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To rMH EDrToR oV THE sUS-Siy. TAa
profanity tari6 In New Jersey suggests The
thought that there really ought TO be a sub
sattuis for swearing. when q youth waa
rather prone 20 use stronger words than Vers
afting to one 30 young. some one adj sed
mo to substitute the words -pothooks a nd
hangers" when I got excited. did so and
then tried the advice on the most talented
swearer I knew. he looked at nay up
turned face. and seeing nothing bu, cheek
used his shoe With such energy and despatch
that went out % tho door and the reform
ing business az one and the same time
Now the use Of swearing In to supply The
want of defective Vooa bulary. There are
something like thirty sounds In tho English
language and only twenty-six letters 10
express them. while several Of this made
auAts number are merely duplicates q
other cOmbina tons. For instance. y can
be siRnIfled by -eks.- In perfect lsn-
guage there would he no need Of ohieo-
tionable prOEans phrases. There would
be a certain arrangement of words which
when set accurately In order would pro-
vide a perfect equivalent for any emotion
man h caps bic Of feeling This IL not he
case With the English language. and herein
lies a gross injustice to the cSritahle man.
lie finds himself suddenly surrounded nv
untOwR nd Cirtumst ncer. such a. losing no
collar stud. and must use a act oG appar-
emily Irrelevant phrases or allow hts iee!-
ings to go unchronicled. To he logical.
The law against swearing should he taken
on the statute hook or the language 80 i'm
proved that swearing would he no Ion scr
necessary.
4 North American Indian never swears
He ffnRs hts tomahswk and throws " with
ths, utmost accuracy. 80 that the effect .
immediate and conclusive. IL ends Con-
trOverAy at once. The white man in three
terse words commands an adversary 20
ne, 6e"s simpIs and SnpoiIassd fnSisn quietly
sends him there with no unnecessary verb.
age about u. This shows the UTILITY 81
talk and nralily Of action. The Question
at once arises. Why not Introduce the tonia.
ia " a. = remedy Tor swearing
swearing " like smallpox. 80 long 40
u " In the system u y extremely dh ngerous
when Z comes on' y Il compa ra.lveiy harnl.
English oath ~ understOod all over the
world. II n an excellent passport. H.
say, q German official doesn't want TO under
-Ich verstehe Sic nicht. begin 10 swear
at him and how quickly he will under
stand. Every one isn't like Cariyle's father.
who had temper Ike hcdnin aud never
cisive enough without u.
l once knew a EQUITY person who gw0re
He said Dammit and then excused him:
a 1T town n Prussia what We re1Iiy want
by society. which shah give satisfaction
81 vel as sSprss-iHna InsEe S e no 70. mor moral
effective name of the Prussian town. only
In the former YOU get moge oppression.
while la the latter YOU satisfy the inetinc-
fore let US have a. thoroughly expressive
language. Mere all in need Of ~
NV NorK. March 20 BLAME.
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FroW ne fOndoa ErfHpne Standard.
In the courSe Of . description OF the monuments
OF Westminster Abbey before the London Geo
graphical Society. Lord Eyersi@y pointed out
that he not only s-Iected the Beaconsneld site
IN the sacred etince but he wrote the epitAph.
IL rad Erected by Parliament In memory Of
Lord BeaconSneid. swtce Prime Minister lie
rcmr inferred At the time that IN one speech Lord
BeaoOnsneld had made he referred win great
pride - his having been twice Prime Minister
When ne showed the inscription 10 Mr Gladstone
the latter said; -Twtce Prime Minister; mats
no great distinction Tie lord EvcFsleyl had
looked up the names OF several Who had been
tWtcr Prime Minister. and one had been Prime
Minister three times That was Lord Derby
ny way OF nnishing the Conversation with MF
CiiAdstOne-H during his second Ministry -
he said 10 the Prime Minister. Z hope you will
beat Lord Derby's record Mr.. Gladstone
quickly rctortsd: That's an impO~SfbiIity. this
4 my last Ministry. man must he mad %
mink shall ever he Prime Minister after mis-
Ministry IL over Mr. Gladstone. however. WAs
Prime Minister twice after that.
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FrOHl ~ = P1LI FF0nseT PTrSs
CAnnOuism has been eliminated. The Con.
