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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-15
THE SPADE IN WARFARE.
Lesson Taught by the south Afric-
an Campaign.

(fIOm the London NALL
Probably ore of the sharpests lessons the
British military authorities have learned
from the Beers is the remarkable power
of the spokesman as compared with the
sworosman in modern warfare. Provided
they are intelligently placed. the judi
cious digging of few trenches carefully
projected by lines of barbed wire entan-
clements or hastily improvised abattis, is
of incalcuiable benefit to regiment act
ing upon the defensive.
This has long been recognized upon the
Continent. the great armies Of which are
amply provided with entrenching tools. For
instance, in the Austrian army 80 and in
the German 100 men per company carry
entrenching spades. In the French infant
ry each company carries IS entrenching
tools, 80 Of which are loaded upon mule.
while 20 axes and so spades form the Rus
sian allowance per company.
A favorite dodge is to dig deep often
in front of the actual position and TO half
fill the excavation with the entangling
branches of trees. The effect of such an
obstruction upon a charging enemy is most
disastrous, since, the exact range having
previously been measured out, the defend
ers have merely to pump lead into the
fioundering mass of men and horses until
they either retire or surrender.
Needless TO say, the great art in all en-
trenching is to render your diggings invls-
ible to the enemy until he is right beneath
your guns. an art. by the way, which me
Beers appear to have mastered to nicely.
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A vitupern.iye cIerxyman,

1t was announced some time ago that DR..
Parkhurst whose histrionic methods of
preventing crime and preaching the Gospel
attracted considerable attention some years
ago, was about TO give UP public life and
confine himself entirely to the duties of a
clergyman. There were people who thought
that, however stror his determination to
retire from public notice, he would have
some secret longings for the fieeh pots Of
Egypt and it was rather generally ex
pected that the next reform wave would
bear Parkburst on its crest, strenuous and
energetic as ever. A letter addressed to
District Attorney Gardiner, In regard to the
"Sapho' affair, will give the public some
idea of what DR.. Parkhurst thinks are
the proper duties Of a clergyman. Taken
in all its. length, and breadth, and height,
and depth, it is certainly an astonishing
document for meek and lowly minister Of
the Gospel TO write.
DR.. Parkhurst begins by giving the I'M
fortunate District Attorney dose of severe
sarcasm-a kind OF rhetoric which is not
generally considered necessary to clergy
mans equipment. He says:
1.-THE public heart is deeply and tenderly touch.
ed by the heroic efforts you making to purify
the histrionic atmosphere Of this city ss evincei
by your dealings in the matter Of 'Sapho' and
Miss Ncthersole. Such sentiment on the part Of
the public is due not much 10 your action in
this particular case as 10 the symptoms that
that action affords OF the pure and profound moral
purpose by which you motived in your per-
sonal, or at least In your onfcia life Coming,
as ii does too, at time when 50 much criticism
has been passed on your Official conduct criticism
that has recently come to such overt expression In
the charges that have been lodged against you
procedure in the 'Sspho' matter is, II possible,
set thereby in n SIN broader light and more
beauteous conspicuty. 1t seems an indication tina;
you are reeolutely set to do your whole duty,
however friends may criticize or foes may resile'
1t should be remembered that this
amazing bit of abuse lie directed to-
ward q city Official. whose immediate Of
fence Is simply An attempt TO purify the
atmosphere of the New York stage by max
ing an example Of at least one disrepuisble
play. But that is not all that DR.. Park
hurst has to say. His sarcastic adulation
continues through several paragraphs and
after mildly limiting that there are many
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-15
Tiny Fin.

