TttADE "LOSSES"
SOPHISTRY OF PROTECTION AH
GUMENT3 EXPOSED.
Amtrican Economist's Clumsy At
tempts to Show England Has Suf
fered Under Sensible Trade Laws
Points for Farmers to Consider.
The American Economist, organ of
the Manufacturers' Protective Tariff
league. Is rejoicing greatly these days.
Everything Is going its way. it thinks.
After lambasting the poor, weak little
"Iowa Idea" to death and frightening
President Roosevelt info pledging hlm
fcelf to stop flirting with the tariff re
visionists and to get on to the "stand
p:tt" platform, the American Kcono
mist U now enjoying the additional
ratisfaction of seeing England ready
to drop her fre-s trade theories and
fol'ow America's example. It i.i al
ready lauding .Joseph Chamberlain as
a great protectionist and congratulat
ing K:iglar.d on her escape from free
trade.
In its Issue of June 13 it enumerates
the "losses which Creat Britain ha3
suffered through CobdcnLsm." These
losffs consd.n of a reduction in the
wheat acreage since Is.", J; a great in
crease, in the imports of wheat; an in
crease in the imports of cattle; a de
crease In the assessed value of land
since lS7u; and an adverse balance o
trade amounting to $21,633,000,000
since lS.rt. The other losses men
tioned consist of benefits which are
leas than the Economist thinks they
should be.
It would naturally follow that when
England abolished her corn laws
which protected English farmers jus
as our tariff protects our manufactur
es and made bread dear, that the
wheat acreage and the assessed valu
ation of farm lands would decline,
Free trade there broke the bread mon
opoly just as it would In this country
break the manufactured goods men
opoly and force the trusts to sell at
lower prices at home. The landlords
of England fought against free trade
just as our manufacturers are now do
ing here. The manufacturers there
supported free trade, and greatly prof
ited by it. Just as the farmers here
should do and would do if they knew
their own interests. Of course the
worklngmen iu neither country should
supjMjrt "protection." which simply
means increased cost of living to them
without any compensating advantages,
Now, as to that $21,633,000,000 loss
in balance of trade. It certainly looks
big over $toi,oou.ooo a year. But
while England was experiencing this
tremendous "loss," she lifted herself
;ut of adversity and depression, into
prosperity and wealth such a3 the
world had never before seen. There
must be something wrong about this
classification. It consists in saying
that a country which Imports more
than It exiorts is doing a losing bus!
r.ess. The idea that a merchant who
takes in more than he pays out is do
ing a losing business is absurd, but it
is a part of the protectionist philos
ophy, or sophistry.
The Economist overlooks a few
minor points In favor of free trade In
England. It does not tell us that with
free trade England has made greater
progress than any protected country
In Europe and that wages are higher
and the cost of living lower there than
anywhere else in Europe. It does not
tell us that while the foreign com
merce of protected France has in
creased in value by only $43,000,000
since 1SS1. England's foreign com
merce increased $1,500,000,000, or 33
times as much. It does not tell U3
that the United States has prospered
partly because of its unrivaled natur
al wealth and partly because it is the
greatest free trade country on earth
Nowhere else on earth is so much
tra.ie carried on without the collection
of tells of any kind, as between and
In the various states and territories
of this great country.
Nor Is it evident why the Economist
should rejoice so boisterously at Eng
land's possible change of program, un
less it is opposed to all trade and
wishes for walls of fire or other Im
passable barriers between nations. If
England shuts out our farm products
by imposing duties which will greatly
favor her colonies, our farmers and
manufacturers will suffer the loss of
this great market and will realize
less for their products. Besides, it is
evident that the two countries are dif
ferently situated that England im
ports and the United States exports
food stuffs. Hence, while protection
would benefit farmers and farm lands
in England, it would, and does, injure
them here. The American fanner
would be greatly benefited by free
trade. It would remove many barriers
between him and his foreign market
and would therefore add somewhat to
the prices realized for his crops. It
would benefit him most, however, by
reducing the cost of all kinds of manu
factured goods and greatly lowering
the cost of living and of running the
farm. Under free trade the value of
farm lands in this country would in
crease even more rapidly than they
have been doing. In fact, farm lands
from Ohio east have declined from 20
V 50 per cent since our era of high
)rotection began. Free trade would
andoubtedly give added value to East
ern farms.
