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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (April 28, 1904)
. . " , . - , ' . . ' t t tr r , f " , 'PJc , L'\VS tC1r. This 11'1 "our ' clip-the CIII ! nRsl nl ' ' I I From'thl' hl1glllnlll/r , Nil ' ' tO'J'OIl / ) , th ) chI ! , 1 klll\w How mudl or that : trlc drink 111 ) 'our own IH'ew or fnult 1111 < 1 11:1s510ll , Ages 101l/r n/o- / I In the deep ) ' ! n\l'1 ! or ) 'lsterda-l ! knew , ' - "hls Is ) 'our ro : l-n 1111111(111 road nnd . . . .1rclI' , I I n1l\l11 the I\tl'n ! I-that ne\'er gl\'e ) 'OU rest : I t I set clear ) 'our , rrlelld In pleasallt wa's nnd , , , > , ' And he Mhall come , Illtc ) ' 011 , Ullto my - hrl'ast : ' . If . But ) 'oll-m ) ' wear ) ' child-must tra\'cl hcre , liII' , . . . 1 , . l. . . This 111 'our task , It hns no joy nOl' ! , J ' : flU It ' Bllt I 1I0t menllt rl1r nn ) ' other hnl1l1 , ! : Anll In 111) ' unh'crse hnth mensured pinel' , 'l'nk , It : I < 10 not hid ) 'OU 1II11erstnnd ] : I bid ) 'OU cluse ) 'ullr l''cs-to ! Jec In ) ' , ' - lcCluro's lngazlllC , r $ .51 ( . ' ' , ' . 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' I' " - - - - - - _ . . . . . . . . ; . : r THE lI { ( : ' ! : ' ! ! : TzRIEND I . . - _ - - L - " ' - 1\ \ In e\'ery Russian village 'ou will fond one building that is conspicuous lJCcause or Its location and its height , I It is al wa 's exactly in the center or I the village , and it is always two' 'Storied , This conspicuous two.storled 110use belongs to the village loopyets : it is his resldenco aud shop , 'I'he loop 'ets or village trader is a person cC the utmost imlJOrtance from the moujilt's point of view , 'Yell , Malmr Semenovitch , the l\Oop' 1 J'cts oC the village of Polt\'tsee , was - no exception to the rule , He was a ' 'thrift ) ' Ivan , The troughs c ltsille his 110USO , ono filled with water , the other , with gl'ain , ne\'er led an idie life : they 'I 'were constantly in use by the steeds \ ( ) f the \yagoner5 who traveled ft"m , " , Varsaw to Moscow , : : Among all lho wagoners who Imssed ; that wa ' , non was so gay amI none * ' 0 well 111ed : bY' Semeno\'ltch as I\'an I Dmltrlevltch AIs : no\ ' , He was a 1mndsome , falr.halred , cnrly.heal1ed , J : rounrr fellow , full of fun and always .slngine ; , , : AI < st.Uov passed throngh Polt\'tsee 'I , twice a month , sometimes oftener : now ouo day , now anothcr , according rte his loads , Ono morning toward the -end of l\lay 110 and eveml other Cl1S. tomers were drinl\lng tea with : \lalmr ( em novltch in an inner room djoln- I ing that in which the Iwopyets dis , played his stocl ; : , One by one the mou- jll,8 had tUl'Iled down their tumblers , in lolwn that the ) ' had really had , -enongh , One by one they had risen , . shalwn hands with their host : .nd thaplwd him for his hospitality , Finally - ally Semenovltch and AIsenov : remained - mained alone in the room , " ' ' 'ell , friend , " said Semeno\'llch , 100ldng the ) 'oling .fello\\ : straIght jn the e 'e , "I'\'e a secret to tell thee , " Then he dropped his e 'es somewhat , as one abashed , 'und began stroldng Gogol's sleel ; : sides , "I am : : ; Oll1g to marry , " ho an. nounced , "I have decided it is not " . , ) . good for a Ioopyets ; : to live alone : he , , . -gets too hardened , he needs- " "A woman's softening influences , " -supplied AIseno\ ; : ' , holding his sIdes with laughter , "By St , Michael and II the holy angels , Criend ! " "It Is true , nevertheless , " said Se , meno\'itch softly , "And I'm going In to Moscow to fetch her next weel ; : , 'Ve are to be married on the last day or th\ ! month or Mar ) ' , She's barely 20. unhappily ; but then Cor a man past 60 I'm a pretty vlgol'Ous-looldng fellow , dost not thlnl ; : , AIsenov ; : ? " "That 'ou are ! " crIed the young man heart1l . . "And I wish 'ou jo ' , Malml' Semp.novitch , " Three weels ; : later , when Aslenov : Iassed through Poltvtsee agaIn , he Raw the -Olll1g bride , He was in the tracUI' or shop , trading some 1lI'lan , uiki and herring ror some gorgeous- olored calico when a lea1 of meny langhter reached his ears , "What is that ? " ho exclaimed , hey , ishl ) ' , la 'ing down the c\lIco , For it was lo\'el ' laughter , full or mllslc , and it rllled and rippled throngh the lIulet . 