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SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1808.
PATHS OF PEACE
A few things are certain. Spain has
asked upon what terms peace can be
obtained. The question Is propounded
as directly as the circumstances will al
low. The president has Had the matter
under consideration since Tuesday. He
has consulted with the members of his
cabinet, as well, doubtless, as with others
—and his reply will be equally direct.
If Spain shall assent to the funda
mental exactions, a commission will be
appointed to arrange the details and
draft a treaty, hostilities ceasing in the
meantime.
The treaty signed by both parties, the
American senate and the Spanish cortes
will be called together to ratify or re
ject the Instrument agreed upon.
It is probable that the terms which
the president Is to propose will not differ
materially from the semi-official fore
cast given in our dispatches this morn
ing, to-wit: Independence for Cuba,
cession of Porto Rico, coaling stations
in the Ladrones and Philippines.
But we shall not be kept in suspense
very long as to the details. The fact that
not a single member of the cabinet fa
vors retaining the far eastern archi
pelago makes it certain that it will not
be included in the demand upon Spain,
though! It Is possible that absolute ces
sion of the islands to the United States
would not be more humiliating than the
conditions that may be insisted upon.
But Spain will have no choice. She
must yield to our contention, whatever
it may be, and with whatever fortitude
she can command. And may the Lord
be merciful to her.
A COMIC VALENTINE
President Valentine of the Wells-
Fargo company has addressed a com
munication to the Merchants' associa
tion of San Francisco, explaining Its
attitude toward the war revenue law,
and making a plea to be let alone in
Its fixed determination to evade the re
sponsibilities Imposed hy It.
There is nothing creditable in the po
sition he assumes. The legal advisers
of the internal revenue officers of the
government have decided that the ex
press companies, and not the shippers,
must pay for the one-cent stamp re
quired to be affixed to each package re
ceived for transmission. The companies
have a right to demur. They have a
right to appeal to the courts for a dif
ferent ruling. But while that appeal
is pending it Is their duty to obey the
law as interpreted by the legal advisers
of the government. Their attempt to
throw the burden of proof upon the
public is unfair and unjustifiable. They
are obviously delinquent, and one of
the penalties is the multiplicity of suits
at law of which President Valentine
complains.
The plea of this gentleman, that the
railroads have accepted in good faith
the burdens Imposed by the law, for the
reason, and for none other, that their
transactions are not so numerous, and
hence compliance is not so costly, as
those of the express companies, is not
tenable. The multiplication of parcels
dispatched by express companies en
hances their revenues and swells their
dividends. They are infinitely better
able to pay a one-cent tax upon a par
cel for which they make a minimum
charge of twenty-five cents, but which
costs them not two cents for carriage,
than is the railroad to pay the same tax
upon each 100-pound shipment, the act
ual cost of which may approximate the
minimum charge for carriage. It is no
torious that express companies have the
best of it in their relations with the
public, as well as with the railroad com
panies; that they have a most liberal
arrangement with the common carriers,
based upon ton-mileage, and that they
do not habitually lose money in their
business. They divide territory with
each other, and mayhap they divide
earnings, and the people have no alter
native but to yield to their exactions,
whatever they may be, because of the
monopolistic exclusiveness of their privi
leges. They are not hampered by the
long and short haul clause of the inter
state commerce act, and only when they
engage in rate wars among themselves
are their schedules disturbed. A large
percentage of tbe railroads in this coun
try have, since 1893, been forced into
th* bands of receivers, but nobody ever
heard of an express company being se
riously embarrassed by variations in the
material conditions of the country.
A Chatham-street dealer In cheap
clothing, pressed for an explanation as
to how he managed to survive, since
all of his wares were marked "below
cost," made the characteristic reply that
his profits came "from th* volume of
business." But Mr. Valentine's wares
are not marked below cost. His com
pany is making money. It always makes
money. It never scores a net loss. It
receives a liberal patronage from a gen
erous people. It receives ample protec
tion from a paternal government. Its
public burdens are light. The war tax
imposed upon It is Infinitesimal. It
ought to pay it cheerfully and uncom
plainingly. It is apt to score an ulti
mate loss by Its unpatriotic and dogged
refusal to do it. The people are getting
mad about it. They may seek reprisals.
