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got in her work before anybody had
a chance to prevent her If her action
was right, from a moral point of view
it would also be morally right for her
to go into a gentlemans private gar
dens and smash his statuary If it did
not agree with her ideas of propriety,
and it would also be right for people
to interfere with the Salvation Army
itself, if they only thought so. For
instance, an eXasperated man, with
an invalid wife who was being robbed
of her sleep by the clang and whane
of brass-b missionary work, would
have perfect right, morally, to gather
his neighbors together and take that
army corps and tie them hand and foot.
and keep them in his cellar on bread
and water till his wife recovered. He
might be perfectly convinced that he
was doing right, and nothing but the
law, which protects peoples rights
along certain general lines, could res
cue those Salvationists from his cellar.
There are cases in which different
people hold different interpretations of
the law. Sometimes the breaking Of
one law might be justified by another
law. For instance, if the law of any
place forbade a man to have antique
statuary, in antique simplicity of garb,
in a place where his neighbors could
see it, and if he persisted in offending
their eyes by the exhibition of such
statuary, and the officers of the law did
not do their duty, there might be some
justification for a party which. disre-
garding property rights, should forcibly
remove it from the public eye. But
when a private individual assumes
that his or her individual conscience
is above the Constitution of the United
States and the municipal statutes and
public opinion, it is time to give that
conscience a good, thorough eXamina-
ton before it leads one into any overt
act And it is just as well, in such a
case, not to encourage the alterations
of the conscience by eXcusing the
owner from the penalties of lawbreak-
ing. There was a wise woman once
who said: Duties never conflict. If
they seem to conflict, that only shows
that one of them is not duty"
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which he was not responsible. and.
moreover, did not cross a u" and dot
an IL" in the manner usual to Spain's S
detected spy.
Inasmuch as the facsimile was a re-
production from a photograph of the
original, Lieut-eCarranza will still have
some trouble to explain the matter if
he should ever venture to return to
Madrid. Rather than embarrass him in
that direction, it is understood that the
letter itself has been kindly forwarded
to Madrid, by Chief Wilkie, through the
embassy of mutually friendly power.
If that should fail to yindicate his
honor" We ought to take early meas
ures, after capturing Don Pasquale"
Cervera. 10 exchange that courteous en-
emy and send him home to Spain. If
he should ever get near Carranza, the
subsequent career OF the latter might
be short but it certainly would be
lively.
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WILL BE SIGNED TUESDAY.
The War Tax bill Delayed by the
Senate's Adjournment

The war revenue bill cannot become a
law until next Tuesday. 1t cannot receive
the signature of the Yice-President until
tomorrow Immediately after the conven-
ing of the Senate. Owing to the fact that
the bill had not been enrolled it was not
signed and sent to the Senate Friday and
the Senate adjourning over until tomor-
row prevented the Vice-President from
affixing his signature, necessary pre-
requisite before it can receive the ap-
proval of the President of the United
States.
There are precedents for the signing of
a bill by the Vice-President at times other
than when the Senate is in session, but
those precedents are the outgrowth of ex-
traordinary occasions and are not fol-
lowed in measures than can as well wait
the usual procedure. The hour at which
the Senate adjourned Friday made il i'm
possible to put the bill in condition for
the signatures of the presiding officers,
and it was compelled to take the usual
course Had the President intimated to
Vice-President Hobart that an emergency
existed a point would have been strained
and the bill would have been signed
ahead OF the convening of the Senate and
then formally announced when that body
deem the case so urgent and Vice-Presi-
dent Hobart will not afi1 his name until
tomorrow provided the enrolled bill comes
over by that time from the House.
The Vice-President remained at home
all day yesterday, and if he was asked
once about the signing of the bill, he said
last evening. that he had been asked the
question twenty times by newspaper men
and others. Among those most anxious
to know were the representatives of some
of the New York houses whose goods will
be taxed Certain portions of the bill go
into effect the day succeeding the day
upon which it is approved by the Pres-
dent and others do not become operative
until July 1st.
In the case of tear for an instance, the
tax of ten cents a pound goes into effect
at once. Had the bill been approved to-
day every cargo of tea that arrives to-
morrow would suffer the imposition of
the tax. AS it is, however, if approved
Monday, the tea tax will become collect
ible Tuesday morning These few days
may make very material difference to
the importer who has a cargo of tea 'ap-
preaching port.
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Conscience VS.. LAW.

