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The Washington times., 1903-09-26
Minister LeiShman.

John q. A. Leishnan, the United States min
lister to Turkey. who has come again into prom
inence through the strained situation in the near
Fast. though now multi-uillionaire and once
president Of the Carnegie Steel Company, was
By no means born with a silver spoon in his
mouth. His father died when he was very
young. ana, his mother having been left poor.
he was placed in the Protestant Orphan Asylum
in Pittsbug. While in that institution young
Leishman got the good viii of the doctor who
attended the sick children and was given a place
as his Office boy.
But the irrepressble youngster was not OF the
sort TO stop in such position for long. He
soon made the acquaintance Of one Of the doc.
tors patients. director in the shoenberger
steel Company. and through his acquaintance
ship was placed in the office Of the big concern.
This was the lads chance in life, and he recog-
nized and seized it. While the other boys in
the employ Of the company were reading dime
novels, instead Of working, Leishman vas paying
strict attention to business; while they went to
theaters in the evenings, he sat up studying
until there were but few hours left for sleep
before be was due at the Office. He attended a
night school and eagerly read everything that
pertsined 20 the steel business. II was thus
that he rose 70 responsible position in the
shoenberger Company, and later became presi-
dent Of the Carnegie Company.
Something Of the same quality OF dogged per
sistency might be found in his ability to make
the Sultan pay our missioneries' claims and
apologize after all efforts had failed.-Rcading
Telegram.
The Washington times., 1903-09-26
The Man From the Crowd.

Men seem as alike as the leaves ON the trees,
As alike as the bees in a swarminG Of bees;
And we look at the millions that make up the
state,
All equally little and equally great.
And the pride OF our courage is cowed
Then Fate calls for a man who is la1yer than
men
There's surge in the crowd-there's a move
ment-and then
There arises the man who is larger than men
And the man comes up from the crowd.
The chassrs of trines run hitler and yon,
And the little small days Of small things still
go on.
dawn,
And the race still increases its plentiful spawn,
And the voice Of our wailing is loud
Then the Great Deed calls out for the Great
Man TO some.
And the crowd, unbelieving. sits sullen and
dumb
But the Great Deed is DONE for the Great Man
is come
Aye, the man comes up from the crowd.
There's dead hum of voices, all say the same
thing,
And our iorefathers' songs are the songs that
we sing.
And the deeds by our fathers and grandfathers
done
Arc done by the son Of the son Of the son,
And our heads in contrition are bowed.
Lo, call for man who shall make all things
new
Goes down through the throngl See! he rises
in .iewi
Make room for the man who shall make all
things newt
For the man who cones up from the crowd.
And where is the man who comes up nom the
thronc
Who does the new decd and who sings the new
song,
And who makes the old world as a world that
is new?
Ana who is the man? II is youl II is youi
And our praise is eXultant and proud
We are waiting for you therefor you are the
mani
Come M from the jostie soon as you can;
Come up from the crowd there. for you are the
man
The man who comes up from the crowd
Sam Walter Foss in Success
The Washington times., 1903-09-26
Blame for the Todd Case.

To the Editor of The Washington Times:
The undersigned reads with interest your
editorials upon current events political and mu-
nicipal. The Times, exponent of existing
evils, is entitled to the gratitude Of a long
suffering public
The city's frauds, the postofhce "irregulari-
ties,' and, just now, the reprehensible act OF
removing from a town in Delaware a postmis-
tress to make way for 50 notorious a per-
sonage as would-be Senator Addicks. After all,
this is only one Of the many instances charac-
teristic of the present Administration The
Times has forcibly and truly portrayed condi-
lions, but does not strike high or deep enough.
In its words relating to the Postmaster Cen
eral, this individual is but doing the work
ne was expected to do. This, to anyone ia
milisr with deeds Of the party in power, is
clear. II is secret that for years Mr.. Payne
has been very plant tool in the hands OF the
G.. o. p. He, Clsrkson, and Byrnes. all in
debted TO the President for positions bestowed
because Of long-tested ability in adapting means
to desired ends. The Administration has stren-
uously sought every available means to insure
success in 1904.
The serious side Of it all is the pretense
of destroying trusts; all talk on this subject
has been to defer such action until .hose cor
porations have contributed their quota to the
coming campaign. just read ''Savoyard on
Tinares'' in the Post Of the 10th instant.
To one Of observation and reflection grave
| problems menace. | shall continue TO read The
Times, and shall hope to see it rise above
party-to put blame where it belongs.
II, as The Times suggests, remains TO be
seen what the Executive will do with Miss
Hiuldah B. Todd. II is quite likely she will
be treated as the lady whom the President and
his Secretary made more rules to get rid Of.
The Inscriptions are not all in subordinate
places. z. +. HALE.
| WASHINGTON Sent %
The Washington times., 1903-09-26
A Thrifty Premier.
Mr.. Balfour's Course Will Cost Him
Political Influence.


