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THE SAN ANTONIO DAILY EXPRESS: FRVDA.Y MORNING, APRIL 8, 1909.
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Prohibition With a Vengeance.
If the bill passed by the House
Inown as the Fitzhugh bill—but com-
pletely metamorphosed by amend-
raents and alterations so that Its origi-,
nal author repudiated it—should , 'oad earnings.
A North and Sooth Railroad.
It has been known for some tlmo
that the l'Tisco system has contem-
plated the extension of its line to
San Antonio and thence to a gulf port
or to a connection with the Browns-
ville Railroad.
There is a good deal of uncertainty,
however, as to the starting point or
the rout# to be followed southward,
though in any e*vent It Is practically
<eriain that the line would be by way
of San Antonio.
When the Frisco built fronj Brown-
wood to Brady the general expectation
was that, the line would be extended
from that, point to San Antonio, and
probably it. would have been but for
adverse conditions that, seriously in-
terfered with railroad construction
in Texas. First, it was the disposi-
tion of the lawmaking power to im-
pose exactions and restrictions that
Rcvisiog the Tariff Schedules.
Senator Aldrleh says that when the
tariff bill has been completed It will
be seen that revision has been down-
ward, especially on the necessities of
life.
This Is in contravention of the Im-
pression entertained In some quarters
that revision would ho upward, that
while duties on some articles might
be lowered tlie general tendency
would he to Increase them for revenue
purposes, even where more protection
was not the incentive.
The proposition to levy duties on
tea and.coffeo was strenuously op-
posed and finally nhandoned because
it was a tax on the necessaries of life.
Inasmuch as these are articles of uni-
versal consumption. For the same
reason It was proposed to reduce the
tax on sugar and on lumber, but these
are products of home Industry which
demanded protection against foreign
competition. Hides were put on tin
iree list for the purpose of cheapening
shoes, but the cattle men seriously
object to this discrimination against
l heir interest and in the Aldrich bill,
which may be substituted for the
Payne, hides may be restored to the
dutiable list.
But, regardless of conflicting
OPENING INDIAN LANDS.
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
TOPICS OF THE TIMES
'PHB President will Issue a procl.ima-
™ Hon before long announcing that 1,-
200,000 ncres of land In the Flathead In-
dian resorvntlon, Montana, will be opi lied
to ontry and settlement probably next fall.
This will be done under a special act of
Congress. A commission appointed by the
President Is now engaged In-innpect.'ng.
classifying unit appraising all of lue lands
to be disposed of. Tbero will be flvo
classes of lar.d available for distribution.
Including agricultural, timber, mineral
and grazing. Thene lands may \m ob-
tained under ihe provisions of tlio l.onio'
stuad, mineral and townslte laws cf th*
United States. Most of the land Is igrl-
cultural and can be obtained In tracts of
1G0 acres each by the payment of an al-
most nominal price.
As there are over SO.000,000 people in
this country who would like to got some-
thing for nothing, a big demand for the
Flatnead lands Is expected. The method
of distribution la to be prescribed liy the
President. It will be In tho nature of a
lottery drawing l'ncln Sain does not to],
erate private lotteries, but periodically ho
operates one himself, ns will be tho case
at the Flathead opening. This Is not a
lottery In Its obnoxious sens/ however.
The Government Is paid nolmtig for the
were deemed discouraging to railroad
enterprise, and then it was the panic: j opinions and Interests, Senator Aldrich
nnd the consequent falling off in rail- ' declares thut tho revenue measure,
I when It finally reaches'the President
be no drinking on the premises where legislation, the business outlook
intoxicants of any kind are sold and ! more promising and thero seems
this means practically that the cus-
tomer will be provided with a bottle
or a Jug instead of being served over
the counter and that he must go out-
side to quench his thirst.
For the rigid enforcement of this
law where local sentiment may be
antagonistic, provision is made for
changing the venue to Travis County
in all cases arising under the law if
the local courts and Juries are as-
sumed to be neglectful or derelict in
enforcement of the law and it is also
provided that any county judge or
county attorney failing to do his duty
under the law may be removed from
office. The suit for violation of the
law may be Instituted in TraviB
County by the State Comptroller and
the accused must go there, with his
attorneys and witnesses, to defend
the suit.
This is the most drastic measure
that has been proposed in this notably
drastic legislature on the liquor ques-
tion. It is more objectionable in some
of its features, notably in the trial of
violations of the liquor law In the
Capital City, instead of In the place
v, here the offense was committed,
than a State-wide prohibitory law
would be and is in effect an effort to
enforce statutory prohibition.
