TEMPERANCE
LESSON
Sunday School Letion for Sept. 25, 1910
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Woylf-r. tho inuiicr
Spauirtli oaiitiiin mn
nil or Cuba, who
Kulni'tl for hlmsflf
tlio uiieuvi.iblu tltlo
of "liiitilicr, ' has at
l0Wfd the IIUllltKllLTri
to jirlnt the tltli of
the Ht'ti.satlonal book
in which be uttoinptH to ik-fond hbi
conduct whllo th icpruscntativo of
tho Spanish crown on tlnu Inland,
MI MANDO KN ClMA
(My Comtiiumi In Cuba)
In IcttcrH of Kory nrarlut on a pa
pur of livid fjray.
Whatever thu inotlv.- may haw
been that protnptotl such a cliolc.-,
that bloody "oyo calfhi'i" oi a Hm
fitly symbolized the inun ami th..
work which caused so many t.'ars
of discontent In Cuba cr baa
been on trial before public opinlou
for butchering his
enemies Instead ol'
lighting them; and
he flaunts in our
faces tho uj;y stuliu
that show where he
wiped oK his knife
Cajitalu (ji'tieral
of the most fertile
lirovluco of Spain
land u provino)
which more than
once manifested her
intention to throw
olf thu Hour I) o n
yoke), ho makes
such a caso nKalnst
tho country thai
buys his services bh
no cltleoii of tlu
United States could
havo ever made to
Justify America's attitude in the Cuban mlx-up.
Woylcr was tho b-ht hated man In Cuba when
thu government of his nation llnally recalled him.
This book will cause him to be cursed the length
and breadth of the peninsula.
"I wrote It." he was, "to give all the facts
about my conduct as general In chief, a conduct
admired not only l army ollleers, high and
low, who wrote me Innumerable letters, but
by privates, who, on their return to thu penln
sula, stKjko of me with an enthusiastic fer
vor for which I can neer thank them enough.
Various reasons prevented mo from doing years
ago (when I could not havo freed my mind
from a certain bias) a work which I can now
do In perfect peace of mind, thanks to tho
tlmo that has passed, and which has soothed
the Irritation duo to tho Injustico 1 suffered at
the hands of some men.
"Furthermore I did not wish to sadden Senor
Sagasta by retelling the story of our colonial
disasters; neither did I feel any pleasure In cen
suring tho illustrious Clou. Martlnox Uampos, my
predecessor In Cuba, however uncharitably he
acted toward me after his return to tho capital."
A perusal of tho book fails to prove that Wey
ler kept his promise to treat tho subject with
perfoct moderation; the general's blood" is still
boiling, and with some Justification, for atrocious
as hia conduct was In many instances, It could
not vory well he criticized in Spain by tho Span
ish government.
Had Weylcr been endowed with tho literary
genius of a Mnrbot or a l.as Uazos, ho could have
mado a much stronger caso ngqlnst Spain und
presented his own actions in a much more favor
able light. Unfortunately his knowledge- of the
writer's craft is as deficient as bis fund of Infor
mation touching political economy, goneral his
tory, national amid International politics Is
meager. ... ,
Woylcr Is not a diplomat ; tho slippery laud
of nuuncos and lnnuendos Is to him terra Incognita-
n primitive brute, with rudimentary ethics,
though unflinchingly frank and Btralght forward,
lie never vontures an assertion which cannot bo
mipportod by documents; ho never pays any at
tention to hearsay hut quotes people's letters In
cxtcnDO.
A fascinating type, after nil. for the observer
blessed with the sense of history; Just Imagine
what n Woylcr would havo developed Into If ho
had not boon born some r.00 years too lato; clad
In steel ho had been riding a caparisoned mount,
or, if ho hud been allowed to range over Kuropo
during tho Thirty Years' war!
