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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
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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-
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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
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mestic establishment and has wives
galore. 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.
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