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The Washington times., 1901-08-25

plicable to such case. His message of
1923, which covered the doctrine wholly,
simply declared: That we should con-
slider any attempt on their part iof the
allied Powersl to extend their system
to any part of this hemisphere as dam
gerous to our peace and safety" and,
again, that we could not view any in
terpostion for the purpose of Cypress
ing Governments on this SIDE of the
Atlantic whose independence we had
acknowledged or controlling in any
manner their destinies by any Euro
pean Power. in any other light than as
a manifestation of an unfriendly dispo-
siuon toward the United States"
Where do we find in the language of the
Doctrine ground for forbidding other
nations to protect their people in South
America with t,.eir own means?
1t seems to be plain that If we can in
terfere in Venezuela, for instance, in
behalf of the Asphalt Trust. Germany
can do the same thing on the excuse
that the German commercial houses at
Laguayra and Maracaibo are in dam
ger of outrage at the hands of An
drades and Pietri's rebels. 1t is poor
rule that will not work both ways.
The Washington times., 1901-08-25
PERSONAL.

The Peabody (Mass.) Historical Society
will erect monument In that town to
the memory of John Proctor, who was
executed for witchcraft in 1852.
1t is reported that the Bishopric of Dur
ham. made vacant by the death of Bishop
Westcott, will be offered to DR.. Weldon.
Bishop of Calcutta. He was once head
master of Harrow.
Some Austrians living in Geneva con-
ceived the project of placing a memorial
tablet in the DUAL du Leman, where the
Empress Elizabeth was assassinated. The
authorities. however, refused their per-
mission. on the ground that 1t would be
improper to commemorate the deed of a
mailman and help to preserve his name
In place of the tablet. 1t is now pro-
posed to erect chapel in honor of the
Empress.
The people of Amesbury, Mass, have
started a movement for the erection of
a monument to the memory of the poet
Whittier. who lived in their town for fifty
years and did much of his best work
there. 1lIfI
The present Is the thirteenth summer
that Emperor William has spent in part
in Norway, the fjords of which are an
ideal place for his yacht
The Cretan Legislature has voted
Georgia Berovich Bey. the last Turkish
Governor OF the island. At the outbreak
OF the revolution this official took ship
for Italy rather than remain and enforce
the severe repressive measures that he
was commanded 10 put into play Ever
since he has been living in poverty in
Venice.
The will of the late Henry E. Bowers.
of BrooSline. Mass, makes residuary be-
quests to the Eliza Huntington Memorial
Hospital in Norwich. Conn. In memory
of his parents; TO the Norwich Free Acad-
envy, and to the Otis Library, also of
Norwich
Helen Gladstone, daughter of the great
Liberal, has become warden of the
Woman's University Settlement IN South
wark, London, and will soon leave Cam
bridge to live In that dreary slum.
J. O.>Dykman, justice of the Supreme
Court of New York. is lying seriously i'll
at his home in White Plains. He has
been i'll all summer. and 1t Is supposed
that the excitement attendant upon grant
ing the stay in the Captain Diamond case
has aggravated the disease.
There are seventeen communities of
Shakers in the United States. The Amana
Society has 800 souls, and the Harmony
Society, of Economy, Ohio, has but nine
resident members left. The Zoarites and
the Ruskin colony of Georgia have both
recently disbanded.
The Washington times., 1901-08-25
GERMAN DINGLEYIsM.

The United States have had many and
great victories in Europe OF late in which
all our people could justly claim a share
victories for American energy and skill
But now comes victory the whole credit
of which belongs beyond dispute to the
Republican party.
Mr.. Mason. our Consul General at Ber-
lin. sends the schedules of the proposed
German tariff law AS he points out. II Is
modelled upon the Dingley law. being sim
ply an adaptation of that expression of
the high-tariff creed to German needs and
conditions. Its schedules place practically
prohibitive duties upon American food
products and almost prohibitive duties
upon American manufactures. Ii proposes
to save Germans from the curse OF for
eign goods at low prices, just as Mr. Nc
Kinley. Mr.. Hanna. and the Campaign
contributors" have saved us from that
curse.
1t will be a melancholy day for Ger
many when these schedules go into effect
and make life harder for every German
except the small classes who will reap
rich benefits. Dingieyism has been en-
durable in this country because of our
Astounding resources. In Germany it will
be caiamitous.-New York World.
The Washington times., 1901-08-25
Mind Heaters Arrested.

