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The Washington bee., 1898-09-24
TRIMMERS.

There are among the colored peo-
pie of this country self-styled lead
ers, who have by chance won the
confidence of certain white men in
office, which has enabled them to
obtain official recognition. This
recognition has been brought about
by a systematic mode of trimming
in politics. That is, they have won
by grinnlng and playing the servant
and vacating the places they have
been elected to and placing white
men in them. The last presiden-
tial election demonstrated this fact,
particularly in some of the south
ern States. These trimmers and
apologists were made to believe
that the white politician could do
more for the negro than the color
ed representative who was placed
in power by the suffrages of the
negro voters. But, how mistaken
they were and what fools and
dupes they have been made.
In the State Of Virginia where the
negro voters constitute four-fifths
of the republican party, the white
party leaders are at he head of
the State machine and when a dis
trihution of federal patronage took
place, these negro tr;mmers and
apologits were given the back seats,
they still occupy them. Not one
colored representative has been ap-
pointed to position in the State
of Virginia. There is now a negro
revolt in the State and there is no
telling where it will end.
In Texas, the late n. E. Quincy
was turned down by set Of negro
tlimmers, and now they are calling
for ii leader, like the lamented
Quincy. He has not been found yet.
c. VI. Ferguson and his followers
were hanging around this city for
over year pouring Goals of fire and
condemnation upon the head Of
the Administration and in the same
breath declared that President
Mckinley would never secure
another Texas delegation III his
interest by any more broken prom
ises. The situation IN North Car
olina is quite different. Senator
Pritchard made the deal for that
State and so far the promises have
been carried out. 1t is partly so
in louisiana. Ex-senator Demas
has been made a victim of, al
though he is one among the many
who is brave enough to demand
what is Justly due him. Men who
are SO times more guilty than
Demas have been confirmed by the
Senate. We ought not to be sur
prised, because Demas is negro
and aside from the opposition he
received from white men, he had
members of his own race to
combat.
Until these trimmers and apollo
gists are gotten rid of SO long will
the race be given back seats.
The Washington bee., 1898-09-24
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
az SPECLAL NOTICE. Il

There are regular authorized Col
4eetoys in the employ Of THE BEE
Printing Co., and vhen they call to see
deIinouent subscribers they are re-
euested to pay them. and not tgi0e the
excuse that "they wih see the Editor. "
The Editor has no time to see the SUB
,cri6eys, and it is 0ped that his
friends and the patrons IF THE BEE
The Washington bee., 1898-09-24

The BEE commends the letter of
Mrs. Rosetta Douglass Sprague,
in the New York Age. Mrs.
Sprgue as well as the children of
the late Mr.. Douglass should have
something to say as to where the re-
mains of Mr.. Douglass should rest.
The Washington bee., 1898-09-24
THE WHITE SOLDIER.

The carnival of disorder which
made San Francisco, Cal the
scene of debauch and murder on
the 18th instant was not proml-
nently mentioned by our enterprls-
ing contemporary the Post. 1t
may be that so simple a matter as
one brutal murder and fifty arrests
for drunkenness, assault and bat
terry and the reckless use of fire
arms committed by white soldiers,
all occurring in one day, was of too
small moment to justify publica-
ton. In this, the Post has under
gone most radical change.
Hitherto every minor incident
which could be heard of which
reflected upon the colored soldier
was elaborated into monumental
proportions and commended upon
with blighting vehemence and
vigor. The object seemed to have
been to show to the skepticsl
reader that the colored soldier was
without respect for honor or dis
cipline and a hinderance rather
than help to the army, pledged
to the extension of principles of
humanity ana incidentally Of
territory. 1t now appears that the
fine-tooth comb of discrimination
can no further serve the Post in its
crusade against the colored soldier
and hence its editorial now is
classed to the degrading incidents
touching the conduct of soldiers.
But perhaps the editor of the Post
is too loyal to the southern policy
of belittling the colored man and
extrsvagantly landing the southern
gentleman, to expose the incident
referred to. The murderer who
shot down in cold blood comrade
was a regimental hospital steward
in a Tennesse regiment while a
majority of the brawlees and bull
dozers who were arrested were
members of the same company.
The Judge in sentencing one of the
law-breakers, spoke in part as
follows: "The members of your
regiment have taken the advan-
tage of the kindness of San Fran
ciscans to insult and persecute
them. They are a pest and a
nuisance in this community. / do
not include all of the Teunesse
regiment in this assertion, but
many of them appear to be rowdies
and blackguards who have acted
as if they could do anything they
like" Had the San Francisco
papers been as chary about pub
fishing the misconduct of white
soldiers as the Post has been, the
public would have been misled into
the belief that the white soldier was
the exception to the rule and that
they were at all times and under
all circumstances the orderly, gen.
tlemanly and patriotic soldiers the
Post would have US believe. If the
Post had taken the same pains to
ascertain and publish the numerous
crimes and misdemeauors commit
ted in the various white camps that
it has those alleged to have been |
committed by colored troops, it |
would be found that the white
soldiers far outstripped his dusky
comrsde in all that tends to cast a
blot on the name of American
citizenship and valor. The much
vaunted claim that the southern
soldier is a gentleman by instinct
and conduct finds most positive
contradiction in the many brawls
md crimes which they have from
lime to time committed. We call the
attention of the public to this recen
The Washington bee., 1898-09-24

