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His Fluent Fount of Tears.

From the Edinburgh Scotsman. There are funny incidents in the life of a photographer. A man came in the other day and looked over all the sam ples. asking the price of each
 Do you want a sitting?" I asked. he replied.
 I told him, if he would indicate what he wanted. that I might arrange it.
 'I don't know as you can," he said, flor I don't see nothin' at all like what I want
 I repeated what I had already said. He asked me to sit while he told me.
 You see it's like this," he began. "I had a girl that I loved, and we was go- ing to git married. She had her things made up, and we was all but ready when she was taken i'll and died. And what I wanted was picture of me sittin' on her grave weepin'."
 I was touched at the homely story of grief and told him I could send a man with him to the grave and have the pie ture taken as he desired.
 Its some distance" he said. Its over in Ireland. I expect it 'ud cost a lot to send over your traps for what want"
 I said it would.
 'I thought" he answered, that mebbe you could rig up a grave here in your shop and I would weep on it, and it would do just as well. It's no trouble for me to weep anywhere"
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title or power. But the grotesque per formance must take place. because the traditions and precedents of hundreds of years seem to call for it. In King Ed wards eyes all these things are sacred. But unlike his predecessors of the earlier times, he is only mere stage King. so far as actual power Is concerned. The domestic and foreign policy of the king dom is ostensibly controlled by him, but he has less to do with 1t than has a Cor nish miner that possesses a vote, or the servant that blacks his boots and holds the elective franchise. The constitution gives him vote on legislation, but he dare not exercise 1t. Queen Victoria did attempt something of the kind in opposi- ton to the Lords, and it created such a comotion that the impeachment of the respor 'ble minister of the day MT. Glad stone was threatened. No one thought of calling her to account, for it was con sidered that, although Queen she only did what she was directed to do. The King Is supposed to name all the officers of state the heads of the church. the army and navy officers. He has nothing whatever to do with the disposal of all these places. The ministers make the selections and he merely gives the ap- proval that he could not withhold. At one time formal decision was rendered that the late Queen had not the right to appoint her own waiting women. An American President has ten thousand times more power than has the English King of our own day. Considering all this, what mockery the coronation Is, except from spectacular point of view But here we have millions of people grow ing wild over the prospect of 1t. The in- auguration of a President of the United States is simple, impressive ceremony, full Of the highest significance The coro- nation Of the modern monarch is a fan tastic performance without real meaning and unworthy the attention of great people.
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The Coronation Mummerv
BY JUSTI N GREY.

The spectacle of great enlightened na- ton, which boasts that 1t is In the van of civilization and human progress get ting itself into positive delirium of ex- ultation over the crowning of their King, 50 years old, is certainly astonishing when it is considered that this is the twentieth century. the century pre-em- inently of common sense and cold, hard fact. Three four, five hundred years agone, there was some excuse for the thing, now there is none whatever. In those earlier centuries the office of King meant something. It was a reality; now it is a hollow sham. Then the person called King was nearly always a soldier, a fighter who led men to the field when the occasion required, and who main- tained his right to his place by the su- prenle law of force. Such was the ma terial of which the Plantagenets and otI CTS that might be named were made. They rode in the front line of battle, and 14ever quailed before the foe. Hundreds of them were slain by their adversaries. Many of them went to the scaffold, to exile to life imprisonment. They fought for power. lost it and paid the penalty. In these modern days it is all different. Kings and emperors, with a few exceptions, have only the semblance, not the sub
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stance of power. The theory that once obtained of their divine right to rule has been exploded. Their pretended sover- eighty is a fiction, kept alive by alleged nobles and aristocrats for the purpose of gulling the people. They are not rulers in the old meaning of the word; they are, as a rule, mere tin Kings and imbecile pre- tenders. It is doubtful if any one of them in Europe today. although they are all supposed to have had more or less military training, could command a regi- ment in action, but still they go on re viewing tens of thousands of troops as if they knew all about military science that there is to know. Peter the Great Frederick of Prussia, Napoleon were great rulers, men of brains. Nearly all the rest of the breed have been nincompoops They are pigmies when placed beside the American Washingtons. Jacksons, Grants and Lees.
 The coming British pageant will un- doubtedly be the most gorgeous demon stration that London has ever seen. King Edward has determined to invest 1t with a medieval and semi -barbaric magnifi- cence which, for one reason or another, was beyond the power of his predecessors to accomplish. But what will 1t all mean? Nothing. He Is as much of a King no\ as he can ever be. and the cer- emony will invest him with no additional
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--------ss----- BAlLY IS FOR GORMAN
The Texas Senator Favors the Mary.
 lander for President

