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SEIFRIED. Recorder. Closing; In on Aernlnalda. General Otis is conducting his cam paign against the Philippine rebels as he would conduct a campaign against any other rebels, with an eye single to crushing them at once. In the opera tions of last week he cleared the country along the Pasig river of the enemy and swung his right wing forward so as to co-operate in the forward movement of the left wing.

In other words, he first secured his own army from attack on the flank or in the rear, and then struck at the center of the enemy north of Caloo- can. The advancing column on Friday moved rapidly forward, broke the rebel center, and divided Agninaldo's forces into two parts. The dispatches indicate that instead of striking direcjly at Malabon, one brigade of the American army moved rapidly to Polo, seven miles south of Bulacan, or fifteen miles from Manila, and on the road from Malabon to Ma-lolosC Another detachment occupied Novaliehes to the east. In possession of these two points, he prevented the rebels at Malabon from retreating to Bulacan or Malolos. The fighting yesterday and the 'day before was necessarily more severe than In previous engagements, because the rebels were making practically their last stand, in a position chosen by their leaders.

It was the beginning of the campaign against Malolos, and, as far as the rebellion is concerned, was the beginning of the efctl. Most -of the Filipinos are well armed. They are fairly good fighters, and they know the country well. General Otis prepared carefully for this general advance, and for the first time, probably, the rebels have encountered an army operating on strategic lines. They may fight well at one point, but in the end they will find themselves outflanked or surrounded.

Aguinaldo and hia associates have had the. opportunity of accepting American authority on the advantageous terms ever offered to such a people. They have rejected it, and the only safety for Manila and the only certainty of peace in Luzon lie In breaking utterly the rebel power, ilf Aguinaldo makes a stand his Army will probably be captured. If he retreats beyond Malolos the campaign may be prolonged, but in either case he will be defeated and discredited before the" Filipinos interested in agriculture and trade." 7 In the Spanish campaigns against the Filipinos in 1S96 and 1897, the fighting was mainly in the provinces of Cavite and Manila. When the Spaniards advanced to the north ia November, 1887, Aguinaldo and fifty-seven other leading rebels surrendered and their followers laid down their arms.

Now the Americans having cleared Cavite and Manila provinces of rebels, and are carryingthe war into what Aguinaldo has called his Twelve thousand regular and volunteers are massed against the whole rebel army, and they will wia. The St. Louis Republic directs attention to the fact that the United States is to have, only five acres of ground at the Paris on which to exhibit product, and saya eight times that ares. was incjosea Between-tee lour walls or the Agricultural building at the Chicago fair. But the Republic is not taking into account the apace which the United States commissioner io'the Paris exposl- tion receives in the Chicago newspapers every time he secures an additional square yard of space in Paris.

Apologising for Vice. The Record of yesterday morning pub lished at the head of its editorial col umns a communication bearing the signature of Harry Hamill, with the replies of Mr. Victor F. Lawson to the questions propounded by the writer. In introducing his queries Mr.

Hamill says: "Sev eral questions are suggested to me by an editorial published March 21, in which the Record fakes the 'ground that the' claim of Carter Harrison to the support of the independent voter is stronger than the claim of Mr. Carter, for reasons u-Mrti ilia tlaktrtl From the general questions asked in the letter we select the follow ing, because of its direct bearing upon the one overshadowing issue before the public in the present mayoralty cam paign: In thla editorial the Record criticises Mayor Harrison for the "toleration of various forma of vice by the police It haa contlnu ally, durlac Mayor Harrison's administration. criticised, with considerable severity, our'chlet of police for his failure In dealing with gambling' houses and other evlla coming within the Juris diction of the police department. Is not Mayor Harrison directly responsible for the failures of his chief of police, and. If so, is thsre any prospect that during a second term the -police 'department would bo better handled than It has been during his Brat term To this Mr.

Lawson replies as follows If Mayor Harrison shall receive the sup port of the Independent voters because of the good points of his administration, that will show him that his strength consists la doing right, not in doing wrong. It stands to reason that ho wonld rather have the approval of honest and respectable men than of the vicious elements of the community. The Record believes that Mayor Harrison's present administration from first to last baa Improved and not deteriorated. The mayor himself ought to know what are the weak points la It, snd if he has acquired wisdom by experience he should choose his heads of departments for hia second term with a view to' curing the evils and failures of his first term. The relations of the police department with gambling resorts, ail-night saloons, snd other forms of vice have been Indecent, snd probably corrupt.

