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No single great material worl, which
remains TO be undertaken on this con-
tinent is of such consequence to the
American people as the building of a
canal across the iethmus connecting
North and South America. Its impor-
lance to the nation Is by no means lim-
tied merely to its material effects upon
our business prosperity, and yet with a
view to these effects alone it would be
to the last degree important for us i'm
mediately to begin it While it's bene-
ficial effects would perhaps be most
marked upon the Pacific coast and the
gulf and South Atlantic states, it would
also greatly benefit other sections. 1t
Is emphatically a work which it is for
the interest Of the entire country to be-
gin and complete as sOOll as possible.
am glad to be able to announce to
you that our negotiations on this sub
ject with Great Britain, conducted on
both sides In spirit of fricndliness and
mutual good will, have resulted in
my being able to lay before the sen-
ate treaty which, if ratified, will en-
able us to begin preparations for an
isthmian canal at any time and which
guarantees to this nation every right
that 1t has ever asked in connection
with the canal. 1t specifically pro-
vides that the United States alone shall
do the work Of building and assume
the responsibility of safeguarding the
canal and shall regulate its neutral use
by all nations on terms of equality
without the guarantee OF interference
OF any outside nation FROM any quarter.
The Monroe Doctrine.
The Monroe doctrine should be the
cardinal feature of the foreign policy
Of all the nations of the two Americas,
as it is Of the United States. The Mon
roe doctrine is declaration that there
must be no territorial ACKNOWLEDGMENT
by any non-American power at the ex-
pense of any American power on Amer
lean soil. 1t is in nowise intended as
hostile to any nation in the old world
Still less is it intended to give cover to
any aggression by one new world power
at the eXpen use Of any other 1t is sim
ply step. and long step, toward as
surfing the universal peace OF the world
by securing the possibility OF perma-
nent peace on this hemisphere.
During the past century other influ-
ences have established the permanerce
and independence Of the smaller states
Of Europe. Through the Monroe doc
trine we hope to be able to safeguard
like independence and secure like per-
manence for the lesser among the new
world nations.
This doctrine has nothing to do with
the commercial relations of any Amer
lean power save that it in truth allows
each Of them to form such as it desires.
In other words, it is really guarantee
of the commercial independence Of the
Americas. We do not ask under this
doctrine for any exclusive commercial
dealings with any other American
state. We do not guarantee any state
against punishment if it misconduct:
ITSELF provided that punishment does
not take the form of the ACQUISITION Of
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OBTAIN at home. but It is even more I'M
portant to have it applied rigidly in our
insular possessions. The importance
of improving the consular service by
the passage of Few laws is emphasized.
The president then turns to the In
dian question. He says:
We should now break up the tribal
funds, doing for them what allot-
ment does for the tribal lands = that
is, they should be divided into individ-
ual holdings. There will be transit
ton period during which the funds
will IN many cases have to be held in
trust. This is the case also with the
lands. A stop should be put upon the
indiscriminate permission to Indians to
lease their allotments. The effort
should be steadily to make the Indian
work like any other man on his own
ground. The marriage laws of the In
dams should be made the same as those
of the whites. In the schools the edu-
cation should be elementary and large
~ industrial.
Cordial support from congress and
people is asked for the st. Louis expo
sition. The Charleston exposition is
commended to the good will of the
people. The work Of the Pan-American
exposition is praised.
It is recommended that the census
office as now constituted should be
made permanent government bureau.
The Postal Service.
A tribute is paid to the postal service,
and the extension of free rural delivery
Is commended. The postofiice depart
inert should be sustained, the president
says, in it's efforts to remove the abuses
in connection with second class mail
matter
Much attention is paid to the situa-
ton In China, and the progress toward
the establishment of peace there is re-
capitusated. Stress is laid on the Inn
portance Of our continuing to advocate
moderation in the dealings with China.
