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Extra Session Unless the Army BUI Passes.
Miles' Reports to be Investigated.
Foreign Trade Increasing.
Tho senate has got to pass tho Hull
army bill, which hns been reported
from tho committed on military affairs
with n few minor amendments, or
there will he nn extra session of con
gress. Such is tho ultimatum of Pres
ident McKluely to tho combine of dem
ocratic senators who havo undertaken
the job of holding up the nrmy bill,
and ho means business. Tho demo
cratic offer to compromise by author
izing u continuation of tho regular
nrmy on a war basis for ono year from
next July, has been rejected. Tho re
organization and incrcaso of tho army
provided for in tho Hull bill, is regard
ed as necessary by President McKinloy
and ho intends to havo it, if not from
this congress, thon from an extra ses
sion of tho fifty-sixth congress, to bo
called immediately after tho closo of
tbo present session. Not only aro all
tho volunteers entitled, under tho
terms of their enlistment, to an imme
diate discharge as soon as tho treaty of
peace goes into effect, which will bo as
soon as the Spanish cortes has ratified,
the treaty' and copies of it have been
exchanged by representatives of Spain
and the United States, but more than
half the regulars enlisted with tho
samo provision that they could claim
their discharge at the close of the war.
Unless General Otis ia mistaken his
one week's campaign against tho Fili
pinos, which was a succession of vic
tories from start to finish, has givon
Aguinaldo's army all the lighting they
want has, in fact, scattered and de
stroyed that army, and givon tho Fili
pinos an object lesson on tho power of
the United States. By the way, speak
ing of General Otis, it will bo well to
remember that tho military Governor
of tho Philippines is Major General E,
S. Otis, whilo tho commander of the
brigade which won ''such a brilliant
victory at tho capturo of Caloocan is
Brigadier Gonoral Harrison S. Otis,
lately a well known California editor.
Thero has been a tendency to mix up
theso two officers of the samo namo.
The report pf the treasury bureau of
statistics for tho year ending Decem
ber 81st, 1898, just made public, shows
that Great Britain continues to be our
best foreign customer, notwithstand
ing the steady decrease in our pur
chases from the British. In 1803 we
sold goods to tho valuo of $088,661,787
to Great Britain, an increase of $56,
000,000 over 1897; in 1898 we bought of
Great Britain goods to tho valuo of
$111,801,617, a decreaso on tbo valuo of
our 1897 purchases of $52,000,000.
These figures' do not mako pleasant
reading for thoso who predicted that
tho Dingley tariff would entirely do
staoy our foreign commerco, but they
strongly vindicato a protective tariff.
Gen. Eagan, whoso court martial
seutenco of dismissal from the army
was mitigated by tho president to six
years' suspension from duty, is likely
to remain InWashlngton until tho mili
tary court of inquiry called by the
president, to givo Gen. Milos an oppor
tunity to prove hia charges that bad
meat was issued to our troops in Cuba
and Porto Rico, completes ita work, as
ho will be an important witness' beforo
the court. Tho court will moot Wed
nesday and get right down to work,
but it will take some time for it to fin
ish Ita job. Tho appointmont of this
court of inquiry shows that instead of
being disposed to act against General
Miles, tbo president is disposed to af
ford him evory opportunity to mako
good his cbargo.
The substance of tho report of tbo
war investigating commission was given
out as soon as the report was placed
in tho president's hands, and an ab
stract of tho report, made by direction
of the president, has been given to tho
press. Although tho report is, as a
whole, commendatory of the corduct
of the war, it contains numorous criti
cisms of particular acts, which fell
short of what they should havo been.
Tbo abstract of tho report contains
evory ono of theso criticisms as well as
tho reasons for maknlg them. It will
require an act of congress to provido
for any distribution of printed copies
of tho entire reportand of tho evidonco
taken by the commission.
