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asserted it, and. holding this dclusion. they
did not want any amlcable arrangement.
s. Prior to the fall of Manila to have
quietly withdrawn and left the Spanish
army and the foreign residents to their
fate, after destroying the Spanish fleet.
would have been an act of cowariice and
inhumanity too infamous to be considered.
Since the fall of Manila there has been
no time when the American troops could
have been Withdrawn without openly OF
coTerty retreating before an insolrnt and
aggressive foe.
.. Had the insurgents sought a peaceful
solution of the differences. the United
States could not have turned over the con-
troll of the islands TO such an irresponsible
government without mourning a liability
for heavy damages to foreign owners Of
property.
10. 1t has never been shown. and cam
not be shown, wherein the acquisition az
the Philippines differs in principle from the
acquisition of New Mexico. New MoNich
was acquired as a sequence Of war. without
the consent of her people. If IL ''trampled
under foot the principles upon which the
American republic itself rests" why have
the American statesmen remained silen; for
fifty years, and legisated annually tC per-
petuate the so-called enormity?
IL. The allegation that the Philippines
have been acquired with the intent 10 gCV-
ern them without the consent of their pco-
pie is a pure assumption, as unjust as il is
unpatriotic. Every declaration Of our gbv-
eminent, every page of our history or tra.
people openly contradicts such statements.
All the froth Of turbulent rhetoric bout
violating the principles of Washington and
JEFFERSON arises from the false assumption
that the insurgent government uLdef
Aeuinaldo represents the people Of all the
Philippines. Once concede the fact that &c
was the purpose of Aguinaldo and his adj
herents to use the arms provided by the
United States to force Tagalog dominate don
Upon the people of North Luzoa and upon
the tribes which inhabit the other islands
and the veil is lifted from the roman ~ cf
philippine liberty, and the tragedy Of Taga-
log usurpation and cruelty is revealed.
L. Whatever may have been the causes
The TACT is evident that the United States
is engaged in war, and If hostIlities be pro.
longed, 1t will be because the insurgent
leaders are encouraged to believe that some
party may soon come into power which will
recognize T9galog supremacy in luzol and
possibly aid them in an effort 10 ,ubjugate
the remaining 1893 islands of the Philippine
group which have never recognized Aguif.
aldo's government.
10: While thoughtful and loyal men are
reading what our foremost states men said
about liberty, let them also read and non.
der what they said about giving r.o-al aid
and comfort to the enemies of our country
when We are engaged in war.
S. A. KNAPP.
Lake Charles, La, June.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-01
ARE SUCCESSFUL CASHIERS.
slamese Merchants Use Apes to De-
tect Spurious Coins.


tect Spurious Coins
From the Independent
In that far-off. dried-up little oriental
country, quite near China you know. there
are large quantities of counterfeit coin in
circulation, and the counterfeiters of Siam
must be most proficient, for we hear that il
1t the hardest thing in the world to detect
the bad from the good money
The merchants are often deceived and fire.
quently swindled The smartest men they
could employ Were deceived, too, for the bad
money was such a wonderful imitation that
tie closest scrutiny often failed to find the
difference between good and bad piece
In this dilemma some Siamese merchants
called to their help some one who was al
ways thought not so smart as "A mana
monkey. And these large apes of Siam"
proved such a success at their new ayoca-
tlcn that the custom of employing them for
the purpose of detecting bad money has be-
come universal The ape cashier of Siam
holds his situation without a rival
He has peculiar method of testing coin
Every piece is handed to him and he picks
up each bit of morey, one at time and
ne dltauVely puts ii into his mouth tasting
IL with grave elaboration. If the coin is
good he declares the fact plainly. He takes
1t from his mouth and carefully places it
in its proper receptacle beside him. He has
pronounced judgment and every one is sat
isfied that the judgment is correct
But If the coin is bad the cashier makes
known ms verdict in an equally unmistak-
able manner. He throws it violently from
his mouth to the floor, shaking his head
with as much disgust as the merchant him
self might feel at being imposed upon. With
lCud chatter1ng and angry gestures he
makes known his displeasure at being pre-
sented with bad piece of money. The mer-
chant himself could not express it better
Now, how does a monkey know what a
man cannot tell? All, that is his secret. He
never reveals it. Perhaps he is afraid if he
should make known all the mysteries of his
profession his occupation might be gone anu
people would once more prefer men for
cashiers in place of the extraordinary apes
employed by the merchants of SIAM
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Cause for Tears.
From Harper's Bazaar

