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in the rear he succeeded in concoct-
ing the beverage, awkwardly, however,
and in charging Inc good, round price
for it, quite expertly.
As l slipped it | said:
81 suppose Poll has stepped out to
fix up her hair" | remarked pleasant
ly to the person behind the bar.
"Poll?' he replied scornfully.
''Say, do youse tink dis is zoo!'
"The barmaid," i said.
"The barmide," said the man. "Dye
take this fer SEWN circle? I'm der
mixologist here, an don't wear no
rat in my hair Even if youse has rats
in yer belfry."
After this experience I tried in vain
to find a good old British bar, with
barmaids, but find they are unknown.
] am convinced that the advancement
of women has not reached the exalted
station so much claimed for it in this
country. ! shall write to the Times
concerning it."
MARMADUkE SQUEEZLEDEANE,
Bart
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Till OLD-T|n[
pR0}p[(T0Q'5
STORY

Frank NJ. Tibbals, for two terms
in the "a and IS days, is at home
when he gets into. a crowd Of old
timers and tells stories that would
sound like fiction If anyone was relat-
ing them except Mr.. Tibbals.
Yesterday he was at dinner with a
number of friends in leading res
taurant in the city and this is the
story he handed out while waiting for
the orders to be filled.
I'm the spring of 1885 landed in
Placer Center-it Is now known as
Wallace-and a swell little town at
that, but at the time I speak Of the
present town was represented by one
lone log cabin and about five tents.
l was prospecting at the time and
met in the camp a friend who GER
tainly introduced me to one Of the
funniest and most enjoyable PROPOSE
tons that I ever met.
1T was this way: A stranger came
into the camp one day and after
couple of meals with the boys said
that he would open q saloon there,
adding that he made his money OF
of workingmen.
"The working men, all old-time
prospectors, waited for the man who
was going to get their money. Three
weeks later he landed with tent as
big as house. Everyone volunteered
their services to assist in erecting
the canvas house, because they saw
that in the outfit was a bunch Of
goods that looked inviting to a man
who had been up against nothing bet
ter than spring water for many
months. The bill called for every
thing from Mumm's extra dry to
brand of whisky that would make an
Indian tell a hard luck story to his
squaw.
while they were engaged in erect
ing the tent they succeeded in steal
ing about everything the man had
that could be lifted by one man. The
final result was that at the end of
five days the wise fellow sold his
tent for $25 to get money to get
were going to be worked didn't steal
they drank Or smoked up on tabs
after the fellow left the boys
opened up a saloon Of their own and
in drawing straws stuck a man named
Pritchard for bartender. Well, you'd
never take another drink If you
tackled one of Pritchards cocktails.
He knew that a cocktail was mixed
drink and he certainly got everything
into his shaker except the stove1 and
the Chinaman who came there look
ing for a job cooking.
when the boys bought the tent
they inherited the bill that went with
the goods and on the list they found
Creme de Menth' The name struck
them as something unusual and they
wanted to go up against 1t. One of
the boys had gotten an early day
bunch that Creme de Menth was a
green liquid and he wised up the i'm
provised bartender The latter rub
bered around among the bottles that
had come so suddenly under his care
and finally under the steer he got
from the wise fellow got out a bottle
with green liquid in it. Say, you
should have seen that bunch when
it came to the Here's a GO point
Mr.. New Barman didn't do a thing
but stuff off a bottle of peppermint on
them. He was innocent; he thought
he was right. but the hot things that
followed that drink did everything
but burn up that one lone cabin"
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RADICAL AND CONSERVATIVE
PARTY LEADERS WILL LEAD
RIVAL DELE0ATIoNS AT 81.
LOUIS PLATFORM ARoUlGEMT.

