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reluctantly from the major, be thanked them
for helping to make his evening a success.
They went home pleased, feeling that they
had done more delicately and generously than
Mrs. Burden and Margaret Alden.
Charlie Paine, too. was pleased, feeling
that he, more than anyone else at the party
had impressed Margaret Alden.
The other sons of Major Porter's friends
also went home pleased, feeling that they
had been rather uncommonly nice. and sym
pathetic in helping along the majors festiyi-
ties.
Brother Bills boy, the superintendent, and
the men from the Office all were pleased, feel
ing that the major thought them all, in
their respective lines, bright, rising young
men.
Mrs. Burden, still patient and cold, was
pleased, feeling that hers had been the most
dignifed and superior behavior of tho even-
ing. Margaret Alden was pleased, feeling the
occasion, in some sort, a proof that she had
not trace Of worldliness nor frivolity in her
nature, though no one could have said Justly
why her behavior at her uncle's honest demo-
cratic little dance should have given her this
impression
Major Porter locked up his dark house
after the music was still and all the candles
out, pleased with everything. He considered
he had certainly cheered up Margaret he
thought how pleasant it had all been; how
lovely the young girls were and how clever
and manly the young men, and he could not
help knowing that everyone at the party
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subjected to personal indignities by over
bearing fellow students which they should
and which the public does resent.
The cool assertion that a few drops of
Tobasco were given the Pennsylvania
cadet as a tonic" is Of the essence OF the
misconduct of those who gave it. For a
class or a party of students to demand
that ''plebe" shall take Tobasco,, or to
do any other act not in the line of strict
duty is to offer an insult to the ''plebe. p"
1t is passing strange that any cadet
should ever have assumed such a
privilege, and strange that the offensive
habit, when once exposed in all its vici-
BUSINESS. should still find defenders. To
fit themselves for proper department as
officers commanding enlisted men in the
army, cadets should avoid all such domi-
neering as that which finds it's vent in
.shazing." and the fact that they defend
it is not calculated to inspire public conf
dence in that system of training under
which the hazing practice tiourishes.
Cadet Kensel is said to have been driven
from the academy-hazed out OF it by the
application of Tobasco sauce and other
personal indignities which have wrecked
his health He entered the academy in
June last. His father had been an old
army officer, and the cadet himself had
served his country in the late Spanish
war. These services will make the case
notable; but the principle would be the
same If the cadet who had been thus out
ragged were of any other family. The
whole country has been put to shame by
these mischievous and unmanly pranks.
academy as students ought to be pos
The young men admitted to the military
sessed of sufficient sense to see the dis
credit they are bringing upon the army
and themselves by trampling upon the
sensibilities of their fellows.
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The superintendent of the state school
for the deaf at Faribault wants to except
that school from the board Of control
scheme because it is not charity but an
educational institution to be classed with
the normal schools and the university
rather than the institutions for the vicious
and insane. There is something to be
said in favor OF Mr.. Smiths protest, but
the probabilities are that the more eff
cient business methods expected from the
board of control and applied to the vari-
Gus institutions under it will make for
greater efficiency in the work of these in
stitutions. At least that is the testimony
from other states of superintendents who
were originally skeptical as to the cen
tralized plan.
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av.-JAPANEsE RULE IN FORMOsA
(By Professor Ernest w. Clement of the I'm
perial University of Japan.)

By the terms of the treaty of Shimonoseki
which In 1895 brought to a close the war
between Japan and China Formosa and the
Pescadores were ceded to Japan and upon
ratlfcation OF that treaty in May Of that
year were formally handed over by the
Chinese to the Japanese.
An attempt of the Chinese in Formosa to
establish republic proved abortive SO that
by october, 1895. the Japanese had secured
military occupation of the island although
1t was many months before that occupancy
became real. For several years. indeed, reg
ular or guerilla warfare was continued by
Chlnese bandits and the aboriginies; and even
now occasional outbreaks are experienced.
The military occupation of Formosa was ac-
complshed under the command OF Count Ad-
miral kabayama, the hero of the Yalu naval
battle, and Prince Kitashirakawa, who fell
victim to disease in that island. Count
Kabayama was the first military governor.
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S,,A,kNA.,.,4
The joys of Literature.

