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Evening star., 1901-08-07
The MARYLAND RcpnbIicRns.

The reply of the Maryland republicans to
their opponents is worthy of the occasion.
1t is comprehensive and complete. NO Is
sue is lodged, none is overstated. The ma
tion's affairs as we'll as those of the state
are referred TO in the platform aC opted
and there is not an obscure line in the
whole deliverance. The candidates put up
are worthy men, and the appeal throughout
to the people of the commonwealth is alto-
gether deserving of attention. 1t ought 10
meet with a favorable response at the polls.
In Maryland. as elsewhere, this campaign
is accepted as involving the supreme effort
of Mr. German and Mr.. Rasin to repossess
themselves of the power they once, and for
many years, so fiagrantly abused The one
man seeks his former place in the Senate
of the United States, and the other his
former place as boss of the city of Balu-
more For good and sufficient reasons both
were retired from office by a vote the size
Of which was greatly augmented by demo-
Gratis. Neither has since done anything to
rehabiitate himself in the confidence of the
people, and both therefore are basing their
hopes Of success on desperate effort TO
raise the race issue in a form designed to
obscure the real issues at stake. The re-
publicans meet this with dignity, and after
exposing its shallowness and absurdity
set up as against 1t their performances
when in power and promises for the future
founded on them.
There is no state in the Union more in
terested in good government than Mary
land. and no city in the Union which has
had bitterer dose of machine politics than
Baltimore. Why then should the German
Rasin combination be called again to con-
troll? Mr.. Germans national alliances are
such Maryland has twice rejected by
large majorities, and although they are
taking now new form no man Is
sured of just what their ultimate shape
will be- OF this much only may the people
of Maryland be certain: that, with Mr..
German again holding their commission in
the Senate, they will be at the mercy Of a
trading politician, who, in turn, is ever at
the mercy of machine dictation. OF Mr.
Rasin the people of Baltimore have full
knowledge: ana. with opportunity, he IS
prepared to do unto them again. with the
flourish of a practiced hand. what he has
done unto them once before
There is much in present prospects to en-
courage the republicans. The independent
democrats of the state who assisted in the
overthrow of Mr.. German and mis- lieuten-
ant are still opposed to them, while the in
dependent newspapers of Baltimore stand
as they have always done in favor of
sound policies for the state and city and
sound men in office to execute them
Evening star., 1901-08-07

advantages under which the American lines
labor. This writer declares that the aver
age American railroad is constructed with
regard, first, for initial economy, and, Sc
ond for the efficiency of performance.
There are too many grades and detours
and curves, too much obstructed travel,
too few free tracks. While the right of
way in the congested districts is costly, 1t
Is true economy to obtain straight lines
and to avoid obstacles by depressing or
raising the tracks. With a comparatively
straight line, slightly elevated on cause
way for the entire distance and thus free
to attain the highest speed Of which the
locomotive is capable, this writer believes
that the run from Philadelphia to New
York could easily be made In eighty min
utes, instead of the two hours now re-
qured.
A development of the railroad lines In
the direction of this reform would prove to
the advantage of both the public and the
corporations. The initial cost would soon
be balanced by the greater economy OF the
maintenance. High speeds under present
conditions are excessively costly IN the
items of fuel and repairs, whereas, OH
straight, level, protected tracks, even hlgn-
er speeds could be secured at a lower ex-
Dendlture. Inc aFOlUdHce ol the
which now result from grade crossing ac-
cidents would prove no small item In the
general balance. There may not be
marked increase in traffic to result imme-
diately from a general Improvement in the
speeds of the ordinary trains, but there is
no mistaking the prevailing demand on
the part of the travelling public for more
rapid long distance transit, and this demand
is certain eventually to produce change
in the mode of travel, either through some
such reform as the writer in the Engineer
ing Magazine indicates or in favor of the
eIe rio railway
Evening star., 1901-08-07
speed ON American Rnilyyays

