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SITUATION IN StiUTH AFRICA. liar’s dispatch, announcing retreat of General Warren’s force Spion k«p, and bock to the south : of the Tugela river, was sad readfor the people of England. Butler's dispatch may to mean that the whole 1 his command has withdrawn Tugela. The commander pays trlbuta to the valor of his but the only consolation he is to draw from recent events is that retreat was conducted in good order. 8 his j^nguage: fact that the force could withdraw actual touch —In some cases the were less than a'thousand yards apart - with the enemy in the manner it did, is, I think, sufficient evidence of the the troops, and that we were o Withdraw our cumbrous ox transports across the river, yards broad, with twentyand a Very swift current, unis, I think, proof that the been taught to respect our tfiig powers. This is, indeed, cold comfort But there seem to be some people in London who refuse to avail themselves even of this poor consolation. For the dispatches say that Bailer’s confidence that his unmolested retreat Was dus to the respect of the Boers for the flghing power of the British soldier “is not shared in London,” the prevailing opinion being that “the Boers had some other plan in store, or did not wish to waste their men.” Whatever excuses Buller may make, it is painfully evident that the British have so far accomplished nothing. The for the relief of Ladysmith first a direct attack, the purpose being fight its | way through from which is only about flfnsiles south of Ladysmith, movement failed utterly, the being entirely defeated, losing guns. Then the attempt was made flank the Boers out of their position. British crossed the Tugela, meeting little or no opposition, and then to the west. Boon after this. Buiheard from at Springfield, which eighteen miles west of Colenso, the same distance southwest A little later the center was at Acton Homes, which fifteen miles northwest of thirty miles west of Colenso, ♦ve* twenty miles from A British force even reached la not much more than 1th, and almost j at every point the Boers, and In it they were a considerable at least, is back of the Tugela. In operations, the planned and exewhole campaign can hardly be the extreme probalearn, a little sooner a catastrophe almost in our military history i, indeed, without a paralat Yorktown. at every point of the ' the campaign is still explanations for : affairs. It seems all hands that the ’ for the war, and ; the enemy, that there are of corathelr apor to But the best Judges of the trouble is the Times. It | send to,000 more “to take steps to send if these should be bad strategy

are about three hundred mile# apart. Certainly the necessity — if it is a necessity — far going to the aid of these garrisons is unfortunate. It la significant that there la now talk of abandoning these towns, and moving directly north to Bloemfontein. This is said to be the plan of General Roberts, and ha is thought to be preparing to carry it Into operation Possibly such a movement as this would be the best way for accomplishing the re lief of the besieged garrisons, by drawing the Boers off to meet the direct ad vaace Into the Orange Free State. Bo far the British have accomplished nothing. Boer territory has hardly been threatened, and the tall of Ladysmith — which it has bean the main object of Buller to prevent — Is freely predicted. THE LA WT0N MONUMENT. The near approach, of the time when Gen. Lawton’s body is to lie in state, gives double emphasis to the movement to erect a monument to his memory here in the State capital. There could he no more splendid tribute to this splendid character than the practical completion of the monument fund against the time when the State shall lay a wreath on his bier. A project like this is of far more importance to us than many things that become street corner talk, and occupy general attention. Effort, earnest, united, sincere, will make up a sum surprising even to those who undertake it. There Is already an encouraging beginning. Shall are not, in a few days, see the end that shall crown the work? If every one that feels moved to this act, If ail that realise its appropriateness and desirability, will give as they are able, it will be a matter of days only when the monument shall be assured. What ceremonies shall mark the presence of the great general's body here are yet to be determined. But surely no element of them would be so effective,would speak so touchingly of his high worth and our appreciation of it, than the fact that at the time the monument fund was practically complete. It is especially fitting that small contributions should play a large part In this &n<L By those wp mean the contributions of the people, from whom as has been well said, Lawton sprang, of whom he was so fine an example, and to whom in every thought and la ail his sympathy he was ever true. He was an unknown Indiana boy in school when the great crisis of the Nation’s life came. He entered the ranks a common soldier. He met the soldier’s ideal death — death on the firing line.after a life in his country’s service in which he had bridged the span from the ranks to high command. Shall we not suitably commemorate this splendid life? We ask the question of the great mass of the people. Now is the time for them to answer. A little effort, a little attention — more attention than effort —will quickly make up the sum. The attention ought to be directed. The effort ought to be made. In every town, in every phase of every town’s life, the appeal ought to go forth, and the brief hour only that is necessary be devoted to answering It. A systematic canvass throughout Indiana will make up the amount needed for this memorial, and it is not too much to say that Indiana could do nothing that would speak to grandly of her sensibility, her pride, her honor, as this sum completed when Lawton's body shall be a it bin her gates. It will be an object lesson and example for the whole country, for the world. We should say to *U: “See how we honor our dead, see how we honor ourselvest" Shall we not compass this honor? Let us give, give now, and a splendid deed will b* done. MR. CARNEGIE AS PREACHER. Me. Andrew Carnegie has been branching out of lata Formerly he made a great specialty of libraries, but now he seems to be somewhat ambitious to instruct the American people directly rather than through books, of which be has been so prodigal. In Us speech at the Lotus Club dinner, given on Saturday night, there are many interesting things. Especially valuable is his explanation of his fondness for bestowing libraries on American cities and towns. We quote: It is difficult to help those who don’t help themselves, and my preference for free libraries as a means of helping the swimming tenth is that libraries give nothing for nothing; in order to get boneflt there the man must himself read and

