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6 d 1 H < THE WASHINGTON WASHINGTON POST TUESDAY APRIL AJ RIL 18 181899 1899
FUTURE IS PROMISING PROMISINGKev PROMI81NRev
nero Dr Talmage Discusses Discussesthe Discussesthe Discussesthe
the Issues of the DayCOXDUcr Day DayCONDUCT Da3CONDCC1
CONDUCT 01 TilE WAR ALL RIGHT RIGHTTb RIGHTThe
The Tb American nirIcn 1eople Demand a Scape Scapegoat SeapeaoRtWbat ScapegoatWhat ¬
aoRtWbat goat What Should He Done with the tliePhilippine thelhlllpplnu theIIiI1IppInes
Philippine American Iro J Iroper1Iy > roperlJ perltr A Amred its itsiuiedRuula a aluredIuula
luredIuula iuiedRuula mred Ituitla Alway Ah1ay a i Irlnnd IrllDd of the theUnied theUnited j jUnited
United Unied bt btah StatSeortary t Secretary tCrtarJ Scward cwarde 3II 3IIklun Mu1on 11 11Ion
klun Ion to tlio lie Car CZ r Admiral In New C York YorkRer YorJ YorJRev YorkRev
Rev De D Witt Talmaje TaJme AnwrJcas mrts lead leading led ledpJpt ¬
ing II pJpt wp4t orator oator and an ph phHObtr phIoisophr l tophr ha bu for fortwenty fortwenty
held the iniereni inierenior Inler ntereett t ta
twenty twtty y YMr ini or more mor hel tbf
or a t the tit th American Amfran jpl pe pl I a a ac no to ot other r 61 61vle d din 4Ve
vle Ve in iIflc > JIK Usury Her Ward Wn Beecher eeMr Not ot on only onJ ¬
ly J ban b Mr Ir Talmace exerted 4xrt the broadwt broadwtinfluence bHt bHtfllutnu broadeettencu
influence fllutnu tencu In th United enlte States Satt bt his hisr hisrtUOf Msr
r rtUOf pvuttett hs gone tone abroad ab d and an nl h per lertr perfln er erinciM
inciM tr fln are pnnted in th t the newspaper reppZ rtePOP of oftil ort 01tk
til t cp4tl c tal pntt of RuMeta Rulf1 He le 11 has hK vl vIeIt4d vIeIt4dIft lt l lIn
In th tM palace 11cN of o Europe Jropt and an ba b bf hon honored hn hOnoroti ¬
ored oo by to the th Czar I lon Long ons bfor or Emp Emror Emperor Emperorkhol3M ror rorNtckola
NkMI31 Ntckola khol3M IwiiKrtf Iu d hi his famous peace Ilce ece propa propagnwlK prop propa4L
gnwlK 4L the celebrated clllte cclt bratcsi American Am4ricn preacher preacherfc prch pneacherdteused r rtt
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dteused fc cuM d the th question queti queto with wih the Imperial Imperialfamily Impral ImpralfaMly Impend Impendfaify
family tt faMly of Ru RuuhL RuiiI U as a proiniinm prrrmm whose whoeconsummation whee wheec whoseeo
consummation c eo etmmatlon mmaUon wa was a worth the tht nobtest nobt e eforu ef eftort etfortd
foru tort of Its Prince PrincH HU Hb views iew were wereearnestly wtr wtrtUIHlt weretersestIy
earnestly Ht tItenei ttnt ned to and an 4 t Is dlfflcult dUilt to tosay toNY toddY
say tUIHlt to wnat nat extent tho modern Joern peace ptCU poll policy pol pole pollCT ¬
the Czar vas VHPJnHuenctd vasInituenced a aJdUfn
of
cy ef the vjtut tuf empire CZr
JnHuenctd JdUfn e by him mvre Mr r Talma Talmae rlmuit ge ha hagiven 0 0Jtn haVtfl
given Vtfl deep and fld Intelligent IntfI nt study lud not atone atoneto alOtteto Jnc Jncto
to Jtn ecceta tcllIutkal eccioshastksl ticul problems po Js but to the th ma m mtonal j jterlal I Iterll
tonal terll question HUonl which absorb abr conteni cntum cntump contenipOrttseous j jperaiwows
them in InptId InprtvIt
Interest awl discusses
peraiwows hUtret clulse
prtvIt p with a der degree of esrnotne5 rn t and andIhteUI andlvtleldeht
ptId Intelltxeiil Jt in Intht teht no lesu It5 forcible fo tble than thanMs thnllts th4nilte
Ms IhteUI wHIknonn Wtlknwn views vkv lewI on religion rdiJon and IU IUbe It Itbllu1n1 t tbesnngi
be bllu1n1 besnngi rinK Dir the tht praclknl Issues lhuts of life lifeWh Ue Uen IllsVhen
Wh Vhen n asked uktd by a i rere rer rersntattve MUative ntttve of The ThePost Th ThJ The1eet
of ofnational ofnloni ofntIonl
Post J Ot ax XI e to t his hi opinion on the thE outlook
national nloni affairs rlr Mr Jr Talmage Tolmage exclaimed exclaimedTli
Tli 1 11 Oiitioik lortlio lur IIU tHu lntuie lntuieMagnificent JutUI JutUIoJognlfetlt e edugniltent
oJognlfetlt Magnificent Never eer in my time tme or in inthe Inthe inthe
the time UII of any Iny living 1lng nwn nn was a the pros prospect p08for prospeet ¬
hat hatowr hator hatour
pect for or this thl country Countr so lO bright
politicians mont need now nowIs nowII nowh
our or agitated poltcans mOt
Is II h a led e litive Un Nothing othln is going to happen happento
to tblii thl country lImtr but prosperity IUIPNlty All Al the theevil theevl theevil
evil evl prophecies Irophloltl of the tht past p t have failed failedBvery faied faiedEVtr fulledRyrry
Bvery EVtr decade of cur ur history has ha been betn an anImprovement anhnprotmen anImprovement
Improvement hnprotmen on the tht previous Jlrtvlou decade dtcadl 1 1do Jdo Ido
do not share 1Iare In the agMations agf atons either lher 01 olthe 01Ule 01the
the expansionists txlln tonhHs or antiexpansionists antiexpansionistsIt antexpansionists
It 1 I absurd ab lru to be impatiently hupatltnty crying c llg out outfor outfor outfor
for a declaration dtclartlon as to what whit is I our gov governments govfnnent governuzient ¬
ernments fnnent 1HIC POliCY K > llcy for the future They Theyctinnoi Theyctmot TheyC4UmflOt
ctinnoi ctmot forttee forute ortsee what whatwill will wi be best no man mancan manln mancan
can ln Ml il now nw what will VI be best best We can canno cal calno canno
no mon see f ee what will wi be e the turn tur of at alfairs atfair atairs
fairs fair than we could coul have hay prophesied prophesltd the theexplosion theeXllloslJ theexIOMI1n
explosion eXllloslJ of the tht Maine or the sinking inkln of ofCervenis otCervem8 ofCervert
Cervenis entire nUn heeL L with almost no loss lossto lossto lossto
re
to ouraelv oUMelvrs ourseIvs s I believe btIfe that President PresidentMcKinley Pnsidelt PnsidelttcKlnllY PresidentIcKinley
McKinley tcKlnllY and Bld his Cabinet and the Gen Generals Gezierals ¬
erals erls nnd Admirals are ar doing the th very verybest verybest verybest
best thing It I is easy uy for us u to sit sI and andcriticise anl andcriticise
criticise crtcl as during the war we we sat and andcriticised andcrIUclsed andcriticised
criticised The same sme thing thin happened In Intime Intime Intime
time of our civil cl1 conflict onrlct We e who 1ho stayed stayedat staredat stayedat
at home hom knew better Lclfr how to fight 1ght the thebattles thebatUts thebaltlss
battles batUts than the Generals at the front frontand tront1d frontand
and 1d prftjers prtyer In Ir thosK times tmes were offered ofered In InNorthern tnXorUwr InNorthern
Northern XorUwr and anl Southern Suthern pulpits pulpis which whichgave whichav whichgave
gave av the Lord a jrreat rat deal clul of information informationas Informaton
as 18 to how the war fr should be conducted conductedInformation conductet conductedInformation
Information Informaton which though thouJh not used must
haxv luw been very ry gratifying ra ttylnJ The over ovtr ¬
hauling haulng and an defamation of our officials officialsand otlclals otlclalsan officialsand
and an military mltr leaders at that time tme was wasPer w s J JIIer JPer
Per IIer cent cent worse wore than now People called caled calleda
a Grant Grnt a butcher and Lincoln a buffoon buffoonand buffoonand
bufoon bufoonand
and Hooker Hooktr a drunken runken loafer loaf r It I is very vry
suggestive Slf1estn to take take up tht th cartoons of the theears theears theears
> ears between beween 1SCO IS and 1SC5 18G Names ames
Ground arunl which hlch we now put garlands were
then bespattered le patered with mud mt1
What do you think of the investiga ¬
lIons which have investga
tons been and now are soln going olng
on 01 concerning concernln the conduct of the war
asked iked The Post representative representativeWar repreentaUeur
War Var ur Department ltIIUH1 Nt ut Kespoiislble KespoiislbleWell Hepullhle HepullhleWcl RepozisibleVeil
Well Wcl I think this tl country eountr always Iwa
wants a scapegoat Cpfoat some ome one on whom it itcan itcan
can pile abuse and an i
plt misrepresentation mlsrelres ntaton and
ml
billingsgate hllngGat No War Department Departmen that thatwas thatwas thatwas
was ever created could In two months Rive Riveequipment giveequipment Iv IveqUiPment
equipment transportation tranJ rtaton food mIcine m lclne
and a shelter shllter to aooOOO 10 men and have have every een ¬ I
thing go smoothly smoothl and without wihout mistake
The Th simple llmple fact is that thOt some scoundrelly scouudrelv scouudrelvJuatHmnsters
Quartermasters for whose whosf behavior beh or ro roone 11 11une iotine
one was responsible responsiblt but themselves s sent 8lt
to the th army meat m at that thlt will wi stink Unk a thou ihousund 1 thouSand housnd
Sand years yeirs I would oul like Ik to near the thename thl theham
name taml ham of some som man who ho as 1S Secretary Secrttarv of ofar 1
War ar could have
foreseen everything ee thin that
has happened happene and anl who could have made
the necessary nOessarr appointments without de developing deeloplng deeloping ¬
eloping here her and there an incompetent IncomIetln
War ar is pandemonium
let loose and ro rosooner ro roooner tosooner
anl
sooner is h a
war proclaimed than a lot of
Incompetent surgeons sur eons and anl fool foo chaplains chaplainsand chaplainsan chaplainsand
and an Ignorant Inoran otlicials ofcluls jet t their friends to tocommend tocommend tocommend
commend them for position posiion in the thearmy theatm thearmy
army atm And nd acting actng on what are supposed supposedto
to be honest and nd intelligent Intelen commend commendations comrrerdatione a atln ¬
tions tln the departments sometimes mttmes unwit unwittingly unltlNgl unwittlHgiy ¬
tingly lNgl send s nd to the front physicians phylcans who whocould w wiocould o ocould
could hardly tell tel the difference dl1erence oetwecn oetwecnrheumatism oetwecnrheumatism oettveenrheumatism
rheumatism and nd mumps and chaplains chaplainswho chaplainswho chaplainswho
who cannot camot speak without wihou dissusilns disluslln the theregimtnt theIeglmnt theregiment
regiment Ieglmnt with wih their illiteracy iieracy and offi officers of otilcers ¬
cers who could not jo 0 through the easiest easiestcompany Osl easiestcompany st stcompi
