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i! 9 v THE SUN, TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 1899. '
f i TUESDAY, JUNK 27, 1800.
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1 miut in all cattl etnd etamplfor thai purpoee.
Tho Job Will ISo Finished.
' The obstacloH to tho Philippines onmpalfrn
I which tho rainy Beason has produced ln-
! plro tho nntl-oxpnnslonlntn with freah zeal
In urging tho abandonment of tho whole
i affair. Thoy would havo us acknowledge
I that AqUinaldo aud his mon havo ff ot tho
' better of ub, and boiiio would havo us guar-
anloo thorn protection against other nations
I under tholr own flatr, perhaps as a reward
I for getting the bettor of us. At all ovonts,
J they would havo us pack up and scuttlo out
; of tho Islands.
I Now, that Is not tho American way of
doing things. Wo aro not accustomed to
I I booking out of n job inoroly because) It
i proves a llttlo lint dor than wo expected.
1 1 Even wero thoro nothing olso agnlnst such
I j a course, tho losa of preetlgo In tho world's
; , eyes would bo enough to deter us from It.
, j Wo do not wish to bocoino, as nn American
j j statesman onco expressed it, "tho scorn of
, j tho universe, tho contempt of ourselves,"
I I through lack of tenacity.
If wo havo somuwhat underrated tho co-
I p&olty and tho willingness of tho Tagals to
I wago war on us, wo understand them now,
' and shall proceed accordingly. Oampalgn-
i i Ing In tho tropk'H wua a novelty wo had not
I quite mastered betoro tho rainy season put
certain restriction on It, but tho delay will
be brief. The ridiculous thing is to Biip-
f poso that wo shall not put forth all the
I moro strength when It is needed that, hnv-
leg put our hands to tho plough, we shall
J turn back. Tho American people aro not
j built that way.
j An Astounding; Case.
j Tho case Including and surrounding Hear
I Admiral ScmiEY steadily grows moro ro-
markablo.
t In responso to Scnrar'B request Llouten-
i ant-Commander Hodosos sent a lettor to
him saying that "tho colloquy printed In
' The Sun (tho Sohloy-llodgson oolloquy)
never occurred." HoDasoN made this state-
ment manifestly In the doslro to froo him-
J self from any liability to tho ohargo of
I breach of discipline that Bcimrr Intimated
i might llo In tho particular words therein
attributed to him. But with that denial
t Hodgson sent an accompanying letter ex-
plaining that tho "denial" was purely toch-
f nlcal, and that tho substanco of Tina Sun's
l statement rogardlng Admiral SoitLBr and
'! himself was truo. In theso two dooumonts
f IIoDfihON told tho truth and nothing out-
'. sido tho lines of truth, as he believed It
f to 1)0.
1 s But of theso two documents Schley sup-
j pressed tho one that was vital, the one that
; : told tho substantial truth, and used tho one
! that had its intended effect of deceiving tho
j public. It Scm.EY had cheated at cards his
I ' not would not havo been moro shameful or
!'j Indicative of a lower sense of honor.
Yet this turpltudoof ono man has spread.
Tho Schloy nowepapers, conspicuous among
j I which are tho Washington Post, tho Balti-
j more American and, recently, tho JVeto York
I , Times, continuing their effort to present
; Bciiley beforo the publlo In the light In
which thoy originally vlowed him, steadily
j suppress tho Hodgson letter which Schley
If suppressed, and attempt to provoHoDaeox
i guilty of solf-oontradlctlon and therefore
j unbollovablo, as though this suppressed
'. letter did not exist.
j Hodoson's letter tolling Bchxey that
F Tin Sun's statement was substantially
I I true and that the denial was Intended
t tneroly as a contradiction of tho precise
II Verbal accuraoy, was one of tho original
II dooumonta in the coso and tha moat impor-
H lant. It was not "extorted" by Oapt.
If Dhadwiok, as tho Schley pross pretends,
II but appeared In Chadwick's report simply-
as a repetition of what Hodosok had pre-
I j viously written to Schley.
If BanTMT suppressed It, and although Its
Iv publication has shown htm, andnotTns
!Buif, to be the falsifier, hla chloanory is
blindly adopted by thovitewspopers of his
(allowing.
It Is the most extraordinary- caso of moral
injection that wo can. recall.
I England and. Russia In Pen la.
Tho evident Intention of the Russian
Government to proceed 'without delay In
Its polloy of opening a way through Persia
to tho sea for Its Aslatlo commerce is bring
ing out many expressions of opinion from
leading English and British Indian poll
j tlctana. Among tho moro recent speakers
j on the subjoct have been Sir Lepex, Guif-
1 1 rat and Sir Eicilaud TbmmiB, both former
I Indian officials, the latter having boon at'
j onetlmo Lieutenant-Governor of Bombay,
J In which capacity he exercised a oertaln
I general supervision over the affairs of tho
j Persian Gulf.
In an address which he gave a short tlmo
I I ago at the Boyal United Service Instltu
l tlon In London, BlrBicilAiiDTEMPLK spoke
of tho strategic relation of Persia to British
; Interosts. Alluding to tho recent agroe-
! ment between Russia and England with
I regard to China, he expressed his approval
I of It, and hoped that a similar and equally
satisfactory one might bo reached about
; Persia. Hitherto, ho said, Russian policy
j In Porsia had been as Inimical to England
as It could well be, ami then) soomod to
bo no other object in It except to create
j embarrassment for tho British Govern-
! ment ; the time had arrived when a stand
j must bo mado if British inlluonco lu Persia
j was not to be entirely wlpod out. North
ern Persia ho looked on as irretrievably
within the power of Russia, but tho south,
( Including the Perslon Gulf, might bo saved
1 to England If energetic steps wore takon
I In tlmo. Ho wos entirely opposed to a
Junction of tho Russian Aslatlo ond tho
j British Indian railway systems, and would
keop the Afghan territory between Herat
I and Kandahar Intact, regarding It In tho
j eamo light as the Channel between Eng-
land and France.
j When It came to (ho question of what tho
j division of Petsia lietween liubsia aud Eng-
' land bliould bo, ho suggested n line across
tho middle of Pet eta fiom west to cast ; all
the country to tho south of It to bo a British
i Where, Russia, he said, must on no ao-
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count bo permitted to roach tho Persian Gulf,
for it would establish an enomy on tho
flank of tho most Important of England's
lines of communication with tho East, but
ho bellovod an understanding might bo
readied guaranteeing "tho Integrity of
Persia, which Is a rapidly dying nation,
and then each country should set up Its
sphoro of Influence"
Sir Liu-el Gmpfin, who occupied tho
chair, cordially concurred In all that Sir
IlicUAitD Temple had said, and spoko of
the Persian Gulf having been regarded from
tho beginning of the century an a British
lake. Ho, howover, was not of tho opinion
that tho Russian influence In Persia was as
strong us genorally bellovod, and consid
ered that tho question concerning Persia was
largely a financial ono, which was a great
point In favor of England, In addition to
tho fact that tho Persians and their Govern
ment preferred England to Russia. Ho ad
vocated tho Jpollcy of the opon door, nnd
thought groat earn should bo taken not to
frighten Persia into tho idea that England
had any other Intentions. With tho sup
port of England he belloved Persia could
maintain her independence.
