Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1897 — Page 2

atltjgfmocratic^fiiliiifi OT. W. McEWBJf, Publisher. RENSSELAER, - - - INDIANA

UNCLE SAM WILL BID.

HE WANTS THE KANSAS PACIFIC RAILROAD. Preliminary Step 3 Have Been Taken Toward That End-Sale Occurs Dec. 18-To Close the Dyea Route—Wreck of a British Bark. The Country Wants the Road. The Secretary of the Treasury at Washington has taken the first steps to qualify on behalf of the Government as a bidder at the sale of the Kansas Pacific Railroad on Dec. IG. A transfer order for $900,000 was sent by Treasurer Roberts for certification to the National City Bank of New York in favor of the master of the court having jurisdiction of the case. This order will be delivered to the master five days before the sale by an officer of the Treasury Department, who, it is believed, will bid at the sale under instructions from the Presklent. TO CLOSE DYEA ROUTE. Tacoma Company Will Assist in Abolishing Subport of Entry. A letter has been received by the Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco from the Citizens’ Klondike Company of Tacoma, expressing a willingness to assist in any movement looking to the closing of Dyea as a subport of entry. The energetic methods of the Canadian Government to capture the bulk of the Klondike travel is dwelt upon at length, lyid figures are given to show what an immense revenue may be derived from the tax on the outfits of the prospectors alone, if some means is not taken to retaliate. The Alaska trade bureau of San Francisco has received a letter from ex-Governor Joseph Hoadly, who is associated with the ship-building firm of William Cramp & Sons of Philadelphia in the States Steamship Company, stating that five steamships of over 3,000 tons each are to be placed on the ocean route and will connect with a 6inall fleet of river boats, reaching all parts of Alaska. The company is capitalized at $7,000,000. Blow for “Trading Stamps.” The Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, in an opinion by Justice Shepard, held that ‘‘trading stamps” are illegal within the meaning of the act of Congress prohibiting lotteries and gift enterprises. The Trading Stamp Company had made arrangements with many companies by which trading stamps were given purchasers and when a certain number of stamps were obtained articles could be obtained for them at the stamp company's store. British Bark Wrecked, News of the wreck of a British bark on Inaccessible Island, one of the Tristan D Acunha group in the southern Atlantic, has been brought to New York by the bark Inverurie, from Java. The name of the bark and the fate of the crew were not leanned, but Captain Charleston is of the opinion that the crew were aboard the ship J. B. Walker, which signaled the news. The wrecked barkq may be either the Craigend or the Taymount, which have long been overdue. New Threat as to Hawaii. The London Globe says: Although all the arguments in the President’s message against the annexation of Cuba are equally applicable to Hawaii, the United States is determined to have the latter, though America, a fourth-rate naval power as it is, can only hold Hawaii on sufferance. In the event of war she would be bundled out, neck and crop, by any first-rate power which finds it necessary to occupy the island. Coal Miners on a Strike. The five hundred miners employed in the Nottingham and Germania coal mines of Henry Floersheim, on the Wheeling division of the Baltimore and Ohio, near Pittsburg, Pa., struck because of the refusal of Floersheim to weigh coal before it is screened, in accordance with the act passed by the State Legislature last winter. Go Down After Old Whisky. A Kansas City telegram says: The company digging for the old steamer Arabia, which sank with a cargo of whisky in the Missouri thirty-five years ago, has struck the place. It is now digging for the submerged stuff, which it believes is still in fine condition, and expects to clear SIOO,000. The cargo consisted of 185 barrels. Waite Will Reside in lowa. Ex-Gov. Waite has forsaken the State of Colorado and will locate in Decatur County, lowa, where he has been for some time. He is at work on a colonization scheme the details of which he has not yet made public. Rich Btrikes on Dog Creek. News of a marvelous strike on Dog creek that in richness is said to exceed the Klondike is brought down from Alaska. Dog creek is located fifty miles up the river from Dawson City, on the south side of the Yukon. Ohlckasaws Reject the Treaty. At the late election in the Chickasaw Nation the ratification of the DawesChoctaw treaty was overwhelmingly defeated. The adopted and intermarried citizens were not permitted to participate in the election. Jay Gonld Not a Bigamist. The case of Mary Ann Angell, claiming to be Jay Gould’s widow, has been thrown out of court in New York. $2 Counterfeits. Dayton, Ohio, is flooded with counterfeit $2 bills. Lynching at Genoa, Nev. Adam Über, who killed Hans Anderson at Gardnerville last week, was taken from the Genoa, Nev., jail at 2 o’clock in the morning, stripped of his clothing and hanged. His body was riddled with bullets by a mob of twenty-five men, supposed to be from Gardnerville. Bails Direct for Nicaragua. The Nicaraguan Canal Commission has sailed from Brooklyn navy yard on the gunboat Newport, ditfSct for Greytown. Child Actress Asks Protection. At St- Joseph, Mo., Katie Forguy, aged 15, who is known on the vaudeville stage M one of the Hetzell children, asked the police department to aid her in leaving her manager, Prof. J. Hetzell. Her home to fa Flagstaff, Ariz., and her mother sent for her to come home. , Chooses a Fiery Death. While temporarily insane at Nickerson, K**-. lira. M. E. Ross saturated her *to*y*g with kerosene and act them afire. •he »•* banted to a crtop. Her husband to trying to extinguish the *|4 perhaps fatal-