MONEY QUESTION SETTLED
Late in the campaign of 1896 a heated
discussion of the financial question was
in progress in front of the Times office.
The Bryan men, of course, insisted that
there was a dearth of money in the coun
try, but this was combatted by the Mc-
Kinley strikers, one of whom, to clinch
the argument, procured from the neigh
boring newspapar office a copy" of Sun
day's Issue, containing half a column
of advertisements of money to loan, some
of them announcing "barrels" of It. The
proof, of course, was unanswerable. A
question that had agitated the nation for
a quarter of a century was convincingly
answered in a way and after a style that
at once commended Itself for simplicity
and disingenuousness.
The silver question has since been
deemed a dead issue, and it was quite
supererogatlve upon the part of our es
teemed morning contemporary to add,
In its issue of yesterday morning, that
the absorption of the war loan by the
people shows thaj. the per capita circu
lation is entirely adequate!
Contemplation by the editor of the
"money to loan" division of his journal
has rendered him morbid on the subject
of a plethora of money. He is quite as
obtuse as that other editor, of traditional
memory, who, on being refused an ac
commodation at a local money concern,
went back to his office and dictated a
leader upon "The Necessity for Addi
tional Banking Facilities," when It was
only additional collateral that was
needed!
Editors who dignify the financial ut
terances of Henry Clews by excerpting
them may be expected to harbor gro
tesque views on the money question.
THE PRIMARIES
It is none too early to warn Democrats
throughout the county that if the pri
maries are neglected there is little hope
of good results from the county or state
conventions. It should be remembered
that the delegates elected at primaries
ultimately decide upon party platforms
and policies, as well as determine the
character of all nominees upon the
county and state tickets. If the dele
gates are selected at primaries with care,
and by the representative members of
the party, the convention must necessa
rily be composed of conservative and;
representative men. If the delegates, on
the other hand, are permitted to be se
lected by the men whose only interest in
electing delegates is to make them their
tools, then the moral character of the
convention must fall to the level of these
men. Water cannot rise higher than its
source. Neither can it be expected that
a convention of delegates will be better
than the men who select them.
The duty of every Democrat in this
county in this regard is so plain that
It seems almost a waste of time to call
attention to It, but the fact remains that,
while this duty is plain and well known,
it has been neglected by the very men
of the party to whom, and to whom
alone, we must look for the correction
of the abuses of the primaries and the
prevention of the undesirable conse
quences to which they lead.
The duty of these Democrats, there-1
fore, who desire to see the best men in
the party nominated for office, and to
place the party machinery of this county
and state in th* hands of men who will
conduct the campaign in the interest of
the party, rather than in the interest of
men who traffic with their positions of
trust, is to begin the primary campaign
for delegates at once, and continue it
until the close of the primary polls.
This duty is not onerous; it requires
but little time; it consists first of se
lecting the best men In the several pre
eints for delegates; secondly, of attend
ing, and getting neighbors to attend, the
primaries and voting, and securing their
votes, for these men; thirdly, of being
present at the primaries during the
whole time of voting, and, lastly, of
thwarting the plans and defeating the
schemes of the ring delegates.
Let the Democrats of this county take
this warning: Attend the primaries, and
the rest will take care of Itself.