General Woyh-i-s stylo Is very trying; even
his proclamations alnlj modeled after Napoleon
I.'B oratorical gems, rarely sound tho note that
makes a people or an army vibrato. His rola
tlons or the Cuban campaign with all the facts,
figures, names recorded In haphazard fashion
day by day, Is well nigh unreadable.
Hut tho decumsnts ho publishes In support of
his thobls (somo of them of a confidential char
acter and which must havo been secured through
"diplomatic means") make It well worth whllo
wading through an otherwise .lull, shapeless and
indigostlhlo plot'o of writing.
. First of all wo aro made to realize how hope
less tho plight of tho Spanish commanders had
become in tho Island when NVoylor took tho situ
ation In hand; tho many generals who preceded
him had been losing ground from day to day;
tholr cable to tho Spanish government gave
Information of a pessimistic character of which
tlio public nnd tho press wero seldom apprised;
their confidential coirespondeneo betrayed heart
rending facta; more than onco poor Gon. Marti
nez Campos had humbly confessed himself beat
on whllo tho cabinet led tho Spanish nation to
boilovo that tho war was practically over.
Voyler himself, when placed In command of
the Cuban avmy, was not oven given what ho was
entitled to, an honest nccouut of tho situation.
"When lnndod In Cuba," ho wrltos, "I did
not even suspect tho terrlblo conditions that pre
vailed In tho island. I did not know anything
besides what
the minister of
war had told
me and what I
had read In the
p a p e r h or la
anonymous let
ters sept by
Spaniards living
in Cuba, and I
thought that all
of them e.ag
g e r a t o d t h e
facts; I had no
knowledgo of
tlio secret docu
ments I have
a p ponded to
this book. How gloomy the outlook was is set
rortu graphically In a confidential letter from
Oen. Martinez Campos to Canovas del Castillo.
prime minister of Spain.
"... Although from the very first I
leallzed tho gravity of tho situation, I refused to
heIleo It; my visits In Cuba, Principe and Hoi
gin appalled me; however, In order not to appear
pessimistic, I lid not express all my thoughts, and
I decided to visit not only tho maritime communi
ties, but the towns In the interior. The few Span
lards who live In the island do not dnro to men
tion their origin except in tho cities. .Tlio rest
of tho population hates Spain. Wherever you pass
a farin and ask tho women where tholr husbands
are, they answer with terrifying frankness: 'In
the mountains with Chief So and So'
"You could not get anyone to carry a messago
for 500 nor 1,000 pesetas; ho would be hanged If
ho wero ever caught. ..."
The rebels who charged Wcylor with wanton
eruolty soldom restrained themselves from accom
plishing deeds of violence likely to terrorize the
few ronmlnlng supporters of the Spanish rule. To
ouoto Weyler:
"Tho Insurgents did not return In any wny tho
considerate trcntment accorded to them by this
generous commander (Martinez Campos). At tho
beginning of tho war Maximo Gomez sliowod him
self very fair; but Maceo, as 1 shall prove by au
thentic documents, ordered his bands to set lire
to all the sugar mills whose owners wero not pay
ing war tribute, to plunder and loot tho country,
to shoot mercilessly all tho messengers, men
caught ropalrlng railroad lines or bringing pro
visions Into tho villages. Worso yet: Tho Insur
gent chiefs did not hositato to kill with tholr own
weapons dofensoless Islanders, und Mi'.xlmo Go
mez In his 'Memolres' confesses to having shot
personally a mun ho had sentenced to death, a
deed which I call willful murder. And still thut
Individual presumes to call mo 'assassin.' "
As his authority for tho foregoing statement
General Woylor iiat only quotes extracts from the
Cuban papers, but upponds a proclamation of
Maceo, Gomez's lieutenant, to his ham's.