Tho abovo aro, of course, English vlows
of tho Persian question. The Russian way
of rogardlng It is, as wo havo seen in ex
tracts from tho Russian press on several
ocoasions, very different. Russia would
consont to a division of Persia by a lino
from north to south, by whloh sho would
havo uncontrolled access to tho sea. An
accord, therefore, whero purposes aro so
entirely at variance would appoar difficult
to arrlvo at. But If Persia Is, as Sir
Richard Temple bollovos, a rapidly dying
nation, both England and Russia will have
to oomo to an early decision as to their ro
spoctlvo eihnros of lnfluenco or territory,
and as to whether an arrangomeut shall be
orrlved at peacoably or otherwise. For
Russia an outlet for her Asiatic trade to tho
sea, uncontrolled by any foreign power, is
an Imporatlvo nocesslty.
Agulnaldo's Only nope.
Yesterday's Manila despatch from Gen.
Otis tolls again with tho emphatic- terse
ness of a cable mossage tho only hope re
maining to tho Agulnaldo insurgents:
"NattTeesoutheaat Laion combining to drlre ont
liaursente; only hope lnaurgent leaden la United
Btateeaid. They proclaim near orerthrow preaent
Admlnlatration, to be followed br thetr Indepen
dence and recognition br tha United Btatei. Thlala
the lnflnenoe which enablea them hold out; muob.
contention preraila among them and no clTit gor
ernmeni remaina."
That Is, tho Philippine insurrection gets
Its only strength from Its reliance on tho
assistance of treasonable "Anti-Imperialists
" In this country. It Is proceeding on
tho vain thoory that this band of allies will
charge successfully from tho rear against
our army fighting for their country In the
Philippines.
An Allegation Tested by a Fact.
First the allegation : The Washington
correspondent of the Pittsburg Dispatch
undertakes to explain In a manner botoken
lng authority the Ideas of General Miles
concerning the prosecution of military op
erations In tho Philippines :
"Central Uii.es hae never uttered a word to anr
one which would probably reaoh the eara of the pub
lic, but It la well known to hla Intimate frlenda that
from the beelnnlng of the trouble In the PhiUpplnea
he haa had a better mental graap of the (rarity of
tho condltlone there than any one who haa been con
neoted with the management of the campaign either
'here or In the Phlltpplnta.
" To theae frtende, at the firing of the Ant gun, he
declared that a troubleaome war waa apparently be
gun, and that unleia It could be cruthed with on
tremendoua Initial effort it would probably go on for
yean.
" Ilia theory waa that every available reiael ahauld
at once be etarted for the lilanda with all the men
and auppltee they could carry; that a prodictloua
etlori ahould be made to prevent any addlUon to the
arms and ammunition of the natives, and to reach
at onca the internal source of supply and cut that
off once and for all."
Now for a fact : Tho views of tho Major
Goncral Commanding the Army as to tho
proper military policy In tho Philippines
at the beginning of our campaign thoro
wero fully 60t forth In his official commu
nications to tho "War Department What
do thoy show?
General MrLEs'a original "theory" was
that an expedition of flvo or six thousand
mon was all that would bo needed for tho
Philippines. Two-thirds of ono regiment of
regular Infantry, two companies of regular
cavalry, threo regiments of volunteer In
fantry, two heavy batteries of volunteers,
and no Held artlllory whatover, constituted
his original recommendation for the ser
vlce, Suoh was the size of tho army Gen
eral Miles -would havo sont out at tho be--elnnlng,
General Mehhitt was of a different opln
4on. In his lettor of May 15, 1898, to Pres
ident HoKisley ho predicted the trouble
with AauiNALDo whloh has slnco oc
curred: "It stems more Dun probable that we will have
the so-called Insurgenta to fight aa well aa the
Spaniards, and upon the work to be accompUshed
wlU depend the ultimate strength and composition
of the forces."
Boar In mind that this Is MEitniTT, not
Miles. SuchpartofGonoralMiLES'senorgy
as was bestowed upon tho military aspects
of the Philippine question was dovoted from
that timo on to kicking against every pro
posal to send out an adequato number of
troops, to criticising MERnrrr'a estimate of
the number required, and to accusing him
of exaggerating tho work beforo our troops
in tho Islands.
General Miles's part In tho organization
of our army of occupation was simply that
of nn obstructionist and a sorehead. When
Meiuutt said that from llftcon to sixteen
thousand men at least should bo sent,
Miles reluctantly acquiesced, as ho was
obliged to acquiesce, but ho put his senti
ments on record in this astonishing com
ment, Indited by him on May 18 of last
year :
"The troops mentioned in the within letter as
available to send to that department (the Philip
pines number 15,426. The Tenth Pennsylvania
Volunteers, ordered to-day, will be approximately
1,000 moro. These troops, In my Judgment, are all
that It would be advisable to send to the Philippine
at this time. If It be deemed advisable to send ad
dltional rrelmeuts, they ran be eent from New
Orleans or Tampa, but tkt font now ordtrid to e ttnt
i j, at alrtady ndicottd, ten thoutand more than vnll be
required for the purpett."
That Is to say, In General Miles's judg
ment, 0,000 men were enough for tho occu
pation of tho Philippines, tho defeat of tho
Spanish, and any such troublo with tho in
surgents as MERmrr already foresaw. If
ho had had his way, thut would havo been
tho size of our army thoro. And fiom that
time on tho only expressions of opinion
from Miles which wo Hud In thn published
ofllcial documents concerning the aimyin
tho Philippines consist of petulant aud ob
structive objections to adding this or that
regiment, or this or thut battel y of artil
lery, to tho foreo already ordered,
It is Kunowhatsui prising, theroforo, to
learn on the authority of tho Washington
correspondent of tho Pittslmrg Dispatch,
peaking for General Miles's "Intimate
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friends,' that he has been from tho first the
urgent one for tho aggrandisement of the
Philippine army, tho unsuccessful advocate
of a " tremendous initial effort," and that,
" from tho beginning, ho has had a better
mental grasp of tho gravity of tho condi
tions thore than any ono who has been con
nected with tho management of tho cam
paign, either hero or In tho Philippines."
