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to call him n man, who lives in the slime
Of everything that IL lowest In human
nature" Poor frightened MuGwumpl The
feeling which the awful disaster to the
Maine, with its infamous suggestions,
stirred in all the people, except the Mug
wumps, unselfsh love OF country. seems TO
him wholly low and vile. Ifit~ happensthat
the certainty Of war faces US, with all its
rough and stern demands, IL will become
necessary to carry him back tenderly to the
mountains Of the interior, along with the
women and children. lest by chance some
harm should befall him.
During the last twelve days, great as the
popular evaporation has been, IL has spent
itself in no violence whatever. II has been
rather a spiritual exaltation, which raised
the community above the possibility OF
an outbreak, creating solemn determine.
ton rather Than provoking hysterical out
break. The Vizcaya has come to our harbor
and departed from II without exciting any
popular display of resentment. The ship
was guarded in our harbor by the authori.
ties with great vigilance, but really such
precaution was unnecessary, so far as the
people OF New York were concerned the
Spanish officers came ashore without moles-
tation of any kind. The moderation OF the
people has been unbroken. Their spirit
may be like that OF troops under arms and
eager to charge against the enemy, but like
them also they do not fire until the word
comes from those in authority over them.
This has been the uniform experience
throughout the Union. The only variation
from the prevailing s~elf-control has come
from representative Mugwumps who i'm.
agine that they detect the smell OF gun
powder in the air, and are fearful lest the
lingo" who olives in the slime of every
thing that is lowest in human nature" will
persist in maintaining his v~irility.
As the fighting strength of this republic
amounts to about ten million men, this de.
generate Mugwump %residuum, a few thou.
sands only, can be set apart and viewed
with curiosity simply as an Offset to the
prevailing vigor, making it all the more
impressive by the contrast. Fortunately,
war IL only a remote contingency. The
patriotism Of which during the last twelve
days there has been so splendid an ex.
is not likely to be called upon to
demonstrate itself in the terrible selfsac-
rifice Of actual war and its manifestation
may rather tend to prevent such an ordeal
by warning any enemy of the danger in.
volved in provoking 1t to military violence.
That Is the only sort Of "jingoism"
exists among the American people.
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fRoNoUxCISe VIEW ORLEANS.
New straaEers anSse TseusseIves Whes n.
are IN the Crescest CITY.

v ~ w EAsCVFNs
by the way" said the Lady. who b.s b.-
trying for three days to say ST. Charles VIZ,
out the use OF the letter "r" and withoy, ls,s,
ing guilty. what Is the name Of this cg,y,
The others OF us looked at her In AnAzans,.
but she returned our gaze with cold hau,.y,
"oh. yes" she said. with dignity; Il knor low
TO spell the name, but what Is that name ,,..
you have spelled IL T.
why" tho Stranger from Michigan A.,
swered with conviction and cordial!tr. ". =,
easy enough. It's New Or.leens. i; was Dis.
covered by a man named Beanville-a man ,,,,
Boston. l suppose'-with a weak and Ton,
attempt at humor.
"Bcanville! Ha, hal" cried the poca., ,
visitor. why. I'm not much on accen, -nvs,,
but ! am nevertheless in a position to t7..-n
you that that French gentleman name va,
Bee-en.veel, with the heft on the calf par, q. %,
And rs for your pronunciation OF the name Oh,
the city-saJ. we've only been acquainted ,g-
few days, and i hope you won't get hot. h..
honestly. you have got that laid out - "a
T wFIn wn rna ~ ~ : 4 mater tor ismenta!I2n Tho
tello man looked at the Lady and at tho vi,a .,
the stranger from Michigan as though eIpee,.
ing salvos of applause.
He did not get them. Instead. the Lady tunnel
her head away YEARLY and spoke thus:
suppose so. Perhaps that is it. But why
do some OF those people who live here and hay,
their being here call it Sewerleens. with ons
quick explosion OF sound. while others sneak d,
IL as Nav Luns or New Awlnns r.
81 suppose, said tho Strangers wife, thar
the name was changed with the change Of SOW.
eminent, You know that in the early history
of the city II turned over from ono allegiance
to another with wonderful agility"
- Yes" the Stranger chimed In, when Bear.
vile came along and discovered the levee he
established II rs a French town. After ,ha; I,
WAS sold 10 the SD~anish-sold like a dog or A
cord OF wood or a yard full OF poultry. Then
something happened-the Spaniards failed n
keep up their interest coupons or something
and the Sheriff took the town up to the from
door OF the Court House and sold il again. the
French buying it back TO save their Investment.
i dare say. They held on TO it for a while
and by. and BY Napoleon or somebo4y
else. finding that France was getting land poor.
decided TO offer 1t up as a bargain, and the
American Government bought it along with sev.
eral thousand millions OF acres OF suburbs. In
those days the city limits extended from tho
Gulf to the Canadian line and clear back as far
as Pueblo and Denver. The outskirts Of the
city were the most commoGious OF anything OF
he kind before or since. 1t took n great deal Of
leg muscle fol, a tourist to see all of New Orleans
in that time"
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To THE EDITOR OF THE sUS-Sfr: 1 have aIway,
been a constant reader OF THE Sun. aud / greatly
admire the attitude your paper has taken In these
trying times. heartily congratulate It on its superb
ority TO the yellow journals and its position as a true
American newspaper.
1t must be disgusting to every American citizen to
read In some Of these agitating journals tho different
contradictory reports OF the Maine disaster. Lam n
soldier Of this great nation. aud am proud OF It, and
would willingly sacrifice my life 10 revenge the
brave heroes OF the Maine or to resent an insult 10
our flag, but | have also the greatest confidence In the
present Administration, and do not doubt FOR a
moment that. II the result of this terrible calamity IA
the deed OF Spanish treachery. the President will
assume an attitude that viii DO satisfactory to the
most ardent patriot.
Let us therefore wait and SEQ what report the
Court OF Inquiry viii make. A REGULAR.
SEw YORK, Feb. 81.
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Only Americans Then.