company compi drill dri in a city cty armory armor At U the thetime thetm thelIme
time tm the Spanish war ar opened Washing Washington Vashifl Vashington
ton vas as filled with applicants for
fled applcans every everything everything vtry vtrything ¬
thing and an the tht only olly wonder won er is tout the theWar tht theWar
War ar and Navy Xl Departments were cre not notoftener notofener notoftener
oftener ofener misled The Th fact fa t is that thia ti1 wur wurought wurou wrought
ought ou ht never nter to have occurred occurre A lot of offellows oftdlows offellows
fellows up there In Congress Con ress kept howling iowHnS
for war but when the war came they
did not go themselves and they have ever eversince eversince er erInl
since Inl been trying to defame and belittle belittlethose bcltle belittlethose
those who to the best of their ability abilityconducted abity abitycon abilityconducted
con conducted the war We have
uctt hat had the thejsreatest thcreatft theXreatest
jsreatest reatft naval ottlcer of the century now nowAdmiral nowAdmIral nowAdmiral
Admiral Schley Sehle assailed for or disobeying disobeyingorders dliobelngr disobeyingorders
orders r ers and Gen Shatter denounced dtnoun 1d for forbeing forbvlng forbeing
being too fat and wanting to retreat retreatand retreatusd retreatand
and 1eroic and unparalleled Gen Wheeler Wheelerfor Vheelerfor hf tler tlerfor
for something 1 else 1 have forgotten forgottenwhat torottcnwhat forgottenwhat
what W We are aH tired of this investi investigating mlsllgnUng mnvestiguting ¬
gating business bslnt It is costing co tlnb the t gov goveritnunt govennuat goveranitnt
eritnunt of th the United States an n awful awfulpile a awfulpile ful fulJllt
pile Jllt of money mOIl and the only onl practical re result resut resuit ¬
suit will b bet the extinguishment of what whatStory whatdor3 svhatglory
Story this slant of a nation wen in inthrashing Inthluihlul Inthrashing
thrashing the Spanish pigmy plgm The Inves InvesUgaUux tnvestigat1a n ntI
UgaUux tI JU committees commltte had better b tt r be disband disbanded ¬
ed and eo 0 Into better bt tter business busln than that thatof thAtof thatof
of smelling sRlell1n round if they thl COin find IIn a mal malodor mdodor maledee
odor I never knew a man In chjrch chr h 01 01stat 0 0state omstate
stat state to move for an InvtwUgatinir IhttaU ntln com comlalttee comUtt cornnittee
lalttee Utt who was ss not himself a slice = Jlce cf cfembalmed cftlttNhntd ofeatbalmed
embalmed beef beefWr beetWI bes besWe
Wr got ol Into the w war r and I w was s in infavor Infavor Invor
favor vor of lighting It out to cowpleu vic victory vietory e etoo ¬
tory but I think the lives 1t of tho timome e eight eighthundred el eightkuadred ht htltuM4rltl
hundred men whoa h bodies bodt were w r brought broughtItem brouht1ft broulitItpl
Item Itpl in that deathship a few days dayswets MRO MROwere 0 0wlte
were wurth more than all Cuba PoVio
Rico and the th 1hlltppines put together togetherolinlr tOlt togethernisiIe ther thernlunlr
olinlr Politick lntit ci UMI Iaul AUItuir AUItuirTh A IIIul IIIullh tllneee tllneeeihs
ihs Th 41u question ueatlon 2Itlon now Is what wh t to do io o with withthe withtll wiutthe
the tll bad ad job wtr w have on hud I Ray y edu educate f edCab u uctc ¬
cate Cab and eviselrrj those Island l Ja Th Thwork Tbvork h hvork
vork bus already alr d rpkndidly t plendldl be btKUH bgu > xuH Th ThiHhwtorury Th1Hhilllorl Ths Thstuiseloriary <
iHhwtorury 1Hhilllorl r societies have
entered uon upon ullOftreH a atjrcat agreat
great reH lhlR tun of o aUzation i rliration 1 nope nop capi capitullsts epilallitta pa pa1lU
1lU tullsts Ui in great numbers wMI I go t there thereand Uhr Uhrat tvtisI
and at take tilk witn them printing println preskes and andwheels alldwtee ate4schosl
wheels wtee and collcee coU r In ten t n years ear3 those thoset th thosegisoil t topl
gisoil t oplr opl may 1U be b prepared for the right ef efsuffrage e errrg efssffr4ge
suffrage rrrg for those ten t ft years t1Nl will bring bringthe bringth brI brIthe
the th children now > eleven years euri of o age a e to tolHenty totenl totsentyOnc
lHenty tenl tsentyOnc ne the right age I to begin In voting votingTh votingThen oUngThotn
Th Then they cun say M ay for or themselves whether whetherthey wliethtrthe wtetherthey
they the will have republic or monarchy nt thirchy or orwotnctorate orrotnnlJtItc orirotctorate
wotnctorate or annexation My 1 hope h p is isIN hiiM isIN
IN God and not In American polittee > E The Theonly Thtonly Theonly >
only encuuraxlnx eMCOUr lKlnt thing thin about American AmericanixMlttefe Americasisalltles
ixMlttefe 1 lt U that they have putrifcd putrl until untiltbry untilth untilthey
they th hkve IIV no more power owtr to rou ro rot The Thedlffnrence Thedlrrrene Thediffrrence
dlffnrence between Let 1 Cln the two great political politicalpartlrd P llItlcalparUt1i politicalpartise
partlrd U that each ah U I won worse than the theotler th thotter theotlet
otter and twice tle ats bad badWhat tadWhat 1d 1dWhat
What do you ou think of having an al alliance 111IlnQ elhanoc ¬
liance IlnQ formed between bet en England and the theUnit th thUDttd theUnited
United Unit States interjected The Th Poet Poetman POltIttlft Poetoman
man manThe
The TlI aHiaiMc > U I already lJr arJ formed It ItwoiAl Itwo4 Itwotd
woiAl lv 11 unwise unw1 to make anything IUJthln Mkcj hkc
a contract of friendship between 1K tWfeJ tWfeJto tt these e
two nation nations but wo w have an understand understanding under understandlog tand tandIr ¬
log Ir and an affinity of Interest that ta tabttr 111MUr Isbttr
bttr than lhaq a treaty It is n CM case of ofmother ofmOtber ofmother
mother ami a anti d daughter The daughter in In1i71 Inl7
177 1i71 went off from home In a a way that thatMother thatYother thatMother
Mother England did not approve of and andthey andthey
they have had two stoat tovt family quarrel qtiarretobat quarre quarreMit quarrelbut
bat mother and daughter have made up upWhy tipWit apWhy
Why Wit should we not be in perpetual rpetual amity amityThey amityT amityThey
They T y and we e speak lJ k the same language languagetbe 1aDgugethe Iazaguagethe
the language Ja ge in which Shakespeare Shak re dna dramatlzed drnmaUZ dnanmatized
matlzed d and Milton MR sang and John Bun Btinytn Buny Bunyas
ytn y dreamed and George G rse WhltaeM then thundered thlmdlJred thendered ¬
dered Magna Charta and the Declaration Declarationof
of Independence are twin documents and andset andlet andset
set to the same tune Is Robert Bums BumsA
A aus a nan a for a tatV tatVDo Jwt JwtDo simMDo
Do you think that anything will COMe coaieof COMeot comeof
of this international internatlonalconsultatlon consultation at The TheHague TheHaf Thehague
Hague 2e > In the way W3 of or disarmament disarmamentI
I do No o one supposes that just now nowaH nowall nowaft
aH standing armies will be disbanded and andall andall andall
all fort forts turned into churches and all cay cavalry ca caair cayairy ¬
air horses ho go to plowing corn But the thecommiMiion thecommlJMlolon thecommnlsslon
commiMiion will halt the ruinous increase increaseof lnereaseor Incresseof
of armies arm and gradually prepare the way wayfor wa wator wayfor
for the ceasing of that wholesale murder murdercommonly murd murdercommonly f feommoftl
commonly eommoftl called war warNlcliola warIchula warNlclioli
Nlcliola Ichula the Friend of Ieacc IeaccNlcholae IeacelchoItu leaccNicholas
Nicholas lchoItu the present pr ent Emperor of Rue Rueiria Ru Rueala
ala Is the th friend of peace p ce Six or seven sexenyears sevenyears eenyears
years ago we talked U I all over at the thepalace thep8lace thepalace
palace In Peterhoft He was not yet et on onthe ontb onthe
the tb throne but ht h hIs father and mother motherAlexander motherAI motherAlexander
Alexander AI xandtr III and hl his Empress fmpresssakl saW the thesame theJome thesame
same thing thin to me in their palace When WhenI heft hcnI
I said to the Empress 1 think there will willnf willnever j jnever
never nf r be another war among Christian Christiannations Christiannat1on brlsUannaUoM
nations the Empress replied I hope hopethere hopethere hopethere
there never will be If a war should occur occurin occurIn occurin
in Europe you may be sure It will 11I not notstart notMtart notstart
start from this palace Notwithstanding Notwithstandingall
all that has been printed and said about aboutthe abouthe aboutthe
the he feeling of Russia toward this govern government goernrnnt governrnnt ¬
rnnt Russia has h g always been our friend friendand frl friendand ntl ntland
and always alwll will 11I be When en our civil war warwas j jwas
was 114 raging there appeared In our waters waterstwo waterstwo waterstwo
two Russian fleets rteet one fleet in New York Yorkharbor Yorkharbor Yorkharbor
harbor and the th other oth r fleet in San Francis Francisco ¬
co 0 harbor har r President Pt 8ident Lincoln sent Sec Secretary Secretar Secretary
retary retar William iIiiam H Seward to New ew York Yorkto Yorkto
to find out the errand on which those Rus Russian Ruesian ¬
sian fleets had come me At a banquet at the theAstor theAslor theAstor
Astor House New ew York the Admiral of ofthe oftht ofthe
the Russian Hus llan fleet was wa asked by Mr Ir Sew Seward Seward Sewaid
ard what he meant by bringing those thosehips thoeships thoseships
ships hips into the American waters The Admi Admiral Admiral AdmIral
ral evaded the subject and made no sat satisfactory satlefactory at atIotsctor ¬
isfactory Iotsctor answer an lwt > r for he had no right then thento thento thento
to give such information But after the thecrisis thecrlsts thecrisis
crisis of our civil war was 19 passed it was wasfound wasfountI wasfound
found out that the fleet in San Francisco Franciscoharbor Franciscoharbor Franciscoharbor
harbor and the fleet in New ew York Bay Bayhad Bayhad Bayhad
had orders or rs that It any an foreign nation nationshould nationhould nationshould
should attempt to interfere with our ourAmerican ollrAmerican ourAmerican
American dispute dl pute the ships of such for foreiKn torehn fQreign
eiKn interference should be blown to toatoms toatoms toatoms
atoms Yes Yt we can depend on Russia RussiaWhat Russiahat Russiahat
