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8. H. Harriman's Interest in Boys.

Mr.. Hartman is interested IN boys.
That is his chief fad. 1t is his pride
that he is president of the largest
club in the world That is the Boys
Club, at the corner of Tompklns
SQUARE and Tenth street, New York
CITY. Here is big building, nve or
six stories in height, with gynnasia,
baths, playrooms, reading rooms, 81
or 40 separate club rooms. Here IN
the course of the year 5000 or 10000
East Side boys have fun. They are
not taught. 1t is not a church, 1t is
not school, it is not refor-natory,
it is not a movement for the ethical
culture of TIE East Side. It is SIM
ply a big place where the boys may
enjoy themselves. incidentally Trey
do learn a great deal; they are taught
a great deal. But it is Tom Sawyer
fashion, who defined work as play
that you didn't want to do.
Here, for all ages, from little chaps
lust able to toddle up to big chaps
ready to marry and have homes,
there is a chance to find most any
kind of wholesome amusement and
sport. They have their football
teams. baseball teams, camera clubs,
natural history clubs, debating clubs.
They give a Gilbert and Sullivan ope-
ra once year, no one taking part but
the boys; and the performances are
said to be capital. They have an
orchestra Of their own, they have two
drum, corps, and they have a brass
band.
Mr.. Hartman is and has been for
years. president of this cluo. It's his
terry dates back 80 years and more,
and AIr. Harriman's association with
it dates from the beginning. Here,
as q yo1ng man of eight ard twenty,
he undertook the work with a COM
pany of other young men, largely
Yale men, and he has held to it ever
Since.-Review of Reviews.
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COTTON EXCHANGE FRAUDS.
Livingston and Jordan Ask That the
New York Cotton Exchange Be Out

