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VOLUME 4, NUMBER 28.
utilizing our vast national domain for
Iho settler, the actual home-niakor.
'Ever sinco this continent was dis
covered the need of an Isthmian canal
to connect tho Pacific and the A tlantlc
has bcett recognized; and over since
tho hirth o our nation such a canal
has boon planuod. At last Iho dream
has become a reality. Tho Isthmian
canal is now being built by tho gov
ernment of tho United States. Wo
conducted tho negotiation for its con
struction with tho nicest and most
scrupulous honor, and in a spirit of
tho largest generosity toward those
through whoso territory it was to run.
Every sinister effort which could bo
dovised by tho spirit of faction or the
spirit of self-interest was made in
order to defeat tho treaty with Pana
ma and thereby prevent tho consum
mation of this work. tlio construc
tion of the canal is now as assured
fact; but most certainly it is unwise to
entrust tho carrying out of so momen
tous a policy to thoso who havo en
deavored to defeat tho wholo under
taking. "Our foreign policy has boon so con
ducted that, while not ono of oiir?
just claims has been sacrificed, our
relations with all foreign nations are
now of the most peaceful kind; there
is no cloud on tho horizon. Tho last
causo of irritation between us and any
other nation was removed by tho set
tlement of the Alaskan fcoundary.
"In the Carribean sea wo have made
good our promises of independence to
Cuba, and havo proved our assertion
that our mission in the island was one
of justice and not of self-aggrandizement;
and thereby no less than by
our action In Vonezueia ana Panama
wo havo shown that tho Monroe doc
trine is a living reality, designed for
tho hurt of no nabon, out ror tho
protection of civilization on the west"
ern continent, and for tho peace of tho
world. Our steady growth In power
has gono hand in hand with a stength
onlng disposition to use this power
with strict regard for tho rights of
others, and for the causo l: interna
tional justice and good will.
Wo earnestly desire friendship with
nil tho nations of tho new and old
worlds; and wo endeavor to place our
relations with them upon a basis of
reciprocal advantage instead of hos
tility. We hold that the prosperity of
each nation is an aid and not a hin
drance to tho prosperity of other na
tions. Wo seek international amity
for tho same reasons that make us be
lieve in peace within our own borders;
and we seek this peace not bfecause
we aro afraid or unready, but because
we think that peace h regac as well
as advantageous.
"American interests in the raciflc
have rapidly grown. American enter
prise has laid a cable across this, tho
greatest of oceans. We have proved
in effective fashion, that we wish the
Chinese empire well and desiro its
integrity and independence.
"Our foothold in tho Philippines
greatly strengthens our position in the
competition for the trade of the east;
but we aro governing tho Philippines
in tho interest of tho Philippine peo
ple themselves. Wo have already giv
en them a largo share in their govern
ment, and our purpose is to increase
this share as rapidly as tney give evi
dence of increasing ntness ror tho
task. The great majority of tho of
ilcials of tho islands, whether elective
or appointive, are alrcaoy native Fili
pinos. We are now providing -for a
legislative assembly, mis is the first
step to bo taken in tho future, and it
would? be eminently unwise to declare
what our next step will bo until this
first step has been "taken and -the re
sults aro manifest. To have gone fast
er than we have already gono in giv
ing tho islandors a constantly increas
ing measure of self-government would
havo been disastrous. At the present
moment to give political independence
to the islands would resurc In tho im
mediate loss of civil rights, personal
liberty and public orwsr, as regards
tho mass of tho Filipinos, for the ma
jority of tho islanders hayo been given
these great boons by us, and only keep
them because wo vigilantly safeguard
and guarantee them. To withdraw our
government from tho islands at this
time would mean to tho average na
tive the loss of his barely-won civil
freedom. We havo established in the
islands a government by Americans
assisted by Filipinos. We are steadily
striving to transform this into self
government by the Filipinos assisted
by Americans.
"The principles wnlch we uphold
should appeal to all our countrymen,
in all portions of our country. Above
all they should give us strength with
the men and women who are the spir
itual heirs of those who upheld tho
hands of Abraham Lincoln; for we
aro striving to do our work in the
spirit with which Lincoln approached
his. During the seven years that have
just passed there is no duty, domestic
or foreign, which we have shirked;
no necessary task which wo have
feared to undertake, or which W6 have
not performed with reasonable effici
ency. We havo nover pleaded impot
ence. We havo never sougnt refugo
in criticism and complaint Instead of
action. We face the future with our
past and our present as guarantors of
our promises; and we aro content to
stand or to fall by the record which
we have made and are making."
Curious Condensations. .
Ants like ice.
Nearly all reptiles are deaf.
Cavalry of tho west coast of Mada
gascar ride oxen.
The most expensive lace manufac
tured today is valued at $5,000 a yard.
Experiments prove,' that tho pres
ence of intestinal bacteria is neces
sary to digestion.
S'elf-illumlnating photographs, which
may' be examined in tho dark, are
made in Germany.
The swiftest sailing ship in the
world is the American full-rigged steel
ship Erskine M. Phelps.
Whenever a plant is wounded a
p ositive olectric current is established
between the wounded part and the in
tact parts.
Reptiles seek the light, but -independently
of heat. In winter they
often leave comfortable and warm re
treats to seek the sunlight.
If Mt. Everest, 29.U02 feet, were set
down in the Nero Deep, 31,614 feet,
there would still be nearly one-half
mile of water above its summit.
According to the census of 1901 the
males in Canada numbered 2,751,708,
whereras the females could muster
only 2,G19,607. Hence the male ma
jority was 132,101.
