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The times., 1899-07-09
SUNDAY, JULY 9, 1899.
Intorerable Canadian Aggression.

II is extremely difficult to reconcile
Alaskan boundary dispute to any theory
of a strong desire for the maintenance of
uninterrupted pleasant relations with the
United States Government The records
in the case attest the reasonableness of
our position, and the frequent concessions
this Government has made must impress
embattled Europe with an idea of national
tolerance new to the code of international
comfy.
1t seems that the limit of endurance is
about reached now, and that the United
States Government will have to inform the
British Foreign Office firmly and resolute
ly that no further demands of Canadian
greed for the cession of a rod more OF
American territory in Alaska will be en-
tertained. Canada insists that the greater
part OF the Porcupine district, which in
disputably is American territory, extend
ing nearly to the headwaters of the Lynn
Canal, and which is populated by Ameri
can miners and millers be included by the
provisional line in Canadian territory. So
scope of country with millions of property
and hundreds of American citizens that
they are not even willing to await the for
nation OF a modus vivendi. Cession of the
coveted territory would bring the Cana
dian frontier SO near to the Lynn Canal
that 1t would amount to giving the Cana
dians control Of this important artery
q.
of this feature of the case, presented with
proper urgency by the Canadians. that is
inducing the British Foreign Office to as
sumo such a stubborn attitude in the
premises? Successful British statecraft
always fixes its eyes upon the main
chance and CLUES them there until a Sc
we're shock is sometimes required to un-
TX the gaze.
1t is notorious that American citizens
now living in the Porcupine district were
driven out of the Atlin district by the an
noying prosecutions Of the Canadian
Government, which prohibited them
from holding property in that district.
These prosecuted Americans left Atlin and
moved to the Porcupine district, where
Canadian persecution again menaees and
harasses them. If Great Britain continues
to adopt Canadian suggestions as a basis
OF compromise on a provisional line it
seems not improbable that the only re-
course left 10 our Government for the
proper and adequate protection of Ameri-
can interests in American territory will be
the immediate despatch of a military force
sufficiently strong TO garrison Pyramid
Harbor, which is now without a garrison,
at the request of Great Britain. and other
strategic points along the frontier. 1t is,
OF course, hoped that this heroic and de-
termined alternative will not have to be
adopted, but If British indifference to Can
adian aggression continues longer TO make
the situation TO American interests in the
disputed territory intolerable this course
ought to be resorted TO by this Govern
meut
The times., 1899-07-09
PLAYING Poker by Wire.
lFrom the Chieago Chronicle.l


Few outside the brotherhood OF the key
aware that operators often play poker the
wire 1t is, nevertheless, fact, and the diver
sion is fairly common.
when / working on the Blankety-blank
line at i little railroad station in Illinois, said
an eN-operator the other day, business was very
slack toward early morning, and we used TO get
up a our-hauded game regularly The players
were myself and three other operators at differ
emf points along the line. We would call each
other up and then every man would deal himself
4 hand making his disearts and helping as de-
sired OF course, had TO trust to mutual honor
as to cheating, but think everybody was on
the square All played freeze-out, and the loser
had TO treat when got together at headFuar-
tiers, which was about once month. must
confess that the action little slow, but
the game was exciting than one might
imagine Almost all the old operators have play
ed cards by telegraph at some time or another
The times., 1899-07-09
Brave Old Gallifet.


General Galltets removal of General Zurlin-
den from the post of Military Governor OF Paris
shows that he has the nerve the situation calls
for. General Zurlnden has manifested an in
subordinate spirit toward the civil authorities
For some time he has been spoken of as the
leading in clique Of generals who were
preparing a coup d'etat his command OF the
troops at Paris giving him exceptional facilities
for bringing a revolution. The Government
has, in fact, been afraid of him, it is said and
a bluff old soldier like Galliiet wanted at the
War Office to reduce insubordinate generals like
him to their proper position. Zurlinden opposed
giving justice TO Dreyfus and upheld the officers
who plotted the ruin of that unfortunate man. 1t
has been feared that the acquittal of Dreyius
would be the signal for a revolutionary move
ment General Gallifet seems to be eifectually
preventing ii.
The times., 1899-07-09
Lucky individuals.
(From the Memphis seimetar. }

