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Prizes for Authors
By l. L.

1t is said that Booth Harrington,
if elected to the Indiana Legislature,
viii introduce a bill providing that
prizes be awarded to budding authors
Of that State Possibly Mr. Tarking-
ton may be counting his chickens be-
fore they are hatehed, fer he IS not
elected yet, but at any rate the bill Is
said to be IN his pocket, ready for IN
PRODUCTION. 1t is IN substance as fol
lows:
Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of the stete Of IndiaAs, that an annual
appropriation of $500 be set aside by the
treasurer of the State to be disposed
Of according to the following provisions
Of this act:
Section ?. A jury of not more than
FIVE nor less than three persons shall
be appointed by the governor. Said
jury shall assemble on the first Monday
following the first day Of each year in
Indianapolis and shall award the $500 in
prizes Of varying amounts to be present
ed TO the authors OF the best literature
CT the preceding year.
Section 3. Competitors for annual
prizes shall be residents Of the State
of Indiana.
Section 4. The prizes shall be awarded
according to the rules which shall be
later drawn up by the jury of awards
Section ;. Not less than five prizes
shall be awarded, and all classes Of
literature shall be eligible for consider
alton, providing the same shall exhibit
elements Of art and originality.
Several of the leading authors of
the State have been interviewed on
the subject, and they are about evenly
divided in opinion, George AIDE
thinks that Indiana is not In need of
encouragement in that line. George
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THE ARMY OF FRANCE

population has increased by over niFse
millions during that period. It will
readily be seen that with this slow
growth of population the required
maintenance of the strength of the
army viii be even more Of problem
under a two-year term than with ae-
tive service fixed at three years.
There is but one way to mend mat
ters TO some extent, at least. Under
the existing system large number
of exemptions is permitted. The bill
proposing the reduction of the Term
of active service also abolishes all
these exemptions, and thus more near
" approaches to the rigid system gov
erning military service IN Germany.
This change is more particularly ad-
vocated by the radicals in the Cham
Der of Deputies, and as their strength,
added to the regular supporters of the
government, is likely to carry the
day, the measure, which Is favored
by the present minister of war, Gen
eral Andre, viii probably become a
law.
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It is nearly two decades since the
civil service law went into operation.
It Is, therefore, an appropriate time
to inquire what Its general effect has
been and whether it IS accomplishing
the objects which its friends and pro-
moters had IN view IN It's enactment.
To answer this inquiry with any
degree of fuIlness would require a
consideration of the conditions exist
ing before and at the time of the
passage of the law with respect to the
methods of appointment and dis
missal and the influences by which
they were accomplished, and the
changes which have been wrought in
these methods and influences and IN
the sentiment, feeling and attitude Of
the people IN respect to them, as well
as the effect of these changes upon
the service and its administration.
The scope Of this article is much too
limited for such consideration, its
purpose being simply to make a gen
eral observation or two and to call at
tention to two or three things as IL
lustrating the salutary effects of the
law.
l. I observe first that it was the
purpose of those most active In secur-
ing the passage of the law, that it
should first be applied to but a small
part of the service, and gradually be
extended until the whole executive
civil service should be brought under
its operations. This purpose has been
faithfully carried out. At first the
law applied to certain grades in the
departments at Washington and to a
few Of the larger postoffices and Gus
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The French government is con-
fronted with peculiar problem. It
is proposed to shorten the period Of
active service IN the army to two
years The present peace establish
ment numbers about $4,000 men 4;
under the proposed reduction it would
be only 100000 strong. Even as mat
tiers stand now the annual supply of
eonseripts is only 225, 1000, barely one
half Of the annual increase of the
German military establishment from
the same source. And the trouble lies
with the scarcity of children in the
French republic.
The constantly increasing diminu-
ton of the birth rate In France Is one
Of the social phenomena which the
native students of special science con-
template with ever growing anxiety
and alarm The population of the
country IS almost stationary, less than
one and one-half millions having teen
added to It within the last two de-
eades. On the other hand, Germany's
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AN AFTERMATH OF THE FOURTH


Fourth Of July,
like shells sardne grounds
broke
covered
wheh
having
affected
question Of this
max
that injured fault his Fourth
policy.
be
Suppose
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The Pes5imist.