A WOMANS HEART

CHAPTER XV. It was near upon Christmas day when Jane Warner left her home in Chelsea to go to Wales. It was near upon May day before she returned again. She came back to Chelsea so thin and anxious looking and distrait that she was not like the same person who had gone away. She seemed to have grown ten years older. Her delicate complexion was almost bloodless, and her deep blue eyes stood out from the rest of her face prfetematnrally grave and large. She was quite hysterical, too, as she clasped her mother in her arms and looked her over as if she would ascertain if she had sustained any injury since she had seen her last. The old lady did not participate in her daughter's emotion. Indeed, she was rather offended than otherwise at Jane’s rough handling, and only begged her to remember she wore her Tanjore brooch, without making any remark upon her return to Chelsea. May came and went, nnd the June flowers once more flung their sweetness over Chelsea. Jane became very anxious about that time to coax her mother to spend more time in the garden. The fresh air was so good for her, she said, and the sight of the blossoms and the song of the birds diverted her mind from dwelling too continuously upon one idea. She even tried, though with small success, to utilize Mrs. Warner, by making her weed the beds or rake the mold; but the old lady soon grew tired of anything like work. “What is the use of my looking among the flowers and shrubs for little green things, Jane? Why cannot you leave them alone? I am sure they are very pretty.” “But, mother, you don't know what you might find if you persevere in digging every day. I have read of people coming upon hidden treasures in old gardens like this.” “What is treasure, Jane?” “Everything that is of value. Boxes of money, or jewelry, or gold. Would it not be delightful to find one?” “My brooch is jewelry. Miss Potter said so,” replied Mrs. Warner, putting up her hand to feel if that Inestimable ornament was safe. “Of course it is, dear! So are many other things. Oh! do go on looking carefully, mother, every day, and I am sure you will find something of value before long.” And every morning Jane would try to stimulate her mother’s energy by asking her if she had looked behind the bushes yet, or in the lily bed, and assuring her she would find a treasure there some day. But she never mentioned the subject in the presence of Miss Prosser. One morning, when Mrs. Warner had trotted out ns usual at her daughter’s bidding, she reappeared in the sitting room with a mysterious air, and her finger to her lip. Jane—all white and trembling ■—rose, and followed her to the outer air. “Jane,” she whispered in her ear, “it has come!” “What has come, dear mother?” asked the girl, trying to speak calmly. “The treasure, my dewr; a basket full of It; under the bushes. I cannot remember when I dug it up, but I must have done jo, for It Is there. And it is making a Ireadful noise. Come and see it!” “Dear mother! what ore you talking about?” said Jane, with quivering lips. And then she called the servant. “Caroline, Mrs. Warner wants me to go and see something at the bottom of the garden, but I am too busy. Go with her, and come back and tell me what it is. It is most likely only her fancy.” She turned away to the dining room window as she spoke, and tried to look at the people passing In the street, and to fix her mind only on them. But in another minute the servnnt had run shrieking back into the cottage. “Good gracious, Caroline! whnt is the matter?” “Oh, Lor’ miss! you’ll never believe it; but come and see for yourself, please. And it isn’t the mistress’ fancy at all, miss! It’s true as Gospel and she is so pleased she’s been the one to find it.” “To find what, Caroline?” “A baby, miss! A lovely little baby in long clothes.” “A baby!—girl! You must be dreaming.” “I ain’t dreaming, miss, indeed! It’s a baby, as plain as the nose on my face, and was packed In a hamper just like game. And, oh, my! here’s the mistress with it, as proud as Punch!” And, in effect, Mrs. Warner appeared at that moment, bearing a bundle in her arms, with an air of The utmost importance and mystery. “Jane, it has come! I told you so!—and —no, don’t come near it, if you please; it to mine, remember! I dug it up, and it is making a terrible noise,” which the bundle certainly was, as it rent the air with Its screams. °'. t “Oh, mother, let me take it! I think you have got it upside down.” “Jane, I will’ be obliged to you not to touch it. It is my treasure, which I have been digging for, and it belongs to me. I did not think it would cry so much, certainly, but all the same, I found it in the lily bed, and it is mine.” “Dear, dear, what is all this noise about?” cried Miss Prosser, running up from the kitchen, where she had been making pastry. “Dear Miss Prosser, the most absurd thing has happened that you ever heard of,” replied Jane in a strangely agitated voice. “Mother has found a baby in the lily bed.” “Are you trying to make a fool of me, Jane?” “Indeed, no. It is the truth. Come and see for yourself. But the absurdity is, that I have been coaxing poor mother to help me in the garden lately, under the pretense that she might find a treasure if she dug deep enough, and she has taken it into her head that this is the treasure, and it belongs to her.” “A fine treasure, indeed!” exclaimed Miss Prosser indignantly. “A squalling brat to feed and look after. And whoever can have had the impudence to put such rubbish into our garden?” It was a little girl—the prettiest little girl, Mrs. Warner declared, that she had ever seen, and Jane, too, as she covered the tiny face and hands with kisses, appeared to have taken a great fancy for the little creature thus unexpectedly thrown upon her care. ' “Now t when is that child to go to the workhouse?” inquired Miss Prosser, after dinner. “You had better get it taken there before night, for it will keep the whole house awake, and I am not sure that you won’t have some trouble about It, if you don’t give notice at the police station at once. They might refuse to take it In, Jane.” Jane, who bad been sitting by the fire watching the baby sleep upon some shawl,

