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THE SAN ANTONIO DAILY EXPRESS
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THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1910
ty OnilB'Crprtss.
Interci Id Uj»* Po«toffie*» at San Antonio, Tela*,
as Set-ood clans Matter.
By
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TELEPHONES.
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TICK-INFESTED CATTLE.
The live stock industry of the coun-
try, which at this time needs en-
couragement, is dominated by the De-
partment of Agriculture, of which
THE OLI) AND THE NEW.
The primary elections and party con-
ventions have practically all been held
now and the summing up shows the
coming of many new men into the
James Wilson is the very efficient limelight and the retirement of many (
head. Mr. Wilson is a practical, if not of the old leaders. Especially marked
scientific, farmer, but there is much I are the changes in Republican leader-
AMERICAN PRISON ASSOUATION
BY FKEDEH1C J. HASKIN.
I HE American Prison Association, t oner having the host record up to that
cd of the leading prison ou-
. time. After consulting with various prison
. , authorities, the Governor decided to try
tnorities and. criminologists of the united experiment. It worked so well, both
States ard Canada, begins its fortieth j m prison and out of it, that a number of
annual congress in Washington today, j States have copied the idea.
It will have the honor of entertaining the J ^ majority of life sentences are for
that he does not know about the cattleI ship and the passing of prominent *or*>si> delegate, ut vne international
business. ! members of the old guard, whose i''"u" A^xlttUun- w"ieil hold Ua
AGENTS AND COHRESPONPrv'TS
New York Offic*—Boom *2*. 150 Nswao
reet: Jotrn P. Smart, manager.
Washington, l>. C—Robert M. Gates. Boo*
i» Post 1' aiding.
Austin. Tex.—Lloyd K Ltchrldf*.
Monterey. Mexico-Omar HuahueU, 124 Call*
aiamoro*. ageut and torreapondeut.
Browniville, Tex.—Lower Rio Grande Valley f . n _ •
wreau. Armstrong Buiidin*. Thirteenth street, enforcement, but recognizes, as do the men of the Progressive \ariet>.
Laredo, Tex ( otulla Pnbiii itjr Burtan, courts, that no man can be held re- Many of the Old familiar faces vill lUa penologists. dialling iroiu .sew i where the jury a'wards favor life lm
million Hotel; J. V Cranke in charge j SPonsihle for technical violations Of be missed from the halls of legislation iurk oil a special ail-jpuumau train, uiey : prlsonment rather than death.
Traveling Ag^.t. w . Ii M iwr F tutu- un th - «sivt%- c P-nnH Conors yidafca liic peuttl insutu That crime and feettc-mindedness arise
the statutes through no fault of his \ ^hen the bixt\-second congress a* -*
The Express is a stickler for law places have been taken by younger
| murder in th*» second degree. It is thought
that a record of from ten to twenty-five
>ears of good behavior inside prison
cougress in the same city next week. I walla is sufficient evidence that these
t»i. - » ■ - i i men would be excellent citizens if lib-
Uis«s loreigu delegates have been t»-| (Tated. The objection to the parole of life
tUe nivjsi impoi loiil luura j prisoners comes mainly from States in
pailie'ipuivti in by pi : ,» author!- which there is noncapital ^punishing and
ever
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Bit. ( ITIK> OF TFXAS.
Population 1910.
(Ban Antonio 06.614
Bftllus i>2.104
lonston 78,000
|Fort Worth . 73.312
■Galveston ofl.OlS
LOYAL TO THE CITY.
uoiis between Mat city ana Lliicago, re-
refusal of the department to permit a
herd of 2000 cattle from the tick-free
area of Coahuila, Mexico, owned by
John R. Blocker and W. H. Jennings
of this city, to cross the Rio Grande
to pastures in the tick-free area on
this side for the reason that one tick
was found on >ne of the animals.
The Government regulations provide of Michigan, defeated in the primary
that tick-infested cattle cannot he election, and Senator Hale of Maine,
moved to ranges which are free from who will be succeeded by a Democrat,
ticks for the reason that the cattle From the House will be missed such
on the latter rm^e will, on becoming > noted Representatives as Tawney of
infested with the ticks, contract fever Minnesota, Boutell of Illinois, Scott of
sembles and some of the strongest and 2'n^uul"
best known will be in retirement, while
their places will be filled by unknown
and untried statesmen who have suc-
cessfully run the gantlet of the pri-
maries and come first under the wire
in the November elections.
