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the act description of tlie murder or my wife, just as it was, in my manu­ script. If I had killed her before wri­ ting I could not have written down a more accurate account of the details. "The rest you know. My arrest, im­ prisonment and impending trial fill tho | newspapers. 1 am a doomed man. Nothing on earth can save me! The testimony of Ellen alone would convict me. No chain of circumstantial evi­ dence was ever more Closely entwined around an unfortunate wretch like me." I must confess .that when I came out OEJft GOODS ABROAD READY SALE OF AMERICAN WARES IN EUROPE. WWh 'lie Old World Willing; to Take Un­ limited Quantities of Onr Food and Manufactured Producta at Prices ritual to Th:,HS Paid iuTlIi 'is Country. THE; MURDER OF A WIFE of the Tombs that night I was puzzled. The awfulness of the story and the cer­ tainty of conviction were all that I could bring to mind. As we stepped down the stone steps tliP dock in thp Tflmlw w.nc: tolling- 11 "Drive me to the home of Franklin Jar vis,". I said to the lawyer. "Let me in the front door and leave me. Come back for me in one hour." 1 hardly knew what I intended to.do, although my mind was full of vague j- suggestions. As the front door of the J fated house closed between me and,the | street a shiver ran over me in spite of . i my many" experiences and I walked America's Chance for Trade. Louis Ilalle is back from England With $1,000,000 worth of orders for American made goods as the result of ten weeks' work. lie says that the Belling of Yankee products in the moth­ er country is as easy as the showing of the goods, and that the prices cur­ rent in the""United States are fioui 30 to 15 per cent lower than in England, despite the fact that American wages are much higher. "It seems to me that one of the main reasons for the improvement in the times is due t.o the vast increase of im-. portations," said Mi\ Halle. "1 was amazed at the success I had in selling goods made in 'Chicago and the East. The English are crazy after our wares. The manufacturers there are quickly room NE night, just, as it was growing j had said swept over me anew, 'I wisn j faking up pen and ink, I took the dusk and the lengthening shad-j I could go away and never see your j ivkiuk sheets of paper before me and began to write as though I .were living softly the full length*of the liall and | myself In the little writing- j the United States' shops. We can under­ sell them-on the very things they have ows brought weird-memories to j face again.' me; I was disturbed by the rattling of I "Of course 1 was sorry for the words a cab which stopped at .the&door Vitli a | as soon as I had said them, and during& loud "Whoa" from the driver and'a pull j the day 1 squared matters with my con- tliat brought tlie horse on its haunches."j science, by sending a basket of flowers A man sprung out of the cab, and, to her. I even notified a real estate hastily running up the steps, pulled frantically at the door bell. Although it was nearly dark I had time to dis­ tinguish the features of one of the lead­ ing lawyers of the city. As my servant showed him into the front parlor, by the window of which 1 was sitting, lie came forward, and. grasping me by both hands, said: "Mr. Martinot, we need no introduction; we both know each other professionally so well that a personal acquaintance is •unnecessary." I motioned him to a chair. "I will be seated," said lie, "but only long '•enough for you to get ready to go with me. I want you to go to the Tombs. My client,. in whose behalf I have called to see you, is there. He is in the shadow of the gallows. The noose is around his neck." It is no unusual thing for me to be called by a professional man, and there­ fore I gave no thought to the case as we were rattling through the streets, ; •but the impatience of the lawyer was j. «HCli that he would not allow the caii-j .man to slacken, even upon the slippery i pavements. We were nearly there be- ' fore he mentioned the case. He seemed j .unable to talk from nervousness. When the-shadow of the Tombs fell upon the ' -cab he turned to me and said: "I c-an .tell you only one thing about ^thecase; my client is innocent. That ts ; .absolute, lii his confession to me ho i i -could explain nothing; he only knows i lhat he is innocent." With this brief prelude I followed my ; guide up the stairs leading to the 1 Tombs and into the somber gallery that runs along murderers' row. In the last j •celL, surrounded by not more than ten j square feet of space, sa-t my man. He j •occupied a wooden chair, and when the | turnkey unlocked the door he gave no i sign excepting to bury his head deeper j an his hands and groan. I • I