Since the American locomotives began TO
displace those of European make in al,
parts OF the world a persistent effort has
been noticeable on the part of foreigners
10 criticise the products OF our machine
shops. Recently hot dispute occurred in
England over this point between two prom
inent men. one of them defending the
American locomotive a worthy rival "a
the products of all other countries The
criticisms of Europe have not been unno-
ticed at home. fortunately, as the pages OF
the technical Journals will attest One i'm
to direct attention in this country not only
to the qualities of our locomotives. but to
the general performances of the American
railways. writer in the latest issue of
the Engineering Magazine discusses the
as worthy of every confidence but con-
demning the permanent way of the rail-
roads responsible for the failure of the
American lines to improve satisfactorily
upon the average of speed. He notes that
the trains save in a few special instances
are not making better average schedule
time than they We're twenty-five years ago.
The remedy for this condition has re-
peatedly been sought in the Improvement
of the locomotive. but thus far all efforts
70 produce greater capacity speed in these
machines in regular running have proved
unavailins. There have been improvements,
to be sure, in the fire box and some other
features of the engine. but none to the
point Of revolutionizing the product or
permitting such speeds and power in prac-
tical service as to overcome the other dis
Evening star., 1901-08-07
A Sense of Loss.

I'm feeln' kind O lonesome an I'm feeIin'
kind O. blue.
This old world doesn't seem to run the
way it to do
The skies is jes as sunny an the woods is
jeS' green,
But somehow there is somethin' that is
missin' from the scene
There amt nobody standin' round with
solemn things to say:
We're all workin' steady an we eat three
meals day,
But l long for Cratory and fur lofty
thoughts that soar.
There isn't anybody 'lectioneern' any
more.
Nobody comes and tells me that this land
from sea to sea
Is tremblin' In the balance, an its fate de-
pends on me-
Nor warns me that the monarchs an tho
diplomats of note,
Is waitin' in suspense to see jes' how I'm
goin' to vote.
Nor tells me that my country needs NV
good plain common sense;
At present my opinions don't make any
difference.
Nobody comes and grasps my hand the
way they did of yore:
There isn't anybody 'lectioneerin' any moro.
Evening star., 1901-08-07
The RaII Has Opened.

Senator Scott of West Virginia. who has
recently made tour of the west, teils an
interviewer that he found the people OF
that section already very much interested
in the subject of the next presidential race
He himself, however, expresses the OPINION
that it is too early to discuss 1t. But is III
We hear good deal about the inadvisa-
bility of putting ones head out too soon'
but as a matter of fact, from the day
man fixes his ambition definitely on the
White House he becomes openly or other
wise active in the pursuit of his object. he
moves among the people himself, or has
his friends do so, taking soundlngs as 10
sentiment and laying the wires, where the
ground is favorable for his advancement.
This talk among the people therefore is
but proof of the fact that candidates and
their friends are already on the move, and
that their maneuvers are beginning to tell
Mr.. Scott being a republican speaks of
course with special reference to the re-
publican situation. The aspirants in that
party are not hampered as are the, demo-
Gratis. The field is clear. The President
has made 1t so. Every man therefore who
has a presidential boom to launch should
prepare to launch 1t now. The ball has
opened, and that 1T is going to be lively
while It lasts is attested by the character
of the participants. They are compare
lively young men, and all are full Of GIN
ger. A list more promising indeed for en-
ergy has rarely if ever been presented.
But although the democrats are not to-
day so favorably situated as their oppO-
nents in this particular, matters may clear
up rapidly for them and If they should a
crop of candidates will soon spring up. 1t
must appear before a great while just how
much or little remains of Mr.. Bryan's in
fiuence in the party, and as that tale IS
told the other will be. If Mr.. Bryan is
eliminated from the equation by democratic
victories in this and next years campaigns
on anti-Bryan platforms, the democratic
nomination in 1904 will take on a rather
attractive appearance, and there will be
number of offerings for II. Then, with
both sides active, the country will be
thoroughly canvassed, and the next ma
tional conventions will assemble with inter-
est in their deliberations and actions at a
white heat.
AS to the candidates, the more the mer-
rier. AS to the ante-convention campaign
the longer the better. This is a great
country, and the presidency is the greatest
office IN it.
Evening star., 1901-08-07
The Heredity of Cancer.
From the New York Herald

