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his discretion. He sees dazzling occa-
sion, and he can not resist it. He is ad.
yised that he will put his country in an
awkward attitude. but in his minds eye he
sees an international audience watching
him holding up the scales Of justice and he
hears a salvo of applause after the award.
It is a dramatic situation which he can not
resist. 1t IS another piece with campaign
ing in Rough Rider uniform and posing
for an heroic painting Of himself on San
Juan hill
For his personal political fortune prob.
ably It is a proper play. The vast majority
Of people are pleased by the spectacular and
the seltconfdent. This is tho kind Of
trumpery that helps TO make nominations,
and that is Mr. Roosevelts present obiec-
tive, if he really has any design in accept
ing the delicate task.
The end OF the Venezuelan affair is a
long way off. Arbitration will require some
months and settlement will necessarily ey-
tend over several years. The undesirable
consequences of the act. which prudent
statesmen foresee will not develop until
after the political star of Roosevelt shall
have passed its conjunction
At any rate 1t is easy to he seen that Mr..
Roosevelt is true to the character he has
shown throughout his public career The
man who played sleuth on the New York
police who went galopins to notoriety in
Cuba. who hurled "a round robin" at his
superior officers, who smashed social pro
prieties IN the White House luncheon, and
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DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP S S3%s; Comments sat

ment in the form Of ranrod j. i,
which shall be so constructed u, ~ 'leanins 10,
used at viii as gun rest or No. may b
being susceptible OF adjustment 60 y , the les
used by soldier standing or kneel;ns u may
In modern military practice,
eral in a description OF his eorts ays the g,n
tendency is TO depart from the n lance ia
OF shooting heretofore in vague 49,, Onnand stl
gunner take more deliberate aim, snd G nave Ii
desirable in such cases to provide ~. u IS ven
convenient rest. Moreover, while s. gun witt
at close quarters are of rare ocerro" cement
theless the natural effect Of the bayon.. never
recognized by military experts" 'V"e' Is std
nose who have examined the inv.,,.
inclined TO the opinion that it viii nro az
valuable piece OF property. F'0'e 10 Be
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RoosEVELT's coNcElT.

1t has seemed from the beginning that
President Roosevelt secretly wished to &C
cept the burden of arbitrating the vene-
zaelan affair. His protesting has been en-
tirely too mild. He would yield TO pressure.
He has been like the coy maiden who will
though she won't
It comes out now that he really wants
the job. OF course be will not do the work
He win appoint a commission OF legal gen
tlemen who viii digest the case and formu,
late the award which he will promulgate
He is pleased with the result OF his inter
vention in the coal strike winch he thinks
has greatly distinguished him at home, and
he wishes now to stand for moment in
tho calcium light Of Europes gaze His
party advisers and personal friends are still
trying to dissuade him, but evidently to little
effect Unless England and Germany with.
draw their request or unless some forceful
circumstance arise, he will accept.
The president is man who believes in
himself and his opportunities. He is not so
brave as he is conceited. In the coal strike
he exercised no initiative. for it was not
until public pressure was exerted that he
found the courage TO act, and then he was
saved from an ignominicus failure by the
yielding of the coal operators to popular in.
dignation and resentmen. Of their insult to
the Nations chief executive. And in the
matter Of trusts he has backed down from
his original purpose,
Now his conceit is running away with
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-25
THIS DAY

