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The times., 1899-10-18
Why Select a Pebble.
(From the Portland Argus


In Mr. Reeds place Brother Allen saws he
feels like pebble IN the place Of pyramid.
Brother Aliens modest estimate of himself !,
touching and disarms criticism Everybody will
agree with it and let it SO at that But wny
should this district be represented in Congress bv
a pebble when it can have good sized boulder ?
Brother Allen has no doubt proved an efficient
private secretary, but this district does not
need a private secretary in Congress II needs
man accustomed to do his own thinking and
TO follow his own initiative. The Democratic can
didste is no novice in the business of Congress
siona legislation. He has Leen there. and has
made his mark at II. And he made his mark at
il by looking after the interests of the people.
the plain people. the people whose Interests most
need looking after. Mr.. Mckinney has becn den-
tilted throughout his whole political career with
the interests of labor and the plain people Their
cause he has chairpioned through evil and through
coed rsrute. and they have always known wherc
10 fni lam.
The times., 1899-10-18
Plenty of Room.
fFron az Brooklvn Faele ]

tFrDii tiie bEOoklyn Eagle
There IA plenty of in the Episcopal Church
for Dr. E.igrs and for Bishop Potter They do
not agree several points. but they are points
on which kat Church does not require agree
ment; while upon the points upon which agree
ment is required they do agree There is also
plenty of room in that Church for those who
agree with neither of them on various points.
Ii should be the glory. and 1t is certainly a
commendation of that Church. that it is hospit-
able TO intellectual difference, to intellectual
growth. to the encouragement of scholarship. To
the progress Of Investigation and to the revela-
tion of the Almighty in the book of nature, as
well as in the Written Word One cannot make
out just what Dr.. De Costa is driving al. when
he abandons Episcopacy as a whole and saws
that the Church as a whole has gone into
Desm and Dissent-sinee, and because Of. its dis
agreement, in the Diocese Of New York and in
The United States, with himself His is a
melancholy beyond medicament, OF an ecotisn
beyond measurement
The times., 1899-10-18
4 ConnrcIniSc.

(Fron. the New York Commercial Advc ssr.l
"a the result Of prevalent cGstom, when tw0
men meet in the street, each ntsrs thai the other
Is thirsty. They make for the nearest bar "a
sake their imaginary tair-ts. Recently two such
friends met and Cue cxteadcd the usual lihatory
courtcsies-
why do yoa always 1sS 10 drink 60 asked
ere Il am rot always thigs;y. There. 'ior in
stance tuaintirsg TO a hsbeTdasher'sl. ) a place
where y0u can stand me something that / not
only but need.
TO tell the truth. I an rot thirsty myself.
was the answer '-but I thouSht 1 should Eeces-
safily follow wcll-cstahlishcsi prccedeat-
They entersd the haherdasheEs-
Wow what VIII yOu havef
"a mir OF 25-cest socks, size Ill IL, thanks
'sNow.'' ssid the recipient at the socks. lit
me return the compliment The socks are ail
sight Shall we have anothsr.
..So, thanks Socks not my whint. III lake
q pair Of 25-cent gsrtcrs-
The times., 1899-10-18
WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER is. 1899.
Az Administratsen speetre.

