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ing grown man or woman fawnngly
eager to receive a few bits of silver, and
Indifferent or even insolent if they are
not forthcoming; and that is too often the
effect produced by the feeling system upon
the worker
As for the system from the workers
point of view, it is about as bad as it can
be. In the first place the honest and in
dustrious will endeavor TO serve one per-
son just carefully and quickly as an
other; but it is very difficult to do this
under the tipping regime; because every
thing is adjusted to suit the needs of
those who give large gratuties. In a
hotel where this system prevails. the cooks
and other kitchen employees expect to be
bribed TO give preference TO one waiter
more than another, and manifestly the
employe cannot do this unaided by gratui-
ties; so the waiter who gets large fees. and
is thus able to brbe the cooks, does the
best work, while the one who tries to give
equal attention to all comers, without re-
gard to fees. is less quick in serving and
often unable to give satisfaction. There
is something demoralizing about the whole
business; though TO the credit OF human
nature, be ii said some people manage 10
take fees without losing either their self
respect or their honesty.
This, then. is the effect of lowering
wages below the. living point where per-
sonal service is required The fee comes
in to make it possible fer the worker 10
live. similar lowering OF wages In
trades. where personal service is not re-
quired frequently produces a strile; be-
cause those engaged in such employments
have not the fee to fall back upon. This
cut in wages is defended. presumably. on
the grounds that the company cannot af-
ford TO pay more. But there is profit
enough to allow the establishment of
monumental school Ii is not the first
time that the poor have been taxed few
cents apiece. and part of the money thus
gathered has been used TO build a monu
ment for the glory OF the rich. That is not
the way to make prosperous country. Ii
is much better that the people should be
paid fair wages and allowed to build their
own schools and churches. The feudal
system OF ps stronage and taxation ought TO
be out of date by this time.
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AN AsTRoLoGIsT BANIsHED.
Prot" Gray Made Thousands of Dol
lars in Atlanta.

ATLANTA. Ga. Feb. 10.-The police have
banished Prof" George Bray. an alleged
astrologist, who has gained hundreds OF
dollars from Atlanta citizens. Gray came
here several days ago and placed adver
tisements in the papers offering 10 reveal
the future and accomplish wonderful things
on the payment Of fee of 81. His Offices
in the Marion Hotel were thronged all
day. When once the client reached the
inside he learned that only three questions
could be asked for 81 and that s. was re-
quired for a full reading of ones fortune.
Ii is estimated that from the time Gray has
been operating here he made $500 day
A case was made against Gray for en-
gaging in the fortune-teIling business
against which there is a city ordinance
and he was fined S25 and ordered to leave
town.
The evening times., 1900-02-10

This is an age OF surprises. The other
day a man who had been cured of a broken
neck was discharged from New York
hospital Frederick Barto, of Someryille,
y. j.. has not only lived for five days with
a part of the front of his skull torn away.
but with fracture at its base. Besides,
be has been conscious and able 10 converse
intelligently the while. These facts are
strange when it is known that previous 10
receiving his injuries he was a paralytic
and inclined 10 melancholia. His condi-
ton. so far as these troubles are concerned,
is remarkably improved. That mysterious
organ. the brain. is yet imperfectly under
stood. with all the progress that has been
made in medical science. Perhaps the in
vestigations of the near future will dis
close facts concerning its dominating in
iiuence in many bodily ills that will enable
the practitioner to more successfully COM
bat disease. Doctoring the brain is now
adays a delicate and frequently fatal pro-
cess. There may come time when the
secrets OF the sensitive seat CT the mind
will be penetrated and when il will be dis
covered tudi tue hOuN hdH pitth D1th
treated where the brain itself should have
been the direct recipient Of curatives. A
thoroughly unbalanced mind has sometimes
been restored to a normal condition by an
accidental blow. In this there is a crude
suggestion for relief which some studous
investigation may yet develop into scien-
tific system. When that day comes. ner-
vous diseases may be made to yield as
readily to treatment as the measles, and
there may be no such unfortunates as the
hopelessly insane.
The evening times., 1900-02-10

The story that Admiral Dewey brought
Aguinaldo to Manila under promise of a
grant of Filipino independence. has been
revived again by one Howard W. Bray.
who declares that he acted as interpreter
between the Admiral Consul General
Pratt. and the Tagal and was therefore
cognizant OF the promise. Admiral Dewey
SAYS the yarn is lie; that he never saw
Bray in his life and had only heard of him
as a disreputable adyenturer in the paw
of the Filipino Junta at Hongkong. But
no doubt. Hoar. Hale, Wellington. and the
lesser bolo men in Congress. will believe
BRAY and disbelieye the Admiral Of the
Navy. The longevity Of a lie is proven
hial
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A SIXTEEN-IO-ONE GAVEL.
4 Tennessee Man Makes One for the
Demorratir COnNeation.

