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fn HANNA'S VICTORY. Hanua's victory in the Senate is i such a triumph as an honorable m would delight in. He retains his se it is true , and for Hanna this is p haps the main thing , but the verdict acquit him of t his favor does not charge of bribery , and is , in fact , t Scotch verdict of "not proven. " in t Of course , the Republicans Senate committee stood by Hanna. 1 represents the Republican administ tion , and to him more than to any o or man McKinley owes his electii But the Democrats on the commiti were not forced to lay on the whi pointed out the fact wash , and they their minority report that Hanna a 1hose who acted for him at Columl disregarded the subpoenas of the Ol committee and declined to appear fore it. The Democrats of the Sen ; committee take the ground that th should be further investigation. Hanna's record Is such that the chai of bribery causes no surprise , and t burden of proof rests upon hrm. plotted to force John Shermai out the Senate , so that , as boss of the 1 publican party , Mark Hanna could cure the coveted position. Later he joined the conspiracy make Sherman step down and out the Cabinet. Now , as Sherman has always serv his party with absolute fidelity , Han showed treachery to his friend , and is not at all improbable that he woi use corrupt means to retain the si which he secured so discreditably. It is not probable that Hauna's cr will receive any further investigati in the Senate. His Republican felli Senators have applied the whitewa to his record , and by so doing ha ranked themselves with the man w plotted against his friend , and who fused to testify in his own behalf wh offered the opportunity. Revenue Deficit. Representative Cannon , Cliairm of the House Committee on Appropr tious , says there will be a deficit § 100,000,000 at the end of the presc fiscal year. This is a comment on Republic legislation which will cause a good def < of serious consideration by the peoj How is this deficit to be met ? TV the vast riches of the trusts be taxe Will the men who have incomes rai ing from § 5,000 to § 5,000,000 a year required to bear their share of the bi den ? Under Republican rule these qu I ! tions can all be answered in the uej tive. Trusts are protected. The comes of rich men are held sacred a the men who are least able to p taxes will be the men who will have pay them. What does the § 700,000,000 steel tn pay in the way of national taxes ? No ing. But every poor woman who bn a pound of tea pays the Government cents to help protect the steel trust The New York Journal pictures t condition of affairs most truthfu and most vividly as follows : "If a more taxes are to be imposed they Abe \ be levied , not on the men with t millions , but on the men that do i have § 179 apiece. The values of fn chises , the profits of corporations , t stealings of trusts will remain uutoiu ed , Avhile every rag worn by the sh fc i ering child of a day laborer out of AVO is taxed. " And yet poor men , wage-earne men in moderate circumstances c < iinuc to vote the Republican tick Are they not. indeed , their own woi enemies ? Grover Cleveland. An absurd story comes by wire fn Princeton , N. .T. , to the effect tl G rover Cleveland is to be a candid * in 1000 for a third term as Preside ; G rover Cleveland may try to be a cr didate , for there is no limit to his sc esteem , but the absurd part of t proposition is the assertion that will be a candidate. If there were no other objection Clevjland , the fact that his Candida would have to fight the establish and popular conviction that no m should be given a third term in t highest office of this country should enough to rule him out of the race , n the Democrats of this nation , the 0,50 000 voters who cast their ballots j W. T. Bryan in 1896 , have no desire stultify themselves by approving t nomination of a man who made the r < ord which stands against Grover Cle land. No greater mistake could be made the Democrats than that of selecti Cleveland to lead the party. Def < would be certain , and the leaders this party need not be told this fact , 1 they know it already. Chicago Den crat. McXinley'a Shiftiness. Because the President has sudder changed his mind and is trying to drl the country in a directly opposite din tiou to that which a few months a lie said its duty and honor required to pursue , are we to be told that it incumbent upon men of more stal convictions to whirl into line with shifting administration ? Such ta does no credit to those who indulge It , and certainly docs not strengthen t administration. Atlanta Journal. "What Worries the Orcaiis. - The administration organs seven censure Miles for uttering words c culated to damage our expo.rt trade beef. Up to date none of them has hi particularly vociferous in deuouuc