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Thai Three Million
Divided at Last.
EACH OF 40.000 CUBANS
WILL GET $75.
Habaos, Maj 6.-Forty thousand
will be used as the divisor io fixing she
shares of the soldiers io the 3,000,
OOO allotted by the United States gov
ernment to be divided among the Caban
troops, sod the payment will begin at
the ead of next week. A general order
declaring the payment sod setting
forth the roles to be observed will be
issued by Gov. Geo. Brooks oo Mon
day, next.
The governor general and Geo.
Gomes bave decided that tc would be
impracticable to try to verify further
the army rolls ss submitted by the re
cently dissolved Coban assembly.
Gee Brooke today seat to Geo.
Gomer a list of the commissioners for
the several corps, asking if be wished
to make any changes.
The oom missioners-one Cuban sod
one American for esob corps-will be
orderen to meet at ones in Habana to
take action aa to the details of the
hristan of the money. The order in
which the payments will be made is as
f olio w :
Fin t, tn Habana province ; then in
the provinces of Pinar del Bio, Matso
r- tss, ftsnta Clara, Puerto Principe sod
Santiigo.
Th next important role laid down is
that sc requiring the giving up of all
arms ns a condition of the payment of
$75 e ich man is to receive.
Afear all the privates and non-com
missioned officers are paid, money will
be left, and the remainder will probably
be divided among thc maimed and
destitute of the army.
Gov. Geo. Ludlow, military governor
of the department of Habana, reoeotiy
asked Senor Lsonsa, eeeretsry of jus
tice ic Gen. Brooke's advisory cabinet,
to arrange to allow American lawyers
to practice bere, because of the desire
of tbs American syndicates sod mer
chante coming to Habana to employ
Americans to defend their interests:
Senor Lanes* referred the matter to
the Universidad, which governs ad
mission to the Habana bsr, and its
reply, which was approved by the secre
tary of justice, ras s refusal of the
request, it being held that it would be
for the best interests of Americans to
employ Cohans with a knowledge of
the Ional laws.
Utterances by Gen. Lsoret and other
of tbe assemblist leaders, are published
herc today which might be regarded ss
tending to inflame the minds of tbe
Cubais against tho United States- and
Incite Shem te outlawry. Geo. Laer et
is qao ;ed as saying that, while he has
no do ibt of the honorable intentions
of the United States toward to Cubans,
troubles and misunderstandings arise
sarong h thc ignorance of department as
to tbe conditions in Cubs.
The general is also reported to have
said that he could not see how the
lower classes will be able to live dur
log the year. The crops are now
harvested, business is dull sod iodos
tr es at a standstill. The capital of the
islanders is boarded, while foreign cap
ital is limited. The general said he was
confidant that starving Cubans would
soon be obliged to steal io order to keep
body sod soot together, sod that were
they to steal his property be could not
blame them. As for the 3.,OOO,OOO
from the Uoited States for the pay meo t
of tbs Coban soldiers, that money
would soon be spent tn saloons and
would give no substantial help.
Tali: like this, which is repeated by
other prominent Cubaos, is believed to
be causiog outlawry.
Strikes arc spreading. The steve
dores at Cieofnegos hsve again quit
work.
THE FILIPINOS WELL
"ARMED,
Manila, May 7, 8 40 p. m-To
elear the Filipinos out of Bacalor,
boat five miles west of San Fer
nando, will be the next task of the
Americans. The rebel general Mas
cardo, bas a force of 7.000 men
there, well armed and possessed of
plenty of ammunition. His troops
have never met American soldiers,
and they think, according to reports
carried to San Fernando, that they
can whip the whole lot.
Bacalor is weil entrenched and
thousands of natives are working
like beavers, digging trenches and
carrying the dirt in baskets The
enemy uses his rifleme.i for fighting
only, bot compels the Bolo men and
Chinese to labor incessantly.
The rebels have an outpost about a
mile beyond San Fernando, with a
trench that bolds between two and
three hundred men From tbat point
several volleys were fired last night
upon the camp of the Twentieth Kan
sas regiment
Neither Msj Gen. MacArthur, nor
Msj. Gen. Lawton moved todsy
although each reconnoitered the
country in bis own vicinity, for some
miles from headquarters, developing
the presence of small forces of the
enemy. In the vicinity of La Guina
de Bay the rebels are extremely
active, bat the lines of Gen Oven
nhine and Col. Wholley, who is
commanding Gen. King's brigade
daring the latter's illness, have been
materially strengthened and there is
so danger is that direction.
