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CITY OKTiCIAL PAPER.
SEATTLE, THIRSDAV, APRIL *•
THE POLICY OP DELAIT.
A ware of disappointment passed over
the country yesterday when It was an
nounced that before suspense is <y»d*d
a week must elapse from the day when
decisive action was promised. There
was a general tendency to criticise
President McKlnley and to regard the
excuse of Consul General Lee's safety
either as Indicative of a want of ade
quate preparation or as due to pusil
lanimity too eager to make an excuse.
The president has shown *u«:h an ex
cellent temper throughout the entire
negotiations, and has on several occa
sions displayed so much firmness, that
It may be possible he has a much more
serious reason for withholding nls mes
sage than that which Is advanced as a
cover. The fact that he considered It
grave enough to invite to the V-'hite
House three members of th" Filiate
and three member* of th»- low >r house,
and to take thern Into his confidence,
might almost be accepted as an Indica
tion that this Is the true explanation.
It will be very disappointing if It
should prove that the supposed danger
to Consul General Lee and th? Ameri
cans at Havana Is th»- real cause o?
the delay. Mr. McKlnley kr.< w five days
ago, when he promised bis message,
what the character >)f 11 was likely to
be, and If the Interests of Am -rlcans In
Havana were overlooked, and no notice
given them to withdraw, somebody has
keen guilty of a very extraordinary
oversight. This seems improbable. The
mcesag* w ill not be a deMarati n of
war. It will be a presentation in a for
mal way of fads, with which cougres*
Is familiar, and It Is not likely that con
gress will without a day or so of dis
cussion. and without knowing wh-iher
everything Is in readiness. de< luf war
against Spain. There would still be
time for American* to leave the i a..n ).
Another reason why we are im lined
tr- believe that there Is a deeper motiv-*.
Is that the s»nati w <uld not nave t • n
likely to go lnt<> executive sslon t > re
celv« that excuse in v e< recy. only
to be fallowed by Senator Da\ls i on-
veylng the news out aid- without any re
serve.
Tho* who ha\e had confidence In th
' good Judgment of President McKinicy
h«ve reiieti no less upon moral -
age. It is t»«»t doubled that he pi>s
•rastn* phjsi«al couraae. but ihat is not
the same quality a* 1 what Is known as
"backbone." that |; what th>> p*op!e
want Mm t' disp'av now. Th» y mls
trt»st Spain. Th \ believe tha* all th»
efforts t-» irt'l - tV • Cn v! Ftates t »
have coniallsti.-n and t»i • p.ition have
no other obje. t t't > j- <tpo>?e a tion
unltl the preparati •* f v*>, r ar ,, r .
pt"te. And th- v r . Ufl t -,,,
itrat blow be mad- «"• •ve »>•. beitig
made so»>n
\v %a ri' % irtMMi MINI:?
Confessions or t
v.hb h are mado o:a t' '■> : :
an apparent omi««* *n s' ! ~ <
t > etved with the utns .!■-* ?>•••• i":
does net ro-.-asi tb-vt t'-.« ■ ' ! ;*« ;•
iev'ted. but only tha th> • - . M ■ 4
strict*-r at .• i;» «'.!<•» of ti>e r * *-v i
dence than where the ?< sti? ' . , ->me*
nalnraii' a: i wltho .t a ; i e
tneditaticn
This v or> should be ad-'p' •! w h
reference to the Information « ncem
lug the n anufactute of « :n»r'm«
mines for Spain by an K ~h ?irn;
The matter was « t it ..p< *t h'«
a month ag but wttrtc- d t attention
because the report as inanTTtinanbd
by any details Th<- s.»- ,♦ was
brought to th* attests, n of the United
States government and Ueut Com
mander Colweii, Vnited States naval
attache, in I..*n i n. has r, a : an in
vestigation which KV-TS to leave no
doubt that Spain par ; a> t vl r ;nes for
Havana harbor
The man who glvaa tha Information
claims to be able to Idenitfy a ptit «f
the cab!* which connected the ate
with the battery. It might be a 4MB
cott matter to recover a portion of that
cable. The report of the investigating
committee was anxiously scanned for
any reference to a cable, but none ap
peared. It was tstifled to by one of
the witnesses that a quantity of wire
had been brought up by the divers. No
comment was made on this, but if that
had been an electric wire, the fact
would hardly have escaped the atten
tion of the competent officers who con
ducted the investigation.