What hat do you ou consider com lder among the most mostImportant mostimportant j jImportant
Important local events eents7 asked The Post Postman Postm Postr Postman
man m
manMr Mr r Andrew Carnegies gift of a li library 11brar iibrary ¬
City replied Mr MrTalmage MrTalmage
brary brar to Washington
Talmage T I am glad that I was present presentthat presentthat presentthat
that day I was in one of the rooms r oms of ofthe o othe oftime
the White hltt House talking with Mr Ir B II IIWarner HWarntr IL ILarm1er
Warner arm1er of this city who is especially in interested Intertste interestel ¬
terested tertste 1 in city libraries and an Gov GovLowndes GO GOLowndes GovLowndes
Lowndes of Maryland was there when whenMr whenIr whenMr
Mr Ir Carnegie entered at the opposite side sideof sideof sIdeof
of the room room We greeted each ach other with withgreat withgreat withgreat
great heartiness not having hoin met since we wecrotaed wecrOtJtN wecrossed
crossed the ocean together some five or orsix orsix orsIx
six year years ago I asked Mr Ir Carnegie to toallow toallow toallow
allow me to introduce him to some somefriends somefriends somefriends
friends After such uch Introduction the con conversation conversation conrersation ¬
versation immediately turned upon librar libraries librarIes libraries ¬
ies as Mr Carnegie is every ever year pre presenting presenting presenting ¬
senting libraries in this and other lands landaBefore landsBcror landsBefore
Before the conversation ended that day dayMr dHY1r dayMr
Mr 1r Carnegie offered 250000 for a Wash Washington Washington VashIngton ¬
ington library I felt very er happy at hav having having haylog
ing had anything to do with that inter interview IntervIew Interview ¬
view that resulted so gloriously for our ourcity ourclt ourcity
city clt The more libraries we have the bet better better better ¬
ter A reading public cannot be imposed imposedon Imp05eon
on They The find out what their rights are areand areand areend
and will maintain them The Th conduct of ofsuch ofuch ofsuch
such uch men as Andrew Carnegie is going goingto
to settle this long war between tVeen capital capitaland capitaland capitaland
and labor No o more prejudice will be ex excited excited cxcited ¬
cited against prosperous men when they theyuse theyuse theyuse
use their wealth for benefiting all classes classesof cliUi5eof claesesof
of people
peopleA
A Tribute KiJtKtice Field FieldBy FioldBy FieldBy
By the way I am glad to see that you yougentlemen ou ougentlemen ougentlemen
gentlemen of the thepr press ss have given such suchappreciative suchappreciative I Iappreciative
appreciative notice of the life and ser services services services ¬
vices of the late lat Justice Field My ly opin opinion opinIon opinIon ¬
ion Is that this country has not five such suchmen t suchmen ueh uehmen
men to lose I formed his acquaintance acquaintancemany acquaintancemany acquaintancemany
many years ago in a restaurant on the thetop thetop thetop
top of the Rocky Mountains In those thosedays thosedays thosedays
days there were no dining cars attached attachedto
to the trains bound for the Pacific Slope SlopeOur SlopeOur SlopeOur
Our train halted for refreshments A dis distinguishedlooking dlstln distinguishedlooking ¬
tinguishedlooking tln uI5hcdIooklng stranger went into the thediningroom thediningroom thediningroom
diningroom and sat opposite me at the thetable tbetable thetable
table There was not one article of food foodon foodon foodon
on the table tabl that he could eat or that I Icould Icould Icould
could vat at We > sat a little while and look looked lOOked looketl ¬
ed at the inedible food and then we look looked looked looked ¬
ed ut at each other and burst Into laughter laughterso
so we departed without tasting anything
Going toward the train we discussed dl cus > ed the thesubject thesubject thesubject
subject of dietetics and went from that to toother toother toother
other themes With that conversation conversationbegan conversationbegan conversationbegan
began an acquaintance which grew more moreand moreand moreand
and more pleasing to me as the years yearswent yearswent ears earswent
went by b It Is hard to give up a man manlike manlike manlike
like that But he wrougnt so mightily
for so many years he deserved a rest restat
What at a grand tribunal is and has been b en
that Supreme uprtme Court of the United States
1 do not believe a more talented
or con conscientious consclenllous consclentious ¬
scientious group of men ever administer administered admlnl ter tert ¬
ed t d justice ju tlce in any an country Justice Field lolel
did dl his share toward making It what it
is What a mystery mster it is that such men
have to die when there are whole cords cord
of wooden men distinguished for nothing
but their longevity longevityHOW longevltHOW longevityHOW
HOW THEY WORK IN INCIJBA INCIJBARepairs CUBA CUBARepair CUBAUepalrli
Repair In the Times Timuesof of Cuba Cnb Building Bullcll I
Demonstrate nculOna rOil t Novel vel Method MethodFrom lotholIli lotholIliFrom lotlmotbjFrom
From th its TlBiea Tlm rune Q of Cuba CubaJust CUbaJust CubaJust
Just at present Ilr sent the building occupied
by b the TImes of Cuba CUb has been be 11 undergo ¬
ing a series of repairs rpal These repairs have haveeen
been een going 0111 on for a week and at the thepresent thepresert thepresent
present rate rat they the are apt to go on for forsome forsome forsome
some months to come The repairs
are aremuch aremuch aremuch
much needed n ed but they are entirely entlrel under underthe undlrtho underthe
the control of o a Spanish landlord who
has been in the island so Ion lang he doesnt doesntknow doesntknow doesntknow
know how old he is isThe IsTh isThu
The Th worknen are Cubans and there thereare ther therare thereare
are two gangs of them one directed by bya byIt bya
a master mason and the other bv b a mas master master runster ¬
ter carpenter Their methods form an aninteresting anIntertstin aninteresting
interesting Intertstin and unique study to one who whohas whohas whohas
has no interest in the welfare of the tuoTimes theTlmfs tueTimes
Times of Cuba CubaFor CubaI CubaFor S
For I or example the master mason who Is
black comes strolling strolUn into the building buildingabout bulldlnfMbout buildingabout
about S oclock In the morning mornln followed followedby followed followedby
by b three or tour littl little blacks They The stir stirup sUrup stirup
up mortar and the black bl ck master lays laysthree hlsthrlt laysthree
three bricks and nd then goes off to break ¬
fast which lasts > about two hours He Hethen Hethen Ifethemi
then returns smoking sm ktn a cigarette and
lays two t 0 abort bricks hnck when he is called calledaway calledIa calledaway
away Ia to see e a s sick cousin He may mJ re return return return ¬
turn again or he may not but his total
days work with tin the assistance SSstKn < e of his
little negroes n ro averages the laying Ilin of live
bricks bricksThe lrtdcsThe bricksThe
The carpenter CBr 1ter who is a white man
keeps kt S spae pac with th the mason In the theamount tlt tltamount theamimount
amount of work he does llOt
> s He drives dri a anail LulllI ammii
nail then tht > n rolls a cigarette > and an then thenstrolls thenl thenstrolls
l strolls on off to a neighboring cafe f leaving 1 lu
his two helpers roosting on a plank
It I t is no winder ulder that th 1t < rents rtnt are ar high in
Havana IIa I I and a house hou costs a small ang man for fortune tortune fortune ¬
tune The wonder is that any l n such houses housesas bou bouliS
as are seen here t re today were ever e r built builtul builta bulitat
ul a t all allwent a allow II IIOkJ
OkJ fortyomens ortnih rs SA say that when Ul thoy y
went to California it took a Mexican car carjfrrntrr curntr carnter
jfrrntrr ntr a week wc k to make mak an ordinary bed biJt bjcatl bedtend
< t tend ad which a Yankee ank could uki turn out in inone Inon inone
one on day dB Today there th r are no Mexlcn Mexlcncarpenters 1lexl Mexierncarpenters tn tncurp <
carpenters curp ntHS in California but there are a
few Yankees
A Young YOUII Diplomat Diplomatfr UIIIUI t trr
fr rr m tk tlM > PhiUfelpfata North AMtricaa AMtricaaWhat AannWhitt AdaaWhat
What are r you laughing at exclaimed exclaimedthe exclaimedtb exchJmedthe
the tb schoolmaster schoolmasterPliase seimuolntasterPirase choolnucthlrptIIit
Pliase air 1 lr said Akl the boy Im laugh laughlag ll1Ulhlai laughlag
lag at how h w funny funn It would be if one of ofthe oftht ofthe
the boys put a bent pin an yoor onr chair and andyou lndOU andyou
you OU diyovcred dJo discovered r d it before b forcbutoreIn before In time timesir tlmt timesir
sir ana then whipped him himTo himhTulrr himTo
hTulrr To Err In I I I1UIUIII I1UIUIIIpe4ple lIumusuPeople u 111111 111111People
People tike to talk about attractive attractivethings attractiYethlttl attraCtjyethings
things > in Inaderthilng advertising In a company campau re recently rectutly recemmtiy ¬
cently the proverb above quoted Quot and andwhich andwbleb nj njwhich
which appeared rd at the th head
apl of one of a avtellconBtruoted ilyellcoMlrtllted ateliconatructed
vtellconBtruoted series of advertisements advertisementsof advertisemenof
of Hoods Sarsapatilla wan so much die dtecustied dhCUilitd diecussed
cussed that we dottbt dCMtbtlt If any one there will willover wtllIr willmeyer
over Ir forget the source whence it came cameMer camefeIiJir cammmMessrs
Mer Hood Co art tu4n aidag nl these theseproverb tllet thseiroverb e ellrOvtrb
proverb advertisements advtrUs menUi on a very r broad broadscale broadt broadscale
scale t and they are attracting attra ltft = dlscufeHfon dlscufeHfonand d dieeuenIoand Ji JiIlnd
and favorable t comment everywhere C j
LINCOLNS BAD DREAM DREAMNightmares DREAMNightmares DREAMNightmares
Nightmares Prophecy of His HisTragic HisTragic HisTragic
Tragic Death DeathA
A JOSH BILLINGS CIPHER CODE CODEUncle CODEUncle CODEUncle
Uncle Sam Hojrla Hoyt Reminiscence of the theCiTil theCITII timeCivil
Civil War UarUncoln Mncoln Sent Him to Trans Translate TransJate Translate ¬
late Some Puzzling Menace IeuaiesOperator MessagesOperatorSpelled IeuaiesOperatorSpelled Operator OperatorSpelled
