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Mower County transcript., 1902-09-24
FARMER BEN'S COLUMN,

So Dave Henderson Of Iowa, the pig
headed speaker of the national house
of representatives, has resigned in a
pet because his constituents did't en-
thuse more over him and do him
obeisance. All right, David, you can 60,
and not many will be sorry, and pro-
bably Jim Tawney will occupy your
shoes in due course of time. I tell you
there's goin' to be big times a comm
in the nigh future over the traiff re.
vision business. Henderson is hard
head of the old style and is in favor Of
leavin' the tariff as it is in the interest
of the big eastern trusts and us fellows
up in the northwest are bound to hav
tariff revision that will knock out the
props from under the big eastern trust
bullies. Henderson got in the way Of
= this tariff revision bullgine and he'd
got run over if it hadn't ben that he
got down and out Of the road. l see
that some of the big senators from
down east went to Oyster Bay and
gave president Roosevelt pointer not
to monkey at all with the tariff revision
and it is now up to our heroic president
to say how far he will lay down to
these autocrats. ITeckon that the con-
gress chaps up this way are g0in' to
fite for tariff reform and reciprocity for
all that's out and if Henderson OF. any
others big or little get in: the way
there's goin' to be a smash. III Isl
. o . T.. S<s.--.* ~. y.
like to see the, fellow that gets
beaten at election turn up smilin' as 9
basket of chips. There amt no use Of
takin' defeat like twas matter Of
life or death and for the fellow that's
down to whimper and whine and sour
and get ugly and threaten and pa1 prance
round. That's no way to do in this 4 re. g
publican government whore the majority
is supposed to regnate. Is q fellow
can't stand to get licked in politix then
he ought to resist the temptation to go
into 'em and should stay out. + IL he e
goes in, he out to feel sure and and sl,,e aDso.
lutely certain that out of two or. three gee
tryin' on the same ticket for the Same
place only one can be- winner and the The
others must be she1ved. Ilike to see good
feelin' among all that are hankerin'. fol
z the public teat, even il. most of s'em are
to be crowded one side and not get 9
pull deprecate sayin' hard things
that will turn up afterwards to haunt
you and bogie you with remorses and
sorryness and regrets. It's worse thar E,l
eatin crow The people are sposeds e
know what they hay preferece for q
well as the politicians, and mostly
know q plagued sight better. l.th.
I abuse that Is pleenned out ats sIl any J
campaign had better Be kept in. Peae.
Mower County transcript., 1902-09-24

and harmony is what Farmer Ben
pleads for: - 81, }$>%.

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[ My paper says that down in one of
the big blocks in New York where
there are hundreds of clerks workin'
durin' all day, the proprietor has got up
a plan for rushin' their noon meals
without goin' out of the buildin' and
without takin' 'em away from their
desks but a few minits and delayin'
their work. And this scheme to save
time is commended to the sky. Did
you ever? I bet my overalls that that
block will be,a regular breedin' place
for dispepsy. The next thing they II
get up will be sort Of saugage filler to
put in your mouth and when meal time
comes you are Just filled up in q mint
while you wait and pass on. We We
got our: predigested foods and our list
of health foods and stomach assisters
and all such until our stomachs are
.gettin' none Of the exercise the Lord
intended for EN-. j can tell you that
folks amt got the healthy digestin'
that they used to when I was a lad.
Folks nowadays eat too much like hogs.
L They swill down their vittles as If they
had only one moro ,m,,innit a earth and
ssthay iust swallow. their food withonut
chawin, and aalivarin, & and i. .yoass s..
Is the nannnch all.in 4 ,bn,nch Without
], an,v fittin,s FOR f'ioestion And vet folks
comnlain ahont theirspoor ,,u deoe,tin, 80
g.. 0=2 4 sz. s.:s
s.ss..ss 5=..z ...s* ..=ss
We didn't use to hay such trouble
with our stomicks when was 9 lad
way down in old Jeffersons county.
Why, when Charlie Stone and George
Manchester and Emors nipple g and q
Henry Angell lused to come IN from tlo. the
hay field Tor dinner: we could NOW e. 9
swath clean across the table but we
Il 4 -. =
The Washington times., 1902-07-29
A POINTER FOR THE ExPANsIONIsTS.

