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Sorrows voice ceased as winds Of the
woodlands
In suspense at the coming of day.;
But my heart message nlled was ike
harp strings deep thrilled.
Waked by joy on his wing-sweeping
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For her smile had an angels glory,
And her form was beyond compare;
When the sun rising bright, a rich ra-
dance of light
In a cloud as divine hoy ring round
And / fell at her feet in deep fear,
Whilst her words clear and low came
softly aglow
With such love as the heart can scarce
bear.
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Learn. child, by this dark path of sad

pray God in His infinite mercy,
To cleanse you from soil of sin;
And then with firm faith and long fasting
A happier life begin.
Walk with Him in the ranks OF the
needy;
Be the help of the poor and distressed;
Do the humble work of thy Master.
So hereafter thou shalt be blessed
The times., 1897-05-09
"Of Two Evils"

Senator Platt may have the political
Intellectually dense like its companion bird,
the ostrich He does not hide his head in
the sand at the approach of danger. On the
contrary, he scents the battle afar off, and
prepares to meet IL like man; or, if the
logcof thestuation does not seem to Justify
that course of procedure, he is equally
of the Baby Act. The one is as consistent
with the highest view of good politics.
as the other, and he is "facile princeps"
among professors of that art.
The fears as well as the astuteness of the
monumental boss are Illustrated in an
encyciical which he has just now issued to
the faithful in New York. tits pregnant
document which viii strike the dispassionate
reader as being of the nature OF Corkonian
rather than a papal bull; but of it's kind
it is immense. 1t reminds Republicans of
Greater New York that the danger OF
Democratic domin alton is imminent and
the prospect for it all but certain; unless
every element of machine, gold, bonds,
trusts and monopofies shall stand shoulder
to shoulder in one last desperate effort to
save the grand American metropolis from
the grasp of the people who inhabit it.
We feel quite confident that the Re-
publican cohorts will heed the warning
The party always has been willing to
sacrifice principle to interest and there
is little reason for doubt that all the
recognized forces of the organization, with
its foreign and financial allies, will march
to the polls in solid and sometimes multi
Piled columns under the banner of thu
Boss
We are unable to deduce apprehension or
panic from such an outlook. The evidence
that the people of New York, as well as
OF the whole country, have had enough Of
Mckinley prosperity; enough Of a con-
tinuation Of Cleveland Olney Cuban policy.
and enough of several other things, renders
it reasonably plain that Democracy VIII
not have a hard fight to rescue our biggest
urban community from the control of Re-
publlcanism, under the benign bossism Of
Senator Thomas O. Platt
The times., 1897-05-09
That Spanish Loan.

A characteristic specimen of Spanish
duplicity is exposed in d dispatcn from
Havana, printed in The Times Of yester-
day. Everybody in the United States and
Europe knew that Spain was making one
last ageRiZed and despairing effort to
raise fifty million dollars, with which to
pay interest on the national debt now
due, or to be due within few days But
out that the loan was Sought for tn pur-
pose of paying the troops, whose stipend
already is hopeIessly in arrears. There
never was the slightest idea that any of
the money which might be realized from
possible loan would be sent to Caba. The
purpose was to meet interest and so stave
off the day Of formal bankruptcy, and
then to print as much paper as might be
necessary TO go through the form OF pay
ing the troops.
According to the news, the agents OF the
Spanish finance minister have reported to
him that the money markets of Great
Britain and the continent are definitely
closed against Spain unless and until that
State can bring the war In Cuba to
close by re-estahlishing Spanish domino
ton over the island.
This is good news for more than ono
reason Recent obstruction in the Senate,
to prevent a vote on Senator Morgsn's
belligerency resolution, was for the specific
purpose OF aiding Spain TO raise the money
In question Now, as that project has
failed, occasion for further Senatorial
tactics In opposition TO the resolution
would seem to be without cause and
merely factious Inability to negotiate
even SO small loan as $50, 100000 on
any terms, ought to show the Spanish
element in the Congress tbat the game is
up; that there can be nothing more in it
for them, and that the best thing TO DO
is to cease exasperating the people Of the
United States in continued attempts to
prevent them from adopting the only course
by whicbthe rights andintercsts of human
ity and the honor and dignity OF the
nation can be protected.
The times., 1897-05-09
THE POSTAL CONGRESS.
Belgium Delegation Has Won Its
Fight Against the Powers.

