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H aUoquelto. 10. Boulevard deCpueln,
B VwmrJHsnts wAo Aimu (IA mantuortort tor
H publication with lo have rejected articles returned,
K' lAey mil in aU eases tend stamps or that purjiOie.
L essssssss.ssssns.sa ....ii
H Tho Cabinet.
K Tho first report or rumor of further
H? changes In the Cabinet bring down upon
H tho Presldentof tho United States a delugo
R of advice, no doubt well meant tut ccr-
E tnlnly superfluous.
MVJl Tho case of tho Secretary of State Is tho
K object of much sollcltudo on tho part of tho
B volunteer rcorganlrers of tho Cabinet.
K If thero Is anything In tho multitude of
V affairs now pressing upon tho President
V which should ba left to his unaided wis.
S dom, at least until he asks advlco, It Is the
BE- matter of the selection of his own advisers.
B That Is peculiarly his own business. Ho Is
HK quite compatent to attend to it.
H Commutation for Stamp Tazos.
Hf In tho published reports of the new rove.
H nue bill, which was Introduced In tho
H House of Representatives on Saturday, we
K find no provision for commuting any of the
K stamp taxes which It Imposes. Every
BJ check, every telegraphic despatch, every
H. bond, and every othor Instrument or docu-
B mont liable to the tax, must have the stamp
BJ for It actually affixed and cancelled.
K now great and vexatious nn amount of
Bj labor will thus bo Imposed upon ourcltl-
H cens seems never to havo occurred to tho
B committee which prepared tho bill. Tho
BJ stamp of 2 cents each on checks, In force
K during tho lato war, produced, In somo
B- years, nearly $3,000,000 a year, so that
K 100,000,000 separato stamps were used
In collecting It. The tax on telegraphlo
messages now proposed Is 1 cent on
: 20 cent messages and 2 cents for messages
' costing nioro than 25 cents. The Western
Union Telegraph Company alono collects
from the public $22,000,000 yearly for tele
graphic service, which, at an avcrago of
00 cents for each message, makes 44,
000,000 messages, every one of which will
have to bo stamped separately. Tho New
York Central Railroad Company Is about to
' Issue 100,000 mortgage bonds and 120,000
debentures, tho Lake Shore Railway Com
pany 60,000 mortgaga bonds, tho Chicago
and Bock Island, tho Chicago and North
western 100,000 more, each of which will
require tho stamp of $1, provided for In tho
bill. As for tho Btock certificates, con
tracts, deeds, policies of Insurance, and
other instruments affected by tho bill, their
number Is not to bo computed.
Great Britain, which has had a long
and valuable experience In taxation, pro
vides that certain stamp taxes may bo
commuted by tho payment of a lump sum,
'called a composition. Thus, a municipal
corporation, about to lssuo bonds, arranges
with tho Stamp Office to commute tho
tamp fax for tho whole amount at once,
I and thus escapes tho annoy an co of affixing
and cancelling a separato stamp on each
bond. A similar plan ought to bo adopted
here. The Government would lose noth
ing by It, and would savo a great deal,
while tho citizen wonld bo spared much
trouble. Banks could pay tho check stamp
and collect it from tho makers of tho
cheeks. Railroad corporations would pay
no less If they paid $100,000 at onca upon
a $100,000,000 bond issue than If they
paid for each $1,000 bond $1 separately.
i Tho principle might be extended In tho
1 same way to checks, to telegraphic mes
sages and to all other papers and Instru
ments made by responsible corporations.
t Stamp taxes arc vexatious at best, and they
should be made as little so as possible.
j,
I Tho Itights of Neutrals.
1 : It is natural that neutral maritime na-
' tlons should be somewhat concerned as to
, how their carrying trade will be affected
V by tho war between tho United States and
Spain, sinco neither of theso two countries
Si Is bound by the famous Declaration of
Paris, which was drawn up with referenco
W to theso rights.
Practically, however, therehas never been
. much ground for anxiety regarding the pol-
5 ley of tho United States. Our country has
ft from its foundation been ono of tho most
rx conspicuous and advanced of tho champions
6 of neutral rights as against belligerents.
fit Shortly af tej our Government was founded
It the French revolution broke out. and thero
. after, until the downfall of Napoleon,
Europe-was almost-eonst-antly embroiled
Ji Itt-war. Thus during tho first-quarter of a
.tr1r"eentury of our Government's existence Its
f;. maritime rights as a neutral became, of
U high Importance, and tho strong ground lit
" then took In favor of such rights has never
p been abandoned. Accordingly It has been
";' obvious that our uniform policy for a cen
? tury would make us respect to the utmost
;! tfte rights of neutrals during our coming
W attitude as a belligerent, and furthor that
Spain would be forced to do the same thing
from the desire not to offend her European
y neighbors In her hard task.
jf But Secretary SirenuAN has not been
,i satisfied to leave tho matter bo. Ho has
I gone further, and has announcod that
Sf It Is the policy of our country to accept
ilyiMtlcles of the Declaration of Paris for
i thoprTxcnfc war with Spain. Ho does not,
1. ' Indeed, mention that agreement of April
C , 10, 1800, byWrns ; but we need only put
side by sldo flie four statements of his
. proclamation, lunod on Wednesday, and
the four of the International declaration of
r ,lorty-two years agoto see that they are
lrtually Identical.
'; The Paris deolaratlonSheglus by saying
that "privateering Is unM remains abol-
j Jshed," and Secretary SftxnitAN thinks
IJ4 that "It will be tho polIcV of this Gov-
' eminent not to resort to privateering" dur-
Ing tho war with Spain. 'OuKrlghts to
. privateer are reserved for tho folttrej-hut-
', practically noutrals may feel assured that
- we shall not assert them now. Next, the
j; Declaration of ParlB Is that " tho neu-
i trol flag covers enomy'a goods, with
f tho exception of contraband of war,"
and this our Department of Stato repeats
without the chango of a letter. Thirdly,
the declaration of 18(10 holds that neutral
f' goodi, except contraband of war, aro not
liable tf. carturo and confiscation under the
KT enems flag, ana that Is -also what Mr.
m SbxuiaJ announces. Finally, the Paris
E dclaraton that" blockades, la grder to ba ,
i j
binding, must be tffectlT,,, is adopted In
exact words by our State Department.
But all this Is no new ground for us.
Wo have repeatedly been found acting on
tho principles wo proclaim now. It Is true
that wo have always held that a belliger
ent has tho right, If be chooses to exercise It,
and In tho absence of an agreement to the
contrary, to tako an enemy's goods from a
neutral ship on the high seas. We have
also Insisted and still Insist on tho right to
privateer, and Congress might even exercise
It In this war. On the other hand, we have
held that neutral goods do not become sub
ject to capture merely from being found on
a belligerent's ship. When we were asked
to accedo to the Declaration of Paris, our
refusal was based not on tho ground that It
went too far in tho protection of neutral
property, but that It did not go far enough.