BY FLORENCE MARYATT

now came forward and leaned caressingly over Miss Prosser’s chair. “And what,” she asked, as her trembling fingers wandered lightly over the other’s hair, “what if they did refuse? Should we miss very much the drop of milk and bread the poor little creature would consume?” “My dear child, you are mad! It Isn’t the bread and milk now —that’s nothing; but it’s the bread and meat, and dresses, and schooling, that she’ll consume by and by. You cannot dream of taking such an unnecessary burden on yourself, surely!” “Perhaps it would not prove such a burden as yon anticipate. Miss Prosser. Perhaps by and by, when poor mother has left me, this little waif may be all my comfort. And if I die first, she may prove a second daughter to my mother! And—and —if you did not think it very foolish—l feel as if I should like to indulge her in this fancy; since she has so little to make her happy.” “Oh, what I think is of no consequence at all, my dear! The house is your own, and the money is- your own; and If you believe you can maintain three people on what has been barely sufficient for two, why, there’s an end of it. Only, don’t ask my advice again, when you’ve made up your mind first, that's all.” “Isn’t she pretty, Miss Prosser? Such big eyes, and snob a wee, wee nose." “I suppose you’re quite resolved not to send her to the union?” “Oh, quite, quite!” said the girl, with bated breath. “Well, then, you must let me share In some of the labor she will impose upon us, my dear; for the little creature has quite converted me already, and I should be almost as sorry to part with her as you would. I will be her godmother, and you shall call her ‘Helen,’ after me —that is, if you have no objection.” “Dear friend,” cried Jane rapturously, reaching up to kiss Miss Prosser, “I would rather call her after you than anyone.” "I will take upon myself the charge of educating her, and that will be an expense off youT hands, Jane! Well, well, It is a foolish business, but we will say no more about that after to-day. Little Helen shall be the joint property of all three of ns, and we wjll vie with each other in taking proper care of her.” “Oh, thank you—thank you, dear friend! You have made me so happy!” cried Jane, as she lay down again, with the little Infant cuddled close to her breast CHAPTER XVI. Rosie Ewell, having once made up her mind to tell her brother Wilfrid that she would not remain at Yambscote Hall, did not let the grass grow under her feet. She plainly told her brother that she and Lenn had quarreled and that nothing would keep her from returning home the next day. She declined to tell him the cause of her quarrel, but referred, Mm to Lady Ewell. That lady was equally reticent on the subject, but eagerly acquiesced in Rosie’s departure. When Rosie returned home she was not at all welcome. Her mother in vain sought to make her tell the cause of her qunrrel with her sister-in-law. Not succeeding in this, Mrs. Ewell sought out Lady Otto, who told her about Rosie’s meeting some gentleman in the park at Lambscote, and Lena’s discovering the fact. She carefully concealed anything that might have reflected on her daughter’s reputation. Armed with this information, Mrs. Ewell again confronted her daughter with the request that she should beg Lena’s pardon and return to Lambscote. The poor, pestered girl took matters in her own hands by running away from her home, and, above all places in the world, seeking a refuge in Chelsea with Jane Warner. Sir Wilfrid was dreadfully distressed about his little Bister, and accused both his wife nnd his mother-in-law of having co-operated in making her dissatisfied with her home. He made every inquiry possible, and succeeded in tracing her as far as Waterloo. But there his discoveries ceased. Strangely enough, it never entered Wilfrid's head to think his sister had gone to the Warners. He put some mysteriously worded advertisements in the daily papers, which never caught his sister’s eye, and he consulted Mr. Parfitt on the subject. But that worthy gave him little consolatikm, except by screwlg up his mouth and shaking his head, and saying he thought it very unlikely the young lady had left home alone. And a few lines that reached Sir Wilfrid in Rosie’s hand about a month afterward seemed to further Mr. Parfitt’s idea. They were posted from some remote place in Wales, where she took care to tell him she had never been, and were merely to the effect that he was not to worry himself about her, as she was quite well and happy, and with some one whom she loved dearly, and who took every core of her. Sir Wilfrid’s mind was somewhat relieved by the reception of this letter, but he felt that so much of the sunshine of his life hnd evaporated with his little sister, that he made many journeys up to London for the sole purpose of wandering about the streets, in the distant hope of running up against her. But it was many, many months before he did so. With the blooming of the June roses and the advent of the little foundling in the lily bed, Jane Warner’s health and spirits improved. She did not sing, nor laugh aloud —she had never been a merry girl at the best of times—but she smiled far oftener than she had done before, and went about her work with cheerful alacrity. She was walking up and down the lawn one evening in July, putting little Nellie to sleep in the soft summer air, when the maid, Caroline, came to say a young lady wished to see her. “A young lady, Caroline? What is it for? Does she want any rooms—because we have none vacant.” “I don’t know, miss. She didn’t say. Only she asked for you particular.” She placed the infant, with a kiss, In the servant’s arms and walked slowly to the parlor. As she entered it Rose Ewell confronted her. At first Jane thought Sir Wilfrid must be ill or dying, and had sent for her, and ail the blood forsook her cheek. She grasped the back of a chair with her hands to steady herself, and asked, faintly: “What is it? What do you want?” Rosie’s expectations were chilled by this reception. “Oh, Miss Warner, have I done wrong in coming to you? But I am so wretched —so unhappy—and I thought you would be my friend.” There was no need for that appeal. Directly Jane understood that the girl was in distress and in want of a friend, all her womanly sympathies went out toward her. “You are welcome to stay here as long as you like. I was only wondering if any members of jrour family would follow you

