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RESl'ECT FOR THE LAW.
Neither the Attorney General, the
Fire Rating Board nor the Governor
can suspend the operation of a law; nor
can the combined efforts of all of them
accomplish this result.
The fire insurance company that
writes policies for less than their pro-
mulgated rates during the interim be-
fore the preposterously high rates that
have been fixed shall be reduced will
be liable to cancellation of permit; and
the fire insurance agent who makes
contracts for his company at other than
the promulgated rates will be guilty of
a misdemeanor.
To be sure, enforcement of the rates
that are practically prohibitory will
kill the legalized insurance trust in
Texas. Suspension of the law as at-
THE VACATION SEASON.
——
Now that the summer solstice, the j
era of "fly-time" in business and in- j
dustry, as compared with the more ac- |
tive season when crops are moving, the
transportation service taxed to its ca- !
pacity, the merchants busily engaged
with the fall and winter trade and all
the wheels of activity in motion, the
man who has been hard at work and
more or less confined since last sum-
mer bethinks him of a vacation.
To some the vacation means some-
thing more than a mere relaxation and
brief recuperation. Prosperity ha^'
smiled upon his efforts to accumulate
the wherewithal for a summer tour and
he is off for the seashore or the moun-
tains or, perhaps, for a tour abroad, as
eager to indulge his desire for sight-
seeing as to escape the daily routine
of his vocation for a time.
To some the summer vacation affords
an opportunity to visit relatives or
friends at a distance, to revisit the old
home and renew acquaintances, friend-
ships and associations of bygone days,
but to the vast horde of urban workers
it means mainly a respite from toil, a
dip in the surf, a breath of country air,
a week or two of fishing or boating or
such other recreation as suits the
individual taste, and the effect of it is
apt to be more or less rejuvenating as
well as restful if the occasion be im-
proved in a rational and beneficial
manner.
It is, perhaps, needless to offer sug-
gestions to the intending vacationists,
for each will follow his own bent and
inclinations, but it may be worth while
to advise that the summer vacation for
the tired worker of the pent-up city
which affords the largest a.set of fresh,
pure air and freedom from care and
worry gives the best return for the in-
truck patches is continuous as a result
of the demonstrations which have
brought these lands into notice. Almost
every day the news columns of The Ex-
press tell of the purchase of another
big ranch by investors with the pur-
pose of dividing it into small tracts and
inducing farmers from outside the State
to come and settle upon it, and almost
every day there are well authenticated
reports of the marvelous productivity
of the lands already under cultivation
in this heaven-favored section.
Southwest Texas is coming into her
own. The merits of this long neglected
soil is becoming more and more appre-
ciated and its market value rapidly en>
hancing, and the development in the ag-
ricultural section is reflected by the
marvelous growth of San Antonio as
its market center.
THE NAVAL OBSERVATORY
UY FKKDKIUC J. HASKIN.
Legislature.
Governor Campbell has heretofore
invoked the aid of the State Rangers in
a manner not contemplated by law to
enforce obnoxious laws on Texas com-
munities. He has ignored laws requir-
ing certain routine acts in order to
bring pressure to bear upon officers of
various counties to perform their duties
under the law. But he has not hereto-
fore attempted to set at naught any of
the laws of the State by executive act
or connivance.
tempted by the Fire Rating Board
might tend to save the life of the trust, j vestment and one need not go far from
But laws are not enacted to be sus- ^an Antonio to find what may be
pended by the stroke of a pen. The souRht. To the north the mountain re-
courts offer adequate protection for the I sorts "e within half a days ride, while
people. A remedy against the present jtn ,he sou,h ,he seaside resorts where
insurance rates can be found in any | '^re 's the best fishing and salt
court of equity, in the Fire Rating ! sea bathin8 «« numerous and within
Board itself, in due course, and in the | eas>" reach- Thcse resor,s are cominS
more and more into public favor as bet-
ter accommodations for visitors are
provided and this summer they are far |
more attractive than ever before.
The mistake some persons make of
spending most of a short summer vaca-
tion on the road going to and return- j
ing from a distant resort when, by rea- I
son of the high temperature and dust, ]
traveling is not particularly pleasant,
may be overcome by staying nearer J
home and yet having a complete change j
of scene and of air—mountain or sea-
! side—within a hundred miles or so of
Wholesome respect for the law is the
first requisite of good Government, jthe Texas metropolis.
When the people of the State have an i
example set for them by the officers of, "The, ,°f /he- f'd"ati°" °
, ; 7 ; women s Clubs last night to protest
tlie State to nullity a law by mutual j against the suggestion of the Prosperity
agreement between the State and in- j Club of Fort Worth to send 500 cow-
terested parties they cannot continue to j girls to welcome Roosevelt's return is
have respect for the law. a movement that will meet the cordial
... , . . , endorsement and hearty co-operation of
Violation of the existing insurance j every womanly woman in Texas. It is
law is a misdemeanor. It cannot be J the protest of true womanhood against
less of an offense bec.tuse officers j misrepresentation and mawkish sensa-
tionalism. Texas has no cowgirls,''
charged with its enforcement are pass-
ive or opposed to its enforcement.
