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FROM 8ONQ8 OF TWO, We thought when Love at last should come The rose would lose Its thorn, And every lip but Joy's be dun When Love, sweet Love, was born ffbat never tears should start to rise. No night o'ertako our morn, Nor any guests of grief surprise When Lore, sweet Love, was born. And when he came, O Heart of mine! And stood within our door, No Joy our dreaming could divine Was missing from his store. The thorns shall wound our--hcarts again, But not the fear of yore, For all tho guests of grief and pain Bhall serve him evermore. —Arthur Sherburne Hardy. The Cyclone's Mercy Crp HE beat rolled up In waves from j[/ tbo sun-soaked land Into an at mospliere already surcharged wltli beat. For a number of bours the birds bad ceased song and twitter. The sharp chr-r-r of the grasshoppers and the steady click, click of the harvester •eemed to voice the misery caused by the stifling nlr. Not the slightest breeze ruffled the broad expanse of ripened wheat not a motion except of men, machlno and borses. White streaks of lather showed on the borses wherever touched by a strap of leather, and though they lagged miserably at their work tho driver was too enervated by tbe heat to urge them to a livelier gait. A tall, broad-shouldered young man walked toward tho team and held up one hand with* a gesture of command. "Take the horses, Mart, and put them In tho shadow of the bnrn they'll get sunBtruck If you don't look out We'll quit, all of us, until It cools *olt a lit tle." He walked slowly toward the house and threw himself down In the Bbade of the porch. The other men lounged In the shadow of tbe barn. "Good thing Jeff Cooper thinks some thing of bis bosses," muttered Mart. "He don't care for anything but what costs him money. N'o wonder bis wife left him." "Where did she go?" asked oue of tho men," lazily. "Nobody knows, unless she went buck to her folks.". "What did she go for?" questioned the man again. yGot tired of workln' like a beast, I gufess. All Jeff married her for was to AT 1IIS FEET LAY HILDA, work. She used to uillk the cows, take carc of tho bosses and do most all the ... •chores, then go Into the Held and work. She drove the team all through bar vestln' last summer." "She was a Swede, wasn't she? "Yes a strong, -red-chcckcd young woman, with big blue eyes, and hair Just the color of that wheat field down there. A young Swede was workln' for Jeff, and they left about the same time guess there ain't much doubt "It's a lie!" The men jumped and turned to look Into Jeff Cooper's white angry face, lie was trembling, but Ills voice was cool and steady. "My wife never left with any man It was not like licr. No belter, truer woman ever lived, and any man who lares to say anything different may an swer to me." lie clenched a pair of huge fists and looked at Mart, who did not answer for moment, then he asked,— "What did she go away for, then, and where Is she?" "I don't know: but I know tlmt when I find her she will be as good and puro as a little child." "Pity you hadn't 'predated her a lit tle more when you had her." returned Mart, scornfully. 'Most always If a man thinks anything of his wife he don't set her to workln' outdoors, like a man." "I never wanted her to work out doors. She liked to 'tend the horses and drive tliem, to sit on the harvester and watch the wheat fall. I did every thing foi her that I could. You thought when you built a mud house for your wife that you had done wouders I built a frame house for mine, and put a porch on It, when every board In it cost me most a bag of wheat, and that at the railroad twenty miles away." "Look! 'Look!" Interrupted one of the men. "A cyclone!" The men jumped to their feet. Tlicy could hear tbe distant _ronr coming nearer and nearer, and all earth and the heavehs seemed filled with the gathering fury. "It's going south of us." said Mart, hopefully. "There's enough of it coming here. Get tbe horses Into the cellar, quick!" commanded Jeff, running as he spoke to tbe horses, that stood pulling at their halters, their sensitive ears pricked for ward as tboy scented the coming tor nado. In a moment men and horses were In the cyclone cellar and the heavy door bolted. Through the thick eartlt banking they could hear the crash as the cyclone struck. "It's a big one," said Mart "If we get tbe whole of It you won't see your house, barn, linrvester or wheat unless you go Into auother county and gather them up." Jeff did not answer. He was not thinking of the safety of bis property, but of his wife. Was she safe out of the track of the cyclone? How fright ened she .had been the summer before, when just a slight-cyclone had passed through his fields! How she bad clung to him in tbe darkness and perfect safety of the cellar! He couid still feel her strong, young heart beating wildly against his own as she clung to him in an dgony of fear and dread. Why had she left bim? He lmd asked himself the question buudredB of times since she had left him—three months ago. He suspected that she had gone home It was only fourteen miles away, but he was too proud to lnnke any search for her. Surely she would come back some time! Mart's words burned bis ears, though lie did not believe their evil suggestion. "It's over, I guess," Mart's voice broke upon bis thoughts. THE THRILLING "CYCLE WHIRL." The "cycle whirl" is the .latest sensation of the bicycle world, soys the New York Journal. This apparatus makes it possible to hold bicycle races on the stage of a theater. In fact, there are two pursuit races daily at a New York theater, In which several noted stars of the cycling world take part. The men whirl around the basin with almost incredible speed. So steep is the track banked that the men appear to defy the laws of gravitation. To the spectators they seem to be riding around a picket fence slightly tilted. In order to cover a mile the cyclist has. to make between 125 and 150 laps. When two are going at full speed they present tho appearance of two colored streaks flying around with lightning speed. "Dare Devil" Schreyer of mile-a-mlnute fame, and King and .Samuetson, known Kb the "hobo" team in the recent six-day bicycle race at New York, are among the men who risk their lives daily giving exhibitions In the "wooden bowl." It takes skill of no mean order to race in this latest evolution of the bicycle track. Ho went to tho door and unbolted It. It opened outward, and when he pushed It struck something that had been blown against It. lie pushed a little harder the door opened a crack, and the man looking over Jell's shoul der, said.