study.

There Is. of course, no doubt that this is sound doctrine. Yet if all the people who get something for nothing in this world are to be condemned, few would go umv hipped. This insistence by rich and comfortable philanthropists who have made millions of dollars, thanks largely to Government favors, that men shall give an equivalent for all they receive is a trifle wearisome. As Hamlet said, “use every man after his desert, and who should ’scape whippingr* Scientific charity it a good thing, but somehow it does not at all times seem to satisfy those who still think that there is some good in the divine injunction: “Give to him that asketh thee.” Mb'. Carnegie, after laying down a very fine rule to govern one’s political conduct, seta himself up as an example when he says: I have never written a word which my conscience did not impel me to write, nor stood for a cause which I did not consider

This is a pretty high estimate for a man o put on himself. Yet Mr. Carnegie has in his dgy, an advocate of the “holy” cause of protection, and bis adit vocao certainly baa not been profitless to himself.

It did not take the London Saturday Review long to discover that we harbor a deep-dyed enmity toward the mother country. If this be true, perhaps the Saturday Review has had something to do toward bringing it about It is slgnlfibant, as related by a foreign correspondent that European nations .have been somewhat sobered by the defeat of the British at Spion kop. They are beginning to realise what may happen in case England is defeated in South Africa. As the 'British empire exists today, it is a saving, balancing force that makes for the peace and civilisation of the world. Destroy this power, and new dissensions and conflicts are bound to arise among the nations. And those people in this country that are disposed to rejoice over Great Britain’s reverses in mass meetings might well pause and think of the possible consequences of British defeat We may not like Great Britain, but for all that it would bo much harder to get along without her. In the words of the Boers, “What has Buller doner’

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It looks dark for General White.

The Boer kop proved too much for the

cer said a few days might have learned bad they given attention to the work of the st Santiago. But they did not ■■hrto

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the mauser rifle, and it was rMM with nippers to cut the tlM,Boer *' ST tllgent if they *

were armed with tnausers. and they were effective enough at least to have suggested to this British authority that there was a fin* opportunity to observe what eould be dons by troops equipped with them. Our soldiers had never faced them. On the other point the case Is even worse for the British. For the first time, as far as we know, the barbed wire device was used in the war in Cuba. Spanish and insurgents alike used It. But the Americans had had no experience with It Yet they needed no “lessons” to make them see how necessary the nippers were. And surely some man in the British army ought to have thought of the possibility of having to face barbed wire defenses. The neglect is specially Inexcusable, In view of the fact that our own experience was available. Such oversights as this may easily have fatal consequences in modern warfart.

Rumors about a possible conflict between Japan and Russia are becoming numerous enough to cause anxiety. People have learned In recent years that war can happen.

Members of the art association are saying that, in view of the wide public condemnation of the Talbott place site, the choice of that location can not be considered settled. We hope that is the general temper of the members. We recall now no single communication of the many that have come to The News, that favored the Sixteenth street location. If the museum is to be away from the center of the city, then, decidedly, more ground is desirable than the Talbott place contains. Fair Bank, with Its accessibility of location, its natural attractiveness, and its possibilities of development, would be a most admirable site. There is ample space for Indefinite growth in buildings, as the city increases in population, and interest in art and art study shall Increase.

Again we are reminded that It is not necessary to go South for winter.

After having such a great birthday, the German Emperor will no doubt become a fine patron of the cupping bureaus.