1t is not probable that the Republican
National Convention will nominate the
Hon. Timothy l.. Woodruff for the Vice
Presidency, but there is absolutely nothing
to prevent that young man from being a
candidate. He takes himself quite Sc
riously and pending the assembling of the
convention in Philadelphia proposes to
make tour of the country, delivering
speeches wherever invited.
Mr.. Woodruff possesses these qualifica-
items for the Vice Presidency: He was
born in the United States. is thirty-fve
years old, and in his public addresses is
generally able TO speak one grammatical
sentence out OF three. He has some money
and has been Lieutenant Governor of New
York for three years.
The Vice Presidency is not an important
office considered by itself, but 1t is always
possible that death may elevate its incum-
bent to the White House. Sometimes con-
ventions remember this; more often they
do not; and the Tyler, Fillmore, and Ar
thur Administrations have abundantly
illustrated the dangers that lie in hasty
popular leader. Nothing of this sort, how
ever, is likely to occur at Philadelphia.
Mr.. Mckinley is already renominated and
the Republican delegates will have moth
ing to do but choose candidate for the
second place on the ticket. In performing
this duty they are liable to take their
time.
The President is too modest man TO
demand that the Vice Presidential nomi-
nee shall be of his own selection, but it
is quite certain that he has choice. He
is not small enough in stature to develop
the fathomless dignity which characterized
the port Of Harrison, but he does not lack
dignity and the appearance the little man
from New York would cut in national
campaign ia perfectly plain TO him. He
would like Roosevelt, perhaps, and proba-
bly, he would not object TO Bliss or Porter.
But Tiny Tim No. Nc!
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resorts in New York which need to be sup
pressed, he gives utterance to this burst OF

resorts in New York which need to be sup
eioquence:
THAT such places should exist without your
knowledge is not adduced here as any reflection
upon the eagle-eyed ubiquity Of yourself and
Your assistants; and let me suggest further that
just the guileleSness of your nature may have
operated TO hinder the execution of yo,iI own
purposes for good, for 1t is only rogue that has
the genius for catching rogues, and perhaps by
putting into your position as attorney a man OF
that unsuspecting nature that always goes with
purity and simplicity Of life we have really
created degree of immunity for the very crimes
that il would be the JOY and pride Of your heart
10 suppress
The ordinary man, If addressed in this
manner, might feel an impulse to use per-
sonal violence on the speaker, but in this
case the man who INDUCES in such eX-
traordinarily abusive language is protected
by his cloth. The audacity of DR.. Park
hurst reaches its climax in the last para
graph of his letter. After declaring that
he has no personal knowledge of the
play which has been suppressed, he goes on
TO remark that. whatever it may be. it is
heaven contrasted with the resorts which
he has mentioned and that, compared with
the inhabitants of these places, Miss Meth
ersole is IAN angel, halo and ALL
Let the reader study this comparison and
remember that it is a clergyman who
makes it. Let him recall that Dr. Park
bursts business in life is supposed 20 be
that of presenting with becoming rever-
ence, high and noble ideals. and think of
the hallowed associations which the words
heaven and the angels have for the
mind OF the average Christian man or wo-
man. Then consider the fact that DR..
Parkhurst has dragged an angel, halo and
ALL into piece of vituperative rhetoric,
for the express purpose of comparing that
celestial being with the woman of Daudet's
novel, and coupling the two together as
superior to the frequenters of a New York
dive. 1t is truly an edifying spectacle.
1t is time that DR.. Parkhurst, and some
ether sensational orators who call them
selves clergymen. should be made to I'M
derstand that there is such thing as rev.
erence for sacred institutions, and that ii
is not becoming for clergyman, in abus-
ing publicly a man whom he affects to
think hypocritical. to drag in the mud of
profane associations ideas connected with
the religion which he is supposed to teach.
That sort of irreverence would be bad
taste in anyone, but in a doctor of divinity
it is something worse.
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OUR REAL RULERS.
Woman's Equal Power in Governing
the Universe.
from the Pittsburg News.

