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rfi Vl I itf fe s3Ti 4Mtffc 4j TT ii ir JS 7 3S JL7Vv tr 5 JET 7J 3JS eHe 3 rt ftr 3Kivi TK Vj yi frf jfvg i1 Jt vjrf fltiHvAsJLvrliirfiWM ASHINGTO8 POST TUESDAY AUGUST 31 1909 tiV SeSTOr Pgfe PuhHeatIan OfHeeii Sf f4JBylTanJ4 Avenue warcrcrarteeBtk Street ii TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION pellvered by Carrier In Washington and i Alexandria Dally Sunday included one month ma lTJally Sunday includedjoiie weekr 29 Dally Sunday excepted one month SO Dally Sunday excepted one week 5 By MclCtPoitaae Prepaid DaCy Sunday excepted one yearSQ0 DaUrSundayincludedipneyear 40 Dally Sunday excepted one month Sally Sunday Included one month 70 Sunday one year Ty 40 All Subscription by Mail Payable In Advance Benittanees should be made by drafts checks pcrtofllpa orders registered letters or express orders payable to yl THE WASHINGTON POST COr Washington DC I Entered at the post offlce at Washington CA second class mall matter FortIa Adrertiilm BepresenUtlrs PAUL ULOCK tto rath atdaj New Torkj HarUors Building Chicago TUESDAY AIJGUSTSI 1909 DISTRICT TAXATION The taxation of real estate Is unques tlopably the most Important subject In our local government Upon the revenue derived from taxes must depend in large degree the material development so es sential to our municipal welfare All other sources of Income are incidental and inadequate It is necessary therefore for the District authorities tp give the question serious consideration at all times and especially with the view of arriving at the ideal condition of providing the largest amount of available funds with the least possible burden upon the taxpayer It is doubtful whether this satisfactory state of affairs has yebeen reached Indeed tne more we contemplate the present laws and thir effect the greater is our conviction that amendments could be enacted with advantage to the community We will not stop to consider whether the very first provision of the law which gives practically life tenure of office to the assessor and his assistants by making them removable only for misconduct inefficiency or malfeasance is wise or unwise all know that the Statute was so frarned because Congress desired to protect the assessors from political or other adverse influence and to give them an incentive to do their full duty It is a question we might remark in passing whether Hhe insurance of official jobs always accomplishes the best results It might easily lead to indlf ference and worse However this may be the fact remains that the law is on the statute books and the assessors cannot be disturbed More than this the taxpaylng citizens are far more interested In knowing whether the system of taxation Js the best that can be devised than in possible changes in the personnel of the administrators of the law Under existing methods the real estate in the District of Columbia is assessed once every three years by three men Inasmuch as both time and human capac ity have their limitation these three assessors occupy about three years in going over District ierritdry The result is that when the books are finally com pletedvsome of the property has not been visited for two years or more although it may have undergone radical change Jn the meantime Property which today is a vacant field majfnext year be a pop ulous suburb The jentire line of Fourteenth street extended is an instance of sudden and remarkable development On the other hand property in some localities may very materially depreciate in three years and yetjanother equal period I rof time must elapse before there can be La proper correction fn the tax levy An assessment every three years might be acceptable if the values were always brought down to the last minute but certainly there would seem to be something wrong in a system which in the very nature of things is Always working from one to three years distant from theactual facts We admit that the remedy is not easily proposed There liaye been several suggestions which are worthy of consideration If the triennial assessment is to be retained there might be an additional force of assessors appointed for each third year so that the District could be promptly and thoroughly canvassed in a very few months uppn the same principle that the Federal govjernraent makes short workof taking the census This at least would insure the placing of final values upon the books Itl might be however that an annual assessment would prove more equitable while still another suggestion is that the District be divided into sections with one Assessor assigned to each There have already been intimations that the District authorities are giving weight to all these considerations and we nave no doubt that Jhey fully realize the advisability of a thorough examination into the matter The question is one tnat certainly admitp of serious thought broidclbUurirre8hilnftie irtBd ofail WMbingtoBtaBiuWliif lifrresult edj tTJhe ijewsr81prtJHrolamns about it andthojawolwvaemu Jated theexampleerdscaredisftbythd publlcltyVThet sam fae befell arprpml nentiNew3TwkrwholasVwtnterh84 the temerity bappearn fttashtcmaplc Vate lOAlll COJuv vwm the following nigtiione of browncloth He had noJWweJBj Tjt wnatfwe need a man ununpeacir able poslUonandXln4Qtble couras who ralTbe Strong enoughto defy tra ditlon and ridicule until the excitement subsides when thereris nouueatiqaibt he would have thousands 4f fmltators And really Vouldte delightful if wa could iflnd iubsUtutesf for pome ot the atrocities of modern masculine attire and revert lp epme degree at least to the comfortable and gracelul styles or our ancestors Just as the fair sex la per mlttedat Intervals todonobes fashioned after the models worn by the grandmothers of long ago I A POLITICAU REMINISCENCE Jhe Ohelection of910fflll exjert 5 potent influence onthe Immediatedes tinles of the Democratic prty and i wUt be1 Wstofy repeating itself VAfter a tlong andt dolefuU nightof consecu tjv def eatF ithV Pemocrats Tear ried Ohio ta41873i electing Old Bill Allen governorHe was renominated Jn 1875 but wasDeaten by Jt BIayesHad he Jaeen reelected there is not thersllght est doubttthat hewould havebeen the jemocratjcrnomuiso ivrx fBoicv tAoi centedt Bome spcjsWyjIqiani twoconttoent werevmoiBitaryturne Butr as iefortTtbe vasUy pwpiffldaating number of international alliances to which I the marrtege provedVti be an jaeauy pVsw left Toutof considerattonj theuropn husbWdlways rwbolUr freerpm fault rButweaylsafely let thafpassA