Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1902 — Page 6

POLITICS OF THE DAY

J Hanna & Co.—Patriots. The ship subsidy bill which passed the Senate is a purely patriotic measure —we have the word of Mr. Hanna for that. When it is objected that all the people of the United States should not be taxed out of millions of dollars for the benefit of a few rich men engaged In private business, Mr. Hanna’s patriotic answer is that the ships whose owners are presented with large bags of public money can be converted into auxiliary cruisers in time of war. These ship owners are also patriots Like Mr. Hanna. When their imperiled country shall need their bounty-plated vessels for naval purposes they will be more than willing to let their imperiled country have them. They have proved that. The St. Paul, the St. Louis, the Nw York and the Paris of the American Line (subsidized heavily under the guise of mail contracts) were pressed into service as auxiliary cruisers during the Spanish war. That war lasted but a few months, but here is what these subsidized ships cost the Government :

For charter and running expenses $2,106,133 50 For repairs to said vessels while in active service, including the cost of conversion Into auxiliary ' cruisers 111,702 14 For restoration to their original condition as [ passenger ships 647,000 00 ! Total $2,864,835 64 ; “Here,” said Senator Tillman, who extracted the quoted official figures "from Secretary Long, “Here were four vessels which we had been subsidizing from the time they first put the American flag at their peaks, under the pretense that they were to save us in our emergency, and when that emergency came these liberal, patriotic owners ■were so exacting and exorbitant, or our Government was so liberal—both, 1 presume, because they had tlie right to drive a hard bargain, and they did—that we paid in the six months they were in our service enough to build one of the vessels, if not two.” It would be cheaper for the United States to build auxiliary cruisers outright than to rely on getting them by way of the thieving subsidy route. Mr. -Hanna and his comrades in treasury raiding, besides being patriots, are devoted friends of American labor. It is, they tell us, largely because they want to maintain the standard of sailors’ wages at a high figure that they desire to enrich their ship-owning friends. Yet when Senator Patterson offered an amendment providing that no ships which employ Chinese crews—as Is the custom on the Pacific—shall receive any bounty under the subsidy bill, Mr. Hanna and the other Republican friends of American lal>or promptly voted to reject the amendment. The ship subsidy bill is nn open fraud. Its real and only purpose 1h to pick the pockets of the American people In the interest of the millionaires of the shipping trust.—New York Journal.

The People Must Foot the Bills. The necessity for protection to our infant industries engaged in swallowing tip adult foreign industries is evident to every true protectionist. It Is glorious to sell goods to foreigners for half what we pay ourselves, and we must not deprive ourselves of the Joy and glory of carrying our goods In our own subsidized ships. The Philadelphia Ledger remarks: “That is a very magnificent offer which the American tobacco trust makes in order to gain a market in England, namely: To sell its goods practically at cost for four years, and, besides this, to distribute a bonus of >1,(MX),000 a year among the retailers handling Its goods. Its American customers are expected to lie so dazzled by the splendor of this example of American enterprises I hat they will fall to see that they must pay for it.” If the people will only consent to foot Mie hills. Messrs. Schwab, Rockefeller, Duke, Oriacom and others will export the American flag on American ships, filled with American goods, at knockdown prices. The trusts will keep only the profits, allowing the great American people to reap all the glory.

Dancer to Speaker Henderson. Speaker Henderson may be able to convince the people of his district that he Is all right on the tariff question ami that they are all wrong, but some of them show it disposition to argue a bit before the case is closed. There Is nonie danger, however, sb far as Speaker Henderson's seat is concerned. in the fact that the protected trusts don’t do much voting iu lowa and are not so numerous and richly represented there as they are in Washington.— Toledo Bee.

