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The evening times., 1899-05-11
AEr. Lodges Dilemma,
Trom the Springfield Republican,

Vrom the SpIingiicId Kcpuh!ic3n.)
Tie English are having quiet laugh the
history OF the Revolution. written by Scna-
ter Lodge. The narrative. for the most part,
Is traditional roast of the national foe hut
when the author came to finish the work he found
the Spanish war in progress. ard the air full of
gushing talk about the good feeling between
England and America. The last chapter. there
fore, drips with honey for our ncw-found Eng
lish friends.
The change in tone Is sudden as to be
comical. For once the English sac the joke.
The lesson from the historians standpoint is not
TO mix past history with current politics. es-
pelialy If you are writing of long gone
by. The politicians instinct in Mr.. Lodge, how
ever. was too strong for the historians. lie had
to be in the swim. even if he carried by
different currents in the same book.
The evening times., 1899-05-11
The Rights of Jurors.

When the jury in the Ely insanity case
in Brooklyn reported that they had been
unable to agree because one of their num-
ber could not coincide with his associates,
the judge of the Supreme Court before
whom the issue was tried is reported TO
have severely lectured'' the recalcitrant
What are jurors for anyway? II they
are not entitled to their opinions, if they
are so many dummies and automatoms to
register the opinions OF courts as those
courts think they should be registered,
then why keep the jury system in exist
ence? 1t is a trayesty and burlesque
TO call man from his business and ask
him TO sit in a jury box for hours, and
sometimes days and weeks. at time, if
he cannot honestly record his opinion
without being subjected to ridicule or
contumely from the bench.
1t may be said that the men who serve
as Jurors. as a rule, do not reflect the
intelligence of the community. Perhaps
there is a grain of truth in the contention,
because our more intelligent men, our men
of influence, are usually able to get ex-
cused. And they-do get excused because
they are not willing to leave their bus:-
ness in discharge of a public duty. in the
same way that the so-called silk stock
ing element Of society is usually behind
The door when the primaries are being
held.
On a par with this lecturing of jurors
is the habit of some lower court magis-
trates to moralize and philosophize when
passing sentence on unfortunates who are
brought before them. 1t is not enough
that they should sentence man or a
woman for the full term allowed by law,
but, Dogberry like they must shake their
heads and comment on the way of the
transgressor Not infrequently. we imag-
inc. the lecture is decidedly more severe
punishment than the sontence-ard the
law does not necessarily call for both.
Besides, there is a broader aspect to the
whole subject. 1t is the tendency of the
judiciary, high and low, to encroach on
the liberty of the citizen, in its strict and
narrow and technical. rather than in It's
broad and generous Interpretation of the
law. The Constitution OF the United States.
for example, is the most elastic document
that the mind OF man could devise. And
yet we have recently seen evidence that
The evening times., 1899-05-11
The Happiest Time.

Iffpm Inc " indsor WagazIneI
What period of life is most ENJOYABLE? This is
a question suggested by the gossip of the vet
Grams interesting that of their die. or their
habits. Mr.. Firth, r. A.. by the way declares
he has rules about eating, and hc tells a
friend who gives porridge the secret Of old
age that if old age can only be had by living on
porridgc, he prefers 4 short life. As to the en-
joyablc period of life. the late Mrs Kecley said
life grew healthier the years went on. and
that mankind had better days before il than be-
hind. Mrs Cady Stanton, who is eighty-thrce,
says that life wa3 never fuller or swecter to her
than it is now. when size understands the true
philosophy Of life, wastes energy in regrets
Of the past fears for the future. 1.-The future
is sealed book, and Tie pas; cannot be rene
died. She lives in the present, bending all her
energies 10 the duties of the hour. Sir Charles
Gavan Duffy says: '.Thc most tranquil and Sc
rene period OF my life was from my sixty fourth
to my scvcnty-second year"
The evening times., 1899-05-11
MILES MAKES A SPEECH.
Lauds America's Army Before the
Society Of the Cincinnati.