Spelled Oat the CanacU in Phonetics IUonetlcsbat lJooeUc8bat Phoneticsbut
bat He Mastered aler d It ItTaken T k n Up as a aSp aSpb Spy Spyby Spyby
by b Both Sides Neither eltber BelievIng llelleYlo Story StoryI Stur SturI
I never told you ou about the time I acted actedas actedas actedas
as spy SP In 64 did I asked Uncle Sam SamHoyt SamHot Samhoyt
Hoyt as h5 h leaned back In a chair and andpuffed andpurred andputted
puffed compacemly at a pipe that seemed seemedto s tmed tmedto
to gain In strength as It advanced In Inyears Inyears inyears
years No I suppose not for It is a astory astory astory
story that Involved some matters which whichwill whIchwill whichwill
will probably remain a secret for or nil time timeI
I cant even tell you ou all I know kno for it itwouH Itwould itwould
would be violating an oath which I gave gaveto gaeto gaveto
to Abraham Lincoln thirtyfive years 1rs ago agoI
I was a Captain at that time and had hadtaken hadtaken hadtaken
taken a short leave I came on to Wash Washington Washto Washington ¬
ington to see clt what I could see and hear hearwhat hearhat hearwhat
what hat I could hear It happened that that thatwas thatwas thatwas
was one of the most mo t exciting periods > eriods of ofthe ofI ofthe
the war ar A great many battles were be beins beIng being
I Ing fought and things were humming at atthe atthe atthe
the Capital The War Department was wa in inhot Inhot inhot
hot water over a number of matters mattersHumors mattersI mattersRumors
I Humors of a certain plot had reached the theears theears theears
ears of Stanton but it was Impossible to tot toget toget
get t all the details Then there was a aleakage aleakage aleakage
leakage of certain exclusive Information Informationwhich InformatlonwhIch Informationwhich
which found Its way wa to the Confederate Confederateheadquarters Confederateheadquarters Confederateheadquarters
headquarters A most careful search 5ear h had hadfailed hadtailed hadfailed
failed to locate the channel through which whichthe whichI whichthe
the news trickled and yet it was of the themost themost themost
I most vital importance that it should be bediscovered
i discovered It was learned that It went wentfrom wentI wentfrom
I from Washington to Canada anJ from fromthere tromthere fromthere
there back to Richmond Of course It Itwas ItwaR Itwas
was a rather roundabout way wa but It was wasthe wasthe wasthe
the surest unless a most daring and ex expert expert cxpert ¬
pert spy SP were wer employejl emploY The news was wastransmitted wastransmitted wastransmitted
transmitted by b wire but the Federal Fed al au authorities authorities authoritles ¬
thorities could not read the dlsoatches dlsoatchesthey tlls dis9atehePthey ntcheS ntcheSthe
they the obtained There was evidently eldentJ a avery aer avery
very er ingenious code used for not one of ofthe 01the ofthe
the messages me sageS could ould be deciphered decipheredI
I dont know how the idea occurred to tome tome tome
me but I thought I could solve the prob problem problem prob1cm ¬
lem 1 figured figur d out that some very un unfamiliar unfamiliar unfamiliar ¬
familiar language was employed not any anyof anyof anyof
of your our Greek and Latin for there were werea
a whole lot of professors who knew that thatbut thatbut thatbut
but one our of the ordinary run Now I Iknew Iknew Iknew
knew a good many languages I did not nothave nothae nothave
have any college education but when it itcame Itcame itcame
came to talking any of the civilized lan languages languages Ianguages ¬
guages spoken in the United States or in inAmerica InAmerica inAmerica
America for that matter I was as about as asexpert lSexpert asexpert
expert as any of them As for the Indian Indianlingoes IndIanlingoes Indianlingoes
lingoes I could rattle them off better than thanthe thanthe thanthe
the tribes themselves 5 After thinking thlnk ng the thematter thematter thematter
matter over I determined to put my idea ideainto ideainto ideainto
into execution executionLincoln executionLincoln executionLIncoln
Lincoln Favored l aToret11t aToret11tI It ItI ItI
I was well acquainted with Lincoln Lincolnfor Lncolnfor Lincolnfor
for I had lived near him when I was a aboy aboy aboy
boy I had met him in later life and we webecame webecame webecame
became the closest friends I felt that I Iwas Iwas Iwas
was well enough acquainted with him to tolay tolay tolay
lay my m plan before him When I finally finallygot I1nall I1nallgot finallygot
got to see him he received me cordially cordiallyand cordiallyand cordiallyand
and heartily approved of the plan My Myproject Myproject 1 1project
project was to go down into Virginia and andtap andtal andtap
tap the wires and see if I could not read readthe readthe readthe
the messages Mr 1r Lincoln favored It as asa asa asa
a venture that might untangle the skein skeinfor skeinfor skeinfor
for no one had thought of so simple a asolution asolution asolution
solution He told me of the danger of the theundertaking theundertaking theundertaking
undertaking and when he found that thatthat thatthat thatthat
that did not deter me he gave me his full fullest funest fulleat ¬
est confidence confidenceI
I have had grave rae suspicions as to tothe tothe tothe
the source of this leakage he went on to tosay toa tosay
say a But you ou know as well as 1 do that thatit thatIt thatit
it would be fatal to let the traitors know knowthat knowthat knowthat
that we w had ha discovered them Therefore ThereforeI
I will ask you oU to report to me personally personallyand personal personaland personallyand
and to keep k p tcrever crcer silcnt ilcnl concerning the theinformation theInformation theinformation
information you get getI getI getI
I promised him that what I learned learnedwould learntdwould learnedwould
would be sacred to me He made ar arrangements arrangements arrangements ¬
rangements for my venture and gave me mefull mefull mefull
full authority to get what I pleased pleasedWhen pleasedh pleasedWhen
When h n I saw how deeply he took the mat matter matter matter ¬
ter to heart I would have swung before I Iwould 1would Iwould
would see1 se him suffer I picked up upa upa upa
a telegraph operator who was a brave bravefellow bravef bravefellow
fellow f lIow and an experienced man manstarted Wa Wastarted Vs Vsstarted
started out together I was disguised as asa asa asa
a colonist who wanted to buy some lanI lanIin lan1In laniin
in the Southern States I was to work workthe workthe workthe
the thing on the basis that land must muster be bevery bevery
very er low in war times tlm i and farmers woud woudsell wou wousell woudsell
sell more cheaply i got ot myself up in insuch insuch insuch
such style stI that my own o n mother would wouldnot wouldnot wouldnot
not have known me Sly Iy partner was not notdisguised notdisguised notdisguised
disguised as he was not going so near to tothe tothe tathe
the enemys lines that he would need It ItTo ItTo itTo
To tell the truth about the matter my myplan myplan myplan
plan was not very ver cle clea > in my m mind and andas ands andas
as s I look back on it it seems a a great greatwonder greatondtr greatwonder
wonder ondtr that tila t I did not make a most mos right frightfui rightful t tful ¬
ful bungle of the affair affairWhen affairWhen affairWhen
When we e got within a few miles of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the Confederate outposts this side of ofRichmond orRichmond ofRichmond
Richmond I sent Int my man up to tap ta the thewires thewirt thewires
wires 1 and line 1 out ut what was coming over overthem overthem overthem
them We < were in a wooaed w ooed place where wheriwe wherwe wherewe
we could not be seen unless some one was wasright wasright wasright
right close up to us He fixed his instru instruments Instrumenu Instruments ¬
ments In good shape and got ready fur torany turany furany
any message m ssage that might be coming Pret Pretty Pretty Pretty ¬
ty soon he began b an to get excited excitedTheres excitedTheres excitedTheres
Theres something som thlng coming he ne cried criedas criedas criedas
as his receiver began to tick I couid ouid not nottell nott1l nottell
tell a thing about what hlt was the matter matterfor m matterfor tter tterfor
for all ticks vere ere re alike a1ik to me The oper operator optrator operator ¬
ator was considerably worked up for or we wenadnt wenadnt e enadnt
nadnt expected anything n thlng ro soon A t look lookof lookor lookof
of disgust pissed p lsscd over his face faceThis fac facThls faceThis
This Is all Greek to me he said es eshe tiShe ashe
he turned toward me I cant make any anything an anthln anything ¬
thing thln cut of it itTake ItT itTake
Take T ke it down own anyway anW1 whether you youunderstand youunderstand ou ouunderstand
understand it or not I cried for I was wasbeginning wasbeginning wasbeginning
beginning to get excited I saw that my myformer m mformer myformer
former suspicions sus lclons were proving proin correct correctand correctnd correctand
and nd all that vas needed ntftlc was to have the thedispatch thedispatch thedispatch
dispatch wrilten wnit n cut so that I could coul trans translate translate translate ¬
late it it Take It down and spell it out outjust outjust outjust
just as It Eounds to you ou whether you ou un understand unerstand understand ¬
derstand < it or not Ill do d the translat translating tri1nslatiub translating ¬
ing
For about five minutes he worked workedabout workedabout workedabout
about as hard as a man ever worked workedHis workedHis workedHis
His brows were ere knitted like whipcords whipcordsand whipcordand whipeordsand
and I could see that he was as having a astruggle 2tru astruggle
struggle tru le with the orthography ortho raphy At last lasthis lasthIs lasthis
his face cleared clearedIts cle1ndIts clearedIts
Its coming con1ln in English now and Its Itseasier Itsasltr itseasier
easier h he crowed as he h pushed his pen pencil pencil pencii ¬
cil across the paper Thats all Il and he hehanded hebanded hebanded
banded the sheets to me meCauucUiu meCauuck meCauockiu
CauucUiu Cauuck lu Pliouotlc PliouotlcI
I wish you ou could have seen the mess messhe messhe messhe
