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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-01-17

LONDON, Jan. 17,--The Exchange
Telegraph Company has received the
following dispatch. dated January 16.
from Pietermaritzburg;
There is no more news from the
front, but heavy firing was heard to-
day In the direction OF Frere 1t is
probable that General Butler is en-
gaglng the enemy. The ,umor is cur
rent here that portion OF the British
force Is near Ladysmlth."
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-01-17

LONDON, Jan, ia dispatch to
the Daily Mall from Pletermaritz-
burg, dated Tuesday, says; "There
was very heavy firing to the north
yesterday,
II believe the Beers are contesting
General Buffers passage of the Tu-
gela, The howltsers are evidently
busy, as the firing is described as the
heaviest yet heard in Natal"
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-12
IMPERIALISM'S FRUITS.
Republicans Already Alarmed at the
Legitimate Results of Their
Policy.

The good men at Washington are
they would be. We have no doubt that
when the time comes to take the cover
off the methods of benevolent assimi-
lation in the Philippines, frauds and
robberies will be discovered there
which will leave the Cuban post office
business quite in the shade. There
have been very significant hints from
time to time that plentiful stock of
scandals was accumulating at Manila.
1t is amusing to read in the repub-
lican organs that the republican SEN
ators and representatives in congress
are beginning to complain that they
have not been treated with frankness
by the executive departments in re-
gard to affairs in "the colonies"
Frankness! What has frankness to do
with the case?
Is not this an imperialstic govern
ment, and is not Mckinley the i'm
perator? Has he not supreme author
ity as the chief executive and the com
mander Of the army and navy to do
exactly as he pleases in Cuba and the
Philippines? And, in order that there
NAV be no question of his imperial au
thority in the Philippines, is not spe-
cial joint resolution now pending in
congress saying that the president
shall be supreme in the islands prac-
tically as long as it pleases him to gov
ern them without consulting congress
at all?-Hartford Times.
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-12
SlipS of the Tongue.

It is an invariable rule that mem
bers of the house of commons must
address their remarks to the house
through the chair, and, though in
the flow of argument an orator is
often allowed without remonstrance
to use the second person plural in
admonishing his opponents, the first
words are always addressed to the oc-
cupant of the chair. This, like many
other rules of debate, has percolated
from the house of commons down
to all our minor assemblies, and the
consequence is that few members find
any difficulty in complying with the
custom. Not infrequently, however,
ruling habits prevail, and a new men,
Der involuntarily discloses the nature
of the assemblies to which he has
been accustomed. In a debate on the
Irish land bill in 1894, Mr.. Kenny, an
Irish @. c., convulsed the house by
addressing Mr.. Speaker as ''My Lord"
Mr.. Powell Williams, in the same par
lament, saluted him as 'Mr. Mayor"
and an effervescent Irishman, Mr..
Bodkin, astonished the speaker by
giving him the dignity of ''Your Rev
erence. e."-Gentleman's Magazine.
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-12
THE SONG OF THE WOMAN.

They'll never have done with the fight
in on land an over sea;
Government-Governme what does it
care-what does it care for me?
Bugles must blow an flags must wave,
an the muffled drums must beat,
An what to lass is a lover when they
lay him dead at her feet?
They'll never have done with the flghtin'.
Forward the columns sweep;
1 hear the shout O. the captains as tend
the hearth an weep.
Far off an faint-but 1 hear it; an a
white, dead face I see
Under the sod in the grave that God an
Government make for me!
His hair was like the ravens wing. q
joy that my lips have prest,
AS 1t fell in its flowing beauty, this dark
lock on my breastD
An his brave, bright eyes looked love to
mine-the eyes 1 shall never see
Til God at the great white Judgment Day
shall give him back to me.
Bible they've got for battles: For men
have fought an died
Ere the Prince of Peace said strife should
cease-the Prince that they crucified.
Though woman's tears bedew the years,
shall they stay the crimson tide?
What can you do with Government with
Bible on its side?
Men must fight the battles; lover an lass
must part:
But what is a star of glory to a wom-
ans broken heart?
Governments right, they tell me, an the
wrong must righted be;
Give the lass then to her lover-an my
--- dead love back to me-
Frank l.. Stanton, in Saturday Even
ing Post.
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-12
Nevada Snunl-