"Comrades in Arms: Destroy, destroy every
thing, day and night; to blow up bridges, to dorall
trains, to burn up villages and sugar mills, to
annlhllato Cuba Is the only way to defeat ouj ene
mies. Wo havo not to account for our conduct
to anyone. Diplomacy, public opinion and history
don't mattor. It would bo sheer Insanity to seek
tho laurols of tho battlefield, to bear the ilro of
tho enomy's artillery and contribute to tho glory
of tho Spanish commanders. Tho essential thing
is to convlnco Spain that Cubn will bo but a hoap
of ruins. What compensation will sho recolve
then for tho sacrifice entailed by tho campaign?
Wo must burn and razo everything. It would bo
folly to light as though wo wore an European
army. Whero rifles aro of no avail lot dynnmitu
do tho work. A. MACEO."
- Tho only way to subduo such bloodthirsty, des
perate pirates was to adopt tholr own tactics. Tho
Insurgents, of tholr own admission, never gnvo
nor accopted battle, but harassed tho roguluru and
destroyod tholr sourcos of supply. "Concentra
tion" Boomed to bo tho only solution of tho prob
lem, for tho wives and children of thu Insurgents
gave (hem ooiiMain aid and kept them infotmed
of every movement of the Spanish regiments
SayH General lei
'Of nil the menstuos I took the most bltteiiv eiitlsled was tho
'concentration,' which saved mv troops finut hi lug useltwlv deci
mated and prevented tho landing of ainni ami munitions consigned
to the enemy I need not defend that s.vatoin. Whoever has a
smattering of the hlMoiy of modern wars knows that It wan cop
led by the English In the Transvaal and the Americans In the
Philippines, a rati most Untitling in my pride as a general
'If Individuals were sometime- summniily shut under m gen
eralship, as It happens In the course of everv war. they were
put to death In obedience to tin lawi. and teguhillons, novel for
the mero reason that they were Insurgents. I pardoned those who
returned (o the fold, and shoved iniuit olemonrv to all those who
came to me. however black their past ma have been."
It is a matter of regiet tint (leneml Wcvlcr should not have
deemed it advisable to ' volunteer mine Information as lo the
organization of the t'oncentiallon camps lie hiivh that one pound
of meat and a quarter of a ptunul of lice were allowed to every
Individual out fourteen, an. I one-half thai ration to children.
which seems quite
MilUclent under the
circumstances. A
row paragraphs,
however, pouched l
his blunt. Holdierlv
Mtvle, setting at
naught the terrible
charges preferred
luminal him ' r,m
uecllon with that
stern mMimh or war
tare would h v e
lie eu Interesting,
but the were lack
ing Ills Hllence
nnuiiinis to a confes
sion ol HHt Ho
ii-aUes n weak at
tempt at explaining
that lit" wives and
.hll.lien oi Insur
gents were not "con
centrated," b t
obliged to btake
themselves where
the head of the fam
ily was supposed to
ho found. This Is
worse yet, for ono
can conceive tho np
palling abuses which
such an order enin
nntlng from the gon
eral In chief muHt
have countenanced
nnd Justllled. As tho
revolutionary bands
m'ro constantly
moving from east to
west and from west
to enst and could
not be located with
any certainty, what
an existence must
have been thnt of
fuiiillIcB whoso men were not serving in tho ranks
or tho regular urruy. Hefused army rations, com
pelled to roam trom ono dovastnted village to
a burnt down hamlet, they could not but succumb
to hunger and exhaustion.
Had Weyler been less brutally honest; ho
would havo omitted such a damaging admission.
Up to this day we havo had books of many
kinds doallng with tho Cuban war; pamphlets
put forth by the Insurgents nnd notoriously unfair
to Spain; Spanish publications which misrepre
sented grossly tho ntlltudu of tho United States;
articles in European newspapers almost unani
mously censuring tho Americans for "robbing"
Spain of her colony.
Now, however, wo havo tho facts presented
almost without any comments und certainly with
out embellishment by a Spaniard who loves his
country and frankly detests tho Americans.
Once or twice ho registers a protest against
tho senate's decision concerning tho recognition
of belllgenercy or tho campnlgn of defamation
directed against him in American papers.
