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The Grit-advocate., 1901-09-27

The Ashville IN. c. Citizen saws:
Those who have read of the recent
deeds Of violence committed by ne
Kroes in Louisiana while banded to.
gether under the pretense of being or.
ganized for religious and benevolent
purposes are not surprised to learn
that negro malta is about to be start
ed. The negroes in that vicinity have
been becoming very insolent and self
important and seem to have the idea
that secret organization is all that
Is necessary to enable them to accom-.
plish their purpose of dealing out
death to every white man who NAV
strike negro or become an object of
their malice. The new order is said
to be under the leadership largely of
negro preachers, who. having no use
for the ordinary virtues that are SUD-
posed to be advocated from the pulpit,
have been devoting their questionable
talents to the preaching of lawless.
ness.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-09-27

A prize of 5000 marks presented to
tho Berlin Academy of Science by the
Marquis de Chasseloup. a Partisan of
partial American descent, for the best
modern work on American history.
has been awarded to James Ford
Rhodes, a native of Cleveland and a
brother-in-law Of Senator Hanna. MI
Rhodes was so honored on account Of
his History of the United States from
the Compromise of 1850"
The Grit-advocate., 1901-09-27

A writer in the London Spectator
remembers to have seen the border
country of Suffolk and Essex lighted
night after night with blazing ricks,
fired as a protest against the introduc-
tion OF thrashing machines. Where,
to-day, he asks, is the man under fifty
who can use fail? The question is
only an emphatic way of referring to
labor-saving machinery. Imagine for
a moment an attempt to harvest Wess
ern crops without reaper.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-09-27

resident of Springfield, Ohio, was
recently robbed of sl6 and one Dan"
Sullivan was arrested. When the man
was searched the money could not be
found. The officers were confident
they had the right man, an1 after
watching him for short time noticed
that Dan" was carefully guarding his
corncob pipe. He had it in his mouth,
oIied with tobacco, but it was not light
ed, and, striking a match, Lawless put
1t to the pipe and told Dan" to enjoy
himself. He obeyed the order, but af-
t"r smoking few seconds weakened
snd told the other that the money was
concealed in the bottom Of his pipe.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-09-27
COLORADO.

The frequent walks across the Swiss
italian frontier of girls of seminary
near Maslfanco, says Rome dispatch.
aroused the suspicious of the customs
officers, who finally stopped process
sion Of 40, walking two by two. and
ascertained that each girl was SNUG
Cling cigars or cigarettes. The aggre-
gate value was $4,000.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-09-27

Fifty casks Of a special design and
the strongest possible construction will
soon be sent to Bering Sea by the
United States Revenue Marine service.
and placed upon the highest hum.
Aocks of the fiow-ice. 1t is hoped by
tracing their future course to test the
direction Of the currents that cross
the polar regions. The casks are twen-
ty-eight inches long and sixteen inch
% In diameter. SO as to be seen easily.
Inside of each are directions printed
IN several different languages, asking
the finder to write to the nearest Unit
ed States consul. giving the latitude
and longitude in which the cask was
found, and the date. Admiral Melville
who designed the casks. believes that
1t will be possible in this way to de-
termine whether the ice-p packs drift
from the Arctic westward, or south
and east to the Atlantic
The Grit-advocate., 1901-09-27
Gage Comes to CoIors,in

Washington. Sept. "a -Secrctal.
Gage will leave Washington Thursday
for Colorado. where he will pass his
vacation. He expects 10 be gone until
October 18th. Secretary Gage was on
his way to Colorado when Presiden,
Mckinley was shot.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-09-27
Low Winter Passenger Rate.

Chicago, Sept 24.-To large extent
the low passenger rates that have been
in effect in the territory west of Chi
cago during the summer are to prevail
throughout the winter months. Inde-
pendent action taken by number of
The Grit-advocate., 1901-09-27

western roads to-day provides for eX-
cursions on the first and third Tues
days in October. November and De-
cembcr to Colorado, Utah, Wyoming,
Idaho. Montana, Oregon, the North
west and the north Pacific coast.
The Washington times., 1901-08-23
POLITICAL COMMENT.

