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BRITISH ARMY ESTIMATES
HOCSB F C&BSMQJiS TOTBD SUPPL.E
JKHWTARY APPROPKIATIOX.
The Vote Wai Carried Asild Violent
Fxetesta Prem the Irish.
Kaiahors.
LONDOK, F. . WWIe tie house of
commons w em tbe aupplomontfiry array
estimate tntejr. tfce liberal leader, Str
Henry OMapbflU-Baaneraan, after reaf
firming the tateottoa of the liberals to do
anj thine neoeaeary for a successful pros
ecution of the war, said the one thine
dominating the debate "was the suspicion
that compulsory service was projected.
Mr Balfour said he would gladly wel
come some special sttggeetiOB, but had
waited vainly for Str Henry to suggest
a method of meeting the heavy reepoa
eib.litj. Sir Henry Caapbell-Baanerraan
had shown no panic and had not. in tones
of trembling omotion. told them the coun
try was endangered vateee it mobilized the
fleet
The vote was carried under the clo
sure and amid violent protests from the
Irish ben choc against Its application
while several anendmente remained un
considered Mr Redmond exclaimed:
' The whole proceeding is most Irregular.
It is disgraceful." Redmond, in a scene
of continuing excitement, moved to re
port progress, aeotertng that the first lord
of the treasury would facMH&te the Ml!
hy resting content with obtaining 13,
OOtOOu by closure. j
Afr a hot discussion, this motion was
rejected by ML votes against 4i. The votb
on the estimates then passed the final
stages, 21S t St.
SCHOsTOBLD OX THE AVAR.
Conflict la Afriea Has Reached a
Turning: Point.
NEW YORK. Feb. K. Lieutenant-General
John M. gcnotteM, in a despatch to
the Herald from St. Augustine, Fia., re
views the wrr in South Africa as fo..ows:
The experience of the British in South
Africa up to near the present time lias
hem the natural result of lack of prepa
ration and previous experience and over
ronndtnee In British prowess. They have
sufered defeats in attempting to do what
a coo, and fully enlightened military Judg
ment would have deckled to be impossible.
The situation thus created may Inevitably
lead to further losses, especially that of
the garrison of Ladysmith. But the worst
feature of this situation is that it has
forced upon the British general-ln-chief
lhf moral necessity of pressing aggressive
operations before being fully prepared for
them and alone; a very difficult line, In
the hope of talsteg the siege of Ladysmith
before the garrison may be compelled to
surrender.
But the general estimate In England
and on the continent of Europe of the
magnitude of the results already reached
.r probable In the near future is out of
ell proportion to the facts. The British
rerse so far have been Incomparably
lfSb than those suffered from str kingly
similar causes by the Union army in the
East and by the Confederate army in the
Y est during the early stages of the civil
war in this country. The present situa
tion hardly affords ground for conjecture
as to what the ultimate result will be.
From the military standpo'nt of this coun
try the war la South Africa has only be
gun In making a just estimate of the more
recent operations of the British forces, It
Is important to bear in mind that the sit
uation compels their commanders to press
aggressive operations as constantly and
a igorously ae possible first, to prevent the
H f re from detaching large bodies of
troops to oppose the advance along the
I ne chosen by Lord Roberts; and. second,
to take advantage of any oancldorabte
weakening of the Boer lines wbJoh the
her movement of Lord Roberts may
cause to break through the Boer lines
and relieve the beleaguered British gar
r tons.
Thus It may possibly happen at any
time in the near future that General Bul'.er
may find the Boer line at some point In
II .rt front too far weakened to resist his
rorouB assaults. If not. General Buller's
vigorous operations and those of General
M thuen on the other flank must so occu
1 the Boers as to make sure Lord Rob
erts advance In an intermediate line.
Strategic principles suggest that the Brit
ish operations in South Africa should be
conducted on at least three lines. If a
fourth from Delagoa bay were available,
it would be greatly to their advantage.
&uch a division of a superior force in
creases very greatly the probabilities of
the success of some one of the three or
four grand divisions, and the success of
one is the success of all.
"W hen the Union army of the West,
a'te: three years of hard fighting, was
able to march through Georgia and the
v arn'lnas destroying all the military re
s' urces of the Confederate army in Vir
gil ia the end necessarily came, in spite
cf the fact that the Confederate army of
Northern Virginia had been able to de
ft nd Richmond nearly four years. Yet the
arrn of the Potomac, though It made llt
t t progress In all that time, performed the
mt heroic and dlMcult task of all. by
li ding the most formidable of the Con
r ilerate armies while the Western Union
arm is did their deadly work.