Tbe armed steamer LaGuna de
Bag and Cavadonga, ander Capt
Grant bare gone to Guagua, about
five miles southwest of Bacoior*
presumably to establish a base of
supplies for tbe troops engaged on
the northern campaign
It is rumored that Mabini, presi
dent of tbe cabinet, nd minister of
foreign affairs in tbe so called Filipi
no government, who is a radical,
is to be succeeded by Paterno,
the framer of the Spanish treaty
of 1896. This change is regarded as
significant at the present juncture.
The entrance of the Americans
into San Fernando, was virtually
unopposed. The Filipinos, who
expected the invaders to approach
from the sea bad had that side of the
town strongly guarded, but there
was only one line of trenches beyond
San Tomas Two battalions of the
Fifty first Iowa legiment, which
swam the river north of the city,
were smartly peppered io the water,
but the rebels disappeared as soon as
tbe Americans reached the shore.
In the meantime the hospital squad
bad walked across the bridge into
the city, supposing the Americans
were there. They encountered no
natives
The few Spaniards and Filipinos
who were left welcomed the Amer
icana and opened their bouses to
them. Gen MacArthur accepting
entertainment at the hands of Senor
Hizoo, a sugar magnate.
Idaho Undertakes
to Stop Lawlessness.
Will Prosecute Eight Hun
dred Men for Murder and
Arson.
Spokane, Wash., May 7.-Mines bf
Shoshone county, Idaho, that propose
to operate during the reigo of martial
law, may do so only OD condition tbat
they do not employ members of the
Cour D'Alene miner?' union.
This is the martial law as laid down
by Gen. Merriam and Attorney Gen
eral Hayes, of Idaho. At a meeting
of t ia mine owners io this oity this
morning Mr. Hayes presented this
mandate. The owners oheerfoliy
promise to obey.
"We are going to aleas up the Cour
D'Ale es," said Attorney Geoeral
Hayes, prior to his departure for Boise.
"I have seen some of tbe mine own*
j ers today and they have been informed
by the proper authorities tbat they
cannot employ any one connected with
a crimoal organization in ths county.
The miners' union in Sboshone eounty
contains many desperadoes and crimi
nals who, through the protection of
the uniont perpetrate crimes and out
rages. Twice bas it been necessary,
because of hese men aod their organ
zatioo, to put the county under mar
tial law. We want to stop that sort of
thioj;.
"We have undertaken as large a job
j of criminal prosecution as ever oom
j ru en oed io the history of the county.
The tryiog between 700 and 800 men
is a :ask of enormous magnitude. We
propose to push tbe prosecution vig
orously, however. I am obliged to go
back to Boise for a few days on offi
ciai business, but will be beck in about
a week and expect to spend the entire
summer io tbe Conr D'Alenes. Pris
oners will be tried io both the State
and Federa! courts. Murder and arson
are some of the charges the State will
bring against rheie men, and we hope
to inflict the extreme penalty."
Millions of Dollars Invested
in Steamships.
Habana, May 7 -The owners of
the principal Cnbao steamship lines
met today and resolved to send two
representatives to Washington with
a request that the companies be al
lowed to fly the American flag, or, if
that is impossible, to have a distinctive
flag, so as to be able to engage in
trade with the United States and
other countries
The Herrera company owns twenty
steamers and the Menendez company
six, three of which were built in
Philadelphia at a cost of $200,000
each. The sum of $3.000,000 is in
vested in the steamers used to trade
with. Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico,
Jami ca, Mexico, the Southern States
and the Canary islands, and those
of the Herrera company made regular
tripa to Santo Domingo aud Puerto
Rico. Now the owners of both
steamers and sailing vessels, of which
150 are Cuban, assert that business
is being ruined because it is confin
ed to coastwise trips. Two Ameri
can lines are doing a large coastwise
business, yet Coban vessels cannot
go among the West Indies or to the
southern States.
Tbe Coban schooners, for instance
could do a carrying trade in cattle
lumber and flour with Savannah, Mo
bile, New Orleans and Galveston but
Washington forbids
With the sale of the Spanish float
ing dock steamers they will have no
facilities for makiog repairs here, and
as matters now stand they cannot
dock in American ports.
The feeling of the steamship people
that they are unjustly treated is shar
ed by the entire commercial class of
0 J bs, and particularly in Habana, as
this is the fourth port in North
American Atlantic coast
CHARGES NOT
SUSTAINED.
Report of the Military Court
on Charges of Gen. Miles.