It is said the Governor does not
approve the measure in its present
form and may not give It his official
eanctlon if it should come to him with-
out amendment
become a law it would mean an end | N°w conditions have improved, tor his approval will ho ucceptable as
of the retail liquor saloon as now con- j There Is less manifestation of hos- the best measure that could be framed
ducted in Texas. < tlllty to railroads and corporate en- j to meet all the requirements of both
The bill prescribes that there shall I terprise and less danger of hurtful i protection and revenue and as meet-
ing the ideas so freely and plaiuly ex-
pressed by tho President to make the
burdens of taxation as light as pos-
sible upon those who are least able
to bear them.
In rei'ising the schedules downward
there will be some encouragement to
imports, which will increase the rev-
enue, especially where th« duties have
been practically prohibitive and
where the American interest has been
overprotected. This has special ref-
erence to articles manufactured in this
country and sold abroad at consider-
ably less than is demanded of the
home consumer, »
In revising tho schedule upward, as
will be done in some cases, the effect
will be to increase the revenue by tho
added duties and at the same time to
afford more protection where more
protection Is needed. That will satisfy
tha Government as at present consti-
tuted, though it may not be entirely
satisfactory to all the members of the
dominant political party, as it certainly
will not be to the opposition party,
no matter how nearly perfect it may
be assumed by its authors to be.
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be a promising prospect of the Ion;;
looked for north and south railroad
that will open up a large scope of ter-
ritory that is without modern trans-
portation facilities and that should
be added to San Antonio's trade ter-
ritory.
It may not. be a Frisco proposition,
though. It may be an independent
line, having no connection with any
established system, and its destina-
tion may pot be Kingsvlllc, but the
north and south railroad is coming if
San Antonio can be aroused to its
importance and to some effort in its
behalf.
The Late Dean Richardson.
privilege of talking a rhance In tho Rain^
Tha only expenau involved for participants
will lie the roit of transportation to the
office of registration unrt a notary's fee.
The function of tiie notary will bo to take
affidavits that the applicants for home-
steads really wish to live on the farms
they hope to obtain from the Government.
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It is hoped by officials of the General
Land Office that it will be found prac-
ticable to provide facilities for registering;
applications for the Flathead lands in the | 0f me sentimentalist
leading cities of the country. That would | ♦ ♦ ♦
partment. The total area of these reser-
vations that are to be opened Is over 7,-
600,00ft acres, excluding tho Kiowa, Co-
manche and Apache reservations, Okla-
homa, the ureas of which are not Known.
During the current year, Ihe Interior De-
partment estimates that besides the Flat-
head reservation, there will be thrown
• •pen to settlement at least four or five
Indian reservations containing 072,000
acres, other openings *111 occur in 1910.
In each case, it is expected that the
system of drawing from the applications
received will be followed. It Is probable
that never again will there occur a big
land rush iufih as happened a number or
years ago when the Territory of Oklahoma
was set apart from the old Indian Terri-
tory. and was occupied by a horde of hun-
gry land seekers. In that case and In the
case of certain Indian reservations in the
past, huge crowds gathered along the
borders of the tract to be opened and at
a certain hour on a certain day, and at a
given signal started in a race for the best
lands. The results of the old system were
not satisfactory to any but the few Per-
sons who got. the most valuable lands.
There were freo-for-all fights over the
question of priority of claims leading to
endless litigation and other complications*
The opening of an Indian reservation
to sottlement does not mean, as may be
popularly supposed, that the Indians
thereon are deprived of their lands. Oft
the contrary, Ihe first step of the depart-
ment. when Congress authorizes the open-
ing of a reservation, is to see that earh
Indian Is given all the land he can use,
Including a honwstend of 160 acres, or a
smaller tract of Irrigable land, and prob-
ably some grazing and timber lands In
addition. The Indian is allowed to choose
his own laud. As the amount allotted to
him is as much as a white settler e.an
obtain from the Government, he is not
discriminated against, despite the ideas
Mae. Helena Modjeska.
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Mme. Modjeska, the eminent Folish
actress, is dead at her late home,
near Los Angeles. She was born in
jCracow, Poland, in 1844, and had be-
come a leading actTess in her own
country.
Her first appearance in Englisn
was in San Francisco and though she
liad at that time given but a few
months to the study of the lan-
guage she scored a brilliant triumph
in one of the Sardou plays and subse-
quently became famous throughout
this country as an interpreter of
Bhakesperean and other leading
roles.
Mme. Modjeska was especially com-
mended for her delineation of such
forceful characters as Lady Macbeth
and was at the same time effective in
some of the lighter roles, being es-
teemed by the critics as an ideal
Rosalind. She possessed the poetic
temperament and a most engaging
personality. She was christened
Helena Modrzejewski but after com-
ing to this country the name ,was
Americanized for stage purposes. She
was the wifft of Charles Bozenta
Chtapowakl, generally known as
Count Bozenta, who traveled with her
In a managerical capacity and who
survives.
Many years ago Mme. Modjeska pur-
chased a ranch near Los Angeles, on
which she lived for a time before ap<
pearing on the American stage and
which has since been her home when
not filling profes/onal engagements.