WASHINGTON, d. c., June 2S.--
About the most interesting contribu-
tions to political literature this year
have been the platforms adopted at the
democratic state conventions in Mary
land and Nebraska.
Folks who know about such things
say that these declarations mark the
line upon which the fight over the na-
tional platform will be conducted at
the st. Louis convention.
Extraordinary interest therefore at
taches TO these state declarations be-
cause the result of the election will
hinge to such large extent upon what
is said in the st. Louis platform.
The Maryland platform will be the
rallying point for the conservative ele-
ment of the democracy. 1t wss--fir-
ten by Senator A. p. CO, man, who has
for years been a democratic conserva-
tive, especially on the tariff question
He will be at the head of the Maryland
delegation to st. Louis and will be
urged by the conservatives for chair
man of the platform committee.
The Nebraska platform presents the
ideas that will be advocated by the
radicals. 1t was written by w. j.
Bryan, who was in absolute control
of the convention.
OF first interest. naturally, is the
attitude of the two factions toward the
Kansas city platform of 1900. The Ne
braska platform leads off with a cordial
endorsement of that historic document
The Maryland platform does not men
ton it.
The tariff and trusts promise to be
leading issues of the campaign and
the declarations of the factions on
those subjects are of Importance.
Bryan on the Tariff.
Bryans platform says: Democracy
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This is blooming, beastly country,
not at all like old England. Especially
is it blarsted as regards its bloody
bars.
/ decided to slake my thirst today
and went into a place rather ornately
decorated with stained glass, marbled
and polished mahogany. There was a
person in white waistcoat and shirt
sleeves behind smooth, FURNISHED
counter, and several Americans in front
of it drinking various liquids. l did
not see any barmaid.
B. & S." l said.
BILLY and Sam don't run dis haci-
enda any more" said the white vested
one, adding as he looked suspicously
at my wallet, "and we're payin' none
of dere bills elder"
ooh, my good man." l said 81 want
drink. A brandy and soda, don't you
know"
Then it dawned on him. After a
hesitatinQ conference with some one
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CITY NEWS

A. s. Crowder is in Portland.
Mrs. T. Waldo Murphy left yesterday
for California for a two months visit
Guy c. Browne, formerly of Spo
kane, now a resident Of Wenatchee
Wash, is in the city.
s. A. Perkins of Tacoma, who owns
more newspapers in the Pacific north
west than any other man, is in the city
with Mrs. Perkins.
ID. T. Ham, chairman Of the repub-
lican county campaign committee, has
been out of the city for week but
is expected home today or tomorrow.
Judge George Turner, candidate for
vice president of the United States
on the democratic ticket, left Spokane
yesterday for st. Louis to attend the
convention.
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"(0N5[NT Of TIL GOVERNED
Is NOT NECESSARY. "
So Says Secretary Taft in an Address to
to the Harvard Alumni.

being carried on as something essen
for any kind of self government. OF
Aguinaldo, Secretary Taft said the
result of his government was OPP
preston, arbitrary action and dis
turbance. The Filipinos are not ready
for self government. He concluded
with this statement:
IF they are fit for self govern
ment, then l agree that declara-
ton ought to be made, and that we
ought to turn the islands over to
the people"
He opposed, however, any promises
contingent upon what might happen
in the future.
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SPOKANE FALLS o NORTHERN
RAILWAY COMPANY LOON
LAKE ExCURSIOMS.

Effective June 20 and until further
advised, the following round-trip rates
will be in effect-Spokane to Loon
Lake:
Sell Sundays, limit to following
Monday ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 100
Sell daily Communication tickets, 20
rides, limited to September Is, 1880
H. A. JACKSON,
General Freight and Passenger Agent,
Spokane, Wash.
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new TIGHTENING ROD

On the approach of a thunder
storm French peasants often make
up very smoky fire in the belief that
safety from lightning is thus assured.
BY some this is deemed a supersti-
ton, but the custom is based on reason
inasmuch as the smoke acts as a good
conductor for carrying away the cleo
tricity.
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(Scripps News Association.)

(Scrlpps news AssUUId0lUIIJ
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, June 2S.-1n
O carefully prepared address Secre-
tary of Wart Taft today discussed
before the Harvard Law School
Alumni association some phases OF
the Philippine situation.
Passing to the constitutionality or
the administration, the secretary said
that the words, Consent of the gov
erned" was not intended to be liter
ally construed, declaring that there
were numerous instances in our his
tory where the consent of the gov
erned had not been obtained. He
spoke of the great work of education
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Maryland Trust Plank.
WEDDING
(Scripps News Association.)