TIE immediate transit system, whtch it
was hoped would be adopted by the Uni
versaI Postal Congress, has fallen through,
so far az the committee OF ways and means
is concerned
The delegation from Belgium announced
yesterday that I'VE have got all we want"
This means that their demand that no re-
duction be made in the compensation
paid by sending countries to transit coun-
tries has been conceded by the committee
of ways and means. This gives u black
eye to the desires of the United States,
Great Britain, France, Germany and Russia
The concession was made to Belgium be-
cause her delegates refused 10 entertain
the proposition OF reduction of COM
pensation, and because they threatened
that, if the reduction should be forced upon
them, their government would withdraw
from the Universal Postal Union.
The only committee which met yester-
day, was that having jurisdiction in the
matter Of registration, parcelspost, nd
identification books. The exchange OF
ideas was harmonious and there was no
conflict of opinions.
The committee Of aTran gements for the
entertainment of the delegates will have
a meeting tomorrow Plans for the pro-
jected trips to Richmond, Old Point Com
fort, Mount Vernon. and other places Of
interest will be perfected.
The times., 1897-05-09
Circulation Statement.
WASHINGTON, SUNDAY, MAY 8
The Fate of ThessaIy.


When the Greek army fled from Larssa
ftwss claimed at Athens that the Pharsala
position was much stronger, and that it
would be held at all hazards. Since the
retreat TO Domokos, the same is beng said
of that point. But the division of GEN
Smolenski, which was the right support
and the chief hope of the Greeks, on the
PtarSala line, has been cut off, not being
able even to hold VoIo, which has fallen
into the hands OF the Turks, and has re-
tired to Armyros, south of Volo, on the
gulf or that name. Military critics in
Europe consider the passes behind Domokos
as quite defensible; but TO defend them
would involve the maintenance OF a line
thiTty-five miles long, and the small num-
Der OF Greeks there, not more than twenty
thousand men, could not do that against {
the overwhelming force OF the Turks, even
If they were well supplied with artillery,
which they are not. II the forward move
ment Of Edhem Pasha is to be continued,
and today it looks very much as IL it W ould
be, the only thing left for the Greek
generals is to impede it all they can,
destroy communications as they fall back,
and retire steadily toward Athens, hoping
the while for foreign intervention.
From present appearances, they have it
already at the hands of the three En-
perorS, acting in concert through the
Sultan and Edhem Pasha, and that is a
sad situation for Greece. We commented
yesterday upon the reports OF Abdul
Hamid's alleged inclination to a policy
of 'magnanimity,' tempered by his con-
viction that the war party" in Turkey
would not tolerate anything less than a de-
mand for the possession of TheSsaly 1t
is greatly to be feared that something OF
that sort will be made the basis of settle
ment. Great Britain may protest, and the
British ministers may declare in Parlia-
ment, as they have, that no solution other
than a restora ton of the status quo ante
beIlum' is possible or would he allowed
But England's voice and power in the
matter are about nil, and there are good
reasons for believing that Russia, Ger
many and Austria have agreed among
themselves to have Greece crippled on
this occasion beyond any capability to give
them trouble in the future.
Even Vassos has been refused passage
for his troops from Crete to Greece
Evacuation of Crete is demanded by
Turkey, at the insugation of the En-
perors; but it must be of a kind that
would not add the Greek corps of occu-
patton to the fighting force of the Hellencs
IN ThesSaly
All this time both Great Britain and
France are strangely silent and appar-
entity apathetic II they have any idea
of helping Greece it is high time that
they were making some visible movement.
The times., 1897-05-09

givings He found that he was welcome.
home and invited all his friends to see
him with the formula, .Are you coming to
Kalamazoo some day?''
It really seems as if it might be well, In
giving an invitation of this kind, to say at
least as much as one means. The state
ment that the Englishman never says
what he does not mean is a splendid tribute
TO the English people, If it is true. 1t
has been the impression that the English
man was good at bluff He may not say
nice things whichhe does notmean; he may
not always say all the nice things he does
mean, but he has several times made threats
to do evil, made most magnificent bluffs
of being enraged and dangerous, and when
his bluff was called, has meekly and quietly
Withdrawn, w bile somebody else took posses
sion of the property which did not belong
to the Englishman at all, and did belong
to the somebody else, but which the Eng
lishman meant to have if he could get it
without too much trouble The man who
prides himself on never shrinking from the
utterance OF a disagreeable thing which is
true, is LIABLE IL he is not watched, to say
many disaereeable things which are not
true. If the lying faculty is in him, it is
bound to come out, and why Shouldn't it
come out in some harmless little social
pleasantly, which deceives nobody? at
in his giving an invitation In plain, un-
mistakah!e language. to anybody that he
wants TO see.
The times., 1897-05-09
Strong Men Who Weigh Little.
(From the New York Sun ]

