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Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-04-28
NAVAJO SPRINGS.

About two hours run east IT Holbrook
IL the home Of Lynch Bros, dealers In
general merchandise. J. n. Fish, who 10
agent. and Charley Worries, operator, re-
Gently trAnsierred from GALLUP. All
read THE CITIZEN
Gardner h Gillis will ship 400 head Of
fsoders for Kansas this week.
II. W. Kelly stopped To secure . lot Of
wo"l, nnder instructions from the Gallup
buyer, Joe Lantx.
Daily mail nom tn, point II 81. Johns
by the shortest route, so miles.
Chas' zsiger will all cattle order from
his ranch during next month. Aggregat-
ing 500 head.
Considerable sheep, wool and cattle arc
sent out from this station.
MAnuelito, hrcqucntsd by many Nays-
loes, Ia headquarters for Aldrich a 90
u 10 just two miles east Of the Arixons
line. P,rTocx
The sun., 1894-04-29
Let Him Prove Iti

This sweetest song OF the cuckoo pene-
trates through the uproar OF the Demo-
cratic crisis with certain timeliness. The
Springfield Republican refers here to CoxEY
and his dangers:
sound judgment and fearless action in such times that
his bittsrest enemies must count it mean bit OF
good fortune for the country that OF his stamp
now occupies the post Of Chief Executive"
The opportunity for Mr.. CLEVELAND to
prove this adulation to be sound as well as
syrupy is as though prepared by super
natural favor. The President has before
him. within reach OF his own hand. en-
bedded In the Tariff bill. the first and dis
tinguishing aim and nucleus OF the Popu-
list or CoxEY party. All the CoxEY depre-
dations put together compared to the In
come tax's spoliation Of arbitrarily defined
prosperity are like the robbery Of hen
roost compared to the looting of pros
porous savings bank. The principle Of
the individual citizens right to the
equal protection Of the law for him
self and his. has been thrown for
sacrifice upon the Popullst altar. II Mr..
CLEVELAND is truly Democrat. II he has
really feeling for the first principles Of
justice and for the spirit OF our institu-
tions. he will say boldly. promptly. and un-
compromisingly that the income tax. this
abomination OF America. must be swept
out clear and clean from the Democratic
programme.
The President can order out troops In
distant regions to defend the local inhabit-
ants against the petty thefts OF Indus
trial" tramps; but he must defend out
Of his own mouth the country and the
Democratic party as a national organiza-
tion against this sudden socialistio on
slaught at their vitals.
We walt for the words.
The sun., 1894-04-29
The Corn Island Quastioa.

To THE EprroR OF THE SUN Sir: The
French Government 10 Watching matters at
Bluefelds at least as closely as they appear to
be watched at Washington While there 10 no
convention between France and the United
States at all analogous with the iniudicious
and mischievous treaty negotiated in 1850 By
Mr.. Clayton OF Delaware. then Secretary OF
state. with Sir Henry Bulwer. the French In
terests involved In the deplorable affair OF the
Panama Canal are dormant rather than dead
and It 10 quite certain that the French Govern
mont will not acquiesce patiently many recov-
cry By Great Britain OF the hold which It was
the intention Of the British Government to Sc
cure upon Central America and upon the
transit OF the American isthmus when the
Clayton Bulwer treaty was negotiated under
the Premiership OF that persistent enemy Of
the United States. Lord John Russell.
1t Is reported here that the British Govern
ment. having explained away to the present
American Am bassador In London, Mr.. Bayard
OF Delaware. the recent TEN porary occupation
OF Bluenelds by British force. has nego-
tiated. or is negotiating. with the Nlcaraguan
Government an arrangeme ent that one or both
OF the Corn Islands. OF the NicAraRuan coast
may be occupied by the English a. q station.
No such arrangement ought to be toll
Grated by the United States and certainly
no such arrangement will be viewed with in
difference by France. The Corn Islands vir-
tuAlly command the Caribbean entrance at
Greytown Of the Nicaragusn Canal. upon
which an American company has now for sew
eral years past been attempting to concen-
trats adequate capital under . convention
with Nicaragua and with the acqulescence. so
the Corn Islands. with or without really good
port facilities, would give the English in those
waters an undesirable strength relative to the
lhARF08 tRFmlnuA DfOI0CI6u
But, for the moment. the point Immediately
the Corn Islands is a diplomatic and interna. .
tional point What authority has Nicaragua to
r.a %sss Bsfy sGsn Or Win sSss
claimed. not by Nicaragua only. but By Costa
furthermore might. and may be made out for
dominion over these islands by the republic OF
O sss ST sauds' tile IL End
spsnish provincial Goyysrnmsnts Of Guatemala
and New Granada. When !aptai9- General
the Indies. and wished Tor any reason to control
the Corn Islands they were conceded to him.
and wanted them. thsY passed under his sway.
may ssbs sbs.s' 'GS SS9e ,n1srssStGSS de
famous % long STABLE ssa Isa0d 0 eoston iSn was sas
plSntatlons OF south Carolina andGeorgia.
tion through your columns 10 the misehiey-
gus consequences W htch are almost certain to
aud the financial interests OF the United states
in the Central American waters. II tho Govern
ment at Washington allows Mr. Commissioner
IucaJo, oTR any other enterDrisinH AicaraguAn.
to DRIFT into understandings or arrange
ments" OF any Kind with the British Govern
about these Islands. They have not beSn very
important 10 US In the past They must NOT
&c allowed to become tronblesoms e to us In the
PARIS. April9
The sun., 1894-04-29
YI.w Of. YI,slnI, Momau.

