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Orlando al Lasso,s Portrait.

An autograph volume of music by Orlando di Lasso. the great composer of sacred music of the sixteenth een- tury, recently discovered in the Impe- rial library at Vienna, contains hith- erto unknown portrait of the composer, drawn when he was 2s years of age.
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Pusher- .Gusher is not very happy in bis choice of adjeetives. Usher-Why so? Pusher-Miss Gumms fished for a compliment by asking him what he thought of her slippers. Usher-And what did he say? Pusher-He said they were immense.-Stray Stories.
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Paul Jones Grave.

The grave of Capt. John Paul Jones has not been located by the govern
 ment through it's inquiries of the en- bassy in the French capital. He died on July IS. 1792, in Paris, and wss buried with the highest hohors by tha French government, but the place of bis burisl cannot now be determined.
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TELEcRAPHic BRIEFS,
Millions ot Matches.

Some of the machines for making matches make 200 revolutions a min ute each, and turn out about 2,500, ,000 matches daily. or about 900,000,0 ,000 an- pually.
 IUMORS, boils, pimples and all ! eruptions are due to impure blood, and by purifying the blood with Hoods Sarsaparilla they are CURED.
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The Firsr Motor Vus

The first motor bus" has made it's appearance in London. It has seats for twenty-six passengers-twelve within and fourteen outside. The jour- ney is between Remington and yie- toris.
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1,rnamite in the rransvaaI.

Dynamite, used in large quantities in the extensive mining industries of the Transvaal, was imported to the value of s1,11O,000. It is exclusively import ed by the government.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-23
Austria Easy on Murderers.

Austria is the country most lenient to murderers. In ten years over 800 persons were found guilty of murder, of whom only twenty-three were put to death.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-23

The family that keeps on hand and uses occasionally the celebrated Prickly Ash Bitters is always well regulated family. For sale by Walker Drug to.
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A Homeopatr,.

From Judge: Mrs. Jones-Did Mrs. Smiths son graduate as an allopath or a homeopath? Mrs. Brown-Homeo- path. think. He's been Twin at home ever since he took his degree.
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,,ieomennatn appey.

Nedmenham Abbey, Bucks. England, standing on ground which Danish tra- dition has made its own, and almost washed by the Thames, is in the mar ket, after being restored at cost of s10,0 GOO. Little real trace had re- mained of the old monastic house, founded by the Cistercians in 120o, aud the picturesque remains were those If a manor of the Duffields, who held the property from the time of the dis solution till 1779. In the middle of that century set of pseudo Fran eiscans" came into occupation of the abbey, an order whose rites and cere- monies would have mortified the old Cistercian tenants Bacchic revelry, devil-worship and other practices were ascribed to the bloods of the days who forefatnered at Medmenham, with Sir Francis Dashwood as their presiding genius. The story goes that one night, in the midst of the monks orgies, the party were overwhelmed with ter TOT at the apparition of huge ape. which had been lowered down tho chimney. For once, they thought the object of their attentions had appeared in person, and the meetings came to a sudden end. The notorious Wilkes was one of them.
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DESTRUCTIVE FUN.
An Officers Sport That Caused Kansas'
 Greatest Prairie Fire.

Greatest Prairie Fire
 The greatest prairie fire known in Kansas was in the year 1869, and 1t was set out by an officer of the United States government, says a Kansas City paper. This officer is now in Wash ington, and, during the Spanish war, his name was more frequently in the papers than any other. One day in 1869 he and a party of officers from Fort Hays were returning from wild turkey hunt in the canons of the Sa- line. The wind was blowing a hurri- cane, and when stop was made on the high prairie some ten miles north of Hays this officer deliberately touched a match to the dry, crisp grass in order to make spectacle. When the other officers saw what he was about to do they made desperate effort to stop him, but the deed had been done and the red flames were reeling across the prairie like fright ened antelope. That fire swept from where it had been started clear across Kansas into what is now Oklahoma. The streams and roads offered no ob- stacles to it whatever. While going south it had also turned to the east, and left trail of ruin across Rice, Reno, Kingman, Harper and other counties. Thousands of settlers were burned out, losing their houses and their feed, their horses and cattle. If the man who set that fire, had been known to the settlers all the troops on the plains would not have been enough to stay their vengeance. AS it was, he suffered remorse beyond description. When the officers at Hays would bring him papers telling of the damage done he would groan and curse himself roundly. He left Hays for some other post in the following year, and, so far as we know, his name was never connected with tne gigantic prairie fire of 1869.
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Weight of American Mails Unknown.

