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That is the general rule with poorly organized and poorly dis ciplined troops, and the Boers are no ex ception. Senator Lindsay's argument against the Torto Rican tariff bill Is one of the strong est that has been made, and emphasizes the loss the Senate will experience by the retirement of Senator Lindsay In favor of Mr. Blackburn. The Boer proposition for peace on the terms of independence shows how little they appreciate the British character or temper. They were nearer Independence before the "present war began than they will ever be again. The promptness with which the British war loan was taken $150,000,000 of ten-year 24 per cent., bonds, not only subscribed but oversubscribed in two " bourses' a re markable evidence of British wealth and loyalty. The rate of Interest Is the lowest of any government bond ever Issued. A few years ago it was not suspected that Alaska was the richest gold-bearing country la the world, but such seems to be the fact. The fame of Cape Nome has scarcely been mounded when report comes of much richer finds on Jack Wade creek, in American territory, where 1.0C0 miners are taking from $13 to $63 to a pan. """ Porto Rico may not be a part of the United States yet, but if a native resident of the island were to visit Europe and be thrown 'Into jail there without cause, or Impressed Into a European army, the American people would demand the imme diate Intervention of the United States in his bohalf. Constitution or no Constitution. Besides being what was called a copper head during the civil war the late Prof. Phelps was so extreme a Democrat that he refused to vote for Horace Greeley when he was the party's candidate fcrPresident In 1S72.' Yet Mr. Phelps made a good minis ter to Great Britain and a first rate mem ber of the Bering sea commission In 1S92. The number of veterans who favor the passing of special pension acts by Congress is very small; Indeed, the leading organ izations of veterans have declared against it. Such of those acts as give a larger pension toone person of the same condi tion than all others receive is favoritism, while such of them as grant pensions to those who cannot make a case under the pension laws are unjust. The Ameer of Afghanistan Is the latest of England's feudatories to declare his loy alty. "'England's troubles, he says, "arc always my troubles, her strength is my strength, and her weakness my weakness. England must remember that I am always ready to fight for her on land, here or In India." This from a ruler who could easily incite a Mussulman war against Russia Is calculated to make her pause. The London Times of yesterday made the popular outburst cf loyalty during the last few days the text of an editorial in which it gave notice to the world that "the policy of the British empire Is not to be deflected by the carping, snarling foreign newspa pers, nor by attempts, if any of the kind be made, of foreign governments to Inter fere with the assertion of its rights and the performance of Its duties. That pol icy plainly is the establishment of British äomlnatlon over the whole of South Africa. Rev. Mr. Sheldon's experiment in publish ing a dally religious paper for one week will prove absolutely nothing In favor of euch papers or against secular dailies. It Is simply a fad and an experiment, which, with the amount of free advertising It has had. could scarcely fall to succeed for a short time. To succeed permanently a newspaper must be conducted on business principles. fThe essence of Mr. Sheldon's experiment la that he dlecards these and substitutes sentiment and cant. The phrase, "consent of the governed," which has figured so much in recent dis cussion, is drawn from the Declaration of Independence, and no attempt has been made to trace It further. Something very much like it Is found in Boccaccio's "De cameron." In ore of his stories a woman who is brought to trial under a local law cn a damaging charge admits It, but adds: "You must know, at the same time, that . . . . , laws ought" to be alike, fpr. aJL. an.d jpAde with the consent of. those persons whom they concern." ! Can it be possible that the author of the Declaration derived one of Its glittering generalities from Boccaccio? An Indiana court has decided that a min ister haa a right to his salary even If ho has to eell the church property to get It. It seems strange that this point has not been decided before, since nothing Is more common In church history than a shortage In the ministerial salary. As a rule, too, the smaller the salary promised the surer Is the deficit. It must be that the preachers who have suffered by this laxity on the part of the congregations they served were too amiable to prosecute their Just claims. The - Rev. ' Mr. Spahr, of Rochester, who has had the courage to test the matter, de serves the thanks of his brethren and has also done a service , to church organiza tions in teaching that a contract is a con tract even though made with a minister whom they have been accustomed to Im pose on. A CASE OF GROSS INJUSTICE. A statement has appeared In several pa- ' pers, and has been telegraphed to the press from this city, to the effect that the Nancy Hanks Lincoln Memorial Association wrote to Mr. Robert T. Lincoln, two or three years ago. In reference to the matter and, to use the expression of Harper's Weekly, "his .silence seems to have caused perplex ity which tends to become indignation." When the association had the matter of a suitable monument under consideration, two years ago, no allusion was made in its meetings to Mr. Lincoln In connection with the subject. When the association made appeals for subscriptions, a paper, or an anonymous correspondent of a paper, asked why Mr. Lincoln, a