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fruit-eating cranks and their followers.
The fact is that the fruit-eating fad in
this country started with the Brook
Farm enthusiasts, and anybody who
thinks they were subsidized by any
power on earth has found a motive for
their behavior never before attributed
to them. 1t is perfectly true that thirty
or forty years ago fruit was a luxury
to everybody except the farmers in
Embarrassing districts. Now it is al
most considered-a necessity. When the
middleaged people Of today We're chill
dren they used To get oranges and figs
for Christmas treats. Nowadays those
fruits are too common to be used for
such purposes. But the probabilities
are that in this case the supply has
created the demand instead of the de-
mand creating the supply. Now that
there are huge fruit farms in various
parts of our land where fruit can be
cheaply raised, and the railways trans
port it quickly and cheaply, the very
poorest can afford to eat fruit, and do
eat it. not because they have been told
and they like it.
AS to the compare tive merits of fruit,
bread and meat, there is this to be said:
All three are healthful in moderation.
People who point to the inhabitants Of
the tropics as the result of fruit diet
do not take into account the climate Of
the tropics which makes fruit the most
hoo ,ft,i nf y-aiN
thing to do with the physical condition
of those who have to live in it. 1t
would be just as reasonable to say that
the character of the EsquimauX is sole
ly the result of a meat diet. Diet I'M
questionably has something to do with
national character, but not everything.
Bread as it is frequently made in big
bakeries, with all the healthful part of
the wheat eliminated. with chemical
preparations introduced in place Of
yeast. and with no sanitary precautions
observed in its making, is about as I'M
healthful stuff as ever entered a human
stomach. It is an airy structure Of wa
ter, flour and wind, and about as nu-
| tritious as sawdust. The homemade
/ iOdl COLSlTuCltu ny ali uHShlilIu l ICOn,
sodden, half baked or burnt. and rails
ed with other chemical preparations, is
a little worse. especially in its imme-
| date effects Fruit, which is not pal
atable unless in good condition, is con-
siderably better for the health of the
! average person than either of these
compounds. But after all is said and
/ done. the ideal diet is composed Of a
/ large variety of things in moderation,
and all of good quality. fresh and well
cooked, and suited to the peculiar taste
Of the individual. There are some peo-
! pie who cannot eat fruit with comfort,
and others who cannot eat meats, and
! others to whom cereals are objection
able. The sooner the cranks and the
anti-cranks learn the truth of that old
saw, What is one mans meat is an
other mans poison" the better it will
be for the world. The only rule which
/ can be laid down on these subjects is
/ that each person should find out what
/ food will keep him or her in the best
physical condition. and endeavor so far
| as possible to eat that food.
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(From thd petroit Free Press.l

(FrOm tho Detroit Free Press.)
while l was at Moscow" writes a
traveller, "a volume was published in IA
vor of the liberty of the people. In this
book the iniquitous conduct of the public
functionaries, and even of the sovereign,
were censured severely. The book Gre
ated great indignation, and the offender
was at once taken into custody. After
being tried in a summary way, he was
condemned to eat his own words. A scat
fold was erected in a public square, the
imperial provost, the magistrate and the
physicians OF the car attending, the book
was separated from the binding, and the
margin cut off. The author was then
served, leaf by leaf, by the provost, and
was obliged to swallow this unpalatable
stuff on pain of the knout more feared
In Russia than death. AS soon as the
medical gentlemen were of the opinion
that he had eaten as much as ne could
with safety, the transgressor was re-
turned TO prison. This punishment was
renewed the following days, until, after
several hearty meals, every leaf of the
book was actually swallowed"
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pie of a whole State, and as Mr.. SullO-
way proceeded to tell Of the letters he
had been receiving from his constitu-
ents, expressing their fear that the
President was weakening, and being in
fluenced by the money power, and so
on, it became evident that New Hamp-
shire, although a small State, is rapid
ly getting into the condition described
by the diminutive fighting man, who
said that ordinarily he weighed
one hundred and ten pounds, but
when he was mad he weighed
ton. Mr.. Sideways district
does not look very large on the map,
but it is so doubled up and on edge,
owing to the prevalence of hills and
valleys. that it really contains a good
many people, and these people seemed
to be aroused almost to the point Of 60
ing on the war path. After making all
these things clear to the President, Mr..
Suiloway departed, leaving the White
House with clear conscience, and be-
ing careful not to hit his head against
the lower branches of the trees on the
lawn.
AS for Mr. Mckinley. 1t is to be
doubted whether he has ever been Wis
tied by such an Elijah before, or heard
such plain talk He has been told in
straight English what the country
thinks Of the Maine disaster and what
it thinks of the proposition to demand
pay for that outrage. and he has heard
! it from a representative of one of the
most conservative and economical
States in the country, a State which is,
and has always been, slow to wrath and
economical in splitting bullets. Repre-
sentative Sulloway did not use his ex-
traordinary length for any theatrical
purpose. He made no gestures; he -four
ished no knife: he INDUCED in no ora
| toriCal howls. He simply arose in his
| might and told the truth straight, in the
pious hope that the proceeding might
put some starch into the Executives
| back Whether it did or not cannot
yet be known, but at any rate the Hon.
| Cyrus Adams Sulloway of New Hamp-
! shire has done his duty as a man and
a patriot.
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From worktngman's Point of View