To Prevent Divorce by Slaking It Un
fashionable. The Rov. Mr. Hamilton, preaching in nn
Episcopal church at Newport on Sunday,
urged tho soolcty of fashion, which has Its
foremost seat at that placo during tho
summer, to exercise Its undoubtedly great
social Inlluonco to dlscourago and dlscoun
tenanco divorce. "Tho peoplo of Now
port," ho sold, "aro endowed with tho
power to suppress this evil," and ho added
lnfurentlally that without such soclnl In
fluence tho Church Is Impotent in tho
premises, saying that "Nowport has moro
power to check It than tho combined efforts
of tho Christian Churches from Maine to
tho Paclllo coast." Mr. Hamilton accord
ingly appealed to Nowport society "to ro
fuso to recognize divorce," "as a favor
toward tho Church."
This is a very remarkablo acknowledg
ment that tho authority of tho Episcopal
Churoh Is unablo of itself to resist success
fully tho present tendoncy of that society
to tolerato and Justify divorce for any causo
allowed by tho civil law In any State, no
matter how vlolontly It conflicts with the
law of tho Church. Everybody who heard
tho appeal, howovor, knows that such Is tho
fact, for it has been demonstrated In many
conspicuous insUnoos. Tho canon of tho
Episcopal Church allows dlvorco for tho
solo causo of adultery, and romarrlago
to tho innocent party only. Actually
tho society addressed by tho clorgyman
has paid no hood to this canon, though It Is
composed chiefly of mombcrs of tho Episco
pal Church. So long us tho divorces wero
legally obtained for desortlon, real or
nominal, or for any other cause allowed in
tho freest dlvorco laws of tho Union It
has given Its countcnaneo to tho proceed
ings and reoolvod back to Its embraco tho
parties whoso marriages vi ere thus dissolved
when either or both of them havo brought
to It now husbands or wives. That Is, tills
society has treated tho Episcopal Church
with open contempt, and byglvlnglts sanc
tion to "free dlvorco" has set an example
for all tho social olrclos of tho Union which
look to It for fashionable leadership.
Tho Bev. Mr. Hamilton's extraordinary
courso In asking that society, " as a favor
toward the Church," to change Its oonduct
In tho matter, Is, therefore, a confession
that fashion is more powerful than re
ligion ; that whllo tho occloslaatlcal canon
Is poworless to provent divorce In doflanco
of It, even among Episcopalians, the prao
tico can be provented simply by making It
unfashionable That this Is true, howovor,
Is proved by past experience. The change
In tho attltudo toward dlvorco and tho
dlvorocd which has become so manifest of
lato years has beon wholly in soolal bentl
ment; thore has been no relaxation of the
nominal Churoh law. Formerly tho dl
voroed wero under a social ban ; so
cloty looked at thorn askance. Tho
consequence was that oven the married,
moro especially wives, who had just
cau60 for dlvorco under the Church canon
wero restrained from getting a civil dis
solution of their marriages through dread
of social opinion, both for themselves and
for their children. A "grass widow " was a
term of reproach and derision, and only of
recent years, since people promlnont In tho
clrclo of fashion haro resorted freely to
divorces whenever their marriages becamo
unsatisfactory to them, without social dis
advantage, has the old social prejudlco
been overcome. If, then, as tho Rev. Mr.
Hamilton said, this society now turns
about again and makes dlvorco socially dis
reputable, It can accomplish vastly moro In
the way of reformation than Is posslblo for
the Episcopal Church.
This abdication of its authority by tho
Church in favor of society is very slgnlfl
oant. Practically it seems to be an admis
sion that marriage Is a social rathor than a
religious Institution and cannot bo pre
served from degradation or destruction
except by tho forco of secular soolal senti
ment. It Is a view radically distinct from
the doctrino of tho saoramontal character
of marriage, under which tho safeguard of
tho institution is made wholly a rollgious
obligation. Tho appeal of tho Rov. Mr.
Hamilton to tho Newport congregation to
mako dlvorco unfashionable Is likely, how
over, to start a social movemont which will
havo a poworful lnfluenco In bringing about
the end ho seeks.
The Naval Academy.
Fow if any of the recommendations of
this year's Board of Visitors to tho Academy
at Annapolis have tho merit of absolute
novelty. This, however, may largely re
sult from tho difficulty exporlencod for sev
eral years In procuring legislation oven
upon recommendations backed by annual
repetitions. It Is really a point in favor of
such recommendations that thoy havo
stood tho test of time, and of any tempta
tion on tho part of lator Boards of Visitors
to strike off from tho beaten paths of tholr
predecessors.
Tho lowering, for example, of tho ago
limits of admission to llftoon aud eighteen
years, respectively, has been sovoral times
proposed, but it plainly accords with that
policy of bringing navnl offlcors to Hag and
command rank earlier in life, which was
ono of tho chief arguments for tho promo
tion features of tho new Personnol bill
passed last winter. It is unwiso to admit
young men to tho Academy beforo they aro
mature enough to profit by Its Instruction ;
but in vlow of tho moderate scholastla qual
ifications required nnd tho ago at which
students may enter colleges and other In
stitutions whero tho standard is as high or
higher, tho proposed changowill probably
commend Itself, Wo havo gono long be
yond tho days when tho " middy" on a war
ship was sometimes llttlo moro than u child,
but wo must also avoid tho other extreme.
Related to this proposat of change is
another making tho full courno Ave years.
It has long been urged that tho two years
following tho four at Annapolis, that
aro now passed lu cruising beforo recoiving
a commission, should bo abolished, so thut
tho cadets may bo made Ensigns at tho end
of tho four years' course. Among tho ar
guments urged in past years for that
change havo been tho expenso of bringing
tho cadets back to Annapolis for tho llnal ex
amination and tho needless handicap Im
posed upon thosofor whom no places In tho
servlco aro then found. It was urged that
tho decision on their rases ought to bo
reached earlier, so that they might apply
themselves betimes to civil life. On the
oilier hand, there was some opposition to
making the full course only four years long,
even with the examples of Webt X'olnt and
tho colleges to support that plan. Tho
preaont recommendation of flvo yoars is a
compromlso in which, if the entranco ago is
also lowered, tho cadets would still becomo
Ensigns earlier than now, yot would havo
Instruction at tho Academy distributed
over a greater number of years, so remov
ing somo objections to tho earlier entranco
ago. Ono form of this plan nlso proposes
several prolongod cruises under acadomio
superintendence, Instead of tho final two
years' ciulso.
Tho recommendation that tho fowest pos
sible civilians should bo employed In tho
faculty of Instructors may bo less familiar
than other proposals, but Is based on tho
theory that Its tendoncy would bo to put
tho teaching on n moro purely naval basis.
With other things equal this would be a
gain, yet tho highest qualification as
teachers would seem to bo n primary req
uisite. Tor example, In modern languages
it Is better to havo Instructors who furnish
absolutely correct pronunciation than thoso
skilled In sea loro or soa life.
Tho proposal that tho tltlo cadet be
changed buck to midshipman was favored
by Secretary Lono in ono of his annual
reports, uud no doubt has many frlonds.
