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upon you with seductive premises,
ready to put the blade to your throat
and to poison the water you drink"
This Is no sort of talk for a statesman
cf the caiber of Senator Hanna. 1t
is not argument; it is the cheap,
meaningless prattle Of a demagogue.
Coming from Senator Hanna it is
lncst surprising. 1t will injure tho
chances of Republican success and his
own reelection more than all Tom
johnson and John II. Clarke can say
throughout the remainder of the CAM
paign.
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Three Courses Open.

VIII you kindly give me any information as
to where l can find out whether or not a Ger
tain young man has enlisted on a United States
ship or any merchan. vessel in Baltimore in
the last three years2 MRS NJ.
letter addressed to the commandant
Of the United States Marine Corps will
bring the information whether the young
man in question has enlisted in the ma
rines. A letter addressed to the Navy
Department would be answered telling
whether he had enlisted as a sailor or
naval apprentice. There would be no
way of obtaining the information sought
from merchant ships. except TO corre-
spond with the companies owning the
ships.
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Ask Pointed Questions.

At meeting recently held in Baraboo
a circular was prepared and sent out TO
the voters OF the district It contains
the following questions:
No l. Are you satisfied with J. ".
BabcocR's attitude in State politics and
his course IN Congress?
No. 2. Do you favor candidate for
Congress in sympathy with the Repub-
liean State platform OF 1900 and 1902
No. 3. How can we best successfully
wage campaign against Mr. Babcock?
No. i. Are you in favor OF Sank county
presenting an available candidate for
Congress? II so. whom?
No ;. II Sank county proposes no Con-
gressional candidate. whom would you
prefer in the district at large?
The meeting favored James A Stone
as a candidate.
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The Drift Of Public Opinion.

Providence Journal; ON the whole Richard
Oiney. 2d. has better chance Of being elected
lieutenant governor Of Massachusetts, than Rich
ard oluey, lst, has Of taking up official residence
in the White House
81. Louis Globe Democrat: senator Fairbanks
is not particular about the Vice Presidency. Is
not seeking il. Willing that somebody else
should have IT, VIII take the place II neecs-
sary. In no sense candidate. Ready 20 obey
the popular Nill
Milwaukee Sentinel: Governor n Toilette
threatens to keep right on talking, probably I'M
der the impression that he WIS elected grand
lecturer.
Philadelphia Record: Although the rule II
Addicks in Delaware appears 10 be approaching
its end. the trail Of his corruption viii renaain
long behind him.
Cleveland Plain Dealer. Private Hsaaa Is sill
on the firing line, shooting across the body q
his dead captain.
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Courts and Capitals
of the Old World
By THE MARouIsE DE FoNTENoY.
Chamberlain's Successor.

Chamberlain's Successor.
Joseph Chamberlain's successor as
secretary of state for the colonies is
| Familiarity known as alfred" pure and
simple on every cricket ground and
tennis court OF the United Kingdom, and
/ is perhaps the best known Of non-pro-
| fessional athletes in the British Isles.
His prowess in the cricket Geld. on the
tennis court, at football, and in rowing
hage already been referred to in the
cable dispatches announcing Alfred
| Lyttelton's nomination as colonial min
lister. But feature of his activity
which has escaped mention is his inter-
est in the so-called "Children's Holiday
Fund.-" which, like the Fresh Air
Fund" in so many of the American
cities, procu-es a fortnight's holiday in
the country each year for thousands of
unfortunate children whose homes are
in tho poorest tenement districts. and
in the London slums.
His mother was the youngest sister Of
the late Mrs. Gladstone. Indeed the
late Lord Lyttelton and William E
Gladstone married the two sisters Of
Sir Stephen Glynne on the same day
and In the same church. and the re-
lations Of the Lytteltons with the Glad
stones have ever since been exceed
ingly close and intimate. This does not
mean. however. that they are necessa-
rily Of the same opinion in political mat
tiers. Indeed. the Lyttelton brothers.
among themselves. are much divided
politically, and to such an extent Is
the Hon and the Rev. Canon Lyttelton
opposed to the colonial policy of Jo-
seph Chamberlain. which Alfred Lyttel-
ton has been selected to perpetuate. that
he actually prevented the hundreds Of
boys being educated under his direction
at Haileybury College from taking any
part whatsoever. in the celebrations OF
the relief of Ladysmith
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of touch, and able TO endure a certain
amount of nervous strain for several
hours at a time, she may find short
land a material help The same Is
true of the young business man. The
poor pay and lack of opportunity of
the average stenographer are due to
the fact that the study Is so generally
taught to pupils not fitted to make use
Of it..
Generally speaking, an expert type
writer is as useful in a business Office
as a stenographer, especially if able to
take down rapidly in abbreviated
longhand the substance OF letter,
and write it properly afterward, with
out having it dictated word for word.
Most business men do not want a sec
rotary to whom they must dictate their
letters. They want one to whom they
can say, Here, Miss Smith, or Mr.
Jones, take this letter, look up The
matter, and tell the man what he
wants to know" If the stenographer
cannot do this, shorthand Is of no
use whatever. 1t is not a passport to
good position, and the confding
young folk who think so are greatly
and extensively mistaken.
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Bubbles.