With the proper pull you'll get there,
No matter what the goal;
Though your fitness is just equal
To cube for a round hole.
No odds about your merits,
You can always draw the wool
Over anybody's vision,
Ii you've got the proper pull"
Talk not OF rank or station,
They're hut accidents of BIRTH
And as for reputation
You may have your moneys worth,
There Is nothing under heaven
Nou may not enjoy in full,
If to you there has been given
That magic power called pull"
That there's potency in money
Even skcptics won't deny,
And OF friends there are not many
That riches will not buy.
The wisdom Of the sagos
You may have ip volume full,
But TO get raise in wages,
You have got to have a pull"
&c. IL. DOING.
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why Was the Montgomery Recalled:

why Was the Montgomery Recalled?
Was the Montgomery recalled from
the harbor of Havana because of a sus-
picion on the part of the Administrat ton
that she too might be blown up as the
result of a Spanish official accident"
Or was she ordered home that we might
give renewed confidence of our friend
ship for Spain? These are questions
which are bothering the people of this
country very materially today.
Perhaps the Navy Department has
had information that the warship
anchorage in the harbor of Havana is
unsafe and liable to more accidents"
In that case it was doubtless wise to
withdraw the boat. and to substitute the
naval tug Fern. Another international
incident of the Maine kind might actu-
ally so irritate the American people that
the Spanish Cuban bond deal would be
wrecked forever.
Without a war vessel in the port the
lives of our Consul General and other
citizens are placed in the greatest peril.
But any aforementioned man ought to
be willing to sacrifice his frail tene-
ment of the flesh if by SO doing he could
insure a three-hundred-m million dollar
profit to be divided between members Of
the international syndicate whose iden-
tity can be easily arrived at
If the Montgomery has been brought
home in compliance with request from
Spain it is probable that the Spanish
minister will see his advantage and de-
mand that we shall remove the wreck
of the Maine, and a number of remain
ing American corpses, since their pres
ence at Havana is an offensive remind
er of the 'chivalric" treachery of the
Spanish government. That would be
the logical course for him to pursue, and
it would be equally in accordance with
all Cleveland and Mckinley precedents
for this Government to submit. An old
Roman would say with pride: ''Civus
Romanus Sum-" The policy and con-
duct Of the Administration makes one
feel like exclaiming: "Felis Americans
Sum-"
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1t is really pathetic to observe the
nervousness of the Administration for
fear that the press may get the Maine
report before the President does. What
does this mean? Is it that the authori-
ties do not trust commissioned officers
of the Navy? Or is it that Mr., Nc
Iinley is afraid he will first get the Of
fetal report over the telephone from The
Times Office. as he did the news of the
massacre of Havana! There is also room
for suspicion that the Administration
fears that everything in the report would
become public through the papers !;
whereas some of it may be suppressed if
it can be received safely. secretly and
Officially"
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The South and the Flag.

(From the New Orleans Times Democrat.
Whether for peace for war, the whole world
will henceforth understand that the people OF
the United States are unanimous. No matter
what divisions may exist among in respect OF
our home policies, matter how obstinately
we may fight for or against protection of our
home industries and labor, no matter how wide
" we may disagree with one another ON the i'm
portant questions affecting measures of value,
whenever it comes to the point OF facing a for
eign power the Americans to be found stand
ing shoulder to shoulder-and let no statesman
in any quarter forget it, lest he slip.
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Spuin'S Troubles.


tFtOm Inc KoCHtsItf IImcs-J
The Specification" OF the Philippines will have
to be done all over again. Putting down the
instruction there as also in Cuba is something
like ''klling the silver craze" in this country.
The Dons and the sound money" patriots
having discouraging time of it.
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No Alliance with Great Britain

lFTOm Iht JOIullDus PTtas.)
The people of this country will never ratiy an
alliance with Great Britain against Russia, as
the price of the queens support in case OF war
with Spain. The Cuban imbroglio will not alter
onr national policy of hands off, in the af-
fairs OF Europe. Just now we have troubles OF our
own
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President Eliot AwheeI.

