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cun-That man seems fond of decIar-
ing that life is full of contradictions"
What does he mean by that, anyway?
Henpeck-I suppose he means to say
merely that he is married. -Philadel-
phia Press.
Teacher-How far is Philadelphia
from Pittsburg?
Tommy-Jist about as fur as it kin
be. Pittsburg's got de pennant cinched
an Philadelphia's wild de tail-enders.-
Philadelphia Press.
81 have only two difficulties to over
come in connection with my flying ma
chine" said the inventor.
What are they?" ,-
Getting it into the air and making it
stay there. Star.
First billionaire-Did you make any
thing on that airship merger?
Second billionaire-Oh, nothing to
speak of-only $4,000, 900.
First billionaire-Oh, well, every fifty.
million counts. you know.-Chicago
Daily News.
Victim-Yes, sir, I'm night onto 81
years old, by hen, an I've smoked an
drank all my life. .3.,.--. ......-... .' =
Stranger-Hh! My poor fellow, If
you'd never used stimulants and to-
baco you'd be twice as old, sir!-Chica-
go Daily News.
Hostess-Wont you sing something
for us, Miss Screecher?
Miss Screecher-Why- of
the guests have gone home, have they
not?
Hostess-Yes, but some Of them seem
inclined to stay here all night. Judge.
smith-Don't you consider the print
ing of the Congressional Record an I'M
necessary waste of money? -
Jones-On the contrary, think it is
a great saving. If all the speeches that
are printed in the Record were spoken
at the capitol we should have congress
sitting all the year round. including
nights and !sundays.-Boston Tran
script,
When Contradictions Abound.--As-
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WHAT CAN BE DONE.

What can be done is indicated by
what has been done in Alabama, where
the legislature has Just adjourned for
four years after a session Of sixty days.
In this brief session much good work
was done. Alabama is a better State,
says the Birmingham Age-Herald, "be-
cause OF the child labor law and the
uniform text book bill, the elective rail-
road commission bill. the bank examinA
alton. bill, the anti-lynching section of
the redistricting bill. the primary law,
and the various school measures, not
to mention score of lesser, laws, which
the legislature that adjourned yesterday
morning passed. 1t was an industrious
legislature. but above all else it was a
courageous legislature. No political
CLIQUE. much less any politician; no
trust. no ring, no corporation could
sWerve it from its convictions. 1t was,
in fact, about the most fearless Iegisla-
tare that the people had elected since
the civil war;"
Connecticut has fearless legislatures.
AS in Alabama so here. No political
CLIQUE. much less any politician; no
trust, no ring, no corporation can
swerve Connecticut legislature from
its convictions. But Connecticut leg
lslature cannot be swerved from hold
ing a long session. Would that 1t could,
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I've jest been a-readin' Of Terrible Tim.
Wall, he wuz dandy, you bet
No odds IN fight WIZ too many fer him.
The worst WuZ what he'd never get.
a band Of bank robbers, ferOshus an grim,
He'd slOrter like mutton. would Terrible
Tim.
He'd shadow a guy and he'd run him to
No matter how far he would 60.
They'd try to escape him fer all they wuz
worth.
They'd do all the tricks that they'd know,
But Onct on their trail, say! their chances
wuz slim:
Relentlus as fate wuz this Terrible Tim.
They'd trap him sometimes, but he'd allus
git out
The winder with sheets tore in strips.
When they I'D cOnspire he wuZ allus about;
Their scheme in the bud sure he nips.
They'd close in to slug him, and then twas
biff-him!
He'd knock 'em all endwise, would Terri
bic Tim.
He wuzn't a man with long whiskers, but
Jest
A kid. not much older n me.
''The Great Boy Detective" they called him,
OF the sieuths, every one would agree.
Oh, gee! but l wishtaI cd do things like
him.
He wuz a jim dandy, wuz Terrible Tim.
Chicago News.
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AuYERTIsrNG RATEa

Situations. Wants. Rents. and othsr small
advertisements. One Cent Word eaeh In
serrlon. Five Cents Word for ful week
Display advertisements. pee inch. one in
eerfion. s1.20: each SUBSEQUENT Insertion, 40
eenrs: one week. sS.2o; one month, $40; one
year. $40 g
obituary Notices. In prose or versa. ID
cenr5 per line. Notices of Births. Marri-
ages. Deaths. and Funeral. 70 cents each
Local Notices. Is cents per line. -
Yearly advertisers are limited to theiE
own immediate business laIl matter to be
unoD1etelonablej. and their contracts do not
include Wants. TO Let. For Sale. etc.
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NEW CHANGE AGAINST THE carp,