Toargurtoejpomtwere vain the facts speak forthemselves The writetMn question Jbavlngstarted his problem must needsfmd ananswer toiu Heplaces theWame strangft tosay on the American jnan ThereJs it appears too much chivalry in America ThelSuropcan knows where chivalry ends andservility begins the Jkinericao confounds ihe one with the other and thinks himself the acme of galiantry when he readilysunmitsjto his womanrolk using him as a packhorse This is a new llghi on the deference which our men usually show to the gentler aex Tof our pan weiopetthatAhe national custom will Jang continue tojlourish This keen observer goes on to give sorqe instances of xyhat happened to himself in New York in illustration of the packhorse attitude I expected from menJ He reminds us I forcibly of the yourigr Englishman who Ina mixed com pany In a London drawing room was quoting cases of bad taste and faulty manners which he hadobserved lnfam llleahe had visited during1 tour of the United States An American girt who wasTTpesentput an endtothe list of TUden had swept NewYork for governor yyws i In 1874 and Tie got the nomination for MrrBrown what aUerribly bad Jotof vrpsidpntln 1R7B introductions you must1haYehad JVgaln Judge Hoadly was elected gov ernor of Ohio In 1883 his reelection would have madeJtm the secoid Democrat in the Union and prominent as the successor of Grover Cleveland as the leader of his party but Foraker defeated Hoadly In 1SS5 and thus was that able manspolltI cai career terminated In 1889 James Campbell a Democrat was elected governor of Ohio defeating Foraker but when nominated for reelection In 1891 he was beaten by William McKinley and thus the mansion at Columbus was again a way station oh the road to the White House asit had been In the case of Hayes Had Campbell beaten Moltlnley in 1891 it Ts likely that he and not Cleveland would have received the Democratic nomination for President in 1892 Certainly McKinley would nbi have been nominated in 1896 had he been defeated for goyernor In 1891 or1893 Judson Harmon aDemocrat was elected governor of Ohio last year and yet holds that station All report of his administra tion is favorable and1 his management of an important railroad syslem as the receiver thereof in chancety approves him a capable and successful administrator It is understood that Gov Harmon will be renominated by his party for reelec tion If beaten his political career will be over ending as did Allens HoaBlys and Campbells but should he be reelected there is little room to doubt that he will be the nominee of his party for President in 1912 Ohio is become the home of Presidents and there is small room to doubt that the man chosen to that exalted station in 1912 will be an Ohio man be his name Taftl or Harmon AGEEAT a SLfii I wonder does ths cap fit the New York correspondent of our Dublin contemporary The American woman is in acategory of her own She is sui generis Our national institutions the airof liberty which we breathe the character or our people have made her so But that as aclass she is depraved or blase or hoydenlsh or even spoiled is not for a moment to tie admitted Max ORell once said that the eyes of a French cpuntry maiden are wide open like a daisy because her heart is pure Will any one deny that the same reason applies ato ithe frank and honest gaze of the Ameri can girl The Americair woman is not perfect nor flawlesf the millennium must be reached before any descendant of Adam and Eve can be so described But she is good wholesome human flesh and blood and she Is well able to hold her own from any viewpoint in comparison with members of her sex in any civilized country under the sun fS5 irMf as rff4 ztu Frcoa the Jtochestsr entf sxJCirs 4Te Stote ofrniaaval8i herseK orpine privilege sn sena to th Capitol tie statues of her tiroMrt loved rmi caose tesendthecSutueoftJecJge WashingtonandEobertiLeej Thamen bfthe South would heIesa than men Ifjther failedt to remember I their heroes and of helfjheroesjMghly nonorea ana lonngiy rememnerea uen iieejls easily the flrstT He Jsjdeserving or suchmembrMcVanefhonor There Was no noblermair In ali the world jthan Lee Jyo one hajC ewr been abio to point to a single dishonest act or igno bleinotive inhis entire career Hlsvir tues wer positive not pegatlve Gei fiee reverenced disconscience as his king and ha always strove todothe right as ho saw lfcHisimInd was larg6his character Valiant Que can see today that he was oneW Lincolns ideal men with malice1 toward nione with charity I ior an ne was opposed secession but when his SUte seceded he felt the call of his people and fought their bat ties Charles Francis Adams rof Massachti setts fought as a Massachusetts Adams should have done on the Northern side but herhas said that if he had been in Lees place he would have done Just what Leedid To call tee a traitor 40 years after4 does ot come graciously from Up3 that eulogize Washington the other noted rebel of Virginia who dared to fight the battles of his people against the Brltisifking who demanded the al legiance of thethlrteen American colonies Fortunately 3 we have reached the stage aj eastmostof us have reacned wnen we can miOK or Jee not as a Virginian nor as a Southerner merely but as an American ofwhoni allTAmer icans may Justly beproud He was one of us and his valorbeldhes tdour his tory When some mischievous English man said to Charles Francis Adams the American minister to England and the father of the Charles Francis Adams whom we have quoted Those Southerners fought well Adams replied Yes they are my countrymen General Lee was one of our countrymen and beyond a doubt he was as great a warrior as America has produced His statue deserves to stand in the old Senate halls and well shall it be if the youth of this land of South and North alike consider long and eerpiestly the kind of man he was and find inspiration In his life fRUIJpR SEEKS jWOg roRHISSUBJEpTS Mg5 i i srssk Grande iS Vei i irZ i T3 i tf Dulw Adotehue toedertek Meckkoiwif 8tfrittcf hsWoffered to5 make a if nerfitt rf flflyWWe pBas Jhatl sayabMtM0Wtlrt Uonal treasury of hi grand ducjv if jejibbleB who tion to luagrantitolheTpeopleof a con stitutionsbnUarto that othevolher 60v erelgp statesof thi confederation known as the German empIrfctUJ iAt the present moment legislative1 power I in the grand aucnies of yMeclyenburg Kirentz rana or MeciuenDurg Hcnwerm is rtstrictedexclusively to the nobles and i ta me owners sor so caiiedj riuerguier that Isto say of estates which Invest their owners wJUi the prerogatives