The Record has frequently urged the dismissal of Superintendent KIpley snd the appointment of some better man. It believes that Mayor Harrison Is much to blame In per mitting the evil conditions to continue. This reply, from the first word to the last, is a tissue of falsehoods, and is known to be such by Victor F. Lawson Nobody is better acquainted than. Mr.

Lawson with the fact that Carter H. Harrison is naturally incompetent and dixhonest, for nobody has had a better opportunity of studying and that young man during the last two years. Nobody knows better than Mr. Lawson that it does not "stand to reason" that Harrison "would rather hare the ap proval of honest and respectable men than of the vicious elements of the community," because nobody knows better than Mr. Lawson that Harrison has sought from the day he took his oath of office to bold the friendship of the First ward HinkyJ.

Dink and Bathhouse Job 'knows better than Mr. Law won to secure the friendship of these debauched creatures Carter Harrison last summer took the control of First ward criminals com pletely out of the hands of Superintend ent Kipley and placed it completely in the hands of these two professional blackmailers and boodlera. Nobody knows better than Mr Lawson that the Harrison gang has shored since then regularly and largely in the proceeds of the Hinky Dink and Bathhouse John levies upon the booty of thieves and earnings of vice. Nor can Mr. Lawson plead ignorance of the fact that when Joseph Kipley, in ignorance of Harrison compact the First ward aldermen, raided the Official Red and Green policy shops, con ducted by Hinky Dink and Bathhouse John, he was ordered by the mayor, in person, to keep his hands off the swindles, panel-houses, and brothels operated by these two scoundrels.

Mr. Lawson knows that he is guilty of deliberate falsehood when he lays upon Superintendent Kipley, the blame for the corrupt relations of the oity ad ministration 'with gambling-houses, all- night saloons, and other resorts of vice. He knows that all the relations formed between the administration and the chief criminals of this city have been estab lished in obedience to the mayor or ders, and that Joseph Kipley has been for over six months merely the chief clerk of the department. Time and again Michael Ktnna, alias Hinky Dink, and John' J. Coughlin, alias Bathhouse John, with the knowledge and consent of the mayor, have ignored, repudiated, and de fied Kipley's authority, as tkey are doing this day and bour.

These facts are By denying them, merely exposes again his willingness to prostitute his newspaper in defense of his confederates in the Panel-House De mocracy. Bad Koads la Illinois. No state in the Union has deeper rich ness of soil than Illinois. This natural condition is -a perpetual guaranty of good crops, but so far, unfortunately, it has been a guaranty also of bad roads. Illinois has-been a state over eighty but its country highways are still abominable in ordinary weather, and during the muddy season are almost impassable.

-v- The question of hard roads has come before the General- Assembly session after session without receiving an intelligent answer. Now, howerer, there are signs that the Legislature may pass a practical hard-rood bill, and it is to be hoped that these signs will materialize into deeds. A The pending measure, which was ad vanced to third reading in the House on Friday, provides for the appointment of a state engineer, to have charge and supervision of the construction of all roads, i tr The old style of road making suffices perhaps in states where nature has pro vided a rock, bard pan, or clay founda with only' a thin layer of loamy soil, but In, Illinois country roads Are a knotty problem in applied science. -In the debate which was -called out by the bill one member made the astounding statement that it costs the farmer more to get his grain to his market at the i present time than it does td get it from the market to London. Two of three of the bill took part' in the debate, but the truthfulness of this statement was unchallenged.

An unofficial report from -the Postofflce Department at Washington on. the free delivery of mall la rural districts states that Illinois is one of the worst states in" this respect because of its bad roads and deep mud!" Many an Illinois farmer Is often almost a in bis. house," except s. ht rides on horseback. Nothing short of necessity-will induce him to undertake a wagon trip to town.

It is surprising that good-road bills have been held back so long. The inter est which seeks relief in this case is as powerful as it is popular, and deserves. from every view point, the assistance of the General Assembly. The of Illinois should unite now in exerting pressure on their repre sentatives in- Springfield. Only- con certed effort ia neededlo secure the legislation which for years they have sought in vain.

Whltelaw R-Ald and Dr. Jordan. The Leland Stanford University of California is in one particular as un fortunate as the University of Chicago, Its president, Darid Starr Jordan, con ceives it to be his duty to agitate against the expansion policy, and particularly against the retention of the Philippines, as Professor von Hoist agitates in this city. He aired his views at the University club banquet in San Francisco on Thursday nieht and was rebuked promptly by Whitelaw Reid. Replying to Mr.

