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JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, JUE 8, 1904.
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forts to the elevation of the negro by means
cf a hemp rope. '
Marlon has a citizen who hides to escape
charity. The local charity organization
ha. never run across any such freak as
that.
The news from Thibet indicates that the
inhabitants of that country are bravely but
aJnly resisting the advance of the "white
peril." ' '
General Kuropatkln, it is said, has been
given free rein to handle the Russian army
A c Ha n1,n,.a flrn1 Tlltflrl jrto Aa If
those orders were Intended for him.
Russians are beginning to compare Port
Arthur to Sebastopol. The latter place, was
. abto'to hold out for a year before it surren
dered, and Russia ' never tires of pointing
with pride to the achievement.
Jf Hearst were to be nominated by the
philanthropic enterprises would have to go
by the board. And this is the least of the
reasons why he,hould be defeated.
- - The fossil remains of the largest bronto
iaur ever discovered have been found In
Wyoming. Its conformation shows that
Its- eyes were set so that It could look
backward and sideways, like its brother
foslI. the Democratic party.
, Pennsylvania policemen having formed a
union, anybody with half an eye can fore
see trouble. In case of strike riots, for in
stance, would the force perform its duty,
or refuse to "strike at organized labor?"
Policemen and soldiers should not join
Urions.
The foundrymen of the country are
doubly welcome in Indianapolis. We think
jrcr have here some of the model foundries
Of the world, but we are open to new Ideas
on the subject, and our local ironmasters
ill doubtless Jearn many
new things in
e course of the sessions.
Ve want that naval training, school on
thl! lakes to be located on Indiana soil, and
tnlst that Michigan City will put on her
be jt bib and tucker when the board comes
hr . ay. Indiana has furnished enough of
a high order of talent to the navy to be
entitled to consideration In the matter.
-
Thousands of parentii are sympathizing
wito r. and Mrs. Bycrs. of Seelyville,
)se child Is so mysteriously missing.
Less the boy is found it Is - likely that
t? certainty cf his death would be more
welcome to his parents than the harrow
Ji uncertainty as to what may be his fate
Unliving.
MHssssasiBAaMssaiBsjMBsasBSBMwsvasN
?3 hey tell us the value of the year's farm
I- 'Klucts in the United States is approxi
mately KittO.OOp.Crt). Thus the gentlemen
io at sundry times dream of forming a
0tat co-operative monopoly to control the
IHlucts of tna farm may make some cstl
T'&te of the size of the Job they are so fond
c?undertaking.
' Jfew York woman is suing the S'and,-
Oil Company for the modest little turn
c pi. 000,000, and the chances are ten to one
that her attorneys are working on a con
tingent fee. It is becoming a rather popu
JiS form of gambling? In the legal profes-
ßJ'in, but, like all other gaming, it has its
uJ and downs.
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t;t the World's Sunday-school convention,
lately held In a great tent near the Damas
cus gate. Jerusalem, an address of wel
come was extended by Jacob, son of Aaron,
S-imarltan high priest from Mount Geri
Tlm. The listeners must have fancied
themselves back in biblical times as well
p on biblical territory.
"The delegation of Filipinos traveling
about the country at the expense of the
insular government is being everywhere re
ceived in the most hospitable fashion and
given every opportunity to acquaint them
frlvi with American Institutions and in
dustries; While Indianapolis regrets that
It could not have the opportunity of en
tertaining thum. it is a jjleasurt; to note
that the thing is tying done so well. It
should result In a much clearer understand
ing between the inhabitants of the archi
pelago and ourselves.
FAimnns ami altomoiiiles.
The frequent exhibitions by farmers of
hostility to automobiles show that con
siderable work has got to be lone among
them in an educational way, and possibly
some legislation may be necessary. Sev
eral instances have occurred recently in
which farmers have attacked automobilists
with stores, and in some localities they are
threatening to carry shotguns in their wag
ons to drive the machines oft the road.
During the recent automobile trip to La
fayette In honor of Prince Pu Luu two
farmers drove their wagons abreast in
front of an automobile, blocking the road
for several miles, so the machine could not
pass, and answering polite requests for
part of the road with jeers and curses.
After being thus delayed several miles the
driver of the automobile finally made a
dash at a favorable point and passed the
two wagons, followed by the curses of the
drivers.
The farmers will have to get over thl3
feeling, or at leaj.. change their conduct.
Automobiles have come to stay, and are
entitled to reasonable rights of way as
much as farm wagons. Public highways
are made for all classes of citizens and all
kinds of vehicles, and their use cannot be
restricted by individuals. It is not unlikely
that a few years henco the automobile
principle may be applied to some farm
implements as steam now is. Then farm
horses which now take fright at it will
find It a very harmless machine. Mean
while, farmers must learn, or be made to
understand . by legislation or other means,
that automobiles have their road rights as
well as farm wagons. On the other hand,
automobilists, ought to use as much care
as possible by stopping their machines or
turning out of the way to avoid frightening
horses that are not used to them. The
machine has come to stay, and the fact
may as well bo recognized first as last.
It may be that some legislation will be
necessary to define and enforce their road
rights, and' Jf so they will be entitled to it
as much as any other class of vehicles.
THK TWO PATHS OF LIFE.
