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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-13
WHAT 1T MEANS.

The language OF the Presidents message was
carefully chosen with intent 10 make clear to
other nations the unselhsh spirit, the patience
and the elaboration of the United States and
at the same time TO avoid destroying any lin
gering chance Of satisfactory and honorable
peace through the efforts Of the European Pow
ers with Spain. But when he declares that the
war must stop, and asks power from Congress
ITO secure a full and final termination Of hos
Utilities between the Government Of Spain and
1.-The people Of Cuba" that can have only one
meaning-namely, that the termination Of hos
tillties must be on such terms as 'the people
Of Cuba" will accept If they have right to de-
eide they are in fact recognized as Independent.
II they treat the so-called suspension Of hostili-
ties by General BlancO as mere trick TO de-
lay or defeat their achievement Of independence,
In what possible mode can the United States
employ It's military and naval forces to termi-
nate the war, except by requiring and If neces-
sary forcing, the withdrawal Of the Spanish
Government from the island?
So when the President asks authority "tO Sc
"cure In the island the establishment Of n sta
"ble government. capable Of maintaining Or
der" as he has proved Spain is not: "observ-
ing its international obligations" the wreck
of the Maine proves that Spain cannot or will
not do 'insuring peace and tranquility and the
security of its citizens as well as our own.
which the record proves that Spain Is incapable
of doing, there Is possible way Of reaching
that end except by the withdrawal OF Spanish
troops and authority from the island Of Cuba
No conceivable form Of government that Is not
absolutely free and Independent could have in
ternational obligations, and no insuar govern
ment could insure the protection Of American
citizens or any others II any form Of autonomy
left the sovereignty with Spain 1t Is not 10
be supposed that, in the most weghty sentence
of the entire message the President has used
Language without considering Its obvious mean
ing, and intending to have that meaning under
stood.
The Presidents argument against recognition
Of the insurgent authority as an independent
government, prior to proof that II actually
represents the will Of the people Of Cuba IS so
strong and convincing that II cannot fall TO
IMPRESS those who have deemed II essential to
declare the rghtful independence of the people
Of Cuba. The two are radically different steps.
In what predicament would the United States
be placed IT, after recognizing this government
II should DO disclosed at the first free election
upon the withdrawal Of Spanish troops that a
majority of the people Of Cuba, while desiring
independence and therefore praying for the
success Of the insurgents. are not willing to
uphold the insurgent organization as the gov
eminent of the people? 1t is but the truth that
there has been no possibility as yet to determine
what the people Of Cuba will In that event de-
skde II their right to decide with entire free
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-13

the South American republics, but the motion
was never called up for action. Nearly year
later he moved for the appropriation or SlS,ooo
for sending Minister "to any Government or
South America which has established and ia
maintaining its indrpendency of Spain. Al
though this was much more mild than his for
mcr motion il was defeated. Five days later
he introduced still more moderate resolution.
pledging the constitutional support OF the
House to the President whenever he might
deem II expcdient 10 recognize the sovereignty
and independence of the revoltcd provinces.
The war had then been in progress ten years.
At least three Of the States had long since ex-
PEELED the SpanlardS and established their in
dependence And the motion was most tenn
perately wordcd. Yet there was strong opposi-
ton to his proposal, on the ground that it might
be construed as an infringement upon the con-
stItutonal prerogativcs Of the President. and It
was finally adopted by vote of only 81 to is.
When the President heard of It he said he
would take 1t under deliberate consideration.
month later the President reported to Con
gross that the South American States were. In
his opinion entitled to full recognition. and
asked for an appropriation to enable him to
establish diplomatic relations with them After
two months dclibcraton Congress concurred
in his opinion and voted the money. Thus was
the act Of recognition at last accomplished with
acknowledgment at every step that 1t was n
function Of the President. TO be exercised ac-
cordlng TO his discretion. and 10 be aided by
Congress only nj his word, In the appropriation
OF funds Seeing that II was in that same Adj
minisiraton that the Monroe Doctrine was put
forth and the foreign policy Of this Nation so
largely shaped the precedent may be deemed
not unworthy OF prescnt-day remembrance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-13