of lord of themanor sJThe burgomasters or mayorsof some of trie Jargertowns and citieaJhave ex officio seat Tin the diet Bub the masses of the1 people that is to say bourgeoisie the mercantile and manufacturing classes the peasantry and the laboring element have no representation aLall in the diet and although they furnish the bulk of the annual revenue througn direct or indirect taxation they have no voicehatsoever In the enactment of these taxes in the expenditure of the revenue or Indeed In the administration of the government i That is to say there have been cases kwaere even women of the Berlin half world haying devoted a portion of their ill gotten gains to the purchase oi a feudal estate in one or another if the two Mecklenburg grand duchies have as such btcome possessed of the right to vote in tbe legislature by proxy whereas rich mierchants and manufacturers of ihe grand duchies have no fright to say SSPABZuIT yAU imF 7 rtlL5t jsVt ljh mbm MaTiV i 4 CmMntitJ Oaaamptm Srior rf rins o4isi3 a rrJJfiMeaceoJM rlt nia given oatfaWwWngtm the thraythatthtwftT tln certain TIPS AEE A NECESSITY STATE EMPUOYMENT AIDS The authorities of1 a number of the States realize the importance of some systematic effort to secure employment for the unemployed Even in the most prosperous times it is fretiuently difficult to find employment for all those who desire work Some sections are congested while In others there is anactive demand for labor Illinois has taken the lead in thls good work and has established at State expense five employment agencies under the control and direction of the State bureau of labor The service to those seeking employment is free Three of these offices are located in Chicago and were first opened in 1899 The record shows that since the offices were opened ten years ago more than 400t000 persons have applied to them for work and employment has been found for about 360000 This is a most excellent showing and demonstrates the usefulness of the bureau and that Its work ls in the nature of economy for Without employment charitable help would have been needed in many of the cases but with employment the calls for charitable assistance have been greatly reduced It is also in the nature of a great moral device for few vicious or criminal persons are found among those who have steady employment the idlers furnishing the class which feeds Jails and prisons Employers In Illinois recognize the efficiency of these employment offices and make direct ap plication to themjwhen needing help The calls from employers on the bureau average about 50000 annually and of these thebureau has been able to supply about 90 per cent Finding work for the unemployed is a matter a State may safely engage In COLLARS ROR ROOSTERS The proposition to put collars on roosters to prevent crowing Is one which deserves an immediate and thorough investigation Something will have tobe done to aid the chicken families in their present domestic plight The Integrity of chlckendom de rrands that means should bp provided by which the head of the coop may remain and at the same time not disturb the community It is certainly against the American sense of fair play and the idea of happy family conditions to require old roosters of large families to leave their spouses and troods to scratch entirely for themselves It may be all right to exile a gay noisy young chanticleer that has no domestic ties and spends his waking hours crowing and making goo goo eyes at other roosters hens But even among the young blades there are probably many which lead honorable lives These should be encouraged and protected If the difficulties can be overcome by the simple expedient of requiring roosters to wear collars it should be done at once The number of husbandless hens and fatherless chicks around Washington at this time is a sad sight Of course within the citys confines and even within the limits of the District sleep until broad daylight shouldbe the privilege of all citizens the ashman the milkman the slopman the mule drivers and the roosters to the contrary notwithstanding And anything which tends to disturb the morning beauty sleep should be promptly quelled But if the roosu rs have to go why not the pestiferous human noisemakers also Sy all means give collars to the roosters Thus we may have the pleasure of seeing reunited happy chicken families and the roosters wearing different styles of collars and neckties will add to the picturesqueness of the Peoples City A ir i Lr i oisS note BsmafaaBBSBsa GttnalHf Mag mmUmr Americans Abroad Must Follow the Customs of the Country WlllUm Allen White in Emporia Gazette Tips are un American 3ut if Amerr leans dont like them they should stayat home And if they dont stay atjhome they should conform to the custom of their hosts But on the other hand the Americans shouldnt be fools abiut it They should be victorious like the young woman in the story without being fanatic on the subject Tips in Europe go to honest underpaid hard Vorklnpi people is not their fault that they have to live on tips It is partly the fault of the system of caste whieh keeps them servile and dependent So when a hotel bill Is paid one should take per cent of the sum no more and no less and give it to the help The ordinary middle dags hotel pension where the rates run rom Jl 40 to 240 per day will have four or five persons who should be tipped The head waiter the table falter the chambermaid the porter and the concierge or general factotum at the door who tells you what car or bus to take who knows all about the town and whose friendship and good will are pearls of great price European newspapers are filled with advertisements of men and women out of work who can speak three languages The heartbreak of Europe Is the hundreds of thousands of honest in telligent men and women awakened by the spread of free schools and universal education to aspirations from which caste and class lines bar them And it these poor people have to beg and that is what the tip system amounts to Heavens knows no one should visit his wrath at the system upon the victims of the system GAY COLORS FOR MEN If the foremost taijors of the world have their way about It the man jof the near future will be a creature of Vastly more sartorial elegance than he has been since the good old sllk stpcklng daysL when a sword andjl lace ruffle were1 as much a part of his attire as are the shirts and whlte collars of the present age One esthetic mens costumer at the recent London convention that was attended