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- 3 IN MODERN DAYS ) Ways of Doing Things Have Vastly Changed The Science of Medi cine, Especially Has Hade Rapid Advances "Few things have developed as rap idly during the past few years as the science of medicine," " said a well known practitioner recently. "And the most striking phase in its progress is in the treatment of the blood. "In the old days symptoms were treated and the blood disregarded. Now it is the root of the disease that is attacked, and the most important development of modern medical science has been in discovering that, in most diseases, this lies in the condition of the blood. If the blood is thin or poor, the nerves cannot receive their proper nourishment, the system becomes run down and in a condition to invite dis ease. Build up the blood, restore the worn-out nerves and you remove the cause. And when the cause is gone, the disease will follow." An instance of the truth of this is the case of the little son of Mrs. Min nie Parrish, living at Donora, Wash ington county, Pa. In an interview the mother says: "Our little boy was terribly afflicted with boils on his back, legs and feet. He was pale and sallow and his system was completely run down. He had no appetite and his stomach caused him great distress. We had him treated by good doctors ..t St. Louis and Indian apolis, but their efforts did him little good. Then we took him to Pittsburg, hoping the change would help him. While there a doctor refused to vac cinate him, because his blood was in bad condition and gave us a certificate to that effect. We tried various rem edies, but without avail. He grew worse, instead of better, and I am sure he could not have lived long if he had not been relieved. "A friend from Dubuque, la., ad vised us to give him Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. In June. 1900, one year after his trouble com menced, he began to take Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, and half of the first box caused improvement. He began to eat and play and was so much better that we kept on giving them to him until he had taken three boxes and was cured. He has no more sores and today is perfectly well and the happiest boy on the street." At all druggists, or direct from Dr. Williams Medicine Company, Schenec tady, N. Y., fifty cents per box; six boxes for two dollars and fifty cents. BRYAN IN MASSACHUSETTS r Honored by Sensible Men of all Parties -His Eloquent- Entrances the Cul tured Inhabitants The recent visit of Hon. Wm. J. Bryan to the east has brought out very distinctly two facts. First, that the remarkable hold he had gained among democrats as the result of lead ership in the two most memorable po litical campaigns in history has in no way been diminished; second, that the circle of his influence is perceptibly widening among political economists, students and thinkers of all classes. No better evidence of the truth of these statements need be submitted than a report of the non-partisan de monstration in Mr. Bryan's honor at Boston on the 9th inst., at which time he was the guest of Massachusetts' most prominent citizens of all parties. The Boston Evening Transcript, tak ing account of its espousal of McKin ley's cause both in 1896 and 1900, can not be accused of prejudice in Mr. Bryan's favor, had this report of the reception, banouet and speeches: "If there had been any doubt in the mind of Hon. William J. Bryan that he could have the centre of the stage when coming to do a turn in the thea tre of politics in Massachusetts, it must have been dispelled by the gen eral and continual interest shown m him yesterday afternoon and evening. True, he did his turn to non-partisan music, and perhaps that let in some who would otherwise have turned away; but to William J. Bryan as a man the demonstration of which he was the centre from the time he stepped off the train at 3 o'clock, through a big reception and banquet, and a round of speeches, until he re tired late at night, was more or less of a tribute. "To begin with, when Mr. Bryan came up from his train, he found the same old crowd ready to greet him in, the station; and as his carriage passed with others across the city, he found that groups of people on the sidewalks recognized him, as they have done on previous visits to the city, and did much to win a smile or a bow in ac knowledgement of their greetings." The Transcript goes on to commend the high moral tone of Mr. Bryan's speech and to praise its freedom from offensive partisanship. Splendid tri butes were paid to Mr. Bryan's vir tues as a political leader, as a stu dent, as a citizen and a man by Lieut. Governor Bates and ex-Governor Bout well, republicans, and by George Fred WTilliams and Gen. P. A. Collins, dem ocrats. Close readers of the great Nebras