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People who hiivo un Idea that liquor is
responsible for sending most convicts to
prison would have been sadly disappoint
ed had tliey been !n the office at the
Moundsvllle prison one day last week
when twelve new quests were questioned.
There were eight white and four colored
prisoners seated upon the bench when
the i lerk appeared and started asking the
usual questions.
"What's your name?" lie asked the flrst
O'" the dozen, a young white man from
Fayette county.
Ills name was stated, and the next ques
tion touched upon his nationality.
"(>( what descent are you?"
After sinn?> liesi ta tlon. and being prompt
ed b) anothei prisoner, the young man
replied "1 was born in America."
And do you Indulge in the use of in
toxicants?"
W hat them"" asked the surprised
l a vette < ounty man
Strong drink." explained the clerk.
,nc\ t i touched it in my life." was the
surprising response
\sked about his religion, he said he had
^'tended the Missionary Church in Fay
? ? county lie knew nothing about ile
i oniihatloiis, but had heard it was a
MethodNt mission. Others said they had
? ' - "tided Baptist, Lutheran and Catholic
' ..Mi. ho> and only two of the twelve said
11.'-\ ever used stimulants. One said he
t'-ok .1 drink occasionally, and the other
? tli| he used beer moderately. Not one of
the four colored men had been addicted
l ? the use of intoxicants, and only three
< the dozen had used tobacco.
I I ' \ must have belonged to the same
? I '1.1} s, hoo! class." observed a caller at
'? ? pnson who hear J the responses of the
c zen prisoners.
It i> nothing unusual to got a tomper
? ! ?? ? n?w?| In prison," one of the prison
'' "ills stated. Many of them get here
t. ' :<h intemperance, but manv of them
V IO get here have never been addicted to
t e use of intoxicants."
*****
There is an old Joke at the city hall
wide!, is practiced with unfailing success
< time a recruit Is added to the force
o" ( lerks and other employes connected
? :h the building. ? It was worked the
osl.-r da\ In the case of a green hand who
was visiting the various departments In an
industrious effort to learn the ropes. The
> ? ; K man had been made acquainted with
t!.' fact that Justice Barnard holds crimi
nal court In a certain room, but the new
comer was not aware of all the functions
of tlie court. On a round of Investigation
i i. ii<day morning the young nam walked
1 rimituil Court No. J and found what
M.e.l to him an unusual and Interesting
? '???!*!ion of affairs. The seats reserved
f ir <pe, -ators were occupied by a mls
' l;?' -ous crowd. Including a number of
^ ? i-tlr^ssecl ladles, all present apparently
i *??:> concerned In the proceedings on -
the front bench directly In front of the :
"?tice's seat were several curious looking
person* i?f both sex. s under close guard.
A attorney was delivering an address In
<iuiei voi< ?? to the jury.
Walking up to an attach? of the court
t! newcomer asked; "What is all this?"
Luuac) proceedings," was the prompt
reply, "and you'd better get out of here
a a last as you can."
* * * * *
The other day," said the clubman. "I
< ime across a case of pure honesty and
d unright conscientiousness. One of the
members of our club gave the Janitor, a
? iored youth of about seventeen, a quarter
for some personal service, and said, 'Take
ti.is ai d git to the theater.' Next morning
to his great surprise the boy returned the
money to htm, saying he had not been
aole to us- It. Pressed or an explanation, ths
l' '.v said he had asked his mother about It
and she had advised him not to go to the
theater, and as ha had not used the money
for the purpose It was given he felt that it
<li i not belong to him. I do not know w hat
followed, but I am sure the boy will lose
nothing by his conduct."
*****
The spring tide of pleasure-seeking travel
I as set in and Washington Is fairly flooded
with visitors. Id the middle of this week
every lr>rge hotel in town turned away
guests for Lack of room to accommodate
t'.?m, and tiie smaller hotels took the over
flow.
Brides and bridegrooms have been very
much in evidence In the public buildings
i ? d show* places The corridors of the Cap
! >1 have taken on a springlike air, with
dove-colored and purple gowns, the fleeting
'"lor of violets and the aroma of sachet per
t .me* It's wonderful to see the interest
manifested by the gray-bearded statesmen
In the couples.
"It makes me step livelier Just to see the
j .ungsters," sold one old Solon, "and r
can spot em a hundred feet off. The min
gled look of happiness and self-consclous
i ? betrays them before you see the festal
costume of the bride Well, their presence
makes the world younger, and I like to see
t cm around."
*****
T e Ilous? committee on Interstate and
foreign commerce was considering a bill,
providing for a new revenue cutter to re
r ire the old one that had long been In
? or: i'uget Sound. The bill was earnest
ly advocated by Representative Cushman.
? ? -iig. lank and lean member of tho
who lives on the Sound. Finally a
sc u -cent w as made as to the condition of
t ? ? Itte, in.i it was said to be old and
" 1 ? st out of date. "The plates," said the
"are ho ililn that \ ou can see
t "'l'gh them."
J ' like CushTnan." Interjected Repre
i' ve Burke of South Dakota
v I following the laugh at Cushirian's ex
I c I;is bill was favorably reported.
*****
v i ? w fad Is now raging among the
!"1' "f ";?? fl'y." said a local dairyman
> "ti 1: ne heard of all kinds of ;
' h as stamps, business !
'?da dozen others, but the very j
' : 1 d i.. .lie . o'lection of' milk tops.'
b"v? styl?._ them. These are the
' d i ii ????? of paste board stamped with
1 r - name that are placed on the
' or i .'l|t jors.to protect the contents
"i Ik'! ; K . ontamlnated with dust or
? ? r substance.
t --irprlslng what a variety of col- j
, have made of the milk :
t s Many of them have fifty or sixty i
x el,. ^ on!. j, ,|ers having several 1
styles that are used on their iars The
a"? "r&* ?
%:*.!"$ ?-?!?
i.,,' , .1 lf ,he same si/.,- I? order thai
tone I'V'?.etCUre Iar?-' collections of the-S"
fum- "?i|T ,?nd ''r''al" lars ,hpV cure
- "iect those that come to their
whoso* ru!!iirade *1,01,1 W,th other hovs
dealers ' 1 es ?"? served by different
1 hen. too, the boys carrv on a little
fh.n'?j,.W j fhe to',s T,ie.v toss them in
wav I'th,, hVeM .nm,ch,nK game In that
waj. so that by this game of chance they
ose or win heavily. The various milk
jar tops have different values, those of
e.iler.s who have a limited business have
a larger value than those of the extensive
dealers. All In all, the milk tops are
keeping the boys of the city thoroughly
amused now.'
