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Numberof columns of advertising in The
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January 31 1904 1223r4
Numberof columns of advertising in The
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January 31 1903 856 <
INCREASE 4374
Ii I This record of growth was not equalled by any
I newspaper morning or evening In thc United States
NO BALTIMORE FIRE HERE
I Every treat disaster Is an agent of progress The
Xroquols catastrophe made theatres safer all over the
L world and the Baltimore conflagration has brought Into
lt eGeld of practical work Improvements which with
out it would bve been only talked about for tho next
ten year
0 JtaytnMcCIeflnn bas been spurred by Battltnornf ex
sMrienco to take up seriously the plan of utilizing the
inexhaustible supplies of salt water in the Bast and
I North RlrtTB for fire protection He proposes a eye
l tern of mains below Fortysecond street connected with
electric Dumping plant to be operated by power from
11h8re1ented surface and underground railway lines
> 9noh an arrangement ought not to be expensive com
47 > redvwHh the tremendous losses it might prevent And
kmtsttbw of the Board of Fire Underwriters declares
1 kbit It would not only mater a general conflagration Im
a possible but would caiuo a general reduction of Insur
ance premiums as soon as it went into operation
Chief Croker enthusiastically deserts that it would
make New York the safest fire risk as a city that the
4 world ever know or can lmow
Incidentally it would afford a sensible relief to our
d ob overburdened Croton water supply it seems a needleee
extravagance to pour drinking water on fires when soa
water would be even more effective The same principle
iwbuld apply to otreot sprinkling for which salt water
r U better than fresh
Mayor HcClellan Is more fortunate than Mayor Har
Qi rison of Chicago and Mayor McLane of Baltimore
4 ifltianks to their experience ho is locking the stable
doors before his horses are stolen
fjt A REPUBLICAN FUNERAL
fliJj The upState Kepubllcans at Uov Odells noraeruie
t i conference allowed it to bo clearly understood that they
g1 did not favor any plan that would give New York City
I r the control of its own liquor problems Well Now York
j j can stand that if tho Republican party can The Gov
J ernor original homerule proclamation was born of
< iI the tear that if tho organization did not do something to
0 1 I Bblft the odium of meddlesome interference
with the
> personal liberty of New Yorkers there
would
soon be no
i Republican votes left In the metropolis The
o grounds
0 for that fear are still as substantial as over If the up
Btata legislators want to butcher the Republican party
in this city to make a Ralnos law holiday it will be the
I patty not the city that will furnish most of the
Bummers
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j Let us thank Providence that the fence about the new
PublIc Library will not be a permanent institution and
i that wten it comes down the library Itself will not be
t under the jurisdiction of Park Commissioner Pall q sup
y posing him to be In office at that time The white mar
< lile walls of this building would offer an even more en
ticing background for wblskey advertisements than tho
fence whose fitness for such uses appeals so irresistibly
4o the Commissioners artistic and thrifty eye
5 4 When Mr Pallas took office he candidly admitted that
kii be know nothing about parks His desire to see every
available open space turned Into a billboard makes It
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V clear that he might have gone much further than that
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V V His mind is rather worse than a total blank on the
primary principles of civic adornment Mayor McClel
I V lan owes It to him as well as to the rest of us to give
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him a little elementary Instruction It would to cruel to
1 V pitchfork a man into a position for whose duties he was
totally unfitted and then leave him to flounder without
1 i ti V 1 guidance
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c JVctr ncintirceii for tlir Mrtronnlltnii The Invested
i 1 fundi ot the Metropolitan Museum or Art have Increased
a I almost tenfold within the past year and now exceed
JI000000 The Interest on that endowment amounting
a to something like a quarter of a million a year ought
I 4 to buy so many works or real merit ns to mate the
r loll tlonB of the museum worthy In time of the build
j ing In which they arc homed A quarter of a million
1
i would not go very far toward stocking a gallery with
Haplmols but such a sum wisely laid out every > ear
1i V would soon bring together superb assortment or the
t fr very choicest specimens of modern art both American
tt and European The other day Si Inncsses Home of them
cy4 r excellent went for about JIOOOO
STATUS OF WHISKERS
4 V Whether n man shall wear a beard or not Is largely a I
