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HOUSTON TEXAS FRIDAY MAY 23 1902
12 PAGES TODAY
THE REPUBLIC OF CUBA
Tho Cubans arc to be congratulated upon tho now
republic of Cuba On Tuesday the American protector
ate came to an end and Governor Leonard Wood form
ally transferred the government to President Pahnn
The first revolution for Cuban Independence which
began in 186S and lasted twelve years was finally put
down The second revolution which began in 1895
with the aid of the United States from the outbreak
of our war with Spain was brought to a successful
conclusion
Cuba Is now free except for the Piatt amendment
The Piatt amendment provides that Cuba shall not
permit any foreign power to Impair her independence
nor to obtain any lodgment In the Island A natural
query hero Is Is the United States a foreign power
as regards Cuba If not why not and what is the
exact relation between the two countries The Piatt
amendment goes on to provide that Cuba shall not
contract any public debt which her revenues can not
pay that the United States may Intorvene for the
preservation of Cuban independence and the main
tenance of law and order and to insure the discharge
of the obligations with respect to Cuba imposed by tUe
treaty of Paris on the United States which Cuba uow
assumes and undertakes thnt Cuba shall carry out
the sanitary plans of the United States that the
United States shall have coaling or naval stations in
tho Island to be leased or bought from Cuba that the
Isle of Pines shall not be considered a part of Cuba
but that Its tltlo shall bo left to future adjustment by
treaty
There Is no doubt that the Piatt amendment while
It In no way Interferes with full home rule in Cuba
except to make sanitation obligatory and to limit tho
new governments power to get Into debt curtails Cu
ban sovereignty to a marked extent Nations Irre
spective of their size and power in international law
as Individuals undor the constitution and laws of tho
United States are free and equal To demand coaling
and naval stations from Cuba when wo would not
grant thorn to Cuba is a striking Instance of the power
of a big dog over a little one which is ofton exorcised
ruthlessly Then too tho acknowledgment of our
right of Intervention practically whonovor it shall
seem good to us and wo chooao to doclaro thnt the
Cubans government is not adequate for tho main
tenanco of law and ordor throws u deep Bluidow ncrosa
tho fair face of Cuban sovereignty It Is noteworthy
that wo have lopped off tho Islo of Plnos which has
always been a part of Cuba It looks ns if wo Intended
to take it for ourselves
Nevertheless tho Cubans are to bo congratulated
They havo a largo moasuro of liberty and a govern
ment of their own with
a considerable degree of sover
eignty Tho Cubans havo reason to rojoica that they
are not Porto means and still mora reason to rejoice
that they are not Filipinos
THE INDIANA Q A R RESOLUTION
Tho Grand Army of tho Republic soldiers of In
diana upon tho recent occasion
of tho unvolllng of a
monument In IndlanapollB to tho Federal soldiers and
Bailors who lost their lives In tho civil war adopted a
resolution concerning tho war in the Philippines
After referring to tho criticisms of tho army in tho
Philippines and to tho copperheads of 18G0 to 18fiG
the resolution proceeds yheroas tho vctorans of the
war for tho Union abhor and desplso all citizens of
tho United States who refuse to support our
govern
ment during wnr and can not see wherein the copper
heads of 1898 to 1902 aro loss venomous than their an
cestors therefore bo It Resolved that tho survivors of
tho war for tho Union heartily opprovo of tho conduct
of tho United States In tho war with Spain and tho in
Burrectlon in tho Philippine islands and that wo hold
in scorn and contempt ull citJzons of tho United States
who see fit to brand our soldiers and their conduct aa
cruel and Inhumnn
Now In Justice to Indiana and tho Grand Army of
tho Republic let it bo said that this resolution was not
unanimously adopted RopreBentntivo Landls of In
diana read tho resolution to tho house of representa
tives tho other day without saying anything about tho
vigorous opposition wherowith liberalminded O A R
men fought tho resolution Representative Robinson
also of Indiana arose in his placo and for tho infor
mation of tho house and tho country read tho report
of what actually occurred Tho resolution was passed
only after a hot fight
In adopting such a resolution tho O A R vctorans
have seriously reflected on Massachusettsand New
JBBslaadthe mother of G A Rmon which to say
nothing now of tho Philippine war havo twlco In our
history opposed tho wars waged by tho government
Massachusetts and Now England vigorously opposod
the war of 1812 and tho Moxlcnn war at the timo of
tho former war tho Now England States wont so far
as to threaten to secede
Hy their resolution the G A R men of Indiana al
though they may not bo awnro of it have attacked the