he save ae me Talk about your our cipher ciphercodes ciphercotles ciphercodes
codes They Th would have been n signboard signboardprint signboardprint sIgnboardprint
print In comparison to the stuff that met metmy m metmy t tm
my m eyes es The poor operator had written writtenthe Wrltterthe writtenthe
the message down d wn in phonetic spelling spellingImagine spdlluImaslne apellizigImnagiar
Imagine a fellow 110 turning out out ut Greek in inJ InJash inJack
J Jack sh Billings Blllln > English That is Just the thekind thekind thekind
kind of a deal that I had to stack up upagaincL upagallKL upagninet
againcL againcLI
I took the th paper and sat down to study 5tu1 5tu1It
It over At first I thought I would ould never neverbe neerbe neverbe
be able to make head b c1 nor tale out of the theaffair theaffair theaffair
affair The English at the end did not nothelp nothelp nothelp
help me for I knew that it was merely merelya merd merda
a blind I thought over on r all the th Indian Indianlangmiffes InJImlanttM Indianlanguages
languages lanttM S that I knew kn but none met the therequirement therequlremlntl therequirements
requirement Then I tried trl d It in Spanish SpanishIn
In B the th hope that sora some of f the Tesans Tesansmight Telluujmight Teasnemight
might have given It in Mexican dialect dialectBut dIalectBut dIalectBut
But that was w no go 0 At last a happy happythought happ happthlurht happythought
thought struck me I had learned le U td the thebarbarous thebarb1rous thebarbarous
barbarous Canuck that was in vogue ogue in incertain in incertain incertain
certain parts of Canada I dug out a iI lit little little littie ¬
tle of the message and after that the therest thertdt therest
rest of it was easy asy It was 11S a mixture of ofFrench otFr ofFrench
French Fr nch Indian and English En < II h and made madeabout madeabout madeabout
about the th worst orst conglomeration In its itsprMent Itsprf3 itspresent
present prf3 nt phonetic form that could be Im Imagined ImIlned liiiagined ¬
agined aginedboon IlnediOOn aginedoon
boon oon I saw aw that the Federal govern government governracist ov rn rnmtnt ¬
racist had to contend with Ith one of the most
deplylald d ptIald plots that had ever j r threaten threatened thr te1 ¬
ed it It was a conspiracy that struck at atthe attbe atthe
the very tory life of the Executive No I am amno amnot amnot
no not going goin > to tell you ou what it was waL The Thematter Tit TitJraUer Thematter
matter i hi over o r now and the plan wan wasfruetzated wanfrustrated
frustrated Let the dead past bury its
deed I wrote the th translation of the die dispatch dllipaten diepatch ¬
patch out and gave ave it It together with Ith the thepurl theplUt thepart
purl that was In English to the opera operator operator opeaion ¬
tor with Instructions to deliver to no one on
lH the th President himself himselfThen hlmeltThen himselfThen
Then I went on to Hit South It was as a
dangerous thing to do a ooll ooIlli oolish h one In Infact Infact infact
fact Of course > I ran no rask of any au on onknowing 011knowing onknowing
knowing inc personally uonanJ but the story 1 1bad 1bad Ibad
bad to tell was a most improbable Impro ablt > one oneStill oneSUII oneStill
Still I passed the Lass Ih s and went wen around aroundfor aroundfor aroundfor
for a day da or two before I was picked lcked up upIn upIn upIn
In that time I learned enough to verify verifythe verIfythe et etthe
the dispatch One day da I was arrested arrestedTh arrestedTh arrestedThey
Th They y asked me where I was from and I Itold Itold Itold
told them I was from Mexico and had hadcome hadcome hadcome
come up there with the intention of buy buying Im ImIn buying ¬
ing In some me land They The did not believe lIee me mefor mefor meor
for or a minute They The searched me thor thcrougiy tnGrougly thorougly
ougly but they the did not find a thing They Theyexamined The Theexamined Theyexamined
examined my clothes to see if they the bad badbeen hadbeen badbeen
been made In the North There they were werefooled weretooled werefooled
fooled too They had been made in Eng England Bngland England ¬
land Then they the turned me over to the thetender thetende thetender
tender mercies of some Texas troops The TheTexaus TheTexans TheTexans
Texans talked to me In Spanish and they theysoon the thesoon theysoon
soon found out that I knew more than thanthey thanthe thanthey
they the did Then they the questioned me about aboutthe aboutthe aboutthe
the geography geo ph of Mexico and about the thepublic thepublic thepubllc
public men in the province I said I hailed hailedfrom ha1edtrom hailedfrom
from I could have written a book on the thefiUbject theubJOCL theaubject
fiUbject And they the did not get me there thereFinally thereFinal thereFinally
Finally Final they turned me over to the officer otflcerwho otllcerwho officerwho
who had put me in their charge chargeWe chargeYe chargeWe
We Ye think that this man i is a spy sp they theysaid theySsld theysaid
said as they the glared at me Still he tells tellssuch tellqsuch tehiasuch
such a straight story that he seems to be bea bea bea
a sort of a tool He either ought to fce fcetaken 1etal ketaken
taken tal < en out and shot right away awa or else he heought heought heought
ought to be turned loose Now we dont dontthink dontthink dontthink
think a man ought be shot simply simp because becausehe becausehe becausehe
he Is I a suspicious character and so we wewash wewash wewash
wash our hands of him You ou can do what whatyou whatou whatyou
you ou please with ith him himThe himTbe himThe
The officer who was holding me was wa5puzzled wasptmzzied
puzzled He kept me for a week and had hadme hadme
me watched like a hawk Then they the de decided decidec1 decided ¬
cided to turn me over to the Union Unionforces Cnlonforces Unionforces
forces They The sent a squad of about twen twenty twent twenty ¬
ty t men with me under a flag of truce truceThe truceThe truceThe
The men had orders ordt > rs to shoot me If the theleast theleast theleast
least sign of recognition passed passe before beforethey beforethej beforethey
they released me The first regiment regimentwe
we struck was one from Pennsylvania PennsylvaniaXot PennslanlaXot
Xot a soul oul of them knew me meHeres meHeres meheres
Heres a durned fool thats been wan wandering wandering wanderlng ¬
dering around In our camp for some time timesaid timesaid timesaid
said the Confederate olllcer to the Captain Captainof
of thePennsylvanla company that cameout cameoutto
to meet us u We Ye dont ont know what to make makeof makeof makeof
of him and we W dont want to shoot an anInnocent anInnocent aninnocent
Innocent man Maybe 1abe were making a amistake imistake amistake
mistake in turning him loose He says sayshe sa sayshe s she
he hates the North and if you ou fellows fellowswant fellowswant fellowswant
want to shoot him you OIJ can do so soThen soThen soThen
Then the Union troops were in a fix fixThey fixThe fixThey
They The thought thou 1t that 1 was a Southern Southernspy SouthernP Southernspy
spy P and wanted to shoot me at once onceThey onceTtey onceThey
They asked me my name and I told toldthem toldthem toldthem
them I would not tell them They The asked askedme askedme skec1 skec1me
me what I had been doing and I told toluthem tolcithem toldthem
them to go to the devil I said that I Ihad Ihad Ihad
had been b en sent out on special work by bythe b bthe bythe
the President and I would report to no noone noone noone
one but him After a long discussion discussionthey discussIonthey discussionthey
they decided to send me to Washing Washington Washlngtcn Washington ¬
ton under the guard of the Captain from fromthe fromthe fromthe
the Pennsylvania troops That was all allI allI allI
I wanted wante
Questioned by Stanton StantonBut StantonBut StantomiBut
But there was one difficulty difficult In my myway myway myway
way If I was unable to prove my Iden Identity Ientity identity ¬
tity they the might take me for a man who whowanted whowanted whowanted
wanted to assassinate the head of the thegovernment thegoyernment thegovernmemit
government The Captain and his squad squadtook squa squatook squadtook
took me straight to Stanton The grim grimold grimold grimold
old Secretary Eecretar of War was a distant rela relative relative relative ¬
tive of mine mln but we had never met I Idid IdId Idid
did not want to appeal to t our ties of ofblood otblood ofblood
blood in this case and was bent on keep keeping keepIng keeplag ¬
ing my m name from him We Ye went Into Intohis IntohIs intohis
his office and the Captain of the Penn Pennsylvanlas Pennsylvanlas Pennsylvanias
sylvanlas told him what he knew of o the thematter themitter thematter
matter Stanton looked at me for about aboutfive aboutfive aboutfive
five minutes but I met his eye stare for forstare forstare forstare
stare stareWhat What is your name he demanded at atlast atlast atlast
last lastIIJ Ill not tell you I answered answeredWhat answeredWhat answeredhat
What hat is the business you ou have ha e been beenengaged beenengased beenengaged
engaged in inIll 7 7Ill
41 Ill tell that to no man but Abra Abraham Abraham Abraham ¬
ham Lincoln LincolnStanton LIncolnStanton LincolnStanton
Stanton was puzzled He was afraid afraidthat afraidthat afraidthat
that I was an assassin and he was afraid afraidthat afraidthat afraidthat
that I wasnt Finally he turned to the theCaptain theCaptaIn theCaptain
Captain and told him to take me over to tothe tothe tothe
the White House with instructions to toshoot tashoot toshoot
shoot me If I made the least suspicious suspiciousmovement suspiciousmovement suspiciousmovement
movement He told him to ask the Presi President President President ¬
dent if he had employed me to do any anywork anywork anywork
work for him On the way over ove the Cap Captain Captaln Captam ¬
tain tam and I discovered that we were both bothMasons bothlasons bothMasons
Masons He then asked me if I really reall had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen
been employed by b the President I told toldhim toldhim toldhim
him that the deal was on the square and andhe andhe andhe
he was satisfied He then let me do as i ipleased 1pIrased Ipleased