In a recent lecture before the Albany Historical Society, President Schurman, of Cornell University, declared that there was no such thing as a Philippine nation or people; that there were eightyfour distinct tribes, and that they could no more unite In the cause of self-gov-ernment than our North American Indians could have united two hundred years ago. The educated among them, Mr. Schurman said, will help this country In solving the problem of the govern Ing the islands; but promises would not do - the Spaniards had made the Filipinos wary of promises. Absoultely In capable of self-government, Mr. Sohurman favored for the Filipinos a fond of home rule that would bring about the de sired effect. The first idea was a central government, sitting at Manila to be composed of a Governor, appointed by the President, a legislative body of two houses, the lower one elected by the people that own property or that can read and write; tb* upper house composed of men appointed by the president in part and in part selected by the natives. Assurance should be given that none but the most influential and intellectual citizens would be selected for the judiciary and the members of the governor's cabinet He favored making the provinces of the Island into counties with practicably the same rights as counties of Territories in this country, and with municipal governments controlled by the people, but responsible to the central government. Religious rights should not be Interfered with. In conclusion, Mr. Schurman said •we must stay there whether we would or not. We have Incurred obligations that w* cam not shirk, and it would be the hlght of folly to throw away the power we now have, which we got honorably by reason of the Spanish war.” It Is 166 degrees In the sun In Melbourne, Australia, if that is any comfort. '

Mr. Carnegie tacks an anti-expansion peroration on all hh^ speeches now, whether they relate to steel plants or libraries.

Have the directors of the Art Association given sufficient weight to the fact that the new art museum, when constructed, will have to be maintained? This means curators. Janitors and other employes, besides light and beat. The museum must be an attraction in itself (and this means no small expense and an ever-in-cre&slng outlay) and should he located with a view to the largest publicity, for this not only means the education of the pubile, but a revenue available for the expense account.

partments of administration; the consumer, through improved processes resulting in better products st lower prices and m> re eflleie).* distribution, the laborer, by stvarilcr employment st letter wages, u..d a better opportunity for improvement in condition If special talent Is shown. Nevertheless, in spite of these blessings, Mr. Archbold thought that it would be well to have some sort of Federal regulation, to the end tftat “unrest on this question” might be allayed. A defens') of trusts coming from an office,' of one of the worst trusts in the country will rot, we imagine, have much weight with t>it people.

It Is a long lane that has no turning. But our British cousins have not come to the turn vat.

Judge Baker does not seem to have much sympathy with monopolies. His decision that railroads engaged In interstate commerce must furnish equal faculties to all shippers, can hardly, one would think, be questioned. One of the important points in the case was as to the jurisdiction of the Federal Court, the defendant maintaining that it was not engaged in interstate commerce. But Judge Baker held that it was part of a system, of many systems, engaged in interstate commerce, and so sustained the Jurisdiction of his court. It seems to us that the decision is right.

The Boers stocks.

are still bearing Kaffir

Ail good people should fervently pray that Goebel may never get to be a “boss” in national politics. He would have his way or wreck the country.

While President Hadley, of Yale, Is suggesting social ostracism as a remedy trusts, it is interesting to observe the close connection that exists between the Standard oil trust and Syracuse University. At an alumni dinner of toe Syracuse institution given in New York last week, the principal address made by John D. Archbold, president of the boar# of trustees, and vicepresident of the Standard Oil Company. Naturally Mr. Archbold could see little from “un- • and political In speaking of the beoeArchbold said:

The Daniel Lake Poet, G. A. R., of North Judson, at a meeting on Friday night last, adopted a resolution tendering the services of the poet to the Queen of England in the war with the Boers. The old soldiers once fought for freedom, and it is hardly to be supposed that they have forgotten what it means. France fears that England may seize Madagascar in order to get a reputation. Instead of paying much attention to Mr. Mablnl's suggestion that another commission be sent to Manila, the Administration is said to be contemplating the early announcement, by procl&ma tlon, that the war is at an end. Men found bearing arms and committing ravages would then be treated as bandits. It would be well to capture Agulnaldo before calling the war ended.

The Canrar.

HKraus Alraachld, in the days Be wenraLbout hie vnsrant ways. And prowled at eve for good or bed In lane* and alley * of Bagdad, Once found, st edge of the basaar, E’en where the pooreet workers era A Carver. Fair his work and fine With mysteries of inisoed.. deeign.

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__ ,, . .. ..--.it stow plain la darkened chambers of tbe brain. And all day busily he wrought — From dawn to eve but no one bought:— Save when some Jew with look askant. Or keen-eyed Greek from tbe Levant, Would pause a while—depreciate— Then buy a month’s work by the weight.

Bearing it swiftly over seas

To garnish rich men’s treasuries. \ And now for tong none bought at all.