the issuance of bad beef to the soldii As between building up our exii trade and properly caring for the i diers , the export trade will always ceivc first consideration at the hai of the administration organs. Om , World-Herald. Lincoln's Prediction. To Abraham Lincoln seems to hi been given the power of prophc With the vision of a statesman , Line peered into the future and raisec voice of warning. In one of his prophetic moods , great liberator said : "I see in the u future a crisis approaching that nerves me and causes me to tremble the safety of my country. As a res of the war , corporations havi > 1Seen throned and an area of corruption high places will follow , and the mo ; power of the country will eudeavoi prolong its reign by working upon prejudices of the people , until wealth is aggregated in a few ha and the republic is destroyed. I I at this moment more anxiety for safety of the country than ever bef < even in the midst of the war. " No words could express more clea the present condition of affairs. ' . great corporations are doing exa ( what Lincoln feared they would do They are working upon the prejurti of the people. They are aggregat the wealth of the country into a 1 hands. They are endeavoring to e t lish an aristocracy of wealth. They striving to crush the workiugmeu i to put the classes in a position of al lute power over the masses. It is the aim of the money powoi make riches supreme. To reduce wa to their lowest terms , to take away methods of redress from labor , to competition and to rule with an i hand is the aspiration of the trusts These money sharks have seen control of the Republican party. Tl rule the administration. They coiii the army and the courts of justice. There is no hope for the people cept in the Democratic party. Wl will the wage-earners leam this ? Wl will the men who labor cast off bonds of Republican tyranny and v for their own freedom with the o party which is ready and willing come to their relief ? The Anjrio-Americaii Conspiracy Lord Charles Beresford is soiaiew too frank for his mission. lie wa the United States to go into parti ship Avith England , Germany and pan to control China , yet he inadv < eiitly quotes a parallel case , Avh shoAvs that the job Avill be utterly pi itless. "Save for its strategic adv tages , " he says , "Egypt has not bi worth a shilling to England. Gr Britain has sacrificed lives and moi to make Egypt safe and secure , r she has put the Egyptian army i police in order. She has gained financial advantage. " The admiss is opportune , for \vhat England 1 done in Egypt is precisely Avhat AVC ; expected to do in China. We are sacrifice lives and money to m : China safe and secure , and AVO si reap no adavautage Avhatever , for strategic value of the joint occupat Avould be enjoyed not by the Uni States , but by England , Germany ; Japan. If AVC go into the partners AVC shall incur the fate which imr ! ably oA-ertakes the greenhorn AI plays in a game with professionals. " shall come out Avith a large and i haps valuable stock of experience , 1 Avith considerably less assets. Chic,1 Chronicle. McKinley Seeing the JAxlit. President McKiuley has changed opinion about foreign trade. In 189C la's speeches in defense of his tariff 1 lie declared that "the foreign mar is illusory. " Yet in his speech at Commercial Club in Boston the otl night he admitted the protection rac. was played out , just as Senator Aldr 3id in the Senate a year ago. "Y\e lu turned from academic theories to tr ; conditions , " he said , "and are seek Dur share of the Avorld's markets. " T is the very thing Avhich only eight ye ; ago McKinley declared Avould lead national disaster. Pittsburg Post. Went as Far as They Dared. Many Congressmen are pointing the imperial schemes for spending h dreds of millions which Congress jected in spite of the urgiugs of : McKinley and his friends , and are s ing , \vith Clive , "In view of our opi : tunities Ave marvel at our own mode tion. " But the simple truth is that c Congress did not dare spend any m money. The menace of the figures deficits was too vivid not to impr the most reckless of prodigals. N York World. Governor Pincrce'a Hopelesa Taa Governor Pingree is still protest that the Republican party is domina by the trusts and combines , and s persists in maintaining his allegia to that party. The Governor she have learned by this time that no n can fight the monopolies effectiv within the Republican party. In ft this is a pretty difficult matter ei outside of the Republican party. dianapolis Sentinel. Reached a Queer Verdict. The gist of the report of Mr. McE ley's Avar inquiry board was : "Th AA-as very bad management , but managers were not to blame. " Louis Republic. THE WOMAN DRUMMER. Several of the Fair Fcx Have Made a Success on the Road. The man drummer is not the