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La Junta tribune., 1904-01-23

We must be-drinkin' an reveitin."
stars. until at last by . mighty effort
the elder man flung on the younger
and stood alone
I'm yet your MASTER he cried.
breathing sharp and heavily Never
yet had soa the right TO judge his
father. far less taunt him with What
he knows naught of. You speak OF .
law 'eainst harborinG Jour wife
know another Law. and bide by H. II
roo cannot do fo< them I can. decrepit
a f-aua-and will Go away and come
noe nieA me. else perhaps 70 iau may
nave yogs" AID ke waited
La Junta tribune., 1904-01-23
THE TRIBUNE.

LA 'usrA COLORADO
La Junta tribune., 1904-01-23
ROBERT GRALE. HERMIT
Hy GEORGE TREBOR

cssyrigAf,s isas. BY 7A- A.t.or. r.s.i.g Company
The Washington times., 1904-08-01
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
SERMON ON SPIRIT

The services in the two Christian
Science churches yesterday were largely
attended. The sermon was on "Spirit. :"
and consisted OF Scriptural references
interpreted by correIative passages from
Mrs. Eddy's book, Science and Health.
According to the teaching OF the SER
mon there Is but one spirit-God. divine
mind, and man, being made in His
image and likeness. Is spiritual, but il
not spirit.
The hour is come. here. now, when the
Father must be worshiped IN spirit and
in truth. The Father seeketh such TO
worship Him, and such worshipers are
indeed blessed, for they are turning
away from man-lIke God, and bring
ing out in their lives a God-like man
Jesus said He that doeth NV viii
shall know Of the doctrine and a fer
vent longing TO know and do Gods win
enables men 10 understand and demon
strate Him as divine principle. Spirit
and so have dominion over all forms OF
error, over everything unlike God
Its followers seem 10 believe Christian
Science teaches how this may be done.
The Washington times., 1904-08-01
Solution of Pauper Problem.

Leyden, Germany, has a plan Of
caring for its poor which is worth
noting, though there would be no end
Of objections to adopting such a sys-
tenn here. There are too many people
who object to making it at all COM
Portable 10 go to the poorhouse, and
too many others who do charity ex-
travagantly when they do il at all.
and so prejudice the general public
against 1t. But in Leyden they have
their almshouse in two pieces, one
building intended for the poor who
are absolutely destitute, and the
other, little better in its accomoda-
lions, for those who can aft srd to pay
part Of their living expenses. In the
latter the rooms are rent free, and the
inmates either buy their food and
clothing or are furnished with them
by friends.
Something like. this is Gone in
American towns, where outside re-
lieT' is given. Now and then, when
an old man or woman IS in posses
sion Of a small house, the town will
bestow a certain sum for living ex-
penses and let the destitute one stay
in the house. Considering the attach
ment which poor people often have
for their homes and their own things.
it does seem as if an effort might be
made TO let them have aid in ways
which will make them happiest.
Rent is the bugbear Of the poor in
large cities. If old people could have
rooms rent free, they could often
make enough for their simple wants
by doing odd jobs for people who
could not afford to pay them in
money, but would pay them in cloth
ing or food. The scheme would have
to be handled with care, but it is
worth considering.
The Washington times., 1904-08-01
Progress Of the WaI.

