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The evening times., 1899-02-09
TESTING THE MINT COINAGE.
United states Assay Commission Be
gins It's Annual Task.


Philadelphia, Feb. 9.-The Government
Board of Assay Commissioners yesterday
began its work of testing and examining
the weight and fneness of gold and silver
coins reserved at the Mint during 1898.
The Commission met in Superintendent
Col. A. Loudon Snowden chairman. Com
ing were appointed, after which the pyx
box was opened.
During the past year one coin for every
1000 pieces of gold and one coin for every
1000 pieces Of silver struck off were de-
posted in the box. The coins were first
counted, and then pieces were selected for
assaying. A mass melt will be made to de-
termine the fineness of the metal. and Sc
lected coins will be weighed singly and in
groups to learn the weight of the coinage.
The committees will report today, and the
board will complete its work in Philadel-
phia Friday afternoon.
The Commission is composed of Repre-
sentative Jacob Yost, Horatio C. Burchard
Freeport, Ill.,. A. j. Hazeltine Warren.
Pa; Thomas P. Burns. San Francisco; H.
H. Stock, Scranton, Pa; Prof. Henry S.
Pritchett, Washington; DIR. Cabell White
head, Assay Mint Bureau. Washington;
Prof Pierre de P. Ricketts,, New York;
Prof. C. B. Dudley, Altoona, Pa; A. Lou
don Snowden, Philadelphia; A. B. Funk,
Spirit Lake. Iowa; William B. Clarke Kan
sas City: William w. Mills, Marietta, Ohio;
Henry Brader, Denver; Comptroller of the
Currency Charles G. Dawes, and H. G. Tor
rey, New York From Philadelphia the
Commissioners will go to visit the Mints
at New Orleans and San Francisco.
The evening times., 1899-02-09
KNIGHTS TERRIBLE FALL.
Telegraph Lineman TumbIes Six
stories.

Philadelphia, Feb. 9.-Albert knight, a.
lineman, thirty years of age, living at eos
North Eleventh Street, yesterday fell six
stories down an elevator shaft. He crash
ed through the skylight on the roof of
Hackenburg's factory at Thirteenth and
Noble Streets, and plunged six stories
down the shaft, landing on the armed
structure that lifts the elevator car.
Workmen in the factory heard the crash
of glass, and turned to behold the terri
Bile flight Of Knights body down the shaft
to the bottom, where it struck. At the
same moment, fellow workman named
Michael Gillick who was helping Knight
stretch wires, ran to the hole through
which he saw Knight disappear and peered
down. He ran down stairs, where the peo-
pie were lifting the unconscious lineman.
expecting to find him dead and every bone
in his body broken. The hurry call for an
ambulance was sent out and soon the in
jured man was in the Hahnemann Hospi-
tai where it was found that his colIarbone
was broken and that there were contusions
on the back of his head. 1t will be manv
weeks before he will recover
The evening times., 1899-02-09

know by instinct what to eat and what TO
let alone. The pure air and active life oil
primitive man enable him : to& do some
things with impunity which would kill
civilized person. But, having lost these
natural advantages of the animal and the
savage, and being accustomed to eat all
kinds of food, that of the tropics as well as
that which our ancestors ate, we should
understand the Importance of selecting
proper and healthful articles of diet We
have lost the instinct which enables the
animal in some cases to detect poison; We
should supply that 1aeks by the scientific
analysis of the chemist We have not at
our command the unlimited supply of pure
air and water which the pioneer had; but
We are abundantly able to keep our water
supply pure and build our houses with
proper means of ventilation, If we only
give attention to the matter. When the
farmer pastures his cattle in large fields
and allows them plentyio exercise and
food he has no trouble with microbes either
in milk or beef But since We have adopt
ed the plan of division of labor, and must
use milk and beef coming from some un
known source, the least we can do is to
establish some sort of censorship to protect
innocent persons from careless and dishon-
est dealers. ;Ghta
1t ought TO be made impossible for any
dealer to sell milk containing the germs of
disease. 1t can harm ifo'one to insist that
dairy farms be conducted properly. The
man who Intentionally or even carelessly
sells milk tainted or impure in any way
ought TO be driven out. of the business or
compelled to reforms If, as we are told,
the excessive mortality among young chill
dren in many cities he due to the use OF
| impure cows milk il is time this slaughter
Of the innocents were stopped. This is only
one matter i'm which reforms are badly
needed. Other food supplies should be put
under censorship also. But, after all, i'm
pure milk. entering as it does into the
composition of many articles of diet, i:
rather worse than any other kind of SLOW
poison.
The evening times., 1899-02-09
An Important Problem.

