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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17
Drunkenness Defined.

Another encouraging sign of the times
comes to print 1t may be alleged that 1t
Is superstitious to believe In signs, but 1t
may be retorted that sign painters keep
busy just the same. 1t is certainly an en-
couraging sign to note evidence of the de-
velopment of good sense in judges on the
bench. OF course great deal of develop
ment work remains to be done, but any
thing along this line is encouraging to some
persons. Some persons have such hopeful
dispositions 1t has been written in law
book that Law is the perfection of COM
mon sense" but it is notorious fact that
q great deal which has been written in law
books is unknown to those who practice
law.
1t is unusual to find a judge who has such
a delicacy of discernment, breadth of hui
man sympathy. experience in practical af-
fairs and clarity of understanding of the
laton between alcohol and locomotion that
he is competent to render a satisfactory
opinion on the subject of intoxication No
matter how much personal experience
Judge may have had on the subject of in
toxication, and no matter how often he has
practiced a the bar. he often fails to give
satisfaction when attempting to define in
ebriety. Some judges are so unnatural that
when man shows a desire to hug or to
hit another man. they will deem him drunk.
Sometimes judge will think everybody
drunk but himself. This is very bad
sign. A judge requires fine sense of dis
elimination to differentiate between sober
ness. eXhilaration, good fellowship, over-in-
diligence. hilarious buoyancy, dissipation.
intoxication, drunkenness and downright in
temperance
A Judge who knows thing or two is told
about in the news dispatch from Winston,
Conn. which follows:
Defining drunkenness in the Torrington
Borough court, Judge Walter Hocomb said:
Simply because a man makes few mis-
steps while passing along street it should
not be concluded that he is drunk A man
Is entitled to stagger slightly He may be
on the high road to intoxication, but he Is
still permitted to stagger, as long as he
staggers in the direction of home Legally
a man Is not drunk unless he is possessed
of a sort of mania. the judge held. Charles
Albro, who had been arrested for stagger-
ing on the street, was discharged by the
court
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17
THE MUSCOYITE.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
M. Witte seems to have given some of
his countrymen an agreeable but illusory
impression that they won the war.
From the St Louis Globe-Democrat.
Finland Is again to the front In foment-
ing trouble for the Russian government.
The car cannot preach peace and prac-
tice oppression without having troubles of
his own.
From the Atlanta Constitution.
After the meeting OF the Russian douma
we expect to be reading about hegira of
zemstvo statesmen to Siberia.
From the Toledo Blade.
NJ Witte may not think so much OF
his achievement at Portsmouth when he
gets home and the grand dukes insist on
kissing him.
From the Baltimore American
It Is scarcely strange IL some of the
less linguistically inclined call it the czar's
Dummy Congress.
From the Minneapolis Times
Speaking about standpatters. 1t Is evident
that M. De White is the Shaw of the Rus
sian diplomacy, He out -patted Shaw.
From the Knoxville Journal and Tribune.
The cream OF Tartar and Kurd have
mixed and are making nasty mess for
the car.
From the Atlanta Journal.
/. Now 1t looks like the car has succeeded
In making peace for Russia with every
body except tho Russian people
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17
Had Russia Won.

A recent cartoon in the Chicago Tribune
represented NJ. Witte and Baron Komura,
with cigars alight. seated opposite each
other at a table. A smile overspread the
Russians face, while Baron Komura looked
very earnest as he asked this question::
"And now NJ. Witte just between friends
how would Russia have treated Japan II
We had lost every battle and all our navy?'
The Inquiry is so happily conceived that
anybody can answer for NJ. WHITE, and the
answer tells the whole story OF the Ports
mouth contention. If Russia had driven
Japan back all along the line and sent her
fleet to the bottom she would have had
Japan almost as completely at her mercy
as Germany had France thirty-odd years
ago and would have exacted the same sort
of penalty, minus, probably. the territory
An enormous indemnity would undoubtedly
have been demanded. and probably collect
ed. How could Japan In such circumstances
have resisted? Moreover. such conditions
would have been imposed as would have
kept Japan out of Korea. while Manchuria,
IL is easy to believe would have remained
In Russia's grasp. For after Japan's fail
ure, what other power would have at
tempted to disiodge Russia there by force?
But although Japan had accomplished SO
much and proved herself so greatly Rus
sia's superior In war, she yet had no such
hold on her enemy as warranted her In
standing out for the cost of the struggle.
The repeated lickings administered to the
Russian army and the destruction of the
Russian ships had put Japan in possession
only OF the island of Sakhalin of Russian
territory. The war had been fought on
Chinese soil. and Japan was thousands Of
miles from the heart of Russia. And not
only was the heart OF Russia not Japan
objective. but to go there would cost tens
of thousands of lives and countless treasure.
The more the matter is viewed in the
light OF the actual facts the greater APP
pears Japan's wisdom in closing the case
as she did. 1t required courage In her man.
aging statesmen to take such stand in
the face Of what they knew to be popular
sentiment at home. but courage. as all the
world has seen. is a prime japanese char
acteristic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17
No Joint Debate in Tennessee.