memory of General Grant In the first volume of his
memoirs atpage 63 General Grant wrote In reference
to the Moxlcnn war For niyBolf I was bitterly op
posed to the measure and to this day regard the war
which resulted as one of tho most unjust ever waged
by n strongor against a weaker nntlon
Wo do not think thnt Ooneral Grant was right with
regard to the Mexican war but wo accord him tho
frcedpm of opinion nnd the freedom of speech guaran
teed by the constitution of tho United States We do
not abhor und dospiso him or call him vonimo us
or hold in scorn and contempt tho distinguished Fed
oral general according to tho princlplo of tho resolu
tion of tho G A R men of Indiana If our country
were invaded it would bo another mnttor but as to
our invasion of another country wo havo thjj right to
speak out to donounco the war and tho atrocities that
havo accompanied the war
THE STATUE OF FREDERICK THE GREAT
There nro three things deserving of notico with re
gard to Emperor Williams offering to present tho
United States with a statue of Frcdorlck tho Great
First Frederick was not nn ancestor of Emporor
William as he describes him In his cablegram to Pres
ident Roosevelt Emporor Williams grandfather
William I was the grandson of Frederick William II
who succeeded Frodorick the Great and who was his
nephew not his son Second Frederick tho Greats
friendly attitude toward tho young American repub
lic during the course of her formation reforrod to as
a reason of tho gift really amounted to vory little
Third it Is questionable whether President Roosevelt
has the right to uccept the gift without the consent of
congress
Of course this is the most Important thing In con
nection with the statue President Roosevelt himself
on the lBth of May when he received Emporor Will
lams cablegram cabled back that ho would submit
tho emperors offer immediately to congress Hut the
next day he changed his mind and decided In favor of
his own prerogative The statue by presidential flnl
would be accepted and would bo placed near the new
war colloga to be established in Washington Now
the constitution provides that no person holding any
office of profit or trust undor them tho United States
shall without the consent of congress accept any pres
ent of auy kind whether from any king
prince or foreign State
If it be argued that this means a porsonal present
although this Is not clear is It not answered by tho
fact that as the gift is to the people It is to the presi
dent as one of the people ns much as to anybody else
Could an American general accept a present from n
I king for the army barrackB or an American naval cap
tain for his ship or an American ambassador for his
official residence Then congress govorns tho District
of Columbia Can the president place statues there
without Its consent
The reason for the presidents chnngo of mind is
not plain it may have been due to a fear of a dobato
In congress with disagreeable remarks about tho groat
Fredorlcks Bhare in the partition of Poland and his
inapproprlnteness as a model for our nrmy officers
Again it may have been simply due to the presidents
conspicuous autocratic disposition which was notably
evidenced In Ills Bonding a apodal coronation ambas
sador to Grout Britain without confirmation from tho
senate as the constitution requires Doubtless this
tondoticy become uncontrollable when he reflected that
Emporor William is the war lord of Germany As tho
warlord of tho United States Mr Roosovolt accepts
tho gift Will congress overlook the matter as a trillo
ns It is in one aspect or look at it in tho other uspoct
as the Imperialistic violation of an Important part of
tho constitution
Tug Southern Presbyterian general assembly is now quar
reling over dying Infants Isnt there something somewhere
in the Bible about straining at gnats and swallowing camels
Mcthouibts arc still warring over the war claims
A arrvniicAN organ has discovered that Mark Twain is
both ends of a hnd banana or words to that effect After
Marks defense of Funston this seems unkind
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Now we will see if Cuba will be staid and respectable or
if she will join the revolutionary class
Thosb pictures of volcanoes in an active state of eruption
in the yellow journals merely go to show what perfect pic
tures may now be sent by cable
The beef trust may have lost money but the general pub
lic down thii way doesnt seem to have found any of it
McLaurik insinuates that when Funston swam the Bag
Bag it was because he was frightened by an engine which
was blowing oil steam in Cuba
Choker would come home and settle the Tammany mud
dle only he doesnt like to block his friend Eds coronation
Ir it is true as asserted that the packers are losing
money Judge Grawoups injunction against them is a mere
act of charity
Sour Lake prospectors can now go ahead with the as
surancc that they will not he deprived of their holes after
they are dug
NOTE AND COMMENT