PASSING OF CATOR
The open letter to the Populists of
California, signed by the chairman of
the platform committee of the Sacra
mento convention and by the chairman
of the state central committee, so com
pletely unhorses Thomas V, Cator and
his allies of the railroad and Republican
push that further reference to him is
scarcely more Justifiable than would be
the striking of a blind girl. "We cheer
fully consign this marplot to the living
infamy he so richly deserves, and briefly
traverse, purely in the interest of the
truth of history, the allegations of his
late address, which provoked the open
letter which we published yesterday. In
that manifesto he reviews the his
tory of fusion in this state, and
draws the conclusion that fusion
has been destructive of the Peo
ple's party. This foolish and un
founded statement is not Justified by the
facts. If the People's party has suffered
a loss of membership or has departed
LOS ANGELES MEKAJLDt SATURDAY MOKIHLNG, JULY 3a 1898
from its faith, some other cause must be
assigned than that of fusion. The truth
is that by means of fusion the People's
party has been able to accomplish that
for which it could not otherwise have
hoped. In this state fusion has given to
that party two congressmen to represent
it in the national legislature and several
members of the state legislature, besides
many county offices throughout the
state.
The success of a party is determined,
to a great extent, by the support which it
receives from the people. The election
is the test. If, through the advocacy of
Its principles, it succeeds at the polls, it
is a fair criterion by which to Judge of
the destruction or the preservation and
success of that party.
In this connection it may be asked
what offices in this state would have been
or would now be tilled by Populists, had
not the People's party received the as
sistance and support of the Democratic
and Silver Republican parties in their
elections.
If the Peoples' party is on the road to
destruction, it Is not because of fu
sion. Fusion has rather prevented de
struction. If the People's party 13 ever
destroyed the real cause Will not and
should not be concealed under the thin
guise of fusion. The cause will be found
to be with the would-be and misguided
leaders of that party. Tom Cator has had
a change of heart, or rather of feet, as he
says, under circumstances which excite
the suspicion that the ugly rumors con
cerning his railroad connections are true.
Tom Cator is charged with being the
representative of the railroad. He has
never, to our knowledge, denied his mas
ter or the imputation. It is this Individ
ual who arrogates to himself the right to
lecture the decent members of the Peo
ple's party of this state and to enlist
them in the railroad cause by shamming
to espouse "the immortal principles of
the People's party."
This address is a gallery play. It Is
designed, through the use of some nice
language about "principles," to catch a
few votes for Shanahan that would oth
erwise go to Maguire. The railroad is
back of it. That corporation hates Ma
guire, and will leave nothing undone to
defeat him. This is the second well
planned move. The first failed of Its
purpose, and it is hoped that the sensible
members of the People's party will not
make themselves the tools of Tom Cator
In his second attempt to carry out the
scheme of the railroad to defeat Maguire.
THE WARRING FACTIONS
The Express, a professed Republican
Journal, says we have a good friend in
Senator Perkins, but that "we need an
other in the person of a senator from
Southern California to succeed Senator
White," and it adds that "the people of
Southern California, and especially the
Republicans of this section, if they have
any regard or concern for their own in
terests, will stick a pin right here."
The Times, a professed Republican
journal, declares that "we want a man
to go to Washington as the representa
tive of this peerless state—not the rep
resentative of a section, but of Califor
nia, in all its majesty, magnitude and
glory."
Such public evidence of harmony In
Republican councils is truly Inspiring,
particularly at this Juncture, when the
people are casting about for legislative
candidates who are to select a successor
to Senator White. It will tend to greatly
simplify the problem. The successful
men, who will, of course, be adaptable,
may bolt the caucus nominee, if he be
from the north, on the ground that the
harbor question rises above all party
considerations —according to the Express
—or they may decline to vote for the
southern man because, forsooth, he is
"a man of small talents,'' the "represent
ative of a section, and not of California,
in all its majesty, magnitude and glory"
—according to the Times—in either con
tingency sustained by the incontroverti
ble logic of a loyal Republican Journal.
Rut it is quite within the power and
purpose of the people of this state to
select a successor to Senator White who
Will guard the interests of this section,
as that faithful representative has done,
without necessarily losing sight of the
"majesty, magnitude and glory" of Cali
fornia for a minute. Senator White will
be succeeded by a Democrat of no "small
talents," and entirely competent to cope
with the elements In a Republican ad
ministration antagonistic to the mate
rial prosperity and development of
Southern California.
