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porf such a standing army as our neigh
bors across the Atlantic are compelled to
maintain. Intrinsically, the question Of
expense fairly is divided, and the burdens
about the same. Our pension army costs
almost exactly what the 100000 active
soldiers OF the German. Empire cost that
government. The only difference is that,
up to the present time, the average pros
perity of our people has enabled us to
maintain the burden. Decentralization
traction, combined with the loot OF the
nation by Favored trust and monopoly rob
bers, has rendered us less able. The day
is not far distant when we shall have to
pun ourselves together, and see where we
stand. clear view Of the European
position, III this connection, will be IN
stIuctive.
Considering the vital need of the Con
tinental powers, to maintain great armies,
and consequently, to maintain large popu.
lations in well-fed condition To breed
and supply them, it is easy to see that
the overcro weed condition of Europe Is
menace TO The ability OF eact to accomplish
this necessary object. For two centuries
the higher intelligence of Great Britain
has provided for the overflow of the United
Kingdom by such colonization as that,
without eHpatriating its subjects, has
made them cortributoryt to the commercial
and military power OF the home country,
and strengthened both throughout the
world. The rivals of Great Britain have
been slow TO learn the lesson, but they
have learned it at last, under the sting
OF the now threatening productive and in
dustrial ability Of the new world TO take
their trade away from them.
Now they are awake and are arming
to meet the emergency. France and Ger
many aie pnshing for Tertiary in Asia
where their people can prosper, and where,
under their own flags soldiers can he
propagated for use in the future struggle
for the existence of nations.
That struggle, among other things. VIII
and must involve the control of the great
commerce oc the Pacific; u commerce
which America will control unless
checked in its domination over Hawai-, the
interoceanic canal, and paramount power
In the West indies.
The European front on the coast OF Asia
is designed, wisely from a European point
OF view, to throttle the growing prospect
or A mericaI. trade and national expansion
Are we to sit Idly by and see ourselves
hemmed in, not only by the rortresses and
ships OF onr chief enemy, but by the co i
blaed forces of its western EuropeanaIlics,
and not make strike Tor our position and
rights, While we may? IL we have be-
come that decadent and cowardiy, we
shall deserve all the natural and inevitable
C, nsequences.
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There is complication up in Minnesota
which is new even to police court circles.
and there is some consolationin the thought
that it Is 50 far away from here A Min
neapolis lady Of the feminine persua sion
was arrested for drunkenness, and when
her case came up in court sha declared that
she was not drunk when arrested, but was
under the influence Of her first cigar. She
said she had right to smoke cigar il
she wanted to, and although she admitted
having had something to drink insisted
that it was the cigar which was the
matter. Whiit the Judge was considering
this unprecedented idea, she appealed TO
him TO remember how he felt when he
smoked his first cigar, and that sealed her
fate. She was fined $40 or ten da Us, and
having more time than money she paid
her fine il that. There is one happiness
about this excuse, it can never be Used
twice by the same womani in the same town
before the same Judge, and another happi
ness about il is that it did not go.
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Diuelev, the Delighted

Popular repor. credits Mr.. Dingley with
condition OF delightsomeness over the
prospects o ( his tariff, which words hardly
can express and figures cannot depict with
any regard for truth.
Whether Mr.. Dingley has been spending
his holidays among the chief beneficial ries
OF Ibis trust protective measure or not, we
are unable to say; but he speak ks S on.
light over the contents OF his stocking.
Small blame 10 him, He has earned every
good thing that Santa Claus. a represented
by his friends Rockefeller, Havemeyer, ct
id genus omne, could bring TO him.
Swearing OFF day having arrived, he
| drop Tito. not poetry, but its sister Iii
| q natural born prophet and says that the
Dingley revenue from January to July
viii BE- greater than the expenses Of The
Government during the same fiscal period.
or course, his corruscated vision includes
| the internal revenue receipts, but no mat
ter for that. This is the season when much
must he forgiven.
By tie same token. it might not be n bad
idea for Dineley TO go over to the Treasury
Department. where his friend and Repub-
lioan coparcener Gage dispenses the
gold cure" to all comers, gentle and
simple.
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aus,,,a.s Re,urnto absoiu,tsm

