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fj -What Is It?
Mil "V ill our esteemed contompotnry the
jx Washington Timrn havo thn kindness to
H (flvo in thu pieclsn moaning of this I in
;,3 posing plunso fotitul In Its columns ?
W. "The trimniili of Ale rlm."
ifi What Is " Algorism".'
rg Wo lino seen Hid expression before, but
1 3 It bus remained too much wrapped In gelie-
jfi raUlies to enable tin- public to comprehend
jf It study. Out of all tin- talk about Algorism
' lonliiiucd in n large poitlonnf tho press
tf for many months, a journal tlmt has con-
3 trlhtiti'il to it hi industriously as tho
Sa Washington Timet lias should bo iihlo to
i A put Algerlin into words mi dollnlto in
if meaning mil! so substantial as to their
i! fuuiiilatlou of farts that our quest Ion will
j-'iJ bo fully ansvvoi oil,
M AVIuit Is Algorism ?
j A Vorj I'Mltnsy Klllpluo Yarn.
' 8 Tho conclusion reached by Aoovcillo'.s
ft European Junta legnrding Lwiun's expe
; dltlou, bned on an aliened despatch from
lj Gen. Li'va, is amusing. According to
this theory, hlsobject was to "form njuno
il tlon with tin- Yorktown at Hitler," but tho
1 Filipino tactics led him to "extend his
II lino" dangerously, so that a detachment of
P 140 olllcots and men, on teaching llinnngo
SK nan, wan cut olT and captured, whereupon
M! ho retreated to Manila.
n There Is u bato po-slbiiity that tills story
fjg) was founded on the reported capture of
k Lieut. (Sillmoiii; and fourteen men, the
K substitution of 111) being u 1'lllplno cxag
J gerntlon of tho sort now familiar; but It
P seems more likely to be made out of wholo
e cloth. Hitler is &evetal score miles noith
f castof Manila, whoieasSantnCruzis nearly
if flfty miles southeast of tliat city. This
5 story, then, would make I.awton be
lli Bin his expedition toward Haler by (joins
: a long distance away from it.
iw Besides, a Blanco at tho map will show
IS that thero nro mountains between tho re
12 glon vvhoro Lavvton wn6 operating. In tho
jE Interior, and Ilaler, far not Hi, on thocoaBt.
ISt As Qcn. Lawtox took only ten days' ra-
m tlons with him, tho notion of his making
j his way across such h region with 1,500
jjH men suggests that Gen. Lr.v.v and tho
tS European Junta havo a high idea of what
Atnorlcan soldiers undertake. It need
II hardly bo added that the enemy took no
IB prlsonors from Lawton, who Is further said
ifl not to havo gono wltliln many miles of tho
H3 6ceno of tho alleged capture of a largo do-
lls'jj taehment of his troops.
If Hut tho Filipino story after all suggests
jj what Anui.s'ALDO fears. It Is possiblo to
y J I" uso Lagunn do Hay for an expedition
jj toward tho eastern coast of Luzon, and
Bjfc Gen. Lawton's recent move may servo as
J ii a reconnolssanco for that purpose.
Bjjj The Democratic Convention of 11)00.
Il Moro than two years havo elapsed slnco
ill tho Democratic N'allonal Commltteo had Its
D Ijj meeting at Washington to nrrango tho form
H n of tho call for the National Convention of
I (!'! July, 1800, at C'liicago.
I Br "''n n,,mnel f delegates to tho Chicago
B I1J Convention was o:iO, and tho same number
B ill will iiarticipato in the Democratic National
H IJI Convention of inoo, for there has been no
K j change In the number of Presidential clc-
B lis I "i 8'n' 1S!1,ii "'id there will bo nono
H jj t until nfr the cenviih of 1000. Thnapt)or-
Hijfjl ' tlonment of six delegates for each Terrl-
aBlEil! ' torj'. irrespective of its area or population,
bBikJ' I has become I'stalillshed In Democrntie con-
LBIli' i volitions, and none of the six Territories so
Hn! represented at Chicago In 1 H!1 has slnco
Hnl; then been ndmltted to Statehood. On tho
B'llii preliminary vote on the Chicago platform
Bill! 62'' votes were cast in the afllrmatlve, ora
aBifJi clear two-thirds majority of the whole.
Bn Against tlm platform :t01 Miles wero
Hfl recorded nnd one Minnesota delegnto re-
Pffl , fri'lned from voting.
HHl l Tho four State-, of New York, IVnnsyl-
HII i vanla, Massachusetts and AViseonsIn cast
aBll I oo'lcctlvely 17 of tho IIOl votes recorded
Hlfl; Bgilnst the Chicago platform of 1800. At
Hjjj : ! that period New York was represented in
Hit' ! tho United States Sennteby two Democrats.
if ,' Tho Chairman of the Democratic National
Hi I ' f Committee, who called tho convention
Hll : 1 1 togother on July 7, was AV. F. Haiuiity of
J- ;j Pennsylvania. Massachusetts presented as
' j Its candidate for President tho Democrat
BVI' 1 bom It had thrlco elected Governor, and
Hi : I j T7isconsln was represented In Washington
H I ) ' 't by two Democrntio Senators, lloth Now
H' I y I f Tork nnd Wisconsin had lieen carried hy
H ' f tho Democrats at tho preceding Presidential
H j 1 1 1 election. Tho importance of theso four
HJ j J States secured for them n respectful hear-
Hll i j lng nt the Chicago Convention, though they
HTi ; j t were nil opposed to tho platform.
HI i , Since 1800, howovor, tho Domocratlo
H party In Pennsylvania, Massachusetts nnd
H j ; j Wisconsin has como undor tho control of
H ! the Chicago platform forces nnd theories.
BT ' i nd In each In 1808 'nvowed supporters
H ! ' ' of Bryan wero nominated for olTlee. In
H ! New York no Domocrat running for oflleo
Hi!' laat yoar dared to opposo tho Chicago plat-
H j j ! form, and thoro Is no possibility that any
H S j Domocratlo Stato Convention this year or
B ' ' ' , Doxt 'w'1' PrfS8 dissont from It. Tho
Hi: delegation from Now York In 1000 will
H' if 1 1 probably bo in favor of It ; In no ovont will
H l , It bo committed against It.
lir Of the 801 votes against tho Chicago
H SJ; j 1 platform at tho convention two years ago
I i; 187 came from thesofourStntes.andntotnl
H '' of 63 votes woro cast by these otherStates:
H &1' Connecticut, 12 ; Marylnnd, 12; Minnesota,
H 'I lil 11; New Jorsoy, 20, nnd South Dakota, 8.
H j, a' ' At that tlmo one of tho Senators from Now
H j I Jersey wa3 n Democrat, both Senators from
B Si Maryland woro Democrats, Connecticut was
H Ail ' u tho doubtful column, and Minnesota and
HMaI i South Dakota wero wavering on the (limn-
HMJ ' olul question. New Jorsoy and Maiyland
Hf JH ' nro now Itepubllcan States. Connecticut Is
H ; , as surely Ilepublicjui ns New Hampshire or
Hi j! Jlhodo Island, Dotli Minnesota and South
Hj ijs Dakota havo now silver Governois olectod
H S In 1H0R, though In each Stato tho re-
B M tnalnderof tho Itepubllcan ticket was sue-
Hi atii J cesstul. The declaration of tho Mlnno-
Hf v t soU Demoorf ts.who elected John Lind wos
KiiLa.
that "wo heroby rcafTlrm tho Domocratlo
National platform and pledgo to It our un
swerving support until Its principles shall
havo become the established governmental
pollcy;"and tho Democrats of South Dakota
demanded "tho froo and unlimited coinage
of silver at the ratio of 10 to 1, without
asking for tho consent or waiting for tho
aid of any other nation on earth."