* * * * *
Augustus P. Gardiner, a representative In
Congress from Massachusetts, a son-in-law
of Senator Henry Cabot bodge, a graduate
of Harvard, a soldier of the Spanish war
in Porto Hico with Miles?a former s'ate
senator, with some other minor matters to
his credit, is much more than an ordinary
legislator. Here is one expression that
proves the assertion:
I would not remain in Congress if there
were not ways for a minority to defeat a
rneasui" It Is so dead ? asy to defeat a bill
If you have a majority with you that there
Is no satisfaction in it. But'when you can
take a handful of fellows and keep the ma
jority from passing .1 measure, why. that
Is the zest of legislation."
bounds well. Or" course, if you have a
majority at your back you can simply vote
down a measure you don't want, but When
there is ? bill which a majority wants and
you must juggle with the rules so as to
stand it off, or scheme with men to prevent
a vote, or do some "log rolling." then, of
cours-*, Is real inter, st and a great deal of
satisfaction. Mr. Gardiner is one of that
kind of men who are not afraid of being In
tii. opposition, nor is he timid in attacking
tin leaders when they are In his way. He
is i.n!\ handicapped bv one thing; he rep
I'sents the largest shoe manufacturing
district In the 1'nited Slates. That district
wants i tee hides. Mr. Gardiner knows that
free hides are absolutely Impossible. He
is ha rulieapped. though not embarrassed,
by the fact that Massachusetts longs for
t'anadiau reciprocity. il? knows that reci
procity is as far away as annexation.
Hut. notwithstanding the discomforts which
desire among his constituents for free hides
and reciprocity may entail, he always has
un anehor to the windward. He Is strong
on hsh. an<l Gloucester is in his district.
Mr Gardiner stands In the "sacred cod,"
and Is sale.
t t ^ 4 f
Some time ago at a social gathering in this
city Chief Justice Stanton J. Peelle of the
t'nlied States court of claims related t<>
members of the bar of that court a llttie
story of his early practice In Indiana. Judge
Peelle was ctulte a young man then and had
not established a reputation as an attorney.
His law partner. Mr. 1> S. Alexander?now
a member of the House of Hepresenti^lves
from New York, was |? ..bout the same
condition In so fur as his legal experience
whs concerned.
(?ne day an old colored man was brought
olli'Vi ""i9VnUE Ul" l'?"n lD Indlanap
o". where Judge Peelle and Mr Alexander
tiT' :rr:? ,o ^11 - vision.
.ofn i w ^ wl,en an"a'gned told the
Court tlmt he was too poor to pay a lawver
and he was informed that an attornev
de?fen et"-,^IS,laU"i ?"? ourt for tho
otter 1 tie prisoner was informed ikat
Km or'the imp" "f"te roung'me^
name S^XdThe* JlS
candidates' for' th e 'j'o'b '' 'V d l"< Prospective
any more?" asKea, Are there
i'i 'SPSS ???
Without waiting for mo. T o'Y Kr""l' and
tlon coi e, nine II,? definite informa
nt'* v*o]d
take Mr. Alexander!" 1 1 wln
w.frldly'^te^m".?, that
and wlio ? o?. i. mo?lh proposition."
cot; ern in <? '!, ? pros',ero?? mercantile
a fiefienie for beating Th1'"6'0^ evolve"
has been tt?. i,,ni V Smoko lilw' whlch
n.en here ti i nriny commercial
en.L!o? of Pr?Vld"S the
but nriiu s no mention .?*y smo,<e. '
that of a light LraXL f Wllfte ?
'"?n: in question has. t herefor
the points of exit of iii. J having
I'l -'-ed In his furnace stPam W*
that only light -ravioi / arransed so
fi' .'ii his s-ack Thll i.8!1" Is emitted
turning on the ?teim nhl accomplished by
puts fresh coaum'oThe fr,^^ U,e "reman
< s up which . i fu, nnc? or when h<?
^.u. es' t.suVtV';,, v;; c,;11or,il'!a,'y cJrcu?L
V'th.. kind known to smoke
Judge- a., "the real thing " in ? , ourt
ing voli i .. . the vt ainalgamat
^rnokethe nghtgVa, eff^V"" tl!? <U,k
hi.sl.iesa' ,?ln is r uZl '? ,pro<lu^d and
arrest. rendered Immune from
"It is a wonder to tm- that the Postmaster
^ i?,ta.15:
ners of^the Itr??
t?Agai.,."''up"uiI1Ile "b^ilditfe '"a" ^t,nU<><1
h1 continued,
those tos ti,.., to replace ,
fXe'-'buiVfr" V'i- big SI
dol: i,izk :k" r
the Old -ellow. OWtl ,greod w!ttl j
Oi -K>k?>r?"An' 'twere only t'ottui tlajr as Jurge said '? dijn'i kuuw nothing about
horif rule'"?London Punch.
THE LOTUS LAND ADS
There's a man In this town wlfo wishes
that th? newspapers and magazine*
wouldn't publish such alluring advertise
ments. The other evening he was doing
that day-before-pay-day sizing up of the
financial situation with pad and pencil. His
wife was looking over a batch of the March
magazines. That is to say, she was looking
at the "hind" pages, where th? ads are.
Women quickly find out that about the
most interesting pages of modern maga
zines are those same advertising pages.
The man had got the rent and the g**
and the Installment man's account down
on his pad. when liis wife observed:
"They have field glasses in the observa
tion cars and guides to point out the spots
of particular scenic beauty 011 the Tur
quoise Sky limited for California, it says In
this advertisement."
"L'h-huh." he replied, looking out at the
gray, drear streets.
Then he went ahead and tried to figure
out on the pad how he could trim the list
down?by ducking the installment man or
something?so that he could get Ms wife
the pair of shoes that she obviously needed.
"They must be splendid affairs, thos;
winter tours of the Mediterranean, on thoso
yacht-like steamers?chartered, you know,
for winter touring parties, three months
in the Mediterranean and in tbe waters of
the near east, it says here, and?um?from
$9o0 up for each passenger?oh. my! said
his wife, after a pause.
"That all?" said he. beginning to tousle
his hair, as he suddenly remembered that
his lodge dues had to come out of the
half-month's pay. "That's a mere bag o'
shells. Isn't it?" and he went on putting
down sordid little figures?sordid, but ail
too necessary.
" '.Land of the always afternoon?why iiOt
take a winter trip to the dreamy lotus-land
of Hawaii?' " liis wife quoted from an ad
vertisement after a while. "How lovely
that must be ? temperature during tie
winter months never goes below ?KV?
tropical fruits the year round?palms?dear
me. how perfectly lovely!"