— "3Jbe house's left, for one thing." They pushed hard against the door until .Jeff could squeeze through. He looked down at his feet. "Hilda!" At Ills feet, her long, fair hair swept about her by the wind, lny Hilda. One arm sheltered tho baby that Jeff bad never seen It moved and cried, but Hilda lay motionless, licr white, up turned face ghastly beueatb Its coat ing of dust. Jeff took tile baby from her arms and gave It' to one of the men he then stooped to raise Hilda. Mart sprang forward to help, but Jeff pushed him aside!! and, unassisted, carried licr to the house and put her upon the bed. Ills face was as color Jess as hers as lie rubbed his bands and called bcr by all the old eudear Ing names she had been accustomed to bear from his lips. "No use, Jeff she's goue you can't bring her to," said one of the' men, In tbe hushed tones one uses in the pres ence of the dead. "She Is not dead! She must not die!" contradicted Jeff. "Hilda! Hilda!" There was more determination than despair In the cry. "I can feeMier pulse," he cried, hope fully, a few moments later. At last she opened her eyes, Jiut there was no look of recognition In tlicm. After awhile the dazed, bewildered expres sion left her face, ami her lips parted In a smile as she looked at Jell. He motioned the men from the room nnd dropped upon bis knees beside the bed. "Hilda, how cuuld you leave me so?" A troubled look came Into the child like blue eyes. "They did tell me—Mart's woman, and the others—that all you cared for me was to work. And sometimes I folt that the work was too hard, so I thought 1 would go awny till I was once more strong and could work for you." "They lied, Hilda! It was you I wanted, uot your work! Where were you when the cyclone struck?" She wrinkled her forehead a littlo In anxious tliougi^. "I was home. I went out with baby, and I turuod this way and walked a long time then I saw the cyclone com ing and was so afraid." She shud dered. and Jeff patted licr hand reas suringly. "Then 1 run. Oh, I run miles, uillcs! Then the wind took mo up, and then—I forget till I saw yon, Jeff." Mart put bis head in at tho door. "The roof of the barn's gone, and the harvester's missing, and every bundle of wheat's been Mowed gal'ay west, and all that was standlu' is flat. It was a terrible cyclone, now I tell you." Jeff turned a happy face, and said,— "Not a terrible cyclone, a blessed one: it brought my wife back-to me."—Farm and Fireside. WIT THAT AVERTED A RIOT. John Brougham's Well-Timeil Joke Calmed Turbulent Crowd. "There have been good many sto ries told of the quick wit of actors who have turned an accident or panic or a row Into a joke," said Tom Leigh, the old-time actor. "A good many of the stories are fakes. I suppose," ho continued, "but some are true, and there are lots that have never found their way Into print. The press agent wasn't as numerous or as clover la the old days as he Is now. "I remember an instance in which John Brougham carried off a most dif ficult situation by a clever bit of im provisation and saved the old Winter Garden from the disgrace of riot. It was the first ulglit on which bo played his burlesque 'Columbus' there and the house was filled with bis friends. "Among tho most enthusiastic of these friends were a great crowd of Fenians, headed by Malionoy, the man who had just thou been elected presi dent of the Irish republic at tbe old Fenian be«dquarter8 in 17th street There was a jollification in honor of his election, and as ho was a personal friend of Brougham's It was natural that ho aud his followers should buy up all the orchestra Beats In tbe house for tho opening night, as they did. "I was In the cast, and so was Jack Studly, but If anybody else In the com pany Is now alive 1 don't remember who It Is. I played the part of a big Indian who first appeared on the. stage as a messenger bringing dispatches from Washington. "Just as I came on a discussion that had sprung up among some of the ex cited Fenians developed into a quarrel. The house was already disturbed and there was every prospect of a fight In the orchestra In another minute. "I delivered my message and Brougham replied to me In the words of the piece 'Confound you, have done!" "Then turning from me to tho foot lights he went on, as If It was a part of bis speech (."Or would you like a band of Fenian brothers. All fame abandon to defame each other? It with such sentiments I sent out any, Itcmeniber I'm head center here, Ma lioney. "There was a roar of laughter from tho whole bouse at tills, and the Fen ians joined in it as heartily as any one else. There was no further talk or Indication of trouble and the play went on without Interruption."