Although there may he some excuse for
tbedecrSe Of the Austrian Emperor in which
ne q ssuInes absolute power for the next six
months because of the failureofthe ma tionaI
toproduce legislation, nevertheless the mo-, =
ent is cne wtmich the friends OF popular
government viii not be able to aontempla. e
with sentiments OF satisfaction. II marks
an ominous tendency TO retrograde to the
conditions OF tie civilized world as they
existed before the revolutions Of the early
and rnidclc decades of the nineteenth ,ea-
tury garepower totbe people. and compelled
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Euroue.s struggle for Bread

Americans, who notOriouslya are indifferent
tries, as related 30 their own, ought to
be interested to learn that the present
movements of European gorcrnments arc
dictated by considera tions that mean a
great deal 10 us. We Concern ourselves
with the interests Of internal parties, and
these are dominated by the individual, cor
perate or local interests of home influences.
and we fail To realize the great strlg gle
for existence in progress between the La
tions, to the desperation OF which cur
fast-devcloping resources and power Of pro-
duction are contributing, uutiI they haze
grown to be regarded as danger to all
lands OF like productions and industries.
1t would be we'll for Americans to stop
and consider what their sibility to produce
fabrics, under normal conditions, in sue
oessful competition witt all the rest of
civilization, may mean, Heretofore, they
have not thought much about it, being alb
sorbed in the problems OF internal com
Incrce, real estate, and horse trades. The
time has come Wien they must wake up
In America we are beginning TO feel the
force of the problem of food supply as re
lated TO population. II we had such con
ditions as obtain in Europe, that would
be a presently hopeless problem; that is, il
added 10 our pension list, we had to sup
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The post ton of the British foreign Of
logical and conclusive. It declares that
it has rot done SO. and hopes nobody will
believe it, This indicates the vigorous
foreign policy which it is the pride OF
Lord salishury-and the So tisfaction OF
bis enernicS-tu have created.
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a New York yellow Journal has been fn-
vestigating the speed with which dyna-
mite works. 1t reports an experiment
which was ma de with mule. A six
head and exploded per electric battery,
and at tile moment Of the explosion a
picture was taken. The picture showed a
Inl,Ie still on it's feet, but with no heal.
The head had disappeared worse than the
late Mr.. Guldensuppe's. However, this
yellow journals report was incomplete in
one particular. 1t omitted an interview
with the mule.
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was defeated for the place in 1895. Mr.
Flood has been waited upon by friends in
various parts OF the district and .:sI 81
to early commence his candidacy. He gave
them no direct answer, but they left hirI.
confident that he would enter the race.
The announcement Of Col. Barclay, OF
Lexington, that he would be a Candidate
for the nomination led TO the holi lay call
upon Nj. Flood.
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We commend TO our Irish readers the
little essay On America and Americanism
by Lawrence r. Godkin, of the New York
Evening Post, printed in another column
on this page. We have long wished to
know in what esteem this IrishInan was
held by his compatriots resident in this
country. and this seems to be as good a
time as any to find out.
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a report that China has ordered Ger
many {, yac5 tie the shan Tung Peninsula
the Russian protecterate of China is al
accomplished fact, and that the Kaiser
viii have TO look elsewhere for the salts.
faction of his colonial ambitions. He
might have 10 look toward the Western
Hemisphere, in which case it would be
well for us to be on the alert.
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The second city Of the world came into
being yesterday. The event occurred in
New York. 1t is Democratic city, and
will be for the next four years. That is
a good thing with which to start off the
New Year. OTHER things Will folloY.
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An Ariz,na Disease.

from the Chicago News)
CoruEer-E What was, the cause Of Dia
mond Jce's deathe
Broncho Pete--Ileart disease.
Coroper-Ara YOU sure of that?
Broncno Pete-Sartiu. The heart was
an ace nd he hadit up his sleeve.
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Since Mr.. Madrigal, the special envoy of
the A administration 70 present the autonomy
humbug of Sagasta 10 Gen. Gomez, has
been sent back with flat rejection, the
coast is clear for Congressional action in
recognition of Cuban dependence.
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Ask Flood to Run Again.

