Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 February 1901 — Page 2

SECRETARY GAGE'S CONTENTION —The system of internal taxation in Russia amounts to a bounty on sugar and there/'ire makes the exported sugar subject to a countervailing duty.

Not unexpectedly Russia, actuated, of course, by her own sugar trust, has retaliated against the United States because of our government’s treatment •f Russian beet sugar. Russia, it is •ontenderi, pays a bounty to its sugar growers on all sugar exported by them. The Dingley tariff law of the United States provides for a countervailing duty on all foreign beet sugars receiving an export duty, the amount of the duty to be the same as the bounty paid by the exporting country. A cargo of Russian beet sugar brought to this •ountry has caused the enforcement of this tariff provision by the secretary of the treasury. The amount of the duty levied against the Russian sugar is sufficient to exclude it from our markets. In retaliation Russia has terminated certain preferential tariff

India Threatens Re-Volt.

The news from the far east is not encouraging to England. The mighty empire of India is getting ready to revolt and before long the coast cities held by the British may be reduced by overwhelming numbers. There are in India 650 native states —great and small. They are governed by their own princes and chiefs with the advice and help of British residents, representing the supreme government of India. Some of these rulers administer the internal affairs of their respective states., with almost complete Independence. Their authority, however, is limited by their individual treaties and engagements. The euserain power does not allow them to go to war with one another, nor to form alliances with foreign powers, and it intervenes in cases of bad government or oppression, exercising a

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THE TROUBLE WITH

advantages heretofore conceded to the United States. This action amounts to creating a prohibition against the importation into Russia of America* iron and steel and machinery. A tariff war between America and Russia may cost America many millions a year besides the general goodwill of Russia, which in past emergencies has been steadfast The traditional friendship that has existed between the United States and Russia is an assurance that ill-feeling will not be engendered between the peoples on account of commercial rivalry. When the revolutionary war broke out Russia was quick to send aid to the struggling fleets. When the civil war was on and hostilities were threatened with England on account of the arrest of Mason and Slidell, Russia did another friendly act that for a genuine spirit has never been surpassed in history. England sent al fleet to New York for the purpose or making a hostile demonstration. Although its departure from England was shrouded in solemn secrecy as to destination, it had hardly been anchored off New York when a more powerful Russian fleet sailed in and took up a position between the British fleet and the city. The Russians began to clear their decks for action. Noticing this the British admiral sent a message to the Russian flagship, the same being a request for an explanation. The Russian sent back word that he was merely going through the customary practice drill. Very suddenly the British squadron set sail. It was followed by the Russians. The Russians had probably saved New York, but it was years afterward before the truth became known. The late Czar of Russia, whose brother was in charge of the fleet, confided the story to Dr. Talmage. Again in 1893, when the United States treasury was being depleted of gold and exports of the yellow metal threatened the stability of the nation’s

general control in the direction of peace and contentment. • These feudatory rulers possess revenues and armies. The gross income of the princes of India is ±115,000,000 ($75,000,000), the sum of their tribute is £600,000 ($3,000,000 )per annum,and they maintain in all 80,000 native troops in addition to those they furnish for the imperial service. Thi relations between British and natives have until lately been perfectly amicable. All are equal before the law. A native can earn exactly the same wage as a British workman. But inasmuch as Europeans have a far greater capacity for work than the natives and are able to do more work in a shorter time, a consciousness of superiority sometimes produces arrogance, which is a fruitful source of racial disputes and probably is at the bottom of the present disturbances.

'; SERGE DE WITTE'S CONTEN- ] ’ '• TION —Russia pays no money for ex- 1 [ i [ ported sugar. The refunding of in- J > ] i ternal taxes on reserve stocks of sugar i [ 11 prior to exportation is not a bounty ] i ' i on sugar. ( 1

credit, Russia, through her present finance minister, Serge Yulevitch De Witte, proffered a loan of $500,000,000 in gold, to be paid back at any\.timc we saw fit. The proffer was declined and bonito issued instead. It was during the civil war that the Alaskan purchase came up. President Lincoln reminded the Russian minister that we were short of gold. He was informed that Russia was in no hurry for the money—that we could pAy when we were able and without any interest charge whatever. We have had many friends among the nations of Europe, but with the exception of Russia and France, they have been “fair weather” ones. In times of adversity Russia could always be depended upon.