In tho States which furnished tho 028
delegates who voted for tho Chicago plat
form thero has been little defection from It,
and theso among them havo now Govern
ors who nro Democrats or who woro
elected as Fuslonlsts on n platform that
reafllrrned the Chicago platform: Alabama,
Arkansas, Colorado, Florida. Georgia,
Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri,
Montana, Nebraska, South Carolina, Ten
nessee, Texas and Virginia, In Kentucky n
Ilcpubllcnii Governor was elected In 18015,
but n sliver Democrat on n silver platform
can led tho Stato at the last election. Utah
and Montana aro both Domocratlo States
on the financial question, and thero Is no
belief nnywhero that their delegates will
not bo found for silver In 1000.
It nppenrs, therefore, that tho Democrats
faithful to tho Chicago platform aro now
moro completely In control of tho party
organisation than they wero In 1800. Slnco
then they have bocomo predominant lu tho
Democratic party in Wisconsin, Minnesota
nnd South Dakota, three States which voted
against them in 1800. Moreover, tho New
England States, which presented a pretty
solid front against the Chicago platform
in tho convention of 1800, aro now In
nearly every caso tinder tho control of tho
friends of Hhyan, Moro especially Is this
true of Massachusetts, Malno nnd Now
Hampshire, which cast at tho Chicago Con
vention 45 votes against tho platform and
only Ti for it.
Meantime tho opponents of tho Chicago
platform in tho Democratic parly aro gain
ing nowhere, nnd tho most they venturo to
strivo for nt party conventions Is almost
Invariably nothing beyond mere evasion of
the currency issue. It Is not probable that
they will be nblo to muster at tho National
Convention of next yoar moro than half of
the voting strength they exhibited at Chi
cago in 1800, nnd oven ns ninny ns 150 del
egates would be a very liberal estimate.
A Vacant Chair.
Mr. Thomas B. Reed, lately of Malno,
will not bo sixty until next October. Tho
boyish look has not gono from his big face,
and, what Is moro, his soul is really as
fresh ns April violets, although ho some
times takes pleasure In trying to give a
contrary Impression. Tho batteries in
which nature stored for him nt tho start
an uncommon stock of vitality show no
signs of depletion, much less of exhaus
tion. Ho is physically nnd Intellectually
cnpnblo either of rounding off a enroer
which has already put him among tho
elect of successful Americans of this cen
tury, or of beginning and achieving n now
career, in now relations nnd with new as
pirations; as capable of tho latter entor
piise, wo confidently believe, ns ho was
when ho left Bowdoln Collego about forty
short years ago with a well-earned and
personally cherished reputation for hope
less laziness.
An individual so interesting ns tho states
man who has just now exiled himself vol
untarily from politics will continue tobonn
Interesting object and subject, even when
immured In one of the vnbt oflleo buildings
nt tho lower end of Manhattan Island.
Oflleo boys nnd mahogany railings will
not entirely secludo Counsellor Reed
from public observation. Wo shnll know
what ho is doing nnd how ho Is prospering,
nnd wo shall hoar from tlmo to time what
ho Is saying ; yet it Is nono tho less truo
that by his sudden retirement from tho
conspicuous Isolation of high public oflleo
Into tho whirl and confusion of the metro
politan system and tho comparatlvo ob
scurity of crowded professional life, Mr.
Heed, though happily yet living, Invites
rcmorks somewhat in tho obituary spirit.
Mr. Reed was not tho Speaker of the
House of Representatives when ho decided
to quit. Ho ceased to bo Speaker seven weeks
ago, when tho rifty-flfth Congress expired.
Technically ho was merely a member of
tho Fifty-sixth Congress from tho First
district of Maine, "but ho was euro to bo
chosen ns Speaker next Docember, pro
vided ho stood for re-election. Tho
oflleo which ho Is about to relinquish, there
fore, Is that described by himself vory
recently ns tho most Important nnd de
slrablo in tho nation, barring tho Presi
dency alone. Historical precedents for a
renunciation of this magnitude nro by no
means so numerous ns to render tho trans
action commonplace. Death nnd defeat
aro ordinarily tho only agents powerful
enough to compel tho surrender which the
Hon. Tiiomis B. Reed has mado of his own
volition.
Threo dlfforent explanations of his re
tirement havo been current, and It nny not
bo Impertinent to consider thorn nil In a
friendly way. Tho first theory regards
Mr. Ri:ed ns a thoroughly acidulated man,
disappointed by his failure In 1800 to nt
taln tho goal of American statesmanship's
legitimate ambition, unnhlo to perceive In
tho Immedlnto future or within tho limit
of his natural expectation of llfo any
prospect of brighter skies, out of sorts with
tho controlling eloment in his own party,
nnd disgusted with publlo llfo beenuso ho
sees nothing further In It for himself.
What a gloomy picture this would
bo If it woro truo! What a dis
mal ending to a career chock full of
triumphs and fun I Wo reject it unhesita
tingly, Inasmuch as wo know that the Hon.
Thomas B. Reed Is n philosopher, nnd a
philosopher of his particular school novor
lays himself down In tho dust of tho high
way and howls wlillo his rivals go strug
gling cheerily on.
Tho second explanation ie more respect
ful to Mr. Rr.KD. It represents him ns
painfully conscious that his views concern
ing tho larger quostlons now Identified
with Republican policy, such as expansion
In general, and tho mnlntennnco of tho
American flag over remote torrltory
which tho flag now covers, aro so
hopelessly nt vailaneo with tho prevail
ing sentiment of tho party that his
presenoo at a po-it of high responsibility
and power Is anomalous. Ho cannot alter
or modify his attitude, for hlsopinlons woro
too conscientiously formed, nnd havo been
too sincerely entertained nnd positively
nvowed lu his tnagn?lno writings and else
where to admit of subordination now. Ho
cannot remain in the Speaker's chair in Con
gress ns u mere obstructionist, either with
justlcoto his party or with comfort for him
self. He has, therefore, decided that if
Empire cannot wait, he, Mr. Reed, can and
will stand asldo for tho present nt least.
This theory, we must add, Is very com
plimentary to tho statesman from Maine,
for it asfumes on his part a manly
ndherenco to prlnclplo and conviction,
and an ability Ao rise superior to
to tho Allurements of high publlo station
anil official power.