The chief sponsor of the anti-canteen
law has at last admitted that the law
was responsible for an Increase in dis
order at Fort Sheridan according to all
but one soldier at the post He strives
to explain it. however. by alleging de-
prosecute offences heretofore overlooked
That is the old Conspiracy cry. and will
not serve--Providence Journal.
The assertion that Field Marshal the
Count Won Waldersee Is the Fighting
Bob" of the German Empire is hardly
accurate. The fact that he arrived after
the fighting was over sufficiently points
his resemblance to another commander
in the same category on this side of the
ocean.-Pittsburg Despatch.
IL is to be hoped in case of war between
Venezuela and Colombia, that one of the
combatants will make a mislick and cut
the Isthmus of Panama in two.-Indian-
apolis News.
Almost million names on the nations
pension roll, One in every seventy-six
of all the people of the United States a
pensioner, And yet there Is a saying
that Republics are nsrateful-Boston
Globe.
1t must be acknowledged that Roosevelt
is imparting a picturesqueness to his race
for the Presidency which has not always
been a feature of such contests. Presi-
Dental aspirants who bust bronchos and
kill coyotes and travel vociferously in
locomotive cabs are rare 1t is certain
at least that the next Republican cam
paign for the Presidency will not be dull
If Teddy has any say about it.-St. Louis
Republic.
Then again it may be-who on earth can
tell?-that President Schwab's real inten-
ton with respect to Bethlehem Steel was
instead of allowing the latter 10 erect an
armor plate plant of his own.-Philadel-
phia Inquirer.
Lord Kitchener makes no mistake when
in writing of the Boer war he says:
Great patience is still required to see
the inevitable end. New York World
War in the Philippines is about to
end" says General Macarthur. What,
again?-Boston Herald.
Next month Vice President Roosevelt
is booked for speeches in one Southern
State. Georgia, and in three Northern
States Minnesota Illinois, and Vermont.
This time it's votes. not coyotes, that he's
Plain Dealer.
Germany has ordered a cruiser to Ven
ezuelan waters, and if it were not for the
old reliable Monroe Doctrine that is do
ing business in South America we might
see some land gra bling in the name OF
observation-disclosures News.
Germany is nov having a turn with the
Ioquacious warrior-the terrible fellow
slaughters battalions with adjectives and
lays army corps low with well-directed
participles-and to do the Teutons justice
they seem to relish the experience as lit
tie as Americans. At any rate. their
newspapers are telling Waldersee, with
more emphasis than ceremony. to shut up.
Norfolk Pilot.
1t appears from our Washington CORE
spondence published today that the Re
publicans will try to dodge the tariff is
sue at the next session of Congress. OF
course of course. The party depends
so much on the trusts for the sinews of
war that 1t cannot afford to deal them so
deadly. blow. as a reduction of the tariff
would be.-Charleston News and Courier.
The Washington times., 1901-08-23
The Smells of Civilization.

A contractor in Sayville, Long Island.
is using petroleum to lay the dust on
the roads. aad AYERS that ii is far su-
perior to water This liquid is increas-
ingly in use as preventive of the mos
quito plague and if coal oil is to assail
our nostrils everywhere. on land and
water. indoors and out. country living
is likely to become rather impracticable
to people with sensitive olfactory
nerves Is the entire country to be
made to smell like an oil town in Penn
sylvania during boom?
Taking everything into consideration,
it seems as if it would be wise for the
civilized man of the future to evolve his
nose into the condition of rudimen-
tary and disused organ. What with the
various odors which seem to be insepa
rably associated with civilized life-the
smells of soap factories. railway sta
tions, bad tobacco. awful varieties Of
imitation perfumery. and the indescrib-
able fragrance of garbage cIematories,
the sense of smell is coming to DE any
thing but a blessing. Scientists say
that this sense was originally intended
away from dangerous places and OBJ
jects. The wild animal detects the
smell of gunpowder or the traces Of
human presence. and retreats to its
lair; and an unpleasant odor is gener-
ally sign of unsanitary conditions in
the neighborhood. But if one must live
in the neighoorhood. and the conditions
are necessary to civilization, of what
use is it to have a nose which shall con-
tinually give unkeeded warnings? \
seems as If the most sensible cour 4
which nature could take would be 10
evolve the olfactory nerves out of ex-
istence.
Undoubtedly, in a state of nature, the
sense Of smell is source of great
pleasure as well as of discomfort. Most
people will recognize the fact that
memory, pleasant or unpleasant, is
brought to the mind more quickly by a
familiar odor than by either sight or
hearing. Who has not felt the peculiar
sensation produced by the smell of
spring in the air, or the scent of new
mown hay or violets? And who has not
some powerful association with par
ticular odor. pleasant or unpleasant,
connected with some event in years
gone by? But in civilization where
mankind is constructed to dwell in
cities, where the scent of flowers has to
be bought with money. and that of the
woods and fields is not to be had at any
price. of what use is the sense of smell?
Possibly, instead of disappearing. it
will be reconstructed. The civilized
man of the future mag luxuriate in the
The Washington times., 1901-08-23
A DANGEROUS EXPERIMENT..