Cone Johnson is coming into the
"enemy's country" to make speeches in
behalf of his candidacy for the Demo-
cratic nomination for Governor, but if
the arrangements under way for his
reception in San Antonio are success-
fully carried out he will hardly be war-
ranted in longer assuming that it is the
enemy's country. San Antonio believes
'in the square deal and Mr. Johnson
■will be given as hearty a welcome and
as respectful a hearing here as would
be accorded him elsewhere or as would
•Tie accorded any other candidate. Mr.
Johnson's speeches are always worth
hearing.
says the Austin Statesman. Well, we
should say not. Regardless of the most
generous om-bong-pong it is, to say the
least, indelicate, if not positively vul-
gar—no, vulgah—to use any such term
as that.
What would it profit Colquitt if he
should secure a plurality of the votes
in the primary and then be given a
platform on which he couldn't stand?
With regard to granting the freedom
of the city of London the Westminster
Gazette says: "It is not always an
easy or wise thing for one nation to
pay compliments to the statesman of
another, but In this particular case we.
feel sure that our American friends
■will appreciate the compliment paid to
their ex-President." By no means; they
expected It.
THE BEST FOR AGRICULTURE.
According to an agricultural authority
arid soil is the most fertile and that (
is one reason why the lands not re- i
garded as tillable until put under irri-
gation have shown such remarkable
productivity.
Great nations of antiquity built their
civilizations in the desert and scientists
have concluded that they did so pur-
posely with a thorough understanding
that arid regions are vastly more fer-
tile than humid regions, a fact which
is said to have been clearly established
by chemical test.
The soil in the arid or semiarld re-
gion of West and Southwest Texas now
being brought under cultivation by ir-
rigation from the rivers or from flow-
ing wells or by the expanded system
of dry farming, is said to show thrge
times as much potash, five times as
much magnesia and fourteen times as
much lime as that of the humid regions
east of the Mississippi River. The ex-
planation is that wherever rainfall is
abundant these soluble elements of fer-
tility arc washed away season after sea-
son, the land becomes Impoverished and
is only partly recouped by heavy for-
"nder "ie caption of "Senator tilization, while in dry soil the chemical
"I may go so far as to say that I be-
lieve a war possible, the result of
which mipht be that the Pacific Coast
States will become foreign territory,"
says Hon. James McLachlan, a Cali-
fornia Representative. A member of
the House of Representatives is likely
to go even farther than that, but that
doesn't make it certain anyone will pay
any attention to him.
Noah Allen of Brownsville, the Re-
publican candidate for Congress, who
Is contesting the re-election of Repre-
sentative Garner, has had some pre-
vious experience in running for Con-
press. Several vears ago he was a
Populist nominee in the Houston dis-
trict.
Raiiev's Sensible Speech," the Houston !
Post remarks that Senator Bailey in
action of air upon the plowed earth
opposing a certain rule of the House, i Roes on undisturbed. Instead of wear-
takes the same position taken several
years aco by the Houston Post. Oh,
well, modesty never won anything, any-
way!
rtirtcr Fmerson Browne, who wrote
"The Spendthrift," is going to make a
trip nround the world while writing
another plav. He'd feel real queer if
he was to finish the play in St. Peters-
burg and his roll at the same time.
Are we downward? No-o-o-o. Whv?
How can you ask when big, red, juicy
watermelons are on ice in everything
from our million-dollar hotels to the
chili stands.
ing out from cultivation the land
grows fatter as plant food accumulates,
its inherent fertility being increased by
irrigation.
There are millions of acres of land
in West and Southwest Texas which a
few years ago was regarded as only fit
for cattle and sheep pasture that is now
known to be susceptible of the most
profitable cultivation. Within the last
half dozen years hundreds of big cat-
tle pastures have been cut up into small
farms and the process of converting
the big cattle ranges into farms and
Her Fitness Proved.
Sho longed to shine in good society,
Hut always failed somehow to turn tho
trick;
lirr husband practiced strict sobriety
And had become Immensely wealthy
quick.
They kept, three cars and lived in fine
condition.
They had a pompous butler at their
door,
But still she could not gain tho high
position
That day by day she yearned for more
and more.
She liberally gave to charity,
Yet could not win the boon so dearly
prized;
Still fretting in her sad disparity.
She had to bo among the ostracised.
She went to Europe and, returning, smug-
gled-
Or tri-d to smuggle—and was caught,
somehow;
She has achieved the tiling for which she
struggled,
And shines within the choicest circle
now.
