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A R M Y IS READY. HE NATIONAL HALLS OF CONGRESS T uesday, M arch 6. March 6.— The house ^paeion today by passing with- or opposition a bill for Se rlief ol tobacco growers by permit- ng them to sell leaf tobacco without tying the tax of 6 cents a pound her»- , fore cbigcMl. The rest of the day i m devoted to tariff discussion, the In- ian appiopriation bill being the ve- icle to ca|ry the debate. organization. Washington, March 2.— The first pri vate claim session of the 68th congress occupied the house today, 25 bills be ing passed. A ll these measures carried small amounts for the relief of private individuals, who are precluded under the laws from obtaining their rights. Opposition to many of the bills was made by Mann, of Illinois, and Shack leford, of Missouri. This opposition accounted for the small number of .on, March 0.— The question measures considered. srgement of the medical de- the army occupied the ma- Thursday, March I. of the time of the senate _______ i question arose in connec- Washington, March 1 .— The discus consideration of a b ill for sion of the railroad rate question was ^ ^ ^ ^ B m e n t of contract surgons by continued in the senate today by Dol- cl,all be given the rank liver, who spoke in support of the cers in the reorganization of Dollier-Hepburn bill. He said that the corps. Hale criticized the bill was intended merely to supplement _________ entering wedge for the an existing in interstate commerce law, case of tile army, and as a part a and of contended for its validity from a neral plan of the general staff, which consittutional point of view, predicting charged with a purpose to increase that government ownership of the rail e army’s! importance, In his remarks roads would be forced upon the coun a senaotr said the general staff was try if congress did not meet the present <posed to encourage an invasion of demand for regulation. D olliver was iina. Oat' er and Gallinger spoke in not questioned, and, when he con . n e w h a t II e same vein of objection, cluded, the remainder of the day was tile tha b ill was defended by Warren, devoted to the bill providing for the ackburniand other senators. The bill settlement of the affairs of the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians after the -tori not dikpoped of. ITT. The only speech of the day on the termination of their tribal relations. tehood bill was made by Long, who advocated the passage of the bill as re- Washington, March 1. — The house i: rted by the committee on ttrritor es. today passed the army appropriation ■ Monday, March 5. ' Washington, March 5. — President loeevelt sent a message to congress ul 'lay, accompanying plans for coast fense prepared by a joint board of ny and Davy officers, in which he ntdU£iphasizes the necessity for further de- ~ a“ J oiler/ ® tland; reviews the history of the __ ensive works in this country. The Sojiaident calls special attention to the , orrrommendation of the board that the MW ¡1 ranee to Chesapeake bay be added « » “ the list of places in the United crbM -tes to be defended. He says the “ '“ 'ular possessions cannot be longer “ ^■ ¡lected if the United State« desires s hold them . Defenses are recom mended for Manila bay, Pearl harbor, ..antanamso, Guam, San Juan and nolulu, because of tlieir strategic ofti»:iation. Defenses are recommended «¿to the entrances to the Panama canal. r«<trm, _____ Id'sm^ashington, March 5. — In the sen ior ti».:today, Nelson continued the discus- l of the statehood bill, urging the ------ rage of the measure as reported a the committee on territories. The ainder of the session was devoted urn F Pa9MRe °* the bills on the calen- •un anil amonF them being one providing d Jojhu!ompulsory education in the Dia- of Columbia and another regarding ,ri selection of officers in the revenue iou ate *er service. Two others of import- can»iiin| to thè West were: on “ '»'voviding for the issuance of patents uch a: ands to Indians on the C olville ini ‘rvation, state of Washington, un- ‘ tJra the Moses agreement of July 7, you fa k è £ H . confer jurisdiction upon the Cir- 8 cemn j court for the Ninth circuit to de- r. wiiajine in equity the rights of Amer- .init wn citizens under the award of the ng « ¡ring sea arbitration at Paris, and Block'»n der judgment thereon. ounty, if ______ e No«J h uo ifashington, March 5. — Legislation ■ “ g »unanim ous consent and under sus- >int i* sion of the rules occupied the atten- •2 10 “ i of the house and resulted in the th' ““ *»g e of several bills, some of consid- ” ’ de importance. The adoption of a ^ . j , lotion of inquiry as to whether criminal prosecutions have been ludgeoita*® against individuals in the North- i. moil* Securities company furnished the iserwdbi for a speech of criticism by W ill- it> N«w.i*, the Democratic leader, directed iy and sc net the ¡administration, Brief an nex !