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Washington sentinel., 1899-03-25
ImperiaIism Breeds Deficits

The price Britain pays for its
vast and constantly growing mill
tary machine is enormous. Ten
years ago the Admiralty asked for
only $40, ,ooo, 900 for the mainten.
ance and increase of the navy.
This years budget demands $685.
ooo, 1000. In 1886, 58, 900 men were
sufficient to man the navy. This
year 10000 men are needed.
Imperialism ''comes high, but we
must have it.
AS a result OF the increased
budget demands, recently made
public, England is called upon to
face deficit OF some $40 900, 900.
How to raise that sum is prob
lem that is now puzzling the best
minds in England. The money
has got to be raised, for, as Arthur
Balfour cynicallY told Commons,
"You can't expect to maintain a
splendid empire for nothing"
Some new form of tax alton would
bridge the deficit, but there are no
feasible new ways of raising the
wind" there. An increase in the
income tax was the first suggestion,
but the income tax is now on a
war basis, and no Ministry would
dare lace the country with a pro-
position to increase it further.
Another su question is that the
funds be diverted from the money
set aside annually toward the ex-
tinction of the national debt, but
that would be as unpopular as an
increase in the income tax, and so it
is not TO be considered. The Times
solemnly suggests that an import
duty be levied upon wheat and
sugar, but no Ministry would be
courageous enough to propose
such a measure to the public. 1t
is altogether probable that the man
who drinks and smokes will have
to make up the deficit through an
increased excise tax upon his be-
loved glass and pipe. The latter
resource would be hardly tempo
rary, for the deficit promises to
grow from year to year. The ma
ton is now spending Sa4o, ,ooo. 900
annually upon her army and navy.
There ought to be in these figures
some food Tor thought for our new
brood Of Imperialists. II England
had to carry the pension list we
do, in addition to her army and
navy burden, she would be in an
nextrica BILE financial tangle that
would terrlty the most sagacious
6nancier. They have their empire;
we are struggling to acquire one,
We would do we'll to pause and
consider the financial straits
Imperialism has gotten them into.
They had to expand because they
had no room to grow at home,
while a whole, boundless conti-
nent is ours in which to grow. If
once we put on the mantle Of I'm
perialism, we will long rue the day.
Washington sentinel., 1899-03-25

Election OF Senators bY the People.
When the chief defenders oi an
abuse begin to suffer from it there
is good reason to hope that some
thing will be done to suppress it.
The Republican party, as the
retained attorney Of all the hoary
evils OF American politics, has been
the principal obstacle in the way
of a reform in the Senate. Butnow
it is the Republican party on which
che evil OF Senatorial elections by
Legislatures is pressing. OF the
three deadlocked Legislatures
that have adjourned without elect
ing Senators, two are Republican.
The fourth. which is about to fol-
low sheir example, is Republican,
too. Thus the Republican party
will lose three Senatorships for the
next two years to one that will be
lost by the Democrats.
But that is not all. With the
President, the House and a large
Washington sentinel., 1899-03-25
The People Know the Difference.

The People Know the Difference.
When Alger visited Boston he
was Kissed by the people as he
drove through the streets. Even
the presence Of the President did
not save him from being publicly
derided and humiliated.
General Miles visited Boston
on last Tuesday. Both houses Of
the Legislature gave him hearty
welcome. The Merchants Club,
composed of over two hundred Of
the leading business men of Bos-
ton, gave him a banquet. Nothing
was left undone that would testify
to the public appreciation Of him
as an officer and a gentleman.
The difference in the reception
Boston accorded to Miles and
Alger is in keeping with their
deserts. 1t is strikingly indicative
Of public sentiment everywhere.
Nothing the Administration may
do can blind the country to the
worthiness of the soldier and the
unworthiness OF the politician anc
jobber who has been permitted BY
the President to use the power o
the Government for mis- persecu
J tion.
Washington sentinel., 1899-03-25
JekYl Island

