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His Promotion.

lie toiled serenely at the forge and sometimes
humIned an ak
From some old. simple song Of love; his knotted
arms were bare:
lie worked for those he loved, and. when his
daily tasks We're done.
Sought not to set his son above his felIow-toil.
er's son.
With earnest faith he did his work and took an
honest pride
In dealing fairly. justly, with the worker at
his side.
They took him nom the forge enc day and SET
him Ger the rest.
And longings thereupon began q brood within
his breast:
lie ceased 10 hum old songs Of love. he watched
for chances where
He might grind others down and gain more
power here and there;
he mounted step by step and still reached out
for more and more,
And laughed because he earned their hate whose
love he priced before.
$ =. Kiser in Chicago Rec,rd-HeraId.
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Policemen and information.

To .he Editor o. The Washington Times:
Before coming 70 Washington had heard a
great deal about the efficiency Of its Police De-
partment. and vet since my arrival in the
Capital.'a monsh ago, / have had personal Ok
leads me 10 believe that, in one respect partien-
larly, they are not up to the standard Of the
police forces 81 several Other cities in this
country.
/ refer 20 lheir knowlege. or lack Of knowl-
edge OF the location Of streets and avenues. On
several occasions I have stopped policemen and
asked them TO direct me 10 the street wanted
TO find. and have been met with frank con-
iession Of ignorance on their part. often they
are not particularly polite in their replies.
their apparent assumption being that anyone
walking about the streets Of Washington should
find ou- for himself ali about the city before
he Starts out
One incident is particularly fresh IN ray mind.
stopped a policeman on the corner o. Florida
Avenue and Nineteenth Street northwest and
asked him % direct me 70 q certain number
on California Avenue. He said he did not
know where California Avenue was, ard called
On a shopkeeper, before whose door we were
standing. for the informant IN. II turned out
that California Avenue wa just. two squares
north OF where We were. L. must have been
on or neas the policeman'g bent. and yet he
knew nothing Of it. Could Aot steps be taken
by the ! Ief Of Police % hive his officers pass
some sort OF an examination as 20 the location
Of streets Of Washington that they may be able
20 give proper direction 10 strangers
\ VISITOR
~
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DUTY of New York Reformers
They Should Show the Public What an
Intelligent Minority Can Do.

There Is apparently disposition
among some of the people who work
ed for good government IN New York
To collapse in despair because Tam
many was too much for them. Il
would be a good thing for them 10
take a leaf out of Tammany's book.
There Is no use in their giving mp ali
effort, even If they do happen TO be
in the minority
Tom Reed was once the leader OF .
small but determined minority in the
House, and his performances IN thar
role viii not soon be forgotten by any
Of the overwhelming majority Of
Democrats. to whom he was a thorn
IN the side. There is South African
thorn known 10 the natives as "Wacht-
em-betje," roughly translated by the
English as ''wait-a-bit," and getting
through a thicket Of the bushes Is said
% be an uncommonly difficult job
The part of the reformer who is 80
unfortunate as TO live under an unle-
constructed administration is that of
tie "wait-a,bii" He should make 4
as unpleasant and uncomfortable as
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aThe Curse Of Glencoe."

Old Lord Stair. who is reported to be
dying. and who may possibly have
breathed his last ere this letter appears
in print. is not descended from the So
called Glencoe Earl. but from the lat
ter's younger brother. The Glencoe
Earl" so called on account Of his hav-
ing been the principal instigator OF the
terrible massacre of Glencoe. and in
his case. as in that of all the other
perpetrators and instgators of the deed
OF blood In question. the sO-called curse
of Glencoe TO the effect that May their
wives ever be childless," was fulfilled.
For King William III, who signed the
decree for the massacre, died childless.
The name and family of Campbell. of
GlenlyOn. who commanded the band
that perpetrated the massacre, became
utterly extinct soon after his own
death, while no less than six out of
seven of the successive Earls of Stair
died without issue. the descendants of
the Glencoe Earl" becoming extin-
guished with the demise OF the seventh
of the line IN 1910. Moreover. the Glen
coe Earl's'' eldest son was killed by his
younger brother. and it was found
necessary to issue pardon under the
great seal 10 the young homicide, al
though he was but nine years Of age
at the time.
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Fear 4MOntpensier Slight"

