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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-23

eralities, which they knew were lmpossioie
Of acceptance at the same time ihsinua'ihs
bad faith on the part Of the COMMISSIONERS
and striving TO make any stop TO arrange ue
tails on their part appear TO the pubic as IN
evidence of unfricndy disposition toward the
elevated system. To negotiate under such CIT
cumstances Is impossible and unless the Man
haitian company will respond 10 this warning
and discuss extensions in a proper spirit the
Rapid Transit Commission will be fully Justi-
fled in refusing further communication with
II. Whatever may be said by Tanlmany Hall
and by narrow Brooklyn selhshness. whose only
object is TO defeat rapid transit for Manhattan
and The Bronx. and accordingly to discredit
the Commission the people In general VIII place
the blame on the company. where it belongs.
They have had experience with that company
and know it's tactics.
1t is perfectly possible for the elevated rail-
road engineers TO make definite plans. to de-
tcrmine the character Of the structure they de-
sire TO build. and say exactly what they Will
do and how much time they require 10 do II.
The question of compensation apparently need
give no trouble, for If the company will really
show what it can offer in the way Of rapid
transit there seems to he no disposition TO let the
rental interfere with the plan. As 10 details 81
construction. the Commissioners are evident
" willing to meet the engineers with open mind
and adopt any specification which appears In
the least 10 be reasonable. Consequently. moth
ing stands in the way Of an agreement but the
companys persistent strategy in avoiding an
offer definite enough for even the most com
placent and friendly Commission 10 accept. and
binding enough 70 be enforced if accepted As
trustees Of public property the Commissioners
cannot give indefinite options 10 the elevated
road for use 10 block other transit improve
ments and that seems 10 be what the railroad
managers are seeking
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-23
TAXES ON CORPORATIONS.

soME THAT ARE PROPER AND OTHERS THAT
ARE Nor-rAxEs ON SALES OPPOSED.
To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: On May IS you printed on your editorial
page a quotation from Hardware" in which the
tax proposed by the Senate Committee on
Finance on the gross receipts OF corporations
was severely and Justly criticised The argu-
ment Of Hardware in opposition TO this tax,
so far as It went, was excellent, but unfortu-
nately they propose in lieu thereof a uniform
tax on sales on gross receipts OF ell business
men.
II is probable that in making such q PROPOSE.
ton as this they do not realize that they are adj
vocating further indirect tax on consumption.
I think that 1t will be generally admitted that
OF these taxes already have at least enough
and it is time to call halt on imposing taxes
which shift. and intended TO shift. the bur-
den to the shoulders Of the great mass Of the
people.
There was no reason whatever for CHASING all
corporations together. the Senate commit
tee did, for, az Hardware" pointed out. a cor
pOratiOn per Sc is solely cooperation. but a Ger.
tain kind OF corporation is peculiarly q fit SUBJ
ject for taxation. Quas-public corporations
which enjoy the use of public property. and
whose business is monopoly. can properly be
called upon 10 pay part of what is given them
by the public. AS these corporations enjoy mo-
nopoy privileges. taxes laid upon them will
stay where they are put and not be handed on
In higher prices 10 their customers.
There is another objection to the taxation Of
business besides the added burden thereby I'M
posed consumers. The inevitably decreased
sales due &c higher prices tend TO discourage
business enterprise and the part Of the burden
thus falling on business men restricts the op.
portunty for employment and adds to the num-
Der OF the unemployed.
WILLIAM JEFFERY.
New-York. May 81. 1898.
r. D. BLAcKMoRE ON ENGLANp's SYM
PATTY
To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: In a letter dated May IL, Just received
from Mr.. Blackmore. he says in speaking Of the
present war
The general feeling OF Europe is beyond
doubt, against YOU but that OF England. a truer
judge-haVing experience OF like provoca tons
is entirely in your favor. We all hope that II
may soon be over. and that YOU may proceed TO
the last with the equity and forbearance thus
far displayed.
1t occurs To me that you VIII be glad to let
your readers hear this much from a noble
Briton. G. r. BALLARD.
Middletown Springs. VT. May n. 1895
THE TRIBUNE'S GOOD SONG FOR sOLDIERA
To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: The song ITO the Volunteers" published IN
last Sundays paper. Is a bright. stirring war song.
and II It could be printed on stronger paper and
scattered among our soldiers would be most In
spriting them Its simplicity and martial move
nent will make IT very popular. am sure. JudS-
Ing by the readiness with which CHORUS q, grS
took 1t up by rote. - l.. c. JOHNSON.
Trenton, y. j.. May is. 1898.
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NEWS THAT SHOULD BE SECRET.
THE GOVERNMENTS COURSE IN ESTABLISHING
STRICT CENSORSHIP COMMENDED

