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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-07
PTNISH[NG NERDERERS

Lord Chief Justice AlverstOne Of England was
the principal guest at the annual dinner of the
Authors Club in London on Monday evening
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle presided. and devoted a
part of his speech to the laXity of the admins
tration of the law against murder in the United
States. He remarked that in the Boer War Great
Britain lost 900 lives but he added that in this
country $4,000 lives had been sacrificed bv muir
der homicide in the same length of time 1t
may be that the number of human beings slain
in that period in this Republic was somewhat
expanded by rumOr. but it is plain that the
total number of persons killed was dismally
large 1t is also clear from the daily reports In
the newspapers that the records of homfcides arc
still appalling, and that in almost every State
of the Union the lawyers have succeeded in
making it in the main crime of less Importance
TO take life than to steal property on an extern
sive scale.
Sir Arthur expressed the belief that this Re
public would amend its ways and take a more
careful view OF humanity in the future II is TO
be hoped so, by all means. Every person who be-
Heyes in the proper enforcement of law must
deeply regret the enormous sale of pistols I'm
many States of this Republic The number Of
deadly weapons in proportion TO population is
now exceedingly great, and lawyers have been
so ingenious and industrious that ii is ONLY nos
siDle TO punish a slayer after long delays. Here
in New-York comparatively few cases of inst
and pranlpt punishment are known The result
is that the pistol and knife used freely in the
settlement of quaTres, especially among habit
IlaI lawbreakers The other day one Roche was
fatally shot by gambler named FELTON, in
Broadway by daylight. Whether FELTON, will
ever pay the penalty of his deed seems TO be
uncertain.
Lord Alverstone agreed with the remarks of
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and said they were no
stronger than he had heard from Americans
But he paid liberal compliment to the United
States in regard to the treatment and recIop,o-
ton of convicted criminals Americans bo
added were working hard to make their svstam
not only humane but truly preventive Of crime
We should feel grateful 10 the Lord Chief Ius.
tice of England for his sympathy and good
words but it is evident that there is plenty or
room here for reformation before we fully do.
serve them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-07
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.

IFRoN THE TRIBUNE BU REAU.I
Washington, Dec 6.-The German Ambassador
and Baroness Won Sternburg will sail for Europe
on Saturday. Mrs and Miss Langham. mother
and sister of the baroness are in New-YOrk
Mr.. Van Swinderen, the Minister from the Meth
erlands. whose marriage to Miss Glover will take
place here on December 81 returned 10 Washing
ton yesterday from hurried trip to his native land
AT the wedding the bride will have no attendants
but the Belgian Minister and Count Won Moltke. the
son-in-law OF Mime. BOnaparte. who with the coun-
tess Is now in Washington. will attend Mr.. Van
Swinderen. Mrs. Glover is recuperatfpg from
slight Illness. contracted after her return from a
recent trip to New-YorI
The secretary OF the legation Of Norway and
Sweden and Mrs. Hauge, who married last
summer. housekeeping at No / 7Js N-st
leased by Mr.. Hauge for the winter
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-07
Three Poems by the Emperor of japan

TThc first was written, apparently when the $50
of coming conflict with Russia began % ~e''''
into the certainty ~ war;
Nv hearts at peace with all and fam Nouiu
Live as 7 love. in lifelong amtty, ~
And vet the storm-couds lower. the rlSlhs VIZ
Stirs up the waves; the elemental strlIe
RACES around. l do not understand
Why this should be.
the SECOND was composed. presume DIV 49, ~
was seen that there absolutely n" p"SSlo'-l''
avoiding a recourse TO arns-l
III.
It's surely not cur taultE
We've sought 10 he sincere IN deed anu "N'
We have exhausted every means 10 press
\ clear and truthful case. but all IN NalH- -,.u
Now NAV the God that sees the hearts % ~
Approve OF what we do
This was written only few weeks asV' a."
scribce the conditions as they are to-taN4
III.
THEY'RE at the front -,
our brave young men: and now the iill'. saS5s
Are shoulderiue their arms; and IN Tue HO4
The old Irel gather in the abundant ~. IL
Low STOPPING Ger the Sheaves, an sseS
I'm cheerful self devotion 10 the Lahu
Translated for this weeks ''IndepeInSS NssaI
the ''kokumiu Shimbun." by Arthuf i-''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-07

