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Saturday, February Twenty-Jourth, 1912
THIRTY-FIRST YEAR OF PUBLICATION
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dent; J. C WUmarth (owner ot za percent) Manager; the remaining 25
pereent is owned among. 13 stockholders who are as follows: H. L. l&pelL
ti. B. Stevens, J- A. Salts. J. J. Mundy. Waters Davis, H. A. True. Mc
Ulennon estate. W. K. Payne, K. Ii Canny G. A. Martin. JTelix Martinez.
A. L. Sharpe. and John P. Kamsey.
I Has the Real Crisis Been Passed ?
MADERO saved his revolution at a critical time by joining the forces in the
field, and keeping company with his men. 'He has lost his hold in the north
because of his remoteness. The hold he had on his associates was of the
psychic sort that refmxes contact and the visible presence. Gomez was offered the
chance to lead the wvnter revolution. He declined. "Now it appears that he has
been superseded in the allegiance of the rebels. There cannot be much inspiration
from a leader who prefers to remain in an American winter resort while his "forces"
are camping on windswept sands and m the bitter mountains, er patting their
necks in, the halter. .
Rash indeed would be the man who should try to prophesy the euteome of the
present revolt: None but a latin mind can comprehend and keep abreast with the
lightning changes. The idea that rebels in arms announce themselves ready to ac
cept for their leader, the man sent by the government to crush them with military
force, and the nodes mystifying intimation that the same man is acceptable to the
government, together comprise the elements of a problem in latin American politics
that baffles the boldest guesser.
Ont of the general situation, however, osevfact clearly appears: that Madero
has lost his hold on the situation in the north and is not likely to regain it The
situation, throughout the republic, requires a military man at this juncture, and
Madero has teemed unable to direct, in his civilian capacity, such a military policy
as would sustain his authority over the disaffected regions. Many of those, Mexi
cans and Americans alike, who upheld Madero and sincely wished him to have a
fair chance, have regretfully concluded that the real crisis has been passed, that
he has failed to meet it, and that the situation has got beyond his power to control.
It is a question now of finding some man who can restore domestic order -by force
of arms, preparatory to inaugurating the real permanent political reforms for which
the revolution of 1910-1911 was fought
It is interesting to read the accounts in the Mexican press of the debates in the
permanent commission of congress, at the time of the recent attempt to curtail the
liberty of the press, and suspend the personal guaranties throughout the country.
It appears that the ministers were taken by surprise when the main questson
were propounded at a meeting which they had supposed was informally called for
another propose. It soon became evident tbat the ministers and the deputies were
not in accord. The deputies advised that the government take greater precaution
ary measures, and as for the freedom of the press, that it be freely acknowledged,
but that the provisions of the penal code be apprfed whenever the press overstepped
proper bounds. One of the ministers of state declared that the government had not
been at fault, and that the disturbances were "purely locaL" A' deputy exclaimed
that Torreon was outside the region in which the guaranties had been suspended,
end yet there had been summary executions. The minister replied, "'That is not
so there have been no executions." "If the press would keep quiet" said a minis
ter, "we could be free to carry on the government and end the disturbance," which,
though a mere bagatelle, yet is to a degree perturbing.'' A deputy declared, "What
the government asks -is very indefinite; we have certain proposals, on the other
hand, that ought to meet unanimous approval. I suggest that in ease we suspend
the guaranties, we eive the executive extraordinary and ample powers for 60 days,
provided that the president will resign
failed by then to paciry the country." it is reponea tnai tms pmpsi mei gen
eral acceptance among the deputies, but that the ministers instantly repudiated it
No agreement was reached at the meeting. Friends of the president have stoutly
maintained that Madero himself opposed the restrictive and drastic measures that
were proposed by some of his ministers.
Whatever the issue of the present attempt to bring the opposing faction
together, it is certain that energetic measures must be adopted to put a stop to the
looting and personal violence that have marked the growth of rebellious spirit in
many states. Already scores of foreigners have been attacked, robbed, or otherwise
outraged. It is not to be expected that the great powers will permit this sort of
thing indefinitely. The American government has not the least disposition in the
world, to interfere in Mexico's domestic, affairs, yet the United States in a manner
stands sponsor for the enforcement of the usual guarantiee to foreigners, both as
relating to American citizens and to the subjects of foreign powers. Every effort
will be made through diplomatic channels to bring about a higher degree of safety
as to foreigners and foreign interests in the republic.
Again on Friday, in conference with a delegation of representative El Paso
citizens, the American secretary of war made positive declaration of the purpose
of the United States to observe the strictest neutrality. It is to. be hoped thai
Mexicans will very quickly find some way to restore peace and security, for the
pressure of the European powers upon the Washington government may soon be
come so great that more positive measures
vejit consequences far more disastrous to Mexican interests than any American
act of mediation could possibly be.
