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VERMONT WATCHMAN & STATE JOURNAL WEDNESDAY, APltlL 12 1899. 3 WEDNEBDAY, AriilL 12, 1893. ARTHUR ROPES, aonoral Bdltor. Cnljnls Pnst nml Prcsont ln ovory wnr in which tlio govorn mont of tho Unitcd StntcB hns cngngcd, whothorngninst a forolgn or a domoBtic foo, cabala or othcr organizations of gronlor or Iobb oxlcnt nml iraportanco havo boon formcd to opposo tho govorn tnont, nnd thoy havo somotlmo8 gono to tbo vorgo of troason if not ovcr tho vorgc in thcir opposllion or cfforts to embnrraea thc cxisling adiulnlatrntion. TIicbo pcstifcrous nnd uupatriotic nesoclations cxiatcd nl tho vory begin ning, in the Coutlnonlal Congrcss, in froasing and oggrnvatlng tho hcavy and multipllcd burdona undor which "Washington wns prosccuting tho war against Grcat Britain. Tho "Conwny Cabal" was ono of tho infanioua inci donla of tho Atnorlcan llovolution. Again, a body of politicnl malcon tonts, callcd tho "Hartford Convcn tton," mot in tho capitnl of Connecti cut in Dcccmber, 1814. Ita purpoao was to antagonizo and embarrnss tho Govcrnmcnt, then ongngcd in its sec oud war with Grcat liritain. Of tho twenty-flvo dclogatcs to this convcn tion Massachusetts, singularly cnough, Ecnt twclvo, including its president, Gcorgo Cabot. Tho Fcdcralists of Massachusetts wcro opposed to the war wilh England and dcnouuced it in tho ternis thnt nrc now employod by their Bucccsaors in condemning the war in whlch tho governinont haa boon in volvod during tho yoar past, and is nt preaont ongaged. Tho war of 18112 was "cruel, wanton, senseless and wicked." MassachusoUs rcfused to voto thanks for naval victorice, bccauso thoy wero won in a contest prosecuted in amnnncr "indicating thnt conquest and ambition aro its rcal raotivcs." Tho Stato was really diagruntlcd becauso the United States government had dc clined to pay tho expcnaos of its do fenco, owing to the fnct that Massachu setts had rcfused to placo ita mililia undor tho control of tho Federal nu thority. It declnred that the war, which it exhnuatcd tho English lnu gungo in anathcniatising, was "carried on in tho worst possiblc mannor, form ing a union of wickednoss and wenk ness which defles, forn parallcl, tho annals of the world." AU this, and much moro. Rend the denunciations of tho apcakere at tho rccent mecting in Boston of the "Anti-Iraporialistic Lengue," and a very nccurate idea of what thcir predeccssors wcro saying, somo three generations back, will bo obtained. The dolcgatea to tho "Hartford" Con vention" met and remained in secrct eession for three weoks. It issued an nddress, donying "any present inlon tion to dissolvo tho Union," but con templntcd that ovent if tho general gov ernment was not moro rcgardful of the whims and crotchets of tho dele gatea and tho peoplo thoy reprcsonted. Tho convention was slrongly suspect ed of treason, but its doings nnd Hb maledictions were generally regardcd with Bomething of tho contempt that today altachcs to tho tnoulhings of Hoar, Boutwell and their confederates. Jackson's victory at Now Orleans came to aubmorgo theso men nnd thcir proc lamationB in tho flood of patriotic en thusiaBm that swopt ovor tho laud. In tho civil war tho consplracies of nortborn copporheatls, up to tho cultni natiug declarationa of tho Domocratic convention at Chicago, in 1804, doclar ing the war, then on tho threshold of successful and glorious conclusion, a failure, nnd domanding that imraediatc stops bo taken to ond it, wcro but rcpe titiona, in epirit and purpoao, on a vast ly largor scalo, of tho "Conwny Cabal" of 1778, of tho "Hartford Convention" of 1814-1G, and theao all havo their lc gilimatoBUCcessors in tho wholly illcgiti mato and unpatriotic and somi-trea-aonablo yawpings and doings of tho leadera of anti-imporialistic or nnti-ox-pansioniBl nssociations, by whatovcr names thoy are known. In work of this kind MasBachuaotts naturally nnd historically furniahos tho loadors. From Another's Vlowpoint, Admirals, gonerals, prlvatcs, corrcs pondents, politicians nnd all-round ob servors havo given their opiniona or their impresaiona of tho Filipinos llov. Francls B. Dohorty, tho Pauliat fathor, a Boston boy, went to tho Philipplnos with Goneral Merritt but not on tho gcnoral'8 staff. Ho hns re cently roturned. Viowing tho condi tions oxiBting in Manila as n CatUolic, his imprcssiona nnd his judgment will bo intorestlng, as ho ia aaid toboequip ped as fow prioBla nro in thiB counlry for tho study of a now country. As ro- portcd in the Boston Herald the rov crond fntbor euye: "Wo found the natlves gentlo, subiuls nlve and klndly. 