1'oom like a floel ; : of wild pigeons , I "That ? " said the Iwop 'ets , "Thai's my 'olmg wife , 1 suppose she's pla - - I hg with Gogol ; she u veritable Chll : : " I I 4'fr. ' - I "That you are ! " cried the young man , heartily. j t for jor , and so beautiful ! But 'ou 1I\ust \ see for ) 'oll\'selr , " Somenovltch lell the war to the Inner 1'0011I , "Sergia.Kal'a , " he called tenderlr , AIsenov ; : followed him , anll there , heslde the tea.table , the ' both waited for a second , 'flten lhe curtains , 5\\'ung hacl ; : . In one hand Ser la.Kara held a I mass of JUliO rosos. which showed a I I'IIH cl'lmson asalu5l hel' Lllue ress , f - - - - - : ; ; ; ; 'and ' matched her moist lips exactl ' . The other hand was ntretched out se- ductlveh' to the greyhound leaping round her , A crrstal : bucle ; : ! flashed at her waist ; the sUllshille coming in through the open window caught the I red'goM of her hair , the pinl ; : checle , the white , mo\'ing halld , And' ' it was so that AIsello\ ; : ' and she met , Twelve months rolled b ' , and liCe In the little \IIage ! of Polt\'tsee grew wearisome to SerglaKal'tl , after. In her morning and o\'ening walls she \\'ould pause and look fflr ofl , following - I ing the course of the tlilcl.-woodetl : c untJT which ran toward MOSCOl\ ' , Moscow the DeauUful ! Moscow the Glad ! Moscow the Ga ' nnd Laughing ! Ah , why hall she c\'nr left hel' deal' I _ h - - ' _ . . . . .n. . . . . . h _ _ I - - . - - - - - < - - - . ' . - " . . " I "Stab , Semenovltchl" said he , old home ? 'fl'lle , she had been very' poor there ; often she had not enough to eat , But then there had been plent ) ' oC mirth and 'outhCul company - pany ! ( Ah , Malmr Semenovitch , gOO man , ) 'outh will seek youth as the bees wll ! seeli lhe lavender , ) Sergla-Kara grew almost happy again when Al < seno\"s pm'lodlcal visits - its came around , Ho could tell her all ahout her dear Moscow , forsooth , And so , side b ' side , the two who , for youth and gayet ' matched each other 11I\0 the candlesUcls ; : on an altar , would talk together , Often , however , they " "ere silent , not sllCaldng , but Col- lowing the same trurn oC thought , "Alas ! 1r I had Imowu , " sighed Sergla.Kara one day , "Yes , 1r we had Imown , " replied Ak- ' " \ sono' " From that 1II0ment , wHhout the utterance - terance oC another word , AIsenov ; : nlllltlpllecl his trlts ; Cor to him honce- 'forth , as to Sergla.Kura , the only happy moments were the rare moments - ments they spent with each other , Gossip callie to l\lahar Semeno\'ltch , or course : hut being a man free from evil thought , who respected his wife and Imew AIsenoy ; : for a friend , he chose to IIIUS(1 over other things , It was a holiday , ono of those innumerable - numerable Russian feast da 's , and Semenovllch had closed his tracUr and gone to tal\O a wall. in the woods , His thoughts wcre not the Ileasantest , for he was trying to sbl t off his mind some more of the horrid gossip which hud just reached his ears that morn , Ing after mass , Some ono had said t hat the last tlmo AIsonopassed : through the village he had neen seen sccretl ' entel'llI a hut wHh Sergla- Kura. The hut referred to was an cmllty log house of Semeno\'itch's , IIsecl hy the IwoJly.ets for the storage of tmln : , Sl'lIIenovltch had almost reached the hilt and was regarding It with a scornful 1II'Idc on hili IIIIS , when the rpglllar tlc.tac of great wheelB turn InK on the axles announced the al'rlval era a ( 'art. Wh ' It was Alweno\ ' himself , lie wits jUlt going to step forward wlwn the cart stoPlled , and from the hacl ; : ent ! 