Weight Of American Malls Unknown. Strange as it seems, the United States government has not taken complete accounting of the actual total weights of the mail matter carried by it for over twenty years.
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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-23

not he subjects without imperiling
our form of government, and rs We
are not willing to surrender our civil.
iaztiou or TO convert the Republic in.
Ia nm Empire, We favor an Immediate
declaration of the nations purpose To
give the Filipinos, first, II stable form
of government; second, independence,
and third, protection from outside in.
tcrfcreucc, such as has been given
for nearly a century 10 the republics
of Central and South American"
MIR. Chairman. the result of this
campaign will determine whether this
government is to Slip the anchor of it's
old safe constitutional mornings TO
try the certain perilS incident to "a
voyage in quest of Colonial Empire.
The issue is pregnant with the DIES.
TIMES of a free people The United
States has survived all the dangers ot
its constitutional history, and is now
u great and powerful republic; splcn.
did in the magnidcence and variety OF
its almost illimtahlc resources; with
u climatic range permitting a variety
OF production unknown to any other
country; with u homogeneous people
thoroughly in love with free institu-
tons, and destiny So exalted and
radiant with the rainbow of promise
that language is utterly impotcnt 10
adequately depict or portray.
The example of this free republic
has lighted up the dark places OF the
earth; it has established the affairs Of
freedom in every cline; il has been
the hope Of the oppressed of every
nation; II has been the joy of The Lib.
crty loving people of the world; 10
has established constitutional govern
mcnts; ii has caused thrones to tottcr
TO their fall; il has stricken shacklcs
from slaves; il has utterly discrcdtcd
the doctrine that kings rule by divine
right.
When Jefferson announced the mas
tcrful doctrines of the sovereignty Of
the people, and the equality of men,
it was the defiant challenge Of liberty
to dcspotiSm; il was the beginning OF
the American republic whose glorious
career to the present time has been
the song and story of freedom.
My countrymcn, shall we now rcpu-
diatc the Declaration of Indcprnd-
cncc and turn our backs upon tho
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-23

- ..--~-r-g~. - f3se
<s,uafrys for q rsftsrafc the statement
that this stupendoua Increase of eX-
pcnditures under this administration
IL entirely exclusive of war cxpendi-
lures. The plea may be offered
that the Increase is due to the growth
of business and the expansion of ter
ritOry. This view is mistaken one,
because these mighty totals do not
include a single item Of expenditure
connected with the administration Of
affairs in our colonial dependencies.
Cuba, which is now under the control
Of our army, during the last calendar
year paid into her own treasury So
34G,0lj.l7, and Of this vast sum S1i,O.5,.
s0j.32 has been charged up by the
representatives. Of this government for
the cost OF administration there. OF
course this exhibit as To Cuba in.
cludcs only the money which found
itR way into the treasury Of that is.
land. | do not know how much, #
any, was stolen in transit. II appears,
however, that our officials there have
Inundated the republic before the
world 10y the acknowledged theft IT
$l3l,0OO up TO this date, which has
been made good to the Cubans by an
appropriation from our own treasury.
! have not included the income and
expenditures of either Porto Rico or
the Philippine islands. In the com
parison submitted, MS between the
cost OF this administration aud that
of Mr., Cleveland, have, as heretofore
stated, not included expenditures on
account of our colonies. have limit
ed the comparison to three years be-
cause this administrat has not yet
concluded II four-yCar period, but at
the present rate Of expenditure the
four-ycar term of President McKin.
ley Will cost the people considerably
more than one hundred millions of
dollars in excess of the cost Of the
last administration Of President
Cleveland. The extravaganza OF the
republican national administration is
further demonstrated by the per cap
ita expenditure, which was only $6.09in
1896, but in excess of $61S in 1900.
How long the people will continue to
tolerate the eXactions of the rcpub.
lican treasury spectators remains &c
be seen. Our people are long suffer
ing, ii is true, but the time is not fan
distant when n revolution in public
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-23

