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The times., 1897-07-11

would have been a sure hoodoo for any
old-time rabbit. After supper he peeped
out OF the windows, and now swears lie
caught those rabbits playing baroom with
the bottles. They swaggered around like
lot OF long cared Rip Van Wrinkles.
Straw wrapped around young trees-an-
other thing which scared the aute-bcllum
rabbit about as badly as abound dog-secms
to have no terrors for the free-issue rab-
bits. The Atlanta farmer declares he
saw them mount one another's shoulders
till they Were up above the broom-straw,
and that they then "sknned the cat" on
the limbs Of the tree, and did anything
else they liked, and had fun generally
Finally, he interrupted this rabbit
circus by sicking his old hound, the
last OF has breed, on the conviviai crowd.
They scattered, but ieisurely, and dog
is about the only thing for which they
nave any respect whatever The Wolf
the fox and the snake have been tx
terminated, and MoIlie Cetlontan i'm
proves the opportunity by raising large
families i'll the luxury OF Georgia green
truck, Something VIII have to be done
for Georgia If this thing keeps on
The times., 1897-07-11
Women Orators.

At various times within the last twenty
| or thirty years masculine politeness has
| been severely strained by the obligation
&c listen with respect to papers read by
women who were never meant to read
papers. By this is not implied any state
ment that women cannot wnte papers,
and read them, and that they cannot
make speeches, and good ones But con-
! siderahly more than 90 per cent of the
women who appear on platforms speak
with such an effort that ii is disagreeable
| in the eXtreme to listen to them; or they
remit the effort, with the result that they
cannot be heard at all more than a dozen
steps away. Their remarks may be ex.
celieht both as to idea and expression,
but all that is lost ON an audience which
is squirniing with irritation at the sound
Of shIill and uneven voice, or with ex-
asperation at the ladylike buzzing of which
only a word or two can be distin guished
This IL not true, of course, with re-
gard to women who have become ac-
customed to public speaking They learn
20 manage their voices just as men do
On the stage they are trained with the
same severity as men, and there are very
few actresses whose lines fail for want
of distinct articulation. When such ii
thing does happen, the papers are pretty
sure to critcise the unfortunate young
woman in such a way that she takes
further lessons in elocutfon with all speed.
Butin the various amateur performances
in which women take part as orators II
is just as likely as not that the woman
who reads the leading paper, the paper
containing deep thought and practical
wisdom, and so on, has never been on {,
platform more than half a dozen times In
her life and has no sort of idea how to
manage her voice so rs to make it carry
to the far corners OF the house Sometimes,
In addition to this, 6 he gets nervous, which
makes IL infinitely worse. And the re-
porter who reports that meeting cannot
very well say that Mrs. A spoke with "A
disagreeaale effort. OF that Mrs could
not be heard at all. because Mrs. A and Mrs.
are ladies whom it would not do to Of
fend, and who do not expect TO be crit-
cised, as do public performers So he
says nice things about them. and they are
compliInented by their particular friends.
md never reform.
Now what every woman ought to do
before she steps on platform is TO go to
Some school of acting and pass an examI-
nation, taking, If necessary, ali the vocal
traiRing which an actor would have To take
before going on the stage Then she
would bc atle TO speak easily and nuentiy
and without nervousness. and the full forct.
of her paper would take effect on the
audience, and the cause " Bich she wished
TO advance would be advanced by her with
out a tremendous expenditure OF strength
and nerves.
The times., 1897-07-11
THEIR MISSION IN VAIN.
Monetary Commissioners Can Do
Nothing for BimetaIIIsm.

London, July 10-The American none
tary commissioners are all Iaboring earn
cStly to secure some tangible CONCESSIONS
flom the British government toward an
enlarged use Of silver The continental
powers, as has teen known all along.
except Germany, are willing 10 IeuIen the
question of himetaHism on its merits In
another conference. Germany viii fnI-
low the lead VI England Lord Salisbury
WIN consent to send delega ties to such a
conference, if the United States AID other
countries persist in the request.
The American eInissaries, II they can
get nothing else, will probably seize this
empty concession, and make the most II
it Such a conference, however. as the
hritiSh government plainly in Inmates would
be mere farce and even more barren
OF results than the Brussels fiasco, fo.Ir
years ago The British delegates would
have the same instructions as then, and
nothing would be Accomplished.
The present efforts of the American
commissioners are devoted TO the entFesvor
to secure the consent OF Great Britain 70
reopen the Indian nsints
As the result OF a conference on this
subject, secured few days ago, this con
ceSsion VIII perhaps be gained. but the
matter is stiH unsettled and the issue is
doubtful.
The silver advocates are confident that
the reopening of the India rnints would
advance the price OF the metal fully Is
per cent, and thus give a boom to the
silver agitation in the United States.
Londen, of course is the key 20 the
whole situe tioI, AMI noerTorts viii be spared
To bring Influence 10 bear on the cabinet
The times., 1897-07-11

