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was applied. The freshman however. to
Tie great Disappointment OF the fun-loring
students. proceeded to numerically whip
his agsressoT. ana was thereafter held in
high respect at West Point.
1t is di.ucult 10 see how the hazing prcc-
ess inspir>3 any respect for discipline in
tee pusiIistic plebe referred to or helped
10 make man of him. II simply gave
him the opportunity to show the stuff OF
which he was made. and neither added
anything to or took anything from his
character.
The reasonable presumption, when man
Immediately submits to the indignities OF
hazing, is that the element of cowardice
rather than that of grit predomnates. and
tilat he surrenders to the evil that he sees
in preference to flying to another which
he knows rot of and which may be worse.
IL certainly requires a superior sort OF
courage TO decline 10 be maltreated when
one is outnumbered and when an ancient
and dishororable custom requires one to
yield to that which is either painful or
humiliating.
College hazing has been so near akin to
defacing statuary with red paint disfgur.
ing buildings. and destroying property,
that few will regret its going. Although
there viii Be some TO contend for its re-
tenticn because OF The unsatisfactory and
Uncorroborated assertion that it does
young man good the majority who have
nF nh ba
young men harm, will hail its departure as
2 welcome sign of the civiiizing influence
OF awakened common sense.
The evening times., 1900-01-02
The First Folding Fed.

ltron the New \ Osk SUM-
''No invention of Todern times so filed the
proverbial long want as did the folding bed -
These are the worlS Of Robert C. Gill, head of the
model rooms in tbs Patent Office in Washington.
The particular model to which he referred was
a crude form of a collapsible bedstead. But that
rude bed cut IN scctions and hinged 80 that 1t
might fold into compact form, contained the
germ of an idea, and 10 that lie owed the usual
cabinet folding bed Of today.
The inventor of The folding bed enc James
A. Johnston, a Western man 10 whom patent
No. 17zel was granted On May u, 1857. No pro-
vision vas made in the he'd for the storing OF
the mattresses, pillows, and bed clothes as is
common in the folding bed of today. Also uH-
like the modern contIivancc, which when folded
resembles q bureau. chitfonier. other similar
piece of furni ure the folding bed patented by
Johnston made prstence OF looking like any
thing other than iUst what il was.
4 company manufactured the Johnston patent
and it had quite vogue in its day. Little by
little improvements were made on the bed. ard
within the paSt score OF years the price Of fur
nture known today evolved and there are
several hundreds OF varieties patented
The evening times., 1900-01-02
MATCHES IN MEXICO.
The WAY Kind DispIaces Those Made
of Wood.

'IT1U the Chicago NCNs.I
Wax matches have almost entirely sup
planted the wooden matches formerly used
in Mexico writes Vice Consul Pages OF
Vera Cruz Wooden matches are still made
in limited quantities and are preferred by
some. bur This preference IS confined to the
hot country and NAV be due in part 10
traditional prejudice. Ii i said that wood
en- matches are better for the hot country,
as the wax l. liable 10 melt and become
sticky. The wax taper is less bulky. gen
orally has Two striking ends. emits no dis
agreeable odOT and is made waterproof.
II Is doubtful if a wooden match could be
made TO sUpE,auJ ths wax. unless mani
issriy superior article we're produced al a
lower price.
There are no matches imported White
pine wood comes from the United States.
and UaraffiH wax is furnished by an oil
company Boxes with rubber strings are
now imported from Italy. The consump-
zion of matches put mp in this form is lin
ited-abOut 100 gross a year for the Vera
Cruz factory. The number Of people who
purchase matches is relatively large
very heavy percentage Of the weu smoke.
the consumption OF cigarettes being euOr-
nous.
Cost OF efficient labor in manufactures
is. Men. 20 cents 10 81 a day. women. 2S
" ~ 'tilt9 III LldtCu i-i-lOIit'~. EIdtt
all the labor is task work. Women sre
employed outside Of the factory 10 give
shape to the boxes. The usual workday Is.
In the higher attitudes. a. m. to ICOn
and to 8 p. m; in the hot districts. from
TO 10 a. IN. and IL a. n. TO $50 p. N.
Wood is the most economical fuel for sta
tionary engines. It is worth about 81
tMexicanj per cord. Coal is worth s.
(gold) per gross ton on board ship at Vera
Cruz.
The principal factory in Mexico-Whlch
has branch factories in other parts OF the
RepubIic-is operated by French machinery.
except the motor. which is from the United
States. 1t employs about eighty men and
boys. The women work at home. MGst
Mexican match factories are operated by
machinery more or less elaborate.
The evening times., 1900-01-02
HazinE.