■*»•**■ were made by Jenkin*, of Wis- lin, and jprosvenor, of Ohio. Friday, March 2. ’ ash ington. March 2. — The senate ly passed the bill providing tor the lement of the affairs of the Five ilized Tribes. Under the guise of sidering the bill, the Benate spent :tic*lly the entire day in discussion he railway question. The bill has jed both the house and the senate, as the senate emended it in many rects, it w ill now go into conter- e. It is a general bill for the ad- :ment nt of the affairs of these tribes donment of their tribal UL, M>n their CHICA' Hermann as a Plagiarist. . ^Washington, March 7.— Repreeenta- e Hermann, probably in a fit of ab- n*jkitmindednees. today introdued an- Uu'iier joint 'tesolntion proposing an ast S f * nmdent to the constitution provid- jp I « » the election of United States wt -EOCS M ors by dSrect vote of the people, is is the fecund time this session he i introduced this resolution, and in rmiffht k ' 0*t* Dce he offered resolutions r ~ t had previously been introduced by er member- running his pen ongb the ■anic of the original au- ideti r end writing his own. Idrrt» . ----------- ICK90>’ Justice to Seized Sealers. 2 ThW^ ■•hington March 78.— The senate P o r t «* * [senator Fulton’ s bill per- ting owner of American sealing A-. SA eleoelnii ii .ring sea by Amer- d Cota®* revenue cutters to bring suit to re- Jr on 1oases sustained. This bill, if CpryiC! **t by th f houae, w ill put Amen- OCHiw sealere ^ on the basis as for- •era whoenfT fered H from like seizures as Aweric > m n sailors whose ships e seised by the Russian govern- *. S jments A R P# ad. O N *; All Details Arranged to Sand 25,000 Men to China. Washington, March 2.— It is possible today to give for the first time the de tails of the preparations which the War department is making for an in vasion of China. In case of necessity, which to m ilitary minds seems im m i nent, it is the intention of the govern ment to dispatch 20,000 regulars from the United States to join a Philippine force of 5,000 men for an expedition to the Chinese empire. The troops for the Oriental service have been selected, the posts from which they w ill be taken are named in the plans and the proper allotment has been made among the various branches of the service. Not only has this been done by the officers who have been working out the invasion scheme, but they have perfected a plan for the distribution of the troops which w ill remain in the United States, so that they may be available in case of home disturbances. The scheme of invasion as at present contemplated is with the view princi pally of a combination of the Am eri can forces with those of other powers, but a subsidiary arrangement has been made to meet the possibility that the United States w ill be forced to act alone. If the situation in China demands the dispatching of American soldiers for a march to Pekin, within three weeks of th" time of the call to arms there w ill not be a regular infantryman left within the borders of the United States, for it is the intention of the department to send its full force into the field, save only the infantrymen doing duty in the Philippines. As Btated in previous dispatches, the officers of the War College have esti m ate! that 100,000 men w ill te neces sary to make au invading force strong enough to conduct a successful cam paign against Pekin. I f by an unfor tunate trend of events it should become necessary that America act alone, there would be no attempt at the outset to reach the Forbidden City. Tentative plans, in case America goes alone into the fight, contemplate a joint army and navy expedition to seize one of the greater coast town« in China. This might or might not have an effect on the Chinese government, but, because of recent events, it would seem that the Chinese governments is not all- powerful in the control of its affairs, and as a consequence such a seizure might be of little avail, save possibly for indemnity purposes. CONFIRMS ORCHARD Sieve Adams Reveals Dark Se crets of Inner Circle. Science a > * 7 i Vention A faint luminous mist In the bulb and on the fingers has been noted by Professor Sommer* on rubblug electric light bulbs that have been not long In use. No satisfactory explanation has been given. The layer o f the sea taken up by the O regon Suspect Breaks Down Under clouds each year la now estimated at fourteen feet in thickness. The winds Solitary Confinement and Tell* carry the douda to land, where the o f Steunenberg Murder. water falls as rain, to find it* way In due time back to the ocean. COMPLETE TO SMALLEST DETAIL Late statistics show that a Spaniard Boise, Idaho, March 3.