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that they are circulating and signiB&
petitions requesting that az favor to
them the United States establish free
trade with Cuba
But that would be contrary to the
American policy. We are friendly to
the people whom we have assisted to
their freedom. but as an Independent
nation they will be foreigners. and
free-trade with other countries, aside
from certain moderate reciprocal
agreements that may be entered into.
is against our theory.
The Cuban planters and business
men are consequently asking for a
great concession But they say that
without II independence will do them
no good. They must have free-trade,
or at least reciprocity to AN extent
that would practically amount to free
trade. But the United States will have
to be guided largely by its own inter-
ests in the matter. Too much cannot
be conceded out of pure friendship.
The erection of high tariff walls will,
it is predicted by many. result in the
Cubans ultimately seeking annexa-
ton. That, in our judgment, is the
final destiny of the island any way
Scranton (Pa.) Republican
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Chinese Clans Eight
.

Americans in the region around Swa-
tow, China, have been brought face to
face Unexpectedly with a curious hin
drance to trade in the form of constant
fights between clans over the most
trivial things. AS nearly every Chinese
laborer is a member of clan in that
district. the commerce of the twentieth
century is stopped every little while by
the survivals of past SO ancient that
the American commonwealth is an alb
surdiy young infant compared with it.
The clans area all formed of blood rel
atives and are added to Systematically
by intermariage SO that all the mem
bers are bound together by ties of rela-
tionship. Each member pays all he can
to the headman of his clan, and the
sums obtained in this way are enor-
nous.
Thus the Ur clan recently fought for
six months and the total cost of the
war was only Is cents a man, certainly
as low a war budget as there is on rec
ord.
A few months ago two men from two
different clans met in village in the
province. One mentioned the others
clan in a disrespectful way. A pretty
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1t is curious and interesting in read
ing the lives of great military com
manders to observe among the large
number of generals who have held in
dependent commands how few have
careers of uninterrupted success. A
man who can go through a campaign
and fight many battles and never suffer
a reverse must, indeed. be command
er OF the first order.
The Duke of A1va, one of the most
eminent soldiers of the sixteenth CEN
fury, never, throughout his long and
.eventful career, lost a battle. The
archbishop of Cologne was struck by
his efforts to avoid a conflict, having
ON one occasion urged him to engage
the Dutch 1.-THE object of general, y
replied Alva, lis not to fight, but to
conquer; he fights enough who obtains
the victory"
Oliver Cromwell, throughout his mil
itary career, never lost battle, though
he very nearly sustained a reverse at
Dunbar.
The Duke of Marlborough affords an
excellent example of a successful sol
der. He combined all the qualities
necessary for a great commander, and
although he fought several battles
against the most experienced generals
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German. in England.

From george Paul Ernest, of the Al
bany. Piccadilly W.. himself German
naturalized in this country, we have
received an appeal, addressed to all
German residents in England, to assist
in putting an end to the vile campaign
of calumny which is being carried on
against the British army Now -
writes Mr. Ernest, is an opportunity
for all Germans here to show their
gratitude to England for all the kind
ness and hospitality which they have
received while living in this country.
enjoying the blessings of free institu-
lions and all the advantages and priv
ileges that the country can offer to the
born Briton- We wonder the move
ment has been so long in appearing.
but German residents who are willing
to help are invited to send him their
names and addresses to the above ad-
dress--London Globe
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battle was fought in consequence by
the clans. Several hundred men were
on each side. About fifty were killed.
1t was satisfactory affair.
In Chao Peng two men of the Ur-
Chang clan went out frog catching and
passed through one of the villages with
less clothes on than the law allows
1t was late at night and only one viii
lager saw it. But the indignity was not
to be borne, and war was declared 1t
involved 10000 men ON one side and
10000 ON the other.
Another battle in which property
valued at $4,000 was destroyed was
caused by a dispute between men OF
rival clans over a gambling debt The
amount at issue in the quarrel was
OOPS cent
At present there is more or less de-
suitory fighting between the Chow
Yang and the Jao Peng clans. No one
knows what they are fighting about.
but the rate of deaths is estimated as
being ten or twelve a day, which is
pretty good for mere pickering.
1t is hard to be poor. of course But
then it isn't easy to be rich.
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Use of Velvet Curs