Tho suggestion that ut Hag saluto tho
cap should bo raised from tho head com
mends Itsolf in thoso days when nttontlon
Is paid to forms designed to show respect
for tho national colors; Indeed, It would
seem that not only at Aunapolis nnd West
Point but ovorywhoro such observances
might bo carried out by tho local authori
ties on their own Initiative
Tho recommondatlon that tho Presldont
should bo entitled to appoint ten midship
men at largo Is modornto; for, with tho
recent Increase In tho number of officers In
tho navy, and with tho possibility that
oven moro may bo required ns wo go on
Increasing tho numbor of vessels nnd tor
pedo boats In commission, we must look to
tho Naval Acadomy for a larger annual
supply of graduates.
The Pastor and tho Religious Editor.
Tho Rov. Dr. Chambers repeated on Sun
day tho explanation of tho reason for his
resigning from tho Calvary Presbyterian
Church In 110th streot. the truth of whloh
was donied by tho Rov. Dr. STorfDAnn, tho
editor of tho Presbyterian Jveui York Ob
fterver. It is that the churoh was "mis
placed," having beon eroctod In a district
whero Jews predominate.
Recently wo referred to Dr. Chamdeus'b
quotation of tho remark of a Jewish rabbi
to this effect, and our article was denounced
by Dr. Stoddard as "sensational" and
"most of it not true." Ho dcolared that
tho truo reason of tho falluro of thopastor
ato of Dr. CHAMnEits was a fault In himself
nnd not In his circumstances, as ho alleged.
On Sunday, howovor, Dr. Chambers went
further by quoting tho exceedingly signifi
cant remark of another rabbi that "If ho
had tho money he could buy flfteon or
twenty churches between 110th nnd 123th
btreets." Tho President of tho tnistoos of
Calvary Church, too, gives tho Information
that "wo havo had sovoral offers for tho
church building from representatives of
Jewish congregations."
Dr. Stoddard also Accused us of ma
liciously exaggerating tho ovll lnfluenco of
tho Brlggs controverbyon tho Presbyterian
Church in Now York. What did Dr. Ciiam
iiers say about tho matter last Sunday?
" I am persuaded," ho said, "that much of
tho unfortunate condition of Prosbytorian
ism In this city is duo to a disposition on
tho part of many of tho housohold to tolor
ato an attltudo toward tho Bible which Is
neither Presbyterian nor yet evangelical."
An Incident at tho Bowdoln College com
mencomont last week is thus reported by the
Kennebeo Journal:
"The featuro of tho forenoon waa the procession
of alumni from the chapel to tho church where the
eierclaes were held. It waa a remarkable sight t
see among those marching down the shaded campus
paths the Hon. James W. IIhadhcht, the claasmate of
LoNurELijw, Hawtrorxe, Arnorr, CnEtvxn and
Ciilpv. bearing lightly the burden of his ninety,
socn ears."
Mr. BiuDBuni's ago is rocordod as ninety
four. Dot ninety-seven. He is tho only sur
vivor of the class of 182"). a class that In
cluded an unusual number of men who after
ward achlovid reputations. Mr. IIbadbury:
himself satin tho Senate of the United States
moro than fifty years nco, where he was tho
contamporary of Thomas )I. Benton, JonN C.
Calhoun, Henry Clay. Bamuei, Houston and
Daniel Wkbstkr. The span of his aotiro ex
perience almost staggers the Imagination. It
Is more than sixty yoars, for exumpls, slnco
his college classmate and friend, Jonathan
Cilley. attor living lonit enough to attain
high political distinction, was shot by Graves
of KentuoLr In the celebrated duel at Bla
donsburg. His classmate Nathaniel Haw
thorne was Btxty years old when he died,
and yet Hawthorne has been In his crave
more than a third of a century. Mr. Bradbury
returns to his college this year as usual, active
In mind and body, and leads the procession
along tho paths which ho first walked ns a
craduate sevonty-four years ago.
Is the class of 1825 at any other Institution
represented in the commencement oxerclsos of
the year 1800?
There has been great jubilation over tho
Columbia's defeat of that once peorless and, as
many thought, unsurpassabls craft,' the De
fender. A Bhort sail ended In along lead for
the now boat, something most satisfactory.
This is all well; but don't let us mako too lonar
a jump at conclusions. We don't doubt that
tho Columblawlll beat tho Defender; but when
they are flirting around together in these
little chance trials preliminary to actual races
the results aro apt to bo to sotno axtont mis
leading. Somehow or other tho main sheet on
this or that craft will just be a little too far in
or too far out. or there will be a head sail too
flat or not Hat onough; in short, until thoduv
of real trial, human nature is apt to have its
little joke, Walt for tho races.
Crow nnd Chameleon,
.omlAa .4mnla Jlatar J'afnea,
A few days ao the vacant ground in Monastery
Iload Quarter, opposite to u Shwe Tna'a house, was
the scene of an interesting fight between a crow and
a chameleon. A smart shower of rain caused the In
aocts of which chameleons are so foud to com
out from their liolea, aud wueu the rain abated a
chameleon came down from a tree ilose by and be
gun to mike havoo among tho Insects. At the same
tlmo a crow came thore. aud while deouring his
hrarty mtal like the chameleon, came iu contact
with the lattor, and a battle ensued, The crow not
daring to attack his enemy face to face, pecked the
latter'e tall, aud he in return received a smart blto
somewhere about the neck from the reptile. Thus
the battle coutiuued for about half an hour with
varjlng success, In which the ohamoleon allowed
more Intrepidity. The crow never attacked hie
enemy In tho face, but always pecked tho tall, and
by this means at an opportunity he carried away hla
courageous enemy, with a "iaw" "cawl" of triumph.
Jlr. roiiltneiy Illgeluw'a Loudon Lecture on
thn AiurlcHD Army.
From the Saturday Htvient,
The lecturer must have been apeaklng loosely
when he stated that the lD.OuO American eoldlera
he saw at Tampa wer a a rule about sli feet blub.
Maten Inland Wouts to f,rt Ana),
From the platen JeUnd Leader.
It Is time to take up the question of separating
fitstD Island from the cuy etXtwXosU
. -A. - - i
the cBsxjtK or rapcLATioy.
Where It Hue Been, and Whre the Next
Census May Show It to II.
By tli first national census takon In 1700,
when tho population of the country was not
much greatr than of New York elty to-clay.tlu
centre of population was twenty-three nilles
east of Baltimore. It was still In the neigh
borhood of llaltlmor. though to the wst of
that city, la 1800. In 1H10 It was near Wash
tngton. In 18L0 It was at Woodstock, Vo , and
In 1830. 1810 and 1850 In the present Btato
of West Virginia. In 1800 It was a little to
tho south of Chllleothe. O.. this being the first
offlclal appearance of Ohio as the centre cf
population, though it has remained the po
litical centre of population Btendlly ever since.