—New York Sun. Satisfied with Themselves. The Haitian loves to play at being a soldier. He delights in uniforms nnd gold lace, military titles aud display, yet he allows his neighbor, San Do mingo, to push tbe frontier between tbe states farther and farther to the westward without offering tbe slight est objection.. Here Is a conversation reported by Ilcsketh I'rlchard between three consequential Haitians, clad re spectively In blue, green aud pink uni forms thickly netted over with gold lace "General,1' petniirke tlio 111 no ouo. "What, my general?" respond the others. "I am tired. But the review uf to day! What a spectacle!" "O-ho!" cries the pink general. "As suredly a great spectacle!" "Without question," says the green general, "the most maguilicent specta cle that one c£uld imagine." "I was much interested," remarks tho Englishman. "Our army is composed of bravo men," says the blue. "Our troops are the finest in tho world. Do you not think so, mon sieur?" "1 have seen none like them," agrees the Englishman, witli caution. "The army of Haiti lias never been conquered. The French were here we drove tlieiu out. The English fougiit with us where are they? But we—wo —we are hero always. We have never been conquered." This was the paean of tho pink gen oral. and the others agreed. Had Found His Strong Point. A member of the bar not richly en dowed with Intellect after years of brleflessucss married a rich widow. She died. Again lie sought a bride with a large dower and agaiu became a widower. Then he thought he would return to Ills loug neglected profession. He approached an old friend, who had meanwhile become a judge of the Su preme Court, and asked what in his opinion would be the wisest course for him to pursue. "Stick to tho probate and matrimonial," said the1 Judge. Quaint Southern Epitaph. A Charleston, S. C., churchyard con tains tbe dust of many eminent men and several queer epitaphs. The epi taph of Charlotte Klford, ho clied oil May 9, 1817, says that— She was In Childhood, Obedient, In Wedlock, Virtuous. In Prosperity, Humltlc. In Adversity, Kosigaed.:. .. In Sickness, Patient. In Death, Happy. In Arizona. "lie called Alkali Ike a liar and a horse thief." "And he's dead-right there, I say." "Yes, lie was dead right there, sure enough."—Philadelphia Press. GAMES WITH PAPER ROLLS AMUSE SOCIETY. Here Is a new game, which is causing a gr^at deal of amusement at social gatherings in Europe. Two hoys or young men are blindfolded, and In tho right hand of each is plnced a stout roll ot paper in the form of a club or cudgel. The players then have to lie down on tbe carpet and to grasp each other by the left hand. There upon the run begins. One of the players asks the other: "Are you there?" When the answer "Yes" comes he raises bis right hand and strives to hit with his cu'dgel the spot where, from the sound of the voice, he supposes tho other player's head to be. The other player, however, is at perfect liberty to move his head after.he has answered "Yes^" and the result is that in nine cases out of ten the blow misses his head nnd falls on his shoulders or some other part of his body. In that case It Is his turn to retaliate, and so the game goes on indefinitely, the. sole object of the player who asks the question being to strike the other player's head and that of the player who answers (a save his head from being struck. IOWA LEGISLATURE. Tbe House of Representatives Thurs day morning passed a resolution offered by Mr. Kendall of Monroe, providing that all appropriation bills must bo in troduced by Feb. 20 and cannot be in troduced after that date, except by three fourths Vote. The resolution was debat ed. Several attempts we're made to amend it. Mr. Hasselqulst of Lucas of fered an amendment which excepted bills that might be formulated by a committee. So much opposition manifested itself that he withdrew it. Mr. Hughes of Iowa, who will be chairman of the appropria tions committee, offered nu amendra ut changing the date to March 1. This was voted down, and the original resolution was carried unanimously. Senators Allison and Dolliver will con tinue to represent Iowa In the upper house of the national Congress. The two houses of the Legislature balloted sep arately on Tuesday. No speeches were made, and the vote was strictly partisau, the Democratic vote going to E. H. Thay er of Clinton and J. J. Serley of Burling ton. Senator Allison was elected for the term beginning March 4, 1003, and Sen ator Doliver for the terui which began March 4, 1001, the first part of which he has served by appointment of Gov. Shaw. The standing committees of the Senate and House were antiounced by the presiding officers. In the Senate twelve bills were introduced. These in clude measures for the codification of the session laws passed since the code of ISO? went into effect, to legalize primary elec tions, to prohibit child labor, to permit discrimination in freight rates by rail roads for the benefit of manufacturers within the State, and to increase the building tax levy of the State Unfvttsity from one-tenth to two-tenths of a mill. Reform of tariff schedules, many of which he declared were no longer a shield for American labor, but had in some cases been turned as a weapon of offense against tbe American market, was the text of Senator Dolllver's address to the joint session of the Legislature on Wed nesday after the ratification"^ his elec tion and that of Senator Allison had been completed. Senator Dolliver said: "I be lieve that I speak for the average judg ment and good sense of the whole commu nity of Iowa when I say that these de fects in our laws ought to be corrected, and I express a confidence that the Con gress of the United States will be able in spirit friendly to the principles upon which the protective tariff rests to correct these defects in a business-like way, un less we are compelled to admit that Con gress has tocome helpless in the pres ence of questions like these/' RUSSIAN SLEEPING CARS. Men Quartered at OneKnd of thcTrain Women at the Other. St. Petersburg has seven railway stations, und not a track crosses the city, nor does a whistle toot coming into It, nor do clouds of smoke belch orer the inhabitants and make life mis erable for them. Trains for Moscow go out at tbe Nicholas statlou, named iu honor of tbo handsome and generous Nicholas I,, who commanded the rail road to bo built between the two capi tals. Winans, the American, was the builder of the road. It was entirely cre ated by American hands, American energy, and Russian money run by American engineers and Is an enor mous success. The railroad englueers suggested to the