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DR o. T. DoZIER,

Surgeon and Expert spe.
 cialist.
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Evening journal., 1902-03-18
THE EVENING JOURNAL TUESDAY. MARCH 18. 1902

worked successfully for many years, fur
nishing the Dominion with an elastic and
enurely safe bank currency. The idea has
become unfamiliar IN this country, be
cause we have had our peculiar system
so long that all others have been practi-
cally forgotten. with national regulation
and supervision and the consequent uni
formity OF policy, our bank currency
could pass under the new form OF secur-
ity without Jar and without the least
peril 10 the redemption Of the notes. No
body would know or think about the
form and manner of rcdeeming them any
more than at present IL would be a
matter between the banks and the Gov
ernmcnt, and every circulating note
would be as good as another We should
get the benefit of an elastic currency,
which would soon be felt as a relief 90
banking interests and those dependent
upon them. Interest rates would be more
nearly equalized, and there would be less
violent cbb ana flow OF money from one
part of the country TO another. The great
er part OF our Government bonds would
be released for other uses, ana they could
be gradually Withdrawn and replaced By
other forms of investment without dis
urbing the currency OF seriously affect
ms the money market
Evening journal., 1902-03-18
General Methuen,s Release

From tho New York World
General Methuen's prompt release by
his gallant captors has naturally given
very great satisfaction in England, and
general expression Is given to the septi-
ment that the Government viii not allow
itself to be outdone in generosity by the
heroic Beers. one or two Boer officers
of high rank are now British prisoners,
and the courtesies Of civilized warfare
make it almost imperative that they
should be set at liberty England cannot
do less without forfelting her good name
In the opinion OF the world.
But why not go one step further an the
interest of n just ana honorable ending
20 the terrible struggle which has cost so
many valuable lives and the expenditure
OF SO many millions of money? Would It
not be the part OF sound and sensible
statesmanship 20 look upon Methuen's re-
lease as an olive branch held out by the
valiant fighters OF the Transvaal? Peace
must come some time. Why not now?
Could truce OF few woeks bo aereed
upon a settlement OF the questions In con-
troversy should not bo difficult
Evening journal., 1902-03-18
EVANS WILL RESIGN
President viii Offer Substantial Pro.
motion to Pension Commissioner.

President viii Offer Substantial Pro.
motion to Pension Commissioner.
Washington, March 1S.-There is no
longer any doubt that Pension Com
missioner Evans will within the next
few months at the latest sever his con-
nection with the pension bureau to
accept from the president n position
which will be a substantial promotion,
but which has not yet been definitely
selected.
1t is we'll known that Mr.. Evans has
the entire confidence of the president,
and the latter will not consider the
question of his retirement until a po-
sition entirely satisfactory to the com
missioner has been provided. No de-
cision has yet been reached concern
ing a successor to Mr.. Evans nor will
any action be taken until the president
is thoroughly convinced that he has
found a man of the same high char
acter and sterling worth possessed by
the present commissioner in so high
| q degree
Evening journal., 1902-03-18
WAYFARER'S NOTEBOOK
Dos TerrOrIzed BY FaIse face

1t has been proved that dogs fear
"a ugly couptenanoe as much, If not
more so than do children. The effect
of a false face ON a pack of hounds
recently was tried and was amusing.
The owner of the dogs took "Old Bill,
his favOrite dog, into the hall and
fitted the mask on him so THAT he
could see and breathe and let him go.
Bill seeming to divine the part that
he was 10 play, walked around THE
corner of the house whepe the fifteen
or twenty other dogs were lying. In
a twinkling every one of them was on
his feet bowling, and as Bill continued
to advance they scattered and made
for the brush, as If their lives depend
ed on their speed. Bill, evidently
thinking they had struck a trail, anC
wanting to be in the chase, tried tC
keep up with them, but was left fan
behind.
Late that evening the frightened
dogs began to sneak backwitha scared
look, as if they We're returning from
sheep-killing expedition, and som'
have not yet showed up, and the owne
is thinking of Offering a reward fo
their recovery. He loves his dogs an'
will not trick them again, for sine
their scare they seem restless and un
easy and sleep with one eye open.
Evening journal., 1902-03-18
A NrM MrRomANr MARINa