“They cannot. IWey hare not evea h*ard me taetrtion your name. But I have never fotfotten you, Mias Warner, and when I felt I so much wanted a fried I thought of you at oace, and believed somehow that you would not refuse to befriend me.” “It will be safer for you to take another name. Your—your brother was so well known In house, and we hare a friend —a very dear, good friend—but rather inquisitive, and if she hears you are Sir Wilfrid’s sister she will never rest until she has found out the reason for your coming here.” "What shall I call myself? Decide for me, Jane.” “Any name will do that is not noticeable. Shall we say ‘Miss Fraser?* My mother and Miss Proseer will be home shortly, and we had better decide before they come.” “Yes; Fraser will do as well as any other name, and I will not forget that I am Rosie Fraeer.” Mrs. Warner, busily engaged In discussing her meal, did not evince the least curiosity on the subject of Roaie’s sudden appearance in the midst of their domestic circle. But Jane saw that Miss Prosser thought It strange there had been no premonitory symptoms of such an event, or that she waa not further enlightened upon it now, and was thankful when the supper was concluded and she had a fair pretext for withdrawing with her friend. But, shut in the seclusion of the bedroom, Jane’s mood underwent a singular alteration. She seemed as if she wished to postpone the explanation, to hear which she had retired so early. Rosie took possession of a footstool, and flung her arms across Jane Warner’s knee. “It to a very dreadful story, Jane, and I hardly know in what words to toil it you. Yet I feel I must. I have repeated it to no one else—not Wilfrid even, nor mamma—because it might injure Lena with those who are obliged to live with her. But as you never will know her—and if you did I feel you would keep my secret —I have less hesitation in confiding It to you.” "I will faithfully guard any secret of your own you confide to me, but don’t fell me those of anybody else.” "I know you will say he must be a bad man, and not worth caring for,” continued Rosit. ‘But you know, Jane, that you can't leave off loving a person all at once because, jou fin'] out that he is not worthy.” * “Yes, dear, I know," answered the other, with •i pressure of the hand. “And then she told me I must leave Lambscote, and what could I do? I could not have stajed there with Lena and—and —that man." “No, no.” cried Jane warmly. “It was impossible." “And be a traitor to poor Wilfrid, eating his bread, and letting him be deceived under I>D very eyes. So I went home to my mother, and she wouldn’t let me remain wiih her, Jane. She heard some garbled account of this story from Lady Otto—that’s Lena’s mother—and said I was not fit to live with my sisters, and she should take me back to Lambscote Hall, and make me beg Lena’s pardon. And that I will never do,” said Rosie determinedly. “I will not beg Lena’s pardon, nor will I betray her to Wilfrid. And so there is but one course left open to me— 1 to earn my own living; and I came to you, Jane, to ask if you can help me. I have no claim on you, dear, except your past kindness to my brother. But I felt somehow as If you would be my friend.” "You felt right, dear. I will be as good a friend to you as is in my power. But this gentleman you speak of, are you sure he will not follow you down here?” “How can he, Jane? He does not know your name." “But—hut Sir Wilfrid?”- said Jane iu a Vow voice. “Oh, no, he will not come. I do not know why, but he will not let me mention you before him now. What is the reason, Jane? Is he angry with you? Have you quarreled?” “No, not exactly; but there is a coolness. Don’t question me about h, Rosie, for I can tell you no more. But If your story l Is true —as I have no doubt it is—and you have no home either at Lambscote or Surbiton, why, look upon this as your home, dear, until you find a better.” “Oh, Jane, Jane! how good you are! How I wish you were my sister?” “Believe I am your sister, then, dear. Think of me and confide in me as such.” (To be continued.)