The Republican members of the Hanna
Haveneyer conference committee, having
taken a Short recess to attend the obsp-
quies OF the late Senator Harris, will make
up for ii by working all day Sunday ia
continuous session. AS means Of fur.
Elinistration noted for it's evangelical or
thotloxy tliS is pretty good. We recon-
mend the conferees to have either the Sen
ate or reuse chaplain on hand to open the
services with prayer, after which it might
not be bad idea IL they were to join In
singing that good old hymn beginning: 81
love to STEAL" eto.
The times., 1897-07-11

There is new problem In the prob
lematical State of Georgia, and it is "Br'er
Rabbit 'Br'er Rabbit is eating up
all the garden-truck. He is Just as
''survigrous'' and just as cunning as he
was in Uncle Remus' time, and if he is
not attended TO there VIII be no greens
for the Georgia planters dinner. He is
increasing enormously, and becoming more
and more enterprising and shameless each
day. One farmer near Atlanta declares
that he wouldn't mind so much if the
cotton tailed thief did not seem to have
such good time cut of bis 5unketincs.
None Of the old-time remedies for rabbits
seem to have any effect The rabbit OF
today is an educated beast, freed from
superstitions. This farmer fixed some
bottles one night In his garden, with
cotton sticking out OF their mouths. which
The times., 1897-07-11

The week closed on strike situation
OF increasing seriousness. There is every
indication that present efforts to organize
the miners Of West Virginia will result
in a general stoppage OF Production in
that State, and there is evidence tltat
nearly all the national industrial labor
organizations as well as the rail way
operatives are prepared to assist the
miners, ana, IL needful, declare uni
versal strike Of sympathy Unless the
labor leaders should fail to secure the
cooperation of the West Virginia uiine
workers, the chances seem TO favor a
widespread and eminently dangerous con-
dition OF industrial upheaval during the
next TWO OF three months
The times., 1897-07-11
Jnpan,s "yital interest"

Referring To remarks OF the Japan
ese Times on the vital interest of Japan
in Hawaii. which that journal de
o1ares to be only second to that OF the
United States, the Hawaiian Star says:
This is arrogance with vengeance.
We have employed Japanese as Iaborers,
hut that does not give Japan a vital
Interest in the islands. This is a coun
try OF Anglo Saxon civilization, not of
Asiatlc. It's affinities are with the Unitei
States, and one fails to see what vital
interest j apan has here
The Hawaiian newspaper epitomizes
the whole question. There is good, sound
American sense in what it declares; TO
all OF which we may add that the islands
are neoess ary to the military protection
Of our Pacific coast. which would be al
most at the mercy Of any great naval
power holding them. Hawaiian annexa-
tinn is not a question; ii is national
neceSSi6y.
The times., 1897-07-11

One or the Boston papers tells Of a
novel society which exists up In Maine
called the Custard Pie Association. IT
meets once year. Fifty or sixty persons
belong to the society, and they all come
to the meeting If they are able to walk.
They have fun playing games of various
sorts during the morning, and when dinner
is served there appear on the table many
large cuStaru pies, baked in two-gallon
milk-pans; and of the precise gol den brown,
with Yellow cloudy markings and scat
tered spnnklings of nutmeg, which the
true custard pie always affects Maple
sap and country cider are furnished as
beverages, and this pie-eating festival is
one OF the most satisfactory as one af the
most novel on earth.
The times., 1897-07-11
A Dismal Retrospect.