A padded list-the chorus girls payroll
The clock ticker doesn't care TO work on tick.
One pTizehghter at the thsater is box party.
The milk dealer ought to know how 10 Sin,
through book and get the cream Of it.
Even the wagon painter sometimes strives for
good stage effects.
Talk is cheap. even when one uses extravagant
language.
Perhaps the ocean murmurs because it doesn't
know what has come across it.
The deg catcher and the herb doctor have dig
ferent ways Of gathering harks.
Il know what long suffering means said
the giraffe. when get it in the neck.
The manufacturer Of wOolen cloth is often
caught mapping.
When musician goes fishing he may not
know all the different scales
The feckled man doesn't care to have the
spots knocked Of Of him.
Inc Nhlelso slri probably isn't ANXIOUS 10
leave footprints in the sand Of time
You may understand punctuation. but YOU
cannot fully comprehend the girl Of the period
The janitor Of five fats may himself be enc
sharpterl.
It's still filthy lucre when the thief goes in
and cleans out a tidy sum
It's perfectly killing when two women cut
each other by looking daggers.
The tattooed boy who attends upon a king Is
in reality an illustrated page.
They call it lizard cash. and it Is,
II TO get it they mean. but Oft
We have thought that, to fall back upon.
II is really decidedly soft.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
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Ancient Nations.

and have had dispute whether the Chimes
or the Hebrew nation is the older. Can Tbs
Times decide the question? TOM.
The progenitors of both nations sP-
pear at the very dawn of history. TIE
Hebrews date their chronology as M
ton from the emigration of Abraham
into Chaldea, about 1000 years B. c. Tbs
history Of the Chinese nation. it is MAIN
tanned by educated Cinnamon, dates baaz
5000 years, though since 2207 B. c. q
is entirely mythical.
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Requiem.

Thou dear old pipe, thy time at last
Hath come for honorcd rest
And now shalt thou dwell in the past,
A past thou ever blessed.
Thy fragrance rare. in clouds divine,
Enveloped oft my soul.
All! ncyermore shall lips Of mine
Sip nectar from thy bowl.
Through twenty years Of changeful time,
Dear memories hast thou fed;
And back 10 youth and golden prime
Ny thoughts thou oft hast sped.
Oft in the tranquil hours Of night,
When stars illumed the sky,
Sweet dreams that thrilled me with delight
Did thy rich fumes supply
Through days Of sorrow. mental pain.
Thou gavest solace rare.
Oh where the hahn that can again
with thine, stanch friend, compare?
Now, conrade true, thy toll shall cease,
A peaceful res. thine own:
Ny love for thee shall Ger increase.
Treading life's path alone.
Farewell, farewell. a long FAREWELL
Thy praise Is nobly earned;
FOR years thou cast thy mystic spell
And incense ever burned.
Boston Transcript.
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October 8.
Russian Bear Saw His Shadow in Man
churia and Decides to Remain There.

Russian Bear Saw His Shadow in Man
churia and Decides to Remain There.
October S, the day set by the Cars
government for the withdrawal of his
military forces from Manehuria. has
come and gone, and still the Russian
bear sits sullenly upon his launches
sucking his claws, obstinately refus-
ing to retire from Northern China.
Such action on the part of Russia was
to have been expected. Russia has
never given the slightest indication
that she ever intended to redeem her
pledge. From the time the Russians
first took control Of Manchuria there
has never been warrant for more than
hope that the territory would ever
be surrendered. Russian promises
have been made only to be broken.
The failure on the part of China to
grant certain demands is the excuse
which Russian diplomacy offers fo-
the continued presence of Russian
troops in Manchuria. These de-
mands, rs matter of fact, are such
that China cannot grant them. 1t is
not intended that China should. The
whole course of Russia indicates that
she intends to remain in Manchuria
indefinitely. She is there to stay.
Like BOSS" Tweed, she asks, 'What
are you going to do about it2'
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HanDa's Loss of Temper.
The Ohio Senator INDUCES in the Dema-
gogy of His Opponents.

