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THE EVENING STAR. With Sunday Morninsr Edition. WASHINGTON. November 85, 1906 I CROSBY S. NOYEg null utter at tba at Washington.

0. Tlx STAB has a aad parmanaat Family Circulation much mora than the combined circulation of olhea Wuk Ington dailies. A.B a aewi ana Medium it feM no competitor. The Evening Star, w.th the Sunday morning rlitlon. Is delivered by carriers within the etti at 00 per without tke Sunday morning edition at 44 centa per month.

Jy irall. poetajre prepaid: Dally. Sunday Included, one month. 00 ta. Dally, Sunday exempted, one month.

80 ceata. Saturday Star, roe year. $1.00. Hun I Star, one year, $1.50. Mr.

Tillman at Chicago. The stir over the approaching appearance of Senator Tillman on the lecture platform In Chicago recalls some interesting history. In earlier days the boot was on the other lee. Protests against the public discussion of topics likely to arouse bitterness and lead to turmoil came from the south. Men who demanded the abolition of slavery were denounced as public enemies.

A price was put upon Garrison head. Any one Of a dozen public speakers of power In that day woulu have paid with his life the penalty of an appearance In a slave state. Horace Greeley's newspaper was denied the privileges of the mail south of the Potomac and the Ohio. The argument was that as slavery was protected by the Constitution the slaves should not in effect be incited against their masters. A rising under such Influences would be attended appalling consequences.

Innocent blood would flow, and disorder become general. Now protests against the agitation of questions growing out of slavery and its abolition are heard in the north. In cities liku Phllndptnhia Hrnfiklvn and Chicago. the authorities are asked to bar both southern speakers and southern plays dealing in anti-negro form with the race question. The argument Is that negroes are now citizens of the United States; that many of them are prosperous, and worthy, and law-abiding; that speakers of the grade of Mr.

Tillman. and plays of the class of "The Clansman," incite the emotional and the lower order of the whites against all negroes, and that riot and bad feeling, with the negroes an follow. It la a curl uuo levrrsai ut iiiuifts. As great as their concern is. however, the negroes of the north could not commit a greater blunder than to propose, as some are doing, force in these matters.

The south, by appealing first to intolerance and then prematurely to force, lost her cause. She was strong and determined and brave, but could not sustain herself in the field against the tide that her unwisdom turned against her. Much less cotlld the negroes living In the north hope to win by force, or by any act challenging the law. They are few and feeble, and must obey and work thrmich tacrpnnip-s nf law if the law Is to protect them. Any other course means disaster for them.

It may be repeated, as The Star the other day said, that the selection of Mr. Tillman for orator, and his selection of uie race question for theme, on an occasion when human sympathy and good feeling should be paramount, are at least peculiar. Still they are not open Uj severer challenge than criticism; and the very worst thing that, could befall the negro race in America would be the harming or the death of Mr. Tillman at the hand or Instigation of a negro. Homeward Bound.

Thus far in his Journey to Panama and the President hag progressed not oniy according to schedule, but at a swifter pace than had been planned. He reached the Isthmus ahead of time and unless there is a slip the homeward run will bring him back one day earlier than was expected when he departed. Thus who feared that trouble might arise In consequence of delayed public business will be sufficiently rebuked for their pessimism. Nevertheless, there will be a general sigh of relief when tne president root on snore at me Navy Yard and completes his record-breaking voyage- He will have escaped dangers which not even the most highly perfected machinery devised by our arts and sciences can altogether discount, dangers from storm and from disease, from accident and from design. This trip may serve now as a precedent.

The tradition which has for so many years kept the presidential feet upon American soil has been broken. That which heretofore forbade extended Journeys from the Sfat of government lest mishaps might Vi oil In (at ru inn affolra Hoa been smashed. The President has gone a long way from home and is now returning In good health, and the government here at Washington still lives. Such a demonstration may easily be repeated. In another direction.

at some future date. With the wireless telegraphy working In good order a trip across the Atlantic is conceivable. A presidential progress over the big pond and back would indeed be something to talk about, and It Is not now to be rated as Impossible or even Improbable. As a friend of the colored man and also a friend of the President. Booker T.

Wash Ington may fir.d In the dismissal of the col- troops an opportunity for some fine diplomatic work. A man who has studied the monetary question as closely as W. J. Bryan has ought to be able to give a few valuable suggestions on an elastic currency. It is safe to say that the Louisiana has not lost any time on this trip If the President had any Influence with the captain, uu lit: jnuuauij uau.

It Is doubtful whether Mr. Hearst will enJoy nerving In the ranks for long. Serving In the ranks is heroic, but very Inconspicuous. Murphy of New York. Th? New York political vaudeville proceeds.

But. for that matter, the performance is continuous. When Mr. Hearst last summer found that Air. murpny was essential to ms scneme ne ased up both In the way of cartoons and of editorials on the leader of Tammany Hall The striped suit was withdrawn and laid away In moth balls.

Furious fulminations In type an Inch high against "the chief criminal of them all" ceased. A personal meeting was not arranged, but It was not necessary. The two men through Intermediaries had come to a perfect understanding, and now worked together as If they had been chums from boyhood. Mr. Hearst, who had declared that Mr.

Murphy iru unfit to assist in the election of a mayor of Greater New Tork, now encouraged the Tammany boss to do his utmost to assist in the election of a governor of the state. The right-about-face amused everybody but the two men themselves, and jnaybe they smiled behind their hands. But while Mr. Hearst was allent about Mr. Murphy, many democrats were in full voice against him.

