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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-28
III" VERSES shnt Angcrcd the Germans.

TN" following arc the verses re-
p"atcd at tho Union Lcagne club by
Captain Coghlun, of the cruiser
Raleigh, which in connection with
his stories Of Admiral Dewey's re-
bnko to the German naval officer at
Manila has callod forth an official
pr : from the German govern
mo,u
lIOCH DER KAISER.
D"l Kaiser fon das l'ntrrlnnh,
Und GoIt und nll dings command;
W. two, aCh, don't ynu understand?
M"insclf-und Gott.
vi" some men sirg der bower divine,
Mcin soldiers sing "Die Wucht am
Ind drink der health in Rhensh
Or mc--und GOtt.
There's France, she svnggcrs all urcunl:
,h"'s "'i+grspi"It, she's no ng1ound;
70 much, we dinka, Oh" 'inu',I anouDd,
Mclnsclt-und Gott.
She will not dare to fight again,
Bat il she should III show her blain
Dat Eisnss (und in Frrnrh) Lnrraiu,-
Are Mcin by Gott.
D'r's Grandma, dinks she's nicnt
Srhulnll hi'r,
Nit Beers und sncl she interfere,
Shr'll learn nuir uwus dis hrinls ,ihelc-
Bni ME--.lud Golt.
She dimi., good frau, some ships sh,'s
got,
Und soldiers init der scarlet goat.
Ach We could knuck 'em-,)oof-
like dot
Meinsrll limit Gott.
In dimes ofp'ucr brcbrrc for wars.
! bear der helm u"d shp"ar of Mars,
Under care no, t''r den d0usand cZsrs-
Nj, inseiE.-und G0tt.
In fact, | h"mn. every vnim,
Nit aspect dark uud viSuge xriin-
Cot pulls NIT ms--and mt Him
Mcinsclf -dnd Gott.
Tho verses are said to havo been
writton by IN Englishman and printed
in al English newspaper in Hong
Kong. They were very popular
among the English and American
sailors Of tho fleets at Manila ana
we're constantly repeated on tho
ships,
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-28

from tho mother, tho husband from
tho wife, but tho country dare not
lay its finger upon accumulated
wealth and mako it bear its share Of
the burden. 1t is tho dollar above
the man, and those who could not
SEQ it i'll 1896 ". Ill fe able to SEQ It
in 1900.
ga Republic committee has ro
ported to tho House II bill that turns
over the rntlro paper money of tho
nat ion t." III" national banks, Hurr2n-
der5 the greenbacks, provides for tho
uses OF bonds aud gives to tho ma
tlona! banks absolute control of the
credit money Of the nation. Some
boards of trade have asked the Pres
ident to call a special session Of Con.
gress to pass this bill. What docs
it mean? There never WAS moro
pal pable olation Of the old Jei1er.
sonlan doctrine Of equal rights to all
"''o sPee'"l Pr'V'l'S'7 70 none II
farmer holds bond drawing 2! per
c''''' MS o"'y return Is ms interest
upon inc oo"o' not 1t " banker
buys tho same bonds he can issue
bank notes upon them, thus getting
o"cN eA"c''y 'he amount P"'d Tor
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'n''ie'' on 'he Do''dS, aS well.
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Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-26
AT ISSUE WITH KRuGER.

