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New-York tribune., 1908-05-31

glance recognized as such; beethng broWs over
hanging keen eyes of uncertain color Which
sometimes seemed TO SCntillate with a suIleh
CLEAN; the under lip defanuy protrudtng; the
whole expression usually stern HIS nRufe
would have looked stawart but for detorlned
foot which made him bend and limp. lie De
longed TO the fierce class of anti-slavery men
who were inspired by humane sympathy Win
the slave and righteous adherence of slavery.
but also by hatred of the STAKEHOLDER. What
he himself seemed TO enjoy most in his talk was
his sardonic humor. which he made play upon
men and things like lurid freaks of lightning.
At the opening of the :}9th Congress- in Decem-
ber 1860 he looked very much aged since our
last meeting and irfrm in health In repose
his face was like a death mask, and he was
carried in a chair to his seat in the House by
two stalwart young negroes. There is good au-
thority for the story that when they haI
set him down he said to them. with his grim
l1Irnor: Thank you, my good fellows. Nhat
shall | do when you dead and gone! But
his ewes gIowed from under his buShy broWS
with the old keen sparkle and his mind was as
alert as ever. 1t may be that his age-he was
then seventy-four-and his physical infirmitleS,
admonshing him that at best he would haN"
only few years more to live served to inspire
htn with an impatient craving and a fierce de-
termination to make the best of his time, ana
thus to intensity the activity of his mental
energies To compass the abolition of slavery
had been the passion of his life. He had hailed
the Civil War as the great opportunity. lie
had never been quite satisfied with Lincoln.
whose policy seemed to him too datNy. He
demanded quick. sharp and decisive bows
Carl Schurg In McCures Magazine.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-31
THE PRESIDENT AND THE PLUMBER

When he throws of the cares OF office and
-ornr7s with his children President Roosevelt be
comes Tor the time being, q prank k-plaYlng hig
box Moreover. he enjoy Joke turned
against himself. once while visiting his sister.
NJ Roosevelt entered the room after every one
else was at he luncheon table He was laugh
ing heartily.
! have Just played d mad prank on the
number" he declared. Then he related how ne
Rad gone to the bathroom 70 wash his hands,
,8-her ne heard what seemed To be stealthN loot
e-a7s coming down The hall. The boys had
r1sz-ed number u jokes on him, and ne I'M
l-edfareIv eurTnised that they were about 70
sr-irE = new one. He sopped a washrag IN
z,srer. then with the dripping cloth IN ms hafd'
he waited the attack. The steps came nearer
and nearer then stopped. and some one trled 10
ore, The door which the President was holding
rtL,r- suddenly he threw The door wide open,
si-~, -a reollsly swinging the wet Cioth over nS
he'd and shouting Eleefully, I've got you now
The 7rashrae landed. not on The head OF one oi
+he toys as he had anticipated. but square
sc-oee the face Of a startled plumber VINO hao
cone % repair q defective pipe. II Is nara 10
ea,. Tho was more surprised. the Presldent OF
+te -,lTroher Mr Roosevelt apoioglzed pro-
fuseIT explained the circumstances, ana !, men
sesce1se6 70 the dining room, shaking WIN
acknowledgements
New-York tribune., 1908-05-31
In the Domestic Magazines for" June
The Kaiser Archtect-.O Origin Harva Grim.
SONIA Visit TO Bismarck.

once creates is the unmistakable proof of his
possession oF the gift. II comes at once; it
comes almost without the asking; sometimes it
come merely from the first sound of the voice
For voice is one Of the orators greatest instru
ments OF his success; and the voice which tells
most of that which has certain underswell of
passion and emotion though the surface may
be serene and self-ContrOed, it was in the
of Bright. for instance. who of the
greatest orators the House of Commons ever
heard-T. p. O'Connor, NJ. p. in The World
To-day.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-31
THE ASTRONOMERS WORK

