davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The National tribune., 1902-01-16

According to the custom of those days.
it was thought necessary for any real
heightened" bill-of-fare to have in
French the name of every dish that
could he twisted into that tongue, aud the
Deacon found his eyes wandering through
a maze that had as little meaning to him
as the inscriptions on the Pyramids.
81 never thought before that folks ct in
but one language" he sighed wearily.
but mebbe MajorGenerals and such
have to- | suppose that when you're in
Rome you ought to do as the Romans do.
I'm going through with this thing as near
like the others as | can. No sense in
sacrificing pen Of corn for days
board, and then living as you do at home.
But / can't understand 10 words OF this,
no more'n if it was Choctaw. This waiter
looks kind-heartcd, even if he is so
starched-up. I'm going to ask him to
help me-"
My colored friend and brother" said
the Deacon, in his most amiable way.
I'm Il plain man. born in the dark of the
moon. and from the banks of the Wabash.
I've always been Il friend to the colOred
man. and opposed to slavery. | dont
know much about city ways. and I'm go
ing to ask your help toward getting me
q good breakfast. I'm powerful hungry,
and can't you give me as a starter,
The National tribune., 1902-01-16
IHE NEpRIRN RII.

The Hepburn Bill which passed the
House by a vote of 800 to 2, authorizes
the President to secure from the States of
Costa Rica and Nicaragua, in behalf of
the United States, control of such a por-
ton of the territory belonging to said
States as may be desirable and necessary
on which to excavate, construct, and pro-
tect canal suitable to the wants of mod
ern navigation and commerce, and appro-
PIRATES such n sum as may be necessary to
secure the control of said territory.
Section . authorizes the President, af-
ter securing control Of the needed terri
tory, to direct the Secretary of War to
construct such canal from the Caribbean
Sea, at Il point near Greytown, in Mic
aragua, by way OF Lake Nicaragua, to
a point on the Pacific Ocean, near Brito.
and also to construct proper harbOrs at the
terminal of said canal, and to make neces-
sary provisions for the defense of the
canal and harbors.
Sections and 4 authorize the Presi-
dent to make such surveys as may be
necessary, and to employ such persons in
constructing the canal as may to him seem
wise, and directs that in the construction
Of the canal the River San Juan and Lake
Nicaragua shall be used as far as they
are available.
Section ) authorizes the President to
guarantee to the S-ates Of Costa Rica and
Nicaragua the use Of the canal and har-
bors, upon terms to be agreed upon, for
all vessels owned by said States ard by
citizens thereof
The last section makes a present ap
preparation of $10,000,0OO to carry on this
work, and authorizes the Secretary Of
War 10 enter into proper contracts for
material and work as may be deemed
necessary therefor. such work and ma
terial to be paid for as appropriations may
be made from time to time. The section
fixes the aggregate cost at S1S0,OO0,OOO,
to be drawn from the Treasury on war
rants OF the President
The National tribune., 1902-01-16
COT. METcALI's >oAIIxATroN.

AS n result Of differences in the Kan.
.ias delegation, the President took into his
own hands the appointment of the Pen.
sion Agent at Topeka, and named Col
Wilder S. Metcalfe for the place
There were immediate protests from
Kansas. against his confirmation, and
last Monday the Senate Committee on
Pensions heard the charges
Col. Mctcalrc was n Major in the 2Otl
Kan. when the battle of Caloacan was
fought, and the charge is made that dur.
ing the battle lie shot with his revolver q
Filipino prisoner who was unarmed and
ut the time On his knees pleading for
mercy.
AGidayits from the soldiers in the 2CslI
Kan: had been filed with the committee
and Capt. Edward Bo!twood late Cap.
tain OF Co. X, 10Th Kan. appeared be.
FOR the committee in person. He pressed
FOR full investigation, saying that the in
Quiry which had been made by the Wal
Department was superficial. The commit
tee heard Capt. Boltwood at length and
nj the conclusion of the hearing Chair.
man Gallingcr referred the nomination tc
Senator's Simon, Scott and McCumbcr 70,
further Investigation.
The National tribune., 1902-01-16
Californians in the Civil War