We learn from ancient writings how Je-
hovah made the earth.
And how his labor's we're eompIete s1itA
Adams wondrous birth:
We read OF Cain and Abel, of David and
OF saul:
We sympatbize with Potiphar and love
Apostle Paul:
We scan all shades and creeds Of men.
and exc are forced to think
A cog has slipped screw is loose
there seems a missing link;
We cant locate the pessinist, and no
one knew
The where. or how, OF why of him-we
think he simply grew
We study Balaam's coIIoquy, but all 20
no avail:
We're quite prepared to swallow both old
Jonah and the whale:
We learn OF Jobs aflietions-how he
proved his sterling worth
OF the method used by AbsaIom when ha
got OF the earth;
Our blood is stirred by Joshua, and CHILLI
SU again Dt LVty
Who fed from old GomozTah when yths
city grew too hot;
But nowhere in the length and breadtn
CT all this varied list.
or ODDS and ends OF good and badEIa
found the pessimist.
He grumbIes in December and he groas
all through July;
Too hot. too cold, the weather is-tnos
wet or else too dry:
He starts his growl IN august and HSg
keeps 1t up till June.
And whenever you may meet him yoEFF
will hear the same old tune;
He's happy when he's miserable, hetg
gleeful when he's sad,
And should he chance to crack q smile kE
makes him good and mad:
He revels in a funeral, and hugs hlm-
self with glee
When he can feast his narrow soul ons..
others misery.
There's nice warm place hereaftsr5
fixed for Mr.. Pessimist;
bis bosom friend the devil has him ozs
his calling list:
He needs him IN his business. and hsl
knows Just what he's worth, !
And he'll pay him good and plenty fcrs
his cussedness on earth;
They'll roast him in gehenna and they'IEa
skewer him in he'll;
They'll truss him up in hades. Eherx
they do the job so weui
Then they'll lock him up IN sheoE- in5
the dungeon good and hot.
Where perhaps he viii be haDpy-bEs3
probably he'll not.
Chicago Record-HsTa1d-99
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Luck OF Genius.

New York Sun-There are wise and
solemn men who disbeIieye in what is
called luck. swear that there isn't any
srch thing. and teach their young that
success is due to virtue and industry
alone. Now. last week a gas and oil
company was putting down a test we'll
In Ohio. What was struck? o. moth
Ing but gold and coal. We don't say
there was any luck about the matter.
but it is curious how some folks find
things and how the treasures in the
bowels OF the earth rush out at EN-.
For example. Col. Jim Guffey, of Penn
sylvania and various other States. He
was prospecting for zinc in Arkansas
last winter One very cold day what
was his surprise and pleasure to find
coal, wood and hot soapstone on the
same spot. II this is not luck, 1t is
genias.
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An oneTous service that should
command better compensation.
By D. Z. S.

tween the work of the average post
office clerk and that of a letter car
rer. Accuracy is required from the
one as well as from the other. The
labors which tie carrier IS bound to
perform in the legitimate discharge Of
his duties are, however, vastly more
onerous than those, that are incum-
bent upon the clerk, and his re
sponsibility also is much greater
Hundreds of valuable letters pass
through the hands OF every carrier IN
the course of a year, and the loss of
one of these would be certain to cost
him his position. Again, the carrier
has TO do his work IN all sorts Of
weather, while the clerk is safely
sheltered in his office against the in
clemency of the elements Yet tt'e
average pay of postofiee clerks Is
better than the average pay of letter
carriers. There is neither reason nor
justice in this, and while nothing IS
more certain than that postofHce clerks
are not oYerpaid, nothing also Is more
certain than that letter carriers are
underpaid.
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LET TER CARRIERS
POORLY PAID

Why Congress has SO persistently
refused to increase the compensation
cf letter carriers is one of those
things that no fellow can understand.
Considering the actual amount of Ia
Dor performed by them and the re-
sponsibility which their calling de-
wolves upon them, they are the worst
paid employees in the postal service.
Representative Sulzer made a graphic
presentation Of the ease in The Times
g few days ago when he said:
'In $50 cities the maximum salary
which any letter carrier can receive
is $3.50 a year, and only in about
fifty-fve can they receive 81, 900. In
hundreds of postofices employing
three or four carriers, If the substi-
tute earns $3.50, $3.50 must come from
the four carriers and $100 from the
Government, for she serving of routes
during vacations. This reduces the
salary of the carriers to about $50
per year, and from this they must
buy their uniforms"
There IS not much difference be-
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me After all, I can't complain II they
haye-as l suspect-come to some IN
derstanding about themselves for an
eight-hour day. I may add that. as a
result of having been brought up in a
manse. none Of them will do any work
on Sunday. On the other hand, they
ask for no holidays. which is lucky for
me. as I can't afford to take any holi-
days myself"
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IN A NUTSHELL.

