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GO IT, YOUNG MAN, DON'T BE
SKEERED.

COuntTy's bound to go TO smash.
So the pessimistS declare
Rogues are gettin' all the cash.
Troubles brewin' everywhere:
Poor man has no chance today,
Not a ray OF hope in sight;
Stiu / guess III peg away,
HOpin' things may all come right.
Every chance 10 rise Is gone
SO on every side we hear.
Yet some man that's now unknown
BY tomorrow may appear,
Castn' John ID. in the shade.
LoOmin' over Hartman;
Guess no biunder will be made
Heggin' on the best you can.
Never was a man so great
Some one greater didn't rise;
No ones ever born too late
TO be talented or wise.
Probably when Croesus lit
Onto everything I'm sight
People thought that ended it,
But you see il didn't quite.
Don't be settin' round young man,
Thinkin' there's 40 chance to win.
Push ahead the best you can,
Peg away through thick and thin
Bet you John d. heard 'em say
Every chance had disappeared
When he started on his way
Go IL. young man, don't be skeered
5. Z. Kiser. Chicago Record Herald.
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Weddings Of the Week

As for the weddings Of the week, it
would be invidious TO single out any
as superior in social Importance to the
others. Among the many scheduled for
Tuesday is that of Miss Elsie Ladd TO
Alexander Won Gontard, which will be
solemnized in ST. Bartholomew Church.
On the same afternoon, St George s
Church, Stuyvesant Square. viii be the
scene Of the wedding of Miss Beatrice
Morgan. daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Eel
loves Morgan. to Frederick S. Pruyn.
of Albany.
sun another wedding OF Tuesday eriH
be that of Pierre LOrillurd Barley 10
Miss Florence Flower, at St Thomas
Church. Pierre Barley. who is a son
OF the late Henri l. Barley, and whose
sisters include the Countess de POUR
tales. Mrs. Alfred Seton. Mrs. Lanfear
NOTIie, Miss Rita Barley. and the
Baroness NeufiiZe, gave his farewell
bachelor dinner last night at the club
house at Tuxedo
Miss Alkaline EavemeyeE's marriage to
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after struggling fruitlessly a little,
lit gave up.
The trouble with the Journal was
that it lacked information. II did
not know that the question had al
ready been ruled upon and settled.
If il had been in possession of the
facts il would never have under
taken 10 pass Judgment.
For this matter has been carried
TO the President himself. Not long
ago an enterprising manufacturer
with no thought of the advertising
involved, of course sought out the
then Secretary of the Navy, John d.
Long, and at his hands obtained an
Introduction 10 the President. There
followed an interesting presentation
ceremony The Executive shoulders
were found 70 fit the samples. One
pair went Immediately to work, an
other To the wardrobe.
Then, with rare gratitude. the
maker turned and gave two pairs to
the introducer. Mr.. Longs aclnowl-
edgement went as far as words
could go To satisfy Mr. Brace, of
East Aurora:
For the first time in my life"
said he, II have two pairs of sus-
penders. At last know what lux
ury is"
The President did not commit him
self. But the few privileged ones
who looked on with suspended
respiration, noted CLEAN in his
eyes that seemed 10 say Me, too"
From that day the possession of two
pairs of suspenders has been re-
garded as luxury, yes; but as ex-
trayagance, no.
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&c MaTriaees in London-

Besides these weddings in New York
there are two taking plaCe this week
ia London which are cr considerable
interest to New York society. on Wed
nesday ST. Mar6Gret's Church. al West
minister viii be JhIonged with a repra-
sentative crowd Of English and Amsrf-
cans 90 witness the mar-iags of Aign
Fullerton, son OF the lata AZ miraI Sir
James Fullerton. 20 Miss Alice Mar
quand daughter Of Mrs. Craeme Har-
risOn, by her formor marriage with she
late Frederick Marquand. The bride Is
therefore a gFanddaughter Of the late
Henry Marquaud OF New York. VINO
was one of the founders Of the Ne
tropolitan Museum Of New York.
Then on Saturday there will be an
other international alliance in the form
of a marriage IN London between Walter
Burns. nephew of J. Pierpont Morgan.
to Miss Evelyn Cavendish Benunck.
niece Of Mrs. Ogden Mills. and grand
daughter OF Mrs Maturin Livingston.
The ceremony Was 10 have taken pace
at St Margaret's, Westminster, but the
plan was altered owing 20 The danger OF
an interruption Of the ceremony by a
delegation Of that particular faction of
.@i'S Nhuith OF England Whlch Is opposed
TO the ecclesiastical marriage of di-
vorced people, Walter Burns previous
marriage having been dissolved by the
courts some years ago. II is for this
reason, too. that royalty which figured
so conspicuously at the wedding Of the
brides twin sister 10 John Ford, OF the
British diplomatic service. the other day.
viii be. on this occasion. conspicuous
only by it's absence.
CHOLLY KNICKERR0CkER
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At the Charity Ball.

