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Arizona republican., 1902-01-05

Probably the one individual in the United States who has lost the most
 heavily in the slump BLEATS FROM in copper is MT. THE SHORN. Thomas w. Lawson
 of Boston, few months ago a multi millionaire and az ambitious contestant with the Tn dependence for the America cup in the international yacht races. Mir. Lawson is still well fixed, financially. he says, but he admits that he has been shorn by the wolves of Wall street. He was-and possibly is yet-the larg- est single holder of AInalgamated cop per stock. but has not been taken into the confidence of the gentlemen con trolling that company, and he claims that much of the disturbance in the copper market has been due to his associates gunning for him. He can didly admits that he has got the worst of it." but it seems that adver sity has made a philosopher of him, and he pours forth his soul in q num- Der of maxims which are certainly good enough to have a wide circulation. Here are some of them: The RepubH- can commends them to all lambs:
 Wall street on dry days amuses itself by soaking the public-also on wet days and other days"
 "A Wall street pilot Is one who, tired Of sinking his own craft. sinks others for salvage"
 "A trust Is a modern sky-scrapcr. with a foundation of water. no win dows ana the roof in the cellar
 ''Thc letters and figures used in the language of the tape are very few. but they spell Hell in 99,o0O.OO3 different languages
 There are three fundamentals of stock speculation which he describes as follows:
 q. Take what comes to you as though you liked it. Never for an in stant forget it's a game of chance. and. while it's free, no one is compelled to come into it.
 "2. When you lose the other fellow wins and he Is as much entitled to as you.
 "3. Don't rail against Wall street because it In tine gets the entire stake through it's commission. Wall street is the gamekeeper and referee. All interesting games must, will and do have them. Wall street, was there before you were born and will be after you are dead"
 Here are some of the best of his epi- grams:
 If Rockefeller. Rothschild or the
Arizona republican., 1902-01-05

Czar of Russia stacks up against the ticker somebody will ride in the ambu- lance-and it won't be the ticker.''
 When you gamble. in stocks 1t is you against the world-one mind against millions"
 There are many philosophers in Wall street. but they're all broke.''
 ''The ticker blasts more lives than rum and cards combined"
 Aristotle must have been flirting with the tape when he said the world was made up to two kinds of people liars and liars"
 A lie well told in Wall street is the trI,th
Arizona republican., 1902-01-05

A Tennessee man threatens to make steel ingots direct flPn iron ore in thirty minutes. Thatis just the man who is needed to buct up against the steel trust. If he has sure thing, and does not sell out to tie steel combina- tion, he can deprecia e some holdings just now considered siIt-edged.
Arizona republican., 1902-01-05
nurnerOus.

Bicycling seems on te way to join the roller skating in F1ance as an eN- tinct craze. and the bb -velodromes, like the rinks, are emty. An attempt is being made to turnthem into open air theaters for classical plays and operas. At Roubaix the experiment will be made next suuiner-
Arizona republican., 1902-01-05

Lawyers throughout the country are complaining of a lack of business, but litigation seems to be playing out in Texas to q greater CStent than any where else. There arr forty counties in that state that have not a single lawyer.
Arizona republican., 1902-01-05
ONE WOMAW

With two faces; one face bright with health, the other face Pinched and drawn by illness Many woman can take the portrait of herself made but few years ago, and holding 1t by her face in the mirror realize a similar change
 Behind this change in form and fea- ture is always disease. and generally dis ease which affects the wornanly OTgan- ism The backache and bearing down pains put heavy strain on the nervous system There is loss of sleep, lack of appetite, and, as a natural result. loss of strength and flesh
 Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription cures diseases of the wornanly organs It establishes regularity, dries enfeebling drains heals inflammation and ulcera- ton and cures female weakness.
 Words cannot tell what suffered for thirteen wears with y-oIuf trouble and dragging down pains through my hips and baclS,T writes Nrs. john Dickson. of Csrenfell Assiiiiboia Dist. NV Ter T can't describe the misery it was to be on my feet long time. I could not eat HOT sleep. often | wished to die Then saw Dr. Pierce's medicines advertised and thought l I was feeling well. After I had taken five bottles of Favorite Prescription and one of Golden Medical Discovery was like new woman. Could eat and sleep and do all my own work. I would entreat of any lady suffer ing from female weakness to give Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription fair trial. for know the benefit she will receive.r
 Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure biliousness and sick headache.
Arizona republican., 1902-01-05