Coleridge declared that poetry had been to
him its own exceeding great reward. and
when offered half share in two London
newspapers, which would probably have
yielded him an income Of $4,000 a year. re-
piled: II will not give up the country and
the lazy reading of old folios for two
thousand times two thousand pounds!" "Pa-
tience. Southey used to exclaim when occa-
sionally weary Of his enforced and i'll paid
drudgery at literary ephemera. 1T is, after
all, better than pleading in sinking court
of law, or being called up at midnight to q
patient; it IS better than being a soldier or
a sailor; better than calculating profit and
loss at courter-better, in short, than any
thing but independence.
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Manners of the silent Man.

Major J. A. Watrous, in The Saturday Even
ing Post.
In the war with Mexico Grant was second
lieutenant, but for the most Of the time be
commanded one company in the Fourth in
fantry. He was quiet, gentle and mild-man-
nered. He said but little to any one. but
when he did speak there was excuse for it. In
camp he was always busy doing something.
II a man was sick, or simRly ailing bit, it
was not the surgeon who first knew it, but
Lieutenant Grant II rations were short and
poor, and the army was where full rations
and good ones, could be had, Grant would
not rest until his men were properly sup
piled
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ADJUSTMENTS
The Boston Lyrics in Carmen" at
the Metropolitan.


With four new singers in the cast tho por
'on Lyrics rather redeemed themselves last
nIgnt by their performance of .sCarn,an =,
FROM dramatic point of view the production
was worthy or great praise, while in a mn
Slcal way IL was uneven but bespangIed with
many good things. Bizet's great opera is one
oI the most remarkable in all musical litera-
lure lot lts marriage of sound to sense It's
melodies are characteristicaIly Spanisb-al
though Bizet was a Frenchman-and thew
express all the passion and fatalism of the
spanish character, touched as it is by the
MOORISH influence. The aIluring coouetry of
the cigarette girl, the wild jealousy of her
lover, the staggering bravado of the bull
nghter, are all depicted by the composer in
llcnly colored melodic pictures The wild
play OF passion reaching its climax in the
last acts, is described quite as accurately by
the music as by the action. Signorita Col
lamarini is temperamentalIy well fitted for
the role of Carmen, in which she appears
The warm blood of the Latin races flows IN
her veins. She actualizes for US, as few of
her predecessors in the role have done, the
wild, pleasure loving, wanton- hearted. girl
who was true only to her passions and her
superstitions. Vocally Collamarini is richly
endowed, but somewhat lacking in art. She
uses her rich contralto voice with more at
tention to dramatic meaning than to correct
tone-production. One of the results is that
there is too much contrast between her up
per and lower registers-so, much so that
one might imagine them belonging to differ
ent singers, If one depended upon the ear
alone to distinguish. In dancing and the
use of the castanet the signorita is quite at
home, and she wears some striking Spanish
costumes one to the manner born. Signor
Russo, who sings Jose" is an excellent
actor as well as the possessor of a cultured
and sympathetic tenor voice. He has dig
nifty and repose, and yet, when the situa-
ton demands, expresses the transports of
passion with stirring action and vibrant
voice. Signor Alessandroni scores triumph
in his warmly pictorial rendition of the IA
NOUS Toreador song, as what singer Of even
fair voice and dramatic understanding would
not? Miss Bertha Davis sings the role OF
Michaela with a pure soprano handled in
excellent style. While lacking, perhaps, in
feeling, her singing makes distinctly favor
able impression and her personality is pleas
ing. Frank Maslin sings the role of the
captain acceptably, his enunciation being re-
markably distinct. The chorus, while in
better form than on the preceding evening"
was yet guilty of much ragged work, and
its inharmonies were at times most distress
ing. w B. C.
Tonight, at the Metropolitan, Colamarini
will appear as Azucena in III Trovatore
Tomorrow matinee The Idols Eye will
be the bill and tomorrow evening and Sat
urday matinee Wang" Collamarini will
sing Carmen again on Thursday night. and
Friday evening will be seen in ''Mignon.
The bill for Saturday night is THE Fencing
Master''
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-03-19
The Increase OF cities
Saturday Evening Pnst