The FIVE shipping bill passed the
Senate Yesterday by substantial ma
iorlty. and IL will now have to run the
gauntlet of the House. With the pre-
dominance OF Republicans in that BODY
IL will doubtless receive the requisite
number Of votes to secure its passage.
In this the party is adopting no new
principle. but. rather. is extending an
old one. The policy OF protection un-
der which our industries have become
the envy OF all the world, is to be ap-
piled to our interests on the high seas.
For thirty years efforts have been
made In this direction, and for thirty
years our shipping has been declining
OF our total imports and exports for
1901 American bottoms carried only
eleht per cent. In a single year, THAT
lust closed. we paid foreign countries
for carrying this trade over S2OOOOO'-
600. IL IS inconceivable that the Ameri-
can idea should contemplate contin-
uance of any policy which would allow
Illhs nUi AAiAAANAN' 40 hARHAAAa NNN-
mously. and yet In many of the great
ports of the world an American shiI
never enters.
In our domestic shipping, which is
absolutely protected from foreign com
petition, we have become the envy OF
am countries. In the bill passed yes
terday there Is the purpose of extend
ing the same principle of protection tc
the foreign trade in which American
ships now are Obliged 10 compete With
foreign companies that receive suhsi
dies. We have accepted the principle
that our workingmen must be pai'
more money than those of foreign
countries engaged in similar occupa
tions. and the chief purpose OF uh'
shipping bill is to extend that protee
tion which will allow the payment o
proper wages to our sailors. shoulC
the bill pass, there will be n new er'
for our merchant marine, and soon ou
flag, the herald of American IDEAS an'
the agent OF American interests, Will
float in every harbor of the world.
Evening journal., 1902-03-18
CAUGHT AT RANDOM

DR.. L. Ackerman Coles, of Scotch
Plains, N. j., has presented the school
in his city with life-sized busts Of
George Washington and Benjamin
Franklin, made in Paris from casts
made In this country in 177S and 1885.
Samuel Mcdonald, Who lives near
Raleigh, n. c., has sold a portion Of
the oldest and best-knOwn farm In that
State, the Quaker Meadow Farm. 1t
was bought by the Mcdowell family
from the Earl of Granville long before
the Revolution and then contained
1000 acres.
President Eliot, OF Harvard, has been
compelled to Change the plans for his
extended trip. owing TO the Illness OF
Mrs. Eliot The engagements at Cleve-
Hand. Chicago, st. Louis and San Fran
cisco have been given up, and New
York, Brooklyn and Baltimore are the
lonly cities TO be visited
The Rev. Father Maghirian, the only
Armenian Catholic priest in America
is making a tour of the principal cities
for the purpose of administering tc
Armenian Catholics, having received q
lspecial commission from the Propa-
lganda at Rome. He barely escaped
death three times in Turkish massacres
lin Armenia.
DIR. Levi c. lane, one Of the world'i
eminent surgeons and the founder O
the Cooper Medical College, is critical
lily in at his home in San Francisco.
King Christian, of Denmark, has call
led for an extraordinary meeting OF Tn
lAlthing next summer to consider
reform Of the Constitution Of Iceland
NJ. Paderewski. during a recent visi
to Poughkeepsie, n. Y. found an oil
Polish friend. Count Podgovski, in tn
, Pringle Home in that city. The Coun
= was a captain in the Russian arm,
and some years ago came TO America
. teach music and French at the Smit
: college.
. Senator Pettus. who will be 81 year
old i'm July. never employs a watef
e maker when his timepiece gets out
q order. and has. on several occasion
D been seen to take his works out OF h
Y ease az his Senate desk. and, after pol
IL ing around until the machinery starte
p up again. would replace them and r.
Id turn his watch TO his pocket.
he In the gigantic electric plant install'
as on the Second avenue lines OF the MAJ
Evening journal., 1902-03-18
VIRGIL, The PRINCE
OF ROMAN VERSE

