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feels that the Internal Revenue Bureau IL a
political machine. In New York State,
at least, Il may be said without qualifics-
tion that IL certainly IL not such a machine.
The Internal Revenue Department of the
Treasury exercises in this State no political
influence whatever, though the collections
OF the bureau in this State aggregate in a
year SEQ, 0OO, 900. The total revenue OF the
State tax on saloons under the Raines bill
is generally estimated at about $40, 200, 900,
and may be considerably less.
Heretofore the granting Of an excise H.
cense has been a matter Of discretion with
Excise Commissioners; and It has been ex-
ercised with regard to the character and
antecedents Of the applicant and to the public
exigency which existed, or was thought to
exist, for n saloon at the situation applied
for. Under the Raines law, as under the
Federal statute for internal revenue col
lection. the applicant does not seek a dis
cretionary franchise, but gets Of right a GER
tificate by the payment Of a tax. Subject
to the conditions established by the new
law, therefore, the issue OF a certificate
Is a matter Of right In the same way as. un-
der other conditions, q distiller pays his tax
to the United States Government. not by
favor Of any COMMISSIONS or deputy or "spe-
cial agent" but because by such payment
he can lawfully continue in the business,
The power Of internal revenue agents is
limited, as are the powers OF special
agents" to formal inquiries about matters
Of record where no exercise Of discretion is
authorized or permitted.
Those dolorous and disconsolate Demo
Gratis who have been fearful that by the
establishment OF special agents" under the
Raines law a vast and menaclng political
machine would be built up to harass and
control the retail liquor dealers, have
made the mistake OF discussing the
provisions of the Raines bill without
reading or understanding them. OF
course, the law will nave the conse-
quence of reducing the political influence
heretofore exerted by saloon keepers; put
no respondent or discouraged Democrat
hereabouts should need to be twice remind
ed that while the support Of all citizens is a
desirable thing for a political party having
a CLEVELAND in office as President, political
victories may be won in American constitu-
encies without the outspoken support Of
liquor dealers as such.
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important IL the change madA In the l@Agth
Of the statutory term, during which the
rents settled by the land courts are 10 re-
main immutaole. The new bill proposes a
term Of thirty years. duration for the
judicial rents, but these may be varied
every five years on the application Of either
the landlord or the tenant. SO much for the
concessions really or ostensibly made in tho
interest OF t%enants. To landlords the pro-
jected measure ia commended chiefly
by the change in the conditions Of
land purchase. Under the. law now In
force the purchase money advanced by
the State bears 4 per cent. interest, and
must be repaid in forty-nine annual
payments. The present bill extends the
period over which the installments are dis
tributed to seventy years, thus ~sensibly di-
minishing the sum yearly payable by the
peasant proprietors, Another provision
simplifes the process Of purchasing land
with money advanced by the State, tenants
being enabled to buy, and landlords to sell,
without the interposition Of a subj Commits
sion. In these particulars the bill is a
marked improvement on the Land Purchase
act Of 1891, and will doubtless tempt a
large number of occupiers to become peasant
proprietors, a contamination which the
landlords, on their part, devoutly wish for.
On the face Of the bill there is one fla
grant defect, which accounts for Mr.. Dill
Ions indignant refusal to approve the
measure. There is no provision for the
relief of elected tenants, although the moral
right Of many of the victims Of eviction to a
recovery of their holdings has been recog-
nized by the Conservatives themselves.
The only provision regarding arrears is,
that hereafter a tenant evicted for non
payment of rent may regain his holding by
the payment of two years. arrears, leaving
the landlord to recover arrears beyond this
period by ordinary procedure. 1t is possible
that some of the Conservatives may CO
operate with the Liberals and Nationalist
to render this part OF the new and bill less
unacceptable to the Irish people.
Surveying the project as a whole, and re-
calling the stubbornness with which in
1881 the Conservatives refused to admit
that the Irish %peasantry had any grievance
at all, we can but marvel at the change
which has come over the attitude Of all
Englishmen toward Ireland. Irishmen are
not likely to forget hat but for two men.
Mr.. PARNELL and Mr.. GLADSTONE, that
change could never have been made.
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Mrs. NJ. A. WADE, described ms "a lead
ing millinor.'' ia the Mayor OF the city Of Ellis.