The tragedy in a New York cab. wherein
a wealthy race-track gambler lost his life
and a retired actress is held for the murder,
like an event in Indianapolis a few days
ago", when a mechanic was shot by a Jealous
mistress, leads naturally to the old, old
question of why man or woman will delib
erately choose the rugged, painful path of
sin in preference to that which is strewn
with the rose of goodness and leads to the
garden of sweet content. The New York
story Is commonplace to the point of utter
dreariness. A well-to-do gambler has been
for years faithless to his wife and has main
tained an illicit relation with a bad woman.
He has tired of it, and, like all such women,
reelng the approaching end of handsome
presents, wine suppers, luxurious main
tenance and the rest of the tinsel of the
sinful life, she threatens exposure and has
certain letters on which to base her threat.
Presumably, in the effort to get possession
of these letters, he is shot and the woman
Is In prison with her wrecked life, the wife
is In bed with wrecked nerves, and the chil
dren, if there be any, must carry the dread
ful stain of the father's sin 'through life.
Is there, can there be, any real happiness
or even passing pleasure In such a life as
this man led with the actress? It can be
pictured out. for it 13 common enough. It
was give, give, give an his part, of money,
jewels, Mae raiment, etc. And all the time
he knew perfectly well that she cared not
for him, but for what he gave. In the
nature of the case no children could blesa
such a union, and it they went out of doors
together they must sneak about In closed
cabs and darkness. Each knew that the
other could not be loyal or true, for they
were untrue to themselves, and the element
of self-respect coul J not enter into the situ
ation. And every hour must have been em
bittered by the knowledge that the end must
be a violent quarrel and disgrace, even if
there should be no tragedy.
Why do preachers prate of "the flowery
path of sin" and "the rugged path of
righteousness?" It is Just the other way.
The path of the sinner Is narrow, tortuous,
rough to the feet and full of pitfalls and
pain, while the road to right living is broad
and open as the day. But cultivate the
flowers of love along thi3 great highway,
and it at once blossoms into a paradise of
beauty and sweetness, made glad by th3
song of the heart and the gleeful laughter
of children. Here only comes the glow of
happiness arising from good deeds and the
delicious rest that follows honest work dono
with a right Intent.
A CLOSE DECISION.
The Supreme Court of Colorado, by a
majority of one, has decided that the Gov
ernor of the State has the right In a case
of local disturbance to declare martial law,
make arbitrary arrests and deny the writ
of habeas corpus. The case grew out of the
arrest and imprisonment of Charles II.
Moyer, president of the Western Federa
tion of Miners, for his Connection with the
long strike In the mining region. The Gov
ernor refused to obey a writ of habeas cor
pus issued by a local court, and the Su
preme Court has sustained him in thi3
position. Of the opinion a dispatch says:
Its mala points are as follows: The Gov
ernor has sole power to determine when a
state of insurrection exists in any county
in the State. The courts have no power to
interfere with his exercise of this pre
rogative. The Governor has the right to
use the military forces of the State to sup
press Insurrection. He also has the power
to order Imprisonment and the killing of
insurrectionists if in his opinion that ex
tremity is necessary. He can detain mili
tary prisoners until he decides that the in
surrection is quelled. The Courts of the
State have no ri?ht to interfere with the
military authorities and their handling of
prisoners.
That the court was in much doubt on the
question is: shown by the fact that it re
sorted to the unusual course, of asking
seven prominent lawyers to submit ad
visory opinions. One of the number did
not submit an opinion, while the other six
divided evenly. Then the court, consisting
of three Judges, decided two to one in
favor of the Governor.
The decision goes to an extreme in as
serting the power of. a state executive to
declare martial law, make arbitrary arrests
and suspend the writ of habeas corpus.
The Governor of a State should and does
possess ample power to enforce law, sup-"
press Insurrection and preserve the peace
when local authorities fail to do so or call
on him for assistance, but this is believed
to be the first instance in which the power
above named has been recognized by a
ccurt or exercised by a Governor. Its exer
eise involves the buspvnsloa of the his he t
constitutional rights and assumes the over
throw of civil government- The right of
President Lincoln to exercise the power at
the beginning of the civil war was vigor
ously denied, and, although he did exercise
it. Congress embraced the earliest oppor
tunity to pass a law legalizing his action.
It should be possible for the Governor of
any State to quell any local disturbance
and enforce law and order without resort
ing to such extreme measures. If the
question should ever reach the Supreme
Court of the Uuited States there is little
douht but the Colorado decision would be
reversed.
open-air daxces.
The Ministers' Association was prompt
in taking up the warning paragraph in
Monday's Issue of the Journal concerning
the moral dangers attendant upon the pub
lic open-air dances In the parks about the
city. Strong resolutions were adopted ap
pealing to parents to prevent the attend
ance of their children at these affairs and
begging the Board of Safety to adopt reg
ulations for such surveillance as will tend
to minimize the evils. The public dance,
where girls and women of all sorts are ad
mitted free and men and boys on the pay
ment of a very small fee, is full of danger,
and is frequently the scene of the first step
toward a life of vice. The obviously sensi
ble thing for the board to do is to prevent
the attendance here of persons known to be
immoral and likewise to shut out those of
tender years.