Velvet cuffs on coats, after the plan
of King Edwards new frock, were
hailed here as a great invention sever
al years ago when they were introduce
ed The wear and tear on the cuff OF
an overcoat is always likely to be SO
great that the cloth soon shows it
There was never any means of repair
ing this until the velvet C was heard
Of No other consideration did so
much to gain for the style in vogue il
got Nine out of ten Americans who
wore velvet cuffs on overcoats did il
to hide the repairs that had been
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only cub" the fellows let him alone.
He talked to Angelica in the language
he thought to be Italian, and she
must have understood part of what he
said, for she blushed occasionally.
Giacomo understood, too, for he
scowled once or twice at some rather
pointed remark of Hills.
The trio made the visit short that
day, but Angelica and Pietro came
in often now to report the progress of
the counting. The marriage was not
to take place until the music season
was over, and naturally, the bans
would not be published in the little
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farm properties would find the pro-
ductive value and the market value of
their holdings suddenly decreased by
many millions of dollars.
The cigar manufacturing industry
which in 1901 employed more than
soc, 900 people, and made and market
cd $40, 1874, 1863 cigars, would be vir-
tually wiped out of existence if the
duty on Cuban cigars were reduced so
per cent
The beet sugar refining industry.
with many millions of dollars already
invested in refining pants located in
agricultural sections, and many mil
lions more certain to be invested If
protection be maintained, will be ham
pered, crippled or altogether destroyed
in exactly the proportion that the duty
on raw sugar from CuDa" is decreased
1t is to be remembered that each and
all of these industries were promised
protection in the Republican platform
of 1896, were accorded protection in
the Dingley tariff of 1897, and We're
assured of continued protection in the
Republican platform of 1900. 1t is
therefore highly pertinent to ask, can
the nation afford to disregard its
pledges to these, its own people, and to
impose the entire burden of Cuban re-
Hef-otherwise known as sugar trust
relief-upon American producers OF
sugar and tobacco? 1t is a serious
question
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WAGES AND LIVING.

Practical Proof That Wage Farmers
Pronted by Mckinley Prosperity.
Those who dispute the benefits real
lied by labor from protection, and who
insist that the increase of wages paid
is more than offset by the increase in
the cost OF living, will find their con-
tention greatly weakened, if not alto
gether negatived, by the recently is
sued report on the condition of savings
banks in the state of New York. On
the first day of January, 1902, the
grand total of deposits was S709 ,059,-
156, an increase of S51, ills, JIG over the
total of January 1, 1901. Whence
came this increase of more than fifty
one millions in a single year of Ding
ley tariff prosperity? Chiefly from
the savings of the wage earners. 1t is
not asserted that these deposits of
over S70O,000.0O are wholly those of
wage earners, but the great bulk of
them comes from that source. The
average deposit in the largest of the
New York savings banks, also the
largest savings bank in the world, is
1865. In another bank the average de-
posit is $40. Although individual de-
posits as large as $1,000 and $4,000
are received by a few of the savings
banks, by far the larger portion of
these banks depend wholly upon the
smaller sums which represent the saw
ings of wo1k people. Fully two-thirds
of all the savings banks deposits arc
of this class.
But the whole story is not by "a
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Italian church until just before the
Hill, who never had much of import
ance to do, made himself agreeable to
the girl, and she smiled sweetly upon
him. Giacomo sometimes accompanied
the party, and usually he had nothing
to say except to answer questions. He
seemed to dislike Hill, but was al
ways courteous, as is every Italian
who. If he cuts your throat, will do
it politely. We chaffed Hill occasion
ally about the girl. and told him to
watch out that the lover didn't sink a
stiletto into him some day.
Its good practice to talk to the
girl he would say "and as for Gia-
como. cigar will make him all right.
1 know the Glass;
Summer finally passed into autumn
and the day came for the bans to be
published. Hill, with his knowledge of
the class" had spent fifty cents on
a gaudy ornament for the girl and had
also supplied himself with some big
cigars for Giacomo. and when they
came in for their usual call, he pre-
sented the gifts with speech in his
villainous Italian. Angelica received
hers with a pleasant smile and
d 6TdZld, SlSuOT, anu NTidCOHuO tOOA
his cigars in silence. Hill smiled and
said afterwards he'd bet he'd be called
upon to attend the first christening in
TIE new family.
On toward IL o'clock that night,
when half the force was at work on
evening copy, and the copy readers
were swearing over some bad work,
Pietro came up the stairs and into the
room. His familiar, rather quick step,
had given place to a tired sort of
tramp and he looked unusually old
when he came into the full light of the
room. He walked straight over to the
desk OF the city editor and stood with
his hat in his hands. The city editor
looked up
We'll, what is it?" he asked.
Man killa de girl said the Italian.
Don on Rob street. Sticka de knife
in her.
"All right said the city editor, I'll
send Johnson down when he comes
in,'' and adding perfunctory thank
YOU" he turned to his work again.
DE man dead. too said Pietro
after a moments silence
That's all right. Run along now,
I'm busy" The city editor began to
frown, and Pietro turned away. AS
he passed Hill s desk ne lalQ uttie
package on it,
Angelica sent it back he said.
simply, and then went slowly down the
stairs. Hill opened the package and
found in it the little ornament he had
given the girl that afternoon There
was a tiny red stain on it, but Hill was
too busy then to do more than won
der.
The next morning the Planet had
on its front page a big scare head like
this:
DOUBLE MURDER
Jealous Italian Knifes His Sweetheart
Father of the Victim Stays the AS
sassin and Gives Himself Up,
All on Account of a Present
Two days later Hill borrowed IS,
and the man who went to write up the
funeral noticed a great bunch OF
white roses on the coffin
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vsosorous Generals Campaign. Without
Reve