An officer high in rank in the Japa-
nese army is given as authority for
the statement that it is Japan's pur-
pose to put Kuropatkin out of bust
ness On the north and then sacrifice
10000 men, if necessary, in the cap
ture of Port Arthur With this
stronghold reduced and interior trou-
bles in Russia multiplying, there
would be little question of the war
being unduly prolonged
The ability of the Russian to with
stand the repeated assaults on Port
Arthur consists in the condition of
the ammunition chests rather than in
the contents of the provision store
houses. There is every reason to sup
pose that the fortress has sufficient
food to last for many months, per-
haps for year, but worrying attacks
by the Japanese would exhaust in a
comparatively short time a tremen-
dous amount of powder and shot.
If Japan can keep Port Arthur iso-
lated, it is, of course, merely a matter
of time when the stronghold must
fall. The faster Japan can exhaust
the Russian means for making an eff
fective defense, the sooner must the
place either surrender or fall by as
sault. 1t is probable, therefore, that
Japan will lose most of her men in
the process of exhausting the enemy's
ammunition.
In the meanwhile Kuropatkin's di-
lemma at Hai-Cheng is causing wide
spread anxiety in St. Petersburg,
while the rest of the world is utterly
at a loss to see how he can escape the
surrounding Japanese forces under
Generals Kuroki, Oku, and Nodzu.
Hai-Cheng is already said to be IN
tenable, and the retreat northward is
seriously threatened if not actually
blocked by Kurold.
Japan's single point of weakness is
her long attacking line, and the con-
seQuent difficulty that confronts her
In making a simultaneous offensive
movement. But this difficulty is
probably balanced up by Kuropat-
kin's inability TO tell where the Jap
anese attack will be made, the con-
slant danger he is in of being fianked
both on the left and on the right,
and the necessity he is under to
guard many points.
Moreover. Japan has already dis
played a remarkably effective system
of inter-communication between the
different divisions of her army. and
she IS also engaged In a campaign
which plainly was planned out be-
forehand down 10 the minutest de-
tails. There is little reason for doubt
ing. therefore, that when she does
strike her accumulative blow, it will
be powerful one, delivered with me-
chanical perfection at the weakest
point in the enemy's armor.
The Washington times., 1904-08-01
MONDAY. AUGUST I, 1904.
Judge Parker's Friends.

The announcement is made that
Judge Parker viii run his own cam
paign, and inasmuch as this followed
the visit TO Esopus of Mayor McClel-
Ian, OF New York city, the last on the
Tammany list, 1t is interesting to
note those who will help the Judge
run his own campaign.
Charles F. Murphy, the Tammany
leader, returns from the haunt on the
Hudson with the smiling intelligence
that the judge is all right. Conse-
quently, Murphy may be counted upon
as one. Thomas Taggart, the Indian
apolis boss and ward politician. has
been chosen chairman Of the Demo-
cratic National Committee, and he
may be counted upon as another.
David B. Hill, original Parker man.
and skilled and INSCRIPTIONS boss of
New York State politics, has again
shaken hands with the Judge. and he
may be counted upon as a third.
August Belmont, the Wall Street
Spectator, should not be forgotten.
Patrick H. MeCarren, the boss of
Brooklyn, somewhat battered by the
Tammany tiger, but still In the ring
stands ready to gobble any Ieavings.
Blood is thicker than water. and
Cousin German. the boss of MARYLAND.
will not wholly neglect the venerable
Henry G. Davis. Ryan, Sheehan. Cuff
fey, and Kern will all lend a hand. if
their health permits.
Thus the amount OF assistance that
the judge will receive is evident. Its
quality may be open to question.
Grover Cleveland writes a letter of
verbose p.atitudes, and then goes a.
Eshing. Ca-l Schurz halls the Rose
mont mar IS prophet, and the Re
publican party Dreathes a sigh of re-
lisf William Jennings Bryan chort!es
up his sleeve and shouts that i'm
perialisU will end if Parker is elect
ed. and advocates Government own
ership r. his contribution to Demo-
cratic victory.
But where are the really solid men
OF the Democracy, the old war horses
Who have borne the brunt of the bat
Tie and the neat of the campaign for
10! these many years? Why are they
not visiting EsopUs and being re-
ceived by the judge With Inspiring
hospitality? Why are they not chat
ting with him under the trees and
stretching their legs in luxury under
his dining-rOom table?
Where, for instance, is Judge Grav
recognized by those who believe in
known quantities as one of the
strongest men that could have been
nominated at ST. Louis? Where is
Richard Olney. John G. Carlisle
Judge Harmon, and Edward NJ. Shep-
ard? Where, oh where, is Adlai E.
Stevenson? Can it be that the Judge
feared that he would not have anv
campaign to run If he attempted TO
run it according to the staIwart De-
mocracy Of Gray, Olney, Carlisle, and
Harmon?
The Washington times., 1904-08-01