The arrest of certain So called ''mint
healers' in Florida upon the charge o
fraudulently using the mails is some
thing to be heartily commended by al
good citizens. These people were using
the mails for the dissemination of theil
advertisements, guaranteeing cures fol
all sorts of diseases, and even at a dis
lance from the "healers," by menta
treatment alone
This fraud Is SO barefaced in its
character and withal so dangerous tc
life and health that 1t is difficult to
speak of it with any patience. 1t has
been suggested that people who can be
deceived by anything so preposterous
have not, themselves, mental con-
stitution which makes them very val
! liable members of society. That, how
| ever, is not quite fair view to take of
| it. No human mind is absolutely per
feet. and there are many persons of fair
average intelligence in most respects
whose credulity has been played upon
by the persuasive sophistries of profess
sional sharpers. We cannot stop to
measure closely the intellectual calibre
are mentally weak there Is all the more
reason why they should be protected.
Unfortunately, too, when people become
infatuated with the mind-cure fad, they
are not only willing to risk their own
health and lives, but those of others as
well. In all too many cases the lives of
little children and persons i'll to the
point of utter helplessness are put in
jeopardy. To suppress such a fraud the
law should be invoked to the utmost
limit.
Freedom of thought and action should
never be allowed to the point of en-
dangering life. Nor should much time
be wasted in argument over it. When
a person is afflicted with some hideous
disease-an ailment which all the world
can see is real, substantial and ma
terial. and some other person will assert
that he or she can cure the disease by
simply thinking about it (from dis
lance of a thousand miles if necessary,
IT is perfectly clear that argument is
not what is wanted. If one really
thinks that he possesses such power
there may be no way of compelling him
to change his mind, but whenever pos
sible he should be prevented from act
ing upon 1t in such manner as to put
the life of another person in peril This
is matter which concerns all mankind,
and every community owes it to itself
to use every endeavor for the suppress
sion of such a fraud. 1t Is to be hoped
that there may be no defects in the
proofs in these cases, that the convic-
tons may be prompt, and the punish
ment equally So
The Washington times., 1901-08-25
The Press Agent.

The work of advertising new books
and other things is one in which, as
! everybody knows. there is likely to be a
certain amount of humbug, for some
business men have not yet realized tina,
| the best thing for business is to make
moderate statements and live up to
them But 1t does seem as If the liter
airy press agent were a little more
audacious at the present day than ever
before In history. Things have come to
such pass that some publishers ad-
vance notices cannot, by any known
system of discounting, be made to tell
the truth.
Every historical novel is advertised
as the finest yet written. Every rural
love story is the book of the year"
Some firms have such confiding trust in
the public that they publish half a
dozen novels of various sorts, for each
of which they claim that it is the book
of the year" and introduce as many
new writer's, each of whom is 1.-The com
ing novelist"
But there really ought to be limit
to this sort of thing, especially In the
case of respectable firms. Publishers
whose names are known to the public
ought to take care not to praise too
highly books which are manifestly not
worth the time 1t takes to write the no
tees. For example, a recent novel is
heralded as IAN enthralling love story"
clever, brilliantly written, and a real
istic picture of Washington life. The
reader takes II up with expectations.
The Washington novel of enthralling
interest has not yet appeared, though
the social and political life of the Cap
ital has been more or less cleverly
handled by various writers. This par
ticular author. being a correspondent of
experience, may be expected to know
how to handle it,
Before the reader has gone very far
in the story he discovers a young lady
with an ideal. meditating on her lovers,
and the author observes:
The men who wanted to make her their wife
did not realize that ideal"
The picture brought before the mind
suggests a sort of reversed Mormonism.
Does the author wish to insinuate that
The Washington times., 1901-08-25
A Republican Triumph.