From the New York Herald
The death Of the Dowager Empress Fred
erick has significant Importance in con-
nsction with the possible appearance of the
disease In her offspring. Regarding the
question of heredity. there is an additional
element Of anxiety in the fact that her
august husband succumbed to a like all
ment. The law Of transmission has thus
double force, bearing strongly upon
many momentous issues at stake. The fu-
ture physical well-being OF the present EN-
peror Of Germany is certainly not SO well
assured might otherwise be the case
While cancer may appear in individuals
who have no inherited taint. its invasion is
most frequently explained by the propaga-
ton of family tendencies. Its most direct
descent Is from one or other parent to
child, although 1t may often skip a gener-
alton. or come by way of aunt or uncle.
1ntermarriage with even distant relatives
is apt to intensity a predisposition to the
disease, while the infusion of new blood
has often an opposite effect. There is also
some consolation in the thought that there
may be enough of reserved vitality in the
threatened individual to resist the most
pronounced hereditary tendencies and es-
cape entirely the most dreaded Of all in
fictions. This Is the best to hope for in
the instance in point, with SO much weighty
argument on the ether SIDE
Evening star., 1901-08-07

The English have a more or less good
natured way Of ridiculing Americans for
the habit Of the latter in writing the names
OF the states Of the Union in abbreviated
form. Simple Mass, Penn. and Md. seem
to the English rude way Of expressing
Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Mary
land Against this habit may be cited the
English custom Of referring to distinguished
men simply by their initials. For instance.
the London Chronicle of recent date has
this headline: 'B-P. Home Again" The
letters B.-P. stand for Major General Ra-
den-Powell. Sir Henry Campbell-Banner-
man is repeatedly referred to in the Lon
don newspapers as "C-B.'
Evening star., 1901-08-07

Nothing more artistic in the line OF rob-
berry was ever accomplished than the theft
Of $2S0.Oo0 in gold from the strong room Of
a smelling works near San Francisco, just
reported. The whole affair smacks strong
ly Of the romance of the days of highway
manry, favored with a touch Of modern
mechanics. 1t seems incredible that so ex-
tensive a plot could be worked to success
without a hitch and with SO little trace Of
the identity of the participants. The fur
ther marvel is that men capable Of con-
Quoting so delicate an enterprise and tim
Evening star., 1901-08-07

Ing 1t to nicely should have been con-
fused at the finish and abandoned $4,000
worth Of gold on the beach. The robbery
will doubtless cause all keepers Of such
valuables to look closely to their strong
rooms and to take precautions, in the
usual style Of locking the stable doors after
the theft Of the horse, to prevent a recur-
renee of this sort Of enterprise. Such cost
ly experiences have their uses. mainly for
the benefit of others than the losers.
Washington and Omaha will watch the
search for the robbers with an interest
born of sympathy. Dorsey Foultz and Pat
Grove are still at large.
Evening star., 1901-08-07

A correspondent of the London Chronicle,
In discussing the status and prospects of
the liberal party. says: The chief need of
the liberal party is common sense and next
to common sense the rank and file need
leader who can lead in spite of cranks who
fcment faction for their own private ends"
Some parallels have been drawn between
the liberal party of England and the demo-
cratic party of the United States
Evening star., 1901-08-07

The eastern farmer sympathizes with the
western men who have suffered because of
drouth; but he cannot help feeling pleased
with the prices he is getting for his own
products as a result
Evening star., 1901-08-07

Rear Admiral Melvilles idea of setting
casks afioat to determine whether there Is
an ocean current across the north pole is
hopeful one. The casks are merely to be
filled with shavings, and there will be no
need of organizing expeditions to rescue
them when they get lost
Evening star., 1901-08-07
John "JOe" Edison.
From the Sioux City Tribune.

From the Sioux City Tribune.
John Joe Edison. chairman of the last in
augural committee, has instituted q move
ment of national scope to change the date
OF tnaugurating Presidents from March
to April 30. Every one who has ever been
to an inauguration will join his push It
is good thing and ought to be passed
along.
Evening star., 1901-08-07
The Course Of Business.

Il suppose you are very much disturbed
about the reports Of crop failure?"
YES" answered Farmer Corntossel.
I'm summat anxious. But there's jes'
this about it: If the corn an tomatoes an
things git so scarce that the price O. canned
goods goes up, there won't be nothn' left
except to increase the price O. summer
board"
Evening star., 1901-08-07
>o>-
ave been mad

Efforts have been made by anti-Tam-
many democrats to induce Thomas B. Reed
to run for mayor of New York city. If
Mr.. Reed is pining for some of the old-time
excitement, this is undoubtedly his oppor-
funiry
Evening star., 1901-08-07
A Business InsDiratiOn.

