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Lord Ribblesdale,s Personality.

Lord Ribblesdale, who is about to sail
for this country as the principal mem
Der of a royal parliamentary commission
for the Improvement of street traffic, and
which is bent on seeing how matters in
that line are organized in this country.
is a rather impressive member of the
house of lords. standing nearly six foot
three inches, with clear-cut, high bred
features. which curiously enough have
never been marred by fistic encounters
in which he is an adept. sharing with
Lord Lonsdale the boxing championship
of the house OF lords.
He is likewise a noted sportsman, has
been on several occasions master of the
royal buck hounds. has broken most of
the bones of his body in hard riding. has
written most learnedly on sporting mat
ters, was member of that exclusive, In
teIlectual body known as THE Souls. -
to which Premier Arthur Balfour also
belonged, and entertains a pronounced
aversion to headgear, invariabling golf
ing and often riding without either nat
or cap.
Very courtly and distinguished in ap-
pearance, he recalls so much the state
ly beaux of the eighteenth century, that
the present King used to nickname him
| THE Ancestor a name which Is GER
tainIy more appropriate than that OF
| "Dribblesquash. with which he has been
invested by his most intimate friend and
crony, Vice Admiral Lord Charles Beres-
ford.
The earl first achieved fame as the
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her as not to deprive her of her prin-
cipal source of wealth and to destroy
utterly her most important industry
Let us, in other words, take a warn
ing in the example furnished by the
attitude of England toward Ireland.
The policy of the former. which for
more than 200 years sought to de-
stroy, and, in fact, did destroy, the
industries Of Ireland, did more TO
perpetuate the hatred of the Irish
people for their conquerors than race
differences or differences of religion.
Don't let us forget that not every dol
lar in sight, which we may capture, IS
dollar gained.
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Courts and Capitals
of the Old World
BY THE MARQUIsE DE FoNTENoY.
Bears an Ancient Title.

Bears an Ancient Title.
Lord Thunderstorm. whose name. most
curiously misspelt, was included the
ether day in the list of guests of Sir
Thomas Upton on board the Erin as
present at the first of the cup races,
bears one of the most ancient titles In
the kingdom of Ireland. his peerage hav-
ing been created in March, 1851, by
King Edward ". the baronies of Dun
sany and of Kingsale, the latter dating
from 1923, being the only ones that are
OF older origin. The patronymic of the
house is Barnewall. and the family was
founded by Sir Michael Barneval. who
accompanied Strongbow. Earl of Penn
broke. to ireland in 1172 It's chief to-
day is Sir Reginald Barnewall, of Cricks>
town Castle, County Meath, Lord Trim
blestown being the head of one of the
junior branches.
The present lord experienced some
difficulty in establishing his rights 10
the peerage, for on the death. without
male issue. of the sixteenth lord In
1879 it became necessary to go back
to the descendants of the younger son
or the seventh baron. VINO lived IN Ihe
reign of Queen Elizabeth in order to find
the heir to the title and 10 the estates
| This remote kinsman of the sixteenth
lord. Christopher BarnewaH by name.
presented to the committee of privileges
of the house of lords all the necessary
proofs in support OF his succession TO
| the Trimblestown peerage. But he died
before any decision was rendered. and it
was not until 1893 that the committee
( OF privileges finally granted a verdict in
favor of his younger brother and heir,
| the present peer, in whom the barony OF
/ Trimblestown was then declared by the
crown to be vested, and who was recog-
nized as possessing the right to vote in
the election of the representatives of the
Irish peerage in the house of lords al
| Westminster.
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sort of 'intermeddling' Senator
Plumb had in mind

sort Of ''intermeddling" Senator
Plumb had in mind
In another column we print a syn
opsis of charges made by F. Fins
Fox, an editor of the town Of Ard
more, to the Attorney General, against
United States marshal who Is a
director in what is known as 'The
Tribal Development Company OF
Tishomingo, Chickasaw Nation"
The DAILY Ardmorite," published
al Ardmore, tells us that this concern
"is the strongest real estate company
IL the Indian Territory" and that
''the Indian will find that this com
pany will look after his interests, and
if you have lands TO lease you will be
we'll paid to turn your business over
10 this company"
Among the names III the printed
list of directors are the following: Z.
L. Soper, United States attorney
Northern district; Guy p. Cobb, Unit
ed States revenue inspector, and B
II. Colbert, United States marshal
Southern district. Whether these dl-
lectors, in looking after the Inter
ests' of the Indian, are violating then
oaths of office and neglecting the IN
terests" of the Government Is ques-
ton which we respectfully submit tC
the Honorable the Attorney General
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Primary System Adopted.

