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hurry
ny passing the backs of them carefully
down his trousers legs, that no moisture
could possibly cling TO them. His wife
stood silently at his elbow, gazing wist-
fully at the white throated, dclicately
featured face Of the diSconccrting pic
turc. The ovcrSccr's long and silent in
spcctiun culmina!,d III a prolonged
whistle Of anna, mont
THAT our girl That our littlo Eliza
l used to take aft ld on the pommel of
my saddle: You're foolin me, Becky !!
Why. this here's the picture Of Il queen.
She locks like II young empress.
"shc does, indeed. That's what's
pesterin me-
"Pesterin you?' - ;, - -
eyes. What arc we goin 10 do with
queen in this hole, Martin: Look at
that slim white neck of hers and that
round bit Of IL waist. She sa lady, Eben,
from them purity waves falling over her
foI, I,noad down to the tips Of her toes,
which we cant see i'll the picture.
Eben was still studying the fair, un-
familiar face Of his only daughter. The
sweet, serious eyes looked at him lrn-
smilingly. They did not know each
othcr-that burly man and dainty girl
II hope she won't be too fiIo fer the
home that's been good enough for her
mother i'll these years. Lben said
gently.
Ter and mo are cut out by different
t,NG -,
here It'll be shock to her, old man, a
positive shock. We've done wrong
more than oncct by our own daughter,
Martin, and I'm just i'll tremble all
over since I've seen what she's growcd
up to be. y
Done wrong? How 10 you mako that
out:"
He placed the photograph conspicu-
ously on tho dining room mantclpiccc,
lodging it On top the wooden tullcts in
which the eight day clock eliminated.
"Thar. Leave it thar till the boys
come in and make 'cm guess who it is
I'm bound to eat and cut.
"Whcre are the boys, fathcr?"
Down in the new cut. Seth said
ne Il faIncr InlSn tEiU blt % lcllCiu
while he was down thar than t halter
20 back t'morrer, and Charities turned
in t. help him. 1t amt likely they'll
get through before sundown.
He dragged chair to the table. 1t
grated harshly across the bare floor
Mrs. Martin disappeared with the coffee
pot She went to put it on the kitchen
stove. The boys liked their strong black
fluid hot. Eben was cutting liberal
wedge out of the circular pone of egg
bread when she got back. He accosted
her with full mouth.
"You amt never explained yet what
You meant by us doin Liza a wrong. 1
thought we was givin her the bcs' chance
in the world. Mrs. Strong said we didn't
have no right to deny her the blcssin's
of good education.'
MRS. Strong! That's just it. Mrs.
Strong! She's been rllnnin the big
house and the governor and the boys
and the yard hands SO long that she
can't keep her finger out Of anybody's
pie"
"You sound sorter snappish, Becky.
Wow lrow they ret a h"ap of store by
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Leave Rocky Ridge for Emmi'sburg al
8 IS and 10 40 m, and 81 and SO p nj.
Leave Edgcmon, for WaynesboIo, Cham
bersburg Shippensburg, and intermediate sta
tions at Z OS and II As Il m and 35 p M.
Leaye Hagerstown for Cherry Run and all
points on Potomac Valley Railroad at C6
nIm and 25 and 8 10 pm.
Leave Brucevlle TOR Frederick AZ 3 80, 8 81
aud 10 40 a m and 3S and % p m, and for
Littlestown, Taneytown, Wrighlsvile and
Columbia at 8 A a m and As IN.
Daily-all other daily except Sunday.
tS,ops to land Passengers from Baltimore
I'M. HOOD. B H. GRBwoLD.
Genl, Manager. Genl, Passenger, Agen
The times., 1898-10-03
Alger md AIgerism.

Frorn the independently
The spectacle of Secretary ignoring the de-
plorable effects Of maladministration and neglect
until compelled by popular indignation to look
at them, then asserting that there has been no
ground for complaint, then attempting TO shift
the responsibility to his subordinates; and At
last seeking refuge in the plea that ''it must
always be so in war;, and that this is "a ty.
phoid year everywhere,'' shows in part the type
of man that should be avoided in filling this i'm.
portant Office. Let US have man who did net go
out OF the army under a cloud who would not
have demoralized his supply and inspection b,i-
reaus at the beginning of the war by filing them
with inexperienced civilians, appointed because OF
the political social influence of their relatives:
who will keep politics and ''puTls'' out of the
War Department as they have been kept out OF
the navy. Such a Secretary could not expect
TO be assisted effectively by a surgeon general
who has not enforced sanitary laws where his
authority or influence would have been decisive
and who waits until the end of the war to load
the blame upon hundreds OF surgeons appointed.
he says, by pull" Nor does the inner history
of the war give promise that the desired reform
would be promoted vigorously by the present ad-
iutant general, whose record in active service (as
a lieutenant coloneD by no means illustrious,
has not always been exerted unsefshly and
wisely. The people think that the work of re-
form should begin now
The times., 1898-10-03