the General Slocum was that the lat
ter had the misfortune to break the
eleventh commandment They were
caught.
Let US suppose a case: A man puts
a rock on a railroad track. A train is
thereby wrecked and one thousand
lives are lost. The man responsible
for the wreck is caught and put on
trial in court He makes a plea that
other men in the same line of BUSH
ness as himself wreck trains cOntin-
ually. He is therefore no worse than
they. 1t is his misfortune that he
was caught. Therefore, inasmuch as
the other men have never been
caught, though they are equally gull
~ with him, the prisoner should not
be punished by the court.
The absurdity of the argument is
apparent in the case of one criminal
accused of a definitely recognized
crime. Why should it not be absurd
when used TO defend responsible
men of the community" who have had
the misfortune to be caught making
money by crime?
Nevertheless, it is a shameful fact
in the criminal history of New York
that the president of a bank in that
city was acquitted after he had certi-
fed checks for funds which he knew
were not in his bank-thereby COM
hitting a palpable fraud-on the plea
that other presidents of banks did the
same thing. If that president had
placed his cashier before the court on
a charge of embezzlement. would he
have been content If the court had
discharged that cashier on the plea
that other cashiers were embezzlers?
The public conscience needs a de-
cided revision along certain definite
lines. We curiously dislike to place
our respectable citizens behind the
bars. We would rather fine them.
That is the reason why the punish
ment for commercial fraud, which
steals the money Of thousands, is not
as great as that visited upon the poor
wretch whom hunger forces into
thievery.
We handle the single criminal,
guilty Of some vulgar crime, very
well, indeed. But the respectable"
criminal, who lives by cheating,
fraud, lying, and tricke-y, can afford
to laugh at the law. 1t may occasion
ally make him give. up a few of his
many dollars, but it viii not put him
in jail. And jail is the one thing he
would really find not worth the price
The Washington times., 1904-08-01
SWEET SLUMBER.

If l should go derfunct,
Und you should come by me und saw
cid oop 20 bregfastI" In der vay
You ust 10 do
II ! should go derfunct,
Und you should come and ring dot lit,
tie bell
Dot bregfast summon vot I Iofe So
veil
I mighd wake oop a vile
Und schmidt
II l should go derfunct,
Und you should try TO win from dot
dim, distant schore
Der shade dat lofed your pancakes so
OF yore--
If / should 90 derfunct,
Und you should Gene by me, und dere
und den,
Say Coon, gid oop! t is almodst den
O'CLOCK"
/ mighd wake oop a vile,
But l should schleep again!
Puck
The Washington times., 1904-08-01
Officers Come to Time.

A recent order of Secretary Nor
tons Is likely to cause a deal of nm
favorable comment among naval Off
GERS, but it is a good thing. for all
that. and the best men in the navy
Will approve it, He has caused II to
be known that officers who do not nav
their debts will not be needed in the
service.
There has been a rather genaraI
conviction among army and navy
men In every country that they are
exempt from the obligations which
control ordinary people. and that
tradesmen's bills, as our cousins Of
England call them, are beneath the
notice Of an officer and a gentleman.
This conviction has not been so gen
eral in this country as in some others
and It is not desirable that II should
be-
The old-fashiOned code of honor
was something like this: BE Just TO
your equals, recognize no superiors
and be generous 10 your Interiors If
you happen to have the money; If not.
the Interiors don't count" Many a
poor tailor and shoemaker and lam
dress spent valuable time trotting
back and forth with unpaid bills. in
the England Of Thackeray's time:
many a fashionable clothier charged
exorbitant prices to everybody who
paid bills, 70 make up for the amounts
lost by young men Of the army and
navy, who ran up bills and never
thought Of such thing as paying
them. 1t is of piece with the code
which requires an officer to fight on
, equal terms with an equal who has
The Washington times., 1904-08-01
LITTLE POEMS OF WASHINGTON LIFE
VIII
THAT WALK

