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The Partisan Way.

1t must be hard for the untraveled
Anglo-Saxon to grasp the idea that a
poet can without loss of prestige recite
his lines in a public cafe before mix
ed audience. If such doubling souls
could, however, be present at one Of
these noctes ambrosian8, they would
quickly realize that the Latin temper
ament can throw a grace and childish
abandon around an act that would
cause an Englishman or an American
to appear supremely ridiculous. Ones
taste or sense of fitness is never shock
ed. 1t seems the most natural thing in
the world to be sitting there with your
glass of beer before you while some
rising poet whose name ten years later
may figure among the Immortal For
ty'' recites to you his loves and his
ambition or brings tears into your eyes
with a description of some humble
hero or martyr.-Eliot Gregory in Scrib-
ner's.
The Press., 1900-04-19

IT SAVED HIS LEe.-P. A. Danforth, of
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months with frightful running sore on
his leg, but writes that Bucklen's Arnica
Salve wholly cured it in ten days. For
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Piles it's the best salve in the world.
Cure guaranteed. Only 25c. 6
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The Press., 1900-04-19
He Missed his slippers.

When young man. the late John
Lewis, r. A, went to India and Egypt
and was away about Is years. When
he returned to his mothers house in
Portland place, he almost Immediately
pulled off his boots and commenced to
hunt about at one end of the parlor
fender and seemed terribly put about.
iously what he wanted.
INV slippers" said he when
went away, | left them just down
there. Now. where are they pitt
RitS
The Press., 1900-04-19

At rough estimate there are Is ,OOO.-
900 pairs of gloves imported into this
country each year. +'----
The Press., 1900-04-19

MONEY to Patent Good Ideas may be
1X1 secured by our aid. Address
THE PATENT RECORD, Baltimore, Nd.
The Press., 1900-04-19
Seeing and Knowing.

An eminent lord chief justice who
was trying right Of way case had be-
fore him witness, an old farmer who
was proceeding to tell the jury that he
had "knowed the path for go year, and
my feyther towld l as he heard my
Granddaughter say
"Stop! cried the judge. eve can't
have any hearsay evidence here"
"Noir' exclaimed Farmer Giles
''Then how dost know who thy feythel
was, 'cept by hearsay?"
After the laughter had subsidized the
judge said, In courts of law we can
only be guided by what you have seen
with your eyes and nothing more mol
less"
''Oh, that be blowed for a talew re-
piled the farmer. Il ha' got bile on
the back of my neck, and l never seed
'un, but l be prepared to swear he's
there, dang 'un!'
This second triumph Oh the part OF
the witness set in torrent of hearsay
evidence about the footpath, which OBJ
tanned weight with the jury, albeit the
judge told them it was not testimony
of any value, and the farmers party
won.
The Press., 1900-04-19
The Truthful Prince.

In his book about Persia, 1.-The Land
Of the Lion and the Sum-" DIR. Wills
says that he was once conversing with
the kings son, and large circle Of
courtiers and priests filled the room.
The prince narrated his exploits in
hunting the antelope the previous day
and gravely stated that while pursuing
a pair of ahu when riding very rest
i've horse his headstall broke.
"What should you have done, doc
tori" asked the prince.
81 should have tried to stick on as
long as the ground was good and, ex-
pecting an accident, have awaited it,
"Ah, that was because you were not
q prince he said. Il leaned forward,
and, unclasping my belt, placed it in
the horses mouth as bride, and,
thus directing him, pursued my game
and killed both antelope"
All the circle applaudeds as of course
they were bound to do. DIR. Wills was
silent. ....-...
"You don't mean to say you don't
believe that?" said the prince. "Speak
out if you don't. 1 shan't be offended
in the least"
"Well, your .highness, don't believe
it,
"Quite right, darogh bood'' Gt was a
lie), unblushingly replied his royal
highness and burst into fit of laugh
ter quite unabashed. The circle CT
courtiers, of course, were convulsed.
The Press., 1900-04-19

Cleveland Plain Dealer
The evening times., 1900-03-06
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
senOr Latimer's Objections to the
Porto Rican Tariff Bill.