Livingston and Jordan Ask That The
New York Cotton Exchange Be Out
Iawed.
Washington, Jan. 2.-Col. Living
ston and Harvie Jordan late this aft
ernoon filed their charges against the
New York cotton exchange and asked
the postmaster general to issue
fraud order. There are eight counts
in the charges and along with them
are submitted a number Of exhibits.
A striking one Of these is the official
market report of the New York co..
ton exchange issued Dec. 2S, notice
day. The price quoted on future con-
tracts calling for delivery the same
day was 9.02, while the price of spot
cotton was 1866, disparity Of 1853
points, difference of s8.15 per bale.
Discussing this Col. Livingston said
to this correspondent:
eff McFadden or any other cotton
operator had bought cotton on that
date at 9.O2 and could have secured
the actual cotton he could have sold
it in the spot market and made a pro-
fit on the 114,000 bales traded in on
the exchange that day Of s11,411,O O0G.
He did not buy because he knew ev-
erybody else knew there was no cot
ton to be had. IF the New York cot
ton exchange operated on the same
plan as the stock exchange or the
corn exchange, and I am Informed
that such is their character, they
must keep on hand for actual deliv-
cry the cotton traded in just as does
the broker who sells railroad or other
stocks. I do not know that such is
their character and I have been una
bic to find out, but if it is true, they
must keep commercial salable cotton
on hand to meet their contracts.
Harvie Jordan says if he had fifty
or hundred thousand dollars to en-
ploy the legal counsel he would put
the New York cotton exchange COM
pletely out of business if its charter
is the same as those Of the stock ex-
changes.-The State.
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retainers left the grand duchy. The
party was seen in Vienna week later,
and the young duke boldly announced
that he was off to the east to help his
friend Dantan in the fight for his
throne. Going on the theory that Bal
dos is this same Christobal we have
only to provide a reason for his pre-
ferring the wilds to the comforts Of
our cities. In the first place, he knows
there is a large reward for his appre-
hension and he fears our police. In the
second place, he does. not care to direct
the attention Of Prince Dantan's foes
to himself. He missed Dantan In the
hills and doubtless was lost for weeks,
but the true reason for his flight is
made plain in the story that was print
ed recently in Paris and Berlin news
papers. According to them, Christobal
rebelled against his fathers right to
select a wife for him. The grand duke
had chosen a noble and wealthy bride,
and the son had selected beautiful
girl from the lower walks Of life. Fa
ther and son quarreled and neither
would give an inch. Christobal would
not marry his fathers choice, and the
grand duke would not sanction his
union with the fair plebeian."
Here Beverly exclaimed proudly:
.'He doesn't look like the sort of man
who could be bullied into marrying
anybody if he didn't want to-
'.And be strikes me as the sort who
would marry any one he set his heart
upon having" added the princess, with
a taunting glance at Miss Calhoun.
"Umphr' shifted Beverly defantly.
The baron went on with his narrative,
exhibiting signs Of excitement.
'"To lend color to the matter, Christie
bal's sweetheart, the daughter of a
game warden, was murdered the night
before her lover fed. I know nothing
of the circumstances attending the
crime, but it is my understanding that
Christobal is not suspected. 1t is pos
sible that he is ignorant even now of
the girls fate"
AsWell, by the gods, we have good
ly lot Of heroes about u.s." exclaimed
LorTy:
.sBut, after ALL" yentured the Count
ess Halfont, "Baldos may be none OF
these men,"
Good heavens, Aunt Yvonne, don't
suggest anything so distressing" said
Yetive. "He must be one Of them"
81 suggest a speedy way Of deter
mining the matter" "said Anguish.
"Let us send for Baldos and ask him
point blank who he is. l think it is
up to him to clear away the mystery
"No!' cried Beverly. starting to her
feet.
"1t seems to be the only way" said
Lorry.
"But I promised him that no ques-
tions should be asked said Beverly,
almost tearfully, but quite resolutely.
Didn't I, Yet-your highness"
..Alas, yes.' said the princess, with
pathetic smile of resignation, but with
LOYALTY in the clasp Of her hand.
Y-o ~o-rrn
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Assistant Attorney General GOouh
Will Probe the Matter to the Bot
tom by Hearing Testimony From
Both Sides, and Postmaster General
Will Act On His Recommendation.
washington, Jan. 3.-Postmaster
General Cortelyou today turned over
to the legal officials Of the postofice
department the charges of fraud
against the New York cotton ex-
change.
Assistant Attorney General Goodin
for the postoffice department will
conduct the investigation Immediate
ly with view Of determining wa'et.:-
er the use of the mails sl2ould be
withdrawn.
Representatives Of the exchange
will be requested to appear Is.fors
Judge Goodin and after this testi-
mony, and that of the complainanes,
the cotton growers, both of whom
have the privilege of representation
by attorneys, have been taken, Judge
Goodin will make his recommendation
on the matter to Mr.. Cortelyou.
After this, if such a motion is jus
tilted in the mind of the postmaster
general, fraud order will be signed
by that Official and executed.
Persons or corporations named
in such an order may not receive
mail addressed to them. All mail ad-
dressed to them is intercepted by
the local postmaster, subject to the
postal departments order. Should
the fraud order be withdrawn at any
time the accumulated nail will be
turned over to the addresses.
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meaning of the general smile that
went around.
"It is quite personal and Of no con-
sequence. What do you know Of him!
Ny curiosity is aroused. Now, be
quiet, Beverly. You are as eager to
know as the rest Of u.s."
"Well, your highness, may as we'll
confess that the man is puzzle to me.
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aWhen the cold winds dry and
crack the skin a box Of salve can save
much discomfort. In bnying salve
look for the name on the box 70 avoid
any imi,,,tion. and be sure You set
the original peNitt's Witch Hazel
caIva sold - - -:
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\ Belfast laborer. 100 years old,
who was treated at the hospital the
other day. told the doctor t,:at 1T
was his first black eye He will
really have to harry "p if he wants
another-London Globe.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-01-09

The Colorado state Federation Of
Labor is aei1atiag for q direct vote
The Washington herald., 1907-09-02
Reform work for Lawyers.

From the New York Tribune
The profession needs to carry a little
Of its reformatory zeal home with il from
its conventions. It is not enough to dis
cuss the evils Of the day and stop there.
If really strong professional opinion ex-
isted against the excessively technical ap-
peal that practice could be reformed,
Excessive lawmaking is perhaps beyond
the power Of lawyers 10 check The habit
may oe too deeply ingrained in the Arne--
lean democracy. But the lawyers.
through their very prominence in public
me- could as Judge Parker says, proba-
bly, help to restrain IL. And the evils
within the profession itself that call for q
code Of ethics would be repressed bv q
wholesome professional opinion operating
all the year around and not merely in
convention.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-02
NERvE-RACKING VOYAGE.
Cruise of the Fleet VIII Prove an
international Disturbance.