Several of her conwatrlots came to
this country to ie« asylum at the
same time as the actress and settled
in California near Los Angeles, when
that now important city was hardly
more than a village. One of the
actress' most distinguished country-
man was SienklewicE, who sojourned
for a time in the colony, was the au-
tfetr of "Quo Vadis" and one of
ICadJeeka'a closest friends.
Mme. Modjeska retired from the
stage some years ago, after a brilliant
•r, both in this country and
It waa a peculiarity la her
In the death of Dean Walter Raleigh
Aichardson San Antonio loses one of
her most venerated and best beloved
citizens, one who has christened and
conducted into wedlock hundreds of
those now living and whe has per-
formed the funeral rites for hundreds
whom he brought into the fold and
helped on tho road to righteousness.
For nearly two score years rector
of St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Dean
Richardson has seen San Antonio
transformed from a village to a pre-
tentious city and in all that time he
has been in close touch with its peo-
ple, guarding their footsteps and
ministering to their material, as well
as to their spiritual needs, for Dean
Richardson was a man of broad
charity and of unostentatious benevo-
lence.
From childhood to mature years the
long time residents of San Antonio
have known and revered 'and es-
teemed Walter Raleigh Richardson.
For many years past his patriarchal
figure has been familiar to many who
knew the man of God only by reason
of his christian offices and by tho
repute in which he was held, but
who shared the veneration and af-
fection felt for him by those who had
the honor and pleasure of a closer
acquaintance.
It might be said of Dean Richard-
son, reverently and with exactitude,
that he was one of the landmarks of
tho Alamo City. He had been here
so long and was so much a part of
the religious and social life of the
community that his taking away cre-
ates a void that will be felt for a
long time and that will sadden many
hearts. He was a good man In the
highest expression of that term, 0110
who not only walked In the path of
rectitude himself but encouraged and
stimulated others to do likewise and
whose precepts and example will be
an inheritance.
Dean Richardson was a man of
scholarly attainments and of fine
literary tastes. Though he made no
display of hiB achievements with the
pen he is reputed to have left some
mementoes of his accomplishment
worthy of preservation and of being
given to the world of readers. Many
of his sermons were literary gema,
worthy of being treasured and pre-
served and many of them are well
remembered.
May be rest in peace.
With 300 first-class race horses al-
ready in the stables at the Fair
Grounds and about two hundred more
en route there will be plenty of enter-
tainment for the lovers of turf sports
when the spring meeting opens at the
Fair Grounds course tomorrow. The
meeting will continue several days
and if the raceB are honest and the
touts absent It will make a fitting
finish to racing in San Antonio ac-
companied by books on the results.
The French government has decided
to expel Cyprlano Castro, former
President of Venezuela, from the
Island of Martinique on the ground
that his presence there is calculated
to foment a revolution in Venezuela,
using the French territory as a base.
As no other part of the hemisphere
seems to desire the company of Mr.
Castro he may be compelled to return
to Europe unless he can give bond to
keep the peace.
The rains of the past few days ap-
pear to have been quite generally dis-
tributed throughout the State and
have been of great value to the farm-
ers and stockmen, but there Is still
need for a good deal more of it.
be the Ideal way to throw open valuable
rmilan lands to th<> whole people. riien
the Jewish Immigrant at New York would
have nn equal chance with the cowooy or
the Western prairie to Ret a farm prac-
tically for nothing. The expense to the
Government and oilier difficulties Involved
In this plan would he great and It may not
he adoptod for that reason. If It is not,
the plan followed at the opening of tho
Rosebud Indian reservation, South Da-
kota, last year, may be adopted. In such
case applicants for lands will have to
register at various towns wher* there are
land offices In the vicinity of the Hat-
head reservation.
Even under such circumstances a,great
crowd of eager homescekers is expected.
Men and women will pay railroad fare for
hundreds of miles with the hope of getting
a "look In" at the Flathead opening. At
the Rosebud opening about 115,000 appli-
cations were filed and only (1000 namee
were drawn. The but thousand of theso
were entitled »o benefit from the drawing
only as possible substitutes for some of
the 6000 and odd persons who*" names
were drawn first, in case they failed to
comply with the law and i wi.bf intently for-
feited their lands. Fulfillment of the law
include! actual residence on tho land, the
making of improvements and partial pay-
ments periodically.
♦ ♦ ♦
The Flathead reservation should fur-
nish homes for 10.000 American homc-
hullders nnd it Is likely that irom ten to
twenty times that number will tile appli-
cations. The crucial point f the whole
affair will occur when tlvi drawing takes
place. At. the Rosebud opening Hint im-
portant function was performed by two
little girls and two little boys. One of the
girls was little Dema Rose, "the real Rose
of tho Rosebud," as she was called,
daughter of Mayor Rose of Dallas. S. D.,
a town situated on the outskirts of the
reservation. As theso children danced
around in Ihe pile of homestead applica-
tions. kicking them up with their tiny
feet, the emotions of tha crowd of appli-
cants present grew alternately hot and
cold. The strain was great, as tha draw-
ing lasted for several days. The names of
tho winners were announced by mega-
phone and on typewritten lists.
