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GOLD FROM THE KLoNDIKE.
disappointed Prospectors From th'
Porcupine Region.

Vancouver, B. c.. Aug. S--The steam
er Rosalie, which arrived on Sunday night
with 150 passengers, brings in the neigh
borhood of s3, 1000. 900 in gold. According
to the estimate of Canadian Gold Commits
sioner Ogilvie, the output of the Klondike
mines this year will be $40, 900. GOO.
According to passengers on the Rosaiie,
John F. Robertson and a party of eleven
prospectors who set out from Dawson City
a year ago, TO prospect along the Porcupine
River, returned 10 the Kiondike in an
emaciated condition on July D. They
reached Dawson on the steamer Sault Ste.
Marie, which vessel picked them up at the
confluence of the Porcupine and Yukon.
The unfortunate prospectors left Dawson
because Of a report of a miner, who came
in from the headwaters of the Porcupine
and told of rich finds there. The Rob-
ertson party. led by the miner, started for
the scene of his reported findings, but dur
ing their journey the miner was drowned.
and although they searched the country
thoroughly, Robertson and his party failed
TO find a trace of the dead mans Eldorado.
They were finally taken on board whaler,
where they spent the winter.
The Scott-Nason party of Chicago had
been found on the Arctic shores by the
whalers a short time before the Robertson
party were picked up. and, after being
housed and fed for a month, they had left,
intending to make a short prospecting
tour and return. They have not returned,
however, and 1t is feared that they have
perished
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auay,s Right to Smile.
From the Philadelphia Ledger J