The mutilation Of the Cupids on the
Omaha Exposition building by Saliva
ton Army lieutenant, on the ground
that they We're not proper, is as good
an illustration of conscience gone crazy
as any that We have had for some time
There are some very good people who
seem to think that if they only do sin
conscientiOusly they ought to be ex-
cused for it, no matter what it is. That
seems to be the principle which ac-
tuated the young lady who crawled
along a lofty cornice at the risk of
her neck, and chopped at the dimpled
infants carved thereon until they
suited her notion of the fitness of
things 1t might have been suggested
to her that in the best society it is
not considered exactly proper for
young ladies TO scramble around on
arches high over ordinary peoples
heads; but that would probably have
made no difference. The point at is
sue, however, is just this: Is it right,
from a moral point of view, for per-
son, however conscientious, to destroy
the property of another person?
The ladies who went on a woman's
crusade many years ago, in the mid
die West, thought that it was, and they
marched into saloons and split whisky
with perfect impunity. This, however,
was, to certain extent, with the con-
sent of the saloon-keeper. lie could,
if he had had the determine
ton. have barred his doors, or
formed himself~and~ men into
solid phalanx and prevented the
destruction of his property. This
Salvation Army lieutenant, however,
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Ernnce md America.

Many years ago, during one of the
disturbed periods of French history,
Jessie Benton Fremont happened TO be
in Paris with her husband. She relates
that during their stay young English
girl of their acquaintance. with her
brother and a friend, became separated
from their carriage and got into a
crowd of Parisians. who handled them
roughly. Al that time France was
friendly to America, and the incident
struck Mrs. Fremont as an illustra tion
of the ferocity which underl.es the
French suavity and refinement. While
the American party had been treated
with the greatest courtesy and gem
tleness by this same crowd, the Eng
lishwoman received no consideration
whatever from a people noted for their
galiantry.
Something like that incident took
place in Paris not long ago, and this
time the victim was an Americac lady
Mrs. Stanley NJ. Coulter, of -Lafay-
ette Ind. She lately joined her hus-
band in Paris. and writes to friends
at home that there are fewer Ameri-
cans in the French capital than ever
before. This, with the hints thrown
out by French newspapers regarding
boycott of French goods by Ameri-
cans. has caused ill-feeling among Ger
tain classes of the French.
Not long ago Mrs. Coulter came out
of her hotel with a little American
flag pinned on her dress. No sooner
had the colors been noted than crowd
Of men and boys gathered at her heels
and followed her, hooting, jeering and
making themselves generally unpleas-
ant. When Mrs. Coulter saw the state
of things she went back to her hotel,
but not to remove the flag. Instead
the courageous woman pinned another
flag to the other side Of her dress, and
again sailed forth The wrath of the
crowd then manifested itself in sticks
and stones, and other missiles. anC
if a gendarme had not happened to
come by, there is no knowing what
might have happened.
And all this goes to prove two
things: First, that real chivalry is
something deeper than pretty speeches,
and second, that American women
have all the pluck that is necessary
when it comes to showing their eolors.
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Benjamin Franklin. Newspaper Man

Benjamin Franklin was the first
American of prominence who had any
experience as a newspaper man. He
Gazette, established in 1929, and before
he had had that newspaper for six
months he encountered the citizen who
writes letters about his private griey-
ances and wants them published. The
Pennsylvania Gazette was a small
paper, like other journals 'of that day.
and the people of the last century wrote
vOluminous letters, and Franklin found
that if he published all those letters
he would have no room for anything
else in his paper That was not as Sc
rious a matter, possibly, as it would
be now, because there was no tele-
graphic news, and no war correspond
ence, and not very much advertising
The paper was made up chiefly of local
gossip, gathered by the editor in per-
son, and essays on philosophical sub
jects. But all the same, Franklin
thought that he could do better than
10 print all the letters addressed to
the editor of the Pennsylvania Ga
zette He said:
In the conduct OF my newspaper carefully
excluded all libeling and personal abuse which
is of late years become dsgraceful TO our coun-
try Whenever | was solicited to insert any
thing OF that kind, and the writer pleaded, as
they generally did, the liberty of the press, and
that a newspaper was like the stage coach, in
which anyone who could pay had sht TO place,
my answer that 1 would print the piece
separately, if desired, and the author might have
as many copies as he pleased to distribute him
self but that | could not take upon me TO spread
his detracton; and that, having contracted with
my subscribers to furnish them with what might
be either useful entertaining, | could not fil
their paper with private alteration, in which
they had no concern, without doing them man
ifest injustice.
The fact is that a newspaper is
composite sort of thing, made up of
the staff and the public. 1t is not an
organ for the exploiting of the personal
grievances of any one, two or three
persons. There is really no more rea-
son why one of Its subscribers should
wish to take up half a column of a
newspaper with a statement of his
troubles than that he should, If men,
ber of a club, get up in one of the
public meetings of the club and make
speech about himself. The business of
a newspaper is to print news and other
things which will be interesting to its
subscribers. That is what it contracts
to do when the subscriber pays his
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Cu,id i'm the wake of Mars.

