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THE SAN ANTONIO DAILY EXPRESS: FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 24, 1909.
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A Leper ai Large.
A supposed loper was allowed to
run at large in New York unmo- j
lested because the New York limlth
authorities hold that the disease is not
contagious and that there is no neces-
sity for isolating cases diagnosed as
leprosy.
The supposed leper was quarantined
near Washington for several months,
but finally managed to get to New
York, where he was given a clean bill
of health by a physician who exam-
ined him.
Then he went to Virginia, whom lie
spent several months on a farm in se-
curity until ho went to Washington
to collect his pension, when lie was
captured and locked up, but at his ]
urgent solicitation was sent to New
York for examination—a freight ca>- |
being utilized for his transportation. I
There he was immediately turned ,
loose, because the New Yorkers do
not fear leprosy contagion because
they do not believe the disease to be
contagious. In the old days of (he
Chinatown in San Francisco antedat- j
ing the earthquake visitors were
shown through the Chinese quarter
by guides who unhesitatingly took j
them into apartments in v.'hlch there '
were lepers in various stages of ill-
ness, some of them bed-ridden. Evi- j
dently they did not think the disease j
was catching, and there Is no known '
instance of the disease being con-
tracted from these visits.
Nevertheless, leprosy has for mora j
than a century been regarded as one ;
af the most clangorous of infectious
diseases, and everywhere and at all
Ujdc.s it has been the policy and th'i
custom to segregate the lepers. En j
cyclopedic information is to the ef-
fect that after the dispersion of the
Jews in Palestine, in the first century,
leprosy spread over the Levant, and
with (he westward immigration that
followed the decline of the Roman em-
pire it spread over Europe, and so \
great was the dread of the infection i
that it is said that between the Sixth i
and Fifteenth C enturies lepers wcr" '
condemned to reservations and any ,
healthy person who wandered, incau-
tiously, within the boundaries jf such j
* reservation was compelled' to re- |
main there for life. In the country j
tapers were compelled to carry bells
and ring (hem (o warn wayfarers of j
their approach. They were als-o made
to wrap themselves in sheets to at-
Iract attention to their condition, that ;
all persons not similarly afflicted
might give them a wide berth.
The gradual disappearance < f lep-
rosy from Europe followed the adop
lion of more humane and skillful
treatment, but it is still quite rreva-
lent In Oriental countries, and there j
are thousands of cases in the Philip-
Pine Islands There have long been
h comparatively small number of i
lepers in (he United States, and the |
leper colony In Jxiuislana has been the
(heme of many ctrong writers. With-
in the past, year or so there has been
vome stir in Texas due to the re-
ported existence of a number of cases
of leprosy in (h'< State, but thus far
the supposed lepers have not been !
disturbed by he health authorities,
nor so far as known have any of the J
HUspects been shunned by their neigh- |
bors as dangerous to come in contact i
with.
Until a few years ago it was not
generally supposed that consumption;
was contagious; now it is generally !
agreed that it is. It would be strange j
if modern science should now deter- !
mine that the most dreaded of all dis- j
»ases is not contagious and that there \
is therefcre no need for segregation
I'erhaps (he New York health author:- j
lies simply did not believe tho pa
lient permitted to run at large was a
:eal leper.
The Negro Soldiers.
Representative Garner of the Fif-
teenth Texas District has introduced
in (he National House of Representa-
tives a bill (o repeal a section of the
revised statutes of 1878, requiring tho
Secretary of War to maintain (wo regi-
ments of negro cavalry and two regi-
ments of negro infantry.
At (he time of (he adoption of thi3
statu(e there was not the general dis-
trust of the negro soldier in lime of
peace that has existed since I he out-
rngious behavior of the negro garrison
at Fort Brown in the midnight assault
upon the town of Brownsville.
JiMlge Garner is said to have gone
far <nottgh Into the agitation of this
matter to ascertain that a good por-
tion of the officers of the army be-
lieve that negro troops should not be
maintained in (Imes of peace, and if
(his compulsory statute could be re-
pealed it would only be a short time
before all the negro troops would be
dispensed with and white troops sub-
stituted. it has been demonstrated by
the Brov.i;s\ 111c affair that, the negro
troops defy discipline as white troops
do not by their unwillingness to testify
against those of their race who are
guilty or crime or of misdemeanors,
preferring (o share tile disgrace and
(he punishment to rendering testi-
mony against the guilty It is a pe-
culiarity of the negro to which Presi-
dent Roosevelt called attention in his
famous order of dismissal of tho negro
battalion at Brownsville that (he ne-
gro will harbor and shield a criminal
of his own race, where a while man
would assist the authorities in appre-
hending and turning him over to jus-
lice.
It has been shown, also, that the
negro soldier is persona non grata at
any post in the country, North or
South, and that negro regiments can-
not be quartered anywhere in the
country without some objection to
their presence. Between the whites
and the blacks there is an impassable
barrier, and the race instinct, which is
sometimes called prejudice, becomes
stronger, instead of diminishing, with
the passing years. There is not any
pressing need for tbe employment of
negro sololers in time of peace, and
the act passed in Congress in 1878
was merely a political move to gratify
a sentiment rather than to advance
the interests of tho military establish- :
raent.