11. woman sl1l'anl ; down into the dust ) ' road , lIe stood therE ; l1vld behind the bushes , his heal't thul1llllng 1Ilw a huge fire engine , " \Valt , Sergla.Knra , 'ou are forget , tlng the ! \ ( \ ) ' , " called AIsenoy , holdlni ; Ull something which hllnded the Iwop , ) 'etH IIlw a nosh or lightning , It was the ke ) ' to his grain hut ! "Run , Sergla-\ara ! , ! ; ome one comes ! " cried AIsenosllIldenly ; : tUlu , Ing l1ale , Anel Sergln.Kara havinJ. ' : rlln awa ' with Gogol at her heels , AIseno\ ' tll\'ned with folded al'lus toward Se. rnenovitch , lIe did not te hll1l , hut dl\'lned who It was , hearing the heavy lHlntlng or a mau' ! > IJreath , and e- . . . . . . - " - - teeth\S" tlto flaRh of II. ImlCo's steel blade among the hushes , "Stab , ScnuI1o\'ltch I" sal : ! he , Then out. IItelllcd ) the looV ) , ts and stnhbed hlhllllr. "Yoll Itave Idllcd me , frIend , " crlelt AIscno\ he fell , pressing his hands to his breast. "Semono\'ltcll. ono Inst sl'r\'lcel" whlRl1cl'cd the d 'lnJ. ' : 1IIan. " 1IUIII 1110 the Imlfe which 1:1 hl'hlm ! 111 ' guitar. ' 'fho IcoolI'ets hesltnted , not under , standing : but when ho handed It to him AIsenofrowned bet weon ! 1l3 gasps of pain , "No , uol SlaIn It with my hleoll. ' 1'here-lI1w tltnt , Now , l\It it In 111- ' hand , Good , Do you sec , SeWO1o , 'Itch-It Is for 'ollr salw-for the sale ; : of Sergla't\arn-no one must suspect. 'ou-e\'err ono must beUov It was I-m 'seIr- " Thol1 , maldng a last strenuous of , Cert , i-mn Dmltrie\'ltch Aksenov shouted to his horses to o on , The , stnl'ted nt his voice , and it was not. lon before the cart. came to the next \1I1age , 'I'ho hOl'ses , trained hy 10n/1 / hahlt , etollped at the \1I1l1go trador's , IInd the IWOI ) 'ots himselC came out tc r'cet ! AIscno\ ; : ' , When ho cnught sight oC him Fltretched out on tIll ! floor oC the wa on , n. stl'eam of hlood flowing fl'om his hreast , ho called to some moujlls ; : for help , There , graspcd tight In Aloenov's hand , the ' COllnd his 10111'0 wItIt ini , tlals car\'ed in the hUtHlIe , "The ' are hili own initials , " ex- clafmed the moujllu ; , "Ho has died by his own hand , Poor AIseno\- whoever wOllld hn\'o thou ht it ? And ho the ga 'est oC the gaNow ! Yorl , Press , WITNESS IN A TIGHT BOX. Magistrate's Clerk Compelled to Testify - tify to Superior's Incompetency. Among the most slIccessCul III'actl- tloners at the English bar is Lord Br&l11pton , whose stron Iolnt ) Is the I cl'oss.examlnlltion of witncsses , 11\ this ho is quicl ; : to see 11. lIoint In his ( 'Hent's fa VOl' nnd to tal\O ad\'autnge or It. l.ord Brampton tells a story of how he once won 11. case on a technical - cal rounll when he ha.l . no defense , He force < < l a magistrate's cIerI ; : to be lI1\t Into the witness box h ' the prosecution - cution to I1ro\'e a l1ureb' fOl'lnal mutter - ter ; now , havll1 gotten him there , he eross.examlned him 111111 IIInde him lll'U'lIcally admit that ho "led his magIstrates - Istrates by the nose , " to adlplt also that they had refusell ball hy his ad- \1(1 , : lIHl that a jUdge at chambers had aftcrward grunted It , although the witness had come UJ1 all the way from London to oJ1J1ose it , 'I'hen , aslwd the cross-examlnCl' : "You wore In the room. sir , and < 1ld 'ou not hear the learned judge say lhere was not a rag of a case against m ' unhallJ1Y client ? " 'I'hc lll'osecuting counsel ohjected , and It was ruled out. Bnt the jurors had heard It , and had heard the an- swel' stopped , 'I'he dissatisfaction tlms adduced In their minds madc' them aCllult the 1ll'Isonel' , Lea\'lng the court that. < 1a ' the prls' oner's counsel aslwd his OIIIOnent : "Why did you object to thnt CIUOS tlon ? " 'l'h latter Indignantly JJ'otestcd that his ad\ersary mnst ha\'e Imo\\'n tha tit could not be pu t. "Yes , I did , " was the answer : "but I Imew ) 'ou , too , and felt sure that you would object at the rlJht tlmlJ , , But you shoulll ha\'o waited COI' the answer , as It would have been 'No. ' ' ' How Woman Worries , To her innbllity to 