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V liF1 Slbtquo No, 10, IIoiltoMiril ilc Capuciues.
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ft K f To Culm To China.
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K 9?' i. Tyog6 ot unprecedented significance
Ml jB &;, Trill bo that of tho Philadelphia, a mer
M IM 3L cliant ship which left Now York yesterday
flr: C 'or t'10 Cuban cltv of Santiago. Although
W k fL Gen. Blanco, with au army of over 100,-
gH JK - 000 men, holds Havana, pcaco already ex-
PR 1 't8 between tho United States and Cuba's
' MS lis eastern cnd,and ItufrulUuro already drop
tk '. II . " P,DK 'or Santiago's starving and tdlo and
K K. for American commerce. When Cuba has
B. , K , beenswopt clean of Spain our trade Tf 1th
JX , B' gf,,, It will bo many times multiplied oyer that
' w ''' Meonwlillo a chango Is being effected
K ffi - along tho routo across tho Pacific. Two
ft fifo thousand miles off San Francisco, not for
' I a? ' from tho straight way to Manila, Is Hono-
I W lulu, whore tho American flag already
if S I floats. Wake Inland, In the Anson nrcbl-m-
' m '' polago, 1,800 miles further westward, has
W I 3 t been similarly decorated. Twelve hundred
V. S miles westerly from Wake, tho Stars and
K I S A Stripes nro floating over tho Ladrona
K J M iVy Island of Guam, from tho citadel where the
t K S Spanish Governor regretted that ho had
i M' v not powder to return tho Charleston's so-
& Er'- 'u' tnc cm' of nno,nor 1,200-mllo
E , K'flfi courso west from Guam Is Manila, 000
J? iiji miles from Hong Kong,
In Sik, ' Ships whlah need frequent coaling will
iw 1 Ht "nJ on tl10 V07aEe from San Francisco to
I J H W? Manila that tho flint stago, or tho ono to
Iv lev the Sandwich Islands, will be the longest
' Irk to bo covered without finding a stopping
' Ik ?' place whero American coal will bo sold.
, II L Does It need a man who has followed tho
m I E rf ' ,ca or ono "" ,f Tcntures ' Oriental
1 I fe; trade to feel a thrill of prldo and satlstac-
K S H f 'ou llt "10 tl'0,1Kht that mariners will
w I " scarcely bo out of sight of tho American
' H fr- flagon the road from California to "China
fi' It ' 'cross tho bay"?
I'W fc,i- - Tho Colonel Un tho Hitching Block.
! pf ' The advanco of tho only political Colonel
i L upon tho enemy is punctuated with
&& speeches. Tho Third Nebraska, with Its
' f- PopuIIst-mnde commander, dopartcd from
; l' Kr Omaha amid comprehensivo and elaborate
1 $JT ceremonies, which seem to havo lacked
3 only a big barbecue to bo complote. Col.
H V Biitan left Nebraska in n blaze of Thes-
f' 52' V i. plan glory; and ho Is showing all along
f H v tno route how diligently he has studied
I S" 8 S ' 'H rar 1' nc,or ,Tns over happier than
I i he Is now. In his full regimentals ho looks
t, ft S every Inch a soldier.
1: St e Atlanta being for tho purposes of tho
t t & present performance what is called In tho
!fjp c" r profession a one-night stand, tho Colonel
gfe Jf ); halted his regiment In that town for only
HI il If about two hours. This was on Thursday.
p W f Tho Colonel was met at tho train by some
IK Hr I- of his friends, who learned to admire him
KB 3 K originally In the role of a statesman, and
pf S was by them escorted to tho Kimball
f W' I House, where a large audience had assem-
1 I f!' l)'cd- Tl)p Colonel mounted a stone hitch-
MU B & 'nK l)loc't' not ample superllclally for the
i. Mf 2 Jfc larger stago eflccts, but sufficiently cle-
M- V K Tatcd to bring his shoulder straps above
J i W1 ffi S? 'le 'lorlzon ancl spoke eloquently upon
f- f t tho rotations of North and South In the
, wl Ir present war. Then ho resumed his advance
'6 i, I" ;Fl on tue enemy at t,le bead of the sixteen-
w- ' iff to-ono mousquetaircs.
' ffi I Sff .Thus as he marches forward does the po-
I ff l B lltlcal Colonel add victory to victory 1 No
, a ; 11 other Colonel In the service, nor Indeed
' W i' W nnjr Drlgadler-General or Major-Gcnerol,
I1 can match him for energy and efficiency in
W ' jj? e stone hitching block campaign.
,. i- A Curious Humor from Berlin.
1' ! fti": ' ne 'ore'Kn correspondence of tho Lon-
' 1 ' Hf' on ,a"1' 1t' 1Tero not usually trust-
R. il 'worthy, wo should pay no attention to tho
W ? ES despatch which It received from Berlin on
ft fig Friday, to the effect that the powers, with
j,' . ' W.p tno exception of Great Brituln, liavoar-
'. I i i' rived at an agreement with regard to the
I p J,i Philippines. They havo decided, so it is
l' . J 'v" alleged, that they will not allow the Islands
' t 51 to be annexed by the United States j neither
I R- h 'w'" thoy conscnt to tne establishment of
I 1 I an Anglo-American protectorate.
I K L If wo could credit this report, wo should
1 Is I '"xvo ' ,,c"evo "mt Russia, France and
lift Gonnany, while professing friendship for
' t P W thl country, aroresolved to trrntusasthcy
W iB & did the Japanese, when they forced tho lat-
E' ff W ter to rcvlso tho Shlmonosekl treaty, and to
K S 'f & renounce a precious part of the fruits of vie-
ft" tory' Wo should also have to believe, first,
E P K' tbat tho temper of the American people Is.
S Ik. r '" uner8t0(Ml '" Rorllu, Paris and St,
mi W m liit Petersburg that Immcdlato submission
W & m w- upon our part is taken for granted; and,
t ii t ' Mcolidly, that It Is also assumed that, In
' & '- ' caso ot rcHlhtancoi wo should be left, as
' w W' were tho Japaneso, to face, single-handed, a
K- m P 'f,J" mighty coalition.
m M f Neither of these assumptions Is adrals-
tfo f' ible. In this age of electricity It Is Impos-
K- ' iF "Ible for Governments to remain Ignorant
W- & ilr'' ' tl10 ro-sourct's' tl)0 Inteutlous and the
W h '-fcE?" l,ub,' BI,lr"- of every clvlllxed nation.
m- I S HKv T'loro ,H no German, French or Itusslan
tf &' i-' Btntesman so blind to what is going on
j fc around him as to Imagine that tho United
: & I lif ' EtntC8illll',Jri,ormmi'it,compuredwlth
m, II 1 L(Jf Japan on tho score of population, wealth
W P ' g jffi'1 anil cajiaclty for waging a long military
' S !H,, and navtil wur. It Is equally unlikely that
W tf '' fc Jf' Continental diplomutlsts have omitted to
? ' y f?" )8llru ,,ow deeply Kngland regrets her
i K failure to I'ticnuragn tho Japanese to rofuno
K' ' J f a S aruvlflon of the Shimonosekl treaty. To
W t" W ' PPoset'"lt the blunder will Iw repeated
m ' 1 in the ensu of the Tiilteil Stutes and tho
' C ' fji. I'iilllppliicH, Is to Impute to Great llrltuln a
W " ' coinplcto disregard of her own Interehts,
m' ? ' ft BE 1"1 ' lrat "K "lnHOr-v ,mi declarations
H A ' TEl lately miuin In tho House of Commons, not
- ?, f k' i only I,y Ir" t''IAMlii:ttl.Ai.N, hut by the
K t 1 I spokesmen of both political parties, re
ft ! fill Kurdlngthe Importance of an AngloAmerl.
