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The record-union., 1898-05-13

val heroes have been killed in battle;
their dead bodies have been brought
back to sorrowing homes. They have
given their lives for their country, and
for them that is the end They num-
Der less than half a dozen, but if this
war goes on they will have companions
in death by the hundred One of our
lesser boats has been whipped and will
come home badly crippled. Let us be
thankful that she was not sunk with
the other day said, we must expect this.
War cannot be waged without death
having large hand in the game and
the play must sometimes be against
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THE JEW AND THE SPANIARD.

Why should the Jews of Cincinnati
ana Cleveland raise fund, as they
are doing, to build battle ship and
present it to the United States Gov
ernment? While we do not like the
idea of the Government placing itself
in the attitude Of recipient of any
present whatever, since it is strong
enough and dignifed enough to be in
dependent of outside aid, the answer
sentimentally is clear and emphatic.
The Jews Of all people on earth, ex-
cepting only the unhappy reconcentra-
dos Of Cuba, have reason to cherish
animosity against Spain. Anchored
in the rock Of historical record there
are reasons addressing themselves to
the commonest sentiments Of humanity,
why the Jew should look forward to
gle regret.
In other lands the Jew has felt the
iron heel of persecution; monstrous in
justice has been his part in many a
land boasting Of Christian civilization.
But in Spain he has felt the heel sink
through his neck into his very soul.
There persecution has been merciless
to the very center of barbarism. In
humanity to the Jew was for centu-
ries a virtue according to the Spanish
code. Jew batting was there no more
considered inhuman than bear batting
in Germany by royal hunters.
While Spain was not more intolerant
of the Jewish people than many an
other boasted civilization, the Span
lard has always been more inventive,
cruel and heartless in contriving un-
speakable means of oppression and
torture for the Jew. The Hebrews
because of their helplessness found
centered upon them more of the perse-
cution of the Spanish than any others
whom Spain has pursued with fire and
sword, with the cord and the rack,
with prescription, confscation. humil-
iation and savage barbarity.
The Hebrews of all peoples on the
globe would be justified in holding a
jubilee and rejoicing with song and
timbrel, if the Spanish nation should
be swallowed up in the results OF
its centuries of inhuman policy, intol-
erance, cruelty and exquisite torture
of the sons of David. The Jew who
is not for the American flag to-day and
against the faded colors of Spain, is an
outcast from among his people, a
thing of scoffing and byword in his
own household.
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LOYALTY OF CUBAN WOMEN.
Bravest, Wisest and Most Danger
Gus Foes Spain Has.

Cuban men in arms frequently pre-
sent themselves for pardon. No Cuban
woman has ever been known to barter
fealty for mercy. There are traitors in
Cuba, but they are never women" de-
clares Thomas Gold Alvord in an ar
ticle discussing 1.-THE Patriotism Of the
Cuban Women" in the "Woman's Home
Companion"
Havana is full Of devoted women
reared in Incidence and luxury who are
tireless in their successful efforts to
get word from one scattered rebel band
to another, and to send them food, med.
icines and clothing. These women are
far better conspirators than their faith
ers and brothers, for Cuban men must
talk, and, therefore, rarely hatch a plot
before it is revealed. The women in
that country, at least, seem to know the
value of silence They say little of war,
even among themselves, but to Ameri-
cans they are singularly confding.
This instantaneous and perfect trust is
at times startling, and makes one
breathe a fervent prayer that it will
never be betrayed. 1t leads to many
strange experiences that cannot be
treated as news and sent to a daily
names would tend to swell the already
overcrowded and vile quarters for wo-
men in the island jails and prisons.
Beautiful and delicate senoritas will
impulsively dress up in boys clothes to
illustrate to Americans how they steal
out at night to the near by haunts of
lover or brother in the Long Grass,
as the insurgents camps are called;
how they secrete food in false pockets t,
how letters, whose envelopes have been
dipped in ink, are hidden in their black
hair: how medicines are carried in
canes. and cloth for clothes or wounds
concealed in the lining Of their coats.
One girl, disguised as a vender, has
frequently carried to the woods dyna-
mite in egg shells deftly put together.
She has had many thrilling experiences,
but her narrowest escape was when a
Spanish soldier by the roadside insisted
on taking from the basket an egg, to
! let its contents drop in a hot and ready
pan. He was with difficulty persuaded
to forego the meal. The dynamite was
made by another woman, who carefully
obtained the ingredients at various
/ times and at widely scattered drug
| stores %
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OUR POSITION IN THE PHILIP
PINES.