At a glance I saw that he was a gen­ tleman. He was a man in the prime of | life, not over 40, well dressed, clean- j shaven and handsome. This I saw in spite of the dark gloom upon his coun­ tenance, for never in my life had I seen such abject despair shown in the face of a huriian being. At the sound of the lawyer's voice he lifted up his head, and at the mention of my name a ray of hope seemed to come across his countenance. He rose, shook hands with us both, and beck­ oned us to seats on his rude cot. "Now," said the lawyer, leaning back and leaving us face to face together, "tell Mr. Martinot everything that ro^>- pened that night and conceal nothing from him. Tell him just as you have told me." Looking me straight in the'eye and beginning at the very beginning, Franklin Jarvis told me his story : * "I am a manufacturer of dress goods," said he. "My business carries me down into Barclay street and the lower quarters of the town, and on that account I rise early every morning. For many years my wife has not break­ fasted with me. "We were married fifteen years ago and pur story is an old one. We mar­ ried in poverty and were happy. We grew to wealth and were indifferent. When fortune began to smile upon us my wife became ambitious and longed to shine in the social set of which we had read only a little and in gilded paragraphs. "I opposed her and we quarreled, Sometimes gently, but more often bit terly. Our words at times rose high, and wli:n, as on a recent occasion, she showed great extravagance in her at­ tempts to get into high circles, I would leave the house and not return for a week at a time. Thus it grew steadily on for the last live years, getting worse and worse. " , "I will tell you now," said he, hesi­ tating and half apologetically, "that foi the last five years, since our trouble be manager that I was in the market for an uptown residence. "I was detained that night at my office, and when I reached home il:^ church clock opposite was tolling the hour of 11. I went softly in at the rront door, and knowing that my wife would be asleep at that hour I walked through the long hall to a little study situated at the rear end of the liall. Here stood a small writing desk, and here I knew I could be alone for an hour to quiet my mind from the business events of the day and to indulge in my favorite recre­ ation of story writing. "A plot had couie to my mind as T came uptown in the cars, and I resolved to write~it while it was fresh. A flat- tiring letter from a publisher who had accepted my latest story made me re­ solve to supply him with another as soon as possible. " 'This time my wife shall know of my work and be proud of it. 1 will the night of the murder over ag?iin. As I wrote I turned and laid the sheets one by one upon a small Cairo stand back of me, which had evidently been used for that purpose, for there were blotters upon if. Scarcely had I written a page when I thought I heard behind me a stealthy step. On the second page I heard it again. This time there were whispers. I listened and heard a voice say, "For the love of God, can it be lie?" I sprang to my feet aiy.1 turned around. A loud shriek rose to the ceiling and out npon the hall floor there fell a heavy weight. It was a man and over him bent a woman. "You scared him almost to death, sir." said she. "I told him that it was only one of them detectives that they are always sending here, but the back of your head looked so much like mas­ ter's that it seared him most to death." "Why should that scare him?" I ask­ ed. "Sure sU\. I don't know, but lately he has been like, like " been shipping here for half a century. The English buyers insist on having American goods, and there are many signs that the United States is rapidly becoming master of the world in mat­ ters of commerce. -This is the reason for much of the foreign legislation which is aimed against American in­ dustry and importations from Amer­ ica. "This demand for American goods is not confined to any one line. My orders embrace at least a dozen varieties and include leather goods, carriages and wagons, hardware, brass bedsteads, furniture, essential oils, iron and brass rivets and buttons, and canned fruits. The exportation business of this coun­ try is only in its infancy, and.the tide of sales abroad has just set in. This is to be the salvation of the country. We have been manufacturing more than we could consume. The creation of a great outlet into England and the continent will open all the mills and put all the idle at work. "England is looking more and more to America for its largest supplies in food products. I am planning to ship a load of fresh fruit next month--the first consignment of the kind--to Liv­ erpool. The ship will lie loaded with bananas, oranges, pineapples and the like. I visited Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Glasgow and other ports of importance, and I want to tell the manufacturers of the United States that all they have to do to sell their goods on the other side is to show them. They can get the same prices that they do at home and still beat the English competitors by a good margin. The same feeling concerning American goods is spreading through Paris and France. We can beat them in the cost price because we have the best ma­ chinery on the globe, and our labor is more intelligent and works under high­ er inspiration."