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The sun., 1897-11-26
The Cnhnn Situation.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SUN-Sir: What a
pity that before giving out his views upon the
Cuban situation. and expressing his perfect con-
ddence in tho ability Of Spain to end the war
and that of the planters to collect a full sugar
CROP the Marquis of Apeztigua could not flrst
have been able to read the same edition Of THE
his statements.
In the first place. he declares that Blanco has
l50o 900 well.soasoned troops at his command on
the island. Gen. Blsnco's own official state
ment Is that but $4,000 men remain. Is
Apeztiguia better informed on this subject than
the Captain-General of Cuba3
Secondly. he says that there is not the slight
est doubt of the planters being able to gather
full sugar crop. Will he still continue to 80 be-
lieve. after reading In THE SUN the news of the
burning OF all the sugar cane on the large estate
Portugalete, near Havana, owned by one of tho
most prominent members Of his own party, as
well as the burning Of that OF many others, and
also the proclama tion by Gomez that not ono
plantation shall grind which does not pay heavy
tribute to the insurgents3 Perhaps the Mar
quis will go far overcome tho "haughty and
ute. CCBh IIaRE
PoUGHKEEPsIE Nov o.
The sun., 1897-11-26
Our Re.ioinder to Spain.

1t was n crafty stroke on the part of
Premier SAGAsTA to accuse Americans Of
aiding the revolt in Cuba, in his reply to
Gen. WooDFoRD's proposal to help restore
peace there. 1t forced our Government to
meet the charge by showing that its du.
ties under international law had been fully
discharged and this has been diversion
from the real question, which relates to
the prospect Of ending the war.
Yet all that Spain accomplished by this
stroke is to gain a little time. Our Gov
ernment, in it's rejoinder, could show that
Its various outlays for patrol work and for
special officers to prevent violations of the
neutrality laws, have amounted to mil
lions. 1t can and will show that it has
gone beyond its obligations In order to
satisfy Spain, sending its officers and its
cruisers hither and thither even on wild
rumors of the Spanish agents.
Undoubtedly, too, the chief source of the
aid derived by the patriot cause is through
the importation of arms, ammunition, and
other supplies; and that Is for Spain to
check by her own patrol, just as we had to
check like source Of supplies for the Con-
federacy, in the civil war, by our blockades
of Southern ports. Spain makes an almost
total failure in this part of her work, and
then complains of us. The proximity of
our coast to Cuba and the ease with which
supplies are landed ON its shores are ele-
ments OF weakness inevitable in her at
tempts to hold the island. The really un-
lawful enterprises, namely, hostile expedi-
tions, and not mere shipments of arms as
merchandise, have been not only very few,
but we may challenge Spain to show lack
Of due diligence to prevent them.
While this has necessarily been the sub
feet Of our present reply to Spain, the main
question again comes up as to how much
longer we are to maintain a costly patrol,
and to see our commerce with Cuba ruined.
The wisest policy for Spain is to seek peace
ct once on the basis of Cuban independence.
and our Government will help her to reach
that result in way to bring her both
honor and profit.
The sun., 1897-11-26
Widows and Pensions.