EI Pasofe interests all- lie in the direction of peace and harmonious relations
with her neighbors, and we shall continue
that end. But it does not seem, just now, as if Mexico were douig her part on
the border to conserve the interests and insure the supremaoy of the central govern
ment. Too mack laxity and uncertainty may breed discontent, distrust, and
disaster in spite of the ardent desire of the majority on both sides of the line to
avoid further misfortune.
In Mexico right now we havea fine example of the unreslrioted "rale of the
people!' recall, initiative, referendum, direct legislation, and all the other frills.
o ,
"Don't waste time on fag ends of a bushed revolution, but send as something
that will be read on Broadway," wired tie news editor of a "great metropolitan
daily" in New York cky to the paper's El Paso correspondent Goes to show- how
seriously we are apt to take ourselves down here, and how infinitesimal is the
soul of the typical New Yorker, whose horizon is bounded by the rim of fis hat,
and whose world is Manhattan island.
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Trying hie bUmedest ib comply with the human and divine law by getting
married, George Smith of Portland, Ofegon, while in the act of taking out a
marriage license to marry Martha, was attacked in the clerk's office by jealous
Genevieve, who slapped George's face, tore up the license, chased the frightened
man into the street threw a brick at him. and told the assembled crowd that she
wanted to marry him herself. Her argument was not exactly conclusive, m leap
.,. -su
year especially.
-o
When a man ceases to laugh at himself, there is no hope for his souL
o
"Scatty," the war photografrer, went out after "action pictures" yesterdayand
caught four generals in revolving chains rolling cigarets.
a
A week old baby asleep is the quietest living thing in the world, except Ciudad
Juarez between scares.
i-o
Where there is so much smoke there must be an amateur beard of strategy.
)
By the -way, what has become of the Mescalista garrison, that Orozco took away
with him to Chihuahua?
El Paao mourns for her biggest alligator. Old Don Porfirie was one' of the in
stitution of the town, like Park Pitman and the McGinty cannon.
o -'
It looks & if Nevada street property owners were going te fall down on the
parking scheme. May they all live to regret their short sighted decision. The plan
makes for more beauty, more comfort, better hemes, a raorevattractive city, a saving
of money and tempac, and higher property values for rent and sale. The loss is"
not .merely local to the street, but a genuine raisf ortune to tie whole.city. l
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One-Seritence
BEST STORIES.
The Fix of HI, Brethren.
The fix of many of my estimable
Republican brethren in congress, who
want to revise the tariff, but are afraid
of the gentlemen who conduct the high
ly protected Infant industries," said
John Sharp Williams, "reminds of a
neighbor of mine, down in Missishippt
who went to pra-er meeting one
right
After the spirit got to moving he
ros in his place and said 'Friends, I I
would line to conress my sins, but the
grand jury is in session "
" 'Go ahead.' shouted the leader, 'go
ahead brother. The Lord will forgive.
" 1 know," replied Jthe penitant 'but
He ain't on that grand jurj ' "
JOURNAL ENTRIES.
I Topeka Journal.
Not many folks have to try very
hard to axoid doing any thinking.
Some people use the. obituary notice
of a relative as a medium for telling
of their own importance
REFLBOTIOAS OF A BACHELOR.
(New York Press.)
There's too much about age in in
surance policies for women to want
arn of them.
Tl-e sublimest impudence In the world
-nar's feeling of superiority over
at the end of that time if be stall have ,
may have to be adopted in order to pre- T
to exert ourselves to the utmost toward I
s
Philosophy
HU3IOR OF THE DAY.
Stranger (mysteriously) I'd like to
get into a gambling game of some
sort Where tan I go? Tired Looking
Man (whispering) Over to the office
of that justice of the peace. Hell
marry you. St Louis Star.
"Ah, Mr. Jimsell"' exclaimed the kit
tenish lady with the plentitude of pow
der on her face, "you must remember
I am a dagnter of Eve." "Well, hon
estly," replied the blundering man,
"you don't look half that old." Chi
cago Post.
Higgins How were the aeroplane
races yesterday? Wiggins Good, only
for the fact that the track was too
heavy for making records. Higgins
What do you mean? Wiggins They
were pulled off over Pittsburg, you
know. Puck.
Usher Ladles, the audience wishes
you to keep still during the perform
ance. Ladles Heavens! Is It pos
sible that the audience hasn't heard
this old opeVa before? Cleveland
Leader
First Toung Doctor When will you
be able to get married? Second Young
Doctor I'm waiting now for only
1 Iu .operations more. Life.
"He'a a stingy old curmudgeon,
! be"' "The worst I ever saw.
ny, he d haggle over the cost of
DUIldlne; a tite f.r,..,. - rnon Ro.