recently published statement from the Treasury Bureau of Stats
tics the subject for thought the
those who make special study the country relations with
finding markets for the products of American
The exhibit
EXPORTS and then proceeds show the proportions which
these absorbed fiscal
world this exhibit furnishes reflection
1t that &C of the found their South
America spite of all bring
about closer relations with the countries of the southern
of this continent.
The adduced that South America takes the bulk of
Europe probable England and
lead of the European nations that goods South American
Under normal conditions the United States should the largest
South markets. because
enables merchandise South American cheaper
freight than is possible for European competitors Such
manufactured products the South American markets alb
be able sell reasonable than be quoted
by While all
would be the of wisdom make
the markets which lie doors James
Blaine realized the Importance of such policy and abod nant
y that direction What well be asked that the
draw their from Europe rather than
their door neighbour
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TOWN POINTS. POSTAGE PREPAID
RATES TO OUT OF t,
TIME FOR ACTION.

depoab of sanitary progress but the
cholera situation the Philippines to have gotten beyond CONTROL
and Americans the archipelago facing than the
insurgent with his ghastly tricks of warfare.
Comparatively little attention has been paid to the plague IN this
country has cabed Manila Even the brief
coor however show the horror of conditions More than half
spngng everywhere show that
the world general particular against
vason of the maady.
The reports Manila that baceoogs doubt
Infection whether the drinking
There excellent possibility of alarm
ing spread the disease before the of its can be definitely
located.
early precautions A timely barricade against
United terror and
lives nothing of the the of business which would be
materially hndered by the importation of the cholera
The that the plague working havoc Cairo and that the Far
East il immediate activity the part Of
the authorities home well msular
axiy the ofaeuad bring dis
The cholera be admitted.
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lere are now a goodly number in the

there are now a goodly number in the
squad.
Following closely upon the introdac-
tion of track and field athletics came
football. Hardly had the game been
established when it was forbidden by
the president of the university on ac-
count of the death of one of the play
ers. For several years only inter-class
games were allowed, and after this en-
forced absence from the gridiron the
Georgetown eleven had many disadvan-
tages TO overcome when it returned to
collegiate contests in 1899. Already,
however, have the Blue and Gray ath-
letes won many a notable victory on
the football field, twice securing the
pionship of the South.
yet greater step was taken in the
advancement of athletics at the local
university in the spring of 1900, step
which has placed Georgetown in the
very first rank of American colleges in
this last branch OF athletics. l speak OF
the crew Slow at first to give it their
encouragement, the student body now
gladly welcome this addition to their
athletics, and are heartily supporting IT.
While it usually takes many years to
build up an eight that can do creditable
battle with such veterans as Cornell and
Pennsylvania, Georgetown has already
achieved the feat, and in the past two
years the crew has brought fresh hon
ors to the university by the manly and
brilliant work at Poughkeepsie and An
napolis. The good effects of the coach
~ dur ng the past season, when the
Blue and Gray eight had this assist
ance for the first time since it put it's
she'll in the water. were clearly mani
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Going to Oss-ego.

Gen Thomas Ward. jr.. whose retire.
ment from the army was announced last
week upon his reaching the rank of
brigadier general. will leave shortly for
Oswego. n. Y. to join his wife and
daughters. who have been spending tho
summer there.
The Misses Ward have host of
friends in that part OF the Empire Stete
who welcome them back each season,
and count upon their leadership in the
outdoor fetes and club athletics of the
neighborhood Miss Katherine Mott
Ward is regarded as one of the best
women tennis players of that section.
General Ward and his family expect
to travel during the late summer and
early autumn before returning TO Wash
ington He has confided to his friends
that his retirement from the army will
not cause him to lessen his previous
activity, though in what business he will
embark he has not yet decided.
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Italian Minister Entertained.

Mr.. and Mrs. Boardman, OF Dupont
Circle. who have beautiful place at
Manchester by-the-Sea, set the social
ball rolling at that resort by giving
large tea ard garden party the other
evening, in honor of the Italian Am
bassador and Nine. des Planches. All
the luminaries in the social armament
of the North Shore were invited to meet
the successors Of Baron and Baroness
Fava. who made many visits to Man
chester while the former was the Italian
ambassador TO this country.
Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis and Miss Elsie
Curtis. who are also at Manchester for
the season. gave dinner at Grow Island,
their summer home, for the Italian am
bassador and his wife
Mr.. and Nine. des Planches were also
entertained at luncheon one day during
last week by the mother and sisters Of
Senator Eean at their cottage at Pride-s
Crossing.
The Washington times., 1902-07-29
RACE PROBLEMS
AND POVERTY.
By L. L.