(Scripps News Association)
PARIS. June 2s.-The wedding of
Count Biron to Miss Leishmann,
daughter of the American ambassa-
dor to Turkey, was solemnized in
the Church of st. Pierre Chaillot at
noon today Ambassador Porter was
present. Secretary Hay cabled his
CONGRATULATIONS
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SLAVES IN CHINA

China is the great slave country Of
the world. OF a population of 400, O00.-
600 there are slaves to the number
of 100000. Every family of means
keeps its girl slaves. and mans posi-
ton is usually gagged by the number
he keeps. At any age from three to
fifteen years girls are sold, seven or
eight being the age at which most
change hands. The girls are purchased
to do house work, it being cheaper to
buy than to hire. Slaves vary in price;
60 is about the average, but much
depends on the girls appearance. A
good looking girl viii fetch "a OF
even fS.
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P0STOFFIcE CLERKS
WILL PICNIC

The clerks of the Spokane postofice,
to the number of nearly 80, will have
a picnic at Natatorium park this even
ing. The services will open with a
dinner at o'clock. to be followed
later in the evening by dancing.
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BRYAN AND G0RmAN
PARTY PLATFORMS

would restore the tariff to revenue
basis and administer it for revenue
only, thus demolishing the legal bull
wark behind which the predatory trusts
have found refuge. Protection for pro-
tection's sake is an ingenious device
for the exploitation of the masses 10y
the privileged classes; it has brought
great injustice to the consumers and
has been the fruitful source of wide
spread political corruption"
Bryan's Trust Views.
The Nebraska platform says regard
ing the trusts that the democracy
would destroy "all private monopolies'
by the remedies suggested in the Kan
sas City platform. Those remedies
were the enforcement of existing laws
and the enactment of new laws requir-
ing all corporations, before doing bus
mess outside the state Of their -or'g'r
to make rrHlic -eports of their con-
IA ION Monoplies were to be exter-
minated by the power of the govern
ment in the regulation of interstate
commerce and the mails, and by
amending the tariff laws by putting
the products of trusts upon the free
list, to prevent monopoly under the
plea of protection
As Bryan Sees Them.
Bryan's platform promises that dem
ocracy would relieve the country of
the menace of militarism and imperial
ism, give the Filipinos an immediate
promise of ultimate independence, ad-
minister the treasury in the interest
of the public instead of Wall street,
prevent the recoinage of legal tender
silver dollars into limited legal ten
der subsidiary coin; would favor paper
money issued by the government with
out the intervention of national banks,
would favor an income tax, popular
election of United States senators,
would strictly regulate the railroads,
provide the eight-hour work day, sub
stitute arbitration for strikes and lock
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outs, restore the right of trial by jury
now suspended through government
by injunction, pay generous pensions,
construct an isthmian canal without
violating treaty obligations and admin
lister tie government economically.
In these two platforms lies the first
great issue to be fought out before
the nomination of the candidate.
Philippines and Panama
The German platform demands the
independence of the Philippines at
''the earliest possible moment" in
dorses the manner in which the right
of way was secured, demands economy
and retrenchment, denounces republi-
can extravaganza and departmental
corruption, demands reform and lower
taxes, and deplores presidential dicta-
ton to congress.
wre> uo, man Tariff idea
As to the tariff. the German platform
says regarding the intentions of the
democratic party: at will revise the
tariff in conservative spirit OF fair
ness to all interests. Its anxious pur-
pose will be to legislate with such
due regard for the labor and capital
involved in our industrial enterprises
as to promote their healthy growth
and to carefully guard against the in
Fiction of injury upon established in
dustries by abrupt, unjust and radical
measures"
Maryland Trust Plank.
On the trust question the Maryland
platform says: "Odious and powerful
monopolies may expect reduction OF
the excessive rates under which they
have been enabled to extort oppressive
tribute from the people. The illegal
combinations of trusts, under the re-
publican tariff have grown so great and
which in unlawful restraint of legiti-
mate trade have crushed honest COM
petition. must be stripped of the pow
er which they have SO mercilessly abus-
cd