The man wriggled some in his chair. He
had a little line of thinks oi his own. How
he would have enjoyed saying to her. as an
enormous s'prise, "Get ready, little girl,
and we'll take a spin down to the dream
country?it's all right about the coin?I'd
just picked tip a bundle."
But. as It was, he had to slice olT the
grocer's bill to allow for the monthly in
stallment on the piano whlcl. tiey were
huxing on the excitement plan.
"Is this Ormonde Beach, where they M.I
those lovely automobile races, anywhere
near that delightful Palm Beach, wher-i
they go in sea-bathing all during the win
ter. and where the girls wear such lovely
tennis suits, and the men sucli fetching
golf clothes?mercy, just- look at these pic
tures. and the waving palms and things,
she went on. after having picked up an
other magazine and looked at the rear
pit gt'S.
"Oh, it's not so far from l'alm Bench."
he replied, reflecting that the land of 1<'| >r
ida enchantment was only about twenty
four hours from Washington, but that it
might just as well be 48,000,?nm mlies.
There was another little pause, during
which the man gnawed at the end of his
pencil and thought of how shabby his
wife's gloves had looked when they had
been walking that afternoon.
"Winter excursions to Bermnda?sap
phire seas and turquoise ski.-s?one of the
spicy Isles of the Blest"?she was quoting
from another rear-of-the-magazine adver
tisement which had caught her attention.
The man tossed down his pencil and
stood up and thrust his hands Into his
pockets and crossed over to the window
with its outlook on the dripping street, and
the dismal-looking vacant lot across the
way. He gave a sigh that seemed to pro
? eeed from his boots
"My dear little girl." he said to her.
"ctit it out,' won't you? Read 'em to your
self. if you don't want your man to jump
headlong into the porch-climber's or safe
cracker's profession! I'd take you to all
of those places If 1 could?if it were In the
cards. Hully gee, I'd give ten years olT
the latter end of my life if. tomorrow. 1
could load you on board a white yacht
and take you all over the Seven Seas a
dozen times! But I'm trying to find out,
now. if we can be 'at home' this month to
the milk collector when fie drops around
with his little, bill. Couldn't you just as
w?U read those Irritating blamed things
to yourself?"
"As If I didn't know that you'd take me
if viju could.'" she replied, but she did not
read any more of those enticing lotus
land ads. aloud.
THE CANAL ZONE.
Gov. Magoon's Statement Before the
Senate Committee.
Some Interesting facts regarding the ad
ministration of the canal zone were devel
oped In the extended statement of Governor
Magoon before the Senate committee on
interoceantc canals. Concerning the problem
of civil service rules as applied on tiie
canal he said that until recently they were
glad to get any clerical help that would go
to the isthmus, and at one time more than
seventy stenographers Invited to the isth
mus declined. Then Senator Morgan asked:
"So that, under the conditions as they
existed, the appointments of stenographers
anil of the clerical force were made through
the civil service commission from here?"
"yes, sir." responded Governor Magoon,
"and tiiat go.;-s up higher. For instance, all
out Internes, our nurses and our physi
cians."
"Physicians?" repeated Senator Morgan,
Interrogatively.
"Yes, sir; now," was the governor's re
sponse. "We apply to the civil service com
mission. unless ive want a specialist. As,
for instanco-, wo wanted a man to work the
X-rny machine. And by the tolerance, I
suppose, of the civil service commission, we
were allowed to select.''
Son. thing was said about the men em
ployed by Chief Engineer Stevens, and Gov
ernor Magoon .said they could not pass a
civil service examination, and Senator Mor
gan asked why.
"I presume," said the governor, "some
of them have been at work about iron and
dpjng .heavy work until there are knots on
theji lingr-rs so that th?y would .jot be
able to hold a pen."
The dual position of Mr. Magoon as gov
ernor of the canal zone and minister to
Panama was the subject of a long series
of questions and answers. Senator Mor
gan asked the governor if he would s^ub
mit to the committee any correspondence
he had with the Panama government.
"I think." he. answered diplomatically,
"that 1 would have to *sk the committee
to apply to the head of the State Depart
ment."
Senator Morgan agreed with him and then
asked about the arms which the Panama
government turned over to the i'nited
Si Ues and are now in possession of this
govt rnmenl, and what he would do if the
Panama government should uak for re
turn of the arms.
"As to 'that." replied Gov. Magoon. "I
think I should apply to Secretary Taft.
'J hos. arms wt re turned over to the gov
ernor of tiie zone."
"Would you feel authorized to act with
out She consent of the Secretary of State?'"
a. k.. 1 Senator Morgan.
"1 would," replied the governor.
"But," persisted Senator Morgan, "if you
are a subordinate of the Secretary of
State you know what will become of you If
you do not obey that order, do you not?"
"No, I do not." answered the governor.
"Well, I think I do." remarked Senator
Morgan, amidst the laughter of the com
mittee.
"I suppose I would continue to be gov
ernor Just the,same," was the philosophical
comm* nt of Go\ Magoon.
Pollution of Streams.
From the Richmond Ttmes-Dlsjaitch.
Our Durham, N. C., correspondent advises
us that Judge C. S. Furgerson has rendered
a decision in tho case of the city of Dur
ham against tiie Eno Cotton Mills of Hllls
boro", restraining the mills from dumping
garbage into Eno river. Durham gets its
water Hupply from this river, and the garb
age dumped from the mills has polluted the
stream. This Is a question which has been
recently discussed In the TImes-DIspatcb,
and which should claim the attention of
our law-makers. Legitimate enterprise Is
to b? encouraged, but not at the expense of
the public health. The streams of Vliginla
are nature's own gifts, and they belong to
the people. They may be used by private
enterprise so long as there is no trespass,
but when they ure so employed as to de
prive the public of Its rights, the restraining
power of the law should be exercised.
"I see Grover Cleveland has been blaming
the doctors for using big words."
"I always thought that man was a mo
nopoliat at heart. ?Cleveland Plain Dealer.
LOCATING DAN RICE
"There are Mm-' Instances a fetlpw fig
ures In of w remarkable, sluing'* anil al
most uncanny a character that he hates
to tell abcut them. ev? n tf? his trusting
friends, for fear they win think that he is
permitting his Imagination to run riot at
the expense of the truth," said a man who
writes for the magazine*.
"Such an Incident was the singular out
come of my hunt for Dan Rtce. the mo3:
famous of American clowns of tile older
day, about thirteen years ago.