The advice of Mr.. Justice HARLAN to
wait for the evidence before reaching a
final conclusion on the disaster to the
Maine, is really counsel for all his country
men as well as for the i~ntcrnational law
class at Columbian University to which it
was directed.
But while he hoped, for the credit of the
human race, that the calamity would turn
out to be an accident rather than treachery,
yet he also demanded of his auditors this
feeling, that II it turns out not to be acct.
dent, we will not hear any more of North,
South, East or West, no more of Repub-
licans. Democrats or Populists; we will
hear only of Americans"
And to that sentiment OF Mr.. Justice
HARLAN all true Americans will say Aye!
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AN UNI UCKY BRITISH TRUST
The Sal. Union Unable to Pa, An, Dl,,a...

From the london Econoni.'.
AT a time like the present, when the attention
OF investors is being so persistently invited %
combinations and amalgapations intended
practically. IL not admittedly. to create indus.
trial monopolies, the dividend announcement OF
the Salt Union appears opportunity as a note
OF warning to those who are being misled into
the belief that enterprises Of the kind have real
prospects Of becoming permanently successful.
When the Salt Union was formed we ventured
to warn the public against subscribing TO It;
but the combination was introduced under what
were described as highly favorable auspices,
and it made such n brave start with a 10 per
cent. dividend for 1889 that the ordinary shares
went to a substantial premium. In the follow
Ing year. however. the dividend was reduced to
: per cent; then for two years in succession :
per cent. was paid; for 1893 the distribution
was 3 per cent for the next yer . per cent.
for the next = per cent. and for 1896 l per cent.
was paid. And now. not only is the ordinary
dividend passed. but only III per cent, is
encc shares: SO that the descent has Of late
years been very steep.
The unsatisfactory result is attributed in the
United states and with India; and it is re.
The large 1H' sharcholders in are the eon hope that M''a a
sehelne may may DC arranged for getting the under.
e eakinS out ons OF IT, the ,ba mess s, The task is not an
capitalized. and the product in which it deals
is. happily, found in most quarters OF tho
1t is sincerely to DO hoped that the history OF
the Salt Union may act as a deterrent 10 in
vcstors who may feel tempted to Join in one or
other Of the combinations that are being 50
freely talked about. for the process is as inlInical
to the interests OF the country as a whole as is
Is usually sooner or later improbable to those
whose. capital Is embarked in it. One OF the
essentials, of all these attempted monopolies
is to raise, prices. but it generally hap.
pens that the advance is confined TO the
home markets, so that. with the larger
profits exacted from consumers in Great
Britain, the combinations may be the better able
SO much is being said about the necessity or
obtaining fresh markets for our products, 1t is
certainly q matter for careful consideration
whether it ia really an advantage to the country
generally that the establishment of these new
markets should be effected at the expense OF
the consumers at home. MEANWHILE. the eI.
ample OF the Salt Union is not calculated 70
encourage imitators in other lines Of business
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Among the crowd afflicted with the nimrod
fever is Jim Hood. Now, Jim is not as long as a
steamboat jackstaff nor Capt. Bates. the side
the average man. Yesterday he went cunning
out in tho Clark's River bottoms and was
equipped with 4 regular Daniel Boone outfit.
The old single barrelled rifle was almost as long
as Jim's own altitudinous frame. After an hour
for something 10 shoot at. at last a diminut!vs
squirrel was espied crouched upon a dead
limb OF a forest veteran. Jim was all eN-
element and raised old Betsy to his shoulder.
took aim and fired. but bunny still sat on the
twig. Two or three more leaden messengers
before he hunted his hole. when jim, upon eX-
animation, found that owing TO his own and tho
length OF the gun. when he shot the muZZle
was some distance beyond the twig on which
the squirrel crouched. 1t was late in the after
noon. and when he drew down his rife from