—S. E. Klser in Chicago Record-Herald.
IF AN AXE WERE USED?
But as It Is Few Care Whether Babies
Die.
If 536 babies under 1 year of age were
set up in a row and butchered with an
ax each year, the entire community
would stand aghast with horror a.nd in-
dignation; and yet that is what virtually
happens—barring the ax—in the river
wards of the North Side, according to
the report of the health commissioner,
Dr. W. a. Wheeler. In his annual report
to the health and hospital board Dr.
Wheeler says:
"li Is appalling when one is confront-
ed with the statement that during the
past year 636 deaths among infants un-
der l years of age occurred, the prin-
cipal cause, according to reports, being
'inanition.' " Inanition means exhaus-
tion from want of food, euner
from partial or complete starva-
tion. This is the grace charge that
Dr. Wheeler virtually brings against the
charitable people of this community, for
he says that that is the average number
of deaths occurring annually among the
Infants in the river wards, and that
most of them could easily be prevented
if proper nursing and nutrition were pro-
vided. In his report Dr. Wheelr con-
tinues with much earnestness to plead
the cause of these starving babies. He
says: "It has been my observation that
there are hundreds of babies born, espe-
cially In the river wards of our city,
where some interest should be taken by
the hospital and health authorities. Many
of these babies are born in filthy and
unsanitary surroundings, and should be
cared for by cultured and efficient
trained nurses, whose duty It would be
to impart Instruction to mothers along
lines of preparation of milk and proper
feeding, bathing, cleanliness, the care
of the eyes, sanitation and general home
conditions and the danger or flies. I be-
lieve If this board could see Its way
clear to appoint at least three efficient
women who are nurses by training to
visit such homes and instruct such
mothers along the lines I have suggested
It would greatly tend to lower the mor-
tality among infants and children in our
citv. 1 earnestly appeal to this honor-
able board to take cognizance of this
important and humanitarian cause."
The funds to provide for the instruc-
tions to mothers and occasional super-
visory visits by physicians should be
easily obtainable through tho charitable
Impulses of the numerous local philan-
thropists, and the health and hospital
board would propably carry Health Com-
missioner Wheeler's recommendations
into effect as soon as the work, were
thus made practicable. It is gratifying
to see that tho board has also decided to
establish nt least three free milk sta-
tions at which wholesome milk will be
dispensed for Infants. The milk stations
will be in charge of careful and com-
petent custodians, and tho milk, which
will be carefully sterilized, is to be ob-
tained from dairies of established clean-
liness and from cows In full health and
vigor. This work is one of the most
important charges that could be imposed
upon the municipal authorities, in co-
operation with private philanthropy. It
is needless to remark that the care of
little children is a divine Injunction, as
well as the source of a city's future
growth and welfare, while the removal
of the tendencies to slumdom In connec-
tion with tho care of poor Infants is of
inestimable benefit to the good nstne,
health and happiness of tho city.—Kan-
sas City Journal.
UNINSPIRED MISSIONARY
Criticised Congregation for Staying
Away to See Curtiss Fly.
That Poughkeepsie preacher who bawl-
ed out his congregation for staying away
from church to see Curtiss fly his aero-
plane suffers From a painful lack of
imagination. Ho complains that the avi-
ator ought to have picked some other time
for the historic flight, forgetting that It
was the Lord who ordained that the winds
should blow the first six days of the week
and that the calm seventh day chanced to
give the first breezeless opportunity for
the performance which has set the world
rejoicing.
If the reverend gentleman were not such
an egotist he would remind himself that
"the better the day the better the deed,"
that there was no thought of desecration
in the ml rid of the aviator, and that the
brilliant success of the venture appeared
to warrant the surmise that his act was
not hateful in the sight of the Almighty.
Even some very pious men are likely to
conclude that a benign Providence smiled
on the undertaking, that the angelic cus-
todian of the wind tempered its whims
thereto and that maybe a cherub perched
on tho fragile craft to see that it did
not swerve and pitch the helmsman to
perdition.
If the Poughkeepsie pastor were gifted
with the saving sense of humor he might
have reasoned that such a splendi spec-
tacle on such a glorious day was pref-
erable to the finest sermon indoors. If ho
were inspired he would have congratulat-
ed hls*congregatlon when they came back
to tho fold in the evening on the latest
manifestation of heavenly grace.
If the Nazarene had been in Pough-
keepsie on Sunday the chances are he
would have led open-air worship near
tho park where Curtiss landed to renew
his supply of gasoline. He would have
had a large and attentive congregation,
ho would have had for his text a theme
of supreme interest and he would have
had an opportunity to Impress every
hearer with the obvious lesson which true
Christians will read into the eventful
flight of taht rare May morning which,
had tho reverend scold been in custody of
the elements, would have been shattered
by a hurricane and soaked with torrents,
so that his flock might coop themselves
up at his feet and hearken to his didactic
droning.—New York Tx "
TONIGHT one of the four moons of
Jupiter will be In transit across the
face of "that big planet and another will
pass behind It in eclipse. It was through
observations of the movements of the
moons of Jupiter that the theory of the
velocity of light was evolved—a discov-
ery of prime importance in astronomy.