NASHVILLE. Tenn. Feb 1o.--D II.
Fairbanks Of Sparta. Tenn, who made the
gavel used at the Chicago Democratic Con
yentiou which nominated Hon. William !.
Bryan in 1896, and also the beautiful flag
staG of wood from every State and Terri
tory in the United States exhibited at TIE
Tennessee Centennial Exposition. is row
making gaveI 10 be composed OF pieces
Of wood from every State and Territory in
the Union bound at each end with eight
strands of silver and in the middle with
enc Of gold. 70 represent i6 10 I.
This gavel. he intends. shall b. used in
the next Democratic convention. b is the
expectation OF MIR Fairban nks TO present
the gavel tOthe nominee. Mr.. Fairbanks
had much difficulty in securing the pieces
of wood frCm every section in the Union.
and has letters from persons furnishing
the pieces yOUcning for the geuuineness Of
each piece furnished. He has the gavei
used by the Democrats IN 1896 and will
prpseut If to Mr. BRYAN.
The evening times., 1900-02-10

The Kentucky Legislature is in session
at Louisville. where the Governor OF the
State has also temporarily established his
headquarters. II is announced that the
holting Republican minority. now occupy
ing an eligible position III Taylor's moon
shine mountain stronghold. has decided,
under orders from the insurgent leader to
attempt the kidnapping OF some OF the leg
islators at Louisville. Should such an ef-
fort be made the postponed trouble will
begin and no one can tell just when or
where it may end, except that the certain
final result will be the restoration of law
and order in Kentucky. and probably the
arrest, conviction. and execution Of some
of the iusurrectionists.
The evening times., 1900-02-10
A Battered Hero.
(From the Chicago Journal.D }

1t IS reported from august seat of Gov
ernmeBt at Washington that Rear Admiral Crown
Inshield. Chlef OF the Bureau of Navigation has
been ordered into drydock and is undergoing re-
pairs. His plates have been considerably strain.
ed, his mizzen turret is out OF order, and the
speed of his larboard steam gauge is good deal
retarded by accretionS of official barnacles; all
this as the result OF his arduous efforts in
behalf of his country during the Spanish war.
when he sat at Washington on the board of
strategy and wrenched his voice and his pen arm
making heroes 10 order for Secretary Long
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Both Machine

Doth Machine Men--Now that a
peaceful settlement OF their unprecedented
difficulties is in sight Kentuckians are be
ginning to speak out plainly OIL the char
acter of the two men who mainly were to
blame for the shameful conditions de-
yeloped at Frankfort. 1t is being shown
that Goebel was quite as much machine
candidate as Taylor was The only differ
crce between them on this score was that
Goebel employed a machine of his own
construction in securing the Democratic
nomination. while Taylor secured his
nomination through the powerful aid OF
the Republican National machine under
the manipulation of Mark Hanna. There
are hundreds CT Kentucky Democrats who
today will say that had any other man
than the Napoleonic Goebel been nOmi
mated the party would have swept the field
with an old-time majority of forty thou
sand or more. There are hundreds of
sane and respectable Republicans who con
tend now that had a Republican OF the
character OF John W. Yerkes been noLi-
mated against Goebel the partys victory Of
four years ago would have been repeated
despite the fact that all of the election
machinery was in the hands Of the Demo-
Gratis. There is. no doubt al all that with
out Hanna's assistance Taylor could
not have been nominated. and there
is no doubt at all that put for
his splendid personal machine Goebei could
not have headed the Democratic ticket
While there is no room for dispute cn the
Democratic claim that as man and poll
fr~N III h.
rior of Taylor. both in purity of character
and cleanliness OF methods yet they were
both so weak within their respective par
ties that a parallel on this score can be
fairly drawn between them. Indsputaby
Goebel was the most powerful personality
in Kentucky. Before he was foully shot
down by an assassin few men loved Eim
but many Kentuckans OF proud lineage
feared him. He was a new thing 10 the
politics of Kentucky. He was a boss in
the strictest sense OF that term. There
can be no denying the fact that there was
a rigid caste feeling against him by rea-
son of the circumstance CT his humble
origin. This is something that few people
outside of Kentucky can understand. and
those who know OF its existence and OF the
insuperable barriers il has maintained in
Kentucky foI a hundred years realize that
il is a hopeless task 10 attempt to i'm
press its Importance upon minds not de-
velCped in the Bluegrass environment. On
this point Taylor had no advantage of
GCebel. The usurper's ancestry is quite
as unknown in Kentucky if he, like the
original man of the Hindu Koosh. had
sprung fresh from the primoridal forces OF
nature. Former Governor Bradley. on the
contrary. belongs 10 the caste, and be is
known to despise Taylor as cordially as
does any Democrat in the State 1t is told
by well-informed kentuckians that NOT Un-
til the TaylOTites. with the National Ad-
ministratiOn at their back. had pledged
their support TO him for the Senate-had
actually entered into written contract
did Bradley throw his powerful influence
in the scales for TAYLOR.
The evening times., 1900-02-10

