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THE SAN ANTONIO DAILY EXPRESS: FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 29, 19U8.
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Kegulatioo in Mexico.
They havo a way of doing things in
Mexico slightly different from but
somewhat more effective than the
modes and customs in the States oil
this side of the lUo Grande border.
It required several years of long
sustained effort to get rid of tho ob-
structive picture hat in the play-
bouee and the end-seat hog in the
street cars. Tills was done by de-
grees, us tho example of ono State
Legislature or one city council was
followed by another until the nui
sances wero generally abated.
We still have tho strap-hanger and
the overloaded street car about which
we havo been complaining since the
institution of the street car servico
and we are likely to still havo the
fsame causes of complaint unti^the no-
sest-no-pay propaganda has got such
a good start that every municipality
which permits the operation of street
cars has determined to enforce tho
rule. Then we may spare tha blush
of shame for our fellow men who com-
placently occupy seats in these public
conveyances while women stand up
or hang on by the straps.
In the State of Michoacan, Mexico,
the Governor has taken that matter
into his own hands In so far as the
operation of the street cars in Morelia,
the capital city, is concerned'. He has
issued rules and regulations which
must be observed and theso require
that men must surrender their seats
to women, when thgre are not enough
for all, and stand on the rear platform
of the car when there is not room for
them on the inside. If a man insists
on retaining h's seat whilo a lady Is
standing because there is no vacant
seat he not only subjects himself to
the suspicion that he Is no gentleman,
but likewise to arrest and fine, and
thus he is forcibly Impressed with the
courtesy due to the gentler sox -and'
' the obligation of politeness.
Furthermore, the Governor has de-
creed that street cars must not bo
overcrowded and that they must be
provided with cuspidors so that pas-
sengers can have no excuse for ex-
pectorating on the floor, and for this
the people must certainly commend
him. In this country no one person
in authority in the government can
thus enforce his edicts and tho law-
making bodies are sometimes very
tardy about meeting the popular de-
mand for urgent reforms, but we get
there gradually, if we live long
enough.
solidly against the compromise bill,
which they wildly denounced as a
Republican measure in the interest of
that party, but not of the people. It
would havo been better for the in-
terests of the people if tho Democratic
members had considered the measure
from an economic rather than from a
political vlowpolnt and had sought to
amend it in such ft way as to equallxo
its benefits.
As reported by the confcrence com-
mittee the bill makes Btato, county
and municipal bonds acceptable as se-
curity for emergency currency at 90
per cent of their market value, while
other bonds and commercial paper
may be accepted at 75 per cent of
their market value. However, the use
of commercial paper as a basis for
taking out emergency currency will be
nvollahle only by banks which affiliate
themselves In groups of not less than
ten, with an aggregate capital and
f urpltts of not less than $5,000,000. In
Now York. Chicago and other money
centers of the North this sort of nf-
(iliation would be easy, but in the
South there are proUfcbly not more
than two or threo cities in which
there are as many as ten National
banks with an aggregate Capital of
J,1,000,000 and theso two or three
cities aro widely distant from each
other.
If wo aro to havo Bn asset currency,
oven temporarily, the South should
share in such benefits as may accrue
therefrom if any real benefits aro
susceptible of attainment.
Hydrophobia and Dog Days.
been bitten may be free from any
alarm.
Isolate and impound the dog sus-
pected, but do not kill him and thus
destroy the only chance of determin-
ing whether he was rabid.
With respect to tho vacant lot nui-
sance it is suggested that San An-
tonio should do as Kansas City has
done—compel the owner to put down
good walks within a specified time.
The sidewalks committee of the City
Council could have the work done,
after tho expiration of the tlmo limit,
if the owner neglected to do it, and
have the cost assessed against the
property. Owners of vacant lots, says
a contrlbuler who offers the above
suggestion, cannot sustain the claim
of homestead as to vacant lots.
The Fort Worth convention succeed-
ed in accomplishing its aims without
nny more serious disturbance than n
wordy warfare and ono bloodlesm fist
fight, and now the delegates to tho
Denver convention can congratulate
themselves on the way they got to-
gether without pulling each other
apart.
If tho Democrats in the popular
branch of Congress could not play
politics long enough to lend them-
selves to the transaction of Important
public business they might render
their party as well as their country
better service.
Tfci Emrgeacy Currency Scheme.