Those whose names are drawn first
have a right to first choice of the lands
thrown open and the first choice usually
falls upon lands In tho vicinity of the
trwnsites laid out by the Government. At
these townsltes small building lots are
sold to persons who prefer town life to
farming. The applicants for Indian lands
include young bachelors, and girls, mar-
ried men, seekers for health and wealth,
denizens of Eastern oltiea and Western
farmers, and many persons who, having
made a failure of life, are anxious to be-
gin all over again in a new country. The
losers are a dejected lot at first, but they
generally tajie their medicine like men
and go back to their homes determined to
accept the next chance of making good
that is offered by a benevolent govern-
♦ ♦
Resides the Flathead reservation. Con-
gress has authorized, during the past year
or two, the opening of a number of other
Indian reservations to settlement, prelim-
inary work In connactlon with which is
now being cerriftd on in tho Interior De-
If the liquor bill passed by the Sen-
ate should become a law there will ba
no distinction between the be&r saloon
and the liquor saloon and the high
license will force many of the smaller
beer saloons out of business. Evident-
ly the legislators do not regard beer
as a great temperance agent.
The city campaign is about to open
up with a blare of trumpets and a
dash. It has been nearlr a year since
politics excited much Interest, and
after the respite there Is some ap-
parent appetite for tee excitement.
Two years ago the Governor and
the Legislature were flocking to-
gether. This year they are reported
to be drifting apart. Such is politics.
The Texas onion Is now advertising
Texas abroad and helping along the
work of publicity.
The total approximate area of all In-
dian reservations In the I'nited States Is
about 45.000.000 acres. The number of
Indians In this country, excepting Alaska
and Including persons whose blood is
mixed with that of tho white and negro
races, Is 300,000, or about the same num-
ber estimated to have been found hero by
Columbus. If all theso Indians dwelt on
reservations, each would have 150 acres
of land. As a matter of fact, probably
not more than 50 per cent of tho Indians
live on reservations, and one-third of the
total number, members of the so-called
Flvo Civilized Tribes, reside In the present
Slate of Oklahoma. That la the largest
Indian population In one State. Kansas
has the smallest population of Indians
dwelling on reservations, about 1000. Tho
Osage Indians In Oklahoma ar« said to ho
the richest people on the face of the earth,
considering their average wealth. Other
Indians me land owners In many States
of the I'nion. The lands In what was for-
merly Indian Territory were allotted to
Individual Indians. and conseijuently
ceased to be reservations some time ago.
There are Indian reservations In twen-
ty-two States and Territories, stretching
nil the way from New York and North
Carolina to the Pacific coast, nnd from
Michigan and Wisconsin to Arlront and
New Mexico. Some of these reservations
have never been surveyed and their re-
sources can only be Imagined. Arizona
containa the largest area of Indian reser-
vations, aggregating over 10,000.000 ucres,
and Montana and South Dakota each have
7,000,000 acres. As compared with these
great areaB. either of which Is equal to
the areas of several New England Stales
combined, Kansas contains only 022 acres
of Indian reservations, Iowa 2965 acres.
Michigan over 3000 acres, North Carolina
63.000 acres and New York 87,000 acres.
♦ ♦ ♦
Thero are thirty-three Indian reserva-
tions In California, twenty-eight of them
being inhabited by Mission Indians. The
Indians are adopting tho Government s
plan of working for a living and last year
alone they got the Government to sell
$5 000,000 worth of their land, so that
they could enter other occupations than
that of farming.
The difficulty of dealing with the red
men is Increased by the variety or their
languages, customs and other characteris-
tics. Recently a request was received at
the Interior Department for a transition
of "the Indian language." In reply the
department stated that there are over 300
recognized different Indian languages and
dialects.
The policy of openino: Indian reserva-
tions to settlement is calculated to develop
the great West. It is the policy that has
heen pursued successfully for peveral
generations. Everything from the Atlan
tin to the Pacific, except the thirteen orig-
inal colonleHd»nd Texas was at one tlmo
or another public land. Out of it. twenty-
five States have grown. Although the
public land Is being entered at tho rate
of 20,000,000 acres a year, there Is still
unappropriated and unreserved about 800,-
000 000 acres In all. Assuming all to be
agricultural land. 5,000,000 people may yet
obtain homesteads.
(Copyright, 1303, by Frederic J. Haskin.)
Tomorrow: "The Salvation Army."
WHAT THE STATE PAPERS SAY
Poor Joe.