In 1870 tli catr of population wai on a
line in Ohio between Chllleothe and Cincin
nati: in 1880 it was In the neighborhood of
Cincinnati: and in 1800. the rear of tli last
national census, it was In Decatur county.
Ind.. near the Ohio boundary, and on a line
between Cincinnati and Indlatinpitls. The
Government estimate of th present popula
tion of the United States, exclusive of coun
tries over which its sovereignty has been ex
tended, was 75.000.000 on Jun I. and all'seo
tlons of the country hnvo participated, though
not equally. In th growth of population since
1800. when it was U'.MIOO.OOO.
Hy the coming census th Ohio and Mis
sissippi Valley Htate3 will probably be bnown
to have gained loss from direct foreign Immi
gration than In any Previous docaJe. while
tho citizens of the Middle: and Ntr England
States ha. relatively, gained moro. There
has been asuDstanllal Increase in population,
larger, probably, than in any period sine the
close of the civil war. in the! South and
South bordr States, and a much larger In
crease in those of the Southwest, most notably
In Toxas. the total vote of which increased
from 230.000 In 1880 to P40.000 in 1800 and
550.000 In 1800. The population of Texas CJ.
200.000 in 1800) is probubly near 3.000.000.
A Btat census tikn of Kansas lu 1805,
on the other hand, showed tho population
of that Stute to be less than In 18S10.
while In the same period the population of
New Jersey had Inoreassd It) per eent. Be
tween lKHJ and 1805 the population of Tiorl
da Increased from 300.000 to 405.000, while
the population oft South Dakota (328.000 lo
1800) was returned as 330.000 five years later.
The growth of population In American States
between 18O0 and 1000 will be In accordano
with tho3ncrease of tho urban population In
each rather than ivlth the gain in agricultural
districts. As a majority of the cities are In
the North. It npooears likely that the "centre
of population" In 1000 will b on or near the
banks of the Wabash in the State of Indiana,
at some point northwesterly from the present
centre and nearer the Illinois than the Ohio
State line.
JMEltZCAlf LOCOSt OTITRS
The Rest Made, but Not Until Recently In
Demiiud in Other Countries.
Thore are 40,000 locomotives In use on Amer
lean railroads, representing an Investment of
$50,000,000. All points of exoollence and de
merits considered, the American locomotives
are the best In the world, and besides are tho
standard of construction for most of tho othor
countries. The acrago weight of an Ameri
can railroad locomotive is 100,000 pounds and
three riuible changes In the matter of con
struction of reoent yoars have been these: The
sleof Amorican locomotives has steadily in
creased, the numbor of driving wheels has
grown from four originally to eight or ten.
and as the number of driving whools has been
lnoreaseil the size of tho smokestack has been
steadily reduced.
The competition betwoon English and Ameri
can locomotives has boon going on for a nuin Lor
of years, and, to some extent, the English loco
motives have pretty well held their own in tho
competition. Nevertheless, thoro ha? recently
come to bo greater foreign demand for Ameri
can locomotives, and the exports of these dur
?.Ko5ken'Acftl rSar of 1B08 were of tho aluo of
JJ.000.000. an increase of 1700,000 over tho
voar preceding. One of the most curious
features of tho gain is the fnet that
Amerioan locomothe builders are now
successfully conipetlng with thoso of
Ureat Britain. Tho American iocoinotio is
making Its way not only In England, but also
all oyer the world, because steel ami Iron cost
less In this oountry than In Europe, and be
cause Amorican workmen, though better paid
than their foreign brothers. Jo more nnd
better work for the same monoy. Thn chief
cities engaged In locomotive manufacture nro
?.,r.l.1"onmon'1' )" Sehenectady. Puterson.
Pittsburg. Bt Louis. Altoona. Pa , and l'hlla
tlolphla, und the business Is one in which there
are constant changes through tho develop
ment of new patents and appliances and
(lovlces for time and fuel saving. A new mar
ket, probably, for American locomotives will
bo found In tho West Indies, wlioro thn rail
road servlco has heretofore boen Imiierfoct.
The Origin of the Term " Welcher."
To mi Editor or Tui Suv .Vir.- It would be a
matter of interest to know tho derlmtiou of the
word "welcher," as used In tho ejcellmt editorial
article published In Tin Sex on Juno 23. The v rd
In not of frequent occurrence, and Its etymology Is
uncertain. The "Century Dictionary" consider
thederUationas noaslhly connected with thl(nlng
propensltlea on the part of the Welsh, according to
the well-known rhj me In " ilother Goose'," which
begins:
' Taffy waa a Welshman, and Taffy waa a thief."
I have, however, heard it aeserted that thla word
first came Into ue at about the timo tho old raco
tratkatLong llranch closed its cm er. It la said
that Its origin was duo to knavlnh acts on tho part of
the Junior member of i certain firm of bookmakers.
In an important raco In which a large sum or money
was invol ed thin firm waa on tho losing utile, nnd ono
Welsh absconded with the funds placed in his care.
There was a great furor at tho time, and Welih'e
partner was unsuccessfully ened by the winning
bettors for tho amount of their bets. It Is said that
from this occurrence acoe the verb "to welah,"
and lta derhative, " a welsher."
Doubtless some of tho realers of Tiie Scn can
testify as to the facta concerning this matter. It Is
noticeable that the "Cntury Dictionary" and tho
"American lUieyclopiedlo Dictionary" prefer the
orthogrspny of "welsher" to that of "welcher,"
and that Webster doea not rofer to the word at all.
Philapklwiu, June 24. a. a FacunT.
Frenlte of Hyphenation.
To Tnr. EmTon or Tint Run .Vir- The most con
temptible species of hyphenated American Is the
citizen of this country who, ashamed of his origin
or hla Government, styles himself an "Anglo
Baxon." Thia personage and that doubly hy.
phanated one, an " Anglo flaxon-American," are
freaks of humanity who belong more properly in
the London colony of denationalized Americans than
in this free republic u, p.
New Yonz, June 2(1,
Rnglnnd'i Old Order (.'bringing.
i'rom the London Spectator.
A remarkable and unl'iu event haa happened at
tho Mathematical Tripos at Cambridgo this year.
Noi only is the senior wranglershlp bracketed be
tween two students, but these students represent tho
nouitllee cucAm eneiatei. whoi presence at our uni
versities is transforming th character of our seat
of learning, One of tho senlur wranglers, Mr,
(leurge lllrtwlsile, began life as a poor boy at Hum
Icy, hla father having died when he waa young and
hla mother having to support bar young children.
Aud now, at tho age of 22, the poor Uuruley ) outh
finds himself at the head of the learned and prom
ising young men of England of tho present year,
Hlo collesguo In the senior wranglershlp, Ilagher
nath Paranjpye, la a Hindoo, educated at l'ooua and
at the University of Doruhay, where he ee-urod a
Government scholarnhlp aud afterward went to St.