Observations of their movements were
being made 4n order to assist seamen
to reckon their positions, and it was
found that the eclipses occurred twenty-
two minutes earlier when the earth was
nearest to Jupiter than it was at its
most distant point. It was concluded
thai it required twenty-two minutes for
light to cross the orbit of the earth. It
was later found that the motion of the
earth and other things had to be taken
into the reckoning, and then the actual
velocity of light was determined.
After the solution was worked out in-
directly it was concluded that it must
be worked out directly, and many In-
perilous machines were brought out to do
so. Perhaps the most accurate and con-
clusive tests of light velocity ever made
w«V those of the late Simon Newcomb
and A. A. Michallson, acting on behalf
of the Naval Observatory at Washing-
ton. To measure the velocity of some-
thing which flies so fast that it will race
around the eartli seven and a half times
In a single second might seem an impos-
sible task; but these two representatives
of the Naval Observatory set themselves
resolutely to it. At the base of the
Washington monument thoy set up a big
mirror. In the grounds at Fort Myer,
two and a quarter miles distant across
the Potomac River, In Virginia, they sta-
tioned a revolving mirror, with a speed
of 250 revolutions to the second. By re-
volving this mirror with great rapidity
they were able to note how far it would
turn in the time required for a ray of
light to flash across the Intervening
space between Frfrt Myer and the Wash-
ington monument and baek again. They
found It would cover the distance in the
forty-thousandth part of a second, and
thus they were aole to settle positively
the question of the velocity of light.
Their Instruments were so delicately ad-
Justed that they would measure the mil-
lionth part of a second as easily as a car-
penter measures a board.
The Naval Observatory is one of the
sights of Washington that the tourist
seldom sees and, In fact, Its work is of
such a character that to make a show
place of It would Interfere with its use-
fulness. It Is here that America gets its
time. The day was when sun time was
accurate enough for any man, but with
the advent of the railroad and the tele-
grand, standard time became a necessity,
and the complex conditions of modern
civilization requires a time accuracy as
near to the absolute as may be. Iti tlie
single matter of navigation, an error in
time might lead the commander of a
fleet to miscalculate his position, and a
war might be decided through the disad-
vantage of a fleet which did not have
the correct time.
♦ ♦ ♦
If there is a necessity for correct time
the Naval Observatory Is the result of
that necessity, its great master clock,
kept In an isolated vault. In a sealed
case, the temperature of which is not
allowed to vary more than the hundredth
part of a degree. Is one of the wonders
of the world of delicate scientific Instru-
ments. It is so accurate that It never
varies more than three-tenths of one sec-
ond, and at times has run for weeks
without getting out of the way more than
the hundredth part of a second. Tn the
sealed case In which it Is kept there Is
a little thermostat and an electric light.
A change of the hundredth part of a de-
gree of temperature will affect that deli-
cute thermostat as much as a change of
forty degrees will affect a human being.
When it gets the two-hundredth part of
a degree colder than normal the ther-
mostat shivers and turns on the little
light, which serves it as an automatic
stove. When it gets the two-hundredth
part or a degree hotter than normal the
thermostat begins to mop its brow and
turns off its electric stove. Not only
must the temperature, but also the baro-
metric pressure, be kept constant.
... ( ^ "vv" 11 li all the wonderful accuracy of
this clock a careful check must be kept
upon its performance. jn the doing of
uhlch one finds a precision almost star-
| 'n?, ,n JTts rr}iy- Jn a Uttle square house
on the Naval Observatory grounds there
is an Instrument which verifies the time
two or three times a week, and Is, after
all, the source of the Nation's time It
s mounted on two great pillars of gran-
ite and looks like a cross between a can-
non and a telescope. It is on the exact
nomtLl?nnn(? W;y£inSton, and can be
pointed only north and south. To make
its readings worth while It must be ad-
.1i is ted with a delicacy almost unbeliev-
er cannot rest with but a small
percentage of its weight on Its pivots.
The ent re weight, except for a few
pounds. Is supported by a sling nrrange-
i™. i y ?"ouSh of the weight being al-
Icwed on the real hearings to give It
steadiness and to prevent wear. At its
side there are two delicately adjusted
wheels or circles. These may be turned
the smallest conceivable fraction of an
Inch, and whilo they are about two feet
In diameter, it Is necessary to have
marks on the rims so fine that they can-
not he seen by the naked eye. Four mi-
croscopes of considerable power are used
to enable the observer to see the lines in
the silver on the rims and to make sure
that the instrument is exactly set.
