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Human DeTeliCtS.
Concern Of a New York Paper Regard
ire Irnn7iora+ion Fror7 E,rona

Concern Of a New York Paper Regard
irg immigration From Europe
An editorial strongly favoring re-
striction Of immigration appeared in
New York paper not long ago. i'm
migrants of the type now most com
mon being styled human dereIicts. %
In a recent Canadian novel the Re
public was dubbed the light woman
among nations" welcoming to Der
shores ali sorts Of corners. regardless
Of the need of preserving the purity
OF her blood.
There is some reason in this CON
tention. but there is also a great deal
Of nonsense. II is true that much of
the material for citizenship which
we get from Europe, especially the
peasants from southeastern Europe,
is dubious indeed but il is also true
that the children OF these same
ignorant peasants develop in intel
lgence AID worth after they get
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petition persists. they are naturally
stirred Zip about it. They protest,
as we should protest if a force of
Afghans started to march across our
land. The ignorance Of the natives
as TO the reasons for this perform
ance, and the inability of the officers
TO convey to them a correct idea Of
what benevolent assimilation really
means, led to a fuss, and the in
vaders being armed with Maxim
guns and the natives with archaic
weapons, the result is a massacre.
1t may be true that the English
had to take the course they did, be-
cause the native did not comprehend
the situation. If you are in a strange
land, ard a big six-foot savage comes
at you with a spear, or a club, or
even an Cld-fashiOned gun, you do
not delay meeting him until you can
get a weapon equal to his own; you
use the one at hand. If he does not
know any better than to attack
Maxim guns he will have to take the
consequences. But, nevertheless, it
does seem as if the desired results
could have been attained without
so much slaughter. The march of
civilization proper is a slow pro
cess, even in civilized lands, and
comparatively few humans care to
have civilization administered to
them in chunks out of a cannon. If
the British really want to get hold
OF Tibet. and keep it, and avoid an
tagOnizing the natives, the work will
have to be done, not by big guns, but
by earnest, conscientious, and hard
working civilians, such as have built
up the framework Of the Indian gov
eminent.
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here, in a surprisingly large number
Of cases. It should not be forgotten
that human beings who have found
life squalid, narrow, and british IN
der Old World conditions, and have
had the enterprise to get together
the money for even a steerage pas
sage to this country, have within
them a germ of pluck and intel
ligence which, when developed, some
times shames the native American
by being superior TO his own. The
human derelict does not stay forever
a derelict.
The real danger lies, at present,
not so much in immigration, though
that ought to be placed under reason
able restrictions, but in the sluggish
ness and indifference, the selfshness
and narrOwness, of native Americans
who have had their chance, and viii
not take an intelligent interest in the
future of their country. The we'll
TODD American who treats these
great masses of aliens as if they
were so many dogs or horses, in
capable OF reason, and then is sur
prised when, under shrewd leader
ship. they beat him at the polls, de-
serves every bit of the humiliation
he feels. The American who can
point to Revolutionary ancestors de-
serves to lose his heritage if he does
not take enough interest in it to help
keep the faith our fathers sealed
us" to secure to every man a fair
chance to live. The cynical grumbler
who scolds about the Republic going
to the dogs, because the children of
wOrkingmen take piano lessons and
wear velvet hats. may as well go of
into a cave by himself and scold, for
all the effect his growing will have
on the march of events.
The English conservative who
fights for his class. standing squarely
on the dogma that caste separations
must exist and are good for the
country. may be respected. The So
cialist. SO intent on giving the under
dog a show that he forgets the primal
facts of human nature. is also worthy
Of respect. But our well-to-do Amer
leans, who allow prejudice and class
antagonism TO dominate them, and
who arc nominally democratic and
really aristoc.atic, are neither fish
nor flesh, nor good red herring Let
them stand together and fight for
gCOd government. if they believe
that it can only be had through gov
eminent by the well-to-do, or let
them join hands with the leaders Of
the worEingmen and fight for good
government. if they believe that it
viii come more speedily by that way;
but let them net sit and tviddle their
thumbs and rail at the immigrant,
while they make not the slightest
move either to use or oppose his in
huence.
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His Efforts 6Kisplaced.