II is the day after tomorrow night
that the many cliques into which New
York society is now divided will have
the opportunity OF rubbing shoulders at
the Waldorf Astoria. The annual Char
ity BAH. in behalf of the Nursery and
Child's Hospital-the fftieth of the Sc
ries-is the one entertainment at which
al factions meet on a common ground.
and the one semi-publiC dance in which
the ultra-fashionable set takes an ac-
tive part As usual. Col. John Jacob
Aston, T. J. Oakley Rhinelander, Ed
ward and Arthur Schermerhorn, Theron
Strong. Langdon Geer Erskine Hewitt.
James Duane Livingston and other WELL
known club men figure on the commit
tee which has charge Of the arrange
ments, and Mrs. Henry r Dimock, Mrs
j. Edgar Bull, Mrs. Thomas Fowler and
a number of other women of the smart
set will have dinners on the evening of
the bail. in connection herewith, and
viii afterward take on their guests 10
the dance. \ picturesque note viii be
lent to the scene by the number of naval
and military uniforms. for Rear Admiral
COghlan and his stan, from Brooklyn
navy yard: General Grant and his Of
hcers from Governors island, and most
of the military staff Of Governor Hughes
will be present among the guests in fun
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Consistency.

An earnest advocate of shipping
subsidies comes forward with the
argument that in five years the com
merce of the United States with the
Latin-American countries has in
creased 90 per cent, and that in two
years it has increased so per cent.
From that remarkable showing
does this advocate of subsidies argue
that we are doing mighty well any
how, and that there really doesn't
seem 10 be much use paying bonuses
10 ships for "a traffic which increases
at such an astounding rate?
No; instead, il is argued that if
business is So good without subsi-
dies, il would be better with them;
ergo, the subsidy law should be en-
acted at once!
This just reverses the logic which
the same interests apply to the tar
if question. When it comes to
tariff, they point with pride TO
achievements in foreign trade under
the present tariff and decide that il
is a national duty to let well
enough alone" 1t would be recll-
less in the extreme. they tell US, TO
interfere with conditions in which
prosperity is everywhere and trade
increasing.
The trouble is that the greed for
largesscs from the Government
knows no such thing as consistency.
Any Nlicy that proposes to give
something from the Golfers of the
whole people to the pockets of the
few, looks good; any policy that dis
agrees with that view looks bad.
But eonsistency-bah
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PEACE PALACE TOO COSTLY.

The fight over the Palace Of Peace at
The Hague is assuming a more acute
form. AS is Well known. NJ. Gordon
niers project, 10 which the palm was
awarded finally by the jury. is much too
expensive and IL executed would cost
about twice the amount set aside by Mr..
Carnegie. 1t has been a complaint OF
other competitors. who kept inside the
limit, that the jury, in arriving at a de-
cisiOn. took no notice of this breach of
the rules Every architect" they rea-
son. lean plan a splendid building when
there are no limits to its costliness.
We have kept within these limits. but
others. among them NJ. CordOnnier,
did not, and obtained much advantage
thereby"
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German and Cleveland.


