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-:t£c. 1 XUE CASE OF - " - " | M - - - CAL VANPORT. jfi jraaBHararapraBBraKss'HssBii T twenty-two, Cal Vanport, six feet tall, strong, swarthy and handsome, was at once the most interesting and the most unpopular character in all North Pisa, N. Y. He 4welt with his mother* Irish by birth, washerwoman by trade, and relict of tbe only pure-blooded Hollander ever luaown in the village, in a white-wash­ ed cottage fronting a little-used side •treet. Aside from Deacon Orcott, of •the Freewill Baptist Church, who was too old to work, and, besides, had a iittie money laid by, and old John Tom- Unaon, who lived in the big white ikouse across from the postofflce and -was rich, being worth $10,000 at least, and maybe more. Cal was the only frown man in the place who seemed to have no regular occupation^ Hence his vnpopularlty. "You see, doctor," Jabez Ruggles, the wagon-maker, explained to me one day. aoon after I began practicing in North . J| Pisa, " Cal ain't got no gumption. In ffcet, he's--wal, what you might call ° *, sbifless. He won't never work none •t all, 'ceptln* when the beans is ripe. Then he does go out into the field and •nil, sometimes, though he didn't last JW»T. | When he's a in In' to he kin do more work n anybody I know, for he's MM ablebodiedest man anywhere round here, but you never see him a-pitcbln' no hay, nor a-workin' in no harvest field; no| even when such men as Su­ pervisor Bulger or Deacon War boys is •fferin' two an' a ha'f a day to saw their crops. "No, sir; he'd rather live on his poor eld mother than to work, an' about all lie does is to go'n git the clo'es In a basket before she washes 'em, an' kerry '6m home afterward. You kin see 'im a-doin' that every mornin' an' every •ight reg'lar. What he does in the mid­ dle of the day is a myst'ry to every­ body. Some days he goes a-fishin', but that's mostly on Sundays. Week days he gen'ally shets Mm self in the bouse Jest to loaf, I s'pose. I sh'd think twould make him 'shamed to hear the sound of the scrubbin' when his moth­ er's to work over the washboard an' he's layin' round, a doin' nothin*. "Some day the boys '11 all git mad 'n ran him out, unless he braces up and goes to work. When that happens North Pisa '11 git a notice in the county paper, sure." In spite of the wagon-maker's story, I found it hard to dislike Cal Vanport without knowing more concerning him, and I invited talk about him from va­ rious village magnates. But the testi­ mony thus gathered was all of one •ort It was clear that all the men of ,1 ..7 • "... - - - . - mill as an utterly worthless vagabond. The feeling of antagonism between Cal and his kind, however, was "like a Jug han­ dle, all on one side," as I found when 1 came to know him personally. If ever there was a man wlio bore nobody ill tt was Cal Vanport, and before I had met either Cal or his Mother face to face t perceived that some of the wom­ en of the place held the young man in better esteem. "They may say all the mean things they want about Cal Vanport," said M». Mlggs, the sturdy old blacksmith's wife, who had two grown sons of her ewn, "and I won't deny that it does look like small potatoes and few in the hill fer him to live on his mother's earnin'fl, as he 'pears to; but they'd be some happier mothers in North Pisa if all sons was like him. I know some young men in this village that work hard enough an' save their money that ain't near so kind to their mothers as fce is. When Mis' Vanport was younger an' Cal was a-goln' to school an' she used to go out to wash, which she don't do no more, she told me he never spoke a sassy word to her in his life. I wisht everybody could say as much for their boys. I told my man yistiddy an' it made him mad, that some folks I know would be willin' to have their boys a Httle lazier if they could only say what Mis' Vanport kin, but they can't," she concluded, in a tone clearly showing a desire to be confidential, which I care­ fully ignored by promptly bidding her good-day. The more I heanV about the washer­ woman's shiftless son, the more I HlDM -him, somehow, and the wagon-maker told me a stoty two or three days later that added to my interest. "There goes the girl that Cal Vanport wants to marry," said Ruggles, stand­ ing In front of hi6 shop and pointing across the street to a tall, good-looking young woman, undoubtedly the hand­ somest in North Pisa. "Yes. she is tlu- daughter of 'Squire Woodmansie. and when she was in the same school here hi the Jillage that Cal wenrjp, the two got to thlnkln' a lot of each other. Of course, her folks