Secretary Marot's proposal, In which tho
other powers refused to concur, exempted
private property altogether from capture at
sea, and when this was not accepted we did
not adhere to tho other agreements relating
to neutral goods and flags.
That proposed amendment of total Immu
nity for prlvato proporty was renewed by
Secretary Seward at the outbreak of tho
civil war, but Great Britain and Franco
refused, wishing to make special provisions
regarding that war. Then Mr. SEW-Ann
notified our representatives abroad that
wo would act In accordance with the
tenots of tho Declaration of Paris any
way, except the ono against privateer
ing, and practically we did not vlolato
that. Onr navy received Its Instructions
accordingly, and It Is said that no
caso occurred of tho condemnation as prize
of any goods under tho second and third
articles of the Declaration of Paris, touch
ing an enemy's goods under a noutral flag
or neutral goods under an enemy'a flag. As
to tho Immunity of an enemy's goods under
a neutral flag our views havo been re
affirmed since tho civil war In treaties
with various countries.
It remains to bo noted that the state
ment of Secretary SiIimuAN In regard to
privateering seems to havo been only prefa
tory to his specific and numbered announce
ments as to tho three remaining points.
This was necessary, becauso Congress has
tho power, under tho Constitution, to grant
letters of marque and reprisal, and could do
so, of coune, in the present war with Spain.
In 1803 Congress pansod a law authoris
ing tho President to lssuo letters of
marque and reprisal, but 1 was never
put Into execution.
Neutral nations cannot fall, we think, to
be gratified by our voluntary adhesion to
the principles of the Declaration of Paris,
while Spain, which, like our own jountrr,
was not a co signatory of that agreement,
has now found her hand forced regarding
that Important question.
A Party of Sociologists.
Under the guidance of a Professor In Yalo
University, a queer expedition of discovery
discovered this town last week. Tho ex
ploring expedition consisted of thirty Yalo
" thcologucs,1' who are alBO students of that
branch of Bcience orsclollstlcstowhlchthe
mongrel name "sociology" has been given.
In tho American colleges at present
"sociology" seems not to mean tho science
of social phenomena In general, but a cur
sory Inquiry into and sentimental general
ization about the condition of " tho poor."
From on American professor of "sociology"
we do not expect facts so much as hysteri
cal rhetoric. Ho takes a bird's-eye view
of "tho slums," or he goes and Uvea
among them for a time, much wondered
at and scorned by the natives. Then he
produces his magazine article, essay, or
book. He Is usually an imperfect liter
ary character, hopelessly unscientific, but
firmly persuaded of tho profundity of his
researches and tho accuracy of his conclu
sions. Ho may be compared as to his scien
tific pretensions to an honest chiroman
cer, astrologer, or dream book writer. He
is able to do moro harm than those other
Imaginative artists becauso he gives a
good deal of his labor and vocabulary to
tho task of making "tho poor" belle vo
that they are "wronged" somehow or
other by " the rich." He has strayed away
from " sociology " proper, and has become a
sentimental slummcr. As a writer he Is
a sentimental slushcr.
In this description wo don't have In mind
tho head of tho Yale Divinity School ex
ploring party and sociological slumming
expedition, for we aro sorry not to havo
known beforo last week his undoubtedly
venerable name. The route followed by
his young Livi.vasTOKES and Stanleys,
however, seems to show that his notion of
" social economics," whatever that may be,
is that of tho sentimental slummers.
Hero were thirty meek and wondering
divinity students, of the typo which New
Haven knows so well, worthy and Innocent
young men, whom a heartless undergrade
uato onco described as "combining all
the virtues with the habit of playing ten
nis in tall hats and patent leather shoes."
Tho thirty camo, like Lord Bateman,
strange countries for to seo. But Lord
Bateman was not a sociologist. He would
not havo thought It necessary to visit the
Mills Hotel in Bleecker street. Thither
the thirty were taken, and there they
slept Thursday night, probably with
delightful sense of having sunk a
deep shaft Into the nether world. The
next morning they "jotted down their
Impressions," We wonder If tho Hon.
Georox Fra.n.ci8 Train addressed the
discoverers. He c&uldjjavo told them that
the Mills Is the WaldorAstor!a of cheap
hotels, and no proper point. for beginning a
journey Into sentimental socioeconomics.
The Important thing to remember, how
over, Is that the discoverers Jotted down
their. Impressions. Expect thirty, or, count
lng the professor in command, thirty-one"
magaslno articles, essays, and books on
"Tho Seamy Sldo of New York; or Life
Among the Lowly." By Interviewing Mr,
CnADNCET M. Diiphw, ono of the stragglers
who have dined at the Mills Hotel, the
thirty might have found somo anecdotes to
add to their memoranda.
From Bleecker street the explorers went
to tho University Settlement and tho Col
lege Settlement, Institutions replete with
sociology and sociologists. It wonld have
saved car fare to havo token them to Good'
Government Club C and to the reform bou
doirs of tho Cltlnenu" Union. Those light
housesoftluuistht have sociology to burn.
-DonUCTcsstlie names of the thirty are to be
found on the Low petitions, It those price
less documents have been preserved. At
any rate we must decline to believe that
the Mills Hotel Is moro educational and so
ciological than Good Government Club 0.
What Is cheap soup by the aide of free re
form and plenty of ttt
At noon on Friday the explorers called on
the Mayor. They mutt have surprised
him. The local pathfinder detailed to oe
eoalfp'any tlM'fcxpa&Mon oakad tba&yor
"to address tfaa students on the ubJetot
MiopubUalnUatJonAr pUiwoajtTcaafcJ
of on unfortunate bios against sociology or
because he was busy, the Mayor unfeelingly
"Informed the delegation that he was not
there to lecture, but to administer the
affairs of his office." This Is a short-sighted
vlow. If the sociologist candidate for
Mayor hod been eleoted last November, he
would havo been only too happy to lecture
on sociology to visiting sociologists.
Later In the day the oxplorers visited
Hartley House In West Forty-sixth street,
and In the evening they went to a
"symposium of charity workers." Among
their other wanderings Friday or Saturday
was an Incursion Into tho Elizabeth street
police station and into the Chinese quarter,
and walk In East Broadway, Apparently
the sociologists regarded East Broadway as
a mysterious region, Inhabited by a savage
race. Probably East Broadway regarded
them as somo new ambulatory sort of a
Good Government Club.
Wo hope that tho excellent young the
ologians from Now Haven will not make
their personally conducted tour the subject
of too much literature or be Inspired by It
to devote themselves to lives of sociology.
The temptation Is great. Sontlraental so
ciology appears to be fascinating to Its stu
dents and professors. It Is easy work, for
one thing, and It has a philanthropic com
plexion that attracts Ingenuous youth.
But tho profession Is getting crowded.
Troops tor the Field.