Emperor that tbe road should curve gracefully in a serpentine man ner between tbe different towns. But Nicholas said,, drawing sharp, straight line with his ruler, "Make it so, and let tbe towns come to the rail road," which they have since done in great numbers. The fare, first class, In cluding sleeping accommodations, call ed the "wagon lit," amounts to just $13 for the ride of thirteen hours, and the arrangements are not bad. Unless you pay a large subsidy or are extreme ly lucky you are sure to have a com panion de voyage in your stateroom, the men being at one end of the train, women at the other. Their Mite. The late Bishop Whipple was doing missionary work Iu Florida years ago, at a period when the State had not re covered from th^desolntlon of the Sem inole war, and when the fruits had just been destroyed by a great frost One Incident of the work shows not only the sympathy and consideration which made him so greatly loved, but also the consecratiou nnd self-sacrifice of the poor people whom he served. He held services at old plantation homes many of them truly patriarchal, where black and white were baptized at the same font. After one of these meetings an old slave woman brought the preacher a large basket of eggs, which were then selling for fifty cents a dozen. "David," said Mr. Whipple, turning to his old sexton/'you have done wrong to beg of these poor people." "Massa," broke in one of the women. "David done ask for no eggs. We done nsk him down to do quarters what you's doln' for de Lord at St. Augus tine. David say you's done fixin' de church bigger. We says we's gwine to have somefln In dat ourselfs. So 1 done gives ten eggs, an' Clarlssy five eggs, an' Sally fifteen eggs, an* Cliloe twe eggs, an' so along. An', massa, please take 'em. Dey's fur de Lord." An Unnecessary Incumbrance. Dalsy—I have made up my mind to enter society. Hardhead—What him your mind got to do with it?—The Smart Set. Threw Writings Away, It took Count Tolstoi five years to gather the historical material for "War and Peace." The preliminary writings from which the book sprang arc now in the Rumjauzoff Museum. Moscow. But they had a hard time getting there. Some years ago when Countess Tolstoi was ill a careless ser vant took the manuscripts and threw them Into a disused canal In the park near the house. They were discov ered after several ^eeks and rescued. Urjupt of Him* Husband—I'll bet while you were in that milliner's selecting a hat I could have done twenty thousand dollars' worth of business. Wife—But do you think there is any comparison in the Importance-of the two transactions? A Huge Success. First Banqueter—That was a great dinner. Second Banqueter—Elegant. I haven't felt so uncomfortable for along time.— Philadelphia Record. A. Juvenile Philanthropist. "I like that boy of Sniggins'." "Isn't he a little obstinate? The day I called his mother had to threaten to spank him before he would recite pieces for the ladles and gentlemen." "That isn't obstinacy. That's moral courage.'*—Washington Star. Brief Respites. Does your daughter sing 'Always?' asked the guest "No she stops for her meals," re plied the long-suffering porent.—Phil adelphia Record, v? Eft wskmm as '-f Congress and the Philippines. Despite a scorning show of coiitldcucc In tiie treatment of the problems of the irchlpelngo, Congress cannot disguise its feat's as to the adequacy of the so lutions that may be adopted. Tlie Democratic members ot that body do uot assume the responsibility of grappling with a question wliieh the Republican majority will insist upon settling, and wbllo they look upon the outcome with 110 little concern—as all good citizens must—tho political sweat box is now chiolly occupied by states men of the dominant party. The itcpublicaus have assumed tor political reasons that tho Filipinos are Incapable of self-government, which is equivalent to saying tlmt they are bar barians, if not worse, when adjudged from intellectual standpoints, and that a patriarchal supervision over their af fairs must be observed. Vet the lie lias been given this as sumption in the appointment of na tives to positions of great responsibili ty aud trust, and in the effort to intro duce a system of local government sub ordinate to the federal power. The Philippine commission was cre ated with a view to pacifying the na tives, to the end that local self-govern ment might be brought about liiul con fidence In the federal authority devel oped aud maintained. Tills is clearly shown by the report submitted ly that body, the following excerpt being in point: "If Congress will reduce by 50 per cant the United States duty 011 tobacco, hemp niul sugar, and other merchan dise coming from these Islands, It is certain that the trade between them and tho United States under the new tariff will increase by leaps and bounds. Such generosity would much strengthen the bonds between the Fili pino and the American people, and It is.earnestly recommended." Tho Republican majority in Con gress, however, did not evince nny de sire to increase the trade between tho United States and the archipelago "by leaps and bounds," or to "strengthen the bonds between the Filipinos and the American people," by nny such processes as the commission suggested, while bullets and powder can be suc cessfully used as reconcilers. Instead of acting upon tho recom mendations of the committee, Congress actually raised the export duties in stead of lowering any of them, and, by the logic of the situation, weakened In stead of 'strengttened the bonds of uni ty to which the committee referred. By this procedure the Republican party has re-enforced Its shotgun poli cy In tho Philippines, by feeding the distrust of tho natives and teaching them that while honoring the flag they must likewise respect the first law of nature—that of self-preservation. Without trade concessions from the hands of tho conquerors tho conquered can never be brought within the lines of loyalty and become the trusted en voys of tho flag. Had it not been for a liberal and far-reaching policy of reconstruction, nrbloh, with nil its faults -and evilR of earpetbagism, pointed out the way to an intelligent solution of the problems growing out of tho Civil War, the South, though conquered, would be still in a state of insurrection against the federal government. Until equitable trade relations are es tablished with the Philippines, nnd the government ceases to look upon a sub dued foe as a permanent object of na tional suspicion, the Filipinos may be depended upon to maintain a guerilla warfare of as vicious a typo as the cir cumstances will permit. This will, in turn, call for more troops, more lighting, more military equipment, and tho federal policy of extermination which has been applied under a humanitarian mask to the red Indian of America.