the temporary sojourning place Of
President Mckinley and Speaker
Reed, is one of the group of sea
islands that dot the coast Of Geor-
gia, and is as beautiful a place to
rest in as the heart of man could
wish. 1t is about eight miles long
by two miles in width; the climate
is balmy and the vegetation semi
tropical. In its natural wild state
twenty-five years ago il was full OF
game and was a paradise for hunt
ers and fishermen. A company Of
rich New Workers bought it a
decade or more ago from a mem
Der Of the du Bignon family that
had owned it hall a century, and
by the lavish expenditure OF money
converted it into an ideal winter
resort
South Of Jekyl is Cumberland,
the biggest sland in the group,
that the State OF Georgia gave to
Gen. Nathaniel Greene Tor his
distinguished services in the Rev
olutionary War. While on a visit
there Gen. Light ht-Horse" Harry
Lee, father Of Gen. Robert Z Lee,
was seized with mortal illness, and
his remains still repose in their
J island grave.
Washington sentinel., 1899-03-25
A Corrupt Conspiracy.

What seems to be clear case
Of corruption and conspiracy is
made out against one OF the Chi
cago concerns which furnished
"embalmed" beef to the Govern
ment. To close the mouth of a
former employee oi this firm, who
made public his knowledge Of the
methods by which the law is
evaded and meat of the foulest and
most deleterious kind is prepared
for the market, $4,000 in cash was
paid to him. The money was ac-
cepted IN order that the charge of
corruption might be duly sus-
tanned. II the silence OF civilians
is worth IS 900 in each individual
case, it would be interesting TO
know what value the"embalmers"
set on the silence Of those officers
OF the Government who are neces-
sarily eognizant of the frauds that
have been committed.
Washington sentinel., 1899-03-25

apparently within reasonable
amounts. One OF the claimants
is the firm OF E. Atkins & Co., the
amount involved being SIs7, ooe
Mr.. Atkins is the we'll known Mas
sachusetts millionaire, who has an
extensive sugar plantation on the
island, and whose antipathy to the
Cubans was reflected in some de-
gree by President Cleveland and
Secretary Olney, who frequently
conferred with him.
Many interesting stories in con-
nection with the claims are related
IN the correspondence with Spain,
when the attention of that govern
ment was formally called to them
by the State Department. Sam'l
:. Tolon, who wants 500, 900 for
property losses and $50, 900 for
personal injuries, was captured
with two Germans and an English.
man in a skiff off the Cuban coast
and imprisoned, but afterward
released, as there was apparently
no evidence upon which to hold
them. The story of the Clean
brothers is also full of dramatic
interest. Their house was raided
by the Spanish forces because they
were believed to be in collision
with the insurgents.
They thus related their griev-
ances:
Our farms were lett without any one
in charge during three DAYS; the valu-
ables and all our property therein con-
tanned were ransacked, our crops
destroyed and the implements OF indus.
try,such as beehives, COW houses, horses,
hogs, sheep, &c disappeared. We
suffered the hardship to be conducted
by an armed force and placed between
criminals in a Jail; we suffered the dis.
grace which befalls a person of sensi-
uveness; we suffered all that may be
SuuSIGu ny a person VINO IS uuDB among
and shut up among criminals, being as
well known among respectable persons
OF this town. We suffered during thirty
nine hours, without the presentation OF
any witnesses, the moral and mental
tortures OF so grave charge as the one
brought forward against us.
This is a typical case among
many, In this particular instance
the Spanish government brought
forth considerable evidence to
show that the Clean brothers were
actually engaged in aiding and
abetting the insurgents and that
the arrest was perfectly justified.
How far the American Commits
sion, when it is appointed, will
take into consideration the par
ticipation of the various claimants
in the insurrection is a matter to
be determined in the future.
Washington sentinel., 1899-03-25
Property losses.

And so on, through the whole
list Of the two hundred or more
claimants. 1t will be noticed that
very few OF those who ask for very
large amounts have American
names. They are Cubans who
were naturalized after the revolu-
ton OF 1873. There are many gen
uine native Americans who make
demands, but their claims are
Washington sentinel., 1899-03-25
aArEs OF ApvER rIsINo:

81 per year for single copy sent by
mail to subscribers, payable In ADVANCE
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The Trekking Wagon.