Washington, May 7.-By direction
of the president, who approves the
finding, acting Secretary of War
Meiklejohn today made public the
report and finding of the military court
appointed to investigate the charges
made by Maj. Gen. Miles, command
ing tho army that the beef snpplied to
the army during the war with Spain
was unfit for the use of the troops.
The most important features of the
report are : The finding that the
general's allegations that the refriger
atored beef was treated with chemicals,
were not established ; that his allega
tions concerning the canned fresh or
canned roast beef were sustained as to
its unsuitability for food as osed on the
transports and es a long oontinued field
ration ; censure of Gen. Miles for
"error" in failing to promptly notify
the secretary of war when be first
formed the opinion that the food was
unfit ; oecrnre of commissary general,
Gen. Eagan, for the too extensive
purchases of the canned beef as an
untried ration ; censure of Col. Maus,
fo Gen Miles' staff ; the finding that
the packers were not at fault and that
the meats supplied the army were of
the same quality as those supplied the
trade generally, and the recommenda
tion that no forther proceedings bs
taken in the premises.
The conclusion of the court adverse
to further proceedings based upon the
charges ts as follows :
"it has been developed in the coarse
of the inquiry, as recited in this report,
that in some instances certain ic di vid
uals failed to perform the full measure
of duty or to observe the proprieties
which dignify high military command,
but the court is of the opinion that the
mere statement in the official report of
the facts developed meets the ends of
discipline, and tbat the interests of the
service will be best subserved if
forther proceeding be not taken.7'
There is more or less criticisms of
Gen. Miles io various parts of the
report. Probably the most direct j
instance is the one which states tbat
beyond the criticism of officers, found
elsewhere in the report :
**The court finds that against none
of the officers commanding oorps, divi
sions, brigades and regiments and their
staff officers should a charge of guilt be
brought.
"Tbe court also finds that the major I
general commanding the army had so
sufficient justification for alleging that
the refrigerated beef was embalmed
or was un fit for issue to the - troops
It also finds tbat be committed an error
in that, having belief or knowledge as
claimed, that the food was unfit, tbat it
caused sick t)ess and distress ; that some
of it was supplied under the pretence
of experiment : that other beef was
embalmed, he did not immediately
report snob knowledge or belief to the
secretary of war to the end that a
prnpar remedy might be promptly
applied."
The censure cf Col. Mans, inspector
general on Gen. Miles' staff is based
upoo bis failure to cali attention to
charges concerning the beef at Chicka
maoga contained in a report of inspec
tion made by Dr (or Major) Daly, on
the 26th of October last, in which he
stated his belief that the beef was
chemically treated.
"The silence of Col. Mans/' says
the oourt, "on so important a matter as
the obemicalized beef reported by Maj.
Daly and personally known to himself,
j is most remarkable. "
\ The remark is also made that Gen
Miles' failure to draw special attention
to this report is "unexplained."
Dsath of Mrs. Whitney.
New York May 6 -Mrs Wm. C.
Whitney, wife of the former secretary
of the navy, died shortly before 1
o'clock this afternoon
The change for the worse in Mrs
Whitney's condition came on last
Tuesday, and it became evident to
her physicians then that the end was
not far off.
Mrs Whitney was thrown from her
horse while fox hunting io Aiken, S.
C., on February 21, 1898. She tried
to pass under a low bridge but struck
her head on a beam and fell to the
ground She was unconscious when
picked up Everything possible was
done for her, but she remained
absolutely helpless from the time of
the accident until soe died She was
completely paralyzed from the neck
down. Mrs. Whitney was the second
wife of ex-Secretary of the navy
Whitney, and he was her second
husband, her first husband having
beeu Capt Randolph, of the British
navy.
Carnegie Will Sell Out
London, May G -In response to an
inquiry from the correspondent here of
Tbe Associated Press regarding the
rcportedtraosfer of his business inter
ests in the United States to a syodioate,
Mr. Andrew Carnegie has furnished
the following statement : "Mr. Car
negie has given bis young partners
the terms on wbiob ho wcnld be will
ing to sell and retire from business.
Ile has no deficite infoimation ss yet
whether they are goiog to buy or not,
bat he thicks 'ha?- they will.
BOLIVIA INDIANS
IN INSURRECTION.
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Cold Blooded Butchery of
Five Score of Pando's
Soldiers.
