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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-07-28

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when Kosciusko fell, and Poland was
divided out among the powers"
China has brooded over all this and
the time came for terrible revenge.
But what about our missionaries3 NY
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vancement of China and the Chinese peo-
pie to the important place in the CONNER
cial and industrial life of the age which
the vastness of Chinese resources entities
them to occupy, is the most urgent need Of
the situation It is only by agreement on
some such policy that the dismember-
ment Of the country may be avoided-at
least for a long time to come-and COLI
sion averted among the contending inter-
ests now watching each other so intently.
The dispatch from Minister Conger,
published In these columns yesterday,
shows that the absence of such an agree
meat and the resulting massacre Of for
eign residents and representatives are
traceable to the cowardly inaction of the
European nations, whose cross purposes
have prevented them from recognizing,
until they were forced to do so, even the
commonest requirements of humanity in
the direction Of protecting the lives and
property of even their own people.
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"A
The census Of Porto Rico, which is be-
ing taken, will in all probability show
even more clearly than has been shown
in Cuba the demoralizing effect upon
the island and its people OF Spanish gov
eminent. A couple of bulletins have al
ready been issued by the government
showing some of the results made plain
by the census figures thus far These
bulletins make plain the one great fact
that social conditions on the island could
not well be worse than they have been.
The average duration Of life is far be-
low that even in countries which are
recognized as being naturally unhealth-
full. The population is almost wholly
native and, therefore, to be regarded as
better qualified to endure climatic con-
ditions than if any large proportion came
from foreign lands. Indeed, the foreign
population up to the advent of the
Americans was almost entirely confined
to the natives of Spain
The climate of Porto Rico. and the
conditions of life which naturally prevail
there, ought to be productive of happf-
ness and longevity on the part of the
masses in greater measure than is posi-
bic to most countries. The government
bulletins thus far issued show among
other things that the adult population
over forty-five years of age only repre-
sents something like II per cent OF the
entire population, while The proportion of
Children under ten years of age is 81
per cent, larger ratio than prevails per-
haps anywhere in the world. While the
number Of children between ten and flf-
teeh IS 1913 out Of total population of
9aS.z43. Of these only 8 per cent at
tended school during the year 1899 while
Of the entire population over ten Years.
which would be something like $50, 900.
over II per cent are unable to read Mar
rage is shown to be dispensed with
much more generally than it should be.
and even Of those who are recorded az
married there is a certain proportion
recognized as not having been through
the formality of having any marriage
ceremony performed
These figures show the abnormal condi-
lions socially and in respect TO SANTA
ton which prevail In the island.
They are unworthy Of any civil
lied people whatever. and will reflect In
fanny on the Spanish nation as long as
Its administration Of its 20 sessions on this
continent is the subject of consideration
either in history or in contemporary life.
The first duty of the American nation
Is to engage itself in accomplishing such
results as distinguished the adminlstra-
ton of Gen. Wood in the province of San
tieSo. The sanitary nc ds of the peg
pie s-Ust FIRST be met Tint VIII remain
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"NEoRE IN SORROW THAN IN AN
GER