—St. Louis Republic. Roosevelt's Masterly Retreat. From the signs of the times it Is ap parent that Mr. Roosevelt Is close second behind the American public In discovering that Mr. Schley has been wronged, having slguifled his willing ness to give that gentleman a hear ing. At the outset, the President promptly approved tho work of the majority ot the board of inquiry, and indicated a purpose to "sit down" on both Ad miral Dewey and General Miles for having expressed opinions favorable to the maligned hero of Santiago Bay. The high-mightiness of tho naval court was not to be questioned by any one olliclally under the thumb of tho President aud the Potomac flats aud all tho llats In the servlco of the gov ernment were awed Into silence, nnd stillness relgued where federal jobs were In jeopardy. But the still small voice of the Amer ican public soon swelled Into a hurri cane of disapproval, and from ocean to ocean a cry of "for slmme" arose from the great patriotic heart of the repub lic. Mr. Roosevelt saw the storm coming and lie tried to head it off by sacrific ing Maclay, a vicarious atonement too cheap to appease the growing wrath of the nation. Unable to stem tbe tide of criticism, and keep down the swelling wave of censure directed against those who would rob a hero of a title justly won, the President has beaten a retreat and Invited Admiral Schley to a confer ence with a view to so adjusting mat ters that tho controversy may end. Whether this means that the "find ings'* so recently approved by Secre tary Long are to be disapproved by the President, or concessions of another character made to Mr. Schlcy, with a view to fencing in tlje controversy, re mains to bo seen. Certain It Is, however, that It means a retreat on the part of the President from the aggressive attitude assumed at tho outset and should It prove an endorsement of Mr. Schley there will be left no honorable course for Secre tary Loug to pursue but io resign bis portfolio—and still further attenuate the ofiiclal holdover family of tho Into President McKlnley. It is very clear that Mr. Roosevelt became alarmed at the depth aud breadth of the Schley sentiment throughout the country, and feared Its evolution Into an Issue. Rather than permit the Schley con troversy to take Its course, to the ulti mate discredit of the administration, the President Is willing to recognizo a mistake when his political future com pels him to do so, and perhaps render tardy Justice to a brave man. The rumor that the President has In Wtwl General Miles tp fllqqer I In -. f8SSl further evidence that he has discov* ered his mistake in trying to defend a naval clique against the enlightened sentiment of the country, nnd is seek ing to regain lost ground before it Is everlastingly^too late for his explana tions and Implied apologies to be In order.—Butte, Mont., Miner. Against Its Win. It lias been quite generally charged by Democrats and quite as stubbornly denied by administration lcalders, that the Republican party reluctantly pledged the U. S. government to grant Cuba her independence. Cuba had been regarded as a splendid object of prey by the great vultures of modern commercialism, and to forego tne in tense pleasure of feasting upon Cuban franchises and special privileges of all kinds under the protecting wing of Mark llanna aud his then protege In the White House, was more than they could well endure. In fact.tbey fully Intended to enjoy a royal feast, with Uncle Sam as the guest of honor. But their plans were frustrated by the Democratic party and Independent Re publicans. It Is uo longer a secret that tlie ad ministration, under the magic spell of Wall street, intended to "benevolent ly assimilate" Cuba on the same plan as tbe Philippines tiavo since been "assimilated." For proof of this, we have tho declaration of Congressman Hepburn, iu the following colloquy, which Is reported as having taken place 011 the floor of the House: "Do you uot believe they are as ca pable of self-government as the Cu bans?" inquired Shafroth of Colorado. "I do." "Then, do you not believe In the In dependence of Cuba?" "The Democratic party forced the ad ministration luto a position where It was compelled, against its will, to de clare for the Independence of Cuba," replied Hepburn, amidst Democratic applause. "Oh, you may applaud," ho contin ued. "but I predict that before many years you will yourselves see the un wisdom of giving tho Cubans inde pendence." (Republican applause.) Here is an open admisslou that tho "administration was forced, against its will, to declare for the Independ ence of Cuba." What sham! What pretense was this, then, that the ad ministration nnd administration organs indulged in over a forced declaration! Loud have been Republicans nnd Re publican organ grinders In their prises of the high nnd unselfish motives that actuated their party Iu the Cuban mat ter, when, as a matter of fact, sub stantiated by the testimony of no less a personage than Congressman Hep burn, the independence of Cuba was unsought and unwelcome. Iu the face of revelations such as this, need wo wonder at the reluetnney with which conditional independence was granted tlie Cubans? Shameful and humiliating as It may appear, the fact is that we schemed to betray the Filipinos. Verily, we are vapidly dorolopiug Into a natton of liars and traitors.