The sun shone bright and full of glee,-
The President took a walk;
And full Of energy was he,
Whenas he took that walk.
But limp and lame and breathless they
Who tagged the President round that day,
"hen the sun was good for the making of hay.
And the President took walk
Morton was pleased as pleased could be
To go on the Presidents walk.
Head of the Navy Department is he
And quite unused TO walk.
But he says if he walks with his chief again
1t will be on ship that is ploughing the main.
Or along the aisle of railway train.
If the President chooses to walk.
Metcalf was ready at stroke of three
To go on the Presidents walk
And quite unsuspicious and happy was he
And glad to take the walk
But he says it's labor problem hard
To walk with whom no mountains retard
And future diversion of that sort is barred
When the President takes a walk
The Washington times., 1904-08-01
An Absurd Defense.

The specious defense is made in the
case Of the officers of the Knicker-
booker Steamboat Company. indicted
for aiding and abetting in the crime
of manslaughter in connection with
the murder Of one thousand persons
as a result Of the burning Of the New
York excursion steamer General Slo-
cum, that they were no worse than
others.
Their defenders say that equally
inadequate provision for saving life
would have been found on every yes
eel carrying excursion parties in New
York Harbor, and the only difference
between the cases of the owners of
these other vessels and the owners of
The Washington times., 1904-08-01
The Question of Fairgrounds for Children.

To the Editor Of The Washington Times:
In connection with the suggestions
that have been made through the me-
dunn of your columns for the establish
ment Of more public Fairgrounds for
the children this summer. I wish to out
line plan that has occurred to me as
practicable
Let a number of those interested In
the matter meet a committee from the
Associated Charities and agree on a
campaign to secure for the use of the
children at once certain vacant lots
throughout the city. No matter if the
lots are rather small, the advantage in
securing the play space would be great
Anybody Will realize that with all the
vacant lots in the various sections Of
the city. there can be found many so
situated that the people living near them
The Washington times., 1904-08-01
JEALOUS LOVER TAKES
REVENGE ON LANDLADY

WILKESBARRE, Pa. Aug. 1.-Seeing,
silhouetted upon a curtain, the figures
Of the woman he loves and another
man, a Jealous lover fred five shots
through the window of a house at
Georgetown. Mrs. Emma Denmick was
seriously wounded. and George Smith
got a bullet through his leg
The police captured Steve WisnIsllie,
who Is believed 10 be the jealous lover.
He has made threats against Mrs. Den
mick and Smith.
Mrs. Denmick keeps a boarding house
and until the arrival Of Smith, Wisnis-
he was the star boarder. Wisniskie
left, vowing revenge.
The Washington times., 1904-08-01
CAPTIVE BEAR RENDS
BOY WHO FED HIN

TRENTON, n. J.. Aug. 1.-Robert
Mayors, seven years old. was clawed
and bitten by a bear In Cadwallader
Park and he may be crippled for life
as a result.
He crawled under the railing. which is
intended TO keep sightseers three feet
from the bear pit, and attempted to feed
big black bear. The animal caught
his clothing and dragged his leg through
the bars of the pit.
In an instant the boys shoe had been
torn off and the animal bit his leg.
tearing the tendons above the ankle
The mother of the boy screamed and
attracted hundreds Of persons.
Captain Durell, OF the lark guards,
rushed to the pit. and, clubbing the bear
over the head. rescued the boy
The Washington times., 1904-08-01
ROOSEVELTS NOW
ENJOYING LIFE
President and Wife Alone
in White House.
TAKE RIDE IN THE COUNTRY
Chinese Minister Expected to Return
From Mexico This Week.
Other Social Matters.

