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Duties of The Men Who Are Supporting
Uncle S0m'SC Contention In the NGqO-
fiQtiOnS With the Represent
olives of Spain.

began to capture American vessels in
the Mediterranean and condemn their
crews to slavery We had had our
troubles with these pirates before and
had been paying them not to modest
American vessels or citizens. The dey
did not keep his promise, and a, pow
erful squadron in command Of Porter
and Perry was sent to make a demon
stration off the coast of Algiers in 1915.
They succeeded in capturing the larg-
est frigate in the Algerian navy and,
with other naval successes, so terri
fed the dey that he consented to a
treaty contemplating amicable rela-
lions. Under it all his prisoners were
released, a cash indemnity was paid,
and the dey renowned all future claims
to tribute from America. This was the
first and only treaty made by the Unit
ed States with another country in
which cash indemnity on account of
war was demanded.
1t seems to have been the policy of
the government to ask neither for cash
indemnity nor territorial cession.
What territory the United States has
added to the original thirteen States
has been purchased. The annexation
Of Texas, which State had won it's in
dependence from Mexico, led to the
war with that country in 1867. Hos
tilities were brought to a close by the
signing of the treaty of Guadalupe
Hidalgo, which was ratified on May 80,
1S4S. Instead of exacting cash in
demnity from Mexico and the cession of
territory, the United States paid that
government $15,000,000 for the terri
tory annexed and also agreed to pay
$3,250000 which citizens of the United
States claimed against Mexico for dam
ages sustained. These are about all
the treaties that the United States has
made on war basis, with the excep-
ton Of one now being negotiated by
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(CCpyright. 1887

\OOPy AsoAA1J AScO'(
The wars in which the United States
has been involved with other nations
have been few when compared with
those OF European countries, and as a
consequence We have had comparative
ly little experience in that phase of
diplomatic service of which the ar
ranging for a treaty of peace entirely
satisfactory to the victors is such AN
important factor The work of pre-
~ long and tedious process and is
surrounded by grave responsibilities
and an endless ARRAY of detail. 1t is
no more so, however, than the ar
ranging of a treaty of peace after hos
Utilities have ceased.
The work of bringing two warning
nations back to the friendly relations
that previously existed between them
Is no easy matter, and not only does
1T require a great deal of time, but the
most deficate rulings in diplomacy
INC VIII ullSHL De vi SHUT uuFdtlOu,
such as that which has just been
brought to an end between the United
States and Spain, and yet the time
consumed in arranging the treaty of
peace and bringing the nations inter-
ested into friendly intercourse may be
OF greater length than the that spent
On the battlefields. A conflict n which
the power or fighting strength of coun-
tries is tested might end the martial
struggle, while it would take months
for the matter to be settled by the rep
resentatiyes Of the two nations. Our
war with Spain lasted really only a hit
tie more than 100 days, and yet it is
not known how long it will take the
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our representatives and those of Spain
at Paris

our representatives and those of Spain
at Paris.
We have entered into treaties with
all the powers by which our commerce
and American citizenship will be pro-
tected. These, however, are common
occurrences, and little or no interest is
taken in them by the people in general,
except while they are being made.
With the treaty that is being arranged
now it is different, and all Americans
are keenly alive to its importance 1t
is the first one in which the United
States has been interested in which she
demands that territory be turned over
to her without paying cash for it. The
war, as everybody knows, was brought
on by the inhuman treatment Spain
offered her colonies in the Atlantic and
Pacific. In order to punish that coun-
try, the United States not only spent
enormous sums of money, but left many
of her citizens on the field of battle.
She stood the insults of the Spaniards
as long as it was possible and until
many of the other nations looked upon
her with disgust and wondered what
had be come of the sand which she
had shown some of them she possessed.
When the time came, she struck with
the determination that the Spanish flag
should never fly over any portion Of
America again.
It took the dons some time to find
out that they were no match for the
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S. ssa.s,.s - SALON. Of ARBITRATION,

