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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-04-30
EFFECT OF LOCALITY.
Theory That People Resemble
Their Home Towns.

tFrom the New York SUM-
New York commercial traveller, re-
Gently returned from the City of Mexico
said:
When 1 go to Philadelphia l see Will
liam Penn nearly everywhere II remain
there week | fancy there is a resem-
biance to Penn in the people. In Cincin-
natl / cannot divest myself of the idea
that many people l see look swinish Gin
cinnati has never recovered from the name
of Porkopolis. Chicago's shibboleth is a
sailing vessel. That suggests wind. Hence
when you are in the town you associate
it with a breeze, a hurricane, or bliz-
zard. The tower of the Chamber of Com
merce is surmounted by q lake schooner.
The lakes made Chicago. They won't ad-
init 1t, but it is fact. Ask Chicago man
what made city of his town and he Will
answer I did And so the new generation
out there has adopted as its emblem a
woman who wears upon her brow the
motto 4 will Eugene Field had notion
that the motto should read, L done il
He knew the town.
Whenever l am in Boston I fancy that
/ meet the Puritan wherever l go. II rot
that, 1t Is a schoolma'am. Commercially
the city is dedicated to the Goldfish. But
you can't live in Boston forty eight hours
without feeling that you are an author, or
an artist, or something literary. Every
Douy you meet IN St. Louis reminds YOU
of a steamboat. 1t is so to me. The rea-
son is that steamboating made St Louis
| what 1t is. The old families or the heads
of old families were steamboat captains
The old trademarks in the town have
steamboat cuts.
When l went to Canada l thought l
had got into country where I would not
| notice these things. But l found the
Queens face on the soap dish in my room.
l stopped at the Queens Hotel. Wherever
l went L saw Her Majesty or felt her in
the air, and when it was not that it was
the lion and the unicorn and the Edward
III yarn about the garter.
Then / went to the City of Mexico. 1t
was toreador and bull everywhere. saw
them over the door of a Chinese laundry.
The men. wherever ! met them, looked
like toroadors. and | often imagined my
self 4 bull. / was apprehensive all the
time of a conflict. l dreamed that / had
horns. The coat of arms of Mexico is a
spread eagle choking a rattlesnake. but
you never see 1t anywhere, only the torea-
dor and the bull, and the everlasting. cen
tinuous query is, What did you think of
the bull fght?' And the man who has
no opinion to express has no more chance
than a cat without claws in fight
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-04-30
The ornr'. Celestial windfaII.

tol. FtteTsDufS Iettcr 10 Londoh MalI.J
The meteor which fell in Finland on March 70,
and excited so much interest in the scientific
world, has been located According to the Fin
nisi geolosist, Broied. the meteor fell in the sea
close TO the coast, at a spot thirteen miles from
Bougo and twenty-six miles from Hensngfors,
near a village called BjuJbel. There it lies in a
strong clay stratum, which it penetrated TO a
depth of twenty-five feet. The value of the me-
teor, owing 10 its richness in iron and other
elements, Is estimated by Russian savants at
some millions of rubles. lifting apparatus will
be constructed in order TO recover this celestial
gift from the As all meteors which fall on
Russon territory belong to the crown. the lat
ter viii receive, IL the s2yants are correct, a
celestial windfali of enormous value. The work
of hoisting the meteer will be begun in the
spring. ~
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-04-30

From the New York Commercial Advertiser-)
"How can YOU account for the well-knOwE fact
that a cigar when smoked in the dark loses much
of its havor?' was asked OF an alleged philoso-
pher.
1.-THE reason is" said the philosopher. that
when all the senses active each sense is more
active than il would be if il doing duty
alone. So that when the eye ceases TO work,
the palate and nose become dulled. To express
it fgurativeiy. the eye is endowed with n rutii-
mentary power of smell. and in the DARK loses
not only its sight, but its contributing power Of
smell"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-04-30
Pan.