To THE EDIToE THs sUs-Sfr' l represent The
women OF Virginia the desce OF the mothers OF
Washington, Jefferson and PATlck Henry l have
sons aud daughters and have lived more thAn hair =
esntuTy 80 thAI feel prepared speak the
No man, Unless be Is monster woali ever dare Ap-
proaeh a true woman b. Improper woFd aeL
There must be soms magical IREuitian h part that
the advance will Be rsesiysd ere It IL made
No woman who has tue true germ OF motherhood In
her heart you'd allow such an advance 10 Be
made Terror siuctsn she wnlld ~ from him from
the folds Of the dradly cons rtnF.
We tue Somvn OF NiTHuiA do not condons the crime
OF tOL breck nrdgs his ne has been hylng lie. but
had AAishhs Pollard been ~ aH his F" snEsTy
tongue and seductive charm would have been
losA She w0ud have TecOIlsI fFOn hin a. from =
lspeE
Ne would that our dArkevsd uKhtsrs Of the sunny
south hai never heard Of Madeline Pollard. aud brand
the name a. unworthy u belonging 10 woman.
OAAAS0SA- W sssseGisEE " TAl suA
The sun., 1894-04-29
Sensible Talk from an Abstainer.

The advocates Of total abstention from
alcoholic beverages would gain weight and
Influence In the community II they would
adopt the sober and rational method Of per-
suasion exemplihed by Archdeacon FARRAR
In the April number Of the Contemporary
Reviep. Here Is Q man who has been long
conspicuous among the English opponents
OF the habitual use of alcohol. yet We do not
find him putting forward single assertion
which would Justify Us in describing his
views as "fanaticL." or their propounder
a. an "intemperate Pharisee."
DR.. FARRAR tells US that he cannot recall
. single sermon or speech In which he has
proclaimed 1t duty for any one to abstain
entirely from alcoholic drinks. except In
cases where such abstention is necessary to
self-preservation. "I have never" he says.
asserted anything so wrong and SO foolish
as that 1t Is sin to drink wine." Let 1t be
granted. he adds. that the use OF fermented
liquors is left open to Christian liberty. Re
minding US Of st. PAUL's advice to TIMo-
THx. the Archdeaeon declares that he should
never hesitate to proffer the same counsel
when health required 1t. The further con-
oession is frankly made that " our Lords
miracle at Cana proves that the moderate
not forbidden" Our Anglican divine quotes
with approval the dictum OF St. THOMAS
AoUISAs that Z" no food or drink Is unlawful
In ITSELF" and he thinks that Archbishop
WAIsH states the matter with perfect ac-
ouraoy. when he says: "Total abstinence is
not imposed upon mankind In general by
any law Of GOD. Nor Is 1t imposed upon all
Christians by the law OF their baptism"
ID a..
pared TO hear the advisability OF abstainIng
from alcoholic drinks discussed in tenn
perate and consequently effective way. DR..
FARRAR follows AoUNAs. LEO Kill. and
Archbishop WALSH In holding that the
question OF abstinence or non-abstinence is
one which can be settled only by the indi-
vidual conscience and In connection with
individual circumstances. The decision de-
psnds on grounds OF personal judgment and
personal expediency. DIR. FARRAR submits.
however. that any total abstainer may.
without offence. give the reasons why. as
the ordinary rule Of his own life and apart
from special circumstances. he does not
himself use fermented drinks. Four such
reasons are set forth. Beginning with the
economical argument. the Archdeaeon
draws attention to the myriads Of house
holds In which total abstinence would
greatly increase the chances OF family hap
pinoss through the money thereby saved
being applied TO other uses. Acomputation
OF the Statist is quoted. TO the effect that
even six glasses Of wine. consumed daily in
a middle-class household comprising two
or three adult persons. would cost some
500 year. and six glasses Of spirits over
Sl2O a year. The amount expended upon
drink by the poorer population OF the United
Kingdom has been estimated by some stat
istlclans at $500. 100000 annually. There is
no doubt tina: the amount Of money yearly
disbuTsed IN this may reaches stupendO1s
The sun., 1894-04-29
It Will Not DO.

