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SUNDAY. MARCH SO, IH9B.
A SPECIAL NEWS SERVICE
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Single exception of the San Francisco
Eiaminer.
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IS IT DONE TO FRIGHTEN?
Almost daily there are dispatches on
the attitude of European nations in the
threatened imbroglio between this coun
try and Spain. We are told what Aus
tria, France, Germany, Russia, and
even Great Britain, are going to do.
There have been dispatches from which
It may be inferred that all European
nations are against us and are about to
mobilize their armies and navies to help
6pain. If the dispatches do not go as
far as that, they convey the impression
that European sympathies are adverse
to this country.
Why ls all this stuff dinged into our
ears? Is it to frighten the American peo
ple? They have made it known through
out our entire history that the mcr
formidable the enemy the more patri
otic, courageous and energi tic they be
come. If the cause is just they do not
stop to count the foe. They are not
stupid, nor ignorant of facts and condi
tions.
No doubt there is a sympathy on the
part of Austria with Spain. Ever since
Charles V the blood of the Hapsburgs
has flowed in the veins of Spanish kings,
except Joseph Bonaparte; the present
boy king is partly of Austrian lineage.
But Austria has her hands full at home,
ln the strifes between Germans, Hun
garians, Czechs and the other nineteen
factions of her conglomerated popula
tion. Austria, too, is almost as bank
rupt as Spain.
That French capitalists bold a large
number of Spanish bonds is no doubt
true, and they want to get their money.
But the French government is repub
lican, and the French people would never
tolerate a war to support monarchical
and oppressive rule of any people.
Germany is disgruntled by our tariff
legislation, especially by that feature
of the Dlngley law which increases the
duty on German sugar to the extent
that Germany pays a bounty on that
Which her people produce lor exporta
tion. A war on the part of that coun
try to perpetuate Spain's oppressive and
barbarous rule in Cuba would be un
popular and would exacerbate the spirit
which in that empire is agitating for
larger liberties for the people.
Russia has been our consistent and
continuous friend, and has schemes of
her own In other than European lands.
It would do her no good to assist Spain
to retain her plundered dependencies.
Great Britain has endless complica
tions, and her true interest is to remain
at peace with us.
The sensational dispatches In regard
to the attitude of the great European
nations are manufactured tor a pur
pose; not to frighten the American peo
ple, but the American president. They
proceed from bondholders and stock
jobbers. Wall sir. et is alarmed, berause
business has Blackened and securities
have fallen in price In consequence of
the war flurry. Tiny know the obliga
tions McKinley is under to the money
power in providing funds to secure his
election, and they are making use of
their leverage to control him, They
recognize that it is an influence more
potential than the sentlmi nt of the
people.
The president has announced that he
will not wage un "unholy war." It is in
evidence that he may be In a frame of
mind to be pulled down. Though he has
displayed energy in preparations for
war, there Is a lurking feeling that It
has been done as a bluff and for the
purpose of securing a diplomatic ad
vantage.
An "unholy war"! What war can be
holier than one in behalf of human lib
erty, to relieve a people from oppres
sion and plunder to which they have
been subjected for more than a century?
If the president ten months ago had
recognized Cuban belligerency thera
would have been no destruction of the
Maine, and thousands upon thousands
of reconcentrados would not have suf
fered and died from starvation.
These are humanitarian features, and
besides this the dllatoiiness of our
government has caused immense losses
to our citizens of property In Cuba and
to our commerce with that prolific Isl
and. J
The Cuban patriots have as just a
cause for seeking relief from Spanish
rule as our forefathers had in engaging
In the war of the revolution. They are
entitled, not only to our compassionate
regard, but to such active aid as may
be justified by the laws of nations.