(FFom the Philadelphia lnqurer.)
'.The women of the Philippines" says the
Bradford Era, 'are said to be extravagantly
beautiful They wear abbreviated dresses have
long black hair, large languorous eyes, small,
bare feet, and they all smoke cigars. They are
Oriental Summer girls.
We don't like that cigar vice in women, but
the rest OF it is all right. The abbreviated
for that there is always charity What a fine
time our soldier boys will have out there after
they have conquered the islands and have time to
turn their attention to the affairs OF Cupid's
court
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The wriggIing of a SPY.

was published, the author of it promptly
declared that the American Government
had mis-transIated it in order to serve
Yankee. and hence, wicked purposes.
Then the precious document was
printed in fac-simile. One would sup
pose that this would close the writer's
productive mouth; but it did nothing of
the sort. He at once asserted that,
while it was a close and clever imita-
ton of his handwriting, it was for
Rsry, because it contained things for
The times., 1898-06-12
She MnS There.

(From the New Orleans Times -Democrat)
little ive-year-Old girl attended a children's
party last week. and. it one Of her earliest
ventures in the small world of fashion. the cir
cumstance was invested by her with correspond
ing importance II was not 50 with a tweIye-year-
old acquaintance of hers however, 10 whom
children's parties had come to be ranked in
the list of rather ouerOus social obligations and
a few days later. when she met the little five
year-Old she remarked: Il did not see YOU at the
party of Mrs M-'st'
''You didn't see me? Well, you must be color
blind. for l was there. and had = very nice
time"
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Prof Charles Eliot Norton. the emil
nent Spanish advocate of Massachu-
setts, whose recentispeeoh in Boston has
subjected him to some lunfriendly criti-
eism. is succeeding In getting himself
duly roasted in the press. One of his re-
marks especially is not universally relish
ed. He said; You all know that Congress
is composed of men of whom the great
majority do not really represent the
country. They are politicians who have
got there by buying their way in or pack
ing conventions. and the Jingo element
has prevailed through the efforts of GER
tain newspapers and Senator Lodge and
other bad men" Professor Norton would
have found worse men than Senator
Lodge if he had made his Spanish speech
out West or down South instead of at
the Hub, and ne might not be on Earth
today to remember the incident.
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in the House yesterday Chairman Hit,
of The Foreign Affairs Committee, spoke
on the Newlands resolution providing
for the annexation of Hawaii The gal
leries were crowded and the patriotic ut
terances of the speaker were roundly ap-
plauded. Mr.. Hit showed the necessity
for our possession of the islands, if we
would protect our western coast from
foreign hostility and the cold d-blooded-
ness of policy which would expose the
Hawaiians to Spanish vengeance after
the war, as result Of their friendship to
us, If we We're to reject their offer of
union. The temper of the House is eyi-
dent, and Hawaiian annexation is a Ger
tainty before the close of the present ses-
sion.
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The effect of thsreports from volun-
teer camps regarding soldiers rations ap-
pears to be sonskkhhi curious. The
mothers and sistefs of sthe recruits are
all indignant. So are, some of the faith
ers. Here and there are men who say,
in a tentative and deprecating manner,
that they suppose soldiers on the march
do not expect to be fed on luxuries. And
here is hygienie oracle who remarks in
a newspaper, editorially, that after all,
hard-tack and coffee are better for the
health than the hot bird and the cold
bottle. If this editor. Is at all worried
about the recruits dying of gout he may
be assured that his fears are unfounded.
The boys are not addicted TO robbing
henroosts, and the activities of some in
dividuals of pious intentions, but bad
judgment, have robbed them of any
chance to get the cold bottle.
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Too High for Her.
(From the Chicago Post. }