IL Is not possible for the imagination
of the most gifted artist TO portray
upon canvass the commercial glories
which shall he ours, if we return TO
that policy under which this country
once surpassed England in prowess
upon the seas.
We want an empire upon the high
ways OF ocean commerce and in the
seaport marts of the world. This en-
pire will not require large standing
armies; il will not call for conquering
lcgions; il will not depend upon
cleaning bayonets or flashing swords,
but viii be buttrcssed upon the abli-
~, the thrift and the energy of the
American people which can master
the world in commerce.
THE POLICY OF IMPERIALISM.
But, fCllow-citizen, | must hasten to
a conclusion. have already occupied
more time than | had intended to oc-
cuPy IN the discussion of questions re-
lating To internal policies. | come
now in the order of my argument, to
a very brief discussion of a very great
issue. It is not an issue involving the
annexation of adjacent territory to
he ultimately upliftcd into statehood,
but an issue involving the acquisition
of remote islands, already more dense
~ populated than eur older states, to
he governed by congress as colonies
in disregard of the protection of the
constitution.
The democratic party has always
been a party of progress and of great
policies. Its territorial policy has been
the policy of expansion in entire har.
mony with the Monroe Doctrine. The
first contest for territorial acquisi-
ton was with the old federal party,
which stoutly resisted the extension
of our borders. At the time the demo-
cratic party iuauguratcd its first pres
/ ident, Thomas Jefferson, on the 4th
of March, 1901, there were but - stars
in the blue field of our national flag.
! There are Is stars there now, with
! other territory out of which can be
created splendid states. Every acre
of territory added to the Union prior
TO the acquisition of our island pos
sessions was contribution by the
democratic party. Our territorial area
which was but S27,SS4 square miles at
the time of the organization of the re-
| nublip hDC nVnnnJn1 40 . OoE Gnn 49,,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-23

II Mr. W. &. Dodge. - PretectfoniEt of
/ national reputation. and the author Of
"a recent publication entitled, sour
Country; What IL is, and what has
made il what IL is" (Senate Document
! No. 1857. among ether things, says:
| "But while in past years protection in
| the fern OF "a tariff Was Of the utmost
! importance and assistance in building
up our manufacturing industries, it
must be apparent 10 every observing
person that protection a. the form Of a
tar.i is constantly becoming Of less
importance to us Continuing, he
says: Now, how is it, and what is it,
| that enables an operative to-day to
! produce so much more in less mum
| her Of hours than he could thirty or
/ forty years ago? 1t is simply invention
| the inventions cmladicd in the i'm
| proNcd machines tcols, processes and
! appliances that our inventors are con
stantly furnishing f. our manufacture
! cys." Again, he declares that this re-
mlrkablc increase manufactured
! prOductsl has been largely, if not
mainly, due TO our inventions, stimu-
lated ard fost,r,d by our patent sys-
tenn" Continuing further he says"
The cost Of production has been in
that way (by labor-saying machinery
enormously decreased. One man with
the aid of machinery can oft tiIces do
the work which it required ten men to
do without machinery. That has great
~ reduced the prices Of such articles"
| could multiply quotations, but |
have made sufficient number to Is.
tabliSh that labor.slNing machinery
enormously arguments production,
while at the same time it should
cheaper the output, increase the con
sumption, open up new fields for la
hCr and give added employment to la.
hor. But for unwisc Legislation these
happy results would be as certain rs
the course of the seasons or the rcyo-
luton of the tn upon its axis.
Monopolies are essential to tie or,
ganization of trusts; because they can
not exist in tie presence of compete
ton. 1t follows, the, cfore. logically
: that trusts are the rich fruitaye oil
monopoles. One of the great writers
on political economy anticipated tn,
present condition of our country in the
: terSe statement that, "whcrc compe
tition is not, monopoly is" Anothe,
-
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-23