John's College, Cambridge, aa a foundation scholar.
Ills subtle lilnduo intellect, combined with hard
work, bas enabled him to become senior wiangler,
and we are glad to note that when th lists were read
out iu tho Uenate House this Hindoo triumph waa
greeted with enthusiasm. Wo think we are right in
aayiug that thia double event constitutes a very Im
portant fact.
Our universities hae bean steadily dcmocraUzed
In fact and In tone during the last generation. A
sign of th change U that you do not hint to day,
aayiutheblg oourt at Trinity, Cambridge, tho gold
braid and velvet rap of th n ibleman, aa was the
raie about a quarter of a ceutury ago. The peer's
s n enters aa an ordinary undergraduate, and tlnda
liliu.olf silting at table with a outh who ligau life
In a b ard rcIhi. 1 J hi expent-rs of dining hate,
been rut down, extratnwant etiieitalmiiri.ts have
declined, and altogether a much simpler 1 ut has
ben iiiirudureil. Into tin h si .it) i Hut ft.,
day, with Its Muler nutlnuk and lu.re ait i riad
lug the Introduction of tiie pl ked young men of
the uoorer class aud of the btel i..inds fvia Judia,
the Lulled Butts and the llrlt.ab colonies Is a fact
the litneuceut Importance ef which can scarcely be
uMreaUu.ated. I
XBYY WAT OF MAK1SO TAXIS.
Lnmlsmen to lie Kullsted nnd Sent Oft to
Sen at Once on Warships.
W'AsniNOTON, Judo !. Klmllnif consider
able dimouity In getting a sufficient numbor of
sonmon to 1111 the ncallClcR existing In the
ship ofl the navy, tho department has devised
n new scheme to remoo the dlulculty. Orders
havo been sent to tho receiving ship at Now
ork, llostou and Philadelphia to enlist lfiO
landsmen of good ehnrnctor nnd In nil wavs
the most desirable men who can be obtained,
nnd as soon as shlppod these men will bo trans
ferred to tho essols of tho North Atlantic
squadron, commanded by Hear Admiral Snmp
Hon, without regnrd to the authorized comple
ments of thoso ships.
This body of men. none of whom is sup
posed to know anything about tho nayand
not much about anything nautical, will re
ceive ipeelal attention and Instruction on boaid
the seagoing ships In order to innkeofthem
eftlclent inen-of-w.u's men. Just how this plan
will work will bo watched with Interest.
Usually raw recruits for tho navy are broken
In on board tho receiving ships before bclnii
sont to sea. but bvthls new plan they will bo
Bent to sea llrfct. It Is expected that tho Idea
will appeal to many yottni; men who have n de
sire for tho na y, but have heretofore been un
ablo to ship on account of tho usual surplus of
such applicants.
Tho great Incroase In the navy within tho
past yoar or two lias caused a scarcity of en
listed mon In cortaln ratings ns well ns nit ab
fonco of tho necessary number of ofllcers.
Thore seems to be a good supply of petty olll
cers and apprentices, but seamen and ordinary
seamen nro scarce. Thoro does not seotn to be
tho usual number of rn-enllstments. nnd this
tsbald by somo naval ofllcers who have given
tho matter attention to bo due to the workings
of the recent order that hereafter all enlist
ments are for four years Instead of throe, for
general servlco. nnd tho doing away with
speolnl service onllsltnents of one year This,
It Is thought, temporarily discourages re-enlistments
of men who think four years a long
time to ship for. That this will bo anything
liut temporary is not generally belleied, al
though It causes t.ome Incomenfence while the
readjustment to new ootulltlons Is going on.
Another reason for the scarcity of uvallablo
seamen In the numbor of men who are receiv
ing special Instruction In gunnorv ships nnd
schools, at the torpedo stntlon at Newport, in
electricity at Now York Navy Yard and else
where. Ml theso branchos of special Instruc
tion take mon away from tho cruising ships.
Theso branchos of Instruction havo been
added to tho naval establishment, or If exist
ing beforo havo been largely Increased nnd
their scope widened, since tho Hpanlsh-Amerl-enn
war. It Is In line with the polloy of the
Navy Department to keen tho service tin to
date. The school of Instruction In eloctrlclty
at the New York Navy Yard takes In ofllcers
a; well as enlisted men. and Is expected to be
of great benellt when thoso who aro receiving
the Instruction are sent to sea again und havo
tho duties ot caring for tho many electrical
dovloosnndappurntus now so plentiful in the
now ships, nnd which will bo even moro so In
thn vessels of tho battleslilD class about to be
added to tho navy.
Tho workings of the school of electricity and
gunnery classes at Washington and on tho
gunnery ship Amphlt rite aro such that a young
man In the navy to-day la enablod nrnotleidly
Jo chooao his own course and recolve valua
ble Instruction from tho Government, which
will not only bo useful to him If ho remains In
the service many years, but will bo valunblo to
him In civil life If lie leaves tho navy. Any de
serving man of good record may apply at any
tlmo to be fcont to ono of theso schools of In
struction, nnd just now nn application of that
Bort Is pretty eertuln to take tho applicant
where he wants to go. This opens up a now
valuo to the navy, nnd In tho opinion of thos
who favor the scheme It will attraat many of
tho better clnss of young men as soon ns It be
comes genorally known that the uavy does of
fer such chances.
Of uourse tho gunnery schools nro useful
mninly to train naval gunners in tho ways
which will bring forth good marksmen and en
able the United States Navy to maintain tho
record It has always held for utienualled light
ing gun Are.
OEIl.MA.V l'LASS J.V CHIXA.
Hopes of Ilullcllnr Up nn Enormous Trnde
on tho Ynngtsc Klang.
WAsniNOTOK, Juno 20. A statement regard
ing Germany's ulterior motives in China has
been received from Consul Monaghan of Chem
nitz and made public by the Stato Department.
The Consul says that no nation Is hotter in
formed as to what is going on In China than
Germany.
"The Kaiser's brother," he continues, "with
qulto an array of ships and men. has been kept
in Oriental waters with a view to being on
hand In case complex contingencies should
arise out of which Gormany might make a suc
cessful move. Itoports from tho East inform
tho publlo hero that Trlnce Homy has just
gono on board tho Gellon at Shanghai for a
trip up the Yangtso Klang to Hankaii. adls
tanco of 584 sea miles. Tho Yangtso Klang Is
China's most Important river. Navigable for
ocean stoamors, at high tide or under favor
able conditions, as far up as Hankaunnd for
rher boats huudrods of miles fiuther. It offors,
as a glance at amapofChlna will show, trafllo
with an entire nntlon. Commeieo on this
mighty river hitherto has been In tho hands of
thn English and Chinese.