Krc~-ionAl tub will have 20 stand On ia own hot.
tam The Speakers horns. real ST imaginary.
have bscn removed. The pubic mind gill noW
turn iron, Cannon and CAnnoni.En ~ me Congress
a whole. Under the decslon Of tho House 70
reshaV~ the Committee on Rules. formerly doni.
mated BY Speaker Cannon. there ran be no eAcuse
for the failure of any measure 10 receive proper
and Intelligent consideration. All Of the bills
which have been promised by the party platform.
pledged ny the President and pleaded for BY the
people will he put up sauATcly 20 Congress. which
will have TO take the credit blame for the mai
action. without reference 70 Cannonisun. This Is
- II should he. regardless Of the embarrassment
Congress may experience In performing without
a scApeGQAt
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why she Aavertisea.

FroH fhs AuaHfa COnSgBftoa.
The Bellvfile man VINO got . wife through an
advertisement and has been against the power
Of the press since. will be interested In this
advertisement from Missouri paper;
Attractive woman. not day over m would
be pleased % correspond with eligible man Not
absolutely necessary that be should he young.
Would prefer one with property. but one vim
good paying position would be aausGar tory
The young lady y OF medium height has brown
hair and gray eyes: not fat although most de-
cidedly shs 10 not skinny. Her fnenda say shs
u . me looking woman Object mAtrtmOny
Reason for this Advertisement the young woman
lives In little d9nky town. where the best catches
are the boys behiod the counters in the dry goods
and clothing stores. and every one Of them n
SPOKEN for BY the time he Il out of short pAnt.'-
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our fibre before WILEY purified ~. By
law.
The sarsapariIla that came In bottles
We shall not attempts TO defend. Dis
honesty may have tempered with IL,
Il may have been charged with noxious
drugs. it may have contained no sarsa-
parilla at all. Let IL pass; for Il We hold
no brisf.
But the true sarsaparillA holds our
faith, salutary decoction Of the farm
house kitchen when nature was waking
from her Information. Sarsaparilla
went into that caldron, bushels Of Il.
Sassafras went into the pot. slippery elm
added q therapeutic value Of its own.
root OF Solomon's seal was set into the
brew for its service in tickling the torpid
liver. These were the base, the roots,
and every one must know that Il N the
roots which draw the virtue from the
soil. Az for the herbs. the adjuvants
and correctives Of the sarsaparilla,
there was scope for variety. Every
housewife had learned from her grand
mother just the herbs TO bring down
from the garnet where they had dried
all winter long under the roof or snug
against the chimney. Somehow or
other each kitchen pharmacist varied
these minor ingredients. and no two
sarsaparillas tasted quite the same, yet
all had the tang Of the very essence OF
the wood lot.
Roots and herbs were 40 far the only
ingredients, and in popular medicine
nothing can bring such health as ma
lures own products Of the soil. But
vegetable mixtures need TO be protected
against themselves; they spoil without
some preventative. Benzoate Of soda
had not reached the countryside, but
rum was at hand, old New England rum
Herewith were the vegetable virtues
preserved. into the potion went a dash
Of rum; after all this trouble il would be
q pity to have the sarsaparilla spoil;
good pharmacy erred on tho side Of
overCaution.
A great shame to abolish sarsaparilla;
il was the vital elixir Of the spring.
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lackf' dinnsd into every passing ear
II wa only In bartholomew fair that one
heard the other business call. Who'll
buyp' tho ClAm0r OF saltimbanco and
merry-andrew. not a cry OF such sober
commerce a. led to the civic chair.
Within memory almost recent the
tourist to New York rarely omitted q
visit TO the clothing market Of Baxter
street, where improvement had left the
Bay q community with manners and
customs all its own. Salesmanship
there had become the heavy listed art
Of the -puller in In theory il was the
wares which were on sale. in practice
IL was the buyer who was sold.
