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The Republican., 1900-09-20
A Dilemma For MIR. Bryan,

A good deal has been said about
Mr.. Bryan's moral responsibility in
the matter of the treaty with Spain
for the Philippine Islands. He ad
yised the ratification of that treaty
Without the Democratic votes which
he influenced in its favor, the treaty
could not have been made. He i:
therefore morally bound to help ex
ecute it in good faith and can moi
escape such responsibility.
But leaving that aspect of the mat
ter wholly out of consideration, il
would seem that Mr.. Bryan, as Presi
dent, would be legally barred from
executing his proposed policy in the
Philippines.
The Constitution of the United
states says that "all treaties made OF
which shall be made under the
authority of the United States shall
be the supreme law of the land''
The Supreme Court has upheld
that provision unfiinchingly. Acts Of
State legislation or Acts of Congress
which conflict with treaties are al
ways treated as utilities. The obli-
cation which the Constitution puts
upon the President to take care
that the laws be faithfully executed
binds him to the execution of all
treaty.
Section four of the treaty under
which we acquired the Philippines
pledges the United States to give
Spanish ships and merchandise access
to the ports of the Philippine Islands
on the same terms as those of the
United States for the period of ten
years. That is part of our supreme
law which the President is to see
faithfully executed.
Plainly then for ten years at least
our authority must be maintained in
those islands. Mr.. Bryan could not
withdraw American authority within
that time without violating our su-
preme law. Yet according to his
theory, he would have the United
States leave the islands as soon as
possible after his election and throw
our treaty obligations to the winds.
On the other hand, if he would
recognize the obligations of the trea-
ty, there would have to be at least
ten years of government without the
consent of the governed" There is
no escape from it.
The Republican., 1900-09-20
whats the Timer"

A booklet with this title, just pub
lished by the Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul Railway, should not only be
in the hands of every traveller, but
should have place on the desk of
every banker, merchant or other bus
iness man.
The four 'Time Standards" which
govern our entire time system and
which are more or less familiar to
most of the travelling public, but by
many others little understood, are so
fully explained and illustrated by a
series of charts, diagrams and tables
that any one who chooses can become
conversant with the subject in ques-
ton. There are also some twenty
four tables by which almost at a
glance, the time at any place being
given, the hour and day can be as
certained in all the principal cities of
the world.
A copy of this pamphlet may be
had on application to Geo. H. Heaf-
ford, General Passenger Agent, Chi
cago, enclosing two-cent stamp to
pay postage. st
The Republican., 1900-09-20
Will They Bore for Oil?

The Standard Oil Company bought
up large tract of land in this vicin-
ity recently and it is not reasonably
supposed that they bought it for
amusement as that company is not
built that way" They usually ex-
pect to realize on their investments
in some way.
Another reason for the supposition
is that Mr.. P. G. Lynch the enterpris-
ing manager of the Blue Jay Lumber
Company who owns a large tract of
lumber land in this vicinity is pre-
pairing to put down test wells for oil.
Mr.. Lynch had experience in the oil
business having formerly resided in
the "Oil Country" and his success
through life, and also in the lumber
business must convince any person
that he does not spend much time in
"Chasing Rainbows," or hunting
"Mare's Nests. ."-Finzel Corr Frost
burg Forum.
The Republican., 1900-09-20

1t is not at all likely that the great
western experiment" in popular GOV
ernment will turn out failure.
There is saving common sense and
hard headedness about the American
people which makes such a disaster
improbable, not to say impossible.
Nevertheless it may not be unprofit-
able to note that, unless the natural
laws which have revealed themselves
in the making and unmaking of ma
tions in the past have suddenly
ceased to operate, the calamity of i'm
perialism prophesied by the Bryan
ties, if it could come upon our gov
ernment at all, could only come
through the triumph of Organism.
1t is certainly not Mr. Bryan's in
tention to set up an empire here, any
more than it was the intention of the
conspirators who brought about the
French revolution to substitute for
Louis XVI an imperial despot like
Napoleon. The leaders of the mobs
of Rome under the republic did not
realize that they were numbering
popular liberties instead of nourish-
ing them. The Anarchist of to-day,
speaking confusedly the catchwords
The Republican., 1900-09-20

Brooks not the bank Of some forsaken moat
song of life o thrill of earthly bliss
No cankered grieving after This or This:
Why should we then with over-weaning e
care
Persuade the soul that life is all amiss.
And yet, today, as with the past long gone.
Man gropes along the path he travels on:
Some little light that glancing here and
there
Gives dreaming hope Of worlds with wider
dawn.
But still his clay cold carcase e'er shall hold
Mark umbilical of his earthly mould
So fill the cup with heart encheering wine
As did dear Omar in the days of old.
The Republican., 1900-09-20
THE BEST THEY KNOW.