Lauds Americas Army Before the
Society Of the Cincinnati.
New York, May 11.-About one hundred
members OF the Society of the Cincinnati
held banquet at sherry's last night.
President William G. Ward, Of the New
York Society, made a short address of
welcome and introduced Secretary Tolbert
Olyphant, who acted as toastmaster.
The toast, ITO the memory of His Ex-
cellency. George Washington. our first
President General" was drunk standing
Then Secretary Olyphant introduced Gen.
Nelson A. Miles. to respond to the toast.
''The Army"
General Miles said: "Something of the
same hardships and sacrifices that Wash
ington's army suffered our soldiers today
are suffering in far-away lands. While
we sit here In the midst of luxury, our
brothers are contending in the jungles and
swamps Of the Far East and maintaining
the honor and the heroism and the forth
tude of the American nation. (Cheers.)
In the Civil War these qualities wee
shown by Americans in the struggle
against Americans; in this last war they
are shown against common foe, as it
was one hundred years ago. May it be
many hundred years before we are di-
vided again.
General Miles paid a special tribute to
the fighting men from the West. He was
followed by Chaplain General Frank l..
Humphreys. who responded to "The
Navy" and said in part:
FROM the days of Paul Jones to those
OF our own Dewey tcheers) we have al
ways had in our navy the raw material
for heroes. 1t only took the opportunity
to bring them forth. May the time never
come when we shall lack them. II the
President-as he may-should call tomor-
row for 100000 volunteers, we al know
that they would come from every city and
town and village with the response, 1--WE
are coming, Father William, one hundred
nd
The evening times., 1899-05-11
A CHANCE AT LINE DUTY.
The Secretary Of the Navy Makes q
POpulnr Ruling.

The Secretary Of the Navy rendered .
decision yesterday which will be hailed
With Joy by officers of the Naval Engineer
Corps who were graduated from the Naval
Academy since 1882. Under the provisions
of the Naval Personnel act, transferring all
engineer officers to the line. those officers
who were graduated since 1882 are Obliged
to fit themselves for line duties. Other en-
gineer officers are not to perform line
duty or have the option of remaining as
engineers or exercising the functions of
the line. A law provides that all officers
eligible for promotion from one grade in
the Navy to a higher grade must pass ar
examination to determine their fitness for
their new duties. Secretary Long has 6e-
cided that this statute does not require en-
gineer officers who have been graduated
since 1882 to pass the necessary examina-
tion before receiving line promotions, and
ne has therefore given them two years to
fit themselves for line duties. Promotions
of eligible officers will be made at once.
subject to examination two years hence
The evening times., 1899-05-11
Scotch Dialect,

(From the Scottish American.)
North country servant girl living with
English family in the neighborhood of Ok
ford.
One day she happened to step into heap
of mire. and returned home with her clothes
much soiled.
..what have you been 'doing?' asked her mis-
tress.
''Oh." she said, 81 stopper into hump-loes o.
glaur."
'.And what's glaur?'
'.Just clairts," said the girl.
t.But what's clairtsg'
''Its just clabber."
'.But. dear me; what is c!abbcrf"
'.Clabber is drookit stour."
''But what is drookit stourg' insisted the
amazed lady.
s'Weel, weeI." said the girl, '"avc nae patience
wi ye ava Ye sud ken - weei as me. it's just
vat dirt"
The evening times., 1899-05-11

Secretary Alger has issued orders re-
Quiring the Adjutant General, Inspector
General, Surgeon General, Chief OF Engin-
GERS. and ether potentates to meet him ev-
cry Wednesday afternoon for the purpose
of explaining matters relating to their Of
fees and to discuss subjects affecting the
department at large. This body has been
called the Secretary's Cabinet" and il its
object is to give advice that is sorely need
Cd it has been brought into existence none
too soon. For there is 40 head of a bu-
reau to whom friendly counsel and sug-
gestion ought TO be more welcome than
TO the politician whose army administra-
ton has scandalized the country.
The evening times., 1899-05-11
CONNECTICUT WOODS ON FIRE.
Flames still Spreading, with 300
Men Fighting Them.