i d 4t matter of nature taste and convenience Some men have
chins no moro productive than so many porcelain door i
z1 knobs Some do not admire the color that sprouts and
cbi t find the growth unbecoming To others the frequent or
deal with a razor seems n waste of time It Is seldom the
J 15r rights of the Individual In this respect arc questioned
id Shave the Russian army and It would run away from
itself
In a local boardinghouse there Is said to be an in
dividual with whiskers and hair eighteen years long The
other boarders object to this hirsute jungle They do not
wt llkoto trust It In the same room with the butter They
demandthat tho offender go to a barber lie lots the
rt wintry wInd play through his pendant tresses and re
jju ets bs to go to another resort
yi fit la n tpossible to enjoin a set of whiskers from
i ikrsvlngj It is far from customary to chloroform a man
it iHd trim him by violence The Delilah business is played
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CHAPTER III
An A rio ta1 Truer
on a moment Noithmour plirnl at
Fort in spiuchloii IJRI Then ho
found hlA xolru
h CassllU ho said no I dltcloscd
mv face
That same said I for I wan not at
all put out
Aut HO M1 K Hudillrstonc ho ron
II tied slowly hi savudcly tlVs IH how
vou keep our faith to our father anti
to me7 Thli Is tho value you sot upon
our fnther8 life Ami you are so In
fatuated with thin young Kcntlemin
that you must bravo ruin and decency
and common liumnn caution
ills Iluddlcitone I wan begin
ning to Interrupt him when he In lilt
turn cut In brutally
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am apealclnc to that girl
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wife sakl nnd she only leaned a
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Nortliinour I said wo nil know
vou hae a bad toininT nnd I am the
last man to bo Irritated by words For
nil that I propose that you speak lower
for I am convinced that wo nns not
aloio
lie looked round him and It was plain I
my lemark had In sumo dcgrco nobeird
his passion What do you mean he
tlslClll
I onlv raid one word Italians
lie xuorc u louiul oath anil looked at
us from oiif > to thn other
Ml Ciissllls known all that I know
said m > wire
HK looked at mo for a moment nnd
111111 almost cIUIIv asked mo I 0 fell
mv Bton You hao too much the ad
vantage of me Cnssllls he added I
compiled of course and ho listened
ultli several ejaculations vhllo I tolI
him lion I had como to nmdcn that It
1 whom he had tiled
was to murder im
tlin night of landing and what 1 mil
nUliBeouentl seen nnd henrd ot tho
UiiIIuis
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iliTHlnnil thit you two arc murledv And
jou stand up to It before my face Miss
I I tahillest one
Wn nro not yet married said Clara
but we shall be an noon an we can
llinvo crliU Noithmour And the
bargain D n It youre not a fool
young woman I may call a spade a
spade with you How about the bar
gain You know as well as I do what
your fathers life depends upon I have
only to put my hands under my coat
tails and walk away and his throat
would be cut before tho evening
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Clara with great spirit but that Is
what yoU will never do You mule n
bargain that was unworthy of a gentle
man but you are a gentleman for nil
that and you will never desert a man
whom you have begun to help
He looked at Jier with a peculiar ap
proval admiration then turning to
me Do you think I would give her up
without a Btrupsrlo 1rankT fold he
I tell you plainly you look out Tim
next time no come to Wast
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Ay true ao It will he Mid Iliad
forgotten Well the third limo lucky
The third time you mean you will
hae the crew of the lied Earl to
help I said
Do MMI hear him 7 ho asked turn
ing to my wife
I hear two men speaking like cow
ards pild she 1 should ilespl n my
self either to think or upcalc Ilko that
I And neither of 5011 believe ono word
that you ate Fllnl which makes It tho
inniu wicked and ullly
Sites n trump cried Northmour
Put whos not yet Mrs Cassllls I say
no more The present Is not for me
Then my wire surprised me
I leave you here she said sudden
ly My father has been too lone alone
nut remember this you are to be
friends for you are both good friends
to me
Hho has Rlnco told mo Inr reason for
ibis step As long as she remained
sho declares that wo two would have
continued to quarrel und I suppose
that aha was right for when xho was
gonn we fell at once Into a sort of
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Tell mo one thing said I What
nro they after these Italians What
do they want with Mr Huddlestonn
Dont you know ho ciled The
black old scamp had Carhcnarl funds
on a deposit two hundred and eighty
fhoimaiid Mol of course he gambled It
away on stocks There was to have
been a revolution In tho Trldentlno
or IVvrma but the revolution Is off and
tho whnlo wasps nnaot Is after Ilud
dlestone AVo shall all be lucky If we
can mvo our skins
The Carbonari I exclaimed God
heln him Indeed
