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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-27
Comfort in Fnrm Life.

a professor in Cornell University has
been discussing in print the question
whether farm can be made to pay He
thinks it can. but with some mental reser-
vatlons on the subject of what it means to
have the farm pay" He says of one of
his early experiences with his farm:
''Hslf of country life is in the living II is
in the point Of view 1t l. in the way in which
We look At things. 1horeau Tejoiced when il
rained, because he knew that his beans were
happy One day my man agitated because
the wOodchucks were eating the beans. He
would 60 TO town at ami buy a gun
] asked him how many beans the Woodchuek Ks
would probably destroy. lie thought from one
eighth &c one-quarter OF Now one
quarter OF acre Of field beans should bring
ne net cash return OF three or four dollars.
I told him that he could not buy a gun for
that money. ii he had gun be would waste
time killing the woodchucLs than the beans
would be worth. But the WORT part Of it would
be that he would kill the Woodclucks and at
daylight morning after morning | had watched
the animals they stole from the bushes shifted
the soft morning air. and nibbled the crisp young
leaves. Many time / had spent twice four
dollar Tor much les entertainments Nv neigh
Dor thought that ! ought 10 cut out the hriers
IN the fence corner. | told him that / liked 10
sec the briers there fife remarked that some
folks are fools. J replied that II is fun 10 be
a fool"
There is a good deal of common sense
in this. The reason why many people dis
like farming is that they want to get their
pleasure somewhere else and make the
farm pay for IT, which It VIII seldom 90.
the people who really take comfort in his
business are the thorough going country
men, who feel stified If they have to live
in a city. and would rather NOW a field
than keep books. II is very difficult TO
make farm pay she cost of living. and
also supply enough surplus to provide Tor
all kinds Of city wants and whims
Another reason why many peop1r find
life in the country unpleasant IS hIntel al
in the anecdote quoted above. There is
really 10 need Of cutting of all the fun Of
lie on farm from some fanoied need of
economy. Some farr+crs insist on trim
ming Off all The briers in the fence cor
ners, destroying all the woodchucks ana
rabbits. erad.eating all the weeds. and
reducing their premises generally to
cross between a market garden and
a city lawn. This keeps them ia
worried and excited state OF mind all
the time, because nature has a lively
and permanent dislike TO absolute tldi
ness, and her cohorts % weeds aud
grasses and her regiments OF small beasts.
birds. and insects. are enough to keep any
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-27
A GREAT RUSH OF RECRUITS.
Eniistmenfs Pouring in Under the
New Army Law.

General Shafter has telegraphed thu
War Department that the organization of
the first provisional! squadron OF recruits
under the new army law has been COM
pleted at the Preside of San Francisco
1t consists of io1 officers and enlisted men.
The officers are Captain Pitcher. First
Cavalry. commanding; Lieutenants Wi
mans and Conrad. Third Cavalry. and
Pershing. Fourth Cavalry.
The War Department yesterday issued
this statement:
Recruiting under the new law is pro-
crossing In the most satisfactory manner
The enlistments for the week ending Sat
urday. February %. reached over 500. be-
ing an Increase of 1d over the week be-
fore. All the requirements of fitness here
:9fore required for enlistment in the Reg
ular Army have been maintained
The department is now assured of the
speedy enlistment of sufficient first-class
men to fill the new army 10 the maxi
mum. Three battalions of infantry 6os
men each, and one squadron of cavalry.
have already been completed since the
% of February. Many Of the enIIstments
are from men already having had service.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-27
The Case of Colonel May.

