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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-01-24
Positive, soap; comparative, good
soap; superlative, Diamond &c" Soap.

whats your hurry, Robinsop." 1--WE
to get it home before the style
to bet it home before the style
changes"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-01-24

The man who has enough money to
enable him to live in idleness won't
and the poor nan who would can't.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-01-24

Uusually the louder a man talks
the less it amouatc TO.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-01-24

Better fish remain in the sea than
ever were caught. The bride never
weds the best man"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-01-24

A sharp pencil is sure to make its
mark in the world
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-01-24

Wise is the baggage-smasher who
wears a chest protector.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-01-24

It's n pity women can't strike out
from the shoulder with her fist as well
as with her tongue.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-01-24

This is the glad season of the year
when the plumber gets square with the
ice man.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-01-24

st. Louis maidens are now adorning
their hats with mistletoe.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-01-24

When some men make mistakes the.
repeat them by way of apology.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-01-24

Feminine compilations often re
semble small boys; they won't wash
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-01-24

The medium should always be in
good spirits.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-01-24

The polish on a mans coat doesn't
help him to get into society.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-01-24

1t is generally supposed that the
nuggets which are found in the river
gravels of Klondike and other aurif-
erous regions have been brought down
by the rivers direct from the reefs In
which the gold originally lay. Many
practical miners and scientific men,
however, have long been of opinion
that this cannot be the case, for no
masses of gold of so large a size were
ever found in the reefs themselves.
They believe, on the other hand, that
the nuggets have grown where they
are now found, just as crystal of
salt will grow in a strong brine; but
with so insoluble a substance as gold
1t was difficult to understand how such
growth could take place. Experiments
carried out in Australia have shown
that decaying vegetable matter will
cause the deposition of gold from So
lutions of gold salts, but these salts
ar. not known to occur in reefs. The
mystery is now solved. A Slavonic
chemist named Zzigmody has Just
shown that gold itself can exist in
a soluble form. BY acting on slight
ly alkaline solution of a gold salt
with formaldehyde and submitting the
product of dialysis he has succeeded
in obtaining gold in a colloidal condi-
tion in which state it is soluble in
water and may be precipitated by the
addition of common salt.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-01-24

would you risk getting married on
Friday, Bobson?" Yes, if l would risk
getting married at ALL"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-01-24

The pedagogue's rule often works
both ways.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-01-24

N. N. U.-DENvER.-NO.3 3.-1See
When Answering Advertisements Kindly
Mention This faper.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-01-24

General Lord Kitchener persistently
refuses to write history of his Sou
dan campaign. Let us have one gem
eral who has not written book" he
is reported to have said. An English
writer says of him: You cannot ina
gine the sirdar otherwise than as see
ing the right thing and doing it. His
precision is inhumanly unerring. He
is more like machine than man.
You feel that he ought to be patented
and shown with pride at the Paris in
ternational exhibition: British EN-
pire, exhibit No. 1: Hors concours-
the Soudan machine.
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Bus,ncss 4 olircs.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