Should therefore. the young King or
Spain marry PRINCESS Louise OF Orleans,
the daughter OF tile Countess of Paris.
and the sister of the Duke of Mont
pensier, a large number OF his subjects
would be filled with superstitious dread
that he would be doomed TO misfortune
and fan a prey 70 the Montpensier
blight The marriage OF the young
Kings elder sister, the Princess Of the
Asturias. TO Prince Charles of Bourbon.
son OF the claimant TO the throne OF
Naples. was so unpopular that It ac-
tually led TO sanguinary riots at Madrid
and in other parts of Spain
There was no objection TO the prince.
personally. but merely TO his branch Of
the Bourbon family, which - noted for
its reactionary tendencies. And so in
the same way. while there can be no
possible objection Of a personal char
acter to Princess Louise Of Orleans, yet
the fact that she should be one OF the
execrated Montpensier tribe is enough
to prejudice Spaniards of every shade of
political opinion most bitterly against
the projected marriage.
II is much more likely that the King
will wed either a Bavsrian princess or
else possibly one of the young Austrian
archduchesses. of whom many are more
suitable in the matter of age to become
sthe consort OF the King of Spain than
Princess Louise of Orleans. who is sew
eral years his senior.
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4 Tempest in a Teapot.
Philadelphia Moralists Endeavor to En-
force Sunday Laws.

They arr laving a great to-do IL
Philadelphia, over the enforcement Of
some more or less antiquated Sunday
laws, which forbid the opening of
cigar stores and small candy shops
o. Sunday a Philadelphia clergy
man went ~ far as 10 say:
Get evidence against cigar stores
and candy dealers, and the Lord will
bless vou"
Ii may be that the Lord will, but it
seems as If lie would be more In
clined 70 bless some other sorts of
business The people against whom
accusations have thus far been
brought are mainly small dealers to
whom tie Sunday sales are an ini-
portant ,a,t Of their business. 1t Is.
o. course. bess that the law be enforced
end no iaade a dead letter, but in
asmueh Is it cannot be reasonably
claimed that the buying of candy
and cigars on Sunday ruins any
bodv's morals, il seems as if such q
law were rather absurd. In the IA
ture of the case 1t bears hard only
GA the small dealers, since the bic
shops close on Sunday of their owl
accord. II Is difficult to see hoN
morality Is injured if children, o.
their way to the country. are treat
ed to five cents worth of candy, OF
q young man, on his way TO visit /;
girl. buys q particularly pretty boz
Of sweets for her, or another maI
spends a quarter for cigars to help
him ENJOY his Sunday afternoon a
home. They are not going 10 quii
using these things on Sunday il they
cannot buy them on that day, but j!
there is no law against such small
traffic a good many poor but hone-i
citizens. Of the same social position
a. the keepers Of news stands anC
fruit stands, viii be enabled TO make
little extra money, which MEANS {
great deal 20 them. Candy and cigar.
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Wife Yet Unburied.

Let me add that the wife OF the hrst
Lord Stair. who. Ike him. has been held
up 10 the execration OF hundreds OF
thousands by Sir Walter Scott in his
novels remains To this day unburied
shortly before her death she expressed
the desire that she should not be put
under ground, but that her coffin should
he set upright on end, promising that
while she remained in that situation
the Dalrymples should continue TO
flourish.
Her objections We're complied with,
and TO this day her coffin stands upright
in the aisle OF the church of Kirkliston.
the burial place of the Dalrymple
family. The present Lord Stair is an
old man, who until a short time age.
was wonderfully vigorous and hale.
His wife died about four years ago.
was the daughter OF that French Duke
de Coigny. who was also Scotch laird.
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The Kodak Nuisance

To the Editof Of The Washington Times:
see thzt the kodak hend is sin pursuing
the Duke and Duchess Of Roxburghe on their
wedding tour; also thai legal proceedings have
been begun somewhere AGAINST persons who have
used the portrait Of a young woman without
asking her permission. II the Snapshot nuis-
ance increases il seems 70 ne we shall have
10 make laws 10 protect people who 10 not
want their pictures taken Could there not be
law framed 20 punish a photographer
vino takes picture without authority from the
subiect2 That would relieve good MANY
prominent people nom the nuisance Of being
followed about on all their travels BY persons
seeking to take their pictures. and make sure
that whateve: portraits Of them were published
were reasonably good ones.
a REsPECTER OF PRIVACY
Washington. Nov. D.
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Courts and Capitals
Of the Old World
Ry Tne MAnqusE DE roNTENoY.
Oppose Alfonso,s Marriage.