while ut the same time restricting our
market abroad. IL is "A very difficult
economic feat, rs this country has
learned, to sell 10 every nation in the
world whilst refusing to buy from
any.
That a high tariff does enable mo-
nopolies to intrench themselves be-
hind its walls and ply their ncfarious
occupations at the expense of the
consumers is becomingmore and more
apparent to the American people. |
quote in this connection an extract
from an interview with a distin-
guishcd citizen Of OurcOuntry explain-
ing the operations of the great Carr
negie Iron and Steel Trust. He says:
The Carnegie company is practi-
cally impregnablc monopoly. 1t con-
trolls all the materials of its manufac-
turing processes, from the iron ore
of the Mesaba range to the finished
article. 1t is member of a combi-
nation or trust that includes the con-
Germs big enough to be formidable
competitors. Its enormous profits
enable it by sheer weight of money to
crush out competition from smaller
concerns. Competition from abroad
is ciTcctually shut out by the tariff.
The government Of the United States
is powerful partner in the enter
prise. Take the government out of
the partnership, dcmolish the wall be-
hind which these incredible profits
have been gathered in, and the Car
ncgic company would no longer be
able to tax the country as it has taxed
it for the last eight years"
Fcllow.citzcns, this is an example
of the methods employed by all tho
trusts. The cNorbitantcNact of the
Sugar Trust at this time are giving
the American people an object les
| son, instructive and yet very expen-
sivc. The retail merchants, the hotel
keepers, and nearly all other business
classes are in the iron grasp of trust
monopoIics, which paralyzc trade and
intmidate individual enterprise. Dur
| ing the last few years the
trusts have succeeded in removing tho
scales from the eyes of many OF
that great thrifty class of our pco-
pie known as commercial travellers.
Year by year the ranks of this sturdy
and enterprising business class are
being thnned, because of the rapa-
= Il
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-23

tee. 1t is practically admitted that
free trade with Porto Rico does not
harm these interests materially, but
Mr.. ONnard, for the Sugar Interest.
and Mr.. Myrick and Mr.. Frye, presi-
dent of the Tobacco Growers associa-
ton, claimed before the committee
that 1t creates precedent that will
harm them il adopted in reference to
the Philippines and Cuba. 1t will be
time TO cross those rivers when we
come to them, and in my opinion the
crossing will not be difficult when the
proper time comes for action"
Fellow-citizens, the Porto Rican
tariff bill was the outcome of the
most shameless exhibition of the
power of trusts and the most ignoblc
surrender to them made by any adj
ministration in the history of our
country. The surrender was made, as
| declared by Senator Proctor, not be-
cause free trade with Porto Rico
would materially reduce the profits
of the trusts upon sugar and tobacco,
but it being the first outpost of fed
eral legislation for the government of
colonial possessions. the trusts took
the administration by the throat, be-
cause their campaign contributions
had largely contributed to its clec-
ton, and demanded that the bill be
throttled because il would establish a
| precedent for future legislation in re-
speet to the Philippine islands and
Cuba. Was ever the inordinate greed
and power of trusts more dcfiantly
exhibited than is shown in the story
OF national humiliation, by the dis
tinguished republican senator (Mr.
Proctor) in the extract from the
speech | have just read! This country
BIAS cut of the trade of Porto Rico
with Spain by the Paris treaty, and
then taxed its commerce with us ia
disregard both of the Declaration of
Independence and the Constitution of
the United States. The Constitution
says that all duties, impoSts and cX-
ciscs shall be uniform throughout the
United States" TO this constitutions
al maxim of taxation should be add
ed, if the republican policy is to pre-
vail-provided the trusts consent.
CAUSES OF THE WAR WITH SPAIN.
Fellow-citizens, voted for the dec
laration of war with Spain to drive
the cruel, trcachCrouS Spaniards from
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-23

