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LENT BEGINS WEDNESDAY OiISCKY AM E TO BE MORE GENERAL THAU EVER BEFORE. John:) Hopkins l nlverwlty I’rofersbip Declined b> Rev. Or. Van Dyke —General Church New*. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW YORK. Feb. U.-lndications point to a more general observance of Lent, which begin* next Wednesday, than ever before. The special feature of the observance will be the extent to which ail Protestant bodies will take part. In this Innovation, which has been coming on for several years. Baptists and Congregatiomdists will lead. Avery lurge proportion of churches of these denominations will take some notice of the season. A good many will keep holy week by having services every evening, and also on Good Friday, and practically all will have elaborate services at Easter. Methodists and Presbyterians will observe the season to some extent, but less widely than others. Marked changes are taking place in the form* of service, and also in the extent to which the traditional church year, beginning at Advent and continuing to Trinity, is taught to Sunday-school children. The opening week of the year in January was this year observed as a week of prayer by so few churches as to make it almost true to say that, as an institution in the religious world, the Evangelical Alliance’s week of prayer had passed away. In its place the week Immediately preceding Easter Sunday wlil be observed very generally, and this in churches in Western as well as Eastern cities. Philadelphia, which is popularly known as a slow city, leads In many things. For example, it has long led in the matter of week-day services for business men during Lent. These service* are held in downtown Episcopal churches, beginning at about 32:10 and lasting half an hour. Great care Is taken that they never exceed the time named. Addresses are made by prominent clergy and laity. Hundreds of men attend them every day during the whole forty days of the season. One service was found not to be enough, and now a second one is held In another church. Through the influence of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew those noon services are to be held during the coming Lent In a larger number of cities than ever before. From New England west to the Mississippi it w’ould be easier to name he cities where they will not than where vhey are planned to be held. The custom is growing to such an extent that other than Episcopal churches are adopting it. * * * It Is no secret that the real reason why the Rev. Dr. Henry Van Dyke, pastor of the Brick Church, In New York, declined the professorship in Johns Hopkins University at the last moment, and after he had resigned his pastorate, was the position of Presbyterianism in New York at the present moment. Leading Presbyterian laymen In that city told him that it was not a matter of personal preference, or of doing the most good in the long run, but that it was a matter of helping the Presbyterian denomination, not alone in his own city, but throughout the country, which at this time could very ill afford a change. It is understood that the conditions referred to are those obtaining in the Fifth-avenue Presbyterian Church, where things are not too harmonious: those obtaining in the Madisonsquare Church, where the Rev. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst Is no longer the power he once was. and those obtaining in other parts of the city, with four large congregations pastorless. There are indications of improvement, It is said, and the Rev. Dr. Van Dyke was told that he must not check them. The whole denomination is held to be affected by the decision. * * * The largest mosaic In America, and, save those making for the interior decoration of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, the largest In the world, is being made for the Wade memorial, in Cleveland. The panels alone contain 640 square feet, and the cost of the mausoleum In which the mosaic is to be placed is to be $1&0,000. The work, apart from the honor to the city possessing it, is held to be a marked Incentive to religious art in America, which had already reached the standard of that art in Europe in all things, and in some surpassed them. The subject of the mosaic, by Wilson and executed by Tiffany, is the path through life that Is followed by the Christian. Seven sturdy oarsmen propel a boat that is piloted by Time, and hold aloft emblems bearing the standards of the patron saints of England In St. George, of France in St. Denis, of Spain in St. James, etc. The bow and stern of the boat are not seen, typifying the life that comes from and goes to the unknown. The mosaic is full of symbology, end is decorative and not pictorial. Comfileted It is to be sent to the Paris exhibition o represent American Christian art. and will afterward be exhibited in Cleveland before being placed In the Wade mausoleum. * * • The Baptist Home Mission and the Publication Societies, which have been at loggerheads for some tlmo over a division of their work, have met and agreed on future action, and the danger of another Baptist congress, similar to the famous one over the Bible question, has been averted. The trouble arose over the charge that the Publication Society was exceeding its prerogatives as an agent of the Baptist denomination in sending out missionaries. At the conference it is understood that the Publication Society practically admitted this to be the fact, hut said that it had been the result of growth, and not any intention to trespass upon a field peculiarly that of the Home Mission Society. The sending of Dr. Diaz to Cuba and to Mexico was a case in point, and the equipping of the famous chapel cars was another case. The explanation was made that the chapel cars were originally Intended for colportage, not for evangelical work, and it was agreed that no more should he built, and that converts from them should be referred to missionaries of the Home Mission Society for baptism. The purposes of the respective societies have been newly defined, and will undoubtedly be approved by the denomination at the May anniversaries in San Francisco. • • * Gen. Thomas J. Morgan, secretary of the American Baptist Home Mission Society, starts for Porto Rico next Wednesday. