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MAMIISON. . . - NEBRASKA
NEBRASKA NEWS NOTE;;
York la to build a new ward school.
Tecumaeb will organize a Bryan club.
Leigh is to have a Dew Methodist
eaurch.
Calloway baa organized a Rough Rid
ers' club.
Threshing is in progress in
part of the state.
The Record and News of Greenwood
have been consolidated.
The Modern 'Xtyodmen held a log-rolling
at Madison on July 1$.
State Senator Giffert of Cuming coun.
ty Is at Cape Nome, Alaska.
Alliance reports conditions pertinent
to a shortage of hay crop in that vi
cinity. One Held of winter wheat near Bell'
-wood threshed a trifle over forty bush
els to tbe acre.
An old settlers' reunion and picnic
will be held in Fairmont on Wednes
day, August IS.
The Young People's union will hold Hi
seventh annual meeting at Madilla oo
the Mtb and 25th.
tornado in Logan county on July
4 destroyed several houses, but no per
sere injured.
Thomas Mallet, a well known busk
peas man of Fremont, died at hi
borne, aged SO years. ,
The Alnsworth Star-Journal starts in
on Its fifteenth year with every evf.
of prosperity.
Twenty-six bead of fat cattle disap
peared from the railroad stock yards
at Bradshaw, and no trace of them
baa Deen discovered.
Thayer depot was struck by
lightning and burned to tbe ground in
a heavy storm last week.
A freight train and a passenger train
bumped their tail-ends together at
swood and gave tbe wrecking
two hours' work.
Fourteen acres of wheat and seven
teea acres of oats went up in smoke
at Oeneva as a result of sparks from
a passing F., E. & M. V. engine.
Pro. J. A. Seattle, who will quite the
State Normal school about August 1,
win go to "Weston, Ore., where he has
been elected principal of the Eastern
Oregon Normal school.
The Nebraska Epworth assembly will
be held at Lincoln park from August
1 to the 9th, inclusive. An unusually
attractive program has been prepared.
Half rates from all points with 200
i from Lincoln.
Tbe 4-year-old son of James Henry
of Tecumseh lost two toes in a sickle.
Mr. Henry was mowing weeds about
the house, and in some manner the
child got In contact with the mowing
knives, unnoticed by his father.
Reports from ranchmen near Alliance
aJl lead, to the theory that there will
he a shortage in the hay crop in that
section this season, without there are
phenomenal rains, and these would
the baying season very late.
A passing train set fire to a field of
Standing- wheat near Silver Creek, be
longing to Henry Eby and destroyed
eight acres. Ten acres of oats belonging-
to George Hutchlngs and about
three acres belonging to D. J. Towsles
were also destroyed.
William Lyons of Trenton was badly
Injured. He was crossing a bridge on
horseback when the animal became un
manageable and Jumped off Into the
stream, a distance of thirty feet. Ly
ons Is now nursing a broken leg and
a badly twisted spinal column.
The Wayne Herald suggests that a
mall league with about twelve good
teams could be organized In Northeast
Nebraska to play ball that would prove
a success if it could be so arranged
that every team would have exclusive
Ism stayers Great Interest would
in It.
Ted (X Brine and Andrew Olton, two
nattsmouth boys, became engaged In
euarrel and in the mlxup OTBrtne
strew hla knife and stabbed Olson be
twees the ribs. CBrine was placed in
jjafl to await the result of the wound.
It la feared may prove fatal.
At the school meeting held at. Tork
a resolution was adopted that more
wehool rooms are needed and that a site
14 he purchased and a new ward
baUdlng be built on East hill.
wtB give Tork four ward school
, and tbe high school building.
Waddmgton was called to Wy-
M hold an Inquest over tbe re
ef Mrs, Sarah J. Smith, an cl
ot that city, who was
la bed at her residence In
Wymore. Investigation proved
aha had died of neglect and starva.
II County Stork association
(a
of the past. The secretary
tfea members seemed to hsvs
la the association and did
est
Ka meetings, and It wsa
leased best lo wind up the
of the organisation. The as
haw been paying a bounty of
ill woman
trass
'' r j r-WT raf wolf killed In the
v JC. tny member
l.T U aJettattoa, and this practice
's&tr-rm. be alaoontlnued.
THE TICKET BRYAN HAS
mem mmz,m
JEFFERSON AMD TmPMALM :
CW. J. Bryan In N. T. Journal)
The advocates of Imperialism have
ought to support their positions by
ippeallng to the authority of Jefferson
Of all the statesmen who have evet
ived, Jefferson was the one most hos
ile to the doctrines embodied in the
lemand for a European colonial policy.