Dallas, Tex, December 2S.-United States Senator J. W. Bailey has writ ten letter to friend in Collin Coun- ty. strongly endorsing Arthur P. Cor man of Maryland as the Democratic candidate for President in 1904. Among other things, he says:
 T am not only strongly in favor of Germans nomination because be- lieve him the best candidate for us to name, but I am also in favor of sup porting him because 1t now looks to me like he is the only man who can certainly defeat David B. Hill in the convention. Hills friends are at work all over the country in the interest of his nomination, and I think 1t would be a fatal mistake for our party to take as it's candidate in 1904 man who did not support it's candidate in 1S96."
The age-herald., 1902-01-05
The Senate Fifty Years Auo.

From the Charleston News and Courier.
 Stuart Robson has so long been identified with the stage that few per- sons know he was once a page in the United States Senate, and that he owes that appointment to the efforts of such distinguished Southerners as John c. Calhoun, Jefferson Davis, Henry Clay, Robert Toombs and Alex ander Stephens. MT. Robson says: "Mr. Calhoun was, think, one of the best beloved men in public life. There were just four men in the Senate in those days of the late 40's whom we boys idolized-John c. Calhoun of South Carolina, Jefferson Davis of Mississippi, Henry Clay of Kentucky and Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois. We didn't like Webster or Sumner or Sew ard, but we all liked the four I have named, and they seemed to like each other. Frequently I have seen the quartette stroll, with locked arms, out of the Senate chamber. I recall, too, one day when MT. Calhoun had sent me on a message of special import ance and I returned with an answer
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Does the present day wearing apparel represent the maximum of comfort and warmth with the minimum weight? In addition, is it the most becoming we can wear?
 To these questions Lord Ronald Suther- land Cover recently in London gave an emphatic negative.
 "I have no wish to design dress which shall be beautiful at the expense of utility, nor do I wish only one class of society to benefit" said Lord Cover "With slight notifications the proposed reformed dress could be worn by all classes. It is only question of material mot of cut.
 "To begin at the top. The silk hat must go, I feel especially strongly about this article of head dress It is heavy. hideous and unhealthy, and should be discarded in favor of Homburg, for in- stanc., or a soft felt hat, something be- tween a cavaliers and New South Wales Lancer's in shape"
 .sYou say that the silk hat is the only one that can be worn with the frock coat"
 "Granted-but why retain the frock coat? It suits very few men and its  CTS Let them an who would dress sen- sibly dispense with tails and wear a rather short coat-not too abbreviated in which I am sure he will look well and feel comfortable.
 My most radical recommendations ap- ply to the neither garments The un- graceful trousers should be replaced with close-fitting knee brooches, coming below the knee and fastening with three but tons, and silk stockings and neat buckled or laced shoes would complete service able costume.
 sAs for the ladies' I cannot criticise their toilet. They always look charm ing"
 Lord Ronald frankly admitted that he had not the courage to adopt his re- formed costume at once- However. he has not worn a silk hat for years, the last occasion being royal garden party.
 'I don't think the present period is the ugliest in the history of mans dress, " he admitted, but that Is not saying a great deal. In 1S40, in my opinion, the high-water mark of downright uglness 3 was reached, but we are nearly as bad today
 'The only way to get a sensible style of dressing generally adopted" concluded
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Content 10 Ply Old Games With
 Which They Are Familiar.

few, and even they are not ingenius enough to think up new games. Most of them depend on the games others have played"
 There's nothing new in crime" repeat ed Captain Evans of the Bureau of Iden- tihcation. All the things we hear about are on the same old order. Of course there are confidence men who are sharp enough to think up a new scheme every time they see new victim, but their games are, after all so similar that one describes them all. They offer a man a chance to get a lot of money in an easy way, and they get the money. In burglary or thieving there Is absolutely nothing new. And no new tools, either. The jimmy and the skeleton key are still supreme
 A search of the property room at the City Hall revealed no new implements of burglary, and the officer in charge, in the absence of Custodian De Witt C.. Cregier, asserted that none had come in.
 "The jimmy Is so near g. perfect tool that they can't improve on it, and noth- ing new will be apt to come forward until a new way of building houses and lock- ing them up Is devised" he said
The age-herald., 1902-01-05
ONCE OWNED BY WASHINGTON.
Priceless Volume Presented to Secre-
 tary Hay by Oscar Straus.