The president concludes his message as
follows:
The death Of Queen Victoria caused
the people Of the United States deep
and heartfelt sorrow, to which the gov
ernmcalt gave full expression. When
President Mckinley died, our nation in
turn received from every quarter Of the
British empire expressions Of grief and
sympathy no less sincere. The death
of the Empress Dowager Frederick of
Germany also aroused the genuine SYM
pathy Of the American people, and this
sympathy was cordially reciprocated
by Germany when the president was
assassinated. Indeed, from every quar-
toW ~ thu n{rv{1}vod
at the time of the presidents death as
surarees Of such grief and regard as to
touch the hearts of our people. In the
midst Of our affection we reverently
thank the Almighty that we are at
peace with the nations of mankind,
and we firmly intend that our policy
shall be such as to continue unbroken
these international relations OF mutual
| respect and good will.
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PRESIDENTS
MESSAGE

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LEGISLATION
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The president continues by tracing
the connection between the forest re-
serves and the water supply. He says:
The forests are natural reservoirs.
by restraining the streams in flood
anu replenishing them in drought they
make possible the use of waters other
wise wasted. They prevent the soil
trom washing and so protect the stor.
age reservoirs from filling up with
Silt. Forest conservation is, therefore
an essential condition of water conser-
walton.
The forests alone cannot, however,
Iuiiy regulate and conserve the waters
OF the arid region. Great storage works
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.ap1ng trees and rocks, holding one

Gaping trees and rocks, holding one
arm about the bundle, patting it as
he heard ftful cries. Again he was
caught in an avalanche, reaching the
bottom waist deep in snow, the baby
almost buried. 1t was now daylight,
snd after digging his feet out he un-
rolled the bundle and, protecting it,
gave the baby a ration of the milk,
which had kept warm against his
body. 1t looked wonderingly at him
the while, and George, who knew
very little about babies, made up his
mind that it must be a very good
natured one.
He did not realize how weary he
was until he started up again. Then
he found that his foot had been
twisted and he was lame. The cold
was increasing, the snow was finer
and filled his eyes, and he felt that
this was the beginning of the end.
But on he pressed until the after
noon, when the baby cried, and he
stopped to give it the remainder of
the milk, looking at the little face
with red and desperate eyes. On he
went again, now running, now limp
ing, plunging down the slopes until
he began to experience a strange
oppression, as though band of iron
was about his head. Then he SEEM
ed to be at home, and he tried to ask
his mother to take the baby. He
suddenly stopped, trembling, realiz-
ing that his mind was not clear, and
dashed snow upon his forehead.
Then he rushed on again like a
mailman.
How far he went no one knows to
this day, but it had been many miles
in the wrong direction, when, with a
wild laugh, which frightened those
who heard it, Long Barton unslung
a bundle and plunged into half
buried wickiup, from the top of
which sparks were rising. The men
reached for their firearms at sight of
the gigantic and wild eyed figure,
but the squaw, laying her papoose
among the blankets, with unerring
instinct caught the bundle from the
hands of the falling man, and Jim
Grayson's baby was saved. As for
"Tanglefoot" Barton, one of the
half breeds, who came in to the vii
lage from another wickiup and who
understood English, said he was
clean off his head and thought he
had won a race.-Charlcs L. Holder
in New York Evening Post.
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TRIBUTE OF THE SEA.
The Awful Record of Lives and Yes
sells Lost Every Year.

The Awful Record of Lives and ves-
sells Lost Every Year.
Lloyd's annual return Of vessels lost
and condemned shows in striking
form the prodigious tribute that Is
claimed every year by the sea. The
loss Of life is not given; but no less
than 702 vessels Of upward Of hun
dred tons were reported last year as
abandoned, burned, missing, in coIlis-
ion. wrecked or foundered. To this
vanished fleet must be added 146 ves-
sells which were broken up or con-
demned. The total tonnage lost at SEQ
Is upward Of half a million-the equiv
alent Of 500 craft Of a thousand tons
apiece. No wonder the underwriters
are busy.
