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Mower County transcript., 1904-09-14
GOOD GOVERNMENT
QUALITY INSPECTED.
MEAT 7
The Strike Us; Is: II! n fact ss:sss ss;: our

are much lower now than they have
been for years. OUR LOW PRICES
will interest the economical buyer.
Mower County transcript., 1904-09-14

S1O.5O To St. Louis and Return
Via Chicago Great Western
~ H.. Railway. --.s
Tickets on sale August 18th and 29th;
September 18th and Goth. For further
information apply to any Great West
ern Agent or J. P. Elmer, G. P. A.,
Chicago, Ill. ..1.-.
Mower County transcript., 1904-09-14
NOVEMBER.
(Incomplete.l

2.-Conventions, Kings Daughters
and Sons, and National Humane so
ciety.
3.-Collegiate Alumni association
5.-Missouri University Day.
7-Interscholastic Football Games;
Southern Breeding Cattle exhibit in
Live Stock section, closes Novem
Der II. r..
TO- College Relay Racing.
12.-- College Football. . s.
Is. brooklyn Day.
16.-Association Football. ....
y. Cross County Championships.
18.-Association Football.
q. Interscholas Football.
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BIG DAYS AT FAIR.
MANY FEATURES PLANNED FOB
ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION.
Events Of Worldwide Importance
Crowd One Another on Programme
Nations, States and Cities
Secure Assignments.

Each OF the remaining days of the
Worlds Fair season has a programme
filed with special events that offer ad-
ditional attractions for late visitors.
National and state governments, NUM-
cipalities, secret societies, trade organ
izations and college frasernities have
arranged to participate in the special
days allotted to them, and thousands
of persons will be drawn to the
Worlds Fair upon these occasions.
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RAILWAY ASSOCIATION
HOLDS STAG SOCIAL
General Harries Addresses and En-
courages the Men.

About two hundred members Of the
Washington Railway Relief Association
were entertained at a stag social last
night, which was given by the Wash
ington Railway and Electric Company
at the club rooms Of the company. 9i4
+ Street.
The program, which consisted largely
OF musical numbers. was manifestly ap-
preciated by the persons present, as
every number received a second or
third call. Light refreshments and ci-
gars were in abundance
Both Gen. George II. Harries, vice
president Of the Washington Railway
and Electric Company, and J. T. Moi
felt, superintendent of transportation
of the same road, spoke. General Har-
Ties encouraged the attendance Of the
members 10 the club rooms and request
house committee to assist ia securing
new members. He also assured them Of
his good viii and assistance at any time
and expressed his confidence in the in
telligence, fidelity. and honesty Of the
men who handle the cars for the COM
pany.
Among the most pleasing selections Of
the evening Were a mandolin solo by
Webster De Loss and Prof. Arthur E.
Hundt. whose violin solo in the dark
was the star event of the evening.
dience greatly by his dialect stories
The others who I participated We're
Frank RabStack, baritone singer: VIII
liam a. Morsell coon songs: Arthur
Middleton, bass solos, and Harry Han
lein, coon songs
The Washington times., 1904-03-11

