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CHAPTER V.—(Continued.)
As Rob.dressed in his picturesque
Jpapisb costume, stood on the fleck.
,,\ ... he. thought he had never seen so many
^villainous-looking men.. They• would
propel the large flat boats to. the
schooner's side, 'make them fast and
Jump aboard. Then the black boat
.!S, Men and the crew of the "Black Cat"
"would be busy for a time In tranth
Rob1 noticed that the blacks, and the'
'jS !iicrew £f the "Black Cat" as well, shot
_«lances of fear toward the calm and
"(powerful-looking man on horseback.
Poor Rob did not know what to "do
first. All around him were groaning
.and chattering' blacks, and the cruel,
sharp words of Torrevo were ringing
..Jn his ears.
"Take it! Take it!" said one of the
"laborers to him, holding out a pack
age. Rob tried to take it from the
fellow and put it with others, as he
jsaw the men around him doing, but It
"was too heavy. He let It fall, and
-•v there was the sound of breaking glass.
'immediately the captain of the "Black
Hv^Cat" let out a shrill yell of rage, and
T^leaped into the boat. He gave Rob a
across the shoulders and even on
'Xihis face with the rope's end he (juried.
(•^s'Rob cried out with pain, but Torrevo
cursed and struck him again.
?i,. "Cub! .Good for "nothing!" he
v^acr
earned, seemingly be3ide himself
-with rage. "Will you break the cap
tain's bottles? Take that for your
^|«lumslness."
i'^ The,schooner was near enough to
shore for the man on horseback to hear
and see what was :going on. He turned
a' calm, Impassive face toward the boat.
•••it's -that^gpod^for-nbthing nephew
of mine, Senor Captain,"-sang out "Tor
revo. "He would go on a voyage with
,:me, and what good 1s he, except to
"•teal and lie and break things? I'll
.break him! Come, take thMland see
if you can break It!"
Rob. tremblingly took the package
from the dark hands that held It out
to him, and succeeded in getting it in
|%|place wttboHt amtshap:—
In this way, with much roaring and
cutslng by Torrevo, the boat was load'
ed, and then started toward the shore,
psgfhi.'.trtl•••'niatt on the.horse now got
r&ldgwn on. the ground, and stpod with a
f/^®'fe v?^eavy- whip in .his hand and a ma-
IP%'**,evolent expression on his face. This'
was evidently,an Englishman Or
'I*® American. Rob had thought the
Mark, 'evil faces on the "Black Cat"
-to look at, but there was
,. sdark, evil faces on the
„jBomething so utterly cruel in this
W&3Mgfej^jmaa'a face that he seemed to make the
F^^S^-'jOthers gentle, by comparison.
•-•Hurry up, there! he shouted in
-English, flourishing his whip. "We are
-^being 'watched everyday now. There
may be soldiers here any minute. Get
jifSthe .stuff aShore.in a hurry."
The men strained harder, and soon
:.vihe fiat nose of the boat was shoved up
.-on the 9and. The men leaped.out, each
^one giving a quick look at the master,
$£•8 if expecting every moment a cut
Jgvwlth the h$tctr whip.
By a*w«rd W, ffoplclri*.
Oopyftchted, ISM, by Robert Bonner'* Bona.
Ierrlng, from the hold of the cchoon^l.
to the boats the packages and cases
"and casks pf the contraband cargo.
Captain Torrevo was here, there and
everywhere, giving loud commands In
-%.«- language that Rob did not under
stand, and which would scarcely be un-:
pi derstood by any one whose tongue
-firas limited to the precise language of
i&'.^ny one country.
Captain Torrevo passed Rob several
^."tlmes without paying him any atten
-i^jtlon. What was Rob's great surprise,
then, when the captain of the "Black
'Cat" suddenly turned on him with a
frightful oath and struck him with a
rope's end.
"Will you do nothing?" roared Cap
taln Torrevo,'in-What appeared a most
^frightful'rage. "Will you stand there,
•and me trying to get unloaded? Get to
'Work there, or I'll kick you Into the
water!"
Rob was thunderstruck and terribly"
frightened.
"I'll do anything!" he cried. "Don't
strike me! Tell me what you want me
-to do!"
"Get into that boat. Do your share
of the work! Help carry the stuff to
tle cave!"