There is humorous florist in this
city by the sea. Whether it is inten-
tional or not, nobody knows, but he
has certainly had some funny expe-
riences of late. The other dav
woman in Nevada wrote to him that
her husband was dead and that she
wanted something nice for John" to
be sent at once. With due dispatch he
plucked a horseshoe off the wall
where it had rested for years, and
filling it with sweet white roses, he
forwarded it to the widow. In few
days the expressman drove up and
said the charges on an awkward
looking bundle he carried were $1.05.
The florist paid him, and upon open
ing the little gift found the horse
shoe, looking as if it had had bad
night, and thoroughly dilapidated.
On top was pinned slip of paper
which said:
Dear Sur:-Mebbe you think yer
funny, but even if my John wuz
blacksmith you needn't send no
horseshoe. He wuz respectable and
honest and you hain't got no right
to make fun by him.
At last accounts the budding young
man had made no reply, but it's two
to one that if some gambler dies he
will send up a broken wheel.-Salt
Lake Tribune
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-12
A Campai.n Dodge.

If the republicans in congress really
had a remedy for trusts, why did they
hold it till the last days of the session.
when it is impossible to get it through ?
The constitutional amendment will
take years to become incorporated in
that instrument, even if it is started
on its course Immediately. AS a rem
edy it is a joke. This report of the
house judiciary committee is so trans
parently campaign dodge that 1t will
fall fat. The republican Mckinley ad-
ministration has so diligently pro-
NOTED trusts and all their works that
a pompous antitrust declaration by
a congressional committee will not de-
ceiye the people as 10 the party atti-
tude on the subject. After election we
shall hear no more of the proposed
amendment.-St. Louis POst-DlSpatch.
AS the trusts are already for
warding contributions to the repub-
lean campaign fund, it is not violent
presumption that they are entirely sat
isfied with the antitrust resolutions of
the republican COMMUNICATIONS
(Mont.) Independent.
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-12
The Republican Congress.

1t is melancholy in these closing
weeks of session which promised so
much of solid advantage to the nation
to look back and see how little has
really been achieved and how much of
that has been inexcusably bungled. 1t
is so obvious as to be undeniable that
in this congress the democratic mi
nority has thus far surpassed the re-
publican majority in the two vital
qualities of skill and sand" We have
had, not perhaps wasted, but certain
ly far from fruitful, session. The pop
ular feeling toward republican con-
gressional leadership is one of uncon-
cealed discomfort. 1t may easily be-
come feeling of disgust if affairs are
not considerably bettered before adj
iournment. For five months the re-
publican policy in congress has been in
large part one of temporizing, compro-
missing and surrender.-Boston Jour
nal (Rep.).
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-12

Ioregone conclusion that congress
VIII let the Philippines alone and di-
rect the president to pursue any policy
ne chooses. The republicans are so
thoroughly scared over the Cuban rot
'eNness that they dread any mention
OF the philippines. The scandals are
lnueh greater there, but the adminis-
a'ion hopes to censor everything un-
I'll after election.
Hanna's Campaign Fund.
Mark Hanna's CAMPAIGN fund is nv
no means as large as he desires. The
various interests which he assessed so
successfully four years ago are very
slow IN contributing this time. So the
rePuollcans instead of boasting of their
9%a'ooo'ooo campaign fund as they did
Ie" weeks ago, are talking of a ''cam-
palgn OF education" That is a pleas
ant euphemism for campaign of mis-
representation. But even that takes
lot OF money. And the congressman
VINO voted for the Porto Rico bill and
other administra ton iniquities, under a
promise of big campaign fund, are
very much disheartened over the pros
pect of facing indignant constituents
ana trying to make a campaign or
principle. The democrats can do that
but 1T is little difficult for the repub.
HcanS with the record of this congress
in evidence.
A
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-12
Something in 1t.