Appemi ttex, VA, Jan. There is
every indication that the fight for the
Democratic nomination OF Congress in
thls-the Tenth district will be begun
earlier than it ever was before This is
the homt Of State Senator Hal. Flood, who
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Arranging His Advertising

IF rOin inc UIIiaIiii WOfiu-HerdF,l
The up -to-date Congressman who desires
to show his constituents that he is doing
something. Will now proceed to drop a
currency bill IN the slot and secure a
mott ce in the Congressional Reco:d.
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Growth of Germany,- Debt.
lErom the Raltimore Heral,l. |,

FFrom the BaItlfnOre deraEd.l
4 Berlin correspondent writes TO fhe
Chicago Record How enormously the etic
pire's debt has grown-and nearly every
penny OF it for TIE army and navy-may
be seen from the following list The debt
was:
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4s6.2OI,0o0

AT q glance it will be seen that within
nine years, or since the accession of tn.
present Emperor, the burden OF debt has
Increased. neariy 800 ,000, 900 marks
III this present naval plan goes, Though, an
other ,OOO, 600, 900 marks viii be added
10 1t. But, then, TO be a big power COSTS
money lots OF It, as Italy has found out
TO it's sorrow. NobIesse cblise, and SOM
body must pa ythe piper if there's anydanc-
ing done.
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A repcrt of the House Committee on
War Claims, made just before the holiday
recess, reviyes an interesting story. far-
don Woraiey was employed by Gen. AiS IT
in 1868 as q spy in Virginia. His duties
were to procure INFORMATION OF the move
1nents of Col. Mosby.i He usually entered
the Confederate lines with horse AID
wagon, passing himself off as peddleT.
He was thus epabied TO obtain valua be
information, which lie conveyed to Gen.
Augur On ore occasion he discovered d
combination Of parties in Washington lad
Baltimore engaged in supplying the enemy
and CARRYING OIL, an extensive contraband
trade.
On worsley's information these parties
were brought to trial. One OF the ac-
crsed men was Moses Weisenfeldt, md
before his trial his friends offered Forsiay
$1,000 10 swear falsely or to leave the
country. On consultation with Gen. AIguf,
Gen. Gaines and Col. Foster, Worsley ac-
eepted the bribe, and produced 1T at the
trial rs additional evidence OF crimina lity.
This. IGoney was attached to the record,
fuI warded to the war office in Worsieys
absence mad was finally deposited in the
Treasury ny Assistant Judge Advocate
Turner by direction Of the Secretary Of
Wa;.
Nj Norsley believes he is entitled To
compensation for the services he rendered.
ana has asked Congress to ray him. The
Committee On War Claims believes thtt
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| ne Is eLlttlfd 70 SOiic itHdiu, anu III -
recommended an appropriation of $4,000
for him
Nj. Cooper OF Texas has brought 70
! the surface again that old claim for the
relict of st. Charles College, which s in
curporated under the laws 1f Missouri. The
college was used by Federal troops during
the rebellion as hospital, and for his
tne college wants compensation. While the
trGops were in possession Of the building
valuable scientific apparatus and line
lifaaTy were destroyed, and the collage
trustees want to be paid for that. also.
A bin to afford the relief asked for passed
tn, Senate IL 1892, and again in 1891,
bu, IT,, final action was had. The Com
mittee oI Claims has reported bill for
the relief of the college, but it is rot
th,,u Rht that it viii pass at this sesSiun.
Mr.. Catchings. of Mississippi, after much
thought and deliberation. has conceived Of
plan ty which he can convince lis
worthy constituents that his life is de
voted tc them, and that he is never so
happy as when laboring for them. Mr.
Catchirgs has introduced a bill in the
Heuse, which provides for the establish
ment of q atiOnal military park TO COM
memerate the campaign, siege, and de-
Tense Of Vicksburg.'- The park suggested
by Mr.. CatchiHgs is to contain 200
acres, and To cost not more than S5 D 900.
Owing tc the difficulty the Administration
is having in decreasing the deficit in the
revenues, il is more than probable that the
present Congress will not act on this bill
Mr.. Russ ell, of Connecticut. is warm
admirer of the late Maior-General John
Sedgwic.. He is anxious to have his
name perpetuated, and, therefore, he las
introduced In the House a bill approprj 1T
ing $4,000 for the purchase Of q suatlle
of the general. The statue is 10 be erected
on seme site to be selected in this city.
Baltimore, the Monumental City, is still
arcIitious to be so called, and as an ad-
ditional inducement has through Mr. Nc
Intire, OF Maryland, asked Congress to
appropriate $40 900 for a monument to
the memory of Gen. William SmaIl7y ,od.
TIE monument is to be erected under he
super Wis ion of the Maryland Society. of
the Sons of the American Revolution aud
to be paid for by them out of the ap-
,riation requested. Gen. Smallwood dis
tinenisi,ed himself in the war for in
dependence.
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he is eLtitled to some reward, and haze
recommended an appropriation of $4,000
for him
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CAPITOL GOSSIP.