A lotter from a citizen, elsewhere pub
lished, makes with regard to tho raising of
volunteer troops for the war suggestions
which might be well onough It they wero
not based on a total misunderstanding of
tho real conditions.
Ho assumes that tho war will be short;
but that Is a wholly unsafe- and unjustifia
ble assumption. Tho duration of tho war
cannot be foresoen. It Congress had been
as sure as he Is that an easy victory for
tho American arms will come speed
ily, it would not havo provided for
tho calling out of a largo volunteer force,
for tho additional troops would bo needless,
more especially as It Is llkoly to bo months
beforo they aro fully trained for service
Our friend "believes" ono way, but evi
dently tho President Is of a different
mind. Ho would not call for volunteers It
ho was not convinced that as a measure
of safety wo must get ready for tho pos
sible contingency of a war much longer
than tho brief conflict our correspondent
expecU so confidently.
Our friend Is wrong In his "belter that
"tho National Guard will fill the
requisition of 100,000 men, drilled,
disciplined men, ready for Immediate
field duty." Tho National Guard, as
every man of military Judgment and
cxperlenco knows, will be ready for
field service only after months of train
ing at Chlckamauga or some other camp.
If our friend reads the history of the war of
1812, tho Mexican war, and the civil war,
ho will find that this judgment is supported
by the experience with the militia in them
all. Gen. Scott spent flvo or six months
In getting bis troops ready for tho Mexican
war. After Bull Run wo had to stop long
In order to creato an army. We must be
sure beforo we go ahead. Tho way to mako
a war short is to go into It prepared abun
dantly for a long war.
Our friend's final suggestion that men
should be enlisted " provisionally" for nlno
months and drilled during that time In tho
vacated National Guard armories, so that
they might be ready for volunteering at tho
end of that time if they should chanco to be
needed, Is not valuable practically. If en
listments are not for tho war, and Its dura
tion Is prolonged, thero may como a tlmo
when It will be practically Impossible to
get volunteers. The President Is wise in
fixing the term of enlistment so long as
two years, slight as Is the probability that
the war will continue during moro than a
half of that period, even If It is not over
in a few months. Any provisional enlist
ments would bo totally unmllitary. Drill
ing in armories can perfect men In tho
school of the soldier, but they must be sent
Into camp and dissociated wholly from
civil life and Its ties before tboy can be
made Into soldiers fit for efficient service
on the field of war.
Oar liovlng Friend In Iiondon.
Those Americans who read tho Saturday
Review aro familiar with tho tone, of ac
curate Information and admirable temper
which distinguishes all Its discussions
of our affairs. Hero we havo It again In an
artiole of .fine discernment entitled,
"America, the Bully."
President McKinlet Is a " feeble" crea
ture who " ostentatiously washes his hands
of tho blood that Is to be shed." Tho pres
ent war Is "based solely on tho fact that
Spain has failed, during two years, In re
ducing Cuban Insurgents, owing to their
being liberally supplied with money
and munitions of war from the United
States." The fighting In Cuba "has
been financed and engineered from Amer
ican soil for tho purpose of en
riching a New York syndicate, who,
having got hold of a big thing In Cu
ban real estate, are operating for a rise.1
And this country "may find beforo tho
summer Is out that In starting a war of ag
gression against Spain she has been guilty
not only of a crlmo against humanity, but
also of a stupendous national blunder."
It seems almost ungrateful to point out
a minor error or two in an article llko
"America, the Bully"; but the Saturday
Review ought to bo made aware that Mr.
Godkin of tho Evening Post has never
been convicted and sentenced for veracity
In the first degree, and that Mr. Joseph
PatiTznn, whom It describes as "that most
patrlotlo of Polish Jews," is a Magyar.
The Georgia Populists havo held one
Slate convention this pririfr, and they are so
las; toxoid another In May. The calling of the
second invention Is attributed by persons un
familiar with Populist habits to tho regrettable
refuial of tboslIon. Tom Watson, the oele
brated hitorlan"--pt Franco, to let bis
bronze poll bo thepMlar of Are for the
faithful Mistake. Tue Georgia Populists,
and all other Posraltsta in good and regular
standing, hold Btato conventions as often
as possible, and never less frequently than once
a eionth. Tboy find the practloe etllnulatlng to
-the vocal circulation, even If somewhat Injuri
ous to tho eropi, but the worse tho crops tho
better for Populism. When the Populiat mil
lennium comes there will be two State conven
tions a day and one In the evening; In every
Btato.
Loud explosions of emotion In the edi
torial shrine of our eiteemod contemporary, the
Bprlnofltld Union, "Tho question as to tho
right war for men to part their hair," cries that
esteemed contemporary, "is ono that bids fair
to become a vital one within the next tew years,
and may eventually become a potent foroe la
polities." Perhaps there Is la those words
tho utterance of a personal grief or misfor
tune, tho story of a heart broken on account
of hair. We have not heard tuat the part
la , of the hair ha been a municipal
question la Bprlnjfleld, bat it well stay to
l XjE '.tan, Vtnaictluota of 'the Uniwm wrxted.
into the caucuses. " The agitation may serve a
kood purpose," snails the tnfferer, "by calling
attention to the Idlooy of the practice." The
Inalienable right of an American dtlsen to part
his hair where ho pleases, provided he has hair
to part, will scarcely bo denied. Beveral hun
dreds of thousands, perhaps several millions, of
men choose to part their ban- in or about the
middle. Why Is the practice idiotic-1 It Is
painful to speak of this Springfield case, but It
seem clear that the hated and successful rival
parts his hair In the "IdloUo" fashion.
Some casuists on tho Continent seem to
be greatly distressed by the fact that the war
with Spain began when It began. Great Britain
Is not in doubt. She assorts that the war began
the moment that Gen. Woonronn was dls
mltsed. Sba derlares her neutrality, and gives
Admiral Dswcr notice to leave Bong Kong with
hie fleet. Other nations, however ill dlspoied
towards tho United States at present, will have
to follow the example ot Great Britain, and
Portugal will wave tho Spanish fleet away from
tho convenient shelter ot the Oapo Verde
Islands. Tbs course ot Great Britain in the
matter la not only straightforward, but it Is
distinctly and materially friendly to tho United
States, and It will be so regarded by all Americans.
Nothlna has beon heard for two weeks from
las Anoltnt and Honorable Artilltrr Company. At
thete brr man tnaklns tbelr preparations In tlltnre
with the Idea ot taklnc Spain unawares t Or did
tnr depart for the front uaaotlosd T Provi&iMt
Journal.
Not with bayonets and barkers do they
fight, but they stand on guard at Parker's, day
and night. Bolls their martial madness whop
ping, as the corks aro wildly popping; steady,
teadr, without Hopping, stand they on that
slcrlous guard. Boston, eager and ex
pectant, sees them at their task humectant,
those old heroes, seamed and scarred.
