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New-York tribune., 1903-04-15
MR. SgFP4PD,s PROPHECY.

Mr. Shepard's prophetic instinct right
ryhen he told his fellow Tammanyites in The
Bronx that there was no acute and vengeful
luminosity against Mayor Lows administration
among the masses Of the city, and that the next
contest would be concerned with the future
If Tammany thinks that the loud faultfnding
of real enemies oe the administration and the
dissatisfaction Of good people whose particular
lad has not been adopted or whose personal
convenience has been interfered with really
express the feelings of New-York toward fusion
government, il is nursing delusive hopes. Tam
many may win the next election by hard
fight but it viii not be waited upon by the
best citizens with an invitation to take charge
of things and rescue the city, as Charles Ii was
invited to come back to England after the fail
ure of Richard Cromwell.
Whether or not majority Of the citizens in
a naturally Democratic city have memories long
enough to remember the character of Tam
many as illustrated every time it comes into
power, and appreciation enough of efficient ad-
rninistration TO secure the necessary exertion
10 perpetuate that administration, is yet to be
determined. But there is no real popular Ill
feeling against the administration. OF course,
opposition politicians are against it and pro-
nounce it dishonest and incompetent. Likewise
The blackmailers and lawbreakerS OF various
sorts who wish to resume operations are dll-
gent in hypocritical complaint and satire But
the great body of citizens are pretty well salts
fed. They know that the city is honestly and
in the main intellgenty governed, that more
constructive work is being done in all directions
than has been seen in generation; and they
know that all this is being done economically.
Last year the funded debt, IN spite Of the large
schemes Of improvement, was increased only
Sl0Oo0Oo0 while under Mayor Van Wyck, who
let the city run down, the average annual in
crease was S15,o0o000 Likewise the large ma
jority Of the taxpayers will find themselves
paying less taxes this year than in years be
fore-not merely at a lower rate. but actually
.ess In aggregate amount-and the few who do
not pay less must confess 10 themselves. how
ever much they may grumble 10 others, that they
before escaped their fair share Of the public
burden IT is true, some people who want more
license and some people who want more rigid
fly find fault that the Mayor lacks logic and
consistent courage; but the great majority are
not so tntolerant They agree with Mr. Shep-
ard when be says:
II is not for the Mayor Of great city, vested
with complex and serious interests. sometimes
oyeryvorked. often seeing side Of g. public
uroblem which public sentiment does not yet
New-York tribune., 1903-04-15

possibly, though not probably, with truth' 10
have declined to be a fourth memoer OF the
Mesopotamian syndicate. Russia has built
branch from her Trans-Caucasian railroad
down to Kars and thence to Erivan AT the
latter place. just short OF the frontier. it haits
presumably ready to make a rush past Mount
Ararat and push for the coast In competition
with this international Mesopotamian line.
That may be. The Germanophobes in England
say it will be pushed toward Mosul. and as
Erivan is only three hundred miles, whlie
Konieh is six hundred miles from that place.
the Russians would thus have three hundred
miles the start in the race There is, however
no proof that Russia means to build In that
direction. Rather is there an indication that
she does not mean to do so, since she has no
franchise or permit to enter Turkish territory
with her railroad 1t Is far more probable
that she is planning to GO to the east OF Ararat'
into Persia, and push across that empire 10
Bandar Abbas, on the Strait of Ormuz, where
she now claims to own a naval station. In
that case the competition would be about even,
for the distance from Erivan TO Bandar Aboas
is the same as that from KOneh to FL Koweit
On the whole the situation as it stands is a
pretty one, which seems TO promise much
for the commercial world and not to forebode
half as much evil as some appear to think
New-York tribune., 1903-04-15
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New-York tribune., 1903-04-15

certainly benefit the countries adopting IL,
whether it fully served its purpose or not
The high tariff system would do more harm
than good unless it was fully successful IN
excluding American goods and thus stimulat-
ing home production. But Improvement OF
domestic ways and means would be sooo
thing, whether 1t overcame foreign competition
or not We have in these columns hitherto
often suggested that the only rational way
in which Europe can hope to meet American
competition. For Europe to adopt it would
not perhaps, be a good thing for this country
But it would be more satisfactory and far
more creditable than for Europe to essay
universal tariff war against America.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-15
THE R4GDAD RAILWAY.