kan's speeches will agree with me when I say that in them there Is marked improvement as compared with those delivered in the hurly-burly of the campaign when multitudes clam ored for at least a sight of their leader. In them now there is a breadth of thought and a depth of logic which can only come from, that close study which he is wont to give great politi cal questions. The extracts from his Boston speech, which I here append, breathe the purest patriotism and are pitched in a hi-h moral tone that is at once the pride and boast of every lover of republican government. Said Mr. Bryan: "What is a patriot? I confess I have not been able to find a definition of patriotism which exactly satisfies me. We can find what is a part of pa triotism; we can decide that it is the duty of the patriot to do this or to do that. . ' ' . "We all know that he who in the hour of his country's danger is will Ing to . give that highest evidence of his loyalty to.his government to give ments erected to the memory of pa triots who have sealed with their death the devotion of their lives, and yet, my friends, it would be sad indeed if pa triotism could only be, displayed in time of war. .s "For, if we hope, as we all do, that wars will be less and less frequent, that arbitration will be more and more adopted; if we look forward' to the time when nation shall rise up against nation no more, and when there shall be universal and perpetual peace If we look forward to that time, would it "not be sad to think that with the coming of that glorious day there should be lost fortver the opportunity for man to show his love of country or to prove his title to the term pa triot? - "We must therefore so define pa triotism that it will include those manifestations which show the man's patriotism in peace as well as those things which prove his patriotism In war. I do not know that I can bet ter define patriotism than to say that it is that love of country which leads a man to give to his country that which his country needs at the time his country needs it. (Enthusiastic applause.) "That is a partial patriotism which gives a little and withholds the rest. That is real patriotism which gives the body when the country needs the body, which gives the head when the coun try needs the head, and gives the heart when the country needs the heart. (Renewed applause.) "I regard the duties of peace as im perative as the duties of war. I re gard the nation's calim upon a man's intelligence as imperative as its claim upon his flesh and blood. I regard the country's claim upon the heart and conscience of the citizen as imperative as its claim upon either the body or the mind. More than that. I believe that the country calls upon the body because the people have refused to give the mind and the heart to their country. (Tumultuous applause.) "War is like a surgical operation that severs from the" body a limb be cause the person refused to apply a milder remedy in time. Is it not strange that anyone who loves his country could be so indifferent when little sacrifices are required as to bring about a condition that demands a greater sacrifice? "How little is the sacrifice required! When I tell you that your country de mandsthat our country demands the highest intelligence we can bring to our country, the best conscience we can devote to our country, I am not asking for sacrifice at all. "l am not sure but I ought to give another definition of patriotism and say that it is that intelligence which enables a man to see' that his own highest good is served when his coun try is served. (Applause.) "A senator from Georgia once gave expression to this sentiment in words so apt that I cannot improve them 'who saves his country, saves himself, and all things saved do bless him;' who lets his country die, lets all things die, dies himself ignobly, and all things dying curse him.' "It is true that patriotism is an in telligent selfishness. I do not expect to take selfishness out of mankind. I do not expect that we shall reach a day when there shall be no selfishness. Why, when the Master condensed into one commandment the Ten Command ments, he did not say that you should not love yourself; he simply said, 'Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy self,' and I believe that when he gave us that commandment he not only gave us the fundamental principle that de termines our religion so far as our dealings with our fellows are con cerned, but he gave us a sound phil osophy and he expressed the highest, the broadest and the most enduring self-interest. The man who respects the rights of his neighbor is building the surest fortress for himself. (Ap plause.) The man who is willing to abstain in hours of temptation from doing wrong is giving to himself the greatest protection that he can, and