—Commoner, Roches ter, Pa. Trnuts Control Republicans. The fact that living nnd active trusts have far more lutluence In shaping Re publican policies lhan the sentiments expressed by a dead Presideut Is being demonstrated beyond any doubt. In several of President McKlnley's last public addresses he strougly urged tho extension of reciprocity treaties, and correctly argued that they would ben efit a large majority of the people of this country. It looks extremely prob able, however, that his advice will be ignored at the behest and in the inter est of the trusts. The New York World quotes a member of President Roose velt's cabinet as saying ou that sub ject: "We cannot get down from Presi dent Mclvinley's position too rapidly. That would bo unkind to Ills memory aud Impolitic. But we can get down, and we will, and by the end of tho Fifty-seveuth Congress we will be Just where we started, with no reciprocity of any consequence and with all our protection.—ICuox, Ind., Democrat. Tariff Leechcs Insatiable* The history of tariff legislation is full of instances in which the beneficiaries of tariff discrimination have asked for more. We do not recall a single in stance In which any considerable num ber of them have consented to give up what they had. There have been In dividuals Intelligent enough to do this, as Mr. Carnegie now is ready to do it with reference to steel and iron. But there has been no class of tariff favor ites who have been willing to give up a stiver of the advantage they have received at the expeuse of their fellow citizens.—New York Times. Trusts Outdoing Din^leyiBm. Wbeu the Dingley tariff was ar ranged its authors provided In it a means of qualifying its most repulsive features by providing for the negotia tion of reciprocity treaties. The Repub lican party in convention indorsed the policy thus set forth and hailed pro tection and reciprocity as twins, presi dent McKlnley did his best to keep faith with the people. But the trusts have become more powerful than their creators. They refuse to keep the promise of the Diugleys aud McKlnleys nnd insist upou their pound of flesh.— Philadelphia Record. Bright Outlook for Democrats. Opportunity makes the man in poli tics, or rather gives the man a chance to let the people know he has arrived. If chosen leaders of the Democratic minority in Congress fail to touch the button at the right time real leaders will move to the front. There Is plenty of brains In the minority and some Dem ocrat will appear who has his Demo cratic principles on straight nnd isn't handicapped by recent precedent and isn't afraid he'll do something lucon? slstent. Take It easy, boys. Things are coming our way.—Toledo Bee. That Star-eyed Goddess. Teddy's "handmaiden of protection" Is a trollop. She cauuot hold a candle that Is, she can only hold a candle—to the star-eyed goddess whilst the star eyed adjusts her wings and arranges her back hair. Your kid damsel may be good enough to show off at evening parties In low neck aud short sleeves, but the goddess was made to wear and Is massive, and. being entirely recov ered of her recent llness. she can walk away with all the trundle-bed trash they trot out agaiust her.—LoutsvJUe Courier-Journal, OP INTEREST IN IOWA A DIARY OF NOTEWORTHY HAP PENINGS. Kxplosion Ditches Fast Train at Vic tor—Teacher Seriously Hurt by Irate Parent-Victim of Deudty Oil Can- Many Prisoners Freed. The Deliver limited on tho Rock Island road was wrecked at Victor by the ex plosion of the locomotive boiler an the train was running through town at a good rate of speed. The eugine was de molished and every conch was thrown from the track, hut, strangely enough, none of the passengers was hurt. Engi neer W. Williams of Brooklyn and Fire man 13. Hoar of Valley Junction were instantly killed, and two porters and a brakeman were slightly injured. The accident occurred within 250 feet of the depot, and the noise of the explosion aroused every person iu the town. Pieces of the wrecked engine were strewn around for a distance of 200 feet, and the boiler was found 150 feet away from the scene of the accident. The cause of tlie explosion will never bo known, ow ing to the death of the engineer ami fire man. The bodies of these men were horribly mangled, and were found only a short distance away. Williams, the dead engineer, had been in the service of the road for twenty-eight years, and was regarded as one of the ablest in the em ployment of the company. Parent Assaults Tencher. A few weeks ago Prof. W. A. Bentley, priucipal of the Carson .schools, had oc casion to punish a sou of Charles Hooker for some misdemeanor. Tins enraged the father so that he called a meeting of the school board and informed them that if the professor was not discharged he would infiict .summary personal punish ment upon him. The board, after care ful examination, decided that Mr. Bent ley was justified in his course aud that the punishment was not unduly severe. One evening the professor was passing by Mr. Hooker's house when he (Hooker) came out, and after a short talk, is said to have made an assault upon Mr. Bent ley, which left him severely bruised and scarred and caused injuries which may prove permanent. Mr. Bentley has made arrangements for commencing suit for $3,000 damages. Dies in Awful Agony, Alma, the 12-year-old daughter of W. T. Fifield of Harvey, met «a horrible death at the home of her parents. Tlie child was endeavoring to force a fire by means of coal oil. There was a flash and tho clothing of the girl was caught. She had on a thick cloak of rough goods and this was instantly a sheet of flame that completely enveloped the little body. The child dashed from the door and into some bushes near the house. The mother was near, but the accident happened