Nfi"iii sS h''''fHh9 'eiiie'at'J
The only in these parts who leads really
idyllic existence is the ruralist who holds public
office in the city There are a great many such
Nearly every train that enters the city in the
morning dumps its load OF passengers who get to
work up town about n. M, and ready to start
on the return trip by p. m. Some of them
travel fifteen twenty miles each way. They are
given eommutation tickets by the different roads.
and as their small travelling expenses made a
regular charge against their salaries they do not
feel them. They mostly men Of standing and
property in the community in which they live,
else they would not be able to reach the jobs
they hold. Their duties in town are not arduous,
their hours OF labor are short. and their salaries
enable them to live at home in style closely
approaching that patriarehal existence affected
by the wealthy landowners before the war.
The times., 1899-07-09
Insane Utternnce..

The bad and almost incredible extreme OF
reckless assertion in the wild and woody" West
is reached in the action of Kansas post OF the
G. A. r., which has adopted a formal resolu-
tion declaring that it is Just and proper to
invoke just God to remove President that re-
tains ii. Clay Evans Pension Commissioner &"
This invocation of another assassin to murder the
President will not escape the notice or (prob-
ably) the action OF the National encampment Of
the G. A. r. That organization is eminently a
patriotic one, and it cannot suffer such an out
rage to go without some vigorous action to show
the country and the world what it thinks Of
such conduct. The offence is fagrant abuse O.
the priceless liberty Of speech that exists in the
United States, and the C. A. r. Post at Spring
Hill, Kan, should be made to feel and under
stand this Its insane resolution is all the worse
for the fact that Commissioner Evans is an honest
and faithful official who does not believe the
fattening OF horde of grasping, never satisfied
pension attorneys is any legitimate part of his
official duties
The times., 1899-07-09
A Rose by Any other Name, Etc.

(trom the Boston Herald.
short name for the automobile is Troubling
many people. The presnt four syllables appear
to be overexacting, and some inclined to
extend it to Ave by pronounclng mobile ''mobi-
lee," it is urged that the matter should be de-
cided at once. In England, self-propeller, auto
car, and motor vehicle have been suggested, but
without satisfying results. In this country motor
carriage, autocarriage, and motor vehicle have
been brought forward with like reception. As
trisyllable bicycle abbreviated into bike"
the probability is that eventually quadrisyllabic
automobile will shrink into 'mobe." Purists
Wilt of course, kics, as they did when cabriolet
faded away into "cab," telephone into ''phone,"
and pantaioons into pants but brevity is the
soul OF w.t. and what's in name, after all?
To mobe or not to mobe-that is the question.
The times., 1899-07-09

1t may not be improper, after a patient
partment for little news regarding the
position and prospects of General MacAr-
thur and his men at San Fernando! At
latest accounts they were surrounded, and
it was understood that General Otis was
about to despatch a force from the Manila
garrison to their relief. Has nothing hap
pened, or is the press censor more exact
ing than formerly? We are almost at the
point OF regretting the discharge OF Cor
bins old bulletin editor. He could not
give us reliable news, as a rule, because
that might have been injudicious; but at
nation for native determinations not to
make ANY future serious stand in the
southern provinces" and he was solid
standby for information concerning the
actions of Denby's Malay "friendlies' gen.
orally, who invariably fell upon the necks
of our soldiers wherever the latter ap-
peared. The fact that the Tagals acted
this way for the pious purpose of bisecting
those necks with their 'bolos" does not
affect the principle. In short, much as
everybody grumbled at the bulletin man,
now that he is gone, we all miss him. Let
us have him back Mr.. Mckinley would
please grateful public If he would ap-
point that young man an assistant some
thing with the rank of colonel. He halls
from Ohio, probably, and his name IL
Ananias Mulhattan Munchausen.
The times., 1899-07-09
Lady Servants.
(From the Minneapolis Tribune. }

(From the Minneapolis Tribune.)
The Boston Herald tells how Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps recently advertised for a woman to do
housework in her family, and received over eighty
applications for the place, not more than three
of which were, from professional servants. The
balance were from lady clerks, stenographers,
dressmakers nurses, and women of former in
dependent means, now in reduced circumstances.
One was the widow of physician, formerly ac-
customed to keep her own servants, and another
a teacher highly educated. 1t appears that these
women were willing to do housework for Mrs
Phelps because they thought they would be well
treated by Iher which is taken to indicate that
there would be plenty OF intelligent and we'll
bred American women for domestic service II
they could be sire that they would not be hu.
inflated BY their employers.
The times., 1899-07-09
@ Expert Testimony.
tFrom the Philadelphia Ledger.)