The asset currency bill adopted by
the House as a compromise measure
to meet any possible emergency pen-
ding the adoption of an amended cur-
rency system by the next Congress or
some other Congress may prove help-
ful to the money centers In the event
of a money stringency, but would be
of little practical benefit to the
smaller cities or to the country at
large.
The conference compromise bill
which Mr. Vreeland reported to the
House is essentially the same a\ the
bill adopted by that body a few weeks
ago, but rejected by the Senate. It
provides for the issue by National
banks of an emergency currency not
to exceed in the aggregate 1500,000,000,
In order that this emergency cur
rency may not be continued in circu
lation after the emergency period has
paased it is to be subjected to a re-
tirement tax of 5 per cent a month
for the first two months and an addi-
tional tax of 1 per cent a month until
10 per cent be reached—before which
time the emergency circulation would
have been automatically retired un-
there should be such prolonged
stringency as the remedy
ootid not reach and such demand for
loana that even the banks could pay
pawnbroker rates to maintain a sup-
pI*
The Democrats In tha House voted
According to a report of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture hydrophobia may
not be more prevalent at one season
of the year than at another, not being
contingent upon the temperature of
tho atmosphere.
The hot, sultry season of summer
when the rising of the dog-star, Blrius,
is coincident with the rising of the
sun is tho season commonly designat-
ed as tho "dog days," when It is the
custom in some communities to have
all dogs muzzled for fear they may
go mad and bite.
The so-called dog days run from
about the first of July to near the
middle of August, and it is during thi3
time that hydrophobia is supposed to
be most prevalent, but the Depart-
ment of Agriculture assures us that
the dog is not more likely to go mad
when the thermometer registers 100
In the shade than when it is at zero.
Furthermore it Is asserted that biting
is not a symptom of madness, though
the mad dog will snap at anything
that comes in its way, in a sort of
blind, purposeless fashion, though It
will not run after other animals or
after human beings with the purpose
of biting them.
Statistics show that nearly an equal
number of cases of rabies in a given
year were observed In spring, sum-
mer, autumn and winter, only a very
few more occurring in the dog day3
than in midwinter. All animals arc
liable to tho disease, which may be
transmitted by any of the infected,
usually but not necessarily by biting.
The best authorities now concede that
the saliva of a hydrophobic human
being Is capable of Inoculating the
disease, though this Impression did
not formerly obtain.
The chief source of danger Is from
dogs and cats, though in Southern and
Western Texas many cases of rabies
have been reported from the bites of
skunks and coyotes. The dog because
of Ills intimate association with the
human family affords tho greatest
cause for apprehension, but it does
not follow that he ought to be killed
or even muzzled because he might go
mad and do Injury. He should, how-
ever, be closely observed, especially
when he begins to exhibit suspicious
symptoms. Fortunately the dlsposl
tion to bite Is not apt to be exhibited
until after the affection is well estab-
lished, says an authority, which adds
"The disease is first manifested (in
cat or dog) by constant restlessness,
uneasiness and irritability of temper,
the dog of fondling and sociable dis
position becoming snarly, morose and
shy, retiring under pieces of furniture
into dark corners or the interior of its
kennel, but not remaining long In any
one spot." Other symptom* are men-
tioned which readily suggest them
selves and which are sufficient that
would warrant such care and precau
tion as would prevent the creature
from doing injury if rabies ahould de-
velop.
But do not kill the dog on suspicion,
especially if some one has been bit
ten. At least let him litre long
enough to determine whether he is
mad. Ten or twelve days will be suf-
ficient for that. Then If rabies has
not developed In the dog there is
nothing to be feared from the bite be
yond temporary pain and Inconveni-
ence. Hie disease la Incurable after
it has developed and the dog will die
anyhow la a few days If he hss rabies.
If he does not the person who has
It must shock Senator Piatt to real-
ize the unanimous endorsement of a
statement said to have been made by
him in one of his alleged letters to
*Iao Wood to the effect that he was
"an old fool."
The Baltimore American announces
that tho tour of the "Squaw Man"
ended recently In Boston. It Is to be
surmised that the cultnred citizens of
the Huh had him arrested.
A Georgia exchange declares tnnt
"near-beer Is no longer-an infant in-
dustry." Not hardly, as It Is exten-
sively patronized by adults in that un-
fortunate State.
An exchange announces that an
Illinois recruit named Lemon has en-
listed In the army. One knew that a
man of that name would squeeze into
print somehow.
It is to be wondered if the Presi-
dent's felicitating Czar Nicholas on
bis birthday had anything to do with
that monarch's demanding four more
battleships.