So lay be sullen In hU atall.

Him thus withdrawn the Caliph found. And emote his ataff upon the ground— “Ho, there, within! Hast w&ree to sell? Or ■lumber’st, having dined too well?” “ ’Dined,’ ” quoth the man. with sullen eye "How should I dine when no one buys?” “Nay,” said the other, answering low,—

"Nay I but jested. Is It so?

Take then this coin. . . . but take beside A counsel, friend, thou hast not tried. This craft of thine, the mart to suit,

Is too refined,—remote-minute;

These email conceptions can but fail; ’Twere beet to work on larger scale. And rather choose such themowAs wear More of the earth and lees of the air.—

The fisherman that hauls his net;

The merchants in the market sat; The couriers posting in the street; The gossips aa they pass and greet.— Theee—these are plain to all men’s eyes. There fere with these they sympathise.

Further (neglect not this advice!)

Be sure to ask three times the price.”

The Carver sadly shook his head; ’twaa truth the Caliph said.

He knew

From that day forth his work was planned So that the world might understand.

He carved It deeper and more plain; He tarvet: it thrice as large again;

; it, too, for thrice the cost

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Ah. but the Artist that was lost!

At leant Ladysmith is -not aa safe as Piccadilly.

The directors of the Colombia Club did a graceful thing, Saturday night, in electing our distinguished Indiana generals—veterans of the civil war—to honorary membership. ie*. ■■ — ■■■■

It has come to be pretty evident that several people have miscalculated in this war. General Buller, who was going to eat his Christmas dinner in Pretoria, for one; Mr. Chamberlain and the whole British war office for another. President Kruger miscalculated not on the strength of the resistance which he knew he could put forth, for he had been preparing for It for years,' and knew how the British were deceived, -but on the hope of foreign intervention. Dr. Leyds, a man of great ability, has been industrious In Europe for a great while. Yet there is not a symptom of intervention on the part of any European power, and if anything could be said to be settled, it is that not one will lift a finger.

If we want a merchant marine, there is nothing easlsr in the world than to get it. All that is necessary — or at least the main thing —Is to allow our people to buy ships wherever they please and to sail them under the American flag. But if we want to enrich our ship-build-ers at the expense of the people, that Is a very different question. The enactment of some bill like the Hanna-Payne bill would accomplish that purpose. But no subsidies are needed Co develop the merchant marine.

SNAP SHOTS.

A Center Shot He (with the contempt of a boy of sixteen)—Girls always giggle more than boys. • She (with the acuteness of fifteen)— That’s because they have to look at boys. Out of Bangor. They were discussing high school commencement days and class mottoes. “My class motto waa ‘a little knowledge is a dangerous thing,' ” said the aunt. “And I suppose youfthought you were out of danger,” said the,niece. •

Don’t Press Adage Too Par. "Nsvsr put off till to-morrow what you can do to-dayf Sounds mighty well; but suppose you h&vs something to say, And are mad to the core of your being, what then Is your part? Better be silent a year than speak in the heat Of your heart!

A Cruel Insinuation.

E. Gadd-What do you take it

mean by poetic license?

G. Wis—Why, that is about all

sense most poetry has!

critics

STATESMAN AND POLITICIAN.

Senator Chandler and Senator Tillman, although great personal friends, love to cross swords in the Senate chamber. After their public encounters they get together in the cloak room and bury the hatchet under a mass of good stories. The time has arrived when every Senator, from Maine to California, can be assured of "favorable mention” as a vice-presidential candidate. Senator Elkins is the latest, and Senator Frye, Senator Lodge, Senator Perkins, of California, and a dozen others can be added at any time to the rapidly growing list. In tact, every Senator, except one or two that were born abroad, are eligible to the position, and would do credit to It. There are favorite sons in every

State.—Washington Post

Representative Roberts, of Massachusetts. known in the House nowadays as “the other Roberta” has the credit of having introduced more bills and amendments to the constitution than any other

member of the House.

t * rm * ia Congress. Charles

Franklin Sprague, of Massachusetts, proposes to retire from public life. He is satisfied with his experience. His wealth

is estimated as high as 00,000,000.

Senator Teller Is the man without a caucus. Yesterday when the Senators of tbetwo leading political parties were gathered together in conference—tbe Republicans In the marble room and the Democrats in Senator Jones’s room—Mr. Teller was the only Senator left in the Senate chamber. He had no caucus to at-

tend.—Washington letter.

