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Washington sentinel., 1899-07-15
Expensive and InexpedIen at.

Editor Racp, Of the Illinois
Stats ZrifaHg, gIves some wise
admonitions to the Chr 'stian En-
deavorers which they would do
we'll to heed. We publish the iol-
lowing from that able paper:
"Tne Christian Endeavor Society
which is holding its convention at
present in Detroit is being attended
by thousands OF people. This
society recruits nearly all Of its
members from the young folk Of
the different Protestant sects. 1t
is not the intention OF this organic
alton, with its 2,5oo, 900 member
ship in the United States, to sePar-
ate it's members from dogmatical
opinions but to bring them to.
gether in the interest Of Christian
efficacy. Wherever the English
speaking race exists this order has
spread rapidly. Among the mum
erous propositions offered at the
convention none aroused so much
comment, adverse ald favorable,
as the resolution offered by Rev,
Charles M Sheldon, Of Topek ka,
Kansas, to establish a daily paper
in Chicago in the interest OF the
Endeavorers.
"This resolution demonstrates
that even this organization is not
without its speculators who desire
to involve the society in all kinds
of undertakings. How would
daily benefit them2 Are not all
the English dailies in Chicago
written in the spirit Of the society,"
Is there a single paper which does
not advocate and strive for Chris
tianity7 a daily is not religious
or church periodical, it furnishes
the news and the interesting hap
penings OF the day as well Tor
Catholics and Protestants as for un-
believers. Nearly all the expert
ments to date have proven that to
edit dailies in the interests of mar
row minded sects have been DIS
NAL failures.
"To establish a jou nal Of this
nature in Chicago will be costly
and Inexpedient and as m Ich oil
an elephant on their hands as the
Temple on Randolph street is to
the Free Masons and the building
on La Sale street IS for the W. c.
T. u. The Christian EndeaVor
Society should use the cash to
better the condition Of the poor
and suffering, instead Of wasting
it in the establishment oi news
paper"
Washington sentinel., 1899-07-15
THE GERMAN DIET.
T0lri-London, June ~

The proceedings of the last few days
in the Imperial Diet at Berlin illustrate
IN a very striking manner the difficulty
OF reconciling Parliamentary institutions
with personal and almost autOcratlc
form of government. On Wednesday
the bill sanctioning the treaty with
Spain for the acquisition OF the Caroline
Islands and the financial measures
necessary for carrying II into rffec was
passed without any very serious opposi
ton. On the following day the Govern
me bill dealing with strikes, pIcketing
and other forms Of labor combination
was thrown out almost cOntemptuOusly
by an overwhelming majouty OF the
same Assembly. Both bills embod ed
undoubtedly the poliCy Of the Emperor
h mseli He realizes, perhaps more
fully than any OF his subjects. the
meaning and couseq lences Of the great
economic revolution which has trans
formed Germany from a country manly
agricultural into one Of the leading
I7dustrial nations OF the world For
him colonial expansion and the devel.
opment Of sea power are the natural
corollaries ofthat transformation, for he
looks to them 10 supply and secure the
| necessary outlet for the enormous pro
ductive energies which Germany is now
putting fortN. Equally indispensable
does It app ar to hun to preserve
German trade and commerce from the
is so often subj scted at the instgatior
Of the socalled leaders Of labor.
No one here grudgSs the possessions
which Germany has acquired 10y treaty
purchase or otherwise. The Caroline
Islands will flourish more IN her hands
tnan in those Of Spain. The purchase
IS all the more satisfactory that the
-wuershIp of those islands was unit
lately matter OF dispute, The
Emperor spoke with enthusiasm OF TIM
value OF the new pO sessions, the excel
lent harbors which would serve as nava
stations or as useful ports Of call. II
predicted a sp endld future in store to
the Caroline Islands under a wiser an
less exaCtng rule than that OF Spain
He did not deal, however. with the res
difficulty in the wav the reluctance c
German emgrant5 to settle IN land
which do not at once offer substanuj
advantages One misses in th
discussion, instructive though il h;
been, a recognition Of he fact that gre
colonization movements originate
causes outside, on the whole, the contr
Washington sentinel., 1899-07-15
The New Gail for Volunteers.