"Germans hope to have a hand In all that
goes up and down Its water In future. Two
lino river boats, built for a German company,
began to idy this hummer between Shanghai
and Hankuu. llecont reports toll of a second
company in Eastern Asia, eager to participate
in the enormous freight and passenger tralllc
or the Yangtso Klnng, ordoilng a ileot of
btoamorst After the tteaty of Shlmonosokl.
lie many obtained concessions nn tho Yangtso
hi, ing at Ilnnknu the Importance of which to
foreign trade, but more particularly to Oerman
trade, it would be hard to monxuro. Tholr
nluo Is constantly Increasing. Hankau is the
entrepot, jo to spnnk. for central, northwest
and west China. Its trafilo In goods, as far as
u$VaoOo!oOOn. kePt bV foro""le' ha8 eone
'Germans see In tho concessions at Hnnksu
on tho Yaugtse hlang the basis on which to
build up enormous trade relations, not only
along the river, but In the Interior, nnd more
particularly in the rich provinces of central
and western China. Mercantile centros here
sen In Prlnco Henry's trip uptho Yangtso Klnng
tollankttu new proof of the Emperor's deter
mination to do all ho can to Increase Germnn
Influence In tho Dast. Kvery effort is being
made to mako tho best of evnry concession, no
matter how small It Is Once the thin odge or
the wedgo is in. this empire finds wns
and means bv patient labor, to enlarge the
opening. It the Germans can buy wool In
Australia and South America, cotton -in the
Cnrnllnns and Texas. Iron in Hwedon. conl In
England nnd ship Its manufactured goods to
evory corner on earth, tliero is no good roason
why wo should not outsell them. """""
..o' i.rTirAftnfl'N,0ritn """nan T.Ioyd was
i ., IVi r W Oov1rnmont SOIe time
ngo to study K ao-Chou and its contiguous ter
ritory with a view to its exploitation with Gor
man capital nnd by Oerman ooloulsU The re
port, which has been handed to the Kaiser. Is
said to bo one of tho most exhaustive ot Its
klna ever written. It points out coal ns one of
the valuable possessions ot the new territory "
ror.To luco haii.hai.s claim.
Thla Government .alted to Pny a Gnnrante
Marin hy Slmln.
Washington, Juno 20. -Assistant Secretary
of War Molklejohn has Issued orders directing
the discharge of the Insulur Commission on
July 1 Tho commission will, therefore bo
compelled to abandon Its work before it is
finished. Lack of funds to pay the commls-
Ion's expenses Is tho cause of this action
Tho members of tho commission aro Robert
P. Kennedy. C. W. Wutklns and H. O. Curtis
They are not at all pleasod with the action of
tho Assistant Secretary of War. Their inves
tigation of applications for franchises has been
suddenly interrupted by the order, and much
of their work will remain only half done.
An Important caso now bofore them la the
application of tho Porto llico Railroad Com
pany, represented In this country by Charles
t Ueiiinnn. I.dward I.autorbach and Herbert
itmHu"0r T1?e con(,8lon was Braiiteilfrl
1H87. Its most important provision s ono
guaranteeing H per cent on the oost of con"
truotlonof the road, tho .average price fixed
being at tho rato of uhout $l!H.80li a ni lo The
company was unable to llnlah tho construction
within the time specified, and the 8p"iVlsh Gov
eminent ceased to pay the guaranteo. The
company now desires to resume the construe,
tlon ot the road and alleges that the IJnffed
Htates should nssunm the obligation of the
hpiinlsh Government and pay a guarantee on
t i construction of tho remainder of the road
Civil Service Hoards Confer.
The Rtate Civil Service Commission and the
Municipal Civil hervlce Commission held an
eieeutir.. meeting jestordayat tho Criminal
'""f", building, and dlsnu,s,i ttln ruIp.
iidoptedhy the local board, which must bo ."o,?
(.1 rnieil by tho rltate boartf. The meeting will
, continue to-day. Everett 1'. Wheeler Jnrt
Vcor8,8.?lcADe""r2' t'9 Civil SorTeelWorm
Association were tojtlieetiil2,I('tm
COLONIAL DAMK3 INJUNCTION SUIT.
A Number of Witnesses for the Ilefendnnl
Societies Kxninlneil-Cns) Not Concluded.
When the trial of the notions of tho Colonial
Dames of America to enloin the National Soci
ety of Colonial l)ameao( Ameilea nnd the
Colonial Dames of tho State of New Yoik from
using tho name "Colonial Dames" wns re
sumed beforo Justice llookitnver of the Su
preme Court yesterday Mrs. Kd ltli Ilucklln
Hartshorn Mason was still on the rrliuesi
ebind for tho defendants. She lias servod sev
eral terms ns President of tho Rhode Islaui ,
branch of tho defondant National Society.
Sirs. Mason told of an Interview with Mrs. 1
l'.llrabetli Cornlle Gardiner. President of the
oslntllT society. In February 1802. about
forming a chapter of the plalntlfT society la
Rhode Island. Mrs. Mason said that she ob
jected to forming such a chapter because!
many or tho Colonial Dames of Rhode Island
wero poor, and she understood from th rulei
of tho plaintiff society that only women ot
wealth and position were ollgible. Mre.
Majon could not recall what gave her that Im
pression, and when Col. Franklin Hartlett. for
the plaintiff, nuked her to point out any such
restrlctlorCIn tho constitution and by-la rs ot
the plaintiff she could not do so.
Whll Mrs. l'.lennor Van Rensselaer I ulrfax of
tho defendants was nddlng some particulars to
tho evidence she had priousl given adele
gat ion of the Mnryland chapter of the p'alntlQT
eoelety.headed by Mis. II. Irvine Koysor. ItaJ
President, onteicrl the courtroom.
Miss Margaret Sevmour Hnll of the Colonial
Dames of New York testified for the defen
dants. In answer to a question of John M,
Rowers, that she h td looked up tho origin and
history of tho word "dame." and traced it back
to the tlxtoenth contury. Sho quotod from
Miles Coverdalo's edition of the Rlb'e. fifth
verso of tho twenty-fifth chapter o( Isaiah:
"The master shall lie a" th serv int. tho ilntne
as the maid." Mis. Justine Van Rensselaer
Towusend, President of tho Nntlotinl Society
ot Colonial Dames or America, told ol tho for
mation of the National roclety and of Its moet
Inea annually in Washington. She also r
Plained how it obtained a leaie (or twenty-flve
years of tho Van I'ortlandt mansion In Van
Cortlandt Park It behalf ot the New York dli
slon at an annual rental of $1 from the l.egls- I
lature. and of the work of restoring the prop- I
srty nnd turning it Into n public museum at nn 1
txtense of between SII.OOO and $4.00 J. I
Miss P.llen HnrrlBon of tho Punnsylvonla
division or the defendants told of meetings of
both of the Philadelphia groups of Colonial
Dames In 1800 and the futile efforts to consoli
date. Efforts at consolidation In New York were
referred to by Mrs. Sarah Pendleton Van Rons
salaer, who boenme a member of thn Colonial
Dames of New York !n lKiifi. Sli. Mrs. Cor
nelius Vanderbllt and Mrs. Chnuncev were an
pointed a eommlttoo tit April, 1M1KI, to confer
with Mrs. John II. Trevor. Miss Julia E. Iie'a
field nnd Srr. Arthur Peabodv of the plalntill
society at the residence or Mist DelallelM.