Although Princess Louise of Orleans
is a pretty girl and in every sense of
the word accomplished and charming.
yet the project of marrying her to
young King Alfonso excites much OPP
position and iH-win throughout Spain.
This is mainly due to the fact that she
is granddaughter of the late Duke OF
Mentpensier. whose title is now borne
BY her younger brother. There Is no
name more profoundly eXecrated
throughout the Peninsula than that Of
the Duke of Montpensier, who was
hated for his sordid avarice. for his in
ability to abstain from intrigues of the
most questionable character. and who
displayed the most base ingratitude to-
ward his wifes elder sister. Queen Isa-
bella. 10 whom he was indebted for all
his honors, his dignities. and for his
possessions as an infant OF Spain.
Disappointed in his hopes that her
childlessness would bring his wife and
himself to the throne. he did not hesi-
tate to openly allege that her progeny
WAS fnegitimate. IN so far that they
were not the offspring Of King Francis.
and he was one Of the principal authors
OF the revolution OF 1865 which drove
Isabella from the throne though he was
frustrated in his design of being elected
to take her place. IN fact, ne was so
distrusted and disliked that the people
of Spain expressed their. determination
TO offer the crown 10 any foreign prince
rather than to permit the Duke Of
Montpensier 70 rule, over them. The
way in which he killed Prince Henry Of
Bourbon in 1s70-it was more in the ma
ture OF cold blooded murder than a
duel-tended to still further Increase the
execration in which his name was held.
and after the restoration Of his nephew,
Don Alfonso. 10 the throne in 1875, his
own return to Spain was regarded al
most in the light Of a national disaster
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Farce.
Senator Carmack's Proposed Postoffic,
Department Investigation.

Department Investigation.
Senator Carmack of Tennessee
wishes the Senate to investigate the
Postofiiee Department. The object OF
this genial firebrand, of course, is pol
ities. If he has amy other we are I'M
able TO discover it. Neither, we fan
ey. Is Senator Carmaek.
An investigation by Congress Is,
nine times ont of ten, a farce. Ii
never finds anything except that
which was perfectly well known be-
fore. 1t simply affords cheap poll
ticians an opportunity to pose as re-
formers. We say pose" for real re-
forms are never the fruit of Con
gression3l investigation, but the re
suit of the determination on the part
OF an energetic and conscientious Elk
eeutive to do his duty, irrespective of
the wishes OF politicians. This very
postof1ice business Is a case IN point.
\ Senate committee sat for weeks in
the nineties listening TO the testimony
eff witnesses who told much of what
the grafters IN the department were
then doing. Did the Senate do any
thing a. a result of these disclosures
Not on your lifei The grafters kept
on gaily grating, and the Senate sol
EMMY resolved-no, 1t didn't even re-
solve; it simply sent the testimony to
be printed al great expense to the tax
payers and then went 10 sleep again.
These Congressional Investigations,
we repeal are costly farees. They
don't investigate They haven't the
machinery to do 1t. And even if they
had, they wouldn't know how to ham
die H. No me knows this better than
Senator Carmack His resolution ].
elaptrap.
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The Peripatetic Danger.
How Tramps Get From One Part of the
Country to Another.