Recognizing belligerent rights is not
a casus belli; for if a great nation can
not exercise its own judgment as to when
a proper case for such action arises, It
is not free and Independent,
The American people do not want war
if It can be honorably avoided. They
would not be satisfied, however, with
any settlement of the present affair with
Spain short of recognition of Cuban'in
dependence. The Cuban patriots have
fought three years for their liberties,
and as they are on the point of real
izing their aspirations, it would be
cruel for our government to take action
that would tend to prolong their mis
eries. The situation is such that to de
mand that Spain withdraw from Cuba
would be justifiable on all grounds, and
if such demand leads to war the people
of this country, with almost one voice,
would say, Let it come.
THE PATHETIC SIDE
There is a pathetic side to the rush
to the gold fields of Alaska. There is
something more than the greed for
riches that has possessed the adven
turers.
It has come to pass in this country,
as in older countries, that gold hunting
is almost the only channel left open to
the poor man by which he may achieve
riches quickly. Nearly all avenues to
great and speedy wealth have beet:
usurped by those who have allied them
selves together In various forms of
monopoly. The average man sees the
rich growing very much richer. There
is a great and constantly increasing
class who are growing poorer. Others,
whose condition as a class has slightly
improved, find themselves still at the
mercy of the monopolist. That it takes
money to make money does not now cor
rectly describe the situation. It takes
a great deal of money to make money,
and the influence of capital as a money
maker is directed against those who
do not possess it. There is a community
of interest that is exerted with irre
sistible and merciless power.
The average laboring man sees and
feels these things. He may not under
stand exactly how things operate, but
he knows the effects and feels t,hem.
He sees that as matters are going nt
present it is useless to kick against the
pricks. He can neither oppose monop
oly nor be of it. He merely exists.
Alaska and the Klondike opened up
a new opportunity to escape from be
tween the millstones and achieve great
and sudden riches. The man who owns
a gold mine worth n million and who
secured it at comparatively small cost,
does not begrudge Rockefeller and Page
their millions so much as the man who
is willing to work for a dollar and D
half a day, but who cannot get a job.
He sees men no younger, no stronger,
no more willing to encounter danger
and hardship than he, go to Alaska,
remain a year, and come out of the
frozen north with enough to maintain
himself and his family In comfort for
the remainder of their lives. What an
other man has done he can do. It seems
to be his only chance. It is an oppor
tunity to get out of the rut, away from
the grind. It inspires hope where hope
had long ceased to spring.
These are the motives that have sent
thousands of workingmen to Alaska, and
the same motives will send thousands
more. That the great majority who
make the venture will fail Is certain.
But let it not be said that the inor
dinate greed for gold that has cursed
humanity for ages is the sole cause that
has filled the Arctic regions with des
perate treasure-seekers.
PARTITION OF CUBA
I Almost incredible is the suggestion
that a t'nited States senator seriously
proposes, as a final settlement of the
Cuban question, the partition of the
island, Riving each of the contestants
the territory held by it. And yet Mr.
Proctor, after a month's sojourn, has
i volved no better solution than that.
Conceding, for the sake of argument,
that both parties would agree to It, how
could it be practically compassed. Ma
tanzas is one day ln the possession of
the federals; the next it is overrun by
the patriots. Possession of some of the
provinces is divided between the con
tending forces, and they not infrequently
alternate positions. How could the lines
be drawn?
But waiving this difficulty—really in-j
surmountable, since each party claims J
to practically possess the whole Island
—who Is there that can conceive of tho 1
Cubans and Spaniards dwelling together
In unity upon that narrow strip of land
out there in the ocean? In view of all i
that has passe d, the Atlantic is scarcely [
wide enough to separate them, so bitter'
and deep-seated is their hatred, one for
the other.
The suggestion recalls a cartoon pub
lished many years ago, and at the height
of one of the periodical crises in home- j
rule agitation, intended to satirize the i
capacity of the Irish for self-govern-1
ment, Obviously overdrawn, it is yet
apropos. It represented the Green Isle
i divided into small tract;: of land, held
in severalty by the inhabitants, one to
j each. A very high board fence sepa-j
LOS ANGELES HERALD: SUNDAY MORNING. MARCH 20, Ml
rated one from the other, and.within
each inciosure was a native patriot with
a gun, peeking through the interstices,
his hand on the trigger, looking for his
neighbor. Below was the legend: "Give
to every man a bit of land and let him
cultivate it."