The history which the United
States has made during the last
year, says the Buffalo Express,
would probably have been very
different ii any statesmen in author
ity had foreseen that less than
eleven months after the Spanish
war closed our Government would
be calling for volunteers to fight
another war against a people whom
our arms had rescued from Span
ish tyranny. The situations so un-
natural for such a Republic as ours
that il is hard to realize even now,
when the fact is of .he present day
and not a prediction OF the future.
Washington sentinel., 1899-07-15
The Inconvenience OF oongress.

The President sends for Gov.
Roosevelt to advise him how to
carry on or get out OF his Philip
pine war. The Constitution seems
to suggest that he ought 10 have
asked the advice and permission
OF Congress before going into the
war. But then Congress is an awk-
ward, unwieldy and often obstinate
body, given to wanting to know,
you know" II is much easier to
govern by ones own arbitrary will
than through such agencies.
Usurpers and despots throughout
all history have found it so.
Washington sentinel., 1899-07-15
Filipino OratOry.

Aguinaldo's speech at Tariac on
the anniversary OF the proclama
tion OF Filipino independence,
though that Of "a rebel, was such
as Washington, Jefferson, Frank
lin and other rebels Of their day
would have read with approval.
The language is somewhat fowerY,
as often happens with Orientals,
but it indicates culture and pas
sionate devotion to liberty. Some
sff.ction for Spain fingers in the
references to that country. Spain
Washington sentinel., 1899-07-15

and women have only come out as
temperance lecturers because they
hope that thereby they will be sill
more restrained from relapsing i.ito
their former habits. We pity them
on that account, for their own
sakes, and would certainly remain
silent if, unfortunately, they were
not thereby really promoting in
temperance. II they confined
themselves simply to persuadlng
the people to master their passions,
abstain from the use Of such things
as are injurious to them, and ADOPT
lighter drinks instead OF alcoholic
beverages, they would do some
good. But instead Of doing this
they jurrp from one extreme to
another, and bee me in the END
the tools of that Puritanical ele
ment which uses the weaknesses
oil the human family Tor its own
aggrandizement, caring little or
nothing about the real welfare OF
the people. This will not do any
longer. They should j DIN the SEN
TINEL in its Efforts to decrease
drunkenness by permitting the
people, if they desire it, rational
use OF light and exhilarating bev-
erages,ju just as is the case in Europe.
Let us keep away from all ex-
tremes.
In ,,,elyi0 IzLiSS1JjkliS ibis!
Washington sentinel., 1899-07-15
Too Bad Republican Poverty.

Instead Of prosperity. says the
Chicago Chronicle, Major McKin
ley has apparently brought disas-
ter and penury upon some OF our
prominent citizens commonly re-
puted to be very comfortably situ.
ted in the matter Of the worlds
goods. When gentlemen whom
everybody has regarded as million
aires swear to assessment schedules
aggregating a few beggarly thou
sands Of dollars it is evident that
the advance agent is still consider
ably ahead OF the prosperity show.
And what makes the matter worse
is the fact that most of the gentle
men thus suddenly and strangely
impoverished are good Republi
cans. 1t is too bad.
Washington sentinel., 1899-07-15
.SkzHaaya-L ondon, Tune 26.

The Post Office Savings Bank has
probably been to many persons IN the
lower ranks Of life the first round on the
ladder leading them to a higher station,
and the foundation Of permanent
prosperity. To encourage frugaliiy and
economy IN a class of society whatso.
ever, 1t is necessary to proceed by
methods which are adapted to the
average human being. The man capable
Of extraordinary efforts to rise in the
world, and prepared to face any amount
Of labor and self denial Ii his object is
accomplished. will succeed under any
circumstances. The Post Office NAV be
a great help to him, but he could do
without 1t What IS wanted is some.
thing that will tempt the comparatively
Indolent or apathetic to exert them.
selves TO lay by something for a rainy
day AHd this inducement the Post
Office Savings Bank holds out. #
The Post Ofhcv Savings Bank is one OF
the very few institutions whicn have
never been attacked by any school of
revolutionists. No social Improvements
has ever better iu filled the Intentions
of its authors; and the more opportun-
tiles which are offered to the orkrng
Classes for availing themselves OF its
advantages, the betlerit will be tor every
section Of society.
Washington sentinel., 1899-07-15