STILL IN THE BALANCE
The members of the Seventh California
very prudently refrain from excessive
enthusiasm over the prospect of going to
Manila, since so many contingencies yet
interpose between the consummation of
their patriotic desire. No order has yet
been issued for their embarkation, and
even had there been, it could be revoked
by a wink from the secretary of war,
and the boys have so often had the word
of promise broken to the hope that they
will scarcely feel safe in rejoicing until
out of sight of land.
The development of peace negotiations,
on the other hand, renders debatable the
question as to whether another expedi
tion will be dispatched to Manila. Rapid
progress, along the lines indicated by
our Washington advices this morning,
can scarcely fail to work a change in
the entire program marked out for the
far east. It will certainly result in a
suspension of the plans heretofore an
nounced. The Seventh is playing in very
hard luck.
SCOTTISH STUPIDITY
A correspondent desires information as
to whether, as claimed, the city-owned
rapid transit system of Glasgow car
ries passengers free. This is not the
case, although the fares are quite nomi
nal, and based upon the distance trav
eled. The municipality is divided into
zones, with a one-cent fare across each-
From the grosS revenues the city carries.
$60,000 annually to a sinking fund, to pay I
• interest upon the investment and a small
i portion of the principal of the debt, but
I has earned in the past four years, In ex
: cess of this, about $500,000. It is the ul
■ tlmate purpose, when the system has
i been entirely freed from incumbrance,
: to reduce fares still further, taking from
I the people only what Is necessary for op
i crating expenses, repairs and better -
■ ments. The number of passengers car
ried last year aggregated 106,344,437.
By way of contrast, it Is recalled that
the last legislature of Illinois passed a
. bill, which was eagerly signed by Gover
' nor Tanner, extending the street car
. franchises of Chicago for fifty years, and
! perpetuating five-cent fares for that pe
riod. Those hard-headed old Scotch offi
cials don't seem to know what to do with
a good thing when they have It.
The San Francisco chamber of com
merce yesterday wired to the president
a strong demand for the retention of the
Philippine archipelago "and all other isl
ands conquered by the United States."
Countless appeals from every sectton,
and voicing all shades of opinion regard
ing the vexed question, are doubtless
hourly pouring in upon the executive,
all adding to the perplexities of his on
erous mission. The wear and fever and
anxiety of the war period will scarcely
have equaled the painful distractions
of this first hour of 'peace."
Peace is almost In sight, but it will
presumably bring little joy to our es
teemed evening contemporary, which
has troubles distinctively its own, and
which the surrender of the Spanish pe
ninsula would scarcely serve to assuage.
Net earnings of the Central Pacific
for five months, $2,700,456. A road mak
ing net earnings exceeding six- and a
half millions a year should be able to
its debt to the government without
discount.
The hoisting of the American flag over
Ponce was greeted with enthusiastic
cheers by the Inhabitants. Now they
will get something to eat, and later be
given an opportunity to register.
Americans will contemplate the ex
penditure of forty million dollars upon
the British navy with much more com
posure than would have characterized
them a few years ago.
The new Irish local government bill
passed third reading in the house yes
terday, and it will soon become a law.
This measure is generally approved by
the Irish members.
The new French war vessels will be
built with reference to speed. The
Franks have come to see that it is about
the best guarantee of escape from the
American navy.
Justice should be done to Garcia's
men. Their recent retreat from Uncle
Sam's mess at Santiago illustrated a
degree of courage but a trifle below the
sublime.
General Shatter desires it understood
the war department made no interfer
ence with his Santiago campaign. Oh,
we all knew that, General.
Mr. Chamberlain yesterday admitted
that dv Bose was expelled from Canada.
The Spaniard is probably aware of it
himself.
General Miles' first epistle to the Porto
Rioans is genuinely American. It will
be unanimously approved.
The kaiser's arrogance has danger
ously increased since he ran a success
ful lliuff on King Sam.
Force bills will not long survive In
a free land. The ballot must be for
ever free.
ROB EVANS, CHEVALIER
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Rob. Evans, we have heard of you,
They call you "Fighting Bob." 1
We know you never sought the name, !