Charleston South Carolina, is strug-
Cling with the COW question, and if the
conscientiousness of the Charleston cit
izen be correctly indicated by the vol
luminous correspondence which this discus
sion has called forth, it might be well for
other cities 10 consider the subject in the
same spirit.
The question as it exists in Charleston
is. whether the municipal authorities shall
allow cow-stables within the city limits.
Some go so far as to say that not only
the COW, but the horse and the goat should
be expelled from town, but the chief inter-
est of the discussion centres about the COW.
One dear old lady writes a long letter
arguing that the COW should be kept for
the sake of the baby, since many poor
families take this means of securing pure
milk for their little children. To this
argument the News and Courier replies
that the animal kept in a city lot lives
under such unnatural and unheairhful con-
dtions that her milk cannot possibly be
wholesome for children. 1t therefore con-
siders that the best plan at present avail
able is to take the chances of securing
pure milk from dealer. And this, judg-
ing by the outcome of like discussions
in other cities. will be the final result.
Obviously the conditions of the farm
cannot possibly be transferred to city life
1t is foolish for anyone to try to keeI
COWS, chickens or other live stock in an
ordinary city lot They disturb the neigh
borhood, they are themselves uncomfort-
able, and they cannot be healthy Dogs
and cats, having adapted themselves fol-
generations to domestic life in all its varie-
ties, are less affected by the cramped
quarters of city, and they are also free
to roam the streets. But in such huge
and crowded metropolis as New York there
is some reason for demanding the Danish.
ment even of these pets.
But that is not the whole of this COW
question. Even if Charleston decree that
no cows shall be kept within city limits
is there not a further reform which is de-
sirabIe? In the swift growth of our civil.
ization We have neglected many important
things and paid great attention to some
small matters. Ii is time now TO remedy
these mistakes. One of the most important
matters in the life of any nation, civilized
or uncivilized, is its food supply. Among
animals and some savage tribes nature at
tends to the question of food censorship
Animals in their natural surroundings
The evening times., 1899-02-09
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY ?, 1899
Samoa-s Trouble

The fun and revised history OF the Sa-
moan difficulty published this morning.
disprayes all the assertions Of the Ger
mans that the English and American con-
suIs and the Chief Justice had departed
from The Terms of the agreement regarding
The government of the islands. On the
contrary. there is not the least doubt mat
the Germans, represented by Consul Rose
and DR. Raffel the President of the Mu-
nicipal Council. refused TO wait for in
structions from Berlin as to whether they
should submit TO the ruling of the court
concerning the election of a ruler. Inc
court had full jurisdiction and there was
no reason why the consuls should not have
maintained the former status if there was
any doubt about the justice of the decis-
ION against Mataafa. 1t is shown that the
Germans deliberately planned to suppress
all opposition TO that candidate. even at
the cost Of many lives. Only accident and
the promptness Of the English naval COM
mander prevented a massacre. Even the
Chief Justice and his family were threat
ened with violence and they owe their
lives 10 he British bIuejackets. A Ger
man resident formerly an officer in the
German army took command of part OF
the rebels and threw up fortihcations in
The streets. The British consul, who tried
10 prevent a conflict. was fired upon by
the rebels and but for the coming of The
darkness the tragedy would have been ter
rible
No matter what may BE- the final decis-
ion as 10 the kingship-even though Mataa-
IA should be inaugurated because of his
majority of the popular vote-there can be
no question that the course of the German
officials was in direct violation Of the agree
ment between the three powers; that they
forcibly interfered with the functions OF
The court and for a time usurped the Office
OF Chief Justice. without any show of war
rant. While it may be eXpedient for Eng
land and this country to accept the situa-
tion as established by a majority of the
votes, in spite of the disability under
which Mataafa returned TO the islands
there should be a demand for a better
guarantee of future submission by Ger
many's agents to the specific provisions
of the treaty. To entirely overlook the
aggressiOns of the German officials would
be to offer a premium for violations Of
the laws under which Samoa is governed
The evening times., 1899-02-09
The Lairs of Microbes.