and oppression make it necessary
for the people to communicate
their ideas under the bond Of sec
resy7
Why do you object, Mr.. Nc
Kinley1 Why do you permit a
double censorsNipto eXist2 Why
not out with the truth7 Do you
distrust the people2 Or do you
fear that publicity which makes il,
impossible Tor arhhce to succeed,
and designs Of h st,le nature to
lose their danger by the certainty
Of eXposure2 You say that every
man who opposes your policy is a
traitor, and that the war will be
suppressed in a f W months, and
peace and tranquility restored to
US. What a sentiment to incul-
ca:e! You tell the people that,
when everything goes well-when
they are happy and comfortable
then they may meet freely, to
recognize their happiness, and pass
eulogiums on their Government;
but that in a moment OF war and
calamity-oi distrust and miscon-
duct-It is not permitted to meet
together and condemn such un
American actions. VIVA an in
suit, to say that this is preserving
to the people the right o petit II
To tell them that they shall have
a right to applaud, right to re-
joice, a right to meet when they |
are happy; but not a right to con
demn, not right to deplore their
misicrtunes, not a right to sug- |
gest a remedy. Liberty is order.
Liberty is strength. Look around |
the world Mr.. President, and ad
mire, as you must, the instructive
spectacle. You will see that lib.
erty not only is power and order,
but that 1t is power and order pre-.
dominant and invincible-that it
derides all other sources OF
Strength.
II you for a moment foster the
preposterouS Imagination that men
bred in llberty-the first Of human
kind who asserted the glorious
distinction of forming for them.
selves their social compact-can
be condemned to silence upon
their rights and be lnsulted by such
threats, you are sadly mistaken.
The SENTINEL and its large fol.
lowing OF true Americans, who
have enjoyed for such a length OF
time the light and happiness Of
freedom, will not suffer themselves
to be restrained and shut up again
in the gloom Of ignorance and deg
radiation. AS we'll might you try
by miserable dam to shut up the
flowing Of rapid river. The roll.
ing and impetuous tide would
burst through every impediment
that man might throw in its way
and the only consequence OF the
attempt ould be, that,
having collected new force by its
temporary suspension, enforcing
itself through new channels, it
would spread devastation and ruin
on every side. The progress OF
liberty is like the progress of the
stream. Kept within its bounds, it
is sure to fertiize the country |
through which it runs; but no |
power can arrest it in its passage; |
and short-sighted, as we'll as
wicked, must be vour heart in |
striving to divert its course.
Washington sentinel., 1899-07-15
Free Speech in England.

Gov, Roosevelt's idea that it is
outrageous and even reasonable
to criticise the Admins ration's
policy or no policy in the Philip.
pines would not pass muster in
England. He is more imperialis
tic than the i'm Jerials.
The London Spectator, though
iavoring a firm and if need be
forcible policy toward President
Kruger, says:
By all means let those who think we
have no right TO interfere in the Trans
vaal speak out, and let them denounce
what they believe TO be an oppressive
and unjustfiable polio, We trust the
day will never come when Euglishmen
will be afraid of prOclaiming that their
country IS in the wrong when they
honestly think her to be so.
1t is a century too late to letter
the press or muzzle the speech oi
Anglo-Saxons.
Washington sentinel., 1899-07-15

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The Posi- OFFICE SAvINos BANK.
7iwes-Lon 'on, Tune 76.

-Nr' VII IAlAE 10
The Post Office Savings Bank is one
OF the greatest public agencies ever
established for the encouragement of
thrift among the people. Itno handles
no less than G63o oOo,oo1 sterling, the
numb.r Of depositors being more than
seven millions, while the average
amount standing to the credit Of each
dHposltor IS about LG6 One in every
hve persons in England and Wales has
an account with the Post Office ana
about one in every fourteen in Scotland
and Ireland the difference being due
not so much to any comparative defci-
ency In popular thrift as To the larger
facilities given by the Scotch and Irish
banks Tor the deposit of small sums.
Thrift is not perhaps one OF the
most conspicuous virtues o. the English
working classes. The energy, the
enterprise, the self reliance, and the
spirit OF adventure, which the world
recosnlzes do characteristic OF our race,
are qualities not altogether conducive
to the habit OF small saving But the
Post Office Savings Bank has shown
that IN spite Of a certain strand of
Micawberism enwoven in the national
fibre, the habit Of saving comes with the
opportunity
Washington sentinel., 1899-07-15
AUsTRALIAN FEDERATION.
IiMsS--London, Lune 2I.