Public sympathy very generally Will go out
10 the people OF Tennessee. They are not to
enjoy what would have been one OF the
greatest OF entertainments. A challenge
to a series of joint debates issued by sena-
tor Carmack to ex-Gov. Bob Taylor has
been declined. Both men will canvass the
;tate in pursuit OF the democratic nomina-
lion for United States senator but each will
follow his own itinerary. The voters. while
delig hitting in them singly, will not have the
happiness OF viewing them together on the
oame platform and hearing them canvass
each others qualities and shortcomings.
They would have performed very we'll to-
gether.
Mr.. Taylor's excuse Is not well taken.
His idea Is that such debate would have
Injured the party. He and Mr.. Carmack
wous1 have gone at each other with SO
much vIgor that divisions would have been
created He is saving himself, In case he
Is nominated. for the common enemy. NOM
mate him and he will give the other fellow
the republican fellow-all he wants in
joint debate or otherwise.
Why. over In Virginia Gov. Montague and
MIR. Martin In one joint debate went at. and
for, each other hammer and longs and yet
Coy. Montague is preparing to take the
stump for his successful rival. and will. we
may be sure, give many reasons for asking
his friends to support Mr.. Martin. Their
rivalry for the time, Is over. Gov. Monta-
CUES first desire was that the democrats
OF Virginia nominate their foremost man
for senator. But they declined to do
that hs accepts Mr.. Martin as preferable
to any republican and will urge his election.
Mr.. Taylor in this instance is disappoint-
ing lie Is an old campaigner and such a
host on the stump that his appearance
there In contests face to face with foeman
worthy of his steel would have afforded
such lively exhibition OF the cut-and-
thrust as would have drawn crowds to see
and hear Besides, people at a distance
would have been entertained by the de-
scriplions Of the meetings. Somebody
should move a reconsideration of the vote
by which Mr.. Taylor reached his surprising
decision. Suppose some Carmack man
should accuse him of being 'afeerd' to
meet the senator?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17
AZ Of Russians to cause a constant frio-

ling OF Russians to cause q constant fric-
ton.
There Is probably not single government
in the world which rules over the destinies
of 80 many absolutely divergent peoples al
does Russia. The United States embraces
representatives Of all races and lands. But
It's institutions are broad enough to cover
them ALL They are taken in and amalga-
mated into a consistent whole. They do not
strongly cling to their racial lines OF divis-
ion. Save the Chinese, who are not well
coined and are received in the smallest de-
gree. they quickly abandon their native
ways and become Americans in the best
sense of the word, 50 that the second gen.
of the national life.
There Is no solvent in Russia for the rad
ically different elements such as that which
the basic principle of the American govern
ment supplies. There is nothing to per-
suade or force the antagonistic classes and
races to meet on plane of mutually. They
cling desperately to their religious and ra-
cial preJudices and customsa live apart from
other classes and cherish hatreds such as
those that are now bursting Into warfare
in the Caucasus
An enlightened government at ST. Peters
burg might cope with such situation. The
government there established cannot do So
save by the exercise OF brute force. Coer-
cion and suppression tend only to intensity
the race prejudices. to keep alive the ami
mosties. Force is not solution, but en-
expedient. and the device of the Russian
government In setting the Tartars upon the
Armenians and encouraging the race war
In the south. far from serving to lessen the
real trouble, only lays up worse trouble for
the future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17
The Kaiser and Slang.

Nicholas Murray Butler denies the story
that the kaiser In speaking English uses
slang. But he might fall into the habit if
he should pay us visit. His brother,
Prince Henry. probably knew no Ameri-
canisms until he came to see US: but he
soon picked up few. and used them with
out any loss Of princeliness or dignity. He
was soon ''hustling' with the rest The
truth Is that our speech is constantly being
reinforced from the mintings OF the street.
and some of the most attractive and effec-
tive of current expressions are but recently
from that quarter Shakespeare had all
the slang of his day at his pens end. and
employed 1t in the greatest of his perform
ances.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17