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: | noticed
in The National Tribune of Dec. 10, 1901,
in the article American Generals" by
or oid CCmrade, the "Cannonccr" (Au-
gustus 9. Buel.), that in writing of the
Third or Reserve Brigade of the First
| Cavalry Division, he says that it was
COMPOSED wholly of Regulars, except the
9th Ia. 80 / believe II was mp TO Aug
., 1864, when ut Haiitown, Va, the ~
Mass. were attached to it, and the bri-
gade was placed under the command Of
Charles russell Lowell, our Colonel. and
we remained i'll it until the close of the
war. Col. Lowell commanded it ut Win
chester, Sept. 10, 1864, and was killed
while III command of it ut Cedar Creek
Oct. 10, lStjf. Who was in command i'm
mediately after his death / cannot say;
| think, Gen. Gibbs; | know Gibbs was
in command at Appomattox.
see in The National Tribune cOnsid-
cradle discussion in reference to u. D.
Bakers California and Matheson's 1st
Cal. C32d n. Y. S. W, and when | speak
OF CalifOrnians in the war | am most al
ways supposed to have belonged to one
or the other of these organizations. With
no disparagement to those gallant regi-
ments, | would respectfully state that the
California Hundred and Battalion tive
cOmpanieSb of the I'd Mass. Cav. were the
only organizations that link the trials and
dangers of the Pacific Coast with the
achievements and results OF Eastern bat
tlciields. Many left the State during the
wal and personally gave their services
in various capacities as volunteers in the
regiments of other States, and they no
doubt did their duty well.
These five companies were recruited in
California, cnlistng III San francisco, in
November and December. 1862, and
January, February and March, 1863:
Massachusetts paying all expenses, trans
pOrtatiOn, etc, and we We're credited To
her quota. (Maybe Massachusetts would
have tried TO raise more if Gov, Stanford
hadn't put his foot down. We came
East via the Isthmus of Panama, being
% days and four hours from San Fran
cisco to New York. Some time | will
write The National Tribune an account
Of that trip; that is, if the editor and the
boys wish it. IT was a dandy: started in
on stcerage fare, but as MaSsa chusetts
had paid for second cabin rati0ns. we
struck for it, and that is one strike that
know succeeded.
Quite q number of the old battalion re-
side in your city. Maj. ]. Thomas
Turner, attOrney-at-law; Capt. Henry q
Birmingham. clerk in Pension Office. and
the Hon. Eugene T. Loud, of California,
Representative and the great champion
in "sccond-class mail REFORM" was a
member Of my company.-E. d. BRUYER.
Sergeant, Co. L., I'd Mass
Cav. (Cal. Cav. Battalion. Columbus, Pa.
Comrade John Yahne, Co. Il, 11th ILL.,.
The National tribune., 1902-01-16

II THEIR anxious quest for an available
candidate TO E!akc their wings fan 10
gether why have not the Democrats con
sidercd Capt. Clark. of the Ofcgon? IIc
is hero about whom there can be no
question. His magnificent 1000 milo
rush 10 yet 10 the scene Of conflict. his
Tesolule course when it was feared tha,
he might encounter the whole Spanish
feet of The coast Gf South America. and
his actual performances at the battle Of
Santiago make him Il hero Of 3urcst ray
serene. 1t will be remembered that he
was the only commander in he liert who
was actually ready. with all of his engines
coupled up. wafer in all his boilers and
fires Indcr them. when tie Spanish c:,mo
out. He went by his rnrcady companions
ike a flash, and delivered the final crush.
ing blows on the enemy. Ard yet Cant
Clark has received no reward or recocni.
ton for his part in the battle further than
the consciousness Of duty splcmdidly done
There are political possibilities in all this.
which the Democrats ought TO perceive.
The National tribune., 1902-01-16