Joe Rogers? Well, to tell the truth, I
dunno where he Is although
I did hear that ha wrote a book—he al-
ways was half soft, you know;
Went down to New York or somewhere-
had writin's in tha magastnaa;
The teachers called him bright in school,
in apite of him not knowin' beans.
It's sad the way aome people go and let
the finest chances drop,
They say he might of stayed right hero
and worked in Fulton's butehershop;
Now there's his brother. Bill, gee whf*.
he's known all through this State!
They say
Hia battln'-s almost sure to get hiiji In a
major league some day.
No, 'taln't worth while to speak of Joe;
lila folka know where he Is, I guess;
I b'lieve he sends them money, still he
can't be havin' much succesa;
Why. If he dropped around thia way ha
. wouldn't git a single cheer.
The town 'ud take a holiday If Bill ahould
happen to appear.
—S. E. Klser in Chicago Record-Herald.
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Pointed Paragraphs.
Never kick a live wire when It'a down.
Poor pencils and dull boya are difficult
to aharpen.
It takes a pretty sharp remark to cut a
slow man to the quick.
A long yarn Is sometimes produced
from the threads of conversation.
If you would blind a man by throwing
dust In hla eyes, use gold dust.
When we call a man a brick we don't
mean that he la made of common clay.—
Chicago Newa.
<->
A Million Visiters a Year.
Independence Hall, which was bought
by the City of Philadelphia from the
State for a large sum. and on which
$300,000 haa been spent for restoration. Is
visited by an average of a mlllloa per-
a rear.—W- ' " " *
TEXAS SANCTUM SIDELIGHTS.
Ten acres of Lavaoa County dirt planted
In peanuts will enable the farmer to sleep
serene and calm when the boll weevil ap-
pears upon the stage a few weeks from
now.—Yoakum Herald.
♦ ♦ ♦
Sam Houston had just received Santa
Ana as a prisoner of war. Now and
forever Texaa is free! he exclaimed. Not
with the consent of the Tom-Tom tribe,
however.—Waco Times-Herald.
♦ ♦ ♦
Judging from the active Interest that
some of our enteiprlsli.tf citUenB are tak-
Ing In the establishment of a big crate
factory in Laredo the chances of its be-
ing in full operation before the shipment
of the next crop of onions commences 1*»
muy blen.—Laredo Times.
♦ ♦ ♦
Nine hundred and forty-nine school gar-
dens are attached to the twenty-nine
schools of the San Antonio school sjstem
and they are teaching the young to be
self-supporting and raislngfutm-cagrlcul-
turists for the State. There should be
moro attention paid to this tuanr.h of edu-
cation In Beaumont.—Beaumont Enter-
prise.
♦ ♦ ♦
The Denison Oasateer wants the
editor of the Denison Herald to buy a
house and build a aldewalk in front of it
before he lectures other people for not
building Sidewalks. That Is hardly fair.
The Herald Is a taxpayer and should ha\e
a voiee In the affairs that concern the
people, even If its editor prefers to pay
board or live In a rented house.—Sherman
Telegram
\ ♦ ♦ ♦
H. Bascom Thomaa was re-elected to
the Texas Senate, from which his brother
Senators, early in March, expelled htm-
His constituents, by their action, sav that
they have confidence In him and do not
think he wae treated Justly. That feeling
-that he did not get a fair deal—is not
confined to hla conatltuents. It may bo
doubted—Indeed, we do doubt-lf he was
a* discreet and level-headed as he might
have been, but the penalty for his indls-
cretlon was over severe.—W aco Tribune.
♦ ♦ ♦
Modern newspapere may brag of their
circulation, but none of them can com-
pare with the Ulster County Gaaette.
There must be at least a million copies
extant with an account of George Wash-
ington's Inauguration. That and the New
York Herald with an account of T.tncolns
nssaaelnatlon ar« almost tied. Of course
most of the coplee nowadays are from a
fac-slmlle process, but their owners don t
seem to know It. and every now and then
somebody "busts" Into the dispatches as
0 f,Vo>T th*0
TRAGEDY FOR THE JEWS.
Lsck of Water Makes Cyrenaica Un-
available for Colonization.
"Tragic and unexpected" are the words
in which Israel Zangwill describes the
results of the Jewish Territorial Organl-
xation's expedition to Cyrenaica, in Trip-
oli, sent tlfere to report on the suit-
ability of that country as a territory for
Jewish autonomous settlement.
In a historical preface to the report,
which will be published tomorrow. Mr.
Zangwill says that the dry light of sci-
ence has been turned upon the rosy Cy-
renaica of literature. Its climate, its soil
and Its scenery were so beautiful that
the ancients here located the Gardens of
the Hesperldes. In a most painfully lit-
eral sense of that much-abused metaphor,
tho project did not hold water. Tho
council of the organization decided to
take no furthft- action In regard to the
scheme. „ . .