If this tariff question is agitated
3t:!T.cientIy the truth will come out oa
:cp. The Economist is doing good
ork.
BYRON W. HOLT.
Another Investigation Needed.
The same virus that inoculated the
postofSce department and the same
diss of political strikers that have dis
graced its administration are en
sconced in other departments of the
government. If the probe could be
;hrust into the War department it
would reveal a state of rottenness that
would astonish the honest voter.
Enough has leaked out to more than
how that Secretary Root has been
.'olio wing the same plan as Senator
Payne when charges of corruption or
mismanagement have been made, by
routing the idea and deriding those
who made them. The War department
under Secretary Root has been oper
ated as a political machine from the
beginning of his administration and
the honest men who have connection
or dealings with him have had much
the worst of it. The regular army of-
fleers. West Poitiers- have seen po
litical appointees Jumped over their
heads unless they toadied to the pow
ers that be. Much scandal has arisen
in consequence, by the misbehavior of
many of these political favorites. The
best men in the army have been be
littled and their power stripped from
them because they would not do the
bidding of the corrupt gang that have
been placed In command. Adjutant
General Corbln, who was refused mem
bership in the Metropolitan club of
Washington, has been the power be
hind the throne, and such great sol
diers and honest men as General Miles
have been treated with contempt and
their reports of misappropriated fund3
and charges of other delinquencies
have been set aside and themselves
discredited in every way possible.
When General Miles opened his mouth
to expose the vicious system, he was
censured by President Iloosevelt, who
thus linked himself with Corbin ami
Hoot. General Miles will retire from
active service in August and it Is prob
able that he will devote considerable
;ime to exposing the record of some
of the principal offenders. He caa do
no greater service for his country, and
he will receive aid and comfort from
all who wish this era of loot and li
cense to cease and its perpertators to
be driven from public Iifj, however
great and powerful they iray be.
The Trusts Get It All.
Steel Trust Philanthropy.
But a few short months ago many of
the great newspapers of the country
and especially those which later con
tained full-page advertisements of the
billion dollar steel trust, contained edi
torials complimentary to this great
trust for the philanthropy and good will
shown to its employes by the profit
sharing plan which it inaugurated on
the first of the year. This "compre
hensive and far-reaching" and "abso
lutely original and unique" profit-sharing
plan, was to unify the interests of
employers and employes and to bring
about industrial harmony and peace.
It was to be the beginning of the in
dustrial millennium, if the other great
corporations would only follow suit.
Describing the plan in more than
three pages, or about 5,000 words, the
Iron Age of January 8, said editorially:
"While the details are quite involved
they will be found to work out in every
case to the advantage of the employe
who continues regularly in the service
of the corporation."
The main feature of this unique,
millennium-inducing scheme consisted
of the great privilege given employes
to buy the 7 per cent preferred stock
of the steel trust at $S2.50 per share.
As this stock was then selling at $85
to $86, thousands of employes of course
bought stock. Great profits were gen
erously figured out in advance by the
trust officials for all employes who
would hold their stock for five years.
Now that steel trust stock Is selling
below 79 the philanthropy of this
profit-sharing scheme has lost its
cnarms and the Jattenng editorials
have ceased t$ flow so copiously. It is,
perhaps, beginning to dawn upon the
employes who have held their stock
if any such there be that they are
the victims of a confidence game and
that the Wall street bunco-steerers
invented this "unique" profit-sharing
scheme in order to unload some of its
"undigested" securities. Fortunate, in
deed, were the employes who paid cash
for their gold bricks and passed them
on to others before they were tested
and while the price was high. In the
meantime the industrial millenium has
been Indefinitely postponed. B. W. H.
Rottenness in the Postoffice.
After two years and every delay that
was possible the Bristow report has
been made public and it proves con
clusively that ex-Postmaster General
Smith and Mr. Payne have been pre
varicating about their lack of knowl
edge of the scandals and corruption
that had full sway In the Postoffce de
partment. It brings the question right
home to President Roosevelt that Mr.
