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good part of the first book of Aeneid and
is familiar chum of even the high school
boy. 1t was the husky Aeolus. king OF
the winds: and the doctor not only
dragged him forth as Exhibit A OF Willis
l.. Moore's weather curiosity shop but
persisted In accenting him on the second
syllable, leaning his whole weight heavily
on the O and giving the name a strange
tIibernian sound. One false quantity has
been known to play the very dickens in
parliament, where such an onense is re-
garded as a cardinal sin. For the pro-
lection Of the youth of the land. there
fore. I think that Dr. Wiley's Latinity
should be Investigated. and the appoint
ment of a pure-Latin commission would
seem to be the best way to go about It.
especially since 1t would be In consofance
with the chemists own methods. Some
body ought to speak to the President
about it"
* x =
What is that drty-looking mud hole?"
asked the stroller at the Zoo of stran-
ger. The MISUNDERSTANDING person an
swered in a surprised voice:
Don't you know? It's the famous
beaver pond: there are a number of the
creatures in there. and you
can see where they have gnawed down
the trees built their wonderful houses
and the dam at the end there
Yes. but where are the beavers": asked
the other, calmly.
~, ell-er. we know that beavers are
nocturnal animals; they seldom venture
out Now see what a remarkable house
that is-but hold on-I am a bit of nat
uralist myself blushing modestly. land
If there is not one of the animals on that
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friction diverse elements was that Of
John b. Helm. a prominent and infiuen-
tial secessionist Mr. Helm had sons in
both armies. He, however, was Outspoken
in his opposition to the war
He was finally arrested for his strong
resistance to the government and placed
under restrictions. His Union friends APP
pealed to their representatives in Wash
ingtOn to see the President and hayS< Mr..
Helm restored to liberty, alleging that on
account OF his great age he could do no
harm. Mr.. Lincoln. who knew the fam
lily acauiesced in the request and wrote a
message to this effect: Mr. John b. Helm
is freely pardoned for all the evil deeds
he has done or shall do in the future
+ * * !:
On another occasion an appeal was
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WI HEN the war of 1S61-1S65 began
w political sentiment in the border
states touching the right Of seces-
sion was quite equally divided.
An instance or two from Kentucky an
mails will illustrate this point. Senator
John J. Critterden had two sons. both
graduates OF West Point. One. George
B.. became a major general in the Con-
federate army and commanded the right
wing against Gen. Thomas at the battle
of Mill Springs in 1862: another. Thomas
L.. was a major general in the Union
army and commanded its right wing at
the same time. but on another part of
the long line OF defense.
A case which illustrates the sagacity of
President Lincoln and reveals his phe-
nomenal knowledge of human nature and
his consummate tact in handling without
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THAT may be-. said the young man
''for it is 80 high that no ordinary per-
son can reach it.
The sequel reveals the fact that the
milestone was found on the top OF the
post. thus vindicating both the honesty
and the memory which Mr.. Lincoln pos
sessed.
x x * X
effect that during the early part of the
war Mr. Lincoln and another gentleman
were riding in a carriage north OF the
Soldiers Home. Espying some earth
works recently thrown up, the gentleman
said to Mr.. LncOln:s
"Mr President. why do you have these
Notifications on the north of Washing
ton? You certainly do not expect the en-
envy toscome from that direction
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~"Oh." said the President in hts usual
facetious manner, that Is Gen. McClel-
lan's idea"
But" said the man. IL am unable to
see why these strong earthen works
should be built north Of Washington
when the enemy is located south of the
city"
ut reminds me-" said Mr.. Lincoln, "Of
a neighbor In Illinois who had an I'M
usually large chest girth. Asked one day
the question:
"'Mr Jones' how do you happen to
have such q prominent chest? You do
no expect to nurse any children
WELL said Mr.. Jones, I presume 1t
was given me SO that il I did have them
l could be provided with the means Of
nourishment. "
The ability to see the humorous phases
of things enabled Mr.. Lincoln to throw OF
the gloomy. melancholy moods to which
he wasubject. 1t reveals. Furthermore,
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person Of Importance in the United States
Is more difcult for reporters to reach
than this same tall. iron jawed, sharp
eyed multi-millionairess Hetty Green
Consequently. it is a triumph to get her
Hetty. at her Office or at her little $50 80
per-mOnth HOboken fiat. is as inaccessible
as any yelled prophecies Of khorassan-
whoever and wherever that lady may
be. But Hetty has been got" And when
she Is rounded up and .corralled. Hetty
Is fair: even manly. about it. She owns
herself beaten. you are a very persist
ent. bothersOme and impudent young
man." says Hetty to the reporter while
he does the best he can to look abashed
without In the least feeling so. But 1
must say you are a sticker. What is 1t
YOU want?" Some mighty self-satisfied re-
porter persons. some Of them long since
graduated into the domain of literature
with an upper-case l.. have flushed with
pleasure. as we'll they might. when Hetty
Green. in some such circumstances. has
chided them for their impudence and then
yielded TO their persistence.