I repeat that it is an enlightened self ishness that leads a man to do things for his country which at the time may seem a sacrifice to himself, but which in the end are really for his own good. Our country demands our intel ligence, and I have no patience with the materialistic view expressed by some that there is no higher purpose in education than to enable a man to get ahead of his neighbor in the busi ness world. "I read some advice given by one of the eminent business men of this country who told the young men whom he was addressing that if a man or boy would leave school at six teen or seventeen and go to work he would get such a start over the boy that continued to go to school, when he was twenty-one, that the latter could never catch up. I do not care whether the boy who leaves college at twenty-one ever catches up with, the man or boy who leaves school at six teen or not in the business world. The man who has no higher idea than the making of money has not reached the level where he can be called, a man. (Applause.) The man who measures life by the amount of money a man can spend in life or leave when he dies has gone . but little beyond the brute that measures life by the food it consumes. . (Applause.) "There is . something higher in edu cation. It is the equipment of man for usefulness. It is the preparation of man to do some good to somebody. I believe, therefore, that it is the duty of the citizen to thing that the hum blest citizen in the land, if his heart is right, may make an impress upon7 the world that will outlast the impress of the great, and in the hearts of those who live after him -build monuments that will live when all the granite has decayed and all the bonds have been broken." TIMBER FOR . NEBRASKA Twentieth Century Medicine. Cascarets Candy Cathartic are as far ahead of ancient pill poisons and liquid physic as the electric light of the tallow candle. Genuine stamped C. C. C. Never sold in bulk. ;AU druggists, roc. After ; Commissioner Jones gets through preventing the Indians "from painting their faces, he will perhaps turn his attention to thq belles of Washington 'who do the fame -thing snd-tpn .their, rations untilLthgy' ftfrree, The 17. S. Bureau of Forestry Declares That the gaad Hills, if the Fires are Kept out, Will all Grow up to Trees Recent statistics show that the re gions in the north and northwest which have furnished the white pine have become almost exhausted, and the forests of the United States almost everywhere are rapidly d-h-appearing. This will not enly result in a g eat scarcity of lumber, but f long con tinued, in a change of climate. If we do not wish to turn this last fertile region of the world into a desert like the forsaken plains of Palestine we must, go to preserving and planting trees, not a few here and there, but in a systematic way under gove.uini :nt supervision. The Independent is glad to know that this state is likely to become the first to profit by this new order of things. The sand hUl-s of the state, now almost worthless, are an ideal region for a government forest reservation. Everyone in the state should lend whatever aid he can to converting those desolate rij'is into a forest that will be an incalculable benefit to the state, both in' its climate and commercially. A buller'jj was is sued January 10 by the burpau of for estry at Washington on this subject. It is as follows: The investigation of Nebraska forest conditions by the bureau of forestry, begun early in the summer of 1901. has been brought to a close. Much valuable information has been secured concerning the natural growth, and the proper species for planting. The investigation covered principally the Platte river and its tributaries, the Pine Ridge district, and the sandhill region. The agents of the bureau in making thi3 examination traversed more than forty counties. In the eastern part of the state and along the Platte river the natural tim ber was studied with reference to its character and tendency to extend its area. An examination was also made of the growth of planted timber both on bottom and upland soil. Special attention was paid to the rate of. growth, reproduction, and extension of area of the timber in Scott's Bluff, Sioux. Dawes, and other' north-west counties. In the sandhill region, the purpose of the investigation was to determine the general adaptability to timber growth. As a result of the investigation the bureau officials are satisfied that if the proper species are selected, the growing of forest trees In Nebraska can be made a paying investment, especially in the eastern part of the state and along streams in other parts. The agents of the bureau of forestry have found that the natural forests of the state tend to extend over new areas rapidly when protected from fire and