Armour's Generosity.

As is well known, P. D. Armour was always deeply interested in young men and whenever he had an opportunity of encouraging their ambitions he did so. This has been well illustrated by more than one incident. One day while traveling between New York and Chicago, he became interested in a colored boy, a sleeping car porter, whom he saw trying to read a book. He named the boy ’’General Forrest.” “General,” said Mr. Armour, "I’ll give you a $5 bill if you will read one line of that book without stopping to spell out the words. The boy grinned, but accepted the challenge, and read out a line without hesitation. He not only received the $5 note, but on further questioning stirred Mr. Armour to still greater interest. He disclosed a desire for knowledge that impelled Mr. Armour to propose a way for his education. Soon afterward “General Forrest” re-

LORD CURZON.

signed from the sleeping car service and went to Oberlin college, where he was educated at Mr. Armour’s expense.

Pan-American Exposition Flag

1 he official flag of the pan-American exposition at Buffalo was selected from 300 designs and is the production of Miss Adelaide J. Thorpe. In the upper corner is a single white star, on a blue field, typifying North America; on a red field in the opposite corner are four stars, representing the southern cross constellation and South America. The center of the flag is a diagonal white bar, bearing the golden eagle of liberty, with a green scroll in its talons inscribed, “Pax, 1901.” Black walnut canes were given to the cabinet members Tuesday by the president The canes were sent the president from Illinois, and were cut from a walnut tree on the farm formerly the property of Abraham Lincoln, in Harristown township, Macon county. 111,

DANCER TO BRITISH TRADE.

X*rd BoMbery O*Ha Atteatto* to •** Formidable Competition. At a meeting of the Wolverhampton Chamber of Commerce ex-Prime Minister Rosebery made a speech to which he dealt to a most serious strain with the Industrial and commercial competition by which Great Britain is faced. He declared that the future is dark and gloomy. .It Is difficulty, even unwise, to try to prophesy what It may have In store. He was not Alarmed, he said, by the constant piling up of Immense and costly armaments by Europe. They rather tended toward peace than otherwise, The war he feared was not military. It was that great war of trade that was Inevitably coming, and which, so far as he could see, would be one of the greatest and most serious with which Gerat Britain ever had to cope. While not putting other nations out of the category, it was from the United States and Germany that the British had the most to fear. America, with its almost incalculable resources and the acuteness and enterprising spirit of Its people, was the most formidable of all competitors. The Germans, although somewhat slow and unwieldly, were scarcely Inferior rivals owing to their silent and persistent methods and unconquerable spirit. Lord Rosebery said one striking feature of the American competition was that the great Individual fortunes being made in the United States were not employed, as they probably would be in England, to enable their makers to retire and enjoy social and other pleasures, but were Invested In great trusts and syndicates for concentrating attacks on British trade. The millions so invested could be wielded as engines of warfare in such Irresistible form as to constitute a danger which the British could not afford to Ignore. If one or two of the trusts combined for the purpose of competing with any branch of British trade by underselling they might obtain such a monopoly in that branch as to almost drive Great Britain out of the market. After a further reference to Germany Lord" Rosebery asked what Great Britain was going to do to avoid defeat He, as a layman, hesitated to attempt to answer, but if he did attempt to reply he would say that th? remedy lay In education. He believed that the British people were the best raw material In the world, but he was convinced that their commercial men required to be educated and trained scientifically from bottom to top. Their training now was both InsuflSclent and too Insular. For Instance, they did not send their young men abroad as others did to learn methods of business and manufacture. He suggested that the Chambers of Commerce consider the question of devoting a certain sum annually for traveling scholarships, which, he was inclined to believe, would yield fruit a hundredfold. An official report shows that the Imports of unwrought steel Into the United Kingdom tn 1900 amounted to 170,000 tons against 77,000 tons In 1890. The Increase was mainly from the United States, which sent 157,000 tons. The large Imports are attributed to the high price of coal in Great Britain. —New York Sun.

