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Not even have the people moved
sufficiently with the times to adapt
their homes to modern requirements.
Along the roofs of one line of houses
in Little PedingtOn there still runs
the secret escape passage OF the
smugg!ers, an arrangement which for.
bids standing upright in the living
rooms below; every house has its dis
propOrtonate cellarage. its hide and
seek passages. its odd means Of
egress, its high lookout windows and
various other peculiarlties of a bust
ness Of which the keynote was eva
sion. Strangers come occasionally
ont Of their way TO see our church.
because 1t is fine in itself. and as
striking an object in the landscape
as the famous PedlingtOn poplar,
which, some say, threw It's straight
stem 80 feet into the air when Domes.
day Book was compiled, but they do
not know that Pedllngton church vas
as intimately associated with the
smuggling business as was the Wal.
nut Tree Inn, at which they have
lunchcd.
Old Slingsby, the last human link
between to-day and Pedlington's great
past, who died last year, aged 1903,
used to tell how when a new parson
was appointed to Pedlington he would
find on his lawn in the morning after
his arrival goody tub Of spirits or
a keg OF tobacco or a box of tea or
OF rice, with a scrawled intimation
that as long as he was deaf and blind
to much that went on around him
generally, and in his church in par
ticular all would be well wich him.
and many generations of Pedlington
parsons found It worth their while to
acquiesce 1t was old Slingsby who
pointed out an altar tomb in the
church, the embazoned side of which.
being removed. revealed a descent in.
to the vaults below, where collins and
kegs stood side by side. and who told
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-09-16

Grouchy Bachelor heartily disap'
prove OF taking children on railway
Journeys and to large hotels.
Doting Mother-So do |. one meets
so many rude people and sees so much
gelhshness at those places that one
is always glad the little darlngs aren't
there to pick up bad habits,
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Hlstrionic Wisdom.

Eggbert-Are you still doing a
stage stunt?
De Ranter-No, I've cut It out. |
married the only daughter of a
wealthy Southern sugar planter a few
weeks ago.
Eggbert-Ah! | see. Another case
OF sugar-cured ham, as It were.
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\ SMUGGLERS' HAUNT
NOW EEPY VILLA z
ESPECIAL ooRREsRoN PENCE,

Little Pedllngton is one of the hun.
dreds of places In England the aspect
Of which provokes the stranger to
ask: How does ii EXIST" There is
no life. much less stir, in II from
Year's end to years end; one may
traverse its surrounding hills and
fields for hours without meeting a
human being. The road through It
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-09-16
Rather Antique.

AT last" said the great inventor,
Il have succeeded in perfecting a pow.
der that is both smokeless and noise.
less"
"Pshaw! That's as old as the hills"
remarked the observing person.
Women have been using that brand
of powder ever since Eve posed as o
lashion leader"
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Perfectly REGULAR.

In his letter of application he
claimed to be n man of regular
habits"
"Well?"
We'll the very first time | saw him
he was drunk"
well, you never saw him sober.
cid you?"
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-09-16
Before and After.

ibid you ever meet your ideal won.
an?' asked the cigar drummer
yes; three long years ago" re-
piled the sad.eyed passenger.
And is she still your ideal?"
queried the man with the sample case.
No replied the other. Were
married now"
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"Your enemies say that you have
teen on friendly terms with that
trust
1T Is base libel" answered Senator
Sorghum. "The terms | exacted from
that trust were entirely too friendly to
he considered friendly
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-09-16

Does Mr.. Stggins call himself a
conno!sseur in music?" asked the man
who sneers,
Certainly not. Such assumption
on his part is ont of the question
In the first place, he couldn't pro-
uounce the word connoisscur,
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ers Of the law, robbers, II you like,
into a gang of desperate rufIians who
stuck at no crime, and who finally
brought about their own extinction
by the unwarrantable violence Of their
behavior Elsewhere smuggling died
a natural death; hereabouts II was
crushed because It developed into &C.
tual brigandage.
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Sold Again

Gunner-"l saw cane that could
be converted into a chair.
Guyer-"That's nothing. saw a
stable that could be carried in tho
pocket"
Gunner-"You must be joking.
What kind OF table was IT,"
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-09-16
MetaphorieaIly Phrased.