only traveling salesman in the commercial field , or if he is the traveling saleswo man is rapidly taking her place by his side anil rapidly selling the goods that it was formerly his masi'iiHue monopoly ely to sell. The woman with the sam ple case is going to be as familiar a traveling companion to the ordinary tourist as the knight of the gripsack and like all things that the woman turns ner hanJs to the feminine drum mer will soon accomplish her task so much better than the ordinary man that the traveling sales business will be delegated into her capable hands. There is no reason to urge against the success of the woman sales-tourist and there are many to offer in her favor. She is tactful , which most men are not ; she can talk well and rapidly and unceasingly ; she has the gift of jutuition and the faculty of pleasing. She can tease and coax and plead be seechingly , and if she can't get an or der on the merits of her wares she notes it down triumphantly as the re sult of personal attractiveness. A wo man doesn't give up , for she never knows when she is whipped and beats a smiling retreat only after capturiuj the trophies of war. That the large army of women who will doubtless eventually find employ ment in the novel occupation of travel ing saleswomen will probably be large ly successful can be easily prophesied from tLe emphatic results that have rewarded the efforts of the few women already engaged in the drummer trade. Up to the present the greater num ber of those already so engaged are traveling for commercial interests in the East. Probably the most success ful drummer is Miss Nellie Nemiller of Boston , one of the prettiest of the Hub's attractive women , although scarcely a woman in age , being but shortly out of the decade of her teens. She is dainty and refined , with a face number of the widening class of fem inine bread winners. The male drum mers will have to look to their laurels , tor when a wom.Mi once makes up her mind to accomplish an object she usu ally accomplishes her end to the ulti mate satisfaction of herself , her em ployer and her customers. SOLDIERS OF QUEEN VICTORIA. Lads Who Knlisl to Get Away from Work. Village lads enlist from a variety of . Some go reasons , says the Spectator. because their fathers before them were soldiers ; others because Avork is scarce , " ' the plow- or they arc tired of "follerin' " again from pure love of tail ; others , , fighting. ' "I likes to year about the blo-ud , " remarked one youth when reading a letter from his brother in In dia , in which the writer described his experiences of a sharp action during the late frontier campaign. " 1 likes to year about the blo-ud ; meks I feel a-sif I'd like to have a shot at they black fellers myself , " and he straightway went off and enlisted into the home bat talion of his brother's regiment. An other boy took the Queen's shilling because " " his fore cause he was "grizzjed at" by man. The distracted mother of this would-be warrior followed him to the barracks and offered to buy him out , for she had already sent two sons to India , and could ill-afford to lose the Avages of a third. His reply to her tear ful entreaties was that he "wouldn't go back to the plow-tail not fur wotever ; " he "liked so'jern' " he had been at it " ' ' he meant to be. " one day ! "an' a so'jer This took place some two years ago , but he likes it still ; indeed , they all do. "We are in the Khyber pass , " wrote one during the war , "and are as hap py as little larks. " "I did not much care for the bullets at first , " said another , "but now I'm usted to them , and loves the fightin' proper. " A third wrote to his mother that "those black 'eathiugs have a blank cheek ; they fires at we , and don' run away wen we fires at they. " of beautiful coloring , although sh ( eAves her success to her clear , shrewi 3 head and persuasive eloquence , as Avel as to her beauty. 3 As soon as she enters an office everj man in it is her Avilling slave and sh ( easily persuades the powers that b < c that the shoes she is agent for are the 1 only shoes worth being made or Avortl considering. Miss Nemillcr consider : her whole occupation "a game of jollj 1 from beginning to end. " "I think w < as much right t ( 1 women have just masculine confreres drum as men. Our heartiest of Avel the do not give us comes , but AVC don't care for that. " One of the most enterprising of fern inine drummers is Miss Roseberry ol Chicago , the traveling representative for a large cheAviug gum factory. Miss Roebevry is a breezy , Avholesome , at tractive Avoinan , who has been fulfill ing the obligations of her present posi tiou for three years or so. She is f bright , Avitty and eloquent and man ! age's to impress the buyers Avith all the , merits of her special brand of chew ing gum , greatly to their