The German carp has been lying and
swimming under several indictments.
ana now there is a new one. It is
charged in Maryland that he is driving
away the railbirds. How a sluggish
fish like the carp can drive away the
lively railbirfs is not at first sight ap-
parent, but there is an explanation.
The carp's habits under water are
much like those OF a pig on land. It
roots about the bottom seeking what it
may devour. In spring, when marshes
are inundated, it finds good pasturage
there, and the tenderest of morsels is
the root Of the wild oats. When these
tender sprouts are eaten it Is evident
that the plants existence is ended, so
year by year the marshes once thick
with oats have contained a larger and
larger percentage of other plants. The
rails, which in former years fed largely
son these wild oats, cheated of their
birthright, go elsewhere AS Justice
zabdiel Potter Steele, of Denton, puts
1t: 1--WE cannot have the birds without
"a food supply, as in their migrations
they do not select any barren marshes
for a temporary abiding place, but
choose the best-and no artificial means
can provide the supply so long as the
carp is here, and apparently it is here
to stay" The only practical sugges-
ton is for the deliberate sowing of wild
oats. in the marshes and the fencing in
of these with carp-proof wire netting.
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Men can rise in this country. About
eighteen years ago Valentine P. Snyder,
who was then messenger in country
bank, went to Washington to become
private secretary to Secretary of the
Treasury Manning. He subsequently
became a special examiner of mints,
deputy controller of the currency, ma
tional bank examiner and an assistant
cashier of bank in New York. Then he
became president of the National Bank
of Commerce of that city, which under
his management, and by the absorption
of other banks. has now become one Of
the greatest financial institutions ever
organized. II has capital Of s25,00o,o 900,
surplus of over $5,Ooo.ooO, and deposits
exceeding s11O,Ooo,OoO
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time. I have something to add to my
book On the subject. j am continually
adding to former publications, tabulat-
ing, enumeraring. classifying and max
ing alterations. 1t is a tremendous IN
dertaking, but one in which am deep
ly interested, and which l am pursuing
solely for the sake of science. '-Phila-
delphia Public edger.
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a .cordite'' cartridge drunk is the
latest. and not the best. :. The British
soldiers have discovered that ''cordite''
cartridges are good to eat. and that,
furthermore, GLORIOUS drunk follows
the eating. An officer who tried this
novel stimulant in South Africa tells
the British Medical Journal that on
sucking a strand Of the cordite he found
1t sweet, pleasant and pungent, but 1t
resulted in headache which lasted for
thirty-six hours. Dissolved in tea, it
produces almost Immediate exhilaration,
Ainciting almost demoniacal actions
followed BY heavy sleep and stupor
Of from five to twelve hours, according
to quantity taken. It produces it's
worst effects when added to beer, excft-
ing a quarrelsome and destructive
mania and producing the most rapid in
toxication. "a s.,.' .*.
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DR.. Halle Of Berlin has discovered
that of every one thousand girls who
begin to study the piano before they
are fourteen years old six hundred are
affected with some kind Of nervous dis
ease. .-'
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Colonel Cortina of the Mexican army
has presented President Diaz with a
saddle that cost $4,000. The colonel
has spent seven years experimenting
its production. It is possible that the
saddle viii be exhibited at the st. Louis
fair.
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The board Of education of Orange
city, Iowa. has raised a storm Of pro-
test in the district by ordering that the
pictures Of Presidents Mckinley and
Roosevelt be removed from the walls of
public school buildings. The theory
upon which the board justified its course
is that the pictures create a partisan
spirit. r..
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The eighty-seventll annual report OF
the American Bible society," which has
just been issued, shows that the society
has printed and purchased in the course
Of the year 2.05S,9s9 Bibles, of which l.
$50, 1858 were issued in foreign countries.
The statistician of the society also
states in the report that since it's organ
ization the society has issued more than
seventy-tWo million Bibles. The total
number Of Bibles issued in the United
States in the year ended March 81, 1903,
was TAG, 42S. of which New York received
225. 735, Pennsylvania 1888 and Illinois
81, SIS. Wyoming received only Sc copies
and Arizona 81, while the Philippine ISL
ands stand charged with 11,774 copies.
Among the 'sales ana grants to for
eisn lands it is interesting to note that
Cuba received sO,Sos, Africa s,725, China
l.4S5 and Canada only 21S. D..
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Few realize the enormous work which
IS being done in Chicago in eIevating
the railroad tracks and abolishing
grade crossings. Fourteen thousand
cubic yards of sand from the dunes Of
Indiana are being brought into the city
every day for this purpose, the plan
being to lay the tracks on sand which
is held IN place by retaining walls. In
ten years,~since the movement to ele-
vats~the tracks first began, the number
of lives lost per annum has fallen fifty
per cent. Seventy-five miles of main
line and 425 miles of other tracks have
been elevated, and $50 grade crossings
done away with, while ordinances are
now in force which will raise fifty miles
of main lines, $50 miles of other tracks,
and do away with 14O more grade cross
ings. All this has been done by the
railroads at cost of $15,000,00O, and
when the work has been completed the
total cost will have. been Sal, 900, 900,
while the total cost to the city has been
$4,000 a year. r & r.
.E
New-York tribune., 1903-02-17
rrGLtNn.N PART N TENEZLEL4.