Whether a majority of Mr. Garner'3
associates in Congress will join him
in the effort to repeal the statutory
requirement for maintaining negro
regiments in the service is doubtful,
but there is no doubt that his bill will
have strong support.
Tim Sullivao's Observation.
! Little Tim Sullivan, who became a j
power in municipal politics in New j
York, was a successful saloon keeper j
before he became a successful polltl-
| cian. Selling liquor was a matter of ;
business with him, but drinking it
! was not a part of either his business j 1 1 "'uu,
or pleasure, because Little Tim was 1
a close observer, and he early canto
to the conclusion that "(he boozer
I does not succeed."
There are many doctors who never
take their own medicine, however
freely they may administer it to their
patients. In fact, it is very often tho
: ease that the doctor's patients are not
THE HOLY LAND.
IV. Bethlehem of Judea.
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
SPIRIT «F THE iEXAS PRESS
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS
Bethlehem Ephratah,
i be llttlo among 'm
thuosands of Judah, yet -out of thee shall
he come forth unto me that is to he
ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have
been from of old, from everlasting. And
he shall stand and feed in the strength
(,f th© Lord, In tho majesty of the name
of the Lord his God; and they shah
abide; for now shall he ne great unto the
ends of the earth."
So wroto the Prophet Mlcah 750 years
f3. .?E® >seph and Mary camo from the
(rallileean " "
. , . -—II of Nazareth to their an-
found in his own family except on rare ; central home in the city ot David to be
taxed. There was no room In the Inn
and the infant Jesus was born in the
stable, and was laid in a manger That
most tremendous lait in all tne history
ot the human race IV annually celebrated
on the day we call Christmas. Tomorrow
will be Christmas Daj wherever the Gre-
gorian < aiendar is m use and tnirteen
•lays hence will be Chris Unas Day in
those countries which cling to the Julian
calendar.
Already Bethlehem Is thronged with de-
vout pilgrims from every Christian land,
while tho ii ns and hospices ami con-
vent?# ol nearby Jerusalem are <rowd» d
weed who like Little ! , who will keep the Christmas
• ' ' vigil at Bethlehem. No one knows on
rim Sullvan, had never tested either j what day of what month Je.us was born,
liquor or tobacco, and who had never {'"rf^s (I**
iho .tnnlversarj of the lilrth of tho
I'ntii r of iV-aof The Chrislmus spirit Is
the most beautiful of till holiday expn
occasions, though he may not be a
bit stingy with his medicines ordi-
narily.
Our prohibition friends may not
know it, but there are many liquor
dealers and barkeepers who never
sample their own goods. One of the
best judges of liquors aud cigars in a
iltiias and the
smoked a cigar. He judged them
solely by his sense of smell. It is a
fact, too, that the saloon keeper of
the better class seldom, if ever, has
a very kindly feeling for the "boozer"
or would not prefer his absence to his
sions of i !n* kindly qualities width dignify
and make g »<illl{p tho oft-erring nature
: of man. ;t Is At tills season of the year
that alt men ar« impelled to emulate
| the unselfishness of hint whose birtlidav
it Is.
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preach and practice temperance than is[['a"ui
to encourage intemperance, and often
he will refuse to sell more drink to
one who has already had enough.
Of coutse there are exceptionr, and
also it must be known that there is
quite a difference between the cus-
tomer who takes a little stimulant for
his stomach's wake or the convivial
spirit and the boozer, who is more or
less of a nuisance wherever he may
be and who, of course could never
be expected to succeed in anything
.vurit that Bei-hlehein wluci
10 day of Herod. It is inter-
sting also to consider Bethlehem of 1UJ9.
lie Hue hem today is a small city of about
< ijiit thousand inhabitants. Jt is only six
miles iroin Jerusalem, a pleasant after-
noon carriage ride. Jt ia the oldest city
in all tin- noly .Land, and one of toe
oldest In the world, for, unlike the oilier
cities of the ancient, world, it never lias
been destroyed. Protected by its insig-
nit'icatu<! it has escaped unscathed toe
succession of destructive invasions which
wiped out Jerusalem and the greater
cities. Bethlehem was a city before
Abiaham lelt Ur 01 tho Chaldees, it
was here tr.at Rachel was buried,
that Ruth married Beaz. that Davi«l was
born.
It is a remarkable fact that the popu-
lation of Bethlehem is altogether Chr'st-
ian, there being no Mohammedans ex-
pt the soldiers and police, and no Jews
except in boozing.
In one of the smaller towns of West j tfT&o'FKJ,"tfew'ftrTa^cVaT
Texas there used to be a saloon that HetWellem'eonHn^elo'deserve fhe'repu-
hung out as Its si.n;n: "The Road to i tation they have borne for nearly forty
centuries lor their peculiar beauty. We
English oak and was built by King Ed-
ward IV of England at about the time
Christopher ( oiumbus was seeking means
for uis epoch-making voyage. Yet with
all its interest, its antiquity and the no-
bility of Jts architecture the nave is a
barren and desolate place In which no
religious services are held and which i':
used only as a corridor through which
to reach tho chapels beyond.
The Chapel of the Nativity is a natural
cave in the rock, which ii reached by
two Malreases descending from the choir.