certain Army officer STA ioued at New
Orleans, and who prefers 10 remain anony-
NOUS. has taken occasion to bewail the fact
that the practice Of hazing is 10 be tabooed
at West Point. He believes that all the Of
fcers in the military arm of The service
are of like opinion. To his mind there
is not the slightest harm in compelling col
legiate recruits TO submit 10 all manner
of mental and physical torture for the NOR
bid pleasure Of the upper classmen. Ii
fact he advocates the barbarous diversion
on the ground that il does "a Young fellow
good, brings out his mcJtle and wears of
any of the shreds of apron strings tha,
may be eIinging to him as INC result OF
home training.
This Army officer. who views The passing
OF hazing with tears Of regret. acknowl-
edges that even his grey headed colleagues
look back upon their ordoals a; West Point
with shudder But he champions it. nev-
ertheless because he regards it as pro
ductiye of excellent results for the victim
He lauds it as being disciplinary. as in
oulcating the tendency to respect and obev
orders without hesitation or question. As
an illustration. he cites the former dig
nihed practice of commanding the candi
date for The hazing to eat cake of soap
Any hesitation on the part Of the freshman
would result in his being brought face to
face with an older collegian who would
scientifically rummel him into a state OF
submission. And in this conuecfion tbr
Army officer referred TO relates an Incl
dent which demolishes his whole argument
II, tells the story of a certain new mar
who was obdurate when instructed by tn
hazers to do ridiculous and unpleasant
things and TO whol4 Jle pagiiistic remedy
The evening times., 1900-01-02
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.

Senator TuTley Of Tennessee has return
ed to the city for the winter and will be
quartered at the Ebbitt during the session.
He is accompanied by his wife and family
Great Britain intends to profit By the
splendid showing made by your American
Rough Riders in the Spanish war" said
A. c. Groves, of Montreal at the Shore
ham. today. Unfortunately she has no
stock of cowboys to draw upon. but it is
expected that corps Or rough riders will
be organized and sent to South Africa. The
men will nearly all be recruited from the
Northwest Territory where pIainsraen
herders. and daredevfls are plentiful The
mounted police will furnish a steadving
element with which to drill the green
hands, and within q month or two a spIeo-
did organization can be placed in the field
and we hope will be heard from as were
the men under Roosevelt in the war with
Spain
Il suppose you know that washington :
10 have another capitol buildiu-." sad
James A. Benoit. OF New York at the
Arlington today
1t will be the American wonel's capi-
tol. and subscriptions are nov feirg q J.
Iected so that the work may tcLII as
early as possible. The Dzugh ers Of the
American Revolution are al the head Il TIE
project. and have already raiSeI $4,000 OF
the 100000 required. Tnc wOmea's czp.-
tOl viii BE- a handsome All ir they tell
me, With great auditorium wherein the
congresses of The d. 4. ID. and other iOti-s .
may be held. The pans als1 provide for
committee rOoms, a museum library and
other features. \ resolution will be in .
troduced during this session asking Il az ,
Congress donate the ground fer the build /
ing"
Strange as it may SEEM il has been
demonstrated that il is cheaper 10 tunnel }
under river than to build bridge over
1t. said Col. g. 7. WorTeH, of New York,
at the Wellington today
While figuring on the cost Of the two .
proposed bridges over the East River. the .
engineers found that the city could save .
So. 500 he9 by building tunnels instead of .
bridges. This does not include saving Of
81 ,0o0.GG0 per year as long as the tunnels .
are ia operation. The cost of the bridges
would sum up q total Of nearly S4j. 600 900
while the tunnels. large enough To carry
he same tfefic. would cost but 50 GeO. 600
The modern tunnel is destined to replace
me bridge. as the subway will take the
,lace of the elevated railroad eyesOre.'
= GIayson Martin. Of New York. is at
ne Arlington for d few days Mr.. Martin
: q prominent real estate dealer in Man
latJan and is here attending To an eztea-
tla4 hsaI n thIz
The evening times., 1900-01-02
Governor pingree,s Ambition.-Tbe

