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The times., 1898-11-09
The Campaign Brn.. BAND.

One of the mysterious things about a
political campaign is the band. The
idea of the men who hire the band
probably is that 1t will reach the hearts
of the people, and attract the right ma
terial. and they will quote you that old
sentiment about the man who has no
music in his soul; but the fact is that
some Of these campaign bands have
about as much music in them as there IS
in the sole of a squeaky shoe. or course,
tEey are all earnest and conscientious,
and willing to work. but after they
have come out and murdered Hail
Columbia and TIE Star Spangled Ban
ner," and a certain weIl-known Wash
ington composer. few dozen times. one
feels like suggesting TO them that iazi-
ness is sometimes virtue.
A really good band is one of the most
joyous things in life. What man has
not, in the days OF his youth. marched
as proudly as the shortness of his legs
would permit. in the dusty roadway,
beside the band? He has thrilled with
the notes of the fife. and his heart has
kept time to the rat-tat-tat of the
drum. lie mas 1elt tnat with Sucn Hu-
sic as that to lead him he could march
to danger-to death-to almost any
thing except vulgar fractions and the
| boundaries of Chinese Tartary. School
and the band are always disconnected
in his mind. And it is some reminis-
cence of those halcyon days which
stirs the pulses of the man as he stands
on the sidewalk and sees the snow
white uniforms of the Marine Band. or
the scarlet and blue and gold of some
military organization. coming down the
street to the shrill scream of the fife,
and the steady. muffied throb of the
drum. But there are some things which
even the traditions of childhood cannot
excuse, and one of these is a really
vicious brass band. One feels that the
musicians thereof should share the
fate of that small boy with the toot,
whom the neighbors all threatened to
shoot, till a joker one day filled the toot
full of clay. which stopped all the toot
of the toot.
The times., 1898-11-09

The application of Admiral Sampson
to be allowed to act as Consul General
of the United States at Havana would
be astonishing if It came from any other
living being. AS 1t came from Sampson
it need not surprise anyone. The cum
ming of the hero of Matanzas in the
matter, must be regarded as superb.
even If it failed to work. u
If the Government had acceded to his
request. such action would have
amounted to direct and unqualified rec
ognition of Spanish sovereignty in
Cuba.
Therefore. we are reluctantly COM
PEELED to ask. in what interest was
Sampson acting in attempting little
quiet coup d'etat the nature and conse-
auences of which must have been COM
pieteiy within his knowledge? Was 1t
sugar now, for instance, or was 1t Span
iSh bonds?
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A worthy Plnn.