rascally contracts could be brought out.
General Miles is yet to be counted
with; and what he knows. and what
the Alger Relief Commission knows he
knows. is too plenteous to go into any
| reasonable advertising space,
The grave question. then, is: Can
Miles be muzzled. ignored or put off
until after election? Here is chance
for the fertility of resource, inherent in
the Administration, TO turn loose and
spread itself. If Roosevelt could be
shut up with a q-adruple-plate politi
cal throw-down, what is the matter
with trying something analogous on
Miles?
Always ready to assist our friends in
any dilemma, we hasten to suggest a
way out Of the present one. Why
would il net be a timely and excellent
move to solidify our position at the
Chinese court, by making the General
a special envoy and sending him with
| glittering retinue of politicians and
rich mems sons. to congratulate the
empress dowager of China on her sue
cessful application of sound business
methods" and ,.geod politics" in doing
up the late Emperor Kwangsu with
red hot poker? To hades with the ex-
penseI On such an occasion as the
present, our own empress dowager's S
campaign fund could well afford to
bleed a million, or such a matter, II
thereby Miles could be gotten out of
the country until this thing blows over.
Under existing circumstances we
really think that, if the control of the
country is to be saved to the grand old
party Of monopoly and maladministra-
ton, it will not do for it's leaders and
hackers TO stop at much of anything
just now They would best shut their
eyes to that moral law upon which
they long ago turned their backs. and
rip up things generally. They may
comfort themselves with the conviction
that there is nothing they could do
which would surprise or particularly
shock anybody. They have exhausted
the peoples ability to experience sensa-
tions in those directions. For that very
reason the life OF their party may be
short, and, therefore, it Gere well it
were a merry'one.
The times., 1898-10-03
Unreasonable Expectntions.

That a transport to be used to bring
lot of sick soldiers from Santiago
should present all the features of the
numerous horror ships of a few weeks
ago shocks the New York Herald.
chiefly because il was assumed that
after the many expressions of indigna-
ton the Secretary of War and his sub
ordinates would remedy the defects in
the service that caused the scandals.
1t was a rash expectation, and the as
tonishment of the Herald is in itself
astonishing. II is due to a misunder-
standing of the situation In fact. the
thing was to have been looked for. 1t
was inevitable
Secretary .Alger has denied that there
was anybody to blame for the suffer-
ings of our soldiers on the transports.
in the trenches, or in the camps, ex-
cept the soldiers themselves and their
regimental and company officers.
War" he says. lis no picnic, and these
sufferings are the unavoidable accom-
paniments Of campaign Since the
department. including its transporta-
tion. quartermaster, commissary. and
medical branches. are not at fault, and
since these things are the natural re-
The times., 1898-10-03
Encyci,cm From the Pope.

The apostolic delegation mas just re-
ceived the last encyclical letter of Pope
Leo XIII, dated Sept. 3. and forwarded
copies TO every bishop and archbishop in
the United States.
The encyclical is entirely OF a deyo-
tional character and was issued TO call
attention to the fact that the month OF
October has been specially consscrated to
the mother of God under the title of 'Our
Lady of the Most Holy Rosary
II is addressed TO the primates. patri-
archs. archbishOpS. bishops and other or
dinaries. living in peace and communion
with the Holy See.
The Pope exhorts the preiates of the
church to give thanks 10 God for the pro-
lection afforded the Holy See in times of
great trouble and danger and to ask fur
ther favors toward the same end from the
Most August Mother OF God He reminds
the Catholic world that in 1883 he dedi-
Gated the mouth of Oc,O5er to the queen
of the most holy rosary. asking her aid
in quellng the troubles to which the HO-
ly See is subjected. He asks the faithful
daily 10 say the prayer of the rosary thai
, these trials may be alleviated.
The times., 1898-10-03
FOR LOVERS OF ART.
The COreOran Gallery VIII Reopen
Its Doors Today.