Such a condition would speedily! ob
tain in Cuba were Mr. Proctor's plan
carried into effect. Cuba isn't big
enough for Cubans and Spaniards. The
former are likely to remain.
IDEAS WANTED
In this rushing age of competition there
is always a great demand for ideas.
Anything without an idea is useless,
broadly speaking; at any rate It cannot
compete with something that appeals
to people who think, and which offers
new features.
The state board of trade, which ls
working energetically to bring about a
public sentiment that will insure a cred
itable, representative California ex
hibit at the Paris World's fair of li»00,
wants some help from people with ideas.
To this end it is sending out the follow
ing appeal:
The state board of trade will receive
gratefully and consider thoughtfully
written suggestions as to how best to
exhibit the products of California at
the World's International exposition, to
be held ln Paris ln the year 1900, with a
view of extending the markets for Cali
fornia products. Communications ln
response to this may be addressed to
the California State Board of Trade,
San Francisco. Suggestions are espe
cially solicited from the producers of
the state.
Those who favor the board with re
sponses to this request will please study
brevity and append their signatures.
Let It be remembered that the exposi
tion is to be distinctively a market
seeking proposition.
It is to be hoped that the board will re
ceive many responses to the foregoing
request. It is plainly to the interest of
the producers to assist In the matter,
since, as is pointed out, the fair is to
be "a market-seeking exposition." The
producers and exhibitors should have a
general idea of the methods to be fol
lowed that will produce the best results.
There is no need, at this late day, to
expatiate on the advantages to be de
lived from a great show like the Paris
World's fair. It is sure to be the most
effective market-creating scheme of the
end of the century, and we all want to
be "ln it with our best foot foremost."
ROWDY BASEBALL
Popular interest ln the American na
tional game has never suffered a very
serious decline, and the action taken by
the league managers last week against
"rowdy ball" will remedy the only bad
feature of the game as it was played last
year. Several disgraceful riots occurred
last season, and it had become evident
that something must be done if the game
is to retain its popularity.
The agreement signed by the managers
is of such a character that every player
who Indulges in rowdy ball will be se
verely disciplined. There are but few
chronic rowdies among the players, but
their example was so contagious last
season that the trouble attained the pro
portions of an epidemic. The captains
and managers were to some extent to
iilame. In that they some-times not only
allowed their players to indulge in
rowdyism, but even encouraged them,
on the ground that it was required in
order to win games.
The public also shares the responsibll- j
! ity. The language heard In the grand
j stand and on the bleachers is often on a
par with that so condemned in the player.
When a ball player is roundly abused in
a disgusting and insulting manner, and
cannot defend himself, it does not im
prove his temper nor encourage him
to play good ball. If the ball players,
the managers and the baseball "cranks''
will unite against rowdy ball, the na
tional game will be entirely free this year
from the disgraceful exhibitions that
j characterized it so often last season.
DON'T SHOOT GRAY SQUIRRELS
There is a severe penalty for shooting
the gray squirrel found in the mountains
of Los Angeles county. The fine ranges
from $10 to $100, with imprisonment, at
the discretion of the court. People gen
erally do not seem to know that there
is such a law in existence, and hunters
are in the habit of going to the moun
tains and bagging this kind of game
unlawfully. There Is a movement now
on foot to watch this kind of work and
prosecute all who indulge in it. Squir
rel soup may become a very expensive
luxury.
DE LOME'S BUNCO GAME
It is not a little strange that the gov
ernment should, at this particular junc
ture, display a willingness to enter into
negotiations with the Spanish govern
ment looking to the formulation of a
commercial treaty affecting Cuba, In
View of the damaging disclosures of tho
De Lome letter to Canalejas, that the
raising of a commission, ostensibly for
that purpose, had really as its object the
creation of a propaganda to influence
congressional sentiment.