1'ooplo you could oaslly llko, and yot wbo could only bo rogarded as grown-np chlldron. Lator dovolopmenta avo shown a moro Nombre ttldo to tbolr obaracter, but no ono on tho ground could fall to bo impressed by tbolr ossontlally chlldlBb naturo, weak, uustablo, prono to suddon outbursta of rngo tlmt woultt as qulckly blow awny. Thoro was little of tbo stoady npplicatlon wo aro accustomod to as Boclnto wltb pooplo ".who oxpect to govorn thomsolves. Wlthout golng into tbo tula tlvo morlts of ozpanslon or othorwlso, lt would bo appnront to any ono, I tblnk, tbnt somo strongor hnnd imist covorn tbo natlro Flllplno. llo ls not roady for tbo caros ot govornmont yot, though bo is cortalnly toncbablo, and a wiao govomtnont can un donbtodly raako Bomothlng out of blm. "Tbo Spanlards cortalnly lmvo not dono lt, tliotigh, of courso, wbat clvlllzatlon thoy havo ls duo to Bpaln'fl rulo, It ls little, bowover, and tbolr good qualltlos aro largo ly tbolr own. Anotbor prlost and myBolf got along with tbom vory woll, as probably 00 per cont. of tbom aro Cntliollcs. At Ca vlto and along tbo sboro, boforo tbo surron dor, wo saw tbolr bost Bldo, and tbo foollng botwoon tbom and tbo troops wob of tbo bost. Of courso, ovorytblng was strange on botb Bldosj tbo Amorlcan ways to tbom and tbolr ways to us. Consldorlng evorythlng, though, lt was surprlslng how llttlo troirblo tboro was, and lt spoalcs woll also for tbo Flllplno, wboao cnpnclty for adjnstmont to strango condlttons wns probably loss tban that ot tbo Atnerlc&ns. "It was a sourco of wonder to tbom tlmt so many Catbollcs conld bo lu a hostllo army. Fully balf tbo Amorlcan nrray woro of tliolr own fnltb, and thoy bnd beon taught by tboso to wbom tboy had always looked for guldnnco tbat tbls was somo wlint of a rellglous war. Tho satno dlillcul ty obtalnod with tho Spanlnrds. Eron tbo arcbblshop of Mantla, a flno tnan ovory way, had a groat losson to learn in tbls rogard. Here, ogaln, appears tbo cbanco of mutual mlsundorstandlng. Wo havo heard a gieat dealabout tho arcbblshop and lio had board a groat doal about us, and both sldes learned In Maolla tbat a groat doal of untrutb was abroad. Tboy will learn the samo tblng in Amerlca lator, and corroctmany notlons now vory provalont. This Is ompbatlcitlly a tlmo for a prudont susponslon of judgment all arouud, till bottor and fuller data is obtalnablo." Aii Errntic Cnrccr. In "Somo Politicnl Ilomincenccs," by Hon. Gcorge F. Hoar of Maseachusetls, in tho AprilScn'&Hcr,thoScnatorBccma to furniah a clue to the veering nnd un- ccrtain coursc of his public life, ao strikingly excmpliOed by his late frnn- lic opposilion to tho ndministration in nli mattora pcrlnining to tho eclllcment of tho isaucsof tho war with Spain,nud particnlarly in hin unnntural nllianco with the ill-assorted clementa of Popu- lism and Democracy in tho Senatc, lo dcfeat the ratiflcaliou of the trcaty of pcace. In thc courfe of thcse rcminis- conces Mr. Iloar, witn vety mucn of his charnctcristic conccit, as wcll ns garrulily of old nec, aays of his flrat en- try into Congrcss: "I can almostsay wltb trutb that my nom- lnatlon and olectlon woro agaltmt my own will. My lifo hRR boon a Bingalar instanco oftbe failuro of cirly plans and expecta- lons, and boing drifted by tho curront of lifo into stranga reglonB, I oxpectod whon I was admittcd to tho bar, to spoud my lifo lu my ofllco as wbat was callod 'cbambercoun- hoI' and In maklng inntrumonts, but novor to tako much part in tbo conduct of trlals, or to conduct tbom at all, oxcopt wltb tho bolp of senlor counsel. I supposod I had an incurableincapacity forBpeaking In pub lic." Subsequeutly Mr. Hoar'a "aolo dcairo and ambition was to becomo a judge." Two opportunitioa proBented, but po litical cngagcmonta and responsibilitics compcllcd him lo put them aside. Providenco sooms to havo becn on tho aido of the Massachuectts' judicinry. Tho rcador of tho dobates in tho Son- ato, or the obsorver of tho Senator'a ebullitiona nnd rhetoricnl pirouotting in that body, in recont times, nre in clined to censuro providenco for un deceiving Mr. Iloar na to his supposcd incurablo incapacity for Bpeaking in public." Unatablc as the sauds, nlwaya, na ho himsolf snys, "drlfting into atrango rcgions," tho toy nnd victiin of unreg- ulatcd impulseB, oftcn covoring him solf with confusion and obloquy by his atrango inconslsleucies, nnd oxposing himself to atinging ropronch by his Infirmities of mind nnd purpoBe, n man poBSOBBing lcsa self-complacency thnu Mr. Hoar might bo reasonably rogret ting, in this timo of