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WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM
CONVENIENT TO FARMERS
MaJtca Farm Life Attractive ana lessens uangar
,f
Fire-Can Very Readily Be Used br Oarryius
Water to Dairy tied Barns
WgylerDooffcE
us ouur nen
venion
in (SubcM
iril nn unpnrdunablo
lack of tact or a grew
somo attempt at a
fllnlstcr ploco of hu
mor, Gen. Valeriana
Weyler, tho former
Spanish captain gen
eral of Cuba, who
gained for himself
the unenviable title
of "butcher," ban al
lowed tho publishers
to print tho tltlo of
the sensational book
Hi which he attempts to defend his
conduct while tho representative of
tho Spanish crown on that Island,
All MANDO EN CUBA
(My Conimnnd In Cuba)
In letters of gory scarlet on a pa
por pf flvld gray. ' '
Whatovcr the inotlvo inny havo
boon that prompted Blich a choice,
that bloody "oye catcher',' of a llho
fitly symbolizes the man and tho
work which caused so many years
of discontent In Cuba. Woylor has
beet on trial boforo public opinion
for butchering ills
enemies instead of,
fighting them; and
ho flaunts In our
facps the ugly stains
that show whoro ho
wiped off his knlfo.
Captain Gonoral
of Uio most fertile
provlnco of Spain
(and a provlnco
which moro than
otico manifested her
Intention to throw
off tho Bourbon
yoke), ho makes
such a cauo against
tho country that
buys his scrvlcos as
no citizen of tho
United States could
havo over mndo to
Justify America's attitude In tho Cuban ralx-up.
Woyler was tho best hated man In Cuba whon
tho government of his nation finally recalled him.
This book will causo him to bo cursed tho longth
and brendth of tho peninsula.
"I wroto It." ho says, "to give all tho facts
abo.ut my conduct aB gonoral in chlof, a conduct
admired not only by army officers, high nnd
ldw, who wroto mo Innumcrablo letters, but
by privates, who, on their rotum to tho penin
sula, spoke of mo .with an enthusiastic fer
vor for which I can novor thunk thorn enough,
Various reasons proventod mo from doing years
ago (when I could not havo freed my mind
from n certain blaB) n work which I can now
do In perfect poaco of mind, thanks to tho
time that hits passed, and which han soothed
te Irritation duo to tho Injustice I suffered at
the hands of somo mon.
"Furthermore I did not wish to sadden Sonor
Bagasta by retelling tho Btory of our colonial
disasters; neither did I feol any plonsuro (a cen
suring tho illustrious aon. Martlnox Campos, my
predecessor -In Cuba, howovor uncharitably ho
ncted toward me after his return to tho cnpltal."
A perusal of tho book falls to provo that Woy
ler kopt his promise to treat tho subject with
porfect moderation; tho general's blood Is still
boiling, nnd with somo Justification, for atrocious
as hlsonduct was In mnny Instances, It could
not very well be criticized In Spain by the Span
ish government.
Httd Woyler been ondowod with tho literary
genius of n Murbot or n Las Cazes, ho could havo
nioilo a much stronger caso ngatnst Spain nnd
presented Ills' own nctlonH In a much moro favor
nblo light. Unfortunately his knnwlcdgo of tho
writer's craft Is ns deficient nu his fund of Infor
mation touching political economy, gonoral his
tory, "national nhud International politics is
mcagei,
Voy'lcr Is not a diplomat; tlio sllppory land
nT mlances and Innucndos Is to him terra Incog
nita; a primitive bruto, with rudlmontnry otlilcs,
though unflinchingly frank nud straightforward,
he novor venturps an assertion which cannot bo
supported by documents; lie novor pays any at
tention to, hearsay, but,,nuqtcs people's lottors In ,
etenso,
J A fasqlnatlng typo, after all, for tho observer
blessed with tho senso of history; Just Imagine
what a Woyler would havo developed Into It ho
had not bcon born some GOO years too late; clad
Hn stool, ho had been riding a capurlsonod mount,
or, If ho had been, nUuwed to range over Europe
during tho Thirty Years' war!