THE GOVERNMENTS COURSE IN ESTABLISHING 4
STRICT CENSORSHIP COMMENDED.
To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: People who desire to see the United
States successful in the fight with Spain owe
thanks to The Tribune for its timely suggestions
as to making news public which should be kept
secret The Government In acting on the sug-
gestions Of The Tribune did well, but the step
would have been taken sooner had the WaP
Department known how lightly its secrets were
regarded by telegraph operators.
was at Chickamauga. Ga. on the day when
Colonel ANDY Burt OF the 18th United States
Infantry. received an order to break camp and
proceed with his command to Tampa. The
camp contained only a few troops at that time
General Brooke had not assumed command and
the order caused considerable excitement In
Chattanooga, where the people feared that the
departure Of the negro regiment meant break~
ing I'D the camp which they had hoped would
prove a great source OF revenue to the town.
Within an hour after the order to move was
received countermand was sent to Colonel
Burt, and the people in Chattanooga knew that
the regiment would stay at the camp before III
colonel received the order
This told TO me by newspaper man who
said that "the boys" OF the press brought tho
news TO the colonel. / was told that telegraph
employe had given the piece OF news to one OF
the newspaper men who was his personal friend
Now, the item Of news was not OF great i'm
portance. and there was no enemy near Chatta-
nooga to make use Of the information to the
detrment OF our cause; but the situation might
have been serious, and the safety OF an army
or the city might have been 5eopardized by tie
premature disclosure OF the Geographic order.
Such would be impossible II The Tribune's
suggestions were carried out, and the veal OF
our arms demand that they should be.
New York. May 10. 1898. CENSOR
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-23
PERSONAL.

president Gates OF Amherst College" says 'Ine
Hartford Times" is In London on his long leave
Of absence. The committee OF the trustees. con-
sistlng Of Professor John w. Burgess. the Rev.
Dr. w H. Ward. the Rev. Dr. c. H. Parknurst'
Professor Williston Walker and the Rev. DR.. c.
r. Lamson. that appointed TO CONSIDER the
relations OF President Gates to the college was as
in session on Thursday at the Massasoit fiouse, in
Springfield. President Gates has not resighen. anu
there Is an apparent reluctance to ask ior MS
resignation"
Dr. Edward Everett Hale's story "The Man
without n Country" has been republished. In a
new introduction DR.. Hale says: Ut was the IN
tertion OF this parable. which describes the life OF
one man. who tried to separate himself from MS
country. to show how terrible was his mistake.
II does not need now that man should curse the
United States as Philip Nolan did. that he should
say that he hopes he may never hear her name
again TO make II desirable for him to consider tho
lessons which are involved in the parable or MS
life. The who. by his sneers or by looking
backward or by revealing his couniry's secrets TO
her enemy delays for one hour peace between
Spain and this Nation is to all nents ana pur.
damned the United States In spoken oatn. All
tho sane he Is a bastard child.
The sword which the late Associate Justice L.
@. G. Lamar surrendered when captured at Gettys-
burg Is in possession Of the Union League Club OF
i was presented 10 M Effort aW MAI By
made to have IL returned TO his FAMILY
The Chambersburg PENN Valley Spirit" recalls
the fact that 1t was at the Girard House Philadel-
pha that Judge Black first uttered the story
which has since wendell its way in and out OF the
highways and byways near and remote, about
Democrats and whskey. II was on Philadelphia
hot night. The air still and sitting friend
Of the Judge walked up 10 him hopping his brow
and expressed his surprise that the Judge was not
at Cape May smiling salt breezes. The Judge as
sured his visitor that such weather was OF meal
culabe benefit 10 humanity. Why" well. you
see. II didn't have hot weather We wouldn't
have corn: II we didn't have corn we wouldn't nave
whlskey and II didn't have whiskey We
wouldn't have Democrats.
The following story Is told OF the late Professor
Huxley In THE Ladies' Home Journal: When IN
this country he was entertained at the home OF his
friend John Fiske. the historian. At breakfast.
when the raised biscuits were passed. It was
noticed that Huxley took one. eyng it curiously.
and laid II carefully beside his plate FOR further In
vestigation IL was evidently an unknown quantity
TO him. As he could quietly without being
observed. gain the attention OF his host. he lifted
the biscuit solemnly. and. holding 1t out 70 Pro.
fossor Fiske in the palm OF his hand: said in
whisper: Is this buckwheat cake. Fiske?"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-23
SENATOR MASON'S HOUSE ROBBED.