a serious, even tragic calamity. THIS
Senator must perforce be considered
poker player. sport" and pro-
fessional politician, and frequenter
of saloons, because he associates with
men who might be so considered.
How is a Jekyll and Hyde type of
Senator like this to analyze his char
acter, and understand, in the words
of the Watson whom those words
made famous, where he is ~ Is
not Senator Hoar, IN the light of all
these possibilities, morally bound to
investigate either himself or his the
DRY and see which it is that is shakV
on the foundations
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they climbed the branches and made
playhOuses among its roots and pillar
ed props, and as young men and women
they gave afternoon teas and picnics
there, or eongregated in the evening
with all the young people of the neigh
borhood, to sing and talk and swing
in the hammocks.
One lovely moonlight evening we had
been dancing on the veranda to the ac-
compartment Of singing voices. A few
couples still fingered in the garden
paths; we could. hear their murmuring
voices above the tinkle of the fountain.
Several men-of-war were in port. and
some Of the younger officers We're of
the party; there was also Count InOya,
an attache of the japanese legation.
and several Honolulu young men who
could be distinguished by each carry
ing a tiny guitar, or taro patch, as we
called II, slung by a ribbon across his
shoulder.
The shade was dense under the ban
yam tree, ana the cigarettes burned
here and there in the darkness ike
glowing worms; beyond the garden lay
under the brilliant moonlight still as
a painted picture.
Some way the conversation. always Of
the Iightest, turned upon clothes. We
asked Count Inoya how he could bear TO
wear our ugly uniform wAen he was
used to the beautiful japanese cos
tunes. He surprised US by saying that
European clothes had been worn in
Japan ever since he could remember.
The kimOEo, he said, was used only as
a dressing gown.
Willie was swinging In a hammock.
You should see me in Chinese clothes"
he said. You wouldn't know me-"
Did you ever wear them" ! asked
Don't tell that story" 1t was
slim, dark girl who spoke. Lulu Rod
riguez. a half caste Portuguese and Ha-
waiiau, the most beautiful type in the
world. Lulu had eyelashes so thick and
black and long that her great eyes
looked almost as If they We're painted
her skin was of the clearest yellow. like
old ivory. and she had masses of thick.
wavy black hair and a figure OF abso-
lutte perfection.
II don't wonder you are ashamed OF
that story" WING said. but I'm going
to tell it all the same. You know my
father intended me for the diplomatic
service in China, and if I went there. OF
course 1 should have TO wear Chinese
clothes. 1 had never done so. They are
as strange TO me as they would be 10
you. When 1 was at Yale. of course, 1
dressed like the other fellows. only 1
wore my hair long-I'H tell you why
later. on my way home I met a lot Of
nice girls who came on board the steamer
at San Francisco. Some Of them We're
coming down to see the islands. and one
was On her way home from school. She
was a lovely Hawaiian, known to you
all by the name of Lulu Rodriguez"
1T Is a very tiresome story" muir
INJURED a sugar sweet voice in the dark
ness.
They were all awfully nice to me-
While went on. especially Lulu. You
were-you know you were. he added in
an entirely different voice. i chummed
The Washington times., 1904-03-11
The Hoar Theory.
The Possible Variations and Develop
ments of II.