' ord-Herald.
UNCwalts Denatured 'Poem
O1
NE day my neighbor emue to me
said 1 rmJly must agree to eave toe country sad the flag. A mall like me
would elevate the government, to beat the band; so I became a candidate
and galloped np and down the kind. Ere this adventure came te Jas3 I earned my
grub by honest toil ; with trusty scythe I mowed the grass, and piislii-d a plowshare
through the soil. Throughout a long campaign I
veiled, and won the office I desired: and since a
I THE CHRONIC PATRIOT
public trust
I train with,
v die the whole year rpuad, rerho wait and "vait 'for
little sn&fts, and who at work are never found. With them I make the welkin throb,
with, them resort to twwxkry tricks; I'd rattier have a dinky job connected with
cheap politics, than, roll m opulence that's iwon toy methods that you deem correct,
itban -wield a ipitehfork in the sun, und'hoht ihj- pride fend self respeet. The office
germ is in any blood, the germ that kills the love of work ; and now my given name
is Mud; my surname, as you know, is Shirk. t ,
Copyright, ltt!2, by George
Pastel's Three Blows
By Peter Rosegser.)
ZINGt-ZINGi
Quickly and noiselessly 'twe
cyclists passed by the old , road
mender, who stood stnpified with open
mouth, not having heard their , coming,
and even more so because he saw that
the one was the doctor from Randau
and the other, who rode close behind
him, was the minister in black gown
and surplice. Both were already far
away now and you could see only the
light of their lanterns.
"Damirvlhose bicyclists," said the
old roadmender as he reverently raised
his cap. "A person can't even get time
to kneel down, -when he sees the par
son passing with the good God. 1 -wonder
where they could be going so
later
"Down to the Rlnntal," said a peasant--
who was walking by, carrying a
scythe. "They are going down to old
Poeschelhuber."
"Hh! What do you say?" asked the
roadmender, all attention. "Poeschel
huber! So he is dead. What did he
dleYfrom?"
"Somebody seems to have knocked
him too hard in" the head with a ham
mer. I am just going for the gen
darmes." - The peasant walked on while the
old roadmender stood staring at Ma
pile of crushed stone. He 'shook his
head deprecating!'. Murder was a
bad thing, but if anyone had deserved
to be -knocked in the head, it was sure
ly old Poeschelhuber.
Old Poeschelhuber was S8 years old,
ana unmarried, Because ne love wom
en too much to tie -himself to one. For
years his principal effort bad been to
hoard up money, but there were plenty
of holes in his money bags. Strange
things were happening on his farm,
where the servants all hated the old
libertine and thought more of their
own profits than of the interests of
their master, and when he complained
of belng robbed everybody only
laughed at him.
The old farmer had no other rela
tives but a nephew, a quarryman, who
made an honest, if meager living by
hard 'work. Why should he care, then,
to leave any money to him?
Such was the man whom somebody
had now knocked in the head with a
hammer. The hammer that had been
found near him was of the kind that
quarrymen use.
In spite of their haste, the doctor
and priest arrived too -late. After hav
ing been struck down. Poeschelhuber
had lived for about two hours, lying
In the haystack, where he had been
found.
The gendarme? found the nephew" at
borne calmly eating an omelette and
drinking-, great gulps of brandy, for
nothing goes better with omelettes
than brandy. "His red face was wear
ing an expression of great satisfac
tion. "You don't mean to say that you
have come for me," he said to the gen
darmes. ryman Pastel.
-certainly." he said.
"Then come along with us and be
quick about it."
Pastel grinned and said: "I have a
suspicion that this has something to
do with my uncle."
The same night an Inquest took place
on the Poeschelhuber farm. When
f51,7r?s ,snown ? hammer and
tjpu it no jwicw ii, ne replied .
!t ,3 mne."
"It Is covered with blood." said the
judge.
"Of course It is," said Pastel, calmly,
"since I used it to kill the old man."
-Judges are really funny creatures.
When the accused denies everything,
they are dissatisfied; arvl when he
confessor too quickly, they are not con
tent either.
"What revolting impudence," growl
ed the judge, for he felt angry that he
was being robbed of a chance to prove
himself smart In solving a" mysterious
crime.