Rob, without trying to soften the
-terriflc wrath of his seemingly cruel
.master, turned to obey, he saw, stand
ing on the shore, a large, black horse.
-Upon this horse was seated a man of
apparently fifty-five years of age. This
man' was tall, and had a heavy beard.
-He was dressed in a well-fitting riding
.suit, with high boots. There was a
look of masterful cruelty about him
that'made Rob shiver.
Torwyo, who is ,thls?" he
shouted, pointing to Bob.
f- "That fool of a nephew' of mine,",
shouted, back.the captain «t the "Black
Cat." "He is no good, but he would
make a trip with me. Whip him, if
he is lazy."
Rob remembered what Torrevo had
said about his appearance as the
nephew of the captain of "El Gato
Negro," and wondered if he, as Rob
Cleverdale, had any more to fear than
he was getting as Torrevo's nephew. It
seemed to be the object of Torrevo to
make him out as stupid and worthless
as possible,'Vand to give the English
man the impression that he hated his
nephew.
The men on the boat now began to
pick up, their burdens, and poor Rob,
not one-fifth a3 strong as one of these
fellows, did the same. He unfortunate
ly picked up a package that was too
heavy for him, and staggered with it
right before the tall, Satanic individ
ual, whom all so palpably feared.
In an instant there was a swish, and
the Englishman's whip came down on
Rob's shoulders.
"Get on with you!" he said. "If you
can't do better than that, what good
are you?"
-Rob, n"t knowing but a^t answer
would bring him another blow, shut
his teeth hard and took up a smaller
package. With this, which he could
just carry, he fell Into line.
There w?.s now a steady line of men
going from the shore, where two boats
were unloading, over a ridge some few
hundred feet off, up to which there
was a" constant rise. They disappeared
over this ridge, and Rob wondered
wlfere they took the contraband goods.
But he was soon to find out. As part
of the endless prooession, with dark,
(shining
"GET WITH YOU!
bodies, before him, and others
coming after him, he walked up the
slope, and at the summit of the ridge
found that there was a steep descent
on the other side. And down this there
was a swampy place, toward which the
I
men went. They did not go into the
swamp, however. Turning one side,
they continued till they reached a spot
where the-side of the hill was almost
straight. Here there was a small open
ing, almost hidden by a growth of trees
and bushes. These were being held
aside by men while the burden car
riers went into the opening. .To ac
complish this they were,compelled to
put the burden they carried on the
ground, roll or push it in, and then get
down on their knees And crawl In
themselves. Rob did just as he had
seen'the others do, and when he again
stood upright' he found himself in a
great cave, almost totally dark, with
the men moving like spectres of dark
ness here and there. After a few min
utes he managed to see a little, and
then found that the cave he was in was
only one of a series of vaulted caverns,
leading b^ck, from the ridge toward,
and perhaps under, the water of the
bay. There was a constant slope down
ward, and Rob judged that the bot
tom of the cave was at least fifty feet
below the river bed. From one of the
caverns men now came with torches,
and Rob saw that this strange place
was a vast storehouse of smuggled
goods. Bales of tobacco lined one
rock room. Bales of silk and cloth
filled another.* Here there were casks
of brandy and In another place a Quan
tity of liquor in bo,t.tles. There was
-wealth represented- there —stolen
wealth—for even If the smugglers had
bought the goods honestly, they were
stealing It Into the country, which was
in. itself dishonest And If they would
do this, no doubt' they would steal it,
and Rob did not doubt that the crew
of the "Black Cat" were pirates as well
as smugglers.
T" CHAPTER VL
He .felt a thrill of apprehension as
he saw the black shadows cast by the
blazing torches and heard the grumb
ling tones of the moving men in that
grewsome place. -Oh! What hiding
places there were among'these piles
of bales or In- those black recesses of
.rock, where he could hear the con
stant trickling of rwater from above!
Shivering, he went the whole length
of the,place, deposited his burden, and
followed the line of spectres out again.
What glad sigh of relief escaped him
aB he breathed, once more the fresh
air outs|de. But there was no time to
stop to enjoy it. The procession moved
on, and Rob, with trembling limbs and
perspiring brow, went back for another
load. The boats 'had brought some
casks from the schooner by this time
and these were to be taken into the
cave.
l£ was hard work, and when Rob.
saw Torrevo standing oft shore by the
side of the Englishman, his heart gave
a bound of fear, ^That was the mystery
Of the.hatred.felt by these men toward
himself? He could not understand it
But it seemed certain that they wer»
bent on his destruction or, perhaps,
he was to be henceforth a slave. Per
haps all these dark fellows were slaves.
p.oB did not know whether Jib ere were,
any slaves In Sfuth America now, but
these men were slaves in reality, even
if they were not such in name. And
what would bo his own fate?
