Indianapolis Journal, Volume 52, Number 8, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 January 1902 — Page 4

TIIK INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1902.

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Ex-President Cleveland's weeks of connnement to his room and the statement by Mrs. Cleveland that he is still weak and will not be able to go out of doors until the weather Is warmer, indicate that he has been suffering a more serious illness than the public has realized. It i. gratilyinar to know that hi condition Is much improved.' The statement of Mr. Carey, ;l manufacturer of beet sugar, which was published In yesterday's Journal, is interesting as a personal experience. IVeause the secretary of . agriculture h is favored the e xtension of the beet-sugar industry the government Is not pledged to make a treaty with Cuba reducing the duty on its sugar and tobacco. Hut the point which Mr. Carry ignores is a vital one the prospect of the extension of the b. et-sugar Inte rest so that it will supply the sugar of the Unitd States ten years hence at a cost which will not be affected materially by the tariff. In other words, will the beetsugar lntere.-t ever reach that high development in this country that sugar will b as cheap or ewn nearly as cheap in the United States as in any other country? Som time a it was stated that the principle Involved in the demand that the alleged confederates of Captain Carter, living in New York, be nt to Georgia, where they were indicted in the Unltd States Court for their offense. Is the s.tme as that involved in the requisition upon Governor Durbln by the Governor of Kentucky for ex-Governor Taylor, and that the decision of the Supieme- Court ;u favor of sending Carter'n associates to Georgia for trial would be a precedent for the surrender of Taylor. There Is no parallel between the two ae. The grand Jury of the t'nited Elates Court In the District of Georgia ln9 (

ilicte.l Carter's associated for participating In the defrauding of the government on public works, in the State of Georgia. The confederates were residents of the State of New York. The question involved is whether a United States Court In one State can take men who reside In another State to the Federal Court for trial in the State in which they committed their offense. The Supreme Court declares that the Federal Court in Georgia can take the offenders living in New York to Georgia for trial. There was no requisition upon a Governor in this case, it being a matter conllned to United States Courts.

CWPTIIIIS CRITICISM. Representative Shafroth. of Colorado, who went to the Philippines to take observations, has returned to oppose the Republican policy in the islands if that poliey is to hold the new -possessions as colonies. In an article in the Forum for January Mr. Shafroth criticises what has been done in the Philippines and deplores that the United States is there. In regard to the future he urges that the Philippines be given an independent government, his words being: "Why not avoid the stupendous blunder of the acquisition of these islands by helping their people to establish a. government of their own, based upon republican principles?" The assumption of Mr. Shafroth is that the Republicans have some other policy than the one he has ouCined. He assumes that the Republican policy Is to hold the islands and govern them as colonies. It is mere assumption. The Republican party has not declared for any such policy. It has set about the work of providing a secure and free government for a people that has never had anything of the kind. Wherever the people have seemed disposed to help in local government it has been given them, with many native officer?. Wherever there is resistance, the army is used to subdue it. The commission representing the United States has done all that can be elone to teach a people that has never had any kind of fair rule, the primary lessons of government, based upon security of person and property and justice. Many of them do not lake kindly to it. The United States has established schools In which there are 40,01 children, it has expended money in road building and in improving harbors. In short, the government is doing all that it can do to prepare an entirely ignorant people for self-government. Even Mr. Shafroth and those who agree with hin. in the policy of giving the Filipinos independence when they appear to bo qualified to maintain a stable government must concede that the course being pursued is the right one. If he does not admit that the Filipinos are still unqualified for popular government, most people who have visited the islands and most people who have read of the condition of the natives believe that to abandon the islands now would be to turn them over to anarchy. So, really, the only difference between the Colorado representative and the Republicans is as to what shall be promised the Filipinos. The Republican policy seems to be to wait and see what progress is made toward civillzailon. If, in the course of a few years, it seems wise to give the people of the islands free government on the same basis that it is given to Cuba, Republicans doubtless will give them such a government. On the other hand, if the people seem not to make the progress that warrants their independence, that will warrant the experiment of selfgovernment, it is probable the islands will be held under territorial control, such as the United States has held New Mexico the past fifty-two years, for the reason that the inhabitants were not qualified for the conditions of statehood. The real trouble is that the Democrats are not agreed upon a policy for the Philippines. While one faction urges the immediale