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Morgan, and goes partly for rest and partly to examine the educational and religious conditions there. The general missionary of the Baptists North, the Rev. H. P. McCormick, lias already arrived at San Juan and begun work General Morgan will. In comminv with him, make a tour of the island. From Ponce General and Mrs. Morgan expect to go to Guantanamo and Santiago, in both of which places Baptist churches are already established, and w’here the general missionary. the Rev. 11. R. Mosely, is already at work. A trip will be made into the interior of eastern Cuba. Baptists are leading in evnngeiical work in both of these fields, and are to be asked to do more on the return of General Morgan, with definite knowledge of the wants of the fields. * • The tour which General and Mrs. Ballington Booth are now making through the country has for one of its objects the holding of conferences with pastors in the large cities in an endeavor to arrange with them a plan of co-operation by which the Volunteers are to take a large share in future evangelical work. It i the desire of the Volunteers to be made the organization through which churches shall do home mission work. CONCERXI.VU MAX’S APPAREL. Borne Sartorial Observation* by the Rhode Island Expert. r .’ovidence Journal. One of the valued eorrespondents of our friend the Talker of the Day, known to fame as the Earnest Student of Sociology, has been in New York, and has written from that city a letter, one item in which is commended to our attention. *M see at the opera.” the Earnest Student observes, "white cravats and plug or gibous hats worn with a Tuxedo coat. Truly a painful sight to any educated person!” No one with the slightest sense of sartorial propriety, it seems to life, can fall to agree with this opinion. Yet we are sorry to note that the evil practice Is not confined to New York. The painful sight has been witnessed at our own opera house. Nor is It the ignorant and boorish who offend. If it were so, the case would be Jess hopeless. The guilty one* come from the sereneet circles of society. Men who would sooner cut off their own right hands than wear a silk hat and a sack coat will commit the unpardonable solecism of assuming that a house coat is full drees and mistakenly select their headgear In accordance with such an assumption. How many times must we repeat that the

house coat—we regret to see that the Earnest Student calls it a "Tuxedo”—is a modified form of evening dress? It is a necessity to every man who would be well dressed. Indeed, but it is not to be used as a universal substitute for the coat with tails. There are those who say that it should never be worn except In the house or at the club, or at least on occasions when only men are present. This is a safe rule to follow, but at the same time the discreet person might be trusted to wear it even in the presence of iadies, as at familiar gatherings where strict evening dress might be regarded as too formal, or at ordinary theatrical prrformanees. For the opera it is, in our opinion, unlit, and we should regret to see it generally worn there, even though the white tic and the plug or gibous hat were left at homo. The opera is distinctly an occasion for full dress, and the house coat doe* not constitute full dress. It ought not to Be necessary to repeat the rigid, Invariable, uncompromising rule that with the house coat a black cravat and gold studs are the only wear. Any variation from tills rub shows either ignorance of the laws of polite society or indifference to them, which Is even worse. As for the hat, It may be a derby or an alpine: we ourselves prefer the latter, but we do not wish to be too dogmatic. Perhaps a cap of some soft black material might be more appropriate than <ither. but it would be dangerous in the present state of sartorial development to pronounce too confidently uj>on this point. ft FAMOUS CIRCUS CLOWN. Some Item In luce nre* of the Old-Time Favorite, Dun Hlee. Philadelphia Times. In chatting yesterday about Eliakim, or “Llge,” Stowe, the famous old traveling show'man, who died recently in Fort Wayne, Ind., reference was made to the famous clown “Dan” Rice. Tho mere mention of that name must bring to many minds fond memories of the past when hearts were fresh and hair was not streaked with gray. And, by the way, Rice for many years was associated with a member of the Stowe family, Charles Stowe, who is still a literary bocmer of sawdust delights. Together they published a newspaper in Girard, Pa., which advocated the election as President of these United States of the most famous clow’n the world has ever know'n. "Dan” Rice’s proper name is Daniel McLarrern. When a small lad he became a stable boy around the famous race tracks and enjoyed the sobriquet of "Dusty Dan.” His agility w’as amazing, and he soon developed such athletic powers that he became a professional acrobat. He possessed wonderful strength and indomitable courage. One of his first public appearances, strange to say, was as a pugilist. There is a record of the fact that in IS2B the Pennsylvania Legislature adjourned to witness at Harrisburg a boxing contest between George Kensett and ”Dan” Rice, Kensett was the Fitzsimmons of his day, and at the time spoken of he had just defeated in the ring Ned Hammond, the contest being really tho first big fistic encounter in the country. The only previous one of note was that between Tom Beasley and Jacob Hyer, the latter being the father of the afterward celebrated Tom Hyer, who for years was the Idol of the