1t is rumored-but where the rumor
started cannot exactly be ascertained-
that there is a movement among the
department clerks of Washington to Pc
tition that election day be changed to
some other time of year. The reason,
without explanation, will be somewhat
difficult to discover. 1t is this: Depart
ment clerks, having gained their places
by the generously exerted influence of
Republican politicians. are expected in
their turn to help keep the Republican
politician in place when it is his turn
to be in great need. This year it is Mr.
Hanna who is the beneficiary The
Hanna campaign fund from Washing
ton is popularity thought to have
amounted to quite considerable sum.
and it was nearly all raised by the vol
untary contributions of grateful clerks
in the departments. Mr.. Hanna was
thus once more advertised by his loving
friends.
But although, of course, these contri-
buttons are wholly voluntary, and in no
sense to be considered as assessments,
it is a little hard on the clerk that the
gift-day should come at just this time
of year. On the first of November there
are many other things in the near fu-
ture which cost money, and which 1t is
desirable to have. The department
clerk likes to have his Thanksgiving
dinner with his family. and to grace his
board with a modest pair of ducks, or
even a turkey; he may perhaps desire
to go to his old home in a distant State,
to gladden. the eyes of the old mother
or father who have not many years to
live. 1t is at this time of year. also.
that tuition bills begin to come N from
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the schools where the children happen
to be. Christmas is only few weeks
away. and the department clerk. like
other civilized mortais. likes to see that
his childrep's stockings ON Christmas
are comfortably full of something other
than human feet. He does not wish Mr..
Hanna to suffer, of course. or any of his
other great and good friends to suffer.
but If he were TO tell the children that
Santa Claus was in such hurry to
reach Canton that he could not stop to
fill their stockings and decorate their
tree, there would be woe in their infant
breasts. and howls from their baby lips,
and things would be generally uncom-
Portable and inharmonious. The chill
dren would not understand. And there
are other things in the way of bills
which have am unhappy way of coming
up just at this time. There is coal and
there is gas. both of which are con-
sumed in increased quantities at about
this time of year The frst big gas bill
is apt to make its appearance about the
first Of November. and it is always big
ger than the householder had any idea
1t was going to be. And there are new
Winter suits for the children. and new
cloak for the, wife, and even new
overcoat for the patient clerk himself,
all likely Ito be needed this month. 1t
would be a great accommodation to the
department clerk IL the daie OF election
could be changed to some other dime.
Every thoughtfui and right thinking
citizen will do all in his power to for
ward this movement. To be sure. there
may be very few OF the clerks who
pay no assessment. or rather contribute
no gift to the Republican campaign
fund. But why should any be forced to
do 1t at this time of year? Why not
change the gift day to Spring. when
| new clothes are not a necessity to keep
one from freezing? OF course. it would
not do to omit the ceremony entirely,
but it might be modified so that it would
work less hardship.
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MAKING CHAMPAGNE.
The Process Is IA Long and Tedious
One.
(From the Chicago News.)

Cfrom the Chicago News.)
The grapes which grow In Marine
France, are said to make the hest wine in
the world Near and in Rheims. the chief
city of the wine making district are To-
Gated the great wine houses. the names
of which are familiar to all. One of these
firms has wine cellars miles long. and
the liquid in the tuns, casks and bottles
would really float a fair-sized ship. There
are 12.coo,0oo bottles of champagne stored
in these cellars. f4
Champagne with the proper brilliancy
takes three years to make When the
grapes are gathered they are taken TO the
presses. squeezed of their juices, which
runs into watts and settles, and then the
juice is placed in large casks to undergo
fermentation. which takes several months
Great vats, holding 12.Oc9 gallons. are the
repositories of the wine when il has fer
mented. As some years the yield is of
a better quality than Others the products
of different years are mixed in these vats
TO even the quality. Then the wine is
bottled and stored 10 ferment a second
time Sometimes the gases generated are
so powerful that the bottles break. about
10 per cent loss being the average. The
cellars on these occasions are flooded.
These bottles are specially made and very
i-SH's' sCN 81 5AedN II Ntt pressure lleN
undergo while the wine is fermenting
that they are never used the second time.
When the bottles of new wine are first
placed IN the cellar they are stood timed
slantingly, so the sediment can settle
This must be expelled to leave the wine
clear and sparkling. and to do this the
bottles are turned every day. the bottoms
gradually elevated till at length the bottle
is standing on its head. Then the man
turning them gives them sudden twist,
dislodging the sediment which has lodged
in the necks. The cork is loosened and
skillfuily the sediment is blown out. The
sirup and fiavoring mixture is put in, a
label stuck on and in few months. dur
ing which time the wine rests" it is
ready for market.
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Grnndmother,s shoes.

Oh, grandmothers shoes with the tiny heel
And the dainty upturned toe;
Will they ever forget the minuet
That they danced so long ago?
Will they ever forget that evening when
She came down the oaken stair.
In her crimson gown-with her eyes cast down ::
Her lover was waiting therel
And do they remember the mc rning bright
That morn-in bridal ariay-
The lilies shone fair in her golden hair,
That morn OF her wedding day2
And when In the coach STE waved farewell
They were passengers, too
When one is wed. fer good luck" il IS said.
One must wear the old and the new.
New York Tribune.
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Cannot Fool the Idle workinrmnn