The most striking recommendation made
by the Commissioner Of Pensions is the one
for the passage of law providing that no
pension shall be granted to the widow OF
any soldier who shall hereafter marry.
Even now the widow Of soldier pen.
stoned under the famous disability act OF
juno 27, 1890, is not entitled to pension,
unless she was married to him before the
passage of that act but there Is no restric-
tion upon the widows Of soldiers pensioned
under the general laws
Secretary BLISS approves the Commission
ers recommendation on the ground that a
woman who marries a soldier now thirty-
two years since peace was declared) takes
him for better or for worse; she was not
his wife during the war, experienced none
Of the hardships, deprivations, and ankle
ties incident to the life of a wife Of a SOL
dier, and should not, therefore. be placed
on the rolls as SUCH"
The point ls very interesting. The pro-
posal Of the Commissioner and the Secre-
tary will be opposed on the ground that
pensions have been granted to the widows
Of the veterans of the war Of the Revolu-
tion and of the war of 1912, no matter
how late in life these veterans married.
On the other hand it may be argued that
the extraordinary number Of the civil war
pensioners justfles q new rule regarding
them. In the Interior Departments report
for 1894 we find that "nine widows and
three daughters Of veterans Of the Revolu-
tion constitute the pension roll for that
wal" and now Secretary BLISS reports that,
on June 80 last, "there were sixteen
widows and daughters of Revolutionary SOL
diers, seven survivors OF the war of 1912,
and 2s1 widows Of soldiers of that war;"
In view of the time elapsed since the
close Of the Revolutionary war, and also of
the vastly greater number of soldiers of the
civil war, we should think that some of
those who may hereafter marry aged Union
soldiers will be drawing pensions well
along toward the year 1000.
The sun., 1897-11-26

According to despatch from Montreal,
1t 10 practically impossible to bring about
the proposed modus virendi, whereby pc
lagic seal hunting and the killing of seals
on the Pribylov Islands was to be suspended
for one year, beginning Jan. /, 1893. An
agreement on the part of the Canadian
Ministers to that effect would have to be
sanctioned, we are told, by the Ottawa
Parliament, which is not expected to meet
before the third week in January, 30 that
che departure Of the Canadian seal hunters
could not be prevented in time.
With regard to the permanent agreement
TO put an end forever, or at least for a long
period, to pelagic seal hunting, which the
representatives of our Government will try
TO effect, it is announced at Ottawa that
Canada Will not assent TO it unless substan.
tial concessions are made by us with respect
TO reciprocity, naval legislation, and the
Atlantic fisheries. 1t may as well be under
stood once for all by Canadians that, while
we certainly wish to see the seals preserved
wehave no intention of paying an exorbitant
price therefor, and that is precisely what
we should do II we agreed to any kind OF
reciprocity that Canada can offer.
Oh " HfhlD i'AIhlER is eStopped by his
public declarations on both sides of the
Atlantic from discriminating against Brit
ish commodities in favor of the manufac
lures OF the United States. The Liberal
party. of which he is the head, has receded
far from the position which 1t was formerly
inclined to take in the matter of CONNER
ciai union, and which 1t definitely assumed
when unrestricted reciprocity was advo
Gated by Sir RICHARD CARTWRIGHT
Under regime of unrestricted reciprocity
the products of our factories would have
entered Canada duty free, whereas duties
would have been imposed ON similar wares
imported from Great Britain and Other
European countries. Insuch circumstances
We should haye been able to undersell moi
only the native Canadian manufacturer
The sun., 1897-11-26
Tho war on the Cigarette.

To THE EDITOR OF THE sus-sfr: have followed
with much amusement the discussion in THr Sun
that followed the publication OF Mr. Garrison's 70.
marks before the Medico-Legal Society. Apparently
the anticgarette force 10 demoralized. Their argu
mentS may be summarized thus,
l. Cigarettes are injurious because they contain
substances other than tobacco This the Medico-
Legal essay disproved
y. No. They do not contain any thing but tobacco,
and that iS worse than opium rum. This is what
DR.. Quinn says.
D. IT'S tho way you smoke them. This 10 what
correspondent in to days Sun claims.
Ihe ATTACK resembles the famous old argument IN
70 the theft OF copper kettle. Said the accused
First Inever the kettle. Secondly, returned
me DAY after borrowed II. Thirdly the darned
and could not use it," w A. HAIsF'
NEW YoRK. Nov. 24.
The sun., 1897-11-26
Foreign Notes or Rea, Interest,".