grazing. This is as true of the pine in the western part of the state as .it is of the deciduous timber in the eastern section. It was also found that the rate of growth of the young natural timber in the western half of the state is fairly rapid. This was already known in regard to the timber in the eastern part of the state, but the recent in vestigation determined this fact for the pine in the western section. Many measurements of young trees of 10 to 12 inches diameter in Scott's Bluff, Banner, Sioux, Dawes, Sheridan and Cherry counties showed an average annual diameter in growth of one sixth to one-quarter inch a rate fully equal to that of the same species in the Black hills. The officials of the bureau are con vinced that the sandhills can be for ested, and made to produce valuable timber. The tendency of the sandhills to increase in woody growth is re garded by all who have studied them as strong evidence of their adapta bility to timber. Natural timber has been found growing on them in a number of places. For example, both pine and cedar are growing in typical sandhills along the Niobrara river; and wherever the growth is protected from fire and stock it increases in area year by year. At other points in the hills even remote from streams clumps of both pine and hackberry have been found. In addition to this, experimental plantations of pine in the sandhills have grown with great vigor, during recent years. The forestation of the sandhills has seemed so feasible to those who have studied the question ' that for several years a proposition for the national government to reserve large areas in fhe sandhill region for forest planting has been gaining many advocates. This plan is supported by many of the public men of Nebraska, including the governor, the United States sena tors and representatives from that state, and members of the faculty of the state university, and at an early date it will be laid before the secretary of the interior. So thoroughly has the bureau of forestry become con vinced of the practicability of forest ing the sandhills that it is aiding the efforts to secure the setting aside of a tree-planting reserve in that region. To ascertain whether public land Is available for the proposed reserves, the bureau has collected data from the different land offices of the state for the preparation of a map showing the exact area and location of the va cant land. This map will be of great value in locating the reserve. The movement for a tree-planting reserve in the sandhills is generally approved by the people of Nebraska If the reserve is established; early preparation will be made for planting on such a scale as will be of great benefit to the entire state. In any event the results obtained in this investigation will be of great vaiue in determining future plans for the improvement of the forest condi tions of the plains region. How to Aid Boers Editor Independent: I wish to sub mit a plan that I believe will put a stop to the South African war. Mil lions of voters of all parties are ready to sign the following pledge: "We, the undersigned, do pledge our sacred honor to work and to vote against President ; Roosevelt for any office within the gift of the people If the furnishing for the English army of horses, mules and other munitions of war is not at once stopped." Let B6er clubs be formed all over Ihisjnatfon to get signers to the pledge. do his sworn duty. Otherwise : the blood of thousands of men, women and children may be upon our heads. Let every lover of liberty go to work. s . . I write this to you because I believe The Independent is a true friend to the oppressed. Yours truly, ' ' FREDERICK SPINK. Kearney, Neb. Poultry Show The State Poultry, association has had an exhibition during the week at the auditorilm. It was a sight to see it. There were chickens, black, white, buff,, speckeled, with , long tails, short tails and no tails at all. Little chick ens with red gills, white gills and no gills at all. There were big geese, white geese, black ducks and whUe ducks, Belgian' hares, pigeons, Incu bators, buff eggs, white eggs, big eggs and little eggs and about four hundred roosters of all breeds and sizes, each one trying to outcrow the other. There was also a cage or two of blooded cats. Whether .they are really "poul try" or not the label did not reveal. Nebraska is. a great country for chick ens. The dry climate and pure air brings every breed to the very top notch. Many women in this state are making morey breeding poultry. BUYING PAPERS A New Scheme of the g. o. p. National Com mittee How to Make It Pro Ye a Boomerang The Independent has received news so often from parties in the country telling of the purchase of populist pa pers and negotiations and attempts to purchase others, that it has come to the