Cotton Mather surely never dreamed that in
this present year OF grace the president OF lIar-
ward College, in a golf suit, with stockings of a
crimson mixture would be seen with his wife rid
ing swiftly through the streets on tandem
bicycle.
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We wait in vain for something lurid to
grow out OF the Quesada incident. Here
was the accredited charge daffaires of
the Republic of Cuba, officially received
at a public function. by the Vice Presi
dent of this country. That act would
give the Cubans a right to raise their
flag upon the sea. 1t was a distinct rec
ognition of belligerency. Yet we do not
hear that Senior Polo has as much as had
row over it with Judge Day at the
Spanish legation
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Marshal Blanco's chief general in the
field, Pando, has been absent and un-
accounted for these ten days At latest
accounts he was hunting for CaliXto
Garcia. The broad chances are that he
has found him. and that he is his. There
is a great feeling of panic at the palace
in Havana If Pando has been defeated,
and killed or captured, the effect of the
disaster upon public opinion in Spain Is
likely to be fatal to Blanco, If not to
Sagasta and the monarchy.
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We have another Illustration of the
fact that not all members Of Congress
can be suppressed to meet the views of
the Spanish-Cuban bond sharks. Yester-
day Gen. Joseph Wheeler introduced a
joint resolution providing for a represen-
tation to Spain that American rights in
Cuba must be respected, and Spanish
atrocities stopped! That is the way to
put it; but it is painful to think what an
opinion Of the great cavalry general
Messrs Hanna. McCook and Ickleheimer
must have.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-18

It is reported that the French fleet
is modifying for demonstration in Chi
nese waters. in favor of Russia. Consid-
ering what England has to look out for
elsewhere, union of the French and
Russian fleets would be a serious job for
John Bull to tackle. Lord Salisbury is
ill., and the British argument in this
emergency is not known. 1t may be rea-
sonably conjectured, however, that in
the end, her majesty Will assure the
car that if he wants Port Arthur and
Talienwan, he has only to say so, and
that she would have given her consent
long ago if he had only mentioned the
matter. The British Lion appears to need
a course at a sanitarium for the mango.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-18
The Negro.

The colored people seem to me by ma
ture quite the equal, mentally and physi-
cally. of the race in this country. Ger
tainly, physically; they are by far the
larger and stronger race on the island.
There is little or no race prejudice. and
this has doubtless been greatly TO their
advantage. Eighty-five years ago there
wre one-half as many free negroes as
slaves, and this proportion was slowly
increasing until emancipat ton.
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Miss Barton and Her work.

Miss Barton needs no Endorsement from
me. l had known and esteemed her for
many years. but had not half appreciated
her capability and devotion to her work.
l especially looked into her business
methods, fearing there would be the great
est danger of mistake. that there might
be want of system. and waste and eXtrav-
agance but found she could teach me
on these points | visited the warehouse
where the supplies are received and dis
tributed: saw the methods of checking:
visited the hospitals established or organ
lied and supplied by her; saw the food
distributions in several cities and towns.
and everything seems to me to be con-
Quoted in the best manner possible. The
ample fire warehouse in Havana owned
by Cuban firm. is given with a gang of
laborers free of charge to unload and re-
snip supplies. The childrens hospital in
Havana, a very large, fine, private resi-
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John Wanamaker said in a speech
Wednesday that there is but one Repub-
lican member of Congress from Pennsyl-
vania who is not controlled by Senator
Quay. In the delegation from the Key
stone State there are twenty-seven Re
publicans and yesterday each one of these
endeavored to create the impression that
he was the one exception referred to by
the former Postmaster General
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PROCTOR DRAWS A PICTURE
Continued from First Page)

