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The evening times., 1899-03-15
CURRENT HUMOR.
Feline Annexatinn

(From the indianapolis JourralJ
Tom-You seem remarkably happy this morn
ing.
Tabby-Yes; have just bcnevoiently assim
Hated the canIrv
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strict Business Principles.

IFIUHI I!Ic tiItdI1 IIItlIHC.I
II could tell yoI an amusing incident abSi,t
my visit to the British Museum saiI the friend
who had travelled which yaa are 49, to
publish If you don't my EaIrc.
''The British Museum.' coldy replied the ed
tor of the ''Boomville Terror. ''has never sent
me any complimentaries SO far a. renlem-
ber, and it isn't going TO get any free adyertis-
ing in this paper"
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twenty-four hours-that Eagan boldly and
positively testified under oath that the
agreement was for seventy-two hours and
that an error had crept into the contract.
Mr.. Swift says that Eagan was mistaken"
That, of course, is incredible, owing to
the great Importance of the thing and the
positiveness of his statement We Eiay
expect to hear more on this subject.
The evening times., 1899-03-15
Soothing to Pride.

CFrom the indianapolis JournaL)
He-I guess it is pretty well settled that the
peoples have been taking viii not be
allowed full citizenship.
She-OfI, wont it be nice TO think that there
are some people belonging TO us who cannot
call themselves just good, as we are?
The evening times., 1899-03-15
Where They Went.

(FTom Life
Bishop Gulem-Yes. indeed; I'm happy TO say
missionary work in the Philippines has been
most successful We recently made angels OF
1000 of them in single day.
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4 Satisfied Urchin.

(From the Detroit Free Pres--)
Didn't you suffer during the cold weather.
johnny"
Noon; our kitchen stove blew up. an IF
teen more stoves in our block blew up
The evening times., 1899-03-15
Unpleasant Innuendo.
(From the Chicago News.)

Madge-Tve got so I become just as nervous
be every time Dickie Dadoes comes to
this house.
Mildred-Why?
Madge-0h, he always tries to make love to me-
Mildred-I wonder what girl he is practicing
up for?
The evening times., 1899-03-15
Discouraged.
CFrom Fliegende RIatte

(From Fliegende Battery
City Sportsman-fm willing 10 believe most
anything. but that there ever races Of men
who lived by huntng-that is Incredible.
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Quite Unnecessary.

ttrom Lne.)
Il thought | heard Mr. Squecsiclls kissing you
last night, Ethel hope you did not encourage
him"
Il didn't need to-
The evening times., 1899-03-15
GENERAL WASHINGTON
NEWS AND GOSSIP.

Vice President Hobart.-The report
that the question of Vice President Ho-
barts denomination on the ticket with Nc
Kinley was to be settled during the Pres
ident's sojourn at Thomasville as Senator
Hanna's guest is regarded as erroneous.
There is an unwritten rule against :enom-
mating Vice Presidents for second term,
but it has been due largely TO the fact
that the President and the Vice President
have very rarely been friendly terms.
Mr.. Mckinley and Mr.. Hobart however.
have maintained the closest personal re-
lations from the beginning of the present
Administration. Mr.. Hobart has been con-
suited by Mr Mckinley upon all important
matters and has been treated, in fact. al
most as an Assistant President. Mr.. Nc
Kinley, Ii can be stated in the most posi-
tive terms, will insist upon having Mr..
Hobart for his running mate next year IL
he is himself given a nomination for a
second term. There is no likelihood that
Mr.. Hobart will decline. The office of
Vice President is very congenial to him
and he has developed fondness for public
life. The friends of Mckinley and Hobart
will work together, and at present it looks
as if they would control the Republican
National Convention next year unless
something unforeseen takes place.
The Man on Horseback.-There has
been some talk that perhaps General Otis,
who has been distinguishing himself in the
Philippines, might develop a Presidential
boom of formidable proportions. General
Otis, however, has never been a politician,
and whatever is done TO make him a Presi-
Dental candidate will have to be by his
! friends. No serious apprehension is felt
by the friends of Mr.. Mckinley concerning
| the Otis gossip. They say that il is mere
| idle talk and is hardly worth noticing.
| If the anti Mckinley contingent, they say,
| are banking on Otis to help them prevent
Mr.. Mckinley's denomination they are
| making a big mistake.
Census Appointments.-Th is
keen disappointment among large army
of eXpectant officeseekers over the an
| nouncement that very few appointments
| would be made in the Census Bureau be-
| fore next year. 1t was thought that most
of the clerical appointments would be
made right away and some three thousand
places made available for the faithful
However. as the real work of taking the
| Twelfth Census will not commence until
next year it will be readily seen that the
| Census Bureau will not require a very
| large staff of employees until that time.
The Defeat of Addicks.-It is unofi
cially announced that Gas Addicks has
given up trying to be elected Senator in
Delaware and will devote himself hereaf-
ter in getting square with the Republican
party. His friends declare that under no
| circumstances will Delaware cast its three
electoral votes for the Republican nominees
for President and Vice President next year
Neither, they say, will MIR. Addicks per-
nit any Republican Senator to be elected
| from Delaware as long as he has got dol
lar left. 1t is estimated that Mr.. Addicks
has expended in the neighborhood of $780,
| 600 during the ten years he has been con-
Quoting Senatorial campaign in Della
ware.
The evening times., 1899-03-15