The year before they had been marching at Mr. Murphy's side In support of Mr. McCletian. Now they were echoing the old Hearst cries about the plan's unworiMaew, and wiling for feat of his candidate for governor. They reproduced the old Hearst cartoons and quoted from the old Hearst editorials about the Tammany boss.

Now the laugh la on these men. Although Mr. Hearst was beaten. Mr. Murphy's local ticket was elected, and he cornea out of the scrimmage with some power.

If Richard Croker does not return and dispute the way. Mr. Murphy may hold his place as leader of Tammany Hall, and thus become a factor to be reckoned with in shaping things for 1008. New York, as usual, wants to play a prominent part at the democratic national convention, and in large measure on such occasions she speaks through Tain uiauj. ou iiicic a i uiiici uw? easing up on Mr.

Murphy and getting ready to march by his side again. They are withdrawing their animadversions, and trying to "forget It." After taking the ground that he was an unflt jnan to figure prominently in the campaign for a governor and a bench of local judges, they are preparing to consult him In 'the matter of writing a national platform and nominating a candidate for President of the United States! Never such another place for politics as New York, and never such politics as New York politics found in any other place. I Even the home folks are mystified at times, and deplore their own tog. An Optimistic Governor-Elect. One paragraph of Governor-elect Hughes' speech in New York Friday night is deserving of special consideration, as throwing light upon the character of the man whom tho people of the state have chosen to administer their affairs: "Since the election I have been overwhelmed with mess-iges of felicitation, of sympathy, of anxiety and of premonition.

I have been congratulated, counseled and adjured. Optimist and pessimist, the timid and the courageous, the sanguine and the bilious have made me the repository of their hopes and their fears, their gloomy forebodings and their triumphant exultations. Out of it all I SDell opportunity, re sponsiblllty and godspeed." This Is the outlook of the optimist, the progressive philosopher, who has faith In the people and In himself, who believes he has a chance to do good, and who propose to rise superior to obstacles and difficulties and master them. He recognizes the dangers, but does not allow them to deter him or discourage him. A half-hearted entrance upon the duties at Albany would be the worst possible start for the new governor.

His task is perhaps the most important ever assigned to the head of the commonwealth. Conditions there are not only complex, but they have aroused the people to a high pitch of restlessness and protest. The recent campaign was unusual In that each side contended that reform was necessary, differ ing In the means proposea. nearn lambasted everything and everybody without discrimination and without assurance of a constructive reorganization. Mr.

Hughes promised to meet the needs of the situation with conservative remedies. Perhaps the more will be expected of him because of his very mildness of prescription. Mr. Hughes puts behind him the pessimists who would have him believe he is doomed to failure. In these days of preparation he needs helpful suggestions, not deterrent.

A man with his inquisitorial capacity, his faculty for boring Into a muddle and finding the truth, may be relied upon to see for himself all there Is of error and evil. The only question Is whether he Is a constructor as well as a dissector. If he demonstrates the possession 01 powers of synthesis equal to those of analysis which he has so plainly proved he will succeed In his administration as have few state executives In the history of the country. Allison. The news that Senator Allison's health continues to Improve and that he will be In his place here after the holidays, will be welcomed wherever read.

An eminent arid very useful man. he has the affairs of the government's supply Mils more completely mastered than any other public Servant, and when he is In charge of them there Is the sure guarantee that neither ex nnr phpftsenarlnfir will be fap vored at his end of the Capitol. Such service la not showy, but Is of far greater importance than the showiest, and the man who renders it as long and as wisely as the senior Iowa senator has may claim a place among the officials to whom the people owe the most. Mr. Allison first appeared here as a member of the Thirty-eighth House, and has been a member of the Senate Blnce 1873.

Truly, a veteran legislator. Russia would be pleased to see a fight between Japan and America. It will be generations before It gets OTer the feeling that Japan needs castlgation. The colored troops cannot be disciplined out of the Intuitive contempt that people feel for a tell-tale, however righteous his cause. 1 Like some of the trust who get Into court.

Caruso will find the fine of less actual consequence than the counsel fees. Perhaps Senator Depew turns to literature In the hope of trying his luck with a new class of critics. A Favored People. As a people we like to have the signs of our prosperity brought to our attention. We are fond of the statistics that roll up Into the We have become rather used to milHons.

We have even begun to think In billions. The tenth figure was rarely employed a century ago. In some comparisons recently compiled relative to American progreos It occurred only once. In 1880 the total wealth of the country was estimated at $1,000.000,000. In llMXi it was placed at $106,000,000,000, more than one hundred times as much.

The per capita wealth. It Is comforting to know, grew In those 108 years from to over $1,253. That is one reason why the individual American likes to see the figures that tell the story of his affluence, both as a unit in the great community and as a member of the richest state in the world. Just one more contrast of this same sort before passing on, showing that we are not spendthrifts 1c our affluence. In 1800 there were only 1,000 savings bank depositors In the United States, or one for every 5.30K of the population.

while In 1WK5 there were 8,300,000 depositors, or one for every sixteen people In the country. The average of deposits in this class of Institutions fell from 1000 In 1800 to about H00 In 1906, but the total leaped from 1000.000 to $3,300,000,000. One of the surest signs of our growth and prosperity is furnished by the statistics of railways. According to preliminary calculations by the Interstate Commerce Commission in preparation for the forthcoming report on railway earnings, the 200,000 miles of road constituting about 00 per cent of the total earned during the last fiscal year 12,319,760.080 gross, or about tTftT RUA Th? rmu aornliiM a mile, and the net earnings Theae are highly significant figures. They are even more significant In the light of the fact that they represent heavy advances over the year previous.

