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THE AMOUNT OF GOLD.


ner IF Estimating II.
WASHINGTON. April H.-Secretary
Gage today sent to the senate reply to
the resolution passed on the sth instant.
requesting Information from him as to his
manner Of ascertaining the amount Of gold
in the country. He says ali estimates be-
gin with the calculation made In 1872 by
DIR. Linderman. then director of the mint,
who placed the stock at SIS. 3S9, S64. and
that since this tins the estimates have
been arrived at by adding 10 the stock Of
1872 the annual coinage and the domestic
coin imported, deducting the loss on ac-
count OF recoinage and expectation.
TIE secretary furnished an estimate OF
the loss by wear and otherwise OF paper
money. the total Of which upon all issues
ne places at $13,l&o300
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steamer Ontario Purchases.

LONDON. Apri. 2i.-The United States
government. according 10 a special dis
patch from Liverpool, has bought the
Dover line s.eamer Ontario.
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BERLIN. April 1.-THE Hamburger
Correspondence announces that the United
States has bought three Chinese cruisers.
that are building al the Vulcan yards.
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'-fs< sAeca nsoye coassorfahar,' said Ire
sitShtiy b. Saty young actor. "te ~ per
snsaenssy issatsd, | sssa. sass tru week.
or tAs ~aad last season,
NJ. StazmIsgson Rasass ssckea az hira
ssspsetcasss ard she1 inonsvea "wh RI
ksre-rallsosa o. OVERWHELMINGLY ton
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PROVIDENCE. r T.. April 2l-The gen.
sraf assembly today unanimously adopted
a resolution apprcpr.ating sl0,lo for mill
tia equipment.
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Consulate at Ma,ax. Ab.nao,.a.

States consul r NJ. Rartieson has started
for Gibraltar. The American nag over the
consulate has been removed and the ar
chfyes transferred 10 the British consulate
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PORTLAND. April 21.-A number OF tor
pesloes were received here from the East
today. They will be taken TO the mouth
of the Columbia river, where they will be
placed in position as soon as possible.
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NEW YORK. April 1.-THE once Of the
Spanish consul general in this city IL
closed. It's affairs having been formally
turned over to the French consul general
today.
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ROCHESTER. n. Y. April IA freighs
wreck on the New York Central at Fair
port today resulted In the death OF three
men. one man being seriously injured. and
over slfo,oen worth OF property destroyed.
The names CT the dead. who were all res
idents Of Syracuse. are: John Hare, con-
cue'or. Edward Jones. brakeman. Frank
Dowd. fireman.
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PARIS Apri. gl--A national slbseriusion
has been opened here in hefIalf OF the Span
ish aoyerznens and - meeting with .
prompt ARD effective support
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WASHINGTON. April u-Two atsxis-
iicnai cruisers viii be placed in commits
sion within the next month These ere the
2ewark. AZ the Norfolk navy yArd. sad
- Caexi0sous - ~ EAFs ioiand xDfA s
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Judge Mcdonald Iasists on Removal
ut Robe-f Mcdonald To pom~rox.