sweet pgrity and noble Christian personality placed
her foremost among wemen.'' DR. StinSoo made
short address. IN 1T he said in part:
We are gathered here to-day to pay our "a
trtbe OF earthly respect 20 the sweetest ana sam
~ IA l1dv on the stage And 7 VIII not utter
word of euIoEy because could these silent ~. ~
rbst from which only sweet and modest WorIs
sneak they would. with sweetest grace dlscLs-i"
any praise ,-- -. -ts,s ard
our jov to-day is tOF her because her slIS ssrs
not from herself but her Christian falth As ya ys
of the church IN which she hired pew ana -" sSv
her lovely womanhood lay not IN her ln'II'Js ~
art or distinction i'm her profession. but IN rs
beautiful Christian faith
As the audience stood while the coffin was noN'
from the church, men and women bowed 'nsN
heads i'm grief
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-07
TIE TALK OF THE DAY.

There are plenty Of signs In Great Britain and on
the Continent OF Europe OF a season OF unusual
severity. The thermometer has already sunk 70
depths IN various parts Of the Old World which
have not been known for many term. AS yet on
this side Of the Atlantic extraordinary cold has
been experienced and it IS hard to tell whether
not this is to be a winter of exceptional rgor.
Mrs. Casey-'Tis a shame Mrs. Cassidy for yer
husband to come home drunk the way he does. 1t
hurts to IT.
Mrs Cassidy-I don't doubt It, Mrs. Casey Ye
always wuz an invious disposition-(Ph iladel
phia Press.
A hopeful promoter, who had only small
amount in his possession and had visited number
of important places of business, was arrested in
West Twenty-frst-st He had proposed buying
$4,000 worth of furniture at a single mandatory
and altogether getting $4,000 worth Of supplies for
a hotel in Havana, and had obtained $50 from
a credulous woman with which 70 purchase her
ticket In his pockets only s. was found. The
number Of sanguiue takers who go about in these
days convincing people that they have made ar
engagements for opening hotels induging in
charming schemes of that kind is unusually large
present.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-07

Governor Dockery recognizes the signs of the
times and now says he is in favor of the Re
publican doctrine of expansion and wants the
United States Ito continue an charging world
power" II is even possible in that event that
the Governor would consent to enlarge his
Thanksgiving proclamations. especially if he
expected another landslide in Missouri
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-07

A decision just given by the Supreme Court OF
the United States has dashed the expectations
of American naval officers. who had hoped that
the finding would be in their favor Under the
Navy Personnel acts of 1900 and 1901 the claim
was made that naval officers who go to sea
should receive increase of pay of 10 per cent,
because a similar increase is made in the cases
of army officers who assigned to duty on the
ocean or at foreign port. 1t will be necessary
to persuade Congress to change the laws in or
der to give more pay to naval officers. but it is
not likely that the present session will make any
increase
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-07
PEACE WITH POWDERS.

PEACE WITH-POWDERS.
No less authority than sir Lauder Brgnton ha,
ders,''-CDaly Paper,I
If you're troubled with a temper which is short and
Just take powder,
OF the sort Sir Lauder Brunton Is so eager to Up
A Temper Powder.
II you feel sudden Outburst coming without
If Big D's" you know for certain you'll be tempt
Why. the threatened ebullition you can easily
Just take powder.
Yes thu man whose wicked temper makes him
Should AXE a powder
The unmitigated bully who in passion draws his
Must take powder.
or. II brought before the Bench he for lenent
Why in place Of the confinement or the fine which
He may find the latest sentence is, say prison
Or twenty powders!
Wheresoever we may wander in future ought to
Folks taking powders.
The sale throughout the country ought prodgious
or temper powders!
The mud despatched victim tempted horribly to
The ingenious investor Rugged so badly by
The cabbio his hanson when he gets his legal
viii take powder,
The stage manager, rehearsIng. somewhat fire.
quentIy will stop
To take powder!
The bold golfer. ever tending his stupendous drives
VIII take powder.
We shall soon. upon all golf links If Sir Lauder
See an altogether novel. though reassurng.
Namely. scores of golfers stepping to the left or
TO take powder!
What pity certain rulers, 1t easy work to
Can't take a powder.
What pity yellow Freshmen who seek temper
can't take a powder
Peace with honor AS a motto is bit the worse
1t is surely time another for the country to pre-
pare:
Let us call on all the nations to a policy declare
-d.ondon Truth
Visitors to 4 quaint little church in England
observe a curious relic in the shape Of high stool
with a leather top like sadGle. The parish clerk
shows not little pride in this relic and tells its
story with relish. according to The Indianapolis
News" During the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries the country parsons were accustomed to
spend much Of their time hunting with their coun-
tr,, sources Oftentimes the fox got more atteu-
ton than the sermon on the following Sunday
Such was the case with the parson who left the
saddle stool behind him a relic of the days of
fox hunting parsons. lie a good deal more at
home in the saddle than in the pulpit so in order
10 introduce some of the life and spirit into his
discourses which he felt while in the hunting field
the reverend gentleman had this saddle stool made
II WAS placed in the pulpit before the parson
mounted the steps Once astrido this hobby the
,orsor vvos abl. TO reach a much higher degree Of
erthusiasm and .loquence than no could nave un-
mounted.
Nellie seems to be devoted 10 you.
Rell-w6y don't you marry HIM ;.
Phiiadephia Public Ledger
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-07