about this time" as the old almanacs used
to say, look out for storms These will be
raised by the extreme Germanophohes of Eng
land over the news given in THE Standard OF
London on Monday and reported by our Lon
don correspondent in his cable dispatches OF
the same day That is that England is going into
the Bagdad railroad enterprise jointly and on
equal terms with Germany and France Those
who were recently berating Mr. Balfour and
Lord LansdOwne for the Venezuela muddle'
will replace their whips of thorns for whips
of scorpions in scOurging them from the "Meso-
potamia mess" as they have already dubbed it.
They will protest that England is playing into
Germany's hand and unnecessarily antagonizing
Russia and that Downing Street has become
a mere annex of the Wilhelmstrasse. All of
which will add to the spice of daily news, and
NAV or NAV not disturb Mr.. BalfOur's philo-
sophie calm or Lord Lansdowne's repose of
caste.
To the dsinterested outsider, Yankee or
Patagonian. however, the prospect seems TO be
chiefly that of the promotion of a great
work on reasonable and equitable conditions
All Europe is agreed upon the desirability of
building a railroad from the shore Of the
Tgean Sea or the BospOrus to that of the
Persian Gulf Such a road would be practi-
cally q transcontinental line, and, connecting
at COnStantinople with the existing road froIn
Vienna to that city, would put all Europe in
close touch by rail with the shores of the Ind
ian Ocean But who should build such
road? Not Turkey, the owner of the territory
through which it would That is matter
of course 1t must be of the Christian
powers of Western Europe, to wit Great Brit
ain, Germany or France, or some combination
of them. Now, if any one of them should set
out TO do it independently, there would be a
great pother raised by the others, by some
of their citizens. Indeed each one of the
three has interests in the project which de-
serve attention. Thus Great Britain has a
railroad from Smyrna eastward TO Diner, some
two hundred miles. but at Diner connecting
with nothing. France has a railroad from
Smyrna to Afiun Kara Hissar about the same
distance, connecting at that point with the rail-
road which Germany has from Scutari to
Konieh some three hundred miles, with
branch to Angora. OF the three roads Ger
many's is by far the most valuable and Great
Britain's the least. Moreover, Germany has
cured the franchise for extension Of her
line fre.n konieh to Adana, where it will con-
meet with the road that now runs up from
Mersina, thence TO Aleppo, to MOsul, to Bag
dad, to Bassora and to El KOweit, at the head
of the Persian Gulf It would really seem to
be a good plan for the three powers to pool
their issues" in constructing and operating this
latter line, which viii make each Of their pres
continental trunk line.
There is supposed to he another factor in
the case, TO wit, Russia; who is now said.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-15

Months have elapsed since Marconi sent mes
sages across the ocean from Cape Breton and
Cape Cod to Poldhu, and many weeks have
passed since he went back from this country to
England In all the intervening time it does not
appear to have been possible to transmit mes
sages in the opposite direction The courteous
replies which royalty made to the communica-
tions of the Governor General of Canada and
the President of the United States came by the
unpoetic cable and other dispatches which have
since been filed at the English end of the line
have remained unsent. Just what the trouble
is one cannot easily guess. Now that q connec-
ton has been granted with the British land
lines no official obstacle remains. apparently. If
there was a lack OF steam power at Poldhu it
ought not to have taken many days to supply
that want. Can it be that there Is any serious
inherent difficulty in transmitting to the west
ward?
New-York tribune., 1903-04-15
PRESIDENTS JUBILEE GIFT TO POPE.

Baltimore. april 14.-President Roosevelt has sent
to Cardinal Gibbons and his erninence has for
warded by special messenger to Pope Leo XIII
gift TO be presented 10 the Holy Father in honor Of
the celebration Of his jubilee. The gift consists OF
ten handsomely bound volumes. containing all the
messages and official documents OF the Presidents
of the United States from Washington 70 Fooss-
veIt The gift was intrusted BY Cardinal Gibbons
70 a clergyusn who sailed from New-York for
Naples tO-Qay on the steamship Llgurla. Auto
graph letters from the President and Cardinal Clo
bons his holiness accompany the gift
New-York tribune., 1903-04-15
MR. CARNEGIE AND TYPHOID EXPENSES

Ithaca, y. Y. April Il (SpeciaD--Andrew Car
negie. who offered to Fay the expenses OF all stu
dents who had typhoid at Ithaca, now wishes 70
extend his offer a TO include the subscriptions
made by the Cornell undergraduates tor the ai1
Of the sick At a mass meeting held late in March
$50 subscribed and Mr. Carnegie desires 70 Re
turn TO the students the amount that they gave.
II is expected that the offer will be accepted
The opening of the university to-day, after the
spring recess was marked by the largest attend
ances which the university had had since the mid
die of February May more students
pected 10 register during the week
New-York tribune., 1903-04-15
DR.. BOOKER STARTS FOR ROME.