Bishop Walsh. Anglican Bishop OF ossory who a. q
curute baptized Charles Stewart Parneli. has ro.
signed from his see.
An Aberdeen jam and pickle manufacturer has be.
queathed g.. 5OO 600 for foreign missions chieny IN
Morayia. Italy. and China.
Tomatoes have been grated upon potatoes by a
French expermentcr. whose hybrid plant produces
tubers underground and tomatoes above.
Ernest Daudet. the less famous brother of AInbon..
Daudet. but much more prolific writer OF novels d
candidate for the late Due d'Aumale's seat in the
French Academy.
Kangaroos are being exterminated In Australia
nearly as fast rs the seals in the I,ebripp Sea In
Queensland alone 2ss.G5s kangaroos and b22 eb8
wallaoes were DESTROYED last year. Kangaroo tails
for soup are being shipped to London by the ton
Mr.. John Payne. the translator of tho Arabian
Nights" has completed o metrica translation of all
OF omar Khayyam's quatrain. nearly 800 I'm number
which will be printed for tho ViiIon Society Threa
quarters OF the work has never been turned into
English before.
NJ Osiris. who recently restored Jos6phinc's Nal.
maison has turned over 100 900 francs TO tho Paris
press syndicate to ba used rs prize for the most
meritorous work exhibited AZ the cx xhihltiop OF 900
judged from an artistic, industrial. Humanitarian
standpoint.
Heidelberg students who study chemistry or pbys-
les are oblged hy the university insure themselves
against accidents In tho laboratorles The navmsDt
OF 3 marks entities them TO receive 1000 marks in
case OF permanent dls ability. provided the exper.
mehtsthat cause the injury carried on under the
supervision Of the Instructors
Salmon fishing has been very poor OH the river snex
this season. owing, II seems, to the yhskcy refuse
from the dlsIil res On ths banks. Anglers assert
that the refuse kills drives away the sn while the
distlllers say that the salmon Ia hungry for It and
thrive on It, For either cause. however. the sal.
mon will no longer touch the Rlcs
1oAhullHlion' described as" Development OF reel.
taaon with accompanying mGsc." has been adycr-
tsed IN London 10y scene at tho pncert hnIl wbera
mr. Frangcon Davies. assisted by the inventor WAS
trying II for the hr-t time the British public A
dummy hgnre made to look like the cantllator
anu having on Its breast II derisiye placard was
pIaoeo on the platform neaF the stage door there
upon the performers stopped TIL It was removed a
then Iectured the guidance on mAnHaSs.
The sun., 1897-11-26

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUS-Sir: A movement ap
pears to have been started to do away with our es
teemed contemporary. the ancient and honorable
Santa Claus am one OF those who have had great
satafacton In THE Suns brave and poetical defence
of the children's patron saint 1t occurs to me to
send you some lines copied out of old book that
have come across on my library shelf, q book OF
verses written by the late Rev Ralph Hoyt. and pub
lished in this city in 1861. The lines occur in
"Echoes OF Memory and Emotion" quote but q
single stanza as sustaining your own argument for
the reality OF Santa Claus Here 1t is,
Beyond the ocean. many a mile,
And many years ago.
There lived wonderful queer old man
In wonderful house OF snow;
And every little boy and girl.
As Christmas times arrive.
No doubt will be very glad to hear
The old man 10 still alive.
NEW YORK, Nov. 23. RT
The sun., 1897-11-26

Thanks should be said in all the Mug
wump congregations in honor of the Civic Fed.
Grafton of Chicago. The Civic Federation OF
Chicago has done deed of might in behalf OF
the holy privileges of Mugwumpia. BY the
good offices Of the Civic Federation Of Chicago o
national civic federation Of primary election 70.
formers will DO held here in January. probably
In the blue room Of Good Government Club c.
Mr.. MEAsLEy, the Secretary or the Federation,
is ready to meet other primary reformors
wherever and whenever they can be found in
this town. Secondary reform has failed. The
time has come to make the primaries responsive
to the will of the folks who won't 20 to them.
The sun., 1897-11-26
s1srrr DOVE
nav a n,cyeIe Glrt Get rita OF an Annoyins
a.a Persistent vyheeimnn.