---Chicago Times-Her­ ald. enter society and court the litterati. while she enjoys herself with the but­ terflies,' I said to myself, smiling, as I dipped my pen in "the ink. "The plot of-my story \yas a singular one. It'was the 'Murdef,<pf a Wife.' "With accuracy I went into each startling detail, and asfi wrote down the bloodthirsty words I saw that my anger for my wife was melting away, even as the beauty of the story grew underneath my fingers. When 1 had finished I saw that I had achieved what would be,the greatest work of my life, and that honors would come to me from the public who would read my story. "When 1 had laid down my pen I sighed a sigh of relief. " 'I could not do that again for Sl,- 000,' I said aloud. 'No,' I repeated, as I walked through the hall, still intent with the plot, 'no, I could not do that again for $10,000.' "'Did you speak, sir?' inquired a wo­ man's voice. " 'Who is that?' I asked. '"It is I--Ellen, the cook. I heard somebody walking around, sir, and I came to see who it was.' " 'All right, Ellen,' I said: 'it is 1. Go back to bed.' And Ellen, who sleeps in the basement, went back down the basement stairs. gan. I have been employing mV spare! ""onmllng up the staircase, I threw time in a little amusement wliicn 1 °Pen tho door of my w,fes room and have very rigidly kept secret from my i stepped Inside. A moment later I was friends. I have been writing stories. 1 Polling? the bell frantically and shout- At this moment the man opened his eyes. "Forgive me, forgive me," he cried. "I have dreamed of it day and night, forgive " "1 will forgive you nothing," said I, "until you confess how your curiosity made you creep up behind your master that night and read what lie was writ­ ing. Confess how you went upstairs and killed your mistress and robbed her of her jewels; confess how you hid after the others were called and pre­ tended to be asleep: and confess how you have allowed an innocent man to suffer for your crime." Truly -frightened now, the wretch told how he overheard the quarrel on the morning and how he had planned the murder of his mistress. And how and by what dastardly means he had found the very description of the mur­ der before his eyes and had followed It out with awful correctness.---Chicago Chronicle. During these periods when my wife and I were estranged and neit/ier of us Avould humble ourselves enough to make the first approaches, I have with­ drawn from home, and, taking up my quarters in a hotel, have amused myself evenings writing fiction. This has been my pastime, as other men drive horses or seek the billiard table. My stories have been in print and doubtless you, Mr. Martinot, have read many of them under an assumed name. My wife knew of my little pastime and ridiculed it. When I wrote at home I could only do it. in the still hours of the night when she was asleep. "Last Wednesday morning at the breakfast table my wife, who had been extravagant of late, brought up the sub­ ject of a residence uptown. She want­ ed to be opposite Central Park and to Tide with the swells of Fifth avenue. 1 opposed her and she retorted sharply. * " 'You Will regret this,' I said as I lose from the table. 'You may regret It soouer than you think. By God.' 1 ing for help. "There upon the edge of the bed lay my wife, with the blood dripping from ner head and heart. She was uncov­ ered, with one arm hanging to the floor. Her countenance was fearfully distorted. She had been cruelly mur­ dered--stabbed in tho head and heart. Stabbed to death by the hand of a mid­ night assassin. "In a moment the room was filled with frightened servants and 1 Avas sending them in every direction--for physicians, policemen, neighbors. • But there was nothing to be done. Sho was dead. That much we all saw at a glance. Her head was slashed al- liiij>t beyond recognition and the hand that had done it was a desperate one. "1 Avas too dazed that night to con­ sider. But the next day Avlien the in­ quest AVAS held 1 saw the awkward position in 'which I was placed. The coroner; in his search of