tho eclipse of his fame, that ho had not ndhored to hiB youlhful purpoao to apond hia life in hla ofllco "as what was callcd ' cham bor counael.' " That Anti-Imporialistic League, ono of tho tnophltic vapora MaBsachu- aotlB' modern civilizatiou nnd notion of thinga exhnlos, llllcd Tremont Tomplo, Tuesday ovening, with denunciations of tho PrcBldont, and thoro woro pooplo presont who "choorod to tho echo" tho chargo of "deBpotism" and tho other wild rnntings of tho spoakors. Tho govornmont will survivo,nnd humanlty will comptoto itB misslon in tho West Indies and thoFar East. Thk Nobraska Loglslaturo adoptod resolutiona commonding tho brnvory of tho troops of that Stato in tho Philip piucs, bnt tho Populist govornor refuB' od hla conaont. Novorlhelcaa, tho poo ple of Nobraska npplnud tboir vnlorous Boldiors, nnd will ovorrido his oxccllon cy'a prohlultlon. Thoro nro boiho things u voto does not voto. Wabhinqton, Anrll 0. Gen. Eagnn may no oxpeiieu irom tlio onlor ot tlio Loyal Loglon. Thoro wns a meoting ot tlio uonru oi olilcora inat oveulni;. Tlio verdict of court mnrtial is aaid to havo bcon npproved. Tho qticstion .of rotaining Eagan's momberahip was postponcu untu noxt mcouug. WILL GIVE S500.00 This Is What Dr. J. A. Hatch of Kansas City Agrees To Do. If Smith's Green Mountain Reno vator Does Not Gnre. An Unsolicited Statement That Shows a Great Doctor's Falth. Is not Mrango tlmt Smith's , (Jrccn .Mountnm Jlcno vator ls noimlar. It lias lcurcd tlioiisnnds, who dnllr L6iiir i" prnipo. i cniaps u 'ls n tnno iiiorc icinaruanic ktlnit it i ciulorscil alinost 'a ii ir i. prui'tisina Phy- a&L i- 1 1 tte many pco- jlc whom lt arlv irnives. llcrc ls n lettcr rninliiff to us from Jitmca A. Ilntcli, M. 1)., Uttiisu- Crlv, Mo.. mIih Ii icacli ng us unsoliritnl m it l""-, i- iikKi d worthy f IjciiiR gueii to tlu- puli'.i . Dr. llatcli writcs ns follus - " Gcntlcincn : I wiito you to sav tlint I ;ouId send volinnes of tcstimoinals from patlcnts i hao curcd of dlffercnt coniplalnts ly tho uso of .Smith's Green Mountain Hcno fator. In all cases whcro I havo reeoiinncndcd lt, lt has novcr fnilcd to cffect a ciue. Oivr. it k TAIH TKIAI., ANl) I WIJ.I. I'OItlT.lT J.WU.UU 1P i ccnK is not i:ri'i:cii:i. lt is tlio licst blood purificr and ncrvo bnlldcr tliat over camo undcr mj obscrvatlon, nnd I talto pridc, nnd 1 think It my duty to recommcnd it. I congratulato j-ou, gcntlemcn, tliat you nre proprictors of such a remedy, which is bonnd to cstabllsh a rccord for itsclf unsurpasscd by nny inedleine on tho markct. AVIsbing you overy suecess, I rcmain, Very 6incerely yours, J. A. HAlL.il, i. Dr. Hatch has rceocnlzed tliat Smith's Orccn Mountain KenovVor ls a voii3erftil ally on whlch wo may depcnd for the rcstoration of liealtli and for thc prcvention of discaso and death. Ile kuowg, as mniiy othcrs have lcarncd by Ead cxpcriciire, lli.it nine tcntlis of all our illa niav be diivitlv nttiilnilcd to impiirc lilood, no maiter liow tluc impiiritics got into tlio liloinl. Ivo maltcr wlmtlier tlio lilood lias lierotno poisoncd tluomjh eoiitait with otlicrs Bilffering fnmi lilood diicascs, r wlictlier lt is a easo Mlicrc theso ioions wcro inlieiitcd nttlmcof birth. to all wlio icali.o tbat tlicy havo lilood dUoidors, nc rcroiiiineml tliat no tlmo liould Ii.1 lost, as tlic.-c uifcafcs oncn siuinDor ror i a, -, and i-'uld.'iilv ciop out in a uuuncr tliat Is a incii.H'o to hvaltli nml life. Xot onlv tliat. but whcn blood diseases sliow tliunisclves, tlio suffcicr liciomes au olijcit of Itv to cvcrv nno witii wlioin lic comcs in con- tact, as tlin naturo of tlm dlseaso will bo wrilten plainly on his featurcs. Pcrhaps nnothcr fact tliat has lcd Dr. Hatch to so strongly recommcnd this rcmcdy is tliat It was originally a prcscrlpiion of a wcll known physician, wbo over forty years ago prcscribcd it, slncc which tline it has bccn iccomplisliing its mlssion of good. And now. todav. tbat It ls bcinc placcd iipon tho markct by tlio St. Albans Kemcdy Co., jxactly as lt was originally prescribed bv Dr. Mack, tbo public may rcst assured tliat its ;reat mlssion of rostoring liealtli and suvlng llo uas uaruiy yet rcacticu us zenuu. HUMPHREYS' WITCH HAZEL OTL CPiles or Hcmorrholda Fissurcs & Fistulns. Burns & Scalds. I I Wounds & Bruises. Cuts & Sores. Boils & Tumors. Eczema & Enuptions. Salt Rheum & Tetters. EChapped Hands. Fever Blisters. Sore Lips & Nostrlls. O Corns & Bunions. Stings & Bites of Insoota. Three Sizes, 25c, 50c. and $1.00. SoU by drugglsts, or ecnt post-pald on recclpt of prta Il.CMMIUtie'MEU. (O., 111 A 1 1 S Mlllln.Sl.,XfwToct. SOvvea'.s, nnd T rade-JIarka obtained nnd all Pat jenttiusincssconductcd for MoocnATC Fccs. Sour Officc is Opposite; U, s. PATtNT Orricc and wecangccurc patentm lcsi tiuic thaii thosc fwmntft from Waahirtftfn. t Send modtl, drauing or photo., wilh deicrlp ?tlon. Wo advise, if patentatlo or not, freo of Jcharge. Our fee not due till patent Utecurcd, , S A Pamphlct, "How to Obtain I'alcntt," with (cost ot samo in the U, S. and foreign countiiei Sent frce. Audrcss, C.A.SNOW&COJ OPP. PATCNT OFriCE. WASHINGTON D. C. F T3L ! Our fare from jour liomo to HPKNCEU'fl 1IU81 NE8H KOllOOL, KliiKlton, N. Y. 2.M) itudentt lait Jear. ltoard and rooiu lu ctubs, l?.'