Pc pie who are quite agreed as to the
deslrability oftederat, on may differ very
widely about the precise form it should
assume. Arong the minority there are
doubtless many who have no objection
to the principle, but very strong OF iec-
ton to the details. Such objections must
always exist no matter how carefully
a measure Of this kind may have been
prepared. Consequently the question
for the people as a whole necessarily
was whether they wolld vote for feder.
alton Notwithstanding admitted imper-
feCtions and in spite OF local lea 'ou sizes,
or whether they would stand out TOR
some conCeivably more agreeable
scheme in the future. Financial
arrangements are to some extent tenta
tive, so is tn. delimitation OF pow ers,
and so also is the cons tuition OF the
federal authority ITSELF Even the
question Of the seat Of that authority Is
| not without difficulty. and IFS final
solution will probably be found only
! after e peTienCe oftemporary provisions.
On these and other points that we might
name, including some affecting relations
with the Imperial Government, the
! Australian people must he content for
| time TO walk by faith We have the
more right to be proud of them for
| putting aside many difficulties in order
TO set on foot federation whose vast
possibilities appeal to their mag ination.
Washington sentinel., 1899-07-15
masbin0ton Sentinel,
Published and Edite by
LOUIS SCHADE.
FRED SCHADE, Associate Editor
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Washington sentinel., 1899-07-15
NO 3

OF Governments. The prevalence Of
poverty or an excessive growth Of the
population will send people in large
numbers to countries where good land
aoounds or wages are high. Emigration
IS the natural sequel to industrial
distress. II these causes do not exist,
10 no purpose will ministers tempt men
10 seek their fortunes away from their
homes. None Of these causes exist now
IN Germany. Never had she time Of
such prosperity as these. Wages are
rising, and all industrial classes are
doing well.
Washington sentinel., 1899-07-15

Atlantic City, July IA --Ex- Senator
Piefier has made q speech. Here IS some
OF it, but the whole Of it won't save
Mckinley from defeat in 1900:
Washington sentinel., 1899-07-15
SICKNESS IN FORsIGN ARyIEs.
H,my amt Na1y Gq- lie.

The relative sickness snd mortality
in the German and French armies is
brought out by its beng recorded that
GERMANY loses by sickness and death
only half as many soldiers a year as
France does. In 1897 that number was
in Germany 2LoI7, while in France it
was 4r,5ro. The cause OF this difference
is attributed to the number Of liabilities
to military service being much greater
in Germany than in France, as the
population Of the former country is
greater than that OF the latter. Further.
in Germany, owing TO the foregoing
tact, a great many men WHO are iective
in health and strength and not up to a
high standard, can b. rejected on such
grounds, while in France, owing to their
berg compelled 10 accept an Inferior
class OF men into the ranks, the sickness
and mortality IN men of weak physique
must necessarily be larger ia proportion.
Washington sentinel., 1899-07-15
FArLusEor CROPS TN RU.sI,.

The bad harvest foreseen in South
western Russis IS also expected in other
provinces, particularly Saratof, where
the winter wheat IN certain districts is IN
very bad condition, while the .pring
wheat is completely lost koots and
grass are also doing badly and cattle
-an scarcely find grass in the pastures
that have been dried up nv the drought.
In the province Of KieH where beetroot
is the principal agricultural product,
almost all the land assigned 20 this
culture has greatly suffered, while in
many cases the crop is ruined.
Washington sentinel., 1899-07-15

nose who oppose THIS policy tell us
that We are violating the prInciDles OF
the Declaration Of Independence by
enforcing our government upon people
without their consent
'Will you turn open the doors OF our
prisons and turn outall the men who are
lncar, Grated there against their consent?
This coun'rN originally belonged to the
Indians. Did the white man permit The
Indian 10 burn and kill because to
restrain him would be to govern him
without his cons sent?
, 1899-03-30
"RAzzERs" AND A TOOTH BRUSH.
A Small Sized Fracus Occurred at the
Thornburgh Hotel.

Three "coons'' three Chefs" a st.
Louis knife, a tooth brush and a mop
figured In a little scene in the kitchen
of the Thornburgh hotel and Laramie
had a taste of what has been going on
at Hanna and Cheyenne this week.
1t couldn't be said OF these fellows
that 'ali coons look alike to me" for
one son of Africa had a projecting low
er Jaw like an English bull dog, another
suffered when he spoke and the third
was partly b~ald-headed and had only
one arm.
Oliver M. Hunter, a Hanna miner,
was hired as porter at the Thornburgh
a couple Of days ago and yesterday the
other two men were helping about the
place also, and were told to scrub the
pantry, etc.. and while getting hot wa
ter in the kitchen had some words with
one of the Chefs" who objected be-
cause they got dirt on his floor and the
trouble began which resulted in Hunter
drawing an ugly looking blade called
a st. Louis carver" and threatened to
cut his heart out and fire 1t back and
other similar expressions. He was ar
rested and in court today testified that
he did not draw a knife. but to bluff
the "chef" made a play with a tooth
brush. The story didn't 90 end Judge
, 1899-03-30
MAY NOT BE DISMISSED.