Passion for Notoriety.
Glass 2. comprising the folk who are de-
lighted to be tackled by reporters. for
the morbid. unhygienic love of seeing their
names in the papers. is. numerically. far
the largest class of the three. They are
more various than the tintings Of autumn
leaves. They guage from the society ma
iron of not soiidly-fxed standing-"Oh
you are the gentleman from the Moon :?
I am charmed to see you! Yes. have the
names OF the guests all written out and
description of the floral decorations. and
can't offer you some refreshments. no.
down the list to the fat and bebadged
member of the press committee of the
Michael J. O'Hoolihan Chowder Associa-
TONS annual chowder picnic-''Tsay
young Teller. here,s a list o. de bugs wot
fisgers in he blowout-me own names at
de top. an be sure dat youse gifts it right.
tsee-?"
Right along to the eager and garrulous
young fellow who saw the railway acct
dent: You're reporter. hey? Well, my
names Scaggs-J. ]. Scaggs-and ] was
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made by a young man in southern Indiana
for some favor touching military opera
tons In presenting his case to the Pres
ident the young man said: by the way,
President Lincoln. you knew my family.
Every WELL" said Mr.. Lincoln. Il re-
member that on one occasion l was on my
way from Indiana to Illinois. / stopped at
your fathers house TO eat dinner and
while there I had occasion TO sharpen my
knife"
YES" interrupted the young man. land
you must have carried off the milestone.
for we have never seen it since that day.
II did not take it, replied Mr.. Lincoln.
but when 1 was through using it l laid 1t
on the top of post in the bNnyard.
think you'll find 1t there If you Took care
fully
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corr,spondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star
NEW YORK, February II. 1905.
p ETS. start this with a Bromidium
There are two sides to every
IL story"
I have in mind the everlasting knock
for the newspaper reporter 1t is
knock that grows by accretion. 1t Is
becoming more and more the fashion.
particularly in New York. to grid at
the newspaper reporter. And this Is
where the Bromidism wedges In; for
there certainly are two or more sides to
the story Reporters are not a thin
skinned lot-when they're working. that
Is They can't be. Privately. of course.
they has their sensiblities." But there
isn't much privateness about the report
ers life He's at work most of the
time he's awake. His armor is-1has to
be-fashioned of mighty impervious
stuff 1t Is devised to turn the bolts and
javelins that come the way OF it's wearer.
for the reporter virtually is on the de-
fensive all the time-in this town most
especially H. can't fight back-and hold
on to his lob. He can't walk the world
with a hip Oh his shoulder. He rarely
or never has a chance to present his side
of a case In which he Is the defendant.
Maybe il will be found worth while TO
peer for a little while into the mechanism
of the game the reporter is up against
The reporter CLASHES the people he is
called upon to meet under three headings
namely:
1. Folks who really don't want to see
reporters.
2. Folks who want to see all the report
ers thew can as often as they can.
3. Folks who want to see reporters. but
who pretend they don't
~ This .rio of sorts seasoned reporters
rather prefer those comprised In class i
the folks who really don't want to sse re-
porters For why? For the main reason
that folks who don't want TO see reporters
nearly always have something worth CIV
inr out. ~ only they can be got at. For
another reason, there's a genuine, Keen
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ly appraised kind of newspaper glory in
the achievement OF successfully spring
ing" a parsonage who has the reputation
Of being confirmed reporter dOdger and
IN digging" something out Of him. For
third reason. the parsonage who doesn't
want to see reporters and who makes 1t
one of the tasks of his busy life to shoo-
fly them presents to the reporter VINO
likes the hard ones an opportunity for
the employment Of tact. address. ingenu-
ity. adroitness. diplomacy-everything In
that difficult box of tricks that is called
"repOrtOrial astuteness"-in the effort to
persuade the attacked one to give up.