Mr Ben Tillman of South Carolina seems to he the whole
thing on that part of the political map and Mr John
Lowndes McLauriti appears to have been so hopelessly lost
in the shuffle that nothing less than a want advertisement in
the daily newspapers will find him St Jog News
Senator Tillman says and docs many things which The
Post can not approve but to our way of thinking he is in
every way superior infinitely so to Senator McLnurin
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The combinations in this country that put up the prices
of tood stuffs says the Louisville Commercial republican
ought to be treated like mad dogs and he put out of exist
ence without regard to their natural rights or vested rights
or charter rights
Apropos of the above the Charleston News and Courier
says that it has 110 objection whatever to oiler to such treat
ment The concerns have 110 natural or other right to
put up the prices of foodstuffs by conspiracy or enmbinatoin
and they should be treated
as other public enemies arc
treated even to tho extent of putting them out of existence
if necessary and practicable Wc invite tho republican pa
pers consideration however to the faet that foodstuffs are
not the only necessaries of life and that the people especial
ly ppor people can lie and are greatly oppressad by other
combinations which have put up the prices of clothesstuffs
medicinestuffs illumjnatiiigstutTs drinkstuffs fuelstuffs
shelterstuffs and so on from cradlestuffs to coffinstuffs
all by the aid of republican protection and in the cause of
republican prosperity What should be done to these com
binations The foodstuff combination is not an exceptional
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fender nor the worst of the lot How ought the rest to
be treated5 Should their vested right under the re
publican tariff system be put out of existence What
docs the Commercial think
A Maine democratic club recently announced Its platform
of principles in which occurred the following Salchcc Has
solved the monetary problem and Uryan like Clay Calhoun
and Blame must die with an unsatisfied ambition Maine
hasnt a great multitude of democrats hut those It has seem
to be sound to the core Chattanooga Times
But what a difference in the trealment accorded the men
mentioned Clay Calhoun and Blaine though denied the
full measure of their ambition by the American people were
never belittled and abused as Mr Bryan has been by news
papers of the Chattanooga Times class And in this connec
tion it may lie stated that such newspapers as the Times arc
doing more to prevent democratic harmony than arc any
other agencies In the counlry Ridicule and abuse of Mr
Bryan arc not calculated to promote peace where peace is
so much desired but to the contrary arc sure to pro
voke resentment on the part of the great masses of the party
the people who believe in and trust him
It is unfortunate for the country and still more so for
the republican parly that the debate in the senate on the
Philippine bill has taken a partisan turn The democrats
have succeeded in putting the administration on the defen
sive and the republicans must defend it before the world
In such an enterprise the government should not need to be
defended its political antagonists should have no chance to
accuse it of any misconduct Philadelphia Public Ledger
repAh
Ah Should have no chance to accuse itl That tells
the whole story in a few words The conduct of the govern
ment should be such that it would not need to be defended
In these parts the defense is being put up by the inde
pendent newspapers such a defense as it is
EXCHANGE INTERVIEWS
It can not help being a subject for righteous gratification
to all save the manufacturers of corsets that the women have
almost ceased wearing these instruments of torture and en
gines of deformity And since freedom from stays has be
come the rule rather than the exception the physique of
the sex has become much more nearly perfect anil like the
Creator intended Woman was created for a thing of beauty
and it is a measly shamo for them to try to defeat the crea
tive purpose Orange Daily Tribune
That always was like Editor Rein to pursue a line of in
vestigation on his own hook and then surprise the world with
his findings
The country has never had but two farmer presidents
Washington and Jefferson Is it not about time they should
have an inning Elgin Leader
You talk like a farmer
Wonder if Brother Sterrett was btyten in the Beaumont
oil excitement He speaks of the Beaumont oil fields as
a sore spot in Mother Earth Corsicana Sun
When after all it may be just a sore spot on Brother
Bill
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If South Carolina would vomit up Pitchfork Tillman as
the remainder of the South has done it would be greatly to
her credit South Carolina is a grand State and deserves
better than to be imposed upon in Tic senate by such a galoot
as Tillman Johnson County Review