measuring the height the last time 1t was GOV.
cred with birds which had gone to roost.
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nADEINAGRICULrURAA PRODUCES
Average Excess or Exports Over Imports In the
Last Five Years Was S:a5. geo. 500.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 27.-Thc Department of
Agriculturc.has prepared "A statement OF the
IMPORTS and exports Of agricultural products
Turing each Of the fiscal years since 1898. Com.
parison is made between the total imports and
exports OF merchandise and those OF products
II the soil. 1t is shown that of the impOrtaiions
an average OF BIAS per cent. was AGRICULTURAL
and of the expectations an average OF 10. 10 per
cent: was agricultural. The excess of agricul.
tural exports over agricultural imports aver
aged S223. lot. 800 per annuln. The total aver
age expectations amounted to SOL ,O7l,O
During tho last i've years The impOrtations OF
agricultural products were largest In 1893 and
next largest in 1897. The cNportations were
largest in 1897, amounting to S6S3, 100, 1913. or
about $4,000, 900 in excess Of the average for
the FIVE years. The increase in valuo OF exporta.
tons last year was due chiefly TO brcadstutIs.
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a woman Pipe smoker In tne street.
From he LouisrNle courftr.JournoI

About 1870 o'clock yesterday afternoon n
stylishly dressed young woman, about III wears
old, passed the COu'i t".IOUrndi building, walk.
Ing out Fourth avenue, actually smoking I, nine
II was u dainty bTiar root. with silver monnt.
ings and q curved amber stem. She SMOKED
complacently, and seemed totally unconscious
attention. not because she wore a seaiskin
jacket and "A iaunty hal. nor on account OF n
pretty figure and face. but solely because she
avenue many people saw her and wondercd.
and every man who passed turned to look al
her, and those whom she left behind caught a
whin OF a rich aroma which demonstrated 10
the practicod smoker that the young woman
selected a good quality OF tobacco.
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while there. and 80 the nation. In the case Of
Bennett va Louisville 4 n. n. Co. 10 U. s. Re
ports. 571 the Supreme Court held
The owner or occupant Of land who. by Invitation,
express or implied. induces OF leads others to come
upon his premises for any lawful purpose. Is liable in
damages TO such per~sons-ihey using due care-for
Injuries occasioned by the unsafe condition Of the
land or Its approaches. IL such condition was known
to him and not to them, and was negligentiy suffered
TO exist. without timely notice to the public or those
who were likely 20 act upon such Invitation.
This rule the Court said WAS founded in justice
and necessity. II the Maine was blown up by n
mine, 1t will not do for the Spanish authorities
10 say they had no hand in 1t. They furnished
all the facilities. they welcomed the victim with
a salute from MORO Castle. they assigned her
anchorage. they placed her over the fatal spot,
aud whether the hand that fred the mine was
that OF a Spanish officer acting under orders, or
that OF a fanatic availing himself OF the oppor-
tunity afforded him. the United States must
hold Spain responsible for the injury. Herhonor
forbade the violation Of her hospitality. and IL
was her duty to see that no harm came TO her
guest from any Of her citizens. In the words OF
Vattel
The nation or the sovereign ought not TO suffer the
citizens to do an injury to the subjects Of another
state. much less to offend that state itself; and this
ONAuS Nv sovereign ought 10 permit
who are under hts command to violate the precepts
OF the law OF nature. which forbids all injuries, but
also because nations ought mutually TO respect each
other. to abstain from all offence. from all injury.
from all w%rong-in a word. from everything that may
be OF prejudice TO Others. II q sovereign. who might
keep his subjects within the rules of Justice and peace.
suffers them to injure . foreign nation, either in Its
body or its members. he does no less injury to that
nation than II he Injured is himself.
81 LAT ~ wait for ~. f.ot. r.,ort.J 10 tkn
Sampson Board. J. s. T.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 81.
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Cuba ana