Kansas. and will have the assistance Of four
other women in the City Council. At this early
hour IL would be rash TO make any predictions
as TO the policy OF municipal adminlstra-
ton which will DO pursued by Mayor
WADE. but II seems secur6 to say that
whatever else happens, and whatever else
may rise or fall, the principle OF the FosDICK
bill. which Ia now making Itself popular or UNI
popular In Ohio, that mother Of many great
nesses, will not be reflected IN tho civic perform
ancee Of this leading millIner and Mayor. The
tall hat will flourish Mt the theatre or wherever
else 1t chooses to flourish; aud this is as IL
should be. II is Of some Importance that
people who go to tho theatre should be
able to see the show. II Is of con-
s~iderably more Importance that women should
wear the kind Of hats which they regard as
most becoming to their kind Of heads; and
whether 1t is important or not they will con-
tinuc to do so because hey continue and al
ways ought to be allowed to continue to do as
they eweetly please. In Ellis. Kansas, under
the rule Of Mayor WADE. women and hats
ought to fare well; and yet Il may be doubtful
II women care to be ruled by women. and hats
are things as much beyond rule al they are
beyond precedent.
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The world Is very full of busy men.
The Hon. OsMAN DIGNA Is very busy cavorting
through the desert on camels. and dervishing,
and looking like portraits of the Hon. SHELBY
NJ. CULLoM struck by paralysis and lightning
and surprise and a boom superior to his own.
The Hon. HAMLIN GARLAND is very busy writ
ing immortal works, redolent OF the West and
permeated with the prairies. The Hon. STEPHEN
CRANE is very busy writing ~feetless verses that
bestrido black horses and sit in the desert and
say. II don't like my heart, but l eat It be-
cause 1t is my heart and because / wrote it."
The Hon. MARCUS AMNoN HANNA is very full Of
mail matter, which he tries to read at the rate
Of about a thousand letters q minute. The
Hon. TIMOTHY EBENEzEn BYRNEs of Mime
apolfs. Sergeant-at-Arms of the Republican
National Convention, is fuller OF business and
mail and trouble than everything else and
everybody else that Is full of everything else
in a world that is full OF everything.
Mr.. BYRNEs has much to do and many people
70 satisfy. Three million people are going to
st. Louis from Ohio alone. and they all want to
get into the Convention. and they all swear that
they will have the life of the Hon. TIMOTHY
EBESEZER BYRSEs II he doesn't get them in and
doesn't let them all have seats on the platform.
Mr.. CLARKsoN Of Iowa has hired most Of the
State of Missouri and several OF the adjoining
''"NSos NoieN A"i 7" wv 'Nli''h hiAu
hanging gardens on the Mississippi during the
Convention. Mr.. PLAT and Mr.. QUAY and
Mr.. REED will not be without friends, and it is
probable that several hundred thousand look
ers-on and philosophical observers will go to st.
Louis. The question now gnawing at the mind
Of Mr.. BYRNEs IL: How am l to get to St
Louis Z"
And It is q hard question. st. Louis will be
tolerably full OF its own population and in
tolerably full OF visiting populations; and over
shadowing all will be the celebrated hat of the
Hon. CHAUNCEY IVES FILLEY, a hat far exceed
ing the solid contents of the earth and
imprinting q shudder upon the spine Of
heaven. VIII Mr.. BYRSEs be able to find
accommodations in st. Louis? VIII he
be able to get within ten miles of St. LOUISE
Will the Convention succeed in getting within
twenty miles of the hall which is now being
constructed for the purpose OF containing it?
The Hon. TIMOTHY EZEKIEL BYRNEs meditates
upon these things in the silent midnight
Watches; and his heart Is sad and all night
long sleep comes not upon his eyelids.
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SUmEAMS.

Eggs were selling or six vents . dosen 81 Eassn
in wytheville. Va
Daisy Peach 10 20 name OF Q sohoolmaam Of
Mount Desert. Me. Iseems to DO . pretty hard name
to live up to. but MintPeach 10 said TO be equal to It
Mrs. Lease apparently IL not 70 have things all heF
own way in her tow OF Wichita, Kan. Mr.. vermil-
lion has Just been appointed one Of the towns Police
Commissioners
Largo quantitfs of dead nsh have been cast
ashore on the bankpf many lakes in Michigan since
tho thawins Of m, foe. It is thought that the foe
froEe s, thick and so solid during the winter thss
there were no air bles.