Punished for Doing Hi* Duty. By no one act Ims Theodore Roosevelt lowered himself more In the estimation of thinking citizens than by the surrender to the brutal demand of o plunder-seeking clique for the retirement of Commissioner of Pensions Evans. a Renbllean official who won the esteem of the people nt large, Irresjiec-’ the of party, by the simple If unhappily novel course of strictly performing bls sworn duty.- Buffalo Courier. The Tariff on Foreign Meats. Just at this moment the importation •f foreign meats, if there were no duty on them, would break the arbitrary

control of the market by the trust and would thus tend to restore the free, natural movement of live stock from the producing regions. It is equally to the Interest of the cattle raiser, the agriculturist and the consumer that this and kindred tariff taxes should be removed.—Philadelphia Times.

Roosevelt us Viewed in Tennessee. Quite a number of magazine writers have been telling us of late what a wonderful President Theodore Roosevelt is making. The fact is that the individual whom a tragic accident made President of the United States is a very ordinary person with an extraordinary amount of self-assurance. A civil service reformer who sleeps with Tom Platt, a public-spirited citizen whose sworn statements regarding his taxes were hopelessly antagonistic, a shoulder hitter who is also an expert dodger, a man who has settled the naval controversy by perverting the facts and mutilating official reports—this Is the actual Roosevelt.—Memphis Com-mercial-Appeal.

The Cloud Over Great Britain. There would be little cause for surprise if at any moment Great Britain should find herself confronting the menace of conflict with one of the great powers. She is not prepared for such conflict. Her condition, revealed by her inability to whip 40,000 Boers with 300,000 English soldiers, tempts her enemies to attack her. A hostile movement against England, with her sin against the Boers as the avowed provocation, would look mightily like retribution in the eyes of other peoples. Every day’s prolonging of the war In South Africa Is dangerous to the British.—St. Louis Republic. Check on the Beef Trust. There are millions of people In the far East who are subjected to the most laborious tasks and yet never taste meat. The bulk of peasants in Germany and SPnndlnhvia are nonmeat enters. Without adopting the whole program of vegetarianism there is little doubt that the bulk of the people consume more meat, especially In sedentary positions, than there is any need of. Now that vegetables and nourishing roots are soon to' come to the front, it is possible to hold the meat trust within bounds if it attempts to crowd the people too far. — Boston Globe.

Roosevelt an Uncertainty.

There can be little doubt that the administration has aroused serious antagonism is not a few circles by Its attitude toward the tariff, ship subsidies, the railway merger, the army bill, and by Uie singular Infirmity of Judgment manifested by the President in incidents personal in scope. In a word, Mr. Roosevelt has both in conduct and in manner persuaded unprejudiced critics that he Is an uncertain and peculiar political force, and withal a disturbing member in a political organization.—New Orleans Times-Democrat.

Not a Representative Body. The present Congress is not a popular Congress. There is good Democratic material in It, but the Republican majority has not distinguished itself. Legislation for the benefit of the classes at the expense of the masses has been its sole occupation, with a despotic gug rule to cut off debate. The people know’ when they are not repre sented, but misrepresented. In that, rather than in the precedents theory, lies the surest ground upon which to base predictions of Democratic victory.- Houstea Post.

A Foolish Diplomatic Policy. The whole tendency of onr diplomatic policy has been to alienate the Russians and what have we gained? Nothing, except the name of echoing the foreign policy of Great Britain. Manchuria will pass under Russian control as naturally ns California came under United States control in 1850, The whole world In arms could not permanently prevent the natural expansion of the Russian people. Of all the nations the United States can least afford to share in such an effort.— Hartford Times.

Treading a Perilous Path. Our methods of doing things in Washington arc more and more closely bordering on absolutism each succeeding month. We are plainly walking along the bordered path which other free peoples have walked before only, In time, to find thepiselves confronted by the prospect of fighting for or surrendering their liberties on demand.— St. Paul Globe.

The Modesty of Tariff Plunderers. There is no lack of modesty on the part of the beet sugar thieves. They say they are willing to increase the rebate to 35 per cent or even 40 per cent and pay the money out of the United States treasury. Doubtless they would be just as willing to make it 100 per cent if in so doing they could retain their own plunder.—Johnstown Democrat.

Might Serve a Double Purpose. It is said that Mr. Hanna may decide to lay aside the ship subsidy steal until after election. In that way ha might, hope to keep it out of the campaign as an issue and at the same time make ths subsidy seekers stand another big assessment,—Albany Argus.