SO long as the people. by their sufferanee or
indifference, consent to the former Senator's ex-
ereise of arbitrary power in choosing their pub
lie servants, they have right to complain that
he does exercise it, even though he and his
henchmen alone profit by his doing The peo-
pie can at any election defeat Mr.. Quay's candi-
dates The ballot is theirs, and they have only
to use it against his nominees to render their
election impossible. II they do not do so, he
is fairly justified in assuming that thereby they
affirm and approve. by the neglect of their right,
his usarpation of their right, and the onus Of
his usurpaticn should not be put upon him, but
should be borne without murmur complaint by
the electors themselves. Arbitrary political
bosses are the mere creatures Of the peoples in
difference to their political duty, right and priv
iiege, and, however rank their growth, the peo-
pie are responsible for them
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00o.ooo of per cent Cuban bonds to cover
the expenses OF the new struggle against
the colonists. The Madrid Government
under this legislative authorization. sold
by degrees in Spain $45, 800. goo of these
bonds, and gave the remainder to the
Bank OF Spain as a guarantee for money
advanced to the Colonial Treasury for
war purposes.
In consequence the American Commits
sioners absolutely declined to entertain
Ia any shape the Spanish demands for the
recognition of the colonial debts by Amer
lea, or for promise that the United States
would back any claim for such rscogni-
tlon made by Spain against the new state
OF things in Cuba. 1t stands to reason
that no such plea could have been mooted
IN regard 10 the Philippines in the nego-
tiations, as Spain agreed to accept as final
settlement for the cession of those islands
and the island of Guam in the Marianas
group the $50, coo. coo offered by the Gov
ernment of the United States
Outside financial circles and outside the
holders of colonial bonds. very few people
in Spain paid much attention to the con-
tention by the Madrid Government stated
in the speech of the Finance Minister and
in the debt bill which has been gazested
and approved by the Cortes. Indeed, most
Spaniards consider it foregone conelu-
sion that neither the United States nor
| the now existing governments in Cuba or
the Philippines will ever take the slight
est notice Of any claims for the reeogni-
ton of the disputed debts Curiously
enough, about the same time that the
Minister of Finance raised this delicate
question in the Cortes rumor came from
Paris to the Madrid financial papers aud
! to some dailies TO the effect that the Duke
of ARGOS, shortly after renewing the Of
fetal relations between the two countries
and governments, had been in a position
to convey to the Madrid Foreign Office the
intelligence that be had received assur-
ance that the Government OF the United
States was not unwilling TO back some Cay
the Spanish endeavors to obtain some-
thing from Cuba for the bondholders of the
loans of 1886 and 1885, 1t is not out of
place to say that except about twenty mil-
lion dollars of bonds of both issues held
by spectators chiefly in Paris, Brussels.
and Berlin, all the rest. of 5the bonds are
In the hands of Spanish, sbondholders. OF
banks in Madrid and Barcelona, and in the
possession of the Bank of Spain guar
antee of the repayment of advances to the
colonial treasury.
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adequate TO the occasion. and allowed him
self to fail in with the idea that, at the
most critical point in his campaign, he
could safely forego the advantages gained
over the mutineers by his troops in the
field. and allow hostilities 10 be suspended
in favor. of one OF the most idiotic and
disgraceful peace negotiating farces that
ever was attempted. For the latter blum
der there is some but not much palliation.
1t is certain that Otis allowed DENLY and
the two sehoolmasters associated with
him, the power they exercised to his detri-
ment and to the destruction of whatever
his forces had accomplished under direct
orders from Washington. Where he was
culpable. if not criminal, as a responsible
general in command of a great national
operation. was in not refusing to be inter
fered with In that, however, he display
ed the incompetency which. in more ways
than the one We now refer to, has made
him an impossibility at Manila
Paltering policy and ignorance of actual
conditions in Washington, the employment
OF DENLY and his confreres for Interior
purposes which do not clearly appear, and
military conditions in the field of opera
tions which have excited worldwide ridi-
cuie-all these things have combined to
render our situation in the Philippines
acute and even dangerous, The more so,
since Administration organs are again be-
ginning 10 ascrfbe to President Mckinley
view Of the situation which can only
have the effect of putting European Gov
ernments on the qui viye for chance
at the loot of our Eastern possessions.
i According to the latest story, the State
Department and the White House do not
consider that our sovereignty over the
archipelago was settled by the Spanish
American treaty of cession. They, it is
said hold that the matter Of ultimate pos
session is still in allegiance; that cur oc-
/ cupation of Luzon and other islands is
not much more effective and final than our
occupation of Cuba; and that the whole
| future of our position in the Far East
waits upon affirmative Congressional legis-
lation.
II such things were not said by papers
believed 20 be inspired from the Adjutant
Generals Office, if not from a higher
-tluIGt- We SIOUiN SdS lHctl tH6S were
worthy of notice. AS it is, we think it be-
hooves an Administration whose chief not
long ago said, Wherever the American
flag has been hoisted, who viii pull it
DOWN." 10 make some distinct and widely
public announcement discrediting these
reports, which, if true, would be humil-
iating to the country and viciously calcu-
lated to promote foreign designs upon the
territories we have won honorably in war,
and fastened to our skirts by a totally un-
necessary supplemental purchase.
While there is the least doubt in the
minds of European potentates and powers
that we mean to hold. pacify, and develop
the Philippines. regardless Of international
or other consequences, We shall never be
free from dangers such as, in present cir
cumstances. are suggested by the foolish
+ appeal of AguiRaldo.
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Teaching the soldier TO shoot.
(From Pearson's NagAzine)


He is taught that the bullet travels
through the air in a curved line, called the
trajectory, and that three forces act upon
it; first. the exploded charge. tending TO
drive it forward in straight line along the
line of fire; second. the force OF gravity;
and, third, the air resistance. At 200 yards
owing to these forces, the bullet, travel
ing ct the rate of 1900 feet second, viii
have fallen about two feet. In the excite
ment of firing at close quarters the aim
will invariably be too high. 1t has been
calculated that when the enemy approaches
within $50 yards the soldiers will instinct
lively fire as much as two feet or three feet
above their heads. Now, it has been found
by experiment that the fact of fixing bay
onets will cause the bullet to drop a dis
tance of about two and half feet in $50
yards and therefore, when about this
distance from the enemy, soldiers are in
strueted to fix bayonets, in order to coun-
teract the excessive elevation Of their aim
The recruit learns that the mean extreme
range of the bullet is $500 yards, and that
the longest shot ever observed was $3.50
yards. He is taught the penetrating pow
er OF his weapon, a subject full of interest
To take one or two examples, rammed
earth gives less protection than loose; bull
lets easily find their way through joints
of walls, while concentrated fire of about
$50 rounds at 200 yards will breach nine
inch wall. Only experience can teach a
soldier how much he must aim TO the
right or left of his mark to .counteract the
force of the wind. A side wind has more
effect on the flight of the bullet than a
wind blowing directly toward the firer. The
soldier must learn the habits of his rifle.
since some shoot higher OF lower than
others. Every rifle, like every Inarksman,
has its own Individuality.
The times., 1899-08-09
southern Alliances Against America

