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The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-06
One of Our
Rich Islands.

The following TX a.
correspondence of The Times
Democrat tells how rich the Is
land Of Mindanao is 1t Is the
most southern of the philippine
groups is about the size OF ''ie
State of Ohio and about oOo
miles above the Equator. After
spea1in & about the agreeaole
climate and rich deposits OF Soiu
and coal has the following to say:
The woods are mahogany, rose
wood. ebony and many other
yarieties. Here at Fam ooanga the
buildings occupied by our troops
are doored with mahogany, Inc
soldiers stamp with their heaVy
noots over boards which would
make piano tops and | rode my
horse to-day across the canal
nver a wooden bridge, which
With the proper machinery, might
be turned into a $50 dinner table
At the headquarters yes teIuaS
| put my feet on rosewood 1'or
under the mahogany table OF Col
Petit. and this morning TOOK d
ride in a dug-out, ifty feet long
uouyed out of Il log, which III
fne United States, would have
haan tnrned into walking sticks
w.rth a dollar apiece. R1Se'
yood is. in fact, the oak of Mind
anao, and mahogany is as com
mon as pine is in Wisconsin
THE LAND OF COCOANUTS.
The real gold mines of Mind :
anao, however, lie in its soil !
cannot describe the wonderful
vegetation which we nave
here about Zamboanga. There
are cocolnut trees by the mil
lions. and such cocoanut trees
They are from 90 to lOO lee
7ipl1 and some of them bearing
il is said. a cocoanut for ever
dav of the year. They wall th'
shore of Eastern Mindanao to
miles. You might almost rid
for davs here and not get ont o
sight of a cocoanut grove. man
of the trees are notched. so tina
the men who gather the nut
walk, as it were, from the oottof
of the tree to the top on steps
take the meat from the nuts, cho
it into little pieces and dry II l
the sun. 1t is then known a
copra. and in this shape is shil
ued to Europe, where the oil
pressed from it for use IN IN
making of soap aud otner sue
thugs, Some cocoanuts al
shipped in the shell, and in SON
parts of the island the shells al
dried and their ti5res used Il
making rough mating. hos
are fattened on the cocoanut
and the people eat the nuts an
drink the milk.
What would you think Of tur
inp a spigot aud getting gla'
Of wine from IA tree? Well, til
very thing is done down herr
The natives draw their wine al
whiskey from the cocoanut tree
They cat off the blossoms al
fasten to them bamboo tube
lnro which the sap runs. Eve
so often they remove the tu
and emptv the liquid into anot
er bamboo. After being left I
SIX hours it begins to fermel
and before the day is over 1t
turned into a liquor, which,
the Indians say, will make t
drunk come The stuff 100
like cider, aud smells to
somewhat like old butterml
II IS drunk by the natives bo
fresh and fermented.
COFFEE AND BANANAS.
see many coffee trees in
country drives about Zam hoan'
The trees grow easily and P
duce excellent berries. | und
stand that the soil of almost a
mart of the coast will raise cot
and if this is so it should be eN
.het,er in the mountiins3 So
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-06
SC Per Day?

You can have the finest long
distance outfit in your business
office at IA very REASONABLE rat
and it will bring you more ousi-
ness. and more money and save
Won more time than anything
YOU can get for such small IN
yestnent. DON'T FORGET YOUR
TINE; your time is MONEY ana
tho long DISTANCE TELEPHONE
SAVES BOTH MONEY AND TINE.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-03-23
sos 1000

1868 and 1900.
This is not the first time the Demo.
Gratis have called a national convention
for the 4th day Of July. The Democratic.
Convention of 1868 was called for that
day. and the two conventions promise
to AVE some points of resemblance.
The 1865 convention was the first na.
tional convention called after the civil
war ended. We were in the midst of
reconstruction. 1t was a more difficult
problem than the war The Democrats
met in the guise Of critics and malcon.
tents. They declared the constitutional
amendments, a%bolishing slavery, to be
revolutionary, null and void. They
raised the military bugaboo and avow.
ed their belief that the Constitution
was being violated. The Democrats in
convention assembled in Kansas CITY
will repent much of this folly. They
will declare in favor Of running AWAY
from the obligations which the Spanish.
American war imposed upon us. They
will pretend to be seized with a prent
fear because the standing army has
been increased. and they will repeat all
their old-time charges about the viola.
ton of the Constitution. and It may
be added confidently that their nom.
inee this year will come no nearer cleo.
ton than Seymour did in 1S6S.-Cedas
Rapids Republican.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-03-23
A Timely Rescue.