1001. at things from a Ilractlcal standpoint may IJo attributed woman's talent Cor borrow , In tl'ouble , She never walts ror sorrow - row to come to her , She goes forth to 1001 ; : it up and if she Iloesn't have any of hel' own she assumes that or her friends , Abo\'e all \ , she anticipates - pates , If her chlldl'el1 are weU she agonizes o\'el' what she wouM suffer If they were 111 : while her boys are 111 roundabollls she beghlH worrying over t.he dangers or coUege liCe ; while her gll'l ! ; are st1ll hables she is miserable , thlnldng how unlc1ml their possible husbands may bo to them , In 1'11' , Dixon's new no\'el he tolls about a man who had carved o\'er the mantel - tel in the IIhrary thll ; sentence : "I am old and I ha\'o had much tl'Ouble. but most or it never hapIenecl. " No woman would have evm' adopted that rot' her molto and she couldn't ha\'o IIvod UI ) to It if she had , She has Illenty of trouble and the tl'Oubles that ne\'er happenell troubled her more than the ones that did-Ex- change , . . The Golden Willow. ' } 'hl' ollll'l1 willow ! IOWI ! It I' ' ! head To wlllter'M ph'rclng" hlnHt. ItM lellll r leallptl' ' ! are nil dead , HI' ' ! IHlm01l' . . time lOllS paRt : A 11I1 ) 'et , thllll h IIkll's lire O\'I'I'cllllt , COIlIl1 wlud 01' ralll , COlliI' hall 01' HIIOW , It hold > ! thn IIIIIIRhhl" or the Pl st 'l'hroulh 1111 Its branehell' "oldell Io\\ ' , Oh , Wl'lr ' , I10rm-tn1lRPII RollI : wilt thOIl 11M IllIwlll" IIIl'ssng"1' he..d ' ! ThoUih Fate's rll t : stol'/llIl surroun thee II W , And IIfll ! ; I'pms dread IlIdl'l'd : Still hop. . throll h rll'r 01' 1985 or pain , JO\'H at th" Ct..l V.'l're ( 'uMt : 'l'helr mpmorll'K tholl mlllit ) 'f'Jt rl'taln , Smll" , CUI' the 11IuHllh1O tha l 1M past , -11'1'110 I'omeroShlelcJs , . - - - "rophecy Was Timely. 'J'IlNO is an old stOlT or a French 'Idng's astrologer , who made a false 11J'ellictlon roncernlng the issue or a eel'taln battle , "You are an excellent Ilrophet : ' sal < 1 the Idng , casting a vicIous glance at him ; "now Ilra ' tell me how mlln ' < 1ays 'ou thlnl , ' : : . . w1ll 1I\0 ? " "I shall I1le just three days hefore your n\ldest ' . " answered the wily seer , Ills majesty tool ; : good care tu lweI ) him all"e- Youth , Duty Free. 'rourlsta I'otllrnln from abroad' can n \ ' " hrlng throu h tile custom house free of dllt ) " ull al'tlcles to tlao \'ulue o [ $100. except cigars , clgllrettes anq. lICJuol't : 'N01'HINH 'O BE DONE DEMOCRATS SEE LITTLE PROS. PECT OR GETTING VOTES. Entire SesclOIl of Congres9 Has Deen a Republica" VoteMnldno 1'1mc and the Opposition 10 Natur:1l1y Willing to See . : n Early F'Inhh. : It Is said thnt the Demncmts are ns IIl1xlous as the HCfJllbllcalts to get an carl ' udjolll'lUlIent oC congress , 'rho HOfJl.hlll'ans hu\'e been figllrlng on closing the liesslon nbollt AIrll 30 , al1d as thl'Y nrt ! llltoh' to I1n"o all th ! ' hl lIIonc ' bills or the go\'C'nlllol1t ! Ollt or the war by that tillie , ther cnn IH'ohnhl ' ampllsh lhls without det- I'imcnt to the puhll ( ' ser\'lce , 'l'I'lIe , the date wOllld hl' carllel' than an ' Ilr\\'lolls acljournmcnt In a III'oshlen- tlal yelll' fOl' nbollt hulC u cent lilT , hut the work 10 well ad\'IUll'l'll and the Il'adcl' oC the ltart ) ' are unxlolls to get home to do ' ' ' somc l'clhnlnal' ) ) camfJ31gn01'1 ; : , \ So\'cml reasons nre rl'Sllonslblo fOl' the ] ) emoI'nts' willingness that the session should end long hefOl'o the national l'Oll\'entIon time , 'rho ' see that nothing which will he dOlle In congl'css will gl\'e thelll' n challco to IIInl.o . J1art ' Calltal , ' 1'hl'Y SIIJlIor.ed ) the ' cOllld embal'l'ass the HOfJllbllcans b ' the Smoot Inqlllrr , 'rhls resollrco has fallell them , 'fho Swa 'no 1m- Jlcachu1Cnt lIIattcr has 110'otos COI' them and tlwy Imow it , 'l'hCl'e Is no 1)'OSlIect ) oC gettln an ' Democratic CllmlJl\lgn lIIatel'lal out or the stute- hoO(1IIOStiOIl ! \ , OIlahollll1 ; : alld the 111- dlan 'ferr1tr ) ' m'l' \'omhh' to union , Arizona