Payne is not to be trusted to expose
the rottenness that pervades his de
partment, for with this Bristow report
right under his nose and with the fur
ther charges of Mr. Tulloch under con
sideration he attempted to suppress
the evidence, styling it "grand-stand
plays" and "hot air," and so on. Noth
ing less than a new deal in the Post-
office department will now satisfy the
public, for It is evident that Mr. Payne
does not propose to allow the exposure
of the greater rascals who are back
of the small fry that are being made
the scapegoats. Is Perry Heath, the
secretary of the Republican National
committee, to go free because he is the
friend of Senator Hanna and Mr.
Payne expects to have bis valuable
service to aid in the election of the
ticket next year? Only the fullest and
most thorough-going investigation will
clean the skirts of the administration,
already besmirched by the collusion of
the officer who was selected by Presi
dent Roosevelt to protect the public
Interests.
There May Be Others.
The most depressing thing about
this "hot air" business in the postoffice
department is that people cannot help
but wonder whether things are not
ust a3 bad in the other bureaus of th9
government.
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A FALSE REASONING.
SENATOR LODGE IGNORANT OF
TRUE ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES.
Recent Speech of Massachusetts
"Statesman" Based on- One of the
Oldest of Trade Delusions The
Truly Prosperous Nation.
Not long ago Senator Lodge deliver
ed an address In Greenfield, Mass., in
which he spoke of the dangers from
without due to our great industrial
growth and power.
"Wo have," fcald he. "a higher en
ergy of organization and production
than any other nation. For this rea
son we are driving les3 highly organ
ized acd less energetic peoples to the
wall. Whether the opposition thus
aroused can be stilled or whether it
will become desperate and manifest
Itself in a political or military manner
no one can say. It behooves us, how
ever, to watch carefully and be always
on our guard both In our conduct and
our readiness."
In saying what he could to help on
the project of an immense navy with
its jobs and jobs Mr. Lodge may not
have taken the trouble to think much
about the economic principles underly
ing his plea for "readiness." lie that
as it may, his words are calculated to
instill into the public mind the barbar
ous militant conception of economics
from which Buckle, the English his
torian of civilization, fondly hoped the
great scientific work of Adam Smith
had emancipated mankind.
The idea which Mr. Lodge expresses
is that a nation which excels others In
economic energy and efficiency must
necessarily "drive to the wall" the less
energetic and effic.ent nations. It is.
unhappily, an iiea which is too preva
lent and potent in European countries
as well as in America.
This notion that nations are not
merely surpassed but actually impover
ished by the superior ability of others
to supply human wants lies at the
bottom of all the systems of protective
tariffs and bounties and subsidies,- and
not only so but at-the bottom of nearly
all the huge navai and military estab
lishments which are imposed as heavy
burdens upon the "great powers,"
which make broader and deeper the
gulf separating tbe extremes of pov
erty and wealth and which are a con
tinual menace to the peace of the
world.
This economic delusion is net much
more than a modification of the old
balance of trade delusion which once
drenched the world in blood and which
still actively survives in the notion
that a nation to be prosperous must
export more than it imports and
which finds recognition in the forms
of our commercial statistics and our
official documents relating to foreign
trade.
The truth of the matter is that the
nation which excels in economic ener
gy and efficiency demonstrates its ex
cellence by increasing the abundance
of things which minister to human
wants, and in no other way. It profits
by its excellence in proportion as it
supplies those wants and in proportion
as other nations are able to buy the
things which minister to their wants.
To vary the statement, the nation
which excels prospers in proportion as
others prosper. It can never prosper
by impoverishing others. It is never
to its interest that they should make
themselves poor by loading themselves
down with crushing military and naval
establishments. It is as foolish in
them, to reject the greater abundance
offered them as it would be in the
nation which excels to impoverish its
own markets.
The whole militant notion of the
economics of international trade is a
modified survival of the old notion
which was so productive of jealousy,
hatred and bloodshed the notion that
whatever one people gains by trade
other peoples must necessarily lose.
