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The times., 1899-05-03

ness with smiling and confident ease. The
child has as strong an individual taste as
its father. in nine cases out of ten; and 1t
does not yet know its own capacities.
nor do the parents know them. grown
person may take up a course OF reading
with a determination to get instruction, If
not entertainment out of it, and by clint
OF his varied experience, Will find amuse
ment in uncongenial subjects; but the ca
has no such ability. II must read that
which is interesting, and no older person
can predict. in the case of any particular
infant. just what that will be. The father
and mother may provide the child with a
number of standard children's books, and
after a time all OF these will be read
through, re-read, and squeezed dry OF in
terest. Then the young mind begins to
fret and rub against obstacles. as a deer
tries to rub the velvet OFF his horns; the
time has come for it to have new stimulus
and new growth, and it is a wise parent
indeed who cen recognize that condition
and prescribe for it,
OF course, there are children's books
which will always be a source of delight
to the average youngster at some period
of growth. Few girls will not, at some
time. become fascinated with the Alco,t
books, the Whitney books. and even The
Wide, Wide World" lackadaisical as it
seems to this generation of maidens. Few
boys will be unmoyed by the jungle
Books" the immortal Tom Brown" the
wild adventure stories OF Verne and du
Chaillu, and the Marryat sailor series
The Lewis Carroll fairy tales, with An
dersen and Grimm, will have an eternal
charm for the toidlers, and some of the
older ones. 1t should be remembered that
some children outgrow childish books ear
lier than others, and that the book read
with delight by the mother when she was
a girl of fifteen will sometimes be reject
ed by her mature little daughter of ten.
But the best and safest plan, by all
odds, is 10 turn the children loose in a
large library of standard fiction and po-
etry, and let them browse at will. They
will find what they need. when they need
it, as surely as a mountain sheep picks
his mouthful OF grass from the most un-
likely places, and they will no more Sc
lect what is not good for them, if plenty
of the right sort of mental food is pro-
vided. than that sheep will eat gravel and
thorns when there is grass plot at
hand. The child will never outgrow the
great poets and noyelists and dramatists.
He will find in them fresh and stimulating
ideas as fast as he can assimilate them,
and in this pleasure Will have sure safe
guard against other and more dangerous
stlmulants. II an imaginative child is de-
barred from books it will seek romances
in real life, which is apt to be unsafe.
The times., 1899-05-03
A stndy for TheoIogians.

There was rather a curious incident in
the Scranton, Pa, county Jail the other
day condemned murderer was baptized
in bath-tub: and before the ceremony he
remarked that he did not believe much in
the efficacy OF the rite, but thought it
would make his mother feel better. To be
exact. he did not use the word rite" but
called it this blanked religious business" ="
The precise condition of that criminals
mind would be an interesting psychological
and theological study. OF course, theoret-
ically, he had no business TO be baptized
unless he believed It would do him some
good; and theologically. If he did such a
thing he would be lost past redemption, for
there is no provision in the scheme of sal
vation for a man who consents to be bap-
tized when he has no faith in the sig
niicance of the ceremony. The orthodox
view, also, would be that the man was en-
tirely responsible for this state of things,
and that it was deliberate and will
ful sin On his part not to believe
in the saving power of baptism. There
fore, his act was sacrilegious because
he pretended to believe what he did not
believe. at least TO the extent of being
baptized.
The psychologist. however. would look at
the matter in a somewhat different light.
He would say, first. that the power of be-
lief is not governed by the will, and that
II person does not believe a thing true
he cannot, by determination. force himself
TO see it in that way. any more than he can
blind. The kindly and uplifting human
emotions. not belief in any particular cere-
mony. are necessary to salvation accord
ing 10 the psychologists idea. Hence he
would consider the criminals willingness
to please his mother. and his desire to
leave her in as comfortable state of
mind as possible. to indicate hopeful
state OF mind, which might eventually lead
to salvation. The fact that he called bap-
tism "blanked religious business would
have nothing To do with his moral char.
acter; IL would simply show that he had
not been in the habit of seeing in the
Church anything worthy of respect. If he
had referred 10 his mother by a disre-
spectfal epithet, on the contrary. that
would have Indicated moral turpitude, be-
cause il would have been contrary TO the
natural laws Of morality, which command
man TO love and respect his mother be-
cause of her unfailing love toward him,
and the indissoluble tie of kinship between
them.
The argument between these two gen
tlemen, both students of the laws which
govern human nature. will probably never
take place, for human nature is not as
fond of that sort of problem as 1t used to
be. The ordinary man, who docs not know
much about either theology or psychology
cal science. will probably think that that
murderers consideration for his mother s
The times., 1899-05-03
In.lrnc,iye ReadIng.