The reports of the recent fights in the
Philippines credit the rebels with the cour-
age and tenacity of desperation. Their
known losses prove not only the good
craftsmanship of our soldiers, but also the
audacity of the enemy. They know it is
case of now or never with all the chances
in favor of the never. If they cannot main
tain their strongest positions now what
can they expect when further American re-
endorsements arrive?
General Gomez speaks for a majority Of
the Cubans when he says he recognizes
only one government in Cuba-that of this
country. Having forfeited the confidence
and respect of the people. the Cuban AS
sembly should disintegrate; but as 1t is
not disposed to commit suicide General
Brooke should be its executioner.
The evening times., 1899-03-15

New York is very much perturbed over
the fate of Mrs. Place, the murderess.
There is nothing to be said in extenua-
tion of her crime, which was deliberate,
the result of the basest of motives, and
revealed despicable character. The feel
ing of horror which the execution of
woman inspires is creditable, but not the
efforts to obtain her pardon on the ground
that her sex should protect her. She is
not entitled to pardon The doctors
have pronounced her sane and responsible.
To commute her sentence would be to
bring the law into disrepute and encourage
the crime for which she is condemned. 1t
has been in the power of the people OF
New York to amend the laws so that Wo-
man should not be put to death, but no
proposition of the kind has ever been made.
Therefore it is unjust to censure the gov
ernor for refusing to interfere. bill to
abolish capital punishment has been de-
feated in the Legislature of that State at
every session for many years II the
people insist on keeping the present statute
and refuse to exempt women from its op-
Grafton they have no right to attack Gov
ernor Roosevelt for allowing the law to
take its course.
The evening times., 1899-03-15

Communications intended Tor publication IN
THE TINES should be icrSely and plainly written,
ard must in all cases be accompanied 10y the
nam. and address Of the writer. Rejected COM
,r,ini,sf0ns will not be preserved, and only man.
r,cfipi, oi obvious importance viii be returned
10 their authors.
The evening times., 1899-03-15

Re,d,ts ot THE TINES who may at any time
be unable To procure copies Of IL at any news
stand or railroad station CT on railroad trains
,-iIl confer a favor upon the management by send
irs 10 thi, office information Of the fact.
The evening times., 1899-03-15
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