abandonment of the islands, another faction, composed of men like Mr. Shafroth, advocates the conferring of independence upon the natives by helping them that is, teaching them the lessons of self-government. This much the several factions fighting the Republicans may rely upon: The United States will not quit the islands "so long as there is one of those fellows left to stick his fingers in his ncse at us as we are going," to use the words of an army officer in the Philippines. The United States does not retire from a fight in that way. OI It XI-:W .NATIONAL I NIVKHSITV. No time has been lost in incorporating the new university to be established at Washington under the $10.ih),000 donation by Mr. Carnegie. The little hitch in accepting the donation, owing to the form in which it was first made, was promptly removed by the elonor, and the fund will new be more stable and more productive than it would have been in the original form. The name under which the new inI stitution is Incorporated is appropriate and is evidently suggested by that of th? Smithsonian Institution, which was named for its founder, James Smithson, an Eng lishman by birth, as Mr. Carnegie is a Scotchman. The endowment of the Smithsonian Institution was considered munifi cent when it was made, but it was considerably less than one-tenth as large as that oi the Carnegie Institution will be. Smithson died in leaving by will his entire fortune to the United States government to found an institution at Washington to bear his name, and devoted "to the increase anil diffusion of knowledge among men." The condition on which thi liquest was to take effect, the death of a nephew of Smithson's without heirs, did not occur till lSZj, and the bequest did not become available till when It amounted to $510,1W. This sum was put at interest for eight years, when it amounted to $757,2. To this there was added in IstIT a residuary legacy of Smithson amounting to J-O.l'K making his entire bequest $7v.ox. This fund has been Increased by a few other gifts, until the total permanent fund of the Smithsonian Institution now amounts to $912.W0. On this endowment there has been built up by wise management an institution which, as a center and controlling force of scientific work, easily ranks among the foremost In the world. The Carnegie gift is more than ten times as large as the Smithson endowment with all its increments, and it becomes immediately available. The Smithson fund of $.tl2.oi is deposited In the treasury of the United States and bears n.terest at 6 per cent, per annum. Th; Carnegie fund is in "gilt edged" securities, and while the Interest will probably not be as large as that on the Smithsonian fund, the actual income will be very much greater. There can be no doubt, therefore,

that the Carnegie Institution will become one of the great educational institutions or the world. In its organization and management it will differ from the Smithsonian in that it will be a private corporation entirely free from government supervision and Independent of government aid. Iy the terms of tnc law establishing it the board of regents of the Smithicnlan must always be composed of the Vice President of the United States, the chief justice of the Supreme Court, the mayor of Washington, three members of the Senate and three of the Hoiise, and six other persons not members of Congress, of whom two shall reside in the city of Washington and the other four be citizens ot different States. Under the articles incorporating the Carnegie institution thi board of trustees for the first year shall consist of twenty-seven members, and thereafter of thirty members. The incor-i-orators include Secretary of State Hay, Edwin D. White, justice of the Supreme Court; D. C. Gillman, late president of Johns Hopkins University; Charles D. Walcctt, superintendent ot the geological survey; John S. Hillings, ox-surgeon general or the navy, and Carroll D. Wright, commissioner of labor. The character of the incorporators is sufficient guarantee that the board will be constituted and organized on broad lines. It does not appear that Mr. Carnegie will be a member of the board of trustees, but no doubt his suggestions regarding the scope and organization of the institution will be followed in a "general way. With so large an endowment immediately available the board will be able to take up at once the eiuestion of grounds and buildings, and it is safe to predict that these will be on a scale of magnitude never attempted by any educational institution in he country before. Ferhaps Mr. Gilbert Parker's membership in the LJritish Parliament does not come

exactly under the head of an American invasion, but, since he was born in Canada and spent the most of his life there, and has three brothers living in the United States, It has something of that appearance. He is now visiting these brothers, one of whom lives in New York, one in Chicago, and one in St. Paul, and while with them may acquire a new stock of American ideas. While in Chicago he was cornered by an interviewer long enough to remark that Mr. Kipling had produced a sensational political effect "at the expense of truth and justice." Kipling is catching it on all sides, not having succeeded in pleasing either his fellow-Britons or the Boers. A few days ago Commandant Snyman, a fighting Boer of General De Vet's staff, visited the President. After an interview the Boer officer said: "The Boers can easily see that the President can do nothing to stop the war if he were disposed." Mr. Bryan, however, declared in a meeting a few nights ago that he considered it a disgrace that the President has extended to the Boers no official expression of sympathy. Such reckless demagogy on the part