1t will be gratifying news to the lovers
of art and the public generally 70 know
that the Corcoran Art Gallery. which has
been closed since June l. is TO BE- reoPened
today
During the time that the institution
has been closed many interior improve
ments have been made, as well as ar
rangements for the increased comfort
and convenience both Of =isitOrs and
students. These have been effected under
the immediate supervision of Curator
Barbarin The flooring n the si-le halls,
which had worn out. has teen replaced
by 95 900 feet of hard oak.
No new works of art have been Sc-
ouired by purchase. but several individ-
uaIs have promised to loan pictures. etc.
for exhibition, from their private colec-
tions
1t is also proposed TO open the day
schools on Monday. lnier the sGpeEyis-
ion of Prof E. F. Andrews asd Miss
Barbara h Hansen, who slccesds Miss
Cook. The question of reopenins the
night school will be deferred Until SGffi-
cient pupils have been enrolled to pay
the expenses of the heating, lighting and
other contingencies. The attepdl1ce last
year in the two schools amounted 10 80
The times., 1898-10-03
A GALE MOVING NoRTHwARp,
High Winds Expected on the Allan
tic Coast Today.

Norfolk, Va Oct. 2.-The converted
yacht Gloucester which did signal work
in the naval engagement off Santiago.
passed Cape Henry, bound in, this after
noon and headed up Chesapeake Bay.
Hurricane signals were hoisted upon
the United States signal office this after
noon. Advices were received which stated
that a storm was central off the Florida
coast, moving northward and might be
expected to reach here tonight. Mariners
have been warned however, against sail
ing for ports south, and il is believed at
the signal office that extremely high
winds will prevail off this coast tomorrow
if not tonight
The cruiser San Francisco and the dis
patch boat Dolphin are lying off Old Point
tonight. t...r-
The times., 1898-10-03
MoRMoNISM IN THE EAST.
A Conference Now I'm Session Shows
1t Il Growing.

Chambersburg,i Pa, Oct. Am impor-
tant conference of Mormon elders and
missionaries to discuss the progress of the
propaganda which the Latter Day Saints
have been making in the Eastern States
began in this county yesterday:
Fifty elders and missionaries were pres
ent who have been working all over the
Eastern States and who are in charge of
Elder A. p. Kessler. Brooklyn. n. Y.
president of the Eastern States mission.
Their reports all claimed steady prog
ress and many hundreds of converts, es-
pecially among the poorer classes in the
large cities.
Elder Eber E. Farr, who has been work
ing in Mexico; Elder Devy. from Wales.
and Elder Snow from Sweden, said
steady gains were being made for Nor
monism in those countries. Several mis-
sionaries who speak Spanish will be sent
to Cuba and Porto. Rico as soon as peace
is fully established.
The Mormon preachers here are indig-
nant over the charges made by the Pres
bytery of Utah that there was secret
agreement made by the Mormons TO re-
sumo the practice, of polygamy within
three years after they were admitted to
Statehood, and that violations of the law
are winked at by the heads of the church.
The times., 1898-10-03
EDDIE CARSON. BOY BuGLER
His signal Started the Fierce worL
at Santiago


Mt Santiago
Eddie Carson. the boy bueIer OF rt1b,
Battery E. Sixth United States ArtilIerv
was at the War Department Yesterday
He is acquainted with Mr.. Porter tba
Presidents private secretary. ana has
been at the White House several times
of late TO see him.
Eddie is brisht-faced lad Of sixteen
years. with dark curly hair and spark
ling brown eyes. He is a handsome itfie
soldier, and was with Capt. Capron.s grim
sunners during all the hard fighting in
front of Santiago. He was bugIer for
Capt Hayes. of Light Battery E. and
sounded on his trumpet. Commence fir
ing when the Sixth regular art Eery be
gan such fierce fusileade on the Spanish
works to open thS first days attack ON
Santiago
Eddie was with Capt. Hayes when he
was shot and killed. and he appeared sad
when he recalled that tragic event
We were trotting TO get into p0sf-
ton, he said. when the captain was
struck by Mauser bail and tuubled
from his horse. The men were all very
sorry, for the captain was a nice man
and treated them we'll"
The boy bugler is stationed now AT
Washington Barracks. but hopes soon to
be ordered back 20 Cuba He is an expert
bugier. and has frequently sounded the
sad notes Of taps" the soldiers good
night, over the graves of his former com
rades- During the engagement in which
his captain was killed, Battery z lost
fourteen men.
The times., 1898-10-03
COLLISION IN THE SOUND.
The Richard Hill on Fire After the
Crash With the City of Brockton.