This Pan Il but an idle god, guess.
Since all the fair midsummer of my dreams
lie lOiters listlessiy by woody streams,
Soaking the lush gooms up with laziness;
Or browsing while the maiden winds caress
Him prankishly, and powder him with CLEANS
OF sifted sunshine. And he never seems
Dragged with a joy unutterable-unless
His low pipe whistle hints Of it far out
Across the ripples to the dragonfy
That, like wnd-borne blossom, blown about.
Drops quiyerinely down, as though TO die
Then lifts and waivers on, as if in doubt
Whether to lift his wings or fly without.
james Whitcomb Riley.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-04-30
A Human Bulletin.
(From the Chicago Tribune.)

Eyes. ! can always tell,' said Rivers, chow
our baseball is playing without looking at the
sporting columns OF the papers. When It has won
a game Brooks talks the whole forenoon the next
day about it's being the best club in the eoun-
try. and when it loses game he is as still as a
mouse"
Evening star., 1899-03-25
A DemOrallHinR Verdict.

Whatever sympathy the negro-lynching
whites of Texas and Arkansas may find in
other parts of the country is dispelled by
such actions as that of coroner's Jury at
Texarkana, which rendered a verdict upon
one of the slain that he had been frozen
to death. Locally, of course, this deliver
ance is accepted as a joke, ghastly but
clever. In other sections 1t will be taken
differently. The race question in the south
is serious matter. No one disputes or
questions that fact Its results, murder
riot, arson. outrage. massacre and the like
serious enough, in all reason. Nor is
there any good to be found in tlissembl;ng
when the fact of these crimes comes to
light and the whole country reads and un-
derstands. The coroner's jury at Tex
arkana did not, of course, think for a mo-
ment to deceive a soul by decreeing that
a man had been frozen to death whose body
showed bullet holes and whose neck was
broken by moose. For what purpose,
then. was this sort of verdict rendered i?
To make sport? To carry moral TO the
surviving negroes by pretending to make
Evening star., 1899-03-25

light of murder? To put an end to the
prosecution of the lynchers? -+
Unfortunately it is TO be feared that the
first of these possibilities Is as true as
either OF the others. There have been
sickening semblance to sport, TO the Staying
of inferior creatures, to the satisfying of
the lust for bloodshed. 1t is incredible
that in community which has never yet.
as far as recollected, been noted for the
successful prosecution of iynching party,
coroner's jury could be found to believe
II necessary to bring in a 'farcical verdict
In order TO quiet judicial inquiry. The case
would be more hopeful il such expedieiIt,
were in the least necessary.
1t is to be borne in mind that the troubles
which have given rise to these late lynch
ings are not Immediately caused by crime.
Crime is their consequence rather than
their source. They spring from the intense
race pfejudices which have been engendered
in one way and another and which leap
into activity at intervals. In other places
and at other times mob murder is based
upon the commission. of some atrocious
offense which. according to the Judgment
of the community in which it occurs, war
rants the infitction of the death penalty
without recourse to the courts. Even this
is most demoralizing to the local spirit of
lawfulness, but 1t is by no means so serious
In Its destruction of the essence of good
citizenship as this other kind of mob mur
der which is inspired by race hatred and
which then vaunts itself in cheap wit In
the guise of a judicial deliverance.
Evening star., 1899-03-25
The Spanish Prisoners.