ffosn the DETROIT Tri6une.
She was young and pretty and alone. Her bi-
cxclo oostumo was neat. trim, and becoming,
and mounted upon wheel she noated along
over tho smooth paths and roads, tho cynosure
Of many admirng masculine eyes and perhaps
the envy Of many feminine. Sho was enjoying
the pleasures of an afternoon spin on Belle
Isle. The exercise had tinted her checks with .
mink glow OF the kind that mover saw the inside
OF n drug store, and that ALWAYS will baflio the
art of tho chemist, and her eyes wcrc glistening
with tho exharation OF health.
She was riding up Central avenue and had
reached a point about midway between the
Casino and the Zoo when she met with an an.
noyance that ladies riding alono are frequently
snbjected TO, but which this young woman dis
posed OF In most refreshing and novel manner.
Tho snnoyanee mSnitcstso lIsel, IN secs, .ne 31
rode n bicycle wore golf hose, a pink shirt,
had his hair parted accurately in the middle.
and was possessed OF assurance largely In eN.
cess OF his stock OF common sense.
81 Beg pardon" said he, riding alongside, and
lifting his cap with smile that was intended 10
be perfectly irresistible. but haven't we met
would have wlthorcd anything less fresh. and
moved over to the further side OF the avenue.
N2phs Ss n be Sa wSs
as mounted bicycle will permit, said;
hope am mot intrGdnT' Sa Snt no, know vor
well. il you don't know me. let us get ao-
Quainted. You know"
Slackening her speed. she had suddenly dis
mounted and, leaning over her wheel; began to
carefully examine one OF the pedals He was of
his machine in an instant.
ALLOW me to assist you snid ho. quickly
seizng the opportunity presented
She said nothing, but releasing her wheel to
him took his to hold. while he went, down on
sooner on his marrows with his face to the
ground, than she deftly extracted a hairpin
from her Fedora and quickly inserted the point
into the rear tire of his wheel. by tho time he
had discovered there was absolutely nothing
wrong with the pedal and that 1t was working
smoothly as mechanical skill and bicycle oil
could make 1t, the hairpin was resting inoffen-
sively in its proper place.
As she whirled merrily out the avenue
would be masher stood by his bicycle with tire
as fiat as tho proverbial pancake. What his
emotions were as she faded from view among
the trees will never be known. but 1t was with
cresf-fallen countenance that he slowly wheeled
his machine over to the bicycle tent for repairs.
The sun., 1897-11-26
Prepared for Winter.
From the Youth. Communion.

Teachers in the public schools Of a large city
hear many stories, some OF them amusing some
of them pathetic. A young woman who teaches
In kindergarten in Boston. upon learning that
one OF her little pupils sick. went to visit her.
The teacher had been to Kate's home before
and SO had no difficulty in finding the two little
rooms at the top nf tenement house whore
Katie and her mother lived. The mother was
up IN bed.
After the usual inquiries and condolences, the
teacher noticed that the little girl seemed to
SPEAK with some difficulty, and said:
Katie. am going to examine your lungs"
s'm," responded the c0ild. dutifully and
Miss Q. began to loosen the child's waist. After
removing 1t, she found layer after layer of fian-
mel. which she unfastcned with some di ficulty
Satisfying herself that there was no danger Of
pneumonia, she began to replace the child n
dress, when Katie began to cry.
MY mother'll be awful mad at you when sho
why. Katie what have done g.
you've unfastened all my fannels and ma
had just got me sewed up for the winter
The sun., 1897-11-26
Neal Dow ms q Fire Chief.