Again he fell to work with the
others, but could not resist sending a
look of appeal into the eyes of Tor
revo. The captain of the "Black Cat"
saw this, and saw also that at the
same time the tall Englishman was
looking at the boy.
"Curse you!" shouted Torrevo. "I
will kill you yet!".
He struck him fiercely, and poor
Rob, feeling now certain that the
friendship Torrevo had shown on
board the schooner was assumed, fell
to work with a heart that was like a
lump of lead in his bosom.
He helped'roll a heavy keg to the
opening, and was almost run down by
it as it aped downward from the top
of the ridge. A great, ugly fellow, half
Indian and half negro, caught him in
a powerful grasp and swung him out
of the way to safety.
"Oh, thank you!" gasped poor Rob.
"Uh! No t'ank!" said the black fel
low, with a hideous grin. "Me no want
to see kill. Capltang Elvin him kill
soon 'null."
"Captain Elvin! Is that the man's
name?"
"Ho! Yes. I-Ilm Capltang Elvin.
Him great man. Him chief all de
gangs.. Him kill you."
"Why does he want to kill me?"
asked Rob.
"Um! Me not know. Look out dat
all."
Again Itob went into the dark eav
erns, doing his best toward his share
of the work. But It was an astonish
ing fact that as soon as they were out
of sight over the ridge, no one cared
whether he did any work or not. In
fact, in the work of placing the casks,
barrels and kegs, he was decidedly in
the way of the experienced men, and
they shoved him aside.
While doing nothing he looked
around the caverns, but was sure to
follow the men of his gang ont when
they returned for another load.
Four or five trips he made into the
caverns in this way, winning nothing
but blows and kicks and curses from
Torrevo, no matter how hard he
worked.
•ft (To be continued.)
Paving Stones and Revolution*
The reasons why another reign of
terror was not recently .Inaugurated In
France Is thus stated by the Chicago
Times-Herald: "One hundred—fifty
—twenty-five years ago these things
would have set the mobs going. They
would be throwlnepaving stones at
o£$»g£Ot]ier^^^HHtones Ah, there
"Is the aecre^^^^^%SJS»JSSJJiSJ^
The
mobs have been robbed of their
munition. The people stand ready to
hoist tffe red flag and run riot, but
what are the Jiare hands against maces
and muskets? The rioter stoops to pick
up a paving stone, and his fingers
scratch vainly along the smooth sur
face of the asphalt wltli which most of
the streets of Paris are now paved.
Ciel! He is helpless! He straightens
up and stares vaguely about him for a
moment, and then some commissary
of police runs him in. Men and women
follow, shouting and shaking their
fists, but there are no' paving stones
for them to hurl. So the Republic
continues to stand. It is wonderful!
A little bit of asphalt prevents the
killing of people by the scores, and
history is robbed of whole chapter?
of bloody details. Vive le tar barrel!"
Evening- the Honors Up.
It was at President Hadley's re
ception that the following bit of con
versation was overheard: Dr. Dwight,
turning to a prominent young alumnus
of Yale, after greeting him with "Hel
lo, classmate," said something about
his own very recent return from the
country, adding afterward: "By the
way, I owe one of the New Haven
newspapers a grudge. It printed an
item about me some time ago to this
effect: 'Ex-President Theodore Dwight
has just returned from his summer
home at Norfolk.' Now, my name i?
Timothy, and my gummer home is at
Litchfield." "Well, that is one of thi
things, at all events that can be very
^easily rectified, doctor," said the alum
nus pleasantly. "Yes," replied the
'doctor, with a droll smile, "they might
say, and I think It would be satisfac
tory to me, that 'Prof. Alfred Hadley
has just been elected president of an
institution at Waterbury,' "—New
Haven Register. -Js
Dangerous Friction*
An insurance adjuster was sent to
a Massachusetts town to adjust a loss
on a building that had been burned.
"How did the fire start?" asked an
acquaintance who met him on his
"homeward trip.