THE FIRST SILVER WEDDING.

How the Custom Originated in France Nearly a Thousand Years Ago. The fashion of silver weddings dates back to the reign of Hugues Capet, King of France in 987. Once as Hugues was arranging Ms uncle’s affairs he found on one of the estates a servant who had grown gray in the service of his relative. He had been such a friend of his master’s that he was almost looked upon as one of the family. On the farm with this old man was also a serving woman who was as old as he, and also unmarried, and who had been the most devoted and hardworking of the women servants of the King’s uncle. When the King heard these praises of the two, he ordered them to be brought before him, and said to the woman: “Your service Is greaifr greater than this man’s, whose services were great enough, for the woman always finds work and obedience harder than a man, and therefore I will give you a reward. At your age I know of none better than a dowry and a husband. The dowry Is here—this farm from this time forth belongs to you. If this man who has worked with you flve-and-twenty years is willing to marry you, then the husband Is ready.” “Your majesty,” stuttered the old peasant, confusedly, “how Is It possible that we should marry, having already silver hairs?” “Then it shall be a silver wedding,” answered the King, “and here I give you a wedding ring,” drawing a costly ring from his finger, and placing tlm hands of the thankful old people together. This soon became known all over France, and raised such enthusiasm that It became a fashion after a twen-ty-five years' marriage to celebrate a sliver wedding.

Playing Cobble.

Tbe horse-chestnut trees are catching it, nowadays, at the hands of small boys, or rather from stones and clubs impelled from their hands. For the cobble season is at hand. Cobble is a curious game. The horse-chestnut is suspended by a string which passes through a gimlet hole and is knotted. One boy holds out his cobble at arm’s length and his opponent whacks it with his cobble. The nut which remains unbroken adds a tally to the other cobble, and when that is smashed It adds two to the successful youth’s chestnut. And so it goes on, until a peculiarly tough nut may got a record of several hundred.—Worcester Gazette. Finding an unopened letter means that one will shortly have goot} sews.

PRESIDENT KEEPS MESSAGE.

President McKinley's first annual message was read before both houses of Congress at noon Monday. He congratulated Congress upon assembling under felicitous conditions. Peace and good will with all the nations of the earth continue unbroken, he says, and we should feel genuine satisfaction at the growing spirit of fraternal regard and unification in all sections of our country and the lifting of great public questions above party prejudice. Beginning with the subject of the finances the President says that while the full effect of the legislation of the extra session has not yet been realized what it has already accomplished assures us of its timeliness and wisdom. To test its permanent value further time will be required and the people, satisfied with its operation and results thus far, are in no mind to withhold from it a fair trial. The next question pressing for consideration is that of the currency. With the great resources of the Government and with the honorable example of the past before us, we ought not to hesitate to enter upon a currency revision which will make out demand obligation less onerous to the Government and relieve our financial laws from ambiguity and doubt. The evil of the present system is found in the great cost to the Government of maintaining at a parity with gold our different forms of money and the experience of the past four years has demonstrated that this is not only an expensive charge upon the Government, but a dangerous menace to the national credit. It is manifest that we must devise some plan to protect the Government against bond issues for repeated redemptions. We have nine hundred millions of currency which the Government, by solemn enactment, has undertaken to keep at par, nnd nobody is obliged to redeem in gold but the Government, which must borrow the gold. Redemption of Treasury Notes. The law which requires payment out of the treasury of unredeemed United States notes demands a constant replenishment of the gold reserve, especially in times of panic and insufficient revenue and during the preceeding administration $202,315,400 4 x /2 per cent, bonds were issued and sold to sustain the gold reserve and pay the expenses of the Government in excess of revenue. While it is true that a greater part of this is used to supply deficient revenues, a considerable portion was required to maintain the gold reserve. If no further legislation is to be liad to correct this aud the policy of selling bonds is to be continued, then Congress should give the Secretary of the Treasury authority to sell bonds at long or short periods, bearing a less rate of Interest than is now authorized by law. The President says: “I earnestly recommend as soon as the receipts of the Government are quite sufficient to pay all the expenses of the Government that when any United States uetes are presented for redemption in gold and are redeemable in gold, such notes shall be kept and set apart nnd only paid out in exchange for gold. This is an obvious duty; if the holder of the United States note prefers the gold nnd gets it from the Government he should not receive from the Government a United States note without paying gold in exchange for it.” 'Bhat amounts, to the President’s mind, to giving an in-terest-bearing debt, a Government bond, for a non-interest-bearing debt, a United States note. The Government should be relieved from the burden of providing all the gold required for exchange, and exports. This ought to be stopped. With an era of prosperity and sufficient receipts we may feel no immediate embarrassment, but the danger will be ever present. The President invites careful consideration for the detail plan of the Secretary of the Treasury to protect the gold reserve. He concurs with him in the recommendation that national banks be allowed to issue notes to the face value of their bonds deposited; that the circulating tax be reduced to one-half of 1 per cent., and that national banks may be established with a capital of $25,000. He also recommends that the issue of national bank notes be restricted to the denomination of $lO and upwards, and that they be required to redeem their notes in goid. The Cuban Question. Turning to foreign affairs the President devotes much space in his message to a consideration of the Cuban question, which he says is the most important problem with which our Government is now called upon to deal in its foreign relations. Summarizing the history of the former outbreaks, the President comes down to the present insurrection. Speaking of its remarkable increase, its tenacious existence against enormous forces massed by Spain, the widespread destruction of property and the disregard of the civilized code of war on both sides, he says these conditions give rise to gravest apprehensions. There is no desire on our part to profit by Spain’s misfortunes, and we have only the desire to see the Cubans enjoying that measure of selfcontrol which is the inalienable right of man. Of the concentration policy of Weyler he says: “It has utterly failed as a war measure. It is not civilized warfare—it is extermination.” Against this abuse of the rights of war the President says he lias felt constrained on repeated occasions to enter the firm and honest protest of this Government. He outlines his instructions to Minister Woodford, which were in substance to impress upon the Spanish Government the sincere wish of the United States to lend its aid toward the ending of the war by reaching a peaceful and lasting result, just and honorable to Spain and to the Quban people. It was also asked whether Spain of her own volition should not. make proposals for settlement, 1 and it was said that he could not contemplate an indefinite period for the accomplishment of this result. The Spanish reply to Mr. Woodford was. in the President’s opinion, in the direction of a better understanding. It admitted our friendly purposes and deep interest, and declared that the new government was bound to a change of policy that should satisfy the United States and.pacify Cuba within a reasonable time. To this end political reforms will be put into effect and military operations conducted oh humane lint's. It was suggested that Spain be left free to conduct military operations and grant political reforms, while the United States, for its part, enforce utsutrai obli-