One of the unfortunate results OF
the strenuous campaign in Ohio ap-
pears 10 be Senator Hanna's evident
loss of self-control. We have always
known him to be, and he has achieved
vide fame, as cool, calculating.
"level-headed," astute manager, one
who always weighed every utterance
before he expressed it, and who care
fully thought out every action be-
fore he performed II, or permitted
]; to be performed. His statements
have been terse and full of meaning,
and his epigrams maxims of sound
sense and logic, while his moderate
and modest prophecies have been
reasonably fulfilled. He has hereto
fore left demagogy TO the opposition.
But what are we to think of him
now when in the midst of political
argument in defense of his seat in the
Senate he tells the people Of Ohio
that vote for the Johnson and
Clarke Democrats is "a vote for the
absolute destruction and ruin of our
American institutions and for utter
chaos in this country?'
From the outside it does not appear
that there is sufficient danger Of de-
feat for Senator Hanna to warrant
him IN making such an extravagant
and ridiculous statement. It IS ran.
unworthy Of the distinguished Junior
Senator from Ohio. and better suited
tc the use of his political enemies. J..
Is rank plagiarism from his oppo-
nents; he should not have infringed
upon their copyright. Tom johnson
IL the governors chair at Columbus
where he is not likely to get could do
Little if anything 10 impair the peace.
happiness and prosperity Of the peo-
pie of Ohio, and even should John II.
Clarke be sent TO the Senate he would
be quite powerless to carry out his
dastardly purpose Of sending the
country to destruction or to bring on
a reign Of chaos.
Further, Senator Hanna charges
that his opponents are animated by
the same spirit of anarchy which
prompted the assassination of the la
mented Mckinley, and in apparent
seriousness tells his hearers that the
johnson supporters are stealing
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Pennypacker Nay Resign.

Those persons who make il their busi-
ness TO ascertain by some mysterious
mental process the inner thoughts OF
the Hon. Mathew 5. Quay have discov-
cred that the Beaver statesman has a
plan to make Governor Pennypacker 4
member OF the supreme court OF Penn
sylvania- The plan is simplicity itself.
and could easily be accomplished IL Sen
ator Quay so desires II is TO have Gov
ernOr Penny" the press mueller. re-
sign his Office as the executive OF the
State with the understanding that Lieu
tenant Governor Brown, upon attaining
the Office of governor. should appoint
Pennypacker to the supreme bench
There is a vacancy on the tribunal
caused by the death OF Chief Justice
McConum. The story has not been veri-
fed, and no one knows whether IL
is true except senator Quay himself.
and he is not given 10 making his plans
and purposes public until they are fully
matured. IL is not unreasonable TO sup
pose. however, that the story may be
true.
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Political Gossip
Here and There
Babeock Has Opposition.