presumably rich man, did not build a monument over the grave of his grandmother. At that time no one representing the association had writ ten to Mr. Lincoln, consequently the asser tion that he did not answer its communica tion is not only false, but does Mr. Lincoln a gross injustice. A few days ago Governor Mount, at the request of the committee of the association, wrote Mr. Lincoln In reference to the revival of the effort to mark the grave of the mother of Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Lincoln's reply was prompt and cordial. It Is in the nature of a private letter and cannot be published. It Is suffi cient to say that Mr. Lincoln will second the efforts of the association. . It seems that the entire purpose of the further marking of the grave of the moth er of Abraham Lincoln has been misunder stood by those who have criticised Mr. Robert Lincoln without any reason and in a very captious and sneering manner. The grave is marked now by an appropriate slab and surrounded by an iron fence. This was done years ago by Mr. Studebaker, of South Bend, while Mr. Lincoln was a young man. In no sense can the grave be said to be neglected. During the first year of his administration President McKinley received a letter from some man, setting forth that the burial place of Mrs. Lincoln was not of easy access and suggesting that the United States should secure the land, clear off the underbrush and open a road to the grave. That letter the President sent to Governor Mount, and he properly as sumed that it was a matter which the peo ple of Indiana would attend to. He called representatives of the Grand Army, the Loyal Legion and other associations to gether, and an association was formed un der the laws of the State. It was to be an Indiana tribute to the mother of Abraham Lincoln to emphasize the fact that dur ing his years of boyhood and young man hood, Abraham Lincoln lived in Indiana. There was no more reason why Mr. Rob ert T. Lincoln should have taken upon himself the honorable service contem plated than that he should have been called upon to assist in rebuilding the fall ing monument over his father's remains, in Springfield, 111. The Journal agrees with Harper s Weekly that Mr. Lincoln "prob ably discovered long ago that the memory of his father and grandmother is public property," and, consequently, that if ai association desires to purchase grounds. construct a monument and open a highway to the grave of his grandmother, there was no reason why he should be conspicuous In the matter. The fact the Journal desires to empha size is that Mr. Lincoln was never con suited by any one representing the as sociatlon until within ten days, and that when, ten days ago. Governor Mount, at the request of a committee of the associa tion, did write to him, a prompt and satis factory response was made. Robert T. Lincoln deserves fair treat ment at the hands of intelligent people For four years he was secretary of war, filling the position In a manner to merit approbation. President Harrison made him minister to the court of St. James, where he represented the American Nation with an ability and dignity befitting the respon sible position. As a man, ho has always carried himself with modesty and good sense, never presuming . upon the reputa tion of his illustrious father. He has been a successful lawyer because of his, ability and his devotion to the practice of his pro fession. The charge that such a man has neglected the grave of his grandmother. even after his attention had been called to it, should not have been made by papers which print pictures showing that It is bet ter marked than the graves of some Presi dents. The purpose of the association was to make the spot a historic reminder that. during the dozen years in which character is formed, Abraham Lincoln lived in south ern Indiana, and to set it apart In a man ner that thousands of people would visit it. This is no part the duty of Mr. Lincoln, but If he chooses to assist In the object of the association his co-operation will doubt less be appreciated. SENATOR MASON'S LATEST MOVE. . Senator Mason has mobilized himsetf again and will move on the enemy from a new quarter. The enemy Is the British Hon. and, pending the opportunity to twist his tail on the resolution of sympathy with the Boers, the Illinois senator will try and ap proach him by way of ' the - Nicaragua canal. For reinforcements he draws on Gen. Lew Wallace. In a preamble to a resolution regarding the Clayton-Bulwer treaty he quotes the general as saying that "Mr. Blaine had told hlra while sec retary of state that he had written a note to the American minister to Great Britain instructing him to take the position that Great Britain by her own acts .had ren dered the treaty void." Senator . Mason thinks this antagonizes a statement . at tributed to the State Department that. Sec? retary Frelinghuysen was the only secre tary of state who had held the view that the Clayton-Bulwer treaty had been can celed. After this preamble the, senator's resolution calls on the State "Department for all the correspondence between the United States and Great Britain relative to the Isthmian canal inaugurated by Sec retary Blaine, and also "a chronological recapitulation c3- the contention mads by the various secretaries of state since the signing of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty as to the validity of this treaty, the replies by the government of Great Britain and the violations of the terms of the treaty on the part of Great Britain which have been held by the government of the United States to have operated as an abrogation of the treaty." The preamble and resolution furnish new evidence of Senator Mason's talent for blundering, If not his ignprar.ee of modern