Samuel Maddox, one Of the attorneys
for the defense in the Machen trial. is
accepting with grace the fun that mis-
friends are having at his expense as the
result Of a recent episode in which he
figured
Shortly after the jury had returned
a verdict Of guilty for all four prisoners,
Mr.. Maddox left Washington to spend
few days at the seashore. lie stop
ped at one of the prominent hotels.
where the names OF the guests, with a
brief bit OF Chit-chat about the most
distinguished visitors, arc printed in
the town papers.
The next day Mr.. Maddox was shown
an item in one Of the papers announc-
ing that he was one Of the arrivals al
the resort.
Mr.. Maddox is an attorney Of Wash
ington," the article continued. 'and has
Inquired in many Of the celebrated cases
"a the Capital. Indeed, il was largely
due 10 his efforts that the conviction o.
MachCn and the others was brough
aDOuJ
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THE.
PERSONAL SIDE

tic circumstances. the lawyer argued
20 the court-martidl. that. his client
betaS unable 20 pay, could not pay.
conduct. because he did not do some
thlnS which 1t was impossible for him
To do.
So convincing was the argument that
the court-martial returned a verdict
lu favor of the Ohicer.
In few days after the verdict wa
rendered the lawyer sent a note to
The oficcr requesting him to remit his
fec to him.
he received letter from the military
man by the next mail. which he SAYS
te ielt sure contained q check for his
Imagine his surprise whom he opened
me envelope and read this brief reply:
no" can YOU Tor one moment
imagine that I can paw YOU the amo1Int
YOU ask. or any other amount, when
"A know the court-martial. at YOU.
Guest decided that ! am not liable
any debts-you yourself hath said
}rd must be SO, it is true"
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A Little misunderstanding.
The British Expedition in Tibet Kills
goo People for Non Comprehension.

The British Expedition in Tibet Kills
600 People for Non-Comprehension.
The report Of Colonel Younghus-
band on his recent engagement with
the Tibetans, in which more than
300 Of the natives were killed. 209
wounded, and 200 taken prisoners.
is rather a curious new episode in
the march of civilization. The re-
port contains the information that
the Tibetans began the fight. and
that the result was wholly caused
by the complete inability of the Tibe-
tans to realize the seriousness of the
situation, even when the troops alb
solutely surrounded them. We won
der IL they realize il now.
In short. this is a case OF misun-
derstanding, and the British, being
the people who really comprehended
the situation, got of most easily.
with nobody killed and a few men
wounded, not seriously. To the out
slider, however. the massacre of sew
eral hundred people with Maxim
guns looks like a rather serious pen
atty for lack Of comprehension. If
this principle is to be tablished as
universal. some Of us win have 10
take soap and sand and brighten ND
our understanding. or we shall be
removed to a land in which it will
not be needed.
The desire Of the Viceroy OF India.
and Of the imperial government. to
possess, or, al any rate. to control.
Tibet. is easily understood. It has
been explained by the statement that
the Himalayas are tho wall which di-
vidss India from the Russian pos
SESSIONS, and that Tibet may be com
pared 10 The glacis just beyond the
wall of a fortress. The British have
no desire 10 go and live on that
glacis. but they do not want other
people there. II would be like hay-
Ing a burglar on the front steps or
in the vestbule OF your house, or
camDed in the back yard He might
not be in the house, but fl would
not be difficult for him TO get in.
Hence the desire Of the Indian gov
eminent to get some sort Of control
over Tibet-enough control to assure
its not being used by Russia. So
far the course Of the government is
reasonable.
But the means which it takes to
secure this end are, one cannot but
think, open TO criticism. Here is an
expedition, not punitive. not sup
posed to be warlike. marching along
over territory belonging to a semi
civilized people Of Asiatic extraction.
These people DO not want to treat
with England. do not want to see the
English, do not want TO have any
thing TO say TO them When the ex-
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stNsEs OF THE REPTILE.

