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THURSDAY, MARCH j, 1896. " ~
THE CUBAN AFFAIR
The tone of the statement of Premier
Castillo, published in the telegraphic
eolnmns of yesterday's Hkp.au>. indi
cates that the Spanish government is
In a calmer state of mind than the
populace. He promises to keep the
Indignation of the people of Spain
within bounds; it is to be hoped that
be will and thus prevent the commis
sion of any act that might preoipitate
hostilities between his country and the
United Btates. While there is little
doubt about the issue of a war between
the two countries being favorable to
our own such a oonflict is not to be
welcomed. The United States are not
in need of any foreign wars at this
time, and the necessity which might
compel them to enter on one would be
certainly regrettable.
If what the premier says about Gen
eral Weyler ia true, that individual
has been much maligned. For the
sake of humanity it is to be hoped
that the allegations derogatory to the
general are false. It is barely possible
that too much credence has been giv
en in this country to the tales of al
leged cruelty circulated about him.
Indeed, he may be neither worse nor
better than other successful command
ers, and the insurgents themselves. A s
Castillo says, "all warfare is inhuman,"
and oruelty is commonly incident to
it. On the score of observing the
methods of "civilized warfare," the
Cuban insurgents have little to boast
of. They have ignored with lib
erality these methods, and the
fires they have built exceed
by far the battles they have
fought. Their destruction of property
has been indiscriminate and wanton
and without regard to the nationality
or oondition of the people who were
thus made to Buffer. And if reports
may be relied on they have put indi
viduals to death as freely as the Span
ish have, and for no better reasons
than the latter have had tor so doing.
In fact this entire row in Cubs, if what
some people who have traveled through
•nd lived long in the island say is true,
may be nothing more than a contest
between a blackened kettle and a be
■mutted pot.
But be this as it may, the Cubans
should be free if they wish to be, and
they seem to so wish. The right to
govern oan justly rest only on the oon
sent of the governed, and in that prin
ciple lies an all-sufficient reasou for
Cuban freedom. What they will do if
they secure their independence is no
body's business. The masses may be
worse off than they are now ; the gov
ernment they set up may be vastly less
efficient in serving the popular good
than tbe present administration ; but
it will be theirs, and the balance of the
world may comment but will have no
right to interfere. The people of the
United States will and should sympa
thize with the struggling Cubans, be
oaase they believe the insurgents are
battling for the principle of self-gov
ernment. But it is not for
this government to take up the cause
of the rebels. Thi9 government wa3
not instituted for the purpose of fight
ing the battles of other than its own
people. The United States senate and
bouse of representatives should read
the constitution and abide thereby.
And the senators and representatives
might learn to discuss with less free
dom and more acouraoy the respective
merits and demerits of the combat
ants.
THE PROTESTANT ORPHAN
ASYLUM
In another part cf this Issue of The
Hebald will be foand some statements
relative to the management of the
Protestant Orphan Asylum of this city
that are entitled to the serious consid
eration of every frieud of helpless
childhood, every lover of humanity. If
the charges made are true the severest
condemnation and, if possible, punish
ment, should be visited on those who
have so grossly abused tho trusts com
mitted to them. The Institution in
volved has up to date borno an excellent
character aud the popular supposition
is that it has been well aud humanely
conducted. If this good character has
been unfounded and the management
as inhuman as these direct and appar
ently well sustained charges make it
out to be, the publio should know tbe
same. An immediate, thorough and
honest investigation should be bad of
the institution. Tbe people of the
state contribute to the support of tbe
charity, and have a right to know the
methods by wbioh it is conducted.
The Herald will assist in probing for
the truth, regardless of the persons
who ate hurt in the process. Some of
the most estimable ladies in tbe city
are members of the board of trustees,
and it is not to be believed that they
will for a moment countenance the
conduct alleged. These ladies owe it
to themeelves as well as the public to
institute a pro.npt and unsparing in
vestigation.
THE TIMES' FLUNK
The Los Angeles Timea has with
drawn the $1000 deposited by it in
bank in pretended acceptance of Tne
Herald's challenge of oertain state
ments made by it. These statements
were false and malicious, and imputed
bad faith to Tiie Herald in the matter
of the Women's Thanksgiving.edition.
The Times bae taken down its money
rather than have tbe issue between It
self and The Herald fairly tried. The
"method of procedure" rejeoted by the
Times is embraoed in the following
excerpt from the stipulations tendered
that paper:
"In this controversy it is under
stood and agreed that the burden of
the proof rests with the Times,
that is, the Times is bound to pro
duce sufficient and competent evi
dence to sustain and substantiate
the alienations made by it in the
publications quoted.
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ter in controversy shall be submitted
to a committee, to be selected as
stipulated in The Herald of Decem
ber Bth last, without other condi
tions than those herein specified;
and the committee shall be em
cowered to dispose of the subject
finally according to its own judg
ment; and after the rendering and
publication of its decision the con
troversy shall be wholly closed and
shall not be reopened by either
party thereto.
