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:,WIUlHlgWI-lJH mum ii "wimyp.fnpinwww) 'WW nwwu flW i ,nf KmtiiifWPr"Wi ,- til APRIL" 10, 1903. The Commoner, .r II WH3WHn UHM.. IP THE WEEK AT WASHINGTON m It was announced from Washington on March 29 that Minister Bowen is at work on the protocol for sending to The Hague arbitration tribunal the question whether the allied nations shall have preferential treatment in the payment of claims of their citizens against Venezuela. It is understood that some difficulty is being made over Mr. Bowen's proposition that -the czar of Russia shall name the members of the court. It is also announced that according to the terms in the protocol of February 13 the first payment of the 30 per cent customs receipts of La Guayra and Puerto Cabello for the montli of March are to be paid to the representative of the Bank of England at Caracas on April 1. This will form the neucleus of the fund with which is, to be paid the claims of the vari-. ous nations that areadjudicated by the mixed commissions which are. to sit at Caracas. On March 30 President Roosevelt is sued a. general order in the nature of an amnesty towards a certain class of prisoners which will affect more than a hundred prisoners confined in the United States penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga. In the early part of 1902 these prisoners were transferred from vari ous state prisons to the government prison in, Atlanta and on account of the varying laws relating to the di minution of sentences for. good con duct, many were compelled to serve a longer sentence than would have been necessary had they been per mitted to remain in the state from which '..they came The action of the president, however, removes this pro vision and makes possible a greater uniformity in the duration of the sen tences as regards good behavior. Since the passage of the act of March 14, 1900, the number of national ti.anks in the country has increased 1, 442, making a total number at the close of March, 1903, of 4,869. It was announced on March 31 that the president x had selected Wayne SMILES Good Choor and Good Food Go Together MacVeagh of Pittsburg to represent the United States at The Hague when the arbitration tribunal considers the question of preferential treatment as between the allied and the' nnn-n.il imi powers having claims against Vene- UUIUi Improper feeding is the source of most human ails. Sick people don't laugh much. It is the healthy and strong who see the sunny side of ev erything. Pure, scientific food will correct most ailments and" bring laughter and good cheer in place of sickness and groom. The wife of a physician of Dayton, O., says: "Before I had-finished the first package of Grape-Nuts, which I got at the urgent request of a friend of mine several months ago, I. was astonished to find I was less .nervous over small matters and worried less over large ones, laughed more readily and was at all times more calm and contested than I had ever laeen in my life. I found also that the hollow places in my neck and shoulders were filling out and that astonished me-as I had always been very thin, as om en with starved nerves are apt to be. "After a time I discontinued the use of Grape-Nuts for two months and found the old symptoms return at once. I went back to the use of- the food again and. feel well and strong. I can increase my weight at will from five to ten pounds a. month by using more or less of the food. Before I was married I was for five years a trained nurse and I have never in all my experience seep anything to act as quickly and favorably as this scien tific food." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. It was announced on March 31 that ratifications of the Cuban reciprocity treaty were exchanged by Secretary Hay and Minister Juesada at 10 o'clock this morning at the state department The treaty will not be proclaimed until the United States congress acts upon it. On April 1 President Roosevelt started on his western trip to be gone until June 1. He will visit the west ern coast of the United States and stop at many points in the middle west por tion of the company, it being said that his trip will' extend over 14,000 miles. The monthly statement of the pub lic debt issued on April 1 shows that the total, less the cash in the treasury, is $939,603,919, which is an increase for the month of $1,631,021. Do Wc Need Riot Bullet? The war department of the Roose velt administration of the United States has notified the governor of ev ery state that it has succeeded in per fecting a new kind of "riot bullet" capable of causing widespread death and destruction when fired into a. mob, and it is prepared to furnish each state with as large a supply of this ammunition as may be desired. It is explained that the riot bullets are not designed to be of any use against an army or in regular war fare, but are useful only against mobs, where they are efficient beyond anything ever before invented. This notification has been sent, as we say, to the governor of every state, with an invitation to order a supply of these invaluable riot quellers. We do not know whether any gov ernor has as yet availed himself of this rare opportunity, but we do know that congress ought to ask for more light about this extraordinary am munition. Who ordered it? Who de signed it? And what for? It is wholesome at times to learn how we look in the eyes of other peo ple. This performance of the war de partment, which has passed almost unnoticed in our own country, seems to have amazed and puzzled people elsewhere. A Canadian newspaper inquires, not without reason, Where are the mobs that are to be subdued by this in genious device? As the bullets are useless for