The many friends Of Dispatcher VIM.
Mahoney of Laramie, will regret to
learn that he was held responsible for
the head-end collision at Lookout a
few days ago and has been relieved OF
his position. Mr.. Mahoney had been
at work in the Laramie office almost
ten years and had given excellent salts
faction. He was one of those few train
dispatchers who could handle trains
without having "mix-ups" with the
trainmen or mourning the ill-will Of the
operators along the line. He was al
ways a gentleman in the Office or on the
wire and he will be greatly missed. 1t
is hoped that his case will be reconsid-
cred as others have been, and that he
will be Observation-Disclosures Tribune.
II is understood in Laramie that the
decision in Mr.. Mahoney's case is not
final and he will probably be rein
stated.
, 1899-03-30

lure known to the craft, but it has been
of little or no use.
Lionel Sartoris and w. d. Currier
NOW deceased), who have fished in all
the famous streams in this country and
other countries, too, tried a number of
times to catch fish out of these lakes
but met with no success.
At various times in the past the fish
commissioners have used a seine and
have caught carp and suckers by the
boatload, as well as lake trout weighing
from six to ten pounds, whitefsh that
weighed two and one-half pounds, and
bass and other kinds.
Two years ago w. E. Finfrock, ]. F.
Soule and August Ihnow, a former am
ploye at the fish hatchery, were given
permission to use a seine and they sue
ceeded in getting lake trout, whiteish
and carp. The whitefish and trout were
excellent eating.
In the spring, during the flow of high
water from the river to the lakes, the
carp come up in the shallow and warm
water to spawn, depositing their eggs
in the mud and water among the grass,
and they can be seen from the shore by
the thousands. It is believed that there
are certain spots where the different
fish prefer to stay. The whitetish are
believed to be off the light colored high
bank on the south side of Lake Creigh-
ton at the place called the neck. The
lake trout are in the weeds which grow
up in great abundance in summer. The
bass keep near the rock lodges and
suckers-well they are everywhere.
One method of catching these fish
with a seine is to set a large gill net,
about eight or ten feet deep, with
wings extending 100 to 200 feet on each
side. The net is taken out in the lake
in a boat and set during the afternoon
or evening and next morning is taken
in to shore, horses being hitched to the
ropes when the net gets near shore and
the water becomes shallow.
In these lakes there is certainly an
unlimited supply of good fish and if
they won't bite, perhaps there are other
ways.
What do you expect?" said a local
| sport today. Those fish are smart
enough not to bite and they won't go
insane lin seine)," and then he flew and
the reporter tainted.
, 1899-03-30
CYRAN0.

was going to send up a battalion to a %
ture the church. My but he was sur
prised when he found us in 1t. General
King said it was one Of the nerviest
things he had ver seen-the taking of
that church in the middle of the night.
We stayed there two days, when we
were relieved so we could go back to
Manila and rest.
l got your letter and from a girl
in Oakland, Cali, ON the battle field
and may be you don't think 1 enjoyed
them.
Although one is not at all frightened
on the field and has luck in not being
hit for a few minutes. 1t makes a person
think he is going to get out OF the af-
fair without being hit. But when you
a stop and you see your comrades be
ing struck on all sides and the mud and
dirt Is being knocked in your face and
you are able to pick up the bullets with
out moving, it begins to look like q
PERSONS chances of getting out were
very small.
Well / expect this stops all chance OF
our going home for some ti1ne, but II
we go ON fighting and have excitement
we won't mind it.
GEORGE MARSH.
, 1899-03-30
CASHIER

Charles F. Fishback has returned
from Saratoga, where he went to look
after the organization OF the Saratoga
State bank, which the Cosgrif Brothers
will start in that place.
The bank will start business next
week, with a capital Of SIC, 900.
The officers elected are John B. Cos
griff, president; James E. Cosgriff, vice
president; F. w. Champion, cashier
Rawlins Journal.
Mr.. Champions many friends in Lar
annie extend congratulations.