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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-18
NEW FRENCH POSTAGE STAMPS.
Will He Sold when the Exposition
Is Formally Opened.
lFTom the I.ondon NeWs.

France is preparing her new portage
stamp. which Is TO be memorial of the
Exhibition. The day it opens to the public
that stamp. for 49, Is, 20, %, and 90 CEN
times. will be on sale and In use all over
the Republic. Not that a new stamp is
wanted. The rHw current stamps of the
Republic are probably the best designed in
the world. and there was no need to change
them. 1t is not as il the label showed the
head of the President. as in the case of
America. or Of a sovereign, as in empires
and kingdoms.
The design is ipsuggestire of date and
independent of time. so long as the Repub-
lie lasted But the Exhibition is TO make
much that was old obsolete. The new
stamp will show the Republic. seated fig
ure. holding tablet. on which Is written
'Droits de rhomme-' On a cartouche.
wreathed with iaurels. will be inscribed the
value OF the stamp. and the legend Re
pubiique Franchise will be read under
meath II will be interesting to see the
new issue. which might give us a hint for
the new foreign postcard stamp. Our own
is the worst designed ami the least effective
of all those in circulation throughout the
Postal Union
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-18
AFFAIRS IN CUBA.
General wood to Prepare n Pinn for
Holding Elections.

HAVANA, March 17.-After more than
months work by the commission ap-
pointed by Governor General Wood to pre-
pare a scheme for holding an election in
May. nothing satisfactorily practicable
has been developed that would be OF serv-
ice. Governor General Wood has. therefore.
discarded all suggestions Of the committee
and will go ahead on his own ideas. Based
on the ordinary system used in the United
States to prepare for elections. the time
intervening before the date set is so short
that further delay is not permissible.
me La Gloria colonists in Nuevitas are
IN such straits that 100 of them have ap-
pied 10 the Quartermaster's Department
Tor transportation back to New York. The
local authorities approve the request. as
they fear an epidemic of fever among sucb
a crowd OF non-immunes and unemployed
without proper food. Tie request has
been sent to Governor General Wood who
undoubtedly viii transmit it to Washing
ton later on. The whole La Gloria coloni
zation scheme has been n failure. and I'M
less food and transportation is sent there
is little question but that T-eat suffering
will ensue
Secretary of War Root and his party
sailed tonight on the transp' TT Sedgwick
for Charleston. Mr.. Roots visit has un-
doubtedly created favorable impression
among the Cubans. His reiteration OF
the statement that the joint resolution OF
Congress in regard to Cuba would be car
ried out has served TO allay popular ex-
citement.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-18
NOTHING BUT THE PRINCIPLE.
A Man Who Knew Human Nature
puys Land.


(From the Lewiston Mel JournaL)
\ good lawyer learns many lessons in
the school of human nature. and thus it
was that Lawyer Hackett did not fear to
purchase tract of land which had been
''lawed over" for years
Some of the people wondered why he
wanted to get hold OF property with such
an incubus OF uncertainty upon It. Others
thought that perhaps he wanted some legal
knitting work and would pitch in red hot
to fight that line fence question on his own
hook.
That's what the owner of the adjoining
land thought So he braced himself for
trouble when he saw Hackett across tha
fields one day.
Said Hackett: What's your claim here.
anyway. as TO this fence?"
Il insist" replied the neighbor, that
your fence is over on my land two feet at
one end and one foot at least at the other
Well" replied Hackett. you go ahead
just as quick as you can and set your fence
over. At the end where you say that
encroach on you two feet set the fence on
my land four feet. At the other end push
it on my land two feet
But" persisted the neighbor. that's
twice what 1 claim
Il don't care about that" said Hackett.
There's been fight enough over this land.
| want you to take enough so you are per-
fectly satisfied. and then We can get along
pleasantly. Go ahead and help yourself"
The man paused abashed. He had been
ready to commence the old struggle tooth
and nail, but this move of the new neigh
Dor stunned him. Yet he wasn't to be out
done in generosity. He looked at Hack
EFT.
Squire" said he THAT fence amt go
ing to be moved an inch. | don't want the
land There want nothin' in the fight,
anyway, but the principle of the thing"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-18
CRoNJE AT ST. HELENA.
An Essay on Comparative Punish
menfs.