After viewing the picture of the
father's fiancee one Is forced to con-
clude that the New York son. who
shot his father and himself, had very
poor taste. *
Peary will spend $50,000 to find the
North Pole. One wonders he doesn't
advertise in the want columns If he
is willing to pay out that sum for its
recovery.
At least, it is surmised that the uso
of dynamite in Cleveland moved the
street cars.
And now they declare that butter-
cups breed disease. Shades of "Pina-
fore"!
The 8ong of Toll.
Sing me the song of the hammer blow
A* It clangs on the Iron beam;
Sins me the song of the forges' glow
And the white-hot rivet's gleam;
Chant me the strain of the trudging feet
In the deep drumbeat of toll,
For the song Is sweet In the busy street
And across the upturned soil.
Sing mo the song of the brawny hands
And the shoulders ridged and wide,
Where the muscles rise like to cable
strands
With the might of a strong man's
pride;
Voice me the chant of the fingers skilled
And the rising dome and wall
For the Lord hath willed that the men
who hulkl
Shall be honored over all.
Ye that have aung us the songs of war
And coylng songs of love,
Know ye what labor was given for
And the grace 'tis fashioned of?
Know ye the song of the ancient years,
Of the rule and plane and plow—
The chant that cheers every ono that
hears
As It echoes to ul nowT
It echoes on through the centuries
In the rip of the swinging saws.
And It shakes the souls of the men of
ease
Till it gives their dreamlngs pause.
It has surged its way o'er the desert
sands
And through cities long forgot—
For the strength that stands In a strong
man's hands
la a strength that falters not.
Sing me the song of the clanging sledge
And the wrinkled, sweating brow,
Of the foot that steps on the sky's thin
edge
And the form that does not bow.
For I know that deep In the hearts of
men
Is the song they hear at length;
WHAT STATE PAPERS SAY
It shall rise again as It pealed forth then
In the might of lusty strength.
—Chicago Post.
Reflections ef s Bachelor.
The reason a girl doesn't like to have a
man kiss her Is she does,
A man's mind doesn't work the way a
woman's does or It wouldn't te a mind.
Expectations rre food enough assets If
you never try to take them out of the
reserve
You can generally tell what the weath-
er Is going to be by what you are going
to do that can be hurt by It
A woman hat an Idea her children are
so good-looklnf because her grandmother
handed down a motto for than :■» Kara
—New York Vims,
Death t» Their Hopea.
The Democratic clans are gathering
In Fort Worth for one of the biggest
Democratic State conventions ever held
In the Stats. And everybody and hi*
partner for Bryan, too.-Austln States-
man.
At the same time, the Prohibitionist*
can Scarcely expect to glean many re-
crulte from the ranks of Democracy
there assembled In view of the large
amount of water surrounding the "Island
of Fort Worth." Texas at least will
not favor a "pro" plank in the National
platform.
♦ ♦ ♦
Better Form.
Don't let the park question lag.—
Yoakum Herald.
The Herald IS advised that nowadays
It Is still considered be*t to put the
momentous Interrogation to the young
lady in the parlor,
♦ ♦
Nature Faking.
possible to marry on $30 per
week?" asks a correspondent of the
Omaha Dee. Sure thing. In Texas you
c.-in marry on ».6fr~ll.W for the license
and |T> for the maglitrdte. Hut after you
get married It will take at least 140
per week to feed, lodge ane eiettie the
bride and groom.-Ki Paso Times.
It la to be ftared that the l^mes Is
guilty ef trying to discourage matrimony
In tho Grand Old State. It Is declared
by competent authorities that two can
live as cheaply as one in Grand Old
Texas, and. In view of certain recent
occurrences In El Pa*o, It Is gathered
that some men value their lives cheaply
enough.
„ ♦
Good Ground.
If Mae Woods finds sho cannot escape
the penitentiary any other way she tnisrht
Vlend insanity. Of course, if sho Is good
Jooklng, tiiis will not be necessary.—
Austin Tribune.
Taking Into Consideration her tempor-
ary tolerance of Senator I'latt, the Jury
would in all likelihood give credcnce 10
her plea.
♦ ♦ ♦
Bad Form.
Tn its promotion of the steamboat
proposition, tho Commercial Club Is play-
ing the role of the real promoter; It of-
fers to furnish the water If the mer-
chants will provide the boat. Anyhow, a
steamboat can't run on dry land.—Corpus
Ohrlstl Caller.
Do not spesk of "dry land" where any
of those North Texas people can hear
you. It causes them to think feelingly
of the days that were.