Plenty Of reporters would rather use their
brains than not, despite very general
view to the contrary.
Caging q Financier.
The besieged financier OF renOwn. say.
is finally Gagged" by reporter who.
after enormous effort and the blending OF
Machiavellian strategy with up-to-the-
minute bluff. finds himself in the finan-
cIer's holy of HOLES.
"Oh. you're here. eh?" grunts the re-
nowned financier. with mere lightning
quick up-and-dOwn flicker of his eyelids
as he bends over his desk. well. what
the devil do you want?"
Observe the concession in that last lit
tie grunted question. You see. really big
men. fighters themselves. like fighters.
The hemmed-in exalted one whose sane
tuary has been stormed and taken can't
repress a certain whimsy inward feeling
OF admiration for the winners pluck and
perseverance. His What the devil do
you want?" is his gruf verbal symbol Of
capitulation.
Take. for instance. the job of getting
at Hetty Green. the financiersss. or CAPT.
talistess. or-oh. we'll. Hetty Green, the
woman with all that money; everybody
knows about Hetty Green. Now. this
almost uncannily shrewd woman stands
very close to the top of the little list of
New York personaRes-a list made up
chiefly of male persons OF distinction
who perennially fight reporters. who can't
be seen. and who. therefore. every now
and then. have just got to be Seen. Ne
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1t Is not entirely unrelieved toll for the
President to stand at one Of his receptions
and greet with a pleasant word gdest
after as the long line streams by
him. At the last congressional recep-
ton he had at least one bright spot TO
color the monotony. Many school girls
werel among the invited, and as the dele
cation from one school came up. blushing
and with shaking knees. a western maid
en-. healthy and blooming. with the air
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YES" she replied. but what shall l
do?"
Go and see the President and remind
him of his promise. Here. l will write
you card and you take it right up to
him.
The card was written. and little sad
faced Mary wendell her way trembling
to the White House. where she delivered
the card to a messenger. who delivered 1t
to the President. The card read:
New-York tribune., 1908-03-04
ANARCHIST TALK HERE.
RHmOr Factories Work Hard, but
authorities Laugh ct Tales.

Local color added yesterday 10 the atten-
uor directed TO the activity Of the anarchists by
the sensational murder of Father Hinrichs in Dem
Yer a couple OF weeks ago and the attack made
on Chief Shippy in Chicago Monday by eIabo-
r6tely typed reports OF threats made against Arch
bishop Farley and Of Commissioner Bingham s
deputies. also OF a promised descent of reds
on Wall Street with the avowed purpose Of ami
hilating that section New York's seeming danger
grew with the day until Commissioner Bingham
gave out a statement last night denying that he
had said that OF his deputies had received =
threatening letter ''Boshr' said the Commissions
n the tale that he had sent squad of a score
of policemen down into Wall Street.
About six months ago. according n the Commits
siouer. an ANONYMOUS letter was received at Head
quarters, in which the name Of Archbishop Farley
grouped with those or other prominent "'tt-
zens- Il vas what tho Commissioner called z
bug letter. The Archbishop was out of town
yesterday but Ia has not written Commissioner
Bingham.
At the Cathedral rec+ory one Of the priests Ts=
inclined 10 doubt the story Of the Threatening let
ter. Il is uncommon thing. however. for the
priests in both erchiepiscopal residence and the
Cathedral rectory TO receive samples Of what conn
missioner Bingham calls bug letters, ard in
most cases they land in the waste basket
Alexander Berkmann, the Pittsburg anarchist
who attacked Henry G Frick and lives with Emma
Goldman in the top floor Of the tenement houss No
80 East 18th street, so busily engaged IN get
ting ready the coming issue of Mother Earth yes
terday he would talk about the recent out
RACES in Denver and Chicago
A has cropped out in the old 4th Ward
According 10 the story, Father Curry. of ST
Jannes's Church. No 81 James street. was attacked
by Black Hand man anarchist and had
narrow escape from being shot Father Curry said
yesterday that the report had been exaggerated
j was due ne said. To an Italian pedler rushing
into the church with knife after = choir boz,
whom NJ rnistook for 4 boy who had been troub-
ling him. jenitor shadowinG two foreign
ers who entered the church talking, he said. in
8 excited and frenzied manner
Commissioner Watchorn said yesterday after
noon that the Immigration Department has always
done everything in its power keep anarchists
Of the country He said he didn't know any way
q present by which those the country now
could be depOrted hut anxious that the bill
introduced by Congressman Rennet, making such
action possible, should be passed.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-04

made for an order authorizing -bA Ta'atT 7T@ ~
offset On the books of +He hank the nai'o'' '''
dapostror> who are also borrowers at tat .9'N-
so that the borrowers having deposits NH' '''
bank could draw their checks At 'neS @@d'.+'
such deposits 70 the order Of the receivers N'''
viii make such offsets and credit the @I''"''
% such deposits ou their mdebreduaSe TH-
order. It is also expected will provide that al
notes which are uoV past due can o" renewed
by the receivers. providing arrangements At"
made for a part payment thereof. or securlfy
given on said note
Paul Grore had words Of the highest COM
rnendatior for the receivers. and it was ssid
that the directors conceded finally that without
their aid the hank could not have opened \
director Of the bank said that had the Attorney
General not made the application for receivers
the directors would have done So
All depositorz viii 10 requested At ones -
Iaava their books at the branches of the bank
where their accounts are Kept TO have them bal
anred and returned.