Jordan, Mr. Reid said bluntly that the man who, in the face of the Nation's present duty, would advo cate a policy of shirking and scut tling, was a coward. He was amazed to find any one on the Pacific coast an tagonizing the policy that is to make San Francisco the rival of New York and Chicago, and give it a greateKcoinroerce from the lands beyond the Pacific than ever came to the United States from countries across the Atlantic." It was significant that a resident of New York, speaking thus in San Fran cisco, was enthusiastically applauded. while the Californian, who stated the other side of the argument, was received coldly. state in the Union is more inter ested in the development "of commerce on the Pacific than California.

The future of no city on either coast is more intimately associated with the great possi bilities of Asiatic trade than San Fran cisco's. Forty years ago William H. Seward saw in the Golden Gate the seat and center of the trade of the Pacific area. The first pioneers who planted the American flag in California were looking to the westward for a new com mercial empire. The Golden Gate now promises to become all that Seward prophesied.

The trade of the. Pacific is about to develop all that the California pioneers hoped for, and yet there are men like Dr. Jordan who stand stolid in the way of progress. Whitelaw Reid, with the patriotism that takes in all the United States, is a better friend of California today than Df Jordan or any of his kind: 1 Our Hegnlars in and NaVy," There ore still Americans who sneer at the regular soldier because he fights for pay. They cannot forgive blue jackets or regular soldiers for drinking too much in New "iork or in Malta.

Tbey see nothing admirable in the brav ery of army and. navy regulars in bat tle. In narpcr's Monthly for April, Ruf us Faircbild Zogbaum in his article, "Honor to Whom Honor Is Due," protests against these ungenerous views. He admits that before the war excitement of last spring the army was recruited mainly from those who joined the colors under stress of poverty, but he insists that the en vironment, and the traditions of the service exerted such influence that soon the recruits became soldiers or sailors from choice. Mr.

Zogbaum says that the enlisted men of the regular army. coming from all parts of the Nation, and reflecting its virtues and faults, are couspicuous for courage, patriotism, and robust physical vigor, and that all these qualities are fostered and developed by. intelligent training of officers and men in both services. A woman, prominent for good deeds of the Red Cross, said during the war to Mr. Zogbaum: Ve can always pick out the regulars among the soldiers we see here.

They' are invariably clean and neat in appearance, and respectable and deferential in- their demeanor toward the ladies, with a modest courtesy that goes straight to our hearts." In Tampa last spring some 15,000 or 15,000 regulars were paid in two days. Although the, drinking places' were no in stances of disorderly conduct among, the regulars were seen. When Admiral Sampson's ships met with enthusiastic reception in New York, hundreds of the blue jackets had not had shore liberty for more than six months. It was a time of lavish hospitality pressed upon the men of the navy by an admiring people, yet of the 2,000 men on shore on that occa sion only 6 per cent overstayed liberty and all of them reported for duty eventu- iiy. Mr.

"Zogbaum refutes -the frequent as sertions that the rclat ions of officers and men in the army and navy closely ap proach those of oppressor and oppressed. The most rigid discipline is maintained, but the officers are not tyrants, and the men follow them with devotion. There is affection on both sides, as was shown in the ease of Captain "Bob" Evans, who. when appealed to for shore leave for a bibulous boatswain's mate, said: "Will you be sure to be back on time?" The answer was: "xes, sir; sure. "Will you promise not to get drunk? The answer this time was: should not like to promise that, sir." Evans liked him for that answer, and he got bis liberty.

Later, when the poor fellow went down in the Maine, Captain Evans stumped up and' down the deck of his vessel with tears rolling down bis cheeks, and swearing at everything Spanish. At San Juan hill, where a barbed-wire fence obstructed the way, an officer, while waiting for the order to advance, crawled forward and snipped and cut away the wire along the entire line of his company, the Mauser "bullets zipping through the air all about him. There was no posing on bis part. con duct svas a practical illustration of an officer's forethought for his men. There were-hundreds of young el-, lows just- 'outiof lenobi who' eharsred up San Juan, hill, Thjhre vrere eoores of naval cadets wlwr took 'the bardest service on the war vessels.