The cave it encased with marble and
decorated, or desecrated, according to
one's individual opinion, by scores of
paintings, figures of saints, gaudy tinsel
hangings, dirty embroidery and the like.
On the east side of the Grotto is a re- i
cess, the roof of which is the uffcoveren
natural rock In the pavement of this j
recess Is set a silver star, which indi- |
rates the spot where our Savior was
born, and around it is the inscription
quote/1 above.
Over the star hang sixteen silver lamps,
constantly burning Six of these belong ,
to
flv
a plai , „
these thr v sects in turn. It is a narrow
little room, thirty-three feci long and
only eleven feet wide, into which Is con-
stantly crowding a steady stream of de-
vout worshipers. They fall on tneir faces
before the recess In the rock and kiss
the silver star in a very frenzy of re-
ligious emotion.
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There is no light except from the tiny
lamps, th. ro is no ventilation fit all, and
surely there must be miraculous inter-
ference in behalf of the devout or tho
Grotto would become the greatest clear-
ing house, and distributing station f<»r
germs and microbes in all the world. In
a nearby Giotto, ii place most sacred to
The politicians of Texas are respectful-
ly invited to put up their knives and Join
in the festivities.—Kerrvllle Mountain
Star.
The Post is all the time talking about
"Heavenly Houston." Well, we suppose
it I* better for a "feller" to have his
heaven on earth than not to have it at.
all.—Waxahachle Light.
Corn and hay are coming into Bartlett
by the carload, and yet the supply is
not sufficient for the demand. Quite a
contrast in this and last year, when feed-
stuff was being shipped from here in
car lots.—Bartlett Tribune.
♦ ♦ ♦
If you don't happen to believe that it
costs money to bund and maintain rail-
roads, just write to Governor Tom and
ask him to tell you what he knows about
those two little loads owned by the great
State of Texas.—Laredo Times.
♦ ♦
William Jennings Bryan thinks Senator
Charles Culberson is the right kind of
Democrat. We think so, too, but you
may watch for the fireworks and a vig-
orous fight on Charlie. There are some
Democrats (?) in Texas who consider
' * • * ill i \ in i I 111 || K . I A ' 11 I I it Pr l il* |« ' I. | f „ , ,
the Greek*, five to the Latins and I P^son, and they want
e to the Armenians. Nearbv there is! D ier.i ?T 1 Bryan com-
plain altar which Is used by each of mends.—Palestine Herald.
There are 20,000 Li Pasoans who would
have taken to the tall limber last nignt
if the tall timber had been hanly, all
because Colonel Lane touched the snow
button and turned on the beautiful Just,
when we had succeeded in making our
visitors belicne that it could sometimes
get cold, but that it ne/er rained, never
snowed and the wind never blew in this
sun-kissed land.—El Paso Times.
♦ ♦ ♦
If the avenge heft eats three pecks
of corn per year, as poultry keepers fig-
ure, two dozen eggs at current market
lates in Beaumont will pay for her feed.
Roman Catholics, lived for the greater having ail ihe rest she may lay in Lie
part of -is life St. Jerome who trans-, course of a year as pioflt, and you wi!l
lHtecl the Bible into the Vulgate. 1 his j still have the hen. At leist 'his is th"
Ruin." The man behind the bar served
his customers according to their de-
tires and took the coin offered in ex-
change for his ivares with expressions
of appreciation. On one occasion a
customer, clamping his fist on tbe bar,
demanded "the best in the hoi
The Express Santa Claim Lady has
made the acquaintance of more (ban
a thousand poor children who wish lo
hear from Santa Claus, and sho Is do-
ing her level best to bring a little
Christmas cheer to every one of them.
Christmas Is so near now that we
can almost hear the sleigh bells as
Santa Claus approaches.
Forest Conservation.
Europe is conquering the waste
land problem by planting trees, says
a bulletin of the Forestry Service.
Bverv year thousands of acre? of lend
are being reclaimed in this way by
the leading countries and put in con- i
dition preparatory to a profitable tim- j
ber harvest in the years to come.
Forest areas that have been cut over j
have been replanted and dunes aud
waste lands not well suited for agri-
culture have been valuable as timber ,
producers Of course it is some jears
after tho trees are planted before the
timber is available, but not much
trouble or labor has been spent upon
it tr. the meantime, and so the limber J
Is practically all profit when it is
ready to he cut.
France is said to be foremost in
reforestation, especially in the moun-
tains. where tree-planting has been a
powerful factor in controlling tor
rents and regulating stream flow.
Bvjry year the government buys un- j
cultivated lands In the mountain re-
gions for forestIzatlon and conserva-
tion A striking example of the result
of planting waste lands Is cited In
the reforestizatlon of the "Karst" in j
Austria. The Karst is a stretch of ;
barren limestone land embracing;
about 600,000 acres. For centuries
it was timber land, but excessive cut- j
ting and burning had left It a waste j
almost beyond recovery until the gov- !
ernment began to offer help to land-
owners who would undertake forest J
planting there. At present two thirds |
of the area is under forest, partly as
a remit of planting at n cost of about j
$iU an acre and partly as a result of
protection which made natural re-
cuperation possible.