senator Tillman never does any
thing in the ordinary way. lie
couldn't be quite conventional even
when he had carefully written down
his eulogy on the late Senator Cor
man; and thanks 10 his unconven-
tionality some new light has been
turned on the transactions which
involved the passage of the Wilson
German tariff act. What he said in
his speech in the Senate Friday will
hardly fail 10 attract wide attention,
and TO reopen discussion of a most
interesting incident in political his
tory.
Senator German has always borne
the lions share of the odium Of the
sugar schedules in that tariff act.
At him, in public opinion, President
Cleveland's "perfidy and dishonor"
pronouncement was chiefly aimed.
German has been accused from that
day of taking Sugar trust money to
run the 1892 campaign, and in re-
turn taking care of the Sugar trust
when sugar schedules came to be
considered in a Democratic Con-
gress.
Mr.. Tillman's reply 10 this tradi-
tional charge against German is that
in his very definite belief. Mr.. Cleve-
land himself was a party To the I'M
derstanding. lie enters no denial of
the arrangement; he simply charges
that Cleveland was himself cogni-
zant and, before the election, ae-
quiescent. Senator Blackburn, who
spoke before Tillman, intimated the
same thing.
The Senator from South Carolina
was more circumstantiaI and de-
tailed. He recalled the intense
Southern anxiety to defeat Harrison
because of its conviction that Harri-
sons election meant a force bill.
During the 1892 campaign he him
self went to New York and talked
with managers of the Democratic
campaign. OF those conversations
now he says:
In the conversation which 1 had with
the Democratic leaders. IL was clearly
brought out that the sugar refineFs were
ready to contribute TO the Democratic
fund ii 10 could be understood
that the industry would be fostered, and
not destroyed by the Democratic tariff
policy and 1 received the impression,
which became indelibly fixed on nv
mind then, and remained fixed 10 this
day. that President Cleveland under
stood the situation. and was willing 10
aequiesce in Il If We won at the polls.
/ did not talk with Mr.. Cleveland. bur
1 Sm thoroughly satisfied that the
charge or party perndy and party dis
honor in the famous Wilson letter was
an act of the grossest wrong and cruelty
toward Mr.. German. When Il Is re-
membered that the placing of a duty ON
sugar under the WilsOn-GOrman tariff
the Mckinley tariff. was made neces-
sary In order TO secure the votes of the
Two Louisiana Senators, il IS easy to see
we either had To have no taFin legisla-
ton that session or that the pledges
made before election had to be carried
out German. honorable man that he
Was, and party leader of the Democrats
I'M the Senate. redeemed every pledge
made by the party leaders in New York.
Senator Tillman's charge is no less
than amazing, and it is hardly posi-
bic that it will go long unanswered
after il shall have reached Prince
ton.
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Russian sledge rides, he fastens
himself on the young calf's flank,
and literally begins to eat it alive.
How many he kills the Agricultural
Department has not been able TO de-
termine, but the testimony seems to
be uniform that the number varies
from 10 to 20 per cent of each years
increase. a considerable number of
colts and full-grown horses, small
herds of goats, hogs in the tim
bered bottoms of Texas, Louisiana,
and Arkansas, and vast quantities
of elk, deer and other game go
down before Inn every year.
Bounty records-the reward is
usually from Sc to s. per skin-af-
ford a gauge of the packs which
range certain States. Wyoming has
paid out S67,sG for the pelts of
2O,sl9 wolves in twelve years; and
Minnesota caps that with Sl19,952
paid for trophies of 29,346 killed
in nine years. Montana, Nor h and
South Dakota, Colorado, New Mex
leo, Texas, Louisiana, Florida.
Michigan, Wisconsin, and the noun
tain district of eastern Tennessee
and western North Carolina could
have spent corresponding sums for
the same purpose had they been
alive to the need.
But bounties are not iessening
the evil II seems 10 have hap
pened invariably that when cleared
out of one section the wolves have
been left undisturbed To breed in an
other. Floating trappers flock TO
the region paying the highest price
and, learning the location of the
dens, take pains not TO kill the
young until they have come within
the scope Of the bounty. The Agri-
cultural Department recommends
instead IA systematic effort TO poison
or trap the wolves and lock them
out from the stock with special
fencing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03
SOLVES LOCO WEED MYSTERY.

The mystery OF the loco weed, which
has puzzled Western ranchers, has
heen solved by Dr. {. u. Marsh, for
mer head Of the Ripon College, depart
ment of biology, now one OF the ex-
perts Of the United States Department
OF Agriculture. The loco weed drives
animals which Craze upon IL mad. re-
sulting III the current Western phrase
'lOcOed." Dr.. Marsh has discovered the
nature OF a Virulent poison contained
In the weed, and the next step Will be
TO discover the antidOte for the ami
mails affected and then TO md a means
for annlhilating the weed. The work
is being done at Hugo, Col
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03