BK' ft1 I It. Els C"" ullll('rHtn,"1l,lK- A still later Incident
Br K I W I' will not Iki overlooked. It was only last Krl
B m R IC lay evening that Mr. (iosciiKN, annoiiiiclng
Bv E ;KxOZ t'le 1,rl"sl1 "lTal programme, allowed It
I If- E- J,Mt,,irll3r Si'en tlllU Kngland, pme
B f 'BBS elItlT might havo need of a large naval
I't 'ffilf' forcoin the Far Hast, although, for the mo
B 8 ' PIk. ment, there is no cloud on the horizon In
B f-' .' that quarter, unless it be the apprehension
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that the Continental powers may try to in
terfere with tho disposition of the Philip
pines by tho United States. Some of Mr.
Goschkn's words should bo weighed core
fully. After pointing out that the new
battleships must bo of such a draught that
thoy con pass through tho Sue Canal with
out being obliged to lighten, ho proceeded
to say: "Thoy will bo designed to meet
those ships they ore likely to encounter In
tho waters to which they are sent, Wo
shall bo fully equal to meeting them there.
I think tho honorablo gentlemen will bo
ablo to read between the lines. I do not
think it necessary to emphasize the matter
further."
As a matter of fact, It Is only through co
operation with tho vessels of cither Japan
or tho United States that the Drltlsh war
ships can bo made "fully equal" tothocom
blnod naval forces of France, Germany and
Russia on the western shores of tho Pacific.
Tbcro Is not the slightest reason to think
that Great Britain contemplates a com
bination with Japan, which latter country,
for the moment, has no International prob
lem on its hands. By a process of elimina
tion, therefore, wo arrive at tho conclusion
that Mr. Goacun.N must hove In vlow co
operation with tho United States, In tho
event of an endeavor on tho part of Conti
nental powers to curb our liberty ot notion
In tho Philippines.
The fundamental grounds on which wo
deollne to credit tho despatch from Berlin
to tho Daily News are those which we havo
often had occasion to specify. It Is not for
tho Interest of Russia, France or Germany
to drlvo us Into the arms of England,
and this they would unquestionably do
by an attempt to deprive us of
tho fruits of conquest In tho Philip
pines. It Is Improbable that tho thrco Con
tinental powers could succcod In wresting
from us tho Philippines against tho com
bined resistance of the United States and
Kngland, and In all likelihood tho solo out
como of tho effort would bo to render an
Anglo-American alltanco an accomplished
fact. On tho other hand. If wo are per
mitted to deal with tho Philippines,
as Franco has dealt with Tonquln and
Anam, as Hussla has dealt with tho
Khanates ot Central Asia and as Germany
dealt with Alsace-Lorraine, wo shall
emerge from the war with Spain untram
melled by any serious obligation to any
foreign power, and at liberty horc
after from our coign of vantage at
Manila to mako such International com
binations as, from time to time, shall
seom expedient. It would be an act
of stupendous folly for Russia, France and
Germany to renounce tho hopo of entering
at somo futuro conjuncture into cordial
relations with tho great American republic,
and to make this sacrifice- in exchange for
tho extremely doubtful cbanco of beating
tho American and English fleets In a naval
war for tho possession of tho Philippine
archipelago.
Wo shall need more substantial evidence
than a despatch from Berlin to a London
nowspapcr to convince us that tho assur
ances of friendship given to our Govern
ment by the Ambassadors of Busnia, Ger
many and Franco are not uttered In com
plete sincerity.
Tho Porto Rico Campaign.
It the expedition to Porto Rico is carried
out on tho lines indicated in our Washing
ton despatches, it will mako a thorough
conquest of the Island. By landing both
on the north and the south coasts tho atten
tion of tho enemy would bo disconcerted,
while tho converging of tho landing par
tics upon San Juan would cut off all Its
sources of supply.
Porto Blco affords In several ways a
favorable field for our operations. It con
tains, In round numbers, about 800,000
people, or half as many as Cuba, but has
not a twelfth part of tho latter's area. It
presents no serious obstacles In marching to
an Invader. A range of Interior moun
tains runs lengthwise through tho island,
but there are good road communications
from the south coast to tho north, notably
from Ponce, a short distance from Guanlca,
which Is reported to bo among the landing
places selected for our troops. Guanlca Is
one of the very few ports of the Island
generally recognized as safo from the fierce
winds and heavy ground seas. But, with
San Juan on the north side, and too well
fortified for direct cntranco by transports,
It is desirable to laud In force also on
that shore; hence tho reported choice ot
Fajardo, a port from thirty to forty miles
east of San Juan, and five miles south of
the northeastern corner of the Island.
There, again, Is a flno harbor, with very
fair roads, It Is said, to the capital.
Tho value of false reports In regard to
landing places, with a view to deceiving
the enemy, must, of course, be kept in mind,
as wo havo already suggested ; still, wher
ever the actual debarkations may provo to
be, level strips of shore regions will favor
the transportation of artillery, and even the
lagoons on the north shore should preseut
no serious obstacle. It Is gratifying that
Gen. Mii.es's call for an adequate ronvoy
has now been compiled with. Such a
force Is needed not only for covering
tile lauding of the troops, but for
making demonstrations nt other points
along tho coaat, In order to distract the
enemy's attention; and now that ships
enough have been provided, this can easily
be done. Tho force both of ships and troops
assigned to tho Porto Itlco campaign Is
such as to promise promptness as well aa
success in Its conclusion.
Wo Havo Hern to tho Mediterranean.
Some people on the other side of tho
ocean seem to think that It would be a
new departure for tho United States to
wage war against Spain In hor own waters.
They talk us If conducting naval opera
tions In tho Old World would violate
American traditions.
Hut tho historic fact Is that, to say noth
ing of the warfare so brilliantly carried on
by John Paul Jonhh during the Revolu
tion ulong tho British coasts, among our
early hostilities us a nation wcro those un
dertaken In tho Mediterranean. In tho
opening years of this century tho Barbary
States levied tributes on our commerce, as
upon that of Europe, and sometimes at
tucked our ships and threw our sailors Into
prison. A squudrou vt cut out against them,
ami the Bashaw of Tripoli proinptlyshowed
flj;ht. Tho Enterprise raptured ono of his
polucres and then we blockaded Tripoli.