Tho third explanation Is that Mr. Reed Is
Influenced by no political considerations
whntover, but simply has mado up his mind
that tho tlmn hns come. In Justice to his
family and himself, to devoto Ids energies to
tho accumulation of that fortune which
Is easily within the reach of his uncommon
abilities. Tho circumstance that tho ex
Speakcr Is not yet a rich man Is to his
honor. Beset for years with opportunities
for sudden Increments of fortune, unnamed
or earned only nt tho cost of Belf-iespeot,
ho has chosen to remain n comimratlvely
poor man. Now, In his sixtieth year, lie
is going to work with tho energy of n
youngster to make his pile; and good luck
to him 1
Any ono of theso theories of Mr. Heed's
retirement from publlo life Is sufficient to
account for tho decision on his part which
has been received by the people with
Mini) surprise nnd many expressions of
regret. Again, moro than ono of tho
three explanations niny be partially true.
Mr. Reed was reported yesterday as
doclinlng to discuss tho subject ou tho
ground that ho had "no Interest lu tho
public." Tho sentiment Is certainly not
reclproented. Tho public has always had
a great Interest In Mr. Reed over slnco his
pieturosqun individuality emerged from tho
common crowd and became conspicuous
in national affaire. His very Independence
of character, manifested on so many nota
ble occasions, and often In a mnunor calcu
lated to provoke or to exasperate, has won
him admirers and held their admira
tion. Untorriflcd, unconventional, genial,
dictatorial, obstlnato as a mule nnd
yet as kind as an old negro mammy,
nlways ready to sucrlflce a material
advantage for tho snko of an epigram,
aiming shafts of sarcasm right nnd left,
saying No with harsh emphasis often when
his heart felt Yes, the most eminent of
Speakors has gono straight ou in his own
course, through sunshlno and storm, making
friends of tho vory men whom ho rnn Into
nnd upset. Perhaps no other nggresslvo
American statesman over provoked so
much personal opposition and nt tho samo
tlmo notted so fow real enemies.
The Peculiar Tendency of Hryanlstn.
Tho mental exaltation which began with
Col. Bryan's roferenco to tho " Crown of
Thorns" and his roferenco to tho "Cruci
fixion of Mankind upon a Cross of Gold"
has developed Into a stago reported thus In
tho Richmond Times :
" The Manatiai Journal, having asked the aupport
era of Mr. IIrtan if he wilt bo atrcnger In 1000 than
he'was In 1H90, the Louiia JVViri replies:
" ' Whr ahould not Bktan be stronger now? ne 1
on the Hide of the poorer danaes. Just whtre Christ
ntood, and we believe Bryah la as safe a protector
for the masses as exists to-day In the Union.'
' Here is admiration aVln to Idolatry, This paper
thinks it not irreverent for Mr. Brtan to llten his
black and tan dinner party in New York to tho Lord's
Supper, but goes bow shot beyond, and actually
Institutes a comparison between Mr. Bhtan and the
Saviour of mankind. Mr. Buvan's follower! hare
caught something of his ow spirit. He regards
himself aa the leader of a holy cause, and it is not
surprising that he should hae rallied around him
all the fanatics who take the same extreme view."
The Bryanlto len that the Democracy
has now a special Inspiration from on high,
nnd that Its sorvlco to tho pcoplo Is akin to
that of Christ, Is moro nnd more perva
sively occupying tho Democrntio mind.
This Is not a rare disease of an oxcltcd
Imagination, but no sharper with a protonco
to a divine mission as his stock in trado, or
no actor-orator Intoxicated with personal
vanity and Infatuated with his own meta
phors, or no fanntlo laboring under a de
lusion that ho was nn earthly successor to
tho Saviour, has ever produced a beneficial
or permanent effect upon publlo nffnlro.
Around the World In 83 Dnye.
Mr. Pnir.EAS Form, tho hero of Jules
Verne's "Around tho World in Eighty
Days," mado his bet in 1873 that ho would
accomplish thnt feat, or It was In that
year that tho book was published in this
country ; nnd he laid down his possiblo itin
erary in this wiso:
Xij.
From London to Snezria Mont Oenis and Brln-
dlsL by rail and steamboats 7
From Suez to Bombay, by ateamer la
From Bombay to Calcutta, by rail a
From Calcutta to Hong Kong, by steamer 13
From HongEongto Yokohama, by steamer. 0
From Yokohama to San Francisco, bv steamer. ... 23
From San Yranclsco to New York, by rail 7
From New York to London, by steamer and rail,. 0
Total so
Mr. Focia, It will bo remembered, readied
London after his trip nround tho world on
thollfty-soventh second of tho last hour of
tho eightieth day, and won his wnger of
20,000 ; but, as was afterward explained,
ho really mado tho trip in sevonty-nino
days, for, without knowing it, ho had gained
ono day In his Journoy by travelling east
ward, whllo ho would havo lost a day If ho
had gono In tho opposite direction. At that
tlmo this loss of a day would havo meant
tlm loss to him of tho 20,000.
In tho twenty-six years which havo passed
slnco then his Journey has been madosoeasi
lyposslblo far within thnt time that Mr. Foaa
could not now hope to get any Intelligent
man to tnko tho bet ho then made. By tho
construction of tho Siberian Railroad across
the Asiatic continent, connecting Europoan
Russia with tho Pacific, tho tlmo requislto
for a trip around tho world will be less
than one-hnlf of eighty days.
In tho Verno schedule, sovon days wero
allotted to tho journeyncrossourown conti
nent from San Francisco to New York. With
in threo years nfterl873 It wasmndolnless
than four days from Jersey City toSan Frnn-
clscobywhat was known ut that tlmo as tho
Jarrett A Palmer train, mndo up of acom
hlnatlon passenger car, a mull and bnggngo
car and a Pullman dining ear. Thotrnlnleft
Jersey City on Juno 1 nnd arrived nt San
Francisco on Juno 4, In 83 hours 30 min
utes and 10 seconds, Instead of tho seven
days computed by Philkah Fooo. His
schoduloof nlno days between Now York
and London has also been i educed grently.
Tho dlstanco from New York to Queonstovv n,
2,810 knots, lias been covered in live days
nnd eight hours.
The largest reduction from the Verno
schedule of 1873 has been made, or Is to bo
made, In another part of the circuit of tho
globe. Hero is the official announcement by
the Russian Minister of Railroads of tho
tlmo which will bo required for n journoy
around tho earth when tho Trans-Siberian
Railroad is completed :
layt.
FromSt. reteMtmrgtoVla-llvoitock 10
From VladUostnik to flan Fiancisco . . o
From Han FranctJfo to Ni w York 4ij
From Now York to firemen 7
From Bremen to St. Petersburg m
Total aa
By this routo of travel, too, tin) dangers
of loss of timobecausoof causes from which
Piiileas Foc.o suffered would bo compara
tively fow nnd slight. His trip was not
In a straight line, but entailed a detour
through tho Suez canal and a stoamer trip
from India to China, and consequently tho
risk of Irregularity In tho running of tho
Oriental steamers nnd tho missing of closo
connections. The new routo Is far less com
plicated nnd much more certain. About
four-fifths of Philf.ah Food's Journey was
by sea. By this Russian routo tho time at
sen Is reduced to ten days on the Pacific
and soven days on the Atlantic, tho rest be
ing accurately calculable by railroad time.
The greatest single stretch will bo by tho
Trans-Siberian Railroad.
.fuck Cade and Fire Insurance.