Wingted. Conn. May IA destructive
forest FIRE has burned over 200 acres Of
timber land in Simsbury. ard is still
spreading notwithstanding the efforts OF
800 men to extinguish it. The loss will ex
ceed 100000.
The fire is supposed to have been kim
died By spark from freight locomotive
on the Central New England Railroad yes
terday.
By heroic efforts the gang of fire fighters
succeeded in keeping the flames away from
the magazine of Ensign. Bickford & Co.,
manufacturers of safety fuse. in Simsbury.
Men were employed to fight the fire all
night. The smoke is visible as far as
Hartford.
The evening times., 1899-05-11
A ThOreau story.
From the Philadelphia Post. }

Bret Harte works away quietly in London, and
seems to like the town, although the climate can
hardly bear comparison with that Of California.
The effete luxury OF the capital appears to suit
him better than the rigors Of the backwoods
was speaking with him once on this subject, and
upholding the rigid life Henry Thorcau had led
at Walden Pond, as compared with the luxurious
surroundings Of many modern authors advo.
Gated a return to the simpler habits Of our an
cestors.
YES" he said. Giving on parched peas sounds
very fine in book. When visited Emerson
was astonished to find how close Walden Pond
was to the Emerson homestead, and I commented
on this l had imagined that the pond was
away cut in the wilderness miles from any hu.
man habitation. Before Emerson could reply Mrs.
Emerson spoke UP ia the tone Of a woman ex-
posing . hunbug: oh, yes; Henry took good
care not to get out Of hearing Of our dinner
horn.s"
The evening times., 1899-05-11
TENNESSEE PROSPERITY.
Foundry Companies Increase tn,
Wages of 5000 Employees.

Foundry Companies Increase the
Wages of 5000 Employees.
Chattanooga, Tenn, May IA majori-
ty of the iron foundrymen in this section
have increased the wages of their men at
least 10 per cent during the past week.
The increased price of iron is the direct
cause, the market being in prosperous
condition and every company being crowd
ed with orders.
The aggregate annual payroll of the
companies granting the increase is $685.
00O The firms included are: T. A. Snow
& Co., American Pipe and Foundry Com
pany. Ross -Meehan Foundry Company.
Fort Payne Stove Company, Sheffield Stove
and Foundry Company, Louman Stove and
Foundry Company and the Citico and
lockwood Furnace Companies. In all
about 6. 500 employees are benefited.
The evening times., 1899-05-11
KENTUCKY SENATORS CONFER
Lindsay ard Dcboc Consult About
Ccnsus Appointments.

Frankfort. Ky, May l1.-Senator w. j.
Deboe arrived here last night to confer
with Senator Lindsay as 10 the appointment
of census supervisors for Kentucky. The
two Kentucky Senators have the naming of
these officers, and have been unable as yet
to arrive at an understanding.
Senator Deboe said: Il think there will
be an extra session of Congress. There
are several reasons why an extra session
should be called. The issues growing out
of the recent war are the most important
for Congressional action. The question of
finance is second in Importance for an eX-
ira session. There are ISSUES that make an
extra session imperative" Senator Lind
say is expected here today.
The evening times., 1899-05-11
Fatal Cake walking.
(Frcm the Cincinnati Enquirer.