So General Buller may yet perform the
ir - important British service In South
Arr;oa by holding the Boers along the
llnr of the Tugela river, until Lord Rob-e-ts
penetrates into the heart of the Boer
rntorj In the meantime, whether the
"" ;- at Ladysmith are able to hold out
tuh" end. or must surrender "before they
i r be relieved, the course of General Bui
lt r mut be the same. He must press his
ra'lons there to hold the Boers while
I ul Roberts ad'wanees on the other line.
f the Boers, the Information re
(. ed In this country, though meager,
" "an-, to Justify us m saying that their
r ons have been conducted with ad-
M skill and courage. A long time
1 u 1" required to determine wh ch
-l t is lhe more powerful.
1 r ( ss our British and Dutch cousins
n the other side of line Atlantic are de
i i i e, our own dvtt war must be ac
i ' ' is a fair Indication of what the
,.ra tir of the conflict in South Africa
i h- We can only hope that the
t tin a r result may be as beneftoial to
MziUon and human progress la Africa
H was In America. The late dia
r his indicate that General Butler's
p Ta ions have already borne legitimate
' i" by enabling Lord Roberts to make
'" 'n tal move with little or no apposi-
fon This should result In forcing upon
h. Br- the attacking, in their turn, of
tr-ps in favorable position and m-
" en cried thus reversing the conditionsJ
-wr it n nave heretofore existed. The result
of such an attack must be looked for
with keenest Interest."
FOUR THOCSAXD DBFBXDHRS.
Kimberley Max Been Besieged 122
Days.
LONDON. Feb K. -A dispatch from
t aiH Town today, announcing Freneh'B
uTi al at Kimberley. is taken here as sel
ling at rent the doubt as to what had
i. en achieved by the movement, because t
t he words are used, "relief of Khnfeer
e French's eatxj into Kimberley doubt
1 brings Joy to the hearts of those who
' a t b"-n shut up In tne city for 12Z days.
iu r defenders nuntbtr about 4M0. while
Fi nch force Is estimated at between MM
urd 8wX men. The Sixth and Sventh dl-
.tions have already crossed the river, and
are probably w.th Roberts at Jacobsdal
A dispatch from Cane Town, dated Feb
ruar 14. leceived tins morning, says:
rhp Boerp are leaving Magersfoateln
to reioforr other poattions. It is eett
tn cd that betwern "009 and 1MM men re
main tlswa.
Roberts' v d- u-nirg movement, via
Jaoobodal. may hat .u oft those troops
from Bloemfonteln, but, while the British
forces are endeavoring to Intercept the
Boer communication, there Is. a parallel
Boer column trying to cut oft the Britisn
from De Aar, and it Is apparently meeting
with some success.
A Boer dlspatoh from Lourenco Marques
says that the initial attack-on Colesberg,
February 12, resulted in a federal logs of
9 killed, 14 wounded and 5 prisoners. The
British, it Is added, were driven out of
their camps and one of their fa,-rlma cap
tured. The news of French's entry Into Kim
berley was received on tne stock exchange
here with rousing cheers. DeBeers rose
1, but subsequently fell VA. on a Paris
rumor that French had merely fallen into
a Boer trap.
A dispatch referring to the condition of
Ladysmith la regarded as reassuring. There
Is no further word from Buller, and noth
ing startling Is expected to occur In Natal
in the Immediate future.
A telegram from Portsmouth says the
admiralty Inquiries at the naval ports have
resulted in the assurance that 47 additional
battle-ships, cruisers and torpedo-boat de
stroyers could forthwith hoist the pennant.
The admiralty today ordered the ships in
the fleet reserve at Portsmouth to be fully
crewed and ready for sea. This Is regard
ed In some quarters as" preliminary to put
ting the whole reserve in readiness for
commissioning.
TAKIXG OF JACOBSDAL.
Boers Evacuated the Town on
the
Approach of the British.
OUTSIDE JACOBSDAL, Orange Free
State, Thursday. Jacobsdal Is now In pos
session of the British. Yesterday a small
cavalry patrol entered the place and found
It full of wounded, Including several Brit
ish from Rensberg. The place was occu
pied by only a small Boer force, which
fell back before the patrol, after a series
of small skirmishes. A battery of artil
lery shelled the environs and drove out
the last of the Boers.