The whole colonial system lor the
defense and extension of which
nations calling themselves enlightened
are arming themselves to the teeth
and taxing themselves insanely is
based on this economic delusion,
which is not the less foolish and im
poverishing and exasperating and dan
gerous because of its present modifica
tion.
Those who foster that delusion may
be patriots in spirit, but they are
not intelligent patriots.
The Postoffice Scandal.
It seems that at last the President
has assumed the direction of the in
vestigation and cleansing of the Post-
office department.
This is precisely what he ought to
do, and what he might have been doing
to the advantage of the public, and per
haps to his own political advantage.
when he was racing over the country
hurrahing for a tremendous navy and
repeating the same remarks with un
important variations some scores of
times.
This is his administration and not
Mr. Payne's or Mr. Knox's or any
other cabinet officer's. He is respon
sible as chief executive for the admin
istration of all the executive depart
ments. It is for him to sn to it that
they go right and to call them to ac
count if they go wrong.
It is not sufficient for him to leave
every cabinet officer to investigate the
officers of his own department and to
trust every such officer implicitly to
discover and expose everything that
goes wrong within his Jurisdiction.
Not every head of a depa rtment is
eager to expose wrong-dcing in his of
fice and to apply the necessary correct
ive. No cabinet efficer should be pre
sumed to be a thoroughly impartial in
quisitor within his own jurisdiction.
There is a strong temptation to cover
up or gloss over things which may re
flect upon the good judgment, if not
the integrity of the department bead.
Men are prone to hide things which
may damage their reputation for offi
cial capacity or vigilance, even when
there is no doubt of their personal
honesty.
It Is, therefore, especially incumbent
upon the president to take upon him
self the direction of all such investiga
tions as that now in progress in the
postoffice. Mr. Roosevelt Is to be com
mended for doing this, though, be has
come to the discharge of his duty
somewhat tardily.
It is not altogether a favorable in
dication, however, that he Las berun
by enjoining secrecy upon those who
happen to know. damaging facts. Pub
licity, it is true, may in some cases
tend to defeat the ends of justice.
Secrecy as to some things, therefor o,
may be advisable. But a sweeping
order to all concerned to say nothing
Is unnecessary, and it looks too much
as though there was an intention to
cover up some things permanently.
There should be no warrant for 6uch a
suspicion.
Trust Control and Publicity.
The new Department of Commerce
and Iabor has been very busy for the
past few months, but the principal
business accomplished has been the
appointment of Republican patriots to
good, fat jobs. The trusts, combines
and corporations have so far not met
with any discouragement from the ne.v
department, and commerce and labcr
has not received any encouragement,
but the chiefs and the large army of
clerks aro receiving their salaries with
great regularity. All of which is said
to be giving great satisfaction to the
Administration, and as the demand for
patronage has been so much dimin
ished by 'the number of good places
that have been filled we are prepared
to credit this statement. The only ad
vance towards that publicity which is
to do so much towards controlling the
trusts, according to President Rccsc
ve't, has been the scrutiny of the Lit
tlcfield list of 792 trusts and numer
ous additions to that already enormous
number. Secretary Ccrtelyou reports
regularly to the President at every
Cabinet meeting the name of any new
trust he has discovered, but so far no
great publicity has been made of the
new discoveries. It is understood tliat
Congress will be asked to make
further large appropriation for mere
employes, as the amount of vcrl
ahead is appalling.
Postponement Advisable.
When we consider the disagreeable
publicity which followed the Philip
pine rice transaction and the equally
unpleasant comment evoked by the
operations of Col. Heistand and others
in the hemp line, it is perhaps just as
well that Mr. Root should postpone tor
the present the letting of the opium
monopoly. Ccnr-"g so close together
these developments of our colonial
policy could only excite carping and
treasonable comment. If allowed to
simmer down the opium transaction
can probably be consummated with
out causing undue publicity.
"Iowa Idea" in Retirement.
John A. T. Hull, of Iowa, declares
with much vehemence that there must
not and shall not be any revision of
tfie tariffs until after the next presi
dential election. As this means, of
course, that there will be no revision
at all if the republicans are success
ful, we must conclude that the Iowa
idea is temporarily in retirement-
belief which is strengthened by the
evident meekness and humility of Mr.
