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The Washington times., 1904-01-31

NEW YORK. Jan. 30.-Rarely has
such commotion been observed on the
pier of any big steamship company as
was caused this morning on that of the
American Line by the delayed arrival Of
his excelleucy All Asghar Khan Atabek
Asan. grand vizier of Persia.
The steamship Philadelphia upon
which the Persian potentate Ind his
gorgeous rotinue Of big khans. and mid
die-sized khans as well, had engaged
passage. was due to sail at $50 a. IN. to-
day. This fact was explained with some
emphasis 20 the grand vizier and his
following last night at the Waldorf by
Ali KUli KERN Khan. the vizier's pri-
vate secretary.
Know. oh. most powerful and
blessed, said Kuli, prostrating himself
before the vizier. that the ships of
these strange people sail at the hour ap-
pointed. and so small is their regard for
even the Favored Of the Gods. oh. Light
of Persia. that If thou do0t delay thou
arrival for so little as the space of but
one hour they will sail without thee
The gra I'D vizier frowned. and. bidding
Kuli rise. said he would remember. But
alas. how can we. to whom hour-glasses
serve for stop watches. be expected to
run on standard time?
HIS Oriental Hustle.
Thus IL befen that after the old ihans.
and young khans. and middle-s ged
khans as well. had. beedful CT IIuli
Keri Khan's warning, got early 20 the
The Washington times., 1904-01-31
THE
PERSONAL
SIDE
vARILLA WITHOUT FEAR.

Yes" and no are words which NJ
Bunau-Narilla, the Panama minister
has not Incorporated in his vocabulary.
lie never gives a direct answer and
usually speaks in parallels He has not
been disturbed in the least by the critI-
clsm which Senator Morgan and other
Democrats in Congress shower upon him
When his character was attacked bit
terly a few days ago by a weIl-known
newspaper and his career I'm Panama
was reviewed in = most unfavorablt
manner, he simply smiled.
To prominent 'official who inquired
about the harsh denunciation and show
ed willingness to hear what NJ. Bunau
Narflla would do about the article. tn,
minister replied:
When the snake bit the file you know
what happened 10 the snake"
The Washington times., 1904-01-31
The Good Roads Movement.
Governor Odell Refuses Appropriation
for This Purpose.

The representatives of fifty Good
Roads associations, who recently
called on the President to discuss the
subject of the improvement of the
highways, found in him a sympathetic
advocate of their cause They want
or at least some Of them want-na-
tional aid for this purpose. To this
the President naturally did not COM
NIT himself. But one reason why
these associations are asking for ma
tional aid may be suggested by the
fact that Governor 0dell recently We
toed a bill for an appropriation of
100000 for this purpose, although
there is no doubt that every cent of 1t
was needed to make the roads of New
York State what they ought TO be.
If the separate States cannot OF
viii not improve the roads, ought the
Government to take up the matter and
see that they are improved? That Is
the question which is likely 10 come
up in the near future.
One would suppose that the various
localities in which the roads are to be
improved would be sufficiently alive tC
their own interests to do the work
But it must be remembered that this is
a large country, and that the number
of inhabitants IS small in proportion
to the size of territory over which
roads extend. Moreover, some of the
regions in which roads are imperative
ly needed are inhabited by people who
are not financially able to stand the
cost of the improvements. In some
States every man is obliged either tC
pay a road tax or give a certain
amount of time to road improvement
This work usually has TO be done 1usl
at the farmers busiest time, and it j
difficult for him to hire men to do hi:
own work, without bothering about
State Jobs. In these States the people
are naturally reluctant 10 vote none!
out of their own pockets for the i'm
provement of the highways, wiler
they see no reasonable prospect o.
getting it back. The most dificui
and expensive jobs of road mendinl
are often in places where nobod,
comes more than once or twice week
and the travel over these roads Nigh
go on hundred years without paying
for the cost of keeping them in order
There is no doubt that model road
all over the country would in tim
tend TO the advancement of eiviliza
ltion. and the improvement Of tn
whole country, and that the people o
the whole country would profit there
by. but mankind is VIGOROUSLY reluc
tant to sacrifice the bird in the ham
for the bird in the bush.
The Washington times., 1904-01-31
HAS TO DECLINE
MANY INVITATIONS
President Roosevelt Cannot Attend
Commencement Exercises.