"The New York magazine for which 1
was then writing gave me the assignment
to write an article about famous clowns
of the past. The magazine had come into
possession of a fine bunch of prints of the
oid-ttme clowns, including some or the
earliest who had tiielr fleeting hour away
back in the eighteenth century, and the
magazine editor wanted me to wtite an
article around these pictures?rather a
common practice in magazine ottlces, by
the way, this thing of having articles
written around pictures. One of the
prints, made som? time in Hie tirties or
sixties, was of the renowned American
clown, Dan Rice. The print represented
him with all his make-up on. I had never
seen L'an Kice in the circus ring, or any
where else, of course, for his clownish ac
tivities were passed 111 a period long r>e
lore mine.
"It took a lot of grubbing in libraries to
g>"t the mat-rlal for the down article, es
pecially to dig up the stuff about the for
eign clowns, but l dually got the tacts to
gether. .tnd brought the article down to
the time of Dan Rii ??. about whom, as the
most celebrated of the American clowns, t
was to write considerable. And 1 Hum l
have any Han Kice material on hand. 1
had heard that Dan Kice was living with
one of his daughters somewhere in -New
Vork. but even Tody Hamilton, the press
agent for the one and only big show, didn't
know Just exactly where Dan Kice coum
be found. It was necessary, however, that
I should see Dan Kice, if such a thing were
possible, to get some first-hand clown rem
iniscences from him.
"So, l began to hum around for Dan
Rice. I looked in the directory, and found
that there were many nan I4ices in that
big book. Dan Kicin were as common as
blackbirds In a cornfield -there was even
a Uan Kice in the same flat building that
1 occupied, as I had occasionally noticed
when glancing ai t ie names over the ves
tibule mail boxes.
"1 ran a lot of the Dan Rices down to
ihelr addresses, always finding that I had
pitrfed the wrong one.
"The time for the turning in of the article
was at hand, anil the magazine editor was
pre.-.sing,me for It. Anil >et I couldn't pos- ?
slblj turn it in without I tie Han Rice .stuff.
The magazine editor, on a Saturday, finally ;
gave me until the following Tuesday to j
produce the article, and 1 was considerably I
worried over my-inability to liml Dan Rice. I
"So, on the next morning, Sunday, I j
started out from mv flat, determined lo run !
Dan Rice down If he really was living In j
New York, as I had heard. I started out |
about 11 o'clock that Sunday forenoon. I'd
had kind of a lively time of It at a Lambs' ]
Club gambol on the night befori-, and, to j
sustain nre throughout i lie search for Dan j
Rice that I anticipated that day, r dropped !
Into the 'family entrance' of a cafe around j
the corner from mv flat for a bit of liquid I
nourishment. I sat down at one of the
back-room tables to imbibe the brace:*. I
"On the other side of tiie table was &
man with whose face I was familiar. . j
cudgeled my braia a bit to remember him,
and then recalled that I'd seen him coming
In and going out of the flat building In
which I lived. He was an elderly man with
a ruddy face and a white goatee, and no
other hair on his face, and he wore a good
black frock coat and a silk hat. He rec
ognized me. too. as one of his neighbors, i
and gave me a pleasant sort of a bow
when I sat down at the table on the other 1
side of him. Then he remarked, after my
ilrink was served, that he considered the
weather pretty fine. I thought so. too.
" 'Too fine, by alf." the pleasant elderly
man observed, with a quiet smile, 'for an
old sinner like mc to !>e sitting here In the
back room of a saloon, applying hot and re
bellious liquor to mv bio,id'?he was taking
a highball. 'But a lot of young reprobates
got me out and then seduced me into rem
iniscence last night, and I felt pretty bad
this morning, even for an old man. Trying, !
now. to get back to the normal.'
" 'Bad night myself last night." said I. j
'Was a-gamboling with the Indians at the
Lambs. Sad lot. Hard to stay the dis- j
tance with them. .1 tried to, and here I
am. also trying to get back to the normal.'
" 'The I<ambs. eh?' said the elderly man. I
'I'm an honora-ry member of that clever
outfit, but I don't go to their high-Jinks.
Too well along In years to try to keep up
with the lads."
"Now. it seemed odd to me that this ex
ceedingly conservative looking old citizen,
who looked like the president of an uptown
bank and a vestryman in combination,
should belong to so lively an organization
as the Lambs' Club of New i'ork. I'm not
of a rubbering disposition, but I couldn't
refrain from putting a bit of a question
that may have been somewhat inquisitive to
the old gentleman.
" 'You've had something to do with the
atricals in the course of your career, then?'
I said to him.
" 'Oh, yes, In a way.' lie replied, modestly,
"If you'd call a clown a theatrical man.'
" 'Clown!' said I, all but Jumping out of
my chair. 'But, my good sir, you were
I never a clown!"
" 'Oh. yes. I was,' he replied, his eyes
twinkling. 'I was a clown for a good many
years Clowned It all over the world. Fact
is, I was rather a sensational sort of clown
in my day and epoch. If I do say so myself,
as shouldn't.'
" 'But,' said I, almost bursting with the
Idea that was beginning to joggle my wits
around, 'you're riot '
" 'Yes, son, I guess- that's who T am.' re
plied the old gentle-man, even before I'd got
through my sentence.. 'I'm Dan Rice. I
reckon you've heard your daddy talk about
Dan Rice, eh?' and lie produ?-e<l a ea-il case
and handed me his card, with plain 'Dan
Rice' engraved on It.
"Well, that's all.- H was a stunning and
mrmbing ^ort of miracle, but that's exactly
how it happened. And we presently went
around to his flat, and he gave me material
gnlore and more fine prints of himself in
tiie old-fashioned clownish make-up. and T
had my article all written and trimmed up
with the best Dan Rice material ever pub
lished before midnight that' night. And
Dan Rice, the clow i. had been living In the
flat right underneath mhie for two years,
and I'd never known who he was.
"if I'd read anything like this little clown
story of mine in a book I'd sniff Incredu
lously. as we all do over remarkably pat
happenings in works of fiction. But the
thing I've told you about happened just as
I've told It. all the same."
Pumping Life Back With the Tongue.
From thi* Searchlight.
Rhythmical traction of the tongue has
long been one of the most effective means
of reviving a person who has been drowned.
Dr. Laborde. who has carried on extensive
Investigation on the effect of tongue trac
tion as a means of resuscitation, maintains
that often, although the organism has ap
parently ceased to live externally, It lives
Internally. That is to say, life is still latent
and while there Is latent life there Is a hope
of saving a drowned or asphyxiated per
son. The function which it is most neces
sary to revive Is the respiratory.