Early this morning a large force of
Boers from Colesberg. with 10 guns, at
tacked a convoy of 209 wagons at Rlet
river, shelling vigorously, and doing dam
age, but a strong reinforcement has been
sent hence, and it Is hoped they will bring
In the whole convoy In safety.
French's division seized three drifts on
Modder river. At the third drift the Boers
were quite strongly intrenched. French
bombarded them and drove them off. To
day he moved rapidly In the direction bf
Kimberley. The Boers have left Alexan,
dersfonteln. which the British occupy.
Roberts Is In excellent health and spir
its. Hardship and rapid marching appear
to agree with the whole army, who are in
splendid spirits under the leadership of
"Bobs."
The road between Modder River and
Jacobsdal Is now open. The distance is
only nine miles. The road is available,
for sending reinforcements and supplies.
When the Boers evacuted Jacobsdal
they were obliged to pass over a ridge
where they afforded a splendid mark for
the British guns, which showered shrap
nel upon the retreating enemy.
The order to the convoy which was at
tacked at Rlet river had been counter
manded, but the order did not arrive in
time, and the experience was a very warm
one, although the Boers did little mate
rial damage.
As General French, with the strength
ened division, pushed forward toward
Kimberley, he found the beleaguering
Boers deserting their position at Alexan
dersfonteln, thus allowing a portion of the
Kimberley garrison to occupy and en
trench the place.
Boer Operations in Znlnlnnd.
.LONDON, Feb. 16. The Morning Leader
says:
"It was no vain report which told of a
strong Boer column in Zululand. It has
been strong enough to drive back Colonel
Addison's column, which had been work
ing up from Eschow. This place Is un
pleasantly close to the sea, and If the
Boers should get there they would practi
cally have a port. Not a big one, but still
a port. Even at Cheveley camp the Boers
are keeping General Buller's men lively.
"The statements of Mr. Chamberlain and
Mr. Balfour in the house of commons re
garding the arming of natives opens up a
new prospect of horror in this calamitous
war. However great the provocation, we
should regard arming the undisciplined and
uncivilized Kaffirs as an act of the gravest
folly. To put a rifle In the hands of a sav
age la to Invite him to commit atrocities.
He has no other conception of warfare."
American BlocUade Runner.
CAPE TOWN, Thursday, Feb. 15. The
American ship Sea Witch, Captain Howes,
from Wallaroo December 13, has arrived
at Lourenco Marques with 800 tons of
flour. She evaded the British warships
until within the three-mile limit.
"The Man With, the Hoe."
The correct form of Mr. Cheney's first
prize poem Is as follows:
"THE MAN WITH THE HOE."
(A reply to Edwin Markham.)
Let us a little permit Nature to take her own
way; she better understand her own affairs
than we. Montaigne.
Nature reads not our labels "great" and
"email";
Accepts she one and all.
Who, striving, win and hold the vacant place;
All are of royal race.
Him, there, rough-cast, with, rigid arm and
limb.
The Mother molded him,
Of his rude realm ruler and demigod.
Lard of the rock and clod.
With Nature is no "better" and no '"worse,"
On this bared head no curse.
Humbled it is and bowed; oo la he crowned
Whose kingdom 1b the ground.
Diverse the burdens on th one etern road
Where bears each back Its load;
Varied the toil, but neither high nor low.
With pen or sword or hoc.
He that has put out stren-rth, lo, he is strons;
Of him with epade or song.
Nature but questions "This one, ehall he
etayr"
She answers "Tea" or "Kay."
"Well, III, he dies, he plugs"; and he bides on.
Or shudders, and Is gtme.
Strength cfeall he have, the toller, strength and
grace.
So fitted to his place.
As he leaned there, an oaK where sea winds
blow.
Our brother with the hoe.
No blot, no monster, no unsightly thing.
The coil's long-llneaged king;
Tall as his tell. Nor dots he bow unblest;
Labor he has. and rest.
Need was, need Is. and need will ever be
For Mm and such as he.
Cast for the gap. with gnarled arm and limb.
The Mother molded him;
Lang wrought, and melded (him with mother's
care
Before she set him there.
And aye she gives him, mindful of her own.
Peace of the plant, the stene;
Yea. rince above hk werk he may not rise,
Sftee makes the field his ekies.
Her serves her. Vex hint net
See! she that bore hlra, and metes out the lot.
To seera the reek whence ne was hewn, the pit
And what was digged from It,
Lest he no more In native virtue stand.
The earth-ewerd in his hand.
Kit feHow sorry phantoms to and fro,
And let a kingdom go.