♦ ♦ ♦
More Easily Obtained.
Report that the city commissioners aro
considering the exchange of Peter Smith
triangle for a piece of property In the
Fourth Ward, wherein to rtnk sunken
gardens at a cost of 175,000, calls for
attention of every citizen who la inter-
ested In the park question and the ex-
penditure of the city's money.—Fort
Worth Telegram.
One would thl.nk that they would take
under consideration the matter of a sub-
merged garden instead.
♦ ♦ -e
Probably Naeda It.
Mr. Jerome has thoughtfully placed a
heavy order for a fresh supply of "yel-
low."'—-Fort Worth Star.
Recent developments at least prove that
Mr. Jerome does not possess even a
streak of "yellow." He may be In the
wrong, but he fights every Inch of the
ground. Hence the order.
♦ ♦
As It 18.
While other parts of Texas are being
struck by lightning, blown to destruction
by high winds and washed away by
floods, we of Liberty County are fanned
by gentle zephyrs and blessed by glorious,
growth-producing showers. It's a pity
that everybody can'f live In Liberty
County.—Liberty Vindicator.
The old bromide concerning "he who
laughs last" clearly does not apply in
this instance, for in case Liberty was
afflicted the laugh would be forgotten
in consideration of tho pathos of it.
♦
Aa It Were. '
George Mendell has quit newspaper
work and returned to the practice of
law. George can ask an Inconvenient
question with the graclousness of a
courtier and tho saplency of a Fitzgerald.
■Waco Times-Herald.
In other words, there are breakers
ahead for witnesses in the courts of
grand old Travis.
♦
Rank Nature Faking.
A young red squirrel, the property of
a little daughter of William S. Gnntltn
of How Hollo**, Md., has as a chum a
2-year-old groundhog, a pet In Gantlln's
family.—Houston Post.
Does the Post intend to assert that the
squirrel Is the ground hdg's shadow?
♦ ♦ e
Way of Mankind.
Colonel Imboden insists that the dele-
agtes to the Deliver convention should
be given Iron-clad Instructions for Bryan.
-Waco Times-Herald.
That Is usually the way with a man
who has undergone a conversion. Be he
a reformed drinker, gambler or politician,
he Insists on his fellofr mortals Bticklng
as close to the life-line as he does him-
self. Wiley Mangum Imhoden has edi-
torially acknowledged himself to be a
reformed anti-Bryan hrian.
♦ ♦ ♦
Few Deluded.
A Chicago professor says we only think
we rule ourselves.—Galveston Tribune.
He should amend this statement so as
to include only such persons as do not
read the newspapers and the magazines.
♦ ♦
More Useful.
Tha split log drag seems to be doing its
part toward publlo highways.—West
Times.
In some sections of the grand old State,
however, the pressing demand of the day
is for the split-log boat, or in fact, any
sort of a log that will float.
♦ ♦ ♦
Naturally Follows.
"No woman," says the Florida Tlmes-
ITnlon. "should trust her life's happlnexs
to a man *ho kicks a dog." Quite
right; for soma dav he Is liable to kl.^k
a dog who will chew htm up and leave
her a widow.—Corpus Christ! Qaller.
Evidently It Is up to her to insure her
life's happiness.
♦ ♦ ♦
Really Necessary.
Up in Indiana, the authorltlee have re-
cently been very busy, like the files. The
board of health In Indianapolis recently
made an inveetlgatton Into tbe wares
handled by street venders of candles,
popcorn, i-bnfectlohe, etc.—Corpus Chrlstl
Caller.
One would naturally Infer that It would
be more to the point for the board of
health to investigate the matter of quiet,
retired with attractive widows.
TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
A Question of Tact.
It Is not our purpose, us we have al-
leady stated, to discuss formally the
controverted question as to whether a
foreign Jouri'.al in Mexico Is entitled
to i xpreM opinions us to the Internal
utfairs, anil, specifically, the political af-
fairs, cf the country.
Tins c.ucbtiun has Just been wurtniy
debated between La Patrla and u'iother
Journal of this city, the former P'ftlriain-
Ing the ob'igutlott nf local foreign pub-
lications to abstain from dii 'U; ilte'r
vie.V:. uk to National politics.
It would be very hard to draw the line
so nicely as to avoid tyrannical restric-
tions, on the one hand, nnd undue lati-
tude or Interference, on the other, and
wo believe thut the matter Is one that be-
longs rather to tho domain of gOod taste
common sense and discretion than to tlio
domain of constitutional law.