The Legislature of Arkansas has passed
a trust law which seems to bo especially se
vere to tho tire Insurance companies doing
business intlintStiite. Tliecompnnleshnvo
lieon guilty of agreeing as to rates, such
agreement being necessary to prevent n
competition so extreme that tho companies
would be weakened nnil tlto protection of
the Insuted ondnngered. Business men
ptotcsted to no purpose against tho pas
sago of tho act. What does a Democratic
Legislature care for businessmen? They
are a part of tho Money Power nnd natural
objects of tho wrath of supporters of tho
Chicago platfoim. A member of this Ar
kansas Legislature who was guilty of toll
ing a business men's convention thnt when
hu voted for tho net ho didn't understand
how severe its effects would be was cen
sured by his colleagues, and tho Attornoy
General of the State, an Ingenious gentle
man who may bo said to follow tho Octo
pus rather than tho law, gotneano from
the Legislature in token of his faithful
publlo services.
Judgo Kimball of Little Rock says that
tho Attorney-General " goes so far as to
hold that If a foreign insurnnco compnny in
Now York Insures property in Aiknnsas
and a fire occurs, it cannot send its agent
into Arkansas to adjust and pay tho loss,
without Incurring tho penalties provided
in this act for its violation, If tho company
happens to havo a rate ngreement for In
surance written on Now York property.
This would bo Inviting capital Into Arkansas
with a vongennce." Judge Kimball seems
to havo old-fashioned prejudices. Tho Leg
islature and the Attornoy-Genernl want to
repel, not Invito, capital. They are good
Domocrats and they are carrying out tho
Chicago platform.
It Is reported that most of tho flro Insur
nnco companies which havo been doing
business in Arkansas havo withdrawn from
tho State. There Is no uso in trying to do
business In a Stato where a blind fanaticism
agulnst capital and combinations rages. It
is unfortunate for tho Arkansans who havo
property that they cannot get It insured,
but they must remember thnt according to
tho present Democratic theory property is
a crime, and they must bo patient.
Tho Arkansas law has been Introduced Into
tho Texas Legislature. Tho business mon
of Texas now havo nn opportunity to dis
cover If they havo nny influence with tho
Legislature.
Republicans can contemplnto philosoph
ically oil theso manifestations of tho property-hating
nnd thrift-persecuting tenden
cies of tho Democrntio party. In certain
States theso manifestations may bo Injuri
ous temporarily to property Interests, but
thoy havo their uses. They show what the
Democratic party Is.
A writer in tho Atlantic Monthly declares
that "we aro evolving a raco of poor whites"
In New England. It Is a fact that tho poorest
whites of the yeir bolonir In Boston and there
abouts. Thoy are the persons who hissed Mr.
McKislkt and chooreJ for Aouinaldo at a
meeting In Tremont Templa.
Mr. William Dean Howella declined to
bo present at the second Orand Central Palatial
dinner on the cround that ho failed "toseo
anything useful or holpful for labor" In It.
Mr. IIovvklls was too hasty. Is It not useful
and helpful for labor nnd for rest to bask hi
the Hon. John Bhisben Walkeh. and to feel
tho Influences of the Typowrltton University
exuding from him into the delighted listeners?
Mr. Howei.ls has had his opportunity to bask
In Mr. Walker. Because, ho happened not to
appreciate it. ho should not seek .to deprive
others of it.
Tf tlm thunder clouds of monopoly shall
ecllnae the sliver moon, we know the moon will still
be there. OxouoE Fred VViluaum.
What is much morn Important and Impres
slve, wo know that tho Hon. Of.oroe FitEn
Wn mams will still bo there, drlvlnc away the
thunder clouds and reaching out an eager
hand for tho green cheeso In tho silver moon.
Tho Chicago River, which has fired so
many poets and artists by Its tender beauty,
has been afire Itself latoly. somewhat to tho
porplexity of tho ChlcaKoans. They appreciate
the uenlu9 of th noble stream, but its little
eccentricities alarm them. It is supposed that
the authorities will try to put It Into tho slow
burning cla'.s. Tho eRentlal solidity of Its
architecture and the thlokness of Its floors
ought to mnke it comparatively safo. but no
body can toll what it will do. Flro has been
found in It, and sorno day water may be.
Thn Hebrew I'rophPta Not 31nrvellnu.
The Rtv. llr. f.yman Abbott in the Outlook,
When Thomas Jefferwm, long before lie or any
any other man could have anticipated the cl II war,
looking upon a!aery, said, "I tremble for my
country when I reflect that God is just," Thomas
Jefferson was a truo prophet, not because he had a
magical vision of fnturo events, but because the
sense of dlvln Justice and the consciousness of
human iniquity made him feol sure that unleis the
nation rid itaelf of lta Iniquity It would suffer penalty
Inilicted by divine Justice. Kndow any man with a
kren sensitiveness lo moral priiulplcs, give to him
intellectual capacity to apply those principles to
national life, equip him with the insicht which
enables him to understand the tnnard and real life
of the i.u'.ion, and he will be equipped with the fore
sight which will enable lilin to see not In detail, but
in a large way what will be the future of the nation.
Ilocause the 'IP biewl prophet's predictions seemed
marvellous to men who do not understand the In
exorable operation or divine principles In national
history, their attention was diverted from thote
principles which formed tho subject matter of the
prophet's inetsage to those apparently more marvel
lous predictions whit h were incidental tj It.
This habit cf dwelling on thn marv (Pons has been
strengthened by the rabbinical habit of roalingiuto
the Old Testament liooks what whb not in the mind
of their orlglual writers. This rabbinical habit af
fected to some extent tho writors of tho New Testa,
nicut books themselves. When, seven centuries lif
ter Hosca has uttored these words, tho little boy
Jesus is taken down into Egypt by Josephand Mary,
and brought back again, Matthew selrea this phrao,
" Out of Kg) !t I called my ton," aiid applies it tn the
return of Jesus from Kgypt to Galileo. It u a rabbin
ical use of u prophetic writing. It ts quite clear from
tho reading of tho book of Horn a itself that Hosra's
lefereucewds hlstnric.il purelj j tliut It rtfcrrcdto
the past, not to the future.
riiyshinna In Knglnnd nnd I'ranre.
from lh Medit'tl llrcortt,
According to the Melic il )u erttiry for (treat Britain
and Ireland there in a decline as gnitlfviiig as It
wa great In the number of rowly created medical
piai-titioni ri lu that country during the year IHUH.
In lSli.', thetu was nil lntreai.0 uf 730, lu I Sim of
UM, In 1SU7 of mi', but In iss of unly til. The
total number uf lawful prai titloucrs in the Unite I
Kingdom Is now U4,ti!4, In Frame there were but
17,73.', medlral prai lltluuers at the beginning of the
present year, but that was greater by 1,7.' I than the
number at the beginning of IHPri,
An t-xceptlon.
From llretokly t Life.
Tommy Orandpa, at ling! and queens alwayi
good?
Orandpa Not always, mr boji not when there
are toes vut against tbtua.
rot.VXTEKItS ASD BUSINESS.
X Suggestion Thnt Settlers In the Philippines
(let Their Mllengr Money n Cnpllnl.