Germany has been practicing for- I
estry for so long a time that the |
greater part of the available lanj is
already covered with trees, but nil j
possible encouragement and -insist-
ence is given !o communities ir pri-
vate land-owners who plant waste
lands, freedom from tnxntlon In such
easts being granted for twenty years.
Switzerland probably goes farther In
the matter of forest, conservation than
an> of the other foreign countries in
requiring that whenever forests are
converted into farming and pasture
lands an equal area may lie ordered
reforested
We have not quite got to such a
point yet in reforestizatlon, but tlv;
Government Is doing Its utmost In
lhat behalf in the matter of sending
out encouraging litemtuno 8t least.
re;ui In th« Old Testament nf tho young
David's beautiful ruddy countenance. The
young tit'1!) (,t Bethlehem today have tho
same ruddy cheeks, and possess a ilo-
gree of physical beauty rat- heyonel that
or any other Syrians. As the races liav;
changed completely this peculiar health-
ful beauty is due, no doubt, to tho tact
that Bethlehem ts the center of a small
, region of wonderful fertility, and its peo-
ple &et -nougli to eat, which cannot be
whereupon the barkeeper set before ! Kri111 Inhabitants of many other
, . . towns in I'alestlne.
him a glass of cold water. The cus- 1 Bethlehem's narrow, steep and slippery
tomer stared in amazement and asked- ! ?*reets „arp not, distinguishable from
tu 1 an(1 &sK«a- 1 those of anv other small Syrian town.
"Is that the best you have?" "The 1 every stranger, every visitor and
. , . every pilgrim goes through them quickly
best drink in the house is what you tou|that rortress-liko group of buildings
asked for and there is not better drink
than cold water," quietly answered
the man behind the bar. That was
not the customer's Idea, however, and
£o he was given what he called for
under another name.
Little Tim Sullvan has passed to
the great beyond and so has the man
who conducted "The Read to Ruin
but both were examples and
of temperance in their way, and
though they kept liquor for sale, they
never drank It themselves nor ad-
vised any others to do so.
which is known an the Chureh of the
Nativity. Unlike the Chureh of the Holy
Sepulchre in Jerusalem, there is no dis-
turbing doubt. There I3 every reason to
believe that the cave over which the
church If built Is actually the very place
of the nativity of tho Lord, and that his-
torical truth Justifies the Inscription
within the cave: "His de Vlrglne Maria
Jesus Ohristup Natus est." "ifere of the
Virgin Mary Jesus Christ was born!"
♦ ♦ ♦
The nave of the chureh is the common
i to Ruin/' j property of all Christians, and it Is the
1 niu.1. most ancient example of Christian ar-
. preacnetQ chitecture extant. Tt was completed lr.
the year 330 A. D. by the Emperor Con-
stantino, although begun by his mother, j
the Empress Helena. Its roof Is of stout
greatest of the laitin fathers devoutly
believed in the authenticity of the site
or' the Grotto of the Nativity, and here
in the fourth Century he lived and
wrought ids immortal work for the
Church of Christ.
Over the Orotto arp two chapels. In
which services are In progress almost
continually. The Greeks have one side
and the Latins the other, and there arc
Mohammedan soldiers constantly on
guard to prevent trouble. It was a
quarrel oetween the Greeks and the
Latins which caused the Crimean War.
it is a fortunate thing that the Latin
and the Greek celebrations of Christ-
mas do jiot come on the same day. The
Church of St. Catherine, over the Giot-
to and the neighboring Franciscan mon-
astery, arc welcome havens of refuge
from the dirt and filth of the common
part of the church. In all Palestine the
Roman Catholic Church stands for clean.
llnesS.
Comprised within the fortress-like edi-
fice are three convents of the Latin,
the Greek and the Armenian Churches.
Krom the roof of the Armenian monas-
tery one has a view of the hillside upon
which the young David tended his flocks,
and upon which were gathered the shep-
herds who head the angelic chorus in
that first great Christmas carol. The hill-
side now is cut into terraces, and 's
carefully tilled and tended by the keep-
ers of the vineyards. There are several
small towers on the slope of the hill
built for the accommodation of the watch-
men who keep guard in the night over
the fields and vines.
One comes out of the church to be
beset by a pack of ravenous wolves *n
the guise of souvenir sellers. It ts
shameful to tell, but the very worst of
these Importunate rascals hall from the
United States. The spirit, of reverence
and devotion Inspired by the church and
way the Bryan Eagle figures it out, and
j it would seem that there was a chance
tor 0 good profit in hens.—Beaumont En-
| tcrprlse.
♦ ♦ ♦
1 Of all the chronic kbkers who make
tho an a trade, the cranks who kick the
powers are the lowest on the grade; they
kick if you forget them in a notice of
a fight, and lift the very ceiling if their
namaa are not spelled right; they kick
because their paper is silent on their
lads, and kick a little harder when It
has a run of ads; they kick when dunned
for money, and when at last they pay,
they leave you with a blessing which
takes your breath away.—Stamford Trifa-
un a.