HOT TIME IN BELGIUM

POLITICAL DISTURBANCES CULMINATE IN OPEN RIOT. Little Country in an Uproar Which May Mark the Turning Point in the General Evolution of the Universal Suffrage Principle. The spirit of unrest has broken out in Brussels. The visit of a delegation of Spanish republican deputies was the signal for demonstrations by the socialists. When the Spaniards were ordered out of the country indignation took the form of a riot II the railroad station as they were leaving, and when King Leopold happened by from Biarritz a forest of red flags greeted him, and he barely escaped a mobbing. Since then the little country has been in an uproar that may not culminate without a serious clash between the soldiery and the people. The labor situation is ominous, while the cry for universal suffrage has become more and more Imperative. Apparently Belgium is about to furnish an interesting test of the extent to which the idea of universal suffrage is making headway in monarchical Europe. After months Of violent political disturbances, occasionally leading to open riot, the Belgian government confronts a serious crisis. The socialists, with the support of the liberal party, are demanding a revision of the election’ laws and the adoption of the “one man one vote” principle. Ostensibly Belgium has universal suffrage now, but the restrictions as to voting are such that one man may cast three ballots where another casts but one. A Belgian may vote once if he has no property, twice if he has a little real estate or a certain sum in the bank and three times if he has both property and certain educational qualifications. In this way about 2,100,000 votes are cast by a total of only 1,400,000 voters. To complicate matters still further, the Belgian parliament in 1899 adopted an intricate system of “proportional representation,” which has the effect of perpetuating the present party in power and preventing coalitions among the socialists, liberals and radicals.

A dispatch from La Louviere, a town in the Province of Hainaut, announces that in accordance with the decision of the labor leaders a general strike has been begun in the coal mines, glass works and factories of the central districts, including Mariemont and Bascoup. Advices from Liege say that a general strike has been started in the coal mines of the Seraing district, and at the Kettin foundries at Solessin. The quarrymen of the Ambleve Valley also have struck. From Mons troops have started for different points in the Borinage district. At Cuestnes, a town in the Province of Hainaut, 5,000 strikers assembled around the state arsenal with the object of stopping work. The weavers of Ghent are ceasing work, and a general strike of the weaving trade will be declared. The great strike has begun at Charleroi, where 15,000 of the 40,000 coal miners have stopped work. A general strike has been declared in most of the large boot and shoe factories. Adequate measures have been taken to enable the soldiers to re-enforce the police at a moment’s notice at any point required. As a similar strike ordered in 1899 very nearly put a stop to all Industrial activity in Belgium, the threat is serious. Behind it lies the still more serious menace of an actual revolt, for the more hot-headed socialists are ripe for action, and it is a question whether King Leopold’s conscript army would be loyal to him as against the strikers. Altogether the situation is typical of a well-defined tendency in those States wherein monarchical or aristocrat'c forms exist side by side with a strong popular impulse toward absolute democracy. As the present crisis may mark a turning point in the general evolution of the universal suffrage principle, it will be well worth watching.

MARRIAGE OF MISS TALMAGE.

Daughter of the Noted Preacher Wedded to C. F. Wycoff. Miss Maude Talmage, youngest daughter of the Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage, D. D., and Clarence F. Wyckoff of Ithaca, N. ¥., were married at the home of the bride’s father ia Washington. Only a small party of relatives and infinite friends of the contracting parties was present. The marriage ceremony was performed by the bride's brother, the Rev. Frank DeWitt Talmage of Chicago.

MISS MAUD TALMAGE.

The bride was given in marriage by her brotlier-lndaw, Daniel Delvan Morgan of of Brooklyn. The proposed honeymoon trip of Mr. and Mrs. Wyckoff to Japan was abandoned, on account of the illness of Dr. Talmage, which ended in his death.

Mammoth Space for St. Louis Fair.