in Europe, he was never once defeated
The famous Russian general, Suwar-
OF. was another commander destined
never to suffer defeat. he gained sew
eraI victories against the Turks and
against the Poles. and in Italy he was
opposed by Moreau. Being completely
outnumbe he effected brilliant re-
treat over the mountains of Switzer-
land, through Germany, into Russia
He was held In great respect by his
soldiers, and although he showed him
self to be an exceedingly able tactician.
he used to say that the whole OF his
system was comprised in the words,
advance and strike"
The Duke of Wellington, throughout
his brilliant campaigns, both in India
and in the Peninsula. has preserved to
himself remarkable record of unin-
terrupted successes from the first bat
tie in which he was vested with SUI
preme command throughout the Pen
insular war, in which he defeated the
ablest of Napoleon's marshals. until
the eventful day of Waterloo. when he
defeated the greatest soldier of modern
times.
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man, who was sitting in a corner
smoking his pipe
Under his chair was the most re-
markable specimen of a dog that the
gentleman had ever seen. 1t had the
appearance of a pug, with rough red
hair and long tail. 1t was impossible
to resist laughing. at the placid old
man and his nondescript dog
What kind of a dog is that?' ask
Gu the gentleman.
Il don't know replied the German.
Il suppose you use him for hunt
ing2'
No
rs he good for anything?"
No"
Then why do you value him SOP"
Because he likes me- said the old
fellow. still putting at his pipe, and the
expression of the dog as he looked up
from under the chair fully confirmed
the statement
There is no better or stronger rea-
son than that" asserted the gentleman
emphatically, as he walked away.
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DREAM STORY


never seen before. She could not ac-
count for II, but it was carefully pre-
served in specimen book.
Not long after she was a passenger
on one of the ocean liners. Among her
fellow-passengers was a professor in
one of the English universities. and an
acquaintance was formed between the
two. The professor shared to a certain
extent her interest in seaweeds, and
one day she was turning over the leaves
Of her specimen book in his company.
Coming to the specimen so strangely
acquired the professor uttered an ex-
clamation-
How did you come by that?" he
asked, with a manifest show of inter-
est She told him as well as could be.
1T is strange" said the professor.
THAT is the second specimen of that
variety that l have SEEN The only
other one that | know of is preserved
in the British Museum and was found
at a seldom visited point in the Indian
ocean, Then the young woman re-
membered her dream.-Boston Herald.
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A Little Heroine