The Maine has been sunk and the
unfortunate seamen have been buried.
Kince the misfortune has occurred, the
American people would look on with
grim satisfaction while search was be
ing tnade for the end of that cable
which should lead to placing an un
questionable responsibility where it be
longed. That satisfaction, we fear, will
never be afforded us. The snapping of
the cable would tend to make It curl
toward the shore end, and If the Span
ish authorities had any suspicion of the
cause of the explosion, that cable has
been quietly hauled in long before this.
Every scrap of evidence will be care
fully treasured, with the hope that even
If we may not be able so closely to iden
tify Spain with responsibility for the
crime, we shall be sufficiently satisfied
in our own minds to enter upon a bel
ligerent course with less compunction.
TAK.CS ITS DEFEAT HARD.
The extreme partisan view of the Tor
onto Globe on the rejection of the Yu
kon railway bill, published in another
column, is valuable as confessing the
fact that the railroad was looked upon
as a Canadian project for Canadians,
and as declaring that failure to con
struct will redound to the enormous
advantage of Americans.
It seems proper now to say to the
Globe and other Canadian newspapers
that a railroad into the Yukon is as
desirable from the American point of
view as the Canadian. It was not the
concern of Americans that the Cana
dian authorities proposed to give the
contractors an enormous mineral land
grant. But it became their buslnesrs
when the Silckeen was persistently ex
ploited as the all-Canadian route, and
when It was the plain purpose to defeat
all American efforts in any way to
enforce usual and proper customs regu
lations at the mouth of the river, and
when, besides, it appeared likely that
American transportation lines, outfit
ters and travelers would be discrim
inated against. If it was not the in
tention of the railroad owners to favor
Canada and impose restrictive regula
tions against Americans, then the vo
ciferous protest of ?he Globe against
rejection of the railroad bill has no
real basis, beyond the fact that it
tends to check the solution of the Yu
kon transportation problem.
The Canadian authorities are now
brought face to face with a fa< t that
they have heretofore diligently sought
to avoid, and that is that no Klondike
transportation project is feasible inde
pendent of A)a«k& ami Alaska interests.
If there Js to be a railroad from the
seaboard to the Yukon river, it must
U: a joint American and Canadian en
terprise. Our northern neighbors might
as well accept the situation as It is,
and quit kicking against the pricks.
St ( H ME* A* UAH.ICY.
The American people ought to thank
t»od that at the head "f the government
th«y have no such man as Bailey, of
Texas. Nearly every Republican and al
most every Pemoerat has shown an ap
predati n «»f the fact that it would
1 > most unwise fur the administration
to disclose its plans for the information
of Spain, llut for the sole purpose of
playing to the galleries, Railey is taunt
ing the president with not coming out.
as he calls It. and telling why he is
making the preparations for which he
asks.an appropriation. ,
It i ,j not be. a'.is • llillcv is a !*• mocrat
that he takes this exasperating attitude
at a time when all the people are riiairs
taining a tv-serve, which is most admir
able. Hailey acts as h< do-* !>•. au- > hi
is a demagogue, and because he feels it
safe, being in the minority, to sax
things he wonl.l not dare to utter if th<
r*sponMbiity rested upon his should-*
of tarrying on the delicate but tv • t
important pr> parathwis that g M jn-1 - -
xv at suggests a* precedent to a decla
ration of war.