John Y. McKane's term OF Imprisonment ex-
plrcs April 80. when he expects to go back
to his old home and resume business as con-
tractor and builder. He Is understood to be ont
of politics for good He has been a model prs-
oner. and comes out Of prison a good deal health
Ter In body than when he entered It. and In all
likelihood knowing a good deal more. The uses
OF adversely are not all embittered; some are
wholesome. antseptic and healing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-13

The Spanish Government should court-martiai
the officers In Havana for failure or duty. Al
miral Beranger says that when he was Minister
Of Marine he sent 100 torpedoes to Cuba to be
placed In the harbors there, and Chacon. the
torpedo expert. was employed to place them IN
position Yet we have official statements from
the officers in Havana that there were no tor
pedoes in that harbor, and that therefore the
contention that the Maine was the victim OF the
harbor defences Of the city Is absurd. The ques-
ton for the Spanish Government Is: III there
were no torpedoes in the harbor, why not?"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-13

cords with individual views or not. 1t should be
remembered that 10 policy can be success1ul
that Is not consistently followed and that the
duty Of making policy once intrustcd 10 one
man the only public safety is to be found IN
letting him do his appointed work II Is IL
GOOD rule for governments rs we'll ne Tor SHIPS:
Don't talk TO the man at the wheel
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-13
New-York April Il. 1898.
GEORGE r. READ TOOLS THE PIONEER

George r. Read fooled the public coach Pioneer
yesterday on Its second regular trip from the nO.'
land House to the Casino at Ardsley-on-the- HUG
.on Woodbury. Kane whoIengaged the coach fo'
the day had as his guests Mr. and Mrs. Freder'
pronson. Center Hitchcock and Rawlins l" COY
tenet. william Cutting jr. has engaged the f'o'
neer for to-day. $3.50,
James Sheldon was coachman on the coa'h W."
,r,mes Yesterday when II made Its trip to Wooaa.
marsten Inn West Chester. from the Wa,wru,s
Astoria Among the passengers were D. j. r''"
Tracy Dows and Howard Brown.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-13

should come to save It from drowning IL "ou'u
doubtless refuse to be helped for fear us rescuer
might be found to talk through his nose ana eat
with his knife as it learned from Basil Hall all
Americans do
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-13
1n0er 10 Advertisements.
Business Noiires
American BronZcs.

The productions Of the eminent scuptos MacMonnies
French Proctor Elw.l and Bush Brown on exhibition
IN this country only az the establishment o.
THEODORE B. STARR.
Madison Square West.
New York
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-13

What has become OF that small, faint rumor
that the recent frost had ruined the Delaware
peach crop? Can It be that the professional
croalers have lost their nerve just as the gen.
eral temper Is growing warlike?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-13

The Mayor enjoyed himself again yesterday In
characteristic fashion at n meeting OF the Board
OF Estimate. That Is to say. he was savage and
minatory. but strangely enough 1t was a case
not Of extravaganza but OF parsimony that made
him wroth. Street lights have been turned out
in Brooklyn. Turn them on. and let us have
no more such nonsense" was the gst OF His
Honor's mandate. Is 1t possible that the canker
OF n long peace between the bosses OF Manhat-
tan and Brooklyn has been established? And
II So what are the terms7
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-13

Poor dear London Globe." 1t doesn't like
President McKinley's English. II an American
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-13

superintendent Aldridge was curlously late In
finding out that the S0,0O0.0OO canal appropria-
ticn was inadequate. The State Engineer and
some OF Mr. Aldridge's assistants were much
in advance Of him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-13

conspiracy to assassinate Ii Hung Chang is
reported from Shanghai. but It Is still at least
even money that he will be the one to laugh last
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-09-22
FINE WOOL IS SCARCE.
Holders of the Article in the United
States Are Facing Very Prom
Using Situation.