The persecution of Colonel May, OF the
First District Regiment. has ended. as
nearly everybody in the community ex-
peeted would. in the return of that pop
ular and efficient officer to his command
after a seven months suspension. 1t will
be recalled that. nearly year ago, Brig
adler General Harries, commanding the
District militia. arbitrarily ordered Col
onel May before board composed of off,
GERS his junior in rank. for the purpose
OF having him examined concerning his
fitness for his rank and command. Colonel
May refused to be examined under such
conditions and was promptly suspended
The Judge Advocate General has decided
that Harries was without authority to or
der such an inquisition, and that Colonel
May was right in refusing to place him
self at its mercy. The findings and the
action of the Secretary of War in the case
would be severe rebuke TO most people,
though We do not fancy that they will
much perturb the amazing Mr.. Harries. or
even convey a hint to him that a self-
respecting man in his position would he
bound to tender his resignation at once.
Il is not probable tnat he will think OF
doing such thing; but his inability to
recognize the fact that he is essentially
de trop in the service should not be al
lowed to interfere with its good, harmony.
and discipline. If Harries will not resign,
it is open to Mr.. Root to resort to the
course the militia brigadier recommended
in connection with Colonel May. that is,
to order his honorable discharge. There
never will be peace or effective work in
the National Guard OF this city while Har-
ries is permitted to tease and worry It,
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-27
BERNIER's TRIP TO THE POLE.
The Canadian Navigator Looking for
Scientific Companion.

TORONTO. Ont, Feb. 26.-Captain Ber-
nier. the French Canadian navigator
who arrived here today. has practically
completed arrangements to start on a
trip via Alaska to the North Pole in May
He is looking here for a likely young
scientific man to accompany him.
Bernier will sail along the coast of ST.
IBERIA. taking the natural course of the
waters. and about the middle of Septem-
Der he hopes to be within two hundred
miles of the pole. He said today:
'Nansen, you know, went within go
miles of it, and since then the Duke of
Abruzzi cut that distance down by nine
teen miles. Al here is only one way. and
that is natures way. to iIoat in. Peary
and Captain Sverdrup, who are fighting
the course of nature in Greenland, will
never get there.
Poor andre is dead He could not be
alive. file was not provisioned. l will
carry provisions Tor four years. I VIII
leave prov isions along the route in hol-
low stakes
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-27

suited to the part of Lady Macbeth, but
of widely differing temperaments, may
give two very unlike renderings OF the
character, and the critic not be able TO
say that one is better than the other The
same is true of several other Shakespear-
can roles. The genius of that dramatlst
was so great and so comprehensive that
his heroes and heroines are types whlch
include many sub-types. There Is, now
ever. no possibility that Hamlet IN
cludes a feminine type. or anything Ike
it, If the Prince of Denmark had been
born woman. with the same tempera-
ment that he had, he would pot have act
ed in the same way; not at all.
The woman artist, in any line OF work.
need not consider herself inferior to the
man if she does her best; but If she is
simply trying to do the same work which
a man would do. as well as man would
do it. she is likely to fail. Her forte Is in
tasks which the man cannot do at all.
George Eliot was great as a character
novelist. but she would not have been able
to do much with a novel Of adventure in
the style of Captain Marryat; not be-
cause her genius was less than his, but
because il was not of the kind requisite
for his sort of story. Thus. Bernhard in
feminine parts is the equal of any actor
who ever lived. but her Hamlet is no
more valuable than NJ. COquelin's Roxane
would be.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-27
PLANS OF TIE BANANA TRUST.
a Meeting to Consider improvements
to the Cuban Properties.

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 2s.-Several eff
the officials of the United States Fruit
Company, or Banana Trust. gathered here
today to consider what should be done
with The properties recently acquired by
the company in eastern Cuba. They in
clude immense banana plantations and the
six towns of Banes, Embarcadero, Pueblo
Nreo. Los Angeles. Flores. and Macabi,
besides the great Boston sugar estate
with 1888 acres in cane and 700 acres
more being prepared for planting.
The pay roll of the sugar estate exceeds
$4,000 month and the entire property
was purchased for the sum of sl.400. 900
Grinding has just been begun on the place
The company expects to spend s2G000. 900
In developing this and other properties il
expects to acquire in eastern Cuba.
Among the lands for the control of which
the United States Fruit Company IL ne
gotiating for, are those IN the neighbor-
hood of the Bay Of Nipe. where the United
States Government will probably place
one of its Coaling stations.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-27
MINERS MAKE DEMANDS.
Grievances and Requests Submitted
by the Nottingham CoIliery Men.

