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Show IN (Ciiptnigbt Earn Unjust to Author aub Tits JJntrrity THE PUBLIC EYE HE0DS BIG RAILROAD By SAMUEL M. CLEMENS A. I v i. r.:: A rail-.;:a- d. - t I WILL DIRECT CAMPAIGN With the retirement of George B. Cortelyou Harry S. New of Indiana becomes acting chairman of the Republican national committee. Foi several years Mr. New has been vice chairman of the organization. On numerous occasions he has demonstrated ability as a party leader, not ably during the last presidential campaign, when he was in charge of the western quarters of the national committee, in that position he exerted himself in rolling up he tremendous plurality for Roosevelt and Fairbanks. He has a wide ac quaiutance 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. The present Republican national committee will direct the organization f the next national convention. A national committee is a much more body in Republican than in Democratic conventions as all contests :u Republican conventions are first passed upon by the national committee ml delegates seated by It are entitled to vote. Its work, of course, is re rtewed by the credentials committee and the convention, but its power is thown by the manner lo which the La Follette delegates from Wisconsin were turned down three years ago It is expected there will be an unusually large uuniber of contesting delegates from the south in the 1908 convention I 5 NEW MAJOR GENERAL Maj. (Jen. Jesse M. Lee. recently detached from command of the department of the Visayas in the Philippines, has been placed on the retired list of the army by. operation of law, on account of age, and Brig, Gen. J. Franklin Hell, chief ol staff, the senior officer in his grade, pronyoted major general. icers. Gen. Hi ll is one of the younger general offHe Is from Kentucky, and was graduated from the Military academy In the class of 1878. Ha was then appointed second lieutenant, Ninth cavalry, ami became captain, Seventh cavalry, In He served with distinction in the March. 18!9. volunteer army during the Spanish war and the Philippine Insurrection. Filtering as a major oi engineers, be subsequently commanded Mio Thir f.ixlli United Slates volunteer Infantry, and was appointed brigadier, genera! volunteers in December, 899. In recognition of his gallant services, the president promoted him it FehriiHrv. 1901, from captain. Seventh cavalry, to brigadier general in the it'sular arm; While acting as superintendent of the General Staff college at I ji vi veui wor h, Kan., laal spring he was summoned to Washington for fut aa. chief of staff to succeed Lieut. Gen. John C. Bates, retired. 1 FORTUNE TO fllD IN POLITICS as ttao second son of the earl of Rosebery. not at all probable that Hon. Neil Primrose would ever have found himself in such starilened circumstances as would necessitate his Working for a living. That is rendered a still more remote contingency by his recent inheritance of $500,000 and a big London house, under the will c li i great aunt. Miss Lucy Cohen. Truly Hon. iieil is a lucky fellow. His elder brother, Ixird Dal nieny, will ceime into the titles and estates ijome day, but herexlity does not always follow the Uwi lof primogeniture, and, It is that Neil has been endowed with the bigger share ed his father's ability and oratorical gifts. He is onl 24, but years ago his friends predicted foi him a brilliant political career; and it was to hell linn make good" that Miss Cohen left him such a handsome slice of hei uiruine. lie may have to wait, though, until the next general election br tore-hfinds a chance to seek parlimentary honors. There is little doubt that hi will be elected whenever the opportunity occurs. When it conies to wouin;. a) constituency $600,000 will go a long way. Hon. Neil Primrose Is a strapping Bat fellow, and an uncommonly good looking one, loo. Although lie won high honors at Oxford he distiugulshei himself at athletic also, and was one of the best heavyweight boxers It the At polo, too, he is a hard man to beat. university il is well-know- "LUCKY PETE LARSON" Peter Larson, 25 times a millionaire, ha. again proved his right to the title ef "Lucky Pett Larson," b which he is known throughout thi Next lo Senator W. A. Clark, he i: northwest. the rie'hest man in that section. Thirty-siyear ago Larson landed in New York a poor Danlsl immigrant without a word of Fngllsh. Thank, to his luck. walks the streets 0 Pete Larson Helena with all the vigor of a youth of 20, despit the fact that less than a year ago medical expert told him ho could not survive a month. All hi did was to adopt some simple home remedies. "Lucky Pete" got a Job on the govern men jetties being built In the south soon after his ai He saved $1100 and went t rival in America. Dakota When the Northern Pacific started to build west from BtOMNi Larson secured several contracts and thus reached Montana. He eventuall secured contracts all along the Northern Pacific and built more