fFTom the fhilluelphla Leuger.)
The committee of the State Bar Association
which reported in favor of a law forbidding the
calling Of experts by the parties to suit, but
imposing that duty upon the court, had good
grounds for its action. When an expert wit
ness is called by either litigant he is certain 10
give testimony favorable TO that side OF the
case. II it were not known that he would do
so he would not he called. The other side, of
course. meets his testimony with that OF another
expert favorable TO it, and the result is con-
fusion. scandal and the discrediting of all ex-
pert testimony, not only in the popular mind,
but in the opinion of eminent legal praetition-
ers some Of whom spoke in the convention in
disparagenent OF the whole system. In the very
nature of things, expert evidence, to be worth
ANYTHING, should be impartial, and the only way
TO have it so is TO have the witness summoned
BY the court and not by either of the parties in
interest,
The times., 1899-07-09
Better pelve mt Home.

(From the st. Louis Globe-Demoerat)
Ii is said that two-thirds of the men who went
10 the Klondike region in 1895 returned empty
handed These persons could doubtless have done
better il they had gone into the mining locali-
t;es in the United States. The fact that Color
ado California. Montana, South Dakota, and the
res, Of the States in which gold mining is going
on are increasing their yield constantly is an evi-
donce that Americans need not go outside Of
their own country to reach gold regions of great
nromise. Apparently the rush to the Klondke
tbis wear has been much below that of 1s0s or
the latter part of 1897 There is, in the confines
Of the United States. greater wealth in gold
and silver deposits than can probably be found
in any other country ON the globe.
The times., 1899-07-09

on their faces. The city boy put on an i'm
portant expression, iammed his derby hat
down over his forehead, and shouted:
Gee! Hawi" The oxen behaved very
much as Mr.. Vanderbilts automobile did,
and it was sad for the city boy. When he
was picked out of the ruins of the sled
and the load of wood his uncle dryly re
marked that that was the first time he
,ver saw oxen gee" and 'haw'' all at
once. That seems to have been the matter
with the automobile. Science is won
derful thing, but it cannot construct ma
chine which will go backward and forward
at the same time.
The times., 1899-07-09

Il
mar system in the teaching of language,
the beauty of ,ne study of mathematics and
Latin and; GreSk, consist in the fact that
in such study the pupil knows tina. he
must be either right or wrong. There is no
such thing as getting a problem in arith-
metic somewhere near right; either II is
correct or 1t " not. A Latin noun is in
one declenfion or another; it is not-ex-
cept exceptions-half- between the two.
The exceptions are all known. and listed,
and learnsl. Every step is marked and
definite. And such drill is good for the re-
bellious human mind, which does not like
accuracy. ~
1t will not do to set up an educational
standard like that of Tommy Atkins
leather" the standard of "doin' things
rather more or less The trouble with
many well-educated men and women is
just this. They have been accustomed to
content themselves with doing thing
about" right; and when they are looking
for work they find that they must do it
just right. The learning of this lesson
often takes them longer than it took them
to go through college.
The times., 1899-07-09
Useful Womanhood.
From the Philadelphia Times


1t is quite relief to turn from the con-
temptation of various Colonial Danes lately fight
ing among themselves to hail the advent of an
especially utilitarian quality Of womanhood- The
energetic and courageous representative OF the
gentler sex, who in Germantown the other night
captured two burglars, has done more TO dispel
the myriads OF mistaken ideas concerning the
feminine portion of mankind than all the wrang-
ling ever indulged in by shrieking sisterhood.
More Of such women are needed, not only in that
pretty suburban locality, but elsewhere. In thus
putting pair Of hoasebreakers in a position to
feel the heavy hand Of the law, this German
towneress shows how clear was the taste and
judgment of the ancients in typiiying justice un.
der the figure OF woman.
The times., 1899-07-09
Their Old Man of the Sea.