Washington, May 6-The depart
ment of state bas been informed by our
minister at La Paz. Bolivia, under date
of Marob 28, 1899, that on March 1st
Col. Pando sent, from his army to
8ioa8ioa, 120 meo, commanded by
Arturo Eguino, to Ayopaya, there to
confer with Mr. Crellama as to the best
meaos for simultaneously attacking
Cocbabama.
Oo arriving at the tove of Mohosa,
Eguino demanded a loan of 200
Bolivars from the mayor
These demands being refused, the
priest and mayor were imprisoned.
Meanwhile, however, the priest had
dispatched couriers to the Indian
villages, asking that the natives attaek
Pando's men.
large crowd of Indians came, and
io spite of all measures taken to
pacify them the arms of the soldiers
were taken away, the men subjected to
revolting treatment and o ally locked
inside the church for the night.
In the morning th priest, after
celebrating the BO called "mass of
agony,77 allowed the lodi ana to takeout
the unfortunate victims, two by two,
and 103 were deliberately murdered,
each pair by different torturers.
Seven escaped death by having
departed the day previous on another
mission.
Each day brings ness of rising of
the Indians io different sections of tho
northern part of the country-.
A large party of whites arrived in
La Paz today, fleeing; from Iodian
threats.
SLAPPING AN EDITOR'S
PACE.
An Assault m Honea Path, Which
Hesults in the Assailant Being
Shot, but Rot Killed.
Honea Path, May 6 -William C.
Sharp, of the firm of Sharp & Robin
son, of this place, was shot and wourd
ed today by G. E. Mooro, editor of (he
Honea Path Chroniole The difficulty
originated from a notioe of the dissolu*
lion of the firm of which Sharp is a
member, published in the Chroniele.
Sharp assaulted Moore, slappiog him
io the face. Moore resented it and
shot at Sharp twice. The first ball
slightly wounded Mr. Geo. W Rush,
who was tryiog to separate the parties,
and the second entered the lower part
of Sharp's body. The physioian is
unable to find the ball, but does not
think the wound serious.
New Attorneys.
When the State supreme court met
yesterday morning the chief justice
stated that ail the applicants named
below bad passed a satisfactory exami
nation, aod, being present, they were
admitted, sworn and enrolled as
attorneys of the supreme court: NB
Barnwell, J J McSwain, Raphael Link,
J H Funderburg. T C Sturkie, A S
Salley* Jr, R E Babb, John J Can tey,
C L Cuttino. Barber Hoke, B H
Darlington, J C Co t. G L Toole,
Alotzo E Twine (col.), Dczier W
Davis, (col )
Mr. Thoa D McKeown passed the
examination successfully, but cannot be
sworn and enrolled until the 3d day of
June next, on which day he will have
arrived at maturity.
The above list oovers ail who applied
for admission to the bar, no one having
failed to pass the examination.-The
State, May 7.
BOYS USE KNIVES.
Saluda, May 6 -Yesterday about
dusk at Miliedge Delcach's in what is
called Sodom, Mick Deloach, a boy
about 17 years old, cut John Grice
Dr Kirksey, who attended Grice,
thinks he will die. It is cot yet
fully known how the affair started,
but it seems that three or four boys
were drinking and after some hot
words between Grice and Deloach the
latter went to cutting A gash near
Grice's heart, about four inches in
length, it is thought will cause his
death.
Lumbertoo, N. C., May 6 -El.
Lowery, a nephew of Harry Barry
Lowery, the famous outlaw of eastern
Carolina, shot aod killed Tucker Dial,
at Scolthtcwn yesterday.
The shooting was the result of a law
suit over eome land. It appears that
Lowery went to the placo where Dial
was at work, and ordered him to leave
the premises. This Dial refused to do,
and thereupon Lowery emptied a load
of shot into Dial's chest, kiiling him
instantly. Lowery tbeti effected his
escape. He is a desperate character,
and may attempt defiar.ee of the au
t bor i i CB . He is also accused cf kill
ing a man in Clinch county, Ga , some
years ago.
Bennettsville, May 5 -The chain
gang, while working two miles from
town this afternoon, overpowered the
guard, and eight escaped. Two
have been recaptured. Sheriff hunt
ing for others.
Failed to Connect.
An Expedition With Supplies
Returns to Manila.
Manila, May 8 -The army gun
boats, Laguna De Bay and Cavadonga,
which started np the San Fernaodo
River for Guagua on yesterday to estab
lish a base of supplies for the troops
engaged in the northern campaign,
returned today, General MacArthur
having failed to connect with the
expedition. The guoboat found the
rebels eotrecohed at Sosmoan and
Guagua, on the water fronts. The
vessels steamed by the works, shelling
the occupants and driving them out.