The records are said to show that
1900 tramps rode free on the rail
read from Newark to Philadelphia
last year. It Is also said that III ten
years 1869 tramps were killed while
stealing rides on a single division OF
& certain road.
These statistics prove what has
been often stated, that much of the
lawlessness and danger of country
life. and of suburban city life, IS due
tc the development of railroads. One
Of the minor evils of progress, it can
rot be done away with save by persist
cnt and concerted action, and It's
growth is not. OF, course, exactly the
fault of the IAiIroads. The immense
and swift development of this net
work of railway lines which covers
our country has been attended with
many problems. and all of them
could not be solved at once. Some OF
the railroads have police officers
whose business it Is TO abate this
tramp nuisance. All of them doubt
less will have such officers in time
Aside from the barbarity of killing
men at the rate of 200 a year. even
when they themselves coul1 death,
there Is certain risk IN allowing idle
and vicious characters 10 travel 50
easily from one part of the country
to another. The tramp can now drop
of freight ear Just before it reaches
the station, loaf around town III search
of excitement, food or plunder, eonl-
init crime if he has the chance, get
on board another srain and get away
before his CRIME Is discovered. The
ease with which tins has been done n
the past IS undoubtedly responsible
for a good deal of lawlessness which
has been ascribed to other causes.
Better police supervision of railway
stations. increased care on the part OF
railway officials, and a general tight
ening of the rein on the tramp nui-
sanee will doubtless do away wits
This danger IN time.
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Orleans in Belgium.

The Duke of Orleans decision TO es-
tablish from henceforth his headquar-
ters at Brussels, and to make his home
there, must be regarded as the result
OF the French governments refusal to
conform with the wishes of King
Leopold in connection with the Congo
controversy. For when some time ago
the French pretender was on the point
of settling at Brussels, King Leopold,
prompted by motives of consideration
for the French government. objected,
whereas now he has Withdrawn his OBJ
3ecf;ou
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/. When Man Is Envied.

When he gives his hair a neat little slick with
comb, and. presto. his couture IS complete.
When the children cry and he can whistle a
tune, get his hat, bang the door and go out.
When the dinner Is spoiled and he cha,s IN
concernedly, and ali the guests pity him because
he is married TO an incompetent, fussy, discern
posed woman
When he trips up the street ahead of her on
a rainy day with his trousers jauntily turned
up and 70 skirts % kick
When he swings easily on and OF moving
car without danger Of tangiing his heels in his
petticoa.s
When he slows things away in his nnuItitudi-
nous pockets and saunters on With uninctHnbered
hands.
When he can wear his best hat in the rain
without getting the curl out Of the feathers.
When he doesn't have TO twist ms arms to
hook his bodice up the back.
Nor drag six superauOus yards Of dress goods
behind him. and dc i gracefully. too.
Nor kiss his sworn enemy and tell him how
sweet he looks.
Nor smile seraphically all through the play
while hairpin is iabbing in his head
Nor move heaven and earth to lock pretty
while suffering the pangs Of the third place
He can just look as miserable and as yellow IS
he feels and folks only pity him.
These are JUS few Of the times when the
most eVnten-ed woman in the world wouldn't
mind being msn--Chicago Journal
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Dog and Dynamite.

4 frisSy moagrel cur carrying a stick Of
dynamite in his mouth caused a Wild STAN
pede among West Side crowd not long ago.
But the presamptuous creature Was more for.
tunate than luckiess Casabianea, the boy Of
the burning deck, whose fragments strewei the
sea. The dog and mis- deAth-dealing morsel
were separated without serious damage 70 either
and the canine experimenter in explosives sur
vived the ordeal, and is likely TO try again
Now York Trihnne
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Nc Horse and the Gown.

Good-by 20 the show-it Is over
The show Of the horse and the gown
G0od-by 10 the expert and lover,
The thumbs Of Dame Fashion turn down
Good-hv 20 the trite tittle-tattle
OF tie youths Of the fiashy brigade.
GeOd-by 20 the ambitious prattle
OF the would-be society maid
Good-by 10 the groons 80 resplendeut,
4 chauffeur Is waiting outside
With an air tha-'s quite independent
CT any equestrian pride.
Cood-by, bus a word AT the finish,
There's no. an excuse for a tear.
Their gloTies you cannot diminish.
Tor they'll be here again in a yesF.
II. T. H. ia New York sun.
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csilu Calendar of American History


British
1oli-John Gaillard. Of South Carolina,
elected President OF the Senate.
1S62-Federal Government orders the re-
lease of disaffecteC persons in
prison.
1S63-Secoild dav of battle of Chat
tanOOsa.
4S6s-A negro convention at Charleston
appeals for justice and generosity.
1S71-Connolly arrested in New York in
connection with the frauds OF the
Tweed Ring.
lSS'-Ni c President Thomas A Hen
drh ks dies
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are certainly rot more immoral IN
their influence than mince pie and
the police Gazette" both of which
the citizen may enjoy on Sunday if
he goes to the places where they arc
sold. There are other abuses IN
Philadelphia better worth chasing
than such small game as this.
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Other Family Troubles.