members of the Michigan delegation now
in the city have for the past few days been
discussing the report that Governor Pin
gree will be a candidate for the Senate to
succeed Mr. Mcmillan at the expiration
of the latter's term in 1901. When Alger
retired from the field as an aspirant for
Senatorial honOrs it was looked upon as
probable that no one would be found to
succeed him, and that Mcmillan would
have a clear field for reelection Now.
however, it is announced that Pingree has
about decided to, enter the race, and that
he will make every effort to defeat his old
enemy. When asked regarding the Gov
ernOr's probable chances for success, "a
prominent Michigan Representative said
last night: u don't care to be quoted. be-
cause, at this time nothing positive can
be said as to the result of the Senatorial
election; but the opinion OF the members of
the delegation is that Mr. Pingree should
have taken the advice of his friends and
quit politics without being forced out
The evening times., 1900-01-02
An Army of SIMPSONS.


In view of the rapidly increasing number of
applications for pensions arising out OF the Span
ish- American and Philippine wars the necessity
for further revision and codifcaton of the Federal
pension laws has been strongly impressed upon
Congress. There is now pending in the House
bill which passed the Senate before the holiday
adjournment providing for a non-partisan COM
mission of five members to undertake the task
1t is hoped that by this means the antiquities
and uncertainties Cumbering the pension
laws may be removed and a permanent code
constructed which might be administered with re-
suits satisfactory to all parties concerned
The evening times., 1900-01-02
A Pipe valued at 100000.
(From the New York Press

IT I7lII tIIt Wv IVIN ItN-.J
The Shah-in-Shah Of Padishah tking OF kingsl,
the present ruler of Persia. owns the worlds
cosrliest pipe 1t is the "Kalian,'' or state pipe
and is used special occasions. It is valued at
100000, and is Ornamented with diamonds
rubies, and smaragdteS. The long. snakeIike
stem and the bowl are OF pure gold
The sultan OF Turkey also possesses pipes Of
great value In 1s,i2, when the Prince OF Wales
was on visit to Turkey, he was invited by the
Sultan to smoke adrshila. an Oriental pipe in
which the slLolc passes through water The pipe
was studded with diamonds and was worth SIS
600. 1t was given to the Prince as a niemento
of his visit to Constantinople. Another pipe
made entirely Of mcerSchaum and amber and be-
longing to Prince Ferdinand. Of Bulgaria. is re-
ported as costing 5000.
The evening times., 1900-01-02
Mrs. EsidN'S Ten Jackets.

