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Holbrook argus., 1905-09-23
Thomas Opinion.

The father of a young man who had been lately married had occasion to send faithful but somewhat blunt old servant to his sons house, some miles distant, on business. On his re- turn, anxious to hear the old mans opinion of the lady, he said:
 "Well, you saw the bride, Thomas?
 "Yes, master, I saw the bride."
 "She's wealthy lady, Thomas"
 ''Yes, master, very wealthy. I sup. pose"
 "Well, and what's your opinion Thomas?"
 "I think she's a right bonnie lad. to talk to, as well as being rich and clever; but, master" said the l'd man, confidentially, If beauty's sin she won't have that to answer for"
Holbrook argus., 1905-09-23
Little Love Taps.

At one of the recent White House receptions there was little case of ra- pier thrusting between two ladies, says Lippincott's, and 1t was delightfully."- en- tertaining to those who saw and heard.
 There is a famous man in Washing ton, one who came from the plain peo- pie and who continues as one of them. He has beautiful daughter of aristo- cratic tendencies, who has dug up a family tree, somehow or other, and who affects superiority which she does not possess in any sense.
 The wife of a Congressman from a Western State was introduced to the young lady and pleasantly said:
 "I have met with your distinguished father, Miss"
 q dare say" replied the young lady !anguidly. "Papa in his position meets all sorts of people,"
 The Western lady flushed and fash ed back instantly: q should suppose 80. Especially when he is at home."
Holbrook argus., 1905-09-23
Just the Form.

"Three months ago I returned his ring" said the tall brunette, "and l vowed then and there that should throw his picture and his letters into the furnace"
 And did you?" gasped her chum.
 "Yes, I kept my vow"
 "How terriblew
 "But-but there was no fire in the furnace"
Holbrook argus., 1905-09-23
MONEY MAKING IN MEXICO.
Cordiality Toward Americans Is Policy
 of Government.

of Government.
 A condition which makes the oppor- tunity for profitable investment in Mexico particularly inviting is the cor dial attitude of Mexico toward Ameri- can citizens, according to Leslie's Weekly. This cordiality and spirit of cooperation is the settled policy of the Mexican government. It is the per sonal feeling of the president himself, and he has instilled it into those who assist him In the administration of the nations affairs. It is policy which will unquestionably continue after Gen. Porfirio Diaz has relinquished his firm control of the Mexican nation. His prospective successor, Vice Presi- dent Corral, is one of the strongest and abest men in his country. Incident ally, he Is extremely democratic and very popular, and he is a man of large private fortune, his wealth being esti- mated at $5,0OO,OO0 gold. Like Presi- dent Diaz. MT. Corral believes that the best policy for Mexico is to encour- age the interest and friendship of the American people.
 The vice president spent most of his life in Sonora, which borders on the United States, and he has learned the language and methods of the Amerl- can. He was governor of Sonora when selected to the post which places him in succession to President Diaz, and his administration should be distin- guished by at least the same measure of friendship toward American inter- ests as that of the present august chief of the republic.
 One often hears the question asked with suspicion:
 "Supposing President Diaz should re- sign or die suddenly, what then?"
 The hope of the republic is that neither of the events will happen, at least for many years to come; but the opinion of the men who know Mexico best is that the nation would pursue the even tenor of her way without a ripple of disturbance, because of the solid foundation on which the republic has been placed by the conservatism and patriotism of President Diaz. One guarantee of the future is the broad intelligence, the distinguished eXecu- tive ability and the popularity of Vice President Corral. Another assurance of uninterrupted tranquility is the strength and importance of foreign in- terests in Mexico, the most important of these being American. These inter- ests, with their own governments be- hind them, would support the Mexican government promptly and effectively against its enemies should even the slightest disturbing element become apparent.
Holbrook argus., 1905-09-23
SHARPEN THEIR sABERs.
Americans Respond to Recent Order
 from War Secretary.