"Axe you mad?" he roared, and It Is
difficult to saV whether he derived
dirricuit to say whether he derived
this opinion from the murder or the
Success Under Difficulties
Henry Ward Beecher, Most Brilliant of
Disliked
HENRY WARD BEBCHER, confess
edly the most brilliant pulpit
orator America ever produced,
was a dull boy, with a weak memory,
and as a child disliked all kinds of
study. Though in manhood he had a
fine- physique, he was as a boy, ill
favored in form and feature, and had
a half-stuttering -way of speaking. He
had made up his mind to become a
sailor. But his father, the great Ly
man Beecher, notwithstanding the
boy's dullness, kept him at school un
til he was 13 years old. He became
decidedly religious at 14, and the burn
ing fires of his new love overcame both
his indifference and bashfulness. He
determined to be of service to society,
began to study with greater zeal, en
tering college at 17 and graduating
from Amherst at 21, without distinc
tion. He was a poor student at col
lege, but the foe of all wrongdoing
among the students'. At Lane Theo
logical seminary in Cincinnati he con
tinued his studies, showing no evidence
of those intellectual achievements
which were later to win him immortal
fame.
Beecher'a First Church.
His first church at Lawrenceburg,
Indiana, with a salary of $200 a year.
Had 19 members. Professor Stowe. who
taught him theology and afterward
married his eister, Harriet, thought
such a small church in such an ob
scure town - just suited Henry's tal
ents. Henry's cheerfulness, which al
ways characterised him. he carried into
his work and determined to do all the
good he could, in all the was he
could, to all the peoplehe could He
islted the poor In their cabins, uid.de
and stopped a while to chew the rag, and
I held, all honest labor makes tie tired.
all those hungry chaps who bleed and
ObonJU
Matthews Adams.
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The Herald's Daily
Short Story
blunt confession. "Do, you meaji
to
5.r mat you Kiuea mm: ,
"f would like to know who else
should have done it. Am I not his only
relative?"
The judge turned towards his assist
ants. What did they think ef "this- impu
dence? What did they, think of him?
Well, nobody had ever heard anything-
Anfavjarable abont Pastel, wno
waa Known to bea bard-working man.
wno did not drink to exdeas and
who
had always Had a troodTTeDUtatioa.
Ort vnil IrMtfrar urhflt vmt hsvit llnne'"
sjirai the Miioa iminHn. t tha dooii
bodj. whose crushed head was covered.!
wiin a towel., -
"And why shouldn't I know it? I
have simply done what the good Lord
does to every one of is."
"You pretend, then, tbat you have
played the part of Providence." ,
"Yes, because it lasted too long.
Last week we burled the young school
master, whom everybody loed, ana
who was such a good man. And the
farmer's wife who died the' other day
left five little children who needed
their mother. And Belhammer died
just as he had grown old enough to
help his old parents. This is not just
ice. Who is accused of having killed
them? Nobody. And that old rascal
who let his farm -go to the dogs and I
ji.,. n ,.- "..,..-, j- i
wal a 0ewre to the wIS Vebuntrv
Si n"eve? dtTa cnarUaoTeact "JTlEk
as ho HvmI it ia ),,. tvio
sohedw.Url Sffci
scoundrel you drajr me up here and
make all that fuss, just , because I
cracked his head!"
The judge Jumped to his feet
"Not another word, you ., hypocrite!
You killed him because you wanted Ms'
money."
"There is something in that Judge."
Pastel replied calmlv. "I safd to mv-
self If he lives a little longer he will
years Old. I have been worklnir likn
a slave and made nothing. I want to
run that farm as it ought to be run.
I want the Poeschelhuber farm to be
a model fartn, worthy of our familv.
of which 1 am the only survivor. Now
please let me arrange the funeral ot
my 'uncle, though the old dog does not
deserve a decent burial."
The judge was dumbfounded. He
had never heard anything like this,
but he managed to keep cool and
asked:
"And how did you do it. Pastel?"
"Do you want to knew that? It Is a I
iuci s aeutu
"And still a very important "thing."
"It hapened quite by accident. This
morning I had never thought of doing
It. Often I had thought, ef1 course,
that the old pig had lived long enough,
but that was all. Then I hapened to
cross one of his fields and found him
asleep in the haystack, and I said to
my sen: i neie. when you are asleep
you are an honest man. It Is better
w?,te VTU""B n Bholl get4 Utical revolution that everyday life In
S?1? !,avo hrad. t,e?e wit" China will be changed. It Is true that
him a long time. Yesterday I was 36 vhn h hdl-!tinn nf tho t.n ,
for you not to wake up. And then I j th"e hours late, owing to heavy traf
knocked him three times in the head." i flc-
xne juuBe lunnea iu tne genaarmes.
"Get the carrtaje." he orderedl
When the gendarmes had handcuffed
him. Pastel stared at them in surprise
and said to the judge:
"What are they doing? What do they
want?"
The judge did not hear, but one .of
the servants standing around said:
"They only want to hang you a lit
tle." "I don't believe It," said Pastel.