We do not see exactly why our Irish
friends should continue their insistence
that President Mckinley ought to inter
vene in the South African war-that is
unless they feel degree of sympathy for
Great Britain for which we have never
given them credit
The evening times., 1900-02-10
POLITICAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

Senator Deboe,s Part.-That Senator
Deboe is largely responsible for Taylor
stubborn stand at Frankfort is generally
believed by all well-informed Kentuckians
of both parties, but not until his boast
yesterday that it was mainly on his advice
that Taylor has refused to sign the agree
ment of the Louisville peace conference
were many people in Washington aware
that the Senator is standing in the way OF
the early restoration of civil government
in Kentucky. There is no denying the
fact that Kentuckians are convinced that
Senator Deboe has furnished big part
of the brains and backbone to the usurper
barricaded in the State House at Frank
fort Senator Deboe left Frankfort the
night before Goebel was killed. 1t is con-
tended that il was his duty to return at
once to the scene of excitement and exert
his utmost influence in behalf of peace and
order. He was accompanied by former
Secretary of State Finley who is described
as one OF the most thoroughly desperate
Republicans in the State. Finley's where
abouts, by the way have not been made
known since he left Frankfort. He is
mountaineer and il is suggested as pos
sibility that he is in the mountains firing
the hearts of his ignorant and irresponsi-
BILE followers to further resistance to the
law. II is also. thought probable that he
came Oh to Washington with Senator De-
Doe and will remain here until he consid-
ers il entirely safe TO return to Frank
fort. II Senator Deboe were peaceably in
clined il is thought his presence al Frank
fort would soon restore peace, but since
his voice is for war, il is considered pos
iti,e benefit 10 the situation that he pre-
fers to stay in Washington until few
thousands OF the walking arseuals. peram-
bulating the Bluegrass State at present
conclude te lay aside some OF their arms
Though Ect a mountaineer, Senator De-
boe's following is said TO come malnl2
from that element and he is accused OF
playing upon their class prejudice TO ian
the flames Of hatred and defiance OF the
civil authority.
The evening times., 1900-02-10
The Field of Invention. wide Open
From the Kansas City StarA

ktihiu iiit Adsi>a5 NitA 'tdl-
There is fortune in store for the man who can
devise perfect sender for street cars device
is needed prevent elevators from starting while
passengers are stepping into the car. There are
millions in a cheap. durable street pavement
Every day life i somewhere crushed out by
trolley In the best cared for buildings ele
vators put in at the greatest expense every once
in a while become agents OF disaster. Asphalt,
the best pavement known. costs the owner of a
ffty-foot 10i 500 The field OF the Investor is
practically unlimited
The evening times., 1900-02-10
A Necessary Prcca

ct rom fuCk-(
II was the eve Of the DAY OF het large reception
'Aud. Jame>'' she was saving TO her butler
''bc very particular 70 see that the umbrella jar
in the hallway is Kept constantly rcple nisIed.''
The evening times., 1900-02-10
To Change the CapitaI.-Tbe


