THE U. S. KITCHEN CABINET
SUPPRESSED NEWS FROM THE
NATION'S CAPITAL.
A Corrospondont In tho NowTlmo
Prosonts Soma Spicy Nows Mnt
tor -Nows Doanusa It Is But Llttlo
Known, Though Old In Years.
(By Our Correspondent, In New Time.)
Washington )ms known many kitchen
cabinets, but the memory of Washing
ton's oldest Inhabitant carries no reeol.
lection of one wliufte membcis possessed
the creed, the effrontery, and tho
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pose President MoKlnley's kitchen cabl.
nei i nc cnier 01 iupsp uanuioor auvis
ers, of course, Is Mnrcus AurclliiB Hun.
nn, commonly known ns "Mark Han
na." He seems to luy claim to President
McKlnley by right or discovery. At any
rate he filed his caveat long ago, and
lias been cndenvorlng ever slnre to tnko
out Icttois patent giving him the nolo
right to use and profit by his discovery.
In this he has not been entirely success
ful. He has had to assign undivided
shares to various eminent republican
statesmen and flnnncieis in and out of
oftlce Among these assignors Is Mr.
J Plcrpont Modgan, who, since his
bond deals during the last not second,
but last term of Mr. Cleveland In the
White house, needs no Introduction to
the renders of the New Time. Besides
other heavy financial Interests, Mr.
Morgan, together with former Vice.
President Levi P. Morton, represents
In this country the International Hank
Ing syndicate. Mr, Morton, by reuson
of his prominence In the political and
diplomatic world, no less than by his
standing In tho Held of finance, Is tho
chief and Mr. Morgnn the lieutenant In
this monetary enterptlse. It Is a part
of Mr, Morgan's duties, as well as his
Inclination In Ids own behalf, to get
as close to the president and his oill
clnl advisers as possible. To this end
he has found It convenient. If not nec
essary, to enter Into relations with
Mr. Hannn, a person probably that ho
neither likes, nil ml res, nor respects.
"Colonel" John J. McCook. who gained
his military tltlo by wearing without
shadow of right the uniform of a
colonel of cavalry nt the coronntlon
of tho czar of Hussla, Is another mem
ber of the McKlnley kitchen cabinet.
Mr. McCook wanted to be attorney gen
eral In this ndmlnlstrntlon. Mr. Mc
Klnley was willing to enti ust tho port
folio of the Interior to him, but McCook
Insisted that he should be the chief
law olllcer of the government. Ho stood
stubbornly upon the proposition that If
he could not bo attorney general he
would not be anything else. He got his
second clnlce nothing. It Is reported
that President McKlnley Joes not sleep
well of nlghtB, thereby phuwlng that In
Bplte of a slight facial resemblance to
Napoleon he would not huvo been a
man after Caesar's heart. Whatever
the cause of his Insomla and whether
It bo temporary or permanent, Wil
liam McKlnley In the light of recent
developments may well utilize his sleep
less hours in returning thanks that hlB
lucky stars saved him from John J.
McCook is a member of his otriclnl
cabinet. This man owes whatever of
favorable imminence he has before
the country entirely to his name. Ho
Is a member of the Ohio fnmlly that
gained during the civil war the sobri
quet of the "fighting McCooks" because
of the number of them that entered
the army, though ho himself did little
to earn or advance tho family title.
The prlnclpnl member of the family,
no far as military rank Is concerned, is
Alexnnder McCook, who thought tho
family Influence and n certain pushing
ability, where his own Interests are
concerned, a peculiar ability shared by
jonn j., was promoted to major general
ana is
now on tne retired list of the
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army, with that rank. The truth of
history compels the statement that for
facile and persistent blundering Alex
ander McDonald McCook exceeded any
other man who bore the commission of
the United States during the long and
bitterly contested war between tho
states.
Vice President Hobart. If not wise, nt
least Is shrewd In his day and genera
tion. He Is a very prominent and act
ive member of his chief's kitchen cabi
net. This Is the more remarkable be
cause there have been no more than
two Instnnces In all of our history
where the president nnd vice president
have been on good terms. Georgo
Washington and John Adams got along
well together and John Adams suc
ceeded George Washington In the presi
dency. The wily Martin Van Buren en
twined himself about the rugged heart
o. Andrew Jnckson and the Fox of
Klnderhook succeeded Old Hickory In
the White house. It has bee,, the rule,
however, that the president anO his
constitutional successor, the vice pi tri
dent, have maintained the estranged
relations that proverbially exist be
tween a reigning monarch nnd his-heir
apparent. The occupant of the throne
has generally looked upon his heir
with suyplelous nnd unfriendly eyes.