From Harper's Bazaar.
'Oh, Harold, do you love me?" implored
the bride of a month, as her husband came
in from his business and pressed his wait
ing wife to his manly bosom.
Well said he, between kisses, what do
you infer from this operation?"
But, Harold, do you really and truly love
me?" she demanded, eager to hear again
from his lips what she had heard many
times before
Yes, my darling, 1 love you dearly, de-
votedly, INCREASINGLY, constantly, excessive
~, amazingly, and any other advsrbs YOU
happen to think Of"
You are making fun of me, Harold. and
You ought not to do that" pouted the bride.
mo, love-" protested Harold as he
squeezed her and kissed her again 81 was
merely trying to convince You that 1 do
really and truly love you dearly, and dear
ly.'
Then you do love me. Harold?"
Yes, darling
Are you sure, Harold?"
Quite certain my precious"
"Oh, I'm so happy!'' she said, with a little
sigh of contentment. Then she askedi
DO You love me as much as you did this
morning, Harold?'
Il love you twice as much my char7ner. -
asseverated Harold, thinking to make her
very happy; but how little do men know
about women! His bride looked at him sor
rowfully, and demanded:
ION, Harold, why, why did you love me
less this morning than YOU do novf'
And she burst into teaxA
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A Chinese PayyuShop.
From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.

From the st. Louis Globe Democrat
The inside of a Chinese pawnshop is a
terra incognita to most people, Chinese and
English. Few are admitted within its
mysterious walls except those directly con-
nected with the business. A traveller was
recently permitted to inspect one in an in
land town, and was surprised to find the
entire building incased in sheet iron about
cne-eighth of an inch thick 1t must have
cost Il large sum to build an iron house
within the usual lofty brick edifice, yet
there II was, even to the roof. 1t served a.
two-foid purpose, protection against fire
and thieves. Yet even within this iron
castle, night watchmen armed with heavy
revolvers and clad in bullet-proof jackets
ever keep watch.
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LORD KELVIN.
Sketch of One of the Greatest Scien.
fists of the Age

tISts Oh the Age.
1t is customary among Americans. ana
Bnglishmen, too, for the matter of that. to
give all the credit for the first successful
Atlantic cable to Cyrus w. Field. but by
right the credit should be divided 1t is
true that field financed the enterprise,
and that he furnished the enthusiasm and
persistence, without which Europe and
America could never have been electrically
joined together. But the laying of a cable
beneath the ocean between the continents
was not the only essential to the success of
Fields NapoleOnic scheme. A way TO make
the cable work, method to insure its eco
nomical delivery at one end, of the words
intrusted to ii at the other was as neces-
sary as the cable itself. and that was a task
which Field was quite unable to compass
The man who wrought out this problem
deemed absolutely insoluble by most scien-
lists forty years ago, was named William
thomson. He was then. as now, professor
of natural philosophy at the University of
Glasgow, Scotland, and was already MAX
ing name for himself in the scientific
world. In 1853, when the first cable was
laid, only to break a short time afterward
Thomson had the problem only partially
solved. but in 1865, when the second cable
was laid the Thomson apparatus for deeD
sea cabling was practically perfected, and
the whole world has profited immensely
therefrom ever since. He was promptly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-01
Corporation Kindness,

| From the Detroit Free Press
Henry, can't you demonstrate about
| those two telephone poles on our side
| walk?"
| GRACIOUS! no, Ellen. I'm just dra fling a
vote of thanks to the company for noe
planting them in our front yard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-01
Not Always Good.

From Tit-Bits.
Tommy-'Grandps, are kings and queens
always good?''
Grandpa-"Not always, my boy: not when
there are aces out against them"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-21
MECKLENBURG.
4 SmaII-POx scare-Carrying Away
LubOrers-POiiticaI.