of Mr. Brj'an causes people who are disposed to treat him kindly to withhold their regard. THE HUMORISTS. A Poor Rule, VAc Judge. Lulu Fred says I look just as I did fifteen years ago. Ethel FreJ is right; fifteen years ago you looked Just as you do now. The Test in Ilnrlein. Harlem Life. Gazzam (aftr he has succeeded In waking his wife) Open the dorsh! Mrs. Gazzam (head cut of the second-story window) Are you sober? "Yesh." "Then say, 'reciprocity.' " A DiuiKcr SIkiihI. New York Press. "I'm sorry, but I shall have to Insist that your bond w ith the guarantee company be doubled." "I I what Is the matter, sir?" "Well. It has just come to my knowledge that your nelghtrs out in Suburbanvllle call you Honest John.' " Her Little Hint. Chicago Tost. She shortened the shawl strap until she was able to fasten it to her arm. "Thero!" Fhe exclaimed. "If you're afraid I will get away you can hang on to the handle of that. It will be much more convenient than gripping me by the arm, and also much ploasanter for me." II tiüifieNft. Washington Star. "So you won't let me play 'Hamlet!' " said Mr. Stormlngton I?arne. "Emphatically, no," answered the mar.aper. "You have -no respect for the character of the great Dane." "Now, my dear Storm!" was the soothing reJoinder, "what does the public care about great Danes? NVhat they want is the bloodhounds In 'Uncle Tom's Cabin.' " All Over Afftiin. Chicago Tribune. "Here are half a dozen prescriptions I would like to have you nil as soon as you can," wheezed Elvers. "I can see they are all for the cure of a cold," remarked the druggist looking them over. "It's this way." explained Pavers. "When I had the other cold I tried all these. One of 'em cured me, but I can't remember now, confound it, which one It was!" The following is the exact technical explanation of Dr. Eoeb's discovery of the method by which nerve impulse is transmitted: Nerves, consisting of a colloidal solution, are stimulated by the passage of the coiloiclal particles from the condition of solution to that of gelation, which change is produced by the action of electrically charged atoms which bear negative charges. The stimulating action of any chemical compound depends on these negative charges; the particles of the nerve are held in solution by positively charged groups of atoms, such as sodium, potas sium, etc., and the effectiveness of these ions in preventing stimulation varies directly with the number of positive charges they bear. Any lay reader who may not understand the precise process from this exposition will grasp the idea instantly from this "popular" elucidation presented by the Springfield Republican: This means that when a nerve Is stimulated the colloidal solution in it "jells." and the relation is caused by electrical atoms negatively charged. On the other hand, the electrical atoms are positively charged when the nerve substance remains in a colloidal solution, or inactive. If you call the electrical atoms ions, then it would be said that the nerve-stimulating ions always bear negative electricity, while the nervequieting ions are those bearing positive electricity. And there you are, with the secret of life open before you! The Everett-Moore syndicate is rapidly getting ready to assume the name made familiar by the late lamented "Wickwire." namely, "Everett Wrest." A tuberculosis exiert of Boston announces that experiments in a sanatorium show that cod-liver oil Is not. as commonly believed, an indispensable acent In the suc-

cessful treatment of phthisis. This will be gratifying information to the people whose casual olfactory encounters with the malodorous compound have caused them to feel that they would almost rather go to heaven than to swallow a dose of it.

THE PANAMA ROUTE. Uns Some Advantage That Cannot He Disputed. New York Evening Post. The Panama canal directors had a meeting To-day and voted to offer their property to the United States for $4X(K0,UOO, the price named by our isthmian canal commission as the value of the property to us. There has been no doubt that the French company would come to this decision. The proierty they hold, except the Panama Railroad, is of no value to them unless they go on and finish the canal. But they cannot get the money for this purpose, if the United States Is building, or even contemplates building, another Isthmian canal. The logic of the situation has therefore been very simple ever since the report of our commission was made. Eogic equally requires that our commission should now advise the President to recommend to Congress the acceptance of the offer. Assuming that the price asked by the French company is satisfactory, the advantages of the Panama route are: (1) less cost by 6,ooO,0Xi; 2) shorter distance by 134 miles; (3), smaller operating expense after completion by $1,300.000 per year; (4) natural harbors at both termini, which are wanting on the Nicaragua route; (5) a completed railway, which insures a prompt beginning1 of the work; two years would be required to make equal preparations at Nicaragua. These facts are set forth in plain terms by the commission, and they have not been contradicted by the advocates of the Nicaragua route. The arguments in favor of the latter are mainly of the sentimental kind. We ought to build on the Nicaragua line because we have always intended to, because an American company began work there several years ago. and because it Is the patriotic thing to do. We are told also that it is not wise to listen to the Panama offer because the railroads are pushing it forward in order to create delay as though the railroad men would favor the shortest and cheapest line and the ooe which can be operated at the smallest cost. Such fustian may carry the Hepburn