The same rule has usually obtained In
this country. It Is therefore the more
notable that Vice President Hobart la
on terms not merely of friendliness, but
of Intimacy with his otllclal superior,
Into whose shoes he would step in the
event of that superior's removal, death.
resignation or Inability to dlsehaiKe
the powers nnd duties of hla .mw I
While the existence of these relations
speaks well for the amiability of Wll- '
Ham McKlnley, It fairly shouts for
the shrewd longheadedness of Garret '
A. Hobart. The fact Is that Mr. Hobart I
huh a very iiveiy sense or ills own
Interests nnd has never been known
to leave anything untried or unturned
where they wero concerned. He was 17
during the first and 21 during the last
year of the civil war. yet he restrained
the natural ardor of youth to go out and
fight for the life of his Imperiled coun
try. He plodded steadily through col
lege, gradutelng about the time Gettys-
uuru wub lougni anu vicksburg fell.
Then he turned schoolmaster and '
taught the young Idea to shoot during
the years that Grant and Sherman.
Sheridan and Thomas, Schoileld and
Canby were bringing that titanic con
flict to a triumphant end. He received
the reward of his pedagogic labors In
1SC5 by being made clerk to the giand
Jury of his county. From thnt day to
this he has oscillated between public
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liolds. His most successful corporation
deal was the organization of the pow. I
enui nninracite coal trust. He had
had much experience In corporation
matteis before his vaulting ambition
conceived this last far-reaching scheme
After it had succeeded he turned the i
influence thus trained anionc th vn
derbllta and other railroad and financial
magnates to the purposes of his politi
cal fortunes. He had been a national
committeeman for several terms and
knew the Inside workings of nominating
conventions and presidential campaigns
He also knew his own political possibili
ties. So he restrained his desires to the
comparatively unimportant and obscure
position of vice president He entered
the race us a full-Hedged candidate and
Won The only other man to do this
wus Colonel ltlohard M. Johnson of
Kentucky, tho man who was supposed
to Imv killed Teeumseh, the inmous
Shawnee chief, at the battl of the
Thames In the war of IMS. Mr. Hobart
has the reputation of being a stock
speculator of the nlunci r tyne. He
, waits until he thinks he has a certainty
, of winning and then Invests lnig!y.
J no opportunities nlTorded him and the
other speculative momber of the kitchen
cabinet Imve not been permitted to
elide IdlV llV. Th-V hnvn litx.ti nlllW.wl
to the comfortable enlnigement of sev
eral already ulethoiic bunk accounts
Mr. Hobarfs house In the West End
Is a favorite place of meeting of the
kitchen cabinet and their Wnll stieet
familiars. Here have been arranged
the plans which have so dlstuibed the
mild equilibrium of the president and
set the stock exchange Into a frenzied
delirium of speculation, while the ar
rangers of these plans hnve milked the
public quietly, comfortubly and profit
ably. Senator Fairbanks of Indiana Is tho
cadet of the kitchen cabinet. He came
to light as late as 1SK2. He has no
war record. He was loo young to go ns
a soldier and being destitute of musical
ability he could not go aa n drummer
boy, a class that since the war has
been remarkably numetous. Ho Is tall
and slender, too, dark but not snturnin,
agreeable In ninnner, shrewd In laying
political plaiiB. skillful and persistent
In carrying them out. To these quali
ties quite as much ns to the fact that
he was born In Ohio he owei his scat
In the senate as well ub his welcome
at the White house and his membership
In the kitchen cabinet. He la a rich
man, not by Inheritance but as the re
suit of ti very shrewd .transaction a
good many years ago. The late Walter
Q. Gresham was the United States
Judge for the District of Indiana. The
Chicago, Dloomlngton & Western rail
road was In the hands of a receiver.
Thnt person had Issued n largo number
of receiver's certificates for the wages
of tho employes of the road. The road
did not earn enouch to imv them ns
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men being compelled to dlsnose of them
for anything they could get In, order
that they and their fnmllles might
live. Suit wns brought for their pay
ment ahead of the bonds nnd the in
terest on those securities. Corporation
lawyers laughed at the suit, but Judge
Gresham decided that the receiver's
certlllcates being for labor and ser
vices were In the nature of mechanic's
liens nnd must be pnld ahead of the
bonds. This decision wns afllrmed by
the supremo court of the United States,
to which the case was flnnlly carried.
This of course sent them up to par.
When the time for pnylng them came
tho Interesting discovery was made
that Mr. Fairbanks held nearly half a
million dollars of them. He knew or
guessed what the decision would be,
and he and Judge Gresham were very
Intimate ftfends, and While other legal
lights wasted time In laughing at the
suit ho utilized his In raising money
to buy them nt ther depreciated price.
