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Show Small Foriu: (Enpgrigljt Saw Unjust to IN THE PUBLIC EYE Author TV attfc . Sis ffosirritij By SAMUEL James Mof'rea of Pittsburg has assumed tho of government of the Pennsylvania rallriad A. J, Caseat! lines, having been elected to 'as pi evident of the company. He was also elected to all tho vacancies created by the death of Mr. Cassatt., That Mr. McCrea was fully in accord with the policy of Mi. Cassatt anil that ho will go on with the lihor- - begun by him was by hl3 an noutifennj.it made dirmtly atier his election. Like Mr, Mr. Mcllrca began at thi very b.iltou f be ladder. Bom la PhilaJelphh. on May 1, H18, be eatojol in lro.td ge.vlcp lr June, Ik fir., aa tc.lnian and aisl-taengineer with the Conne'lsi 111? & SfMithe.n I'enasylvauia rail-iad and reri'at:i-iin that position for two tears .Hoi hen took the position of rodut.n ca lie Wilmington & Reading railroad, hi 1868 lie became an assistant e:mnc.?r of Die Alieghcry Valley. In 1871 lie venl to the Pennsylvania and fsuct c lively became an assi-tan- t engineer am 11 vision Huprinlemlenf, manager, general manager and ourth vice presidin' if the PemiHylvania lines west ot Pittsburg. He was sun promoted to tbe second vice presidency and since 1181 has been first vice president. . MeOrea also has been identified with other railroads. Since September 1, 1893, lie has been president of the Cincinnati & Muskegon Valley railroad: liiice January 15, 189G, president of the Terre Haute &lndianapolia, and since August 1. 18116, president of the Grand Rapids & Indiana. M. CLEMENS (MARK TWAIN). leins mu-tee- Cas-fiC- nt i l 1 WILL DIRECT CAMPAIGN With the retirement of George B. Cortelyou Ilarry 'S. New of Indiana becomes acting chair man of the Republican national committee. For several years Mr. New has been vice chairman of the organization. On numerous occasions he lias demonstrated ability as a party leader, not ably during the last presidential campaign, when he was In phargo of the western quarters of the national committee. In that position he exerted himself In rolling up the tremendous plurality for Roosevelt and Fairbanks. He, has a wide ac qualntance with public men and Is very popular personally. He has been a delegate to many con ventions, has served In the Indiana senate and was a captain of volunteers during the Spanish American war. Tho present Republican national committee will direct the organization f the next national convention. A national committee Is a much more Important body In Republican than lu Democratic conventions as all contests in Republican conventions are first passed upon by the national committee tnd delegates sealed by It are entitled to vote. Its work, of course. Is re viewed by tho credentials committee and the convention, but Its power U Shown by tho manner In which the La Follette delegates from Wisconsin were turned down three years ago. It is expected there will be an unusually large number of contesting delegates from the south in the 1908 convention, MAJOR GENERAL 'MaJ. Gei. Jesse M. Lee, recently detached from command of the department of the Vlsayas In the Philippines, has been placed on the retired list of the army by operation of'law, on account of age, an,l Brig. Gen. J. Franklin Bell, chief ol staff, the senior officer in his grade, pronyoted ' major general. Gen. Bell is one of the younger general ffl cers. He Is from Kentucky, and was graduated from the Military academy In the class of 1878. He was then appointed second lieutenant, Ninth cavalry, and became captain. Seventh cavalry. In March, 18!9. He served with distinction in the volunteer army during the Spanish war and the Philippine insurrection. Entering as a major ol engineers, he subsequently commanded the Thlr sixth United Statqp volunteer Infantry, and was appointed brlgadle, general of volunteers lu December, 1899. i'fia recognition of his gallant services, the president promoted him February. 