Philanthropists and social reformers
have not always recognized the fact
that race problems affect poverty prob
lens, and also crime problems. They
do it as inevitably as water wears away
a stone.
Wherever two races are living together.
not in perfect peace and concord, and
especially where one race is dominant,
there is complication which affects
the police court and the almshouse in
about equal degrees. Such conditions
are found in the Southern cities, where
the white and the black live together.
and in less degree In Northern cities
where the immigrant comes in contact,
In large numbers and In poverty, with
the native American. If 1t were not for
our cosmopolitan mixture of races and
nationalities, We should not have half
SO much caste in this country as we
have. 1t happens in this way:
The native American, however rich.
careless or unscrupulous he may be, has
some scruples about affecting his own
kind which do not affect him when it
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fest. and with the return of Mr.. Denp-
sey next year the Georgetown varsity
eight at Poughkeepsie may be expected
to equal the good work achieved by the
other athletic teams at the university.
So much for what has been accom-
plished in so short a time in athletic
branches by our university. 1t is all the
more remarkable when we consider the
difficulties under which Georgetown has
labored during these past years. With
out gymnasium, and with scarcity
of trainers. 1t is really marvellous that
by the boys of the Blue and Gray. Had
we but a suitable gymnasium and the
other advantages enjoyed by the ath-
letes of the large universities Of the
North. Georgetown's boys would seldom
take second place.
AS it is. we can safely assert that our
athletic successes are on the increase.
Each year finds the number of students
growing. and the annual call for team
candidates is met with such hearty re-
sponse that managers of the baseball,
football and track teams, and crew find
their work made easier.
With this ready cooperation and the
increase OF that college spirit that Is
bound to win in the end. we may justly
claim that 1t is time the so-called big
Four" be enlarged TO admit to its ranks
this greatest Of the Southern universi-
ties, the University of Georgetown. Sue
cess has never been wrought in day.
Our boys have but made their initial
bow. The Blue and Gray will bear
watching. The highest notch is our am
bition. Aiming for it we are, and We ex-
pect to attain 1t.
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ECHO TO
ENGLAND'S RECESSIONAL
Respectfully Dedicated to Rudyard Kipling.
By WILMER BRYToN ELWYN. Copyright 1902

Lord God of nations, as we stand,
A mighty people, proud and free,
Beneath thine eye, to rule this land
And conquered isles beyond the sea !;
Now as we shout The glory's ours.
We stand above all other powers
Lord God of Hosts, be with lis yet
Lest we forget, lest we forget"
The smoke of battle clears away,
The thunder of the tumult dies
And 10! revealed to light of day,
Are troubled lands meath tropic
skies
Strange lands that look to us for aid,
From new conditions we have made;
0, "God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget, lest we forget"
These simple children of the wilds
Loud call to us from DER the sea
For justice for their native isles,-
For light of our loved liberty.
A tyrant's chain we have not broke
To place upon their necks our yoke
'Lord God of Hosts, be with lis yet,
Lest we forget, lest we forget"
The Washington times., 1902-07-29

Georgetown has ever been among the
leaders of the amateur baseball world,
constantly playing games with the
strongest college mines in the country.
Field and track sports were the next
to be introduced into the university.
In this department there are two names
that stand out in national and interna-
tional prominence-Bernard J. Wefers
and Arthur F. Duffey. 1t was in Wefers'
day that track contests were first ar
ranged with other universities. and the
king of sprinters successfully maintained
his title against all comers.
Wefers had hardly closed his career
as a sprinter when the present worlds
champion, little Arthur Duffey, appeared.
His work in the past three years has
been remarkable. Participating in more
contests than any of his rivals, his de-
feats have been very few, and his vic
tories many and glorious. He recently
won the English championship for the
hundred yards for the third successive
year and receives the handsome trophy
cup awarded by Prince Hassan of India
for this feat. it is the first time since
the awarding of the cup that 1t has been
brought to America, and Georgetown may
well be proud OF her doughty trace
champion. 1t is almost needless to men
tion the feat he accomplished at the
Berkeley Oval this spring, when he low
cred the worlds record for the hundred
yards to 3-5 seconds, performance
thought to be impossible Duffey's sue
cess may be said to be proportioDate to
the increased interest in track events
at Georgetown. Though butsa few years
ago there were no runners to bear the
Blue and Gray jerseys to the front.
The Washington times., 1902-07-29