At the St. Louis Exposition there will be over 4,<X)0,000 square feet in the mqin buildings nlone, while another large building, 2,(KM) by 225 feet—the largest of them all—is projected for agriculture. Thia represents fully as much space as was in similar buildings at the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893. None of the other expositions in this country, however, since Chicago, have exceeded 600,000 square feet In main exhibit building space. Patronise those who advertise.

KING LEOPOLD OF BELGIUM, WHO NARROWLY ESCAPED A MOB.

Leopold 11., King of Belgium, who came near being mobbed by a party of enraged subjects, is known throughout Europe as “The Royal Reprobate.” He succeeded his father in 1865, and has been in turns popular with the people for his democratic propensities and the butt of their enmity for his personal wickedness. He was first cousin to Queen Victoria, and is the father of the Princess Stephanie, the remarried widow of the late Prince Rudolph of Austria. The old King advocated the franchise for his subjects several years ago, and won for them against the nobility, but since then has been himself ruled by the duly constituted authorities of his realm.

WILL RETIRE GEN. MILES.

Brooke Is Said to Be Slated for the Chief Command. Gen. Miles Is to be retired at an early date and Gen. Brooke, who now commands the department of the East, is to succeed him. This course has been decided upon by President Roosevelt, according to officials who stand near the President and Secretary Root. Maj. Gen. Brooke is Gen. Miles’ senior, both in age and service. Ills commission during the Civil War preceded that of Miles and he retained the lead until the end of the war, when Miles was promoted over his head. Gen. Brooke will reach the age limit and will retire July 21, 1902. It is said that he will be succeeded by Gen. Young, who will retire in two years, when, it is said, Gen. Chaffee is slated for the chief coinfaiand. Gen. Brooke was appointed to the army from Pennsylvania April 20, 1861, as captain of the Fourth Pennsylvania infantry. He was made colonel of the Fiftythird Pennsylvania Nov. 7, 1861, and served through the war. On May 12,

MAJ. GEN. BROOKE.

18G4, he was made brigadier general for specific distinguished service. He was brevetted major genera) of volunteers Aug. 1, 1804, for gallant and meritorious services in the battles of Tolopotomy and Cold Harbor. After the war he was appointed a lieutenant colonel in the regular army. He was in command of the department of the lakes, with headquarters in Chicago, when the Spanish war broke out. He was placed in command of Camp Thomas at Chickamauga. He took part in the Porto Rico campaign and later served as governor general of Cuba onrtfl he was succeeded by Gen. Wood.

PRICE OF FOOD IS HIGH.

Flour, Sugar and Salt Selling for $3 a Pound in Idaho. Flour, sugar a-nd salt are selling at >3 a pound in the newly discovered Idaho gold fields of Thunder mountain. There are now between 800 and 1,000 men in the camp and others are arriving at the rate of fifty per day. Sixty miles of the journey must be made on snow shoes, though snow is from three to fourteen feet deep. Travel is all made at night, only when the snow freezes, as during the daytime there is danger sf snowslides. The first horse pack to get tn since last fall just reached camp the other day. Seven horses were brought in on snow shoes and pulled rawhides each containlug about 250 pounds of provisions. Continued reports of the richness of the country are in circulation. Men will not work at the Dewey mill at $4 per day, preferring to go prospecting in three feet of snow.

Sparks from the Wires.

Peter Allen was shot and killed by John Brown near Eckman, W. Va. The men both loved the same gtfrl. Samuel Van Stavorn was hanged at Camden, N. J., for the murder of bis wife Nov. 20 last. The report that a revolt Is feared at St. Thomas, D. W. 1., is declared wholly unfounded. Everything is perfectly quiet on the Island. District Attorney Jerome says he can stop all gambling in New York tt the city will pay the bill. It would cost >I,OOO to get evidence against one big gambling house, but the comptroller would not approve a voucher for it. Alfred Reynolds was sentenced at London to seven years’ imprisonment for forging an indorsement to a check of King Edward, sent by Sir Dighton I’robyn, keeper of the King’s privy purse, In payment of his majesty’s harness bill. The check in question was for >l,llO and was drawn on Coutts* Bank payable ts bearer, by Sir Dighton Probyn.