Among the Republican members of
note who have already fallen outside
the breastworks are Senators Burrows
way ui iu-
Thcy xounU
much to commenu in the advanced meili-
oOs ui ut'Uimg wiih thu criminal as eliar-
ueleilieU by the work at tiiuiia, sjuiij
ami, AuOuui. Mansfield and Indianapolis.
'lue activities ot these two congresses
represent onij a portion ot the work be-
ing done lor the betterment of the con-
dition of tlie prison population of tlie
I lilted States. A society lias been formed
lor tlie scientific study of criminals; an-
other lias been organized for tlie pur-
pose of bringing about reforms in the
enactment and enforcement of criminal
law; while still another aims to establish
the principle of Indeterminate sentences
and the parole system.
♦ ♦
Despite the appearance of some up-; and die. The regulation is a good one,
IState opposition there wqs hardly the > w'" n0' hold good in the ease now
[semblance of a doubt that Mayor Gay- ""der considera 'on for this herd was
Inor could have had the nomination for infested wtili ticks, neither could
IGovernor of New York by simply let- it he construed as "an exposed" herd,
Itmg it be known that he would accept, which is also under the ban. The in-
land there is every probability that | erector examine 1 the cattle very close-
I he would have had the solid support ly. taking three head at a time. One
Kansas, Hull of Iowa, McKir.lay of
California and others not so well
known who fell beneath the wheels of
the Progressive juggernaught. If
these are but a few of the "missing"
that may be listed after the November
election returns are all in. The gen-
animal was found with a tick on it,! eral idea appears to be that in some
but as it had no symptoms of fever' of the strongly Republican districts
this, fact alone was sufficient to con-1 in which Progressives have been nomi-
vince a reasonable man that the tick's | natcd Democrats will help to elect
Democratic ticket in the Empire State 1 presence on the animal was of short j them, while in those districts in which
at the coming November election if duration. - the nominee is a Standpatter the
the nominations appeal to the confi- The Express is not in favor of ad-' Democrats may have assistance from
' mitting cattle from Mexico except on | the Progressives. White there is no
payment of the duties, but there is a j such compact it may be recalled that
probability that the Department of | at the last session of Congress the
[of his party at the polls.
The intensity of the factional fight
I In the Republican party makes rea-
sonably probable the success of the
dence and approval of the voters gen-
erally. ,The party is more than usually
harmonious and in better fighting trim
than it has been for years
Agriculture may work great hardships
With the record Gaynor has made j on a number of American citizens who
as mayor of the metropolis and the 1 have Snne ,0 Mexico through necessity
record he might be expected to make fo raise cattle, to say nothing of the
as Governor there would be at least' injustice that may be done generally
a fine.chance for his nomination for; ,0 the beef Producers of Mcxico, who
the presidency in 1912. Mr. Gaynor' w'" shortly be knocking for admittance j of them in the coming elections. If
understood all this very well. He was' t0 our markets in spite of the import \ there should not be the Democratic
The work of the American Prison Asso-
ciation has served to produce in the
United States as excellent a corps of
prison keepers as is to bo founa in any
country. Frequent interchange of ideas
aiul the custom of visiting ihe various
Institutions, has made available for all tlie
lessons taught by experience at each in-
stitution. The first president of the
American association was Rutherford 14.
Hayes, afterwards President of the Unit-
ed States. He was Governor of Ohio at
the time of the organization of the asso-
ciation in 1870.
. ■ Mni;, . i in some States farms have been estab-
Democratic expectations arc realized j uHjlPd in conjunction with the peniten-
tiaries and reformatories. The right to
work upon these plantations is maun de-
pendent upon the prison records of tlie
men. This has served to give nearly ev-
ery prison Inmate an incentive to good
behavior and has resulted favorably with
regard to the health of those who have
been allotted the privilege of life in the
open air. At the same time it has given
them a training of $reat benefit when
they are given their linerty. It is often
difficult to obtain work after a term in
prison, and farm life offers about the
best solution of this difficulty. In pome
States the men are put out on road work.
In one Western State they have no
armed guards over them, and there nre
fewer escapes than In other camps where
such guards are maintained. It is said
by those in charge of these men that
they could not take more pride in their
I work if they expected to reap a fortune
Democrats and Progressives were very j from it
i • .t j | In Minnesota the inmates of tho penl-
much in sympathy and co-opcrateu in tpntlary are engaged in making binder
the efforts both to promote and to pre-
vent certain legislation. It appears
only natural, therefore, that there may
be some co-operation between some
not insensible of the honor which his' imposed.
party associates would have been The Federal inspectors should be
pleased to bestow upon him, but he, competent men and, so far as the Ex-
I had other views. Though he might, Press is advised, they are, but they
• feel it no greater honor to be Gov- j should have more discretionary powers,
crnor of the State than to be the mayor
Jof the country's chief city, he must
Timothy L. Woodruff, the deposed
. | Republican leader in fancy vest pat-
have realized that as a stepping stone j terns and other things, will now be,
to a presidential nomination the gov-1 temporarily, at least, in the shadow,
ernorship has superior advantages. But j hut there may be some consolation in
the reflection that whom the Lord
I hope of control may have but a slim
foundation.