Tho mart rlayed hv Germany n Venezuela
has leer much discussed. Il has seemed 10
1,o the leading part in the triple combination.
1h,, most aggressive, the most sensational, the
most pens,inc. Such assertiveness is readily
explained. if not always excused. on an obvious
ground. Germany is young. 1t should not
he offensive 10 say she is even precociouS.
she * only quarter as old as the United
states. and the United States is not much
more Than one-tenth as old as England Youth
is assertiye, aggressive, impatient especially
when it is OF as rapid growth as that of Ger
many Besides. the German navy is still
Younger than Germany herself, and all the more
impatient to win n reputation. No wonder,
rhpn, that tho mailed fist and 'tbe cuiras-
sers boot have been somewhat unnecessarily
.onsric1lous on the Venezuelan coast. Some
things must he pardoned 10 temperament; or
expected of IT,
The part played by Great Britain is another
matter, and If not so spectacular may without
offence he regarded more important 10 the
Tinted States That is because. despite the
intimacy and eordiality of our relations with
Germany. our relations with Great Britain
are still closer and stronger. 1t is thus especf-
ally gratifying 10 observe that the British part
in Venezuela has been played with unfailiDg
consideration for the rights and the suscepti-
hillties of the United States. We quoted the
British Prime Minister that effect Sunday.
LEI Us also quote the British Postmaster Cen
cral. who. by virtue of his own office and also
Of the fact that he is the SOD and representative
Of the Colonial Secretary, speaks with indubi-
table authority Speaking upon the Venezuelan
question a week before the protocols were
finally agreed upon, Mr.. Austen Chamberlain
discussed with much frankness its bearing
upon Anglo American relations:
IL was alleged by Ilany-it was. ne doubteo
not sincerely feared by not feH-that our
action in Venezuela might Jeopardize the good
relations which prevailed between this country
and TIE United States OF America. IL that were
50 he should indeed regard il as a calamity
nor merely for our two nations. but for the
syf1ole of the civilized world There was no
nation in the world with whom we were so
closely knit as with our cousins across the
Atlantic: there was nation in the world
whose good opinion We valued so highly; there
s,.ss none with whom more earnestly desired
m rlreserve the most cordial relations of dn1ty
and good will: there Was no nation with whose
ideals OF liberty and justice a British citizen
for,Dd himself in close and complete agree
rnenf But he thought IL was incredible that
the government OF the United States should
fska tln,brage at the proceedings which had
been forced upon us. for they had known the
action which we contemplated and the course
New-York tribune., 1903-02-17
ANOTHER ICE STORM.

Weather conditions such as prevailed In this
city and vicinity on Sunday and during the
greater part of Monday exempitfy the principe
of doing large business on small capital
The discomfort and peril to which the pubic
WAS subjected We're all out of proportion to the
amount of precipitation. Had the prevailing
ter1neratrre been ten or fifteen degrees higher
or lower instead of keeping close 10 the d1Flu-
ing line between rain and snow, only n tr1nlng
amount of inconvenience would have been eG-
nprienced As il was. the streets were covered
with thin layer of stiff slush or wet ice which
made them almost impossible by teams and
pedestrians. Telegraph wires succumbed under
the weight of crystal coating scarcely quar-
fer of an inch thick. Finally trial on cleo
tric roads where the third rail system was in
use experienced vexatious embarrassments once
more. on the whole. the delay was not so seri-
ous as il was last December, and luckily most
of il occurred on Sunday, when fewer people
would be bothered than on week days; but
there was enough TO constitute a formidable
addition TO the already existing and perennial
drawbacks to local transportation in the me-
tropolis.
OF this latter evil there is phase which has
not been as clearly recognized, perhaps, as 1t
might have been. So far as the general unor-
canized helpless public is concerned little need
be said. 1t is gradually becoming accustomed
to all sorts of imposition, and takes such treat
ment as a matter of course. Two other inter
ests. small but powerful, may not endure it so
meekly. 4 large amount of the best brains OF
the country is employed in the profession OF
electrical engineering. A good deal of capltal
has been invested in the manufacture of the
machinery employed for electric traction. An
apparent failure of the third rail system is
fly
dicial to the latter; and both will resent an in
| jury that comes from defective administration.
The electrical engineer will declare that 1t Is
the height of absurdity to suppose that the
limit of ingenuity has already been reached IN
the development of the third rail. The manu-
facturer will not enjoy the disrepute into which
electric traction is brought by bad management
Can either of them do anything in the way Of
active self-vindication?
New-York tribune., 1903-02-17
Amnsemeflfe.