David 4 Sullivan. president OF the bank said
last night that Of the S10OO0O1o OF deposits
-, per cent was already represented m sigma
lures 70 the deferred payment agreement for
resumption. TIE bank would not bs able TO
open. ne said. unless all of the depositors gave
their assents to the plan He said that the
work Of the depOsitors- committees in the va
rious branches IN bringing about the result os-
sired had been excellent. and he urged them to
renew their efforts along the same line
Further action favorable TO the plan OF re-
sumption was taken at meeting OF the stock
holders held al No 900 Broadway. when 1t was
voted 10 reduce the capital Of the bank from
100000 70 81 100000. 80 that 81 100000 might
20 transferred 70 the reserve fund The To-
O1&1, shares that were represented ont of
total Of 10000 shares were voted q unit. al
though only q majority was necessary to pass
the motion
New-York tribune., 1908-03-04
DEPOSTTORS HOPEFUL.
Mechanics and Traders R6cFiv6rS TO
Cooperate for ReSum ptiOn.

Depositors Of the Mechanics and Traders
Bank who have hoped for speedy reopenlnS
OF the institution had their hopes raised last
night when. at a meeting OF the chalrmen OF
the various depositors' committees, the directors
and the counsel of the bank. held at No IL
Court street. Brooklyn. they were informed that
The receivers had agreed gp q pTd every facility
for carving out their wishes \ conference
between Edward NJ. Grout and Paul Grout- at
torneys for the directors. and the receivers took
place Yesterday morning in the Offices Of Nor
gan j. Brien-
After q discussion OF the entire question. the
receivers promised 20 extend 70 the bank every
facility TO bring about a resumption Of busi-
ness and agreed not TO take any steps likely
IN lead 70 the appointment Of permanent re-
ceivers until the directors had had plenty Of
time to carry out their plans To arrive at this
resuIt it was decided To apply 10 the court for
an order authorizing the receivers immediately
20 nav the Clearing House indebtedness Of the
Mechanics and Traders Bank. thereby relcasinE :
securities held by the Clearing House in which
the bank has an equity of over S4ipSOOo.
1t was also arranged that an application be
New-York tribune., 1908-03-04

will be $500 900 I estimate its cost at S227-
coo of course this Is exclusive Of interest and
a few minor expenses Why didn't We show
this agreement 10 depositors? Because it was.
We considered. none Of their business II was
an agreement which did not concern them SO
long as they We're paid at once and in full"
Mr. Menken said II was the Attorney Cen
erals business TO look after the interests Of the
creditors Of the Oriental. and ..yer nc rejects a
plan by which all of them will ba paid at once
and in fur. If the stockholders agree 70 such
a plan why should they not Dc allowed to carry
it through even assuming that it does entail
sacrifice or their part" Stockholders repre-
seutng over 20 per cent Of the stock Of N"
Oriental had unanimously voted for the aaop-
zion of this plan. ne said. II" denied that the
Oriental had loaned its directors $1-ro"D-
There is one loan of $4,000 to a director,
hut this is amply secured by Standard oil stock
There are only few other small loans 10
directors"
The bonus Of 100000 provided for IN the
agreement 1Ir Menken said, was less than that
demanded by other banking companies To which
they had gone with the same proposition for
settling the OricntaTs debts. He added that
Mr. Kelly had agreed TO serve on the Iiquidat
ing committee without remuneration In regard
10 penciIIing in the word immediately he said
he had done it simply 10 make the wording more
exact. and that lie considered the sense of the
clause was plainly TO the effect that the credit
ors were to be paid at once
Brayron Ives said he had more than $500
600 in cash ready TO pay the Orientars creditors
with the moment the agreement went into ef-
feet He didn't care TO comment on Mr.. Jack
sons statement The Oriental came 10
--ith their agreement. not Ne 10 them" said he
'.aud do not care to discuss its terms"
Ives was told that MT MeUkeD
had said depOsItors with accounts asEreGatInS
more than 100000 had signif1ed their intcn-
ton OF transferring these accounts from the
Oriental TO the Metropolitan Trust Company.