bill through the House, but it is certain that that measure will not pass the Senate, for mere reasons of spread-eagleism. THE MORGAN BONUS. It Menus More than n Corresponding; Advance in Salarien. New York Press. J. Pierpont Morgan's bonus to his em ployes was not 100 per cent, of their salaries, but it was big enough (it averaged about 73 per cent.) to make every man and boy in the house happy. Mr. Morgan's idea of a bonus at the end of a year is that it Is more likely to do the average man g-ood than if distributed to him weekly or monthly. When a clerk gets an increase of $40 or 30 a month the chances are ten to one that he will despair of ever having enough money to put into anything, and he will spend it as he gets it. But when he gets a lump sum at the end of the year, amounting to anything from $300 to $10,000, he may be encouraged to try Mr. Morgan's own example Invest it and get more. Mr. Morgan saves their money for them. The bonus gifts to the employes of Mr. Morgan's bank amounted to about a quarter of a million dollars. The young men down there are accustomed to figuring on percentages and earning-s. Maybe they all realize what principal is represented by a bonus total of $250,000, but how many young men who did not get the bonus do? Investors think they are mighty lucky if they can net 4 per cent, out of their capital. In distributing $23n,u0 to his clerks Mr. Morgan gave them what their annual returns would be on an investment of about $5,0i0,oO0 at 4 per cent. In a way the clerks in that bank are dividing the earnings of six millions of Its money. Do They .eel It In Knnnns? Kansas City Journal. W; G. Yincent and Thomas Foley, of Hutchinson, Kan., are In Kansas City mak ing arrangements to place on the market a preparation which, if all that is claimed for It is true, will cure the effects of a "jag" in fifteen minutes or thereabouts. The preparation is a liquiel, but on account of its wonderful powers along the line of steadying the steps of the tippler those who hold the secret of its formation decline to divulge it. "It's a wonderful mixture." said Mr. Vincent to a reporter for the Journal. "No matter how drunk a man may get, if he will inhale a little of this preparation he will be absolutely sober in fifteen minutes. We want to ascertain whether or not its formation can be discovered by chemists before we begin to sell it." Mr. Vincent said his partner, Mr. Foley, secured knowledge of the "jag knocker" from a soldier who passed through Hutchinson two years ago. "You're from Missouri," he said to the reporter, "and therefore 1 suppose you must be shown. I am ready to demonstrate the worth of the preparation to you any time you want me to." According to the Hutchinson men a man may accumulate a jag, chase it away with a few whiffs of this preparation and start out on another tour of the town, imbibing "till daylight doth appear," and go home perfectly sober In the morning. Our Ad vuiitngcoti Position. New York Evening Post. The price asked by Nicaragua nnd Costa Rica for the right of way through their territory for an interoceanic canal is said to be $23,000,000 four-fifths for the former and one-fifth for the latter country. Doubtless this figure will be "shaded" a good deal before the negotiation is concluded. It may even go down to zero when the negotiation with the Panama people is resumed. No people desiring to build a canal in foreign territory ever held the cards to better advantage than we do now. It would be undignified on our part to drive a sharp bargain merely because we can. but it is well that we are not restricted to onu route. It will be a vast pecuniary benefit to either Nicaragua or Colombia to have the canal built through its territory. Nicaragua could afford to give the right of way for nothing, and will doubtless make that proposal rather than lose the canal. One Filipino .Merit. Washington Letter. "There is one thing I will say for the Filipino." said Representative Kahn, of California, to-day, "and that is, he is a musical cuss. During my stay in the Philippines I observed the natives closely, and I was at once struck with their love for musio. With a party of friends we went sight-seeing on the outskirts of Iloilo. From a distance we heard strains of music. When our presence became known a Filipino stepped forward and asked if we were Americanos. On being Informed that we w?re hew hlspered something to his followers and immediately the band struck up 'Dixie.' To their mind that was the national air of the United States. I learned afterward that the Tennessee regiment had camped at Iloilo and the band always played 'Dixie.' The natives, who can learn any tune by ear, had acquired the popular air." o Faction. New York Mail and Express. The gentlemen who rival arctic explorers in their search for quarrels in the Republican party will find little encouragement in the recent love feast of Senators Fairbanks and Beveridge at Indianapolis. Much has been made In Democratic papers of a judicial appointment from Indiana by th.' President In accordance with the wishes of Mr. Beveridge rather than in deference to the recommendation of Mr. Fairbanks. But In addresses to a Republican holiday gathering in Indianapolis. Senator Fairbanks declared that there are no factions in the party, but that all would support the President. At the same time. Senator Beveridge deprecated any idea of contests over appointive offices and predicted a brilliant record for the Roosevelt administration. Plain Hint. Chicago Post. Report has It that Miss Stone is free. If the report is verified Miss Stone will confer a favor on a sympathizing but somewhat tired public by retiring to a back pew at the extreme far corner of Chelsea and sitting down.