Whether It was native sagacity or a
hint from tho Judge, tho result wns tho
same and he was n rich man. Mr. Fair
banks' personal friendship for Judgo
Gresham never wavered and his politi
cal loyalty for him fell off only when
the Judge laid aside the judicial ermine
to assume tho portfolio of atato under
Mr. Cleveland. Mr. Falrhanka remained
In the Republican party and today he
la a senator and the ' oungest of the
backstairs advisers of the president.
Whether his motives are altogether for
he public good or whether he Is swayed
by a lively regard for the well being of
Charles Warren Fairbanks remains for
the future to disclose.
Senator Hnnna of Ohio and Senator
Elklns of West Vlrglna constitute the
big pair of the kitchen cabinet. There
la no reason to doubt either, but they
will secure the lnrgest part of nny ppnr
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corporation, to which has been assigned
a controlling Interest In
'.Ir. Hannn'a
great political discovery, a certain
number of shares, amounting, however,
only to a minority, remnlnlng In the
treasury to be used as capital or work
ing stock. These two men nre the
most Interesting brace of politicians
posing ns statesmen now prominent In
public life. There are strong resombl
nnces and striking differences between
them In their aims and ambitions as
well as In the methods they have pur
sued In gaining their present promi
nence. Together they nre highly Inter
esting specimens of polltlcul degener
ates. Each of them possesses thnt pe
culiar moral obliquity which leads him
In polities openly to approve and pract
ice anything not under the direct bnn of
the criminal law, and secretly to con
done, If not personally practice, meth
ods condemned by that law, a code
which, so far at least ns polltlca In
concerned, they regard rather than
heeded nnd obeyed. Having obtanled
wealth, they asplied to honors, nnd
have secured them. There Is a differ
ence between honors and honors, The
first Is from within, private, an Individ
ual attribute; the other Is from with
out, public, conferred by others. Hav
ing now both wealth and honors, tjiey
sought soclnl position and recognition,
and, while they have not mounted to
the topmost rung of the social ladder,
they are as high up as a new-rich can
hope to reach even In the mixed oillclnl
society of the national capltol.
Senator Elklns was born in Ohio, a
fact which helped him gain the back
d0.?r entree to the White house. The
civil conflict found him a young man
of 20 years living In Missouri, a bordr
state. According to his own story, he
looked placidly on for nearly two years
before his sltiKirlsh blood wnn strr,..i
to summer neat Dy war. and then it
cooled off with umnzlng rapidity. After
a few months of peaceful, not to say
slothful, service, he abandoned the de
fense of his country and betook himself
to a distant territory fnr from war and
wnr'a wild alarms. In New Mexico he
throve apac. He found It n land of
promise, and he took care that the
promise was fulfilled. Going there aa a
penniless lenaerroot adventurer, he re
turned as Its elected. If not 'chosen.
delegate to congress. In the menntimo
he had been n member of the Iegls--lature.
attorney general nnd United
States attorney for tho territory. In
all these ofllces he had put money In
his purse, showing he wns a man after
logo's heart. He prosecuted thousands
of New Mexicans for holdlne iwnn
not because he loved freedom, but be
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ne loveu rees,
i"r mm lor encn conviction. The on
portunltlea that lands and mines pre
sented to a smart, self-seeking man
were not lost upon him, nor were those
afforded by contracts for carylng the
malls on star routes, a term applied
to lines on which the malls are trans
ported by other means than railroads
or steamboats. So assiduously did he
follow up these latter opportunities thnt
in time no came to be familiarly known
nmong the star mall contractors ns
the "King of the Stnr Routers." While
a delegate in congress he became one
of the late Mr. Blaine's familiars, an
Intlmncy which proved as peculiarly
profitable to Mr. Elklns as it finally
proved politically disastrous to Mr.
lllnlne. for Elklns' mnnngement In the
campaign of 1881 had us much to do
with Mr. Ulnlno'H defeat ns Mr. Gor
man's astute management In the same
camj nlgn had to do with Mr. Clcve.
lana n success. While In the house Klk
liis became Interested In railroads,
iHnds and mines In West Virginia
thuiugh his father-in-law. foimer Sena
tor Henry O. Dnvls, of that state. Hav.
Ing exhausted the opportunities of Now
Mexico and the patience of the New
Mexican., Elklns nt this period was
politically unattached. He saw In West
Vlrglna a field of political aa welt asj
Minim mi juuiuiHp. -.mere lie maoe nis
political habitation, living In New York
city, from which point he spun and
spread spider-llko the web of his
schemes. He planted money In the
political camnalKt.s of West Vlrelnlu.
being too thrifty to sow It broadcast,"
anti nnany looped his harvest In a seat
In the senate, whence he still spina and
spreads his schemes, whose warp la
cunning and whose woof Is greed.