alton Senator Lodge defended the
President in response 10 the Maryland
Senator's attack
Friday, the Senate devoted the greater
part OF the afternoon 10 culoBies ia
memory OF Senator Gormau One Of
the strong tributes 10 Senator German
was paid by Senator Aldrich. the Re
publican leader.
Despite the large amount or time taken
up IN speaking, the Senate transacted
considerable important business. OF
This the most important was the adop-
ton OF a resolution agreeing 10 vote 0n
The Smoot case February 70
The diplomatic and fortincatians bills
were passed. The Morgan bHl was
passed giving the Canal Commission
control of the Panama railroad. and
100000 was appropriated 10 prevent
the overflow Of the Colorado river.
Most important IN the Way OF District
legislation was the bill Tor the extension
% street railway Lines 10 the Union sta
uon.
Much TAX, Few Results
Last week was an easy one f0r the
House or Representative. There was
much making OF speeches and little ac-
Jual results From a local standpoint
the olly thing of Importance was the
sensational debate between Represeu-
tative Madden OF Illinois and Gen.
George H. Harrics, vice president OF the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany, in the hearing given last Thurs
day by the House District Committee on
the Madden bills for Decent gas ana d
stricter supervision OF the street rail-
way corporations In the District
Du the uOor OF tie House. Representa-
tive Wadsworth Of New York made a
sensational speech attacking the Presl-
dent. after which he was given an Cva-
ton 0y the House.
The greater part OF the week has been
taken up with the debate on che river
ana harbOr appropriation bill. brought
into the House after the agricultural
appropriation bin had been passed with
the free seeds item inserted after a hot
fight So hot has been the opposition 10
the aver and harbor committee that
Chairman Burton, Of Ohio, has said he
viii not serve in another Congress as
chairman OF the committee
Yesterday the eulogies on the late
Senator German were pronounced in the
House
In she committees, the subcommittee
Of the Military Affairs Committee re-
fused 20 report the Sims resolution
commencing the President for dismiss
Ing the negro troops.
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A Question of Suspense.

East Aurora, y. y, is rich in sage
and smartweCd, but not rich enough.
One of its colonized citizens has Just
uncovered an old but fearsome
query which ought not confound
even ma in the cupboard, The anti
quarian has shown fine discrimina-
tion in sending it forth. He knew
better than to waste his time He
sent it direct TO Boston, and there
il found publicity in the esteemed
journal, of that city, as follows:
Dear Editor.
/ want 10 PROFOUND a question that
may 20 the light-minded appear frivo-
lous That il is not So i have the testi-
mony OF my own judgment as we'll as
The approval OF several of my neighbors
who have. like myself Wrestied Ions
with the problem without satisfactory
result. IL Is this. is 10 eNEraVa gance 10
possess more than one pair of suspend-
erst More hangs upon this query than
me minimizing realize, and / hope YOU
win not deem IL beneath the dignity OF
the Journal u give it room and a tenn
perate ana unIriyolOus answer Yours
fer the truth, MAIN BRACE
East Aurora. n y.
OF course, the Journal took it seri-
opslv. IL considered first returning
the letter 90 East Aurora for the
attention of the sagacious Fra FL
bertus and letting him settle the
matter in three words. Then it re-
membered that the Fra. wearing a
belt always, would declare any and
all suspenders an extravaganza. So,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03
EDUCATING THE POLICE.

Proper Methods Of Being a Police
man" will be the subject OF a series OF
lectures 10 be delivered 10 all the patrol
men, seTgeants, lieutenants, captains
and inspectors of Chicago's police force
Chief Collins has decided his men need
lectures. and he has placed Frank D.
COmerf0rd, police attorney. in charge OF
the duty of preparing the addresses.
When they are ready the chief viii send
Mr.. Comerford out TO deliver them. with
every policeman in the city in compul-
soTY attendance
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l+9ter H. b. FreliLghuysen is set for
, thursday at ST. Thomas. and will be
one OF the largest weddings OF the sea
SON. The bride IS a daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Henry o. Haveu4eyer.
Wednesday Is the date set for the
wedding Of Gustav Heckscher, son OF
Mr. and Mrs. August Heckscher. 10
Miss Louise NandeThoef al 81. Rarth0I-
OmeW's
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THE SUBSTITUTE.