Co.,, 49,. IT. 49,.
David SAVIOR Which is Christ the Lord. Luke
d. Dc.
-Four thousand years before and two
Thousand years since have not matched the
beauty OF his character or his influence upon
'lVIIl1''ioh' Whatever we may think OF
inspiration or revelation or miracle we
must stand uncovered IN the presence OF
TINS incompatible Person OF all human his
tory.
And despite unbeIef he is present today
as truly as ne was that sweet morning in
Bethlehem breathing the incense of angels
or that sad ninth hour on Calvary when in
splendid silence ne died like a God. For,
throughout the world he is In the hearts of
MS people ne Is the moral soundness of so
| clety' and ne Is the one blameless example Of
personal conduct
lie is not the laundering Jove nor the
"rathtul Jehovah. He is not racial or Ma
tionaL He is Love-love for all mankind in
every age and cline. He is the throbbing
heart OF the sentient earth. incarnation or
ideaity, he is force real, living redeem
! ing, which can not cease until the universe
is plunged in final ruin, and even then it
would revive decay and reform the wreck Of
worlds, for it is the ytaliziug principle OF
7 all that lives or is above the material and
the sensual
And this Is what we celebrate today il
we have a thought beyond our petty selves
TO freshen love in human hearts, to make
common cause with the lowly as one broth.
erhood TO cruelty selhshness and learn
charity, to glorify sacrifice for others and to
eXalt righteousness in the earth
And with it all to rejoice in the birth of a
new principle among mankind to make glad
and be merry in seemly fashion, to dispense
happiness and to strike music from the
chord that binds all human hearts to one
another and to God.
AS it is not day for sour aspect, so II
is not a day for thoughtless reveI and they
profaue it who refuse to consider it's beauties
OF sentiment and its lessons of usefulness
AS it is the day OF birth 1t is fttingly
dedicated in large part to the delights OF
childhood, for childhood stands for limo
cence and innocence was the badge of his
service
As It is the day of Gods best gift to mar
it is appropriately observed by giving and
whether the eiyer come in the fantastic gart
OF Santa Claus, that beautiful myth of An
glO-SaNOn folk lore or as the natural narapi
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.!"'e' TO nepule win Inc negro question
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parry 'n Inc oouth u seems that the repub.
ma" NoU'N De content 10 leu lAe
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~ .ue 0ou'U'
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'He oou'n' before tne war many North.
states were 'e"aolY democratic. IN
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@sa4 'ueS .neH alsheu themselves with the
ne" 'epuoHcah party "hich was the inStru'
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Just One Possible Hitch.
Boston Globe.

boston Glopt.
And now the story is that J. Pierpopt Mo,s.,
is to come out with 100000 900 coal trus, H.
will buy out the independent operators and e6r r1
troll them absolutely, thus becoming the real coal
thraeite mines in his grasp, plenty ~ oas,s su-
roads for the delivery OF his produces .rd
Baer as his chief lieutenant we have IN
ton that viii astonish the world Tb. oU oI"O.na
sible hitch in Mr. Morsan's various cn., pos
tons is that an industrial monarchy MAJ
ways SIT securely on political democracy NV ~
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-25

ARBuRArIoN should no more he able to affect
the Monroe doctrine than 1t could affect the sta
bllity OF Gibraltar. he Monroe doctrine is fixed
and iulmutabe, and Il is time to let the nations
Of the world understand that neither The Hague
tribunal nor any other tribunal could by ts de-
Yee in any degree nullify It, Nh. Roosevelt
could refuse TO arbtrate the Venezuelan trouble
and at the time Of his refusal so sharply dehns
the provisions Of the Monroe doctrine that no
decision would be apt to eneroaeh upon 4 The
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-25
Done It Again.
Naeosaoehes Sentinel.

Nacosdoches Sentinel
Teddy has went and gone done 1t again. He is
as had as Mrs, Darlington He never opeus his
mouth without putting his foot in H. He had so
much 10 say about the Venezuelan row that he
has got a job that he doesn't want The pow
ers insist that he alone shall act as arbitrator
and it appears that ne will have il 10 do some
bedy viii be mad no matter which way he de
eides Wed rather be the rtisrse in a baseball
gsnia
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JupoE A. W. TrRRutL is said to be preparing
bin to be introduced in the legislature providing
for the regulation by law Of party primary cleo
tions. Those who saw what transpired in Hous
ton last April, when contention for fair and
equal and honest representation in the voting
booths came perilously near to precipitation of
riot and bloodshed, will agree that some such
law is very desirable
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Real strenuoslty.