Dr. J. W. Gregory, F. R. S., leader of
the expedition, states that, though the
country is very attractive from its beau-
ty, healthfulness. pleasant climate and
commanding position, the scarcity of
water, duo to the porous soil, will prob-
ably prevent Its ever supporting a denso
population. The whole plateau of Cyre-
i.alca consists of a vast block of lime-
stone at least 30,000 feet thick, which is
as porous as a sieve.
From an examination of the ruins
found, Dr. Gregory Is of the opinion that
the estimates of the dense population of
Cyrenaica In classical times are exagger-
ated. The ruins of the amphitheater of
Cyrene show that It could not have been
sufficient for a large city, and the water
supply works Indicate that the population
was onlv 15.000 to 20.000, Instead of the
100,000 attributed to It.—London Cable to
the New York Times.
The Mustache and Christianity.
"The mustache haa a religious signi-
ficance." said a clergyman In a I^enten
address. "It forms, you see, In com-
pany with the nose, a cross.
"In the time of the Moslem invasion of
Spain mixed marriages rendered It Im-
possible to tell a heathon front a Chris-
tian; so the Spaniards took to shaving
all the face but the upper lip. Thua every
Christian countenance bora a cross—a
cross part flesh and part hair.
"From its religious the mustache has
come to have an elegant significance
purely. Men now wear It not to proclaim
their faith, but to magnify their beauty.
Itn source, however, is In Christianity
Before the Spanish invasion men either
wore full beards or went clean share*."
Man Shows to Advantage.
Thero have been many reasons, good,
bad rind indifferent, advanced against
women interesting themselves In politics.
For one thins it nas been said that per-
sons who permit themselves to he dom-
inated .*o completely by the edict of a
fashion plate do not show a grasp ol the
CM.-Ciiliii. Illness of things and tno cool,
calm self-control thut warrants belief
that they would go about voting with
discretion. In a talk before a woman a
cl'.b a lew days ago a woman prostesteu
against this thralidom and said, lor one,
she .vulild submit lo It no longer. 1'Ul
tho cliances are that she will. We know
em. In this Instance the lecturere had
been aliroud, and, as long gloves were
the fasl Ion, laid In a supply in oroer
to evade high prices on this side, lo
her surprise and indignation she finds
that til'1 dressmaker has gone back lo
long sleeves tills year and only short
gloves are to be worn. Of course, wo-
men say thut they will not heed orders
of this sort, but men observe that lit
^our«o of time they succumb.
Take the matter of hats as another
demonstration of slavery. What is to
become of the "Merry Widows?" If the
hatmakers had put their heads together
to devise something that would put the
"Merry Widow" on the toboggan, they
could not have done It better than by
the hat to which they have given their
approval. Can you beat it7 Result—
every woman has on her hands all tho
way from J15 to 50 worth of hat that
Is not worth houau room. It docs not
seem possible to denature it and reor-
ganize tho resultant into tlie shape of
the reigning head ornament. Thj aim
of the milliners seems to have been to
put out semething that could not very
well be manufactured at home with the
aid ol the neighbors.
Acceding to tyranny of this kind is
rnthst good evidence that woman would
take kindly to boss government. On the
other hand, look at man's absolute dis-
regard of tiie fashion plato.
Nine out of ten of them do not know
when the fashion changes. Man lets
the tailor attend to that part of it. Now
and then announcement is made that
clothes will bo so much unlike those of
last year that no well-dressed man can
afford to be without the new styles. But
right in the face of this edict about
ninety-nine out of every hundred men
wear pretty much what they please
without caring a continental for the rule
laid down by somebody else.
It's the snme way with hats. Occa-
sionally there is a great to-do about a
reformation that Is to be worked In the
shape or the color of men's hats. It
doesn't feaze the general run of man-
kind. The average member of the species
will decline lo come into the laekpot.
He will see somebody "shall wo say
furth?" ns Mr. Venue remarked to come
up and invest his sparo money in a new
lid. in consequence he has tho naber-
daah«r and the hat man and the clothier
"heat to a frazzlo." Tho game must run
his way or he Is not in it. It beats the
plan of letting somebody else tell you
what to wear nnd how and when to wear
It all to pieces, as women will discover
If they try it.—Baltimore News.
Romance of Rubber.
Next to copper and Iron rubber Is the
most Important material In tha electrical
Industry. It is used extensively as an
insulating material, being one of the
best insulators of electricity In the world.
Nearly all tho wires that carry electrical
currents are protected with rubber In-
sulation. Rubber prevents the electricity
escaping through contact of the who
with oiher conductors, It prevents acci-
dents, lircs, and keeps tae electrical ap-
paratus from burning out and destroying
itself. Besides beinit used for insulat-
ing wites and cables at the plants of
the General Klcctrio Company rubber Is
used in the manufacture of motors,
switches, generators and nearly all elec-
trical 'machines. ,,
The story of rubber-Js the story of tho
conquest of the tropiftal Jungles; the
fiKhts agnlnst disease, poisonous reptlle.i
and Insects, man-eating animals, hunger
and thirst and the danger of being loat
forever.