Among the callers at the White House
today were Senators Fairbanks and Bever-
idge Of Indiana. The latter remained for
some time in conference with the Presi-
dent after his colleague had left for the
Capitol. but when he emerged from the pri-
vate Office he said that it would be impos-
sible for him to say word about his inter-
view. When asked if the Senate would
amend or throw out the Porto Rican tariff
bill, he replied: THAT question is too
leading for me to answer"
Although Senators Thurston, Mcmillan,
Burrows. and Foraker were each clos
eted with the President for few minutes,
they declared that there was no important
business transacted
Senors Latimer and Amades. of the dele
CATION from Porto Rico. called to see the
President but could not wait until the ad-
journment of the Cabinet meeting.
Senor Latimer said Il think the coun-
try will see that a mistake has been made
in the Tariff bill as it has passed the House
of Representatives. While the people of
Porto Hieo appreciate the suggestion OF
the President to Congress, by which the
duties are to be applied to the benefit of
the island, that was not our hope, and We
are naturally disappointed in the bill as
1t stands. / believe that an early realza-
tion OF the mistake will come to the peo-
pie here, and that Congress will right the
wrong. ! did not call to see the President
on that subject, but merely to introduce
my friend Amades"
The evening times., 1900-03-06
DEATH OF J. E. FITZGERALD.
The New York Orator and Politician
Expires Suddenly

NEW YORK, March 6.-The varied life
of John e. Fitzgerald, lawyer, orator. and
politician, came to a sudden end last night.
In the midst OF an evenings gayety he
dropped dead in McCormick's cafe, at No.
272 Columbus Avenue.
Fitzgerald lived at No. 32S West Sew
enty-second Street, formerly the home OF
Nine. Connolly, the dressmaker. Many
years ago. while Fitzgerald was president
of the Municipal Council of the Irish Ma
tional Alliance, he met her. Nine. Con-
nelly, whose real name was Leddy, fell in
love with him. In February, 1891, they
were, married. During their engagement
Nine. Connolly bought the Seventy second
Street house, and, through his soi:ita-
tions, decided it to him.
Their married life was more or less mar
red by disputes. In 1897 these eliminated
in an appeal to the courts. The wife sought
an injunction restraining Fitzgerald ON
disposing of the property. She alleged
that through his representations she had
been induced to deed the house over to
him. and that subsequently he had decided
it to Howard Thayer Kingsbury. In turn
her and her husband as tenants,
and when she demanded the e
turn of the property he refused to
give it up. During all this trouble Fitz-
gerald lived in the house with his wife
The case was fought out almost to the
end, and then compromised
short time ago his wife died She
left two wills. both vague and unsatisfac-
tory, and the husband chose TO put forth
the one that left to him the most property
The dead woman's relatives feeling that
they had been defrauded of their rights
contested and the matter has Just come
into the courts.
In one will Mrs. Fitzgerald made an
equal distribution Of her estate By her
trade OF dressmaking she had made a con-
siderable fortune. and this, equally divided
would have meant a good deal of wealth
for her relatives. Fitzgerald announced
however. that he would spend every cent
in fighting to the last.
Last night he and party of friends stop
ped IL at the cafe on their way downtown |
had just called upon the barten- /
Ter TO serve them when he gasped suddenly /
and staggered against the bar The next I
instant he fell. He was lifted and carried 1
10 chair. while the friends hurried out 1
n search OF a physician. In the mean
while the crowd In the cafe was greatly
excited. policeman was summoned. and
call sent for an ambulance. AS il ar
lived two doctors came in. A glance
showed that Fitzgerald was dead
Coroner's Physician OHanlon gave
permit TO remove it TO the home in Seven
y-second Street. He said that death was
due TO heart disease. b.
The evening times., 1900-03-06
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.
TUESDAY. MARCH 6, 1909.
The Pacific Cable.