One of the deepest mysteries of this
world is that there are still some people
alive. 1t is easy to prove, by simple
arithmetical process, that everybody must
be dead. How to reconcile this with the
fact that the population of the civilized
world increases each year the sanitarians
do not explain.
The president of the New. York Board of
Health has just received the reports Of
ten inspectors who were sent out to ex-
anime the public telephones in order to de-
termine whether they are the centres for
the dissemination of disease germs. This
action was inspired by statements that in
Europe a system of sanitary 5reatment for
telephone transmitters and receivers had
been put in force. Professor Steele a
New York chemist, is responsible for the
assertion that the telephones are the iairs
of countless microbes of consumption,
smallpox, scarlet fever, grip, and other
contagious diseases.
We have been told that the straps in
The evening times., 1899-02-09
AxuinaIdo,s Error.
From the Philadelphia North American

(From the Phl1adeIphIa North Amefican.)
Aguinaldo is not dealing with Spain now 1t
it not weak, broken power that he has re-
belled against but one that is strong and
mighty. and capable of dealing with any situa-
ton that presents ITSELF and that with all the
humanity as well as all the moderation or the
severity which the circumstances call for. Our
troops have proven their ability to strike quickly
and powerfully at the Fnipihos and have added
fresh glory to the history of the American sol
dier. In one battle theya have taught Aguinado
a needed lesson And it Will be well for him and
his if the lesson be Needed, for by their future
actions will the measureN of Alnerey which is to
be shown to them be judged
The evening times., 1899-02-09
AGONCILLO NOT
REGARDED SERIOUSLY
CAN WALK ABROAD IN CANADA
His Insignihcance Protects Him
From Expulsion From the
Dalpi N ion.

DssHnnnlOn.
Ottawa, Ont, Feb 9.-It is improbable
that any official notice will be taken of the
visit to Canada of Seniors Agoncillo and
Marti the Filipino representatives, as there
is no analogy between their case and that
of Senors Dubosc and Carranza. Spanish
officials. Speaking upon the subject a
member of the Dominion government, said
yesterday:
'Senor Agoncillo came TO this continent
as an intermediary at a time when there
was no thought of war between the United
States and Aguinaldos forces or of the
annexation of the Philippines. Under ex-
isting circumstances he comes to Canada,
and as far as can be seen there is no rea-
son why he should not stay here as long
as he desires
A prominent constitutional lawyer when
shown statement that AgonciIlo would
have to be expelled. from Canada, said:
AS the United States did not recognize
Agoncillo as representative of the Fill
pInos or their leader AguinaIdo. it is diff
heult to understand how they can follow
him to this country. Agoncillo is in Can
ada as private citizen and he will enjoy
the freedom of British law just as every
other citizen enjoys it"
The evening times., 1899-02-09
NEW PRESIDENT FOR BROWN
The Rev. DIR. Taylor. Now President
of Nassar. Unanimously Chosen.

Providence, r. l.. Feb. 9.-The Rev
James Monroe Taylor President of Vassar
College, has been unanimously elected
president of Brown University
The Rev. James Monroe Taylor. d. D..
LII. D., was born on August 5. 1913 He
was graduated from the University of
Rochester in the class of 1868.
He entered upon his theological studies
at the Rochester Theological Seminary,
from which he was grauated in 1871 In
March, 1873, he was settled over the Bap-
tist Church in South Norwalk, Conn. On
January l. 1882, he left South Norwalk TO
take charge of the Fourth Baptist Church
in Providence, and remained here until the
summer of 1886.
On June /, 1886. he was chosen president
of Nassar College.
The evening times., 1899-02-09
Much-MaIigned Microbes.

The fears which many persons entertain re-
garding microbes emphasize the truth that little
learning is a dangerous thing. While the mi
crobe theory of disease has been established
in recent years, so also has the microbe theory
of health Without bacteria life would be i'm
possible. New York man recently took the
pains to have estimated by a bacteriologist of
note the number of bacteria contained in an
ordinary luncheon for one. 1t was found that
at the lowest estimate he had eaten and drunk
96,O00,oO0 bacteria. As he is still in perfect
health, it is evident that he absorbed no disease
germs. Without doubt the microbes that are
beneficial far outnumber those that are pernicious
It is evident that pnscientiic persons have been
too hard on the harmless mcrobe in placing it
in the same category as disease germs. and that
gently, we must show discrimination in distrib-
utinr the blame
The evening times., 1899-02-09
Don Carlos.
(From the Rochester Post Exp

IfrOin tfe hUchesteF Post EXpfesS
II he is not reprobate, he is despot His
notions of government belong to the sixteenth
rather than the nineteenth century. Were he
to become the ruler of Spain, he would govern it
as Phillip ii did. That would mean more oppres-
sion and misery for the wretched Spaniards.
What they need is peace and such freedom as
they certain to get under constitutional
monarchy. Relieved of the burdens of their
colonial possessions, there is no reason why they
should be able in time to recover from the
degradation that centuries of misgovernnent
have brought them to-
The evening times., 1899-02-09
DREYFUs PAPERS PRINTED.
President Mazeau's Report Upon ID.
Beaurepaire's Accusations.