Senator Hannu is a Huckeye by blrti
and breeding. Elklns entered politics
to acquire money. Hannn entered poll
Iks because he had already acquire 1
money. Klklns used polities' us the
fulcrum to raise for himself a groat
fortune. Hnnna used his great fortune
ns the fulcrum to raise himself to hlgli
political position. With both avarice
and selfishness formed the lever.
Neither of tlmm 1h capable of exciting
nmong mnsses of men the sentiment
of love, ns were Clay, Douglas nnd
lllnlne; or of admiration, ns were Cal
houn, Webster and Conkllng; or of le
aped, nB were Jackson, Taylor an 1
Grant, and us for exciting these senti
ments, ns Lincoln did, they are as In
cnpable of It as they are of under
standing, appreciating and observing n
moral law. With them the beginning"!
anil tne end, tbe alpha and the ome
ga, of politics, business nnd public nf.
fairs arc Marcus Alonzo Manna and
Stephen Benton Klklns.
Mr. Hannn wns In his 24th yenr at
the commencement and In his 2Sth at
the close of the civil war. He bus no
war record. He kept on the even tenor
of his money-getting way during nil
those tremendous years. The heart-
shnklng news from Mttnasses and Don-
ie'n. from Chlckamnuga and Appomat-
tox, carried no inspiration to his soul.
He wns employed as a clerk In hla
father's grocery store. He marked un
prices and charged customers with the
coolness of n veteran bookkeeper. Fnr
ragut might lash himself to the mast In
tho harbor of Mobile, he would stick
by the grocery on the shores of Iake
Erie. He first began to be locally prom
inent In politics fourteen years ago,
when at the age of 47 he was sent
as a delegate to the republican national
convention. Elklns became a member
of the legislature of New Mexico when
only 23. It Is snld that when a man
hns abstained from the use of Intoxi
cating liquors until he Is past 40 and
then begins to use them he Invariably
Indulges to excess, apparently with
some vague idea that he ought to make
up for lost time and wasted opportuni
ties. Since Mr. Hnnna entered politics
he uppeara to have acted upon this
Iden. He signalized his llrst success
In the field of national politics by de
manding and obtaining every political
position nnd honor and ofllce that his
party could bestow upon him. He dis
played a singular lack of modesty and
self-restraint In seeking party power
for the purposes of his own political
advancement and aggrandizement. He
was not satisfied with electing president
by hook and crook his personal friend
upon an Issue to which the candidate
had always theretofore been opposed.
He used the pnrty power that had been
conferred upon him to force a vacancy
In the senate of the United States from
Ohio In order that he might crowd
his bulky and greedy way In. So John
Sherman wns made secretary of state
and Hnnna occupies the place that John
Sherman once filled. The result up"ii
the department of stnte has been sui
prlslng. Who hns heard of the part
the head of that department hns taken
during the negotiations with Spain,
which, failing, have ended In war? Who
knows the pence that might now be
existing In Cuba, the Maine riding the
sea, and war averted if there had
been at the head of that department
a man as strong as John Sherman was
In his prime? An Infinite wrong was
done him nnd an immeasurable injurv
Inflicted upon the country when he was
crowded ou'. of the senate to make
room for Mark Hannn. Neither the
personal wrong nor the public Injury
will soon be forgotten by the American
people. The curious c Midltlon of the
personnel o- the department of state
hns been summed up In the comment
of the head of one of the foreign lega
tions hero ns follows:
"The American foreign ofllce Is fun
ny. There Is Mr. Sherman who cannot
think, nnd Mr. Day who cannot talk,
and Mr. Adee who cannot hear. Volla
tout!"
Mr. Hnnna has been charged with
utilizing the secrets he learns as sena
tor and ns a member of the kitchen
cabinet to swell his wealth by opera
tion in stocks nnd other speculative
Interests. This chnrge has been widely
circulated and probably widely believed.
General Grosvenor has denied It on the
lloor of the house of representatives,
lie stated that Mr. Manna had never
in his life bought or sold stocks or
anything else ns a matter of specula
tion. There Is no reason to doubt Gen
eral Grosvenor s statement. It may be
accepted as a simple statement of fact.
Mr. Manna's offense Is somewhat dif
ferent from nnd even ginver than spec
ulating on hla own account on Informa
tion gained In his capacity as senator
and member of the kitchen cabinet. His
offense consists of conveying early and
exclusive Information thua gained to
the representatives of Interests that
will be affected by the action of con
gress or the executive and so ennbllng
them, not to speculate but to Invest
with nn absolute certainty of winning
from those who depend upon the public
sources of news open to nil for the
knowledge upon which they base their
operations. Mr. Manna's moral obli
quity Is such that he falls to appreciate
or to understand that there Is anything
wrong in this. It Is n common fnlllng
of polltlcnl degenerates. Thev use th
becrets they learn In their public catmcl-
tles for the purpose of ading to their
private fortunes or of enabling their
friends or others to whom they are
under personal or political obligations
to do the same. Some of them not only
use these otllclal secrets for personnl
money-getting, but to pay personal and
political debts, especially tho latter.