.'0f course" said the promoter OF the
get-rich-Quick company. we can only
give the prospective earnings in round
numbers"
An. yes, replied the victim, be
cause they couldn't possibly be square.
-PhiIadel2hia Press-
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A VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCES.

It's very funny" said the housewife.
that the potatoes you bring should be
so much bigger On the top Of the bas-
ket than they are at the bottom
Miss. said the honest farmer, ''ft
comes about this way. P'tateTs is gro7-
ia 50 fast Just now that by the time I
get q basketful dug the last ones Is
ever 20 much larger than the fust ones. -
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HIS SUMNER wAUx.

A man whose ancestors we're Escuimeux
Remarked: DO you honestly ever sup
paux
That the hot wave viii end
And the weather man send
Some Ice and some biizzards, with bean
Esnl snaux7
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HIS FORTE

In early life twas thought of he'd be the president
He emnenty fitted, but, instead of him,
The people gave baser the reins of government
Twas a shame to how others got ahead Of hin.
He tried commercialism, but somehow II wouldn't go.
He found ii filed with intrigue and dupicity
He that corporations smacked of regions down below
And that inancers wary Of publicity
1t seemed a moral certainty that literature and art
Were fields which he'd shine and which would bring
The public recognition that he eraved but from the
He faed-the critics didn't Go q thing to him"
1t really would appear that from his abors In the past
His country would regard him a creditor,
But mind "Veritas" he's struck his gait last.
He's the who writes the Letters to the Editor"
New York Times.
The evening times., 1902-07-24
THE GREATEST.

Yeast-Do you know any difficult tricks
with matches?
Crimsonbeak-Yes: I've often tried
to light cigar with my last one-Ex-
change
The evening times., 1902-07-24

Everyone that law has been success but all do
not to the of
operations prophets their
best bring failure Fortunately
The evening times., 1902-07-24

TOWN POINTS, POSTAGE PREPAID
EVENING EDITION, one year, So; six
months, SI.5O; three months. 70 cents.
Evening ami Sunday, one year. So; six
months. $3.50; three months, S1.25.
Morning, Evening, and Suuday, one
year. $40; six months, 80; three months
$3.50,
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES To OUT OF
MORNING EDITION, one year, So; six
months, s2.5O; three months. SI-25.
Morning and Sunday, one year, 81 six
months. $3.50; three months. 81. 10.
Sunday edition only, one year, So; six
months, 81; three months, so cents.
The evening times., 1902-07-24

Any person who buy the Morning, Afternoon Sunday
Edition of The Times any Washington
towns railroad trans elsewhere will confer by notify
ing the Publisher The Times Tenth Streets Wash
ngton D G.
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Her weight In sn.er crowns.

A singular freak of parental Hberality
In the matte OF dowry is reported at a
wedding during the present week. The
marriage took phase at KoutggratZ. ON
the betrothal Of his daughter, Herr D.
chatschek had Gnn0unced that he would
give her, as q marriage portion, her
weight i'm silver currency. Accordingly,
on the wedding day the bride was for
nially weighed N the drawing room, IN
the presence OF assembled guests, be-
fore proceeding to church. The lady
turned the scales AZ siZty-tvo kilo-
grommes, sack was at orce flied with
silver crowns u the same weight, with
a -kilogramrr- uveg--for the weight
of the bag, as Eecr Duchatschek play
fully explained Tho exact number of
crowns was 1880. --Frankfurter Zci-
tung.
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View Llrht or an Ola subject.