H ?h houses of congress have on the
v d.>;'!..»yed excellent sp;r ! t; yet
• >v. , h->«« in every large bod\ there
't'y■!*, t< t ono irresponsible flr**-
' Ke l.a- v. that the Spanish Oir
vis immediately dissolved, when
tr ' - ; '■ • emed in r'r.ent President M* -
R ' ,is sh-'-vin his great r r*spt s t
1 r* pt«>en?a-i\f f the American
t ■ !♦» \-y frank'v laving before them
' • an l I-.!* R ians *' T their eon
• ' t ta: >r». tvf r< taking any step from
tt h't'h t might be difficult to r-ved* if
d-d r.<-t a-; r, with htm. His candor
«•>, >;iM t-.".vr pr • t ! him against such
dastardtv assaults u; n his course We
• ;i '" urub. stand the angry indig
nation of members like Hopkins. ,-f n!i
nois, who declared 'we oarmot adver
tise '.r «*-akm-«s. r «r tusk® war prep
aration* with a brass band."
*r>T d'twn fruio hi* fctfh-hors*
and w a» v<»ry mr-»k after a few members
ha;l *: <•»!> rebuke him for hi* ill
tirr,«-1 b»jtsov<sii«\ C infimxan Cannon
THK SEATTLE FOST-iNTELLIGENCEB. THURSDAY, ARIL 7,
reminded him that there was a time to
speak, a time for sßence. and a time for
action. This is the difficult lesion that
ever-ready Jaw-wwrterrs like Bailey
either Aft not understand Or am whom it
makes no impression. Every time is a
time for speech with them.
We can excuse the loungers In the
gallery because a rattling speech never
fails to arouse 'an audience. But we
have only contempt for wen like Bailey,
who earn* . r« i« the temptation to win
a round o* applause; and can never
leave the stump to get down to that
quiet deliberation and thoughtftjl sur
vey which become this duty of a states
man in times bf national anxiety.
FIMOX DOES MOT FIME.
Fusion has been defeated in Tacoma
by a heavy majority. Examination of
the vote for the several candidates il
lustrates admirably the failure of nomi
nal political union to unite parties an
tagonistic In purpose, history, impulse
and principle. It is possible for parties
to combine effectively for a temporary
object. It is not possible to maintain
the alliance indefinitely without aban
donment of separate organizations and
formation of an entirely new party.
Th£ candidate for mayor wa* a Sil
ver Republican; for treasurer a Popu
list. and t r controller a Democrat. The
former ran ahead of his ticket, and the
two iatter were each defeated by over
1,000 votes, or about 600 more than Mr.
Mentzer. The warrant issue cut a fig
ure in the campaign, but probably not
more against one candidate than an
other. The conclusion is inevitable that
I lie natural hostility between Demo
crats and Populists took the substantial
form of mutual knifing. The Democrats
cut the Populist nominee for treasurer
and the Populists cut the Democratic
candidate for controller. Mr. Mentzer's
identity with a party considered innocu
ous by its two allies, as well as by the
public, was the reason of his escape
from the sacrificial knife. That inhar
mony and dissatisfaction affected Dem
ocrats and Populists in just about the
same measure is obvious from the even
ness of the vote»for the two lesser can
j dldates. and from the fact that both
ran the same distance behind Mentzer.
The lesson to be drawn from the Ta
coma and Seattle elections is that fusion
does not fuse. The party leaders and
the place hunters have been strung
enough to control the conventions, but
individuals have retained, and will re
tain. the right to vote as they please.
It is not to be doubted that sweeping
Republican victories in the two cities
will add to difficulties of alliance of the
so-called silver forces next fall. But it
Is altogether premature
that no union will be effected. It is not
important to Republicans whether it is
or not. If no unfortunate dissensions
arise, no disturbing influences appear,
and especially if all Republicans are
brought to realize fully the value* and
necessity of complete harmony, there
will be no question about the result of
the November election.
It may be remembered that It was pro
posed by certain Canadians to transship
Canadian goods at Fort Wrangel from one
Canadian vessel to another, that the Amer
ican customs duties might be avoided
and a continuous Journey up the Stic keen
from a British port to a Kritish port ef
fected. A bill ha* been introduced in the
Canadian parliament to regulate th? coast
ing trade, with especial reference to the
situation on the Stlckeen. An American
vessel may now carry goods from Victoria
to \\ rangel and transship to another
American vessel, which goes to Glenora.