bytaUors from all of the important countries of the world voiced the opinion that ttie sac suit was becoming entirely too bourgeois and that even the conventional clothing worn at day and Evening functions was so plebeian as to require a general revolution It Is his desire Jhat the somber frock and spike tall coats shall blossom forth anew in gay greens plums blues and browns that our ungraceful trousers shall give way before a return to the elegant breeches Jbat waistcoats shall take on the ftues of Josephs famous garment and that hats shall be made to match other articles of dress It Is a notewor thy fact that his colleagues shared his views In the matter and that they scattered to the four comers of the earth determined to do all within their power I to work a reform in masculine attire And why not pray Are we so bound by the thongs ofconventlon that we dare jiot revertto Unbecoming fashlonsJof ur ancestors If our wives bedeck themselves irirgay raiment having preempted the rights that were originally ljurs as the superior animal why taay ive noLdollkewlseTLThe answer issim ple Plalnlyweare too cowardly How ten does a roan gaz wlthcovetousleyes upon a flaming1 red cravaCln a shon wiri fdow only to turn away wltlTaslghrfear I Jhe Capital clad inH iclothesj of white THE AMERICAN WOMAN Europeans are we fear inclined to be a little hard on the American woman For example the staid London Spectator cemes out with the flatfooted statement that the American Woman of means appears to have no function in life except the dismal one of providing herself with perpetual amusement What a lack of intellectuality and of interest in ordinary domestic affairs Is here Impliedt How baseless is the charge any one residing In this country who has had the oppor tunity of mixing with well to do ladles knows full well Such a one sees the wealthy woman acquitting herself creditably In the various roles of wife and mother sister and sweetheart always a source of inspiration to good fdr those who come under the sphere or her ln fluence He sees her contantl trying to improve her mind and the mfnds of those committed to her care He if gs Tier endeavoring in no half hearted fashion to make Ufc sweeferaftd happier for nthose whose lines are cast in less pleasant places than her own In such a sweeping statement as that fluoted no account is taken of the thousands of our girls and women who In various walks of life are discharging their allotted tasks with a light heartedness an unselfishness and a deyotionthat it wpuld be difficult to surpass The mistake arises of course from the fact that the wfrttJep In the Spectator like so many otters judges the whole class by a fewSptncimensf of notoriety seekers whose namesfigurV largely and notalways credltablyn newspapers on bothsldes of the Atlantic and somej of whom are no mora true types of the genuine Tr American woman thanis atmuch divorcea xmgusnauiresspr apouce smacklng suffragette a ealrepresentatlye of the womenof Epgland rfi AnbthetTrriter rthis timaln a newspaper published In DubllnaxIty In whlchwi aTe accustomedwjteeJSroeficaDcahd Americans iairiy ireajeu as aruierTSets outt6solye the alleged 9rohlemK why the AmerlcanT womah vlnr almost nlne casVsiuttottentUrnsputa failure In rnarrjage with a CCurQpeanhusDand ft mlghvfwWjCseHdpny4thex Jstehce frjhe prpblimThffeiayeiteen1 a1 iew casesf schfatlurfr7on whlch from theprornenrej jftheparjles Con MAKING A FARM PAY Southern farmers cannot fall to find much of interest and profit in a recent Department of Agriculture publication A Profitable Cotton Farm by Good rich one of the governments experts The farm in question is located in South Carolina and in 1902 when its present owner took possession 15 was in a deplorably bad condition after having been under cultivation for about 80 years Now it is fertile well improved with fences and farm buildings and Is producing crops which yield the owner a handsome profit and a laTge income All his has been accomplished by a deep and thorough cultivation of the soil by the use of barnyard manure and some commercial fertilizer by rotation of crops and by the industry and good Judgment of the farmer himself The farm Is not an especially large one containing only 132 acres half of which are planted The farmer has divided nis tilled land into three equal fields on which he raises corn oats and cotton in succession Before he took the farm it was producing only five to eight hushels of corn or about 300 pounds of seed cotton to the acre The first year he made it produce 1 1 2 bales of cotton and 37 bush els Of corn to the acre Now his yields per acre are 31 4 bales of cotton 85 bushels of corn and sJO bushels of oa3 He keeps about24head of native cattle mainly for jne sake of tne manure al though they yield him a smal profit he sldesv Mr Goodrich deals entertainingly with hls sTfEject nd3ymerous illustrations tables of expenditures and receipts and a detailed description of the methods used shows clearly now any Southern farm having the character of soiltreated in the present Instancemay be made to yield vastly more than formerly If the scientific management advised be followed A Valuable Silyer Dollar From the Lewleton Journal Custom decrees that a gold coin or at the very least silver shall be put under the mainmast of each new ship launched The coin bears the date of the year when the vessel is completed a fact well known to collectors who keep an eye on ships that are likely to be theideposltoryof numismatic prizes Thus at Liverpool some years back a derelict Yankee schooner was bought for a song yielding an 1804 dollar the rarest and most eager ly sought after of all American coins It sold readily for 1600 7500 and would be worth today at least double that sum for it was In perfect preservation having rested in its cotton wool wad beneath the hollow stepping of the mast since the day It was first placed In position Its recovery was the result of foresight and business enterprise combined of course with special knowledge A man passing the worthless hulk on the day of the sale noticed the date 1864 on her stern and rightly guessed that she might likely be the bearer of a dollar of that year Theres no Test for the aeroplane records Next thing the seismograph may be recording a shake up from Beverly olleciprLbjIsBUlIglTligils ray welcome iu teiiuuigC uueriiin pocKei i i Ciia ri fti iThe oxygen vwhich passed through the BaMmanJ estate marinate hen for a Waif Street UpllfLvt fcJ AnyhowCountepielinrseinervvurst of the alrhasfimore