The New York WoridY pertinently
remarks that, while the new German
tariff will be a tremendous blow at our
foreign trade. it is nevertheless a great
triumph for the Republican party. This
is very true, and we are reminded by it
that few years ago the Republican
leaders in defending their own tariff
pointed exultingly to the fact that Ger
many had also adopted protective
policy. They overlooked. though. the
wide difference between a tariff that is
slightly protective and one that is to all
intents and purposes prohibitory. They
also overlooked or conveniently forgot
to mention the circumstance that II
every nation of the earth had such
law as either the Mckinley or the Ding
ley tariff it would virtually put an end
to all foreign trade, and shut up every
country's business within its own Dor
ders.
The Republican idea has been that we
could close our markets to foreign goods
and still sell our own just the same in
foreign markets. This never was true
in the full sense. for the exclusion of
foreign goods always tended to limit
our own sales abroad. But now point
has been reached in the worlds indus
trial affairs at which foreign nations
can no longer tolerate jughandled
trade, and Germany proposes to pay the
Republican party the high compliment
of introducing Dingleyism into that
country. The Republicans are welcome
to all the glory thew can get ont nf this
action by Germany, although the re-
sultant injury to the country is to be
deeply deplored.
The Washington times., 1901-08-25
MIR. HACKETT,s TRIAL.

Assistant Secretary OF the Navy Hack
EFT who is rafting around in the depart
ment in the absence of Secretary Long,
is not making the impression of a large
man. but of one who has got in a place
for which he is ga misft. Doubtless. he
means We'll but he doesn't know. He has
succeeded in making himself unpopular in
as short a time as any man holding 4
high Office ever did. lie will be glad when
the Secretary returns. So viii the coun-
try. Mr.. Hackett has not recommended
himself for promotion If a vacanc should
occur Except as an Acting Secretary
serving in that capacity only for a brief
interval. he would seem unensfurabIe.
Perhaps the invineihie suaviter In modo
of the Secretary has made the place a
hard one for another to occupy. but
there are men, We are confident, who
could occupy it without provoking the
feeling Mr.. iiackett has succeeded in
arousing. II Is said that he has found
the post OF Assistant Secretary unconge-
NAL. and will soon retire from 1t. One OF
the prime qualifications of public officer
is an ability to bear criticism with equa-
aiuity. Mr.. Hackett does not possess it,
Boston Herald.
The Washington times., 1901-08-25

tried, and which, in any event. could
only succeed by overturning existing
conditions in utter disregard of vested
rights. Civilization itself has been a
matter of slow growth and develop
ment. and political reform, which is
part and parcel of civilization, must
also make Roadway by slow and easy
stages. Populism failed to recognize
these patent truths. AS a result, the
Peoples Party has ceased to be a sub
stantial political force-soon 1t will be
nothing but a memory.
The Washington times., 1901-08-25

the social relations Of the Capital are
polyandrous. that he suggests tableau
of half dozen men kneeling in a circle
around young lady asking her to be-
come their wife?"
Again, we find the hero, at the crisis
of his life. exclaiming:
81 am glad the moon is full tonight From
childhood have been passionstely fond OF the
MOON" 8ff
He is not talking TO the heroine, but
to his intimate friend, and both gentle
men are members Of the United States
Senate. If that is the way in which
Senators converse in their leisure mo-
ments the world has been misinformed.
This novel is presented as a graphic
picture of Washington society. but one
would not like to explain some of its
implications to an innocent German
who might read it in tie honest en-
deavor to become familiar with our
social system.
OF course, there are not many novels
which pass the inspection of any pub
Usher which are written quite in the
peculiar style of this one: for the speci-
men of English first quoted Is fair
example of the authors use of words.
Sentences like tnis are frequent:
THE country admired his courage and honesty
and gave him their confidence"
AS for split infinitives. they are scat
tered about in all directions.
1t is not to be expected, of course,
that every novel of the season should be
The Washington times., 1901-08-25

The sixth week OF the steel strike ended
without any immediate indication of set
Element. In insisting upon the strikes at
Joliet and Bellaire, Wisconsin. at which
places the Amalgamated men were under
regular contract with their employers,
President Shaffer threw away the scab-
bard as far as the Steel Trust is con-
cerned, for 1t definitely refuses to deal
with an organization which refuses to
hold to its agreements. Again, the final
refusal of the South Chicago workers to
go out has been depressing influence at
strike headquarters. Next week it is
promised that the combination will start
a number of its plants, and then trouble
may come. On the whole the last seven
days seem to have been unfavorable to
the strikers, and great many people in
Pittsburg are quoted as expressing the
believe that the bottom has fallen out of
the movement, and that it will find its
end before a great while longer.
The Washington times., 1901-08-25