There to much virtue In a pile of books and a generous display of pamphlets. Yesterday Senator Allen believed that his resolution calling upon Secretary Gage for copies of the correspondence between him and President Hepburn, of the National City Bank Of New York, would be opposed. He was primed to meet all comers. Three enormous law books, filled with decisions, were piled upon his desk and he had newspaper clipping* and public documents enough to fill a library. The ^diBplsy^was^s.

that Its meaning The Senate knew

lutlon was parsed without JM position.—Washington special.

-Austin Dobson.

Our Love.

Our love is not a fading, earthly flower: Its winged seed dropped down from paradise. And, nursed by day and night, by sun and shower. Doth momently to fresher beauty rise: To us the leafleea autumn is not bare, Nor winter's rattling boughs lack lusty green. Our summer hearts make summer’s fullness, where No leaf or bud or blossom may be seen: For Nature's Ufe In love’s deep life doth lie. Love—whose forgetfulness is beauty's death. Whose mystic key these ceile of Thou and I Into the infinite freedom openeth. And makes the body’s dark and narrow grate The wind-flung leaves of Heaven’s palacegate —Lowell.

SCRAPS.

Missouri has suffered $15,000,000 loss by tornadoes since 1890. Some snakes will eat eggs; others are inordinately fond of milk. It Is estimated that at least 4,000 American school teachers will attend the Parts exposition. Of the 47,000 square miles of coal fields in tbe South, only about 1,000 are under development. Colorado has the highest peak In the United States. It is Blanca Peak, 14,896 feet above sea level. The rose was an emblem of immortality among the Syrians, and the Chinese planted it over graves. American cottons imported to Russia are generally upland, Texas, Savannah, New Orleans and Mobile. All gum-bearing trees, or conifers, are especially healthful, since they give out great quantities of ogone. A Texas Jury recently rendered this verdict: “We find the man that stole the horse not guilty.” A St. Louis woman was asked how she managed her husband. “Feed him well and trust to luck,” was her answer. lu the days of Queen Elizabeth the floor of the retiring room of actors #vas always covered with green rushes, and it thus acquired the name, which we still use, of the "green room.” Magistrate PooL of New York, thinks that for the wife-beater “the only adequate punishment would be a bath of hot tar, followed by a whipping. Then tbe man should be hanged.” Miss Pert—Ah, Mr. Addlepate, do tell me how you keep your hands so soft. Mr. Addlepate—Why, I always sleep with my gloves on, you know. Miss Pert— And do you sleep with your hat on, too?— Philadelphia Record. We were in a bitterly reflective mood to-day. "To marry,” we mused, “is to purchase bliss at a dear price.’’ “And you don’t get It any cheaper at wholesale, etither,” put in the Sultan of Sulu, who had now to be reckoned with.—

Puck.

It would seem as if the Japanese scheme for house decoration had reached the limit, and that a reaction was about to take place among fashionable people. At all events, there has been an outbreak of Japanese auction sales in all parts of the city.—New York Times. New Orleans has secured the largest floating dry dock in the world. The dock is being constructed by the Government. It will be 525 feet long, 100 feet wide and twenty-elgh. eet in draft, and is capable of lifting any ship ever built. It will cost $1,000,000, and is to be completed in

toe fall.

No other fibrous plant except cotton is grown to any extent in central Asia. In a few places mallow hemp is found in small quantities, and a long, durable yarn is made from it. but the Industry has not reached any commercial Importance, the yams serving for household use only among the natives. For some time the younger members of the Quaker congregation In Plainfield, N. J.. have wished to introduce steam heat, electric lights and other modern comforts in their meeting-house, and recently brought the matter up in meeting. After an earnest debate on it, the congregation decided to continue with the old old-fash-ioned box wood stove and oil lamps, as they have done since 1777. Pte. D. Sampford, of Bishops Stortford, and a Royal Engineer Reservist, writes from South Africa: “The other night we made an attack, and as we were marching the Boers bad laid wire along the ground, so that when our troops put their feet upon it, it lit up like a lot of lamps, so that the Boers should know at what distance to fire. Then the lights went out and they peppered into our troops.”—London Leader. The most prominent pig in the country is in a lawsuit. Sagasta was purchased bv boatswain Olaf Olsen, of the Olympia, In Manila, and immediately became the mascot of the admiral’s flagship. Arrived In this country, Olsen rented the pig for exhibition purposes to a Boston concern for $25 a week, and Andrew Olsen, a boarding house keeper there, claiming that Olaf had given him the animal, has collected $50 from the exhibitors. Olaf declares he never gave away the mascot, aad is suing for the money. Plaintiff and defendant are not related. Stamp collectors have a novelty which reached here by the last mail In the shape of Cape Colony stamps, issued in that portion of the colony that has been annexed to the South African Republic, for a time, at least. These axe the regular issue of British stamps, across the face of which have been stamped the letters, "8. A. R.,” and the value of the stamp In Boer coinage. Dealers have not yet been able to secure these specimens, !ln any number, at least, and there is a fancy value attached to the bits of printed paper, that makes their actual werto to collectors an unknown quanOty until some one ascertains how many of them have been issued.—New York

