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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-09-21
A stnpendous Crime.

A StupendoUs Crime.
When the ear of all the Russias, one
of the most sullen and heartless of his
thousands of poor fathers and mothers
with their little children forth, home
less and houseless. into the world,
sane men wondered how sane man
could do such an idiotic thing, to say
nothing Of its barbarity. but this sue
cessor to the great Peter was known to
| be a ferocioGs savage. and Russia is
confessedly a despotism of the most
rigorous sort But for a government
yaunting itself as a republic. an imita-
ton of ours, TO raise the Tartar auto
crat at his OWE bad game is a stupen-
dous crime against representative gov
ernment. AS the foremost exponent in
the world Of the idea of "a government
of the people. by the people and for the
people" we owe it to ourselves and to
/ the human race to rebuke these French
Jew baiters. who, aping our institu-
tions. act in such a shameful manner as
TO put to blush the robber barons and
freebooters of the middle ages.
Individually l am fond of the Jews.
They have always been my friends and
have never failed me in any exigeney
of my life | dislike to see them perse-
cuted merely because they are Jews.
And others can do as they please this
/ is still a free country-but | repeat
| that as soon as congress assemblies i
intend to introduce a bill Withdrawing
our appropriation and our counte-
nance from the Paris exposition solely
for the purpose of teaching Jew bait
ers everywhere that they are unworthy
| of the society of decent people and
that we will hold no communion with
| them. l have no more sympathy with
the French in their tyranny over the
| Jews than have with the English in
their tyranny over the Irish. Both are
blots which render the French and
English governments stenches in the
nostrils of the civilized world. A few
heroic doses such as | propose will
teach these cruel despots to act with
little decency.
A Great Historic Parsonage.
w HeIHeT W 1il1itH JtUliISS DAIdu IL
ever elected president or not, he must
forever remain a great historic person
age. He is the most astounding phe-
nomenon of our times.
Since congress adjourned | have had
four opportunities of studying him
anew under four sets of circumstances
entirely different from one another-at
the Topeka banquet March 80, at the
great ST. Louis antitrust banquet May
70, at Richard P. BANDS funeral and
at the great Democratic picnic at
Omaha Aug 10. The more one studies
him the larger he becomes. As rule.
statesmen are great exactly in proper
tion to the square of thes& stance you
are away from them. 1t is with them
as with mountains:
'Tis distance lends enehantment to che view
And robes the mountain in It's azure hue.
Very few of them can bear the Sc
we're test of close inspection and per-
sonal contact. Tried by that test most
OF them shrink and shrivel into repul-
sive notliingness. Ike Rider Haggard's !
She. Not SO, however, with this
Young giant of Democracy Great as he
appears to be at long range. he Is grear-
er at short range. The feeliug for. him
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-09-21
A Bride with some GOOD Points.

Some years ago in an agricultural
district there lived farmer who want
ed to sell one of his COWS There was
not at that time a weekly paper In
which he could advertise. so he resolved
to follow a local custom and ask the
vicar Of the parish when giving out his
notices at church to advertise the COW.
Eyes. farmer. said the vicar. II
should be willing to oblige you. but
you don't attend my church. .
Presently. however. they struck 8
bargain that the vicar should advertise
the COW, and the man in return prom
ised to go to church.
Now. unfortunately the man was
deaf. and on the Sunday following when
the vicar gave out the banns Of mar
riage between Joseph So-and-so, bach
elor. and Sarah So-and-so. spinster. the
farmer took it for granted that the
vicar was giving out particulars Of his
COW and shouted ont;
''You might as well say while you
are about it that she is a most gentle
creature and entirely free from vice. y
STRAY Stories
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-09-21
GRANP CLARK : LETTER
Deplores Conviction of
Captain Dreyfus.
A TRAVEsTY ON JUSTICE.
William J. Bryan a Great His
toric Parsonage.
THE PHENOMENON OF OUR TIMES.

