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CIRCULATION STATEMENT.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY ,, 1900.
raylor,s Demand for Recognition.

II seems to have been an amazing coli
bination of ignorance and impudence 1hat
led Mr.. William s Taylor to address the
President yesterday and to demand rec
ognition. and Federal assistance in his Ell
fort 10 overthrow the Legislature and
courts of the State of Kentucky. One
would think that Taylor must have beei
unaware of Mr.. McKinley's inability TO in
wade Kentucky with troops save at the re-
quest of the General Assembly which he
has tried to disperse, but which legally Is
stnl in session. But. in reality. Taylor
and his legal advisers. Ex-Governor Brad
lev and W. c. z. Breckenridge. knew this
as well as anybody The impudence OF the
Thing comes in by way of their joint as
sumption that President Mckinley cares
as lirtle for the Constitution Of the United
States as they do for that Of the state Of
Kenucky. and would not hesitate to vio-
late il il thereby the interests Of the Han
ma machine would be advanced. Fortu-
nately there is no reason for believing that
there will be Federal interference.
TAYLOR has the State Capitol. Executive
Office and Governors Mansion under his
control and fortified. His power and au-
jhority do not extend over another foot of
Kentucky soil. The State repositories viii
not recognize his orders and the warden
Of the penitentiary snaps his fingers at the
pretended Governor when the latter under
takes TO pardon and release convict.
On the other hand Governor GOebel is
recognized and supported by the Legisiat-
ure and state judiciary. His authority is
respected from one end of the Common
wealth to The other save where Taylor s
isndfti are encamped and entrenched, We
are not at all worried over the chance oi
Federal interference in such circumstances
and ihere is no occasion for doubt that the
regular authorities will be quickly able ID
dfsperse the body Of assassins upon which
Taylor stnl relies to protect him from ar
resi- and punishment The decent sentA-
lnent of Kentucky is solidly arrayed behind
Governor Goebel, the Legislature and th'
courts. Consequently We may be conhden
.hat short work viii be made Of the insur
gents.
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all in evidence. An analysis of the little
note would almost be resume of Rus
kins entire set of convictions on subjects
social and religious
First. we have the expression of the au-
thor's aversion to what is deprecatingiy
called running in debt Too often the
process is a literal run, like that of man
who starts to go down hill too fast and be-
comes unable to stop himself Ruskin had
analyzed this course of action and its mo-
Iives, and recognized several facts not con-
sidered by the average debtor. In the first
place. there is often sort OF sopnlstry
about borrowing The debtor says to him.
self: Il know | do not need this, but 1t
would be so comfortable TO have it, and II
is just the same as paid for. That par
takes of self-deception, trait upon whlcn
Ruskin was particularly severe Again,
the borrower often shows disregard both
of the convenience of his creditor and OF
the uncertainty of human life. When
man founders so deep into debt that ne
cannot get out somebody has to sui1er III
some instances il is the creditor, In others
the family of the debtor. There are nu-
,parous cases of course in which borrow
ing is justifiable: but Ruskin. as usual, IN
duIged in little hyperbole. He could bet
ter understand stealing the necessaries oil
life than running into debt for Iuxuries.
Again. we have here his detestation of
improvidence cloaked with piety. He could
endure secular transgressions better than
those Of the church. In this his intuition
was true. The frankly irretigious wrong
doer is at any rate honest. But the man
who pleads the needs of his church as an
excuse for his own delinquencies, hiding
his incapacity behind show of godlness-
for such a man, again, Ruskin had no
mercy. He believed that real religion could
do without trappings, and that church
should plead the necessity of these as an
excuse for Indebtedness was to him the
last refinement Of impertinence.
Next We find his keen esthetic pereep-
tjons in the denunciation of iron
churches and his prejudice, founded more
NJ less on reverence for traditional and
beautiful observances, in the fling at the
Evangelical sect Finally, we have the II
ritable protest of busy, quick witted, and
sensitive man, against the dunderheaded
folly Of appealing to him for aid for a
cause with which he was not in sympathy
II is evident that the petitioners belonged
! TO that large class OF persons who VIII
! not take the trouble TO inform themselves
/ on any subject unless forced to do so. II
would. as he pointedly suggests. have been
/ perfectly easy to discover whether the
| author of Sesame and Lilies and "A
! Crown of Wild Olives" would be likely
! to help in the building of an iron chapel
! for this particular body of believers, bu'
! apparently they waited only to discover
! that the author in question was wealthy
and generous. The whole letter is no
only good index TO the nature and views
/ of the writer. but. to the intelligent reader
a fairly good indication Of the charactel
/ of his correspondents.
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The latest tidings from Honolulu present