history and public affairs. The statement attributed to Secretary Blaine by General Wallace was first located during his term as secretary of state during President Har rison's administration. When the Journal pointed out that no correspondence on the subject took place during President Harri son's administration a correction was made in a dispatch from Crawfordsville which said: - "The communication of Mr. Blaine to the British government of which General Wallace speaks was made under President Arthur's administration and bears date of Nov. p, 1SS1." The .com munication referred to was doubtless one dated Nov. 19, 1SS1, as none was sent on Nov. 23. It did not convey formal notice to the British government that "the United States refused longer to be bound by the Clayton-Bulwer treaty," nor anything of the kind. It said nothing about the re pudiation of the treaty by the United States. It simply proposed certain modifi cations of it which Mr. Blaine thought to be in the interest of the United States and argued in favor of their propriety and Jus tice. . In other words, it recognized the binding force of the treaty and urged its modification. This communication presum ably had the approval of President Arthur, who In his first annual message to Con gress on Dec. 6, 1SS1, less than a month after Mr. Blaine's communication, con cluded a reference to the Isthmian canal question. by saying that he had "proposed to .her Majesty's government the modifica tion of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty and the abrogation of such clauses thereof as do hot comport with the obligations of . the United States toward Colombia or. with the vital needs of the two friendly parties to the compact." It will be observed that President Arthur simply says he had "pro posed" these modifications. He also re ferred to the treaty as "a compact." The proposed modifications were not made. Senator Mason could have found all this in the diplomatic correspondence of the United States, but he chocses to assume that something has been concealed. - The Department of State has not said nor does any statement attributed to It represent It as saying that "Secretary Fre linghuysen was the only secretary of state who had held the view that the Clayton Bulwer treaty had been canceled." Fol lowing Is an extract from the statement attributed to the State Department: The fact Is that this treaty, made fifty years ago. has never been questioned as to its force and validity by any English Cabi net nor by any American Cabinet except that of President. Arthur. Mr. Freling huysen alone of all the secretaries of state who have had to deal with the matter con tended that the treaty was voidable, but his argument has not commended itself to any other secretary of state, and had so little effect when it was put forward that it was soon dropped and has never been re newed. To contend that a treaty Is voidable or should be abrogated or modified by reason of changed conditions is quite a different thing from declaring, it void. Mr. Freling huysen took up the 'correspondence where Mr. Blaine had dropped it and pursued It on the same line with the same result. His contention was never admitted by the British government any more than that of Mr. Blaine had been. The treaty was not abrogated nor amended In any re spect. As President Arthur did not allude to the subject In any message after his first one it it evident he regarded the correspondence as Inconclusive and unsuc cessful on the part of the United States. The correspondence closed with a com munication from Secretary Frelinghuysen to Minister Lowell, dated Nov. 22, 1S83, in which he said: "This government believes that the two nations will in due time reach a satisfactory solution of , the questions that have been considered in this corre spondence." This shows that Mr. Freling huysen himself considered the correspond ence as not having settled anything except that the treaty was still In force. So it is to-day and will continue to be until modi fled In a regular and honorable way by "the two friendly parties to the compact, to quote from President Arthur's message, or dishonorably repudiated by the United States. THE SPIRITUAL LIFE. A New York literary man who might r have been expected to have a better under standing of existing conditions and of his fellow-men was recently quoted as saying that religion had practically lost Its hold on the people of this end of the century. and that there was less religious thought now than at any other modern period. In the same line is a complaint made ty a Southern paper of the lack of seriousness in politics, in society, but especially in re ligious life. "Take any church In the city,' it says; "how many of the leaders in it follow the life of Jesus? How many love their neighbors as themselves? How many are concerned when misfortune befalls a weaker brother, or when an embarrassment comes to a rival church? Rival churches. did we say? Yes, rivals not so much in bringing men to God, but rivals for world ly aDDlause." ' Such criticism as this is shallow and unjust. Church members, be ing- human, and therefore fallible, have their faults, some of them glaring ones. but the outsider who observes these fall Ings of individuals, but has no means of Judging what temptations are overcome. what labors of love arc done, what self- denial practiced, yet sweepingly condemns all as ungodly, simply writes himself down as wanting in charity and clearness of vi sion. It Is a superficial view, too, that con fines all religious life and all thought on spirltuaf subjects to the churches. It Is undoubtedly true that a very large propor tion of educated, intelligent people, at the present time, do not find their spiritual needs satisfied by the orthodox religious teachings. A loosening of church ties has long been In progress, and certain formal tenets of belief, once so unquestlonlngly accepted, no longer have their old power. The Journal does not undertake to say that this disposition to break away from the teachings of the fathers is or is not to be regretted; it only wishes to point out that what seems to careless observers an Indifference to religious and serious mat ters is not so in reality. In saying, this it bears In mind the fact, seemlnsly Ignored by the critics, that religion and the formal acceptance of a theological creed are by no means synonymous. Social scientists might well feel discouragement if It were true that none but they who are in the churches t deal justly, love' mercy .'and walk humbly with God. ; .