EaSTOU remember the old lady who rode for the first
IsNE time on a railway train There was frightfM
laS1s 7 collision, but whra The rescuers reached her
G-4s-a she was quite CAIN. She said she supposed
they always stopped that way. The story well illus
trates why many women are satisfied to live without
Ivory Soap. They have never tried It'll Naturally
enough they think that annoying odors sharp ehei-
Gals, and wasefu greasiness are common to ali soaps.
The Republican., 1900-09-20
RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION:
ADVERTISING RATES.

First insertion for square of ten nonpareil
Ines. 81; each additional insertion after first, 1,
10 cents per square OF ten nonpareil lines.
The Republican., 1900-09-20

MR.. BRYAN can at least be credited
with candor in one of his statements.
While lecturing at Terre Haute May
goth, 1899, he said;
when the votes were counted
found l had carried nearly every
state in which l did not speak, and
had lost every state in which l did
speak"
1t is to be hoped he will speak in
every state in the Union this year.
The Republican., 1900-09-20
'GUM TREE" COURTING.
BY POD DINKERS.

'Tis sweet to court Gum Tree gal
An rub yoh snuff together
For seven yeahs I've cohted Sal
Through every kind of weather.
I've took her to the quiltin' bees
An round to apple cuttin's
An down to Uncle Bill McGee's
A lookin' bright as buttons.
We've sat beside the old fab place
An watched the sparks a-fiyin'-
An when I'd kiss her purity face
l felt too good for dyin'.
She'd cuddle up an say: Now. Bill,
l see yore up to snuff;
We've got ter keep almighty still
Or dad'll cut up rough"
Her dads a pizen queer fal-lal
An kicks about our courtin';
An when come a-courtin' Sal
He does heep of snortin.
He lows the Dinker's air too tough;
An Sal is plumb gone crazy;
An so sot a-rubbin' snuff
An feelin' kinder hazy
Til Sal Jines in an says: Now, dad,
Yoh may as well stop chinnin',
Fer Bills the only beau I've had
That's sholy wuth the winnin';
He's not as tough as brother Ike.
Who's been in Jail already;
An not boy along the Pike
Is half so good an steady"
Fer Sal kin sling the daisy CUFF
An put her words in handy
An all the time be chewin' snuff
Like Yankee Doodle Dandy.
An so keeps a-courtin' Sal
Through every kind of weather.
There's nothin' like Gum Tree gal
Fer rubbin' snuff together.
The Republican., 1900-09-20

F. N. Higgins, Editor Seneca (Ills., J
News, was afflicted for years with
Piles that no doctor or remedy help
ed until he tried Bucklen's Arnica
Salye, the best in the world. He
writes, two boxes wholly cured him.
Infallible for Piles. Cure guaranteed
Only 25c. Sold by all druggists.
The Republican., 1900-09-20
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This signature is on every box of the genuine
Laxative BrOmO-Q -Quinine Tablets
the remedy that cures cold I'm one day
The Republican., 1900-09-20