Don't YOU think your friend would
stand a better chance II he were to
subside and be dark horse?' said
one politician
He couldn't" said the other.
He's naturally so much of kicker
that he wouldn't be content with any
other role than that of mule
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-09-16
As Observed.

"say," began the man who observes
things, did II ever occur to you--"
did what ever occur to me?" asked
the party who never misses an oppor-
tunity TO butt in.
That diamonds and dudes repro
sent the extremes of hardness anil
softness?' continued the originator
of the trouble.
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My dear" said lady to a friend
who was complaining of a seryan,,
you can't expect all the virtues for
$12.'
But | pay $l5," was the practical
response.
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Gone.

Say, pa said the boy Of the fu.
ture. Il want an automobile
"What?" cried his father. where's
the last one bought you?"
Hugh! Why that was three days
ago"
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1903-09-16

$50 you think justice should be
represented with rod and reel?"
Eyes, OF course! The big fish most
always gets away."-Puck.
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Two Generations Of HornbIowers,

Lawson-lt seems so appropriate to
see young Maquerelle footing around
the country in his automobile and
blowing his horn.
DawsOn-How so?
Lawson-Why his father used to
sell FISH.
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Geoaraphieal.

"You say she has a limited divorce.
What do mean by that?"
"Oh, II Is only good in twelve
states"
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Rivals.

Percy-My papa owns a newspaper!
Jimmie-Dat's nuthin'; buy and
sell sixty Of em every day!
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The Early Bird.

The Early Bird.
Mrs. Clubman-Will you be home
early, Jack?
Mr.. Clubman-We-ell, yes; but don't
walt breakfast for me- Brooklyn Life.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-02-22
HOTEL PORTERS HAVE MANIFOLD DUTIES.
SOME BIG ONES 1T THE LARGE HOTELS-ACT rs
BOUNCERS' OCCASION.

House, and veteran in this field of hotel work,
often wondered at the strength of Bismarck
until he discovered the other day that the Ger
man exercised daily at his home No 316 East
Thirty-second-st., with hundred pound she'll
from of Admiral SIMPSONS guns
A force Of twenty porters handles the trunks
Of the Waldorf-Astorfa, and they are in charge
of John Rothwell, who went into the business
thirty-three years ago at the old Grand Central.
the Broadway Central Hotel. MIR. Rothwell
a porter there when Jim Fisk was shot,
and eye witness of the tragedy.
In the rush season as many as a thousand
trunks and other pieces of baggage come to the
Waldorf in a single day and the alacrity with
which they handled shows how well Mr..
Rockwell has systematized the work. Trunks
by the vanload are landed at the rear of the
hotel, in Thrty-fourth-st.. and are quickly pied
on a sidewalk elevator. The trunks are then
carried down TO the basement and stacked up
in long rows for Identification. AS soon as the
owners of the trunks have registered and been
assigned to rooms the baggage is carried to the
double shaft baggage elevator and lifted to the
right floor, where it is carried to the rooms on
small wheel trucks To save time, big load of
baggage is carried on an elevator each trip
and distributed al the right landings
Joe Boan and Pat Sweeney are the big
gest of the Waldorf porters, and each of them
can toss a TWO nulureu PoNiiu ~ - - ~
of seven foot heap with the ease Whlch comes
from long training. AS one of them SAID:
It's a knack When q greenhorn tries to
carry a trunk he tries to lift it with a straight
pull. and then lands it so near his colarbone
that it nearly cuts the flesh in two Now, watch
me"
The porter here took Saratoga trunk, clasped
it in his arms, and with the help of his knee and
a lunge of his body he swung it up to his
shoulder, where the round part of the top fitted
neatly to the shoulder, that its weight rested
evenly. Some of the guests of the Waldorf
bring a small department store of parcels and
pieces of baggage. An Englshman is likely to
have half a hundred traps" as he calls them,
including portmanteaus and hat boxes which
an American would cram into two or three big
trunks. Foreigners from the continent of Eu-
rope and from, the Orient have still more nu-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-02-22
THE KING IN CONTROL.
Constitution TESTS Conduct of For
eion Relations an CrOIcn.