Until last week it never occurred
to the head of a British ministry,
having an important communication
to make upon matters of public
policy, to put what he had to say into
a copyrighted pamphlet and market
1t for his personal profit.
Yet this is what Mr.. Balfour has
done. He has taken advantage of
the acute and widespread interest in
the fiscal question to promulgate his
views as at once the head of his party
and the head of the government, not
IN a speech nor In a communication
to the newspapers, but In a volume,
every copy of which yields him
royalty. His publishers are equally
thrifty. They have forbidden the
newspapers to quote more than one
thousand words under penalty of
prosecution for infringement of copy
right; they make no discount for
large orders, the political committees;
of Mr.. Balfour's own party who wish
the pamphlet for distribution being
accordingly compelled to pay the full
price for every copy; and with a
shrewd eye to possible complications
IN the future they are even demand
ing pay in every instance in advance.
The natural result is that Mr.. Bal
tours pamphlet is selling at a rate
which distances the widest dreams of
the purveyors of historical romanees.
The first editions were promptly ex-
hausted, and now people who really
want to know exactly what the prime
minister of England thinks upon the
gravest question which has convulseo
British politics for twenty years must
either buy the pamphlet at an adj
vanced and speculative price or wait
until the presses can turn out ar
adequate supply Experts estimate
that there is a profit Of at leasi
$4,000 on 100000 copies alone, anc
as it is expected that the total sal,
will reach a million copies, the aggre-
gate profit will reach very tidy sum
But it is a question if Mr. Balfour'i
thrift viii prove, in the end, as prof
liable as it now seems. 1t has cost
him public respect and political in
fiuence; it has irritated his own party
associates, and il has precipitatec
upon him the scorching rebuke o.
his own party journals. There j
such a thing as a nimble penny pick
ed up at too great a ecst.
The one loophole seems to lie IL
the statement from his friends tina
all the profits win go to charity
Along this line Mr.. Balfour might d.
well To reread Blackstone's discussion
on the precept ~Be just before yol
ere generous"
The Washington times., 1903-09-26
Consumption Cures.
The Modern Doctor Says Climate Does
Not Matter Much.

The new methods Of curing con-
sumption do not have so much eli
mate in them as those of old time. In
stead of sending his patient TO the
uttermost parts Of the earth to get
well, the doctor of today tells him to
live out of doors and keep up his
strength, even if he has 10 live in or
about his native place. 1t is conf
IDENTIFY stated by some scientists that
if a consumptive patient will find a
good healthy place under some pine
trees a mile or two from home, and
camp out there, eating plenty Of
wholesome food and taking exercise,
he stands as good a chance Of reeov-
cry as he would in similar conditions
in Arizona or the Adirondacks.
Whether this is so in the case of adj
vaneed cases Of consumption or not,
there is no doubt whatever that il
would work in some which are not
very far advanced. The usual course
of the consumptive is to hold TO his
work like grim death until grim
Geath gets a good hold of him, and
then spend all the money he has in
trying TO outrun his disease. BY that
time he is usually so worn out that
the tubercular bacillus has a good
hold, and there is no vitality left
with which to fight the disease.
Everybody who has observed cases
of consumption with any care knows
that it IS by no means incurable.
There are people walking about in
this town today who were "given up
by the doctors" twenty, thirty, on
forty years ago. The best friends of
consumption are bad air. overwork
and insufficient nourishment. Rout
these enemies Of the human frame
and in many cases the disease will be
routed.
The Washington times., 1903-09-26
Kaiser Took Back Track.