pleased I passed all the guards at the theWhite theW1lte theWiite
White House and got to trio Presidents Presidentsoffice PresIdentsolllce Presidentsoillce
office upstairs I shoved aside the sentry sentrywho sentrywho sentr sentrwho
who stood at the th tha door and went in The Theroom Theroom Theroom
room was as vacant I knew that he was in inhis 1nhIs Inhis
his little room next to it and I I burst in inthere Inthere inthere
there
Lincoln Was Vall Asleep AsleepHe AsleepHe AsleepHe
He was laying layin on the couch asleep 1 1have 1hae 1have
have often thought how easy it would wouldhave wouldhae wouldhave
have been to have killed him Maybe one onewould onewould onewould
would not have always passed the doors doorsas doorsa doorsas
as a easily as I did But as I came in he hewoke hewoke hewoke
woke up The room was a trifle dark ancj ancjhe an anhe anhe
he could not see me very er well He stood stoodup stoodup stoodup
up until it seemed to me that he reached reachedthe reachedthe reachedthe
the height of seven feet and mid he thundered thunderedout thunder thunderedout d dout
out in a ringing voice voiceWho voiceho voiceWho
Who ho are you youIt youIt youIt
It scared me for a moment and brought broughtthe broughtthe broughtthe
the guard to the door doorTm doorIm doorIm
Im Captain Hoyt Didnt you ou and I Italk Italk 1
talk a little matter over a short time timeago timego timeago
ago go Then he saw me more clearly He Hetold Hetold Hetold
told the guard uard to leave us and he came cameand cameand cameand
and shook me by the hand handI
I didnt know you ou in that strange strangedisguise strangedisguise strangedisguise
disguise he said as he took my hand in inboth Inboth inboth
both of his But I was frightened for a amoment amoment amoment
moment not on account of you but be because because because ¬
cause of a troubled dream I just dreamed dreamedthat dreamedthat dreamedfiat
that I was about to be assassinated It Itis ItIs Itis
is no wonder that I have such nightmares nightmareslor
lor Stanton Stant n is always telling me to look lookout lookOtt lookout
out Besides Besld s your message messa e was not at atall atall atall
all conducive to my m peace p ac of mind mindWe mindsat mindWe
We sat and nd talked for half an hour hourand hourand hourand
and when I left the President came to tothe tothe tothe
the door and told the Captain who had hadbrought hadLrouht hadbrought
brought me that I was one of his friends friendsThen trlendsThen friendsThen
Then the Captain and I went back to
Stanton and I told him who I was I Ient 1ent Iiient
iient ent back to Illinois shortly after that thatWhen thatWhen
When I looked upon the face of Lincoln Lincolnagain LIncolnaaln Lincolnagain
again he was in his coffin The dream
had come true trueSturrutioii trueStlltyatJun trueSteryatlon
Sturrutioii iu Havana HavanaFr HavaDaFru ilavaoaPrm
Fru Fr a Lilles LillesTh LHll LesliesThe s sTht
Th The r crowds around the stations of re relief relief relie ¬
lief lie are composed almost entirely of ne negroes ne negroes negroes ¬
groes and their scramble for food would wouldin wouldIn wouldin
in an AngloSaxon country countr be called calledfighting caIJedfighting calledfighting
fighting A delicate or refined woman womanstands womanstands womanstands
stands but small chances of getting gtttln near nearto ncarto nearto
to the door but as a a rule the officer ortlc r In Incharge Inhar inaharge
charge har e looks out for such a case and helps helpsner helpsner helpsner
ner over the heads of the th mob A few days daysago daysago a
ago at one of the stations we e noticed a awelldressed awelldressed awelldressed
welldressed woman being elbowed about aboutand aooutand aboutand
and apparently without enough strength strengthto
to hold her own We mad made > way wa for her herthrough herthrou herthrourh
through throu h the throng and when hen she reach reachsd reachd reached
sd the room she sh sank Into a a chair half halffainting halftalntln halffainting
fainting talntln She was given Iven food enough enou h for forten torten forten
ten days She Sh was about to leave le = ve when whenshe whenshe whenshe
she burst into tear and it was some few fewminutes ffWmleutes fewminutes
minutes before she he could speak She told toldus toldU toldus
us U that It was the first time In ner er life lifethat Utethat lifethat
that she had ever applied for charity charlt charityfew A Afew Afe
few fe months ago her husband and nd five fivechildren t1tchildren fivechildren
children had been en with her on a a beautiful beautifulplantation b beaatifuiplantatien aJt1tul aJt1tulplantaUllln
plantation prosperous and happy happ but to today today today ¬
day the plantation la a waste her h r hus husband husband busband ¬
band executed by Spanish S 4nl h tuerrlllas cuerrlIlasand cuerrlIlasandher and andher andher
her children dead of starvation She still stillowns stUlowns stillowns
owns the land and as soon as s she sh is i able ableto ableto ableto
to set et it under cultivation will be in good gooddr coodc1reumstan goodcireumatances
dr c1reumstan cireumatances umstancts Cases CL ea of < thia sort art artcommon U1common artcommon
common and many of the th destitute have havebeen havebttJ1 havebei
been bei used to much better fare and some sozntjhave somehlLc Somehave
have been wealthy wealthyThe veaJttyThe wealthyThe
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I Institute InstituteS
The Keeley I Iis
S S 11 is j located at
21 211 2 1 1 North Capitol Street Washington D DC DCThere C CThere cThere
There is no other authorized Keeley Institute in the District of Columbia Columbiaor
or in Maryland MarylandOur MarylandOUf MarylandOur
Our patients are from all parts of the United States Canada and Europe Europeto
to whom the varied attractions of the National Capital assure pleasant occu occuoation occupation occupation
oation pation t of their leisure time timet timeAll timeAll timeAll
All particulars by confidential confidential1etter letter letterAddress letterAddress
Address The Keeley Ke ley Institute as above r i
I RUNS UNDER THE HUB HUBFacts HUBFacts HUBFacts
Facts About One o oltlitGreatest ol Jliu Greatest Subways Subwaysiu
iu the VorId iVoridFron VorIdFrom orJd orJdFrom
From Llpplncotts LlpplncottsThe LlpplncottsThe LipplncottsThe
The Boston subway Is larger in cross crosssection crossection crosssection
section and better lighted than any other othcrIn otherin
in the world and It is the only one which whichcontains whichcontaIns whichcontains
contains four tracks side by b side The Theisland The1Ilnd Theisland
island platforms of concrete in the Park Paricstreet Panicstreet
street station are respectively 7GOO iOO and and9uOO
9000 square feet in area areaThe areaTht ureaThe
The > entire length ot the route under underground underground ¬ 1 1ground
ground including short branches is one onemile oncmile onemile
mile And fourfiftha while there are five fiveand fieand fiveand
and twotenths miles of single track In Ingeneral Inoevcral ingeneral
general where there were four tracks on onthe onthe Oflthe
the surface there are a like number In Inthe Inthe inthe
the subway but nearly half the latter latterhave latterh3e latterhave
have but two tracks The two inner innertiacks innertmaeks
tiacks 11 acks which come into the northern por portal portal portal ¬
tal between betw En the two outer or through throughtracks throughtracks throughtracks
tracks connect for return ret rn of cars by b a aloop aloop aloop
loop about the station in Adams square squareor
or around up UI through Hanover street streetScollay streetScolla streetScollay
Scollay Scolla square and down through Corn Cornhlll Cornhill Cornhill
hill to the return track in Adams square squareThe squareThe squareThe
The cars car wnlch come into Tremont street streetfrom streetfrom streetfrom
from Boylston return by a loop arouna aroundPark arounaPark arounaPark
Park street station These two loops are arenearly ar armoarl arenearly
nearly moarl midway mldwa of the length of the sub subway subwa subway ¬
way wa but do not come within a thousand
feet of each other connection being made
between them by b one track each way In
the portion of Tremont street between
Park street and Scollay Scolla square squarej
j The steepest grade in rhe subway subw3 is isi Iseight iseight
i eight per cent and occurs in the sub subI su susubway subsubway
I subway The next greatest tatest is that of the
I Incline at the th western entrance In the thepublic thepublic thepublic
public garden which is live per p r cent
There are grades of only onl three per cent centand centQnd centand
and less Its a at other points pointsThe pointsThe pointsThe
The subsubway subsubwa sections are cylin ¬
ders of solid olld concrete and bricks A A Ashort
short section next north of Park street Is
composed of a pair of tunnels parallel
to each other and on the same level leveleach < ach
containing one track the easterly one the
track for the northgoing cars the other
for those going south on the through
route routeIn routeIn routeIn
In some ome passages of framed structure
containing two tracks tra ks undfer narrow
streets the tops top of the sideposts are
curved Inward to allow space at the cor ¬
ners near the curbstones curb tones for pipes At
several points there was such a tangle
of these of all sizes from a oneInch gas
pipe to a fortyinch water lter main as would
have appalled an ordinary engineer
In the framed portions of the subway
the walls are generally of concrete mold ¬
ed in by wooden
frames
having at I
ewry
very try
three thr e feet square steel posts entirely entirel jni em m
bedded On the th tops of these rest re t the
steel beams bt > ms of the th roof which are further furth r
supported In the wide Id sections by b hu huJl re
Iron girders resting on square steel pil ¬
lars placed in one two or 0 three rows rt
along between the tracks Brick arches
turned between the beams form the can ¬
opy op of roof over which IF spread Port ¬
land cement or concrete this being beln coy covered Oo Oored coyered ¬
ered red in its turn bv b a coating of asohalt
for a a watershed waterl hecl The plllais also are in incased Incased incased ¬
cased in cement and the surface of tIt tlientire tItnttre thp <