1901, from captajn, Seventh cavalry, to brigadier general In the regular army. While acting as superintendent of the General Staff college at Leavenworth, Kan., last spring he was summoned to Washington for duty ns chief of staff to succeed Lieut. Gen. John C. Bates, retired. FORTUNE TO fllD IN POLITICS As tho second son of the earl of Rosebery, it is not at all probable that Hon. Nell Primrose would ever have found himself in such starltened circumstances as would necessitate his wo;hlng for a living. That Is rendered a still more remote contingency by his recent Inheritance of $300,000 and a big London house, under the will c.f his great aunt, Miss Lucy, Cohen. Truly Hon. Kell Is a lucky fellow. Ills elder brother. Lord Dal 1 VrV'' VV meny, will come Into the titles and estates gome day, but heredity docs not always follow the liwi of primogeniture, and, It Is that Nell has been endowed with the bigger share ! hie father's ability and oratorical gifts. He Is only 24, but years ago bis friends predicted foi him a brilliant political career: and It was to helj ( him ,"tuake good'! that Miss Cohen loft him such a handsome slice of hei fortune. Ho may have to wait, though, until the next general election be lore he finds a chance to seek parlimentary honors. There is little doubt that hr will be elected whenever the opportunity occurs. When It comes to woolnf a constituency $500,000 will go a long way. Hon. Nell Primrose is a strapping fine fellow, and an uncommonly good looking one, too. Although he won high honors at Oxford ho dlstlngulshet himself at athlotlcs also, and was one of the best heavyweight boxers la tht university. At polo, too, ho Is a hard man to beat. well-know- V LUCRY PETE LARSON Peter Larson, 25 times millionaire, hai again proved his right to the title ot "Lucky Petr Larson," by which he Is known throughout tht northwest. Next to Senator W. A. Clark, he It the richest man In that section. Thirty-siyean Xearly 7,000 books appear in America every year. Ten may live 28 years, and by the renewal of their copyright their lives may bo extended to 42 years. The author dies about that time, lfis copyright per ishes just in time to permit his children to starve, which is not quite fair. It is a fallacy that the public gets the benefit when a copyright expires. There is a vogue idea in the congressional mind hat it is not a fallacy, and that by placing the present restriction on the author a benefit is being conferred on the nation. The member of congress thinks that hv the restriction lie is making the nation a present of a book, but a8 a matter of fact he is making a publisher a present of a book. If all books lived tins would he all right. But when there are only a few, what is th6 use of taking away the little scrap of bread and butter which the authors children get from a eopvright? I to-da- y to be used for the establishment of a professorship In architecture. creator of naGod, that ture and architect of the world, has Impressed qian with no character so proper to distinguish him from Other animals as by the power of speech. I Patchy Wall It a patch must be papr appne'd f Cutting a Fern. Boston ferns that have grown so large and luxuriant as to permit dividing Into smaller plants may have cuttings taken away from the roots with-pu- t damage to the plant, it carefully done. It transplanted to the right soil and kept under proper conditions the cutting should root well and develop Into a healthy plan'. - A fern does not n- d hot and In cessant sunshine. Two of the, finest Boston ferns known to the writer spend the entire winter In windows where scarcely a sunbeam falls, though there is plenty, of. light A little sun, however, does . them no barm and a moist atmosphere Is essential. i ink an Co., wr are th rtue of I many ne. Simple Method Diecloeed During a Trial. laboring for the wife and the children. This is true of everybody except the author, who. is stopj'ed by the government at a certain Great Editor Was Prone to Harmless Affectation. time. Jlis income is restricted, while the publisher, under the present take the to that law, the author and copyright may profit properly belongs There was a great deal of Innocence add it to his own. tn Horace Greeley as well as not a litThe publisher ought to leam by experience that the very minute the tle affectation. He was rarely seen without one trousers leg carelessly copyright on a published book expires half a dozen publishers are ready to caught in the upper part of his boot, rush in to bring out a cheap edition, with the result that nobody gets any and a necktie with a bow under his ear. Once in the public room of a profit. hotel a friend of Greeleys kindly The books which have been profitable right along under the copyright