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The times., 1899-05-22

DR.. Arthur G. McGiffert, professor Of
church history in Union Theological Sem
mary, in letter to the General Assembly,
declares that he has been misunderstood.
He takes the ground that his utterances
have been misconstrued and declines for
that reason to withdraw from the fold.
SO far as my views are concerned. they
have been and remain, as l believe. in
accord with the faith of the Presbyterian
Church and of evangelical Christendom in
all vital and essential matters. and
therefore cannot feel that it is my duty,
or even my right in justice to myself and
my brethren, and to the Church of our
divine Lord and Master, in which l am
an office-bearer, to withdraw from the
ministry Of the Presbyterian Church" Re-
fusing to retract views which are alleged
to be heretical and at the same time de-
clining to get out of the denomination,
the question remains, What is to be done
with him." He can be expelled, of course,
but that will only occasion more bitter
ness and recrimination. What, with
Briggs controversies and McGiffert feuds
the wish Will be general and sincere that
the denominational hairsplitters take a
good long vacation.
The times., 1899-05-22
The cznr,- chief GLORY.

(From the New York Commercial Adyertiser)
The young Gar will be remembered longer for
abolition OF transportation to Siberia if he shall
bring it about, than for his part in the Peace
Conference. 1t will couple his name with that OF
Alexander the LibeIltor in the affectora,e memory
OF mankind. Yet his motive is no more unmixed
benevolence than that of Alexander Time has
come for Abandonment of penal transportation to
Siberia, as time had come for abolition Of serf-
dom, for economic and Industrial reasons With
completion of the railroad TO the Pacific and
opening OF Siberia TO emigration and settlement.
the chief interest OF the Government viii be in
the development of its resources by an Industrious
population. This cannot come while the taint
of a penal colony is it. Russia will put a
stop penal exile TO Siberia as England pu, 4
stop to transportation Of criminals TO Australia
because this is in the way Of larger and more
profitable use of the country, outlet for sur
plus population and addition to the power
and wealth Of the Empire. Poteutates often earn
the sentimental gratitude Of mankind by acts
done in their selfish interest
The times., 1899-05-22
A Romnnce of Real Life.
fFrOm- the Harper's Bazar.)


The Duchess of ARGOS was Virginia
Woodbury. Lowery. of Washington, d. c.
distinguished ancestor, Daniel Wood
bury. of New England. once held the po-
sition OF Secretary of the Treasury. under
Jackson. and was afterward a Justice OF
the Supreme Court Montgomery Blair. a
Cabinet officer during the Administration
OF Lincoln, was Of the same family,
The romantic courtship OF the Duke and
Duchess OF ARGOS began over twenty years
ago. At that time he was young Count
Brunetti, Of the Spanish Legation in Wash
ington. an under secretary. whose admira-
ton for the beautiful Miss Lowery result
ed in an engagement. to which the parents
objected on account OF the youth of their
daughter, and the fact that Count Brunetti
was appointed to a remote South Amer
ican pest, where months were required TO
send communication
The engagement was OF eighteen years
duration. and Count Brunetti in that time
inherited estates and a title In Spain
When he returned to Washington he found
Miss Lcwery even more beautiful in her
maturity than when he had left her. Mrs
Lowery. who was an invalid, died shortly
before the wedding of her daughter. which
occurred in August. 1895. at the summer
home of the family in New London, Conn.
and was quietly celebrated
The times., 1899-05-22
Romancing Soldiers.


They are the Falstafs to be found in every
army-men who can make battle out of a skir-
mish aud hair-lifting cruelty out of harmless
incident. They not liars in the ordinary
sense OF the word The stories they tell are so
wildly improbable that they never Tor a moment
deceive anyone having the slightest knowledge
OF the facts and probabilities They the
counterparts of the man who in the far West
cannot resist the temptation OF initiating "tender
foots' by telling them blood-curdling stories in
a nonchalant way These romances usually
OF an adventurous disposition, and it is not
strange few of them have found their way to
the Philippines. They have also found an audience
Of 'tenderfoots'' in the readers Of the few pa
pers in the United States capable of publishing
such stories truthful letters, and making
them the basis for denouncing American soldiers
and officers guilty OF savagery.
The times., 1899-05-22
Victoria, of England.
(From the New York World.l }

IT IVIl I1IS wv IVFA NVII'IJ
She has never antagonized the people, but by
exercising patience and infinite tact she has al
ways carried her point in matters OF principle.
Again and again Victoria has stood out against
her ministers and has compelled them to with
draw modify measures because her opposi-
tion represented, they soon saw. the sober sec
ond thought and the conscience of her people.
But the good Queens social influence has been
greater than her political power. She has st
example not alone to her own people but also
to the millions OF other lands that have watched
her with admiring respect. She has been an ex-
alted teacher OF the simple and homely virtu2
which make individuals and nations strong and
truly great. She has been model and pattern
OF womanhood.
The times., 1899-05-22
At The Hague.