Thus writes a correspondent, more IN
sorrow than in anger" he says:
What possible harm can come of the
16 to l plank in the Democratic plat
form, even assuming that the principle
involved Is as erroneous as the q l o o
processes TO believe, seeing that the cur
rency act of the last session of congress
fixes the fiscal policy of the country, by
reason of the composition of the senate,
beyond the term of the next president?
And why, then, should the G b e re-
fuse to support Mr.. Bryan because OF
this plank? The G. | o b e processes to
be Democratic on first principles; so also
processes Mr.. Watterson. and, moreover,
he has no more use for 16 to / than the
G b e; yet, what is his recently an
nOunced position? Let us come together
and do business AS a longtime reader
and admirer of the G o e, could have
wished that 1T had viewed this matter as
Mr.. Watterson views it.
Let US put the matter the other way.
The fiscal policy of the United States be-
ing fixed for some years, as cur eoTre-
spondent correctly states, what practical
good results can come of the 16 to 1
plank, even admitting that the principle
is as sound as Mr.. Bryan affects to be-
lieve? The answer, None must occur
to every intelligent and thoughtful man,
and Mr.. Bryan being an intelligent and
thoughtful man. it follows that his in
sistence upon the incu3ion of the 16 to
plank in the platform was bit Of dem
agogism of kind so real, so rank and
so transparent, and coming from one as
piring to be president of the United
States, as, to the G l o b e at any rate,
to be exasperating and wholly intolera-
BILE. At the same time, though pro-
nouncement of the people upon the ques-
ton Of Is to 1, one way or the other, can
scarcely have any practical effect during
the next presidents term, the G o b
believes that a declaration affirming the
principle of 16 to 1, or any other fixed
ratio of value between gold and silver,
would be no less dangerous to financial
stability than 1t is absurd-and the alb
surdity Of fixed ratio of value between
gold and silver we conceive to be neither
more nor less than the same thing be-
or any other commodities of values auc-
tuating as governed by the immutable
law of supply and demand
The G o b is as anxious and So
licitous for the success and domination
of the Democratic party as any one; not,
however, because of the name, but be-
cause of what the name implied when the
party was founded. The Globe would
also say, Let us come together End do
business" but not now nor ever to the
ignoring, not to say reputation, of the
we'll recognized principles of its founda-
ton and the substitution therefor of nos
trums, seemingly opportunistic, which do
violence to the most easily comprehend
ed economic laws and automatic truths,
striking specimen of which nostrums is,
to our mind, the 16 to plank.
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the most pressing need. With the devel-
opment of free schools, the social con-
ditions will improve steadily. Under
American administration there is no rea-
son why in every direction there should
rot be the most decisive improvement.
Nothing short of the political and eco
nomic crime which has been committed
by the present administration against
the island can keep the Porto Rican
people from reaching within the next
decade as high standards of intelligence
and social comfort as are the necessary
Incidents to a population representing
some of the best blood Of Europe and
occupying land which is blessed with
a soil and climate as fruitful and genial
as any within the compass of United
States territory.
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TUESDAY. JULY 10, 1900.
A CRITICAL sTTuArInN.

Inc public denunciation Of the govern
nent which the cable dispatches indicate
as prevailing in England at this time re-
Veals more clearly than the diplomatists
would desire the serious international DIFF
flculties which are threatened in connec-
ton with the future of affairs in the
Orient The comments of the German
ministerial and other press, as well az
the attitude assumed by the emperor. rep
resent another phase of the situation
which has been kept in the background
from the beginning.
England and Russia are arraved
against each other in China, as they ara
in the East generally. Germany In her
more recent aggressions on the Chinese
territory and people has evidently secured
a disproportionate share of Chinese hos
tility The murder of the German min
lister at Picking shows clearly hat even
the masses in China have come to a
realization Of the mean;gg OF European
activity in their cc.l-.e~v
The proposal 70 e~u. japanese troons
into China to qge'! the present troubles
involves a direc, insult to Chinese au-
thority and to the Chinese peopIe
Whether It is assented to by Russia or
otherwise, it is course Of conduct
adopted toward the Chinese people which
IS utterly discreditable to the European
powers, no matter from what point of
view it may be regarded. Their defeat bv
the japanese is still fresh in the memory
of all intelligent Chinese, and the inve-
sion Of their territory at this time bv
japanese soldiers will no doubt operate To
unity the intelligent masses of the Chi
nese people. and to arouse the animositv
Of the Chinese soldiery. 1t can only be-
resorted to because of the unprepared-
ness Of the Europeans. and is certain to
be followed by no good permanent re-
suits, either for the Chinese or for any
of the other nations concerned.
A responsible government, sanctioned
and sustained by the European powers
and recognizing the right of the Chinese
to conduct their own internal concerns on
lines which will respect the rights and In
terests of foreigners and promote the adj
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NEW EORK-Arrived: Laurentian, from
GLASGOW; Mesaba, from London.
GLASGOW Arrived: Steamers 1.-Two
Man, from Philadelphia; Norwegian.
from Boston,; Pomeranian, from Mon
LIVEkPOOL-Arrived: Tunisian, Mon
treal.
BREMI1N--Arrived: Grosser Kurfurst.
New York, via Cherbourg.
HS5JTiA MFrON-Arrived: Kaiser VIII
helm der Crosse, New York and Cher
bOurg for Bremen.
HOKOH AMA-Sailed: Empress Of India
IRON Hong Kong and Shanghai, Van
cOUver, b. G.
GIBRALTAR - Arrived: AlIer, New
york. Sailed: Ems, Naples and Genoa
for New York
AUCKLAND T,.yI = - Sailed: Alameda, San
CHiERBOURG : Sailed: Friedrich der
Crosse, New York
NAPLES-Sailed: Ems, New York
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IN DARKEST AFRICA.
100000 Worth of Our Cheap Col
Ored CottOns for the MosIem.
Cyrus C. Adams in AInslee's