The latter is what Mr Manna hns done
Me came out the campaign of 1S00 win
a load of political debts upon his shoul
ders. Me has been paying them off nt
the public expense by enabling his pollt.
leal creditors to milk the stock mar
ket. There Is no moral difference be
tween gaining money In this way and
In winning H by cheating at cards. Vet
Mr. Manna's moral sense la so dulled
that he not only thinks this method
of recouping the contributors to his
campaign fund proper but commend
able. Mr. Manna and the other mem
bers of the kitchen cabinet have known
long before the public every move thnt
was made or contemplated by this gov
ernment during the prolounged negotia
tions with Spain as to Cuba, and the
replies to Spain. This Information was
conveyed to Wall street familiars with
out delay upon the stock market hours I
before the public could possibly learn I
anything nbout It. Mr. Hnnnc nn,1 tl,n
others of the kltchvi cabinet have been
at the White house ns late as the mid
night hour reading and discussing dis
patches from Havana and Madrid. They
have held meetings at night nnd until
night paled into morning to arrange
their raids upon the stock market. H
was at one of these meetings that the
moat famous perhaps Infamous would
be the proper word of these assaults
was arranged. It wns an a Sunday
night. Monday morning the mnrket
moved up. When this upward move
ment was supposed to have reached
Its limit a dispatch was sent from
Washington nnd circulated through a
news agency on Wnll Btreet that Spain
had accepted the president's plan for
an eight months' armistice In Cuba, the
differences between Spain and Cuba
io oe soiueu in the interim by the
president ua arbitrator, with the un
derstanding that he wns to decide In
favor of Cuban Independence. It was
not true, but the dispatch had come
from Madrid from n member of tho In
ternational Hanking syndlcnte to Its
representative then In Washington and
to Its allies, the kitchen cablnet.They
believed It true, because they believed
the syndicate could not control tho
action of the Madrid government. The
dispatch was held back until the mar
ket could be manipulated for a rise
and then when It began to exhibit signs
of weakness this dispatch was sent In
like a churgo of cavalry. The result
wus very disastrous to those on the
bear side of the market, who rushed
in every direction pell mell for cover.
The political degenerates who had ar
ranged the raid and their associates
quietly collected their profits.
This Is a apeclment page of the
chapter of scandal that Is being written
today In the book of shame at the na
tional capital.
Study of Child Nature.
(From "New Crusade.")
VI.
One of the gicatest difficulties In at
tempting to study the child nrises from
the natural limitations of thu human
mind. Only one phase of the child's
life can be considered at a given mo
ment, while In the child's life Itself
many forms of activity are carried on
simultaneously, but we who attempt
to study him must follow only one line
of activity at a time. Thus it becomes
difficult for us to obtuln a picture of
the child as a complete whole.
Then, again, the child's nnture Is
continually changing. While we nre
giving our attention to the analysis
of some phenomenon, the child has pro
gressed, and we may no sooner reach
a conclusion thnn we are confronted by
another phenomenon which may appear
to contradict our former observations
and upset our resulting conclusion.
Aa Compayre well says: "We no soon
er llnd a passing condition of his mobile
nature, always on the path of devel
opment, than we must hasten, If we
would bo exact, to describe a different
condition if not nn opposing one. The
child Is like a book whose pages are be
ing continually turned over one nfter
another, with no chance of being al
lowed to stop In our reading. Today he
is not what he was yesterday."
So we must ramember that the child
develops, not as separate parts, but)
as a continuous whole. And we must
realize that he develops, that he ad
vances with startling rapidity from the
position of today to the new knowledge
ot power or tomorrow.
It has been previously stated that
the child uses his muscles even before
his birth, and that this activity con
tinues and Increases from that moment.
Even before the sensibility Is developed
the life of the human being reveals It
self In motor nctlvity. The develop
ment of this nctlvity Is closely con
nected with the development of the In
tellectual and moral faculties; Indeed,
the vivacity nnd regularity of the
child's motions are promises of future
intellectual activity. The idiot Is
characterized either by Inactivity or by
a confused excess of motions. Rose M.
Wood-Allen.
The Power of Desire.