Frightened by the storm Of popular de-
friends are said to be devising plan for
limiting Its duration to a definite period,
say two years or five years or six years. In
this way they hope to weaken opposition to
1t, and give to It the appearance Of mere
makeshift and passing contrivance.
This plan will not do. 1t will not deceive
anybody or lessen In any degree the
opposition OF those who are against the
tax. This is an ancient method OF In
Producing abuses and unrighteous laws.
It Is only temporary law that We ask for.
say the advocates Of 1t. whiningly. But put
the law upon the statute books, and see how
hard 1t will be to wipe It out. Theincome tax
is only the beginning ofa system Of discriml-
mating and sectional taxation. When the
bleeding and plundering Of thrift and wealth
has begun, the taste for 1t cannot be re-
moved. The appetite will grow with what
1t feeds on. and new and more material will
have to be furnished to It.
To put the income-tnx law upon the stat
ute book Is to authorize communistic and
confiscatory system Of which no man can
tell the end. Its advocates cannot deaden
the opposition to it by this pretence Of its
temporary character. Whether for one day
or for a thousand years. the principle Of 1t
and the evil Of 1t are the same in kind. 1t
Is class taxation. 1t is the beginning OF In
equality. and tho end OF Democracy. 1t Is
the robbery OF the well-to-do for the benefit
OF the less well-to-do. 1t Is the confiscation
OF private property for the good OF private
individuals. 1t is an attack upon the rights
Of property that no man who believes In
property can afford to countenance.
No; the income-tax men might ss well
say: "Come. let US abolish the law against
highway robbery for year." or I'VE
merely ask that arson shall not be crime
for five years from June l."
The sun., 1894-04-29

proportions. and DR.. FARRAR thinks that
any lover OF his kind is justified In trying
10y valid argument TO divert part Of II TO
more helpful channels. In the second place.
tho Archdeacon holds that. aside from mo-
tivcs Of honorable economy. a man may
wisely become q total abstalner. II from
hereditary or other causes he feels that al
cuhol might under any circumstances be to
him source Of moral danger. 1t is pro-
nounced idle for any man. with such ex-
amplcs as we have before us In history and
literature. to pretend 10 feel insulted by the
suggestion OF the possibility OF Ills becom-
Ing a slave to drink. We are reminded OF
the innumerable men and women, origi-
nally of refined Instincts and high princi-
plea, who have yet been swept into the vor-
tex Of excess under the influences OF soil
tude. depression, misfortune, and old age.
These reasons alone. in DIR. FARRAR's
judgment, should be considered adequate
in a multitude OF cases. even II alcohol were
as a rule beneficial TO health. But he agrees
with other total abstainers In believing that
alcohol. even In moderation. is not normally
conducive to physical well-being. but In q
measure Is Injurious to IL. AS this belief
has been controverted by some scientific
authorities. we pass to the Archdeacon's
fourth and thoroughly altruistio motive,
namely. the desire Of influencing by example
others. whose salvation may depend on
their being shielded from terrible tempta-
tion. 1t is true enough that no one can es-
innate the need Of such preservative influ-
ence 30 well as those clergymen who. like
DIR. FARRAR himself. are brought into al
most daily contact with the devastation OF
homes and the debnsement Of lives, which.
In large part, no doubt, may be attributed
TO the multiplication Of gin shops and pub
lie houses In Great Britain.
This Is the way In which the subject OF
total abstention ought to be discussed.
Without reviling moderate drinkers as
curses Of the community. or denouncing
the use OF alcohol as sin. Archdeacon FAR
RAB simply aims to convince fair-minded
men that the example Of total abstainers
might be profltably followed by many who
now despise 1t. and might tend to an Inn
mense amelioration OF the condition Of the
human race.
The sun., 1894-04-29
The Case of Eunice Devoe.