didn't like the idea of her marryin' a washerwoman's son, . and so they sent her away to school for a year or two. At that time most folks kinder sympathized with Cal. but now he's growed up so sliif'less like they don't no more. Her folks is a-tryin' to git her to marry Billy Filchener, the berry farmer. He's a likely chap, with Sis land most paid fer; but somehow Helen she don't seem to care much fer him. Cal Vanport ain't got no cliancet, though, and he ain't a-tryln' none, neither; he ain't got enough gumption. I her/ him tell 'Squire Woodmansie sight here In front of my shop one night about a year a£o that he shouldn't try to see Helen no more. I thought they'd be a fight that night. The 'squire he called Cal a shifless loafer right to his face and swung .his big cane real threatenln' like. Then the 'squire said Helen didn't think no more of Cal than a yellow dog. Cal kep" still til! then, but at that he picked the 'squire up just 'sif he'd been a baby an' kerried him out in the street, a-kickin' an' a-wigglin' like all possessed. "It was then Cal said he shouldn't try to see the girl. But lie told the 'squire that he'd better .not mention her name to him no more when he was a-speakin' about yeller dogs if he want­ ed to keep out of trouble, an' the 'squire shet right up an' went home. Cal does sometimes seem to have a bit of spunk in him, but you'd think he'd be 'shamed to let his mother work so hard an' he do nothin'. Why. say. the washings that little old woman '11 do in one day are sometimes big enough for two or three like her. Some thinks she has a machine, but nobody can't git no furth­ er into her house than the front room, late years, and nobody can't find out nothin'." At about 12 o'clock one night the next week my doorbell rang furiously, and when I went down I found Cal Van- port waiting for me. His face was pale and be was evidently much excited. He said his mother was very ill and he hoped I'd hurry. I found her not nearly so bad off as Cal had feared, though she would have to stay abed some days, and preparing some medicine with my own hands I gave Cal instructions for giving it and started to go. Cal follow­ ed me into the yard. "Nobody must know mother is sick," cry, "Where's Billy Filchener?" w.'t raised. The next minute he was see) in a second story' window, to which ho had struggled, gasping for breath an<| with his clothes on fire in half a dozen places. If he had not been scared out of his senses he would have jumped and saved himself, for h&was not more than twelve or fifteen feet from the ground, but as it was he was as help­ less as if he had been a thousand feet up. There were shouts that he must be saved, of course, but nobody seemed to understand how it could be done, and while the talk went on the fire burned more fiercely. It was then that Cal Vanport came to the front. Knowing him as I had come to know him, I should not have been surprised at what followed had It been the girl In danger. I must confess, however, that under the circumstances I was thoroughly dazed. There were ho ladders handy, and hardly time to raise them if there had been, for Filchener had evidently fainted, and if rescued at all must be rescued quickly. Cal saw thpt in a flash, and Instead of waiting to discuss things with anyone he whip­ ped off his coat, threw it over his head to protect himself from smoke and flame as much as possible, and rushed straight into the burning house. There were yells of, "Why, it's Cal Vanport! Stop him.'" and the like, and while these were still sounding Cal himself appeared at the window with Filchener in his arms. Then Cal disappeared to fight his way down the stairs to life and air again, for he dared not jump with his heavy burden. I thought he would never get out, but he did, though It seemed hours before he staggered through the door with Filchener. comparatively unscath­ ed. It had all taken little more time than it takes to read it, and the "shif- less loafer" got round after round of the heartiest cheers. But although Filchener was safe and sound, Cal was painfully hurt. A broad red gash across his face showed that he would probably be a handsome man no more, and the moment after he was relieved of Fllchener's weight he stag­ gered and fell unconscious. I had jumped from my buggy, and I ran to him, but Helen Woodmansie was there before me and she dashed water brought from the well into Cal's face, while I hastily bound up the gash be­ fore taking him to the little white­ washed cottage, which was not far away. Helen went with me to the cot­ tage, and insisted on remaining while I completed the