Everybody in this country sees the need
of Pacific cable to assist in the develop
ment Of our Eastern commerce, and TO IA
cilitate communication, governmental and
private, between the mainland States and
Territories and their sisters beyond the
seas. Just how this great public facility
should be secured has been a question
which has bothered the appropriate com
mittees of Congress. General Greely,
Chief of the Signal Service and the War
and Navy Departments have urged that
for public reasons of administrative and
military character such a link between the
Continent and its armies. naval stations.
and territorial capitals should be con-
structed. owned and operated by the Gov
ernment, and on no account by private per
sons or corporations.
1t is this sort of argument which has
perturbed the Republican patriots in Con-
gress who are charged with the duty OF
rushing through some agreed subsidy ca
bic bill in time to secure campaign sub
scriptions from its beneficiaries. Not that
they ever thought of promoting Govern
ment ownership measure. Money cannot
legally be taken directly out of the Treas
Try for use in Presidential elections. 1t
an be had for such purposes, however, by
processes of indirection. We suppose for
sNample that q bank which was allowed
ihe free use of ten million dollars Of pub
lic money for a year could and probably
would have to divide its seven or eight
gndred thousand dollars profit with the
'rlpaign box. Perhaps. similarly. a cable
mpany sure of an annual subsidy of four
rIGdred thousand dollars or such a mat
;7r. would be glad to do little for the
cause
Be that as ii may, it is reported that the
House Committee on Interstate and For
eign Commerce has decided that private
Ownership and a subsidy form the proper
oasis of a Pacific cable and carefully con-
fected job will be presented for the opera
tion Of the previous question in conse-
quence. There is a most attractive pros
pect Of loot in connection with the scheme.
The situation is not complicated by the
fact that there are several cable compa-
nies in the field; it is simplified. They
viii only have to walk up to the captains
Office and express their views on political
liberality. Competition is the soul OF
trade
The evening times., 1900-03-06
Mistaken Ideals.

The Atlanta papers contain the account
of dismal and entirely unnecessary trag-
edy which has taken place in that city.
Two boys, one sixteen years old, the other
fourteen, had an alteration. and the
younger stabbed the elder. causing his
death. Both boys appear to have belonged
TO good families, and the youthful slayer
is said to be heartbroken over the results
of his act
state of civilization in which two
youngsters, whose parents move in decent
society, can become involved in trouble
of this kind needs much improvement.
According to all appearances, neither of
the boys was particularly vicious. 1t
seems TO have been simply a case where a
child, under the mistaken impression that
stabbing people is manly drew a knife, in
moment of resentment, with the full in
tent TO kill. That he was very sorry for it
afterward only proves that he was not an
innately vicious boy. He was merely mis-
led by false idea Of courage. The wound
was not of a kind which could be made
with the ordinary jack-knife nor with any
weapon which small boy has any bust
ness 10 carry
Il, is about time that every citizen of
average intelligence in the United States
should understand what is and what is
not civilization. War is one thing: pri-
vate feud is another. Bravery is admira-
BILE, but shooting another man for the fun
Of the thing is not. The pioneer who goes,
at the risk of his life, daring tortures more
terrible than death, to fight savage and
depredating Indians. is something of a
hero; but there is nothing heroic in FORM
ing one of a howling mob around a stake
where wretched criminal is slowly roast
ing. We do not expect Pete jerks and
Bill Sykes. the burglar. TO refrain from
carving one another when the humor takes
them; We can understand how a creature
innately depraved and vicious can torture
a fellowbeing for the sake of revenge;
but the intelligent citizen. with q home of
his own and presumably an interest in the
welfare of the State, is not expected to
indulge his private animosities in just
these ways. There may have been an eX-
cuse for dueling when the country was
new and unsettled; there is certainly none
now. And there is no reason. in the laws
of heaven or earth or human society. for a
boy of fourteen. in peaceable community,
10 stab another to death in fit of pas
sion. II would be great deal better TO
teach the youths TO fight if they must
light with their fists and obey the ordinary
rules of pugilism- Under that arrange
ment they viii not kill~each other. and
they will refrain from foul play. bullying,
and manning
The evening times., 1900-03-06
OFFICIALS GOING TO PARIS.
Those Who VIII Have Charge of the
Agricultural Exhibit.