LITTLE JAMES.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-01-11

a comparatively young man. being but
thirty eight years old. He was grad
uated at a Meadville. PA. college and
came west. He taught school In Otoe
county. went To Custer county as SUI
perintendent Of the city schools OF
Broken Bow. but resigned after two
years to engage I'm the cattle business.
His home Is at Sargent. the same small
town that claims Governor Savage rs
a resident. He rides the range with
his cowboys raises fine horses and Once
in a while runs for office. The first time
was I'm 1895. when he was elected state
senator I'm strong populist district
tie was reelected I'm 1900. and was one
of the leading candidates for United
States senator from the North Platte
district.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-01-11

for Mr.. SiZer as deputy postmaster.
Senator Spencer. late of Firth, who had
voted for ThurstOn in the senatorial
election of 1895. had been promised the
place. but when ThurstOn showed
symptoms of desiring to take every
thing in the patronage line for his
especial friends. Mr. STROBE. who con-
trOlled the pOstOffice appointments,
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-01-11
IN THE REALM OF
= POLITICS =

1t seems to be generally accepted that
col +. r. SiZer has the pOstotfice
cimched. and the close friends of Mr..
bushnell even admit that there is lit
tie hope of his being retained. When
Mr. Bushnell went to Washington the
other week. it was with hope beating
high in his breast. He read in the
newspapers about how the president
had withstOod the demands of
,ongressmen and senators for the APP
pointment of favorites to displace men
who had served faithfully and well.
He knew that the president had long
been known as an advocate of the
merit system, and he believed that with
the almost unanimous endorsement of
the business men of the city, the prin-
cipal patrons of the office, certifying
to his faithfulness and excellent serv-
ice, he stood at least a chance of de
feating his opponent. He went armed
with petitions, letters and endorse
ments of various kinds. Just what his
reception was is something he declines
to be interviewed upon. but it is said
that it was none of the most cordial.
The president. so the Washington dis
patches say is subject to attacks of
',emper, and he was not in the best
of moods, it would SEEM when Mr..
Bushnell reached the White house. At
least. so the story goes, he very tersely
told Mr.. Bushnell that he did not care
to look at the petitions, and directed
him to file them where they belonged.
This is taken to indicate that he means
to abide by the congressman's recon-
mendations and not by the petition of
the patrons.
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1t is perhaps not generally known
that if events had shaped themselves
four years ago the way some of the
politicians wanted them, Mr.. SiZer
would not now be likely man for
postmaster. Shortly after Mr.. McKin-
ley's first election the most strenuous
efforts were made on behalf of Mr..
Steers appointment as United States
marshal. He had all of the endorse
ments a man could secure. but he
didn't get the place because Senator
Thurston had the pull and wanted
George III. Thummel. Then although
it has never been printed. Congress
man Strobe sought to make a place
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-01-11

Currie as the next congressman from
the Sixth district. Mr.. Currie is a
ranchman, but a cOllege-bred man. an
able speaker and SO seductive a cam
a doubt of the result after he once was
nominated. Mr.. Currie has served two
terms as state senator from the Custer
district, and is widely known. He is
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-01-11