Women's Doings.

MANAGING A HUSBAND. HERE is a positive exhilaration JI to be derived from bringing all ** one’s efforts to bear upon a husband whose business worries have pursued him from the office. There is a genuine delight to fight with the unknown anxieties which his love will not permit him to unburden at home. It brings but all the tact and patience and diplomacy, all the charms and graces of a woman’s character to transform a cross, tired, worn-out husband into a new man,—just by a good dinner and a little tact. But to manage a husband when there are so many kinds of husbands requires more than any other thing a thorough study of your subject. To “meet your husband with a smile,” which is the old-fashioned rule for all Ills, is enough to make a nervous, irritable man frantic. Look him over before you even smile. Don’t sing or hum if he has a headache, or begin to tell him the news before you have fed him. If there Is one rule to lay down —which there Is not, or if I were giving automatic advice—which 1 am not —I should say that most men come home like hungry animals, and require first of all to be fed.—Lilian Bell, In Harpar’s Bazar.

How to Wait on the Table Quickly. Now 1 want to call your attention to a little point that facilitates the waiting wonderfully. It is the having of an extra plate. The waitress holds this extra plate in her hand and gives it to the host as she receives the plate from him w’hlch he has filled. She takes this to the guest and brings back a plate, which she again gives to the host as she receives the next plate. In this way, you see, the host can be helping the course while the maid is taking the plate to each place. Otherwise he would have to wait until she had returned with each plate. You can see, it makes the waiting on the table much quicker work. In placing the plate the waitress goes to the right, in serving to the left A good waitress will hold her hands in the middle, underneath the dish of vegetables, stooping over and putting the dish down near the guest. She holds it in her left hand. Then there Is no awkward reaching to the level of your head, in order to help yourself, ns is sometimes necessary with an untrained maid.

The Well-Bred Woman. The best-bred women do not fuss. They take their gowns and their furniture, their jewels and their children as a matter of course. They are unconscious of their veils and their gloves, and they expect every one else to be equally so. If they see an Intimate wearing a handsome gown they refer To it admiringly, but they also preface their comment with an apology. Their differences with their husbands are not aired, neither are the domestic upheavals caused by the oesertlon of the cook on wash morning. The repose of th? well-bred woman is not the quiet of weakness. It Is the calm of trained faculties, balanced so nicely that an earthquake may cause a change of color, but will not bring forth a loud cry. Well-bred women are a boon to the hnman race. They help the social and professional world to maintain a high standard both of morals and behavior. —Philadelphia Telegraph.

Devoted to Children. Mrs. Frederic Schoff, of Philadelphia, the newly elected President of the National Congress of Mothers, has been

prominent for many years In societies having for their object Improvements In the laws relating to the care of children. It was largely through her efforts that the new juvenile court law was passed in Pennsylvania, entirely re-

MRS. SCHOFF.

moving children from appearance In the criminal courts. Mrs. Schoff has a beautiftil home and children of her own, to whom she Is devoted.

Women as Librarians. A field of work for women which seems specially suited to them is the profession of trained librarians. In the United States there are thousands of public libraries, besides private, reference and college and school libraries, and in all these there is said to be an increasing demand for the services of graduates of library training schools. There are three of these large training schools in the United States which are open to women on equal terms with men.

The Corset Pad.

The corset pad is a heart-shaped piece of silk, size of a tea plate. It has a double Interlining of cotton. A niching of ribbon is around the edge. It is worn, point downward, pinned to th§. outside of the corset to give the low, full-busted effect that is the fashionable desire. There need not be a sachet annex to It; just the pad, which is strictly for improving the figure, and which gives that low-fronted look as surely as does the pointed belt.

The Black Skirt.