Neither the letter nor any of its con
tents has yet been disavowed by Its
author, and it should be taken as an
earnest of the Spanish ministry's in
sincerity in the premises.
But the commission is on the ground,
and Mr. Kasson, the federal agent for
the negotiation of reciprocity treaties,
is participating in the mock proceedings
already instituted.
With both countries on the verge of
war, the absurdity of the movement
looking to un agreement upon a treaty
which, if ratilied tomorrow, might be
vitiated by the events of next week, is
obvious.
It is also accentuated by the fact that
two of the commissioners are accredited
to the autonomous government of Cuba,
a bunco machine that has not yet suc
ceeded in gecuring recognition anywhere
outside of Madrid and Havana, unless
the administration's apparent willing
ness to treat with It Is construed into
a recognition.
However, in view of the unanimity of
congress ln all matters affecting the
public defense, abundantly assured by
its vote on the Cannon and other bills,
it Is not likely the real mission of the
Spanish agent rises to the dignity of a
menace. The country has been heard
from since De Lome evolved the cun
ning scheme, and the exploitation of it
now may be regarded as harmless, at
all events.
"How are consols?" was the Yankee
reply which the great Napoleon gave
to an inquirer, when asked If there was
likely to be a war. The simultaneous
and steady rise in Spanish 4s, In con
tinental markets, during the past week,
accentuates anew the potency of the
money power In the shaping of the des
tinies of nations. The discredited prom
ises to pay of an effete and bankrupt
nation would not be likely to appreci
ate In the face of a war with a con
cededly stronger people. It shows that
the money changers have discounted
the probabilities, and are confident of
their strength with the ministries.
The high protective tariff theory sus
tained fatal injuries in the house yes
terday. Its past master. Mr. Dlngley,
was reluctantly compelled to admit that
the purchaser of foreign commodities "is
compelled to pay the tax." This is the
whole Democratic contention. Demo
crats and Republicans are now of one
mind regarding the fundamental prin
ciple underlying the doctrine of protec
tion. Only the confession of our adver
saries is long drawn out.
Senor Romero Robledo thinks Spain
prefers war to humiliation. Conceding,
as he does, that Blanco "is unable to
subdue the Insurrection" after three
years of endeavor, Spain should be able
to endure almost any added humiliation.
His fear that "the queen and her dynasty
may be swept away" constitutes a cheer
ful suggestion that two birds may be
killed with one stone by American Inter
vention at this time.
The regular weekly promise of the
president to do something in the Cuban
matter is again promulgated this morn
ing. General Blanco is also going to move
on the Insurgents. These two worthies
are always on the point of doing some
thing. The former has fifty millions to
his credit and the latter eighty thousand
men, but the Sagasta ministry remains
as Immovable as the patriot position .
I Our dispatches this morning intimate
(that the president desires to mike con
| gress share with him the responsibility
lof a war, should one become imperative.
Now we are getting at an understanding
of the matter. Congress is more than
willing. It has voted the money. Let
the president use it. That will evenly
allot the responsibility.
The reported capture of the Spanish
General Pando by the insurgents needs
jconflrmation. Coming upon the heels of
j the announcement that he was about to
'drive the patriots off the island, the
news that he has fallen into the hands
of General Garcia is suggestive of the
irony of warfare in Cuba.
Mr. Bland, speaking for the Demo
crats of the senate, declares that con
gress will not adjourn "until it is known
what the president is going to do for
Cuba." That, in«vlew of the president's
chronic indisposition to do anything,
is rather inch finite, but not wanting in
comforting assurance.
We are this morning advised that
within a very short time San Francisco
will be the best protected port on the
coast. This is indeed reassuring. If her
people could now be safeguarded from
the yellow journals they would have
little of which to complain.
Secretary Gage says the people are
getting used to war talks, and to under
stand that "they mean little or nothing."
We greatly fear Mr. Gage is not a good
mind-reader. He certainly has a very
poor appreciation of the sincerity of
American patriotism.