.60 por week. iitablUhed 18S9. lleautltnl New llulldlnK. Ileitln everrtlitnK. Not a ilnRle ttenoKraplile graduate.of u r schoot liat falled to securo a paylngiioilUon. Wabhinoton, April 5. Tlio atnto dopnrtmont nnnounced ofllcially thiB mornlng n mossago from the cnptnln of tho gunboat Machias, ectil- to Guntn maln to investinto n roport of lmpris onment of slx Americnn citizons wlio wcro in daugor of boing sntnmarily dvalt with that tho atory ia onliroly without foundation. 1 pr I PW I I IIIMIMBMMII II I II Ml II ! I I II. I III 1 1 Mnlinu on Sclilcr. In his nrticlo in tho April McClure, on "Tho War on tho Scn nnd Its Lea soiib," Captain Alfrcd T. Mahnn puta tho caso of Commodoro Schloy nt San lingo in this way: "Tho iutontionof Commodoro Schloy to roturn to Koy West prcclpltatcd tho raovoment of Admirnl Sampson, with his two fnstcst ships, to Santlago; but tho stop would cortalnly linve bccn tokon ns sooti ns tho doubt whother nll tho Spnnlsli divlsion had entorcd was rcmovcd. Tho dopartment, undor tho growlng convictton that tho oucmy was thoro, had nlroady bcon incroaslngly dlsturbod by tho doloy of tho Flyitig Squndron boforo Clutifucgoa, cauaod by tho unccrtalnty of its commnndor ns to whother or not Ccrvorn wns In tholat tor port; nor was there then any known reason to censure the decision of the offi cer on the anot, whose information, de- pendcnt upon despatch vesscls, or upon locai scouuny, was necessarwj, in some rcspects, more mcagcr than that of the denartment, incable communication with many quarters." Captain Mnhan tliUB ndopts, or prc Bcnts ns Ii 1b judgment, tho cntircly rca aonablo nnd ndcqunle explnnotion of nny uncortninty or liesltnlion there may hnvo nppcared in Schloy's raove ntents. Tho fact thnt Schloy "fdrtu natcly, on sccond thoughts, docidcd to rcmain" as Captain Mnhan says thafthiBwnskuown to Sanipsorr'be fore he atarted with tho Now York and Orogon forSantiao ns Mnhan states nnd that Schlcy had mcantimo discov ored Ccrvora'e ships in Santiago bay, and had instituted thc bcst blockndo hc could with the ships ho had, mnkcs out n caso for Schloy that is clcnr and sat isfactory cnough for any disciplo of fnir play. A modkst youth ia tho only eon of Admiral Dcwcy, who dccllnca to bo a mcmber of tho committco to reccivo the battleship Ilalcigh on lier npproach ing arrivnl nt New York, straight from Manila bay. "I ought to koep quiet," says this young man, "as l'vo dono nothing for my country." Such rc Bcrvc as this ought to bo nindc moro contagious. Boston Herald. ICcntury of ForeiRnlTrndc. u. n c mi3.ai'.v . jyjCT "w. jh- - Tho Treasury Departraont'arecent statement of the foreign trndo of tho United Stntes gives an opportunity which overy Amcricnu should welcome to gain an idea of tho trcmendous growth of our imports nnd cxporta and to drnw conclusions of whero wo Bhall atnnd flf ty ycara from now. $3!& In 1700 our importe of morchandise wcro $23,000,000 and our exports $20, 205,000. In 1798 tho imports had climbed to 08,500,000 nnd the exports lo 801,327,000. In 1814, of tho war poriod, tho imports wero down to 12, 905,000 nnd the exports to 0,927,000. Uut in 1818 tho figurea were: Imports, 121,750,000; exporta, 93,281,133. Kollowing 1820 there wns a stoady decline of imports, with n tcndency to riaing exports. ThiB lastcd for ten years, tho nverago annual flgures bo inc: Imports, 72,000,000; exports, 09,000,000. In 1834 both imports and exporta passcd tho ono hundred mil lion mnrk pcrmanently, oxcopt in ex traordinary years. Tho flgures then wero: Imports, 108,009,000; exports, 102,200,000. Pivo years lator, 1839, thoy were, reBpectively, 150,400,000 and 112,251,000. By porioda or ten years from flf ty ycnre ago our foreign tradc has been: Imports. 1848 148,03S,000 1858 203,338,000 18G8 ..'ja.' 357,430,000 Exports. 