When these boys came, one of the old captains asked "What shall I do them?" A- few months 'later; "when tey were 'going back to school askedr VWhat am I going to do without them? This tells the whole story. Zogbaum says, The is entering into a new field of action. What ii before us we don't know. But, come what may, let us hope that the regular army and nary will meet with that loyal and affectionate support they so thorbughlySneVit from the peo ple they serve so nobly Why Did Be DoJtt John TV Altgeia charge that the tel ephone ordinance recently passed by the city council and approved bjrthe mayor was a boodle measure has been repeated so' often that the matter forces itself public attention and not be ignored even by the newspa per organs of Carter Harrison. y.

Mr. Altgeld does not name the beneficiaries of the boodling that he alleges, but he leaves an' inference which is en tirely clear to the'-publlc. He says he has learned on high, authority that not only, bad dickering between the pro moters of the independent ordinance and the Chicago Telephone company been1 going on for some time, but that a deal had already been or was ca the eve of being consummated whereby the backers of the Independent franchise were to be paid $200,000 and the Chicago Telephone company waa to get the fran chise. This information came to me. he added, "from an unquestionably authentic source, but it wastold me ia con fidence, and I am therefore not at liberty to reveal my authority.

The Inde pendent Telephone company waa sim ply a ''dummy, I am told, and the fran chise secured by it was got, not with the intention of ever being put into opera tion by the men who secured It, but to be sold. My informant tells me that there hare been dickering going on between the Independent backers and the Chicago-Telephone company for some time, and such a thorough understanding had been reached that" I sim inclined to be lieve the deal has already been made and the boys have their money $200,000." WTiile. the ordinance was pending a rumor that "it waa a good thing" for the city hall was circulated persistently in newspaper and political All ef forts to establish the truth behind this rumor failed for 'obvious reasons. But this statement was repeated with persistence and posit ireness by those who are regarded as Joeing generally trust worthy, and alleged to be set aside for the city hall was always the same, though the rumor came from sev eral distinct sources. There have been and there are now so many suspicious con nected with the introduction, the pasr sage and the signing of ordinance that a few questions naturally occur to the mind of even the casual observer, For example: Why Was it that the ordi nance of-the- new- company Was introduced at the very 't-fme the old company was -seeking -an Wehsrdn htf-fraif- chise 1 Wh was It that Ma vor Harrison via ly took such friendly interest In the new Ordinance the -time of its introduction? Why wa it that certain of the Harrison organs, which first -denounced the Independent-ordinance as a sand hugging measure: quickly changed their tune and advised the mayor to sign it? Why was it that Carter Harrison, as chairman the city council, so arranged matters that the new compel ny 'a ordinance, took precedence of the old company's application for an exten sion? Why did Carter Harrison allow the thirty-year-grant to stand, in con tradiction of Ms 'proclaimed views on the tenure of franchises? Whv did he approve the clause 'granting ten years' immunity from in defl ance of his repeated declarations that all franchises, without exception, must be made with the view of affording revenue to the city treasury? Why was it that his trusted henchmen in the city council were among the most clamorous advo cates of the passage.

'Of this ordinance, and that the "reformers" of his honest minority "stood by" fcim in 'upholding What they would have denounced a "aa impudent franchise steal These questions require answers. Vatican Qulrinal. Italian Conservatives who are support ers of the government are said to be re in sr a reconciliathfe' between the Vatican and the Quirinal "for political reasons. The' 'abstention of. Catholics from na tional elections has given a dangerous preponderance to th radical and social istic elements in the Chamber of Depu ties.

A veteran leader who was Minister of Foreign Affairs when the Italians en- -terea itome in nas expressed in a recent Interview hope that the Vat ican wight be. conciliated-and an alli ance formed between the Catholics and the other-eonservative forces of the Kingdom. -Two members' of the present Cabinet" are credited with a desire for The 'Milan riots have reminded the, government that po sition needs strengthening. The Ministers are opposed by the radicals and are weakened by the Catholie abstention from national It la believed that fully one-third of the Italian dodu- Iation la Catholie and hostile to the gov ernment oniy on one question that of the limitations' on th Vatican. Wilfrid Ward.

in the Fortnightly Re view for. Marcus discusses the relations of the Vatican and Quirinal with this proposition in He holds that the law of guarantees, which has never been accepted by the Catholics, is intrinsic ally unstable, proposed by a government which has been systematically, ir religious and hostile' to the -church. Parliament can at any moment repeal It. The Catholics contend that there should be substituted for the law of guarantees an international agreement which' would place the holy see. on a permanent basis.