only, from the standpoint urged hN
some of our people. Ii is u sordid
view, and should have no place in the
literature of this discussion, but il
may be well to consider il, because of
the apparent determination to de-
grade the flag of our country to the
low level of mere Commercial as
set" VIII the annexation of the
Philippine archipelago he profitable
commercial acquisition? The entire
trade of the Philippine islands, con-
sisting of both exports and imports,
will probably amount, under the most
favorable conditions, TO not more
than $io,OO0,000 annually. The United
States during the fiscal year ending
June 30th, 1900, sold to the Philippine
islands products amounting in value
TO the beggarly sum of $2,Gi0,449, the
imports from those islands TO this
country being S5,9;l,20S.
Among the principal items export.
c dfrom this country 10 the archipel-
ago during the last fiscal year were
manufactures of iron and steel,
horses, coal, coke, cars and cotton
cloth. The CHIEF articles imported to
this country from the Philippines
were sugar cane aud Manila hemp. We
enter upon the policy of trade eXpan-
sion 10y the sword, with purchases
from the archipelago of more than
twice the amount we sell to them, 1t
may be we'll to ~. II 'cmnd the pco-
pie that trade does not always follow
the flag, but il does always seek the
best markets for profitable sale and
exchange. Experience has shown that
countries with colonial dependencies
Usually control not more than 40 per
cent. of their trade. If, therefore,
the commerce of these islands
amounts to $l0,0O0,0O0 the United
States in time may control 40 per
cent. of it, aud estimating the profit
on that commerce ut onc-fourth Of its
value we would have Il net balance Of
$i,0OO,000 to the profit side of the
ledger. But let us assume that onr
net profit would be greater than this
amount, and reach SlO,00O000 annual
! ly. In such an event, how would the
account stand? The United States
actually disburscd during the fiscal
year ending June 30th, 1900, $685.
$4,000 on account of expenditures
consequent upon the Spanish war.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-08-23

can cal. not be Invoked 10 Justly Se a ~,
propriatton Of the Philippine islands by
the United States. Ii the islands were un-
Inhabited, American citizens would not he
willing To 40 there and TIL the soil The
white race Will not live So near the equa.
tor. Other nations have tried TO coluniEe
have controlled Java for 500 years, and yet
to-day there are less than 60U0O people OF
European birth scattered among 91eQ 10
W0 natives. After century and a half OF
English domination in India, less than
one-twCntiCth Of one per cent of the peo-
pie I'm India are OF English birth, and it
requires an army VI 0,0O British soldiers
To take care Of the tax collectors. Spain
has asserted title To the Philippine islands
for three centuries and vet when our
fleet entered Manila bay there were less
than 10000 Spaniurds residing IN the Phil
ippincs.
a colonial policy means that we shall
send to the Philippines few traders, a
few task masters and 4 few otiiceholdcrs
and an army large enough to support the
authority Of a small fraction of the pen-
pie while they rule the natives"
THE CONSTITUTION AND THE
FLAG.
But, fcllow-citizenS, | must hasten,
The enactment of the Porto Rican
tariff bill, under the circumstances to
which | have adycrted, in connection
with the Philippine policy leaves no
doubt us To the position of the re-
publican administration upon the is.
sue to he settled at the ensuing clcc-
ton. The republican platform says,
THAT the largest measure of self gov.
eminent consistent with their wei
fare and our duties shall he secured
to them Uhc Filipinos) 10y law" This
is not the doctrine of the Constitu-
ton. 1t is neither the spirit or the let,
ter of the Declaration of lndcpcnd-
cncc. The issue is individually the Re-
public against the Empirc--the Con-
stitution against the Colonies. The re-
publican Administrations following the
example of Alexander Hamilton, pro-
pose the establishment of a colonial
system similar to the English system.
That system would mean one form of
government for the colonies and an
other for the mother country the
United States. 1T would mean sub
.ccts there and frecmen here for u
time; it would mean government of
force there and government of con
sent here; il would mean the final
establishment of government of
force everywhere; il would mean that
the president and congress, who arc
but the creatures OF the Constitution,
can govern colonies outside of
tho Constitution; it would mean