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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21

but in 1900 they amounted to 1895, 911. L.aun-
dry machinery. which was not stated sep
arately In 1897, was exported to the value
of 1888 N in 1900. The value of. sewing
machines exported increased from s3.3i0,2f1
in 1897 to 81. ,s42 in 1900. and the apprecia-
ton Of American typewriters in foreign
countries is shown by the increase in ex-
ports from 81 Asa. III in 1897 10 $3.50. 5H in 1860.
Despite the fact that many classes of ma
chinery stated separately in 1900 were in
cluded under the heading AL other ma
chinery'' in 1897, the increase under this
latter heading is from SO, III ,s5S to s21. 91s. 232
The exports of steel rails, which were
largely imported into the United States
from England until a comparatively short
time ago. have increased largely. In 1897
their value was s.. 4s2. 2os. and in 1900. $9.2ls.-
LA. OF this total. British North America
took rails to the value Of g. Ss2. 6s7: Asia and
Oceanica. s., 1Gs, and South America, S.420.-
625. Europe took rails to the value Of $685.
$50. The value Of exports of wire increased
from 81, SIT to $5.9s2,40.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21

ure. Honest and high-class men of
known administrative ability appointed
to Philippine government office will give
Il promise of distinguished success.
For these reasons, therefore, the Phil
ippines should not now be used as Il
political dumping ground for Otficeseek
ers unable to find places under the
American home government. The best
men should be chOsen-not men of whom
the President and his party are glad to
be rid by sending them to the Philip
pines. II this is done there is reason
to believe that the worst phase of the
Philippine situation has now been
reached and passed.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21
Soliloquy of the clearinghouse Man.

To move or not to move. that is the aues-
ton.
Whether tits wiser in the paunch to suffer
The dyspepti: fodder of a v%illainous soul
lion.
Or to pack trunks and fly to other cooking,
And by moving mend it? To pack. to flee,
To go. and by a move to say we end
The NAV ache and the thousand ~frightful
things
That hash is heir to: tits a contamination
Devoutly to be wished. To 90, to move,
To move We know not where. Aye, there's
the rub,
For in that change of room what cooks
might come,
Red armed and grimy handed, to serve the
table,
Must give US pause: there's the respect
That makes calamity Of boarding life;
For who would bear the hash and soups
and prunes.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21

curled in each others arms among 'he
refuse of the shop. Very rarely they al
iourned to Danny's own room. Danny hau
a crab-nke method Of ascending the stairs.
and the cat used to walk beside him. a
stem at a time. 1t required a wonderful
faculty for ascertaining when Danny $
mother was either out or in a tolerant
mood. In the former case it walked In.
head erect. with the confidence of a Sher-
in's officer. Haunting its tail like a banner;
in the latter. it's air was one OF extreme
depreciation, tempered by a winsome trust
fuluess. Its first act was to approach Dam
ny's mother warily. and rub its nose against
her apron in a propitiatory manner which
paved the way to better things. Sometime:
the woman used to gather up Danny on one
knee and the yellow cat on the other. and
weep over them impartially. Under the
stress of her alcoholic self-reoroach she
was possibly not altogether certain In her
mind which was which.
One day Danny's mother went out mop
p~ortunely and left a bloater lying on the
table. The yellow cat may have detected
it's presence from afar, for it came march,
ing joyously into the room, like a warrior
to the fray. In a corner Danny was ex-
p%erimenting with some new methods which
should reliably predetermine upon which
side a spun half-penny would fall. Look
ing presently around. he was aware Of the
cat seated s~erenely upon a bloaterless table.
smiling as smiled the tiger in the rhyme.
There was a blank movement, rendered
interesting to Danny by the sound of his
mothers returning boots upon the stairs.
He gazed about him uselessly. The boots
became imminent. He swept the yellow cat
to the floor and stood waiting.
His mother came swayingly to a pause
in the middle of the room. Her eyes were
fastened upon the empty table. where's
bloaterT!' she demanded.
Dunno said Danny. He was con-
templating a timely retreat to the door. but
his mother continued to block the way.
demanding information about her bloater.
Her face was red. As she lowered above
HIM. her sacking apron looked to Danny az
big as a public park. The yellow cat folded
its paws beneath 1t judiciously and sat
upon them. awaiting developments.
THAT yeller devil took itr, said the
woman. suddenly. with an oath. VERY we'll.
Yer'l sneak up here stealth an honest
woman's bloater. will yer? Yer well. Now
we'll see!"
She advanced upon the crouchine cat. But |
Danny thrust his crooked body in her
Path.
II took utr' he cried. Dyer see, II
was me what took ut"
The woman stopped short and fixed him IL
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21