♦ ♦ ♦
A full pantry, an opulent smokehouse,
and a stretch of good roadway to the
1 eighboring market—that Is the Omar of
the Texas farmer man who diversifies
his crc ps and whose citizenship responds
to progress of the sort that makes for
the peace and cprnfort of mankind. The
big red barn and the little red school
house attest that fact.—Fort Worth Star-
Tele gram. Conditions are certainly reg-
ulating themselves a a very satisfactory
manner. The future looks particularly
bright and promising.—Denison Herald.
Score another for Texas just to keep
the record straight. Returning to Fort
Wonh from Chicago, at noon, when he
attended the International Fat Stock
Show that ha* Just closed, Capt. S. B.
Burnett announced that the three cars
of cattle which he had on exhibition
there and which were raised on his King
County 66Q6 ranch, not only captured the
first prize in their class, but also sold
after the show was over for the highest
"Both rich and poor of Northern Mex-
ico arc alike grateful to San Antonio
I and Texas In general for what was dona
in relieving the dlsireau In that country
i "luring the recent floods," said Philip
' llunna, th<? consul genera! in the north-
ern part of the republic. Mr. H ums. -*
a guest at the Uuntcr Hotel, although
J)is j nine la not on the register, lie
11 ereiy wafted into the new hotel, w;n
assigned to his room and then was lust
am ug the assemblage 0/ guests.
Mr. H.vnna Just now is recuperating
from a prolonged illness and tu make his
recove ry more speedy is going to North-
ern Texas to visit his mother, who is
r.ow in this State.
Mr. ilanna did not wish to be "inter-
viewed.' There was so much he said,
he oould say at a latei lay, concerning
Mexico and what is doing there
"Nicaragua! Never! ' He could not
touch upon that subject. There was noth-
ing to say about that.
"But," said he. "the people of Monte-
rey are grateful for what was done lor
them during tho recent floods. Ah, Sail
Antonio! Yes, San Antonio was the first
crie with relief—are tne people there
grateful? Indeed 30. it could not be
otherwise."
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Every employe on the great T.vft es-
tates which the President visitsd In Oc-
tober last, has an autographed letter
from the Chief Magistrate It is an ex-
piession of appreciation for what was
done at that time to make the day >f
the foremost citizen ol the Nation u
pleasant 0110 in Texas, at least. Tho
story of this was told yestei lay after-
noon at the St. Anthony Hotel by Joseph
F. Green, who is managing the Tai't es-
tates at the coast.
It was Mr. Green who made so restful
the stay of th ? President at the ranch of
his brother, Charles P. Taft. And -»ir.
Green should know, for lie provided
without stint for every member In the
President's personnel.
But just now it is the home ties that
Is bringing Mr. Ore-an here. Ho is here
tr meet, his sister, Mrs. Alonzo Thacker
of Ohio, and then there are Mr. and Mrs.
L. Meade, also of tne same State. They
are all coming t<» Texas for a br'cf Na-
tation to spend the Christinas holidays.
M j* ,»*
T>r. J F. Tourtellotte, voter*a of the
Civil War, a retired banker of Minneap-
olis, ia at the Menger Hotel.
Tall and erect, although with many
years weighing down upon his shoulders,
Dr. Tourtellotte does not "look the part"
of one who has gone through th.? mill,
so to speak. He lias been an annual vis-
itor to San Antonio for the last four
years ar.d is again this year accompanied
by his wife.
"There are going to be," said he "a
great many families of Minnesota hero
this year. More so than in years gone
by. Many of those who would have gone
to California are coming here, for they
have heard that San Antonio has rnw
and additional hotels and that one may
now come and be assured of a place to
stay.
"San Antonio is appealing to th^m and
they have answered the call. Climatic
conditions, notwithstanding the present
spell of weather, are just as good as
California. That counts for a great deal.
Mr. Tourtellotte was a surgeon In tho
navy during the four years' strife be-
tween the North and South. He served
much of his time in Southern waters and
then was for several years stationed in
the waters of Pacific South America.
For the last ten years ha has been re-
tired from business—merely enjoying tho
fruits of life of his earlier years.
its associations is destroyed in the neces- 1 prices ever brought on the Chicago mar-
sar.v quarrels with these venders of
supposedly holy relics. One hates to be-
lieve, but be is so compelled that the
larger portion of the people of Bethle-
hem make their living by trndlng upon
the snnctltv and holiness of their city.
Despite th" annoyances and the sacri-
leges Bethlehem vet must claim the In
ket for this class of cattle. Texas is on
the map, Texas is winning right along
and Texas is going to win right along.—
Dallas Times-Herald.
General Estrada thinks Ms decisive
victory over the govarnment forces at
Kama practically disposes ot tho op- j
position, and that President MadrU '
might Just ns well acknowledge the
enrn and surrender the government.
But President Madriz, like Bre'r Rab-
bit, "he just lay low and say noth-
ing "
\ MONEY DICTATORSHIP
VARIED VIEWS OF POLITICS
Tt seems that tt ts not so much what
policies ttie various candidates for Gov-
ernor stand for ns it is what are ilietr
personal opinions of each other, and how
they stnnri on the Bailey ijuestlon '.hat
constitutes their fitness for the job.—
Kaftle Pass News-Guide.