The man who had been kicked By
mule, and was quoted as saying he
considered the source" was Speaking
OF IL afterward 70 some OF the other
fellows.
Il wouldn't care" he said If there
hadn't been so much fuss made over IT,.
as If II was briEh: thing for anybody
10 say; but the honest truth 10 that /
never said anything Of the Kind When
you're kicked by MULE you're not IN
frame of mind for considering things.
What ! really said was You deIned
old beast, If hal a gun. and you we're
somebody else's r9ulo, and ii WASN'T
against the law to shoot inside the cor
poration, Ia blow your derned old head
off, dern you" Chicago Tribune.
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THE KANSAS PEOPLE ARE IN LOVE
WITH WESTERN CANADA.
they Say the Land There Is the Finest
on Earth.

on Earth.
A great number of delegates have
been influenced through the agency OF
Mr.. J, S. Crawford, the Canadian gov
ernment representative at Kansas
City, to visit western Canada, and
whether from Missouri or Kansas the
story is always the same-they are
pleased with the new country being
opened up. Isaac Fl. Levagood writes
from Didsbury, Alberta, as follows:
81 met three delegates from Kansas
yesterday at Didsbury, and took them
home with me and took them out in
the afternoon and showed them some
of the finest land that lays on top OF
Gods green earth. They are more
than pleased with this country They
stayed with me last night; this morn
ing / took them to Didsbury, and
they wer on north. When they come
back they are coming to my place and
I am going to help them to run some
lines and they are going to locate In
sight OF my house. There have been
over 1000 acres of land changed hands
utTt III OuI bhio 5pAiAS'
When | located here last fall was
the furthest back of any OF the set.
tiers; today am In the center OF the
settlement. We have thirty-six chill
dren that are of school age In our dis
trict, and we will have our school dis
trict organized next month, when we
will proceed to build our schoolhouse.
The longer we stay here the better we
like the country; that is the way with
everybody here, they all seem TO be
satisfied and doing well | have
talked with a great many men here
and they told me that they had less
than $50 when they got here. and to-
day they have got 160 acres of good
land and five or six hundred dollars
worth of stock. Crops are looking
fine here. think this will be a good
winter wheat country. One or my
neighbors has a small piece and 1t
looks fine."
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In the senate.

Washington. Feb. Another spirit
ed debate with the Philippine tariff
bill as the text was precipitated in the
senate yesterday as the result of some
statements made by Mr.. Carmack
Dem., TENN In the course of an eX-
tended speech on the general Philip
pine question. IL was the Tennessee
senator's first speech In the senate and
he was given notably good attention on
both sides OF the chamber At the
conclusion OF his address Mr.. Bever-
idge OF Indiana challenged some OF his
statements. The debate which ensued
was very lively for few minutes,
taking on a political phase which
proved particularly interesting to the
auditors who crowded the floor as well
as the galleries. Mr.. BeveridSe ana
Mr. Tillman became involved in a
heated colloquy in which the ex-
changes We're as hot as both senator's
well could make them.
Prior to the taking up of the Philip
pine bill the measure providing for an
Increase in the salaries of United
States judges was under discussion Tor
an hour. In the course of the debate
thu case of Judge Arthur III. Noyes OF
the district court of Alaska was drawn
upon to show why some judges should
not be given the increase.
In the House.
The house devoted the day TO gen
eral debate upon the oleomargarine
bill. The opponents of the measure
attempted to filibuster against 1t at
the opening OF the session, but were
beaten by more than a two-thirds
vote,
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In the senate.

Washington, Feb. 5.-After brief dis
cussion yesterday the senate passed the
bill providing for a % per cent increase
in the salaries of United states judges.
An amendments were voted down, in
Guiding one to increase the salaries OF
cabinet officers from $4,000 to $4,000 a
year
During the remainder of the days
session. the urgent deficiency appro-
priation bill was under consideration,
the Philippine tariff measure being
laid aside temporarily.
Mr.. Hansbrough of North Dakota
made a spirited defense of Judge Ar
thu II. Noyes of the district court OF
Alaska, and Alexander Mckenzie, upon
whon an attack was made in the sen
at, Monday. This precipitated long
discussion OF the Noyes case, legal ana
technical rather than personal.
Mr. John r. Dryden was inducted
into office as the successor of the late
Senator William ]. Sewall of New
Jersey.
In the House.
Debate on the oleomargarine bin con-
tinued yesterday in the house and the
prospects are that vote will not be
reached before tomorrow. The op-
ponents of the pill are making q strong
Ugh, so far as the presentation OF ar
gument is concerned.
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70 E,cu,. rhi. Time.