WILKESBhRRE. Pa. Feb. 26.-The
mine workers employed at the Noting
ham colliery of the Lehigh and Wilkes
barre Coal Company, at Plymouth, have
forestalled in a way the convention at
liazleton by issuing a series of demands
and requests, and submitting them to the
company. There are eight grievances
and the remedies desired, and five re-
quests, three of which are for an in
crease IN wages.
The company has given no answer vet
to the statement. While the grievances
are purely local, there are many of them
that apply to other mines. 1t is ex-
pected that other local unions at other
Culiieries will do the same thing The
action. 1t is understood. is independent,
and not on any understanding with the
Executive Board of the union. but il is
important as Indicating which way the
wind blows and tells what the men ex-
pect when the wage schedule is revised
on the LIST of April
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-27

A London salvager named Parker wants
to raise the Maine. and place the hulk on
shore TO he used as a Spanish war mu-
scum. The idea is not bad one. As a
monument to the genius Of unparalleled
trcachery the Maine might still do an ex-
cellent service to the world. Mr. Parker
should also try to obtain permission TO
raise the Merrimac, and to exhibit her as
an illustration Of how public money was
scLandered on condemned Junks and
tanks during the latest unpleasantness
Perhaps then the American people could
better understand the reasons why there
is such feverish eagerness on the part of
the Administration to reward Sampson.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-27
IntoIernbIc Methods.

From the Kansas City Times)
II the Kansas prohihitonists cannot control the
liquor evil. il they cannot remove the pernicious
influence Of the saloons with the legal weapons
placed in their hands they are not justified in
rcsorting to practices which lead to. worse evils
than the they seek 10 destroy. They should
put up their hatchets and let the practical, COM
mon sense voters of The State elect men to office
who will repeal the hypocritieal aud moribuud
law, passed by the insincere and pharisaie Repub-
lican party.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-27
TO HAVE GOVERNORS ATTEND.
Planning TO Have Those of the south
Here on March 4.

NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 26-The South
ern Industrial Association, with head
quarters here. has undertaken the work
of getting all the Southern Governors to
attend the Inauguration of President Nc
kinley in body, with their several
STATS. The suggestion was made at
dinner here during The carnival and the
Industrial Association undertook the work
of inviting the Governors
So far three have agreed to the prcDo-
sition. Cows. W. W. Heard of louisiana
A. D. Gambler of Georgia, and Longino of
Mississippi Gov. W. J. Jennings of Flor
ida announces that he cannot attend be-
cause of the meeting of the Florida Leg
islature, and Gov. j. c. W. Beckharn of
Kentucky is still i'm doubt whether he
can attend the Presidential Inauguration
or not.
The other Southern Governors have not
yet been heard from.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-27
MoLrNEux,s ATTORNEYS ACT.
They Serve Notice for ResettIe
ment of the Case ON Appeal.

NEW YORK. Feb. 26.-Weeks & Bat
tie attorneys for Roland Molineux, have
served notice on the District Attorney
that they will apply to Recorder Golf
tomorrow for resettlement of the case
Oh appeal. The lawyers desire to have
certain evidence presented to the Court
of Appeals. This evidence was excluded
by Recorder Golf ont Of the settlement
Should the recorder refuse to grant the
resettlement, the attorneys win appeal
to the Court of Appeals at once, includ-
ing the excised testimony in their afti-
dayit. They say they will thus be placed
before the Court of Appeals as they de-
sire.
Clerk Welsh. Of the General Sessions,
says that the printing of the settlement
Of the case on appeal will not be COM
ptctsd for several weeks.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-27
TO REWARD LETTER CARRIERS.
Steps Taken to Promote Efficiency of
Registration Service

The Postoffice Department has sent no.
tees to p0stmasters asking for report
as soon as practicable after July /. OF the
names and numbers Of three letter car
riers in their offices who will have regis
tered the greatest number of articles in
their routes during the period from Janu-
airy l last to July l. together with the
number of articles registered by each
This step has been taken by Third As
sistant Postmaster General Madden to
promote the efficiency of this service. The
question of how the department will rec
ogniZe the services of the most active car
riers has not been determined but 1t is
proposed to reward in some way the men
who have shown themselves most inter-
ested
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-27
THE CEREAL TRUST.
A Prospectus Issued by the New
Western Combine.