sIfet>saI Dispatch 20 the rost~Tnteliigencer
tolfAA. Arrii ..-Sherify Sims was
.a0s's az before Judge Mcdonald this morn
tag. and notified ,ha. IL he al. "a, sawa
lSeneFf Mcdonald. awaiting trial for MIR
Ger. ~ roote 20 Poyneroy By / O'Clock
eiasoEs "eold be appointed, the prisoner
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NATIONAL LEAGUE GA11A
PhiDaaelph1a. n, New Yer1- =
PHILADELPHIA. April H--Seymcuf
was N Wild ~ hare today. aid II cou-
sequence Philadelphia again defeated New
FORK Attendance. -01 Score:
s ss,,.s 9.,s !. ::.:::..s J;
: Raf,erses-Dugsehy ana NcFsrla1d: oeye
raour: Gettix and Grady. Umpireo-kxnn-
lie and Andrews.
Cincinnati. rs Plstshurw. 4
CINCINNATI, Aprii a.-TAs AsGs -
ried or an easy victory today Score:
Cincinnati 49,. 49,. ........-.is e
PffEourx -............ ....s
Batterfe>-Dwyer. Damman and reitB:
Rnines ard Schrsever. EmpkeS-8waxt-
wood and Wood.
Bosten. 10, Baltimore. 3.
BALTIMORE. April n.-The Orioles
could not connect with the ball today when
hits were needed. Attendance. i.o0e. Score:
Eals,mor. 49,. :. ...,s !. |,
Boston .-..- .--s,<- .-......--.-W =
Batseries-HofYer and Clark: Kiobedan1
and Bergen Cmpires-Snyder and Curry.
WashinGton. a Drooklyn, B.
w ARAti sAs--kSiSs Va AsAA1f'ssss
we're required by the Senator's to win to-
days game. The Senators won by bunch
inch hits and errors BY Brooklyn. Attend
ance i.SOA Score:
WASHINGTON -. -. ..-s i |!
BfO0kiyu ..-.-..-s.ss.S 40
Notwithstanding and McGuire: Dunn
and Smith. Umpires-Lynch and Comedy.
Chicago. 4; Loaisviiie. =.
LOUISVILLE. April 1.-THE Cclonels
were on In both flelding and batting today
and the Colts had everything their own
way. Attendance. 1.00o Score:
r. II. b.
Chicago ..-........S
LOUISVILLE ....s...s.s
Batteries Griffith and Donahue: Gun.
ningfam and Wilson. Empires Cushman
and Heydler.
Gone On.
CINCINNATI. April 1.-THE Cincinnafi-
PittsburE game was declared on here to-
day on account Of cold weather.
standing ~ the Clubs.
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A light pack

12-ounces of Sch.lltns's Best baking
powder will do the work OF a pound of
other baking powder.
So you don't have to take So much
SsAss/fns's Best to I<:,ndike as you
vssa!a of other baking powder
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ningham and wilson. Umpires- CushmAn
and Heydler.
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Calling the Angels in.

We mean 10 do it. Some day. some day,
We mean to sIackcn this feyered rush
That is wearing our very souls away;
And grant TO our loaded hearts hush
That is only enough TO let them hear
The footsteps OF angels drawing near
We mean TO do it. Oh. never doubt.
When the burden OF daytime broil is o'er,
Well sit and nurse while the stars come out,
As the pstriarchs sat at the open door
OF their tents. with a heavenw2rd gazing eye
To watch for the angels passing by.
We've seen them afar at high noontide.
When ferceiy the world hot flashing beat;
Yet never have hidden them turn aside,
And tarry awhile in converse sweet:
Nor prayed them to hallow the cheer We spread.
To drink of our wine and break OF our bread.
We promise our hearts that when the stres:
OF the life-w0rk reaches the longed- fer close.
When the weight that groIn with hinders less
Well loosen our thoughts to such repose
As banishes cares disturbing din.
And then-we'n call the angels in.
The day that We dreamed of comes at length,
When, tired of every moCking quest,
And broken of spirits and shorn Of strength,
We drop. indeed at the door OF rest,
And wait and watch the day wanes on
But the angels We meant TO call gone!
New York Tribune.
The times., 1898-10-16
CURRENT VERSE.
An Interval.