From Wisconsin comes the report that
opposition, which may or may not be Sc
rious. ia developing against Represen-
tative Joseph W. BabcOck. the chair
man OF the House District COMMITTEES
Tor number of years. and who Is like
ly TO I'll the same position in the IN
coming Congress. shortly after Con-
gress adjourned last March. Dir. Bah
cock announced that he would not again
be candidate for recollection from his
district. and allowed the Impression 10
be made that he wished to retire from
politics. II was sCrmised at the time
that Mr.. BabcOck had his eyes fixed upon
the seat in the Senate held by the Hon
Joseph " Quarles.
Recent developments in wisconsin,
however, have made it plain that Il
viii be an almost impossible task for
him to succeed Quarles. and he has le-
cided to hang on TO his Congressional
job. which seems to be certain so long
as he wishes to como 10 Congress. Polit-
zeal affairs are so confused in Wisconsin
on account of the outspoken attitude OF
Governor La Toilette. who is not in har-
mony with the big leaders Of the state.
that 1t is not the part OF wisdom for
one who Is secure in one position 10
abandon 1t and 60 forth to seek new
and greater honors. So II is with Rep
resentatixe Babcock. He Is not in SYM
patty with Governor LaFOllette. who. al
though he has all the big bosses
against him. nevertheless seems TO have
a tremendous hold upon the voters OF
the state. ana comes OF victorious in
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which IL was said had resulted in the
shooting down of several officers and
soldiers within the palace precincts. and
which had only failed 70 accomplish its
purpose owing to the fact that one OF
the ringleaders had at the last moment
become conscience-stricken and warned
the King. betraying his fellow-eonspir-
ators. The name OF this officer in ques-
ton was given as Colonel Luciano. and
it was added that he was in immediate
command OF the palace guard.
AS this story has received certain
amount Of publicity in this country. It
may be just as well to explain that the
whole affair is a gigantic hoax. which is
exciting mingled amusement and indig-
nation in Portugal. There has been No
plot OF the kind described. nor any fra
cas- in the palace. Nor Is there any Of
fcer or dignitary OF the court who bears
the name of Luciano.
The latter. however. is the name OF
one of the best known personaSes IN
Lisbon. He is the official rat-catcher.
Ever since the plague made its appear
ahce IN the foi IubueSS S9fiee-i 90
have been made to exterminate as far
as possible the rats of the metropolis.
since they are considered to be among
the principal spreaders OF the eontagion,
and a premium is accordingly given for
every rat killed. The premium is small
one. But such as it is it is sufficient
10 tempt Luciano, who spends his en-
Me In h.,
and has already tens OF thousands 10
his record. He is a popular character OF
the city. and since the publication OF
the story OF the conspiracy has been
dubbed the RAT Colonel"
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Quay and Penny Cousins.

Senator Quay and Governor Penny
packer are cousins, and IL is reasonable
governor referred TO him throughout
the campaign, would desire 10 sea
Penny safely shelved in life posi-
ton. Governor Pennypacker's inclina-
tons are judicial rather than admins
trative. He was taken from the bench.
where he made good judge. to become
more rOundly denounced by both parties
than any other man who ever held the
position which he now occupies. and not
without cause. Senator Quay is said 10
have consulted the governor in regard
to the matter. and the governor is al
ways favorably disposed toward that
which Cousin Matt" suggests
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New Marquis de MOres.

New Marquis de Mores.
Through the death of the old Duke OF
Yallombrosa in Paris his grandson
young Louis de Mores. who is now in
this country with the widowed Marqulse
de Mores and his sisters, becomes Duke
OF Vallombrosa and of Asinara. as well
as Marquis of Mores and of Mon Mayor
These honors and dignities are, strictly
speaking, Italian, having been conferred
by the rulers of Sardinia. and are only
French in that they have for three quar-
ters of a century been borne by noble
men who were French citizens and who
made their home in France. The new
duke has an American mother, the
widowed Marquise de Mores having been
prior to her marriage Medora II. Hof-
man. daughter OF Louis Hoffman. the
New York banker.
The duke is about eighteen years of
age has a sister OF nineteen. and
brother who is much younger than him
self. Their father. it may be remember
ed was murdered some five years ago by
the Tuareg Arabs just south of the
Tllnislan frontier. while endeavoring 10
cross the Sahara desert. for the purpose
OF joining the Khalifa at Khartoum. and
Of helping him to defeat the English and
Egyptians under Lord Kitchener
The late marquis. although a singular
~ handsome man. adept in all manly
exercises and sports. and who won wide
spread fame for himself in the West
ern States by his skill as a shot and his
entire fearIessness, was most unfortu-
nate in his financial undertakings. He
lost immense sums of money in con-
nection with the Union Generate smash
at Paris. and sank a great deal more in
his scheme of cooperative cattle breed
ing farms and slaughterhouses in this
country. while his ranching enterprises.
which won for him the name Of the
Cowboy Marquis" proved equally dis
astrOus. The closing years of his life
were spent in litigation with his father.
the late Duke Of Vallombrosa on the
subject of money matters. and in active
participation in the anti-JeWish crusade
in France.
II is doubtful whether the young duke
viii benefit 20 any extent financially by
the death Of his grandfather, which will.
however have the effect of preventing
his mother and sister from fulfilling
their plans OF taking an active part in
the New York season.
A short time 20 the European news
papers were filed with most sensational
stories concerning a military conspiracy
against the King and Queen of Portugal.
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The New York Times in connection
with the decision of the New Hampshire
supreme court in a Christian Science
case, expresses surprise that the court
should have been able to resist the dis
quieting influences Of Concord, where
queer things can happen to almost any
body" This sounds as If the Times"
had gotten Concord. n. H., where the
Concord coach is made, mixed up with
Concord. Mass, where the summer brand
of philosophy is made.
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The Study of Shorthand.
Stenography Is Less Valuable in Bust.
ness Than II Used to Be.