"I couldn't say certainly, and no
body seemed able to tell," said the ad
juster, "but it struck me that it*
might have been the result of fric
tion."
"What do you mean by that?" ask
ed his friend.
"Well," said the insurance man,
gravely, "friction sometimes comes
from rubbing a ten-thousand-dollar
policy on a five-thouaand-dollar build
ing."
-V'j' ... T['.
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The Mk City tKan.) Enterprise de
scribes a Quaker wedding which took
place tar that city the other day. The
bridal couple came Into the meeting
house and took their seats all alone
on the rostrum while 200 people sat
silently on the benches After a long
wait, during which not a sound was
uttered, the groom arose and taking
the-bride by the hand, said: "Friends,
in the presence of God and before this
assembly I take Mariette Stevens to be
my wife, promising with divine assist
ance to be unto her a faithful husband
until death shall separate us." Then
the bride in like manner promised, to
be to him a loving and faithful wife,
and the ceremony was over.
Not the Flrmt Tim®.
Bra. Gillian—Now, Mrs: Wyckoff, we
really must say good-by. Dear, while
you put your overcoat on, I want to
tell Mrs. Wyckoff a secret Mr. Gillian"
—All right I'll juet go and get my hair
cut and meet yoji at t%e corner.
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ilMEDATHIGHPRICES
OP PRODUCTS OF LABOR IN
THE UNITED STATES.
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ATA-? 'J' r-1
rh»t la tbe Bank Trust Bill la Mat
8hell If Ton W»nt Low Priced for
Yoar Ubor Stand by tha Adminis
tration. HSR
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(From Journal Of Agriculture.)
When the bank trust bill was first
Introduced the impression went out
that it reduced silver, as well as all
other forms of currency, to the level of
token money, redeemable in gold. But
such is not the case. That would
have been bad enough, but the measure
is far worse than was at first supposed.
This Infamous measure makes gold
the only legal teiider money—the only
money that debts can be pain in—
and provides no relief for the debtor.
Silver remains primary money, but a
legal tender only to the amount of
There is absolutely no provision for
its exchange or "redemption" in gold.
A debtor may have a cartload of silver,
and still be unable to pay his debt ex
cept by permission of his creditor. He
cannot take his silver to the treasury,
or anywhere else, and exchange- it for
legal tender gold with which to pay
his debt. Under this law he will be
helpless and at the mercy of the money
lender as completely as if he were his
purchased slave. And yet Senator Alli
son, in defense of this most infamous
measure, declared that it was the pur
pose of his party to "decorate" this
worthless silver money as "the money
that goes into general circulation" to
be known as "the money of the peo
ple." Do you wonder that the great
anti-trust convention, composed of
leading men of all parties, denounced
this bill as the most infamous measure
ever presented to a legislative body
by a "band of conspirators?"
Gold, the money of the rich, the
money of the banks and the usurers—
the kind of money that the people
never see the color of-^-is made the
only money that legally pays a debt,
and then by law is placed out of the
reach of the people while silver,
which is utterly worthless under this
adverse legislation, is "decorated" and
scattered broadcast among the people,
to deceive them with fancied prosper
ity until it suits the purpose of the
banks to precipitate a panic and fore
close on the people's property. And
this threat of panic will be used for
coercive purposes in the coming cam
paign, just as it was in 1896, only with
a thousand-fold more effectiveness, for
under this new legislation a panic
would not only ruin a business man
who depends on the banks for his capi
tal and the gambler who bets on future
prices, but the farmer who has a
mortgage on his home and every man
wibq^owea a debt. Among all the in
famiestlurtl^i[®re
ever
enacted into law
in the wholeTrigJory
of
civilization,
nothing has ever eouSi^ 'nfamy of
is an us
with one united voice do nSL^T
against it is more than kumiui.
can comprehend.
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THE COLD AflOrilEY TRUST BILL.
The Dubuque Telegraph, discussing
the gold standard bill, calls it a very
"deceitful bill," and explains that while
it declares that "nothing contained
in this act shall be construed to affect
the legal tender quality, as now pro
vided by law, of the silver dollar, or
of any other money soined or issued
by the United States," it diminishes
the legal tender functions of the sil
ver dollar. As now provided by law,
the silver dollar is a legal tender in
redemption of greenbacks and treas
ury notes, and for payment of the in
terest and principal of the public debt.