1t has grown to be almost %proverbial
that a Presidential year is n bad year
for business. In fact, this has often
been presented as II reason for length
ening the Presidential term. The year
1900, however, bids fair to discount the
%proverbial claims. Wherever statistics
are gathered together the fact appears
that the year 1900 has started out with
better business than did 1898 or 1899,
wonderful as was the showing made
by each of those years. Every sign
points to a bigger volume of business
for the country than ever before. Bust
ness men feel reasonably sure that the
country will not consent to go back to
the starvation days of Democratic tar
iff reform; they feel reasonably sure
Of the continuance of our present policy
Of giving protection to American in
dustries. Therefore they have the con-
fidence to so ahead. With protection
as the established policy of the coun-
try. with no possible danger of its
downfall. Presidential years, as we'll as
all other years. will be years of nation
nj prosperity.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-03-23
The Kansas City Convention.

The Kansas City Convention.
When 1t was reported that MI. Bryan,
had expressed q preference for Kansas
City as the place for holding the Demo
cratic National Convention, all that was
necessary to carry it thither was to
verify the report. The fact that Kansas
City was selected by a vote of 40 to g
shows that the reported preference of
Mr.. Bryan was understood. Some time
'ro a Democratic correspondent in
Washington said that if the convention
should go to Milwaukee the location
would he regarded as equivalent to q
decision to make Imperialism the lead
ing issue and to put silver in the back.
ground. On the contrary, if Kansas
City were selected, it would mean that
16 to 1 would be the leading issue. One
reason given for taking the convention
to Kansas City is that the holding of IT
there will exert an influence to bring
the State of Kansas back to the Bryan
column. If that has affected the deci.
sion, it is an admission that the Bryan
leaders have no expectation of swing.
ing any State of the Northwest into the
Bryan line. In other words, the Bryan
National Committee has decided to
fight in 1900 to hold the States that
Bryan carried in 1896. That this is the
purpose Of the Bryan leaders is further
verified by Bryanites calling the Popu.
list National Convention in South Da.
kota, another State which has broken
away from the f~usionists since 1906
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-03-23

make the Constitution Il breastwork
for it's error. The Republican party
does not subordinate itself to the DEM
ocratic party in loyalty to the Consti-
tuition and the laws, but the Republic
can party anchors its confidence in
the Justice, intelligence and patriot
ism of the American people. The peo-
pie OF the acquisitions recently fallen
to us have their highest guarantees in
the character of our people and not in
the letter of any law.
1t is an old cry of the Democratic
party against any step forward that
you can't do it," The alternative they
present now is the abandonment of
Porto Rico, the abandonment of the
Philippines, under claim of the utter
impotence of the United States to do
augl,t for them except through the de-
basement of our w people. If such
contention is to he maintained, what
follows? 1t follows that this nation is
powerless to expand except at the peril
of self destruction; it follows that it
cannot employ its strength in the re-
sponsibilitics of government outside of
the cqualitics of the States compris-
ing the Union without inviting the an
initiation of Republican institutions.
If that contention has meaning back of
it it means that this nation has not the
power of self prescrvation.-Sioux City
Journal.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-03-23

Thcrec an Ge IL % imperialism. Those who ear are against it. Those who
have faith in the republic area against it. So that there is universal adherence
for it and unanimous opposition to it. Our only difference is that those who do
not agree Will us nave n confidence in the virtue or capacity or high purpose
or good faith Of this free people a. a cvihzing agency, while We believe that the
century o free government which the American people have enjoyed has not m
dcred them faithkss and irresdute, but has fitted them for the great task of
lifting III and assisting to better conditions those distant peoples who have,
the tissue of battle, become III wards. Let us fear not. There is n o
occasion TO faint hearts, IL o excuse FOR rcgrcts. Nations 10 not grow in strength
The harder the task the greater will be the result, the benefit ad the honor.
of our popular institutions. The hherators will never become the oppussors. A
foster ant defend.
the camp ofc sen and isolation. let US bravey and hopefully and sobcry con-
is not possible that sventyhve millions of American frcmen are unable to
establish liberty mi justice good overnmen in our new possessions. The
burden is o"r opportunity. The opportunity is greater than the burden. May
God give uss strength to bear the the m and wisdom $50 to embrace the other as
carry to or distant acquisitions the guarantees of life, liberty ant the pur
suit of Lappincss-From Presidents speech in New York.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-03-23
NAPOLEON AND LOUISIANA.
His Voice Broke as He Spoke of Re-
n%ouuciylr 1t.