President Roosevelt is daily flooded
with invitations which he is compelled
to refuse. Yesterday he received two in
vitations TO attend commencement ex-
ercises at State universities.
Senators Scott and Elkins presented
DR.. d. B. Purinton. president of the
University OF West Virginia, who asked
the President TO the commencement.
June 16. Senator'S Proctor and Dilling-
ham presented DIR. Buckingham. presi-
dent of the Vermont University and
also Prof. George f. Howes and State
Senator Hill. of Buffalo. who invited the
President to the commencement OF the
Vermont institution July 8.
The Washington times., 1904-01-31
J. PIERPoNT's MISTAKE.

One day last week ]. Pierpont Morgan
ran over to Washington for few hours.
He dined at the Arlington Hotel with
Senator Aldrich. chairman Of the Senate
Committee on Finance. When Mr.. Nor
gan left the dining room he stepped TO
the hall rack and picked up silk hat.
Placing it on his head he felt il was
much too small for him. An attendant
Tafts hat"
Who? Taft" said Morgan. Where
is he?' and, laughing over the incident,
he went to take a look at the former
governor
The Washington times., 1904-01-31
llTTLEFIELD MAY
SOON QUIT THE HOUSE
Representative Finds That Little Is
Accomplished in Congress.

1t lis current gossip here that Charles
E Littlefield will not remain long in
Congress. preferring to return TO prac-
tice as a lawyer. with his home and
headquarters in Boston.
1t is noted that Mr.. Littleheld, while
recognized as in the front rank for
ability in the House. has taken a much
less prominent part in the proceedings
during the last two years than when
he first came
II is believed that he is somewhat
disappointed because of the ineffective
ness of the work OF the House OF Rep
resentatives by comparison with the
Senate. He has little chance of sue
ceeding either of the present Senators.
The Washington times., 1904-01-31
CHINESE LIKELY TO BE
SENT INTO TRANSVAAL

LONDON, Jap. 30.-The report of the
Transvaal Labor Commission, which
was appointed some time ego 10 in
vestigate labor conditions I'm South
Africa, the claim having been made that
there were not enough men there to
work the mines, and that Chinese labor
would have TO be imported, was issued
today.
The majority OF the members of the
commission state that there Is sum
Client black labor I'm the Transvaal for
all purposes, while the minority report
says the reverse. 1t is now left to the
government to decide whether or not
Chinese shall be imported.
The Washington times., 1904-01-31
Children's Literature.
A Misconception of a well-Meant
Suggestion.


Miss Mary B. Lindsay, a Western
writer on educational matters, recent
" made the innocent little suggestion
that children, instead of being fed on
fairy tales, should be made familiar
with some Of the worlds good litera.
ture. This expression of opinion was
met with a storm of protest. Take
the fairy-tale away from the child
and make it a dreadful little prig !
Neverl How could such a thing be
thought of!
1t is rather funny, when one comes
&c think of it, but in the discussion of
the child problem, the race problem,
the problem Of education, and some
like difficulties now confronting civil
lied humanity, there seems to be al
most no disposition to find out what
the persons to be benefited by the so
luton Of the problem would really
like, and give it to them. 1t Is so
much more comfortable to settle
everything by rule, and say that the
person whose development is under
consideration ought to have this and
that, and do the other thing, for his
own good The fact is, however, that
the average human being knows what
is good for him at least as well as
anybody can tell him, and if his eff
forts to secure this good thing are
sometimes unfortunate, it is too often
because the thing which he really
wants Is not within reach, and he is
obliged TO accept some more or less
6eleterious substitute. For example
there was a time, not so many years
ago, when the love Of children fo1
csndy was regarded as an evidence OF
total deprayity, or something of thai
kind; and weird stories were told OF
the poisonous eolorings and white
earth authorizations IN candy, and tn
Ill health Of children who were IN
judieiOusly presented with candy
money. A good deal Of this was true
But when the conscientious parent
strove to keep the child from eating
any kind of sweets, as some parent,
did, and TO make it content with the
proportion Of sugar which would sat
isfy grown person, a real law Of ma.
ture was disregarded. Physician.
now recognize the fact that tn,
cbild's craving for sweets is natura
and wholesome, and that it needs, fol
It's health, more sweet food than ar
odult. The wise parent now allowi
The child an extra allowance of pure
sugar in some form, and most chi
dren, if accustomed to good candy
aud pure sweets, viii not enjoy The
The Washington times., 1904-01-31
Persian Grand Vizier
Holds Up Ocean Liner
Slept at WaIdorf-Astoria While the Phiadel-
phia Awaited Him--AttendantS We're
All on Edge.