It 1s admittedly a much more difficult and
delicate problem than that of the wlne
roorn, for that had no redeeming feature,
whilo the open-air dance is a thing that
may or may not be dangerous, according
to circumstances. Many of them are given
under the auspices of clubs that are quite
respectable in their membership, while oth
ers are a feature of the outing taken by
some labor union, by the employes of some
factory or mercantile house, or by some
other established organization of gpod re
pute, and these cannot, of course, be made
the subject of police Interference. But
there are others given by corporations for
the profit they can get out of them, and by
"fake" club?, whose initiation fees and the
admission fees are one and the same, or
by clubs composed of four or five young
men blessed with the money-making in
stinct, but with no notion of the moral re
sponsibilities Involved. These are distinct
ly bad In their atmofphere and in their re
sults, and should be under close police sur
veillance it permitted at all.
The Republican party ia losing ground.
Is it? Well, not in Oregon, judging from
the returns from he state election Just
held there. In 1002 a Democratic Governor
was elected by a small plurality. This
year the ticket does not include a Governor,
but the State Supreme Judge has a ma
jority of about 0,000, while the Republican
candidate for Congress in the First district
carries his district by from 5,000 to 7,000 and
the candidate In the Second district has a
majority, of from 7,500 to 10,00). Politicians
may figure on results in advance and judge
of the outcome by their own sentiments
and wishes, but it is not a safe process.
When the people vote figures are likely to
be changed, and there is no indication that
voters have any disposition to meet Demo
cratic predictions in 1904.
Dr. Cook Is on his way back from Guate
mala with his pockets full of ants which he
expects to turn loos on the cotton boll
weevils througout the river valleys of
Texas. Cotton growers will watch the first
battles between these insects with almost
as much Interest as we read about the bat
tles between the Japanese and Russians,
and, as -a matter of fact, the war of the
bugs means more to them than 'would a
dozen wars in the East.
The British have changed their minds and
are now sending a battleskip to Tangier,
and other European nations are waking up
and moving sections of their navies toward
that interesting port. It looks as if the
Moors might soon witness a demonstration
of the warlike strength of civilization such
as they never dreamed of.
MINOR TOPICS.
The snake story season has started. Okla
homa sends in news of one twenty-five feet
long that travels with its head five feet
in the air. Now for the chicken-snake that
swallows door-knobs under the impression
that they are eggs, the rattlesnake that
flags a train, and all the other old ophidian
friends.
One exhibit at the exposition Js to be
the most perfectly formed woman in St
Louis. The photographs sent out indicate
that the fair management would have done
better by running in a ringer In the shape
of some Indiana girl.
Susan B. Anthony asserts that American
women know nothing of the value of
money. That appears to be true when it
is remembered that so many of them throw
it away In fancy prices for worthless for
eign noblemen.
"I stand," says Mr. Bryan, "where I
stood In 1S06, and where I stood in 1900."
There's a cigar-sign Indian over on East
Washington street that could say the same
thing if he had Mr. Bryan's splendid power
of oratory.
The American system of quick lunch Is
gaining poPularUy in England. It Is said
to have been introduced by a revolutionary
Irishman, who chuckles with joy as he
sees the victims crowd In.
Government chemists report that most
of the patent medicines contain more than
20 per cent, alcohol. This report will be
responsible for an epidemic of that tired
feeling, it is feared.
If you ask the Polish novelist "Quo
Vadis?" this week, he will tell you "Man
churia." He needs local color for his new
.novel, änd he is going where he can get the
real yellow tint.
Couldn't Miss Stone send a little expert
advice to Perdlcaris? She might save him
a lot of trouble In preparing magazine arti
cles and lectures, at any rate.
Alfred Austin's latest poem Is called
Forgiveness." Don't feel eo bad about it
Alf-the public will forgive, and forget, if
you will just anow it to.
The record-breaker Cresceus appears on
the tax duplicate as worth H.500. The
assessors must be betting that he can't
go inside of two minutes.
The New Yorkers are tired of the end
seat hog problem and are now starting an
anti-profanity crusade. The on, probably
makes the other necessary.
A Bethlehem (Pa.) man has broken the
record made several weeks ago by playing
the piano 26& hours at a stretch. These
tests are called "endurance races" s
christened, no doubt, by the long-suffering
neighbors.
The Japs captured eighty-three cannon.,
at Nan-Shan Hill and forgot to mention 1
in the dispatches.' Modesty, carelessnes.l
or some deep-laid plot? i
A member of the British Parliament ha
lost $15,) at bridge. And he was a Cor
servative, too: what would he have los.
had he been a liberal? k
A New Yo.k physician correctly diagnose
his own case as paresis, and retired to t$
sanitarium. Mr. Carnegie's attention Is re
spectfully directed.
Secretary Cortelyou, it i3 reported, is
fine musician. He will not be the man tl
stand in the way of harmony, as tertal
papers insinuate.
At the exposition there is a locomotive-
which runs all the time and never get?
anywhere. It will be christened "The X-:
B." I
Professor Langley gives it out that he
will not enter the airship contest ' at S
Louis. Poor fellow, he can't raise th
wind.
,1
This time it Is a Chicago man who ha
fallen victim to a folding bed. Why nA
get up a crusade for the "safe and sane:'
bed? '
That "new idea" Mr. Bryan got
i'
Europe evidently was not so big that
't
had to ray a very heavy duty on it.
"How shall we stop petty gambling
among students?" ask the Yale authorities
Might try raising the limit. i
Cripple Creek appears to be more so thai
ever.
THE HUMORISTS.
Foreigner.
-How long have you
Mlstresi
lived in
th;j
i
country?