-'. '.- '' Shortsighted," indeed, : are they who fail to recognize in the signs of the times an interest in matters religious and spiritual more widespread and intense than ever be fore. People are investigating for them selves the great questions which In times past have been left to the few to decide. In the processes of investigation and In- qulry they, go at wide tangents and reach many Insecure landing places. They take different roads, according to their intel lectual leading, but their purpose is a common one to reach the truth. In many cases they ""writhe' toward heaven along the devil's trail." but it is heaven at which they aim, nevertheless. As showing the 'drift of thought the va rious theosophlcal societies may be men tioned, with their numerous periodicals and curious literature. Spiritualism and spiritism are names given to another phase of inquiry. Christian Science Is still an other. It does not affect the point at issue to assert that the Ideas in these various isms" and "sciences" are empirical and the leaders charlatans; the fact remains that a vast number of people are openly interested in then and that many more not willing to accept the doctrines are eager students, and all are. moved by a conscious or unconscious desire to find a fixed and satisfying religious belief." The psychical research societies go' at the matter in still another way, but their avowed purpose is to ascertain whether or not occult phe nomena prove, the existence of spirit life. Once that Is proved so that human reason as well as faith will accept it as truth,, what effect will It not have on religious' life? .' ... " ' .1 r He Is a rash and heedless person who will dare to say that the people who are fol lowing after these it may.be false guides are less observant of . the virtues, less charitable, less tolerant, less . godly than their more orthodox, brethren. Not serious? It Is an intensely serious age. The frivolity, the passing emotionalism by which alone the careless Judge are but the foam upon the surface of a-deep. It Is a generation seeking spiritual light.. THE CHANGING SEASON. Human recognition f. of . nature's phe nomena Is not as keen as that of the ani mal kingdom. The senses of men have been dulled by artificial life, and the secrets of this earth which may once have been open to them are no longer clear. Take the approach of spring. Hibernat ing animals do not await a certain day nor yet the indisputable warmth of the sun as a signal fj -theiji - to emerge from their winter homes. Every sign may Indi cate to man that winter is still here; the wind may rage and the snow cover the ground, but the animal knows by infallible instinct that the time for a new earth has arrived and he emerges from his retreat. Perhaps he hears the starting of life among the roots of the trees, perhaps is thrilled by the same power which Is a part of the mystery of the season. By the same unknown law the migrating, summer-loving bird comes back to Jils old haunts while yet the air Is keen and buds are in their winter covering." lleKriows" that spring is at hand and is not deceived. Duller witted man is guided by the almanac and by the tangible, visible things to his knowledge of the season's "change, the swelling of the buds, the tbmlngfof the birds, the warmth of the: sun, the changing tint of the grass. Yet,' after .all, he 1ms not lost all his primal Instinct through generations of disuse. There is something -of it left. Shut up within a city's! walls, walking only on paved streets, he' is affected little by the season's changes and nature's moods, and thinks little about them. Mild, sunny days come in January; and do not affect hlm;vhe scarcely, heeds '.'them; snow falls In March and he shivers at the thought of a prolonged winter. TJien, perhaps while the snow Is still on the ground and the air is chill, he Is suddenly and mysteriously aware that spring has come. The sky may have a deeper blue, the sparrows a more cheerful chirp, the trees in the park may show the misty gray that is the beginning of growth. It seems to be none of these things that tells him winter is over. . The knowledge apparently comes from within. It Is as If the same Impulse of life which stirs the tree from root to crown thrills In his own veins. Without cause that he can name he Is glad to.be alive. Without need of calendar, or song of robin, or sight of swelling bud he knows spring is here. And spring what of It? Spring means sun shine and cheer, a renewal of life even in the gray, stone-paved, brick-walled city. Spring means a fresher life' now, and Is the promise of a life to come. For back of all its physical inspiration is the sym bollcal truth Of the annual miracle of the earth that is born again, a lesson that has its influence even on those who are un conscious of it an interpretation of the resurrection mystery. Assumption has always been' the method of tho free trader lu dealing , with tariff questions. Facts are Ignored. .There Is an illustration of