The friends and organs Of the Admins
tration are beginning to acknowledge
what has been an open secret for some
time, namely, that there is dangerous
movement in progress. the object Of which
is to prevent the denomination Of Mr
Mckinley 1t is said that realization Of
lis danger accounts largely for the Presi-
Dental stumping tour through the West
and for the Presidents bold and unmis-
taxable utterances on the question Of ex-
psnsion. He is confident, and justly con-
fident, thai the masses Of the people sre
with him in this matter, and believes that
their accord viii pull him through
But there is exactly where he is liable
10 make a fatal mistake, and. COUNTLESS,
because he does not understand why il
is that & number Of strong Republican
leaders who are personally fond of him
nevertheless fear to tempt fate next year
under his leadership They, too, are ex-
TsansionIsts as earnestly as be is But
they recognize the fact that the voters Of
the country, while cheerfully willing to
Shro~ up their hats for the faith that
a. in William the Good, may at the same
time contemn some or all Of bis works
We are satisfied. from a more or less
close analysis OF the attitude and course Of
Mr. Mckinley ia relation to certain public
matters. that he is quite unaware OF the
existence OF 2 strcng undercurrent Of deep
seated resentment against him, for his
conduct il the Eagan matter: for his at
tempt 10 suppress the truth of the beef
ana other Army scandals; for his long
FTctectIcn CT Alger: for his apparent ap-
Frogal CT the Navy ring conspiracy against
Rear admiral schIey. and for his amaz-
Ing ;oleration CT Otis, DENLY. and the sys-
tcm Of smuggling. bribery. and robbery
which has grown rp and VIGOROUSLY -four
ishes in Manila. II be recognized the ex-
teDt and Figor of public indignation be-
cause OF these things, he is too good a
politician not 70 make some attempt to
stem tide which is surely swelling omi-
nOasfy and setting against him more and
nore every day.
He is simply III advised when be fancies
that The giittering generalities he is
spreading from the rear end platform OF
his train are what the people want, or
are sufficient to make them forget the
sins q his administration, especially since
he suggests neither by word nor act that
he is repentant CT that he purposes to
mend his ways, and bow to the demands
q his fellow countrymen by dispIacing
Otis, and putting a sane, honest. and eff
cient general IN command in the Philip
pines Il he realized his position, he
would quickly set about souarins himself
with the rank and Gle Of his party; but
he cannot OF he would not be roaming
the continent spouting pleasant pIstitudes
What he needs is TO act or what now is
perhaps little more than nebulous dan
se- may soon blossom into a decree Of
fate
The times., 1899-10-18
Africans and the I.aconlotipe.
OFrom the Windsor Siagazine.)

The children Of The desert were iilsd with awe
when irst the silence CT the pfiuleval solitude
broken BY the putting Of the steam engine Down
at the other end Of the Cape 10 Caro- line the
sIn,pIe Nat1beIe. when FIRST confronted by loco
motive were certain that the strange machine
WAS worked hy an indefinite number OF oxen.
which they assumed were shut up inside Hence,
Nhen the eIssine stopped they gathered in curious
crowds waiting tO the door cpen and the
oxen come cat, nor could they for many DAYS be
persuaded that the power II the IocOEa9tIvc could
come from other than the strength cf the
The arabs Of the Soldzn. rlose Imaginative than
the Matabese. saw in the IRE horses OF the Eail-
way one OF the Djinns q the Aiahian Nights har-
uesscd by the magic cf the Inhdel % tho long
train Of cars. The steam engine was 10 Them
liFiuS, scntitnt being Of which belief there IS
curious evidence in the fact that one occasion
a sheik made an inpassoncd rem0ESrlaHce against
the cruelty 81 making 80 small engine LrsT 50
huge 4 train
The times., 1899-10-18
The Diplomatic Uniform Question.