BOYDTON, VA. May 20.-(Special)-A
good deal OF excitement has been produced
I'm the neighborhood Of Haskins's Ferry,
in the southern portion of Mecklenburg,
over the prevalence OF smallpox. which
has broken out i'm the family Of Lon
Holloway, a negro woman. Five persons
are reported to have broken out in this
family with the disease this week. DR..
Saunders. OF Chase city, who mas had
considerable experience with smallpox
cases. pronOunces il genuine smallpox.
Justice-of-the Peace Dan Jones has es-
tabshed n strict quarantine at the house.
lie has also Guaranteed the local attend
ing physician. and is taking every pre-
caution to prevent the spread Of the
dreaded disease
The draught on the labor of the county
20 work on railroad and in northern brick
yards continues. and is seriously hurting
the farming interest The labor agents
have paid the county many visits. and
each time carry off a large batch of
hands. On Monday they carried away
some seventy-fve or eighty. Some law
should be passed, ii possible. 10 prevent
the agents from coming into a county
Just as the crops are being picked ana
disorganiZlng the labor in such way as
10 injure seriously the farmers, by cut
ting Off their crops, after all their ar
rangemcnts have been made.
There is little or no excitement mere
over the spring elections The only Of
fees that pay fairly well. that are being
contended for are the two offices OF Com
missioner of the Revenue. The candi-
dates for Commonwealth Attorney,
sheriff Treasurer. and Clerk Of County
and Circuit courts have no opposition.
Quite a novel state Of things existed here
this spring. WheH the time came for
nominating county officers, both the
Democratic and Republican conventions
met ana passed resolutions 10 the effect
that II was ineXpedient TO make nomlna-
lions for any OF the county offices.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-21
ROthert&COnpdnV
FOURTH AND BROAD STREETS.
JAMES CITY.
Sales of ProPcrty-Drnnk COncen-
trntcd Lye With Fatal Results.

WILLIAMSBURG, VA, May 2o.-(Spe
clal)-Hill Pleasant farm, the home of
the late Judge Richardson l.. Henley be-
fore removing to town from James City,
has changed hands. Judge Henley sold
il to Mr.. Al Peck. who now sells It to
Herbert II. Coleman, Of Minneapolis
Mimi, for 5000 Mr. Coleman, with his
family. will move down at once. and
hopes To get In a portion of crop this
season.
The large estate known as Browns"
located ia Stone-HOuse District. has also
changed hands having been purchased
by q. j. Anderson and NJ. .. Elton, OF
Pelican Rapids. MINI. The new owners
are men of large experience in farming.
and will conduct the business on a large
scale.
Mrs. \. b. Washington and Miss Wash
ington. Of Winchester. have been here
visiting
A yachting party from New York. in
GLIDING Hon. Joseph L. Brent, DR.. Rusen,
G. W. Coggeshaw. Miludm i<eyse,. l.n4
Samuel keyser, OF the Baltimore and
Ohio road, came here yesterday from Old
Point. where they lately arrived in their
handsome steam yacht, Kalda. AS usual
with most visitors to our town, they
took i'm jamestown before returning. Other
tourists were Mr.. and Mrs T.. c. Brown
and Mr. and Mrs. a. p. White, Of Salem,
Mass.
MISSES Louie ana MARY bdtItlt are At
tending the sessions of the Episcopal
Council at st. Faurs church. Richmond.
Mr. w. G. Johnston. editor of the Ca
zette, returned last evening from trip
to Richmond in the interest of his jour-
nal.
Rev. Zebulon S. Farland, rector of St
Johns Episcopal church. Portsmouth,
with his wife is here visiting DR.. and
Mrs. j. Leslie Hall.
4 family named Richardson, residing
near Squire Henry Armistead's. after
using concentrated I've yesterday in clean
ing. left some Of it where one of the
children got hold of it and drank T.. In
a short time the child expired.
Mrs. Ellen ID. Farlsnd. OF Richmond. is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. l.. Hall,
College Place.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-21

1000 dozen Corsets, that you have al
ways paid 50c. for at 25c. every size.
Any w. r., G. B., j. j., or r. G.
Corset In the house at 7Jc each
Handsome quality Pearl Buttons, have
been 25c. dozen. at lOc dozen
All the Mosquito Netting atf2c yard.
zoe. Snowy White Marseilles Pique at
Nc. yard co inches wide.
Mems Percale Laundered Shirts, with
separate cuffs. all sizes, &c; ii.
Mems slightly dust-sOiled Lauhdered
Shirts, were zoe. and 81 AZ sc
Full pieces. best quality, Black Velvet
Skirt Binding &C. each. -
81 Umbrellas, ladies' and mems handles,
a.25 and $50 Umbrellas. ladies' and
Mems Balbriggan Vests S9c. ones, all
siZes, 90c, each.
We have put ridiculonsly low prices on
Uailor-Made Ladies' Suits
80 for 81 ones.
$3.50 for $3.50 ones.
s. for $40 and So ones.
See Ladies' 1870. Seamless Hose, in
Black or Tan, at Sc. pair.
See Mems soc. Fercale Shirts at e5c.
Tho town is simply wild with the way
we are selling Ladies'
sHYRT-wAISTS.
The finest make Of ST. $l.25, and 81.
Pereale and Madras Waists put In one lot
20 be sold at QUO. cdcn, lncluulnE Sollu
Black Tucked Waists and White Tucked
Waists.
Sac the Pansy Buckles at l0c each.
See the 75c. Polka-Dot India SILK at 900.
500 the TAPPED Neck and TAPPED Arm
Hole Vests at &c.
See the Mems 3ec. Balbriggan Vests at
Doc. each.
Mems 75c Imported Bleached Vests,
oizes 20 and az only. SIC. each.
la White Bed Quilts at 25c. each.
Here are some more prices on Quilts,
every one, OF course. simply unapproach-
able by any store; SO. so, 50, SSc.. 81, Sl.25,
siSs $50 and $2.9S.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-21
STAT \r0N.
The VIII OF Mrs. Hnrrict r.. Miller
Other Notes.