You wouldn't think to look at him a-layin' thar
SO meek =
With his chubby hands both folded underneath
his chubby cheek;
You wouldn't think to see the peace his sleepin'
features take
Jest what holy terror he kin be when he's
awake.
bet If you could get peep beneath those lashes
now,
You'd find a spark o mischief lurkin' in his eyes
somehow;
An those curved lips that'st nodded like cher
ub's soft and sweet,
They're yearnin' jest to give a whoop would lift
you off your feet!
Look at his ragged little coat a-hangin' on that
chair
Thar amt thing that belongs to him that don't
show signs OF wear.
Jest see those rusty little Shoes with both the
toes stuinped out,
They give OF idea OF the way he gifts about !
Somehow it don't feel natural fur the house to
be 60 STILL
It's full Of empty spaces that it takes his voice
An kinder miss the racket an the patter of
his feet,
An the litter that growl about-things look a
heap too neat.
It's curious how little scamp like that kin take
part
In all your thoughts and fancies, till he fills a
feller's heart
With the rattle and the prattle that you learn to
love somehow
TIL you're Lonesome when you miss it-Sh!-
Great Scott, he's waking n0wi
Atlanta Constitution.
The times., 1898-10-16
When Nuts Are Ripe.

crisp wind fitting the gold leaves down
From the whimpering beeches' glinmering
heights;
The gilt sun tanning tie wanuts brown
And tinting the woods with scarlet lights;
The metallic rasp of the squirrels call;
The bueiays scream in the naples then
swish and thud the ripe nuts fall
And We laugh with the glee Of ''nutting again"
Then it's over the hills when the day is new,
And the hosr frost CLEANS on the wayside grass
And the webs in the hazel drip with dew
And har the path where the cattle pass
The ways are wet TO the eager feet
That romp in race to the nutting ground
But the bypaths dry the nutters meet
Where the treasurers Of tree and bush are found
Then it's the hills when the daylight wanes
And the heart is light from the happy quest
OF the burden that cheers while its glad weight
pains
Till the muscles thrill for the joy Of rest
So We watch the gold and the red grow bright.
And echo the squirrels gay call, when
The hoar-frost CLEANS in the autumn light,
And We dream Of the pleasure of "nutting
again
Chicago Record
The times., 1898-10-16
War story for Boys.

There have been many books and plays
hashed up in hurry since the beginning
of this war, with the evident purpose of
making money by fair means or by foul.
Under Dewey at Manila" is, to all out
ward appearances, one of these, and the
epicure in fiction will view it at first
sight with some distrust. 1t is by Ed
ward Stratemcyer, already known as a
writer of boys books. and the present
volume pretends to be nothing more than
a story of adventure for boys.
The book proves, however, to be an
agreeable surprise. 1t is not a great
teresting. and admirably adapted to its
purpose-that of telling boys of from ten
to sixteen something about the Manila
fight and the conditions or things in the
Orient and on board a man-o'-war There
are a good many pages of useful infor-
nation scattered throughout the book,
among them q description of the Asiatic
squadron, life of Dewey, and a history
of the troubles in Cuba. If this histori-
cal sandwiching dealt with the history
of the Plantagenets or the events of the
Crusades, the average boy would proba-
bly, skip it to get at the story, but as the
youngster is usually more intensely in
terested in the Spanish-American war
than his father. his mother or his un-
Gle, the chances are that he will read
the instructive parts of this book with
avidity. Moreover, some of the instruct
i've points are so closely interviewer with
the story that the boy will get the bene-
fit of them without knowing it.
The story is that of a young fellow of
sixteen who has run away from a gruff
and misery stepuncle. and, after sundry
adventures, lands in Honolulu, whence he
ships for Hongkong. After more adven-
lures he turns up on board the flagship
of the Asiatic squadron, and thus has a
chance to participate in the fight at Ma
Mia. The interest of the reader is held
throughout, the incidents are dramatic,
the character drawing is well done and
the hero himself is a manly sort of boy.
without any pretensions to greatness. The
realism of the story may be somewhat I
faulty here and there. but. after all, the
main object of book like this is to
kindle boys imagination and make him
interested in the subject Then he will of
his own accord study books dealing with
the construction of warships and the
geography of the East. AT the very end
of the book there is a hint of two Sc
quels. In which the adventures of the
hero's two brothers will be told. One of
these youths followed the fortunes of the
army in Cuba, and the other took part in
the operations of the Atlantic squadron.
The book is the first of the "Old Glory"
series (Boston: Lee & Shepard)
The times., 1898-10-16
To the Sfrdar,

