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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-03-09
WHY THE Tw AIN DISPUTED.
John Bull Was Thinking of His iiiil.
the Hotel Clerk of His Baby.

John Bull Was Thinking Of His iiiil.
the Hotel Clerk of His Baby.
- How mueh?'' asked Arthur P. Raglan,
OF Leeds, England. offering to pay his
bill FL .r-. <., :. ...iss r.. +, H.. .
Nine pounds answered Clerk How
ard l.. Daley, of the st, James hotel
smiling and bowling.
s,, ahe eyes yes Of !. Mr.. Raglan. which had
S Sa1,n peasantly' now glared and his
as establishment contracted his upper lip
Why, 1t was only lahst night =,
No" corrected Mr.. Daley, still beam
yesterday morning at i o'clock I
But I tell you It was lahst night at
supper time persisted the Briton, hls
voice rising into a roar.
We'll, reckon I ought to- know re
torted Mr.. Daley, indignantly.
Indeed! And dayon't you think 1
ought TO k knayow something abayout i?
got to do with it? It's my baby and
it's a girl and it weighs nine pounds u
came back the clerk, his own ''dander'
.:,"Nayow,, did anybody ayver hear the
like, exclaimed the Englishman, apos-
trophlzlng the world at large Here
come come and an 81 llt up ayeyer night. Tn
of me bill and this fayHow charges me
none payounds-$45-and when 1 tell him
I've been here since lahst night and
NA'P"@S5 1A1 Wdyoiu, LtllS me I've
been here since yesterday morning and:
When tell him I knayow better he be-
gins to talk abayout girl babbies instead
Of ME BILL -. d.,
who said anything about bill?" de-
manded Mr.. Daley.
Why, did, you blockhead-Im en-
deayoring to talk abayout it nayow'
But I'm speaking of my baby. my lit
tie girl. first you know
"Oh, blow your baby!'' cut in the Brit
lsner II want to pay me BILL
on, l see" said the clerk, blushing
fu:iously. An right he added, anger
Ilslng IN him again. pay your bill but
don't tell me to blow my baby. I won't
stand that from any man"
Nor will stand a charge of SO for a.
nights lodging and breakfast" re-
The new and deeply injured father said
no more, but collected $3.50 and the Eng
lishman went out huffily
II haven't got any prejudice against
1sns5l remarked Mr.: DALEY bit
terly to the sympathetic bellbov who
came to answer "a ring for hot water,
but II ever 1 saw a more heartless and
unfeellng wretch than that it was in a
dream. denver Post. -
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behind watchfW brows, seems always
searching in the distance beyond the visi-
BILE horizon, but stops always on the
nearest objects; a good indulgent smile
ON lips rather bitterly set IS
Morally it is as phys.cally: this i'm
prevtdent man is the most orderly in the
United Kingdom. Were he not born to
the throne he would have made an in
compa rable business man. His palnctuali
ty Is proverbial throughout England. he
never arrives late and he never fo-eets
a social engagement. The smallest de-
tails OF ceremony interest him. He never
leaves a letter forty-eight hours without
a reply or twenty-four hours without ac-
knoWledgang its receipt. All correspon-
dence addressed to him passes under his
eyes and all sent in his name .,e.- SD j,
through his hands. The Letters he writes
and tee letters he dictates are -. !, 2
guished by their clearness, their sobrietyz
OF style, and that absolute absence of. af-
1eetation which eharactarizes his. words
He views his own weaknesses wtth
Indulgence, but he is not severe on
at Hsse Of others. His hand is onsn for
ms own caprices, bur never closed
against suffering. T believe, he said
once. If ! had more money T Womb M
more foolish things, but I believe TOO
mat would do more good. He is con-
Hoent TO me point of being naif; having
mace many friends with many smiles he
oeneves that each man who smiles on
him is his friend ate: .'".s--< =
At the funeral of Alexander TIT ba
came pack alone in special train with
the young emperor on whose frajl should
ers the destlnies Of the greatest of en-
pres We're to rest Their conversation
Vas most cordial and affectionate. The
uncle returned to London, believing he
mad brother in his nephew and ina gin
ing gigantic proiecrs of joint accord.
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Of the party in power for the time peInE.
He read it with ease and assurance, IN
the rather noticeably cultural accents
that remain to mark his German extrac-
5tion, Notwithstanding years of speech
making at loyal social gatherings OF Eng
lishmen, If he had a share in choosing
the subject matter of the speech-Whdch
he had not-you may depend upon It ne
would have followed the line OF least re-
sistance and have got. the duke OF Devon
shire to set down something safe, and
st;atesmanlike. His imperial nephew OF
Germany, to whom all Englishmen take
their hats OF now, started his reign with
an .tnterna tional commission on labor and
was shumored by other powers which sent
learned professors of economies as dele
gates to Berlin. 1t is understood that
the most important outcome Of this gath
ering is that William himself comedies
now that the millennium is not one OF the
many things that he can command into
has immediate imperial presence. King
Edward is Of neither the age nor the
Temperament to take time by the fore
lock, but neither, it is certain, Will ne
stand in the way of events anywhere.
1t is tolerably certain that events VIII
not deal hardly WITH. MS person OF iis
office i'll the next few years. whatever
may befall his country. There were
times, says a London letter to the New
York Sun, when prolonged ordeal OF
3reverses, expenditures and disappcint-
naent would have provoked popular re-
sentiment against monarchy. from an IN
stinct of venting wrath on the nearest
conspicuous object that served no appar-
ent use. But the British democracy has
outgrown that stage. Mere iconoclasm is
no. longer popular bait with dema-
gogues.
The stump orators who not many years
ago rolled off their objurgations against.
all things that are to herds Of enthusi-.
astic groundlings are now nearly extinct
from lack Of approving hearers. IN Hyde
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THE NEW FIREMAN IS ABOARD.