Washington, April H-Monsignor Frederick T.
Rocker. for the last eight years secretary Of the
papaI delegation here, and who has recently been
named as Bishop OF Nueva Caceres. in the Philip
pine Islands, left Washington tonight for New
York and will sail on Thursday on the AIoltke for
Rome. where he Will be cOnseCrated bishop some
time next month He will return TO Washington
in June for a short time while the way 70 his
new post IN the Philippines
New-York tribune., 1903-04-15

Were the system of granting liquor licenses
in proportion to population and keeping down
the total to the rattle of one to every Thousand
of population, there would be fewer than 1our
thousand barrooms within the entire territory
of New-York And the city would be better Off
This limitation of the number Of dramshops has
worked well in various parts of the world. Ex-
tremely high licenses and a sweeping reduction
in the number would surely lessen the hosts OF
inveterate drunkards and criminals.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-15
GIVE TIE REGENTS CONTROL.

From The New-YorS Medical Journal
Since last commented on the movement to
make the Regents supreme IN educational matters
throughout the State a movement which We havs
cordially supported. evidence has accumulated ID
show that the great majority OF the medical PFC
feSsIOn in accord with We believe that this
fact is likely weigh with the legislators. and va
earnestly hope that the RegeuCs' supremacy VIII
speedily be established by law
New-York tribune., 1903-04-15
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Several correspondents write to call attention to
the fact that the execution Of Charles took place
in 164S or 1649 according to whether the date Is
given in the "old" the new" style. The death
warrant possessed by the Baltimore man may be
fac-simile The document itself is said to be
in the British Museum.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-15

Mayor Low has simply done his duty in put
ting his veto upon the greedy and rapacious
ordinance adopted by the Board of Aldermen
in the hope that certain invaders Of the side
walks should be confirmed in their encroach-
nients upon public rights.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-15
EVER AT THE FRONT.

From The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
The New-York Tribune has Just entered upon its
siNtythir year. IL is. II has been ever sinse
Horace Greeley published the first number tno
morning of April 10 ls4l at the front IN Journ44'
istic enterprise. ability and character.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-15

Easter bounty was at food tide on Sunday
last and the collections in the churches and
elsewhere for endowments of charitable, beneVo-
lent and religious institutions of various classes
reached figures that may well call out general
congratulation and praise. No earlier genera
ton ever even approached this one in lavish
generosity.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-15
TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS.

On the steamer Lain, which arrived here yester-
day from Genoa. Naples and Gibraltar were:
Miss " r Baggs- Mrs. Cebauos.
Mrs Barnes Hlrs. E. II Hall
Mrs. William Bell Dr. Adolf LOreGz.
Miss E ". Bell. 3f-. and Mrs. John James
Miss BrintoH Mitchell
Dr Richard s Brodrick Mrs. B0sler Murray.
Mr.. and Mrs Henry Brck- Wilson Murray
M Mrs J. Campbell
Erik Brokrran- White and family
Booked to sail for Southampton to-day tha
steamer New-York are.
F. Bailey. M and Mrs James Elver-
Edward Butler Lieutenant Charles L. Hss-
Ar Mrs c.. Clarke sey. L. :. y.
Major A. COngdon- F MacNfOunIes-
Dir. Witt p Miss Elisabeth Narhury-
Cock. r. ". Miibury
Rear Admiral Charles s Mr. and Mrs. F. T Tounlin-
Cotton. u. ;. y.
Mrs Cotton John Young-
Dr. J <. EshOden-
On the HrOnprinz Wilhelm. which arrived here
yesterday from Bremen, were.
Charles Hay lChanning rockingham
Mr and y. II Howe. Lawrence ?. rockingham
II r. Anderson ". : F-aletgh
Captain Bsardsiey- DIT. and Mrs. 3oCdloe
Mr.. and Mrs W H Bliss Mr.. and T. A.. Gillespie
Colonel Mrs. Baldwin Miss Gillespie
Colonel and Mrs g A Mr. and Mrs. d, r. Henry
Clark. Mr.. Ms y. Spencae
Major and Mrs W Cushing Han
William + Carln. Henry ]. GILLESPIE.
Major and Mrs J. r. Cor, William Laidiaw-
&c II Norrhau-
Colonel J. H Cunningham El5ot Noetou-
Mr.. and Mrs Allen Dan Mr.. and Ms J. C. Ferce
NJ. Mrs Joseph swans
The Rev. and Mrs G H Mr. and Mrs. Ge5rss g.
Dunlap.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-15
TILE pIPLoMATIc CORPS.