Broadly speaking, the modern news-
paper arrogates to Itself the right to
express ita opinion as to any subject un-
der the Run. It takes for its motto;
"Homo sum; nihil humanuin ullenuni a
me." Tho press of the world, for ex-
ample, discusses I ho troublesome prob-
Jdins of the Balkan Peninsula without
considering very serioustjL whether tho
inhabitants of the Balkans like It or not.
The newspapers of all the European
countries devote considerable space to
each other's politics and if there In n
nation about whose politics little or noth-
ing is said, this Is merely u proof of that
nation's Insignificance.
There Is really no reason why this free-
dom should be restricted simply because
the Journal expressing an opinion Is pub-
lished In the capital of a given Country
In a language other than the language
of that uSuntiy. Wliut Is the logic ,.i
basis for the discrimination?
Then, whore Is the restriction to begin
and where is It to end? We huvo shown
how difficult It la to determine accurate-
ly what Is meant by a "foreign Journal"
published In Mexico nnd It Is almost ns
difficult to lay d«nvii a hard and fast
rule as to what is^lnennt by a political
question.
Any public question Is. at least poten-
tially, If not actually, a political question.
Yet it would be rather hard on tho so-
called foreign press of Mexico to prohibit
it from giving an opinion—In this case,
a most favorable opinion—ns tn the meas-
ure Just presented to Congress by the
Finance Department for the encourage-
ment of agriculture and Irrigation. And
the right tn praise carries with It the
correlative right to censure, within due
bounds nnd with duo regard to form, ho
It understood.
Mensures might be proposed in nny
country which would materially affect
the Interests of a particular group of
resident foreigners, and surely no one
would maintain that they would not havo
the right, respectfully, lo mnko known
their point of view in the columns nf the
daily prints.
As we havo said, the question Is one nf
discretion and a proper sense nf the
fltneRs nf things. We readily acknowledge
that anything that could fairly be char-
acterized as "offensive partisanship" in
domestic affairs on the part of a Journal
supposed to be run by "tlltlanders."
would deserve to he warmly resented by
the people nf the cnuntry. A careful
Journalist, however, who knows his Mex-
ico. will avoid this error.
Again, foreign writers In the press
hern should always benr In mind that
while the penplo of nnv nation will them-
selves, In their franker moments, ac-
knowledge their own defects and the de-
fects of their country, they bitterly re-
sent the tactless exposure of the sffme de-
fects by outsiders. This may not be
strictly reasonable, but It is human
nature.
So we return to our thesis; The guide
In this matter Is the Manual of Urbanity
rather than the constitutional text-hook.
—Mexican Herald.
Cortelyou Not Wanted.
There are powerful reasons why Sec-
retary Cortelyou should not be consid-
ered for tho Vice Presidency, and It Is
believed that thfse reasons will prevail
overwhelmingly with the Chicago con-
vention.
There are two distinct wings nf the
Republican purty, one the masses of tho
people, faithfully represented by Presi-
dent Roosevelt, Secretary Taft and many
other party leaders, the other backed by
the Special Interests and represented by
potential men in Congress and elsewhere
and by George B. Cortelyou.
It would be unjust nnd hazardous to
make a compromise ticket by nominat-
ing for the Vice Presidency a man who
represents the faction that has opposed,
by all the power that money can com-
ninnd. by nil the trickery that politics
enn devise, both the administration of
President Roosevelt and the candidacy
of Secretary Taft. It would be a sacri-
fice of principle and It would be bad pol-
itics. It would also be something more.
Those Interests that hnve opposed Mr.
Roosevelt and Mr. Taft fully understand,
whether the people do or not, that the
man chosen for Vice President may
serve all or pnrt of the next Presidential
term. They take Intn account the uncer-
tainties nf life. They hnve failed to con-
trol the Presidential nomination, so they
propose to gamble on the Vice Presi-
dential nomination, if tho convention
will let them.
In othor words, they are willing to
tnke an action that would Invite assas-
sination. ns the nssasslnatlon of Garfield
was Invited, for political sucgestlnn en-
tered the mind of Gulteau before the de-
sire for murder took possession of him.
The man for Vice President should be
In full accord with the nominee for the
Presidency. There should be no politi-
cal differences to suggest a change nf
administration in case oT n change in
the Presidency. The Vice President
should be depended upon. In case nf sitc-
cesslnn, to do as President Roosevelt
did—carry forward the policies of his
predecessor to the best of his nblllty.