Civilization first heard of rubber in
Herrera's account of the second voyage
of Columbus In the year 1493, where he
speaks of elastic balls made by the na-
tives from the gum of n tree.
The first authentic account of its prac-
tical use was recorded in 1745 by the
leader of a Krepch governmental expedi-
tion returning from South America, who
reported that the natives secured from
the juice of a tree a certain gum which
whs very elastic, impervious to water
and used in making bottles, shoes and
squirt guns.
Thirty years later it was Introduced to
commerce when an Englishman brought
from Assam, India, a soft, spongy suh-
stance which would erase lead pencil
marks, and which afterwards became
known as India rubber.
Many nrimltlvo uses wero found for
this wonderful gum, hut owing to its sus-
ceptibility to changes of temperature,
which rendered It sticky and more or less
fluid, rubber did not come into Its own
until early in the last century. At that
time it was discovered, after a great deal
of experiment, that by mixing sulphur
with crude rubber and subjecting It to a
high degree of heat, these former defi-
ciencies were eliminated and a material
was produced which was both tough
and elastic, and would retain thoso prop-
erties under varying conditions. This
process of curing was called vulcaniza-
tion and is the basis of rubber making
today.
So great has been the development of
rubber manufacture since that time that
Its products now exceed a value of
»sn0,000,000 annually.—Electric News Serv-
ice.
As to Suffrage.
Id* Husted Harper, In an article in tho
April number of tho North American Re-
view, desciibea the "Status of Woman
Suffrage in the United States." It la a
notorious faot that in the matter of
woman suffrage the United States, the
first country to experiment In demo-
cratic government, lags far behind many
of tha monarchical countries of Europr.
There are several reasons for this anoma-
lous fact, but the most effective of theso
reasons is to be found in the govern-
mental conditions existing in the United
States, which make it impossible to ef-
fect n fundamental chango without the
concurrence of a largo number of sepa-
rate legislatures. Nevertheless, tho
cause of woman suffrage haa made, anl
is making, distinct progress In this coun-
try, as Indicated by a number of facts
which Mrs. Harper arrays in illustration
of her subject. She says:
"The women are compelled to keep en-
tlrelv fr6e from political affiliations when
conducting a cnmpalgn, which prevents
their having the united support of any
one party; they have no votes to use as
a reward or punishment, and their lead-
era cannot even pledge the loyalty of
the women to any party after they aro
tnfranchlsad. as they themaelves do not
know how women will dtvida polltlcally
when they have the ballot. In these daya
of dicker and deal, when politlca is a
great same to be won by the moat skill-
ful players, the disadvantage of women Is
colossal when they carry their cause
into the arena. It Is not only to no
party's advantage to champion this
cause, but none which haa any hose of
success darea to Incur the hoetlllty of the
enemies to it. The forces of evil are al!
opposed to woman suffrage, and the
forces for good are not, a* a rule, a very
potent factor on election day.
Divinity. Professor a "ran."
In the course of the report of the Sab-
hath observance committee Friday, of the
Southern New England Methodiat confer-
ence It waa aaaerted that a profeasor of
divinity at a Connecticut unlveraity had
declared that It tha bill allowing Sunday
ball playing waa not recommended he
would go out and play ball on Sunday,
even if he had to go to prison for do-
ing «o.
This statement evoked loud catla of
"Uat blm go'" from the convention.
:kett Dtsptach to tho Nnr Tor
orfc
Abolish the Ranger Force.
Tho Times-Herald wishes that tho mem-
bers of the i.fglslaturo could see cleatiy
what an undvuulatto to tho b!at" .ttli
advertisement would tic tho abolition of
Ihe Ranger force. Tho constitution au-
thorizes the levy <|£ taxes for the p u-
tectlon of the frontier," and under tins
grant ol power the Ranger force was
created. But today there is no frontier,
and hence there Is a violation of uotli
letter and spirit of the constitution when
money Is appropriated to continue tne
Ranker force, now used to awe a free
citizenship. To alxjllsh this '"ice would
be notification to all the world that
Texas Ik no longer a part of the wna
and wolly West," being today full grown
nnd a virile part of civilisation.
more pungent reason for abolishing tne
Ranger force is In the fact that Its con-
tlnuanoe Is an Impeachment of the Pr''J~
rtple of government by the people. Al-
ready has It been used in violation of the
constitutional declaration that "the mili-
tary shall at all limes be eubordlnate to
the civil authority." Old-fashioned De-
mocracy would score In no uncertain way
could the Legislature come gallantly to
the people's defense as here Indicated,
and for advertising purposes nothing
could beat it, proclaiming as It would the
departure of our frontier.—Waco Times-
Herald.