sporting fraternity of America. It seems strange to talk about the State Legislature adjourning to witness a fist fight, and yet that body would compare more than favorably with our State lawmakers of to-day. It is from that event, by tho way, that one can approximate to Rice's age. It is over seventy years since he made his public appearance in the State Capital, and as he could not have been very far from his twentieth milestone at the time, the greatest clown must now be almost a nonagenarian. Yet less than ten years have elapsed since he took unto himself anew wife. "Dan” Rice's popularity grew to such an extent, especially in the Southwestern country, that in due time he started forth with a show of his own, the main features of which were himself and a wonderfully trained white stallion named "Excelsior." This led rival managers to speak of the exhibition as "the one-horse show," but it was a winner all the same, and the horse proved such a drawing card that when he died his place was quickly supplanted by another milky steed who bore the same name. This show' was housed on a large steamboat that sailed along the Mississippi river and its branches. When the previously billed town was reached the "one-horse show'" would steam up to the levee and unload, and the small tent would soon be raised over some desirable spot. Rice would then harangue the populace from the hotel balcony or from the courthouse steps if at a county seat. He was an admirable stump orator. He would speak fluently on any subject that was agitating the public mind, and at the conclusion of his address would invite everybody to visit "Dan Rice’s Great and Only Show,” and there were few who declined the invitation. If an opposition show got on his route in advance of him he would steam ahead to where it was about to exhibit, and stop in the same tow’n and make an appearance without having been previously billed, without a programme and without regard to the engagement he had thus canceled. He would simply lead a procession of his horses and men through the town, address the people and invite them to visit his show. And they did, while the almost tenanlless tents of his rivals warned them against intruding on the route of "the one-horse show.” One of his managerial wars landed him temporarily in the Blue Eagle jail. In Albany, N. Y. He had become Involved in a bitter contest with the late Dr. Spaulding, the one-time manager of the Olympic Theater, in St. Louis. Spaulding & Rogers, afterwards Spaulding & Bidwell, conducted theatrical and circus enterprises, principally in St. Louis. Mobile, Memphis and the Southwest. Dan Rice’s show and one of Dr. Spaulding’s fell foul of each other, and the war had reached the depth of bitterness when both enterprises exhibited in Albany. At that time the Albany Whip, a new'spaper noted for its virulence, was published in New York's capital city by the late George E. Jones, afterwards editor of the New' York Times, and was edited by the late Hugh Hastings, afterwards publisher of the Commercial-Advertiser. In its composing room was a printer named Chester Clarence Moore, who was at times employed to write handbills for amusement enterprises. a peculiar flow of language of which he was possessed fitting him for the task. The author of "The Night Before Christmas" is named C. C. Moore, and he comes from Albany, but whether he and the Whip typesetter are one and the same man the narrator is unable to say. Dr. Spaulding happened across Moore arid employed him to write a letter lampooning "Dan” Rice, and it was published in the Whip. Rice also met Moore, and, in ignorance of his relation to tlie matter, asked him if he would undertake to answer the attack made upon him. The printer promptly accepted the task, and the next issue of the Whip went for Spaulding hammer and tongs. Thenceforth the contest waged bitterly, Moore writing upon both sides of the question with equal vim and virulence. In or.e of his articles on Spaulding, which, of course, was signed by Rice, Moore, however, transcended the legal limit of verbal vindictiveness, and the famous clown found himself in Jail, charged with criminal libel. The suit was afterwards compromised, but thenceforth, for a leng time, one of Rice's most popular sorgs was entitled “Blue Eagle Jail.” Spaulding discovered the dual part Moore had plaved, and chided him for his peril ly. The printer replied: "Who was better fitted to write on both sides of the question? No one knew n ore about the matter than I.” It is impossible for the boys of to-day to understand the popular enthusiasm that "Dan" Rice’s appearance aroused. It is no exaggeration to say that he was one of the biggest men in the country. During one of the presidential campaigns he had flying banners across Broadway bearing this legend: : For President, : : COL. DAN RICE, : : of : ’ Pennsylvania. : His agents laughed about it and used it as an advertising scheme, but the famous clown, whose head had been slightly turned by adulation, entered into the matter seriously. and Charles Stowe aided him in their Girard newspaper. Even when his dream was dissipated he still strenuouslypersisted that at least he should be sent to Congress. Adam Forepaugh found him such an attraction that during the season of 1565 he paid him the sum of $25,009 to become an adjunct to the Forepaugh show. The following two seasons he received a salary of $•.27,500, which is the highest that was ever paid In the circus business. A Double Lom, Cleveland Plain Dealer. “You seem to have discharged your new typewriter?” “Yea; she queered me badly.” "How did it happen?” ”1 dictated a letter to our richest female client and told her to address it. ’How will I address It?’ she asked. I answered. Plain Miss Brown.* And, by George! that’s just the way she wrote It. “How?” ” ‘Plain Mias Brown.' We lost a client and she lost a job ”

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1899.