The trend Of thoughtful European
expression is in favor of retention of
the Philippines by the United States.
1t is held that we have won the islands
by conquest more fairly than Spain
took them in the first instance from
the primitive race occupying them.
That matter may we'll be left for con-
sideration at the close of the war. We
have not started out upon a game Of
conquest Acquisition of territory is
not our purpose.
But the war has convinced the body
of the American people that on the
score of common justice among ma
tions we are entitled to some spot in
the far East as a harbor of refuge and
supply. All other foremost civilized
nations have such refugees in the ORR
ent, most of them have many Spain
until less than two weeks ago had an
immense territory there, one eighth as
large as our own country. 1t is there
fore probable that the policy of the
United States will be to hold so much
of the Philippine territory as indemni
commercial protection.
Assuredly there is no power on earth
save Spain to dispute it with US ex-
cept by brutal and indefensible inter-
ference. Spain's title we have can
celled. There is a people however, not
ranking as a Power, who have rights
to be considered, the natives of the
four hundred islands They are in
savage condition at this time, with but
a fringe of civilization by the admix-
ture of foreign elements near the
greater settlements. The land is theirs
by original and natural right Hav-
ing freed them from the domination of
Spain which has been tyrannous,
treacherous, merciless and CALLING all
through, we are placed in the posi-
ton of enforced guardianship.
1t would be cruelty after having re-
moved strong hand of orderly gov
ernment to recommit these people to
barbarism. They would assuredly re-
engage in their tribal wars, go about
cutting one another's throats, and fail
to establish orderly, pacific govern
ment. The obligation has therefore
been assumed by us to preserve the
peace in the Philippines until such
time as the arts of civilization have
taken so firm a hold on that soil, that
the islanders and their few European
neighbors in insurrection against
Spain, are able to stand alone.
But in doing this it will not be nee
essary for US to claim title to the ISL
ands as a group. We ought to be
content with such footing as will an
swer to our commercial and naval
needs, and for the rest exercise a con-
troll over the Philippines as will rap
idly and surely advance them to the
point where they will need no further
guardianship, and can fully and unaid-
ed exercise their right to be a free self
governing people.
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War Chamber in the White House


A war chamber has been established
at the White House. A force of work
men, including electricians, have been
employed Transforming the room form
erly occupied by Private Secretary Por-
ter into a Presidential war chamber.
The room faces south and it is con-
tiguous to the Presidents business Of
flee and the Cabinet-room. War maps
of Cuba the West Indies, and the en-
tire Eastern and Western HemisphereS
have been arranged upon the walls for
the convenience of the President. Three
sets of telegraphic instruments have
been placed in the room for the trans
mission of information to the President
direct from all points of the globe.
While the war is going on a new set
of rules will be in force at the Execu-
tive Mansion. The war chamber will
be locked from the inside, SO that the
doorway through which visiting states
men have hitherto passed en- route to
the Presidents room is blockaded until
further orders. Arthur Simmons, the
sable messenger who guards Private
Secretary Porter's door, is to be moved
down to the Presidents door, on which
a pass key and lock has been placed.
Captain Loeff1er will continue as out
side guardian to the Cabinet-room as of
old. A spring lock will also be placed
upon the Cabinet door, so that Sena-
tors, Representatives and other privi-
legged callers, who have previously had
free access to these rooms, will have
to be announced or wait until the latch
is lifted before they are allowed to
reach the President
The reason given for this new rule of
practice and the precautions, which
SAVIOR of exclusiveness, is that the Pres
ident desires every reasonable faclllty
for obtaining information from the
front. The Cabinet-room, his private
office, and the war chamber are a con-
secutive suit 1t is not always con-
venient for the President to cross the
corridor to visit the executive telegraph
office AS a matter of convenience TO
the President and the members of the
Cabinet, Private Secretary Porter va
Gated his office and moved over to the
room formerly used as the telegraph
office. Now the President will have
free and unobstructed access to the
rooms running along the southern front
Of the mansion. The restrictions tenn
porarily placed on official visitors will
prevent the President and his callers
from embarrassment at periods when
it may be necessary for the President
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TO deny himself to even his best
friends Hitherto it has been the prac-
tlce for Senators and Representatives
to walk right in to the Presidents room
without knocking The new arrange
ment may prove a little irritating at
first, but it is believed that reasonable
men will appreciate the necessity for
the change under existing circun-
stances. - Washington correspondence
Charleston News and Courier.