Letter.-

“Thursday is my apple day,” said the buyer for one of tbe large up-town markets. *T always stock up heavily then for the Saturday trade, which demand* the best of apples. New York people are a funny lot to cater to. and a man who does not know the habits of the masses would have a hard time buying for his trade. I have a lot of customers who never buy apples except on Saturday, and then they want the very best. It seems that New York men have a

for crunching apples on 8i

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THE MARINE SUBSIDY BILL.

ILsttsr to New Yark Timas.] The bill under discussion Is too complex to be described In detail. It to purposely so. It was never intended that the people at large should understand all Its provisions. Its originators and its advocates merely wish it to be understood that ft is a patriotic scheme on their part for the Wvlval of the American commercial marine, which they assert has come to grief for want of proper “fostering” and "encouraging” on the part of this Government, such as to contributed by all other* to their respective merchant navies. That is their statement, but u is absolutely false. They know it BxSenator Edmunds knows It and every man who has carefully studied the subject and Us history with honest intent knows it as well. Of course there Is a foundation, although an unstable one, for their assertions. Foreign notions, especially the most prosperous commercial nations of the world, have paid subsidies for mall purposes and subventions for naval purposes, but Great Britain, which these people are forever holding up as our most prosperous rival, as indeed she is, in all her history never gave a bounty of any kind for the promotion of shipbuilding, and the subsidies and subventions she has paid out have been for value received In the carnage of mails and in adaptation to naval requirements. Moreover, she would have made these contracts as readily if tbe ships had been built abroad as if they had been built at home. But she has done what we have failed to do, and this failure has been the cause of all our woe. "-lad she listened to her shipwrights, as we have listened to ours, her mercantile marinh might have experienced a similar disaster. When, in 1849, she found that our clipper ships were taking away her carrying trade she unconditionally 'repealed her restrictive navigation laws and thus maintained her maritime prestige. When these conditions were reversed, after 1856, by the superiority of her iron ships, we refused to repeal our law, and consequently our foreign carrying trade became almost annihilated. Even supposing that the British government had subsidised its mail steamships to their full cost, it would scarcely have influenced this can-yin g trade, more than nine-tenths of which is done In independent vessels, whose owners have never received or asked for any government aid whatever. A great deal is said In the voluminous report of the Commissioner of Navigation about the praoticee of smaller European nations in regard to subsidies and bounties, but it is in evidence that they have derived no benefit from them, and. moreover, whatever may be their policies in these respects, Mr. Chamberlain forgets to mention that they, In common with ail the nations of the world, with the solitary exception of the United States, place no restriction whatever on the purchase of vessels from abroad. This in Itself is sufficient argument for free ships. When it is seen that all maritime countries, excepting ours, have vastly increased their carrying trade, while ours has gone out of sight since the introduction of iron shipbuilding. there is scarcely need for further discussion. But I can not let the Commissioner of Navigation off so easily. When he served under Mr. Cleveland's administration his reports were valuable compendiums and ^contained solid arguments for free ships. Now that in order to retain his office he has gone over to the enemy, he has become, to say the least, disingenuous. Germany, as must be admitted on ail sldea, is the only rival, excepting Great F.ritain, on the sea with whom we have to contend. When about 1856 the superiority of iron over wood for shipbuilding was fully demonstrated, hampered by no restrictive law, she at once began to order iron steamships from Scotland and took away all the trade we had before carried on with her in wooden vessels. Ship-owning in Germany speedily led to shipbuilding, and now the German ships are for the most part built in German shipyards. She laid the foundation of her prosperity on the policy of free ships. We might have done the same had not our domestic shipbuilders stood in the

way.