If would learn the nature of the stars.
whether they solid. liquid gaseous.
whether they or comparatively old,
whether their temperatures are high rela-
lively low, we should begin by making a study
of our own star-our II is the only star
near enough to present disk and therefore
10 let US study it in some detail. All other
stars remain points of light when the
powerful telescopes magnify them three thou
sandfold. There observatories established
for the sole purpose of Investigating the sun.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-31

ject predicate are necessarily in the nom1natlve'
If 1t be the nfntive which is empl tyed ii is the
accuse tive that must appear in both instances
or, to adopt English grammatical termlnoiogF'
the objective. No would think or ASKING
such question as Whom am II" Yet II is
thing of this very sort which is done IN the
passage quoted from Matthew; and IT is done
because the two subjects had been separated ps
an intervening verb. on the other hand, II
would have been grammatCdlly correct. even II
rather unusual, to put the question in this FORM
Whom do men say me to be!-ProfesSor
Thomas r. IOunSbury, in Harpers.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-31

mouse a very museum Of pictures and
beautiful objects. His admiration for his gifted
wife, his alteration of her, never wavered. He
could never speak of her without softenng Of
the voice, a CLEAN of the eyes.
When / became acquainted with Nine. War
dot she was close upon sixty years Of age; to all
intents and purposes she still young
woman. The extraordinary vitality, the energy,
the genius of this great artist showed in every
thing she did, in everything she said. 1t Is not
only in works of art, in music in eloquence that
genius reveals itself: it permeates all things,
trifes
Nine. Ffardot Is very old woman, but
she still teaches she still composes. and with
real talent she still assemblies friends about her.
Her eyes dmmed, her hearing no longer
good, but the ardent soul is still bright within
her. and her affections very keen and warm.
Her children. grandchildren great-grandchildren
surround her with love and care. But she lives
friend who from time imremorial has been her
factOtum. The old house. Rue de Douai. was
torn down many years ago. Mime. Nfardot now
occupies a beautiful apartment with a rounded
balcony at the corner of the Boulevard Saint
German overlooking the Seine the Place de Ia
Concorde and the Tui>sres Gardens. The most
lovely part of Paris Is at her feet as was the
world in the days of her triumph.-Mme. Bigot,
in Putnam's and the Reader.
THADDEUS STEVENS.
His face. long and pallid. topped with an
1t-t,, rr-t
New-York tribune., 1908-05-31
THE NOBLER TASK.

Delicate little rhythmic futterings.
Golden wing-work in diaphanous azure,
Pearl like words, one after One-but force,
But fire of intellect, but soul?
All. Poet,
Turn from these fiawless arabesques, turp, turn
From exquisite and futile patterning.
MANY can say that violets are sweet:
Few can declare mans destiny Choose thou
The nobler task a world viii listen then.
Lee Wilson DOdd in The Atlantic.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-31
THE OPEN.

4 raw rough evening over the moor.
The wind clouds sclrry across the SKY,
Inc tir5s are huTrNinE headlonE home,
The hoarnan's call is an urgent cry:
And the beach is white with spume and foam.
a true dear heart is 4 resting place,
And a resting place is a home,
But my fettcrless soul wants breathing space,
And ! am content 20 roam.
Adele Lippencott, in Appetons-
New-York tribune., 1908-05-31
ORIGIN OF HARvARD's CRIMSON.

Although President F1liot's opposition TO mod
en- college football is well known. he has al
WAYS been interested in sane athletics. and dur
Ing his Undergraduate days himself participated ,
In colle sports Many a crew has listened 20
his interesting experiences Of those DAYS when
Harvard pulled eight and Yale Ska time
allowance usually being given for the difference
raced for prize money which got the crew out Of
debt But all of this part OF his desire
keep up his physical, mental and moral health
He developed one set Of muscles out OF all
proportion To another. and unquestionaby hen
believed then as now in sound mind and q
sound body
H likes To tell Of the origin Of Harvard's
crimson In 1873 the first Harvard rowing
shell was Dut the water. Three men, Of
whom Alexander Agassiz was one. got together
and bought il
We had Tot paid for the boat" said President
Eliot. when asked about this, and we depended
on cur first ;rtze money 10 pay for il. Well,
ve.= u he thirteen or fourteen boats in the
race and SAID 10 each other How are cur
friends going To know in the regatta , We
had uniform. nothing a. all 20 distinguish
Us We had rowed in our various underClothes
Ut - -ta- Tine. 50 Ben CroNninshie.d and
went down "a Hovey'S and bought six red
tarGk7rcr. .afs just about that coior''-picking up
flower from the table-'and tied those
hanikerchiefs around heads, and that,
gentlemen. j. the origin Of the Harvard red
Here : The kind of silk handkerchief that was
worn 4 few wears later''-shoWing a handkerr
chief. IT was not the right color. The troublA
vas that magenta came in. and the Harvard
color was magenta for few years; but that
han izerC.-ief is poor aniline dye. This -
<hoRf-c an American Beauty rose Of a very
dark red hue-'was the real color. Sidney
Curtis. il Success.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-31
European Property to Let.