In consideration of the abatement of
about four millions of war indemnity,
it is said Turkey will now become recon
ciled to George of Greece as governor of
Crete. The price seems high, but it must
be remembered the Russian claim was
not gilt-edged.
A daughter of the inventor of the
Wheeler & Wilson sewing machine was
yesterday admitted to an almshouse In
Connecticut. It ls sad, but have not
many women before her been sent there
by reason of her father's invention?
Tbe magnificent battleship Oregon,
with a possible Atlantic destination, ls
expected to pass Los Angeles' shores
some time today, having left San Fran
cisco yesterday morning. Her speed ca
pacity is about eighteen knots.
Lord Salisbury's illness has come to
;be regarded with apprehension in Lon
!don. A change in the ministry at this
critical juncture in Great Britain's for
eign relations might have far-reaching
' consequences.
i There are two occasions when citizens
I should be especially brave—when the
country really needs their services, and
when they approach the polls on elec
i lion day.
a i g
Mrs. Herman Heinzelmar. of Sheboy
gan, Wis., has lain in a trance for twen
ty-two days. That's nothing. Look at
President McKinley.
United States 4s, Spanish 4s,
f>s. But an American guarantee is count
ed upon to raise the latter to par at
least.
The hand that rocks the cradle—at
least the cradle of the Klondike brand—
is the hand that rules the world.
There are no stones on the Manitoba
prairies. What a place for those who
|live in glass houses!, - -
THE HERALD'S MUSE
Wen I Bide Acrost a Sidewalk Agen
It'll Be on a Flyen Hashine
I'm a wild galoot an' I ride a wheel, when
the wheel ain't a-rlden me,
An' I kick the earth 'th my rubber heel in
a way thet ls wild an' free;
I never shy at a can, 'r a rock, but trundle
along my way,
While an eight-Inch curb ain't even a
shoek.au' I rode along Spring one day.
But the other mornen' I come to town an'
wuz gogglen' crost a lot
Wen I struck a snag an'et turned! me down,
In a manner 1 ain't fergot;
Some dog-on company stuck up a sign
kinder blasen crost the trail,
So I had to ride in a devious line, 'th the
furder end In Jail;
You see some develish sort o' a chap, hed
furnished a walk uv cement,
So slick an' smooth It worked like a trap,
an' into the trap I went,
Fer the sign wuz high to ride acrost, so I
angled around the end.
And angled along that walk to my cost, to
my cost, I tell you. my friend!
I saw not a sign uv a cop in sight, but be
hind the sign wuz a cop;
Ez I turned the corner he gave me a fright,
so bad thet I hed to stop,
An another cop came a sldlen 'long 'th a
twltchy sort uv a smile,
An' I seen thet sumtthen' wuz gocn wrong;
so I sez 'th a tech uv bile—
"Say, wot In the doose hey I don to the law,
thet you're blocken the road?" sa>s !;
"Ef you've got a rag 'at you want to chaw,
don't chaw wen I'm passen by;
I'm sufferen' now from nervousness, an' I
want to be getten on;
You won't grieve wen I leave. I hardly
guess; you'll be happier wen I'm gone.
The cop he smiled 'th a bitter smile an' he
twiddled his club a few;
Says he. in an offhand kind uv style, "Say
wat are the name o' you?"
"My initials," says I, "ls A. I. T., an' I
might be a native son;"
Says he, "The jedge'll be looken' fer thee,
wen the clock strikes half past one."
The jedge were a rlddlen' 'th a pen w'en I
moseyed along to court;
The room wuz middlen' full uv men thet
hedn't appearedt fer sport;
An' a feller he rattled his nuckle-bone on a
table a' cleared hlz throat,
An' sez in a musical kind uv tones, "Keep
still; don't twitter a note."
The jedge he shuffled his cards an' dealt a
hand fer a friendly game,
Then ast some fellers jist how they felt,
an' told 'em they wuz to blame;
An' every card he turned wuz a trump, an'
the rest uv the fellers lost —
So the jedge'ld say, "You air up a stump;
three dollars air wat it cost."