Ever since Solomon wrote that OF max
ing many books there was no end. 1t Is to
be supposed that people have been begging
for courses OF reading" They have gone
in their humble ignorance to some one in
whose judgment of literature they had con-
hdence, and asked him to make out for
them list OF books calculated 10 improve
their minds. Needless to say. such at
tenpts usually result In failure. The ay-
erage man can no more trust another to
choose his library for him than to choose
his wife. Both must be selected to suit
individual taste. and except under condi
tions OF long and intimate association, no
one can Judge with accuracy the taste of
another.
This notion crops out nowadays in the
form of courses OF reading" for children
Some time ago an anxious mother wrote to
the New York Sun" TO ask for list of
books suitable for her ten-year- girl,
who had shown signs of literary ability
She wanted books suitable to the child's
comprehension, yet Of an instructive char
acter
If il Is difficult to choose the reading OF
a grown person. much more appalling a
task is II 10 prescribeithat of child; and
yet people address themselves TO this bust
The times., 1899-05-03
THE PRESIDENT AT HOME.
The Routine OF His Labors Begur
With 81 Cabinet Meeting.


President and Mrs. Mckinley. Assistant
Secretary Cortelyou. DR.. Rixey, and Steno-
grapher Foster. accompanied by their at
tendanis, returned to Washington yester-
day morning at 7:30 o'clock from New
York, where Mr.. Mckinley had been Wis
iting his brother, Abner Mckinley, since
Friday. The train left Jersey City at mid
night.
President Mckinley did not care to reach
Washington before daylight and still de-
sired to be in time for the regular Tuesday
Cabinet meeting. This could only be ac-
complished by leaving New York early in
the morning. President Mckinley and his
party therefore, boarded the train at Jer
sey City about 10 o'clock Monday evening
and spent the night in their sleepers. Mr..
and Mrs. Mckinley, upon arriving in the
city, were driven direct to the White
House. while the rest of the party proceed
ed to their respective homes. After break
fast at the Executive Mansion the Presi-
dent drove to the home of Mr.. Hobart to
enquire after his health and found the
Vice President much improved.
Returning to the Executive Mansion
about $3.50 o'clock the President found a
number of soldiers of the One Hundred and
Sixty-first Indiana Regiment standing on
the portico, with whom he very graciousiy
SHOOK nAnCS DetOTe BOtls 10 tHe CaDinet
room to resume his labors. Mrs. McKin-
ley also enjoyed an extended drive during
the morning.
Before IL O'Clock the President received
a number of visitors. among them Senator
Proctor and Representative Curtis OF Kan
sas.
The Cabinet meeting was attended by
only four members. Secretary Hay, Attor-
ney General Griggs, Secretary Hitchcock,
and Postmaster General Smith. Secretary
Hay again brought up the Alaskan boun-
dairy line matter. which has recently been
the subject of considerable diplomatic cor
respondence between the United States and
England. The discussion was brief. Ad-
ditional instructions to the American Com
missioners of the American Canadian Joint
High Commission were considered.
Parts of the report of the Beef Court of
Enquiry were read by the President. No
time has been set for the publication of
the findings of the Court, although it is
understood that it will be withheld until
Secretary Alger returns to Washington
next Monday.
The times., 1899-05-03
SENATOR KYLE RESIGNS.
Other Members of the Industrial
Commission May Retire.