The increasing demand for good
mutton is doubtless inducing nearly
all of the smaller sheep farmers to
cross their Merinoes, if they possess
any, with some of more distinctly mutt
ton breeds, in view of charging the
carcasses for the increasing profit
there is in doing so. Report says the
shortage in fine wool the world over
is daily becoming more apparent. Ad-
vices from Australia show another
shortage of 100000 bales of wool, this
time on the new clip. Continued
Drought has cut short and greatly en-
feebled the last crop of lambs, and
make extensive inroads upon the stock
Of weak and impoverished ewes. The
present Australian wool clip is light
and much of it poor in quality. The
next seasons clip will show a still
greater falling off in quantity and
quality. Cross-bre eding has cut down
the fine wool clip of Argentina to very
modest proportions. France and Ger
many produce considerably less fine
staple than formerly and, with the pos.
sible exception of Russia, there has
been no noticeable increase in the pro-
luction of fine wool in any one of the
leading wool-growing countries, but
rather a material and serious diminu-
ton. In the United States the amount
of fine wool of home growth is alarm
inpiV small. Stocks of fine Staple in
store or factory are steadily going in
to consumption, with comparatively
little in sight anywhere in the world,
TO replace them. Growers and holders
Of fine wool are facing very promis-
ng situation in which there are no
possible contingencies of loss.-Farm-
IRIS Union.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-09-22
Aglg{{aN, q
CA1A%a1-S.Zf5EG1
-2S-sAEA IINI
A SIMPLE TALE IN TWO ACTS.

[Act Firstl
Dear grandmamma, 1 write to say
(And you'll be glad, know,
That 1 am coming, Saturday,
To spend a week or so.
I'm coming, too, without mamma;
You know I'm eight years old!
And you will see how good I'll be,
To do as l am told!
I'll help you lots about your work.
There's so much l can do
I'll weed the garden, hunt for eggs,
And feed the chickens, too.
And maybe I will be so good
You'll keep me there till fall;
Or, better still, perhaps you'll say
! can't go home at all!
Now, grandmamma, please don't forget
To meet me at the train!
For I'll be sure to come-unless
1t should cloud up and rain!
[Act Second.l
Dear mamma, please put on your things
And take the next express;
Y want to so back home again
I'm very sick. 1 guess!
Ny grandma's very good to me,
But grandma isn't you
And l forgot, when I came here,
I'd got to sleep here, too!
Last night I cried myself to sleep,
l wanted you so bad!
To-day l cannot play or eat,
I feel so very sad.
Please, mamma come, for I don't see
How l can bear to wait
You'll find me. with my hat and sack,
Out by the garden gate.
And grandma will not care a bit
If YOU should come, know;
Because I'm your own little girl,
And l do love you SO!
Sarah L. Eastman. in Golden Days.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-09-22

of every tennis party or five o'clock tea
that is held by the bird world of the
New Zealand bush. He can be taught
to speak, to crow like a cock, bark
like a dog and to whistle tunes, and al
evening he literally sings vespers and
rings the curfew bell-for his note is
then like the clear high note of an
organ and again like the striking to.
gether of hollow metallic rods" He
closes the day with clear, silvery
toll" then retires decently to rest at
a suitable hour and sends all other
respectable birds off to rest also.
The bird is about the size and shape
Of blackbird, but has a pair of deli.
cate tufts of white feathers at his
throat, and is 4 glossy dark green
otherwise, looking black in ordinary
lights. He is honey-eater and NAV
be seen lowering at the flowers of the
flax plant and fuchsia tree. But, alas!
the Introduction of the bee is fast de.
stroying the tut. On more than one
occasion he has been found dead with
bees sting in his tongue. He is sell
dom still for a moment-preachin
singing, eXhorting, mimicking; he will
mimic every bird in the bush to per-
lection. Then he is such buffoon; he
will break off in the middle of an ex.
quisite melody and indulge in the most
strange medley of sounds, impossible
to reproduce and difficult to describe,
but if one can imagine "the combina-
ton of a cough, laugh and sneeze,
with the smashing of a pane of glass"
that will be some slight approach to
the idea. The Maori have a song OF
As lines, each descriptive of a move
ment" of the tui's sonata.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-09-22

the engraving; it makes sort of vesti
bule, sheltcring the interior of the
coop from the hot sun and sudden
driving showers. At night it is lei
down, and makes the coop warm, dry
and safe from rats, skunks and othe,
nocturnal providers. Above the flap il
an opening for ventilation, covered
with wire cloth.
When chicks are eight weeks ole
two roosts are fastened into the cooE
a few inches above the ground, and the
youngsters make the coop their night.
ly lodging until nearly full grown
This saves them from a great deal OF
persecution and suffering to which
they are liable if placed with the older
fowls at night as soon as the mother
hen is removed.
At all times when the coop is occu.
pied it is shifted to fresh ground as
frequently as once a week, and is fire.
quently turned over and sprayed inside
with kerosene.-George S. Martin, in
Farm and Home
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-09-22
CLEANING UP THINGS.
No Time of the Year Is Better Suited
for This Kind of Work Than
the Present.