His changeless realm, he knows It and com-
taa4s;
Breet eeeugb. he stands.
Jehn Vance Cheney. Chicago.
o
"Two jewels time and good advice, '
Two boon comptnlncs; Hood's Saisapa
rfila and pure blood.
BUSINESS SriLL LARGE
IMPORTAXT BRANCHES OF TRADE
HINDERED BY LABOR. TROUBLES.
Rise in Wheat Increases Western
Receipts Sheet Iron Combine
Heavy Sales of Sole Leather.
NEW YORK, Feb. 18. R. G. Dun &
Co.s weekly review tomorrow will say:
Business continues larger than ever at
this season In amount of payments, and
on the whole as large as ever In retail
deliveries, though new transactions do not
give assurance that It will hold at the
same rate. Conditions affecting new or
ders and contracts have changed In some
respects, most favorably, while other con- J
ditions tend to restrict operations for a
time, bu.t a conservative judgment of the
conflicting tendencies' appear to warrant
strong hope.
Important branches of business are hin
dered by labor troubles, of which the
building trades strike at Chicago affects
the greatest number of contracts for in
dustrial products and the labor and wages
of the greatest number of men. Circum
stances do not yet promise Its speedy end,
and In some other branches of industry,
prosperity and advancing prices seem to
have rendered controversies more fre
quent. But in other branches declining
prices or such decrease of orders as may
lead to stoppage of works have an oppo
site tendency. .
The rise In wheat brings out larger
Western receipts In two weeks, 5,444,292
bushels, against 6,236,166 bushels last year,
but Atlantic exports, flour Included, In
the same weeks have been only 3,645,40S
bushels, against 6,192,407 bushels last year.
The price closed c higher for the week.
The suit of Mr. Frlck against the Car
negie company to obtain an accounting
and settlement discloses enormous profits
made when prices of steel products dou
bled last year, but when peace was kept
by the gigantic Iron and steel combina
tions. That results of great Importance
may spring from a contest affecting 'the
control of so many Iron works Is evident.
The new sheet company has united own
ership of 160 mills, It Is said, but four
widely known concerns controlling 65 mills
refused to join. Prices of pig Iron have
not changed, though considerable sales
including some for export, are reported,
but the excess of supply over demand
which appeared in January Is increased
by the starting of a new furnace, with a
capacity of 600 tons dally. A sale Is re
ported of 15,000,000 pounds of Calumet &
Hecla copper to consumers of Naugatuck
valley at 16 cents.
Heavy sales of solo leather at Boston,
exceeding 100,000 sides, at reductions of
cent In price, with unusually large sales
of hides at Chicago, also at lower prices,
indicate that the dealers and consumers
who have looked for cheaper boots and
shoes may be satisfied. Heavy imports
of hides at New York have some lnfluenco
and are partly due to the famine in India.
Shipments of shoes since, February 1 have
been 28,000 cases, or nearly 20 per cent
larger than In the two weeks of any other
jear, but many of the works are nearly
out of orders. Wool sales at three East
ern markets have been only 12,324,456
pounds In two weeks, against 12,635,600
pounds last year. The Interior still be
lieves in a further advance, but buying of
wool on sheeps' backs has stopped and
the manufacturer has made It clear that
the mills hold larger stocks to fill recent
orders." Cancellations become so numer
ous as to cause some uneasiness, but as
yet only help mills which have taken more
orders than they can All.
Failures for two weeks have been $5,357.
170, manufacturing, J2.386.2S3, and trading.
$2,569,600. Failures for the week have been
218 In the United 'States, against 178 last
year and 42 In Canada, against 18 In last
year.
MONEY CONTINUED EASY.
Demand for Bonds Is Still Excellent
and Prime Securities Arc Firm.
NEW YORK, Feb. 16. Bradstreet'a
financial review will say tomorrow:
Activity in speculation decreased this
week and the market became deoidedly
more professional. The undertone of
prices was strong, and the weakness
which developed was, except in the case'
of a few specialties, productive of merely
moderate recessions in prices, which -nerc
attributable to realizing rather than to
any renewal of general bearishness on
the part of large traders. The market,
however, showed a certain degree of Indif
ference to favorable news, and even failed
to respond to London's cheerful reception
of the news that the first step In the move
ment of the British forces In Boer terri
tory has been successfully accomplished,
including the apparent relief of Kimber
ley. .
There continued to be an abundance of
the same kind of developments In regard
to our own railroad and Industrial inter
ests which had served as an Incentive
for the recent advance In the market.