138,190,000 272 011,000 281.952.000 1878 437,051,000 1888 . .723,957,000 094,805,000 095,954,000 1898 010,049,000 1,231,482,000 Therolwas"never au Cexcoss of ex porta from 1790 uutil 1811, whon the excess of exports was 7,910,832. In all tho flacal years from 1790 to 1898 tho total imports of tncrchaudiBo hnvo bcen 29,970,9G1,487, nnd tho total ox ports 30,952,202,985, tho total oxcess of exports for 108 years boing 972,241, 498. Tho exceas of exports ovor im ports for the flscal yoar 1898 is nlmost as much ns tho combincd exports for tho flrst twelvo yenra from 1790 to aud including 1801. Since thoro has beon a acparato rccord of imports nnd ex porta of apecio (1821) wohnvo exported 1,400,473,201 moro of gold and silvor than we havo imported. Press, New York. Kisc ln Wngcs. II is Btntod that tho ndvnuco lliia month may affect 130,000 hands. ThiB ia only a Btnall fraction of the wholo working forco, and if the chango meant merely thnt in aundry towna and vil- lagca anoui so.ouu.uuu n ycar waa adued to tho sum which wage-earnora have to expeud that would scarcoly bo nn event of great JSntlonni importnnco. liut tho influonco of ovory considornblo nd vnnco upon tho wnges pnid in tho samo industry at otbor poiuls, nnd upon tho WBgea paid in mauy kindrcd industries nt nll poiutB, is great nlmost boyond calculation. If tho cotton milla at Fnll Itivor or other points whero comooti- tion hns been eharpost can now pay tho mguor wages voiuniaruy Eivon, worfc' ors in such mills throucbout tho coun try will bo prompted to nsk whnt thoy can now earn, anu cmpioyors will llnd lt hardor for thcm to rcfuso somo nd- vnnce. In other toxtllo workB tbo quofltion will bo rnised whothor the monauro of improvoment in busineBS ahown by tho groat Enstern mllla, wiiicu were pccuiiariy emDnrrasscu n ycar ngo, does not wnrrnnt somo riso in wngos, Thua no ono cnu toll how many hnnds in various industries throughout the country will flnd that tho nction of comparativoly n fow EaBt orn mllls haa oponod tlio way to highor wngca for them. Now York Tribuuo. Torrlblo pliigucH, tboao itcblnj;, postorltiR diaoasos ot tlio nklii. l'ut au eud to mlaory. Uoau'H Olutment curea. At any druRntore. Courage and Strength in Times of Ddnger." Ifead the warning between the lines. What is that warn ing? It is of the danger from the accumutation of badness in the blood, caused by the usuat heavy Uving of the Winter monttis. Spring is the clearing, cleansing time of the year; the foremnner of the brightness and beauty of glorious summer, Follow thc principlo that Naturo lays down. Slart in nt onco and purify your blood with that grcat Bpccific, Ilood's Sarsaparilla. II ncver disappoints, Crlp-"S!jc(cen wccks of Rrlp mndo mo wcak, but after nll elso fnilcd Ilood's Snr snparllla curetl mo. Lator I ovenvorked, nnd dyspepsin nnd canker In nioutb and stomnch bothcrcd mo. I took tbo Sarsapa rilla ncnln nnd it coinpletcly rcstored me." lns. KuzAnCTir Fo.man, Kxctcr, N. II. Rhcumatlsm - "MyscU aml a frlcnd both sullcred froni sevoro nttacks of rhcu mntism. Ilood's Sarsaparilla curcd both. Wo would not bo wltbout It." AVm. II. LESTrn, 65 Lconnrd St., Fnll Illver, Mnss. Hcad and Back " For ono ycar pnlns In my back ntul bead provcnted my bousc hold dutlcs. I took Ilood's Sarsaparilla and am a well woninii. It nlso curcd the grlp In our fnmlly." Mrb. Mattie IlENDEnsofr, Cor. Flrst and Frnnklln Ave.,Co1umbus,Ind. nood' rilln cure llrer llli. tlio non-lrrltatlng and . only catliartic to take with llood'a Hariaparllla. A I'roiiiising Dociinient. Tho proclamntion of tho United States Philippino commissioncrs would secm to bo n vory promising documont. It offors conditious to tlio Filipinos thnt nre extrenicly libcral, and, doubtlcss, in lino with whnt tho majority of tho peoplo of tho Unitcd States will sup port ns n proper policy in our now pos aeaaions. Tho inhnbitnnts of the islnnds nro gunrnnteed as much civil liborly nnd nulonomy ns is reconcilnblo witn n wiso admiuistration of affnirs nnd tho soveroignty of tho Unitcd States. It ls ncedleaa to aay that thoy aro nsBurcd of pcrfcct frcedom in re ligioua worshin aud an eaultablo and just atnnding boforo tho law. Nor ia tuo cuucauonai suio to he neglectcu, us schoolB aro to bo establiahcd for tho children. Railronds nnd other com- morcinl and business enter bo oncournged, to aid in mcnt of the resources of the co Tho commissionorB plcdgo that all taxca anu cuatomB will oe apent BOlely for tho building up aud mnlnlenanco of tho Philippino govornmont, nnd tbat an effectivo civil sorvice, open to tho natives, will bo foundcd. In fnct, thc commiBsioners hnvo offered practically overything to the islnnders as a proof that tho United States will bo guided in its