NO CLEw TO THE BIJRGLARs-HE ISSUES AN AZ.
PEAL AND A PROMISE OF IMMUNITY
Washington. May 22.-The home of Senator
William Mason. OF Illinois No 1432 Chapin-st'
this city. was entered last night 10y burglars ana
jewelry TO the value Of nearly 81. GOO was stolen
Not a clew to the burglars the jewery has
been obtained This evening Senator Mason
issued to the burglars a characteristic appeal
which he hopes will be needed. 1t is as follows'
To the Gentlemen Who Robbed My House Last
Night -.
will pay In cash more than any one else LOT
the watch and pin you took last night. and sve
you my word OF honor that you shall not pe
prosecuted COR the taking OF them. The pin nas
a portrait Of my little son. who died years ago.
and IL was as was also the watch, present "
me- You can communicate with me by mai VI
In person and you can rely absolutely o" u"
promise not to prosecute.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-23
WRONG WAY TO RAISE REGIMENTS
MEN PRACTICALLY COMPELLED TO GO TO war
WHO SHOULD BE SUPPORTING THEIR
IEq


FAMILIES s
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Cannot The Tribune which now. an m.
ways, has defended the rights of the people
protest against the errors at Washington and
Albany in the mode Of making the first appeaI
for volunteers to the militia regiments?
am a former militaman. having served nine
years. and, while entirely out Of 1t now have
many friends in the various regiments. No one
notices my staying at home. because I do not
now wear uniform. My business interests
would be seriously imperilled IL did 60 Yet
many men have gone who have found 1t as In
convenient as it would be for me- II were VET
a member of my old regiment. would be con.
sidered all kinds Of coward and other things
II stayed at home.
Yet know Of several men who ought almost
to have been restrained by law from going: be.
cause they have left their families entirely un.
provided for They went because they We're i'm.
pressed, coerced. driven into this thing against
their wills by the dread of the public reproach Of
refusing This Is all wrong. One lieutenant
of a regiment which left Camp Black recently
for the front. good fellow and faithful de.
Of money to pay for the roof over their heads
and without bread to eat Is this right? He
did not want to go; but the sensational papers
and even the sneers Of many people who ought
to know better have compelled him to 90. Can.
not the authorities at Washington be induced to
see the error Of this way Of doing things?
New-York May II. 1893. HI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-23

A leading German paper, the "Taghche HuhuS-
chau," speaks CONTEMPORARY or A"erca'
with it's mish-mash Of waste pieces OF hatioh-
"aty. millions of emigrant murderers no"
do the millions of Americans OF German origin
enjoy that description Of themselves! do they
regard themselves as 'murderers' and waste
pieces? Or do they reckon the Iagliche
Rundschau" a wretched libeller? AS Tor our
selves we have no hesitation in taking the lat
ter view Had our German fellow-citizens re-
NAMED at home. to fight the selfish battles OF
the Dreibund they would have been, In the
"Rundschau's" opinion brave and loyal sons
of the Fatherland. But in coming hither they
have made themselves the offscourlngs OF hu-
mainly. 1t would be interesting to Know win
what particularly bilious brew or peer the
"Rundschau's" Editor Is filled.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-23
rate for bis devotion. But the ignorant Pop

rate for his devotion. But the ignorant fop-
ulist notion is that an insurance company De-
cause 1t handles and lends much money. must
be very rich and the most proper OBJECT OF
taxation. Statesmen Of that calibre might De
expected to object to any provision for the issue
and sale Of bonds on the ground that 1t would
be much cheaper to print the money than to
borrow IT,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-23
dmusem eufa.