so suddenly aud the child was so frantic and crazed that it was impossible to got to her with assistance before she was burned to a crisp. Sets Free 473 Prisoners. As practically the closing act of his administration Gov. Shaw ntado public the names of 473 prisoners to whom ho had extended executive clemency within tiie last two years. The Governor's rec ord in this resjK'ct has never been equaled in Iowa. To the majority of the Iowans the release of more than 00 per cent of the prisoners came as a complete sur prise. It has been the Governor's pol icy to refuse the newspapers access to the pardon records, urging as a reason that publicity attending tho releaso of a convict handicaps his efforts to reform. Had His Skull Crushed In. John L. Hood of Clare was suddenly killed, it is presumed by tho kick of a horse. The accident occurred while he was driving his cattle to a corn field at the north edge of town. He was riding horseback, but it is supposed that he got off to open tho gate and was kicked iu tlie head by the horse. The accident was partially seen by a woman in a house nearby, who went at once to his assist ance and found him lying unconscious on the ground near the gate. A great hole was iu his forehead and the skull crushed iu. lie never regained conscious ness. Fire Fighter Badly Hurt. The large cooperage works of S. H. Thompson in Fort Dodge burned to the ground. The loss is $25,000, on(y slight ly covered by insurance. The cftnwe of the fire is a mystery. J. V. Lowry, cap tain of the Fort Dodge fire department, was frightfully burned in tlie face by the explosion of a can of oil while clear ing away the wreckage. It is feared he will love his eyesight. Brief Btate Happenings, The general store of Felgar Bros, was damaged by fire at Trenton. The dam age is $5,000. Ilenry Felschele, a Dubuque grocer, was arrested for having four squirrels and exposing them for sale. James S. Kelso, a well-known East Des Moines resident, was accidentally shot with a 22-caliber target rifle at his resideuce. John Rolston, a promiucnt and wealthy farmer residing near Albion, was found hanging to a rafter in his burn. The mo tive for the act is unknown. James Burgess, a coal miner employed in the mine of the Webster County Coal and Land Company at Lehigh, was killed by the discharge of a blast. Burgess lived five hours after the explosion. The damage suit brought Mrs. Sadie M. Eriekson of Masscna against Cass County has been decided In her favor. On May 28 Mrs. Erickson met with an accident, sustaining a broken ankle and several minor injuries on a defective ap proach to a bridge on a public highway in Victoria township. Jackson Cotiley, claiming Waterloo as his home, was picked up on the streets of Guthrie, Ok., in a demented condition. His clothing was torn almost completely from his body., lie tells an incoherent story about being driven from Laugston by negroes and attacked by liotiuds. Superintendent L. B. Beardsley of the Sioux City division of the Milwaukee Railroad has personally taken up the matter of recognizing the heroic rescue of a Milwaukee passenger traiu by lirtte 12-year-old Elsie Schlosser of Green*" ville, and the girl will bo given the choice of a gold medal or a cash reward. In Waterloo fire was discovered in the foundry building at the Kelly & Han neyhill plant. The alarm was turned In but when the company arrived the fire was so well under headway that all ef forts were necessarily turned to saving the surrounding buildings. The foundry building was a complete loss. Patrick Henry, a section man on the Illinois Central, was run down and in stantly killed a mile east of Arion by a traiu. He had been over the track and was coming back, and had just passed a sharp curve, when he was overtaken. The train was running about fifty miles an hour. He leaves a widow and seven chil dren. Robert E. Van Court, a Newton in ventor, came near losing his life from ptomaine poisoning due to eating part of a can of tomatoes. Two physicians worked with the man several hours aud he suffered terrible agony. Two Keokuk doctors had to work for hours to nnplug the gullet of Charles Carlson, which had become clogged with a beef bone. While eating his dinner Carlson got a big bone in his mouth iu some uuexplained way and it slipped down his gullet about nine inches and then stopped. The bone was about an inch and a half by two iuches iu dimen sions, and Carlson's aesophagus was not quite so large at its lower end, I tPr SW Jkfcf ^-e «, zteKL itj 36 Davenport has been experiencing a coal famine. Miss Eloisc Packer, an employe of the Ilawkeye laundry at Boone, was instant ly killed by being caught in a steam wringer. Mr. and Mrs. Johu Haire, pioneer citi zens of Fort Dodge and Webster Coun ty, celebrated their golden wedding an niversary. Joseph Allen of Pocahontas County is announced as a candidate for regent of tho University of Iowa to succeed Har vey Ingham. The cornea from a Belgian hare's eye has been placed iu the eye or William StrickeH of Anamosa, who lost one optic and injured the other in a mine explo sion several years ago. Physicians estimate the number of cases of measles inside the city limits of Fort Dodge at present at 2,000. The disease is accompanied by pneumonia and brouehial complications. Charles Mettle, who was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary at Ana mosa for attempting to blow up the homo of Attorney Cron in Cedar Rapids, has been paroled by Gov. Shaw after serving eighteen months. Tom Waiters is under arrest in Atlau tic, charged with assaulting his wife with intent to commit murder. It is said he discharged tlie contents of a gun at her and that the charge tore a hole iQ tho door large enough to admit a dog. Dr. Eli Watson Moorman of Ioka, who was fatally injured by the breaking of a box he Was sitting on in one of the stores, has since died. His back was in jured in such a manner that the lower half of his body was totally paralj'zed. 