— The States lives less than two-thirds as long as a Norwegian. The average duration of man says this morning: “ The Statesman is authorized to an life is, in Norway, 50 years; England, 45; Belgium, 44; Swltzerlud, 44; nounce that Steve Adams, arrested ai France, 43; Austria, 39; Germany, 39; Haines, Or., on February 20, in con Italy, 39, and Bavaria, 30. nection with the Steunenberg assassi A remarkable effect o f pile-driving nation, has made a full and sweeping was lately observed at Rotterdam. On confession. This second confession is withdrawing some piles that had been far more important than that made by rammed through quick-sand by 150 to two hundred strokes per minute, the Harry Orchard.” This is the statement made for pub points were found to be charred by friction and they ignited spontaneously lication last evening by James McFar on contact with the air. land, the detective, in the presence of A new sugnr plant from South Amer Governor Gooding and J. H . Hawley, ica, which has been nntnetf eupatorlum who is in charge of the presocution. rebandlum, is pronounced by Beroul, Mr. McParland added that Adams’ the German chemist, to be o f great in confession fully and exactly corrobo dustrial value. It grows from eight rated that made bv Orchard at every to ten inches high and is found to con point touched upon by both. More tain from twenty to thirty times ns over, Mr. McParland continued, Adams much saccharine matter as sugar-cane knows far more of the workings of the or the beet. bill, also the Foraker bill providing for “ Inner Circle” than Orchard did and A physician writes o f the effect of the marking of the graves of Confed was able to give a mass of detailed London's smoky atmosphere upon the erate dead buried in the North. The informatin that Orchard’ s confession human lungs: "The coal miner's lung discussion developed a unanimity of did not cover. is black, the lung o f the Eskimo Is a sentiment in favor of marking Confed The confession of Adams, he said, {¡early white, the lung of the Londoner erate graves and, as the b ill had re corroborated that given by Orchard in ceived favorable action by the m ilitary every substantial point connected with is n rich gray. Natural selection committee, it was brought in by Prince the assassination of ex-Governor Steu evolves beings adapted to meet all sorts and passed unanimously, amid ap nenberg. Adams, however, was not at of natural circumstances— among which plause on both sides of the house. Caldwell at the time of the assassina a carbon-laden atmosphere is not In The army bill as passed carries some tion, nor was Orchard at the time of cluded. Such an atmosphere Is a prod thing more than $69,000,000. the unsuccessful effort in November. uct o f man's own stupidity and nature The house agreed to a senate joint Tiie man who assisted Orchard on the has had no chance o f protecting him resolution, which continues the tribal latter occasion, aj set forth in Or against Its consequences.” government of the Five Civilized TriLies chard’s confession, was Jack Simpkins. Birmingham, England, is having in the Indian Territory until the prop Still another statement made by the trouble with its new water supply. The erty of the Indians shall be disposed of. detective «a s that tne Adams confes water is “ soft.” The city’s health sion gave the details of a large number board has warned hardware dealers of murders that were not referred to in and manufacturers that galvanized Wednesday, February 28. any manner by Orchard. It was fur kettles and utensils are dangerous, as Washington, Feb. 28. — The details ther stated that the confession had been the zinc coating is quickly dissolved by of the provisions of the army appropri reduced to writing, signed and acknow the water. Birmingham plumbers say ation bill occupisd the house of repre ledged. ft was a voluminous docu that their business has Increased Im sentatives throughout the day. ment, covering a greater field and in Throughout members of the appropri RAISE P A Y O F R U R A L C A R R IE R S . more detail than that made by Orchard. mensely since the new water arrived. It seems to have no great effect on ation committee, headed by Chairman brass taps, but leap pipes and cisterns Tawney, were in controversy with Cortelyou Recommends an Increase are eaten away much faster than be When Routes are Adjusted. Chairman Hull and the members of RUN O U T A M E R IC A N S ILV E R . fore. the m ilitary committee. Each contest Washington, March 2.— This state was an effort either in the direction of ment has been furnished the Associated Canadian Banks Collect and Deport It Renders o f the late Paul du Challlu’s reducing or restricting the amounts Press tor transmission: travels still recall with many a thrill at a Good Profit. carried in the b ill. In some cases the “ In the matter of rural carriers’ pay, vivid descriptions of encounters with New Westminster, B. C., March 3.— appropriations committee was success it can be authoritatively stated that the gorilla In Its native forests. But ful, and in others the m ilitary com there is no disposition on the part of A clean sweep of American silver from none o f the monsters seen by him could mittee. the Postoffire department to cut rates. the Dominion of Canada has been de tie compered with a gorilla recently On the contrary, the department has vised by the Dominion government, shot on the shores o f the river Sangha, Washington, Feb. 28. — The treaty strongly recommended the advisability and the banks of Canada, on arrange L‘ French Congo, which measured no between the United States and the Do of congressional consideration of the ment with the government, put the law less than seven feet