pier and had marched solemnly aboard.
Ali Ashgar Atabek Asam, the king
khan. had not appeared
The hour Of sailing approac ed-and
the grand vizier did not. Some OF the
khans began to worry. others to fret
and fume: a few khans even became
cantankerous. and were with difficulty
restrained from thinking reasonable
things of his excellency. To pacify them
Ali Bayos .9azook. the court astrologer
and official clairvoyant. poured little
ink into the palm of his hand and went
into a trance.
Allah Be Praised.
Aha" he exclaimed, gazing into the
ink. Allah be praised. He is even now
leaving the hotel see the menials bow
ing to him. He gives them backsheesh-
a gold piece 10 each one. They look dis
satisfied: their salaaming ceases He en-
tiers the coach.
Exhausted. Ali Bazook paused. The
Ehans poured out upon the pier. They
besought Kui Ke-i Khan to speak into
the rubber doorknob and learn IL All
Bazook spoke truly. Kuli did so; he
learned that of a truth the vizier had
left the Waldorf. Manager Kirk was APP
peaIed to to hold the ship. He consented.
This quieted the retinue. They breathed
more freely, and. led by Ali BazooS
Bazan. the tall khans. and snort khsns
and medium-sized k,Isns as well. troop
cd on board again. Only All Kuh Kerr
Khan stayed behind 10 welcome his au-
gust master.
The Washington times., 1904-01-31
RUSSIAN STUDENT
ExllED TO SIBERIA

ST. PETERSBURG. Jan. S6-Two
years Imprisonment and perpetual exile
TO Siberia is the sentence imposed on a
Moscow student named Andreieff for as
saulting a Russian general in the streets
OF Kazan
There goes the cockaded scamp; those
generals are all rascals,'' shouted An
dreiefr. who accompanied his insults
with blows on the officers back.
The sentence of imprisonment and
exile was passed by what is known as
administrative order" used in cases Of
special emergency
The Washington times., 1904-01-31
IOWA BRYANITES
REPURiATE SILVER

DIES MONIES. Jan. 3o.-'No hight
should be made in the next Stals con-
vention or in the national convention for
the reaffirmation Of the 16 TO plank i.
the Kansas City platform"
This statement was issued at the close
of a conference of twenty-five leaders
OF the silver and Bryan wing of the
Democratic party In Iowa. IL was de-
clared TO be the consensus Of opinion of
those present II was the unanimous
opinion. however, that the platform of
the national convention should be writ
ten by the friends and supporters of the
last national platform
The Washington times., 1904-01-31
MORGAN NOT TO
LIVE IN ENGLAND
Member of Firm Denies That Million
aire VIII Move.

NEW YORK. Jan. 30.-A member Of
the firm OF J. p. Morgan & Co. said to-
day:
THE report that Mr.. Morgan is con-
templating ticking up his permanent resi-
dence In En- gland is absolutely untrue.
At present Mr.. Morgan has no such in
tention. Mr.. J. p. Morgan. jr-, has
come 70 this country for business rea-
sons. and his advent is utterly without
significance as regards any permanent
change Of residence on the part of his
father
The Washington times., 1904-01-31
FREE TRADE POLITICAL
COALITION IN ENGLAN 0

LONDON. Jan. 30.-A meeting has
been arranged between the Duke of
Devonshire, president OF the Unionist
Free Food League; Lord Rosebery, a
strong advocate OF free trade; Sir Will
liam Vernon Harcourt. the well-knOwn
liberal, and the Right Hon. Herbert
Gladstone. also a well-known liberal
and son of the famous British states
man.
1t Is believed that the conference
foreshadOws free trade political coali-
ton
The Washington times., 1904-01-31
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
TO THE GENERAL STAFF

Additional details have been made TO
the general staff of the army as follows:
Coils. Arthur l.. Wagner. assistant
adiutant general. and Stephen p. Joce-
lyn, Fourteenth Infantry; Lieut. Coils.
Henry A Green. First Infantry. and
John c. b. Knight. Corps Of Engineers;
Ma jo-. William F.. Birkhimer, Artillery
CorIs: William w Gibson. Ordnance
Department and George +. z. Harrison.
Artillery Corps. and Capt. Grote
Hutch eson. S:Xth Cavalry.
The Washington times., 1904-01-31
The Bou on the Farm.
The Reasons Why He Does Not Stay
There.