When the late Neal Dow was young man, h0
was Chief of the Volunteer Fire Department Of
Portland, Me. His activity in temperance re-
form made him unpopular with the liquor sell
ers, and they tried TO get him removed.
At a hearing on the matter, one witness testi.
fed that Mr.. Dow was arbltary and reoklesS Of
the lives Of the men,. BY way Of illustration, hO
said hat he was ordered by the Chief to take
the pipe which he was holding into place whore
he refused to go, telling the Chief that no man
could live there.
On cross examination he was asked:
"What did Mr.. Dow do thenf''
"snatched the pipe from my hands. and tsla
me to clear out"
What elsei'
He took it into tho fire himself"
At that point tho case against the Chief broke
down.
The sun., 1897-11-26

EDWARD EVERETT HALE says that 600 words
are all that are necessary for purposes of commun
cation in any language.-Utica Press.
The theory of Mr.. HALE's census of the neces-
stiles Of speech seems to be that words arc used
for the purpose Of communication between two
or more persons. BY the slightest study of the
orations Of Mr.. SETH Low and some other re-
nowned speakers, Mr.. HALE will learn that tho
main purpose Of language is to express the Ego;
and tho Ego doesn't care rap for the other
fellow. And in most conversation one talks;
the other 10 talked to or at.
The sun., 1897-11-26
a Thres-Hundrea-Mne Trolrey-perhaDs.
From the RdfiIcdv Age.

FTOHl INe RuHlrnV HDe
Right of way ia being secured and subsidies
peced to bo voted for electric railway enterprise
the ambitious character OF which Is indicated by Its
name. the Michigan. Indiana and st. Louis Electric
Railroad. and by the length Of the proposed line
which Is about 800 miles or course trolley road of
such length through country filled with parallel
and intersectng steam railways would be an absurd
ity but n rural communities can be persuaded to
vote subsidies enough. that need not trouble the pro-
motefK
The sun., 1897-11-26

A cheering and most sublime word comes
from the Hon. MILTON PARK OF Texas. Chair
man of the National Organization Committee of
the Middle'ofthe-Road Populists. I'VE are
opposed to fusion with anybody or anything"
says MILTON PARK, who is fresh from coufer-
ence with such men as JACOB CoxEY OF Ohio
and ABE STEINBERGER OF Kansas. Against
everybody and everything the Hon. MILTON
PARK and his few but remarkably at brethren
show ono glorious front Of fight Tney are
the rayfng remnant
The sun., 1897-11-26
The weather PROPHETS Woe.


Ipromised them rainstorm
And 1t never rained Jot;
Then prophesied a hailstorm
And the sun was piping hot.
told them snow was coming
And the sky was summer blue;
Then II wrote OF frosts aud billiards
And both OF them fell through.
promised April showers
And December came instead;
Then said 1t would be cloudy
And the sky was clear and red.
30 now take Of Ruesses
An Armful. hit or missI
A little bit OF that, and
A little bit OF this.
lshAke them in a bottle.
Promise wind. and snow and rain.
Fogs. and clouds and clearing weather
In a manner brief and plain.
In this way I'm sure to hit 'em,
Whichever way the wind may blow.
And next day calmly tell 'em.
Certainly told you So"
u. Q. BAAHES.
The sun., 1897-11-26
wild Geese Came Aboard.


From the Louisville Evening Post
On her down trip on Green River. Saturday
night. near Cromwell, tho steamer Gayoso ran
into flock OF wild geese. and the electric light
no dazed them that they flew toward the boat
strik ing the forecastlo and chlmneys and getting
tangled In tho guy ropes. There was great ex.
citement among the passengers and crew. each
trying his best to "catch a ROose." In tho aye
citing struggle. which lasted but few moments.
they succeeded in capturing three out OF the
number. They were placed In coop and the
next day the passengers were treated to q
sumptuous wild goose dinner.
The sun., 1897-11-26

been revealed. After the Nebraska psripatetio
has ceased TO burn. the audience takes him 10
hotel and feeds upon ian old-fashioned Demo
cratic possum supper" No wonder Georgia
and other States arc anxious to preserve the
'possum. He is missionary of bimetallism.
He Is the partner of Mr.. BRYAN.
The sun., 1897-11-26

Various cold blooded persons have al.
lowed themselves to wonder at the apparent
enthusiasm Of the Missourians for hearing tho
Hon. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN lecture on "B-
metallism from an Economic Standpoint" Why
should "bimetallism." whether seen from an
economic or a Bryanic standpoint, pull the Mis-
sourians from presumably happy homes. where
thsy have enough TO eat and enough to read. and
eNSy chairs 70 think or sleep in The cause has
The sun., 1897-11-26

she does China. with a naval demonstra-
tion. Our Minister. Mr.. POWELL, who ad-
vised President SAM To let LUEDERs go, has
intimated, 1t is said, that Hayti was not 80
far wrong as the German story declares.
The sun., 1897-11-26
Reasonable Objection.