It in dealing with the con troversy regarding the cause of the ad vance In the price of print paper. It Is charged to the greed of the paper-maker. who takes advantage of an unprecedented demand In this country, and- England for the commodity. The free-trade editor charges the advance ' to the protection which the tariff offers. The duty on paper is about 15 per cent, ad valorem, and on pulp from one-sixth to one-fourth of a cent a pound. Large quantities of pulp and paper are exported; in fact, the United States and Canada are the main sources of sdpply of wood pulp. The officers of the International Paper Company assert that European purchasers have made large con tracts for paper at prices In advance of those that have ruled In this country. Nowt this statement Is either true or It Is false. and its truth or falsity can be ascertained by investigation. If it should bo found to be true, the charge that the tariff duty of 15 per cent.. enables the-so-called paper trust to control prices has no foundation. If it is false. there. is ground for complaint. A more careful reading of the reports from South Africa does not sustain the assumption that President ' Kruger is anxious to end the war by any concession of what he demanded in his famous ultl matum. No doubt his men, who have been led to bell we that the can annihilate the British, have had - their assurance rudely choched by tha tttzUT rr.d tsctlcs of Lord Roberts, but It Is probable that the Boers will recover from the temporary panic and yet be able, to confront their enemy, par ticularly if the effort to concentrate their scattered forces shall succeed. There has. not yet been anything like a battle with serious losses on the part of the Boers. They punished Buller and others before Lord - Roberts came, but it was not the result of strategy or tactics, but from posi tions of their own selection. All things considered, there Is no reason to believe that the war Is as good as ended,' as soma have predicted. . A new phase of an old Spanish confidence game comes In the form of a letter from a Spaniard who claims to have been a pur chasing agent for the Spanish army during the Cuban war and to have buried $650,000 in gold before the Spaniard, were .driven out of the Island. The once prosperous but now unfortunate gentleman is Immured' in a Spanish prison for life, and as he has no Spanish friends whom he can trust to re cover his buried gold he Is writing to num bers of Americans, whose addresses he has obtained, inclosing a diagram and offering them an Interest in the treasure if they will remit a small sum of money and assist him in recovering It. The women of the Local Council who are trying to secure the passage of an ordi nance forbidding spitting on the sidewalks have a promise of success, their petitions being much strengthened by the emphatic statements of the Board of Health that the custom of promiscuous expectoration causes the spread of disease. The street- railway company did not wait for an ordi nance, but placed placards In its cars call ing attention to the unhealthful results and asking passengers to refrain from spit ting while aboard. Similar placards are to be seen In many railway passenger cars. How much influence these placards have it is hard to say, but at least the Idea of cleanliness Is gaining ground. If the Coun cil shall pass the ordinance It may not be generally observed, but It will at least help to educate the public Into habits of com mon decency and so will be of benefit. A Pittsburg woman who Has been voice less for several years, unable to speak above a whisper, has had her voice re stored In a curious way. On opening a closet In her house a few days ago she came suddenly on a mouse, which so frightened her that, forgetting her disabil ity, she tried to scream, and actually did so. Since then she has been able to talk as well as ever. The Incident suggests the possibility of Introducing the mouse Cure for all similar cases. The element of sur prise and fright would, of course, be essen tial to a complete cure, but the number of mice so greatly exceeds the number of speechless women that the experiment could be carried on Indefinitely, until a cure was effected. BUBBLES IN THE AIR. Literary Ephemera. "Just see all these novels books of the hour!" "Books of the hour? You mean books of the moment, don't you?" Of Money. No cash account I keep not I; 'twould make me wroth to read how oft I've made good money fly for things I did1 not need. i j Lent. "If It were not," the devil said, "for this rest the churches give, my strength would be so overtasked I should get too cross to live." Supho. . Daudet had gifts, for he could write But then, the truth to tell. Up to the mark he wasn't quite You see he couldn't spell. . The Veiled Gentleman. Jane paints a portrait of a man Upon a most Ingenious plan A book held o'er his face; 'tis plain -His features must be dear to Jane. Evidence of Things Not Seen. A skeptic friend avers to me He won't believe what he can't see; Yet when In grip's hot grasp he squirms, He vows he got It from some germs. Footnotes. Even women are secretV afraid of those women, who thoroughly understand politics. . It Is no disgrace to be foolishly inclined; It Is diverting, and often highly convenient. If man were correctly selfish h would be good; the virtues are far more becoming than the vices. Success requires as ingredients equal parts of patience and impatience. The people who best relish an immoral play are the people the leading lady wouldn't Ilk to be classed with. "When codfish balls are scientifically construct ed lenten discipline takes on the form of a hollow mockery. Adam may have loved other women, but Eve first placed him in the public eye. It . is a poor housekeeper whose catsups glvef