- E a. . i. 4.
some months later events came with
rush in the extreme East: a triple, al,
lance was concluded between France
Germany and Russia: the treaty. .of
Shimenoseki was signed and the cornse
or the yellow man was harpooned by
fishermen not one Of whom wore a, Brit
ish uniform. Edward VII. felt child's
vexation over this, not a. the stake lost
but because he believed he assured q
union
I" France he said once, is the country
where would like best and least to i've,
The ease Of getting liked is only eouale6
by the case of getting jeered at In
that you have the whole man: he likes
popularity, sympathy, confidence. as one
loves the sun, flowers and a blue sky.
He has an unspeakable horror of attack
Of violence, Of insults, as one shuns all
evil things. He is not Of those who feel
a bitter enjoyment in treading hatred
under foot, and who feel their stature
increase with every attack launched on
them. If there is one thing he hates
1t is hatred. tits more odious for him
to think that he has one enemy than
it is sweet to recall that he has a dozen
friends $ss 55ss
During his half century in the
most arduous role OF heir to the throne
he has not let slip a word that could make
him an adversary. He has even abstain
ed from showing his prejudices or in-
dicating his predictions, and. even at
this hour, those who know him best
cannot say whether his tendencies are
liberal or his tastes conserv alive.
whether he is Wig or Tory Tt is
or self-control; it is the instructive desire
so as to suffer nothing that brings divis-
ion and discord. = ss
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mtnions, hts pefsor MAJ Isapularity is un-
bounded. The cheerful temper, the easy
determination to get the most out of all
the engagements going the entire alb
sence Of arrogance, which were the most
obvious characteristics Of the Prince Of
Wales, are the qualities most appreciated
by Londoners In his public appearances
as ruling sovereign there have been no
suggestions that he is other than a genial
man of sixty and a man Of the world =
Yet the presence of akking and his court
about the capital of the British empire
brings an atmosphere a yet undoubtedly
strange. The very phrase in which their
movements are recorded suggest more the
times of Pepy's Diary or Thackeray's
-Four Georges than any sequel to the
reign of Queen Victoria ,-
= Ehis week he went In person to parlia-
ment to read the kings speech-a political
document drafted for him by the cabinet
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tarded as the lessons are learned from
the rest Of the world but it is not in the
present visible perspective that King Ed
ward Wis head need sleep uneasily
from wearing a crown. All his courtiers
may tell him with perfect candor that
the principle of monarchy has never been
more generally popular than in his king
dom to-day. MS f55
The personal authority in constitutional
government has no place whatever ir
party legislation. That Is an absolute,
indisputable certainty But there are stu
spheres in which TIE sovereign influence.
# exercised, is very important factor
in the life OF the country. They are the
civil list, the army and the church.
The personal expenditure OF the occu.
pant Of the throne, tie members Of the
royal family and the officers and ladies
Of the royal household is secured by par-
lament voting what is called the civil
list. It has no relation to the votes for
rational military purposes or any of the
functions of government Formerly the
crown was large owner of private
landed property. chiefly through the for.
feiture of estates Of rebellious subjects
and the seizure of church lands during
the religious strifes of the Tudors and
St1larts.
There IS a saying drawn from the great
times OF Elizabeth, Anne and Victoria,
ffsat When women reign. men rule;
when men reign, women rule It is some
Endorsement of this that during the reign
OF the Georges the personal possessions
OF the crown hardly prospered better than
in the reckless days of Charles IL and
James II It came to be question Of
committing this property, which threat
ened to be dissipated entirely. into a. fixed
income Of money, the landed property
concerned being administered by a gov
eminent department..
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-03-09