“They say” that to be without a black lace skirt this season is to be pitifully poor as to one’s wardrobe. It is the back dress skirt, the one to which

the fancy bodice is most wedded. Above all, there is no skirt that may be worn upon a greater number of different occasions. It has, In short, taken the place of the black satin skirt of some years ago and the black taffeta of a later period. How to make one’s black lace skirt chic and charming and at the same time unlike everybody’s else is the problem. The material does not admit of much variety. Be the flounces many or few, the general character of the skirt must ever be the same. An Old-New Coiffure. , Each season as it comes, writes “A Society Butterfly,” brings some new styles in hairdressing. This year the most striking novelty seems to be the long, loose curl on the neck. Like most other fashions, it is a revival, and had its birth in the early ’6os, when Queen Alexandra came over to England, as the “sea-king’s daughter.” The curl must come from the back of the neck, be brought forward to the front, be neatly, evenly twisted, and—this is most important—be what Is termed a “fat” curl. Health and Beauty Hints. To prevent a mustard plaster from injuring the skin mix the mustard with the white of an egg. For a toilet paste take equal parts of white of egg, barley flour, and honey. Mix well and apply at night. Mutton tallow to which a few drops of carbolic acid Is added will heal sores or any raw surface on man or beast. The curative value of fruit is becoming more and more insisted upon by those who make a study of dietetics. A dash of lemon Juice in plain water Is an excellent tooth wash. It not only removes tartar, but sweetens the breath.

Chronic nasal catarrh may often be cured by syringing the nose with warm water to which has been added a little carbonate of soda. Glycerin and lemon Juice, half and half, on a bit of absorbent cotton, is the best thing In the world wherewith to moisten the lips of a fever patient. For chapped hands or lips take four ounces of oil of roses, one ounce white wax, half an ounce spermaceti. Melt in a glass vessel and thoroughly mix. A nice wash Is composed of three lemons, one ounce of ammonia and one ounce of glycerine; put these in a halfpint bottle and fill up with rose water. The juice of a lemon taken In hot water on awakening in the morning is an excellent liver corrective and is better than any anti-fat medicine invented. The finest of manicure acids is made by putting a teaspoonful of lemon juice in a cupful of warm water. This removes most stains from the fingers and nails.

Acids formed by the decomposition of food within the mouth are always waging war upon the teeth by breaking down their enamel, and to guard against this evil care should be taken to thoroughly cleanse the mouth at least night and morning, even if it be not possible to do so after every meal.

Grievance of the Soprano.

There won’t be nary singin’ in the meetin’ honse to-day, Which come about, from what I hear, in somethin’ this here way: James Hopkins, who’s the teaor, sung a solo Sunday night. Which them as heard him sing it says was just about all right. Of course. Miss Smith, sopranner, heard ’em sounding James’es praise. An’ practiced up a sole for the next succeedin’ days. She says: “This tenor singin’ may be fine, but I’d admire To have the congregation know who’a star ol this here choir."

Now, Hopkins, he gits skeery of the fair sopranner’s song, Fearin’ fur his repitation if Miss Smith's should git too strong. So he gits the bass an’ alto, an' he says to ’em, says he: “If she’s the hull ding choir, what, I says, is, who be we?" Then they nil go in together, an’ consider this an’ that. An’ finally tell the parson that Miss Smith is singln’ flat. "As long’s she sings with us,” tiiey say, “it won’t be gen’ly knows, But in the church’s int'rest, please don’t let her sing alone."

The parson, he loves musle, an’ not wantin’ nothin’ wrong. He fixes up the program so’s to leave out Miss Smith’s song. And then there starts a rumpus like a m, person never sees, Exceptin’ in a choir on occasions such as these. Miss Smith, she says the tenor’s got a voice that’s like a file, An’ the alto's style o’ singin’ would convulse a crocodile, An’ the bass is mighty lucky, so she tells ’em all, if he Manages by feelin’ ’round him once a week to hit the key.

’Course that kind o’ conversation sort o’ mixes matters some. Hopkins says that Miss Smith’s singin's suited fur the deef an’ dumb. Then she claims that just exceptin’ her and p’r'haps the organist, All the choir could quit singin’ without ever bein’ missed. Well, the upshot is the parson tries to set the matter right, An’ gits all the congregation mixed up in a gen’ral fight, Which becomes so comprehensive that along the last the week There ain’t left in the whole milin* no two members that will speak. —Portland Oregonian.