Maid Two years, ma'am.
"Where did you live before you came?"
"Brooklyn, ma'am." Life.
Ile-nlly I'm re.
Mrs. D'Avnoo I wish you would not spem
your time reading those emotional novels. ?
Miss D'Avnoo Oh, this Is not emotional a bl.
It's purely financial. The heroine marries t
mar- her mother picks out. New York Weekly.
Repartee.
I
The Intrepid explorer De Soto,
Wnen the Indians said what they'd do to J
Him and his pack .
If they didn't turn back.
Told those savages where they could go to. -
Puck.
One Qualification.
Yes. sir." declared the man with uncomb"!
whiskers, "If Thomas Jefferson was here to-d.y
he'd be A Populist." :
Even as it is," replied th sane man, ";e
might properly be a Populist. He's dead
enough." Catholic Standard.
A'onh Wnsj Wentliervrise.
Noah was up on the roof of the ark, shingling
away, when an Insurance agent came along.
"Don't you Tant to get that structure insured
against fire?" asked the agent. . .
Huh!" snorted Noah, looking down. "Thfe
ain't goin' to be no fire, stranger it's goln' tc
rain." Houston (Tex.) Post.
t
Disagreeable Appendages.
"Hasn't he got his coat-of-arms yet? Why,
he told me he was going to look up his ancest'y
the first chance he got" rf
Well. I believe he got a chance to look Vp
Ms family tree and he saw some things hanging
to the branches that discouraged further le
search." Philadelphia Press.
The Original Anglo-Maniac.
Wayne had Just won the battle of Stony Polt.
"But why," Inquired the British, "do they cIl
you Mad Anthony? "
"Because." replied the doughty general, "I
am the original Anglo-manlae."
Putting his statement to the test, he pres:d
onward, taking wltn him several cannon of Ijie
latest English manufacture. New York Tribute.
Sufficiency.
Jea" a-goii. fishln f
That's enough c fun.
Sittln' Quiet in the shade
Or baskln' In the sun;
Listenln' to the music .
Of the waters as they flow t.
Jes' a-goln fishln
That's where I want to go.
y
See the clouds a-sallin.
Hear the wild birds sing;
Doesn't make no difference
If you never ketch a thing.
When the warmth has wakened J
The leaf upon the tree 5
Jes a-goin fishin
Is fun enough for me. .
v Washington Star
THE FUNNY YOUNGSTERS.
The Highest.
A teacher having explained at length ab ut
the three kingdoms, then asked If any one In
the class could tell her what the highest degree
of animal life was. ;
A bright-eyed little girl raised her hand nd
answered: "The highest degree of animal life
U a giraffe." Philadelphia Telegraph.
She Would Harry.
A lady was recently reading to her young ron
the story of a little fellow who.e father tas
taken 111 and died, after which he set himIf
diligently to work to assist in supporting him
self and his mother. When she i.ad finished ihe
story she said: "Now, Tommy, if father wfre
to die wouldn't you work to keep maram:!?"
"Why, no," said the little chap, not relishing
the Idea of work. "What for? Ain't we got a
good house to live in?" "Oh, yes, my dear,"
said the mother, "but we can't eat the house,
you know." "Well, ain't we got plenty : of
things in the pantry?" continued the yojfmg
hopeful. "Certainly, dear," replied the mother;
"but they would not last long, and what then?"
"Well, ma." said the young incorrigible, after
thinking a moment, "wouldn't there be eno'.gh
to last until you got another husband?" Youth.
A Child' Question.
Mrs. Leslie M. Shaw, with her daughters.
Miss Erma and Miss Enid, visited San Fitin
cisco last month, and many social functions
were given there in honor of the secretary of.
the treasury's family.
At a tea one afternoon Mrs. Shaw, smiling to
ward her daughters, said.
"When Enid wa four or five yean old she
used to repeat at night the ltttie prayer, r.ow
I lay me.'
"I suppose that millions of children lave
said, 'Now I lay mo millions of times, bift I
doubt If the simple and charming words of the
prayer hit ruuKrcicu iu .uuinrr ciiliu fc nuemy
"She one night repeated the prayer revererlly.
and then asked me. with a puzzled frown:
'Mother. If I should die before I wake, Low
would I know that I was dead? "Chicago
Post. ;
Advertising Vulgarity.
A publishing house of reputation has recently
advertised a novel as written by "an American
woman of exquisite refinement and highest so
cial rank." Leaving unanswered the Interesting
question of Just what constitutes the "highest
social rank" in Arnerica, we wonder what :the
exquisitely refined lady In question thinks of the
snobbery of such an advertisement. We hrped
that this sort of thing was limited to tbt so
ciety columns, where It belongs. For heax-n's
sake keep it away from books. Leslie's MonUilv.
Old Enouah to Know Detter.-
The raglc end of the youthful mayor of Bal
timore suggest the thought that, to attain high
public position early la life, U frequently a
fortune. Mr. McLane is thought to have been
hounded into suicide by adverse criticism. Had.
he been older he might have withstood such -attacks
with equanimity." The fire of youthful en
thusiasm is a splendid thing, but too easily
damped. As a man's years lengthen philosophy
comes to the rescue, enabling him to Ignore that
which would wreck his Serves in his youth.
Mr. McLane's death is a Fad commentary upon
the policy of conferring honors uon those whose
shoulders are not ttrong enough to bear them.