satisfaction [ to ° the satisfaction of her firm and tc the interest of a tidy bank account thai 1 is surely gaining in bulk. " "No , I don't cheAv gum myself , explained plained Miss Roseberry , "but yov Avould be astonished at the amoun consumed by the public. I Avas r stenographer by profession , but fine my present Avork far more pleasant am remunerative. I go all over the South West and even out to San Francisco I think a woman has a very grea chance of success as a commercia traveler. Like everything else , one haste . I firs : to be imbued with enthusiasm. convinced myself that my particulai brand of gum Avas the finest out Armed with the courage of my con victions I have hustled ever since foi 8 that gum. " f Philadelphia , like Boston and Chi s cage , has its Avoman drummer in th < person of Miss Angela Allen , Avho hails from Baltimore , the city of good-look ing girls. She travels for a milliner establishment and tries sample hats on her shapely head. She is very sty I lish and easily convinces the pur chasers that her hats are the mosi fashionable wares to be procured foi their money A'alue. Miss Myrtle Green is another "womai : lruminer who travels through the ' South for a New England pin am" 1 needle factory. Miss Eva Taylor so licits orders for an up-to-date Bostor dressmaker , carrying in her sampU case evidences of the artistic skill ol her employers in a series of pretty ant B becoming frocks and wraps. s The field that has been so success fully conquered by a feAV women Avil doubtless rapidly be entered by a greai Not letters only , but photographs the scenery and beautiful Indian shav and tablecloths find their way acre the sea to the village ; socks , too , for tie brothers at home , guernseys , ves stockings and shaAAls knitted by rou but loving hands among the AV mountains of the Khyber attest t warmth of these soldier lads' affecti < "Ah , he's more comfort to me than the t'other children put together , " si one mother , as she related hoAV t' pounds sterling had reached her fn the camp at Luudi Kotal ; "he neA writes , doesn't Harry , Avi'out putt summat in his letters. " A SPELLING TEST. Here Are a Few Common Words Th Pnzxle Many. If you can spell every Avord correct in the 1'olloAving rhymes all legitinu expressions you may consider yoi self qualified to enter a spelling bee Stand up , ye spellers , now , and snel Spell phenakistoscope and knell ; Or take some simple Avord as chilly , Or gauzer or the garden lily. To spell such Avords as syllogism , And lachrymose and synchronism , And Pentateuch and saccharine , Apocrypha aud celadine , Japiniuc and homoeopathy , Paralysis and chloroform , Metempsychosis , gherkins , basque , Is certainly no easy task ; Kaleidoscope and Tennessee , Kamschatka and erysipelas , And etiquette and ptyalism , Allopathy and rheumatism , And cataclysm and beleaguer , Twelfth , eighteenth , rendezvous , triguer , And hosts of other words all found On English and on classic ground. Thus , Behriug Straits and Michaeln : ; Thermopylae , Jalaj , Havana , Cinquefoil and ipecacuanha , And Rappahanuock , Shenandoah , And Schuylkill and a thousand more Are words more prime good spell ( miss In dictionary lauds like this. Nor need one think himself a scroylo If some of these his efforts foil , Nor deem himself undone forever To miss the name of either riAcr , The Dnieper , Seine or Guadalquiver "Louisville Courier-Journal. Tobacco Raising. Prior to 1S59 Virginia AA-as the gre ; est tobacco-producing State of Amerii the annual yield being 122,000C pounds. The present yield of Yirgir is approximately only 50,000C pounds per annum. Since the ci war , Kentucky has taken first place tobacco , yielding annually 225,000 P pounds. AVhy Are AVe for Silver ? Probably most bimetallists arc ask ilmost daily why they are silver m ind Avhat reason they can give for th aelief tha.t the adoption of the bimet ic standard Avill be for the best int ? sts of the country. Without assumi : o speak for others , I Avill give a f influenced i that have > f the reasons md which I think will influence ma jthers during the progress of the ca wign. ' I am for silver first , because sil1 s the money used by the people ev ( Jay in their business trausactio Second : Because gold alone does i Eurnish a sufficient basis for the co nercial needs of the country ; and 1 controlled by a f supply is too easily men possessed of great wealth. Thi Because it is abundantly proved by < ? erience that with a full currer prices are higher , industries more a ; ve , labor better employed , and tin and conte is more general comfort ment among the people. Fourth : 1 of gold does i ? ause the production ieep pace with the increased demai in commercial trans [ or currency Lions , and hence with the gold standr prices continue to fall , and under fj ing prices