With the opening of the business
colleges and schools, many young peo-
pie are asking themselves, and THEN
friends and relatives, whether it j,
best for them to take mp the study of
shorthand. They are assured by ex-
perts that while large salaries are
within the reach Of the court reporter.
It takes several years practice to be-
come thus proficient, and even then
the opportunities are limited. They
also find that few successful clerks in
business houses know shorthand IN
anything but a superficial way, and
that success in business apparently
depends on something else.
All this Is true, and yet it does MOI
affect the real usefulness Of the study
of stenography in the least. Il only
indicates that young people without a
marked talent for this study would
better let il alone. Shorthand will
rot help a girl to get on in business ii
She is a poor speller, a bad gram
marian, an untidy accountant, or lack
ing in other essential business quail
ties. If she is all that a good secre-
tary should be, quick of hearing, deft
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

Some men marry to get over the expense Of
being engaged.
\ college education is good for a boy after
he RECEIVERS from il.
You can always make woman happy by re-
memhcring It was you who gave her an old
flower she treasures
How can ANYBODY expect a woman 60 enjoy
a comedy on the stage when her idea Of fun Re
going 70 a funeral?
II takes two women TO pick out a gate in @
railway station through which hundreds Of pas
sengers are trying 90 catch train for the
place 10 say good-by and load each other up with
messages 10 other people.
New York Press
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Economy Called For.
This Not the Time to Increase Salaries
of District Officials.

Of District Officials.
Mr.. Smith, the president of the
East Washington Citizens Associa-
ton, sounded a timely note of warn
ing in his address last night. This is
not the time, we agree in saying with
HIM, for increasing the salaries of
District employees. In view of the ex-
penditures for permanent improve
ments, to meet which the city has been
compelled to incur a heavy debt, the
practice of the strictest economy viii
be necessary for some years to come,
II we are TO maintain a reputation for
knowing how to cut our coat accord
ing to the cloth.
Nor do these demands for increased
pay strike us as coming with particu.
larly good grace from officials who
are part and parcel of that govern
ment, the shortcomings of which have
aroused the amusement, if not the in
dignation, of the taxpayers. Readers
ct The Times, certainly, have had am
PIE opportunity, within the last SIX
months, to judge for themselves
whether the District officials have. or
have not, performed their duties in
such manner as to commend them
to the taxpayers of the city as good
and faithful public servants. worthy
OF recognition and reward. The judg-
ment, If left to a vote of the taxpay-
crs, we fear, would be almost unani-
nous that they had not discharged
their duties either efficiently or even
lnteligently. Indeed, we should not
be surprised at all if the verdict were
that this District government is. or
was until very recently, one of the
most grotesquely inefficient municipal
governments the country ever pro-
oueed.
But among the many cries for al.
increase of pay. raised by different
officials of the District government,
none Is quite as impudent-impudent.
that's the word-as that raised by the
Superintendent of Insurance. That
Official, whose management, or. we
should rather say, lack of manage
lnent of his office was exposed in the
columns of The Times a few months
ago. has the effrontery to ask for al;
increase of s., 900 IN his salary. Our
morning contemporary, we note with
establishment, converts this demand of
the superintendent into an unselfish
refusal on his part to accept more for
the ensuing year than he drew in the
last. Just how the 'Post" was led
into committing this error we do not
know 1t is immateriaI, anyway.
The fact IS that Superintendent
Drake very loudly calls not only for
81 1000 more for himself, but also for
about $1,000 more for his Office. AL
together he calls for SI3,SO0 TO run
an Office which was IN existence eight
cen months before il could issue a IL
cense, and whose operations since
January /, 1902, the date of its birth.
are solemnly set forth in less than
four pages Of the Commissioners last
annual report In the present condi-
ton Of District finances. we submit.
officials Of line Drake type and depart
,nents such as his are Injuries we can
dispense with. President Smith is
night in demanding that these cries
for increased pay be ignored and that
the District government return to the
practice of the strictest economy.