have reached is under guard and within
their so-called Notifications. To describe
one place is to describe all. To repeat it
is neither peace nor war. 1t is concentra-
ton and desolation. This is the 'paci-
fed condition of the four western prov
inceS.
West of Havana is mainly the rich to-
oacco country east. so far as | went, a
sugar region. Nearly all the sugar mills
are destroyed between Havana and
Sagua. Two or three were standing in
the vicinity of Sagua, and, in part run
ming, surrounded. as are the villages. by
trochas and FORTS or palisades of the
royal palm, and fully guarded Toward
and near Cienfuegos there were more
mills running. but all with the same pro-
lection. 1t is said that the owners of
these mills near Cienfuegos have beef
able to obtain special fayors of the Span
ish government in the way of large
force of soldiers, but that they, also, as
well as all the railroads, pay taxes to
the Cubans for immunity. l had no
means of verifying this. 1t is the COM
mon talk among those who have better
means of knowledge
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There will be no session of the House
tonight, it having been postponed until
Monday, when an unusually large batch
of pension bills will be passed upon.
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viding for the election OF federal iudga,
by the people some day during tbs
week Discussion of the financial nues-
ton is also among the probabilities
senator Davis is expected to omen tbs
Hawaiian debate with a set speecb on
Monday, but there is a possibility thar
he will defer his main argument untiI
later in the discussion.
THE HOUSE.
The civil service debate, which has
been in progress in the house during
the past week, will be concluded prob-
ABLY, on Tuesday, when the vote Will
be taken on motion to strike out the
appropriation for the maintenance Of
the commission. The motion is fore
doomed TO defeat, so that the present
contributions to the literature of this
vexed question will eventuate in moth
ing. The debate. however, has served
10 define the position of the members
Inc DEBATE has proved that compara-
lively rev OF the enemies OF the system
are willing to go to the length OF yot-
ing for the repeal OF the law. 1t is
claimed that preliminary canvass
of the Republicans of the house has
developed over 100 who are willing to
vote for modification of the law. II
with these could be combined the Dem
ocratic opponents of the law, many Of
whom are against the entire law and
desire TO see it wiped off the statute
books, they could probably command
a majority. But quite a number OF
Democrats whose hostility to the law
is outspoken say they Will not vote for
notifications of the law which will
simply result In the removal of Dem
ocrats from office and the substitution
of Republicans.
They prefer if 1t is not to be repealed,
to see the law stand as it is. The en-
tire Populist strength will oppose every
motion to repeal or modify the law.
After the legislative, executive and ju-
dicial appropriation bill is out OF the
way, either the agricultural or diplo-
matte and consular bin will be taken
up and an urgent deficiency bill viii be
ready so that the remainder of the
week, except Saturday, set apart for
paying tribute to the memory of the late
Representative Milliken, of Maine. will
he occupied with appropriation bills.
The diplomatic and consular bill IS
very likely to cause extended debate
on the pending foreign questions. Cuba,
Hawaii, the situation in the Orient etc,
any one Of which could be made a
fruitful theme Of discussion. 1t is un-
derstood to be the intention Of the
Democrats to force the Republicans to
define the administration position to-
wards. Cuban independence during the
debate.
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DEBATE NAY BE PROLONGED,
AS the Opposition Is Not Over=Confident
of It's Strength
Raid Civil Service to FaiI-It Will O,,x D.
suit in Putting Members on Record
Week in Congress.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9-Interest in
the senate proceedings for the week
centers in the promised debate of the
treaty for the annexation of Hawaii.
which will be taken up on Monday.
Senator Davis has given notice that he
will move an executive session of the
senate for consideration of the treaty
each day until the treaty shall be final
ly disposed of. The first effort on Mon
day will be to secure open doors for
the debate. This motion will be made
by Senator Pettigrew, of the opposi-
ton, but there is no likelihood that 1t
will carry.
The prevailing opinion is that the de-
bate will not be prolonged on the
treaty, but theories as to the length of
time vary all the way from a week to
a month. The opposition to the treaty
assert that they have no disposition to
prolong the discussion owing to this
confidence in their ability to defeat the
treaty. They claim thirty-five votes In
opposition and state that among these
there will be more than one Republican.
Senator Morrill, adheres to his original
determination to oppose the ratifica-
ton resolution, and he is preparing a
OESSSh Oil bAidl SIuc OI the
The name of Senator Money on the
Democratic side is added to the list of
supporters of the treaty, making five
Democrats who will certainly favor an
nexation. Senator Butler, Populist,
whose position has not heretofore been
generally known. today announced
himself as opposed to ratification
1t may be accepted as true that. If
the opponents of annexation become
thoroughly convinced that they can
secure the one-third vote necessary to
accomplish that end they will allow
the vote to come without delay; reserv-
ing any dilatory tactics to which they
may be disposed to resort for use in
connection with the consideration of
the Joint resolution for annexation,
which would follow the defeat of the
treaty. This resolution would require
only majority vote, and 1t is conced-
ed on all hands that the annexation
fists have the necessary majority.
In open session the calendar presents
many subjects that may receive atten-
ton, including especially the immigra-
ton bill and the census bill the latter
affording a basis for speeches upon the
civil service. Senator Fairbanks has
given notice OF a speech on the immi-
grafton bill on Tuesday, and Senator
Butler will speak on his resolution pro-
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BRYAN A FUSIONIST.
Prefers to Retain the Aid of
Populists and Free Silver Re-
pubiicans.

CHICAGO, Jan. 9-W. ]. Bryan. in
concluding a speech before the Bryan
league at the fremont house during a
banquet held after the Auditorium
meeting early this morning, made a.
remark which was interpreted as show
ing his intention if he is nominated for
the presidency ir 1900. In speaking of
the next presidential election, Mr..
Bryan said: "It may be we NAV be
strong enough to win without any out
side help. But, nevertheless, 1 prefer
to win with the Populists on one side
and the free silver Republicans on the
other. And we must not forget when
the victory is won that in the cam
paign of last year 1t took more cour-
age on the part of the free silver Re.
publicans to desert their old party and
more self-sacrifice on the part of the
Populists to go outside of their organi-
zation for a presidential candidate, be-