Many other officers. the late Prince
Fuerstenburg among the number. took
the same view. and later on the En-
peror. realizing he had made mistake.
not only s5stained from all further en-
forcement OF his general order on the
subject OF extravaganza. but went out
of his way to effect a reconciliation
with Prince Hohenlohe and others, re-
storing to them the commissions which
they had resigned.
English officers take the same view.
Regiments are 10 a great extent families.
and the greatest care should be OBJ
served in interfering with their internal
economy. The officers messes are like
clubs, and Il is idle TO imagine that
men belonging thereto will readily con-
sent to deprive themselves of comforts
and luxuries 10 which they have always
been accustomed. and which are within
their means, merely in Difference to the
order and dictates OF their regimental
commander. 1t is ridiculous to believe
that men with incomes Of $4,000 year
or more will consent TO drink cheap
wines. smoke cheap cigars. ride and
drive cheap horses, and stint themselves
in the number OF their domestics mere
Iy in order TO comply with the directions
of the commanding officer Of the regi-
ment 20 which they belong. That is why
the designations from the English army
have beer of such wholesale character
of late
1t need only be pointed out that there
are regiments in which the officers are
The Washington times., 1903-09-26
The Rsoble's Forum.
In Defense of the Police.

To the Editor of The Washington Times
Please insert this in reply TO "a. W. o'c." on
the appearance of the police force. "A W.
o'C.' are the initials Of some one, / suppose,
who attacks the police under cover. "A. W.
O'C-" says he has visited and lived in large
number OF towns and cities. lie must have been
shut up somewhere and never got chance to
see the police. when he SAYS our police make
the poorest appearance from every standpoint.
Let me say to "A. W. O'C." the Metropolitan
police force of Washington stands without an
equal. 1t is. taken as whole, the inest-looking
BODY OF men in the United States. Major syl-
vester has the pride and ability, and with a
little patience and the help of CongreS-with-
out this help he is powerless-he will make it
the finest in the world. Everyone knows it is
utterly impossible to get all men perfect and
with smiling faces. A. j. SANFORD.
Washington Sept II.
The Washington times., 1903-09-26
Immoral Preaching.
Books Which Teach Evils Which They
Profess to Prevent.

EAOACSo " LACNCnl.
The State Medical Society of Penn
sylvania, through its committee, has
condemned certain so-ealled temper
anee" textbooks issued TO the school
children of the State as pernicious in
their teaching from moral point of
view. This is a step in the right di-
rection, and it is to be hoped that
other school boards will follow this
example.
There has been a great hullaballoo
at one time and another in the past
twenty years over the alleged neces-
sity of teaching children TO avoid
things which we do not want them to
know. 1t is true that some parents
believe in this very doubtful method
of intoxicating morality. Other par
ents, however, do not, and they have
right to protest against methods of
instruction being applied to their
children which they themselves do not
sanction.
The temperance" textbooks in
question (they were in reality total
abstinence books were intended to
convince the children that the use of
alcohol is in all circumstances fol
lowed by certain evils which, as any
one knows who has investigated the
matter, are not consequences of the
moderate use of alcohol. Children III
whose homes beer drinking is com
mon, as it is with the Germans, OF
who have been accustomed to Sc,
wine or brandy used occasionally
know that some of the things in these
books are not true; and it is bad
policy to teach children things which
they can disprove for themselves
The public schools are not, more
over, agents for the distribution OF
tracts. So long as the majority OF
the population is not Of the tota
abstinence belief, textbooks incul
eating that belief have no place IL
the schools. This is a democratic
country, but that does not mean tina
the children shall rule the fathers.
The Washington times., 1903-09-26
Negro Voters in North Carolina.