pulled down the disarranged trousers leg and straightened the necktie. law cease to be so when the Copyright expires. After .the n pubthanked him and soon after Greeley lishers have rushed in it is very likely that the book Mill be left alone for left the room. When in the course of some years; no publisher wants to take hold' of it and burn his fingers half an hour he appeared In the street again. Sometimes a publisher will be hardy enough to bring it out, but the trousers leg and the necktie had been carefully disarranged, and the the book.no longer has the vigorous life it would have had had its prosper- man looked as negligent of things ity remained unbroken. earthly as ho always looked. It was part f his pose as a man ot genius A limited copyright law damages literature just as muc h as it to wear his trousers leg and his neckthe author. tie as If be had put them on in a while absorbed in meditation. It hurry . There are few hooks that live 42 years. should I really like to know was a harmless eccentricity. how many books this country has produced since it became a republic Sea Trees. which still live. There are certainly not a great many, although we have Forms of life In the sea are far published in America in this time 220,000 books. more wonderful than any that exist What is the use of putting a limit on the American bonks that him on land. However much one may doubt the stories of sea serpents, ooen published during the last century, when not more than 1,000 of the there are probably far bigger fish in total number have survived? the sea than ever come out of It; and as for plant life. It has been conclusively proved that sea trees 1,500 I see that London is feet In height are quite common in ocean. These monster trees are greatly excited now ovpr the a kind of brown seaweed, the upperthe probation method of most branches being only about a treating drunkards who quarter of an Inch In thickness. are brought before po- Countless bladders, like miniature balloons, and about as big as a lice magistrates. This hens egg, form among the branches of system was recently in- the tree, and, being filled with air, By LEROY B. CRANE. troduced there through buoy up the trunk and branches so New York Judge. that they grow almost erect Mamthe efforts of Judge Wimoth sea animals often build- their lliam I. Pollard, of St nests In these trees, as they give off Louis, Mo. Judge Pollard was given a hearing on the subject before several degrees of heat which makes surrounding water comparatively the house of commons, and his method is receiving a trial in the Ixmdon tie warm. Exchange. police courts. Worm Deserved It Fate. I have used the method indicated by Judge Pollard and believe in it Miss Marie Sbedlock is famous for thoroughly. the Invention of a new and delight When a man comes me charged with drunkenness, I trv to ful type of children's entertainment ascertain first, whether or not he is a confirmed drunkard, and then Dressed as a fairy, Miss Shedlock recounts to children with delicacy and whether or not he lias a family at home needing his support. power the lovely talee ot Hans AnIf I find that he is not a hopeless case, I suspend sentence, and put dersen. She keeps her wits about him on probation for a certain length of time, during which ho is to re- her In her entertainments, and children, no matter how odd their quesport oncu a wceL to our probation officer, and if he keeps his promise tc tion may be, can never stump her. abstain from all intoxicating liquors during the probation She I always ready with an apt reperiod I dis. ply. charge him wholly. at Entertaining a children's If I find that the man before roe lias a family, I put him on proba- a certain millionaire's house party In New tion,' too, often when I know him to be an habitual drinker. Why lock York, Miss Sbedlock happened to employ the old proverb: "The early bird him up when his family at home needs the earnings of every days work catches tbe worm." A little boy he can put in? And why fine him when it is taking bread out of tht questioned the proverb promptly. "But wasn't the worm fosllsh'he mouths of his wife and children? asked, "to get up early and be I believe, however, that when it comes down to solving caught?" the problem of intenqc ranee, we must turn our ef'My dear," said Miss Shedlock, "that worm hadn't been to