From the Kansas City Starr
There is not much in the talk about an all-
ance of the South American Republics against
the United States and there would be less to
the alliance should it be formed The South
American Republics not properly built for al
liances with each other. To treaties and ALI
ances nations are essential. The South American
Republics are not nations. With few exceptions,
they have no permanent governments. The gen
eral who usurps the so-ealled presidency of the
alleged republic week is assassinated or driven
of the next and new treaty making and al
lance negotiator is deck who refuses TO ratify
anything his predecessor has done. The South
American Republics have no occasion to combine
against the United States, which has treated
them always with kindness amounting 10 for
bearance. OF course, in the event Of hostile
combination against the United States, it would
be compelled TO defend itself, and might do so in
A fashion TO make attacks on this Government un-
popular for several centuries to
The times., 1899-08-09
Wrong Teaching.
Rrom the savannah News }


When the negroes OF the South are taught, in
histories by politicians, and from pulpits that
The great and good Republican party went into
the war for the purpose OF rescuing them from
the bondage of the wicked and cruel Southern
white men, they are being given dangerous edu-
cation. The seeds which bring forth crime and
lynehings being sown; for the negroes are
taught 10 hate the Southern white man, TO harbor
malice against him. and TO plan revenge upon him
for wrongs which the histories, the politicians,
and the preachers have told the negro he has
suffered at the hands of the Southern white
man. The negro does not go back and seek
the truth respecting the origin of the war; he
does not. by research, ascertain that the North
much of . slave trader as the South, SO
long as there was money to be made at the bust
ness. He accepts the statements of the histories,
the politicians. and the preachers as facts, and,
accordingly, arrays himself against the Southern
white man.
The times., 1899-08-09
DECISION AGAINST soUsA.
Referees Findings in the BIakeHy
Case Sustained.

Philadelphia, Aug 8.-The suit OF Mrs
Ada p Blakely. administratrix of David
Blakely, deceased. against John Philip
Sousa, the composer and bandmaster, has
terminated by decision of the Common
Pleas Court sustaining the report OF the
referee The referee recommended that
Mr. SoUsa account to Mrs BlakeIy for all
money received by him for the sale OF
musical compositions, surrender TO her the
musical library in his possession, and ae-
count for the use OF it from May %. 1891
The referee also decided that the BIakely
estate had the right, without regard for
the duration of time. to one-half Of all
royalties which would be earned from
Sousa's musical compositions provided
that such compositions were made pricr to
Mr.. Blakely's death.
As 10 whether the Blakely estate had an
exclusive right to the use OF S0asa's
name. the referee found in Mr. Sousa's
favor, on the ground that il would be
against public policy to permit any band
not conducted by Mr.. Sousa to be called
'-Sousa's Band as such name might mis-
lead the public.
The case has been IN litigation for more
than two years.
The times., 1899-08-09
THE STORY OF A PosTAGE STAMP
Its sad End After a Long and Pres
perous Existence.
(From the OItlook-l


In the year 1851 a twelvepenny black
Canadian postage stamp was printed by
the government at Ottawa The public
did not regard this sombre issue with IA
yor, so few were issued One OF these
stamps was sent to the Hamilton post
Office. where it was sold to an old man.
who said il was shame TO print the
Queens picture or stamp that might
be handled by profane hands. Tenderly
the man put it on a parcel. sending it
TO friend in the United States Here.
in the waste basket, it lay for many a
day, till an errand boy found il, and
quickly transferred il to his album. De-
spairing OF getting a good collection. and
his fever somewhat abating he sold them
to a dealer The new owner on looking
at the catalogue found that what he paid
s. for was worth S25 AecidentIy this
stamp was slipped into a % cent coIlee-
ton. and sent TO dealer residing in Ham
ilton. When the latter opened the packet
he was astonished to find such a valuable
stamp, and. being honest, wrote 10 his
friend to inform him of what had hap
pened, offering him 81 zoe for it, The
offer was accepted. and the stamp again
changed hands. BY this time the stamp
had increased in value. and not a few
came from distance TO look at the treas
ure
One day an English nobieman, who,
through a Canadian friend. had heard Of
the stamp, offered s1.500 which offer was
accepted. The English lord, falling in
love with an American heiress. and wish
ing to gain the favor of her brother.
presented hiTn with the stamp as a token
of his esteem. Here in its new and
luxurious American home, it came TO
sad end, for one day the maid, by mis-
take. swept the stamp. which had acci-
dentally fallen out OF the album. into
the fire. In an instant the stamp. which
thousands had heard OF and lOngsd Tor,
went up in smoke 10 the broad, bius
sky. leaving not trace behind
The times., 1899-08-09
Rochefort,s SHY viiincation,