nctiona townrd tbo Philippines with the one idea of tho wolfare nnd ndvnncemcnt of their peoplo. Tlio nueatton now couiob as to tlio position tho Filipinos may nssumo. wiu tney no wise enougn to eeo tnnt thoy aro nlrendy beaten and aubmit to our offors offera tbat, doubtless, as Bii ro thom a much groater measuro of nctual liberty than thoy could hopo for unuer Acumaitio or wiu tney follow tboir leader into a prolonged nnd bope Icsb strugglo tbnt can have but one possiblo ending? Boston Herald. A Urlght Pnrtlculnr Stnr. Tho roll of honor which is being written with tho bayouot and tho Bword in Luzon is already long, aud Aiaioios is now n pago ot nistory com pared with which Santiago, leaving out San Juau Ilill, is nlmost unintercsting reading. First on this roll of honor, for tbe present at lcast, is thc namo of Arthur MacArthur, n nntivo of Massn- chueott-i nnd the youngest ranjor gen eral in tho Volunteer Army. General MacArthur is not quite flfty-four years old. His career since ho loft homo for tho West, when n moro boy, is a comprchousivo opitomo of Americnn straightforwardnoss, honcBty, manli ncas and pluck. He wns in Wisconsin when the Civil wnr broko out, scnrccly sovontccn, and onlisted. At MisBion nry Itldgo he wns ndjutant of his regl mont tho Twonty-fourlh WiBcoiiBiu nnd hia behnvior at that battlo ia thua recorded in the War Dcpartmont: Medal of honor to Arthur MacArthur for eoolness nnd consplcuous brnvcry in nction in nction, in seiziiiR the colors of hia regiment nt a critical moment nnd planting thom on the captured works on the creat of Missionnry Hulge, ienn., JNovemuer lo, iouj, Lioutenant MacArthur wns only eigntoon tuon. A year lator no was in commnnd of his rcgimont nnd at twonty-ono ho waa n f ull colonol of vol untcers. It has boon predicted of him that ho will aomo day commnnd tho United States army. In tho Inttor ca tablishment ho ls now lfcutenaut col onol and looked upon as nn exceptlon- ally good soitiior. llo is, at any rnto, an cxnmplo to tho youth of his country wlio nro not enioying tuo creat beno n ( q r f rr ty fwl n a 1 1 lint frt trlinm suecess ia not donied if thoy bo but truo men and good cittzens. lirooklyn iiagie. Orthography. 'Twas a klud, benevolont Kngllilnnau Who saUl, "I liave a inoat excellent plan. I'm turo I loro the Amerlcans well, Ilut you know they never have learned to inell, Bo I'llload a ahlp wltb a cargo of 'u's,1 And lend lier orcr and cliange tlielr vtewa; l'or tho 'u' ihmild he, al overy ono knowa, lu 'nelghbour' and 'labour' acd uorda llko tlioie) And our irlemlt muit learn and never forget Tlio accurato uio of the alphabet." Bo tho iblp arrlved with Its preeloui frelght To bring orthography up to ilato j And tlio Vankeei atowed the lettera nway Korpoaalblo use 011 a future day, Aud leat the ahlp aliould it cargo lack, l'llled lier with "h'a" and aent lier hack, lloaton Tranacrlnt. MViinlnnlci 1 nnlita iatu 1 . Dr. Wood'a Norway l'liio8yrup helps meu uuu wuuieu iu u nuppy, vigorous Olil 9 1 '0l(! niltl (.'OllllllClll, Two battcrios dcstlned for aorvlco in tho Philippines havo loft Now Vork for San Frnnclsco, nggrcgnting nboul 200 men. Thoy oxpect to rcncn San Fran cleco by Sundny. Both battprles snw Bervlco in Cuba, but aa lliU was coti flned to garrison duty tho mon aro ongor for n chnnco tosmcll powdor, nnd atarted on tholr trip acrosa the conti nont in hlgh apirita. Tho only foar of tho mon was thnt tho flghting would bo ovor boforo thoy could rcnch Maniln, Eich battery has six 3.2 fleld guns, mouutodon oxtrn heavy carriages. Tho Englishmon nre boginning to un derstand somo of tbo roasons for our groat industrial boom. Ono of thom camo out fairly in calclura-liBht bright noBS tho othcr day, when a big English road bought locomotives in Philadel phia becauso of a conlract that atipulalcs tho dolivery oi tho locomotives in four montliB. Tho BritUh manufacturers uccdcd cightccn months to do the work. Tho Soudan had to wait four months for a sranll bridgo wcighing thirty-ono tons. It uccd not hnppon ngain. At tho banquot of tbe Young Mens' Jcfforson Lcaguo of Indiana tho presi dent, tho Hon. Hcnry Warrum, said thnt "tho question now confrontiug us is whethor our govornment shnll be controlled by tho spirit of commercial ism or tho spirit of Democracy." Tho spirit of commorcialism is abhorrcd by tho Domocrnts. What is coramercinl ism but business, nnd buBlncss n truo Domocratic philosopher despises. Tho only business (it for aDcmocratlc states man is to go to dinncra nnd donounce business and tho cormorants who get rich by stlcking to it. New York Sun. In