To tub f.ntTon or Tnr Kt'v sin Mnjor
Thoruhurcof thcarmr. In a letter to the War
Department, having sticgMted tlmt ns many of
the soldiers In tho Philippines who aro about
to bo brought homo to bo mustered out de
sire to remain In tho Islands In order to avail
themselves of such business opportunities as
exist thore.lt would bo tulvimiblo lo muster
them out vvhoro they are and allow them tliolr
mlloago home In cash to be mod as capital
with which to makon start In their now ven
tines, the sukkobI ion is worthy of nil commen
dation, however the uuestlon of the relation of
tlio I'nltod States to tho Philippines mav bo
sotttod.
Tho fact Is pl.iln to every observant nn 1
thoughtful pcr-on thnt, although our country
is by no means nver-iopu'atei, and Its natural
resources aro vet In the Infancv of their devel
opment, conditions exist ns a logical soiiunnco
of the Increasingage nnd civilization of com
munities thnt our peoplo will be slow to push
tills development to Its ulthnato conclusion.
In ourenrllor history tho grcHt West vvns unoc
cupied, audit presented to the H"tlve and ad
venturous spirits of the older hectleiiof the
country possibilities of Inteiest and profit
which weio supremely attractive and yearly
loil thousands to forsake tlm old am! nttempt
the new. To-day, although thero are ifi-h
fields tn bo worked In every direction of prollt
nble elTort, morn dlflleult conditions, relating
to both capital and labor, obtnln, and tlm
offortsput forth demand not only hard work,
but tho liner skill of meeting and successfully
coping witli eomiietitloa of various kinds. At
tho same time our young men have been suc
ceeding their fathers in business and trades
nlready established, the comforts of civilized
life nro morn alluring, both lu themselves nnd
In tho tastes of those who might otherwise he
pioneers, and men are slow to break away from
pleasant surroundings, conuenlnl companion
ship nnd familiar occupations, though the re
muneration Is scarcely moro than a living nnd
the chances of advancement are small.
In view of these conditions It may bo safely
argued that tho I'nltod Mules would bu bene
fited by tho withdrawal of a curtain ratio of
tho older population to give place to-omlgrants
from other countries still older than our own,
who find hero the Incentive to ofToit not pos
siblo lu their own countries for tho samo rea
son that incentive is lacking lo our people in ft
country which Is old to them nnd who must
find aneWHtlmulustotholrenerg'cs. Tho com
plete development of our resources can come
only through the elTortsof new peoplo. and a
place can bo made for tliem onl) by changes of
residence resulting from tlm presentation of
newer nnd hotter opportunities for our pcoplo
elsewhere. With tho great Held opening In our
new acquisitions to tho voung nnd tho ambi
tious, one-half of the obstael" to the needed
chance Is removed, and men and women will
not hesitate at new undertakings which offer
flattering promises of profit as a reward tor
their efforts.
Tho Philippines, Cuba and Porto Itlco present
these conditions In greater or less degree, and
whether they become integral parts of this
republic or will be moMy taken under tho
protection of this tlovernmont. tlm advantage
In having a thrifty and growing popula
tion of Amorlcans in these new territories
Is apparent to tho vet lest tyio in politi
cal oconomy If tho new territories bveomo
parts of this country the American residents
will act upon the original inhabitants as a
constant nsslmllator to the American repub
lican Ideas nnd to our mode of government,
business nnd living; while. It weamumo only a
protectorate overthe now countries, tho Ameri
can contingent In them, with tlm traditional
lankeopluckand perseverance, would socon
trol nnd shapo tho affairs of their ndoptod
countries that tho United Btntes' Interests
would bo paramount from tho beginning, nnd
tho final result would bo union with thu great
republic bynud with tho full "consent of tho
governed."
Whatever, therefore, may be tho policy of this
Government with reference to these new
countries now In our charge. Immigration to
them should be encouraged In every wnv possi
ble, beenuso it means asi-iuillntluu. nfllllatlon
and unity. J.
Tho Mrndonrn Collection.
To the Editor or Tun SusSir: In its ro
viowof my art collection now exhlbitod nt tho
gallerlosof the Atnorlcan Art Association Tub
Bus took exooptlon to throo of tho canvases,
viz.. "Portrait of a Professor," by Franz Hals;
" Portrait of a Spanish Prince," by Yelasquoz,
and " Head of a Boy," by Correcslo.
Tho Franz Hals In quostlon, nftor being re
stored by the lato Mr. Lazarus of this city, was
shown by mo In 188-1 to Mr. Pappelondam. Sr.,
of Amsterdam, and In 1887 to Mr. Hertelmeyer
of Paris; and both theso eminent authorities
declared tho example of tho painter of Haar
lem was an authentlo one, full of tho cliarac.
terlstlcsof tho master and easily dlsponslng
with tho signature and the date.
Tho authenticity of tho " Portrait of a Span
ish Prince." by Velnsqu7. is sufllclently at
tested by tho fact that this picture belonged to
tho collection of the Duchess of Ilerry. In which
It was known under the title ! "Infanta
JIarlo Tordse." It is generally known that tho
lerry collection was composed solclv of works
of high merit, and was ono of the ninny art
treasuries dispersed bv tho French Revolu
tion. This collection took refuge for n time in
Italy, from where It was shipped to England,
and thoro sold.
Regarding tho Corregglo, It Is not necessary
for its authenticity to havo belonged to nn
Kngllsh collection: thoso who nrn familiar
with tho brilliant worn of Antonio Allegri will
be satisfied with a mem Inspection of this
"Head of a Hoy " As information tn Iho lov
ers of art and to thn student of the history of
painting, I will add thnt among the manuscript
notes of Sir Joshua Reynolds there Is a refer
ence mado to n head of n boy by Allegri. lent to
htm by Lord North, which cave to thnirrent
Kngllsh colorist lmmono pleasure when Im
vvns trying to dihcovor tho Venetian secret of
coloring. Although it Iia9 tint been possiblo
for me M) far to trace tho pedigree of this Cor
regglo from Mr. llnvan tn Ijnl North, the re
lationship of thn features of this bov with
those of almost every boy painted by Mir Joshua
Reynolds leads me to bollevo thnt It was to
this vory head that Reynolds had reference.
HaLVADOlIK MENDONCl.
New York. April 20.
The Capture of Jefferson Dnrls,
Tn rnr Enrrnn or Tnr RvtSir Tertainly the
testimony of tho veteran who, tn ft Judicial proceed
ing reportrd in to-day's Re, testified as to lh- par
ticulars of tlie capture of Jcnerson Pav Is is a valua
ble If tardy contribution to history. It conflicts
with all or marly ell the statements heretofore
made respecting thatoccurrence. It will b) remem
bered that tho arrest and Its cirrumstancos excited
extraordinary Interest at tho time tlio commander
of the cavalry company and many of the squadron
that overtook the fallen hlcftain having been "in
terviewed " and given written an I even swum Mate,
mentaof the details of thier pursuit and lapture, snl
allthememliersofthe Davis psrlydld ttici-ame, 'Iho
arrest was made while the fugitive were In n camp
that they hid occupied a w hole dni . and Mr Pavls
was taken in the earlv morning ou teturniug to hH
tent from a sprlngsome distance awsy, whither he
had gone for a nail of water Ills shoulder-i w-eie
covered with a shawl, which his careful wife had
placed nn them when he went out, 'ihntnattha
only female ai parol he wore, but he did wear
that much. The ststfm'nt of "tho veteran" that
Mr. Davis was ridlngalnng on hon-ebackwhen lakiu.
as If in a-tual flight, and under close pursuit at the
very time. Is wholly new to me and surpr.slng.