II Is generally known in this country
that a certain and persistent prejudice
among our national legislators prevent
"a the adoption OF 4 distinctive dress
for our diplomatic and consular services.
All. OF hearty all. other countries clothe
their dipIomatists in uniform. and this
practice is not confined to monarchical Gov
ernments- But American Representatives
81 European courts from time immemorial
have been more or less compelled to ap-
pear IN the costume OF walters. for whom
they are frequently mistaken at the high
functions OF the courts 10 which they are
--sccreditea.
Rcr a long period The members of our Ie-
cation in England were unable to appear
at court. The rules as to dress were
strict and so were the instructions Of the
American State Department Finally. in
1855. Nr. fafterward Presideno James
Buchanan being Minister. that distinguish
ed man and Her Maiesty's Minister for
Foreign Affairs. Lord Palmerston. met in
conference. and the famous sbreeehes
E.-locoI" was the result. Under this agree
ment the Americans were permitted to pres
ent themselves In evening coats, black
knee shorts. black silk stockings. purnus
with buckles. and steel hilted dress swords.
The .-breoches protocol" is stiI in force
Since the day Of its adoption Httlc more
latitude has beer allowed our dipIomatists
Those who serTod as officers ii the Civil
WAY are permitted to wear the unifcrrn q.
.hesr highest seEuaI OF brcyct rank in the
1uilf1Fy service. and at present no OBJ
lection is rasde Il they wear the court dress
Of the eountry where they are serving. ia
cases where the same OF uniform is De
rsSenr. scme courts have been extremely
courteous te this country in the natter.
end have allowed American Ambassadors
secretaries. and attaches 70 appear IL raj
nsens as obnoxious to ;ozzl standards OF
taste and etiquette cg suit Ct
ayiansas would be here at P.esi-
GentLzI reception. Bat this is MOI
likely &c Last Tie Rpsslar Ministry
Of Forcien kfairs hiss issued a circular
ccHfy1ng AL embassies snG legations that
q cc1rt costume o. 1arz blue ereaing Goa.
nth Sslyet collar. hrazs bstsors. ~kite or
blue waistcoaf. and hlas trcrse-s is p-e-
ecrihsd for al persons not Otherwise en-
The times., 1899-10-18
A NEW STEEL PLANT.
The Carnegie Company is Supposed
to Be the Real BaclSer.


to Be the Real Bacleer.
PITTSBURG, Oct. 17.-The import of
the announcement that wire and rod mill.
plant is about TO be erected near this city
has not been grasped While the company
is to be named the Union Steel Company.
with a capital Of 5.0Oo, 600, the real hacker
of the enterprise is thought to be the Car
negie Steel Company. By the organization
Of the American Steel and Wire Company
the Carnegie Steel Company lost, or will
lose, market for about 800, 600 to 400, 900
tons of steel billets annually. The Car
negie Company has threatened to start
rod MILL and it is believed that the Mel
Ions, of this city. bankers, who are ex-
plotting the enterprise, are backed by the
Carnegie Company.
The MELONS are financing the deal
whereby H c. Frick and his associates
will purchase the Carnegie Steel Company
interests from Andrew Carnegie They
also aided in building the Pittsburg. Bes-
semer. and Lake Erie Railroad, and op-
toned several side lines which the Car
negie Company has since secured The
proposed output Of the new rod mill will
be 1,e00 tons a day. 1t cannot be finished
within less than a years time
The times., 1899-10-18
MAKING UP a DEFICIT.
New York L Road Agents Dismissed
to Save Money.

NEW YORK. Oct 17--President Rossi-
ter, CT the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com
pany. is trying to make up the deficit
caused by the recent strike. The deficit
amounts to hundreds of thousands of dol
lars. That desperate efforts are being
made to cut down this vast sum is shown
In the frequent dropping of employees. For
the past two or three days he has placed
SIS day on the side of profit against the
loss he must make up. To do so h. has
discharged about fifty station agents and
porters on the Myrtle Avenue and Lex
ington Avenue divisions OF the IL road
All of the side stations of the uptown sec
tions have lost their agents. and passengers
pay their fares on the train.
Rossiter says the discharges were made
for the improvement of the service and ad-
mits that he saves SO day by so doing
The times., 1899-10-18
SUED FOR PEW RENT.
Unusual Litigation Begun by New
York Church OGiciasx