out Just as family appetites begin to get capri cious. LITERARY NOTES. , The late Richard Hovey had been at work upon a biography of . Edgar Allen Poe, which Is probably left In an unfinished state. W. D. Howells says in his lecture on "He roes and Heroines in Fiction" that Amer ican women are better developed, intel lectually, than American men. Now, what will the men say who object to tne mental feebleness of the women In Mr. Howe lis' s novels? The introduction to the new edition of "Gulliver's Travels," brought out in Lon don notes that one of the most prominent of the sources to which Swift was. indebted for material was the "Comic History of States and Empires of the Sun and Moon, written by Cyrano de Bergerac, the mem- o-y of whose exploits, not to speak of his historically famous nose, has been recently so vividly recalled by M. De Rostand's comedy. 7 Mr. Jesse Lynch Williams has been for the past four or five years one of the younger men In literary life whose future was looked upon as certain to offer re markable results. He graduated at Prince ton In 1S92, and he has, after 8 even years spent in active Journalism and in the em ploy of Scribners, established himself In his college town, where he Is about to take charge of the "Alumni Frincetonlan,' which is Intended to be the organ of the best Intention, aspiration and achievement of the university, the general body of un dergraduates and the alumni. The late Richard Hovey, although simple and sincere in his writing, was something of a poseur In his manner, especially when cmong strangers. Thus, "he would sustain an hour's conversation, bent double with Ms chin In the palm of his hand and his eves turned upward like a cherub of Raph ael, whom, however. In no other respect old he particularly resemble. A well-known literary man of this city relates that, hav- inc r.cver before met Mr. Hovey, ne lavitea the poet to call upon him at his house. The cay when it came proved to be a typically wmtry one, extremely cold "and with a heavy snowstorm railing uninterrupediy. Imagine, then, the astonishment of the host when Mr. Hovey appeared clad in a cream-colored top coat and wearing a light straw hat! . " : ; , A contributor to the Boston Literary World, speaking of the expressions of wen- der that Governor Roosevelt thouM rtI3 And time for such serious literary vcrl: c.3 his .history of Oliver Crotntrc'.l. r-70 rr;- ar allocs fcr the history Trtro r tj. tro. "In f-cV dlz VZ- . " v. iv4v tnken a deep core lvoosevcit --- ... interest In any facts relating to Cromwell career. Moreover, he Is a rapid writer ac complishing as much in a few hours b dictating to his -cretary as man,- authors succeed in acnievmg m "WM"" , " known editor who had close business lations with Governor 0tc: the other day that a more saUfactory con tributor than the Governor could not be imagined. No matter how busy he m? be he never fails to send in copy at the day agreed upon, and never even asks, ns most contributors are occasionally obliged to do, ior an extensiuu .. tmq ctorv about the American noxeusi comes by way of London: "Mr. W. D. Howells. it may be remembered," says a wh.. ! nn Tncllsh naper. "was for a V I --3 " time editor of the Cosmopolitan magazine. but the story of his retirement IKsitlon has not, we fancy, been told n England. The proprietor of the rriodical Is a business man, and. It appears, did not . m .,!( VimiM nnt con. see wny a iamous uu cj.-. iorm IO me same vviA " , ordinate staff in the Cosmopolitan of- jr mr T 11- I.Aunllv MraAVPfMI In nee. air. iiuwcns uiu"".' his habit of walking In for a few con venient hours in the course of the day. which finally led the proprietor to present Ms editor one morning with a species or time-punch, whereon the latter was to reg ister the exact hour of his entering and his leaving the office daily! The speed with xf. Mntroii wrfttft out his reslgna- fAn la caM in iinir tho record, even in America." I .1111 V mm v - - w m ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS. New York city buys a piano for every school building and looks upon a musical instrument as essential as the blackboard or the teacher's desk. In the big batch of mail now being re ceived by Miss Olga Nethersole every day are usually some anonymous letters threatening her with violence u sne ooes not stop playing "Sapho." A young man in Buffalo, from some Im pulsive freak, took it into his head to save all his cents. He wearied after two years, when he got 1,200 of them, and tried to sell them, but nobody would buy tnem, even ax. SO cents on the dollar. Mr. John Addison Porter, secretary to President McKinley, has completed a col lection of crayon portrait photographs of his predecessors in the White House, to be hung in the secretary's office. There are twenty-five portraits in alL Col. John Jacob Astor is returning to this country to attend to the building of his new mansion at Ferncliff-on-the-Hudson. The plans are complete, and those who have had the privilege oi seeing mem bay that the mansion will be nothing short of a palace when finished. The late Dr. Leslie E. Keeley. the "gold- cure" man, had Shakspeare and the Bible almost at his tongue's end. He was an eloquent and entertaining talker and a man of great charity. He is believed to have spent $20,000 in helping poor men who went to him to take the drink cure and had no money to pay. A.French newspaper announces a "new eccentricity of American ladies." It seems, according to this authority, that In this country Japanese mice are supplanting dogs as ladies pets. One mouse costs $100. The French newspaper intimates that In the near future an exhibition of these pets is to be held, "to follow the exhibition of cats." A new danger is added to folding beds. Recently a house in a Western