New YonK, April so. Tentu Nfw Jrmi.r.
The F.flert nf Criticism of the Hible.
The Iter Dr. 11. S. Horn In the Indrp'udrni.
Recent criticism of the fl'rlpture. though per
fectly legitimate in its place, has left an impression
ou multitudes of minds that all Scrlptur.- is at least
uncertain In authority, so that tho closest gup of
the Piblical words taslly slips from tho unwel
coming mind. "Thus sarin the Lord," which com
manded our fathers' Immediate assent, now nieius
to many, "Thus saith somebody, nobody knows
exactly who, reported by somebody ebe, of the tor
rectness of whoso report wo can in no wise be cer
tain." All pulpit teaching la thus ltH i ommandlns
thin it was; while Iho Idea, of late allUentlv dis
seminatod. that If men do not accept the (lopil -wid
the Lord lu this llfo. they will have prnlvvbly. other
and hotter chain ea In tho hereafter, ten is, to funs
it leaches, f) leduin tho pulpit to practli al iiupo
te'ice. If this intcr-s'a or amuses those gathered
before it, that is well. If It insists nn ptcpailug
them for a Judgment to follow diath, that Is super
fluous If not dangerously intrusive.
Mntno'a Iteinnrknble School I.tvv,
Vew the l.ewutan 'mum Journal,
The law la ngvrd to the cnnvi'vuuio of school
chll lreu, enacted by the Ut Legislature, went into
(fleet April II. 'Iho gist o! the ne r law is tint tho
.liucrintenditig mIm 1 cnnnuttie is the body that
decides who shall b i arrled to ami from si houl and
wlio shall not, ut the expi-'iso of tho town. It a'so
gives tho bodv thn right to board a i hlld near the
fichoolhouse in case the oxpenso would bo the
same or less than tho convoiance each day would
amount to,
Zne I.nf.
From the Jlarriionturg .S'ruil nftke t'efey,
Zao Gum informed tho Highland Jlrcorder't re
porter that his property sold well. Laf Eye went to
Traveller's lhpoie.
BLOW TO CASADIAX Mltl'VISd.
IMnns to Tnlte Awny New YnrU's Trndc. Up
set by the Marine Underwriters.
QueIiec. April 'JO. -Illsmny and disappoint
ment aro felt among nil Canadians Interested
In tho navigation of thn St. Lawrence by ocean- .
going steamships because ot tho attitude of tho
marine insurance people In confioqucneo of I
disasters to shipping off Canadian coasts.
! I.lovds' recent circular discriminating against
stcumers hound for Canadian porta has cupped
the climax.
Tho Hon. It. I! Doholl of tho Dominion Gov
ernment, who has Just returned from n trip to
I'.ngland In connection Willi the prof owl fast
Canadian steamship line, had no! vet started (
for homo when I.lovds Issued their circular
upon Canadian risks. He Immediately asked
I them for n meeting to discuss tho point, and
! his request vvns granted. Hut on the day pre
ceding that npDnltitcd for the meeting news
leached London oT tho loss on the Novn Rco
tlan coast of the Allan steamship Cnstlllnn.
Sir. Dobi 11 was at once advised that this occur
rence would prevent any successful Issue of his
Interview, nnd he left London without ap
proaching Lloyds at all.
The disasters of iho Inst sear In C.mndhn
waters nnd thu action which they havo loci to
on the part of tho underwriters nro expected
to drive a large numberof steamships from tho
St. Lawrence trade this season to American
shipping ports, since owners cannot pay tho
Increased rates of Insurance and expect to havo
nny profit at the end of the season. Tho blow
to Canadian shipping Interests Is all the heavier
beenuso tho Maiine Department of tho Do
minion, tlm Hoards nf Trade and Harbor Com
missions of the principal tmrts, and shipping
men generally In Canada have gono to a great
deal of expense and trouble of late to ad
vcrtiso Canada's ports and waterways, and
to make much of the fact that Quebec Is a
few hundred miles nearer Liverpool than New
York. Forgetful of tho dangers of tho St. Law
rence route, tho Canadian shipping Interests
wcte undor the Impression that, having n
shorter routo than tho Cnlted States to Eu
rope, all that was neecssory In order to secure
the bulk of the North Atlantic carrying trado
was a linn of mall and passenger steamships as
fast as tlin fastest New i ork greyhounds nnd
cargo boats equal to thn Uoston nnd Now York
carriers Tho difficulty, so far, lias consisted
in the Inability of tho Canadian Government,
with tho best torms It could afford to offer, to
Induco European capitalists to go seriously
into the scliemo and furnish tho money for the
building of the ships. What was found difficult
of attainment botoro is likely to provo Impos
sible now.
T.AKF. CITT J.YSCniVa TltlAL.
The Case tn On to tho Jury To-I)ny Closing
Arguments of Counsel.
Charleston. H. C . April 20. Tho Lake City
lynching trial will go to tho jury In tho United
States Circuit Court to-morrow. All of tho ar
guments exeopt tho closing speech of District
Attorney Lathrop wero made to-day. Sir.
Lnthrop will close In thn morning nnd the jury
will receive nchargo from Judgo Drawioy. It
Is expected that a verdict will bo readied dur
ing tho afternoon. Tho publlo hero looks for a
mistrial or nn acquittal. A conviction would
bo vory much of a surprise.
W. A. Harbor of Now York, formerly Attor-ney-Genoral
of South Carolina, mado tho load
ing argument for tho prosecution to-day. Ho
said at tho outset that lie was as much opposed
to negro Postmasters ns any man, but that had
to bo left out of tho trial. He denied the state
ment of the defenco. thnt thn Government was
trying to get n conviction of men whether they
were Innocentor not. and snfd tho jury should
acquit the eight defendants unless they were
sure of their guilt. Sir. barber made a bril
liant speech.
W A. linss, a lawyer from tho Lake City re
gion, mndo a hitter speech against tho news
P'lpnrs which had cried out against tho bru
tality of the linker murder. Ho said hn hnd to
stand for Lake titv's record, and added that
this was the flist lynching of the town.
Tho trial has been In inogress for two
weeks. Thn records nf Williamsburg county,
which have shown so miinv signs of having
been altered and defaced to help this defence,
came In for another severe roast to-day from
Sir Barber I.lkn Sir. llryan yesterday, ho said
that In every instance the public records of tho
county gave tho lie to tlm witnesses for tho de
fi nee or olso they wero changed or wore missing.
SVKCI.tT. SESSION IS AI.AIH.1IA.
fiov. Johnston Asks for the Hepenl of the
Constitutional Convention I.iivt.
Birmingham. Ala., April 20. Gov Johnston
to-day Issued a pioclanintlon calllngtho Legis
lature together in extra session on Slay 2, to
repeal the act whereby tho peoplo worn au
thorized to vote on the question of calling a
Constitutional Convention for tho elimination
of tho negro vote, and. Instead, to submit
amendments to tho Constitution covorlng tho
suffrago question nnd consider the enactment
of a uniform primary election law. Tho Gov
ernor also issued n statement to thn peoplo
outlining his position Ho condemns thn
action of thn Slate Domeieratlc Convention
in making thn new Constitution a party
Issue, saving that thn Democratic plan is par
tisan and binds thn Democrats to votn for tho
m-w Constitution whother they want It or nor.