This is in accordance with the theory that' the Roman pontiff cannot become a citizen of any state; that he must be a prince 'and master -his own domain, second to no and that his temporal power is a European, not a local or a religious' one. The contention of the pres ent Pope is that no bona-fide attempt has been made by the Italian government permanently to secure for him what is necessary bis authority. such an, attempt is made the Catholics of Italy will hold to their attitude of pas sive resistance. 'v' Mr. Ward takes -the position that the Pope does nbt desire the Overthrow of the Italian state," but he quotes Italian authors to show that he will never re nounce his claim to temporal power.

The suggestion is made that the Pope should have ceded to him a strip of land on the right -bank of the Tiber where be would be sovereign, and have a railway com municating with the sea so that he would not be-indebted to any power for concessions which might be revoked at any time, On this basis of peace. It is stated, atican would no claim to the old states of the church, but would insist on the return of church property to the clerical orders. The difficulty in the way of such a set tlement-is the anti-clerical traditions bf the ItaTian-Tarliament. reme left" is, of course, most hostile to the church. It is at the same time most dan gerous to the government.

If olics did not abstain from voting the extreme left would. not be powerful ia the Chamber, and the Catholics would be in better condition and the government would have the support of the Catholic Deputies. Mr." Ward's hope for peace therefore is based on his expectation that the con servatives in the government party and the more liberal of the Catholic party will be forced to mutuai concessions by the radicals, socialists, and anarchists. who today threaten the tranquillity of Italy. It is a faint hope at best, but even as such it Is worthy of notice, for it touches the most complicated and vexa tious question In the whole realm of present European Harrison's Disrepatable Friends.

The most pronounced enemies of Car ter H. Harrison must concede that the Panel-House candidate is unfortunate In the friends who are working for him most zealously at present. It would be difficult for even an honest man to bear the burden which the indorsements Of Herman Kohlsaat. Sol. Van Praag, Victor F.

Lawson. Hinky Dink, Charles Gun- ther, Jim OXeary, Bathhouse John, and others like them have placed upon him. Kohlsaat brings nothing to Harrison but the hatred of the prominent politi cians of all parties whom he has de famed, and the contempt of the business men whose confidence he has betrayed. He cannot" contribute money to blackmail fund, because he has none. He cannot contribute even an element of respectability to the Panel-House gang, for it is too generally known that but a few weeks ago he escaped criminal prosecution for embezzlement only by returning at the last' moment the securi ties -which he had borrowed from a friend under false pretenses, and had then hypothecated.

Lawson'e friendship Is an almost equal load on the Panel-House mayor. He is engaged in' a bitter-fight against the workingmen in this" city, and. besides. has a bad record for looting public funds, and placing hia newspapers at the serv ice of blackmailers. The names -f' Vasr Hinky Dink, Jim OXeary; and Bath house John are dead weights on any can didate who seeks the votes of decent peo1 pie.

They reek in the nostrils of all men who have homes to safeguard, daughters to rear, and sons to protect. There are perhaps some who will question the of naming Herman Kohlsaat with the most notorious crea tures that are supporting Carter Harrison at present, but when these persons become more familiar, with, bis record they-will-not hesitate to. acknowledge that he has been properly classified. A man who will deliberately stretch forth his hand for the purpose of cor rupting the highest legislative body in the United States is too low to be de graded even by association with Hinky Dink and Bathhouse John. Over In Akron, Ohio, a handsome young woman and a susceptible jury man are said to have caused a new kind of legal tangle.

The young woman got hurt in' a street-car accident, sued for damages and obtained an award of. $4,500. Now the company aaks for anew trial on the ground -that the fascinating damsel flirted with one of the jurors so effectively as to prejudice" him in her favor, thereby-preventing a considera tion of the ease strictly on its-merits. The decision on the appeal has not been announced. We learn- that a certain mayor, who was returning thanks for an honor done him.

Incidentally, said: A mayor, gen tlemen, should be like Caesar wife all things to all men." This is considered a bonmot In neighboring cities. But the ideal mayor of the Chi cago newspaper trust is a man who; like a slum ball, is all things to Hinky Dink and Bathhouse John. The. complaint made by prominent German-American- citizens that they are disgraced by beipg numbered "among those present at Panel-House mass meetings is qultejustlfiable. The re spectable German-American citizens of Chicago hare nothing in common with Carter Harrison, Hinky Dink, and Bath- bouse John.