And a grateful city raises hymns and carols
ot their pralaei, hailing stark BxixoffA's
daisies: "O, A. and U. A. (X, renowned on land
and sea, come, bid the foe to flee I With the
corkscrew and the fork, make Thirst and Famine
talk, and flght whtlo you can walk I Through
Parker' perllou pais, charge on the forts ot
glaas, and put 'cm down-n moiMf "
In tho Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian
Church In Brooklyn yesterday morning the Iter.
David Giigoo preached an old-fashioned, patri
otic, stirring war sermon, such, in Are and fer
vor, as the votunteors in '01 heard from tho
pulpit the Bunday beforo they left for the front.
Thoro was applause, not irreverent or forgetful
of the proprieties ot the place and time, but ex
pressing deep and slnoero love of country.
After tho close of the sermon a member of the
church mado soma crank or Godklnlte anti
Cuban remarks, and was shoutod down for his
pains. Then Mr. Justice Goooiuonof the Ap
pellato Division ot tho Supremo Court, who had
already congratulated the pastor on his
sermon, catlod for three choers for the
flag, and they wero given with a will.
A Justice ot the Supreme Court doesn't
often load the cheering for the flair
in a church, but it theso days ot aroused and
Irresistible patriotism, it seems the most natural
thing in tho world that ho should. Clergyman
and congregation. Judge and Jury, all who are
fit to bo Americans, are showing; their Americanism.
Arrived, under protest yesterday, Span
ish steamers Miguel Jover and Catallna, from
tho Spanish merchant marine to the United
States.
Our esteemed Tennessee contemporary,
tho Jackton Whig, offers this able platform to
a discriminating publio:
OraTalllnf our roads,
Dlrcrslfled farming.
Stock and poultry ratling,
ririt-clasi country ichoola,"
That's tho talk. Not even tho initiative and
referendum, the roost aublimo of Populist mys
teries, can do as much for Tennessee as tho
carrying out ot tho Jackson programme will do.
Bob Taylor and his Democratic brethren,
chasing railroad corporations and braying at
the Foderal Courts, would put money in tho
pooketa of Tennessoe by checking their fury and
walking quietly and industriously la the path
traced by tho Jackton Whig.
Tho Hon. Joseph D. Sayees of the Ninth
Congress district of Texas wants the Democratlo
nomination for Governor of that State, and has
issued an address to tho people. Ono passage in
tho manifesto Is curious as showing the rigid
Democratlo orthodoxy professed by Mr. S avsrb.
"I do not hesitate to declare, with all possible
emphasis," ho writes, "that ever since its
adoption I have been, and am now, in
strict accord with the orlnclples and poli
cies enunciated in tho platform promul
gated by the National Democratlo Conven
tion of 1990." This shows a docile spirit.
Just as soon as Air. Satkrs found out what the
Chicago platform was, he found that he believed
it all. If thero bad been more of It, ho would
have found that ho believed that, too. At tho
exact moment, whether Washington time or
Bastrop, when he read tho platform, he be
lieved it all. It Is refreshing to find a belief and
an obedience so chronologically conscientious.
Tho Alexandria Gazette Is happy because
income tax bills havo been Introduced into
Congross, and affirms that "such a tax
would bo tho best that could possibly bo
laid, as It would bo paid only by thoso
who could well afford to do so, and as by
such a tax, that on tho necessaries of
the poor would not have to bo raised."
Why should "tho poor" pay any taxes t Why
shouldn't all tho additional taxation necessary
for war purposos be borne by tho plutocrats I
They can afford It. What are tboy fort But
care must bo taken not to mike them so poor
that tboy cannot be denouncod a children of
tho Money Devil.
Only tho books that wo buy and own enter
truly into our Ures. ttovUUne Journal,
A beautiful, affecting sentiment, although we
cannot And that It applies to the Directory.
Still, most persons resolutely avoid buying tho
Directory, preferring to consult that thrilling
work in somo drug store, Into the life of which
It has truly entered. Tbon thero is a largo
class of persons who own books without
buying them. Do tho book borrowers, tho
unreturnlng brave. And that their books don't
enter truly into tbolr llros I Is It not moro
probable that they hug themselves In Joy as
tboy look at their easily acquired treasures I
The Hon. William Llotd Gajimbon of
Boston is excited, as usual. Ho Is furiously
belllcoto In bebalt of ceaoe. In a letter to the
Boston Advertiser ho rages thus in defence of
tho Godkinlan doctrine I '
"I believe and deolar that the pending war Is un
neotuary and unrlghuoui, u much after at before
the beflnolnf of hostilities. Doe a lie become a
truth became a reckleu and excited Contreutonal
majority sweeps from hi mooring a well-lnttn-tloned
President? Are the verities alttred thereby?
And, tor 'thesallt of treason,' what bar the penal
ties been la the put that should affrlf bt on la the
present? The chief distinction ot the General our
otdler are to follow to tbalr tlaoshUr 1 that he tiu
not only a traitor to hi country, but to liberty. The
treason of 1801 U apreclott poweielon In 1898.
"Iapuratheourrent philosophy tbat Judtflee the
moit pungent orltlclim agelnit a pending wrong,
and, at It coniummatlon. shont blindly with the
multitude for the outrage. It li a symptom of low
moral and an abdication of ooxuclenoe."
Patriotism seems to Infuriate Mr, GaniusoN
nearly as much as football did, lie needs
sedatives and a (traitjacket.
It should not be forgotten In tho press of
other matter that tho Bon. Box, Stah has just
boon reolocted Mayor of Deadvrood, S. D. We
are unable to have absoluto confidence In tho
assertion mado by tho Minneapolis Tribune
tbat the Hon. Bol Star " has been Mayor of
Deadvrood since the beginning of tho Christian
era or thereabouts," but of his popularity and
power thero can be no doubt If South Dakota
had bad the love of solar-lunar statesmanship
that Dtadwcod has had and has, the lion, 801,
Btab would now have the peat so imperfectly
and absurdly oocnpUd by ths Hon. BlgnsBP
tJOAU AB COHXBAtlAtlD. Of TTJalt.
The Seaeml Iitervretallea Varemkle tm 17s
d Camrerakle t (pal.
To Trrsi Borron or Tub 8uk Sir: I see by
TriB Sox ot April S3 that Mr. Balfour, lritho
House of Commons, replying (o a qucatlon ot
Michael Davltt, said "that tho Government
could not lay It down as a principle that coal
was contraband of war, becauso It was.an Indis
pensable portion of the lighting equipment ot
modern warships. He had no denbt thot.cosl
would very frequently be contraband of war,
but It should not be so understood under all cir
cumstances," This statement, taken In connection with the
previous reports that tho British Government
had Instructed the colonial authorities In the
West Indies not to allow tho sale of coal to the
Bpanlsh agonts, seems to indlcato that Grott
Britain will onforco the doctrine that It has al
ways maintained, and that Is founded on sound
principles, namoly, that tho status ot an artlcio
which may bo Innocent or noxious according to
tho use to which It Is put Is determined hy tho cir
cumstances attending Its shipment. When it Is
presumably to bo used for belligerent purposes
It is contraband, but whon tho presumption is In
favor of Its uso for commercial or Industrial
purposes it is not contraband.