n.nd Ncw i\loxlco will accept joint slatehoorl , ulthough thl'1'o Is 80l11e Olllositioll ) In Arizona to it 1I0W , Thus the Democmts are wlso in consel1ting 10 let the HCIHlbllcam ; ha\'e tlll'h' own WilY ubollt an early wInding lip or the hushwSH or the session , . E\.CI'rthlll ; that l'an ho Ilono in Congress - gress fl'OIll thIs time fOl'wal'l1 is 1II0re 1'.1l'l ; : ) ' to aid the n IHllJllcalls thnn it is to help the Democmts , In fact , tho. cnlll'e scslilon has heen a HOI1\lhllcan \ \'oto-maWng lInH' , E\'pI'Y hlg question that Ims he en before Cougl'css"'or that 'hus I ' heen coushlcred in 1111) ' or its asecls ! , from the I'auuma treaty and lost:11 : lu\'sllgatlou down , has help d the HCIHlbllcan party , aul1 COl'1'eSIotH ) - lugly ltulcded the Democmcy , ' 1'heso IIrc Hl'IHlbllcan da 's in auy case , I\nd \ as the l1eli l'I'utiouB aud deeds of Con. gress , when the ' affect the conditions at nil , help the HelHlbllcaus , the Democratic - ocratic mombCl's are right ill consenting - ing to an eal'ly I1nlsh of busltless , 'fho 1)1'eltlential cHl11llUlgn Is tlot III\CI ' to be lIartieularly exciting in any stage , hut lho HnlmbllcanB are ready to ellen It at nn ' lIme-St. Louis Glebe Dem' oCJ'a t. . , - Gome Cheap Claptrap , The e'tll11ate : ' hell ! hy thc gentlomcn , conducting the I1eal'st n"wspapers of the stocl. of coml11on sense IInll , int l- IIgutlce possessed by the n vcrago Anwrlcan worllngmul1 Is evl ently not i\ high one , These sheets pretend to be rcatly' exercised o\'er lhelr recent "Illscov' ol'y" that Amel'fcan labol' Is gblng to ba dlsCJ'imlnated against In th matter - ter of omplo 'in worlemen for thQ coarse 1lnds' ; : of labor in constructln the Pnnama canal , Natives or the tropics anI ! sUhtroplcs ( as West Indian - dian negroes ) are to be employed , amI the other day Gen , Davis suggested thut the nse ot coolie lahor mlJht be necessllry , ' 1'hereupon the Heal'st papers-scenting an opportunity to play ( to their own profit ) on the as , sumed chlldl1lo Ignorance anI ! credulity - ity or our labol'lng classes-ralBed the cry that American worl < lngmen are to bo cheated or the right to dig the canal , through thc employment of Chi , nese cheap labor , "Coolies , " says Mr , Hearst's hired man , In high moral Indignation , "worl. for lOllS lIlIln free men , But the peollle or the United States will lIave something to Ray about maldng the Isthmus a sIll ve camp , " NO\y the people of the Unlt.cd States , IncludIng the lalJOrlng classes , are not exactly fools , and are fully aware or the Cact that the employment of our American white labor in the wOI'I. it Is proposed to hire gangs ot negroes and If 1\ccessary coolies to do , would ho next to a physical hnposslhlllly , White men , natives or 0111' latltudos. could not do liard manual lahor under the tropical sun and In the Cevor haunted swamps of Panama , It Is the humane purpose of the cannl commission - sion to omilloy so far as p08slble ouly such lahon'rs as are Inured to the climatic - matic conditions or the ISlhmus and immune from the Cever lieI'll , 'l'he lIenrst tull , or the go\'ernment's cheating - ing Amerlcnn lahor or the pl'lvllogc of wOI'ing ! : In the Panama flwamJls , anI ! "maIling the isthmus a slave camp , " Is'mero clalltrap , anI ! an aft'ront to the Intelligence or the class It III addl'essed to-\11I\\'uulOo Sentinel. Mr. Root as War Secretary , The achievements of Mr , Hoot as secretary of war during the last flve yeal's Ilre altractlng attention ahroad , and the I.ondon ' { 'Imes malces them t e tl1emo or II twocolumn = : .tlcle In which it chamcterlzes 1\11' . Hoot as a grnt } American reformer , The reforms Instltutel ! by Mr , Hoot In the departments are curlousl ' 1IIw those which are suggeMed for the Drltlsh army In the recent relort ) of Lord lsher'y ! : commlttoe , As long ago a. , 1800 Secretary Hoot detlnld the prohloms or rcorganizatlon In Inn. guago almost Idontlcal with that ulied by the l'ltlsh committee with