Because you are no snob. <
But still, when rights were passing round, 1
And each man at his station,
We've known you stretch a point or two,
To draw a double ration. 1
i
And sometimes, we have heard it said, i
In rather careless moods, I
You mix up ancient Bible words t
In ways to shock the prudes. I
We've heard abour a recent tight, 1
In which, to save your men, t
You held the ships a mile apart, 1
And pitched In shot like rain.
I
But when your foe lay wrapped in flames, <
And helpless on the water,
Her decks piled up with slaughtered men
And red with human slaughter,
You quite forgot, or never thought,
These men In sore travail
Had fought against you and your (lag, ,
And fed you iron hail.
They say the smoke got In your eyes
In gazing on the scene;
And so you could not see the flames
Creep toward the magazine.
You wiped your eyes and laid your ship
Close to that burning wreck;
And held her there till every man
Was safe upon your deck.
Her chief, bowed down with weight of grief,
His sword to yield essayed;
But dimness in your eyesight, Rob,
Concealed the offered blade.
Rob, should you live a hundred years,
As every brave man prays.
And every year be rich in fame,
As you grow old In days,
You'll never do a braver deed.
And men will never hear
Of a nobler thing than when you gave
Your vanquished foe a tear.
—Washington Star.
Hereditary
"These are the times that show a man's
metal."
"That's what. I know a fellow that used
to be a silver civilian and now he's a tdn
soldier."—lndianapolis Journal.
A Right to Be Haughty
Don't blame her, though her face may light
With pride that's strange to view.
Her Hps are red; her teeth are white;
Her tender eyes are blue.
—Washington Evening Star.
A SONG IN THE TRENCHES
An incident in the. recent tight around
Santiago, and respectfully dedicated to the
old warriors of Columbia Post No. 706, G.
A. H., Chicago, who, in their day and gen
eration, carried the star spangled banner
through four years of war that tried men's
souls. THE AUTHOR.
• "A song!" cried the men in the trenches,
"A song, and we'll sing it today!"
(The Mausers spit through the tangled
grass.
The shells burst over the bay,
And the weltering fire of a heat that is hell
Shoots down from the sun in the fray.)
"A song!" cried the men in the trenches,
"A song, and we'll sing it today!
A song of love and its skies above,
Of home and the old, old way." t
They had stormed and carried Siboney;
They had died In the ambush there.
Brusque and browned old regulars.
And young cheeks smooth and fair-
Man to man they had stood up and died
Under Old Glory there-
Man to man, in the sun-seethed tide,
They had swept the hill and the foe defied,
And now in the trenches, side by side,
They lay on their burned bucks bare.
It was heat, heat, heat, and blazing gun;
Thirst—and the soggy trench-
Pitiless shaft from pitiless sun-
Blood and the sulphur stench.
It was blistered wound and powder sting;
Blood and stagger and reel,
And the hyena-laugh of the white ghost
thing
That leaps from a womb of steel.
It was volley and volley from Mauser gun,
Thunder and roar from fleet,
And the answering crack of the Jorgenson
From the men who never retreat.
El Caney lay upon the right,
Stt-el-armored 'mid the trees.
And on the left the shotted throata
Of srrim Aguadores.
EI Morro stood across the bay.
Gun-crowned against the sky,
And from the heights of San Juan
The smokeless ghost-born fly.
It was death above and death below,>-
Barb wire and bleeding wound.
Thirst—and the split of the sick'nlng
In the track of the Mauser sound,
It was hell above as well as beneath,
The heart-killing knowledge and pain.
To know one must stand in the door of
death
Till ordered to enter again.
It was volley and volley from Mauser gun,
Thunder and roar from fleet,
And the answering crack of the Jorgenson
From men who never retreat.
And now there falls a silence
In the trenches on the night,
As deep as when the dying day
Kneels at the knees of night;
A silence, but more ominous
Than all the bullets are—
The silence that precedes resolve—
The dusk that limns the star.