The great epic poet Virgil IS the princely
leader Of Roman verse. For two thousand
years he has been In the hands Of Roman
pupils. and now scholars study his charm
ing lines all over the world. Poetry
charms the Imagination Of both the rude
and the cultured nations, and when it is
mixed with history and rustic iife 1t has
a new interest. Anything which the
young learner digs out of a foreign Ian
guagos appears to him as a new discovery,
repaying hard toll
The Latin poet does not commend him
self by mirth. Addison recalled but one
laugh IN tho Aeneid when Monoetes is
thrown overheard and dries himself on a
rock. Perhaps his highest flight is when
guided by the sihyls and Taiah, he des-
crlbes the Messiah i'm the Fourth PastO-
rail-
"The lovely boy, with his ausplcieus face
who should lead the life Of gods and be
by gods ana heroes seen and gods and
heroes see"
AS Dryden renders it:
His cradle shall with rising fowrs be
crownea.
The serpent's brood shall die; the sacred
ground
.shal lweeds and poisonous plants refuse
TO bear.
Each common bush shall Syrian roses
wear.
The ancient monllsh poet Piers Plow-
man. makes Virgil a representative OF
scholastic literature.
,.a1r IA
on a Virgil and found myself well OF"
While the Aeneid is a minglng Of fact
and fable the piety of Aeneas, oven in
heathendom is prahseworthy. Virgil 6
geography IS narrow and Asia Africa,
and Europe are his sphere, as other parts
Of tho wide world were unknown to him.
The personlncauons of Virgil are striking
Addison gives Homer the palm for i'm
agining great things, Virgil for beautiful
ones. and Ovid for novel matters. but
thinks Milton perfect in all these points.
He compares tho Aeneid to well order
ed garden"
lennyson wrote a poem on Virgil while
Dante represents the Mantuan bard
as that well-spring from which such
oopious floods OF eloquence have issued "
He is also styled GLORY OF Latlum!'
The Aeneid is called the bright fountain
Of celestial fire, that feeds unnumbered
lamps" ST. Augustine delighted in Vir-
gil, but reproached himself with scruples
as TO his effect on his Christian life.
Bishop Alexander. Of Derry, remarks
that the lines OF Virgil are scrawled on
the tombs Of the poorest in the Cata-
combs, and are found Scratched upon
the walls Of Pompen by the hands of the
lowest of the people" and would account
for It by his pathetic tenderness" as II
the poets "oyes were moistened with a
tear"
An ancient tunnel was cut at Naples
near the famous Catacombs paved with
lava flags and lighted by night, which
forms n road to Pozzuon, Baia. Cums
and other points. The noise of horses
and men IN this grotto OF PosilHppC
make n terrible sound. Just above its
entrance. on a cliff, an old tomb is claim.
ed rs that of Virgil, though this Ia,
been vainly questioned. A laurel thaf
covered its roof has had leaves
branches. stems and roots torn away by
thousands who have visited the spot, SC
that 1t mas been destroyed.
The Rev. $. +. lIotchl0ln.
Evening journal., 1902-03-18

What a skeptical age This is getting
TO bel Yesterday we printed a story OF
the temperance OF the seventeen
year locusts, and told how the mark
ing of a w on their wings was re-
garded as the sign of war. The Morn
ing News regards this as a myth
which has been handed down from a
less enlightened age. Nonsense! 1t Is
more than superstition; it is
prophesy. and should be regarded as
such. When these locusts appear witt
this dread sign ON their wings it means
that within the next seventeen years
somewhere ON the earth, there will b'
war. Does our contemporary recall
period of seventeen years during whidl
there has not been war in some quar-
ter OF the globe? And doesn't this Prov
that these sanguinary conflicts are, af
ter all, not due TO human disagree
ments, but rather 10 the marking ol
the wings OF these little insects?
this skepticism continues we shall b
told next that the grounding legend
unworthy of belief.
Evening journal., 1902-03-18
NEWSPAPER OPINION
Security Of Bank Notes

From the New York Mail and Express.
More than geenration has plsss"
since our national bank system was es-
tahnshed. and false notions prevail re-
garding the purpose of the requirement
OF the deposit OF Government bonds 10
secure circulation. Our present system Is
an anomaly. and the proposal Of the new
Currency bill is 10 return TO a principle
that is almost universal elsewhere. and
an its conservative application is abso-
iutoly safe. The Canada banks are allow
ed 20 issue notes 20 the fun amount of
their paid-up and unimpaired capital, Sc
cured only by n first lien uron. assets and
the double liability OF stockholders. witt
q safety fund for the redemption of m,
circulation Of failed banks. Tho plan hai
Evening journal., 1902-03-18
Fire at Moravian Seminary.

Bethlehem, Pa. March 1S.-While
Miss Rowena Brosius. of Lancaster,
fought fire in Old Colonial Hail. at
the Moravian Seminary for Young La
dies yesterday morning, Mrs Hark,
the assistant principal, was hurrying
about sounding a general, alarm. The
ianitor came to Miss Brosius assist
ance and tore down the blazing cur
tains. tramping out the flames and
averting a probable serious confagra
ton. The origin of the fire is a
mystery. It's discovery and extin
guishment was accomplished before
the students and teachers were aware
of its existence.
Evening journal., 1902-03-18
King sdwara and Ireland