Washington. April II (speciaD-The Mexican am
bassador and Sonora Azpiroz VIII give
this week.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-15

Kill the grab bills The time is short and
every blow must tell
New-York tribune., 1903-04-15

On the Kronprinz Wilhelm which arrived hers
yesterday from Bremen, were.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-15

Miss Pauline Babcock. daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs
J. HoIiugsworth BabcOck. was married to Henry
c. Holt at 4 O'Clock yesterday afternoon in the
Church of the Messiah Park-ave- and Thirty
fourth-st. Miss Ida Holt. Miss Hiida Goodwin and
Miss Edna Cook were IN attendance on the bride
Robert Holt was his brothers best man. and ths
usher5 were members Of squadroa A, to which ths
bridegroom belongs
New-York tribune., 1903-04-15

On the steamer Lain. which arrived here yesteT-
day from Genoa. Naples and Gibraltar, were.
New-York tribune., 1903-04-15

sherry's was the scene CT bridge whist tourna-
ment yesterday afternoon. organized By Mrs 2
K St1rgis and Mrs. William Pollock IN oehaIf OF
the House Of Mercy OF PfttsheId, Mass Among
+tosa rresar+ we're Mrs Jose Ayruar Mrs Edward
Van Ingeu. Mrs. Arthur Howard and Mrs W P
Marvin
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able to move away. Where the small
bullet had gone out it was much torn.
1T was lying upon its back, but when
it saw me rolled upon it's side, looked
up at me, joined it's front paws and
cried aloud. 1t could not have asked
for pity and help more plainly if it
had been human.
Tears were in it's eyes and trickling
down it's ugly cheek. All of its quilts
were fiat, as if it knew that its natural
armor was of no value.
Its voice was exactly that of q baby
in pain. A man 10 feet away would
have sworn that an infant had been
left out there in the woods.
1T cried out to me in this strange
infantile voice. 1t showed no fear of
me at all. but rather in it's death ago
MES seemed to seek companionship.
Il never had anything to get on my
nerves so. l believe that l turned
pale and I know that 1 trembled.
Swift death was kindest, so, after hest
tating a while and forcing myself to
the deed. raised my gun and brought
the butt down upon it's skull, killing it
instantly.
Il have never shot a porcupine since"
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Keep the Balance Up.

1t has been truthfully said that any
disturbance of the even balance of
health causes serious trouble. No
body can be too careful to keep this
balance up. When people begin to
lose appetite, or to get tired easily, the
least imprudence brings on sickness,
weakness, or debility. The system
needs a tonic, Graves it, and should
not be denied it; and the best tonic of
which We have any knowledge is
Hoods Sarsaparilla. What this medi-
cine has done in keeping healthy peo-
pie healthy, in keeping up the even
balance of health, gives it the same
distinction as a preventive that it en-
joys as a cure. Its early use has il
Illustrated the wisdom of the old say
ing that a stitch in time saves nine.
Take Hoods for appetite, strength, and
endurance.
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G. W. Wadleigh
AUGUSTA.

10 I'd. pals Pure Lard. SIPS
ID. pals Pure Lard, 80
- lbs. fine Granulated Sugar, LOO
Rob Roy Flour, best that money
can buy, 4.5O
Good Pastry Flour. 4.4O
Crusoe Flour, AIS
10 lbs. good Native Salt Pork, Ito
Howard Smoked Shoulders
whole. lie. H.
Howard Smoked Racone whole, 14c ID.
Abs. good Prunes, worth 1Oc. ID. for Zoe.
Good Dried Apricots, 1Oc. H.
fos. good Dried Peaches, 25c.
3 lbs. nice Cherries, Prunes, zoe.
Now is your time to buy your canned
goods at ten per cent. less than whole
sale price.
l doz. good Maine Corn, $1.10
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HIS LAST PORCUPlNE.
Mr.. Sonderegger Finds Pathos in the
Woods Where 1t Wasn't Expected.