The question, What's in a name?"
may be answered from one point of
'fewsby narrating a biz of experience
confided to one of his friends by a
man named Coward.
Now be it known that there are
branches of the Coward family who
can trace an honored lineage back to
old colonial days, and are quite as
proud of their ancestry as the We're
de Veres or Fitz Montmorencys.
"Have you never thought of chang
ing your name?'' asked the friend.
NO." answered the Coward in ques-
ton. ''There are too many thrilling
associations connected with it.
SIN what way?"
"Well, from the time when l was
little hoy until l went through col
lege l had more than so fights on ac-
count of it.'-Youth's Companion.
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-12
PATTERSON.
TO DEMOCRATIC CLUBS.
W1il1am *. Hearst, President of tie
National Association, Issues
an Address.

washington, May 31.-Mr. William
K. Hearst, president of the National
Association of Democratic Clubs, had
formal conference with the princi-
pal democratic leaders in Washington
at the Metropolitan hotel regarding
the plan of campaign to be followed
in the approaching presidential strug-
gle. Senator Jones, chairman of the
democratic national committee; Rep
resentative Richardson, democratic
leader in the house, and chairman of
the congressional committee, Judge
Chauncey F. Black; Representative
Slayden and others were present. 1t
was agreed that the democratic ma
tional committee, the Association of
Democratic Clubs and the democratic
congressional campaign committee
should work in harmony. At the close
of the conference President Hearst is
sued the following:
ITO the Democratic Clubs and Societies
of the United States: Recent events in the
history of the United States point to the
approaching anniversary of the birthday
of the nation as day that should be cele-
brated with special fervor this year. There
are those in the nation who seek to create
the impression that the American people
have outgrown their love for the just prin-
ciples of government expressed in the Dec
laration of Independence and are ready to
surrender their moral leadership among
nations in order to crafty newly born in
stinct for imperial power, founded on a
colonial system. All the democratic clubs
and societies are earnestly requested to as
Semble on the Fourth of July, and all patri-
otic citizens, regardless of past party affili-
ations, are urged to join with them in a
new pledge of fidelity to the republic as the
fathers made it. Let the people of the
United States unite in their various cities
towns and villages in demonstration OF
the confidence they feel in the form of gov
ernment under which the nation has grown
to it's present greatness. The danger which
threatens the country is real and imminent
1t seems appropriate, therefore, that citi-
zens who believe that the Declaration of
Independence is not merely an academic
document should meet together on this
day and give voice to the national senti-
ment that all men are created free and
equal and that there must be no subject
colonies under the American flag.
'W. r. HEARST,
president of National Association of Dem
ocratic Clubs"
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-12
Poor Porto Rico.

The Porto Rican consumer-by the
Juggling of the administration barred
as citizen of the republic-must i'm
port from the United States all articles
entering into his daily life. The Ding
ley law prevents him importing from
elsewhere, and it charges him this
toll Corn, 3 cents per bushel; corn
meal, 31s cents per bushel; oatmeal, 2
mills per pound; oats, 3 cents per
bushel; brOoms, each, mills; cotton
cloth, per yard, valued at IL cents, 6
mills; wire nails, per pound, 11a mills;
boots and shoes, valued at 81, .037
cents; clocks, each dollar of value, 6
cents; lard, each pound at cents, 3
mills; butter, each pound valued at IA
cents, mills; soap, on each pound
valued at 1G cents, 3 mills; beans, per
bushel, cents; household furniture,
on each dollars value, 067 cents; earth
enware, common, on each dollars val
ue, .0S2 cents; glassware, common, on
each dollars value, C67 cents; dried
herring, per pound. 1 MILL Machetes,
it is pleasing to note, go in free of duty.
The Verdict.
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-12