Cummins these days. The Hon. Dave
Henderson jumped his job too soon.
The traitors are on the run.
"Chauncey's" Gentle Humor.
Mr. Depew, who considers strikes
the signboards of prosperity, predicts
that President Roosevelt's majority
will be the- largest ever given to a
presidential candidate by the electoral
college. This inspires a contemporary
to remind Mr. Depew that the elec
tcral vote for Washington was unan
imous. and that Monroe received 231
out of 232 electoral votes. The truth
seems to be that when the gentleman
from New York leaves his specialty of
tellina stories after dinner he Is
hardly a success. ,
Natural Laws Still Exist.
Of course, the action of the steel
trust in deciding to maintain prices
ought to make everything lovely. Still,
there is a possibility that that anti
quated and obsolescent factor known
as the law of supply and demand may
somewhat interfere with the calcula
tions. We can conceive that if people
did not want steel products at all the
price fixed by the trust would not help
to declare dividends. There is always
a possibility that something of that
kind may happen.
Not Likely to Hurry.
From Washington comes the an
nouncement that the government lands
in Montana which have been stolen by
the cattle trust will soon be reclaimed
and opened to settlers. If "soon" In
Montana has the same meaning as it
had in Nebraska under similar cir
cumstances would-be settlers need be
in no haste about buying tickets for
the promised land. Any time during
the next fifty years will be plenty soon
enough.
Bothering Mr. Payne.
Having propelled numerous postal
functionaries out of the postoffice de
partment with great velocity, Mr. Tul
loch's "hot air" is now wafting an ex
congressman toward the county jail
and is rattling the windows of a
United States Senator's residence.
Surely there never was such another
warm zephyr, as Mr. Payne would un
doubtedly admit by this time.
The Next Thing In Order.
Mr. Chamberlain's declaration that
the tariff issue will have to be fought
out before the people indicates that
the beefy Britisher will soon be sent
tramping around in torchlight parades
marching to the rhythmic inspiration
of "No-No-No-Free-Trade," as is the
custom of the highly protected Ameri
can freeman in similar time of po
litical excitement.
These Days of "Prosperity."
It is very kind of Mr. Morgan to
pack his valise and start for home to
save Mr. Schwab and his ship-building
combine. Let us hope that Mr. Mor
gan's solicitude for his friend may not
cause him to neglect some of his own
enterprises which likewise appear to
require some slight boosting and prop
ping up these days.
Everything Seems to Boom Prices.
With great reluctance and distress
the beef barons announce that they
will have to give prices another boost
owing to the flood . at St. Louis. Let
us hope that there may be no earth
quakes in South America or cyclones
in central Africa, which would, of
course, render it imperative to hoist
the figure still higher.
BOSTON MAN LIVED TO
SEE HIS SECOND CENTURY
Thomas Grimes, one of South
Boston's oldest residents, died Sunday
csorning. He was 101 years old and
bad been sick only ten days, says the
f Boston Globe.
Mr. Grimes was born in Dublin, Ire
land, March 4, 1802. The dato of
oirth is verified by the records of his
native place, which show that his
nouse was destroyed the latter part
of that year, in his native town be
attended the public schools for a few
years, and at ap early age served his
apprenticeship, learning the trade of
ship sawyer, what is now known as
a ship carpenter. From his early boy
hood he was remarkable for his great
physical strength and wonderful vi
tality, and figured in many leading
athletic events.
Iu a reminiscent mood Mr. Grimes
frequently recalled his early days, and
remembered distinctly the arrival in
Liverpool of the first steamship that
crossed the Atlantic. She was the
Savannah, was built in the city of that
name and created considerable interest
on both sides of the water. On her
arrival in Liverpool thousands of peo
ple witnessed the important event. Mr.
GLARE OF BICYCLE LAMP
SCARED KING OF BEASTS
On a mellow moonlight evening a
cyclist was riding along a lonely road
in the northern part of Mashonaland.