From the Washington Times
 Oscar Straus of New York, formerly minister to Turkey called on Secretary Hay yesterday and left a Christmas present with which MT. Hay was de- lighted. It was copy of Oliver Gold smiths Life of Shakespeare" an early and rare edition. but it had a greater value than It's literary rarity In having come from the library of George Wash ington.
 Washington's personal booiplate, the familiar arms of his family on which the American flag was modelled. adorns the inside of the cover and the signature of the first President appears on the title page as clearly as if 1t had been written yesterday instead of more than hun- dred years ago. The print Is excellent and the binding handsome.
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evidently gratifying, that he patted me on the head and remarked: My boy, you deserve a dollar He reached into his pocket and fished out 60 cents. It was all he had. He beckoned to Henry Clay and asked for the remain ing 40 cents. Clay could only produce 10 cents. That made TO cents total. Douglas was appealed to. He had 20 cents. That left me 90 cents, and l was satisfied, but MT. Calhoun said:
 No, promised Stuart $1, and he is going to get it. stephen, attack the opposition! And MT. Douglas went over to Daniel Webster, borrowed 10 cents, and MT. Calhoun was satisfied
The age-herald., 1902-01-05
IN. MINING INDUSTRIES
 UNITED STATES LEADS

New York. January 1--The production and progress of the mining and metal lurgical industries for the United States for the year just closed are reviewed in the current number of the Engineering and Mining Journal. The total produc- tion Is estimated at 30O,0 600 short tons, an amount far beyond the quantity mined in any other country. Nearly the entiro amount was consumed at home despite material growth in exports.
 The anthracite coal fields Of Pennsyl- vania contributed one-fifth of the total. The softer coal entered to a greater ex- tent than eyer before into the market for commercial and household fuel. The pro- duction and consumption of coke were also larger than ever before. The review CT pronounces the oil discoveries in Texas the most important since oil was found in Pennsylvania. He predicts that both California and Texas fields will have an important bearing on the man
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Couldn't See Straight.

From the Washington Star.
 Tn the pension bureau, as chief clerk of one of the divisions. is a man by the name of N. B. Strait. He came from williamsport, Pa., and has been ln the service for many years. A few days ago Pension Commissioner Evans, rushed into the office where this chief clerk is employed and in loud voice exclaimed:
 Can see Strait?"
 "Now, there is young woman, pretty and vivacious, who acts as stenographer and typewriter for MT. Strait. She was busily engrossed in her work. She heard the Commission CTS exclamation, but she didn't rec ognize his voice.
 q don't know whether you can or not" she replied.
 "But want to see Strait" the Com missioner persisted, "and want to see Strait right away"
 "This is not an opticians place" the typewriter continued, and about this time she looked around, only to find the Commissioners face wreathed in smiles. He had seen the humorous side of the thing and was well pleased. The typewriter tried to explain, but MT. Evans insisted that it was not necessary.
 q have not been drinking even if I do want to see straight he said.
 One of the clerks in the division was a listener to this bit of pleasantly, and it was through him that the story got out.
The age-herald., 1902-01-05
SldeIlqhts On History.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 The battle of Trafalgar had been fought and won. but Lord Nelson, the conqueror, lay dying
 The news of the glorious victory was brought to him and he expressed his joy.
 Thus far the published accounts of the hero's last hours are correct
 But they are incomplete.
 "I would rather die, anyhow" he said, because Iney can't try me now for cowardice and reprehensble conductp'
 Saying which he passed away.
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ufacturing interests in the states named and in the southwest.
 The iron trade showed production which a few years ago would have been regarded as impossible. The quantity of pig iron exceeded the output of Great Britain and Germany combined. Raw iron, steel and finished products were in an aggregate parallel with that of pig iron, The enormous output was not in excess of the demand and at the end of the year the great mills and furnaces were almost all behind with orders.
 Every indication points to equal pros perity in 1902 Export trade in Iron and steel showed a material falling off in com parison with 1900 and the home market made up the deficiency Gold production showed an increase and amounted to be- tween $s2, GOO and $S9,OOO,O00. Silver made no gain over 1900 and copper fell off slightly. There was some decrease in lead. Zinc showed gain.
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have dissipated too much already in get ting married.-MeIgendor Blaetter.
 Are you going to write a letter to Santa Claus. and have it printed in the Banner?' asked the --rst boy. No, my pa doesn't take the Banner" was the re- ply.-Baltimore American.
 The Heiress-You seem to have no ob- jection to him, papa, except that he has no money.
 Papa-No. and I'll admit that he Is try ing hard to get some.-Brooklyn Life.
The age-herald., 1902-01-05
Doom ofFrock Coat Sounded

Lord Ronald, lis to wear 1t in one's own home and among our intimate friends. Then a body of us may visit theater in reformed attire-but 1t will need lot of courage"
 Lord Ronald Is forming in Great Britain a league of dress reformers, in the hope of bringing about a revolution in mems attire.
The age-herald., 1902-01-05
Her Active Mind.