The girl EUNIcE DEvoE. who Is now under
arrest In this city for stealing the money Of
her employers. offers. so far as We know.
the first notable example OF dishonesty
among the tens OF thousands OF women
who have taken the places OF men cashiers.
The belief that women and girls would not
steal had much to do with tho movement in
their favor a few years ago. which has revo-
lutlonized the mode Of handling what we
may call the petty cash OF local mercantile
institutions. Women have not displaced
men in the banks and In the Offices Of the
greater and richer corporations. but they
have ousted their fathers and brothers from
the cash desks Of the retail stores. the res
taurants. and even some hotels and certain
Of the elevated railways Of the suburbs.
In nearly all the minor purchases our
citizens have to make in most Of the lines
OF trade. a woman takes their money and
returns to them their change.
The women have not merely reaped Pc
cuniary benefit from this change in our
ways Of doing business. but they have been
honored and complimented by it. In other
walks OF life they have depended upon
the cheapness OF their labor In getting en-
ployment. but 1t has been generally under
stood that the preference for women as
cashiers has arisen out OF the notion that
they are more trustworthy than men; in
deed. the belief has been that they are abso-
lutely loyal to their employers. Business
men have again and again declared that
men too often prove weak. too often gam
BILE and speculate. and waste in high living
more than they can afford to spend.
nd foil FaNA
phasis has been put upon mans liability to
become infatuated with women. both good
and bad. and to lavish money upon them.
Women. these business men have said. are
not given TO these faults. and therefore
they are better qualified for posts involving
the handling Of money. With natural pride
the women have quoted this argument fire.
quently In print and upon the platform.
The case Of EUSIoE DEyoE Is therefore
much more interesting than an instance
of dishonesty by an old-fashioned man
cashier. The reports OF her trial will be
read with keen interest by the multitude,
II her admission Of guilt does not hinder the
disclosure OF the circumstances that led up
to 1t. Her offence. as the newspapers re-
ported 1t at the time Of her arrest. Is re-
markable apart from the fact that she is a
woman. and the first OF her sex TO sink into
notoriety through theft. 1t shows that she
was led into wrongdoing by the very in
fiuences that corrupt men-those to which
women were said TO be superior. She
was in love with a man clerk In the same
dry goods store. and her giving him
a costly watch aud chain first led to
her being suspected. Finally her en-
ployer charged her with stealing. He
asked her where the stolen money was. 1t
The sun., 1894-04-29

Of bringing IN the Offenders good time at
public expense.
For how many Of the minor crimes. in
fact. are the penalties now laid down
in the laws any adequate punishment
at ALI? Their weight falls, In many In
stances, not upon the offender, but upon his
family or others who should be the last to
receive 1t. How familiar is the story OF the
brutal and sodden wretch who. after pound
ing his wife within an inch OF death, Is
about to be sent to prison, but Is re-
leased by the magistrate upon the fearful
pleading Of the wife herself. who shows
most plainly that she and her children will
starve II the brute OF q husband is put in
jail What lie the justice. humanity, or EN-
cacy Of a supposed punishment like this.
compared with that Of q few strokes OF a whip
we'll laid on upon the ours bare back. And
suppose the whip does draw blood, what hos
happened which q wise and just man should
regret We maintain that for assaults OF
this kind, and for large class OF minor Of
fences Of a nature that can well be imag-
ined, the use OF whip is not only the nat
ural. but the only punishment that crimi-
nails will respect and fear. 1t has the ad-
ditional merits OF costing nothing and pun
ishing only the guilty. No reasonable ar
gument can. in fact. be brought against It.
or argument Of any kind save that proceed
ing from the same ill-considered sentlmen-
tality which has recently raised such an
outcry against Mr.. BRooKwAY at Elmira.
In the one case. as In the other, the clamor
is directed against the mere fact OF the
corporal punishment, without reference to
the cause Of the whipping or the results OBJ
tanned by 1t. But these fne-spun theories
about the sacredness OF the human body
and the dignity OF the individual man are
sadly at fault before the unspeakable deg
radiation to which the sacred body and the
digni6ed individual man sometimes sink.
Our English cousins. as Is well known,
have more practical Ideas on this subject
than we seem TO possess. Tho English
magistrates for decades have had power to
order the inflction Of corporal punishment.
for certain minor offences. upon prisoners
under certain age; and Parliament has
recently been asked to allow large in
crease OF both the age limit and the class
Of offences. and public sentiment strongly
upholds the proposition. Speed the day
when a similar reign OF common sense may
be expected here
The sun., 1894-04-29