From tho Indian polls Journal
widow" ' ' ' 'u'
~ hope he won't marry mine"
The sun., 1897-11-26
Tho E1iseuoiss or New Jersey Journalism

TTUW 1Ho IITlTd FuTs UuzeFfe
Local Editor
The recent marriage OF Mr. r. W. Furbeck, or the
disability Of the mail between Little Falls aud Pas.
sa'o FORCES US to go to without usual dona
tion OF news from Little Falls.-PuRIIsHER.
The sun., 1897-11-26
anh.crlptlen b, NAL Re.t.Raia.

PARB-Kiosquc no. l2. near Grand Hotel. and
Kiosque No. 10. Boulevard dos capuclnes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-17
Mrs, Williams Deod

The death Of Mrs. Octavia J.. Williams,
wife of John o. Williams, occurred, after
a lingering illness, Friday, August 13, at
the home of her birth, Oak Dale, Mont
gomery county, Md, where she was visit
ing with view to her Improvement and
relief from severe suffering.
Mrs. Williams will be remembered for
her Christian life and character, and be
missed Ly the many recipients Of her
bcuntiful charity and kindness.
She was buried from her late residence
No. 9'E' street northwest, this city, Sum-
day, August Is. She had resided at the
one place for the past thirty-seven years,
the period of her married life.
She was daughter of the late John and
Elizabeth Mannakee, and was born Au-
gust II, 1893.
She leaves, besides her husband, her
son, Harry c.; a daughter. Eugenia L. and
married daughter, Mrs. w. G. Eisinger
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POINTERS FOR kLoNDIkE CRANks

One Hundred Facts About Alaska.
II. S. Garfield in Chicago TimesHerald.
Alaska is two and one-half times as large
as Texas.
1t is eight times as large as all of New
England.
1t is as large as the south, excluding
Texas.
1t is as large as all of the states east of
the Mississippi and north of the Ohio, in
GLIDING Virginia and West Virginia.
1t makes San Francisco east of our CEN
ter.
Its coast line is 5000 miles,
1t has the highest mountain In North
America.
1t has the only forest-covered glacier in
the world.
The Treadwell is one of it's greatest gold
mines.
1t has the best yellow cedar in the world
1t has the greatest seal fisheries.
1t has the greatest salmon fisheries.
1t has cod banks that beat Newfoundland
1t has the largest river in the world.
A man standing on bank Of the Yukon
15O miles from its mouth cannot see the
other bank.
The Yukon is twenty miles wide 700
miles from its mouth.
With It's tributaries it is navigable $500
miles.
1t is larger than the Danube.
1t is larger than La Plata.
1t is larger than the Orinoco
1t discharges one-third more water than
the Mississippi.
The water Is fresh fifteen miles from Its
mouth.
It has more gold in it's basin than any
other river.
Alaska runs 1900 miles west Of Hawaii.
Yukon basin gold is estimated at 5000
600.
The necessary eruptive force for the
formation Of great fssure veins is every
where evident in Alaska.
Silk should be worn next the body, then
wooden, and then furs.
Citric acid should be taken to prevent
ecurvy.
The food there produces rectal diseases.
Take medicine
Lima beans are good portable food.
Snow glasses should not be forgotten.
Nowhere are mosquitoes so numerous.
There are two kinds of poisonous flies.
There are no snakes in Alaska
It's color fs beautifully blue to its junc-
It's mouth.
Capital Of stock companies organised to