President and Mrs. Roosevelt are prob
ably enjoying life at the White House
more just now than at any time since
coming to live there
They have the bis mansion all 10
themselves, and for the first time In it's
history. the second floor east end apart
ments are being occupied by a President
OF the United States. Mrs. Roosevelt.
who has particular mack of finding the
most comfortable places in life for her
self and family, discovered that the east
end of the mansion, protected from the
afternoon sun. was much more com
Portable than the exposed west end,
which gets the direct sun rays the
greater part Of me day
Yesterday afternoon the President and
Mrs. Roosevelt took a long country ride,
being driven in an open trap to the out
skirts OF the city, where their mounts
awaited them. They dined before re-
turning TO the White Hous-. and in
the evening received Secretary Wilson
and other friends
The Chinese minister, Sir Chentung
LANG Cheng, who has been at the Chi
nese legation IN Mexico, to which cOun-
try he is also accredited, will return here
about the middle Of this week. He viii
then &c 20 Amherst, Mass, with his
daughter ana Two lktle sons, ATlu ana
Arlee. for a considerable stay.
Miss Margaret Kelly, NJ. Garland and
John Kelly, who have been visiting their
friends. the Misses Jones. at Warren
ton, Va, returned to Washington yes
terday evening.
Mrs. Chaffee, wife of General Chaffee.
and Miss Helen, their daughter. will go
TO Los Angeles with the general on his
inspection tour, where they will remain
for some time visiting Mrs Hamilton,
the married daughter Of General and
Mrs. Chaffee.
J. d. Whyte IS in Washington for
few days. having been called. here by
the serious illness Of Mrs. Whyte's
father, William Riddle who has had an
other stroke Of paralysis at his home On
Whitney Avenue.
Mrs. +. T. Knots Is chaperoning a
party of young folks, including her
daughter Edna. II. Burgess. A. Stricken,
Holland Knots. and 7. Twyman. on a
short outing down the bay. Miss Louise
Curran and her brother Taylor were IN
the party for a few days.
The Washington times., 1904-08-01

insulted him, but kill without cere-
mOny an inferior who does the same
thing.
We have a new code of honor in
this country. It requires a man to be
particularly careful 70 do justice tC
his interiors, because they will lose
more by his injustice. Thank heaven,
there are some men who live by this
code even now.
The Washington times., 1904-08-01

will not object to their being used az
Fairgrounds.
Let the citizens and the committee
from the Associated Charities fix how
many blocks and streets are 10 be Gov
cred by each man or woman Interest,"
ed, and let the one appointed to a given
route make IL his or her business 10 visit
the owners Of vacant lots in that section
together with those people whose prop
erty adjoins the lots, and let their mis-
sion be clearly explained.
The chances for securing the use OF
the lots as Fairgrounds will be very
good. Such use Of them could not pos
sibly injure the property The sinpla
apparatus needed TO amuse the young
sters. such as swings and rings, could be
put up by popular subscription at very
little expense.
This plan Is feasible, I think; and cal
culated TO obtain gool results al once.
NJ. H. W.
The Washington times., 1904-08-01
KNIFE IN HIS HEART.

WHEELING. w. Va. Aug. 1.-The
body Of Joseph Lemar. jr., of Pitts
burg. was found on the river shore near
the heart Of the city. with a knife plung-
ed through the heart. Lemar left home
ten days ago after a quarrel. declaring
that he would return a corpse. IL is
not believed he committed suicide.
The Washington times., 1904-08-01
BRITISH PROTEST SEIZURE.