Thus, the net earnings for the past fiscal year were 167,000.000 larger than the previous twelve months. That means that more goods were carried and more people traveled, both items standIng for Increasing prosperity. In order to appreciate what these figures really mean one must try to conceive the country afflicted by a general and complete toppage of the railway lines, leaving out of consideration the trolley roads. It is an imagination-taxing undertaking. The modern mind can scarcely grasp of rail road inertia, of silent freight yards, rusty rails, empty depots.

We have become so accustomed to the facilities for swiftly and in numbers over long distances that such a proposition is almost unthinkable. Vet, if it can be projected upon the mina me resun wi.i De a ralr notion or tne vitally important part 'the railroad locomotive plays In our economy. That great machine, evolved to such a high point as to be regarded today by some engineers as at the limit of Its usefulness. Is one of the chief factors in the process of making this veritably a "billion dollar coontry." It has fostered the growth of great cities, widely separated according to former standards, but close together according to modem idea. It has developed the farm as well as the manufacturing center.

It has rendered the -mines of the United States profitable and productive of vast wealth. The locomotive has. in truth, hauled billions of dollars into the banks of the United States, and rendered us the richest people in me wurtu. Of course, the locomotive alone could not have accomplished thl? result. We have always had the soil, the climate and the mineral wealth that have been the natural essentials to our marvelous fortune.

But It has taken machinery to transform and transport the yield of our land into' the treasure that gives our statist'ctans the chance to draw such amazing comparisons between the early American days and the present. Will the future be as marvelous In its own way: wnat or tne statistics or a century hence? Will our present-day wonders of contrast, our proudly exhibited signs of grtfwth and gain be shrunk Into Insignificance by the overwhelming totals of 2005? Or have we gained already at the most rapid pace possible, leaving for future generations to score advances in other directions than that of piling up billions? If we as a people manage In -the next century to solve social problems as successfully as we have acquired riches during the hundred years "now past, we will have in truth earned the praise of all the world as a nation blessed by fate. The Elopement. Woman continues to occupy at least her share of space In the public prints. This by no means detracts from one's Interest in those publications, for It may not be a violation of confidence to say that many men really feel an interest In women.

Indee'd, In nearly every sensational story about woman a man may be found at the bottom of It. Woman Is not altogether to blame for her" prominence In the newspapers, for every woman who gets Into the news Is described as beautiful, and this is the only chance many of them ever have to be thus described. This chance presents a great temptation to woman, and every man who has ever read the story of Eve and the apple knows how readily woman may yield to temptation. One of the late news items concerning woman is this: "BRADDOCK. young women of a Braddock Lutheran Church, at a meeting held last night, signed a paper pledging themse'ves not to be parties to elopements." The young ladles who have signed this pledge probably mean to keep It.

There Is no harm In that. Nearly every one who signs a pledge means to keep It. But, if 50 per cent of the pledges signed were kept the anti-saloon league could safely disband. Is It logical that these young ladles should throw the weight of their Influence against elopement? The elopement has Its uses. In the first place.

It Is romantic, and If people do not get their romance before marriage they are apt never to know much about romance. The elopement la a good thing for the poor man. It enables a slx-dollar-a-week men to aspire to the hand of a maid he could never hope to win with the consent of her mother. Mnronv? ctuycuicui uxces in tne matter of economy. It Is very much cheaper than a church wedding.

There Is also much leas about It. The young lady does not have to wrestle with the awful problem of the Invitation list. On the other hand. It Is true that the elopers have to forego many wedding presents, but this also Is economy. Wedding presents are th? most expensive things a young married couple can accept.

When It comes to paying back wedding presents It la astounding to learn the number of school chums the young wife had. and the rapidity and persistency with which they marry. Mr. Sam Oompers, having secured a renewed Indorsement from the American Federation of Labor, may feel more than ever like going ahead In politics. It would Indeed have been a pity to place a man capable of so many kinds of activity as Mr.

Taft in the quietude of the Supreme Court. Santos-Dumont, with all his break-downs and narrow escapes, manages to keep at me neaa or the flying machine procession. The holiday advertising that Is beginning to appear affords renewed assurances of the general prosperity of the country. The report that Cuba Is restless Is after all only an announcement that customary conditions prevail. SHOOTING STABS.

Hope. fMl lrlfvl nt OJUCB gvi IQO doctor's prescription," said the hypochondriac. "Can you read it?" "No. But I'm sure that If th? could get a look at K. it wouid scare 'em to deatih." A Permanent Mystery.

"Is it true that Rockefeller has more money than it would ever be possible for htm to spend?" asked the man who likes nsiiMia. "That la one of the things that will always remain mysteries. He will never try the experiment." Thanksgiving. Le's Jlne In an' be thankful. 'Tain' no use to raise a fuss.