and that under the agreement that company
might at the same time charge the bank inter-
est on them. he also declined to make any
comment.
At the meeting Of the depositors' committee
Yesterday David Mcclure and Samuel Inter
nryer we're retained counsel for -he de
positors.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-04
U-4RN SCHOOL TEACHER.
Biach, Hand after Chief 1drocate
Of Equal PAY Nay Be Joke.

Miss Grace e. Strachan the district supcrinter.
dent of schools who has led the movement for
equal for men and women teachers. informed
the Brooklyn police yesterday had received
TWO Black Hand letters, threatening her with death
If she did not give up the struggle Miss Strachan
lives No. 293 Henry street
She received the second OF the Two letters on
Monday II was mailed AT the General Postoffice
in Manhattan. February -, was addressed
10 her Henry street home. The paper was dec
GRATED with skull and crossboues, and the writing
was III leadpencil- An extract from this letter
reads You nothing but fool TO so in with
a man like McCarren TO win pay Ike men. Be
ware! You are marked woman, and will surely
die if you don't stop equal pay fights"
The earlier letter simply scurrilous. It was
written in ink and by the same person, apparently
as the one who sent the second letter He'd
Miss Strachan an Insulting. brazen woman
Miss Strachan says that she was not frightened
by the notes, but that her friends advised her to
take the letters to the police after hearing Of the
attempt made in Chicago the life of the chief
Of police. Acting Captain kuhne of the detective
bureau at Police Headquarters, advised Miss
Strachan 10 the federal authorities He
placed two men the Most persons con-
slider the letters jokes.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-04
GERMAN STATE MONOPOLIEs.

Berlin. March 3.-The question Of a government
petroleum monopoly is still under consideration by
the imperial Ministry of Finance but the com
mission which has been Investigating the matter
mas not vet decided TO recommend it The diff
Guilty which confronts the government IS how 70
GET along without the Standard OIL Company. II
the state monopoly is to be anything more than
q selling agent for the Standard oil Company, ar
rangements must be economically possible for e
continuous supply OF American petroleum for mix
ing with the European product.
E2aron Won ZedIitz, leader of the Free Conservs-
4fyas in the Prussian Diet. said to-day that the
government parties in the Reichstag would prooa-
hi, unite on compromise regarding direct and
indirect taxes, but he doubted whether the aco-
boI and brandy monopolies would be kept IN the
,,o,-arnn7eut's programme. The principal objection
n these monopoIies was that they would rum
about ten thousand small disters of fruit brandies
in Southern Germany. The taxes on these indus
tries and on beer and tobacco would be Increased.
- ,,o- zaditz believed. In time the
,,,rire would meet its deficits by borrowing.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-04

Diplomatic Troubles Settled-A Separate Le-
CATION To Be Established

Mexico city. March Mexico and Guatemala
have reached friendly settlement OF tho dipio-
matte difficulties which have existed since the as
sassinaion here last April Of General BarilIas, re-
~uitinG I'm the demand for the eXtradition Of Cen
eral Lima and Colonel Bone and the removal Of
tHc Mexican Legation to Salvador. on Guatemala :
refusal grant Mcxico's request
The basis Of the new understanding was not
made public. Mexico viii establish independent
legation ir Guatemala. and Consul PARA has al
ready been appointed charge 5affaires pending the
selection of a minister. Heretofore minister
has been accredited all five Central American
States. Tho proximity of the two countries and
the realization that the best interests OF each
would suffer by the continuation Of the dispute
are the reasons assigned for the establishment OF
this independent legation 1t is expected that the
CiuafeTnalan government Will soon name minister
TO succeed Senor Aguirre. who has returned to
Guatemala enter President Estrada Cabrera 6