Danny's deformity was the result of a
whisky-hatched quarrel between his father
and mother. This was why he was set
apart. as by an unwritten law. from the
other children of the alley. He USED 10
sit on the doorstep and watch them play
ing. straight-limbed and shrill Of voice. be-
ings of another world. He never conscious
ly envied them. If, inadvertently. they
pushed against him, he Withdrew into a
corner and cursed them with a fiuency ana
comprehensiveness which only sheer genius.
fostered by exceptional educational advan-
tages, could ever have produced. He had
thus built up for himself a reputation
which went far to make the attitude OF the
other children toward him one of deep re-
spect.
When Danny's mother was only a little
drunk, it was her custom to weep over nm
copiously When she was more than a little
drunk, it was Danny's custom. early ac-
ouired, to hitch his small body expediently
across the landing and down several evil
flights of stairs to the basement. where the
cobbler kept a door always on the jar for
him. He used to crouch in a corner be-
hind the bench, amid the close, hot smell
Of leather and a paraffin lamp, and listen
contentedly to the echo of shrieks and
bumps from the upper regions. Had the
idea of heaven ever entered into Danny's
education, he would have conceived of it
instinctively as being. not above. as popu-
larry represented. but below.
District visitors sometimes appeared upon
the horizon. Danny's mother dragged him
forth from obscurity, while she related
widely differing tales to explain how he
came by his misfortune. Danny used to
listen to these narratives silently, gazing
with wide, soulful blue eyes. When the
visitors went away they left behind them
soup tickets and a tiny, deformed boy, who
grinned derisively.
Danny listened and looked and meditated,
and perceived the world to be a place of
traffic and barter. Latent somewhere within
him was the spirit of a Jew peddler. and
this spirit aroused one day to a realization
Of certain practical possibilities. The other
children had advanced powers of locomo-
ton; he had advanced powers of language.
He set a price upon his profanity, hitherto
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21
WHO WILL PAY?

Among the most pertinent questions
in connection with locating the Library
is: Who shall pay for another site If
! Missouri Park is left in the hands of a
private business monopoly:
Unless the park is made available for
the Library Il site worthy of the Struc.
| ture will cost not far from Il half million
dollars.
Is this amount to be deducted from the
| of the Library? Is it TO be
forced from the generosity of private
contributors: Is Il special tax to be
voted by the people:
Somehow the site must be provided.
In whatever way 1t is done the cost-say
n half millions the price the people
must pay in order that Manager Atkin-
son and his associates may carry on Il
profit making private business. This
private syndicate is to have the special
privilege of free ground. while the pub
lie must he deprived of the park.
Ia not this 4 colossal premium for the
public to pay upon Mr.. Atkinson's en-
terpriSe?
Suppose the citizens upon whom the
private syndicate throws the burden Of
subscribing money for a different
Library site refuse to respond. Suppose
they Indignantly dccline-aS we'll they
provide the syndicate with means to run
its private enterprise. What becomes.
then. of the Library? Mr.. Carnegie's
gift might very easily lapse through the
failure of st. Louis to comply with the
condition of supplying a suitable site.
This is not such an improbable conclu-
sion of the matter. The Library Board
has purchased a site. but the payment. if
concluded at any early date, must come
out of the pockets of generous citizens.
Generous citizens could hardly be
blamed for Withdrawing from participa-
ton in carrying a heavy burden, when
a private syndicate stood laughing Mt it's
smartness in gobbling the property of
the public. which in the nature of things
should be used for a Library site.
Nobody believes for Il moment that the
proposed permanent museum would be a
pupiS SutSip IiSS. dHy luOIe ludu tlc
show business on Missouri Park ground
is Il public enterprise. 1t might be use
full, just as a railroad or a bank or a
store is useful; there is not a shade of
difference; there is no more title to spe-
cial privilege or special exemptions. And
business usefulness is not a title to pub
lie subsidy.
The burden of proof is not on the pub
lie. not on the Library Board. The pri-
vate syndicate, with its schemes of
profit. is bound to give overwhelmingly
strong reasons for its monopoly of a
public park. for its placing upon the
shoulders of voluntary contributors the
expense of providing a Library site.
Five years from now, if the private
scheme remains in possession. after hav-
ing taken a half million from the re-
sources of the Library or compelled the
generosity Of private citizens to furnish
half a million, the people of st. Louis
will feel as an individual feels when he
wakes up from a gold brick hallucina-
fiOn
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21