odIuTudy Evening Post
comparison of the roll of cities now with
that at the time of our first census, in 1890,
discloses some strange mutations of fortune.
In 1850 the fourth city in the United States
was Charleson, S. c.. now the sixty-eighth.
The seventh was Salem, Mass, now the one
hundred and tenth There were only six cities
Of over 5000 inhabitants; not even village
west OF the Anghenies had a place on the
census roll, and even in the east there was
no Jersey City. Newark or Washington.
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and venerate his memory as long as he had
the strength left to sign a check.
Mr.. Carnegie is not only "a good thing
and a good man now, but he promises to keep
1T up. Other cities will make orders, upon
him. as he puts it, and it is likely that they
will be honored Suppose he has given $780,
O0O,O 900 up 10 the present time. 1t will be re-
membered that he had about $500, ,OOO, 900 at
the close of the steel deal. There is a whole
lot OF opportunity left, and the United States
offers a wide field OF usefulness. Let US put
in bid for an art gallery or a music hall or
something or other at once.
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liked him, and thought him fine fellow.
IN TINS manner everyone managed in some
sort, to shine. So in a world where n is To
be hoped everybody likes a little admiration
the majors party was perhaps a fair sue
cess
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Early Dimcultfes in Formosa.

The first difficult question that arose con-
cerned the status of the Chinese residents of
Formosa. Article " Of the Shimonoseki
treaty reads as follows:
The inhabitants of the territories ceded to
Japan who wish to take up their residence
outside the ceded districts shall be at liberty
to sell their real property and retire. For
this purpose, a period of two years from the
date of exchange of ratifcations of the pres
ent act shall be granted. AT the expiration
of that period, those of the inhabitants who
shall not have left such territories shall at
the option of Japan, be deemed to be Jap
anese subjects.
The anxiety, however, which was felt with
reference to the working of these stipula-
tions was entirely unfounded; for, by the
expiration of the time limit MAY, 1890, only
a few Chinese had sold out and returned to
the mainland while most OF the others quiet
ly and willingly put themselves under Jap
anese jurisdiction.
Another embarrassing matter was the
opium question. Inasmuch as the importa-
ton of opium into Japan is forbidden the
only apparently consistent course would have
been to prohibit the importation into For
mosa. This was the policy adoped by the
Japanese government; but at the same time
ii was recognized that it would be impos-
sible to. abolish opium smoking at once
among the thousands Of Chinese there. Con-
sequently exception was made in the cases
of inveterate smokers, to whom special IL
censes have been granted. 1t is expected
however, that the number of these licensed
smokers will gradually decrease until the
evil is practically eradcated from the beau
tiful island"
A similar policy was followed with refer
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COMPLAINTS

Subscribers Will please notify the
Office in every case that their paper
is not delivered promptly or the
collections not properly made.
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bill to increase salaries was t,,,oa
~ Tue legislature yesterday. News is
sonetnlng unusual or unexpected. The
oefeat OF this bill to increase salaries Is
mentioned as an item of news
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Rather Tough ON am Iri.hman.
Sionx civ To,,rroI

Sioux City Journal.
Whatever Richard Croker's sympathies may
be, it will be observed that the British tax
collectors have been shrewd enough to make
him contribute literally toward upholdng the
British end Of the Anglo-Boer war.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-03-19

The Kingston, Wis. Spy comes to hand
with touch of the philosophical on its edi-
torial page. The Spy says: ~
How many people there are, who. in great
stress of circumstances, sit down on the
shore OF suspense, helpless and frinzy, till
swallowed by the alligator of adversity.
You should always smite the alligator OF
adversely with the fence rail of truth
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-03-19

