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pr. stration. It appears that MT. Howard left Salina Cruz immediately after the Galveston disaster, his fam fly residing in that city. Upon reach- ing the lll-faued city Mir. Howard dis covered his family living in tent, and in destitute circumstances. The shock caused by this discovery and the over exertion made necessary by the con ition of affairs. brought Mir. Howard to the verge of a serious ill., ness before leaving Galveston. Being compelled to return to Mexico at the earliest possible m ,ment MT. Howard left Gaiveston while still sick and upon his arrival in this city yesterday morning was at once taken to the hospital. He waS too ill to he seen late yestel day afternoon, when re- porter called at the hospital, but hl s physician pr. Parsons does not con- sder his case serious.
 Mexican Herald: The Clarin de Oriente, journal published at Pue- bla, make the announcement, which it claims as exclusive, that Finance Minister Limantour has project for the employment of tue thirty millions of dollars which it says is now the amount of the accumulated treasury surpluses from the few last fiscal years. This project is no other, ac- cording to the Puebla ,urnal, than the foundation of state bank prop erly so called. Among other advaa- tages claimed for this project by the Puebla journal is that, if hard mes come again for the nation, throug h crop failures or other fortuitous cir cumstances, the government will be able to be it's own banker: On the the other hand the same paper says that the operations of this state bank would do much TO awaken enterprise and bring new undertakings into ex- istence. Aud the Clarin adds: What haste the present sordid banks would make to reduce the rapacious rate of interest which they charge for the loans which have to be begged for as a favor"
The oasis., 1900-10-13
How To Gain Flesh

Persons have been known to gain a pound a day by taking an ounce of SCOTT'S EMUL. SION. It is strange, but it often happens.
 Somehow the ounce produces the pound; it seems to start the digestive machinery going prop erly, so that the patient is able to digest and absorb his ordinary food, which he could not do be- fore, and that is the way the gain is made.
 A certain amount of flesh is necessary for health; if you have not got it you can get it by taking
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ACROssTHe He sO~Dtct t<

quit work on Monday last and wsnt to El Paso. They were receiving so per day, gold.
 Mexican Herald: Prince Charles Poniatowski, who some time ago sui fered an accident through the casual discharge of pistol which he was handling, met yesterday morning with another mish ap, which it is ex- pected will contine him to his home for a few days. While out riding in the morning his horse slipped and in the fall one of the. princes shoulders was dislocated. It is not thou ht that tue accident is serious but it is quite painful and it is likely to prove inconvenient.
 Mexican Herald: As an illustra tion of the richness of the soil in parts of the state of Jalisco, it is said some of the workmen of the Zapotlan ex- tention of the Mexican Central rail way of which tifty.five kilometers were opened to tra tic on October lst, dug out s50,0O0 in gold and silver coin in the cut on kilometer No. ? on that line; the workmen got half of the money and the government the other half under the old treasure law; so far this has been the most productive kilometer on that extension.
 Mexican Herald: Messrs. H. C.. Smith of Durango, connected with the John R Davis Lumoer Company, of Chicago, and F. R. Potter, repre- senting Detroit capitalists, were in Chihuahua a couple of days last week and left for the City of Mexico. They had been out to the 500,000 acre tract of land in the Western part of the state which was sold by the owners of the Garcia tract recently to the company which MT. Smith represents. It is likely that steps will soon te taken to utilize the large forests which form large part of the pur- chase.
 Mexican Herald: One of the best known cattle breeders of this repub- lie will shortly import a large number of the best cattle for crossing pur- poses. It is said that the cattle will be mostly Swiss and Holland stock. The idea is to breed first class cattle and sell them to the stockraisers or the republic for breeding purposes; the object being to cross them with native Mexican cattle. It has been noticed where the Mexican cattle has been crossed with foreign breed, as in the northern part of the republic, the result has been that the cross breed has sold at much higher price and always commands market in the United States and at home.
 Mexican Herald: There seems tC be a foundation for the rumOr that has, for some time past, prevailed, tc the effect that the present governor of the federal district, Hon Rafael Rebollar, will soon be promoted to the position of attorney general of the republic in the reorganized supreme court. The position in question may be regarded in many respects as the highest office in the judicial organism of the nation and in many countries it entities it's holder to seat in tht cabinet. Mr. RebOllar's eminen qualifications as jurist will eDablt him to fill this important post, if tht appointment is made as expected with distinguished success.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-03

than was the old England. The change in
national characteristics thus evidenced may
in part account for the more logical and
appreciative attitude of the English people
toward the United States. The cousinship
which was given excellent value during the
war with Spain is finding solid ground for
mutual understanding and works. 1t is
not we'll for a great people to become iso-
lated for many generations England has
lost prestige the continent of Europe be-
cause of a disposition to be exclusive in
the matter of human contact. while aspir-
ing TO expansion in political power. One of
the most serious sociological problems with
which English thinkers are Just now con-
fronted is whether there is not some way
for the queens subjects to break through
the ice of continental reserve toward them
This war may supply the desired medium
There is hope for a people that can forget
its ranks and classes and distinctions and
its dignity when glad news comes when
the common heart is thrilled by great
feat at arms, when suffering is relieved
when men display their heroic strain.
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Entertaining National Conventions.