EOpEIcN strong column Of British troops
Is moving TO the relief Of Ladysmith; GENERA
Butler reports that all is going on well through
ont Natal; a report that General Methuen mas
captured Honey Nest Kloof ana ZoVoVV
rounds of ammunition is discredited In Lon
don; further details of the battle OF Gras ran
were received - The FilipiLos evacuated
the fortified town Of Mangatarem IN great
haste. leaving American and Spanish prison.
ers behind: General Otis reports the SEIZURE OIL
guns and large quantities Of ammunition. =
Several arrests of Mussulmans have been mace
on the charge Of being engaged In plot 10
assassinate the Sultan with dynamite bombs;
60 Rumors that force of a thousand armed
Cuban insurgents has taken to the WOODS IN
Pinar del Rio Province to start an uprising
are positively denied by the American authorl-
ties
the Cabinet have cancelled all their social en-
gagements for the present. and will observe a
period of mourning for the death or Vlce-presi-
dent Hobart. The annual report or the
Controller Of the Currency made public
- Contracts for six $500 ton cruisers were
awarded by the Navy Department. - This
Government has disapproved the Samoan agree
ment reached by Great Britain and Germany
and at the request Of those Powers has sub
mitted the draft of new treaty. - Gov
ernor Roosevelt announced that he would ap-
point Ansey Wilcox of Buffalo to hear the
charges made against District Attorney Gardi-
ner. - Charles Coghlan. the actor and dra-
matte author. died at Galveston from acute
gastritis. - remarkable record was made
by the new battleshp Kentucky in her run un-
der natural draught from Boston TO Hampton
Roads, exceeding the speed of any other war
ship In the Navy. - The special commission
appointed by Governor Roosevelt to formulate
a measure to unity the school system of the
State met at Albany.
CITY.--Stocks were active and irregular. -
Several attachments against the property OF the
fugitive William F. Miller's Franklin Syndicate
were obtained. John G. Agnew manager of the
Washington Syndicate. was arrested for unlaw-
fully using a bankers sign. - The Mazet
Committee resumed its sessions and heard testi-
mony regarding the Health Department. Dis
trct Attorney Gardiner, instead Of obeying the
committees subpoena to appear and testify, sent
a long written TRADE against the committee.
THE WEATHER.-Forecastf for to-day: Fair.
The temperature yesterday: Highest, 40 de-
grees; lowest, 81; average. 413s
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to run any risk of impairing its accuracy IN any
important respect by failing to provide money
enough and men enough. The director Is one
who has been tried in executive work OF hign
responsibility, and has shown in private anaii .
as well as in public station the qualities neeueu
for the management of great WORK, sucn 40
the one intrusted to him. II may be hopeu
that he will not allow the funds at his com.
mand TO be iniudiciously diverted to objects OF
relatively smaller Importance, but Will insist
first and mainly. on accuracy and trustworthi-
ness in his record of population and OF IN
dustrial work. even If some purely professional
or scientific inquiry be neglected, 1t Is OF small
consequence exactly how many persons happen
10 be born with defects, or are incarcerated tor
this or that offence in particular year. but OF
the utmost Importance to arrive at an accurate
basis for representation and intelligent guild
opce for the industries Of the Nation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-28
PERSONAL.

II &c reported in Wisconsin that Governor Ed
ward scoAeld will remove to Idaho at the expira-
ton Of his term Of office and there engage IN the
lumber business
Louis 8 Cohn the new Lord Mayor OF Liverpool
O. the second lew who has held that office. Charles
,tozlee a banker was elected Lord Mayor thirty
six years ago. The Mayor was born at Sidney
IN 1886 and went to Liverpool in 1854, where he
has been an important figure In the business COM
tarIan and in accepting office made the announce
ment that he would make no engagements LOT III
day evenings or Saturdays
THE Philadelphia Record" says: The late John
T. Maglnness the historian of the West Branch
valley OF the susquehanna who died at Williams
mort recently was a most patient. persevering
iaborer. When he retired from editorial work on
hts naner he devoted his entire time TO historical
research In one OF his volumes he recounts
most remarkable coincidence. On the very day
that the Declaration of Independence was promul-
gated and old Liberty Bell proclaimed the Joylui
news in Philadelphia little band Of Scotch-lrish
settlers without any knowledge. OF course. or
what was occurring elsewhere, assembled at GER
tain place on the banks of Pine Creek. about four
Wiiilamsport and declared themselves free from
the yoke OF British rule. The spot where this event
occurred should be properly marked.
General Grobler OF the Orange Free State. is a
grain grower. an ostrich farmer, stock raiser
and n diamond mine owner. Though only thirty
sly wears old he has for some time been an lnnu-
entail member OF the Volkraad, representing Phil
opolis.
An heroic bronze statue OF "Grier' has been
nlaced upon the grave at North Easton. OF the
late oliver Ames thirty Governor OF Massa-
chusetts under the Constitution. 1t is the work OF
Robert Kraus. OF Boston, who made the Crispus
Attucks monument on the Common and a bust Of
Paul Revere modelled after Gilbert stuarts paint
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-28