ACADEMY OF MUSIC-s:15-F1oio1ora 80
THEATRES :l5--The sporting Duchess
rFl.AStsO THEATRE s-The Darling OF the Gods.
1SFT0rT THFATRF-s:20- Nancy Brown.
BROADWAY THEATRE-S-The Silver slipper
s-aSTNC--s:I5-A Chinese Honey moon
CIRCLE T9EATR1c-s-S- NsudeNile-
.-EITTRTON NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Jewel or ASIA
THE Concerts -1aThe Bliionaire
T-TlF-N MITSFE-2-S-T1e World in NaN
,-NpTpFc THEATRES :2a-The Unforeseen
s,ARnF-N THEATRE 40 -Hamlet-S-lf Were hins
= -aRRICE THEATRE-S:ie--Mice and Men
ia RI OPERA HOTSE-S:fS-The MocklnE bro
1FT.P AIH SQUARE THEATRE-s.i5-Mr.P PiclHick -.
IRVING PLACE THEATRES -c0-rie Bezaehrnte WI
derspcntiEe.
EETTH's-ContinroGs Performance - - -
se-1S-t-r-p FsOfv<r r-F THE Blue Beard
MADISON SQUARE TBEATRE-S:S0-B 0-Beatflce herio'''
sr Moreiogue-s:f5-The Earl Of PawtEcket
MAJESTIC TIIEATRE-s-The Wizard of or
MaNHATTAN THEATRE -s-MarV Of Msgdsla
MRS osBORN'S PLAY H0USE-Romeo ana Joie'-
MURRAY HIII--S-MsSda. oo ~ Girl
XIV SAVOT-3-Thc Little ffinceSS-H-S' 'i'7 -
uft Green Eyes.
PASTOR -S-Continuous Performance
PRINCESS THEATRE,-S;3 ;30-The fr1sky Mrs 'N'ii'
rR0C-ToR'S NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. - ,r.,,H
ST NICHOLAS SKATING RlNh-S-l9- -tio-f>eS -'
observation-disclosures -. e,ly
HEATRE-S.15-The Sultan OF ouiu.
-S-FsS- END THEATRE-S-The Village Poslulas.-I-
New-York tribune., 1903-02-17
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.

Washington Feb IS (SpeciaD.-The japanese
Minister and Nine Takahira had as their guests
at dinner this evening Senator Frye Senator and
Miss Kean Senator and Mrs Netmore, speaker
Henderson Representative and Mrs DalzeH' tie
First Assistant Postmaster General and Mrs
Wynne the Second Assistant Secretary of State
and Mrs Adee Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A Spauld-
ing Mr. and Mrs William Heyw2rd. Mrs Cain-
aron Miss MacVeagh Miss Louise Jones' MISS
Palmer Representative Hit, Osbourn Howes OF
Boston and Mr.. Nakamura and Mr.. Hanahira, OF
the japanese Legation.
Lady Herbert has been I'm New-York on orieI
visit to her parents Mr.. and Mrs. r T. Wilson
The Ambassador has far recovered from his
slight illness as to be able to leave his room
The Russian Ambassador will move on Wednes-
day to the new embassy, which he has leased Tor
a year with the privilege of purchasing The hand-
some and spacious house which was famous for
its hospitality while the home Of Levi = MORTON
and afterward when occupied by the late REPRE-
sentative sprague is Of red brick and brownstone'
set in triangle Of green. 1t is IN one OF the HoSI
fashionable sections Of the city
The marriage of Mile. des Planques to Alexander
PavIow Russian Minister to Corea, will take place
on Thursday at the Russian embassy. THIS prom
ises to be one OF the most interesting weddings
ever soIennized here. The ceremony will take place
at 10 o'clock at night and be performed by Arch
bishop Tfkhon OF the Russian Orthodox Church in
America. assisted by Father Hotovilsky and other
priests of the Greek Church. Count Cassini Will
act as father of honor the bride. and the bride
groom will have six witnesses. Countess Casslnl'
Miss Nelka de Smirnoff and Miss Ladygensky,
daughter of the Russian Consul General at New
York, will attend the bride, and her sister, a!Ie.
Ianine des Plandues, will bear the crown Whlch
will be worn in the marriage rite. The best men,
Lridegroon's friends in the diplomatic service. with
the exception of Major McCawley, of the United
States Marine Corps. Van Ness Philip and EDWIN
New-York tribune., 1903-02-17
SENIOR HoNoRs AT VAssAR.