gations and cut off the assistance which the insurgents, it was asserted, received from this country. Early and complete pacification is hope! for. Spain's Charge Is Baseless, • iF j? President declares that the Spanish disposition to charge u« with failure to meet international duties is baseless, and points to the efforts this government nave made at the cost of millions, and iiy the employment of the administrative machinery of the nation to perform its He also says that the fact no military expedition or armed vessel has left our shores has been diplomatically represented to Spain. Premising that throughout all the horror and danger to our own peace, the United States has never abrogated its right to determine its policy as to Cuba, the President points out that of untried measures there remains only: Recognition of the insurgents as belligerents, recognition of the independence of Cuba, neutral intervention to end the war by imposing a rational compromise between the contestants, an intervention hi favor of one or the other party. He says: “I speak not of forcible annexation, for that cannot lie thought of. That, by our code of morality, would be criminal aggression.” taking up the question of belligerency, the 1 resident quotes at length from President Grant’s message of December 7, wherein he declared that the conditions in Cuba warranted neither the recognition of independence nor the recognition of belligerency. He adds that moreover a recognition of belligerency would confer upon neither party to the conflict a status not theretofore actually possessed, while it would weigh heavily in Spain’s tiehalf. giving her the right of search on the high seas and extending her maritime rights to the margin of our territorial waters. T eeognition Unwise. For these reasons the President regards recognition of the belligerency of the Cuban insurgents as now unwise and therefore inadmissible. Should that step hereafter he deemed wise, as a matter of right and duty, the executive will take it.” He points to the hopeful change in the Spanish policy to the pledge of reform nnd to the abatement of the horrors of war as reasons against intervention on humanitarian grounds. The first arts of the new government lie in the honorable paths it has outlined; the policy of rapine aud extermination has been reversed; broad clemencies proffered; measure have been taken to relieve the horrors-of starvation. The power of the Spanish armies, it is asserted, is to be used not to spread ruin and desolation, but to protect the resumption of agricultural industries. The President sketches the autonomy scheme of the Spanish government and says that it is honestly due to Spain fhnt she should be given a reasonable chance to realize her expectations nnd to prove the asserted efficacy of the new order of things to which she stands irrevocably committed. He points to the many concessions already made, to the modification of the horrible order of concentration, to the release of the Competitor prisoners, nnd the fact that not a single American citizen is now under arrest in Cuba. He says the near future will demonstrate whether a rigli-* toons peace is likely to be attained; if not. the exigency of further a.nd other action by the United States will remain to lie taken. Sure of the right, the government will continue its watchful cares over every American citizen, and its efforts to bring about honorable peace, and, says the President, “If it shall hereafter appear to he a duty imposed by our obligations to ourselves, to civilization and to humanity to intervene with force, it shall he without fault on our part and only because the necessity fotr such action will be so clear as to command the support and approval of the civilized world.” Hawaiian Annexation Favored. The President next takes up the subject of the annexation of Hawaii, which, he says, should be accomplished. Rapidly reviewing his former arguments in favor of annexation, he says that legislation is required in the event of the ratification of the treaty and, while abrupt assimilations of immature elements of population should ha avoided, just provision should lie made for self-rule in local matters with the largest political liberty to the Hawaiia.ns. He says that the dispute between Japan nnd Hawaii over the immigration question is now in a satisfactory stage of settlement by negotiation; that our government has not intervened, and that it is learned that Japan is now confident in the intention of this government to deal with all possible ulterior questions affecting her interests in the broadest spirit of friendliness. Central American Matters. Reference is made to the failure of Mr. Merry to be received as minister to Nicaragua on account of the obligations of that country to the Diet of the Greater Republic of Central America. As there is no legal authority at present to accredit him to the Diet, Mr. Baker, the present minister at Managua, has been directed to present his letters of recall. Mr. W. Godfrey Hunter is said to be likewise accredited to Honduras, a member of the Greater Republic, and his case is awaiting action. The Nicaragua Canal is spoken of as of large Importance to our country and the promise is made of further reference to the subject which in the report of the commission now at work is sent to Congress. The President says of the international monetary commission that, notwithstanding diligent effort tie envoys have failed so far to secure an agreement. Gratification is expressed at the action of France in this matter in joining in our efforts and It is said that the negotiations are Still pending. Meanwhile the envoys have not made their final report, believing that the doubts raised In certain quarters respecting the feasibility of maintaining parity between gold and silver may yet be solved. The President earnestly hopes that their labors may bring about an international agreement. Mr. Kasson, of lowa, is said to be now conducting negotiations with several governments for reciprocity arrangements under the tariff act, and it is believed that by a careful exercise of the powers conferred by the net, some grievances of our own and other countries in our mutual trade relations may be removed or alleviated and the volume of our commercial exchanges enlarged. The President earnestly urges the improvement of our merchant marine, the Inferiority of which, he says, is humiliating to the national pride. The Sealing Conferences. Reference is made to the recent conferences at Wishington on the subject of the protection of seal life, the result of which places beyond controversy, it is said, the duty of the government's concern to adopt measures without delay for the preservation of the herds. Negotiations to this end arenow in progress. International arbitration is declared by the President to represent the best sentiment of the civilized world nnd treaties embodying these humane principles on broad lines, without In any way imperiling our interests or honor, will have its constant encouragement. A liberal appropriation is bespoken in order that tlie United States may make a creditable exhibit at the approaching Paris exposition, in which the people have shown an unprecedented interest. Under the head of the navy, the President points to the necessity for speedy legislation -to procure armor for the three battleships now building, which would be otherwise useless. He speaks in terms of praise of the quality of our ships and thinks that the time lias now arrived when the increase to which the country is committed should for a time take the form of Increased facilities commensurate with the increase of our naval vessels. He refers to the lack of docks nnd urges that three or four of the largest docks be provided on the Atlantic, at least one on the Pacific coast and a floating dock in the Gulf. There should also be ample provision for munitions of war and an increase of officers and enlisted men. Additions are also necessary to navy yards and, as there are now on the Htocks five large battleships, it is recommended that an appropriation be made but for one more battleship on the Pacific const. Several torpedo boats are also necessary. Legislation for Alaska. Attention is called to the need for prompt legislation ns to Alaska aud the extension of civil authority within the territory. There is need for surveys nnd for the establishment c f another land oifice at some point In' the Yukon vaUej, tor wUkk m appropriation U