The South African wagon is long,
heavy cart mounted on four Wheels as
rule, with a sort OF canvas tent over
the back half, leaving the front clear
TO carry the miscellaneous furniture Of
its owner, drawn by sixteen, eighteen
or twenty oxen, curiously ierce-look-
ing with their immense spread OF horn
sometimes as much as eight feet from
tip to tip and rarely less than six, but
in reality as patient and hard working
beasts as one could wish to find. Their
mode OF progression is certainly slow,
but there is strangeness and fas-
cinauon about il which may draw men
TO II almost as the Alps draw their
devotees. In front there marches the
"yoorlooper," generally a small boy
leading the two foremost oxen by
rein or rope passed through their nos
trils. The driver walks alongside with
the long and terrible whip he uses so
unsparingly, or else sits on the front
Of the wagon and gets off occasionally
to lash UP the whole team with unfail-
Ing impartiality The travelling is all
done at night, starting a little before
sunset and marching until perhaps IL
or IL o'clock; then there is halt till
a little before the first signs Of dawn,
when they go on again till the sun be-
gins to get hot overhead, and then they
lie for the day.-Gentleman's Maya
zine.
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WAR NOT ES,

The department is not yet set in
the acceptance of Gen. Otis decision
that the Spanish government is en-
Titled TO all of the cannon in the Phil
ippines outside of those brought in by
the American army. The paragraph
In the peace treaty relating to the
ownership Of this artillery admits Of
adouble construction. but the weight
OF opinion in the department Is that
the United States is at least entitled
to the possession of the guns captured
and surrendered before the signing of
the peace protocol. This would in
clude the batteries at Cavite, Corregi-
dor island, at the mouth of Manila bay,
and probably those in the Notifications
of Manila itself.
The events of the week past have
emphasized the need of a much larger
army in the Philippines, without
which, according TO the best authori-
ties in Manila. it would be attempting
the impossible to expect TO establish
American supremacy in the islands
The inadequacy OF the American forces
is said to be responsible for the large
total loss in the number of small en-
| counters, without material results as
compensation. Most of the fighting
has been in territory which the Amer
leans had swept, but have been COM
PEELED to abandon because they could
not spare troops TO hold it.
Two companies of the Sd infantry
\ anI g 20 ,4,.,v
forming Gen. Lawton's rear guard, re-
turning from San Miguel to Balinag
on the 23d, escorting signal corps
party which was picking up wire laid
with Gen. Lawton's expedition, found
that the insurgents had reoccupied the
country and hard fighting followed
from daylight until the Americans
camped at night. But the troops COM
! pleted their work, though harassed by
! the enemy. One American was killed
and IA wounded. The troops captured
20 prisoners and 80 rifles.
Gen. Lawton, with most of his troops,
has arrived at Malolos His expedition
fights, captured IS towns, destroyed
800, 900 bushels of rice and only lost six
men killed and 81 wounded. On the
other hand, Gen. Lawton estimates
that his troops killed 400 insurgents
and wounded double that number.
A scouting party of American troops
encountered a body of insurgents at
Santa Rita and the Americans being
reinforced by Brig Gen. Funston with
! the South Dakota regiment, warm
fight ensued A lieutenant and five
men of the American force were
wounded and 10 of the insurgents were
killed and several captured.
Gen. Hughes, who has been ap-
! pointed TO relieve Col. Smith as COVER
nor of the Visayan district, will be
succeed as provost-marshal by Brig
| Gen. Williston, who recently arrived
at Manila in command of the troops OF
the Sixth artillery.
Admiral Dewey has sent word to the
navy department that he will stop al
various places on his way to the United
States and will reach New York about
! Oct l.
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Bali Hearing, on the Farm.

1t is probably safe prediction that
all manufacturers OF harvesting ma
chinery will eventually adopt ball bear
ings wherever it is possible to use
them. In 1891 the Deering Harvester
Company of Chicago equipped all their
machines with ball and roller bear
ipgs, and the great popularity of the
idea led other manufacturers to ex-
pertinent with several styles of roller
bearings. hoping to apply them to their
machines without appearing to initiate
the originators too closely. The appli-
cation of ball bearings is more costly,
but popular demand will yet force all
competitors to follow the lead of the
Deering Company.
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Bank Notes OF Ancient Times.

Among the products of civilization
which were familiar to the Chinese
many centuries before they came into
use in Europe may be reckoned bank
notes. There is at this moment In the
possession Of the Bank of England q
specimen supposed TO be one of the
Oldest extant dating from the four
teenth century OF our era. 1t is now
proved, however that paper money
vas issued in China as carly as S07
A. ID. These securities closely resem-
lied the famous French assignats in
being based upon the estates OF the
kingdom. The Bank OF Stockholm
claims to have been the first western
institution to adopt a paper currency,
hut the Bank OF England must have
followed very close with its f2O notes.
which were issued In 1896.
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AT THE STILE.