There has been such vast amount of discus
sion in the English newspapers as we'll as in the
Continental and the American press with regard
to the alleged responsibility of King Edward for
Great Britains cooperation with Germany in
the Venezuelan imbroglio. the consensus OF
opinion being to the effect that he has been
guilty of unconstitutional conduct in bringing
his influence to bear upon Lord Landsdowne, the
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in the
matter that it may be just as well to explain
his status in connection with the affair AS
suming by way of hypothesis that the combined
action of England nd Germany in South Amer
lean waters has been brought about by an IN
derstanding between Edward VII and William
IL effected durinc the latter's stay at Sandrlng-
ham last November, the King has in no sense or
the word exceeded any of the limitations winch
have been placed upon the crown by the con-
sttution.
The conduct of the international relations OF
the British Empire il must be thoroughly UNDER
stood is vested not in Parliament, not IN the
Cabinet but in the crown. 1t is the prerogatlve
of the sovereign and the widespread impression
Wi; prevails that the foreign policy on the
nation is Just as much subject to legislative
control and in need of parliamentary SANCTION
as the internal administration of the United
Kingdom is altogether erroneous. For the con-
stitution takes the ground that it is Impossible
that the individuals Of the State, in their col
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-02-22

merous small belongings Ii Hung Chang is
credited to have brought to the Waldorf more
pieces of baggage than any other guest in its
history. He had five hundred different parcels
all told including packages of tea, spices, nuts
and sage, bags of rice and other provisions that
a Celestial delights in There also a nu-
merous array Of pots and kettles, for the Chi
nese Viceroy had his own cooks. who prepared
his food in the kitchen of the hotel.
Prince Henry and his suite had $50 pieces of
baggage. Grand Duke Boris had 125 parcels.
while the Prince of Siam managed to get along
with only one hundred ''bits OF baggage as he
called them.
The hotel porter if he saves his money, can ac-
cumulate considerable His salary may be small
but he is the recipient of many 'remembrances
Thus Joe Monahan. who the head porter
Of the Grand Union for many years, left his
family small estate on his DEATH year. ago.
His brother Andy" NIonahan. the present head
porter of the hotel loves to tell of the ustrious
career Of Joe" who known by every hotel
porter in the city.
Joe Atonahan came to the Grand Union
Hotel in 1873, when it practically isolated
from the rest OF the city hotels. He soon showed
himself a man of ability, and was put in
charge of the baggage coming to and from the
hosiery Besides being able to ''juggle" a
trunk he could carry off the last word in rep
artee Thus il was on one occasion that some
guest on the eighth floor rang for a hallboy,
and as there was about at that exact mo-
ment Joe" went up himself. In the room from
which the call had come he found a woman
with several children, who had improVlsed
sort of cook stove over the gas jet and was
preparing an ambitious meal She was type
of the hotel guest who, registering, regards
everything personal property.
We'll, you're a pretty big hallboy! she ex-
claimed as the door opened. why don't you
have some ambition and get some nicer kind or
work? Now see here. | want you to go
10 the kitchen and bring me some cups and
saucers some plates. little milk and sugar,
some knives FORKS and spoons, and
But madam" the polite reply, 1T 8
aein our rules to have cooking in the rooms. If
I bring you the dishes you'll have to pay for
'eno. but we can't stand for no cooking.
whats that? Charge me for dishes! why,
us an outraged I'll not stand 1t! L have traV-
eIled all over the known world ana IN New
Jersey and I've never been treated this way De
tore IN never come to this hotel again! Never!
Never . -
I'VE don't want TO lose the patronage OF any
refined woman" said Joe" calmly, but IL
YOU come again bring your crockery along.
too."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-02-22