dressing of his wounds. It was Helen, also, of all the North Pisa folks, who first learned what I had found out some time before. Mrs. Van- port had a washing machine, indeed, but it was human and not wood and iron, and its name was Cal. His moth­ er's health had long been so bad that he dared not leave her alone, and, be­ sides, he had found that with his great strength he could earn more at the washboard than in the field, and all the time he had been held to be a "shif'less & J T CZAfi IS FOB PEACE. a Reduction of Large Military Forces. BURDEN IS CRUSHING People Are No Longer Able to Endure Weight of Vast Armament As the First Step an international Conference on Gradual Disarmament Is Requested-- Note Fraught with Great Import to the Entire World Is Sent to All Diplomatic Represen­ tatives at St, Petersburg by the For­ eign Minister.. By order of Emperor Nicholas, Count Muravieff, the Czar's foreign minister, has handed to the foreign diplomats at St. Petersburg a note declaring the mainte­ nance of peace and the reduction'of the excessive armaments now crushing all the nations is the ideal for which all Gov­ ernments ought to strive. The Czar con­ siders the present foment favorable for the inauguration of a movement looking to this end, and invites the powers to take part in an international conference as a means of thus insuring real and lasting peace and termipating the progressive in­ crease of armament. The Czar's proposition is likely to pro­ duce a sensation throughout Europe, and, coming from such a quarter^and with such evident ^sincerity of purpose, it is likely to \ y NICHOLAS II., CZAB OF BUSSIA. have important effects. No doubt is felt that, with Russia taking the lead in such a step, Germany, France and the other nations will be ready to follow. The news that Czar Nicholas has star­ tled the world with a letter advocating an international peace movement, with the ultimate object of cutting down stand­ ing armies and putting all civilized na­ tions on a peace footing, has drawn atten­ tion to the facts and figures surrounding the vast armies maintained by the Euro­ pean powers and the enormous saving re­ sulting from a universal treaty of peace. Great Armies the Czar Would Disarm. Peace footing. Russia 817,933 France 539,027 Germany 507,423 Great Britain 220,192 Great Britain, troops In India Great Britain, colonial troops Austro-Hungary 337,41® Italy Turkey Bulgaria Roumania Servla Switzerland Belgium Holland Sweden and Norway 350,000 ......220,000 . . . . . . 3 5 , 6 5 0 .127,973 . 48.644 . 06,031 . 15,000 War footing. 2,420,746 3,440,000 2,416,300 711,264 " 388,900 725,053 1,872,178 8,019,310 1,000.000 285,300 152.500 157,500 480,245 220,968 185,000 20,800 NECESSARY J,'*!!, OF WAR. Armjr Officers Talk of Disease Aaang American Troops. Army officers deplore the Jsickness among the troops and the deathjrresulting therefrom, but some of them/fry to draw comfort from the experience of the civil war. They say the country should not be surprised if there is a greater loss of life from disease contracted during this war than from Spanish bullets. While the two wars were dissimilar in many re­ spects and comparisons are not easy, per­ haps not fair, the army men point to the records of the civil conflict JIB convincing evidence that a relatively enormous amount of sickness is inseparable from war. The statistics of the rebellion show that^twice as many men died of disease as/Iff bullets, bayonets, swords and shells. For every man who died of dutease many recovered, so that the aggregate amount of sickness during th^ civil war represent­ ed an appalling sum of misery beyond computation. In a report made to the Secretary of War in 18(53 fien. Frye put the number of Union soldiers killed or dying of wounds at 96,000 (in round numbers), while the number dying of disease was placed at 183,000. According to the same report 224,000 men were discharged for disability. The adjutant general of the army made up a report in 1809, in which he put the deaths in'battle and from wounds at 79,000 and from disease at 149,000, exclusive of 55,000 deaths from unktfown causes. The general in 1870 put the figures at 84,000 and 186,000. An­ other authority made up the records as 93,000 and 18(3,000, or about 11 per cent of the total number of men enrolled fin the Federal army. There were approximately 280,000 men enlisted in the recent war, and 11 per cent would be about 30,000. No one knows how many deaths there have been^ but a war official estimated thej£otal number from all causes recently at less than 800: The army officers in question do n^t