conclusion that there is a con certed plan on the part of the repub lican national committee to get hold of every one in that way that possibly can be purchased. Populist editors have fought a great fight against great odds. They have never had any sub sidies of any sort and the big adver tisers have almost universally refused to advertise in such papers, even when it was apparent that it would be to their interest , to do so. Again when the populists have carried a county in which the republican paper has al ways had all of the public printing, the populist authorities have many times let the printing to 'the lowest bidder, in which case the republican paper, or those back of it, would come in and bid it off below cost to prevent the populist paper from getting it. In other cases' the public printing has been distributed equally between all the papers of-", the county of both parties. All these performances have made the life of the country populist editor one of poverty. ' Having re duced these editors to "that condition by the aid of the populists who have been elected to office, the republicans now come to the man who has fought for reform for many years and make him a tempting offer in cash for his outfit and it is made a republican pa per. Is it any wonder that some of these men, with all the old wrongs fresh in their memories,, finally come to the conclusion -that to fight for re form is not -only to lead a life of hardship and poverty, but that sacri fices made receive no recognition and that they are not appreciated. While in that state of mind they sell out, and the paper appears as a republican organ. At first for a few weeks it is complimentary to the populists tell ing them that they are leaders in re form, that they have been sold out by their leaders who only wanted of fice and were trying to drive them into the old democratic camp. They say: "Come back into the republican party, attend the primaries and you can get real reform there, not "the shams that have been imposed upon you." The Mark Hanna leaders see great returns for the money-spent in that way. If in every case the populist county au thorities would see to it that a copy of The Independent was sent to all the subscribers of the bought out pa per the Mark Hanna plan would prove a boomerang. There has been a hew deal made at Beaver City, Nebi The populist pa per has been consolidated with the republican paper under an agreement that two columns shall be devoted to the interest of reform, but the title reads: "The Times-Tribune, A Re publican Newspaper." The two col umns are to be written by Will M. Maupin, a member of the staff of Mr. Bryan's Commoner. He starts off by giving a statement of principles which The Independent fully endorses. Espe cial attention is called to this state ment to the readers of The Indepen dent who reside in the eastern and other states and especially to the numerous new subscribers, many of whom have written that they are anxious, to become more , fully ac quainted with populist principles. Mr. Maupin says: "This department is edited in the interests of the democratic and popu list parties. It will advocate the prin ciples of the Kansas City and Sioux Falls platforms and staunchly oppose the financial, colonial and protective tariff principles as espoused by the leaders of the republican party. The department has been called into ex istence by the consolidation of the Times and Tribune, and is the result of an agreement entered into before the final completion of the consolida tion." Mr. Maupin gives his first article the title of "Our Platform," and it is as follows: "We believe in equal rights for all; special privileges for none. "We believe in human liberty, the just inheritance of all men, every where. "We believe that governments de rive their just powers from the con sent of the governed. "We believe that government in which the people governed have no voice is unjust. "We believe that the American flag is an emblem too sacred to -float over a people who will not die in its de fense. "We believe that taxation without representation is un-American, in contradiction' to the Declaration of In dependence and a violation of the constitution. 