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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-29

Il poets cannot do business. It Is q mat
ter of record that they can fight, and I
think that we are overconfdent IN the
assertion that has come SO frequently from
Washington that as long as the United
States Navy holds the sea and prevents
the embarkation Of Colombian troops the
people of Panama need have no fear OF
u land attack.
Armed forces have reached tho isthmus
before this. coming from the central Prov
inces by land via Tumaoo, and I think We
shall shortly see them doing so again
II We ignore the possibility Of such q
step. nothing would be easier than for q
small guerilla force to cut the Panama
Railway and cause untold damage
1t would, It is true, be well-nigh IMPOSE
BILE for a civilized army to make this jour
ney with ell its parsphernalia of transpor-
tation, but 1t should be remembered that
the armies which Colombia puts in the
field are not civilized, and that they can
subsist wherever there is any animal or
vegetable life.
The Colombian States have been so con-
stantly on a war footing for the last TWEEN
ty years that war has been tho almost ex-
elusive occupation of go many Colombians
that there are undoubtedly a. number of
plants in existence for the repair of rifles
and the manufacture OF munitions.
It should be borne in mind that mono Of
the revolutions that have ragged Zach In its
little day and generation has ever been
bottled up and entirely cut of from those
cunning cosmopolitan purveyors Of con-
traband of war who infest the Caribbean.
OF course. Colombia has never been
blockaded by such an efficient naval force
as We would have at our disposal should
the necessity arise, but the perfect knowl-
edge of the lay OF the land and the char
acteristic3 of the people which these
smugglers Of c~ontraband possess would get
past even the most efficient blockade.
Granting, however. that the whole Car
ibbean coast of Colombia, as well as the
hundreds Of miles of Pacific Coast, were
actually controlled, there are a dozen ways
the Colombians could obtain arms, some
of which / will mention.
And 1t should be borne in mind that the
Colombians require only rifles and cart
ridges; they can do very well without the
hundred and n other things which weigh
dow and handicap an army composed of
North Americans or Europeans.
Maracaybo would Immediately become. II
it is not already. a center of contraband
trade. Several important rivers which
empty into the Gulf of Maracaybo pene-
trate far into tho central Provinces of
Colombia. and We may rest assured that
every official in Venezuela, from orr
protege Castro down or up. will assist
the Colombians in any effort they may
make to attack Panam or to damage
American interests.
OF course. Colombian paper money is
not worth much, but the war smugslers
Of Curacao and Trinidad dc not want
money, or rather they nave plenty of 1t.
What they want are concessions and m3ns
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-29

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Some of the people who live on the high
plain of Bogota, with whom we are more
than likely TO become better acquainted
during the next few weeks, are very inter-
esting and highly cultivated.
Indeed. their capital, their ancient city,
away up in the clouds. Is known. and per-
haps Justly go. by the somewhat hack
peyed title Of the Athens of South Amer
ca.
Living as they do high above the sea,
his natural that they should shine rather
the builders OF lofty rhyme than as
eftch diggerA
Indeed. the traveller, whether he attempt
10 reach the poets nest by boat along
the swampy M~agdalena River, or By three
weeks muleback from Buena Ventura, on
ths Pacific coast. come, to the conclusion
that the BoEotanos are almost too sub
Umated for this vale of tears.
Be this as It may. 1t is a fact that the
only roads in tho country are tho mule
tracks and the goat trails which the Con-
Qutstadores b~equeathed to it
After decades OF discussion, which dates
from the days OF Bolivar the L!berator
and involves the diplomatic career of Will
Sam Henry Harrison. afterward President
Of the United States, and OF Caleb Cush-
ing. whose activity az Uncle Sans agent
was truly world wide. the site OF the pro-
posed canal would seem to have passed
irrevocahly out Of the hands of the people
OF Bogota.
1t would seem that a great historic mo-
ment. a political opportunity unparalleled.
a last chance TO get into the midst Of
things. has been lost, but this has befallen
government Of poetasters before. and
ebably will again. The President to-day
HSJose Maria Marroqufn, q sage, q philos-
opher and a discreet poet.
When once tie mobs that control the
streets of his elevated capital are Quelled
Marroquin will probably invite all the
rhynesters to a poetry party at the Falls
OF Taquendama, where the Icy water falls
300 yards from the cold country OF the
plain down into the warm. luscious coun-
try-the TERRA caliente-where there the
a trees and blue butterflies and palm
trees. with parrots perched upon them
talking 1uently. just as though they were
In the Congresso.
HOW PANAMA
WILL BE MISSED.
1t will be pleasant for the governmental
poets to dwell upon how much higher
their cataract is a Niagara, but it
won't quite replace Panama
We should go very gently with our
brother republicans In this matter, be-
cause their loss is not merely geographical
and political. but It is literary as well.
For instance, Panama, "the place of the
bgf4erfiies' in the Carfb tongue, has now
iHpeme the mart and workshop OF the
k1N&working. cadaverous Gringo. and, Of
! course. all mention OF 1t will have TO be
omitted from the Parnasso Colombiano.
ten portly tones. weighing nigh a ton, In
which all the Colombian poets are en-
shy1ned
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-29