Imperialism, as it now presents Itself,
unbraces four distinct propositions:
First That the acquisition of terri
ory by conquest Is right.
Second That the acquisition of re
oote territory is desirable.
"NOT SELF-GOVERNED."
Third That the doctrine that govern
nents derive their Just powers from tbe
onsent of the governed is unsound.
Fourth That people can be wisely
overned by aliens.
To all these propositions Jefferson
ras emphatically opposed. In a letter
0 William Short, written In 1791, he
laid:
"If there be one principle more deep
y written than any other in the mind
f every American, it is that we should
tave nothing to do with conquest."
AMERICA SHOULD AVOID CON
QUEST." Could he be more explicit? Here we
tave a clear and strong denunciation
f the doctrine that territory should
te acquired by force. If It Is said that
re have outgrown the Ideas of tbe fath-
v, it may be observed that the doc
rlne laid down by Jefferson was relt
trated only a few years ago by no less
1 republican than James G. Blaine. All
emember tbe enthusiasm with which
ie entered into thework of bringing
he republics of North and South Amer
ca Into close and cordial relations.
Jome, however, may have forgotten the
resolutions Introduced by him at the
tonference heid in lhSW, and approved
ty the commissioners present. They
ire as follows:
"First That the principle of conquest
thai! not, during the continuance or
he treaty of arbitration, be recognized
is admissible under American public
aw.
Second That all cessions of terrl-
ry made during the continuance of
:he treaty of arbitration shall be void
f made under threats of war or In the
presence of an armed force.
"Third -Any nation from which such
sessions shall be exacted may demand
hat the validity of the cessions so
aade shall be submitted to arbitration.
PRINCIPLE) OK CONQUEST IS
WRONG.
"Fourth Any renunciation of the
1ght to arbitration made under the
ondltlona named in the second sec
tion shall be null and void."
If the principle of conquest Is right.
shy should It be denied a place in
kmerksn public law? So objectionable
Is the theory of acquisition of territory
sy "inquest that the nation which sut
lers such ' Injustice can, according to
As resolutions, recover by arbitration
the land ceded In the presence of an
irmed force. So abhorrent is It that a
salver of arbitration made under suchi
llrcumstances is null and void. While
aie resolutions were only for the con
sideration of the American republics,
:he principle therein cannot be limited
sy latitude or longitude.
But this is a time of great and rapid
hanges, and some may even look upon
Blaine's official act as ancient history,
tf so, let It be remembered that Presl
int McKinley, In 1897, in a message to
Ingress, discussing the Cuban sltua
on, said:
"I speak not of forcible annexation,
r that cannot be thought of. That,
r our code of morality, would be crlm
al aggression."
And yet some are now thinking oi
tat which was then "not to be t
of." Policy may change, but does a
"code of morality" change?
In his recent speech at Savannah.
Secretary Gage, in defending the new
policy of tbe administration, suggested
that "philanthropy and five per cent
may go hand In hand."
Surely we know not what a day may
bring forth If in so short a time "crim
inal aggression" may be transformed
into "philanthropy and five per cent."
What beauty, what riches, the islet
of the Pacific must possess If they can
tempt our people to abandon not only
the traditions of a century but our
standard of national morality! What
visions of rational greatness the Phil
ippines must arouse If the very sight
of them can lead our country to vie
with the monarchies of the old world
In the extension of sovereignty by
force!
Jefferson has been called an expan
sionist, but our opponents will search
In vain for a single instance, where he
advocated the acquisition of remote
territory.
On the contrary, he expressly dis
claimed any desire for land outside of
the North American continent.
That he looked forward to the annex
ation of Cuba is well known, but in a
letter to President Monroe, dated June
23, 1823. he suggested that we should
be In readiness to receive Cuba "when
solicited by herself!"
To hlrn Cuba was desirable only be
cause of the island's close proximity to
the United States. Thinking that some
one might use the snnexatlon of Cuba
as a precedent for indefinite expansion,
he said in a letter toPresldent Mad
ison, dated April 27. 1809:
"NO LIMIT TO FUTURE) ACQUISI
TIONS." "It will be objected to our receiving
Cuba that no limit can then be drawn
to our future acquisitions," but, fce
added, "Cuba can be defended by us
without a navy, and this develops tbe
principle which ought to limit our
views. Nothing should ever be accept
ed which would require a navy to de
fend It"
In the same letter, speaking of the
possible acquisition of that Island, he
said:
"I would Immediately erect a column
on the southernmost limits of Cuba and
Inscribe on It a ne plus ultra as to us
In that direction."