In spite of his failure to persuade or to
bully the Senate into passing his Ship
Subsidy bill last winter. Senator Frye has
him in Boston the latter part of this
month for the purpose of laying plans for
a fresh assault on the United States
Treasury.
If the Republicans of the last Congress
had been in favor of the policy of paying
S, 10000 a year to half a score of ship
owners. the Frye bill would have been
law before now. As matter of fact,
Senator Frye lost ground the more he
labored. &c vas never able even to bring
his bill TO a vote, and there was open
satisfaction among the Republican Sena-
tors at his discontinue. The bill was so
vicious in principle and so dangerous In
tendency. opening the way as it did for
a succession of special bounty schemes.
that party leaders. while courteously
silent in debate felt thankful that they
had been saved from serious political
blunder.
Discussion of the provisions of the Frye
bill has thoroughly informed the public
of its real purpose renewal of the at
tempt to push II through Congress viii
be a dangerous experiment Against the
active influence of the clique of favored
individuals who hope to be made bene-
ficiaries of the Government will be ar
rayed the great mass of honest public
opinion which resents the singing out of
a small number of profitable concerns for
special regard at the expense of all the
taxpayers. Senator Frye is doing the Re
publican party a great disservice by en-
deavoring to foist upon 1t in the guise of
general legislation a bill drawn in the
interests of a bare handful of prosperous
ship owners.-Philadelphia North Ameri-
The Washington times., 1901-08-23
A KINDLY SUGGESTION.

In this connection it might be said that
If the Government of the United States
is anxious to put an end to the polyga-
nous practices of the Sultan of Sulu it
would be well TO get the wives of that
potentate interested in jewelry and fine
clothes. y few of the American fashion
journals with their colored plates might
be regularly smusgled into the harem. If
there is no other way of arousng the de-
sires of those twelve brown ladies for
refined ornaments" Once let them be-
gin calling in dressmakers and rushing at
bargain counters and how far will the
Sultans salary of s6I month reach?
Was it A Ward who said that one mill
linery shop in Salt Lake City would do
more to knock polygamy out of Mormon
life than all the statutes Congress could
pass in a century? Chicago Record
Herald
The Washington times., 1901-08-23
The pIen for fairgrounds.

We are extremely pleased to note the
recommendation made by the United
Charities Association to the Special
Commission for the Identification of
the Capital. in favor of providing
Washington not only with splendid
parks in its aristocratic quarters, but
with breathing spaces and Fairgrounds
for children in localities where the poor
abound The argument used by the
association is unanswerable. and its
point and justice are so obvious that
we are inclined to think the plea super
huous. In any case. without calling in
question the ideas or plans of the COM
| missioners. they are asked TO give at
| tention To a subject which we regard as
extremely important in connection with
| their mission.
There can be. no doubt that a pleasant
park and playground. equipped with
sand heaps, swings, tennis courts. and
the like with shady walks and seats for
mothers and babies. would be god
send TO the teening population in GER
tain of our sub-districts, and would
conduce to health and good order. The
city hoodlum is the product of condi-
tons which give him no legitimate
chance to let off steam" When the
boy of poor parents has no place TO ex-
ert his activities but the stuffy school
room and the dusty street, what is in
him is likely TO come out in a disorderly
manner. and then parents, neighbors,
and the policeman on the beat have
common sorrow But if each centre of
congestion had its park and playground,
where the babies could find shade. and
the urchins engage in football and other
games. the peace of the community
would be promoted, as well as the
health and happiness of its rising gen.
Grafton.
We approve of the proposition offered
by the Associated Charities that school
houses should be placed within spacious
grounds, and the grounds kept in grass
and furnished with trees. Nothing
more detrimental to joys or natural
rights of childhood could be imagined
than our present practice of combining
boys and girls within jail-like build
ings of offensive utilitarianism, with
Fairgrounds. attached that strike the
beholder as brick yards just after kilns
of burning bricks have been taken off.
1t is feasible to remedy these evils. and.
in the project TO beautify Washington,
to render the lives of our poor hun
dred times more tolerable than they
now are.
While we are on the subject. it may
not be improper TO offer to the Commits
sion a suggestion on our own account.
1t is possible that some citizens may
hold that dogs should not be allowed in
the city at all. But, since they are, and
are licensed, it is the extreme of cruel
ty to treat them as publicly they are
treated All authorities agree that, to
be healthy and free from the danger of
rabies. dogs need a range and running
water. Within town limits they can
not have these things exactly. but there
is no reason why the playground parks
asked for should not include fountains
in which the dogs could swim. The
merciful man is merciful to his beast
and to his kind. By all means let US be
merciful to both. in arranging the plan
of Identification.
The Washington times., 1901-08-23
More Sampson sensations.