Then after awlle he had' a new deal.twenty
nine uv us played 'th him.
An' every one uv us hed to squeal, our
hands wuz so doosed slim;
An' the jedge he says, th a friendly air,
"Come, gentlemen, now you rind
That I kin beat you an' beat you fair, fer
I've got twen.ty-nlne of a kind:
I'll flne each one dollar," he said, "that's a
wheel of a cart-wheel style;"
An' he rubbed his ehln as he split his head
in a twenty-nine dollar smile.
An' I :hunk for a thought right thar an'
then, an' this are the thought I mean—
"W'en I ride acrost a sidewalk agen, it'll
be on a flyen.' mashine."
ALFRED I. TOWNSEND.
The Message
Roll back s hundred years-
Through forests grandly dim,
Beset with- deadly fears,
Rang Freedom's morning hymn!
Roll back a hundred years—
Where cities rise In pride,
'Midst smoke, and shouts anil jeers,
The red man's captive died;
N6r knew his awful doom
A beacon light should be,
Through tangled ways of bloom,
A guide to Liberty!
Through canyons dark and deep
The matchless rivers glide,
And dare the rocky leap
To smiling valleys wide-
Roll back a hundred years-
There dipped the Indian's oar;
What thing of life appears
Shot now from yonder shore?
Across the level sea
Of verdure, rank and high,
The iron coursers flee
O'er narrow tracks, which He
Across each banded state.
From Plymouth's storied rock
To where the Golden Gate
Hreaks grand Pacific's shock!
O land of Freedom's own,
Won from the forest wild,
Hath love of Country flown,
By Greed of Place defiled?
For us. In those dark years,
This heritage was won
'Midst, blood, and, groans, and tears;
Be faithful, then, each son,
Nor yield the costly prize
To hands of men unclean.
When low our banner lies,
Flash out each sword blade keen
And dare to do and die!
Though strewn the land with graves,
Death for sweet Liberty
Is more than living slaves!
And o'er old ocean's pearl,
Beleaguered, toss'd and torn,
Uplifted high, unfurl
The starry banner, borne
On many a field of hate,
And let the old world see!
Let not vexed Cuba wait
This message o'er the sea:
"Thy baptism of blood,
'Midst, death and groans and tears.
Hath bridged for thee the flood;
Roll on a thousand years!"
SYLVIA LAWSON COVEY.
Worse Than the Other
She—lt must be awful for a prima donna
to discover that she has lost her voice.
He—Not so awful if she didn't discover
it.—Brooklyn Life.
Money No Object
"Have you any stylish neghbors?"
"Stylish! Mrs. Toozle, next door,"is just
getting over a J9OO attack of typhoid fever."
—Chicago Paper.
Food for Mirth
People always laugh at the first man to
adopt a new fashion, and at the last one to
follow It.—Atchison (Kan.) Globe.
The Skating Girl
Oh. there was a little girl
Who dearly loved to skate,
And she skated very early
And she skated very late.
And in the dead of winter,
At last, I've heard them say.
She skated on the bathtub
Until the break ot day.
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THE PUBLIC PULSE
(The Herald under this heading prints
communications, but does not assume re
sponsibility for the sentiments expressed.
Correspondents are requested to cultivate
brevity as far as ls consistent with the
proper expression of their views.)
A Floral Tribute to the Hero
To the Editor of the Los Angeles Herald:
It ls a beautiful coincidence that, just now,
at the death of Gen. Rosecrans, an avenue,
two and a half miles in length, of "Golden
Wattle" trees, planted by the warrior
hero himself, on his ranch, is covered with
millions of golden yellow blossoms of won
derful, sweet fragrance—a deathwatch of
surpassing beauty—a sight possible only
in this sunny land of the south, for the
tree does not thrive in a cooler climate.