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TRAITS OF LESLIE MORTIER SHAW AMI HEMIV C. PA.i:. Xew Head of Trenmiry Loves Buttermilk nnd Ilnme-Mnrie IMe I'oMtiuatter General In Temperate. Denison (la.) Letter. Governor Leslie Mortier Shaw, the new head of the United States treasury, is a man of such plain ways that his true greatness is often concealed from the casual observer. He has a ready faculty of presenting figures in an interesting and convincing manner, and to aid him he carries at all times a bundle: of maps, which had been prepared by himself. These maps he would unroll during his speech and place on the wall, and by this means would drive home to the most cloudy mind the chief points of his argument. He usually traveled alone, carrying the bundle of maps under his arm. On one occasion a wreck prevented him from reaching his destination and he was compelled to stop in a small town over night. The landlord of the only hotel observing the roll of maps under his visitor's arm and having had experience with map peddlers who remained over night witl him and then compelled him to accept a map in payment, gruffly informed the stranger that it must be understood no maps would "go;" that he must have the cash down for lodging. Shaw laughingly said he had enough change to pay his bill, and the statement was finally accepted and he was allowed to register. The landlord's eyes opened wide later in the evening when a citizen of the place happened into the hotel office, recognized Shaw and began a conversation, which was overheard by the hotel keeper, concerning the making of a loan of several thousand dollars from one of the Governor's string of banks. Governor Shaw Is tall, thin, dark and sallow. He has a kindly manner, is easily approached and Is thoroughly democratic in his ways and a lover of Iowa fies. During the time the public was in suspense over the reported tender of the treasury portfolio many of the Governor's friends sought o draw from him some word which would give them light on the matter. Particularly were his friends desirous of learning whether he would accept It. It was (ienerally believed that the President had communicated with Senator Allison on the subject. At a dinner where none except close friends of the Governor were present every effort within the bounds of propriety was made to him to indicate whether he would accept the portfolio If it should be tendered to him. The Governor watched the efforts of his friends with apparent amusement and finally told the following story: "Two boys. Bill and Bob, were at the dinner table. Some time before the end of the meal the pie was passed. Bill declined to take any, saying he was not yet ready for the dessert. Bob helped himself to the biggest piece on the plate, and. turning to Bill, remarked: 'Bill, alius take pie when pie is passlnV " The Governor's friends saw the application of the story, to the treasury situation and all were thoroughly convinced that the Governor would not decline the pie. And still another pie story is being told on the secretary of the treasury-elect. On one occasion Governor Shaw and Senator Fairbanks were the guests of a colonel of the Confederacy in Kentucky. In showing his guests about the town the colonel, at the proper time, guided them into a saloon and asked them what was their pleasure. Senator Fairbanks ordered mineral water, and Governor Shaw said he would like a glass of fresh buttermilk. When the bartender turned to the colonel it was noticeel that the latter's face wore a horrified expression. Recovering, however, he politely informed the bartender that he could not otherwise than complete the lunch his friends had ordered by taking a piece of pie. Governor Shaw is outside the Wall-street atmosphere. He is not acquainted with Mr. Stlllman, Mr. Morgan or the clearing-house committee. All his banking wisdom has been obtained in his own chain of Iowa banks and as a student of finance. It was the money question that brought him out of obscurity. His first political speech was delivered in February, lb!G, and was an answer to one made by Bryan. His arguments in favor of gold, while they may not have been wholly new, were presented in a manner that had not been hit upon by any other advocate of the doctrine, and were so clear that they appealed with great force to the people. Mrs. Shaw has made it quite plain in her recent utterances for publication that she is in no wise staggered by the honor that has come to her husband, with its social responsibilities devolving on her. As the wife of the Governor of the State and mistress of the executive mansion she is no stranger to the exactions of official social intercourse. Governor Shaw Is not a poor man, and Mrs. Shaw has announced that whatever money beyond the salary of the secretaryship may be required to take a proper position in Washington society will be cheerfully forthcoming. Indeed, the Shaws plan to be very active in the life of the capital, and the wife of the Governor and her daughter are already consulting the best of local modistes in order to have some pretty gowns for their entry to the city on the Potomac. What Governor Shaw said In his Norfolk, Neb., speech on "Elastic Currencv" is this: "Currency based on assets contain in my judgment, no element of danger, except popular prejudice. This will vanish as the question is discussed and explained by those who make a f?tudy of it. The depositor would be in no worse condition than now. Whenever a bank fails the assignee finds its bankable commercial paper hypothecated. In other words, it has increased its circulation by sending its assets to some other banks and borrowing circulation at a high rate of interest, and it does this even after it ceases to be solvent. It certainly would be no worse to allow a government issue after special examination." II EMI Y c. paym:. Xew Postmaster General I.nekn All Vanity nml In an Abstainer. Milwaukee Letter. The wife of Henry C. Payne, the newpostmaster general in President Roosevelt's Cabinet, was Miss Lydia Vandyke, of Mount Holly, N. J. Soon after her marriage, in 1SC7, she became an invalid, and no man ever surpassed Mr. Payne in devotion to a suffering wife. He spent every moment of his spare time with her, and It was a common sight in those days to see him wheeling his wife about in a chair. After four or five years of invalidism Mrs. Payne's health was partially restored, and now, at the age of sixty, she is nble to enjoy some participation