There is especial opposition TO the
viva voce system OF voting. and so many
OF the local committees have ignored
this provision that il became necessary
for the State committee 20 come to-
gether recently in special session and
adopt strong resolutions declaring all
primary plans not in conformity With
the regulations laid down by the COM
aittee Illegal and OF no effect. II Is be-
lieved that despite this action the vote
in a number OF legislative districts this
fall will be taken by the regular election
system OF secret ballot
The adoption OF the primary system
for all party nominations in the State
was really the outgTowth of the May
conference held here several years ago,
which was dominated by the friends of
Governor Montague, Congressman Will
liam A. Jones and Ex-Governor Tyler,
who were advocates OF this system OF
nominating candidates. including those
for Congress and United States Senator.
while Senator's Martin and Daniel and
most OF the party leaders. who would be
termed the machine delegation. preferred
the old system of naming the standard
bearers by convention.
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Political Gossip
Here and There
The Virginia senatorship.

The political fires are being kindied In
Virginia preparatory to the legislative
election in November next. which marks
the Inauguration OF the great 1ght TO be
made for the Democratic nomination for
United States Senator IN 1905. Only q
few nominations for either the senate
or house have been made as yet. but the
party leaders and the friends and man
ayers of the Senatorial aspirants are
hard at work. and the latter have been
quietly engaged for some months in
looking after their fences and laying
plans for an active and effective cam
paign.
The successor OF Hon. Thomas s. Mar
tin, the junior Senator frem Virginia, is
TO be chosen by the General Assembly
which will be elected in 1905. and viii
enter upon It's work January 1. 1906 II
the State primary plan adopted twc
years ago by the Democratic conyen-
tion. and now In full force. though not
cordially supported IN all quarters. shall
be allowed 10 remain in effect. the nomi-
nation will be decided by primary tc
be held in the late summer or early fall
two years hence. when members of the
senate and house are also named But a
very vigorous fight viii be made on the
primary plan. and the outcome is mat
ter of some doubt.
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Rouge on Cheek Only.

It Is said that Archbishop Ryan Of Philadel-
phia, may be made cardinal.
This prclate has a delightful humor. His
gentle and wise criticisms make Philadelphia
laugh often.
very young girl one day said to him:
Il have been told. sir, that touch Of rouge
heightens a woman's charm wonderfully; but
have also been told that to use rouge is wrong
VIII you give me your opinion on this matter
Some" said the archbishop, "hcld that
there is nothing pernicious in u little rouge
while others regard the use OF this cosmetic a
vulgar To me it seems best to steer a middl,
course between those two opinions, and / would
advise you, therefore. TO use rouge upon ont
cheek only."-New York Tribune
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Indian Territory Graft. :"
Worked Industriously by a Band of Of
fceholders.

Preston B. Plumb, when a Senator
in Congress from Kansas, was not
known distinctively as an archangel,
but he was universally recognized as
man of ability and power, with the
faculty Of expressing himself in clear
English.
On March l, 1888, in a debate on
bill providing for the compulsory
education of Indian children, the Sen
ator said
The trouble comes when the white man gets
hold Of him the Indianl; when he applies 20
him the procrtlstean bed of civilization. stretch
ing him out if too short, and making him
shorter if he is TOO long Our whole system
Of dealing with the Indian is bad by just as
much as We have intermeddled beyond necessity.
The Times has evidence from the
Indian Territory which shows con-
elusively that some of the white
"brothersr down there are very anx-
ious to get ''hold" of the Indian and
are giving him very seductive invita-
tions to place his interests" in their
hands. This, however, may not be the
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The New Plutarch.

spartacus was eShorting the Gladiators 10 rise.
''But," they inquired. what brand Of baking
powder shall user
Perceiving the hopelessness OF his case, he de
cided to become IN advertisement. writer.
George Washington asked why he crossed
the Delaware on the ice.
Because he answered. ''if had crossed
the Ohio history would have mixed me up with
Eliza"
Here again he demonstrated his wonderful
foresight
Agamemnon was spending his eleventh year
before Troy.
''And Why" urged his generals, ''don't you
take a little trip2 You know it's only forty
miles TO Schenectady"
Yes" he murn.ured grimly, "but it is only
two steps TO Paris New York Sun.
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Arcades AmbO.

sam Shubert. the theatrical manager. who re-
Gently returned tran Europe, tells a story Of a
conversation he heard on board ship while going
over and which he says illustrates how passen-
gers try TO relieve the monotony of the trip by
discussing almost any subject and engaging in
the most inane conversation.
The boat WAS three days out when OF the
passengers was able 10 go deck. There he
met an old friend
Hello, old chap" he exclaimed. "Are you
going acrossF
Yes" replied his friend Are youg'-Nev
York Times.
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To Regain Democratic Counties.