It Is proposed to enact a coasting law
similar to the United States law. and es
pecially designed to prevent American
transshipment at Wrange], the very thing
that Canadian* themselves insisted was
th> r tight to do under tho Stlckeen river
treaty and the American coasting lawa.
It raakts a difference whose ox la gore'd.
The president forces the Repubiican
party throughout the nation into an apolo
getic attitijiie. History teaches that the
suco «sfui polUi, al pary in this country is
the war party The peace party has in
variably succum;*d. It was so in ISI2. in
IMS and in JSfil. Republicans are perfecfly
aware of the fate of opponents to war.
This has nnut h to do with the Republican
revolt in congress. Republicans. Demo
. -;< x* and Populists are agreed in th* s» n
tmt nt that the rational honor is con
c< 'red, and that Cuba mus* be free. I; is
a p »rty matter It is a national affair.
l*t !."<> pre.-ident understand what is in
t • !■ • : - and hearts of the people of the
s- .'.try and he vvi.l t> tnporiz* no longer.
I Hfe has fortunately been
v •' *'t of the number feared in
Ills S '* '.vn flood, but the MfTeT
. „• an isr ; ewe who e#< iped Is v>ry
x re ; • »,« n ,., .j 0 f ;J y i, very press-
f < n made for outs is
• - if; e. but ft In this state who
! r ' sr. th* - d district wouid
do r. :..irm .f th« > sent a contributioa.
< ><■*. i sv-,i:tn • h*> result ef the
-i-<* Tl-enta f!,cUor.s by the ab
s*r-->. ' » lant* nnmber of Populfst*
; *■* K.octike. S.me day th«y will r-turn.
he say*. Bo they will, governor; s> th*y
*'! ; b*.it Gov. R. gfra ran stake his little
pi:- ' at if they come back w'.Jb any
tr. r. v they won't be Populists,
Th»' K>rTJt>i*r-Jrßi>3i o* acnvgr+tn by fw»,u-«.
m -« * .'h * tv-mmon \rsjtpiration at
work in vir-i-'}» tarts of th# country ia
w<si by cxmg r**a. Their ortjcln
xn* !nt<*r«tr* of th«
coua?ry. which tw «c*ia*t wax bccaus#
U Ust»r#*rM with taatecaa. Ante Cn« mil
eooKidentlou of national Imam-, titer*
never tu a more utterly fhort-dflited
poller. If wgert to have its way the
peace-at-any-prlee element wndd pot »
club is the tend* of the opposition to the
administration that will beat it to death.
The injury to commerce through war will
be trilling at the side of the chaos into
which business would then be precipitated.
The statement mads by Arthur J. Bal
four on England's position in the Orient
is very disappointing. There has been
a latent hope that the determination and
grit which ia usually displayed by Great
Britain would have eventually manifest
ed itself. Not only Is It now evident that
England has been outwitted by Russia,
but the tone adopteo in the explanation
shows disappointment and anger such as
only comes from defeat
The nation is not crasy for war. but it
has just arrived at that condition where
nothing short of at least one gunshot will
relieve the tension. If we are only per
mitted to tire one gun and Spain gives up
Cuba, further negotiation* could be taken
up with considerable good nature on our
part.
A tender solicitude for the feelings of
others restrains us from giving adequate
expression to the thought suggested by
the fact that the Republicans elected their
entire city ticket at Lincoln, Neb., the
home of W. J. Bryan. That evtus up
Canton.
"Whenever they are agreed, as matters
now stand, the Republicans of Seattle and
Tacoma can succeed politically." Thus
sageiy remarks the governor. There is a
siiggt.st.on about this which should not be
lost upon the Republicans ol Pierce and
King.
It is reported that messages are being
■ent to members of congress urging them
to sustain the "wise peace policy" of
tho president. A peace policy is not wise
when it .ndicatts a national weakness.