The election is but a few weeks off
now and it will soon be known what
is to »e the effect of the new move-
ment first called insurgency, but now
generally known by another name, or
several other names.
loveth he chasteneth.
A SUBSTITUTE FOR CHAUFFEUR.
that seems not to have beeti the chief1
'consideration with him. He believed!
-that he is needed where he is and [
.... , .... , j It is said the tariff commission ap-
that he is under obligations to the , pointed by president Taft is to "lay low
people who elected him mayor to an' say nothin*" until after the No-
serve out his term to the best of his j vember elections. Then it may have
ability and to carry out the reforms! '"Rhts before it where now there is
he has instituted. He thus puts aside! SOme deg,ree of doubt and uncer,ainty'
ambition in one direction to fulfill his
ambition in another direction.
It is just possible, of course, that
the mayor might as easily go to the
"White House from New York as from
Albany if'his party should be in a
position to advance him in the political
scale after he has served the greater
part of his term as mayor and has
1 added to his prestige as he may hope
to do. CertaiJ^ji it will be to his
credit that he A'earkened to what he
believed to be the voice of duty in-
stead of listening to the siren song
of political advancement while the
task already in hand remains unfin-
ished.
In Johnson County, also, public
sentiment seems to have been outraged
by the cruel application of the lash to
a convict. In the old days of the
whipping post flogging could be done
without fatal results.
Andrew Jackson Houston has just
been notified by the Prohibitionists of
hi-; nomination for Governor. It was
no surprise to him, however, as he
had an intimation of it before.
We may be said to have got the
automobile from France and with it
we got the word "chauffeur" as the
designation of the engineer of the
machine. The word is not a pretty
one at best and is not pronounced
tripplingly on the tongue by even those
who are more or less careful of their
pronunciation.
Sometimes we hear it called "show-
fer," sometimes "shaffer" and again
"sho-fer," with the accent on the last
syllable. It is, however, most gener-
ally called "sho-fer," with the accent
on the first syllable, not because that
is right, but because it is easier.
The meaning of the word in France
was originally a fireman or stoker. It
is also used in the sense of scorcher.
Probably that is why it happened to be
applied to the automobile driver. In
most cases he was a scorcher and still
is apt to be when not in fear of the
minions of the law. We had the word
"chaufer," one "f," before we had the
automobile. It is defined by the die-
Some of the paragraphers seem dis- j ti0nja'?' as 8 sma" pnr,able fumace
posed to make merry with the Chris-1 usei^ ln 'he manipulation of chemicals,
tian name of Vivian Lewis. Evidently I and pronounced sho-fer. Of course,
There is a suggestion that Bryan of
Nebraska may again be a candidate for
President, in 1912, if the Prohibition-
ists should look in that direction for a
noriiinee.
twine. The output of the prison factory
Is solr] to tlie farmers at. 3 cents a pound
less than the prices charged by tho hind-
er trust. Vet In spite of tlila remarkable
i reduction, the net earnings of the fac-
tory amount to $189.69 per year from each
man engaged. It. Is now the nlan of tho
Minnesota authorities lo build a hip; rr-
ricultural Implement factory where ma-
chinery will be made for the farmers
of tho State. As Minnesota Is able to
finance all its State Institutions without
levying a single penny of State taxes, it
will be seen that the farmers of that
State well may be pleased with their
twine factory and implement shops. Tt
Is estimated that when the implement
shops are in full blast tlie prison popula-
tion of the State penitentiary will bo
bringing In a net income of $300,000 a
year to the State.
4- ♦
More agitation has been waged ahout
the question of paroling prisoners than
ahout any other problem confronting the
penologists of the country in recant
years. IGxporience has demonstrated that
tho life prisoner, with every ray of hope
stricken from his lire, becomes little
more than a gloomy, remorsa^stricken
brute yielding the most reluctant obe-
dience to prison rules. Most criminolog-
ists believe that if there were a system
of parole for these "life" men, which
would introduce some nope into their ex-
istence, they would become tho malnstal,
of discipline In penal Institutions. That
this conclusion is well-founded seems to
he demonstrated In the case of the men
serving sentences in the San Quentln pen-
itentiary, California. A number of years
ago they petitioned the Governor of Cali-
fornia to parole one man of their number
each year, the parole going to the prls-
Several Republican Congressmen
are reputed to have been defeated for
renomination by just one vote, the one
they cast in favor of the Payne-Aldrich
tariff bill.