♦ ♦ ♦
Colquitt Is mad and Is now paradi.iR
up and down the Mr State venting Ills
Tile weather of the past ■several
days has not been just the sort that ! BP'ren "r|d tongue-lashlnit some other
Christmas shoppers would most ap- "
predate, hut it has been fine for the
farmers and stockmen, who wouldn't
object to a continuance of It until thi>
pround has been thoroughly soaked to
a great depth.
The gocd little boys and girls will
hang up their stockings and go to bed
early tonight and will cover their lit-
tle faces and lie perfectly still so as
pot to frighten Fanta Clans away when
he conies wl.h his toy-laden pack to
fill the stockings.
" 'Twas the night before Christmas,
when all over the house not a crea-
ture whs stirring, not even a mouse,"
r.nd th' next morning there was racket
enough to make up for all the still-
ness of the night before.
There are still a few days left in
which to pay (hat poll tax and .icqulre
tile tight, to take part in the elections
to be held next year.
A Holiday.
Borne day, oM pal. we'll ilvop the work
and car®
And ijrlnd that comes with years of
toll,
And seek the sylvan shade® and babbling
brooks
Away from bustle and turmoil
And for a brief time we will live again
The simple life and taste the simple
Joy*
And dream once more of possibilities
That thrilled with hope when you and
1 were I107/S.
We'll climb the hills and seek the wood-
land path
Where berrleu ripened on the summer
day.
Or lingering nenr the peaceful, glassy
lake.
Will while tbe fleeting hours away
Ore day of rest and retrospect like this,
One brief return to scenes of child-
hood, bright,
Will bless. Invigorate and cheer
And make life's weary burden all seem
bright.
—Scraiton Tribune.
Pointed Paragraphs.
It'* human nature to want to roost a
little higher than your neighbor.
Men are natural-born listeners; if they
can't buy parrots, they get married.
The power of an argument may depend
on the compressed air back of It.
Many a woman ceapes to believe In love
at first sight after marrying that way.
A girl never has very much respect for
a man's Judgment If his neckties don't
match his complexion.—Chicago hews.
gubernatorial candidates— while he call
the peoples' bread. Colquitt Is a politi-
cian of the first water, but Just talk will
never elect a Governor of Texas.—Nacog-
doches Sentinel.
Politics makes strange bedfellows, and
it also estranges good friends. For in
stance, Dr. Rankin is now making love
to Cone Johnson and Cone is throwing
kisses at the doctor. And in thus making
love to Cone. Dr. Rankin had to jiit his
real love, Hob Davidson. But politics Is
politics, you know, and I>r. Rankin Is
playing the gnme according to his rulrfM.
—Corpus Christ I Herald.
♦ ♦ ♦
Cone Johnson ignored William poln-
dexter In his Wichita Falls speech. He
admitted the living presence of Colquitt,
Davidson and Brooks. In 1887 Poindext^r
was making State-wide prohibit on
speeches and Johnson was on the firing
line for the antls. And now Polndex'- r
Is dismissed by the Tyler statesman wtt '
out a thought—or a reference. "De aun '
don't move, Brother Polndexter.—Dail.vi
Times-Herald.
♦ ♦ ♦
The Tribune is not especially concerned
as to the candidacy of Judge Polndev^r
for Governor nor in the complaints he
prefers against certain Journals r.nd
newspaper men. But we print his latect
statement in full, as a part of the litera-
ture of the campaign, and also In fairness
to him. ns we believe Judge Poindext^r
to be a distinguished and reputable cltl-
sen of Texas, who is worthy of respft-
ful attention. If we did not feel sure
that the election of General Davidson
will be the best thing that can occur
next year for Texas—politically, we mean
—we would support Judge Poindexfer
willingly enough, and trust the ship < f
State to his hands far more confidently
than to Hon. Cone Johnson. Tho Cle-
burne man Is more of a statesman, a id
we have no quarrel with him because
be Is loyal to Mr. Palley. Doyalty to a
friend Is commendable. We want to »«iy
to Judge polndexter, though, that we
know more about Texas newspapers and
Texas newspaper men than he does, and
we do not know of any one of the papers
of the State that we think Is "subsidized"
or the paid organ of the liquor intercut.
We think he does men who are fully
honest and patriotic as the members ef
his profession great Injustice. It's a hot
campaign, though, and the Judge's fervor
may be indulged. -Waco Tribune.
A Symoathetlc Listener.
Adelaide's sister was playing a sad.
plaintatlve air on the piano. Adelaide
had been listening and she said to her
mother. "Mamma, don't you feel sorry
for that piece?"—The Delineator.
Wary.
Thompson -Suppose ft man should call
you a liar, what would you do?
Jcnes (hesltatlng]v\.
Jewish Ledger.
-Whu — — •—
The Secretaries Association of Texas—
_ , , . ,, those "criminals" as tho administration
terest of the visitor as a most remark- j ar)tj KOme followers asserted—have start-
able cltv. For here was born that Jjjan 1 e(j something that is going to entitle
whose Influence has been greater than them to a full term under the bull whip
(tint rf nnv other son of wnmin. anrt and tho leather, if "you don't watch out."
The members of that, orgmizatloa have
1 raised the cry for mora factories in Tex-
: as, more homes for homeseekers. more
| progress and more capital to exploit the
j unknown resources—and known ».nes, too
—In the great Lone Star Commonwealth.