BRYAN Eagle - ..rfiars J
President Roosevelt got in a eiose - sllos
Sunday morning while it was raining, ar I
a man 10 sit outside and drive % eH ;rsid. d
act Of the president who was on 'hs aim '
that of the driver, who was out n w s.oup, d
thought 70 be so strenuous that the as 10
was telegraphed to all the ntwSp'FN
country,
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An Expensive Lu,,,ry

Baltimore Herald
Il know that Carnekie think. :,
TO die rich said the Cynical Cosg., sl,ssrses
doesn't seem to be succeeding. Fl. gW ne
no longer if be rnarries off any OF ri. worry
TO a foreign eeunl. He'll ,hen a.. lafiyss
effect with Just few studied shesk 5oosa same
OF waeis ;itFGFiss.' S00Ai instead
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gamperina 10Th 9riHeS
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
(By T. ~ LshG)

MERR1 CltklS MAo'
Ter whom 1t may concern
Ter you, and you, and you,
wish Merry Christmas
An Happy New Year too
wish yeh seads o presents
An stoekin's full O bliss,
An lovin' lips ter snugsle up
An give yeh all kiss.
/ wish yeh happy laughter
And days o joyful ease
An time ter reeolleot en-;
The OF time Christmas trees,
Yer father an yer mother
Yer brother an yer sis,
An, when the day is ended,
A good OF fashioned kiss
Without the lovin' kisses
II wouldn't mean so much,
Without wee arms ter squeeze yeh
Without the tender touch
O. wee pink pslmed caresses
On both yer grizzled cheeks
1t wouldn't be no Christmas,
The kind a feller seeks.
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A CHRISTMAS TREE.

A CHRISTMAS TREE.
Christmas Good Of Christmas
Never wanter die
Couldn't be so happy
Up beyond the sky,
This al world is good enough
Good enough fer me-
Nothin' half so bright up there
As a Christmas tree!
If I've got ter quit it.
QUIT this mundane sphere,
Just remember all the fun
At / had while here
An don't plant tombstone
Der the bones o me
II yeh wsnter please me
Plant Christmas tree
Choctaw Indians being imported to pick
cotton in Mississippi. They arc quick and &C
tive nimbe of finger, aud after few weeks
practice can pick as much cotton per day the
best negro pickers.--Brenham Bonner.
This ought to make the negroes join the move
ment against the soalpers.
Credited TO the Germans" is an improvement
on the word skyscraPer.-' sky-scracher. Ell
PaSo Herald
That's sharp.
England and Germany must think President
Roosevelt is 'it."-Wa6o Telephone
And he seems inclined, by grabbing the hot end
OF a bunco proposition to prove that he is Nit"
An enterprising saloon keeper OF Houston has
a new drink, the Boil Weevil.' 1t is said
there a great many citizens of that place
who are willing to fight it.--Fort Worm Tcie.
gran.
But they would all fight it in the same way
DeniSoH Herald.
What's the difference so long as they succeed
in downing it?
Make glad the hearts of as many nlortals as
you during the holidays Yookpm Times.
Now is the time to subscribe.
Emperor William Of Germany is writing a
court poet but it is easy to speculate who will
get the lions share of the credit for the produc-
ton, if it is ever produced-Aniiiu Messenger.
And who'll get the LauF
Massachusetts, coasting vessels always point
their noses in the direction OF Handkerchief
shoals.-Cnnetnmah Commercial Tribune
When a blow comes on we presume.
Talking about advertising, Mr.. w. w. Reid
put in notice yesterday about his lost COW
The COW saw the ad and came home.-Or2yg,
Daily Tribune.
Hope she didn't hurry hard enough to strain
her milk.
We are pretty good liar, but when it comes
to making mountain ont OF pumpkin we can't
cut her, Briggs Enterprise.
Turn it over to the madam and let her build
pie out of it. Mountains are iudigestible some
things anyhow.
President Roosevelt is not equal to the .p,sr.
| geney in the first real test he has had.-Kosys
| Cyclone.
Do you mean the bear hunt, or this little yen.
zuelan matter?
The Houston Post seems to feel quite war,le
! over the Venezuela question. 1t seems IA Tor
! get that England and Germany are the two pre5t
est naval powers OH the face of the earn 49,
/ BwHct Bulletin.
That is the reason we are mad at their ACTIN,
so like a pair OF bruisers
Born to Mr. and Mrs. James Rattan on Tbpr,
day night OF last week girl--Grcen,iiis VrS-
/ SeUger
And now, presumably, the mother feels lit. g,
little Rattan rocker
1t is said Sam Lanham will announce ,u he
! appointments one day this week He u,,rt rs ~,
make some Of the boys feel good during Cbp;s ~
| mas week.-.fHSfiu TribaHe. 4''''
But think how bad some Of the also ran. 49,.
! feeling this beautiful morning
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TINS fuel famine at Washington doesn't seem
10 be affecting the hot air supply.
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Coon morning; have you made any poor devil
feel good this morning?
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-25