During the next two months is one
of the best seasons for cleaning up the
farm, and in the majority of farms
there is plenty of opportunity or need
for this kind of work. After the plow-
ing for wheat is done the manure can
all be cleaned out of the stables, sheds
and feed lots and haule' out and scat.
tered broadcast on the land intended
for wheat. The work of properly pre-,
pairing the land for the reception OF
the seed will incorporate sufficiently
with the soil. Weeds may be cut down
in the meadows and pastures and
along the fence rows to good advan.
tage. Many of them, if cut down be-
fore they mature seeds, will be effect
ually killed out.
This is one of the best reasons for
killing out sprouts and briars. With
the exception of sassafras and per-
simmon almost all kinds may be eff
fectually killed out by cutting down
reasonably close to the ground almost
any time IN August. With these two
in nearly all cases the only safe plan
is to grub out, cutting them off at
least six inches below the surface.
While this plan requires considera BILE
work, in the end it will prove much the
more economical. This is so much the
case that generally it will be better
to thoroughly clean an acre in this
way -tlrsirtto spend the same amount
of time and labor cutting off and burn
ing larger acreage, but doing less eff
fective work.
Cutting close to the ground and let
ting lay until dry and then burning
will kill out many weeds, moss and
sprouts, but with persimmon and sas-
safras the tops will rarely be killed
down so deep, but that the roots will
send up shoots next year, and in a
short time they will be as much in the
way as ever.
BY keeping the farm clear the value
is materially increased to say moth.
ing of the better satisfaction in work.
ing it.-N. ]. Shepherd, in Farmers
Voice.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-09-22

troit, Mich, is one of the many thou
sand of Peru-na S friends. This is what
she says to DR.. Hartman:
We have used your Pe-ru-na with
the most remarkable results and would
not be without it. We have always
recommended it to our friends. A few
years ago purchased a bottle of your
Pe-ru-na and after seeing its results,
recommended it to my grocer who was
troubled with dyspepsia, the curing of
which induced her to sell it in her
store. She has sold large amounts of
it. My daughter has just been cured
of jaundice with Pe-ru-na. My pen
would grow weary were l to begin to
tell you of the numerous cures Pe-ru-na
has effected in our immediate vicinity
within the last couple of years"
DR.. Hartman, President of the Surgi-
cal Hotel Columbus, Ohio, will counsel
and prescribe for fifty thousand women
this year free of charge. Every suffer
ing woman should write for special
question blank for women, and have
DR.. Hartman's book, Health and
Beauty" All druggists sell Pe-ru-na.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-09-22
IMPROVED CHICKEN COOP.
Ie Can BE Shifted to Fresh Ground
as Often as Conditions Render
1t Advisable.

The engraving represents coop
which 1 have used with much satisfac-
ton for several years. 1t is made OF
matched lumber, with a small door III
the rear, which could not be shown in
the front perspective. The Stats are
of half-inch stuff nailed at top and bot.
tom. The flap is of three-quarter-inch
lumber, with cleats on the lower side
which fall between the vertical Stats
when the flap is let down. 1t is hung
with T hinges when raised, as shown in
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-09-22
HOT WATER FOR LICE.
An Insect Destroyer Which Does It's
Work Thoroughly and Can Be
Had for Nothing.