It was there that IlKOATim performed his
gallant feat of boarding and blowing up
tho Philadelphia after she had fallen Into
the i-nemy's bunds through giouudlug,
and that the during Soiii.ns met his
fate In the Intrepid, while closely connect
ed with it was Eaton's land march und
capture of Derne,
And that was not nuronly Mediterranean
war. In 1810, following the peace with
England, Decatur took out another squad
ron to chastise the Algerian pirates. Ill I
I
first exploit was to capture the frigate
Moshouda, after a tight In which Dam
iiida, tholr Admiral, was killed; and two
days later a 22-gun brig was captured.
Then he proceeded to Algiers and forced the
Hey to mako peace. Theso operations were
carried on not far from the waters In which
Watson would appear, should ho attack
Spain's footholds In Africa.
It may bo sold that these wore not wars
with a European power; but can It bo seri
ously supposed that we arc not to attack an
enemy wherever wo can do him the most
Injury ? If Watson finds it expedient to
land a force In tbo Cauarlcs or tho Balearic
Islands, and to hold a port there, ho will
certainly do so. Tho supposition that we
havo no right to attack Spain on her own
coasts is, of course, absurd; but what wo
point out just now is simply that we havo
never, by our national practice, suggested
tho notion that tho Mediterranean was not
open aB a war arena to our fleets.
Tho Problem of tho Stars.
Tho futuro disposition of tho stars In tho
blue field of the American flag continue to
interest many of our friends. Theone thing
generally admitted Is that the stars arc al
ready too small for Individual distinction
and too numerous for beauty, as they are
now arranged. Any further increase In
the number ot tho Btoxs. on the existing
plan of rectilinear arrangement, will tend
to dlluto tho blue of our banner, and
to mako It appear to tho eyo as spot-span-glcd
rather than star-spangled. The stars
will become mere star-dust.
Undoubtedly tho most obvious remedy,
and perhaps tho most graceful, would bo to
group the little stars In one composite star,
Its centre occupying tbo centre of tho flold.
Artistically and symbolically, the plan Is
excellent. The effect at a distance would
be fine, tho richness and depth of tho beau
tiful bluo would be preserved, and the cen
tral Idea of our institutions, E Plurlbus
Unum, would bo Illustrated onco more.
We havo already stated tho principal ob
jection. Tho flag of tho llttlo African re
public of Liberia is closely copied after
ours. It has eleven red and white stripes
and a bluo field containing a slnglo largo
whlto star. It Is not likely that much
practical inconvenience would result, on
the high seas or elsewhere, from a confu
sion of the two emblems; but, neverthe
less, our dusky little offspring across tho
Atlantic bos rights of priority which must
bo respected.
Tho proposition has beenroado by several
correspondents to obtain moro room for the
stars by extending tho field, cither longi
tudinally, along tho stripes, or downward,
across the stripes. We do not think that
cither plan will win favor, after It has been
considered carefully. To disturb the o list
ing and traditional proportion between the
field and the rest ot the flag would be to
alter the wholo character of tho banner,
and that is something which no American
Is disposed to tolerate.
Tho samo objection applies even morodo
cidedly to " Aga want's" idea, sent to us
from Sprlneflcld. Ho would extend tho
bluo all over, as In the flag which we now
call the Union Jack ; but between the rows
of whit stars he would introduce red
stripes narrower than the width of tho
stars. Tho Hag would thus consist of six
rows of good-sized stars, soven narrow red
stripes, and a blue field for background ;
" a beautiful flag," says our Springfield
correspondent. Perhaps, but the changes
proposed are revolutionary.
We shall now examine some of the other
suggestions which our friends have contrib
uted toward the solution of this most Inter
esting question. A New Yorker writeii;
"Th original thirteen States are. represented lr
the. itripea. Why repeat them In the iln In the
field f
"Thin la a kooJ Idea; push It alooir, and remember
it waa flrtt euKKOitcd by A. K."
We understand ourcorrespondont to sug
gest that thirteen stars, representing tho
original States, may bo omitted from tho
field with propriety bccauBO these thirteen
original States nre likewise represented
by the stripes. But tho blue union would
then loso Its significance. Its stars would
no longer typify the Union of all tho States.
It would bo nn Incomplete sisterhood, In
cluding only the thirty-two States which
hove been admitted by Act of Congress.
That would never do. Nor would It
do to reduce the number of stars In the
union to tho original thirteen, as Is pro
posed by " Keystone," and perhaps hall a
dozen others. That would Indeed bo turning
bnckward the clock of national progress
and erasing a tremendous part of American
history now recorded In our bunting.
Somewhat akin to this Is Mr. Fnisn
Mather's idea of putting an arbitrary
limit upon the number of ntnrs:
" In the conre of tlio next half century many of
the larue Btatrn may be divided, and we may hare
aojenty-fneStateaj then the problum would bo how
to net all the "tarn on. A no Individual tr repre
eenUai rone State, I would eumtett that c atop
adJInu' Urn after three more Rtatea are added. Tbat
would icheuaaU rowe of eight etan, and complete
the nag for all time, Thla, done now, would not be
unjtiat to tho fourth State added, for no man ran tell
what or where that Htate would be.
"BnooitTJi, July IK. Fuji Matiiiji."
Wo ore not quite so sure as our esteemed
correspondent Is that within tho next fifty
years " many of the large States may be
divided;" but that Is not the point. With
forty-eight States In tho flag, In six rows
of olght stars, tho artistic defect which
wo havo already noted, and which has
started this discussion, would become per
manent; and as soon as a forty-ninth Stato
had been admitted, the Btars would ceoso
to represent anything except a mathemati
cal quuutlty conveniently divisible.
Mr. John M. Hall sends from Boston a
pen-and-ink sketch of a flog with thirteen
largo stars, upon somo of which are super
Imposed four llttlo stars, and upon
others two little stars; representing,
as he explains, "the thirteen orig
inal States, large, and our thirty
two later States, small and Inside the
larger stars, making forty-flve In all," It
Is easy to put little stars within big stars
In a sketch In black on white paper, but
how would Mr. Hall accomplish it on tho
Aug Itself f Little white stars sewed upon
big whlto stars? Or would Mr. Hall
mako his llttlo Btars colored; and of what
color would he make thorn?
Tho Inadmissible Idea of Inequality In
the Union Is common to this and various
other schemes to discriminate between
the States by exhibiting moro thanonoslzo
of star. Mr. Ai.rnRii Kino contemplates
the same political and ethical error In nn
Interesting letter from which wo quote the
subjoined remarks:
"Iticenntome that In lino with a utrict adher
fiue to the original delKn of the flan may te found
the only jirearrtaUou of lu admirable Unoa ami
olor. Hence, I would eonitrui t e ery flait hereafter
ilium the llnea of ita ortulnal dutttii, a they como to
u from the itory of the Ant flats, and the resolution
by Cowcrem, pmvidlnj ' Tbat the flag of tbe United
Etatea be thirteen atrtpea, alternate red and white;
tbat the union b thirteen atara, white in a bine Held,
repreaenUns a new eonateUatlon,
I "It appear that with a panoil draun by Vfiaa.
txeroit, the Oeneral and Boinr ttoamn called npoa
a lira. Brrarr Sou uxi enjragwl her to oonetruot a
flag UMordlnii to the nqulreraanta ot the reeoluUon
providing for a flag. lire. Boat, however, prevailed
upon thla committee to adopt a Ova-pointed atar, be
came of lta more atarllke appearanoe aladiUnoe,
In place of one with all polhta, which theee two gen
tlemen had cboien for the purpoee. In thlt plea
and evident preference for the more distinct charac
ter of each member of the proposed combination to
form the flag, we find an argument elmoit Identical
with that preaented by TBS Fok.