Mr. Chamberlain says nothing about this, but he dates the commencement of German steamship-owning from 1881. “When Bismarck began the movement to promote the German merchant marine, which has since contributed to its remarkable, development, his memorial led to the adoption in 1886 of the subsidy for the North German Lloyd Company.” Now, the truth is, that all the ships of tbe company from 1857 were built in British shipyards, and the Oder, the first steamship subsidized, was built in -Scotland. What protection of domestic shipbuilding was there in that subsidy? So much for our commissioner's accuracy. Moreover, the greatest profits of the company were made in its early history before the East Indian subsidy was paid. Its dividend in 1944 was 10 per cent.; in 1866, 15 per cent; in 1866, 80 per cent; in 1867, 80 per cent; in 1868, 10 per cent; In 1869, 16 per cent; the dividends have constantly fallen off since the subsidized part of the line has been operated. These statements are. made to show how unreliable other parts of this report may be and how little It ia to be depended upon as a whole. It is evidently cooked up and doctored to suit this Haima-Payne-Frye bill. The first free ship bill offered for the consideration of Congress was In 1870-71. It was short but comprehensive. It pro' vided for the admission to American reg liter of all foreign-built vessels of ovef 8,000 tons. That would have virtually left the coasting trade intact. It was, earnestly advocated by Mr. Chandler the Senate, and by Addison, Garfield, 8. Cox, Brooks and others In the Ho But John Roach opposed it, as his cessors have done ever since, and £fiey have substituted for it various m< for their own "relief” till the demands have culminated in the present atrocious project. Had that early measure been adopted, our mercantile marine would have equaled that of Great Britain to-day and our shipbuilding would undoubted!} have been as large. Although we can not recall what we have lost, it would be the best proposition we could adopt now, whereas this Infamous demand of the shipbuilders is tbe worst. . JOHN CODMAN Atlantic City, N. J., Jan. 12, IMG.

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THE ARMY AND NAVY.

Preparations are being made at Bandy Hook for testa of the ten-inch Brown

three years' w ork and an expenditure of $36,000, the gun is now upon a freight car and on Its way from Reading, Pa., to the proving ground at Bandy Hook. The Brown ten-inch gun contains a core or barrel, which is made up of 283 finely tempered steel segments, each less than a quarter of an inch thick and thir-ty-seven feet in length. Around this core wire seventy-five miles in length to wound. This wire is rolled square, and is tested to a high tension. Outside of the wire a thin steel Jacket or shield is placed. The breech to of special design, and to said to be able to resist a greater pressure than the breech of the ordinary service gun. The weight of tbe gun to 58,875 pounds, which is much less than a steel built-up gun. The cost, too, is less. An extension of time will be granted the torpedo-boat builders. There was much difficulty in getting forgings from the steelmakers. The latter have submitted statements that they are powerless to control the matter. The taw material can not* be produced in sufficient quantities to meet all the demands made upon the steelmakers. Another feature which prompted the authorities to comply with the requests for an extension of time was the lack of faculties for taking cars of completed craft of that class. There are no means of bousing or otherwise protecting torpedo-boats when they are not in the water. Secretary Long expects to have great difficulty In getting enough officers to take the battleship Wisconsin on its trial trip, for which It will be ready »u two or three weeks. There has been sue* a demand for officers on the Pacific coast that few are available for extra duty. Nearly all who are usually at the Mare Island navy yard have gone on long cruises. A new batch of insane soldiers has been received at the St. Elizabeth Asylum, near Brooklyn, from the Philippines. Army officers say the insanity is the result of what to known as Soudanese fever, which has raged among European troops serving in Africa. Some authorities ascribe the condition of the patients to the constant presence of malarial fever in the blood pt the troops In the Philippines, and to the prostrating effect* of the fierce tropical heat. Of the cases so far received at the asylum, only a few are of a very dangerous nature. When the act was passed promoting the officers who took part in the victory of Manila, it reduced Captain Clark, of the Oregon, who made the famous run around South America and fought his •flip so w«U at Santiago, two numbers in rank. He Is lower oa the list of officers than he was when he sailed frosa Ban Francisco for Key West

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classes lay in a supply for their use on that day. During the rest of the week, eating apples are a drag on the market, and tbe only apples for which there is then a demand are pie applet.’’-New

heals the lunge.

It isn't necessary for speakers to defend the administration nowadays. All they’ve got to do is to keep quiet and let General Prosperity do the talking. If the good women of Indiana could vote, Charley Landis wouldn’t need to hesitate about caging that gubernatorial bee that seems to be disturbing his

dreams —Evansville Journal.

Some people say that oratory is dying out in this practical age, but It is noticed that two Indian In ns. Senator Beveridge and Representative Landis, have been stirring things up at a high pitch In the vicinity of Washington with their remarkable power of speech.—South

Bend Tribune.