1 want to tell about the power of de
sire and why it will seem to reach so
far and no further. At first I tested It
in what seemed easy ways. If my de
sire was a small one, comparatively
unimportant, I could put more faith
in the possibility of attaining It than If
I had asked for something too large
to expect. Acting on this Idea I found
myself so successful that I felt Justi
fied In my preconceived belief that de
sire was the life principle In man, and
It was by his desires that he was allied
to all the things necessary to hla life,
growth and happiness. By slow de
grees, very slow degrees Indeed, I In
creased the size of my desires; that is
I demanded greater things than I had
done previously, and unless I made my
demand bigger than I believed possible
to attain, I would be successful.
Always the response I got to my de
mands was In proportion to my ability
to believe In the possibility of attain
ing them. For Instance this: I could
make the edmand for a certuln amount
of money, nnd my reason would assure
me that the sum was of possible realiza
tion through an Increased activity in
my business. I would get this money
and a little more than I had ordered
always, But If I spoke for an enor
mous sum and could not see where It
wns to come from, nor how it was to
be attained, I would not get It. I would
not only fall to get it but I would get
less than usual in my regular business.
This was because tho doubt that cloud
ed my demand had weakened me all
over so that I was not so strong a
magnet as before. Helen Wllmans in
Freedom.
What is the average dally cost of
maintaining a first-class battleship on
a war footing? One thousand five hun.
dred dollars, says a wiiter In the New
York Herald. A large sum of money,
but Insignificant when compared with
what the cost might be In case of ac
tion, when the conflict of n single min
ute could sink the largest ship, with her
entire armament, nnd require the ex
penditure of more than J5,000,000 to re
place her.
Reliable estimates cannot be made
when the fortunes of war must be
taken into account, but the cost of
nlalntalnlng our navy on Its present
footing immediately befoie the tiring of
the first gun In actual conflict is known.
Thnt cost Is $50,000 for each day. A
year ago the ccbt was a triflle less than
one-half of that amount; but think of
the changes since then, and particularly
of the results of the activity of the last
sixty days, when ships of all classes '
have been bought by our government
abroad and at home, and when war
craft of every kind some, Indeed, that
had become a simple memory have
been brought from hiding places, re
paired, armed, manned and In all re
spects put In condition to wage war
fare. The manning of these numerous
new purchases and revivals, together
with the addition of the war strength
needed on ships before the commission,
has been the cause of the wonderful In
crease In expense.
THE DRUM.
By James Whltcomb Riley.
Oh, the drum!
There Is scmo
Intonation In thy grum
Monotony of utterance that strikes the
spirit dumb,
As we hear
Through the clear
rri.. -''Jl, unclouded atmosphere
Thy crumbling palpitation roll in upon
the ear.
There's a part
Of the art
ti,. .?f.,Viy m"s, throbbing heart
That thrills a something in us that
awakens with a start,
And In rhyme
With the chime
And exactitude of time.
Goes marching on to glory to thy mel-
uu nuviiiuu.
And the guest
Of the breast
i T.hut ,tl,y rol,lnB robs of rest '
Is a patriotic spirit as a Continental
dressed.
And he looms
From the glooms
a , ., f. a cfntur of tombs.
And the blood lie spilled at Lexington
in living beauty blooms.
Aid his eyes
Wear the guise
ti ,,of,a ature pure and wise,
And the love of them is lirted to a
something in the skies,
That Is bright
Red and white
... ,WIU ft "lur of starry light
As it laughs in silken tipples to the
breezes day and night.
There are deep
Mushes creep
O'er the pulses aa they leap,
Ant I the murmer, fainter growing, on
e silence falls asleep,
While the prayer
Rising there
Wj11' the sea and earth and nlr
As a heritage to Freedom's sons and
daughters everywhere.
Then with sound
As profound
As the thunderings resound.
Come thy wild reverberations in a throe
that shakes the ground,
And a cry
Flung on high.
Like the flag It flutters by,
lngs rapturously upward till it nes
ties in the sky.
Oh, the drum I
There Is some
Intonation In thy grum
Monotony of utterance that strikes the
spirit dumb,
As we hear
Through the clear
And unclouded atmosphere
Thy rumbling palpitations roll in upon
the ear.
CUBA'S JOAN OF ARC.
Paulina de Ruiz Gonzales, the Joan of
Arc of Cuba, lias girded on her machete
and General Garcia, now commanding
her, knows that she will fight It out
with Spain until the last drop of blood
flows out of her patriotic heart.
It Is Paulina Gonzalez who heads the
spirit of war that his risen among the
women of Cuba, and when her husband
went to the front to avenge Maceo and
to tear Cuba from the treachery of AI
phonso. she walked at his sidn nrwi r.
dured the suffering of camp life on the
hot nnd fever-stricken landscape of her
country.
Spain has Inculcated In her heart the
desire to free the Island from the blight
now resting upon It, and she goes to
war, ready to avenge the fallen and
bear good tidings to her half-starved
people who still live in wretchedness.