bed at forts to tho children rather than to the grown-upI Ell. He was Just getting home." believe that children should bo taught temperance and Csa .vf ears. general morality in our public schools, just as they are They were speaking ot the fashion-Ebland arithmetic. taught rending, writing Morality ought wedding. "And she was the last daughter," reto be drilled into them from the moment they Ixtoomc marked one. Id enough to understand. If we get to work on the "Yes," added the other, "and they :hildrcn in another generation or two we wont tfways said she was tbe cream of the family." lave any .bother with grown-up"And after the ceremony the parents srept 1 wonder what they were cryhalf-doze- Dnmkarit (6tue a (Uljanrr . - . e s. 1 ;vr, am irrepressible nuisance. bem I CMae COIR; by At this session of the central 1 Inal court there has been an tional number of charges of n and uttering counterfeit sola, saW Custom Borrowed from the Get Rid of Bores. x HON IE are Ich are ather. Is mot t sumir ter, bi I of th her It Botn I In South Africa candles are 0 for lighting purposes In the hoc and when a young Boer maldea ij gentlemen visitors, the mother itid a pin In the candle, and when it b burned to the pin the callers nek stand that It Is time for their j ' th t, ' s hs parture. the of r the t i same, weatbc memt nit is is has Mrs. Early, a society matron . ids ot a made Washington, recently visit;; of this the Transvaal, and was . ur Dri with the custom of the Aim she determined to Introduce It 1j her own home. Consequently th Sit trie lights were removed and cans substituted in the drawing-room- , Treed Mr. Staylate, a frequent though t , jhf always welcome caller, was on the first visitors to call after the f jauguratlon' of the new custom. 5 . , j , witnessed the placing of the pin a ora ft, the candle by Mrs. Early, and sfvB' . j y she bad gone ventured to Inquiri ."Why, Miss Early, does your mot s ths er stick a pin In the candle?' t- -, 7ere av Oh." responded th young vosxg T thing! with an air of apparent Innocent 1 little "mother learned that In South Afrt: -- ; of th as a way of sending home the Bon ) buck Harpers Weekly. tail a flesh w- -r its YES, THE DRAWER OPENW - j-- -- rt 7pp4 Jones Knew It, But Explanations - 3deert Not In Order. Jones was going away. usual And, rap ns ' ke 1 In Jones to put on a clean collar tt shirt, and, incidentally, catch ' train. He had no time to spare. "Marla," he shouted downstih "where are my things?" J "In your bureau drawer, of ooum y floated up from the basement Jones then tackled the drawr. ' Stuck, ot course. (They always r stick when you are In a hurry ) t . um 1th the t. yelled ,hoed ry col , wouk release )1 to tl wperal A-t- e wi hen tt e, was doub,( pulled and heaved and said thlwx . nnpd unmentionable. Suddenly, with jj . perversity tor which bureau drawr .. a are noted, it flew open with rux'7, . . on tt1"'!" and Jones, with a death-grihandles, shot clear across the root The drawer couldnt go through tt rin.rt F door, but Jones could, and did, lng at the foot of the stairs with i of crash that Jarred things mightily, Jufct math L ot in time to hear the partner Somt V. bosom ask: p t at so "Did you get It open, Hemrt" b.t rutoma That was adding Insult to Injun' le to and Henry stalked upstairs with t1, lar to word In his eye, and said never a Jded. ey ca Gauge of Friendship. I lettei Ir of friend may your good Gauge 'acketi taken accordingly as you are assort :ten u ot his preference for your unpletu Ik1 'the truth rather than your flattering Ime th John A. Howland. . 1 do r I worl Tho for You to Ce, nd wt any v Diamond; 3ce ai lc 1 Place a e eng si )ld tel! an old ed to-da- A jUm'tis (Dgiitinit of Stamm 1 sd M I FOR SPURIOUS c. C. Ohio, a 1 TEST 1 t Fashions decree. ) Lady (at booksellers) J about these books. Some of thea be masterpieces, but I really c.n t books with bindings that won't the hanglngi 'of my llbran . Pe- -i I edge and the applied piece be so conspicuous. Mele. Qulntllllan. YOR paper, let the new piece Uei,,S sunlight until the colors sr , M match those on the wall; then London Tribune. At the concli of one of the cases the foreman Jury asked the authorities If i would take a suggestion from 12 , ness men who during the years to deal with considerable sum h ver coin. There was a most simple test; the detection of base coin. It a, cut