It may be argued that Jefferson wi
wrong in asserting that we should con
fine our possessions to the North Amer
ican continent, but certainly no one
can truthfully quote blm a an author
ity for incursions Into the eastern hem
isphere. If be were unwilling to go
further south that Cuba, even In the
western hemisphere, would he be likely
to look with favor upon colonies in the
Orient?
If the authority of Jefferson cannot
be evoked to support the acquisition of
remote territory, much less can his
great name be used to excuse a colo
nial policy which denies to the people
the right o govern themselves.
When he suggested an inscription for
his monument he did not enumerste
the honors which he had received, tho'
no American had been more highly hon
ored; he ot!y asked to be remembered
for What he had done, and he named
the writing of the Declaration of In
dependence as the greatest of his
deeds.
"NO GOVERNMENT BT EXTERNAL
FORCE."
In that memorable document he de
clared it a self-evident truth that gov
ernments derive their Just power from
the consent of tbjr. fvemed. The de
fense and Apvftooraeot of that doctrine
esDeclal car, atm wrKrog
bound with epraammi -
his
devotion to that D8tf
i solid
TO BEAT.
ude for it. He preached it in the en
husiasm of his youth; he reiterated II
hen he reached the age of maturity;
e crowned It with benedictions In hli
Id age. Who will say that, if living
ie would Jeopardise It today by en
rafting upon It the doctrine of govern
oent by external force?
Upon the fourth proposition of Jef
erson Is no less explicit. Now, whet
ome are suggesting the wisdom of s
nlltary government for the Philip-
lines, or a colonial system such ai
Cngland administers In India, It wll
lot ba out of place to refer to the man
ier In which Jefferson viewed the In
ibllity of aliens to' prescribe laws and
administer government. In 1817 f
French society was formed for the pur
pose of settling upon a tract of lan
near the Tomblgbee river. Jeffersor
was invited to formulate laws and reg
ulations for the society. On the Itr
of January of that year he wrote frorr
Montlcello expression his high apprecia
tion of the confidence expressed In him
but declined to undertake the task. Th
reasons he gave are well worth con
sidering at this time. After wishing
them great happiness In their under
taking, he said:
"The laws, however, which must ef-
efct this must flow from their own hab
its, their own feelings and the re
sources of their own minds. No stran
ger to these could possibly propose reg
ulations adapted to them. Every peo
ple have their own particular habits
ways of thinking, manners, etc., whirl
have grown up with them from theli
Infancy, are become a part of their na
ture, and to which the regulation
which are to make them happy must
be accommodated. No member of a for.
elgn country can have a sufficient sym
pathy with these. The Institutions ot
Lycurgus, for example, would not suit
Athens, nor those of Solor, Lacedae
mon. The organisations of Locke were
Impracticable for Carolina, and those
of Rousseau for Poland. Turning In
wardly on myself from these eminenl
Illustrations of the truth of my obser
vation, I feel all the presumption II
would manifest should I undertake to
do what this respectable society li
alone qualified to do suitably for itself.'
"ALIEN LACKS SYMPATHY WITH
, US."
The alien may possess greater Intel
ligence and greater strength, but h
lacks the sympathy for, and the Identi
fication with, the people. We have only
to recall the grievances enumerated It
the Declaration of Independence tc
learn how an ocean may dilute Justlct
and how the cry of the oppressed cat
be silenced by distance. And yet tin
Inhabitants of tbe colonies were th
descendants of the Englishmen blooc
of their blood and bone of their bone
Shall we be mo're considerate of sub
JecU further away from us, and differ
Ing from us in color, race and tongue
than the English were of their owi
offspring?
Modeat Jefferson! He had been gov
ernor, ambassador to France, Viet
president and president; he wa ripe Ir
experience and crowned with honors:
but thl modern lawgiver, this Immor
tal genius, hesitated to suggest lawi
for a people with whose habit, cus
tom and method of thought he wa
unfamiliar.
And yet the Imperialists of today, In
toxica ted by a taste of power, are rest
enough to enter upon the government
of the Philippine, confident of the na
tion' ability to compel obedience, evel
If it cannot earn gratitude or win f
feet Ion. Plutarch said that men en
tertalned three sentiments eoncernlni
the ancient god:
They feared them for their strength
admired them for their wisdom and
loved them for their Justice.
Jefferson taught the doctrine thai
government should win the love ot
men. What shall be the ambition of out
nation to be loved because It I Just oi
to ha feared beca-iss It I strong?
ABOUT THE FOOD WE EAT.