Yonng Giant Of Democracy Bears the.
Test of Close Inspection - Evokes
Tremendous Enthusiasm wherever
He Appears-Recognized Leader of
the PeopIe-A Distine uished Per
sonaIity In Amy AssembIage-CIeve-
land. the Fugrafe
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-09-21

Your genuine honesty doesn't have
to carry a transparency to make itself
seen and known to ordinary folk De
troit Journal
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-09-21

If a man is known by the company
ne keeps. what shall be said of the aver
ere sheriff. Ct paul Globe
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-09-21
Tippecanoe and Tyler, tool
and won hands down.

! ttN1tA y VI aItEEtNEs tlKfF II
Enthusiasm is the most contagious
disease in the world, more contagious
than the measles. the smallpox OF the
bubonic plague, 50 in 1910 people who
did not know what they were Yelling
about assembled not By the hundred or
by the thousand. but By the acre. and
expressed their pent 40 feelings by
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-24
CAREFUL OF BARRIERS.
Law PrOvidesgThat They Must Serve
Three Years Apprentice eship.

Law PrOvides9That They Must Serve
Three Years Apprentice ship.
From the New. York Herald. ,-......-.
Austrians takesno chances with their bar
bers. They must be good, and the BARRIERS
and wigmakers' union Of Vienna sees to 1t
that they are.
Provision is also made in their code for
women BARRIERS who desire to carry on the
business of their husbands in case Of the
latter's death or illness.
In order to do this, the wife must have
1or three years. Apprentices must appear in
Vienna in the presence of judges of the
union and show their skill before they are
allowed to open shops of their own.
A properly certified barber must have a
knowledge of and pass an examination in
shaving, hair cutting, hair curling and wig
making. Poor persons and others who are
frugal serve as subjects for experiment.
Not only must the barber be we'll versed
IN the practical side Of the subject, but ques-
tions are asked relating to the keeping clean
OF razors. brushes etc. and the elementary
rules of antiseptics are thoroughly gone
into.
At the practical examination the young
oarpers nave their razors dulled- by four
strokes on pine plank, and they must then
sharpen them. A subject is assigned to each
barber, who must be tonsorially perfect, in
the opinion of the judges, before the ap-
prentice releases him.
After this a. certificate Is issued and the
apprentice serves two years as a Journey
man before he. may open a. shop as an en-
ployer. TO- 5r
In the case of widows who desire to carry
on the business of their husbands, only the
three years apprenticeship is required.
In spite of the number Of years that an
Austrian barber has to devote to his bust
ness before he is perfect, one get a
cents, or a frst-cass shave for something
like three cents In any part of the country.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-24
GOOD REASON
That an Operators Zeal Was No
Rewarded by Promotion.

Ahat an Operators Zeal Was Not
Rewarded by Promotion.
From the New York Sun.
The first Office that found myself In DOS,
session Of" said the retired telegraph oper-
ator, was little way station where there
was not much else to do but to report the
trains. l had the night trick, and the trains
being few and far between 1 spent most of
my time dreaming of advancement One night
soon after had taken the office l was called
10 the Key to receive a message that came
over the wire addressed to a railroad official
VINO chanced to be visiting some relatives
who lived about three miles from the Office
where / was
" Violet is dying the message read, and
tnose three words sent the shivers up and
gown my back. as | saw with my magma
ton fair.haired. blue-eyed little girl dying,
win her father away from home Then 1t
suddenly flashed upon me that here was a
chance to win promotion by hurrying the
message out where the father was. l was
alone in the office, and there was no one
living wins near by whom I could send it.
AT last l determined to take it myself
knew had no business leaving the office. but
| considerable a chance to win recognition
ina that might never have again. It was before
horse to be had / started out afoot There
was train leaving about 1 O'Clock In the
morning, and had figured it out that the
anxious father would take that train for the
city, and that I would be able to get ride
back to the station with him, and have at
the same time a chance to create a good i'm
preston. ~ HF~
ut in the fall of the year and raining
as hard as 1t could pour with good prospects
that it would turn to snow before I got back
l was little bit hazy Just where the party
was staying, but after Drawing any number
OF dogs and arousng any number of farmers,
found the. right place and delivered the
message. The man, with white face, hastily
tore the envelope open and read the contents,
while l waited for him to say: ''Well done,
thou good and faithful servantl'
But he didn't He said things that I
would not care to repeat, and called me any
number Of names that were not the least bit
complimentary. 1t made me mad to see such
an exhibition of unconcern over such a seri-
GUS matter. and 1 was about to say so when
ne broke in with another torrent Of strong
words, of which l caught fool woman pug
dog. glad of it
Then I comprehended. and as tramped
YEARLY back to the office had deserted L
mad plenty of time to take solemn vow
never to again bother my head about what
might come over the wire. :"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-24