the. premises, came upon the manuscripts lying upon the little table in my writing-room and Aluminum Cooking L'tensils. Recent experiments show that alum­ inum is a safe metal for cooking uten­ sils. Some slight corrosion takes place, but it soon ceases, as j;p. Insoluble coat­ ing seems to form on the metal, Avliicli protects it. This is analogous to pro­ tective deposits on iron boiler plates i and on load water-pipes, which are of- ten'-produced by water containing salts. It is announced that nearly all the utensils carried by soldiers of the French army on the march -will be made hereafter of aluminum. Strange Chinese Law. If a Chinese dicr, while being tried for murder, the very fact of his dying is taken as evidence of his guilt. Ho has departed, but somebody must suf­ fer, and his eldest sou, if he has one, is sent to prison for a year. If he has no son, then his father or brother gets a flogging. It's all in the family, and justice must be administered. None but a mean man Avill upbraid his Avifo for powdering her nose on a sweaty day and then turn around and comb his back hair up over the bald spot on the top of his head. cried, as the memory of the things she there, jyord for Avord, (lay before him Immediately after eating a heavy 1 meal, a dyspeptic honestly believes he will never do it again. Made Fr ends Daily. Perhaps never was a state paper less understood than the late message of the President. The usually acute press of the land largely missed the point of it, and there were members of Congress to whom it was necessary to explain it. The President was variously represent­ ed as proposing to help Spain conquer the insurgents, to feed the Cubans and nothing more, and as throwing the whole matter on Congress without any recommendation. There were some sharp attacks on the message at first from quarters which later supported the President's policy, which wan dis­ tinctly outlined in the document, and as a fuller understanding of it was ob­ tained there was decreasing opposition 'to it. Judge Gross cup. of Chicago, is one of those who not only saw the pol­ icy. but strongly approved it. ' He said of the proposition for armed interven­ tion:* Jfe. "Armed intervention means«Pnat this government, knowing positively that Spanish rule in Cuba is ended, inter­ venes for the sake of its commerce and | in the name of humanity to put an end j to the useless and merciless struggle. ! Tlr.s intervention is in the form of troops entering Cuba and literally talt- | ing possession of the island. They go- j there to restore order, to enable the in- I habitants to return to their homes, re­ build their habitations, renew work on. their plantations, and take up all the occupations of peaceful life. When all this has been brought about-the people- of the island are prepared to call a con­ stitutional convention, in which they,. and'they alone, may decide Avhat form of government they will organize for t hemselves. "Having decided upon that form then the cause for intervention on the part of this government ends and our troops are withdrawn. Our connec­ tion with the people of Cuba then ceases. ;ave as we recognize the gov­ ernment they create and maintain peaceful relations with them." The judge declares there is no exact parallel in history for the proposed in- vent Ion. Of the difficulties that have encompassed the President he said: "It lias been almost incomprehensi­ ble to nie how few have appeared to understand the high purpose Avith which the President has worked, and the manifestly just tenor of his mes­ sage to Congress. He has been in the position that he was compelled to rec­ ognize the condition of Spain herself at home; the fact that she had lost Cuba; that anything she could get for I Cuba would be that much found, yet ' that the Spanish people themselves would not support their own govern­ ment in recognizing the independence of the island or ending the conflict." • I The delays Avhich were complained I of were necessary in the preparation ; for war, which the President had push­ ed with the utmost energy. The jus­ tice of the conclusion reached by the , judge that the people Avould soon agree I that the President's course had been Avise. prudent and patriotic lpis become apparent to more people every day.