Strange that life should be made a fearful
thing
And it alone contain the venomed sting
OF death and sin and all the woes of hell,
And yet the soul enjoined HIS praise to sing.
To make path so narrow and each side
A PIT with nameless horrors yawning wide,
While gropes the soul along the fearful
Would you, a father, such way provide?
And then in wrath your luckless children
fling
Into the pit-ah, no, the bird with broken
wing
Finds deepest pity in its keepers heart
Uplifting love safe homeward all will bring.
what'e'r we are we start from primal
cause:
Still swing the planets to eternal laws
The heart of ALL upholdeth sun with sun
Is man alone work OF fearful flaws?
Shall the bird sing sweeter because, I'M
known,
Its little life is numbered like your own,
And singing thus, without regret or fear,
1t marks not how the passing days have
flown.
Come, fill the bowl with soul inspiring wine
For Lethes pulse is throbbing in the vine
What says old Omar: "'Tis the cup that
clears
The old bubble of human and divine
Some mystic note of meaning sweetly lends
A Turing charm to fields of richer ends:
A bubble and dream, then life is done
But for broken hopes - who shall make
amends?
The flower rudely torn from parent vine;
The throbbing hearted songster left to pine
In captive cage-say, shall the womb of
time
Bring them no hope of future bliss divine
What is man the only living thing to dread
The hour that lays him with the myriad deadl
Why should the soul cling to its aches and
ills
When rest awaits it in its narrow bedf
1 sometimes think that in the soul OF man
There creeps yearning for longer span
OF life; as though few more years would
bring
The wished for ending of some cherished
plan.
Alas of some that once were good and great
Upon times scroll 'tis writ, "They died too
late:''
The glory of their names by wrong OBJ
scured-
Why tempt ye then the tickle hands of fate ?
Then come, my love, and mark the swelling
note
Exultant yelling from the throstle's throat
Life IS and ever Is, its rolling stream
The Republican., 1900-09-20
IN OMAR'S VEIN.

IN OMAR'S VEIN.
Contributed to The Republican
Awake Awake false prophets stand with
out
Who dare to put the jocund grape to rout-
To rule the world they claim to have the
plan
Awake Awake, and put them all about!
The jarring sects, as in old Omar's days.
Still prate about the future and its ways
And This and This they claim is wrong or
right
But still the worlds redemption long delays.
All, well, It's brief, indeed, the little span
That marks the ever changing course of
man:
lie knows not yet, nor shall he ever know
One whit the more of the Creators plan.
Upon the whirling wheel of life he clings
The Masterpiece of all Mary ellous things
And yet the blind worm in the noxious
dust
Makes death terror with thousand stings.
Oh, to unravel that mysterious clue
That leads beyond the door we travel
through:
broken thread-the Hither and the
Thence,
The cunning creeds still eagerly pursue.
Strange ways of life that human feet may
run:
Some in the shadow and some in the sun
Infinite bliss and infinite sadness;
The good and the i'll till life is done.
1t matters not-the round of life is such
We dare not measure it-t'were too much
To say that good is good or i'll is ill
HE knows who keeps the universe in touch.
Some unexpected bliss sharp griefs may
bring;
And dearest happiness still bears sting
Graded thus the soul at last must stand
Indifferent to what the fates may fling.
Whether we find the golden key or miss
The only way that leads TO future bliss,
We still are creatures OF HIS love and
care
And so no questions ask of This and This.
Twere strange, indeed, if the Creator
planned
Man to be little more than drifting sand,
The idle sport of every wind and wave
That beats upon life's storm-tossed strand.
Life has some purpose and the soul unfolds
To the pattern of the Designers molds;
Fashioned thus, though cen of meaner
clay,
Still the Creator to his purpose holds.
And whether king or peasant, It's all one;
The round of life goes wheeling with the sun,
To- u, ~, t,;~ 1Ak k@n1.
The universe was by HIS hands begun.
To dying lips a golden cup, they say,
Can bring no sweeter drink than one of clay:
'Tis the hand that profrers and not the cup
That cheers the traveller on his passing
way.
The meanest life the scroll of time records
Still serves to measure all that life affords:
The prodigal that from his husks returns
Is worthy as the miser and his boards.
AIS vanity-'tis wise soul indeed
Takes the present pleasure for future greed.
Could l a golden rule for life unfold
Life is worth living, and to all God speed"
So be found at life's closing day,
In my dead hands a broken bowl of clay
From which streamed wine to help a
brothers needs,
Why should l ask about the future way.
What says the Sphinx in Egypt's burning
lands,
To shifting centuries of corroding stands?
Il recall no past, and the future brings
Naught that was wrought for by the long
dead hands"
There is no riddle-but from pole to pole
All that life is is harmonious whole:
Beast, bird and human-priests of Osiris
Wrought me as emblem of the so-called
soul.
Connecticut western news., 1900-10-25