However bad yah troubles Is, Be thankful dey's no A mm. Til flU All 1U-1UUN lINI. la higher than It ever before," said the man who "Nonsense," answered the man who is vapidly jocose; "think of our ancestors who lived away up in trees." In the Halls of Justice. We used to be stars in the days lone ago When we went to police court and stood In a row. The papers would mention the things that we did And print what we said; but our glorjr Is hid With Juries persistently doing their beat To put our great under arrest.

Tht pace tbat we once used to strike seems to lag. There Isn't much chance for a regular vag. Now all sorts of people are out in array, From kings of finance to a tenor so gay. We feel that we don't quite belong to th? set, 'Mongst those who were present" la that we get. Tt'a hard aftpr qnrh an MrMr To be thua overshadowed as great men draw near.

But now we are beat, from the drop of the flag. ao show at all for a regular FIFTY YEARS AGO IN THE STAR Such a scene as that described In The Star of November 17. 1856. aa follows. would nowadays create an Hw and immense sensation and would Blot.

doubtless precipitate a searching Investigation and lead to reformation. As the incident was not uncommon In Washington half a century ago, it may be assumed that nothing was done about it: "A Are. doubtless the work of an incendiary. was discovered In the brick stable ctffner of Pennsylvania avenue and It fltroot Qa inrrln 1, InaKla wuviii uaj 1115111. WW horses were smothered and horses and carriages injured, the loss being in the neighborhood of S1.000.

The occasion waa Belied upon by rowdy spirits for another of those disgraceful riots which our citlsens, from sad experience, now naturally expect upon an alarm of fire. "Although the alarm was given loud and long, no apparatus appeared and not a spoonful Of water was thrown "Rut this time there was busy work not far off. Ouns and pistols were firing In rapid succession along Pennsylvania avenue, and rocks and stones flew fast and fierce. This was kept up for the better part of an hour. Whilst the fire was blazing, a man came up and walked conspicuously between the fire and the crowd, carrying a revolver aloft and daring any one to contest his surpassing prowess.

He marched forward and back without interference, and left with the remark. "Gentlemen, we have got your reel, come and take We understand that the reel of the Union Fire company was wresteu rrom some members who were taking it tcr the Are and carried off In another direction, to be soused into the canal, but some of the auxiliary guard recaptured and restored it to its proper guardians. "There is reason to fear that these occurrences will be followed by yet more riotous and probably bloody consequences. The temporary triumph of one party only goads the opposite to increased preparation and exertion, and from the exasperation excited terrible events may be expected." Homeless men will often do extraordinary things for the sake of relieving their wants, but rarely does a man con False fess to a crime he has not Confession, committed in order to secure food and lodging. Such, however, was the case with one who was nicked up on the streets of Washington fifty years ago.

as thus narrated in The Star of November 18. 1856: "Last night Officers Stewart and Goddard took a drunken man from the street to the guard house, where he was placed for safe keeping. He told the that he had killed a man In Baltimore and had thrown his body in the dock; that he had escaped and had been lying tn the woods for five days and that he came to this city for the purpose of ending his existence In the canal, but had changed his mind and determined to give himself up. This morning he was recognized as Robert House, well known to the police, and It appears that his confession was an Ingenious device to get himself accommodated for the night. He was lectured and sent home to his work." In explaining that It would issue no paper on Thanksgiving day.

The Star the day 11), 1850? Thanks- took occasion thus to regiving. mark upon the manner of public observance of the day set apart by custom and executive order: "Gradually this 'Thanksgiving day' Is weeding out from among us of the District of Columbia the legitimate Christian holi- rtav fnr wa troll I when It was the occasion, of all occasions, observed among us as a day of universal thanksgiving should it Is not obr served now. we regret to write. "Tomorrow, while a portion of this community are setting a good example by attending divine thanks In the different churches of much larger proportion will be throwing away their time and means in various ways. An astonishing quantity of execrable liquor will be guzzled here, perhaps ten times as much as on any other day in this year 1856.

A multitude of horses will be over-ridden ajid over-driven. While we realize how easily those who will attend the churches tomorrow (and we should be glad. Indeed, tf every man. woman and child in Washington would do so) might participate in the observance of the day in that way, we are also very sure that to thousands around us it will be little more than an occasion for Indulgence in dissipation at the cost of character, health and slenderly provided purses." Edwin Booth was a favorite stage visitor to Washington back in the late fifties, his performances here being Edwin always highly enjoyed by At. laxKA TT? -1- 3 iJOOlH.

auuicuvcn. J1C his first week In this city at this time in 1856, his repertoire Including "Richard III." "Richelieu." "Hamlet," "Merchant of Venice." "The Apostate." "The Iron Cheat" and "Taming of the Shrew." while hia bills embraced two farces. "A Conjugal Lesson" and "Little Toddlekins." The Star said of his initial performance that the people of Washington were convinced that the mantle of the father had fallen upon the son. "So young," It added, "and of such brilliant promise, we look forward to the day when he will reach the most elevated point of profession," a prophecy which was fully verified. On Saturday night Mr.

Booth's benefit occurred. that being the custom of the time, and the bill consisted of "The Iron Chest," unnn find a-ln'ti nnvol "Pa 1 ah Williams." with Mr. Booth In the role of Sir Ettward Mortimer, followed by the "sidesplitting farce" of "Little Toddlekins," in which the actor who later appeared In none but "heavy" roles presented "John Jobson Brownworth." It was announced that "on Monday night we have the Immortal Joe Jefferson and the 'Naiad with new and magnificent scenery, elaborate and intricate machinery, and those 'sixteen lovely jjirls' in beautiful armor." HOT RESIGNING YET. From the Journal. Senator Piatt of New York still insists that he will not resign, and there appears to De no leKai metnoa 01 mailing mm change his mind.