With the tariff bill safely in conference, It
nay be said that, TO all intents and pur-
poses, the business Of the extraordinary
Session Of Congress is finished. What 1e-
Msins to be done in connection with fiscal
Legislation, is entirely perfunctory on the
part OF Tie coaferees. There are Of
ferehoes to adjust. but they concern
neither the Senators nor the Representa-
tires WHO sit un that high Joint com
mission. Whatever they are or may. be
they viii DE settled on sound business
principles, between Senator Hanna and
Mr. Reed, and that win end the matter
The conference" may be regarded as the
clearinghouse through which the cam
paign debts incurred in the election OF
Mr Mckinley are being and wiz be
settled
Ii is coed time tc cast retruslrec4iye
glance at the work Of the session IL
neither is hard nor a pleasant task to
review what has been done. since al
most the entire time Of the Eongress has
been devoted to the ne purpose of re-
coupirg the interests which contributed the
sixteen million dollar Republican cam
paign fund in 1896 end in arranging
new credit with the same against the
elections Of Is9s and 1900
In the Senate this work has rot been
ohstTucted 10y The Democratic representa-
tion Ia that body. In individual instances
IL has furnished efficient and active aid.
and, in one or more. has msnifes,ly been
under the firm end bBsaneSslike control OF
the Republican management
In The House OF Representatives, we have
seen That historic body absolutely suppressed
by its Speaker, by the mere force of his
control over futgre committee assignments
A the outset the Democrat tic minority y made
the stupid mistake. largely through the
Speakers shrewd diplomacy, Of careIessly
surrendering their nominal leadership into
the handsOf a vain and bunptious provincial
yo1th' without either the ability or the ex-
peFieDce OF command, and hence, from the
bes5inning, their power for effective OBJ
EJructiOn, even il they had Possessed the
courage 10 apply it. hopelessly was lost.
Disorganizec, without leader. fhe House
Democrats have had the mor7ification to
see tie championship Of the Constitution
and the Tigitsor the body pass by common
consent u tie chief Of the PopuIist rcrresen-
tation on the floor
Thus, in both houses, a certain and
magnificent opportunity to prevent the
preparation Of a great crime against the
people OF the United states has been
throwli away The record is not one
with which the Democratic party can
afford to go before the country. Its
unsuccessful or unworthy servants in Con-
gress assembled would best go home
There they are not likely to be greeted
as returning oonquerors, and they may
hear some unpleasant truths Ne. .er-
theless, they would best go home
The times., 1897-07-11

AS might be expected, the Navy De
partment denies the report that the Oregon
las been ordered to Honolulu as the flag
ship Of the station. 1t is true that she
is coaling and may take q trip some where.
Admiral Miller can reach the islands BY
passenger boat, If necessary, and, while
we are on that subject, a few ships could
be spared from the service or Spain on
the Atlantic and sent around IN the
F-acinc coast, without detrImens to any
national interest
The times., 1897-07-11

spaniards believe that you and your Gov
eminent approve of them.
You, President Mckinley You. who are
of mothers and a wife's love and de-
votion VIII you longer tolerate these
things? Win you longer remain in practical
alliance with Spain III its war upon these
miserable children of your Heavenly
Father?
Win you dare dc 1t? VIII you risk the
verdict In your case at the bar OF justly
enraged American opinion, of humanity
and of God?
President Mckinley What say you?
The times., 1897-07-11

Mfr William E Miller Is a prominent
way to the seashore with his wife and
daughter
For several years. he said, in a con
yersatieu at the Metropolitan last night,
Gen. Miles has maintained shat the s,s
Cyc!e would come into valuable ulilIi,l<<y
use. MesSeng gers in many STATE CAMPS now
Tide wheels instead OF horses. a nd there are
already bicycle corps attached to the
military establishments OF various OF the
coTnmonwealJhs We have had Iong-dis-
taaCe relay rides. where dispatches have
been carried. and the results have been
not only satisfactory, but astOnf shing-
There Is now in progress the best test we
have yet had. By order OF Gen Miles, q
squad OF twenty colored iniantrymeu, OF
the Tweuty-fiftk Regiment, United states
Army, under command OF Lieut. James A
Moss. Is on the road awheei, attempting
the journey from Fort Misseula. On the
western slope Of the Rocky Mountains. IN
st Louis, a dis ance OF 1000 mites.
These soldiers VIII have 10 cross the
main divide OF the Rocky Mountains and
do the rest OF the Journey through a
country eimproved roads are unknown.
or course, very careful Preparations -v..re
made for the trip The result is anxsuusIy
awaited by military circles in nv city.
since, in great measure, the advisa blifty
OF forming a bicycle corps In the regular
Army VIII he determined by the success
OF failure or this experiment
The times., 1897-07-11
According TO the New York J0,rna,