From the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
 Have you made up your mind -wnas al- you want for Christmas, EdithY
 Long ago; now l am making up my mind not to be disappointed if I don't get all made up my mind that want ed See?'
The age-herald., 1902-01-05
Doubts the Adage.
Philade1nhia Press.

From the Philadelphia Press.
 Teller-Tm sure what I'm telling you isHsos Seeing is believing" you know.
 Keller-Not always. I see lots of peo- pie every day that 1 never could believe.
The age-herald., 1902-01-05

Illustrate your advertisements. The Age-Herald Engraving Co. makes cuts. Both line cuts and half tones'
The age-herald., 1902-01-05
What Funny Men Are Saying.

Bride-Adolph. please drop your work for a little while and let us go to the beer garden for a bit of recreation.
 Professor-Leave me here my dear.
The age-herald., 1902-01-05
Has Been There.

From the Indianapolis News.
 To venezuela-I know how it is myself The Porte.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-12-06
Who is James Smith

Investigations that have been
quietly progressing for some days
lead to the almost conclusive be-
lief that the mad nov. confined in
the county jail at Washburn,
awaiting the death penalty for the
murder of Anton Heilinger, is no
other then Jacob nBassanelia. who
esoapsd6 10 81 %SmtYgjfD#
Grand Forks several years ago,
having been arrested there and
s:s z e 49ss!|ds SssiF$ f Ssi
county. The murder was S6h:
@.,ss,sS @'ssss ss .ss is s|BBa's4l1 BBas.sHt4l!
brothers were returning hom )tA6
ssssg tss s5sy ~ &
though 1het5 R4k s6ng Aemehtv a
extenuation brought out at Gle
trial. The Bassanella brothers,
Joe and Jake escaped from athe
Jail, with several other prisoners,
Before xh&r trial }Swas held. uJoe
was recaptured by the officials, and
sentenced TO lite imprisonment in
the penitentiary: Ifts flhss- 7 i zaqs, .
recaptured, and has never BEEN
'''ss ss.;;i} ,si! =: :%}sslsi s:'5i laa,:
two men from the Grand Forks
jail, ther4 appeared ip the vicinity,
Of Washburn q young Fellow who
gave tie! thle!a aamsnSE IL i .'' JjasnIlets' Smith,
He clai@eaa haeA y yelip OHM =
teer in Chs .l ssrylIstyF@ y!lItF Unsl'aE| 4 Sam
and worked at odd jobs about
Washburn. I,xst'sphng 4tdfktdN
sdered f;Antoti ,rHeifinger, we'll
known farmer living near Wash
bum. Hes was arrested and placed
Il, jsii rom which he escaped!
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-12-06

There is a move being made to
abolish the death 'ppenaIty in this
state making 4tRe,,' penalty i'm
prisonment for life instead. Some
states fhava abolished the death
penalty!T"There are some crimn-
nails who have no tear OF the death
punishment alsl we believe that
There is'a laT-ter number who fear
u 'penitentiary sentence for the
crime Of murder in the first de
cree. ,s.dTlh dTlhtere is always a ohaaaes
al IYays,a, hope of freedom to, .,qne
coninel- in tae peuitentiarM for.
life. -;
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-12-06