ments of II.
In connection with the Smoot, or
Smith, investigation-thus far there
is more Smith than Smoot about it
Senator Hear asks the following
question:
IF a member of this body had as
his associates twelve men who were
eounterfeiters, even though he him
self was an honest man, in inquiring
into the fitness Of that man for mem
bership in this body, would it not be
proper to determine the character and
business of his associates, and his re-
lations to them?"
This Is an Interesting theory, and,
though put IN the form Of a question,
evidently voices Senator Hears con
vietions on the subject. 1t opens
some rather fascinating fields Of dis
cussion. For example, here is a prob
lem which might arise if one were
steadfastly determined TO follow such
a theory. Senator Clark would have
been compelled 20 give up his seat If
he had not resigned, because Of his
connection with corruption in Mon
tana politics. He being unfit TO act as
Senator, ought not the eighty-ninc
Senators who associated with him on
apparently equal terms to investigate
their conduct and expel themselves
The mugwamp reasons himself out of
political parties in this way, and it Is
much to be feared that Senator Hoar,
despite the surprising acrobatic agili-
~ he has sometimes shown in getting
into line on party questions, is yet a
mUgwump at heart.
Again, suppose a Senator never was
known to 20 anywhere save to his
] business and to church and prayer
meeting, he would be associated, at
least out Of business hours, with a
most gOdly and conscientious class Of
people, and must therefore be consid-
cred godly and conscientious even as
were his associates. In the Senate
however, he would be associated, it Is
to be feared, with men who occasion
ally play poker, the races, and poll
tics in its less altruistic founs, and TO
whom the absolute prohibition of the
sale of liquor in Washington would be
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ished no matter what their victims
might desire, but both the Justice and
the prudence Of this course may well
be doubted. The insensate cry for
vengeance, irrespective of anything
but the evil which happens to result
from an act, is akin to the lynching
spirit, and essentially immoral, be
cause it implies that the crime is to
be judged not by the criminal intent.
but by consequences unforeseen and
unattended. Ii would punish the boy
who accidentally shoots his comradc,
or the half-insane vagrant who sets
fire to a building, and pass over de-
iberate and malicious but less sensa
tional offenses with indifference.
Emotion and justice were not meant
to 60 together.
Again, those who hold such a view
lose sight of the fact, which stands as
the chief obstacle in the way of col
iege discipline, that very little can be
done by the faculty to give a college
the right sort of spirit without the
cooperation of the students. Failure
to recognize the students point OF
view in this case would have aroused
an antagonism to the college govern
ment which would have been bad for
discipline, and served no good end.
The time-honored system obtaining N
the English public school, of making
"the Sixth" responsible for general
good order and the tone of the
schools, might with advantage be
studied in most American colleges.
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tell you they cost a pretty penny; the
silk would stand alone.
las for me, you never saw such a
transformation in your life. I think I'm
more like my mothers people in looks.
but every drop OF Chinese blood showed
I'D when I put those clothes on 1t took
a lot of courage, I can tell you, 10 walk
in and face those girls. I had waited so
long that they were all there. Usually
I was greeted with exclamations and
jokes, but this time there was dead
silence. 1 took my seat and looked
around. At first they seemed stricken
dumb"
I'VE didn't know who on earth IT
was, said Miss Rodriguez in the dark
ness. AT first we thought a stranger
had taken Willies place-a strange
Chinaman-"
Then" said Willie. ST asked for the
salt, and there was an awe-stricken
sigh. They couldn't get over IT,
Wouldn't have minded the others. but
Lulu knew me when was q kid and
for her 10 sheer Off
But you looked so different. Willie.
said Lulu; he looked 50 solemn and
| Oriental. and il was worse when ne
played the banjo-it didn't seem 10 har-
Why didn't you go into the dipIo-
matte service2' 1 asked.
Because I wouldn't wear those
I ttOLAlCcs S--lu " ire. rather and ]
/ had some solemn talks. 1t took all the
courage / had. but / stood out. or
course ne would have had his own way
! IN the end-he always dOes-if il hadn't
been Tor my brother Ling who came
over from China-he's my haIf-brothe..
you know; his mother was Chinese. II
| seems he takes 10 diplomacy like a duck
/ 10 water and he proposed that 1 should
assume the business % the firm and
leave him free for the service. and 20
/ that satisfied US all around
And what about the girls from San
FranciscOg asked the midshiDnan, who
/ was lying prone at Betty An SOO's feet.
| he always complained that ais quarters
! on shipbOard were so cramped that he
never had chance 10 mDemd his legs,
and demanded the right 10 sprawl on
| the grass or the floor and lie at full
| length on sofas and divans unrebuked.
| They wouldn't come around. said
! Willie; mot even when my hair grew
out, and 1 went to the palace balls in
my dress suit. They Were polite. OF
| course, but shere was always a con-
( straint. till I was glad when they packed
| of home. Lulu wouldn't look at me for
| a month.
| We We're interrupted here by cheer
/ ful call of supper" from the house.
/ and troOpad into the dining-roOm. where
/ the long table was laid out with salads
| and game and ices. The servants had
/ disappeared, so we all waited upon our
| selves and each other in the cheerful
4 informal fashion of the house. The mid
had OVerrun is mess account and had
been reduced in consequence to q diet
| Of bread and jam for the last week. He
| smiled as he cut into the cold pigeon pie
Where IS Willie2" some one asked.
And LuluE' / said-which was stupid
Of me.
Don't you know" said Betty An
| 500. They are engaged"
The Washington times., 1904-03-11
THE CPOCUS.

IThey appeared on the eastern slopes
Of the White House grounds today.I
Above the sod I'll raise my head"
Is what a yellow crocus said;
Though winds were cold and trees were
bare.
And sparkling snowfiakes filled the air
Il see the pussy-willows look
From their retreat beside the brook;
When they are dressed IN tassals gay
Spring cannot be SO Tar away.
The sun has been a-teasing me,
For several days TO come and see;
So ! Just veEtured forth today;
1 like it-and I guess I'll stay"
d. j. Z.
Washington. D. c., March 10. 1904.
The Washington times., 1904-03-11
THE
PERSONAL
SIDE
Nephew of Ambassador Du.
rand to Learn Farming.
Senator Foster Has Hay
on Hand. -.