Il seems to be the only sure way OF permanently
,,otectinp the educational interests of the State
against political manipulation That WAS re-
markable piece Of testimony which Superintehu-
emf skinner himself offered last summer IN ah
address at Utica. when he said: Il have seen
..superintendents stand up and resist pohucai
pressure, which never yet appeared at the ooor
"of the Regents of the University" Inc tripu'e
has been well deserved, but its CHIEF value just
nj this time lies in its frank acknowledgment vi
the authority of competent observer that po-
ltical pressure is never applied to the Regents
the obvious reason being that everybody KNOWS
that such pressure, however strong, wouid NC
unavajling The Board is so constituted as nat
urally to promote that condition OF disinteresteu
irdenendence. and no fact is better attested ny
exnerience than the unbroken maintenance cl
that condition.
II the special commission now sitting ADOPTS
this simple measure Of unihcation IL WILL we
ore persuaded, find its work heartily approved
by intelligent public opinion And 1t may NOT
no amiss to suggest that there would be consul
erable danger in attempting to do much more
than this Additional propositions bringing pos
sible changes in the constitution Of the boaro
of Regents under discussion would be nKely 10
nroduce controversy and division, anu might re-
sult in defeating the essential object concerning
which there is now so great degree OF una
nimity,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-28
THE GOING OF THE BATTERY.
BY THOMAS HARDY.

From The London Graphic.
November 1899. at night, in rain and in dark
ness the 73d Battery X. f. A., left Dorchester Bar
racks for South Africa, marching on foot 10
the railway station where their guns were already
tralned.l
WIVES VOICES:
Rain came down drenchingly; but we unbench-
ingly
Trudged on beside them through mIrk and through
mlre,
They stepping steadily-only too readily
Scarce as II stepping brought parting time higher
Great guns were cleaning there-living things
Ing there
Cloaked in their tarcloths. upnosed 10 the night;
Wheels wet and yellow from axle 10 felloe,
Threats blank Of sound, but prophetic to sight.
Lamplight all drearily blinking and bearily
Lit our pale faces outstretched for one kiss,
While stood prest to them. with a last quest TO
them
Not to court pers that honor could miss.
Some one said, "Nevermore will they comet Ever
more
Are they now lost TO u.s.! oh. It was wrongl
Howsoe'e r hard their ways. some Hand will guard
their
Bear them through safely-in brief time or long
Yet-volces haunting US dauntlng us. tauntlng us,
Hint IN the night time, when life beats are low,
Other and graver things. Hold we to Drawer
Walt vein trust-what Times fulness shall
show.
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"coNsENT OF THE GOVERNED" AGAIN