The new bill not only makes green
backs and treasury notes expressly re
deemable in gold, but it provides that
bonds issued for gold to maintain the
proposed $150,000,000 reserve for re
demption of notes shall also be payable
in gold, and that the 2 per cents to be
exchanged for- outstanding 5, 4 and 3
per cents, aggregating about $850,000,
000, shall likewise be payable, prin
cipal and interest, exclusively in gold.
In other words, while silver dollars are
now a legal tender for Interest and
principal of the bonds and for the re
demption of United States notes and
Sherman treasury notes, under the
measure it Is intended to enact they
will not be. Their legal tender power
will be curtailed" to this extent. For
these purposes there will be no demand
for them, and increased demand' for
gold, and to the extent that the de
mand for silver is lessened and that
for gold increased, gold will appreciate
to the advantage of its holders, and to
the loss of those engaged In the pro
duction and exchange of commodities."
NOTHING BUT IGNORAMUSES.
Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln
were mere tyros of statesmanship and
utterly ignorant of. the scope of the
United States constitution. John Dal
zell, Republican congressman from
Pennsylvania, thinks so, and the fact
that he comes from the state of that
resurrected plum-tree shaker. Matt
Quay, qualifies him as an jexpert. Mr,
Dalzell .stood, up in his place in the
house of the United States congress
and gravel^,asserted:
"The constitution was established
.by ^.he-TJebple of the United States for
the United States. It provides for the
future admission of countries Into the
union, and expressly confers upon con
gress the power of governing them as
territories until they are admitted as
states. If the constitution was in
force in Florida, why was it necessary,
to pass an act of congress extending
several of the laws of the -United
States to Florida? Why did congress
designate particular laws, such as the
crimes act, the slave trade and reve
nue acts, and Introduce them as laws
into Florida if the inhabitants of Flor
ida were entitled' to .them on the act
of cession?
If this reasoning of Webster's be not
correct, said Mr. Dalzell, then, it being
impossible to govern tjiese possessions
as the United Stateji Is governed, we
must either have
amendment, abandoi
the President goveri
limitation that appl
plies ta the Predld
the McKinley mouthpiece fluiig -this
bit of constitutional romance at the
successors of the Revolutionary Fath
ers:
"In a representative republic the
right to govern does not depend on the
consent of the governed." Of course
not. The right 10 govern depends ex
clusively on the consent of Mr. Mc
McKinley, Mark Hanna, John' D.
Rockefeller and Baron Rothschild.
Perhaps these Imperialists will be
ousted from their control of the earth
by the people who do not consent
JUSTICE, NOT CHARITY.
There is deep distress in Puerto Rico.
Business is prostrate, merchants are
failing and the poor are starving to
death. They are infinitely worse off
so far as trade is concerned than they
were under Spanish rule. They have
1°^ -their old market and haven't got
a new one. They threaten revolt unless
something is done for their relief. A
million helpless people are praying to
this government for help and their
prayer is disregarded. They are not
asking for charity, but for justice.
They want the same rights in trade
that are possessed by other American
citizens. They want free trade with
the other states and territories of the
American union, but the tariff robbers
won't have it that way. The president
recommends free trade in his message
and then backed down before the
threats of the men who deal in sugar,
tobacco and cotton. In the meantime
we are quarreling over tariffs while
multitudes are starving from our ne
glect. Our greed adds daily to the
number of the perishing. It is more
than a year since the war was over
and Puerto Rico has no government
yet. When they get a government !t
is likely to be a poor one, but a poor
one is better than none, therefore it
is hoped that congress will act imme
diately and give them some kind of a
government as soon as possible.
INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM.
Mr. Montagu White, who is going
about the country making anti-Eng
lish and pro-Boer speeches, is not
alone in the opinion he expresses con
cerning the McKinley administration.
He said the other night:
"XJublic opinion in the United States
seems to count for little, so far as its
influence upon the administration is
concerned. All these meetings through
out the country,the direct evidence that
the sentiment of the people of the
United^ States favor mediation, count
for nothing with the administration.
Those placed in power are safe for four
years.
"In England such an outburst would
overturn a ministry in a single week.
It would force the government to do its
will.