Representative c. 3. Lands of In
diana was once a French student. He
is himself authority for the statement
that he studied the language three
months when in college In Indiana and
got along to a point where he knew
French when he saw it on a bill of fare.
The progress made by the class is still
subject Of comment at the college re-
unions, where it is related that one
morning, in response TO a broadside Of
pure Partisan fired at him by the pro-
fessOr, one Of the class, Joe Anderson,
fiuently responded, "Qui, qui, mozier, -
giving the ~ IN "qui" the long sound.
In the course Of the three months the
class read that touching French story
that tells of a prisoner who tenderly
cared for a delicate flower that sprang
up near the window Of his cell and
which grew until by its vine the pris-
oner was enabled TO let himself down
to the ground in safety. In common
with some of his colleagues, young Ian
dis had a pony" To the pony he
applied himself so assiduously that he
was able TO translate with ease. With
his reading went an abundance Of en-
ergetic gesture
Not so earnestly. Mr.. Lands. not
quite so earnestly" the professor would
caution.
Professor. 1 am so carried away by
the spirit OF this story that forget my
self 1t seems Impossible for me to
read it any other ay."
And the young man, having been
given time by the professors Interrupt
ton TO get a fresh grip on the pony"
would again reel of a series Of SEN
fences in classic language accompanied
by another display Of gesture.
The Washington times., 1904-03-11
THE EVENING STORY
UNDER THE BANYAN
Bp LSOBEL STRONG.

Willie All 500 was the son Of a CHI
nese merchant in Honolulu. His mother
was a half caste Hawaiian, and his
grandfather a Yankee skipper. He had
been educated in America, at Yale Uni
versity, and he played the banjo. sang
college songs, wore his hair long, dressed
in European fashion, and spoke English
perfectly. He had the yellow Chinese
color. but the Hawaiian strain showed
in his beautiful eyes and his love Of
gayety and fun. He had Chinese pa
thence and industry. Yankee shrewdness
and humor, and a Hawaiian's gentle
hearted kindness"
I'm a strange mixture" he said TO
me once. Suppose 1 represent a dollar
Fifty cents of me is pure Chinese, thirty
cents Hawaiian, and twenty cents
American. And sometimes l feel as
though that twenty cents worth was
the strongest ingredient OF the mix
turei''
Willie had half a dozen pretty sisters,
and the big house in the valley was the
rendezvous of half the young people of
Honolulu. 1t was a large, imposing
place. with wide verandas and sur
rounded by handsome grounds. Indoors,
it was strangely furnished. with chairs
and SidebOards that had come from
America in sailing ships around the
Horn. modern rocking chairs. grand
piano, curious black. carved Chinese
tables and benches, and rick silk hang
ings OF Oriental design. There were
charcoal portraits of Mrs. All 500 3
Yankee father and Hawaiian mother.
and a painting Of Mr.. All 500 in full
mandarin costume.
Out of doors. the grounds were laid
out in forma fashion. with the hibiscus
bushes clipped to represent umbrellas
ana mammoth hats. There were many
tamarind trees. ohia india rubber, and
giant bamboo, but the pride Of the gar
den was the old banyan. This was as
large as a house. and its curious roots
grew downward from the branches, CIV
ing it the appearance of rooms. The
All 500 children had been brought up
from infancy under it's shade. sleeping
In hammc cks or crawling about on the
darn, dry leaves; when a little older,
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IN with them in great shape. We sang
college songs on deck in the moonlight.
You know how lovely the Pacific IS be-
tween here and the east. Then we had
private theatricals. an impromptu bail.
and all sorts Of larzs. / changed my
seat at the table 20 De near the girls,
and you may be sure that was the
liveliest part of the ship. The night be-
fore we reached home I went to my
cabin. You know 1 told you 1 had worn
my hair long I did so that I could
braid II in a queue. The barber shaved
my head. and I put on a fun suit OF
Chinese clothes that 1 had bought in
San Francisco. Father had given me
my instructions. and you who know
An 500 know that there isn't any back
talk to what he says. He had even
written 10 San Francisco to a merchant
friend Of his about my clothes, and 1
The Washington times., 1904-03-11
Foster in a Quandary.