Gross railroad earnings for January and
for the first week in February show, in
most cases, large Increases, and there has
been further tangible confirmation of the
belief that Industrial companies, partic
ularly those identified with the steel and
Iron trade, are making remarkable profits.
The preliminary statement of the i ederal
Steel Company was a leading example.
and there were the usual sanguine reports t
about the showing that would be made J
by other concerns of the same kind and
the dividends which their common share
holders must, expect, in some instances
the industrial stocks responded moder
ately to tne circulation of such reports,
but the group, p& a whole, was Influenced
more by a disposition to take profits on
the part of those who bought in the re
cent slump than by the appearance of
fresh buying.
In the railroad list, while the trunk lines
shares were exceptionally strong and well
supported, there was also a good deal of
irregularity, and when the market, as
was several times the case, became dull
a tendency for prices too sag off devel
oped. Specialties and manipulated stocks
frequently attained prominence, and, al
though the market at large was not par
ticularly Influenced by the irregular fluc
tuations in American sugar, it paid some
attention to the performance in Third
avenue shares, and was on Thursday af
ternoon visibly unsettled when the stock
broke quite sharply on news that the
bankers who were to finance the floating
debt had withdrawn from the arrange
ments. Money was continued sufficiently
easy for Wall street to disregard the
large Increase in loans and decreases in
the surplus reserve shown by last Sat
urday's bank statement, or the Intima
tions that money Is no longer coming from"
the interior to New York. Favorable
comments on the probable effects of the
currency bill, should It speedily become u
law, are heard In many quarters, but the
market was practically unaffected by the
week's developments at Washington In
that quarter, and seems to have given
more heed to the fact that the treasury
this week has been drawing on its bal
ances In the depository banks at New
York. The demand for bonds Is still ex
cellent, and prices for both prime Invest
ment securities and second grade of bonds
hold firm, with fair buying In progress.
BRADSTREErrS REPORT.
Favorable Increase of Trade as Com
pared to Last Year.
NEW YORK, Feb. 16. Bradstreefs w.Il
say tomorrow:
Satisfactory advices as to expanding
spring trade in dry goods and kindred
lines come from a number of markets.
That the aggregate business of the coun
try is of good volume otherwise Is, how
ever, indicated by detailed reports of in
creases in trade, as compared with last
year, confirmed by satisfactory railroad
earnings reports, by .fair gains In bank
clearings and by reports of better demanc
for money in commercial channcs. A
year ago, Ittmay be recalled, extremely
stormy weather was experienced, and
some effects, notably those on winter
sown crops, were very unfavorable. This
year opposite conditions have ruled, and
though some talk of leek of snow In
graln-growlncr recions la hpnrri nn tviriA-
spread damage from cold weather Is yet I
has been an. appreciable effect on several
Industries, notably those engaged In th3
manufacture of footwear, in discourag
ing sales of the same actually causing
the shut-down of some rubber, manufac
tories, and also In the lumber and ice
business. The scarcity of snow in the
Northwest will unquestionably affect the
log-cutting season, and a firmer tone as
to values Is already perceptible, notwith
standing talk of labor troubles affecting
the building trades.
Heavy rains and floods have affected
business and transportation in New Eng
land and Northern tcaw "Vnrir thia towv
and cotton end other mills reporting lack
of water as a reason for restricted oper
ations a few weeks ago have been in
terfered with this week by the extreme
ly high level of the streams from which
they derive power.
The foreign demand for Iron and steel
seems likely to have a most Important
effect upon prices of the domestic product.
It Is conceded that any important re
cession in value would be met by a heavy
enlarged export movement. American pig
iron prices are steadily held, the only
weakness noted being manifested at the
East Concessions in Southern prices are
claimed not to extend beyond one fur
nace. Considerable orders for pig Iron
have been placed at full prices, and
Northern coke iron particularly has moved
well In the Central West. Steel rails are
well held, a fair business being renorted
at the West, but plates are weak, in spite
of a heavy business. Spring trade pros
pects in hardware are good, best report!!
coming from the West The placing of a
large order for copper by New England
manufacturers at 16 cents is regarded
as a guarantee that the price will bo
maintained. Tin Is higher, having reached
30 cents this week on improved demand
and improved foreign speculative interest
Some shading in raw sugar prices is to
be noted, notwithstanding considerable
business done, but the refined grades are
firmly held, and refiners insist on shorter
delivery periods. Coffee is fractionally
lower, also as is lard and butter."