Monroe doctrine is ours, and we are no, being
arhiiratrd
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DADS pocket book Il, lighter this morning but
| Us all right The children are happy
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The National boards OF health will stamp out
the bubonic plague by issuing papers of compel
ment This is so easy that Texas should prevail
upon them to issue the same sort OF papers to the
Lru ,,.o.;I
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HoPE you didn't set your home made whiskers
too near the Christmas tree candles,
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General Joseph Wheeler of Alabama LAT. A.,
nshting officer in the army of the Confedersts
States Of America, later still membeT NJ cou7
gress' and still later hero Of the Hisnsnn.
American war is, latest OF all, an inventor tn.
doughty little general is devoting the last vesrs
OF bis life, u seems, TO perfectins contr,vsnts
calculated 70 improve the present methods ~ In
ing people Furthermore, the United States GOV
eminent has granted him patent on his inven-
noa sna mere e bare possibility OF its being
eonsidered for use in the army
Tho ebiset Of the generals invention a.
s'ainsd-e y himself, is to provide single impls.
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Credited TO the Germans is an improvement
on the word styscraper.- sSy-scratcher, '-EI
PaSo Herald.
That's sharp.
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Representative Burgess Of Texas n =. So
the largest German constituencies n .1 h
There are thousands Of German V9.s'' w,lt.
district, and It often happens that lnss ne
him in their native tongue. Mr. pu, vho
that situation nicely, as he has GER e., Is.
read the language, and translate ~
OF the representative
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-25

Choctaw Indians are being imported to pick
cotton in Mississippi. They quick and &C
tive, nmble of finger, aud after few weeks
practice can pick as much cotton per day as the
best negro pickers.--Brenh0m Bonner
This ought to make the negroes join the move
ment against the scalpers
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-25

Make glad the hearts of as many mortas as
you can during the holidays. Yodk,m Times.
Now is the time TO subscribe.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-25

President Roosevelt is not equal to the emsr.
geney in the FIRST real test he has had.-Kossa
Cyclone
Do you mean the bear hunt, or this little Vepe.
zuelan matter?
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-25

Massachusetts coasting vessels always point
their noses in the direction OF Handkerchief
shoals.--CiHeinmah Commercial Tribune.
When blow comes on, we presume.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-25

Emperor William of Germany is writing a
play He collaborated with Joseph Lauff, his
court poet, but it is easy to speculate who will
Get the lions share of the credit for the produc-
ton, If it is ever produced.-M"iin Messenger.
And who'll get the Lauff
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-25

England and Germany must think President
Roosevelt is "it,"-Vdeo Telephone.
And he seems inclined, by grabbing the hot end
Of bunco proposition, to prove that he is Nit"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-25

The Houston Post seems to feel quite uar,ile
over the Venezuela question 1t seems Ia for-
get that England and Germany are the two great
est naval powers on the face of the earth
BmHct Bulletin.
That is the reason we are mad at their acting
so like a pair Of bruisets.
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We are pretty good liar, but when it come
TO making a mountain ont OF pumpkin we can
cut her, Briggs Enterprise.
Turn it over to the madam, and let her bull
pie out of it. Mountains are iudigestible som,
things anyhow.
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Born to Mr.. and Mrs. James Rattan. on Thur,
day night OF last week sirI--GrecHriiis bfcs
SeHger
And now, presumably, the mother feels like
little Rattan rocker.
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An enterprising saloon keeper OF Houston has
a new drink, the Boil Weevl." 1t is said
there are great many citizens of that place
gram.
But they would all fight it in the same way
DeHiSon Herald
What's the difference so long as they succeed
in downing it?
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1T seems that SaNonys crown princess was
merely having a royal good time. SaNonys crown
princess. crown prince and archduke and King
Leopold Of BceMm Should so into vaudeville.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-25