(From the Pittsburg News.)
The women suffragists who recently net
at Washington and presented their plea
TO the President and TO Congress, appear,
whether Intentionally or otherwise. to have
overlooked one important fact, which evil
dences the advance OF womankind, but may
or may not be advantageous to their
cause, according TO the way in which it
is viewed. At the present time more than
half the human race are ruled by four
women. This statement, Of course, does
not include the large number of married
men who are ruled by individual women.
The Empress of China is the actual Lead
of a nation of 400 900 900. The Emperor,
VINO is the ostensible head, like so many
OF his brethren in humber walks Of life,
has really no voice In the management OF
affairs. Queen Victoria is the regularly
constituted ruler OF 3S0000,0 900 people
though her power is. of course, not of an
absolute nature like that of China's En-
press. The young Queen of the Neither
lands boasts %, 900. 900 loyal subjects, and
Queen Christina, of Spain, 10000, 600.
But leaving out of consideration these
four women rulers, women exercise a
powerful influence on the political affairs
of the world. Many wife aids her nus
band by her counsel in determining how
he shall vote, and he in turn influencing
others, her influence becomes widespread.
Nor are the women on the thrones, any
more than the uncrowned queens of the
home mere puppets. They. know their
than is popularity supposed. The influence
OF Queen Victoria is often felt still In i'm
portant matters of state. Advocates of
"women's rights should pause and con-
slider whether they have not obtained
pretty nearly their full share already.
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money they can up TO the legal limit. If
national bank capitalization next year
should aggregate eight hundred million
dollars we would not be surprised to find
national bank circulation within fifty mil =
lions of the same mark. The danger 20
come will be realized when the great cap
tains of finance decide that expansion has
gone on long enough and get ready for
such another general foreclosure and
cleanup of national prosperity as they en-
gineered in 1898 and 1894. Then it will be
possible. by returning currency and with
drawing bonds for the banks in a single
month TO cut down the credit part of the
circulating medium by four, five, or six
hundred million dollars. and the conse-
quence will be depression, liquidation. and
probably recurring period of panic and
ruin. But, for good or ill., the gold stand
ard and unlimited control by dealers in
money of the currency of the United States
are fastened on the country The system
when in operation will tell its own story
OF results.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-15
CORN Is KING.
IL Is One of the Important Food
Products of the World.

from Lesiles Waekly.)
The saying that corn is king is shown
by the November statement OF exports
from this country to be something more
than mere rhetorical figure. The figures
OF this report attest the fact that this
wholesome and nutritious product of Amer
lean soil holds :: truly royal place among
the food products of the world Il shows
that larger quantity of corn was exported
in the eleven months ending with Novem-
Der 30 1899. and at higher rate per bush
ell than In the corresponding months of any
preceding year since 1895. The total ex-
port for the period named was 1856. 1872 $50
bushels. valued at s78. 742, 1877. In the first
eleven r1onths of the year 1894 the total
export of corn was only 81 ,910, 232, or only
about one-fifth as much as during the eiev-
en- months of this year. These figures OF
export relate TO shelled corn. To this must
be added the expert of cornmeal which
amounted during the first eleven months OF
1899 TO I9s,1 III barrels. Most of the corn
exported goes TO Europe, where 1t appears
to be growing rapidly in popular favor.
The British Islands received nearly one
third OF all sent across the seas, and Ger
many came next.
Thus is coming to pass the prophecy of
Joel Barlow the friend and contemporary
of Washington. whose famous poem on In
dian corn published nearly century ago
has never been cxceiled in gustatory lit
erature. He predicted that the time would
come when hasty- pudding and "1onny-
cake would be the favorite and universal
food OF mankind. 1t is certain that more
palatable and heaithful article Of diet could
hardly be supplied.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-15
SEEN AND HEARD AT THE CAPITOL