A large and successful bazaar was opened yester
day and continues to-day at the Waldorr-Astoi.
in behalf OF St. Luke's Home for Aged women
A number of well known women are among the Pc
iron. Sses
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-07

on,mendation to Congress, and the Message
throughout is on a high plane of patriotism and
honor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-07

glance at the shop windows shows that
merchants are not only prepared for holiday
season. but for holiday trade commensurate
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-07

Experience with NETWORKS first snowstorm
since the opening of the subway gave signal
demonstration of the value OF the latter. Warm
dry comfortable and quick transit in snowy or
rainy weather is a boon well worth paying for,
in the opinion of NEWCOMERS accustomed to
the surface and elevated blockades in winter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-07

Miss Calender and Miss De Forest. ~ No 2 East
Seveuty-secocd-st., viii be at home this season IT.
formally or Sunday afternoons in January an
F-arrrorv rom 4 until 8 o'clock. There will ne
roust, on these afternoons. as in former years
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-07

District Attorney Jerome has acted wisely
on the decision OF the federal Supreme Court
dismissng the appeal of Charles F. Dodge in
taking immediate steps 10 bring Dodge back
It is to be hoped that similar expedition will he
observed in moving his trial.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-07

Mrs William Barclay Parsons. 81. gives a big
luncheon party to-day at Berger's. Tor her grand
daughter Miss Sylvia Parsons
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-07

1t was bad omen for Macbeth when Great
Birnam Wood came to high Dunsinane Hill, but
when the one hundred thousand Christmas trees
begin their annual advance upon Gotham the
city brightens at their coming
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-07

Mrs Moses Taylor Campbell has left town to'
Washington, where she is staying with Mrs Oliver
Cromwell
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-07

Says The Louisville Courier Journal: The
conditions that are responsible for Vardaman
ARE simply the conditions responsible for asses
lin every part of the country The explanation
is luminous and satisfactory.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-07

Mrs ogden Mills viii give d dance on January
Is at her house IN East Sixty-uinth-st.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-07

Putting in force regulations concerning the
handling of vehicles in cOngested parts of New
York and Brooklyn has already accomplished
much good. Travel in the streets had become so
congested that it was necessary to take steps for
relief. or course. there will be grumbling on
the part of those whose movements are re-
stricted, but the DIRECTORS will have to yield to
public convenience.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-07

Mr. and Mrs. L Townsend Burden. with Miss
Evelyn and Miss Gwendolyn Burden. at the ST.
Regis for the winter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-07

with the prosperous condition OF the country.
Mr. Bryan's full water pitcher is not yet IN
demand.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-07

Theatre tickets once a week is recommended
by a New-Orleans woman as efflcacious way
Of keeping servants in good humor and retaining
their services. Let us hope they will not demand
boxes at the opera.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-07

Representative Bourke Cockrans idea OF pub
licity for national campaign expenses probably
would be greatly popularized if he would con-
tribute all the knowledge he presumably pos
sesses to the amounts paid for silver tongued
orators
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-07