Have we SO long now stood alone
That we forget our swaddling
bands2
Thou gavest all we count our own,
Our life, our liberty and lands.
As thor'st had patience. so may we
With feeble folk across the sea.
@! "God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we, alas, lest we forget"
Teach us to humbly bend the knee
Before thine awful sovereign might
Thou taught us truth and liberty
o! teach us now to rule Alright.
Lest as we think we stand" we fall
In this, our greatest task of all
God of our fathers by us stand
To shield us meath thy followed hand
Withhold, 0 Lord, avenging hand
Nay, punish, if thou wilt, o God
We haste to do thy just command,
Or bow beneath thy chastening rod
But hear us, we pray again,
Lest we be one with fallen Spain
lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we thy love and power forget"
The Washington times., 1902-07-29
Davies-Thatcher Nuptials.

There will doubtless be a notable
gathering OF the Newport fashionable
colony at the wedding of Miss Ethel
Davies and Mr.. Archibald G. Thatcher.
which will take place on August 9.
The ceremony will be performed at All
Saints Memorial Chapel. and the atten-
dant maids and ushers will include a
number of prominent young people main
ly from New York.
Miss Davies young friends will turn
out en- masse at the wedding breakfast.
which Is to be served at the country
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Julien
p Davies, In Purgatory Road
Miss Davies was one of the bridesmaids
at the marriage of her cousin, Cornelia
Martin, to the Earl of Craven.
The Washington times., 1902-07-29
By JOHN E. BORNE.
President of the Colonial Trust Com
pany, of New York.

greater portion CT that gold is held to
redeem outstanding obligations of the
Government in the shape Of legal tenders
and certificates of deposit.
For instance. let us suppose that sew
eral bankers import s2O,00O.O goo in gold
from abroad When it arrives, instead of
locking it up in bank vaults, unless there
is an immediate use for it this gold is
deposited at the subtreasury for safe
keeping and certificates of deposit are
issued against it.
The $500. goo in gold, therefore, is
represented in the business transactions
of the country by the various forms of
legal tender outstanding. which are sim
ply promises of the Government to pay
their face value In gold on presentation.
1t will be remembered that it was the
theory of the greenback advocates of
twenty years ago that the Government
could print and put cut as much paper
money as it desired. without reference
to the amount of gold in the Treasury;
that the mere imprint of the Govern
ment stamp made 1t money. This falla-
cious theory was long since exploded, for
the Government does not issue paper
money unless 1t has gold in the Treasury
with which to redeem it.
l do not believe that we can have too
much gold in the Treasury of the Uni
ted States. The more there is the better.
If the unexampled degree of prosperity
which now prevails is continued, We
may expect to see the gold reserve mount
upward in the monetary thermometer
another s100, 600 900 before another year
is ended.
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'Tt pays to see that every citi-
zen, high or low, illiterate OF edu-
Gated, gets just treatment"

comes to equally poor neighbors Of a
different stock. He Is apt to say, when
It comes to housing these poor neighbors
in decent dwellings, paying them fair
wages, or seeing that the courts give
them fair verdicts, that they are only
aliens of some contemptuous title or
other, and 1t does not matter. Hence
the poverty and pauperism Of the alien
is Increased, and he gets an inkling Of
this state of affairs and becomes embit-
tered against his more fortunate neigh
Dor and shows It by depredations and
violence, and then the community has
to pay the bills In the shape of keep
ing up jails and city hospitals and work
houses.
1t does not pay TO do this kind of
thing. 1t pays to see that every citizen,
high or low, illiterate or educated, gets
just treatment. Our forefathers, when
they framed the Declaration. were
shrewder than some people now think
they were, and possibly more sagacious
than they themselves realized. 1t is the
only safe basis for State.
The Washington times., 1902-07-29