FROM the SfTHguetd Republican.
Every fresh Official outgiving concern
ing the projected voyage Of the battle
ships to the Pacific stirs up renewed
comment and criticism. and from this
fact the uproar that promises 10 attend
the actual sailing OF the great feet can
easily be imagined Those who con-
demned the scheme at the outset have not
changed their view. and We see it no
where approved. with the slightest en-
thusiasm. this side of the Pacific Coast
The enterprise. from the beginning. has
been invested with a yellow atmosphere
of sensationalism, and from this condi-
ton it can never be rescued It Is need
less to say that the dispatch OF the feet
to the Pacific under these circumstances
is better calculated to excite international
hysteria than 10 calm international
nerves What possible good therefore IS
TO be derived from the long cruise. sufl-
Client 10 balance the inevitable dIng-dong
Of lingo maniacs in this country and the
far East. and the widespread nervous ex-
citabihty which is sure 70 be the effect Of
the spectacular voyage in Asia and Amer
lea?
About four months remain before the
long cruise is scheduled 10 begin. and in
that time developments may further illu-
inmate the situation. If affairs present
the same appearance in December that
they do now, and the administration per
sists In making the feet the center Of
these limelight maneuvers. Congress will
probably be plunged into debates over the
wisdom and the great cost Of the per-
Torrance, which will still further agitate
the country.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-02
DAY IN A PRESIDENTS LIFE.
Near View of Roosevelt Willie Re
cuperatfng at Oyster Bay.

From tbs Broadway Magazine.
The usual daily programme OF the Presi-
dent while he is at Oyster Bay begins
with his bounding out of bed land that
is really his characteristic method Of be-
ginning the day. and Fastening for the
shower bath. The hour IS never later than
IA o'clock. He takes the shower coid-as
cold as he can get It, There is a pro-
digious sp,ashing Of water and 1t is a
man with color surging In his cheeks who
seeks the breakfast table He sis in
varlably attired. then. for a ride
brooches, soft shirt, ard crash coat with
his big Panama lying on a convenient
chair in the hallway On the way from
the breakfast room to his mount. he
makes IA stop Of from ten 10 twenty min
utes in his study. There the most i'm
port kilograms or letters that have
reached Secretary Loeb since the confer
ence of the preceding day are on the
desk. Whatever problems they present
he takes with him on his morning ride.
Archie and Quentin. or frequently Mrs
Roosevelt, are his companions on these
rides. although several times a week the
President goes forth unaccompanied.
Back from this morning constitutional.
at 1880 O'Clock, he dictates his private
correspondence, and sharply on the
stroke Of II o'clock Secretary Loeb makes
his appearance. The hurrying secretary
comes to the house in the big. white
Secret Service automobile-the only auto
mobile with any right OF way at all on
the private road. From one to three as
sistants are with him. The official man
is carried in big leather pouches. Two
hours of the fastest sort OF work goes
on then. and Secretary Loeb and his as
sistants do not look any too fresh when
they resume their seats ia the white au-
tomObile and are taken back TO the execu-
tive offices in the village.
During his daily morning visit Secre-
taTy Loeb acquaintg the President with
the names Of his visitor or visitors for
the day. At ] o'clock in the afternoon
the President is ready to receive them.
Usually however, they have already been
received by Mrs. Roosevelt. There is no
form OF etiquette observed. and il visi-
tor arrives before the President has fin
ished his statesmanly lsbors, the Chief
Executive, looking through his study win
dow at the sound Of an arriving carriage.
is very apt 70 rush out on the porch and
greet his visitor in the most informal and
therefore all the more cordial fashion.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-02
Nc Baekbite of the Coal Trust