can not have the house disturbed any
more. My maids want TO get to bed"
And is this man going unpunished for
all his outrages against mey she asked,
weeping a few weeps ever the injustice
Of the world to women.
'.Theres nothing to punish him for, y
said the hOusekeeper. "He only made .
natural mistake of those figures. which
you might have done, and got into his
bed"
The housckceper was checked by Miss
Ahbott's exclamation of horror at the
possibility of her doing such thing.
We'll, | hain't any time for exhibitions
Of nerves, Miss Abbott" continued the
housekeeper. What are you going to
dOT'
The National tribune., 1902-01-16

THE substitution of another boss for
Croker will not change Tammany's char
acter in the least, except to make it more
grasping and vicious, by getting in new
blood, which has to be satisfied. 1t is the
organization itself which is dangerous, not
the man who happens to be at its head.
The organization has steadily grown for
years, perfected its methods, and sharpen
ed its appetite. 1t became far worse un-
der Croker than it was under John Kelly,
and if it gets back into power it will b.,
still worse under Nixon than under
Croker.
The National tribune., 1902-01-16

THERE is a pretty bitter fight going on
in the Committee on Ways and Means,
but it is generally believed that the result
will be p per cent. reduction of duties
on goods coming from Cuba to the United
States. This must be met by a CORE
spending reduction on the part of Cuba
on goods coming from the United States.
The bect-sugar and tobacco men are re-
Eisting any concession.
The National tribune., 1902-01-16

The first week in the new fiscal year
they dropped again to 300. The cruel in
justice Of this is readily seen. When the
clerks received the surprising order to rush
cut the allowances, they naturally took
those cases which were nearest their
hands, to the neglect of others, probably
longer waiting, and equally meritorious,
which they had shelved. Probably every
one who got his pension entirely deserved
| it, but in the haste there was no dis
criminatiOn-if there ever is-in favor Of
the most needy.
The weekly reports of allowances show
that Mr.. Evans is working to make as
big a showing of saving for the present
year as for the past. There is the same
careful tab kept on the graveyards that
has characterized his official course since
he has had charge of the Bureau, and
from which no appeals of justice, mercy
and humanity have sweryed him hairs
breadth.
In this he is a most unpleasant contrast
to his predecessors. Little as we thought
Of Lochren, for example, he was, after
all, soldier of fine record, and could be
moved by appeals of some particularly de
serving case. But Mr.. Evans has always
been immune to such considerations.
The National tribune., 1902-01-16

WHEN Senator Morgan asked NJ.
Lampre squarely what the Panama peo-
pie offered, Lampre answered that for
S40,000,000 they would turn over to the
United States all their plant on the
Isthmus. This was all. 1t means that
the payment OF $4U,OOO,O00 would simply
TO the beginning Of our troubles We
should have to settle with the 10000
holders of Panama stock in France, to
meet endless claims from everybody who
could manage to trump them up, and then
we should have another series of troubles
with the United States of Colombia.
The National tribune., 1902-01-16

LAST year Georgia hanged man for
every month of the year, besides II sue
cessful lynchings. She led all the States
in this and probably not one went amiss.
Georgia has a great many who need
hanging, as those who were in Anderson
vile can testify.
The National tribune., 1902-01-16

RUSSIA has her counterpart of the
South African war in her TranS-Sbcran
Railroad. 1t is now costing well on to
S500,0o0,000 is not near done, and is not
much of Il railroad anyway.
The National tribune., 1902-01-16

d. b. HILL breaks silence long enough
to make the sage remark that if the
Democrats ever hope to win they must
quit fighting one another, and take to
fighting Republicans.
The National tribune., 1902-01-16

THE German Emperor is getting very
sweet on this country, and expresses great
regret at the Won Diederich incident in
Manila Bay. The reason is that relations
with England approach the straining
mint
The National tribune., 1902-01-16