General Woylcr'a stylo U very trying; oven
his proclamations vainly modeled nftor Napoleon
I.'s oratorical goniB, rarely Bound tho note thut
makCB a peoplo or an army vibrato. His rela
tions of tho Cuban cnmpulgn with nil tho facts, 5
figures, names recorded In haphazard fashion
, day by day, Is well nigh unreadable. ;,
"but tho documents ho publishes In support of 4
his thesU (some of them of a confidential char- t
' actor and which lifts t havo been Bocurod through
' "diplomatic moaiiB") mako It well worth while
wading through nn othorwlso dull, Bhapoless nnd
IndlgeBtlbUi piece of writing,
First of nil wo aro mndo to reallzo how hopo-
loss tho plight of tho Spanish commnndorB had
become In tho Island when Woylor took tho bUu- '
ntlon In bund; the ninny genornls who preceded
; him had been losing gromd from day to day;
their cables to tho Spanish government gavo
Information of a noBBlmlatlo character of which
v tRe, public and tho press wero Boldom apprised;
"-iiinir ronndontlal correBpondenco botrayod hoart-
I?1 rending: facts, moro than onco poor Gpn. Mnrtl
w bbz Campoa had humbly confessed hlniBolt boat-
while tho cabinet led tho Spanlah nation to
bllovo that tho war wAb practically over.
lithe Cuban army, wao not oven given what ho waB
entitled to, nn honest account of the Bltuation.
ffi, "When I Iniulod In Cuba." ho writes, "I did
TPnot oven suspect tho torrlblo coudltlons that pro
availed In tho ialmd. t did not know anything
k 1
gavo them constant aid nnd kopt them Informed
of ovory movement of tho Spanish regiments.
Says General Woyler:
"Of all tho measures I took tho most bitterly crltlBlzed was the
'concentration,' which saved my troops from being uaolepsly deci
mated and prevented tho landing of arms and munitions consigned
to tho enemy. I need not defend that system. Whoever has a
smattering of tho history of modern wars knows that it was cop
led by tho English In tho Transvaal and tho Americans in tho
Philippines, a fact mOst flattering to my prldo as a general.
"If Individuals woro sometimes summarily shot under my gen
eralship, ns It happens In tho courso of every wnr, thoy were
put to death In obedience to thu laws and regulations, never for
tho more reason that thoy wero Insurgents. I pnrdonod those who
returned to tho fold, and showed much clemency to all thoso who
camo to mo, however blnck their past may havo been.'
It Is a mntter of regret that General Woylor should not have
1nnmnl It ndvlsnhln to volunteer mora information as to the
organization of tho concentration camps. Ho snyB that ono pound
of meat and n quartor of a pound of rice wero ullowod to every
Individual over fourtoon. nnd ono-hnlf thut ration to children,
which seems quite
1 i '.. 7Sn
b 0 a I d e s what
tho minlBtor of
war- had told
mo and what I
had read in tho
pa por a or In
anonymous lot
tors Bent by
SpanlardH living
In Cuba, and I
thought that all
of them oxng
Roratod tho
facts; I had no
kuowlodgo of
tho socrot docu-
nionls I havo
np pond ad to
b00kV.1,ow Kloon,y tho outlook was Is set
forth graphically In a confidential letter from
uen. Mart noz Campos lo Canovns dol CaBtlllo,
prljno minister of Spnln.
.. "11 , I. ' AUho'JBh from tho very first I
roallzod tho gravity of tho situation, I refused to
bollovo It; my visits In Cuba, Principe nnd Hoi
gin appalled mo; howovor, in ordor not to appear
pessimistic, I did not oxprcss all my thoughts, and
I decided to visit not only tho mnrltlmo communi
ties, but tho towns lu tho Interior. Tho few Span
lards who llvo In tho iBlnnd do not daro to men
tion their origin oxcopt In the cities. Tho rest
Of tho population hates Spnln. Wherever you pass
a farm nnd aBk tho women whoro their husbands
nro, thoy answor with terrifying frnnknoss: 'In
tho mountains with Chief So nnd So.'
"You could not got anyono to carry a mcssngo
for COQ nor 1,000 posetns; ho would bo hanged if
ho wero over caught. ..."