According TO the New York Journal.
President Mckinley is quite willing 20
designate a board Of arbitration to settle
the coal miners strike, provided both
sides will agree to submit to its decisiGni
Organized labor probably would wish to
know who the arbitFators We're to be,
before agreeing to anything. Otherwise
those arbitration experts, Cleveland and
Olney, had been chosen.
The times., 1897-07-11

Very able-bodied runners have been rife
10 tic effect that Senator Quay was tired
or politics, and proposed TO spend the
remainder OF his days fishing for tarpon
and trailing the wild alligator in his a
tive morass. These reports have CON
terrcd sweet but fleeting happiness upon
the seIni-Rev John Wanamaker. Yester-
day 1t was teiegraphed from Harrisburg
that the Senator authorizes the ANNOUNCE
nent Of his candidacy to succeed himself.
We are not altogether satisfied thai this
is the right thing for him TO do II there
are TO be any more strictly bargain counter
sessions Of the Congress, the univer rsal
fitness or things demands that John Wan
ainaker should be In it.
The times., 1897-07-11
THE SENSITIVE GERMANS.
Peculiar Reason for Ohtecting To
McKinley's Appointments.

Berlin, July O.-Thc filling by President
Mckinley of various oonsuIates in Ger
many with men who were formerly Ger
man subjects is keenly resented. They
are unpopular in Germany, both with the
authorities and in society. A high Official
OF Liberal tendencies expressed in ccnvar-
sation with the correspondent OF Th..
Times tie opinion that no action more ir-
ri'atine to the Germans could be taken BIZ
the AueFican administration than the
domination OF German Americans as con
Suls. Mr.. Cleveland, at the commencement
of his administration, made the same mis-
take, but. learning the feeling in Germany.
he modified his policy, and when n good
man of German origin was pushed for q
consulate he was careful to appoint him
to a country where his presence would mon
offend official sensibnities.
The times., 1897-07-11

There IS aamystery In the household
OF MT Carter Harrison, mayor of Chicago
MT Harrison fully realizes his respon 81
bIlity in directing the destinies of a NH
lion and haif OF people. a large part
OF whom couldn't possibly have under
stood mis- Fourth OF July address If he had
chosen TO make one In English. More
than this, the Pan-Americans are in Chi
cago now, and as the Windy City likes
to impress foreigners with the idea that
it is the American city par excellence,
the mayor was particularly ANXIOUS mat
the Fourth Of July should be honored at
bis house In all proper ways
he made one fatal mistake, however,
He did not stay at home to direct the
celebration himself. When he returned
from Delavan Lake, whittier he h..h fled
TO save the tympani of his cars from the
multifarious patriotic noises OF glad Young
America, he discovered with disgust that
the Stars and Stripes were floating M
ONti s4iS iitUot StfiiUU
flag. very big and beautiful, was nung
union down in front. He was Kept
busy all day on July receiv1IIg calls
from his neighbors and political friends.
and most OF these gentlemea essayed the
role of the three gentlemen OF Uz to
Mayor HarTison's JOB. They were very
miserable oomforters, indeed
How It happened nobody seems 70 know
Mrs Harrison had charge Of the decera-
tons, and If SHE was responsible for the
remarkable making of the banners nobody
outside the family win ever know IL. The
explanation 81 ven by Mayor Harrison
is that his family were in such a hurry
to show their patriotism that they had
10 time for petty details Maybe srnne
anarchist manipulated the banners after
they had been properly put up, and, maybe,
as Mr. Harrison appears TO think hims,lf,
Mrs. Harrison didn't know any better
The times., 1897-07-11

Teiegrauis are coming 10 Senators from
various parts Of tie country. urging chem
to resist the proposed imposition OF a tax
OF 20 cents q pack on playing cards. II
is claimed that the trade in this line OF
manufacture has fallen off, even with
2-oent tax, and that If the contemplated
increase is made this ting industry VIII
be driven out of business This may be
all right from moral standpoint, Tut
1t Is claimed would throw a great many
honest, hard-working men out of employ
Lnent II is said that the amendment was
put upon the hin after Mr. MiIls' speech
more as joke than with any intention
of making IT serious matter. 1t VIII
doubtless he stricken off in conference
and the 2-cent tax left
The times., 1897-07-11