In viow of tho lessons on tho war
with Spain, which caught our coast
citlos in a most dofonccloss condition,
tho notion of tho 'houso committee
on appropriations, in reporting tho
fortification bill, carrying only $4,744,
798, whon tho war department's osti
tnato of tho amount needed was 812,
151,808 strikes many as a bit of unwiso
economy, although the report on tho
bill shows that tho omoigonoy work
dono during tho war has vastly Im
proved our coast defences, nnd Chair
man Cannon has mndo evident tho ne
cessity for caio in making appropri
ations. Although goncrnlly admitted to b o
meaningless, oven if adopted by tho
senate, tho sonato, probably with tho
hopo of stopping tbo waste of timo in
wrangling over tho matter, has agreed
to voto on tho McEnory resolution con
corning tho Philippines, this wook.
Senator Mason virtually forced tho
agreement to a vole,by getting tho Boor
and announcing his intention to koop
it until tho ngreomont was reached.
Secretary Long has, in accordance
with a recent sonato resolution, sent to
tbo senate a complete official record of
bcbloy and Sampson during tbo war
with Spain. Tho record is not as flat
tering to Schley as his admirers would
like to see it.
Downfall of a Masher.
One member of tho order of profes
sional "mashers" who infest thostreots
met his deserts a short timo ago, and is
taking a temporary vacation from tho
pursuits of his duties in this connec
tion. Ue was a young chap, scarcely,
out of his teens, and bis faco showed
dissipation far boyood bis teens. Ho
was walking down street and noticed
a stylish and handsomely clad woman
approaching. He placed himself in her
path, and when sho stopped asido to lot
him pass ho coughed and uttered un
inteligiblo romarks. Tho woman paid
no attention and tho young man fol
lowed her, coughing insinuatingly and
giving expression to a varioty of sounds
to attract her attention.
A group of well-dressed, middle-aged
men stood conversing on tho corner as
tho pair approached. Hero tho woman
turned and in a tone just loud enough
to be heard by the group, sho said to
tho young man after surveying him
from head to foot: "You have been, at
considerable pains to attract my atten
tion." Tho young follow grinned half fool
ishly and half expectantly.
"Evidently," sho continued, "you im
agined I might have encouraged your
advances. Now look at mo and tell
mo what thore is in my appearanco
which would load you to think that
I would tolerate you for an instant. I
am fairly good-looking, of at least av-
erago intelligence, and well dro86ed.
You, on tho other hand, aro far from
prepossessing, uno glanco at your
face reveals your dwarfed mind. You
are dressed in atrocious taste, and
your tailor bad better bo carrying tho
hod instead of making clothes, as
your's ht you shockingly. Tho fingers
of your ungloved hands aro soiled with
nicotine stains, tho nails not clean, and
your clothes and breath exhale an odor
of stale liquor and tobacco that should
mako it a crimo for you to rldo in an
owl car. Now, pray tell mo what eug
gested to you that I might admire (bat
sort of thing?"
Tho young mon stood half dazed.
Ho suddenly realized that his answer
was being awaited by a breathless and
grinning audionce, as many passors-by
had stopped to listen, and increased
tho original group. Ho mado a break
to get away, his faco flushed crimson,
but ono of tho bystanders grasp od him
by the arm and detained him.
"No yon don't," said ho. "Not until
you've answered tho lady's question."
I can't," gasped tho young man.
"Let mo go. I don't know."
"Yes, let him go," put in tho woman
"Ho doesn't look old enough to know,"
and sho passed on up tho street.
Tho windy weather of February and
March is a dangorous time for a lire.
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oomnaHT i it tm ntoenn a auwit co. cwchhuti
" HOW COLD WAS IT?
Some Exaggerations Indulged in to Prove
the Intense Cold Weather of Satur-
day Night.