entire interior of the subway Is painted paintedwhite paintedwhite paintedwhite
white or pale green reen except at station stationswhere stationwhere taUonwhere
where the walls are of enameled bricks
Strung Strun along the roof of the Boston Bostonsubway Botonsubwa Bostonsubway
subway subwa In three thre rows ro are about fifteen
hundred incandescent IncaJdegc nt lamps while hlle near Har ¬
ly I one hundred and seentyflve se ent fie arc
lamps illumine the five stations making
them as bright as day da daIn
In all parts of the subway there Is Isf IsfplCe Isipae
f pace to walk outside the track with deep eep
refugeniches in the walls at distances Jfstan < e of ofatout ofabout t tatout
atout nine feet In the narrower parts The
latter are the tunnels which contain but buta
a single track and are twelve feet from fromwall fromwall fromwall
wall to wall The twotrack sections have havean havean havean
an average width 1dtb of twentyfour feet teet and andthe andthe andthe
the fourtrack sections fortytight fortY I ht feet
Thorugh the whole hol length of the sub subways 2Iubas subways ¬
ways as runs a threeInch water piper pl r rith Itb
frequent valves alvlB and hose for Or convenient
In case C se a a car should take fire There is isnothing Isnothing Isnothing
nothing combustible In the subway 5ubwl except exceptthe cXcPptthe exceptthe
the wooden ties on which the rails rest restand est estand estand
and the insulation of the trolley wire at attached attached attachied ¬
tached to the Iron work of the roof but butat butat butat
at the stations there th t are at the box 1 ticket ticketoffices tlckltomc ticketoiliees
offices omc s the turnstiles tu tileJ and the feats The Thestations Th ThstatIons Thestations
stations are connected conn tfd with the surface
by b sixteen flights of about thirtyfour thirtyfoureasy thIrtyfoure thirtyfoureasy
easy e sy steps each flight being fifteen fet fetwide f fetwide t tIde
wide Ide Buildings of sttre tere Iran and class classcover Ilaucoer glasscover
cover the atanvsya but afford no stand standing tan tanin ¬
ing in space spaceWhatever spacehatever spaceWhatever
Whatever water ater collects In the tb subway subwayruns sUbwayruns subwayruns
runs off through drains beneath the thetracks thetrackq thetraek
tracks Into dry wells v I1t from which hleh It la laconveyed liJconn Isconveyed
conveyed conn yed Into the sewers by rotary rotarypimpa rotarypmpa rotarypamps
pimpa driven by b electric motors moto Other Othermotcra Othermotc Othermotors
motors motc revolve r Clhe hvge < ge fans seven 1 eD and eight cishtfeet eightfeet I ht htf
feet f l in diameter dJQm tlr placed In side lite chamber chamberalone chambialcni chambersalong >
alone the route and communicating with withthe withthe withthe
the outer atmosphere In consequence COI1 U n of ofthis otthis ofthis
this good ventilation the air In the th sub aubwaya 1UOways subways
ways Is kept kf t clean cI an dry and free from un unpleasant unpltaunt anpleasant ¬
pleasant odors The temperature tem rature Is al always alWIS always ¬
ways refreshing b being Inc proportionately proportionatelycool proportionatelycool
cool in summer and warm In winter winterB winterBetlilhmn 1nterBethlehem
B Bethlehem tbUb m Steel Company Cliartr Charrt CharrtHarrisburg ClirtrtHarrisburg < t tHarrlaburtr
Harrisburg Pa April 17 17The The Bethle Bethlehem Bethlehem Bethlehem ¬
hem Steel Company of Philadelphia cap capitalized CitpItaUztd capitallztd ¬
italized at J50 5000 OA was chartered by th thState the theState theState
State Department today toda for the manu manufacture manufacture snanufacture ¬
facture of iron or steel teel or both or of ofany ofany ofany
any other mt metal tal or o of any ut article an1el of com commerce commerce cornmnerce ¬
merce from metal or wood or both The Theamount Theamount Theamount
amount mentioned In the th charter U I nom nominal nomInal aromainal ¬
inal the real rl al value vatu of the new corpora corporation corpOnllion corporation ¬
tion being about S1itooot S1itoootn1tlmor I1AOOO I1AOOOfleltiamor l 0000t < 9 9Ilultmor
Ilultmor and Ohio IUIIr nllrffJlrl < > Ml Famines FaminesBaltimore FarnID FarnIDBaltimore EarningsBaltimore
Baltimore April AVrll1iThe 1 17The The croo U U earnings earnlnsrsot
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for forthe tortbe or orthe
the month of March arch IKrS l were werean C2H8 C2H8an bJ bJAn
an Increase of 1O1Z 9015 Ol5
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THE MARKETS MARKETSHALTIMOUK MARKETSIJALlDJOltJ MARKETSS MARKETSIIALTIMOItE
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HALTIMOUK IIALTIMOItEOaltlmore MARKETS MARKETSBaltimore lIAltKETSI
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I Baltimore April 17 JiFLOlRFlrm FLOUR Firm Western Weo lorn lU lUper mnper u uper
per 2238 224O ± 40 O Western extra 2HJ310 do < o tarn family talRIlly tarnu
i Illy ily u 3350369 3 f 3 winter wheat patent Sf aThaxG i S90 J jprlac jprlacwheat oprlR oprlRwheat prIn prInwheat
wheat patent 3S00410 spring wasat fat straight 365 365i 3 3j i itJSI
j i S3S5 jtS receipts IS567 barrels exxrU IS4I IH bur burrels bitrreIs bareels
eels sales bit barrels baitelsVHKAT barrelsni barrelsWilliATbull
j VHKAT WilliATbull ni Ii Dull 1 Xo 2 red spot the month t and andMay sadMay
May 7612g7634 76 i2M 7 ai t oJu1 Jul July 15B 75 steamer Xo Noi traf 2 r raf l I Iil
71 i l5f71 3i receipts 15673 1 673 exports none stock stock3IGW tOCiorGf9t
3IGW bushels sales iles 2000 WO bushels Southern by bysample byHAmple bysample
sample 70677 Otj77 14 Southern on snide rolde 72 i l4f Jtii 7 34 34CORN JfconXDulI 34COltSDull
CORN conXDulI Dull mixed spot pot 4J4J14 4i1t 4242 1f the month
391263334 39 J iflu9 fi9 34 f May la 3Sfr3 3 1S 1 iSj June 33839 14 14ttftsrwr Jtst lsstennen
ttftsrwr st l1 r mixed 401854014 fO 41 JS6fO If receipt r elptll 71541 H Hbu buric burici bud h
i els Is 1 exports 3 11 351449 1449 bushels 1 > stock lito < ic 31924 319 bushel bushelI bllS bushelsales I
I sales S 44000 bushels Southern utbern white whit cirn 42 f 12 1 1asked lasked
I asked Sotttern yellow corn 42 f bid bidOATS bidOSSleldy bidmATSSteady
OATS OSSleldy Steady No 2 i white blte 3312 a 3 J 12 Na 2 mixed mixed3i millodc mined3I
3i 2g3J U receipts I19SO 119 bushels exports lODe aocestock lODeslock nonestock
stock 314150 bistels bistelsRYE blstehe bisbeluRYEFirma
RYE RYEFirma Y i Firm Vo 2 near II by 53 asked d No 2 West Western Vet Vetcnn ¬
cnn e 62 6 12 i receipts Pt none n exports e r rstock 8571 bushels bushelsstock bushelsstock u
stock 81744 bushels bushelsHAV busbtlsHA bushelsHAYStEady
HAV HA HAYStEady Steady No 1 timothy 125gl360 125gl360IKAIN lS l2Sei3tOmacaix 1300 1300murt
IKAIN FREIGHTSQuiet steam to Liverpool Liverpoolp LImerpoalper
p per r bushel ld April Cork for orders p per < r quarter quarter2s quarter3d
2s 3d April AprilSlOAR AprilSlUARStro AprilSUILiRStrong
SlOAR SlUARStro SUILiRStrong Strong g See granulated tanulated 533 coarse grin cranulated granulaled grinulated
ulated 533 533IllTTER 53tnlTTER SEtItTTERSteadv
IllTTER tItTTERSteadv SteadV faney creamery 22 fancy Imi Imitation Imltnlon imiUtlon ¬
tation 1Q19 fancy ladle 15818 an 1S reed ladle JadJ 13814 13814storepacked UBHslortpackt1l Il1toepacked
storepacked 11012 11 U 1 rolls 12f El4 El4FCCEFintn 14 14EGOS
EGOS EGGIIrm Finn 12 1 12 1 per dozen dozenCHEESE dozenCIICES dozencimastFirte I
CHEESE cimastFirte Firm irm and active sixty pounds latge large1214gl212 latgeI
1214gl212 1 Hit1 t i7 r pounds medium 1212 1 IS 1fU 1234 H s 13 13pounds 3pculidll 3 3pounds
pounds Email 1234012 1234012IETTrCB17 I 12 3fOI1 3fOI1IE1 34tiZlETrtClOLrpqacq
IETTrCB17 IE1 lETrtClOLrpqacq lCIJJiiifO 2CO per bwhel lox loxWHISKY LexWHISKYSteady LoxVIiISKYSteady
WHISKY WHISKYSteady Steady 130QL31 UO t31 per gallon for fin finished 1111hb finhInd ¬
hInd hb xood xooda In car lots 1313132 per gallon for forjobbing torJolblns forjobbing
jobbing lou Il > u
uCOeSTRY
COUNTRY PRODUCE PRODUCEBCTTER PRODlCEBlTTERTJcre PRoDuCEDUTTERTIcre
BCTTER BlTTERTJcre There wma U i fair demand for fresh fr h table tablegrades talerad tablegrades
grades rad of creamery bat receipU recel were bteomlag more moreliberal mDelIbers1 moreliberal
liberal with a somewhat easier tone The quota rtIIOtaUonl quotetlons quotations ¬
tions were
Extras Ex 1st 1stCreamery htCn ImtCreamery
Creamery Cn aClery separator 2202S < 1 29021 29021Creamery 29021Creamery 8UUCrelmery 0tttCreamery
Creamery gathered cream 2 2fr2l et t2l 1SS19 1SS19Creamery 1SS19Creamery U1 lilICreamery 19 19Creamery
Creamery Imitation IStW 1 1 U 1 lIlS lIlSIowa 1I 1IIowa 16 16Iowa
Iowa Northwestern ladle H17 ISftlS ISftlSXar 15fz15Sear l5i6Near
Sear by roll U 14311 14311Western Htl HtllIItern ui m mVtstern
Western lIItern roll 15 1MJU 1MJUCreamery 1 i4 1I 1Ifrt4mery Ittreamery
Creamery prints Ilb l2b 24f25 2i 2iState a4zStale 3 3State
State creamery blocks 2lb Ib 2l 1 i25 2 tflU tflUruylalld hWj2iiLmryland fe21 fe21Maryland
Maryland Virginia ll1lnla and Penntjl Penntjlranla PenDyluola Penrisylsaul
ranla saul dairy prints 2621 aut U 1SC19 1SC19CHEESE lSfi iiilsCHEESSThsre t9 t9CHEESEThere
CHEESE CHEESEThere There was we u little remainIng stock of the thalast Welut thelast
last 4 seasons jna make offering with 1l1 price firm nil The Thenew Thenew Thenew
new nuke will 111 commence scorIng amvln soon sow The Thequotations llIeqUlllaUOns ThequotatIons
quotations were ere as follows Fancy cheese cuese fall made madefull madefulf madefull
full cream New York 60 0 pounds I 12 1 34c per pound poundfiats P91OOaU poemSSits
fiats 35 pojdr 13e per pound do S3 pounds lie liep lieper
p per r pound Ohio 20 0 to 22 pounds 1221112 Iil iIiZ 1 1e per perpound IterOUnd perpound
pound OUndPOlLTRiThe poundPouLravme f
POULTRY POlLTRiThe The receipt ret lpt continued light and de deotand deJund CemanS
manS attire for spring chickens asd otter y YM1t YM1tehltbns B Behlekens sg sgchickens <
chickens also The Th qdtxtlcni qU UIcza < were rt a as fellows tUo r Pw Pwpound Perpound r rpound
pound yoang chickens sizes 2 12 J to 3 puuBdi 14S 14S16c 1I 1Ilie
16c 1 34 to 2 pounds 22g2c flc springer 3 33Ce 33Cefowls 932e 932efowls 3e 3eto