The current growl about prices at Kansas
City during convention time will soon sub
side. OF course prices will be high. Surely
no experienced person ever expected any
thing else. There is always a little comedy
enacted when cities are bidding for the
honor of entertaining national convention.
Hack hire is guaranteed in advance at a
very low figure. Hotel accommodations are
not only to be ample but most reasonable.
Every citizen is to consider himself a host.
and all are TO be tireless in attentions unon
visitors. Eloquent speeches are made to
the national committee. and everything and
everybody pledged up to the hilt.
But, as matter of fact, such representa-
tions never carry the day. They are never
accepted at their face value. Your average
national committeeman knows human ma
ture. He lives in an atmosphere of conten-
ton. He is familiar with all of the little
tricks that appertain to politics. He is far
too much of a philosopher and gentleman
to hold any city accountable for the prom
ises of few Of its leading citizens made
while away from home on a booming ex-
petition. He does not vote under any such
influences. He Is not thinking about prices.
or whether delegates may be crowded six
into room, or six into bed. He listens
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However deplorable it may be as means
OF settling International civil disputes
however antiquated as a method of human
adjustment, war nevertheless has its good
uses and its wholesome results. The United
States realized this fact when the war with
Spain reunited the once-riyen sections into
a compact body devoted TO common prin-
ciple. England today feels the quickening
effect OF war upon the national pulse and
Is sure 10 benefit eventually from the ex-
perience. The London dispatches have
been telling for couple of days of the ex-
traordinary scenes there and elsewhere In
the United Kingdom attendant upon the
announcement that Ladysmith had been
relieved There has been a new disclosure
OF English characteristics. A nation, here
tofore considered by all the world as staid
equable. calm in danger and reserved in
exultation. has burst the bounds of tradi-
tion and has roared and danced with joy.
Men and women have thrown aside the
dignity of generations and gone to extra
ordinary extremes of enthusiasm. Process
sions have formed in the streets with rep
resentatives of all classes tramping about
cheering until hoarse. Men have fallen on
each others shoulders and wept for the
10Y of the good news. The nation has
found how to express the throbbings OF its
great heart.
The siege Of Ladysmith was by no means
exceptional In British history. There have
been longer investments, more terrible In
their circumstances. There have been far
more brilliant military victories than those
OF Butler and Roberts. There have been
far more heroic figures than White. But
the England Of the day when these mer
and events held the public thought was not
the England Of today, quickened by a
broader contact with the world, chastened
BY many disasters. made sympathetic
through suffering and enlightened by the
example Of the great western republic.
This new England Is a better factor for
the worlds progress and enlightenment,
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4 Sense of Injury.

I'm feeling rather lonely in the shadow
and the rain.
Though ! couldn't say that l have special
reason TO complaint:
But things that we possess we seldom seem
to care about:
The unattainable is all that brings the
wishing out.
And l watch the branches shake and hear
the cold wind blow
And see the gray clouds gather to DELHI
crate on snow
A longing fancy comes to me. I've got &c
give it room
I'd kind of like to see morning glory
out in bloom.
l linger at the doorway where their beauty
once was spread
There are some withered stalks and scat
tered leaves, all brown and dead,
Ard I'm filled with Indignation, like a
cross and crying child
AS my heart is vainly coaxing for those
mornings bright and mild.
There are pearls out in the ocean; there
are diamonds in the mine.
Most any one can get them if he'll work
and not repine.
But there isn't anything that will secure
mid winter gloom,
simple morning glory as it bushes into
bloom.
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impartially to all OF the CUFF about all of
the contending cities, and then asks him
self the question where the convention
should go for the benefit of the party
The people of Kansas City need not be
disturbed by the present outcry. They need
go about redeeming only fair and reason
able measure of what was promised and
vowed in their name. They should not rob
or maltreat the strangers within the gates.
and every one should be made sure of a
bed and a square meal. But prices. in spite
OF all, will regulate themselves. The law
OF supply and demand cannot be repealed
for the casion. The town will be full of
enthusiastic partisans. principally young
men. with fat wallets and open hearts.
The era of hard times is over. The Decla-
ration of Independence is to be made part
of the platform. The ball will open on the
ith of July. Why therefore should there be
any screwing down Of prices? What has
rigid economy TO do with an occasion so
full of ginger. and when everybody Is so
full of the glorious task of saving the coun-
try?
And while We are on the subject why
does not the substance of this apply to
Philadelphia also2
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-03