the milled edge of a good sharply against the milled edgeo), In the early 9fts, I remember the record showed that of the Looks Men Tall and Short.. , suspected coin. If the . Mullhall, the statistician, whose were a spurious one thesuspected launched 28 years before only two had been In those metal tt figures are quoted all over the civilImmediately begin to il; years 5,000 books were published each year, and only two of them lived. ized world, makes an Interesting almost off. It was, he added, a test 4 These. two books were "Christian Science and Health, by Mary Baker G. statement as to the, average stature could be carried out on( of men of different nations. Taking top of a bus or In anywhere, a shop, and 1 Eddy, and my "Innocence Abroad. the age of 30 as the period of fife, I am inclined to think that the copyright on the latter will expire be glverf the folowlng figures: Amer- public ought to be acquainted wla After making a personal test before this hill is passed. I shall hardly be in heaven before ny children icans. 68.1 Inches; English 67.9; common sergeant sald'he quite Scotch, 67.4;, German, 66.2; Russian, will not have a book to lie on. ths suggestion of the Jury u 65.4; Hindoo, 65; Chinese, 64.2; Bush- the usefulness of the test and sal men, 62, and Laplander, 60. . , ought to be made known. When you have passed 40 you are not laboring for yourself any more. AS A POSEUR.' GREELEY HINT FOR LATE STAYERS. .You are 80 Larson landed In New York a poor Danlsl Immigrant without a word of English. Thankt to his luck. Pete Larson walks the streots ot y, Helena with all the vigor of a youth of 20. despite the fact that less than a year ago medical expert-tols. him he could not survive a month. All ht did was to adopt some simple home remedies. Lucky Pete" got a Job on the government Jettlos being built In the south soon after his ar Woman, having gainrival In America. He saved $300 and went t ed liberty, is now deOakoto. When the Northern Pacino started to build west from Blsrearvl manding license. (Arson secured several contracts and thus reached Montana. He eventual!. secured contracts all along the Northern Pacific and built more of Its mlleag, Barring woman sufthan any one other man. I am a believer in , frage, 'Larson's luck has never desortod him. He was n passenger on the ill the two Victoria off Clallam when she sank fated years ago. He hod on his pet equality of the sexes; non about $300,000 In drafts, with which he Intended to purchase some Britlal but the equality of tho By LORD EDWARD TURNOUR, Columbia mining properties. sexes often means in Enfllih Nobltman Now but He was thrown Into the water, in America contrived to find among the flotsam a nabtn door. To this he hold with bulldog tenacity for several hours, anti' modern jargon the supeInally rescued by the tug Seallon. riority of tho woman, Larson Is not what would be termed n good mixer. All Is business wit Woman wields an influence over man now in more him. He In n member ot but one fraternity, the Elks. More than all fee which is absurd. han a thousand and one ways, and the influencev too, is tall, he may best be described as a bustler. mostly for man's "Luclty Pete" Is happily married sad Is noted for his freohnuded a; vim wn good, but give woman the ballot and she w ill become, if not a dan- hu churches, charities and the nrdy, 'jrr. Left to Yale. the Mark of Man's Superiority, HEflDS BIG RAILROAD SYSTEM NEW e will of the late Prof. James M. Hoppln, of Yale, just filed, he leaves besides many other beqeusts to Institutions $60,000 to the Yale art school, By 173 Sint 2H.P.to6ILP. SALT LAKE CITY. Ftiibmks-Man- e New Cood. f ft 'J r line b II drh t bait able t spen 'lb I a )eeu c Day bd Sw Outfit will Figure it up sad ms what S a you esa uis ths enjint to iub com AiJ" dor and huasr, feed grinder Ol whoever power required. Engine ia tunple sod esiy to open No mechanics) skill lequired. CH ol AF-- r mw rig will toon psy (of Sssd lor tn worsted Cslslufst Ns. M 855 hangei Jtlgutl 6 H. P, PortsLU imp r U4veysmslL $ I yea a tral wuf coral oi wood per hour. ' UTAH earn oW place, lust e rell. ever, with the largeet llnve1 Thirty Cords Per A w faAiNr ing about?" "Oh, perhape they were crying over Th ae split milk." by Fairbanks. Morse & Company Salt Lake City, Utah tgton :t tba imal .ke Dr X lar d In id sui $ one abovr ktural v tb |