How would everybody like to eupport their home people, their home enterprises, their home capital, their home ability, their home energy, just for one year? Try it, and see If the year 1M1. the flrsi year of the new century, does not find us farther advanced than any year yet!—

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In an able exchange Congressman Landis was alluded to as the “Delphian orator.” Now. though Mr. Landis is from Delphi, he is not Delphian in the senee of dealing in double meanings as toe old Delphian oracles did. He Is # very straightforward Republican orator.-

Terre Haute Exoress.

Indianapolis is growing rapidly, -ihe new directory indicates that the population has almost doubled In tbe last ten yean, but then it to to be understood that Indianapolis has several things in its favor. One of them to an admirable location. It to only seventy miles fronv Marion, you know.— Marion Chronicle.

Over in Illinois they call it "coni ous impetigo,” or “Wabash scret

Down in Kentucky it to “Cuban It and In Kansas it to “Philippine itch.’

Her* In Indiana Dr. Hurty ‘ trumpet to call it “smallpox. ’ the incidents of the jvar^wito

The first of a series of new navigation

charts of the insular possessions will be Issued in a few days by the Hydro-

Office of the Navy Department. ~ of the harbor and coast in the

CubaTbave been'eono 1 ? 0 te#and 8antla *h ’ reports made to the department copper engravings are now being completed from which chart* will be printed. This work has been done by the officers and men of the two survey ships Yankton and Eagle, which have been cruizing along the Cuban coast for many months past. They have since proceeded to the northeast coast of Cuba, wnere they are surveying a group of small harbors at that point about which very lUtte reliable Information exlsta. It to toe intention of the department to continue surveys of the various inlets and harbors of Cuba, and then to fill In the connecting lines until charts of the entire coast of the

Island are completed.

"Never before in all my knowledge of the army have I wltneeeed such a ludicrous military spectacle as that which Is furnished In the present distribution of the general officers of the eervice," said a prominent army officer. “With nearly two-thirds of the American troop* in the Philippines, and the country at war, there to but one man out of the three major-generals and six brigadiergenerals of the regular army at toe seat of trouble, and be has not yet ’been on the firing line This was toe condition presented up to the tone of the nomination, the other day, of Generals Mac Arthur and Young to be brlgadler-gen-era-1 s. The other generals were strung up in insignificant positions at home, like Mahomet’s coffins. General Mile*, the general comamnding, to practically on the shelf here at Washington. General Merritt to taking things easy in the comfortable quarters at Governor's Island, und General Brooke, the third majors general, is *n rout# to this country from Cuba General Otis, the senior brlga-diar-general in the regular estabilsnment, has been tbe sole representative of the general officers at Manila, but he has taken no part in the active campaigns. General Wade, who expects to succeed General Mile* in 1908 as general commanding, to at St. Paul, In command of ten companies—less than a regiment. General Merriam is in command of two ’army departments* which embrace hardly more than a good regiment of

England m very finest generals to South Africa. It to tal Phlltopfnre ^ should have hut ^ng^ttr^ ^ tw *- Dlspleased.

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Mrs. Joubert, the wife of the General, to said to hav* owned one of the first pianos ever seen in Pretoria. Miss Maude, a granddaughter of Jenny Lind, who has a soprano voice of fare quality, will make her debut in London

soon.

The oldest consul of tbe United States to conUnuous service is Horatio J. Sprague, who became consul at Gibraltar Governor Hogg, of Texas, created a sensation to 8L Louis, the other day. by tossing a handful of half dollar* to a crowd of email boya It to said that Col. David Harris, who is to command of the Kimberley garrison. was at one time a choir boy to a London Jewish synagogue. , By gift of the children of the lata Ell L. Corbin, the vUlage or Oxford, N. Y„ has received a building for a pubile library, es a memorial to their oarasta. who were lifelong residents of the piece. Col. William L. Prather, the new dent of the University of Texas, to ly opposed to lynching, and in address to the student* of that | said It was the greatest curs* of the

South.

Webster Davis, Assistant Secretary of the Interior, now to Africa, ia an unusually large man, a good orator but thirty-nine years old. He is uate of the University of, where he took high honors. The home of F. Hopkinson Smith, at UO East Thirty-fourth atreet. New York, is filled with interesting cu J " " tapestry, pottery, etc., tbe twenty years spent by the owner In el, engineering, art and literary Honor# Palmer, now a bank in Chicago, was recently paying teller how it was „ Palmer should set his sons to work, teach us to get along for was the reply, “and to make of men who don’t ask such There to no b the House than of Iowa. He is His favorite to a colleagues call on on a choice weed thal recomixitffid^da &!Hi hi# ally accepted. Nearly every barber shop in N. Y.. has on one of Hs shelves i ng mu - * It Is a her; but. aa a

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