81 think it is my duty to write o
letter to YOU in regard to what Lydia
e. Pinkha1ns Vegetable Compound did
for me. [ wrote you some time ago,
describing my symptoms and asking
your advice, which you very kindly
gave. l am now healthy and cannot
begin to praise your remedy enough.
1 would say to all suffering women,
Take Mrs. Pinkhams advice, for a wo-
man best understands woman's suf-
ferings, and Mrs. Pinkham, from her
vast experience in treating female ills,
can give you advice that you can get
from no other source. CLARA KoPP,
Rochport, Ind, April 13, 1899.
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-12
The administration politicians

The administration politicians
have a great deal to say these days to
the effect that England protected the
United States from an unfrlenuIy
world during our war with Spain. 1t is
claimed. that Immediately after the
battle of Manila we were in a very
serious situation and that we owe the
mother country large debt of graf
it1de for the protection she afforded
ns on that occasion. VIII some admin
istration organ tell us what nation
was about to attack US at that timet
Omaha Worid-Herald
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-12

Nothing stranger than Indian folk tales
have ever been told, and they have an
unusual charm for the average American
reader. In George Bird Grinnelrs new
book, 1.-The Indians of To-Day" pub
lished by Herbert S. Stone Co., Chicago,
there is given an unusually large num-
Der of exceptionally interesting ones,
many of which were told to the author
by the Indians themselves. One of these
is the story of 1.-THE Young Dogs
Dance" as related to the author by Pipe
Chief, of the PawneeS, and is reprinted
below by permission of the publishers of
the book.
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-12
Two Indorseynent

'I'll have to ask you to take back this
parrot" said the domestic-looking
man. "He swears."
"Much?" asked the dealer
''Well, my wife and her mother say
he swears dreadfully, and her kid
brother says he swears beautifully.
Would you call that much ?"-Indian-
anolis Press.
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-12
Fighting Moths Made Easy.

To cleanse carpets and keep away
moths, go over them once a week with
a broom dipped in hot water to which
tablespoonful of turpentine has been
added for each quart. Wiring cloth
in the water and wipe under pieces Of
furniture too heavy to be moved.
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-12
Republican Party in Danger.

1t is felt at the white house and the
Hanna headquarters that if the repub-
lie is not in danger, the republican
party is. The whole crown colonial sys-
tenn is menaced by the Cuban expos
ures. The loot. if not the bread of pro
consuls, tetrarchs, centurions, tax
farmers and an army of smaller fry
is in peril. How will ali these favored
and fattened ones be able to pay their
political assessments if they are not
sustained and protected in the enjoy
ment of their ample and prearranged
opportunities? This is a problem
in long division which is causing head
ache and horror in the highest party
quarters Washington Times.
-"At the close OF the Bryan cam
paign," shouts a republican, "the gold
in the treasury was only $4,000, coo;
now it is $426, goo eco" And every dol
lar was taken out of taxpayers pockets
half Of them democratic taxpayers
Chicago Chronicle.
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-12
His Bad Spell.

'Yes, pa; at the boarding-school we
have to spell everything we eat or
drink before the teacher will give it
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-12

"Oh, yes, pa, until it comes to phys
ic, and 1 always break down at that,
and can't for the life of me spell it. :"
-Tit-Bits.
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-12

eyes, my boy; and very good
plan, too; makes you spell well. I
suppose you manage to spell all the
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-12
AppEtcotion Of Imperialism.

While an adjournment early in June
is confidently advertised by the repub-
licans, thereis plenty of work on hand
for congress. The house makes slow
progress with the Alaskan code. 1t is
a most voluminous bill and the demo-
Gratis show an exasperating tendency
to thoroughly sift a number OF IT'S
most objectionable features. Among
other things it is proposed to very
much extend the power OF the ad-
ministration-appointed judges and to
curtail the eases in which trial may
be had by jury. The whole code shows
the application of imperialist notions
that is taking the power from the Peo-
pie and putting it into the hands OF the
administration.
The Philippine bill tarries in the
senate but viii probably get through
the house without much debate, 1t is
The Winslow mail., 1900-07-12
THE YOUNG DOGS DANCE
BY George Bird Grinnell.

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fellow"
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