At LONDON. ENGLAND. FURNISHED HOUSE TO
~ let-Seyen rooms and bath: three months: n
tric light: al ID weekly. Apply JOHN sCHOLTz.
AL 5th ave, New IorA-
New-York tribune., 1908-05-31

and many astronomers are constantly employed
in STUDYING the structure Of all its VlSlpie POT
tions the laws followed by the heat and light
radiated from all parts of its surface, ana the
conditions indicated by the spectrum OF eacil
part Il is not too much to say that our l1Nsi-
cal knowledge of the stars would .O-day be al
most a blank if we had been unable 10 approach
them through the study Of our sun SeFfral OF
the most interesting portions OF our sun are III
visible except at times Of solar eclipse our
knowledge of the sun will be incomplete unui
these portions are thoroughly understood ana
This is the reason why eclipse expeditions are
dispatched at great expense Of time and money
70 occupy stations within the narrow Shado"
belts in whatever corners OF the earth IheSe
eI-nTts occur-W W Campbell. in The North
American
New-York tribune., 1908-05-31
VISIT TO BISMARCK

=. -y;-s;ngen we were fortunate enough
N make the Iron Chancellors acqualhtahSe,
We dIred with him at the old schIosS "lieIe nc
was living, its picturesque reu Ioot 2r-a
1a15--a-k IN the fat Bavarian scenery we
-. -. a Marty Of six: the Prince ana
Eo~;--ess Count Herbert Bismarck ana MS vic
Iu,,o -.-ae az English origin and ourselves We
6,,od sr O ergo room which had a vaulted cell
tne and seemed 10 be used as general living
-oo-, a. 7,.,-ar 7 SAT on one side OF the Prince.
and psr6ol,,b on the other. the nnse bodI
hound. our hosts constant c"'fli'dlI."II' lEih
The ground between us t"lFfi sa1ICI- rC - -.
mated bismarck spoke excellent thgilSh' puI
very SLOWLY. and 81 ha could NOT liilu 'lI' -
he wanted he would pause ana thlhh uI"' 81
Gid I!is family looked up TO MN WIFI 'a" o.
adn,3rsttor, and listened with the greatest al,
tenfion every word ne Ntt-' -
Princess who seemed very feeble, did NOT 'aF<e
rnrct -. IN the conversation AFTER dinner
We adjourned 10 another part OF the r",l!l' ,
We sat round a long table covered " =" "i.I, , H.
snd newspapers. There were d ere'' ,,.,, ii-s
Illustrated naT,ers full Of carfcatures OF lsihdith'
ptfcb "a answer TO a question, he assured NE
he did NOT mind in the least Later ho"tNri,
~or,+ tIe-,ert contra dicted This saying thar ms
father was really very sensitive anu uISiiA'7-
being caricatured- -, , ,,.orl,e
ne rook daflv bismarck said he IoNeo nature,
but the amount of life ne saw 49, iIIi.4 g..
tbsr n took q great deal OF faith 10 pelleNe liIl
q, seainq Eve" could notice every lIHlils
G., -. = -eaIized what IL meant. Have
Won ever sal on the grass and examined ~
olosel1y9 There IS enough lie IN one bquaie
YARD 70 appal you" he SAID Nhen We a
about 20 leave his great cog Iheo Ato .4T- o.
or rrtpe sn SO persistent manner tha1 DecaIile
ala--1.6 and thought he was going 10 spLlhs
upon me but the Prince reassureo me- Sans.
He is looking at your eyes because a." ~ a.e
seen any ike them" This was salo iil a sia 90
voice and without smile leao-ne ni;roent@Mrs
be intended 10 pay me a coiL~pI.i1 ~ ~
t,+orge C-r-,val lIis-IEest, IN The Century
New-York tribune., 1908-05-31
FxcL.SD,s NEW PRIME MINISTER