From the New York Times.
Il does not appear upon what principle
the Ministry has advised the royal pair
not to visit "the sister island" But it
iH dinicult TO rec any adequate reason
for the advice. A royal progress TO Ire
land has been ono of the oarly perform
ances OF a British rcgn. And the last
state royal progress that Queen Victoria
made was 10 that island. II was made,
as was officially announced, In order to
express her maJesty's appreciation OF the
loyalty and bravery OF her Irish troops
I'm South Africa. For a lady at her age
ana with her physical innrmities A. was
q conspicuously self-sacrncinE perform
ance OF "a public duty. That her son and
successor should omit the customary visit
upon his ancossion would seem TO denote
that ireland had ceased to deserve as
well OF the British monarchy as It did
then, had IN the interval become a more
foreign and moro hostile country. There
does not appear any real reason for this
assumption. Even n there were, It would
be n confession of weakness for tho King
to make It, or for his minister's to advise
him to make st. II IA giving aid and
comfort 10 the Irish enemy TO abandon
a visit long ago announced Mr. Redmond,
tho leader OF the Irish Parliamentary
party ana the Nationalist press, are, as
was to be expected. making political capi-
tai out OF the incident. What advantage
the ministers proposed TO gain by coun-
demanding the visit does not appear
What does plainly appear IS that they
have not gained any.
Evening journal., 1902-03-18

haitian railway, New York City, are
eight sub-stations. each of which repre-
sents the combined energy OF 500 900
men. The firing of the boilers, if done
by hand. would require 270 men, but
"A mechanical stoker reduced the num-
Der to 80. a saving OF S400 day.
General Russell A. Alger, In a recent
speech on the refOresting Of barren
lands. urged that Germans system OF
maintaining the Black Forest should
be carried ont in the pine barrens of
the United States. and especially in
Michigan.
John E. Tracey, of Crossville, Tenn,
has presented the Wisconsin State His
torical Society with an old colonial
chair which was once the property Of
Roger Sherman, one of the signers Of
the Declaration of independence.
There is a curious growth Of trees at
.Tilden's Point. Me. Three yellow birch
trees are growing on pine stump.
The tree. which was about two and a
half feet In diameter is thought to
have been cut down some fifty years
ago. leaving a stump three and half
feet high. The seeds of the birch must
have lodged on this stump. and as they
grew they sent their roots down its
sides to reach the ground. The three
trees are, respectively, five, six and
seven inches in diameter.
Arthur MaxsOn Smith. president Of
Oahu College, Honolulu, Hawaii, who
was sent there from Chicago by Presi-
dent Harper, has rendered his resig-
nation to take effect i'm June. Oahu
College was the earliest in the islands,
having been established June 8, 1871.
Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford, the
writer, has among her choicest relics
lock of hair from the head of Byron,
and one from that of the ill-fated Shell
ley At one time they belonged TO
Leigh Hunt, and through still another
poet they came into her possession.
The Hon. Martin l. Townsend, the
oldest living graduate of Williams Col
lege. has just celebrated his 92d birth
day at Troy, n. Y. He is the oldest
member of the New York State Board
Of Regents, having served since 1873
Emperor William has placed I'm the
German Reichstag building three sta
tistical naval charts designed by him
He shows that the United States has
thirty-One battleships, eleven first-class
cruisers and twenty-siX armOred cruis-
ers.
Evening journal., 1902-03-18
LOSING FLESH.

Are you losing fleshf If
so, better consult your doctor
at once. He will tell you the
We can provide the
remedy, which is SCOTS
Emulsion Of cod-liver oil.
A young woman in Batavia
writes us she had lost twenty
five pounds in three months,
and her lungs were seriously
affected. She took three bot
ties of SCOTS Emulsion and
gained fifteen pounds, and
was able to resume her work
send for Free sample.
scorr& BOVINE, Chemists, 4e9 Pearl St., N. Y
Evening journal., 1902-03-18
Fenlans Are Active.

London, March 18.-The Vatican
has received confidential news, says
"a Rome correspondent, of a serious
situation in Ireland. The Fenians
have for some months been engaged
in an active propaganda, with a view
to organizing for a general uprising.
II is believed the Vatican will in
struct the Irish clergy to hold aloof
from revolutionary agitation.
Evening journal., 1902-03-18
lIttIe Matthew ASKED QUESTION