! llUln n Is Stranger t0an uttlDns anu IL Is
| lso a fact that things which happen in
real life are often funnier than the widest
/ imagination Of the humorist Mark Twain
! in his palmiest days. Tom Hood, Charles
! Dickens none of that royal order of fun
makers could have conceived anything
! more cNqujsitely humorous sthan letter
which appears in the Christian Science
/ Sentinel for December 2l This is il:
Believe. ! ask this fayor Of all Christian s,ien-
Il~s: TO n2t send 4" inS on. beiaie' on ai.et lhe
( ie, jtckc;s-sll ma, contribute to tl,esr one
learns to value material things ONLY As enc needs
1rsY, i,no,., ,o, 49,, pead. ma
terial ate thc-a jackets Two OF darkish heavy
In 's a@r. @np' 2 pII'e !" !" ''iae LIE lai.
sauiIre. No. I and tc be common sense jackets
iog mother 70 work m ana not TlL'llea nS
lord rrr her Irgvf room.
MARY BAKER EDDY.
There was society once which made
business Of providing flannel undergar-
ments for the Inhabitants Of equatorial
Africa. There was another which gave its
time and money TO the collection and hem
ming Of handkerchiefs for the use Of the
=.
And there was a man. one of the acIuaint-
3nces of the late Mr. GuIiver. who gave
fnuch earnest thought to The problen of
extracting Sunshine from c,cumbers Rut
all these unconscious humorfsfs are oyer
shadoued by the extraordinary talents of
Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy.
Mrs Eddy believes. as mo.J pooDl. nm
l.rstsDd her doctrines thai tbe human
r,d,- Is NOT -uhioc, IN what A.. generally
Enawn as the laws OF matter. She believes
that il man falls down stairs and breaks
his leg the homes NAV knit without as
sietance. that the microbes which cause
contagious diseases will refrain frcni their
mischiovou= work in the case of q true
believer. that burned and scalded flesh
viii heal without the aid Of pouitfaes il
properly treated with PRAYER. that dis
eased tissues viii be replaced with healthy
ones if The owner has sufficient faith; in
fact. that there is no such thing as dis
ease unless one thinks so. Il is not def
ntely known whether she believes that a
man can grew q new limb. like Crus:a-
Cean, if he loses a leg or arm In The jaws
be the logical result Of that Kind "
thought. II prayer can suparsade The laws
Of nature and create an iRfiniJesimal cell. .
il ought 10 be able TO create a millicl cells .
and replace lost hand. foot, or head
But il appears that the power of prayer
cannot or does net create tea jackets II (
also seems that the strength of Mrs
Eddy's viii is not sufficient 20 convince
her that she has the Jackets She says
that one learns to value material things
only as one needs them. Precisely in ttt9t
way the ordinary person values his fodv
because he has need of it, When he Sins
on piece OF treacherous ice and breaks
his bones, he becomes acutely conscious
that he needs these bones in his business.
lust as Mrs. Eddy is conscious tba, she
needs three tea Jackets. In the casa NJ
the bones. Mrs. Eddy tells him 70 lie sim
The evening times., 1900-01-02
Contaminated Vegetables.

DR.. Bella, member of the sanitary council Of
Luckau. Prussia, has discovered that man can take
the germs Of cancer by eating vegetables growing
IN soil watered by sewer. The garden truck
that grows IN the suburbs of that city is watered
from ditch that gets its supply of water from
a sewer. The folk in this city eat their parsley,
cucumbers. peas, onions, garlic and Strawberries
easily.
The evening times., 1900-01-02
Extremely Polite.

CFrom tie Cleveland Plain Dealerl
"Stubble is an aifable fellow. isn't her.
"les, he is. He never forgets his whole-souled
manners no matter how unfavorabie the surround
ings may be. Did you hear what he said 10 an
earthquake in Japan
''No'
well Just as soon as he felt the first shock
and a stiff one it was-he opened the door.
stretched out bis hand with pleasant smile, and
said sShaber -
The evening times., 1900-01-02
The Worlds Largest Creameries.

Sioux City already has the largest starch works
in the world; it will have the largest creamery
in the world. The three largest creameries oper-
ating IN the world today are plants located at St.
Albins, Vt; Copenhagen, Denmark, and Lincoln
Neb. The St Albins creamery uses the cream of
100 stations, the Copenhagen creamery used not
quite so much as does the st. Albns plant and
the Lincoln creamery has eighty stations The
Sioux CITY creamery will have about 2ln stations
The evening times., 1900-01-02
CURRENT HUMOR.