Indeed, milder pulling In plays now
no mean part in business. The man who
buys has become q part Of the stock in
trade Of the merchant who sells. The
knowledge OF who will buy Possesses q
commercial value. IL may be bought and
sold, Il In under the protection OF the law,
and Il IL a misdemeanor TO acquire such
information by trick and device. A case
now pending in the courts hinges upon
the act of n discharged servant Of one
employer who took away a card index Of
customers and disposed Of it TO a COM
petitOr in the same trade. Modern
method has produced the card index.
but in essence the list Of customers IL still
merry-andrew's cry who'll buy2'
Every name In q help to the business
man, else why should the mails be
flooded with circulars in such disguise
a. to trick the recipient into reading
them9 Promotion. a new branch Of
trade, Is but the exploitation Of lists of
names; with cynical estimate OF the
facts Of the case the precedent confidence
men called them sucker lists The
knowledge that the buyer IL the chief
value in this modern commerce suggests
. new reading for oaveat emptOr. II a
single purchase Of some necessary arti-
Gle is 10 expose the purchaser TO impor-
tunities TO buy that Of which he has no
lack. II his name and address and buying
preferences may be stolen OF sold TO
others in the trade. the buyers good will
may soon become another emotion. Ifit
continues no one will feel safe in enter
ing q shop in his naked face. a disguise
and alias will be necessary. and an abb
in case % discovery despite these pre-
cautions. Caveat emptor-he who buys
and runs away may live TO buy another
day.
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EneearaEsaR the Easns.

TT0D ne MNT1Hkfs .Ne1fI MT
Mrs. james Dreamer OF Springfield. ohio. sup
pied from her henneTy good share OF the
strictly fresh shat the wealthy classes OF spring
neld ate for their breAkfast. this last winter.
Whru the hens struck. late In the fall. Mrs
Crcamer well launched In the egE business
and simply had 10 have eggs ca supply her Gus
TONERS some humOrtSS told her that chickens
we're fond OF music and she decided 20 experiment
win the kitchen door Open % her fowls could
plainly hear, she playet the piano the major
PORTION Of one day. To her surprise the neat day
she got siN more eggs than had been her daily
allotment since the cold weather made it, az.
peaTancc
Mr. ,reamer then moved her piano further
out toward the rEE foundry aud went after the
INSTRUMENT Ike q mailer. The henA. touched by
The Efforts for their relief from the winters ennul
pushed themselves a lit,le with results financially
"a satisfactory 10 all concerned.
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Ing OF economic forcs. tho interplay Of
supply and demand, % arc also the
prices OF products and t;Ie measure OF
return to capital.
The railroads are obliged to pay wages
50 determined. and for the materials
and supplies which they use prices so
determined. but they are not permitted
to vary their rates in accordance with
the supply Of and demand for Transport
tatiOn- During the depression follow
ing the panic Of 1898 rates were reduced
by the Wholesale; attempts at an ad-
vance when prosperity returned were
met with q storm Of protest
Rebates and other secret discrimina-
tons which were a principal factor In
the enactment Of the original interstate
commerce law have admittedly disap-
peared. Notwithstanding the great
popular outcry against excessive and
unreasonable rates that preceded the
enactment Of the Hepburn law in 1898
the decisions made by the commission
on complaints since that law became
effective have disclosed comparatively
few cases Of rates inherently excessive
or unreasonable. The commission has
had TO advise many cOmplainants that
their cases were without foundation: Il
has dismissed others after hearings.
The railroads have generally accepted
without demur its degrees to change
rates. but certain Of the moro important
and far reaching orders have been con-
tested in the courts. with decisions fire.
quentiy In favor Of the railroads.
The law OF 1904 gave the commission
power to prescribe q specific rate IL q
rate complained Of were found To be
unreasonable. Il IL now proposed 20
empower tho commission to investigate
rates on its own initiative even though
they be not complained Of, TO set such
rates aside and substitute others; 20
empower il to suspend all advances
in rates for a period in which IL may
determine the propriety Of the advances.
This well nigh approaches that absolute
Government rate making which has
found supporters in both houses OF
Congress. Such power in the hands
OF men of broad knowledge OF the needs
of the varying currents Of industry
and commerce, OF capacity to ascertain
exact conditions and their correlation.
and Of Judicial temperament, may not
be abused. In the hands Of such COM
missioners as might be appointed by
and self-seeking President
that power would be fraught with ex-
ceeding danger. Under tho Hepburn
law rates are far less aexible than be-
fore. The proposed new legislation viii
give them still greater rigidity akin to
that which similar control has fastened
upon the railways Of Europe.
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The old Committee on Rules and all it's
works were good enough for the Hon
PHILIP PITT CAMPBELL Of the Third
kansas district, a. that hustling son OF
Nova Scotia explained tO the House in
the throes Of the struggle over the Norris
resolution to reorganize the committee
and eliminate the Speaker from II. Mr..