Fingal Herald: Now comes
Senator Dubois of Idaho claiming
that Republican success in the
Mountain States this fall is the
result Of the irrigation bill. whose
author is our own Senator Hans
brough. The Senator desgrkedii
much credit for the excellent work
be has dom, ,fqr the state Of Moth
bal@e 8RT xestA MF.
Hansbrough has now been a meu-
Der Of the senate long enough 10
obtain . footing, in. that bedy,
AhSi1aHf ID AAahb bsaan 81 ,6o1RJ19d}GabMsin ,6o1RJ q GbMssinp
alh|has beeu iH'idl 91hthgRt95 tks
&" I'm: 3fa*}fat ft$ 1i7: 1.ns s&as3t az 4
We 4enpt4! iJtatJ$ifter year and
term after term. having learned by
6AplNl!4g}9 that i'AKSsss' y9%ls sn{a3 {ao}
s.SeAMr toiR9t9as 5taHdiAF Nth
,hii colleagues that will 'ekasls HIN
to do effective work for his state.
The epDple, 81 Barn<s county would
most certainly be pleased to have
the honor Of furnishing ! !! ths sen:
ator for this great state of North
Dakota, but is it wise to de-
priye ourselves Of able, representsE
tions; which can enly be- obtained
by long service in the senate for
the SqRst8ht 4@Fon% pf fur
nish7ng a United States senator?
W l ltI;.ii ~, Hind ,.iiill,Gtn M. '',qu ~, ''
LIY,u, ,ln,e ,lrrn -11-esrr tynvrl etil IL IRE
",,SasS|f ,, sa4! t state. a. Ptsis. t'
publishinganotiee 70" the effect
that Senator H.ii % hss ss mot not
,fhis,' home county il1t with him. The,
Senator hasthe supportbf Ramsey,
'tliyF home pB33Hahty: :Y'eaa' q ~
zHlHj
Heavy stor ms throughout the
east the past week.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-12-06

unuefSlOO0.
That Smith might be TIE mali
@who escaped from the 6 rantl Forks
Jail was thought possible when he
Ahrst stated his real llame which is
7 an unusual one Subsequent facts
which have been discovered tend
/ to Gonfrla that suspicion. It is
known !, own that /thei real Bassenella
formerly liyed at Stockton. .}sFis
facts Stated with regards to his
parentage are true with reference
to the real Bassanella and officials
who haveI charge of the Washbur
man, when shown the picture of
the real Bassaneils. stats that they
believe I'll le two tp be sthe same.
Sheriff C,llins of GRAND Forks
counted, fho had1 Bassanella in
his c custody for some time before
his escape was colhmp' p'nicatea with
and vii doubtless be able to- settle
theiquestion of identity.
Joe Bassanella. a younger Abro-
ther' of Jake, is now5!serving aaffe
sentence in the penitentiary. He
Is only twenty years of age and a.
good prisoner, apparently not
vicious, and it is thought became
involved in the present trouble
through the vicious instinctsof his
brother.-B Bismarck Tribune.
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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-12-06
HAD NO CAUSE FOR ALARM,
How Scotch Clergyman comforted the
vi Wife of Sinner.

Il - vvuS VI q 0lIiIlOts
APrincetop alumnus retells the story
that was a fayorite' with the well.
beloved DR.. Jimmy McCosh, once
president of the faculty of the great
Jersey university! 1t had to do with
wicked old lowlander who traded
horses with and sold horses to his
Ifellow-scots,, followirg each big deal
with, a spree that. laid, him up for a
week or more. At such, times he, be
came depressed, and. took a gloomy
viess @of ''s;aIs. see|lirg CONSOLATION in
Etae Bible, and loudly bewailing the
Sins. laid UP against him for his queer
.notse-dealil g. On one occasion, he
/ became so blue That he feared death
as never before ard so played, upon
his good w1fe's' feelings that she went
after ithe'minisdef. ~ r. -.a@al" 'ai'
%! Master ,Wallace,Y! She said. to-
the divine, do ye come VII. me an see
jamie! Meier afore was lie in so bad
"a way, an he, be, afeartt to- meet his
= "Hoot!" was the reply Of the clergy l,,rf
man, who knew Jamie Of old. Tell
m he, reedra be, feart-he II never
see his. ,Makker!" ..., ..r ... ...
L: Mousse .a':::;;pll,umb'o,eenr+ Der was vas
struck with a billiard cue by
Frank Stewart at the North
west hotel, Tuesday evening.
His condition is serious. Stew
art was arrested. :~.i '."j't '.'o
%. c::'s. sotem;,: senior mem
Der of the real estate firm o,f
Sple'n and Seltz,, vent to. Bis:
rmarck' 4 On Tuesda vs. train to
/ m|set ~ his brother; VII 3 has Been.
i, !, busihtesat Btitte.! MSnth na:,,
'Tlhe 'brothers' will go to 'Mians-d
applis to,q a viLit''6f q couple Of
weeks. '"'1A''.:rs"i ''" IA 'h' II .l"|
.willismai' k{o:s, the Bn3;;sii B9;sttiinesa;a s;p
im'nurderie,j,r ,j,'' wa9 ,aaaI'i gira,,n,ted ,,,td
a .repriie,vye y ~ Gov " White; - ~ IT,
Ill th,s' nfat mesifinx !|.i x',.7 & l,.lhs; the
paard pf pardone. y. :t;n ..;N