IFrom Tic Atlanta Constltntlon)
While the representatives, from this country can
hardly take part in the discussion of reduction
disarmament, they viii be expected to take a
prominent part in The advocacy of the principle
of settlement by arbitration. 1t is principle
10 which this country is pledged The failure OF
the Anglo American arbitration treaty did not
mean any lack of confidence in arbitration, al
though the English have always maintained that
it did; the American Senate refused to ratify
that treaty only because OF the many defects in
that particular document. The men who voted
against ratification. or most of them, believe
firmly in the principle Of arbitration and will be
glad to see the representatives OF this Government
taking strong stand in favor of its adoption
at the Czar's conference.
The times., 1899-05-22
superIative Secrecy.
(From the Boston Globe.)

u EIIII tIIV DV1tVII VIOIt'J
So afraid is Sir Thomas Upton that somebody
will see the lines OF the Shamrock that some time
ago he publicly declared his intention to launch
her in "pettieoats."
Tie Herreshofs are not quite so conservative,
but it is said that they are so alarmed lest a
midday launching should expose the Columbia S
bottom lines to the public that they have pro-
posed 10 give her maiden dip in the evening
when it is dark.
To the uninitiated all this seems foolish, or at
least unnecessary. II the genius OF American
builders is beyond the compass of foreigners. why
should they be so afraid of exposure-as though
they were handling forbidden wares?
But then there are tricks in all trades that
perhaps laymen have no right to be too inquisi-
tive over
The times., 1899-05-22
Standard OIL Prnfts.

CFrom the Kansas City star.)
person docs not have to be very violent in
his opposition to trusts to realize that such
corporation as the Standard OIL Company should
be prevented by law from laying such heavy
tax on the people as is Necessary to pile up the
enormous profits that it makes every year. Il
may be conceded that the Rockefellers have
wrought beneheent work for mankind in build
ing up such complete and mlrvelou.ly effective
system they have created for distributing oil
at comparatively low cost to consumers, and
they are entitled to fortune for it. But there
is no justification from any public point of view
for the extraordinary profits that the company
is making
The times., 1899-05-22

Congress. except one or two, are opposed
to the Johnston policy. Former Supreme
Court Justice Somerville, now Chairman
OF the Board of Customs Appraisers at New
York, was among the ardent advocates of
convention. The daily Democratic press.
with but few exceptions are arrayed
against the Governor. some of the news
papers of the State criticising him In the
EXTREMIST terms.
If the issue raised by the repeal of the
convention act is not forgotten, and l do
not think 1t Will be, next year q majority
of the Legislature elected will favor and
call constitutional convention, as that is
the only method by which the constitu-
tion can be so amended as to keep pace
with the progress OF the State and the
necessities of the people. We want and
will have honest elections and a constitu-
ticn adapted to the wants and necessities
Of progressive and patriotic people,
The times., 1899-05-22

The rebels in the Philippines have again
asked for an armistice. a request which
General Otis has very properly declined.
holding out as he does for unconditional
Lawton continues his advance. and Ag-
uinaldo is reported to be hiding in the
mountains. The War Department still ex-
poets news of a complete surrender, but
it has been expecting" such thing for
quite a while now.
The times., 1899-05-22

me between two burros and moved me to
a railroad station Then we got to Denver.
and | lay in hospital there for nye
months. | have been crooked ever since,
as the doctor said Jiins work on my brok-
en- bones was so good they wouldn't at
tempt to improve on It.
That's the story. l never heard OF any
other man who got tangled up with a
grizzly in a knife fight and who lived to
tell OF 1t: and / rather guess l hold the
championship in this line. although | ad-
NIT | got it by accident
The times., 1899-05-22
Yields end Flowers.

The outlying country IS now at its spring best.
The trees are still in bloom. The honey suckles
and sand yiolets and lot Of other lovely how.
ers are ahundantly cut The birds are in full
song and brightest piumage and the brilliant
orioles. dartins among the apple blossoms, seem
unusually plenty this year People who have not
horses and carriages ot their own and object to
hiring still have dozen ways into the country
open to them by the trolley. Whichever route
shey take they will come home glad they went.
The times., 1899-05-22
War Philosophy.
(From the Pittsburg pispateh.l }

Y I0111 Hl1e 1NN-''11b D'7l''ttII'I
The German philosopher who believes that pre-
paredness for is the best guarantee OF peace
has the excuse Of living under a monarchy, one
Of whose members spent his reign in collecting
the finest regiment Of grenadiers in Europe, and
then found that regiment so fine that he never
had the heart to subject it to the danger Of
warfare. But even that argument is sadly weak
ened by the fact that the son of that King spent
over ten years of his reign in desperate and
destructive Karfsre.
The times., 1899-05-22
General Funston's Weight.
CFrom the BROOKLYN Easle.l