president. In August of the same year he married Cecilia, only daughter of Judge Stewart of Mansfield, O. His po- litieal advancement was rapid. He was elected senatorial delegate to the Balti- more convention which nominated Gener- al Scott for the presidency in 1852. and his position as conservative Whig dur ing the excitement consequent upon the attempt to repeal the Missouri compro- mise obtained his election to the Thirty fourth congress, in which he took his seat on Dec. 8, 1855.
 At the close of his second term in con gress he was recognized as one of the most prominent members of the house. and on his reelection to the Thirty sixth congress he made a determined but un- successful fight for the speakership against Mir. Pennington of New Jersey. During this term he was appointed chair man of the committee of ways and means.
 In 1860 he was again elected to con gress and then performed one of his most signal public acts. President Buchanan was at the time much perplexed by the nations finances, the public debt having increased from S20.0OO, GOO to S100 00O0,- 900. The government was so short of
 
 bers of congress were not paid. Sher- man framed and had passed the bill au- thorizing the issue of the treasury notes of 1860, which relieved the government from it's financial straits.
 In March, 1861. he was elected to the United States senate on the resignation of Salmon T. Chase and was reelected In 1867 and 1873. During the greater part of these terms he was chairman of the committee on finance and served also on the committees on agriculture, Pa cifc railroads, the judiciary and the pat ent office.
 In March. 1877, he was appointed sec retary of the treasury by President Hayes and gave universal satisfaction by an ad- ministration which resulted in the re- sumption of specie payments two years later. One of his most brilliant achieve ments as a financier was the re-establish- ment of the country's credit by placing S200. .0O0, 900 of government Az per cent bonds.
 On March 3, 1880. having been re-elect. ed to the United States senate, he re signed the treasury portfolio.
 On Dec. 6, 1885. he was chosen presi- dent of the senate and was reelected to that body on the expiration of his term in the January following. In 1887 he took an active part in urging a reciproc- ity treaty with Canada and in the debates on the fisheries dispute, and in the fol lowing year he was one of the strongest supporters of the proposed annexation of that country.
 He was appointed secretary of state under the present administration, but the onerous duties of that position, which grew heavier and heavier as our relations with Spain became more and more crit ical, proved too much for the failing powers of the aged statesman. The more responsible duties of his position were gradually transferred to Assistant Secre. tary Day, with the final result that See retary Sherman resigned soon after the war broke out
Connecticut western news., 1900-10-25
NEW YORK BANK LOOTED
Note Teller Steals Seven Hun
 dred Thousand Dollars.
INSTITUTION NOT ENDANGERED.

First National, One of the Oldest ana faIcatton Charged to the Reserve Fund.
 New York, Oct. 2I.-It was announced in Wall street last night that the First National bank, at 2 Wall street, had been robbed of d large amount of money by trusted employee. The dedication will, it is said, reach S7O0,oO0, and the
 man to whom it is charged is Charles L. Alvord, the note teller. Not since Sam. uel c. Seeley stole nearly S4O0,0O0 from the Shoe and Leather bank has bank
 robbery anywhere near approaching this in the amount involved been reported ip this city.
 The First National bank is one of the strongest institutions of the kind in this country. Its president is George +. Ba- ker, who Is also president of the Astor National bank. He is well known in financial circles.
 The news of the big dedication became
 known just after the closing of business at 3 o'clock. Then President Baker g. sued this formal statement:
 "The note teller, who has been in the employ of the First National bank for many years, is defaulter to a large amount. His operations have continued for a considerable period and have been
 skillfully concealed through a manipula- tion of his balance book.
 ''The discovery was made by one of
 the banks employees few days after
 the completion of an examination of the bank by the United States examiners. Bank Examiners Found Nothing. During the continuance of his pecu- lations periodical examinations have been
 made by several distinct corps of ex- aminers representing the comptroller's department, all expert accountants, and the bank has also had frequent inde- pendent examinations, none of which has developed any irregularity. The aggre- gate of the false entries, amounting to $700, 1000, has been charged of on the books of the bank out of the reserve fund without diminishing the surplus and profits of the bank as reported in its
 last published statement. It Is expected that the shortage will be materially re duced by a substantial sum, of which there is fair prospect of recovery" Alvords stealings have extended over long period of time. and how he succeed
 ed so well in covering them has not yet
 been explained. The first suspicion the
 bank had of his dishonesty was when some ten days ago he was reported Ill. His continued absence from work.
 as is usual in such cases, aroused some
 suspicious, and his accounts were looked into. It soon became apparent that
 something was wrong. and experts were | set to work on the books.
 The enormity of the embezzlement soon developed. and even today it's full extent is not known. Alvord lived in Mount l Vernon with his wife and three children As soon as his guilt was known the police were put on the case. The man had dis appeared and has not yet been appre- hended.
 The bank officers have learned that AL word this summer spent a great deal of
 time at Saratoga and had been throwing
 away money there. He had q cottage,
 where he lived in fine style and kept u
 stable of horses. He played the races
 heavily and was much in the gambling | houses.
Connecticut western news., 1900-10-25