There Is no one evil now prevalent
n this country, not even the intemp r
ate use of alcoholic drinks, which has
more vital Importance to the Ix-alth
of the people than the adulteration of
our foods.
A man is as young as Ms arteries.
Every time you put in your system
more mineral matter than nature In
tended you drive a nail in your cof
fin. I do not believe that anybody
ought to die of apoplexy.
It Is well known that flour made of
wheat has been largely adulterated in
this country by the addition of purely
Starchy matter derived from Indian
eorn. Physiological chemists have dis
covered that there is a certain balance
-In the foods of man which should not
be disturbed. In other words, there Is
a definite relation between the quanti
ties of protein, fat and carbohydrate
matters, which, when sustained, ren
ders this mixed fxid most nutritious,
and therefore most economical.
Bread made from wheat flour, espe
cially If it be made as nearly as possi
ble from the whole grain. Is recognized
by physicians and physiologists as be
ing practically a complete human food,
with a certain definite ratio existing between-
the protein matter which it con
tains and the fats and carbohydrates.
It la evident at once that the addition
of other starchy matter will disturb
this ratio, and thus render the food
less economical, by Increasing enor
mously one of Its constituents without
changing the quantities of the others.
. You may use baking powders with
flour if you wish, but when you do,
don't invite me to be your guest at
dinner.
Glucose Is, as Is well known, largely
used as an adulterant for honey and
Jelly. Honey owes Its value to the pe
culiar flavor which It possesses, due
to the aromatic substance derived from
tbe flowers, and possibly to traces of
formic acid, obtained from the diges
tive organs of the bee. In other words,
.vine yls not prised simply because It
Is a carbohydrate, but because of its
flavcr. Whenever, therefore, glucose Is
added to honey, by the substitution of
It for the aromatic substances above
mentioned the peculiar flavor Is de
stroyed and the honey is to that ex
tent less desirable. So here la another
Instance In which the Introduction of
a perfectly harmless substance In food
may render It positively Injurious.
Another class of adulterants Is used
for preservatives. For economical rea
sons foods are not always consumed
on the spot where they are produced
nor at the time of their production.
Many foods are of a perishable na
ture, and If not consumed at the time
of their maturity are lost. To render
these fooda serviceable through the
entire year and In localities widely sep
arated from the place of their origin,
some method of conservation must be
employed.
There are two methods of food preser
vation which are perfectly natural and
permissible. One consists In the com
plete desslcatton or drying of the food
so as to prevent the fermentation which
A NEW ITCH FROM PHILIPPINES.
Washington. D. C (Special.) One of
the novelties that have been Introduced
into this country from our new pos
sessions Is a tropical form of Itch gen
erally known as dhobles.
This ailment has made Its appear
ance in Iowa and its outbreak Is said
to be due to some returned soldiers.
.TJiere Is some doubt at present as to
whether it Is the Cuban Itch or the
Philippine variety, which is known us
dhobles itch.
It Is 'thought by Surgeon General
Sternberg of the United States army
to be the Philippine kind, because the
Fifty-first Iowa regiment recently re
turned from the Islands. On the oth
er hand, a physician of Eldora, la..
where a number of cases have broken
out, declares that It is the Cuban Itch.
In aye nase they are merely varieties
of the same thing. Dhobles Is the com
mon name for It in the east
The outbreak of the disease has caus
ed a great deal of alarm In Iowa, where
it was at first mistaken by the sufferers
for smallpox. The first symptoms of
the tropical Itch bear a very alarming
resemblance to that terrible disease.
Oven now that It Is known to threaten
no serious danger, It is none the less
distressing and much feared.
The most unpleasant feature about
the Itch I that It li extremely con
tagious. It spreads from one person
to another with great rapidity. Unless
prompt and strong measure are taken
to check It there Is no reason wby it
Should not spread to a whole city. The
banker In his bank and belle in her
boudoir will be attacked by It and
their dignity and beauty selously im
paired. 1
Dhobles I extremely common thro'
southeastern Asia, a region which in
clude the Philippine Islands. The peo
ple are engaged a large part of the
time In scratching themselves, an oc
cupation which raves them from think
ing too much of their other trouble.
The Spaniards, needles sto say, have
don nothing to cure a trouble that
arise chiefly from personal neglectful
nes. With the advance of American
civilisation In the east dhobles will
doubtless fly.