have the voice the wo-ds, the phrases,
! have the air "a tuneful ;hing).
Great Kitchener. 10 sing thv n-ai'es,
And yet, alack, ] cannot sing.
Poor Dervishes, how didst thou trounce them,
A theme for every poets tongue;
Yet till ! know hOw TO pronounce them,
Ny song must stay unmade, unsung.
How could break forth thus: "Hurrahi he
TCIns all the Mahdists' plans awry
And routs the ho.des of Abdullahi''
When should say ''Abdulla-hi?"
Wouldst thou not utter in thy grief a
ReTnorseful and expressive "Ahp'
To hear me cry 'Poor doomed Khalifsi"
When thou msyst call him "Khalif4f''
Thou'dst preach at me wrathful sermon,
Should sing how thy skillful plan
Has brought thee safely 10 omdurman,
When really It's to omdurmsn;
And It's an irt some task and dreaTy.
More dreary than this sad song tells,
To find how to accent Kareui,
Jebel, and various Wad els.
Hence. though no strain could well be sweeter
Than mine will be, when mine is made,
The all-eXactins laws Of meter,
And also rhyme. must be Obeyed;
But cease thy bitter lamentation.
I'll sing a song that's worthy thee
When Soudanese accentustiOn
Is not mystery 10 mel
Pail Mall Gazette.
The times., 1898-10-16
A 49, ~. NJ .-----

Songs of Wa ers 1y Sam
Walter Foss, is as ample of
what may be called ne. per verse
as We have had in some time. News
paper verse sometimes rises to heights
almost sublime, and sometimes drops to
the level of doggerel. Mr.. Foss' little
volume illustrates both these extremes,
and all the grades between. Most of the
lyrics bear the marks of haste, and
while haste in composition. especially in
the case of poetry. sometimes lends q
grace and spirit TO the diction, it often
leaves rough edges. which are inartistic
II was once said of the great and good
Father of his Country that ''he never
stopped over This Is thing which
cannot be said of Mr.. Foss. The sad
but indisputable truth is that he does
not always know when to stop. He
takes pretty idea, worth perhaps
two stanzas, and makes of 1t four STAN
zas. or perhaps six, with a refrain. He
works out an idea and then becomes en-
amored of his work, and reiterates the
idea in a different and less pleasing form.
In at least half a dozen of his prettiest
The times., 1898-10-16
"ROb White"

When the suns gold spears were falling,
On the new-made morn,
Did ! hear a clear voice calling,
Calling from the corn?
Did hear it-dream or hear it?
Was distant. was | near it?
Was it mortal, was it sprite,
Calling: ..White-BOb White!
Bob-Bob White
Bob White?"
All, | hear it, and I see it
Sitting on the rail.
Is it real, can il be,
Ny old friend. the quail?
Out of season, out of cover,
Turned migrant, turned rover,
Sitting boldly in my sight,
Calling: ''WIite-Bob White,
Bob-Bob White
Bob White?"
Not at hand, my gun and setter;
Left at rest till fall.
Out of se-vice. and it's better
Better, after all.
He has changed his covey habits,
In the rag-wecds with the rabbits,
And the manner of his flight,
And he calls: Bob White,
Bob-Boh White
Bob White?''
But it's he Of mottled hackles,
On the field fence rail.
Out of covey, out Of shacales,
It's the same old quail.
These are not the sound he whistles
Mid the triars and the thistles.
In the autumn's yellow blight
No. not: "White-Bob White.
Bob-Bob White
Bob Wbite?''
Henry r Stanton
The times., 1898-10-16
The Song of the Rail-.