many parta of tho country hog killing timo and sausago, with buck wlicate, begln togother about Novem ocr. 3ut not ao in Now England. The Bausage nnd buckwheat season there comcs in with tho rising of the sap in tbo maplcs, conscqucntly its ar rivnl dcpends largely on tho weather condilions. Tho sap is rising now, tho eyrup is making, and all ovor New England today links and cnkes, butter and treaclo, are tho staff of life. My old frienda tho Hnlls, of lovely Wal lingford on tho Quinepiac, are pion cers in Connecticut Bausage. One of their links ia n pig pocm. New York. Press. Rudynrd Kipling on Sunday wrote tho followintr noto of tlinuks to tho ed itors of tho Now York newspaperB: IIotkl GuENonLK, Easter Day, 1899. Dear Blr: Will you allow mo tliroiifih your columns to attempt some acknowl cdgement of tbo wonderful Bympathy, af foctlon and klndness shown toward me during my rocent illnoss, hh well as tbo unfalliiiK courtesy that controlled ItB ox pression? I am not Btrong enough to anawer letters In dotall, so I must tako this moanB of tbanklnR as humbly as stncerely tho countless peoplo of good-will through- Ki wuo ii avo put me unuer a ope to repay. lauiilully DTARD KIPLINQ. MrTinpMlilHMUi tno way townrd recoverv. nuTTWWPBfciLJlfiJinn to get out of bcd and sit up for nours. Profeasor William Z. Eiploy saya, in the Ponular Scxtnce Monthly: "Sup- poso two groups of one hundred infnnts each one Jewiah, ono of averace Amcrican parontogo; (Massacnusettsj to be born on the same day. In spito of all the disparity of social conditions in favor of tuo latter, tno cnances, cle- tcrminod by statistical means, nro that one-half of tho Amoricans will die with- in forty-aevon yeara, whilc tho flrst half of tho Jowb will not succumb to disoase or nccident bcfore the cxpirn tion of sovonty-ono years. Tho death rato ia really b'ut little ovor hnlf of tho nvernge Amoricnn population. Thia holds good in intancy ns in om ngo. Lombroso hns put it in nnother wny: Of 1,000 Jewa born 217 dio beforo the nge of aoven vcnra; whilo 45J Chris tiana moro than twice as many are likely to dio wlthin tho samo poriod." "Somo months ngo," savs The KanBns City Journal, "ProfessorL. T. Weeks, of Southwest College, wroto n poem which ho thought wns nll right, nnd which ho offorod to The Century for publication. II ia wife, Idn Ahcborn Weeks, made lun ot tns ntornry napirn- tions, and kept telling him about thc fall which lay in wait for his vnnity. In due time, howevor, au accoptanco camo from the mngazino, occompanied by n cuecK tor tau, nnd inon tnat man began to lord it over tho woman. Fi nally aho got mad, and declarcd that sho could wrilo botter poetry than he with ono band licd bcbind her, and to provo 'it aho indited a pieco nnd sont it to The Centuru. Almost nt onco sho got back an accoptanco, nccompanicd by a clieck lor 'JU, anu now sno la making lifo bucIi n burden for her ten dollnr huabnnd that he doeen't know what to do." Contendlng pasBions aro churning ln tho bosom of our csteomcd Domocrntic ccntompornry, tho Kansas City Times. Spring nnd hnppincsa amile from this oditorial articlu: "Easter, tbo goddess of spring, mounts tbe throno of resurrected naturo today. The lubroatliiuL' of vogetablo ltfe as it slept ln the Bilence ot tbo winter Is now turnod to outbreatblng undor tho awakenlng Im pulae of Its own yearnlng to be agaln bap tlzod in tbe down of tbe mornlng and warin ed by tbe rays ot tbo ascendlng sun." Ilut of what ubo is this outbroathing of vogetablo lifo whon, as wo learn from another cditorial nrticlo, "tbo cllmax of nntioual dogradation is about to bo reached," nnd "President Mc Klnloy hna renchod tho laat ditch on tho road to tho imporlaliam of Spain of n century ngo?" This distracted Mis Bourinn needa n concordnnco of his in broathinga nnd his outbroathinga. New York Sun. Washington, April 0. Tho inler mont of tho 325 corpBes of tho Amorl can doad soldiora brought from Cuba nnd Porto Rico bognn nt noon today at Arlington comotory. According to the Proeldont'a proclamatiou all do pnrtmonts woro closcd nt noon nnd tho general business of tho city was bus ponded. Half of tho Washington population has gono to tho comotory. Full mllitary honora woro paid tho doad. Tho mllitary committai sorvice was conductcd by Post Chaplnin Frco land of Fort Monroe. according to tho prolcBtaut Episcopal church. Rev. Fathor Josoph F. Magec of St. Pat rick'a cathedrnl rcnd tho Catholic sor vico ovor tho Catholic doad. Mav Nced For ACCIDENTS Cuto Burns Druisos Wounds, &.C., &.c. It gives instnnt relief aud cureai qulckly. In cnso of sudden ilhiess CrnmpB Dlarrhoon Dyoontory nnd ' All Dowol Complalnts it is n Rure, nnfo and qmck rcmcdy. There'H O N L Y ONE Porry Davls'. Two clzen. ?"