e ties, for strong sermon on procrastind-
tion The Hawaiian city. terrified by the
progress of the plague sought 10 stop its
ravages by The use of fire. The result has
been a cOn1agration costing half million
dollars. nearly five thousand homeless peo-
pie. three thousand of whom are in
quarantine as plague suspects, and gen
eral feeling Of CONSERVATION that must ar
rest the enterprising spirit of the city.
Hcnolulu's authorities may have met the
invasion Of bubonic pestilence with all the
determined ingenuity and sanitary correc-
tives at their command. But there is
prevailing impression that more rigid
watchfulness al the beginning might, and
perhaps would. have prevented the disaster
which the city has recently sustained.
At any rate. the distress of the Pacific
island municipality is warning to the of
ficials at every port OF The United States
II the authorities at Honolulu. whose bust
ness il is. were powerless TO stamp out the
scourge at its inception, and did use all OF
the energy of which they were capable. the
admonition is one that must arouse even
more serious consideration than If it -
proved thai they were unintentionally
careless or actually delinquent.
While there is commendablc alertDess
in high sanitary circles there has also
been tendency IN certain quarters 10 de-
Spisa The bubonic scourge This. presuma
bly,. is due 10 an exaggerated feeling OF Sc
curity. founded upon purely erroneous
notion that. for some reason or other,
America is inyulnerable Hawaii may have
entertained a similar idea until very re-
Gently believing that her improved state
Of civilization and her isolation reduced
the chance of a plague outbreak to the
most insignificant minimum. If this was
her belief. her silk faith has had its pen
atty for neglect.
When germ s. inimical 10 humanity Is
exhibiting its power Of destruction in sew
ersl parts ur the world AT the same time,
no wise nation will feel so safe as 10 ig-
more the possibilities of the situation.
There is a reasonable certainty that the
employment OF adequate safeguards viii
prevent he bubonic malady from entering
American portals. \ rigid quarantine. un-
der Federal auspices il necessary, and
against every spot where the disease has
anpesred. will do more for the protection
OF be American people than a Mississippi
fun OF experimental lymph or trainloads Of
drugs and medicines after the barriers
have been passed by the pestilence. 1t /:
better 10 be overcautious than careless
. 0yerrautiousness can do no particular
harm. while neglect may expose the entire
country to attack by a foe which canno
be fought with warshipS or hattalions o.
infantry
Every despatch from the stricken local
tiles where the terrible disease has gained
a foothold is a warning TO be- forearmed
The proper time to fight the plague is be-
fore it gets in. The proper kind OF cam
! paign viii keep it cut.
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of inhabitants and without the use oil
bludgeons or firearms.
This condition of turbulence has brought
into public notice an individual TO whom
Mark Twain would need no Introduction
The gentleman in question is the editor
of the Crawford newspaper. His journal
has surprised the angered people of Gran
ford Dy the leading editorial which was
printed in its latest issue. II VAS long
and a solemn expression Of opinion, and 1t
urged upon The Township Committee,
which UNDERSTOOD the sewer enterprise
that mas caused the var IN Crawford, the
immediate and pressing necessity for the
appointment of an official fool killer this
new functionary TO be under The direction
of the local authorities.
The mossback element in Crawford is
now discussing the proposed new official
far into the night and the question OF
whether the community ought 10 be put
10 this extra expense is being grayely de-
bated The Crawford wiseacres are TAX
ing the matter almost as seriously as did
their prototypes, who heard in speech
less amaZement the expressed desire OF
Pudd' nhead Wilson TO become part own
er oi q troublesome dog in order that he
might kll his half.
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What will strike the outside public as
the most interesting certainly. the most
disgraceful-phase OF the Kentucky en-
broglio is The fact thai Mr.. William s.
TAYLOR. neither while Governor de facto
nor since his deposition by the Legisla-
ture. has made or caused TO be mads the
slightest move toward the apprehension
and punishment of Governor Goebels as.
sassin. On the contrary. he has shielded
him. The woud-be murderer, unless he
has been spirited away, is still concealed
in the building where Taylor has his office
and from which he fired his cowardly shot,
and there he has been protected by State
troops acting under Taylor's orders.
II is wonderful spectacle and one well
calculated to explain 30 Northern Observ-
ers why the decent people of the South
are Democrats. Sooner or later, We sup
nose. the assassin will be arrested and
brought to trial Then it will be strange
indeed if the man Taylor is not called
upon to state his connection with the case
and explain his conduct in shielding the
criminal from whose dastardly act he had
the most to gain. On much less evidence
men have been prosecuted as accessories
before and after the fact of murder and
PRINCIPALS in the second degree
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HONEST BEFORE HE DIED.
A. Contractor Restores SteIeR Money
To- Cleveland. Ohio.

