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New-York tribune., 1902-01-26
TOO MUCH POSTAGE.

From The New-Orleans Times Democrat.
The lawyers discussing the merits and de-
merits of a well known member of the New Orleans
har who had been gathered TO his fathers, and one
Of the party recalled the time when he studied in
the old mans office.
We had copying clerk. whose ineffciency con-
tinually worked the judge UP to n point of ex-
piosion One day wire basket fell off the top
of his desk and scratched his check Not having
any court plaster he slapped three postage
stamps and went with his work.
New-York tribune., 1902-01-26

little later he had some papers to take to the
United States Court, and. forgetting all about the
stamps, he put on his hat and went out.
AS he entered the office the judge raised his head
and fixed him with an astonished stare The clerk
stopped and looked frightened. and finally asked:
Anything -er-wrong sir?'
Yes, str!" Numbered the old gentleman. You
matteri"
New-York tribune., 1902-01-26
LIS COMPARATIVE THEOLOGY

From The San Francisco News Letter
Before China "civilzed' Captain Conger
United States Minister China and Ii Hung
Chang were having a friendly visit when clerk
brought in large bundle of Des MoInes daily
papers.
The Chinese diplomat asked the minister II he
read all his papers and was answered in the affirm
ative. Earl Ii commented upon the answer and
New-York tribune., 1902-01-26
PATRICK'S EYPEDIENT

From The Chicago News
Mrs Mahooe-Shure. avn tn doctor is maxim a
hog out Pathrick.
Mrs. OToole-Awn how so. Mrs. Mahoole?
Mrs. Mahoole-Phoy, he forbid him smokin' fxcipt
after meals. Pathrick ates tin meals a
day.
New-York tribune., 1902-01-26
THE UNDERSTANDING CLERK.

From The Philadelphia Press.
She-I want to get a necktie for gentleman.
Clerk-Yes. miss. here some very pretty ones
for 81.
She-Oh. don't want to pay more than a quarter.
CIerk-Yes, madam, does your husband like darl,
or light colorS?
New-York tribune., 1902-01-26
u PLURIBUS UNUM.

From The Chicago Tribune
Through phones stuck up on inner walls
They shout from to sun;
Ten thousand thousand are their calls
But all their kicks are one.
New-York tribune., 1902-01-26
NOT ALWAYS FAIR.

From The Philadelphia Record.
Were told that all is fair
In love: and yet. and yet,
The maid with golden hair
Mag be a bleached brunette
New-York tribune., 1902-01-26

Well" said the crafty Ii. with "a smile. your
God is "a good deal like the ChiuIm1n.s S Joss AHe
white man prays for rain and the Chin anan praSs
for sun. Meanwhile it seems TO shine or shower
about as il pleases "
New-York tribune., 1902-01-26
4 PLEA FOR ENTITY.

From The Chicago Post.
You should love your neiShhor yourself
"Of course. but there are times when feiio"
considerably disgusted with himself
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1902-07-03
Going to Sea is Different Now.