"A two year OLD eIk drawing an ordinary buggy
with Q man drivtu trotted into tho town of Aberdeen,
WASH, q few dayago. The elk was harnessed In the
usual way, was IL every way as tractable as Q horse,
and stood quietly when tied up to the hitohing post.
A cat belondns to q resident OF Cameron.
Mo-, is nursing litter OF wild rabbits and caring
for them with mtherly solicitude. Several kittens
were born TO tn, cat o week or so ago. but they all
died. A neighbc found q nest OF very young wild
rabbits about tn same time. and they were put in
charge OF the cal with the happy result told.
Forty i've yars ago Squire Turner and Aman.
da Gillespie OF Mclean county. ILL.,, were in love
and engaged to 70 married. A lovers quarrel came
up and Turner vent West. Last week he repented
of his hastines and aent for Miss Gillespie TO meet
him in Cedarvfle. Kan. and accept his apology and
his hand, and hey were married there q few days
ago. Mr.. Turnr is 73 years old and his wife IS 90.
County Jude N. l.. BENNETT OF Campbell county.
Ky, has achie~d unique distinction. When sitting in
tho nscai courtIst Wednesday he ordered that his own
salary DO reduced from 81. 700 to 81 400 a year, saying
that the counv could not, in its present financial
condition. anod to pay him so much for his work.
He explained tat he had given the magistrates com.
posing the cout an opportunity 70 cot In the matter.
but they woultnot cut his salary; % he cut II himself.
Farmers II the region about Fresno. Cal, are
almost in despair because Of tho plague OF rabbits.
Although may thousands of the animals have
been killed Itely in one way or another. by poison,
by shooting. and in rabbit drives. they do not ap-
pear to decrease in numbers. Thousands havo been
shot In q da., but they come in from the surround
ing uncultivted regions to feast on the grain fields
In increasint numbers. It Is estimated that .hres
Jack rabbits viii ca. as much grain as one sheep.
A big drive vas held in February and many thou
sands OF RABBITS were killed, but a month later u
was estimated there were l0o, 900 on the same
ground. Anoher drive was held the last OF March,
but already ne rabbits are swarmins in again
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from the Chfcd0o DdGu TRIBUNE
The voice OF tho speaker. round. full. sonor-
Gus, yet exquisltely mo0ulated, was heard in the
remutest corner of the vast auditorium:
"When In the orderly sequence OF anthropo-
logical phenomena an emergency eventustes,
the resultant effect OF which is TO
into their original elements the ligaments of
nationality that have characterized the relA-
tiOns OF ono segregated portion OF mundane
society with another, and To Justify tho. portion
thus segregated In arrogance to itself, among
the congeries OF governmental entities consti-
tuting the aggregated mass OF hurAanity, tho
distinctive. and equipOnderating intrlnstcaiity
to which The prescriptive regulations OF dele
gated organic routine and of the supreme or
ganizer thereof, render the individuals compos-
Ing them the legitimate claimants, q decOrous
consideration for the formulated judgment OF
aggregated humanity places upon them tho
obligation, or avouching the predisposing in
t%nences whose operation has superinduced the
dichotOmy."
lie was a Boston elocutionist, rcciting the
Declaration OF Independence.
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Stockholm has q telephone for every tw-ntystz
| Inhabitants. There are now 2s. 500 miles OF telS
| phone lines In Sweden.
Mr., C.. k. Francis, once the crack bowler at Rug
by aud for four years q member OF the oxford
eleven, Is a Police Magistrate in London.
Argentina received 6s. 900 Immigrants last year.
the largest number since the financial crash OF 1900.
in which year the Immigrants were 7s, 900.
Paris is TO have a Salon National do la Mode.
where every style OF dress and evsrything pertain
ing TO tho dress, both of men and women, will 10
shown. The exhibition will be OF ar, for arts sake.
Lady Londonderry has had a lbsser built At
southampton OF cedar and mahogany, twenty six
feet ON the water line, with silver plated alumni.
FUN ntt,uSs and silk sails. Il Is TO he oallel the
M,tueada,
MIR. Victor cavendish is about 10 sell at suction
the famous uolker Hall herd OF shorthorns, prob
ably the nnest In the world, which belonged to the
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Guessing Flowers.
From the Philadelphia Times.

A pleasant variation in an evening OF games
is the drawing OF flowers with colored crayons,
the flowers. A list of flowers should be made
out. each one with n number. On separate slips
with It's corresponding number. until you have
used each one on tho list. Give each guest one
vide them with crayons and sheets OF paper.