THERE is Il turmoil in Jamaica. Such
is the feeling that there is Il scarcely ICON
cealed determination to secede, if the
British Government does not put on
eounteryailing dutieg which will protect
Jamaican sugar. At present England gets
all her sugar from Germany and France.
which give great bouHties to the sugar
manufacturers, and also make sugar high
for their own people, while selling it very
cheaply abroad. This puts Great Britain
between two fires. She does not want to
Talse lAc prIcc Of sugar to her own peO-
pie, nor does she want To give up trade
advantages with Germany and France.
which she has gained by admitting their
sugar free. OF course, all talk OF secrs-
sion on the part Of jamaica is nonsense.
There are only 100000 people in jamaica.
Of whom less than 1900 are white. and
they are hardly in position for n struggle
with the mother country. Jamaica would
like 10 be annexed 10 the United States.
but we have no need Of her We have
NIL the strategic positions in those seas
that We need, or will have after we ac-
quirc st. Thomas, aud Jamaica can offer
us nothing.
The National tribune., 1902-01-16

THE State of South Carolina made
over $5OO,O0O by selling rum last year
Well, if people will drink rum it is better
that the profits shall 90 to reducing the
taxes caused by rum-drinking.
The National tribune., 1902-01-16

SENATOR MORGAN gave the Panama
people ''the word with the bark on when
he told them that he would not give 81
cents for their canal, and that they never
intended to complete the wOrk-had only
been figuring OH selling out to the United
States.
The National tribune., 1902-01-16

NAVAL CONSTRUCTOR HoBsON seems
to have a genius for self-advertisement
comparable with that of the Commissioner
of Pensions.
The National tribune., 1902-01-16

DID Mr.. Evans swear off sIandering
veterans and their wives Jan. /? Not n
single dcfamatory article from him has
appeared so far this year.
The National tribune., 1902-01-16

THE evidence so far brought out is
fearfully damaging to RathbOne and
Nicely. They seem to have carried on
their stealings with Il brazen openness that
utterly disregarded any future
The National tribune., 1902-01-16

II IS very queer that we should hav.
news little while ago that the people Of
st. Thomas are protesting vigorously
against transfer to the United States, and
then that shortly followed by a petition
signed by men owning seyen-eIghIhs OF the
land on the islands asking for such a
transfer. The latter undoubtedly eK-
presses the real feeling. The people of
st. Thomas are not Danes, and have no
feeling of loyalty to Denmark. Three
fcurths of them are negroes, while the in
: dustries of the islands are in the hands Of
: Americans and English. 1t is of the
highest importance to these that they gain.
access to the markets Of the United States
flor their sugar, tobacco and tropical
fruits. In 1861 they voted 1,244 for an
inexation to - against, but the Senate re-
jected the treaty.
The National tribune., 1902-01-16
An Advance in Art.

"Mrs. Dash. what is your club doing to
help heautify the city,"
"Ohi We are working hard to get the
clothing houses to use the word 'trousers'
instead of pants in their advertisements"
The National tribune., 1902-01-16
An I terested PARTY,

Yes; ChOlly has taken up hunting. /
believe his doctor recommended it."
His doctor? l thought it might have
been his tailor"
The National tribune., 1902-01-16

IT is sufficient reason for preferring the
Nicaragua route that it is from one to
four days shorter between American
ports. As we are TO build the canal prin-
cipally for our own use, this is powerful
reason.
The National tribune., 1902-01-16

Comrade John Yahne, Co. Il, 1lth Ill.
is now living in Colorado. He writes that
he has been subscriber to the National
Tribune for many years, and likes the pa
per.
The National tribune., 1902-01-16