Every Paretic Has His Sign.

“See that man ahead of us?” !n----quired a prominent Washington physician of a reporter as they were walking down F street this morning. “Well, he has got the ‘sign.* ” A young man about thirty juet ahead was pointed out by the physician. He appeared in average normal health, though slight In form. As he turned hls head his eyes were deep and sunktn and his features drawn and pinched. “Watch him,” continued the physician, “and see if you can detect the ‘sign,’ for he Is a sufferer from paresis and all paretics have a ‘sign* peculiar to each individual. Don’t you observe that motion? No! Well, every few minutes you will see him wiggle nervously the first three fingers of hls right hand, as the arm Is extended at hls side, and then quickly raise the same hand and tap or rub hls right cheek with a little tattoo with the name fingers In the same place on the name cheek always. "Never will he vary this motion, and he will repeat this one 500 times a day. He win always do It when he thinks others are observing him, and, as we overtake and pass him, you will notice that he win at once detect my glance and will repeat the sign again spasmodically. “Every paretic has a ‘sign’ different from every other victim of this peculiar and usually fatal disease. With some it will be the mumbling in an undertone or aloud of a certain word or phrase. Others will have a motion such as rubbing an ear, touching or tapping the face in one way or in one particular spot Some will draw the muscles of the face in an odd and distinguishable manner, while I knew of one paretic who would move the scalp backward and forward tn a manner observable with monkeys.”—Washington Star.

Eclipe of the Sun in May.

A total eclipse of the sun will take place In May, but yet It Is not attracting much attention on the part of a a tronomers. The best place to make observations Is in the Malay Archipelago, which is In the path of totality

Our Crop of Peanuts.

Of the 4,000,000 bushels of peanuts raised yearly in the United States 8,000,000 are used as roasted peanuts. And, though this nut contains from thirty to fifty per cent, of oil, It Is used as a food accessory rather than a food.

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Restoring a Medieval Castle.

At Hohkonisburg, in Alsace, the remains of an early medieval castle is to be restored by the kaiser after the manner In which Pierrefonds was rebuilt, by the architect Viollet Le Due for the Empress Eugenie.

You Can Get Allen’s Foot-Ease Free.

Write to-day to Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y., for a FREE sample of Allen’s Foot-Ease, a powder. It cures sweating, damp, swollen, aching feet. Makes new or tight shoes easy. A certain cur-? for Chilblains and Frost-bites. At all druggists and shoe stores; 25c.

An Old Fort in Florida.

The oldest fort in America is at St. Augustine, Fla. It was built by the Spanish over three centuries ago. It was for a long time used as a prison. WANTED—Mon and women io sell our medicated Anti-Grip shoe Insole; sure preventative from the ravages of Grip, Rheumatism. Also prevents the prespiratfon of feet. Send 25c for sample and particulars. Agents can make big money. Keystone Chemical Co., Reading, Penna. There is no remedy that can equal Garfield Tea for the cure of all derangements of the liver; it has for years been the standard by which other remedies are judged. ' Henry James calls his new novel “The Sacred Fount.’’ It is to be published next spring.

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BATT’S CAP’S FOR COLDS.

Safest, surest, quickest cure for colds. Druggists know the ingredients. 25 cents. Only 14.5 per cent of the natives of Porto Rico can write.

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Henor for William M. Evarts.

UL large number of relatives and friends were gathered around William M. Evarts recently when the ex-senator celeb. _ ted his 83d birthday. Mr. Evarts ts almost blind, but la strong enough to move about his home at 14th street and 2d avenue, New York. One of his chief pleasures lies in the fact the Hame of his old law firm remains the same as when he was active in the affairs of Evarts, Choate & Beaman.

A Remedy for the Grippe.

Physicians recommend KEMP’S BALSAM for patients afflicted with the grippe, as it is especially adapted for the throat and lungs. Don’t wait for the first symptoms, but get a bottle today and keep it on hand for use the moment it* is needed. If neglected, the grippe brings on pneumonia. KEMP S BALSAM prevents this by keeping the cough loose and the lungs free from inflammation. All druggists, 25c and 50c.

Glasgow Forging to the Front.