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CUPE, GROUP CURE, CHOLERA MoRBUs CURE,
CONSTIPATION CURE, WORS CURE, FACE AND
YoN'S PLASTERs. Do not wait for the full de-
velopment of any disease, but begin treatment
in accordance with directions on the appear
ance of the first symptoms
Mrs Thomas Sangine 1o41 Fourteenth ave.
nue., Detroit, Mich, says: please accept my
most grateful thanks for the miraculous re-
covery OF our eight-months- sold baby girl. She
was taken with Cholera Infantum early in the
summer. and although we had the best medi-
cal attention, we fully expected to lose her.
She wasted away to a shadow, and II was I'M
possible to get any kind of infant food that
would be retained by the stomach, and nothing
seemed to check the diarrhea. After the doc
tor gave up the case as hopeless we tried Mum
yon's Remedies, and to our delight found that
the first bottle was sufficient 70 check the
diarrhoa and enable the stomach to retain
food. A second bottle brought our little ono
back to perfect health. My husband has also
taken Munyon's Dyspepsia Cure with wonder
fully curative effects"
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A TRUE SEA FIGHTER.
Commodore Dewey Was Free From
Washington Politicians.

1t is the delight of true sea fighter
TO get out of reach of orders and TO
smash the enemy with a free hand.
This is the way Nelson won victories
and undying glory. Trafalgar was
straight work and matter of course,
and his fame had SO grown by then
that the British navy was embodied In
his person and the Admiralty were his
staff But the long pursuit of the
French fleet cut him off from superlorS
and put him out of reach of dispatches
before the battle of the Nile, and LETT
him free to take risks which would
have terrified either st. Vincent or the
Admiralty. That splendid success en-
boldened him, and at Copenhagen Ju-
dicial blindness prevented his seeing
the AdmiraPs signal to retreat till he
had smashed the Danish ships
In this day of omnipresent cables and
omniscient naval strategy boards sea
fighter seldom enjoys the delight and
glory of initiative, even after he has
won the fame that Nelson took to Ira
falgar. 1t is sheer luck when a subor-
dinate can fight away from orders and
win glory with his own mind as We'll
as his own hand. That was Dewey $
immortality and he grasped it splen-
didly. Gables gave him general orders
and unlimited credit to buy coal and
supplies, and the department sent him
a shipload of ammunition. The rest
was for him. and he did it with skill
and dash and thoroughness that make
one regret the old days Of initiative at
sea. From the day Dewey left Hong
kong he was as independent of control
and as dependent on his own resources
as was Magellan on his first approach
to the Philippines.
They who feared the modern system
would make naval officers dependent
may we'll marvel at the result. This
gentle habitue of the Washington clubs
blaZed across the Pacific like Viking
reincarnate. He fell upon Manila as
Drake fell upon Panama. His feat
seems all dash and valor but there was
just that nice mixture of judgment in
it which wins success. His preparation
was complete. He learned all he could
about the enemy and then went at
him. He took every risk provision
could not avoid. With the best pilots
he could get he steamed over mines
and by forts, as if parading on sum-
mer sea, and went straight to the ships
it was his business to sink. That done,
he gave attention to the town, which IS
his by now, no matter how. Nobody
cares much what Dewey's orders were
or how closely he followed them. He
has done his appointed work, and he
has given a most inspiring picture OF a
sea fighter doing it in traditional fash
ion. We must make the most of this.
1t will be seen more rarely as the whole
world comes more in touch.-New York
Commercial Advertiser.
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Why is it that nearly all
aged persons are thin?

~~~O - NA~AAA
And yet, when you think
of it, what could you expectl
Three score years of wear
and tear are enough to make
the digestion weak. Yet the
body must be fed.
In Scott's Emulsion, the
work is all done; that is,
the oil in it is digested, all
ready to be taken into the
blood. The body rests,
while the oil feeds and nour-
ishes, and the hypophos-
phites makes the nerves
steady and strong.
soc. and $780, all druggists.
SCOTT & BOVINE Chemists. New York.
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WANTED TO ENLIST.
And Thought He Knew Something
About Naval Affairs.