apnetizing look than the bony aeroplanesf 7 a word in the affairs of the government fe sk Masses Have No Vote For several years past Indeed ever since theaccession to the throneof the I present Grand Dukes of Mecklenburg Schwerm and lecklenburg Streiltz they have been endeavoring in vain to bring about a change of this condition of affairs which has become all the more intolerable since themasses have a vote in the election of representatives in the reichstag or imperial parliament at Ber lin and a voice therefore in the govern menta of the empire though not in that of their own grand duchies But1 the two grand dukes have found themselves confronted by the most bitter opposition on the part of their nobles who insist that the grand dukes are powerless to modify the existing condition of affairs without their legislative consent and that they are not disposed to surrender one lota of their prerogatives which date from medieval times and from the eighteenth century when the privileges of the nobles were carried to such inordinate lengths as to precipitate popular revolutions which found their most notable expression in France In 1793 I need hardly add that the diets of the two grand duchies composed as they are place almost the whole burden of the taxation upon the people while relieving their own caste of the weight to jthe ppint of almost entire Immunity In Russia we have witnessed within the last four years the spectacle of the emperor carrying through his determina tion to endow his people with a parliamentary form of government in the face of most bitter opposition which would have discouraged and defeated a less earnest iand weaker man There the opposition came almost entirely from the bureaucracy aided and abetted by the members of his own family who virtually without exception have been hostile to his liberal reforms But while the obstruction of the bureaucracyovas not to be despised since the emperor was compelled to rely upon Its members for the execution of his commands the dis taste of the nobles for his projects did not carry any weight since the aristocracy of Eussia has long slncfr been shorn of its class prerogatives and rights Nobles Still Are Powerful In Mecklenburg Strelltz and Mecklen burg Schwerin It is different There the nobles are still in all powerful exercise of their feudal rights Arguments add entreaties on the part of the two grand dukes during the last four ears have failed to diminish their obstinate objection to a popular form ofv government The Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Strelltz is now seeking to move them by this promise of a gift of 10000000 marks to the national treasury a queer spectacle that of an enlightened ruler endeavoring to bribe his subjects into accepting a more liberal form of government than that which they enjoy If as anticipated this too falls nothing will remain for the grand dukes but to deal with the problem by means pf a coup detat In which they will virtually Place themselves at the head Of a noDU lar revolution of the masses against the 1 classes and will proclaim by means of sovereign edicts the reforms refused by1 the nobles divesting the latter of their monopoly of the government and of their old feudal rights Of course the two grand dukes have been reluctant until now to do this for they feel themselves in a measure bound by the vows which they were compelled to take on their accession to observe the agreements between the crown and the nobles which have existed ior nunareas of years And then too they appreciate that to strike a blow at the system of special hereditary rights of the nobility is paving the way for attacks upon the hereditary rights of the monarchical sys tem But they are each of them men of modern ideas and they feel that in these present days the sovereign no longer can hope to rule by right divine but must base his authority and the foundations of his throne upon the will of his people Both Related to George 1 1 1 Curiously enough they are both related to the English King George III whose refusal to admit the principle that taxation without representation is tyranny brought about the American war of independence which resulted Inthe birth of the United States The Grand Duke of dpartaeatfi would intrlewaittd td take the4ratBvatJ unless the cUefswerej satisfied thatthel Work was jiarturcTJaus was ttepurpose lio fun the Jgoyernmerits jbusinesspn business principles emphasTzed JButit appears soma of the employes are likely to be Icome so distraught by at least on fea lure 01 Tne new cuspenaauon oa seriousi to embarrass the diligence which it Is presumed will bejprompted by the vaca tion requirement 1 lnthe longtlisVot questions submitted to all hands in the Treasury Department with a view assisting the Secretary to determine the state of efficiency through out his Jurisdiction Is Dnev requiring the clerks to set down what they think or their superiors Doubtless the clerks are competent to answer this question fully and explicitly not to say feelingly ln some Instances The Joy with which manyof them addressed themselves to making response may perhaps be better Imagined than described Very likely the space reserved for answers to the question was by no means large enough In alL cases to permit the clerks to free their mln4s It has seemed extremely probable that the Secretary of the Treasury woujd be Jn receipt of an assortment of returned blanks which because of this single item if for nothing ejsey would be well worth perusal To take a day off to fead what theclerks thought jot their superiorsmlght of itself operateas ja refreshing vacation for Secretary Mac Veagh Apparently some hundreds per hapsr thousands ofthe returns are already In BUt an awfuL suspicion has been created among the clerks that some of the information Isalreadyout with especial reference to the comment on the superior officials whereas It was the urf derstaadlng of theclerksihat all infor mation vould be regarded as strictly confidential by thesupreme authority Thealarmlng report from Washington Indicates that many of the criticisms have come1 to the knowledge the persons criticised It seems Indeed likely In the circumstances that developments of a most disturbing character will develop That many of the clerks are on tenter hooks Is conceivable Such may be ihe mental anguish amomr many of therri that they are unable to fix their thoughts on the arduous tasks which must be performed if they are to win their vacations What with one thing and another this Is turning