"CONSENT OF THE GOJEhNED huhfN'
II ,s made known that not n few people In
Cuba object to United States principles ana
practices Of sanitation. They have lved hltnerto
in filth and they want to continue therein Inc!
do not like improved sewers ana SANITARY
plumbing. Lime is detestable to their slght anu
carbolc acid to their sense OF smell. water ue-
void of microbes is fat, stale and unpala'apie'
and houses denuded of dirt seem to them posi-
lively indecent in their nakedness. wherefore
they refuse TO give their consent 10 the san
itary government that is being imposed upon
them. They prefer the old way with yeiioW
fever. typhoid and all the rest Just so, IL VIII
be remembered, the people OF Bombay anu
other Indian cities refused their consent 10 the
sanitary measures which the British Govern
ment employed for the extirpation OF the
plarue. and they even rose in open and violent
revolt against the tyranny that would save
them from pestilence without their consent. If
we are not mistaken, right here in our own city
the health officers have now and then had TO
RIM counter to the will OF some Of the people
in the enforcement of sanitary laws
What. then. becomes Of the fine doctrine OF
the consent Of the governed? Was ii not
Aagrantly violated in Bombay, and are not our
Should we not come away and leave the people
TO filth and fever? Oh, no. men say because
we are not merely saving those people from
sickness against their will, but we are pre-
venting the propagation Of pestilences which
would spread elsewhither and attack other peo-
ple. so that these people are being coerced Tor
the general good. Very true. But is 1t not
equally legitimate TO impose other than sanitary
laws upon people without their consent for the
protection Of others who would be In peril from
their lawlessness? For example, here are some
islanders who from time immemorial have had
the genial habit Of killing snd eating all who
were cast or landed upon their coasts Is II not
fitting to impose upon them, even without their
consent, an, anti-cannbalstic law for the pro-
lection Of navigators and travellers? Or here
are Others who practise piracy and want to
keen on doing it. Shall we not enforce upon
them law against piracy, even without their
consent for the protection Of commerce!
Wherever the doctrine OF the consent OF the
governed" comes into conflict with that other
doctrine OF "the greatest good to the greatest
| number" the former Is bound to come to grief.
That may sometimes be pretty hard on the
| obstreperous minority; but so Is the natural law
of the survival of the fittest hard on the unfit.
| It Is an nexorable law Of progress that the
worse shall give place to the better, that dark
ness shall give place to light. TIE moment that
law IS suspended progress ceases and we have
got either too far or not far enough in the his
tory of the world to decree that there shall be
no more progress.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-28
EDUCATIONAL UNIFICATION.

The special commission appointed by Gov
ernor Roosevelt at the request Of the University
convocation TO consider the subject of public
school administration and advise the Legislature
as TO the best means Of unifying the present
dual system Of control Is composed Of men
who are not only able and intelligent but
already familiar with the main facts Of the
case before them and with the animated discus
sion which has been going on for a long time.
Mr.. Hollis and ex-senator Mcmillan were mem
beers of the Constitutional Convention of 1894
and took an active part in all its proceedings
relating to educational matters, including this
particular question Of unifcation, and their col
leagues. without exception. also possess unusual
qualifications for the task assigned to them. 1t
is desirable that they should reach wise con-
clusion and be able to present it to the Legis-
lature in such a manner as to secure its EN-
bodiment in law.
| II has always seemed to us unfortunate that
the Constitutional Convention did not settle the
question in accordance with the convictions OF
its most competent advisers by providing that
the Superintendent Of Public instruction should
be appointed by the Board of Regents The
view adopted by the convention, that, the state
University having been formally recognized in
the Constitution al eISe SoiSis Dr iCAt I"
the Legislature. has not been sustained by the
experience of the last five years. The constant
tendency of the dual system of school control Is
toward worse evils than it has thus far pro-
duced. Only last winter, for example, the Legls'
lature avoided by a somewhat narrow margin
the mistake of giving to the Department OF
Public instruction, with new name and more
EXPENSIVE establishment, virtually complete jul
risdiction over the high schools and academies
OF the State which owe their existence and de-
velopment to the Board of Regents; and there
appeared, furthermore, at one time TO be actual
danger that the much worse blunder would be
committed of reorganizing the Board Of Regents
on an avowed political basis. Until the question
has been settled, and settled In the right way,
there is reason 10 expect that similar risks will
be encountered, and not always escaped
There can be no doubt, we think, that there
/ is a strong preponderance OF instructed opinion
in favor of unifying the school system by In
trusting the appointment Of the Superintendent
Of Public Instruction TO the Regents That Is
the rational and logical way Of accomplishing
the object which all men consider desirable, and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-28
THE COMING CENSUS.