" Tee, construct the flag atrlotly upon IU own orig
inal llnea, and do not depart from them. Thirteen
stripes a they stand to-day and thirteen nve-polnted
start, the Utter alwaya larger and more dlattnot
than any of the others of the thirty-two remaining,
and theee placed all together In one group In tho
centre of the field, surrounded with a generous or
roomy area of blue. Then, and not till then, tan w
properly distinguish in our flag the ' new conitella
Uon named In the resolution.
"After thl. In the remaining apace of the field,
the other, or remaining, stars will And their places
sai may be determined. This will restore to the eye,
from a distance, the star form and It bine support
or surroundings aa designed, whloh Is now un
questionably passing from our flag. Presenting the
larger stars to the eyo In thla way would aleo tend to
suggeet the form of ell the other stars Inthe field,
which would neceeaartly appear less distinctly than
those of the centra thirteen, made much larger and
surrounded by more of the blue of the field.
" AnLnsoTOK, N. J July 20. Alxbkd Km,"
Here again wo have one star differing
from another in magnitude; artistically
unfortunate, and a misrepresentation ot the
fundamental prlnclplothat as a star on the
bluo Delaware Is the equal ot New York,
and Texas of Rhode Island.
A more promising solution Is afforded In
the letters of "D. G. W." of Tonkers, " W.
E. S." of Brooklyn, "Star-Spangled Ban
ner" of Wllkosbarro, and others. The first
mentioned of these correspondents writes :
" Allow me to suggest the following arrangement
of the stars In our flag, which wonld add greatly to
lta artisUo appearance and be a anluUon of the prob
lem now under discission In yonroolumns. I wonld
make a circle of thirteen start, the number of the
original Btatea of the Union, and place within the
circle a tingle Urge atar, made up of one star for each
of the other States. D. O. V.
" Toxsraa, July 18."
Tho constituent stars all being of tho
somo size, the effect of the composite star
within tho circle is good. Something of
the same sort was proposed about two years
ago by Mr. Joiw F. EAnnAnr, o color printer
of Cincinnati, who Issued and circulated
widely his design for the reformation of
the stars In tho American flag. Mr. Kah
hart's plan, however, placed tho thir
teen stars In the centre, grouped together
so OB to make a largo slx-polnted Btor,
and provided not only for ono but for two
concentrlo circles of stars outsldo. A fire
pointer would bo better, as Betskt Ross Is
said to have informed GxonoK Washino
to!. Moreover, It does not seem to us nec
essary or advisable to hamper tho design
by any effort to repeat In the field
the Idea of tho original thirteen, already
presented by the stripes. What Is needed
Is the most effective arrangement with a
view to presenting at a dlstanco the most
striking and distinct pattern; and If tho
star within a circle were adopted, It would
probably bo found that moro than thirteen
Btars would bo needed to form the
central star, and more than thir
teen also to make the encircling band
sufficiently compact. For this design
there aro forty-flve stars now available,
and those should bo used with a view to
the best possible effect rather than to the
formation of a group of thirteen.
Summarizing the many suggestions we
havo received, and omitting those which
are trivial or too elaborate, or purely fan
tastic, we have those thirteen:
I , One star formed of forty-Are.
3. Enlarging field lengthwise.
n, Extending field downward.
4. Making half the flag blue.
5. A Union JsoV lined off with red stripes.
0. Omitting thirteen start, because there are al
ready thirteen stripes.
7. Thirteen big stars only.
8. Thirteen big start and the rest little.
0. Little stars Inside thirteen big ones.
1 0. Btar of thirteen within circle of thirty-two.
II. Star of thirty-two within circle of thirteen.
12. Btar of thirteen within two ooncentrlo clrtlea.
IS. filar within circle without regard to number.
We do not regard the problem as solved.
Tho conditions presented are very attrac
tive to artistic Ingenuity, as well as to tho
patriotic Imagination. The stars should be
equal In size, tho design must not bo fanci
ful, frittered or complicated, tho chango In
the present flag must not be revolutionary,
and tho flag as revised must charm the eye,
as It thrills the heart.
Unreasoning Opposition.
A Democratic Congressman from Texas,
the Hon. Rodent L. Hkkiit of the Seventh
district, made a speech the other night, In
which he tried to satisfy his constituents
that he was right In opposing annoxation.
Tho Waco Times-Htrald declares that his
defence of his courso consisted of "o few
hoary platitudes." and then gives this un
flattering but tolerably truo explanation of
tbe blunder of the majority of the Demo
crats :
" Mr. IlrssT and hit caucus amocUtes had no other
reaon for opposing the present policy of territorial
extenalon Inaugurated by the Administration as anec
eassry Incident to the prosecution of the war against
Bpaln, except that tbe Republicans favored It. They
deliberately Inaugurated a policy of negation, hate
ful to ejery American, at a time when the eucccmiof
our army and the triumph of a sacred cause demand
ed aggrtaslrenesB."
The Democrats In Congress ought to havo
Been that tho war had made JO to 1 a ghost
Issue, and that the war and ItH effects were
tho things In which the majority of the
people took the keenest interest. As Demo
crats, these men in Congress had an oppor
tunity to put their party on the popular
sldo. As patriots, It was their duty to put
It on the right side. The popular and the
right side were tho same. The patriotic
Impulses ot the people, tholr pride, their
hopes, their ambition, were stirred by the
war, and the prospects for a permanent
American advance which It afforded. Tho
Republicans shared In those feelings. The
majority of tbe Democrats neither shared
nor divined them. The Republicans took
an affirmative policy. From sheer habit ot
opposition, mental Inertia, or Inability to
comprehend popular sentiment, tho Demo
crats took tho negative. Perhaps tho habit
of mistakes has grown too strong to be re
sisted by tbe Democratic party.
A sullen consciousness of defeat, deserved
and expected, pervades the Democracy, The
work of progress Is left for stronger bands.
Thorn is a universal recognition of thn purity
of puriHise nf Piof. Norton among all nho kuoer
him. Hoiton Herald,
It Is our duty to Inform poor Mr. NoBTONthat
his Mugwump friends Imvo solemnly taken
their stand In tho "last ditch." When tho
Mugwump can no loncor defend a man's acts
ho praises his " purity of motlvo." It's a sorry
sort of championship.
Sound Doctrine from tbo Supreme Court.
From tke Kantat Ctty tStar.
Associate Justice llrewer of the United Elates Su
preme Court said to a friend at Topekai
" Tbe United States la amply able to aettle the ques
tion of peace without any aasistano from anybody,
and on terms suitable to herself,"
Nothing sounder than thlt baa ever oome frost tbe
Sufremt Court of the United BUt.
, sows oosBitrATciojrB ax AutAirr.