It seems to me there is no. country better
situated for carrying, on a twenty or a
thirty years war, and, then. she has moth
ing else to do. II S
1t is perhaps an idle pursuit to speculate
as 70 whether Colombia will fight or not,
but I must say that I have. yet to meet
any one at all conversant with conditions
there who has any doubt that the upshot
of the present affair will he n war in
which we shall inevitably become involveu.
The following statement. however, writ
ten by Mr.. William l.. Scruggs. formerly
and for many years our diplomatic repre-
sentative in Colombia. sums up the e.lua-
ton. and it should be remembered 1t was
written before the question Of .tho canal
entered. upon its present lphnss. It states
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-11-29

This avenu Of c%ontraband we. could not
well shut off without holding the mouths
Of tho Orinoco. and, higher up, Ciudad
Bolivar itself. and II we did, this there
would still be twenty channels known to-
the smugglers through which rhe sogota
Government could be supplied.
I think It. may be accepted as a sfaetthat
it is incorrest toasay.;
as has been said.
- and upon such high
- authority, lin the
last few days. that
Colombia IL incapa-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-09
As Others See us.

They had dine1 we'll The cigars were
lighted and then the two men decided to go
to the hotel lobby and enjoy an after
dinner smoke. CHANGING at the order card.
which the waiter presented one of the men,
he placed a bill in the tray. and when the
change was brought he left liberal per-
centage for the man behind the apron and
the two strolled olt. "a
AS they were passing through the door
the one who paidefor the meal observed:
Ibid you ever wonder what those obse-
quious attendantsgwho, seem so anxious to
anticipate our waits and to serve us really
think of us? 1 haye IA doubt in my own
mind they have nsopleu classified according
10 the scale of the current coins Perhaps
they mentally size us up as soon as we
come in sight and fheranfter we are known
as quarter of dollai or fifty cents, or
perhaps a dollar
They are not interested in us or our well
what we pan out In hard cash.
ut would be rather surprising If 1t was
otherwise, don't you think SOP was the
response. 1.-The reahtiona In which we stand
towards the people who are employed in
aptly illustrated It seems to me, by SCRAP
of conversation which l overheard the
other day between two messenger boys.
.'One of them was evidently coming in
from delivering a message, when he met
an associate on an outward bound trim.
."How much was he, Jim? was the in
quiry.
s.And when the scornful burst Of laugh
ter had subsidized from the unsympathetic
questioner the boy went on to say:
- And he wouldn' T. have given me that
if he could have made the change
THE boys went on out of my hearing and
I lost what followed and which was un-
doubtedly an able disquisition on this par
ticular brand of human nature"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-09
A Legal Experience.
From the Green Bag,


Justice F. E. Duncan of Des Moines. Iowa.
gained some experience and incidentally
lost 81 to prominent criminal lawyer re-
Gently. The lawyer dropped into the JUS
tice court one day.
Are you ready to take up the Ada Halle
wood case?" asked the court
Didn't know it was set for today, re-
piled the attorney. Thought it was down
for tomorrow"
mo. it was set for today and the wit
nesses are here"
well, let's put it off until tomorrow
we are not ready" pleaded the lawyer.
Cant do that" ruled the court wen
take the states testimony today, and YOU
can put your witnesses on tomorrow"
But l don't want to dc that
well. you'll have to do it,"
Bet you a dollar you don't take the
states testimony" said the lawyer.
Guess we will II say so.''
rs the bet still good?
Yes; I'll take it,
And the money was put up.
1.-THE witnesses for the state in the case
against Ada Hazlewood will rise and be
sworn" ordered the court.
mo, you don't retorted the LAWYER
I'VE waive examination and will go to the
grand jury. Give me the two dollars
And the court turned over the money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-09
QUEER INVENTIONS.
Devices to Kill Insects and Prevent
Chickens From Scratching.

"a new invention for doing away with
moths and insects attracted at night by
lights has been patented by Virginian,"
said an official of the patent office. His in
vention embodies suitable source of HUI
mination for attracting the insects at night,
and a pan or receptacle containing a fluid
in which the insects are entrapped. 1t Is
customary to erect insect destroyers of this
type in an orchard or other location where
the moth flies and deposits it's eggs during
the night time, and to burn the illuminant
during a portion Of the night and then to
extinguish 1t. but so long as the illuminant
is burning brightly 1t attracts the insects
from distant points, which would not other
wise be present in the place which 1t Is de-
sired to protect. Then, when the light is
suddenly extinguished. the effect is worse
than IL the exterminator had not been in
operation. owing to the large number OF
insects that have been attracted to the
locality without being caught. 1t is also de-
sirable to avoid tending the experimentor
to extinguish it at certain hours of the
night. as. for instance, at moonrise. after
which time the device Is useless The OBJ
ject of this invention is to provide means
whereby the area of the attractive influence
of the insect destroyer may be gradually
diminished so that the device will discon-
tinue to draw from distant points but will
continue its attractive influence In its inc
mediate vicinity sufficient time to gather
in and destroy all of the insects that have
been attracted to 1t. A further object is TO
accomplish final extinguishment of the iIlu-
minant at a predetermined time and thus
save the waste without the necessity of at
tending the device after it is once set,
Another unique invention is that to con-
troll scratching chickens. 1t consists of a
small band or collar to go around his
roostership's leg. From this small stick ia
run back In such way as to rest on the
ground at the opposite end from tie
chickens leg. One of these go on each leg
When Sir Rooster goes to scratch In any
ladys garden he raises his foot but cam
not put 1t down without taking a step for
ward If he persists in his effort to scratch,
he will soon discover that the anti
scratcher has walked him step by step
clear out of the garden"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-09
Mobiles Who Come to Woo.