-- Sioux City Journal. at from $3 to $8 per head and wool at from 10 to 25 cents per pound. But' when the Democrats took charge of the Government with their free trade ten­ dencies, the price of sheep fell to from. $1.50 to $2.50 a head and AVOOI at from 7 to 9 cents per pound. But now mark the change! The other day in the toAvn of Ballston, Saratoga County, sheep sold at auction at $5.20 per head, about double the Democratic free trade prices. Sheep now are selling at any­ where from $5 to $7 per head and AVOOI is quoted at Boston and New#York at from 17 to 30 cents per pound. Ami yet the prices of woolen goods have not in­ creased. But the farmers of the United States may once again enter the sheep raising business with profit so long as the Republican party is in control of national and State affairs. But the good results of Republican management" reach further than to the farmers. The workingmen are witnessing the Avoolen •mills of the country all in operat ion and giving employmentKo all of the em­ ployes thereof. They can see which party affords work to labor and.which party took from them their employment and thus took.,bread from the mouths of their wives and children.--Schenec­ tady Union. „ ' hould Not J?e Overlooked. There is no reason, why the United States should not rival Great Britain in the volume of its'carrying trade. Amer­ ican shipbuilders aije certainly not defi­ cient, in skill; they have shown many times , that they lead the world, for there are. no finer ships afloat than those launched from American yards. Nor is the difference in the cost an insuperable obstacle in the way of American supremacy. It may cost somewhat less to build a first-class ship on the Tyne than on the Delaware, but the mere fact that ihe Japanese govern­ ment placed two orders for warships in this country shows that the differ­ ence im cost cannot be so> great even now,, and certainly if the industry is developed it Avould folloAv the course of all other industries in- the develop­ ment of cheapening processes. All that is needed, for the building, up of the in­ dustry is- the initial impetus, which must come from legislation. The El- kins bill, Avhich provides Cor the pro­ tection of American ships-and the pas­ sage of which would do> much to em- courage American shipping,.should not be overlooked by Congress in the press of apparently more urgent matters.?-- Troy Times. A Teat of Lucidity. A correspondent of the American Economist at Slireveport, La., calls at­ tention to> the fact that the editor of the Slireveport Times has had another lucid interval, and in proof thereof cites the following: "Amid all.the war excitement of the present period, it is noted that there is remarkable progress in the establish­ ment. of industries in the South-. These include all kinds of manufactories and particularlymarked expansion in cot­ ton mills. There is a great deal of business life and stir in the South. The equanimity of the people amid the gen­ eral public excitement is not less re­ markable than the energetic persist­ ency displayed in developing material progress and advancement." So far, so good; but how long .will it be before he resumes his incoherent speech and in his ravings forgets all about the influence which the Dingley law has had in establishing industrial prosperity in the South? One of the most conclusive proofs of lucidity is the ability to trace the relation of cause and effect. Protection Convincing Its Enemies. The Washington Post (independents notes the A'auishing of the out-and-out free trade paper in the South. Thesa papers are not showing their belief in the Dingley law, but, indirectly, they have made their way into the field of protection. The Post is greatly delight­ ed to find the Louisville Courier-Jour­ nal advocating the policy of protection or subsidy in its approval of an act of the Legislature exempting new manu­ facturing enterprises Avhich may come to Louisville from taxation for !'••• years. At the present time the I' - regards the Galveston News as t ie only free trade paper in. the South. Agricultural Machinery for Russia. Every month brings fresh evidences of the inaccuracy of the claim made <luring the consideration of the Dingley bill Ihat a protective tariff would, re­ duce our market abroad. A shipment of 0,000 tons of agricultural machinery to. Russia in a single day, Avit.li an­ nouncement of a similar consignment for a few days later, is one of the evi­ dences of the growth, under a protec­ tive tariff,, of our export business in manufactures.--Williamsport (Pa.) Ga­ zette. The Country's Real "Defenders. While all honest and paitri'otic people must lament the rancor and acrimony that have characterized Congressional debate oil (the Cuban question, tins baseless attacks upon the Presidem, however, have served to emphasize the fact that tlhe real defenders of the country, the men upon whose wisdom and patriotism the government must rely in war, are among those who have defended so successfully the policy of the executive.