The Distress of the Democrat Abont an
Itsn for tbe State Campaign.
ACbakt, July 33. Every Intelligent anddls
paulonate observor durlntr tho brief July
spoclal session must have been impressed with
one ot throo things perhaps all throe: First,
the manifest deterioration ot Demoorntlo
leadership at the capital, so far as Stato and na
tional affairs aro concerned; second, tho con
vincing evidence furnished by tho votes of tho
four Clttzons' Union Assemblymen that "non
partlsanshlp" In political affairs Is a delusion,
and third, tho inability, up to date, ot tho Dom
ocratlo loaders to agree ucon any plan of
action for this rear's campaign.
Speaking of theso matters without prejudice,
it Is to be observed that llryanlsm appears to
havo left a deoper imprint for ovllon the Demo
crats party through the Stato than seemed
probablo a year ago. Outsldo ot tho greater
olty of New York, whore looal conditions, asorlb
ablo In part to the preceding roform adminis
trations In New York and Brooklyn, have made
the Democratic party oohoslve. It soems. In the
up-BUte counties to bo In an unballasted con
dition. IU men of subntanon rebelled against
Bryanlsm. and although somo of them havo
slnoe returnod to tho ranks of tho Demoorntlo
party, they appear to bo no longer factors In Its
affair. Tlioro seem to bo no successors, ot
full political stature, to those sometimes
flippantly called tho Democratlo statosmen ot
the hayloft, cheese press and towpath order.
Horatio Beymour. Amasa Parker, Do WittO.
'West, Homer A. Nelson, Daniel Manning, Eras
tus Corning. Allen 0. Beach, Daniel Pratt, and
Banford & Church appear to have no succes
sors. The Democratlo leaders outside ot New
Tork seem to be for the most part ward
statesmen, district politicians, locally popular,
but without the power to initiate any cohorent
plans of party management or any statement
of prlnolple. In a few ot the rural districts
some unreasonable radicals, former Republi
cans, Conner Prohibitionists or former Groan
backers, havo been drawn Into tho Democratlo
ranks, but they appear to be without any fol
lowers, for thero Is nowhorc visible in the
oountry districts any aooess of Democratlo
strength consequent upon or following tho sup
port of Bryan two years ago.
The deterioration of Democratlo leadership
was shown In the Legislature, la neither branch
of whloh, Sonata or Assombly. was thero a
fight against the Election bill formidable
enough, Improsslvo enough, or dignified
enough to bo worthy of recognition. In the
Bonato tho bunion of opposition fell on two
Senators; In the Assembly there was arun
n'ng nro of objections, nothing elso; and the
clearest evidence of what would bo called in
warfare the Insufficiency of tiro of the Demo
crats was shown by the foot that after the ad
journment of the Legislature and after ovory
Democratlo member In It had had a full oppor
tunity to bo heard, it was found necessary for
former Senator Hill to Issue a bulletin to
tho voters, reciting what tho Democrats
In the Legislature had either not said or. hav
ing said, had not made clear. Theoleavage be
tween tho up-8tato Domocrats and the New
lorkclty Democrats was again raodo evident.
The latter fought tho eleotlon ainondment
tooth and nail ; ttioformor were entirely Indif
ferent to It, though a Oovornor Is to be elected
this year, and It Is generally admitted that tho
size of the Democratic majority lu the Creator
New lork may bo tho determining factor In it.
The up-btate Democrats nppoar to bo listless in
the controversy und some of thorn did not even
take the trouble to vote ugalnst tho measure
which tho New York city Democrats declared
was fraught with great injury to tho party
prosiieots throughout the State.
Thorowere four Citizens' Union Assembly
men at tho reoont special bos1oii. all four elect
ed on a platform predicated on the claim that
non-partisanship" Is an essential factor In
municipal good government. Tho propqicd
e ection law was practically local to New York
city In Its operations, yet on tbo division
between tho two parties the two Citizens' Union
men who are Hepubllcnns voted with tho Re
publican party and the two Citizens' Union mon
who were Democrats oted with the Democrat
lo party, as If such a thing as non-partlsanehlp
In municipal matters nasniily ndrenmof theo-
Ists. liatevpr ofllcljl functions are exercised
n tho city of New York or In any of the olties of
ho Stato como from the authority of tho Legis
lature. Non-partisan local uovernments re
quire a non-partlssn Legislature, and as thero
has never been and is neuir likely to bo such a
thing In any Htnte of tho country, so soon as a
political question Is brought to the attention
of voters tho figment of non-partisanship dis
appears and the wholo structure of government
without parties goos to pieces. Tho Illustration
kIvpu of this utthe recent session Is not tho fltst
which has been seen In Albany this year. but.
being the most recent. It is perhaps tho most
reuiarkablo.
Tho difficulty of getting any common ground
of assault against tho llepubllcaiiH at thn next
election has perplexed tho Democratic leadora
all the year. When tho pnsilon opened It was
thought by many that the Republicans, being in
control of tho Legislature, would begin tinker
ing with the charters of thoa cities whloh had
elected Democratlo Majors. Tho number of
New York eltleH with Democratic Mayors is
largo, including New York. Rochester. Huf
falo. Albany. Troy anil Syracuse practically all
the populous cltlew of tho Stato. but tho Republi
can Administration did nothing of tho kind. It
did not interfere with local regulations any
wliore. It resisted even tho proposition to
amend In any particular tho Now York char
ter, rnany of tho details of which cer
tainly justify. If thev do not demand, modi
fication. The Republicans wore scrupulous
ly respectful of tho "homo rule Idea" which the
Constitutional Convention of 14 had engraft
ed into the organio law of the State. Next, an
assault was mado, with, porhaps. a better
promise of sucooss, agninst tho existing Excise
law. which. In somo localities of the State
moro particularly, porhaps, In Buffalo than
elsewhere was open to local objection. A
bill was Introduced In tho Senate for n modi
fication of certain of tho featuros of tho Excise
law. but It was sent to a committee and never
came out of it. No effort was mado to bring up
the mutter, and tacitly the excise Issue, of
which much had been hoied by manv of tho
Democrats In tho large oltlos which dill so well
for Judge l'arker. tbe successful Demooratlo
candlilato for Court of Appeuls Judge, was
abandoned.
Then followed tho attacks upon corpora
tions which. It was thought, would keep
the Democratlo party In tho State in line
with the national Platform, excluding tho
freo silver plank; for It must bo known,
as It Is everywhere reconlr.od. that
the opponents of fho "corporations" and tho
ndvoeatosof free silver nro Identical. Thoy aro
tho same Individuals, making tho samo de
mands, urging tho samo grievances and hop
ing, always without success, for the same "pop
ular uprising." To attack th corporations
while nt the same tim Haying nothing alout
the silver question would bo Hiilueimit to hold
In lino the malcontents whom llrynnlsm turned
into Democrats, or rather which llrynnlsm
turned Democrats Into. Hut while the handful
of up-ntato Democratlo representatives were
willing- enough toottack thn corporation, tho
New tork city Democrats faltered. Thoy hesi
tated to precipitate an Issue which would cost
probably moro vntox than It would biing.