From the Butte Inter-Mountain. It appears to be the understanding that Senator Piatt's resignation Is needed to fill a vacancy already existing. Prom the Waco (Tex.) Times-Herald. Mr. Piatt Is probably waiting for Mr.

Depew to take the Initiative in resigning so that he can again be a "me too." Prom the Pit tub org Dispatch. Now it is reported that Senator Piatt will resign If he Is allowed to name his successor. Although the chances are agalgst the change being for the worse. New York Is not enthusiastic. From the Sjracuae Herald.

Thomas C. Piatt says that he Is "stung" by criticism directed at him. We had a notion that It vu the state of New York that vu stung. Profs the St. Joseph News-Pren.

go Senator Piatt Isn't going to resign, after all. Just going to hang on till he rots off. as It were. From the Jacksonville Times-Union. Senator Piatt la the only man who objects to Senator Piatt's resignation.

From the New York Americas. senator ran evidently reels that his resignation might establish a bad precedent In the Senate. From Chicago Tribune. The movement for the immediate retirement of Senator Piatt sti.l the concurrence of Mr. Piatt.

Otherwise It Is practically unanimous. From the Newark Advertiser. New senior senator thinks the people of the empire state have enough to be thankful for without resignation. NEWFOUNDLAND The governments of the United States and Great Britain concluded October 6-8 a modus viyendl in regard to Agreement the Newfoundland fisheries. Reached.

subject which has been the cause of much irritation between American and Newfoundland fishermen since the establishment of the Industry. A practical solution of the homely but popular diction "Fish or cut bait" has been reached diplomatically by the agreement Just signed. The' Newfoundland foreign fishing vessels acts of 1908 and 1906 prohibited American fishing vessels from using purse seines, omploying Newfoundland fishermen and purchasing bait, all in violation of the spirit and letter of the existing treaty of 1818. Ambassador Reid's communication to the British foreign office dated October 6 is Interesting. and brief and may be cited in iuii: "i am authorised by my government to ratify a modus vivendl in regard to the Newfoundland fishery question on the basis ot the foreign office memorandum dated the of September, in which you accept the arrangement set out In my memorandum of the 12th of September and consent accordingly to the usa of purse aeines by American fishermen during the emulng season, subject, of course, to due regajd being paid in the use of such Implements to other modes of fishery, which, as you state, is only Intended to secure that there shall be the same spirit of give and take and of respect for common rights between the users of purse seines and the users of stationary nets as would be expected to exist if both sets of fishermen employed the same gear.

"My government understands by this that the use of purse seines by American fishermen is not to Interfered with, and that XT A rwArl mo ujl cwauuuuvauuct uj fishermen outside the three-mile limit 13 not to be made the basis of interference or to be penalized; at the aame time they are (lad to assure his majesty's government, should such shipments be found necessary, that they will be made far enough from the exact three-mile limit to avoid any reasonable doubt. "On the other hand, it is also understood that our fishermen are to be advised by my government and to agree not to fish on Sunday. "It is further understood that his majesty's government will not bring Into force the Newfoundland foreign Ashing vessels act of 11)06, which imposes on American fishing vessels certain restrictions In addition to those imposed by the act of 1WX5. and also that the provisions of the first part of section 1 of the act of 1905, as to boarding and bringing into port, and also the whole of section 3 of the same act will not be regarded as applying to American fishing vessels. "It also being understood that our fishermen will gladly pay light dues If they are uui aepriveu Ui ixitrn lu itvu auu our fishermen are not unwilling to compiy with the of the colonial customs laws as to reporting at a custom house when physically possible to do so.

"I need not add that my government Is most anxious that" the provisions of the modus vivendl should be made effective at the earliest possible moment. I am glad to be assured by you that this note will be considered as sufficient ratification of the modus vlvendi on the part of my government." The Newfoundland government is controlled chiefly by a class known as "planters," merchant fishermen Tolan a I. 1-1 1. Aiuauu kjl lUC isiauvif wuu vuj, "Planters." cure and sel1 the Ashing products. They oppose any and all American Ashing rights.

Including those guaranteed by the treaty of 1818, and are dissatisfied with any arrangement that the British government makes to carry out that treaty. The real fishermen of the island are opposed to the action of the Newfoundland government, and, on the contrary, favor permitting Newfoundland to take employment on American fishing vessels; the merchant fishermen are opposed. This class, indeed, are deemed even by some of the residents as both cantankerous and cuTlousMn temperament. The treaty of 1783. article 3, conferred upon citlrens of the United States the right to take fish of every kind on the Banks of Newfoundland.

Gulf of St. Lawrence, but not to dry the on the island, or bars, coasts, harbors of Nova Scotia or MagdaVen Island, Labrador. The convention ot 1818 terminated the treaty of 1783. Americans were permitted to take fish of every kind on that part of the southern coast of Newfoundland which extends from Cape Ray to the Ratnean Islands, and from Cape Ray to the Qulrpon Islands, also on the coasts, bays, harbors and creeks on the south of Labrador, through the stralta of Belle Isle northward, etc. The treaty of 1854 conferred reciprocal rights applicable only to sea fishery.