fowls to Is lOlO I2c C puddle ditks Sc 9c muicoriei sS a aCe
Sc oM o l4 r roosters otttrs 2S63C S35c 3k apiece apieceEGGS 1lIeEGGS11to ficeGGSrho
EGGS EGGS11to Ttfr market I rlott was U about ab ut Mealy C < ady with Ith receipt receiptfairly r receiptsisirly dpb dpbfairly
fairly liberal Ub 1 and the Seaside moderately modrnI active activeThe letheThe acilmeThe
The qaeutlosj were ere as follows Strictly Strfetl freshlaid freshlaidZ fceshhatdccci
el ccci Z 12 I lie 1 per dozen duck ecg en1 > Maryland a afI as4virpista J J1r11 d dYtrziila
Ytrziila 1r11 lee per dozen grace CClO etc eggs C1 U82 Ute e p psc r
dozen
FRUITS AND SO VEGETABLES VEGETABLESDOMESTIC VEGETABLESDOMESTIC RGETA LES LESDO
DOMESTIC DO rESTIC GREEN CIiE FRCITS FRllTStKr FaMy appl If apples > wr were
Cm Cm bit the ordinary ordl lfY grades cnd were rather er ta NIIl j
Straw Strawberries berrien were ere firm with nwe ef t the tll lU letter adtcradtS lettergrades < r rgrades
grades arriving lrrtyl TIle quotations were Apple IJtf 3W
453 f5 per l el barrel Oranjet OraneICalirorola California Lucia I Iwe ZtS ZtS4eq
460 pr box i MedilBKi 2 I55h3OS tli S3C0 3 f per box Florida Flrtdastrawb FtcrtocastrnllemtS Floridaatniwiernlss
strawb strnllemtS Tie 253S V3k per r box boxVEGETABLES toxEGETAiSLESna hexvrogrArtgs
VEGETABLES EGETAiSLESna Tto market wa WI > owieratety eratdy active activewith aalTewith activewith
with the W receipt fair The quotatloss were ere as tot ¬
lows eJ White aP aPGo potatoes GObSC S7ie per txMhel eszty rl rlptr
rear aced lOUiSe per buhel saese potatoes aoe
Go o pr barrel rrel yaaa lam lJifel 1Hr11S 7J oaloift oldo 7l 1SJQe 1SJQeer 7socPCI X Xer
PCI > er barrel BenewU enall4 1 lUhie CilS 13 per crate cabbage cabbagesew eaNceW eabbigisew
sew W Florida ttOSSCO tOtr6 > per crate cnl CfcarteaUE Cbarlst 2 ase 54
1W per cole celery boagro homnegrcws 4 4fJk c jr toUCh basc
lettuce native I2S617C t l2t37 U per bushel box 4n MU saUce aU < e
kale 56Wc CS 7 per p r box spinach 7 1efrsee 75a J9e jr r box boxDAILY box boxDAILf boxIMIL
DAILY COTTON 3IAUKET 3IAUKETGalvestin 3IAltKETtll MALLI1fTItw
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Ncrfdk NcrfdkQrtet NcrtIkQtet NortelkQwttt
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JJ I1esten I1estenStud Dieter DieterSteidy t B BSteady
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Total T oUJ < U ta4a tday < ay a sOt t 14372 1437 Or Orl it ferttaJ nc t 114 till 4 <
Prac Pli 117 11 Ctliefct lItt titt < 1 tt atNk sleet k UUH 754 4I44 C CwlJt4 C Cioiidated N
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V ss 11 Tcfle April A rt 17 l ibIrngspesmsa liiXVBSP FsRtI JUJ ttMime I ItUu
Mime Ue steers rt higher tolls beD led t4 iewi fern i 19 a attiit ashad I
ttiit tU shad higher bl MHtaa tda W priu J C1JSt da steers m 47Vg4 noKtf
lair I ta ihetev fe 4e cm In altd > s > l tUzx 4 4eeaw 1LK iC L 1C fcwtK lull 114 I
e4e dIes 4 st4e uw tit d s 4sg44 eU eUbIn s i tlOei7t sWL I
Cabin bIn quote < Btt sot N Ni tattle tte slew 10 it t it IfOlk 14i 14 6 He toy toyUgk
U lt sheep totP at UfJU lalll tans It rtlrt tHflgeta5q Icsj
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shecp P 40033 OOs c cans L4 cBppi sap t 34 f i
4rt uBohora lamU lam IM C 5ti 3 ctlMwl 110 > 4 TJJ J
559 dipped 41I culls eull 409 sprint lamb fa 1 11 tetr I =
HCKISIlecelpts 13414 U H flmer ftrm at 414 4i1dt > V4fc ao Wr a aem tJ tJera t tera
em era piss pl 4 410125 410125Chitagu 1C4J 4 4CblulCO 2i 2iChicago
Chicago April 17 17The TIle noderati HIOd supply auppl ef f r raW raWollered slOe slOeoEered > tu tuoffered
offered today 104a checked all veukttftn 1CI1I in prices 11I1 an1 an1Ibe snlthe nl nlthe
the market showed ho eonxlderable strength aUes k pertli 5artjulsr 5artjulsrI rtul ulr ulrI
I Iy for to desirable d eDiting Fan Faey y eattto talUschoice SCti 7 7choice
choice steers 5J4t 53S6O 60 b beef f Meets 4W 45i4 45i4stockers 4t4 4t4stoekers
stockers and feeder 2 3Si5 Oft C bull bulk 2 a54s51l a54s51lcows o ll llcows
cows sad heifers 14 148475 f 475 Writers M M strs rc rc65W 21 213t5ie
65W Texas steers 375jf5W ealTM cole 3 3O1Sie Soft CM
Active competition amons Severe of bo bos iWYrt ivrnt t
Impart more strencth to tk lie market and some Mi Mimid ks
mid 2 l2c higher A few fancy hog 5055 bfooftfet
462 12 and the other extreme price was If 110 M isle <
being largely at 3U41197 12 rigs sold tt lise 3rS
Lilt 1 85
LiltThere 85There
There was a very good g demand for secp tt + tt eel anlpric eelprices
pric prices ruled steady but lamb were wcakr Tfc The
bulk of otlnlr olYerins a consisted of thr 15 litter isie Wine bin binat
at 5W68S for Cetorato wonted UJM is ds sea i 5A o
576 for wooled Western MMiida to prlnte sheep sbeepHeee4pU
445554 common lti 3lOZ7 3lOZ7RelptCattle
Heee4pU RelptCattle Cattle ISiOO h hogs gi 2144 > 4 < tr tl i5ep lSt hiSS
Baltimore Md April IT 17SWINIIArriyai 3WIXArrivals rM rMweek i iweek <
week 13114 brad We have no change to retort in
the bog ho market except as to the sibr mb r of thr rh r rcelptf rceilmig
celptf which largely exceeds those for severs Terai woks wokspast wkulass
past Valuea alue are wIthout altratten as quoted in inour muour
our last report ai for a number of we week k bur Ixrforthat burthat
that Xo far 1V Wetein t rn uoUtloEd davr Isv ben r rcorded rremdeS
corded and the Ogarea for those frwn older points pointsare pole poleare
are given as they were last we week k viz 410ff4 4iOiO 4iOiOper to toper
per 160 potied grow llgbt pigs JMHBSS 36Sl3roseS aa4 aa4roHghs
roseS 27S9325 per 109 10 pound great greatSHEEP grestSIISEP
SHEEP AND LAMB LAMBSThere Tbere U a svnnns also is a
to sheep and laMbs neither exhibiting any qootaM qootaMchange quotsuchange
change trade belHg t ° inw fair for each Old sheep is
4 1ae and extra 4 J4e rpp tipped d sheep Jg5 55wool tc tcwool
wool Hc tc aiiH extra 6 l4c gross grossCALVE grnuCALVESIVeals
CALVE CALVESIVeals > al are slow of vale and without f frloaschangt aclans
rloaschangt clans hasgi la iMtaJUn qootetlons via 4ffe gras groisNEW grasiEW
NEW iEW VOUK rilOUUCE rilOUUCENew IItODUSJJIcew
New York April 17 17FWVEflecelpts FLOURne lt 21171 21171barrels 2111barmels
barrels exports 117SS barrels negl neglected t d and esmy esmyeieiiig siy siyctelaK
ctelaK Readier elmS Ue UU upturn la wheat wheatRYB stealnysi
RYB KLOUKDuII KLOUKDuIIIJARLBY LOIJRttuiIIIARLXYreommnam
IJARLBY IIARLXYreommnam IIARLXYreommnamIXIRN NoQlnal NoQlnalRYEEasy
IXIRN MEAISpady MEAISpadyRYEEasy
RYEEasy Xo 2 Wwtr 5 5BARLEY 1DARLEY
BARLEY MALT MALTDull MALTDulllilYlimo Dull DullHAYFlm
HAYFlm HAYFlmHOPS lilYlimoIIOPSSteady
IIOPSSteady HOPS eady eadyLEATHBKSU4dy
lllDESdteady
LEATHBKSU4dy LEATHBKSU4dyCOAL LEAThER Steady
voolqiimrt voolqiimrtcoALSteady
COAL coALSteady Swadr
DBBP flEiiPS4dy awady awadyLAKI
CUT MBATSPtiiidy
LAKI LARDQuiet > Qui t and easy r retad a 4 steady
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POTATO IOTATOI2SQuipt IOTATOI2SQuiptCOFFEEOpis ES < ui t tCOFFEE
COFFEE COFFEEOpis Optl s opeseJ steady aid aacbu aaebsuwl aaebsuwlriled
riled ImactUe with iMlgMSaiM v vduuo rtU < m to today f
dci sew twitietlug statl4kai ehaagie me 5s
day and for w week k about u expected ad aw la
rtr lens rf trnpenae MHrta e entirely lacking nxx 4s9sntIWit > rti erit
MA and fairly active d smc4 WIK at sa at att asrheaged
rheaged pfiew Sales 52t9 bags irmdsdisg 4n
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at midday uoder B J r a bea hear raid U task k oT o outSd w o De Deport ar arport ¬
port aid small expert l IMerest tfett t tieItiag ltU i iferaoM is an aneveruold
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Cuban lugratitude to hocus SawFream Sam SamOne
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has been l Issued xu d Ju that Jn ref referre r ft t tcuring ti ticaring
curing for tb the > widows and urpbat cf cfSpttntsh 4sfSpnlh
Spttntsh ofllceru A Urj large inatuutio inatuutiocaHed Inetittecalled
called the Cairn d do Vl Vleudsa ud ur mulija mulijahome < U Uhome >
home wan er erected ct l and nupport supported J t teukffcriptioft by byeub >
eukffcriptioft eub cnlptioit from this pay of th wi wionkera iiar iiarofficers >
officers and while whi in the th pu past few rae jtf tii tiiIt
It ha has been used by o ume ktr tbro themaivt themaivtquarter v
quarter th their r families and tbu thus ave ve rn rnstill rnstill
still Mace Vb the occutmtVHi the th AmrrUaf AmrrUafhav Ameritarshave
hav have op opened xMxl U up arid ar are rapIdly n flihi flihiit > s f fIt
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c can ihow h < w that th thvj j are r th the wlv wives or orown Ih > J Jdrea
drea of Sitnfssk utlkere An f 4 4liMlosbiedly
liMlosbiedly be made later to remurfi tirs tirsdependeu
dependeu wo LOSpsia nher tr trOwn
own soveritmont can take uk cure of reI reII
I west with Capt X St J orrW Grebiiu
Oea iu UidtoWe staff taff who h has t tile tilein < >
In hand tuXl an H was intr interesting tlftic iv ivwropi Ic > t 5 5thtm
thtm degrees of gratitude shown bY tii tiipeople
people Ww V would find a lar r f fhuddles
huddles In on oae sufl nH room roo without witWuttWoi withoutthing
thing to eat or any aapport Tuy Ttae h tied tiedbeen a ab
b been e xrsiitt gantnd d a pwMfcm t b r their iO iOmess wvn wvnlaont
mess but ItK iMtjrttXMt had l lCMiMd n5 aU4 aU4ceased
ceased W We put themes Into tn ttia in init initlion t u utl4M
lion and tr tears r of irntUtiMi ju lbS > 4 i fr frb fTbut >
b but t ta ktw than a w wesk k tbry the S T re tfl tflIskdahsg
Iskdahsg itk the > rest 9 9them ef the foOd iv ivthem
them exelltrnt as U wa was All the puP puPseem > l lm
seem m to think that Am Annurleans rK n T i tO tOwork < t twork
work for lh these M f feed d th them m slid n4 cJ 1thC 1thCthem ih ihthvai
them but bu th kle of UNUilu never neverto 4 Im Imto
to outer o tr th their lr mtod and tu Ito r rJtiWfcc t5t5 t5t5JsbIe
JtiWfcc th the island k ttii c ever v r kouwn will IK IKth ti tiwIse
wIse th American asir tissues down frdii frdiitho
th tho elttctnl iHitUHnKa Th 1ttui laser lowrrand < ias iasaad
and th the army ttttlt shut b it for forUbr utM utMiJbre
Ubr TIUM1 ar art Mor or Cuban Sib n oWcrr oWcrrIn uffi uffiin
In havana than evtr vvr MW w uniform iU iUthe II IIthe
the Idea of paying them was put loJib