offer these figures as an apology for any neglect of duty that may have added an hour of suffering to a single soldier of this war, but they wish to bring out the fact that these horrors, in greater or less degree, are inseparable from war, and they feel grateful the country has. escap­ ed a long conflict in Cuba. The records show that more than 6,000,000 cases were treated in the military hospitals during the civil war, representing a sum of suf­ fering beyond the imagination. Of these patients 34,000 (in round numbers) died of wounds, 35.000 of diarrhoea, 4,000 of dysentery, 29,000 of typhoid fever, 15,000 of fevers of a typhoid type, 20,000 from inflammation of the lungs, 7,000 of small­ pox, and 5,000 of measles. These facts indicate that much the same diseases have been developed during this war, and military men insist they are in a large degree unavoidable. In addition to the sickness peculiar to camp life, even in a temperate climate, the men in Shafter's army were subjected to malarial and yellow fevers. It has been asserted that 90 per cent of the army in front of Santiago was sick. The War De­ partment has reports of 150,000 men up to Aug. 1, and of that number 40,000 had been sick or wounded. It is presumed this takes in a large part of the sickness In Cuba. There may not be much comfort in such figures to those who grieve for lost relatives, but army men insist that, in the light of previous experience and with the knowledge of the terrible conditions to be faced in a tropical land in the rainy sea­ son, the results might have been much more disastrous. Incidentally they point out that much of the suffering might have been averted if tht; war could have been delayed/until fall. THINGS W E N O W KNOW. YIELDS TO DEATH. "STAGGEIiJSD THROUGH THE DOOR WITH FILCHENER." be said capjefetly, and I'mjfoing to tell you why. Doctors hive to keep a good many seerjits* and I guess jjou can keep m i n e . " v - % • * Then Cal Vanport told «ne his own story. It took him an hour or more, but It made him more interesting to me than ever, and it won for him a devoted friend. A mouth or six "weeks later-- along in the fall--all North Pisa knew Cal Vanport's story as T^ell as I did, and when the facts camffc out he took a new position in tbe community at once. It all happened at a *>arty given at Squire Woodmansie's iwffie in celebra­ tion, so it was understood, of an en­ gagement to marry that had at last been arranged between Helen and Billy Filchjaflfpr, the fruit farmer. Everybody of any standing in North Fisa and Around about for miles was invtted, and everybody came, for such social gatherings were rare enough there. Of course I. being the village doc­ tor, was invited with the others, and. of course. I went/though I arrived late and went away early, being called to attend a, patient. In spite of the rumor, there was no formal announcement, though all tbe men winked knowingly whenever they saw Billy Filchener in his Sunday go-to-moetings and tbe tight boots, from which he was suffering se­ verely. The supposed bride to be seem­ ed quite out of sorts when I saw ber, and 1, wondered if. down in her heart, she was thinking of Cal Vanport- It'was an hour past midnight when I returned to the village from the drive to attend my patient, and I noticed as I drove past the Woodmansie house that its windows were still brightly lighted, though the guests Were rapidly going home. As I drove slowly by I caught sight of a tall, broad-shouldered figure, standing in the deep shadows of some shrubbery. It was the figure of Cal Vanport. c ^ Suddenly there was a cry from the house, then a bright light and long tongues of flame began to leap from tbe windows. In an incredibly short tiiu" the entire upper part of the bouse was ablaze. In an instant there was the wildest confusion. Men and women ran screaming from the burning struc­ ture, and there were frenzied inquiries for this one and that one. All seemed to be accounted for, when suddenly the loafer" he had actually been saving money, with which In time he meant to go away from North Pisa and begin all over again. "" This is about all there Is to tell about the ease of Cal Vanport, except that he got well in good time, that he was ever afterward the most popular man in North Pisa, and that when ...Helen Woodmansie was married Billy Filche­ ner was not the bridegroom.