II is cabled that Agoncillo who seems to
be the cOmmissioner-general of the Filipino
insurgents in all foreign countries, is about
TO send representative to Madrid to ne
gOtiate directly with the Spanish govern
ment for the ransom OF the Spaniards now
held by the insurgents prisoners. No
body can question the humanity of the eff
forts which the government al Madrid is
making To secure the release of these peo-
pie from the clutches of the barbarians who
now hold them Without reference to any
Interior motive in the embarrassment of
the American campaign in the Philippines.
II IL entirely proper to applaud the enter
prise as praisewOrthy. But does il not
place Spain in a most humiliating position
TO confer directly with agent clothed in
certain diploma tic powers negotiating for
a so-cailed government which Spain less
than a year ago would not for a moment
dream of acknowledging? This seems es-
pecially the case when it is remembered
that this alleged government has no basis
In fact. that it exists only in the imagina-
uon OF Aguinaldo and his fellow -conspira-
tors. who are outlaws against the rule of
both Spain and the United States in the
Philippines and without status in any court
of Europe. Should AgonciIlo's representa-
tive make his appearance at Madrid he
would have precisely the authority of some
robber-chieftain from the Pyrenees granted
safe-conduct into town to bargain for the
release of d party of travellers whom his
bandit band had captured on their way
through the passes. And in the light of AL
morality the Madrid authorities would he
equally entitled to clap him into prison and
send word To his people that he would be
released when the detained travellers were
set al liberty. OF course d single Filiptno
would not weigh against the several score of
Spaniards now in the hands of the insury
cuts. but IL might perhaps reduce the market
price of Spanish prisoners to furnish a
httle object lesson in the proper treatment
OF brigands. Spain must remember in this
ransom business that ii is one thing TO bar
gain for the release of the prisoners and
another to deliver the price and to secure
the release of the captiyes There is no
guarantee in the past conduct of the Film
mos that they would yield up their prison.
ers when once they had possession of rhe
gold which they are now seeking Every
day brings news that the Filipino army Is
being driven farther and farther into A cor
ner. and It will not be many days before tn.
Gordon around the insurgents will be 50
tight that not even Spanish coin can get in
side
Evening star., 1899-03-25
New Home for The Star.

Following the exhortation of DIR. Oliver
Wendell Holmes to build thee more stately
mansions" The Star will on April 1 turn
over its present site to the builders to erect
what 1t is hoped and believed will be
model newspaper establishment and a noble
addition to the conspicuous buildings of
Washington.
The new home of The Star will be COM
pleted in the shortest possible time consist
ent with the best construction and will be
The Stars contribution to the celebration
in honor of the centenary Of the city Of
Washington.
From the people of this city it has re-
ceIved support and confidence to an extent
unsurpassed in Journalism, and it is hoped
that this addition to the ornaments OF
Washington will be accepted by them as
grateful acknowledgment of that fact
1t is fitting that in this connection the in
teIligent and strenuous labors of the asso-
ciate architects of the new building, Messrs
W. ]. Marsh and ". G. Peter, should be
acknowledged. That they have wrought
we'll time will show
Evening star., 1899-03-25
Our Southern NeiEhbors.

Tn. new ambassador from Mexico intro
duces himself to the American people IN
deIiverance of fine taste and most excei-
lent feeling There is assurance in it that
his government has chosen wisely In the
matter of successor to the late Senor
Romero who was one Of the most highly
respected diplomats in commission at TINS
capital. During his term of service the
friendship between the United States
and Mexico was materially strengthened
through his aid, and Senior Azplroz has
but to continue in his course-and 1t Is evil
dent that such is his purpose-to establish
for himself a record of equal merit and to
be worthy OF as cordia' recognition
Senior Azpiroz takes the proper view OF
the Cecil Rhodes interview. and everything
he hnds In the United States of an authori-
tatfve character on the subject Will go to
confirm his opinion that Mr.. Rhodes is not
TO be accepted as a guide In the matter Of
American purposes for the future. The
distinguished Engiishman Is a man OF un-
doubted force and consequence, but Africa
Is hts habitat and empire building In his
business. His commission Is English, coun-
tersigned now by Germany. While he is
admired. he is not likely to be copied in
the United States
me Unlted states can, ana Will, easily
maintain Its superiority In this hemisphere
without employing other than the means
of peace. 1t has no intention OF extending
its boundaries to the south or to the north
by the of the sword. 1t Is not land
hungry. On the contrary. 1t still has room
within its present borders for many more
millions of people It 10 reaching out for
more trade. and Is certain to secure it.
But its Gains to attention are founded on
the excellence and wide variety OF its pro-
ducts and its ability to compete with its
rivals. and not upon the size of its army
or navy.
Mr.. Blaine, The Star said several
weeks ago in treating OF this matter. rep
resented the true American spirit and out
lined the true American course. The infiu-
ence OF his teaching remains, and will help
shape American policies, foreign and do
mestic, for many years to come
Evening star., 1899-03-25
FOOt.Prfnta as ClueA.