The strength that John Altgeld is developing In the Democracy is causing the panic in the Harrison party. And yet we are told that John P. Altgeld has re served his most destructive ammunition for the last week of the campaign." It is difficult for a preacher or priest to Indorse Carter Harrison without condoning the crimes and vices of his administration. The two effort made in this direction were accompanied, by a choking sensation. Harrison's "business men's meetings are remarkable principally for the num ber of business men who don't attend them.

The only thing the matter with John Q. Shortall is that he was born 150 years too Fertaaes. 'Jt was my good fortune that my ances tors cams over la the Mayflower," said Miss South Church. May flour replied Miss Hennepin, who did not cults understand. "Onr folks mad their fort tins la wheat" Detroit Free press.

CURBSTONE it Maklaac la 1S5T i Mi 18413. "The first thing we did when our reKtmeat went into camp," said the Captain, "was to make a bean hols. Tea, a bean bole. I was In a cavalry from Mains and wo did aot servo rations la cheap board- las-bouse style. As soon as wo were fairly settled la camp some of the boys dog trench and ethers looked up flat stones or brick.

Wo Used the sides, ends, sad bottom of the hole with the flat stones, built a fire of rails and green wood ia the hole and let it burs down to a bed of ashes and coals. "In the meantime tbo beans sad pork bad been par-boiled In the camp kettles ia the ordinary As soon as the are in- bean nolo bad burned to the right stage, the ashes-and coals were shoveled out, the camp kettles, filled with par-boiled beans, were placed la a row la the hot trenchrashes and coals 'were parked 'about them and the top covered with green "wood and wet earth. The kettles were Jeft there for tea or twelve hours, -and when taken out -the boys had as good -baked beans as were ever served la New England. The Third Wisconsin cavalry was ia -our department and frequently occupied our camps after we had moved forward. The stone-lined roaches were st first a great mystery to the Western boys, and tbey laughed at us for walling up.

what they called, our dish-water tanks, but wbea- tbey tasted the beans that were baked in these Yankee ovens. they- put the bean- boles to good use. As a rule the men of a cavalry regiment were re sourceful when It came to providing them felves or their' horses with eatables, as well as when a bridge or railroad was to be de stroyed. "No music was ever so sweet to me ss that made by our bugle once wbea our regiment waa divided for aa attack on a rebel wagoa train and we came up oa our side a little behind time. We were an anxious There bad been a fight, we could see.

by the looks of things, but our course depended oa which side bad bees whioped. While wo were discussing the the bugle corps begaa to play a Jaunty air and we knew that all was right. Tears after. that I was at a concert here la Chicago when a cornet player aroused the greatest enthusiasm. For aa encore be played one of our.

old marches, and I recognized him as one of oar old buglers. "By the said the Colons "sot loag ago I saw Billy Lawrence, ens of the original Emmet or Bryant mnutrels, bossing a job of street paving here la Chicago. A friend strolling with me recognized Lawrence and learned that he was foreman for one of the asphalt paving companies aad greatly Interested ia his work. I remembered Lawrence wbea Kmmott's minstrels held the boards ia 1857 or 1855. Ia the old hall oa tbo lot aow occupied by the building.

No. 120 and 123 Randolph street. There were ia the company at that time a docea men who afterward became -see There waa David Kmmett, himself. Frank Lombard. Billy Lawrence.

Bobby Newcome, Billy Birch, R. H. Sllter. Llewellaa. the harpist, aad others.

Kewcomo was making a reputation then with his 'Essence of Old and It was while the company was playing here, ia 1S5T, I am almost sure, that Kmmett wrote, aad sang for the first time, the words and music of "XHxle Land. Son of the fellows tell another story about the origia of the popular Southern song, but this la the Kmmett version. "I hearS Kmmett stag the song scores of times before the war, and then It dropped out of my mind. one sight la 1863, while oa a scouting expedition. I came up la the rear of a large earn p.

afy impression was that the troops belonged to the Union army, aad that all. I had to do was to march la and report. The Impulse to go forward to the pickets was strong upon me. when a band began to play 'Dixie." First oao vole aad then a bua-dred took up tho words, and the mountains about me rang with tho gladness of men who considered it a privilege to live aad die la Dixie. see "Kmmett'e voice and manner came back to me.