He came in from one of the back
townships to join the naval service and
help snuff Spain out He was a big,
-boned man with long hair. eager
eyes, and a suit of clothes that could
have stood another hundred pounds of
flesh within them
i understand, my man." said the re-
cruiting officer, that you claim some
knowledge Of naval affairs?'
1.-TWO ayes, sir" responded the appli-
cant as he brought his heels together
with crack and made a semi circular
bow that threw lock of his black
name over his forehead
What's that?" asked the officer
sharply.
1.-TWO ayes, sir'' and the supposed
military motions We're repeated.
''Oh I see,' laughed the officer. 1.-THE
more usual form is to say, Aye, aye,
SIR Your education for the navy is
entirely from reading, I should Judge.
Now suppose you were on watch some
night and should see a warship of the
enemy creeping upon you in the dark,
what action would you take?"
I'D plug up the portfolios so the Cap
tain wouldn't be disturbed, give the en-
emy dose under the belt with a Long
Tom, and then noterfy the officer of the
watch that there was an ole tub f1oun-
derin' round to the off side of us that
'peared to be sailin' toward the bottom y
4 guess you'll do, but 1 couldn't
promise you command right away
really couldn't. How would you expect
to rise?'
by causin the enemy to sink"
Good. Will you join us 2"
You beer, two ayes-that is, aye,
aye, Commodore. detroit Free Press
Among women who have offered their
services as nurses during the war is
the beautiful wife of Lieutenant Com
mander Mark, Judge Advocate of the
Maine Board of Inquiry. She is best
known to the public as Miss Grace Fill
kins, the leading woman of Charles
Coughlan's company during this sea-
SON.
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Identifed.-Little Albert-Pa, who is
this Americans Sum that is always
writing to the papers? Pa-That, my
son, is one of the many people who
don't know what Americanus Sum
means.-Cleyeland Leader.
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Now we are getting a taste of real
war and proof that it means the kill
ing Of human beings-not on one side
alone, but on both. Some Of our ma
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Weather Forecast.

Northern California-CloUdy and unset
tied weather Friday with light showers
IN the early morning; heavy fog along the
coast: fresh southwesterly winds.
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No CURE-NO PAY.

That is the way all druggists sell GROVES
TASTELFSS CHILL TONIC for Malaria, Chills
and Fever. 1t is simply Iron and Quinine in a
tasteless form. Children love it. Adults prefer 1t
to bitter, nauseating Tonics. Price, SOC.
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become cool,
the restless
ness passes
away, and
the danger is
over. What
q relief for
the mother
as well as the
child! If you
are without
N Il n y OIL S
r e m e di e S
p T o C Il r e
them with
out delay. In
that direc-
ton is safety.
Every moth
er sh o Id
ke p S up
pile d w ith
NJ u N YO IS
COLD CURE,
COUGH CURE
SORE THROA'
CURE, FEvE.
CURF DUARpu
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PRIZE BABIES,
The Kind Of Children Every
Mother Wants to Have

Every mother. should know that vho., -.
tiny y,I., hands are hot, the head throbbing, and
to the child. A few doses 0e - oanget
of Munyon, and the quick @N
H~ao fpf or +haL ~
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CALLING A HALT.

San Diego Union: When the war
spirit runs so high that it impels the
people of this country to form plans of
conquest, it is about time to call a
halt and indulge in little serious re-
flection. Commodore Dewey has GER
tainly won victory that will live in
history by the side Of the most glorious
achievements of the American navy.
Still, joy over his triumph should not
make this nation take leave Of its sober
sense. And the present is a good time
for some unduly exultant people to
pause long enough to get their bear
ings. In no better way can they do
this than by reviewing some very recent
history and recalling the circumstances
that led this country to go to war, and
the ayowed purposes for which il has
entered upon the struggle. This infor-
nation is found in the joint resolution
passed by Congress on the 18th of last
month.
That resolution ought to be familiar
| to every American, but some seem to
| have forgotten all about it. Still, it is
the national platform of this republic
The courier., 1898-12-03

aided exertions. A full discussion Of
this question is invited by the news
papers. II both sides are heard from
there will surely be- much dissent
from the projected amendment Of the
section reducing the number Of coun-
cilmen.
The courier., 1898-12-03

Princeton, N. j., NOu. 2S.
Dear Courier and People: hear that
a man named Thompson wants to 20 to
the senate from Nebrasxs. and the
thought Of the possible success OF his
sspl.arion brings scaldipg tears to my
eyes.