An Austrian doctor has lately pub
Ishee the results of his observations
upou the special senses Of animals.
espoially upon the sense Of reptiles.
He concludes that these are capable OF
soi-g directly toward water. which APP
peas to attract them. even at long dis
tayces- Light acts upon them indie
padentIy of heat. Their sight is gen
enlly good. and is probably their most
shIte sense vet their vision is limited.
OOcodiles cannot distinguish a man at
distances above ten times their length.
fish see fOT only short distances. The
isiOn OF serpents is poor. the boa con-
ftTictOr. for example. can see nos farther
chan one-third of its own length. Some
srakes see no farther than One-eighth
of their OWE length. Frogs are better
endowed and see twenty times tneIr
St. James Gazette.
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Easter Sundau.
The Transformation of an Ancient Fes-
tival Into a Church Holiday.

Universal as has been the obsery-
ance Of Easter as festival of the
church, especially of recent years.
comparatively few people know how
far back into the past the beautiful
custom goes Like Christmas, which
is the Christian form of the old Yule-
tide festival, Easter was observed by
the pagans Of Britain and other Euro
pean countries, and like the Yule fes-
tival it was an expression of the nat
ural emotions of humanity at a GER
tain season Of the year. The beauti-
ful symbolism of pagan folklore
serves as the chalice into which the
wine Of o new spiritual significance is
poured.
There are many quaint old observ-
Cnces associated with Eastertide in
England, and some of them came over
to this country with the colonists two
hundred and fifty years ago. The
gathering Of flowers on Whit Monday
was one festival which had its place
IN New Yorl; life until a century ago.
perhaps even later The Easter egg
and the Easter rabbit were probably
outerowths of other forms of folk
lore. Symbols such as the Easter
lily. the butterfly, and the Easter
chimes may be supposed to have orig
mated with the Christian church.
which made its own aIlegorles and
symbolism to convey the idea of the
resurrection.
The Puritan commemorative
cropped Easter from their list Of hoIi-
days, as they did Christmas. on ac-
count of the connection of these fes-
tivals With a church which they re-
garded as unworthy and corrupt.
They made their festivals frankly sec
ular. and their church services strict
" religious, believing not in mixing
the two. Other religious folk, how
ever, chung TO time-hOnored observ-
ances, trusting that with reverence
and care they might be purged of all
associations which were unworthy
and nowadays practically the whole
Christian world observes Easter.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-04-03
ABLE CHARITY WORKER
DEAD IN BUFFALO, N. Y.

BUFFALO, n Y, April Capt
George A Sale, who was deputy super
intendent If the house Of correction in
Chicago or eighteen years. and chief
clerk in he Illinois State reformatory
for four fears. died at the home OF his
sister in North TOnaWanda yesterday,
death bling due to kidney disease.
CAPTAIN Gale was in command. OF COM
pany G Thirty-third Regiment New
York safe Volunteers, during the civil
war. Sc was siNty-fOur years old.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-04-03
CHINESE AND KITE FLYING.

Everybody knows the fondness OF the
adult Chinese for kite flying. The Ko-
rean. however, puts this pastime to a
use altogether novel When the time of
good resolutions comes around at the
new year the Korean writes on a kite
all his faults, EVIL disposition, impa-
thence. bad words. street fights etc.
1T was so dark says one American
residing in Korea, relating such an in
stance, that no kite could be seen, but
wheE he had run the string out TO its
full length he cut IL and let IL go. imag
ming that so he had rid himself of his
enemiesl and could begin the new year
with new courage.
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An EngIishman's Criticisms.
Sir Philip Burne-J Jones' Experiences in
tbs United States.