"There is somebody to, atop that. There
is the emperor. And the pope, too. will
say I did right"
"Perhaps." said the judge, "but in
the meantime we have te look after
you."
"What a lot of fuss about nothing,"
said Pastel. "It Isi much better to
have nothing to do with Justice."
When he had been convicted. Pastel
said to his judges: "I punished hlnr
Decause ne was a scoundrel, yon pun
ish me because I punished him. I won
der who will punish you."
Finally, as nobodv was able t.-i le
clde whether Pastel was an ordinary
murderer or a great nhilosonher thei
sent him to an sane asylum V
Pulpit Orators, Was a Dull Boy and
Study.
BY MADISON C. PETERS
congenial work of sawing and split
ting wood for the church fire, which
5n ui "SUlarly, and showed as great
aenght In cleaning lamps, sweeping
noqrs and washing windows as he did
In preaching. r
To do good, he considered nothing
. i ' Jn h,s enthusiasm for Jluman-
ne shunned no man because of his
appearance. He never stood en a high
Platform of empty dignity. He never
went about with a countenance grave
enough to break an undertaker's heart
. JHs Home Work.
,- me he washed, baked and built
! .! es when hls wlfe was unable to
ir.ie houwork. As he became for
hf Veil 8elf and ot ,n touh with
dlfeiLIfw,nen- nls local defects and
h eTil ?"ner disappeared before
necterf tness whk5h aroused unsus
vfeldt TTEP5 ofab,ty difficulties
foreem. Ws rnthsasm. n his self
and hJLi M h,e d'scoirered himself
enkinIS"1 Tlth the enthusiasm of
ouen? Kenls he became so elo
tonlsh hi. 8,urPr,8e himself and as
tonish bis wife His success in Law-desh-ebYIR-i
diana. was due to his
aesire to do something for somebody.
n ji M"de His Orni Place.
"e, VA not wa,t ror a P,acp to be
made for him, he made it himself, he
did not stand around for somebody to
give him a lift he lifted himself He
.d.n,vwalt for a call to a big church
with a big salary he knew that a fine
church and a great salary could not
make a great man It was work that
ne n?aTitAt ...n. im i
- : nc ieii ii iucio was any- i
thing in him wcrk would bring It out
'" wmea the opportunlt and God
gnes a man enough when he jjies
him that a wise man will make more
AMERICAN INFLUENCE EVIDENT IN
, SHAPING OF NEW CHINESE REPUBLIC
Ancient City of Nanking Is to Be Made Like an American Seat of Government
for the New China.
' BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN
Washington. D. C. Feb. 24. What
ever is to be the character of the con
stitution of the republic of China;
whether Yuan Sbih'k'al will become the
dictator of an oligarchy, whether Sun
Yat Sen wfll be the genius of a true
democracy; or whatever may happen'
politically, the revolution in China is
socially accomplished, and it never can
be turned back.
It is difficult for Occidentals proper
ly to estimate the tremendous effect
that these political changes are having
on the every day life of the millions
of Chinese. Certainly they are not hav
ing the same effect that a similar po
litical upheaval would have on the
lives of a western people. Americans
for instance. Even a reformed and re
publican China still will be Topsy-Tur-
vy lano. and tne Chinese never will do
things as we do them, or see things as
we see them. They are ceremonial where
we xare informal, they are unconven
tional where we are conventional.
Oldest ef Thrones.
The Manchu dynasty abdicates the
oldest throne in the world." and yields
back to the people the sovereign pow
er exercised for thousands of years by
them and their predecessors, all in an
edict couched in language as Informal
as an American schoolboy's letter to
his chumr'Negotlatlons of state. Involv
ing the destinies of the most populous
nation in the world, are carried on by
telegraph, with not even a thdught or
suggestion of confirmatory letters. In
a fashion so Informal that It would
shock the teacher of an American busi
ness college, instructing a grocer In the
gentle art of ordering, a ease of eggs
from the commission merchant. About
such things as these, the Chinese will
' not .be formal, unless, indeed, we re-
member that the edict of abdication
J car&lr "" "c wwrn icfisi una u not
; wen noiea inai ii waa nuoilsned in
vermilllon Ink.
As to wearing apparel; the Chinese Is
so scrupulously ceremonious that tne
Occidental mind is baffled in its at
tempts to follow- him. When ovorvliiMlT
knows that the characteristic queue was J
Manchu conquerors as a badge of serv
itude, naturally It became the" business
of the Chinese revolutionists to cut off
the queue, and in some cities, such as
the republican capital . of Nanking,
practically every queue has long since
disappeared. Republican China will be
short haired.