The State Democratic convention at
Rochester, N. Y., will now challenge
attention for a time. The platform to
be adopted will be looked forward to
with some interest, in view of political
conditions in that State and the bearing
it may have on National issues. The
nomination for Governor will be made
Friday, and it looks a good deal like
the nominee might be Herman Ridder
of the Staats-Zeitung, a widely-known
journalist and one of the strongest men
in the State.
An exchange complains that the In
surgents seem never to know when to
quit. Probably they are waiting for
their adversaries to cry "enough."
from hereditary taint Is well Illustrated
by Information gathered in Pennsylvania
penal institutions. It was found lt\ the
investigation that no less than 154 feeble-
minded people were being supported by
the State, all of whom were the offspring
of one marriage four generations back.
The statistics of criminal life are little
less striking, ln many Instances there be-
ing chains of criminals covering five and
six generations of a family. It has been
shown that 54 per cent of all crime ln the
I'nlted States Is due to three causes, all
of which may In fact be traced to one
source. Drunkennness represents 23 per
cent of the causes of crime In the United
States, vagrancy 50 and disorderly con-
duct 11 per cent. Vagrancy usually arises
from drunkenness and disorderly conduct
must often springs from the same source,
so that It is fair to assume that tho ma-
jority of all crimes are the direct and
indirect results of drunkenness. Seventy
per cent of all criminals In the t'nlted
States come from defective homes and 20
per cent of these from homes where hus-
band and wife are separated.
There are more than RO.nno prisoners in
the lalls. reformatories and penitentiaries
of the t'nlted States. Approximately 10,-
000 of these nre there for homicide ln one
form or another. More than 5000 r,» those
serving terms for homicide aro life pris-
oners. Tt Is estimated that the cost of
crime In the TTnlted States Is more than
a billion dollars a year. Some writers
have asserted that It is as much as five
billion dollars a year, hot such figures
are not supported by the more conserva-
tive authorities. A full half billion dol-
lars has been Invested in plans, build-
ings and equipment of the various penal
institutions of the country. More than a
million men are engaged, In one capacity
or another, 1n combating crime and pun-
ishing its perpetrators,
♦ ♦ ♦
Considerable debate has been waged
among prison authorities as to whether
or not crime is on the increase. It is not
contended that there aro fe*er violators
of the law today than there were years
ago; hut the increase in violations Is
chargeable to the fart that there are more
things for which men may be penalized.
For Instance, twenty years ago no one
was convicted for adulterating food, for
the simple reason thaT there was no law
making such adulteration a crime. It Is
only ln recent years that men could be
punished for automobile speeding or ,1o,v
riding, since thern were no automobiles
in which to speed and Joy ride In years
gone by. Rebating, now a criminal of-
fense, once was looked upon without dis-
favor, even by tho Government.
President Taft declared In an address
delivered not long ago, that he believed
throughout the country the administra-
tion of criminal law and the prosecuting
of crime constitute a disgrace to our civ-
ilization. One of tho things ho had in
mind was tlie comparative immunity ot
the rich from the operation of the crim-
inal iaw. while the poor feel all of the
bitterness of its enfore-ment. A preacher
once declared that If a man stole $10
they sent him to jail, and if he stole
$10,000 they sent him to Congress. Of
course this was an exaggeration, hut it
Illustrates a tendency lamented by Mr,
Taft and all other devotees of the public
good.
The chief aim of prison reformers is
to prevent tlie unfortunate youth of the
Nation from gravitating into a hardened
career- of crime. Under old conditions
the wayward hoy was sent to Jail, where
he could consort with none hut those
liardened in crime and where he was al-
most sure, to absorb the nature of crim-
inality, At present Ihe juvenile court and
the probation officer are trying to make
the unfortunate boys and girls who get
Into the tolls of the law feel that *here
is hope for them and If they will join In
the effort they may be reconstructed into
good, useful and honorable citizens. The
same attitude Is displayed on the part
of the keepers of adult prisoners, and no
force has labored so long or so effectively
for the rejuvenation of the prison world
as the American Prison Congress.
Tomorrow: Paxsion Ploy of 1910,
THE ONLOOKER
Hard to see how there can be a full at-
tendance at Saratoga unless they ad-
journ that legislative graft UiQuiry.