Ho complains that lu March, 1890, when he
had tho situation well under control, the senate
of tho United States Interfered most unfairly, for
It recognized the belligerency of tho Insurgents,
thereby giving them now courage.
This Is less convincing than tho majority ol
his arguments, for If wo compare dntes wo 11ml
letters in which ho admits his failure to stop the
progress of the Insurrection.
His gravest charge agulnst tho United States
Is contained In the following paragraph, which
Is too vaguu to bo taken us seriously as bomo
other statements of his: .
"The United States were against everything
that would bring about a termination of tho war
American citizens held several millions worth of
Cuban bonds, issued with tho provision that tho
Island would pass undor thu domination or thu
United States ten years after Culm would have
boparated herself from Spain. Tho Yankees saw
that with tho paco I set tho much-longed-for Indo
pendonco of Cuba and Its corollary, tho annexa
tion thereof, was becoming a more nnd more re
mote possibility. Hut there was no reason why
tbo peninsula should have robbed all tho gossip
which originated (n America."
Hut on tho whole tho plcturo his lettors and
roportB, as well ns the lettors of Martinez Cam
pos ho publlshos, present to our oes of Cuba in
tho years preceding tho Maine Incident would
havo justllled any nation, near or remote, In Inter
vening for tho sake of humanity; a population
unanimous in Its desire for Independence; n
bloody war which could only lead to nn ophoni
erul peace and at bust would havo loft tho Island
a dreary waBto for years to conioj tho rights ol
foreign land owners and Investors trampled un
der foot; all this horror had to bo stopped.
Spain did not loso Cuba ns a consoquonco ol
the war with tho United States; by tho vory ad
mission of Spnln'B'mllltury representatives In that
Ill-fated colony, Cuba was irrotrlovably lost to
Spain In 1S97, and tho fow Bpnnlards residing In
tho coast towns, tho only safo abodo ror thorn,
felt themselves a despised, ostracised minority!
T.USHON TIJXT.-nnlntlnnn
Mriiiiu-v vi'Ihcm, 2'J, 2;l.
tl)l.li:N,TKT.- -"tf wh llvo In tli
spirit let us hIho walk In tho Hplrlt."
tiut. 5 25.
Sufjnestlon and Practical Thought.
Tho adventure with Apollyon tho
p.roat dragon that fought against Hun
van'.. Pilgrim, In order lo prevent him
from reaching the llol City HVinbol
Ized n heavenly charactor, a heaven of
eternal lire, an earth transfoituCd Into
heaven.
lu tho lesson unpointed wo havo
characterization )f Apollyon, "the
foul llond," "a mojsii.r hlJeeiis to be
hold, clothed with scales, with wings
like a dragon, feet like a bear, and ' a
mouth like u lion," amid Ilro and
smoke, throwing 'ilatulng darts as
thick us hall."
Homo yearn ago, In mi article In tho
New York Journal, John I. Sullivan
said: 'itemember, uung man, that If
j ou couldn't lick John I.. Sullivan, you
enn't lick the thing that Is stronger
than ho Is. Leave whisky iilono."
Uulllvnti was not the kind of man from
whom one expects moral teaching, but
when the great lighter admits that
whisky defeated him and took him
Into captivity, he becomes an object
lesson Tor every young man.
With tho newspapers and reporters.
The Golden Hule -that Is tho spirit
which wants to do to others ns wo
would havo them do to us, tho spirit
(hat will niako sacrlllces In order to
know how to help others enlisted the
newspapers anil the reporters on III
side.
There can bo no lusplrntltr.i without
Information. Hence tho teacher and
class should be constantly collecting
temperance material. A mouth before
tho temperance lesson sho should bo
directed to say to her class, "I want
you all to clip from tho papers overy
uitltie of news concerning thu effect
of the saloon or drink. Paste thesu on
i strip of cloth, and wo will boo who
has the longest htrlp ou Tempurauco
Sunday."