'Twas last Sunday morning and after
a night of intonso cold, a crowd of
porpaps a dozen hnd just got comfort
ably located around a red hot stove in
ono of our business houses to await tho
coming of the morning mail, roported
threo hours late. Tho subject of cold
weather was easllyjcommenced by a re
mark from ono that a bucket of water
had frozen sitting right beside bis'bard
coal stove. This brought a remark
from another that ho had kept his bard
coal burner red hot and thon a tea ket
tle of water frozo on top of it. "Mine,
too," remarked another, "and tho
clouds of steam formed hugo icicles
reaching from the coiling to the floor."
Tho rest of tho crowd shrugged their
shoulders and remarked:
"Prottycold."
"Why," remarked an old rcsidenter,
"that's nothing. It was so darned cold
at my placo that your breath would
form into ico cakes while t you were
blowing it against a red hot stovo."
Everybody looked sad and someone
asked, "How cold was it anyway."
"Well," replied tho next, an old gray
whiskered sago, "I dont know for euro.
My mercury froze up at 36 below and I
turned the old dog out doors and used
him for a thermomotor. Every timo it
got a degree colder ho wonld bark. In
this may I recorded 103 barks or 103
degrees below zero, and thon the dog
quit barking. 1 won out to seo why
for I know it was still getting colder,
and found tho old dog froze stiff. I
tell you what fellows I felt sorry for
that poor, old, faithful dog. I resolved
to koop him till it got warmor and givo
him a decent bnrial. 1 took him in tho
bouso and laid him in bis favorite spot
by tho stovo. After bo had lain by tho
stovo a fow minutes throe moro barks
came out which had frozon up in him,
so I guess it was about 106 below. And
to think tho good, old, falthfal follow
is dead now," and ho wiped away a
tear.
Dead silence reigned with tho excep
tion of a few groans and grunts. Socio
regarded tho narration with suspicion
and another with a kindly sympathy
for the old man remarked: "I guess it
was about that cold, for about ten
o'clock I lit tho lantern and went out
on tho back porch to seo how cold it
was and my thermomotor had froze up
at 115."
"Didn't yon havo any dog," asked
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ono with suspicion.
"No," bo replied, "but I beard bis
barkingat intervals. I know it was
fully that cold, as I had to loavo my
lantern burn till morning on account
of tho blazo being frozo and I couldn't
blow It out."
"Why didn't you break tho blazo off"
somcono said.
No answer came and everybody foil
into a thoughtful mood and began to
wonder how soon tho car would come
up. At this juncture another entered.
"Pretty cold last night," ho re
marked. "Ya-as," replied tho loser of the dog
with a broad smilo. "We've been
comparin' notes and all got more or
less froated. Anything freeze up your
way?"
"Yes a little, you see when I went to
bed I unlit up a fire and loft the stovo
red hot. When I got up in the morn
ing it was still red hot. I thought that
strango for I oxpectod it to burn out in
an hour or two. When I examined it I
found tbo stovo had frozo up whilo it
waa red hot and tho tiro was frozo solid
on tho insldo. I tell you it was a prot
ty sight, that bed of frozen coals. 1
intended to preservo it as a relio but
my wifo put in a chunk of ico and that
drew tho frost and thawed it out."
More silence, with a fow groans audi
sounds like some ono gasping to get a
breath.
"Did anything else freczo up your
way?" inquired a quiet man who had
been occupying a Boat on a box in tho
corner.
"No," ho replied, "not at my place,
but over to my neighbor's, just across
tho road, tho house caught tire and"
but at this juncture bo found bimsolr
talking to some empty chairs and an
old torn cat. Tho stovo bad got so
hot that tho audlenco had thawed out
and melted away.
Dangers of the Grip.
The greatest dangtr from la grippe
is of its resulting in pneumonia. If
reasonable eare is used, however, and
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy taken
all dangers will be avoldod. Among
tbo tens of thousands who havo used
this remedy we havo yot to learn of a
Ninglo oaso having resulted in pneu
monia which shows conclusively that
this remedy is a cortain preventative
of that daugerous disease. It will euro
la grippo in less timo than any othor
treatment. It is pleasant and safo to
take. For Salo by H. E. Grice.
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