What then, is the great secret OF hlr, s
cuith's rise? IT is simply his immense anu illt az
stinctive oratorical power. OratoIy .ts,I 80 band
fhos. ,ss,s .ha- come from the Dountllul manu-
% nature direct unrnistakable. spontaneous. -
6 man have it, the world recognizes So 10 .,
oynsze q a. once II IS indeed, like al i"Iihs oi
rn.oro,,e ,.a-sonalify- IL does not ask, IL ue
mands and extorts admiration ana an a.
Sometimes men become good and effective o..
baters nv sheer training; / have seen qui.7
.t,,r,t,,y aaLa-s b.cone quite adept debat-
ers in the House Of Commons 10y piI' e5,,si
practice that was forced upon them py on, as
position. But the orator is born f"l liiaiT. .r:
while III. debater may be made, though ho'
born. nj Hone.
Mr. Asquith is the born orator Ins e., ~ y,o1
OF Commons recognized that the very il' nist M
Ynen, be stood nm in the House. The curious
&A6 tha t6ek1SaA S1lslcs NAAH4 ie0A
New-York tribune., 1908-05-31

KIND OF NEGROES THE SOUTH LINES
.T'hn South. however much 1t may talk or the
ignorant masses Of negroes. does not really fear
them. il wants to keep them. ana keep un"in
ignorant II loves the ignorant. submissive old
negroes the 'rnammicS' and 'uncleS'; IL wants
negroes who as one Southerncr put II to me,
will do the dirty work and not fuss about IL
II wants negroes who are really INFERIOR ana
who feel inferior The negro that The South
fears and diSlileS Is the educated. property OWL
ing negro who is beginning 70 demand rights. 10
take his place among men aS a cl'lz"ii HlS -
not an unsupported statement OF mine put mas
been EXPRESSED over and over again by speak
ers and writer's in every part of the South
have before me Il letter from the Hon CharleS
y Lane editor Of the Huntsville (Ala) DaliY
tribune" written TO Governor Conner. II WIS
,,,hliehed in The Atlanta Constitution The
1.rirar is arguing that the negro diSfranchlSe-
n1eut laws in Alabama are too Ienlent uldt
they permit too many negroes TO vote he says
I'VE the Southern people, entertain no preJu-
negro II is because know him, and for him
ne entertain a compassion. But our blood boils
u-ben tbe educated negro asserts himself po-
1itica1Iv We regard each assertion as an un-
friendly ercroachnent upon our native superior
rights and a daredevil menace to our control
of the affairs of the state , .
".In this we are not speaking the truth
Does not every Southern Caucasian 10 the
manor born bear witness to TINS version!
Hence we present that the way TO ddhpeh
racial prejudice, avert the Impending horrors, Is
10 eroasculate the negro politically by repeating
the Fifteenth Amendment OF the Constitution of
the United States Ray Stannard Baker, IN
The American Magazine.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-31

THADDEUS STEVENS.
His face. long and pallid. topped with an
ample dark brown wig which at the first
New-York tribune., 1908-05-31

a ETIST EXPERT on ANTIQUE PAINTINGS.
n draperi-s furniture, going o. ltnly. Will ouy
1r private parc experienced. formerly resided abroad
NMF.RICANA -. Tribune once.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-08-26
RECEIVED rnnIR nnwAKn

A large number of the members o.
the senate and house of 1907, who
aided in keeping the railroads from
paying taxes and in thwarting Mr.
Pingree's efforts in the interest OF ad
valorem taxation for the benefit of the
people were we'll cared for.
Senator Covell was made district
attorney for the western district OF
Michigan.
Senator Preston was made revenue
collector at Port Huron.
Senator Wescott was made inspect
or OF vessels at Port Huron
Senator Latimer was made door
keeper i'll the United States senate.
Honorable William +. Gordon,
speaker of the house, was made Unit
cd States attorney for the eastern dis
trict of Michigan.
United States district attorneys and
other federal appointments came thick
and fast just after the close Of the
senate OF 1907.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-08-26
More of Covell's Record.