Some interesting political history Is re-
called by the answer of the Reading
and affiliated companies to the govern
ments suit to break up the alleged
anthracite coal monopoly. This answer,
in a word. asserts that the agreements
among the coal companies for the main
teuance Of prices were forced upon them
by the settlement Of the coal strike Of
1900 That strike was shrewdly initiated
by the leaders Of the miners union on
the eve Of a Presidential election in the
hope that political exigencies would COM
pei the grant of their demands Their
hope was fully realized, for the late
Senator Hanna, as chairman of the Re
publican National Committee. fearing the
effect OF the strike on the campaign, In
tervened in behalf Of the miners and Sc
cured them an advance Of 10 per cent in
wages. The advance was, Of course
added to the price Of coal; and il we are
10 believe the Readings answer to the
governments suit, the conferences among
the operators necessary 10 bring about
a general advance in the price of coal
to meet the additional expense Of min
ing 1t due to the strike settlement are
the sole basis of the governments allega-
tons that there is an organized coal
monopoly.
This attempt to throw the responsibility
for the origin of the coal monopoly back
upon the government. or at least upon
the Republican party. is very remarkable.
II suggests that perhaps the coal barons
feel the sting of a repudiated obligation.
or what they may regard as repudiated
obligation, for why did they yield to the
''importunities" of Chairman Hanna, and
buy peace" unwillingly. as the answer
AYERS if they did not expect to gain
something from the bargain-if they did
not believe that Hanna could deliver
the goods? Why should the coal oper-
atOrs have been willing to make what
they now allege to have been a sacrifice
Of their independence at the behest OF a
Republican campaign manager II they
saw no advantage in It? What other in
terest had they In the election Of a Re
publican administration?
partial explanation may be found in
the fact that seven years elapsed before
the government undertook the prosecution
OF the coal monopoly, during the last
four years Of which period the Depart
ment of Justice was in possession OF
ample evidence that the price of coal and
the volume of production were fixed by
some intangible authority having all the
power and attributes of monopoly. And
now the monopoly retaliates by declaring
that the Republican party is responsible
not only for the advance in the price
of COAL but also for the monopoly it.
SELF misunderstanding, if not misplaced
confidence, somewheret
The Washington herald., 1907-09-02

rs Marriage a Faiiure?" Is a subject
which men. nany Of them. have tackled
but they have never quite reached the
heart of the matter. because it seemed to
involve an srraignment Of the fair sex
which no mere man is brave enough to
undertake. It remains for a woman TO
point out the weaknesses of her sex, and
Mrs. Anna A. Rogers. who tries to tell
the world why Marriage Fails in the
current Atlantic. is evidently a woman Of
more than ordinary courage.
Most of the blame for the failure Of
marriage Mrs. Rogers puts on the shout
ders Of the women. The steady discon-
tent with married life which is rife in the
land-in our land paTticulaTly-she at
tributes TO three causes: a. Womans
failure to realize that marriage is her
work in the world; (2) her growing in
dividualism, and go her lost art of Civ
ing. Instead, she always wishes to take.
On the point that marriage is woman's
work in the world, Mrs. Rogers shows
that the workout In the battle of the
world is mans part. and she thinks that
much of the trouble comes because wom-
an is not content 70 do her own duty.
which, IL properly performed, is the high
est duty, but must. perforce, come inter-
fering in mans work and neglecting her
own. Says Mrs. Rogers: only as wom-
an. with all that entails upon her, is she
alone pre-eminent, unapproachable. And
yet her whole energy to-day is bent upon
dethroning herself"
Under the head Of Her growing indi-
vldualism," Mrs. Rogers classes the self
ishness Of women. largely a fault OF her
education. That education is almost as
good as her brother receives. but 1t is
an indiscriminate and undigested educa-
ton which deprives US Of good servants
and good wives at once" No mere man
would have dared thus 10 put servants"
and wives" In juxtaposition!
And Mrs. Rogers compares the modern
woman: "a cross between a magnificent,
rather unmannerly boy and spoiled, ex-
acting demi-mondaine who sincerely loves
in this world but herself alone" with
those dear old women Of an age that is
fast passing away-thbse sweet-faced,
gentle-voiced grandmOthers, whose mem
DRY each of Us reveres. and she asks:
What is there to-day in all this fret aad
fuss and fury of feminine living that
compares with the power for good Of
these wonderful old women fast disap-
pearing?"
What indeed No wonder that we are
hard pushed in the courts of this coun-
try to keep up with the divorce business.
In the United States We have 292I courts
possessed Of power to grant divorce. as
against 1 in England, % in Germany. and
7s in France This speaks volumes. stand
ing by itself. for our marital unrest
Surely the men are often, far too Of
ten. to blame. But il is good that there
is sane, courageous woman who can
point out that in the great work Of saw
ing the home-that fundamental hope OF
society-there is a great task for the
women to set about.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-02
No Joint Statehood