--Chicago Times-Herald. .As Shakspeare Would Say. The Dingley tariff will not only pay the government expenses, but it will pay the interest on the $202,000,000 l>ouds issued ttuder the Wilson tariff, and it Avi 11 pay the $50,000,000 extra voted for the national defense. As Shakspeare Avould say: "The Dingley bill is a corker."--Hutchinson (Kan.) News. How to Permanently Compete. We may build up our trade somewhat Avith other countries, but AVC can never expect to permanently compete with rivals until Ave have ships of our own, as thei^ffiders have to carry our car­ goes to other countries and carry car­ goes back from them to us.--Yonkers Statesman. Everyone lias something ancestral, i£ -it is nothing more than a disease. Our best friends are apt to appear bad ia amateur theatricals. Slieep and Wool Values. Here in this section of .the State un­ der the influence of the McKlnley tariff law nearly every farmer kept a small flock of sheep at a profit, sheep selling upon feeding upov the rest. 1 * 1 There isa^Wullar form of eye trou­ ble caused^tyexposure of the unpro­ tected eyes to an intense electric light --especially that produced during the fusion of the metal bjr electricity-- which has received the name of "elec­ tric light blindness." The Brazil nut contains from fifteen to twenty-four seeds, which all ger­ minate at one time, the most vigoi'oua one getting first through a small held at the top to the opsn air, « f-l -Jfcte Senator Morrill of Vermont celebrated his SStli birthday Thursday night by a reception at his residence in Thomas cir­ cle. He was born at Stratford, Vt., on the 14tli of April, 1810. He has "served thirty-one years in tlie United States Sen- si te, Ionger than any other man, and be- fofe his first selection was ten years in the House of Representatives. The ven­ erable gentleman is still in excellent health, although he is not so spry and industrious and enduring as lie Avas when he first came to Washington, forty-one years ago. Letters and telegrams of con­ gratulations poured in upon him. The President, the Vice-President, the Su­ preme Court, the foreign ambassadors and ministers, the entire Senate and a large number of other friends, including every person, of prominence in public life, at­ tended his reception. # * *> • The members of the executive commit­ tee of the Brewers' Association, • which represents 90 per cent of the brewers of the United States, who came to Washing­ ton to resist tlie imposition, of the tax upon beer, liaAe yielded and have gone back to their homes with an agreement Avith the Committee on Ways and Means that the proposed additional tax of $1 a barrel will not be objected to, provided a [provision is made for a rebate of iy2 per iCent for beer that is spoiled. This would make the tax $1.85 net, instead of $2 a barrel, which would not be felt. Beer sells at Avliolesale at an average price throughout the country at 10 cents per gallon, and SO cents a gallon at retail. The committee thinks, therefore, that this al­ lows a sufficient margin for an additional tax. » * * The authorities, besides making an in­ vestigation of questions relating to pri­ vateering and the neutrality of goods, have been examining the treaties between the United States and Spain to determine what sections would continue in force in time of Avar. It is a general principle of international law that war abrogates treaties between belligerents, but should the nations presupposing war have en­ gaged themselves in such treaties to per­ form certain specific acts during hostili­ ties such engagement must be observed. * * » There is a great deal of patriotism be­ ing expressed through the mails and over tho telegraph lines. The President re­ ceives bushels of messages every morning from people who commend or condemn him. At the War Department it is said more than 1,000,000 men have offered their services to the Government in case of Avar, among them four members of Congress--Senator Pettus and Represent­ atives Wheeler of Alabama, Campbell of Illinois and Broussard of Louisiana. * a * The transportation of coal across the Atlantic will be an insuperable obstacle to the operations of the Spanish fleet, and Avhen their present supplies of coal in Cuba and Puerto Rico are exhausted their ships will be powerless. At the same time aind for the same reason a declara­ tion by this Government that coal is con­ traband would render our own fleet pow­ erless upon the other side of the Atlantic and for 1,000 miles from our own coast in any direction. * # * No more shipments of coal will be al­ lowed from the United States for the present. The Navy Department purchas­ ed the British tramp ship which tried to go out of Norfolk with 3,500 tons of coal for Cape Verde Islands. It appears the coal was not ordered by the Spanish Gov­ ernment, but the captain of the ship hav­ ing no other