He adds thnt this action will embroil the Stato
In a bitter polltlenl discord and will Insure tlm
defeat of thn new Constitution ns well as post
pone thei amendments to the fundamental law
formany jears. In conclusion Im declaies that
many "unrepented deserters'" fioni Democ
racy, meaning tho gold men. have been nomi
nated as delegates to the ( (intittitinnal Con
vention, and that battle-scarreil Jiomoeratsarn
unwilling to bn led by theso bet rayon of
their party. '
The Governor's action Is in direct conflict
with the action of tho Stale hemocr.it.c Con
vention and committee, which pledged thn
party tothenow.Conatlttitinn.nnd It Is predicted
will eauso a split In the Democratic party
Thn Governor his already secured plodges
from a minority of tho members of tho Legis
lature for thn repeal. Seventy-nnn out of
seventy-five Domocratlo newspapers condemn
the course of the Governor, and denounce him
as a traitor to the party
xVnalilnKton'snirthdnylnrortnRlco.l'.S.A.
From the Wathinyton Fvninff Star.
In an interview yester Iny Sir. Williams, Peo
retnry of tho I'orto Riean Commission, em
phasized thn fact that thn peoplo throughout
the lland nrn pleased to reall7e thnt they nrn
American eltlrens. nnd proud tn stand umlnr
Washington's flag and sham the freedom ho
gave his people. This was particularly evident
on Washington's birthdiy, when, bv order of
i Cen Henry, tlm 2'Jd of 1 ebruary was madn a
. public holiday, and was generally observed ns
I such throughout the entire province Ijiilvln
the morning two native bands of Han Juan
marched through the city and Murtimleel a
numberof prominent citizens
In thn afternoon the school children as
sembled on the plaza there, ciu-h child carry
ing an American flag, ami paraded through the
principal streets to thn theatre, where appro
priate exercises v.'oie held On the stage was
a laige lithograph of (ieorgn Washington,
draped with tlm Mars and Mrlpes, Thrilling
tableaux were presented hy thn American
sailors nnd soldiers. A beautiful feature of thn
entertnlninent was the singingot "America"
by fifteen Poito Rlc.m girls.
An Obliging Hero.
From the Wellington J'ott,
A woman who visited onn of the hospitals In
tho South Inst summer has been telling a stoiy
slnco she came back to Washington which Is
good, If true, and just ns good, perhaps. If t
isn't true. Wlillo going thrrm-fh the hospital
In question, so she nnrintes thn Incident. ,i
busy-looking, duty-loving woman hustled up
tooneof the wounded Mildluin who lay gazing
nt tlm colling above his cot.
"Can't I do something for you, my poor
fellow ''"haul the woman. Imp'onnglv
Tho "im ir fellow ' looked up languidly Thn
onlv things ha really wanted just a that tune
were Ills discharge nnd a Imx of cigar. hf n
he mivv the strained and anxious look nn the
gornl womnn s f.i -e, liovvevcr, Im lelt sorry for
her. nnd with perfi ct sqtig frnid Im replied-
"Why. ves; you can wash in) f.no if you
want to."
"I'd be only too glad tn." g isped tho visitor,
eagerly
"All richt. ' said Hi" cavalier, gs.ll-i.liv, "go
nhe.nl It's ip..ii w ishe I twentr-i ne nines nl
ie idy tfj-duv. lui' I don't maid going tlinuigli
It again If it'll n aku jou nny h.ipplr "
Seven Hinds nf Siinkes In n Well.
Fi us tlie ful.ird Cuiraiit,
John I'nllsk la and sev etnl of her Itnlhns living
at Jiireh Point, near ibn Vai'ey llailioad be
tween Essex mid Old S.ivhrook, uiicovcroil an
o'd well Friday winch hud no' boon Used fur
many jenr and had dried up It was half
filled vvtli sun I mill dirt '1 he wed was covered
by it hug' Hal rock H feet In s.re Straw
saturated with oil was wtnn lire and thrown
Into the hole boon reptiles cauio swarming
out and elghtT-llvo wero killed, while many
moreoscaped. There wero seven varieties and
the largest was a blacksnuke nearly six feet
lent;.
monn dkad itK.v vv yon rnt.tu 1
Cnscs Agnlnat Six Decensed DrfrmtnnU
Colled In (Icnernl Hessians.
Indictments against six moro dead men
wero called for trial In Part IV. of tho (lener d
Scslous yesfordnr.much to the disgttstof .tudgs
No.vburgcr. who hnd growled thndaybefori
because ho was asked to try three dead men,
The third cxclso enso called was that of Join
Heben. Assistant District Attorney Osborns
nnswoie.l that ho wnslrcady to go on with tin
trial.
"Wo would be. too." said Lawyer Dlnne.in
for tho defence, "but the defendant Is dead
nnd burled and I saw by this morning's paper
that vour Honor was opposed to trying deal
ones In court."
"Wo'll call the cite of Henry Barge," re
marked Judge Ne whurgor.
"Another dead one," remarked Liwver
Dlnnoan, "If jou want get him here you'll
have It get nn undertaker."
When the next case was called .Tudga Now
burger Inqdlrod whother it was a live one lis
wouldn't believe It until the defendant walked
up to the rail to stand trial, Tho July tic
quitted this man.
"Charles Hanks to the barl" shouted Clerk
Gallagher
"Vour Honor." paid Lawyer Dlnnean, ad.
diesslng tho Court, "tho defendant. Sir. Haul",
Is dead "
"What' Another dead one!" oxclnlmed
Judge Newburger. "How about that. Sir lis
bomo' The Assistant District Attorney explained
thnt the District Attorney's olllco could mt
tell whether an Indicted man was dead or not
until tho case was cut en the court "nlendnr.
lnd then It reuinlued for the defendant's coun
sel or bondsman to bring forward Prout ot
death.
"John Cnllnhnn and Jarne? Harnett to the
barl" shouted Clerk tlallngher.
"iour Honor." said Lawyer Dlnnenn, "you
must excuse mo for not appearing hero with
n crape badge, but these two gentlemen are
dead and cannot bo tried by this court. They
have gono before n higher tribunal."
"In this case of Callahan." said Sit. Oshorne,
"w will not concede that ho is dead at all. a
want n death cortiflcatn to prove It "
"Well." nid Lawyer Dlnnean, "thodofendnnt
Callahan Is certainly dead. Ho was a volun
teer during the into war with Spain and died
for his country."
"Then I will strike that caa from the cal
ndar." said Judge Newburger.
Eighteen cases wero tried without a convic
tion Tho nineteenth case resulted Ir. a con
viction beeauso the defendant got upon the
witness stand and corroborated the prosecu
tion's witnesses.
When SInior flardlner was asked about tlm
dead men who were eallod upon to stanl trial
In thu Ooneral Sessions, the SInjor said:
How nm I to know that thoy aro dead?