1t was developed yesterday that all
of the secret correspondence of the Sig
nal Corps Of the Army relating to tie
Spanish war has mysteriously disap
peared from the files of the War De
partment. Among the missing docu-
ments is a despatch from Colonel Allen
to General Greedy. announcing the
presence of the Spanish squadron in
Santiago Harbor. This message, it is
said, was Immediately communicated to
Sampson, who allowed eleven days to
elapse before taking any steps TO meet
the situation. AS the original of this
communication and the official endorse
ments which may have been made upon
it are very necessary for Admiral
Schleys counsel to see, perhaps the
public need not be surprised to know
that it has been put out of the way.
The excuse is offered at the depart
ment that possibly General Greedy,
Chief of the Signal Corps. deliberately
may have destroyed the records, with
a view of concealing the names of per-
sons used in the secret service of the
United States But nobody will be de-
luded by any such subterfuge. If Cen
eral Greedy had done a thing of that
kind it would be matter of public rec
ord, ard his reasons and authority for
the act would be spread upon the files
of the department. He is conveniently
In the Philippines, and will not return
until November /. so there are several
weeks during which the onus may be
laid upon his shoulders problematically
All the same. the American people will
conclude that the Signal Service records
have been stolen for a purpose, as many
public records have been stolen or fall
sified for various but always Infamous
purposes during the past few years.
One would think that the Sampson
scandal had become too hot for even
the Administration to bear, and that it
would do something in the line of an at
tempt to convince the country that 1t is
no longer an active party to the con-
spiracy against the victor of Santiago.
1t would better make the effort before
ii is too late; because every day now
adds TO the proof that plot has been
Matching ever since August. 1898, to rob
Admiral Schley of his laureis and
transfer them to Sampson the man of
the MatanZaE mule.
That individual is, for him. so
strangely silent, a suspicion that he is
being kept under lock and key might
be excusable His reticence at this time
does not furnish any ground for objec-
ton, but, unless his Navigation Bureau
friends should spirit him out of the
country before the middle of Septem-
Der. he viii not be allowed TO maintain
IL longer.
If he can be found and placed on the
stand. among other things. Sampson
will have one burning question TO an
swer. 1t is now understood that Gen
eral Shafter is in position to testify
that. on July 2. 1885. he was Informed
by the French Consul in Santiago that
on the next day Admiral Cervera would
make an attempt to escape. and that
he signaled the intelligence to Samp-
son. The latter. therefore. will be asked
to tell why. knowing this. he FASTENED
The Washington times., 1901-08-23
WANTED, 4 CLIMATE.

While the local authorities are devising
ways and means to render the District
of Columbia attractive and sanitary a
move is inaugurated among the foreign
legations to render it imposing and pic
turesque. The legations are subjected to
eXtortion so fragrant in rents that they
have resolved to recommend to their re-
spective Governments erection of perma-
nent official buildings, to be the property
tives. 1t is expected that each legation
will build in a style characteristic of It's
country. thus lending to the Capital an
structive. II they could cooperate with
the local authorities in giving Washing
ton a climate tit for more than four
months in twelve they would confer a still
larger favor upon the nation.-Chicago
Chronicle.
The Washington times., 1901-08-23

set them A united Democracy may
win three years -hence-a divided one
cannot possibly do SO. Therefore, every
effort should be made to close the
breach in the ranks. If any. man of
either party has an economic argument
in opposition to bimetallism as it was
advocated in the last two Presidential
campaigns. and desires to. present it
calmly and academically. it is eminent
ly proper for him to do so. but there is
neither good sense nor good politics in
constant filings and slurs at those six
millions of voters who supported Bryan
and bimetallism
The Washington times., 1901-08-23
AN EXPLANATION.

