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The Angel Child.

w. H., s; r. s :s :s:! i ' 's:! ''': s:s '' 's.
The child who met me with shouts
Of joy
When the day was done and I turned
from care?
He is gone, he is gone, the beautiful child
Who used to Chamber upon my knee
And softly say as he sweetly smiled,
"Please. papa. now tell a tory to me-"
The light still CLEANS in the window when
I journey home at the close of day,
Weary from striving with eager men
And laboring much for a little pay,
But the sweet faced baby who at the door
StoQd ready to greet me with shouts Of
Joy
IL waiting to hear my step no more
All, where is my innocent little boy?
Behold, out there where the turf is torn
A score OF giants who slug and slam.
And each of them as a babe was born
As innocent as a little lamb!
Each of the brawny ones gouging there
May once ave sat on his fathers knee
And gladdened a heart that was torn by
care,
As my little one used to gladden. me.
All, where is the hill with the angel face
And the gentle voice and the wee, soft
hands,?
Behold him there as he takes his place
And eagerly and half crouching stands!
He has broken another mans leg today;
His shins are barked, and they've skim
ned his brow.
My sweet little boy has been taken away:
He Is getting his name in the papers
now.
Chicago Record-Herald.
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ct, Eben s. Draper, received less than
1900 plurality on the face Of the re-
turns. The Democrats decided to con
test his election and endeavor to have
their candidate, Mr.. Whitney, seated.
About a year and a half ago Mr..
Whitney was empowered by a mass
meeting in Fanueil hall to appoint a
committee Of 100 to lead a fight for
reciprocity with Canada. Thirty thou
sand business men of Massachusetts
signed resolutions in favor Of the reci-
procity propaganda. Later Mr.. Whit
ney headed a delegation which appear
ed before President Roosevelt at
Washington. In the recent campaign
he referred to Mr.. Roosevelt's remarks
on this occasion and the president has
said that Mr.. Whitney's statements
misrepresented him.
Mr.. Whitney was born in Conway,
Mass, in 1S41. He was educated in
the public schools of Conway and at
the Williston academy at Easthamp-
ton. He began his business career in
q bank, engaged afterward in the ship
ping business and in 1889 went into
rapid transit operations in Boston. He
introduced electric traction and was
instrumental in the consolidation Of
Boston's traction lines into one sys.
TEN. He is now identified with nu-
merous large corporate interests In
New England. Mr.. Whitney Is mar
ried and has several children. Thomas
W. Lawson in speaking Of the Mas
sachusetts legislature in E~verybody's
Magazine said In a recent article that
Mr.. Whitney had the reputation Of
carrying that body in his waistcoat
rocket"
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He Got What He Was
Looking For, But.

\ MONG the passengers on a west
~ e:n train recently was a woman
q very much overdressed, accom-
panied by a bright looking nursegirl
and Il self wiiled. tyrannical boy Of
about three years.
The boy aroused tie Indignation Of
the passengers by his continued shrieks
and kicks and screams and his vicious
ness toward his patient nurse. He tore
her bonnet, scratched her hands and
finally spat in her face without 9 word
Of remoIstrance from the mother.
Whenever the nurse manifested any
frmness the mother chided her sharp
". Finally the mother composed her
self for a nap, and about the time the
boy had slapped the nurse for the fifth
time a bug came sailing in and few on
the window of the nurses seat. The
boy at once tried to catch it.
The nurse caught his hand and said
coaxingly:
Harry mustn't touch. Bug will bite
Harry"
Harry screamed savagely and began
to kick and pound the nurse.
The mother, without opening her eyes
or lifting her head, cried out sharply:
"Why do you tease that child so,
Mary? Let him have what he wants at
once"
But, ma'am, it's az
LET him have it, l say"
Thus encouraged, Harry clutched at
the bug and caught it. The creams of
pain that followed brought tears of Joy
to the passengers eyes.
The mother awOke again.
"Mary," she cried, 'let him have it."
Mary turned in her seat and said
confuselly:
Hes got 1t. ma'am"
What is it, languidly asked the
mother as the screams increased.
"A wasp, ma'am," said the nurse
Boston Journal.
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Natural