II suppose" said the duke, that you
will look about for an American girl as a
wife for your son?'
"Yes," answered the earl; land II the
present tendencies of commerce continue
1 shouldn't be surprised If we had better
look out for some hustling American young
men as husbands for our daughters"
Evening star., 1901-08-07

If the oil remedy for mosquitoes and ma
laria grows popular the Texas and Calffor-
mia gushers will have to work overtime to
meet the demand. 1t is we'll that these
new sources of supply have been found lust
at the time of this discovery of science. A
corner in oil would be blow at the public
Evening star., 1901-08-07

Coney Island has been represented as a
very wild and hilarious New York suburb.
Yet all that some Brooklyn detectives found
there in raid was party Of five pinochle
MI
Evening star., 1901-08-07

Perhaps If Mr.. Burnham had not sue
ceeded Mr.. Chandler as a United States
senator from New Hampshire, Rear Ad-
miral Evans might have written more
calmly.
Evening star., 1901-08-07

The number of sea serpents observed this
summer has been remarkab bly, small People
have been too seriously occupied in watch
ing the doings of J. Pierpont Morgan to
give the usual attention to summer diver
sionS
Evening star., 1901-08-07

If Mr.. Hanna is to step In with a pinch
of red fire and crash-chord to settle the
strike there Is no use in delay. The au-
dience is all ready and anxious to applaud.
Evening star., 1901-08-07
An Estimate.

He that distrusts his fellow men,
And eyes them all askance,
COnfesseS what a knave he'd be
If he but had chance.
Evening star., 1901-08-07

A Weehawken woman dislocated her jaw
saying 'goo-goo' to her baby. This is a
terrible warning to people who let the
baby-talk habit run away with them.
Evening star., 1901-08-07

OF course the men who failed to get prizes
in the government land distribution are
more or less inclined to regard the arrange
ment as a wicked lottery device.
Evening star., 1901-08-07

If Mr.. Bryan sticks as close to his re-
fusal to be a candidate as he stuck to free
silver, a great many people will be much
relieved
Evening star., 1901-08-07
WashingtOn's Donkey.
From the Baltimore American.


Washington has only one donkey. Con-
sidering the events which sometimes occur
there, many people will refuse to believe
this extraordinary fact; but the census re-
port says SO.
Evening star., 1901-08-07

The next democratic national convention
will, it is said. not incorporate the four
teenth and fifteenth amendments in its plat.
form
Evening star., 1901-08-07

Persistence brings success. No doubt
some town will eventually get up an ex-
position that pays expenses
Evening star., 1901-08-07

Both employers and employees may learn
valuable lessons from every strike But
they seldom do
Evening star., 1901-08-07

The latest news from Pekin Is that an
other settlement may be required to settle
the Chinese question
Evening star., 1901-08-07
Duty Done

What the world wants Is bold origi-
nality."
We'll" answered the Chicago college
professor; mo one can deny that have
been doing my best"
Evening star., 1901-08-07

The news that the Maine sardine crop
is not failure helps to ease the effect of
distressful intelligence from elsewhere.
Evening star., 1901-08-07

The establishment of confidence in air
ships is slow process
Evening star., 1901-08-07

The weather bureau has predicted a rise
In temperature; but the weather bureau is
not nfallible.
Evening star., 1901-08-07

The commanding general who gets in the
first report usually wins the fight.
Evening star., 1901-08-07
Artistic Cracksman hin.

Alfred Austin is sixtysix years old. He'll
have to hurry.
Evening star., 1901-08-07
SHOOTING STARS,
A Tendency of the World.