THE TIMES. in all its editions, Morning. Even
inc. and sunday will be mailed to one address
for FIFTY CENTS per month. Addresses changed
aS often - desired
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-10-19

been any demand for proverbs =.
fables illustrating the pleasure az Ia,
sure and exhorting men to enjoy them
selves, while the wise saws ON the
subject Of work are numberless Moo
ly all our axioms are cocnmendatorr
Of perseverance, toll, economy ana
accumulation. There's room al tho
top, Rome was not built in dav
A fool and his money are soon mart
ed, "A stitch in times saves nine -
Economy is wealth." There are a few
which bespeak caution in these direc-
tons, as Make haste slowly" penny
wise and pound foolish" "Au worJ
and no play makes Jack a dull bow
etc. But usually the indefatieable
ant and the little busy bee" are hala
up TO US in some form for emulation
Now, as Eugene Wrayburn says. sneak
ing of bees: They work, but don't van
think they overdo it? They work 60
Imuch more than they need-thev mako
so much more than they can eat-tbav
are necessarily boring and buzzlpp a.
their one idea-that don't you tbink
they overdo it? and are human To-
borers to have no holidays because ~
the bees? Woman's Home Com
DaniOn
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-10-19
EXTRAORDINARILY.

Not only does this apply to noun
tain subjects but to many Others
alike What remarkable pictures OF
the naval battle Of Santiago, the chase
of the Christobel Colon, or the gal
liant rescue Of the despairing Spaniards
from their burning ships, might have
been obtained from the battle-shiq
New York, with lens Of this descrip-
ton even at long range! I believe II
viii be of inestimable value for the
purpose Of securing views of the bat
teries and fortifcations OF an enc
my's harbor, which might be done al
safe distance from their guns.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-10-19
THEFT OF THE HOLY CARPET.

Dispatches from Cairo repor that
the holy carpet" once the property n,
Mohammed, and long guarded with
pious care in the Egyptian capital has
fallen into the hands of Bedouips who
attacked caravan Of Egyptian oil.
grims while on the desert march ba-
tween Mecca and Medina The Garnet
is usually carried to Medina every
year on the great annual pilgrimage
from Egypt and is then restored to its
keepers. 1t is one of the most famous
relics of the prophet, and the sacrlegj-
Gus act of the desert nomads WIN
arouse much feeling, particularly In
North Africa.
MEGA attracts the faithful from the
entire Mohammedan world, but by far
the larger part Of the pilgrims who
visit Medina are natives of Africa. The
reason is because Medina is second in
sanctity to Mecca, and a visit to che
tomb Of the prophet at Medina, while
Iaighly meritorious, confers no honor
nor Blessing which is not edualed or
surpassed by the holy fruits of the nil
grimage TO Mecca, and few nOn-Afri-
can deyotees have the incentive to in
eur the suiferings and dangers of the
2O0-mile march across tde sand waste
between Mecca and Medina. OF the
four orthodox sects Of Islam the Mali
kites are very numerous in North
Africa, and a large part Of the pill
grims to Medina go there not only to
venerate the tomb Of the prophet but
/ also the tomb OF the Imam Melok-Ibn-
Ansa the founder OF the Malikite sect
The bones Of thousands OF these
pilgrims whiten the route across the
! Arabian sand waste, where they have
sueaCubed to heat and fatigue or to
attacks of Bedouiu robbers. This
1 journey has always been among the
Imost trying experiences Of the pilgrim
band Scene Of the Meccans have
made fortunes supplying the camels
and food for the desert journey to and
from the northern city Thirteen
years ago a French steamship com
Ipany spread the news far and wide that
/ tbenCeforth the 9erils Of the deser.
march might be avoided The pill
Erms were advised to return from
Mecca 30 Jiddah on the coast, where
/ steamers would await to carry them
/ 200 miles norba to Jambo, whence they
Imigbt make an easy and comfortable
4 Journey to Medina. In recent years
+ several thousand pilgrims have en-
/ p,oyed this easier and cheaper route
/ but the majority nave clung to the
hold way The Bedouins who have
! committed the latest act Of sacrilege
Iare nominal'y Nohammedaus, but they
neither pray nor give thanks to Allah,
They may be trusted to place the high
lest commercial value upon any sacred
lrelic falling into their hauds.-New
/ York Sun.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-10-19

print at one time Ia any number OF
colors and without the possibility OF
work being spoiled Beautiful speci-
mens of work done in Russia for bank
note and bank purposes we're shown.
Geometrical designs and work in
traeery were specially good. For bank
notes, checks, maps and illustrations
the process seems peculiarly adapted.
Rotary webb machines are being con-
structed so thac the system may be
available in newspaper offices with
their great requirements as to speed.
1t may be added that the new method
is the invention OF Ivan Orloff, now
chief engineer and manager Of che
bank note printing establishment OF
the Russian government at ST. Peters
burg.-London News.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-10-19