A prominent politician has a wife
who is a model of domestic careful
ness. She has a talent for making
bread and takes great pride in having
her loaves turn out we'll.
One evening she had set the batch of
dough to rise In the kitchen and was
reading in the parlor when her SIX
year-old boy came running to her, cry.
ing, Mamma, mamma, there's a mouse
jumped into your bread PAM
The good woman sprang from her
seat.
did you take him out?" she asked
frantically.
Nom, but l done just as good. l
threw the cat in, and she's diggin' after
him to beat the band!'-New York
Times.
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cles now. as 1t was in the previous SEES
sion, owing to the strength Of the rail
way element in that body. A bill has
been prepared, with the aid Of the in
terstate commerce commission, which
Is said to represent the ideas of the
administration as to the kind of q law
which would prove effective. Senator
Foraker. who has all a.ong opposed
the presidents idea Of giving rate max
Ing powers to the interstate commerce
commission, has prepared n bill ex-
pressing his own ideas Of a c0nserva-
tive measure III this subject. He is
one of the members of the senate in
t%erstate commerce committee, which
has charge Of bills on the subject of
railway rates. The other members are
Stephen II. Elkins of West Virginia.
Shelby NJ. Cullom Of Illinois. Nelson
w. Aldrich Of Rhode Island, John Kean
OF New Jersey. Jonathan p. Deliver
OF Iowa. Moses r. Clapp of Minnesota.
Joseph IL. Willard of Nebraska, Benja-
min II. Tillman of South Carolina, An
selm ]. McI.aurin Of Mississippi, Ed
ward w. Carmack of Tennessee, Muir
ply J. Foster Of Louisiana and Francis
G. Newlands Of Nevada. Senator Ell
kins is chairman. and he made his for
tune largely through railroads and is
counted as in sympathy with their side
Of the question. The foremost antago-
mist of railway rate legislation in the
senate, however, is Senator Aldrich of
Rhode Island. who for years has been
the mainstay Of corporation influence in
the upper branch Of congress. Lincoln
S~teffens, the magazine writer, whose
investigations Of the system have
been carried on In many states. has de-
voted much attention to the operations
Of Senator .Aldrich. who. he says. owns
Island. The senator is the ia
ther-in-law of John u. Rockefeller, Jr.,
he stands close to II. II. Rogers, vice
president Of the Standard Oil company.
and is an all powerful factor in the
circles Of high finance. Senator Al
drich is siSty-four years old. he has
been in politics for thirty-five years
and has risen from alderman to sena-
tor. He entered the house Of repre-
sentatives in 1870 and was promoted to
the senate In 1881. lie is an expert IN
Ill matters relating to finance and has
Tor years been chairman Of the senate
tnance committee. Though past three
tcore. the senator is we'll preserved
and athletic and devOtes much time to
golf. He has a private course on his
Providence estate, and it has some
lines been claimed that he Is the cham
zion golf player Of congress.
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'e~ rs hAS
lean tour through Europe by her par
ents. and she has Travelled extensively
ever since. She studied in Rome ind
Paris and also in London. where she
attended Greek and Latin lectures ut
University college. She Is an accom-
plished musician and received much Of
her training ut the Royal Academy of
Music.
1t Is said that Mrs. Craigie TOOL the
name John Oliver Hobbies us a literary
signature because she thought no pub
Usher would take her "Some Emotions
and Il Moral II they knew it was writ
ten by Il girl Of twenty-five.
Professor John w. Burgess, who has
been appointed first incumbent Of the
Theodore Roosevelt professorship ut
Berlin university. has been dean Of the
faculty Of political science ut Columbia
university, New York. since the crea-
ton Of the Office In 1890. The chair he
will fill represents a sort Of information
I'll comfy in the field Of learning, and
was established mt the instance Of the
German emperor, who talked the mat
Ter owe with President Nicholas MUIR
ray Butler Of Columbia when the lat
ter visited him last summer. James
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ance inquiry it was brought out that
Mr.. Harper's will contained a clause
which practically made it incumbent
upon the company to select Mr.. Burn
ham as his successor. An investigation
Of the affairs of the Mutual Reserve
was made last year by the Canadian
parliament. James d. Wells, formerly
second vice president of the society,
testified in the course Of this inquiry
that a former superintendent Of insur-
ance Of New York state had offered for
100000 to let the Mutual Reserve
write it's own report of an investiga-
ton his department had made of the
society. He further said that Mr..
Burnllam told him he had paid $4,000
to secure the manuscript copy of the
same state superintendent report.
Mr.. Burnham has denied that he ever
made such a statement.
John Kendrick Bangs, who for some
years has been in New York. Is to be-
come a countryman again. Il have
blue penciled city life," he said recent
~. MY eye is on a farm in New
England, where l hope before long to
be able to provide m ~appreciative pub
lie with limited editions of squab-chick-
ems, large paper turkeys and deckle
edged eggs. And" he added slyly, mo
item in either class will go out without
my signature"
The arrival in this country Of John
Oliver Hobbies for a lecture tour has
caused some persons Of neglected edu-
cation to make remarks based upon
the superstition that thea author belongs
to the sterner sex, but in private life
John is Mrs. Pearl Mary Teresf
CrAigie, and she is a woman who pos
sesses a most attractive personality as
well as exceptional literary talents
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-10
|6he Struggle to
Railway Rates
HE contest over the question Of
railroad rates overtops in in
terest everything else up for