Glad to observe that Mayor Gaynor has
had his hair cut. Means that his honor la
preparing for action.
Senator Lorimtr seeks vindication. I
That's what colonel Roosevelt wants. la
there enough to go around?
The Bellamy Storer incident Is closed,
says Colonel Roosevelt. Pardon. Some-
body has removed the lid.
The Sultan of Sulu is on his way here
with $500,00n worth of Jewels, and George
Ade is wondering whether they are all
for him.
Found a forty-pound jawbone out Wesi.
TJmph 1 Noticed the only man who had
one resembling that had been sort of
quiet lately.
Pure food lecturer nays tho important
thinj? is not what we eat, but how wo
eat it. Oh, well, in that case why trouble
about having it pure?
No matter what the reasons for the
action, the fact that two officers of the
Public Service Commission have surren-
dered their positions refutes the old clas-
sic, "Few die and none resign."
Notice that all that money was paid
out in Albany to secure good men in of-
fice. Great. Accounts for tho rush to
help along the world betterment and the
endorsement of the idea that honesty
pays.
Fact that a show girl bride was the
third to wed within eleven months from
dressing room No. ?l in a theater, the
stage door of which is ln Forty-first
Street, merely shows that there's luck in
odd numbers in 1910.
Mayor McOee of Pittsburg hns ordered
an investigation of certain police officers
who permitted the wanton destruction of
straw hats on September 15. Matter
would probably never have been heard
of, hut somebody, happily, ruined his
honor's $50 Panama bonnet.
Prisoner under life sentence snys he has
perfected the flying machine by a new
principle. Too bad tlmt a man who cou'd
invent p„ thing like that will never have
a chance to try it. It's like the student
who told his professor that be used to
know nil about pernetual motion but had
i forgotten the details.
B
RIGHTS1DE bVY
Those Careful Married Men,'*
Their Latest Tabloid Sketch.
BY LAFAYETTE PARKS
THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY.
(San Antonio Dally Express, Sept. 2!>, 1R75.)
At Kansas City on the 23d: Tattle re-
ceived, 1470; shipped. 844; Texas cows,
$2.80®3.10; heavy steers, $3.25.
4 ♦
To T/et —Tho Post House, Alameda Sr.
Inquire of Dr. Graves or A. Dittman,
over Bennett A Thornton's Pnnk.
At the meeting of the fair directors
Monday Mr. Jesse Hell was appointed
as a committee to borrow and have
charge of showcases during the fair.
♦ ♦ ♦
Pol. Thomas G. Williams and his inter-
esting family are leaving San Antonio,
ho to go to Washington and thev to re-
side In Austin. We regret to bid them
farewell.
♦ ♦
William TT. Maverick and lady, who
have been traveling In the North for
health and pleasure, have returned home.
Thev will be cordially greeted by their
many friends.
Itarrett Wendell's Pun.
When Professor Wendell of Harvard
entered upon his Sabbatical year, he re-
mained in Cambridge some weeks after
his leave of absence began and persisted
in taking part In the departmental meet-
ing. The head of the department pro-
tested.
"Sir," he said, "you aro officially ab-
sent. You nre non est."
'Oh, very well," replied Professor Wen-
dell, "a non est man is the noblest work
of God."—Success Magazine.
Hp Needed the Job.
At a meeting of a State medical so-
ciety the secretary read a letter from the
consul of one of our far away possessions
urging the need of a resident physician in
his district. In the moment of silence
that followed the reading the young man
in the hall arose and said modestly: "I
wish you would put mo down for that
place, sir. It sounds good to me. My
practice here died last night."—Success
Magazine.
it A CCORDING to some new statistic#
"■ regarding employes, I see that
unmarried men are more often injured
than the married ones," Brightslde begins
when the family puxxle solver arrives for
the evening verbal handicap.
"That's because the chaps tied to skirts
can't afford to take the chances us slngl#
fellows do—and get away with 'em," re-
plies Son, digging up a dope stick for
further enlightenment on the subject.
"Appears to md like a strong argument
in favor of marriage," resumes Father
after some deliberation.
"The double game needs a lot of boost-
ing to get people to fall for it right
along," asserts Son, with the attitude of
a man sparring for his liberty. "If there
wasn't a line of 'con' being handed out
all the time there'd certainly be an awful
slump in the preachers' wedding fees.''
"The Employers' Liability Commission,
the body that has collected these fig-
ures." continues Father, reports that
this condition obtains in all large cities.
The life of the married man is always
sat'er."