where the members Of the League of
Patriots had announced their intention
OF gathering, also saluted the judges
or the court of cessation with cries of
''Vive rArmee."
M. Bard. the reporter of the Dreyfus
case. and M. Loew. the president of
the criminal section of the court of
cessation. which is examining the
Dreyfus case, were not among those
present in the procession.
The Place de la Concorde was black
with people. who climbed upon the
statues. fpuntains and terraces. The
Tuileries were also invaded by the
people. The shouts ceased as the fu-
neral procession advanced along the
Quail des Tuileries, the DUAL du Louvre
and otheIg quais toward the lie de la
Cite, on which the Cathedral Of Notre
Dame is situated. the silence being
broken by saivos or artillery fired on
the banks. of the River Seine and when
the military bands stationed along the
route played funeral marches.
The windows of houses. which were
filled with spectators. were closely
watched by the police escorting the
Judges Of the court Of cessation, who
We're also surrounded by soldiers.
The people in the crowds DOTTED their
hats respectfully to President Loubet.
who saluted the flags Of the regiments
lining the route. When the procession
emerged upon Quai de la Megisserie,
fronting part of the lie de la Cite, the
bells of Notre Dame began to toll, and
when the cortege reached the square in
front of the cathedral the bells
burst into funeral peal. the troops
presented arms and the casket was
taken into the cathedral.
AT the conclusion of the services in
the Cathedral, the members Of the
court OF cessation entered landaus and
were driven to the palace of Justice. es-
corted by detachment of dragons.
There was no unusual incident
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-24
UNLUCKY EDITORS.
Chinese Newspapers Suppressed and
Their Owners Punished.

Chinese Newspapers Suppressed and
Their Owners Punished.
From the st. James Gazette
The Empress TIE Hsi has suppressed all
newspapers in China. There were Sc, though
of these those In foreign hands cannot be
stopped. The imperial decree of Oct was as
follows: las newspapers only serve to OK
cite the masses to subvert the present order
of things, and the editors concerned come
from the dregs of the literary classes, no
good can be served by the continuation of
such dangerous Instruments. and we hereby
command the entire suppression and sealing
up OF all newspapers published within the
empire. while tho editors connected with
them are to be arrested and punished with
the utmost severity of the law"
Now. with four or FIVE exceptions. these
papers have been very we'll conducted. and
certainly in some cases Chinese editors may
take rank among quite the best people in
China" One, who was merely the editor
of local paper, till then had been tutor to
the children of Chang Chin Tung, the one
i IN viceroy Yet these men. and for
no other offense than that of being news
paper editors, are to be punished with the
utmost severity of the law and this by the
arbitrary Will of a woman, hated through
out China who has summarily deposed her
adopted son and made herself ruler in his
place. Kang, the modern sage, who has only
escaped 6eheading through the protection of
pie to take steps for the protection of rhe
relatives of one of these editors. Lang. the
editor of Chinese Progress. He has hfmse I
escaDed into hiding some where or other ma
by Chinese usage all the relations of a Grim
inal are reckoned criminals. even to the ninth
degree; and Mr.. Liangs foster mother. aunt
uncle, brother and nephew have been seized
by the officials
Mr.. Hangs own whole family fed in tn,
night from their home across the Pearl river
at Canton. before officials arrived to seize
them; though how whole clan can succeed
in remaining hidden it is difficult to under
stand unless under the protection of the
British flag at Hong Kong. His brother. of
headed at Picking
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-24