"That the committee shall have
power to award the forfeit money to
either the Free Kindergarten asso
ciation of Los Angeles or tne News
boys' Home of the same place, or to
both charities in equal proportions.
'•That the committee shall con
sider no evidence except such as
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cepted as competent by the commit
tee ; that technical construction of
the matter in controversy shall not
be indulged in by the committee, but
that the latter shall determine the
dispute according to the facts devel
oped by the testimony."
At last the Times has been goaded
into an elephantine attempt at face
tious calumny of its popular and
formidable rival. Uur poor old contem
porary seems to have the trail of
senile dyspepsia over it all. If the
janitor of the Herald office conld not,
j a pinch, turn off more humorous
copy than the feeble-witted "guy" in
yesterday's Times he would be dis
charged. But the old thing has grown
spiritless. It has awakened to the
fact that the people note its dwindling
proportions; that The Herald "scoops"
it in live newa evory day of the week,
and has set a pace too rapid for its de
crepitude; that they laugh with The
Herald and at the Times, and that
every considerable advertiser in the
city has made larger contracts with
The Herald, at sharply advanced rates
over last year, while the Times in
dulges in whole pages of contingent
and speculative "worms." The Times
has lost its grip.
Southern California is once again
honored with tho presence of the
state's chief executive. Governor Budd
and party having arrived in this city
yesterday. With characteristic energy
and promptness the governor proceed
ed on his mission of inspection of
stats institutions in this vicinity, going
to Highland in tbe afternoon. The
governor, as the politicians hive ascer
tained by this time, believes that "pub
lic office is a public trust" and the
official inspections made by him, the
people may depend, will be thorough
and businesslike. That his visit may
prove agreeable to him and profitable
to the state will be the wish cf all good
citizens.
A ctnical correspondent of the New
York World, signing himself "Anti-
Jingo" pokes fun et Senator Thurston
of Nebraska, one of the wordy warriors
of the windy bait, in the following
fashion:
"Mr. Thurston, senator from Nebraska,
speaking in tbe senate on the Monroe doc
trine, in a peroration lurid and worthy of
the best days of Jefferson Brick, declared
that, as he had already lost a father, so he
was ready to lose a son in war. This is an
enlargement of the willingness of tlie late
Artetnus Ward to sacrifice his wif /s rela
tions, lint what we want to know Ik what
tho senator is willing to do with himself
Such pyrotechnic rhetoric aa his is not to
be exhausted by one speech. May he in
his next supply the omitted information."
The popular Visalia Times, edited by
that sterling Democrat, Bon Maddox,
pays The Hebald the followihg grace
ful compliment:
"The l.os Angeles HERALD is one of the
best papers in California, and its editorials
are certainly prepared by one of the
brightest minds on the coast. On the sub
ject of taxation The Herald is sound to
to the core."
It is supposed by many that tha ter
rible storm which visited Kansas Tues
day was indicative of the nearness
thereto of the Hoodoo editor. The
supposition is biseless, however, for it
wan only an ordinary Kansas cyclone,
aud not Otia that swept over the state.
Resembled Wester
Chaunoey M. Depew has a line oapaclty
to invent anecdotes or to adapt old ones, as
when ar dinner ho convulsed the house hy
describing* new member of congress seated
Ift an old black barber's chair, and saying:
"You have shaved many other statesmen
in the past, such as I lay and Webster?"
"Yes, air," replied the barber, somewhat
frigidly: "you are somewhat like Mr. Web
ster.'' In my brow." inquires the states
man. "No," replied the barber, "in your
breath." \
LOS ANGELES HERALD: THTJRSDAY" MOKNTN"©* MARCH 8, 1896.
CLEW'S WEEKLY LETTER
New York, Feb. 99, 1896.—1n Wall
street, affairs move on with little change.
There is a strong undertone in values, but
no marked activity in operations. The mi
i vestment movement shows some revival;
but it is principally conilned to railroad
mortgages. In which there has been some
improvement ill prices. In railroad stocks,
the transactions ari» largely eoullned to
professional operations, the general con
dition of business and ot commercial cred
its tome apparently unfavorable to partici
pation by outside parties. For tlie last few
days, influences from London havo been
unsatisfactory. Tho market does not
not appear to have yet recovered
from tho feeling evoked by the
Venezuela scare. Thero are symptoms
of preparations there for another "ball"
campaign, but with little to Indicate that it
is to include "Americans;" unless we c.re
to sutipf.se that sales here on London ac
count are uspd to depress this market pre
liminary to ths sellers becoming buyers;
if so, the tactics have had little success.
I'robobly the truer explanation of these
London sales >s to be found in the per*
sistent unfriendly tone of certain influen
tial journals, which lose no opportunity for
using our currency situation to dissuade
English investors from holding our invest
ments.