THE VOICE OF THE PULPIT PERSONAL AND NATIONAL TRLST AN ESSENTIAL TO STABILITY. Sermon by Rev. T. .Telfemon Danner, Hector of St. John’s Episcopal Church, Pittsburg, Pa. 0 O Lord God of hosts, blessed is the man that putteth his trust in Thee! Blessed is tiie nation whose God is the Lord. —Psalms. In our tvery-day life trust, confidence and faith are practically synonymous terms. Trust, or confidence, i3 absolutely necessary to the. welfare and stability of human society and human government. It Is an essential element of our nature, and unless a man has grown distrustful through violation of confidence it Is as natural to him to trust as it is to breathe. Trust is a positive, helpful virtue or grace. Distrust, in its very nature, is negative and destructive. For its exercise or manifestation trust demands an object or being to be trustee And just here comes In the parting of the ways. While it is as natural to trust as to breathe, it Is also as human to differ as to the object or being to be trusted—and that according as a man yiew's this life in Us relation to the life to come. In other words, man’s chief confidence is in things temporal or in things eternal in man or in God. Addison has said: "The person who has a firm trust In the Supreme Being is powerful in His power, wise by His wisdom and happy by His happiness.” What is true of the individual is true of the nation. And it may here be noted—what experience has ever shown—that the greater men’s trust in God, the greater their trust in their fellow-men, and the more trustworthy will all men become. Thus the national question is essentially a personal question. This parting of the ways, this differing manifestation or expression of trust, Is indicated elsewhere in the Psalms. "Some put their trust in chariots, and some in horses; but w r e will remember the name of the Lord our God.” In the dread issue of war, victory is not always on the side of the strongest and best equipped. “Providence favors the strong battalions,” is a saying that is not always verified. It was not verified when the great Spanish armada threatened the downfall of England in the sixteenth century. Advancing upon the English coasts in the form of a crescent, the “invincible Armada,’’ as it was called, covered the sea for the distance of seven miles from point to point. ENGLAND’S DELIVERANCE. England of that day did not rule the waves with her splendid navies to the extent that she does to-day. Latin ascendency seemed inevitable. A Spanish victory, and the England and America of to-day would have had neither place nor name. But from very rugged cliff-top the beaeon fires signaled the rallying to the unequal struggle, and the almost improvised squadron of not more than thirty ships sailed forth to meet the fleet of 130, of greater size and better equipment than Europe had ever before seen. Up the English channel sai.ed the trumpeted invincible column, followed by its weaker foe, destroying a vessel here and there, and with a few fireships spreading sudden consternation among the Spanish hosts. Then came new and unforseen allies—the Winds and the waves. A great storm struck the armada, and lined the rocky shores of the nonhe n sea with wrecked and chattered vessels, the tlower of the Spanish navy. To commemorate England’s great deliverance medals were struck bearing on their face tho imagery of a tempest-to&sed fleet, and on the reverse w-as the legend, "God hath breathed upon them and they are dispersed.” In the civil war Hood's Texas brigade were wont to shout this Texan version of a scriptural passage: “The rac is not to them that’s got The longest legs to run, Nor the battle to the people That shoots the biggest gun.” . And then, figuratively speaking, horses and chariots—the possessions and gilded trappings of the world, houses and lands, stocKs and bonds—constitute too often the sole ground of trust and reliance of men. One who holds his possessions and abilities as a trust from God for his own good and for the betterment of his fellows is using them aright and is blessed of God. One who boasts in his self-acquired possessions and powers, and selfishly banks his trust and confidence on these, is destined to a rude awakening. Sooner or later these props will be of no earthly personal good, and cei tainiy of no heavenly good, unless they have been righteously used. The highest crowned monarch in the world, the greatest multi-millionaire, will require no greater space in Mother Earth than will the poorest beggar, and the funeral train will approach the last resting place with the same sad reminder. “We brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.” Trite thoughts? Trfto sentiments? Trite truths? Yes, and by reason of their very triteness they perchance affect us less. Something new' and startling is more apt to move us, but our common destiny and common responsibilities should rouse us to tho importance of placing our trust and confidence in that which shall never fail us. TRUST IN THE LORD. You, perhaps, profess belief In God and declare that your trust Is in Him. You do well. Yet in your troubles and diappointments you are more apt to fly to Mr. A. or Mrs. B. for consolation than to your Heavenly Father, more apt to be concerned about what Mr. C. or Mrs. D. can do for you in your perplexities and needs than what God can and will do for the asking, if not detrimental to your interests, for “no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly.” Our friends can be of real help to us only as the agents of the Almighty. It is this miserable unreality in profession and prayer that often makes life's trials an almost intolerable burden. Many years ago a ship was burned near the mouth of the English channel. From among the passengers a mother, clasping her babe and