(From the Chicago Daily News.l
Detective found this letter, which dropped
from some ones pocket Was it a mans or
WOman's pockstg'
The Chief-A woman's pocket. ot course. Don't
you see it is crumpicd out cf shape besides be-
ing perforated with hairpins?"
The evening times., 1900-01-02
The Understudy's Duties.

(From the Cleveland Plain Deaier)
The Great ActrcSs-Tl1t's an atrocious portrait,
Is il the best YOU can doI Such a face! Such
posing! Bah. Is there H. way you can improve
upon it? Suggest sumrthiuG
The Photographer only thing I can sue-
gest madame. is that YOU permit yJur under
study 10 sit for YOU
The evening times., 1900-01-02

His Troubles Not Ended.-A close
friend of Senator Chandler said today that
the failure of the grand jury at Concord 10
indict Senator GallingeT on charges Of v,O-
latipg the Civil Service law does not put an
end to his trobules on that score. The
charges were preferred as result OF furi-
Gus factionalism in New Hampshire, and
this sort of warfare, il is pointed out. is
not stopped until one side wins in a de-
cisive victory. Senator Chandler entered
the fight with all of the ardor Of his impet-
uous nature. and his friend declares that
he has determined to push the case against
DR.. Gallinger After the sensational trial
before the Civil Service Commission last
summer, during the progress of which the
two Senators almost came TO blows. Sen
ator Chandler declared that he was going to
carry the case to the White House and
show good cause why President Mckinley
should dismiss Commissioner Mark Brewer
because of his alleged partiality 10 Senator
Gallinger 1t is said that Senator Chandler
has held this determination in allegiance
pending the action of the grand jury in
the Gallinger case, hoping that an indict-
ment against his colleague would cause the
President to bring Commissioner Brewer
up with a sharp turn Unless the fiery
Senator's stern resolution has been sick
lied DER by the pale cas-, Of thought" it is
believed he will Gow proceed against Com
missioner Brewer as means of further
embarrassing Or. Gallinger When Sena-
tor Chandler starts on crusade he usually
makes such a tremendous noise as to at least
attract national attention. and il he should
prosecute his charges against Commission
er Brewer it is freely predicted that he will
compel the President to take some public
notice of the case. Therefore the affair has
been given renewed interest by Senator
Gallingers victory in the grand jury at
Concord, and Senator Chambers friend says
that its echo will soon reSound in the SEN
The evening times., 1900-01-02

We are glad to note that the Queen has
recognized the brilliant service of Mr.. c. F.
Eliot. Of the British Embassy, on the Sa-
moan Commission by nominating him a
knight commander of st. Michael and St
George. His Washington friends will be
particularly pleased. 1t is to be hoped that
the Kaiser will not be less prompt in
showing his appreciation of the work per-
formed by Freiherr Speck Won Sternburg in
the same connection.
The evening times., 1900-01-02
NOTES OF THE DAY.