incident in order to show that IN
all regiments white and black, will
be found men who are instinctively
bad and further chat the southern
soldier measures up in this respect
TO an extent equal to or greater
than his northern competitor or
black comrade. Although the
southern press may feel disposed to
cover up the degrading incidents
participated in by southern soldiers
we are proud to know that the
northern press is disposed to con-
denim and expose crime by whom
soever committed without being
blinded by race or sectional preju-
dice.
The Washington bee., 1898-09-24
PAYMASTER LYNCH.
AS HE APPEARED BEFORE THE TEXAS
RANGERS.

AS HE APPEARED BEFORE THE TEXAS
RANGERS.
This is the Hon. John r. Lynch.
paymaster in the United States volun.
teer army. This is the position the
Texas Rangers saw him in, at the
time he was reviewing them, prior TO
paving them off. Mr.. Lynch was OBJ
Jectionable to them because he was a
colored man and because these men
were impressed with the idea the
they were better than Mr.. Lynch.
MIR. Lynch has made an acceptable
Paymaster- He has proved himself
competent, honest and reliable, He
IS an honor to the race to which he is
identified and no man is entitled to
greater consideration and respect than
Mr.. Lynch.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-09

ton; the Berengucla, thirty-six guns,
had a hole twenty feet square knocked
into her near the water line hv an cN-
plodinE shell and craN led out OF range
TO rerair damages.
The ammunition in two other Spanish
vessels gave out after two hours
fieht and they had to retire one of
them having been twice on fire in the
neighhorhood Of the MAGAZINE. This
left two vessels, the Numancia. IRON
clad, and the .Almanza. Two hours
later these two vcsecls ceased their fire
and Withdrew, the Chileans firing at
thCm until they were beyond range
Tbe Spanish loss is not exactly known,
but is supposed to have been about 200
Commodore Rodgers, L. S. n, eetimat-
ed the loss Cf the Chilean5 at eighty,
though others give a larger number
No serious damage was done tC either
ships or forts by the fire, beyond that
named The Spaniards ther withdrew
discounted from the Pacific, being
short of stores and ammunition and
with their vessels foul for want of
docking. They had established base
at the Chincha Islands, but they had
no facilities for repair.
spain mas shared in the movement o.
naval progress and is far more fOrmid-
able in ships and guns than she was in
1864. but not relatively. We have no
reason to suppose that her sailors are
better, though it may be that the use
of range finders may improve their
gunnery. Still, the personnel factor
will tell. and that is always in favor Of
the American The Spaniard has never
distinguished himself on the sea. whore
the personal equation is 50 important
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-09

Her Fleet Driven from tho Puc Gc
Ihirty-Gyc Year. AGO.
from the Army and Naval Journal