(From the Houston Post.)
II is not very long since James G. B's;Le, as
spokesman for the Republican party, declared
that trusts were private affairs with which the
Government had nothing to do. Up to within
few weeks past the Republican press has been
claiming that trusts were often beneficial and
pointing to the Standard Oil Company as Il trust
which had reduced prices to the public. Now
they are taking their from Boss Hanna $
Ohio plan, and making protestations that the Re
publican party is opposed to trusts, and always
has been But Havemeyer's admission that the
tariff is the source OF the trusts and the of
their continuance is dangerous to Mckinley, for
it was protection that made him and he stands
for nothing else.
The times., 1899-07-09
The Buffalo Idiot Convention.
fFrom the Boston Herald. J

The gathering of political and social refouners
in Buffalo is valuable chiefly furnishing some
notion of what the men are thinking OF who be-
lieve that If they were entrusted with the power
an unapprscatiye people has withheld from them,
they could Tenovate society and purify politics.
Their lack Of practical capacity for affairs
shown in the treatment of the resolutions intro
dueed demanding the recall Of Army and
Navy from the Philippines. leaving the islanders
prey to anarchy aud chaos. Apparently. all that
prevented the passage OF the resolution was the
abandonment OF the chair by the president. 1t
must he queer collection OF patriots who would
seriously offer to the Administration the advice
contained in these resolutions. The American
people, however have never had much difficulty
in sitting cut the genuine i:om the spurious re-
former
The times., 1899-07-09
Dewey and Won Diederich.

The letter Of eougratuation from Won Died
erich TO Dewey, and the response, show rather
stilted note on one side. beginning, II have the
honor to acknowledge the receipt Of your COM
muncation of March 4, informing your
cellencv has been promoted admiral,' etc. and
frank reply on the other. beginning. Dear
Admiral Won Diederich'' But there is evil
dence that the stiltedness of Won Diederichs
epistle is not the natural manner Of the German.
used to more red tape than ourselves. Just the
other is the natural frankness of the Anglo Saxon.
ready to fight with a good cause. but harborina
no resentment afterward. The soldiers not
the ones that make had blood, anyway; the man
that has had fair fight with another regards
if his feelings be right-the other with better
feelings ever afterward.
The times., 1899-07-09

The performance of the Columbia again
yesterday strengthened confidence in her
ability to hold the Americas Cup against
the English challenger. Sir Thomas Lip
ton has been advised that unless the Sham
rock could distance the Valkyrie In a race,
it would be useless to send the yacht
American defender. 1t grows more prob
able every day that the cup will remain
on this side of the ocean for another year
at least.
The times., 1899-07-09

The local evening organ of the Admins
tration is pleasantly sarcastic. 1t says
that the State Department regards the
work of the iDenby meddlers in Luzon as
highly Beneficial" They have mot been
successful in bringing about peace" but
they have done much to convey to the
native Filspinosl a proper conception of the
purposes q the United States Government"
and ''in that way have sapped the strength
of the insurrection," which, however, ap-
pears to be doing land Office business at
the old stand. loSurely the situation is not
without occasional humor.
The times., 1899-07-09
Mr.. yanderbilt,s Mi.hap.

The innocent automobile has been having
dent which proves that although the new
machine will not shy, consume oats. or be
subject TO the epizootic, 1t may have its
failings, for all that. Mr.. Vanderbilt was
riding down a hill when the automobile
turned over and over with him and dump
ed him into the road, and turned somer-
saults until it was caught. Mr.. Wander
ing of distrust has been inspired in peo-
pie who have hitherto hailea the advent
of the new machine with glee.
II may be well to investigate this case
and see what the cause of the trouble was.
When an incautious man is persuaded TO
hold an infant of tender age in his arms
and It suddenly begins TO scream. the in
dignant mother and grandmother and
aunts all rush up and exclaim, you must
have done something to It; the child
wouldn't scream like that for nothing" In
like manner 1t may be inferred that q
| machine, being incapable of cherishing
| spite against Its owner, he must have done
something 10 II or 1t would not have
thrown him into the road.
II appears from the evidence that Mr.
Vanderbilt wished the machine to back
and used the proper means TO that end
At the same time, the current was ON IL
full force. impelling the automobile for
ward AS machine cannot go in two di
rections at the same time, there was ;
complication, resembling that of the cit.
boy and the yoke of oxen. The youngste
was quite confident that he could driv,
oxen. so, after he had watched the process
a little while, he begged permission TO try
He was allowed to assume charge of tn
team. while his uncle and cousins OF IN
farm retired to the bank. with latent grin
The times., 1899-07-09

some petty cause of discord. In this case
there was an older person as instigator of
the crime. Boys of small intelligence and
no moral training might be found in other
parts of the country, who would commit
murder under the system of threat and
reward which influenced this boy. The
zeal horror of the thing lies in the almost
absolute ignorance of the youthful crimi-
nai
The times., 1899-07-09
In,potent Rage.

