Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-23
ECHOES OF Our WAR.

American savants, philanthropsts and
thinkers who think they think frequently
bewal the national Characteristic Of hurry.
They assert that the nervous haste, the dis
position to burn the candle at both ends,
manifested in business, Industrial and pro-
tessional life, produces a mild form Of de-
generacy and fattens graveyards. They
urge, instead OF rushing headlong
: to Getthere, a life of case, frequent vaca-
tions, holidays galore and cultivation OF
indifference to the needs Of tomorrow. An
, ideal existence, truly-one which the ma
tional authorities might be expected, with
reason, to foster wherever found. Yet
there IS Governor General Leary of the
merry isle OF Guam uprooting the native
tendency to rest, insisting on work and in
other ways producing what home thinkers
think Is a menace to longevity Captious
critics assert that Leary's pale pills for lazy
people Is sign of progressive civilization.
Depends on how you view 1t. Perhaps ma
ture is not as prolific in Guam as in nearby
tropic isles. In mCst OF them what we call
work is superiiuous The native is not
called upon to do more than eat and sleep,
and some of them, from force of habit rarely
come in out OF the rain. They may sleep in
the shelter of their own bread fruit trees.
When nature Graves bite they can kick
the tree and down comes the staff of life.
Having had a fill, they may sleep on until the
time comes for registering another kick or
course there are some variations to this
ideal life of ease. Sometimes the natives
raise hail Columbia, as in Samoa and Luzon;
others are addicted to raising families pro-
miscuously, as in Guam. Still these ebulli-
ttons of temper can scarcely warrant the
substitution of everlasting work, of strife
and struggle, for continuous rest.
In Manila the Spanish dealers attempt
to attract the trade of the American SOL
ders by hanging out signs printed in Eng
lish, and If we may believe Kansas boy
the result is often ludicrous. Here are
few of the signs: MY new rapide fortog-
rafy process is OPEN" 1--WE regulate watch
crystals twenty cents one" Smoking is
defended here Evidently it is the intent
of the last announcement to let the soldier
boys know that they will be permitted to
smoke in the proprietor's store.
beautiful and unique invitation to visit
the city of Columbus, O., was delivered TO
Admiral Dewey by delegation from that
town few days ago. 1t is solid tablet
made of the gold from twelve $40 gold
pieces, with base plate rectangular in
shape, in the center of which, and slightly
raised above the base. is another plate CT
smaller dimensions. Artistic engravings OF
Dewey, Christopher Columbus, the flagship
Olympia and the Santa Maria adorn the
plate, which is otherwise beautifully deco
rated and appropriately inscribed
Some people got the idea this heah
reg g'ment had bout two million dollahs in
loot from Iloo" said a Tennessean to
San Francisco Chronicle reporter. "Tenues-
see nevuh nailed morun couple hundred dol
luhs' wuth loot theyuh.
I'VE landed when town was afiuh an
rushed right through aftuh tn ngguhs an
former outpost guard bout tn place. That's
when somebody else got TIL plums that was
tub be picked up.
'Reckun tn reguluhs plucked a bit. They
had tn elegunt chances; we didn't. 1t was
kind NV anybody's grab fuh while theyuh
Nigguhs had fiuhed tn builduns an rum
an most tn rich people had left before
$50 only Cinnamon stayed behind. They
wun't waitin' for any Klondike an cold |
weathur, but just set tub work with crow |
bauhs pryin' opun hot safes soons they |
could get close 'nough aftur buildin' buhned |
down. Well, l reckon sojuhs wasn't goun' |
tub see them theyuh fulluhs takun' TIL stuff |
beaongun' tub tn town Uncle Sans men |
had captuhed. SOS soons safe'd be pried |
opun sojuh steps up an says, 'Heuh. yuh, |
drop that Want tub get 'rested? an jabs |
at 'em with bay'net. 1t was kind Wv like |
catspaws tub rake chestnuts outuh tn fuh, |
only we Tennessee boys wun't doun' tn |
monkey trick |