| The Presidents special message, it is con-
! tended in some quarters. cuts the ground
| from under the feet of the republican OBJ
| jectors to the Porto Rican tariff oil. How
| 50: Does it. indeed. affect the real ques
| ton at issue in the slightest?
When the shoe began to pinch the argu
! ment of Mr.. Payne and his friends was
| that a small duty must be levied in Porto
| Rico. or else appropriation be made by
Congress for the benefit of the island. The
| island government needed money, and it
could be raised in other way than this
unless the people of the United States
should go down into their own pockets and
contribute it in lump sum appropriation.
Now. all the President has done has been
to say to Congress that If this is the line
Congress has decided to follow, then, in
consideration OF the extreme necessities of
the case ii should go a step further and
| give to the Porto Ricans the benefit of
| the duties they have already paid into the
| treasury of the United States. 1t is no in
dorsement whatever of the principle laid
down by Congress, but only generous and
logical enlargement of its appica ton. Con-
gress alone remains responsible for the
principle. The President is still for free
,rade with Porto Rico
The Senate has entered upon the discus
sion of the question in way that promises
more light than all of tho House debate
afforded And now that it is begun, it
ought to he made thorough and searching.
The House. by an extremely small ma
jority. has merely decided that, as the Por-
to Ricans are exceedingly hard up for
money with which to run their home gov
eminent. a tariff. running for two years
only. should be levied against them. The
amount involved. so far as the United
States is concerned. is a mere bagatelle
The principle is everything. and it is the
| principle which. if adopted. will have to be
| defended the stump in the presidential
| campaign.
Republican votes were cast for the bill
| in the House which really did not approve
If the measure. They We're caught in the
| swirl. and felt obliged at the last mo-
| ment 10 sustain their party's control of
| that body. This is. in a measure, embar-
| RAISING to republicans of the Senate but it
should neither control debate nor obscure
| the real issue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-03

Congress will probably go slow in consid-
ering the bills just introduced in both
houses providing for the burial of all telc-
graph and telephone wires and the construc-
ton and extension of conduits by the COM
panies now doing business in the District.
There IS unquestionably sharp public de-
mand for the enactment OF some legislation
of this kind. Municipal interests require the
burial of every form of electrical conductor
in use in the inhabited area. The telegraph
companies are acutey suffering for the lack
% authority to bury their wires, while in
hbitcd from extending the overhead sys-
TEN. Matters are at a standstill, and in
growing community like this the situation
is intolerable. But a special condition ex-
lists just now TO suggest a delay Congress
has passed a law regulating the telephone
rates and the company has fought that
law in the courts and secured its judicial
repeal. The will of Congress- however, has
rot been reversed. The question at issue
now is whether this company shall be COM
PEELED 20 furnish its service for reason
able range Of rates. or shall be supplanted
in effect by another company willing to I'M
dertake the service at the low rates pre-
scribed by law and by the trend of modern
conditions. While that issue remains I'M
solved Congress IS not likely to enact a law
legalzng all the existing conduits of the
recalcitrant telephone company and grant
ing it authority to make extensive addi-
tons to its underground plant, thus more
firmly entrenching itself in the local field
in all its rebellion and defiance. 1t were
better to wait a bit longer for the relief
on the wire question and have the tele-
phone matter settled properly than to SET
tie the wire question first and find that
settlement later stumbling block to prog
ress in the line of teephone reform
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POtterinS With the Porto Rican Issue
Ernu he New York Herald