The eldest son of Lord Stair is known
as Niscount Dalrymple, and while he
has a grOwn-up son in the army, he Is
separated from the viscoun.ess and has
had good deal OF litigation with her
on the subject of the custody OF his
two daughters. the viscountess making
some serious charges against her hus-
band, which she was, in the opinion OF
the courts entirely unable to sub
stalntiate
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Political Cloaks.

II understand that politician is SELF mace
man
"He is,entirely Tor a couple Of coats OF
whitewash which he has received from 'nyesu-
eating committees Syracuse Herald.
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The Lawyers Friend.

That fellow Brieheigh," remarked the law
yer. is one Of the greatest benefsctors our pro
fession ever had"
''What did he do2 Endogg a library
NO. indeed lie compiled a book entitled
Every Man His Own LAWYER '-Chicsgo News,
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There's no denying" said the Gothamite,
that Chicago girls have larger feet than New
York girls.
(Which should be further proof to you, re-
piled the Chcagoan, that Chicago is larger
place Philadelphia Ledger
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THE WASHINGTON TINES invites letters; it
Is not necessary that the views OF the writers
coinclde with the opinions OF THE TINES, but
lhey must be free from offensive personalities
rs a guarantee Of good faith, the writer's name
and address must be signed but viii not be
tr-mLca n nn- L---irna
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College Franks.

To tho Editor Of The Washington Times:
We were much surprised to see your edito-
rial OF last Monday on College Rowdies.' 1t
docs grave injustice 10 the students OF Ran
dolph- Macon College. We are sure sou have
not misstated the facts for the purpose Of in
inring ms. bet Won have misstated them, never
thcless- The facts are a. follows;
reception was given to the freshmen by
the president on Tuesday, November TO- The
upper classmen. in spirit of pleasantly, met
each freshman before he reached the president .
gate, and, telling him that it would eadanger
his success in college to make too good an inn
preston on the Young ladies the first year, took
from him his coat and told him go get another.
The freshmen entered into the spirit Of the
joke, went back ~ other coats, or simply Dor
rowod them from the upper classIneu, and
were thea allowed to pass by and 20 on to
the presidents house. There were no such tn
dignities heaped the freshmen You de
scribe The whole eaair was considered by The
community simply harmless practical joke
played upon the freshmen. who were taken nm
awares, though number about one-sixth OF
the whole, getting wind OF our plan, eluded US
and wens in unmolested.
Since you have wronged Us uninteutionalls
We feel sure that You win correct the erroneous
impression made upon your readers, now that
the facts are made known 10 you.
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The Wood controversy seems to be
narrowing down TO the question whether
General Wood maSe that running high
jump in the Mckinley or the Roosevelt
Administration.
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Perhaps there would have been
Wagner without New York society, but
it is reasonably certain that without
society New York would never have
known that there was such mar
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A real Robinson Crusoe has been dis
covered on the Island of La Galite' but
# is safe to predict that his name VIII
not be remembered as long as that Of
Defoe,s hero.
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The Secret of Success.

ITO be successful, ne remarked, thougatfully,
"all We lave 20 do is 70 make as much OF a
business Of our own business as we do Of the
things that are none Of ur business - Chicago
Pns-
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There is this 10 be said about the anti
tobacco agitations: If something is not
done about the tobacco habit heaven
will be blue with smoke
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Cereals are said 20 have become pOpu-
lar at Harvard. which ought 20 make
for sweetness and light. if the advertise
ments tell the truth.
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AZ Clean Of Reason.

Dumley BY George ] believe Pm the great
sst fool n -he world.
~ynnex-That makes il unanimous. Boston
Transcript.
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King Edward has refused TO recognize
king Peter Of Servia. apparently feeling
that II ne wishes TO keep his own head
on his shoulders he must prove that he
holds il at some value.