" 'Ie Nc" '''N 'V"'I
news On GronJes transfer TO 81 del
10, mas made us pensive IL must have
49, r L pensive as wen. He might
~ ~. I've oeen sent TO London and put
tarra5 Inc war once mas pre-
NaroI. mp MN 10 the island on which
~, ,' -. N1eeu- Inc simplicity OF
r,ors1, - overwhelming IL is not
ma u is cruel. too. We're the
-, NIonle would be sold as
ia ~ ".'o,uance with the mood and
r9as y. nus oaptors. ne would be
a. -. Put 10 .ne sword
,,assacrad ~ c"e'h 10 =, oeeh Ie'surev
a-a.e,a.. -. "a al II "ouiu nave peen
ela1ineu' out UPSIDE down. with MS feet,
ho', "i h nau IN .ne aif' IN nome ne hiieht
30, - ~. ,na,o. IS .'a ~, ne MAJ ~ as
- ~ -, ,-s, - "0 o," 10. .ne %
81 T..,,,o "a'e nc" IA uiuiAru ."
,,....,,.,.. - .,'u at.u. 'ns ,ueio
..tIa - 80. -" c.t'e "ou'u snou''
~ ..a n'sI' ieinaene "ouia nave
Ia I'm aau cue ,or SIX hunareu that
r,.a5 NJ, w" MN promptly sn,eFni-
$50 -, ne oeen ueienains Eihe m
- ne "ouiu nave Deeh tos
=, v;,,.ss NC opposea henry instead
Had he hoa,, a,,,o,.' ,s NV , oeen ourheu'
tool -, 80 .Aose Mnoin nohapsr'e
would h.,,a -, t..,,a.s uneasiness
rest U.d ,his - s. y, an ,t .elnai
tho cont,'r,, ~, %, cl Gu earlier IN
have tbro,rr ~, 49, ~ IN linen m'sn.
and Ies, ~, -. - o'U y. NUN
which he gnas 80 9. 49, vs.. -. VI
changed. cns,a,,,s Ines na'e
have imnroved is a,o,too '"e'
8, ueIe,a ;s s'oi
ticuiarly for n mar ~ o,,esaas - pa.
But since the Cors;can go - -.
magnificent GHOST ,hara - W "is
possible prisoner h,g ano,,ah - ,.,. 10
cell. Memories and iegends - a,a
it far too roomv for anyone Iess t,,I w.,
Nano,aon 10 ra,,naar ..',. s".' 49,
yamped ana az -odorhtat1a 90 80.
there would r.. a. 80 90 -. -,
the discon,er,a5 .,axanda- LII .;,Is-
for otha- y,o-Id, - -,
Iodyed tbs-a w. C..oss 20
and u-.-a ,har. 49, 81, "o'e 70 ~
e. Helene .a,,,d A. o. na1.
with the sxcortsc- =, 80 80. -, -.
ernor CoIonai RoosavsI, ~ -. anu
other bsro I;,,,rs, o. a.. - y. ~
island ard ,ha ,,,s,,,,rsa, =. :. 'aoui enae
T, 4; o-,aI,. a.. -, -, 49," "eAS''
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-18

and laid it upon the floor. That was the
end of the proceedings in that session. 50
far as nature study was concerned. The
children in the room below were nnder
the impression that bomb had exploded
over their heads.
1t is pity that DR.. Hale could not have
been present to see the result of his teach
ings. The incident proves that in these
days of facile communication it is not SAFE
to cast an unqualified statement upon the
air of Boston and trust that it will not
turn up in Chicago. DR.. Hale should re-
member in future. that a theory which is
good in the abstract may be dangerous
when put into concrete form, and that
somebody is always foolhardy enough to
try the experiment. He might make
speech in Boston advocating the plan OF
killing off the surplus population every
year, and the people of that city. who are
used TO all sorts Of strange notions, would
take that one for what it is worth, and 50
on about their business. Six weeks later
We should hear that some little town in
Kansas. or Idaho. or Indiana, had had q
perfect st. Bartholomew carnival in try
ing to carry out the ideas of DR.. Hale and
keep up with the fashions. People OF in
fiuence should have some regard for their
innocent and trusting fellow-beings.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-18

Nrom tie II. louis Globe-Democri)
Some OF the British papers arc intimatine tina.
Tie impcrialist sentiment in Canada which ihe
South African war has aroused has postponed the
annexation Of Canada TO the United States. This
is probably true. 1t has postponed annexation,
but las not made it impossible. When Canada
sees, by the census in this country in 1890 aud
the census in its own domain in 1901, that thu
gap between the two localities is growing con-
family and rapidly broader, il viii realize once
more that if it wants to gain any recognized place
in the worlds politics it must join the United
states Long before the expiration Of the century
which begins nine and half months hence
Canada, 10y the choice Of its own inhabitar,, and
tle consent of England. viii form tive OF sis
States OF the American Mon.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-18
site of an Indian Village.