Tho robols who charged Woylor with wanton
cruolty-Boldoni rcstrnlnod thoniBolvoH from nccom
pushing deeds of Ylolonco likely to torrorlzo tho
few romalning supporters of tho Spanish rule. To
quote Weyler:
"Tho insurgents did not rotum In nny wny tho
conaldorato treatment nccorded to thorn by this
generous commander (Martinez Campos). At tho
boglnnlng of tho war Maximo Gomez showed him
Bolf vory fair; but Maceo, as 1 shall prove by au
thentic documents, qrdored his bands to sot flro
to all tho sugar mills wIioho owncrH wero not pay
ing war tribute, to plunder and loot the country,
to shoot mercilessly all tho moBBongers, mon
caught ropalrlng railroad llnea or bringing pro
visions jnto tho vlllngos. Worso yet: Tho Insur
gent chlofa did not hesitate to kill with tholr own
weapons defenseless Islnndors, and Maximo Go
mez In his Memolres' confesses to having shot
pr.rsonnlly a man he had sentenced to death, a
deed which I call willful murder. And Btlll that
individual preaumeB to call mo 'ausasBln,' "
Ab IiIb authority for tho foregoing statement
General Weyler not only (Uotoa extracts from (ho
n Cuban papers, but appends a proclamation of
Maceo, Gomez'B lloutonnnt, to h.ls bands.
"Comrades in ArniB; Dostroy, destroy every
thing, day and night; to blow up bridges, to derail
trains, to burn up villages and Bugnr mills, to
annihilate Cuba is tho only way to dofont our one
inies. Wo havo not to account for our conduct
to anyono. Diplomacy, public opinion nud history
don't mattor. It would bo sheer Insanity to sock
tho laurels of tho battlollold, to boar tho ilro of
tho enomy's urtlllory and contribute! to tho glory
of tho Spanish commnnders. Tho oaBontlnl thing
Ib to convince Spain that Cuba will bo but a heap
of ruliiB. What compensation will sho rocolvo
then for tho sacrifice entailed by the campnlgn?
Wo must burn nnd rnzo everything. It would bo
folly to fight ns though we woro an Europenn
army. Whoro rlflos nro of no avail lot dynanilto
do tho work. A. MACEO."
Tho only way to subduo such bloodthirsty, dos
poruto pirates was to adopt their own tactics. Tho
Insurgents, of their own ndmlBston, novor gavo
nor accepted battle', but hnratssod tho regularB and
destroyed their Bourcoa of "supply. "Concentra
tion" seemed to bo the only Bolutlon of tho prob
lem, for tho wives and children of tho Insurgents
Can farmers 'have running water.
hot or cold. In tticlr dwelling boucea?
Most ccrtuJnly, What will Iho cost
be-? Fifty dollars And up, dejwadtng
upon the slsra 'of the house Mm the
kind of equipment needed. This makes
nonslble tiro tmth aw tolled room, pro
tection from fire, tho easy -waahlflfl of
windcrwi; and valkft, the flprinidi&g of
lawns, th Irrigating of gardcon, and
all tho other canvexiS&nc8 "which a
few ycara ago wt thought icssrblo
only in cities, vhero hlc -water ays-
miU, or wrnt la much totter, a sna
lino cngln-i, Krery up-loato fnnn
o-Qght to havo ft small gasollno engine,
whteh oan bo nllllwd not only, for op
crating this water supply aystto), hu
for chnrolns, eawlng -wood, outthm
teed end doing a doxen and ono otbeJ
Job3 about tho firm. It vrould takd
only a few mlnutoa of pumping to
ralM the iimnn in tho tank to thc
deelrwd height. With tho onglno, it
will not he necessary to he economical
In sutas -witter, prarldQtl the well la a
oufflclent under the
circumstances. A
few paragraphs.
however, couched in
his blunt, soldierly
style, setting at
naught tho terrible
charges proforred
against him lu con
unction with that
Btcrn systom of war
faro would have
boon Interesting,
but thoy wero lack
Inc. His Bllcnce
amounts to a confes
Rlon of KUllt. He
makes a woak at
tempt at oxplalnlng
that tho wives and
children of Inaur
RentBwero not "con
centrnted," b u t
obliged to betake
thomsolvcs whoro
tho head of the fam
lly wnB supposed to
bo found. This Is
worse yet. for one
can conceive the ap
palling nbuBcs which
such an order ema
nating from tho gen
oral in chief must
have countenanced
and Justified. As tho
revolutionary bands
wero constantly
moving from east to
west and from west
to east and could
not bo loented with
nny certainty, whnt
an existence must
havo been that of
famlllos whoso mon wero not serving in tho ranks
of tho rogular army. Refused nrmy rations, com
polled to roam from ono devastated village to
a burnt down hamlet, thoy could not but Biiccumb
vto hunger nnd exhaustion.