The resignation of Senator James H.
Kyle, OF South Dakota, Chairman OF the
Industrial Commission, was the most i'm
portant business laid before that body on
its assembling in the Bliss Building yes
terday morning. Ill health is the reason
given by Senator Kyle for his retirement
as the head of the Commission. He has
never fully recovered from his illness of
last fall, and is at present at his home at
Yankton. S. D. The Commission took no
action on the resignation, but it will
doubtless be accepted.
Following on the announcement of the
resignation of Senator Kyle came rumors
of disagreement among the members of
the Commission as to the manner of con-
Quoting the investigation and the ground
it should cover. 1t was rumored that sew
eral members OF the Commission would
tender their designations, but the only truth
in this report. according to a Senator who
is on the Commission, is that Colonel
North is to resign to accept a place as a
chief statlstician In the Census Bureau.
Colonel North is well known as an expert
statistician. whose work has been prin-
cipally done along tariff lines. The In
dustrial Commission having undertaken an
inquiry, the scope of which is so extensive
as to involve il in investigations which
may prolong its sessions for several years
and carry it to all parts of the country.
it is probable that several members of
Congress now serving on the Commission
may be compelled, on account Of pressure
of other business, to resign from the Com
mission.
long list Of witnesses who have ex-
pressed their willingness to testify was
laid before the Commission, and other rou-
tine business transacted. Testimony to-
day will be taken on the Industrial condi-
tion, and it is expected this topic will be
continued for several days to come The
Commission intends to continue its hear
ings through the month and during the
greater part of June. The question OF
trusts will receive an exhaustive investi-
CATION, and representatives of the great
monopolies throughout the country, as well
as persons opposed to them will appear be-
fore the Commission. Mr.. John ID. Rookie
feller will represent the Standard Oil
Company while Attorney General Frank
S. Monnett, who has been fighting that
trust in Ohio. will also appear. Henry O.
Havemeyer will speak for the Sugar Trust
The Whisky Trust will be represented by
Gen. John McNulta and Charles C. Clark
Special attention Will be given to the New
Jersey trust laws. as the majority of the
corporations of the country having the
largest capitalization are chartered under
the laws of that State. the great induce
ment being that stockholders in such cor
porations are not held individually respon-
sible for the financial condition of the cor
poration.
Mrs Florence Kelly, of Chicago. will
testify before the Commission this morn
ing on general labor topics.
The times., 1899-05-03
AIwcr and the scnnfe.

Being interviewed, by request, in Detroit
On his Senatorial aspirations, Alger is
quoted as saying that he is without any
worth mentioning. but he confesses with
blushing confusion, as fellows:
will say frankly that ! did think, If the
State slsonid see fit to send me to the Senate, |
would appreciate the honor: but. after all my
State has done for ne. / shall not enter into any
scramble for il. Senator Mcmillan assured me a
long time ago thai he probably should not be a
candidate agsin and that if lie not he would
do all he could for ME think if he had changed
his mind, would he of the first persons he
would have spoken TO about it. | would yield to
10 nan il 1 had concluded 10 becolne an aspirant
Tor the ciice. but am perfectly certain that Sen
ator Mcmillan viii not he candidate lie has
told me - repeatedly and emphaticaliy.
On the strength OF the above, which We
should describe as of about ten-thousand
tin-oan Algerian beef power, there is re-
ally nothing for Senator Mcmillan to do
but to vacate his seat Alger gives him a
fair challenge. The man OF Chancellors-
vile and the stock yards means business.
Perhaps it is business which has been
amicabIy arranged already; perhaps not.
But let US suppose Senator Mcmillan
a complete Bsrkis! Could he give his place
TO Alger and escape the national wrath?
These thoughts, no doubt, are premature.
The end OF Mr.. McMillan's term will not
be reached until the death of the present
Administration. So it is rather a long
shot for Alger to take Probably a less
modest man would not try it. in view of
a rather prevalent national opinion that
the appropriate place for Alger would be
inside OF one of McMillan's most ancient
trees
The times., 1899-05-03
sPA1N's WARRANTS FOR GOLD.
How the Twenty Millions VIII He
Delivered to Her.

The twenty million dollars for payment
to Spain under the Treaty of Peace will
be transferred to London through the reg
ular channel of commercial exchange, and
the expensive method of actually shipping
the gold coin will thereby be avoided.
In accordance with advices received from
the Government and the Bank of Spain.
NJ. Cambon. who has been acting for the
Queen Regent as well as the French Re
public will deliver the Treasury warrants
to the National City Bank of New York.
and the latter will issue bills of exchange
payable in Europe. One of the s5.9Oo,O0O
warrants will be taken to New York to-
morrow by one of the attaches of the
French Embassy and delivered to the
President of the National City Bank
The times., 1899-05-03
ADD1cKs, FRIEND ACQUITTED.
An Alleged Attempt at Bribery Case
Quickly Disposed OF.