There is always something amusing to
be extracted from the remarks and writ
ings of Henri Rochefort. He has a way
of putting things that appeals 10 our sense
OF proportion-a sense which he seems to
lack-and makes il laugh.
OF the Dreyfns business he says: IF
seven reputable American Ministers of
War had declared they knew an officer to
be guilty of treason, the American public
would accept their statement Indeed
they wouId-for exactly what ii might be
worth. and that would be determined by
the character and weight of evidence be-
hind H.
Again. observes Rochefort: "You- great
hberty-lovtng newspapers of America
kicked Alger out of Office though com
mission declared him biameIess, and the
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evidence against him was far from being
as conclusive as that against Dreyfus.
The scoundrel should have been shot when
the first court martial condemned him.
All of which goes to show that the wheels
in the mercurial and absinthine brain of
the French editor are out of gear.
The attempt to parallel the Alger Relief
Commission with the Dreyfus persecution
is not happy one. AS equal efforts TO de-
feat the ends of justice they present a
strong family likeness, but differing much
in details. The object of the Alger inquest
was to acquit without regard to the
facts; the tribunal which judged Dreyfus
was organized to convict and punish an
innocent man knowing him to be blame
less. If Rochefort were to say: The evil
dence in Alger's behalf was as weak and as
carefully fabricated as that against Drey-
fus,' he would hit nearer the mark. He
utterly discredits his knowledge of
American affairs in saying that "the
scoundrel should have been shot when the
first court-martial condemned him" No
body now or recently in public life here
has been condemned by court-martial for
an offence punishable with death. Per-
haps one or two may have been allowed
to resign under charges calculated to i'm
peril their mundane existence, but that is
quite another story.
THE great liberty-loving newspapers OF
America" are truly great enough in that
respect to despise Jew baiters and perse-
cutors of Innocence like Henri RochefOrt,
renegade nobleman and communist.
The times., 1899-08-09
THE NEW GOLD CERTIFICATES.
New York Banks Receive supply
From the Sahtreasury

New York, Aug. s.-The United States
subtreasury here distributed today amons
twenty banks the first supply received from
Washington of gold certificates. The sup
ply was 81, $780, 900, in the denominations OF
$40, $50. S100, 500, and $1,000. The great
est number were of the $50 denomination.
The banks gave in exchange gold coin from
their own vaults, or yellow tickets repre-
senting gold in the vaults of the subtreas-
ury The demand for the gold certificates,
especially the smaller denominations. Is
large, and further supply may be received
tomorrow The opinion was expressed today
that it was quite likely that the issue o,
the certificates will result in the production
of considerable amounts OF boarded gold
coin.
The times., 1899-08-09
NEW YoRK's FRENCH QUARTER.
A Gradual Movement From Bfeeeker
Street 10 Tsenty-Eighth-