city was entered by burglars and a young man sleeping in a folding bed was chloroformed. Afterwards the burglars were captured and admitted to the police that had the young man shown any sign of conscious ness before the drug was administered the bed would have been promptly shut up. Not long ago a public man who had been made the central figure in a rather cutting cartoon complained to Mark Hanna about the illustration, saying he was half in clined to sue the paper for $23,000 damages on account thereof. "I wish you would, said the burly Ohio boss. "If you can get $2o,000 for that picture it will insure my getting about $25,000,000 for all the cartoons that have been printed about me. Mrs. Alexander Clapperton, who died in Klrkhill, Scotland, last week, was one. of the few links that connect the present time with Sir Walter Scott. She entered Scott's service at the age of sixteen and distinctly remembered hearing his heavy foot on the stairs at 5 o clock in the morn ing when he came from his porridge and buttermilk. She was with him when he died and received a lock of his hair from Mrs. Lockhart. Ruskln was a wealthy man and spent a good deal of money on vain experiments. One of these was a tea shop. He put the business in the hands of two excellent ladies, so the story goes, and left it to com mend itself without advertising. This amiable disregard for commercial prin ciples had the natural result. Ruskln thought it was because the competitors in the neighborhood burned so much gas to illuminate their windows. "There's no danger," said Carnegie With a little throaty hitch; Te too many Pittsburg lawyers Now to think of dying rich!" Cleveland Plain Dealer. Who on this world of ours their eyes In March first open shall be wise. In days of peril firm and brave. And wear a bloodstone to their grave. Notes and Queries. LINCOLN'S BODY. It I Placed in n Temporary Vanlt While Monument Is Delntf Rebuilt. SPRINGFIELD, 111.. March 10. The re mains of Abraham Lincoln were to-day transferred from the crypt of the national Lincoln monument to a temporary vault Just north of the monument änd on the brow, of the hill overlooking Oak Ridge Cemetery. The removal of the body was made necessary by the demolition of the monument preparatory to Its entire recon struction on -a different plan, for which $100,000 was appropriated by the last Legis lature. The ceremonies attending the transfer were very informal. State Treasurer Whittemore and Superintendet of Public In struction Bayllss, representing the present board or trustees or the monument, were present and witnessed the removal of the casket in their official capacity, and the Lincoln Monument Association, . the Lin coln Guard of Honor and the G. A. R. were also represented. None of the rela tives or tne aeaa resident were there. When the cedar box containing- thn metal lic casket was exposed to view it was found to be in a bad state of decay, and In a few years more it would have entirely rotted away. This is due to the moisture which found Its way Into the concrete masonry which formed a covering for the casket. me casitei useir was not opened, that ceremony being nostDoned until th mains are placed in their final resting place upon the completion of the new monument. ine temporary vault prepared for the cas ket is twelve feet square, and Is con structed with double decks, thus insuring room for the six bodies now under the monument. . FOE EATING HTJ1IA2T FLESH. Three Indian Chief Arrested for VC7-. mlttlnff Torture and Cannibalism. VANCOUVER, B. C. March 10.-Thrce chiefs of the Alberta bay tribes of Indians were brought here from northern British Columbia last night to be tried for their lives for eating human flesh. The offenses were commlted at a potlatch three weeks ago. During the potlatch the ancient death dance was called for. Martyrs were asked to step into the circle. Two young bucks and an Indian maiden answered the call and stood near a fire naked, while ten painted savages danced around them, dart ins at them and biting pieces out of their arcs and less and eatlns the bleeding mor sels. A missionary complained to the eov ernnenU who warned the tribe that if it cnta human f.tsh rJn i!a landerIll be t-cn array. In th? -r-.s t-3 "hrct c -z:i era to cucr fcr t. tri": let GOVERNOR IS TO BLAME TROOPS WEHE S EXT, Til IDAHO OX REQUEST OF STELMEMIEH. I'renldent sind War Department 3!rr. ly Complied with Constitution nml La. of the United States. WASHINGTON, March 10.-The War De partment has supplied to the House com mittee on military affairs, which Is Inves tigating the Coeur d'Alenc raining troubles, the following correspondence on the sub ject in response to a request: "Boise, Idaho, April 23. 10 "To the President, Washington In pur suance to the statute in such case made I, Frank Steunenberg, Governor of Idaho, the Legislature not. being in session and it not being possible to convene It, do hereby ai ply to the President of the United States to call forth the military forces of the United States to suppress insurrection in Shoshone county. State of Idaho. This ac tion is sustained in the fact that all the available Idaho National Guanl volun teered for service in the Philippines and said county is in a state of insurrection. I am of opinion that at least 500 troops. l:i the aggregate, will be necessary, but smaller detachments should be ordered in as rapidly as possible. "FRANK STEUNENBERG, "Governor." . "Washington. April 30. iKt. "Brigadier General Merriam. Denver The Governor of Idaho reports an Insurrec tion beyond the power of the State to con trol In Shoshone county of that State. The acting secretary of war directs that you repair at once to the capital of that State, and, after conference with the authorities there, you go to the seat of action, calling to your aid such troops as may be most convenient, regardless of department lines. Department commanders will be notified. You will take with you the necessary staff officers. The travel enjoined Is necessary for the public service. "By command of Major General Miles. "H. C. CORBIN. "Adjutant General." . "Washington, Aug. 10. 