. ft-n
. cotton raised IN tnc United states la-t year
/ Next March the Berlin 4cademy ~ Sciences viii
'r'ehrdte the two hUHdretiI year Of it, existence
! b. is said there is more champagne drunk in
one year thsH rae champagne districts produce
Tue death rate from disease iu the Butch rsgy
llsf year was only 5.56 per l.ufH There, were
cholera.
sr. Petersburg. which often has exhibitions Of
French and English ar. IS % have on. af German
ass ir January. witch v5il be s,ImetHlug % a
novelty.
Br'siH'ss in south hhic,. including C1pe T3uu.
Is abs iuteiy .tasrart. Food -tui5 have doubled
N price. JHd thousands sfe without work .r
money 90 bay the necessities af iire.
Two years ago &c was easy in Switzerland I'd,
borrow money On good ~e,uufy far 10 .lz Der
~. since then money h5- become SD scarce
'I4t ana even , per cent Is oftsn asked
JohlnnesbrTg is boom town. but. unlike most
''ties OF IKE character. 10 is solidl. and per-
Hahetty built. many Of tde residences being
Fril.ani' palaces 81 granite ard marble. tl4t
would d. credit 90 auy - our American rit.es.
The average Eoer Ltru hc.-e e, a la,y stone
LHi ding. with corrugated iron F.of. with
''-5aop' along the front ta4y takes ,a- p.l,e
ot our porch it. TOO, f. lgi.t of stones and COW
cred with clay packed ard Er-H hard 4Hf mJ5lH
....
''i- '"'-l'l'l '''E'a' '- P.'Fiit4 "1 ritLer >t'e
% tine -tip. With aa erdie-- c.aiu of rrsDeiiirg
plates driven through tGe wu- rF tlp ergfet,
acting on the water iu their leIratrd motion
only.
Ca raa ~....,.r. ,s. t,.,- ..... --1 .... 900
l
INV -"'.' ii ''-'-'."' Nr'-.~'les
have n'e" trira % coNaid-. \ IerfaIu noe long
d-c invented o. hls-.-anr made ot paper. which
ingTsdieur..
liz. v... y,,t -..-.... &C.,. ...-.
fsr,s ,,g .u ,r l,.a e,-,sis- ,....r..,,r- .,.-
81 -og. .laa and Federal -rb.-f-.r.. r,- ,,,,,r.-
the war revenue act. ~ over sz.7GLGaJ. Tho total
The evening times., 1900-01-02

We distinctly object TO the offensive
continuity of this sort of thing, Ten days
or so ago Otis killed OFF Sonora AguinaIdo
by chasing her all the way from Bayam-
bang to BayOmbong in a litter and she
died in much anguish in consequence The
resulting thirty days crepe on the left arms
OF Most. Hoar, Pulitzer. Schurz and At
hinson has hardly had time to get mussed
before Otis turns up again smiling,
with the capture OF the same identical
brown deceased lady at Talabin. Verify. If
Sathanas ever fancies that he would like
to play the Tyre he knows where to find
the yirtuoso competent to give him in
struction. and likewise cards and spades
We have heard it objected that the splen-
did loving cup presented to Admiral Dewey
by seventy thousand Of his admirng coun-
trymen and countrywomen is too large for
him to use conveniently as an ordinary
every-d day drinking vessel. The blunder is
evident. and the donors are responsible for
it. The cup is just what it should be, con-
sidered as a tcacup for a man of Admiral
Dewey's size as that size appears in the
eyes Of the American people.
The evening times., 1900-01-02

Commenting on the election To the Sen
ate Of Mr.. Clark Cf Montana, a prominent
Western miue-owrer, roH visiting tie Cap
ital, said Yesterday 10 a Times reporter.
To me. ut least, Senator W \
Clarke u not half 50 picturesque
figure rs the Bill Clark who
in 1877. made the famous ride TO
Butte ia call the pioneers L. arms
against the Nez Perces Indians. He
covered the distance o. forty-tWo miles IA
less thap hrce ard one-haf hours. and the
entire WY hc rode one noble animal. The
Major Clark who led the Butte batra lol
against Chief Joseph and sang he Star
SDangIed Banner for his command be=ide
his bivouac. Is TO me a far more inter, st
ing personality that the senator Clark, WHO
as the result OF untiring perseverance, has
taken a seat in the United States Senata"
The evening times., 1900-01-02

From the Detroit Free Press)
''Shall / sing Because Love You.' asked
Mrs. Barley as she seated herself At the piano.
NO" replied Mr.. Harev, who is a brute; If
you love ne, don't sing"
The evening times., 1900-01-02

Every friend of the Hon. Richard Croker.
Grand Sachem of Tammany, will be panied
to learn that he has had a leg broken by
fall from his horse, at his English resi-
dence. The limb had been much weakened
by being pulled while Mr.. Croker was in
New York. sAt latest accounts patient and
leg were both doing WELL