Chess .'Champeen" Pillsbury went against
DIR. Bixby Of the Nebraska State Journal, and
the doctor was badly beaten. He now warns
the ''champeen" that he is liable to mental
disturbance from playing the game too
strenuousIY.
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1t seems that Count Boni and his friend
used pistols. 1t is much more interesting to
the onlookers to see couple of sprightly
gentlemen playing tag with darning needles.
We speak for the foils.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-03-19

New York is have inspectors of cars and
Terry boats to prevent people using them for
spittoons The penalty is a $500 fine and it
ought to be- Too many patriots are splitting
on their country. "S-
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-03-19

AT Indianapolis the elephant named Carrie
Nation broke loose and smashed a plate glass
window The standing question of the ages
IS answered at last. Now We know what's in
name
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The French soldiers in China seem espe
claly anxious to jump on somebody When
the hghting idea is in the air men are like
uogs' everybody rushes to the center of dis
| turbance.
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But Not soon Enouxh.

hansAS CITY journal.
Lentz is about the only antimilitarist who
has gone 50 far as to advocate desertion. 1t
will not be necessary for Lentz to desert.
however. He has been drummed out OF SER
vice.
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UOFSI IIOI OIVIIOI q OI u I1IO-s1'
the department of education: questions of
civil administration are referred to the home
(or interior) department, and other matters
come similarly under the control of the ap-
propriate Departments of state.
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The Times sees through the window GLASS
trust darkly.
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IL would be wonderful sight to see two
mighty empires fighting over a railroad sid
ing. ~
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CONTINUED

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Tusf0 Mr.. Carnegie had hardly CIV
en- $5,0OO,OOO in a lump sum
beginning to the iron and steel workers

Of Pittsburg and vicinity for
hospital and other purposes, when
he turned around and offered to
build sixty-fve branch libraries TO the
New York public library SO that every part
Of the great city can avail itself OF the ad-
Vantages of the institution. His gift of So 200,
600 is more than that of the Astors, Lenox
and Tilden put together. Hardly was the ink
dry on this offer when he again turned
around and gave ST. Louis 100000 for that
citys public library.
1t would be a nice thing to give away
money like this One would have a large list
OF old college chums and bosom friends
inside OF ten days. How they would love him
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every evening, except Sunday, at
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England thinks she has one mora eoh+ -
her. HsnO III
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a great deal of incapacity and corruption
manifested themselves in official circles.
| Through political influence incapable and dis
honest persons obtained official positions.
The scandals became so we'll known and the
corruption so prominent that in 1897 a COM
plete reorganization became necessary and
was effected. The following summary Of the
changes is from a reliable source: t#
The new organization of the Formosa ad-
ministration is very interesting piece OF
legislation. Its most noteworthy feature is
the extensive power vested in the governor
general. He is to control the military, naval
and civil affairs of the island In the for
Iner sphere, namely, the military and naval
he is subject to the direction of the ministers
OF war and the navy, as well as to that of the
chief Of the central staff, the chief OF the
naval board in command In the empire and
the inspector general of the forces But in
the domain of civil affairs he is virtually
autocrattc. He may delegate civil functions
to military officers; he may suspend or re-
scind orders issued by local governors or
neadmen; be may appoint or dismiss officials
OF nannin rank; ne may inflict disciplinary
punlshments, and he may issue ordinances
with nnaI provisions up to years punish
ment or fine of 200 yen. Virtually the
only restrictions imposed on the exercise of
his civil authority are that he may not ap-
point, dismiss or infiict disciplinary punish
ments on officials of sonin rank and upward
without obtaining imperial sanction through
the minister president of state He
may employ military force for the mainte-
nance of public peace and good order, but in
such an event the fact must be reported
without loss OF time, to the minister president
OF the state and to the department Of the
army and navy. 1t is to the minister presi-
dent that he has to look for final super
vision in affairs of civil administration but
1t will be seen from the above enumeration
Of his powers that his competence greatly
exceeds that of a governor of a British crown
colony before 1t has received any measure
of local autonomy. The government has
acted wisely, we think, in this matter It
will no longer be possible for the governor
general to plead divided authority in extenu-
alton OF administrative failures.
Great Advance Made by the Colony.
With reference to the material advance
ment OF Formosa, no pains have been spared
Dy the Japanese government to improve its
condition and develop its rich resources.
Roads have been repaired or newly con-
structed harbors have been improved: rail-
roads have been built; business enterprises
have been encouraged; the Bank of Formosa
has been established; trade and commerce,
have been expanded, and means of commu-.
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COLONIAL GOVERNMENTS
OF TODAY.