bill placing the coroner on a fee basis
rather than a salary of $500 per year.
Coroner Nelson informed the delega-
ton that in HenneDin county the ex-
penses of the coroner's Office was some
thing like $4,000 per year, ard there
the fee system was in force. IT was
for the best interests of the county to
nave the coroner on salary instead Of
fee basis He had no particular in
tereSt in the matter. as he should not
be a candidate again and the bill did
not take effect until after his term
expired.
The delegation then listened to Sec
rotary Caulf1eld, who discussed the
frontage tax question. Two years ago
law was passed which named July /,
1899 as the date when the present law
would be repealed. There has been
considerable discussion as to the le-
gality of the law. and a recent bill in
troduced makes the period during
which frontage tax can be collected
five years.
Secretary Caulfield Of the water
board, presented a bewildering array
Of figures as to the cost of the plant,
the bonded debt and the revenues of
the department. His point was that
if the frontage tax was abolished the
water rates would have to be raised,
as the law provided that the revenue
of the board must provide for current
expenses and a sinking fund to meet
the bonds when due. The rates in the
past fifteen years have been 80 to so
per cent. The plant had cost SO, 500 900,
and there was 81, 400, 900 in bonds due in
1909 and the two succeeding years. In
addition 81 400, 900 of surplus earnings
had gone into the works. The total
amount raised by frontage tax was
about $1,000, 900.
c. w. Horn argued that the frontage
tax should be abolished. and that it
was not necessary to tax the present
generation for something that was to
come due in 1909. By that date there
would be 81, 600 900 in the water board
sinking fund, as there was at the pres
ent time 100000 in the fund. There
was water pipes enough laid in ST.
Paul for a city of 800, 900 people. In
Milwaukee $14 was charged for laying
a main in front of a forty-foot lot,
while here it was $40. BY doing away
with the frontage tax the department
would be able to get more consumers.
r. P. Lewis said he owned eighty
acres on Dale street and had to pay g.
frontage tax on $500 feet every year
1t was 40 per cent of the entire tax on
the property each year. On another
piece Of property on Maryland avenue
he paid $50 every year as a frontage
tax, which was 60 per cent of the
whole tax. The tax prevented poor
persons from putting in and using
water.
A bill handed in by Mr.. Krayenbuhl
provided for the city taking care of the
boulevards and assessing the expense
on the property benefited
A. A. Doolittle urged the passage of
the bill, claiming that as 1t was now
some of the property owners paid all
the expenses while if it was distributed
the assessment would not be more than
fifty cents per lot per year.
The delegation will consider the
measure.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-24
WORKING.

There are but four working days and
one Sunday and the Conover Music
Co.'s sale, Sixth and st. Peter will be
over. The remaining bargains are
really bargains, and the business man
can readily see.
Our salesman will meet those in thu
store Sunday if you mail a postal card
and make an appointment This is
done to allow those who cannot get
waited on chance to get one Of the
few remaining bargains before we quit
business. Remember. the Gable Piano
Co. will be responsible for all deals
made by the Conover Music Co. After
March /, 81 East Sixth street Until
then same old stand, Sixth and st. Pc
ter. Open evenings f
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-24
GATHERED IN WASHINGTON.
News of Local Interest-MOney for
st. Paul Firm.


WASHINGTON, Feb 23.-The gen.
eral deficiency bill reported to the house
this afternoon, carries appropriations
for finishing the White Earth Indus
trial school, to pay Thomas H. Cros-
we'll for making surveys of several
townships in Northern Minnesota, and
to pay the Ohio Coal company, st. Paul,
S267 for coal furnished Indian schools
in South Dakota.
Senator-elect Foster, of Washington,
IS here, and was on the floor of the
senate today. Mr.. Foster is a former
st. Paul man.
Congressman Heatwole today pre-
scented the memorial of the Winnibigo-
shish, Leech Lake and Winnebago In
dams of Minnesota, asking that their
lands be withheld from sale until
1902. l4
Eugene Hay was at the department
of justice in the matter of an appeal
in the case of the government VS.. the
Northern Pacific railroad, as to locat-
ing a terminus at Ashland.
Ex-Gov Merriam returned from New
York today.
Judge A. NJ. Harrison, of Mime
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-24
EGGS ARE BOOMING.

scarclty Causes an Increase in
Price-May Be a Famine.
Eggs are selling in st. Paul at the highest
price attained in seven years The quotation.
wholesale, yesterday was 5000 cents. In
March. 1892 eggs for one or two days sold at
80 cents per dozen. wholesale Leading job
pers are unable to fill orders from retailers
and unless supplies from the country soon
arrive there is strong probability of an egg
famine The Eastern egg markets are under
STOOD to be almost depleted and prices ruling
are relatively as high as in ST. Paul
Jobbers say that it is fully seven years
SINCE receipts from country points have been
as light as at present and the supply in colo
storage is almost exhausted
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-24
ON THE ENGINEER
Depends Largely the Trains Keep
ing Up to Its Schedule.