CHICAGO. Feb. 26.-The prospectus of
the Great Western Cereal Company, or
ganized by o. c. Barber, has been is
sued. rhe capitalization will consist Of
sl.5oO,o9c per cent twenty-year sinking
fund gold bonds and 100000 of stock.
1t is announced that the company VII
have Si,25o,eO0 working capital.
Inc ten compa MES in the combinatis::
are announced to have a capacity of {. 600
barrels per day. which is stated to be so
per cent of the cereal output of the
country. In the opinion of the promoters
the net earnings of the companies will
aggregate $4,000 a year. After deducting
the bond interest. $4,000. there will be
left $4,000 for the sinking fund and diyi-
dends on the stock
among the directors will be o. c. Bar
Der, Edwin Gould, J. Norton H l.. Lit
tie. L. G. Miles. F. p SAWYER H. R
Heath. Fl. y. Steward ID. Oliver. jr. c.
W. Brown, W. A. Dugan, DIR. s. c. Stein,
and j. ". Haywood
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-27
PICTURES OF THE CABINET.
The President and His Advisers Pose
for Photographers.

Photographers besieged the White House
yesterday to obtain pictures of what will
be practically the last business meeting
of the Cabinet as at present constituted.
There will be meeting on Friday. but it
will be devoted largely to the considera-
tion of inaugural matters. and all OF the
members may not be present Mt one time
Attorney General Griggs will leave the
Cabinet shortly after the beginning of
President ~Mckinley's second term and in
consequence there was Il rush yesterday
TO get pictures of the members in a group.
Half an hour of the Cabinets time was
occupied with several sittings. for which
appointments had been previously made
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-27
schiey's Iden vs.. SIMPSONS,


TTI"TI INT IHIidUtIIIIld IIINcNJ
When Sclhey had won the greatest naval victory
Of the worlds history at Santiago in the alb
sence of sampson, he publicly declared that the
victory was de ito the men behind the guns, -
and private on his vessel. who performed i
feat Of uncommon yalor, after several officers
had failed to extract a lodged cartridge in 4
gun that was much needed in action, was
promptly recommended Tor promotion. without
enqnring the gentleness of his birth. and it was
a. promptly given by the Government.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-27

The wave of reform which took its rise
so suddenly and splendidly in Kansas a
few weeks ago is spreading and including
subjects other than prohibition. just as
we predicted it would. In New York Mon
day the Woman's National Sabbath AL
lidhce declared itself strongly against the
soul-destroying and sckening vice of
eating ice cream on Sunday. Making love
on the first day of the week-which the
alliance calls the Sabbath without his
torical warrant-was also denounced as
all seven of the deadly sins 1t is pleas
ant to learn that the good work against
these lamentable social evils has been
inaugurated by this new breed of reform
ers, the important sodalit-y of which has
heretofore escaped national attention.
There is hope that before long they may
see the way clear to smashing Sunday
ice cream Joints" and Sunday lovers
with he same hatchet>
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-27
CoId-BIooded Greed.

fFI'TI NC BdIIIIHOTc SUM
Somebod, must FIJI positions vacated even nm
der snch pathetic circumstances as those which at
tended the death of Consul Widman: but lei
the man at least have his funeral before in
sugurating the fight for his official effects
The "beach eom5cTs'' and wreckers who crowded
down TO the shore when they heard of the Ri;'s
wreck showed even less hrartlessness IN their
desire for plumber than the political beach
ccmbers' o. Washington who rushed to the state
Department after the dead mans official shoes al
most rs soon as ihe breath had lett his body.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-27

The ynching habit. after brilliant run
ia Colorado and Kansas, has appeared in
lndian't where an enthusiastic crowd of
citizens in the Republican stronghold of
Terre Haute yesterday took a negro from
jail and hanged him TO tree. The prev
aience of lynching I'm Republican COM
'nunities Of late makes US fear that the
very considerable campaign debt which
MT Hanna owes to the coiored population
of Maryland. West Virginia, North Caro-
lima. and the District of Columbia. for
their assistance in carrying doubtful
States or localities. is in considerable
danger Of being ignored
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-27
Murders in New, York.