Readers of those marvellous detective
stories Of Emile Gaboriau well recall
favorite device of the author in tracking
thieves, murderers, spies and other un-
pleasant individuals whose personality was
in mystery at the commencement Of the
tale. This was to find footprints in soft
earth, fill the depressions with liquid plas-
ter and then engage in long, scientific an
alysis of the casts thus obtained. Indeed
Gaboriau developed rare qualities as a
pedologist, II such a word may be permit
ted. Notwithstanding the recurrence Of the
method it became interesting to the thor
ough-going reader of these stories to note
the variations of the theme which the au-
thor invented. And inasmuch as success in
variably rested with the shrewd LecoQue-
the Sherlock Holmes of these stories-as
was eminently proper in such fiction. much
could well be forgiven the narrator for his
persistent use of the footprint plaster cast
as an unvarying clue. 1t would seem that
the mantle of Lecoque, or Gaboriau, has
fallen upon some Washington policemen.
and may good luck go with him in his new
enterprise Of tracking criminals by means
of their footprints. Had Richard West
been careful to wear shoes which matched
he would not now be in the workhouse,
po'' uiifapphy 1or hlcnard, chance had
thrown to him a pair of boots which came
from unassociated sources, one being larger
than the other and one having heavy nails
in the sole. So when he made his latest
raid on chicken roost in the county dur
ing spell of weather which seftened the
ground he left behind him unmistakable
fmprints of these msmated feet The
sieuth-like eye OF the policeman In the case
noted the discrepancies in the tracks and
then hunt was made for a man with odd
shoes. Richard fitted the description. This
episode Is instructive to both parties to this
transaction. 1t teaches the policeman
never to despise the little items in a thief
hunt, and 1t teaches the thief to be par
ticuar about his footgear. Attention to
details Is the basis of success in any pro-
fessfonal pursuit .t.- st-;f
Evening star., 1899-03-25

Should Brush Tn On .JacIxo.

For many years past, worshfpers at the
shrine of Jackson have recalled him whei-
ever in their opinion the occupant OF the
White House showed lack of snap or
spirit Their exclamations have been. 1--WE
need Jackson at the helm, He would
manage things in the right way, He never
would stand any foolishness, He was a
leader, he was! He made the biggest of 'em
stand around, When he said thing must
be done, that settled il, When he laid
down the law everybody obeyedr' And so
forth.
Wen. man vi ho by his admirers has been
hkened TO Jackson has appeared, and is the
Evening star., 1899-03-25

acknowledged leader of the democratic
party He, too. is worshiper of Jackson,
and has begun to copy the hero. He ex-
poets to be President and Is in training for
the Office. His Is distinctly the Jacksonian
idea of leadership. He lays down the law.
He interprets the party's principles, and
will brook no differences Of opinion. II
you are not unreservedly for him you are
against him. and he puts your name on the
black list. He lectures men with the free
dom of one in authority. He is giving the
country an idea of what sort of President
1t may expect IL he wins.
And yet there are men-democrats and
professed admirers of General jackson
who are objecting strenuously to this exhi-
hitien. They are certain that Mr.. Bryan
is making great mistake. They insist
that, instead of denouncing Mr.. Belmont
and his kind he should be peace-hunting
and cempromise-making. He needs votes,
and can secure them only in that way. I'M
agine General Jackson on a hunt for peace
and in a mood for COMPROMISED! Imagine
him attending dinner presided over bysa
man who had left his party to vote against
him for President!
Surely these men have forgotten their
Jackson. They should brush up on "oid
Hickory" They should refresh their recol-
lections by going again over the history
both of the man and of the office-holder.
They should note how automatic he was,
and how infiexible They should read the
Calhoun incident with especial care. and
remember that the man who held that tone
and manner toward one OF the most intel
leCtual of statesman compared with him in
point of intellect, learning and accomplish
ments about as Grover Cleveland did with
Samuel j. Tfiden when both lived in New
York state together. But, about that par
ticular matter, Jackson was right.
Evening star., 1899-03-25
AguinnIdO's Sorraw.