NTIUIII ITTC OIIINdEV USt.J
''The perfect man., one of them read from the
paper. should be six feet two and one.half
inches in height
'Not at ALL" returned little Miss Petite with
decision; mot while the perfect woman remains
my height
Yes indeed there are many who feel that way
about it. even though they don't say so.
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money. And it Aas-freally no more
right to give undue space to matters
which are not of2dnterest to its sub
scribers than grscerhas to put chic
ory into his coffee. ehicory may be
just as good as eeffsa but, when the
customer pays for tfIes genuine article
he should get It,
The times., 1898-06-12

The proposition has been made to the
Atlanta Board of Education that Span
ish be taught in the high school of that
city. There is something TO be said in
favor of this plan. French and German
have been taught in many high schools
in various parts of the country. but If we
are to enter into closer bonds of union
with various spanish-speaking colonies
and republics in this hemisphere, Span
ish may be of as much practical value
as any other language. There are people,
however who suggest that it would be
better to teach the Spaniards English.
The times., 1898-06-12
Change of Sentiment.

(From the Brooklyn Eagle)
One OF the blessed results of this war or at
least of its surprises IS the praise OF George
W. Smalley and Chauncey NJ. Depew by the New
York Evening Post. In the past. when the Post
had nothing else to do. it used to sit all by
itself for half an hour at a time lust to hate
those men II now lavishes them the al
feetion which il now bestOws its country
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A cause for wonder.

(FrOm the Indianapolis News.1
Havana people must wonder why it is, II the
Yankees have been so badly beaten, that they
are not able to run in provisions and replenish
their short supplies.
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Had Him Sure.
From the Chicago Record

IFrOm the chicago Record.
'Do you expect there will be any men at the
seashore Isabel?"
'.of course; there was only one man there last
year. but he promised me his knees to be
there again this season..
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HnrmIess.

(From the Philadelphia North-American-1
''You are charged with being traitor TO your
country" said the judge advocate.
'tIt's falsel" cried the accused 'tffi simply
a member of the Peace Society,""
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And now 1t has been discovered that Ad-
ways goes to church when he Is in Wash
ington. 1t has also, after some trouble,
been ascertained that Admiral Dewey is
an Episeopalian, and that Commodore
Schley was brought up on the Shorter
Catechism. The Times adds its crumb of
knowledge to this store by noting the
fact that Fighting Bob" Evans occas-
ionally uses Biblical language with a
fiueney that is surprising and powerful.
The times., 1898-06-12
CIRCULATION STATEMENT

Readers Of The Times who may at any time
be unable to procure copies Of it at any news
stand OF railroad station railroad trains will
confer favor upon the management by sending
10 TINS Office information OF the fact
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After many days we have official news
that the Stars and Stripes have been rails
ed in Cuba. The marines and blue jack
cts did it at Guantanamo. 1t was not in
connection with a fight. The navy had
previously shelled the place clear, but
Old Glory is there Just the same. and
now we hope that the work of flag rails
ing. once begun, will be carried forward
70 the end.
The times., 1898-06-12

Rubber Supplies far Soldiers ia
camp. Goodyear Rubber Co.. s07 Pa Ave
The times., 1898-11-18
THE GUARDIAN BY NATURE.
Lawyer Walkers View of Mrs. Ma
EOVyGzs y Relation to the Child

Trenton, n. j., Nov. 17.-Edwin Robert
Walker, of this city, who mas long been
Frank \. Magowan's legal adviser. this
morning said
Il do not see how anything can come
OF the proceedings against Mrs. Barnes
Mcgowan for the alleged abduction of her
child. She is the mother of the child
and guardian by nature of her daughter.
6he was awarded the custody of the child
BY the Oklahoma court, which divorced
her from her husband.
II understand that Mr.. Barnes had his
father appointed the guardian of the child
tn Cleveland, in proceedings in which
Airs. Barnes-Magowan was not a defend
Int, and she, consequently, is not bound
ly them.
1T seems TO me the situation is this:
Mrs. Barnes-Magowan, the mother and
natural guardian of Beryl has possession
OF her, and no criminal proceedings can
possibly lie against her. Doubtless any
civil proceedings hostile to her. will also
fail"
When the relations between Mcgowan
and Mrs. Barnes-Magowan seemed to oe
at an end, Mr.. Barnes came TO Trenton
and asked to be permitted to take Beryl
home with him to Cleveland, where he
was living with his parents. For a time
Mrs. Barnes-Magowan refused to grant
the request, but finally agreed to let the
child go for visit of three weeks. Barnes
look Beryl away with him. and she has
been with him ever since.
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INDICTED FOR KIDNAPPING
vr. and Mrs Mcgowan and Mrs. Win
Charged With Child Stealing

Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 17.-Frank d. Ma
Oowan ex-mayor of Trenton. n. J.: his
Nife, formerly Mrs. John a. Barnes. of
this city. and Mrs. Constance Win, of
Trenton, We're indicted by the grand jury
OF charge of child stealing. The penalty
h from five to twenty years.
took the grand jury two hours TO
formulate its report against the three
le Indictment charges Mcgowan, Helen
Blrnes and Constance Win with unlaw-
frlly taking and carrying away Ethel
Barnes With intent to conceal the child
from William H. Barnes, its legally ap-
pointed guardian.
Immediately upon the return of the in
dietment the chief OF police of Erie was
notified that the Indictment had been re-
turned and that a specified copy of the
Indictment would be sent for service on
the prisoners at once.
Prosecutor Strimple has prepared requi-
sition papers so that in case the Magow-
ans and Mrs. Win decline 10 come TO this
city a formal requisition may be made
upon the governor of Pennsylvania for
their return.
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FREE CONSULTATION.
ALLEGED DIAMOND sMueeLER
Dramatic Incident In the Trial of
Jeweler Iasar i'm New York.

Dramatic Incident In the Trial of
Jeweler Lasar i'm New York.
New York, Nov. 1.-THE celebated trial
of Max ]. Lasar, the Maiden Lane jewel
er accused of smuggling hundreds of
thousands of dollars worth of diamonds,
was resumed here today.
The most important witness was Miss
Creerude. young English girl brought
here as Government witness. She tes-
titled that she had crossed from Liver
pool to Montreal in October, 1897, and
had met Lasar on board, with whom she
became intimate.
She said he told her on board that he
had valuables and At hotel in Montreal
he showed her diamonds carried in belt,
which he said were worth $4,000
Later the witness testified that Lasar
had told her he sent the diamonds to New
York. She said ne had promised to marry
her as soon as he had secured divorce
from his wife.
Judge Ditenhoefer, for the defense, said
that the witness. after living with the
prisoner, had come over here TO betray
him. Miss Creerude became enraged and
pointing TO Lasar said
Let him deny before God that l have
not told the truth,
The times., 1898-11-18
From New zenInnd

Reefton. New Zealand. Nov. %. 1Ssa
1 am very pleased to state that since
took the agency of Chamberlain's medi-
cines the sale has been very large, more
especially of the Cough Remedy. In two
years l have sold more of this particuJor
remedy than of all other makes for the
previous five years. As to its efficacy 7
have been informed by scores of persons
of the good results they have received
from it. and know its value from the
use of it in my own household. 1t is so
pleasant to take that we have to place
the bottle beyond the reach of the child
rem. E. ]. SCANTLEBURY.
For sale by Henry Evans, wholesale and
retail druggists, 93s + Street northwest
and Connecticut Avenue and Street
northwest. and 1928 Maryland Avenue
northeast.
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SOVEREIGN NOT A BAcKsLIDER.
ConGratulatcs knights of Labor and
Holds His Place in Their Grace.

Chicago. Nov. 1.-THE most important
matter to come before the Knights of
Labor today was the recommendation OF
the executive board to increase the per
capita tax from six TO twelve cents.
The old trouble with the Liggett * Mey-
ers Tobacco Company, of ST. Louis. has
bobbed up again. Five years ago Liggett
& Meyers made an agreement with the
American Tobacco Workers Union to en-
ploy only its members. AT that time, il is
alleged. the company had an agreement
with the knights of Labor. A letter has
been ordered sent TO the company, de-
manding that it live up to the alleged
agreement.
A telegram of congratulation from
former Master Workman Sovereign was
read in the convention. 1t was taken to
be a refutation of the charge that he had
become back-slider.