ACADEMY OF Observation-Disclosures.
ANFRICAN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
BROADWAY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of Champagne
CASINO-s-Ermnie. 49,
DAIY'S NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Circus Girl o,
EDEN MUSEE-Wax Works. Grand Concerts ara Ni"e-
rnatograph. -, 49,. ,..a. ,ra w,v
and A Old Chelsea. .,,.
GARRICK THEATRE-s.@,-The Little Minister,
GRAND OPERA HOrSE-S--The White squadron
HARLEM OPERA HOUsE--S:i5The Beggar STUDENT
HERALD SQUARE THEArKE-S:l Diplomacy
EKEiitr ERroSlcE.P THEAI'RE-s:l5-The Brice-Elect
ROSTER & RIALS-S-Naudevile. -, ,,
I.YCFJ-M THEATRES :3o-The Moth and the frame.
MADISON SQUARE GARpEN-2 TO II r. M'-hee''''A'
- ~-Ao, =,
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE-S-s'ar 0amooi OF
the Lambs.
OLYMPIA-S:15-vaudevtl.e 49,
PASTORS--12:3O 10 II p. m-Faucevhie.
SAN r JACKS THEATRE and S-Buriesque'
WALLACE S-S-LA Bohene.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-23
TIE pPESIDENTN STNDAT.

Washington May 22-Secretary Alger caled =.
the White House at 1880 o'clock this morning ai'u
was with the President for fifteen minutes. La's'
the President, accompa MED by Myron T. Herrick
Of Cleveland who with Mrs Herrick. are guess{{s
at the White House went to churen .SpvSr a.
time the White Mouse had receiVeo ~ VI"
formation Of Importance
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-23

Nescs6oys on the trains do not aisvaps
foresee the demand for The Tribune on
important days Readers are requested to
report FIERY case ola train boy failing TO
hare The Tribune
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-23

Where is the Brooklyn Republican who will
make himself the tool OF Tammany for Police
Commissionershp?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-23

want less rather than more emphasis VI ies'
mental as distinguished from general Na''o"ai
Guard feeling.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-23

The 23d Regiment has concluded not to get
saasinndYA Aayvina uniform. That 70 visa We
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-04-11
New Jerseys Woman Lawyer.

Somerville, N. j., has the honor of
possessing the first woman Commits
sioner of Deeds in the State. Miss
Mary NJ. Steele, daughter of former
Congressman w. W. Steele, was able,
in 1895, after persistent struggle, to
secure the passage of bill permitting
women to be appointed Commissioners
of Deeds in New Jersey. This bill
was approved by Governor Werts,
who appointed,Miss'' Steele the first in
cumbent OF that office under the new
law. While not in active practice
Miss Steele has passed legal ezami-
nation, received her certificate as an
attorney-at-law and has been appointed
Master in Chancery, and has appeared
in several important cases in the local
courts.-New York Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-04-11
A Consoling Thought.

Even the best of mirrors is q libelous
affair. The reflection we see there does
not accurately portray our likeness
The hair is wrong in tone, the eyes are
hot correct IN color, and as for the com.
plexion-well, If the looking-glass
spoke the truth, the sale of various
complexion washes would decrease to
half, for any fair skin looks gray and
pallid in the glass. You may be Ger
tain that however plain your face
seems, 1t is by no means SO plain as II
appears In the telltale mirror. Second
iy, you cannot assume your natural ex,
preston while peering in the looking
glass. The eye must be In q certain
position before you "an see at all, and
the eye, so far as OPPRESSION is con.
rerned, governs the face. The conse
quence is that you can see only one OF
your expressions in the glass, and thai
expression is one Of attentive examina
ton. All the other expressions by
which your friends know you, favora
BILE or unfavorab BILE, you have never seen
and never will see.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-04-11
The Women of Burmah.

Women in Burmah are perhaps freer
and more contented than they are any
where else in the world. Althoug gh
Burmah is bordered on one side by
China, where women are held in con-
tempt, and on the other side by India,
where they are kept in the strictest
seclusion, Burmese women have
achieved for themselves and have been
permitted by their men to attain a
freedom of life and action that has no
parallel among oriental peoples. The
secrect lies probably in the fact that
the Burmese woman is active and in
dustrious, while the Burmese man is
indolent and often recluse. Becom-
ing, therefore, both by taste and habit,
the money Garner, the bargainer and
the fnancier of the household, she has
asserted and obtained for herself the
right to hold what she wins and the
respect due to one who can and does
direct and control. Things are
strangely reversed in Burmah. There
man is the religious soul of the Ma
ton and woman its brain. Burmese
"oLhOh ulO DOIu tTdueTS, anu IL Is
more often the wife than the husband
who drives the bargain with the Eng
lish buyer for the paddy harvest. or at
any rate she is present on the occa-
sion and helps her easy-going husband
to stand firm. SO highly is trading
esteemed that the daughter of well-to-
do parents, and even young mar
ried woman, will set up q booth in the
bazaar, and gowned in bright skirt
and white jacket, with a flower jaunt-
lily stuck into her coiled black tresses,
she will start every morning with a
tray of sweetmeats, fruit or toys on her
head, and, with gayety and grace born
of the sunshine and the bounteousness
Of the land, will push brisk trade all
through the short and sunny day. The
earnings made thus are the woman's,
and cannot be touched by her hus-
band.-Chicago Times. Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-04-11