-. and 50 Eamplo bottlo tnailed for 10c. (Mention tlila papcr.) IN THK FAIl EAST. Wasiiinoton, April 5. Up to noon no advices hnve comotothp war depart ment from General 0:is. Tho fact that nothing has como aitico oaf y Monday mornlng, when lt was strontrly iuii mated that the buck bono of the rebel lion was broken, and a fair pruspect that tho Filipinos might sor.n offer terms of surrcmli'r, is tiilcn as n good sigu. Press rcporu apparcntly flle 1 to day Btate that the rcbcls are masMti-; at Calumpit, Qvo miles northwest of Ma lolos, cauecs some fear that trouble may not yet bo endod. It will not be sur priaing if moro flghting occura. Fur ttier bullotitia from Otls eagerly looked for. Washington, April 5. General Corbin has summarized tho casunltles in tho Philippines' from Fcbruary 4 to April 4 inclusive as follows: Aggregate, 1,100; 184 killed and 970 woundod. Manila, April 0. Prominont Fili pinos nre of tho opinion that tbe insur gent8 will not again opposo tho Amer icans with main force. From now on guorrilla wnrfarc will last indeflnitcly. The result of a disagrceraont between Aguinaldo nnd Mabini, foreign minis ter of the Filipiuo cabinet, is that the inBurgents aro deaerting in large num bors and rcturning homo pnciOcos. The cruiser Baltimore haa had n sim ilar experience with tho Chnrleston. A lnunch aent ashore to reconnoiter Lingayen gulf waa flred upon by in surgenta at Sual, ,wounding an offlcer and a snllor. The Baltimore then Bhelled tho town wilh disaslroua ef f ect. vu vater nt Mnlolos is cnusing ering among MacArtnur's menTwQen are prostrateu witn dinrrhceErfcpUlis cauBe. Watcr is now supplie(HrTOWwila and they are in hono to check tho srafciifli. An cs- caned Snanish nrisoner scMHfeB&OOO' woundcd Filipinos wero broo Malolos one day last week duringtl: severo flghting. Thia iudicatcB the terriblo cffect of tbe flghting of the American troops. The proclamation is well received at Manila, but it ia evidcnt that the in surgentshavo many sympathizers here. Another Holucniist. i:ieven I'cople 1'erlBli hy rinmes In Now York. Nmv York, April 7. Eleven por sons lost their livcs in two lirca, de stroying mnusions in the millionaire section of Fifth Avenue early this morning. Tha flrst blaze waa in the residenco of Wallace C. Andrews, a millionaire, nnd preBidcnt of tho New York Stenm Henting Co., 2 East 07th strect. Mra. Georgin St. John, n daugb tor of Wallace C. Andrew8, Austin St. John, ngod aoven yenrs, Wnllaco St. John, aged three years, Frederick St. John, aged thirteen months, and three scrvants perished in tho flamcs. Mra. Mary Langraw, aged flfty, the hou8ekceper who was aslcep on tho top floor, perished, nnd nnothcr servnnt wns seriously injured, escnping by wny ot the roof. Tho flro wn3 discovered at Iwo o'clock thia morning by police man Lally who hastened to tho houso, aftcr aounding an nlnrm. Whon the llremen nrrived it was im possiblo to onter the houso the sixty eoventh streot way bo florcely had the flro spread. Tbo houso had au L exton tion running to Fifth avenue. Through thia fircmen fought the flames and tried to aavo tho inmates. Their cf forts were in valu, nearly every soul in that ill-fatcd mansion perished. Two Borvants savod tboir livea for tho timo by jumping, but thoir injuries in the awful leap will probably provo fatal. Whilo tho flro was at ita hoight in tho Androwa manaion, Misa Adams, dnughtor of Albert J. Adnms, n real cstato man, living two blocks away, oponod a window in tho Adnms houso to got n bottor viow of the flro. Whilo wntchlng, a spark set flro to tho cur taina in her room. Scroaming, ahe ran from tho room and nlarmedherparontB. All ran to tho street and an alnrm was turned in. Miss Adams' criea nwak ened Nollio Quinn and Mary Molloy, tho servant8. By tho timo thoy reached tho hall, wnya of escape wero cut off. They lumpeu from tho fourth atory to tho balcony oxtonBion and woro aeverely Injured. Tho coronera ofllcial announcoment nt ten o'clock this morning is that ten porsons lost thoir livcs in tho Andrews mansion. Thoso, including tho aer vant killed nt tho Adams houso makes tho total dend bo far known, eleven. BcBidcs thoso Kato Downoy and Marie Both, Mra. St. Jolin's maids, nro both misslng. Washington, April C Vico-Prcsi-dont Ilobnrt paBsed n bnd night. His condition this morning isuollmprovod. Ile is ablo to rotain vory little food. Physiclnns who nro wntchlng him carc fully do not yet nnticlpato sorioua rc-eultB.