U TNI tsTV I'17T7N1ITF t7I-Fl-T
General Funston Is gaining in weight since
h. became a brigadier general. Before his pro-
motion the newspapers which described him said
that he weighed ninety-five pounds One day a
Buffalo paper said that he weighed 40 pounds
and the next day paper in Albany put his
weight at lSl At this rate Of increase he will
be i giant when he returns to the United States.
But he will not be any too big to receive the en-
thusastic admiration Of his countrymen We
always knew that Kansas crops did grow with
startling tapiditV
The times., 1899-05-22

Admiral Dewey has started for home
fleet. He will doubtless travel leisurely
as the condition of his health is such as
TO preclude any strain upon it. No matter
how much time he takes, however, in max
ing the journey the delay in his arrival
will not impair the cordiality and enthusi-
asm of his welcome. On the contrary, it
will serve only to increase it.
The times., 1899-05-22

The arrangements for the surrender of
the Cuban arms are that they are to be
given to the mayors of the different
municipalities in the presence of United
States officers designated by General
Brooke, and not directly to these officers.
as originally contemplated by the Presi-
dent. Then they will be shipped to Ha-
vana and Santiago, where they will be
placed in United States armories. The
better plan would be to adhere TO the
Presidents original idea. The question is
simply one of consulting Cuban pride"
of which there is more than an average
supply.
The times., 1899-05-22

times she is practically compelled to see
nothing but brick walls and asphalt streets
all summer. She cannot, like the man who
is alone. go forth on Sundays and holidays
to loaf and invite her SOUL under the
trees in some suburban field. She cannot
take the street cars to the end of the line
and then strike OFF across the fields to
explore the country. She cannot even have
a garden or a grassy lawn on which to sit
during the hot summer evenings. And
what the deprivation of sunlight and fresh
air means to country girl working in
the city, only she and her comrades know
If the wheel will take her out OF her pris-
on and give her bit of innocent freedom
at trifling expense, why should she not
have it? And why should more fortunate
women who have carriages, and country
places, and opportunity to travel all over
the country. sneer at her for enjoying this
freedom, and make insinuations about her
character? Some of them do, and they
should be made to live her life for three
or four weeks in August.
The times., 1899-05-22
CIRCULATION STATEMENT

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cago. hereby certiles that it has. by its expert
examiners, proven and attested the circulation OF
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1870. *, ss. copies.
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country by bond of $4,000 in the Fidelity and
Deposit Company OF Maryland. deposited with the
Northwestern National Bank of Chicago.
ADVERTISERS GUARANTEE COMPANY,
BY ]. r. MASON. President
The times., 1899-05-22

How soon the great are forgotten. The
attempt to make the anniversary of Glad
stones death the occasion of a great party
demonstration was a pronounced failure.
The times., 1899-05-22
Settling Even.

(FrOm the Boston Herald.)
1t is altogether gratifying 10 learn that, As a
result of the final settlement OF the boundary line
between Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, each
State is left with the same amount Of territory
it had before, though there has been change
of 40 at different sections OF the line
which, however. Offset each other. II would be
cruel to slice down little Rhody
The times., 1899-05-22

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The times., 1899-05-22

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munications will not be preserved, and only man
uscripts Of obvious importance will be returned
their authors
The times., 1899-05-22

Watch for town, Congress Heights. D. C.
The times., 1899-05-22
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II haven't much remembrance of th1t
fight. There is recollection Of the rush
of the great brute and her foul breath in
my nostrils; there is a picture of her hair
all on end. of her yellow-white teeth and
lolling tongue; then crushing blow that
seemed to tear my arm out by the roots
and another gldncing stroke that took
clothes and flesh and sinews and pieces o.
bone with it. Then We We're all mixed up.
| couldn't tell, seemingly. which was me
and which was the bear. | knew that /
was thrashing around with my knife all
the time-cutting and lungins three times,
four times. perhaps dozen times. Then
l went rolling down the steep bank. think
ing as consciousness went that l was dy-
ing
''It was November that went out from
camp. the day of the bear fight; the next
time | was conscious was on Thanksgiving
Day. The chances for my dying where
fell were about leo to /: but / won thai
time My partner. James Skinner who al
so came from old Chautauqua, ran across
me by chance. He told me afterward that
he was coming down the canon when he
ran across a dead grizzly. 1t had been
shot-a cub nearly grown-and while he
was looking for the man who shot it he
saw another dead grizzly. This one had
been killed with a knife. and he counted
twenty-three deep cuts through the hide
when he took it off. \ knife was sticking
in the carcass. He pulled it out, and for
the first time realized that his pard had
been in the scrimmage. He found me Mt
the foot of the hill. He said he would have
sold my chances for life for two bits.
know now | must have been sight. My
left breast was crushed in. left arm brok-
en- in three places. collar bone crushed so
there isn't a collar bone there now. left
shoulder pounded to Jelly. all the flesh
ripped off shoulder and breast Jim set
the bones OF my arm and shoulder the
rest of the breaks and bruises were tied
up in some healing bark he got from a
party of Indians. Finally he got me into
blanket sling and hired three men to help
him carry me to a trail, where they slung
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-05-22
A Vivid Description.