Those uepple WHO believe in the dog
trines Of the German Evangelicai Church
are watching with interest the effort be-
ing made by congregation Of that de
nomination ir. West Virginia to obtain
from the Government compensation for
the destruction Of church at Martinsburg
during the war. Mr.. Cooper of Taxns has
submitted to the House q report from tue
Com mittee on War Claims relative to the
natter, Which, says that Congress should
make an appropriation of $500 for the
relief OF the congregation.
The German Evangelical Church at
MartinSburg, W. Va, was composed of
Germans, mostly business people, attached
to the GOV ernm ent, many of whom proved
their loyalty by entering tue Union army
during the war Of the rebellion. The
house in which they worSiiped d is V Ined at
$4,000 On the night OF February Z,
1868, it was destroyed by fire. IL had
been entered by Union soldiers. who made
tie church headquarters. Through care
lessness the building took fire and was
destroyed, although Capt. G. w. Hicks,
of the Ninth Virginia Infantry, did all
in his power to. save it. 1t is the belief
OF the committee that Congress will make
the appropriated Recommended, and that
the congregation Will thereby be made
happy.
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htoders of The Times 2rho Dlag at any
tin bt URabie 10 procure copies Of IL at any
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STILSON HUTCHINS, President.
HUTcHINs BUILDING.
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Ube ..Aazu. Uirnes
The Washington Times Company

tMoRsaG. EVENING AND susDAr,,
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So u for 81 Dress Skirts. in Blue
soA- - dEd Green Mix ed Wool Chey-
lots, cut III the regallr Sa%S
shape lined with percaline and bound
with velvet. All lengths. No aitera-
tiGns Ill be necessary.
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THE SYMPTOM TUNNEL.

The journals OF Geneva, Switzer-
land, OF recent date, contain interest
ing information concerning the new
Simpion tunnel. The work will CON
sist of tunnel of single course
about 1880 meters (about "a, 730 feet
and eventually "A second tunnel, sew
enteen meters distant from the first,
parallel with il, and connected with
it by transverse galleries. 1t is cal
culated that the first tunnel and the
second as far as the first gallery will
be completed and placed in operation
five years and half after the begin
ming of the work. A premium of five
thousand francs a day is to be award
ed in case the work is finished before
the termination of the contracted
time, but the same amount must be
paid by the contractors for every day
they are behind time. The total cost
of the tunnel, with its auxiliary gale
ry will be 5s,S20,00 francs. The cost
of piercing the second tunnel will be
l5,O0O,O00 francs, to which the com
pany will add 100000 francs for ma
sonry and general expenses. Work
Will be begun simultaneously at each
extremity of the tunnel. 1t is said that
the rock cutting machines are made
on new model. with hydraulic mo-
tive power, and that they will be able
to penetrate at the rate of five me-
tiers every twenty-four hours.
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II you have a house for rent tell It
in The Star.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-10-07
THE FRUITS OF VICTORY.
The Blue Jacket Now That the War
is Over