six and three-quar minican Republic, under which the subject, looking to more adequate com ter inches In height The substantial into force today. The banks are to pensation. former undertakes to collect and dis accuracy o f this measurement seems “ In the recent readjustments to com collect all the American silver, in all burse the customs revenues of the lat to t>e established by photographs that ter, was reported to the senate in exec plete county service, the number of about $600,000, and transmit the same have been sent to Europe. Prof. E. T. to the agency for the Bank of Montreal routes reduced in mileage has exceeded utive session today by Senator Lodge. the French anthropologist, These condi at New York, receiving gold in ex Ilnmy, W hile the treaty was given a place the number increased. thinks that this s]>eclmen Indicates a change. This amount w ill then be re on the senate legislative calendar by tions bave resulted in lowering the pay U ntil the placed in circulation by Canadian coin, new race, if not a new species, of the report made today, it w ill not be of the carriers somewhat. gorilla. called up until after the railroad bill service is completed throughout the while on the $800,000 the banks will get three-eighths of one per cent, and country, the average of carriers’ salaries Gradually all the great rivers are has been disposed of, and even then it based upon present legal allowance will also on all shipments made hereafter being harnessed for the great advance may go over for some time. tfiat the mechanical powers under the For three hoars, lacking three min naturally fluctuate from time to time the percentage w ill be the same. W ith the silver market in the present control o f man are destined to mnke utes, today, Foraker held the attention as routes are increased or decreased in of the senate while he read a carefully length. Under the so-called new rural condition, the Dominion government during the twentieth century. In the prepared speech on the railroad rate policy of the department, out of a total should make about $400,000 on the nature o f the case, those rivers whose question. His speech was a protest of 34,938 routes installed up to Febru deal, besides giving the bank a fair upper courses are marked by many against any general legislation, on the ary 1, but 27 had been discontinued. profit and also putting into circulation waterfalls possess the greatest avail theory that the existing Elkins law These discontinuances were mostly due much Canadian silver that has been able power. Recent calculations by could be eo extended as to make it an to readjustments in order to complete held in check by the American money. Ravarlan engineers show that »th e On several occasions in former years the Danube is cnpnhle of developing, to swer all the requirements. He did service in counties.” hanks have endeavored to terminate gether with Its Alpine tributaries, a not fail, however, to point out what the circulation of American silver by Continues Present Rates. he considered the defects of the little less than 2,000,000 horse power. Washington, March 2 .— President placing a discount on it, b it it was This applies only to that part o f the Hepburn-Dolliver bill, and he made found that, in spite of this, the coin the declaration more than once that it Roosevelt today issued a proclamation river's course lying In Bnvnrta. Only woudl fail to remedy the evils com imposing the rates of duties provided was in circulation, but never went to 700,000 horse power could he effectively the banks. plained of The speech was listened to by section 3 of the Dingley act upon utilized, and only 75,000 has as yet However, there w ill now be no dis by a large attendance, both on the imports from Germany in return for been developed. The principal uses count on American silver, but the Germany’ s concession of minimum floor and in the galleries, and at its found for water power In the Alps are banks w ill not pay it out. Three- close the senator was warmly congratu tariff rate* on United States products. for mountain railroads, and for electro quarters of the silver in circulation in The articles and rate of duty named in lated bj a number of bis colleagues. chemical and electrometallurgical in Southern British Colombia is of Amer the president’ s proclamation are the dustries. same as those now in force, which ican origin. The main point the gov ernment claims in putting this scheme Five Year Census o f Agriculture. wonld have been terminated yesterday, E A R L Y D A Y8 OF TH E ERIE. into operation is to get Canadian cur Washington, March 1 . — Secretary but for the recent action of the German rency into circulation. Wilson, of the department of Agricul government in giving this country the W hat R egln n ln ffii o f I t a l l r o a d « In ture, appeared before the house com benefit of its minimum tariff. T h is C o u n iP f W e r e Like. Failure Again Threaten*. mittee on census today in support of The monument dedicated at Deposit, Shaw O pposes Souvenir Coins. Washington, March 3. — W hile no the Burleson bill for the