o,nvA .v,,r anu ,ne w,iltr pcit are wrapyS
PED up in the reed mat, and shortly be-
of her husbands parents, where she ha :.
been staying since her marriage ana,
holding the bundle with the robe and
eeit on her extended hands, walks slow
home OF her mother. Here she is met b.
tmsl latter at the door with the greeting
Ihanks that you have cone.'' The
mother takes the robe and moccasins
and the protracted marriage ceremony is
over. During the day the young hus
band ia I'd :; appears at the house Of his moth
house OF their own is provided. - =
The marriage costume Is rolled in the
mat receptacle, which is usually sus-
PSnded IRON roof beam in a back room
use. but the robes and belt are worn
only on ceremonial occasions 80
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-03-09
KING X G; .E :! |. ! ! v. Ard R D
OF ENGIAND
The New soveretgn's Traits and Hi.
Prospects-Hs Throne Secure.
se<mingly-The CIVIL List and HI.
Old Debts His Relation to the
Army and the Chnrch-A Friendly
View OF His Characters and "a
French Cynic's Estimate. st{ E# IA

!, DWARD VII. knows Londo,.
we'll; few men understand:
it's resources and opportuni-:
. ties better. Here. more than:
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KING EDWARD o. ENGLAND
Continued From Sixth Column

members, was filled up with young dukes
and earls and their sons? Nor, if it
comes to finding high appointments for
his younger relatives, should Edward VII.
neglect to notice TT his own prime min
lister calmly filled important offices with
his son, his son-in-law and two of his
nephews, without party loyalty and dis
cipline being shaken much. .-.. - J..
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ChivalrOus Consideration

OH1VH1fOuS COnS1derat1On.
She-You mean thing! What made you
steal that kiss?
He! didn't want to go away and leave
Smart Set
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-03-09
! a legal .CurIoettx.

II a curious criminal law exists in Greece "a
man who is there sentenced to death waits two
years before the execution Of the sentence.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-03-09

In the matter of the church King Ed
ward WIS well known attitrde is
heartfelt distaste for any preacher whose
sermon exceeds ZEN minutes. Expecting
that all sorts Of presidents have gone
by the board on the occasion Of this
present demise of the crown, one might
predict grave trouble from the wording
of the cath administered at the last cor
onation service. It is fully year vet
before the ceremony will be gone through
again, but already the recognized organ
of the Roman Catholic community. the
Tablet, protests emphatically against the
oath.
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Z e Z l. i / sf
King Edward is probably better liked
personally in France than any other Eu-
ropean sovereign. Certainly he has shown
more sympathy with rhe French tempera-
ment than ever his mother did. Yet the
analysis to which he is now subjected
by even friendly writers in Paris is at
least as cynical as it is appreciative. One
OF them, writing of him as the king of
to day, says:
He is made ED Of antitheses and con-
tradictfons Physically, you know him;
a body which ought to have the strength
Of giant and which has not lost the
gracefnlness of youth: a hand which
seems ready to crush, and vet has not
always the force to squeeze; a step that
is sonorous, and vet certainly does not
Shake the earth; a small ear, but one
actually open to the thousand sounds
from the foa7 corners of the globe; a
blue eye, very gentle and smiling, witch,
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Continued In Second Column
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-01-09
Chances to Issue Railroad and EXPO.
sfttOn Bonds.