,
tbs United States.
Engiishmen command our sympa-
thies always when they set out to
speak Of America in a critical sense;
but when an Englishman sets out to
write a book about America we know
not whether pity or condemnation
should be his lot. 1t is certain he re-
ceives an ample measure Of both; but
he is not easily afrrighted, and con-
tinues on his way with the same easy
indifference as when calling for "bif-
teck and pal al in the Cafe Conuuen-
tale. or swallowing Z tankard Of All
sop's in Cairo.
If we except Sir Horace Plunkett,
who is only about half an English
man, and whose references to this
country are no more than incidental
Sir Philip Burne-Jones, the painter. is
the latest to enter the field and put in
book form his Impressions
GUS word that-as to how matters
seemed to him when here last.
L had a vision of a vast continent.
full of the most bewitching girls" he
says. ~clad in the daintiest costumes,
delighted TO see me" Now what do
you think of that? Did Sir Philip.
we wonder, have limned in faithful
outline picture like this, awaiting
only brush and color to give to it en-
during embodiment? We suspect he
did; but like the great American
novel," the time is not yet ripe for
its production, as his premonition Of
things for the most part was found by
him to be wrong. In fact, like a Ger
tain poet, on his way here some years
ago, and whose first encounter with
the Atlantic Ocean provoked the ex-
preston, Disappointed" Sir Philip
Burne-Jones' experience with Ameri-
ca may be summed up in the same
fashion.
Our women may be "the most be
witching girls" but the sad fact re-
mains that they arc "chldlille, fasci-
mated By the idea Of playing at being
naughty, and shocking people" We
think il unfair that Sir Philip should
have culled materials for this part of
the volume from the Louisville
Courier Journal; " for Colonel Waiter
son eould have told him. as he told us,
al that and more long ago.
President Roosevelt greeted me as
though I was the one person in the
world ne was anxious to meet, though
he had probably forgotten my exist
ence the Eext minute" And again:
The palaces of Newport are, in truth.
just what you would expect the pal
aces of Newport 10 be-" The depth
OF observation revealed in that phrase
is touching. He wonders at the bad
taste displayed In its architecture.
These critics who are forever won
dering' at and never admiring the
things seen here become at length
trying to persons Of sensitive nerves.
Architecture was once described as
frozen music" Some other clever
body adverted on a memorable occa-
SIGN to music as organized noise"
Much Of what Sir Philip Burne-Joncs
says Of America appears to be 'mu-
sic "
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Oil Fuel at Sea.
The Recent Trip of the Nebraskan
an Object Lesson.
huence

The Recent Trip of the Nebraskan
an Object Lesson.
The steamship Nebraskan. of the
Hawaiian Line. has made the voyage
from San Francisco to New York
burning oil instead of coal. and her
officers report a substantial saving in
operating expenses and in time. Cali
fornia railroad and steamship man
ayers worked out long ago the details
of adapting their engines to oil fuel,
but their Eastern brethren seem to
think that the burning of oil under
locomotive and marine boilers is an
experiment 1t was an experiment
ten years ago. but it did not take the
Santa Fe engineers long to solve the
few problems involved, and for nearly
a decade railroad patrons in southern
California have Travelled in a state Of
comfort unknown in the East All the
locomotives burn oil, and therefore
smoke and cinders are eliminated,
The roadbed is sprinkled with crude
C4ls anu tOil5tA AitAAllf tlAFAb - AZ AtASNs
and car windows may be kept open at
all times.
The best railroads in the East are
still burning coal and smothering
travellers with dust, cinders, and SCOT,
while the managers loudly proclaim
the ineffable superiority Of their old
fogy methods and put aside the oil
fuel proposition with the assertion
that the use OF petroleum is in the
experimental stage
Eastern railroad men could learn
something of value to travellers from
any locomotive engineer in California,
and it is probable that marine archi-
tccts, constructors, and engineers who
inspect the Nebraskan will discover
something of commercial adj antage
in her successful experiment OF
steamirg 5000 miles without coal
and without a stop or a breakdown.
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Caught in His OzU7 Trap.

a prominent young member of the
cat bar tells a story on himself, abo
how he was euchred out of a fee by
client. The latter was an army ohlc
and was summoned before a court-m
ual to answer 10 charge of cOnd
mbecoming an officer and a getlem
Tho specific offense with which
oaIccT was accused was his refusa
uuy aiiuOnv TO has wife from W
E- was divorced. As a defense
attorney pleaded that the officer
bankrupt, and had been so adjudge
the District Supreme Court
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BOSTON GAS PROFITS
AGGREGATED $66,OOO,0OO
Thomas W. Lawson Says IN Letter His
Estimate of s4s,ooo,ooo Was
Far Toe Small.

