20 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUKDAY , OVEMBER 0 , 1898.
MASO SPEARS OUT FOR CUBA
Tr , hfon of an Address to the Citizens of
the United States.
TOPICS OF VITAL CONCERN DISCUSSED
Opposition ( o nil Army of Occnpntlon
Annexation C'otiKlderiMl Inevit
able Orent Ari'il of Money
to 1'ny Troop * .
In order that the real attitude of tbo
provisional government of Cuba might bo
thoroughly understood upon the questions
of annexation Independence President
Dartolomo Maso bos entrusted to Mr. Ocorgo
Itcno , special envoy between the governI I
incnt of Cuba auil the government at WanhI I
Ington. an address to the people of America , t !
In which Is clearly laid down the views of
hlmcclf and his cabinet upon those topics '
which moat vitally concern the future of the |
Island. It In tbo first and only address of 1
General Mnso to the citizens of the United
Btatca , and as such Is of great Interest and
Importance. It has not hitherto been pub
lished. President Maso wrote It at the gov
ernment headquarters In La IJsperanza on
September 28. It was brought at once to I
America by Mr. Reno. The folfowlog la a
close translation of the original text , made
by Mr. Reno himself :
"Standing In that unenviable position , at
'
the head of an unrecognized republic , I
Ihki myself encompassed by grave difficul
ties and burdened with responsibilities
which a feeling of solemn duty alone en
nblcs mo to support. I have the counsel
of brave. Intelligent men , but we are all In
political darkness. Wo have hardly dared
( o take a step , lest It conflict with thu
plans of the great and generous nation which
The moment we can give to each nan
certificate of Indebtedness stating the
amount due him for his services In the caueo
of liberty , every Cuban soldier on the Island
will gladly exchange the rlllo for a lioo and
go to work. It will require no argument , no
persuasion , \Ve have had quite enough ot
war. We waul now the wealth and pros
perity that come with peace. It IB our de
sire to pay the Cuban army for Its services
aa soon an possible , not because liberty Is
not a sufficient reward , but because tbo
majority of our men will bo compelled to
return to homes that have been burned , to
fields that have run to weeds , to families
that arc not only suffering for food , but
are absolutely destitute of clothes with
which to cover their nakedneui. The dis
charged soldier of Cuba has nothing with
' ' which to start life but hope. Today wo
can glvo him nothing but thanks and a
promise. It Is our destro to glvo him at
least some seed and a few tools with which
I to till the ground.
I "Tho Spaniard , soldier or civilian , who
chooses to make his home In Cuba Is as
welcome as any ono else , and If ho sees
1 Dt to renounce his allegiance to the mother
| country and take the oath of fealty to Cuba
ho will have a volco and a vote In the gov
ernment of the Island. This rule will apply
to all foreigners and Is In accordance with
the principles of true democracy. It Is the
purpose of the next assembly at Santa Cruz
cither to reinstate the present government
or elect a now provisional government
which will have the power to dctcrmlno
who may or may not have the power to
vote , and to call for a general election In
which all persons BO entitled shalf be given
nn opportunity to vote without fear , preju
dice or restraint. The result of this elec
tion will bo the formation of a. "stable
and satisfactory government" for the Island
of Cuba , to which the United States Is
pledged.
roiiNtlttttlon to I Jo Ailoiitril.
"The constitution that will bo adopted by
the assembly will be , as Is the one now In
I
PRESIDENT MASO ( From a Photograph Taken During the War. )
lias EO unselfishly made our freedom possi
ble.
"Not long before the elgnlng of the pro
tocol General Emlllo March , civil and
military governor of Puerto Principe , sent
a military commission to us urging that per
mission be given for his forces , numbering
7,000 men , together with the troops of IIol-
( Uiln under General Luquc , to march across
the province of Camaguey to the railroad
station at Placetas , from which point they
were to take the railroad and join General
Illnnco In Havana. Permission to move
across our territory unmolested by Cuban
troops was asked , In consideration of which
the cities of Hofguln and Puerto Principe
were to bo evacuated and turned over to
IIH , the latter city to bo used as the seat
of the provisional government. Owing to
our Inability to communicate with the
American forces or to ascertain from the
( secretary of war In Washington whether
buch action on our part would be In har
mony with the plans of the War depart
ment , we were compelled to refuse this per
mission , notwithstanding our desire to oc
cupy the city of Puerto Prlnclpo for gov
ernment purposes. From the moment that
America took the first step toward making
the liberty ofthis Island possible we have
done all In our power to restrain these ele
ments which betrayed a disposition to place
obstacles In the way of the military lead
ers of the United States , and to keep In
harmony with the purpose of her adminis
tration.