NEW YORK. Oct 17.-Arehdeacon
George b. Johnson. the rector. the war
dena. and vestrymen of Christ's Episcopal
Church. OF New Brighton. S. L, have sued
Mrs. Edna Bell for s22S .33, which they
assert she owes for pew rent The suit
will be tried at the October term OF the
Richmond County Supreme Court, which
opened yesterday. Mrs. Bell is the wife
of George Bell, a lawyer. They live in
a handsome house and in good style, on
Fort Place. New Brighton.
The claim is that the Bells occupied
naIf pew in Christ's Church The suit
was originally brought against Mr.. Bell.
and came up in the Supreme Court, Brook
lyn, before Justice Marean. motion
was made to dismiss it on a technicality
and denied, and Justice Marean trans
ferred the case TO Richmond county for
trial
The church people discovered that Mrs.
Bell owns the house in which she and her
husband live and made her the defendant.
The times., 1899-10-18
THE ALASKAN BOUNDARY.
Great Britain Accepts the Temporary
boundary Proposition

The temporary boundary line between
Alaska and Canada. which was agreed
upon some time ago by Secretary Hay and
Mir. Tower. Charge d'Anaires OF the Brit
ish Embassy. has been accepted by the
British Government. and ofaeial notifica-
tiOn OF that fact was transmitted to the
State Department yesterday. The sigma
lures of the proper officials OF the two
Governments will be placed on the docu-
ment In a day or so. and the Irritating
features OF the Alaskan boundary qpes-
tion will be at an end pending diplomatic
negotiations for permanent boundary.
IL is understood there are some minor de-
tails OF the mcdus vIveEdi which are yet
to be agreed upon. but nothing which VIII
cause any delay in the execution OK that
document The basis of the understand
Ing which has been reached has not been
made public by the State Department off,
ciais. and they are reticent also as TO the
details yet TO be agreed upon. It IS un-
derstood that diplomatic negotiations win
begin as soon as the modus vivendi has
been signed. looking TO the establishment
Of permanent boundary. The motus VII
veBdi is to remain In force only az tho
pleasure Of the two Governments and can
be terminated by either at any time
The times., 1899-10-18
wanted. Gentieraen Gardeners.
(From the London Mail.)

There never was time when really clever and
scientific gardeners in such request as now
for it is a notable fact greatly to their credit
that the modern self-made rich men, az whom
there are such numbers. class show he great
est enthusiasm in the matter OF their gardens nj
greenhouses. Indeed one OF our greatest authori-
ties on the subject has said that where there was
one splendidly appointed garden nifty years ago
dreds of rich who desire to shine in this way
who are prepared 10 pay. and do pay, yery hand
some salaries and premiums to their head gar
deners. The writer lately interviewing mil
lionaire North Country baronet noted Tor his gar
dens, and he exclaimed: why do not more pro-
iessioRal men and gentlemen OF small means make
trained and scientific gardeners OF their Sons2
They cannot realize what nsufher Of comfoEta-
BILE berhs there are in the calling and that scores
of head gardeners make from sSoo to Ell 900 q
year. and have every thing free besides-''
The times., 1899-10-18
Fin de Steele Ingenuity.

(Frofn Tie Pittsbufg News
In this glorious land ingenuity has never gone
uRrewarded. and ii the ingenious man has nerve
never will go 50. Fer example, he who has been
dyeing sparrcws lovely yellow and selling them
as recently imported eanaries at s. each, or 81
down and the other to be collected after the
purchaser was satisfied with her songster. The
purchasers were all women, for few men have
enough music in their souls 10 care for the mel
ody tf TIE canarics. The imported bids were in
strictly German cages, made presumably in the
neighborf.oOd of Fulton Street The genius gave
that Us his habitat, but when sought ior not
to be found, preferring for the present different
climate He was sought by representatives, Of the
public, that they might hcnor him with public
hospitality under the direction of the new Jail
warden in recognition CT his ingenuity.
The times., 1899-10-18

DR.. Richardson. who. sinsuiarly enough.
happens to be an Ohio man. has arrived
to take charge of St EIizabeth's Asylum
for the Insane. We regret that his anxiety
to assume his new duties has rendered the
doctor forgetful of the great professional
opportunity he would have enjoyed at the
''anti-imperiaiist" meeting in Chicago, to
observe some of the most interesting and
pathetic manifestations Of alienation that
are likely to be on exhibition for long
time to come.
The times., 1899-10-18