clinging to a floating fragment, drifted upon the waves until sighted far away by a passing vessel. A boat was manned, and soon the watchers on board ship noticed the sailors resting on their oars; presently they rowed on, and finally returned with the mother and child. Then the sailors reported why they had paused In their rowing. Over the water, as they approached, came the sound of singing; listening. they recognized the familiar notes and then the words: “Jesus, lover of my soul, Let me to Thy bosom ily. While the waters near me rod. While the tempest still is nigh.” Drifting out upon the wide, wide sea. helpless and unconscious of approaching deliverance. the trusted words of the trustful hymn are voiced from the deeps of a trustful Christian's heart. What a picture of many a drifting soul upon the ocean of life. Duty done, abilities and powers and possessions rightly used, and yet seeminglythwarted, baffled, beaten by the contending elements of the world. Adrift, yes, but not forsaken. Clinging to the one plank of trust in the living God, the soul shall find deliverance and voice the psalmist's words. “O what great troubles and adversities hast thou showed me: yet didst thou turn and refresh me; yea, and broughtest me from the deep.” 1 can conceive of no greater blessing—you can conceive of none, for there is none greater, none more helpful—than that derived frem an implicit trust in the Lord God of hosts. Asa nation we can trust Him to lead us on, having greatly blessed us ih all the past, to even better things for ourselves and to still larger shaYe lu the uplifting of mankind everywhere. As Individuals we can trust Him to give us Inspiration and strength for better living, and such measure of material prosperity as may be for our highest good. "Your Heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.” Blessed indeed, and in every’ way. Is the man who is moved and actuated by that deep, trustful faith and confidence in Him who holds us as in the hollow of His hand and who upholdeth all things by the word of His power. She Had a Good Time. Washington Post. A large and fashionable party’ for children was given somewhere in the northvest quarter of the town recently, and among the little guests was the small daughter of an army officer, who Is stationed here. The child’s mother holds somew’hat old-fashioned opinions in the matter of the proper dres* for little girls, and took her daughter to the party—she was on her way to a dinner party herself—in a frock that was daintiness it*elf. but as plain and simple as it could poswbiy be.

bhe left the child in the dressing room amid an excited crowd of little girls In gauzes, silk*, satins, laces and spangles, which made the little thing’s simple frock seem doubly’ plain by contrast, and as she went away 3he was almost *orry she had not dressed her more elaborately, fearing she might be made uncomfortable by her lack of flnerv. Next day she asked the little girl all about the party. The child was Jubilant. “Oh, it was lovely!” she said; “but some of the little girls didn’t have a nice time at all. There was one little girl who had to go over in the corner ever so many times to wipe off her satin slippers, so they wouldn t get spoiled, and two little girls slapped each other because one of them had the widest sash, and a little girl eat next to me at table and was afraid to eat anything because she said her mother told her to be sure not to get anything on her dress. But 1 just spread my dress out over hers, and told her it didn’t matter if I got spots all over mine, because you told me Just to have a good time, and I guess—well, I guess I had a better time than anybody else there.” THE HERO OF MANILA. Admiral George Dewey na Seen ly General Merritt. New York Independent. My first glimpse of Admiral Dewey was caught when, toward tho close of last July, I reached Manila. He came to meet me in his launch as soon as we entered the bay, and took me aboard "the Olympia, where we had a very pleasant lunch while making acquaintance. I found him a very genial, likeable man. quiet, modest, shrewd, observant, alert and tactful. He hod completely won the henrts of the foreigners of Manila, especially the English. Captain Chichester was never tired of sounding the praises of Dewey; in fact, ail the English naval officers in East Asia swear by’ him. They’ are genuinely proud of him and have not the faintest sign of jealousy. I never saw anything like it. He is very popular, as he has always been among those in this country who had the pleasure of his personal acquaintance. When I told him about the reputation he had acquired among his countrymen and about the strong feeling for him here he was greatly pleased. He laughed every time he thought of it. I entered Manila bay at the same time in the morning as Dewey entered it, and as I saw the channel lying In the first gleams of the morning sun I could well appreciate the superlative boldness of the dash which he made over a channel which was supposed to have been mined, and ought to have been mined, to attack a fleet which, on paper at least, was as strong as his own and w-hich lay under the guns of strong forts. The thing was unprecedented, and I felt that the admiral deserves all the honor that the people are disposed to give him. Admiral Dewey’s physical appearance is quite well known to Americans by means of his pictures. They convey a very good idea of the man as he appears to the eye. He is below the medium height and lightly built. His face and figure combine to express activity and resourcefulness, and a bulldog courage and tenacity. One of the first things he said to me was: “I’ve been walking the deck worrying night after night, iou can do that now.” He told me that the Germans had behaved very nastily and