Show VV 1 1 N W THE EDITORS EDITOR'S TABLE TALK TALK OF THINGS GRAVE AND GAY CUBA INSTEAD OF LONDON Because It If Miss Roosevelt were to vl visit lt London at the time of the coronation coronation coronation coro coro- nation the fact might occasion criticism criticism cism cisin over here it is understood th t she will not attend Probably her present trip to Cuba may haye been boon boond d designed as some Indemnity for the disappointment for for i it would be disappointing disappoInting disappointing pointing to any girl American Ameri an or otherwise to miss such a gorgeous show after once thinking that she had hada a a. chance to see Sea It fb The reason her I to her fathers father's old friends the I Woods in Havana is here mentioned is s that certain Cubans o of pi prominence eminence took unfair advantage of her arrival to approach and solicit her Intervention In the case of a a. native murderer who Is is under sentence of death by the garrote gar- gar rote rote Miss 1 Roosevelt was asked to Intercede intercede intercede In in- with Governor-General Governor Wood and r ri a Induce him to n parden the con con- That sort of procedure may appear appear quite natural l to the Latin mind but It is the reverse of nice or even decent If there were any reason for exercising the pardoning power In Inthe Inthe inthe the case the fair presumption is that J the he e General would not walt wait to be asked to to do so by a young lady guest whose position and good sense certainly would prevent her from meddling with the matter The worst feature of the In Incident In- In I ident lies in the fact that it is altogether altogether altogether alto alto- gether calculated to worry a kind kind- 1 young woman and take take all an th the pleasure out of her holiday j. j CONDITIONS IN CHINA f 1 News from the Celestial Kingdom to render it plain that trou trou- trouble I pIe ble between it and the civilized powers I Is not necessarily at an end The murderous murderous murderous mur mur- derous Empress Dowager and her Immediate imI immediate im Im- im- im I mediate associates while pretending to to ix make much of f foreign officials and expressing admiration for Western Vestern ways ays and so on is fomenting the anti anti- for foreign ign feeling just las as as she did in the I the I Iame case of the Boxers and through same ame means and men The educational nal and other reforms decreed by the Court amount to nothing practical Every Chinese public man favorable to them themis is in bad flavor at the palace and the the usual Chinese Chinese Chi CM- whole business is one of nese humbug Meanwhile l Germany and France are not showing any disposition dispo dispo- to accede to the demand for the restoration of to China China- and from present appearances will be Inno in inno inno no hurry to give up possession Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many many has an interest in strengthening her hold upon Shantung and France Is not enthusiastic over the Japan Anglo ese alliance So neither may retire for some time It U may nar n y be ba surmised that the AmerIcan attitude attitude on the question of Chinese es exclusion is not sweetening the situation to any great extent But even If we were willing waling to make them concessions would wO ld be wasted wast on Chinas China's rulers They respect ct nothing but brute force an are are ares are's ares as s full of bad faith and treachery as they were the day they order ordered d the butchery Y of the legation legation- ers era t l i 1 THE DAN DANISH SH ISLANDS ISLANDS From Copenhagen it is learned that private advices received there report a condition m of extreme excitement among the negroes of ot the Danish West Indian Islands on account of the delay in ratifying ratifying rati rati- the treaty of cession cession to the United States These simple people that Immediately Imme imme- are Imbued with the Idea following annexation they are areto areto areto to have universal suffrage and be eligible eligible eligible eli eli- gible to all offices Consequently they blame the Danish for beIng being being be be- ing laggard in the matter matl r. r It is not Improbable that when they have been annexed for awhile they may reach leach I I the conclusion on that th they ty Y need not have j The been een In too much of ofa a a hurry franchise and and the offices theY they are looking for will hardly materialize fo foa for fora a time and in the way they e expect not for a long lorg time EXPERT CHEWING The particulars of an interesting The public function are given by Chicago Trl Tribune une which says that the near Admiral BarIer Barker Bar Bar- board appointed by Brooklyn ker Ier Commandant at the navy yard met today to test the meris merIts merits mer mer- and brands of tobacco its is of thirty-one thirty will be that these one to to pick lick from to come used by the sailors for a year C Commanders Miller and Adams and P Paymasters Cheatham Rogers and Schafer were were appointed to the board boara thousand pounds is to be bethe bethe bethe Two hundred officers officers' rs' rs decided the the ord order r. r When the offic that they were not equal to the task of passing opinions on the quality of the different nt brands as as th chewing tobaccos on salts themselves themselves themselves them them- cos they called on the te selves and and sent a boatswain out for volunteers wanted d to Five experienced men are ar want chew thirty-one thirty different kinds of the best chewing tobacco Who Vho will volunteer volunteer volunteer vol vol- said the boatswain boats There was a rush of f feet and with a mighty unanimous Aye Ay aye sir the themen themen themen men closed in on the boatswain He picked out five of the oldest and most expert In this thip Une and led the way to building No 7 7 The tars were ere each given a piece pl ce of t tobacco and f fell to with a will But they did 11 1 not hurry nurry enough for r on one of the officers and he told them soI soI so 50 I dont don't risk me reputation on on one chaw not me said one of the men and his his his' comrades all joined In a hearty heart aye aye So they chewed and slowly but surely surely sure sure- ly passed from one brand to a another oth r but but they did not come anywhere near the end of the heap and they will meet with the officers every day until i brand the is picked LIMBURGER BARRED A strange story comes from Louisville Louisville Louis Louis- ville yule to the effect that the health officer of or that city Dr Allen AUen has begun a crusade against the manufacture or sale of Limburger cheese within the municipality He says says says' that it is unwholesome unwholesome un un- wholesome is lush with animal life and that it must SO do go One would think that he need it the door in that case easel t It Is to be suspected that Dr Allen is offended by the heartiness thE th with which this country country received ed Prince Henry and now attacks a cherIshed cherished cherished cher cher- Teutonic ins institution t by by way of revenge It is evident that he is not looking for re election |