Wheat (Including flour) shipments for
the week aggregate 3,834,069 bushels,
against 2,902,357 bushels last week, 2,454,
771 bushels in the corresponding week of
1899, 3,032,744 bushels in 1S9S, 2,120,896 bush
els in 1897 and 3,149,012 bushels In 1896.
Failures for the week in the United States
number 199, as compared with 231 last
week, 160 in this week a year ago, 263
In 1898. 325 In 1897 and 276 In 1S96.
Failures for the week in the Dominion
of Canada number 35, as compared with
25 last year, 20 in this week a year ago,
SS in 1S9S and 58 in 1897 and 1893 respect
ively. Bank Clearings.
, NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-The following ta
ble, compiled by Bradstreet, shows the
bank clearings at principal cities for the
week ended February 15, with the percent
age of increase and decrease as compared
with the corresponding week last year:
,T , Inc. Dec.
New York $ 903,072,000 5.8
Boston 122,540,000 13.7 ....
Chicago .. LU.oSaOuO ".4 ....
Philadelphia .. .. 76,750,741 14.3
St Louis 31,523,000 13.5
Pittsburg 24.449,000 .... 33.7
Baltimore 18,547,000 .... 5.4
San Francisco .... 18,766,000 6.6
Cincinnati 15,420,000 23.1 ....
Kansas City 12,652,000 35.2
New Orleans 13,089,000 69.6
Minneapolis 8,966,000 33.1 ....
Detroit 7.S53.O0O 13.5
Cleveland 11,304,000 40.1
Louisville 9.S18.000 1.7
Providence 6,483,000 14.2
Milwaukee 5,741,000 2.1 ....
St Paul 4,027,000 15.1 ....
Buffalo 4.729.0C0 15.6
Omana '.....-.. ' 5,749,000 .... io ?
Indianapolis .. .. 5,939,000 47.8 . ..
Columbus. 0 4,714,000 26.2
Savannah 5,989,000 197.3
Denver 4,208,000 63.7
Hartford 2,27!,0O0 .... 2.4
Richmond 4,019,000 22.7 ....
Memphis 3,177,000 73.9
Washington 2,257,000 6.0
Peoria 1,871,000 7.1
Rochester 1,782,000 .... 19.5
New Haven 1,574,WK) 20.1 :...
Worcester 1,374,000 5.2
Atlanta l,953,OCO 51.9
Salt Lake City .... 2,031,000 10.5
Springfield, Mass.. LJ3),0j0 .... 9.4
Fort Worth l,45t,000 .... 8.1
Portland, Me. 1,0-5 000 17.7
Portland, Or 1,784,000 11.8
St Joseph 3,749,000 61.6
Los Angeles 2,427,000 48.6 ....
Norfolk 1,419,000 32.8
Syracuse 976,000 2.5
Des Moines 1,137,000 5.2 ....
Nashville 1.OS0.000 1.2
Wilmington, Del.. 910.CO0 41.3
Fall River 1,107,893 6.1 ....
Scranton 947,000 27.8
Grand Rapids .... 1,238,000 3.7
Augusta, Ga 1,754,000 15D.4
Lowell 4S1.000 .... 11.6
Dayton, 0 911,000 5.3
Seattle 1.S39.0C0 5G.3
Tacoma . 795,000 18.4
Spokane 1,173,0.0 17.S ..;.
Sioux City 912,000 5.4
New Bedford 462,.O0 .... 10.2
KnoxviUe, Tenn... 499,000 .... 17.1
Topeka 616.CO0 55.9
Birmingham 811,000 79.8
Wichita 521,000 3.7
Binghamton 372,00) 29.1
Lexington, Ky.. .. 962,000 96 5
Jacksonville, Fla. 233,000 38.S
Kalamazoo 317,000 24.9 ....
Akron 324,000 25.8
Chattanooga 35,G00 31.9 ....
Rockford. Ill 293,000 26.8
Cdnton, 0 245,000 44.1
Springfield, 0 287,000 17.1 ....
Fargo, N. D 285,000 5.5
Sioux Falls. S. D.. 108,000 .... 7.G
Hastings, Neb. ... 162,000 44.6
Fremont Neb. .. 124,000 93.1
Davenport 590,000 10.2 ....
Toledo 1.913,000 21.4
Galveston 7,504 0C0 15.0 ....
Houston 8,0?4,OCO 45.5
Youngstown 324,000 18.6
Macon 711,000
Evansvllle 952,000 106. 0
Helena 523.C00 11.8 .t..