..... .. -,ie an
Is obtainable In the mounting and oper-
ation of a transit Instrument there Is al-
ways a remaining margin of error; but
It happens that this margin of error hus
a law of Its own. and that when the ob-
servations are made it may be compen-
sated for in the computations. To re-
duce error to a minimum, however, the
transit telescope is watched with great
care. There are many tests made to in-*
sure that it is always in plumb. One of
these is by the use of an artificial hori-
zon. This consists of a pan of quick-
silver and tinfoil, which gives an abso-
lute level. The telescope is stationed 111
a vertical position and the observer looks
down through it Into the pan of quick-
silver. If the threads in the field of tho
telescope exactly coincide with their Im-
ages in tho quicksilver it Is known that
the telescope is still in position.
When the observer wishes to fix the
time he takes the transit of about 5
o'clock stars. As one looks through the
transit telescope he sees ten very fine
lines across tlie lens, and two others
passing through them at right angles.
The Instrument is so adjusted that the
star which is to be observed passes down
through tho field of the telescope be-
tween the two lines, crossing the other
lines as it goes. Each time the star
crosses one of these lines the observer
presses tlie key of a chronograph and
the fact Is registered electrically. Hut
even here there Is a margin of error be-
cause of the "personal equation." One
observer may press the key the thou-
sandth part of a second later than an-
other observer. Allowances must be made
In the computations for the personal
equation. In some of the newer transit
instruments there Is an attachment at
the eyepiece not unlike the combination
wheel to a safe, and by turning its wheels
transits aro recorded without the Inter-
vention of the personal equation. Tha
drudgery of the whole procedure comes
when the observer has to make his com-
putations from his observations. These
involve mathematical calculations of vast
proportions. The spider's thread is the
key to exact observations with the tran-
sit telescope, and thus it may be said
that the world's time hangs by the filmy
thread of nature's first weaver. The se-
cret of all the observations at the Naval
Observatory is the use of the infinites-
imal In the penetration of the Infinite.
One of the rooms at the observatory
which Is full of interest is the chronom-
eter-testing room. Here dozens of in-
struments are gathered together and are
watched for a period of six months, so
as to make sure that they are as neari.v
accurate as they can be made when they
are delivered to the ships which Reckon
their position by them. Every vessel In
Tncle Ram's navy must carrv at least
three chronometers. If they carried only-
one there would be no means of knowing
when It went Into error. If they carried
only two, they could not know which was
right and which was wrong In case of
variation. In the testing room it Is aimed
to keep the temperature as near to an
approximation of sen condition as may
be. Wet clothes are hung up around the
rcom for this purpose.
♦ > ♦
The big twenty-six-inch telescope, which
has the honor of being housed in a dome
of its own, has some history attached to
it. It was HI rough this instrument that
Prof. Asa Hill discovered the moon of
Mars. Many other studies of preat in-
terest have been made through it, The
instrument was contracted for ahout the
same time that the reaper king McCor-
mlok, contracted for his biK telescope.
At first it seemed that the Government
would have to wait until his instrument
was built hefore It would get Its tele-
scope made. Rut McCormlck generously
agreed to waive any advantage the prf-
crlty of his contract gave him, and so
they were built together.
One can scarcely realize the change
that has been wrought hv the work of
til" Naval Observatory. Before standard
time was established In tho fnited States
there were no less than seventy different
standards. With the railway and the
telegraph it would be impossible for the
country to do business on the old time
basis. Tn show how it would work, thr
time cannon In Paris affords an Interest-
ln(; illustration. This little gun Is fired
every day nt high noon be the falling of
the rays of the sun on a burning glass
At dlftcrent periods of the year the time
of this gun fire varies. At one period the
man who would set Ills watch hv It might
be fifteen minutes slower than'the train
h.3 wished to take nt the Paris station.
Tomorrow—Water for Thirsty Ijtnds.
SIDELIGHTS ALONG WASHINGTON BYWAYS
Washington, r>. C., June 12.
The whole town of Washington stood
aghast with astonishment when it discov-
ered, as a result of the Pennsylvania pri-
maries, that Joseph C. Flbley had been
nominated for Congress again, succeeding
Representative Nelson P. Wheeler of the
Twenty-eighth District.
Joe Sibley was one of the most popular
men In Congress during his ftirmer serv-
ice In the House. He was the foremost
entertainer, a giver of dinners which were
quite beyond compare, the prince of mix-
ers and quite the most capable spender
in either House. He would spend thou-
sands on flowers and fixings for one din-
ner and never blink. If a friend fancied
some of the public men who remember
the Archbold letter Incident protest that
it would he altogether Improper to allow
Sibley, with that record behind him, to
be returned to the House. Consequently,
he Is confronted with a real fight for re-
election In a district usually overwhelm-
ingly Republican.