In the present case, where Spain will have an
imperative neod for coal for the warships sho
may send to tho West Indies to light tho United
States, to furnish It to her agents would bo as
much a breach ot neutrality as to furnish thorn
with cannon and gunpowder. "
One ot tho grounds upon which tho Untied
States claimed Indemnity of England for our
lasses by tbe Confodorate cruisers in our civil
war was that she had allowed them to supply
themselves with coal for the purpose of cruising
against onr commerce. And although theaward
of the Genera tribunal does not in torms hold
England responsible for tho damages Inflicted
by theso cruisers solely In consequence ot tbeso
supplies, yot from tho opinions of the arbitra
tors it seems that this was ono element of con
sideration In making up their verdict. Ono ot
them. Count Bolopli. said:
1 will not say that the simple fact of haying al
lowed a greater amount ot coal than was neceuary
to anabl a veiiel to reach tho neareit port ot It
country conitltule In luelta euinclfnt grlence to
call for an Indemnity. But It an exceulre supply ot
ooal 1 connected with other ctrcnmilance which
how tbat It was used a a veritable rts hoitttti, then
there 1 an Infraction ot the eccond article of the
treaty.
Great Britain evidently does not propose to
give us any such ground of complaint in our
present war with Spain.
Chancellor Kent, In his commentaries, discus
sing the subject of contraband, remarks:
It Is the uu billloi which determine! an article
to be contraband, and a article come Into uae a
Implement or war which were before innocent, there
1 troth In the remark that a the mean of war vary
and ihttt from time to time, the law ot nation shift
with them, not Indeed by the change of principled,
but by the ohange In tho application of them to new
caae, and In order to meet the varying tnrentlon
of war.
This Is especially true of coal, and Kent may
have had It in mind when he wrote. Mr. Hall,
in his treatise on international law. says:
Coal, owing to tbe latencu of tbe data at which it
ba beoome ot Importance lu war, I the subject of a
very limited uge. In 1859 and 1870 France de
clared It to be contraband) and, according to IL
Oaloo, the greater number ot the secondary Statca,
have pronounced thenuelre In a Mkoieme. Eng
land, on tbe other hand, during tbe war ot 1 B70, con
ldend tbat the character of coal should be deter
mined by Iti detlnatlon, and though ahe refilled to
clan It a a general rule with contraband merchan
dise, vearel were prohibited from tilling from
English port with lupplle directly eonilgned to tbe
French fleet In tbe North Sea. Oerinany went
farther and remonstrated atrongly against It export
to Franc being permitted by the Kngllih Govern
ment. Th claim waa eztraTaaaot, but the nation
which made It li not likely to exclude coal from lu
Hit of contraband. More recently, during the Weit
African conference ot 13B. Bujila took occasion to
dluent vigorously from the Inclusion of coal among
article! contraband of war, and declared iho would
categorically refuse her content to any article In any
treaty or convention which would imply It recog
nition as inch.
Th view taken by Bngland I unqneitlonably
tbat which ta most appropriate to the uiea ot the
commodity with wbloh it deal. Coal la employed so
largely and for ao (treat a number ot Innocent pur
potoi, the whole daUy Ufa of many nation It o de
pendent on It by It uu for making gaa, for drlrlng
locotnotlrci, and for the conduct ot the moil or
dinary Industrie!, that no aufflclent preaumption of
an Intended warlike uae li afforded by the simple
fact ot it destination to a belllgorent port.
Bat, on tbe otberhanl.lt I In tbe hlgheit degree
noxious when employed for certain purposes) and
when Its destination to such purpoaea can be ihown
to be extremely probable, a by lit consignment to a
port of nayal equipment, or to n naral itatlon inch a
Bermuda, or to a place sued a a port of call or a a
base of naral operation. It 1 dtrflcnlt to tee any rea
on for iporlcg It which would not apply to gun
powder. One article la a eueatlal to a condition of
naral offence as 1 tbe other.
Mr. Balfour, therefore, Is well within the au
thorities when ho declares "that coal would
very frequently bo contraband of war, but It
should not bo so understood under all circum
stances." In this position ho Is sustained by
the express orders of tho British Government of
somo years standing. In the British Admiralty
Manual of Prize Law, of ,1888, It is stated that
it Is part of tho perogative of the Crown during
war to extend or reduco tho list of articles to bo
held absolutely or conditionally contraband.
Tho Manual tben gives lists of articles whloh It
states are "for tho present" pronouneed abso
lutely or conditionally contraband. The list of
articles "conditionally contraband" embraces
the following artlclesi
Proriiloae and liquors fit tor the consumption ot
army or naryi tnoneyi telegraphlo material, uch
a wire, porou cups, pUtlnum, lulphurlo acid, and
sine; materlala for tbe construction of a railway, a
Iron ban, iteepert. Act coal, hay, hones, resin, tal
low, timber.
Ot course, this enumeration binds only British
subjects, but It will bo soon tbat It embraces a
great many artloloi, besides coal, which, whlla
generally used for commercial or Industrial
purposes, may be ot great and essential vnluo
for military purposes. As to all of them, tho
use for which they are presumably tntendod
will dotermlne whether thoy aro contraband or
not. For instance, telograph and railway mate
rials for tho uso of tho Spanish forces in tho
presont war would bo contraband and their
shipment to belligerent ports would bo prohib
ited. Tho same is true of horsos, so that Blanco
cannot purchase mounts for his cavalry, or
teams for bis army wagons, from Canada or any
of the English colonies. This being the caso,
we may congratulate ourselves on tho fortu
nate detention ot tho largo number of mules
that were on tho point of depsrturo from Now
Orloans last lhursday for Havana, whon
stopped by our authorities. Thoso mules may
yet roach Cuba, but If they do they will bear tho
brand of " U. S." on them.
I have not considered the effoot of the treaty
of 1705 between tho United States and Spain
on this question of contraband. Article XVI.
ot that treaty deolares "horsos with tholr
furniture" to bo contraband, whllo coal is
pronounced by It not contraband. It Is
not clear, however, from its wording that
this artlcio was mode in contempla
tion of war between tho two countries, and
if It should be held that It was not It would bo
subject to tho rule that war abrogates all trea
ties and artlclss except tboio mado In contem
plation of war. Besides, it it wore bold to be
till binding on tho parties, it would not bind
other nations not parties to it, J, S. T.
Wasuinoton, April 24.