1t Is said that Secretary Wilson Is
hunting around for ways by which the
American boy can be kept on the
farm. Secretary Wilson id not stay
upon the farm himself, TO be sure,
and II is doubtful if he would stay
there now, if it were to do over again,
but he is apparently convinced that it
would be 2 good thing for ether boys
tG stay there.
This conviction is shared by a good
many people. and it is really reason
able, in some of its aspects. The trou
bic with this pleasant theory is that.
like many other agreeable rules, it
cannot be applied TO the mass without
applying to each and every separate
individual. 1t sounds very we'll to say
that the boys ought TO stay on the
farm, that their health would be bet
ter, their morals purer, their lives
happier, out in the free country thar
shut up in an Office working at a desk !;
but when you come to inquire into the
facts of the ease you find that every
enc of those boys had his own partic-
ular reason for leaving the farm and
going TO the city, and you will have
TO ST down and argue the thing out
in that particular case, and find some
way of refuting the reasons of that
boy, before the rule can be proved to
apply.
The fact is that, as things have
been in the last generation, farming IS
very uncertain business. There are
farms which were worth, forty years
ago, at least twice as much as they are
row, and there are very few places III
which farming property, as farming
/ property, IS increasing in value. In
those places there is no trouble about
getting the boys TO stay en- the farm.
They can see where their own interest
Les without bringing in moral rea-
son.
If farms and farming villages
would be made as profitable as cities
and city suburbs, there would be No
trouble. Young physicians, clergymen,
and teachers would settle there, if
they could be assured of a good liv-
ing; and there would be openings for
certain kinds of manufactures which
would satisfy the boys with mechani-
cal skill The old-time village life
gave employment to the mechanic, the
laborer, the intellectual man, the jack
at-all-trades. and the true farmer
Sometimes, in the large families OF
that period, all Of these types could
be found in one home; and o1G
brother would be sent TO college, be-
coming a doctor or clergyman, an
other, who "hked farming" would
take charge of the homestead, another
would take up the trade of cooper
shoemaker, or wheelwright, another
would become the village tinker
handy at anything and everything
and another, perhaps, would work a.
helper on the farm. Nowadays, the
boy who is born on a farm must either
give his time to farming or hunt worl
somewhere else. He cannot, as hi.
father could, do little farming anC
carry on a trade or profession at the
same time. He must become a spe
eialist. And until the old. time eOndi
tons are reproduced, in one form o
another, the farms Will continue TO b.
deserted by a majority of the boy
thorn on them
The Washington times., 1904-01-31

Watering stock is against the law in
England. In this country most Of the
conscientious people think II is ali agri-
cultural operation.
The Washington times., 1904-01-31
MRS. PARkELL Is
DECLARED BANKRUPT
English Courts Grant Order Against
Her.

LONDON. Jan. ga receiving order
in bankruptcy has been granted against
the widow of Charles Stewart Parnell-
Mrs Parncl was formerly the wife OF
Major Shea, who procured divorce on
the ground of misconduct With Parnen.
who had been an intimate personal ana
political friend OF the husband. The
scandal caused Parneli-s downfall as tho
Irish leader
The Washington times., 1904-01-31

A headline artist refers TO Mrs. Eddy
as the high priestess OF X science. She
has certainty proved herself familiar
with the mysteries OF the.x raise.
The Washington times., 1904-01-31

An enthusiastic person writes to the
papers advocating Tillman for the Presl-
dency. Pitchforl against bronco.
The Washington times., 1904-01-31

Mr.. Bede's Wall Street Populists are
almost as good at seem things at night
as the Kansas species.
The Washington times., 1904-01-31

Dr. Parkhurst Is said TO be raising
800, 600 20 abolish vice in New York. Vice
would raise more than that to abolish
Parkhuret
The Washington times., 1904-01-31

Allentown Pa, is now called upon TO
explain how such a scalawag as Lich-
tenwalner ever became district attor-
The Washington times., 1904-01-31

The White House musicales may be
rehearsals for concerts OF the powers.
Arizona republican., 1904-01-09
SAID IT WAS TOO EASY.
Why Old Man Black Wouldn't Sit in
 The Hammock.