♦ ♦ ♦
"Hist!"
Also, "Keep it dark!"
"Hal Cooper would chip In a month's
salary, gladly."
"George Norrls would mortgage his
house in order to make it a real good
one."
"Vic Murdock would gladly chip In a
perpetual subscription to the Wichita
Ea#le."
"Hut have we got enough pull to keep
his big automobile, why he was liable to
receive, it the next day as a preseac—
an incident that actually happened at
least once.
Four years ago Sibley dropped out of
Congress voluntarily and started for a
long trip around the world. It was sup-
posed that was the last Washington would
see of him. Rut later came the tremen-
dous sensation of the "My Dear Mr.
Archbold" letters, written by Sibley to
the president of the Standard Oil Com-
pany. After the printing of these let-
ters, which contained intimate discussion
of political conditions in WasUlngton and
developed that Sibley was one of the
Congressional aides and advisers to the
Standard Oil man, it was presumed that
the jA)llcy away from it?"
It was an exciting converse that the
little group was holding in one of the
lower corridors •£ the Capitol. Most ot
them were insurgents, and there was a
sprinkling of regulars and various near-
Insurgents. They were talking about
money in big sums; about hundreds and
thousands of dollars, and occasionally
"champagne" and "highballs" could be
overheard; similarly, "terrapin" and such
suggestions of revelry. Could some tre-
mendous new coup in insurgency be
afoot, or was a project afoot for tho pur-
chase of the Speakership?
It was an exciting moment. The agi-
tated conversation turned to tho ques-
tion of "who would come In," and people
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Sibley would hardly venture into politics
again.
Not so. Mr. SIbloy wanted vindication,
and he has got It, so far as his nomina-
tion is concerned. The wonder of It is
that his candidacy for renomlnatlon at-
tracted no attention outside his district.
All Washington was surprised when It
turned out that he had been making a
whirlwind campaign. His nomination had
been the sensation of. the Pennsylvania
primary, attracting even more attention
than the close race which John Dalzell
had for renomlnatlon.
It Is proposed that Mr. Sibley will have
a harder time getting his election than he
did, carrying oIt the nomination, for
from all factions-Democrats, regular and
insurgent Republicans—were named. Jt
was apparent that a most unusual com-
bination of forces was being organized.
What could it all be about? The rumor
gained circulation that Balllnger was to
be Impeached; later, that a plan was
framing up to drive Speaker Cannon out
of the chair and elect a new Speaker be-
fore the end of the sessioti Plainly,
something very big was going to be
tried.
The sleuths got busy, but the secret
was well guarded. Nobody would
breathe a word. Finally, one of the
ringleaders was led away Into a dark
corner under a staircMe. He helft-tola
VARIOUS TEXAS VIEWS.
If straw votes meun anything, all the
Candidates wil be elected, aays the Sher-
man Democrat.
The Enterprise has eaten some East
Texas peaches alright: , "That Pennsyl- |
vanla paper that solemnly avers that the
fruit crop is damaged beyond hope lias
not^taken a trip through East Texas.—
Beaumont Enterprise.
The San Antonio Express artist tries
to make Billy Poindexter look like Billy
Bryan, in which the aforeuaid artist lias
undertaken a herculean task, since the
Nebraskan is a good looker while the
Texan, while a good fellow In his way
—and with those who endorse his ways-
Is as ugly as an old squaw.—Cuero Star.
lie did It Just for a joke, you see.
The county attorney of Hunt County
has placed a ban on tlie sale of flavoring
extracts, lie announces that henceforth
all persons who sell these extracts will
bo prosecuted for violation of tho local
option law. These extracts contain a
small per cent of alcohol and certain
lovers of tho drink have formed the
habit of tanking up on the mild decoc-
tions that wt*re intended as flavoring for
ice cream and fruit cakes.—Honey (irove
Signal.
Those lemon extract sports may not
need cloves after an evening at tho club
blit they ought to Induce a doctor to
Join and remain reasonably sober.
The insurance companies havo taken
advantago of a law which Is good in
principle, to impose rates upon tills com-
munity that are unreasonable and un-
just. It is the duty, no less than tho
right, of our merchants and property
owners, to fight the increase to the limit.
—El Paso Herald.
That's it, fight the increase to tho
limit. The Increase ought to stop a littlo
this side of tlie limit.
I
HE TIRED BUS-
INESS MAN
Tells Friend Wile About !hc
lime Wben Women Leave
BY WALTER A. SINCLAIR
T
Cecil Lyon is authority for tho state-
ment that Former President Roosevelt
will visit Texas this fall and make sev-
eral addresses in the Interest of Republi-
can candidates for State offices. Mr.
l.yon must be mistaken. Mr. Hoosevelt
will doubtless come to Texas. Mr.