England can congratulate herself on
holding the front rank in point of Sc
curity for, while its actual losses are
the heaviest, the number Of wrecks re-
lative to the tonnage afloat is smaller
than that Of any Of the f1rst-class mar
itime powers. To be strictly accurate
the colonies came out fraction better
than the mother country. Germany
comes next and Norway, with its big
fleet Of the cast-off vessels of other
nations, shows the highest percentage
Of losses, $780, as compared with 2.39
for England. Norway's fleet Of float
ing collins has grown to be something
Of an international scandal, and IL Is
time a conference was summoned for
establishing some general standards Of
safety, by which every nation should
be bound. We are by no means blame
less ourselves in respect to finding and
manning; but we are in strong
enough position to take the initiative;
and as large charterers Of Norwegian
tonnage, and in our capacity of sales
men Of the very ships which come 10
grief on our coasts at every gale, we
are by no means free from responsible
ity. One disquieting feature Of the
return Is the extremely small propor-
ton of vessels condemned to the num-
ber owned. Last year 146 vessels brok-
en- up out Of the worlds fleet Of 24,S92.
We imagine that Lloyds Is hardly sat-
isfied with a state Of things which
marks the survival of some thousands
of unfit ships and almost certainly ac-
counts for the wreck Of others.-Lon-
don Daily News.
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RESENTED BY RoosEvELT.-Shortly
after Mr.. Roosevelt had been called to
Washington by President Harrison as
the head of the civil service commits
sion, he in company with friends. was
visiting the Army and Navy club.
During the evening a gentleman(0
who evidently had not become recon-
ciled to the south, in conversation re-
ferred contemptuously to the southern
people as traitors. Mr.. Roosevelt KIND
ly demonstrated and stated the charge
of being traitors could not be main
tained against the southern people.
The gentleman (?) was not satisned
with Mr.. Roosevelt's remonstrauce and
repeated that the southern people
were traitors. Again, Mr.. Roosevelt
demonstrated, saying that his mother
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THE CANAL A NECESSITY.
National Farmers' Congress Alive
to the Situation.

At the Farmers National congress,
Hon. Harvie Jordan, agricultural editor
Of The Journal, introduced the resolu-
tions calling for the construction Of the
Nicaragua canal, which were unani-
mously passed.
Mr.. Jordan was also unanimously
elected first vice-president Of the Ma
tional Farmers congress by acclama-
ton. This is quite a courtesy to the
South and honor to him.
According to the Sioux Falls Argus
Leader, Mr.. Jordan made the principal
address Of the session, speaking on
1.-THE Nicaragua Canal; It's Importance
to Farmers Of the South and West"
The Argus-Leader says: "Mr. Jordan
Is president Of the Southern Interstate
Cotton Growers association, and agri-
cultural editor Of the Atlanta Journal.
His address was keenly listened to by
the delegates, and called out an inter-
esting discussion. Mr.. Jordan Is one of
the most prominent planters Of the
south and has been for some time a
member Of the Georgia legislature.
Those that knew him only by reputa-
ton were much surprised to find so
young a man."
The discussion that followed Mr.. Jor-
dams address led up to the passage Of
the following resolutions, which were
offered by him:
Whereas, the rapid expansion Of agri-
cultural production, manufacturing in
dustries and commercial trade general
ly in the United States is growing be-
yond the demands Of present markets
both at home and abroad, and
Whereas, 1t is deemed Of vital i'm
portance to cultivate better trade rela-
tions with the Central and South Amer
lean republics and the Asiatic nations
of the far west; and
Whereas, The government Of the
United States Is already committed to-,
and will enforce the integrity Of the
Monroe doctrine,
Therefore, Be it resolved by the Ma
tional Farmers congress that the con-
struction Of the Nicaraguan canal Is
deemed highly essential for meeting the
objects and purposes above set forth,
and we hereby earnestly petition the
congress Of the United States to take
immediate steps toward the opening Of
the said isthmian canal, that the same
may be speedily opened to the COM
merce Of the world on the high seas,
and that 1t be built and controlled by
the federal government Of the United
States without the aid of. or interna-
tional complications with. any foreign
nation.
The resolution received a second by
Mr.. B. Cameron, Of North Carolina,
and was unanimously passed by the
Journal.
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WHY GIRLS CANNOT THRow.-A great
deal of fun is poked at girls because
they cannot throw stone or a snow
ball and hit the person or thing they
are aiming at. The general idea as to
why girls cannot throw as well as boys
Is that they have not acquired the
knack by practice as their brothers
have. Another explanation is given by
a medical man which tends to show
that girls could never learn the knack,
however, much they tried.