Ored COttOns for the MOsIem.
Cyrus c. Adams in AInslee'a
1T IS pleasing TO turn from the revolt
ing spectacles Of some Of the West At,
rican tribes who had been bestialized nv
their devotion to trade gin, to the picture
which travellers draw Of the great Hausa
states e2 the Sudan, under MOhammedan
dominion, for a century, where such a
thing as bottle of spirits Is never. seen.
For 100 years the AIohammedans Of North
Africa have been pushing across the Sa-
hara and the Sudan, bringing all the bar
pafou5 peoples they have met under the
influence of Islam. Thus Mohammedan-
lsra has far more profoundly affected the
lives Of many millions of black Africans
than the Christian influences, which are
only just beginning to make large head
way. 1t cannot be said that this influence
OF Islam IS wholly salutary, though manv
observers like the learned Dr. Blyden. of
Liberia, regard Islam as the greatest civ
Hizfng agency vet introduced into Africa.
but these Moslem proselytes have made
the natives better than they found them
and have stimulated foreign trade with
darkest Africa to a remarka bic extent
When Stanley and ether explorers began
to penetrate equatorial regions thew said
These tribes around the lakes, VINO
dress IN long garments made Of bark
hhre' are beginning to discard their ffinsv
native cloth and are swathing their bodies
with fold af4er fold of white cottous from
England and America The Arabs amono
them dress In these cloths and have
convinced the natives Of theIr advantage
over the homemade cloth A great
future is coming for the cloth trade in
inner Africa
The trade is growing every year.
Scores of tribes IN Central Africa are
eager to buy 'Merieanl. as they call the
cottons made i'll America, which traders
now bring to their villages About Oc-
tober IN every year the great caravan.
mat crosses the Sahara from Morocco to
Iimbuktu. starts on its way. The cara
van always numbers about 0,OOO cameIs.
and fifth of them are laden with white
American and Briti.h cottons, and blu,
and other colors. The greatest imports
or Tr1poi, which is the other great cen
ter of the desert carayan trade, are cot
ton clophs, and most OF them are sent to
the desert cases and the fertile Sudan be-
yond. White cottons are among the
largest imports of Zanzibar, and MANY
of them ere sent inland to the natives,
Who never saw these manufactures Till
the Arabs appeared among them In their
white garments. England has the largest
share in this trade, but S5G0,oe0 worth Of
our cheap, uncoIored cottons were sent
into the wilds OF Africa last year, and It
Is the Mo5ieIn who has opened these new
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TO INSPECT GARRIsoNs.
mathematics Pond Leaves on
Tour This Morning.

Quartermaster Pond Leaves on Il
Toar This Morning.
Chief Quartermaster George c. Pond,
of the department of Dakota, leaves this
morning on a tour of inspection Of the
various garrisons of the department. He
will be accompanied by DR.. Henry j.
Bahnson and family, of Salem, N. c.;
Col. Frank H. Fries, president Of the
Wachovia Loan and Trust company, OF
Salem, N c., and Maj Charles Buchan-
an, prominent attorney of Albany, N.
Y, and classmate of Maj. Pond at West
Point.
The inspection will include the forts at
Assiniboine, Helena, Missoula, Yellow
stone Park and Fort Keogh. Two weeks
time will be necessary for the trip. The
party will leave st. Paul over the Great
Northern railroad for Assiniboine.
Maj Pond was agreeaolv surprised
yesterday at the reception Of two pres
ents from a friend at Manila, P. l., one
being city FAM made from native
"nipa" grass, and the other an ebony
cane tipped with a regulation rifle shell
and bullet. The presents were from
John H. Sullivan, in the employ of the
government at Manila as an expert in
transportation for cavalry horses.
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conversation, thing so really hard to
be sure of. If the company is one Of In
Inmates, familiar with one arothers af-
talrs, very delightful and mirth-pro-
VoNng addition to the dessert may be
made by having surprise skeleton
story It's subject matter should deal
with the doings Of the various members
OF the company. The story is written
complete, except that no adjectives are
used in the narrative, but as many places
as possible are left blank for them. The
company is then called upon to name
adJectives in turn and the blank spaces
hlled IN. The completed tale IS then read
aloud and wonderful and fearful the
medley.
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larkets for the textiles Of the qnnder