There is notable lot of strong small
men before the public The strong man
OF Yale, Verrill, weighs Lac pounds only.
The strong man of Harvard, Lowering
weighs $50 pounds. Another strong small
man, who is hoy. is William f Kentnor,
of st. Louis, who weighs only 137 pounds,
and is cnly 8 feet 4 1-2 inches high.
Three years ago, when he became Tur-
ner, he was described as slight and deli
cate, Perhaps, the American will power
is growing stronger, and works the nlIIscu-
lar machinery on which it operates with
greater effect than was the case with
our fathers
The times., 1897-05-09
English Hospitality.

A writer in Harper's Magazine for the
current month has been doing some mis-
sionary work among Americans who are
likely to travel abroad He has an earnest
desire TO remove any apprehension on the
part of the American that he may find
his English friends cold, formal and unre-
sponsive- Some Americans have had this
experience. They have entertained Eng
lish people to the best of their ability,
sometimes doing more for their pleasure
than they could really afford, and then
have gone to England to receive not a
return Of the hospitality, not even an
invitation. The writer of the article had
Just had conversation with one of these
Indignant countrymen of his. This Ameri-
can had received from an English acquaint-
anee in return for American hospitality
only the casual inquiry, '.Are you going
TO Scotland?" He did not know what to
make of it.
Just here was where the writer Of the
article got in his missionary work. He
explained to the ruffled American bird of
freedom the true attitude of the British
lion. He explained that the real meaning
of the Englishman had been that he was
going to his country house in Scotland,
and that if the American was going there
and wished to propose himself as guest,
he would tell him when he could come.
The American. not being mind reader,
nor acquainted with English customs, had
not thought this out for himself. The writer
wound up his explanation with this tri-
umphant summary of the English charao-
ter: The Englishman never says thing
lie does not mean, never emphasizes. often
says less than he means, is never elaborate,
not often ceremonious-"
The American smoothed his plumage,
stopped screaming, and went to see the
Englishnlan on that basis, with many mis-
The times., 1897-05-09

The departure of Judge Calhoun for
Cuba Is without sensational feature. He
goes only as legal adviser to Gen Fitzhugh
Lee In the Ruiz Investigation. lie may not
as well. The Administration has full and
official knowledge OF all the atrocities de-
tailed in The Times. and OF many more.
There are plenty of grounds for action with
out hunting more. Action itseifis the thing
to hunt for.
The times., 1897-05-09

Sugar trust circles are in quandary
about the legal situation If the President
view of Mr.. Chapman's case. it is not
likely that he would do the same for
Mcssrs. Havemeyer and Searles Perhaps,
on all accounts, it would be better to let
the broker do his time and SO appease the
spirit of Republican justice, which just
now wants to keep up appearances
The times., 1897-05-09
AN ARBITRATION PLAN.
Masons Trying to Do Away With
Sympathetjc Strikes

New York, May 8.-Last week the board
or walking delegates sent a letter to
President Condor, OF the Mason Builders
Association, requesting a conference with
committee OF the board TO arrange for
the appointment OF a permanent arbitra-
tion board 60 do away with sympathetic
strikes The plan suggested was TO have
an arbitration committee, composed cf
five employers and five members of the
board OF walking delegates, which should
have power TO settle ali disputes in the
building trades, and call In an umpire, IL
the committee could not agree, whose
decision should be final
1t was thought at first that the mason
builders had ignored this letter Today,
however, 1T was announced that a reply
had been received from Mr. Condor, stat
ing that a special meeting of the mason
builders viii be held to consider tina
proposition of the board
The times., 1897-05-09

Under the polite pressure of Mr.. Chamber
Lain the Transvaal legislature has repealed
the alien immigration law, which subjected
foreign residents to renewal of pernis-
sion to live, every six months, and con-
treaty with Great Britain. This may tend
TO lessen the chance of war; depending,
of course, upon England's entanglements
elsewhere
The times., 1897-05-09

IL not been for the irrepressibIe playful
ness or the lamb, which persistedfn caper-
Ing about, until the elephant, which had
come up behind very silently, twisted it's
Trunk IN the ribbon and set off at such a
pace that II seemed certain that the lamb
would die OF strangulation Alice watch
ed them out of sight, and felt quite sad
1t was such a pretty little lamb.
But she said to herself, wisely, lambs
and elephants weren't meant To be yokea
together, anyhow, do suppose"
The times., 1897-05-09
Cattle Thieves at Work.