President Kruger having refused to
permit the United states consul at Pre-
toria to forward messages or secure
Information regarding the British pris.
oners there, our government has In
structed the consul to insist upon per
forming the duties that were devolved
upon him. He is directed to inform
lie that it is the view Of the govern
ment of the United States that the
usages of civilized nations sanction the
ministration of neutral representa-
tive in the interest of the citizens and
captives of one of the parties to the
war.
There can be no question as to the
correctness of this view, Which is
abundantly supported by the practice
Of all civilized nations. During the
Franco-Prussian war the United States
minister, Washburn, represented Ger
many at the French capital. The Boer
president having declined to recognize
the right of the American consul to
perform the duty assigned him, basing
his refusal to permit him to act, accord
ing, to report, upon the close friendship
between the United States and Great
Britain, is very likely to adhere to his
decision, for having once taken a posi-
tion 1t is not easy to persuade him to
recedc from it. In that event he will
distinctly affront this government, but
In doing so he would invite nothing
worse than protest, which under the
circumstances Kruger perhaps would
not regard as of any consequence. Still
1t might reasonably be supposed that
he would desire to avoid any misunder-
standing with the United States which
could have the effect of alternating
American sympathy with the Boer
cause, now very general and earnest.
If 1t be fact, as stated, that the re-
fusal to permit the American consul
to look after the interests of British
citizens is due to the friendship Of
England and this country, great
many Americans will certainly modify
their high opinion Of Dom Paul. 1t
would seem that in this case the
usually sound judgment of the Boer
president failed him.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-26
SECULAR SHOTS At THE PULPIT.

Kansas City Star: The Baptist clergy
man who rid himself OF existence by jump
ing into the falls at Niagara was true to
the principles Of immersion till the last.
Boston Transcript: Even il Dwight l..
Moody does have to finish his earthly career
at half steam, he will be by way OF accom-
plishing more good in the world than good
many who will keep full head on all
the time. Mr. Moody is great and Won
derful force in the spiritual world, and
the work he has accomplished II he never
does another stroke, will reach along IN
echoes through all eternity. Such efforts ne
his are never lost-they are as eternal as
tho heavens.
Cincinnati Tribune: Brooklyn church
organization is called the Five Donts."
Here are the don'ts: Don't ride simply for
pleasure on Sunday: don't. cave in an ocean
voyage, ride in a public conveyance on Sun
day; don't read a Sunday newspaper on
Sunday; don't buy anything on Sunday ex-
cept in an emergency case; don't mail let
ters on Sunday. And yet they stopped far
short of the old blue laws of Connecticut.
else they would have said don't eat any
thing cooked on Sunday.
Brooklyn Eagle: The Rev. DR.. David J..
Burrell OF the Reformed church in Man
haitian. at Twenty ninth street and Fifth
avenue, and the Rev. l. w. Hathaway OF
Jersey City are talking about and against
Sunday newspapers. No one obliges them
to take such papers No one gives to them
power to prevent other people from taking
such papers. Their solicitude on the sub
ject can with difficulty be explained. II
any one should try to force them to take
Sunday newspapers they could apply to the
courts for protection.
Chicago Chronicle: The circumstance
that an army chaplain, ordered to the Phil
ippines. has got drunk aud landed in the
guardhouse at the Preside of San Francisco
is cause for deep sorrow, yet the circum-
stance is not without its compensations. AS
the military career of the bibulous chaplain
will undoubtedly be cut short by court
martial, place will be left in the army
for some one of the warlike Chicago breth-
rem who have been preaching death and
destruction to the traitorous Agunaldo ever
since the Philippine row began. Let the
militant parsons get their applications in
early and avoid the rush.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-26

Anti-administratio organs are trying
to make political capital out of the list
of pardons and commutation of sen
tences granted by President Mckinley.
They carefully ignore, however, the
record of pardons of previous presi-
dents, democratic and republican, and
are also oblivious of the fact that the
country is growing in population and
wealth. With concomitant increase
in the number of offenders and appli-
cations for relief from punishment n
list of applications which have been
refused would doubtless present an
equally strong array.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-26
Liberty In Business "a Myth.