senator Hoar has acquired reputation
ior making witty little remarks at the
most unexpected times. He introduced in
the Senate yesterday a petition, signed by
lodge of Master Masons. asking that the
clause in the bills relating to the Philip
pines which limits the right of suffrage in
the Island TO males be stricken out and
requested that the petition be referred TO
the committee on our largest acquisition
The Presiding Officer seemed to have no
difhculty in understanding Mr. Hoar's ref
erence and promptly referred the petition
to the Philippine Committee of which Mr..
Lodge. Mr. Hoar's colleague, is the chair
man.
The only visitor in the Senate diplomatic
gallery yesterday was one of the ladies'
from the Argentine Legation. She
remained in the gallery for about an hour,
and seemed TO be actuated more by curios
ity than by any other motive in making the
visit. Only general routine business was
being transacted at the time. and it would
have been impossible for a stranger TO fol-
low the proceedings.
There were a number of conferences In
the Senate chamber yesterday before ad-
journment. at which an attempt was made
to reach some kind of an agreement on the
Porto Rican bill. One party, composed OF
Messrs. Davis. Lodge, Aldrich, and Gull
ION, had quite an animated discussion. in
which Messrs. Lodge and Davis seemed to
take the principal part. A few minutes
later Mr.. Hanna, who was seated on
sofa in the rear of the Senate chamber.
was surrounded by a small party. and he
f.<
some minutes engaged in an apparently ar
gumentative conversation.
The Republican members Of the House
Ways and Means Committee have of late
been spending a part of each day on the
floor of the Senate, their principal object
appearing to be to talk with the Senate
managers of the Porto Rican bill. Mr.
Dalzell was in the Sepate chamber yester-
day morning and talked first with Mr..
Hanna and afterward with Mr.. Davis.
During Senator Turner's speech on the
Porto Rican bill yesterday it required two
desks to hold the books to which he re-
ferred. Nearly the whole time of his
second days remarks was devoted to
quoting from various legal authorities rel
alive to whether the Constitution ex
tends ex proprio vigore to Porto Rico.
The Senator's secretary sat ut an adJoin-
ing desk and as fast as one reference was
disposed of furnished the speaker with
others.
The absence of Senator Chandler from
the Capitol is daily remarked upon by the
regular visitors. The Senator has always
seemed to consider it part of his duty to
do or say something to enliven monoto-
nous sessions and the other Senators who
usually seconded him in such efforts seem
to miss his leadership and are correspond
ingly silent Senator Chandler has for
several days been confined to his loom
with an attack of malarial nature, which
is understood to be disagreeable rather
than dangerous
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-15
WHERE PRESIDENTS CANE FROM
Virginia Furnished More Than Any
Other State of the Union.

From the Hartford Courant)
Virginia has furnished more Presidents
to the country than any other State. All
five of them were Virginia born. too. Be-
sides. President William Henry Harrison.
VINO is credited 20 Chic. and Pressae3..
Zachary Taylor, who is credited to Lou
isiana. began life as Virginia babies.
twice the successful Presidential Eomi-
nation has gone to New York and twice
wee PRESIDENTS from that State have IN
expeetediy found themselves in the White
House But General Arthur was a Yer
monter by birth, and Mr.. Cleveland was
a Jerseyman.
The country has taken two Of It's Presi-
dents from Tennessee, and a Tennessee
Vice President has been promoted Thy the
bullet OF an assassin) to the chief mag
istracy- Queeriy enough. all three Of these
nnesseeans-Andrew Jackson, James X
Polk. and Andrew Johnson-were born in
North Carolina.
Massachusetts. early In the proceedings,
furnished two Presidents father and SON
She has furnished none since. Illinois is
represented in the list by Abraham Lin
coin, who was born in Kentucky. and
Ulysses S. Grant, who was born las before
noted in Ohio. but with generations of
sturdy Connecticut ancestors behind HIM
New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and In
diana have contributed a President apiece,
but the last-named State, as We have seen
borrowed its timber" from Ohio. The
other States, Connecticut included are
still waiting In hope. Their turn may
come in the twentieth century, or some
other century
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-15

from the San ANTONIO Exprea)
steamer left New Orleans last week loaded
with $500 bales of cotton for Japan and s463
steel rails for a Russian port. This steamer will
finish loading at Galveston, then the Atlantic
and sail through the Mediterranean Sea and the
Suez Canal, around British India, and pass the
Philippine Islands and pretty nearly circle the
globe before it reaches its final destination Or
it will round the continent Of South America,
going many thousands OF miles out OF its way
and make long trip almost diagonally across the
Pacific. Just think what a saving there would be
if the short cut could be taken the Central
American isthmus and how many more vessels
laden with cotton and other products would tie
leaving Mexican gulf ports for the Orient.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-15
The Risks of Mining.