Mrs. Cornelius Y. Stevenson, prom
inent in fashionable society, has left
Philadelphia for two months tour of
investigation of the Upper Nile. 1t is
understood she goes as the represen-
tative of the University of Pennsyl-
vania and that she will conduct her
researches in company with Flanders
Petrie. Mrs. Stevenson comes of an
old Quaker City family, although she
was born in Paris. Reared in the
household of Achille Jubinal, as girl
she imbibed from the noted antigua
rian thirst for archaeological study.
When the university department was
created by Provost Pepper in 1889 the
choice of manager promptly fell upon
Mrs. Stevenson. She is the only fem
mime member of the Oriental Club,
md has lectured publicly on a num-
Der of Egyptian themes. Mrs. Steven
son is secretary of the department of
archaeology and paleontologyi at the
University of Pennsylvania and hon
orary curator of the Egyptian and
Mediterranean section of the museum.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-04-11
Wearing the Hair.

There are two ways to wear the hair.
The way you like it best and the way
that is most fashionable. The fashion
able way depends upon your hat.
With the front tip-tilted hats the hair
is worn little under the back of the
hat in the medium space that is so un-
comfortable with all other hats. With
the front tip-tilted hats the hair worn
little under the back OF the hat in
the medium space that is so uncom-
Portable with all other hats. With the
hat that is worn way back the hair is
dropped to the back of the neck. 1t
is never scraped up under the hat.
That is Bowery style not to be toll
Grated on Fifth avenue. Yet there are
women who do it.
The hair, with hat, is never worn
very high. The style of piling it up
On top of head and setting the hat
over it is an abomination. The only
way, positively, in which it can be
worn on top, is when the hat is open
and the hair is allowed to stick through
the top of the hat. This is sometimes
the case where becoming bandeau is
worn. But it is never seen otherwise.
OF course the bandeau is only for very
full dress.
The prettiesN way to wear the hair
is medium low. But with women with
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-04-11
Shrewd Young Man.

The young man approached the elder.
ly capitalist with a confident air.
"Sir," he said, Il love your daugh-
ter. l ask you for her hand"
The old man turned pale with rage.
"You want my daughter" he snarled.
swell, you'll get my foot" And he
made a sudden advance on the youth.
The latter did not quail. On the con.
trary he leaped in the air. He waved
bis arms. He yelled "Kill him! kill
him! robber! robber" He Jumped at
the old man, who trembled and shrank
back. He covered before the savage
onslaught. xiii him! Kill himw
roared the youth.
wait, wait" screamed the old man.
'Ill reverse my decisionv'
"For 1t appears that the young man
had in some way learned the fact that
In his early years the aged capitalist
was a baseball umpire.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-04-11

Bottles Made of Paper.

A German paper-maker has recently
obtained letters patent on bottles made
of paper, for use on board of ships par.
ticularly. 1t has been a cause of much
damage to steamer lines that in bad
weather q large number Of bottles OF
wine and other liquors are broken in
the storerooms, in spite Of every pre-.
caution. The new bottles are made OF
a composition which, with the solution
in which they are made water tight, is
still the inventors secret. After being
impregnated with this fluid the paper
bottles are slowly dried fn gas stoves
and this process Of drying must be
watched carefully, for otherwise the
bottles would remain porous and al
low the fluid to leak out. These bottles
can be handled roughly without the
least apprehension; neither the pitch
ing nor the rolling Of a great steamer
during rough weather nor the break
irg down of a truck upon which they
are loaded loosely would be apt to
damage a single paper bottle.-New
York Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-04-11

regular features who wave the hair,
this has the curious look of fashion
plate. An easy mode is the Langtry.
This is low knot either loose or
braided and fastened so low in the
back of the neck that it seems to be
falling off. Doctors recommend this,
with as few hairpins as can be used
consistently with keeping the hair in
place.
The hats turned up in front allow
only one style, and that is the low
coiffure. There is side puff that
looks quite pretty but it is hard to ar.
range and so is rarely successful
Trenton IN. J.) American.