Driving out Main street tour miles south
of the city limits of Los Angeles you Will
behold now a vista of trees and blossoms,
so grand and beautiful as to live forever In
your memory, one of the most pleasurable
recollections ot Southern California. The
tree is a native of Australia, with bushy
crown of dark green foliage, acacia mol-
Hsslma, the most appropriate for ths road
side, with leaves of crescent shape, pointed
both ends, glossy ribbed, dark green, n
shade lighter on the under side. Each tree
in its glory of blossoms, as It appears now,
is a gigantic bouquet, consisting of thou
sands of little balls of brilliant yellow.
Huffy, sparkling ln the sun; and a strange,
agreeable perfume pervades the air for
miles around the avenue. The seed con
sists of Hat, brown lentils In pods, like
peas, so hard that they have to be soaked
in hot water for eight days before they
will sprout.
Bunches of the golden, sweet-scented
spheres are seen sometimes In the windows
of our florists, but the sight of an avenue
ol many hundreds of these glorious trees,
laden with millions of their golden blos
soms, charging the air with sweetest per
fume, Is an overpowering event, a thing of
rare and exquisite beauty and a living joy
as long as recollection lasts.
T. WIESENDANGER.
Against an Alliance
To the Editor of the Los Angeles Herald:
We hear much recently about an English
alliance with the United States. This
would bo the alliance of the wolf and the
lamb, or rather the fox and the lion, as
the lion would try to have the best of the
bargain, but the fox would be foxy enough
not to let him have It. Oh, no alliance with
that perfidious power that did her very
best three times to dismember and destroy
this republic. She time and again tried to
unite all Europe against us. Now she
finds herself Isolated from any European
alliance, she ls beggng for an alliance with
these United States. She dreads the com
ing conflict. She knows her doom Is near
at hand, and that perhaps in the next great
European conflict her naval power will be
destroyed. Then her foreign possessions
will all drop from her like tho winter's
snow before the summer's sun. Yes,
Britannia, this ls your doom: you know It,
you see the hnndwrltlng on tho wall; you
yourself will have, ln the near future, to
drink the bitter cup that you have often
held to the Hps of others. Notwithstand
ing your spies and secret agents here In
our c-olleges and In our pulpits you will
never get the liberty-loving people of this
republic to join you ln any alliance. God
forbid.. A NATIVE AMERICAN.
An Inference Denied
To the Editor of the Los Angeles Herald:
Your reference to the action of a New
York life Insurance company's non-re
strlctlon as to those policy holders who
may enlist In the United States army or
navy seems to Imply that other life Insur
ance companies do so restrict. The Man
hattan Life Insurance company off New
York was the first to Introduce the "lncon
testlble feature" and eliminated even
suicide (this In March, 1S«4), and the poli
cies of the Manhattan contain no restric
tion against military service or other call
ings. CHARLES A. WILLIS.
PULPIT EPIGRAMS
True poetry ls unforgetable.
Jesus' words seem like, outdoors.
Cadence thrills us with exaltation; rhyme
belittles.
Cadence Is the music of nature; rhyme
the music of man.
Homer and Jesus needed not to write;
just to say such words was enough.
Jesus is the earth's truest poet. H<
translated mankind's innate convictions
Into plain words.
Rhymes have killed more sense than they
have made; and they have smuggled many
a piece of doggerel into the house of fame.
Great epochal sayings, like "Give me
liberty or give me death," seem to fall
naturally Into pentameters or other noble
verse forms.
Men see the spiritualities out of the cor
ner of the eye, as If they were spooks; the
poet looks at them squarely, giving them
voice and shape.
You cannot know French until you live
In France; so poetry Is the very Idiom and
natural accent of the land of high thought:
you cannot speak* It until you have lived
there.
Jesus' sayings impress us, not as the ex
cogitation of the Etudent, but as Inspira
tions that have come to one lying under
broad trees or sitting on mountain tops to
think.
" - " *-Rev. Frank Crane,
THE COUNTRY PRESS
The man who proposes to drop "q" from
the alphabet nnd substitute "ku" makes s
qurlous suggestion.—Boston Globe. .