Kxperimenting upon dogs, Dr. Laborde
found that two or three hours after appar
ent death had set in it was sometimes possi
ble to secure resuscitation. A vigorous half
bulldog, weighing thirty-five pounds, was
chloroformed to such an ex lent that respi
ration had entirely ceased. After a quarter
of an hour's traction of t lie tongue the
animal came to. The experiment was tried
asaln until complete asphyxiation had oc
curred, and traction was not resorted to
till five minutes later.
The dog. which had been named Lazarus,
this time appeared to be dead. One hour
and two hours of traction followed, with
no result, but after another half hour a
respiratory cougli showed that life was
present. The dog soon revived. It oc
curred to Dr. Laborde that it would be a
good idea to substitute a mechanical device
Jot" the cloth-covered hand. The first ap
paratus made was driven by clock work.
The more Improved apparatus now used Is
operated by an electric motor. By means
of this improved instrument it is possible
to subject the tongue to continuous traction
for three hours. It such a period be neces
sary.
As She Understood It.
From the Chicago Tribune.
"Bessie, we shall have to apply the star
vation cure to that cold of yours. You must
let up a little on your feed."
"Rub a little on my feet, papa! Rub
whatr*
A CONJUGAL SYSTEM
The married man alluded to herein has.
for the past two months or so, Iwn follow
ing what he falls a "conjugal system.^* 1'p
to the ptesent he Is away ahe.nl of the
game. He maintains, wUn considerable
show of proof, that his system Is one that
can't lose.
His system, briefly defined, consists In
standing mute under his wife's tirades.
He evolved the theory, both from experi
ence and observation, that If there Is any
one thing In the world that Infuriates a
married woman engaged In orally lam
basting her husband for his sins, it is for
the husband to maintain an utter and im
penetrable silence.
When he found this out he had gained
wisdom, and when he put it Into practice
he had gained j>eac?i.
Before tumbling onto this conjugal sys
tem. lie nad permitted himself to make
reply to his wife's jll?e?, jeers and accusa
tions during the moments of domestic erup
tions.
He did not Know. then, that the man
never lived, before or after the earliest.of
the Phoenician navigators, who ever stood
a chance on earth to win in an argument
witli his wife. Myriads of millions of hus
bands have gone to their graves without
ever having found this fact out. Countless
millions who did find it out didn't have the
sense to be guided by it, and lost out in
their domestic struggle-s. as a matter of
course, from the beginning to tlie end.
Before this particular man gained the
wisdom of silence under wifely reprobation
he had, like most of the rest, the habit of
answering back. He would come home
pretty late, for example, with some kind of
obviously rehearsed yarn about having at
tended to an important business engage
ment, and his wife would open up 011 him.
He'd have a pat reply. She'd spring a
patter one. Then they'd have It back and
forth, and the thing would inevitably ter
minate in the man's being slithered to rib
bons. One fancy crack would bring on an
other, one sarcasm would generate another,
and for a little while the scarred and evil
bird of hate would hover over the home,
imager to gain the advantage, which, of
course, had never really departed from the
woman, both would say things to eaoh other
that it hurt them to even think about after
ward. and thus the old game went on.
Now. the man discovered the strange ef
ficacy of silence In a curious way. He came
home one night about two months ago just
a teenchy bit to the bad. He had met some
of the fellejs, and he'd taken one 01 two
too many.' He didn't have any excuse at
hand that he thought he'd be able to get
away with at home. Moreover, he had a
hunch that his tongue might prove a bit
thick and troublesome, anyway So. right
on the threshold of his home he had an in
spiration.
He resolved that he wouldn't say a word.
It worked gorgeously, and he's been play
ing the system ever since.
Here's about the way the play unravels
itself:
We'll suppose that the man comes home
late. His wife is sitting up, with all of the
gas flaring, and the corners of her mouth
drawn tightly downward. She drops her
book when he comes in. stares hard at him,
and. says she, in a most significant tone,
full of Inquiry:
"Well?"
Man, after hanging up his hat and coat,
drops into a chair, with an amiable ex
pression of countenance, flicks a little im
aginary dust off his coat lapel, and says
nothing. She's waiting for him to begin
to unreel the excuse. He fools her.
"Well?" she repeats In a hard, acrid tone.
"Have you any reason to offer for your
coming home at this time of the night, or
morning, and in this condition?" (The man
has had two bottles of beer, and his condi
tion is all right, but she won't grant that.)
Man gets to looking at one of the pictures
on the wall, and seems to notice that the
picture is hanging a bit crooked.. He goes
over to the picture and fixes It straight,
but says nary a word. This causes her to
begin, then and there, to get somewhat
het us.
"So you don't dare trust yourself to talk
that is it?" she says, with a still more ac
cusatory ring in her tone "You are simply
tongue-tied tonight after your carousing,
eh ?"
Man gets out ills pocket knife, opens up
the nail file blade, and proceeds to file away
an imaginary hang nail from his left thumb.
But he doesn't say a word.
"What do you think of yourself. I'd like
to know?" says his wife, after half a min
ute's silence, making the pause for the per
fectly obvious purpose of allowing the man
to put his foot into it by replying, which lie
utterly declines to do. "X wonder If you
ever stop to think that you are going to the
dogs Just as fast as you ever can? Does It
ever occur to you that you're getting Into
a rut of dissipation lately that is just bound
to drag you down to perdition and land us
iboth in the poorhouse?"
Man whistles about three bars of a plain
tive air. and picks up The Star paper, which
he rend through right after dinner, and
pretends to be deeply absorbed in the \na
costia news. But he doesn't say anything.
I She begins to pant with rage. It begins
I to become palpable to her that he isn't go
ing to reply to any ordinary knock. She
I makes up her mind that she's going to
make him siy something or know the rea
son why. In order to st:?rt him, she con
cludes t<> hand h.im some kind of a cutting
jolt sufficient to damage his self-esteem,
which she. like most women, imagines Is
the male heist's most vulnerable point,
next to his desire for food at all hours of
the day and night.
"Do you know." she says to him. with
great deliberation, "that you are beginning
t.) look perfectly sodden? Your face is pos
itively puffy. You are beginning to look
coarse and jowly. You are beginning to
neglect your appearance, and are becoming
dandruffy and feathery and common look
ing "
Mail gazes up at tlie ceiling, with a sort
of half-grin, and whiffles the remaining
har or two of the plaintive air. But he
Isn't there with any reply whatever. By
this time she is so furious that her hands
are trembling, and her face is spotty with
red wrath.