Neoil of Public FmulM.
"Problems serial , political and economical
press upon us from all sides. The starving
cry for food , the naked beg for clothes ,
the homeless look for shelter , the sick and
muttering plead for medicine and for succor ;
nil look to us for counsel and advice. With
out funds we are at present unable to relieve
lievo suffering , as all revenues from customs
find port duties are collected and held by
ottlclals cither ot Spain or the United States.
Of the latter wu make no complaint , because
we bcllevo that In the end a Just account
rvlll bo rendered to us. In a document Is
sued by the American authorities at San
tiago It Is stated that the revenues collected
at the different Cuban ports under the con
trol of the United States will be used for
the maintenance of the army of occupation
and for the payment of these municipal
officials who will hold ofllce until the evacu
ation ot the Spaniards.
"Tho Spaniards , wo are told , are to go
by December 1 , or soon after. Thun Is to
como an American 'army of occupation,1
Eomu saying that It Is to be CO 000 strong. It
Is but natural that wo should ask , Why Is
this great army sent to Cuba ? When the
Spaniards are gene who U It going to fight ?
Surely not the Cubans , Such a though )
ivculd bo monstrous. You have encouraged
us , you have freed us , you have fed us. You
will continue to advise , to guide and protect
us. We need your engineers , your miners
and mechanics , your school teachers , your
Fcttlera and your capitalists. When the
Spanish forces c\ncuate Cuba there will be
no more use for soldiers here than there
will bo In The state of New York.
Weli'iime lint \ ott"oiloil. .
"God knows the United States troops are
welcome. Americans , armed or unarmed ,
nre our friends , and consequently they nro
welcome to slay nlth us as long as they
choose. Our home Is theirs. Rut at present
U Is BO demolished that U Is difficult for
ua to entertain our guests as we would like.
Our own troops are more than anxious to
disband and attend to long-neglected fields.
force , along the same lines as that of the
United States. Our comparatively small
population , together with the limited area
of the Island , will naturally make some de
partures a matter of necessity. To avoid
the disturbance to social and commercial
llfo which Is liable to talco place through
the too frequent recurrence of national
elections , a longer period for the term of the
presidency will probably bo adopted. In my
opinion , six years would be a better terra
for the chief executive of Cuba. The elec
tion of such executive by direct popular
vote will probably be preferable to the sys
tem In vogue lu the United Status through
Its electoral college.
"It Is the opinion of some of our states
men that our congress should be directly re
sponsible to the people for their acts , so
that , In case there should bo an unavoidable
division of opinion on urgent matters , that
body might be dissolved and Its members
sent back to their constituents for reelection
tion , as Is customary In the British parlia
ment. In that way may be avoided these
unfortunate deadlocks which sometimes take
place In legislative bodies. It might prove
a salutary method ot keeping our repre
sentatives within the limits prescribed by
their platforms at the time of their elec
tion. In this way also the people them
selves may be taught 'to ' take a greater In
terest In national affairs , and to keep in
closer touch with their representatives at
the seat of government.
"The government of Cuba for the first
tew years In many minor details will ot
necessity bo In tbo nature of a political
experiment. Errors will no doubt be made ,
but none which will endanger the Interests
of the body politic , or bo not capable of Im
mediate correction ,
"Wo do not claim to bo Infallible , but we
feel justified In placing almost unlimited
confidence In the patriotism. Integrity and
sober judgment of the great majority of
our people.
"That wo may be permitted to create and
maintain with our own resources euch n
go\ernment Is our only prayer.
"Whatvo want are railroads , telegraph
lines , public schools , awmtlls , machine
shopfl , factories , better houses and these
sanitary conditions and comforts which go
hand In hand with modern civilization. Our
Island Is capable of yielding a wealth sec *
end to none In the world. To the United
States , which his rendered this possible for
us , we ewe a debt of everlasting gratitude.
| Her people are as welcome as our own. Her
, constitution , her Institutions , political and
[ economical , have been and will bo our
models and our guides.
Annexation In the Future.