Poughkeepsie. y. Y Feb. 1o.-The faculty OF
vassar College conferred honors to-day on the fol
lowing members of the senior class for high stand
ing through the college course: Margaret Dudley
Adams. OF Brookine, Mass; Florence May Bennett,
Of Nantucket. Mass; Gertrude Louisa Besse, OF
Springfield. Mass. Adelaide Bourne, Of Glovers-
VILE y. Y. Alice May Chamberlain. OF Geneva,
Ohio: Mary Wilson Cross. OF Providence. K. T.;
Emily Beekmar Manning, Of BrookIine. Mass !:
Marion Rhea Frost. of Red Bank. y. J.; Florence
Hannah. of PoughkeepSie. n. Y; Susannah Jane
NIcMurphy Of Tacoma, Wash: Mary Elizabeth
Mills OF Decatur. Ill; Catherine Merrill Morgan,
OF Kansas City: Celia Arnold Spcsr, Of Springfield
Mass: Mary Isabe la Starr. of Springfield, Mass :
Clara Mildred Thompson, OF Atlanta. and Minnie
Estelle Waite. Of WatertOwn, Y. Y.
Honorable mention was made Of the following
students for excellent work since the freshman
year: Mary Florence Anderson. of Caledonia, Ohio,
Grace Loretta Cook. Of CanajOharie, n. V Ina
Duncan. or Washington. Penn; Nellie Anna Dun
bar. Of NASSAU Wis; Violet Kaufman, Of ST.
Louis: Emerance De Sallier Du Pin, OF Watertowns
N Y. and julia WhellOck, of Brooklyn.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-17
NOTES OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON

1,,,i,tor Fob te (speciaO-Senator and MTs-
Depew gave A dinner tonight Their sues's a.
the Italian Ambassador and Sisnora N"'
p1ancbes Senator and Mrs. Lodge. Mr.. ana ". :
- r, clever Mr. and Mrs Thomas f. Walsh MI.
and Mrs Iothrop Bradley. Mr.. and Mrs. John w
Foster Mrs. Warder. Miss Edes. MISS sheIIlli' ~ 'i
Wallach the Misses Patten. Senator HAZE, oeha'O.
Fairbanks. Representative Morrell Senor F'laI.o' "
the Spanish Legation; Woodbury. bldI anu i'
K Thaw. of Pttsburg.
Senator and NTrs Hanna gave a dinner tonight
and will give another tomorrow Their guests thls
evening were Senator and Mrs Aidrlch' 0ena'C
and Mrs Q. II. PIatt Representative ana MIS- NC
calf Representative and Mrs. Omsted, Captain ana
Mrs Cowles Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert "adsWor'ii.
Mr. and Mrs Norman Mr.. and Mrs. ArchlpaIo
HOPKINS Baroness Moncheur. Mrs. Garret A no
hart Mrs HYDE of Maine; Miss Boardman, MIS-
Seabury Ford General Young General Crozler' AS
sistant Secretary Sanger, Representative ellie'''
Mr. Longworth and William Mason CromWeH.
The Washington season is always brought TO a
brilliant climax with the Assembly Ball. which VIII
be given this year, usual. on the last -honudy
night before Lent. Secretary Hay is preSidehI VI
the board OF governors. the other members nelns
men from every other phase of society. official
and resident. together with Constantin Brun' ol
the diplomatic corps.
Senator and Mrs. Hanna will go to their Soutn-
ern home in Thomasvle. Ga, after Congress al
journs
Mrs Fmlen Roosevelt who has been Visiting NiIs'
Kean has returned to New-York.
The principal dancing affair of tonight was the
Leap Year cotillon given in the new ballroom at
Rauscher's The patronesscs were MIS- dohh n
Mclean who however. was not present; Mrs NC
Kenna wife of Justice McKenna, of the Supreme
Court; Mrs Charles Poor, who was also absent
Mrs John Biddle and Mrs. George Bloomer. Mrs
RIooner received the two hundred dancers ana the
coton was led by Mr.. Campbell The taVors were
fans rands, corsage bouquets, canes anu otner
pretty tri1cs. At midnight a buffet supper was