His Voice Broke as He Spoke Of Re-
nounciilg 1t.
1t was still dark on the morning Of
April IL. 1903. when Marbois was sum-
moned to attend the Emperor. WHO
showed him the latest dispatches of
that wonderful secret service which
laid before its master the social. politi-
cal. naval and military secrets of all
Europe. The English news was omin-
Gus and disquieting. says the National
Magazine. Heavy drafts for home and
foreign military and naval service: i'll
tense activity in naval bureau, dock
yard and fleet. and worse than all. the
rising of II new star in England's cOun-
ellis. the mcnancing leadership of a
statesman who could he IL patriot and
Il diplomatist, who was a man. Ma
poleon had decided.
II renounce louisiana" said he. ut
is not only New Orleans l will cede. it
is the whole colony. without any reser-
walton. l know the value of what l
abandon"-and here the calm, assured
voice broke II little. as he recapitulated
the discoveries and perils. the hard
ships and heavy expenditures of blood
and treasure which France had Law.
ished in the new world in vain. THE
price of all these things is due to us and
must he paid. Still. l will be moderate
in consideration of the necessity which
compels me to make the sale. But keep
this to yourself. l want 5O.OOO.O0O
francs he continued. '.and for less
than that sum 1 will not treat. To-mor.
row you shall have your full powers"
The average quantity of coal burned
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-03-23
Democratic Nece..i4x

The Democratic convention will be
held after the Republican convention.
This is almost a necessity. How can
the Democrats know with, any degree
OF certainty what they will have to pro.
est against and criticise unless the Re-
publicans meet first? And /, 4ere would
the Democratic party be Il II had No
opportunity to be "agin" somethlng9-
Chicago Post.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-03-23
CHAPTER Mi.

Sir John Nynaston sat alone in his old
bachelor rooms i'll London. He was IL
very unhappy man. He had received 4:
blow such ais strikes at the very root and
I spring of mans lifc-a blow which a:
younger man often battles through and
is none the worse in the end for, but UNI
der which a man of his age is ape to bc
crushed and to succumb. Within IL week
OF his wedding day Vera Ncvill had brok-
on her engagement to him. 1t had been !,
nine days wondcr-evcryhody had mar
vclcl and specialized. hut no one had got
amy nearer 10 the truth than that Vera
WAS supposed to have mistaken her
feelings"
AS TO Sir John. he blamed her not. and
yet he knew 10 more about it than any
of them: he. too. could only nave told
You that Vera had mistaken her feelings
he knew no more than that-for ii WAS
but half the truth that She had told him.
But it had been more than enough to
convince him that she was perfectly
right.
1t had been n great blow Mt the vicar
age. but neither the prayers of her weep
ing sister. nor the angry Indignation of
old Mrs. Daintrcc. nor oven the gentle
rcmolStranccs of her brothcr-in-law could
serve to alter her determination, nor
would she enter into any explanation con-
corning her conduct.
Vera waited for some sign from the
man she loved. Sooner or later. whether
it was for good or for evil, she knew it
must come to her: some token that he
remembered her existence: some indica-
tion as to what he would have her do
with the life that she had laid at his
feet.
1t came to her at last. An envelope by
the side of her plate ut breakfast: Il
few scrawlcd words in q handwriting she
had never seen before. and yet identified
with an unfailing instinct. ere even she
broke the seal. One minute of wild hope.
to be followed by Il sick. chill numbness,
and tlie'story of her love and its longings
shranli away into the despair of impossi-
bility.
"Her grandfather is dead. and she has
claimcd mt. Good-by; forget me and
forgive me-"
That was all; nothing more. No pas
sionate regrets. no unavailing self-pity;
nothing to tell her what it cost him to
resign her: no word to comfort her for
the hopelcssness OF his dcsertion; nothing
but those W lines.
\ bright May morning. cold. it is true,
and with 81 biting wind from the cast
as, indeed. our English May mornings
generally lrc--but sunny and cloudless as
the heart can desire.
The sunblinds are drawn all along the
front windows of Il house in Park lane.
| Within the drawing room are two ladies'.
! Ono. the mistress, of the house. is seated
at the writing table with her back to
the room. scribblins off invitations for
dear life, cards for an afternoon "at
homc.' ut the rate of six per minute;
the other sits idle in IL low basket chair
doing nothing.
What time is it. Vcra?'
IA quarter to H."
almost time to dress: I've only ten
more cards to fill up. What are you go
ing to wear-whitc!'
Vera shivers. Look how the dust is
fying-it must be dreedfully cold out-l
should like to put ON a fur jacket"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-03-23
A Vermont F,arty