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Judge L. B. Nash returned yester-
day from the coast
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are WlCnll reason
Many Monuments able distance.
In almost every instance our presi-
dents appropriately have found burial
in the place where they made home.
Grant, who could hardly be said to have
had home, is buried in New York.
Arthur, who was born in Vermont, and
spent most of his life in New York
city, lies at Albany. Garf1eld's tomb
is at Cleveland, instead of at Mentor,
which his residence made famous Zach
airy Taylor, who was born in Virginia.
died in Washington, and was more
closely identified with Louisiana than
any other state, is buried in Kentucky
among his ancestors.
Two presidents lie buried at Rich
mond-Tyler and Monroe-and two lie
buried at Quincy, Mass.-John Adams
and John Quincy Adams. There is no
other town in the United States thus
honored: Five presidents are buried in
Observation-Disclosures, Jefferson, Madi-
son, Monroe and Tyler; four in Ohio
William Henry Harrison, Hayes, Gar
field and Mckinley; four in New York
Grant, Arthur, Fillmore and Van Blu
rem; three in Tennessee-Jackson, John
son and Polk. BENJAMIN Harrison is
buried at Indianapolis; Taylor at
Springfield, KY, Pierce at Concord, N
H., Buchanan at Lancaster, Pa, and
Lincoln at Springfield, Ill.
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near happening when Reed was speaker
and Adlai Stevenson was vice president
dent, for Frye, of Maine, was president
pro tenn. of the senate then, as now; but
there was no time in that period when
there was vacancy in the Office of vice
president, SO as to give Frye the full
dignities of the place, so far as the SEN
ate was concerned. 49,
Cannon is the first speaker Of the
house who ever hailed from Illinois, and
Illinois has had only one vice president
Stevenson. II Senator Fairbanks
were to become vice president, he would
be the second from Indiana to hold that
Office. Schuyler Colfax- was the first,
and Co1fax was, also the first Indiana
speaker, Michael c. Kerr being the only
other. '* ss-.>. F. .%.} .** - =
- && s. LOUIS "A COOIJDGE
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AS it is the statue has had its
trials. 1t was designed for the GEN.
trail court of the Boston Public IL
brary and was rejected as unsuitable
for the purpose; after hot controversy
by the trustees.
The Boston Public library people had
another sensation in the stalwart figures
of two young men in one of the famous
frescoes which adorn the interior OF that
much-discussed little building Alto
gether, New York has had less than its
share of art quarrels of the Biondi sort.
Though there was an outburst some
years ago of outraged delicacy concern
ing Diana poised on one foot at the top
of the Madison Square Garden tower,
where no one without telescope could
possibly see whether she was clad for
summer or winter
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| for 60 years more
before he drops off the scene Of &C.
ton. He was private secretary to
Gen. Grant when Grant was president
OF the United States. and there is no
other man now living who has more
interesting "reminiscences of the great
soldier.
Gen. Grant, says Col. Sniffen.
was the greatest man l ever knew.
He was simple minded as child, and
| as trustful as a child of those whom
he regarded as his friends. He con-
nded in them. as he would confide in
! mis- wife. For one of them to have
betrayed his confidence would have
been dastardly, and only one of all
the men he trusted in public life ever
did betray his confidence, so far as
know. shall never forget the grief
of Grant when this betrayal dawned
upon him. 1t was something so en-
tirely foreign to his manner of
thought that he was simply dazed and
stunned. That was at the time of
the whisky ring revelations. With
all his capacity for achievement, Grant
! had no pride of performance He
woul! adopt suggestions without COM
ment, and if after he had written a
! message somebody had changed the
literary style of it throughout, he
would accept the lamentations as a
matter of course
yet Grant was president every min
| ute of the time ao Toachod hic oun
conclusions and stuck to them. When
ever a crisis came, it was he, and not
the members of his cabinet, who de-
termined the policy of the administra
tion.''
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department ON which were "a Sc
cast bronze figures Ito surmount the
granite pedestal. In spite sof al this.
and in spite Of me fact. that over
500, 900 was raised, mo- monument was
ever erected, and, what is stranger
still, no money was, ever returned to
the. subscribers. Both monument and
money have disappeared III tradition,