President McKiniey's declaration that .'we
have gone in few months from labor seeking
employment to employment seeking labor is re.
peated and glorifed by all the Administration
organs "epigrammatic. 1t may be epgram.
ple-incuding unemployed workingmen-will be
inclined to think detracts from its brilliancy
Not to mention the New England cotton mills
which have shut down again-the glassworkers are
fighting 20 per cent reduction in wages-the
price of the finished product meanwhile steadily
advancing-the wire trust has Just succeeded in
screwing down its employees. and there are miners
strikes in half dozen States. In short the labor
conditions not whit better than they were
before DR.. Mckinley assumed office. And he
knows it. ''Epigrams' of this sort are well
enough for festive occasions, but they don't fool
the who is ont OF work or who is threatened
with cut in wages to the starvation point.
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Americas Duty is Plain.

sFiorn the Chicago Tribuns-l
Only f,so eoursss lie open to the United States
n this Philippine matter. Either We must with
ir,w from the Island entirely, giving up every re
SUIT OF Deweys brilliant victory er the splniai is
must get out, bag and baggage. root and branch
Eitber we must 20 or they must 60. There j. M
middle course on tist point. And II we weEe TO
sya,1mte Manila and Luzon We saould have 10
give over the power either to Aguinaldo aHd hii
insurgents or to Spain and us erues. ioctiis.
numbering. rohbing n,iilians In either case. it
,sorld be leaving these two savage elements TO
fight il ont with than the ioImef Cuban
ierceity Il would he plungine the isiarts into
hinod and rapInc.
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America Can Handle Them.

The burden of the warnings and wailings of
certain retired statesmen with regard. TO ex-
pansion is the grave danger of assuming soyer-
eighty over millions Of ''Spaniards Creoles. ne.
groes, Malays. japanese, Filipinos, Chinese
Tagals and other savage tribes These gentle
men fear that the Americans will lose their
identity and strain OF sturdy and healthy blood
from contact, sovereigns, with these peoples
and tribes These kickers forget that England
seems to be the same Old England. although. for
many generations, the empire has exercised SOW
eegnty over more millions OF strange people
than the United States will have hundreds CT
Thousands
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Some Home Problems.
fErom tbe petroit Eree press.l

We are accumuating problems as fast as Fido
acquires heas. Problems in Hawaii. problems in
Cuba. problems in Porto Rico. problems in the
Ladrones. and now hurrah for 10000, 600 breech-
clout perplexities in the distant Philippines! Are
deed, there are a few. Problem 1.-The indians.
Read "a Century Of Dishonor'' in the light of
the recent fillager uprising. Problem 2-The
boss. Note his domination OF New York and
Pennsylvania politics. Problem S-Capital and
labor ms propiem Is no. peygha tne shotgun
Eleven are dead and four wounded as the result
Of a race war in scctt County, Mississippi. And
there are others.
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Our sympathy is extended to Lemuel
Eli Quigg, Pats lieutenant and most
devoted adherent. who has been defeated
for Congress in the Fourteenth New York
Ter, Democrat and veteran of the Spanish
war. The volunteer army is not to be
without representation on the peoples
side of the House. with men like Wheeler
and Chanler to say a word for it against
Algerism.
The times., 1898-11-09

The Hon. T. C. Plat may have known
grief in his life, but no matter how awful
it may have been. it was not a circum-
stance to what he is destined to with the
wild and bucking broncho, Theodore
Roosevelt. on his hands. On the whole.
we are inclined to think that the punish
ment is no more than he deserves.
The times., 1898-11-09
The colored Man. chance.

From the San Francisco Chronicle)
In the development OF our military strength
necessary by the ownership Of distant outposts
negro regiments will eome in for their full share
of gain tropical climate does not hurt the
African, for he inherits the taste for it and has
a natural immunity from its fevers. Thus it will
inevitably happen that our tropical garrison duty
NUT fail to him. He will perfo m it we'll. but more
than that, he can be trusted at crisis to sustain
the honor of the flag as bravely as his white
ccmrade
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WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER ., 1895
The Lesson of the Elections.