Wilmington Del, May Mark L.
Davis, Union Republican member of the
General Assembly, was tried today at
Dover under the common law on a charge
of attempting to bribe a fellow member
to vote for ]. Edward Addicks for United
States Senator. The prosecuting witness
was Francis H. Lattomus a regular Re-
publican. Mr.. Davis was acquitted by the
jury. only one ballot being taken. The
jury consisted of nine Democrats and three
Union Republicans. Mr.. Lattomus testi
fed that he had conversation with Davis
in which the latter. after learning that
Lattomus had a mortgage of 5000 on his
farm. offered to lift it or satisfy it if he
would vote for Addieks. The witness did
not recall that Davis had named the sum
he would give but only that he would
lift the mortgage. Davis. when placed on
the stand, entered a general denial to the
evidence given by Lattomus and stamped
the testimony as a lie. There were sew
eral witnesses TO testify to the character
OF Davis. The charge OF the chief justice
was taken as favorable to the accused and
a verdict of not guilty was soon reached.
The times., 1899-05-03
THE PATENT OFFICE.
The commissioners Report shows
Its business Growing.

The following statement OF the increased
business of the Patent Office for the month
of April. 1899, as compared with April
1898, furnished by Commissioner Duell.
illustrates the improved business outlook.
The receipts of the Patent Office for April,
1899. were sll3.594, as against S99,256 for
the month of April 1898. being a gain OF
S14.33S The number of applications re-
ceived for patents and for the registration
of trade marks, labels. and prints for April
1899 was 1884, as against 3.5f2 for April
1898, a gain of Az The number of pat
ents.e trade marks. labels. and prints is
sued in April, 1899 was 2.1i3, as against
1,756 in April. 1898. being gain of 3s7.
The times., 1899-05-03
THE soMERs HERE AT LAST.
The Torpedo Boat Rode Over on tn
Munhnttnn's Deck.


New York, May 2-The tiny torpedo boat
Somers, which was bought by the United
States shortly before the war with Spain,
and which met with several mishaps in
endeavoring to get away from England ar
rived here as freight this morning on the
deck OF the steamer Manhattan. The So:l-
ers will be taken over to the navy yard to-
morrow and unloaded there. Lieutenant
Commander Colwell purchased the Somers
for the Government in March. 1898 On
April 8 she started for this country from
Weymouth in command OF Ensign Halle
ton and conveyed by another recent pur-
chase, the cruiser Topeka. The next day
she put back to Weymouth. leaking badly.
On April IL second start was made. but
the Sorners sprang a leak again and was
forced to put into Portland. A third at
tempt to get to sea was made on April l5.
but again the little craft proved unsea
worthy and was obliged to be put into Fal-
mouth. The Topeka came alone finally and
the Somers remained in England. She
could not leave after that because OF the
neutrality laws. Later. after being over
hauled. she was towed TO Plymouth. where
she was placed aboard the Manhattan. The
Manhattan anchored off Twenty fifth
Street, North River, this afternoon.
The times., 1899-05-03
The RenI Issue
From the Philadelphia Times.


Some one who is close to these mistaken Off
cials in Washington should be able to tell them
that in the issue between General Miles and See.
retaFy Alger. the Administration is on one side
and the people on the other side The people
know that General Niles is the one conspicu.
Gus officer Of the Army in the West Indies who
never made 4 mistake; who never sacrificed his
men; who looked carefully to the supplies of his
soldiers, and who saved Porto Rico by wonderful
celerity of movement that gave it to us by con-
quest before the Treaty of Peace. They know also
that when General siafter would have rctreated
at Santiago General Miles hurried to the front
TO execute the pcremptory orders against retreat
and save the Army from disgrace. The most diff
cult of all things in politics is for political
power in Washington to attempt to fool the
American people.
The times., 1899-05-03
THE AIR LINE DEAL OFF.
The Option Given by Mortgage Bond
holders Rejected.

Louisville, May 2.-The Southern Rail-
way has rejected the option given by hol-
ders of the mortgage bonds of the Air Line
Railroad. The reason assigned is that the
aggregate price is higher than the road
feels justified in paying.
The option was given several weeks ago.
The holders of the mortgage bonds, which
are of four classes. pooled their interests,
hoping in this way to dispose of their hold
ings for a fair price.
The effect of the rejection. so far as can
be gathered is that the deal for the Air
Line is OFF for the present at least. The
Air Line Is in the hands of a receiver.
The times., 1899-05-03
THE INCOMPLETE ALBANY.
VIII Not He Ready for Service for
Five Months.