Landing parties from the boats entered
beth towns, capturing at Sosmoan a
Spanish captain io uniform, ostensibly
a prisoner in the hands of the rebels,
also a native officer. At Gaagua the
town and a small gunboat were found
burning, the natives evacuating the
place in consequence of the bombard
ment. A number of Filipino flags
were captured at Sosmoan and a
quantity of arms, chiefly Bolos, bows
and arrows. The expedition will prob
ably return up the San Fernando River
after being reinforced, on recentiy
purchased light draught steamers.
The demoralisation of the Filipino
army has culminated in the open revolt
of General Mascardo against General
Luna, second to Aguinaldo in com
mand. Aguinaldo bas ordered a court
martial to try Mascardo. Luna sent
orders to Maroardo afc Baoolar to hurry
rs-enforcements to him jost before the
battle of Santo Tomas. Mascardo flat
ly refused to obey the order. He sent
back word that he would only take
orders from Aguinaldo. Luna imme
diately selected fifteen hundred of his
best troops and started to Baoolo fcc
enforce the order. Mascardo again
refused to obey the orders given by
Luna Both armies formed a line of
battle, but before the opeoing
Luna gave one more chance.
Colonel Agoilles sent Mascardo a
flag of truce. Mascardo still persisted
in refusal to obey, but consented to
leave the question to Aguinaldo. This
averted hostilities, Luna appealing to
Aguinaldo, who immediately ordered a
court martial.
Natives Make Daring Attack.
Manila, May 8, 9.40 p. m The
Filipinos surprised the United States
forces at San Fernando with a daring
trick yesterday. A railway train with
an engine at each end was run almost
to the American outposts and ia plain
sight of the town Before they could
be-reached a gang of natives sprang
off the train, tore up several lengths of
the railway track, boarded the train
again and steamed away so quickly that
there was oo opportunity to capture the
raiders
There is in Hew York a very disrep
utable locality known as Chinatown,
and a vigorous crusade is on to do away
with it by widening the main street
that passes through it. In the discus
sion which this move has brought about
in the borough one very remarkable and
shameful fact was presented for consid
eration by Father McLoughlin, a Roman
Catholic priest whose church is in
that neighborhood. He is thoroughly
familiar with the dens of vice and with
ail the infamy of the locality, and he
said that it was constantly visited by
fashionable women in parties, who are
doing what they call "slumming" and
go down there to feast their eyes upon
opium victims and have the worst char
acters of both sexes pointed out to their
dainty curiosity. They thus make a
public exhibition of forms of vice and
misery that cannot even be written
about, and they give a certain sensa
tional importance to degradation by be
coming interested in its enormity with
out ever caring to relieve it. There is
no doubt a great deal of just censure in
this. It became a fad a few years ago
for delicate girls togo slumming. They
wanted to see all that men see. Profess
or Swing made this complaint in Chi
cago at ono time, and the slumming
nonsense got to be a police nuisance in
London several years ago. The morbid
desire to look upon these things is in
the main pharisaical The beholder is
very apt to feel how much better she is
than the object of contemplation.
"Ashen of Angeln'' Cake.
I once knew an estimable lady who
in the absence of her cook undertook to
make a certain kind of cake. She took
"some" of one kind of ingredient, "a lit
tle" of another and "a small quantity"
of something oise. To her delight and
surprise, the result was a cake of which
neither she nor any one else had over
beard. It was an entirely new cake and
an extremely delicious one. Proud of
her achievement, the lady gave the cake
the beaut if ni and poetic name of "ashes
cf angels," and on the very next occa
sion when the absence of her cook made
it possible for her to venture into her
kitchen she tried to repeat lier success.
This venthappened in the year 1883,
and ever since that date the unf< rtnnate
lady has been vainly trying to repro
duce her wonderful cake. She has never
once succeeded, although she has made
at least 200 different varieties of cake
and pudding, each one of which has
been more deadly than the other. She
is still hoping that one of these days
she may hit upon her "ashes of angels"
again, but ; S that cake was purely the
result cf chance the prospect that she
will be able to make it a second time is
not bright.-W. L. Alden in Pearson's j
Magazine. i
THE BALKY HORSE.
A Simple Scheme of the Motorman
That Made Him Go.
Pecple near the New York entrance
of the bridge saw a balky horse frus
trated with delightful ease the other
day by a man who openly confessed
that he had no practical or theoretical
knowledge of horsemanship. He was
the motorman of a Fourth avenue car
bound toward the terminal at the
bridge The horse was one of those an
gular, cockeyed, ungainly beasts that
no amount of currying and feeding
could make respectable.