Domestic conditions affecting the market
are more or lose conflicting. Asa rule tho
interior trade appears to be in a fairly
healthy condition. Buyers arrive here pre
pared to take about the customary amount
of goods. They find tiie local atmosphere,
however, chilly anil discouraging, and aro
apt to buy sparingly and rei urn home to
await later chances of supplying further
wants at lower prices. There are reasons
for this diiference of tone as between the
metropolis ami the interior centers. Hero
merchants are feeling tho results of an
over-sanguine )iel l n< to the exhilarating
effects of ihe work of the loan syndi
cate about a year ago. For the
spring and fall seasous of 18H5
importers brought in extraordinary
amounts of goods, which they havo not yet
been able to dispose of. Tney have, dur
ing iho last three montliß, largely dimin
ished tfieir importations, bill in many cases
they still remain overstocked and have to
depend upon the forbearance of tho banks
-a condition never favorable to prices.
Home manufacturers then fell into the
I same error of oversupply, though probably
I not to the same extent as tho importers;
! and, what now proves to be worse, they
I made large voluntary advances in wages,
. thereby increasing the cost of their goods.
] These, togettier with the still deranged
j financial condi ions, which are more di
rectly felt here than elsewhere, are the
main causes of tho difference in trade feel
ing at New York as compared with the in
terior. With some curtailments of pro
duction, however, industrialists are getting
their affairs into a mure wholesome condi
tion; and symptoms iudieale that they may
soon make further progress in that direc
tion through reductions in wages.
The stojk market n .turally feels the ef
fects of these local conditions; but at the
same time it can hardly fail to benefit,
at an early day, from tho influ
ence.. of a different character. It
is not to be overlooked that
the great interior, on which this center is
dependent, is In a reasonably healthy con
dition and capable of taking, in the long
| run, the surplus stocks that at the moment
j lie heavy on tho hands of our local mer
j chants. In other words, there is sound
I reason forexpecting that these adverse cir
| cumstancesv.ill prove only temporary, and
I that, as stocks of merchandise go into con
] sumption, the discount market will work
into a condition of composure end confi
dence, thereby producing a better feeling
in hanking circles.
The cut rent railroad movement best in
dicates what is the real state of business
thr ugh tlie country at large. The roads
she*' a remarkably uniform increase of
earnings. Of lift;-four roads reporting
| their earnings for the second week of t'eb
| ruary, only nine show a decrease and, in
| all of thoso cases but one, the falling-otf
i« nominal. The toial earnings for tiie
I I f y-four lines amount to $0,200,000 com-
I paied with $4,400,000 for the same week
of last year, the increase being at the
extraordinary rate of 18 per cent,
here is evidence of a growth of
trade that admits of no question
from the most lugubrious "bear.' It is
plain evidence that, in tho great produc
] ing regions, where men know and care
j little about the treasury question that
■ harasses us so much hero, business is tak- j
ing on conlidence and productive capital
llnds ample employment. The classes
who make freight for our railroads are the
same that make business for our markets,
and what they are doing affords the truest
evidence oi tho state of business in the
Country as a whole.
3he truth is that New York is fretting
aid alarming itself about financial ques
tions which after all are not so vital as to
control the disposition or the ability of
producing capital to keep at work turning
out wealth. We keep our eyes so intently
lixed upon the irregular action of a piece
of local financial machinery as to lose
sight of the huge wealth creating organiza
tion, worked by 70,000,000 of people,
which alone makes the destiny of the United
States. Our farmers, our mine owners and
our manufacturers tlo not care to study
currency systems, nor to Und out what
I politicians are going to tin; ihey act upon
the ■ytnptotna of the national markets and
UpOQ orders on their hooks, a:rJ the
amount of products they are sending to the
railroads m alway* the host teat of the
stale of the national trade. Whilst >ew
York need not aud should not abate its
interest in the great minify question* yot
equally it should not permit its discontent
witti an unsatisfactory monetary system to
produce a peerimiatlc feeling towards the
j material interest* ol tho nation at large.
(Jur monetary tools may bs had,hm they are
j only tools alter all; and hitherto we have
been able to accumulate vast wealth
j through them In spite of their faults. The
I true spirit there fore is to keep confidence
I In tbe great producing and commercial In
( terests, and guard against exaggerating
the practical eM'ects of a faulty money
I system, wmle relaxing no effort to mend
IH. 1 his seems to be the attitude towards
| which Wall street is tending: and much is
to be hoped for from this calmer and more
rational drift. Hlnj:y CLEWS.
Wanted Verbatim Reports
One of the Irish members of pat It anient.