Philadelphia Record.
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD.
Scripturul Authority.
James Whitcomb Riley tells a story of an old
fellow who asked for work at the Riley farm in
the pott's boyhood. He was set at hoeing pota
toes, but did not prove to be especially indus
trious. When taktn to tak for his lack of ap
plication, he only replied:
"Wall, the Good Book says, 'Do all things in
moderation. " . .
"Well, it came on dinner time at last." says
th humorist, "and the old codger did his share
nobly. In fact, he ate enough to kill two or
three ordinary men. Some one gently hinted
that his text didn't seem to apply. He opened a
worn little Bible and imperturbably pointed to a
passage.
"It read: 'Whatsoever thy hand f.ndeth to do,
do it with all thy might" "New York Times.
A PerMlnn Pessimist.
Richard. T. Gottheil, of Columbia Uni
Dr.
versity, has a broad knowledge of Oriental tales
and proverbs. J
Dr. Gottheil was condemning pessimism one
day at Columbia. '
"Pessimism." he said. "Is as old as the hills.
Mankind has always regarded it and has al
ways derided it.
"There is a Persian story about a pessimist.
This story is so old that no date can be assigned
to it. It concerns a pessimistic farmer.
" 'Gpod friend.' a visitor said to the farmer,
you are fortunate this year." He pointed to
the heavy and rich grain fields spreading as far
as the eye couli see." 'You can't grumble,' he
went on. 'about you crop this season, eh?
" 'No, w hined the pessimist, 'but a crop like
this is terribly wearing on the soil. "New
York Tribune.
What He Said anil What He Meant.
Visitors who want to see Charles R. Flint
during business hours at the summit of the
Broadway Exchange skyscraper are confronted
w ith a row of desks, .a railing with a wicket
gate and a boy.
'"Mr. Flint in?" asked a visitor of the boy one
day last week.
"No, Sir."
"When do you expect Mm?"
"Oh, an hour or so, mebbe."
"Can't you tell me anything more definite
than that?"
"Well." answered the boy, "he's been gone to
luncheon twenty minutes. I usually allow him
an hour and twenty minutes for lunch."
"Oh, I see," said the visitor, as he turned to
wards the door.
"See here," shouted the boy.
"I see." answered the visitor.
"I don't mean that I allow Mr. Flint an hour
and twenty minutes for lunch. I mean that he
takes that time. See?"
"I see," replied the visitor. New York Press.
MISCELLANEOUS COMMENT.
Think of It:
Think of it! The Ladles Home Journal has
been sued for libel! But. then. Edward W. Bok
Is so devilish. Newspaperdom.
1ie- Get Dlseonraged.
Chicago is complaining of a dearth of school
teachers. Even teachers finally get tired and
discouraged when faced with such a task as
educating Chicagoans. Washington Post.
Severe Puiilshhtent.
Governor La Follette, of Wisconsin, has been
"acting up" so pronouncedly lately that the
Ottawa (Kan.) Chautauqua has half a mind to
cancel its engagement with him for two ad
dresses. Kansas City Star.
Not Ills Thoughts.
It has been said that language was made to
conceal one's thoughts; but Judge Farker doesn't
need It for that purpose. Kansas City Journal.
Thnt's Whnt.
Ion Perlcard'.s may be an American all right.
but there would be more indignation in this
country against the Morocco brigands If his
name were John Jones. Kansis City Journal.
A Theory.
.A woman in a Pensylvanla almshouse refuses
to take nourishment, and for four years has
been fed forcibly. Can it be that she doesn't
like the menu?-New York Mail.
Why Notf
If New York Is to nominate the Democratic
candidates, why not let the State hold a. quiet
little convention of its own and avoid all this
St. Louis bother and pretense? Baltimore Amer
ican.
Wonld lief s
In view of the discussion raised by Uncle Rus
sell's denunciation of holidays. It would be In
teresting to know if he would approve of. a
bank cashier who refused to take any vacation.
New York Sun.
Long: Chances.
If Ion Perdlcaris really looks as much like old
Dr. Dowie as his published pictures Indicate,
the State Department Is taking long chances In
securing his release. Washington Post.
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Forever and a Day.
I little know or care
If the blackbird on the bough
Is filling all the air
With his soft crescendo now;
For she is gone away,
And when she went she took
The springtime irr her look,
The peahblow on her cheek. .
The laughter from the brook
The blue from out the Mcy
And what she calls a week
Is forever and a day!
It's little that I mind
How the blossoms, pink or white,'
At every touch of wind
Fall a-trembling with delight;
For in the leafy lane.
Beneath the garden boughs.
And through the silent house
One thing alone I seek:
Until she come again
The May is not the May
And what she calls a week
Is forever and a day!
Thomas Bailey Aldrlch.
Unique Gold Coin.
A four-doliar gold coin, probably the only one
of its kind In existence, is on exhibition at the
Germania National Bank in Milwaukee. It be
longs to Dr. Charles J. Lange and Is valued by
the bank officials at .'00, although this Is only
approximate. The piece of gold is of the same
diameter as a five-dollar gold piece, but thinner
On its face is the well-known "Liberty head,"
without the cap. however. Around this are
thirteen stars interspersed with the letters '
G 3 S 7 C 7 Grams." The exact meaning of thtee
letters none of the bank officials has ascertained.