==S-%@:. spproximates Z3p. 100000 bush els, or nearly 5000. .oo0 less than last year and fairly good yield compared with tho average of the past ten years. Extremes in climatic conditions were responsible for holding the crop within bounds.
 The total number of men examined for enlistment in the regular army during the year 1899 was 703ti, of whom 84 sos were white and COOS colorsd. The num. Der accepted was s7.s99. Ths ratio of accepted men was 677.s0 foy the white and 722s7 for the colored. yhs rsts of rejection on primary examination was 2T3.6I among the white and 25o.17 among the eolored candidates, swing a mean of 27t.64.
 A statement prepared by the comptrol- Ter of the currency shows that applica- tions have been approved under the set of March IA, 1900. for the organization of 4g0 new national banks with . total capital of S23.505,000. or this number 3T3 will have a capital of less than k5o,- 900 each and 123 of S5o,o0o or more The number already organized and start. ed in business is 331, having made dspos- Its of bonds amounting 10 S5.12s,4 ,450,
Connecticut western news., 1900-10-25
William l.. Wilson Dead.

Hon. William l.. Wilson. president of Washington and Lee university and ex. postmaster general of the United States, has died suddenly of congestion of the lungs. Mir. Wilson was born near Charles ton, w. Va, 8 years ago. At the out break of the civil war young Wilson en- listed as private in the Confederate ar my. He served throughout the struggle, and when the war was over he entered
 upon the study of law. In 1880 he was elected A delegate to the Democratic na- tional convention and was later appoint ed elector at large for Hancock and Eng fish. In 1882 he was elected to congress and soon came to be recognized as one of the strong forces of that body. He was the author of the famous Wilson tariff bill. In 1894 Mir. Wilson was defeated for reelection. President Cleveland, who was then in his second term. appointed Mir. Wilson postmaster general. which office he held until the end of Mir. Cleve- lands term. Mir Wilson then accepted the presidency of Washington and Lee university In Lexington, Va a
Connecticut western news., 1900-10-25
General Markets.

New tofks Oct kas FLouR-state and western weak and to i5o. lower to sell. Minnesota patents, st.toas.s0i win. ter straights SS shas GO, winter extras. s2 6bas winter patents, & foat.
 WHEAT - Weak and conAldsrabl. lower this morning. the chief selling motives included bear. ish cables weakness west and northwest small clearancss and absence of outside trads December. 57 15.lGaTsAc. March. si s.i0aslAe RYE-Dulli state, baahbc., C. l. f., New York No. 2 western, s5isc., f. 0. b., ahoat. coRN-opsnsd steady on had weather condi. tions. but weakened later with wheat December. @ sl8asaite., May, u%as2Me,
 oATS-Dull and barely steady track, white. state, 27aSSc.; track, white. western, 2TaSsc. PoRK-Easy, mcss. SIS s2baia.2ai family, sio.boa l7.
 LARD-Easier, prime western steam, Tttc. BuTTER-Firmi state dairy, lesaic.i creamery. i6a22he.
 cHEEsE-stssdyi large white, iosc.i small white, lie,
 EGGs-stssdy; state and Pennsylvania. acsaie, !. western, loss on, ne.
 suoAR-Raw weak; fair refining, sAe.. cens trtusal. pe test. .Nc., refined quisti crushed, al5c., powdered, hsbc. TuRPkNTINT~Fim at aaisasbc. -U TALLoN-Essy, city, sisc. country, sNat&o. RlcE-stcady; domestic. sAao1sc.i Japan, sA akc
 HAY Quiet; shipping, 7bsTAc.s sood .e choice, s2kap2iso.