The Navy Department is disappointed
over the discovery that the United States
cruiser Albany. now at Newcastle-on-Tyne.
England cannot be ready for active SER
vice until next October. The Albany was
the Brazilian ship Almirante Abreu- She
was purchased in an incomplete state. at
the shipbuilding yards at Newcastle Just
before the war with Spain began. but was
not in condition to sail for the United
States before England declared neutrality
Her sister the AmaZonas. purchased at
the same time. served in the war with
Spain, under her new name. the New Or
leans. The Navy Department has been In
formed that the Albany, having been in
tended for tropical waters, was not fitted
for a steam heating apparatus. and also
that there are no means of extinguishing
fires in her coal bunkers- Orders TO make
these improvement have been cabled. but
the work will take at least FIVE months.
The times., 1899-05-03
PHILIPPINE STATISTICS.
The Mortality Record for Five Years
Received.


Surgeon General sternberg has Just re-
ceiyed from Major. and Chief Surgeon Her
bert W. Cardwell, at Manila, a transla-
tion OF a report by Senior del Busti. Presi-
dent OF Statistics "Junta de la Reforma
Municipal" The report gives the mortal
ity record of the Philippines for the five
years ending 1898. and is based on official
Spanish reports of the Christian popula-
tion and those now Christians who were
Spanish subjects.
1t shows that in Manila. among 315.5T1
inhabitants, there was an average number
of deaths per week of 1880, or a percent
age of 26.2. At Iloilo the population is
given as 472.99S with 1853 deaths in the
five years, or mortality percentage of
2i.4 per thousand. In the Island of Ne
gros, among a population of 32l.77T the
percentage of deaths was 2S.T per thou
sand. For the Island OF Cebu the percent
age of deaths was 22.4 per thousand. The
lowest death rate was at Mariannas, it be-
ing only 1914 while the highest was at
Cagayan. stated as $50. At Cavite it was
26.2. Isabella de Luzon, 201: Abra, u:
Burrias. los.
Compared with statistics of other coun-
tries given by Prof. Richmond Mayo
Smith. of Columbia College, the figures re-
lating to the Philippines show that in some
parts OF the island the death rate was
exceedingly low, while in other parts IL
was very high Prof. Smith says that the
census of 1890 shows a death rate in the
United States per thousand of II for na-
tive born whites of native parentage. 24.42
for native born whites of foreign parent
age. 1885 for foreign born whites. and
1857 for colored. In 1898 the statistics
showed the following death rate in the
countries named: Italy 25.3; Germany.
24.6; France, 22.6; England, 1874; United
Kingdom, 1911.
With reference to the death of soldiers
in tropical countries. Prof. Mayo-Smith
states that the death rate in the British
army in 1891 was Al at home and 13.5
abroad. In Ceylon At out of 1000 SOL
diers died in the first year. As the second.
and 40 the third: out of 1000 soldiers in
Jamaica II died the first. 81 the second,
and o. the third
The times., 1899-05-03
A HUNT FOR DEsERTERs.
Six Infantrymen Captured and
Placed in Irons.

New York, May 2.-There was a man.
hunt through the streets of Jersey City
early this morning. for six deserters from
the Government Barracks on Bedloe's ISL
and. The entire force of the Jersey City
police and a squad of soldiers under COM
mand of an officer from the island Joined
in the pursuit. A portion OF the Nine
teeuth Z. S. Infantry is stationed at Bed
loe's Island. There was an attempt at
wholesale desertion late last night. Six
men escaped. They were all caught and
this morning were back at the barracks in
irons
The times., 1899-05-03
CONDITION OF THE TREASURY
The Yearly Expenditures Exceed the
Receipts SI09,57S.76I.

The receipts of the Government yester-
day were: Customs, $611.s23; internal
revenue. S350.S7S; miscellaneous. s79, ,33S.
A total of S1iG41. .S39. The disbursements
were 81, ,455. .O00. an excess of expenditures
over receipts of Si23. .16l. The receipts of
the fiscal year-to date have been si27 ,265,-
645. The expenditures s536, ,S42, 400. An
excess of expenditures over receipts of
S1O9. .57S.7