'Twas broken by a song that swept
The singers from their feet—
From trench to trench It swelled
Above the thunder of the Fleet,
And living lips and dying lips
Caught up the glad refrain
In triumph It rolled down the line,
In splendor back again:
"And the star-spangled banner In triumph
shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of
the brave."
It was volley and volley from Mauser gun.
Thunder and roar from fleet.
And then the charge of the Jorgenson—
And men who never retreat!
It was picket of steel or wall of stone —
The sweep of a torrent along—
The echoing notes of a victor tone
In the burst of a battle song.
They swept El Caney as they ran,
They stormed the Spanish lair,
And on the heights of San Juan
They placed the banner there.
O, you who die In the trenches,
Sinking the song of the free,
Fio you know that time and space and clime
Are an endless song for thee?
O, ye who die in the trenches,
O. ye who never retreat,
Do you know that the bars of the shadowy
stars
Are rungs for your coming feet?
—John Trotwood Moore In the Chicago
Times-Herald.
Opinion of the Army Balloon Service
At night after the fisht I saw Lieut. Mi
ley at Gen. Shaffer's headquarters. I
stepped up to congratulate him on his brav
ery during the day. I spoke of his experi
ence on the top of the hill with Grimes'
battery.
"Oh. that was nothing," said Mlley, fer
vently. "I can only thank God that lam
here tonight. After leaving the hill I got
into that living hell, attracted by that infer
nal balloon. It was something terrible. I
had my horse shot from under me. and I
can only say again that I am glad that I am
alive."
From Mlley's utterance, I gathered the
Impression that balloon service In the fu
ture will he relegated to the rear. A balloon
furnishes a splendid mark for batteries.
Men must be near it. and if the ballon Is
not destroyed. It Is almost certain that sol
diers will be hit.—Ex.
Vain
"I'd like to be as vain as that man Tim
mlns."
"Tlmmins is a little vain. Ido believe
that he believes that If ho Jumped Into
the sea there would be a hole where he
went in."—lndianapolis Journal.
A Suspicion
"Oh, I don't think!" so knowingly
Exclaims the modern youth.
Sometimes It's slang and then again
It's the straightforward truth.
—Washington Evening Star.
Energy
Jobson—Just see how hard Dobson is
working at beating that carpet.
Mrs. Jobson—Yes, Mrs. Dobson sets him
at work at something of the kind just after
he reads the war news in the paper.—
Brooklyn Life.
If
I love the river as it glows,
Like Bllver In the evening light,
But I'd enjoy it, goodness knows,
Much better If the fish would bite.
—New York Telegram.
Imaginary Dangers
Nervous Old Lady (to deck hand)— Mr.
Stenmbnatman, Is there any fear of danger?
Deck Hand (carelessly)— Plenty of fear,
ma'am, but not a bit of danger.—Harlem
Life.
Looking for Reform
"I understand it is becoming fashionable
for women to wear facial masks while
bathing in the surf."
"Anything else?"— North American.
Most Acute
She—Yes, It Is the province ot woman to
suffer In silence.
He—ln silence? That must be suffering.
Indeed.—Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Spirit of the Press
Injustice to the Cubans
The average insurgent eats Uncle Sam's
provenJer like a man making up for lost
time, whioh is just what he is endeavoring
to do. How unjust, then, seem the crit
icisms which are aimed at what is called
the hammock hahit. A surfeited Cuban
does what other surfeited animals do—he
lies down and sleeps oft the effects of his
over-indulgence. If he chooses to curl
up in a hammock, why not? What more
beautiful sight can be Imagined than a
small army of surfeited insurgents thus
peacefully snoring amid the roar and rat
tle of deadly conflict? It is beautiful, even
If it isn't war.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Treatment of Prisoners
The pastor of an Annapolis church ob
jected in a. sermon to the treatment ac
corded Admiral Cervera and the other
Spanish otllcers, prisoners. Ho thinks we
should lirst look after our own men and
provide them with necessities before giv
ing our prisoners luxuries. The way to do
in war is to beat the enemy just as often
and just as bad as you can. When you cap
ture him give him as, good as you have in
the larder. The next best thing to whipping
a brave foe real well is to stuff him with
good things to eat after you catch him.