(From the Portland Argis)
Anna C;ould's little jackanapcs of a husband.
the Comte dc Casteane, has again earned a
good spanking Tor his gratuitOus insult to the
Prince of Monaco 1t is 10 be hoped that for
his own good and the peace and quiet Of the
neighborhood this hunptious little anti-Drey-
fusite will get it one Of these days.
The times., 1899-07-09

Delay in forwarding troops to the Phil
ippines -justifes General Otis in cabling
that "two skeleton regiments are now
fairly we'll assured!'sd II the authorities
do not move little faster than they have
since the spring campaign was brought to
an inconsequential end by the meddling
OF DENLY and the two schoolmasters we
are afraid that two regiments of skeletons
will hardly cover the disaster.
The times., 1899-07-09
A Confederate Reunion.
crrnm the Galveston NewsN

tFTom tine 1aNes'oh NeNs.J
Thirty-six years ago three Confed1 rate soldiers,
representing regiments from different States, were
active participants in the great and decisive bat
tie of Gettysburg and were borne from the field
on litters, bleeding from desperate wounds re
ceived in action. Last Saturday the three sur
vivors held sidewalk reunion in Dallas. They
are hale and hearty and well preserved men now,
more than third OF a century after the bloody
battle which sounded the deathknell OF the Con
federacy.
The times., 1899-07-09

With very distinct recollection OF
certain military round robin in his
mind, Mr.. Mckinley has brought on former
Col. Theodore Roosevelt TO tell him some
thing about the oficering OF volunteer
troops. II the President would be so good
as to ask the Governor few questions
about the Algerian method OF feeding them
1t would be so much the better.
The times., 1899-07-09
An unenxiahIe Office.

(From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.)
When the Ameer OF Afghanistan appears in
public somebody shoots at him, and when he re-
mains at home they try 10 make way with him
by bribing the cook. When 4 sovereign ruler
can neither indulge in fresh air nor cooked
food. he isn't much to be envied.
The times., 1899-07-09

The general consensus of opinion seems
to be that, as compared with the Sham
rock, the "Columbia's the gem of the
ocean,"
The times., 1899-07-09
CIRCULATION STATEMENT

Concentrations intended for publication N
THE TINES must be tersely and plainly written.
and must in all cases be accompanied by the
name and address of the writer. Rejected CON-
munications will not be preserved. and only man.
uscripts Of obvious importance will be returned
to their authors.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-02-10
THE TREATY RATIFIED.

The peace treaty was rstifed by the senate,
There is little doubt that it would have failed of
ratification but for the recent fight at Manila
Indeed, the advocates of the treaty now admit
that, had it it not been for the fight, the treaty
would have been lost.
The deed is done, however, and we must
bear the consequences as best we may. Some
very able men and deep thinkers declare that
the ratification of the treaty means years of
war and the sacrifice of thousands of lives and
millions of money.
The spectators have won. The millionaires
are on top.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-02-10
Late Literary News.

The question of handling the wires and
gas, water and drainage pipes in great
cities, and even in towns, is becoming
with each year one of greater import
ance. prize was offered to the engin-
GERS of the United States by the Cosmo-
poltan magazine for the ablest article
suggesting scientific, economical solu-
ton of this problem. The paper OF
Henry +. Bryant has been selected by the
committee as the one most ably meeting
the conditions. 1t appears in the Febru-
AIRY Cosmopolitan.
"Some Plays and their Actors,-With-
out Prejudice" is new department in
the Cosmopolitan. The names Of the
contributors are not given, but in the
staff are embraced the majority of the
leading critics of the country, including
David Belasco. 1t is interesting to note
that in these days OF competition in the
ma gazine field the editions of the Cosmo-
politan have gone from three hundred
thousand for February, 1898, to three
hundred and fifty thousand in February
in this year,