"It Is quite probable that In a few years
social and commercial Interests will Induce
Cuba to sue for admission to the union as
a state , nut understanding and realizing
as I do the peculiar temperament and con
dition ot our people , I cannot but think that
annexation would bo most Inexpedient nnd
unwlee at present. I am well aware that
a powerful alliance between Spanish politi
cal and American financial Interests has
been formed and that It Is bringing all pos
sible pressure to bear upon , not only the
peace commission at Paris , but upon thb
'
, malcontents of Cuba , to compel the 1m-
nicdlato annexation of this Island as a terrl *
tory of the United States. IJut a thorough
knoulcdgo of the true state of affairs , as
well as of the wishes of my people , Impel
mo to state that if such a step Is forced
upon us now It may long be regretted. It Is
far better to let the grounds In the coffee
cup settle before offering It to the guest.
"Independence absolute has been the
dream of our lives. Permit us to enjoy this
before compelling us to enter Into oven n
more profitable or satisfactory stato. We
have accepted the assistance of the Unltcn
States In driving out the Spaniard as \
noble and unselfish act of brotherly love
and humanity. To force annexation on us
now would sow In the minds of many the
scctls of suspicion and distrust. Spain has
for years declared that America had no real
sympathy for the Cuban , that she cared enl >
for hla territory. Do not let her say : "I
told you so. "
Ilnnille with Cure.
"It > Is my prayer that the friendly rela
tions 'between ' Cuba and the United States
may never be tainted with a breath of sus
picion. That they will aomo time coalesce
and become one , political- ! , socially and
commercially , Is Inevitable. But let care be
taken that that union be not marred by the
ill-feeling and disappointment which would
tie Inevitable If the mercenary machinations
of the former enemies of our Independence
nro allowed to prevail. I hope to llvo to see
the day when the English language will be
not only taught In our public schools , but
will be as well the language of commerce-
and of state.
"Tho public school system of the United
States , by men who are especially compe
tent to judge of educational systems , has
been found on the whole admirable and sat
isfactory. Nevertheless , there are certain
modifications which would render It better
adapted to a system of public school educa
tion for the Cubans , and such modifications
will bo readily grafted upon It through care
ful observation of the Intellectual training
of other countries , as Germany. We an
well aware that a vital need of the Cuban Is
education. The only education heretofore
attainable by tbo Cuban was that offered
by the church , a cramped and Imperfect sys
tem , which , when brought Into competition
with progressive Ideals , has been found In
every Instance wholly Inadequate ,
The I'rovlntnnnl Government.
"To President McKlnley and the adminis
tration at Washington we have appealed not
only by letter , but through the personal
offices of a special envoy for counsel and ad
vice. So far these appeals have been In vain.
It Is true that ours Is only a provisional
government , that we were not elected by
and do not represent all of the people of
Cuba. We do not represent the Spaniards
or their sympathizers , who sustain the name
relation to us as did the torles to the colonial
congress during the American revolution.
But It Is equally true that ours Is the only
authority , civil and military , which repre
sents the people who Have rebelled against
the rule of Spain ; the only government
whose legislative acts have been respected ,
whose Judicial decrees have been accepted
and whose executive orders have been obeyed
during the last three years throughout two-
thirds of the Island.
"It Is this section , the vast Interior of the
Island , with Its more than a million of In
habitants , that In dire'distress now appeals
to us for advlco and succor.
"Santiago do Cuba and a few of the coast
cities have been reached and aided both by
the United States government and by the
ngentfi of the Red Cross , but to the great
and suffering interior nothing has come.
"Tho Instant the. administration of the
United States sees fit to rccogulzo us mil
lions of dollars nro ready to pour Into our
war-depleted treasury , with which we can
relieve all suffering , pay off our army , carry
on our government and become financially
Independent of the rest of the world. Our-
entire Indebtedness today , aside from thb
amount duo our soldiers , Is less than $1,000 , *
000 , so that our start In political life will
bo without burdens or obligations , except
to the United States.
ISxiiciiNcn of Government.
"Tho running expenses of a republican
form of government In Cuba will bo very
light. Under the protection of the United
States our army and navy budget will ba
almost nothing. Nearly all of the revenues
of the Island , which will accrue from &
moderate tariff , Internal taxes , charters ,
franchises , etc. , will bo devoted to a perfect
system of sanitation ot our cities , to the
establishment of schools , to the building ot
roads and to the general development of a
free and Independent country. Falling to
get from the administration at Washington
even those unofficial suggestions or notifica
tions of Its purpose and desires which wo
wished , we can only Instruct the assembly
> 's exercise Its own best judgment In regard
to the formation of just and equitable elec
toral laws and to call for a general election
which will enable every citizen of Cuba en
titled to vote In public affairs to cast hla
vote for those men to whom ho may wish
to Intrust the government of his country.