While the heart beats young and our
pulses leap and dance,
With every day holiday and life
glad romance,
We hear the birds with wonder, ana
with wonder watch their flight,
Standing still the more enchanted' oo'h
of hearing or of sight
When they have vanished wholly io'
infancy. wing to wing
We fly to heaven with them; and re-
turning, still we sing
The praise Of this lower heaven WIN
tireless voice and tongue,
Even as the Master sanctions-"llIe
the heart beats young.
While the heart beats young "n's
the heart beats young
Oh, green and gold old earth OF OUTS
with azure everything
And looped with rainbows grant 10
yet this grassy lap Of chine
We would be still thy children, throIA'
the shower and the shine'
So pray we, llsping whispering -
childish love and trust
With our beseeching hands ana la'7
lifted from the dust
rs feryor Of the poem. all un"'is.s
and unsung. l az
Thou eiye9s us an answer "ul'5
heart beats young ,st-~
James Whiteon1 h.s''
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-10-19
ABOUT THE ANT AND THE BEE.

The ant is a pattern OF industry and
thrift, though very much overrated,
but he was a cold unitarian when he
outraged the laws Of hospitality and
recommended the poor happy go-lucky
grasshoqper, as he had sung all sum
mer" to dance all winter" One
can fancy the careful, prim, narrow
little householder, with an odious air
of virtue. freezing out the improyident
suppliant. Thrift for its own sake is
not virtue, though it may be prudence.
II we garner up the grain, IL should
be that we may scatter it again to
bring forth a good harvest And II
any man, even the thriftless, come TO
us beseeching bread, shall we deny him
and ask. after the label, why did you
not treasure up food during the sum-
mer2" 1t is a gray day, indeed, which
has In Il no grain OF pleasure. no OPP
lporunity for doing good, no sweet
moment or rest. The future is a sort
OF rapacious Moloch demanding hui
Iuanity 70 sacrifice to him the present,
The uIser spends his hearts blood and
his souls peace 10 pay tribute to the
monster; the fool laughs at his claims;
/ bu, the wise man pays him just
tithe
Take time to rest A muod-traveled
+ foreigner. when asked whether he had
observed any particular characteristic
as representative 81 the whole human
race. replied Me tiuk all men love
'azy And .bis must he true Il, as
! they say ayloms are the distilled wis
3eu Of nations for there has never
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-10-19
EXPORTS AND THE EXPOSITION.
Time to Bring American Energy and
Enterprise to the Front.


Not reckoning exports OF mineral
oils and copper ingots in the account,
American exports of the domestic man
ufactures for the fiscal year 1899 were
valued in round numbers at S252, 000,
000 In 1889 with petroleum and cop
per bars omitted, our national export
account footed up only $50 500, 900 The
vast expansion of trade thus indicated
has been on lines admitting of in
creasing and extensive Development
machinery and tools, cotton and wooden
fabrics, chemicals, leather goods and
all the minutae OF perishable products
that enter into the scheme of modern
civilization. To meet fully the worlds
requirements in these commodities,
and to create and firmly establish a
system OF trade interchange based
upon them, would be to achieve in
dustrial supremacy at the critical time
when the great International markets
are trembling in the balance Now is
the appointed season and the rare op-
pop,unlty to bring American enter
prise and energy to the forefront in the
neyer-endlng contest for qrimacy in
material progress.
70 this end the national export ex-
position, the realization OF which Is
near at hand in the new White City"
by the Schuylkill has been adapted
with wondrous skill and unusual good
fortune. Just as the people of the
United States have become fairly con-
vinced Of the vast extent and immense
value OF the new Industrial empire
spread out before them, the exposition
is presented as conspicuous center and
international rallying point Of the
multifarious productive interests which
all uDconsciously hold the keys of flu
ture American prosperity. 1t Is in re-
vealing to these their true strength,
and in affording a comprehensive view
of che possibilities Of future American
enterprise in the worlds great markets,
that the forthcoming exposition will
prove most advantageous to our giant
young industries in their rapid pro-
gress to commercial control through
out the channels of international dis
tribution.
Industrial displays in connection
with huge worlds fair schemes have
heretofore suffered somewhat by rea-
son Of the inevitable diffusion Of in
terest among a rowing mass Of sight
seers. Where there is so much on
view but little is rightly compre-
hended The national eXpop. expo
ston, with its lavish provision for the
utmost possible requirements Of in
.ernational traffic will mark the be-
ginning Of an era Of specialized eX-
hibitions, each having for its object
some clearly defined sphere Of indus
trial civic or artistic effort It prom
ises to be. In addition, the most sig
nal success in the field Of industrial
exploitation that has been recorded in
the annals of American exhibitions
Philadelphia Record
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-10-19