The Messenger very sensibly says
that boiling hot water is lice killer
about which we read very little in the
poultry papers; but it does the work
very thoroughly and is very cheap. In
a poultry house where the pests have
obtained a foothold hot water will
greatly assist in their determination.
The waste water on wash day can be
used for this purpose, being returned
to the stove after it has served its end
at the washtub and reheated. If the
walls, roosts and nesting boxes are
drenched with this the larger proper
ton of the lice will be DESTROYED in
stantly, and those which escape will
meet their fate in the coat of white
wash which should follow within a day
or two. If the nursery coops are
turned upside down and hot water
sprinkled over the inner surface until
it flows into and through every crevice,
not a single louise will survive the
treatment. This should be done in the
forenoon of bright day in order that
all dampness may be dissipated before
the brood returns to it at night. We
have nothing laid up against the
lice killer makers, and have no desire
to injure their business, but everybody
cannot buy these things; and while
they are convenience, it is just as well
to admit the fact that they are not a
necessity. The lice can be conquered
more cheaply, but to do this involves
the expenditure of more time and la
hOr
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-09-22
SHADE FOR THE BEES.
They Need 1t in Hot Weather Quite
as Much as They Require
Plenty of Water.

In warm weather shade is quite nee
essary for bees. If the hives are in
sunny location, as they usually are,
shade may be easily provided by plac-
ing a board two feet wide on the top
Of the hive with a cleat between the
lid and the board for an air space. II
1t is not desired that the bees swarm,
plenty of hive room should be provided,
and if swarms are desired a little
crowding will usually start the new
colony off, OF course, honey storing is
abandoned during the swarming period,
and care should be taken to furnish
every facility for hiving the swarms as
quickly as possible so that they will re-
turn to business. Hives set near few
dwarf pear trees are well located, for
line times out of ten the swarm will
alight on the pear trees, where they
are easily handled without the use of
ladders. Water is necessary for bees,
warm weather especially, and they
aave particular fondness for water
little salty, Keep shallow vessels
rear the hives filed with salt water in
which are placed few chips of wood
n which the bees may rest while Grink-
ng.-Farmers' Voice.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-09-22
Many Varieties of Pigeons.

The following varieties of pigeons
appear in the last premium list of the
Boston pigeon show: Carriers, pout.
ers, pigmy pouters, barbs, tumblers,
short-face tumblers, inside tumblers,
long-face clean-leg tumblers, long
face bald or beard tumblers, sadie
tumblers, muffied beard tumblers, muf-
fled barred tumblers, jacobines, owls,
Afr::"s-~ owls, Chinese owls, trumpeters,
fantails, oriental, frills, blondinettes,
satinettes, bluettes, silverettes, turbi-
teens, turbits, magpies, swallows,
fairy swallows, Dragons, nuns, arch
angels, tipplers and homers. Each of
these varieties is divided into several
classes. chiefly on the score of coloring.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-09-22

Arkansas sheriff arrested a man neal
the western end of the state and had t.
bring him to Leavenworth. He was
respectable looking man, and tht
sheriff did not want to humiliate hin
with handouts, and yet he was afraic
the man was desperate enough to at
tempt escaping. Presently a brillian
idea occurred to the sheriff. His pris
oner had an artificial leg. The sheriff
unstrapped ii and hid it in the baggag,
car, and thus crippled the man rode il
otherwise perfect freedom back t.
Leavenworth, and it is needless to ex
plain that he made no attempt to rui
away.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-09-22
srRANGEsT WHEEL IN THE WORLD.

ancholy bleating of thousands of
sheep, and his daily duty is to inspect
miles of wire fencing.
The machine here depicted was the
outcome of his lonely leisure and his
inventive ingenuity.
1t will be seen that the bicycle com
bines two OF the very latest notions in
cycling mechanics-it is chainless and
unpuncturable. Though not construct
eli of aluminium, t is rust proof, and
at the same time the expense of enam-
cling and nickel plating is saved.
The frame and wheels are of wood
and the saddle is soogee bag tied with
stringy bark. The stays are of twist
ed fence wire and the ball bearings and
spindles have been superseded by bolts
and nuts. The wheels are warranted
not to buckle and the exertion of driv-
ing the machine one measured mile is
rather less than that required in walk
Ing the same distance.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-09-22
THE PARSON BIRD.
Can BE Taught to Speak, to Crow
Like n Cock and to Bark
just Like Dog.

II has taken some hundreds of years
for mankind to think out and develop
the idea of a clergyman; but nature
anticipates all mans ideas, however
original. For hundreds of years the
New Zealand bush has swarmed with
clergymen-dapper little gentlemen in
black coats and white ties. The tut"
as he is called by the Maori, or par
son bird" as named by the BYiton, is
the delightful little comforter and jos