The special message from the President
yesterday and the Houses prompt compli-
ance in voting that two million dollars be
appropriated from the treasury for the re-
lief of Porto Rico shows that the President
feels the intensity of popular indignation
against the oppresSion of the unfortunate
islanders.
1t also shows the rottenness of the pre-
tence that the sole purpose in maintaining
IA tariff barrier between the United States
and Porto Rico Is to provide funds for the
latter. The sum it is now intended to turn
over is very nearly as large as the esti-
mated proceeds of the proposed tariff dur
ing the two years of its existence.
That the amount corresponds with that
collected in duties upon products imported
from the island during the last sixteen
months is immaterial; it is just much
appropriated from the United States treas
ury. The islanders have not asked for this
What they request and what it is "our
plain duty" to grant is a chance to work
out their own salvation by opening our
ports and permitting them to dispose of the
products of their labor
But this is opposed by the Connecticut
tobacco growers, the Louisiana sugar plant
ers and the officials of the high protection
list organization whose influence is so strong
with the dominant party. We recently had
an illustration of how some of these pro-
tective duties work. in the statement that a
certain duty which had yielded four mil
lions to the government had put twenty
four millions into the pockets of a trust
Under the pretext of raising two and one
half millions for the Porto Ricans during
the next two years, the protected interests
would mulct from the islanders on the one
hand and the American people on the other
sum far in excess of the amount that the
government would collect and refund
The appropriation of money for Porto
Rico is quite in keeping with the twistings
and fiounderings that have preceded 1t, be-
| ing an attempt to appease popular outcry
against inhumaHity to the islanders while
perSfSteRtly refusing them the natural tho
practical and the only adequate relief to
which they are entitled and which 1.-THE
| highest considerations of Justice and hu
mainly impel US to grant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-03

I'm very fond of whist" said Mr.. Meek
ton. Henrietta and l play 1t great
deal
Il have just been reading up on the
game ?
Il never look at such books. They affect
me like downright impertiEcnce. The men
WHO wrote some of them seem to think
they know more about the game than
Henrietta does"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-03

'Rumor is a potent and terrible thing"
said the man of much sensiblity. How
often it happens that some man falls under
the suspicion of the world. and through no
fault of his own is met on every hand with
questioning glances.'
Yes, said the young man. But you
get used to it after while and don't mind
it,
DO you speak from eXperience?'
YES. I'm the clerk who receives people s
money every month at the gas Office
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-03

Porto Rico will doubtless reflect on the
promptness with which this country came
TO its relief after the hurricane as an as
surance that the island will not be allowed
TO suffer any tariff devastations
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-03

On what theory of administering justice
does a Philadelphia court send one man to
prison for a year for selling the French
novel ''Sapho,' when the same book has
been sold by all the booksellers of that
city for years, and is probably now on the
shelves of every one of them? Justice has
long been represented as blind, but in the
Quaker city she seems to be also over
taken by that somnolence which is said
10 be a specially with the place
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-03

Ex-President Cleveland denies that his
health is failing. There is no one who will
not wish him long life in which to enjoy
the triumphs of the sportsman and freedom
from all political cares
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-03

The English do not expect to let the fact
that 1t is Lent cause them to deny them
selves the luxury of few more victories in
South Africa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-03

General Cronje has little to be thankful
for in the fact that there is no word in
English with which Sir Alfred Austin can
make his name rhyme
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-03

The fact that its convention disappoint-
ment came so closely prior to the book beer
season may make the blow a little easier
for Milwaukee to bear.
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Fa me.

A man may do his best in art,
But all the fame he gets
Will seldom equal the renown
OF a brand of cigarettes. :.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-03

Mayor Van Wyck has been ordered by
MS physician to use dumb-bells and take
other athletic exercise. This may strike
Governor Roosevelt a slightly suspicious
circumstance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-03

The next time the Emperor of Germany
wants TO figure as a theatrical parsonage
he may have enough foresight to get some
enterprising American manager to pre-
sent him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-03
An Evidence of Envy.

7 rUn tHt view IUFk MdlI anu ENpresg
One of the London weeklies calls the
United States ''Dollaropolis," and the term
is rather pat. too. But two billion dollar
country doesn't mind being called names
by her envious sistsrA
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No Credit.

II can't help feeling Indignant" said SEN
ator Sorghum. ale has questioned my
honesty"
In what way"
He refused to trust me for the money
| was to pay him for delivering batch of
votes on certain date"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-03

General Kitchener is not monopolzng tn,
bouquets to quite the extent that was ex
pected when he started for South Africa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-03

Agunaldo might show his sporting blood
by challenging Mr.. ,Coxey to pedestrian
contest.
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SHOOTING STARS.
An Attainment.

so you studied the Russian langua ge ?"
Yes 1 make it a rule to learn some
thing of the language OF every country ]
vie
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-03

Senator PETER might find it in his heart
TO remind Lord Rosebery that severing old
connections in order to be a political free
lance is risky business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-03

Yes. l got so I could tell whether the
brakeman on a railway train was calling
out the name of a station or catching
cold. q"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-03

OIn order to avoid delays. on nc
count of personal absence. letters to
THE STAR should not be addressed
Ia any individual connected with the
u:Iicc. but simply to THE STAR. to
the Editorial business Depart
Imrntx. according to tenor or purpose