rs your husband keeping his promise
to abstain from dFinking?" asked Mrs.
Wise.
lived
Are yCu sure? It's pretty hard for
q man TO resist the temptation"
yes, but he tells me he's found a
substitute which he eats whenever he
feels tempted 10 take a drink and what
ds455s!a Press.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03
BOOKS ON CONGO
IN PUBLIC LIBRARY
Most Recent Publications on
Subject at Present of
Interest.

a question that has often beer put
forward during the last low years. and
which during the last few months has
been much IN evidence. is the one cen
corning the alleged atrocities of king
Leopold's government in The Congo. Inc
District Public Library this week offers
select list of GOORs. ami the most re-
cent periodical articles on the subject.
AS usual only a small portion Of the
literature on the question available AZ
the library is here listed. The complete
list VIII be found Ia manuscript at the
library.
cooks on Congo.
Belgium. Chambre des Representants.
Verbatim Report of the Five Days
Congo Debate. 1905 G76-Bn4v.
Bourne, II X. +. Civilization in Congo
land 1893 F1G-B667.
Descam0s +. New Africa: Essay on
Cove nment civilization ia new cuUn-
tries nd on the Congo Free State.
Congo Free State Commission of En-
quiTy. Tie Congo Report OF the Conn
mission. l.06. G76-Ks34c.
Congo Reform Association. Alleged
conditions N Congo Free State. 1896
~. S. 59th Cong. LIST sese. s. ID. 3l6D-
G76- Kg3lal.
MaeDonnell. J. &c c. King Leopold II.
lie Rule ~ Belgium ana the Congo.
Morel. +. ID. British Case in French
congo: story OF a great injustice
1893. Ht<1e2-AlS4
Morei. z. 4. King Leopoid's Rule in
Africa. 1904 G154- AISl5x
Twain, Mark. King LeoPoid's SoliiOIuy:
A defense Of his Congo rule. 1905. He
T9i4k.
Wack, II. ". The Story Of the Congo
Free State. 1895. G76-Nil2s.
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CONGRESSIONAL CHORUS.
IN WEEKEND LULLABY,
CR0ONS BILLS TO SLEEP
Presidents Pet Measures Rest Peacefully While
TalkfeSt Goes on in Both Ends
of the Capitol

For the greater part, Congress has
talked away another week. Ia both
houses some progress was made with
the appropriation measures, but aside
from these it was made increasingly
manifest ,hat the powers have small
design Of permitting very much other
legislation passing,
Thus. there are two measures which
the President has been very anxious 10
pass at this session; both OF them sig
nincant parts OF his general policy Of
progressive Legislation one is the BIZ
granting the Government the right 10
appeal on questions of law Ia criminal
cases; the other. the measure limiting
the hours of continuous service Of rail-
road men. They are both, apparently.
hopelrssly becalmed.
-Four More Weeks Left.
The short session has four more weeks
which VIII be ample TO attend To such
business as the controlling powers care
70 attend TO. The appropriation bills
viii b. cleared up IN the usual quick
time. and there is little reason Tor ser
lous congestion al the small end OF the
funnel, unless some intrepid statesman
tfies 10 save one of the measures thar
are uot in the routine Ia that case
there may Dee an exciting nuish. such as
Senator La Toilette gave 20 the session
last spring by forcing attention 20 the
hours-of-seryice measure.
Report rs nov highly cIrcumslantiaI
that there VIII be an extra session Of the
Senate Immediately after March 4 10
consider the new treaty with sauto
Domingo
speechmaking was the piece de resist
ance Of the Senate menu last week
The Hoodgates Of oratory were lifted
and streams Of eloquence broke forth
Ordinary business suffered and received
comparatively little attention. such was
the tendency 10 talk manifested in the
Senate that Senator Hale was led 10
serve notice that he proposed TO can
a halt
Bsveridge's Big Effort.
Senator Beverage discussed child Ia
Dor tn ar able speech that occupied
most Of two days last week. He be-
gan the speech the week before. In
an, lac occupied the greater part OF
three days. Senator Carter and Hey
burn made speeches Of length in oppo-
sltlou 10 the Administration new order
as To granting patents 20 homesteaders.
These speeches scored Secretary Hitch
cock severely. SHnator Rayner attacked
President Roosevelt for executive usurD-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03

II these excellent people who want the
District 20 go dry would devote their
efforts 20 meteorology instead OF the
saloons they would have a unanimous
community at their backs.