business is always depress md industries always stagnant. Fif Because the real A'alue of silver flue ites less than gold. The real value m article is measured by what it AI exchange for in commodities. The b ion in a silver dollar Avill buy ji ibout the same amount of commodit ft 1S99 as it did in 1873 , Avhile g < ivill buy nearly double the quanti Silver , therefore , is the better , fall ind more stable measure of valu Sixth : Because the people buy g < ivith their products , and Avith the pr jut prices of products , compared AV rxrices in ' 7o , the people are obliged : oay virtually for gold a premium nearly 100 peicent. . Seventh : 1 ? ause , whatever injures the prodm injures all classes of the people , a is falling prices which have iuva ibly followed the adoption of the g < standard in every country must ! allibly injure the producers , ' the ad ( : ion of this standard must iuevitab .n the future as in the past , injure t svh'ole people. Eighth : Because , as American citizen , I belieA'e our leg .ation should be in favor of Americ nterests , and do not believe it eitl svise or patriotic to defer necessa egislation until AAe can obtain the c ( ; ent of the monarchies of Europe. For the above reasons aud ma nore I am against the continuance ; he gold standard , and unqualifiedly 'avor of the free coinage of both g ( md silver , Avithout discrimiuati igainst either metal , by the mints : he United States. J. H. M. rhe Contracting : and Payment of Deh A gold bug paper says that every d ar of indebtedness now oAving in t Qnited States Avas contracted on a gc jasis and must be paid on that has rhat is a very broad statement and rery reckless one. As a matter of fn : he entire national debt ( except Cleveland's § 102,000,000) ) was contnt Ml upon the basis of "laAvful moue kVhich included gold , silver aud lee ender paper. All other indebtednc contracted prior to 1873 Avas upon t same basis in effect. Even the del ncurred since that year cannot hone y be said to have boon contracted he gold basis as it exists to-day. : he adoption of the gold standard 1873 had instantly doubled the A'alue ; od. that is , had cut prices doAvn 01 lalf , there Avould be some force in t ontention. But it did not Avork in tli ivay , and in the nature of things jould not. When gold Avas made t standard , the silver coin in existeii . It cent A as not entirely destroyed. led to do some monetary duty. Its i * ecti\'ouess Avas reduced , because gi ) ecame the sole money of internatioi : rade betAveen those nations that h "ormerly done their business on t jasis of both gold and silver. IIen < ; old became the chief support of tl : credit by means of Avhich an imnioi ; proportion of the Avorld's business lone. V 'hat They Are After. That the complete control of t iioney of the country is Avhat is aim it by the national banks of issue is i leiiied. They lurve already , by the < noiietization of silver , reduced the p nary money the money Avith AvhicL lebt can be paid § 000,000.000 , and < jry scheme of reform presented rolves the reduction of that class nouey nearly § 400,000,000 more by ( stroying or retiring the greeubac ] This Avould leave but § 400,000.000 ? 500,000,000 of gold as the only prima none } * , and every dollar of that lock .ip in bank vaults. Not only is the cireinent of every greenback a part jvery scheme of "reform" < ? ) , but t retirement of every form and kind national currency is also included , short , the plan for a "sound moiie system , as propounded by everyo who has spoken , is a paper currency sued exclusively by banks , and supp aiented and redeemable in gold co Everyone must admit at once that tl would give the banks absolute cent Df the amount of currency , as well the quality. Opposed to this schei stands the free silver party , which is [ aver of no money , Avliether coin or i per , except Avhat is issued and contrc 2d by the Government , aud a full lei tender. An ostrich egg , Avhich weighs thi pounds , is equal in bulk to about thii liens' eggs , and is amply sufficient provide a iieal for tec men- LAW AS INTERPRETED. " of occupant "change An exception as to of hazard in pant without increase prohibiting change- an insurance policy is Meld , possession , af interest , title or in Herman Bros. . L. & Co. vs. Katz Bros. iTemi. ) , 41 L. R. A. 700 , to be applicable well as to real plicable to personal as property. The presumption against suicide is lielfl in .Tolms vs. Northwestern Mutual Relief Association ( Wis. ) , 41 L. It. A. 387 , insufficient to sustain a causj of action for accident insurance , where the insured went to bed as usual , was found next morning in an underground c-istern back of the house , with underclothes - clothes , pants and stockings on , but no coat , and the opening to the cistern was 15 by 20 inches. The implied