compilation N. Y., Nov. 10, In commemoration of Washington, March 2. — Secretary immediate break in the conference at of farm statistics by the government the seventieth anniversary o f the begin every five years, instead of every ten Shaw, of the Treasury department, ap Algeciras is expected by the govern ning o f work on the Erie, marks an have years. Secretary Tomlinson, of the peared today before the house commit ment, the negotiations there important date In American railroad Stockgrowers’ association, also urged tee on indnstrial arts and expositions reached the stage which, according to ing. says the New York Evening Poet to discuss the bill providing appropria the reports received here, threaten the favorable action on the b ill. tions for the Jamestown Tercentennial failure of the conference unless there Few, If any, roads have paseed through Exposition. He expressed emphatic is a change in the attitude of Germany. eueh vlolssltudee as fell to the lot of T est Vote on Philippines. .the Erie from Its very inception ; none Washington, March 6. — Senator disapproval of the provision of the bill A long conference occurred at the State hna been more typical in its construc department today between Secretary for the coinage of 1,000,000 $2 silver Lodge, chairman of the committtee on tion, and certainly none has been more Root and M. Jusserand, the French pieces upon which the exposition de Philippines, has decided to make a mo often or more ruthlessly plunderer! by tion that the senate discharge the com sires to realize *600,000 profit on the amfiassador, dnring which the negotia tions at Algeciras were the main sub coneclencelese financial manager*. The mittee from further consideration of cost of seniorage. first pasenger train with a locomotive ject under discussion. the tariff b ill and it be taken up for had been put in actual service In South consideration. Under the rules a mo Report on Female and Child Labor. Carolina on Jan. 15. 1831. Tw o and Deep Snow C overs Utah. Washington, Marsh 1.—The house of tion of this character is debatable. The Salt Lake City, March 3.— The heav one half year* later the New York and senator proposes to make an argument committee on labor decided today to in favor of the bill and ask that action make a favorable report on a bill ap iest snow storm of the winter prevailed Erie Company was organized, upon the be taken by the senate concerning it. propriating $300,000 for a compilation | last night and today tbroughtout the assurance that the desired road would The storm coat only $3.000,000. As a hint o f the He does not intend, however, to preci- of full statistics by the department of inter-mountain country. pate a continuation until after the Commerce and Labor on the condition | renter is moving east and today is over lawlessness to come, the orgnnlzers vio of women and child workers through Colorado. The weather is moderately lated the act Incorporating their com statehood b ill has been disp-ieed of. out the United States. This bill grew cold. In Salt Lake C ity and at several pany by beginning business with only Prospects Are Not Bright. out of the movement inaugurated by other Utah points the snowfall was 5 per cent o f Its capital subscribed. In Wastrngton, March 6 — A conference Governor Curtis Guild, of Massachu fully 18 inches. At Fort Douglas, just stead o f 10. regarding the statehood b ill, now pend setts, for the investigation of labor con beyond the eastern lim it of Salt Lake That James Gore King himself was a City, the snow lies three feet deep vlalonary appears from the speech Lie ing iii the senate, was held at the white ditions. and is badly drifted. house this afternoon, the parties to it made aa he dug up the first spadefuls being, besides the president, Senators Aid Sent to Famine Sufferers. In the "beautiful meadow” In which First Infantry at Malta. Lon j of Kansas, Burkett of Nebraska Washingotn, March 2.— The Nation the Inaugural ceremony took place. and Warren of Wyoming, all supporters al Red Cross today cabled to the Japan Valetta, Island of Malta, March 3.— That vale, he declared, would soon see of the measure. It is conceded that the ese Red Croes $5 000, making a toU l The United States transport Kilpatrick a different spectacle— "a track o f rails prospects for the enactment of the meas of $27,000 contributed by the Am eri and the transport McClellan, having with cars passing and repaaalng loaded ure into law ars not bright, and the can people and transmitted to Japan the First Infantry on board, arrived with merchandise and the produce of conference was held for the purpose of .through that organisation for relief of here today from Gibraltar on their way the country.” “The freight." he contln- considering moans to save the b ill. to Manila. ' the famine sufferer*. 