state OF affairs exists in the Caucasus.
the extreme southern part of Russia, which
clearly attests to the folly OF the claim that
the Russians constitute a national body.
There has been riottng for some time in
that district. bloody and destructive. The
outside world has heard OF the Tartars and
the Armenians as participating In the af-
fair and has gained the impression that the
st. Petersburg government has had some
trouble In adjusting the difficulties In con-
sequence of the variety OF race interests. 1t
now appears however, that the Russian ad-
ministration. finding itself embarrassed by
the intensity of the rioting. has adopted the
ancient device OF setting these races against
each other. thus shifting to other shoulders
the responsibility for the disorders. This
is a method still In vogue with the Sultan
OF Turkey. The Sultan OF Morocco too has
been accused OF adopting the same expe-
dent whenever he gets into trouble with
taa outside world. Some OF his tribesmen
are even now in conflict with Raisuli who
Is governor of a province. but who repre-
sents a tribal element rather than the gov
eminent.
There is scarcely a section of Russia in
which divergent. antagonistic elements do
not dwell, save. perhaps. Finland. In all
the provinces there are bitter hatreds be-
tween not merely the classes. but the races
ana religions. The Jews and the members
OF the Russian Church are constantly at
variance. occasionally at the cost of savage
butchery OF the Jews. The Poles and the
russians are intensely antaxonistic. The
cars Moslem subjects In the south are
sworn enemies of his Christian subjects
Even In Finland there 10 a sufflcient sprink-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17
INSURANCE FINANCE.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
One of the mysteries of high finance is
the question why mutual insurance COM
pany should have si50.000.0O0 of surplus as
sets and why the same is not distributed
among the mutual owners.
From the indianapolis News.
But surely the $500 year life insurance
clerk who accommodatingiy signed notes
for millions of dollars in order to help his
employers out OF an embarrassing position
would be justified in placing higher value
on his services.
From the Detroit News.
The biography of Col. ]. L. Greene. as
"the life Insurance president who died
poor" will soon be issued. 1t Is not known
whether his biographers regard him as hav-
ing been insane.
From the Montreal Star.
Dozens of men In the big insurance COM
panies are getting salaries of $4,000 to
$lOo, 900. Perhaps your last premium helped
to buy a nice little champagne dinner.
From the Kansas City Star.
The term mutual benefit" as applied to
some insurance companies. has taken on
greatly restricted meaning In the light of
the grating practiced by officers and d.
fectors.
From the Newark Evening News.
But this insurance probing will really
never set down to bedrock until one or an
other of the committee calls Mr.. Tom
Lawson Into the tray.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17
JOHN DIS WIG.

From the Detroit Free Press
The harmony of 1t lies in the fact that
Mr. Rockefellers wig Is made of another
mans hair.
From the Newark Evening News.
1t is believed that DIR. GLADDEN. could sat
isfactorily explain the Rockefeller wig If he
really wished to.
From the Toledo Blade
Mr. Rockefeller predicts hard times for
1907 and 1905 Mr.. Rockefeller. however
may be mistaken. That new wig may have
had bad effect on his thinking apparatus
From the Boston Advertiser.
It has been a strenuous week for Rookie
Teller. New wig, a visit from the ways, and
now new aggregation OF thrills through
the medium of the interviewer. While he
covers his head with one hand he uncovers
his heart with the other, so to speak.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17
Superiority.

Said the pug dog to the parrot, Have you
heard the latest news?
These naughty human beings have begun to
change their views"
II have heard the matter mentioned" said
the lazy tabby cat
by the landlord to the people who were
looking at the fiat.
you can have a grand plano that will keep
the block awake.
You can tame an alligator, should your
fancy chance to take
That curious inclination. but they shudder
and say scat
When a thoughtless parent wants to bring
his baby to fat.
"At last these humans see-and 1T provokes
my soul to mirth-
Their error in assuming to be lords OF all
the earth.
They may slay our forest brethren, but
we're waxing sleek and fat.
We've got the babies beaten, when the land
lord rents nat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17
THE STRIKE CLOUD.
From the Houston Post.

From the Houston Post
Another anthracite coal strike Is sched-
uled for next spring. The miners are shrewd
enough to arrange such contests for the
political year.
From the Los Angeles Herald.
And now. just to keep T. r. in the lime
light. John Mitchell proposes to stir up an
other strike for him To settle.
From the Memphis News ,;.imitar.
Look out for the big coal strike in the
hard coal regions. Tennessee has coal of
her own and she can look on the scrap with
indifference.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17
FALL FANCIES.
A Song for Septemb Der.