that Agumaido was beginning to show the cloven hoof. The conung of me troops was a great relief to his mind. He had no doubt that with their aid we could easily go on and secure the islands he had won. I had six transports with me, and the men In them, with others landed previously, made up seven thousand troops. Gen. McArthur afterward joined me with more, and at the time of the attack we had about ten thousand men in the trenches. Admiral Dewey was very agreable and helpful. His guns enfiladed) the Spanish position and shelled their trenches, assisting most materially in the taking of the city, which he could have bombarded at any time, a fact that, of course, had its effect on the amount of resistance which we encountered. The army and navy worked admirably together. The men kept their health, and 1 heard no complaints about the supplies. I saw Admiral Dewey nearly every day that I was in the Philippines. We became fast friends, and I always found him doing his duty admirably. I'was the ranking officer, but never thought of giving an order to the fleet. When I left the islands on the 29th of August Admiral Dewey was in good health, as he was all the time I was there. He was quite hearty, and there was no sign of the breaking down which was rumored in this country. He was called to Washington, but preferred to remain at his post. He thought he could be useful and wanted to stay. He told me that he wanted to stay. I wouldn’t like to say that he was afraid of being lionized. but he is a modest man. He is the man for the place, and his staying is certainly a good thing for the Nation. What his ideas are in regard to the I h i opines s piet y well shown by his dispatches to the uai ucpu;.ment, which have been very widely pub fished. There cannot be any doubt as tr the importance of the islands to the maintenance of a commanding position in the Pacific and eastern Asia. They w'ould be very important to any power that held them as a coaling station and base of supplies. Whether or not they wifi be important to us will depend upon our policy, but of that I must not speak. So far as the country and climate are concerned, I found them very good. Undoubtedly Americans can live there in comfort. Os course, I questioned the admiral about his wonderful battle with the Spanish fleet. He expressed astonishment that nobody was killed on the American side. All the Spanish shooting was not bad, he said, and he showed me where a shell had entered the side of one of his vessels, pierced the deck and then turned back like a boomerang. A most curious freak of the shot it was. It looked like a miracle, for It certainly would have killed a group of men, who were only saved by the erratic action of the shell. I saw' a good deal of the Spanish soldiers and sailors. They are a good-looking lot of men, undersized, as compared with ours, but all right in other respects, although they did not seem in any of their engagements to show’ the grit and courage that characterized our men. They fought vigorously at first, but seemed to take it for granted that they were going to be beaten. I heard, too, that their officers seldom w’ent out into the treftches with their men. So it w’as not surprising that they lost their grip when persistently attacked. Everything w r as peaceful at Manila when I left there, and the army and navy were working together as cordially as ever. Admiral Dewey, who became the ranking officer when I left, was well and happy, and my mind was easy with the thought that the situation w’as left in the hands of a typical product of New’ England, a brave man, a gallant gentleman, a capable soldier and one who is bound to be respected by both friends and foes. An Old Favorite. I that saw where ye trod The dim paths of the night Set the shadow called Ood In your skies to give light; But the morning of manhood is risen, and the shadowless soul is in sight. A creed is a rod, And a crown is of night; But this thing is God. To beman with thy might. To grow straight in the strength of thy spirit and live out thy life as the fight. — A. C. Swinburne. Friction in Government. Havana Letter. Ludlow, as military governor of Havana city, does not strike the writer as being a happy appointment. * He is hasty, quicktempered and intolerant, and in no way compares .vlth the calmer, cooler, more diplomatic and more masterful officer. General Greene, who, it was first supposed, would get the position that General Ludlow now occupies. General Ludlow’ has surrounded himself wdth a group of men who allow their swords to trail and clank upon the floors of the corridors who “awsk” for “menials.” wear their hats cocked on one side of their heads, and whom he calls his staff. General Ludlow has already managed to fall out with his fellow-officers. Colonel Moulton, who was appointed chief of the unorganized police, and who is an able officer, selected for the position by General Greene, has had his plans for the formation of a force vetoed by General Ludlow, and besides has been humiliated by the appointment of the Cuban General Menocal to the post of chief of police. With the announcement of the appointment there appeared in the local papers a notice that all assignments made by Colonel Moulton had been canceled. Moulton is naturally very indignant about this, and so is General Lee. who complains that Ludlow attaches to himself all ihi troops as fast as they arrive. General Lee said to me recently: ”1 understood that I was coming to Cuba to command the troops in Havana province. But Ludlow's appointment gives him power to nullify, all my work, and I am left with a lot of men over whom I have only partial control.” The breach is widening every day, and there will be a grand row among the generals unless steps are taken at Washington to prevent H.