turned Spencer down. Webster Eaton
had for years been one of Mr.. Strode's
warmest friends and supporters. He
had been DESTROYS of securing "A place
as consul to a Mexican port but when
the turn could not be made. his friends
insisted upon his appointment as
deputy. l.. l.. Lindsey. who has just
been appointed custodian, was slated at
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-01-11
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sea savors so much of the impossible
that IL Is almost as difficult to believe
il as II was that a message had come
through the Atlantic cable or that "a
steamboat could really cross the ocean
without sails. Already the cable own
ers are said to grudge MarcOni a place
for operations on Newfoundland but
that will not matter since he will not
he hampered by cable limitations. He
will find places enough to erect his
apparatus The cable companies have
no mortgage on the armament and
they may as well prepare for the in
evitable
Patterson. y. j. must be- queer
place to live i'm. In recent lawsuit
over a spite fence twenty-five feet
high. which a man had erected at "A
distance of only eighteen inches from
"A neighbor's house it was discovered
that tier" are more than hundred Of
these spite fences in Patterson and all
built within the last two years
Life i'm Great Britain will not be- lack
ing i'm excitement until after the coro-
nation, ut any rate. At Norfolk House
4 doll exhibition eXemplifies the dresses
which the nobility must wear on the
great occasion. The results are ex-
ceedingly peculiar. and. il one may say
it without irreverenCe. too funny for
anything. The dressmakers are i'm de
spair and the hairdressers are frantic
and King Edward will have to either
moderate his preparations or order an
neNes to the insane asylums
Whatever may be charged about Ger
tain abuses in the New York customs
office. it is certain that the new regula-
tinns under Collector BidweIl for the
inspection of personal baggage have
been effective in collecting revenue.
Secretary Gage has done good service
to the country not only by increasing
the revenues. but by insisting upon a
higher standard of morality; and he
has searched out and priCked the in
dividual conscience i'm a way that does
him credit. The courtesy of the port"
which is only a euphemism for con-
nivanCe at smuggling he shows up in
its true character. and he brings the
respectable" people who think IL no
harm to escape paying duties by a lit
tie polite evasion, face to face with
their acts under the plain and dis
agreeable aspect Of cheating and lying
Where one dollar of revenue was col
leCted before four dollars are collected
now. as is shown by sl52,45 collected
from 100. 600 passengers in seven months
of 1900 and 1866. O4S collected from prac-
tiCally the same number of passengers
for the corresponding period of 1901.
Two trips of a ship which brought over
a number of welI-knOwn dressmakers
and milliners are compared, showing
former dock duties to have amounted
to $500. with a list of 500 passengers:
present duties, with a list of 300 pas
sengers. $4,000. Naturally there is a
howl of outrage from those who have
been caught and pinched. But the re-
suits Justify the secretary's order. and
no one but the guilty will complain
when all persons. without discrimina-
tiOn. stand on the same footing before
the law.
Clara had an awful time when
refused him.
Maud-How do you mean?
- Clara-Why. he took it in earnest.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-01-11

( that time to succeed Tom WorralI as
superintendent of carriers. In order to
tighten the burdens upon the deputy
postmaster the SUPPLEMENTARY of car
riers was abolished and the duties di-
vided between two new clerks whom
the congressman secured. IL Mr.. SiZer
had been made deputy. he would nat
urally have espOused the cause Of
Congressman STROBE. who desired
third term. and he would not. there
fore. have been selected by Mr.. Bur
kett to manage his campaign and
thereby made himself eligible To the
pOStoffice succession. Mr.. SiZer doubt
less thought some rough things about
that time. but he may now feel glad
matters turned out as they did. Sena
tor ThurstOn at that time desired To
have e. II. Morrill, named as postmas-
ter, but he could not prevail against
the congressman. who desired To name
his campaign manager. Thurston
finally gave in. but ne insisted strongly
upon the naming of State Senator
Spencer. Mr.. STROBE did not say
whether he would name Spencer or
not but after he landed Bushnell ne
refused to name him on the plea that
the people would not stand for a non
resident as deputy.
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The next deputy postmaster is very
likely to be T. F.. 4. Williams. Mr..
Williams is a clean, capable and alert
young republican. a lawyer by profess
sion. The place pays $500 a year and
the duties are not so eXaCting as to
divorce an attorney from his practice
completely. 1t is understood that Mr..
Williams has had the promise of the
deputyship for some time, but kept
mum over il because he was not hunt
ing any trouble. w II. Clark, of the
Fifth ward, who lays claim to being
the original Burkett man. Rugged the
fond deluSiOn to his breast for months
that he was to be deputy. IL is said
he never had any promise but that he
had picked the place a. being about
his size and thought it would come I"
him when he called. 4 little while ago
he seemed to have lost all Zest for il,
and was circulating a petition for ap-
pOintment as steward of the asylum.
Suspicion that Mr.. Williams was the
mysterious man, said to have been
slated, was aroused a few weeks ago
when he was discovered circulating
Il petition among the lawyers in the in
terest of Mr.. SiZer.
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The wise boys in the political arena
are picking State Senator Frank NJ
Evening star., 1902-03-17
An Admirable Example.
From the Philadelphia North American.