The Lesson of the Elections.
In estimating the influences of yester-
days elections there are certain preoe-
dent conditions to be noted. The war
with Spain created spirit of Ameri-
canism that was without a parallel in
our history. Never lad there been such
unaninnity. never was the minority so
insignificant and voiceless after the
popularity of the war was known. In
every other war in which this nation
engaged there was an organized body
of domestic foes who were ever active
aud who could be kept in tolerable 81
lence only by force The Tories of the
Revolution. the anti-war party in 1872
and in the Mexican war, and again in
the Civil War, were influential and ag
gressive In the conflict with Spain 1t
required no legal processes to compel
TIE little handful of men who were at
first loud in their opposition 10 be still
and even to put on an appearance of
patriotism, once the declaration of war
was made. Political partisanship dis
appeared like a frost before the rising
sun and a sectional bitterness that had
resisted the healing influences of time
was dissolved in the warmth of a COM
mon national spirit The President. to
all appearances ceased to be a Repub-
ncan: he was simply the American
leader of whole people who had only
one object The Hannas vanished COM
pletely from the public sight. From the
moment the call for troops was made
there were no party leaders and no
parties The questions that had been
under daily discussion in legislative
halls and newspapers were dropped in
the presence of a general patriotism of
a single mind. 1t was only small poll
ticians of the Alger type who used the
opportunity for party benefits. They
were able to do this because so hearty
was the disnterested loyalty of the peo-
pie that they We're incapable of sus-
BILE as to abuse the power of appoint
ment as a partisan to the destruction of
efficiency in the army.
When victory was won by the splen-
did courage and matchless fortitude of
our heroic sons, the President. who had
seemed single-minded in his patriotism
after his first humiliating hesitation was
overcome was the great man in the
public sight He was 'our President"
our triumphant leader, and on him was
centered the pride and devotion of a
criticism, no shadow of distrust, and
no thought that he could have a rival
in the esteem of the nation or in his
just claims to the united support of all
the people until peace should be
achieved and until he should be re-
elected as a reward for his good service
= and as an expression of the snation's
satisfaction.
Suddenly it was revealed that while
all the nation had been superior to
every thought of partisan politics; while
all were in the glow of an ardent Amer
icanism. and the noblest sons were
rushing to the front to uphold the
cause espoused for the sake of humani-
- ty and national righteousness, trusted
adviser of the President, the head of the
War Department. had turned his oppor-
tunities for partisan gain to full ac-
count and to the destruction Of an army
of heroes. 1t was incredible The facts
were stated with reluctance and with
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The elections being over and Mr. Nc
kinley furnished with an active compet-
itor for the Republican nomination in 1900.
the country will breathe easier So will
the Peace Commission in Paris. We may
expect TO see great activity now in that
quarter and a most liberal disposition to-
ward a crushed and helpless foe" The
Philippine deal will now proceed.
The times., 1898-11-09
Tanners Mind Is Faulty.
(Flom the Baltim3re Hcraidl

N'i'H '"S ""1'iiii~.e 'AV'd4"-J
Gov. Tanner says that tie United States laws
prohibit the coming OF Chinesc INFO this country.
and that he intends to keep negroes out of H.
linois. The governor forgets that the negroes
have a constitutional right to come and 90 a.
they please in this land of liberty. Tanner would
have made first-rate Grand Cyciops of the Ten
nessee ku-Klux in their pdlmiest days.
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should Disper Her DeIusion.
From the Chicago News.)

NFfoM tEe thIcasU NtWs-I
Spain seems to be laboring under the impr. =
sion that this country country should pay her
damages for whipping her This view is natural
enough to Spain, but. unfortunately for her. IL
is not the common usage nowadays for the victor
TO pay the damages, whether in case at law o,
at war.
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Communications intended for publication in
THE TINES should be tersely and plainly written,
and must in ali cases be accompanied ny the
name and address of the writer Rejected COM
munications will not be preserved. and oaiy man
nscripts of obvious importance will lie returned
to their authors
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DR.. rarkKur.t,. Position.