When a boy throws a stone, he
crooks his elbow and reaches back
with his forearm, and in the act Of
throwing he works every joint from
shoulder to wrist. The girl throws
with her whole arm rigid, whereas the
boys arm is relaxed.
The reason Of this difference Is one
Of anatomy. Tne feminine collar bone
Is longer and Is set lower than In the
case Of a male. The long, crooked
awkward bone interferes with the free
use Of the arm. This Is the reason tnat
girls cannot throw well.
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"LORD, KINDLY LIGHT"
The Text of the Famous Hymn That
President Mckinley Loved.

In reprinting below Cardinal New
mans famous hymn, which Is said to
have been one Of President McKinley's s
favorites, the Indianapolis Journal has
given the version used in "Lyra An
glicana," a hymnal Of sacred poetry
published by the Appletons in 1865.
The difference is in the first line only
Lord. Kindly Light" but 1t is an i'm
portant difference, the opening word
adding a force which the invocation
otherwise lacks. 1t is presumably the
form in which the line came from New
mans pen, though the other has been
incorporated in the hymnal In COM
mon use and Is the only one known to
most readers. In the "Lyra Angli-
cana" the hymn is called, 1.-The True
Light" and reads thus:
THE TRUE LIGHT.
Lord, Kindly Light, amid the encir-
cling gloom,
Lead Thou me on!
The night is dark and I am far from
home;
Lead Thou me on!
Keep Thou my feet, I do not ask to see
The distant way; one steps enough for
me.
I was not ever thus, nor prayed that
Thou,
Wouldst lead me on;
I loved to see and choose my path, but
now
Lead Thou me on!
I loved the garish day, and, spite OF
fears,
Pride ruled my will; remember not past
years.
So long Thy power hath kept me, sure
1t still
Will lad me on!
Ger mos and fen, DER crag and tor
rent, till
The night is gone,
And with the morn those angel races
smile
Which have loved long since and lost
awhile.
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BLALOCK TuRNED DOWN.
President Roosevelt II Opposed to
Too Much Liquor.

Too Much Liquor.
Leumas w. c. Blalock will not be
appointed collector Of internal revenue
for South Carolina to succeed the late
E. A. Webster. He is planter and
manufacturer, q man Of means, posi-
ton and influence, with host Of per-
sonal friends in South Carolina. lie
Joined the Republican party number
of years ago. when the Democracy of
this state passed under the control of
B. r. Tilman. He was induced by his
friends last spring to offer himself as
a candidate for collector and it Is said
he had secured the promise Of Senator
Hanna that his appointment would be
made at the expiration Of the term Of
Collector Webster. The death of Mr..
Webster and the death Of President
Mckinley changed the status Of affairs
and made necessary an early appoint
ment by President Roosevelt.
Mr.. Blalock came to Washington two
weeks ago, seeking the appointment.
He had the endorsement Of hundreds OF
Democrats and Republicans and the
favorable influence Of Senator Nc
Laurin, whom President Roosevelt
consults as to South Carolina appoint
ments, as did his predecessor.
1t is said his appointment had been
prepared, and the signature Of the Sec
retary of the treasury affixed, and that
the president intended to add his auto
graph and announce the appointment;
but declined to do so after charges had
been made that Mr.. Blalock was con-
vival in his habits.
After the president had turned down
Mr.. Blalock, the names Of DR.. j. F.
Ensor, Geo. H. Higgins and DIR. V. P.
Clayton are said to have been consid-
cred. The kilograms to South Carolina
that DR.. Clayton has been appointed
were premature, though 1t Is probable
he will be, as he Is acceptable to Sena-
tor McLaurin, who has recommended
him.
Blalock and his friends are very
much disappointed. They say Clayton
has no influence and cannot secure for
Roosevelt the South Carolina delega-
ton to the next national Republican
convention.
There is talk here that President
Roosevelt may tender McLaurin cab
met portfolio as a recognition Of the
south. 1t may be only idle rumor.
Later-John G. Capers, DR.. V. P.