They might have been brother and
sister or cousins accustomed to each
others society every day in the year.
Certainly they did not act like lovers.
They walked carefully the man mine
ingly, on either side Of the dusty lane,
each keeping close to the border OF the
grass.
Il think" said the woman, that 1t
is the very wisest thing We can do"
The man started-he glanced covert
ly at her, then turned his face very de-
liberately to her as he replied: II will
not say you are wrong. But have you
reached this conclusion suddenly
within the past hour, or did you arrive
at 1t last night?"
Last night"
Then you doubtless thought OF
everything in connection with
with"
Our quarrel?" She looked straight
at him. Her face was not disturbed in
the least that he could see; she
seemed, indeed to be unusually self
possessed. Yes"
Il apprehended as much" The man
braced himself with an effort; it re-
quired an effort. 81 made due provis-
ions for this interview"
"A case of telepathy." She laughed.
Her laugh was the same-there was
not false note in it, The man could
not have laughed naturally if his life
had been at stake. You mean you
have brought my letters"
Yes"
brought yours with me, Carroll"
She uttered his name just as she al
ways uttered it. At that moment he
could not trust himself 10 utter her
name--he would exhibit feeling, he
knew 1t. And to think-this was the
woman he could have sworn sympa-
thized with him as no other person in
the wide world sympathized with him
in his work and aims Yes, 1t was
we'll that they had made the discovery
in time.
She handed him a small, dainty-look-
Ing packet-he reached her a larger
and by no means as neat a package
he observed the difference himself.
Then he inferred that his feelings were
much the deepest; she had been at
pains to make hers attractiye-he had
no thought Of mere appearances when
he tied his. lie felt as if his heart was
bound up-going from him in that lit
tie package
Now that it is all over-Clara"
required an effort to call her by that
name-"will you tell me my chief Of
tense? l am not Indifferent like the
good opinion Of my fellows. That is,
while l preserve my self-respect al
ways; Of course, do not fancy the idea
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HE HANDED IT TO HER
of going through the world in way
that would subject me to the criticism
of any sensible man or woman"
We'll l am rather glad you ask
that. 1t disabuses me of one impress
sion. Now that everything is over be-
tween us l will be entirely frank with
you. Indeed, it is due to you to say
that / do not-no | am quite sure
have never met man whose manners,
whose estimate of himself Judging
from his manners and general bearing)
are more perfect or commendable than
yours"
You have taken load from my
Ihoulders-positively you have
Clara"
How about my manners?" She held
her head a trifle higher; her parasol at
that moment was defected he could
just see the lower part Of her face her
chin seemed little redder-or was 1t
imagination?
why what on earth do you mean ?"
Il asked you very simple question.
But 1t does not make any difference"
Your manners"
Ibid you not say last night that l
was too demonstrative-when Miss
Challoner tainted and her dog was
tramped by Mr.. Trescott"
You must have wholly misunder-
stood"
We'll, perhaps / was mistaken there.
But do you recall your words-your ex-
act words when l was introduced to
your friend, Mr.. Grinnell?"
II do not. Now do recall IT.; / may
have said-I thought you unlike your
self. Something you seemed-for the
first time-precise. But"
Then you persisted in going away
and leaving me with him"
Miss Machmont beckoned to mt
you saw her with her mother"
THAT did not occur to me. OF
course you could not have walked
across the room with me and left me
WIN them?"
1T was doubtless stupid of me.
but"
LET us say no more. 1t is all so un-
like us to part like children"
but about Grinnell did not know
he was ah-disagreeable to you. II
had dreamed"
do you tell me that you did not
know he pursued me two years ago
the very first year / was out? / have
been annoyed by him more than by
any other man. ! never liked hipa-
and never Will"
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Am l to understand that Mr.. Grin
nell was the gentleman that your
mother referred to last fall when"
please let us not speak of Mr.. Grin
nell any more"
But want to say only became
acquainted with him a week ago,
and"
II am glad no one observed us. !
dislike that Miss Dreggitt. She Is a
confirmed gossip-and busybody."
yet You took her arm last night and
walked away with her"
THE wisest thing / could do-how
else do you think could have diverted
her attention? She has eyes like a
hawks"
You mean"
Il mean that If I had not walked
away at that precise moment with her
all the world would know We were at
odds. Is that plain enough?"
But you-you walked away with
Mr.. Grinnell."
For the same reason you walked
away with Miss Dreggitt."
Il hope you will remember me
among your truest friends, Clara"
you have no better friend than
am"
IF anybody had told me yesterday
we would be walking here this way to-
day"
Il might say the same. Do you mean
to convey the impression l am any way
at fault?"
You are faultless-have l not al
ways told you so? l never realized
your good sense, your justice, your
beauty as l do this moment"
You compel me to say in reply that
never had less reason to note any
thing approaching fault in you.
can say that now that everything is
over"
rs it all over? Listen, Clara. There
is some inconceivable misunderstand-
ing. You are perfection in my eyes
you must permit me to finish. l was
chilled by a single glance last night
now you tell me you were annoyed
about Grinnell. What has Grinnell to
do with me or mine? was grieved to
the soul when you avoided me- And
yet we two-of all the other people in
the world. did not close my eyes last
night"
They were now at the stile. She
grew pale and red by turns.
Let us sit down here few minutes,
There is no one near
'tNNhv 10 vn,," ~ h-ao
that you have no fault to find with
my appearance or manners-and give
me back my letters?"
why did you give me miner"
God knows do not. thought
you had suddenly discovered some
thing that you did not like"
You did me the injustice to think
am changeable"
Il deserve the rebuke"
And yet you could say with as much
reason that assumed you were
changeable."
1T would never occur to me-"
How delicious and cool II is here"
Il never beheld lovelier morning"
Nor l."
He drew a package from his pocket.
After looking at it sadly he handed it
to her
Give me yours"
Without a word she gave him back
the package he had given her near the
bottom of the lane.
we have acted like silly children, I"
she said. shyly.
No, Clara; we have acted like sensi-
BILE man and woman. And now we are
not TO be alone; see Miss Dreggitt's
hat and parasol. could tell her among
a million"
Let her come l do not care If all
the world sees US now"
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TRY Grain-o, TRY Grain-o,