"Well, they've tacked that 'safe and
sane' dope on almost everything else."
sniffs Son. "I thought it was about due
to drop on the marriage game. 'Safe and
sorry' would be nearer the real label ou
the stunt," Son pessimistically adds.
"A remarkable features of the commis-
sion's figures is that In the rural dis-
tricts," explains Father, "the married
man is more often hurt—the condition be-
ing reversed."
"I suppose the reason for that Is," sur-
mises Son, "that down on the old farm
there are no policemen to respond to
hubby's loud cries for help when wlfla
starts to beat him up. Just another argu-
b
kn
they do not realize that he is the author
of the pure food and drugs act
launched in New Jersey and has been
a conspicuous leader in the movement
for the conservation of the State's
the French word with the "eur" termi-
nation must be pronounced differently,
if we wish to be correct.
But why can we not have an English
natural resources. The name may be i word to fit the case? Why would it
somewhat against a man of affairs, not ^e just as well to call the man
but it is more or less poetic and 1 , ,. , .
esthetic, just the same. 1 who runs ,hc machme the driver, or
; something of that sort, until we can
It is now said that Mr. Sherman j invent a word that will answer the
had lost prestige in his own congres-
sional district before his nomination
for Vice President and that he would
have been defeated for a renomination
purpose better? We are constantly
coining words to express an idea more
briefly or more forcefully than our
for Congress. If he had been satisfied J already extensive vocabulary permits,
with that honor, instead of seeking i an(j) such being the case, why should
another that brought him in conflict . . . .. c . ,
, with the colonel, this unpleasant little we be bounden ,0 ,he hrench '^age
| fact might not have been brought out. j f°r a wor^ that is not particularly
I fitting there and altogether out of
The latest wrinkle in civic recreation i p]ace here?
schemes for the young, according to a ^ ' .. . . .
New York paper, is to have a woodshed .Cannot somebody ^ us the
on the public playgrounds for the use j dilemma with respect to a foreign
| of city boys who are denied that fea-, word that we don't like, not only be
i"1!? & „ma,,(;r ^! cause it is not pretty, but because it
fact, however, the village or farm boy's j
,, recollections of the woodshed are not
I usually associated with playgrounds.
Dr. O. A. Knapp, chief of the divis-
ion of co-operative farm work of the
Department of Agriculture, Is soon to
make a tour of the South to inspect
^ experiment stations and confer with
farmers. While in San Antonio he is
txpected to deliver a public address.
is an exotic and we do not care for
things from abroad when we can have
a home-made article.
The president of Cornell University
is one of the scholars in politics who
appears to have been satisfied to be
simply a delegate to the State conven
tion. Maybe he is just getting him-
self in trim for something better,
(letting Grown.
I wonder what's the matter
With Samanthy An, she us'ter
Wuze'nt quite as big as seems ter me
She wuz when school let out.
She's got on longer dresses
An' her hair is ornamental
An' she's actin' orful dignified.
The way she gits about.
I wonder what's ther matter
With Samanthy! W'en I as't har
When school let out on Friday,
Wot made her act' so grown,
She said, "Oh, nothin', Willie;
Cblidern ain't amusin' ter me!"
An 'she tossed her head an' left me
Standin' at the gate alone.
I'm still puzzled 'bout Samanthy;
An' she sez she's a young lady,
An' she talks ln big words, mostly—
Acts Just like grown ladles do.
I as't Ma; but she just kinder
liooked at me an' laffed a little,
An' sed next fall 'at I could
Put on grownup breeches, too.
TALBOT O. UATEMAN.
Mulligan and His Money.
Strolling along the boardwalk at Allan-
tic City, Mr. Mulligan, the wealthy re-
tired contractor, dropped a quarter
through a crack in Ihs planking. A
friend came along a minute later and
found him squatted down, Industriously
poking a $2 bill through the treacherous
cranny with his forefinger.
"Mulligan, what the divvll ar're you
dotn'?" inquired the friend.
"Sh-h," said Mulligan, "I'm tryin' to
make It wort' me while to tear up this
board."—Everybody's Magazine.
Not So Stingy.
Sister Jane lingered with the visitor at
tlie front door, but at last Ihe visitor
wont, and Sister Jane tripped lightly up-
stairs to her own room, humming softly
and gladly to herself. She wanted to
he alone to think over all tho nice things
the visitor had said.
Little James (aged 7) entered tho sit-
ting room slowly and thoughtfully.
"Mamma," he said, "sister's new heau
Isn't as stingy as X thought he was.'
"Isn't he, dear? Well, I'm glad to
hear It," answered his mother.
"No," said Brother James, deliberately
"he's stingier! "—Answers.
At Last He Knows.