Going TO sea as cadet on an Ameri-
can Liner is n different thing from ship
ping as a cabin boy century ago. The
cadets, since they go aboard our ships
with the expectation of commanding
them some day, are treated. from the be
ginning, as gentlemen. They have their
own sleeping quarters, and their own
mess rooms. They rank as petty officers.
They are under the supervision of the
Chief Officer, who instructs them in sea-
manship and navigation. On the first
voyage, they are paid at the rate of so
Il month. After that, they are paid SD
Il month. OF course, they have no eX-
penses. In reality, they have free in
struction in the art of handling ships, and
the small sum the company pays them
cannot be considered as wages.
As soon as they become proficient, they
are offered positions III the companyS
service, and many of our young officers
were developed in the ranks of the cadets.
Half of these apprentices are in the deck
department., the others in the engine de-
partment. just now, it is unfortunate
that we lose some of our best Junior Off
GERS, after we have trained them to be of
service to us, because of provision OF
the American law. The Government will
not issue Masters license to anyone
who has not had experience as Watch
Officer, and, on the American Line, we
require our Watch Officer to have Mas
ters licenses. The result is that our
Fourth or Third Officers, before they can
gain further promotion, must 90 to the
service of some other line, where they
can act as Watch Officers. Our idea is
that no man should be Watch Officer
who Is not capable of commanding ship.
So many are the applications now for
cadetship that we are taking only
graduates from the three scholarships on
the Atlantic Coast, the st. Mary's," the
Enterprise" and the Saratoga"
Few of the young men who apply for
cadetships become officers, for the weed
ing-ou process sends to other occupations
men who are not fitted to be merchant
marine officers. OF the 129 young men
who were appointed last year, 81 left the
service. The first voyage usually is
enough to weed out the most incapable.
Those who do stay with us learn to love
the sea. Captains berths are waiting for
them. if they vii! but prove their worth.
Commanders III the service of the Ameri-
can Line are paid from $4,000 to $500
year, the salary of the Commodore be-
ing $1,000 a year. The salary of a Cap
tain is increased 500 each year he is in
our service. Chief Officers are paid ST.
400. The reason for the great difference
between the pay of Chief Officer and
Captain is that promotion from Chief
Officer to Captain of an American
Liner goes by way of commanding posi-
tons in the other lines of the company.
The lowest salary we pay a Captain is
81, $50 year.-Success.
Charlie ShOrt-"What do you think OF
the theory advanced by scientist that
soda water and ice cream are injurious to
the complexion?'
Dolly Summers-"I think it's all non.
sense. Why, married women haven't any
better compilations than girls have"
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ness of Pickering candles. with the inevi-
table neglect of the patients that must ac-
company it.
Men lay on the floor without hunks at
a time when well men in barracks We're
supplied with them. This was because
the officers of the well men rustled to get
their men something to sleep upon and
the hospital authorities did not. The
Quartermaster's Department was having
large numbers of hunks made to order, and
many of these had been issued to regi-
ments. The hospitals would have had
first issue of hunks had the Surgical De
partment made any effort to get them.
Many of the hunks in use by the Oregons
came from the store-rOom of hospital
near the Quartet kept by an order of Sis
tiers. and others were the surplus supply
of hospital on Victoria street, where the
Spanish wounded were cared for. These
were as available to the Medical Depart
ment as to us. and would even have been
given up for hospital use without muir
muir had an order been received to turn
them over. Accompanying me on this
visit was the Captain of another company,
looking for man he had transferred to
the hospital under order the day before.
He finally found him lying on the floor of
the ward where he had been first placed,
and though more than 24 hours had
elapsed since he had been dumped there,
he had not been visited by a Surgeon. The
steward and his assistants, it would be a
gross abuse of the English language
to cali them nurses, had attended
to his immediate physical wants
and fed him what little he could
eat This was lesson enough for
me, and the next time l had an order to
transfer n man to the hospital | sent his
bunk with him, and sent Sergeant along
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1902-07-03
IL AVoLq ~ TER HI I
By CAPT. HARRY L. WELLS, I'd Ore, U. S. v.
copyrght 1902 by the publishers

p rockies" as recruits are somewhat
contemptuously called by the older men.
On the post at the battery outside the wall
there We're some special orders about not
letting any person approach the guns eN-
cept some member of the guard or the
commanding officer. as well as the proven
ton of the taking of photographs, etc.
Approaching enc of the new men on post
for the first time in the Philippines, and
standing in the shade with what comfort
was possible on a blistering hot day. the
Officer of the Day thought he would test
him as tc his knowledge of his duties, and
asked him if he could repeat the general
orders for sentinels on post. He said he
could not.
Don't know the general orders, hey?
Well. what are the special orders for this
post?"
Il don't know, sir" ..
Are there any at all?'
Il don't know, sir
"Were you not given some special or
ders when you went on post!
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NATIONAL WASHINGTON, c. THURSDAY

the papers to have such letters printed
were exhibiting very bad judgment.
The result was that when the regiment
returned the officers were not lynched, but
were received with honors, and are today
held in high esteem.
l have related this matter of the emcr-
gency fund and its collateral difficulties,
not to revive an unpleasant episode, but
because it bears directly and strongly upon
the question of whether our present vOlun-
teer system is the best one we could have.
There We're other incidents bearing upon
the same subject that should be related,
and will be in their proper places-that
should be considered in the summing up
of the whole matter. Some of these oc-
CURED in connection with the work of the
Re! Cross.
rro L.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1902-07-03

Sentry duty in the hot sun war one of
the hardest the men had to perform.
Those who have never experienced the IN
tense heat of the zenith sun of the tropics
can have no idea whatever of its whiting
effect. Men collapse under it, The cam
paign hat universally worn by our troops
even now, after nearly four years of eX-
perience is not the proper headgear for
that country. 1t clings closely about the
head, and has no ventilation. Helmets
were issued soon after our arrival, but
they found favor nowhere. though theo-
retically and actually a more hygien!c
headpiece than the cloth hat. They were
discarded absolutely when the campaign
began. The men want a hat they can use
for a pillow, or to cover the head if they
have to lie down in the sun. and this re
quires something flexible. So they found
the campaign hat the most practicable and
serviceable, if not the most conducive to
health, and chung to it, officers and men
alike, while the sweat poured down from
beneath its leather band in streams. The
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1902-07-03
BRIEF PROSPECTUS OF
The National Tribune.
WEEKLY. 81 A YEAR.