CLEVELAND. Ohio. Feb. Louis Fa-
her, contractor. died in this city
Wednesday, and yesterday it was learned
that he had paid s954.O7 to the city, which
he admitted he had Illegally taken in COL
fusion with a clerk in the city auditors
office. Fahey, before dying, said he used
to have lots OF trouble getting his esti-
mates through the auditors office. One
day he was introduced to a certain clerk.
Thereafter his vouchers were rushed
through as soon as presented. The latter
wanted to borrow money one day, and he
gave it TO him.
Soon afterward Fahey said, he received
a check which was larger than the esti-
mate passed by the city engineer. He
went to the clerk and said mistake had
been made The clerk laughed told him
that sort of thing was often DONE and
ended by asking fer half the amount over
paid Thereafter that sort of thing went
on until Fahey had received $954.O1 more
than his estimates should have called for,
the clerk always demanding his so per
cent. Fahey said on his deathbed that his
conscience had troubled him ever since,
and he long ago determined 70 make resti-
tuition. Fahey did not-diyulge the clerk s
name.
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BEEF BOARD EXPENSES.
Secretary Gage Makes n Report to
tbe Senate ON the A.after.

Secretary Gage. in response to the re-
quest OF the Senate for an itemized state
ment of the expenditures from the ma
tional defence fund of s50.00000o appIo-
priated before the outbreak of the war
with Spain, has sent to Congress a sched-
uIe giving the amounts drawn on approved
vouchers BY the Beef Board. which inves /
gated the conduct of the Army SGppy
Corps during the war, and finally found
that everything was admirable. and ttat no
lust ground existed for complaint.
The board, it appears. managed to spend
siO5. .f4i.Ji. of which considerably more
than half went 10 the members themselves.
The largest single item was that OF sl2-
500 for compensation of the members
Brig. Gen. John NJ Wilson, Chief of Ed-
gineers. received $1,000 as compensation
for six months service, his pay and aiioa-
ances as bFigadier general, amounting 10
s. 200, continuing as well.
Besides compensation, the members OF
the board are also charged with drawing
over $4,000 as per diem expenses, and
throughout the schedules their travelling
expenses" expenses, carriage hi e,
and room rent appear with such fire.
quency as TO make an expensive aggregate
One of the most remarkable items is that
Of the Public Printer for slS,S31.35, for
printing fifty copies of report. This re-
port has never been made pubic. II was
printed day by day as the Investigation
proceeded. and contained all the testimony
and documents What became CT the tffy
copies that cost 1875 each is mystery.
One Of the items is special train az
s4430, TO which was added Pullman cars.
etc." $3.2S3.22. The members, in order 10
avoid spiling ink on this train. took along
new fountain pens cost s12. Most OF TIE
expeditures have the flavor Of encouraging
the members to get at the truth Of the
war scandals regardless of such expenses
as would contribute TO their comfort and
cause them to look at things in the best
f.ls4
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The election Of the Demccrsti' ticket, however,
must b. performed al London, where the GOrern'
or has ordered the Legislature 10 meet. Right or
wrong in that exertiou OF authority. tue Legs
lature j. adjourned subject To the Governor ui-
rectiGn for its assembly. New York sun
This is absurd. Governor Taylor had no
right to adjourn the Kentucky Legisla-
ture. and therefore it is not adjourned
The Governors sole power in the prem
ises is given in the State Constitution,
thus:
The first General Assembly. and the members
of which shall be elected under the constitution,
shall meet on the first Tuesday after the hlsL
Monday in January, 1894, and thereafter the
General Assembly shall meet on the same u1y
every second year, and it, sessions shall he held
at the seat OF government. except iu case OF wal.
inslrrection or pcstilence. when II may by procs
nation Of the Governor assemble tcr the time be
ing elsewhere
The Legislature. not being in session.
NAV be assembled" by the Governor at
some place other than the State Capital. in
case of war. insurrection. or pestilence.
but once in session it cannot be adjourn
ed unless the two houses disagree as 10
the time of adjournment, and this they
have not done. MIR. Taylor, when Cover
nor. had the same authority over the Leg
isIature that President Mckinley has over
Congress. In certain circumstances when
the Senate and House disagree as TO the
time-not otherwisel the President may
adjourn Congress. Imagine him doing 50
tomorrow and surrounding the Capitol WIN
Federal troops, charged to prevent the en-
trance OF Senator's and Representatives,
and you have the Frankfort situation in a
nutshell.
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THE TREASURY STATEMENT.
A Growing Surplus of Receipts Over
Expenditures.