They wavered. Then , they wilted, und
took up tho ennnl Issiios n congenial
one to up-Htatu Drmouinls In other
dnvs. Undeniably thero havo been largo
expenses, unexpectedly great, for tlio Improve
ment of tho Stato canals, and tho bringing of
this question Into prominence would to that ex
tent, Hwas thought, put the Republican State
Administration on thedefenslvo, and thus rally
nil Democrats and malcontents generally In op
IHisltlon. But tho Oovi-rnor appointed a com
mittee to Investigate tho matter, a commit
tee of representative men, und tho voters
showed no willingness to become aroused over
canal expenditures.
It was under these circumstances, thn other
Issues having been tried In turn without evok
ing any adoquata responso, that the attempt
wus mado to use the new eleotlon law as nn
Issue strong, enough to unite tho Democrats
find confound the Republicans, So far, nothing
ms como of It, and it does not seem likely
Hint anit ling will eoinp ot It. for thero Is
little publlo Interest In tho matter. It looks
now as If the Demooratlo fight this year would
lmvo to bn mado on some new issuo not yet
disclosed to view.
That's the Way It Came Ont,
JVYom thi raeific Commercial Advertiitr,
Is Capt. Wbltlng of tbe Uonaduock the Hawaiian
Mmascut7"
Ho waa here when Kamobsmelia V. died and I.nua
lilo amended the Ihrulio, lie aa here when Luna
lllo died and KalaUaui, aacended tbe throne He w.is
detailed to attend Kalakaua while the guest of tho
American Onvernnicut In 1H7A. Ho was here in
lfll'S.ut tbe time of the change of thn Government.
And, moreover, be married a daughter of J Ion ml. ah
the faithful mascot of Hawaii will annotation sud
denly arrive under his invstcrious spell f
Scnhnrr'n Maqatinr for August Is u "fiction
Hum ber;" but tbat fact dnra not prevent It from con
tinuing tbo acrtei of articles dcscripUve of the war,
lx'gun last month by Mr. luchard Harding Davis,
Mr. Davis dcrtbee the Hocking Chair Period of
tbe War," when tbe hotel at Tampa waa headquar
ters, aud tells also of the landing of tbe irmj , and
Mr Hpeare tells of tbe duue after Cenera and iho
bombardment of tbe Ban Juan forte, The cctiou la
contributed by Charlea Warren, E. A. Walcott, Ken
neth Orahame, and ThomaaNelson Pags; while Capt.
Mahaa and Senator Lodge continue their histories of
UitScTelauea.
fsrrsnsoira polxot vindicated.
Thomas Jefferson sand Havana and Son
Juan of Porto IUoo.
ToTnEDrTOorTn8t;H Sir: Qen. Miles,
leading an invincible army of invasion on the
soil of rorto Woo, and Admiral Sampson, com
manding; In tho surrounding seas on equally
Invincible fleet, flushod with recent victory,
will soon have placed In tho lino of ossured ac
complishment a far-seeing ond satraoious policy
that Thomas Joff orson moro than a century ago
vainly attomptod to execute. That iiollay was
to obtain tho abolishment or modification of
tho prohibitive commercial reeulatlons which
then closed tho markets of Porto Rleo.Cuba
and all the other Spanish possessions In the
West Indies against Amorloan ontorprlso. The
onus thus laid on our products waa a griev
ous ono, and Jefferson, who was porhaps the
most zealous advocate for foreign mar
kets among all our oarlr statesmon, sought
In overy way to remove It, With Bpaln direct
wo havo, comparatively speaking, commercial
freedom. "She rooelves favorably," says Jef
ferson In his oelobrated report to Congress on
comraorco and navigation, "our breadstuffs,
salted fish, wood, ships, tar, pitch and turpen
tine." but "on our meats, when ro-oxportod to
her colonies, she has latolylmposod dutlos of
from halt a dollar to two dollars tho barrel." As
Jefferson observed In tho same paper, "tho
Spanish dutlos were so proportioned to tho
current prlco ot their own flour, as that both
together mado the constant sum of nlno dollars
per barrel." In o word, still quoting Jefforson,
"all American Intercourse is prohibited with
tho possessions of Spain In the Wost Indies."
This was the deplorable condition ot our
trade In thoao islands when Jefferson, as Beoro
tary of State In the Cabinet ot Washington,
selred, in the summer of 179a, on unexpected
opportunity to begin treaty negotiations with
Bpaln regarding the vexed question ot the
navigation ot the Mississippi River. In his
keen and constant desire to open new gate
ways of foreign commerce, Jefferson conjoined
with the navigation and boundary questions
that of our trado relations. With this patriotlo
purpose In viaw ho Inserted In tho instructions
framed for tho direction of the American Com
missioners, Mr. Carmtcbuol and Mr. Short, tho
annexod paragraph:
Free porta in the Spanish possessions In America,
and particularly at Havana. Ban Domingo, In the
Island of that name, and St. John of Torto Blco, are
more to bo desired than expected. It can, therefore,
only bo recommended to tho best endeavors of the
Commissioners to obtain them. It will be something
to obtain for our vessels, flour, kc, the admission
to those porta during their pleasure.
As foresoon by Jefferson, Bpaln dcollnod to
enter Into any agreoments looking to tho frco
dom of any ono of the three ports In question.
Her abhorrent rulo of oppression and plunder
precluded all Idea of economic justice toward
horcolonlos, or of an enlightened commorolal
policy with rcspoot to other nations, save when
it contributed to hor national necessities, se
curity or strength. Even thoso considerations
bad no weight In hor administrative councils If
her supposed rivals obtained thereby tho least
advantage In tho Interchanges of trade.
It Is a curious historical fact that tho decline
of Spanish power In this homlBphoro Is almost
simultaneous with tho rejoction of that wlso
Jefforsonlan proposition, whloh, of courso, had
tho sanction of Washington. Within o com
paratively brief porlod thereafter the vast do
main ot Louisiana passed over to tho control of
Franco, and from France, through tho splendid
statesmanship and magnificent daring of Jef
ferson, Into the eternal possession of tho strug
gling young republic which was soliciting a
few years boforo tho concession or tho pitiful
privilege of freo port facilities for hor Infant
commerce In tho llttlo Island of Porto Rleo.
Haytl fell from Spain's palsied hand Into tho
power of Franco, and Inter on sho had tosurren
dor possession of tho Floridas. Finallyshewas
driven In Ignominy from every foot of tho rich
and almost boundless South Amorlean main
land owned by hor.
President William MeKInloy's patriotic Ad
ministration Is writing with the Illuminating
pon ot liberty the final ohapter In the volume of
tho traglo story of Spain's annihilation In this
hemisphere, tho opening ono of which was
written by Jofterson. And not In tho history ot
all tho ngos has freedom In tho samo space of
time nchuncd over debpotlsin triumphs so
many und so .tupendnus as tho Government at
Washington, sustained by tho entire Amorlean
peoplo.with tho exception of two editorial rene
gades In this city, has won within tho last
ninety days. In tho waters of noither tho
Atlantic nor tho raclQo Ocean does tho Spanish
flag daro to show Itself to tho light of dny.