Sir Frederick Flood, was especially earnest
in favor of verbatim reports, but ho
cnanged his mind after seeing one of h:s
own rhetorical effort* printed without the,
usual editing. It ran thus: "Mr. Spaker
- As I was coming down to this bouse to
I perform mv duty to the country and ould
I Ireland, I was brutally attacked, sir, by a
! mob. Mr* Spaker.of raganiiiilin.s sir. If,
sir, any honorable gentleman is to be as
saubed, Mr. Spaker, by euch a par
cel of spalpeens, sii', as were after
attacking me, Mr. Spaker, then I fay, Mr.
Spaker, that if you do not, Mr. Spaker,
be after protecting gimlemen like myself,
sir, we cannot be after coming to the house
of parliament, at all, at all, Mr. Spaker.
And sir, may I be after axing you* sir*
what, sir. Would become, sir, of the coun
try. Mr. Spaker, in aucb a case* Mr.
iSpakerV Will you, s;r, be after answering
j myself that question, Mr. Spaker7 It's
= myself that would like an answer* sir, to
tho question, sir, as soon as eouvanient,
sir. which I have salted you, Mr. Spaker."
First Cotton in America
The first planting of cottonseed in tlie
i colonies was in the Carolines in the year
I Kilil, when eeeda were planted as an ex-
I peHment in a garden* Wintbrop says that
in 1634 "men fed to the manufacture of
cotton, whereof we have great stores from
Barbatlocs.* 1 In 1730 it was cultivated in
tbe gardens along Cuesapea'ke bay, especi
ally in tlie vicinity of Baltimore, aud at
tiie opening of the revolution it was a gar
den plant in Now Jersey and New York,
but its real value seems to have been al
j most unknown to the planters up to about
11(1 years ago,
It Will Aid the Republican Party
Instead of expressing a feigned regret at
the course of Senators Teller, Carter, Man
tle, liuboisand Cannon on this tariff bill,
the Republicans in congress owe them a
genuine debt of gratitude—Philadelphia
Record (!>am.>.
"I have used Cleveland's Taking Powder with
entire satisfaction in the preparation of breads, biscuits
and Cakes." JuuEr Corsox, Ftwndtrtf Nim York Cooking School.
A TARIFF PLAN
Washington, Fob. 24.— On« passage in
the speech delivered nt the Washington's
: birthday dinner of the Minnesota D"tno-
association at St. Paul by Assistant
Secretary Hamlin is attracting much at
' tention here. After condt .nr,ing tlie pro
tective policy aa one which favors a limited
' number of special industries at tho ex-
I pense of tho whole people, and favors even
i these few unevenly, Mr. Hamlin said:
The duty of tho Democracy in this crisis
is plain. We should demand that hereafter
i tlie rate of taxation imposed by customs
duties shall be absolutely uniform—tha
j same rate for all importations. Such a
i rate of duty could not be specific; if it
were, the same duty would exclude many
I importations, because it would be so
| high, and at the same time would practi
cally yield no revenue, because it would,
as regards other importations, be in effect
so low. It would operate disastrously upon
j all business interests dependent wholly or
i partially upon foreign importations. Tiie
| rate of duty should be a uniform ad va
i lorem rate upon all articles imported into
the United States. Such a rate would be
simple and easy to collect. The scramble
aud contention of favored interests would
cease forever. The courts would be ro-
I lieveu of the burden of litigation under
which they are staggering, and the prob
lem of taxation would become so simple
that all could understand it.
The following figures show that one ad
valorem rate upon all imports—leaving
frea of duty, on grounds of public policy,
articles exempt under the present law
and some others—would yield ample rev
enue, with the other existing sources of
taxation, to support the government of the
United States.
In the year IROO, a year of normal im
portations and under fair conditions of
trade, the total value of general imports
amounted to 9789,310,409. Deducting
therefrom the value of hides, raw silk,
coal, iron oro, raw wool, India rubber antl
similar goods, to be left distributed on the
free list, amounting in all to $ 193,741,
--600. we should have ieft the sum of
$595,508,909. Thirty-five per cent of
j this valuation amounts to $208,449,118.
| The highest revenue derived from eus
i toms in any one year since lvhls w sin
j the year 1890—namely, $220,540,037.
; This revenue was unnaturally large, due
j to the anticipated increase of duties under
the McKinley bill. Wo should receive at
least $190,000,000 in customs revenue. A
duty of .'!"> r r tent enforced as above
stated would yield over $18,000,000 more
than this si m. In a normal year a duty
of .'!'_' per cent would probably be amply
sufficient.
That such a rate of duty, purely ad
valorem, would incidentally give much so
called "protection to domestic industries
is not to be denied, lv fact, so great are
the expenses of tbe government today that
no siilficient amount could be realized from
customs duties without giving domestic :
manufactures much more protection than
any possible dilference in the cost of labor 1
between this and foreign countries. Such
a rate of duty would "protect amply hoth
the raw material and the finished product,
tlie ad valorem rateon the finished product
being greater iv proportion as tlie valus of
the product exceeds the value of the raw
material.