1 "We believe that this government can not exist half free and half sub ject.'"' ". - "We believe that any public policy which fosters monopoly, builds up jiiiTimiiMEf iMiinin iiiiiriiiiifiMsiniEiiriiiiiiiiniuiiiiiinfiiiiiiinMifiiiiiiiirniiiiiiiiM iiii niiiiin iMiiiiiniiii i ini Miiin un m n Making Way for the Liliputian Bazar MMdi-ElUNb-0 Wonderful Values Wonderful Remodeling Sale Wonderful Selling , Time, and the grand opening of the Liliputian Bazar, wait for no man. The days S are slipping by, and the end of the great Ann st rone: Remodeling Sale is in sicrht. So also is the end of the lines, to unload which this sale was inaugurated. Never was there a more successful sale. Thousands of customers have been benefitted bv it. entire num Such tempting You might as well be numbered with the lucky ones. This is a personal invitation for you to do so. We 11 pay you a premium to find one single dissatisfied person among the ber. You will avoid vain regrets by ,pemg prompt to purchase, offers permit no refusal. If you don't take them, someone else will. is In the Men's Clothing Department We Offer I Without Reserve All the remainder of the men's finest dress and business suits that sold at $18.00, $20.00, $22.50 and $25.00, in weaves and patterns most beautiful, in plain and fancy colors, in styles strictly fresh and up-to-date at (J I 0 QQ the uniform slaughter price of. 0 I OiUU All the remainder of the lines that sold for $15.00, $16.50, up to $18.00 nothing too strong could possibly be said, of these all slaughtered at the 0 I I "7Q uniform price of .0 I I I 0 Our $10.00, $11.00, $12.50 and $13.50 suits the greatest bargains at these prices ever shown in Lincoln gems of the clotheier's art round, square and double breasted, sack, frock and cut-away styles Browns, Blues and Greys in English Meltons, Pebble Cheviots, Gray Mixture Cheviots, - Black Cheviots, Unfinished Worsteds, 'Gray Clay Worsteds, Black Clay Worsted, Middlesex Blues absolute- 07 AO ly your choice for 0 iO An elegant suit, sold up to $10.00, OR QQ for ..OUiUU A good c-uit, sold up to $7.50, (Jg An honest suit, sold up to $6.00, 0 TjQ Odds and ends, that sold up to $5.00, 00 QQ for... VLiOO NO SUCH SHOWING AS YOU FIND HERE. NO SUCH VALUES AS YOU FIND HERE. EVERYTHING SACRIFICED. Overcoats that sold up to $7.50 0 Overcoats that sold up to $10.00, for.... 1 -9 Our $10.00, $11.00, $12.50 and $13.50 lins superb showings wonderful bargains at the original figures Kerseys. Cheviots and Vicunas, Blacks, Blues and Browns, Blue $6.98 Chinchillas take your choice for. All oir men's $15.00, $16.50 and $18.50 overcoats for Si All rw.iT. monV 9A (f t09 Kft and $zb.uu overcoats for. 7.48 11.78 13.98 When in the City Make This Store Your Headquarters BOYS' and CHILDREN'S DEPARTMT IN ORDER TO PAVE THE WAY FOR THE INAUGURATION OF THE LILI PUTIAN BAZAR WE ARE MAKING THE MOST TREMENDOUS SACRI FICES. WE DON'T WANT TO CAR RY A SINGLE GARMENT INTO THE NEW QUARTERS. r 50 doz. boys apron overalls that we sold at 25c, going in this sale for An honest value knee pants, values that are a present day wonder.. About 25 doz. choice patterns of knee pants that sold at 40c and 45c, go ing at... , All of our 50c, 60c and 65c knee pants in this sale for. . , In sizes 11, 12, 13 and 14 only we have a very choice lot of boys' unlaun dered mothers' friend waists that we sold at 35c, 50c and 75c, going in this sale at If lit 1 3c ...16c 25c 39c A few Rough Rider suits in tans and blues in sizes 4 to 8, that sold at $1, going in this sale at , . . Boys' knee pant suits that we sold at $3 and $3.50, in all sizes from 3 to 15, about SO of the choicest patterns left, going in tils' sale 'at Boys' long pant suits that we sold at $6, $6.50 and $7.50, they come in blue and black serge, browns, grays and blue mixtures, plain, stripes and check effects, going in this sale at.. ...21c ..49c $2.40 $4.95 1 BASKET BARGAINS Slaughter in the Furnishing Department. 50c and 75c lined gloves and mittens, QQ a pair.... OvJu Odds and ends shirts, including all OIa linen Ill "(Wl Odds and ends negligee shirts. . . 35c East India wool work shirts. Fancy half hose in stripes, a pair. Vice president suspenders, 25c values Genuine French web suspenders in cantab, leather and cast off ends Heavy wool seamless sox, extra long, double heel and toe, improved round 10 I heel, a pair .XL mLt ...IOC .7c En blacks, a pair.. uu 5c 5c 2c Ic He Fancy Half Hose in colors, a pair Fremont mills hose, browns and Small lot bows.... Celluloid collars. Good handkerchiefs, each Colored collars, handsome patterns. Turkey red bandanas ARMSTRONG CLOTHING CO 1221-23-25-27 O St., Lincoln, Neb. If You Can't Come Write Our Mail Order Department IlilllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIilllllllllllllllllN tal unlimited power, is iniquitous, and dangerous to the life of the nation. "We believe that this nation, found ed on liberty, self-government and righteousness, should ever be ready to lend a helping hand to. those who struggle for the same blessing for which our forefathers fought and which, we enjoy through their sacri fices and devotion. "We believe in the initiative and referendum. "We believe that American ingenui ty and skill can compete with the world without the aid of tariff protec tion. "We believe that those who profit most from the advantages of free gov ernment should bear the largest share of the expenses of government. For