II they should be swung back into
the Democratic column the Republican
majority on joint ballot would be Ie-
duced TO thirteen. Besides these. the
counties of Delaware. Morrow. Maneock,
Knox, Morgan, Noble. Paulding. Pike.
Portage, Preble. and Williams are orig
inalIy Democratic. and are even nov
usually close. II they could all be swung
back into the Democratic column the
State Legislature would stand hfte N
Democratic on joint ballot This looks
like a big thing TO do. but il should be
remembered that Mckinley. who was the
best vote-gette the party ever had
here. and under whose management
these Democratic counties and districts
were drawn over into the Republican
list, is no more. 1t must also be con-
ceded that Senator Hanna is not popu-
lar with the ardent Administration Re-
publicans, and especially since his at
tempt to prevent the Endorsement OF ths
President as the candidate for next year
II can al least be said the Democratic
plan is not an impossibility-
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Reflections of a Bachelor.

Easy come, easy 60 and hard 10 get again
Most any girl can make man fall in love
with her: few Of them make him stay there
When q man settles down in life it's often
because his creditors have made him settle up.
II is a race problem all right when the way
a mans family grows beats the way his income
ought 10 grow TO keep up with it,
II takes two women longer 10 explain over a
telephone why they can't go to lunch together
than IL does dozen men TO draw up plans 70
build railroad-New York Press
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Convicted By Himself.

At a recent dinner Of the Authors Club IN
London the Bishop Of Worcester referred TO
what he called the one event in his literary ca
reer He had once been accused OF wrongly
using Il verb and on turning up the word IN
the New English Dictionary. he found himself
confronted by the very quotation in question
from one OF his own books-a standing re5uke
10 hirn for his bad grammar, as it was the only
known instance of that particular use Of the
vord.-New York Tribune.
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Owns Wide Acres.

Lord Trimblestown is married TO an
Australian woman, owns about 1000
acres of land in ireland, chiefly in
County Meath, and makes his home at
Ramsgate. in Kent. Let me add that
the tenth Lord TrimbIestown had his
title attainted by King William III for
his loyalty to the last OF the Stuart
dynasty, King James II, and that il was
not until 1895 that the thirteenth lord.
his descendant, obtained from the crown
repeal of the attainder and confrma-
tion of his rights 20 the barony
There are quite a large number of
members of the Barnewall family in this
country. chiefly in the State of New
York. in the neighborhOOd of Albany,
Robert BarnewaIl, as well as Samuel and
william, all grandsons of Sir Bartholo-
new Barnewan, OF Crickstown. County
Meath, having come to the United States
and settled here in the early portion of
the last century.
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Among the Doctors.
Scientific.

The giri's father was physician not in the
least given to sentiment, and he did not want
his daughter 10 marry. 50 the young fellows
lad rather a hard time Of it. One day partic-
ularly reckless chap sent her song entitled
There's sigh in the Heart
By some chance ii fell into the hands of the
father.
..Who ever heard Of such wretehedly unscien-
tifc stuff as th.sI'' ne said
So he wrote on the outside this message and
sent il back:
Mistaken diagnosis; no sigh in the heart
possible. Signs relate almost entirely to the
lungs and diaphragm m."-New York Times.
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To Avoid CONSUMPTION.

Gen. Nelson A. Miles was talking about some
Of the phases Of the civil war
Zone phase" ne said. recently. WAS the
frantic effort that some citizens made TO avoid
the conscriPtions. Hence many swindles en-
sued, for the man with plan 10 defeat the
conseriptions could get money more easily than
can the man today with sure tip on the
races.
There was one conscription faker who made
thousands OF dollars before the authorities re-
strained him This chap would send letters
broadcast wherein he said that he would com
mmicate. for s.. 4 sure means of escaping the
conscription Letters. iIclosing s2 notes. poured
in on him. and in reply 10 each letter he would
send a printed slip reading:
Join the nearest volunteer regiment y
Boston Herald.
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Pere ollivier,s Parishioner.