On the reverse of the coin is a five-pointed star.
into which Is cut the inscription, "One Stella
400 cents." Around it are the words, "E Pluri
bus Unum- Deo Est Gloria," and around these.
forming the rim of this side of the coin, are
the words, "United States of America. Four
Dol." About fifteen years ago this coin was
sent to Washington by the Merchants' Exchange
Bank, of Milwaukee, according to the Sentinel.
of that city, but the only information obtained
was that the coin is genuine. New York Times,
The Csar is Composer.
According to a Belgian paper, the Czar is
jynong the composers. It is stated that at
Airee in the Winter Palace several works from
the imperial pen were performed, among them
one entitled, significantly enough. "The Song of
Peace." This stands in three sections, the first
of which dejicts the turmoil of battle, while the
second sugtests the stricken field, covered with
dead and wounded. The third Invokes retribu
tion upon thoje who are responsible "for such
horrors. Another work 1 writttn in honor of
THE DRIFT
"Speaking of Senator Quay," said Rep
resentative C. B. Lar.dis. of Delphi, at the
Columbia Club, "reminds me that the only
real defeat Quay ever suffered during the
eight years I have been In Congress was
at the hands of Senator Beverldge. Our
Junior senator tackled Quay and whipped
him to a standstill. He not only did that
but. he made Quay admit that he was
whipped. It was when the bill for the ad
mission of Oklahoma, New Mexico and
Arizona to statehood was up for consid
ation. Quay had all sorts of interests in
New Mexico and Arizona, including rail
roads, mines and ranches and after plant
ing some senatorial seed which he thought
would grow and ripen about the time state
hood came along he arranged for a unani
mous report from the House committee on
Territories of a bill admitting the three
territories. It was called the omnibus bill.
That bill was thrown in on the House with
out any warning. Previous to it being re
ported the fi lends of each territory had
gone among the representatives and
pledged them to support whatever measure
might be reported from the committee, giv
ing their particular Territory statenooo.
and it did not take long for the leaders to
discover that the omnibus bill was going
through the House on a gallop. The way
had been prepared for it. Quay having
planned it all. He knew his power in the
Senate and did not think for a moment
there would be any opposition there.
lieveridge was chairman of tne commit
tee on Territories. He held the bill back
and when Quay requested a report Bever
ldge replied that the committee was not
ready to report, that the committee had
not had time to eive the matter tne con
sideration it demanded. Quay was fairly
consumed with Indignation. He was accus
tomed to having his own way and the mere
thought of a young senator like Beveridge
standing in his path and shaking Iiis list
in his face almost crazed him. Quay went
to I lorlda for two months, returned in the
midst of warm weather, as Congress was
about to adjourn, and coolly . announced
that his statehood bill would pass or there
would be no adjournment. Reveriuge re
plied, 'All right we will stay here all sum
mer.' And for several days there was as
interesting a parliamentary contest as has
ever been seen In Congress. Quay was
mad, downright mad. He could not conceal
his nnger. Beveridge never lost his head.
He was deference personified and the Sen
ate neyer before realized into what grace
ful sentences senatorial courtesy could be
weaved until Beveridge got to assuring
Quay of his esteem, his friendship. hl3 af
fection, his love, his everything except his
consent that the statehood bill should pass.
"u hen the fight started not one person
in fifty in Washington but thought Hev-
erldge was walking through a slaughter
house to an open grave. Quay could not
stand a summer campaign and eo a truce
was agreed on and the bill went over to
the next session, with the understanding
that It should havo the right of way.
Congress adjourned and Beveridge put in
the summer loading up. He visited the
Territories and amassed a fund of informa
tion that was astonishing. In addition he
studied the history of the admission of
all the States to the Union, packed his
mind with facts and when the next session
opened was readv. So was Cuav. Day
after day the contest went on. The Dem
ocrats favored statehood, knowing the
three Territories promised to be Democrat
ic, and that meant six additional senators.
They flew to the assistance of Quay. Bev
eridge did not seem to need help. Indeed,
the older Republican senators, who had
eeen Quay do so many things in a rough
shod way and with. an iron hand, appeared
to rejoice silently at the plight of the boss,
who had boasted of never having lost a
battle. '
"I have seen Beveridge engaged In that
contest with a half-dozen opponents at one
time and clean them out beautifully, put
them out of business like a trained athlete
boxing with amateurs. His conduct was
simply a delight to Col. 'Pete Hepburn,
the most masterful debater In public life.
His undying admiration Beveridge won by
that light. The- contest held the boards
during the entire session. Quay demanding
an immediate vote, or that a day be set
for a vote, and Beveridge insisting on fur
ther time for deliberation, consideration
and discussion. Beveridge had but one
goal towards which he fought and that
was to fight off a vote, for ho knew that he
was in a hopeless minority. I have never
seen a greater victory won in the Senate.
None who was not a consummate parlia
mentarian and tactician could have won it.
It was a victory for endurance, courage
and industry. It was Quay's last fight. He
never mustered courage to make another.
In that fight Beveridge made history. But
for him New Mexico and Arizona would
each to-day be a State."
Democratic National Committeeman Tag-
gart came up from French Lick yesterday
and brought the comforting assurance to
his associates in the Parker machine that
Missouri will be for the New York Jurist
in the national convention. Mr. Taggart
spent Friday and Saturday of last week In
St. Louis in consultation with Democratic
leaders there.