Mr. rortelvou Is not .big Enough for tho
Presidency' or the Vice Presidency. Ife
has already been honored above his mer-
its. And bis close sympathies with the
Interests opposed to the President nnd
Mr Taft should preclude the possibility
of his nomlnntlon for the Vice Presi-
dency. The friends snd supporters of
Mr. ' Taft everywhere should protest
agnlnst nny proposition for such a "com-
promise."—Knnsns City Star.
Persons Who Write Foolish Letters.
The celebrated case being tried In New
York, Involving the aged man plnylng the
gallantries of youth and the old story
of the woman scorned, is not without a
third lesson of human infirmity. This
Is the passion of persons Involved In trou-
blesome and dangerous situations to write
letters.
With remarkable reourrence these cele-
brated cases of love and hatred come
Into court with bundles of letters for
public delectation.
The shrewd nnd even cunningly careful
man of business, who hns made Ills mil-
lions largely owing to the folly of com-
petitors, appears ns a prolific writer of
epistles producing public snickers. And
readers of sensations are fnmlliar with
the phenomenon of the mature and ex-
perienced woman providing some not un-
mercenary swain with bundles of silly
effusions.
It is seldom, Indeed, that these cases are
without the letters. Verily, they seem
to be bhsed on letters. And usually they
are foolish communications.
There N no particular moral except that
no persort la so wise as to hove no hour
of folly. The human personality Is a
very mixed thing. Wisdom, folly, nobil-
ity nnd cowardice are found In the same
individual. Perhaps It Is well. But^lt Is
curious that those who have wisdom
ean't keep folly out of letters.
——Ov
His 8omnolent Influence.
"I has been tol'," said Brother Dlckcy,
"dot my sermons puts folks ter sleep;
but dat'S all right. Dey ain't doln' any
harm whilst dey la a-sleepln', an' dev'll
wake up fast enough w'en de devil bull's
a fire under 'em!"—Atlanta Conatltutioa.
MAKES TRUANTS OF US ALL!
6KIPPEP 6Cf)OOt f0-fiw;
0UfT I DON'T CARe.
AND PATHCR3 tfOT A
A hangin' w/jcee
its ALWAYS MlfrHTy WANPy
TO LAV IT OVER rtCj
i tcu. him where iVr.Bttn:
HE WONT caret
HE yjfis mERs Hirtar
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,^'i'i'Hill''ill!
—St. I.ouls Republic.
THE NEGRO IN OUR CITIES.
How Increase in the South Compares
With That In the North.
Since 1RS0 the City of Washington,
which now Includes the whole of the
District of Columbia, has had the dis-
tinction of containing the largest negro
population of any city in the country.
Residents declare, to visitors that thorn
are iuU,lK)0 blacks there, and that they
constitute marly one-half of the popula-
tion. A police census of Washington JUHt
completed finds, out of a total population
of 339,40.'!, 241.920 whites anil 97.1s;) colored.
As the Mongolians and Indians there
numbered less than iOO in 1900, it may be
assumed that tho negroes themselves
make a total of nearly 97.000, or about
28.7 per cent of the city's inhabitants.
This In by no means a large proportion
for a Southern city. As It Is, the blacks
In Washington have diminished relatively
to the white since lflOO, when they con-
stituted 31.1 per cent of the inhabitants.
Tho number of negroes In cities of SOO.OOO
inhabitants and over at tho last three
censuses and their percentage of the pop-
ulation Of each in 19oo is shown by tho
appended table;
Pet.
issn. 1890. 1900. 1900
Washington r>9.ri9U 75,572 S'i.702 31.1
Haltimora 53,71ti fi7,104 79,253 15.6
New Orleans 57.(117 B4.491 77,714 27.1
Philadelphia 31.H99 39,371 62,1113 4.S
New York 39,838 3H.310 HO.HMi 1.8
St. Louis 22.256 26,?Go 35,516 6.2
Chicago 6.4SO 14,271 30,150 1.8
Pittsburg 6,136 10,357 20,355 4.5
Cincinnati ... ^.... 8,179 11,655 14.482 4.4
Boston 5.873 8,125 11,591 2.1
Cleveland 2,038 2.9*9 5,9*8 1.6
Detroit 2.821 3,431 4.111 1.4
Buffalo 857 1.118 1.698 0.5
San Francisco .... 1.628 1,847 1,654 0.5
Milwaukee 304 449 862 0.3
It will be noticed thnt'Philadelphla has
the largest proportionate number of ne-
groes of nnv Northern city In tho list,
and that Milwaukee has the smallest per-
centage. In several of the smaller North-
ern cities, however, the blacks are rela-
tively more numerous than in tlie I'enn-
sylvanlan metropolis. They constitute 9.4
per cent of Indianapolis' population, «.o
of that of Columbus, Ohio; 12.7 of that
of Evansvllle. Ind., and 23.4 per cent of
that of Atlantic City, l-arge as New
York's total blacks 4s, their proportion
here In Providence (2.7 per cent) is 5J) per
cent larger. In the city of Cairo, III.,
the negroes form nearly 40 per cent of
the total. But Mound City, In the same
State, stands at tho hoad of all Northern
cities as a negro town, over 43 per cent
of its population being of African de-
scent while Woonsocket, wliich only
boasted of 6. all told, has the smallest
percentage among American cities.—
Providence Journal.