The treaty or Washington, in 1871, aeau witn tne "Alabama claims" and the right to take fish, except shellfish, on the seacoasts and shores, bays, harbors and creeks of tha provinces of Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and the colony of Prince Edward's and Magdalen Islands, applicable only to sea fishery, and the treaty terminated In 1883. By the Anglo-French convention of 1904 France renounced her exclusive fishing right under the treaty of Utrecht, but retained the right to fish In territorial waters from St. Johns cape northward to Cape Ray for all sorts of fish. Including bait and crustacea. In August, 1905.

compensation awarded to 445 French ship owners, fishermen and others to the amount of 1,373.000 francs. The island of Newfoundland was dlscof erea Tne Scandinavians in tne eiev-1 enth century during- their Early voyage to "Vinland." In 1497 History. was rediscovered-by John and Sebastian Cabot, who called It Terra la Baccaloas, or country of tho cod, and Sebastian later, sailing westward and south, was the first to discover North America, the eastern shore of Maryland in Slnepuxent bay. Henry VII, King of England, did not manifest great munificence over this great event, for he deemed It sufficient to compensate the navigators with a gift of Newfoundland was visited in turn by Breton, Basque and Norman fishermen as early as 1604, In 1524 Giovanni Verrazzano, in the service of Francis took possession in the name of France. Verrazzo was captured in 1530 by the Spaniards, who charged him with piracy and hung him as a corsair on the high seas.

Jacques Cartier followed In 1534 and discovered Canada, which France held during 225 years, in the Interval of which her name was glorified by Champlaln, De Monts, de Salle and Marquette. Cabot found In Newfoundland a race of red men, the Beothiks, both numerous and Dowerful. The only relics of the race to day may be seen In the -museum at St. Johns In a collection at arms and bleached bones. Sir Humphrey Gilbert arrived In 1583 and JOBS FOR B08UFrom the Scrsnton Tribune.

Count Boni has been offered a Job as head waiter in a restaurant. It seems strange how the opportunities for obtaining great wealth are thrust upon some men! From the Milwaukee Evening Wlaconain. Count Boni de Castellane threatens to ha (a waII TO4VV" uv saw for in the divorce settlement. He could make money more easily by taking to the dime museum stage. From the Minneapolis Journal.

Bonl Castellane is getting some line ofWra from America to take positions as head waiter. The man cannot complain of any American prejudice against him at any rate. From tbe Chicago Record-Herald. It will certainly be Count Boni's own fault if the wolf gets any chance to scratca at his door. From tbe Savannah News.

The auggeation that BonI will now have to go to work ia far fetched. He mav be a little shODWorn, but he would doubtless And a purchaser if Disced oa- the matrimonial bargain counter. All of the silly rich stria haven't suddenly become aenatbU. iOPDS VIVENDI. Sir David Klrke In The latter waa familiarly termed by the English an a "gallant old dog." but he ruled with a rod of Iron, kept a public house and inflicted punishment upon the unfortunate Islander who dared drink at any other fount than the gubernatorial tap.

He robbed all. both great and small, taking even the poor settlers' pigs. Under the commonwealth the ialand had a most enlightened ruler In John Treworgle. an American from Maine. iw hi cm pruiecior.

nowever, bitowwi him but scant honor. Judging from an unsuccessful appeal for payment of Upend, unpaid since six years. Was It because the protector was opposed to reform In orthography? Treworgle spelled his stipend "sallery! The early Intercourse between Newfoundland and New England began in 1945, when the latter's vessels arrived to Ash and trade. At flrst commerce was confined to the bartering of agricultural products, cattle and dressed lumber, but subsequently the New Englander Introduced coarse woolens and leather ware and later on. greatest business of all, "New England rum." "It was villainous liquor." says a wruer, out suited tne nsfterman taste far better than the cheap wines from Spain." Next to commerce In the flery liquor of Nantucket was the trade In men.

The Devonshire skippers, who Trad? brought out the English in Men. tlshermen every spring, were obliged to carry them back free. To save the expense of feeding them on the return voyage they connived at their being smuggled away by the Yankees. So great was this rade that in one year no less than 500 men were taken off from Conception bay headed up In large canks by enterprising New Englanders. "In the history of white slavery in New England," says a writer, "we can learn how the west countrymen had to serve several years to get clear of the bondage.

The Influx of the spiendid Devon sailors helped to man the great flshlng fleet and to equip the American whalers." The fisheries of Newfoundland thus have their traditions and the ethnologist and historian may discover that the disappearance of the unhappy Beothik was due. in fact, to the villainous rum of Nantucket: Sir George Calvert, afterward Lord Baltimore. founded a small Catholic colony in the Island, but abandoned It for the more hospitable and congenial shores of Chesapeake bay and the rivers of Maryland. Finally, the treaty of Utrecht (17X3) ceded Newfoundland to the English, but by Article 13 reserved to France the right to take and dry flsh on that part of the coast defined by the treaty. For the English, as for the French, the importance of Newfoundland was centered In fisheries.

"An acre of ocean equals a thousand acres of land," was a popular refrain. Besides the tlsheries was a school which bred the best sailors for the at sea. The fisheries also possessed a peculiar charm for the French, the codfish, a vulgar, if not a despised, dish for the Saxon, who has never known how to prepare It or appreciate Its rare excellence. Henry IV. said that "Paris was worth a mass," and so likewise Newfoundland because of its excellent and incomparable ood.