of its mlloag than any one other man. Larson's luck has never deserted him. He was a passenger on th I! laled Clallam when she sank off Victoria two years ago. He had on his pe son about $200,000 In drafts, with which he- - Intended to purchase some Ilrltis 'yolumbia mining properties. Ho was thrown Into the water, but contrived to find anions the flotsam abin door. To this be held with bull dog tenacity for several hours, unti 'inally rescued by the tug Seallon. Larson Is not whai would be termed a good mixer. All Is business wit linn. He lit a member of but one fraternity, the Flks. More than sla fa mil, bo may best be described as a hustler. "Lucky Pete" Is happily married aad Is noted for his ftediiudod iivln. to churches, charities and the tu ody. , r r Fashion's Decree. (at bookseller's) I'm sorry about these books Some of them maj be masterpieces, but I really can't bu) books with bindings that won't mates the hangings of my library. PeU Cutting a Fern. ferns that have grown so large and luxuriant as to permit dividing Into smaller plants may have cuttings taken away from the roots without damage to the plant, if carefully done. If transplanted to the right soil and kept under proper conditions the cutting should root well and develop Into a healthy plant. A fern does not need 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 harm and a moist atmosphere is TEST FOR SPURIOUS COINS. j God, MARK TWAIN). Nearly 7,000 books appear in America every year. Ten may live 28 vear. ami by the renewal of their copyright their lives may be extended to 42 years. The author ilies about that time. His copyright perishes just iu time to lermil his children to starve, which is not ejuite fair. It is a fallacy thai tin- public gets the benefit when a copyright expires. There is a vague idea in raw the congressional mind that 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 etrngress thinks that by the restriction he is Waking the nation a present of a book, but as a matter of fad he is making a publisher a present of a book. If all books lived this would be all right. Hut when there are only a few, what is the use of taking away the little sera) of bread and butter which the author's children get from a copyright? w? Patciiy Wall Paper. If a patch must be applied to wall paper, let the new piece lie in strong sunlight until the colors are faded to match those on the wall; then tear the edges and the applied piece will not b so conspicuous. Superiority. creator of nature and architect of the world, has Impressed man with no character sc proper to distinguish him from other animals as by the power of speech. Quiatilllan. Mark SYSTEM James McC'rea of Pittsburg has assumed the rem.-- , of fovtravMl of the Pennsylvania j rail" ad lines, having been elected to succeed A. .1. ("a .is at! as president of the company. He was also elected to all the vacancies created by the death of Mr Caaeatt. That Mr. McCrea was fully la accord with the policy of Mr. Cassatt and that he will so on with L.e iv,?-- ' by bim was atsured by his an aOUncersUl :r.aJe directly alter fc!s election. Like Mr. CtasaU. Mr. McCrca besan at the fry bottom cf the ladder. l'o:n in Phllasfelphi: on May 1, 15 iS, he ezt?"e'1 !"'!:oid ervlce 1" June. 1 65. a3 vohuan a.id ass.--;n- t engicer witi; the Connellsville & Southern TenasyKania a id remained in that position for two years He then tool; he position of rodin; n on tie Wilmington & Reading rail-oae . '.he Allegheny Valley. In 1871 he in IKC8 be became au assistant o igily b?came a:: r.toi-tanvenl lo the Pennsylvania and sii c: engineer an" 1i vision saprintondeat, manager, general manager and fourth vice presiden' if be PennsylvaniM lines west of P'.ttsburg. He was s:.ou promoted to the fecund vice presidency and since ISM baa been (list vice president. kfcCPM also has been identified with other railroads. Since Septembei IKUK, he has been president of tile Cincinnati & Muskegon Valley railroad: since January If, Htutiaesldenl of the Terre Haute & Indianapolis, and since IttgMSI I, ixifi, preaidenl of the Grand Ranidg & Indiana. jJ 6mall F01..1 t Left to Yale. the will of the late Prof. James U. Hoppin, of Vale, just filed, he leaves besides many other beqeusts to institutions $6u,000 to the Yale art school, to be used for the establishment of a professorship In arehiteeture. By In the early fin's. I remember the record showed that of the books launched 28 years before only two had Ixvn recopyrighted. In those years 5,000 books were published each year, and only two of them lived. These two hooks were "Christian Scione. and Health,"' by Mary Baker G. Eddy, and my '"Innocence Abroad." I am inclined to think that the copyright on the latter will expire 1 shall before this bill is passed. hardly be in heaven before my children will not have a book to live on. When yon have passed 40 you arc not laboring for yourself any more. You are laboring for the wife and the children. This is true of everybody except the