OUR CANNIBAL CITIZENS VITSAYOS WHO HATH PEACH AM) WHOM Sl* AI If SEVER STUDIED. * One Tribe in the Philippines Who Still Maintain the Most Murburous Practices of Savages. • ♦ W. J. R., in New York Press*. Strangest of the Philippine races are on the isolated island of Palawan, nearly .YX) miiea west of the general Philippine archipelago across the waters of the Sulu sea. Palawan’s physical characteristics and the character of the tribes Inhabiting it resemble those of Borneo. The most interesting people of this island are the Vitsayos, a nomadic offshoot of the Visayas of Mindanao. Separated by warfare from the parent group, intermarriage with natives cf Borneo and Papua evolved anew people entirely. This race has proved unconquerable, and for centuries has offered defiance to both civilized and savage aggression. The most formidable expeditions of the Spanish government have ended in disaster; their subjugation was given up as an impossible task. And this would be one of the most serious problems to be met with in asserting our sovereignty over the islands. Their villages are along the western sea slope of Palawan. They generally are large, holding 2,000 or 3.IXK) inhabitants, and are surrounded by high walls of sun-dried brick or moats twenty or thirty feet deep, the bottom protected by long rows of sharp iron spikes. The traveler is greeted by a chorus of barking, which brings out a horde of unkempt savages, who gather round with loud shouts and menacing spear thrusts that banish all desire for more than a passing acquaintance with them. 'they make r.o provision for the future, in spite of the lesson taught by bitter experience, but are voracious gluttons. Half the year, when provisions are scarce, in the dry season, most of them are nearly starving and are reduced to mere skeletons, yet when food is obtained they indulge in huge feasts, which last for days and even weeks, until the food has given out. The food is placed m huge troughs in the center of the village, guarded by spearsmen. Many hours before the feast a hungry, demonstrative mob of natives gathers. At a signal from the chief a tremendous rush is made for the troughs, the strong beating the weaker under loot and devouring the choice morsels like a pack of famished wolves. They eat and brawl till the surfeited warriors, too gorged to move, lie upon the ground in a comatose condition. Thus they are carried to their respective abodes by their wives. Among nearly all these tribes cannibalism is prevalent and head-hunting is generally recognized. Sometimes prisoners of war are seized and held us slaves, but more often they are eaten at the feast prepared to celebrate their capture. PERSONAL ADORNMENT. Tattooing is common among both sexes and all tribes, while huge rings are worn on the arms, ankles and around the neck and body. These are made either of iron or brass, according to which is easiest to secure, mined from the surrounding mountains, which aro remarkably prolific in valuable minerals. There is unmistakable evidences of gold deposits, but a native superstition regards this ore as being under the influence of evil spirits, and it is never permitted to be mined. Their liking for music amounts to almost a passion. Their instruments aro of the crudest sort, various shaped drums and tom-toms and curious one-stringed guitars, which produce the most dolorous sounds. It is not uncommon to see a native play from morning to night without cessation before his dwelling for the entertainment of a silent and intensely absorbed gathering, who keep time to the uncertain thrumming of the guitar by a constant rhythmic snapping of the fingers. A trumpet belonging to one of the guides of my expedition was an object of special envy, and notwithstanding the scarcity of food in the country, several chiefs offered their entire stock of wives and several head of cattle to boot for the ownership of this precious bauble. We disposed of it to a hoary-headed patriarch, whose implicit faith in its magic powers was so great that he immmediately called together his warriors and started off on an expedition against a distant tribe who had dared his authority. But alas for his faith in its power. In a week he returned with a number of his bravest warriors killed and his heriditary foes still unconquered. Their religion is the lowest form of paganism. There are many powerful deities, and each tribe and individual has its own local gods and spirits. They are represented by stone and w'ooden images which adorn the temples, or else are placed in the cleft of a tree or on top of some high rock in the forest to seize upon and devour the evil spirits wandering in space. Fetishism plays an important part in the Vitsayo religion. The “uklars" or native priests are more powerful than the chiefs. Before any project is undertaken these crafty gentlemen are consulted in order to secure the favor of the gods. The person desiring the invocation must make liberal presents to the priests, who deposit them before the shrine of the particular deity who is invoked. These are left overnight, and if in the morning they have disappeared it is taken as a sign of the favor of the gods. The priests lay claim to power in detecting crime, and as every disease or misfortune is laid to the machination of some evil spirit possessing a human body, it is a part of their office to ferret out the person who so bewitch. A poisoned cup of “igga” Is placed before him, which he Ls obliged to drink. If by any strange good fortune he should survive the ordeal his life is spared and search for a new victim begun until the real culprit is discovered. PREY UPON TRAVELERS. A traveler in this country is likely at any moment to be seized upon as a