refer , ence to the Hl'ltish nt'my live 'eltrs latel' , In 18m } Sccretar ' Root wrote : "Twp propositions seem to mo funda. mental in ' , he conslchratlon or the subjlttt. , FI'sl , that the ronl orl ect of 'l'h. . , nu : :10:1) : ' ts to pro'llth ! for wlr Second , thm. the rl'gulnr stahllsn' lllout In the United Stntes " ,111 proba- hly never ho hy Itsol ! the whole n1' ' " chino with which nil ) ' war \l'ul bo fought. " , 'fhe o words colnchlo fl.l. , moat l'xaltI . witlt the ollcnlng Imrn. gralh o [ .00'd F1her's : ! commltteo 1mb , IIsholl last lI1onth. Secretnry Hoot define.l . In lS ! ) ! ) the reforms which ho cOl1shlerl'd ossen. tlal and he de\'oted the n'malnllol' or his term In ol11ce wllh unfailing ller' slstenco and with signal HUCCl'SS to carrylu o , t his ) ) t'Ogru 111 , which In. chilled the ormatlon oC a war college , the admlsstUII or olllcers of the state national gnal'ds to the courses thera and at other trallling schools : an III' CI'OUSO ill the number of Ins\1ectors \ elleml i the l'stubllHhl1lent of 11. joInt hoard 'to consltler arm ' nllt ! lIa\ ' ' lIuestlolHJ : the 11I1ssnl.to of the I11111l1l\ act , whlcb Ilw\'hles for the Cooleru , tloll of the l'cgulur allli nuxlllalT Corccs oC the UnJtod StUtl'S : the nbolltlon 01 the office of gcneml cOl1lmalulinlt the : m'm ' , anll the cl'eation or a oneral stalT , with a ehlof entrusted wIth the Irelmratlon ) and plullnlllg of war , the direction of mllltar ' educatloll nllll n enoml IJUIIl'I'\'lslon o\'er all the other delmrtmellts or thb al'lll ) ' , ThIs Is the program which Secre , tar ' Hoot mnrled ; : out allll achle\'ed , Now the IlI'lUsh go\'ernmollt. ha\'llIg almost ItllJlltll ul )1roblems ) on its handS , Is nllupllllg 11l'actlcally the same : JOluliollu oC them , - - - - - - ISLE OF PINES TREATY. Only Question Is Whether Territory Is Part of Cuba , 'rhe Senl\te cOl1lmltteo 011 foreign relations has decided to IJOst\1ono \ nc- tlon on the Cuhnn tJ'eat ' , which 1)0- ) vi des for tmnlng 0\01' the Isle or Pines to the Cubnn go\'el'lIment UlltII the next Ilcsslon or Congress , It IIppeal'S thnt the OI\1osllion \ to the treuty , which In'esulllubl ' led to Ilostvollement of nctlon Ulon it , C11l110 from Amel'icanll who hn0 detllell In the Island anll have Illyestell money In Innds and farmln hlllustJ'ies "wUh th 1II11101'stD.uiln ! thut the Bovorelgn- ty would remain with the Unltcd State3 , " It Is I'oported aUlD th.t : . the memIJers of the Seunto committee contellllilate a visit to the Island to ! WO wliefIlCl' It woult1 be worth'nn ) ' - 'thing to the United Stntcs , anif wheth- 01' this gOYOI'nment woullho \ ' justified In ns/ul11ln / ! ovoI'el , nt ) ' ( I\'or it , Wh1e ! the interest's of Amerlclln citizens - izens al'e nlwa 's to ho cl\I'erull ' con , sldered by our go\'ernmont. , it If ! hal'd- Iy to bo CXIectell tlmt the go\'ernl11ent Is to be guided in Us Cuha policy h ' tIlO mlstnlecn assumllfons { of' AmCl'i- cau settlm's In the Isle of Pines , Cm'- taluly our Ileclnl'cd Iullcy with l'efel'- el1co to Culm dill not wUITnnt the "un. dersU\I1ding" that the United Slates was to assul11e sovorelgnty over tlto ! ! maller 18101111 , It OPIeaI'S ' to hn\'e heen del1n'ltely settled 'thnt the Ililo of Pines was po- . lIUcally , q llUl't or CulmtHler Span- I h rnle , and section G of the Platt nmmll ment , which was ndolllecby \ tho' Cuban constitutional cOllventlon , us an alPomllx to the Cubull CVtlstl- lullon. provided enl ' that "the Isle or Pines shnll bo omitted from the proJlOfed conHtltutonal ! boundurles or Cuha. the title thereto to be left to IUtme , Ildju5tl11e9t , by , reaty , " "If was to rlng , about this "nd- justment , " that the treaty now pen - Ing In the Senalo was framed , aml It was ill conformlt , ) ' with our declarell policy l'eHpecting Culm that the treaty pl'oposed a ceshlon or the IHland to the Cuban government , ' } 'ho question to bo determIned by the Senate couunlt , lee , therefm'o , would seem to be , not III