Evansville, Ind, May s.-The death OF Miss
Rosa Storker, which occurred in this city last
night. is said to have been due to excessive cake
walking. The young lady was regarded as one
Of the most graceful cake walkers in the city and
spent almost every night in the pastime. A few
evenings ago she participated in a cake walk
and the next morning was seriously i'll. A ply
sician was called and he pronounced the disease
peritonitis. and said it was caused by the young
lady's frequent cake walking. It is said this Is
the second death that has occurred in this city
in the last six months which was caused by
excessive cakewalking. Miss Stoker was pretty
girl Of sixteen.
The evening times., 1899-05-11
CHILD KILLED BY A STREET CAR
Citizens Threaten to Lynch the Con-
ductOr and MOtOrman.

Citizens Threaten to Lynch the Com
ductOr and MOtOrman.
Wheeling. W. Va, May 11.-At half-past
6 o'clock last evening Edward Conn. aged
six years. a son of a widow residing in
Benwood, was killed by a street car on the
line of the Wheeling Railway Company.
The car was No. %, Motorman William
Barisford and Conductor G. P. Fry. These
men were at once arrested by the Ben
wood police and locked up.
The most intense excitement prevailed
in the town for several hours, and threats
to lynch the prisoners were freely made.
The excitement spread to this city. and
the accident complicates the strike situa-
ton very materially. Late reports from
Benwood indicate that the situation there
is one of great excitement.
The evening times., 1899-05-11
cLuNG TO A STEAMBOAT Wheel
Judge McGinnis ard His Son Narrow
Iy Escape Drowning.

Judge McGinnis ard His Son Narrow
Iy Escape Drowning.
Huntington. w. Va, May 11.-Judge Ira
]. McGinnis, one of the best-known attOr-
neys of this State, was crossing the Ohio
River here yesterday in skiff. his young
son. Ira, accompanying him. They ran too
close to the tow-boat Defender and sue
tion from the steamer upset the skiff
Judge McGinnis managed to get hold OF
the sunken skiff and fioated until rescued.
The young man seized the steamboats,
wheel, and holding on with deathl;ke grip
was carried several revolutions of the
monster wheel. Signals from shore at
tracted the boat crews attention and he
was rescued also. Hundreds of people
along the river front were witnesses OF the
event, which caused the greatest excite
ment for a time.
The evening times., 1899-05-11
JERRY SIMPSONS NEW ROLE.
Ripplcs Following His First Plunge
Into JOURNALISM

Wichita, Kan. May Il.-The first num-
ber of former Congressman Jerry Simp-
sons weekly newspaper. the "Bayonet," is
out. The leading editorial is a denounce-
ment Of former Speaker Reed. Simpson
says Reed would like to be the next Re-
publican Presidential candidate. and not
withstanding his Objectionable nature is
the strongest man in the Republican par
~.
He denoances trusts in scathing terms
and claims the newspapers in the East
ridiculed him and were the cause Of his
downfall in the Congressional arena.
The evening times., 1899-05-11
A Wise and Homes hoy.
From the Cincinnati Enu,ir.r. ,

A boy once applied for situation.
1--WE don't like lazy boys here said the man.
ager: ''are You fond Of wors?''
''No. sir" responded the boy. looking the 9TH
or straight in tine face.
"Oh. you're not, aren't you! Well, VIC want a
boy that is
''There amt any, said the hoy. doggedly
"Oh, yes, there are; VIC have had half dozen
Of that kind here this morning 10 take the place
We have"
..How do you know they ares'' asked the boy.
''Tbey told me So"
$50 could ], but I'm not liar.' and the lad
said II with such an air Of convincing energy
that u was engaged ut once.
The evening times., 1899-05-11
The Telegraph Operator in ..Touch. ,,

VTUm tHV LUHUoH NdIIJ
Roland Belfort, No. ) Copthall Buildings who
has been interested in some OF cur articles on
wireless teegraphy, writes:
Having worked most of the Atlantic and
Eastern cables can testify to the ease with
which an operator recognizes his distant col
leagues by their touch.
'Often l have heard the exclamation: There's
that coniounded X come on. Immediately Y
transmitted his first signal.
Some operators signaling is weak and
shadowy that the work of decpherins the sig
mails is quite doubled.
''It is also easy to tell whether an operator has
been in convivial society previous to taking
duty. By signaling a cablist tell whether
his correspondent is tired, angry. depressed, mer-
ry, moody"
The evening times., 1899-05-11