Fall River. Mass. Oct. 2.-With a big
hole in the upper works of her starboard
side and her starboard wheel badly bent.
the City of Brocton, the Fan River Line
freighter, steamed up TO her dock this
afternoon, several hours behind her sched-
ule time. The late arrival and damaged
side were the results of a collision in
Long Island Sound at an early hour this
morning. when the steamer crashed into
the two-masted schooner Richard Hill.
The schooner now Hes at the bottom of
the sound or is drifting about, a burning
wreck.
The Hill left Thomaston. Me-. a week
ago today for New York At $3.50 this
morning she was five miles east of Exc
cution Rocks, when suddenly a steamer
loomed up, bearing down upon the
schooner. The steamer the City of
Brockton, struck the Hill in the forerig-
ging on the starboard side. making a
deep cut below the water line. AS they
broke apart the sehooners jibboom
poked into the Brockton's upper works
and paddlewheel. The cargo on the
schooner caught fire. Capt. Whitmore
and the crew of five men were taken of
to the Brockton, which then proceeded
The times., 1898-10-03
SOLDIERS sTARvE IN HAWAII.
An Albany. y. ", Volunteer Tells of
Their Sufferinr.

Albany, N. Y, Oct. 2-AIbany members
OF the First New York Volunteers. who
are now in service in Hawaii lgree with
the soldiers from other Hudson River
towns in their reports as to insufficient or
improper food. a private Of Cunran, A
writes home:
We were cheered as we reached the
dock here, but when We had landed the
boys told US that the place was worse,
II possible, than camp Merritt, Sni that
they were slowly starving TO Heath. The
food supply is not up % the STANDARD
and what we get is not OF ghe best A
Iair sample days menu is this: E csk-
fast-half a cup of miserable coffee one
biscuit and little very poor nstsn Gin
ner-A small cup Of the same kind of
coffee. a very small bit of meat and a
couple of hardtack. Supper-Ano.her cup
of that coffee and two biscuits We have
been promised more and better prOvis-
ions, but they did not come.
Sergt. Booth. of Company ID, writes 10
his father: I'VE coUnd the boys who
had left California ahead Of rs IN =. rer-
fectly miserable conIitiOn. they were
but half fed and looked emaciated. but
they had pluckily prepared a lunch Tor.
US and stinted themselves tor cur ttrsfit
For the first few days we were Toorly
Iets put llen the SOtIl-liSsdfF 0eiidI IGlent
bumped itself, and we are now doing
better. though there is still great room
for Improvement"
a letter written b. a member Of Com
pany c says, in reference to the com
plants about food: Have the people of
Albany ever pictured their boys sitting
in the beautiful KapiOlani Park in a Sc
cluded spot and crying from hunger
for the actual want of something to eat7
Have they pictured this man twenty
pounds lighter and that man thirty
pounds lighter since he left home be-
cause OF lack of food? ] am not exag-
gerating for two weeks in Honolulu
have cost me the loss of fifteen pounds
of flesh.
Conceive a man in good physical con-
dition doing field service and given for
regular meal two very small pieces of
bread and 2. half tin cup Of black coffee.
without evsss sugar During the last two
weeks We nave not had two days with
proper food and still we are warned that
if caught stealing fruit from the neigh
boring plantations We viii be given two
years in a military prison The Albany
battalion is made up OF men who have
always felt pride in the city they rep
resented, but when they had 10 fight the
battle between pride and the cravings of
hunger pride had 10 suffer, and many Of
the men were seen begging from door -
door"
The times., 1898-10-03
Hanna Methods Needed.
From the Portland Argus)

Mark Hanna will have 10 to the front
again and put his peculiar money getting methods
to the test. The scheme TO stimulate party en-.
thusi1sm BY breaking down the civil service rules
and giving the boys few thousand chances
at the spols, has fallen through fer the time
being II was feared that the seramble tina I
would ensue would end in free fight and do the
party more harm than good. So the President
will postpone action until after the elections,
when it is said, he will issue order excepting
large number OF places. estimated as high as
$4,000 But. OF course. the President is an ardent
and sincere civil service reformer; he has said -
himself
The times., 1898-10-03