Beaurepaire's Accusations.
Paris, Feb. 9.-The documents compris-
ing the report of NJ. MaZeau. first presi-
dent of the Court of Cessation, upon his
enquiry as to the truth of NJ. De Beaure-
paires accusations against certain mem
bers of the criminal section of the court,
are published this morning. They consist
of summaries of the evidence given by
anti-Dreyfus witnesses complaining of the
hostility of President Loew and Councillor
Bard toward them and the testimony of
others affirming the correct and impartial
attitude of these gentlemen.
NJ. De Beaurepaire has written a letter
to the Echo De Paris explaining why
on December rs, he wrote to NJ. Bard, say
ing: While noting with pain that we are
widely separated in this affair, l none the
less remain your old and sincere friend
He justifies this expression upon the
grounds of the traditional politeness OBJ
tanning among the magistraey, although at
the time of his writing he was already col
lecting gossip upon which to base his at
tack on MN Loew and Bard
The evening times., 1899-02-09
REBELLION IN NICARAGUA.
General Reyes Up in Arms Against
the Authority of ZeIaya.

Managua, Nicaragua tvia Galveston},
Feb. 9.-Gen. J. T. Reyes, who was re-
Gently dismissed by President Zelaya from
the post of Governor General of the Allan
tic Coast Department, is endeavoring TO
retain command il that district, the cas-
tern part of Nicaragua. by a display of
force.
The President is organizing and forward
ing an army to reoccupy Rlueiields. and
to establish as governor OF that part of
Nicaragua, Gen. Aurelio Estrada, now said
to be protected by the United States Con-
sular Agency.
The evening times., 1899-02-09
The Point in a Nutshell.

Andrew Jackson himself did not more ener-
getically repel the suggestion that the Con-
gress of the United States cannot do as it will
with the territories than did his attached friend
Tom Benton, of Missouri. In a speech in the
Senate February 2, lS43, the latter said .'The
land being our property, have an unquestion-
able right to make whatever use of it we de-
sire. 1t is enough for to know we are right
to do whatever we think ii is our best interest
TO do with our own property
The evening times., 1899-02-09
UngalIant Soldiers.

(From the Minneapolis Tribune.)
One of the professors and some of the students
in a Chicago medical college haven't a yery
high conception of the attributes of a gentleman.
according to stories which come from that city.
An instructor before class of men and women
referred to the latter as the ''twolegged dys-
peptics, and because he was promptly sus-
pended by the faculty, the male portion of the
class threatened to leave the institution. The
time has passed, however, when women can be
driven from the study of the medical profession
in which many of them have made so
creditable record by boorish classmates or big.
oted teachers.
The evening times., 1899-02-09
(From the Cincinnati ENQUIRER.

Ifr0m the CINCINNATI EnQnlrcr.)
The United States Senate may be divided into
three casses-those who are versed in paliamen-
tary law and practice and craftsmanship both;
those who are expert parlamentarians without
knowing much about anything else, and states
men who are thorough on economic questions and
the practical affairs of government and have the
ability to present their views in an attractive
style. but who are as helpless in parliamentary
procedure as clown at funeral. There are
probably not more than half dozen Senators
who are thoroughly ssup'' in the methods OF
conducting business of a legislative body. That
is sufficient number for all the emergencies.
The evening times., 1899-02-09
A Plain business Way.
II IN
(From the Atlanta

(From the Atlanta ConstitutiOn)
An old Georgia farmer, who frequently OBJ
liged his friends and neighbors by lending them
money-for a consideration-was asked by
of them for the loan OF $40.
''All right" he said; ''here's yer money. In
thirty days from now you give me S25.''
'sBut that amt. lawful interest,"
81 don't know nuthin' bout lawful intr1ist,"
said the farmer; II don't know nuthin' bout
intrust of no kind. All does know is that $50
for thirty days means s25 when the times up.
This here law intrust' Is confusin'. But my
way O. doin' business is as plain a board
fence"
The evening times., 1899-02-09
A Change of Opinion.

(From the Indianapolis Journail
She-Then / got right mad, and told him
what / thought Of him
He-What did you say
She-I don't remember
That's queer; you ought 10 know what You
think OF him
oh, l know what | think Of him now, but l
DO not remember what ! thought ct him just
then"
The evening times., 1899-02-09
CURRENT HUMOR.
instantaneous Effect.
(Froul Tit Bits.)