'ist While working on the Dallas County court house, at Adel C. A. Osborne was struck on tiie head by an elevator. Ho fell seventy feet down tbe elevator shaft, breaking his leg and sustaining several other injuries. There is no doubt, how ever, but that he will recover. The Minnesota and Iowa Electric Rail way Company filed articles of incorpora tion with half a million dollars capital. The object is stated in the articles to be the building and operation of an electric railway from Decorah, Iowa, via Pres ton, Miun.,*to tho Twin Cities.. A man by the name of Peter Wil liams, a Belgian, who caiue to this coun try about one year ago, and who left his wife and children in the old country* und was saving his earnings to send for them, was struck by a Rock Island train just west of Victor and instantly killed. '4s- Des Moines will entertain the G. A. R. May 21 to 23 inclusive. Tho dates were fixed by the committee and the local members of the posts aud citizens. Elab orate preparations are scheduled for en tertainment of the old soldiers, the* Relief Corps and the Sous and Daughters of t|ie Revolution. Senator Blanehard, by request of the medical fraternity of Oskaloosa and Ma haska County, will introduce a bill dur ing the session authorizing the levying In cities and towns of a population ot 5,000 or over of a l-inill tax for hospital purposes. Under the present law pest houses and city hospitals can be main tained only out of a general fund. M. W. Owens, who was beaten se verely by Robert Canning, a detective In the employ of the Chicago and North western, last July, has made a settle ment with the Northwestern olllcials, through which he was awarded damages to the amount of $500. Canning took Oweus for another and finding him pass ing through the C. «fc N. W. yards, gave him a terrible drubbiug. Three men are under suspicion at Ot tumwa of haviug murdered Lee Clark, the man who died from Injuries received late on the night of Jan. 2, a short time before the man was found by two policemen with his skull fractured and part of his body frozen in the Jce. The names of these men are said to have been muttered by Clark during semi lucid moments while he was lingering be tween life and death at the home of his relatives. Desperate through grief over the loss of her husband who was killed in the Chris ty coal mine last September, Mrs. Wil liam A. Jacques of Des Moines attempt ed suicide at Woodland cemetery. She swallowed a portion of an ounce phial of chloroform, ihrew the rest of the fluid on her handkerchief, stuffed it into her mouth and pitched forward on to the guave of her husband. Prompt action on tho part of an elderly lady who chanced to be visiting the cemetery doubtless sav ed the young woman's life, Fort Dodge capital is about to branch out more broadly than heretofore, and that in the very near future. Within the next few days the articles of jncor poration will be filed for a new hind com pany, which will have its headquarters in that city. The capital stock of the com pany will bo $100,000 and already $S5, 000 of the stock has been sold to leading business uieu. The company will be or ganized to do a legitimate real estate business in land in Iowa, Minnesota, North and South Dakota and Oklahoma, dealing in farm land. Iu Mason City occurred the marriage of Henry M. Messer of Milwaukee and Miss Adeline Thompsou of Mason City. The wedding was the end of a summer time flirtation at Clear Lake, whore Mr. Messer, a retired and wealthy business inan of Milwaukee, was spending his summer. Iu Davenport little Ellen Vinton, 15 months-old child, swallowed part of the couteuts of a battle of carbolic acid. Tho bottle was left on the window sill in tho room where the child was, while its moth er went into an adjaceut room to do some work and the child got possession of the bottle. She died after iutense suffer ing. 1 -A The Tissourl authorities refuse to give up Sherman Morris, alias SherelilT, the diamond robber. It is understood Slier cliff is wanted in Missouri for some of fense and it is therefore doubtful whelk-. er the Iowa authorities will secure his return to the peniteutiary. SherclifTs brothers, W. H. and John Morris, reside on a farm near Melbourne. *jkv V. ifc-vS 1 $ J** The State Board of Railroad Commis sioners has reorganized for the ensuing year. Commissioner IS. A. Dawson of I Waverly succeeds himself as chairman of the board, aud Dwight N. Lewis was unanimously re-elected secretary. Ed ward C. Brown, who succeeds Col. Wel come Mowry as a member of tho commis sion, took his scat with the board for the first time, although his boud was filed and he took the oath of office some weeks ago. Col. D. J. Palmer of Washington is the other member of the commission. The ofllec force of the commissioners will remain the same. One of tlie boldest hold-ups in the his tory of Des Moines occurred, tho other evening. H. R. Hyde of Wiuterset was the victim. He is an agent for the Des Moiuts Nursery Co. Mr. Hyde was knocked down and robbed at about 5?15. He was dragged into an alley north of Court avenue by his assailants and was not found by the police until 9 p. m. Mr. Hyde is a large man of about 45 years. He was assaulted by two men. A club or board was probably used. Thev took $35 iu cash, a $45 watch and a $100 dia mond ring, also some bank checks that Hyde says amounted to about $50. Ileury Topf, a prosperous farmer liv ing four miles southwest of Charter Oak, was found dead on a recent afternoon. He had been griudiug feed, aud had cvi« dently reached into the hopper, when his hand was caught, aud then the sweeps caught his head, crushing it. He leaves a widow and ouo child. Two small boys, Floyd and Carl Col vin, held up for robbery at tho point of a pistol a 12-year-old boy named Harry Blsdorf. The robbery occurred at tho Illinois Central trestle in Central yards at Waterloo. Young Bisdorf, who was badly frightened, says tlie revolver was fullv loaded and the hammer raised when the boyu pointed it at hup. /?,