'wUI amount to $200,000 per an num fn a very few year*." Frightened at the Incredulity expressed on the faces o f those who beard thia w ild prophecy, he hastily added, “ at least eventually!” Nine year* later, In 1844, only forty-four miles o f road were In operation, from which was received In that year the munificent Income o f $40,- 178.84 from passengers and $79.841.00 for freig h t The cost o f operation and repairs was but $66,946. The only other great railways then were the Baltimore and Ohio and the road between Moscow j and St. Petersburg. From that time on the road grew slowly enough, like all the other new roads. B u t unlike them. It could not | combine with other local railroad*. Early construction in this country was almost precisely like the development of electric street railways during the last decade. First were a lot o f little railroads between cities. Then came connecting links, and finally an amalga mation of many roads into a trunk lln& O f this procedure the New York Cen tral is the Eiest example. It was made out of a chain of ramshackle local roads o f different gauges. The Erie It self was forced to lease two roads con necting it with Jersey City, as Its pas sengers disliked getting off at Pied mont, its terminal, and coming down the Hudson on a steamer to this city. The ceremonies at the Erie's comple tion in 1851 were attended by President Fiiimore and four members of his cab inet, including his Secretary o f State, Daniel Webster. Tw o palntlnl special trains conducted the guests to Dun kirk— with some difficulty, it Is true, ns one engine, although a monster ca pable o f pulling forty tons, gave out early In the trip. But Elmira was reached In ten hours, and on the second day the remainder o f the forty-six miles was covered In seven hours. “ This peaceful victory,” said a banner on the special train from Newburg, "is more glorious In its triumph tlmn Austerltta or Waterloo.” Another declared that “ this day wanting, the world had not seen the extent o f human greatness.” ••COUSIN” S ecret GRAFT OF JAPS. S e r v ic e S y s t e m A m o n g lo w S e rv a n ts A m a s ln g * Y e l» The hundreds o f Japanese who ure doing their best to solve the servant problem for the American cities, Just as they have solved It for the peoplo of the Pacific coast, form one o f the most compact and dependable bureaus of general information that any city has ever seen. By virtue of what is known as tlio “ cousin system” these Japanese house- boys, cooks and valets know absolute ly everything that there is to be known aliout the working conditions in house* where not they, but other Japanese, who naturally might be expected to be their rivals in business, are employed. They know to the minute when any other Japanese is to leave his position and they know ail about the habits o t the household in which this Jap has been employed. Servants o f no other nationality ever kept such close tab on affairs. This solicitude on their part to accumulate all possible knowledge about every thing la never known to their employ ers until it becomes necessary for the Japanese’ own purposes to reveal the same. For instance, there is a broker who for three years has had as general fac totum in his bachelor establishment an intelligent Japanese. This little yellow man hna been getting $100 a month, all his employer's old clothing, and other perquisites. The Itch for culture at tacking tiie Japanese, nothing would do but that he must go to the university. 1!« would resign his place, he said. If his employer would agree to engage in Ids stead his cousin. The first cousin proving unsatisfactory, exactly four teen moro were submitted for Inspec tion. The fourteenth having proved worse than tiie first, the original serv ant was steered from his higher thought idea and lured back to pressing clothes and setting bachelor table. During the exi»erlence with the fif teen the broker lenrned what everybody on the Pacific coast has known for years- that among the Japanese serv ants there exists an organized mid won derfully effective secret service, and thut the cousins, who are no mors cousins than they are «loudly enemies, are responsible for the dissemination of much knowIe«lge about their em ployers. But they don’t break their trust either with him or themselvee, even if they are king on the dlstrlbti- tlon o f news that Is useful to their c ra ft T h e ir Verdict. It was the first case ever tried In Stony Gulch and the Jury had sat for hours, arguing and disputing over It, In tin hare little room at the rear of the <?oiirt room. At last they struggled back to their places, and the foreman, a tall mountaineer, voiced the general opinio,!. “ We don’t think be did ft,” he said slowly, “ for we allow he wa’n't there; but we think he would o f ef he'd had the chunst” A l*o m R e fo rm er. "D ey’re sendln’ a lot o’ grafters to Jail,” remarked Meandering Mike. “ I'm glad o f I t ” answered Plodding Pete. “ I f die high class patronage keeps cornin' In maybe de wardens w ill wake up an’ Improve «!e accomrood*» tlon#.” — Washington Star. An Arm * Orger. An army onler advises that, where possible, mule* should be used to draw machine guns. "When, however, a mule Is not available, any Intelligent non commissioned officer will do instead.” — fyimlon Mall. Ton can't convtn«'« a stubborn man that It la Impossible to convince him.