that reason we favor- a graduated in come tax. "We believe in the free and unre stricted coinage of both gold and sil-ver-the money of the constitution at the ration of 16 to 1. "We believe that the government should issue all the money, and while recognizing the utility of banks of deposit, we oppose banks of issue. "We believe the proposed system of asset currency to be fraught with the gravest danger, and oppose the idea that the government shall delegate its power of issuing the money of the country to national banks, or any other kind of banks. "We oppose government by in junction and demand that judges, whether federal or state, shall be elected by the people. We further demand that actions for contempt shall appear as complainant instead of sitting as the final arbiter. "We favor the construction of the Nicaraguan canal by the government, government ownership of the tele graph,, postal savings banks; munici pal ownership of public utilities and the abolition of private monopolies. "Upon this platform we are prepared to stand, and challenge the opposition to a discussion of any or all of its planks." - y . Mention The Independent .when TARIFF FIGHT ON The Houm Sneaks Out of it and Leaves Every Thing to the Senate Hanna Snubs Roosevelt Washington, D. C, Jan. 19. The various interests which have always rushed to the front clamoring for pro tection when a tariff bill is under con sideration are all in Washington watching the proposition touching the Philippine and Cuban tariffs. Under the rank decision of the su preme court a high tariff wall will be erected between the Philippines add the United States. The Philippine commission declares that 50 per cent of the Dingley tariff rates would be ample for the revenues of the islands and this meets Presi dent Roosevelt's views, but the house wants the whole Dingley rate admin istered and leaves to the senate as usual the task of reducing the bar riers some 25 per cent. Cuba is loudly calling for free trade, especially on sugar and tobacco, in exchange for similar concessions on American machinery and other pro ducts. Again the house is indisposed to do anything, but the senate is in a. more reasonable frame and will either by amendment or the acceptance of a reciprocity treaty give Cuba a 25 per cent rebate on her principal products. This will be of essential advantage to Cuban planters, who are slowly re covering from the effects of the war, although the sugar trust will largely benefit from its enormous investments in Cuban sugar lands. v j The American beet sugar growers are making a sturdy fight against this concession, but are badly handi capped by their own glowing pros pectuses of recent years in which they set forth enormous profits for the beet sugar industry. Rathbone and Neely, the Cuban postal looters, . seem , about to receive their just deserts at the hands of the Cuban courts.- y.U- : h, v, , But iij effect trere la not much dif- property is eaten up by official thieves or official sinecure-holders. The present salary roll of Cuba still under American control is twice what it was in the palmiest days of Span ish corruption Every cheap revo lutionist and scalawag has been given a soft snap to keep him from turn his; brigand. , It may be the cheapest way In the end, but it doesn't look very well en the surface. The comments on Roosevelt's of!l cial brusqueness, not to say rudene. have been so severe on the part f the republican leaders that he l actually showing signs of hauling in his horns. , He now takes men of standing position into his private room, whrrf they can confer with some sen?e of decency and dignity, instead of having their business bellowed to the pubh multitude, but it is not visible th::t the president has changed his po. y to any material extent as to appoint ments to office. It ia a safe pred ctio that there will be a big crop of public scandals as the result of his hasty action in scores of directions. Senator Hanna wins some crt '" commendation even from his bitter--'' political foes" by the sturdy w:iy' !. stands for the memory of McKinU-v and refuses to bow the knee to V present occupant of the White hou:- He took a whole batch of papers re lating to would-be candidates for of flee in the south up to Roosevelt U.' other day and handed them over witL these brief comments: "Mr. President. I have gone ov r these papers carefully. Those mcr. are all capable, reliable republicans and deserving of the places which th seek. Had McKinley lived they would have been appointed. I have no r -ommendations to make. Good day." So saying he turned on his heel and stumped off. D. P. B. HEALTHY TREES j 1 1 3 to ft., I6( cherry, toft., lSi peach. 1; ri grape, tH per 100. 1000 Ash! (1 ; Catilpa, LcK-mfc. IC lu.- I Ett.B. Elder andOmareUedKe; law prW. Oi knr I t i