Beside its literary attractions this paper
gress and the executive branches of the
Government.
partial list of forthcoming articles
will be found mentioned below:
A FRIEND WITH THE COUNTER
SIGN.
This story is no less remarkable than
who Goes THERE" which has just been
completed 1t is a sequel to the former
work. as its title implies. In this narra-
tive the writer continues to relate his adj
ventures as spy for Grant and Meade.
WITH THE WESTERN ARMY.-By
Gen. Green b. Raum.
We are publishing an historical narra-
tive of great Importance by Gen. Raum,
relating to the operations of Grants and
Sherman's armies in the Middle West, in
which he bore conspicuous part.
MEMOIRS OF THE LAST YEAR OF
THE WAR-By Lieut.-Gen. Jubal
A. Early, C. S. A.
This is 4 story of the final campaigns of
the rebellion around Richmond and in the
Shenandoah Valley. told in a pleasing
style by the famous Confederate leader.
FOR CONSCIENCE'S SAKE.-By Van
E. Butler.
This is a story of the great rebellion
which thrills the reader at every line.
CAPT. W. w. STONE,
The brilliant 'sea writer has become a
regular contributor to The National Trib-
une, and his thrilling sketches and stories
of maritime life and adventure atioat will
appear from time to time.
CONF
noneer.
VIII reappear as a contributor in our
columns at an early date. His well-earned
popularity always assures him host Of
eager readers.
THE VOLUNTEER IN LUZON.-By
Capt. Harry l.. Wells, I'd Ore.
This is q serial narrative, embracing the
operations of the first volunteers who went
out in 1898 to the relief of Dewey and the
subsequent war with the insurrectos.
FROM THE SEA TO THE GRAND
REVIEW.-By Lyman S. Widney,
Those of our readers who have followed
Comrade Widney's account of his expert
ences from Louisville to the sea need only
be assured that in this second story he is
at his best.
THE ID MASS. IN CUBA.
The story begins with the muster-in at
South birmingham. and follows the regi-
ment to Santiago, where it was engaged
III the hottest of the battle The author
IS Henry L. Conrad, Corporal, Co. G..
y VOLUNTEER IN THE PHILIP
PlNES.-By Il Volunteer Lieutenant
The letters are extremely graphic
PENSION RULINGS
We report i'll full all new pension deci-
siCnS and rulings.
ADVENTURES OF AN IRON BRI-
GADE MANLY Il. X. Beacham,
I'd Wis
\ graphic description of campaigns. hat
ties ana marches i'll the Army of the Po-
tomac from the earliest days of the war.
THE BUSHWHACKER'S DAUGH-
TER"
The heroine is the daughter of Il Union
man who, after killing a rebel neicnbor-
sought refuge i'll the mountain Businesses.
81 kLEGG AND HIS SQUAD
Will continue with us. They are marching
with Uncle Billy" and have now entered
upon the terrible tramp through the Caro-
linas.
Do not miss number of the paper, and
tel! your friends, especially the young peo-
pie, what is coming.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1902-07-03
In Two Decades An-Round Lawyers VIII
Be Scarca