CAMPBELL rose from a sick bed to get
into the Congressional Record, and No ~
Of Volume IS will burden the bag Of the
r. +. ID. carriers in Crawford. Cherokee,
Neosho. Labette Wilson, Elk. Chau-
tauqua, Cowley and Montgomery coun-
ties for the next fortnight, for in that
precious number Mr.. CAMPBELL not
only recorded his achievements as law
maker under the rules as they stand, but
included testimonials 20 his worth from
scores 81 newspapers. constituents and
strangers within the gates Of Pittsburg.
kansas
Mr.. CAMPBELL modestly depOsed that
when he entered the House seven years
ago he knew as little of the rules as
an Apache. hut he burned the midnight
oil over manuals Of parliamentary pro-
cedure and musty preCedents. This
gave me n little courage, said ne, and
since tha, time have in,rodue.d as bills
In the HOUSE Of Representatives. serving upon
several committees have made reports on Toe
bills Working before committees 70 which my
bills had been referred I have secured reports
on nfty nine bills. Of the 80 bills introduced
have secured the passage OF siNty eight az the
100 bills upon which I made favorable Reports
from the committees Of which have been q mem.
her every except one IL now . law and that
vas vetoed by the President
Mr. CAMPBELL tegified that he had
addressed the House l49 times and had
made only one call on the Speaker to
AK for recognition, and that was TO
introduce a resolution providing for an
inquiry into the organization and meth
DDS Of the Standard Oil Company. The
Speaker blandly assented. and Mr..
CAMPBELL rose in his place and launched
his thunderbolt at the octopus. All the
nine counties he represented rcsounded
with the noise II his daring. Leave
TO print newspaper appropriations was
granted Mr. CAMPBELL, and pages 34Si
and 34S2 OF No. -. Volume Is. bristle
with them. We here quote one: After
he had done something that especially
pleased the President, ROOSEVELT took
him bv the hand and said, Bully.
CAMPBELL. bully. and 30 say the peo-
pie Mr.. CAMPBELL had fourished
under the old rules Said he:
II like practical things. would rather hav.
acre In the District OF Columbia than = whole
principally In Utopia. psrsphrssing the words
Of another There may he something aitrliisue,
utOpian. idealisuc. drcamHke about the method
proposed Of selecting the CommitiAs on Rules.
But ran see In II danger 10 the very purpose Of
the Gentlemen Who advocating H. We have
no continual oiEarchy In this House
This voluntary testimony of Repre-
sentative CAMPBELL did not. il il true,
change the purpose 81 the coalition; the
death II the old committee was decreed
bur the member from Kansas proved
that an alert and industrious man could
make hiS mark under the old order. and
without abasIng himself before the awful
ear in the chair.
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EVeN ~ EsoFt9a IbAHs Juaoa.
Editor Caldwell evidently feels coatsunpe apr
this eGsuaAAAse RcRerndoa that complains Of tha
high coss % living for be INDUCES In TIE following
reminiscenee IN the Jasper Rers -It makes osd
canfedsrAts soldiers tred 10 hsaen 20 this ever
lasting tain about high pFicca The editor Of This
paper has at down IN TIE PETERSBURG. Va. markst
and paid So for q meal coRsAstin9 OF . handful
% greens. pteca Of corn bread. small piece OF
bacon and glass % milk. hut then he unn ali.
70 pay u. Of course a. his wages wers sii moath.
Which he BeveT rarcived. High prices, indesai
This generation knows nothing about nigh priceu-
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Isa Of tire CAssshss sshsss..

Thhisquah coTrsspoRdSRcs Kaasas CRv Tsu.sr
The CSsTSSee Seminary Destroyed By are
here - noon to-day. Al The peraonal effects AZ
the two hundred students living ian the dormlso-s-.