Ieather-the heart O. me- leather-the rind o. me
Oh but the soul of mes other than that
Else, should thrill as | do 81 exultantly.
Climbing the air from the thick OF the hat?
Leather-the heart o me; ay. but in verify
Kindred | claim with the in the sky.
Heroes bow all TO the little red ball,
And bow to my brother ball blazing on high.
Pour on us torrents OF light, good sun,
Shine in the hearts of my crcketers shine:
Fill them with gladness and might good sun,
Touch them with glory Oh brother OF mine,
Brother OF mine,
Brother OF mine!
We are the lords of them, brother and mate,
| but little ball thou such a great!
E. V. Lucas, in New York Tribune.
The times., 1898-10-16

William Archer says in his Pail Mall
Magazine article on America and the
English Language" 1.-THE America of
today is not the daughter of the England
of today. They are both daughters and
coheiresses of the England of the past,
and especially, We may say, of sewers
teenth century England. The same spirit
which refused ship money to Charles re-
fused tea money to Charles III; the same
spirit which drew up the petition of right
dictated the Declaration of Independence
1t was Englands misconception of her
true relation to her American colonies
that finally alienated them"
The times., 1898-10-16
An October Party.

October gave a party,
The leaves by hundreds came.
The chestnuts. oaks, and naples,
And leaves Of every name.
The sunshine spread carpet,
And everything was grand;
Miss Weather led the dancing,
Professor Wind the band.
The chesinuts came in yellow.
The oaks in crimson dressed;
The lovely Misses Naples
In scarlet looked their best
All balanced 10 their partners,
And gayly fiuttered by
Tie sight was like 4 rainbow.
New fallen from the sky
-Louisa TelIett.
The times., 1898-10-16

The Spectator quotes bit of Schopen-
hauer which may be useful reading for
some of the lackadaisical would-be poets
of today. Poetic gifts" he says in his
essay on THE Metaphysics of the Beau
tiful. belong to the holidays. not to the
working days of life. Hence, even if they
should be felt TO be somewhat oppressed
and limited by an occupation which the
poet carries on at the same time they
may still prosper along with it.
Indeed, poetic gifts are condensed by the
ordinary work of life just as they are di-
luted by too much leisure. and by being
carried on eX professo. We know that
Wordsworth dreaded the too ample free
dom of the purely poetic life. The misery
of Keats was in great measure the mis-
cry of man who felt himself divorced
from the ordinary occupations of life.
Browning would gladly have entered the
diplomatic service. Who can doubt that
much of the unhappy waywardness of BY
rons life arose from the fact that he had
nothing in this wide world to do but drag
his menagerie and his lame leg from one
Italian city to another? Scott. on the
other hand, was reared to the labors of
the desk. His imaginative work was
healthily enriched by his practical occu-
pations. IF you wish to be a poet SAYS
wise old French writer. do something
else six hours a day 1t was not till this
century that the idea somehow became
fixed that the poet was a sort of vessel
that must he kept in cotton wool to pre-
vent its volatile genius from evapora-
ton. For my part, ! cannot see that the
prologue to the Canterbury Tales suf-
fers from the fact that Chaucer earned
his livelihood by ordinary means as con-
troller of the petty customs in the port
of London or is Shakespeare less uni
versal for being at the same time AN
absolute Johannes Factotum?' Is the war
have been if Milton had never flung him
self into political strife, or maintained
his lofty independence by turning his
Latin to practical account? Surely the
poet, whatever else he may be- is also
man of this world, not a sort of sensitive
sea-anemone. waving its futile arms in
periodical low water"
The times., 1898-10-16

"a Source Book of American History"
by Albert Bushnell Hart, professor at
Harvard, is announced by the Macmillan
Company. 1t contains selected reprints of
the original. documents which serve as the
source of American history. and is in
tended for the use of high school classes
The times., 1898-10-16

Who was the captain of the Merrimac before she
was sunk in Santiago harbor? W.. H d :
Commander James NJ. Miller. United
States Navy. When the Merrimac was
turned over to Hobson. Commander Mil
Ter was transferred to the collier Pom
pey. which he now commands.
The times., 1898-10-16

ball league? " E
fhe National League and American
association of Professional Base Ball
- oiuos- me agreement between league
and association ends in two years.
The times., 1898-10-16
NOTES AND QUERIES.