out to be a singularly distressing summer for the government clerks SVnn fc fkftttM Mu rV jf Whto de about teaBrdBg Increase at i uamirriedmeaf Je afoc4m7mor prtgthanvhattoJdi fta oure ITKjidentsyThe Increase in tfae number of spinsters has of course kept pace with thatijf thejbachelors but whether justly or notthe latter get all the blame Various remedies for bachelorhood have been suggested but the favorite corrective seems tobe abachelor tax Numerous bills of lttds nature haveVLat different times been introduced In the State legislatures and at the present writing there ar aVleast tour Slates vwhere assemblymen wuToffer a bachelor Jslll Jn Jotwa the proposed tax is 2S perjan iumln Missouri JoOand inTTexas It runs fromJW to depending on the age of the offender The Texas bill also provides that each eligible bachelor shall propose fo at least one woman each year under a penalty of a double tax The Texas lax would Trobably bring the State 2600000 annually and even in Missouri the revenue derivedfrom the proposed tax would be tS0000tX From these figures It is evident that as a revenue measurethe bachelor tax would be a success but for that matter so would a tax on people blessed with red hair or large ears and from a revenue standpoint one law would be as Just as another It would be class legislation based on home liness and loneliness A Wisconsin assemblyman who has Introduced a bachelor tax Bays that many people wish 4 to marry but dont know how to go about it This Is undoubtedly true and many who have pucceededlin marrying didnt know how to go about it either They went about it some of them as though they werebuylng a horse or bargaining for a piece of real estate and others married on sight gotlacq ed when they had time and thenVegretted wasting the time The assemblym to remedy this sad state of affai State marriage bureau which is one of the features of his blL This Is not freak ish as would at first thought appear isnt marrying as important as stockT raising or growing turnips ii 1 nniAln Urm 7 UBWtUBQ WW bo ya jrprn 1 jV 2 1 9 yr A THE FARMER From thaKanMS Cltr Star The farmer is a rnanof wit mere 8 simply no denying It UA IJ 1 iis iwu3 a nit ul imuiperea ease Aina is as nappy as you please At nine oclock hes ready for His morning rolls and cafenolr Andwhen the gourmetthus Is fed His valet helps him Out of bed SPELIING BEES IN INDIANA State Superintendent Plani Revival of Matches Among Children From tbe Indianapolis Star The old time spelling beels to be revived In Indiana schools this year with the hope that school children will thereby attala that perfection of spelling which is boasted by the products of tbe schools of the good old days Furthermore the uncles and aunts and the fathers and mpthers of the present day pupils will be invited to spell down the school chil dren and determine if they have a right to condemn present systems of Reaching This Is one of the points brought out in the new jeourse of study wmch nas been prepared by Aley superintendent of public instruction and which will be distributed among the 18000 teachers of the State soon after August 20 The charge is frequently made says Dr Aley perhaps with much good rea son that pupils nowadays do not spell as well as their fathers and mothers did in the good old days The spelling school was an institution that undoubtedly was an aid in gaining efficiency A revival of the old time spelling bee might prove to be both profitable and enjoyable Why not call ip the fathers and mothers uncles and aunts and set tie the question in Indiana whether our boys and girls are as deficient in this Important branch of study as some would have us believe they are It wbulcUin crease the community Interest aid in making the school the social center and brings parents and teachers Into closer relationship and help in making better spellers From ten to one he reads the news The market tips and trade reviews To corn and wheat his heed he gives For tis by these the farmer lives So having figured for the day Whlchway the market he will play His batch of daily bread is1 made By dealings on theboard of trade His daily labors being through The farmer takes his lunch at two Then donning riding garb hell kail His favorite motor from the stalL He rides about to view his farm And feeLthe restful countrys charm His wife with paints and sketching pad And all the trinkets oilier fad Her easel sets beneath a tree And paints the view from two to three At six oclock they dine In state The farming fife is simply great The products1 pfL the earth ahdalr Are on the table groaning there sweet mi in is always at tneir nana Bought by the case all neatly canned TbetrolleyHne that rattles down ft It brines them butter fresh from town And eggi and luscious chicken fries The best the citys mart supplies Green truck and fruit all crisp and nice Just taken from cold storage Ice And Juicy luscious ham myl The best thepackers can supply No wonder life upon the farm Has always held so rare a charm The cry of Rube I which townfolks shout Is only envJC inside out APPLE TODDY tJOJCED ABpUTJN i Slav 4VPr ww on congress whica 1 held lnWasbinafalj be the greatest flssMsjrtiCsVjai the eon grew ever hioWKLttorof Interestedia tt mfenf nitsvarM in Jew tryAndngtiS aW Nearly 40yera theiprlsoa fle 4 greea jras coneeiTl Jn the ttolto States he conttaued twiuiam of the orgtmlsatlen hgm bea held Jatt i of them In dlBWlrme9Muw traatthe comlgrnviorivwllfbe the fH Jield in tWsIl cbuntryre i a assembled in Budapest toMJBwiere an Invitation to hold the next onelnjhia 4Vf country vas seat1 tdjfby the late Seo retary of Stated John Hayl iThe comlnsr session probably willbe spent In various ways which will glvft European deleatea a good idea of what has been accomplished in prison reforra in the Unlted States durtng the past decade The American Prison Association wllL assist inthe congress and In en tertaining the delegates It Js expected that delegates from the South American countries andTMexIcoi will be In attendance in addIUonor European representatives WhUelfttfealdeal of good has been accomplished in reforming the phys ical conditions In American penitentiaries and reform schools more remains to be done especially on the moral side of prison life Tuget Bound has somaiof the mo3t magnificent scenery in the world de clared Coffmanof Portland Oreg at the Arlington The twaters of the sound that part which extends toOlym ISndMson Bay affora a specta is hard to beat on the Pacific st In some parts It resembles the udson Eiverfjbelow