Americans Respond to Recent Order
 from War Secretary.
 The United States has rather laid aside the saber in favor of gunnery. but now comes the "lesson" of the far east, says the Pail Mall Gazette. The Americans are sharpening their sabers and searching for old ones that have remained in store since the civil war. This is the result of an order from the Secretary of War And an agitation against the new rod-bayonet may possibly produce yet another or der. The agitators would like to see it replaced by the old knife-bayonet or at least heightened if it can be retain ed. It was chosen for its lightness and is not only thin but also short. As the new Springfield rife is also short the length of the arm for bayonet work is the shortest in the world. That would not matter if battles are really to be decided by rifle fire and gun fire alone, but if once 1t is believed in an army that men will have to defend their lives with their bayonets the moral question Is at once introduced. No army could afford that leakage of confidence which would be the result of using mistrusted weapon.
 This is to say no more than will meet with general agreement. It is not by any means necessary to as- sume that the lessons" which the Americans are acting upon are true. Before we can be convinced that the bayonet will really play again a Ma poleonic part, we must be properly in formed as to the quality of the Rus sian gun and rife fire, which, in the first place, was directed to stop the Japanese rushes.
 Whatever be the truth about that, 1t is extremely interesting to see that a considerable part of instructed military opinion in America is in revolt against changes which have their counterpart In Great Brftain-a shorter-barreled rifle and shorter bayonet reach. The new Springfield rifle is six inches shorter in the barrel than the Krag- Jorgensen. The official tests were thought to prove that the short barrel was as accurate as the old one; but the odd thing attached to the bayonet work at the time was that the new bayO- net was not only not heightened to compensate for the shorter rifle, but was actually made shorter than the old one. Roughly, the length of the American rife with the bayonet is now fifty-four inches, the new barrel being twenty-four inches. The French measurement over all is seventy-one inches, the German siXty-nine inches. the Russian sixty eight inches, the Jap anese siXty-five inches and the British sixty-one inches in the case of the old rifle, and about five inches less in the case of the new rife. In these rough measurements parts of an inch have been disregarded. AS for the rod-bay onet, it is comparable as an infantry weapon with what the majority of our cavalry officers appeared to desire as q cavalry weapon after the Boer war.
 
 A New Musical Game.
Holbrook argus., 1905-09-23
FINDS OF GOLD OUT WEST.
Sudden Strokes of Fortune That Come to prOsnectOra.

Sudden Strokes of Fortune That Come
 to Prospectors.
 Every State or Territory in which gold and silver have been found in any quantity has its stories of discoveries which, while they seem like romances when told, are examples of the adage that truth is stranger than fiction. Montana furnishes several of the more interesting.
 Every prospector in the Rocky Mountains has probably heard the tale of how Tom Cruise discovered the great Drum Lomond mine. For years the old miner had been sluicing out the gold in the bed of creek a few miles from Helena. Some days he secured less than dollars worth and other days five times as much. The uncer- tainty was discouraging, but he had experience enough to know that the ledge from which the gold had been washed must be somewhere in the vii cinity, so he explored the valley, but without result. Then he climbed the sides for hundreds of feet. At last he saw projection which was appar- ently rock covered with earth and leaves. A few digs with the shovel laid bare the outcropping of the ore vein which was to become one of the most famous in the world.
 Montana also contains the Granite Mountain mine, which was supposed to consist of surface ore. The shrewd superintendent noted indications which led him to believe another ore body lay beneath. The mine owners, however, disagreed with him, and he began in vestigatiog for himself when the veins appeared to be exhausted. On the very day he received a telegram to abandon the claim he made the discovery of the lode beneath. The telegram he sent his employers caused them to give him carte blanche in the way of spending their money to reach the ore. It is a matter of history that the wealth of this mine has erected some of the finest buildings in St. Louis, where the owners invested their profits.
 In the long list of accidental discov- cries which have made fortunes either for the dscoverers or others to whom they divulged their secret that of Park City will always occupy a prominent place. It was not always termed Park City and many of the miners in Utah to this day still call it Parley's Park, it's original name. Sitting on q ledge of rock to rest, a prospector began knocking away at the surface with his pick without thought that its point was entering a mass of silver ore which has since been mined for over ten years Noting the glitter of the fragments, he took them to the nearest town and had them assayed-more out of curiosity than otherwise, for appar- ently they contained too much of the white mt1! for it to be genuine. The assay showed no less than twelve pounds of silver to the ton.
 News of the discovery soon spread and openings were made from which ore yielding over 3,000,000 pounds of pure silver has thus far been taken, and no one knows how much more lies in the bowels of the hills.-Pilgrim.
Holbrook argus., 1905-09-23
Eot Specially Interested.