On the death of a man who has held
high places In public life, 1t is usual for
the newspapers to pay an editorial trib-
ute to the deceased Because of the GUS
tom. the subjoined tribute of the New
York Herald to the memory of Mr.. Bay
ard, is interesting:
The disease which caused the death OF Mr.
Bayard followed out the law of inevitable fatal
ty in that it exemplifed the results of the degen
erative changes in the substance of all the vital
organs due to the progressive decline OF age
This gradual wasting away of life, although it
makes the actual time of demise uncertain, rend-
ers the ultimate ending always sure. 1t is one Of
natures efforts in the direction OF a natural dis
solution of the vital elements OF our being. In a
physical sense it is growing old gracefully and in
accordance with well recognized natural laws
The process is not, strictly speaking, one of ac-
tual disease as it is OF ordinary decay. by which
the functions of the organs are SO progressively
impaired TO make necessary nutrition finally
impossible. The particular condition known un-
der the scientific of arterial sclerosis is al
ways general in it's manifestations and is obv-
ouSy widespread in its influences. As the re-
suit of wear and tear of tissue and the advance
ment OF old age the repairing capacity of the
body is correspondingly restricted. The blood
vessels become brittle in consequence OF deposit
Of fbrine in their coats
Similar changes take place in the structure OF
the heart, kidneys, liver lungs, and stomach
causing contractions of these organs. Death
usually occurs in consequence of a gradual dying
out of the life flame. and as in the case of the
distinguished patient, is not infrequently pre-
ceded by a progressive stupor due most directly
to lack OF kidney action. As some persons grow
old sooner than others no exact time limit can
be given,
The times., 1898-10-03
A Pen Portrait.
(From the Utica Observer.

(From the Utica Observer
1t is noted with more or less pleasure that
little dude friend Timothy L. Woodruff has
again captured the nomination for lieutenant
governor With his immaculate waistcoat. his
elaborate scarf, his low forehead. and his hair
nicely parted in the middle, he makes a figure
in our politics worthy the attention of every
student We were led to believe that Timothy
was seeking denomination by his positive as.
sertian that he would not take it. except on the
ticket viii, BLACK. or in the event of the gov.
ernor's withdrawal from the gubernatorial con-
test We all know that Woodruff is not on
the ticket with Black and that Black did not
withdraw-not at least until he was driven off by
more than, 700 of Roeseyeit's Rough Riders.
But Timothy bobs up serenely behind the Tax
Dodger, supported by his ample bank account.
and as ready to play me too" to Boss platt as
Platt to the departed Senator Roscoe
Conkliug
The times., 1898-10-03
suit of war. why should we expect an,

suit of war. why should we expect any
improvement?
The officials who would have sent the
Minnewaska on its voyage without pro-
visions for the proper care of the sick
are the same officials who sent the
other horror ships, and who have been
indorsed and defended by Secretary Al
ger. who has, in turn. been indorsed by
the President. They have simply con-
tinued the practices for which they
have been commended at Washington.
Why should they not?
The times., 1898-10-03
yindictive to the Last.
(From the Boston JournaI.)

The malevolent Spanish purpose Is plain It s
70 turn Cuba over 10 TIE United States in a con-
dition bordering upon anarchy. 20 that the Span
iards exuitahtiy say-and the cry be faith
fully echOed by the Tory American 0rglns-''Ses
the manner of people and the country you have
given your bleed and your treasure 10 Teiee m
1t is TO make this balcful work all the more
complete that the Spanish Commissioners are
dilly-dallying as Spaniards know best how TO d.
over every detail Of the Prsliminaries Ct eyacud-
tion. They are determined not 90 90 until all
the jails and prisons have BEEN emptied and az
the wretched reeoDcentrsdos starved 10 dgath-
The times., 1898-10-03
1t is predicted that Pingree viii
A Contrast.
(From the NIinneapolis Trihnne

Why is it that the army cannot learn to take
care OF its men as well the navy takes care
OF its men? One reason is that there are no poIi
ticians in the navy. The officers all profes
routine and having axes TO grind The soone,
the army is put upon an entirely professional
basis the better. Making the army a place 10,
soft snaps and refuge for incompetents who
happen to want commissions is nothing less thar
murder, for it results in the needless sickness
and death of the placed under their charge