"Missouri's vote will go to Tarker all
right." said Mr. Taggart last evening at
the Grand. "Missouri may give Senator
the saints of the orthodox church, and of those
who devote themselves to a cloistered life, far
frcm human miseries. This is dedicated to the
Archduke Constantine. himself a poet and musi
cian. Leslie's Weekly.
The Intelligent Wren.
One cold day late in December, on going to my
"Slabsides." I found a winter wren in the "spate
chamber." As I entered the bird did not lose its
head at all, as birds usually do under such cir
cumstances. It did not, in a sudden panic, make
a dash at the window, but circled about, came
out the door, flew down the stairway, passed two
windows without heeding them and went out the
open door. What struck me was the coolness
and the circumspection of the little bird. It ap
peared to know all about windows, and that they
were not what they seemed, and It appeared to
know the ins and outs of that house like an old
occupant. I concluded that the wren may have,
been harboring there several days, and had be
come pretty well acquainted with glass and with
thestairway opening between the two floors, so
that when I came in it wasted no time upon
windows, but made straight for all open doors.
I hope It had a good feast of dormant files and
spiders while it was under my roof. I have seen
the winter, wren here during every winter month
It is a hardy bird. It no doubt gets its living
on dormant insects, which it finds in holes and
In all manner of hiding places. It breeds In the
Catskills, and I sometimes hear it In April In
full song op its way to the mountains. John
Burroughs, win Outing.
Transporting-Rusftinn Soldiers.
Russian freight cars, like those of other conti
nental countries, are all labeled with the number
of men or horses which may be put In them In
military service usually forty men or ten horses.
But what is possible for a Journey of two or
three hundred miles in weather not much below
freezing may be quite impossible for one lasting
two weeks or more, with the thermometer forty
or fifty degrees below zero. The men must eat
and sleep en route. To provide for this, the cars
used for earning soldiers were lined with felt
or felt paper; little glass windows were set in
the sides, and an Iron stove set up in each. The
benchei were ma-ie so that they could be trans
formed into bunks at night. At every alternate
station hot water was provided for making tra
in nearly every train one car was fitted as a
kitchen, and supplied the men with hot rations
of meat and porridge. Shovels were carried, so
that in case of a snow blockade the men could
dig the train out. A surgeon and hospital
steward accompanied each train. At several
stations on the line camps were established,
where the men rested a day. with facilities for
washing, etc-, while the cars were inspected
and cleansed. Railroad Gazette.
Man and Mineral.
That the minute traces of metallic substances
found in living bodies are not accidental, but
essential to the performance of the functions
of life, is averted by Herrera. a French biolo
gist. He goes so far as to say that zoology and
botany are but chapters of mineralogy, so in
portant is the role played in organic life by
these so-called inorganic substances. For In
stance, all the phenomena of movement in an
animal are, he assorts, due to oxidation. As to
nutrition, it is imiKwsihle, he says, when the
fool is deprived of its mineral elements. Dogs
fed on substances from which the salt and other
Inorganic matter has been carefully removed
die of ktarvatlon. At the bottom of our vital
pi-ocAsseö. asserts this writer, are fernitutatioa
OF POLITICS
Cockrell a complimentary vote, but the
State is for Parker there's no question
about that.
"The situation Is getting better every
day." continued Mr. Taggart. "The Parker
sentiment is growing stronger everywhere.
One State after another is falling in line,
and I regard, Parker's nomination as as
sured. All this talk about Tammany'a
righting Parker amounts to nothing, so far
as Parker is concerned. Tammany is not
fighting Parker. The contest In New York
is a personal one between Murphy, the
Tammany leader, and Hill and McCarren.
1 do not believe it will have the slightest
elTect on Parker, and I'll regi?ter my pre
diction now th.it when they reach St. Louis
the Tammany loaders will be lor I'arker
good and strong."
A. G. Cavins and Edward Tugh. of Terr
Haute, were in the city yesterday after-
noon on business.' Mr. Cavins was formerly
chairman of the Vigo county Republican
organization, and has recently announced
his candidacy for the nomination for state
senator to succeed Senator Charles Whit
comb.
"Yes. I am a candidate." said Mr. Cavins
last evening, "and if I don't meet with any
more opposition than I have met with up
to this time I'll have some grounds for be
lieving that I'll b nominated. I'm the only
candidate in the field at present."
Senator James S. Barcus. of Terre Haute,
who was at the Columbia Club last night,
spoke in high terms of Mr. Cavins and
put himself on record as favoring his nom
ination. "I believe Mr. Cavins will be nominated."
said Senator Barcus. "and I hope that he
will be. He is an exceptionally able man.
a born orator and ready In debate, and
would be aide to give a good account of
himsulf on the floor of the Senate."
The convention. to-day at Peru to nomi
nate the Republican candidate for state
representative for the Grant-Howard-Miami-Wabash-Huntington
"shoestring"
district will attract a large crowd, and will
probably be the scene of one of the liveliest
legislative contests of the year. Ther ar
four avowed candidates for the nomina
tion c. I. Wlllets. of Kokomo: John C.
Chamberlain, of Falrmount; J. E. McIIen
rj of Wabash, and O. L. Kline, of Hunt
ington. The politicians who are interested
in the fight have not ventured to pick the
winner, and the opinion is general that It
is "anybody's race."
Charles S. Hcrnly, of New Castle, former.
chairman of the Republican state commit
tee, is a. guest at the Clay pool.