representatives will delay the proceed
I ings in the hope CT gaining some adj
vantage which at present does not
seem clear or even possible. Ii speak
ing Of the matter few days before the
commissioners started for Paris, one of
them said: 1T is expected that the
spaniards will object to nearly every
thing in the treaty. 1t will be done
with the hope OF exhausting the pa
thence of the American commissioners
and in that way securing greater adj
vantages. The Spaniards pride them
selves on their diplomatic SKILL and
there is no doubt they are pre-eminent
in the game of diplomacy, which is re-
ally nothing more than ornate lying,
polished and polite. 1t will do them
little good, however, for they will find
we have mere patience than We are
given credit for. They. can play their
game OF diplomacy and have just
enough rope to hang themselves, but
when it comes down to the time of de-
Gliding what is or is not to be they will
find they have had all their trouble for
nothing, for in the end they will be
obliged to accept the terms we have
made for them"
Some of the instructions that have
been given TO the members Of the
Spanish peace commission have been
allowed to leak out piecemeal, and,
while they are directed to delay the
signing Of the treaty as long as posi-
Bile in the hope that Spain viii benefit
in the end, they are not to enjoy the
pleasure Of springing a surprise on our
commissioners, as will be seen By the
statement above, which, by the way,
was made by Senator Gray.
Ii has been stated on good authority
that the Spaniards have been instruct
ed to energetically maintain SPANS in
disputable sovereignty over the entire
Philippine group. This is based on the
protocol and Historical reasons 1t
is not known what the willy dons mean
by historical reasons" and it makes
little difference. 1t is also learned that
they viii recapitulate the neeotiatioas
between Spain and the United States
preceding the war and, later. preced}
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transfer of them from the sovereignty
OF Spain, and it will be but matter
of a short time before this will have
been Clo1e.
Tire men who viii represent Spain
on the commission that is holding its
session in Paris are from among her
brightest diplomats and statesmen.
They are Senor Montero Rios, pTesi-
dent of the senate and also president
of the commission, SO far as Spain is
concerned; General Cerro and Sena-
tors AbarzuZa, Villarrutia and Garnica.
The treaty the commissioners are to
make Will be ere OF the most fmpor-
tant that have been undertaken in
many years and viii have at least one
novel feature, and chat is, that with
the exception OF the responsibility Of
paying the Cuban debt. there will be
10 money Consideration whatever -
VOWED II viii be the first treaty II
many yez-s to be made bringing tvo
nx<scns to f14endfy relations after hos
tilttie1 where cash - Sot n some
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them, wounded and dying, falling thick
and fast around me. You may say that
| saw not one man funk in the face OF
death on that terrible day of fight and
bloodshed. While | was firing my gun
from Bloody Hill a youngster, not more
than twenty years old, suddenly jerked
MS leg. he uttered a sharp, quick cry,
then bent down and tore the trousers
away from the place in his shin where
MIME ball had struck him. He look
ed up with smile, patted the wound
with his hand, pulled the torn trousers
down, and went on shooting. Five
minutes later he yelled again, and his
hand went up to the fieshy part Of his
arm. Hit again. he said, and sat down
behind the battle ranks and examined
his arm. The wound was only skin
deep and that seemed to please him
hugely, for he tied his handkerchief
around it and went again forward into
the ranks with his musket.
You're fighting in bad luck TO-DAY.
Pete said comrade. The youngster
turned his face to answer back, and by
the swapping Of his eyes 1t could be
seen that mis- mind framed a saucy. de-
fant reply. Just then mis- Jaw dropped.
A ball ploughed its way through his
mouth, leaving nothing but a bloody
tonguelegs cavity. With a coarse CUR
gle the fellow threw his gun on the
ground and fed back Of the lines. He
was found in hospital afterward. but
never recovered.
"On that same day I encountered
three men under a tree Their faces
were ashy gray, showing that they were
mortally wounded. I asked them WHY
they were not attended TO. and one Of
them said that it was all over with
them; they wanted the surgeons to at
tend first to those who could be saved
One OF the men was smoking a short
brierwood pipe.
What are you doing, my friendr /
asked
Taking my last smoke be answer
ed, his CLASSY eyes looking steadily at
me- Another was reading letter. He
held i up to his face, but could zee
that he was not making any headWay.
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dhts RsASSN NANss
Washington Post.
This young Washington man, upon hts
return from the seashore the other day,
looked worried when ne sought the advice
Of his quite elderly married woman friend
and confidante.
you'd think" said he. ito read the let
ter that got here on the train after did,
wei, aren't your" she inquired:
Not that l know of he replied.
what did you say 10 herr
Didn't say anything much. Ordinary
line o talk. How she makes II out that
we're engaged is more
were out al the end Of the pier, bathing
in the radiance Of the yellow moon, ths.t
she was your Sappho OF tho violet eyes.
and that you had a mental picture Of
gazing at the wine-dark IonlaD Sea-
OH / s'pose some old thing like that.
Or"
You told her that her voice was as the
low laughing OF many waters, and that
its meauingfrl cadenceg conJured up In
Vulnerable vistas Of beauty for your"
Maybe, did, but what's that got 70 do
you told her, no doubt, that her raven
tresses were like the FURNISHED under aide
Of falcons wing
shes a blonde"
We'll. then. that they made you think
OF field OF waving. riDened grain. shops
upon by the rays Of wan autumn sunsz.'
"Oh. say, don't remember whether
did or not, but
You told her that her perfect corot
ears were like dainty pinken shells cast
UP by. vagrom waves on southern
II say. how ala you find out"
Just the sort / have given you Ececi-
mems OF and nothing more? Nothina
about marriageT
why, no: certainly not You've got
about right. That's as far as ! went
Had to say something. didn't IT
You foolish lad, 70 home and reet IA
peace. OF course. you're not engaged.
How absurd to even dream Of such u
thingi why I heard all Of those things.
dozens Of times over good thirty years
original nloonshine. Decidedly, you are
not engaged. You are quite free 10 say
the same general things al over again 20
any number Of girls for a long time yet,
ard to even take yourself quite seriously
while you are saying them That IN. you
may believe In yourself for as long as ten
minutes at a stretch. Moreover. you need
not worry a whit. The girls don't besievs
particle OF IL. How absurd 10 fancy
you are engaged. simply because you aaf1
thinking you were saying them for tbs
first time-son1e pretty things 20 a pretty
CIR! at the seashorei 90 home. this In
stanti You weary me
II don't know how I'd possibly make out
without a woman chum q her age and
experience" unused the young man on hlz
way home.
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Americans, and the final stroke came
when Cervera's fleet. the pride and
flower of the Spanish navy, was sunk
and the stronghold at Santiago was
taken. They made overtures for peace,
and a protocol was signed by M. Jules
Cambon, the French ambassador repre-
senting Spain, and Secretary of State
Day for the United States. Hostilities
ceased, and negotiations were started
for the conclusion of treaty of peace,
after the signing of which the two
countries will resume friendly relations.
1t never takes Uncle Sam long to do
anything that is going to benefit his
people or the world at large, and as
soon as the arrangements were entered
into the men who are to represent the
United States on the commission that
will carry out the terms upon which
friendly relations may be restored were
named within few days. With Spain
it was different. She waited until the
American commission was named be-
fore she selected her representatives.
The American commissioners were
taken from the foremost ranks of the
statesmen of the country and have
served the government in many i'm
portant capacities for years. They are
William Day, until recently Secretary
of State; Senator Cushman K. Davis,
Of Minnesota; Senator w. P. Frye, of
Maine; Whitelaw Reid, former am
bassador to France, and Senator George
Gray, of Delaware. who is considered
to be one of the best informed men on
international law in the country. There
are many different views among the
commissioners as to whether we
should or should not annex the Asiatic
colonies taken from Spain. The ma
jority is said to be in favor OF expan-
sion and to believe i'm returning the
territory acquired. just what instruc
tons the commission received from
President Mckinley has never been
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measure figured. Every war that has
occurred in Europe in this century
has been ended with the signing Of a
treaty of peace in which the victor de-
manded a large indemnity for the trou-
bic and expense it was put TO in main
tanning troops In the field. The largest
indemnity that was ever demanded
was that by Germany from France af-
ter the Franco-PrusSian war. 1t was
for 81, COO, eco, 900 and was paid within
three years. England has collected
on two occasions large indemnities
from China On account of having to
put men in the field to protect her cit
liens. One CT these was for SIS, COO, eco
and the other for $10,000,000. China
was compelled to pay japan S1S5, 0o0,-
900 as cash indemnity after the war
between those two countries, besides
transferring the island of Formosa TO
her Had not the powers interfered
Turkey would have compelled Greece
to pay war indemnity of $4,000, 900.
1t was cut down to $4,000, coo. There
are many other cases which might be
cited in which the victNous country
has compelled the dIefeasst one TO pay
an amount sufficient TO cover all the
expenses incurred in carrying on the
war, and leave a handsome profit.
This has not been the case with Uncle
Sam, however. He has been satisfied
to have the difficulties settled and
peace restored without collecting a
cash indemnity, and this will be, as al
ready stated, the first time in the his
tory of the wars Of the United States
when we have demanded territorial
concessions without at least paying for
them.
While it will be the object Of the
American commissioners to finish the
work of bringing the two countries
again into fri IDLY intercourse as
quickly as possible, it is believed and
from what can be gathered from re-
ports it seems likely that the Spanish
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made public, but it is safe to say that
the representatives have been given
considerable latitude in arranging the
treaty, and while this is true they will
be expected to insist upon Spain sub
stantially accepting the terms that
have been given to the commissioners
as basis.
There are many important questions
to be settled by the commissioners.
The most important ones to be cen
sidered are the disposition of any sec
ticcs of the Philippine Islands which
the United States may decide not 10
retain and the forming Of govern
nlent for them. According to general
report, the government will demand
from Spain the island Of Luzon, IN the
Philippe group to be used as a coaa-
ing and naval station, and the island OF
Guam, In the LandIcnes, for the same
purpose The commission are, SO far
az cam be asceT4ained. TO demand .
liberal Norm Of government for those
tslandb which viii not cone directly
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JEWELS or LEO XIII