BOSTON. Mass. April 2.-Thomas W.
Lawson, in a letter 10 a local news
paper today on tie gas litigation. makes
the statement that in the deal wherein
he testified that ne, with II. II. Rogers.
the Standard OHking. had made profit
of $4,000. 200. TIE profits were much
larger.
As a matter Of fact. he says. TO put
the profits Of that deal at SCI, 000, 900
would be nearer the truth.
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Statue.

ed negroes were walk
'ayette Park. 1t was
O of the men were
shington, and the third
EN- the city.
60 was acting as guide
ne Lafayette and the
atues, and then led his
a ward the center of the
Clark Mills statue Of
stands.
we heard of StOnewall
washington man asked.
rcat superiority.
4 - the two visitors re-
IS him, the guide an
hitting at the Jackson
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A Chicago University professor now
comes out with the statement that Bun
vans pilgrim was "a cad How does
that professor come 10 know all about
Cads. anyway
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IL is proposed that poor children have
a taste OF fresh air i'm Rock Greek Park
this summer. Air is so cheap a thing
that IL does seem rather pathetic that
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The japanese are said to be il the
lead in the discovery of baciHi and such
like small work. il win be remembered
that Pooh-Bah was Japanese.
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il Is rather curious that though the
papers are agreed in saying That the
suicide who jumped tWcuty-Cnc stories
was not seen by any one until he struck
the pavement. several pictures of the
tragedy have been made up from the
accounts OF eyeWitnCsscs.
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Minister Wu's son has made a speech
IN a school debate. TO the effect that
cartoons are inartistic. Most Chinese
art looks Ike cartoons TO the unac-
custCmed eye all the same.
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The Beers decline 10 go into vaudc-
vile 1T the 81. Louis fair u which de-
cisiou their real strength Of character is
shown.
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new Yor! would like for Easter a new
Ia that VIII come of.
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Hunting Galore.

On the return trip the advance guard
saw elephants at great distances. and
the Americans had hunting galore, kill
ing great numbers Of antelope, deer, and
gazelles.
The party Travelled 2S5 miles by train
and 636 miles by caravan. Three days
were spent at Harrar, where the EN-
perOr's nephew called up his uncle by
long-distance telephone TO tell him that
the Americans were coming, and line
days at Adds Abeba-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-01-11

Worknen at Homestead, Pa,
have a story to the effect that Mr..
Corey, the new president Of the
steel trust, began his industrial ca-
reer pushing a wheelbarrow i1
one Of Carnegie's steel works I thal
he did as much work as any two Of
the other men, thereby laying .
foundation for the advancement
which eliminated in his preseRa
alnineHce, and that he was paid 81
a day for his unusual exertion. Ms.
Corey declares that this story Is nui
strictly correct. Il was only a
years old them" he says, "Rnd
probably did less work than any
other employe similarly engagsd.
1t is also a mistake that / started
In at 81 day. it was not as rnAash
as that"
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TeaohInO the PeOpIs HYaIens.

The school board Of London b
trying to educate the people ia
hygiene. 1t his decided to open
twenty experimental classes and II
these succeed more will be organ
ised. Already eighty head teachers
have applied to have these classes
started In their evening schoola but
at present only twenty viii bt
opened. The best lecturers bays
been elected for the classes. DIFF
ferent classes of schools in various
districts will be opened, SONS
sporg the very poor, others IN bet-
ter-to-do working class neighbor-
hoods. Eacn lecture is to be made
as practical and as elementary a
possible. and a non-technical
graphic treatment Of the subject Is
enioined. Even If the syllabus b
not closely followed, the practical
work is in no case to be omitted.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-01-11
A Champion TruanL

Berlin lays claim to the distinc-
ton Of having the champion tru-
ant Of the world. He is a boy ol
10. Nothing could make him at.
tend school. and it finally becan,
necessary to send him thither eacA
day in charge Of = policeman. ThiI
lasted for a week or 90, and chen
he began to run away from honE
at night so that the policeman cS1N
not find him in the morning. To
stop this practice he was locked up
One night he jumped through aia
window in the room where he waa
confined and landed in the street
thirty feet below, with his skill and
most Of his ribs broken.