THE Chileans have been making no end
Of trouble in the Pan-American confer
encc. They would agree TO nothing, and
threatened unutterable things If not al
lowed to have their own way Chile is
governed, very much like the South was,
10y an exclusive caste of big landhnlders.
They are rs Ovcrbcaring. as aggressive,
and as insistent as the Southern slave
lords We're. The present trouble is that
they are holding large section OF Peru
Wan territory, which they agreed to give
mp many years ago, but are reluctant to
because it contains the immensely valua-
hle nitrate-Of-soda deposits, from which
they receive great revenue. If they
agreed to arbitration. the decision would
certainly be that they must give the
Nitrate Provinces back to Peru. which
they will not do if there is any way of
avoiding it.
The National tribune., 1902-01-16
OUR GREAT COUNTRY.

| According to the British statisticians
the United States is not only the wealth
lest Nation in the world, but 1t is the
best fixed" in every way. Its wealth
compares with other nations as follows:
United States. s........... .SS1, $50, ,0O0, 900
Treat Britain ........... 39,O3O OOV'UOU
France ......... go. As. $50 900, 900
Germany ........ 4O,262uOO,O
Russia ......... 32,OOOOOO,UtO
The percentage of debt to wealth is
given as:
United States ............ IA per cent.
| United Kingdom -.-....... 60 per cent.
Geri"any ........ ........ 81 per cent.
Russia ...... .............11.l i per cent.
France =. 80. -. ....... .12.S per cent.
They estimate the wheat crop Of the
world as follows:
United States ....... 90000,000 quarters
Russia ..... $4,000, 900 quarters
France 3SO0O,0 900 quarters
INDIA ...'... ..... oObUpuuu quarters
Italy :. ............ 17,00O00 quarters
Hungary ..... -. 10000 900 quarters
Spain 80. ....... 13,O00,00O quarters
Roumania and Bulgaria
-. .......... :. 1900 600 quarters
Germany .... -. 11,00O,O00 quarters
United Kingdom -... 7,OOO,OOO quarters
Australia -. ...... 10000 quarters
They give the following figures as to
the production of pig iron:
United States ..... 1879. 242 tons
United Kingdom ........ S9OS.JSD tons
Germany ...... ........ S494, So tons
France ........ ........ 2G9, 1911 tons
Russia .. ...... 2S2i 600 tons
And of steel:
United States .......... 100S7.322 tons
Great Britain ....... 29O1 OIL tons
Germany ...... ..... 4199,OOO tons
France ......... .... 1,624,Of6 tons
Russia ........ ........ ! ,494 900 tons
The National tribune., 1902-01-16

IN default of anything else, the re-
porters nave discovered that Mrs. Cham.
ccy Depew is hciress to an estate in IIoI.
land of $S0000.00O. or course. $50 600
900 estates in Holland, as elsewhere. are
simply lying around loose, waiting for
somebody TO come along and recognize his
property.
The National tribune., 1902-01-16
*Quarter equals eight bushels.
TEACHING TREASON"

DIR. II. ]. Cook, of Chattanooga, editor
of the Methodist Advocate-JournaI, and
Professor of Historical Theology in Grant
University, has the courage of his convic-
tions, and by telling the Southerners a
little plain, wholesome truth, has stirred
up quite n storm.
In an editorial in his paper he said that
the Daughters of the COnfederacy are
teaching treason, and are on the same
plane with Emma Goldman and Johann
Most
OF course such a publication bred a
tornado about the Professors ears. n.
B. Forrest Camp, Confederate Veterans,
adopted resolutions dcnouncing Cook ana
his attack as malicious, coarse, and be
meath the dignity Of Il gentleman" and
called upon all other Camps TO follow its
example.
The students of Grant University Missed
the Professor when he appeared, ana
adopted resolutions asking the faculty to
dismiss him. and the Southern papers
foam at the mouth.
All the same, the Professor was right
The Daughters of the COnfedcracy are
glorifiers of treason, and their teachings
are of the utmost danger 10 the country
The danger from the teachings OF Emma
Goldman and Johann Most are mainly in
the direction Of individual assassination
They are leading up to the murder of pub
lie men, which, however lamentablc ls
not nearly so much so as teachings that
is a noble and glorious thing to plunge,
peaceful land into the horrors Of civil war,
and fight for years to break up the best
Government on earth
The National tribune., 1902-01-16
THE PENSION APPROPRIATION BILL