Man is made of dust; dust settles; there
fore, to be ln accord with nature, delin
quent subscribers should settle—come
down with the "dust," as It were.—Spring
Valley, Minn., Sun.
The leprous, red-headed, dog-faced misfit
that controls the destinies ot the Tuscols
Rearvlew opened his facial orifice anc"
puked forth about two-thirds of a columr
of filth last week.—lltndsboro, 111., News
Some men try advertising as the Indlar
tried feathers. He took one feather, laid II
on a board and slept on It all night
"Whlto man say feather heap softs whit<
man d—d fool."—Sprlngflcld.Tenn., Leader
Thoso who have ever been so unfortunati
as to suffer with an old-fnshloned ear
ache will readily sense why the editor hai
been almost a minus quantity for the past
three days.—Scott County, Minn., Argus
Editor Goddard of tho Ellendale Leadei
has just thrashed. He fanned out one gooc
postofflce. He ls all right, doesn't neec
watching either at home or abroad, am
will hand postal cards out to the people
butter-side down.—Grafton,Minn., Record
You may hive tho stars ln a nail keg
hang the ocean on a rail fence to dry, put
the sky to sleep ln a gourd, unbuckle tht
bellyband of eternity and turn the sur
and moon out, but don't think you can es
cupe the place on the other side of Hallfa)
If you don't pay for your paper.—Central
City, Neb., Democrat.
We was In Memphis last week Intending
to call scorpion editors to personal account
for criticising out pulchritude, but we me
General Tracy and the entertainment
wound up ln a blaze of booze. We are tenv
porarlly defeated, but truth crushed tc
earth Is tho root of all evil.—Hardemar
Ky., Free Press.
The signs of prosperity and march of ira
provement are becoming more notlceabb
every day. Last night the city councl
ordered half a dozen flne cuspidors for usi
in the police court room, and the habitue:
of that sacred precinct will be warned t(
quit spitting on the radiators.—Ottawa
111., Free Press.
We cannot live exclusively on paten
medicines, and our employes refuse point
blank to eat hay and wear fly nets, am
hence It becomes our moral duty to obtali
money, the filthy lucre which passes cur
rent for hnpplness ln this world and ls i
tangible hope for prolonged earthly sx
istence.—Perry, Minn., Reporter.
THE WAKARUSA BAND
You talk about your Brooks' band, an
Sousa at his best —
An' Thomas' big orchestra, an" Boyer, ar
the rest—
Their hlfulutln" music, I suppose, is goo
enough
For city folks who educate on operatl
stuff;
But when you want to reach the heart an
make It laugh an' sob.
An' be in touch with nature like, an' mak
It thrill an' throb
With melody an' music that a child can un
derstand.
You ought to hear a concert by the Waka
rusa band.
They ain't up on concertos an' cantatas an
the like,
But you can't beat 'em grindln' out a quick
step on the pike;
An' when they play "Old Nellie Gray" ax
"Where the Daisies Grow"
My memory goes slldln' back to the long
long ago;
An' music that'll work like that an' strik
your very soul,
An' flood you full of memories an' all you
past unroll-
That kind of music playin" fills Its hlghei
mission, and
That's why I ltke,to listen to the Wakarus
band.
I saw the great directors ln Chicago at tl
fair,
With all their fine musicianers annlhllatl
air;
A drum 'd bang, a horn'd blat, a clarln
'd shriek;
An" cf you call that music, say, you oug
to hear me speak.
I want the kind of music that'll melt In
the heart;
I wouldn't give a picayune for all thi
classic art.
Let educated critics gulp It down an' call
grand.
But I'll just sit an' listen to the Wakaru
band./
—Dave Florence In Chicago Record
The Way of It
Wants the office—
Cash, an' sich.
"Vote fer me;
I'll make you rich!"
Gets the office-
Awful poor!
Enters It and—
Locks the door!
—Atlanta Constitution
In the Car
She wished she stood within his shoe*,
Because he had a seat;
But since that was Impossible,
She stood upon his feet,
t- *>. —Wf*>