the IHlnnd worth anything to the Unltcd States , or whnt are the Inter , est.s or Americun In\'eslors there , but was the Island a part or Cuba , and wou1l1 Its retcntlon bo conslstont with 011I' declared Cubnn 110IlcY-Chlcago Hocol'HlerahI. More Canal Legislation Needed , Worlc on the Panama canal will not begin before Congress reassembles in December , but the mutte ! ' of sanitation - tion should bo tnlen ; : In hund fOI'th- with anll somehody shoultl bo vested wHh authority to attend to It , A hill hus been reported to the senate - ate which may ho dofectlvo in dotalls , but which Is based on the COrl'cet pl'ln'lple , It rnalccs the cunul commissioners - missioners the go\'ernOI'1I of the canal strip , This Is n proper centmllzatlon of power while the canal Is under con , IitrllctiOtl , It docs nway with the POR- slblllt ) ' or thnt friction which might arlBo Ir there were two sets of am. cers exercising functions In the same IImiteli territor ) " , There are on the commission two men or docldod ex , ecutl\'o ahllltY-Admit'ul Wallwr and Gen , Davis , 'rhe latter was mll1tar ' governor or Porto Hlco , ' The cl\11 engineeron the commls- Blon should he quite willlJl to devote themselves to cllnal lu'oblems and leave lIuestions or go\'ernment to their moro experienced asspclates , 'l'ho commissioners are on tholr WilY to Panamn. to look over the gl'olll1d and Htud ' the situation ( hor- oughl ) ' , 'fhe grant or authol'ity to regulate police and other muttet's In the canal zone ought to Callow thela slleedlly-Chlcugo 'rl'lhune , " - - - Growth of American Exports , In 18.trj , the ellrlle 'ear for which exact figures are obtuillahle , our exports - ports were vllhwd at $10GO.10,111 und our imports were $113,18I,3 2 , Our exports IlIlliscll lho $ : ! fJOOOOOOO marlc in 18 3 , the $300,000,000 In 18GO and did not oxcred $ .100,000,000 until 1871. Dul'lng all the 'eIlI'S from 18 5 to 18jfj our ill1pol'ts exceeded our expOI'ts , In \'alue cxceptln lIoul" Since thell our f"xports ha\'c oxceedoll OUI' Imporls o\'er ' ) 'cal' except In 1888 and 1889 , We now trQfJuenty : export KtOrls or us milch Tl\luo In a single 1II0nlns wera l'xpqrted In the 'oal' 181 : ; . " , DECREE OF TALMUDIC LAW. WIves of JewIsh Soldiers All Given Condltlontl Divorce , AccordIng to the .10wlsh "rorld , 1\ \'r ' touching editorIal nppearecl In D I'eccnt Issue or the Hohrew Dally tllzofirah or 'Varsaw , l'olnndhero lho 0(11 till. ' , 1\11' . SOl'Olo\V , calls litton' Ion to the 'I'ttIUllldlc law which re , lulro9 c\'or ' married mnn 1)forQ go. In ! ; on the hatlleflehl to grant 11. can. 'lltlonal divorce to his wIfe , that she ma ' I'omarry If ho does not. return \\'lthln 1'easonahlo time after the ( ' 1111 of t he war. 'I'ho rahbls oC l.o ? hn\'e causoll all the , Jewish soldiers that leCt that clly for the fieat of war to gl'nnt such dl. \0 ! 'C l' ! : ! , and gdltor Sorolow suggests Ihat the emmple or LOlh : should bo cOlllel ! all 0\01' Husslll , g\'OI' ' ma\'l'led soldier , volunteer or I'CSl'I'\'l' , reHlsters with a rahbi hIs nanll' , alillrens , age , height ; birth- lIIal'lm , UIIIIIO oC comlan ' and regl- nll'nt. ho joins , and the rahhl Iweps a "ecorlof " \ Sl11110 until the soldlel' ' < . . . tUI'n8 fl'OlII the war. If a I'eaflonahlo tllIIO after the close oC the \\'nr elapses an the Boldlor docs nol retul'n , ho Is counted among the lost allllunhlontlllell dead , and his \\'Ifo ohtalns the d1\'OI'co frolll that mbhl granting her the right to reo mllrr ' , - - WHEN LIQUORS WERE CHEAP. : lhlJadclphlan Sighs :1t the Thought of Geed Old TImes , "I sf\ldom drial , liquor 1I'sotr \ , " , snill 1Il ehlorl ) ' lIIan , who wali In 11. rolllln- Iscent lIIootl , "but when I consider the ( ) J'lcos clllU'ged for dl'lnls ; : to'da ' com- ( lal'od with the prlcen aslcod In my routh , I can enl ) ' wonder Ilt the hllngo that has tnlwn 1)lace ) , I.ol'l 'JcfOl'o ' the Germantown rnllroad wns hullt m ' fathel' used to l\Oep 11 ta\'orn 1t thc cornol' of