Commissioner of Labor Carroll D. Wright,
who has been delivering a series OF lectures
on the labor problem at Champaign univer-
sity, talks in a fashion which shows his
acquaintance with his subject. Among
other things he said respecting strikes;
"The ethical question OF strikes involves the
question whether a man has right to con-
duct his business in his own way. Person
ally, ! believe no man has such a right.
Anyhow, never have seen person who
exercised the prerogative." And though the
statement is at first sight surprising 1t is
nevertheless absolutely true. II one reflects
for moment 1t will be seen that the right
of man to conduct his business in his own
way is hampered by law, exigency and busi-
ness necessity. II he tries to do some
things the law interposes a veto; IL he would
do others competition threatens him. His
right to do business in his own way is chal-
lenged not only by the labor unions, but by
mis- customers. his creditors and society in
general. The labor proposition is only a
single phase OF 1t. despite the erroneous as
sertions of employers to the contrary. No
man ever did or ever will conduct his bust
ness in his own way The best he can do is
to approximate II.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-26

that this is the fixed purpose of the
administration.
1t is urged that relief for the Cuban
people would be found in allowing this
government to grant franchises i'll
Cuba. but we do not believe that CON
gress will repeal the inhibition and
usurp a prerogative which should be
left for the Cuban people to exercise
when they have established their
own government Perhaps If the
United States were to grant
franchises in Cuba, with the re-
suit of materially benetiting the
people, there would be no complaint
but there can be no assurance of this.
At all events we should be bound to
protect those who secured franchises at
our hands and it is quite conceivable
that we might thus become involved In
trouble with a Cuban government
Our government cannot Immediately
relieve the unfortunate condition Of
affairs in Cuba, but the situation i'm
peratively demands that it shall hasten
rs rapidly as possible the establishment
there of an Independent government
which will promote industrial develop
ment and attract capital to the island.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-26

The English are wont to accuse the
Americans of being mercenary and al
ways trying to turn everything to COM
mercial account, so keen Is the chase
for the almighty dollar The present
war fever in that country has given
some fine examples of what an Eng
lishman can do in that line when OPP
portunity offers. A. manufacturer who
donated some handkerchefs to the sol
diers in South Africa works into the
announcement the statement that no
other brand will prove so soft and
soothing to the soldier nose. When 1t
comes to chasing after piece Of money
Brother John is not so slow as he would
like to make people believe him to be.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-26
BLASTS FROM RAMS HORN.

Homeless boys make lawless men.
The higher you sit the better you can
drive.
A good boy is worth far more than bad
man.
To bo always bold is not always to be
brave.
Time is Gods loan and character His in
terest.
A golden chain may chafe as badly as an
iron one.
Conservation is not go much in getting
as in letting.
Sacrifice in the home sends the incense
OF Joy through the house.
A mans prosperity can only be measured
by its effect on his heart.
Some people continue to be offensive
even when conferring favors.
The prizes men pursue are often but the
bubbles blown by their own breath.
The measure Of q mans goodness ie not
the Ill he avoids but the good he does.
The effect OF your prayer in the young
peoples meeting is somewhat marred by
your neglect of the old people at home.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-26
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

0'Donnel, the name of a town in Luzon
| Well, well; go where you will, you cam
| lose 'em.
Dom Paul's war department is sadly out Of
whack. He is utterly unable to compete
with the enemy in Kafirgrams.
So far as heard from, the English writer o
"Hoch der Kaiser is not pushing the sale
| of his song in London. Not just now.
The war hero who lives up to the public
| ideal has greater job on his hands than any
encountered by him on the field Of battle.
Susan B. Anthony says all men are bad
How can Susan know? Some Of her sex say
you can never know a man until you live
| with him, the mean thing"
When the shouting and the tumult of the
Washington gossip mongers died the latter
were in condition to appreciate the sorrows
Of the Spaniards at Cavite, one May morn
ing.
The furore over Dewey's deed in Wash
ington has turned on another object. There S
a real duke in town and society is all a
tremble. Children must have something to
play with.
Experts figure that Boston drinks more
whisky than any other city in the country,
and are surprised because the drinkers main
TAIN tneir perpendicular. lnose experts
don't know beans"
Washington is hotly in favor of "benevo-
lent assimilation" in the Philippines, but
when 1t comes to like policy at its own
door, why the dark skinned people are
forcbly excluded frem opera houses.
An Indianapolis man named Jones has been
honored with loving cup by his neighbors
who used his telephone and lawnmower dur
ing the summer. This notable evidence OF
neighborly gratitude is not copyrighted or
patented.
The taxpayers OF a Jersey town are striv-
ing to determine how much learning should
be possessed by member of the Board Of
Education. When some bids on the insur-
ance of a school building were opened one Of
them dealt In vulgar fractions and was
promptly thrown out, The awards went to
the highest bidder.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-26