ITIVTI IIIt ITVUhI " TI-II.E
II : diicult 10 convict men OF taurd,r in
this city And it should he. But that difficulty
encourages crime indeed tnree-f0urths Of the
mrlcrers here no: only escape arrest. hut are
not even suspected. The police succeed in get
ting trace OF the men guilty of only murder
in four and in getting evidence enough 20 con
Wet much smaller proportion. Indeed, so
lar immunity from punishment is concerned,
murder is a much safer crime than bank robbery,
for instance
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-27
Conflicting Expert Testimony.

Much attention is being attracted by a decision
OF Judge Fur-man Of the New York supreme
court excluding expert testimony as to Lauo
writing. There has been great deal Of dissttis-
faction throughout the country with sn-caIled
expert testimony Of all sorts Important case.
have shown such extraordinary conflicts Of testi-
mony by physicians, handwriting experts and
Others that the value Of such testimony is srayely
doubted and it is more than probable that the
lead m.de by Judge Fursman may be followed by
other courts until expert testimony will be largely
restricted if moi entirely abolished
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-27

The various organizations of reforming
sisters have been leaving Mr.. Mckinley
alone for some little time-perhaps ever
since his reelection. Still he Is the same
amiable but erring brother that he was
last summer when they were denouncing
him as a wine bibber and an associate OF
Republican and other sinners IT is now
proper that they should be informed of
purpose formed by the President, quite as
bold and bad as the practice of having
wine at state dinners in the White House
He actually contemplates going to
worldly ball, given in his honor on the
evening of Inauguration Day. There Will
be dancing. and he will countenance If he
does not shake foot in ii. This. If we
understand Alright, is another fragrant vio-
lation of the Methodist discipline, which
demands attention at the hands of every
quilting bee and old ladies' tea party in
the Union. Mr.. Mckinley should beware.
The first thing he knows. lie will wake up
some fine day to find himself regarded by
his fiercer female subjects in the lurid
light of Joint
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-27
millionaire philanthropy.


IL is the wax Of the world that the Carnegie.
and the BOOKSELLERS, who give of their abund-
ance without appreeiably diminishing their in
eShaustible store. receive more praise and slor,
than the great army Of humble philanthropst.
who daily deny Themselves that they may helm
tbc;r feIlon-rp.,
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-27
Republicans md Trusts.


VfVITI IHt NHItaEO NnF1nlCIf.J
The truth is that the Republicans do no, mean
10 iegislste against trusts. They passed an anti
Trust bin in tine House to serve az a Morgan
until after election. No doubt they purposely
made 1t unconstitutional so that ii Tie Senate
should conclude 10 Join in the Morgan business
the enactment would prove innocuous
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-27
New Name for an Old Infnmy.

The new name for combination OF corpora
tons is "a community Of interest" This "a
stronger than "a gentlemen's agreement" and
less offensive than trust" But IA monopoly by
any other name Is just as maIodorous. And "a
bine of coal companies. railroads or steel mills
really means conspiracy TO abolish sompeti-
ton.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-27
Object Lessons.


(Fr0m The 81. Louis Globe-Demotrat.)
After struggle of several weeks the Oregon
Legislature has succeeded in clcetng Senator
There are still three deadiocks, and two include
both Senators. These failures are educating the
people on the subject OF tleeting United States
Senators by popular vote.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-27

Judging from our reports from Havana,
The intelligent class of Cubans is i'm
pressed by the declaration in the pro-
posed Plat amendment to the Army APP
preparation bill. defining something Of
the basis upon which our future rela-
lions with the island must be placed
Probably. when public opinion among
them has had time to conform itself to
the inevitable. these matters will be
susceptible of amicable settlement. with
out much difficulty. The Cubans must
learn before long that the forces of the
United States are not to be Withdrawn
from their territory until the reasonable
demands Of this Government have been
fully conceded.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-27

We are pleased to think that the excel
lent police arrangements formulated by
Major Sylvester for the Inauguration sea-
son will prove effective in preventing the
disorders thefts, pOcket-picking, and
housebreaking which a large gathering Of
crooks from all parts of the country on
such occasions is apt to render probable
Citizens and strangers alike need TO as
sist the police by looking out fer them
selves to a reasonable extent. There are
some extremely tough looking customers
to be met with in the streets even now;
and the careless exposure of purses and
jeweled scarfpins is to be deprecated.