"HE contest over the question Of
railroad rates overtops in In.
terest everything else up for
discussion in the present con.
gress, and bids fair to be the most ex-
citing Of any struggle witnessed in
some time in the national halls Of legis-
lation. The battle may be said to have
begun last winter, to have been on
tinued during the recess Of congress IN
the newspapers and on the rostrum.
and now to be Joined again where the
contest must be fought out, at the ma
tional capital itself. The administra-
ton plan for a body vested with DOW.
ers to make fair rates won a victory
last winter In the house Of representa-.
tives. where the bill bearing the names
of Congressman Esch Of Wisconsin
and Congressman Townsend Of Michi-
gan passed by a large majority, Demo
Gratis uniting with Republicans in its
support and only a few scattering votes
being cast against it. When 1t went to
the senate it encountered obstacles too
great to be overcome at that time, and
AAAtSN!6utI NOuSlCSS WVuJ OII Vi
existence without ~enacting into law
this most important measure. During
the summer the friends Of railway rate
reform rallied their forces, and the rail-
roads and the interests allied with them
did the same. During the interval be-
tween the expiration of the Fifty-eighth
congress and the assembling of the
F%ifty-ninth the senate committee on
interstate commerce held sessions and
took testimony. the interstate. COM
MERGE commission made Investigations
with a view of aiding In the solution
Of the problem and the subject was
discussed In the press. on the platform
Of ChautauuuA assemblies and at other
public gatherings.
AS the Esch-TOwnsend measure did
not become law the matter must be
taken up anew from the beginning, and
the assembling Of the Fifty-ninth con
gress found the friends Of railway rate
reform eager to proceed with the en-
actment of the new bill. Messrs.
Esch and Townsend are again the
presidents field marshals In the lower
branch Of congress.
In the senate the course Of railway
rate reform is beset with greater obsta.
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An Genius.

Tramp-Please, mum, I'm an invent
or, num-. I'm introducin' my new pat
ent combined knife an fork an spoon
for one armed persons.
Lady--There are no one armed per-
son in this family.
Tramp-Mebby not, mum, but some
time you might meet some person so
unfortunate as to have but one arm,
an then you could recommend the
great invention to him, mum.
Lady, certainly should If it is good
for anything.
Tramp-Well, mum, just hand me
somethin' warm an film on a plate,
an I'll show you how it works.-New
York Weekly.
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N N.
Has Advocacy Of Reciprocity ana
Controversy With President.

nj. Advocacy Of Reciprocity ana
Controversy With President.
Henry NJ. Whitney Of Boston, who
has become involved in a controversy
with President Roosevelt in connec-
ton with the question of reciprocity, is
a brother of the late William c. Whit
ney, secretary Of the navy under Pres
ident Cleveland. He was the Demo
cratic candidate for lieutenant govern
or OF. Massachusetts in the recent CAM
paign and ran ahead of his ticket. Mr..
whitney has for years been conspicu-
Gus in his advocacy Of the policy Of
reciprocity, especially reciprocity with
Canada. This issue cut quite a figure
In the recent campaign in the old Bay
State, and while Curtis Guild, Jr., the
Republican candidate for governor,
who favors conservative revision of
the tariff, was elected by about $4,000
plurality, his running mate on the tick
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-10

was born In Giles county, Tenn, In
1874, and in 1860 entered Cumberland
university at Lebanon. Tenn. but grad
uted from Amherst college. as the
Tennessee institution was closed for a
time during the civil war. He studied
law, but decided to devote himself to
the teaching Of International law. con-
stitutional history and political science.
and has held professorships ut Knox
college In Illinois and at Amherst as
well as Mt Columbia. He will receive
! leave Of absence from Columbia while
IN residence abroad.
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From His Point Of View.