Such un ad-valorem rate of duty, what
ever its amount, could be easily tlxed and
as easily adjusted to the needs of the gov
ernment. Applicants for special favors
could then only increase the burdens of
taxation as a means of "protecting" their
own products by increasing the rale of
taxation on all imported products. The
problem of taxation would be clearly un
derstood by the people, the lobby would
disappear, and discussions iv the future as
to rates of duty would be ou a higher
plane.
11 might be said that the danger of under
valuation would greatly increase under I
such a method: but the existing laws, !
properly amended, and the invaluable co
operation of the consular service abroad
will quickly place U9 in a position so that
the duty can be honestly and impartially
secured on the true valuation of imported
merchandise.
Toe fact that Mr. Hamlin is not only an
assistant secretary of the treasury, hut tho
particular assistant secretary to whom is
committed jurisdiction of customs ques
tions, and that he enjoys the closest cons
iidence of Secretary Carlisle, gives this
utterance especial significance, and prac
i lically stamps it as the utterance of the
| administration itself.—Cor, N. Y. Post.
Another Phase of Paternulism
Three hundred prominent Democrats
i met in St. Louis Saturday to consider the
■ silver question. A report was adopted de
i nounciug the attempt of the free silver ad*
j vocates to commit the Demcoratlo parly
iin that and other states to the free aud
unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of
16 to 1, regardless of the commercial
! value of the two metals and regardless of
i the action of other commercial nations of
tlie world. The report also says: "Tho
I free coinage of silver at a ratio above its
! market value, is but another phase of that
i paternalism and favor to the lew at the ex-
I pensc of the many against which the Dem
; oerauc party has always snuggled. To fix
jby law a value upon silver, which it does
not command in th*j open market, is to do
for the silver barons of the Rocky mount
ains what lias long, under the special guise
of protection to home industries, been
done for the iron barous of the AI le
gheueys."
Republicans Must Face the Issue
While President Cleveland and his cabi
! net have been battling for honest money
1 and forcing the issues in Democratic con
, van tion a throughout the country, the Re
ptibiicana have neon doing what they could
\to evade the subject. The consequence is
i that the Republican silverites have become
' emlxjldened and are forcing the lighting,
t They perceive that the sound-money lead
| era in the Republican party are manifest*
, ing cowardice, and the silverites are, there
{ tore, determined to press home their ad
| vantage. Iho Republican leaders and the
: Republican press must face the issue and
I apeak right out in meeting. They must
j abandon their shuffling and evasion, and
< they must get ready to fight the battle for
honest money in tho coming national con
vention.— Philadelphia Ledger (Ind. Rep.)
'Silver, Blackmailing Protection."
The collision between the free silver Re
publican and sound money men was a sort
lof preparatory skirmish, betokening what
j may happen in June at St. Louis. Tho sil
| ver delegates will undoubtedly make de
: mends upon the majority of that body
j which will be received iv the same indomi
| table spirit that Senators Morrill, Sher-
J man and Frye exhibited yesterday. Safety
j lies along the path of keeping the Republi
j can platform entirely clear of free silver
complications.—'Boston Transcript (Re
publican.
A Revenue Measure Would Deserve a Better
Fete
Huil the Dingley tarilf hill been merely a
revenue and not a protective measure, it
would quite possibly have met, and would
certainly have deserve:!, a better late.
Happily the relief can be tlispensed with
by the treasury without serit.us inconven
ience, as the revenue and expenditures are
gradually growing nearer to a balance.—
Boston Herald, md.
CANADIAN STATESMEN
It is a mistake to think that the ad
which led to the confederation of the
various provinces in ]Bt>7 has attained
no hlghef meaning In the life of the Cana
dian people than that of a constitutions!
union. It carries with it a meaning
of far d?eper Import—a union of
hearts, whose offspring is oneness of
patriotic aim and purpose. If course
it would he idle to say that the Canud an
people are a unit upon ail questions of
vital interest to the life and growth of the
dominion. The geographical interests of
Canada are so varied that they must neces
sarily be at times some friction and clash
ing of provincial needs and ambitions.
This Is the case at Washington; this is tho
cave, too, in sosmal a confederation as the
cantons of Switzerland.
A stronger visiting tho gallery of the
Canadian house of commons is struck with
the dignity and decorum which mark the
proceedings and surround even the warmest
and keenest of debates. Parliamentary pro
cedure being rigidly adhered to, thero is
lit 'Iss room for unseemly encounters,
which usually grow mi: of uncalled for per
sonalities in the heat of a discusßior?,
Sometimes, however, when the house
has been silting for hours, wepried
with the perplex ties and ireoherene'rs of j
some member from "wav back,"'suddenly,
as if through the unity of desperation, the |
usual dignity of the house is relaxed and i
grave members from such intellectual [
centers as Montreal and Toronto
play tho schoolboy and outvie one
another in "shying" blue books at
the heads of slumbering and
inoffensive mombcrs. Of the 215 mem
oers that make up tlie house of commons,
in point of ability and gifts, "0 por cent of
them are below mediocity; 20 per cent of
them OCOUpy the plane of mediocrity; 40
percent possess admitted ability, and the
remaining 20 per cent are men of com
mending talent.—Donahoe's Magazine.