The ordinance authorizing private par
ties to obstruct the public sidewalks for
advertising purposes has reappeared in
the Municipal Assembly. The promot-
ers of this scheme profess Il generous
regard for the public interest. but the
theory that their advertising boxes
would have any practical Use as recep-
tacles for garbage is too attenuated to
merit a moments consideration. The
so-called garbage boxes would be moth
ing but a public Inconvenience for the
purpose Of private profit.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21

The leathery meats and aged fowls and
eggs,
The rooms unswept. the sroaning harsh
ness Of the squeaky bed.
The insolence Of chambermaids and things
That patient merit of the landlady takes.
When HI himself might his quick rescue
make I,
BY a change Of room? Who would dyspep-
sia call
To rack his stomach I'M to weary life.
But that the dread Of other rooms and
cooks
sickens the stomach. puzzles the will.
And makes us rather bear those cooks We
have
Than fly to others we know not Of?
Thus boarding doth max towards Of US all,
And thus our resolution hats and falters.
While we grow pale and thin and weazeH
featured,
Ready to drop into untimely graves
Everett Mcneil.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21

, with a berry eye, into which had come q
| red CLEAN of cunning. Eyer lie! she said.
1T was a raw bloater See? Yer lie!'
Danny insisted p%assionately. Il tell yer
I took ut-yer! I took ut an chucked ut
outer winder, 'cause-'cause 1t stunk!'
This was q swift inspiration. and he re-
enforced it with his entire repertoire. His
small face was livid with fear. but he stood
and defied her as il she had been an army.
He could not nave been defending a prin-
ciple. for he had no principles. The af-
fair was from any point of view mex
plicable. and from some points Of view
humorous.
The woman seemed for a moment amazed
at this unexpected attitude. Then she
hurled her unsteady bulk abruptly across
the floor.
I'll learn yer to curse yer pore ard
workin' mother what brought yer up" she
howled. I'll learn yer"
The yellow cat fled bristling into the re-
cesses Of the night.
When they picked Danny up at the foot
of the flight Of stairs. he believed that it
was his mother again, and swore freely
through locked teeth.
They carried him to the d~ispensary round
the corner. Thither. in the half hour be-
fore he died. came his mother. She pushed
her a to the table. Visions of Danny's
eternal welfare had gripped her Irish mind,
and she was weeping devotionally.
Don't go into the presince Of the good
Gawd with a lie on yer lips. Danny she
besought him. oozlly. Think er yer *
mortal sowi. Danny. dear. Jes' say as yer
didn't take the bioater."
WHAT" said Danny.
Yer always was the obstinate little devil.
Danny. Think err yer X mortal so~l
and the good Gawd a-watchfng yer! Yer
didn't take the bloater, Danny, now did
yer?"
Danny's small white. twisted face blinked
up at her under the gaslight, intelligentiy.
Il took'n-chucked it-outer windcr-"
he gasped, determinedly. (" '~cause-'cause
That was as far as he got.
The yellow cat lives still in the basement.
Danny's mother weeps a. she relates 70 the
district visitor how Danny-God rest his poor
little ~soul!-tripped one night over a broom
left on the lower landing. She was cooking
a bloater for his supper when sn. heard
him fall. and she couldn't bear to look at
q oioater since. not IL you was to pay her.
reasons Of her own, she weeps more
earnestly still when the district visitor re-
minds her not to grieve, because Danny's
niue innocent. unsootted soul IN now in
asaven. MARGERY WILLIAxA
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21
MAGNIFICENT REDwoODs.