With her own hand she has already
cut down Spanish soldiers, and the
army of Invasion will find her In tho
thick of the light at her husband's side
when the little army takes up t he
march under America's Hag.
There are other Cuban women fight
ing for liberty, but the fearless Paulina
de Ruiz Gonzalez is the only woman
holding a commission In the Cuban
army. She is a captain banderada. or
captain of the flag. She was first com
missioned by General Sancho Perez
which act was subsequently confirmed
by the lamented Maceo, and again by
the undauntable Callxto Garzia, with
whose command she Is today a pictur
esque and Idolized feature. Wherever
tho cause of Cuban Independence Is
urged, the name of this heroic woman
is venerated nnd its mention greeted
with the raising of the sombrero, She
entered the army In January, 1S9C, to
be with her husband, Captain Rafael
Gonzalez, a brave officer under General
Pancho Perez, then operating In the
province of Santa Clarn. Her husband
wjiu wus n veteran or tne ten years
war. was In the field, w hen his devoted
wife sent him word that she would Join
him. She left her comfortable home
at Corral Falso, Matanzas province,
having converted everything possible of
her extensive possessions into ready
cash, met a party of insurgents by ap
pointment on the outskirts of the town,
and, nstrlde an extra horse, rode off to
the war.
When she reached her husband she at
once sought an audience with Colonel
Menendez, and nnnounced that she did
not propose to be one of the "impedi
menta," as the women with the army
are called when It Is necessary to con
vey them to places of safety when the
hour of danger or battle arrives.
Mrs. Gonzalez begegd the colonel to
allow her to carry the regimental Hag.
urging that Cuba needed every man It
could summon to wield a machete.
The colonel gazed long and earnestly
on this enthusiastic woman; and be
held In her a soft-handed, edllcately
nurtured woman of twenty-one, whose
apparel nnd reflnenment of manner be
tokened her gentle birth. She Is verv
handsome, with straight, regular fea
tures, soft, black eyes, that at times
gleamed with fires of patriotic fervor,
and with glossy, blnck hair cut short
for the exigencies of the life that she
had chosen. She was slender, taller
than the average woman, but very lithe
and graceful In her movements. Her
soft persuasive voice, had ceased, and
he waited with parted lips the colonel's
Jecisldn, while her husband, scarcely
less interested, stood proudly by her
side.
"Cuba needs such women as you. Her
flog Is safe in your hands," replied the
colonel, and then, summoning the color
guard, he with his own hands placed
it in her Keeping.
The trust was well placed. Two days
later,
mounted on her splendid bay
mare fifteen hands high, she carried
the standard gallantly In a despot ato
charge, and under a hot shower of
Mauser bullets.
At the close of the engagement she
was given the rank of flaglle utenant,
and her commission forwarded for the
approval of General Gomez. Two weoks
later, on February 5, at Mauga Leargo
this fearless woman rode In two fierce
machete charges against the strong
guerrilla force of Corral Falso.
With the standard slung on ber left
arm and a glittering machete waving
in her r Ight band, she rode In the front
mnnd l the Slde of her con
0lni.t.hls dcsI,erate ongngement. when
Snniyi,,re8s?d' sho slew l r the
Spanish horde.
"Vlvn Br,?ifltrrU.(ik V.,.ree l,n,es' "hotting
1,1- lo iVUba. L bre! Hml c"t him from
his sadle. A single blow cft the skull
of the other.
nn Vit,Vi,!1 ,"onth, s Participated In
Em,-LJL lht!n, ten chW". and had two
vii h f.rom umler her' nc was at
Z li Ha,bnco ami the other when
Sit, -,a, ll'!1.11 scoutl"r Iarty she rode
Into nn ambuscade on the last day oi
March near Bolandron.
hZhLK?crr ln,s', who feare tlflntl ated
her and called her the Cuban tlgiess,
made a desperate effort to capture her
but her devoted followers, rallied to bur
fhSf'nJ1? ri?r.a b,00dy engagement
the Spanish fled, leaving thirty of theli
number dead ou the field.
During the month of April of that
'cal "- participated in ten battles and
many skirmishes. Always In the thick
est of the fray, she miraculously es
caped injury.
For distinguished bravery on the field
she was promoted to the rank of cap
tain. In time she was promoted to
carry the flag of the brigade command
ed by General Perez. When the latter
was wounded, she, with a chosen few
of the command, retreated to the south
ern shore of the Inaccessible marshes
pr Santa Clara, where she nursed him
back to health.
Then, with her husband and the scat
tered command of Perez, she made her
wa yeastward to Join the forces of Go
mez who received her with all honors.
All Cuba rings with stories of her
IllVm- S,le lH a routed dead shot
with rifle or revolver, and her skill with
the machete Is envied by many sea
soned troopers.