The Department of Agriculture will send
the following named men to the Paris Ex-
position to install and superintend the
agricultural exhibits which was recently
shipped to the French capital:
NJ L. Floyd, of the Division of Soils.
who sailed several days ago and will have
charge of the exhibit furnished by his de-
partment; VI. \ Carleton, who will sail for
Paris tomorrow and superintend the cereal
exhibit OF the department. and Prof H. W.
Wiley. who will be in charge of the chemi-
cal exhibit and OF foods and beverages.
Prof. Wiley said this morning that he
would serve on the jury of awards of the
Exposition and would leave for France on
April %. While in Paris he said he will
investigate as far as possible many mat
ters now in his hands and hoped to accom-
plish a great deal Major H. E. AlvOrd
will go in charge of the Bureau of Animal
Industry and will leave Immediately. W.
A. Taylor. of the Division of Pomology
will represent this branch OF the depart
meut in Paris
The evening times., 1900-03-06
BOcr journalism.
from the Pail Nall Gazette

u rom the ran Mall GaZette.)
An English woman, writing to THE
Cape Times from Barkly West, by way of
showing the condition Of things under Boer
rule, says: at is really most irritating
being cut off from newsI mean news Of
the progress of the campaign The only
newspapers We ever have chance CT read
ing land that is only very occasionally are
the Boer organs. The Volksstem' The
Standard and Diggers News and The
Bloemfontein Express. and the sameness of
their reports of the different engagements
makes one very tired. Usually we read of
the loss on the Boer side OF six or at.
the most ten, men, while the British never
seem to lose fewer than two thousand. |
have noticed that there has not yet been a
single fight in which the British loss has
been computed at less than~2 1000. while at
MOdder River and Colenso we are told that
the British loss was on each occasion GER
tainly not fewer than 5,GG0 men. At this
rate, when is the coronation of Kruger To
take place at Westminster Abbey? These
papers have annoyed me so much that now
refuse to read them at all. AS an Eng
lish woman. | need not say how dreadful
it is to read that the British soldiers are
halfhearted and that they had to be fired
upon by their own officers to make them
advance
The evening times., 1900-03-06
A Blind Railroad porter

(From the Memphis Commercial Appeal)
There is a blind negro employed at
the YazoO and Mississippi Valley station
at Shelby, Miss, who is certainly a
wonder.
The darky's name is Marshall Bright
He is totally bereft of the power of sight
Notwithstanding this physical hindrance.
Marshall attends to all the duties of a
porter around the station. He handles
freight, puts out switch lights. and ceals
freight cars as correctly as any person
could do who is blessed with good sight.
In fixing the switch lights in the even
ing he adjusts the flame of the lamp by
passing his finger over the blaze His
sense of touch is so acute that he can tell
just when the lampwiek is properly ad-
justed.
Bright has been employed around the
station for number of years, and al
though he is constantly around the rail-
road tracks he has never had but one mis-
hap. Several years ago. before he became
thoroughly familiar with the trains. he
was brushed off the track by a slowly
moving train. He was not hurt, though.
by the accident.
The evening times., 1900-03-06
Popularity of Cremation

From the Popular Science Monthly
Statistics of cremation, presented by NJ.
Bonneville at the recent annual meeting
of the society in Paris, show that the num-
Der of incinerations at the Pere Lachaise
Crematory has almost steadily increased
since 1889. and that the whole number last
year was 4,513. making 81 ,O6S from the be-
ginning. A fair proportion of the number
were women. There are now in Europe and
America seventy crematories TWENTY
seven of which are in Italy and twenty in
the United States. Cremation is making
good progress in England, where four Gre
matores are reported from, and two are IN
course of erection. Germany has six
where 423 incinerations took place in 1885
Switzerland and Sweden have two each,
Denmark one. and one has been authorized
in Norway
The evening times., 1900-03-06
A RFUBENS PAINTING SEIZED.
''The Holy Family" Canyns Held by
Custom-House officials.