in social life. She is a very charming woman, has taken ejuite an active part in women's clubs, and it is predicted that she will be a favorite in Washington. The Paynes have no children. The place of a daughter is taken by Miss Louise James, a niece, a young womc.n, who will live with them at the capital. Mr. Payne is unas-suming in manner and is easily approached. He is readily accessible to representatives of the press, regardless of the politics of the newspaper they represent, and harbors no resentment lor political attacks. He lacks any sign of vanity, uses neither liquor r.or tobacco, and is never extravagant In dress nor in personal expenditure. He is fond of society, but because of his wife's delicate health, goes out very little. His favorite recreation Is whist and reading, and at one time he was a fine chess player. lie Is a member of the Milwaukee Club and spends an hour there dally. His companions here are Frank G. Bigelow and Judge Jenkins, and he was a close friend of ex-Senator Sawyer. Alexander Mitchell. Angus Smith, B. K. Miller and Senator Howe. Mr. Payne began life as an errand boy in the village postoffice at Shelburne Fall, Mass. From this humble position he rose until he finally became postmaster of Milwaukee. He had one other political aspiration only, and that was to fill the place to wjiich he has been appointed. The postmaster general comt-s from old Puritan stock, and his ancestors elate back to the early colonial days. He was bum In the town of Ashfleld, Franklin county,

Massachusetts, on Nov. 23. 143, and Is therefore fifty-eight years old. Prior to the manufacturing advent of his home locality, it was peopled by typical NewEngland farming communities, descendants of the Puritan stock, who retained the austere morals of their forefathers, but with continually developing tendencies toward gre-ater religious freedom. They were anti-slavery nun from Instinct and education long before the origin of the abolitionist movement, and with the growth of the manufacturing interests of the locality, became strong protective tariff people. It was under these surroundings that the boy was reared, and he still maintains many of his New England characteristics. His boyhood was spent in the village of Shelburne Falls, where he received a common school education and later an academic education. Old residents of the village still remember young Payne as an unusually bright chap, with a bushy head of hair, quick and alert, and rather undersized. He was studious and a worker, ami at the age of fifteen began to look about for a position to help pay for his livelihood, it was then that he entcrcnl Uncle Sam's postal service. He told the village postmaster that for $1 a week he would be at the postofilce early every morning, would sweep and dust the placeand do such errands as he had time for outside his school hours. After being errand bov for about a year he left school and became a clerk in the dry goods store of John Sherwln in Shelburne Falls. Mr. Payne came to Milwaukee in 1V3. and in 1T2 came to the front as organizer or the young Republican voters into the Young Men's Republican League for Grant. From that time on he rose rapidly in politics. In 1.S7Ö President Grant, recognizing the work he had done for him. appointed him postmaster at Milwaukee. Presidents Hayes and Arthur reappointed him. As postmaster, Payne had plenty of time to devote to politics, both State and local, and he made good use of it. lie became a member of the state central committee and later its secretary nnd then its chairman. His rise was rapid. He was clever and astute and much of the credit of the party In those days belonged to him. He was a fine organizer and his counsel was sought by all candidates. What opposition politically there now exists in the State against him came after he left the postoffice. In 1S13, when the Northern Pacific went into the hands of a receiver, Payne was appointed one of the receivers by the court. There was a great deal of litigation over his management of the road, sensational charges of mismanagement were filed and Payne resigned. But it was a light of factions and little was thought tf the charges. Up to the time of his appointment as postmaster general he was interested in the telephone business, the street-railway business and was also director of the First National Bank, the largest in Milwaukee. Mr. Payne first attracted attention in national politics when he was elected to the national committee shortly after he retired as postmaster of Milwaukee, but not until 1W did he become prominent in national affairs. COMMON SENSE AND POSTOFFICE.

A Few ChnnKe In the Law Wonltl He H Great Improvement. Baltimore News. It appears that the postmaster of Chicago took the delightful opportunity of the Christmas season to enforce what he conceived to be the law in regard to the postage on books. Many persons, very properly and with the purpose of obviating a possible doubt on the part of those handling the malls as to the character of the matter contained in the package, writer the word "Book" on the outside of the package. Printed matter goes at one cent for two ounces, while general merchandise pays one cent an ounce; and the word "Book" (or "Printed Matter") is put on the wrapper to declare that there is nothing in the package except printed matter, and that it is therefore entitled to go at the lower rate. This is evidently in the interest of the expeditious handling of the mail; and it is a practice that prevails in every country in the world, so far as we know. But it seems that, according to the strict letter of the law, that single word written on the outside of the wrapper to show what is within makes the whole package a letter, to be charged for at the first-class rate of two cents an ounce. The Chicago postmaster, it appears, was seized with an access of religious scrupulosity on the subject shortly before the Christmas season, and felt it his duty to mulct every recipient of a book with the audacious word written on it. in a sum equal to three times the postage already aliixed, as overdue postage. There must have been hundreds, probably thousands. ef persons who received such books as Christmas presents; and there has been an indignant protest against the absurdity and gratuitousness of this unpleasant proceeding. Every man can see that, if the law calls for anything of this kind, then, as Mr. Bumble says, the law is an ass; and it has been the presumption of