Une brandada de codfish a la a revelation! Behold the mystery! The fish Is boiled and picked up with a good quantity of garlic. or parsley, lemon Juice and olive oil, the whole to be well beaten Ah! The coast of Newfoundland is rugged, es peclally on the southwest, where the range reaches aji elevation of nearly 2.000 feet. The hlHs attain their summit within a few miles of the salt water and then spread out Into an undulating country consisting large, ly of barrens and marshes, and Intersected by numerous rivers and lakes. On the borders of the lakes and water courses good land is generally found, and in some cases, as about the Exploits and the Humber, is heavily timbered. Labrador, a dependency of Newfoundland, 1b the moat easter-y part of the American continent, with an area of 120,000 square miles and a population of 4,000.

The government of Newfoundland was established in 1855. It is administered by a governor, assisted by an executive and leg- i lslative council. A house ot assembly consists of thirty-six representatives, who rc celve i2lO to J300 each ror me session. i bers of the legislative council receive $120 for the session. Newfoundland desired to enter the Canadian federation In May.

1895, but Canada declined to assume the responsibility for the Newfoundland debt, which is considerah'e. a Geologically speaking, Newfoundland, or more properly Newland, has been misnamed. It is in reality one Really an of the oldest lands in exOld Land, istence. At one time it was looked upon aa the fag end of creation, the or rifbblsh rejected when the earth was completed'. It Is like the Of that portion of the earth from which at leaBt a great part of the continent of North America, had1 its origin.

Its rock structure consists of the most ancient geological series. The country has manifestly passed through fire, vast areas being lgneo-aqueous, igneous and eruptive matter or otherwise highly metamorphosed sediment, all Indicating vast ana pruiougeu volcanic k.jturbance at some period of its structural history. Still later there is abundant evidence that a great Ice sheet enveloped the Island during the post tertiary glacial epoch. When this huge ice cap began to givj way under more congenial conditions of temperature, the slow but powerful movement of such a body from the higher elevations toward the sea acted like a vast cyclopean ploughshare planing down the surface, grooving, polishing and strlatlng the rocks in every direction, Evidences of this movement are very abundant all over the country and it was this nffpncv It has been molded UllUUftU -o Into its present contour of smooth, rolling, ridges and low valleys. Mr.

Rudyard Kipling, replying to a Newfoundlander who wrote him as a "loyal colonist" to remind the poet that Newfoundland had been Ignored In his wellknown "Song of the English," said: "I will put In a four-line verse In 'The Song of the If you on your part will drop and Influence other'people to drop to the 'loyalty' of the colonies, in the first place, I dislike the word colonies, and If you look through my verses you will find very seldom use It. It Is out of date, and misleading besides being provincial. In the second place, there Is no neod to I talk of loyalty among white Is to cay, races speaking the English a high birth rato and a low murder rate, living quietly under laws which are neither bought nor sold. That Is one of the things we all take for granted, because the empire is ourselves; and for the white man to explain that he Is loyal Is about as unnecessary as for a respectable woman to volunteer the fact that she Is chaste. "I am a colonial." adds Kipling, "in that I was born in Bombay, but it has never occurred to me to say that I am loyal because, like you, I am a white can't 'step out of one's skin." Kipling's cap may fit others than the for example, who affect a monopoly of loyallsm, according to a personal Interpretation of the word.

CH. OHAILL.E-LONQ. mm 11 mnniinro 1 AiAb AAIUAUDO. From the Hartford Times. Nobody who thoroughly enjoys the unexpected or who dislikes to miss an amusing Incident should fail to notice that even Pittsburg Is protesting against Mrs.

Parsons' book advocating trial marriages. From tbe Indlanapolia News. Anyhow, It was rather considerate of Mrs. Parsons to defer the publication of her book until after the election. From the Providence Evening Bulletin.

Ibft.yAW of Mftfrj marriage question are not likely to parsons. From the Indianapolis Star. Some of the tremendous energy Mr. r-? 1 AI 1 I VT ucil raiBuuo uaa in politics might have been advantageously devoted to keeping the lid on In his domestic circle. From the Philadelphia Press.

Mrs. Elsie Clews Parsons' Idea of trial marriage Is opposed by all the other parsons heard from From the New York Herald. Records of tha divorce courts furnish evidence that "trial ware not unknown before Mrs. Herbert Parsn? wrote tear bock. Jit ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS fla tbla column will be answered all quest of proper nature submitted to The Star.

aboulif write on one aide only and address their letterm to "I'ncle Jssper." Star ofllce. In esse of difficult conundrums answers may be delayed for a weak or two. Oomeqnently It may be advlaaMe for all questioners to watch this column carefully. 1 do you understand to the precise object ot the school super iiucimcui irsveiiiif uiiuugn ino states at this time of the year? A Having considered the matter already very prayerfully without reaching any satisfactory conclusion, we have Anally turned to a list of the fifty-seven varieties of works that have been dashed off at odd moments In the past four or five years by Chancellor and fail to find anything dealing with the general subject of negro education. We are now confidently expecting to see auch a volume in print inside of three months.

J. D. John, we do not approve of your extravagance. A campaign contribution is always a risky investment unless you have your candidate bound by a triple oath not to hunt the octopus if he is elected. We fear you are getting careless with your meager savings.