Pillows—I never realized till three years
ago why Dobson was always preaching
patience.
Bouisters—What made you realize It
then?
Pillows—I lent him H9.
Care-free Bliss.
Builth—How do you remember to water
the platiiH when your wife is away?
Bmwu oil, I leave the windows open
so tlie storms cau wet 'era.—Harper's Ba-
zar.
L*M>.
rai UKSDAY—Jennie Steele, the girl from
* Baltimore, spent Saturday and Sun-
day at Mrs. Deering's and occupied the
same room that I did. She has tho most
fascinating way of flirting, and I should
think men would be very keen about her.
Tom wasn't a bit, though. I don't think
she likes me very much. I had met her
once last winter at the Plaza, where I
was having tea with a Southern man
whom I had known for a year or two and
who was living in New York at that
time.
He was remarkably good-looking and I
saw quite a good deal of him. He had the
loveliest way of telling everybody how
much he adored me and would propose
right before another girl. He was so at-
tractive that tlie other girl was always
crazy about him, and if I didn't happen
to like her it made it very nice for me.
The day wo met Jennie Steele I was more
or less at a disadvantage, because I had
on an old tailor-made suit and a last
year's hat that I had worn because he
thought It becoming, but which I should
never want to have a fight with another
woman in.
She was at the next table and almost
literally fell on his neck. She had on an
exquisite creation of lavender chiffon,
and, looking as smart as she did it didn't
matter very much how she behaved. He
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She was gazing Into his eyes with her
whole soul when he began to tell her
how much in love with me he was. It
was very pleasant. I looked indulgent
and bowed to quite a lot of people that
kept coming in. She didn't know a soul,
ing the cream to wash her face with,
and got the butter all over a pair of
suede slippers.
On Sunday night, Mrs. Deerlng discov-
ered that there were thirteen to sit down
to the table, so she telephoned Tom If he
couldn't possibly come. He was staying
witli some man not very far away, ana
they both canio over. Jennie sat next to
him at dinner, although I was very care-
ful not to glance ln that direction I could
see that she was flirting desperately with
him. She looked lovely; her hair was
so satiny and her mouth looked so vel-
vety—with my lip pencil. It was Just my
luck to have a cold, of course. I sat next
to Mr. Craig, and as he had a slight cold,
too, we could sympathize with each
other.
After dinner Tom and 1 found our-
selves sitting out In tho hall together
somehow. He said he didn't admire Jen-
nie Steele at all, though she was proba-
bly a very nice girl. Jennie told me she
had a compliment for me when we went
up to bed—a "last go." I made her tell
me first, though, and she said Mr. Craig
"SHE INSISTED ON TAKING THE
CREAM TO WASH HER FACE
WITH."
Introduced me to her and she looked at
me very kindly.
I didn't mind that a bit, though, because
I felt that in some ways 1 had the advan-
tage over hep
"SHE HAS THE MOST FASCINATINQ
WAY OP FLIRTING."
and 1 knew It Irritated her. Aunt Har-
riet was having tea with two awful-look-
ing wunien lit a little distance behind her
table, and I pretended to have quite a
flirtation with them. Ho finally told her
that he had given me his Toodle-Orange
pin, some sort of a society that he be-
longed to, and that, he could not see why
I didn't wear It, It seeniB It is a great
honor to own one of the pins. I said I
often did use It at home, and she said:
"Oh, you ought to wear it; It won't spoil
your chances with other men!" I didn't
have to bother about any reply as the
way he looked at me was repartee enough
for her.
After that she and I were awfully sweet
to each other, and there was one moment
when I nearly tore her curls off. He said
afterward that lie was so pleased that we
had seemed to like each other so much.
When we met at Mollle Turner's she was
very pice, and we became almost friendly.
I was not absolutely delighted to room
with her, however, at Mrs. Deering's. She
was fearfully careless and used my tooth-
brush in a mistake one night, and kept
getting her lip pencil mixed up with mlno
all tlie time. The morning after tho dance
wo had breakfast ln bed, and I had on
lny new wrapper. It was fearfully ag-
gravating to ruin tt by sitting down ln the
coffee. It was the most mussed up sort
of a meal, anyway. She Insisted on tak-
- MANY A MAfcei© MAN
WAS PWWED HIMSELP-A HKOi
ment against that 'back to the farm'
movement. I never did approve of going:
so far away from Broadway, anyway."
"Married men In the city," Father goes
on to say. "are more careful in their
work because of those who depend upon
I hem for support, is the commission's ex-
planation of the fewer number of acci-
dents among the Benedicts."