The right sort of a man will appreciate the
kindness.—Baltimore News.
Not an Attractive Lot
Our Cuban allies do not improve on ac
quaintance. The earlier reports of their
Inefficiency as soldiers and unwillingness
as workers are supplemented by the latest
dispatches from Santiago. It seems almost
Incredible that these are the same men
about whose deeds of heroism so much has
been said during the last three years. Our
soldiers find that they shirk both fighting
and work, but are adepts at destroying
property or at plundering. It Is unpleasant
to come to this realization of the worth
lessness of the Insurgents, but It is inevit
able. —Milwaukee Sentinel.
Gushy in the Extreme
The proposition to present Admiral Cer
vera with a home on Tampa bay in recogni
tion of what is styled his "humane and
chlvalric treatment" of Lieut. Hobson and
his crew seems somewhat In the nature of
slop and gush. Any officer in the American
navy would have done for Admiral Cervera
and a party of Spanish sailors under the
some circumstances precisely what Ad
miral Cervera did for Lieut. Hobson and his
men.—Kansas City Star.
Encouraging Trade Prospects
Every day that the war is.prolonged finds
Cuba more and more In need of American
goods. Every section of the island that
falls under American jurisdiction offers a
new opportunity for trade. When peace
comes, and it cannot be long delayed, the
Influx of supplies into the depleted Span
ish territory means quick millions of trade.
As for trade at home, the .conditions were
never more favorable.—Boston Post.
How the Canny Scot Manages
Glasgow street railways owned by the
city. Fares from 1 to 5 cents, according to
the distance. Average fare, IY 2 cents.
Profit in four years, $500,000. Sinking fund
payments annually $00,0(10. Passengers
carried last year, 100,314,437. Socialism?
Oh, no; Just the common sense of a hard
headed lot of British burghers who think a
city should keep, not give away, its valu
ables. —New York Journal.
The Rain Falls in Sheets in Cuba
Congressman Wadsworth of New Tork,
who came up from Santiago with Lieu
tenant Hobson, says that no one can have
an idea of the rainfall there until he has
seen It. "The water comes down," he said,
"as If It were being poured from buckets:
and when It rains the roads are mere mud
gulleys. The clay roads of Virginia we bad
to contend with during the civil war were
nothing to these Cuban lines of communi
cation, and the undergrowth Is frequently
so thick one cannot see for twenty feet on
either side. Military operations under such
circumstances are naturally difficult, as
the growth is so impenetrable as to pre
vent the formation of ordinary skirmish
lines, and the troops are forced to advance
through narrow lanes In the thickets, where
they can be easily attacked by sharp
shooters in ambush. Most of the fever
among the troops is merely malarial, and
yellow jack has not yet attacked the army
to any extent."—Washington letter.
Where Spain Surpasses Us
"Papa, do you know which country in
the world has the biggest submarine
navy?" •
"I suppose, my son, that we Americans
have. We have the Holland submarine
boat, and I don't know how many others."
"You want to get posted, papa. Spain has
the greatest submarine navy. She has two
whole fleets under water."—New York
Evening Sun.
Cause for Insomnia
Small Voice (In the middle of the night)—
Papa, I can't sleep.
Papa—What Is the matter? Do you want
a drink?
Small Voice—No, sir; I keep saying over
and over to myself that It was Sampson who
clew the Philippines, but, somehow, it
doesn't sound right.—Puck.
Just Yale Luck
"A young Tale scientist, while digging It
a hole for a skunk found a $5 gold, piece.'
"That's Yale's luck. Anyone else would
have found the skunk."—Harvard Lam
poon.
Humor of the Hour
Making Them Useful
There are too many people who use their
friends as coaling stations.—Atchison
(.Kan.) Globe.
1 Society
"She goes In good society."
"Oh, dear, yes. She's divorced out of
some of our best families."—Detroit Jour
nal.
A Bargain
Mr. Hlghup—Tou said that thing would
not cost over $50.