"This government once established and
recognized and Cuba's troubles will be over.
Loans , public and private , almost without
limit have been offered us the moment we
are recognized by the United States , so that
It rests with her alone to say when suffer
ing In Cuba shall cease and the reign ot
peace and prosperity begin. "
FAC SIMILE REPRODUCTION OF PRESIDENT MASO'S SIGNATURE AND THE
GOVERNMENT SEAL.
Tim oi.n-'minns.
Harvard's oldest living graduate , Dr. Wil
liam L. Russell of Barre , was 99 last Mon
day , und among the recognitions ot the
event was a letter from his brother , who
Is 91.
The funt-ral of Mrs. 3. C. Harris , In
Atlanta , Go. , the other day , was made a
publls affair owing to the fact that the
dead woman had earned the tltla of "Mother
of AtlantaIn 1S12. by bearing the first
j Dhlld born In that city.
, James A. II. Bell of Brooklyn bavins ?
I arrived at 83 years of age , has given his
I private book collection ot 10,425 volumes to
the library of the city , together with ac
companying reading tables , cases and chairs.
Mrs. Bettle Carrolton and Mr. Alexander
Ferguson , the two oldest people In Indiana ,
are brother and slater. They were born In
County Tyrone , Ireland , In the 1700s and
came to this country Just before the war
of 1312 , They are probably the oldest
brother and sister living In this country.
They came from a family of nineteen , and
though Alexander was not married until he
was 60 years of ago , he raised a family of
thirteen , almost all of whom are living.
Mrs. Carrolton raised a family of eight.
They bad a brother who died In Madison
county several years a no at the a&e of 11G I
and another one who lived to be 103 , while I ,
still another lived to bo 100 , and another W. 1
Their father was 93 end mother 99 when
they died. They have both used tobucoo i
and whisky and attribute their long life to i
Its Influence over the "ager" and shakes of
pioneer Indiana.
To Save Doctors' Hills
Use "Garland" Stoves and Ranges.
SOME SISTERS OF GREAT MEN
Rival Mothers and Wives in Sclf-Sacrifioiug
Fidelity and Devotion
STORIES TO PROVE THE ASSERTION
Itulern , AViirrlorm , Artlntn mill I'oct.i
Who Found Their AVIncwt Couii-
cllorn nnil Co-Workers
In Their HIMers.
Every great man has owed much to the
pre-eminent love or Influence of coma ouo
woman In his life. Most often this woman
Is his mother , sometimes It Is a wlfo , but
thcro are Instances , sufficient to fill a booh
with stories , of the dominant Icmlnlno sway
being held by a sister.
Thcro need not remain the least shadow
of a doubt but that the woman Moses took
most deeply Into his confidence ! and on
whom ho most firmly relied was his sister
Miriam , a woman considerably his senior
and by whoso cleverness and tact ho was
restored to hla mother from his watery
cradle. Miriam was certainly one of Moses'
favorite lieutenants during that perilous
business of getting Israel out of Egypt. She
cheered the fainting hearts of the Jews by
her admirable songs , dancing and music , and
even the terse sentences of the old testa
ment cannot conceal Moses' genuine grief
when Miriam was stricken with leprosy , nor
his enthusiastic pleading with the living God
to restore her health.
Certainly for any woman less beloved and
less honored than his Bister ho would
scarcely liavo done so muoh , for It Is plainly
said that jealousy of Moses' affection for his
Ethiopian wlfo brought down this curse
upon her. She lived and worked appar
ently to a good old age , and was burled with
honors before her people reached the prom
ised land.
IlnniliurK nnil IloliciizoIIern SlNtorn
It Is a curious coincidence that the sisters
who have wielded most Influence have been
always oMer than their great brothers , and
he margravine of Bayrcuth , Sophie WllheU
mlna , crown princess of Prussia , was some
years the senior of Frederick the Great. She
was a strange , passionate , clever and al
ways a very unhappy creature , but she
stands quite alone as the ono woman whom
Frederick sincerely loved , for whose advlco
he had respect and whose memory ho ten
derly cherished. During his tragic youth It
was In her ho confided , with her he Invaria
bly corresponded , and Frederick had no gnat
reverence for the feminine Intellect. For
his mother he fell a respectful Indifference ,
for his wlfo not even a sentiment of friend
ship , whllo his other sisters merely bored
him , but poor Sophie , with all her faults ,
evoked In him a devotion and reverence that
lasted to the end of her days.