The old hall oa Randolph street seemed ealy across tho MIL But I made myself small by tho side of a log. 'Dixie; was as sweet as wbea I was a boy with outer boys who weat out with Ellsworth, but It was now like tho war cry of aa enemy. I knew that tho ramp waa filled with net, who. If they caught me. might hang mo as a spy.

and with 'Dixie ranging ia nay ears, I ran off Into tao Tae Padre's Secret. A work of love la tho long ago, When tho mission fathers cants: With Its towers above, and nave below San Carlos of sacred fame. They set their feet OA the ware-worn strand, With words of peace aad good will. And saw before them a goodly land, valley aad wooded allL There were pink aad purple peaks outlined Against the bias of the sky: All moatks were May. aad ever the wind -Oa its velvet wings weat by.

With swlngtsg censer, aad solemn chant. And wrta bells la sweet accord. Oa the consecrated hill (hey plant The cress of our Sovereign Lord. Csxloe waa finished there, they say Ia seveateeer etghty-oae; 'High mass was said at the shrine that day. Aad the work of lore waa done.

Tho 'sunset burned oa the Lobos rock. Aad the ebb-tide made its bmsi; When the Padre Serra left his flock. And walked by tho sea atone. There cams to fclm thea along tho strand A ward of Us dusky fold. Aad shyly dropped la his open hand A augget of virgin gold.

With a startled look, tho padre said. "Why bring yea this thing te meT" And, crossing himself, as If In dread. -Ms cast ti into tne i bodes as evil, and oa' your life Let aoa of the faithful know; Tell never the coaunandante's wife. And never the tali pedro, It Is a saare of Us evil oao. With Its glamour foul aad feu, To entrap tho souls of men.

say aoa, And to drag them dowatoaeU. His Warning words were sf smalt avalL Ia the quest that was to he -With eager feet oa tho landward trail: And fuU-blown sails oa the sea. Tho price and neophyte, all are gone. As the years have passed away; Aad tho dim. ascertain light of dawa uives ptaco u- the Xull-orbed day.

Where the padre knelt a vesper glow Oa the silent chancel falls; And there In his crypt ho sleeps below -Tho rlft la the rained walls. "-Lucius H. Foots in Boston Transcript. Grevet-n' laeesslsteaey. Grover Cleveland's asms was ihImIh.

the list of Brnminans imiii m.r wrw v. MJNUUWI who signed tbo latest plea for peaceable negc- tmuoua wun Aguinaldo and hia followers. The reason nrobablr wax that t. i dent was. too busy shooting lead lata wild fowl la North Carolina without tho constat of tho birds.

Cleveland Leader. Wattersea's Wo are somewhat amazed because Colonel Wattersea's plan for the nahratloS'of the Democ ratio party- neglects to brortde for tho establishment" 6r a "kfttr 'rVaanlngtois Post -VERSES OF THE CAY. Oa Ossrd Loss's), Slow back aad forth, with growing dread. My lonely round I pace. The night is quiet ss the dead Ia some last resting place.

The sad-faced anss, low-hen g. Immense, Seems falling from the sky. Afar the alien t. ghostly tents la Martial, order lie. Off shore huge bulking oa the tide.

Gray ships of battle creep. While aery-eyed about them glide The dragons of the deep. Strange whispers floaf from each retreat. At every sound I start. And heavy angered moments best A.

tattoo on my i. Whereer I look each object tases' Some foreign- shape, and grows Cpon my-vision -till It breaks -v To twenty quickened foes. With noiseless feet across mypath They' leap to crouch and gibe. Their horrid faces black with wratlC Aa -unknown, spectral tribe. "Midnight! All's well!" The hoUow cry.

Sounds doleful as a knell. "Post nine!" I hastes to reply. "Midnight, and aU Is well!" To fight when cannon cheer the strife And steel to steel is laid To die red-soled with dews of Ufa, By worthy foemaa's blade To flash one lingering look along A ragged, charging line. The last faint prayer a battle song Would such a death were mine! But here to feel the sudden sUag Of cowards' steel to lie A staring, crook 'd, deserted thing-Cod what a death to die! A night bird far within the wood Tor sodden gladness sings; fear not, for the Lord is good." Through all tho silence rings. And ia that song I hear a prayer.

Low. solemn, trusting, clear. Of oao who's doing picket there For mo on picket hero. SUII back and forth alone I pace. But when the hoar I tell.