National Bank Examiner W. D. Frazer,
of Warsaw, was In the city last night.
-r
The Dpmocratio state- machine does not
take kindly to the gubernatorial csplra-
tions of Mayor Edward J. Fogarty, of
South Bend, and to the end that he might
be "eliminated" from the race as other
prospective candidates have been "elimi
nated" the story has been started that Mr.
Fogarty has been advised by his friends
among the labor leaders of the State not
to become a candidate. Ills candidacy. It
will be recalled, is based primarily on his
strength with organized labor. Mr. Fo
garty resent3 the process of "elimination"
and has lost no time in getting the Demo
cratic state organ to publish his denial that
he has received any discouragement from
labor leaders. He says:
"It Is not true that I have received atiy
such advice from the labor leaders of the
State. Indeed I have no idea how such a
rumor could get in circulation. As a mat
ter of fact. It Is Just the other way. I
have been pressed and am being pressed to
come out and make an active campaign for
the nomination, but I have to give close
attention to the affairs of the city of South
Bend. I cannot comply, with tho requests
that have been made to me to go Into an
active canvass at this time. It would be
next to impossible for me to do so unless
I would neglect the affairs of my office
as mayor of South Bend." '
John T. Hume, of Stllesvllle, who repre
sented Hendricks county in the House dur
ing the last session of the Legislature, was
in the city yesterday. Mr. Hume will be
succeeded next winter by Horace Hanna. of
Plainfleld. Mr. Hanna Is at present attend
ing law school In this city and will break
into politics simultaneously with his en
trance upon the practice of his profession.
"Congressman Hemenway was here to
day on his way home from Indianapolis,
where he has been in consultation with
Senator Fairbanks regarding the vice pres
idential nomination," says a dispatch to the
Journal from Evansville. "Mr. Hemenway
says that there is nothing new in regard to
the senator's attitude and that If ho accepts
the nomination It will have to conin to him
practically unanimously. Persor ally Mr.
Hemenway is opposed to Senator Fair-
banks's becoming the vice presidential nom
inee, .and he ssays the senator is not anxious
for the nomination, but that strong pres
sure has been brought to bear urging him
to seek it."
and oxidation, or their analogues, and these de
pend on the presence of certain mineral bodies
in the tissues. Even th role of pepiin in di
gestion seem to. depend on the presence of
iron. In short, the organic substances on which
life depends are, he says, "prepared In inorganic
workshops with mineral reagents. and thus
a living being Is practically a member of ti
mineral kingdom. Success.
Don't Cross Your Knees.
A medical authority has recently uttered a
warning against the habit of sitting with one
knee crossed over the other a pose which is
nowadays almost as common among women aa
among men. This apparently harmless habit.
It seems. Is likely to cause sciatica, lameness,
chronic numbness, ascending paralysis, cramps,
varicose veins and other evils. The reason 1
simple: The back cf the knee, it is explained,
as well as the front of the elbow and wrist,
the groin and the armpit, contains nerves and
blood vessels which are less- adequately pro
tected than in other parts of the body. Th
f-paoe behind the knee contains two Urge nerves,
a large artery, and numerous veins and lym
phatic glands. It is the pressure on these nerves
and vessels which is apt to give rise the
various troubles against which we are warning
you. Joaquin Miller, in Harper's Weekly.
Cut in Unit Fare.
A cut In the fares on electric cabs, which
went Into effect to-day, gives promise that cab
hire in New York may soon be possible to others
than Wall-street brokers, bookmakers, highly
paid members of the theatrical profession and
other persons who are not compelled regard
expense. The fee for using electric caba is low
ered from ifO to 40 cents a mile and from fl.&O to
II an hour, and the minimum charge has been
lowered from $1.50 to f0 cents. Other rates are
similarly reduced, especially for the man who is
taking his out-of-town relatives to the theater
or the ball. Yesterday It would have oost him
HI) for an extension brougham to take his
party of four to and from the place of amuse
ment. To-day the price is flLO. The cut by the
electric cab may be met by the horse cab. New
York would fairly gloat over a cab wax. New
York Letter.
Ilelleve in Mermaid.
"I thoroughly believe the sea is full of won
ders of which we have no idea" said Capt. John
Dann, of the steamer Mrrlon, "and I do not be
lieve the whale is the largest of them. I myself
once saw a couple cf hundred yards away a
great black creature much largtr than a whale,
but the captain of the ship, of which I was theo
first officer, would not allow me to shoot at it.
saying we. didn't know what it might do if In
furiated. Nothing is too strange to credit con
cerning the Vlenlzens cf the deep. Why, I'm in
clined to believe in mermaids. I don't think
they'd be much more pecuIUr than sea horses.
One thing, though. I'm not inclined to ta'i seri
ously, and that is the mirrors with whteh they
are always armed In picture. Where do they get
the mirrors?" Philadelphia Record. 1
Hard on av Debtor.
The proprietors of Fu Mel II slang, a piece
goods store of this port, who failed last year
with a liability of tls, 43. have been placed
under arrest by the order cf Viceroy Wei
Kuang Tao, of Nanking. hi h"lds that, ac
cording to Chinese law. a man who fails with
liabilities exceeding tls 10.000. is liable to death
sentence Ths lvroy has ordered his ptoper
tir to be t-ixed fur th bae3; of tU creditor,
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