"a party is like a suit Of clothes.
worn for mans protection, and when
the party is worn out and ceases to
protect him he ought to throw the party
away and get a new party" said Col.
Bryan in his Minneapolis speech. AS
the Democratic party is worn out and
ceases to protect, a great many former
members. most Of them prominent in
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-03-23

you wreck your whole life. I cannot
marry Nou-not only because l am poor.
hut. also Mas. because l am bound to
another woman."
Helen Iomer..' she murmurci, family
";rnd YOU love her!" y sick, cold misery
rushed into her heart. She strovc to
Withdraw her hands from his; but he only
held them the tighter.
No; ] love you, and only YOU he
answered her, almost roughly; but l am
bound to her. l cannot afford to marry
hcr-wc have neither of us any money;
but | ann bound all the same. Only one
tling can set me free; if, in five years,
we are, neither of us. better off than
now. she has told me that 1 may 80 free.
IL no other conditions can l ever
marry anyon else. That is my secret.
Vera. At any moment she can claim
mo, and for five years l must wait for
her"
Then 1 will wait for YOU five years.
too,' she cried. passionatcly. us my love
less strong. less constant, than hers, do
You think! Can l not wait patiently,
too?"
SO he it. then" he murmurcd.
Five minutes later II tail young laGy.
deeply vciled as when she had entered
the train. got out of it and walked swift
ly away from Tripton station down the
hill toward the high road. So absorbed
was she i'll her w reflections that she
utterly failed to notice another figure,
also female and also vcilcd, who, prc-
ccding her through the mist, went OH
swiftly before her down the road. Nor
did she pay the slightest attention to the
fact until n turn in tho ,onl hrourht hcr
suddenly face to face with two persons
who stood deep in conversation under the
shelter of the tall, misty hcdgc-row.
AS Vera approached these two persons
| sprang apart with IL guilty suddcnncss.
and revealed to her astonislcd eyes
Beatrice Miller and Mr.. Herbert Pruyn.
These w lovers We're. in fact, holding
Il stolen interview. and under the cir
cums;anccs of this meeting were Obliged
to take Vera into their confidence. She
promised not to hctray the fact OF the
stolen interview, all the more readily be-
cause it did not strike either of them to
inquire what she herself was doing in
the Tripton road.
In the end Vera walked Oh slowly by
herself, and the Shadonalic carriage, or
drrcd to go along ut Il foot's pace from
Sutton station toward Tripton. picked
both girls UP and conveyed them safely,
each 10 their respective homes.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-03-23

its councils. have taken the advice Of
the Colonel and candidate and got q
new party, the Republican, which has
given evidence of its ability to protect
their interests.-Tacoma (Wasll.) Led.
oar,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-03-23

The average quantity of coal burned
to the square foot of tirebar an hour in
marine engines is about 1917 pounds.
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EAII.E0 ms
EATLEO -Ds.
Baltimore 81 Ohio
RAILROAD.