1Fr0m tTc Hlwl-1T-T1. ~, FTandcaer-)
According 20 General Adair there was 4 city
ou the site of HawrSvillr long before the white
man appeared in this part If the country.
Underlying The whole Gown, and especially be
low ,he hriO.c there is a deposit Of shells so
heavy thlt in places blowing is made very trouble
some. Thee shells are not Of the common Ohio
River mlisscl- but are rough and black like those
OF the oyster General Ad3ir SAYS they are gen.
uine oyster shells. but does not say where they
came from. He saws the Tndieus had a rat vii
ia.r here and made it their home for many years.
In the same fields may be found hundreds Of ar
row heads and other stones fashioned by srvages.
Where lhe shells are found thickcst may be seen
hundreds at small hOWlders that have been burnt
and broken. General Adair. who Is authority on
this subject sys thc stones were used for cooking
1uguo-ts: thtt were made ed hot, he claims. and
then thrown into small pools Of water. This
process was continued until the water was suth-
oicrtly heated 10 bod tbe oysters and other ar
ticcs oi food.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-18


\ week or so ago il was known in Ger
tain uptown circles that a well-knGwn Chi
cago gentleman had lost $50. coo in this
city by the flip of coin. Various attempts
We're made to discredit the story but in
the main ii turned out to be pretty nearly
truthful Last night at the Waldorf Astoria
a group of Chicago gentlemen told OF the
greatest game of poker that has been
played in New York in many moons. 1t
seems. according to those familiar with the
story. that the fun started little over a
week ago. when certain Chicago gentlemen.
who are Interested in industrial enter
priseS. started from the Windy City for
New York in a private ear. and it was
made known last night that one of the
passengers in the private car. who in times
past has been prominent in wheat deals,
lost $500 0O0 at poker on the journey.
From that little episode there grew ore
of the greatest games of poker that folks
hereabOuts have ever known Of. This game
wound up at a certain famous hotel on
Monday night There were six players,
and the game lasted week. During that
time more than 81. 000. 900 changed hands
The sky above was the limit. The names
of the Chicago gentlemen who were inter-
ested in this high-play game are well
known but for obvious reasons they are
not printed this morning. As a matter of
fact. five of them were from Chicago The
other was from New York. All are con-
nected with a big industrial enterprise.
1t was ascertained that one of the gen
tlemen lost S100. 900. another SS5. 0OO. and
another $3.50. 900.
There was a great deal OF talk at the
Waldorf Astoria last night about this great
game At Delmonico's. too. and all over
town las incidents were freely discussed.
The gentleman who lost $500 is n
familiar figure in Wall Street and in Chi
cago. He is widely known as a sport and
n plunger
Those who told the details of the story
last night we're from Chicago and they
said that the Chicago men in the game
were not ashamed of letting New Workers
see the sort of nerve they possessed.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-18

they will earn comparatively mild terms
by early submission. II there is not any
chance whatever Of outside help for them
If would be wholesale suicide to persist in
a struggle which can, otherwise, terminate
in but one way. The Beers have won the
worlds admiration by their military PROV
ess and the generalship Of their command
ers; but they are too ponderously outnum-
bered to have the slightest hope of ulti-
mate success. Like General Cronje after
his heroic defence at Koodoe's Rand, whea
resistance at last means nothing but use
less slaughter, they would better surren-
Hnr
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-18
A MYSTERIOUS LAKE.
4. Il. Drummond Thinks He Has
Found Its Source of supply.