We cannot ascertuln unless the bondsman
comes and asks that his bond bo discharged.'1
nit. ciixskbuouoii's bequests,
8300,000 for nn Asjliim to 'Which Nn Cath
olic Children Aro tn lie Admitted.
ELtZARETn, N, J April 20 Tho will of Dr.
Nicholas II, Chesobrough, who died at Summit
on April 10, was probated to-day. Ho was pro
prietor of tho Heachwood Hotel at Summit and
President of a vnsollno company. His wife
died two years ago and he loft no chil
dren. Tho will contains the following be
quests: To Amos Sheflleld Chesebrough. a
brother. $5,000: to each of tho following so
cieties $500: Thn Jlethodlst Episcopal Soci
ety, tho American Wide Society, tho Sfctho
dlst Episcopal l'recdinen's Aid Socloty. tho
Methodist Church Extension Society, the
American Sunday School Union, tho First
Slethodlst Episcopal Church of Hoboken and
the Fresh Air Fund and Convalescents' Homo
of Summit: to the Slethodlst General Hospital
of Brooklyn, So 000; to thn First Slethodlst
Episcopal Church of Summit. $1,000, and to a
niece, AIlss Abbio Matthews. $,'t.OOO.
The residue of thn estate, amounting to over
S200.000, Is to be expended and used in found
ing and maintaining an orphan asylum lu
Summit, to be known ns tho CliesubrnURli
Protestant Orphan Asylum. No orphans of
Catholic faith shall be admitted, The will ap
points thn following llfn trustees nnd directors
of tho estate and asylum: Wlmnn A. Slaey.
diaries S. Hhulfi of Slontclalr, Charles Stryek
land Ryman. Theophllus C. Dunn, Frederick
Adams and William Cranston of Summit.
Everybody Una One Slow Foot.
From i'funen'f Weekly.
You may think this a very silly question to)
ask. bnt is It? Thoro Is no catch nbout it. It
is a simple demonstrable fact which you can
prove to your own satisfaction in u very few
minutes.
1 1 you will tnko any pavoment that Is clear ot
other pedestrians, so that there shall be no In
terference and walk briskly In the centre, yoii
will find that hefore you have gone a hundred
yards you will have veered very much to one
side. You must notmake nny conscious effort,
of course, to keen to the centre or you may do
it, but it you will think of something, and en
deavor to walk naturally. It is a hundred to one
ou cannot keen a dlreot line.
Tho exnlntiatlon of this lies in thn peculiarity
of ono foot to walk faster than tho other. Or,
to be moro correct, perhaps it should bo said
that ono lee tnkes a longor stride than thn
other, nnd thi. combined with thn quicker
movement, causes ono to walk more to one
side than tho other.
It is well known, for Instance, that If ono Is
lost in thn woods tlm tendency is to walk in it
circle nnd eventually to return to about tho
starting point. This demonstrates tlie fact,
also, that onn foot walks faster than the other
You can try an interesting experiment In this
way if jouwill place two stakes in thu lawn
nbout eight feet npirt. and then stand off
about sixty feet, allow yourself to be blind
folded, and endeavor to walk I etween them.
You will find it an almost Impossible task, be
cause sun foot will go n bit faster than tlm
othor, saber to the right or left. Jvow. which
one of Hurfoot walks faster than the other?
Without Shnflllng or Kvaslon.
From the St. Paul Pioneer Prett.
From Fenlmoro Cooper and other authori
ties we havo gained tho Impression that tlie In
dian is n stolid, severe Individual, with no
sense of tho white man's humor, but ono red
brother showed himself quite a civilized joker
the othor day In tlie I'nltod Stntos Court. He
was on tlm stand in a hotly contnstod case, and
Attornoy D II. Il'illey of Sioux Fnlls was after
him In thn most approved fashion of cross
examination. Finally, after apparently fright
ening thn Inillnn with the awful consequences
which would follow tho slightest deviation from
tlie truth, Sir Bailey took his most portentous
tonn and solemn manner und demanded:
"Now, sir, I want you to tell mo the exnet
truth, without nny shuffling or evasion. I want
you to look nw square in tho eyo and tell ma
how you get ymir living, sir."
Thn Indian lookedstralghtatSIr.Halloy.and,
with that imperturbable air familiar to all ac
quainted with tho red men.slmplysald. "Eat."
Thn courtroom roared, even Judge Carlaua
smiled nnd Sir. Balloy let tho witness go.
A Itemnrknblei Accident.
From the ituld'ettmn Penny Prtxt.
Sirs. John Tyler, onn of tho best-known resi
dents of Jiust Hnddam, was badly Injured while
tetnrnlng from Slount Parnassus on Thursday
nfmrnoon with a team Sirs Tjlerwns lead
ing .i cow behind tlm wagon, and while coming
down a hill the cow jumped into tho rear of the
wagon, lurtlv turning thn vehicle over Sirs.
Tyler was thrown between tlm wheel nnd tlm
shall of tho wagon. Tho fiightened horse ran
away. Mrs Tyler's clothing becaum entangled
In thn wagon and she was dragged for three-
lumteis nl a mile behind the running horso.
Wlmn Imr clothing finally gave wav shn was
left by the sldn o' tlie road In a terribly injured
condition It was nt first thought that she
would die Mrs Tjlcr tallied somewhat yes
terdav and It is thought she will recover. Per
haps what saved her llfn is tho fortunate cir
cumstance that a btilTalo robe m the wagon be
came wound about Imr head and the upper part
nf tier bod) nndatlnriled Imr considerable pro
tection against tho rough ground.
Condensed Oysters,
From the Atlanta Jiurnal,
Sir. R. W. Balllngeror Chicago is In Bruns
wick looking for a situ on which to estab
lish an oyster and shrimp londenslng plant.
The oyster nnd shrimp will go through a
cnuiIruHii.g process vv filch absorbs all water In
thi in By this niethoil a gallon of oystois can
be condense, to fourteen ounces in weight.
Wbll" in this suite water Is inured on 'hem
when le.nlv fui use and tlmy agun assume
tl e.r nnr.nnl proputtions.
She slid to Mutt liiionv on it Lightning Hod.
V'ui the Halt nif.te .Sun.
CtnTTvs'noin, Tenn , April lit -Miss Delia
II Johnson and Charles A llovd were married
here this afternoon, after tlm bnde s daylight
nriiiieiliiii n lightning rod from n femabi
M'luinan I'.l Sew nice, Tenn . and a sensational
pursuit of tlm couple thioiigh tlm country by
the bride's father an I a lU brother armed
with shotguns and vovvii g vengeance on liod.
Mr. (.lesson's Si-nilrlilrsa bill. en.
I'lom the Itarlford i mtranl,
Es-K. Apill Ifi.-Onenf V II O'casnn's Imns
has a bron I of ehi"keus o' the iniidoit.)
v.irlctv, which iiiciiniert one th.it has oiilyoid
leg. It manages to gut mound fair'y wel..
1 bn I'rillinlnnr) Vjurstlon,
1 turn the (7,i.-,ii;i tiil.un'
StrangerIs o jou L'vvt nugulQc r.t orchitis la
this si'i t. u It must be a gnat rrutt-ralslnz coun
try. V, 111 there bo any crop ib's)car?
JsaUve Mister, are jua a reporter or a buyer? r
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