When the Pop.- Tjlks
The Btiff mannorism of the patriarchal
system, which survived until recently from
early Roman times, gave him that some
what formal tone and authoritative man
ner which are so characteristic of his con
versation in private. His deliberate but
unhesitating speech makes ono think cf
Goethe's "without haste, without rest."
Yet his formality Is not of the slow and
circumlocutory sort; on Ihe contrary, it is
energetically precise, and helps rather than
mars the sound casting of each itlea. The
formality of strong peopio belongs to them
naturally, and in the expression of a cer
tain unchanging persistence; that of the
weak is mostly assumed for tho sake of
magnifying the little strength they have.
The pope's voice is as distinctly indi
vidual as his manner of speaking. It is
not deep nor very full, but, considering his
great age, it is wonderfully clear and ring
ing, antl it has a certain incisiveness of
sound which gives it groat carrying power.
Pius IX had as beautiful a voice, both in
compass and in richness of quality, as any
baritone singer in the Sistine choir. No
one who ever heard him intone the Te
Deum in St. Peter's in the old tlavscan
forget the grand tones. He was gifted in
many ways—with great physical beauty,
with a rare charm of manner, and with a
most witty humor, and iv character he was ;
one of the most kind-hearted and gentle
men of his day. as he was also one of the
least initiative, so to say, while endowed
with tha high moral courage of boundless
patience and political humility.
Leo XIII need speak hut half a dozen
words, with one glance of his flashing eyes
and one gesture of his noticeably long arm !
and transparently thin hand, and the
moral distance between his predecessor :
and himself is at once apparent. 1 here is
Strength still in every movement, there ts j
deliberate decision in every tone, there is
lofty independence in every look. Behind
these there may be kindliness,charity, and I
all the milder gifts of virtue; but what is \
apparent is a sort of energetic, manly I
uenchancy which forces admiration rather 1
than awakens sympathy.—The Century.
A Live Issue and a Oca I o:ie
The Republicans have prove yen more
incapable than even were the Democrats
of securing united action in c ingress and
directing legislation to positive ends. And
the reason is the same, that on the one
great iaaue before tho country thoy are ir
reconcilably divided. The attempt to
gloss over this division and unite the party
on a fie l Itloua tariff issue has failed, and it
ought to fail,, and it matters little whether
Mr. Morrill reads Mr. Teller out of the
party or Mr. Teller reads out Mr. Morrill.
The silver men at least understand the
difference between a live issus and a dead
one. They are standing together, and
they will hold up their party and congress
and the country until the friends of honest
money get together and present a united
front against them.—Philadelphia Times
(Ind, Dem.).
The Policy of Hypocrisy
One may respect a man who differs from
you in opinion when he is straightforward
and outspoken in his utterances, hut few
people have any use for the individual who
sits on the fence and is afraid to express
any views o r c way or the other. Yet it is
not surprising that the Prohibition system
should breed such vacillating characters,
for tlie whole system is based on hypocrisy
and dodging of facts—on refusing to recog*
nizo things as they are and look them
squarely iv the face. A few years of pro
hibition, as it is practiced in some Southern
California cities, is enough to transform
the rising generation into a school of
hypocrites and time servers.—Riverside
.Enterprise.
Let the Silverites 0 »
If Fenators Carter, Dubois, Teller and
Mantle ate so wedded to their silver idol
that they cannot support a measure which
has the endorsement of the entire Republi
can party, then the party will have to try
to get along without them. It will manage
to exist somehow, no doubt. But Mr. Car
ter naturally will Bee the advisability of
retiring immediately from the chairman
ship of the Republican national commit
tee. Let the St. Louis convention stand
squarely by sound money, and if the sil
verites do not like it, why, let them go.
They are not needed.—Philadelphia In
quirer (Republican).
An Ingenious Suicide
A French suicide near Lyons carefully
built a gull.'otine for himself, using a
hatchet, weighted with a sledge-ham
mer for a knife. Having adjusted
his head to the block, he let go a
cord holding the weight, and was neat
ly decapitated. The man certainly de
served to succeed. If ho had built a pond
to drown himself in he might have been
rescued at tlie last moment antl made
ashamed of himself. But deliberately
planning to lose his own head by his own
band shows that he had a brain.
Tin; Split ."loy Be Permanent
The defeat yesterday in the senate of
Senator -Morrill's motion to take up the
bill to increase tarilf rates was most sig
l nifloant, indicating, as it does, that there
i is an issue for which a growing fraction of
tho Republican party cures mora than for
protection to manufacturers—the party's
cardinal doctrine. A great historical party
is accordingly being driven into irrecon
cilable factions on lines that promise to be
permanent.—Baltimore Sun (Dom.)