STANTON. VA. May O.-Special)-
The will Of Mrs. Harriet Echols Miller.
dated September %, 1S9s, has beer adj
mitted TO probate il, the Hastings Court.
The will said that she would make dis
position later of certain effects. but this
was never done. Mrs. Miller bequeaths
I'm equal shares TO her three nleccs-
Misses Mary T., Agnes Erskine and
Elizabeth K.-and 20 her nephew-A. j..
Miller--all the property derived from her
husband. II. Ershine Miller, the wealthy
coal operator
Eastwood" the handsome Miller home.
Is also devised to them as tenants In
common so long as they care 10 live
there.
The above devisees are also to have all
her personal effects. save some specific
requests made 10 friends. To Lieutenant
Edward Echols comes all that part Of
Mrs. Millers estate derived from their
father. the late General John Echos No
one has as yet qualified to administer the
estate This will be done later.
Hon. II. st. George Tucker viii deliver
the commencement address at old Proyi-
dence church. before the students OF the
Valley High School. Tuesday night the
23d.
MIR. Henderson NJ. Bell, Jr OF Bran
well, w. Va, * in town. on a visit to
his father, Major Henderson III. Bell.
The local strawberry crOp-guite an In
portant item In this secfion--is Just
coming into market.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-21
SUICIDE IN ROCKBRIDGE.
David ID. brown. u Prosperous Farm
err, shoots Himself.

LEXINGTON. VA. May 20.-( Especially
David b. Brown, aged - years, and one
Of the most prosperous and well-to-do
farmers OF near Fairfield. Rockbridgc
county. committed suicide this morning
by shooting himself through the head.
HIS wife, who is slightly deaf, was get
ting breakfast, and mis- son FEEDING the
stock, when he committed the deed. lie
was called to breakfast and not respond
ing. was found after search I'm his sons
room. lying in a pool of blood. with a
hole in the centre OF his forehead and
his pistol near his side. He had been
complaining for several days. and 1t Is
thought he had carefully planned the
time for the suicide.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-21
THE f. B. TAYLOR COMPANYS
TWO STORES,
No. 1911 east Main and
No. 9 east Broad street.
--nAN%N%%%%&-

We have just received a car.
load of OLD RELIABLE
LEONARD REE'RIGERATORS
and ICE CHESTS. Our stock
of ODORLESS REFRIGERA-
TORS has also been replen-
ished, and is now complete.
We also have on hand the
popular White Mountain and
Arctic Ice-Cream Freezers, as
well as the Silent FreezsF'
which is a marvel without a
parallel.
Our line Of Water-Coolers
comprises tie finest Nickel ana
Solid Oak, with porcelain
lining, to the cheaper grade OF
Japanned with galvanized
lining.
We have a complete line OF
the Russian Cafetieres, innickei
and brass. For a good cup OIL
coffee try one.
rmy F.3uGTul
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-21
You ALI Want Pants, So Here They Go.

the styles Of Pants you see on tho street
that cost all the way from 81 IS to $3.50
five styles Of them.
We have 5000 pairs Of Pants that go in
this sale. and you can get them from roc
up to the finest that's made. We want
The short man. the lean man, tho fat
man-all 10 come. We can fit them in
Suits or Pants.
Boys Long-Pants Suits that must so
In at the same low prices
Boys Knee Pants Suits from 03c. up.
Any number of styles at almost any
price.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-21
Fund for Freedmen. A,a.