There is the best of reason for the strong de-
sire which finds expression in many quarters
that the coming census of the United States
should be accurate. impartial and as complete
In detail as possible. The mere fact that it
will fix the status of the Nation at the end of
a century gives it peculiar interest Nor is its
completeness desired mainly as a satisfaction of
curiosity or National pride. The Nation Is
reaching, and in various great industries sue
cessively has reached. the point at which it is
necessary TO govern expansion or restriction Of
development with the aid Of definite knowledge
as to the growth Of the country and its re-
Quirements. Men are beginning TO learn that
there can be no durable prosperity without Ma
tional legislation which is based upon such
knowledge. or without providing it for the
guidance OF the most sagacous men in each
department of industry.
Students are we'll aware that there has been
available for ten years past less accurate in
formation on points of much Importance than is
desirable. Owing TO causes which il would not
now be useful TO discuss, the census Of 1890 was
in some respects defective The population Of this
city was not correctly recorded, and though 1t
Is mere foolishness to attribute to partisan
motives either the original errors or the re-
fusal 10 make a revision for which there was
no legal authority or provision, 1T happened well
for the country that partisan feeling did lead
10 the accumulation of much evidence showing
approximately the extent of the error. But
there were others. 1t was not in New-YOrk
alone that deficiencies in the law and its adj
ministration worked mischief This census Of
1890 followed another in which there were un-
doubtedy errors in some Southern States. A
fhc lu he
would probably bring TO Americans some sur
prises, and not all of them so gratifying as the
assurance that the population has been for ten
years and is now rather larger than has been
supposed.
1t has become especially important to get a
fairly trustworthy account of the National re-
Quirements, not so much as TO currency, but as 10
principal products or imports Only silver luna
tics suppose that the volume of currency per
capita is a matter of vital consequence; other
people know that its facility and rapidly Of
movement are far more important The money
that we have actually makes payments now at
the rate of over 81 daily for every inhabitant,
but In 1894 1t was able to do only half as much
work, because paralyzed by panic. little in
crease or decrease In the volume of currency
is insignificant in comparison with such changes
In efficiency. But in all the great manufact-
uring branches and In agriculture calculations
running into the future and requiring large
risks of capital have to be based In part upon
information as TO the Nations demand per
capita, its increase and the increase OF popula-
ton. The growers Of wheat and cotton, wool
and some other farm products have been forced
to consider the same questions most seriously.
The next ought to be as perfect census as
the Nation can procure. 1t would be mistake
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ough any door that others may pass through

through any door that others may pass tnrousn
and into any room which they may enter
It is worthy of note that every Power tnat IL
seriously interested in China has now made this
same profession. Great Britain has long ana re-
peatedly done So Russia has declared Iahen-
Wan an open port and proclaimed her adherence
to the policy of the open door, Germany mas
done the same at Kao-Chau And france
through the eloquent lips Of her Foreign Minis
fer last week did the same, amid the applause
Of her legislative representatives. Are those
Powers In earnest? Do they mean what they
say? Courtesy forbds US to doubt 1t. Then IL
so there should be little difficulty In their put
ting their agreement into tangible form, ana IN
making 1t basis for all further operations III
China. We cannot find in the chinese MINISTER
speech any intlmation that such policy on the
mart of the Powers would be offensive to China
On the contrary, it would certainly be accepta-
BILE. And it may well be believed that IL Woulu
be for the interest of all concerned.
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NOTES OF THE STAGE.

Oscar Hammerstein has contracted WIN Isn.s
& Co. managers OF MISS 'lola A.s" ,,orrs in
0.Non IN ..rhe Alusketeers"; James A Herne' =, =.
..sas Harbor" and Sarah Cowell lie Moyne' -
The Greatest Thing in the World" to M ru'
entire season OF lsUol at his new ,vlts aSSi
the Republic at sevsnth.sye; ana I,,i begin next
week. and Mr. Hamrnersteln expects 20 see when
ished about the aT' week aS In HsrSor Follow
lar ,S,s attraction Miss Viola Allen WI" NC
In new play.
Ia, n,g,, .-rh, Dairy Farm" reached It's h'ue."
.1.ssr,,anca al the Fourteenth Street inca" a.
Souvenirs I'm the form OF a milk can SSontinvsi
tributed Miss Nerron's play VIII DO
until December %
Owing to the crowded Saturday ma'l,,. 'r,nws Is
Criterion Theatre. where Miss JuEa ~", mrodnes-
nlaying Barbara Frietche.' two sPesia' and u
day matinees VIII be given Oh Dse'