Fashion Plate With Manifesto.
i ai me lime vu Mimr-iancr was act-
,n& as """ster of foreign affairs for
! p?" ffJtSnUon Jfi
i apparently as much attention to the
iterJal ?spects of tae revoinUon as
to tne diplomatic and political situa
tion. He issued a manifesto to the world
asking- for recognition of the Chinese
republic and at the same time he pub
lished a fashloa plate setting forth
many new siyies or nsis to oo worn
Instead of the ordinary head gear; each
type of which, in some way or other
related to the Manchu domination.
announced there were no mihll- 1.
bratlonB and illuminations such as
would have followed similar events In
a western country, but because the ef
fects are not those that would be rea
sonably expected by westerners. It Is a
Years Ago To
Prom The Herald Of
Thfe Date 1898
day
George Look has gone to Chihuahua
on business.
The Sheldon block is to be repaint
ed an olive green shade.
Brickv!s being laid as a walk to the
front entrance to the courthouse.
Primrose and Wesfs minstrels
crowded the ooera house fast tiIp-i
juubj s train irom iew Orleans- is J
DeDUtv United States marckil TT 1?
Hlllebrand has received his commis
sion. Tjje Schubert Syaphony' orchestra
left this morning over the T. P. for
Colorado City.
Pat Durack Js in town, en route from
Pecos to the diggings in the Casas
Grandee country.
Two Mormnn families frnm ttie reilA
f valley in Arisona, are camped la El
i-aso. en route to the Jtoraion colonies
in Mexico.
Manager J. A. Eddy, of the White
aks road, returned today from his trip
to the coal nroperties in the Sacramen
to mountains. ,
The Southern Pacific company has
purchased five new coaches lot the run
west from this city. They have high
backed seats and are lighted with gaa.
P. H. Knight is building a new ?!(
cottage near Florence and Idaho
streets and George Wells is preparing
to build a $3000 house on the east side.
Adjutant Gen. Henry C. Corbln, re
cently appointed to hat post to a
brother of N. S. Corblii. assistant su
perintendent for the Pullman company
In this city.
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TO LIEUTENANT F.
By Mls Bdythe Jones.
I ! :
Goosie, goosie, goosie gander.
What were you doin' over yander?
Across the Grande's rippling waters,
A courtln' death, you Yankee brave,
Across forbidden Stanton bridge
Without your Uncle's privilege?
Was keno gnawing at the brain?
Were bloodless battles fought In vain?
Explain in lansruaee Dlaln to me:
Was it a bullfight you wished to see?
Was It a dish or Chill hot.
That tempted you, and you forgot?
Was it a senorita dark
Theft put into your head this lark?
Or why this tragic trolley ride?
Or why this blow to El Paso's pride?
Or why this fight, tbat never fit?
Or why C. Juarez gave usttbe mit?
A thousand thinks run through my
brain,
I feel a meningitis pain.
I'd like to be in bonds with Feilds
If "Uncle" would put up my mean
For then I'd know the reasons why
This Arizona butterflv
Rushed the trolley ride!
opportunities than he finds. Great
opportunities are the wise improve
ment of small ones if he had slighted
his work and Horned about his salary
and earned no more than he waa paid
Lfor. he might have died n obscure
country parson
When the call came to Indianapolis.
and a few ears later to Brooklyn he
had tot good sense to say that a
larger church and a bigger salary
meant larger opportunities for useful-
In his almost reckless willingness
to gite away his clothes to the naked
and necessary food to those who were
huniri we ha the real secret
He-y ward Beecher s greatness
gumln
Ir la In rhnaa hv.nrArtitArci tAA
I nniA,iwAj1 lliAVa pava .... ..11I
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mistake to assume that there are no
effects at alL
Has American Forslght.
When Dr. Sun Yat Sen, whose status
as an American citizen has been of
ficially determined by the authorities
at Washington, arrived in China, he
was at once elected president of the
republic by the provisional government
at Nanking. Just before proceeding
from Shanghai to republican capital be
picked up an American paper, published
In Shanghai by American journalists In
the Bnglish language, and In that pa
per he stCw tbe following "want ad: '
"Motor car 1 E. M. F. Studebaker 30,
Model 112 new. 1 E. Jl F. Flanders,
Studebaker. 20 horse power, nearly
new. Both in excellent condition.
Demonstration any time. Apply Dell
Clark, SavoX hotel. 21 Broadway.
President Sun saw that here was a
good chance to get two good American
automofciles at a reasonable price. He
answered the ad. bought the cars, and
took them with him to his capital. He
also took with him a corps of electri
cians and other mechanics. When he
arrived he took possession of the old
vice regal yamen. or palace. He dis
carded the ancient rickety chariot of
state that had been the feature of many
meremonial processions under imperial
rule and substituted for it an Amer
ican motor car. Tbe electricians imme
diately set to work, and on the second
day the new president of China had
electric lights throughout his palace,
a system of electric call bells and an
nunciators In his offices, and a tele
phone exchange under way.