There was a tims when only honest
men represented their districts in the
government Of these United States.
There was time when men we're chosen
to serve the people only after they had
proven their integrity. In those joyful
days it was demanded that man should
first show righteousness in life ~ pri-
vate citizen before he could seek for
honors in public Office. Now read that
this man Thompson has been promised
tho highest honor the representatives, OF
the people can give, and l feel that il
there 10 any truth in the report the poo
ple OF Lincoln have been diegraced.
What. l wonder. can be the good OF
Lincoln's vauuted morality il the people
are to crafty blindly the cupidity Of the
greatest charlatan in tho state. OF what
account 10 the watchword Of decency.
that has been for years the cafe guard
Of the city. il this man Thompeon's avar-
icious nature is to be pampered?
Who was the only man except the
pawnbrokers and tho chattel mortgage
sharks who prospered in the years OF
Liucoln's adversely?
Who vas the man who saved Mayor
Graham from nominal impeachment
Who was the man, who. holding tho
city water company 10 his clutches,
caused men to he employed with view
to making the service unsatisfactory
that he might be gamer thereby!
This man Thompson has been run
ming bluff on Lincoln until Lincoln is
almost irrevocably in the tolls. You
saw the city press atta.k the water COM
missioner and the mayor last spring.
Don't you know that the man behind
the scenes who pulled the string that
vie0led the legs Of the water commits
sioner and the mayor was this man
Thompson! And don't you know that
the city press was actually afraid to
pitch into him?
Don't you think it about time for Lin.
colin to call bis bluff?
L. Fl. ROBBINS.
The courier., 1898-12-03

Oelrichs we're wearing chinchills toquss
With bunchss Of violets and gardsnias
on the s,de. made exactly alike. Aiss
Shaw. who b engaged to young George
Myers. wore . similar one. and saw
half dozen women halted 10 the same
manner. Az for sable hats. they we're on
every side.
Mn. w. e. D. Stokes had one Of the
few good spansled sowLs that ] saw,
and with IL she wore IN al black hat.
Mrs. Stokes Affects black and u suits
her admirably. but I cannot admire the
angle st which she wears her hat tipped
over her nose.
Ono Of the smartest looking women
that passed the boz was Mrs. 0renv,lls
Kane.
Sne certainly improves with age.
have never seen her look better. Her
gown vac very good black and white
and with her fresh skin and glorious
hair. it 10 hard to realize there 10 dsbu-
tante, Miss Kane, on thie Winters social
horizon.
Mrs. Cooper Hewitt wore . black
cloth gown studded with steel-last
seasons model. but very good looking.
Over it she wore = long putty colored
coats loose bsggy cffair, that 10 very
practical and very smart for evening
wear. These coats have scored among
the successes Of the season. One women
told me she thought they were night
gowny in cut. and they are; but they
are still smart.
Mrs. Leo Taller wore black spaugled
gown, too. but it was not a. smart -
Mrs Stokes's. Spangles today must be
beyond reproach in their execution or
they are utterly impossible.
noticed q lot OF women with trans-
parent sleeves and the rest OF their
gowns lined throughout This is fatal
mistake and nothing gives worse lines.
II one elects to wear ones sleeves a jour
there must be a jour effect about the
neck. This is absolutely important.
Tho more Of q guimpe effect one gets
and makes q jour with the sleeves the
better.
Mrs. Walter Maud, Who looked charm
ing otherwise. ruined her black toilette
by this radical mistake. Apropos OF
spangled gowns. it will probably be
news to many women that their vogue
il Of American creation, and they are
another instance Of Paris copying from
New York.
A word about the younger cot. Their
bad gowning was quite unpardonable,
and made one wonder whatever their
parents or guardians were thinking
about. Miss Sedley. who deserves her
reputation for being q belle and q
beauty, wore in the evening . gown
spangled With silver and covered with
an elaborate design Of black lace. She
walked about good deal, and the bad
taste Of thp gown rather than her good
looks made her over conspicuous for q
young girl.
Miss Adele Fitzgerald's gown was
black net with q serpentine design done
in silver spaneles that would have been
little too much for Barnum's circus
unless it was designed with the object
OF being seen in all three rings. In this
case it would have fulfilled ito destiny,
And then there were-oh! q lot Of
others; but there 10 Q printing press
waiting for these words Of wisdom, %
Ill epare them, though neither they nor
their relation deserve it, A gaudily