"T suppose," she goes on. "that the com
pany you have been in tonight was so vile
that even you?even you?hate to sit and
11? about it. and so you are keeping still?"
Man gets up and yawns ant stretches
with great, apparent enjoyjnent. But he
has nothing to say. '
Her teetli are clicking together by this
time, and there are two bright spots on her
cheelrs. She looks as if she'd like to bite
him.
"Yes?" she add- "and your hair Is pet
ting thin on top. You've got all the signs
of a man going to pieces. You're becom
ing fat and stodgy. Your eyes are becom
ing green and watery-looking. I know
folks are beginning to notice how you're
going down how could they help noticing
it? Why. even your teeth ire beginning to
turn ciirk. from neglei-t and dissipation.
I'd just like to have you see yourself as
you are lately, and as others -ee you."
Man turns over the advertising pages of
one of the magazines on the table, and
seems to become profoundly Immers. d in
the pictures of automobiles. But he re
mains silent. His wife begins to hop up
and down the room, unable to contain her
self In he*- rage.
"Heaven forgive me for having joined my
life to a perfect dummy!" she snaps. 'If
anybody had ever predicted for me that I'd
be tied for lif?- to a noody-niddy that
couldn't say a word for himself. I'd have
tust laughed, that's what I'd have done
just laughed'" etc.. etc., etc.
And thus on. for about fifteen minutes
more, during which the man utters liix the
word.
Then, while she's slill talking, and becom
ing more cutting and vituperative all the
time, he gets up. winds the sitting room
clock puts the pup out in the kitchen,
locks the doors, and. with sundry and di
vers deliberate yawns and "ho-hums."
walks upstairs, takes off his clothes, puts
on his pajamas, and gets Into bed- and all
the while she's still talking and straining
every* knot to draw him out.
But he isn't being drawn.
The next morning he wakes up and be
gins to chat easily and amiably as if noth
ing had happened, and she. a bit ashamed
of her one-sided outburst, joins in tlie chat.
Bully system, boys! Let's all play It!
His Wife's Money.
From the Atchison Globe.
Once upon a time a mnn married a woman
who hatf inherited $,VX) from a grandfather.
This was all she ever received, but the
man never got credit for his efforts the
rest of his life. He built a new store.
"Did It with his wife's money," the neigh
bors said. The home was made over and
enlarged. "His wife's money did It," was
the only comment. The little measly $500
she inherited was given the credit for every
thing he did during life, and when he died
and his widow put up a monument with
his life Insurance, "Her money paid for
that," was said again. But this Is what
her money really went for: During her en
gagement she bought herself a $330 piano
and a <150 diamond ring and In a few
weeks lost the ring; there was always some
regret that she didn't k>M the piano.
GRAFT III WASHINGTON
How the Counterfeit "League of
Press Artists" Operated.
WORKFD SCHEME TWICE
Prominent Men Victims of a Polite
Blackmailing Game
BOUGHT -ORIGINAL DRAWINGS"
Manner in Which Foreign Representa
tives, Senators and Others Were
Induced to Swell the Fund.
The recent revelations concerning that
strangely "asy "Kails and Far. fn" tame
us worked by a cheerful if cynical lot of
grafters in New York ca ise,| . i.IiI>l?*
wonderment here in Washington The won
derment focused upon this point How did
the big personages tackled by tlie "Fads
and Fancies" grafters ha|rp*n to "fall"
easily ?
A good way to answer Mich a question
Is to cite other examp'es. And herein shall
l>e given an example of how consummately
easy it was for a pack of grafter* to work
a scheme even more bogus than the "Fads
and Fancies" dodge upon slews and slath
ers of the notables of no less and no more
distant a town than Washington.
Reference Is hud to that counterfeit
"league of press artists" which "cleaned
up" in Washington three years ago and
followed that clean-up with another suc
cessful attempt just a year later. <ir two
years ago. The forgctfulnes of public men
and ot prominent persons generally was
Illustrated by the ease with which this
outfit turned the trick here in Washington
a second time after having not away with
big profits at the first essay. The scheme
had been attacked in several western cities
before it ever drifted to Washington, and
Its manipulators?the main one of whom is
now a chevalier d'lndtistrle In Paris?vir
tually chased out of these towns. Yet the
operators easily "got away" with the
scheme here, not once, but twice.
The manipulators of this alleged "league
of press artists." now defunct, virtually
held up as sand-bagging mendicants most
of the men throughout the country with
established reputations for making picture*
for the newspapers. It was to "help" theso
makers of newspaper pictures that the
grafters pretended to be working. The pic
ture makers were thus exhibited to the
view of the most notable men In the land
as Individuals In hard luck, overworked
and underpaid chaps, beggars and legiti
mate objects of charity. This presentation
of the case of the newspaper artists served
to astonish, as well It might have, a great
many of the public men in Washington who
were "maced" by the manipulators of th<
scheme.
Supposed Artists Were Prosperous.
"I have met a great many of the young
men who draw pictures ami cartoons for
the newspapers, all over the countiy." a
puzzled United States senator remarked to
one of the grinning grafters, after he had
reluctantly scrawled a good-sized check and
handed It over to the chap, "and 1 am
bound to gay that they always struck me as
mighty flourishing and Independent lot.
Xot a few of them seemed, la truth, such
overwhelming, not to say perky, chaps, that
I felt quite humble in the presence of cer
tain of them. I'm sure I never understood
before that thej- were all 'up against It,"
as the saying is. and as you have Ju*t told
me. I was of the opinion that all of the
newspaper artists whose names appear on
this list you have shown me were exceed
ingly well paid for their work. Rut, of
course, if the young men are all broke?"
and the senator dismissed the subject with
a shrug. The grafter had the check, and
the matter was closed.
The scheme itself was simple enough.
The grafter flashed upon the victim an or
nate circular, captioned in various-hued
Inks, with the name of the "l.-ague," ar.d
with a long and quite impressive-looking
list of the newspaper artists who were
claimed to bo members of the league. Tlie
good thing was informed that at a well
known ashlngton hotel there was pres
ently to be held an exhibition of the original
drawings of these newspaper picture mak
ers. All of the original drawings thus ex
hibited were to be for sale. The contribu
tor __to the fund to "help the artist boys
out was given the privilege of picking out
for himself the original drawings that made
a hit with him. He was given first, sec
ond. eighth, tenth or twentieth choice of
the original drawings, In proportion to the
size of his "tear-off"?1. e? his contribution,
the number of drawings that he could se
lect was regulated by the amount he con
tributed toward "giving the press artist
boys h lift."