population. This abolished the stage coaches
and the pony express, and the old employ
ment OF Ben Holiday, Russell. Majors and
waddell and their confreres. The Santa Fe
trail was still open, but when, few years
later. the locomotive first entered that town
the successors of the Baptste Lalondes OF
the Santa Fe caravans found their occupa-
tions as irrevocably gone ms Mike Fink and
the rest OF the fatboatmen did when Living
stone and Roosevelt's little tub, the New
Orleans. in 1911, steamed out OF Pittsburs
and drifted down the Ohio and Mississippi.
The Atchison railroad is a quicker and safer
mode OF conveyance to Santa Fe than the
caravans furnished, but the 1liads OF adven-
ture and romance which 1t has displaced
are gone forever, and not many OF the
Agamemnons, the Achillesee, The Ulysseses,
the Patrocloses and the Diomeds who figured
in them are left among the living.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-26

and the French army that crossed the
sea and helped to win independence
for the American colonies, but America
resented the invasion of Mexico by the
French imperial army and would have
surely driven Louis Napoleon's forces
back into the sea had they not evacu-
nted Mexico and left the republic free
to rule itself And yet the Mexican
government in that day was no more
liberal toward American settlers than
is the Boer republic toward the Eng
disappearing outlanders.
1t is very serious question whether
England would have made the demands
for naturalization which furnished the
pretext for the controversy preceding
the war had 1t not been predetermined
to swallow up the republic. AS to the
exactions from the gold-seekers the
less said the better. While England
exacts 10 per cent from American gold
hunters in British-Alaska the Beers
only exacted . per cent from the
English gold miners.
1t Is the thirst for African gold that
has whetted the Unsuitable appetite of
John Bull and brought on this war, and
not the desire to extend the blessings
of civilization to the hardy Dutch farm
ers who had subdued the wilderness
of South Africa and established for
themselves government modelled as
near as possible after the republics of
the nineteenth century. While the
Lord is said to fight with the battaions
and the Beers may be foredoomed to
become subjects of the British empire,
it Is not becoming to true republicans
their subjugation.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-26
HARDSHIPS IN CUBA.

The Cuban people are undoubtedly
experiencing great deal of hardship
and privation. They are generally very
poor and there is not enough work to
give all employment. The appeal of
the Workmen's club at Puerto Principe
asking the United States government to
furnish them means of obtaining a live
lihood, may be accepted as Indicating
the general condition. Not only is there
no demand for labor from private en-
ployers but the demand for public
works is being steadily reduced. The
petition says: ''The spectacle is now
offered of strong, robust men, able for
any undertaking, most of whom have
sacrificed all to make their fatherland
free and independent, in absolute
want"
That the Cubans are willing to work
and are not lazy is the testimony Of
all our military commanders. But what
can this government do to relieve the
unfortunate situation? Public works,
1t is presumed, are being carried on to
as great an extent as the revenues will
permit and the military authorities
have no power to 60 beyond this. Under
the most favorable conditions, however,
all who need work could not be given
it on public improvements What is
required Is to stimulate private enter
prise and induce capital to go into the
islands. This cannot be done under
existing circumstances. Our govern
ment Is inhibited from granting fran
chises in Cuba and capital will not go
there to any considerable extent until n
government Is established upon n basis
promising stability and adequate pro-
lection to the investments of capital.
Industrial recovery and development
must wait for the formation of such
government. Some progress may be
made in the meantime, but II will be
slow and while the work of forming
an independent government is going on
suffering among the people will con-
tinue.
Manifestly the urgent duty of the
United States is to hasten as rapidly
as possible the establishment of an in
dependent government in Cuba. 1t
may give temporary relief to the people
of the island who are in absolute want,
but what Is required is that the Cubans
be enabled to become self-supporting
and this is TO be accomplished only in
two ways.by giving them the govern
ment we have promised they should
have or making Cuba a part of the
territory of the United States. The
latter Is not to be seriously thought of,
although 1t Is evident that strong
pressure in favor OF annexation is to b.
made, delegation of Cubans being
now in Washington for this purpose.
These, supported by Americans who
have property interests in Cuba, assert
that the substantial men of the island,
that is, the property-hOlding class, are
unanimously in favor of annexation.
Admitting this to be true, still our gov
ernment Is under the highest possible
moral obligatlon-an obligation of honor
and good faith-to give the Cubans self
government and it is not to be doubted
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-26