Notwlt hstanding desperate efforts by
the gold influence in New York to prevent
rcaffirRIation of the Chicago piatf9 9rm at
the coming Democratic State convention,
Republican city papers give up the fight
and oohoede that nothing can stop an
enthusiastic Endorsement OF bimetallism
The times., 1897-07-11
The Social Distinctions Of Children

ne Sociai distinctions OF Children
Some children are natural democrats, and
some are natural aristocrRts. and some ara
natural Snobs. In each Of these cases the
innate disposition OF the child is helped or
hinderea n1ore or less by the ,raininr n
receives from parents, teachers and play
fellows. a child WHO does not naturally
incline to make social distinctions. who
would find IS much fun in playing with
q barefoot little beggar as with a young
prince, may he made into an incnaNIe spo,
10y persistent instruction. A Child who
naturally turns mp its nose at a ragged
or unctiliivsted playmate may be inoca
lated with very wholesome respect for
the common people, especially IL q boy, by
being placed for year or two on farm
where the common people are thoroughly
at home and iznow more than he does. II
was Holmes who said that he would under
take to place a hundred children of a Ger.
tain stock in good families and wholesome
surroundings, and turn out z 5 per centof
them good citizens; while seventy-five out
OF smother hundred, of different stock,
placed in city slunis, would land in the
penitent.ary and the workhouse.
Children have 20 be dealt with ipdicI6-
ually, and no very detailed ruiescan be laid
down for their bringing up, although people
Ike TO dogmatize on the subject. But as
a general thing, the child who comes rom
@ refined and pleasant home cannot be
The times., 1897-07-11

Mr.. Dingley is reported to have made
very warm speech at meeting of the
Republican members OF the Ways and
Means Committee on Thursday night Mr..
Dinglcy's couteUtiOnwas principally against
the stamp-taN revenue raiser of the Sen
ate. Heopposed the stamp tax amendment
on the rounds that It is ''ropuiistic and
class Legislation" Mr.. Dingley was OF
the opinion that the House tdn untampered
with wo'ud have given ali the revenue
required.
The times., 1897-07-11
Annninted snccessnr to c.nrwin.

APPOINTED Successor to CorwiDe
Timothy s. O'I.eary, an employe In the
Naval Fl photographic Office, will be ap
pointed pflymasteT In the Navy to fill
the vacancy caused by the dismissal OF
Faymaster John Corwine Mr. O'Leary
graduated from Annapolis aud was dropped
for want OF vacancies when he left the
academy
The times., 1897-07-11
Secretary AIeer,s yocat,cn

Secretary Alger viii go to Spirit Lake,
Iowa, in time to address the Grand Army
vst9Ians July 21 He expects that Sena-
t"ts Allison aud Gear will accompany
him. Immediately after delivering the ad-
dress the Secretary and Senators vii
90 to Chicago
The times., 1897-07-11

Another Original Package Case.
Charleston, s. G., July io.-A decision
was rendered this morning by the United
States circuit court preventing the State
from closing the "origi iual package
liquor stores
The times., 1897-07-11

Secretary Gage attracted universal at
tentioH yesterday by appearing at the
funeral of the late Senator Harris attired
IN light gray suit OF clothes. The Secre-
tary appeared in his official Ca apacity as
A member of the Cabinet with the PTesi-
dent an6 his associates All but himself
were appropriately attired in black clothes.
The occasion seemed to demand change
even If 1T was midsummer. On the back
row OF seats was Senator Mason of Illinois,
wearing crash suit 1t was his first ap-
pearance on the floor in toggery OF this
sort The day seemed inopportune
The times., 1897-07-11

The sction of the Senate fn placing
tluty on bleaching powder has greatly
pleased the manufacturers OF that article
The consumers of the article however, have
quite smother story TO tell, and within the
past two or three days hundreds of pro-
tests have come in from all parts of the
country, and especially from the manufac-
tuIers OF white paper. One protest c0uched
in vigorous language is signed by fifty
leading paper manufacturers. and the pro-,
posed tinty is denounced as a direct tax
upon the dissemination OF intelligence
tits understood that the House will make
strong fight to put bleaching powder
back on. the free list. from which it was
removed by the Senate, and it Is quite
possible that this action viii be taken.
The arguments to which the Senate has
yielded were all laid before the Ways
and Means Committee which finally re-
jected them on the ground that bleach
Ing powder was an article CT such prime
necessity and of snch general consunp-
tion that it ought not to be taxed.