The "criminals" ought tc be made to
get right in the push and be driven at
a long gait In tht* rapid march of
progress that rex as is abcut to take up.
Push it along.—Nacogdoches Sentinel.
♦ ♦ ♦
•r,, . , T 1 Press reports atato that 2u0 boys at-
Plerpont Morgan s Equitable Life j tending the Agricultural and Mechanical
other son of woman, and
from tills lenst nmong th« elties of Judah
ca.nie forth Christ, Christianity and
Christmas.
Tomorrow: The Ho'v I.and.
V—Christmas In Bethlehem.
Assurance Society refuses to buy any of
the 4 per cent bonds Issued by Dallas
County. Texas, because the Texas leg-
islature has had the audacity to enact an
Insurance law that is displeasing to Mr.
Morgan's company.
Here follows the letter of the Eqult-
able's vice president to the county Judge
of Dallas County:
"The Hon. John L. Young, County
Judge of Dallas County, Dallas, Tex.—
My Dear Sir: I have the honor to ac-
knowledge receipt of your letter In
which, on behalf of Dallas County, you
offer for sale county bonds.
"I have read with grent Interest what
you say respecting the bonds as well as
the financial statement of Dallas County.
I have no doubt of the soundness of these
securities and their desirability as an In-
vestment.
"We should be very glad to h»p' the
bonds, but as under the extraoidinary
laws of Texas, enacted and approved by
the present administration of your State,
this society, together with nearly all
other strong and reputable life insurance
companies which had been doing busi-
ness in Texas, was compelled to retire
from the State, we cannot invest in Tex-
as securities, nor can we loan money in
that State without Jeopardy. Fo? this
reason we cannot become bidders tor tho
attractive bonds you submitted to us.
Respectfully yours,
"W. A. DAY, Vice President."
It Is stated In a Dallas dispatch that
"as 110 Eastern financiers have offered
to buy any of the bonds. It would seem
that all have taken a stand similar to
that noted by Mr. Day."
let. It bo observed that there is "no
doubt of tlie soundness of these securi-
ties,'' no doubt of "their desirability us
an Investment," no doubt of the excel-
lence of Dallas County's credit. The
bonds are boycotted by the New York
money trust solely because the Texas
Legislature, in the exercise of a rover-
elgn power, has enacted laws that are
offensive to Mr. Morgan's life insurance
company and the other Insurance com-
panies allied with the money trust.
The World Is not defending the Texas
Insurance code. It may be a very harsh
and objectionable statute. We are mere-
ly calling attention to this latest method
of Wall Street finance to coerce States
and to punish States that do not Rovern
themselves In accordance with Wall
Street's wishes. Today It Is Texas that
is disciplined for Its Insurance code. To-
morrow county bonds in some other
State may be boycotted because of rail
road legislation that Is offensive to the
money trust. The next day the United
States Government may feel the weight
of money trust displeasure oecause Con-
gress has not been sufficiently consider-
ate of "vested rights."
Among the grent Insurance companies,
banks and Maist companies there it- now
a community of Interest the like of which
the country has never before known.
After Mr. Morgan bought the Equitable
from Thomas F. Ryan a Wall Street op-
erator was quoted in a financial news-
paper as saying that any man might
experience much difficulty In borrowing
a million dollars In New York, regardless
of his security. If Mr. Morgan wr.u un-
willing that he should have the money.
The Dallas County case may now be
cited In evidence. •
This community of Interest is not con-
Collegc are actually living in tents
I Hamlin Hera 11. That report is true. The
Thirty-first. Legislature made an appro-
! prtation to enlarge the buildings suffi-
j ciently to accommodate all the boys at
j the Agricultural ami Mechanical College,
but the Governor cut It out upon "con-
stitutional" grounds. Tlvj next Jover-
ror and Legislature will be likely to work
; in harmony and will see to it that the
| A. M. boys will be provided with com-
j fortablc quarters in the future. The peo-
ple of Texas are tired of cheap politics,
especially when it interferes with the
efficiency of one of the most important
Institutions in the State—Fort Worth
Star-Telegram.
♦ ♦
The proper way to rectify the wrongs,
and we coincide with the Honey Grove
Signal in the following: "There is one
bright spot in the proceedings of the pen-
itentiary investigation, a golden page In
a book of rottenness a bright and glit-
tering star peeping out from a black
cloud of she me and disgrace. Col. W R
Rutherford, an old ex-Confederate, testi-
f.ed that, while a guard at the peniten-
tiary. he saw a sergeant punishing an
Innocent convict, and asked him to de-
sist. This the sergeant refused to do.
Then the old veteran raised his shotgun
and informed the sergeant that if he
struck the convict again he would con-
vert his carcass Into a lead mine, per-
haps tbe beat way to prevent brutalities
in the penitentiary would be to place a
veteran of the Colonel Rutherford type
in each camp and furnish shotguns and
ammunition."—Georgetown Commercial
fined to New York. The great Wall
Street banks and tho great Insurance
companies, through their financial reln-
tions and alliances with outside banks,
reach to nearly every part of the country.