Texas used to have many eoctlons that
were apparently Incapable of local self-
government*. There aro none of these
now. That is the reason why the Ran-
ger force—a menace to local self-govern-
ment-should be abolished. Rangers are
too few In number to cope with any sit-
uation that the local peace officers of
any Texns county can not handle. The
militia, is the proper source of relief In
such emergencies nnd the power of the
Executive to send forces into the various
counties should not extend beyond the
militia In cases where the local peace
officers are unable to handle the trou-
bles.
♦ ♦ ♦
Small Farms Are Worthy.
The five, ten, twenty or forty-acre
tract Is the ideal self-supporting home-
place for the dairy, orchard and garden.
The more of them we have In Grayson
the, more real happlneas and prosperity
will accrue to these people.—Sherman
Democrat.
Many sections of Texnji are in the small
farm class and the experiment Is proving
most profitable. There is money to be
made by Intensive farming and the
farmers aro fast learning this great fact
and profiting by it. A fow acrea well
cultivated and properly cared for In al-
most any of tho more favored secttona
of Texas will make a living for the
owner with greater certainty than tha
large farm sloppily managed. Increase
of population and wider knowledge of
scientific agrlculfual methods Is doing
much to make Intensive farming what It
was Intended to be—a pleasing and prof-
itable method of cultivating the soil.
♦ ♦ ♦
How Did It Happen?
A saloon man from the Nortu «nya he
went to Dallas with $2000 cash and waa
robbed of It In n saloon in a few hours
after arrival. Sounds rather funny.—
Cuero Record.
The saloon man from the North prob-
ably expected that the fraternal relation
between men In like occupations would
prevail and forgot to keep his hand on
his pocketbook, ns he might have done In
some other company. It Is too bad that
he did not have more money.
♦ ♦ ♦ '
The People Will Fix It.
If party platforms are to he as sarred
as Mr. Bryan says, the Herald respectful-
ly suggests that some method of safe-
guarding party pledges Is badly needed.—
Denison Herald.
The people of Texas are not clamoring
for platform demanas. Their servants,
the Representatives and Senators in the
Legislature, are aware of this. In many
Instances they have direct instructions
from the people that the voters of tho
several districts and not the aggregation
of politicians in a State convention are
the source of power and the aeat of Judg-
ment. Platform demands no longer exist
In Texas under the law that wag made
to do away with the very situation that
now exists at Austin through the usur-
pation of authority by the Exeoutive. If
the Legislature and the Governor would
abide by the law there would be no plat-
form demand Isaue now stirring tho State.
♦ ♦ ♦
Why This Discrimination?
Bexar Countv is a much more populous
county than Tarrant. It is not noted as
being so much more law-abiding than
the North Texas county. Yet the Gov-
ernor approves of the bill creating an-
other County Court in Tarrant and ve-
toes a similar measure for Bexar. The
two were identical except In one particu-
lar. The Tarrant County bill permitted
the Governor to name the Judge; the
Bexar County bill preferred local self-
government and provided that he should
be named by the Bexar County Com-
missioners. The difference, apparently
alight, waa evidently fatal In the Gov-
ernor's estimation.—Denton Record and
Chronicle.
Many Bexar County persons asked the
Governor to veto the bill providing for an
additional County Court. The measuro
which was vetoed was objectionable to
them in that it did not allow concurrent
jurisdiction in criminal suits. Governor
Campbell would like to have the power
of appointing all officers charged with
enforcement of the laws and probably
would Insist upon being allowed to do
so in Bexar County if the bill had pro-
vided for criminal jurisdiction. But in
this case he has hearkened to the voice
of the people who were interested in the
measure adveraely and there was a vary
small voice if any in support of It.
♦ ♦ ♦
The Best Work They Could Do.
There is one advantage that would re-
dound to the benefit of the dear people
by having a smaller Legislature than the
present one, and that would be, that,
though they might not enjoy near no
many regulative laws as they do now,
still It would cost them a great deal leaa
money to run them every two years.—La-
redo Times.
If a smaller Legislature should result
In fewer laws it would be a good excuse
for the change. But the Thirty-first has
been a fairly good Legislature and it Is
to be hoped It will finish Its work along
the same conservative lines that haa
marked its progress thus far.
♦ ♦ ♦
It Ought to Be Tried.
Would Governor Campbell offer a re-
ward if the Legislature should ktdnaa
that appropriations bill and pass it? Gal-
veston Tribune.
The Legislature would make a hit with
the people if it would pass an appropria-
tion bill and leave it up to the Gover-
nor. It would valid If signed pro-
vided nobody tried to test It In tha courts,
—
The Waal Republic.
Tha Meal republic will be achieved
when^vyTrtHjd^an^overa and nobody
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