Contemplating the bright future Of
athletics at Georgetown University. it is
encouraging to revert to the successes
already achieved in the few years the
Blue and Gray has indulged in them. A
decade ago there were very few athletic
contests in which Georgetown took part.
A few baseball games were played with
the local athletic clubs and the small
colleges In the vicinity. There was no
football, no field and track contest. and
Georgetown stands among the leaders in
all Of these branches of athletics, and
is becoming more successful each year.
During the past year the Blue and Gray
nine secured a most enviable position in
college baseball. having a higher per-
centage than any of her worthy oppo-
nents; ard If there was such a thing as
an intercollegiate championship in base
ball, Georgetown would undoubtedly have
the best claim to that honor. Baseball
has always been a favorite sport at
Georgetown, and the students at the
local university seem more disposed to
that game than to any other. This is
probably the reason why Georgetown
has. since her entrance into intercol-
legiate athletics, been more prominent
and more successful in baseball than in
the other sports.
Since 1893, when for the first time n
schedule was arranged for the baseball
team that included games with the most
prominent of the large Eastern colleges,
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Ccllum Non Animun.
By MELVILLE II. CANE.

Sweet girl. love the way you fatter,
But spare those sighs, that look Of
pity;
At worst it's but temporal matter
To spend the dog-days in the city.
What II the suns q cruel sco-cher?
What II toss night-long till gray dayf
Who feels a petty fieshy torture
When spirits bright are in their hey
day?
For when you fed this cruel town, dear,
Pardon. pray. the bold effrOnt'ry--
This fond heart followed. first train
down, dear.
And since then summers in the coun-
try.
Harper S Magazine.
The Washington times., 1902-07-29

The $500, coo, 900 gold now in the vaults
of the United States Treasury in Wash
ington is above all, indisDutable evil
dence of the financial soundness of the
Government.
Twice in the history 90 the country
the gold reserve has dropped heisw what
is termed the danger line." sIy5 100000:
although no such line was e,Ss estab-
lished by law and is purely imag aary.
These instances occurred in the last
two Presidential campaigns. when the
silver agitation was at its height and
when the fnanciers feared that the pec-
pie were being hoodwinked by the spe-
cious arguments of the campaign
speakers.
The gold reserve in 1896 sank to $685.
coo, 900, an alarmingly low point, because
a combination of spectators could have
drawn it all out and left the Treasury
bare OF the precious metal. Fortunately,
no such contingency arose, as the silver
men were defeated, and in short time
the Treasury recovered its normal con-
dition
The fact that we now have half a
thousand millions in gold in reserve is
a matter of congratulation; for the
greater the security in the shape of gold
in the Treasury, the more prosperous
the Government is.
One of the newspapers recently stat
ed that the great hoard of gold was lying
idle. and should be turned back into the
channels of trade. Evidently the man
who wrote that statement had given the
subject no study, for II he had ne would
have known that it was untrue The
The Washington times., 1902-07-29
Free Delivery Popular.


Il am here" said Representative Nor
ton, of Ohio. at the Raleigh last night.
ito secure some additional rural free de-
livery routes In my district. The peo-
pie are In favor of free rural delivery.
and after they once get the service they
clamor for its extension. 1t is the most
popular branch OF the entire postal
service"
Commenting on the political situation
in. the Buckeye State. Representative
Norton said:
in some parts of the State the cam
paign has already begun. but 1t will be
several weeks before 1t will warm up.
There will be an exceedingly interesting
fight made in the district now represent
ed by General Grosvenor. There is a
fighting chance to elect a Democrat
from that district because of the fact
that in the gerrymander of the State the
Legislature reduced the nominal Repub-
lican majority by tacking on to the dis
trict Franklin county, which has a
Democratic vote of nearly 1000. And
then some OF the Republican leaders in
Grosvenor's district are making war
on him, which Is sure to rebound to the
benefit of the Democrats.
The tariff trusts and the Philippines
will be thoroughly discussed in Ohio,
and the voters will want to know why
the majority In Congress did not follow
the advice contained In President Nc
kinley's last speech delivered in Buffalo
last September and revise the tariff
which has built up the trusts in the
country II Will be interesting to know
what answer the Ohio Republicans will
make to these questions"
Representative Norton will remain
here for several days.