The latest returns from Manila give
evidence that the American public has
been hasty in congratulating itself upon
the abolition of the press censorship IN
the Philippines. 1t really has been lifted,
but with proyiso. Correspondents are
furnished with long list of things they
may not report. Among them are criti-
cisms of public officials. In short, they
may cable what they like. but with the
understanding that, if it happens to be
anything Otis does not like, they are pun
ishable with deportation.
The times., 1899-10-18

Dear Mr.. Dick apparently is rot
aware how well the country knows him,
or how completely it appreciates at their
true value in morals and in ethics the
campaign methods of himself and his mas
ter. Dick declares that he sees no i'm
propriety in the Burdell letter instructing
Federal officeholders how 10 safely violate
the political blacknailing law. or course
he does not He is entirely without the
necessary perceptions. Lombroso might
be able to tell him why
The times., 1899-10-18

Russia and France again are reported
to be actively canvassing the chances for
friendly interference in the South African
imbrogiio. The suspicion may be 1usti-
fed that neither of these powers would
like to see the establishment OF a strong
South African State, comp Erising all the
segregated States and colonies at present
occupying the lower end of the continent.
1t is reasonable 10 assume that they would
be glad of chance to prevent such a
consummation. which is a certainty il the
war proceeds 10 a finish.
The times., 1899-10-18
The Retiring shafter.

Sadly. as one who looks back upon
long career. in the course of which at
length he has outlived his usefulness, the
superannuated Shafter has stepped down
from his high position and. with rhi-
noscerosian grace, has passed into military
retirement-but only as a brigadier gen
eTal in the Regular Army. As major
general of volunteers he buckles on his
armor and goes marching along, in his
hammock and his landau, with the youth
full agility OF baby elephant.
In view of our wel-known opinion on
the merits OF that absorbing national
question, the case of the Santiago alb
sentee. Sampson, against the other San
tiago absentee, Shafter probably we shall
not be accused Of a desire to render
smooth the rocky path of the former. in
any modest remarks that we may make
as to the other party. That being the
case we may venture to observe with
all due difidence that, since the law in
its extreme wisdom regards Shafter in the
light OF a man too old to be brigadier
general, We sur1nfse that if 1t had chance
at him it would also consider him rather
aged TO hold the rank and command and
to draw the much higher pay of a major
general.
An ordinary man in his circumstances,
OF whatever age or grade in the service
would be subject to retirement on account
Of physical disability. If Re were but a
simple lieutenant his three hundred
pounds Of sick flesh would have entitled
him to honorable relegatioa 10 the roll of
honor and three quarters pay years ago.
But for the dominant fact that he is one
Of the rich products Of Michigan, and an
especial favorite of the late General
Sheridan's friend Alger, the Government
would no more have thought of assigning
him TO active service in the Cuban cam
paign than the Prince OF Wales would
think of entering a sea turtle for the
Derby On that occasion his Nichigander-
ship stood him in good stead, and probably
il has on the present one.
As matter Of fact the continuation OF
Shafter as a major general of volunteers
Is a positive injustice TO the active general
olaeeTs in that branch Of the service.
Some cne of the brigadier generals who de-
serves his step is injured by this display of
favoritisnn- 1t is quite unnecessary in
current circumstances that the officer in
command at San Francisco should be a
general Of the higher rank. II totally
incapaeitated major general is good enough
fer the place we do not see why an eff
cient brigadier would not serve equally
as well.
The good fortune CT Shafter in this con-
nection is a brilliant illustration Of the
loving Kindness which Mr. Mckinley has
always shown to his friends and equally
to the friends OF Alger and Long. Their
happiness always, fills his generous heart
with gurgiing JOY. and his generally quick
ears are deaf to normal considerations.
The times., 1899-10-18
A Mnn Who Knows.

fFrom the st. Louis Globe Demoerat.)
General Wheeler writes from Manila that 'to
withdraw our army now would be criminal, and
that if we took such action We should be Ear
raigned and denounced by the civilized nations
of the earth" The general is man of calm
Judgment and the widest experience. and speaks
in tfis matter as an observer on the spot
The times., 1899-10-18
THE COMMERCIAL CONGRESS.
Australian Mining and Trade the
Subjects of Discussion.