The impression was skillfully thrown out
by the operators of the d<xige that all of the
profits, outside of the expenses of tlio ex
Jnbition, were divided pro rata among the
newspaper artists whose names appeared on
the ornate circular. The grafters dwelt with
equal Insistence upon tlie fact" that the
artists were made aware of the names of
the contributors to their charity fund.
Looked Like Polite Blackmail.
The scientific clutch inherent In this point
was that the men appealed to for money
were mostly of the class who appreciate
the supposititious advantages of "standing
well" In the 'estfeem of the men who m ike
newspaper pictures. In this respect, then.
If in no other, the plan bordered mighty
close to the line of more or less pol.te black
mail. In essence, the manlpul uor said to
the public man, "Dig up, and tiw? men who
make newspaper pictures will stop making
u laughing stock of you or holding you up
to public disapproval." Thus the news
paper artists were given, in the minds or
the victims of the scheme, a vindictive ar.d
revengeful character. Toey were portrayed
as being in no wise subject to the instruc- !
tions of their employers op curbed in the I
manifestation of personal spleen by the 1
policy of the newspapers for which they I
worked?made to appear, in brief, as some- j
?what threatening sand-baggers, acting
through gabby agents. "Chip in, or we'll
make a show of you," was virtually the !
shibboleth of the counterfeit organization !
of newspaper artists, according to the way
the matter was presented by the manipu- j
lators of the scheme, so that even tlie
shrewd men of wealth and position who j
questioned the character of the game were
frequently led to the dishing out of cur
rency or the scribbling of cheeks simply
because they did not care to take even a
chance of being stabbed all at once by the
whole body of newspaper artists whose
names were?utterly without right, warrant
or permission?printed on the phony
"league's" circulars.
The astonishing Impudence of the game
was only equaled by the astonishing i a.-e
with which It was worked. Newspaper ar
tists of note who had been tipped off. while j
the "league" was operating in western clt- i
ies. that their names were printed on the
bogus circular, got after the "league" and
managed to have the grate is driven out of
the western cities. Hut, imagining that the j
graft was all over when the "league" was
chased from thcr west. the newspaper artists
neglected to expose the dodge when it quiet
ly slipped into Washington Hence the big
clean-up here.
The "original drawings" that were put on
exhibition were the merest junk?the off
scourings of cheap studios, the product of,
the pens and brushes mostly of hack
makers of advertising pictures. They were
sent to Washington In bales, and the pic
tures, so far as any actual art value was
concerned, were not worth 10 cents a bale.
Got What They Could.
The amounts which the manipulators of
this game gouged from their victims varied
according to the reputation for wealth and
"easiness" of the men approached. Some
of the men In Washington who "fell for"
the dodge contributed as high as $300.
Others gave $300, $300, 1100, the latter fig
ure being the smallest sum asked, but de
cidedly not the smallest sum accepted, for
the Importunate workers were known to
have taken so small a sum as (10 (and this
after having asked for $100 or $3001 from
public men who fr&akly announced that
they didn't Uk* tki leaks mt the aame, but
w. ir willing I" miiko ? '?mull tl it - ?>
Kraft*-!* exprewaed It. to l? rid -r i
afcce.
The bend manipulator ?f the ? I.?<!uc- n I *
??J Ills corps of cuJUk i 1i>k graf' ?o p. i
cent of nil the inovi-y they took i i
fellow s Vflio "went 'ill' and got 1!,
were h w<*ll-ilrf!t?w1. plausible v .*?. v* -
sporty-looking lot. *i" a t of \ t ? i
of gab. From their goier.11 .ippeara?
quickly revealed character I ?.i>
qUMtton If one of them In! fe : 1
reputable newsjiap.r at tint in his Mr
One of the first victims of the anm.
Washington wan Scnor lion Phllllpi?- |:
nau-Varllla. the suave ic;re
French Interests Iti the I'nnarna ca:.<
when tint gentleman had been In \\ i-ci
lnfton only a few days The leagn.
grafter who "got Hum'; Varllla
a couple of newspaper men up in an ?
vator of the hotel here at which H n;t
Varllla registered Tie* newsp?t>ei tie
were keeping nn appointment to Inleji im
Buiiau Varllla about Panama ?fT > ? 1
the worker of the "league of press ai
game tagged along after tliein Idt? > IV
Varllla's private reception room. 0 iv 1
around and expanding his ch? ?t a good d? 1
to amplify his Importance for lie w ;* * big
rather good-looking fiKow of the |!,.sc.
kind. The iwn newspaper ir-ai took r.;r:? f.c
another newspaper in t 1 unknown to tin it.
and so did Btinau-Varilla w the g- f'
tr ;iIpse.I into the prH \te r. eptlon iihiiii 111
the wake of the tw > Interviewers
The Interviewers got tl.e'r "talk and
took t ?e1r depart 1re. 1 1 graftei poi
posely lagged behind. ui uhen tlM
terviewcrs were gone, be flashed Ills
Scheme ujsin the nivstinad I'ren ! it,
from Panama. llur.au-V.nil: .. n his ?? n
English, protested that !:e k:.ew 1 .i1
of the plan, argu<d that lie wasn't famlt' 1
with the ways of the country, and
plored the grafter, whom Im nppOil
lie a legitimate ll- wspapet 11 in. to |
propsltlon In writing ind s ibmit it :?
(Buna u - Varilla's) secretary for ? <
tlon and Judgment.
The Frenchmc.n "Dug up "
"Oh. nonsense, nix. old lain.' replied tn ?
grafter. cheerfullv. t' the . onfi e,i
Frenchman. "fome 0 > rem !? ,r off
hundred and help the hoys .Ions Y" II
be in good coinpanj .ill right here ? . s'
of llie eminent \nieri**atis who've conti b
uteil to give the press ,i" lists a lift,
the worker flashed 1 list of ?- raw el
names upon the man ftoni Panama w.i-.
bad been In the I te.l St < ? - - v
week
Scnor I>on 1' 111** 1* . 1 V .11 ? <
bis bald head for a ml; 1 is set M
afterward told tile story aid then he ? >1
lapsetl and surrendered. 11 ? handed '
grafter III*! in urreno. and '??? n. ? ? d
parted from the private reception room ?