According to the monthly comparative
statement issued by the Treasury De-
partment yesterday, the receipts of the
Government for the month of January
were s4S,01a. .164 and the expenditures were
$50. 1s9, ,096. showing a surplus of nearly
SIS. SOC, 900. The revenues of the Govern
ment for the month were derived from
the following sources: Customs, $22 ,094.-
279; internal revenue, $22,779.S .S56 miscel-
laneous, $S13s,O29.
One noticeable feature of the statement
is that the customs receipts are rapidly
approaching in amount those derived from
internal revenue.
For seven months of the fiscal year the
receipts were 1892, ,S05, ,659, and the expen
ditures were 1902, ,935, ,139, giving a sur
plus of nearlyk3O, 600, 900.
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Indian Territory Troubles.

Lack Of schools is but one of the evils that
burden the Indian Territory. The ownership,
possession leasing and division ct lands. together
with questions relating to pay for improvements
arc in confusion with no legal machinery TO dis
nose of urgent suits without years OF delay. Town
sites cannot be properly selected. Trade and sgri
culture are at a heavy disadvantage. Crime has
an under license. No law exists for the care OF
the insane The Territory is without Delegate
in Congress to present its needs. Remnants OF
five different kinds of government found within
its limits so that while, in the practical sense
it is not governed at all it is governed too much
in nnntii Il ing. incnlerenI fashion.
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Russian uIiteracy.
(From the New York Telegram.)

tErOm lne New 10Th leleSldW-)
The iliteracy OF Russia exceeds that OF any other
country claiming to have civilized government
The Humanitarian" states that in 10000 viii
lagos of the vast empire there is not school, aud
il is estimated that not 20 per cent OF the popuia-
ton OF the empire has acquired even the Tudiments
OF a common school educstiOn 1t has been fig
ured out that if the Gar would disband 100, 600
men of the vast army he would thereby save
money enough to provide a school for each OF
these villages. 1t is not surprising that the
Gar should desire TO reach some arrangement
with the other nations which would permit him to
parfiaIly disarn,
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RusLiu and the Dissentcrs.

Since the death OF Ruskin many stories
have been told of him-some culled from
biographies, some "reminiscences of old
friends. One of these anecdotes relates to
an appeal which was made to him by mem
bers of an Evangelical church. They had
heard of Ruskin as a generous man-he
gave away practically the whole of large
fortune-and it occurred 10 them that he
might like to give them some money to
help finish chapel at Richmond So they
wrote tc him. and this is the answer they
got:
MAY 10. 1856.
.Sir: ] am scornTully amused at your ap-
peal 10 me of all people in the world The pre-
1isely least likely TO give you a flrthing! My
firs word to all and boys who care 10
hear me l. Don't get into dehf. Starve and go
10 heaven but don't borrow Try first begging
1 don't mind. If lis really needful, stealing!
But don't buy things you cant pay for!'
And all manner OF debtors, pious people
building churches they can't pay for arc the most
detcstable nonsense 10 me. Can You preach and
pray behind the hedges or in saEd-pit-or a
co8l-hoe-frstI
"And Of all manner Of churches thus idioti-
cslly built. iron churches the dan.nsblest
TO nc.
eAnd OF all the sects es believers in any ruling
spirit-Hindoos TURKS, Feather Idolators and
Musnbo Jumbo, Log ard Fire Worshipers, who
want churches, your modern English Evangelical
sect Is the most absurd, and entirely objection
able and uncomfortable to me. All which they
might very easily have found out from my books
any other sort OF sect would!-before bother
ing me TO write it 10 them.
Ever. nevertheless. and in all this saying,
your faithful servant,
JOHN RUSKTN."
Slight as it is, this is, perhaps, as char
ontoricffe bif of ,rr;t;,o avo,. ooy,,o
from John Ruskin's pen. The absolute un-
convcntionality, strong convictions, and
equally strong preJudices Of the p1an are
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The Modern Editor.
{Frour LIED