PORT OF SPAIN. Trinidad. Aug. l.
The British minister at Caracas has
strongly protested. in the name If the
English bondholders against the seizure
by the Venezuelan government OF the
the asphalt trust. -
The Washington times., 1904-08-01

There are said to be canals on Venus
as well as on Mars. but if they had 10
go through the performances to get
them that we have had over the Pan
anna waterway heaven is not situated
on either planet
The Washington times., 1904-08-01
CITY OF RocKLAND FLoATED.

ROCKLAND, Me. Aug 1.-The
steamer City of Rockland has been
f1oated successfully and towed to this
city. where she has been beached so
that repairs could be made on her hull
in order that she may reach the dry
dock In Boston.
The Washington times., 1904-08-01

Photographers who are anxious TO
serve the best interests OF their party
should remember that the best photo
graphs Of Judge Parker do not have
David B. Hill In the foreground
The Washington times., 1904-08-01

A man leaned up against a cage of
man-eating tigers in New Jersey TO see
II the press agent told the truth, and
one Of the tigers chewed a piece two
inches square out Of his leg. Some
men show their foolishness by credul-
ity. others by skepticism.
The Washington times., 1904-08-01
DUCHESS TO VISIT
AT NEWPORT

Newport society is at last relieved of
its great suspense, and the coming cf the
Dowager Duchess Of Manchester u that
resort is q ceTtaint-- She will arrive in
about three weeks and will visit friends
OF the cottage colony.
Herbert G. Dering, second secre-
tary of the British embassy. viii leave
LenoX August 6. for Newport, where re
win spend the remainder Of the month
Mr.. Dering will participate in the New
port tennis tournament, and may also
visit in Bar Harbor before returning
Herr Won Verdy du Yernois. third sec
rotary 20 the German embassy left
the Yellowstone Park on Thursday.
where he has been spending a portion
Of the month OF July. and is expected
TO arrive in LenoX today.
Herr du NernOis Is the son OF the gen.
eral of the same name. who was form
erly the German minister Of war, and
w-1ceT on military matters. General du
Vernois was also at one time minister
to Constantinople, and held other i'm
portant posts for his government.
Rear Admiral Rivet and the officers
OF the French cruiser. Du Pick. lying
off Newport entertained a luncheon
party on the French boat yesterday
bassy and Nine. des Portes were the
guests OF honor.
Other guests were Prince de Bearne
and ViscOunt de Chambrun of the French
embassy, and Lieut.. Com. Oliver, L.
S. n.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. NJ. Mckee and Mrs.
F. S. Hamlin have arrived at the Maple
wood, IN the Berkshires, whore they will
probably spend several weeks.
Senator Albert J. Beveridge of In
diana has taken a very remarkable
canoe trip in the Rangeley Lake region,
Maine II is what IS called the Allie
cash River canoe trip. and Is reached
through Klneo on Moosehead Lake.
The Senator beat the record, making
Il IN six days. where II has always
taken ten days 10 two weeks for former
parties 70 make H. He will remain at
Rangeley for several weeks.
The Washington times., 1904-08-01

The New York American" AYERS that
racing is far inferior To draw poker as
form Of gambling. How does the
American" happen 10 be such a con-
nOisseur, anyway?
The Washington times., 1904-08-01

Irving Bachelor is writing a story OF
ancient Rome. apparently in a desperate
effort TO put his peculiar dialect into the
mouths Of people who are dead and
can't help themselves
The Washington times., 1904-08-01

While we are considering responsible
ity for the Slocun, what about sys-
tenn in which man has TO inspect for
ty-seven vessels a day2
The Washington times., 1904-08-01

A Richmond paper says that some
thing or other Republican makes. its
blood boil Put ice on It, that is, unless
It needs to be sterilized
The Washington times., 1904-08-01

The Oregon hop crop Is said to be a
failure. which ought to inspire a lot of
bad puns. but II is not necessary to
make one here.
The Washington times., 1904-08-01

Mrs. Thompson Seton has Just lost
lawsuit against her father. Mr.
Thompson Seton is probably not writing
books about that kind of natural
history