To THE EDITOR OF THE svS-Sir: THE srx has made
many political predictions which have been fulfilled
with wonderful accuracy, hut | doubt II It ever made
q moro portentous prophecy than that OF this morn.
iG calling attention 10 the certain doom OF the Ad.
min'stration In the elections this fall II nothing is
done for Cuba before November. The article should
DO placed in the hands OF every Republican Con.
gresham. DegIutition may at first be painful, but
once accomplished digestion viii readily follow.
WARREN, X. l., Feb. 20. CHARLES h. MASON.
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. NtDlnkl Tour ~ hiAbh NH'
because an insult unpublished Is tho parent OF
many othere.-1HoMAs HYPERION.
The tustest dispositions possible in ourselves
iii not secure us against war. II would be
Necessary that all other nations were just also.
Justice. indeed, on our part. will save US from
those wars which would have been produced by
\ contrary policy. But how can We prevent
those produced by the wrongs Of other nations J
by putting ourselves in a position TO punish
them. Weakness provokes insult and injury.
while q condition to punish often prevents them.
THOMAS JErryRsoS.
The Legislature OF New York may be assured
that every ~e1ertion will be used to put tho
United States in the best condition OF defence,
that we may be fully prepared to meet the
dangers menacing the peace OF our country
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
The most successful war seldom pays for its
Iosses.-THoMAs JEFFERSON.
The evils OF war are great in their endurance
and have a long reckoning for ages to come
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
The general desire to preserve our country
from the calalnities and ravagcs of war by cult.
waiting a disposition and pursuing a conduct
conciliatory and friendly TO all nations has been
sincerely entertained and faithfully followed.
II was dictated by the principles OF humanity,
the precepts OF the Gospel. and the general wish
Of our country.-THoMAs JEFFERSON.
An universal and perpetual peace. 1t Is to be
feared, will never exist but In the imaginations
of visionary philosophers. or in the breasts OF
benevolent NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. MADISON.
Wars may DO divided into classes; ono flowing
from the mere will OF the Government. the other
according with the will of the society ITSELF
MADISON.
To do Justice to all nations; to seek 1t from
them by peaceable means and in preference to
war; and to conade in this policy for avoiding
that extremity. or securing the blessing OF
peace when forced upon US, is the only course OF
which the United States can never have reason
10 repcnt-JAMEs MADISON.
Tho war tf 1922 has proved that our free Gov
ernmcnt. like other free Governments. though
slow in its early movements. acquires in It's
progress n force proportioned to its frame and
that the Union OF these States, the guardian OF
the freedom and the safety of all and OF each. Is
strengthened by every occasion that puts it TO
the test.-JAMEs MADISON.
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EDISON AFTER GOLD.
To Got 81. 500. o for hIs New EItrac,iur
system. Ir IL Works.

