome or neaven. it Is just this putting In motion of a huge artuy of folk, scattered over widespread regions, carrying out exacting tasks, that makes the cost of on expensive banquet; dhd the rich man Is simply tho factor determining In which of a score of directions a constant stroam of resources shall flow, ^bringing the power to work, and recompense for work, to a varied army of good people all over the world. . . The basis of the wholo thing is that the richest man In the world cannot spend a penny except by Daylng some one for something?Hnmor'a k CHILD KIDMPPHI Wilfie Whitla, Aged 8, Taken from School at Sharon, Pa NO CLUE TO THE PERPETRATORS Willi* wutu, 8 Tern Old. Taken From Hia School at Sharon, Pa-? Held For $10,000 Ransom?Terms Complied With, But Plan Fails. On last Friday Willie Whitla, 8 years old, was kidnapped from school at Sharon, Pennsylvania. A well dressed inun drove up to the school and told the janitor that Willie's father hod sent him to bring Willie to his office. Not suspecting any thing wrong the teacher fixed Willie up and sent him on, in light pleasantry saving she hoped ho was not being kidnapped. All too soon she found that it was a stern reality. A letter was received Friday in Willie's own hand which read: Dear Father: Two bad men have me, and if you don't scinl $10,000 they will kill me in 10 days. Willie Whitla. There was nothing on the envelope to denote where the letter had boon mailed. Frank H. Buhl, a millionaire uncle of Willie's took a decided interest in the case and will freely pay the $10,000 for his safe roowmry. It was reported from that cit> that two men and a boy answering the description of the kidnappers and their victim havo been seen thorc, consequently the supposition is that Mr. Ruhl has received word which made him believe his nephew was in Cleveland or that vicinity. The buggy in which the child was taken from school was located at Warren Ohio, and as the Cleveland paper* were among those specified, in which the demand of the kidnappers for a $10,000 ransom should be answered by a personal advertisement, all evi denoe seemed to indicate that developments in the mysterious case was centered about the Lake City. A clue was secured Sunday, ir which little credence is placed, however. On March 1 the local postoflftc* department received a circular announcing a reward for a mail described as Samuel C. Leavanson, ol Canton, O.. said to be wanted then for the theft of $400. Janitor Wes ley 0. Sloss. of the school from whicl Willie was taken, when shown the cir cular bearing a portrait of the mar wanted, declared it bore a strong re semblance to the abductor. I A Cleveland, 0., special on Sundaj says: Whitla was instructed in t letter from the kidnappers to leav< $10,000 in Flat Iron Park Saturday night. If no detectives were abou the kidnappers promised they wouh deliver the boy safely to the fathei in a hotel at Ashtabula at 3 o'clod Sunday morning. Whitla deposite: the money as requested, but the Ash tabula police learned of the plans t? mc lunwm ana went to the park The kidnapers are supposed t/> hav< seen them, for at 3 o'clock the mone] was intact and not a man had ap pro ached the spot. Whit la believes that the faihire t< effect a settlement with him wil friirhten the kidnapers and they wil not communicate with him ajrain. The police of Ashtabula are unwil lin<r to believe that the kidnaper have left that section of the countrv The letter from the captors of Wil lie Whitla cair.e to the boy's parent! in Sharon Friday afternoon. Upon receipt of the letter Whitli called in private dectives and aske< thf?i r TV i urv were anxious t< capture e kidnapers and pleade< with him to permit them to place i decoy package of hills at the desig nated spot and let officers lie in wai and capture the men who came afte the money. Whitla would not agree to this. H finally consented to permit the detec tives to acornpany him to this eif. and await his summons to start i search for the kidnapers. Promptly at 10 o'clock Wbitla lef the package of bills in the park. H went tto the designated spot alont feeling certain that his complianc with the request of the kidnaper would prove the means of delivering his boy back to him. Three polieemen who bad been sen out from the Ashtabula central sta tion saw Whitla leave the money fi it _ me pant, iney appraised Chief LM key of their discovery and reeeivei instructions to remain on duty an capture the kidnapers should the appear. In the meantime Whitla returne< to the city and communicated wit his detectives in Cleveland. They ad vised him not to go to the hotel fo his boy a minute before the time sel