Nobody dislikes being dunned any worse
than does Abdul Hamid. Sultan OF Tur-
key, and as rule he is deaf to the plead
ings or the threats of the dun. But when
he is menaced with war with a Power
like France, at the same time that Rus
sian troops and gunboats are swarmin &
on his coast frontier. he knows enough to
back down and settle. That is what he
appears to have done in the French quay
affair at CohstantinopIe, and we fancy
that normal relations between the coun-
tries will be re-established by tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1901-08-25

The figures showing the gains in Phil
ippine trade are gratifying, and. all things
considered, satisfactory. There can be no
doubt that within reasonable time the
islands will be a valuable commercial as
set-valuable not only because OF their own
immediate trade, but for their geographic
cal position with reference to the great
Asiatic continent There is very little
point In comparing the trade with our ex-
penses in restoring peace. That expense
has already been incurred, and If the ISL
ands are treated as American territory.
the annual cost of holding them should
constantly diminish. Probably it Will
soon be less than the actual revenues COZ
lected at Manila. But much depends upon
the Administrators policy. If a course
is pursued which makes 1t necessary
permanently to maintain a large army
there, the cost will continue heavy, and
the commercial value of the islands will
be greatly impaired.
The Washington times., 1901-08-25

Hoey, collector OF customs at NogaIes,
on the Mexican line, has been arrested
charged with the wholesale passage of
Chinese immigrants into the United
States, at from fifty to two hundred dol
lars head. Hoey, be it observed, is from
Muncie, Ind, where Nicely and others
live when at home. There seems to be
something in the atmosphere of Muncie
that produces itch of the palm and lin
parS
The Washington times., 1901-08-25

The Republicans OF Virginia are in trou-
Bile because they have nominated man
for the lieutenant governorship who is
too young to hold the Office. They need
not worry themselves much about that
He will probably be old enough by the
time he is elected. dHe certainly is old
enough now to run-that is to say to do
all the running that any Republican can
didate can in the Old Dominion. To an
outsider the youth sof Mr.. Blair seems not
to be very serious matter. 1t is, In fact,
one of the smallest of the troubles that
confront the Virginia Republicans.
The Washington times., 1901-08-25

Private Gonichiro Ono belonged to the
Janonese engineering corps sent to China
49,. .,. a.,
last year. ne 10 'ie neio "i'' ii'N''ie hiS
own life, blew open the Chang-yang gate
the destruction of which led to the fall
-, po,,; yyhan ba caroa bor,a rece,+,y
Va
10 MS natiVe Town. ohayaihd, the ioihs
there wanted to hold grand banquet in
his honor, but Private ono was very firm
in refusing all such demonstrations, pro-
testing that he would prove false to the
real spirit of patriotism with which he mad
always served his country If he were vain
enough to allow himself to be lionized for
the insignificant part he had taken in the
The Washington times., 1901-08-25

The street railways of Finland are to be
furnished with material and rolling stock
of Russian manufacture in conformity with
the law passed for abolishing the purely
Finnish railway lines and making them
a part of the imperial Russian railway
system The new Neva bridge will cost
s,UD.OO0 rubles $1,000 0O0) and one-seventh
of this sum is to be furnished by Finland.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-01-05

tarrh. For those who need good ca
tarrh medicine know of nothing bet
ter."-H. w. Ogden.
Mr.. j. orpe, corner Twenty-seventh
and Market streets, Galveston, Texas,
writes: at was afflicted with case of
chronic catarrh of twenty years. stand
ing. / had been partially deaf on the
left side for twelve years. Six months
ago had to be propped up in bed at
night and lie on my side for fear of chok-
ing. / did not think could be cured.
began taking Peruna, however, and
now believe myself to be thoroughly
cured. My breathing is perfectly free
and easy, and cannot too highly rec
ommend your remedies.n-J. orpe.
Hon. John v. Wright, Law Department,
General Land Office of Tennessee, in a
letter written from Washington, D. c.,
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A MIDwINrER PARADISE.