For as all tho world knows tho Car
bonarl that political revolutionary band
of Italians half n secret society half
n political faction had fearful methods
of vengeance on those who they consider
betrayed them
Clod help Huddlestono I repeated
Amen said Northmour And now
look heii I hayo said that we are In
n fix and frankly I shall be glad or
YOllr help It I can t save Huddlontonn
I want at leant to nave the Klrl Como
and stay In the pavilion and theres
im hand on It I shall act as your
friend until thus I old man 1ft either
clear or dead Dill ho added once
that Is xnttlcd you become by rival
once aifaln and I warn you mind
yourself
Done said I and wn shook hands
And now let us go dlreotlv to the
fort sJd Northmour and ho boean
to lead tho way through the rain
Arc yini armed continued North
mow pointing to an array of guns and
pistols nil In admirable order which
itond In lIne against the wall or were
displayed upon the sideboard
Thank youI returned 4 have gone
armed sInce our last encounter 1IIIl to
tell ytU the truth I have had nothing
to oat slncn early yesterday evening
Northmour produced some cold meat
to which I mKerly sot myself and a
bottle of poo l Hurgundy by which wet
as I was I lid not scruple to profit
wet could stand a sIege I said at
length
Y drawled Northmour a
very little one per haps It Is not so
much the strength of the pavilion I
misdoubt It is the double danger that
kill roe ZtwogettO hooting wild
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as the country Is some ono Is sure to
hear It and then whv then Its the
same thing only different as they
say caged by law or killed by carbon
ari Theres the choice It IH a dovll
Ish bad thing to have the law against
you In this world and so I tell tho old
gentleman upstairs Ho Is quite of my
way of thinking Vi
Speaking of that said I what
kind of a person Is hut 7
Oh hel1 cried tho other hes a
rancid fellow as far ns ho goes I
should like to have his neck wrung
tomorrow by all tho devils In Italy
I am not In this affair for him You
take m01 I made a bargain for missy
hand and I mean to have It too
That by the way said I I under
stand nut how will Mr Huddlestone
take my Intrusion
Leave that to Clara said North
mour
I could have struck him In the face
for his coarse familiarity but Ire
spooled the truce OH L am bound to
ally did Northmour and so long as the
danger continued not a cloud arose In
our elation I bear him this testimony
with the most unfeigned satisfaction
nor am I without arid when I look
hick u > > n mv own behavior Kor surely
no two men were ever left In a position
so Invidious and Irritating V
As soon as I had done eating we pro
ceeded to Inspect the lower floor Win
dow by window we tried the different
supports now und then making an In
considerable change and the strokes of
the hammer sounded with startling
loudneSs through the lioiiio I proposed
I remember to makp loopholes but ho
told me they were already made In the
windows of the upper story It was nn
anxious business this Inspection and
left mo downhearted There were two
doors and five windows to protect and
counting Clara only four pC us to de
fend them against any unknown num
ber ot foes I communicated my doubts
to Northmour who assured mo with
unmoved compQsuro that ha entirely
bared them
Detore morning aid he Wit shall
all ba butchered and bUried In Graden
Floe Far me that Is written
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fVHERE Russians remarked the Cigar V Store
jL Man They grab the slippery end of every
thing on land and sea
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The front the Russian army and navy have put up
so far Is certainly a whole lot on tho plotz agreed tho
Man Higher Up It looks as though a few probation
officers from the New York Childrens Court might do
well to take them In hand
My janitor tells me that 10000 Russian soldiers
have died of appendicitis from eating snow on the 5
Siberian steppes He gets It from a newspaper thai
looks like the music plot of a circus parade Then theN
are the soldiers who froze to death march across the
lake and thc sailors who blew themselves up In Port
Arthur at six performances a week and two matinee
If the Japs aro wise all they have to do is to keep tho
Russians excited and let them lick themselves
Russian warships will never be safe until the officers V
and men learn how to use the deaf and dumb language
Put yourself wise If you can to the combination of a
ship loaded with explosives nnd a Russian officer calling
the roll In times of peace tho ammunition Is safe
enough because one officer gives orders but when a
couple of hundred officers and petty omcers on a Rus
sian manofwar get busy with tho language in battle
you cant blame any solfrcspoctlng assemblage of ex
plosives for doing a sudden getaway
There was a general Impression that the Russian
wcro good tailors like the Swedes the Norwegians and
the Finns but It turns out that they dont know anj
V more about a battleship than a Chinaman knows aboul
a fire engine I can line up the fourflush the Russians