One Of Pere Olhvier's flock. very beautiful
and handsomely dressed woman, coming very
late 10 church one Sunday morning, caused some
disturbance and stir among the worshiPers by
her entrance. and interrupted the flow OF elo-
quence OF the worthy father, who, very irritable
and easily put out, said, Madame perhaps
waited to take her chocolate before coming to
church?" To this madame. BY means
atashed, and in no way afraid of the sound oi
her own voice, even in the sacred edifce. gra
ciously replied, Yes mon pere; and two roll.
with it'-Pan Mall Gazette.
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In a Lighter Vein.
Spring.
THE LAWYERS INVOCATION.

Whereas, on certain boughs and sprays,
Now divers birds are heard 10 sing,
And sundry flowers their heads upraise,
Hail 10 the coming on Of Spring.
The songs OF those said birds arouse
The memory OF our youthful hours,
As green as those said sprays and boughS,
As fresh and sweet as those said nowers-
The birds aforesaid-happy pairs.-
Love, mid the aforesaid bcughs, inshrlnes
In freehold nests-themselves, their heirs,
Administrators, and assigns.
o busiest term Of Cupid's court,
Were tender plaintiffs actions bring
Season Of frolic and Of sport.
Hail, as aforesaid, coming Spring!
H z. II. BrOwnell.
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The Retort Courteous.

Every doctor knows the man and woman who
cultivate the habit of aeeosting him in the
street and in guise Of ordinary conversation try
10 extract free medical advice. One sdch in
quirer greeted eminent physician with the
remark;
Il hear fish is an excellent brain food. Do
YOU think sof''
Excellent, the reply, but in youI
case it seems pity TO waste the fish London
Outlook.
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The Newest in Breakfast Foods.

Congressman Cannon, while in Park Row re-
Gently. stopped TO inspect the work on the sub
way His attention was especially attracted By
the large iron cylinder which is kept constantly
turning over fire for the purpose Of heating
gravel
..what do YOU make out OF it, Joe?'' asked a
friend
..RoIled pebhles,'' mused Mr. Cannon NUS
be some new kind Of breakfast food adapted fol
those Italian irnrnigrants.''-New York Times
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Objects to Weed Patch.

To the Editor Of the Washington Times:
ALLOW me to protest against weed patch
which mars street intersection more frequent
ed by visitors than any other in Washington. On
the plot of ground east of the old Riggs Bank,
at the intersection Of New York and Pennsylva-
MA Avenues and Fifteenth Street, there is a
growth Of weeds which would do credit TO an
abandoned corner in a country cemetery. If the
owners of the property cannot afford to cut the
weeds would suggest that the District Commits
sioncrs be asked to have the work done.
T. B. ERLANG.
Washington August d
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The Willy Patient.

William H. Macdonald, Of the Bostonians had
need, not long ago, to call on a village doctor.
As ne opened the office door lanky, bony. yet
shrewd booking farmer pushed past him Before
Mr.. Macdonald could recover from the shock
the doctor-red in the faee-appeared and sn-
grily shouted: Say! l charge for my advice.'
Just So called back the fast-retreating
farmer, ''but ] amt a-goin' TO take it.''
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Lord Salisbury.
Only the Future Can Assign to Him His
Right Place in English History.