regular warfare, It must be that the gentlemen of the war de partment have, designed them for use against their fellow-Americans. It cannot understand this except on the theory that we are in a state of vio lent but secret disorder, and it draws a somewhat humiliating contrast be tween the peace and security of Cana da and the terrible turbulence that must exist in a nation where the gov ernment provides "riot bullets" for use against its own citizens. We do not understand it any better than the Canadian newspaper under stands it. Even the reflection that tji"s b a strenuous administration, con ducted by a strenuous person, throws no light upon the mystery. Where are the riots that these bul lets are to suppress, and who are the rioters? We have not. heard of any disturbance anywhero requiring tho wholesale destruction of Americans to quell it What danger does the Btren uous administration foresee? Hitherto wo Americans have justly thought of ourselves as a law-abiding people. We liave supposed that our patriotism was of too real and , too sturdy a quality to make it necessary to overawe any of us with troops. Garrisons and "riot guns" and over powering force we have always sup posed to belong chiefly to. the mon archical countries of Europe. This being a popular government, it has never been supposed that it was nec essary for tho people to turn their power against themselves. - But there must be some error about this. Wo must be, in fact, a very riotou3 and dangerous lot, full of evil intentions against our own govern ment, because the war department has designed a. fine now "riot bullet" and the .governors of all the Btates have been invited to accumulate supplies of it But, on the whole, we think it will hardlybe necessary for tho governors to order up large supplies of the war department's "riot bullets." They might be in the way, and the need or them is not apparent to the ordi nary mind. There are no riots In this country that the police cannot subdue, and not likely- to be. any. Moreover, we do not think that tho time has come yet to introduce "strong government" methods into this repub lic. There have been disagreeable in dications at Washington lately of some movements in this direction, but they Sfcem to us entirely unnecessary. The. only "strong government" ac ceptable in this country is a govern ment fctrong in tho affection, confi dence and respect of its people. That has been the American conviction for a long time, and will be for a long time to come. New York Journal. "Cheering Up" Business. "I have gone Into the cheering up business," replied one to a friend who had Inquired what good fortune had befallen him that made him look so happy. "'The cheering up business?' Well, I don't know what sort of busi ness that may be, but, judging from your looks, it must be a paying one. What do you do? How do you run it? Got any capital, eh?" "Capital, ha, ha, ha! Good; I like that idea. Why, my dear fellow, my paid up capital is practically limitless. It cannot be computed in terms of dollars and cents, and the business is so simple that it runs itself. All I have 'to do is to look cheerful and give a smile and a hearty greeting to everyone with whom I am on speaking terms. Along with this I take 'short views of life,' as Sydney Smith recommended. I don't look too far ahead and plan for what may never happen. You have no idea what a saving of energy I find in this method. The fact is, my new business has helped my old business so much that its returns for the last six months are 25 per cent more than they were tho previous six months. And as for my health well, I don't look as if I needed a doctor, do I? ha, ha, ha! I advise everyone to go into the cheering up business. I never heard of a. failure in it. It is by long odds the best investment I ever made." Success. Tho Gem of the Show. One of the most attractive exhibits at the St Louis exposition, if the gov ernment's plants do not miscarry, will be a collection of the products of the Philippine islands. The gem of this collection will be the sultan of Sulu, who, It is understood, desires to visit the country of which he is now an. ap panage, if not a citizen. His majesty of Sulu maintains a very imposing do- DEAFNESS CURED Louisville Man Originates a Simple' Little Device That Instantly Restores the Hear ingFits Perfectly, Com fortably, and Docs Not Show. 1 90-Page Book Frts Tails all About It Since the discovery of a Louisville man it is no longer necessary for any denf person to carry a trumpet, a tube, or any such bla-fashioricd de vice, for It is now possible for any one to hear perfectly by n simple Invention that fits In the ear and ennuot be detected. The honor belongs to Mr. George II. Wilson of InilsvUlc, who was himself deaf, and now hears as well as any one. He calls It Wilson's Common Sense Bar Drum, is built on the strictest scientific principles, con taining no metal of any kind, and Is entirely new in every respect It is so small that no one can see it, but, nevertheless it collects all sound waves and diverts them against the drum head, causing you to bear perfectly. 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He is on the salary list of the Philippine government, and, through Uncle Sam's generosity, is en abled to combat any tendencies to "race suicide" which may exist in tho sultanate of Sulu. It has not yet been announced how many of his majesty's "better halves" will accompany him to the United States, but doubtless he will bring enough to win the admira tion of all Americans who believe that the man with a "large family" is the "salt of tho earth." With Smoot and the sultan both on his hands Roose velt should start some kind of a show at Salt Lake City.Johnstgwn Democrat. il 1