Ninth 111111 Green streets , It was neal' the 0111 hay lIIal'lwt , anel in thORO da 's the locality wns really a BuhllJ'b , In looldng through some or hili pallera lIlo othel' dny I came ncms ! : ! somc oltl docu- menls , limon ! ; which wel'e flo\'el'nl r- celptod hllls Cl'om .John Hoffman In I 8211 , U 'o whlsl , ) ' was hilled at : : : : cents a gnllon , alllojaclc ( ( nt : J1i , nnd' Jamaica 1'UIII at 37Y.J , AuoUICI' hIli shows l'Iwl'ry bl'alIh' ! chnrged at : IH cents n allen , IltHl I I'oneh hl'lllldy , lreRUmabl ' cognllo , at $1. If We could bu ' the ' . same bl'l\lIdy to.day at $10 a gnllon I guess \\'e'd ho hlclr : , 1\1111 Imagine bu'lnl ; gOll ! r 's whlslW COI' 33 cent ! ! a gnllon ! Why , it almost rives ule to drlnl ; : just to think or It , " -Phlladolphla Hocol'd , - - Radium to Illuminate Gun Slghti. ' ] 'he .lIsco\'el'y of the latest use to \vhlch \ mclltll1l can bo IlIIt-tho 111uml- nation or gun fll hts , IlIH\ \ the I1Iw at night tln\C-SeeI1lK \ to indicate that It i\111 Iliay all hnlJOrtnt t llUl't In Wnt'- fare' " In gun BIHhts , le\'elln instruments 'lnd telescopcs tllero III what ht calleL 'l "fllltwlul" lIIark , which Is usel ! to ohtaln a fnlthful l'e8ult. 'l'heso marlR ; : or cQurlio are lIseloss In the darle , und , though many wa's or il1ul1ll alfng thel1l IlIl\'e b'een 'l d , nothing haB 1)I'ovell aatisfactOlT , 1\11' , Andrew A , Commoll of Eaton- rise 11'11.11 n 1 ; , was the first to attel1lpt tn so\\'e' \ the dltncully hy the IIS0 of radium , and l ls oxperhl1ents were so Iillece88ful that he RIIIlIed for a pat- enl. Unfortlltlateh' , ho dill not IIvo to hav It gmnted , hut : the Coml11ete IIpeeltlcalions submItted' ' 'by ' Mrs , Cont- mon , his widow ntHi executrix , ha0 JUllt been acceptod-I.onllon Dally , - , . , . 1\Iull , - - - When I Am Gone , When r ! llmll fold 11hUIIIIII \ In Insthu : IIlcell , All dllnc the taHlts to rnl' nHInl'd , , r wlIlIdnr , will tll"I'hB 114111111'11110 to weep , 01' will t hI. ' world /ll'om IIl1t to 1I\hllJ \ , " 'hcn t 1111Hone'l \ WhclI I ha vo Ills ed 1\ Wit ) ' , will Bomcon6 111t ) ' , AI ! near 10) ' now-made J"fI\\'e he wan- dcrH h ) ' , -'Stern ] ) l'Illh elllnes tll us all , to each hbl (111) ' , " Alld thell l'a1l9 eo1cll ) ' on without a sigh. When I Illn HIli" " ' ? " 'hcn r lu\\'o eealled my wOI'k , will'tllertJ lit ! nOlIl ! ' 1'0 IIlnoo II rose 1101111 my ! nm\ \ ) , A 11I1 HpPIIC ! II WIII'I1 or 1I1'1\IRO ror ROrnl ! dCI'll dlllll' , SOIl11J Ichll ! wurd snlll , IIlItI mourn "I doom " 'hell I a 111 Itono : -'I'lumIlH ! CllrllH Clnrlt , Mal de Mer , Seth Low. who Is In Home , narrated recentl ) ' to n.n Amerlenn , a 10011 in- Htance of the vicissitudes or sea travel - el In rough winter weather , "When you cross the ocean December - ber or .January , " salll 1\11' , 1.ow , " 'ou lire apt to he a wulwnell In the middle of the night by the 1I1alntlft' voice of 11. child in the next stateroom crying : " ' 1\lnl1lllla ! Quunnllt ! my dlnnel' won't fltar swallowed. ' ' ' - - - - - - - - Odd Consulates. JacClUeij Lehaudy , "EmIJCrol' , or a- harll , " who Is now In lll'lIRSel/3 / with bis "C01\l't. " is establishing cllnsulal' a encles In northct'n gu ollo , In a IIttlo NOI'we lan town called } -'rcllrl\s- \ ; : \den , bangH IL consular shield In front or a harbel"s shOI ) , boarlng the worlh , : "Agence du Consulat do I'imph'u : de Sahara , " The Retvlalln , 'rhat Russian slJ'ltlllled hattleshlp fietvhmn , which has tlg1ll'ed so 1)I'oml- centlr in the news fl'om Port AI'thur , Is called after a Swedish baltJeshlJl or slxt ' , four guns which WitS capturetl hy the HURsluns at the battle of Wi. horg' in 1790 , 'rheVOI'd Het\'istII means "ju , > tlce. " - - - - - - Want New GraIn Road , 'l'he l\luuitoha grain growers' < : pn- vontlon , held nt Wlnnll1eg recentlr , passell a resolution I'cclI1molJlIn the 1111t11'tllatp construction or a rail , war to HudsolBa \ ' as a hlghwa ) ' ot conHueree to IInd fl'OIll the Cauatllal1 orth west , , . - . , .