—
Leather Shoes for Horses.
A new market for leather, according to
Lo Franc Parlour, Is to be found In
Australia, concerning which this French
Journal says;
"In districts of Australia the horse is
shod Willi leather Instead of Iron. The
feet receive better support. This novelty
is employed only in regions where the
ground Is permanently covered with
grass or fine sand. In a country like
Australia, where stocks are sometimes
scarce and a horseman may experience
great difficulty at a critical moment in
finding a horseshoe, such an innovation
is a useful novelty. With extra shoes,
whose weight Is a. trifle, shoes, too, that
can be fitted without trouble, It Is prac-
ticable to travel without fear of the horse
losing Its shoe and being Injured. Though
the leather shoe Is more expensive than
the iron shoe, the higher price 1s repaid
by the superior advantage.
"In some quarters the horses were
never shod with iron. I'robahly shoes,
like drivers, will be supplied before long,
thus avoiding the disagreeable experience
of a horse's hoof wearing too rapidly.
It Is not impossible the Innovation will
soon extend to every country where the
nature of the soil permits it to be used."
—Dally Consular and Trade Reports.
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Lightning Follows This Man.
Struck ths*o tinica by lightning In as
manv vearS is the record of Davkl
Buckeloo, owner of a confectionary store
in this city. Today Mr. Buckeloo lies In
an unconscious cqndltion at his home,
with chances against his recovery. Short-
ly after 11 o'clock last night, while he
was sitting at his desk and a doien peo-
ple were In his'store to escape the rain,
Mr. Buckeloo was knocked from his
chair by a bolt of lightning, which struck
the ground outside and then entered the
■tore. .. _ . .
A year ago. while Mr. Buckeloo was
walking home, he was struck by light-
ning, nnd for two months hovered be-
tween life and death. Two years ago he
had pnrt of his clothing stripped from
him hv lightning. During the time he
was confined after tho second stroke Mr.
Buckeloo suffered terrlhle agony.—Kala-
mazoo (Mich.) Correspondent of Detroit
Fro© Press.
-Qy —
Rabies After Twenty-one Yeara?
As a result of the bite of a pet dog
twenty-one years ago. Alden Cobb, 26
vears old, is apparently suffering from
hydrophobia at the home of John Elliot
In Salem Corners.
Four physicians from surrounding
towns have been called In consultation
with Dr. Stevens of South Canaan, who
has been attending the young man since
he was first seized with convulsions, a
week ago, and they have diagnosed the
case of rabies.
Cobb's strength is that of a madman.
He breaks straps■ and ropes that have
been used In securing him to his bed, and
creeps around his room on all fours, dog-
fashion. While he offers, fio objection
to taking medicine, he lle^ flat on hla
back and sticks up his arms and legs be-
fore doing so, and lap* the spoon In the
manner of a la nine. Beianton Dispatch
to the New York Trltmne.
A DINNER SERVICE OF GOLD.
Philadelphians Return Lavish Hospi<
tallty of New Yorkers.
That little $100 a plate dinner given
a few weeks ago at tho Hotel Knicker-
bocker in New York by a coterlo of
New York political leaders and promi-
nent men about town l;i honor of a score
of Philadelphia's notod sons was recipro-
cated Tuesday night with a banquet that
eclipsed its rival and which will go down
In the city's history as probably tho most
lavish and costly uffalr ever given here.
Tho same men who dined with gold
plate service In tho banquet hall of the
New Votk hotel were present at Tues-
day night's dinner. The only difference
was that of tho New Yorkers were tha
guests with the Philadelphians acting aa
hosts.