commission took on a cargo and was intending to carry it to Gape Verde Islands as a speculation. + * * William Jennings Bryan and William McKinley met Thursday morning for the first time in several years, when the for­ mer called at the White House with Sen­ ator Murphy of New York to pay his re­ spects. It was during the- regular hours for receiving congressional visitors, and therefore Air. Bryan remained but a mo- uieut. exchanging compliments, but hav­ ing no serious conversation. * m » Gen. Mile's is of the opinion that 100,000 men could be transported to any point on the gulf or Atlantic coast in the South within forty-eight hours. The fact that this can be done was demonstrated by the feat performed by the railroads during the recent big celebration in Washington, when 100,000 men were brought into the city and taken out again inside of twenty- lour hours. * * * Since the Maine disaster letters by the hundreds have poured in at the White I House ami the War and \avy Depart­ ments from patriots who are anxious to volunteer or who have suggestions to offer for the defense of the Government or the discomfiture of the Spaniards. * v * While the ministry at Madrid was talk- ling peace and offering concessions Gen. Blanco was preparing for resistance, and he recently issued1 an order for a military, census of Cuba and the enlistment of ev­ ery man between the ages of 15) and 50 "for the defense of the territory." s * * Great disappointment was. expressed1 ait the War Department over the defeat of the army reorganization bill in the House. The authorities were confident that regu­ lars could do much more effective service in Cuba than the State militia, officered by men of their own number. » The Ways and Means Committee of the House proposes a war tax on beer and manufactured tobacco. It is probable also that a stamp tax will be imposed on all bank paper and legal documents* The revenue from these sources is estimated at $100,000,000 a year. * * * Representative Wliceler of Alabama in­ troduced in the House a resolution extend­ ing the thanks of Congress to Consul General Lee" for the courage, efficiency and good judgment he displayed in . the performance of his duties consul gen­ eral at Havana. * * * The stand of the Cuban junta against intervention without recognition of Cuban independence aroused opposition .in Con­ gress to turning the affairs of the island over to the insurgents after the Spanish have been expelled. » * » Secretary Gage has denied that nego­ tiations with a syndicate for a loan to the Government hau been begun, and has Stated that money used for Avar purposes would be borrowed direct from the peo­ ple. * » * Theodore RooseA-elt, Assistant Secre­ tary of the Navy, lias tendered his resig­ nation and will "apply for appointment as chief of stuff Gen, Loo. • Next time Gen. Lee calls on Captain General Blanco he will use a louder knocker.--Philadelphia Ledger. ^ Griipe shot monopolizes the popular at­ tention which the peach crop usually claims at this time of year.--Washington Star. The blowing up of the Maine can no more be downed or put in the background than could Banquo's ghost.--Salt Lake Herald. ' ^ Gen. Lee is safe out of Havana. And -vriieu"he. returns at the head of atx Asser- icair army he will be safe in Havana.^-- Cincinnati Tribune. In the matter of privateering, if Spain pi^iposes to' indulge in it Ave shall have' something to>say to Spain's private ear.-- _ New York World. Perhaps this is- a good time-to remember that seventy of the Maine victims are still lying at^tie bottom of Havana harbor.-- Cleveland Plaiii'Dealer. * f The fact that nobody was hurf in that scrimmage in Congress is likely to give the Spaniards another supply of overcon- fidenue.---Milwaukee Sentinel. It might not bo a bad idea to sen^a few Comanche Indians to Cuba,, just to teach Spain a; few of the amenities Of civilized' warfare:---St. Paul; Dispatcli. " It's a poor day wlicn Spain doesn't send1 out a new flotilla on paper:. They are al­ most. as monotonous-as Weyler's-"pacifi­ cations."--Philadelphia Press. Neither this country nor Cuba may be any better off from the Senate- oraf&ry,. but the Senators themselves feel a great deal better.--Kansas City Journal. The cruiser New Orleans h-is no steam- lieating apparatus, but it will be able to make it hot enough for the Spanish if given half a chance.--Chicago Dispatch. The time has arrived: Avhen Spain can1 materially add to the enduring powers of her naval forces by the purchase of a few first-class lifeboats.--Milwaukee Sentinel.. A great deal may be tolerated in legis­ lators, but it's certainly not parliamentary to make a motion to lay one of the oppo­ sition on the table or the floor.