Onco in tho Now Century Teacher
thcro was an nrtlclo entitled, "Tholr
Exhibits. " It told how a tenchor asked
her scholars to look about during thu
week for proofs of tho ovilo wrought
by tho liquor habit. Thuro woro somo
rather unlquo "oxhlbltB;" ono boy
brought his bicycle tlru that hud been
cut by n drunken man; others told
stories of what they had soon.
This same plan could hu utilized for
a general oxerclso on Temperance
Sunday. For a first attompt, special
arrangements would probably havo to
bo mado with Individuals or with
teachers In order to Insure dcllultu ro
porta or "exhibits."
"It Is reported In tho public press
that President Taft had turned bin
back ou moderate drinking. At a lit
tlo dinner at Hot Springs, Vn., ho not
only turned his wine-glass down, but
said In rcsponso to n query, 'Yes, nnd
It Is going to stay turned down; I am
not going to drink anything ngulu,
over.' "
In his early life Lincoln waa ab
stemious hut not a total abstainer, but
ho was a keen observer of tho effects
of Intoxicating bovcragcB among his
snrly companlonB. Vory shortly nftcr
his removal to Sprlngflold In 1837, ho
(olned n Total Abstlnenco society.
Sovontccn of tho prcsldcnto of tho
United Statos signed the following
declaration:
"Being satisfied from observation
and oxpcrlenco, as woll as from medi
cal testimony, that ardont spirit, as" n
drink, Is not only needless, but hurt
ful, and that tho entire dlsuao of It
would tend to promoto tho health, tho
virtue, and happiness of tho com
munity, wo hereby oxprosa our con
viction that should tho citizens of tho
United Stntcs, and especially tho
young men, discontinue entirely tho
use of it they would not only promoto
tholr own personal benefit, but tho
good of our country nnd tho world."
"A Pennsylvania lady tells that
whou General Harrison waa running
for tho presidency ho stopped at tho
old Wushlngton houso In Chester for
dinner. After dinner waa served, It
was noticed that tho genornl pledged
his toast In water, nnd ono of tho gen
tlemen from Now York, In 'offering- an
other, said, 'Goneral, will you not fa
vor mo by drinking a glass of wlno?
Tho general refused In a vory gentle
manly manner. Again ho wns urged
to Join In n glass of wlno. This wns
too much. Ho rose rrom tho table, hla
tall form orcct nnd in tho most digni
fied manner roplled: 'Gentlemen, I
havo rofuscd twlcu to partako of tho
wine-cup. Thnt should hnvo boon
sufficient. I mado a rosolvo when I
started in llfo thnt I would avoid
strong drink, nnd I havo never bro
kon it.'"
Tho boys nnd girls enn Join tho
Golden Ilulo In a series of very In
teresting advonturoB with tho doctors,
medical soclotles nnd laboratorloa,
whero from theso friends they may
obtain ammunition for tholr warfare
against lutomporanco.
Twonty-threo hundred yenra ngo,
tho question aroso whothor tho Athe
nians should grant Demosthenes tho
honor of a crown. Ho "had fled from
battlo, and his counsols, though horolc,
brought tho city to ruin. Demos
thenes' speech Is tho mastorplcco of
all eloquonco. Of tho accusation by
AcBchlncs It Is praise enough to say
that It stands second only to that. In
It Aoschlnes warns tho Athenians that
In granting crowns they Judged thorn
selves and woro forming' tlio charac
ters of their children.
1 unlit niiv trron who utilTer -with bit
Intuitu.', cnnni iiiation, huUgi-Mlim op in.
Uit oi- lilinxl aUinriil, to try my I'nw l'uw
1 Ivrr l"lll. I gimriintftt tln-y will purify tint
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lirnltlilul i-uiiilliiiiit iiml will ponltiu-t) -nr-lilllimmicMt
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cards accumulate
tho picture poitt
(YnVHmllnn ritiiiwit ninny irtoit iIUpimm
tliomurfhlr ciirril liy liifliir I'li-rvn' PlmtJ
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The yenrs wrlto their records on
men's hearts nB they do on trees
Inner tirclos of growth which no oyo
enn see--Sao Holm.