postmasters in the United States generally that the law did not mean to be an ass. If, however, this little incident should cause attention to be directed in the high places of the Postottlce Department to the general question of the regulations concerning written matter, it would prove a blessing in disguise. There is a simple change in those regulations the adoption of which would offer so great a gain in simplicity, and which is so free rrom objection, that we are confident it has only to be candidly considered by a postmaster general whose eyes are open to possibilities of improvement in order to secure its adoption by the action of Congress. This change was suggested and adveeated some months ago in an editorial in the News which attracted considerable attention J the press of this country and Canada. The object of the change is to get rid of all the petty trouble and annoyance connected with the prohibition of written matter In parcels sent at book or merchandise rates. The incident at Chicago is only a grotesque exaggeration of what Is going on all the time, in all countries, in a less absurd manner. Everybody, we think, will admit that if the obstruction and annoyance connected with the prohibition could be got rid of without any sacrifice of revenuworth mentioning, the result would be worth achieving. Well, as a matter of fact, this result can be attained by adopting the simple regulation that any sealed parcel, or any parcel containing written matter, shall pay a minimum rate of 2 cents; but that aside from this requirement, there shall be no discrimination against written matter. Thus, a letetr er manuscript would be charged at the same rate as a book; a book, with or without written matter in it; would pay 1 cent for every two ounces; merchandise in general, whether a written message went along with it or not, would pay 1 cent for every ounce. The only restriction as to written matter would be that parcels bearing only a 1-cent stamp must contain no writing, and this restriction should be enforced by penalty, as at present. The enforcement of the rule against the Inclusion of written matter in merchan dise or book packages has been so long one or tne prime concerns connected with the postoffice that the object of the rule has been lost sight of, and it has come to be looked upon almost In the light of a law of nature or a dictate of religion It Is not the purpose of that rule to discourage the practice of the art of writing, or to eiiminisn tne irequency of personal communications Dei ween friends. Its ob ject is solely to get more revenue than would be got If written matter were sent at printed-matter or merchandise rates If the distinction were abolished there would probably result a very consider able loss of revenue; but practically the whole of this loss would me from the payment of 1 cent instead of 2 cents for an ordinary letter. The revenue that comes from the extra postage on over weight letters and from manuscripts pay Ing letter weights is too insignificant an item in the budget of the Postoffice Department to be worth taking into serious account. The regulation above suggest ed would retain all the revenue from or dinary letters that we now have; and it is extremely probable that such loss as would be incurred in the matter of overweight letters would be more than compensated by the increased business ! which always comes from the removal of i annoying restrictions, and by the saving of labor in the postoffice itself throiuh i the simplification. Letters would pracI t'callv never have to be weighed; and books and other packages would never have to be scrutinized with a view to their containing the forbidden thing. The reform would, without sacrifice of any kind, do away with a source of petty worry, and with a temptation to petty fraud, which has been n standing evil in the postoffice system. If adopted by the t'nited States, it undoubtedly would find Its way Into the systems of the other principal countries of the world. It Is so thoroughly In line with the spirit in width all the reforms and simplifications of postoffice methods have been made that it requires only candid attention to secure its adoption. Plenel with II! Own Town. Washington Post. "I wmt to tell you a good story about Governor Bhiw," said M. A. I... Judson, of Clinton, la. "A nottd public man was one

visiting In Ics Molne, n cu ?-t of Governor Shaw. As custom.-ry, the Governor took his friend up on the dome of the Hpito, which commands a beautiful vb w of the city and surrounding country. From thwest side of the dome th.y caz-d ;, ro s the river toward the finer residern-e . ti'-u. and Governor Shaw said: '1 o: !y 1'i.ow of one other view in the world which is as beautiful as this.' 'What is that. Governor?" asked his friend. Governor Shaw teok hfm bv the arm, k d him atoor.d to the other side of the little 1 v. Irony. -The view from this side of the dome," replied the Governor."

THE STORAGE BATTERY., EdUon's Intention Likely to Meet a ( um mon W'niit. The Patent Record. The electrical storage bittery Is the generator of the immediate future. The bru.-h battery employs lead plates, which necessarily requite a considerable generation for their own transportation. The weight of the battery is its birrier to commercial success. The new Edison h::tt ry, w hich is the mo-it recent improvement in this line, substitutes thin steel plates for lead, and the plates are perforated to receive calls containing compressed parcels of mixed iron and graphite for the positive clcctnnle and nickel and graphite fer the negative electrode. The electrolytic fluid is a solution of potash, which does not affect the containing vessel and preserves its piality. It is claimed for the battery, as a result of prolonge-d atnl severe tests, that it will render two or three times as much service as the same weight of the nlinary 1 ad battery. It is regarded as mere durable, more easily handled and capable ef more speeely charging. It eloes not appear to be any cheaper, cell for cell, than th bad battery, but. taking into account the greater rapidity of charging and the lighter weight, the new conur is considered. ca n at the present high rate' of e onstruetlon cost, as an economical substitute'. The immediate preblcm f the pr se nt in this matter, however, is not one o( cost, but 'f weight. It is practically assured that the cost factor in the construction account will be materially reduced as the use of such batteries Increases through