There is story told by Albert Son.
kee. who has been for many years a
deer hunter in the Northwestern woods
and is used to the tragedies of animal
life
Five years ago 1 was in the Star
Lake neighborhood with a new rifle
which l was anxious to try. 1 had
targeted it and it seemed to shoot truly,
but big game was scarce.
II hunted hard for five days, but did
not see bear or deer. 1 began to think
that I. or the gun, was hoodooed. Guns
and hunters do get hoodooed some
times. you know, and cannot kill game
nor find it, though the woods are alive
with it.
"On the morning of the sixth day l
was standing on the summit of high
hill. Below me and nearly a hundred
yards away was a tall dead pine. Its
top was about on a level with me, and
l saw clinging to it's side not yard
from it's upper end big porcupine.
'I still. wanted to test the rifle on
something that breathed. so I sighted
carefully and let go. When it cracked
the porcupine slid down three feet and
hung motionless.
Il gave it a second cartridge, and
then it went down rapidly, holding to
the pine for yard or so, then letting
go and falling plumb. l supposed that,
of course, it was dead-the fall was
enough to kill it without the bullets
and went to the foot of the tree to ex-
anime it.
THE first bullet had gone through
it's body near the launches; the Sec
ond had gone through nearer the front.
1t was still alive, however, though un-
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Coffee continues to hold first place
in the affections of the American peo-
pie. Its low cost stimulates demand
and makes it a formidable competitor
of alcoholic and malt beverages. The
use of beer, wine and spirit shows con-
siderable gain over 1901-a notable fact
in view of the great prosperity of the
United States. 1t is evident that the
American people are temperate in the
use of stimulants and that they are
not increasing their use of such as tend
to debase manhood, increase our taxes,
promote pauperism, or stimulate crime.
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Dr.. Emm0ns'
No appetite, loss Of strength,

Monthly Regulator has brought happiness %
~ mo- other remedy known to medical science
t X az vii 40 Quickly and safely do the work.
Longest and most obstinate irregularities rom
a,;yead at any stage, No pain, danger, or inter-
s ference with work. Have relieved hundreds Of
cases where others have failed. The most DIM ni
cult successfully treated ey maama oi M
s,SL 1rhstsnever. We treat hundreds of ladies
whom we never sec. Write for further particu;
lars and free confidential advice DO not put on
~, Sa1 this remedy is absolutely safe under
every Possible condition and positively leaves
no alter iii effect upon the health Sent by mai,
securely sealed 500 Money lSs rn 10 ~ -
mont st., Boston, AssA
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The teaching of Max Muller that the
human race was Graded in Northern IN
dia has been hitherto generally accepted.
Muller determined the origin of a people
by their language. The view now adopted
by a number of ethnologists is that shown
by the work of Professor IIrt. who thinks
that he can fix the primitive home of the
Aryans in the territory north of the
Carpathian mountains near the boundary
line between Austria Hungary and
Russia, now occupied by Let's and Lith-
uamanS,
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Special Advertisements.

SMALL ADVERTISEMENTS not ex-
eeeding twenty-five words coming under
the head Of WANTED, FOR SALE. TO
for Is cents and cents for each subse-
quent insertion. ADVANCE PAYMENT.
In sending by mail remittance of postage
stamps should be made with order as
count for.
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WEST AIRES, THE SUBURBAN

home and farm of Rev f. E. Newbert.
Farm of 100 acres; 500 cords hard wood,
good deal oak timber cuts 30 to 40 tons
hay; seven acres fall ploughing: good
known purity. House of u rooms in thor
ough repair; electric lights; telephone:
large wood furnace; 1replaces; cistern:
well at door; large stable connected by
sheds with house; barns to hold 100 tons
hay; new poultry house 64x16. Buildings
insured for 5000; assessed value $4,000.
Bargain for cash. E. E. Newbert, Angus
li' ME. mch20dtf