When nubbcrn Decomo Necessary
And year mIiocm pliii'ti, Hlinko Into your
Htitics Allrn'n Kent-tinte, Ill" ittitltn'plln
powder for tlio fiut. Curci tlnd, aclilng
fi'i't and lakes the ntlng out of Corns und
Hiii'Idiim. Always uhd it for Hroukltnr In
Net utmost nnd for darning prtrllen. Hold
rverywlii'in iTn. Matupln mulled KUIOM
AtttliuHM, Allen H. Olnwtotl. I.o ltoy. N. Y.
Distinction.
Mllly Is this plcturo like your fa
ther? Tilly Of courso not. Billy! it Is
like father when ho has his picture
taken. I'uck.
How's This?
We oflfr Onit llumlrnl Dollnri nrwnnt Mr wl
care ol rnlnrrli tlml cannot bo cured by Hall
Cuturrlt lure. . .
1'. J. CIIKNP.V A CO.. Toledo. O
We, the. tinilrrotjunl. Imvn Known l J. Olnnrj
for Ilia liwt 15 J mm, ami bplfcvo lilm perlertly lion
nmlila It nil liunlnriu trtnmctloiit anil llnnridallj
nolo to rarry mil any nlilltratluns nnule by liU firm.
Waldino. Kinnan A Maiivin.
VVIinlniiln DniKKlnU. Toledo, t)
HalfN Cilarrlt Cure H taken internally, nrtlni
rtlrertly upon the lilmid itnil muctmt aurlnt-a ot tin
ayatem. 'IrMlmonlnli aeiit tree, l'rli-o 76 ixnti lit
bottle. Sll by nil Drurchtt.
Into lUll'J family l'llla tor coiuttlMtlon.
Uncle Allen.
"If you're getting old and don't
know It," philosophized Uncle Allen
Sparks, "you'll find It out when you
go back to tho town whoro you grow
up and look around for tho boys you
used to play with whou you wero u
kid."
Taken nt His Word.
"Slnco you nro so busy today," salil
tho urhano Journalist, "will you kindly
toll mo when and where I cun meet
you lor an Interview?"
"("So to blazes!" exclaimed tho lrnto
politician.
"Thanks. I'll consldor It nn appointment."
Truo Independence.
You will always find thoso who
'think thoy know what Is your duty
better thnn you know It. It Ib ensy In
the world to llvo after tho world's
opinion; It Is easy lu solltudo to llvo
after our own; but tho great man la
ho who, in tho midst or tho crowd.
kcepB, with perfect Bwcetneas, tho In
dependonco of solltudo. Emerson.
Tribute to Hold-Up Artist.
"The train doesn't stop nt Crimson
Gulch any more."
"No," replied Thrco-Flngor Sam
"I'm nfrald tho town doesn't got
much respoct from tho rnllroad."
"Respect! Why that railroad Id
clean terrified. Evor Blnco tho nows
got around that Stago Coach Churloy
bad settled horo that train jost gives
one shriek and JumpB out of Bight."
Beware the Donl
A rnmlly moved from tho city ton
Biiburban locality nnd wero told that
thoy should got a watchdog to guard
tho premlscB nt night. So thoy bought
the largest dog that wub for sale In
tho kennels of a neighboring dog fan
cier, who was a Gorman. Shortly
afterward tho houso wub entered by
burglars, who mado a good haul, whllo
tho big dog Hlept. Tho man went to
tho dog fancier nnd told him nbout It
"Veil, vat you need now," Bald the
dog merchant, "Ib a leodlo dog to vako
up tho big dog." Evorybody'B.
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Let Us
Cook Your
Breakfast!
Serve
Post
Toasties
with cream or milk
and notice the pleasure
the family finds in the
appetizing crispness and
flavour of this delightful
food.
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