From an Address by Professor william Husseii
Dudley Of Stanford University. on Forest
Reservations. November .. 1885. ~
OF the trees mentioned. the seauoia sis
pantea. known locally as the redwood IS
not only the most striking member OF the
forest, but probably the most valuable TIM
Der tree. The region we visited south OF
the Kings River is the real home OF the
species; and excepting a few Isolated
groves. all the sequoias not now privately.
owned are within the boundaries OF the
reservation. the great bulk scattered along
the forks Of the Kaweah and Tule. above
< 600 feet. In these sequoia solitudes are
specimens of all ages. from the storm
beaten lear Of the forest. centuries Die. 10
the little s~aplings and seedlings OF a lie"
years. -"
In America, whose magnificent forests are
nowhere exceeded in variety or beauty or
value. We have no forest schools, no trained
foresters, no ef1cient system for preventins
the destruction by fire of the forest wealth.
to which we are the spendthrift heirs.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21

The Exposition syndicate is giving
away Library sites all over town and
kindly permitting generous citizens to
pay for them. The righteousness" Of
this %profusion is enhanced by the activ-
ity of the syndicate in buying up Expo
sition stock for n dividend period in the
future. Business is business, and vica-
robustness is no exception.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21

Mayor Wells has a happy faculty of
making his ante-election promises a rule
for his conduct in Office. In Offering Mr..
Parker a chance to put up or shut up"
he has shown that his promise not to
take the Office unless he was honestly
elected was no idle talk.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21

Now that 1saiah's prophecy regarding
the dam across the Nile has been proven,
perhaps some searcher after truth ran
find something to add Old Testament
dignity to the st. Louis dams Of the
Chicago canal.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21

Governor Beckham has refused to
place n company Of militia in service
to catch desperadoes inside the State of
Kentucky. The last man who called out
the militia is now a fugitive from justice
in Indiana.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21

| To the Editor OF The Republic.
Your issue of Sunday contained an article
entitled, WAS Father Ryan the Real Au-
thor of .The Conquered Banner? Such a
question was a surprise to me. having for
the first time ever heard of his authorship
Of the piece so dear to all Confederates
questioned for an instant.
l remember distinctly when it first ap-
peared in the Richmond papers under his
| name. and no one ever doubted that 1t was
| his. Indeed. l think if the two copies OF 1t
which you have printed in parallel columns
| are carefully read. the difference between
them is at once recognized. My own opin-
ion is that some one copied it. and 1t has
heen ascribed to the copyist by mistake;
just as was the case with the lines written
upon the back of a Confederate note.
1t is true that Simms in his War Poetry
of the South gives the name of Anna
Peyre Dinnies OF Louisiana" as the au-
thoress. under the title of THE Confed-
crate Flag. But he may have been misled.
as others were. about the other poem nt
which l have made mention. What is al
most q demonstration is the fact that IN
a publication by the house of John Murphy
& Co., Baltimore. copyright of which WIS
issued to ..Abram ]. Ryan" In 1850. with L
preface by Father Ryan himself. The Con-
Quered Banner Is claimed by Father Rya:
and no one who knew him, or knew of him.
can be brought to belle. re that he would
nave done so unless it was really his. 1t is
all in a line with the style of his euler
pieces. Confercdate and religious. That
style is unmistakable. +. G. ROBERT.
st. Louis, April Is. 1901.
To the Editor of The Republic.
Apropos of the discussion. in last Sun
days Republic. in regard to the true au-
thorship Of THE Conquered Banner" l
send to you n copy of a clipping l secured
several years ago from a Southern news
paper. IDA r. BATES.
Champaign, III.
1.-The story was first told several years
ago by .Asuila' in the Colorado Catholic.
But 'Aguila' had it Of a young Southern
girl, whose telling l quote.
"One Christmas when l was a very little
girl, 1 went to Father Ryan. taking a little
a scroll of The Conquered Ban
ner.' which 1 begged him to accept. ! can
never forget how his lips quivered as he
placed his hands upon my head.
shall l tell you a story about this pic
ture. little one?' he said.
Are you going to tell me how you came
to write The Conquered Barner?' 1 asked
eagerly.
Yes he said. I shall tell you how l
wrote the poem. and how but for a woman's
care it would nave been destroyed.
81 was in Knoxville he began, when
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21