Til* tmt U thm ChMpwt
BOSTON oSSds STORE
TELCPHONB 904
239 South Broadway
Opposite City HaU
BargainJQay
Friday, Harch 6th
We place on sale tomorrow our entire Stock of Remnants accumulated
since the holidays, and shall offer them for Friday only at
Half Price
Remnants of Silks. Remnants of Linings.
Remnants of Colored Dress Goods. Remnants of Linens.
Remnants of Black Dress Goods. Remnants of Flannels.
Remnants of Wash Dress Goods. Remnants of Mv ilins.
Remnants of Veilings. Remnants of Domestics.
Remnants of Eiderdowns. Remnants ol 1 Haperies.
Remnants of Laces. Remnants of Ruchings.
Extra Bargains
Ladies' Linen Collarettes, reduced from 25c and 50c
to 12 l-2c and LOL
Boys' School Hose, gray mixed, fl f|_
reduced from 25c to El?tw
Children's Silk Caps, ?S,r"
worth 50c to $1.25, Friday for, each Ld\*
Children's Silk Caps, f 0,-,
worth £1.50 to 53.00, Friday for, each t> , ...
Odd lots and broken lines Ladies' Corsets, some of the most pop- £ flj „
ular makes, regular prices $1.50 to 52.50, on Friday, each tj i)L
100 dozen Ladies' Corset Covers, made of best materials, trimmed ■...
with embroidery and lace, reg. prices 35c to 50c, Friday's price, each h I>L
For the better accommadation of our customers, all Remnants will lv
placed on tables in the center of store, north and south of the elevator, ihe
Extra Bargains will be placed on the counters adjoining.
BOSTON qS STORE
GREAT JOY KILLED HIM
Robert Chandler's wife was given rail
road tickets for herself and husband to
Roanoko, Va., by the department of chart- |
ties. They came to Pittsburg several yeare j
ago, and in a short while consumption dis- j
abled Chandler. His wife then took up
the burden of supporting him and herself.
A3 Chandler grew worse he wanted to
go back to his southern home to die.
His wife toiled every day, but her earn
ings wero hardly enough to keep her
self and her husband, .She tried for
two or three years to save enough money
to take him back, but the demands of dif
ferent periods of misfortune took her little
savings more than once. She was at last
discouraged. Each day she saw her bus
band growing worse. They were living on
llarmar street, aud tbe idea of going to
Roanoke to die was on Chandler's mind
continually. His wife thought she could
prolong his life by taking him back there.
She told her story to Examiner George
Both and he provided her with railroad
tickets, after he found her to be a worthy
woman.
A carriage was sent to take Chandler
from his home to the Baltimore and Ohio
depot. He was as happy as a child when
he was holped into it. The prospect of see
ing his old home again wrought such a
; change in him that his wife and friends
thought he would gain in strength in the
warmer climate of the south. He bade his
friends good-by and told them that he felt
as if he was gootl for a couple of more
years yet anyhow. When the carriage
drove away he leaned out of the window,
waved his neighbors a last adieu and then
settled back in the cushions.
At the depot the driver jumped down
from his seat, opened the carriage door
and said cheerfully: " Here we are, old
man." Chandler made no reply. He was
sitting upright as if asleep. The driver
spoke to him again, but he did not stir.
Then the diiver caught him by the shoul
der and shook him gently to arouse him.
When he released his hold, Chandler's
head and body dropped forward, and a
corpse fell into the driver's arms. His hap
piness at having the means to fulfill his
last wish was too much for his exhausted
vitality. Disease had nearly ended his
life—and joy finished the work.—Pittsburg
Dispatch.
He Sent His Glass Eye
The Pennsylvania Railrc a 1 company for
some years past has been very strict in ex
aminations of their employes for color
blindness. Lately there was an order is
sued summoning all section bosses on one
division to appear at the surgeon's olllce
on a fixed date. Quite late on that day a
boy came hurrying into the office with a
small package. The surgeon, upon open
ing it, discovered a glass eye and an old
fashioned silver watch. The following
note explains why they were sent:
"(Jye inspector Dear Sir: The day be
fore yesterday,at nune, I got wurd to cume
down and have tne oyes looked after for
culur blindness as ye call it. 1 had 45 lies
and 10 rails to put down beyond the sand
cut, and as jerry Sullivan and Dominick
Cooley were laid up since the wake that
was holded over Denny Doherty, my hands
were too short to spare me. 'i was lucky
that the right oye that was first in me head
was put out with a blow of a pik and me
glass oye that is a perfect Hgger of the oye
that was not putout is sent to you tugether
with my watch for bexaminatton. I could
spare the glass oye better than the oye in
me head and If she is culur blind i'li get
one that ain't. Yurea truly,
"Anthony Dp.iscoil."
v'oretold in ■ Dream
When Mrs. Davis Loi ing of Tappan camo
down to breakfast yesterday she told the
family that the night before she dreamed
she stood and watched a long funeral pro
cession passing by the house. When she
asked who was dead a bystander told her
"Roe" Haddock, the name by which Roger
Haddock was familiarly known. Her sis
ter said, "You shouldn't tell that; Friday
night's dream told on Saturday ia sure to
come true, be it ever so old."