1t may seem gloomy and hazardous
prophecy to say that, within 20 years, the
individual o. general-practice attorney
will be extinct, save only in the remoter
country districts. Yet, after observing
the trend of events for number of years,
and listening, as the author has, to the
stories of many hundreds of attorneys
throughout this country, he is forced to
this conclusion.
Reduced to a chemical formula, COM
puted on a scale Of 10, the sum of legal
business may be said to be compounded
Of the following:
Real estate, 3 parts: corporations,
parts: commercial eases and collections"
= parts; wills and administration of es-
tatcs, / part; accident and negligence
suits, / part; defense of criminals, l part.
Fifteen years ago, real estate practice
was the most lucrative branch of the call
ing. Ten thousand dollars a year was
looked upon as a very small income for
Il lawyer who made it his speciality. Its
following practically ceased with the or
ganiZatipn of t:ne-inSurance companies.
Their fees are less than the individual
lawyer can afford TO accept, their staff
comprises counsel of the highest skill in
this particular line, and, best of all, from
the laymans standpoint, the cOmpany's
financial responsibility is unquestioned in
case an error is made. 1t is quite true
that there now exist certain law firms
claiming TO DO real estate business; but,
in nearly every instance, it will be found
that their work is loaning funds of clients
or of members upon bonds and mortgages.
But even the loan business has been
cut into by the title corporations. many of
which are now engaged in selling bonds
and mortgages of which they guarantee
payment of principal and interest.
One of the few strOnghOldS in the real
estate line still left to the lawyer in a
large clry the rpDrpSeutafiOn of clients
whose property is being condemned for
the opening or widening of streets. This
Is usually done upon a contingent basis.
the attorneys receiving a percentage Of
the amount recovered. Competition in
this field is exceedingly keen, and it is
not considered beneath the dignity of a
most reputable firm to employ agents for
the purpose of obtaining retaining con-
tracts from property owners, the moment
proceedings are considered Certain
changes which will materially interfere
with the pursuit of this line of business
are, however, being discussed by many
municipalities.
Corporations have ceased to be appre-
cable factors. owing to the organization
of various incorporation companies" one
of which, for $50, plus ST tie fees, will
organize a company, and for SD per
year will thereafter provide an office for
directors meetings, write the minutes,
prepare the annual reports, and attend to
the various details which the particular
State statute makes obligatOry.-Success.
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Hunting Trips of a Rancf1man:

most entertaining miscellany, embracing such subjects
and Cowboys-ther weapons, dress and horses. Water
Wild Turkeys Jack Rabbits Comparative merit of guns
and hundred other subjects, concluding with stirring
President states, was the best shot he made.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1902-07-03
Track-Laying by Machine.

new machine for laying railroad
tracks is being used in Pennsylvania. 1t
has proved itself capable, with crew
Of 40 men, of putting down two miles of
track in day. The track-layer has a
huge crane. 60 feet long. which projects
forward over the road, and it hauis be-
hind it train of 10 fiat cars loaded with
ties and rails. a continuous double line
of the latter moves forward over rollers
and carries the ties with it. Both rails
and ties are seized at the proper point
by the machinery and placed on the road
IN front of the train, where they shortly
form part OF the track over which it
passes. This device is said to be the
most rapid and the most economical me-
chanical track-layer invented.-Success.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1902-07-03

Charlie ShOrt-"What do you think Of
the theory advanced by a scientist that
soda water and ice cream are injurious to
the complexion?'
Dolly Summers-"I think it's all non.
sense. Why, married women haven't any
better compilations than girls have
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1902-07-03
President Roosevelt's Books.
CLOTH. 81 A VOLUME.

American Ideals: s vqms hosys rite about
Machine Politics the vic-rresdency.
Administration: %s sas F ss s T n T moca
CIVILIZATION Decay D' D' our fo Brother
tro p,un the Presidents convictions on mann amooct 31
Questions plainly oppressed 1~o to
The Wilderness Hunter sentn5 volume of hunting lore and of
narratives hmnt. tc a Dmr
Hunting the Grisy s sssst ot the % the @
forhi meif "
Hunting Trips of Rancman S1ses of. Sport the Nsrn
WS turkeys sss a"f sG rs
Hunting Trips on Plains and Mountains another
Sights Sounds of the Desoate
the IOrdy
as sa n Ha s , a9 sa5 s s%s % thu
The Naval War Of 1872 Part F s s. edition as P"
the Pery's Victory.
The Naval War of 1872 Part H. s'ssass Blockade
Vioy a coess 0 T c ss @ na s
the Battle ofN Orleans ~ ~ '" brilliant Successes
q: +. 81; ;;:: ;:; 6: s' s e r.
Winning Of the West Part 1 rsss #, the ,
nores NN
Winning of the West Part H. nags the eat
Winning of the West. Part ILL., The Morayn Massacre
the oil
Elements
of the battle of Kings
Winning OF the West. Part w. 1 n5 @ ]
mississippi
ugglc orStat ehood
Winning OF the West. Part v Te Nothwt Territory;
allen Tmbes
Winning OF the West Part W. 12Enes and Land
the western
F Wet,ls
onr" " 'y .os contents the tm9ohg historical
with
m@ss o. h deadly struggle that
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-03-10
GOV. YATES SIGHT SEEING.
Accompanied by His Wife and Staff
is Going to Charleston.