author, who is stopped by the government at a certain time. His income is restricted, while the publisher, under the present copyright law, may take the profit that properly belongs to the author anl add it to his own. of Man's that - Ladv Mele. Boston a Simple Method Disclosed by During a Trial. Juror At this session of the central criminal court there has been an exceptional number of charges of making and uttering counterfeit coin, says the London Tribune. At the conclusion of one of the cases the foreman of the jury asked the authorities if they would take a suggestion from 12 business men who during the year had to deal with considerable sums In silver coin. There was a most simple test for the detection of base coin. It was to cut the milled edge of a good coin sharply against the milled edge of tha Men Tall and Short. suspected coin. If the suspected coin Mullhail. the statistician, whose a spurious one the metal would figures are quoted all over the civilalmost immediately begin to shave ized world, makes an interesting off. It was, he added, a test that statement as to the average stature could be carried out anywhere, on the of men of different nations. Taking top of a bus or in a shop, and the the age of 30 as the period of life, public ought to be acquainted with it he gives the folowing figures: AmerAfter making a personal test the icans, 68 1 Inches; English, 67.9; common sergeant said he quite agreed Scotch, 67.4; German, 66.2; Russian, with the suggestion of the jury as to 65.4; Hindoo, 65; Chinese, 64.2; Bushthe usefulness of the test and said it men, 62, and Laplander, 60. ought to be made known. GREELEY AS A POSEUR. HINT FOR LATE STAYERS. we-r- e Great Editor Was Prone to Harmless Affectation. Custom Borrowed from the Boers ta Get Rid of Bores. There was a great deal of innocence Horace Greeley as well as not a litHe was rarely seen tle affectation. The publisher ought to learn by experience that the very minute the 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 Greeley's kindly The books which have been profitable right along under the copyright pulled down the disarranged trousers the necktie. leg and straightened n law cease to be so when the copyright expires. After the pub Greeley thanked him and soon after lishers nave nisneel m it is very nicely that the book will be lett alone tor left the room. When in the course of some years; no publisher wants to take hold of it and burn his lingers half an hour he appeared in the street the trousers leg and the necktie had again. Sometimes a publisher will be hardy enough to bring it out. but 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 earthly as he always looked. It was ity remained unbroken. part f his pose as a man of genius A limited copyright law damages literature just as much as it damto wear his trousers leg and his necktie as if he had put them on in a ages the author. while absorbed in meditation. It hurry There are few books that live 42 years. I should really like to know was a harmless eccentricity. how many books this country has produced since it became a republic Seal Trees. which still live. There arc certainly not a great many, although we have Forms of life in the sea are far more wonderful than any that exist published in America in this time 220,000 books. on land. However much one may books American thai of have on limit the What is the nse putting a doubt the stories of sea serpents, oeen published during the last century, when not more than 1,000 of the there are probably far bigger fish in the sea than ever come out of it; total number have survived? 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 the ocean. These monster trees are greatly excited now over 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. Countless bladders, like miniature are brought po. balloons, and about as big as a lice magistrates. This hen's egg, form among the branches of the tree, and, being filled with air, system was recently inbuoy up the trunk and branches so By LEROY B. CRANE. troduced there through that MamNew York Judge. they grow almost erect. the efforts of Judge Wilmoth sea animals often build their liam L Pollard, of St. nests in these trees, as they give off several degrees of heat, which makes a was Pollard Mo. Louis, hearing on the subject before the surrounding water given Judge comparatively the house of commons, and his method is receiving a trial in the London waria. Exchange. In South Africa candles are used for lighting purposes In the homes, and when a young Boer maiden hai gentlemen visitors, the mother stickj a pin In the candle, and when It hai burned to the pin the callers under stand that it is time for their departure. Mrs. Early, a society matron ol Washington, recently made a visit to the Transvaal, and was impressed with the custom of the Boers that she determined to introduce It Into her own home. Consequently the eleo trie lights were removed and candlei substituted in the drawing-room- . Mr. Staylate, a