As he rode, enjoying the sombre
beauty of the African evening, he
suddenly became conscious of a soft,
stealthy, heavy tread on the road be
hind him. It seemed like the jog-trot
of some heavy, cushioned-footed ani
mal following him. Turning round,
he was scared very badly to find him
self looking into the glaring eyes of
a large lion. The puzzled animal
acted very strangely, now raising his
head, now lowering 'it, and all the
time sniffing the air in a most per
plexed manner.
Here was a surprise for the lion.
He could not make cut what kind of
animal it was that could roll, walk
and sit still all at the same time; an
animal with a red eye on each side,
and a brighter one in front. He hesi
tated to prounce upon such an out
landish being, a being whose blood
smelled so oily.
No cyclist, since the Romans in
vented wheels ever "scorched" with
more honesty and single-mindedness
of purpose. But although he pedaled
PLAN A NATIONAL MUSEUM
THAT WILL
Plans have been completed for the
new $3,500,000 structure that is to be
erected for the National museum in
Washington and bids for its construc
tioii will soon be called for. The re
gents of the Smithsonian institution
are superintending this work, and it
is their idea when the new building
is completed to have a complete re
arrangement of the exhibits now in
the National museum and the Smith
sonian institution buildings.
The new structure is to be devoted
to the scientific collections of the gov
ernment, the present National muse
um building to the industrial arts and
the old Smithsonian building to the
Smithsonian and National museum
library and art collections. The re
gents propose thai the scientific col
lection in the new building shall be
the finest' in the world, and an officer
of the institution makes the state
ment that already many of the
branches to be covered have reached
a perfection that is not equaled in any
other museum in the world, even the
great British museum. The chief sub
jects to be covered are biology, an-
COLORS THAT WILL DRIVE
THE BRAIN TO MADNESS
If purple walls and red-tinted win
dow surrounded you for a month, with
no color but purple around you, by the
end of that time you would be a mad
man. No matter how strong your
brain might be it would not stand the
strain, and it Is doubtful if you would
ever recover your reason, i-or purpie
is the most dangerous color there is
in its effects on the brain, which is
reached by way of the nerves of the
eye.
A splash or two of any other color
in the room would save your reason
for some time longer; but dead purple
will kill ycu eventually; as surely as
would foul air. Scarlet is as bad,
but scarlet has a different effect. It
produces what is called homicidal
mania a madness that drives its
victim to kill his fellows, especially
bis nearest relatives. Even on ani
mals scarlet has this effect. It will
drive a bull or a tiger to charge a
naked spear. But purple, on the con
trary, brings on melancholy or suicidal
mania.
Blue, as long as there is no trace
Luxury.
Mrs. A. "Would you like to be very
freAlthy, dear?"
Mrs. Z. "Yes, indeed. I'd like to be
so wealthy that I could hire a girl
to do nothing but set the rubber plant
out in the morning and bring it in at
dusk."
Solar Plexus Blows.
The pugilist speaks of knockout
blows over the solar plexus, but it is
the stomach that receives the shock,
and from it the nervous disturbance
cnigiaates.
Grimes was of the number, and ho
was afterward one of many who paid
half a crown to board the steamship
and view her machinery and every
part.
Mr. Grimes ever remembered the
scenes and excitement attending the
news of the battle of Waterloo and
Napoleon's exile to St. Helena that
followed. For many years he was em
ployed in shipbuilding, learning every
branch of It.
In 1S31 he camo to America, and
has been a resident of South Boston
ever since. He landed In New York
and came to Boston immediately.
During his declining years Mr.
Crimes delighted to recall the early
days of the city, and 'especially South
Boston. He remembered distinctly a
meeting of Irishmen held In Faneuil
Hall when he had the distinguished
honor of carrying the Irish banner Into
that historic building lor the first time
in its history. He recalled the elo
quent oration of Dr. O'FIaherty.
When he first lived In South Boston
it was the garden spot of the entiro
city, and so sparsely settled that peo
ple used to pick fruit and berries on
Broadway.
and pedaled, although he perspired
and panted, his effort to get away did
not seem to place any more territory
between him ami the lion; for that
animal, like Mark Twain's coyote,
kept up his annoyingly calm jogtrot,
and never seemed to tire.