What is the proper pronunciation of the
names Roosevelt and Van Wyck? EVELYN B.
Roosevelt is pronounced as If spelled
Roosevelt. Van Wyck as Van Wike.
The times., 1898-10-16

What is the largest railroad running cas-, and
west in America? q Which Is the we9Irbisst ma
tion in the world?
The Canadian Pacific Its main line is
2.N4 miles long 2. Probably the United
States.
The times., 1898-10-16

"The Story of the West Indies by
Amos K. Fiske. is announced by G. p
Putnam's Sons. The volume will include
brief account of the physical origin and
general characteristics of the islands.
their condition prior to discovery. a rec
ord of the Spanish discoveries and of the
brrcareerins period. a geographical and
statistical description of the different
groups of islands, and comprehensive
account of their present political status
and prospects.
The times., 1898-10-16

Among new books to be published by
CHM & Co. are: Alexanders Shelley" s"
Drydens "Palamon and Arctic" edited by
George E. Eliot, of Clinton, Conn; "A
Book of Seventeenth Century Lyrics" Sc
lected and edited by Felix E. Schilling, of
the University of Pennsylvania "Selec-
tions from Landor." edited by w. B. S.
CIymer: Gibbons Memoirs edited by
Prof. Oliver Farrar Emerson. PHI D., of
the Western Reserve University; DeQuin-
ceys Revolt of the Tartars,' edited by
William Edgar Simonds, of Knox College;
Heroes of the Middle West by Mary
Hartwell Catherwood; Twelve English
Poets" by Blanche Wilder Bellamy (who
is the sister-in-law to the late Edward
Bellamy): Coopers Last of the Mohic-
ans edited by John B. Dunbar. of Brook
lyn, and others.
The times., 1898-10-16

NJ. F. Mansfield & Co. announce a re-
print from the English edition of the
.'Barrack-room Ballads and Depart
mental Ditties." in two volumes. with
drawings by Blanche McManus, repro
duced in color.
The times., 1898-10-16

Henry Seton Merriman's books are
meeting deserved success on the conti-
nent. with Edged Tools has beer
translated into French and German; THE
The times., 1898-10-16
a Philadelphia paper tells.t story of
Mark Twain:

\ PhllautIphld piper ttlIs slHIs sIofy OF
Mark Twain:
In Berlin when one pays his fare TO the con-
duetOr of a street car, he receives ticket which
is soon after collected by Inspector who boards
the car at Z fixed point. One day. just jose,
Marx Twain paid his fare fifteen times on
trip, each time throwing the ticket out OF the
window under his seat soon he had de-
posted the regular fare with the conductor.
few minutes later the inspector would get the
car and demand tickets all around. OF course
Mark had none to show, and hsd-to buy another,
apparently with reluctance. The performance
amused the American, dumtounded the conductor.
who had never met so reckless passenger, and
tickled the native passengers, who thought the
foreigner well punished for his negligence. BY
this modest investment material was obtained for
capital story, which netted Mark Twain just
$500.
The times., 1898-10-16

Sewers" into German. Danish and French
and I'm Kedar's Tents into French and
German.
The times., 1898-10-16

volume by Frederick William Robinson,
long contributor to the London Graph
ic, Gentleman's Magazine and other high
class English periodicals" And with all
his experience he knows no better than
to call his book by such a title as IAN
They Went Through"
The times., 1898-10-16
BRADFORD.
Where is Cape FraEcis?

Where is Cape FraEcis? BRADFORD.
There is no '"Cape Francis but there
are two Capes Francois. One of these
is in Kergulen's land in the Southern
Ocean, about half way between the Cape
of Good Hope and Australia; the other
is another name for Cape Haitien, IL
Haiti.