a short sighted and deaf old gentle
man who was at an entertainment
where professor performed on big
bass viol, thus described the scene:
The professor carried on to the plat
form a gigantic beetle attached to the
end of a sort of lamppost- He leaned
over and fondly embraced it. tickling
its back violently with long comb,
The spectators seemed much de-
lighted at this display of scientific af-
lection. The beetle was apparently quite
unmoved Then the professor gave a
capital imitation Of the drunken man
and the lamppost He swayed rapidly
up and down. clutching quickly at all
points.
Sometimes his fingers quivered pas
sionately upon one spot, like an i'll tenn
pered man struggling with an obstinate
pair of braces. Sometimes he rested
momentarily, as one rests after con
test with a stiff white tie.
FINALLY, he gave last convulsive
tickle to the huge beetle, picked himself
up from the lamppost and carried of
the unresisting insect. The audience
applauded vigorously.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-05-22
A Famous House and Lot.

An article entitled Historic Homes
In Washington. by Catherine Cava-
nagh. in Munsey's. gives an interesting
narrative of the home once occupied by
James G. Blaine. The lot on which it
stood once belonged to Henry Clay, who
won it ct game of cards, at which he
was always very lucky. On his wife be-
ing asked if her husbands gambling
did not make her anxious. she an
swered: why should worry Henry
generally wins After keeping the lot
a short time he snapped it for Nal
tese jackass that Commodore Rodgers
brought home from Mediterranean
cruise. He built the house. In it once
lived james Z. Paulding. secretary of
the navy under Van Buren,. Secretary
Seward bought it. and was living in it
when his assassination on the night Of
Lincoln s murder was attempted. Sec
rotary Of War Belknap afterward re-
sided there, and finally Mr.. Blaine
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-05-22
The sae,s.ns of the ruileries, 1s4s.

The Soaking of the Tuflerfes, 1S%S.
The sight that presented itself was
the strangest I have ever seen and has
remained in my memory almost as Wv
idly as if it were yesterday. The mag
ni6cent apartments of the palace were
soon filed with as strange q set of ruff
fans as you could meet anywhere 1t
seemed as if they were all mad or
drunk. and yet they were as jolly as
sandboys. They seemed positively to
revel in destruction and TO yell with
delight as they smashed and tore every
thing TO pieces that they came across.
There was scarcely picture that was
not cut into ribbons. and ornaments,
however costly. were thrown down and
bro ken to atoms.
While was standing in one of the
grind apartments. looking on in Won
der, little man, with sword almost
as big as himself, stood in front of a
magnificent mirror that reached from
the floor to the ceiling He surveyed it
for a moment. and then, as though he
were about to storm town single
handed. went deliberately up to it and
with one blow of his great cavalry blade
shivered il to pieces AS they fell at
his feet ne put on grand air and said
LA" as if this was one of the greatest
deeds be had ever accomplished and the
proudest moment of his life. Sketches
From Memory, CT 4. Storey.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-05-22
Dead Mems Bones.

The most grewsome apartment in
America is probably the demonstration S
room in the Flower hospital in New
York. with its fantastic decorations of
dead mems bones.
The name of the room is spelled above
the door in letters made of finger bones.
Upon the wall within appear in the
same grewsome lettering the names of
DR.. Howard S. Nelson and Dr. North
way Meyer. demonstrators Besides
these legends sits grinning human
skull
Crossing and recrossing the room
strings of bones interlace. Ribs alter
nate with the slender bones of fingers
and toes Up and down the walls. like
CHASTITY white serpents, crawl coils of
vertebre. Arm and leg bones with
highly polished surfaces are hung on
the cupboard doors
Everywhere the eye turns in this
curious charnel house symbols Of NOR
tality start into relief But it is on the
large table against the south wall that
death vertically sits enthrcned. In the
middle, heaped into mound. bones
from ali parts of the human frame are
surmounted by skull. Here hand,
there a crippled foot. cranium hol-
lowed into a drinking cup-oddities of
sll grisly shapes surround the mound.
In chair to the right sits skeleton
In leisurely attitude, leaning one arm
upon the table as he watches the skele-
tons over which the sunlight dances