New York Aug. S-Ever since Italians
from Thompson Street began to press upon
the downtown French quarter ten years
ago. there has been an exodus OF the
French colony to ether parts OF the city.
The change began four or five years ago.
and new French quarter had begun to
form in the region west Of Sixth Avenue
between Twenty-third and Thirty-thir
Streets. The exodus now is nearly COM
piete. The corner OF Bieeeker and Weos-
ter Streets. once the hears of the down
town French quarter, is now entirely given
over to the Italians. and is rapidly bseom-
ing the heart OF the west side Italian quar-
yer Where onee were the neat French Ia
Dies note OF Eleecker Street and the
heigneorlng thoroughfares are now Italian
cares and tables d'hote. usually far from
neat, sometimes actually squalid. All Eu-
ropean tables d'hOte in New York bsIoug
TO the same species but they have their
varieties Chicken is the piece de resist
ance Of the Italian table d'hote in Bleecker
Street. as 1t was Of the French table e'hote-
Inc former has certain Accomplishments OF
shredded fish and queer pickles that the
latter never had.
II was like pulling up by the roo.s. that
exodus of the French colonists. for the
French households have strong local at
piete il. For the first FIVE years many Of
the French colonists hoped that the wave
OF Italians might not prove a food. and
held their ground until driven cut By the
odor OF garlic and that other peculiarly
Italian odor that suggests mixture OF ap-
pies and dirt
Now the French colony. with some loss
of members from scattering, is safely
translated from the Bleecker Street region
n he r,ar
and south and two blocks vest from the
corner of Sixth Avenue and Twenty eighth
Street The public first obtained a hsnz OF
the change on discovering that the block
Of Twenty eighth Street between Broadway
and Sixth Avenue had suddenly begun 10
look like Bleecker Street The resem-
blanee continues, but most persons have
Eot discovered that the French quarter has
been bodily transferred
But the French colony cannot well feel
at home in the new quarter. because il is
too big to become wholly French and too
modern to receive out xardly the impress OF
the French inhabitants The little three
story brick houses and the narrow streets
or the old French quarter were we'll suite1
to the small ways of the colony. II was
possible for an old couple 70 hide their
poverty in cellar with sunny areasay.
and exc out living in the sale OF javelle
water and hower-seed without painful pub
lieity. But there are 10 such friendly shel-
tering hooks in the new quarter. Not even
the display of patriotic emblems and pic
lures can give the new quarter a French
character. That favorite picture OF the
Alsatian family with jealousy closed win
dows celebrating the 14th OF July may be
displayed in the windows OF the newspaper
dealer, but the German saloon across the
way gives il the Ie-
The times., 1899-08-09
DOM paul,s brilliant Idea.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.)

Diplomacy, like politics and poverty, makes
strange bedfellows. II the proposition to refer
the Anglo -Transvaal dispute TO a conference OF
European powers is carried out, it will be a
signal instance OF this for We shall see France,
Germany, Russia, and Holland taking part in
a friendly intervention, which can scarcely fail
to put them on better terms with each other.
1t is much to be feared, however, that the pro-
ceeding will strengthen the Continental combna-
tion against England, since all the powers
named, except Holland, are England's traditional
enemies and their verdict against that country
is almost a foregone conclusion; after which, Of
course, they would have to stand by each other
to avoid England's wrath. But the proposition
is still in the air, and viii not become opera
tive without England's consent, which it is not
likely to receive
The times., 1899-08-09
a Generni AlteratIon.
FIom the Detroit Free Press


'sTherc gees party who will be heard from
said Smith, pointing TO a young man who vsls
going down the street He has managed to keep
his head in love and financial matters. and they
are the two great tests
1.-Two months ago he i young man with
all the world before him, and with no prospects
ahead of him except a determination 10 fight
life's battle.
''Tie was in love with young lady living n
this city, but his financial condition prevented
him from declaring his passion, besides, he was
not sure that the young lady in question cared
for him.
But by one OF those curious turns Of the wheel
of fortune, old aunt that he bad never seen
died and lett him large of money. With
out delay he called upon the young lady and
asked her to marry him. saving nothing about
the fortune that had been lett him. BE met
with a point blank refusal
''Two iays- later the girl heard Of his unex-
pected wnidfan. ard wrote him note, sayinsJ
4 have changed my mind.
ellis answer was Just short 1t said:
SO have /. -
The times., 1899-08-09
The Red Tape of Diplomacy.
(From the PhiIadelphia Record.l

NIOIII tIIe IIII"utIPIIIN HVNVIuJ
The dispute between Great Britain and the
United States over the Maine boundary lasted
sixty-nin years before a settlement was reached.
The Alaskan boundary question is quite as pro.
life of material for prolonged diplomatic dis
pute, and it has physical elements of even greater
difficulty. The rapidity Of communication be-
tween Europe and America may have some effect
in abbreviating the controversy, but the red tape
expedients Of international debate and disquisi-
ton almost inexhaustible. An early settle
ment is. perhaps desired at London and WASH
ington, but not at Ottawa. 1t is a remarkable
coincidence that the country should have had 50
much trouble in establishing its boundary
lines upon its extreme northeastern and
Northwestern corners