(Series under the supervision Of Professor
John Fl. Finley of Princeton University
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nlcatlon by shipping, postal and telegraph
systems have been increased. When the
Formosan railway failed as a private CON
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Germ, the government bought 1t up and win
push it, together with other public improve
ments, by means of special bonds. Wages
have increased from 70 to so per cent, and
the prices of commodities have similarly risen
since the Japanese occupation Of Formosa.
Educational privileges have been extended
and improved, and a special school has re-
Gently been opened in Toxic for the training
OF those who are to be engaged in the public
service in Formosa. Newspapers have also
been started.
For the following important statistics re-
garding Formosa am indebted to- Mr. Sa-
katani, the expert Of the finance department
Of the imperial government: f
Population, 2,694,00O; area, 1900 square
miles; exports (tea, camphor and its OIL
IA, ,846 900 yen; imports lopium, rice and
grain timber, wine and other articles),
Army, Il. 600 men Police Military, 1000
men; civil, $500 men. Schools, 1,61S; teach
ers, 1913. Banks, 8; capital, 10,150.000 yen;
notes issued, 3,776, 700 yen
REVENUES.
Public domains and industries. 49,. 8, 1851, 900
Excise J. 16o2,UVV
customs ....-..........-....-... 1S4O,OUo
Miscellaneous ....................... 2I1oOO
Total .............................. .ls, 12s, 900
CIyil 12S l2 O0e zee
Military S,FI4,VOo
Total ........--......-......... 80, 9O0, 900
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ence to foot binding which is not positivel
prohibited, but is discouraged as much a
possible
New-York tribune., 1901-12-08
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.

Easton Penn. Dec. Phillip Shull. general store
Keeper was found hanging from rafter In his
barn at Wind Gap, near here, to-day. He had been
N issing since last Tuesday
Wfkesbarre PENN. Dec. 7.-Steven Barnes. a
near here was frozen to death in the night. The
weather il bitterly cold the thermometer register
ing 10 degrees below zero this morning.
Adrian Mich Dec 1.-THE safe in the postofhce
q. ogden Centre was robbed last night of $40 by
thieves who must have Known the combination OF
the lock The funds OF the local Odd Fellows the
Grand Army Of the Republic post and the Wonsn's 3
Relief Corps were in the safe and were stolen.
Newport Ky Dec Coroner Higgins to-day
rendered decision in the case of Joseph Creelnan,
fhe eieht-year- boy who was killed in school,
boys quarrel by Eddie Armineo on Wednesday
Sndiug that death was caused by g. knife wound
and that the killing was untntentional and under
circumstances of great provocation-
Portland Ore Dec THE engineer, Cavanaugh
eho was hurt in the Oregon Railroad and Naviga-
fion wreck died the hospital here. He left a
vrfa and four children. -Four tramps under
arrest AT The Dalles suspicion of being
cerned in the wrecking Of the train negro who
Sc detained at The Daiies suspicion of having a
tran,ps who were put of train. make threats
against the railroad company
San Francisco Dec. Another Chinese has been
murdered as a result of the Wong-Chin family
feua in Chinatown. While walking along the
street Wong Get was approached from behind and
shot four times in the back. the wounds proving
fatal In short time. The murderer threw away
where he was found by the police He gave his
name Yee Loon and has been positively idents-
fled by several white persons VINO witnessed the
shooting.