The indictment weather and the holi- day quiet kept many people indoors yesterday, and the hotel Hobbies were filled with groups of men who passed the time discussing eventful matters and telling stories, This crowd was made up of the usual class of men found in the city hotels. There were several travelling men. doctor, 2 lawyer and one or two who could not so easily be classified.
 Each was required to tell a story of some sort. There were no restrictions ns to the kind.quality or truthfulness; anything would do. some pretty good warns were given, but the doctor when his turn came told one that was really worth repeating. He said that he would vOuch for the tale being absolutely true.
 When I was looking around for place to spend my vacation last sum mer." the doctor commenced. "a friend of mine. young lawyer of this city, came around and said that he had plan for both of us. He suggested that we should hire a camping outfit and go down to the Gasconade river in south east Missouri for a couple of weeks of bass fishing. The idea just suited me. I thought that nothing could please me better than to get out in the woods and rough it for a time.
 "A few days later the two of us were in camp away down there in the Ozark mountains. We were thirty miles from q railroad and fully fifty years behind the times. It is beau tiful country. The Gasconda at that place is a good-sized stream of clear, cold water and an ideal place for fish, ing. 1 am not much of a sportman, and became really more interested in the people than in the fish. The Ozark people are undoubtedly slow and ig- norant but a more hospitable set can not be found anywhere. They could not do enough for our entertainment We need not have eaten a single meal in camp had we not wished to. The houses were all placed at our dis posal and when we had signified our desire to camp out and do our own cooking, our larder was kept full of all the farms afforded. Our camp was made the loafing place of the com- munity and there were usually q number Of mountaineers hanging around there.
 We led an easy going, lazy exist ence. fishing or loafing as we wished. One morning I deciued that Iwould rather stay at the camp than go our on the river so I gathered a lot of magazines. swung my hammock in a shady place and proceeded to take life easy. l had just become fairly settled when the first morning caller came It happened to be the patriarch of that district Old Man Black he was called. He was quite unique character and had already afforded us considerable amusement
Arizona republican., 1904-01-09
DOWN THE YAoUI |;
Douglas Man Who Navieates Sonora's
 Most Famous River.

Sid Mullen who recently returned from a long trip in Sonora has very interesting story to tell of his voyage down the Yaqui river in a boat says the Douglas International. This is the first time that the Yaqui has been nav igated from it's source to its mouth. Mullen in company with Nichols the surveyor for the Cananea railroad com pany left Douglas some few months ago to make a survey of the river as a route for the proposed extension of the Cananea road.
 The lumber to build the boat was taken from Douglas in a wagon to the head waters of the Bafiste river. he it was put together in the shape of a single pointed. square sterned boat called a "laker." The provisions, in struments and bedding were loaded in to the boat and the first voyage ever made down the Yaqui river was be- gun.
 According to Mullens stG-y it was not picnic by any means, it was good hard work most of the way. The rivers were low and on many occasions all of the load in the boat had to be re- moved and the boat pulled over the shallow places by hand. In some places the rapids were dangerous because the hidden rocks on which the boat would ground frequently. Had not this craft been built of very hard timber she would have been sunk on more than one occasion.
 Game was plentiful all the way down the river and the fishing was all that any disciple of Ike Walton would ask for. The Indians were friendly and on
 
 lest they voyagers. Mullen and Nichols both talked with many Indians and al- ways found the Yaquis ready to give any information that might be of help to the boatmen.
 MT. Mullen said that the yarns that have recently come from the Yaqui country about battles and massacres are absolutely untrue. the Yaquis are not on the warpath but at peace and are for the most part at present en- gagged in agricultural pursuits.
 In the placer country along the river the Indians were seen dry washing the gravel and taking out considerable gold Mir Mullen said the best way to treat the Yaquis was to let them alone and pay no attention to them. if they come into camp find out what they want and if possible comply with any  request they make and pay no fur ther attention to them and they will not do any harm. but if they are given too much leeway they will make away with guns and ammunition and other supplies without asking any questions or if they are met with a show of hos tility they are not above doing little killing.
 MT. Mullen and Nichols spent some time in the country of the mysterious Mayos These Indians are a myste v. who they are or where they came from is a matter of guess work pure and simple. MT. Mullen said that from what he saw of them he believed them to be Yaquis. or of the same race. The story commonly believed in this vicinity, is that all the Mayos are white skinned. blue eyed and red headed. but the majority are the same color as the Yaquis. and it is impossi- ble 10 tell them from Yaquis.