Ita disappearance Is as complete as If It lmd
nover existed. The proud war fleets over which
It flow In tho ono and in the other aro burned
or sunken wrecks, their vanquished captains
prlsonors. From tho few doomed fortresses
ovor which It yet floats In tho last remaining
etrongholds of Spanish power it must soon
fall before tho armies of liberty.
It has token UXI years to carry out tho policy
of Joffersou to mako Havana mid Ban Junn froo
American ports. But nover can It bo undone.
Henceforth, through all tho revolving cen
turies, free ports within the groat circle of our
States and Territories they will continue to bo.
An Old-Time Dksiocbat.
Bbooelyh, July 23.
Nad Experience of a Rummer Boarder.
To tbk Ecrron or TnE Sen Sir' I deem it Incum
bent upon me to depict some of the discomforte to
which the summer sojourner it a victim in a typical
Long Ialaud town. Coming down here for rrst and
tuch recreation as la compatible with tbe mercury
flirting with the nlnetlca, my stay baa been a memora
bly painful one,
I have been cheated dally by the tradesmen; ktpt
awake nights by the Infernal lowing of cowe-may
they know an early slaughter! made mieeral.le by
day because of a pestilence of roving curs, and other-
wise agonlied by a legion of evils. Enviable la he
who Is unablo to leave the ity In July and Auguiil
I know not of a more singular paradox than thla: tho
country 1 the last place on th foouiool in which to
obtain fresh veKrtahlisjvnd main. The dealers be
Inform me tliut their vegetable, and cream come b?
t-ipree. from New fork, the eame not being siiioiib
local pmdmti mi. naturally, therefore, life co
Humeri pay tho tri asportation i bargee, In addition to
""" reJl "nrblunt prico for the goods. In", "ce
ufTliEHcw hero jsiiet from 3 to (i c. nu. depending
on weather condlllont evidently, for I overhear. la
newsdealer remark to one of bis carriers on a recent
wet .lev. Cliarge 'em n to-day for thk Hun the! 'it
pay 1 1 ff they want It bad." This syitem of e'sb ,rt
iSV ft1 1,1.' " "f,"'" ,0" ' no n"" ' not son.,"
phtstlcaud as the iniiilc papers make bin." m ih
cvit.n"T';r: ".vu' matls"'"'."
Losu Isukb, July 22. OME Bulr""-
air. Uuggenhelruer Must Settle with the
Women.
To nir Enrroa or The Sun-Mr; I wish to pro
Ust. I feel It impressed on me that I, a bumble
member of tbe wusker tea, must ralat my voire
against the latett form of oppnsslou. A Msgiatrate
of Greater X York, by name Quggenhelmer baa
Imposed a tax on "uss words." Now, I am notch
lectin to the Uxi we all know tbat when the oc.a.iou
rails for it "ciissin'" in worth tbe money, iuth.
impost, a heavier tax oh feinalet than on niifea
V, lim-iorej Is It wor.o for ladles than for imn i.
oris he fearful that the will .",!? Vht Tri," ette?f
lowerrales are imposed? I think tint nn. u'fk!
time for my strong' minded el.t,ra u Tbaud tog' the?
for their rights, flevtr before have I felt that I
needed the help of an organization to get air rlifbil
Iwantud. When asked If I didn't wistlto votoUJi
vrajB ileillnt-rt the privilege, aa I tblnk the wl,,,.
havo responsibility 'cuougt. 'without that i"for
wearing trousers, I like Alrl. better; but to hi, el
man v, bo enjoya tbe f mi of lalllnii hlm.elf ,?.?15.
bMn.erUii.ieifor damn that onli " totti fml
oup'.'rbu."Hunl:,"'""ie" "ra;orpsi,'
Mnlnrln nt Van Cortlan.lt I'nrk,
TO,I","..v',,y.?"F.T,lr -"" Your corre
spoi.denfli.x" lain ,Unsr. Tj1B beauties of Van
CrllandtPark having crept Into hit -ense,, lti,f
b".""" llKt "'" '""""" oftue '" has crept into
Of all the pestilential epota tbat beauty -,.r
ms.ked, Van C .rtl.wi.lt Park I. easily th woni ...V
womanlike, Damn Nature wears her r.ir..i e '"
lure ami tllCI.de.tloy. BeWndIvr niddi.f" '"
y..ur . ..rr.-pon.il nt ssw ibere iuriir 'iS,?,?' r
" ox,' h not olop to pi. k them! I kiin. 7.
wherean . ntire fawnr w wiped out fc'iK
one .muni r. and of miuibcrle. others whir, ii"
most molgj.nt type of tued.eaie wu,t .
o,er nliibt st Van iVrtlsndt. ' ''tsioutracted
AAvr Tuasai' &rtrsVai?,i c,.n,
In common Justlct to IU freauentereeon...t!,i. -helUbful?
dae mUe MtSSSSmSi
oiuDot'thsUke be cleaned I a n...
Sinr Yeas, July a. """" A.Usai.7.
-i W
claim viarBBairr. .
A. rrecoeloua Institution of Illilng and )
(treat Ambition.
JVem Us Button Jhtning TraiucripU
Woacxtna, July 1 H. The sustained work of a ha!
lUmlard at Clark University, aa well aa the uuu.uuHy
strong names upon the roll of Ita short summer Win.
of two weeks, bring it fittingly before the attention
of those who keep abreast of the achievements ..(
other universities and colleges In the country CUt
University la aald by its friends to beat well Mi n
In Oennanj', among thebWieetedncstlonal limim,.
tlons, as any of nur great universities, It Is in ip.,
Ity of work and In tho high standard of its crx.l.int i
that It commands tho attention of tho best educ.it rs
and thinkers al.rr.vl
The faculty nnmbers eleven, while the stulmu
arc only forty, yet the pioneer work done, as .u
the ipiallty of work given to tbe students, make, C irk
University one of the powerful education! InHmii 4
In the country. Thla la Judged In a practical waj i.y
the live demand for Its graduates In excellent ! ..
Unnt Immediately upon their graduation. It Is
Jndgc.1 further by the modification which lu tevh.
lng It found to be exerting upon the theories of 0 ,.
cation lu many centres all ore the country. Them,
vestlgatlons of Presldsnl Hall In hla child sludj I. v
been no fruitful that they havo modified luitcrl.lly
the Ideas of educators regarding the proper j ,'0 .a
ot teaching ohlldren In the publlo schools and Imt
changed somewhat tbe theory in regsrd to the eit.-nl
to which pupils should bo permitted tocbnnielli It
own studlea at a more advanced porlod. Thn Idei It
that it la found that the theory of au " all-round e.i
cation" It not really to practical as It appears to lit,
but that, under the conditions of modern life, mors
allowance must be mads for speclalliatlon.
No undergraduate studies an pursued here. Every
thing It for the highest grade of students, and tht
Cauiollo university In Washington is the only insti
tution In tne oountix which, hat at high a standard.