My dear girl, do you think it is right to let that young man spend so much money on you?"
 "Why not? I have no intention of marrying him."
Holbrook argus., 1905-09-23

Egypt claims the oldest man in the world--Ahmed Selim, who has turned six
Holbrook argus., 1905-09-23

The narrow soul knows not the god. like glory of fOrgiving.-Rowe.
The Washington times., 1905-12-14
KNIGHT OF THE GRAIL ="
SPLENDIDLY PRODUCED

Time-honored 'Lohengrin," wagner's
song story OF The Knight OF the
Grail" Ike good wine. seems to improve
with age and especially when produced
as 1t was by the Savage Company at
columbia Theater last night With the
exception OF erratic work in ensenn BILE
mere and there by the chorus, there was
little left to be desired.
IN themeuc construction this opera
perhaps more than any other of the
earlier Wagner productions, not even
excepting the Flying Dutchman." SPAR
kies with lyric possibilities which. when
handled by good voices, become newer
instead OF Older. as time advances.
And this was the case last night All
the familiar melodies. from the HeraId's
announcement 10 the worId-knovn brid-
al scene and chorus. were so well done
that one might well have said "I,ohep-
grin rediViVus
As 10 the cast. there IS no selecting
one above the other. Wegener. al1yaVe
az nome in this role. was again a.
ldeti Knight OF the Grail With the
physique suggestive OF the part IN
was soon apparent after the singing of
me swan Song that ne 7yas i'm snIen
ulu Noice. ana 50 IL proved until the
The Washington times., 1905-12-14

beginning of the present session, on the
ground that they had, in favoring last
year the Hearst railroad rate bill.
broken their party's caucus agreement
on the Davey rate bill. which was re-
garded as the Democratic measure or
the subject of railroad supervision by
the Government.
Lamar and Shackleford resented the
minority leaders action. claiming it re-
suited from his displeasure at their
favoring bill fathered by Hearst, who
is bitterly opposed to Williams leader
ship They also claimed they had
broken no caucus agreement.
Williams announced last Saturday
that he had removed the two from the
committee because they had defied the
caucus action and he thought their re-
moval to be in the interests OF party
harmony.
Lamar Immediately showed his dis
pleasure. Last Monday he tried to make
statement concerning the matter on
the floor of the House on a question Of
personal privilege" but was ruled out
of order He then gave to the press a
singing interview arraigning Williams
course.
Republicans Fostered 1t.
Yesterday afternoon the Republicans
gave the Democrats their own time in
discussing the personal differences and
the row followed. Mr. Overstreet was
discussing the Presidents message and
granted Mr.. Lamar unlimited time to
make his statement. Then followed
Lamar's attack on Williams. and the
resulting speeches.
1t was all pie to the Republicans.
1t did not hurt them and they enjoyed
the whole show They are not afraid
of the mere handful OF the minority.
but they laughed to see the handful
split up into mere useless fingers by
their own dissensions.
1t was a remarkable day in the House
one that would have done credit to
q woman's club-in the way OF talk,
with the personalities wiped out.
Today there are sores.
The Washington times., 1905-12-14
BIG HAVANA HOTEL
NEW GAMBLING DEN
Palatial Miramar to Be Con-
verted Into Club.
NEW YORKER INTERESTED
Agent of Richard Garfield Said to Be
Engineering the Project
With Success.

HAVANA. Cuba. Dec. 14-There is
every likelihood that one OF the most
fashionable hotels in Havana will be
converted at once into a gambling club
Senor Guilliermo del Tore admits that
he had received a substantial offer for
six years lease of the Hotel Miramar
lie cannot sublet without the authority
or the owner, who is coming to Havana
today and hopes to complete the deal.
report has it that a New York man
named Burbridge. who ALREADY has a
gambling place in the Prado. has offered
s5ovp bonus for a lease TO take fmme-
9ate possession. Current rumors credit
burordge with being Richard Canfeld's
Miramar overlooks the entrance of the
narDor' IN splendid location It was
buflt a few years ago having a feyv
luxurious rooms above a fancy restau-
rant on the ground floor
The Washington times., 1905-12-14
Democrats Family Ron
Called Policeman Cannon
So Violent Became Mud SIinqinq AMONG
Lamar, ShaCkIeford, and Williams on House
Floor That Speaker Had to Interfere.