All wrongfully they blamed me.
''fis more than l deserve.
A robber they proclaimed me
With a monstrous share of nerve.
Il feel l scarce can stand it,
For my foes are claiming yet
That l am a big brass bandit,
When I'm just an organette."
Evening star., 1899-03-25

The Filipino army has increased the num-
ber of its charm men, but is short on
food and hospital supplies. The Chinese
government could have given some valu-
able information about the inefficacy of
vcodoo warfare.
Evening star., 1899-03-25

Mr.. T. A. Anderson Of Ohio says that he
would be surprised If the President We're to
appoint him postmaster. District people
who favor home-rule, no matter how esti-
mable an outside candidate may be- would
be quite willing to see Mr.. Anderson's s
health protected from any needless shock
Evening star., 1899-03-25
Misrepresentation.

Young man." said the earnest man. 81
hope you are intent upon following the
straight and narrow path
Il should say So" replied the slim youth.
who doesn't mean to be irreverent, but who
thinks too much about his wheel; I'VE
ought to have had one between here and
Baltimore long ago.
Evening star., 1899-03-25
His First Appearance.

Were you frightened when you first set
foot on the stage"' asked the young
woman.
No answered Mr.. Stormington Barnes
Il wasn't nervous in the least when / first
set foot on the stage. But the audience had
me good and scared before I got off"
Evening star., 1899-03-25

1t ought not to take long for members OF
Congress and politicians In all parts of
the country to realize the importance of
improving and beautifying Washington.
There is no telling when any of them. may
be called on to become local Office holder.
Evening star., 1899-03-25

General Eagan will soon begin to feel
like the youth who is chastised on general
principles every time there is disorder in
the school ROOM
Evening star., 1899-03-25

SPaniards state that Cuba is worse, off
under American rule than it was under
Spanish Cuba, whatever its doubts and
discontents may be- shows no desire to re-
exchange. -..;
Evening star., 1899-03-25
The First of Hi. Kind.

From The Indianapolis Journal
Coionel1 Bryan is the first man in this
country 10 have no other vocation than be-
ing candidate for the presidency.
Evening star., 1899-03-25

Mrs. Molineux now comes forward with
claim that the experts have formed
wholly erroneous conclusions about her
character.
Evening star., 1899-03-25

If anybody doubts that Mr. QUAY is a
good. upright and discriminating gentlema n
he can ask the governor of Pennsylyania
Evening star., 1899-03-25

1t is fortunate thing fer hotel guests
that constructors have discovered no pros
pect of economy in replacing bricks and
mortar with punk and kerosene
Evening star., 1899-03-25

The German newspapers who counsel the
use OF more vigorous language to the United
states appear to have unlimited faith in
the kaiser's abilities to make a graceful
backdown-
Evening star., 1899-03-25

The Jefferson dinners promise to develop
some scandals that will cause the embaimed
beef excitement to be temporarily forgotten,
Evening star., 1899-03-25

Fitzsimmons and Sharkey have concluded
that too much oratorical talent is being
wasted ON politics.
Evening star., 1899-03-25

Havana Is managing to proceed with a.
number of practical reforms without any
assistance whatever from Dr. Parkhurst.
Evening star., 1899-03-25
SHOOTING STARS.
Her ODfui0n.

"A woman" read Mr.. Meekton from the
newspaper. may argue, but she won't rea-
son."
Yes" answered his wife. and a man
as g rule doesn't do either"
Evening star., 1899-03-25

Hon. jos. Bailey should rise up and try
to convince Texas that lynching is very un-
constitutional.
Evening star., 1899-03-25
1. AIDING the R~nrn,ic.,.

From The Kansas City Journal
In widening the breach in the democratic
party Mr.. Bryan Is not working under re-
publican auspices. but he is doing the re-
publican party valuable service.
Evening star., 1899-03-25
Fancy and Finance.

He ionged to greet the sunlight;
He longed to feel the rain;
He longed to see the violet
In beauty once again.
He longed to hear the buzzing
or wandering honey bees;
He ionged to hear the joyous song
OF birds among the trees.
His longing caused repugnance
TO work of any sort.
In fact, he longed so much that he
Was nearly always short
Evening star., 1899-03-25
Easily Horne.

I'VE have again met with heavy Iossr,
said the courier.
I'm what way?" demanded Aguinaldo.
Our army
''Oh, you mean a loss of soldiers. Well
he continued with an air of patient resig.
nation, I'VE must expect some losses along
with the profits"