Iispenard Stewart will give large dinner 20
his niece Miss Anita Stewart, at Sherrys, on Jan''
arv Q 7rterward taking his guests 20 Mrs Astor
hail Miss Stewart IS one OF the debutanJss % n
season.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-07

Howard c. Dickinson. whose marriage 70 Miss
May Solely takes place tomorrow. gave his 1are-
well bachelor dinner last night at the Hotel Aston
his guests including lie Cirande c. Grfswold. MAJ
shall r KeruoChau. John Dix. J. Lowell Blake, -
Boston; Robert Sedgwick. Edward II. Delaheld
Richard Thorndyke and Arthur Dixie.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-07

It IS January IS. instead OF January = that
the marriage Of Miss Constance Knower. daughter
OF Mrs. benjamin Knower, TO Henry Coleman
Draytou. will take place in ST Thomas-s Church
The ceremony will be followed by a reception gver
by Mrs Knower at her house in East Seventy
seventh-st.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-03-03

Of wood light and dark alternating and
arranged in such a way that there is an
actual perspective, and in looking at the
table the design appears to be of raised
blocks instead of being entirely fiat. as
it is. The top of the table is remarkable
in this particular and in the fact that il
is made from wood from many parts
of the world each state and territory
of this union being represented, and
the entire work being done with jack
knife. The top of the table is 80 inches
in diameter and is 16-sided. There are
four concealed drawers under the TOP
of the table. The outer rim is of rose
wood and mahogany. On the ledge be-
meath the same idea of inlaid work is
carried out in stars piled one above the
other. The maker first began to gather
wood for this table in 1876, and during all
of the last rs years he has been constant
ly on the hunt for pieces of historic bits
for his table. After gathering the ma
terial it took three months to make the
table, requiring unlimited patience to
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-03-03
TTulu Wonderful Table
Made Entirely of Relics from Many Historical Scenes and
Composed of $3.50 Pieces

carve out each piece with a jackknife,
The New York Tribune reports that
the maker has pieces of wood from nu-
merous places and things including the
following: Charter Oak, Hartford.
Conn; Washington Elm, Cambridge,
Mass; Washington's headquarters. VAL
ley Forge; Dewey's flagship, Olympia;
the Peel house, at Gomersal, England,
A. ID. 1910; the ship Endeavor, one of the
first to circle the globe, 1853 Capt.
Cook; the Merrimac, the ship Minneso-
ia, the railroad wreck at White River
Junction, the great Chicago fire. the Ho-
boken wharf fire of 1900. house in Yer
non, Conn, in which the first ward OF
satlnet cloth was woven in the United
States, 1917; the steamer Portland,
foundered off Highland Light Cape Cod,
November 81, 1898; Fort Crown Point
N. Y, built by the English in 1761: lig-
mum vitae, part of mast of the United
States steamer Cumberland. shot away
by Merrimac in Hampton Roads; court
house where John Brown was tried at
Harper's Ferry; the tomb of Napoleon.
st. Helena; the vessel Wasp. blockade
runner in 1872; house in Deerield, Mass.
scene of the Indian massacre in. 1904:
the tree under which Burgoyne surren-
dered in 177G; Scoville house, Water
bury, Conn, burned On February
3, 1902; Murray Hill hotel, New
York, damaged by explosion on Janu-
airy 27, 1902; telescoped car in tunnel
wreck of the New York Central. Janu-
airy s, 1902; the shed in Putnam in
which Gen. Putnam hung the wolf: the
ship Columbia, at Gay Head, bought of
the Indians; Old Church, built by the
Spaniards at st. Augustine, Fla; Johns
town flood; Williamsburg food; Nathan
Hale house, Coventry, Conn; old En-
field bridge; redwood tree, California;
tree in front of Daniel Webster's house:
Irresistible, of Nelson's fleet. abandoned
in the harbor of Bermuda in 1920; white
house, burned by the English in 1914:
Moro Castle, Cuba; carriage in which
President Roosevelt was riding at the
time of the accident in.Pittsfield, Mass:
Benedict Arnold's flagship; Gov Trum-
bulls chair, 1898: the ship Constitu-
ton; the Paterson IN. j. fire; Faneuil
hall, Boston, the ship Kearsarge, Fort
Ticonderoga; Libby prison; old house,
Nantucket, Mass.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-03-03
DOG TRAVELS ON PASS.
Clever Fox Terrier, Known as Dewey,
Is SisnaIIy Favored by an
Eastern Railroad