From the Army and Naval Journal.
Those who have followed Spanish
history have little fear of the result of
naval war between that country and
the United States. Since the battle of
Lananto in 1870, when the Spanish and
Nenetlans together fought the Turks
and won after long ana bloody con-
rest, Spain has not won notable vic
tory on the sea. Her naval prowess
has steadily declined, and today few Of
the little South American republics who
were her former colonies would confess
that they were afraid of her.
The last naval battle fought by Spain
in the new world showed concusiVely
how her maritime power has decreased.
She was defeated Ivy Peru, with Chilcs
all, and since then the Spanard has
kept away from the Pacific coast of
South America.
In lSC4 Spain sent a squadron of
sever vessels, mounting 211 guns, to
punish the Peruvians for the maltreat-
ment of Spanish subjects. The Peruv-
ians had nothing on the water with
which to oppose this force, but Chile
came tC thci" aid with three vessels--
the Esmerada. carrying forty-twO
smooth-bores; the Victoria, a small
one-gun monitor, and the Loa, a di-
minutiVe MerrmaC, plated with iron
and mounting two siXty.eight pound
ers. The Esmeralda met the Spanish
gunboat CaVandago Chree guns) and
captured her in twenty minutes with.
out the loss of a man. The Spaniards
fired only three shots. They had two
men killed and fourteen wounded. The
loss of the Cavandago, followed by the
capture of an armored launch, so cha
grined the Spanish admiral, Pareja,
that he blew out his brains in his cabin.
Admiral Nunez, who succeeded Pare
ia, then gallantly assailed the defense
less Valparaiso, where not a single gun
was mounted except a few salutng
pieces. Not Il shot was fired from the
town, and the inhabitants promptly
evacuated it. The Spanish admiral, in
spite of the protests of the foreign men,
of-war in the harbor threw from 1000
to 5000 shells into IL from his fleet Of
six vessels, The Spanish sunnery was
so wretched that little damage was
done, except by fire, which destroyed
$40, 100000 worth of neutral goods. 1t
was a most wanton piece of barbarity,
for il the Spaniards had had a landing
force they could have taken the town
without firing shot.
The gallant Nunez next assaulted the
city of Callao,' which taught him the
difference between an open town and
one that was adequately defended. In
four or five hours the Spanish squadron
was badly used up and was glad to
crawl back to Spain as best it could in
it's crippled condition. The Villa de
Madrid. nifty six guns. got a shot in her
steam chest and was towed out of ac-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-09
HAWAII: ''s hhSFiTi ks5 HisroRY' FHS?O''S

| raising than for tillage. The noun
tains are covered with dense forests.
our winter is the rainy season In
| Hawaii, A more bracing climate may
| be found up in the mountains. An
| hours ride from the capital will give
| low temperature.
Three mountains tower above the
| sea from the Island of Hawaii. They
are Mauna Kea, 1858 feet Mauna
| Eoa, an active volcano, 1900 feet. and
| Mauna Hualalai, 1852 feet. Vegeta-
tion extends to height OF 12,O0O feet
| on Mauna Kea.
Hawaii, the island, is subject to
| earthquakes but they are slight and
seldom do any damage The volca-
noes. spouting for ages, have covered
| large areas of land with lava, upon
| which the natives raise a fine quality
| of sweet potato. Mauna Loa has had
numerous eruptions-the last in 1873.
| During the eruptions of 1865 and 1913
more than $4,000. 900 900 cubic feet of
lava was poured from Loa's craters.
Herds of wild cattle roam in the
| forests Of this island.
There was never better hunting than
| in the Sandwich islands. Wild swine,
snipe, plover and ducks are found in
! abundance.
COcOAnulS, bananas, DIPdu lIult,
! taro and kalo are indigenous. From
! the last named is made the famous
"pos" the favorite food of the ISL
| andors.
Productions are sugar, rice, coffee,
cotton, sandalwood, tobacco. arrow
| root corn, wheat, tapioCa, oranges,
| lemons, bananas, tamarnds, bread
fruit, guavas, potatoes yams. fungus,
wool. hides, tallow and many kinds
of wood.
! Years ago the original inhabitants
were all Cannibals. This practice was
! abandoned early in the present CEN
tury.- The islanders proved easily
| civilized and, in fact. turned out much
| better Christians than their civili2ers
| at home.
Nobody ever thinks of stealing in
/ Hawaii. Doors are never locked.
| Property is perfectly safe, and the
visitor from civilized countries who
is afraid his effects will he stolen is
a puzzle to the Hawaiian.
| Professor Wallace says that the Ha-
waiians are more akin to the Papuan
| than to the Malay race. They are a
| family of the brown Polynesian race,
which inhahts the Tonga, the Society,
| Friendly and Samoan islands. The
! New Zcalander and the Hawaiian, al
| though 5000 miles apart, can under
| stand each other, so similar is the
| language.
The original Hawaiians are olive in
! color with black, wavy, glossy hair.
| large eyes, full lips and a nose inclin-
| ed to he fiat. They arc peaceful, gem
! tie, initiative and yielding. Missions
| have been very successful In the
! islands.
Honolulu is the only good harbor in
| all the islands.
Palm trees grow to gigantic
! height. Some samples of them in
| Honolulu are forty-five feet high and
! half century old
| Some of the islands are froqucnted
| by great sea birds that deposit their
| eggs by the million. The eggs are
used to manufacture albumen, a COM
mercal product, but the supply is ap-
| parently ineXhaustiblC.
| Howaii has been called the Para
| disc of the Pacific" and there is no
| doubt its climate and scenery have no
| equals in the world, 1t is within
weeks journey of San Francisco.
Chicago Times-Hcrald.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-09
CAVINE FOSTER MOTHER.
How Two Panther Cubs Thrive at
the Cairo Zoo.