Senator Foster OF Washington is tell
ing a good one on himself arising from
the letting Of a Government hay con-
tract. quantity of hay for the mill
tary posts out on the coast was adver-
tised for by the quartermaster's depart
ment of the War Department. Samples
OF eastern Washington, Oregon and Cali
fornia hay were submitted oy different
contractors. The lowest bid was on
California hay, and a California man
got the contract. This aroused the
Washington bidders and they set up the
claim that they were really entitled to
the contract as the Washington hay was
by far the best.
In order TO settle it, samples of hay
from each State were sent TO Senator
Foster by some Of his constituents. The
samples were not bales, bat they came
near being of that size. The samples.
IN the form of a huge bundle, arrived at
Senator Fosters hotel recently. Incl
dentally there was $3.50 in express
charges due and this Mrs. Foster paid.
Not knowing the Senator was in the
hay business. she concluded the pack
ages OF hay contained valuables and set
a servant TO work TO dig into them TO
find the contents When the Senator
got to the hay samples he found the
Washington hay mixed with the Oregon
brand and the California article inter
mingled with that from the other States,
so that il was impossible 10 tell from
what locality any part of the prOyender
came. All the Senator knows about the
samples is that they cost him $3.50. He
is thinking of doing his duty and for
warding the entire mass of hay 10 the
quartermaster general, with the request
that he set his experts to work to I'M
ravel the mystery
The Washington times., 1904-03-11
Sir 6Nortfmer's 6ephezu.

Sir Mortimer Durand, the British am
bassador, has other interests in America
besides his official position here. This
was disclosed the other day when a
young man arrived at the British en-
bassy VINO was affectionately greeted by
the ambassador and was given a seat OF
honor at the family table. The young
man was the ambassador American
nephew, Edward Durand who is attend
ing school at Blacksburg, Va.
This school makes a speciality of teach
ing farming, and it is this particular
branch which young Edward is study
ing. He IS nineteen years of age and
sturdily built Il is his intention to take
up farming as a profession, and he viii
probably remain in this country.
The Washington times., 1904-03-11
Why Do the Heather Rage2'
Sulphurous Language Used in Connec-
ton With the Payne Report.

Says the Hon. Charles Henry
Grosvenor, of Ohio, speaking of Post
master General Payne's report: at
was conceived in iniquity, born in sin,
and has travelled its course until 1t
has struck the public Of the United
States as a great attack on body Of
men as free from wrong-doing, cor
ruption, crime, and irregularity az
any equal number of men on the face
of the earth"
Says the Hon. Ebenezer J. Hill Of
Connecticut, addressing himself to the
same subject "That document is the
production of a liar and a scoundrel."
Says the Hon. William Walton
Kitchin, of North Carolina, discuss
ing this all-absorbing topic: 1T Is an
attempt, in my judgment, to black
mail Congress, to silence Congress.
and to silence the country; 1t Is a spe-
cies of intimidation"
We ventured TO express the opin-
ion, the other day, that much of the
work performed by certain members
of Congress IN the departments was
that of "errand boys" We now has
ten to add that the language quoted Is
likewise that of ''errand boys" 1t Is
worse, perhaps; but we fOrbear de-
scribing the speakers by the word
mentioned in holy writ, for We are
unwilling to incur the danger of hell
fire. Yet are we unable to repress the
query: "Why do the heather rage p
Why, indeed2
The Washington times., 1904-03-11
SENATOR QUAY'S HEALTH
IN SERIOUS CONDITION
Goes to Philadelphia to Consult Physi
cian-Appears Feeble to Friends
Who See Him.

PHILADELPHIA. March Hunted
States Senator Quay arrived In this city
last evening 20 consult his physician
In spite Of the reports that the Senator
had benefited by his recent trip to Flor
ida. he appeared feeble
Although protesting 10 inquiring friends
that he was feeling all right, the Sena-
tors appearance was against him. II Is
said that he has lost weight steadily.
and that he has been growing weaker
IN the last month or two.
Senator Quay refused 10 see reporters
last night. a few Of his personal and
political friends who called at the Ho-
tel Walton, We're admitted to his apart
ments. He retired early.