(From the New York Snn) 1ltf
On the north side of Lake Ontario.
southwest of the Canadian city of King
sion. is lake situated on height of land
one side OF which forms a cliff IL is Just
south of the arm of Lake Ontario known
as Quinte Bay and it stands $50 feet above
the bay. There is no opportunity for sur
face waters to flow into this little Lake and
no one has the slightest idea whence it
derives its waters. which re clear and
fresh The lake is about one AID : ,ialf
miles long with width of about I'll rec
quarters Of mile.
MIR. A. T. Drummond recently grr,:e a
letter to Nature in which he said he be-
leyed he had solved the mystery of the
invisible inflow which cannot poss ibly be
attributed to springs from any higher
ground in the neighborhood. In s opin-
ion the source of the lake is TO be found
in the Trenton limestone area some TWEEN
ty-fve or thirty miles TO the northeast
There is steady rise in these rocks TO
the north and their dip is favorable to
sending the water that sinks through the
soil to them southwark to the region OF
Lake Ontario. Fifty miles away the rocks
have a height OF 400 feet above the lake.
In order to ascertain the bearing of these
rocks upon the origin of the inflow Mr..
Drummond last summer made series OF
soundings in the little lake. The larger part
of the lake is shallow. but along its south
ern edge he found a great rent in the bot
tom nearly mile long and a third 1f
mile wide In this rent the deiths varied
10 TO 100 feet. He says the rent is prob
ably due to a wide fault or breakage in
the Trenton limestone and he believes that
the same forces that gave rise to this fault
may account for a subterranean ccnnec-
ton with the higher ground many miles to
the north through which the water finds
its way into the little lake that overlooks
Ontario. Mr.. DrummDnd's theory is the
most plausible that has yet been suggested
10 account for the source from which this
mysterious lake receives its waters.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-18
Courts Past and Present.

From the Kansas City Star)
The modern abatement Of the exalted sentiment
of respect with which the people once regarded
the courts has been caused by the failure Of tie
courts themselves TO maintain their former level.
4 magistrate who places himself within the reach
OF political influences, who shows himself a
partisan in the Trial OF eases, who becomes an
advocate as well as a judge, who permits his per
sonai prejudices to dominate his sense OF justice,
cannot hope 10 command the respect OF the at
torneys who are constantly in position TO observe
his limitations
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-18
Thou Shalt Not steal.

q IOn INT NOICtsItT spy-J
The Rev. ]. II. Bruce. Is Shepard Street. Wo-
cester has an article on The F.Giine in India.
in the Rev Charles NJ Sheldon's edition of the
Topeka Capital" which he is running. as he
believes. as Christ would rIn it 1t seems that
the article is. clipped vi bout credit from the
..Cougresatioualist" while a similar. il not the
same. original communication from Nr. Bruce
,ya. rriptcd in the spy several weeks ago. Now
the question arises, Would Christ crib story
without creiit7 Would he employ labor without
payY' It's up to the Rev. NJ. sheldon.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-18

tfrom the minneapolis Inbune.)
The situatiOn is that demands a statesman
vi broad and comprehensive grasp and Of un-
daunted courage who will mark out the course
that appears to him to be right and lead public
sentiment rather than attempt TO follow it by the
shifting waves OF opinion in the process Of forn,a-
ton Is President Mckinley such man? Nov
is the time for him To prove himself fitting
leader in a difficult crisis.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-18

A. 10 senator characteristics Hon.
William E. Chandler is recuperatng at the
Hot Springs of Missouri from the srrduous
labor he has been doing in the Senate since
the onening of Congress in December
When he is we'll rested it is expected that
he will go back to New Hampshire for a
brief spell TO learn at close range some
thing of the conditions there that bear on
his political future. There is an unwrtten
but unbroken rule in New Hampshire
against any man serving more than two
terms in the Senate. Senator Chambers
second full term will expire with the Fifty
sixth Congress. He served part of d term
on appointment of the Governor before he
was elected and he is now winding up
career of fifteen years in the Senate Busy
years have they been for Senator Chandler
too. No legislator in Washington in all
that term has worked harder, more intelli-
gently. or more earnestly than has Senator
Chandler. Neither has any man ever been
more tenacious of purpose than he. When
ever he has formed a judgment. on any
proposition, great or small, he could al
WAYS he relied upon to act and vote as his
Judgment directed. irrespective of political
eypediency and with contempt for the party
lash His attitude toward reelection is
said to be one OF the UTMOST SubmiSsiyeneSS
to the wishes of the people of New Hamp-
shire. II they desire TO apply their I'M
broken rule to him he is willing to submit
without a murmur If. on the contrary.
they think his experience would be OF serv-
ice TO them he will gladly accept re-elec-
ticu. Also it is thought that ii he makes
up his mind that the Boston and Maine
Railroad wants to retire him this year as
that corporation tried to do six years ago,
he may conclude to again enter
the race actively just for the
amusement such fight would af-
ford him. The Boston and Maine appears
to own nearly everything in New Hamp-
shire. as it does in Maine. except Senator
Chandler, and it is believed he can whip
that corporation this year as easily as he
did in 1884 if it challenges him. Senator
Gallinger. too is expected to take hand
in the fight against his colleague, and with
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-18