Give fifteen minutes for the making Of tho
flowers, then collect tho drawings and pin thom
M about the room. AS the names of flowers
are read from the list guesses are given as to
which flower among the drawings represent It.
Another pleasant game is called matching QUO
tations, Well-known lines are written on slips
OF paper and then divided into bits. each part
are pinned about tho room on furniture. cur
tains, and hangings, and each person takes one
and starts out to find the other parts that will
make the quotation complete. Sometimes tho
quotations may consist of an entire line. with
the second line forming the other half to DO
looked for.
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Mr.. Cleveland as o Mediator.

How could Mr.. CLEVELAND mediate"
between the belligerents in Cuba Spain
has officially declared hat she will not sur
render her hold upon the island, while GER
tainly the Cubans have made 1t plain
that they will agree to nothing less than
independence from Spain. Cuba will not
accept the Spanish promises Of reform, or
yet Spanish reforms, or even the boon of
autonomy under Spain. or anything what
ever from Spain which may be conditioned
upon the retention Of Spanish authority
over Cuba.
The Cubans have proclaimed tho indie
pendence of Cuba, and they have bravely
fought for 1t, and thousands Of them
have given their lives for it. They
caunot give up what they have
gained, or throw away the chance Of
gaining all they demand. 1t is possible
that Spain may crush them. but she canno
otherwise put an end to their contention.
They have sacrificed too much. and have
won too much, and ave prospects hat are
too good to permit them to succumb so long
as life remains to them. I'VE will wreck
this island" said MAKING GOMEZ, " rather
than submit to Spain"
If Mr.. CLEVELAND were to try to mediate
between the belligerents, where would he
begin Any one can imagine how Spain
would receive a proposition to give up Cuba,
or how the Cubans would receive a propo-
sition to surrender to Spain. We have the
highest Spanish authority for saying that
Spain would not listen to any reform prop
osition from him; and We know that the
Cubans would peremptorily refuse to accept
any such proposition that might be made
by him. He could not propose to assist
Spain against the insurgents, and 1t Is I'M
likely that he would propose to assist the
insurgents against Spain. He could
not very we'll ask both sides to agree to
an armistice until he had time to
make an investigation; for he must know
that at least one side would disregard his
request. The Cubans would not listen to
his arguments in favor of submission to
Spain. They would not have taken up arms,
or have waged war with them for so long a
time, without knowing more about Spanish
rule In Cuba than he could tell them after
making his investigation.
We do not see how Mr.. CLEVELAND could
mediate between the two hostile parties
unless both Of them agreed to accept his
mediation, and to submit to the terms
which he might impose upon them.
Cuba's ultimatum to Spain is indepen-
dence; Spain's ultimatum to Cuba is capitu-
lation. There is no place for a mediator.
Spain or else Cuba must win upon the
battlefield.
Spain Is fioundering in Cuba; the Spanish
Government is fioundering in Spain.
IL ia aS n1nph ont Of Mr. NI EURT Nnta
power to mediate between the belligerents
In Cuba, as it would be for him to mediate
between the hostile factions in Spain.
Cuba's freedom would probably be lost
II she were to accept Mr.. C~LEvELASD's
mediation. 1t will probably be won by the
sword which she has welded 80 we'll.
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From the LeDfsiOn EreninV Journal
Down near lonesport the hulk Of a schooner
lies high ana dry on the shore, IL Is slightly
Careened and the timbers arc not sound enough
10 take a swim In tho surge, Yet they cnn stitiiy
breast the wind and the sweep of tho rain. The
schooner is stranded in n lonely cove, and
loesEt look very inviting, yet the family Of a
lOlhtrr fisherman dwells here IN great comfort.
They have converted 4 IL into Ia sort OF a seaside
ruddcr grange, 'rween-decks has been parti-
TONED OF. windows have been cut through. tho
hun and tunnels protruding through the deck
carry away tho smoke from tho two stoves.
Within, his eNtempOriZed home is fairly cosey,
even n IN" floors do have a tilt TO stnrbOard,
The children have lots OF fun rolling marbles
down the incline, and as the lady OF the house
always sweeps down hill" her WORK is greatly
llghtOncl,
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It was hard luck and lines for the Hon.