--Philadel­ phia Times. Lillian Russell wants to be an army nurse. With Lillian acting in that capac­ ity there would be a great incentive for. the men to keep, out of> the hospitals.-- "Washington Post. By placing his flag on our consulate, John Bull is performing about the same office as the man who holds the coat of a. friend while the latter whips his enemy.-- Washington Post. Probably there is more or.less truth in Senator Hoar's statement that submarine mines like that which blew up the Maine are not kept for playthings in private fam­ ilies in Havana.--Boston Herald. Robert Emmet's epitaph lias not been, written, but the time is near at hand when a monument will stand over the graves of the Maine's sailors, and the monument will rest upon free soiL--Omaha Workl- llerald. There will be no trouble in raising all. the revenue the Government may need, for defensive purposes. The only ques­ tion is as to the means by which it shall be got. It is an embarrassment of riches --that's all.--New York Mail and Express. The report that Weyler is to be made commander-in-chief of the Spanish armies will still further strengthen the Avar feel­ ing in this country. Any nation Avhich will place a beast like Weyler in a liigh official position ought to be thrashed on general principles.--Kansas City. Journal. This will be the history of the war: Uncle Sam--Git! Sagasta--Xit! And then they lit. And Spain put. --Boston Globe, WHEAT ALL RIGHT. Good Growth and Development Over About the Wliolg Arcn.^, The past week was markiSd Ivy- tempera­ tures but slightly differing/from tl|)i nor­ mal, at the beginning oFuie period rather below and later rather above. Rainfall, was received quite generally throughout the Ohio valley, but not enough to incon­ venience farming operations. No radical, change'marks the wheat situation except in California, where every day without ample rainfall in the San Joaquin valley appreciably diminishes the crop possibili­ ties of. the State. East of the Rocky Mountains the actual changes in. the situation have been small. Wherever, there are any reports of pres­ ent accruing, damage they represent but wry feniall areas, and are of little conse­ quence when the field.is viewed at large. A few low bottoms flooded, in the valleys of. the Ohio.tributaries, and, an occasional complaint of lack of moisture in south­ ern Kansas and in Texas make up the sum of complaint. Against this there has been continued growth and development over almost the whole area, so that the wonderful, improvement which was noted during the-month of March has been con­ tinued in a less marked degree during. April up to date. Two weeks ago there- was a little- talk of plowing up some fields in Ohio,, not because of any winter kill­ ing,. but because the crop was unprofita- bly tbln, on the ground from failure to. germinate.. Recent moist, growing weath­ er has practically put a stop to this talk,, and with the exception of small areas, where there was no germination at all, it may be said that there will be almost no plowing up of wheat field#. >. ' Seeding of spring wheat is progressing rapidly under circumstances almost uni­ formly favorable.. In this respect the season is remarkably early, and seeding is now being prosecuted in the more north­ ern portion of the belt at least a month in advance of lastyear.1 Oyer the whole dis­ trict the ground is working well, soft and friable, and with no rains to interfere with the Avork. As far north as southern Minnesota and South Dakota the bulk of the acreage is now in and the area seeded is limited only by the desires of groAvers. There are districts in southern Minnesota and in towifc which a<, dozen years ago were great wheat centers, and in Avhich since that time the crop has dwindled down to nothing, where the acreage seeded this spring will make wheat the dominant crop this year. The same thing is largely true in Nebraska, and these three districts, generally over­ looked in wheat calculations in recent years, are likely to prove large factors in this year's wheat aggregate. Oats seed­ ing has continued under generally favor­ able conditions, interrupted a little in some parts of the Ohio valley by loeal ex­ cesses of moisture, buf elsewhere with no special drawbacks. " Spring work in "general and corn plant­ ing in particular are decidedly in advauco bf a normal season, and very greatly, ahead of last year. With the exception of low bottom lands in parts of the Ohio valley there lias been no break in plow­ ing during the past week, and unless weather conditions now become radically unfavorable the corn crop will be planted much earlier than usual. Early crop is up in Texas, and planting iV under way in Oklahoma and southern Kansas.