NEW YORK March Especial Inspec-
tor Charles H. Traitteur. OF the law di-
vision of the Custom House, and Special
Agent Norton yesterday seized the Rubens
picture, The Holy Family" at the gall
lery of Fifth Avenue art dealer. The
painting was entered at the local custom
house on December Il last. by Eugene
FischOff. an art dealer in the Astor Court
Building. 12 West Thirty fourth Street 1t
was valued at $25. 600 and was passed by
the United States appraisers. and duty was
paid en- the fixed valuation. 1t has since
been ascertained by Inspector Traitteur
that the painting was undervalued some
S20, Goo, having been sold at executors
sale of the estate of Sir Cecil Miles Bart
in London last May, for about s43 O00
The seizure was ordered because OF this
alleged differentiation. II will be resub-
mitted tC the United States General Ap-
praisers. and should they order a 50 per
cent increase on the original valuation the
picture under the law. will become an
absolute forfeiture to the United States
Government. II the valuation is increased
from % TO ~ per cent a graded penalty
will be imposed, in addition TO the addl-
tional duties
According to Inspector Traitteur. Mr
FisChoff says he has disposed Of the paint
ing to the Fifth Avenue dealer at private
sale. The picture shows the Virgin sup.
porting the infant Jesus standing on her
lap. TO whom ST. John stretches out his
arms. In size it is five feet eight inches
long and six feet seven inches wide.
The evening times., 1900-03-06
Wit and Humor.

Urom the Louisville Courier-Journal)
The professional humorist never had anv stand
Ing IN Congress-in the American Congress Tom
COrwin Sunset Cox, and Proctor Knott were
anything but professional in that behalf They
were spontaneous. So is John Allen. John Ran
dolph was wit; so is Thomas b. Reed, and the
critics say there is a difference between wit and
humor. One day Springer came marching down
the aisle like whirlwind, and, interrupting
Thomas b. Reed, exclaimed: "rT infornr~fbe
gentleman from Maine that would rather be
right than President" To that Reed renlied
quick as fash: but you will never be either
That was wit Years ago Gurley, a preacher of
the lniverSalist faith, a member of Congress from
a Cincinnati district, made a speech criticising
General Mcclellan, who was then about to set out
on his campaign against Richmond that collapsed
in the Seven Days battle. S. s Cox answered him
IN speech that kept the country laughing
month. Among other things Cox said that Guriev
had faith to believe that the pearly gates of
heaven would be wide enough to admit the rebel
general, Humphrey Marshall who weighed 400
pounds, but he could not find sufficient faith
though less than in the estimation of a grain OF
mustard seed in bulk. to place in the only Union
general who had yet achieved military success Of
moment. That humor
The evening times., 1900-03-06
MISSION OF THE CHURCHES.
Bird =. CoIer Says Their Doors should
he Thrown Open

SYRACUSE, y. Y, March 6.-The Twen-
tieth Century Thank Offering Convention
OF the Central New York Methodist Epis-
copai Conference opened at the First NJ
E. Church here last night with a public
meeting. Comptroller Bird S. Coler of
New York, was the principal speaker. his
topic being the Need of a Broader Church
Work" He said in part:
Il believe the masses of the people in
our great cities are away from the church
es simply because the churches are away
from them. My experience in Methodism
is confined wholly to the city in which I
live. and having a fair acquaintance with
the people of New York gives ne a right
at least to speak frankly
1T is waste of money to build a 5000. =
coo church and then use il only once or
twice week. These immense auditoriums
that We now own should be thrown open
for education as well as for religious
teachings.
There should be libraries connected
with every church. and certain educational
work should be started. do not mean
necessarily the days schools. Citizenship
cannot, and will not, be taught in those
SchCOIS OWING 10 Ine youth OF the pupils.
The higher development of man always
takes place after he has left school In
this the church can and must become in
terested.
If We are to have a better government
We must have better citizens, and some
thing must be done to make them When
you have made a good citizen you have
brought a man more than half way into
the church. 1t is hard to overestimate the
amount of good done by such institutions
as the University Settlement Society of
New York.
THE church has had little success in the
great cities of late years, to my mind be-
cause there has been too much contempIa-
tion and devotion, and if you please. too
little activity