Il
| Scheeuie in effect December et, 1soS.
Ii 5e Washington from station corner Of Ne"
Jersey Avenue and Street
| For Chicago and Northwest. yestibuled Limited
trains 1926 m, sos p. m, daily.
For Cincinnati. ST. Louis and Indianapolis.
Express. 1855 a m. Vestibuled Limited $40 p.
| m, express I2:05 night, daily.
| for PlttsbUrg and Cleveland, 1913 a. m and
s:So and l:55 p. m, daily.
for Columbus, Toledo 2ad Detroit, 12:Oj night.
For Winchester and way stations, $50 a. N
| and 3:40 and $3.50 D. m
For Luray, $40 p. N. daily
for Baltimore, week days, x2:3J. 500, $50,
Aa,Vos XIV, xs:3O. 5:3J, x0:30, xi0:O0 a. m,
xiz:eo IL, R:l5, x1:1j, x3:O0. x3:3O, x4:30. 4:35.
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XII iSo' Nj XII 80 p m SUNDAYS x2;s5 n ;o5.
xl:IO, $50, xS:O0 a. m, x12:05, I:O0S I:I5,
x3;Oo, 4:35. x5:0J, xj:l0, $3.50, xs:OO, XlO:00,
XII 30. Kills. p. m
For Annapolis, 7:1O and s:3j a. m. 1a:15 and
6;30 p. IN Sundays $50 a. m, 80 p. IN.
For Frederick, week days. s:5J, 1856 a. m,
&;3O 800 p m. Sundays, 900 a. m, Ills p. m.
For Hagerstown, '1O:3j a. m. and 80 p.
for BOYD and way points, week days. s-35
m, $50, 5:3O, 90 p n. Sundays, 900 a IN,
l:I5, 100 D.
For Gaithersburg and way points. week DAYS.
s:35 a m, 12:50 800, 43O, 4:S3. $50. 7:05,
IL IL p p m Sundays, 900 m. LIS. 4:ss. 7:o5,
For Washington Junction and way points,
week days, s:Sj a. m, 4;3O, $50 p. N. Sundays
wv d ul.J I'D p. m
Royal Blue Line.
All trains Illuminated with Pintsch Light.
For Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Boston,
and the East, week days, 7:05 Diner. $3.50
lBuhetl. l0:O0 (Diner) a. m, 12;O5 (Diner).
l:l5 (Diner1. 800 Royal Limited Ex-
clusiyely Pullman Train Dining Car, sos
Dining Carr. 500. II 30 (Sleeping Car open az
1000 o'clock, and 2:3j night sundays 7:05,
goo a. m, Is:05 noon, 1:I5 Dining Cars, 300,
o:Oo Dining Cars, SOD IL 30 (Sleeuiu1 Car open
lo:00 o'clock, and 2:35 night
ParlOr Cars On all day trains.
For Atlantic City. 1000 a n 12:0j noon, and
i:l5 and 300 p m. week days 12:J5 noon Sun
DAYS.
For Cape May, week days. Il :oj and I:I5 D. m.
Except Sunday xExpress trains.
baggage called for and checked from hotels
and residences by Union Transfer Go. on Orderf
left at ticket Ofsicss 6!9 Pennsyiyania Avenus
NV, New York Avenue and 18th Street, and az
Depot
T. d. UNDERWOOD D. B. MARTIN,
I'd v. P. and Gen. Man Mgr Pass. Traffic.
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-
MANTED-At once about 10 good carpenters to
go to Richmond Va; way paid both ways
A. ). LohAA, N!laRd Building. 18th and Chap
IN sts. apl4-3t, ,em
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FOR sALE-HOUSEy.

FOR SALE-Six room frame, in excellent condi
tion; Rosedae ST. ne; price, 81 $50; good
chance for home OF investment WM. G.. DUNE
1907 II ct. ne. apl4-3t ,en
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FOR RENT-COUNTRY.
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furnished. Address RIVER, Colonial Beach.
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PERSONALS.

THIS is Easter week, boys, and YOU osgbt tn
know that we are here with elegant stock
Of Hght OyercOats and suits Of clothes Of best
materials and not worn much. and prices 70 suit
the wOFkingman The long established JUSTH 3
OLD STAND, 619 ID ST. apl0-7s
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Scheeuie in effect December 81 1soS.
Ii @e Washington from station corner Of New
Jersey Avenue and Q Street.