At Havana meeting was held Of The
organization committee of the nation
al party Senior Iatorre. who pre-
sided said the coming meeting wouli
80 of the utmost importance, as .t
would be nm index az the future Of the
parity me declared that the outlook
was sfair INIT said the funds were low
and suggested thar each committee
should suisse lbe q fixed amount tor
the formation - a fund to carry on
the work If the party,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-10-19
RAILWAY TELEPHONE USES.
How Trains are Moved In and Out of
the Terminal Station.

IIit / EIAlludi A1LdLlOiis
OF all the uses to which the tele-
phone can be put, that as a life saver
IS probably the most mportant-and
one cannot regard the employment Of
this instrument in the handling Of rail-
way trains as anything less than as a
means of saving life and limb. One
Of the wonders Of a great railway sta
tion like the North and South Tenmi-
nal Of Boston is the mysterious move
meat of the Grains, a system which
almcst suggests the supernatural in
the silent perfection Of its operation,
ant yet which is taken by the passen-
ger TO be so much a matter of course
as usually to be wholly unnoticed.
With all the mighty power, which
seems rather that of some magnificent
giant than of a senseless thing of iron
and steel, the railway locomotive is not
only as dependent as child for care
ami guidance, but rarely is its huge
body moved so much as a rod within
The yard limits except by somebody's
order. Every locomotive, every car
and every train has its appointed place
at all hours Of the day and night,
whether it be still or moving, and at
Zines Ike telephone is the agency that
directs IT,
The New York, New Haven and
Hartford has, however, recently taken
a step i'm advance Of improving its
block system through New York and
Connecticut by placing telephones in
the signal tower while in the north
lard the south terminal stations in Bos-
ton the telephone has been used as an
auxiliary Of the telegraph and the au-
tcmatic signal from The start In the
north station the tower telephones,
taken in conjunction with the starting
of The trains and relating wholly to
he trains and tracks. constitute a
system Of themselves, which is qrac-
ically independent of the special eX-
change through which the Boston and
Maine connects it's Offices. A special
telephone OFT the head of every track in
/ Che station connects directly with the
crows nest" from which all the
r5e,, SIGNALS are giyen and bells
sounded and tho Instruments are scat
tered throughout the yard as far as
r. .,rar m tha railroad bridee ma
lass than tbir+v being used In fine
of Toe no Telephone Is Of INDISPENSABLE
ra9re and a chief reason whv the
.raips slide into fine station so nrompt-
nv IN tbfcl, weather is that an indus
Gfnus pse ~ fine toIaDhope nv the sig
na1 mon in the towers has kent the
central office inforcned of everv train
movement outside There is q limit
10 The information the Automobile
|5iars can convey but the voice Is un-
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-10-19

love the sunshine he said to himself,
or The butterflies love flowers? They
follow their instincts. Ny beautiful
ismay. in loving oil things bright and
fair, only follows hers"
.Ii money could not buy beautiful
things, you would not care for it, Is
may he said, looking earnestly at
her
she laughed aloud that sweet musi-
cal laugh which stirred his pulses and
thrilled every nerve, as some soft
strain Of music would have done.
you shall have money he said.
'I viii never cease working until
have won for you your hearts desire. .