The magazine editor calls his assistant to the
awe-inspiring precincts OF the sanctum.
'IIavc you'' ho asked, accepted that poem
On The Power Of Love-, BY John l.. Fitz-
Jsfries?''
.It is DONE replied the assistant.
ssWelli Here il an article Higher Culture,
by Richard Broker; an essay on business Life.
bv Prof Greekroot; another on american Poll
tics by the Rev. Mr. Darkhcarse, and yet an
other on THE Efficacy of Prayer By Senator
Banna Sec that they paid for ut once. But
who is the man who waits IN the anteYoom2''
''TIe says that he IS a great author"
''An author! Show him the door! ] have no
time for authazs"
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Scarlet Clothing for Smallpox.


The use of colors as a part of medical treatment
is now a new one. Red light for example, has
been recently advocated in the treatment of mes-
sles and smallpox. Jean Gaddesden cured The son
of Henry | King OF England, of smallpox, by
surrounding the prince with scarlet. clothing him
in scarlet as well as all his attendants, and hav
ing red carpets and hangings in the room. The
record shows that this succeeded SO well that his
face was not even SCARED.
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Atmospheric Waves.


(From the Chicago ClIronicle)
The atmospheric ocean surrounding the earth
is frequently disturbed by gigantic waves, whleh
are Invisible except when they carry parts of the
air charged with moisture up into colder at
mosnheric stratum. where sudden condensation
occurs. In this manner long, parallel lines OF
clouds sometimes make their appearance at a
crest be;pht marking the crests of a ripple of air
waves running miles above our heads.
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A Game Not Worth the Candle.
From The Philadelphia Ledger.l

As there is never any chance that counterfeit
money will be disseminated by means of tho
''green goods" game, and as the only victims OF
that device are men who would be criminals, why
should the Government go to so much trouble
to stop itg Why not turn the talent now EN-
ployed in that direction upon the rogues who
play on honest men? The victims Of the green
lection.
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As TO Other Nations.
CFrom the Chicago Journal }

However American sympathy may run in the
present conflict whether it inclines toward the
British or the Beers, there is. comparatively
speaking, very little kindness in this country to-
ward the predatory nations of the continent, II
the governments of continental Europe, any
part of it, attempted to take hand in the
South African trouble, and force Great Britain
into a humliating position, they might arouse
a new sort of interest in this country, and one
they had not reckoned on.
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DIR. Reszke's Toothache.
lFrnm the kansas Citv Star.l

Jean De Reszke for month was under a doctors
care for neuralgia, but showed no signs of improve
ment After a while he discovered that it was not
this ailment that caused all his discomfort, but
a persistent and continuous toothache, which re-
duire the services OF an American dentist in Paris
NJ de Reszke has been under the dentists care
and is now very much better, although il is ex-
tremely improbable that he will care to sing
before the opening of the coming garden season
in London
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Incann, Misdnm.


fev days since Iones mother happened 20 see
that little maid shaking her younger brother like
a rat. She went out to her and said: II should
think You would be ashamed, lone. 10 treat little
brother 80. What will people think of youE j.
Clyde does what is not right you tell me and
will punish him il he needs it,"
''But you don't do t." responded the httle mtss.
''Pspa said you didI't.'
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According to the British War Office,
England has nearly 200. 900 men in South
Africa Joubert can muster less than Co.
600. Yet the Beers have not lost battle
and the British have not won one.
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CURRENT HUMOR.
A Highland Pun.

(From Golfers Weekiy)
Trooper (to Highlander in full uniforn) )-sanu'' .
are You cold with the kiltr A..
SIndy--Na, mon, but I'm nish kht WI
ga,,IA
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0rom the Philadelphia North Americanl
Ponpus-I Poirt With pride to myself as self
Ca,tic-weli, you needn't be afraid that anyone
will steal tine plans.
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A pn.sibiIity.

rrom Tamumny Times)
.r til. ,esz rnuf'' remarked disguised
P',syt auz p 80; eunured his asiOniShed friend
sRecsHse then ! might have a chance 20 hold
fair Rand once in while.