a broad grin, as one w ? ? w ? ili say. I a
shame to take anything si dcid . ,i?\
One morning, at the anw1Bly IHW
o'cltK'k. one of the < ? ?ntiterte|t leas c
grafters visited lie leg.11 icii.daii; of an
Ambassador from a t-untrv In nor lern
Europe for *t he ii'iijio^e "nai.inK
hirsute diplomat
The ambassador was '! hreik'.i- Ti
grafter told the btlllff. in p:? Hlvtly, 1
must see the ambassador fit |M raon ' > ? 1*
errand was ore of 1 xt: ? ?? c l'
butler, impressed by the af!<: s ' ; 11
hunted up the amba-.sa i " - MCNtir) w; >
was also at breakfast, and the s?- ^?t.i'
made ills bowing app arai e and ii i c'e.i
politely if he wouldn'l aarra In placi of ' ?
ambassador, who hat*si t,, le* i1isturl?ed by
anything short of a Ufa and death alfai
when at Ids m?als, 0M4MGWI h j added T. "
grafter brushed the se ;etar. aside i a
fine Impatience. He demanded to see the
ambassador In person, and that w is ail
there was to It. The ambaseadm w a.s
dragged away from his breakfast table ami
appeared in the reception room, still strik
ing his beard with Ms napkin. The t ??
grafter sprung his scheme and alri r?
market] to the ambassador that he 1 imt' '
the ambassador ought to be ^ m l . ? m :
for a "cut-off, say. of two tndred c
to help the boys along
That ambassador stood in a red and ?
plectlc rage for about ball a minute at
the chnp had finished, for he was liter,i:'?
stunned by the pure, unadulterated
the fellow. Then he broke into a fu:of
broken but explosive Knglish that . c: d
l?e heard all over the place, and tile gr.it!
sauntered out with h ch igrlned smile r
marking to the Buttons on duty at M ?
door, "His whiskers don't like to In 1.0
cred when he's at the eats, does lie? ;
story Is given as It happened to illtrsti
the utter nerve of the work rs of tiie f.?;
scheme. It should be added, however M..*'
they "nailtd" the man they set our
"nail" In about nine casus out o( tct?_
Let Him Off Easily.
A wealthy senator from New F.i.gi?J,
who is one of the most open-handed m<
In public life, was one of the shrewd ones
who gor off with 1 comparative!} 1 :ii
"tear-off." The grafter visited this n.?t
Just a minute or so l>?fore the Senate s<*
slon began, and observed, after fl^s! 1 _
tlie scheme, that he though! about ire.t
hundred from the senator would do
"Three hundred, you say?" said tie
ator, nettled at the coolness if th# |
si tlon. "Well. I guess It's not going to d ?
The easy, airy way with which a lo; or
people who 'drop in' In here oti me talk
about hundred-dollar bills is something
from which I am ut length ceasing to . ?
tract amusement. None of you seem ?
want less than 11 hundred, nnd a good
many of you hold out your hands for .-v< :>
five hundred, and It seems to be onlv
matter of a little time when you'll all ti?
demanding a thousand or even u million
why not? 1 don't know anything ahotr
scheme, excejit that I never have happ* 11. I
to meet up with an> needy |>ress aril-'-.
But here's $25?good da ." a:. 1 the . i'
rushed out of his committee room loot
like a man whir felt m-'.isurablv cet >
that he had Just tossed Into .1 was'e
pipe.
One of these graftei s w ho. c.alrmng
that he'd got the worst of it in tin- dis
tribution of the swag, ?'peached" on the
phonv outfit after the scheme bad been
worked here the scvond time, estimated tliat
from SUa.ooo to **.'>,'??> had ? n ?
cleaned up by the manipulators of the <io0g?
on each visit of the fake "league" to \\ ash
ington.
But, mnktng all due allow ce 1 .s the no
torious forget fulness of t-. vi- titas of
frame-ups. It is gravely doubttui it U) 1
scheme will be sticce---fully VIM had a?
Washington for a good many > 1 -
come.
TAFT AND HILL.
They Have Long' and Earnest C j:.i
ences.
Holding radically diff?i< :i: views o
subjects is it not strange that Wrn II.
i" if: and Jajnes J. Hill dMM ktvi
and e:irnest conferences? In polili. - Ti .
Is a republican and Ilill 1 democrat. Ti'
Is a firm l>elie\er in "1; ^cid rue lo; ?!
tlon and Mill Is not. Tart is in ent . ;
irxiu; the Panama canal. Hill Is a pe>?rtis',
doubting Its advisability and utility w ? 1
complct'd. But they d . 's.e gi u'
fairs, this head of a gri at bi ~ I ;ici -
raent of the'government ai I tills },?>??
a great railroad corporation. They .1 :
plainly, earnestly aid w rhout nfr\i I
no doubt both are be:;.: i formed ?
getiing the other's point of view. i'a
says he. likes to talk wlt.'i Hill, bec.tn*.
wants to know the "weak points" <>: I
own position, and he I- sur- to get ti.. u
from the railroad magnate and Una .
Hill gives the best advice |.e can. I: <:
Hill who tells the Secretary wl.at h- v. ,
Lo know a!>out men. No doubt Hill h <1
more to do with the "ion of John i'.
Stcvf ns as chief ' K' f ? mal ' :i
?ny other man. "If yon w in: a man who
*?111 do rite work there is pone n ,
Stevens," Hill said to Tafl And : h< : 1
went on and told htm a ?: it <leal
?Stevens, lus. ability as , . . , r i. -
Hrsist.-ncc, his me;1u..Js of iun lii'ig uc ?.
uid his zeal for honest u irk and I
n every walk of life. par:i ularly in b-.i
it?s. And Taft has found St' ens to 1 11
.hat Hill clalm?d for lilrn
James J. Hill has told a congi
committee what ho has told every p.-i-o-i
n'ith whom he has mtoudy discussed tire
tubject, that he does not fear compel in
?f the canal for Ills transcontlrcnti . nnd
>r!ental traffic. He illustrated on 1 nr
lowing a distance wl.lcb freight from 1
?entral point, like Pittsburg, would h.iv. o
te hauleil, going first to the Atlatn - >
KMird, thence by rease lowu to Panama 1: d
lorth on the Pacific to reach the greu' cii -
?le. "When you are abreast of I'i.k. t
lound," he said, "wr will Inve haul. I i i
roods by the lakes and rati, loaded 1.
iteamers and will be at Yokohama 1 ? 1
wo to three weeks ahead of the be?t !;? 1
ou can make by way of Panama." I' ?
ilao said that continued Improvements 1
?aliroads will make cheaper rates and n>
he time the canal ia In operation the tva'h.
Mil be so well accommodated on tiie 11 at
'.ontlnental routea that it vwlli not be easily
llverted to the newr waterway.
"Aren't you ashamed to beg?"
"Sometimes, mum When 1 find ) o?
aingy people are 1 fairly blushes for tlieai '
Philadelphia Public Ledger.