The Pension Appropriation Bill now be-
fore Congress carries but S139, ,Sf6, 4S0, as
against $145, ,245, $50 for the present year.
This would seem to indicate that Con-
gress has become tired of playing the
farce of giving Mr.. Evans every year sew
cral millions more than ne intends to
spend in order to furnish him material
for advertisement as a great economist.
This has been the most transparent
humbug in all our public affairs. Mr..
Evans has known every year to within Il
few hundred dollars just what he was GO
ing TO spend every one of the five years
he has now been in office. He has arrived
at it by the very simple process of not al
lowing any claim until some one died and
made room for it, and then rating the
new allowance somewhat less than the
old.
He has kept tab on the graveyards so
closely that there are now about 1,6G0
fewer pensioners of the war of the rebel
lion on the roll than there were when he
entered Office, though he has about 100000
unadjudicated claims on file in the Bureau.
Any one can readily see this process by
studying the weekly reports of the
Pension Bureaus allowances. They
are carefully kept below the average
weekly mortality among the veterans, and
the losses to the pension roll. He is usual
ly much more likely TO overdo in this re-
srcct. and keep the allowances too far in
the rear of the losses, until toward the
close of the fiscal year, when there would
be rush of allowances to make up to the
figure determined upon at the beginning of
the year. This was particularly notice
able last year, when the Commissioner dis
covered i'll May that he had been cutting
down too severely, and was likely TO have
a surplus approaching $S,000OO0. Then
the word went out to the clerks to rush
the allowances, and for the four weeks of
June they ran up in the following aston
IShiD. manner.
The National tribune., 1902-01-16

OGscc: aso Pennsylvania Aver.s,e y. W.
The National tribune., 1902-01-16

WASHINGTON. D. G.. JAN. 16, 1902.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-09-05
Small SEPARATIONS.
These Are GrowinE Very Popular
The Fresh skimmili.

These Are GrowinE Very Popular
The Frezh shimmliis.
There are great objections TO having
TO care for on the farm and haul TO
the fnctory large bulk OF milk when
only the cream Is needed and any sys'
tenn which does away with the seem
lngly useless labor Of handling eight or
ten pounds Tor the delivery OF one viii
be most welcome. Besides the ad-
vantage OF having 10 haul only small
amount instead OF large. amount II IL
an advantage to have cream removed
ON the farm, so that sklmmilk may be
fed when fresh. The gathered cream
system with deep set milk gives these
results only partially.
Small scpnrators on the farms or
patrons are becoming numerous ana
are regarded as very advantageous by
many. Tho sklmmIlk Is thus made i'm
mediately available for feeding, and
the cream alone needs to be cooled,
cared for and hauled. This system APP
pears TO be excellent Ia certain cases,
II is natural development Of the
cream gathering plan aud II ultimately
successful will be widely adopted. 1t
does away with the return TO the farm
OF the spoiled contents OF filthy skim
milk tank. as well as the sometimes
heated discussions ns To how much
skimmllk belongs TO the different pa
irons. hut the most important advan'
tage Is the use ON each farm Of It's
own sklmmilk while fresh and sweet
Besides this Il protects the young stock
/ from taking disease which may be
ON a distant farm. whence the germs
may be delivered TO the creamery and
carried away In the skimmilk to Other
farms.
II the milk Is to be set Tor cream, 1
should be nernted and set when warm
This should be done MS soon us IN
milk is strained. II a machine Is used
aeration takes place while Il Is passin
through the separator Unless IL Is dc
sired TO ripen the cream Immediately
must be promptly cooled.-R. A. Pear
son.