It is not absolutely necessary that she throw him up
If she will merely throw him down the democratic party
will be pleased
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A man named John Maud of Illinois was a hater and
fighter of weeds all his life and when he died he left 4000
in his will to a fund to keep the weeds down in the cemetery
where he is buried Maud was the right kind of a man
The world needs more weed fighters Venison Herald
It must have been a relief to him to hear Gabriel say
Come into the garden Maud
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There is a man in Illinois who actually ran away from
home to keep from taking an office to which he had been
elected Texas ought to offer special inducements for him
to move out here Woi need some of his kind of stock
Alto Herald
The grand majority of Texas people dont have to run
away from home to keep from Laving an office thrust upon
them
The Kingaland Hustler is the latest comer to The Posts
exchange table and considering the fact that it was estab
lished in the dead of winter with a double fistful of pied
type it is coming along beautifully It is published and
edited by it L Rogers Son
The Houston Post has already given Gainesville some
most valuable advertising as a result of the meeting of the
press association Likewise the Dallas News In fact
Gainesville has already been in every publication in the
State and will continue to be for several days Gainesville
Register
And the largehearted people of Gainesville will con
tinue to be in the hearts of the pencil pushers until those
hearts arc dust Great is Gainesville I her splendid men
beautiful women and sweet singers
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In a State where there arc nearly 900 papers published
as in Texas it is difficult to say which is the best But in
our opinion the best daily and tho best country weekly it the
State aro and Orange Daily Tribune
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John Wanamakcr pays over 1000 a day for advertising
his Philadelphia store He uses a page a day in five daily
newspapers In that city They are as follows Press 60
000 Ledger 60000 Times 50000 North American 575
000 Evening Telegraph 50000 American Press r
The most successful business men of the United States
are those who have at all times been liberal advertisers
The fact is it is getting so these days that a merchant can
not do business without the aid of printers ink That is
not much business
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Mr Carnegie can do a great and good work by helping
the schools in the Philippines Such an investment will do
more good than building libraries in this country Austin
Tribune
We understand that Mr Carnegie contemplated doing
that very thing until he learned that he might get arrested
for teaching the natives to read the Declaration of Inde
pendence
EDITORIAL PICKUPS
Teachers who attend the Corpus Christ summer normal
need not bring bath tubs with them Theres the bay
Corpus Crony
Not since Editor Hnbiuson ruthlessly ceased sending the
Waco TimesHerald to he Tribune have crop prospects been
so bright In a round about way the Tribune learnt that
the crikis has given Editor Robinson the slip Austin Daily
Tribune
No man is selfmade His character is largely the result
of circumstances surrounding hun during its development
Yet he is responsible for the building of Ills own character
because although he can not control circumstances he can
control himself and has the powtr ordinarily to remove him
self from the influence of evil circumstance If he can not
do this he must resist their influence lie who rests under
the influence of evil circumstance is largely responsible for
the result Bonham Demoiiat
As In Texas it Is In Louisiana with regard to the carry
ing on pistols Newspapers in hat State call upon the legis
lature to enact severer laws against this habit to which the
Homer GuardianJournal replies that if the laws already in
existence were enforced they would be sufficient and 110 law
however stringent would l c of any effect as long as it was
not enforced Further commenting along the line of this
discussion the New Orleans Picayune says The simple
fact is that the law in question disarms those citizens who
an sufficiently conscientious to reajwet and obey it while
the worst classes 01 the population habitually go armed and
art ready with or without any provocation or reason to
shoot down any unarmed person with the assurance that no
danger of Mug hurt is involved while the pretense of kill
in in selfdefense will secure ail escape from adequate pun
ishment Kvcry good citizen has < i natural right to defend
his life and the law thai disarms him and arms the hoodlum
anil lawless classes is all wrong That sets forth the situ
ation as it Is in Texas The professional tough will carry a
pistol no matter what the law may be The bettter class of
citizens to whom the antipistol carrying law has a meaning