(From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.)
d.. Parkhurst will vote for Col Roosevelt,
but he wants. it distinctly understood that no
part of his ballet is intended for that man
platt, - -
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quay. Re1igiou. sentimeut..

(From thei Galveston News.)
Senator Quayis father was Presbyterian min
lister. Senator Quay holds that what is to shake
will shake.
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A Thirsty Bird.

tFrom the Cleveland Plain 'DealsT)
..wissby scenes 10 be drinking again.
YES. / Just met him and he said he felt ike
, bird
swallow, OF course
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snmp.on,s 1berian Dfplomacy.

Croker, but the victor has still to pay
heavy price for It,.
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The true northerner., 1898-01-12
Kendall.

Mrs. Bond is slowly improving.
Mrs. Gillease is still i'll with the grip.
School commenced Monday morning.
Mr.. Hill is again able to be on the
streets.
Mrs. H. Nj. Kingsley has sister from
the East visiting her.
Mr. George Walker of Chicago is here
calling on old friends.
Mr.. Will Mack Is reported as doing
well with his broken limb.
Mrs. Mattison entertained a large
number of the aid society on Wednes-
day last.
Mrs Morrill, of Lawton has been
spending some time at the hotel with
family friends.
Mrs Ii. B. Miller's genial face was
seen in church Sunday, she being here
from Kalamazoo.
Mr.. Worthing has removed to the
ianitor's house and is taking care of the
Congregational church
The convention of the Bloomingdale
Pine Grove and Waverly Sunday School
ASSOCIATION will convene in Kendall
Saturday, January 10.
The Methodist and Congregational
societies are holding their mid-week
social meetings together. On Wednes
day evenings they meet in the Con
gregational church and on Thursday
evenings at the Methodist church. As
a result of the labors of Evangelist Cor
don, quite an addition has been made
to the membership of each church.
The true northerner., 1898-01-12
LawtOn.

Mrs. A. 5. Williams is at Albion car
ing for her sister, who Is very sick.
The Ladies' Symphony orchestra will
be at the opera house, Saturday even
ing.
A number of young people enjoyed
themselves Thursday evening skating
at BanKson's lake.
Mrs. f. Irwin, who has been sick for
a great while, died at her home Satur.
day. The funeral was held Tuesday.
Mrs. Chas Gieser was thrown from
her buggy while riding one day last
week and cut severely about the head
One ear was nearly torn off She re-
ceived severe bruises about her back
and hips. She is as comfortable as
could be expected at this writing.
The true northerner., 1898-01-12
Keeler.

Skating is enjoyed of late by young
and old.
DR.. Herkimer of Dowagiac was In
town last week.
A new piano was placed in the home
of Lee Drullinger recently.
Mrs. Humphrey of Coloma was the
guest of Mrs. Koob last Friday.
Mr.. Chas. Boughton of Bloomingdale
spent last Monday with j Irish's people
Mr.. j. Fisher and family of Dowag-
lac spent Saturday with Mr.. Myers
people.
Mrs l.. Longwell returned to Chi.
cagO last Saturday, where she continues
her music.
Mrs. 5. SCOTT goes this week to Colo
ma where, she will spend two weeks
with her daughter, Mrs. Moth.
Mr. Ii. Corwin and Mr.. r. Clover,
with their wives, were the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. A. j. Skies last Saturday.
Two sleigh loads of the young people
attended a social at Mr.. III. Wheaton's
Thursday evening, having jolly time.
Mrs. Chas. and Mrs. A. o. Dun
combe attended the charity ball at
Dowagiac, remaining over until Tues
day, attending the opera of Monday
evening.
Last Monday evening, Miss Dottie
Clark was most happily surprised by
about twenty of her associates coming
to spend the evening with her, remind
ing her that it was her nth birthday.