Every member of the present Admins
tration will go down to posterity as hor-
rible example of something. Because we
are fond of him. We are extremely glad
that Mr.. Mckinley has selected the COM
paratively small evil CT cigar smoking as
the one he is TO stand for. 1t will always
supply him with halo in comparison with
two or three of his associates.
The evening times., 1899-05-11
L.a-incSs.
(From the Chicago Tribunc.)

"Why do you always prefer to move into
fat?' asked the matron in the paisley shawl.
'lt saves much work. replied the matron
with the bored. expression; YOU never have 10
clean house.
"But you get the new fat dirty after time.
don't you?"
Certainly; thcn's the time TO rlovc into an
other new one"
The evening times., 1899-05-11
/ Comment on Mr. Riley

From the Boston Globc.)
'Just to be good
This is enough-cnough."
says James Whitcomb Riley in a touching po-
EN-. This is particularly true of eggs.
The evening times., 1899-05-11
CURRENT HUMOR.
Cheap Living.
(rrom the Chicago News.

tFrom TIE Chicago News.)
''Wcl. how do you like living in the suburbs 90
Fine; it's going to be good thing for me
financially. Our girl has decided to leave, and
the lady who lives next door says well never
he able TO get another TO go ont there TO work.
shall have 50 week more to spend for cigars
and things now. %
The evening times., 1899-05-11
A Changed Opinion.

Grumpy-You women have no sense of humor
(Savagely) What you laughing at?
Wife-Nothing; Just the way you put the light
ed end of your cigar in your mouth.
Grumpy Gerocious,y)-Weli. must sav,
Doesn't seem to take anything to make you
women laugh.
The evening times., 1899-05-11

Mr. Carnegie has already begun to us
tribute some of his immense wealth. IN
pursuance of his expressed purpose to de-
vote the remainder of his life to beneVo-
lent and philanthropic purposes. he fas
offered to contribute the last fifty thousand
pounds which Mr. Joseph Chamberlain Is
endeavoring to raise for the University OF
Birmingham, on condition that the scien-
tific school be made the principal depart
ment of the institution. Mr.. Carnegie
thinks that England is greatly in need OF
young experts to manage great WORKS oi
the kind with which he was formerly iden-
titled in Pittsburg, and he mentions Corneii
University as a model scientific schooi.
We have no doubt that the gift Will be ap-
preciated by the people OF Birmingham
General Gomez bids fair to bscome con-
siderable of a bugbear or nuisance H.
indeed, he did not assume that role long
ago. Realizing that with the disbandment
of the army his influence will be at
discount he has begun the organization OF
party to be dominated By him, and which
he proposes to use as lever to keep him
before the public as prominent poilticai
factor. 1T is understood" says dis
patch, that he desires to discuss his
status toward the United States after the
army,s disbandment." Well. there ought
to be no difficulty in the way either OF
discussing his status or establishing it..
The general may as well make up his mind
at once however. to one or two plain facts
namely. that the people of this country
do not believe the Cubans capable of self
government at this time. and that they do
most emphatically believe that the years
will be many before they are competent to
govern themselves: secondly, that while
advice from any source, given with good
intent, is always to be welcomed there is
such thing as making a bore of ones
self by precipitating it when it is super
fuous
The evening times., 1899-05-11
The Mighty Corporation
(From the Detroit Free Press

From the Uetr0it Free Press
''Iicnry. can't You demonstrate about those
two telephone poles on our sidewaIks'
"Gracious! no. Ellen. I'm Just drafting a vote
Of thanks to the company for not planting them
in OUT front yard."
The evening times., 1899-05-11
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