1K3. "To F. R. Bowden. Grass Valley. Cal. Sir: Your telegram to the President has been referred to this office, and I am in structed by the secretary of war to inform you that the presence of troops in Sho shone county, Idaho, is due to the request of the Governor of your State, who made requisition for same under warrant of law April 20. im The Constitution and laws of the United States required the President to comply with this requisition, and any application for relief should be made to the Governor of Idaho. "II. C. CORBIN. "Adjutant General." AFGHANISTAN'S RULER. The Goaty Ameer Receives $S00,00O a Year from Great Britain. LONDON, March 10. The statement In behalf of the Ameer of Afghanistan that he is still loyal to the interests of Great Britain caused little surprise here, for the gouty monarch is well subsidized by the Indian government. He receives 100,000 In cash a year, besides gifts that cost many thousand pounds. Abdur Rahman is the Ameer's name. He was born in 1S45 and Is the eldest son of Ufzul Khan and nephew of the Ameer Shere All, who was Ameer from 1SC3 to 187J and father of Yakoub, Lord Roberts foe at Kandahar. During the civil war in Afghan istan Abdur Rahman played a leading part on the side of his father against his uncle, and gained several battles. The victories of Shalkhabad and Khelat-i-Ghllzal were mainly due to his ability. He was intrusted with the governorship of Balkh, where he made himself popular by his moderation and by marrying the daughter of the chief of Badakshan. In 1SGS. however, he was unable to offer a successful resistance to his cousin, Yakoub Khan, son of Shere All, who defeated'him at Hajgah, near Bamaln. and also finally at Tinah Khan. Abdur Rahman then lied from the country, ulti mately reaching Russian territory. Tho Russian General Kaufmann permitted him to reside at Samarcand and allowed him a pension of 23.000 rubles a year. Here ho remained until 1873, when he slowly rr.ado his way through Balkh to the Cabul fron tier, and in July of 1SS0 he was formally chosen by the leading men of Cabul and acknowledged by the British Indian gov ernment as Ameer of Afghanistan. in taking the throne Abdur Rahman in dicated his feelings towards the English by saying in his speech: "Through God and my right my hereditary right I have ob tained the throne of rry fathers, but tho means by which this has been achieved I owe to my British friends and to the Queen Empress, whose cause is always Just." During the Tirah campaign the Ameer gave proof of his loyalty to England by en deavoring to capture the notorious Hndda Mulla, who as long ago as the reign of Shere All was always engaged In preaching jehads and stirring up the tribes to revolt, not only against England, but against the Ameer himself. From the British Indian government Ab dur Rahman receives a regular subsidv of fSOO.000 a year, and his army periodically receives gifts of artillery. rifis and am munition. The Ameer is afflicted with gout and is every now and then reported dead. In 1&94 and again in 1S33 rumors of his death were so persistently circulated as to cause uneasiness in England. Abdur Rahman is a patron of several press clipping bureaus, and has a staff of Interpreters who keep him posted on do ings in Europe and what the newspapers say about him. He is a great reader, and is said to be remarkably well versed in European history. GERMANS AT KIAO-CHAU. They Are Loslnir IVo Time In Supply. tng Adequate Port Facilities. NEW YORK. March 10.-A correspond ent, writing from Kiao-Chau, the impor tant Chinese port under German control, says: "When German authority was first established over this port it offered very limited facilities for the quick dispatch and repairs of vessels seeking It. But no time was lost in determining what was needed to attract the shipping interest and er Ustlng private capital to meet the ascer tained wants. A company was formed with a fleet of towboats and Iron and wooden barges sufficient for any probable demands for towing and lightering service. This company Is negotiating for the acquisition of an extensive piece of ground next to the Tslng-Tau bridge, on which large ware houses for the storage of imported eroodi will be erected. The bridge Itself will be placed under the management of the tow and lighter company, which will provide it with the requisite number of steam cranes for loading and discharging, and also con nect it by a railway with the warehouses. The company has also leased a fcecund landing place for cargoes, so that It can respond to any probable requirement for years to come. "In April the so-called 'small port In the Inner Kiao-Chau bay will be ready for use. It has a landing pier over five hun dred feet long, with a normal depth of water of twenty to twenty-two feet, so that not only lightering vessels, but smaller steamships, can discharge direr ly upon It. "In about two years the construction of the to-called 'great port' will be completed so far as to afford a basin, furnishing pro tection in every kind of weather and amp o room for a large number of vessels, i; expected that by that time a sufficient frontage of dorks will be furnished to en able large vessels to lie alongside and re ceive and discharge cargoes directly from and into railroad trains." " KeiTsi j?ajer Cold. TOLEDO, O.. Ilirch 13.-Tha Toltdo Com mercial has tr 7 '-:l by n r Crouse. cf Vl-Zlty. VI tt Sj't c-rated n: rv ! - ,' --r i, X2.;jU..-l-