From the Chicago Record
The engineer is big factor in the making
OF time with train that has hard schedule
There are some men who are good engineers
in every respect save that they cannot make
fast time and can never be relied upon to
keep train UP to a fast schedule. There are
others who can make fast time when there is
nothing of particular consequence involved,
but when they are given to know that the
schedule is fast one, and that much depends
on making it they fail. There are other men
who always make the time If it Is within the
limits of human power. Those are engineers
who have the reputation of being able to take
late train and invariably make up time
with it, even against odds so great that the
men who handled 1t just before them stead
lily lost time.
When speed Is to be kept up to an average
of ffty-fv sixty miles an hour and WHEN
night runs must be made, storms faced late
connections waited for and the time caught
UP and dozen other hard problems faced
and conquered the engineer is looked to
above all else. The good runner is usually
man with jaw and physiognomy that in
dictate great determination and courage. He
is almost always of the utmost GOODNESS and
the quickest action in emergencies. He is a
rare combination of courage and caution, Of
reserve and daring, Of personal independence
and Of unquestioning obedience to orders.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-24
VARIOUS DEVICES
10 Put Life Into the Old Stngers O,
the Race Track

~ Ut LIE INTO the Old StnGers m
the Race Track
From the New Orleans Times-Democrat
Yes, I've seen the electric spur" said
JoVlai old sportsman who has followed the
horses FOR many long year, land I've seen
1t pull off some big winnings, too, but the
machine is back number now-on the shelf
entirely. The spur was connected with small
ory batteries, and would shoot such a charge
OF electricity into any broken old skate that
ne would simply make the run of his life
v! course it was used on the shadiest kind
OF tracks only, and SO many people had to
De taken into the secret that it was certain
70 ieak out. Nowadays all that kind of crook
ed business has gravitated down to the hypo-
uermlc syringe, and l don't doubt but that
II reduced to science, although there is
great deal less of 1t done than some of the
cranks claim. An expert chemist who wants
70 put lie Tor one race into broken down
nag, can DO 1t easily by squirting q little CO
came under the skin, and he can lust as
easily make the animal crazy or fractions or
stupid. When there's a very surprising re
versal or form and some queer condolences
IN the betting, you can always hear plenty of
talK ABOUT the hypodermic needle as altering
a plausible explanation, but it's lust as well
10 remember that no owner who cares a con-
per Ior ms horse is going to allow him to be
.ampered with in that style unless he's abso-
iutely on his last legs"
All newsdealers sell the Globe Year Book
and Almanac. ~
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-24
TELEGRAPHIC BREWTIES.

WASHINGTON, Feb 23-Lord Beresford
left here for New York today at 10 a. M.
to take a steamer Saturday for England.
CHICAGO, Feb. 23.-Fire today destroyed
the Lind building. IS to 80 Market street,
one Of the few building which stood intact
through the great fire of 1871
MADISON. Wis. Feb. 23.-The convention
of the state historical society closed today
with the reading of several papers vari-
Gus topics historical of the state
WASHINGTON. Feb. 23.-Senor Rivera
ard Senior E. D. Rio. the Filipino educa-
tional embassy, left last night for Halifax,
from which port they sail for England.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-24
RIVERS AND HARBORS.
Senate Devoted Entire Day to Con-
sideratiOn CT the Measure.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-During the
entire session today until o'clock the
senate had under consideration the
river and harbor bill. Good progress
was made, eighty-nine pages having
been disposed of, with the exception Of
one amendment.
Consideration will be resumed tomor-
row at II o'clock