California is most attractive in mid
winter, and q journey across the conti-
nent by the Southern route is certainly
a happy experience. Messrs. Raymond
s. whitcomh have planned a special trip
of this kind which Will meet the wishes
OF a large GLASS OF business men and their
who desire to see all the impor-
tant placss and yet have no time 10
throw away. An outward trip via New
Orlsans and return through the grand.
est scenic regions of Colorado, with an
Incidental journey along the Pacific
Coast from San Diego TO Monterey and
San Francisco, serve to cover the most
desirabls points, and while no time will
bs wasted, there will be ampls opportu-
nifty TO see every place and 20 travel In
the most comfortable manner throughout
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appeared, but my general health was
much better. Mrs. Schmitt.
United States Senator Warren's wife,
in letter from 1913 Wyoming avenue,
Washington, D. c., says: "Tbe sample
bottle of Peruna sent to my husband
came when I was suffering from cold,
and 1 used it with good results. Mrs.
T. E. Warren.
Mrs. Gridley, mother of Captain Grid.
ley, who was in command of Dewey's
flag ship, Olympia, at the destruction of
the Spanish feet at Manila, says of our
remedy, Peruna:
"At the solicitation OF friend used
Peruna, and can truthfully say it is q
grand tonic and is a woman's friend, and
should be used in every household.
After using it for a short period feel
like new person."-Ann E. Gridley.
Mrs. G. Briggs, of Minneapolis, Minn.s
Treasurer and Conductor VIM. Downs
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NOT DUE TO CLIMATE.
catarrh :. Found Evcrywhers.

Catarrh is ct home anywhere and eve
rvwhera. While more common IN oota,
ohaureable climates, 1t " by no means
confined TO them, but Is prevalent IN
every stats and territory In the Union.
The Common definition OF catarrn Is
chronic cold In the head, which II long
nseiecsed often destroys the sense OF
smell and hearing; but the-e are many
other forms OF the disease, even more OBJ.
stipate ana daugerons.
Cararrh OF the throat and bronchial
tubes as well as catarrh OF the stomach
and liver are almost as common as nasal
catarrh and generally more dinicult TO
cure. -
Catarrh is undoubtedly a blood diesass
and can only be succesHfully erRdI0ateu
by an internal treatment; sprays wnshss
ana powders are useless as far as rehonIuS
the real seat OF the dlseass ~
Dr. McIverney advises cstarrh suner-
ers 10 use a new preparation, solo oy
dru gufe s called Ssuarts Catarrh lad
lets beoap 9, actual analysis has shown
thess IN blets to contain certain anu-sep-
tic qualities of the highest Value anu ne-
ing an internal remedy, pleasant to the
tasts convenient and harmless, can be
used IA freely as reduirsd, as well Tor
children for adults
An attorney and public speaker. who
had been catarrh sufferer Tor years
says: LA .,,,.n
would settle in my head and threat and
hang on all winter long and every winter
It seemed to get little WORSE. l was
continually clearing my throat and my
voice became affected to such an extent
as to Interfere with my public speaking.
l tried troches and cheap cough cures
and sometimes got relief, but only for .
short tiIro, until this winter when 4
learned or the new catarrh cure, Stuart's
Catarra Tablets, through newspaper
advertis sment. Two fifty cent boxs s
which bought ct my druggists, cleared
my head and throat In fine shape and TO
guard against q return OF my old trouble
I keep Q box of the tablets on hand and
whenever catch little cold take a
tablet or two and ward of any serious de-
vslopmeDts.
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets deserves to
head the list as household remedy, TO
check and break up coughs and colds.
because unlike many other catarrh and
cough cures these tablets contain no OPT
ate, cocaine or any injurious drug.
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the tour. There will be sojourns in
many places Of interest, and ample time
viii be had at FL Pasco TO cross the Rio
Grands and visit the city of Juarez In
OLD Mexico. The journey will be made
In train Of the finest sleeping cars. with
dining car, and under the guidance Of
experienced conductors. An illustrated
circular describing this midwinter tour
will ba sent on application TO Raymond
s. Whitcomb, 900 Washington street, Bos-
ton. The cost Of the trip Is $500. The
party leaves Boston, Thursday. January
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spring tonics it is an excellent catarrh
remedy. Dan A. Grosvenor.
Attorney Simeon Armstrong, Suite
1926, Reaper Block, Chicago, ILL.,, writes
in regard to Peruna: az was afflicted
with catarrh for seven years. tried
many remedies without any profit. My
catarrh was located mainly in the head.
I applied to several doctors but they
were not able to cure me.
AZ learned OF the medicine, Peruna,
through medical pamphlet. can
warmly praise Peruna as certain rem
edy. 1t has been three years since I was
cured, and consider my cure lasting.
al crave to express, for the benefit of
the public, my experience with the re-
nowned catarrh medicine, Peruna.
took it for seventeen weeks and am now