President Roosevelts indignant denial of
an application for the pardon OF loath-
some malefactor in South Dakota, who has
political influence in inverse ratio to his
worth q member Of society, Is accom-
panied by a timely and much-needed re-
buke to officers of the law who sign such
petitions.
Judges and district attorneys too often
seem to think that their responsibility for
the administration Of justice ends with the
conviction and sentence Of a criminal, and
that they are free to advise the undoing of
their work by higher authority. When a
judge signs a petition for the pardon of an
offender whom he has sentenced. unless
the petition is based upon the discovery of
new evidence casting doubt upon the JUS
tice Of the conviction, he admits either that
he abused his authority in the first place
through incompeteney or Indifference to
the rights of the accused or that he has
yielded weakly to solicitations which he
should have rebuked as manifestations of
contempt for the law and the courts.
In notifying the law officers of South Da-
kota that the sentence OF the influential
convict would be increased instead Of COM
muted If he had the power to take such
action the President has set example
which governors might follow to the ad-
vantage of public interests and the distinct
Improvement of official morals.
Evening star., 1902-03-17
Souvenir FiendS.

The announcement that New York ca
terer has been forced into bankruptcy be-
cause of the rapacity OF souvenir hunters
who attended the luncheon at The launch
ing of the Meteor reveals unpleasantly
phase of modern character. The souvenir
hend Is everywhere. He Is at his worst
here in Washington. where the constant
current OF tourists passes through public
buildings at all hours and under conditions
permitting much petty pilfering. The craze
to take away something which represents
a visit to historic places smothers all con-
scientious scruples. Men who would knock
others down for the bare suggestion of dis
honesty in business do not hesitate to pilfer
paper weights from the desks Of public Of
fcers, or to chip pieces out OF costly mar
BILE mantels, or to tear bits of fringe from
draperies or rugs. Women with the high
est principles under ordinary circumstances.
especially while at home, sometimes even
carry scissors with which to clip souvenirs
while on their travels. Ceremonial occa.:
Evening star., 1902-03-17
Democratic Praise of Mr.. Hanna

As MIR Hanna is accredited with sense
OF humor he must be enjoying himself these
days The effort in democratic quarters to
develop a presidential ambition in his bosom
has IL it the elements of richness. 1t IS
pointed out to him that the southern re-
publicans at a bare suggestion would or
ganize in his favor. and give him such a
start would put his party's nomination
In 1901 practically within his reach. Let
him give the signal then to his southern
friends. and beat his drum In the middle
states where his influence also has been
strong, and the fight Is as good as won
Mr. Roosevelt will not be in 1t with him.
One of the most adroit politicians OF the
day is hardly to be caught with char or
CUFF. The southern republican vote in ma
tional conventions is no foundation upon
which to rest presidential hopes The cam
didacies of John Sherman and General Al
ger plainly showed that The former was a
man of genius, and the latter had unlimited
means at his command. but both made the
mistake Of fishing for nominating votes In
waters where not an electoral vote was to
be had for love or money. The result was
overwhelming defeat in convention. which
simply prevented still greater defeat at the
polls. For had either Mr.. Sherman or Gen
eral Alger gone before the country as the
republican candidate for the presidency
nominated by the section OF the country
Evening star., 1902-03-17