Experience alone teaches grown persons
not to tease children especially in the
presence of other persons
\ well-known Republican, whose fac
tional political preference may or may
not be with the Union Republicans, was
made to toe the mark i'm a crowded street
car recently in an embarrassing manner
by a little bright-eyed son of an unques-
toned Regular Republican.
Are you a Republican or a Democrat
Matthew" asked the doubtful man of the
little fellow.
II am publican" said the htt+r-1el-
low
Are you n Regular Republican or an
Addicks Republican,"
81 am an Addicks publican" said Mat
thew
The interrogation laughed and ioked the
childs father.
Matthew waited until things bocame
Quiet when he started a little interroga-
ton on his own account.
us you a Demycrat or pubhcan?'
"I am Republican, Matthew"
"Is you an Addicks 'pubhcan?"
There was a painful pause before the
doubtful man responded.
"Noo-no, indeed"
The laugh was on him and with flaming
checks he tried to change 'he subject.
Evening journal., 1902-03-18

That is a sad tale which comes from
Cape Cod OF the drowning Of seven
llfe-savers while in the discharge OF
their duty. In the obscure places OF
life are men as brave as ever buckled
sword. and these protectors of human
life along the coast are the stuff OF
which heroes are made. We are told
that there is no Government pension
for the wives and children left help
less by the tragedy. This is wiOhou
excuse. for these brave fellows are fac
ing dangerous during every storm iron
which many a soldier would shrink
They should be. able to feel that as
reward for their services this human
Government will provide for thos
who may be left helpless, if an accl
dent occurs.
Evening journal., 1902-03-18

The death OF Mrs. Coleman, wife of
the Episcopal Bishop OF Delaware,
brings to an end the career Of most
remarkable woman. She carried her
noble inspiration and her charity into
the homes of the poor, and the suffer
ing did not have to visit her; she went
10 them. She was so engrossed in heI
great work that she had little thought
OF care for society in the ordinary
sense. and her spirit was so simple
and democratic that those 10 whom
she administered had little difficulty
in accepting all that she had to offer
and in pouring out their woes in he
sympathetic ear. II is for these persons
that We attempt 10 voice the senti
Evening journal., 1902-03-18
Woman's sealn Torn OF.

indianapolis, Ind. March 1S.-Mrs.
Josephine Stevens, a widow employed
in a Senate avenue laundry, was the
victim OF a terrible accident yesterday.
While she was leaning over to pick up
a garment her hair was caught by the
crank shaft and in an instant her
scalp was torn from her head. She
was taken 70 the City Hospital. It is
helipvod she will live.
Evening journal., 1902-03-18

Among the books of the new cen
ury, 1.-THE Political Freshman" comes
to hand in a handsome binding and
with attractive type. 1t is from the
pen OF Bushrod Washington James,
who, Notwithstanding mis- versatility,
has never before essayed to publish q
novel. Such the book is, for all it has
been given n rather unromantic title;
and one opens its pages with scarce
any hope OF becoming interested. But
at the very outset the young cOllegian,
Frank Freeman, who is the dominant
character in the book, asserts a brave
and fearless personality. and you are
won to follow him step by step, ad-
miring his noble impulses and his un-
lassailable honesty Of purpose. He has
marked out for himself a definite
pursuit and no argument nor ridicule
can turn him from it. Reform" is
his watchword and how strongly he
adheres to that idea his own argu-
ments are best able to tell when men
of various classes come to him and
endeavor by most vigorous diplomacy
to divert him into channels best suit
ed to advance their several interests
Taken altogether. Through the book
has many pages, il will be found none
too long, and we feel no doubt that II
will take its place beside the mos
popular books Of the year. 1t is pub
lished by the Bushrod Library, III
Green street, Philadelphia.
Evening journal., 1902-03-18
NEW SPANISH CABINET
saaasta viii Be Premier and General
Weyler Minister Of War.

Madrid, March 1s.--The compost
ton of the new cabinet is practically
settled. Senior Sagasta is to be pre-
mier; General Weyler is to be min
lister of war; Senor Moret is to be
minister of the interior; the Duke Of
Almdovar will fill the post of minis
ter of foreign affairs, while Senor
Canalaios is to be minister of public
works
Evening journal., 1902-03-18

ments Of appreciation for a noble life
Her charity was a part Of her religion
no mere fad TO be laid aside at will
lit accompanied her in every hour,
and went with her till her eyes closed
in the eternal sleep.
Evening journal., 1902-03-18
Uorkmen I<iIled Bv cave-In.

New York, March 1s.-Four laborers
wore buried under a cave-in of a sand
bank at Forty-eighth street and Eighth
avenue, Brooklyn. yesterday. louis
Tremane was taken out dead; Carlo
Cerato died on the way to hospital;
Tony Castori was injured internally
and may die. and Angelo Montellibo
had three ribs broken.