Little Rock 572,000 117.3
Springfield, 111.... 390,000 82.0
Saginaw 30S.O00 12.4 ....
Totals. U. S J1.507.131.0C0 Tc
Outside N. Y 599,059,000 13.1
Dominion of Canada
Montreal $ 13.716.0C0 31.2
Toronto 9,477,000 .... 1.2
Winnipeg 1.5S2.O00 15.4
Halifax 1,360,000 18.1 ....
Hamilton 705,000 11.0
St. John, N. B 594.000 7.0 ....
Vancouver 703 000 30.4 ....
Victoria 590,000 2.9
Totals
$ 28.730,000 7.3
IS IT A HUMANE ABSURDITY?
A Chaplain's Story. By Major Alfred'
F. Senrs, C E.
The battle of Santiago had been fought
and won; affairs of the camp had settled
Into quiet order, and as a farewell to the
excitement and irregularity of the week
the commissariat's fresh beef was being
roasted on a grand bonfire, made hotter
for the commissary by the jeers of the
regiments.
The latitude was not new to me, so that
wblle some of my comrades, poor fellows,
were growling over the unsavory stuff
from the sutler's booth, I was enjoying
a parrot pie with my friend. Isaiah Hard
fax, the chaplain. He had just been say
.ng, "This Is a new thing under the sun
certainly the parrot Is a nice bird in many
ways," when I Interrupted him to remark
that I had taken care to save the wings
and heads of the birds for the young
folks at hom"e, and offered him a share
for his daughters. The paraon smiled:
"It would suit me exactly," he said. "I
am thinking of a I ttle afrair of ours the
other day at home."
My friend being a good raront-ur, 1
was glad to let him talk, while I put
away the parrot pie. and he related the
following story of another dinner, which
I eive in his own words, without quotation
marka. x
The Parson's Story.
My daughter, Louisa Hardfax, had a
Prof. E. E.
Prof. Phelps was born in Connecticut,-an d graduated in medicine at Yale. His unusual talent
soon brought him reputation and prominenc e among his professional brethren. First he was elect
ed to the professorship of anatomy and surgery in the Vermont University. Next he was appointed
lecturer on materia medica and medical botany in Dartmouth College. The next year he was chosen
professor of the chair then vacated by Prof. Robby, and occupied the chair, the most important one
in the country, at the time when he first form ulated his most remarkable prescription.
Prof.rPhelps has given to his profession in Paine's Celery Compound a positive cure foe sleep
lessness, wasting strength, dyspepsia, bilious ness, liver complaint, neuralgia, rheumatism, all nervous
diseases and kidney troubles. It is the only specific recognized and prescribed today by the best phy
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Paine's Celery Compound sustains vitality, keeps the
birthday anniversary lately, and I made
a pretty dinner for its celebration.
Being, like her father, devoted to the
tender sentiments of life, she had been
chosen secretary of an Audubon society
In the city and was pledged against wear
ing wings or whole birds on her hat. On
this account, invitations were sent to Miss
Meltlnmudo and Miss Pltyfl, the president
and vice-president of that benevolent as
sociation. Miss Meltinmude na? a "tal
ented" woman, who wrote th'ngs In the
"Century's Headlight and Universal
Thinker." She was somewhat more logi
cal In her regard for the animal creation
than her friend. Mis-? P.tyfl. who simply
discouraged the slaughter of birds for their
adorning plumage, while M ss Melt'nmude
utterlv refused to taste the "cooked
corpses of any creature deprived of Mfe
by the tyrant hand of man, who thus
took away a gift bestowed by God, and
which only he had the right to disnose
of."- This -was Miss Meltlnmude's way of
putting It.
I had not been aware of this radical
streak 'n the young woman's system when
I arranged the menu. Perhaps I should
have modified the programme, as we cou'd,
not properly omit .the guest. However, It
wad now too late? there It was, quail on
toast, rice birds, a turkey and cold duck.
Miss Pltyfi and my daughter accepteji
with apparent enjoyment the delicacies my
cook had made of the birds, but Miss Mel
tinmude pol'tely decl'ned thm all, pay
ing simply: "I never eat animal food "
I congratulated her on her consistency
mid was met by th,e protest of my daugh
ter to the effect that "one must have
things to eat you know," In which she
was sutilned by Miss Pityfl. who declared
"we object to killing birds just for show
murdering the beaut'lul creatures to feed
the vanity of our sex, and not to sustain
life."