The button box was an unfailine
source Of amusement to little Jack. but
be had a habit of scattering it's contents
all over the carpet. When told to pick
them up, he was too tired. His mother
sat down in a chair beside him, with a
small switch in her hand, and repeat
ed her instructions. He eyed the switch
apprehensively for a moment, then,
looking at his mother, he said with
grave reproach, Mamma, you jes' spoil
all my comfe't "-Lippincott's Maya.
zine.
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Lesson In Prom ptitu1e.

A Philadelphia lawyer was one day
discoursing upon the Importance Of
impressing upon the young mind the
necessity for c%ultivating the virtues Of
regularity and precision.
early in life" said he, II had this
lesson impaired to me by my tutor.
He was a Frenchman by birth. I can
never forget the earnestness with
which he used to descant upon the SUBJ
ject. For punctuality, young SIR he
would say, permit me to commend to
you re example Of re sun, which rises
exactly at break of day, nevaire before.
nevaire after.'"- = Louis Republic.
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CQught.

"Did that lady make a complaint
against that sneak thief for stealing
her jewelry?"
mo. She said she'd rather lose it
than explain what she was doing when
he entered. She was gossiping over
the back fence at the time"
"Well?"
"She was afraid she'd have to repeat
the gossip in court Detroit Free
Press.
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America he told a story Of one Of his
countrywo,nen who journeyed to the
United States in search Of employment.
She was taken into a household as q
cook. but failed to give satisfaction.
Nearly everything she undertook ended
In failure, and finally the lady Of the
house asked desperately:
"I1ilga, is there anything you can
doY"
"Yees," responded Hilga with a grin.
"Ay can milk reindeer"
Frederick A. Burnham. president of
the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance
company, who has figured in the in
vestigation Of insurance matters which
the Armstrong legislative committee is
making, has occupied his present post
since 1896. He was born in Rhode Is
land in 1851 and educated at institu-
tons in Chester and MiddletOwn,
Conn, and at the Albany Law school.
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Of the house interstate commerce com.
mittee he submitted a proposed law on
this subject, and it was combined with
that Of Representative Esch to make
the Esch-T ownsend bill, which passed
the house last winter. He is one of
the props of the administration in the
house this session. Mr.. Townsend is
Z native of Michigan and was born in
Jackson county in 1856. He studied at
Michigan university and began the
practice Of law in Jackson in 1895.
When Mr.. Townsend was making his
first canvass for election to congress
he visited q household where the voter
was not in sight, but where a buxom
woman and six children were very
much in evidence. 1t has been said
that the man IS the head Of the family,
but that the woman is the neck and
can turn the head Mt will. So the o n
gressional aspirant started in to have
the woman turn the support his way.
Every child was tossed into the air
and kissed. The best looking N re-
sembled the mother. and the others
were very sturdy.
The last one to receive the political
hazing had Il red top and a face free
kled like a turkey egg. He squared
away on his bare feet after being re-
leased and piped:
Say. mister. why don't you kiss
mother too: Fred Wood and Bob
Bragg did when they was here. Guess
they don't know yet that she's n wild
der"
John Jacob Esch. the Wisconsin con
gresham who is one Of the presidents
field marshals in the matter Of railway
rate legislation. had the good fortune
to participate in drawing the bill on
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this subject which
passed the house
of representative yea
last winter. He
was not particular.
" well known un-
til the railway rate
problem came to
the front, but his
knowledge Of that
subject constituted
his opportunity. He
halls from q state
where the question
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Spcyer gave $4,000
Cor the endowment
Of the chair. and Mt
his suggestion 1t
was named In hon
or Of President
Roosevelt. The Ger
man government
will do its part in
the scheme by es-
tablishing chair
at Columbia to he
filed by a German
scholar.
prOfnSSOr RurvoSS
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The AntiSeptic Babe,