Nanking, the Ancient Capital.
Long before tbe Manchus came into
China, Nanking was the capital of the
country, and It Is evident that south
ern republicans will resist all efforts of
Yuan -and the northerners to retain the
capital act Peking. It is said that the
conservatives wilhave the support of
the foreign nations In favor of Peking,
because of the great amount of money
invested in grounds and legation build
ings at the Manchu capital.
But the republicans are concerned
rttl other things. When Sun Tat Sen
had been president 12 days, he said:
"Governments that afterwards became
great have been started under tbe tree?
of & forest. If necessary, we can start
the republic of China In a mat shed."
He then announced his plans for the
building of a model capital city at
Nanking, a capital tp be devoted
especially to the business of govern
ment, a capital to be graced by many
commodious buildings of harmonious
architecture, a capital destined one day
to eclipse even the beauties of Wash
ington. Boost to Nanking?.
Whether or not the southern element
will prevail, the announcement of the
Sroposed removal of the capital and the
ulldine- of a great new srovernmental
i eI? was received with oy In Shanhai.
whIeh would be theyeeaport of Nanking,
an with which.lt Ts now connected by
a oivurrn railway, une aay alter presi
dent Sun Yat Sen's announcement, a
company with a capital of a quarter of
a million dollars was organized to build
a new hotel in Nanking, and Sun Yat
Sen had won over to his side all of the
business community of Shanghai, the
New York of the Orient.
The American influence in the revolu
tion, and In Its social by-products, is
most marked. Dr. Sun is an American
citizen. Dr. Wu is more at home in
Washington than in Canton, and scores
of the subordinate republican leaders
were educated in the United States.
Even the suffragette movement which
Jfeady has made Its appearance in
China, has an- American, rather than an
English, flavors For the first time in
the history of China women of the
People have taken part publicly in po
litical affairs, although even this state
ment is subject to the exceptions that
2?.e ""55. Jwya make In discussing
things Chinese, for has not the dowager
empress always been the real head of
the empire? However, the 9ununt i.
i .- .. - . -y- ..
i u re mt to me people, in Shanghai their
8rHiT ii. .Jl . ,1 ?r
Relmbliea" the '""" f "
Tiev. . ,,.
ZZ-IZ" 'V-V 3P." "" s-" an en-
- Hu. of St Lpuis. Mo., spoke to the
women in English, eulogizing the pa
triotism of the "Lady Republicans" who
he said, exemplified the type of girls
the rhine.e n,,KiT .Yi .T " . - 11 '
T T (W ? Wi" boa8t, of' Mr-
: c"n- .former Vassar girl, sana-
in EnellKhT nr -,.,.-. ZZiTL Z"2. ??"?1
eirl ....
iMtslnmani t,- S ."' ' - - - " iirennicai sun inai uaniei a. Bum-SLaw"tUJ:-tiffi7
' TJ ham- of Chicago, would be invited to
Roees.'- M v T oil' . n- n i ra.2' newspapers, to be asked to plan a cni
entert'Jne7th ..J?,' a,leUe"1,eyJSrt- capital. In which will be provided
solo followed bvttr? v1thi e,iKSlful accommodations for a system of goy
S2:t ilvrti,-3!?1!? i- J- ,w.- " ! eminent substantially that of t"e
?&?" ?rh,0,.?mTea Moskewskl's -Valse
Brtllante." Master Chen. years old. de
livered an eloquent speech exhorting
women republicans to loosen their
purse strings for the movement against
Vest TocKet Eajr
Maryland
MARYLAND is a northern state
with a southern accent. It is
located , around and among
the Chesapeake Bay, which forms a sort
of salt water spinal column for the
state. Maryland is not much larger
than Massachusetts, having only 10000
square miles of land, but it is not arH-
i so crowded with taxpayers. Its popula-
wv u i.tvu.uw, almost 0W,000 of
whom are jammed tightlv together in
Baltimore, which is the onlv city in the
state large endugh to make" a fast train
hesitate on its way.
Maryland was settled almost 300 years
ago its early inhabitants being attracted
by the oysters ,n Chesapeake .Bav.
jnarjiana people have been eating oys
ters ever slnce. and h, been throw
the shells on the public roads. This has
produced several hundred miles of daz
zling white highways of superior ex
cellence and ,f the appetite of the peo
ple and the supply of oysters continue
to hold out for another 300 jeers, there
will not be a bad road in the state.