arc put at the mercy of those who will not be disarmed by it
Such law offers a premium ott lawlessness and is a hand can
to good citizenship Fon Worth Register v
WASHINGTON NEWS AND VIEWS
Washington May 19Staff CorrespondtnceVnw
all present signs fail the socalled leaders of the house will
In the near future sustain a defeat fully as crushing as were
those in connection with the Cuban reciprocity bill and the
Statehood bill The fact that the oligarchy was not able to
control the legislation referred to ha s added strength to the
Independent element which has been fighting the leaders for
so long and has given it the confidence necessary to carry on
a successful campaign The result will probably be disas
trous to Henderson Payne Grosvcnor and Dalzcll and the
others who train with them
The immigration bill is the measure over which the next
struggle will occur between the leaders and some of the hide
bound republicans on the one hand and the democrats and
the independent republicans on the other The leaders are
strongly opposed to the bill while all of the Western repub
licans as well as many from other sections of the country
and practically all of the democrats are solidly for it The
worst feature of the matter from the standpoint of the lead
ers is afforded by the fact that the president too is very
faorably inclined toward the measure It is not known that
he took any active interest in the Statehood matter but his
efforts to get the reciprocity bill through are well known
and the fact that the combined strength of the men who have
heretofore had no trouble in controlling legislation in the
house backed though they were by the chief executive failed
to push through a measure such as the president favored in
dicates very clearly that the oligarchy will experience con
siderable difficulty in defeating the immigration bill for
which the president is doing everything in his power Unless
the alleged leaders change their position while there is yet
time there is little or no doubt that they will be overridden
again in a manner which will not be at all favorable to the
perpetuation of their power A systematic poll of the house
has been made by friends of the irrigation measure and they
state positively that there is now a decided majority in favor
of the bill and that further there is nothing in evidence to
indicate that any considerable number of the representatives
will change their minds
The irrigation bill has passed the senate and been re
ported to the house with some amendments which are said to
be quite satisfactory to the friends of the measure It was
believed by those who favor the passage of the bill that the
senate left several loopholes through which speculators might
profit but the amendments added by the house committee
arc believed to be of such a nature as to remedy all existing
defects and to make the measure what it was intended to be
one in favor of the home seeker and the home maker
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The bill in the form in which it has been placed before
the house may be described in brief as a new homestead
law made applicable to arid lands It provides that the gov
ernment shall ctealc new rivers through the building of res
ervoirs and main line canals and shall so regulate the flow
of streams already in existence as to make their waters
available for irrigation purposes during periods of drouth
Only those arc to be permitted to secure land under this
newly created water supply who arc in truth and in intent
home builders and appropriations of land are to be restricted
to the homestead law modified and severely guarded in its
purpose by the operations of this special act These settlers
are not only to reside upon their land but arc to return to
the government in course of time by a scries of deferred
payments the entire cost of creating the supply of water
which is to be made available
The sentiment among the rank and file of the republicans
is that the leaders on their side should not only not oppose
the irrigation measure but should support it heartily mak
ing it as far as possible a party or administration bill It
is claimed that the passage of the bill with all of the strength
of the republicans in its favor would mean much for the re
publican candidates in those Western congressional districts
where at present the party lines are very closely drawn and
where even a slight influence might throw an election one
way or the other But the leaders as usual think they know
more about the matter than the men who represent the dis
tricts affected and so unless some considerable amount of
pressure is brought to bear upon them they will probably
continue their opposition to the end with the result that
they will again be run over by the democrats and members
of their own party as they have been on two previous occa
sions during the present session
Representatives of the Western States and Territories