Stimulated possibly by the success Of other
promoters of schemes to build railroads to
Port Royal, we notice that a new Western
Company is to be organized to make another
survey for another railroad to the deepest
water on the southern coast It seems that
the success which other companies have had
in fleeing the people, has stimulated the sur.
veying business. Last year q new survey
was made for q double track railroad by
Abbeville. The Legislature authorized the
issue Of bonds to reimburse those citi.
zens who encouraged the survey, and 1t may
be that the proposed new railroad will have q
more dazzling scheme, and q greater demand
for money or bonds.
Already the Charleston Exposition contem.
plates raid on the State Treasury for S0,OOO
Abbeville county's pro rata share Of that sum
would be 81 $50. AS the taxes are little
heavy just now bonds might be issued for
that great enterprise. Good bonds can be
floated at from four to six per cent. and 1t
would be infinitely better for our farmers to
borrow the money at this low rate than TO
pay tribute In cash to the enterprise in which
they are only remotely interested. II our
farmers are to be taxed for the Charleston
scheme, We appeal to our representatives TO
look after their interest as we'll as they can.
It would not hurt 10 issue bonds, the interest
being 30 small. But it does hurt II a farmer
has to borrow money at high rate Of Inter-
est, TO contribute to the Exposition. Charles
ton wants the. money, and o! course she
must have 1t. For this reason we urge the
issue Of Exposition bonds.
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The Leg1sl8tuFe.

Our members of the General Assembly left
last Monday night for Columbia, where the
Legislature would convene yesterday at
twelve o'clock. General X. r.. Hemphill.
Clerk OF the Senate, went down earlier.
The Governors message was to be delivered
yesterday.
The two most important measures to be dis
cussed are child labor In cotton mills and the
appropriation for Charleston's big show.
Some check must be put upon the growth
and prosperity of the Industrial interests OF
the State, and many children should be re.
quired to starve, rather than work. The taxes
are not high enough, and Charleston needs a
little help. The rich people Of that city desire
an appropriation. Charleston having
made less progress in the last ten years than
any city in the State, the prosperous counties
ought to chip in aud help out their inactive
sister.
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all in vain. I do not care for myself,
but for you-you, Daisy" and he
groaned In bitterness of spirit.
I could not bear it without burst
of tears he 80 thoughtful, I so sell
fish. I pressed my lips to his burn
ing forehead and said, amid my sobs,
"No, Charles, not ruined, for we have
saved our love from the wreck"
Charles looked at me steadily, and
q weight seemed to have been lifted
off his head. His lips lost their grim
expression and there was q ripple OF
tears in his voice.
"Daisy, you have saved Inev' he
said. "Maddened by the thought Of
the morrow, I know not but the re-
suit might have been this-see! and be
drew forth little vial labeled "laud
anum' from his vest pocket. "Bul
you have saved me, darling"
"Charles. we have both been mad!
I said, with paid lips, and striving
for his sake, to subdue' the terror tha
begirt my whole being when realiz
ed how nigh my husband had stoot
to the wretched guilt of suicide.
"And God forgive me for my wan
of sympathy in all your troubles ane
help me from this hour to be you
faithful wife,"
And sitting there late in the night
my husband kneeling beside me ant
with his head upon my lap. 1 ben
nv cheek to his, and the tears
baptizing our reunion, fell upon tn
folds of my last folly my ball dress
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Saved by q Christmas Dream.