Right Place in English History.
His majesty deeply deplores the
loss of so great a statesman, whose
Invaluable services to Queen Victoria.
to the King, and his country i'll the
highest offices of state, which he hello
for so many years, will ever dwell i'll
the memory of his fellow-country-
men,"
King Edward could have found no
words more fitting in which to express
the loss which Great Britain thinks,
and perhaps rightly thinks, it has
sustained in the death of Lord Sails
bury. They voice the judgment which
his contemporaries have rendered and
which posterity may confirm.
Lord Salisbury was not a great
man. But he had ability, prudence,
and moderation. He was, what Is
better still, by instinct no less than
birth, a gentleman. In the vigor of
his early manhood he would have re-
sisted, and resisted successfully.
Chamberlain's war against the Beers.
As it was, he reluctantly yielded-a
manifestation of senile weakness
the energetic clamOr of a pawn
brokers' attorney. 1t is the one blot
on an otherwise singularly clean and
inspiring record.
The name of Lord Salisbury is not
prominently identified with any great
measure of reform, nor, indeed, with
any great event In the history OF his
country. Still, on all the questions of
the day his voice was heard and his
counsel needed. In the Berlin Con
gress he gave valuable assistance to
| Disraeh. In Fe handling of TIE
Egyptian question sis conservatism
often checked, for his country's good,
the sensational i1petuousity of his
chief In the management of Irish
affairs he gave his colleagues the ben
eft of his judgment, while ostenta-
tiously withholding from them the
sympathy so essential TO the success
of the work IN hand. In church mat
ters he was a churchman first, last,
and all the time eminently respeeta
BILE and also hopelessly dull.
The Englishmap, We all know, loves
a lord, but he also admires man
a manly man. Lord Salisbury was
both. He endeared himself to his
eountrymen by a ''you-be-damned'
manner which he habitually observed
toward his equals and a captivating
condescension - familiarity never -
which he displayed IN the presence OF
interiors. Instinctively his country
men felt that he was man Of grit
and though he might make mistakes
they forgave him for doing the very
things which In a man of Gladstone
temperament they condemned in un
measured terms. Men liked him al
the better because he had been poor
had married for love, and had hvec
in humble lodgings, supplementing
modest income by writing for th'
press.
In the presence of death all criti
cism is hushed. Friend and foe aik'
must join in bearing testimony to th'
lofty character and intense patriotism
Of Lord Salisbury. The future alon
can assign TO the man who for NOR
: than twelve years was first ministe
Of the crown the place he is hereafte
to occupy in English history 1t ma.
rot be a great one; it will certainl..
be q most honorable one.
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Ribblesdale happened to travel from
London to Holyhead in August. 1897.
alone in the same compartment with
ParneI1 The great Irish leader did not
know the peer, but the latter knew him,
and determined % interview him
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The Ohio Legislature.

The present Legislature OF Ohio Il
composed Of twentyone Republican and
twelve Democratic Senator'S. sixty-eight
Republican members OF the house and
forty-two Democrats, making a Repub-
Iican majority OF thirty-five on joint
ballot: but four Senatorial districts
now represented by Republicans are
normally Democratic II the Democrats
carry these. the Republican plurality on
that side Will be only one. In the pres
ent house the normally Democratic
counties of ClermOnt. Erie. Hooking,
Marion, Muskingum, Perry and San
dusky are represented by Republicans.
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Requiem

In molding grave or vault Of stone
Bury me body, blood, and bone.
Since like the wind u9on the hill
Ny soul is unimprisOnable.
And when l make the final change.
NV glad undying soul shall range
Plains. mountains oceans. ocean -shorss--
All God Almighty's out-Of-doOFs.
And range Il shouting over space,
Or rest in some untrodden place.
-Gouvelneur Norris. in September outin<
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He Had No Standing.

Toni had my fortune told the other day
and my hancee broke of the engagement.
Jack-Why, is she believer In such nom
sensef
Tom-Nonsense nothing! 1t was told her by
a mercantile agency Chicago Daily News
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Happy in the Assurance.

She was going away. "oh, John!" she sob
bed. "J-John, are y-you quite sure you'll
In-miss me?''
Darling" replied her big husband. 'Tll
miss you much l do the morning train"
Thus assured she picked up her grip and,
with a sweet smile, started for the seashore.-
Chicago News.
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Poor Fellow.

Dolly-I never see you laughing now Do
you feel melancholy?
! Bertie-Not at all, but the last time laugh
/ ed, don't you know, l dwopped my eyeglass
| and bwoke it.-Boston Globe.
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Next to It.

81 heard today that your son was an under
taker / thought you told me he was physi-
clan"
Not at all"
Il don't like to contradict, but I'm positive
you did say So"
You misunderstood me. | said he followed
the medical profession ''-Philadelphia Press.
The Washington times., 1903-08-24

The mayor of Roanoke has vetoed the
ordinance intended to prevent cows from
pasturing in the city streets Is this
another victory for the beef trust?
The Washington times., 1903-08-24
Daily Calendar of American History


1S14-Battle of Bladensburg, Nd, near
Washington-the Capitol and
White House burned.
1S1S-Central foundation of Capitol laid.
1S50-Treaty between Hawaii and United
States ratified.
1S66-President Johnson started on
Western tour speaking in favor of
his own policy, and against Con-
greSs.