Trom the San Francisco ChrOniele.)
The great gashes which the mining Of copper
and gold bearing is cutting in the mncrslized
belts OF California are increasing the dangers OF
the industry.
The duty and burden OF mine inspection here
tievolve naturally upon the Federal Government
The mineral lands are in the public domain. The
whole industry of mining has been initiated by
the Federal policy OF dsposing OF the public isnos
The Federal laws govern the location Of mineral
lands Federal laws should also be framed govern
ing the methods Of mining-iaws like thofe which
exist in other mining countries Federa!, inspee'
tors should be created, clothed with iuil powers
imposed upon their violation We have reached
that sage in deep mining when these common
rules OF safety cannot be ignored any longer.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-15
APPEAL TO CORRESPONDENTS.
One Papers Admonitions Tha,
Others Cordially Endorse.
That
From the Brooklyn Eagle. }

From the Brooklyn Eagle)
The Eagle" is always glad TO have it's
readers express their views upon the Porto
Rico problem, the alleged decadence of the
Church the total depravity of Prof. Sum-
ner. who said that most marriages we're
unideal; peculiarities in the management OF
the Girls High School, and other subjects
of public moment. But candor eempele the
admission that the pleasure of receiving
voluminous communication is often tenn
pered by the discovery that the able dis
sertaton is written on both sides of tire
paper; that page IS where one might rea-
sonably expect 10 find page or page 4;
that page is written at right angles TO all
the other pages; that all the pages are SO
closely written that a correction cannot
be inserted with a shoe horn; that the sig
n;ture is so securely hidden that it can be
found only with the assistance Of a search
warrant that an otherwise good idea IS
so diluted with language that the original
purpose of the writer is often lost in a
pathological fog. The Eagle" it is we'll
known maintains a board Of experts-in-
GLIDING handwriting expert who is
puzzle expert who. once he gets started on
the trail of a sentence. never relents until
he has tracked the writer through all his
maneuvres thus revealing the consecutive
order in which the pages Of the "S mmuni-
cation run-Hhose sole duty II is TO wrestle
with letters to the editor. These various
experts find their greatest joy in unravel-
ing epistolary gymnastics But even a
lathe Will turn when trod upon. Therefore,
the Eagle most respectfully suggests
that if correspondents will kindly observe
the following rules they will not only win
a large measure OF gratitude, but they will
also greatly enhance the readableness CT
their communications:
Write plainly Be especially careful with
proper names.
Write on one side of the paper only.
Don't crowd lines too closely together.
Come directly to the point.
When you are through stop.
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General waeeIer,s seat.
Fro.n the Boston Herald)


General Wheeler Of Alabama is announced 10 be
coming back into Congress. This is his beet field
for usefulness at present. He is fond OF fighting
in war, but the kind OF war to engage his services
in the Philippines is not such as TO draw him
out OF Congress. 1t is the natural duty OF men
who make their profession, but there is hard
Iy importance enough in it to attract men from
The more dgnifed service to which General
wheeler has been elected. We do not anticipate
that there will be serious objection to his taking
his seat in the National House of Representatives
Strictly speaking, he ray nave created obstacles
10 his SO doing without going through the form Of
another election. but, he has now resigned his
commission in the Army, no dangerous prece-
dent will be created by the waving of formait Is
in his case.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-15

(Erom the Baltimore SUM-
TIE shipping subsidy scheme will virtually COM
pei the taxpayers of the United States to pay
for the plants of certain gentlemen as an induce
ment for them TO engage in what they say is a
profitable business 1t is a scheme TO loot the
Treasury of the United States for the benefit
Of few shipbuiiers and it ought not to coun-
tenanced for moment. The American working
man has demonstrated his ability 10 cope success
fully with the European manufacturer in almost
every branch OF industry. There is reason
why he should not be his equal in building ships
well in making locomotives and construct
ing bridges.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-15
Sea Coast Defences.
rrom i6e s.. Paul pioneei Press. }

(From the St. Paul Pioneer Pftss-J
For several years Congressman who were so
Jealous to secure coast Notifications for stheir
districts have voted against either the reoeaniza-
ton or the increase in the artillery branch neces
sary to care for the guns. As the rate OF deter
iora,ion Of come OF these expensive coast guns,
il neglected runs from rs per cent to SO per cent
per annum and as the total cost, actual and COZ
templated, is over sl0o,oO0.oOo, the crimins /
wastetllness Of delay is apparent. Coast defencer
are necessary OF at least desirable, but TO mount
costly ordnance and leave it TO rack and ruin is
hardly the way to gain protection. 1t is also
Necessary in these days of long range and highly
complicated guns for held service as well as coast
defence TO have expert range finders, electricians
and Ammunition men.