Albany In the up per parrot the sound 30 or mora miles from theTWarraws the lldtj has a rise ot 20 feet The waters aTe exceedingly treacherops When the tide begins to fall all theVfvuter rushes out of the Narrows like agreat swollen river flushei with spring freshets When the tide sets Jn the direction of Olympla the Narrows are a boiling whirlpool Small craft are easily overturned in the Narrows then Puget Sound Is a beautiful sheet of water despite Its many terrors to the nav igator In the neighborhood of the Narrows and everyyear thousands of visitors find pleasuretherebn though many tragedies happen When the tides are running out of the Narrows the rumble is like distant thunder out It suppose that is part of the charm of the great body of water mi 9 I Prepared for Squalls From the New York Evening Poetry rMTsv To see agrpupotushKart peddlers scurry down the street spurred on by a swift footed policeman Is common enough in the streets of NewYorkBut the same sightr with the pursuing bluecoafnowhere arounanas puzziea tuure wanone pass eibyon Nassaustreel recentlylt was as if the push cart venders had acquired therlnstinct of the deer who took to their heels long before the huntsman came within gunshot After viewing the ner iHformance atrTeguiar Intervals KfromPark row towau Bireeai peuesinannnaiiy solvedithe mystery Apparently the ped Railroad Police Dogs From the New York Tribune A large kennel of trained bloodhounds is to be part of the police and detective departments of the New York Central Railroad under the charge of Chief Detective Rundell A considerable sum has been set aside for the conduct and upkeep of the kennel which is likely to be the means of stopping many robberies along the line About 3000 was paid for six hounds last week which were purchased at Fair Haven Vt Several more hounds are being acquired and these will be kenneled In many towns along the road at conven ient distances apart that they may readily be hurried to any point desired As the hounds will be hunted on the leash they cannot in any way injure the man upon whose trail they are putr The English bloodhound is not savage and this is thebreed that has been chosen by the railroad company Why Worry Prom the New Tork World Why worry It is all going Uncle Sams way The crops are big bigger than ever and food Is going to be cheap and grow ing cheaper day by day Work is in creasing Men are more and more In demand The rate of wages dropped lltthfi Mecklenburg Schwerin is married to a in depression Tne new men are going on at the rate and hours of 1907 Every day some furnace or mill starts up About 50000000 is going lnio build ing Big railroads are buying rails tand equipment for 1910 right now so as to get them then There are more wheat and corn more wool and leather more iron ore coal coke and copper to beturhed out in the last four months of 1909 than ever before Whv worry The boom is on Pros perity has come The United Statesnever saw more or eiiner man tnis coming autumn 13 to show Why worry Norwegians In the Northwest are planning to Visit their mother country ln 1914 to attend the celebration of Its centennial year said 3J Walkerof Minneapolis at the New Wjllard IaSt Junes meet Ing was held in Minneapolis attended by many prominent naflyes of Norway to devise a plantoralse 1000000 among the Norwegians 6fhe United States the money to be a gift to be Used in Tre A paring the celebration Part of this money probably will be used to restore the anclerit and historic cathedral of Troridhjem In Norway Many of the natives of the country of fjords andlce who have made trie United States their home since childhood are going over to see the old country It is expected that Norwegians from all over the world will In their different countries raise funds to assist in the celebration Thisill be done because Norway is a poor country and the native 111 lAiu iui rn The poor may begettfng poorerflSult Idlers had got ihe services of a street vLJ i ivrrhln iffhfiSe sole dutv wasr tnnn1r mouth organs ancriass peaasvejthejjieneyer the tirchln appearedon the pra fjw Bwtnjr ju6 iwya in tne pusn carj yeev BK sail daughter of the Duke of Brunswick and Of Cumberland who Is a great grandson In the male line direct of George III The Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Strellts is a son of that sturdy old British Princess Augusta who still survives at the age fof nearly 90at Dresden and who Is a granddaughter or ueorge hi tTheGrand Duke of Mecklenburg StrelltzStrelltz Js a rather sad faced man Hl3 entire life has been clouded bythe fact thatwhen a young boy he accidentally blinded his father the late grand duke whowas so familiar a figure tothemany American visitors at Homburg where he waa jwont to spend a number of vveeks eachyean Nor has he been altogether happy in tils family for his younger daughter Princess Juttals married to the Crown Prince of Montenegro a rather objectionable youth unpopular in his own country and abroad the un Ion remaining childless and notoriously in felicitouswhlle the grand dukes eldest daughter Marie has found it necessary to separate from her plebeian French husband Count Jametel whose father a mere druggist made a fortune by the Invention of a patent medicine and whose title of count was obtained from the Vatican Marquise db Fontenot Copyright 1903 by the BrentwoodComptnr NegatirelyjSpealrJng From the Chicago Tribune VYes Bald Clarence I proposed to her on shipboard whflethe steamer as going 20 knots an hour What was her answer WelU It was brief but It was er at i the rate of about60 TiotB a minute Foreign Railway Platforms From the Phlliflelphla Kecbrfl It is much harder for nontravelers to get onto the platform of a railway station in England than it is in this coun try Even at the small stations one can notpass freely from the waiting roomto the platform The same restriction is practiced on the continent Some oftheBrltlsh rallwaygare now considering the advisability of issuing platform tickets says the Queen Such a system is followed in Germany where the friends of travelers can procure these tickets for about2 cents each from an automatic machine So far the Idea is not regarded wlthfavorin England Prom the Baltimore Sun Music made it laughter filled it Mirth upon her red lips spilled it Youth and beauty in its stream Turned it into dance and dream Memory kept it twenty years In a closet till its tears Bubbled round the cork and ran Where the golden spiders span Where they ran with webs they wound Oer It till twas hardly found But