I see her pure, uplifted face, And know that all Is well. CHARLES KLGEXE BANKS. The Cakaei Major Geaerat. OTom "Tho Pirates bf Penzance" Cp to Data.) I am the very model or a Cuban Major diners! My sole idea is money, made of paper or of aria My love of Cuba Libre aot such as makes ay Uvia.end v. And I sosra all sorts of warfare that does not produce a dividend.

We gather In Assembly aad shoot off oar mouths ferociously. Aad all agree that Cade Sam hag treated cs atrociously. The proper coarse for him, ws think, would be fir him to roundly pension us. Although the-war dispatches did not uoa us. At such affairs as sorties and surprises we were wary at, Aad yet wo atuefe quits closely to the Taakee commlsaartat.

We're very well acquainted, toe. with matters mathematical. And when prospective pay 's ia sight our inscmots are piratical. When Cadmus sowed the dragoa's teeth' armed men sprang up is brave array; Bnt nothing like the troops ws raised by common. place chicanery.

The Jingle of the dollars far more power bath te raise a force Than all the patriotic Mood that ia oar dusky veins doth course. Wo garrison the restaurants, sad with coesum- ssate strategr Pick ost the best position, aad pose with mighty hat a-gee, Of battles that war sever fought wo prate most sangulnaceously, Aad whea seats aas smggests a drink we accept tas same quite graciously. Oar erstwhile hrro, Gomez, we sow objurgate ss j- but a bluff, 8inco he agreed with Porter that three million -dollars was enough. r. Our honor is tee dear for such a paltry price te dim K.

Tor Cncle Sam's a "good thing" and well raise him to the limit. Instead of cursing Spaniards aow-we execrate the Natsoa That freed us from the tyrant aad provides our daily ratios; No canned roast beef or pickled pig offends pur able appetite. Aad whea the Yankees' grub gives out they'll Ss that they hare us to fight. Well flee ualo the mountains, as our fathers did before as. Aad hold up peaceful planters to a Cuba Libre chorus; For we are after money; made of paper or of mineral.

And I am tho very model of a Cubaa Major Glnersl. Hoi comb in Washington Post. Thie Baby mm the Dssntra There's baby oa your doorstep, Uncle Sam, Carte 6am; Fillptao. child of sorrow 1 Uncle Sam. Uncle Sans.

"Never mind who placed tt therer It Is 'heeding love snd care. SliaU your kud aatrd be wlthboldesv-. Cnrie Sam. Cade 8am? It Is braised and It Is bleeding. Cade sans.

Uncle Sam. With the wounds from cruel masters. Uncle Sam. Uncle Sam. All the world has heard it cry.

Will yea leave It these to die. Or receive it with compassion. Uncle 8am. Undo Sam? Will yew leave It for some Uncle Sana, Cncle San! Joan Bull or tho Kaiser's willing. Uncle Sam.

Cncle Sam; Johnnie Oupeaa or tho Jap, Or the Northern Bear, mayhap; For the foundling Is aa heiress," Cncle Sam. Undo Sam. Heiress, yet the prey of robbers, Uncle Sam. Uncle Sam; But youva moaey la your pocket. Uncle Sam, Caele Sam.

Ton caa guard it from Its foes, Heal Its wounds aad soothe Its woes. Make it oae of yowr free ehildrea. Unci Uncle Sana. Not lor hope of gala or glory. Uncle 8am.

Cade Sam: Not for wealth of an tho tropics, Cncle Sam. Uncle Sam; But te do tho thing that's right. la your gentleness aad might. Lift tho child laid oa your doorstep, Uncle Sam, Cncle Sam; EMMA 3. ARHtTABT.

taste-iee te an Aaaks-ssader. (President McKlnley has warned the sew Asner- 1. Icaa Ambassador aot to talk too much after dla- -aer. Westminster Oasetts.) Dear Mr. Cb-te, fan wen I know Ton are a charming fellow; Tour wit is bright, your sallies lighV Tour wisdom ripe aad mellow; But whea one discs, with sundry wmea -Unless, one is teetotal.

Oaa's very apt. oa being clapped, To grow well, anecdotal. Whea wins is la wit waxeta' thin, And whea a man Is heated With good Tokay beH often say What shouldn't be repeated. 1 fancy you remember who Ia this way proved a sinner I beg you. thea.

be careful whea Orating after dinner. This game'to you Is somewhat So pray observe my warning; Words that seemed light, said overnight Look different la the morning. therefore, you Intend to wia her. J. 1 sflnd.

how you walk and do not talk. Tooi freely, after din ner London Punch. i tJ I.