Had Weyler been less brutally honest, ho
would havo omitted such a damaging admission
Up to this day wo havo had books of many
kinds dealing with tho Cuban war; pamphlota
put forth by tho insurgents nnd notoriously unfair
to Spain; Spanish publications which mlsrepre
sonted gropsly tho nttltudo of tho United States;
articles In European nowspapors almost unnnl
mously censuring tho AmorlcanB for "robbing"
Spnln of her colony.
Now, however, wo have tho facts presented
almost without nny comments nnd certainly with
out embellishment by n Spaniard who Iovcb his
country nnd frnukly detests the Americans.
Onco or twice ho registers n protest against
tho sonato's decision concerning the recognition
of bolllgencrcy or tho campaign of defamation
directed ngalnst him In American papers.
Ho complains that In March, 189G, when ho
had tho situation well under control, tho senate
of tho United Stated Interfered most unfnlrly, for
it recognized tho belligerency of tho Insurgents,
theroby giving thorn now courago.
This Is less convincing than the majority of
nls arguments, for If wo compnro dates wo find
letters In which ho admits his failure to stop tho
progress of tho Insurrection.
His gravest churgo ngalnst tho United States
1b contained in the following pnragraph, which
Is too vague to ,bo taken ns sorlously as somo
other statements of his:
"Tho United States wero against everything
mat would bring about a termination of tho war
Aniorlcan citizens held sovernl millions worth of
Cuban bonds, iBsued with tho provision that tho
isianci wouiii pass under tho domination of tho
United Statoa ten years after Cuba would havo
separated herself from Spnln. Tho Ynnkoea saw
that with tho puce I Bot tho much-Ionced-for Iride
pendenco of Cuba and Its corollary, tho annexa
tion tiioreof, wns becoming a moro and moro ro
inoio poBsiouiiy. nut tliero wub no ronson why
Itnillllnldn 1 I - t.t. . a. i.
",u I'uiiiuouiu buuiiiii imvu ruoucu an 1110 gossip
iiich originated in Amoricu.
But on tho whole tho plcturo his lottors nnd
reporta, as well na the letters of Martlnoz Cnm
pos ho publishes, present to our eyes of Cuba In
the years preceding tho Mnlno Incident would
unvo jiisiuiod any nation, noar or remote. In im-nr.
venlng for tho Bnko of humanity; a population
Imnlllttlmia l.t I . I I ... .. .
"" nn num. it iut HKiuponuonco; n
moouy war which could -only lead to nn nnhom
oral poaco and nt best would havo loft thn isinn.i
a drenry wasto for years to como; tho rights of
lu.uifju mini uwnora nnu investors trampled un
uur jooi; mi tins Horror hud to bo stopped.
Spain did not loso Cuba as n coiiBciiuonco of
me wur wan tno uiweu states; by the vory ad
iuiaioii vi npain-H military ropresontntlvca In that
Ill-fated colony, Cuba was Irrotriovnbly lost to
Spain In 1807, and tho fow Spanlnrds rosldlmr In
tho coast (owns, tho only safe nbodo for tho:n
felt themselves n despls-d, ostraolsod minority'.
Kxnd Pamn end Prstura Tank,
and
(ena -wero bval&'ble, vrltes Clarence
A. Sham el In Oraag Jndd Farmer,
This la one of the Uilngs that makes
farm life attntctlrv. It lessens tho
work In tbs licmso, tnararcs a fine lawn
and garden, reteces danger from fire.
add?) greatly to cocotori and cos-
Tnlence In every dtrecdoa.