Th Dytohsnea and Their Vflvsa,
To tits Korroa or Tin Sox Sir: The tbre Dutch
eouplit who bought hog a described by 0. At. 0. In
Tux Be of lait Monday wri
Gcrlrulg and Conullnai
Oatryu aid Cluaii
Anna and Mendrlck.
Ueudrlcki bought a hogiat 1,0(4 ihllllngii Anna
81 hogs for 001 .hllllngsi (Jlaaa. IS for 1441 Catryn.
Ofor till Cornelius, 8 for 04, and Uertrul-, 1 fori
billing. T. V. L
Mxw YOBJt, April 10.
That Is tbe right answer, Tbe following eorre
pondeato bar alto soeceutully mtl tbe Dutch
men aad Dutchwomen and aocurately enumerated
the fcogai B. h it William U. BoDert, W. 0. W,
F.jJ, Byaa, Apouoniu, Angus Saru, Jha Saahr,
llind:rtils.0,0bb4i,,t,iiVyJtJli 14 ijo
fkMrilra&,r
ittJf CAM? OF OAPt. ttAttr.
'
tnjwime4 tr Dels tnal llwiTWIt Taakoe
sfntlt la Dome Maw.
Too Cuban-American League ha sent tbe sub
joined letter to President McKlntey, calling his
attention to tbe case of Capt J. D. Hart of
Philadelphia!
"There la an American elttren, Capt. J. D. Hart
of Philadelphia, scrying; a two years sentence
in the Eastern Penltontlary, Philadelphia, con
victed of doing a little bit earlier than the'roat
of us what wo are all doing to-day, that is, aid
ing tho causo of Cuban freedom.
"Tho Cubsn-Amorlcan League would urgo
upon you that at tho earliest posslblo moment you
would lssuo to Capt. Hart a pardon) and more,
that you would call him at onco Into the servlco
of tbe Government In conncotlon with trans
portation sorvlces In the Gulf and around Cuba,
Hecanboof very great servlco to tho cause.
"Capt, Hartbas suffered, Is sudcrlne. Impris
onment, as did Capt. Nathan Halo In the earlier
period In our history and for the same cause.
Ills business hiu been brokon up and his health
Impaired, and It doos soem to us that we but
voice the unanimous wish of the Amorlcan peo
ple when we urgo that everything that can be
dono bo dono at this time, to give him the ap
preciation bo deserves and to help htm to recoup
his bustnotg and recover his losses.
"Wo bellore In this matter that wo are but
calling to your mind the carrying out of what
will be one of tho pleasan test duties ot your life."
FltBIOUT OH TUB EltlJS QAVAIu.
Varied Assortment or Merchandise Carried an
tbe State' Waterwai.
The consideration of the canal question en
gaged a considerable part ot tho attention of the
recent Albany Legislature during its brief ses
sion. Tbo proposition to incur now indebted
ness for tho Improvement of tho Stato's water
ways was postponed; the proposition to turn
over tho Erie Canal to the Federal Government
was disapproved, and a renewal ot tho project
to use a new motl vo power on the canals as a
substitute for tho presont method of traction
was postponed.
Very few persons have an accurate Idea of the
diversity of the products carried in a year on
tho Erlo canal and on the other waterway of
tho State which aro ramifications of tho Erie
canal systom. Tho annual tonnago ot articles
moved on tho canals of Now York does not vary
much from 3,000,000, and It Is a fact necessary
to the proper consideration of tbe canal ques
tion tbat tbo tonnage from west to east, tram
Buffalo to Now York, Is Just about double the
tonnago from east to west. Prior to tho year
1803 tho canal tonnage of the Stato was in ex
cess of tho present-figures and averaged so for
a number ot years. Tbe decrease Is not
ascrlbablo to tho diminished demand for
canal facilities by shippers, but to the
fact that the poliey of the State ba.beon of lato
to restrict the number of canals and gradually
to concentrate tho canal business in tho ono
main waterway, tho Erie canal, disposing of tho
others by degrees, as authorized by a Constitu
tional amendment This course Is mado neces
sary by tbe fact that tho minor canals have
always been run at a loss. Tho Krlo canal re
tains Its business partly because of the facilities
it offers for through traffic, but more largely
because, in recent years, tho commerce of tbe
lakes between Buffalo and tbe Western
ahlnntnir rtolnla. Chlnarm. Mllwnnkeo. Dn-
luth, Cleveland. Detroit, and Sandusky,
has lncrcasod enormously. A very gen
eral opinion prevails that n considerable
portion of tbo business of Now York's canals is
In the moving of grain from tho West, particu
larly corn and wheat. Such, honover, is not
the cose. Tho chief Item of transportation Is
lumber, to the amount on an arernpo of more
than 000,000 tons in a year, coal following sec
ond on tbo list In quantities very noarlyaa
large, the amount ot hard coal or anthracite
carried West betnir flvo times greater than tho
amount of soft or bituminous coal carrlsd East)
and to this fact Is due the circumstance tbat tho
disparity between east-bound and westrbound
business ot tbe cAnals, now two to one,
is not greater. Though western Now York
yields on enormous quantity of fruit of
the very best quality, and tho apple
orchards of this portion of the State on or near
the Erie canal are famous even In other coun
tries, very little fruit is moved on tbo canals,
and oddly, too, very little bar only 3,000 tons
last year. Though the line of the canal Is
through the salt region about Syracuse, Very
llttlo salt, relatively, is moved on tho canals,
but last year there was a considerable tonnago
ot sugar and molasses, togotber with 180,000
tons of Ice, only tt'i of butter, very little pe
troleum, stone and clay In abundance, no blues
to speak of, and no liquors, spirituous or fer-
mpntAd.
A Buairestlon a to tho War.
To the Editor op Tnu Box Sir: The call
ot tho Prosldcnt for volunteors puts on us wbo
come within regulations as to ago and health an
urgent duty to rospond, especially bo on thoso
who saw tho justice and necessity for Interven
tion and advocated It. oven to the extent of war.
I am in tbat position; yot being a civilian with
very pressing home responsibilities, I hesitate
to enlist for tho following reason:
I believe tbe war will be of short duration.
I bellero an effective blockade of Cuban ports,
or ono Important naval battle In favor ot our
country, will absolutely paralyze Spain and
bring her army in Cuba faca to face with starva
tion, which of course would mean qulcksur
render. I believe tho United States regulars, aided by
tho various State National Guard regiments,
are quite sufficient to free Cuba; that. In fact,
an effective blockade on tho ono hand and a
liberal distribution of equipment to the Cuban
Army would bring matters to a speedy conclu
sion, ncoding lilflo or no active service from our
troops.