and it is only by chance. that it lis
brought back now to recollection that
such an enterprise was ever contem.
plated. =: f..,.. III. r. y T<=
The National Lincoln Monument as
ISOLATION was chartered by congress
In 1867, and the list Of sincorporators
included cabinet ministers, senators.
representatives and other dis
tinguished citizens. -. ,,.t>;,. ~~. Z
:: OF all the incorporators only one
is known to survive-Shelby M. Gull.
lom. now United States senator from
Illinois, and then a representative in
congress- Cullom does not. :remem-
Der anything about the association.
When he was reminded of it not long
since he said the whole business had
entirely slipped his mind. And yet at
least 100000 must have been y con-
tributed for the monument. because
the II bronze guns were issued by the
war department to the association, &C.
cordfng to the official records; and
under the act of Incorporation it was
provided that no guns should be is.
sued until the voluntary subscriptions
actually in the hands of the treasurer
should amount to 100000. :
There are occasional references tc
the proposed monument in acts of con-
gress and department records, down as
far as 1882 when all allusion ceases and
oblivion closes over the enterprise. But
100000 seems to have been successfully
swallowed up.
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scum that it should be exhibited one
year. The museum people exhibited
it in the cellar. Now Blondi is
angry. He says that cellar exhibition
doesn't count
There is here no question of nudity;
none of the several figures of the group
has forgotten his clothes The great
mass of bronze, 80 feet long, was ex-
hibited in Paris, incBuffalo. Mrs. Nation
would find in it nothing to object to. She
would probably agree with the sculptor s
moral purpose.
For Biondi has tried to portray the
degeneracy of alcohol from which
France and Italy are suffering far more
than the United States. A soldier, a low
woman, a girl and three pagan priests
are the drunken figures. They STUN BILE
and leer at smaller group in the middle
"a stalwart young man, his wife and a
little boy.
These splendid figures of vigor and
scOrn represent the sane and healthy i'm
pulses and reserves against alcoholism
of humanity at it's best. 1t is a temper
ance sermon, powerful indeed, but New
York art experts have decided that it is
no part of sculrtor's trade to teach
morals by portraying the disagreeable,
and the statue is likely to remain un-
shown. A mastery work, but vulgar is
the New York verdict. London's would
be the same. Paris or Rome would ac-
cept it without question:.
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The looting of ruins of prehistoric
villages located in the valleys of the
ers, in Arizona, has stirred up archae-
ologists to urge their preservation by
legislative action for the benefit of stu.
dents Of ethnology. Vandals digging
in the ruins find relics, which they dis
pose Of, and so distribute articles of
great value in throwing light on the
prehistoric inhabitants beyond the
reach of ethnologists.
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the most of their one chance.
Then the Yale and Princeton cere-
monies are practically New York events
Up the river .Vassar and West Point face
each other across the Hudson, the most
notable woman's college and the college
that of all others belongs to Uncle Sam
and attracts the interest of the whole
country. Finally, there is Columbia,
Columbia, with the second largest group
of students in the country, second only
to Harvard.
Commencement at either of these
places, except of course West Point, is
likely to be signalized by announcements
of gifts of money or buildings Butnoth-
ing that Gamble announced can lead to a
more picturesque scene than that which
took place in Providence, R. l., when lit
tie tour-year-old John Nicholas Brown,
this of his name, and at one time called
the richest baby in the world handed
the keys of the library which commemo-
rates his father to President Faunce.
Young Browns father died when he
was less than year old, leaving him a
fortune of some seven millions of dollars.
Mrs. Brown is a sister of Mrs. George
Vanderbilt, and also of Leroy Dresser,
who came such a cropper trying to organ
ize the, Shipbuilding trust. The library
fund of $650,ooO was given by the late
John N. Brown in his will, together with
a valuable collection of books 1t almost
rivals the great library given to Colum-
bia college by Seth Low when its presi
dent, and with the Washington library.
that in Boston and the incomplete New
York library, which will so far. surpass
lit, marks a considerable waking up ii
America to the need of dignified housing
for books and manuscripts Is
sc OWEN sLANGDoN. Il