ON the Chicago News.
The air is damp and raw and chill
Sing hey, the summers closei
We wear our gauzy garments still.
Our perforated hose;
We cling to hats OF braided straw,
Although it's clean against the law.
Although the weather's damp and raw
Sing hey, the summers clo'es!
The maple leaves are blazing red
Sing hey IT'S coming fall!
The summer roses now are dead,
The birds are singing small.
But still Ii doesn't quite occur
To us to put on wool and fur
To dress by the thermometer.
Sing hey, it's coming fall!
A few more days of warmth and thea
Sing hey the autumn cold.
But OH how often foolish men
These clammy facts are told!
They 10 on I'm the same old way
Until there's Just the deuce to pAy-
The demon of sciati-ca--
Sing hey. the autumn cold!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17
Palmistry,

DO you thinks that there is anything in
palmistry?'
Il don't know" answered young Mr.. Tor
kins." Charles told a friend that every
time he looked at his hand last night he
knew he was going to lose money"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17
Justified.

From the Cleveland Leader.
Up from the cellar at the break of day
He crawled. with many pauses by the way:
His hands were black: and grimy was his face;
His coat was smudged, his trousers q disgrace.
In such state. old friend McSosh
In search Of water tmereiy for q wash.
In such q state behold him he tries
To hide before his wife's accusing eyes
Where have you been all night. you reprobates
How dare you come to me In such slater
Don't speak TO mel Don't say word! Well come
Why don't you answer blockhsad--are you dumb ?
Contrast her fury. her accusing cry.
With the calm dignity Of his reply: ----,
s ;.yss ,, .ssa e: me, i. ss:;- ~.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17
Really Glad.

Those two women must be really glad
to see each other" said Miss Cayenne.
What makes you think so?'
When they met they had so much to say
to each other that they did not stop to
kiss"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17

If an investigation of the weather bu-
reau should reveal that some of these ell
matte extremes are brought about by undue
influence public indignation will know no
bounds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17
SHOOTING STARS.
The joy Of Sadness.

"a woman's tears are sure to find SYM
pathy," said the kind-hearted man.
Yes" answered the cold-blooded one.
And yet when you see woman crying
you can't be sure whether she has trouble
or has been enjoying herself at matinee"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17

Members of the w. c. T. Z. should not
be hasty in condemning public officials
who receive presents from breweries. Per
haps the contents are thrown away and
the bottles used for preserves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17

Mr. Ricketts, Is one of the men who dc
not find promotions in the public service
especially slow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17

1t would be embarrassing IL some one
should urge upon Mr.. Roosevelt the neces-
sity of continuing in office with the same
emphasis that he has shown in persuading
other men to take up official burdens.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17

Some men accidentally goes to sleep in
church," said Uncle Eben, AN whole lot
ain got even dat excuse fob not payin'
'tention to de pastors teachfn's."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17
An Autumn Lay.

We love thee, autumn; doubt it not!
We'd love you more. when truth Is told,
If some days did not prove so hot
And others so extremely cold.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17

Even the direct suspicious of policy
holder never took into account the posi-
bllity OF his company's getting mixed up in
politics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17

Norway would have felt easier about go
ing Its own way II King Oscar had shown
more of a disposition to be quarrelsome
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17

Landlords complain that parents do not
discipline their children. The mothers
congress still has a large field of useful
ness before 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17

The case IF the Taggert family shows
conclusvely that it is better to take water
unboiled than to avoid it entirely.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17

Having celebrated his SEVENTEEN birthday
Richard Olney is in position to insist that
Russell Sage shall longer regard him
as one of those young lawyer chaps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17

Tammany insists that the republican
party is as dead in New York city as the
democratic party is in the rest of the coun-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17

Komura's physician will doubtless be wise
enough to forbid his patient to travel until
public sentiment in Japan Is quite calm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17

Russia has assuredly shown the world
how to be whipped without being humili-
ated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17

It will be a good thing to have a master
full peacemaker within easy reach when the
fighting starts In Congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17

King Peter OF Servia Is one OF the people
who wish they could manage to keep out
OF public life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17

The word graft is only about 250 years
old. The thing Itself Is old as the pyra-
mids
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-06-25

gavel for ono Of walnut, weatherbeaten a.
his own countenanoe.
He has the magisterial head, round like
Q bullet and with deep furrows In the face.
Occasionally, remembering bis visitors.
the Magistrate turns and addresses
remark the burrows changing into sum
burst of radia'ing wrinkles about mouth
and eyes.
At the moment when the visitors attention
Is first attracted toward him a woman
stands fronting the bar Of Justice. She
is young and sets up that it ID her frat offense.
To emphasize her words, a few tears trickle
mechanically from the corners Of her blue
eyes.
They all say frat ofYens,.' says the
calous voice Of another attendant. Some
times they don't dare, cause they know
the court officers recognize 'em, but II they
don't see any one they know they'll take
chances on not being discovered
Justice Ia administered go quickly that
even while the explanation is being made
the case Is disposed Of. but an amiable
faced, middle aged woman. another proba
ton officer, gives the substance Of 1t with
half groan.
did he speak first then it's all right
did she, then it's a crime" and following
this terse summing up, continues,