From the New York Mail and Express.
Just enough alliances between American
fortunes and European titles turn out well
in the conventional sense to give substance
to the good-natured wish, which undoubt-
-edly is entertained in the case of every
new alliance, that it viii be "a happy
match. Among the four score American
peeresses in the old world there may be
score of happy worfen-or rather of women
who have not been violently disillusioned.
For the most of these interna tional match
es. such as they are, American women
the mothers and daughters-are RESPONSE
Bile. 1.-THE old man. is usually Protestant,
but he does not run his own household
The mother and daughter take things out
of his hands. The responsibility Is theirs
and the suffering, If any. is theirs-the
mothers whose foolish dreams of admis-
sion into European society in her daugh-
ter's train lead her up squarely against the
blind wall of caste and privilege; the
daughters. whose vain, imperious young
will and confiding nature are brought into
contact with the realities that clearer
vision might have read between the lines
Of the ante-nuptiai dowry oontfAae
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-09
A Wide Awake Salesman.

There are some very enterpTising sales
men in this old town. remarked a young
department clerk to reporter for The
Star the other day. That new rain coat
you have on recalls to my mind one fell
low in particular who runs an establish
ment here and who takes all the cake and
what cold pie that isn't working when 1t
comes to getting rid of STOCK continued
the young man, who always has money
the LIST and 18th of each month as a result
OF his connection with the work of Uncle
Sam.
mans store and paid little bill / owed
him and then started for the street door,
when he stopped me with a pleasant re-
mark. l paused with the intention of be-
ing polite and he asked me If there wasn't
something else l wanted. l tried to assure
him there was nothing I wished for. but
he wasn't satisfied. There was nice-look-
ing raincoat hanging on a frame and that
furnished him clue for fastening it upon
me.
This is just what you want he be-
gan, convincingly taking up the skirt of
the coat to show its good qualities
IT differed with him and declared that I
had an old one and would have to make
1t do for the season, but the fellow kept
right after me and finally began to weak
en- under his argument At last fell back
on the beaten customers last resort and
declared that l had no money.
He looked at me with an expression on
his face denoting that / had wounded him
deeply in even suggesting that the finan-
cial part of the matter was any consider
alton to him. and then said affably:
That's all right; you re good as money
in the bank with me-
II told him l didn't know when could
pay for 1t, but he declared that it made no
difference to him If I never paid for it.
He was tired of seeing the coat hanging
around; it was in the way and took up too
much room. 1t might better be doing some
one some good than hanging around In
the store. l could pay him for 1t whenever
l got ready. and take plenty of time about
IL. too.
We'll. of course. I took the coat Wore 1t
home and congratulated myself on having
such good friend in business here who had
so much confidence in me-
Il wore the new coat down to the office
next morning. When / reached my desk
the messenger told me there was a man
waiting to see me, 1 went out in the
corridor. The fellow handed me slip of
paper, and to my intense surprise and
other things. found it was a bill for S25
for that blankety blank raincoat 1 had
walked away with the night before.
did I say anything Well, didn't I say
something! / sent word by the collector
that l would call at the store in the even
ing. When / got there the proprietor was
out, but I told his working force what L
thought of him in language both violent
and expressive. Then / took off the rain
coat and threw it on the counter and made
the clerk give me receipt for it, No
more of that mans goods for me-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-09
A Just Cause.
From Life.

from LIE.
Gentlemen. it isn't fair to tax
me on one thousand dollars worth of fur
niture'
Tax commissioner-"It's the same as
last year
But since then I've had a baby, and the
furniture deprecated fully one hundred per
cent"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-09

Mrs. Chatterton-"Bridget that pitcher
you broke this morning belonged to my
great grandmother"
Bridget (relieved)-"Well. Dim glad ov
thot. Sure. OF was afrod it was somethin'
yeZ had just bought lately. Puck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-09

The canaries OF Germany excel all other
canaries as singers. One has been known
to continue a single trill for minute and
a quarter, with twenty changes OF note
In II u ....s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-09
Some Family History.

From the Chicago Tribune.
She had fifteen million dollars,
Placed In bonds. and shares. and rents:
He had fifteen million dollars,
So they me.ged their sentiments.
Now they've raised q son who's valued
At exactly thirty cents:
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1903-09-24
DR ROB. HAASE
QGrmenoe G3eferosmonitratipnen

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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1903-09-24
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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1903-09-24

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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1903-09-24
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