Ask your grocer today TO show you a
package of GRAIN-O, the new food
drink that takes the place of coffee.
The children may drink it without in
jury as well as the adult. All who try
it, like it. GRAIN-O has that rich seal
brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made
from pure grains and the most delicate
stomach receives it without distress
One-fourth of the price of coffee. 15c.
and 25c. per package. Sold by all
grocerS.
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Adjt-G Corbin has prepared a
statement of the number of deaths
which have occurred in the army since
the beginning of the war with Spain:
In Cuba. 1890: in Porto Rico, 2s7; at
Honolulu, As; in the PHILIPPINES, COG; in
the United States, 3,s72. Total, 200.
The agricultural department will es-
tablish tea farm in every southern
state and TO have the planting done
where growth can be forced through
irrigation SO as To get plenty of tender
shoots. Secretary Wilson thinks the
south can produce all the tea this
country can use.
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Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot
Ease, powder for the feet. 1t makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Hot and
Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores, CSC. Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen $. olmsted, Leroy, n. Y.
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"IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED, -
SAPOlI 10
why lie Prepared 1t.

"a bad excuse is better than none"
remarked the first philosophic hobo.
81 like it better dan a good one" OBJ
served the other; cts more gentle.
manly. cause generly don't work"
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Lane.. Famlly MedIcIne.

Moves the bowels each day. In order
to be healthy this is necessary. Acts
gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures
sick headache. Price - and soc.
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BASE BALL.

Below we publish the number OF games OF
ball played by the Western and National
Leagues giving the number OF games won and
lost, together with the percentage OF each club
TO date. Sunday May 2Sth:
WESTERN IFACTF STANDING
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1899-06-01

Confidence-A tender plant nour
ished by buuko men.
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GRAIN, ETC.

"Detrolt-HaY, No timothy, 80 81 per ton.
Potatoes. BIC Der bu. Live Poultry, spring
chickens. loo per 10: fowls. &c: turkeys, iOc;
ducks. &c Eggs. strictly fresh, l3c per doz.
Butter. best dairy. lie per lb creamery, isc
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Tomorrow-The happiest day in the
average mans life.
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Fools-A class OF people that wis e
men work for a living