The influence OF the negro vote in
Maryland, which is one OF the principal
issues of the campaign there this sal,-
is shown to some extent by the report
of the supervisors Of registration fer
the city of Baltimore. Thus far out OF
a total registration OF 50.726 there are
recorded S.435 colored voters Compared
with the first three registration days CT
last year the increase in the number OF
coIored voters registered is 1.102. while
the Increase in the number Of white
voters is only 275. In one ward-the
Seventeenth-largely inhabited by ne
groes the colored registration in more
than 300 greater than the white regis-
tration out OF a total vote OF 900; in
the Twenty-fourth ward. however. out OF
a total registration OF 1.S2s, there are
only three eolored men registered
Probably no less than 30 per cent Of
these negroes vote the Republican
ticket. and when considering the fact
that there are upward of 1000 coiored
voters in the State, it is easy 20 see
how important the registration OF The
colored population is TO the success CT
the Republican ticket.
The issue Of white supremacy" was
raised by the Democrats. who inserted
mo negro domination" plank in their
platform. TO which the Republicans made
response in their declaration OF princi-
pies. Owing TO the peculiar election law
in the State. IL is necessary for the Re-
publicans 10 thoroughly drill the ignor-
ant negro voters in order that they may
not make mistakes and cast their bal
dates. So we'll were they tutored. how
ever. last year that the statute did not
operate materially TO deprive the Re-
publicans of many negro votes.
The Washington times., 1903-09-26
Senators on the Stump.

Senator Depew, Senator Fairbanks.
and half dozen other prominent Sena-
tors will also be heard in support OF the
ticket. Besides all the local talent Viii
be OF duty from now until the close OF
the campaign The Republicans feel that
as the Ohio election is the most import
ant one to be held this year. and as there
is not great demand for speakers IN
other States. that they are justified in
calling upon all the orators OF the party
to come to their assistance The can
vass will. Of course, be waged IaI ge!y
upon national issues, especially 50 far
as the return OF Senator Hanna 10 the
Senate is concerned The Democrats de-
clare that the Republicans are frighten-
ed lest the Senator may lose his scat,
and have therefore issued general ap-
peal for help. 1t is more reasonable to
suppose. however. that the Republicans.
although confden tof victory. are deter
mined TO make the defeat OF their oppoD-
ents overwhelming. and thus eliminate
Tom Johnson as a political figure in the
Buckeye State. or al least confine his
sway entirely to the limits o. the city
OF Cleveland. The Democrats originally
intended 20 conduct an exclusively al
campaign upon State issHcs. but tho
great influx of Republican orators from
other States has Obliged them to import
some Democratic talent as wen. but me
number will be comparatively small
The Washington times., 1903-09-26
Good Roads.
The Need of Improving the Highways
Around Washington.

The chief Of the division Of road
inquiry of the Agricultural Depart
ment has been comparing the roads OF
New England with those of the coun-
try round about Washington, much &c
the disadvantage Of the latter. He
says that instead Of Washington hav-
ing the finest roads in the country, il
has, in fact, about the worst.
The reason for this is undoubtedly
that carelessness in civic matter.
which has been all too common here
about. There is not half the excuse
for bad roads here that there would
be in New England, for the country
IS level and the soil fairly good,
The Washington times., 1903-09-26
. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 2s. 1903.
Cailu Calendar of American History
September 90.

17S0-Battle of Charlotte, N. c.
17S9-Thomas Jefferson appointed Sec
rotary of State.
1s20-Daniel Boone, the Western pioneer,
dies. aged eighty-five.
1631-Anti- Masonic party holds national
convention at Baltimore. Nd.
1S33-President Jackson directs Secre-
tary of the Treasury to withdraw
national bank deposits TO the ex-
tent of $4,000. 600.
1s62-Office OF provost marshal general
established.
lsNl-Natfonal commercial congress
meets at Baltimore, Nd.
1ss1-Obsequies of President GARFIELD at
Cleveland, Ohio
The Washington times., 1903-09-26
Lord Roberts, Recent Order.

Lord Roberts general order as COM
mander- in-chief Of the British army.
censuring and forbidding extravaganza
among the officers. and declaring that
the promotion of commanding officers Of
regiments will depend on the manner in
which they carry out, not only the let
ter. but also the spirit of the orders on
the subject, while weli-intentioned, is
having no other result than that OF
drawing a number of men of wealth and
position out of the service. Indeed, each
issue of the Gazette" since the pro-
mitigation of this general order has
been filled with a long list OF peers and
peers sons, as we'll as young fellows
bearing honored names and possessed Of
great means. who have resigned their
commissions and left the army.
Emperor William met with the same
experience shortly after his accession
to the throne. He. too. made indignant
by the ruin Of Prince George Radziwill.
issued a general order similar to that
given out by Lord Roberts. and also took
a number of generals and regimental
commanders to task. But the only re-
suit he achieved was that large num-
Der of wealthy mobiles severed their con-
nection with his army, one OF their
number, Prince Christian Of Hohenlohe,
now Duke of Ujest, bluntly informing
the Kaiser that while he was glad TO
place his sword at the disposal of his
monarch. he would not permit the lat
ter to dictate to him his mode OF life OF
submit to any interference on the
part of the crown in his personal ex-
penditures, and in his providing himself
with those comforts and luxuries tc
which he had been accustomed, anc
which were within his means.
The Washington times., 1903-09-26
Courts and Capitals
of the Old World
BY THE MARqUlsE DE FoNTENoY.
Superb Present for Italy's King.