I believe the National Guard will fill the
requisition of 100,000 men, drilled, disciplined,
men ready for immediate field duty, and conso
quontly that ordinary civilians aro not really
needed and may be only In tbe uar. If my bo
lief be built on Insufficient knowledge of tha
forces for and against us. If unhappily the fight
should bo proloiiROd and stubborn because of
cllmatlo conditions or naval mishap, would It
not be wine for tbo Government under a short,
simple bill to give us civilians a chanco by tamo
ouch plan as this, which I think both prudent
and fruitful :
Enllit u a a provisional guard for say nine
months, or while tbe armories may be vacated
by their present regiments, and have officer to
Instruct and drill us regularly in the armorlee.
If tho war were not ended by that time and
thero was a need for recrultB, considerations of
home and fitmlly should glvo way to obvious
publloduty, and there would bo at hand armories
full of men, no longer more raw "awkward
squads," but of considerable military efficiency,
ready to Join the rerular army.
Such a plan would do away with tbe necessity
of leaving one homo month beforo one Is of
nny use lor military purposes, would obrlats
tho sacrifice of Immense private and publto In
terests, would give opportunity for drilling and
training under tho beat conditions and at lowest
cost, and would, I am sure, bo accepted by thou
sands who are vtllllng to do their shnroof publio
duty whllo nvoldlng as far as posslblo any fool-
Ish wasto of life or substance. It would also no
lad thing lesion tbo theatric, recrultlne, which
tho war will excite. P. A. MOYtfAHAN.
10 Excuanqu Place, New Youir, April 22.
Uew b Tblt
To ttt rorros or Tns Bra Sir; A peculiar aad
not at all edifying tpectacl was prolan ted in front ol
publio property, on an Important New Tork thorough
fare, on Thursday afternoon. 1 refer to Jefferaoa
llaxkat. In Sixth arann. la front of which were piled,
la confusion, household effect and nUnilli of th
Janitor of Jefferson Market, William Johnaon, about
whose tenure there la pending a legal oontrorerey,
Johnson Is a colored man, and b wa noently rtv
inored, or notified that be wa remored, by the Com
missioner of Correction, and another Janitor wa
appointed In hit place- Johnson dispute! the legality
of tbe removal, but with that phase of the matter
court and not private Individuals hare to do. It ap
peal that II. B. Kearney, the Commissioner or Dulld
Ingi, 0 a, and Suppllet. a rello of tbe "reform ad.
ministration" under which be wa a Subway
Oommuwloner, undertook on Thursday to evict John
on and his chstteli, and a li ttated In Tux Sex of
toll morning, resardleit ot an Injunction obtained by
Johnson from the Supreme Court, tb employee! of
Kearnry. In disregard of II, continued toremore the
effect of Johnson, which were piled onth sidewalk,
gathering a large crowd, Interfering with bullae
and trarno, and aoandalltlng tnauy
There bat already been trouble with Kearney on
the gat supply, as nun readtra are aware, through bli
threat, mtde tome time ao. to Iran, parta of the
ilty In darkues and to remote tbs ornamental lamp
to be teen in many thoroush'arei fie wit "called
down " by the hoard of EsltmaM and Apportionment,
and Is now to be aeea In tbe buslnesior "eTlot'nK,
Individual! ot wboae tenure he la not the lawful
Judge. Whatever tbe matlta of the controversy be
tween Johnson and the Department of Correction,
there It but one thing to do with an order of Ihehn
preme Court, and that li to rripect Itiand publio
officor should be ctpeclilly circumspect In thU Ai
TiisStx itatea this uinralng, the repretontatlretof
the Bureau of Encumbrances, In my opinion, precipi
tately and uaneoeasarlly summoned, forJbor to
molrst the property on the stztb avenue aldewalk
when apprised ot the Supreme Court order to the
coatrary. What .Is the matter with Kearney ?
'.rasVAjyUW,!? ., H'ft'Vt ,1
z J-
rttB irouBit or axAar. i
Intorestlafc ilatlitlc Oaeeratnsr Their Seetal y
aad Iatelleetual Canailles. 3
Jrom f A Chicago Tlnst-tltratS. '' J5
A great deal has boon written about Bpanlsh A
men, but I think ono may find a truer key to ( t J
Bpanlsh character by taking a glimpse of the - v
misery of tho Bpanlsh women. I dpubt if the -
Spanish woman is any bettor oft than the Turk
ish woman, and whtlo American women are net
clamoring for a conflict, tho fact remains that
tho taking of Spain from the European gtotf
raphy might prove a great step In advano fo?
the women of that land.
It appears from an offlolal document whteU
namo my way the other day that bnt 9,030,018
Spanish women can read or write. This fraction
Is almost as big ns tho male army that knows It
own language. It Is a pitiful showing, but it Is
only tbo beginning of the toblo of tawl
wretchedness. Tho municipalities Hit OljOiff
professional beggars wbo wear petticoat. Then
there aro 828.031 women who earn thelt living
by working In tho farm fields. There are
310,800 women rated as day servants, whj
got but llttlo moro thsn board and sholterfo
their work, and In all tho dylnn; dynasty thoro)
aro but 710.000 girls In the schools of any kind,
publio or private. Thoro are twice as many
fatnale mendicants as male. The census shows m
that 0,704,400 women havo noither professions II
nor trades, and aro altogether dependent upon U
Charily, the possibility of (retting marrlod or
hard labor at starvation wnprcs.
Th same lamentable condition of tho Boanira
woman Is shown by a glanc at another laa or
her life. The kingdom has but eyenty-foor
women claaied as literary writers. There are
but seventy-eight women physicians in the
mother country and all the provinces. Tho
women school teachers number only 14,400. a
compared with 24,012 men, but this does not
include tbo nuns, who aro classod by themsol ves,
and number 28,040. . ...
Spanish women who are fortunate live in tne
most magnificent homes and soem never to)
bother their heads about tho poorer sitter a
their doors. The favorite resort for tho grand
sofioras is San Sebastian, and the lives tho care
less Spanish women ot fashion lead there 'dur
ing the summer Is said to be a scandal over all
Europe. There is scarcely a pretence at pro
priety or oven ordinary conventionality. Asia
France, a majority of tho young girls of tha
best families aro educated in tho convents.
Their greatest accomplishment Is embroidery,
and they sit and sit and sit at their knitting un M
til some man from an ancient and bankrupt
house or a bull-raising plantation comes alone; f
and marries them. Clubilfe Is unknown. Mar-
rlages are celebratod very early In llfo, and but
few peoplo who get wenry of those early alii; M
anoes ever go to the trouble and formality of
Sotting a divorce, Tbo unhappy couplos simply
Ivldo up the household things and live tbe bat- M
anceof their lives tho bostwny they can.
Spanish womon, so I havo found, have very J
little outdoor amusement. The bicycle Is Just I
beginning; to ba admitted, but under protest,
Tho yonnn; women love their Queen next to
pretty frocks and glittering fans and bright rib
bons. They flock to tho cruel shows In tho bull
ring and lat'gh and chcor at tho horrlblo speo
tacles. Thoy show no moro pity than on Ameri
can cirl bottows upon tho dashing hardships
which tho averaco tennis playerTjr tho golfer
undergocn when no performs in a broiling sun
to amuse her.