Prof. Henry G. Adams, the statistical
expert for the Interstate Commerce COM
mission, as witness before the con-
gressional inquiry into postal affairs,
has given his opinion that the charges
for the transportation of mail exacted
from the government by the railroads
are excessive and should be materially
reduced. Taking as basis the rates
made in 1873 he has calculated that the
IL per cent reduction since made Is en-
tirely inadequate to the vast increase
in the amount of mail business and the
notable economies in the service. One
of the principal expenses of the Post
office department, and at the same time
one of the main items in the postal
deficit, arises from the immense pay
ments to common carriers Hitherto
congress has directed all it's efforts to
wipe out the postal deficit to increasing
the charges upon certain classes of mail
matter instead of trying to decrease the
expense for transporting the same. The
subject will surely be up again before
the coming session and deserves the
careful consideration of our representa-
tiveS.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-26

The popocrats say they do not intend
to make many changes at the State uni
versity. Dean Reese, Acting Chancellor
Bessey and few more men who have
made the universitys reputation are to
be set aside, some of whom have been
with the institution for n generation
and against whose work no fault can
be found. Personally none of the men
mentioned will be sufferers by any such
change, for they have the ability which
assures them positions equally as good
If not better. The loss will be entirely
the university's.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-26
New York Memorial Arch.


The angry wave OF feeling that has swept
over large portion of the public will wash
away nothing of the war that is vital and
enduring and after it has subsided every
thing of that nature will be visible again
to all eyes. But 1t is well to hold some
thing up for view now. We are amazed
at the suggestion that the name of Dewey
should not appear upon the arch erected
for his welcome to this city, and that 1t
should be known as the Navy Arch" The
names OF the committee who made this de-
cision should be posted somewhere in i'm
perishable brass. or course the arch will
be in memory of the navy, but popuarly 1t
will be known always as the Dewey arch,
and highest on the roll of naval heroes
inscribed upon it will be the name of George
Dewey. the victor OF Manila and the maker
of new boundaries for the United States.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-26
THE DEATHLESS KINGDOM.

When DER the golden summer of thy hair
The silvery SHOWS of time shall fall,
And on the blushing roseeaf of thy cheeks
Old age shall trace his envlous scrawl:
When in the tmpid azure of thine eyes
The clouds shall gather misty gray.
VIII all this passion in my heart for thee
Grow dim and old and pass away?
All, no, for love abides In endless youth:
Though years may come and years depart,
Though youth time pass and beauty fade
away,
Not so the graces of the heart;
Though empires rise and turn to dust again
And nations crumble to decay,
Above them all, his deathless Kingdom
shines,
And love forever holds his sway.
WILLIAM REED DUNROY.
Omaha. Nov 22, 1899.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-26
The school board members who talk

The school board members who talk
about the falling off in the receipts
from licenses and fines should examine
the records. Although the receipts
from fines have practically disappeared
the revenue from the license fund has
been greater the last two years than
for years previous and promises to
keep up the coming year, If the board
thinks the taxpayers will stand without
protest doubling or trebling of the
school levy it mistakes the temper OF
the people.