SNAPSHOTS HI TUG WAY.
Lincoln, Neb., has gone Republican.
Carry the new# to Canton.
-n.
Is there any other dead hard game the
fusioniats desire to tackle?
-n.
The president has already fully recog
nized the belligerency of congress.
In the opinion of the Democrats, the
president has nailed the white flag to the
mast.
-7*.
Will some one else kindly toss an inter
vention bone into the congressional me
nagerie?
-7*. -V*.
Reform has carried Chicago; but Chi
cago wants it understood that it is not the
Sdh Low brand.
-r*.
The Andre© rumor has considerable
trouble attracting the public eye from the
Spanish war bulletins.
■9k 7*.
The pastors will have a great chance
next Sunday to make a few up-to-date
addenda to their peace-on-earth-good-w'ill
to-men sermons.
It would now be some trouble for the
nation to look pleasant while Princess
Eulalie and the Duke of Veragua were
m iking the grand rounds.
-=2*. n
It is a trifle irksome for the impatient
public to wait from day to day; but think
of the unhappy Klondike miner, -*ho gets
today's paper and no other for a month.
THE BLOOD OF HI! STIRRED IP.
Thli Valiant Old Soldier li Ready to
Finbt Attala.
Cosmopolis. Wash., April 3, 1595.
To the Kditor: I see that war Is Inevi
table. t have been watching the proceed
ings of congress for some time, and it
seems to me that it is merely a farce. I
for one would l>e glad if peace could have
been restored without bloodshed. I know
just what war means. On March 12.
I was 16 years old: on the 17th of Sep
tember, I*6l, I saw that my country need
ed me. and 1 enlisted in the Second United
States sharpshooters For three years and
six month* I served this government to
the best of my ability, and as to my record
1 can say that I am not ashamed of It.
I was In thirty-one battles, not counting
skirmishes, and twice wounded. The last
year of my soldiering I did a good deal
of scouting, and in my scouting expedi
tions I brought in sixteen prisoners, but
thank Clod, our country, one of the nob
lest countries the sun ever shone on, was
Mived. and I bade good-bye to war after
shaking hands with our enemies and Lid
ding them Godspeed.
But do you suppose I can sit still and
i*ee the Old Stars and Stripes Insulted, and
the boys in blue buried in the mud of Ha
\ana Without the loyal bldtnl of 'CI rising
again in »r«y vtir.s? N ' Were the nations
of the world against us, 1 would say:
"'Protect our nation and our soldiers and
o':r rt ig. wh!i h has been bought and dear
ly paid for by the b-st tlood of our coun
try." I have a wif<> and four children,
two V vs and two girls, but If my country
!'.►-< is rr • I am ready to go. and all 1 ask
i< . t they giv- mes one day's notice that
1 may dmy friend* good-bye and leave
t v .i: v .n sut ii shape that my family won't
suffer.
1 can h' ir the voices of thousands call
ing from nnknewn graves In the Routh:
"Proti t our country, that we have given
our :v - for." and 1 think every old sol
dier sanctions my sentiments. Old sol
dler» th bugle is smnding again. L t us
rally rour.d the oil Jlig—one country and
one flac. PONEY Mr.
Of fleeoßd Uslttd States Sharp#-hooters.
TIIK «HOKIVi «01\T\IV
8 at tie, A;»rll 8. :£* ;
T: r h E • r: I was mwh if.:.-rested
Jr» :■'■ information contained in a ditpttch
f. .in Castle R . V.. printed In tne Pcwt-
Ir.rei ij«! <?r of yi-;-rday, concerning the
« v rtu tSon of .'.mi Sft. Hekns.
n»r:e *t.it» ir.frst in ihe dispatch. however,
mu»t *>- attributed to the irmr-naticn of
your corrr '4i w th*t in which
hr* The stately oM mountain has
f.>r r»n; irf j. looked peacefully dawn on
the valleys surrounding it."