the Kentucky Democrats are organizing
their Government at Louisville is regard
ed as not improbable foreruner of
strong movement to change the permanent
seat of the State Government to that city
1t is pointed out that in a city as large
as Louisville. with a modern social and
governmental organization it would be
impossible to witness anything like a re-
currence of the unprecedented and dis
graceful occurrences al Frankfort. 1t is
held that in the very nature of things the
assassination of Goebel never could have
occurred in Louisville. or if by some i'm
probable accident the police had failed to
arrest the horde of murderous mountain
GERS who committed the wretched crime
as they came into the city loaded down
with firearms and other deadly weapons,
Taylor would not have been able to keep
the police from making an immediate
search of the building for the murderers.
For this reason, aside from innumerable
other advantages offered by Louisville. it
is said that powerful effort will be made
by the Democrats to remove the capital
from the squalid, unkempt little town of
Frankfort to the metropolis of Kentucky
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ExtreuPies.
2 Detroj, Jour1sl.}

(From the Detgoi, Jourrsl.}
Genealogist-IIave you any preference. nJi5'al
Parvenue-Unly this. II will he necessary tnr u'
to come OF a long-lived ancestry. portrait ga'-
lerv Is so dresdfllly small!
The evening times., 1900-02-10
CURRENT HUMoR.
How He new.

From The Baltimore American)
Yorkrode-Mrs. Wsibrook entertained qU'tc
crowd OF Ladies Yesterday. u Was either net
sewing circle her whist club.
Towson- do yoH kEovg
Yorkrode-I came by the house and heard theE
all talking at once.
The evening times., 1900-02-10
A Real Doctor og Laws,

EFTbIn tIT NV TUX IIIDuNe-1
President Diaz OF Mexico will grace the degree
of L. d. wfich the University of Pennsylvania
is to confer upon him. There are not many
living men who hive done more ''doctoring'' Of
laws than he sr wso have done it to better effect
for the popular gesd.
The evening times., 1900-02-10
Referc and After.

{From the New YORK Press
was a demi-godF
Yes"
'and n6w?''
"Now he reminds ne HRorc Of . denBjoiin.''
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\ Doubtful Prospect.
lFrorn Pnck.N

Edythe-Are Percy and Beatrice engaged
EtheI-Weli- i-er-conditiOnalIy. III her papa =
wheat deal goes through all right. Of course she
would look higher than Percy; and it her pspa :
wheat deal goes to smash, OF course Percy wolla
take to the woods
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Truly Dreadful.

From the Chicsgo Times iIcri'd)
al go; a letter frem my brother George thi,
morning and he Is in Z disgTacetul STATE.
..uy goodres~. What's be been doing
travelling in Kentucky:
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pnreIN british lnnal.

SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 10. 1900.
The evening times., 1900-02-10

The probabilities are that there will be
no more Friday night sessions of the
House during this term of Congress. The
indications today are that the suggestion
made last night by Mr.. TalbeTt OF South
Carolina will be agreed TO, and that an
understanding will be reached whereby
Saturday will be set apart for the consid
GRAFTON Of private pension bills. Nearly
every member is heartily in favor of the
proposition.
The evening times., 1900-02-10

Representative Levy of New York ap-
peared on the floor of the House last night
attiFed in full dress. He presented a
striking contrast to the other members.
Friends of Mr.. Levy say he never goes out
in the evening without donning fun
dress suit.
The Brunswick times-call. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1900-1902, 1900-09-23

taro v e 3yed the public
our M Arnold Kaiser
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-04-22
THE WIRE MILL SHUT DOWN
Reduction in Price VIII Not Result In
Immediate Opening OF the
Works.

|. NEW YORK. April 2l.-Referrlng to
the action taken by the directors OF
the American Wire and Steel Com
pany. at the special meeting, Mr.. John
w. Gates. according TO the Herald.
snid,
We'll, you see | was right. The di-
rectors saw II too. and every one Of
them voted that / was right The
vote OF the directors was unanim )us-
a yindication am proud OF. What
the directors admit now. by their ac-
tloh In authorizing the reduction in
prices. others viii also admit within a
fortnight 1 told the truth in Wall
street and they thought was lying
said the steel business had reached
it's height and was going back and
Wall street attacked me in every way"
With this cut IN the price Of pro-
ducts the mills closed down the other
day will be re-opened soon. win they
not2" was asked.
NO replied Gates. This W irwin
NO. replied Mt Gates. This will
have no immediate effect on the mills
l cannot say wheA they will open up
but not in the immediate future any
way"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-04-22
PLAGUE IN AUSTRALIA.
its Ravages Continue Unabated-Some
Of Its Remarkable Effects.