Nashville, Tenn March .. - Governor
and Mrs. Richard Yates of Illinois, ac-
companied by party of eight or moro
prominent officials and citizens Of the
state, with their families, were In Nash
Vile thirty minutes this morning. The
party Is en- route to the South Carolina
Interstate and West Indian Exposition
at Charleston and is travelling on a spe-
cial train. number of personal friends
greeted the visitors here and made their
short stay a pleasant one. The special
left over the Nashville Chattanooga and
ST. Louis Railroad at 10 o'clock, the
plans of the party being outlined in the
following statement by Governor Yates:
II have with me- he said about a
dozen members of my staff, two or three
prominent Chicago officials, number of
my personal friends and a large party of
prominent citizens and their fam ilies
five representatives of the Chicago news
papers and an Associated Press corre-
spondent. 1t is our intention to make a
stop of about three hours at Chatta-
nooga and if possible to go to both
Chickamauga and upon Lookout noun
tain. We will make a short stop In At
lanta and then go direct to Charleston,
where we will be for two days We will
return by way of Washington, make a
stop of one day and then go home"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-03-10
NEW YORK CAN'T BE
KEPT DRY ON SUNDAY
Despite Alleged Promises Any Man or
Woman Who Wanted Drink Yes
terday Could Get 1t.

New York, March 9.-Despite the alleg-
ed promises of the saloon keepers that
today should be the very dryest Sun
day on record so far as New York was
concerned, the man or woman who wish
ed to do so, had little or no trouble in
purchasing a drink. About the only no.
ticeable difference in getting one was
that the thirsty man was not allowed
to stand at the bar and in many in
stances he was forced to sit down to the
property" sandwich, left over from ear
lier days of the Raines law reign. But
for all that the day might easily be
termed a quiet Sunday
Captain Sheehan's men in the tender
loin precinct, before the day was well
along had arrested several barkeepers.
In the upper West side portion Of the
city the orders for a dry Sunday were
observed to q cert ain extent. On the low
er East side of the city 1t is doubtful if
one out of five hundred were closed.
Along Seventh avenue and on the Bow
cry, barrooms that have probably not
been closed single day for years. did
no bar trade at all. In many instances
the proprietors of these places had i'm
promptu bars rugged up in the back
rooms and served drinks there
The total number of arrests in Greater
New York was a.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-03-10
DECOMPOSED BODY
OF A PLUMBER FOUND
Believed to Have Been Murdered and
Body Thrown Into River from
Which it Washed Ashore.

Macon, Ca, March "a few days- ago
the body of a white man was found in
a swamp near Macon, supposed to have
been left upon a pile of debris by the
receding river 1t was in a state of de-
composition that made recognition diff
ficult.
A note made by reporter of local
newspaper that gas jet tip was found
in the clothing of the man caused an
exhumation of the remains today and
the body was identified by his brothers
as that of Michael Coffy. plumber, be-
longing to a family well known in the
Southern part of the state.
Examination disclosed that the skull
had been crushed by a blunt instrument.
1t is believed the man was murdered and
thrown into the river where it lay until
cast up by the flood. Coffy had dsap-
peared from his home last December.
An investigation will be made by the
authorities.
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FIFTH VICTIM OF
BEAUMONT MURDERS
EVERY OFFICER IN THE TOWN
HAS BEEN SET TO WORK ON
THE PENINo MYSTERY.
NOT A CLUE FOUND.

st. Louis, March ga special from
Beaumont Tex, says:
The body of the fifth victim of a gang
of murderers and robbers was taken
from the Neches river in. the eastern SUBJ
urbs OF Beaumo ont at noon today. The
first of the five hodies was recovered in
the early part of January.
With the finding of the fifth body ev-
cry officer in the town was set to work
on the mystery and this afternoon 1S
hoboes who have been living In the river
bottom opposite the city were arrested
on suspicion that they are at the bottom
of series of robberies and murders.
The body found today was that OF a
man about IS years Of age and 1t had
lain in the water for perhaps 80 days.
Every pocket in the clothing worn by
the corpse had been rifled ana the skull
and jaw had been crushed In by a blow
from some instrument. There WIS not
a mark or scrap of paper about the body
by which it might be identified but the
wounds on the head make 1t plain that
the victim met death at the hands of
robbers and murderers, since his death
had been brought about exactly as in the
case of the four preceding victims. The
pockets bore evidence of having been
rified in each of the other four cases.