The zoo at Cairo. Egypt. has recent
ly been reOrganized, a number of the
animals being shipped to Europe and
sold. Among these was a female
panther, which, on the eve of depart
ure, Unexpectedly gave birth to two
cubs, one black, the other spotted. The
superintendent Of the garden attempt
ed to rear them by hand, using ordi-
nary infants feeding bottle, but the
task proved too much for him, After
that he hit upon the plan of giving
them a foster mother in the shape Of
a dog. The cubs, however, developed
such a voraaious appetite that they
had TO be provided with a fresh nurse
every day or two, and no little in
genuity had to be displayed in satis-
flying their requirements.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-09

ing on the sound waves against is,
which in turn operates the telegraph
instrument as perfectly as can be done
by wire. The sound waves will pass
through brick or stone walls, wood,
iron or any other substance, and still
operate the receiver as easily as be-
fore.
Professor Blake said that he did not
believe the new discovery would ever
take the place of the present method OF
telegraphy, but it could b made of
great value by signaling from the
shore to ships 10 or Is miles from the
coast when the view was obscured by
fog or violent atmospheric disturban-
ces, and would he of inestimabe value
in coast defense work. in which 1t is
now proposed to use it. With a wire
running up the mast of the vessel
and a receiving machine in the hold OF
the ship sound waves sent from the
shore in striking the wire would make
the communication as perfect as de-
sired.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-09

ness man or useful citizen; a man had
better be dead and done with it than to be a
lifelong invalid, nuisance to everybody
and especially to the woman whom he has
vowed to love, honor and protect
The trouble with the average man is that
he has not the least conception of the
causes of ill-health or the right way to go
about remedying them. A little indigestion
or biliousness in themselves are not serious
complaints, but if neglected they may de-
velop into almost any disease in the inedi.
cal books. DIR, Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery cures many serious diseases by
promptly removing the causes II braces
up the weak and impaired stomach and
restores the appetite. 1t invigorates the
liver and all the secretory glands. 1t facili-
tates the flow of digestive juices 1t makes
the assimilation of the life. giving elements
of the food absolutely perfect, and thus
enriches the blood. Disease germs are
scavengeTs, and will not enter healthy blood
or tissue. They must have the inert tis-
sues OF disease upon which to feed The
Golden Medical Discovery, by enrichen.
ing the blood, tears down old and inert
tissues and builds up new and healthy
ones. II wards off consumption and cures
bronchial and throat affections which, if
neglected, lead up TO consumption All
medicine dealers sell the Discovery"
"Eight years ago my husband coughed an the
time, writes Mrs. NJ J. Tedder, Of Ellington,
Reynolds Co.. Mo. Just as soon as he had fin.
ished meal he would throw up lie was get
ting very weak. He took half dozen bottles
OF DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and
the Pleasant Pellets, and says he feels better
aud stronger than ever before and weighs more
Evsryons said he had consumption"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-09

TO inform the creature that quitting
time" had come: it had counted the
trims, and having finished its full quo
Ia of hfty, it thought that the time for
rest and food had arrived.
Some monkeys give unmistakable
evidences of the possession by them of
the comruting faculty. In 1889 ] made
the acquaintance of very intelligent
chimpanzee which could count as high
as three. That this was not trick
suggested by sensual imnulees | had
ample opportunity of satisfying my
self. The owner of the animal would
leave the room no one being present
but myself, and when ! would call for
two marbles, or one marble or three
marbles, as the case might be, the
monkey ' uld graveiy hand over the
proper n'a Der.
Wolff. Cnrwin, Forbes and Hartman
also give instances of the computing
faculty in apes and monkeys.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-09
MATHEMATICAL ANIMALS.
A Mule in Cincinnati with Sense
Curious MONKEYS.
From Lippincotts Magazine.