have made on the sea with a visit I paid to a Russian j
warship once The odor emanating from tho food and
the crew was enough to make tho visitors want to go
overboard to breathe The decks were dirty and the
whole outfit reminded me of one of those big covered
wagons that back up to the back doors of restaurants
and carry off the debris The battleships of the United I
States England and Japan take the blue ribbon for
cleanliness and from the looks of things recently clean
liness is next to destructlvenefa on board a manofwar
The Russians dont seem to have learned much from
our naval operations at Santiago said the Cigar Store
Man
If they ever heard about them all they remembered
was Hobson sinking the Morrlmac replied the Mar
Higher Up
The Passing of the Silly Woman
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n CCOnDINO to newspaper reports the
i1 school teachers Connecticut nrs
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gelling married faster than the lo
cal school boards can secure new and
unfettered young women to take tliel
places And such has been tho distress
oroasloncd by the wholesale desertion
of the ranks of pedagogy by Its youth
ful votaries that the boards are nov
considering the jramJnr of a contract I
L y which girls who become teacher
must pledge themselves fa remain un
married for two ems
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x that the coming of June and October
tile brides favorIte months are always
signalIzed by hurry culls for teachers from deserted scram
ailca n > id they assert furthermore that no Connecticut
leather will voluntarily pledge her clf to a state ot sIngle to
hlcsscdnSH so favorable aro the conditions of the marriage
mart to her Kind
I All of which proves 1hot to sensible people needs no
proof that men ore now wish enough to realize the charm
that education and culture give to a woman and that now
I adays Venus herself would not be considered moro fas
cinating for being a fool There used to be a very general
Impression particularly nmong male Ignoramuses whoso
knowledge of their Intellectual and moral deficiencies were
only sotened by the blatant assertion that those of women
wcro greater that men really like foolish womenwhich was
truo only to the extent that being philosophers DIe were
apt to like what they could get In an era when women were
for the most part uneducated
But today when the Ignorant woman Is on exception and
a man may count himself well Informed If he knows ns
much as his wlfo or daughter he has grown to realize at
onco the charm nnd the advantage of lclng married to an
educated woman
In tho old days when competition was less keen and men
were content to set along on a little that life yielded easily
rather than to gain the great deal that with a hard strus
glc might be wrenched from a clospnsted fate they were
perhaps able to afford tho more foolish playthings that they
hadfor wives Dnt tho conditions of modern existence are
too complicated Its struggle Is too fast and furious for him
to dismiss hla mind as lie might his cab at tho front door J
Ho hall come to know that although many women of al
leged culture are mere dreary vainglorious bores theio nr e
cases In which woman has spoiled education and not the
education the woman He knows too that many dear
thoroughly clmimlng little Ignoramutestho Dora Spcnlowi
of today would gain Immensely by the breadth and clear
ness of vision that comes only from the contact with titS
many fine ana varied minds possible to tho readers ot good I
IIternturc
Icrhaps the best thing that wa said on the subject 11
woman nnd education was ft remark mode by Jeffrey tin
celebrated editor of tho Edinburgh Hcvlew nearly a cen
tury ago when 1 man asked him spcerlnsly what lIi
thought of bluostocklngs I
It matters not how blUe the stocking may be he re
plied thoughtfully provided tho petticoat Is long enough
to bide It V
which was a nice way of raying that a truly feminine
woman may know as much as sho pleases and please the
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ticularly cares There Is n new President In Switzerland
every year And every year tho new President Is the pro
mote Vlco1resldcnt of the year before This year It Is Sf
pobcrt Comtessc
M Comtesse wears a tall hat tilted on one side to show
he Is no patrician Ho makes everybody lllto him Ills man
ners fliP moat Ingratiating nnd his eloquence altogether In
resistible Hcsldes he has a splendid education which it
ncelved In Nouchatel Heidelberg and Paris First a law
yer and then a politician he haa for twenty years be heard
In the principal debates of the federal chamberenow dls
tusslns military affairs now dealing with the railroad prob
lem now handtlnMhe dellcnta question of international
relations
JIo is flftysven years old and at the very height of iM
powers As President he will be an extremely busy man for
he will have to help draft the new commercial treaties wltlr
Germany AustrlaHunsary and Italy V
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