All the gossip at the Capitol today is
concerning the terrific storm of per-
sonal abuse that prevailed for nearly
three hours in the House yesterday aft
ernoon, with Minority Leader John
Sharp Williams and Representatives
Lamar and Shackleford. all Democrats
as the central and disturbing figures.
In the course of the cyclonic exchange
of personalities, things were said that
have never been surpassed on the .loor
of the House for acrimony, bitterness,
and unbridled anger. IT was purely a
Democratic fuss" and the minority
leader. once the scrap" was begun,
did his best TO help it along
Party Down and Out.
As result. the minority party will.
according to the present indications,
never act as a harmonious whole again
in the Fffty-ninth Congress, which is
stii in its infancy SO hot was the quar-
rel and so unrestrained the storm of per
sonal feeling that it is impossible to be-
heVe the wound of yesterday will heal
Mr.. Lamar and Mr.. Shackleford made
1t plainly understood rnar they consid-
cred Mr. Williams unfit as a leader and
lacking in veracity, while williams In
turn accused Lamar and Shackleford OF
untruthfulness. and especially directed
the shafts of his sarcasm at Lamar. in
dicating that he considered Lamar not
particularly well equipped mentally.
Lamar declared his contempt" for
Williams. and became so pronounced in
his remarks about his leader that he
had to be reminded by the Chair OF the
parliamentary custom of tenpering such
sentiments when expressed IN the House
Lamar gave Williams a fearful Cruel
ing, Williams returned IL with interest
Shackleford took a hand and made
an equally savage attack on Williams,
which Williams refused to answer in de-
tail.
that Williams removed Lamar and
ShackIeford from the Committee on In
terstate and Foreign Commerce at the
The Washington times., 1905-12-14

opera ended. The part of Elsa was far
DETER suited 10 the voice Of Miss Rem
nyson than the role she essayed on
Monday evening, and her singing of
ne supphcation with its trying move
ments was triumph.
me Ortrud OF Miss Margaret Craw-
toru was indeed a "Genuss" as the
.IerLnan .n would say. Hers is more of a
lzo Llezzo than contralto, and the tones
sne produces, particularly in the duet
ns I'm a- lisa showed the decided range
MI Farker as King, and Mr.. Richards
az az ieraId, were. also good. and the or
SSnSsra. spiendidly Handled by Mr.
81 IScnenck added much TO the success of
The Washington times., 1905-12-14
In Sublime Realms.

ONHeQ lnal every WAS
And the climax was startling.
In Sublime Realms.
Mrs Smith over there is asking after
her brother. She wants to know II heI
suspicious were correct. But, Mrs
Smith, your brother is dead, He died
suddenly seem to see an Office Oh,
he died in his office; he was hanged.
Was it suicide? Why. hts hands were
strapped to his side. And yet they de-
cided it was suicide. Oh. 1 see; you
suspect he was murdered-and-yo
are-right. He was murdered All see
-no-I can't see-can't see any morei'
And Mrs Fay apparently went into
cataleptic fit or something of the sort.
She was unblindfolded and was carried
, apparently In a trance or the stage.
Nobody Knows.
How does she do II? Nobody knows
She doesn't herself But the fact re-
mains that she did answer questions
from persons she had never seen, on
subjects OF which she could have no
possible knowledge. She answered some
such questions for friends of the re-
porter who writes this-and who is
frankly a skeptic. She gives special
afternoons for women that they may
feel free TO ask the questions with
which they are really tormenting their
souls And she answers them. That's
all.
The Washington times., 1905-12-14
WEIRD PERFORMANCE
PUZZLES GENTLE SEX
MIS- Fay Presents an Interesting Ex-
hibition at the Majestic
Theater.