CINCINNATI. o., May l9.-Rev. ]. W
Hamilton, corresponding secretary OF tht
Methodist Bishops. to-day announced tn,
plan and appeal of the bishops for tbs
1900 900 notwithstanding fund Tor th,
Freedmen's Aid and Southern Education
Society, and the extension OF the So
ciety's work 10 Tho Vest Sudiss aud tn'
Philippines. .
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-21

10 and 121-2c. PercaIes, seven hundred
fuH pieces to select from. the most de-
sirable patterns for waists dresses. and
wrappers. and mems shirts. at &c. yard
II lie. Skirting Crash at &c. yard.
All the II lie. Black Duck at 3-4c.
yard.
All the Pretty Wash Silk at 25c. yard.
BLACK AND COLORED WORsTED
DRESS GOODS.
Judge by this item how the prices are
Any Of the Pretty Black Crepons that
were 81, SIS, $50, or Sl.9S, now at Zoe.
yard.
Yard-wide White p. X. at &C. a yard.
White Z. KS at 10c. that have been 15c.
wide range of White Piques at l5c
yard. We only ask you TO price them
before seeing ours
Every one of our Two-Dollar Shirt
Waists to be sold at Csc.
A FEW BOOK PRICES.
The popular Book David Harum. at CSC.
! The Christian by Hall Game, SOC.
The Choir Invisible. by James Lane
| Allen zoe.
'In His Steps" by Sheldon. i5c.
| phIoSO. by Anthony Hope 30c.
| one hundred titles, zoe. and 81 Books,
at 25c.
BUY HERE AND SAVE MONEY on
! SILKS,
DRESS GOODS.
| HOSIERY
| CORSETS,
LACES.
DRESS TRIMMINGS
SEPARATE SKIRTS.
SH1RT-WAISTS.
PIQUFS.
INDIA LINONS
| CARPETS RUGS.
MATTINGS, etc, etc.
EXTRAORDINARY.
One hundred pieces OF 42-inch White
| S!lky-Finished Lawn. the like has never
! been seen under 2Oc. yard, we offer them
J at 91-2c. yard.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-21


Va:
Gentlemen Il: has now been two years
since you cured me ot that dreadful ean-
Ger on by back m- general health D,
better than ever before. as The result Ok
the blood medicine you gave me and there
s. no signs of any reuin OK nay n.d
trouble. | have been very active in tao
interests OF the afflicted. and have recon
mended you. and your treatment 90 at
least fifty persons who have written nae
about you. In my letters refer rafu.-
ularly 10 the easy method employed NJ
YOU. the fact Of your using 100 hNlfE.
CAI-STIC, or BURNING PLASTER. ara
efrecting 4 cure so speedi.r. and with so
little pain. You certainly are dong
great kindness to humanity by placing
your valuable cure within the reacn OK
people in moderate circumstances ~
your liberal charges, and you may oe-
pend on me ~ an times 20 speak Wen
Of you. Wishing you continued success ee,
l am. yours very truly, SAN NlO7''
Beaver Dam Va. March is. lS'''
np l6-Suntsl
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-21
A. HutZler'S Sons,
315 east Broad street.

Quality should never be sacrificed for
the sake of price.
MATING TALK.
II you are in want OF a Mating. your
want is only half supplied by purchasing
a poor grade. our stock embraces the
latest patterns. the best makes. the most
attractive cClorings, the most durable
qualities.
Light-Weight Chinese Jolnted Mattings.
Pee
Light Weight Seamless Mattings. .l5c
heavyweight Chinese Jointless Mat
tlnBs .......... .........,.. .......-...... lSc.
Satn-Finish Selected Straw Chinese
Jointless, at .......... ........9 and 3Oc.
Japanese Cotton-Warp Mattings.
IS and 20c.
Extra Quality japanese Cotton-Warps,
pc.
Damask Patterns and 3-Ply Seamless,
p TO SOC.
FLOOR OIL-CL0THS.
SIMPSONS make, in different grades,
from ........ ..........20 To SOC. per yard.
Wild's Best Quality LinOleums.
2
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-21

for Mems Pants, all sizes,
splendid for work.
for Mems Pants, al sizes,
plaid stripes and sold coiors;
good wearors.
for Mems Pin-Checks, Shep-
herd Plaids, Dark Mixtures.
These are beautiful goods,
double.
for Mems Pants. These are
Blue and Steei-Gray Mix
lures. Worsteds. These are