--Rocky Mountain News. Swapped Couples in Oklahoma. A sensational case with a funny side is reported from El Reno. A couple ar­ rived at the principal hotel and regis­ tered themselves as man and wife. In fact, they were elopers, one having run away from a wife and tbe other a hus­ band. In the course of a week the in­ jured husband and the injured wife ar­ rived from Kentucky and caused the arrest of the pair. The deserted man and woman had never seen each other before, but while waiting for requisi­ tion papers from Kentucky they stop­ ped at the same hotel, and formed an acquaintance. Having a common grief, they became interested in each other, and on the day the requisition papers were to arrive they astonished the offi­ cers by eloping on their own account, going to Texas, where they are now supposed to be. The first pair of elop­ ers were released from jail, and the Kentucky officer returned home, after informing .the local paper that he "hoped a rattlesnake would bite him if he even traveled a thousand miles again to help a couple of men trade wives."--Kansas City Journal. Long Australian Telegraph Line. Among the most remarkable -works in Australia itf4 the overland telegraph from PortPDarwln to tbe south of the continent, which was completed in 1872. Almost the whole 2,000 miles <jf its length was through uninhabited country--much of it a waterless desert. Tbe wooden poles were prepared at the nearest available places, but some ,had to be parried into the Interior, and the total cost was $1,850,000. A woman prefers a husband taller than herself, so she can pretend to look up to him. Aiuithews, Former Indiana Governor, Passes Away. Former Governor of Indiana Claude Matthews, who was stricken with paraly­ sis just after addressing an old settlers' meeting in Tippecanoe County, died Sun­ day m.orning, without having regained consciousness. Mr. Matthews was born in Kentucky in 1846. He received a common school edu- KX-QOV. MATTnKWg. cation and then entered Center College at Danville. After getting his diploma at Danville he removed to Indiana, and not long afterward married the daughter and only child of James Whitcomb, one of the most illustrious of the early states­ men of the Iloosier State. He became an influence in his own locality almost im­ mediately. , It was in 1890 that Mr. Matthews was found to be the man of the hour by Hoo- sierdom Democracy. Both political par­ ties were casting about for available can­ didates. He was nominated, and the peo­ ple of Indiana sent him to the State cap­ ital with a majority of 20,000. He served as Secretary of State for two years ana made considerable reputation as a member of the State board of tax commissioners, holding out stoutly for a heavy increase in the assessment of rail­ road, telegraph and other corporate prop­ erty. His popularity among all classes and his satisfactory conduct of bis official af­ fairs threw him into the foreground as a' candidate for Governor in 1892. His ad­ ministration wan marked by the samT* en­ ergy that he displayed in his canvass, i^d he proved one of the hardest workers that have ever been in the gubernatorial office in Indiana. HOW MONTEJO MET DEFEAT. 8panish Admiral Tells of Dew«y*s Destructive Work at Manila. A copy of Admiral Montejo's report has been received at the Navy Department in Washington. It supplies much that has been unexplained as to the cause of the defeat at Cavite. Montejo says that in addition to the superior strength of the American ships, he owes his defeat to lack of gunners, the inaptitude of the ma­ chinists and the scarcity of rapid-firing cannon. Further he writes: "The Ameri­ cans fired most rapidly, and my flagship, the Christina, received a constant rain of fire. One shell put out of action four rapid-firing guns; another exploded in the ammunition room and forced me to flood the magazines. The steam and hand- steering gear were shot away in turn. My broadside guns continued firing until there was only one gunner and one seaman to man them. The ship being out of control and riddled with shot, I gave orders to sink her, and signaled the Cuba and Lu­ zon to assist in saving the remainder of the crew. The Ulloa, with only two avail­ able guns, continued-firing till sunk by a shell that put out of action her commander and half the crew at the two guns. The Castilla kept firing with one stern gun till sinking and on fire, when she was abandoned in good order. After the re­ newal of the attack by the Americans at 10:30 in the morning and the final de­ struction of my remaining armament, I gave orders to'sink each ship, and reached the shoiie, 'taking with me the flag and^' pennant, tlitaAnoney in the safe and the, breech plugs from the guns." NINE HUNDRED DROWN. Tliree Vessels Loaded with Fleeing Spaniards Founder. Early in the war Admiral Dewey cap­ tured the Spanish