Charles V was another monarch who eald
In all his life he had known but one woman
whom he could trust In and rely on as he
would a man , and that woman was his sis
ter , Mary of Hungary. She was a woman
after Charles' own rugged and warlike heart ,
and he showed how ihlghly ho estimated her
talents and her virtues when ho made her
regent of Holland and Flanders.
A less masculine creature would perhaps
have failed to secure Charles' esteem , and
in splto ofytho heavy beard that would grow
on her stern chlu , of her brawny arms that
uould pull the strongest horse on his j I
haunches , and her savage love of boar huntIng - I
Ing , Charles gave her proof of the .highest ,
affection. Ho hid very llttlo of hla most
momentous plans from .her , gave her an ab
solutely free hand In governing the .ow
country , permitted her to use an Iron hand '
In the attempt at quelling the rising tldo
of heresy , and after governing the Nether- I
'
l-nds twenty-five years she retired from the
regency when her brother abdicated his ) I
throne. Charles shut himself up In his monastery - ,
\
astery , but the brother and sister corre '
sponded until this greatest of the Hapsburga
died.
A * Convfortcm of Warrior * .
Colin Campbell Is ono of the warriors ot
our century who never married , but who
found great solace In the devotion his sister - ! |
ter , Marjory Alicia , gave him. Early In his
career ho was too poor to marry , and every |
penny over and abo\e the barest necessities
of a soldier's life went to the sister In Scot
land. She was cover a brilliant or a beauti
ful woman , but the hero of the Crimea and I
the Indian mutiny gave her all the faithful
alfection that often goes to a mother or I
wife. Ho wrote to her , among the horrors 1
of the Indian war he remembered her
needs , and she , a crippled old woman , eat
by his bedside when 'ho died. She lived un
married , as ho had done , and Inherited a
comfortable fortune at his death.
Byron , like Lord Clyde , always wrote to
his sister on the eve of any perilous under
taking , and among the ten different versions
of his deathbed remarks his sister's name
Invariably appears. Byron In his relations i
with every woman was singularly cruel , exacting - I
acting and unfaithful. Ho abhorred ugll- 1
ness In women ; until he was a well-grown
boy he had never seen his slater , and yet
this hypersensitive , eccentric , critical and i
high-tempered man accorded his plain-faced ,
conventional sister the only truly ooblo sen
timent of which he was capable.
.At their first meeting he had pictured a
romantically beautiful woman. He found In
the honorable Augusta Byron a girl almost
ugly , but with the kindest eyes , the most
amiable smile and from that moment he
never faltered In his love. In hla most tern- ! i
pestuous moments when he Insulted his wife , J I
beat his watch to pieces In a rage on the I
hearth and fuddled his brain with brandy , ! i
Augusta could sooth and control him by a j
word. Slio kept the friendship of his foolIsh - j
Ish and almost unmanageable wife , and j i
brought about the only Intervals of peace I '
that reigned between the pair , and what 1s j !
chiefly to her credit she uever allowed her
unhapppy "brother " to criticise or defame hla
wife before her.
So far as lay within his power Byron re
paid his patient and generous sister. His
only child was named for her , dying ho left
her everything gave enough for the support
of his wife and daughter , and his "Stanzas
to Augusta" are eloquent of deeper , truer
emotions than any other human being over
aroused In him.
Though human , thou didst not deceive me ,
Though woman , then didst not forsake.
Though loved , thou forborest to grieve mo.
Though slandered , thou couldst never
shake.
When near his death In Greece hla letters
to Augusta are lull of pathetic , almost
childlike reliance on her good sense , her un
failing love to see that all went well for his
daughter , and that his wife could be brought
to a reconciliation , and It was the generous ,
long-suffering Augusta who followed him to
his tomb and fixed the laudatory tablet
above his crave.
I.lvt-il for Her Ilrotlicr * .