ORANGE. y. j.. Feb. 27.-Thomas A. Edison
was seen here last night. and he confirms The
statement, recently printed. that he has discoy.
cred II new process for extracting gold from IA,
mines IN the OrbiZ land grant in New Mexico.
Io said that the mines are believed TO be Inc
richest IN Mexico. but the ore could not be sue.
scnce OF water, Some time ago the owners of
tho mines asked II he could not suggest soma
new process by which the ore could be- worked
He began experimenting, and finally hit upon "A
way of working the ore without using \ drDp OF
water. Mr.. Edison says that the agreement re.
%garding his new methods will he closed in n few
days. and that he Is to receive 81 800, 900 If tho
system proves "a success.
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tie Louisrille Dispatc

Society in this city has a new form Of amuse-
mcnt. The members OF En de steele are tired OF
germans. balls. and card parties. They want
looks as II some OF them. at least. have found it.
Dissccting room parties are now all the rage.
ACTUALLY. young men and women 90 to disseGt-
ing rooms and, drawing the coverings from Tho
heads of tho subjects, look with apparent de-
light At tho chastity and shrivelled faces. Some
of the young women. ii is said, were at first
somewhat timid about going where the "%stitfs'
were being used for the instruction OF students.
but now they have become so bold as TO actually
put their hands on the cold. d~ccaying flesh
What will society come to ncXtf
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a.raiermI All Around.

from me Krugersdorp SsntineL
DEATH -smit.-On the 2sth inst, Amy Jane Mary
smit, eldest daughter Of John and william Smit.
aged / day 2a hours. The bereaved and broken.
hearted parents beg to tender their hearty thanks 10
DR.. Jones for his unremittins attention during the
illness OF the deceased. and for the moderate Lrevity
OF his bill. Also 10 Mrs.. Williams for the loan OF clean
sheets. TO Mr.. Wilson for running for the doctor, and
TO Mr.. Robinson for recommending mustard plaster "
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FTUW Ne CVWTHIuNa. hVr 10y NuVEN'
J. r. Brannock bought :. 563 rabbits. o4.420
dozen eggs from January. 1897. TO 1893. paying
~, T55.5S. The raising OF poultry anu catching
OF rabbits is no trifing industry il closely fol.
lowed. The rabbit crop. II rightly computed.
hasdone more for the, people OF Harrison county
to know what political party will claim the
hnnnr
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The Mystery or Fig HoIos.

To THE EDITOR OF The sUS-Sfr: Your correspondent
jackson" asks why the cone at the bottom of a
wine bottle extends for SO great a distance up into
the bottle.
In reply ! may say that this is for the same reason
that the bottom OF a twoinch box OF nEs is located
within about one inch OF tho top, JACKSON No n
. CINCINNATI KOb. "a.
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Til. Democracy or yu,naer s,u..

To THE EDIToR OF The sUN-Sfr: II Is with great
pleasure that l inform you that vilinder Minis is a re.
spected citizen and a good Democrat OF Palmyra,
Wayne county. N. y. FAC,
ITHACA, Feb. 20.
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rho sword once drawn, full justice must be
done. "IndemniHcatio for the past and secn'
rity for the future" should be painted on our
banners.-THoMAs JEFFERSON.
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n eur rrtsuds vAo favor Us uttA man~,ortpts for
publication vOfsh to hate rejected articles returned
tAsy s.usf q. oil case, send stamps for that purpose.
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Where wrongs are pressed because It 10 be-
teved they will DO borne. resistance becomes
m~orality.-THohAs JEFFERSON.
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The power OF making war often prevents IT.
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
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PAnr-Klosaus No. IL. near Grand Hotel. and
xiosqus no. 10. Boulevard de, cspuoinss-
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A N PEACE.

Adams, Jefferson. and Madison speaL.
An efficient preparation for war can alone In
sure peace.-JoHE ADAMS.
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abhor war. and Wow It as the greatest
scourRe Of manktud.-THoMAs JEFTERsoS.
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, ,tnink It our interest to punish the FIRST insult;
loecausc an insult unpublished Is tho parent OF
many otners.-THoAAs JEFFERSON.
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Great is the guilt Of unnecessary war.-JoHS
ADAMS.
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The most successful war seldom pays for its
~lossea.-THoMAs JEFFERSON.
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An universal and perpetual peace. it is to be
feared, will never exist but in the imaginations
OF visionary philosophers. or in the breasts Of
benevolent ADMINISTRATIONS MADISON.