Glasgow is the second city now in the United Kingdom. In the matter of city municipal improvement it is in the lead. It is expected that. the census of 1901 will show “greater Glasgow” with a population above 1,000,000.

Washington Excursion.

Account of the inauguration, the Big Four, Chesapeake & Ohio Route (the Rhine, Alps and Battlefield Line), will sell tickets at one fare for round trip, March Ist, 2d, 3d, good to leave Washington until March Bth. Address J. C. Tucker, Gen. Nor. Agt., 234 Clark street,. Chicago.

Age of California’s Big Trees.

Professor C. E. Bessey, who has been counting the rings of growth of the California big trees, doubts if any of them approach the age of 2,000 years.

Coughing Leads to Consumption.

Kemp’s Balsam will stop the cough at once. Go to your druggist today and- get a sample bottle free. Sold in 25 and 50 cent bottles. Go at once; delays are dangerous.

A Costly Parliament.

The most costly parliament in Europe is that of France. The senate and chamber of deputies cost annually 31,500,000.

The Best Herb Tea.

Garfield Tea is made from HERBS; there are no harmful drugs in its composition. It is the best blood purifier known to medical science. There are several large factories In the United States devoted to the manufacture of rosewater. It requires no experience to dye with PUTNAM FADELESS DYES. Simply boiling your goods in the dye is all that’s necessary. Disinfection of houses is the only policy pursued in Calcutta against the plague.

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablbts. Ail druggists refund the monev if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove’s signature Is bn the box 25c. Japan has 6,300 kilometers of railways, or about as many as Bavaria. I am sure Piso’s Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago.—Mrs. Thos. Robbins, Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y.. Feb. 17, 1900. Give a man a good dinner and it takes the edge off his criticism.

The Beet Housekeepers

use Maple City Self Washing Soap because It gives, the best results. On December 1, 1900, Switzerland had a population of 3,312,551.

Coe’s Cough Balsam

Is the oldest and beat. It will break up a cold quicker than anything elae. It ia al way* reliable. Try IL An essay on man—a woman's attempt to marry him.

“The Chicago and Florida Special."

Solid vestl billed trains from Chicago to St Augustine every Wednesday and Saturday via “Big Four” route. The entire train runs through solid from Chicago to St Augustine. Absolutely no change of cars for either passenger* or baggage. First train Wednesday, Jan. 16, 1901. Through dining cars, through Pullman sleepers, through observation cars, through baggage cars. Leaves Central Station, 12th St and Park Row, Chicago, 12:00 noon. Arrive St. Augustine 8:30 next p. m. For particulars call on your local agent, or address J. C. Tucker, General Northern Agent Big Four Route, Chicago.

A Desperate Criminal.

There are now sixteen prisoners tn solitary confinement in the Massachusetts state prison at Charlestown, the most dangerous of the lot being Jesse Pomeroy, “the boy murderer.” He is constantly laying plans to escape and keeps the guards ever on the alert to thwart them. He once pulled down the ventilator over his cell door and made a saw of a portion of the material. Then the place was walled up and fresh air introduced into his cell in other ways. He has now been imprisoned on a life sentence twenty-seven years.

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Underground Steam Trains “Dirty.”

The Lancet pronounces the present underground steam trains in London "exceedingly dirty.” All attempts at ventilation have failed, and the proposed substitution of electric traction seems the only remedy.

Don’t Get Footsore! Get FOOT-EASE.

A certain cure for Swollen, Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's FootEase, a powder. Cures Frost-bites and Chilblains. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Leßoy, N. Y.

Caused Reduction in Arrests.

The fee system for arrests in Jackson county, Missouri, was abolished a year ago. The number of arrests since that time has considerably decreased. A new species of nasturtim, whose distinctive feature is its profuse and continuous flowering, has been developed in the greenhouses of the University of Nebraska, where experiments have long been in progresss. * A bill is before the federal council Germany providing that the time of study shall be. for medical students five years Instead of the present term of four years and a half. The Hindoo chronology extends to 6174 B. C.; Babylon, 6158 B. C.; China, 6157 B. C.

All Rosin-Filled Soaps

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