SIRE lost The seminary Nns one Of she hiaaortr
Institutions Of TIM CherOkse Nauon u Uau bulBt
In ihS. This wns the last Of the national chez
okee ach0ois. The Cherokees hauled material
overland seventy nve miles 10 build their two
seTninartes. and they have maintained them AZ
theiT own eAprnse for more than half a century
The impending dlaaoluuoa OF ths Chsrshss lFfi,s
q - lmmlnent shat % b nss Nhsv mat ths buIia
nd Es - p HsaFaA =
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NnM RnYrr. Are anI.I

Tt" ballads and other handmaidens
ri sober history have preserved SWINE
what II commercial methods a. prac-
u-'-i ~ ~" past. The prentice lad. a
turbulent heginner. was potential
alderman, b" might become sheriff, the
collar of ~ Of the Lord Mayor was not
beyond his aspiration. In Chcapside
in those brisk days We hear the call at
the door d every shop. What d'ya
-
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FrOEa eaR Ne1ffie Pos TTfeftoeHcgg.
Each spring the steamer Corwtn. formerly q
revenue cutter. built strongly Of oak. with an
iron sheathed bow and iron stern for buckfnR
Ice. breaks the winter blockade az Nome aud
plAcrs that Alaskan city In touch with the rest
Of the world. This year she sails from Seattle
On May 10 for her nrst trip Of the season. After
pounding her way through the ice she nnch
seven or right miles on shore. .leds 90 out 70
her With brass hand aud many prominent citi-
zens. who board the vessel and search out all the
fresh fruit and vegetables they can ind.
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FrO1i re TOHdOR EFeafa0 standard
Mr. W. NJ Webb eHpiained how fashions we're
prrp-suated by tho gradual acquisition Of A
gentieman's cas,on clothes by his servants A
lOs dsTci fOOtman Of to day vas wearing the COS
tune Of n Eeuueman Of George ~ = time ana sh~
Lord Mayors coarhman now was dressed rx
artiy lilac a nohictnan Of the tlrue Of George III
pAg" hoy. With Ms three of buttons, wore
what vas known In the early years Of last CENTURY
a. the Dutrh skeleton drrss." a very fashiO1ab,r
suit for suns of th- upper classes
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FvOW ~ Wrpnefnaasr Oascits.
Might with . thounand stars doth thread her hair
Her Ethlop shoulder leans upon the hltla.
Her black biood leaps through al ire hidden rfla
That WtnteT VIII make rivers. EveryWhera
u q hot hreatiIlng. though the davWtnd sliin
ISIS aEnorous whisper. for the ear he nils
A. nOon ~ ran no longer IA faiy.
Olives inybear their silver murmurtuga
AlUnH tne shore the ranting waters keep
Lnae are qua numbggH. onlltnoN enapeB % en1lnl,
f1al o4TAfha e1sllel 9na aol1; a. $3.50 q ai1nx,
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II any connection to he traced between
the renewed activities Of one BENNETT for
the alteration of the record Of the Sixtieth
Congress in the matter OF its treatment
of the President who insulted IL and the
removal from the House Of Representa-
tives Of the late JAMES BR Eek PERKINS
Of this State?
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Paris once. 4. Hue Louis l- Grand. The daily and
Sunday editions are sale at klosdue ,. near the
Grand Hotel Klosaue ~. Boulevard dcs "a puclnes
cosner Place de rOpeTa and Mosque ~. Boulevard
6ss tlAlens. corner Rue Louis le Grand
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London once. EfnnEham House. Arundel street
Strand. The daily and sunday SUS on sale In
I0ndon az the American and Colonial EHchAnge.
Carlton street Regent street. and DAVIS Steamship
Agency. II Green street. CharthG Cross ROAD.
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cooH's night Indicates an acutely sensitive
nature -LGffs Jos BnowN
Certainly this Is delicate way Of put
ting IL.
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Publishes By the sun Printing ana Publishing
Anaocis ton Of no Nassau street. IN the Borough Of
Manhattan. New York. President Of the Assoc
dalton, Edward p. Mitchell. ITO Nassau street:
treasurer Of the Association. N. y. lAnAn. no
Nassau street Secretary Of the AssOcia ton. ID. W.
Quinn. no Nassau street
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ssAsoripeioas ~ Nail Postpaid
DAILY. Per Meath. .-..--...--......so 50
DAILY, Per Year. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 90
SUNDAY. Per Ysar. .-.--....---.-........ = 90
DAILY AND SUNDAY. Per Year 49, --..-. 90
DAILY AND SUNDAY. Per MOath $500 10
Postage 70 foreign countries added-
All eheeks. money ordsra. A.. 20 Be made pap