Flowers havo been acrvocated as a
cure for consumption by Dr. Frances
Bartlett in a paper which she read be
fore the Botanical Society of Pennsyl
vania. German medical journals are recom
mending as a remedy for appendicitis
walking on all fours so minutes four
times a day. The exercise strengthens
the abdominal muscos.
There is a legend that the first Inoo
was made by a girl wno preserved a
beautiful bit of seaweed by catching
all the dainty parts of leaves and stems
to a piece of linen with fine thread.
The effect of blue light in reducing
inflammation, diminishing pain, pro
moting absorption of morbid secre
tions aild curing diseases of the skn
has been shown by several recent re
searches. Roptiles and amphibians are strong
ly attracted by water. They go
straight toward it, oven when they are
at distances so great that they could
no divino its presence by any ofjho
senses known to us.
Snakes seem to havo a very poor
sense of sight. The oa, for example,
does not see at more than a quarter
or a third of its own length; differ
ent spocies are limited to one-fifth or
one- eighth of their length.
The use of saccharin, a product of
coaltar, instead of sugar is growing.
It is not only used to sweeten bepr,
but it is now also employed in tho,
manufacture of syrups, jams, lomonr
ades, wines (especially champagne),
elder, brandy, pastry and choqolatq.
A short time ago a coroner's , in
quest over a mummy was held in
England. The object had been im
ported from Egypt, and the author
ities deemed it legally necessary to
ascertain the fact of death in the usu
al way. The mummy was spoiled dur
ing the inquest and a law suit fol
lowed. It Is reported that the trunk of a
large tree has been encountered at a
depth of 1,000 feet ay the oil drillers
at Crockett, Tex. Large pieces of
perfectly preserved bark and wood of
clear grain havo been brought to tho
surface. The wood is of very hard
texture, and the tree is estimated to
have been between two and three feet
in diameter.
Nervous troubles may be provoked
in animals, -as with us. The fear
that horses show toward locomotives
or automobiles is the cause of tremb
ling and temporary paralysis, whose
real origin is often unnoticed. Fear
of punishment in small animals or
joy at seeing a beloved master has
given rise to nervous crises that have
been mistaken for epilepsy.
One summer a country house was
so overrun by ants that the owner,
after destroying a large anthill near
the house and collecting the numer
ous pupae for poultry feed, laid sticky
fly-paper before the door of the house
in such a manner that tne ants could
not enter without crossing it. In the
morning he found his poultry feed
gone and the flypaper covered with it
over which the ants had passed "dry
shod." The ant-hill had also boon re
built during the nifaht.Pittsburg
Dispatch.
rested in tho grave and the golden
future lay gray ana cheerless past
behind; but for ono brief moment
music had wrought its magic spell
So it is with Dixie. The martial
measure awakens memories of youth
and ambition; of long-dead, well
loved comrades; of bivouacs in the
rain and the crowded hour of glorious
life when the blood ran high and the
rebel yell of victory soared higher
Sliilli
The stem, cold realities of tho pres
ent '-return when tho music dies, but
for a few blissful minutes, the merry
maddening strains have led them'
hand in hand with memory, through
the battle-lit scenes of other days.
Do you wonder that they reverence
the ail? Do you wonder that their
sons and daughters have learned to
love it, too?
No, "Dixie" the music is immutable.
Tho words are immaterial.
Hence, let us cease to discuss their
change. -Augusta Chronicle.
Haifa Loaf's Best
She It is true that Miss Richlelgh
has money, but she is also very exact
ing. If you marry her you will have
to give up smoking and drinking.
Hard UpWell, if I don't marry
her I'll havo to give up eating also.
New Yorker.
A Let "Dixie" Be.
- Let us call a halt to the further dis
cussion of "Dixie" ana wnether or
not the wording shall be changed. It
is .very evident by now that there
never will be any satisfactory agree
ment between those wno favor the
change, and those who oppose It. The
original words are fatuous and fool
ish to the point of disgusting the read
er, while the version proposed at
Nashville was rhythmic and ringing
in the extreme. And yet the one will
never-be substituted ror the other.
Who thinks of the words, anyway?
Who ever quotes them, except, per
haps, the excerpt:
"In Dixie Land I'll take my stand;
I'll live and die for Dixie Land?'
No, the words aro nothing, and the
music everything!
Very recently the writer of these
lines was walking rapidly along tho
street, his brain occupied with some
problem of the moment, when, sub
consciously, almost, ne Decame awaro
of tho strains of "Farewell, farewell
to thee, Araby's daughter," plaved
very softly, but with exquisite ex
pression, in the house no was passing
Twenty-five years vanished as
though they had never been; the in
toxicant blood of youth was bounding
in his veins and the glorious, golden
future-that so few, alas, attain-lay
fair beiore him; he was leaning upon
a piano at which a fair young girl
played the accompaniment, while the
air was carried by a flute, as only
Sidney Lanier could play a fiule!
Then tho present returned. The
dreamy-eyed poet ho remembered
Preacher In Shirt Sleeves.
(Lebanon, Pa., Telegram to the Chi
cago Tribune.)
The Rev. I. H. Albright, pastor of
the Salem United Brethren in Christ
church, this city, wno recently ex
tended an invitation to shirt waist
men to attend Sunday church service,
today preached In his shirt sleeves.
The Rev. Mr. Albright believes it is
no sin to propound the gospel while
coatless, and members of his congre
gation indorse him In his plan of
enjoying solid comfort ' while attend
ing service. Men nor come to church
coatless and women without hats.
Members of the mixed choir also havo
adopted dress reform.
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