Housrov will soon have union depot that
will be a credit to both the railroads and the
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-25

Talking about advertising, Mr.. w. w Reid
put in d notice yesterday about his lost COW
The COW saw the ad and came home-Orqngc
Daily Tribune
Hope she didn't hurry hard enough to strain
her milk.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-07-29

The lynching of the two negroes
at Elkins last week has called forth
great amount of newspaper com
inent. Among the utteranees is the
following from the Fairmont Even
ing Times:
Lynching in West Virginia it
seems is becoming as common as it
IS IN any other southern state. Ey-
cry citizen of the state can not help
but feel the disgrace and the evil
effects which such lawlessness en-
genders and those gentlemen who in
days gone by were accustomed to be
most vehement in denouncing what
they call southern outrages find
themselves, although in power una
bic to cope with such outraees when
their occurrence has become so fire
quent as to bring reproach upon our
lar mountain state. 1t would be
neither wise nor right for us to at.
tempt to justify the lynehino out
RACES Ia the state, nor is it proper
TO minimize the enormity of such
crimes by citing the horror and re
pulsiv@ness that stirs the passions of
the mob, but we can not refrain from
reminding those who in the past have
been so severe in rejecting upon
such outrages farther south that we
as a state are coming rapidly to he
front 10 the number of similar of
lenses.
This much, however, may be said
lawlessness begets lawlessness and
when rutfians commit horrible mur.
ders In resisting the officers of the
law terrible assaults upon the per.
sons OF women IN the qualification
OF british desires, there is a strono
temptation to mete out speedy pun.
lshment to those who are guilty aud
SO one crime is quickly followed by
another.
lt Is to be hoped that the execu,
tive power which in former days as
the critics of socalled southern out
RACES was particularly strong in the
criticism OF the state governments
Tor permitting these ofenses, will
take advantage of the Opportunity
now IN its hands Of shown. the
people that it is possible To stop
this kind Of iawlessness
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-07-29
PRESS CONGRESS SURE THING.
inree Hundred Editorial Delegate.
from twenty Countries to Meet Next
Year in st. Louis.

WORLDS FAIR GROUNDS. STLoUIs.
Suiy zS-A cablegram from Walter
Williams, at Berne, Switzerland an
nouhees that the International Con
sisss "a session In that city, has ac-
sepled unanimously the invitation of
she louisiana Purchase Exposition to
nolu us session In 1903 at the Worlds
FAR Grounds, ST.. Louis. The CON
efess, representing twenty countries
oi the world, is made up of 400 dele
gates from press associations. leagues
dnu cinos in several countries. The
tnllors OF the most prominent Euro.
peah Journals are conspicuous at these
congresses. The body represents A
mem oership of 10, 900 newspaper men.
III Tue european countries every news
paper writer is expected to belong to
one or more ASSOCIATIONS The
hiencA press clubs alone has a mem.
aefsnip OF 5000 The honor of cleo.
e,oo y a delegate is highly esteemed
a,'a the congress to be held in the
onited States next year viii unoues-
e'ohaoly be the most brilliant and
representative body of newsnaner
tic. Vie q 0'dii-
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Notice to Patrons of the Iron City Oil
and Gas Company.

You will please take notice that on
account Of the absence OF the under
signed Special Receiver OF the Iron
City Oil e Gas Company, all bills for
August gas will not be payable until
Aug. 10th. The regular discount will be
allowed on bills If paid before August
goth; after that time the discount will
positively not be allowed.
/ will be in my office August 10th to
receive all monies due the Company for
gas. EDGAR B. STEWART,
Special Receiver Iron CITY Oil & Gas Co