markets for the textiles Of the fuGdeI'
nations.
But the AIohammedans have dons
more than to open these new markets.
They have stimulated textile manu-
features in the very heart Of Africa to
such an extent that cloth made In the
Sudan IS now for sale IN Mediterranean
cities The town OF Kano only q few
days journey from Lake Tchad, has been
well called The Manchester of Central
Africa for the cloth it we2ves from tho
native cotton clothes more than half the
people Of the central Sudan. Fanaticdl
followers Of Islam cannot keep out Of
touch with the rest Of the world, though
they may for years wall cities like Tim
buktu and Harrar and seal up great
regions, like the Egyptian Sudan against
every white race. They may proclaim
war on the infdel while at the same time
their very tastes and aptltudes are open
ing ways through which foreign con-
merce enters as water invades a leaking
ship"
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MUSIC AND THE STAGE.
GRAND.


Judging by the reception accorded the
Boston Lyric a0pe1a company at the
Grand again last evening, this organiza-
ton Of talented artists is sure of splendid
patronage during its two weeks stay
The Idols Eye" is one Of the newest Of
comic operas and Messrs. Henderson and
Kunkel, Misses Stanton anG Davis are a
quartette Of comedians and singers whose
individual work stamps them as artists
of meri1. -
Commencing Thursday night the Bos-
ton Lyric company will give an elaborate
presentation of. De Wolf Hopper's great
est success, Wang Mr.. Kunkel as
wang" and Mr.. Henderson as Pepat,
keeper of the elephant, are said to be
excruciatingly funny, and Miss Stanton
as Mataya IS said to find a most con-
genial role. Miss Bertha Davis as Maria
is also said to be cast to excellent ad-
vantage
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The Automobile.

A vehicle that goes twenty miles an
hour on the highway is OF course a pref
ty serious proposition to everything else
that uses the road, writes Q. 5. Martin
in Harpers Weekly. The great centers
of wealth, and particularly the sumner
centers Of wealth. Ike Newport. are
automobile craze, so long as 1t is a craze.
We are told that the machines have
pretty much driven out Of Paris all other
kinds OF pleasure locomotiOn. As long az
they do not abound too much, or go too
fast, it is possible to drive a horse among
them; but they can crowd horses out.
rate. they doubtless will Still the auto
mobile as a means of sport is q craze and
will pass, and the horse IS not a craig
and IS pretty sure TO last; 50 we must
not judge OF the final result Of the auto
mobiles invention by the transient deve5-
Opments Of the next year or two.
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HIS NEIGHBOR.

They tell me to love my neighbor,'-
d. snes as sweet as sweet kin bel
Out Wnat l m wanting to know Is this:
ny don't my neighbor love me?
senq ner the sweetest flowers-thoueh
DIT they re not so sweet as her!
But never In summer hours does she eend
me Thank you, sir!'
Ihey tell me to love my neighbor." an
l love her right along;
But what does she care for the grief 7
bear. and what for my sweetest
dunno what songs or flowers my neigh
Dor does prefer,
for never IN summer hours does she send
nv, me THANK you, sir"
Len me 70 love my neighbor2' I've
IN the lonely way o the world today
Ike one that walks in a dreaml
But what's the comfort it brings to me?
My heart an my pulses stir;
But never in summer hours does She send
-F,an me 2 2 shank shank you, sir"
tuition.
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FROZEN DESSERT FOR SUMMER.
Water Ice or Sherbert Winds Up
Summer Dinner.