"Well," responded Mrs. I.oring. "I sup
pose It will come true some day, but X hope
not very soon."
A few hours later tlie news of Mr. Had
dock's suicide reached them. In all the
churches of Piermont and Sparkill today
touching references were made to tbe
event. Women sobbed aloud nnd * a t
trickled down the cheeks of stro .;
men. Sa'urday morning -Mr. Hadiiooit
camo as usual to his big store in Ha I !.
hall, apparently in the best of .
About 11 :30 he went up sti.irs to tho carpet
department with a woman. He chatted
cheerfully, even jocosely, as he sold her a
roll of matting. She left h in there alone.
A few minutes later tiie elerka down stairs
heard a heavy fall, ami supposed a roll of
carpet had fallen. Miss Afl.fr s Woluer, a
clera, soon afterward went uo stairs to
see Sir. Haddock. She found him ly
ing with his head and shoulders on
the floor, v hile his h-gs rested on a
trunk on which ho bad been sitting, or
over which ho had fallen backward, His
right hand grasped a heavy revolver, one
chamber of which was empty, Her
screams brought assistance, and it was
found that Mr. Haddock was dead. His
features bore the peaceful smile familiar
to those why die of gunshot wounds. Ho
bad put tlie muzzle of the pistol to his
mouih and fired upward into tho brain.
The shooting was intentional, as was
shown by his having removed his fa'se.
teeth and laid thani on the trunk over
which he fell. He was carried home, n hero
his wife and daughter are prostrated by
the shook. The most careful search has
disclosed no motive. For a month past
his friends had observed a growing In
difference to his surroundings, und an ab
sentmindedness when spoken to. As ho
was usually reticent, tins did not excito
much comment.—Nyaek, M. IT., Special,
The Club Duetor in Bnjpsnd
Labor leaders may say what they will,
the struggle for existence ia keenest t>y t ir
in the ranks of tho professional clas3. Go
lower, and you will rarely find the deter
mined stand against contending odds
which, for instance, the struggling doctor
makes to earn a wretched living for him
self and family, Kew are found in Dick
ens 1 footsteps and write the quaint, pitiful
romance of the shabby genteel, and yet
there is infinite pathos in their sad efforts
to keep tho wolf from the door and their
heads above the social slough into which
Mrs. Grundy is longing to p'.iuiH'e them.
Club doctors aro the slave class of the
medical profession. For a fixed salary of
at most £100 they are bound down to a
slavery from which there is no respite day
or night. Tho members of tho club may
number some eight or nine hundred, and
some of these or their families ate in con
stant need of medical attendance. Ever at
their bi'ck and call, summoned on the
most Inning occasions, their doctor must
tramp the streets at all times and iv all
weathers. His bell is always jaugling, and
he comes home only to set out again.
Backward antl forward he plods along the
grimy streets of the wretched stibu i»
where his practice lies, passing only
from one scene of squalid sick
ness to another, and forced to usa hia
poor remedies Where rest and generous diet
are alone needed. All the year round he
keeps at his work with a desperate path
etic courage; he dares not leave it, for he
is never without rivals ready to take his
wretched clients from him, and he is far
too poor to pay a substitute. No wonder
that nature sometimes takes her revenge
for an overworked body and exhausted
brain, and that the club doctor tlnds hie
hands and head at fault and takes a lite
where he has saved thousands. If he were
but nn overworked signalman, a thousand
voices would cry "Shame!" But he is
only a doctor, and has no right to share
the mortal weakness he must cure in
others. Kuin and disgrace will be be Ins
portion, and the scattering comment* ot
tho public press on bis "criminal careless-
I ness*' will block his way to earning a liv
inc by his profession for the future-—at.
Jame's Gazette. ,
UENIUS
Rome men disdain It. this transmitting powert
Yet Renins. Illte a holy hnralu, bears
Its deathless glory to mo world, «ndl wean
Bravely its laurel ami its passion-flow,er
Talent Ustill a rich, yeteommon, «o\\er,
Marking the many from ths few, end tares
With not too eager heart, nor with despalr.l
That sear the soal a"' l i""'- c 11 thrill and
cow er.
Genius is mnrtvrdom am) grief to thorn
Who feel Its tireless and despotic will;
Wlti cruel rageior subtle stratagem
Jt hiils tuein drown or sing or die or kill)
It bids them live-live as no others live,
Quickest 10 love, to suffer, to lurgtve.
—v. 13. Moutsoiuory, iv the February Century.