B. De for the trouble I give, but could you your heart move to assure me If I wrong myself in accenting to bocome major domo of a grand cafe? knowing who you are. friend, we hesitate to pronounce sentence, but It may help you to know that if the Jab came our way we would probably accept by wireless. There Is at least always a meal ticket in such a proposition, and the prophets all agree that this Is going to be a hard wtnter. L.

P. have the library authorities barred Mark Twain's book. "Eve's Diary," from the shelves at Worcester, because It was bound In undressed leather. We can think of no other reason. Hither and thither, alt otot the rlnit.

I chased to on a very good thlnjc. I bet and I won. and I went for mj douffb? I aui wondering yet why he hurried to fu. It true, I'ncte Jasper, that mere hi reeling oeiween Superintendent Chancellor and the District Commissioners? absurd! Of course there not. They are the best of friends.

Why. Dr. Chancellor. Just before he left for th? south, sent an autograph copy of of his workB by a moving van to the District building, and the Commissioners escorted him to the railway station and tucked fruit Into his pockets ta eat on the train. Whoever circulated the story that Dr.

Chancellor thinks harshly of the Commissioners is judging him by entirely Incorrect standards, possibly New Jersey standards, for all we know. am going to bother you again, L'ncle Jasper, for advice. How can I manage to hang on to the back of a seat In a crowded street car and hold seven ounaies wunoui dropping any of them, and find my fare in my skirt pocket at the same timo? have made a mistake, madam, In coming to us. Tou need a clairvoyant, not a philosopher. you think that Caruso would never have been bothered If he had not done his flirting In such a ridiculous place, as a monkey house? agree with you perfectly.

It Is remarkable what environment will do to cause a reversion to type. A. B. Is Paterson, N. noted for chiefly? Its silk mills, its bad smells.

Its anarchists and its perfect confidence in Its former school superintendent, who was so beloved that he was permitted to write all the laws himself and was never questioned when he wanted to take a Jour ney. racerson is an exceptional town. (Most other oommunitle? Oe very MIssourlan when they come up against the question of expenditures. It may be remarked on the side. Is a lovely placc.

It Is so restful to the nerves. -UNCUS JASPBRj A'SHAME. It's shame to take tbe money that the; pay far being funny. When tliere Isn't any brightness In your hrsln; When you're feeling sad and lonely, uuil your feehie pen can only Scribble dreary dirges. In a minor strain; When yonr thoughts sre moat unnrttty and your words are quite unpretty.

And your rhymes lack and Terre: ueu you imply CAN'T be funuy, a ahairie to take the money? And I wouldn't, but I're jot a heap of nerve! At some hidden doom you 1t love or la It liver? Well, at any rate It'a something pretty aad: And the devil of the shop, he atauds beside you begging copy. When there lan't any copy to be had. Then you write dreary sonnet and destroy It when you con It. For you're paid for doing But you can dlapel the gloom or get a gleam of humor From your weary, wobbly, woosy, woolly wltsl So the public most excuse ua. If at tlmea our brain refuses To give birth to anything that makes one smile; If we start a "fanny-1 column with a pouiu that Is solemn.

Or enigmas that are Brown 1 ngesque In stvle. VAX A I a juu, ivi juiu uroi ia iuh ooruen iowHra OB beg your pardon. But can't dope humor Jrat bfciuw we're game Wit wit. and can't fake It. we hate to take it, But we need it.

so we take It just the same! Leader. THE civic SPIRIT. There was a man In our town Whose heart waa filled with pride. "We ooKht to work." said lie. "to Our cltj beautified.

We have a splendid chance to make A pleasing Place of tLla; Now let us all coinhlne to bare A great metropolis. "Let's strive (or beauty, so that whei A stranger comes to town He'll think at once that this Is where He ought to settle down; Let's stiow the world that we The true artistic taste And have our city In the list Of handsome cities placed." Then some one rose to mildly say: Let's beautify the town By shutting off the stnoke that from Our tlues comes swooping down." wn, noyn; sani ue wno witmea to IM The city made sublime; "Let's try to think of other things, And never mind the grime." Record-Heruld. PRECEPT AND PRACTICE. Younc men should never smoke. It dulls the mind, Ana costs moreover many shekels bright, The which Invested in gold-bearing bonds (Gimme a light!) Would bring much profit.

Always pay your debU With promptness and the confidence of men You will acquire (Tell that persistent guy To call again!) And never, never drink! It's poison raak I And he who uses it a stupid lout I To failure all foredoomed. (Say, Jimmy, boy. Bring mine without!) And aa for swearing, the naugbty actl Ill-bred and wicked, to ba wholly frank? (Say, why'n the thunder don't you close that dour? Blank Blank!) Orleans Times-Democrat. MOTHER'S Thanksgiving day la almoat It brtnga back when I For weeks would dream of cranberrl ra. Of turkey and of pie.

It brings to mind a memoryOne that can nerer fade A picture of me eating pie? Mince pie that mother made. The mincemeat mother naed she wade. Such uieat you cannot Sue writ bad a cook book when 8he mixed her pie. a-frrt with ratlins she liberal; trs-' r.f-, mm. Jalcy too; She's smile aa I devoured pie, And aa mj belt line grew.

Thanksgiving day la almost here. But mother's roue. since; Ko more the day brings juicy pies Of mother's home-made mince. Thank Ml rlnf day! I wish that 1 Could Uare some fairy's sld, I'd hare her aummoa from the past Some mince pies mother made. Post.

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