The fact* are that Mount St. Helens was
it a '-tTe • ? eruption as iate a« Wi. The
writ.-r doe* not pretecd to say that it may
not have fceen in eruption at a time later
than the date mentioned, bat that it was in
a «tate of eruption in the Utter part of
IM2 ii 4» been recorded toy persons who ob
served tit* phenomenon at the time. At
that time th* eruption occurred from a
point on th* north wsat aid* of the moun
tain. near th* Loo. 0L
CASADA AID TIKOX RAILROAD.
53Phe Toronto Globe, orgaa *Of th« Cap*
adian liberal rovernnaent. bHterly Wtwfs
the defeat of the Yukon railway bill by the
senate. On the day of the rote It printed
a broadside, entitled. "A Sin Against Can
adian Commerce." and in larg; type pre
«med the folio wiiyi for the consideration
of parliament and the public:
"The rejection of the Canadian Yukon
railway bill by the senate means a loss
of triilkins to the ettte*. the traders and
the manufacturers of Canada.
"It means lees work for Canadian fac
tories and less labor and lower wages for
Canadian workmen.
"It means decreased earnings for Cana
dian railways, a less demand for railway
employes, a decreased business at Cana
dian ports and Canadian outfitting centers.
"It means a grave danger that the Yu
kon trade, of millions upon millions in
value and volume, will be permanently
settled in American channels and perman
ently established in American business
centers.
"It mean* a <ppa*»m of prosperity on the
Canadian Pacific coast and a loug reign
of prosperity on the American Pacittc
coast.
"It means that older Canada, must pay
tens of thousands of dollars of cash out of
the public treasury to create >om<> s.ui--
factory means of communication with the
Yukon country.
"It means that hundreds of of
dollars moro than would be necessary un
der the policy of the government must be
spent in pcrticing. in preserving order, in
getting supplies in and in the general ad
ministration of the affairs of the Klondike.
"It means that, for the present, through
difficulty of access and other causes which
the government by this bargain aimed to
remove. Canada must pay probably half
a million dollars a year in ruling and hold
ing the Yukon district.
""It means probably a great Ids.-* of life
among the thousands who are rushing Into
the Yukon over the present dangerous
routes and passes.
"It means that neither the nor
the medical and charitable organizations
can do their humane work effectively in
that country.
"It may mean that next fall the tens of
thousands in that country will be cut off
from any adequate means of retreat, that
famine and death may ravage av.ii deci
mate. that one of the most tragic stories
in the history of human civilisation may
be written in the snow and ice of that far
off country, and that the result may ho
to deal a death hlow to Canada from which
we may not recover in a generation.
"It may mean that the British flag will
be imperiled and Canadian an thorny set
at defiance by the struggling multitude, of
alien miners in that remote and inacces
sible land.
"It may mean that no permanent fin
ancial interest in that country _ is ere vied,
such as wan secured by the bargain with
Mackenzie & Mann, the eager-footed mass
es now rushing Into the country may.
through one unfavorable season, rush out
as quickly, and the country be left in lone
and bleak desolation, and Canada have no
other result from these Yukon discoveries
than an increase of debt and a «reat ad
dition to the public expenditures.
"It means that the gold will be carried
out by alien miners, that the business will
be done by alien traders, and that Canada
will foot the bills.
"It means government from Washing
ton rather than government from Ottawa.
"Surely Sir Mackenzie Bowell should re
ceive the Grand Cross oC the Order of Se
attle and Tacoma."
THE STATE PRESS.
Skagit News-Herald: Grosvenor did not
do a thing to the. spread-eagle speeches
of Lewis and Bailey in the house, who
were seeking political notoriety. It is
needwss to say. however, that the former
will return home covered with Spanish
gore and tell the dear laboring men how
much he loves them and how he bled for
them.
Olympian: A point of danger that would
directly affect th's corner of the country
In case of war would be along the sea
coast of Alaska. It is expected that dur
ing the season now opening a number of
treasure boats laden with gold from the
Klondike r;gion will come down along this
Coast from the mouth of the Yukon. The
amount of treasure thus to be brought
down at the opening of the river to nav
igation will be from fS.OGO.OOO to S4'I,OQO,<iOO.