A genuinely good , unselfish , valuable sla
ter , whose good work meant more to the
world of art than the public gives her credit
for , was Margaret van Eyck. She was tha
only sister of those great Flemish artists ,
Jan and Hubert van Eyck. To keep house
for them , to grind their colors , to nursn ,
help and encourage her two great brothers ,
Margaret forswore marriage. This sturdy
Dutch woman herself painted miniatures ad-
mlrably , and was , along with Jan and Hu <
bert , honored and decorated for the Fame ,
but , like Caroline Herschel , she had rather
a contempt for her own achievements , anil
studied to paint In order that she might
more Intelligently assist them ,
Jan and Hubert apparently estimated this
sister very highly and cherished her ten
derly. They also remained unmarried , and
the three He side by side in thr old town of
TrcKon , undivided IB death ns In life.
"I am nothlnc , I have dona nothing ; all
I know I owe my brother. I nm only a tool
he shaped to his use a well-trained puppy
dog would have learned as much , " said Car
olina Hcrschel when some ono tried to laud
her own achievements. This remarkable old
lady , who discovered eight comets , lost her
temper only when any ouo dared draw a
comparison between herself and her brother
William. All she did for her adored Will-
lam Is familiar history to thdso who know
anything about the lives of great women ,
She made hie shirts , baked his bread and
sat up all night In the open air breathing
on her Ink to keep It warm whllo the creat
astronomer dictated to her and sweat the
heavens , She oven taught herself to love
his wife , a hard Job for a jealously devoted
sister.
After fifty years In England ns his Ador
ing slave , her heart was eo crushed at his
death that she fled back to Hanover. Thcro
she lived to be 97 years old and was burled
with a lock of his hair , while , by her own
arrangement , her tombstone touching- !
bears witness to the fact that she was Sir
William Horschcl'e sister and permitted to
bo his helper.
Krencli nnil Oerinuu Slntcrn.
When Fanny Mendelssohn died her
brother Felix fell forward fainting ; for a
month ho would neither speak , read , write
nor play the piano , and shortly ho died.
Ho confessed toward the end ho bad no
wish to llvo since ho could not see his sla
ter again In life , and ho was burled besldn
her whom ho seemed to have' loved moro
tenderly than wlfo or children. As an ad
mirable musician this sister was of Inesti
mable value to Mendelssohn , and her few
compositions , pretty bits of fancy , ho loved
to play as much as his own great produc
tions.
No whit less noble than these other ab
sorbingly devoted and unselfish sisters was
Henrietta Kenan , to whose cheerful resig
nation 01 marriage for his sake her great
brother Ernest testifies. Though an hon
est man offered Henrietta his heart and
home , with all that the prospects of wifely
dignity and maternal tics must have meant
to such a woman , she without hesitation lain
tbo whole offering on the altar of sisterly
fidelity.
Dorothy Wordsworth was the woman who
persuaded her brother to devote his life to
poetry , and ns a guarauteo of her faith In
him she bore all her llfo with Ills trying
Idiosyncrasies. Indulged his humors , stimu
lated his courage and played such a part ns
Jane Welsh failed to assume for Carlyleor
Mary Shelly for the great poet.
UHMGIOL'S. '
It Is stated that last year sixty-seven lot
tery permissions were granted to religious
denominations In Now Zealand.
Dr. Gunsaulus of Chicago would have the
church "open a door large enough to admit
a man as religiously great as Abraham Lin
coln , however small ho might be theologic
ally. "
Bishop John Doane of Albany , whose at
titude upon the divorce question has brought
him Into prominence , never registers his last
name nt a hotel , where his signature Is
simply "John of Albany. "
Rev. Dr. Joseph T. Smith , the venerable
pastor emeritus of the Central Presbyterian
church of Baltimore , will celebrate his 80th
birthday on November 6 , by preaching a ser
mon In the church of which ho was pastor
for thlrty-ono years.
Of Uev. John D. Fulton , who Is In Havana
proclaiming against Roman Catholicism , tbo
Congregationallst < says : "He Is the Incarna
tion | of the type of Protestant which will do
tbo least good and most harm lu that coun
try j , now and forovermore. "
Rev. Samuel C. Edsall , Just appointed by
the house of bishops as Episcopal bishop
of North Dakota , Is a native of Illinois ,
and , was at one time Intended for a lawyer ,
being 1 admitted to the bar from the office
of < his father , James K. Edsall , attorney general -
oral ' of the state.