After five hours of anxious waitinj Whitla staled after his boy. As h was on his way, a policeman inform ed him that three officers bad been 01 guard in the immediate vicinity o the park and that no one had ealle for the money. Whitla waa overcome when thi news waa broken to him. He went t the park and found his package o money undisturbed, j A dettaehment of deteetivas wa I sent out from Cleveland as soon a I it waa learned that the Ashtabul J police were workin* on the mu I Tb? father refiuwi to sleep si si I and keeps np through sheer wi] power. The Bother, who will not el | low her daughter, Saline, out of heij I eight, is showing the effects of th< worry. Whitla returned to Celevland anc I after a conference with Detective Perkins the return trip to Sharon wat made. Hundreds of letters from all ove) the country continue to come mltjo) 1 the country continue to pour in fron friends and strangers alike, tendering sympathy. Rut among all the corres1 pondence there has been no wore from the abductors, nor any one wh? 1 seemed to be in any way in toucl with them. I CONGRESSJN SESSION President Taft's Message Bead? ' Speaker Gannon Announces Important Committees. , The second day's session of the House of Representatives found the memSi xty-Hrst Congress found the members in a much calmer mood than on , Mtnndny. The tension wns noticeably relaxed, and a feeling of general good fellowship wns apparent. The drawing for seats was the tirst business. A number of the older members were allowed their choice of seats. , Speaker Cannon announced the following committees: , Rules?The Speaker; Dnlzcll, of Pennsylvania; Smith of Iowa; Clark of Missouri; Fitzgerald, New York. Commit too on Ways and Montis? Payne, of New York; Dalcell, of Pennsylvania; McCall, Massachusetts; Hill of Connecticutt; Boutell, of minois; Need ham, of California; Calderhead, of Kansas; Fordney, of Michigan; Gaines, of West Virginia; Cushman. of Washington; Longworth of Ohio; Crumpacker, of Indiana; Clark, of Missouri; Harrison, of New York; Brous&ard, of Louisiana; Underwood, of Alabama; Griggs, of Georgia; Pou, of North Carolina; Randell, of Texas. Speaker Cannon did not consult tho minority leader, Hon. Champ Clark, in the appointment of committeement from the minority party and Mr. Clark and he had some controversy. The President's message was received and read in both houses after , which the Senate adjourned until *Tiday. PRESIDENT TAFT'S MESSAGE. The following is the very brief, [ but clear cut message from the ? President: . "To the Senate and House of Repi resentatives: "I have convened congress in extra i session in order to enable it to give . immediate consideration to the revision of the Dinglev tariff act. Condij tions affecting production, manufaci ture and business generally have so ? changed in the last 12 years as to re~ quire a re-adjustment and revision of t the import duties imposed by that act, ] More than this the present tariff aot x with other sources of government re"t enne, does not furnish income enough ] to pay authorized expenditures. By . amy 1, next, the excess of expenses 3 over receipts for the current hscal year wiH equal $100,000,000. ? Party Pledged to Revision, f "The successful party in the late . election is pledged to a revision of the tariff. The country and business 3 community especially, expect it. The j prospect of a ehange in the rates of j import duties always causes a suspension or halt in business because of the uuccnamiy as to changes 10 be made s and their effect. It is thefore of the highest importance that the new bill . should be agreed upon and passed ^ with as much speed as possible consistent with its due and thorough , fonsideration. j Urges Speedy Action. : "For these reasons I have deemed j the present to be an extraordinary oc9 casion. within the meaning of the . constitution and requiring the calling j of an extra session. , " In my inaugural address, I stated in a summary way, the principles up( on which, in my judgment, the revisj, ion of the tariff should proceed, and 1 indicated at least one new source of 2 revenue that might be properly restored in order to avoid future deficit. 