"When I was in Washington it was
made plain to me that the administra
tion feels secure. It Is bound to re
main in office for a certain length of
time. It does not feel the weight of
public opinion until the lime for the
elections approaches."
"Make way for the representatives of
ttie peopTe?"^ffl!il(fi!$£
geant-at-arms to the crowd of people,
while escorting a legislative body to
COLUMBIA TO PUERTO RICO.
Little dark-eyed maiden
Standing at the gate,
Wistful, wan and weary,
Sit you down and wait!
We will stay your hunger,
We will quench your thirst—
But our pampered gluttons
Must be fattened first.
Little dark-eyed maiden.
What you say Is true
Seeing you mistreated,
We adopted you—
Bade you come and tarry
In a household where
All are brothers, sisters,
And be welcome th.ere.
Little dark-eyed maiden,
It was as you say:
Many a little service
You, from day to day,
Were to do in payment
Of your little debt—
But w.e can't invite you
To the table yet!
Little dark-eyed maiden,
Sigh on, if you must
We may deign to toss you,
:Now and then, a crust
Set your little basket
Down outside the door
Till the fattened gluttons
Cease demanding more.
Little dark-eyed maiden,
You have come, you say,
To fulfill your duties—
Stop your noise—go way!
Drat your thirst and hunger!
Drat your bleeding feet!
Favored ones are crying
For some more to eat!
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a constitutional
the Islands or let
them. The same
to congress ap-
With as Increasing lslfcftalUfid heat
tiki
4
—S. E. Kiser.
W a a 5
They have passed the gold bill. It Is
now a law. The gold standard Is estab
lished. The alliance between the Mc
Kinley administration aad England
has been solidified. It Is all right Let
us see what will come of it The peo
ple will have something to say about
those matters.,Listen to them.—Cleve
land Recorder. teM
CAGE CALLS MACRUM "AN ASS.*'
The opinion of Hon. Lyman J. Gage,
secretary of the United States treas
ury, is not relished by the Chicago In
ter Ocean, which thus expresses its
sarcastic disapproval: I
"The Hon. Lyman J. Gage, secretary
of the treasury, is of the opinion that
Charles E. Macrum, former consul at
Pretoria, Is an ass. "So far as I have
been able to ascertain," he says, "there
is not a scintilla of evidence to sup
port his charges." This oracular de
liverance would be duly impressive
were it not for the fact that it is dis
creetly limited to what the Hon. Ly
man J. Gage has ascertained."
This affords the I. O. a text to fur
ther dismember the Intellect of the
gentlemen now going about the coun
try attending bankers' banquets and
uttering platitudes to mend McKin
ley's broken fences:
"In the troubled days preceding the
Spanish war, when the President and
his advisers assembled with the fate
of the nation on their hands, the Hon.
Lyman J. came also. It was his cus
tom to sink into his chair at the cabi
net table, cross his hands on his waist
coat, assume that mystic expression
made familiar by his photographers,
and become lost in things closely re
sembling thoughts. So complete was
the Hon. Lyman J.'s abstraction at
such times that, when his opinion was
asked, he never knew the drift of the
discussion, and always had to have It
explained to him.
"We have never heard from Wash
ington that the Hon. Lyman J. Gage's
ascertainments on public affairs have
multiplied perceptibly sinct^ then.
Hence, it is to be presumed that Mr.
Macrum still lives."
IGNORANCE OF THE
THE K\'
it3
hall. "We are the people." answerad
back a healthy citizen. But the police
clubbed the people out of the way of
their representatives.
LAW EX­
CUSES NOBODY.
"No form of secret alliance with
England is possible under the consti
tution of the United States, INAS
MUCH AS TREATIES REQUIRE THE
ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE
SENATE.
This is part of Secretary Hay's an
swer to the house resolution about the
Macrum business. All of the McKin
ley organs, including the Chicago
Times-Herald view with awe the mas
terly intellect that made the discovery.
It is surprising that Secretary Hay
should have discovered this prohibi
tion, inasmuch as it is a constitutional
provision, and the McKinley adminis
tration is not given to perusing the
terms of that -instrument. Does Sec
retary Hay imagine the American peo
ple to be fools and have not always
known more about this and other con
stitutional provisions in the letter and
spirit much more profoundly than he
or his master? It is not the outward
manifestation of an Anglo-American
alliance that is in question but the se
cret understanding which the McKin
ley administration has with Great Brit
ain, and which secret understanding
amounts to a secret treaty which Mo
Kinley's re-election will insure the
proper observance of. By what process
of law, theijMiui it be prevented.