h Antiseptic Babe.
We can s~terilize his bottles, we can boil
his little mug.
We can bake his flannel bandages and dis
infect the rug
That envelops him when he partakes of
medicated air,
But there's one impossibility that leaves
us in despair
And a not unjustiiable alarm, you will
allow
To wit: We fear 'twould never do to ster-
ilize the cow!
We are careful Of his hours, we are
thoughtful Of his toys.
We are mindful Of his sorrows and 1u-
dicious OF his joys.
We are prayerfully considerable OF needful
discipline.
OF our little Mother Handbook and the
precepts writ therein.
And We strive to n sterile all design
ed for mouth or tum,
But one frishtful danger menace We
cannot boil his thumb.
-Harper's Magazine.
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He made q special
ty of insurance and
commercial law, and
the late Edward B.
Harper, when pres
ident of the Mutual
Reserve, made him
head Of the legal de-
partment of that
On the
death Of Mr.. Har-
per he succeeded
him in office. In the
course Of the inSur-
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ated proved of ad,
vantage to the Nor
wegian cause when
the separation from
Sweden came.
Although known
to the world at
large chiefly as an
explorer. Nansen's
activity in his own
land in behalf Of
the interests Of his
countrymen has
been such rs to en-
dear him to them in
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-10

She was born In
Boston in 1867 and
at nineteen married
a E~ngllshlnan.
Reginald Walpole
Craigie, from, whom
she afterward OBJ
tanned n divorce.
She 8 o IN G m q q
%laughingly calls
herself a citizen of
the world, for she
began her travels Mt
the age Of three.
when she was taken
- ~ ~
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Awful to Contemplate,

"Most Of us seem to- forget" said the
ponderous person, that actions speak
palmer than words"
Gracious" exclaimed Henpeck. III
they speak louder than my wife's
words l want to keep on forgetting."-
Philadelphia Press.
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In the Midst of 1t.

EYES," said the young writer, "I've
got pretty deep into my new novel
now"
"Ah." remarked the friend, 1.-The plots
thickening. ehY'
"Yes. perhaps that's it; at any rate
I'm stuck Catholic Standard and
Times.
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the compressed air method Of apply
Ing force has worked wonders. In the
old days most Of the work in building
a ship. whether for merchant use or for
warfare. was done by hand. Hatchets
and ADDE'S We're in constant employ
ment where now steam and compress.
nj air do the trick. with a minimum Of
expenditure Of human strength.
1t is interesting to watch a work
man take Il compressed air drill and
make a hole in IL thick steel plate that
would withstand the attack Of a heavy
'hell. An air compressor produces air
hnder Il pressure from one pound to
the square inch up to 5000 pounds or
more. The usual working pressure
ranges from 80 to 100 pounds per
square inch Saws. riveters and other
'ools are also operated by compressed
lir,
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No More Romance.

"You ended your novel at the most
interesting p~art-just as the hero mar.
ried the heroine"
Novelist-Oh. that finished it!-Town
and Country.
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A Riak.

A Risk.
"Why don't you do something philan-
thropic"
I'm afraid to-" answered Senator
Sorghum. "If | show that l have any
money beyond my actual needs some
body will be asking where l got it,
Washington Star.
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Long Enough,

"Jake, understand the fight you had
last week was of no moment"
mo, sab, it didn't las more'n a mo-
ment, boss, but widin dat time l sholy
got enough to las me!'-New Orleans
Times Democrat.
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Too Gay.

TOO O0ys
DO you mean to say that you refuse
to allow your daughter to marry my
sonT' exclaimed the lady from Chica-
go. why, we have royal blood in our
veins!"
That's just the reason" said Steddy.
man. I'm afraid it might crop OUT
Detroit Free Press.
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AN AIR DRILL AT WORK.,

An Interesting and Significant sight
In q Sllpyard.
The use Of compressed air in connec-
ton with mechanical operations has
served to minimize labor in many
hitherto tedious processes. Shipbuild-
ing Is one Of the occupations In which
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The Best Artiat.

"Dobber Is a fine artist, isn't he?"
Eyes, but he is not as good as Smeer."
Il have been told that Dobber draws
the finest pen and ink sketches of my
body in the CITY,"
"Yes. but Smeer is fine at drawing
custOmers."-Dallas News.