have beengiving more attention to this bill than to any othei
on the calendar perhaps for they are fully aware of the
great amount of benefit that will result if it is enacted into
law They have never lost an opportunity to place facts and
figures regarding the irrigation schenic before their col
leagues and the result of this campaign of education as it
haa been referred to has undoubtedly been highly satisfac
tory One of the strong arguments in favor of the bill is that
it will not take any funds directly from the treasury The
money to be expended in getting the proposed irrigation sys
tems in working order is to come from the sale of public
lands While the government may be called on to stand
good for some of the funds which will be necessary in be
ginning the work these funds will as has been already stat
ed eventually be returned in full The government is abso
lutely safeguarded against any loss and with the amend
ments which have been added to the bill by the house com
mittee on irrigation it appears that all the benefits to be de
rived will go in the direction they should go to the people
While as has been said before many of the republican
members of the house think the bill should be solidly sup
ported by the administration they now realize that their un
aided strength is not sufficient to pass the measure Unless
there is some very material change in the situation the bill
will pass but its passage will be made possible by democratic
ctts and the people of the arid regions of the West and
Southwest in giving credit in the premises should not los
sight of this fact Were nbt most of the democrats in favor
of the measure it would undoubtedly be defeated
While the tpjestion of the great anthracite coal strike now
in pi egress is very generally discussed here no considerable
amount of alarm about the possibility or probability of a ooil
famine is in evidence This fact is due in a large measure
to the confidence felt all over the country in the future o >
the Texas oil trade People realize that whereas a year cr
two age a coal famine would have been a very serious thing
such a contingency at the present time need cause no great
uneasiness It is now possible to send Texas fuel oil il
over the wrold practically in competition with coal and if
were any signs of a material scarcity of coal in this
section as a result of the strike it is quite reasonable to sup
pose that the remedy would be found very near at hand
The papers in this scctioiwof the country contain almost daily
reports of fuel oil burners being installed and it would not
take long to make the use of the oil general thus placing
consumers in a position where they would be indifferent as to
what the coal trust was asking for ita product
The adoption of Representative Coopers amendment to
the naval appropriation bill mention of which was made in
The Posts dispatches a night or two ago is a particularly
significant feature when taken in connection with the present
situation in the coal fields The fact that the item of 20 000
wherewith to carry on experiments looking to the use of
tUtl in he VMeU of lhe nW was not inserted
m the bill by the committee notwithstanding the recommen
dation of the bureau of steam engineering was directly due
to tlic influence of the coal barons Yet when the amend
ment was offered on the floor or the house it was promptly
adopted without opposition thus allowing that the members
of the lower body were well informed regarding the import
atirc of the matter and that furthermore the iiillucnce i
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had j V nT A 1 > arreaching as its friend
been led to believe So far as known there will be
oppo on to the item in the senate so that in all likeli no
hood it will be contained in the bill as finally passed
C Abtuhk Williams
N th 1 the nunicilal convulsion
t Krfat which stirred
Houston a few week ago aB the volcanic fires moved St
Sw A 1 he Yideawake People of tht Sodf
mc tp lik about buildi ri
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glass
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Houston and0hr manufacturing enterprises Hurrah JoJ
anyhow Uitonlgomcry County Record fr
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TAMPERING WITH tS
A PUZZLE
Dells are brown as umbtr
Where you walked with
Blooms are all aslumbtr tt
Out across the sea
Shines a path of glory
Silvered tolhemooni
Truly lifes a story
+ Who can read its rune
Who can read its meaning
Who can guess the tale
Blindly we go gleaning
In a shaded vale
Here wc pluck a blossom
Glimpse a light that s true
Clasp it to our bosom
Then we find it rue
Still a light is shining
Out across lifes sea
1 Where the blooms are twinlne
On the dewy lea
Bright or Iowry weather
Dust or dripping dew
Paths wc knew together
And I walked
with
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What though fate does sever
Each of us from each
Sundered far forever
Ever out of reach
Still we know the highways