at was a new gun, your honor" pro-
tested the prisoner. and did not know
it was loaded"
But" argued the judge. "the dealer
has just told us that you did not pay
10" the weapon"
What has that to 10 with it?"
We'll, If you didn't pay for II. the
dealer must have charged IL for you"
And the Judge tried % look as much
like the pictures Of solomon as he
could. Baltimore American.
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cexEy,s RIGHT BOWER.
CarI browne owns Property IN low"
Ind Poses as Artist

Chicago, Fec. 9.-Car; Browne, riSht
hover" 10 Gen" Coxey when the lat-
ter led his army of unemployed across
the country to Washington, is here.
since that campaign Browne has pros
nered and owns considerable property
q, Newton Iowa. Instead of walking
through the country he travels in Pull
man cars and stops at first-class no.
feIs He came 10 Chicago in the hope
Of exhsbiting his first painting, whicn
portrays the assassination of President
Mckinley.
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cate disease of thirty years standing"
DAVID MEEKISoN.
Ifyou do not receive prompt and satis-
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving n
full statement of your case, and he viii
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President OF
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus. o.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-02-13

The exact share of the earth is n
question which cannot be settled with
out fresh evidence from the Antarctic.
For this purpose. two, at least, Of the
expeditions have been provided with
pendulum outfits; by noting the exact
length of time occupied by the swing of
a pendulum the distance from the place
OF observation 10 the earth's center can
be determined II Is held that the polar
rc gions of the South project further
from the plane OF the equator than does
the North polar region; according 20
one estimate, the South pole is slightly
more than one-hundredth further from
the earth's center than the North pole.
Popular Science Monthly.
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In the senate.

Washington. Feb. 6. - Throughout
yesterdays session the senate had UNI
der consideration he urgent deficiency
appropriation bill. and just before adj
journment passed it substantially IN
the shape in which il was reported TO
the senate by he committee.
During the early part of the session
the case Of Judge Arthur II. Noyes OF
the. district court of Alaska and Alex
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-02-13
Fitting Reecntmcnt.

Cholly-When he told you, deah boy
you hadn't sense enough to POUND sand
in a rat hole, what did you do?
Fwed6y-I told him, baw Jove, l
hoped I had too much sense to pounu
sand in wat hole! Why should any
cody do so widiculous q thing as thai
don't you know ?-Chieago TribunN,
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-02-13
ToRTuRING SKIN DISEASE.

r. L. johnson. Gadberry, ky, says; 81
am glad to say that Coles Carbolisalve has
cured me of t, ride itching, torturing
skin disease known as psoTiasis, and now |
am able and willing to recommend it to all
who are troubled with skin diseases"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-02-13
C,omnrnssod A. fnr strnet cnrs.

Experts claim that compressed air will
eventually be the power of the future,
supplanting both the cable and the trolley
systems. In all lines OF Industry we SEQ
constant Improvements, but in medicine
there IS one remedy vat cannot be i'm
proved on, and that Is Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters. 1t is founded on true merit.
and VIII cure Indigestion. dyspepsia. fat
ulency, CONSTIPATION and nervousness. al
so prevent malaria, foyer and ague. Try
a bottle and satisfy yourself
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Gentlemen
81 have used sew
eral bottles of
Perupa and feel
greatly benefited
thereby from my
catarrh of the
head, and feel
encouraged to
believe that its
continued use
will fully eraii-
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Mrs. Browne--I d:Gnt know your son
was AZ college.
Mrs. Malapropos-oh, yes; he's been
there two years, He's in the sycamore
class now.
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SISTER SUPERIOR.

DIR. Hartman, one of the best known
physicians and surgeons in the United
States, was the first to formulate Peru
ma. 1t was through his genius and per-
severance that it was introduced to the
medical profession of this country.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-02-13
FArAL ENDING OF auAReEL.
Man shoots n Womn~ ana Ihch
scuds 81 Bullet Into His own Brain.

Great Falls, Mont, Feb o. - FRANK
FenneIl. a hostler in the employ or Or.
r. D. Adams shot end instantly killed.
Annie johnson, domestic in the same
family and tn IN sent bullet into ms
own brain. from the effects of which ne
died a short time after. Fennell and the
woman are said to have had a quarrsi
over some trihing affair.