The poor rider was finally wj ex
hausted from terror and exertion tha
he decided to have the matter over
with right away. Suddenly slowing
down, he jumped from li is wheel, and
facing abruptly about, thrust the
brilliant headlight full into the face
of the lion.
This was too much for the beast. It
was this fright that broke the lion's
nerve, for at this fresh evidence of
mystery on the part of the strange
rider-animal who broke himself into
halves and then cast his big eye Jn
any direction he pleased, the monarch
of the forest turned tail, and with a
wild rush retreated in a very hyena
like maimer into the jungle, evidently
thanking his stars for his miraculous
escape from that awful being. Tncre-
upon the bicyclist, with new strength
returning and devoutly blessing hi3
acetylene lamp pedaled his way to
civilization.
COST MILLIONS j
thropology, geology, zoology, botany
and American history. The present
.National museum building will be
given up to a great exposition of in
dustrial art, including the already Im
mense and unique collection of the
museum, and many additions that
the regents are planning to secure
as rapidly as possible. The museum
will be modeled in its scope and gen
eral plan after the Victoria and
Albert museum of Great Britai.
Anlocg the chief departments will be
i those of lar.d transportation, boat
models, implements of war and elec
trical apparatus, of which the mu
seum already has rich collections.
The plans for the Smithsonian
building contemplate the creation in
time of a magnificent library and art
gallery. The scientific library of the
institution is already one of the finest
in the world. Its scope will be broad
ened and it will become a much more
important unit in the general scheme
of the institution. The plans for the
art gallery are as yet tentative. The
new structure will be 486 feet long
and 345 feet broad, with a height of
four stories.
of red in it, stimulates tbe brain, and
helps it; but its effect on your nerves,
if you are saturated with it and cannot
get away with It, is terrible. Scientists
class blue as a kind of drug in its
effects on the brain. It excites the
imagination and gives a craving for
music and stagecraft, but it has a
reaction that wrecks the nerves. If
you doubt it, stare hard for a few
minutes at a piece of bright blue paper
or cloth not flowers, for there is a
good deal of green in their blue and
you will find that it will make your
es'es ache and give you a restless
uneasy leeling.
Green, on the other hand, is the king
of colors, and no amount of it can do
any harm. If you were snut up in an
artificial green light for a month it
would develop your eyesight immense
ly; but it would be fatal, because when
you returned to the world you would
be utterly unable to stand ordinary
lights and colors, and you would
certainly contract opthalmia, or pos
sibly destroy the optic nerve al
together, unless you were very mind
ful to take great care.
Couldn't Fool Her.
"My dear Miss Mylluns," said the Im
pecunious young man. "I love you
more than I can find words to tell."
"But I presume you could tell me in
figures," rejoined the beautiful heir
ess in tones that suggested the ice
man.
Land of Feuds.
"So Kentucky is a bad state?"
in-
terrogated the friend.
"I should say so," responded the
drummer. "I thought I was counting
the milestones and they turned out to
be tombstones-"
SEEK HIDDENWEALTII
EXPEDITIONS FITTED OUT TO
RECOVER TREASURE.
Valuable Finds Made in the Wert
Indies Have Stimulated Speculation
Authentic Instances of Finds ol
Immense Amounts.
A narlv of three, we wejc chatting
I on the deck of a Kteamnhlp during a
voyage rrom Jamaica to irinma.ii.
The talk fell upon burled treasure In
the West Indies, and each of ud had
his tale to tell.
A couple of months ngo, ald llm
first man, an American mining engin
eer, I was In New Pro'. Id en ce, and
everybody wan talking about a mys
terious American who had been down
In the Bahamas Ju:U before.
Ho came in a Mnall schooner, and
anchored off one of the. ninull cays,
or islands, which are ho inmicroiiM
there. He nald be hadn't come for
sponge or coral or halt or peaiU; but
he would not tell anybody what, he
had come for.
One day he hired two men, and got
a boat tilled with tinned provision!,
tends and a tent. Then he made tliein
row him over to another cay about
blx miles off a mere lump of cornl
and a few bushes, where nobody lives.
There lie htald for a week, making
the men dig like fury Iu place bo
pointed out, while he watched over
them with a rllle to see that they did
not hhlik.