On secret service missions of various
disguises, she has taken her life in her
hand to penetrate the strongholds of
tne enemy. On two occasions she enter
ed Havana and brought away valuable
information.
For months the Cubans expected to
hear that hhe had made her way into
yeyler8 presence nnd slew him, as a
Judith or a Charlotte Corday In their
times relieved the world of monsters.
Major Grover Flint, the correspond
ent, when with the army of Gomez, met
this remarkable woman.
''Did you ever feel timid?" he asked.
Gracious, no. Senor." sho nt,u,.m.i
with a little laugh. The thought that
one could experience fenr seemed to
amuse her mightily.
"Did you not feel a little strange
when you heard the first lire and saw
men falling nbout you?"
"No, senor, I never felt afraid In my
life; but in my first action was impa
tient. My horse couldn't get to the
enemy quick enough. I rode my first
charge without giving a machete to any
one. You see we were all riding to
gether and crowding from side to side.
I saw the machetes flash nenr me and
heard the rattle and clush; but I found
no one In front of me, nnd then it was
all dust, and the enemy had gone. Our
men were crowded nbout the flag, but
figure to yourself, senor, I had met no
body and I felt that I had come out
for nothing though, they tell me, the
center where I rode cut the line of
soldiers right In two. As for me, I
heard shots and saw dust, und they
crowded me this sld? and that, but I
could strike no one. and I had to put
my machete back, feeling that I had not
struck for Cuba."
"Would ycu like to kill a Spaniard?"
he asked.
"Oh. no, Btnor, I wouldn't for tho
world kill nny one; but, figure to your
self, when you ride against the enemy,
that Is a different thing. You strike
for Cuba, and you think only of Cuba
I have struck with the machete, but it
wasn't ns If I had hurt any one. They
fell; but, you know, it was for Cuba,
and I would not hurt any one."
In nil the rigors of the campaign
Captain Paulina does not sink her fem
ininity. She dresses In a military coat,
short skirt, bloomers, high leggings,
wears gauntletted gloves nnd a wide
sombrero. She, of course, rides astride
like a man.
Her husband Is ever near her side,
and her courageous example has nerved
him to deeds of dnrlng that have won
him a colonel's commission along with
a dozen battle sears.
New Story About Peter tho Great.
While President Faure was on his re
cent visit to Russia he heard a number
of stories of Peter the Great. At a ban
quet the other day he told this one.
Once In the imperial palace so the
story goes Peter was ot table with a
great princes and nobIenint, and
soldiers were posted within the hall.
The czar war. in n Joyous mood, and
rising cnlled out to the company:
"Listen, prirces and boyars; is there
among you one who will wrestle with
me, to pnss the time and amuse the
czar?"
There was no reply, 'and the czar re
peated his challenge. No prince or no
bleman dared wrestle with his sover
eign. But nil at once a young dragoon
stepped out from the ranks of the sol
diers on guard.
"Listen, orthodox czar," he said, "I
will wrestle with thee!"
"Well, young drngoon." said Peter, "I
will wrestle with thee, but on these con
ditions: If thou throwest me, I will
pardon thee; but If thou art thrown,
thou shalt be beheaded. Wilt thou
wres-tle on these conditions?"
"I will, great czar?" said the soldier.
They closed, and presently the sol
dier, with his left arm, threw the czar,
and with his right he prevented him
from falling to the ground. The sov
ereign wns clearly beaten.
i5omewhat In the spirit of Herod, the
czar offered the soldier whntever re
wnrd he should claim, and the soldier
ignobly claimed the privilege of drink
ing free, ns long as he lived, In all the
Inns belonging to the crown. Family
Messenger.
A German scientist says that the
most highly organized man is only
"condensed air." The Argus, com-"
mentlng upon this nnnouncement, says
that If the Kaiser hears of it, "there
will be one more goggle-eyed professor
doing thirty dnys for Iese-majeste."
Why? There was nothing said about
condensed wind, was there?
Mis Mother (profoundly shocked)
Johnny. Johnny! You will break my
heart! That is the most dreadful lan
guage I ever heard a little boy use'
Johnny We're playln' street enrs.
mnmma. I'm the motorman and Ben's
drlvln' a coal wagon an' won't get out
o' my way.
Mr. Green Now, I'm going to tell you
something, Ethel. Do you know that
last night, at your party, your slst'r
promised io marry me? I hope you'll
forgive me for taking her awn?
Ethel Forgive you. Mr. Green! Of
course I will. Why, that's what the
party was for!
ii i m
It is said that the emperor of China
tat up all one night to hear the reading
of Li Hung Chang's report of his trav
els 'round the world. Considering that
It was all Li's this report seems to have
rtceived undue attention.
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