Although accompanied by no blare of
trumpets, that was a most important an
nouncement made by Secretary of the In
terror Garfield on Saturday, when. after
a long conference with President Roose-
welt at oyster Bay, he gave out that the
President wished him TO announce that
mo further efforts will be made to bring
up again the question of joint Statehood
for Arizona and New Mexico" The an
nouncement went further and declared
that Mr. Roosevelt had said that '-the
verdict Of the people is considered final. -
This decision, which may seem a COM
plete reversal Of sentiment by the Presi-
dent, is based. evidently. on a fuller and
more complete knowledge Of the subject.
1t is most likely that Secretary Garfield.
who has just returned from the West.
was able to make the case clearer to the
President than it had been before, but
at any rate, Mr.. Roosevelt has come TO
see that the popular voice Of both Arizona
and New Mexico was, and is, against the
proposed joint Statehood measure. It is
highly creditable TO the President that he
OScS .4ve i4S94totS ~ oiiilooiiCe MS cHallSe
OF views.
Senator Beverage, chairman OF the
Senate Committee on Territories, spent
some time in both Territories investi-
eating conditions. and he returned TO
Washington deeply imbued with the plan
of joint Statehood as a solution OF the
problem. In spite of the undoubted fact
that joint Statehood would have resulted
in creating a State in which most of the
Offices would be held by Mexicans. owl
The Washington herald., 1907-09-02
Making Good Authors.

Mr. Walter II. Page, erstwhile editor Of
the Atlantic and now editor of the Worlds
Work, is one of the men whose duty It
I is to wrestle with many. many manu-
scripts of many men. He finds the gen.
eral average pretty bad. He thinks ii is
/ high time that writing came 10 be re-
garded as a profession. Speaking at the
/ University of Chicago. he said;
/ Up to this time writing has been harum-
scarum business with lot Of superstition and little
training or experience. But We must follow the
ample Of other crafts. Let have professional
post graduate schools to teach men and women how
| to write.
He goes further than this It Is evil
dent that he has given the matter some
thought, doubtless being more than
little tired of attaching those fateful slips
to many MSS. reading THE inclosed Ms.
/ is returned" &c. He has a well-defined
plan for developing authors. and some Of
his proposals are:
Poet students to write a sonnet day Tor term.
Prose students 10 write loo words day.
Professors to exercise their imagination TO sim
ilaF degree.
One professor to every six or eight students
Students must have an A. B. or equivalent de
gree.
Professors must be practical writers and not mere
students
All this about the mere business Of
writing. Doubtless after following the
course proposed by Mr.. Page, the gradu-
ates of this writing school would have at
tanned a certain facility in the manufac-
ture Of copy" but how Is the ability TO
write one thousand words a day or the
possession Of degree OF bachelor of
arts to aid In putting into this manu-
featured copy that subtle essence without
which manuscript is just words, words,
words2
With al due respect to Mr.. Page, whom
we know as man with high ideals for his
profession. and one who has for many
years striven steadily for the best, we
cannot see that his proposed remedy is
much If any better than that OF the
many correspondence schools" which are
fun Of glowing promise about what they
can teach writers to do
The only way we have Of judging OF
literature is from the output. What does
it matter to the world at large whether
the written message-if it be a real mes
sage-is the work OF a crossing
or a president Of a university, or the edi
tor Of high-class magazine? AS to the
technical excelIencies, a course Of pro-
fessordom may do very wei, but there
are thousands Of people who can write
good English who have nothing 10 say
that the world cares to hear.
There are too many examples Of this
in the past to make the point worth
dwelling on. One has only to recall
Dickens, who, without education, in the
higher sense at least, equaled Thackeray
with his university degree; Frank Butler
in his sea stories. himself a waif Of the
London streets; Jack London, the self
confessed hobo" and associate Of
thieves-the list is interminable, and ex-
tends back 10 the time since writing first
began.
What is lacking in the work OF modern
writer's is not a knowledge of the con-
struction Of sentences, but ideas. and not
even so cheerful an Optimist Of letters as
Mr. Walter II. Page would contend that
these-the soul Of literature-may be ac-
quired in any school