Iective capacity can transact the affairs OF their
State with another community equally numerous
os themselves In the sovereign, therefore, as in
a centre all the rays Of the people are united
and form by that union a consistency sPlenoor
ond ,,o,,ar that make the monarch respected
-, ,arotr, countries. . What is done by
the royal authority with regard to foreign
,,o,ar e therefore the act of the whole nation.
and is binding upon the latter Whatever agree
,r+s whatever treaties arrangements the
so,araie-n may make with foreign State no
other mower in the empire not even Parhameh''
can legally delay resist or annul- - ID
.,, Of British constitutional law that VIII
he found set forth in the most eXphclI manner
In most of the standard works oeaHhS win
u,-1teb constitutional history, ana uhuer lne
1,-o,,,,,s+arces it is amazing that any mlscon-
ception should prevail with resdiu - inc
o.,,,ciary nv those who affect TO write with
sltt.ar,t,, about the question in the English
press.
..aar,,e, ire disapprovaI of any convention made
-. 49,, so,areigu with foreign power IS to I'M
80, =, Parliament the minister of the crown
Ibo &c believed to have advised the monarch
..frou criminal motives to conclude agreements
derogatory to the honor and interest Oh inc
raoDier But this impeachment. While II may
Lead 10 the punishment of the minister III 9ueS
tion-Lord STAFFORD suffered death On 'ie
fold as the result of his impeachment ioi III
aorsing one of the acts of King Charles lin ho
wav affects the validity of the agreement con-
demned by Parliament, nor In any way az
nuls it. -
Fu,, hedged treaties require TO be stamped Win
the Great Seal of England the keeper OF WHICH
IS the Lord High Chancellor invariaoiy d men"
her of the Cabinet as well as of the House ol
Lords But where international agreements oi
minor Importance are concerned. such as tor IN
stance, the one with regard TO the co-opera'io"
with Germany in the Venezuelan question: the
signature Of the Secretary Of State for Foreign
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-02-22

There's another bear in there he yelled, and
he came blame near chewing me up
Never mind that said I. and then both of
US fired several hundred more rounds of ammu-
milton into the second bear Finally we thought
both of them dead and started to pun theH
out. We made a mistake. They were as livery
ever although they must have been TWICE
their normal weight for the lead in them After
several hours of waiting we at last saw them
drop from sheer exhaustion OF holding UP SO
much metal ,
After a moments pause to recover his breath
the member from Upper Jay said;
You know bears hide cannot be pulled OH line
the hide of cattle or sheep 1t cfngs as ushe aS
If held fast by a million rivets. It's this mae
which fattens out many a bullet which otherwise
would go clear through mis- body But lead uoeS
not inconvenience a bear, even after II gets lnto
his system A bullet when it makes us way
+bro,Iqb the skin rolls itself up in hunk Of fat
and is as much at home of the bears bones
For this reason 1 think that In farming dlstrlclS
bordering on woods the farmers ought 10 De per
rotted to use traps to protect their property BY
having 10 shoot the bears the farmers would nave
to pay out all their hard earnings for powder ana
shot"
No matter how bitterly opposed is the farmer
contingent from the eastern slope OF the Adlron-
dacks to the protection of bears, the hunters ana
guides of the western slope are sending In peut1on
after petition in favor of the Townsend bill The
guides say that the black bear is rapidly disap-
pearing from his ancestral haunts, and Will soon
be as much of a rarity as the dodo Traps ana
gins have been at work eXterminating his race.
and with his passing the vocation of guide will
sink to that of a district messenger boy Hunts
men may come to the Adirondacks for other game
but they will not spend the same money as when
hunting bears. Although a black bear is not re
garded as especially dangerous. nevertheless, the
guide generally convinces his patron that he has
saved his life on a half dozen occasions and thus
obtains several times his ordinary fee for his
courage"
The fight between the bear and the ant-oear
contfngents became spirited last week and the
foes of the animal became so aggressive that the
s,1nporters of the bill have sought the influence
Of President Roosevelt.
.sWEv yes" said Senator Townsend yesterday,
81 am sure we have won the support or the Presi-
dent Although the bill came TO me originally
from the Fulton Chain Guides Association, never
theless its real purpose is to bring President
Roosevelt back his native State so that he VIII
not have to go hunting in Democratic territory"
The bill as originally proposed has been amended
so as not to apply to Essex and Clinton counties.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-02-22
SERVANTS IN MANILA.
Their Methods Would Not Exactly Suit an
American Housewife.