In Scotland an ailment of similar ap
pearance is due to excessive eating of
oatmeal. A former Duke of Argyll
erected a large collection of strong
posts on hi estate, and the handy
produces dny. The second method li
to subjct the f'd lo a pjsteunxlng nl
i sterilising temperature for a time suffl.
cl.-ntly long to destroy the germs oi
i ferment ti n. The foods thus pasteur-
Ized or sterilised aie prevented front
coming Into contact with the air. and
thus excluding the fermentation.
It is well known that there are
great m.sny substances which p"ee
neither taste nor odor and which havt
this retarding action upon the fer
mentative germs. The addition of thes
bodies to f.xids secures their preserva
tion and at the same time does not Im
pair their flavor. Among the preserva
tives which have been commonly em
ployed in this way may be mentioned
sodium sulphate, boraclc acid, borax
potassium nitrate, sodium chloride, so
dium Bilieo-flourld, potassium flourld,
Bulphurous acid, formaldehyde, salicyl
ic acid, benzoic acid, abrastol and sac
charine. A glance at these substances wll
show that they are of two generaj
kinds, those of an Inorganic naturt
which are mentioned first, beginning
with sodium sulphite and those of ao
organld nature, beginning with for
maldehyde. I have oiriltted all pre
servatives which on account of odoi
or taste could not be conveniently
used In the preservation of human food.
It will be noticed that some of the
bodies In the first class are of a condi
mentary nature and therefore cannot
be rigidly considered as food preserva
tives. We must not exclude from food
the condiments with which we are fa
miliar. They are necessary and desir
able, although being of themselves ol
little food value, and hence the use ol
any one of the bodies mentioned above,
In a eondlmentary sense, cannot be
considered reprehensible. Of the bodlcr
mentioned above, those which are most
commonly used as condiments are com
mon salt and potassium nitrate, the
latter, however, to a very limited ex
tent. Artificial colors are now used to a
large extent In human foods, chiefly ir
butter and oleomargarine, canned meat
and preserved vegetables. Butter ni
oleomargarine were formerly colored
yellow with tumeric. The Introduction
of the coal tar dyes provided a cheaper
coloring matter, and one of the azo
dyes, tropaeolln, which gives a bright
yellow color and at a smaller expense.
The green color of peas and lieana
and other green vegetables, which are
preserved by sterilization. Is fixed by
the u of zinc and copper salts. These
bodies act as a mordant, entering the
tissues of the green plants and fixng
the chlorophyll, by preventing Its
transformation Into xanthophylt, which,
would otherwise cccuron long keeping.
Green peas which are pasteurized with
out the addition of zinc or copper be
come yellow by the production of xan
thophyll, while If zinc or copper salt
be employed the green color Is pre
serTed.
A good many unhappy marriages are
caused by the wrong man proposing at
the right time.
Scotchmen rub their backs against
these, exclaiming as they do so: "God
bless the Duke of Argyll." Perhaps
something of this kind will be needed
In Iowa.
The medical department of the army
Is receiving many reports from the
field In the Philippines and In Cuba In
dicating the alarming prevalence of
dhobles. In Cuba It Is called the Cuban
Itch and In the Philippines It Is colled
the dhobles Itch and pemphigus.
Surgeon General Sternberg's atten
tion was called to the statement ;hat
the Cuban Itch has broken out In loaa,
where It Is attributed to soldiers rt
turning from Cuba. General Steinberg
said: "I do not know whether the
Itch In Iowa Is or Is not the Itch which
Is prevalent In the tropical countries,
among the soldiers. It is more likely
that the Itch In Iowa was brought bark
not from Cuba but from the Philippine,
where the Fifty-first Iowa served and
returned to this country.
"This Itch Is something like tinea or
ringworm. It Is, of course, very pain
ful and keeps the patient scratching a
great deal of the time. The war de
partment has been called upon recently
to send an increased lot of itch medi
cines or parasiticides to the Philippine,
and In general to the army In the trop
ic. We do not regard the disease a
at all dangerous. It I only exceedingly
nnoylng."
Among the paper left by the Duke
of Montague, who was governor o(
George lis four sons, la one headed.
"Diet for the year 1771." This list of
nursery menus ends with "breakfast at
:, dinner from 1 to 6, supper at B;30."
Monday night, no supper, and every al
ternate Monday to be bathing night."
Once a fortnight, then, the royal boy
got a bath! Actually, this Is worse
than the old New England fashion ot
the Saturday "tub night," probably
copied from the English custom o
bothlng only "alternate Mondays."
Twenty Chicago women got together
and vigorously chastised a ehronl
wlfe-brater. The victim did not ap
preciate the novelty of the treatment
and kicked, but no on can register a
kick effectively while resting on
hi
stomach with angry women doing
cakewalk on bis spinal column.