duty of the owner to use- and repairing reasonable care in inspecting pairing a grate in a sidewalk in front of his premises is held , in Canundaigua vs. Foster ( X. Y. ) , 41 L. R. A. 554 , to continue , notwithstanding his lease of a part of the structure on the abutting land and its occupat > jn by a tenant , al though the tenant has , by implication , the exclusive right to use the grate. The burden of proving an alibi is held in State vs. Thornton ( S. D. ) , 41 L. R. A. 530 , to be upon the.defendant at least to the extent of raising a reasonable doubt of guilt after the State Las made a prima facie case. The great contrariety of opinion on this subject is shown in a note to this case , in which the different rules are clearly defined and the authorities of the different jurisdictions analyzed with reference to them. The loss of the services of a minor child killed by the fault of another is held , in Gulf , C. & S. F. Co. vs. Beall ( Texas ) , 41 L. R. A. S07 , to give the parents no common-law right of action against the party in fault. There has been a difference of authorities on this question , the preponderance of which supports the present decision , but the : -ases which reach this conclusion dose - so on different grounds , as appears from the note to this case. A HUSBAND'S TASTE. So Wife Compromises Her Individual ity in Matter of Dress. Mary R. Baldwin relates this sug- jestive little incident in the Woman's [ lome Companion : " 'Oh , my dear , where did you get that monstrosity ? ' whispered a man to the little woman jy his side as he clung to a strap , and she to him , as they rode home together n a street-car. "The effect certainly was ridiculous : he wee face with its timid expression .mder one of the largest of the new styles of hats with its flaunty feathers ind obtrusive trimmings. The tears started to the eyes of the overtopped ittle creature ; then she recovered her self , and insisted that it was just the : hing the very latest of the fashions. Lt is not beneath the thought of the w nest intellectual woman , nor docs it Compromise personal independence ind taste to consult the preferences of i husband in the choice of modes and irticles of dress. "There are husbands so constituted , 10 doubt , that it is gratifying to their > ride and sense of authority to receive > erfect dependence from the wife ; but he reliance of an efficient woman who s able to think and act for herself is horoughly appreciated by a broad- ninded , generous-souled husband. If lis Avifo has a refined true taste he 'eels honored when she lays before him icr plans for the house-furnishing , or lie gowning of herself , and after the mrchaso , as he regards effects , ho akes pride in the thought of having lad a voice in the choosing. " HOMES IN MANILA. low People Live in Uncle Sam'a Acquired Territory. The bettor houses in Manila differ in omo ways from any other in the vorld. Always of two stories , there s a high stone basement , with a car- iage way to the court , wliere are the lervants' quarters and domestic otiii-es. L'he upper story is of wood , being com- ) lete in itself , so that in case of an , earthquake it will settle together. The : eilings are covered with cloth instead if plaster. A wide stairway leadup 'rom the carriage way. Between throe ind four feet above the floor of this itory is a wide window ledge with grooves running the whole length every side. In these grooves ) liuds and also frames in which are : ot small squares of oyster shell t called conchas" ) . Both blinds and conchas un the full length of each side. Either > r both can. be closed at the same time , ind both can be slid back to the width > f one at each end , leaving the whole the air to circulate ; ide open , and allowing culate as freely as in a shed. The oofs were formerly made of heavy curved tiles. Now galvanized iron is ised , as it vastly decreases the chance > f the roof falling during an earth- liiake , and lessens the damage if it loes. On the other hand the iron roof s much more likely to be blown off by : he terrible typhoons. The native louses are built of bamboo , with : hatchtvd roofs made of the leaf of the lipa palm and elevated from six teen - : en feet on bamboo poles. Pigmy Tribes in Africa. A traveler who has lately passed through the country of the pygmies , in the great forests of equatorial Afri ca , says that he measured many of the iittle people and found none over four feet in height. They are strong , how- jver , and fairly intelligent , he thinks. Length of the World's Railroads. , The length of the world's railways s more than seventeen times the cir cumference of the earth at tUs equator. It frequently happens tfhen a girl magines she is wearing .Vsad and in- cresting expression , somr one AviTf vsk icr what she is looking so. cross atyjut \ . *