Mrs. Maria Dunno lllecckor Miller Cox told
about a breakfast which tho Society of Colo-
nlal Dames of New Y'otk eav at Sherry' la
March, lHSKl. to the Colonial Dames of Amer
ica, nt which some of the members of the
Plaintiff's chanters in Pennsylvania and Mary
land were present
Mrs. Bjphiii Howard Ward' who has been a 1
memberof the plalntill poclety since 1K1I1. n
called bv cousenttat this time ns u witness far
the plilntirr. Sho testified that In 1WI she hud
a conversation witii Mrs. Townaend. President '
of the National Society cf Colonial Dnmer of
America. In which the lattor silil ho disap
proved of her society taking t he n.imo ol Colo
nial Dame of America.
Mrs. Katharine Rlssoll Bognrt Roe. a mem
ber of the Colonial Dames of the State ot New
Y'ork. testified for the defence thai her society
had expended $0.7'JO for the soldiers and
tailors In the recent war.
Miss Ruth Eawreneo of tho Colonial Damei
of New Y'ork testified that she had found the
word "dames" used in many places In litera
ture for live centuries. Chaucer employed the
word In l!ill2-:t. l'n to the time of (juoen
Ellrabolh. she took It. the word was employed
to designate a woman ol rank, but that since
than Ithns boen used to simply designate a wo.
mnn. Rebecca Wlnalow of Philadelphia and
Mnry Washington Knyernlso testllled. Tho)
caso was not concluded.
i. Alton scAitcK y.v PEXxsrr.rAxiA.
The Hoom In the Iron Industry Mnlios It1 t
llurd for l'urtucra to Hire Help.
Reading. Juno 'M Owing" to tho unpreo
edontod boom In Iron, iron ore. limestone and
kindred Interests in tho Schujlkill valley labor ,,
has Isoeome alarmingly scarce. Fanners will
havo great difficulty In taking In tholr crops.
Truck gardeners aro now pressing married
women into servlco for borry picking. The
slnglo girls are all In tho Mlk and hosiery
mills and cigar factories. Then will not be
near enough men for tho hay nnd grain har
vest. Iron men nro putting up slmntles to
house hundreds of fortdgners thoyhtvi em
ployed nt thn New Y'ork ollleo to do heavy
work about the furnaces. Tarmers arc hunt
ing about for help. Wngos mav go higher
than 1 'J.r a dnynnd board, which will be hii
additional hardship at tho present pi Ice of
wheat. Thn farmers paid only n-dollar a day
before, when wheat was $1 fill a bushel, Tho
District Attorney has served notice on thlrtr
husbands charged with non-support of wives
that 'no work" will be absolutely no oxcuae
In court at the coming term
Struck the Iltght I'ortland for Illm.
From fie U u'Wa Ffiulr.
The other day Col. llleckler. tho MIsourI
rnetnc agent here, received a letter from n gen
tleman it Poitlauii, 'Ire., thanking him Tor a
favor performed by Col. illeckley over tn
veats ao. Tho man's ti.imo Is withheld. He
had played the Wichita boom. He had won.
luf It fascinated him and he knew hn must get
awav with his money or he would not get away
at all. So. under Inspiration, ho rusdied Into
t ol. tllockley's oflloe one morning and said
sharply;
"Give mo a ticket to Portland."
"Col. Rlooklrv looked at him coolly and
asked: sj
"Maine or Oregon?" a
"1 don't give a darn which." Am
Co Illeckley reflected His commission on '
a ticket to Portland. Ore . was S'J .10 moie than E
his commission on a ticket to Portland, Me.
He snld to the mnn:
"1 ct moro rjr a ticket to Portland, Ore.,
and I'll send you to Oregon."
"Go ahead." said the mnn. ;
So that man got away from th boom and
wont to Portland. Oie. Out thew lie went
Into business and now owns one of the big es
tablishment of that eltv. Ho nsetlb.s hi
lucky strike to Col. Illeckloy. and his recent
utter wa one of gratitude that ho had not
sent hlra to Portland, Me.
Bins Ilund Player's Horn of Heor.
From te St. Lome ll'puolie.
Tessmor wont down to Letup's Park yester
day with his companions to test the acoustla
proportlosof the patk in which the contest la
to come off Then thor adjourned over to
ljmp s brewery to test tho modlalnal proper- 1
ties of the hop extract. After satnplina; tha
various brews. Tossmer critiolsed the size of
M?JlBiiniV'i?t fl MP- n'"1 Baltl he could
drink tho full of his bass horn of tho beer with
out knowing he had been In a brewery. Hla
companions challenged him to mako good his
boast, and Tessmor was game. The brass
hoi n. which holds three gallons and a Bill, win
fl Ind to tho brim with beer after the mouth
Piece had been corkod up. Tessmor then
placed the mouthpiece to his lips, took out the
cork, nnd swa lonod the entire contents. HI
eyes nearly fell out while he was coming down
the homestretch, but he .finished his taik. amid
tho cheers of his comrade.
Somebody's I'lgeon Has Lost Ills Hearing.
from the H'aihinalon Evening Stir.
A young carrier pigeon, almost entirely ex.
J.'fn'lf !' "t 'a" Friday afternoon on
".'".Vi"'1.0 HlL' "J one of tho rear rooms In the
eighth story of the Atlantlu building, occupied
by the clerk in the accounts division of th
Indian Oftlce. The pigeon perm tted "tsell tS
be picked up ami ato hungrl y when food wit
f.aas
After being fod nnd watered tho pigeon wa
'"ll,,V''..I"f Saturday afternoon It earn!
again to the window and was fod.Hinoflt.h22
o nS'Fi'.on ,"B1'ome regularly every aftcrnoSS
om -ViVff'" Bn,il wnter which tho lndaa
Office clerks keep always on tho window sill
Artillery for Warding Off Hailstorm.
From the .V. Lome Olobe-Democrat.
IloitK. June 21 Experiments have heen in
Progress ,,.ro during tlm KtwVek u2
warding olt by tho use of artillery tho!. ill.ii.
trous hnllstorms which eacl yoar do s i I, an
enormous amount ot damage to the vlnevanil
and crops throughout tho klngdo n "1 ho S
perlments hav.. been suoees, H nn ' In the re
turn just published by the War lie -art mei ?
rain dereendul Instead o( Imil. "u,lt
Nealort SInde Good. ,
From thr Newark Sunday call
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