HENRY NJ. TELLER OF Colorado to lose q
hundred dollars in a Washington street car
Sunday night. Some gentleman unfamiliar with
the financial views OF Mr.. TELLER happened
to be in tho same car with him md conveyed
the Senator'S wad. 1t is not a thing to worry
about. after all. When the ~effulgent sign OF IL
TO / is master OF the house of heaven and be-
strides the sky, 1t will be a simple thing enough
for Mr.. TELLER to get his money back. AS
long as he can sell ffty-cent dollars for hun
dred cent dollars he will have no cause to COM
plain. though the pickers and stealers of pick
pockets should deprive him of his purse every
day In the week.
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Ff"h Tt' 81, IouS UL0bc' Ifm0cTdt
BIooliSGTuN, H., April ll.-one OF the most "a,
naraaOle and sudden changes ever known In cen
trail Illinois took place yesterday and to-day,
Thursday the ground wa covered six 20 eight
inches deep with Ice and snow. Tho mercury MAS
down 10 40 above, with a hitter north wind. The
roads and streets resoundsd with the MUSIC ~
sleigh bells. IL was the sercrcst April suowstorm
known In nfIy -hve years. To day tho mercury rose
TO SO early In the morning and went up 4 or 5
points before noon. The air was moist and stlning
Gnd great discomfort was tho result
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The most noticeable event Of Republican
politics Of the past few weeks, generally very
much McKlnleyizcd, is that tho State Conven-
tion OF the greatest manufacturing State Of the
Cnion-comparing men with acres-Rhode
Island, declared for REED with a roar. Brer
MCKINLEY isn't to be permitted to run of with
all the produce OF thela Republican Congress-.
without a murmur from other camps.
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Mr.. THEODORE C. SEARCH, President Of
the National Association OF Manufacturer asks
us to support a bill which has been introduced
Into Congress providing for the establishment
OF a Department OF Commerce and Manufac-
lures. We cannot accede to Mr.. SEAnCH's re-
quest. We are opposed TO the bill. The Ped
eral Government needs no such department.
II needs no new department whatever.
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Local rEws-The City and Suburban News Bureau Of
the UNiIEp Pass and Nav noRx AssociArED PREss
ts at 81 TO ~ Ann street All Information and docu-
ments for public use instantly disseminated TO the
press OF the whole country.
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Her Explanation.
Nrom BrokIun LiG.

HOH BOokIyH IUe.
shoTt-Thsre's another hill from tho tailor. /
wonder why he keeps sending bills To people who
he knows can't pay.
Mrs. short-Perhaps, my dear, no does IL as an
M advertisement.
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IL Was So.

From BroOkiyH LIE.
Miss swsotly-How did You know | was going "a
wear my hair curled this EVENING"
Mr., saw 1, In the papers this morn,
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Prom BrOokiVa IN.
Hell am told that your admirers name Is
legion.
she CbluShlnS)-ob, no. lndsed-hls name Is Jones.
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he has not made a new discovery IN finding
that she has one rule for the weak and
another for the strong.
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To THE EproR OF THE SuS-Sr: Your CORE
sponient's question whether In case one child OF a
given family has the measles. It Is not better to allow
the other children TO mingls with it?" deserves a re-
ply, particularly inAsmueh as this is q belief not un-
commonly entertained. II measles wero a sine qua
non OF every child's existence, aud II cnch ANA every
case terminated In complete recovery, there would lie
no ncad OF the quarantine, ami the :" lalsseE allcr"
plan would be perfectly proper. The facts, however,
do not bear out either Oftht Sc SuppositionG There are
persons whom the contagion OF tho disease never
enrcts-they never get The measles; anl again, tho
fact that 80 many children, at some time or other, get
the measles Is no proof that they have Ia get them.
These many cases seem TO be due to the extreme
carelessness on the part of parents In prcvcnting con
tact. The knowledge that the cOniagiOn of measles
Ia OF a highly infectious character serves as u reason
why the quarantine ought To be a strict one. SEC,
ease Is usually very mild ami rarely fatal, II Is NOT the
less true that the disease may he severe ami Cunpli-
Gated by dangerous affections, Any uf theul may
persist as sequelaA seriously Interfering with con.
valescence and often permanently affecting t%hochild's
health.
Purposely To bring about ap Infection Is to court
danger, To put II mildly, such an act Is not That OF
All enlightened mother. MAY l.usGNBERJ