yesterday afternoon at the Majestic
the Fay's gave their first ladies' matt.
nee during their present engagement
Ihey call themselves 1.-The Fays." b,,t
really Mrs. Fay is the whole show.
MT ray does some rather clever
stunts. and there are some Russia :
cancers who do a good vaudeville turn
BUT 1t Is for Mrs. Fay's telepatbic evbI-
oition that the audience pays the price
OF admission. And IL is certainly vvorth
it, WI III
Mrs. Fay is blindfolded and She sets
absolutely alone IN the middle of the
sag snrouded In sort OF Indian
drapery
The Real Thing.
me audience Is requested to write
questions. or even. If IL prefers ~
enink questions. Mr.. Fay passes around
shps or paper to those who nra-
Ter TO write. He does not take no tboso
SIPS; they remain with the writer No
oody sees what is written but the writer
Au perehanee the writer's companion
AND Ten Mrs. Fay begins:
MIS- OBrien is trying to ssh me-
Whe'her she will get the position She
,.t Mrs. OBrien is located some
"here IN the audience ''Mrs O.p-,a-.
II is department position vo,, % .ell .en'
ing ior- You won't get ii right au,a,
don't seem 10 see Won in n Tytu 80,
Mesnwhile you VIII get anotbo- -
'oh- That VIII come soon h., -"
one you are concentrating on vii; ~.
come until April" -
Puts Her Right.
., heien johnson. this question is
9. But your name is not johnson
-, liei man. You are trying TO de-
Eve me- You want to know ano,,.
ring you lost and whether - d
pio'oils are correct. or course tbe,, 80.
iou Know perfectly well who toot, =,
~ was your sister-in-law An
"nlch the writer corroboratad Vi
9iIE. Jones. over there in the ,bf.a
% a1M 10 The right You want TO ltnn1,
sGspicions are correct I'd Ike 70 GU,
no. 10 comfort you-but where y,o7S1S
- - tne use. with all the evidence ,Co,,
on6 fou know they are Go ahead
anu anu make all the trouble for them ,,o,,
can c They are afraid of you; why. s6.4W
,',.oW you Know who l mean-is over I'm BAL
liinore with him today
Named the Kid.
Mrs Douglass. over there In the boz
MRS Douglass asks. What shall we
name the baby?' Why Mrs. Douglass
seems 10 me the baby is going to be
ci'iled Frances" And the remarkab BILE
part OF that was that Mrs. Douglass
h'to signed her question not by her last
iaihe but simply Elizabeth"
again Miss Brown wanted to know
ABOUT something she had lost and
Mhether she would get it back. Mrs.
ray said; 1T is ring you have lost.
ABOUT year ago, / think 1 am sorry.
ut see no prospect Of getting it back
And yet IL has not left Nyasbi,,,,or,
1erhaps you'd better call on me II the
who took IT," y"
~ an this there was no possibility of
collusion. IL was your Guastio,, ord
HIne she was answering-Whichn no e.,e
had seen but ourselves. Women ali over
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-21
MADE SEVENTEEN HITS

Sedalia, Mo-, July 21.-Thursday' s
game was farce and funeral process
sion, the Topeka White Sox completely
swapping the Shoplifters by a score
Of Is to 1. Big Bob Talbot, usually an
enigma for the visitors, was hit as Of
ten as a man could hit toy balloon
fastened to a Iamp-post. Seventeen
safe ones were registered off his slants.
Lazette got four, and Blackburn none.
Dick Rehn refused to take the big fell
low off the firing hne even though it
was seen after the first innings that he
was in for beating to death.
Nick Carter was on the rubber for To-
pelka. The big fellow was never in bet
ter form. Five hits were all that the
locals could get Off his eurvelas He
was in fine fettie and held the Shoplift-
ers at bay every minute of the game.
But for an unfortunate bauble by him
self and another by Dunn, Sedalia
would have been a blank all the way.
Sedalia's playing was probably the
most horrible and farcical exhibition of
baseball ever put up in this city. All
Of them delded like school boys. Even
BILLY White at short, usually as reliable
as a clock, had four errors charged up
against him. The contest got verse and
worse right along, and in the ninth in
ming became Joke. Topeka getting a
total of six runs.
Jack Henry was out of the game and
Abe Lazotte was brought in from right
field to do the catching. A local man
by the name of Hiser played Lazotte's
place and did well at the bat, getting
two hits.
The scores