Dewey" a well-behaved fox ter
rier, whose home is in Rye, will be
the first dog honored with a regular
annual pass, says a New York dis
patch to the Baltimore Sun. Dewey
has been traveller on the New York,
New Haven & Hartford road for sew
eral years. Hitherto he has been
"deadheaded," or supplied with only
trip passes, but now trainmen along
the line have made application to the
passenger department for an annual.
1t will be put in a silver case, and
Dewey will wear it about his neck
whenever he wants to make a trip.
Every station agent and express
messenger from New York to Spring
field knows this dog. Never a week
passes that he does not go on a trip
of inspection on the line.
Dewey leaves home early in the
morning on an express train going to-
ward New Haven. He rides 40 or so
miles in the baggage car, gets out,
whisks about among the employees at
a station, wagging his tail, then banks
furiously at the door of an express
car, jumps in when it is opened, and
goes on few stations farther.
When night comes the dog crosses
the track, boards train going toward
home, curls up in corner of the car,
and is sure to awaken and get off at
Rye station.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-03-03

mally or sputtered, according to the
quality of the tiny lump it contained,
sometimes sendirg out from a tarry
bubble thin, kissing jet of nauseous
gas.
The bed was unmade and the sheets
were yellowed from bad laundering.
Dick, hunched in a deep chair, looked
about at his surroundings with dis
gust. 1t seemed a shame that a man
OF Il, possessed of enough sense to
hold position worthy at corporation
figures of $50 per week should live
like a pig.
He slammed the Earring stove door
on the smoke, took pu his hat over
coat and pipe, and with a last look
at the untidy room, went out. ANY
thing, he felt, was better than this
even unneeded work at the office.
Call on Kate? Not much. Not when
for two months he had tried to show
her that he didn't really need another
guardian.
Not guardian two or three years
older at that.
He clattered down the uncarpeted
stairs, and at the snowy sidewalk
dazzled with the glare, almost colliied
with a young woman, apolog!zing
blindly for his clumsiness.
"Why. Dick Wortham!" Dick pulled
himself together and stared half un-
derstanding into a face he knew.
sweet face with laughing blue eyes.
smiling on him over the furs, and be.
fore he knew it little snugly-gloved
hand was in Ills and he was wringing
1t hard.
Kate Murdoch" he almost shouted.
speaking of angels Here, step
under the awning out Of the snow and
tct me look at you"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-03-03
CONCRETE FENCE POSTS.
They Ought to Become as Hard aa
Granite, Without Any Rein-
fOrcement with Metal. ~

Dealers in Portland cement are APP
parently unfamiliar with the idea OF
making fence posts out of concrete.
and cannot give precise figures inoi-
eating how much stronger those would
be than wood. OF course, a good deal
depends on the kind of wood EN-
ployed. However, well made concrete
ought to be as hard as granite, even
without any reinforcement with metal
A correspondent of the New York
Tribune Farmer has suggested that a.
post having a triangular shape, each
side tapering from five inches at one!
end to three inches at the other, and
about seven and half feet long, would
prove good thing. A New York
dealer in cement agrees with him, and
regards reinforcement with wires IN
necessary.
Whatever screw eyes or other sup
ports for horizontal fence wires were
desirable ought to be inserted in the
mold at the beginning, for they could
not be introduced after the cement
had hardened. A V-shaped trough of
the right length, and with sides CORE
spending to two sides of the post.
would make a good mold. The con-
crete could be squared off with a.
trowel even with the upper edges OF
the trough, so that the material would
need to be inclosed only on two sides.
AS the posts should remain in the
molds a day or two before removal, it
might be wise to have a rather large
number of the latter to prevent waste
of cement and to avoid prolonged de-
lay in the process of manufacture.
If a good grade of Portland cement
were used, satisfactory results should
be obtained from a mixture composed
of one part of cement, three of sharp.
sand and five of fine broken stone.
Only enough water should be used to
make a stiff mortar, being mixed first
with the cement. The sand and stone
should be thoroughly and evenly COM
bined with the other ingredients.