asked. Military force 1* also necessary and the establishment of some flexible government. If the startling reports as to the probable shortage of food for the miners be folly verified, every effort should be made at any cost to carry them relief. The message deals at some length with the unsatisfactory condition of affairs in the Indian Territory. The large white element la said to be without protection and without schools or other rights of citizens; leading Indians have absorbed great tracts of lands and created an aristocracy, and the friends of the Indians believe that the best interests of the five civilized tribes would be found In American citizenship. Reference is made to the fallnre so far of the Dawes commission to secure the consent of the tribes to an extinguishment of the tribal titles and a division of the lands. It Is said that should the tribes still fail to ratify the agreement then some legislation should be had by Congress. The President approves the recommendation of the Secretary of the Treasury for an extension of the quarantine laws and also suggests the appointment of a special commission to ascertain the cause of yellow fever. Speaking of the pending sale of the Kansas Pacific Railroad. It is said that if no better bid is received than the upset pries fixed by the court, the government would receive only $2,500,000 on its claim of nearly $13,000,000. He believes that the government has the authority to bid on the road and has directed the Secretary of the Treasury to make the deposit of $900,000 required to qualify as a bidder and to bid at the sale a sum at least equal to the principal of the debt to the government. He suggests, however, that in a matter so important as the government becoming a possible owner of the railroad, Congress should enact some legislation to define iti views. It is clear to him, however, that the government should not permit the property to be sold at a price less than one-half the principal of its debt} and less than one-fifth of its entire debt, principal and interest. Improvement of the Civil Service. The President devotes the last chapter of his message to the civil service, the prac-1 tical Improvement of which, he says, has long been a subject of earnest discussion, and which has of late years received increased legislative and executive approval. During the past few months the service has been placed upon a still firmer basis of business methods nnd personal merit. While the right of deserving veteran soldiers to reinstatement has been asserted, dismissals for merely political reasons have been carefully guarded against; the examinations improved and made practical and a distinct advance has been made by giving a hearing before dismissal upon all eases where Incompetency is charged or demand made for the removal of officials. This last has been done without Impairing the power of removal, one of the vital safeguards of the system. Much rema'ns to be done before the system can be perfected, and the President says that he shall not hesitate to exempt oases which he thinks have been improperly included in the clasifled service or include those which In big judgment will best promote the public sendee. The system has the approval of the people and it will be his endeavor to uphold and extend it. In conclusion, the President admonishes Congress not to encourage the Increase of the estimates for the maintenance of the government. They would admit of decrease in many branches and It is a commanding duty to keep the appropriations within the receipts of the government and thus avoid a deficit.