1 It is not necessary for me to repeal ( what I then said. , "I venture to suggest that the vital ? business interests of the country re quire mat the attention of congress in this session be ehiefly devoted to consideration of the new tariff bill, and that less time be given to other subject* of legislation in tis session, is better for the country." "WILLIAM il. TAFT." For four hours the House of Representatives Friday battened to the reading of the tariff bill which was the only business transacted. It was perhaps the dreariest legislative sea- j r aion of any held by the body in re' cent year*. ? iii? eenaoe bill waa received by the f Senate from the House and referred ' to the committee on the cenaua. After l' being in aeaaion eight minutea the B Senate adjourned until Monday. There ^ ia general diapoaition in the Houae t to eliminate aa far aa poeeible any academic diecuaaion of the tariff. t Member* oa both aide* are deairona t of having an little general debate aa j poaaible and ae much time aa is practicable for the consideration of the t bill under the five minute rule for t amendment. A Chicago bulge aaya a ft*dan Wee 1 la worth $10. It would have been i more gallant to have said "Ma weight 1 la gold." Hi* Decision Against the 1 Killing of Sen. C&rms In the Penitentiary Nushville, Tenn., Special.?Guilty of murder in tho second degree?pun- tju islam nt 20 years' imprisonment?this the 1; was tho unexpected verdict rendered larati by the ury against Col. Duncan D. lesslv Cooper and Kobin J. Cooper when tho a ,jpt court opened Saturday. The jury Fri- took i day acquitted John D. Sharp, indicted jn a I with the Coopers for tho slaying of dismi formor U. S. Senator Edward W. Car- < mack. exclai Rush to Sign Bond. that Although Judge ilart lixed the bond becuu at $25,000 there was a rush to sign tend it on the part of wealthy citizens of on|y Nashville which fairly swamped the ghar] clerk of the criminal court. the oi The first to arrive was John J. that Greener, who signed for $10,00 on bond each bond. Several others had been sent for and telephoned that they would come as quickly as automobiles "T would bring them. In a few moments a bail vvrt ?-- - - "uiicr yj. ranner nrriveu nnd signed *on. for the balnnce. "I will sign for a ?nch million for those men," he remarked. there In vain the elerk protested over and ?vent over again that more than enough 's KQt sureties had signed hut the invariable ^enet answer was "We want to put our torted name on that bond too." It seemed 8??mH as though every friend of tho Coopers Pai considered it incumbent upon him to J'l sign the bond. When there was no said * more room for names at the foot of judgn the document the new hnnrl?m?n> ??- be iri\ I dorsed across the face until it was pared difficult to decipher the signatures. P "* When filed the bond totaled nearly a ^ million and a half. court. The Jury's Verdict. unnec At 9:25 the 12 men entered the >our room and took the same seats they had occupied for nearly 9 weeks. The "Have you agreed upon a verdict, hut oi gentlement T" said Judge Hart. "O "We have," replied Foreman E. John M. Burke hoarsely. spirac "Advance, Mr. Foreman, and read we st the verdict." the fi "We, the jury, find the defendants cumst Duncan B. Cooper and Robin J.j sccom Cooper guilty of murder in the second maxir degree and assess their punishment at quittt confinement in the State penitentiary day i for a period of twenty years." result "So say you all, gentlement?" for at "So say we all," in chorus. the s^ "I thank you. gentlement," said only the court, "for your patience and de-lof us votiton to the State, and dismiss you thing to your homes and to your personal again, vocations. the G The jurors were tired-looking and acquit disheveled, but with the conclusion the it of this remark the entire 12 sprang years from their seats as one man and hur- who riedly left the court room. verdi< UNITED STATES CENSUS REPORT Washington, Special. ? Running] 450 b bales of cotton numbering 13,408,841, arc fl of average gross weight of 505 1907. pounds, all equivalent to 13,503,942 Tbf 500-pound bales, with 27,587 ginner- bales, ies operating, was the final report of ^jn the census bureau Saturday on the sa8 cotton crop grown in 1908. bales The report included 344,970 linters sas j and counts round as half bales. The c|u<jjr final 1907 crop report was 11,325,882 jmno bales, equivalent to 11,375,461 500- ;wna pound bales with 27,597 ginneries operating. included in tho 1908 figures are 93,- ^onia 085 bales, which the pinners estimate- t , ' ed they would turn out after the time of the March canvass. ' bales Round bales in the report are 340,- pinia, THE HOUSE PASSES AMENDEDCE Washington, Special.?In its emend- was i ed form the House took Thursday for point; consideration the bill providing for formi the taking of the next census. The raent bill was passed at the last session, civil i but was vetoed by the President be- the s cause of his objections to the pro- gover visions which took away from the Mr. 1 Civil Service Commission the power requii of appointment of the clerkB. An fumii amendment by