This is the old maxim of the divine
right which is being reasserted by Mr.
McKinley, most forcibly in the case of
the Puerto Rlcans. Mr. E. Gonzalez,
one of the Puerto Rican delegates who
came to find out why the islanders
were 6o much worse off under benevo
lent assimilation than the Spanish rule
of Weyler, says in a letter to the news
papers:
"The island under Spanish rule not
only paid the expenses of its own gov
ernment, but in addition contributed
to Spain nearly $3,000,000 toward the
maintenance of the army, navy, clergy,
etc. Puerto Rico counts on defraying
its expenses by a direct tax, instead of
by the indirect tax of the customs."
Now it hasn't got any money and
no prospects of any, and its people are
starving and half naked. To the com
mon intelligence it is inhumanity to
still further grind them down by taxa
tion on articles, food and clothing, but
according to the maxim: "The king
can do no wrong."
The Flag la Queer Places.
President McKinley raised the flag
over the harem of the Sultan of Sulu.
"Who will dare haul it down?"
Attorney-General Griggs fluttered It
over the "Glory-crowned Heights."
Now comes Gen. Barnes of Califor
nia, who nails it to "the Battlements
of Heaven."
If Barnes has succeeded himself In
reaching heaven near enough to hang
the flag on the battlements, he will
have to wait a long time before any
of his fellow Republicans join him.
For Campaign Purposes.
The Republicans, during the Civil
war, said that the South was In the
Union, and couldn't get out. After the
war, they said that the South was out
of the Union, and couldn't get In until
they got good and ready to let them In.
Is this performance to be repeated in
the case of Puerto Rico? Is Puerto Rico
American territory for flag-raising and
eagle-screaming purposes, but not for
the purposes of free trade with the rest
of the country?—Albany (N. Y.) Argus.
Why Republicans Grieve*
Republicans have at least one griev
ance against the recent anti-trust con
ference at Chicago. It seems to have
been backed with anti-trust men, anil
to have been in earnest, hence it was a
political convention, for to be anti
trust in earnest was to be hostile to tbe
Republican party, even though many
prominent old-time Republicans par
ticipated in and approved of the pro
ceedings.—Kansas Standard.
A Role for Bay.
A great depression has been discov
ered in the bottom of the sea, between
Guam and Manila. The depth is 5,260
fathems—260 fathoms deeper than ever
recorded before. Those who have read
Hay's lucid explanation of the Macrum
charges think It would be a splendid
hole for Hay to crawl into, and pull the
C,260 fathoms in after him.—Albany
(N. Y.) Argus.
W«
men hover between,
decide.
#tron
ons
STORYETTES.
Henry
James was once praising
a fellow-author. "Yon are very
kind to him," said some one present,
"for he says very unpleasant things
about your work." '•Ah," said Mr.
James, "but then both of us may bo
wrong!"
During the Franco-Prussian War a
well-known English correspondent
was sent to the front by his paper, and
on one occasion "Von Moltke sent for
him and said: "Mr. on such
and such a day the German army will
perform such and such a movement.
if that appears in the (naming
the paper.) you will be shot." The
news did not appear.
A war correspondent writes from
South Africa to the London Daily
Mail: "A certain gallant corps at
Chieveley Camp provided the guard
that should protect our precious beer
till Christmas day. In the morning
two dozen bottles were missing. 'Dis
graceful!'said the authorities 'double
the guard.' And they doubled it.
Next day four dozen were missing.M
President John Quincy Adams once
asserted that he would not give fifty
cents for all the works of Phidias and
Praxiteles, adding: "I hope America
will not think of sculpture for two
centuries to come." When some one
quoted this to William Morris Hunt,
he asked, dryly: "L)oes that sum of
money really represent Mr. Adams's
estimate of the sculpture of those
artists, or the value which he places,
upon fifty cents?"
Once at a dinner party, where Gen.
N. U. Forrest, commanding the con
federate cavalry, had been invited a»
the guest of honor, a loquacious
widow, with hair of raven black, rude
ly interrupted the conversation by
asking (IcD'.-val Forrest why it was
that-his ben id was still black while
his hoir vtas .tm-uing gray. With
great politeness Forrest turned to
ward her. "1 fear I can not give you
a satisfactory answer," said he. "un
less, possibly, the reason is that.
have used my brain more than my
jaw."