The large universities have their departments for
graduate work, but there it a special effort hem to
secure ploked men. Poor students, men who do n
do well, have been advised to leave, though they
mlgbt manage to keep along, Tho purpose nf Ihs
university Is to take no ono who is not willing to give
all hla time to ono department, and who docs nut in
tend to make a specialty of tbat department nflor l,t ' k
loaves the unlvorsltj. Each student It expected to
s.ilcct from the several departments olio which la hit
major object and another which la a minor one. lit
la expected to put hit main strength upon thefnrmnr,
and to attain tuch proficiency In the latter at may 1
required by the faculty. But the university is aplact
for hard work by peculiarly qualified men In ent.it
specialty. When they graduate at the end of tl
years and receive tbelr Ph. D. It It reoognlred .1
the degree means something of a high order, and
tbst its possessor It an able mas In the first place,
thoroughly trained In addition by long and diligent
pursuit of a special line of investigation, much of It
original.
Graduates from colleges and universities all over
the country come to Clark University. Thla reir
there havo been seven from Harvard and four from
Tale. No commencement exercises ore held, bul
next year It it oxpected there will be a celebration of
the completion of the flrtt ten years of the work of
the university. Tht "output of the plant" during
that time, at President Hall putt It, his been tht
placing of from 200 to&OO flret-class eclentlflo men
In good positions aa instructors In our educational
institutions, and the publication of from 3,000 -o
.1.000 theses on special topics. It It tbe practice of
the university to require of each graduate, before ht
receives hit degree, a graduating thesis In printed
form, to tbe number of 100 copies. Theso are sent
to scientifia institutions and aro exchanged will)
other universities, to that the educated circles la
tbrso sjecialtlen learn of what la being dono else
where. The world knows what la going on, and tl't '
contributions from original research are made avail
able for the general progress of education and
science. The publications Included in tbe above
number aro Ml tbe way from a two-leaved pamphlet
tn a large book. Tho university gives to the writer
ot a graduating thesis all tho help he wishes In labor
atory or library, and helps him to mako at thorough
research at possible.
Tloneer work is being dono all the time. Mention
is made of a partlculsr dlacovery here of a new
measnro of length, forever Invariable, not subject to
change llko the standard which is now in use. This
length Is tbo length of a wove of white light. Of
course it la of Infinitesimal proportions, but it hss
lcen made a practical matter and thn method of
using it Is firmly in tbe possession of science, so that
mankind will never lose It.
ItVSSIA AXD THE VXITEI) STATES.
Ilnrmony Iletwron Our Destinies Russia.
Welcomes Us to tho " World's Concert."
From Ike St. J'tttrihura llirihtrva Vt'damoiti.
Tho President of tbe United States and tho ltunin
Ambasador nt Washington havo exchanscd speeches
fully expressing reality which does not often hap
pen in such caes at tho deliverance of hla envicn
Halt to Mr. McKinlej bj Co mt Caj-slnl.
No "black cats" havoeverrun between tbetwo na
tions, and tbelr mutual good will ha very stnin.-ly
manifested itself inoro than once. And it Is .pule
dlfllcult to imnglno what would crcilo htrain, enw
enmity. giv c ri'o to rntain-ntsm.
IIo ever far Rueela might trn in her external poll,
tics, she cannot Intrude upon tho Intercnts of tl
l'nltc.1 Rtatos. nnwnverTfnrtl. American " Imper' !
Ism" mlnht spread out, It will pot Intrude upon the 1 ,
Interest of Russia. The Americana loot with hit
pathy upon Russia's worknf clvlllxatlin In APln.nnd
even expect odviuitecen for themselves from tins
work. Russian public opinion looked apprnv ng'v
upon the marks testifying to the rise In the Union f
ambition to bo one of the great powers and of tbe de
sire to come out from the seclusion brought about I y
tho ob-olete Monroe doctrine eagaclously fonsn.v
lng tbat thla tendency will lead to the formation i.f a
very valuable counterpoise to Kngltsb aggrossivem t
and ubiquitousm.
There was even a European question in which Rus
sia and North America happened to be marching
hand In hand. This happened In lR7n. when the at
tempt of the Turkish Government to hush tip tin
carnage of Bulgarians tn the Batao district were re
vealed and exposed In their true light by the Invistl
gallon nn the npnt, conducted Jointly by tbe Ameri
can Consul in Constantinople, Mr. flchti) ler, and l!it
Secretary of the Russian Legation in tho same place.
Prince TMrtellclT.
We will mention that Mr. Macdahan, American,
wrote about Russia and Russians in the heartiest
tone, and tbat a Knsslsn, domiciled In North Amer
ica and writing abont ber under the pseudonjra
"Tverskol," does not find tcrnii high enough
hi praise tho treatment ho recelvea at the
hands of the Americans. Borne American wrilert
are very popular In Russia; tcveral Russian writert
are very popular In America. Numerous editions of
translations of the former nnd the latter are s. A
(both) here and thero In great numbers of copies.
Even tho period of raostlntense competition hetwem
Russia and tho United Htatea In supplying western
Europe with agricultural products did not bring
about Inimical estrangement, while tbe developni nt
of Industry in both countries will from year to yiur
diminish the Importance of this competition
While pointing out, nn various occasions, the j., s
slhlllty of tho United States rf America Joining tin
great European powers lu order to decree tho fate, f
the world In "concert" with them, our paper Ins
also expressed itself in favor of the Increase of t'is
number of " concertista " by this new memb.r. (.11
accounts and the opposition nf intenstt romovo tl.a
danger of Anglo-American Joint action In tho septen
potintato of the great powers, Russia, Germane,
Austria-Hungary, France, England, Italy, tbe United
States. On tbe other hand, tho tie. of friendship ! -twecn
tbe United States and Russia with France sent
as a surety that tbe Franco-Russian alliance woui 1
bo strengthened. This, however, la a matter of tli j
future, perhaps not ao near (future), yet It will l.e '
apropos to mention that an Americophile tendency '
has prevailed In tho Russian press since the very bw '
ginning of the Bpsnlsh-Amcrican war, and that la
our country tbe ne-we about tho Intentions of (lit
Americans with regard to tho Hawaiian and I'lillljv
pine Islands and the West Indies havo called forth
no protest..
Tho Army)
From ( I'kitaMphfa Antrltan.
At the battle of Ran Juan no nun shono forth as fit
hiMtotlioheiTi-W(iis!ilppliu-ptlbllo,nomsnhs!ceu
crowned thn hero or Kin Juan. The army was n-adt
of hernis; no man ran we pick out and s th- In
absence would have turned the tide of battle. There
fore we can pick nut no man to crown htm with tin
rndlt of victory. We must ciown the wbola arms
an army In which all men arKxl tbelr parte with cour.
ago and brilliance, an army In which tbe brillian y
lu action of no man shone out ao as to place blm di
tlnctlirlyatHvonthera.rorcvirywhereonthebslll.. field waa brilliant acUon to he seen, lu which oll.-rs
and men pis, ed tbelr part, alike. Inrantrymen ami
cavalrymen both fighting on font, while trooper and
negro trooper, reguUr and volunteer shone side by
tide
Anything far a Chang.
rnm Ue nttnlt fnt Pnu.
Hj I'm not myself to-night
tUjt-UowatughUul. Can't roa spend h. f.r.hTq t