gunboat Leyte as it was ^returning to Manila from one of the Philippine Islands. The Hong Kong Daily Press says that in connection with this capture is another incident not pre­ viously made public. It relates to the loss of 900 Spaniards, of whom sixteen were Catholic priests. The Leyte had been towing three vessels loaded with Span­ iards, who were fleeing for fear of falling into the insurgents' hands and being mas­ sacred. These vessels were towed down Pampalas river and along the coast with the intention of taking the passengers into Manila or surrendering them to the Americans. A severe storm came up and compelled the Leyte to leave her tows and make for Manila to secure assistance. While en route there she was captured. American warships were sent to look for the three vessels. buMhey were nowhere to be found. Inquiry ambng the insur­ gents showed that they had not seen the ijaaissing-^jmsports--<>r---t4ieir--pasKeiigt«ra;' I There can be no doubt that they founder­ ed with all on board. AN INQUIHT. Counterfeiter Is Arrested. " Chief Wilkie of the secret service in Washington has been notified of the ar­ rest in Chicago of Bartelmo Awailone, who had in his possession„|2,000 in coun­ terfeit fifty lira notes on the Banca d'Italia. Bartelmo had advertised |nr an active young man to assist him in passing these notes among the Italians of Chicago and was consequently arrested. Responsibility to Be Fixed, if Errors | v 7 Have Keen Made. I A W nshington correspondent asserts that President McKinley will order an investigation of all the charges which have been made against the War Depart­ ment in connection with the conduct of the war and the cure of the soldiers. This statement ia made on the authority of a cabinet minister. The advisability of such a step was discussed at the cabinet meeting Friday, and the conclusion was reached that it would be the proper cours«» , to pursue in view of the vervr' general criticism which has found its wily into the public prints. The Intention /is to' have the investigation full and fair, and to let the blame for the errors c^mimltted, If there be nny. C U where it Information that Has Been Brought to Us by the War. That George Washington's head was level when he said: "In peace prepare for war." That talking peace and refusing to prepare for war is not the best way to avo'ul war. That the size of a country's popula­ tion or the extent of its wealth is not the measure of Its strength; but its ca­ pacity for prompt action in war. That the combination of a gun, a man and a uniform does not necessari­ ly make a soldier. That no country has better raw ma­ terial for soldiers, or more of it, but that time spent for training and disci- orrrrrr As much as everyone must deplore the amount of sickness among our victorious troops, it is a fact, nevertheless, that the percentage of deaths from disease for the number of men enrolled is far less than it was in the civil war. The records of pline is an essential factor in the form- j the Union army show a mortality list of atlon of an army. | 11 per cent of the entire force, or 313.000 That man for man, the American Is 'n Of these 98,443 were killed in battle or died subsequently of wounds; not out-classed as a fighter by any for­ eigner. That pluck and energy and a cool, calculating disregard of danger is not merely an individual but a national characteristic. 186,216 died of disease, the cause of death in the remaining cases being, for the most part unknown. The hospital records show that 6,049,648 cases were treated during the cifil war, the mortality list being as follows: That, judged by their product, our j Gunshot wnds.a3.A49 Remtnt. fever..4,858 national educational establishments for the navy and army have no superiors and the scope of their education should be widened so as to prepare for the nec­ essary increase of our military and naval establishments. That in proportion to its size the American navy has no superior in ships and guns. That the American navy retains the superiority in gun practice that it showed in the revolution and in the war of 1812; indeed, wherever it has been brought into contrast with foreign navies. That American shipyards, American ordnance factories, American armor plate factories, can be depended upon Diarrhea ......35,127 Intrmtnt. fver. 4,104 Dysentery .... 5,576 Inflammation of Typhoid 29,336 lungs 19,971 Typho-malarlai Smallpox 7,058 fever . . . . 5 , 3 6 0 Measles . . . . . . 