To-day Is the anniversary Of one OF the
most creditAbls naval battles In which the
United States was concerned In the war OF
1Sl2-15. for In this instance the opposing ships
were practically OF the same force. The D.
gun sloop OF war Peacock. Master Comman-
dAnt LEWIS WARRINGTON. sailed from New York
on March II. 1914. and on April 20 fell In with
alS-gun brig OF war. which. on the approach OF
the American cruiser. showed English colora
At 10 A. N. the vessels were within half gun
shot when WARRINGTON maneuvred TO secure
. raking position; but the stranger sverted
this By putting up his helm until close on the
Psaeoek's bow. when. hauling up to the wind.
he fred his starboard broadslds. to which the
Americans replied with their port battery.
Two 32-pound shot struck the Peacock's fore
yard. which disabled the fore and foretoD sails
for the remainder OF the action. This pre-
vented further man9uvrinR on the part OF
the Americans. and compelled them to rely
entirely on their gunA The Americans then
loaded with star and bar shot. with view OF
crippling the snemy's rigging. Ina short time
the PeAeoek's foreyard gave way. At lO:40
A. NJ. the Englishman lost his head
sails. and at the same time the main
boom. having been cut in two By . shot. fell
upon the wheel This brought the wind on
his beam and exposed him to q raking FIRE
from the Peacock. But the American had too
much heAdWay to avail himself OF this advan-
tage except By throwing in two or three shot.
Hauling close under his opponents lee. WAR
RIHGToS directed q heavy ire at the ensmY's
hull and soon had the satisfaction OF seeing
his mAlntopmAst go over At IL the Eng
lish attempted TO bring q fresh broadsids to
bear. but in sndsAVoring to do this the vessels
came so close together that the British COM
mander could be heard urging his men TO
board the American. But" says . British his
toTiAn. the English crew declined measure
so frauRht with danger" After q desperate
battle Of forty Ave minutes the English vessel
struck, and on boarding shs was found to Be
the EpsrVisr. Capt RICHARD WALES. This
vessel Was one Of the finest English war ships
OF her day. She Was built In 1872. and when
she left London the betting was three to one
that she would take an American sloop Of war
or a small iTigats. The Americans had only
two men wounded while the English had eight
killed And fifteen wounded. Sir EDwARD CoD-
R4AGIoA. IN . private letter. said u seems
The sun., 1894-04-29

all went" said she; "it ali went. In one
way or another I got rid Of II; IN dresses
and clothing and hate and presents spent
It all" She said that she several times
loaned sums OF money to the young clerk to
whom she gave the watch. Him she de-
scrlbed as 1.-THE young man to whom she
was to be married some day." She took
him out driving. and In one way and
another made him. innocently on his part,
the beneficiary OF her wronRdoing. She
did not speculate or gamble or keep evil
company. like many erring male cashiers.
yet che stole for money with which to deck
her person and for money 10 spend upon
lover.
For two years she had been trusted by
her employers, a dry goods firm on Eighth
avenue. They say that they also had found
that women could be more freely trusted
than men with money. Miss DEvoB was
assistant cashier. During five days In each
week it was her duty TO compare the sales
checks with the cash that came In, but on
Saturdays she served as cashier for one
floor Of the store. She began TO steal last
October and kept up the practice until she
was taken to Jail. Her method was to 6lch
a sum OF money and then to destroy sales
checks representing the amount she had
taken. Her first theft, che says, was $40.
taken seven months ago. On the Saturday
before her arrest she stole $50. Her en-
ployers think that. In ell, she took about
q thousand dollars.
Poor girl She has made Of herself the
one notable exception to the rule that has
brought her sex honor and preferment.
The sun., 1894-04-29

The proposition recently made by q cler-
Cymnn to set mp religious press club. under
the patronage OF the churches. the benefits OF
which we're to be freely granted to newspaper
reporters. was not well received by the m en-
who had been selected as Its benefoaries.
There is another scheme. which is sustained
By number Of clerEymen. to organize So
ciety under the patronage OF the churches.
for the purpose OF assisting deserving work.
inRnen Of good character to procure employ
ment," and for the further purpose Of sup
plying them with suitable clothing. after .
thorough Investigation Of their personal hab-
tia" In the appeal for money that has been
sent out the clerRymen say: 1T IL not our de-
sign to charge these persons anything" This
is the weakest and worst feature OF the pau
perizing scheme which we cannot suppose
that any self-respeotinR American working
man would ever take advantage Of There
should be payment for services rendered. even
though the fees be less than those OF the Or
dlnary employment agencies. The system
adopted by the new Provident Loan Society
ts the best.