Clayton and DR.. ]. F. Ensor called on
the president this afternoon and urged
him to reconsider his determination
not to appoint Blalock, saying that
stories were being circulated In South
Carolina that McLaurin had gone back
on Blalock. The president said this
was not true and that he could not ap-
point Blalock for reasons wholly with
out the control of McLaurin. The pres
ident said he would not do it and ten
dered the appointment to Clayton, who
was not inclined to accept but will
probably do so.-Washington special
of Saturday to the Columbia Record.
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IA The excess of births over deaths
in New York is, on an average, about
5000 a year, and IL there were not con-
stant immigration into New York from
foreign countries and from other divis-
ions of the United States, the growth
of the city would be $4,000 in ten years,
or less than II per cent. in decade.
Actually, the increase in population is
at the rate of 3S per cent. The terri
tory of New York, which had 2,403,0O0
population in 1890, had 3,437, 900 in 1900
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WHY NAPOLEON FAILED.
He Was Great Enough But Not Good
Enough.

Enough.
A recent book, written by an emf
nent English statesman. Lord Rose
berry upon Napoleon the Great. Is pro-
foundly interesting in its sympathetic,
and yet judicial, estimate Of the most
marvellous of modern conquerors. Ma
poleon appears. to this latest biogra-
pher, so great in his energy, his intel
lect, his genius, that he "enlarges the
scope Of human achievement" He
fought the Austrians once for five
consecutive days. without taking of
his boots or closing his eyes," he
would work for eighteen hours at q
stretch; "his genius was as unfailing
and supreme in the art of statesman
ship as in the art Of war, and he was as
much the first ruler as the first cap
tain in the world" Ordinary meas
ures do not apply to him; we seem to be
trying to span a mountain with a
tape" The conclusion arrived at is
that Napoleon was the largest person
al force that has ever come into the
modern European world.~
Why, then, did his career end in de-
feat and exile? Napoleon's own saying
is a revelation on this point. II am
not a man like other men," he asser-
ted; 1.-The laws Of mortality could not
be intended to apply to me-" He be-
lieved that religion was essential to the
nation he ruled; but not to himself
He was not antagonistic to It; he pa
tronized it rather. But for a man as
consciously great as he to obey the
Ten Commandments when they ran
counter to his own views, appeared to
him absurd. Humility was in his eyes
no virtue; but an entire mistake.
Yet humility alone could have saved
him. The dangerous, the fatal element
in Napoleon's nature was ambition. In
youth, he was phenomenally sane and
balanced. But his little knowl-
edge Of his own powers unbalanced
him: nothing seemed impossible: moth
ing seemed as important as his own
destiny: "the intellect and energy
were still there: but as in caricature;
they became monstrosities." Then
came the inevitable collapse of Insane
and impossible ambitions: and at 46
the man who had dreamed Of govern
ing a world became a captive exile.
His conquests left no mark: the kings
he made lost their thrones: France was
beggared and exhausted by him: and
the greatest gifts ever bestowed upon
a human soul since the days Of Caesar
thus failed to help forward the world.
If any one was ever great enough to
do without goodness, Napoleon was
the man. The result Of his experiment
ought to be enough to satisfy anybody.
There Is no need for smaller men to
repeat the test; 1t stands as finality.
Plain, simple goodness Is the necessi-
ty Of great souls as well as lesser ones;
duty is the supreme law. God, the al
mighty ruler. Napoleon failed not be-
cause he was not great enough; but
because he was not good enough. mot
by might, nor by power, but my spirit,
saith the Lord of hosts" That truth
stands; and we may stand or fall by
1t, as we choose.
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was southern lady, and that many Of
his kinsmen had engaged in that war,
and that the word traitor was Often
sive to him. Upon the word being re-
peated the third time, Roosevelt shot
out his fist straight from the right
shoulder and administered the solar
plexus" to the gentleman whose tongue
was so glib in denouncing the south.
Roosevelt reformed him! He has a
great deal Of reform work in his hands
just now. We wish him well.-Bon-
ham, Texas, Daily Favorite.
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At Joseph Fritz, of Byron, Mich, Is
president of the Epworth league there
and is also a bartender in his fathers
saloon. He Is only 10 years old, and
considers himself subject to his faith
er's orders, so the ministers Of the
town advised him to remain in his po-
sition until he attains his majority.