Latest of the many theories as to the
Navy Departments hostility to Admiral
Schley is one presented yesterday by our
Washington correspondent, to the effect
that the admiral is likely 10 focus atten-
ton on the lamentable results of Jealousy
between our land and sea forces. Be
cause of that feeling. If this theory be
true. the navy hunted for the Spanish
fleet for days after the army had told II
exactly where Cervera was. and from the
play at cross purposes all the trouble and
confusion arose. This is not an agree
able explanation of the situation. but.
alas. 1t does explain.-New York Times.
The Washington times., 1901-08-23

away from the scene of prospective
trouble on the morning of July 3.
Sampson always has had way Of alb
senting himself at critical moments,
and his motives in doing so may have
been excellent beyond belief. but
chronic habit of the kind would be apt
TO raise questions which might be fatal
to his position as an alleged naval hero.
The Washington times., 1901-08-23

We are sorry to say that the hopes OF
arbitration in the steel strike difficulty,
which had been widely entertained in
Pittsburg for several days. appear now
to be dissipated. Again the situation in
dicates war to the knife. The one con-
ISOLATION is that the fercer the fight the
sooner it is likely to reach finish.
The Washington times., 1901-08-23

The terror that walks by night, or.
rather RACES, on a certain tramway con-
meeting the Capital with a suburban re-
sort has attracted the unfavorable atten-
ton of the Police Court. Judge Mills
declares that riotous conduct on street
cars hereafter will be punished severely.
1t wonld be well for uproarious parties
OF the Junction" to keep this announce
ment in mind
The Washington times., 1901-08-23

Secretary Hay is back. after quick
trip to Canton, where. 1t is presumed,
he laid before President Mckinley all the
facts and complications of the isthmian
and South American situation. We are
not advised as to whether a definite
policy was agreed upon or not. Such a
conclusion might be postponed unal Cen
f. V. Greene has been consulted. Per-
haps he may have been
The Washington times., 1901-08-23

The estimate is officially made that for
the fiscal year which began with July l
our exports of wheat will bring one hun
dred and sevent y-hve million dollars-nine
millions more than was realized last year.
1t is ,-iso estimated that the farmers will
receive upon an average four cents a
bushel more than they received last year.
There is, however. considerable uncertain
~ in all such preliminary estimates. The
failure. in part. OF the corn crop may re-
suit in larger home consumption Of
wheat, and any advance in the price may
lessen the foreign demand for that cereal
Many Unforeseen conditions both at home
and abroad may affect the price. But
we know that the wheat crop is a splen-
did one and this is a circumstance for
self-congratulation. A good wheat crop
Is always a good thing. regardless of cs-
Inmates of prices or quantities to be ex-
ported.
The Washington times., 1901-08-23

fragrance of petroleum. 1t will recall
to his mind wide stretches of suburban
property. mosquitoes. dustless, and
quiet. 1t will be associated with happy
evenings on the tennis court. or speed
ing in his automobile along the special
ly prepared track. The peculiar odor of
railway station will be dear to him
because 1t recalls his return from the
waste of a deserted country where was
neither cigar shop, laundry, nor restau-
rant. All the variegated smells of the
city will. in short, mean civilization to
him. and like Ortheris in his madness.
he will suffer when temporarily exiled
from the great population centres of
the world. because he is sick for Lon
don again: sick for the sounds of 'er
and the sights of 'er, and the stinks of
'er: orange peel and hasphalte and gas
comm in over Vaux' all Bridge" In
short. the only person who thoroughly
enjoys the manifold smells of our pres
ent civilization is the born cockney.
His nose has already been reconstruct
ed. Perhaps he is the advance guard of
progress In that respect.
The Washington times., 1901-08-23

Mrs. George w. Cissel and her daugh-
ter. Mrs. John II. Roche. will spend the
present month in Nova Scotia and Can
ada, and after visiting the Buffalo Ex-
position will return to Oak Crest about
September l.