It had stopped square in the middle
cf the track and had spread its feet
apart as though its mind was made up
to hold the street against the world. In
a few minutes four trolley cars were
backed up behind the cart atod more
were in sight down Center street Mo
tormen, conductors, truck drivers, as
sorted citizens and a policeman stood
around and gave the usual advice The
driver kicked the horse and two or
three men called to the policeman to
stop him. Then they in turn made htfc.;,
mane suggestions about starting a fire
under the beast's stomach. A woman
said that it would be easy enough for
any one to coax him along with a lump
of sugar.
The motorman of the fifth trolley -
car, which had by this time reached the
end of the blocked line, walked up and
surveyed the situation.
"Whosecar is this'"' he asked, point
ing to the first car that had come up
behind the wagon to which the balky
horse was attached.
"It's mine, " said another motorman,
who was fingering a trass motor handle
as though he would like to brain the
horse with it.
The motorman from the rear hoisted
the car's front fender and strapped it
in place, folded against the dashboard:
"Now," he said to the motorman
who had claimed the car, "go ahead,
very easy. " Then, turning to the dis
consolately profane driver of the horse,
he said, "Get up and take hold of the
reine"
The car ran forward until the fender
reached the tailboard of the wagon.
"Now," said the self appointed master
of ceremonies to his fellow motorman,
"start up as fast as you durn please,
and don't stop until you get to the
bridge"
The car started. The wagon started.
The horse in the shafts simply had to
start He slid and shoved back for a
few inches and then broke into a help
less gallop. The car came banging along
behind, giving the horse no chance to
change his mind and balk again. The
spectators cheered. The ingenious mo
torman looked the assembly over with
a sneer.
"Say 1" he said. "Say 1 Some people
are dead slow, eh?"-New York Sun.
The Death In the Chair.
The execution of Mrs. Martha M.
Place was a triumph of grisly justice.
To even write about the carrying out
of the deatb penalty upon a woman is
not a pleasant task, but justice is not
instituted to furnish pleasure There
are some dire tasks which fall to the
community no less than to the individ
ual that we must contemplate with our
teeth set and our resolution unbent.
The law claimed and took its victim in
spite of the most energetic and tireless
efforts to save her. Every argument
that the emotion of pity or horror could
furnish was brought to bear, and a large
part of the community, which is too
busy with its pleasures to waste,jnuch
sympathy upon the victims of the mur
deress, found time to appeal in behalf
of the murderess. The result is a vindi
cation of the law and a fresh respect for
justice, which r assumes a new phase
of inevitableness and majesty. The law
is no respecter of persons, was what the
governor of New York said when ap
pealed to. The well being of the com
munity muft be safeguarded, even if
sentiment is outraged, was what he
meant to say. On the whole, it is a
healthy return to the rigid defensive
measures which society has established
for its own protection. That the ad
vancing temper of civilization is against
capital punishment and that capital
punishment will ultimately be modified
are not at all to the point. Whatever
the penalty for murder may be, let it
be inflicted justly and impartially upon
offenders after due conviction, without
regard to other considerations than
those of justice to the innocent.
Srveet.
"I had my picture taken today, " said
little Christine. "I crossed my arms
and leaned on a chair, and the picture
man put my head in some tongs."
"Why. you must have looked like a
lump of sugar in sugar tongs, " laughed
papa.
"Why, so I must have, " said Chris
tine delightedly, " 'cause the man kept
saying, 'What a sweet little girl:' "
What to Eat.
Even Thoujrh He Hnted Lawyers.
President Droher of Roanoke college
tells this story of the late Edward Aus
ten of Boston : "Meeting President Eliot
of Harvard some years ago, he said,
with a familiarity warranted by a life
long acquaintance: 'Stop, Charles,
What is the next building you want at
Cambridge?'
"President Eliot replied, 'The build
ing we most need now is a new build
ing for the law school.'
" 'Oh,' said Mr. Austin, 'I hate law
yers! But what do you suppose such a
building would cost?'
"The president thought a moment
and replied : 'It would depend on the
material used. An adequate building
cf brick could be built for from $80,000
to $70,000.'
" 'Are yon sure,' asked Mr. Austin,
'that $100,000 would be enough to pro
vide a thoroughly good building?'
" 'Yes,' replied the president.
" 'I'm your man,' said Mr. A.ustin."