PHILADELPHIA. Oct 17-Direetor W.
P. Wilson opened today's session of the
International Commercial Congress- The
first speaker was Sir Horace Tozier, gen
eral agent for Queensland in London. who
exploited that country as a field for Amer
ican trade. A paper on the mining inter-
ests of Queensland was read by William
Grant Clark. and Dr. ]. A. Cockburn, dele
gate from South Australia, also spoke.
The times., 1899-10-18
An Anxion- Enquiry.

To TIE Editor Of Ika IlTnts-
How does it happen that Mckinley pros
perity necessitates the Governments re-
lfeyiug the depressed bankers OF New
York? Twice in the past thirty days it
has had to do this.
II the rich against whom I have 70
grudgel have TO be thus assisted. even
in the teeming autumn. what is the real
condition of the poor? INQUIRER
The times., 1899-10-18
Blunt Frnnkness.

(From the San Francisco Examiner.)
CholIy-No I'm not going to Del Monte. I've
changed me mind, y know.
JacE-Weil, whoever you changed with got
stuck
The Meeker herald., 1899-03-04
,nrevio7. s.-andry Aave-tiseracrt.

.H.Ss''R7';s t.;.nsry AaverfiReI;icrt.
VIE '''ic is not exactly the cls-
he-i,.-rpesar age. yet there are lk3u-
e-ses 2l2e.-ous who spend very sriall
rar-2n % taeir time on terra ;ir.la.
Tbs is >- to the ''sky-scrarors," wltre
'ls upper licors are honeycousbcd With
oiiicss. Eaterpriang merehanis hf,ve
5aSe7 a;ivaptage of the fact. and ;ire
1ry.rT everything in Their pswe- ts at
tract lie attention of THIS eicynttd
army, whose heeting glimpse Of tie
word is ,b.1iued from lofty windows
Tie latart rcaeme is one projected by a
l~uudry, which employs dcz&ss Of co7-
ei,d 'raGo2s. On The top of the wagon
cover is painted in glarinr letters the
9gr.e of tAe firm, and those who look
down from above can read as The We
hlcies pass by.
The Meeker herald., 1899-03-04

Rev Z. Edwards, pastor OF the Eng
!ish Baptist Church at h!inersyi:ie. Pa,
NIrt' safiliug "i:h flaa'aa Ism, aas
advised tO ny cAataberlaiiiS PAN
B 3n. lie sata: "A iew applications
OF th!s l!niment proved Il great service
TO NE. Ii sub ined The Inflammation
ati relieved the pain. Should ans
sufferer rroit by siving Pan Balm a
tria! IL VIII please me- For sale hg
Louis I. Streiise & Co, druggists.
The Meeker herald., 1899-03-04

ChaEberlain's Cough Remedy.
This remedy is intended especially fol
coughs. colds, Group, whoopiug cougi
aud influenza. 1t has become fdmou,
for its cures Of these diseases. over d
large part of the civilized world. I'll,
most flittering testimonials have bee
received, giving accounts of lis goo
works of the aggravating and parsis
tent coughs it has cured: Of severe
colds that have yielded promptly 10 il,
soothing effects, and of the dangerou.
attacks of crcnp it las cursl, often saw
ingfh life of tile child. TIE exttnsiv,
use o. it for whnoping cough has showl
that it robs that disease of all danger.
Gus consequences. Sold by Louis +
Strehike Il Co, druggists.