Leo XIII has received during hfz
pontificate % tiaras adorned with pre-
cious stones. 3l9 crosses OK gold set
with diamonds and other gems. leo
chalices In gold and silver 81 rings. OF
which one given by the Sultan Is
worth SO 900: sixteen pastoral slaves
of gold Get with precious stones; 884
ostensorfa ID gold and silver. seven
states in gold ard silver; nearly 1000
artistic articles. and very large dia-
mord. presented By President Kruger.
worth $4,000.
(copyright, 1888. By the international
Literary and News seryice.l
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under the rule Of the United States.
1t has been stated by one of the COM
missioners that the Spanish crown
may be allowed to, retain the Islands
under such guarantee as may be con-
sidered desirable in order to insure
their government IN a manner salts
factory to the United States. This,
however, will not be definitely set
tied until the commission shall have
completed it's work and the treaty of
peace shall have been ratified by
both governments.
While the commission will take UP
all the questions of the territorial con-
cesions, it will have little Or nothing
to do with Cuba and Porto Rico.
These two islands are practically I'M
der American control at present, ard
all that remains Is for the Spanish
troops to evacuate these places. This
work is going on now. Both American
and Spanish commissioners are in Gu
ba and Porto Rico arranging for the
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AS TOLD BY ROUGH RIDERS.
Which the Same Illustrates a Certain
Phase of Police Stupidity.