It was late Christmas eve when my
ball dress was sent home, and Marie
my dainty-fngered French maid, bat
finished braiding my heavy black hail
and adjusted my new headdress, al
exquisite diamond bandeau. Nofa
brought up the dress nicely folded, and
Marie sprang to take its wrappings and
lay it on the bed.
AS Marie lifted the dress and SHOOK
its rich folds slip of paper fell to the
carpet. 1t was madam's bill, and I was
a little startled as my eye ran over it
$500 But then the trimmings q
a rich lace and cord dor, were perfect
1t was an expensive dress, but ]
didn't think it would be quite that
and Mr.. Gordon had said that money
had been getting tight for some time
back. wouldn't show him the bill
Just yet, so T thrust it into drawer oil
my dresser and turned to Marie, who
stood waiting to dress me.
I was contemplating my reflection
in the mirror with much complacency
when the door opened and Mr.. Gordon
came in. For moment / was hall
frightened at his pale face and grave
air, but he said:
IL only stopped for moment, Mrs.
Gordon, to say that I shall not be
able to join you at madam's tonight.
Business affairs will keep me down
town late"
Before I could ask him what he
thought of my dress he passed out of
the room, and presently I heard the
street door close. 1t was nothing new
for me to attend parties without the
escort of my husband, for somehow he
was always immersed in business :;
neither was it new for Mr.. Gordon to
look grave or pale, for he had lost his
fresh color these late years.
At length l was ready and was
driven to the home of Nine.
Slapleton.
One ball is so similar to another in
the world of fashion that to recount
how the hours passed in madam's
drawing rooms would be to tax your
patience. Sufficient to say that it
was long after the midnight chimes
had rung I was handed from my
carriage to my own door by the most
distinguished gentleman of my set.
The atmosphere In the edraWlng-room
was deliciously warm in contrast with
the temperature of the sharp Decem
Der night without. 1t was pleasant to
sit there with my dainty slippered feet
over the register and the waves of
lustrous silk bathing the carpet and
reflect that I swan on the topmost
wave of fashion in the city around me,
and the Christmas chimes ringing
out from the church towers and the
warm air stealing up from the register
soothed my senses to delicious
,almness.
Suddenly, while I sat thinking,
rom the dim corners of the drawing
'oom seemed to glide out O train of
igures, each dressed in questionable
garments of bygone days, and yet,
strange to say, each garment was
eeognized by me as something that II
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|ss and Banner.
Mr. St. John Resigns.

Mr.. E. st. John has resigned the Vice-Presi-
dency OF the seaboard Air Line Railroad, to
take effect not later than the 18th instant. It
Is not stated upon what business he will en-
ter.
The Seaboard Air Line Railroad has greatly
extended its lines since Mr.. st. John has had
charge Of the road. He seems to be an able
manager of the business of railroad, but In
dealing with the people, or patrons OF the
road, he lacks courtesy in his intercourse, and
is dictatorial. We are not surprised that he
resigned. From our limited acquaintance
with President Williams and his intercourse
with the people, and from more extended
acquaintance with the methods Of Mr.. st.
John, we did not expect the relations to con.
tinue
President Williams, we believe, adopts the
plan Of dealing with the people, which wins
their good opinion and their friendship.
We have reason - believe that Mr.. ST..
Johns intercourse with friends and custom
ers OF the road, has not been such as to draw
people TO him or to his road. Those under
hina, we think, had imbibed the notion that
oivillty is unnecessary and out Of date attri-
, butte.
ton Of President Williams's ideas. we are not
at all surprised at the resignation Of Mr.. st.
. John. And we shall he surprised If various
ofacials do not either resign or be more agree
able to the patrons Of the road in future.
AS an evidence that the officers are respon-
BILE to at least degree for the popularity OF a
railroad we may cite an instance: Not 30
long ago promoter desired to organize an
industry In town. He said he wanted to be
on the Seaboard as the Southern had little
accommodation. A majority Of the people OF
that town, we believe, think the Southern is
more accommodating than the Seaboard.
And 30 1t goes.
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Pecuniary Carelessness.

Whatever may have been said of
his faults, Andrew johnson had some
excellent traits. He was q man o
bold outspoken views, industrious
and paid his debts. A bitter enemy
has told US that he paid his debts
punctually, which was a great thing
for so many people are careless in this
respect. Indeed, pecuniary careless.
ness is one of the blighting curses OF
this age, and perhaps has been of every
age since money was fret made. In
respect to pecuniary affairs, Andrew
johnson has set an example which
we can all follow. Pay debts, even if il
is nothing more than a copper cent
owed to poor; dirty. black little negro
boy-pay it.-McDonald Furman, in
Columbia State.