Hes afraid people would quit talking
about what bright fellow he is and what
wonderful things he would do if he weren't
dissipated"
Evening star., 1901-08-07
Walking Suits and Top Skirts

Wv dUMT11g SuIUS d1IW top SK1fUS.
THE VERY KIND TO FIT THE SEASON. PRICED TO
SUIT MOST ANY PURSE.
dozen Wash Skirts, consisting of White Pques, Cot
Covers and Coored Ducks; and EGC
ength reduced from o8c. and $I25 o....... O|So
IS dozen Polka Skirts material in blue and
black and white, finished with double founce
with bands of material; sold hundreds 0O&v
SI.25 and ST 4ehe balance reduced ...... ~OSo
SO Fine Polka Dot Duck Shirt Waist Suits, made .
with full flare skirt, five bands of 0O&
waists with sailor collar; reduced from $3o8 W o|O
Fine Scotch Linen Walking effects
Eton jacket and full ounce haring skirt in every instance ~
the skirt alones worth than the QO&
for the suit reduced from $875 %6o|O
Evening star., 1901-08-07
Bathing Suits and Wra

FOR shhoR WE HAVE SEVERAL
400 FINE ENGLISH PERCALE WRAPPERS handsomely made
with deep knee and white lace yoke
host OF pretty desirable patterns all Sizes A. Z6v
u 70
Also 18 dozen Sheer White Lawn Wrappers, with
deep knee founces and lace trimmed yoks &6
90 Black Brllantne Bathing Suits made of
black material, very tastiy trimmed every fitted -
separate boned waist reduced sd 0O&
from S49S ~9o~O
FLOO
Evening star., 1901-08-07
A Few New Values i'm DOmestics,

sr H3sf k RoE n2X % K %
CORNER awe
Evening star., 1901-08-07
She is Here.

Tia representative OF Madame lie Fevre
Is here from PhIladelphia-but only until
Saturday. Learn OF ''Mando'' and
Freckle Balm" two OF Madame Ie
Fevrs's most famous preparations.
The Tucson citizen., 1901-12-19
Rural POstmistreSS
In Deep Trouble

LOS ANGELES, Dec. i9.-Charges
preferred by the United States grand
Jury against Sarah II. Fuguay OF Pot
zero. San Diego county. have excited
nothing bu, pity for the young and
unsophirtieated girl. whose ignorance
OF worldly affairs brought her face to
face with United States court upon
d charge Of misdemeanor.
The girl Ia hardly 1S years OF age
and, although assistant postmlstress,
OF Potrefo. knows nothing of life out
side Of the little village where shc
was reared. She had never seen q
train Of cars or electric street rail-
way. The Indictment charges that
Miss Fusnay detained q letter cor
tanning money addressed to Sears.
Roebuck q Co, OF chicago The let.
ter was found open IN the once, but
the money IL contained had not been
removed from the envelope.
Az the girl comes OF O highly re-
spected family the community was
n,urh d5tta~bed over the affair. al
though Apsculations invariably ter.
minated win the theory that cur,oy-
ity had led the assistant TO perform
the act
Miss Fuguay had . hearing before
San Diego commissioner and ap-
peared in ios Angeles 70 enter her
plea. TIE authorities regret having
tc take The cir. In custody, although
ahe is charged whh a simple mEsde-
meanor. ,ssAAM
The Tucson citizen., 1901-12-19
C@sasx Mlass.

Our mililvnair think SIS gallon
for rare old Madeira an utterly impos-
sil,Ie price simply hecause their tastes
are hlpnted by champagne, and they
care no more for bottle Of Welsh Re
serve, Newton Gordon or Cbillings.
worth -Oglethorpe than for cheap
sherry. In the famous cellars OF the
Hotel sle vine ut Bremen there are
dozen cases of holy wine which have
been preserved for 80 years. A ner-
chant figures ont that II the cost Of
maintaining the cellars. payment or
rent. interest upon the original value of
the wine aud other incidental charges
are considered n bottle OF this choice
Madeira has cost no less than $1.DO..
taai. each gIassfni $210.thsl, and a single
Iron could not I've ~oid without loss un-
der $ntD.
II IL uros,ahle that this very old wine
~ worthless On account OF starvation.
Cha rles Fellows. our ablest authority
en- Madeira. says that II becomes
starved after feeding upon its own
lees for 81 or 40 years, III seems TO
me that II Is very human and requires
compaDIonShip." he says. "bemiJohDs
Of the same variety should he blended.
The marriage of the Two wines would
probably give the lees more character
and the W Inc would thus continue TO
Improve. This certainly ougt he
done az a tonic after the Madvh has
been 30 years In glass. New YORK