Mrs. Hlghup—l gave exactly $50 for it;
but then I paid the modiste $20 more for
her promise to tell everybody that It cost
$100.—New York Weekly.
Numbers Do Not Always Count
A Spanish paper calls attention to the
fact that Russia on a war footing has
2,500,000 soldiers, while Germany has 2,300,
--000, France has 2,2i»,000, and Austria-Hun
gary 1,300,000. Well, what of that? Num
bers do not always count. If they did the
mosquitoes would govern Now Jersey.—
Chicago Tlmes-Hcrald.
Lost Time
"Time is precious," remarked the min
ister.
"It is, indeed," replied the man of busi
ness, "and I've wasted lots of It."
"By indulging In foolish pleasures, I sup
pose?" said the good man.
"No," replied the other; "I lost It by be
ing punctual in keeping my appointments
with others."—Chicago News.
Another Hint to the Bureau
What the weather bureau needs to do Is
to wring the atmosphere out and hang it
up somewhere to dry. Then it can let
tho thermometer do its worst.—Baltimore
American.
He Bests
"Hampsley worked hard for three years
trying to get a public office."
"Indeed? What's he doing now?"
"Not a thing."
"Why, how can he afford that?"
"He got the office."—Chicago News.
Lost Faith
"Have you any faith In the sea serpent
story?" asked the tourist.
"Well," replied the seaside landlord, "I
used to have, but it doesn't seem to attract
people any more. I guess we'll have to
think up something else."—Washington
Star.
Algerian Retaliation
The noble Seventh regiment, so prompt to
respond to the call of the government, haa
been so unkindly treated by being kept
from going to the front, that no sensible
person can fail to see a cowardly and con
temptible design in the whole matter.
There Is no need of a dectective to give the
people a clew to the authorship. We com
mend the frankness of the Use Angeles
Herald in laying the trouble at the door of
the secretary of war. We do not believe that
any other power would have been exer
cised to keep them back. It is time the
other Los Angeles papers should speak out,
even if it does reflect on the administration.
This Algerian method of retaliation should
be promtply and firmly rebuked by the peo
ple and press of Southern California re
gardless of politics or religion.—Los Ange
les Independent. ...
A Daily Paper in Palestine
A dally paper In Palestine! The suges
tlon comes with something like a shock,
but has been made in all seriousness by Mr.
Yehouda, a Russian gentleman, though a
Turkish subject, who lives in Jerusalem
and owns a paper published twice a week
In the holy city. He is now in London for
a short time, and J met him a few days ago.
He told me there was quite a demand for
Journals In his part of the world, and he
had a complete belief that the times were
ripe for a daily paper. The subject most
eagerly discussed in Palestine is agricul
ture, and the Interest arises from the
growth and development of the agricul
tural colonies. Mr. Yehouda told me that
at some of the agricultural schools and
particularly at a large one between Jaffa
and Ramleh, agricultural matters form
the subject of weekly debates of high in
terest, in which methods ancient and mod
ern come under review.—London Sketch.
Liquid Air Is the Real Fire Water
Liquid air has been Introduced at the ban
quet—a scientist's banquet—with more ef
fect than favor, It would seem. After tha
champagne had mado its round the glasses
were topped up with the new stuff, when,
considerably to the disgust of everybody
but the originator of this surprise, every
body's champagne evaporated In white
clouds. Liquid air is the real fire water.
It might be safely reckoned upon to satisfy
the exigencies of a gullet upon which for
ty-rod whisky had altogether palled, but it
is clearly not yet likely to get into the
general wine card. A little while ago
William Kaiser was offered a glass of it.
He would not have been William Kaiser If
he had not known what to do with It. He
raised the glass In honor of Science, but he
left it to any scientist who liked to put
down the contents.—Pall Mall Gazette.
Almost as Bad as Yellow Fever
"I understand that Sagasta has a case ot
blues," said one Spanish citizen.
"It's worse than that. It's a case of red,
white and blues."—Washington Evening
Star.