After hix dan' digging they camo
pcross a heavy, brass hound trunk.
They carried It to the boat and rowed
him to the schooner. At soon tin the
box was aboard he weighed anchor.
and reining more was heard of Mm.
Nobody knew his name or what he
had found; but of courhe they ail
think that he had the clew to t-.oine
irate hoard, and found it.
When I was in Ilayti, in LS'.iX, ha Id
the second member of our party, a
Canadian business man. I camo
across a curious trtasure story. A
poor man i-m Cape I lay t Ion. w ho
everybody knew had not got $10ii
into a man of wealth, and went in for
land specula! ion.
Presently the secret leaked out.
The house he lived In was a ruined
French chateau, dating back to the
days when the Fien h coloi.k-ts occu
pied the island; a manllieent old
ruin of the type one i t'U u bees in
Hay 1 1.
Sawing through the wainscoting
fine day to make some repairs, ho
came across u big oak chest tilled
with French gold pieces, gold and
silver plale, tieclt laces, brooches,
watches and other valuables. The box
was worth about $ir,ouo.
A wealthy speculator in Cape Hay
tlen. hearing of his find, concluded
thero might be some more chest
there,
bouse.
so he offered to buy th'
and eventually did ko for
$2,000.
The new man did more than
search; he pulled down the house,
and In the, end found four other
chests found tiltogether to be worth
nearly $200,000. The first man got
very angry, and wanted to share; but
he came off badly.
The speculator had political Influ
ence, and soon had him flung into jail
and despoiled of most of his wealth
for the heinous crime of concealing
treasure trove from the state. That
speculator and his family to-day an
among the richest people In I lay tl.
I recounted a most marvr lou, but
perfectly true story toJd to m; In
Jamaica last y ear by the skipper of a
tuttling schooner from the Cayman
islands.
He was aboard the nchooncr mo
day last spring, tnchon-d close to a
reef near the Ca; mans on which a
baric had been recently wrecked.
Looking over the side of his vessel.
ne saw a curious yeiiow gleam on
the ledge of the reef, about eight feet
under water. Thinking it was a large
sheet of copper or brass, he ordered
one of his crew to divo for it.
The man came up with his hands
full of gold coins Spanish doubloons,
with the arms of Seville on them. Thj
ledge was covered with loose gold.
The snipper showed me a lot of the
gold In a store in Kingston, Jumaiea,
and sold the entire find roon after
ward for over $10,000.
At this moment there are two
or three expeditions English and
American searching for burled treas
ure in various parts of the West In
dies. The favorite hunting grounds
are the Bahamas, from New Provi
dence as far south as Tortuga and the
Virgin islands. Chambers' Journal.
Only a Baby.
Somthins to live for cam" to the p!a:.
Something to ilie for. rnayb-:
Something to plv ?v-n Morrow a Krao
And yet it wan only a tiaby!
Cooin and laughter, and gurglra ani
cries.
I)lmpl-M for tenderent kien;
Chaos of hoe atxl of rajtur-n and bIk!ib.
Chaos of f-ar and of b:is-ii.
Last year, like all yearn, the roe- and the
thorn :
This year a wilderness, mriyhe:
But heaven stooped under tim I oof on thij
morn
That It brought there only a baby.
Woman' Life.
Tennyson Resented Pleasantry.
Sir William Harcourt was once a
confidant of Tennyson's upon the sub
ject of smoking, the poet confefcsin,i
to a love for the after breakfast pipo
above all else. Sir William Imme
Jiately recalled one of Tennynon's ow n
poems, and adroitly parodied It;
"The early pipe of half-awakened
bards" (birds). This was coming too
near heme to be pleasant, and the
touchy temper of the laureate resented
the ple-santry.
-Next!"
State Barber Examiner has b& ap
pointed and from this time forth any
body whose face 13 decorated with
steel engravings or who loses the top
of his ear during a conversational hair
cut can register a kick and have tha
offender bound over to keep the peace.
New York Telegram.
Silence at Dinrir.
Whenever there is a marked silerct
at a large dinner party it is always.
so the superstitious say, twenty min
utes of the hour, or twenty minutes
after.