Hoosevelt will doubtless speak. He is in
tile habit of so doing. But he will choose
a subject more Interesting to his audi-
ence than tho claims of any Republican
candidate. As a private citizen, anxious
to better the condition of all Americans,
Mr. Roosevelt's opinions will have weight
in Texas'as elsewhere. But as a poli-
tician advocating tho policies of the re-
publican party, his much talked of
••magnetism" will fall to act—--Texas
not being the right sort of metal.—Gon-
zales Inquirer.
One would think from this grave pro-
test that one could find a Republican in
every town in Texas.
NEXT NATIONAL HOUSE
Democrats in Washington Figure Out a
Big Majority Their Way.
Few of tho Washington politicians, Re-
publicans or Democrats, havo a definite
idea when Congress is to adjourn, and
it is their opinion that the record is not
yet made upon which the two pat ties are
to go before the country next fall in the
Congressional elections. Vet for all that,
hero follows a table, prepared oy perik-
eratic enthusiasts in Washington, telling
how the next House of Reprea-mtallveU
la to stand.
Demo- Repub-
cratsi. llcans.
Alabama
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky !,
Ix>ulsiana \
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Ycok
North Carolira
Ni rth Dakota ..
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania ...
Rhode Island ..
South Carolina
South Dakota ..
Tennessee
Texas
Utah 1
Vermont 2
Virginia 9 1
Washington .. 3
West Virginia 2 3
Wisconsin 3 7
Wyoming .. 1
Totals ?24 160
This would glvo the Democrats a ma-
jority of l'lfty-elght, whereas tho present
House of Representatives is Republican
by fifty-six. While many Republicans of,
National renown aro not prepared to dis-
pute the opinion that the Democrats may
capture tho next House of Representa-
tives, they snickered wnen shown the
foregoing table. As a matter of fact,
there were Republicans who si Id that a
Democratic majority in the next House
of Representatives might turn out for
tho good of tho country, especially tho
business Interests, for with a Republican
President it would be impossible for the
Democrats to pass a tailff bill, and for
that mater tho division of responsibilities
arising from a Democratic House and a
Republican Senate and a Republican
President would go a long way toward
checking the evils of Idiotic and drastic
legislation. The country would havo a
rest, they added, from thin-headed and
demagogic politicians. That's all the
country needs, It was Insisted, for a
splendid recuperation.—Now York Sun.
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Something Worth Painting.
A great landscape painter, speaking at
a banquet in his honor, dilated on the
vagaries of tho popular taste in art.
"The popular taste in art," he observed,
"is opt to be peculiar."
"Once, in Wharfedalo, a little above
Bolton Abbey, I was at work In a by-
road upon a picturesque bit of woodland
—a lane, an old gnarled oak, a charming
effect of sunlight and shadow—when a
hand fell on my shoulder.
"Looking up, 1 saw beside me a burly,
broad-shouldered old farmer, who said:
" 'Eh, man! What art a-waastln' thy
time picturin' that little piece o' laan fur?
Tha cum along o' me. and Ah'11 show
tha summat worth paintln'--a three-mllo
stretch o' strlto rooad, awl just new
mettled and rowled smooth.* "—Scraps.
The Language of Aquatics.
A Ftench woman, proud of her limited
knowledge of English, and an American
woman, proud of her limited knowledge
of French, were introduced at an uptown
evening company. The French woman
Insisted on expressing herself In bad Eng-
lish and the American would talk noth-
ing but bad French.
When the guests began to depart they
were ntill at it. At last they arose to
go. Here Is their watery farewell:
"Reservoir," said tlie fair American.
"TVnk*." responded her new friend.—
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•• W/ HAT (*° y°u think about tlint Bos-
ton professor who suys women
should study leuves for dress styles?"
demanded Friend Wife.
"The women should be given leave to
try it," Hiiid the Tired business Mnn.
"Now that the stag nt Eve bns tliunk his
will I dare the unfair sex to tnke him up.
If they twig his meaning let them bow to
the popular demand und perfect them-
selves in learning this branch of srboreal
dressmaking. It won't cost tln>He Boston
aristocrats anything, because they can get
all the leaves they want from tlielr old
family trees.
"Since .Mrs. Adam had the hill sent home
men have been waiting for a return to
those simple and inexpensive gowns which
can be made from a pattern printed on
a fashion leaflet. From all the paintings
ou the subject which I have viewed I In-
fer that while the dress Eve wore had a
lower Dutch collar than we are accus-
tomed to—regular low Dutch and while
the skirt was hacked off hljiher than Just
above the ankles, the cutting was also
extended to the bill, and all poor old Adam
had to lose on the deal was his home nnd
garden, on which he owned hlR own mort-
Kune and was paying installments.