A Little Heroine
1t was cover in Jersey that a little
incident happened a few weeks ago
in which an 11-year-old girl displayed
qualities of character worthy to be
compared with the men who stood by
their posts in the New York tunnel
disaster. The girl in question, with
a companion somewhat older than her
self was playing on the ice in the
Raritan canal, near New Brunswick.
when the latter suddenly went down
through an air-hole, says Lesiie's
Weekly No help being in sight, the
younger girl promptly laid down fiat
on the ice around the hole and waited
for her friend to come up, but when
the latter appeared she was too far
away, and her rescuer couiu not grasp
her. Twice the girl sank out of sight,
who had commenced to yell Justify for
help, but without changing her posi-
ton. managed to grasp ner friends
hair. She could not pub the drowning
girl out of the water, but she held on
desperately until man who heard
ner cries came up and rescue both
The water had flowed over the ice
around the hole so that the younger
girl was half submerged, and more
than half frozen when help came, but
she did not shrink from her effort, nor
seem to realize that she herself was
in any danger, her only thought being
for her companion, whom she had
snatehed from the very jaws of death
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A former Boston newspaper man told
a story not long ago of an experience
of q young woman of his acquaintance.
which, while it has not yet been en-
bodied in any work of fiction, at least
gives evidence of imaginative powers
and may be considered later. The
young woman spent her summers at
an old Marshfield farmhouse, the win
dows of which had an outlook on the
ocean She had fad, of course, and it
was the collection of various kinds of
seaweed.
According to the story. she had a
dream one night of a storm-tossed
mariner who came and stood by her
side and impIored her aid in going on
a search for treasure lost at certain
point in the Indian ocean. The dream
passed and the morning came. The
young woman was about to leave her
room when she noticed small pool
of water which might have been caused
by dripping umbrella, near the fire.
place. In the pool floated a small piece
of seaweed of variety which she bad
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The Sugar Trust will resolutely re-
fuse to believe that this great nation
has done its full duty toward poor Gu
ba until the trust has been given an
opportunity to make a few millions
Salt Lake Tribune"
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The Cubans would be foolish did
they not realize that their prosperity
depends upon the maintenance of close
trade relations with the United States
1t is not strange. therefore, that we
find their principal planters and bust
ness men greatly concerned In this re-
spect- So deeply are they interested
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means told in the statement of $7O9.-
O59,1o6 held by the savings banks of
New York state. In the report from
which we quote the accumulated and
reserved capital of wage earners, en-
ployes with small salaries and trades
men with modest incomes is estimated
as follows:
Two-thirGs of the total
savings bank deposits of
the United States (S2,-
COL, 1S9 ,291) 81 ,734, 126,19z
Assets of trades unions,
labor societies, build
ing and loan associa-
lions, fraternal orders
and regular life insur-
ance companies owned
by working people,. 1892, 464 SIC
IOtal "a ,S66, 591 ,004
Here we have a total of nearly five
billion dollars lin 1abor's inside
pocket" as the New York World"
puts it-hve billions saved after the
cost of living has been paid This is
fully double the total of six years ago
under free-trade tariff-reform condi-
tons Very evidently the increased
cost of living has not anywhere near
equaled, much less offset, the Increase
of wages under the Dingley tariff pros
perity.
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Total Ill, 472
The present value of these lands and
the buildings thereon is from $35, OOO,-
600 to $50 ,O00. 900. Deprived of tn.
protection under which their industry
has been fostered, the owners of these
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If the average man isn't born greas
or II unable to achieve greatness he
tries to thrust himself upon It
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A prominent dog fancier and
wealthy man of Philadelphia stepped
into . grocery the other night and ac-
cidentally stumbled over fat old Ger
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day by the father. just as the men
were assembling for their afternoon
work. and the congratulations were
done all over again. Giacomo was a
strapping. low-browed man, with a
rather sheepish smile. He spoke Eng
fish comparatively well, having been
born in America, and the son of af-
fluent rag pickers. who had allowed
him to go to school as often as he
wished for nearly two years Angelica,
that afternoon wore her best clothes
and looked almost pretty. Pietro had
left his hurdy- gurdy at home and wore
new gold rings in his ears They Were
making gala day of it,
Fill felt himself called upon to do
the honors of tho office, ana As he was
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Don't bounce the baby when he cries.
Look for the pin.
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PIETRO'S DAUGHTER.
BY JOHN NELSON.

Copyright, 1909. by Daily Story Publishing Company.
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1t is hard to be poor. of course But
then, it isn't easy to be rich.
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AN EFFECTIVE COW STALL.

narrow trough to catch fine feed
The outer side of manager is made of
matched lumber, sloping (from full
width at top down to the trough. The
cows are tied with ropes round the
neck, fastened to studding at end of
manger or to one of the Stats. They
cannot step forward far enough to
soil the platform and will not step
back and lie across the edge of plat
form if no trash or bedding is left be-
hind it.
Of course I feed no whole corn
slower in these hangers. Cut or
shredded fodder, hay, nubbins, mill
feed all go down the slope of man
ger and are taken from the trough or
from between the Stats. Larger scant-
ling than 2x4 would make the platform
higher and better. The accompanying
crude diagram may assist in under
standing my meaning.-OhioF Farmer.
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KEEPING cows CLEAN.
Method Described by a West.
ern Farmer Who Has Used 1t
Quite SucceasfuIIy.

I think can tell some farmers how
to keep their cows clean In the stable.
Many COWS are stabbed in stalls with
out gutter or stanchion and with an
open manger, and come out in the
spring with veneer of filth on their
hiniquarters which requires the
rair.s of spring and half the summer
to remove.
Ny cow stable is too small, and hav.
ing more horse stalls than I needed,
took the cow stall BILE for calves and tried
keeping our two cows in horse stalls
with the managers cut down in front SO
they could reach over. But I never
could keep them clean with all the bed.
ding could use. This winter I have
it fixed to suit me and only spent a
little time.
I took inch boards from WORKOUT
fence. and 2x4 scantling for stills, and
made platform of each stall for the
COW to stand on, just SO their hind feet
are on the edge when their noses reach
the manager. Horizontal Stats from the
side of manger next the cow so she
cannot step forward; below this is a