Where we used to walk j
Know the dells and byways
Where wc used to talk
Still the pathway reaches
Out across the sea
From the lonely beaches
Coaxing you and me 1
Like the pathway ever
Reaching to the moon
Though life whispers NeverI
Death shall read its rune
A New York man was fined 50 for cptnicul
which did not belong to him That is very rmicilh
ing a jackpot which docs not belong to one
The sultans troops at Monistir have mutinied r
back pay a sort of money stir at Monistir
Kidder the Wall street banker is dead WlJj
humorist he was a great Kidder
According to Dr Hykcs a Bible agent In Clicis
hikes
country now ajong civilization at an f
gait
The government of Spain has imposed a tizest
bells this looks like taxing wedding rings and UK
from death
Eastern officers recently arrested two tailoriftraj
Rochcllc This is and
a new original way of takinjEoi
salts
A Mrs Spayd of New Jersey has had a neighbor
for calling her names Hereafter the arrested finjl
doubtless believe in calling a Spayd a Spayd
if
A GOOD YIELD
Sitting in the hammock
Swinging life was bliss I
Charlie coaxed and coaxed her
For a single kiss
Maiden gently yielding
Still she feels a doubt
Makes him swear hell never tell
If they should fall out
Then the maiden yielded
Then oh grief to tell
The hammock rope broke plumb In t >
She yielded and she fell
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SOME POSTSCRIPTS
One of the Peculiar People in Holland recentlyfe
his arm He declined to call in a doctor and m i
leaf out of a Bible round the small toe of his leftfocti
declares that this gave him instant relief HeitiUw
about with a broken arm
A new giant geyser of Rbtomahana N Z h itwt
attention A mass of boiling water half an acre 1st
rises in a great dome from which a column of atai
stones rises to 300 feet while immense columns cl
ascend as far as can be seen
f
A company has just been formed in France tti
parliamentary candidates of all the worries of a pr
election Posters agents orators audiences all ante
Voters however are not supplied but if the caaiiite
not elected the company guarantees to return a tL
whatever he may have paid to secure his return
A scene recalling the old days of smuggling anJ s
ing was enacted near St Catharines light on tie at
Wight recently A French brig went to pieces on lit r
and fifty casks of wine and spirits drifted ashore a
short time the whole neighborhood was fighting foal
the Coast Guard men had a hard time in getting amjf
them what liquor had not been consumed
The first practical trial of a new system of thejepj
railroad is to be made at the Crystal Palace Lowa
line which is to be one and onehalf miles in W
be worked by electricity The difference between tMt
lem and the prevalent type of monorail is that tie WJ
the ground and large wheels projecting from theistt
the carriage run on it while on each side of the ca
there are safety rollers upon guide rails In e 0 > a
the line is elevated with the carriages overhaDgBgW
side
TALKING ABOUT HOUSTON
The Houston Post has one of the strongest editotsal
ers in the South IVortham Journal
If Corpus Christl keeps up this slaughtering
Houston and Waco will have to take a back e V
7 lHIM
In the loss elI i
Beaumont mourns with Houston
splendid old citizens Captain G W Kidd who
city on Thursday last Captain Kidd was 8jJ r 0
the time of his death thirtyfour years of wW
t
this State In 1874 he helped establish the Cotton
of Houston and was its secretary up to a few y a
l
was a prominent member of the Masonic frtt >
leader In everything which tended to buildup
State of his adoption He was a grand old van
sense of the word and held the respect and eMMA p
whom he came in contact No city can lose s
without greatly feeling the loss and therefore
mourns with her sister city Beaumont Journal
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE
Prof I Garland Penn of the Methodist EpI
is projecting a negro young peoples Chruti n
tioual congress which will be held In Atlanta uh
6 to 1 j says the Indianapolis Sentinel nlctt
Dr Theodore Kohn the prince bishop ot u tV
tria offers his golden chariot and eight horses j j
1
use the money for the benefit of the poor iTr
been in for several nun
Rev John Graves the oldest Methodist mwjj l
United States cast of the Mississippi died W f i1TfV
Y recently Had he lived until May 27 he woaw
95 years old having been born in Orange coumVw dt
daus
Mrs Harry Robinson of Minneapolis
multimillionaire street car magnate Timmas itiwt j
startled fashionable circles of Minneapolis yfejfl
position in vroie iotiiijf
society to become a
Robinson is the wife of Harry Robinson of C i
motnc >
tor of the Railway Age Mrs Lowry her
been the leader of Minneapolis best society t
King Edward has once more shown his
< 1s
American artists by asking Robert Lee e jpjiaS
ington painter to come to England and paint r i
himself Last summer Mr Keeling painted
Queen Alexandra
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