The American blue jackets who
have come over to Hongkong from Ma
Mia during the last week or so have
made up for the weary months they
spent in Manila bay They have been
having what they will call "glo-
rious time" having imbibed copious-
~, and INDUCED freely i'm the amuse-
ment of painting the town red" On
the arrival of the German cruiser Kai-
serin Augusta from Manila. the blue
jackets from that vessel appeared TO
have broken loose i'm similar man
ner. They crowded the drinking sa-
looms at which soldiers and sailors
do chiefly congregate, and good
many of them found themselves on
Monday night in the same place as
some of the sailors of Uncle Sam
The expected happened Epithets OF
a character not particularly compli-
mentary were exchanged. Blows fol-
lowed words. and ultimately there was
regular melee. One Yankee sailor
was particularly conspicuous. He was
rowing about the Queens road askinu
In thick voice, "Where are them
mailed tists?" and coming across what
he sought, opened fire without wait
ing for any formal declaration of war.
Fortunately nothing worse resulted
than few bunged up ewes. The
landlord will. however. have to Law in
new stock of glasses.-China Mail
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MEN GO HUNGRY 70 CAMP
SUBSISTENCE ARRANGEMENTS
ARE UNSATISFACTORY.
The Trouble is Not All in One Place
and is Hard to Remedy-But 1t
Exists.

There is much hungering and thirst
ing after more satisfying menu at
the soldier camps near Diamond
Head. Many soldier goes hungry. it
is said, because he cannot eat the ra-
tions that are served, and no way of
improving them has yet been devised
While indiscriminate blame is not
heaped up against any particular
branch of the service or any particu-
lar individuals. men recognize that
when their food gags them and they
go hungry because they cannot eat
what is provided. that subsistence ar
rangements are not very satisfactory.
One cause of complaint is that the
men do not get enough bread. The
fault for this is not charged to the
subsistence department. The regular
ration of flour is issued to the compa-
MES, but as there are no facilities for
making bread at the camp, the men
are obliged to make arrangements
with local bakeries whereby i'm *
change for the flour received the bal-
cries give a certain amount of bread.
taking toll out of the flour for their
pay, after the old fashioned manner
men do not get their full ration of
bread. At the same time in this eli
mate the system revolts at some Of
the heavier article of diet provided
i'm the regular rations, so that there is
demand of the appetite for larger
proportion of bread.
Fresh meat is delivered to the SOL
der camps every morning, and the
men nearly all say it is excellent in
quality and sufficient in quantity, if it
were not that a considerable part of
it is unavoidably spoiled. There are
no facilities for keeping it, 1t is de-
livered at temperature of so degrees
But in the hot and dusty camp it
soon spoils unless cooked at once, and
even then it frequently sours or spoils
before the next daily issue is made.
The camp facilities for cooking it are
so limited and primitive that the best
means of handling it are not posi-
BILE
Coffee is issued green. and as there
are no means of roasting it except in
frying pan over an open fire i'm a
hole scraped out of the ground, the
roasting is often badly done, with the
itSull lHdb the Cpilee served is usually
considered pretty bad.
Red tape in the subsistence depart
ment is held responsible for the lack
of some variations that would go far
toward improving things.
The ineNperience and lack of skill
on the part of the company cooks is
responsible for much that is pretty
bad. Then the fact that with the eX-
ception of one months pay to the
New Workers, all the men are in ar
rears i'm pay and so are unable to
help out the camp cuisine personally
and individually, makes matters even
worse.
The results of all these things are.
as the boys look at if, that things are
very bad, without any one being who'll
~ to blame. and the difficulties to be
remedied are so numerous and scat
tered that il is hard to make reforms
that will improve matters. In the
opinion of thoughtful soldiers who
have given the matter candid consider
alton. the shortcomings can lie RENE
died if there is hearty cooperation all
along the line
But meanwhile men go hungry.
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Hoods
Live; Ss'; IN. Pills

Hoods Pills are as peculiar and as please
ant, in comparison with all others. as 10
Hoods Sarsaparilla.
To compound a pill which shall 90
pleasant to take, shall not pc .oa.,o with
what by age becomes insolG .s.i4 Eblch
shall be just that mild -t.aunu. ,C tina
FLYER and bowels which Shalt leIL Satura
to restore her disordered luucuyns - that
is the problem for ,he pharmacist.
1t is easy TO urge. ont tnat is not what
is wanted ulIo out sure and un.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-10-07
SUEZ CANAL TRAFFIC.

The following is a statement of the
Suez canal traffic for the half year
ended June 3d. 1898, as furnished by
Consul General Watts. The first
column gives the number of ships, the
second the amount of traffic receipts:
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job Printing at The Star Office
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Total ..... ,1,792 $8,6so,9 900