The -way ta seesre tMa Is to Install
a -water roKfly system, -uita a pro
Bure tank ta t&e baseaent This prcs
snre tant la so armnjced that by
pumping It fuB under stroag air pres
sure the TTObfcr is tBrced all orer the
bouse, and Is available for the bath
room, toilet room and tbe garden or
fire bos. The -water Is distributed
about Uh bcaisa exactly as It Is in
city borne, by mtcss of galvanlxed
Iron pipes. 'Where a small building
is to be supplied and tJtta amount of
water to bo used Is sot large, the sys
tem can be Installed for $Gft. Por tho
average bouse 90 is a batter figure.
Wbere tb basse Is larse, and where
ronsSderabla axaocmta of water are
needed for tbe lawn and garden, and
possibly also for washing carriagoa,
cntomobfles and borgea, a buser sys
tem aboald be Installed, coating up to
$150. Tbe cost of the system, there
fore, depsnds upon the wishes of tho
owner nad tbe demands that will be
madia upon It.
Ita Installation In caay, and its op
eration Is excoodlnsty Blmple. Any
pipe litter or plumber can put In tho
plant so tbat It wtH wort porfectlr,
All Tkat la nooded for operating is to
&cop tbe tank prcasnro np to tbe do-
the supply of watej
good one
Urge.
I bare a system of this kind In my
country home. It was Installed foui
years ago and coat $75. Previous tq
tbat time nothing of the kind hai)
been used In my neighborhood. Wq
take care of tbe waste water and
sewage by running a large tile from
the bathroom, one-quarter of n miU
distant, to a largo clstorn, locatod Is'
the center of a big field. This Is db
infected about twlco n year, and ll
easily bandied. I havo nover bad an?
trouble wttb tho water pipes, ovotf
during tho coldest weather. Nclthol
havo I had any difficulty with th
wasto system. In fact, the water sup
ply Is practically perfect, and I don't
seo bow any farmer who can got to
gether $75 or $100 can afford to b
without it
Tbe Illustrations Indicate the nr
rangemont of a water supply system,
as can be readily Bean Is very sim
ple. Tho systom can also bo used for
supplying water to stock tanks, and
these may be locatod nnywboro on the
farm. Tho prosauro developed In tho
tank Is sufflclont to forco tho wator
anywbero wanted. This use will, of
course, depond cntlroly upon tho
wlsheo of tho ownor, and Is simply a
matter of cost of pipes. It can vory,
road lly bo usod for delivering wator
to dairy or otbor Btock barns, whero
it can bo run Into wator troughs In
tho stalls, or olsowhorc, as desired.
On tho whole, tho farm wator supply
system is ono of tho most satlafac-
' .
Domestic Water Works
elrcil point This may bo 20, 40, GO or
100 pounds. A fow strokoa of tho
pump, if tho work Is dono by hand, Is
Bufilciont If a lot of water la used, of
courso tho amount of pumping will
increase. By being economical in tho
coo of wator, tbat is to say, by wast
ing nono, this mattor of pumping Is
not at all a serious problem.
Tbo moat satisfactory method of
pumping, howovor, ia to uso a wind-
System.
tory that has over been Invented, and;
should bo looked up by ovoryono who
is desirous to aocuro comfort and con
vonlenco. ',
N .
Care of Milk.
Carry tho milk out of tho atablo as
soon as you got it from tho cow. Milk
Is awfully grasping. It will take ovory
umol! within ita roach. Don't give it
a oh an co.
DELICATE BREED OF TURKEYS
It la well known to experienced
broedoro and naturo students that
black-plumaged birds will once in a
while havo whlto offspring; this ox
plnlnn tho origin of what in thin coun
try Is known aa tho Whlto Holland tur
key. Bo koon an observer as Teget
nioler Is on rocord no saying that "It ia
woll known that moat birds, wild no
well as tamo, occasionally produce per
fectly whlto individuals of moro doll-
cato constitution than the parents;
Thore can bo no doubt that tho aolec
tion nnd pairing of suchia tho waji In
which tho'broed of whlto turkoya has
bcon established und kept up." J. a.
Loland, a noted Illinois brodorof whltq
turkeys, eays; "As to color, I have
nover eon Wblto Holland turkeya that
did not chow como black ticking In
plumage during tome period of tholr
Uvea."
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