Th's treasure would be an attractive booty
for the Spanish pirates, and no treasure
boat could com" down from the Yukon
without a heavier convoy than could
probably be spared for that purpose. It
would practically close out the Klondike
gold from our mints for an Indefinite
period.
MOOETS.
First po»t—Do you like to read over your
productions? Seeond poet-No. Fir-t p ; iet
—Neither do 1.- St. Louis Republic.
He—She asked me what colored hair I
liked the best.
She—That's just like Maud; she's always
so anxious to please.—Merry Moments.
The testimony of one of the crew of the
Maine has the stamp of truth on it. "I
was a-corkin' it oft in me h mimic k." he:
said, "when I hears an awful noise and
then the nurse says: 'Take this,' and that's
all I knotiy."
"It is said that there are Mxty languages
spoken in Russia."
"I'm prepared to believe it. I heard two
Russians talking the other day and it
sounded as if they were using the whole
sixty ai once."—Chicago News.
Mamma fto lit'le Car!. who has been
playing Indian with the boys)— What's the
matter, child? You ar» so r>ale! You
haven't cut yourself with that toma
hawk?
Carl—No, no, mother! We've h< en smok
ing the pipe of peace.—Chicago' Inter-
Ocean.
"So, Silas, you were right In the middle nf
the cyclone. Were you not struck by fh
gravity of the situation?'*
"Spec I wiii. Miss MoPie, fur suthln'
'bout the size of a wash tub knocked trie
clean ercToas the hoss lot." —Atlanta Jour
nal.
He knew what they always say, s> h«
thought he would forestall ber.
"I icup}»,'ise you've never been kissed by
a man before," he said.
"Do I look as hometjr n» si! that?"
demand***! haughtily.—Chicago Pos*.
A I.LS<iO\ l> AKTROSOHY,
Th» *-d<r system puzzled u«.
Mary said .-he thougrht if wsuld
And po she MVA us e-scjj a name,
And made i* ati irno a same.
And :her> *■ • uiiderstKKi.
Th>re«a, with her grdden
Ail itK** and shinißK, was tfc-» Sun,
And round her Mercury and MATS,
Venu# and all the other ?-*rs
Stood waiting, every ace.
I was the Earth, with liri.e N* P.
B-side me for th- M K n ro».?\
And S t mm had tw bacp>- for r;rg%
And Mercury n pair of wing*.
An.! Jupiter was crowned.
Then * hen Miss M»ry waved Vr ».aad.
Each sluw and stately in our plae*
\V> circled round the Sun w i
A <'omet. That was little Will.
Ctme rushing on through rpaeo.
He darted right into our raid,**.
He whtri«d around us like a
The mar* went flying, and the aun.
And nughing. treatnfrss. wild with fun.
The •ayatetß" went to
V outb'a i:.>atnaotaa.
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3 Buys the newest sorts. \\> can
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PRICES —•
9 A PER CENTa LOWER THAN
/CU ANY OTHER HOUSE.
$£C Buys a Two-Clasp Kid Glove, in tans
■®3 only, worth 85c.
$©R Buys a Two-Clasp French Kid Glove,
in any shade, including black, with
five rows of black stitching, worth $1.25.
See what this means. You have
your choice of a glove worth $1.75,
in a complete assortment of sizes and in every
desirable street shade. They are made of the
finest quality of French kid, pique sewing, Paris
point stitching, altogether the best utility glove
shown, every pair warranted and worth §1.75
a pair.
Great Shoe Sale
TODAY AND TOMORROW
Of Thomas E. Plant's, Harney's. E. P. Recti's and
other high-grade Rochester line Shoes, in vesting
top, kid. etc.. in tan and biaek, new last, new
toe —none sold in this city than SI.OO a
pair—here today and tomorrow only on sale at
Buy all you need never again such nice
footwear at such prices.
During this sale you will also find Men'i
Shoes worth up to §3.50 a pair.