Frozen fruits are prepared by mixing
the fruit cut into small pieces with an
equal amount of cold water, and adding
sugar to the taste. Pack and freeze pre-
cisely as you would ice cream. When
the mixture Is half frozen add pint Of
whipped cream to every quart Of fruit
and water You may use Strawberries,
raspberries, cherries, peaches, pineapples
or apricots. All will be found very nice,
and you will have a variation in frozen
desserts from ice cream.
Another variation of frozen dishes is
the sherbet, or waterloo. This Is made
with water, sugar aud fruit juice, and
frozen in the usual manner. For a
lemon sherbet use the juice of six lemons,
one pint of sugar, one Tablespoonful Of
gelatire, the whites Of three eggs and one
quart Of water, all but a gill Of which
should be boiling. Soak the gelatine in
the gill of cold water for about a quarter
of an hour, then add the boiling water to
dissolve it; when it is dissolved add the
sugar and juice Of the lemons. When the
sugar is dissolved strain and set aside to
cool, and just before freezing add the
whites of the eggs beaten to a stiff froth.
This will give you a sherbet entirely IN
like the Watery, snowy affair usually
served as waterloo, but 1t will be like
spun glass, white, delicate and velvety
Pineapple sherbet Is made by using a
pint of freshly grated pineapple instead
Of lemon juice, and orange sherbet by
substituting pint Of orange juice in place
of lemon juice. Otherwise they are made
like the lemon sherbet.
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AMERICAN ATHLETICS.

England has occupied an undisputed
letic prowess Of her sons. The life of the
ordinary Englishman tends more directly
than that of almost any of the other races
to produce fine athletic physical develop
and the general interest which is MAIN
tanned in them, has enabled the English
people to maintain their ascendency I'M
disputed until within few years.
The result Of the amateur athletic con-
tests held in London on Saturday shows
very plainly that in this direction. as in
indeed all others, American skill and abil-
ity offer effective challenge to British
claims to superiority. In that contest the
American athletes were sent against the
best men in the amateur world to be
found within the compass Of the entire
British empire. From India, Australia,
Canada and from the British islands were
chosen the men to contest with the Amer
lean college boys. A victory which in
events Is so complete as to leave no ques-
ton of the general superiority of the
American athlete over his British brother
of today
Long-distance running has never been
regarded with favor by the American peo-
pie. 1t is q form of athletic effort which
our colleges and clubs have practically ig-
nored. 1t was only in such contests that
the British athletes were able to contest
successfully with their American Compel
itors.
To college athletics are largely due these
results. But few years ago there was
not single line of athletic sport in which
Americans were capable of competing
with the men Of other lands, outside of a
few sports like rowing and the national
game In foreign contests we have been
falsely represented. to our discredit gem
orally, by the representatives of two col
leges. Yale and Harvard have chosen to
assume national responsibility in con-
hection with rowing, and have been stead
lily defeated in all their contests with Brit
1sh oarsmen. Such contests are no long
er looked upon as In any sense or degree
International so far as the American moo
pie are concerned. Their results prove
merely that the young men of Oxford or
Cambridge are uniformly superior as oars
men to the representatives Of Yale or Har-
ward. In rowing contests, as in yachting,
we must send abroad the best the cour-
try can produce to uphold the credit of
the American people Saturdays contests.
like those Of year or so ago which TOOK
place on this side of the ocean, show that
our young men need ask no odds from tn,
best athletes of the world.
1t is, of course, gratifying to the nation
al pride that we should win such victories.
But the gain to the American peonle is
much more far-reaching 1t gives impetus
to all forms of outdoor sport among orr
young men, and tends decisiyelv tn +ha
physical development of the race. So large
proportion Of our young men, especially
In the large cities, lead sedentary lives
that the practice Of athletics is fndispen-
sable to their physical we'll being. With
the national ferYor aroused in such con-
tests as those of Saturday, 1t will not be
long until Americans, as a. peopIe. give az
much thought and effort toward physical
culture as are now being bestowed on 1t
by the English people,