From nv friends here learn that much of the
pariarcha system of living still prevails even in
Manila SAYS an American woman in The Out
look" In large houses there are from
twenty to thirty dependents of all degrees, from
poor relations to cooks and solutions. These per-
sons live about the house sleeping In corners and
are clothed and fed by the mistress They marry,
have children, and raise them in a harum -scarum
way that would drive American woman to an
insane ASYLUM Again and again l have seen in
one of the finest houses here small naked children
asleep behind the parlOr door. while large eyed.
placid women nursed babies quite unabashed as
they crouched on the floor in the Railways. These
servants have their home. their clothes. food and
from three to five pesos a month In way,
suppose they earn this money, as they nonCha-
IantIy polish the hardwood floors or carelessy flap
the dust from the centre of tables and chairs
They sit on the floor in kitchens IN 'front.' or pan
of water and wash the dishes that are piled up
around them, and stack them edgeways along the
wall to dry. Surely their not ours. and
it is shock to the nerves to see Kitchen In the
heat of preparation for banquet of which one is
to partake later. It requires some skill TO pass
between the various dishes being prepared on the
floor where cats and dogs and babies. meats and
fruits and vegetables seem hopelessly jumbled up.
/ always forget about il later. for a delicious
dinner Will almost always come forth from the
chaos Many of these servants have lived all
their lives in one family. They feel themselves de-
pendent on their masters. and the idea of their
going away being dismissed never occurs to
either master or servant. There is consequently
family feeling between them. and a freedom OF
intercourse that we. democrats though we are.
would not tolerate. friend told me that his
head servant always demonstrates with him when
he disapproves any course OF action, and some
times l have witnessed alteration between
mistress and maid in which the maid prevailed,
At one house, l remember. there was difference
of opnion at dinner as to the kind of wine to be
served and the servant had his way: yet they are
not considered impertinent by their masters
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-02-22

and hack the endurance which such 2 life re-
quires and the ability to fight should the oc-
casion demand seem to be produced better IN
the Gael than in any other man. At the pres
ent time the only porter who is not an Irishman
IS Julius CRUDE better known as Bismarck" or
''Dutchy." of the Hoffman House. He is on
duty nights. for the reason that he has shown
himself such a credit to his namesake in his
ability to evict "stay-too-iates' Though small
Of stature Bismarck can overwhelm an an
tagonist twice his size by his aggressive tactics
He has a mailed fist which he uses with
startling results.
one Sunday morning after Colonel Greene had
become Police Commissioner party of college
men got into a discussion in one corner of the
lobby about the distinctive qualities Of Colonel
Greene and his predecessor Colonel Partridge.
It was between l. and / o'clock and finally one
proposed that they decide the question by seeing
who could drink the more high balls. The
Greene and Partridge contingents swung across
the corridor TO the bar, only to find il closed.
This is a fine plaCe," shouted one
Lets break in, any way" cried another
"And-and-and help ourselves stammered
third.
The debaters might have acted on the last
suggestion had not Bismarck" arrived on the
scene.
You viii get in better on de Broadway sides"
the Greene adherents and landed him IN the
middle OF the sidewalk with a parting blow from
his right fist The rest Of the party followed
precipitately only find themselves confront
ed by a couple Of Broadway policemen
"Ach," remarked Bismarck, as he returned
10 the night clerk: dose students is de worst
] can puts ten brize fighters aus vidout de
trouble DAT vun of desc college brooded boys
makes already"
While Bismarck prefers the use OF sheer
force, Charley Mccoy a fellow porter OF the
Hoffman House, who is more frequently called
Salvation Army Charley uses moral suasloh-
Mccoy was for many years member Of Cen
eral Booths forces before he moved from Maine
10 this city, and, as he said TO Bismarck the
other day:
I've learned that il is better 10 use moral
suasion / learned that in Maine, in the army, L
GO to a big fellow and tell him that The outside
air will make him feel better. or that he ought
10 take ride in q cab such pleasant weather.
and ten TO one persuade that man. wheh
your German infantry tactics would only make
him fight back. No. Dutchy, believe in moral
euasion."
Peter Keelan. the chief porter Of the Hoffman