The publicity that is being attracted
to some incidents in the official rec
ord of George Covell. who is posing
for the third or fourth time as a can
didate for congress in the eleventh
district. is leading to still further dis
closures as to that spotted record.
George Covell introduced, and person
ally urged the passage through the
senate of 1897 of the road machine
purchasing act II has been openly
and deliberately charged that money
was paid by those who profited
through that bill to secure its pas
sage. In its issue of November. 1900.
the Roadmaker published at Port
Huron, makes this statement.
"The law is operating to the i'm
mediate advantage Of those concern
ed which were instrumental in its
adoption, while in some parts of the
state townships can be found nearly
bankrupt as the result of this law
The Roadmaker heard a well-kmown
road machine man say that it had
cost one company thousands of dol
lars to secure this legislation, and he
evidenced no little satisfaction at the
result"
On page 1873 of the senate journal
Of 1897 it is recorded that Coyell gave
notice that at some future day he
would introduce this road machine
bill, on page 2O2 of the same volume
it is recorded that he did introduce
the bill and on page 667 the passage
Of the bill is recorded, and on motion
of Covell It was given immediate eff.
feet. The statement as TO the mis-
cradle results of the law was made
long ago. not for political purposes
but as a protest against their con
tinuance viii Covell deny again the
written records Of his state so far as
the road machine bill is concerned?
Cadillac News and Express.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-08-26
VOTERS, ATTENTIONS.

There will be no township caucuses
this year.
There will be no county convention
to nominate county officers this year
The governor, lieutenant governor
congressman. representative in the
state legislature and all county Off
GERS will be nominated at the primary
election to be held in each voting pre-
cinct in this state on Tuesday, the Ist
day Of September, 1908
No person can take part in the nom
nation OF these officers unless he is
properly enrolled in his party Those
who are not enrolled can do 50 on
Saturday, August Goth, 1908
The members OF the board OF en-
rollment for the townships are the
supervisor, treasurer and township
clerk
Don't forget to enroll, and be sure
to attend the primary election Tues
day. September Ist, 1908, for there
will be no caucuses.
A voter may fill out an enrolment
blank and present it to any member
OF the enrolment board any time be
fore August 20, which will insure
proper registration If blank is moi
thus filled ont and presented, then the
voter must attend the session of the
board on August goth
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-08-26
WHAT ne WAS A MrMBrR or.

George Covell is vehemently denying
immortal nineteen" He is holding
on to that fact as a drowning man
Tasps for a straw. No one at eli
familiar with state transactions has
made any such claim in his behalf
or made such a charge against him.
But he was a member of he nineteen
that voted to kill the bill repeating
the Michigan Central charter. He was
one Of the fourteen that prevented the
passage of the bill in the senate Of
1907 to reduce railroad fares in the
upper peninsula from to cents
and he was one OF the twelve that
even refused to permit that bill to be
further considered at that session. He
was the introducer and pusher of the
miserable road machine bill, concern.
ing which reference is elsewhere
made, and solitary and alone he tenn
porarily resigned his federal Job in
order to return to Lansing to further
serve his corporation masters. George
Covell missed not a single opportuni-
ty to serve the corporations and to
betray his constituents. He had no
chance TO take part in the move
ments of the immortal ninteen. But
he did the most and the worst he
could with the opportunity that was
given him. Cadillac News and Express.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-08-26
PU BLIsHED NEXT WEEK.

"Covell's reply TO Powers will be
published next week" That informa
ton was given last week through sew,
eral of the Covell newspapers. Why
before replying to Powers charges
Why does he hold his alleged reply
until the last publication of the last
week of the primary election cam
paign. too late to have IL reviewed or
dissected? The republicans of the
eleventh congressional district know
why.
The charges against George Covell
have consisted entirely in references
to his official record He did not need a
minutes thought to know whether
they were true or false. If they had
been untrue he could have so prompt
ly and so intelligently directed atten
ton to the facts as to have made
their publication an actual help to hihl
rather than a hurt.
The republicans Of the eleventh con
gressional district know that definit-
clearly stated charges would not have
been made if there was any doubt "a
to their truth. They were made open
ly and early. Not single one OF
them has been disproven. Georg,
Covell would not have waited three
weeks to reply to charges against hin
that were not true
Some attempts to reply and to deny
have been made for Mr.. Covell. but
they have done his case more harm
than good. They have sought to dlrect
attention away from the items of hi:
official record on which the charges
against Covell were based but they
have not disturbed or weakened &
single one of the references to George
Covell's record
II there are republicans liz the
eleventh district who yet have homes
doubts as to the facts regarding Gov
ellis record, they should give
their district and their state and theil
party the benefit of the doubt The!
can vote for a man against whose in
tegrity and truthfulness and honest!
no question has ever been raised. Tie
nomination of Frank H. Dodds as th'
eleventh district republican candidat'
for congress will ne a solution of tn
problem now confronting the voters o
that district which will be helpful q
their party. helpful to the state, cred
liable to their district and desirable
TO every worthy interest involved