superb present Tor ltalyS King.
King Victor Emmanuel will receive.
on the occasion Of his forthcoming visit
to Paris, a present from the French
government which is likely to be more
highly priced by him than anything else
that could have been selected for the
purpose In some way or another
President Loubet managed to ascertain
that the Kings collection of coins and
medals. which is declared by experts to
be the finest in the world, was lacking
In certain rare Fre4ch coins and medals
of the Renaissance and of the seven
teenth and eighteenth centuries. Ae-
cordingly, these coins and medals miss
ing from his collection have been gath
cred together from the four corners Of
France with a great deal of difficulty,
and together with examples of the med
ais struck during the reigns of Charles
TX, Francis l, Henry ". Louis XIII.
XIV, and XIV, to commemorate great
historical events and royal mar
riages, births, etc, are to be presented
to him in a superb cabinet, which Is in
itself a work of art, designed by Cruel.
The gift. indeed, is one of almost price
less value, and cannot fail TO give i'm
mense satisfaction to the King. who, as
everyone knows. is one of the most
enthusiastic collectors of coins and OF
medals in the world.
On the termination Of the Kings visit
to Paris he will proceed to England, ar
irving there in the first days of Novem-
Der. and will be entertained with great
state by King Edward both in London
and at Windsor. He is no stranger to
England, which he visited on the oeca-
sion of Queen victoria's jubilee.
The Washington times., 1903-09-26
Political Gossip
Here and There
A Call for Orators

II may not be that the Republicans
this fall. It is probable that their con-
fdence in a sweeping victory Is fully
warranted. but however that may be,
they are putting up a most strenuous
campaign. They have issued q call for
practically all OF the oratorical talent
in the party throughout the country.
and during the month of October the
State will be overrun with speakers.
large number OF them men OF national
reputation. The State committee 10
said TO have sent out Invitations TO / 500
Republicans. asking them TO take the
stump for Senator Herrick and Colonel
Herrick. Such requests have been sent to
every Republican Senator and member
of the House OF Representatives. and to
all the members Of the Cabinet. Hum
dreds of these invitations have been
accepted, and some Of the speakers
viii devote two OF three weeks to tho
campaign, while others will not be able
to deliver more than one or two ad-
dresses
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw viii
devote week 10 the campaign. speak
ing first in Cleveland. October 10. at the
South End, a workInman's stronghold,
with Senator Hanna on the same plat
form On the Monday following he will
start with Senator Hanna on a weeks
tour OF the State Secretary Of Agrsc1l-
ture Wilson has also consented. DuI mis-
dates have not been fixed. Secretary OF
the Navy Moody viii also speak, as viii
Speaker-to-be Cannon, who says he will
be there, il he has to walk 10 get there.
The Washington times., 1903-09-26
In the Park.

Tommy Figgiam-Paw, that big oaks astand-
in with tn long limb pointing Just tn same
way it was, isn't 1t?
Paw Figgiam--why, yes; Tommy. What
foolish question:
Tommy Figgjam-W'y, ma said that tn oak
trees in here was beginnin' to turn.-Baltimore
American.
The Washington times., 1903-09-26
Not to His Liking.

The Sultan peered out Of the closet.
"Did / understand you to say he asked OF
his royal valet, "that an American gentleman
named Cotton wanted to see me?'
eyes. SIRE replied the Keeper Of the Royal
Toggery.
whats bis first namef''
Gun, I think. sire" replied the valet
Whereupon the Sultan shook his head th0ugat-
fully and crawled under the bed for the hftieth
tins. Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.