st. Louis politicians are just beginning
to find out that the best sort of politics
is simply the knack of doing the right
thing. Viewed in that light, Mayor
Wells is q wonder.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21
The Tramp Knew Better.

The Tramp Knew Better.
Resting Robert: See here. Tom. this pa
per says we have no leisure class in this
country. that even our millionnaires are
hard working men,
Tired Thomas THAT man don't know
what he is writing about. We are the leis-
ure class"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21

Arkansas will have n million-dOllar
Capitol and it might be added that it
will not be like a plug hat on a tramp.
The State has an eye for the harmony Of
things
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21

No wonder Texas is making lightning
express time toward record breaking
prosperity. The necessary machinery is
oiled to its swiftest capacity.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21

Each succeeding day now brings addi-
tional evidence of the comfort and salts
faction possible to be gained by good
government ven in its earliest be-
ginning.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21

II State Senator Rollins can't persuade
the President to smash the st. Louis
Democracy he will compromise on a
consular job for himself.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21

A new public library. a new downtown
park, a new Coliseum-these good things
will be attained by the success of the
Ibrary-site movement.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21
From New Points Of VII

From New Points Of View.
81 suppose your argument with old Barru-
lous Is at an end now?'
Nothing Of the sort"
"Why / was told you had convinced
him."
80 I did. and he convinced me, and We
are still at it from our new positions"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21

According to the Globe Democrat, the
way to make Il Worlds Fair City is to
oppose all undermining and cling like
bats to old and decayed buildings.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21

Maybe the old Keely motor stock
holders can be persuaded to financially
equip that expedition for pirates gold
buried OF Fernando Pc Island.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21

| a work of Calico adjudged heretical by his
predecessors. In short. the decision OF the
congregation Of the Index IL not neio 70 Dc
infallible. Pope Leo. however. mao recaheeo
and he held by his recantation.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21

England is still learning that an APP
palling cost attaches to the smashing Of
Republics and the subjugation of a free
and patriotic people.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21

r And said W. B. Carr further says that
the number Of copies returned OF reported
unsold during the month Of March was
". b. CARR.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
second day OF April. 1901.
]. +. PARISH,
Notary Public. City Of st Louis. No. ny
term expires April g. Uol.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21
NOT AN oil MASTER.

At a private view Of pictures by old mas
ters recently given in London an aged ac-
ademician was approached by a lady whose
social position, is unquestionable but whose
knowledge of art leaves something to be de-
sired.
How do you do. Mr.. M-?' she said.
cordially. DO tell me which pictures are
yours"
The old gentleman smiled and replied
dryly:
II have one foot in the grave, madame,
but a hand out Of it."
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21

Old Ananias descends to some small
tricks in hunting for chances t o oppose
The Republic. People speak Of spring
wheat as they speak of spring blowing
or spring hats. OF course The Republic
might have said 1.-THE spring condition of
wheat is fine" but it didn't, and vet
everybody knew what it meant. The
Globe-Democrat merely showed its
spleen in pretending not to know.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21
SUNDAY, APRIL q. 1901.
aRc CIRCULATION.

". B. Carr. Business Manager OF The s..
Louis Republic. being duly sworn. says that
she actual number OF full and complete
copies Of the daily and Sunday ReptnMc
printed during tho month Of March. 100.
sIi IA regular editions. was as per schedule
hnl0K.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21

In an editorial paragraph The Republic
announces that Spring wheat is in fine
condition. After all. this is more importan.
to Missouri than the size of indemnities re-
CURED from China" As not an acre of
spring wheat Is grown in Missouri and none
has been planted elsewhere this season. the
paragraph must have been left over from