the reduction ef the present obstacle's ef weight and time lost in recharging. In the latter item the Edison battery is re-garelcd as a Vast improvement. The orelinary bad cell requires seven t) eight hours for charging, whe n a the new cell may be charge -el at a normal rate in three ami one-half hours, or in e.ne hour under pressure-, which somewhat eiterioratis the efficiency. Many sweeping estimates of the e-fTect of this aiHame In storage battery constructicn hive already been given by experts, including forecasts of the use. of this ch-ctrie elevice for tugs and other iiarber craft. fer torpedo borits, submarine craft, trucks, delivery wagons and such practical appliances, It is e-nsy to appreciate the eagerness with which the commercial worM le.iks forward to the perfection of the portable battery for propulsion. Heretofore the weight, cost and slowness of charging of the h'ail battery have combineel to reneler it only little more than a novelty in transportation, adaptable for purposes of display or luxury, where the item of proportionate cost need not be considered. In every close cemiputation be tween the horse-drawn and the electrical vehicle thus, far the former his had the advantage, but the desirability of the- electric machine for many purpose s is so great that some users have been willing to elisregard the balance of expense. If now this balance is to be eliminated and the portable electric motor placed within the range of absolute economy, a complete change in the course of transportation is witmn rea sonable expectation. CHILDREN WHO DISAPPEAR. Recollection of n Harrowing; Vincenne Tragedy. New Orleans Times-Democrat. "I never believe a child has been kid naped until the evidence is sufficient to hang a saint," said a dry goods me rchant of this city, "for of one hundreel cases over which a hullabaloo is raised not fnore than a single one proves to be the bona lide act . A. f 1 I J M f or tne ooia, Dau man caj)iunnK a. cumi ion ransom. If a circus is within a hundred miles at the time little Jimmy elisappeara the Fhow is held responsible for the supposed crime, and if the truth were known I would not be surprised if several of the tent followers who have been summarily dealt with by enraged farmers have met their fate because little Susie took it into her heael to fall into the old well. I shall never forget a case near incenncs, Ind., a decade ago. There was a child Steden from a farm just outside of town and the usual man in a slouch hat was susp-oted. Luckily for himself the individual, afte r a hard chase, managed to boanl a freight train and get away, for that he would have been roughlj- hanlled by the mob is certain. The boy, however, remained stolen and after weeks of search, during which every pond for miles around was draggeel, the chase was given up. and the parents waited for some signs or proposals from the child robbers. Near the farmer's house the Vandalia Railroad crossed a. trestle and from space to space there were the usual projecting beams with barrels of water to be used, I believe, in case of tire. When the repair men reached the trestle in question they found that one of the barrels had fallen from its perch in the dry bed of the creek. They replaced it with a new one and passed on. Some weeks latT some boys batting around in the creek gully knocked over the old cask, which had stuck head down in the sand, and to their horror they found the body of little Jimmy, the farmer's lvst son. It was subsequently decided that the boy was caught on th trestle by a train and to save himself had cllmbcel into the water barrel. The later, however, was old and insecure anel ndled off, carrying the boy to the ground. Tne child was probably killed by the shock, but, dead or alive, he was as se cure ly bottled up as a preserved cherry in a fiask of kirseh." Not t'lftMsinetl. Washington Letter. Senator Burrows, of Michigan, is an Indefatigable worker for his cemstltuents. Buttoned up In a long cape overcoat he brave g all sorts of weather anel can be found about the different departments at any hur from 9 o'clock in the morning until 4 in the afternoon. Senator Burrows was at the Navy Department a couple- of afte rnoons ago arid left a number of newspaper men waiting in the ante-room while he- went in t see- the secretary. The hour was growing late-, and the newspaper men were impatient, but the senator, when he came out of the secretary's room, caught their humor, and said in his basso profundo, anel with the serious and deliberate manner which characterizes his utterances: "My dear boys. I am sorry to have ke pt you waiting, but I have a pie co of he ws for you. I have not declined th' pertfo!ii of the Navy Department, and it has not been offered me-, but if it is I will positively decline It. Goed evening, gentlemen." A newspaper man, anxious fr an item, followed him out of the room. "What have you be e n eloing to-day, senator?" queried the- man. "Now. bt nif sc-e. What have- I been doing to-day? Oh. yes; I was over at th Agricultural Department, ami they pave, me a pretty plant for my wife-. That !s the only thing I e-ould lind that was not in tl.o classifieel service." Tn m ma n y Sern phonk. New York Evening Post. The scrapbe;e;k habit is one that affects public officers almeist without excepiion. pedtticians anel r ferne rs alike'. Every printed mention of a commissioner, or of the affairs eif his eiepartrnent. is cut eut and carefully pasted in the big books, p.ilice Commissioner Murphy was in his office only te n nvnths. va t he- ace urnul it d metre than twenty biiK' volume ,,f dippings, to get up whie-h cost the- ;lty almost the entire time- etf a $1,V patrolman. Jacob Hess, whose1 lat public inployin tit w.s as police commissioner, is e.r.e elf tne feVV who are not addicted to the clipping habii. One who was his ckrk at that time j-av He.st told him. when he aski 1 if he shou! i preserve clippings for him: " . no. it's bael enough to re-ad the hanl t t.I :ig h r the pa i ers say them. 1 don't want to re ad them ever again te-n years fr.m now." Some me n who have been m r-iMcnt e.ffice holders have huge' c,;i.Mtj,,,, airno-t reeomfuls. of thse strap! ks. Even the mest abused Tammany rre n like- to ht.p this record of their own iniquities. Sure Thing-. Washington Star. If Slgne.r Marconi is as gn-at a gcr.hi in electricity as he is in advertbin. uhrloi telegraphy may le accepted us an etccomPlished fact.

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