Besides paving its roads with oyster
t h Mar-T,n1 sil its justly ost
brated bivalves to all parts of the
wu...,. ., enuren social would be
a success without a Maryland oyster.
Thus Maryland has carried out nobJy
the purpose of Us founders, which was
to secure religious liberty and prosperity.
The Maryland crab is" also well and
favorably known, an the state produces
enough tobacco each year to make sev
eral thousand cords "of the best grade
of stogies.
Maryland people have always been
proud and aristocratic, and are also
democratic, though not to excess. The
capital of the state is cleverly con
cealed at Annannlia whar the 'United
States also maintains its reat admiral
f.ctnrc- Ti i . . V-i v: :
hlsjwhlcn Washington i, located, is sur-
J rounded on throe s.,i..s hi Mart-lam? htit
AM Afca
While saarpenin' a .eye brew pencil
this momin' Miss Tawsey Apple se
verely wounded herself aa Is off duty at
th' Trade Palace where -her splendid
generalship is much missed in th' linen
rushes. SpeakJa'V poaltry culture, th'
ole fashioned farmer that don't even
know where his neae roost brings all th'
eggs t town.
DEMOCRATIC RALLYING SONG.
Missouri Demeec&ef' has adopted
"They Getta Quit Kfckln My Dawg
Aroun'-.as an official campaign song.
The Ozark tune was sung at the stats
convention at Joplin. All delegates and
spectators were provided with printed
copies and joined in the chorus. The
soag is ae follows:
Wuast me 'n Lent Brlggs 'n oV Bill
Brown
Tuk a. loawl -of eawn te town.
An? ol. Jim-daws the enry cuss
He Jee" naehelly folered us.
CHORUS.
Every time I come to town
The beys keep kiekin' my dawg aroun';
Makes no difference If he is a houn".
They gotta quit klckln' my d$xvg aroun.
As we driv past Sam, Johnson's Ktvta
Passel o' yaps kern out th' d-eof:
When Jim. he stops te smell a box.
They shied at him a bunch o' rocks.
They tied a tin can to his tall
An' run htm apast the county JalL
IP that plumb naehelly makes me sore.
"N Lem he cussed 'n' Bill he swore.
Me 'n' Lem Briggs 'n' or Bill Brown
We lost no time in ajumpte' down.
An' we wiped them ducks up on th'
groun
Fer klckln' my or dawg aroun'.
Folks say aN dog kaint bold no grudge.
But wunst when I got too much budga
Them town ducks tried to do me up.
But they didn't count on ol Jim-pup.
Jim seed his duty thar an then,
Aa" he lit into them gentlemen.
An' he shore mussed up the cotehouse
square
-With rags 'n meat 'n hide n' hair.
Manchu corruption. There was a brass
band from tbe Loong-Wha orphanage,
and the guests were seated by Chinese
girl students, acting as ushers. There
was v more "music and several moving
picture films were shown, whflb the
Chinese girl ushers went through the
audience, selling mlnature republican
flags and lapel buttons for the benefit
of the revolutionary fund. This whole
entertainmept might have been given
in Indiana or Ohio,' since it was so ab
solutely American In every essential
feature.
Americas Influence Manifest.
Most significant among these manv
eyiaences or tne predominant American
jence In shaping the soda! effects
HM-the re-volution. s the statement made
oy prestoent Sun that Daniel H. Burn-
Burnham was the chief architect of the
Chicago Worldjs Fair, and Is the head
of the commission in charge of the de
velopment and beautiflcatlon of the
veiopment ana oeauurtcation or mi
United States capital city of Washing
ton. He u. smmlimr i the Chine!..
a -,- i : u ." ..- .-..
lo"- "e ,s- rumg " i-e -"L'
United States. It aur be. after all. that
there will be tremendous significance
In the fact that the first president of
China was a citlxen of the great re
public founded by George Washington.
1,
By George Fitch
Auher of "At Good W. Ivrah.
thus far no Maryland statesman has
been able to edge into the presidential
chair.
Maryland has had an eventful his
tory. It had a private war of its own
about 20 years ago and took an active
part in the revolution. Baltimore was
attacked in 1S12 by the British and re
spinded by producing -The Star Spangled
Banner," one of the .finest vocal sky
scrapers in existence. Maryland was also
invaded during the civil war, but-Jthe
confederate army passed through the
state both ways without stopping.
Maryland is a pleasant and pictur
esque mixture pf skyscrapers, colonial
mansions, darky cabins and Carnegie
libraries, pine forests and country clubs
interurbans and ox carts, war colleges
and cathedrals, ante bellum society and
modern politics. It possesses the finest
state song in the nation and every true
Marylandef believes every word of ,t
'Copyright, 1912, by George Mathew
Adams i
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