for Pleasure on her way Bringing it to light one dayr Fiddles twanged with Joy greet It Morning came with flowers to meet it Passion said twas of the vine Whence Olympus made It wine Poetry tasted It was dew It was skies of April blue It waa Fancy girl of glee Dancing neath a damson tree A GoodRecord From the SprincfleH Republican Booker Washington is greatly pleased with the way the Tenth cavalry behaved after landing and thus tells the story in Chicago This Is a coloredreglment of some 650 menrOn Saturday night Before disembarking the Jmen were given a months pay OnSunday theywere to be off duty You know the character of the soidlerTou know what is likely to hap pen when he Is turned free with a pocketful of pay Well sir the colonel of the regiment told me that on MondayJmom Ing not a man of the whole 650 failed 10 answer to roHcall Sparrows Serredas Woodcock WUkes Barre Dispatch to New TorkAmerlcan Friends of State Senator Sterling Catlin of this city who attended a5 din ner he gave the othefv night are now wishing they had not accepted for a Joke which he played uponjhem became public property The main ourse at the dinner was named as woodcock and the guests remarked how small and tender Vtovrori Tt was noticed that Senator Catlin did not seera to eat much of his and today the guests learned why for as a joke he had had them served with common sparrow instead of woodcock 6 A in foreign Lands From the St John Globe The first Grand Army post In Europe has lately been organized at Oldham in Lancashire England where twenty for mer Union soldiers reside Although it is the first European post it Js not the first outside the limits of the United States as there are already four in Canada one in Pern andoneiin Honoiuln There are according to the United States POINTED PARAGRAPHS jft From HuT Chicago New Many a man has found himself tight in a loose suit --A hard drinker naturally draws the line at soft drinks-Hes a poor dentist who Is unable to make a good impression vjr Some men who pat you on the back Would rather punch your head A woman likes any one who admires a new dress she made out of an old one Even the woman with a graceful carriage likes to be seen In an automobile Many a man has fallen off the water wagon while his wife was spending a month at the seashore Itfs all right for selfish people to indulge In self admiration otherwise they wouldnt get any kind Even the girl who is willing to admit that she isnt beautiful can seldom be convinced that she hasnt a good disposition fc 1 REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR Inenslon commissioner about 5000 sen isioners residing in foreign countries lsheaeard somebody say about her From the New York Fren A girl could even fool her own brother If it was wortn wane All the worlds a stage and all the peo ple on it actors except In a theater The average man doesnt know the difference between a dimple and a crease of fat A man is such a fool about what good Judgment he thinks he has that he will eyen give his wife advice about the test ways for her to handle hlm3 When a woman goes to catCon another toseebow well the baby is doing Its a sign shereally came t6j tell her something tion Will mark the onehundredth anniversary of throwing off 56 yoke of pen mark by the Norwegians and the establishment of the Nprweglan monarchy Why doesntWashlngton get after the next international aerial tournament similar to the one Just ended at Rhelms asked Richard Jackson of Charleston Cat the Raleigh I understand that Chicago St Louis and New York VUl try to land the great show where the cup that Glenn Curtlss wpn in Rhelms will again be contested for Washington will be an Ideal place to hold the next aviation contests To begin with you have 1 understand an aero club here and the headquarters of the army and navy which are vitally Interested in aerial navigation are here Then this is a central Eastern point If some of thebuslness organizations of the city will get after the matter they can land the next aerial show The nextone you may be sure will far sur pass the one just enaea at itneims in the number of contestants and the crowds of people that will come to see the flights Then Washington is the first place in the United States where an aeroplane successfully flew in public another argument in favor of holdfng tbe next aerial sho where There is little doubt that the next ten years willrwitness the development of aerial navigation similar to that of automobiles America leads the whole world by a big margin in1 the building of raK ways said Henry Thomas pf New York city a railway constructor at the New Wiliard Out of a total of nearly 600000 miles of railway in the world nearly halt are On the North American continent Europe has nearly 200000 miles while Africa has only about 19 000 The smallest mileage is in Australasia which has approximately 17 000 miles of tracks South America possesses nearly 3500 miles In South America will bethe greatest development of the future In ithe railroad building business Immense stretchesrof country remain Inthat vast continent which need only the iron 8 horse to develop them This is especially so In Brazil and Argentina Mex Ico yet remains tou bg covered with a complete network of steel rails like the United States possesses Statistics for the last year show that there has been extraordinary activity in building railways in nearly every country on theglobe the largest gain being asusualjn North America New language for Liberia From the KinuiCltr Journal There is in use in some parts of the West coast of Africa a system of writing of native invention which said to be successfully competing with English writing It is called the languageand was invented by Doahi Burkere assisted by five of his friends The characters resemble Egyptian hieroglyphics but the tongue Is said to be harmoniousrelatively easy to pronounce and with a grammaMhat is far from dIfflcult II ls being more and more used in West AfrlcaVand it is said may become the dominant form of native speech in Liberiaand adjacent countries Remarkable Hen These From the New York Erehinj Poet Get rlch quick schemes yjeven intheir most prosperous days along lower Broadway never off eredsuch inducements to seekers fOrwealth as has btenlrslg bex 5 fore the eyes of Newersey commutersi in Vesey streetvIt is plain naoet en i dollar chicken coopr liegaorns layrne joiie each Kl3 13 The hens are there pecklngr awaV 1 LuMI i1l li none oiuwm bccuib iu lc ayjng iny seethe wonderful ow af advertlied i jt irp tW.