frequent though no! always welcome caller, was one of the first visitors to call after the In auguration of the new custom. Ht witnessed the placing of the pin la the candle by Mrs. Early, and aftei she had gone ventured to inquire: "Why, Miss Early, does your raotfcr er stick a pin in the candle?" "Oh," responded th young women with an air of apparent innocence, "mother learned that in South Africa as a way of sending home the Boers." Harper's Weekly. In half-doze- (gim irunkari) a (Hhmxtt police courts. have used the method indicated by Judge Pollard and believe in I thoroughly. il . When a man comes before me charged with drunkenness, I try to ascertain lirst, whether or not he is a confirmed drunkard, and then whether or not he has a family at home needing his support. If 1 iinel that he is not a hopeless case, I suspend sentence, and put him on probation for a certain length of time, during which he is to report once a wed. to oar probation officer, and if he keeps his promise tc ibstain from all intoxicating liquors during the probation period I dis-sharg- him wholly. If I find that the man before me has a family. put him on probation, too, often when I know him to be an habitual drinker. Why lock him up when his family at home needs the earnings of every day's work he can put in? And why fine him when it is taking bread out of the mouths of his wife and children? I hclie;ve, however, that when it comes down to solvint the problem of intlhiperance, we must turn our ef- I lorts to 10 children rather than to the grown-ups- . believe that children should be taught temperance and genera morality in our public schools, just as they are taught reading, writing anil arithmetic. Morality ought to be drilled into them from the moment they become )ld enough to understand. If we get to work on the in another generation or two we won't hildreii have auy bother with grown-upI to-da- y, s. olllllll. ed liberty, is now dc-mantling lieense. Barring woman suffrage. 1 am a believer in the equality of the sexes; but "ihe equality of the By LORD EDWARD TURNOUR. seves" ofta) means in English Noblrman Now In America modern jargon the superiority of the woman. rhich is absurd. Woman wields an influence over man now in mora ban a thousand and one was, and the influence . tew, is mostly for man's f not . wii good, bin jitl woman the ballot and she w 11 i Jan- an nuisan. , ur, irreprciiaible. A Hard's pinUnt of lUmnau YES. THE DRAWER OPENED Jones Knew It, But Explanations Wera Not in Order. Jones was going away. And, aa usual in such cases, it was up to Jones to put on a clean collar and catch a shirt, and. incidentally, train He had no time to spare. "Maria," he shouted downstairs, "where are my things?" "In your bureau drawer, of oours," floated up from the basement. Jones then tackled the drawer. Stuck, of course. (They always do stick when you are in a hurry.) Ha pulled and heaved and said things Worm Deserved Its Fate. Suddenly, with a Miss Marie Shedlock is famous for unmentionable. the invention of a new and delight- perversity for which bureau drawera are noted, it flew open with a rush, ful type of children's entertainment. death-grion the Dressed as a fairy, Miss Shedlock re- and Jones, with a across shot room. clear the handles, to and counts children with delicacy The drawer couldn't go through the power the lovely tales of Hans Andersen. She keeps her wits about door, but Jones could, and did, landher in her entertainments, and chil- ing at the foot of the stairs with a crash that jarred things mightily, just dren, no matter how odd their questions may be, can never stump her. in time to hear the partner of bla She is always ready with an apt re- bosom ask: "Did you get it open, Hen-yply. That was ail ding insult to injury, a at children's party Kntertaimng and Henry stalked upstairs with flr a certain millionaire's house in New in bis eye, and said never a word. Fork, Miss Shedlock happened to employ the old proverb: "The early bird catches the worm." A little boy Gauge of your good friend may be questioned the proverb promptly. taken aceordingly as you are assured "But wasn't the worm foolish," he of his preference for your unpleasant be truth rather than ssked, "to get up early and your flattering lia. caught?" John A. Howland. Miss Shedlock, "My dear," said "that worm hadn't been to bed at The Place for You to Get He was just getting home." til p ?" a Diamond: eairs. t.at were speaking of the .V.I i They fashionable wedding. "And she was the last daughter," remarked one. "Yes," added the other, "and they ilways said she was the cream of the lamily." "And after the ceremony the parents ept. 1 wonder what they were crying about?" "Oh, perhaps they were crying over Ipllt milk." as E5TAEUJHIB 1862 170 7LirmWr MAIN il. SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH. The same oM place. Just as reliable as ever, with the largest linea of New Coods. 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