Cheyenne, Wyo., May S.-The notorious
Hole in the Wall gang Of cattle thieves
is committing depredations in johnson
county. The gang has been lOoting the
sheep camps along the Powder River
Since the killing OF Deputy Sheriff Dean
the gang has realized that its members
are outlaws and has decided not to visit
the towns. The cattlemen viii organize
to wipe out the rustlers
The times., 1897-05-09
Deaths Through Poisoned WAITE,

Louisville, Ky, May S.-A special from
Pikeville, KY, says that some one put
poison in Ball Greek Spring, several miles
above there, and, as result, several per-
SONS died and five more are dying from
drinking the water There is no clew to
the murderer. Ambrose Frees son, a farm
hand, and a peddIer named Hess, Annie
Low, a child, and an old colored man are
those already dead
The times., 1897-05-09

1t would be a. graceful thing TO send
the AUtocrat to Salt Lake City, to repre-
sent the Government at the Mormon semi
centennial Mr. Reeds ideas OF running
a legislature are an exact reproduction
Of the late Brigham Young's. The saints
would warm up TO a man like that
The times., 1897-05-09
Valuable Mines Sold.

Morelia. Mex, May S.-A copper mine
near Ario. in the state of MaTcoain. has Just
been sCldtO asyndicateOf London capitalists
for $500 600. The Texas Santos gold mine
in san Diegracia district, has been sold
TO an Anglo Mexican mining company fog
$50 600
The times., 1897-05-09

We are glad to observe that
ing that little legal matter down IN Frank
fort, the standing of DR.. Hunter at the
White House is reported as first class -
Therefore he should be given a nIstclass
''sound business methods in politics, even
ifthey do sometimes result in accidents, etc
The times., 1897-05-09

expert stenographer on the spot?''
MARIA" said Culberson, in a tone OF
forced patience, Il do wish you would
keep this room little more tidy Seems
TO me things are always lying about in
the middle OF the floor
In try, dear" said Mrs Culberson,
| meekly.
That night Mrs. Culberson took tea with
cousin When she returned alto clock
She found Culberson raging about III a
vain search for his dressing-gown.
This is pretty state of affairs!" he
began. Here come home and can t find
my slippers, nor my paper. nor my pipe,
nor my glasses, nor anything else When
left this morning they were here alright -
Yes said his wife, "they were in the
middle of the floor think if you viii
look in the closet, and on the writing desk,
and on the parior table, you viii find them
all safe''
And they were safe.
81 thought you said you had a small
family said the dismayed landlord, and
wanted to get a cheap house?''
cheruhs under the age Of six, "'they are
Small That's why l wanted a cheap
house"
1t passes my comprehension said Muf-
fcts, as he wearily paced the room at 3
a. m, chow human being can find any
fun in bowling for two hours en- stretch,
but 1 suppose John Henry does or he
wouldn't do it,"
THE next day Muffets went to the ball
game to recuperate after his hard night S
work, and no conversation was possible
within ten seats of him throughout the en-
tire game.
early to bed and early to rise, MY chill
dren,' said Mrs. Speckiewing to young
Tcots and his brothers, as night fell over
the hencoop.
Two of them were dutiful birds and went
+ to sleep at sunset and awoke at 3 a. M
But young Toots thought differently By
keeping awake till the night was waning
he managed TO dodge the chicken thief, and
by not growing over his good habits be
escaped the vengeance of the sleepy house
holder
Young Toots was the only chicken on the
perch next DAY.
81 always insist said Dickerson, "that
my wife shall keep account of household
expenses"
81 DON'T said Jimsby. ut takes too
much time for me to look them over"
I'm afraid" said Mrs, Cornstalk, "that
Maria Jane will never amount to very
much She don't care nothin' about books
nor cookin', and she's always wantin' ter
go to some party er other
I'm afraid we. shall be sadly disap-
pointed in Eleanor sighed Mrs. Denail-
lion. 'She cares nothing for her social
duties whatever, and always wants to be
reading or messing about in the Kitchen