5 , 1 7 7 During the war 285,245 men were dis­ charged for disability, classified as fol­ lows: Gunshot wounds, 34,209; consump­ tion, 20,905; diarrhoea, 16,487; debility, • 15,(*40; rheumatism, 12,653; heart dis­ ease, 10,797. The heavy mortality which must have resulted in these cases is not included in the mortality records of the war. The army which fought the civil war had no such climatic conditions tc contend with as our present army had in Cuba. Neither did the armies of the civil war have to be transported in troopships, hastily gathered and fitted up in an emer­ gency. A crowded ship in the temperate climate of the North Atlantic is not a for honest and thorough Work, and our j sanitary habitation by any means, and in ordnance officers for efficient inspec- ~ tlon. That, the collisions, accidents and misunderstandings so common in for­ eign naval maneuvers are not the nec­ essary accompaniment of Joint action by vessels of war properly handled. That the "sweet little cherub who sits up aloft to watch over the life of poor Jack" has a peculiar penchant for the Yankee sailor. That the Injuries done to the Maine were entirely unlike those produced by an internal explosion such as destroyed the Vizcaya, which was torn to pieces by the explosion of one of her own tor­ pedoes. That the regular army of the Uuited States is an army'of native Americans, and not of fo-eigners, as is so often falsely asserted. This Is indicated Dy the names appearing in the lisfs of killed and wounded and is proved by the statistics published annually by the War Department. That it is, moreover, as we have al­ ways declared, composed of a body of young men ranking high, as compared with the average citizen, in intelligence and manly characteristics. They are a picked bo<ly of- men. Even now one- half of those applying for enlistment in the country are rejected and three- quarters of those who apply at the re­ cruiting offices in our large cities. That saving common sense and some administrative ability has been behind all this, and that it is only simple Jus* tice that it should be acknowledged. ' That the spirit of American patriot^ ism was never more ardent than it is now, and that those were true prophets who declared that at the first threat of foreign war all internal disputes should be forgotten and North and South, East and West shQuld be united as one man. That the snarling critics, whose mis­ sion it has been to depreciate every­ thing American in comparison with what was foreign, have no place in this country and should be deported.--Army and Navy Journal. Measajpe in a Shark's Stoniaoh. While strolling along the shores of the Delaware Bay. near Fishing Creek, five years ago, Miss Beulah Bate and three young women companions wrote the4r names and addresses &n four slips of paper, sealed them la as many bot­ tles and cast them far out Into the bay. For days and weeks they watched and waited for tidings of the bottles, but none came, and they had almost for­ gotten the Incident. A day or two ago Miss Bate received a long letter from the captain of an English man-of-war, stating that while coasting along the coast of England one of the seamen fell overboard and narrowly escaped being devoured by a huge shark. After hauling the man aboard the sailors se­ cured the shark and found in its stom­ ach the bottle containing Miss Bate's message. Miss Bate is now a student at the State Normal School at Trenton, and has become quite a heroine among the more romantic of her classmates.-- Philadelphia Record. Discovers Old Spanish Coins. A baker residing in a very old bouse at Maltnes. In the province of Antwerp, Belgium, has Just made an Interesting discovery in his garret, where It had often been noticed that the rafters, when tapped, emitted a hollow sound. A vigorous search brought to light a rusty lock in the corner of one of the rafters, and on its being forced the cav­ ity was found to contain Spanish gold coins of the sixteenth century to the value of nearly £1,000. Further search In the house disclosed some highly val­ uable Cordova leather paper concealed under successive layers of ordinary hduse paper, some of which had been placed on the walls at least two cen­ turies ago. Cuban waters it is a prolific breeder of pestilential diseases. ^ * • • Before Congress has proceeded far with its investigation of the War Department and the part it played in the conduct of the war the unpleasant fact will be re­ vealed that Congress itself is the pri­ mary source of the trouble and of th« inability of the war office to properly grap­ ple with the war situation as found dur­ ing the last five or six months. Congress is not wholly to blame because the War Department is not up to date and because many of the