In sharp distinction to most OF the
rough riders OF the cowboy type, who
are quiet, sofJ-spoken fellows, he was
talking very loudly about his trip to
the city. The nature Of his speech
was doubtless due to the fact that he
was young, not over 10, certainly.
whether or not it be true, II undoubt-
eddy cannot be substantiated by refer
ence TO the police records:
The three of us was goln' along TO
the ferry. when one of them big po-
licemen come up an points to my hol-
ster.
What we got in that? he says
"'Pe9nuts, says |. Want bItef'
Don't get fresh with me. young
feller,' he says. 'Ye got revolver In
there. I'll take We in If We gimme any
lip
"'Got a lasso with your says.
YEN need it. What ye goin to take
me in fer? I'm a rough rider, | am.
and they need me out Teddy's way
Yer carryin' concealed weapons he
says.
"Orson and Johnny hadn't made
peep, but as soon as he says that they
pull, their guns.
See anything concealed aboU1 hs1 y
says. o-snn. -llS11i ~ = ~
nose.
il" Or that?" says Johnny. lnf
1t up with his.
A" OR that?" says I. chuckin' him. ln-
der the chin with my gun.
g You are hell Of an ofiicerj you
are says Johnny. who always was q
kind of lawyer, not to know that q
United States soldier can carry arms
anywhere. I've seen feIlers lose their
jobs by not keeepin' track OF the law.
through gettin' bullet through their
heads"
Then we came away, an the last
/ seen of that policeman he was pull
lin his club to hammer some kids that
was guyin' him"
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St. Louis Republic.
"If YOU want to know how men die IN
hattie, ask some Of those who have
been at Wilson'S Creek, on one side or
tho other" said Judge David Murphy,
of the Criminal Court.
81 was in Totten's battery, ana Sd"
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MEANINGLESS COMPLIMENTS.

Rehearsed by a Veteran TO Benrdiess
Youth, They Surprised Him.
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HIT IN BATTLE.

Observations of Veteran in the ClVli
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