More and more they are coming to dic-
tate the terms on which the American
people are permitted to do business. Not
satisfied with this power, they have he-
gun, as the Dallas case shows, to dictate
the terms on which States may govern
themselves.
Whether Dallas County can dispose of
$875.1)00 In 4 per cent bonds is of no great
public Importance, except for the extra-
ordinary circumstances of this financial
boycott. Money has publicly offered no
more insolent challenge to free institu-
tions since the World, during the second
Cleveland administration, smashed the
Morgan-Belmont bond syndicate, which
ruul to Ken the Government of the United
States Itsolf by the throat.—New York
World.
Not a Suffragist, Yet.
During the Presidential campaign the
question of woman suffrage was much
discussed among women, pro and con, and
at an afternoon tea tho conversation
turned that way between the women
gitests.
"Are you a woman suffragist?" asked
the one who was most Interested.
"Indeed. I am not," replied the other,
most emphatically.
"Oh, that's too bad; but. Just supposing
you were, whom would you support In the
present campaign?"
"The same man I've always supported,
of course," was the apt reply; "my hus-
band.''—Judge.
FORTY YEARS AGO TODAY.
(San Antonio Dally Express, Dec. 24, 1M9.)
In general field orders No. the major
general announces from the depot on r«ie
North Canadian at the Junction of Reaver
('reek, Indian Territory, the defeat by
the Seventh Regiment of Cavalry if a
large band of Cheyentto Indians, under
the celebrated chief, Black Kettle, rein-
forced by the Arapahoes, under Little
Raven, and Klowas, under Satanta, on
November 27. on the Washita River, near
Antelope Hills. Loss to the savages was
]ti3 warriors killed, Including Black Kot-
tle; the capture of f.3 squaws and chil-
dren, 875 ponies. 1121 buffalo robes and
skins, f>35 pounds of powder. 10T>0 pounds
of lead, 4000 arrows. 700 pounds of fo-
bacco, besides rifles, pistols, saddl?s,
bows, lariats and immense quantities cf
dried meat and other winter provisions;
the complete destruction < f their village
and almost total annihilation of this In-
dian band.
♦
There was another sheriff and admin-
istrators' sale in Goliad last Tuesday.
Lands brought from 3 to 36 cents an acre;
corn, twelve miles from town, 25 to 35
cents, greenback, per bushel; saddle po-
nies. $r, to $12. specie, per head. Just
think of it-land in Texas 3 cents per
acre and horses $5 each.
♦- ♦ ♦
The sun was out In all Its glory yes-
terday. and people housed up for nearly
a week were out in every direction
stretching their limbs and exercising.
HE HELPED HARRIMAN.
Julius Kruttschnitt, a Famous Jew
and Great Railroad Man.
A railroad man. by the saying of E. H.
Harrlman, must make himself. Garet
Garrett, writing In the December Ameri-
can Magazine, thinks that Julius Krutt-
Bchnit.t did. He says:
"Julius Kruttschnitt comes of distin-
guished Jewish stock. His uncle was
Judah P. Benjamin, probably the most
brilliant man of bis race this country
ever knew. 'Brains of the Confederacy*
was he. according to historical legend.
His enemies called him 'a Hebrew with
Egyptian principles.' because he stoutly
upheld and defended the legal claims of
the institution of slavery. He was United
Suites Senator from Louisiana from 18T»2
until secession, and then he entered the
Cabinet of Jefferson Daivts. When the
war ended he fled to Great Britain,
studied law all over again and became
a very distinguished English barrister.
He was the Benjamin of 'Benjamin on
Sales,' an authority to tills day among all
lawyers.
"Judah P. Benjamin's nephew. Julius
Kruttschnitt. Is director of maintenance
and operation of tho whole Harrlman
system. Only railroad people know
Kruttschnitt. and surprisingly few of
them know him ns a man. None too
amiable upon new acquaintance, abrupt,
aggressive and socially Inaccessible, he
wept when Harrlman died. He Is six
years older than Judge Lovett, whom
the bankers mad * chairman of the Union
Pacific and Southern Pacific boards.
Kruttschnitt was spoken m,' but the
bankers knew Lovett better. Perhaps
they thought Kruttschnitt too effleilent
where he is to be experimentally trans-
posed. He is probably the most efficient
operating man in the West. He was
born fifty-five years ago In New Orleans,
graduated from the < ngineering school
of the Washington and lee University
In 1873, taught civil engineering for a
while, and then in 1873 entered railway
service as resident engineer in charge of
construction on Morgan's Louisiana &.
Texas Railroad. lb' became assistant
general manager of the Southern Pacific
lines east of El Paso in 18D5, and when
Harrlman got the Southern Pacific,
Kruttschnitt was general manager of
all lines, with headquarters at £\an Fran-
cisco. Almost at once Harrlman discov-
ered his capabilities and made him direc-
tor of maintenance and operation of the
wholo Union Pacific-Southern Pacific
system. He passionately admired ller-
riman and defended him as vehemently
as Judah P. Benjamin, fifty years be-
fore, defended the Institution of slavery."
Womnn's Instinct.
"He has succeeded ever since he took
his wife Intc the business.
"Yes; the first thing she did was to
make the waste as small as possible."—
Puck.
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