IFIVIU III' I'M TITT-T7TW WNN'.T
Elliott Hook cooking beef-tcJk az cal
ocean when a MaiI~er bullet hit the pan in which
the steak was sizzling, knocked it about a rod and
sprinblcd Hook with hot grease. ftr disappointed
soldier immediately loaded his rfa, and watched
all day long 10 GET shot at the rebels, saying
10 his comrades II went into his war vt the
call of ms country. but sinner that iellow spilled
my meat it has become personal matter %
Aud so he regarded it until he sailed away from
Manila
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-18

.Frora the Philadelphia Press.)
The bluuders made by Mr. Chamberlain before
war came lessen the hope OF wisdom and self
restraint now; hut unless Great Britain. when
submission and SURRENDER come, grants the Boer
autonomy and self-sov,unlnt, evil days are be-
fore British rule in souih Africa. and the large
measure Of sympathy rrioyed by Great Britain
in t!tis country aiH disappear.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-18

two such influences to combat, it is con-
stdered not unlikely that Senator Chandler
would not miss the opportunity for lively
scrap. even at the risk of being defeated
outright. Senator Gallinger will spend the
greater part of this week in New Hamp-
shire, and presumably the object OF his
visit at this time is to set up the pins
against his colleague Senator Chandler it
is stated. Will be in the State next week
and 'hen some pins set up this week may
be knocked down.
inwney Is Doomed.-For his pains
in doing the Administrator bidding by
assisting in forcing through the oxnard
bill. imposing a discriminating tariff
against Porto Rico. the Hon James A.
Tawney of Minnesota probably will CON
ciude to retire to private life for an in
definite period at the expiration of this
Congress. Mr.. Tawneys close friends in
his home town of Winona are said to be
advising him not to again ask for the
nomination. They hope to be able TO save
the First district which normally is over
whelmingly Republican, by a new deal.
but are in utter despair OF doing so with
him as the party nominee. Until he was
converted to Mr.. Oxpard's view of the
Porto Rican question, Mr.. Tawney was
one of the strongest members of the Min
nesota delegation. He is now serving his
fourth term in the House. and is 4 leader
of the Ways and Means Committee. His
friends were proud of him. and his con-
stituents had given him TO understand
that he could continue to represent them
in the House until the people of Minnesota
recognized his worth they did and
elevated him to the Senate. The Admin
istration il is said is pledged to protect
him from the wrath OF his constituents.
but even this. according to late reports
from Minnesota. cannot save him What
is true of Mr. Tawney appears to be true
of the other members OF the Minnesota
delegation who were whipped into line
for the 0Ynard bill. The only exceptions
are Mr.. Heatwole and Mr.. Fletcher. and
it is said they. too. would be doomed
like the rest had they not voted against
the hill
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-18

Strange things happen simultaneously in
the field of the higher education. Presi-
dent Harper. Of Chicago University, dis
solves and abolshes the college banjo and
glee clubs in his institution because they
make the boys bad and lazy. while
Otis. at Manila, begs permission to enlist
the Filipinos in orchestras and brass
bands because that course will make them
good and intelligent. Perhaps if the dis
banded student pipers were TO 90 over to
the Philippines. Otis might give them Il
chance with the other natives
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-18

1t is rather an interesting spectacle for
the last year of the nineteenth century
TO see the insurgent Kentucky leader. Tay-
Tor. moving about the State like Rob Roy
with an armed escort of his wild noun
taineers. How long does he, or anyone
suppose that sort of thing Will be toler
ated? OF course the extreme element of
the insurrectonists fully expect the Presi-
dent to recognize Taylor and to support
him with Federal troops but they forget
that Mr. Mckinley is likely to be Presi-
Dental candidate this year.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-04-30
Captain Chadwick Becomes Prominent.

Captain Chadwick OF the New York
having made an attack on Admiral
Schely which may Lead to an inyes-
tigation Of the strained relations IN
the Navy relative TO that officer the
whole matter may be cleared up.
People here will watch developments
in the case with much interest on ac-
count of Chadwick. Up TO date their
sympathies have been with Schley as
they have been all over the country.
The matter should be settled one way
or the other