victim of popular fury, A native may be stricken with disease, or meet with one of a thousand other perfectly natural calamities. But every event, however trivial, must have an occult reason for its being, and the burden of guilt invariably is fastened upon the one in whom the charlatan “uklars" see the most chance of enriching themselves. Human sacrifice is common among all Vitsayo tribes. Those sacrifled are usually slaves or prisoners of war, although if the proper religious season comes around and there are none of these available they have no scruples in killing those of their own kin, usually women or children, seldom men. as the preservation of the latter is necessary to the welfare of the tribe. On the occasion of a particularly sacred festival as many as a dozen are strung up by the hands and feet and roasted to ueath over a Are. around which the priests gather, v.'hile with long nets they catch the evil spirits as they are driven out of the bodies by the heat, and thrust them back into the fire again with various potent prayers, which w'ill cause them to be consumed. The heads of those sacrificed are preserved and apportioned to the principal chiefs, while the bodies are usually eaten. The Vitsayos believe that at the birth of a child witches and evil spirits congregate and watch for an opportunity to seize the soul of the infant and supplant it with some malevolent one. Before the < hi’d is born the mother is shut up in a small hut and provided with a scanty amount of food. The entrance is sealed and every crevice stopped up, that witches cannot ‘enter, while day and night two or more “uklars” circle round with incantations, waving small Images and fetich boxes to frighten the evil spirits away. Pieces of raw meat are stuck on the top of long poles, planted in a circle round the dwelling and covered with poisonous liquids, which the devils must eat and succumb before they can enter the circle.

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When the child is born the mother beats against the side of the hut, which is broken open, when the priests rush in with torches and long sticks, with which they chastise her unmercifully. The child, in the meantime, is placed in a shallow' hole dug In the ground, and three witch candles fastened to Its head and allowed to burn until they are almost consumed. The child usually is badly burned in the process, but such a misfortune is heeded little, so long as the witch is expelled. A more rigorous ordeal has to be undergone several years later by male children, when they are admitted as members of the tribe. For several hours they are strung up by the fingers, while the* priests beat them unmercifully with sticks and slash them with sharp knives to inure them to hardship and torture. Should the victim manifest signs of pain during this trying operation he is dispatched or else disowned by his parents, and treated as a slave by the entire community, being tattooed in a way denoting his degradation. THE DEAD BEHEADED. When a man dies his head ts immediately cut off and placed in a magic bowl, which, is then tightly sealed up that his spirit may not be seized by the evil demons. Various prayers are said over this grewsome relic by the priests, after which it is buried for several weeks until it shall have been visited by the gods. It is then disinterred and adorns the ridge pole of the dwelling belonging to the successful claimant for its ownership. The head Is supposed to contain all the prowess and virtues of the deceased and is preserved, the body either buried or cremated. The ownership of a number of these heads is a token of importance and assures their fortunate possessor a high standing. The Vitsayos, in common with most savage races, are firm believers in the potency of the devil dance for the exorcism of evil spirits. If an epidemic of smallpox, cholera or other disease occurs in a village it is attributed at once to some evil spirit who has taken up abode in a banyan tree. The search for this undesirable visitor is made at night bv the priests, who are unfailingly led to the right tree hv the influence or the good deities. When the right spot is finally discovered the “uklars” arrange them-’ selves around the base of the tree to keep the spirit from escaping, while others return to the village to bring the men of the tribe to aid at the ceremony. Then a horrible din begins, and the tomtoms and other Instruments are beaten with fanatical fury to drown the cries of the prisoner spirit from reaching the ears of his fellows and bringing help. The chief priest takes his position in the center of the circle, brandishing a sacrificial knife, with which he stabs the inanimate form of the tree time and time again. Swaying gradually to and fro he works himself to a state of frenzy, all the time crooning powerful incantations. Suddenly he leaps into the air, proclaiming that his bodv has been entered by the gods, who are directing his movements, and slashes himself with the knife, while the assembled natives offer their sacrifices and pray to be relieved from the evil spirit. The priest, smearing the end of a stick with his own blood, draws a circle around the trunk of the tree a few feet from its base, above which the evil spirit cannot rise. Then the natives attack the lower part with hatchets and spears until, in the judgment of the “uklars." the demon has been conquered, when the ceremony comes to an end with much teasing and dancing. Qnn train. The days now lengthen with a miser's care; From grudging hands each shining moment slips: The nights Tull scon with eager fingers bear These golden tributes to their dusky crypts! —Alonzo L. Rice.

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