"But. my dears," I said, "you don't re
quire thefe birds to sustain life; you en
courage the killing to feed a gross appe
tite for luxuries. They are killed and
eaten, put out of sight In a moment by
the lowest animal senr,e of man
kind. Now, the birds that are
used for ornament are- 'thlmrs of beauty
and a 1oy forever to a multitude of peo
ple Vou erloy alone the h'rd you ara
eatlntr; you refuse or nep'ect to share the
pleasure wlh another; I-dod, vou cinnit
do so if vou would. Eatlnjr is a -rarely
selfish dellcrht. "Whereas the gfrl who
nuts a handsome w'nc on her bat or a
beautiful little b'rd art'stlally arf-pd.
Is pivlnsr pleasure to all the world w'th
-whom she comes in contact; Inflted of a
selfish pleasure lat'ntr a per'od of two
minutes she elves nleasur to hundreds
of thousands evprv t'me and all th time
sho wears te hit in a whol season."
"Why. father, how cpti you?"
"I declare, ?o Hardfax," said Mis
Pltvfl "vou make it necessary- to disband
our soc'ptv or s-nerrt 'K con't tu'Io" "
Mi" IteUinmud turning to mp sa d
"I nu't asree with vou that It Is mo'e
unworthy of our hiirun"' t kP' Wrrfs
Just t.o eat them than for the more esthet
Phelps, ML
Discovered and First Prescribed
CELERY COMPOUND
and free from nervous exhaustion and pain.
ic purpose of adornment. But I dispute
the right of man to take the life of any
animal for any purpose whatever. will
not have part nor lot In the cruelty, I
may say the brutality, of If'
I asked: "Are you able to avoid a share
In th's cruelty and brutality, my dear
young lady?"
"Indeed I do, Mr. Hardfax."
"I am so glad to know It, for I had not
thought it possible. I notice that you .
wear a very pretty shoe, my dear mlse.
Did it ever occur to you that It cost the
lives of an ox. a calf and a kid?"
"Oh, dear me'" she cried, "whoever
has thoueht anything so dreadful?"
"But if It had been noted by you, would
you have traveled barefoot? A dog or a
cat was k lied to make your gloves. Per
haps somebody's pet; a tortoise to make
that beautiful comb." ,
"Oh. no' that's not tortoise. It is only
horn."
"Ah! then a more noble animal, an ox
or perhaps a cow, was murdered for the
purpose. Tour umbrella Is not made with
steel rods, as it might have been, but
has ribs of whalebone, for which the
noblet inhabitant of the great deep has
rendered up Ms'life And foryour sealsvin
saque how many soft-eyed creatures have
been taken from youns families that -eou
may have a more toney garment than
your friends'"
By this time Mis Meltinmude was In
tears, and my daughter was furtively try
ing to signal me to des'st But my prov
ince is to preach and teach, so I addd:
"But I don't think we can live in a civ
ilized world and do otherwise- than take
for thp support comfort and joy of human
life all the elements of life that our Intel
ligence may command in the se-v'ce of
that clvil'zatlon. If the amount of benv
olent sentiment spent upon saving the
lives of birds and beasts were turned up
on methods of ameliorating the condlt'oi
of suffering among men and womerf. phil
anthropy woud receive vast reinforce
ment" And this was what the parson said.
AJFRBD F. SEARS, C. E.
PREPARING NOW FOR 1900.
Writers of Cliri4tmn- Stories Have
Xo Time to. Waste.
A New Orleans writer who occasionally
does something for the Northern period
icals tells an interesting little story.
"Last September," be says. "I sent the
manuscript of a Christmas tele to one of
the big magazines. It was a romance of
our old quarter, and made a trifle over
5960 words. I had lncnded It for last
Christmas, of course. It I was fortunate
enough to have It accepted, and Imagined
that I was in plenty of time. In Novem
ber It was returned to me, with a very
courteous letter from the editor, saying
that he thought he c-uI1 use it In the 1900
Christmas number if I wouid make cer
tain cnanges which he suggested and
D., LL D.,
which would reduce it to about 3600 words.
"I think, on reflection, that the story
would be improved by the elimination of
the matter indicated, but what surprised
me was the cool way in wblch he took it
for granted that I would never have sup
posed it was in time for this year. He
cautioned me particularly to send back
the revised copy not later than the last of
April or first of May, as he wished to have
it illustrated, If available, by an artist
'who had a great aversion to being: hur
ried.' "
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