VANCOUVER, b. c., April 21-It is
the opinion of Dr. Thompson, presi-
dent of the Sydney board of health,
that there is no hope of an early ces-
sation of the plague and that the epi-
demic can hardly be suppressed under
eight or nine months. The steamer
Miowera from Sydney yesterday
brought news of the spread of the
plague in Australia and of the ineffect-
ual efforts of the colonial government
to stamp it out.
Thousands have been innoculated,
the premiers and members Of his cabi-
net presenting themselves for volun-
tary innoculation to make more easy
the efforts of the health officers in the
lower parts of the city. Continual and
thorough work has been done in the
way of cleaning the city and war has
been waged relentlessly against rats.
A peculiar feature Of the epidemic
has been the death of thousands Of
fish, their dead bodies covering the
surface of some portions of the har-
Dor. 1t is the theory of the plague
experts that the disease has been COM
municated to the fish by dead rats.
Even prawns. which. being a hardy
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-04-22

admiral is particularly interested in
Georgia and Texns
n the delegates In those states can
be sent 10 Kansas city without In
structions or with Instructions to vote
for the admiral, the latter believes the
Bryan south will be transformed into
the Dewey south.
Admiral Dewey's friends are some
what disappointed over the failure Of
former President Cleveland 10 i1ention
him either directly or indirectly In his
letter OF regret TO the Thomas Jefferson
dinner OF the Brooklyn Democratic
club. Mr.. Cleveland Is recognized as
favorable TO the admlrals candidacy y
and some OF the Dewey men think he
might have given impetus to the Dew
cy boom by inserting some reference 10
the almlral's candidacy.
There Is reason TO believe that had
SIR. Cleveland made some pleasant
reference to the admirals candidacy,
the statement OF Dcweys political
Views would have been Immediately
forthcoming.
Tie admIrars friends are anxious II
II be determined TO make the state
ment that lt shall be issued A. a happy
moment.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-04-22
All the Other Stirring News Of
Week Overlooked By British.
BULLER MUST COME HOME
Terrible BIunder al Spiankop Demands Ex.
piation and Warren and Butler Is the
Sacrifice Demanded...AeiiOn Must
Come From Government.

Correspondence Of Associated Press.)
LONDON. April 2l.--The British gov
ernor Of Ashanti. Sir Frederick VI.
Hogdson, stands in danger Of being
murdered and his rule swept out Of
remembrance; the United States is gen
orally considered on the brink Of war
with Turkey; the Paris exhibition ras
been opened; Queen Victoria Is return
ing from her remarkable visit to Ire
land. yet who cares?"
In England there is only one topic,
and that Is Lord Roberts Splonkop
censures and their possible results.
Even the commencement OF the ad-
vance against Prstoria fails to detract
the public interest from the all absorb
ing sensation Of the hour. The week
lies TEEN with comment that defies a
cabled synopsis.
While there is mul,tudinous express
sion OF opinion OF such terrible indict-
ments Of British generals and officers.
and while the authorities differ widely
as to the causes OF their ineificiency
and the remedies therefor. one COM
mon verdict seems to have been reach
ed, which is that Spionkop was ter
rible muddle and that some one must
be brought to book.
Though the cabinet itself appears
scarcely decided upon what course to
pursue. public opinion is pretty clear
ly defined and is unanimous in demand
ing the recall Of General Butler and
General Warren. The placing of Colo
mel Crofton on half pay has merely
whetted the national appetite and the
ravenous demand for action and for
the punishment Of the useless loss Of
loved ones cannot be satisfied with
such meagre bone as Crofton.
Higher heads, it seems, must fall.
1t is probable the government hopes
that General Butler will apply FOR his
own recall, but this seems unlikely
to happen and now the country angri-
~ waits for the act that all sections
Of the press declare must follow the
extraordinary timid publication of
Roberts structures.
a curious feature is that Lord Rob-
erts apparently is not empowered TO
deal with General Butler, or even Gen
eral Warren. both having been direct
ly appointed by the government and,
beyond reporting, Lord Roberts is un-
able to take any action.