officials are so wedded to old- style red tape methods apjl ofS-time regulations that they canttqt fercfak awayr but it is largely responsible.' It will have to take much of the blame up$n itself for conditions which at the preset "time are found to be intolerable. If C0Wgr<?is%ill take this lesson to itself, and ^U^raliz« the methods in vogue and the spirit in control of the War and Navy Depart­ ments the agitation will n*t tiavfe been in vain. . ' J, f 4 y i • r Admiral Schley has a hAppy'gift of Re­ membering names and faces and incidents connected with casual meetings with peo­ ple years ago. He has surprised many people since his return by greeting them cordially and recalling little things that ^happened at some previous meeting, whicfo they did not dream he had remembered or which perhaps they themselves had forgotten. Admiral Schley has lived many years of his life in Washington and at one time or another has met thousands of its citizens. Everybody knew him by sight, but until the last few days nobody had any idea of the number of people he knew by name. • -i." Plahs for the investigation of tKe man­ agement of the war are developing in the War Department. Before leaving on his vacation, President McKinley had a con­ versation with Secretary Alger concern­ ing rhe question of determining responsi­ bility for mismanagement, and it is the in­ tention to appoint a board of inquiry. This will be composed of a representative from each department of the line and staff of the army and will be presided over by eitlie# the judge advocate general or the inspector general. Before such a board every officer from Gen. Miles down will appear for examination. » » » It is noted by those who see much of Mrs. McKinley that she is improving in health greatly. "She is growing more like her old self," is the testimony one hears from friends of many years. She has been especially buoyant since the sign­ ing of the protocol. To her war was a horrid nightmare. She could not shake its grim features from her miud. Now that the war is over she acts as though relieved of a great load. * * * In defense of the bureaucrats of the War Department and of the officers of' the regular army it is urged that they have been educated to a strict construc­ tion of the rules and regulations of the department and of the army and trained to fear to take unusual responsibilities, particularly where money is involved, m • * "The President and Mrs. McKinley were as happy as two children going to a picnic," said a White House attache, re- . calling the scene of their vacation leave- taking. - • * * Camp, Wikoff does not seem to lack in­ spections anyway.^ There is a new one every day or two. Now" that the war is over, it is time for the yoangest saldier in the war to come forward.--Pittsburg Post. The only genuine ovation will be pulled off when Dewey and the Olympia come sailing home.--Pittsburg Post. The joint high commission seems to be sitting down to quite a love feast at Que­ bec.--Cleveland Plain Dealer. Somehow the most of the^heering for Sampson has to be marked out on the offi­ cial program.--St. Paul Dispatch. He'd Been Tried. --With Ms feet on the w i nciow^iH~aad a general air of the man who knows how it is and Is willing to tell, Rawson I ness,--Memphis Commercial-Appeal, observed: { "It's really pathetic the absolute con- i fidence a woman has in the man she ; loves." "Yes," responded Longwed. with a sigh, "she thinks he can do every­ thing."--Detroit News. J Of course the manufacturers of Havana cigars in Chicago will continue to do bual- The death of Prince Esterhazy put an. end to those hazy stories of his marriage to Mrs. Laly Langtry.--Cleveland Plain Dealer. No man should have stomach ache after he reaches an age of discretion. But as a rule fhe older a man Is the less sense be has in eating. Whenever we read lh a novel that a woman's "bosom heaved," we are con­ vinced that we have wasted ^enough time for one <^ay. and go to bed. It's what we don't know about people that causes iis to have a good opinion of them. Ever since George Curzon was made viceroy ef India every Chicago gjrl is in favor of an English alliance.--Salt Lake Herald. Admiral W. S. Schley would make a very good ambassador at Constantinople to collect American claims.--Salt Lake Herald, If H^len Gould remains unmarried af­ ter her great work at Montauk Point, it will only be by her own choice.--Phila­ delphia Ijedger. Boston proposes to furnish flags for th4 Porto lv«.an school houses. There is also an opportunity for Boston to work off a job lot of old maid school teachers.--St. Paul Dispatch,