Caleb T. Row , who , after a servlco of
forty-four ' years , 1ms resigned from the general -
oral management of the American Blblo
society. Is the greatest authority on the
various editions of the bible and their his
tory In the United States. He owns one of
the best private collections In this country.
The Pilot says that the pilgrimage season
jubt ended at the shrine of St. Anne Is said
to have been the most notable In point of
miraculous cures of any In Its history. Dur
ing the summer the visitors numbered some
months 6,000. In July , the saint's especial
month , the number reached about CO.OOO.
Mrs. Anna Burley , wlfo of a Methodist
preacher at Halnesvllle , N. J. , filled the pul-
pit during her husband's absence. He was
gathering cranberries at a large marsh
which he owns , and Mrs. Burley preached
morning and evening to large congregations ,
both of which were highly pleased with her
efforts.
Laurent Perosl , the young Italian priest ,
who Is counted among the musical prodigies
of that country , Is but 25 years old , and Is
the musical director of St. Mnro In Venice.
He has already composed three oratorios , to
which form of composition he confines him
self "The Passion , " "The Transfiguration. "
and "Resurrection. "
The will of Rev. Dr. John Hall leaves bis
property divided as usual among his wife
and all his children , except Bolton Hall , ono
of his sons , who Is to receive only the Income
from hl'i share until the death of Mrs. Jr-hn
Hall , after which the executors are empow-
ered to advance to him the whole or any
part of his portion , according to their judg
ment.
The following summary shows the strength
of the Orthodox Congregational denomlnat'on
In the United States : Churches , 5,614 ; min
isters , 0,475 ; communicants , 625,864 ; addi
tions on examinations last vear. 31,090
amount of money raised , $6,613,818 ; 271
churches make no report. These flsurca nro
about the same as these of the Presbyterian
church.
In presenting at the Episcopal convention
the silver "loving cup" to Bishop Hare , who
has Just completed his twenty-fifth year ns
missionary to the Indians , It was guaran-
teed that It would never hold anything
stronger than cold tea. The Woman's Aux-
lllary filled the cup to the brim the next
day with monov and pledges for schools and
churches to the value of $3,000.
Curious creeds nro to bo found In the ranks
of Britain's nobility. Lord Pallngton , eldest
FOII of the earl of Moxborouch , Is a declared
Buddhist. The duke of Northumberland and
his family , Including Lord and Lady Percy ,
are Irvlngltes , as are Sir Herbert Maxwell
and Lady Frances Balfour , a daughter of the
duke of Argyle. Lord and Ladv Radnor are
credited with being ardent Spiritualists. The
late Lady Charlemont was a Jewess , not by
birth , but by conviction , and Lord Stanley
of Alderly Is said to favor the principles of
Mohammed.
The Episcopal general convention having
decided to establish an Episcopal ralHslon In
Porto Rico , Rev. A. N. Taft , an assistant
mlnslter of St. George's church of New
York has been designated ns the first mis
sionary , and sailed for Porto Rico the other
day. Ho will make his headquarters at
Ponce , and Is Instructed to care first for the
American sick and wounded In the hospitals
there , and then to minister to whosoever
desires his services. No action will be taken
by him toward establishing a church until
directed to do so by the Board of Missions
of the church , and until that time he Is re-
sponslblo only to Bishop Potter. Ho speaks
Spanish , and la an earnest and effective
clergyman , <
DlNcovt'rcil liy 11 AVoinnn.
Another great discovery has been made ,
and that , too , by a lady In this country.
"Disease fastened Its clutches upon her and
for seven years she withstood tin severest
tests , but her vital organs were undermined
and death seemed Imminent. For three
months she coughed Incessantly and could
not sleep. She finally discovered a way to
recovery , by purchasing of us a bottle of Ir
King's New Discovery for Consumption , and
was so much relieved on taking first doeo
that she slept all night , and with two
bottles has been absolutely cured. Her name
Is Mrs. Luther Lutz. " Thus writes W. C.
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We're anxious to have you see them. Wo want you to com *
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We gladly offer you samples and prices for comparison
feeling assured that your order will come back to us.
The fabrics we offer you at $15 , $18 and $20 will compare fa
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are scrupulously tailored in the latest fashion the fit
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The fabrics we offer at $25 , $80 and 835 need no special com
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mills produce and the tailoring is in keeping with the
fabrics.
It costs as litlle to command a thoroughly first class tailored
suit , as we sell them , that we wonder who can be satis
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