MAKING OF BEET SUGAR.

Northern Indiana Greatly Interested in the Industry. Since the discovery that lands in northwestern Indiana are, suitable for the culture of the sugar beet considerable interest has been manifested in the industry by farmers. The latter have made many inquiries as to whether they can produce sugar on their own farms from the sugar beet. Authentic information on this subject is contained in a letter written recently to the Agriculturist Epitomist by Prof. H, W. Wiley, chief chemist of 1 the United States Department of Agriculture, Wash-* ington. The letter follows: The production of a crude beet sugar int a Bmall way is an extremely simple process. Any farmer who is equipped with a cider mill for rasping the beets, a cider press for expressing the juice and an evaporator suitable for making sorghum molasses, can produce a crude beet sugar. As a rule, this sugar will not be very palatable, because it Is not refined and contains the salts and bitter principles which make raw beet sugar and beet molasses, as a rule, unfit for table use. It will be, however, an interesting object lesson to our farmers to demonstrate thefact that the sugar beet itself contains sugar, and that the latter can be made in the crude way I have -mentioned above. In fills way the making of sugar in a small way by farmers may prove a stimulus to the Industry aud do great good. Farmers, however, should not be deceived by the expectation of being able to make their sugar in a successful way commercially. The successful and profitable manufacture of sugar can only be accomplished in expensive factories, equipped with all the appliances necessary to make a pure refined, sugar. Only the pure refined beet sugar can eve# become an article of commerce. In this the beet differs from the sugar cane, because the latter will give a sugar which, even in the crude state. Is palatable an<l marketable: in fact, many people prefer crude eane sugar to the refined article on account of its containing the aromatic principles of the cane, which give it an odoif and flavor very acceptable to most palates. I trust that any of your readers who may undertake the manufacture of beet sugar iix tlie crude way I have mentioned above may do so only from the point of view indicated, and not with the expectation of making It % commercial success.

News of Minor Note.

Gen. Charles E. Hovey, a well-known lawyer, formerly of Illinois, died at Washington, aged 70 years. Senor Jorge Tezanos Pinto, father-in,* law of President Uriburu of Argentina, and the Argentina consul in Lima, is dead at Lima, Peru. Austin Porior, colored, of Philadefphia, dropped dead while being eongratulated upon his election to the presidency of the Hotel Brotherhood. At Maplesville, Ala., seven men nr« dead and seventeen more are not expected to live from the result of drinking a mix* ture of wood alcohol and cheap whisky. The Government of Japan has sent an order to locomotive builders in Jersey City for fifteen locomotives for use on heavy trains. Work on the locomotives will be begun at once. An attempt to hold up and rob a passenger train on the Mexican National road near Monterey, Mex., was made by nine masked and well-armed The passengers made resistance and th* outlaws were unsuccessful. District Attorney Finical of Albuquerque, N. M., has received a telegram from Dalin Graham, the constable at Brisbee, Ariz., saying that he had apprehended three train robbers who held ujj the Santa Fe and Pacific passenger train at Grant’s station. Jones & Laugldin of Pittsburg notified their 3,000 iron workers, known as day. men, that commencing Dec. 1, their wage# would be increased 10 per cent. This restores the reduction made some month* ago as promised by the firm as soon a* improved conditions would warrant. • The depositors of the Bank of Minnesota at St. Paul will receive a 10 per cent dividend. It is now believed that the! bank may pay GO per cent to depositors, The Bank of Minnesota closed on Dec, 22 last, its failure precipitating the difficulty of last wiuter among the St. Paul banks. A charter has been granted for thd| Southern Sugar Refining Company a| Richmond, Ya. The maximum capital ot the company is to be $1,000,000. The object is to encourage the raising of sugar beets and the manufacture of beet sugary It is the pioneer enterprise of the kind in that section. The stockholders of the California Winemakers’ corporation, which control* the bulk of the output of the State, have decided to enter the markets of the world and try to dispose of the immense stock now on hand, aud which, owing to trouble between the corporation and the win® k; deata* „ I \