English Name In Connecticut, '
To to Editor or Tus S us Sir; In a recent very
readable paper in the Mis England Xagatln oa H,
Jonathan Trumbull. tbetrnlyrcipectableOOTernorof Jj
Connecticut and Revolutionary worthy whom Wain- fin
Ington Immortalised by his familiar sobriquet ot
Brother Jonathan, a rare lustanoo of pleaiantry on
the part of the Father ot hit Country on reoord, I 9
find an assertion made at random to enforce a
point which la wholly Irreconcilable with facta. M
Thl It to obviously a misstatement I am nrprlied II H
haa not been corrected. In a paragraph on the no. H
menclature or the towns and vtllacci of the colony
and State the writer declare these namei wore bora
on the soil." Tie admits Jnitlytae rery proper re
tentlonof tbe old Indian names, ao plctureaque and
characteristic, but adda that, except some names an
gllclied from the Dutch, none, as we recall, waa trout
old England, aa In Massachusetts and eleewhrro.
Mow, oertalnly In colonial days It wa th custom
In New England for a century and a half 10 perpet
uate the old English namea on heraoll or tho home!
ot her fathore and founder!. Historical names
abound everywhere In New England, transferred
from the mother country. Except lb Indian, there
were no Indigenous namest all other were English,
except a few Irish. Welsh, and Scotch! any map,
geography or gazetteer of the New England State,
'and especially ConnecUcut. prove that.
A a matter of curiosity I havo made a list, omit
ting; aomo names, perhaps, bnt which I beUerve la tot- I
erably complete: Bolton, Burlington. Canterbury. Vl
Chester, Chatham, Colchester, Cornwall, Coventry. H
Derby. Enneld. Oranby, Greenwich. Olutenbury, jU
Guilford, Hartford. Kent. Litchfield, Lyme, Ml I ford, r-'m
liarlborongh. Orford. Oxford. Norwich, New London. i fm
Freiton, Pomtret. Itoxlmry. Beading. Salisbury. Scot- ' 9JB
land. Stepney, Saybrook, Stafford, Stamford, strat- H
ford, Norwallr. Thames. Torrlnoton, Wipplng, Wood- w
Btock, Windsor, Windham, Westminster. All these p 1
are derived distinctively from England, except two, (
Preatoa and Scotland, from Scotland. "l
Ilonor to tbe Connectlcnt fathers and founders
who brought their language and religion, law and
polity, and alio their historical nomenclature of '
cities, towns, villages, rivers, from across the ooeaa
to their new home In th old colony.
Old Coxxxcncux.
Basnn noted Itaanea la Ttaahlnoton.
To Tire EnrroR or Tire Son sir.- The ttev. Hea
Bwem Is tbe pastor of the Second Baptist Church .
(white) of thl! city. It has COO or 000 member, and
1 next to tb largest. Calvary Baptlt only being '
larger. ''
Golden, Love A Co. I the name of a firm here.
Adam Skeeter la the name of a well known resident
of West Washington, and Ills Httty Medina 1 a real- i
dent ot I treet, N. E., tuli city.
Maury Dove la a coal dealer, and dee Oyaterabut. ,
ter merchant. W. S. P. .1
WaSHtKaToy, April S3.
"Pink Whisker."
To TmtEDiTon or Tits Sok Sir: Lieut. -Col. James
Hamilton Lewis Is getting a degree of advertising
that entitles him to a place healde Col. Abe Sluptky
and the lion. Dink Botta. Tire Snv Is usually very
accurate, and states tbat th Lieutenant-Colonel la
ordinarily known a "Ham" Lewis. I have had the
dlitlngnlihed honor of a personal acquaintance with
tbe doughty warrior, and can assure you that he I
more generally it not more favorably known aa
"Pink Whisker " , Gsunxa,
NEW Yosk, April 114 1 '
Had.
To vmt Esrron or Tn sov Sir: X have been at
tending meetings. Ac , In Metropolitan Temple, Sev
enth avenue and Fourteenth itreet. for some time,
and last night tome one asked If they wonld float th
Amertoaa llac rrom tbe building. It wa answered
with, "It might not please some r?ember of satd f
church." What li your opinion of aame F i
haw Yoek, April sj. Josxra Jomaox. I
Ho Word tVnaled. I
JYom the Bt. Janet's Oazitte. M
KlngFrder!ck WllllamllL wasverjtpareof werda, M
a It well known, but one day he wa told there ws H
at Tdplltt, where he was Just drinking th water, a U
Hungarian magnate 11111 lesa talkative than the Kin;, JH
An opportunity for a meeting waa soon managed, and H
th following conversation took plaoe, the Etna H
beginning! "Bathing?" "Drinking." " Soldier H
"Magnate." "Good." ' Policeman f" "King." H
Compliment." M
Our Pillar Squadron. H
rrom Ine Denver Tines. H
When the Bpanlsh vessels gather Jl
Like tbe pirate fleet of yore, H
When they leektotweep the ooeaa a H
All along the Cuban sborei fafAfJ
When they strip tuemeelvea for action faani
And tbe eyes ot netlont atare, anssn
Tou oatt bet tbo Flying Squadroa H
And lu fighters fB
Thero. M
When tbo woe of war"! upon na, flnH
Whan destroyers plough the tea, H
When ttorro Cislle crumble sssa
And the Cuban flag Is met ,
When tbe flash and name of battl K
Tint th balmy Southern air, fAffl
Tou can bet the Flying Scjuadroa M
And It! Oghten -
Will H
Be
Then. JH
When the Spanish nation topples H
And IU rulna rise In (moke. SAfJ
When IU (tarring, beggar anbjeets B
Oaat away a orusl yoke, B
When the un of freedom penatrat B
The cloud of Cuba' ears, H
Tou can bet th Flying Squadroa H
And lu fighter
Will H
m
There.
When the notae of battle echo H
In tbe annals ot th pest, Bl
Whsn the flag of poor old Cabs
la a freeman' flag at lat, jH
Whan tbe dove of peao U monarch, Bh
When the iword become a ehare, BBJ
Even tben our Flying Squadroa BB1
And IU fighter -
WUI tH
Thar. -H
Adleat M
lYvm the Cleveland Plain Dealer. AVA
Land ot garlio and tortilla. SAB
Land of xabara and roantlllaa, BB
Land of mules and imugglsd btttda, tgBJ
Land of raisins and of fritter. BB
Laud of Pedro and of Hamho, BB
Laud or Weyleraadof Blanco, tajSJI
Land of bull flgnu and pee!, sssssss!
Laudof dusky lefiorltaa. BJ
Land of manner stiff and haughty, Bl
Lard of Isabella naughty. H
Land vf Boabdll and ICamn. fbsssssi
Don't you hear your li ncl GSSjfi f -jH
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