Some of the late Revivalist Moody's
meetings were "open" in the sense
that any one so disposed was at liber
ty to speak or pray, and he was beset
"by "cranks," but he faced them with
great courage. When a speaker was
taking breath, he would give out the
next hymn as naturally as if the
man had finished. To a speaker who
had scarcely commenced what he in
tended to say, Moody once said: "Now,
sir, that is perfect if you add a single
word you will spoil it. Let us sing
No. 133." When provoked beyond
measure, he could be very severe. An
Australian evangelist had told a long
story of his own glorious doing and of
the opposition he had everywhere en
countered. As he sat down Mr. Moody
remarked:, "I can tell why they op
posed you." "Why?" "Because you
spoke'too much about yourself."
"Bruddren and sistahs," sternly said
good old Parson Woolimoh, after the
collection had been taken up on a re
cent Sabbath morning, "before the bat
was done parsed I expounded the re
guestdai oonfljrog-nttium contribute
accawrHT to deir means, an' I sho ex
pectorated dat yo all would chip in
magnanimously. But now, upon ex
aminin' de collection, I finds dat de
concocted amount contributed by de
whole entire posse ob yo' am only tbe
significant and pusillanimous sum ob
sixty-free eents. An' at dis junction
dar ain't no 'casion for yo' all to look
at Bvudder Slewfoot, what done cir
cumambulated de hat around, in no
sich auspicious manner for, in de fuet
place, Brudder Slewfoot ain't clat kind
ob a man, an', in de second place, I
done watched him like a hawk all de
time myself. No, siqty-free cents was
al'l dat was flung in an' I dess wants
to say dat, in my humble opinion, in
stead of contributin' accawdin' to yo'
means, yo' all contributed accawdin' to
yo' meanness. De choir will now
favor us wid deir reg'lar melodious
ness
When blocks of ice are laid flat they
melt quicker than if permitted to rest
on their ends.
Deafnma Cannot Be Cared
bv local applications, as they cannot reach tha
diseased portion of the ear. There Is only ons
way to cure deafness, and that Is by consti
tutional remedies. Deafness is caused by aa
Inflamed condltion-of the mncus lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When .this tube lslntiamed
you have a rumbling sounder Imperfect hear
ing, and when it Is entirely closed deafness .Is
the result, and unless the inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever
nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an Inflamed condition of
the mucus surfaces.
We will give One-Hundred Dollars for any
case
of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot
be cured by Ball's Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, (X.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best
An underground railroad is to be
constructed in Berlin at a cost of 825,
000,000.
TO CUBE A COLD II* ONE DAT,
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
AO
druggists refund the money If it falls to core.
SBc. E. W. Grove's signature on each box.
The function of faith is to purify the
conscience.
Beep looking young and your hair, it* color
and beauty with Pakkih'b»ava
Hair Balsam.
Hmpmooam. the he»t cure for com. IScU.
The usurer is a man who worka
great hardship for all it is worth.
MARCH AND APRIL
An tbe Meet Disagreeable lfoataa rf
tha Tear In tha North.
In the South, they are the pleasant
est and most agreeable. The trees and
shrubs put forth their buds, and flow
ers early vegetables and fruits are
ready for eating, and In fact all nature
seems to have awakened from its win
ter sleep. The Ixraisville & Nafhvlll*
Railroad Company reaches the jQftrdea
Spots of the South, ftttd wlll on
first and third Tuesdays, of March and
April sell round-thp tickets to all prin
cipal points in Tennessee, Alabama.
Georgia and West Florida, about
half rates. Write for particulars of
excursions to P.'Sid Jones, D. P. A.,
in charge of Immigration, Birmtnc
ham, Ala., or Geo. B. Horner, D. P. A^
St Louis, Mo.
Many a man resembles a rooster.
does the crowing while his wife 'does
the work.
"To North Dakota,"
On March 14tli, 20th, 28th and April
4th, the Iowa Central Railway Will Mil
round trip tickets to points in North
Dakota at very low rates. For informa
tion call on coupon ticket
address Geo. S. Batty, G. P.
Marshall
town', la.
Some people who HcA't
they want
'§3 I
its,-,.-fr