"The all-leaf dress exposed no high tar-
iff silk hosiery Hint is mostly exposure
and sheen. OwIiik to the sweet water
springs i.i the garden Mrs. Eve had no
pumps which were such tiny margins of
leather around the bottom of the feet that
they needed thongs to hold them around
the ankle. And she wore no black velvet
at the neck to accentuate the—er—-con-
trast.
"And so I think that the professor Isn't
up m
Philadelphia Times.
hand up to his mouth and whispered:
"I'll tell you, but you must swear never
to give me away."
Tne oath was taken.
"The boys are figuring on the big
blowoff they'll give if it turns out that
John Daisell has actually been beaten
for renoraination at Pittsburg.'*
PEACH!
proposing anything Immodest when he
suggests that the women go back to leaves.
He says that each woman intending to
deck herself out like a tree must study
the subject, so that there won't be any
idiosyncracies—ouch!—like onk leaves for
clinging vine wives and so forth. He says
women need not go to Paris for styles,
but can just take to the woods. Of course,
widows need only go to the nearest va-
cant lot and pick weeds.
"Every costume should be made of ap-
propriate leaves. I would suggest for the
tearful girl a dress wreathed from weep-
ing willow. For the literary girl you
mi'zht contrive an outfit from the leaves of
a book. The proud doll who tends the ex-
pensive hotel cigar stand should have a
gown made of tobacco leaf. The janltress
could compose a dnndy furnace-cleaning
frock of ash leaves.
"The sweet girl's saccharine eostumo
might he built of sugar maple leaves. As
for the flirt, there is nothing like the
leaves from the date tree. And the girl
waitresses could have neat lltle tip-sugeest-
Ing dresses made of palm lenves. Proud
dames who wish something appropriate to
wear with a hat trimmed by bird's tail
feathers should den gowns of burdock
leaves. Country girls should wear rhubarb
leaves. Women aviators could try fly
leaves, or falling leaves.
"Bathing suits could be made of water
lily leaves. Poplar leaves for popular
girls. Apple tree leaves for dresses worn
at eve. Twins should stick to year tree
leaves. Women bookkeepers could cull a
few from loose leaf ledgers, nnd a fine
New Year's Day eostunie would be made
of new leaves. Of course, all pretty girls
should take the peach tree leaf."
"What kind of leaves would Salome
dancers choose?" asked Friend Wife.
"Leaves of absence," said the Tired
Business Man.
(Copyright, 1910. by New York Evening
Telegram—New York Herald Company.
All rights reserved.)
PASSENGERS SYMPATHIZED
Ready to Squelch Man Who Objected
to Daby's Crying.
The patient looking mother seemed
unable to do anything with the child.
It hollered and yelled and carried on
worse than a fan after a three-base hit
by a member of the home team at the
opening game.
Other passengers on the car fidgeted
in their seats and looked greatly dis-
tressed, but said nothing, for the mother
was apparently doing all she could to
restore ' quiet.
The heavy chinned man right across
tho aisle from the woman seemed to be
getting more and more annoyfd by the
racket—even more so than the rest of the
people. After a time he was unable to
restrain himself any longer.
"It seems to me," says he, turning-
to the woman, "that it's about time you
were doing something to stop that
baby's crying. I've sat here and put
up with It just as long as I could, but
I think it's up to you to see that there's
a let-up In It now pretty quick."
The patlont mother cuddled the wall-
ing youngster to her a trifle closer and
gave the Irritable mole passenger a hurt
look, but ventured no retort.
There was no cessation In the noise,
but nearly everybody else In the car
was In full sympathy with the woman
now. Several able-bodied men turned
around nnd glared at the square-chinned
passenger who dared to speak his mind.
The latter however, continued to ex-
press himself. "When a kid hollers like
that." he opined, "there's some good
reason for it. Children don't yell be-
couse their lungs need exercise. Tf it
hasn't been setting the right sort of food
and feels crabbed and mean on that ac-
count I hope you switch to some other
kind of dope, that's all."
It is not Improbable that two or three ✓
of the more muscular passengers would
have spoken severely tn the grouchy male
complainant after tho last outburst If
he hadn't risen Just then to get off tho
car. As he started toward the rear plat-
form. the pntlent-lookln* little woman srot
up and followed him. When thev both
reached the street, the man turned, took
the child In his own arms--he still look-
ing crabbed and it still reciting the lyrics
to a war dance—and the trio went up the
street.
The man was the child's father and
he hnd a perfect right to ssv whatever
he wanted to about the manner of its
bringing up.--Cleveland Plain Drnlcr.
Practical Difficulty.
A Scottish lassie, ssked by her teacher,
"Whv did the Israelites make to them-
selves a golden calf?" replied with the
ever-ready nnd practical reasoning of hsr
countrvwomen:
"Well, ve ken. marm, they hadna as
mucl&le siller as wad mak' a coo."—Ttt-
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