In The Mayor Business

"All round star" is what the boys cali young Mayor Carter H. Harrisou, son of Carter the First, in his lifetime mayor and boss of Chicago. As mayor of Chicago during theWorld's fair Carter I made a record, amongotherthings, by his reception of the Spanish princess Eulalia, whom he met in the gailant style of the true Kentucky gentleman of the old school. And the thought that bis son, too, has reached the summit of greatnessat a single bound by becoming mayor of Chicago is enough to rnake Carter I etir in bis gTave with satisfaction. Young Carter is not so young except as being the eon of old Carter. He is 37 years of age, the period when a man is just coming into his prime. He is a scholar, an athlete and a politician, and for a little wbile he was editor of the Chicago Times. He knows French and Germán like a native, his admirers say. He can hit a mark like Bulïalo Bill and fish equal to Isaak Walton. His strong point, however, is bicycie riding. He bas traveled on his wheel ISO miles in ene day, and it wasn't a very good day for bicycling either. So they say. It was the bicycie vote that elected him mayor, the wheel boys claim. Let us hope he will be able to pedal his way in Bufety through the heavy and creoked byways that lie before one who filis the post of mayor of Chicago. One compliment, however, is paid to young Carter whieh we don 't quite kuow about. It is said that when he ceased to be editor of the Chicago Times he left it in as good condition as he found it. It is rather reiuarkable that on one and the same day recently in two different heruispheres attempts were made to assassinate the chief executives of two nations, King Hurubert of Italy and President Borda of Uruguay. Most assassins of kings and presidents in this genoration have been crauks and fanatics, like Guiteau and the murderer of President Carnot in France and the luuatic who a few years ago attacked Queen Victoria. Of this type was the iron worker who drew the dagger on King Huinbert. The unfortunate man had no work, and this may have maddened him. The same fanaticism and crank notions seein to have brooded in ;he brain of the young man who tried :o shoot President Borda of Uruguay. He was a student with a rusty old revolver that could not hit anything, and so far as conld be ascertained he had uo grudge of any kind against the president. Turkish soldiers are strange men. If a división of American or Europeau troops had been fightiug without sleep or food for 26 hours and their commander should appeal to their abstract love of God to urgo them to furtlier j fort, the appeal would fall flatter ihan a dead level. But after the Turks had captured Milouna pass and had entered Thessaly, hungry, ixhausted and sleepy as they were, thero was still a Greek blockhouso ear by to be taken. Xhey uaturally advanced wcarily and with ffort. But when their general, Junes Sffendi, called to them, "All who love God mufit advance to the assault, " they rushed forward with exultant shouts, fightiug like madmen, and in less than i no time tho blcnkhouse was taken.