which was solidly democratic, his opponcn.
at the polls would have had a walk-over.
The situation in the southern states Is
again practically what 1t was then. As Mr..
Wattersen said of Kentucky after the Goe-
bel law had been passed, "the result is not
left to chance" The elections machinery Is
so arranged as to make democratic ma
jorities a certainty. West Virginia Is the
solitary exception. Sound money and pro-
lection seem to have made that state safely
republican. But with the Goebel law oper-
ating In Kentucky, with Mr.. German and
his friends in power and operating ballot
law of their continuance in Maryland, and
with Delaware under the heel of Mr.. Ad-
dicks and his friends, those three states
are not unlikely to swing back in 1904 to
their former political relations. So why
should Mr.. Hanna, If he might promise
himself the south's support In the next re-
publican national convention. make play for
il when it would bring him nothing at the
polls?
But, at last. the situation seems simple
enough. The republican party is in power,
and Mr. Roosevelt is it's responsible head.
If his party's nomination two years hence
is worth anything it will go to. him by virtue
OF his position and achievements. II it is
worth nothing it will go to him by default
Evening star., 1902-03-17
General Miles in the Campaign.

Current disclosures respecting the Phil
ippine situation put General Miles in an en-
barrassing attitude.
In the first place. they come from anti
administration sources and are intended for
s4nti-adminstration purposes. They will be
feature in this years political campaigns.
General Miles. therefore, with or without
his consent, becomes an anti-administration
figure in the fight. One of the counts in the
indictment Of the administration is that the
war in the Philippines has been sadly mis-
managed; that mad a different course been
pursued and the troops been better handled
hostilities would long since have been
ended This text will fill the mouth of
many fluent stumper next fall, and appar-
emily with the authority now of the genera.
of the army. The average stumper knows
little about war. but, With soldier to draw
upon. he will talk like Mars himself and
give his lungs full power.
In the second place, General Miles is rep
resented as the volunteer critic of some or
the most capable of his comrades-in-a
AS the story goes he went to- the White
House of his own accord, submitted plans
for conducting operations in the Philippines,
and asked to be assigned to- command at
Manila for the purpose Of carrying them
plans and the operations of others. Had
the President sent for General Miles, and
expressed impa tience at the news from The
archipelago and solicited suggestions as to
a change there, the generals course would
have been fully justified. But the impa-
tience seems to have been on his own. side;
and, swallowing the personal discontinue
he is said to have felt in the matter OF the
Schley case, he called on the President Of
his own motion, showed how the fields had
been lost when they should have been won.
and volunteered tc go out and straighten
out the whole melancholy tangle. Otis,
Macarthur, Lawton, Chaffee-Indian fight
ers all-had failed. ,: t.--.:..;s4-t ..s>.. --..
The President. it is said, pigeon-holed the
suggestions. 1t would be interesting TO
Know what they embraced. And the public
may yet know. The fact Of their having
been submitted IS out. The date is given.
Why not the whole story? Those who
know so much probably know 1t all. As the
game seems to be political, and one to dis
credit the administration, the exigencies Of
the campaign may complete the details.
Evening star., 1902-03-17
Overlooked.
Spring is a time, a poet said

Spring is time. poet said
When all creation seems in tune,
When skies are smiling overhead
And sunlight gilds each afternoon.
And gentle birds upon the tree
Delight to trill dainty lay,
And all is fair as fair can be,
All, this Is what the poets say.
Spring is time when microbes climb
About your timorous, trembling frame.
You cannot muse on the sublime,
Your head aches and you're going lame,
And there is mud upon the street
And snow upon the trysting spot
And frost and fog and slush and sleet-
These things the poet quite forgot.
Evening star., 1902-03-17
Bill Boards in Mexico.


From the Cincinnati COMMERCIAL Tribune.
The law OF Mexico requires that to each
poster there shall be attached a revenue
stamp Of denomination in keeping with
the size Of the poster. the stamp, Of course,
to be affixed by the bill boarder. Appro-
pirate penalties are imposed for neglect to
attach the stamp. 1t Is somewhat remark
able that. while legislatures and municipal
boards are compelled to seek new sources
of revenue. the bill boarder, with his ex-
ceedingly valuable holdings. has been COM
pletely overlooked. He Is allowed to erect
his boards. square after square. to make
neighborhoods hideous to supply places
which are made receptacles for filth Of all
sorts, cast off clothing. ashes, garbage and
litter Of every description. He is allowed
to occupy the streets and the public places
practically at his own good will and pleas
ure. and pays nothing in the way OF taxes
for the privilege.