The cost of tho dinner per plato la
said to have exceeded a hundred dollars.
Tho feast was spread In the ballroom of
tho Bellevue-Strutford.
Planned since the costly dinner In New
York, the lavlshness of Tuesday night's
celebration In honor of the guests from
Manhattan was not revealed until the
doors of the reception room of the ban-
quet hall were thrown open.
Suspended on all four sides *on huge
canvas drops were paintings in nil of
Dutcll scenes. One one side, clasping
hands across New York Hnrbor In tha
dnys nf Stuyvesant und tho Dutch re-
gime, were Billy Penn and Father Knick-
erbocker. Even the waiters were barbed
in the quaint attire of Holland men.
Baggy trousers of blue, white und red,
together with short jackets of various
colors, nnd wooden sandals were part
of the picturesque costumes. To make
the waiters rosy cheeked and look as
though they were merry, the majority of
iliem were made up before the dinner
by experienced theatrical men.
A square tank, filled with running
water and dotted by diminutive wind-
mills, and mado realistic by scores of
live fish and ducks that uttered a con-
tinual chorus of quacks, quacks, was an-
other part of the decorative scheme.
The dishes were elaborate. For mora
than a week a corps of chefs had been
conceiving new triumphs In tho Una of
food. _ , , , ,
Manager Lawrence McCormlck of the
Bellevue-Stratford sat at one side of
the squaro headed table. At the other
sido, tlirootly opposite him, whs James
Regan, proprietor of the Hotel Knicker-
bocker, whero the rival dinner was held.
—Philadelphia Inquirer.
IT'S A ~TAME~^'THUNDERB0LT."
London Finda Pinero's Newest a Ver/
Commonplace Play.
When Mr. Pinero's new play, "Tha
Thunderbolt," etruck St. James Theater
Saturday night it turned out to be only a
flash of summer lightning.
I understand that the foremost play-
wright of England, being tills same Mr.
Plnero, has limited himself to writing
only one play every two years. He had
better take four. "The Thunderbolt" la
about a* thin us a piece of tissue paper
and Is stretched over four acts at that.
If it ever gets out In tho rain it will
fall apart. ,
It is a story of the commonplace, and
extremely commonplace, too. It is all
about a lot of mean-minded, mean-
spirited little ptnheads who live their
lives In a mean little English town. Ono
of them dies and leaves a lot of money
behind him because, being in bank notes
nnd not gold, It would probably burn
If ho took It along. _
Then there Is a grand confer rally^f
all tho plnheaded relatives to gather tn
the pot. Of course, there is an illegiti-
mate daughter, and, equally, of course,
sho li being educated in FranCo.
Well, this sweet young thing, who Is
brought back across the channel Just in
time to get in a mix up, is the real heir,
but a real naughty sister-in-law burned
up the will, so there Is the dickens to
pav. The sweet girl from Paris with an
artistic soul Just won't touch a penny of
her father's money, that the sordid pin-
heads are dividing up between them, and
flounts the whole outfit. Then the re-
pentant sister-in-law sees what a sweet
thing the daughter really Is and con-
fesses her crime.
That is "The Thunderbolt." Imaglna
Mr. I'lnero writing a play like that! It
was more like a popgun than a thunder-
bolt. They are getting to need play
writers in this country more and mora
evtry day.
The dialogue was naturally written in
a most correct manner and was about
as absorbing as a cable code book.
Sometime* high dramatic art can over-
step Itself nnd tread on its own toes.
It did in this case and stnrted a few
well-deserved corns on Mr. rinero'a
literary feet.
"The Thunderbolt" would he laughed
off Broadway in any theater from Union
Square to Forty-second Street. It re-
minds me of certain stocks. There Is too
much water in It.—London Ca\le to the
New York Herald.
From Its Point of View.
The fly was crawling over the butter.
"Faugh!" exclaimed the Insect, hastily
flying down on the table cloth and try-
ing to clean Its legs by wiping them on
its wings, "that stuff s butterine. H's
got so nowadays that you can't be sure
of anything you eat. It's all adulterat-
ed!"
Looking around for something mora
to Its liking. It found a sheet of gen-
uine sticky fly paper and soon becama
desperately atuck on that.—Chicago Trib-
une.
The Lack.
Knlcker—There are plenty of boolw
tetilng how to save life while waiting
for tha doctor.
Bocker—Yes. What we need la one
telling the young doctor how to save life
while waiting for tbe patient-ttarper'e
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