From Lippincott's Magazine
Several years ago there lived in Cln-
cinnati a mule which was employed
by street railway company in hauling
cars up a steep incline. This animal
was hitched in front of the regular
team, and unhitched as soon as the car
arrived at the top of the hill 1t made
a certain number of trips in the fore
noon Il have forgotten the number,
but will say fifty for the cake OF con-
venience) and a like number in the af-
ternoon, resting for an hour at noon.
AS soon as the mule completed its titti-
eth trip it marched away to its stable
without orders from its driver. To
show that it was not Influenced by
the sound of the factory whistles and
bells, the following remarkable action
on the part of this animal is Vouched
for by the superintendent of the line,
who gave me these data: On a certain
occasion, during a musical festival, this
mule was transferred to the night shift,
and the very instant it completed its
tiftieth trip it started for the stables,
1t took the combined efforts of several
men to make it return to its duty. At
night there We're no bells or whistles
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-07-09

) SPHERE are twelve islands in the
Hawaiian group, of which the
largest are Hawaii, Maui,
oahu, Kauai, Molokai Lanai,
Nilhau, Kahoolawe. Total area
of the islands is GG4O square miles.
|, OF this Hawaii alone occupies 4,2l0
, square miles. The others are, neces-
; sarlly, very small.
In 1884 the population was SO,57S. In
1890 it was $500. In 1896. according to
!, the census, the population had in
; creased to 10000. OF the population
in 1896 81 .019 were natives. S,i2j were
; half-castes, 21,61G Chinese, a. 4O7 Japa-
nese, 15,19l Portuguese, 3,0S6 Amedi-
cans, 1850 British 1,432 Germans, 37S
Norwegians. 101 French 455 Polynes-
!. ians and GOO other foreigners.
The islands were discovered by Cap
tain Cook more than century ago.
At that time they had a native popu-
lation of 2000O0 These natives are
closely allied to the Maorles of New
; Zealand
The capital of the country is Homo
lulu. with a population of 1920. 1t
is situated on the Island of Oahu.
!. Exports from the islands in 1896
, were Sugar, $l4,932. 900; rlce, $195OOO;
, bananas, sl25,000. The imports are
chiefly groceries and provisions, cloth
ing, grain, timber, machinery, hard
. ware and cotton goods.
Ninety-two per cent. of all the trade
of the islands is with the United
States.
, Revenues to the government of Ha-
} wall in 1896 aggregated 81, l,997,S1S and
the expenditures $l.9N,191.
Steamship navigation connects the
Gel, ,,.l. Y,sss 1. To-.
|. Australasia and China. In the islands
. of Hawaii. Maui and oahu there are
, seventy-one miles of railroad and $50
miles of telegraph.
Nearly every private house in Homo
lulu has a telephone.
Until 1884 gold and silver coin of all
; nations passed current. After that
. year only gold money of the United
; States has been legal tender for sums
more than $40. Paper money is not in
use.
Under King Kamehameha l., during
; the end of last century and the early
; part of this. all the islands were unit
, ed in one kingdom. The second King
KamehamoEa and his queen died in
England in 1893. Under Kamchameha
III. the kingdom was recognized by
. the United States, France. England
|, and other governments. Hawaii (the
, name standing for all the islands, be
, came constitutional in 1910. Kane
; hameha ". died in 1863, and his
brother the fifth monarch of the
name, died in 1872. Prince Lunalilo
succeeded and died in 1872 and Kala-
kaua was elected king. He was sue
!, ceeded in 1891 by his sister, Liliuoka-
, lani Since that year Hawaiian his
; tory is familiar TO Americans.
on July 4, 1894, the present repuDnc
was proclaimed and last year the Ha-
waiian legislature voted for anncXa-
!. tiOn to the United States.
, Sanford B. Dole was elected prcsi-
dent in 1894 for a term of six years.
The climate of Hawaii is one of the
!, mildcst and most healthful in the
|, world. SO equable is it that there is
no word for weather in the native
language. The mean temperature is
, 70 degrees Fahrenheit
The origin of the Islands is volcanic.
|. They are very mountainous and the
: valleys are extremely fertile. The
; uplands are better adapted for sheep