Friend-So yours ease Of love Al first
SIGHT?
Mrs. Getthere Yes. indeed: fell desperately
in love with my dear husband the moment | ser
eyes upon him. / remember il a. distinctly
if it were Yesterday | was walking with papa
on the Front al Brighton. when suddenly papa
stopped. and. pointing him out, said: There,
nv dear, Is 4 man worth 4-lO.0s9 year
The evening times., 1899-02-09
The Ratification.

(From the PmIadeIphla Record
The ratification of the Treaty does not make
the people of the Philippines citizens of the
United States; but it does invest the United
States with the responsibility of establishing or
derly government in the archipelago, and of
providing for the release OF Spanish prisoners
as well for the protection OF the property
of foreign residents.
The evening times., 1899-02-09
Tnn Literal.

(From the Cleveland Plain Dcaler.l
You seem to have discharged your new
typewriter.
Yes; she queered mt nadly.''
How did it happen
Il dictated a letter to our richest female eli
ent and told her To address II. How viii [ ad-
dress it, She asked. | answered. Plain Mis-
Brown And. by George. that's Just the way
she wrote it
''How?''
Plain Miss Brown We lost client and
she lost a job.
The evening times., 1899-02-09
A Different Principle.

(From the Detroit Free Press-)
There's something wrong with this bill,'
said the young married to the milliaer
who has imported Partisan prices as well as
styles
TT is correct in every itep,' after looking it
over.
Eight dollars for that bird, no bigger than
my fst?''
Eyes, sir. and cheap at that
''All right, madam, I'll settle; but it's rob-
berry We had first anniversary yesterday,
and l bought ten-pound turkey for SIPS"
The evening times., 1899-02-09
Rather a Common Case.

If TOuI i1dllI.J
Uncle Rcuben-D'yew think ii pays to send
that boy O. yourn 10 college?
Uncle Slas-Wall, if he could learn haow tew
earn the money tew pay for the elo'es he's
learned few wear. his eddication d be the big
gest kind OF a success
The evening times., 1899-02-09
4 Modest Youth.

(From Harper's BazIr.)
who is the smartest hoy in your class, Bob
hy? asked his uncle
I'D like TO tell you, answered B-bby, mod
estly, .'only papa says I must not boast
The evening times., 1899-02-09
a Property of Cats.
From tho Crb;c,eo Tr;b,,na \

(From the chicago TribUne.)
Johnny. what is the OF the Australian
weapon that returns when it is thrown violent
" forward into the air2''
''The boomerang"
SIS there anything else known to science that
has that peculiar property"
''Yes'm; the cat -r,l.
The evening times., 1899-02-09
Biting Sarcasm.
(From the Chicago Post-)

(From the Chicago Post-)
why have you been fighting. little boy?-'
asked the kind lady.
Fer exercise was the answer DO l look
big enough to be a Professional nghtin' fer 4
purse2"
The evening times., 1899-02-09
True Justice.

(From the Cleveland Plain Dealer)
Somebody has invented double piano that
can be played on either end.'
Say" that would be a grand instrument for
fats. Put half in one suite and half in
the other, and give the rival occupants an equal
chance for fair play and full retaliation"
The evening times., 1899-02-09
A NiIS Dnntsef.

(From the Detroit Free Press
Dorothy, how on earth did you get pro
posal out of that crlIsty old bachelor?"
We'll, l pretended to like the things to eat
that he likes
The evening times., 1899-02-09
Trying to Improve.
(From Puek.)

Johnnie-I think he's got an awful cheek
Mammal wouldn't that expression john
ME-
Johnnie (apOlogetically)--I mean he's got
awful gall.
The evening times., 1899-02-09

We may look for report of the capture
of IIoilo in few days. The sending of
the First Tennessee regiment to re-en-
force General Miller may be taken as a
proof that instructions have been issued
for movement on that place. For many
weeks the expedition has been within sight
of the city but as an attempt to land
would bring on an engagement, it was not
considered judicious for the troops TO leave
the transports. They have submitted to
many discomforts and will be glad to ex
change their idleness for fighting, if that
is necessary. 1t is believed, however, that
the insurgents will surrender.
The evening times., 1899-02-09

Today the report of the Alger Relief
Commission will be in the hands of the
President There is no reason to doubt the
accuracy of The Times forecast OF the
document. The members have not re-
Trained from expressing their opinions on
most of the scandals, and considering the
conditions under which they were appoint
ed it is not to be expected that their find
ings will surprise the public.