Mr. Sterling (Ills.) [a cer DECLARE ALCOHOL IS B Washington, Special. ? Alcohol Medi< practicality hat* no therapeutic uses, Move judging from the discussion at the Kelly semi-annual meeting here Thursday holic of the American Society for the T. D. Study of Alcohol and Other Drug on " Narcotics. Some of the medical Probl scientists contended that alcohol has lanta, no therapeutic uses; others that on cohol tbe whole it has few such uses, while to I another declared that alcohol grad- night ually is being eliminated as a drug, terest Papers were read by Drs. Henry O. catinf hfaroy, of Boston, honoarary presi- ing t< dent of the society, entitled, "A ebriat LYNOItD AT tLKINS, wTVA., FO Elkins, W. Va., Special.?Joseph stratei Brown, said to have been an ez-con- 8've riot, who Thursday evening shot and ^ " seriously wounded Chief of Police a l>OS! Soott White, at Whitmere, near here, placed was taken from jail by a crowd of ed thi men at 1:30 Friday morning and and E lynched. Brown was hanged upon a the ja telegraph pole. Thursday evening White White, who is a son of Way or Wash- Browi ington White, of Whitemere, remoo- terms --- 111 pSE wo Coopers !^!! cck?20 Years \ the Penalty. Verdict a Surprise. ) verdict, coir5'"' * T nor' leels of Fori l? on Friday tl tied up as to ; sided surprist t> ^ . it colly?nlino ,i. I second after * a-> d J ssiujr the jur J [?f the defens ? . raring: "You the case be o rai t se of the verd that Friday's one, and that > but declared a msugieement on tlier defendants. We also ask the defendants be admitted to at once." A Bailable Case. he verdict of the jury makes it table case," was the court's rc4 Hence I will tlx the bond of defendunt at $*2.~),000 unless Kn T? A' A ire ouuic uujimuuii. in inai I will henr arguments." "It isfactory to us," said Attorney al McCain. "And to us," rel Judge Anderson. "There nothing left but for the court s.H sentence," added Judge Hart, do not think that necessary," fudge Anderson. We move that lent be suspended and that we ren a new trial. We will be preto argue the motion later? bly next week." it right, judge," remarked the "I know you will not delay essarily and I will take it up at own convenience." How the Jury Voted. > jurors were not inclined to talk ric of thein said: n the first ballot we acquitted Kuarp and disregarded the con y theory. On this same ballot ood six for guilty of murder in rst degree with mitigating cirances, five for murder in the :1 degree with 20 years, the mini penalty and one for acal. The ballots all day Wednesind Thursday showed the same ^ Friday the man who voted :*quittul came over to murder in ?eond degree but demanded that 10 years be assessed. The rest .. jf< did not deem, ten years as anylike adequate, so we disagreed. Of course, all this refers to oopers, not Sharp, whom we had tted. Early Saturday morning lan who was holding out for 10 agreed to 20 years and the six were voting for a first degree :t agreed to this verdict." ON THE COTTON CROP ales. Sea island bales includod '3,848 for 1908 and 80,895 for > crop by States, in running including linters, follows: barna, 1.358.339 bales; Arkan1,018,708 bales; Florida, 71,411 ; Georgia. 2.022,828 bales; Kanientuckv and New Mexico (inig linters, of establishments in is and Virginia) 5,054; Louia481,094 bales; Missessippi, 1,15 bales; Missouri, 00,009 bales; i Carolina, 699,507 bales; Okla, 703,802 bales; South Carolina, 200 bales; Tennessee, 348,582 ; Texas, 3,719,189 bales; Vir13,013 bales. NSUS AND HEALTH BILLS igreed to providing that the apments shall be made in conty with the law oj: apportionarnong the States under the Bervioe act. In order to prevent ipread of tuberculosis among nmeni clerks, nn amendment Bennett (N. Y.) was agreed to, ring that each census applicant ;h with his or her application tiflcate of good health. EING ELIMINATED. :al Study of the Temperance ment in the South;" Howard A, of Baltimore, on "The AlcoProblem in Every-Day Life;" , C'rothers, of Hartford, Conn-, The Future of the Alcoholic em;" and W. B. Parks, of AtGa., on "The Effects of Alon Temperament as it Relates laee and Nationality." The 's session developed much inamong the scientists as indiC the necessity for laws relat> the care and nrote<?>in*i a# ? ? R ASSAULTING OFflCCR rl with Brown for using offenanguage.. Brown drew a revolld shot White and then took to onntains. He was followed by sea of citizens, captured and i in jail. Early Friday it seerait the whole town was aroused trown was quietly taken out of 11 and hanged. Chief of Polios V it is believed, will recover, i is said to have served several of imprisonment. jifefti i i I Ii '1 H'lsrn' I ^