"They have to hold their Jobs or they
don't eat," says Son. "Even if a real
peach goes by a married man doesn't
dare turn around and rubber for fear he'll
get the hook from the boss. Now, It's
different with us gay and carefree chaps.
We wouldn't think any more of kissing
a job goodby to get a glad smile from a
little'Bright Eyes than we would of hurl-
ing ourselves ln front of a speeding auto-
mobile at the risk of our Uve3 to save an
old and gray haired woman from death.
That's us—we're the Carnegie medal kids
and we know not fear."
"Many a married man has proved him-
self a hero in the time of great danger,"
prolests leather, "and has crippled him-
self for life by doing some heroic act."
"Whenever I read of a married man
jumping in front of a trolley car to save
a yellow dog," recounts Son, "I always
figure that he lives ln Brooklyn, and he's
talcing the cheapest route to get rid of a
nagging wife."
"Single men really have no sense of re-
sponsibility," argues Father, "and they
frequently take foolish chances ln their
work that a married man would think
twice about."
"And I've noticed it's the guy that
takes the chances when they come by
that usually grabs off mazuma," declares
Son. "He may stub his toe now and then
or get a slap on the wrist for being a
careless kid, but, take it from me, when
he does get away with It he makes ona
big hit with the boss."
"Employers are also ready to reward
married men who are steady and care-
ful," is Father's belief.
"Yes, but what good does It do them?"
complains Son. 'They can't spend the
bundle, because they have to take It homa
to wifie."
(Copyright, 1910, by the New York Even-
ing Telegram—New York Herald Com-
pany. All rights reserved.)
"SHE RAID MR. CRAIG HAD SAID I
LOOKED SO GOOD NATURED."
had said I looked so good-hearted. I wap
a good deal annoyed, but tried not to
show it. So then 1 told her that Tom had
said he was sure she was a very nice
girl.
I hope I concealed my annoyance better
than she did.
1 wouldn't have told her for worlds that
Mrs. Deerlng had said Blie looked as
though she could be a perfect devil—she
would have been so pleased.
Texas Rural Population.
So far the census returns, as to Texas,
have related chiefly to the largest cities
in the State. Next week we shall pro'i-
abiy get the returns for the cities of tha
second magnitude, such as Waco. Austin,
El Paso and Beaumont. Thereafter wa
shall perhaps get the returns for cities
of the third magnitude, such as Sher-
man, Denlson, Paris, Temple. In soma
respects the returns for the cities of tha
fourth magnitude will be the most In-
teresting, for they will give us some Idea,
in advance of the complete returns for
the State as a whole, as to tlie relation
between the increase of our urban pop-
ulation and our rural population, Al-
ready it is pretty evident that, for tlie
country as a whole, It will be shown
that the urban population has increased
much more than the rural population.
But thut can harly be true of Texas, Wo
rather expect the complete returns will
show that tho rural population of Texas
has increased twlcce as much as the ur-
ban population, counting towns of less
than the fourth magnitude as parts of
the rural life,,of the State. Certainly it
would be a very mystifying phenomenon
If it should be shown that even ln Texas,
where there Is so much idle land, tha
urban pppulation has increased within
even 60 per cent as rapidly as the rural
population.—Dallas News.
BANKER IN PRAIRIE SCHOONER
Chicagoan Makes Trip From I/w An-
geles for the Pleasure of It.
Carrying out a scheme which he for-
mulated In his brain twenty-five years
ago when he was a cowboy on the West-
ern plains, Albert W. Harris of Chicago,
a wealthy banker, passed through Omaha
Monday noon In a "prairie schooner" en
route overland from Los Angeles to Chi-
cago.
Mr. Harris Is making the trip Just for
the healthy pleasure he can get out of
It. With a party ot four he left Los
Angeles May 15. Since that time he has
traveled !£00 miles. At first the wagon
averaged twenty miles a day, and re-
cently It has been averaging twenty-five
miles.
Instead ot picking out the easiest way
Mr Harris laid a straight course, up
over the mountains and then through
Utah, across the desert, and passing
many miles south of Salt Lake City.
Mr. Harris had a couple of "cayuses,"
as they might call them out West, hitched
to the wagon, and a saddle pony in ad-
dition. One of tho homes had gotten to
the stage where It was a trifle difficult
for lilm to see, but ho was capable of
plodding on. He had an ordinary farm
wagon, with typical "prairie schooner"
top.
He was roughly clad In the simplest of
frontier costumes, and one looking at
him had to use some imagination to pic.
ture him ns seated In the office of a big
bank, directing affairs—that Is until one
has talked to him.—Omaha World-Herald.
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