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The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-26

all outside hostility. So was Rus
sia in her contest with Japan.
***
Just now We are on good terms
with Britain; both nations have
some old scars healed by time, but
they are easily bruised and liable
to subsequent irritation. Britain
once declared war against Spain
about Jenkins ear, which had
been cut off by Spanish captain
thirty years before (Carlyle).
Britain did not want war with
Spain when the ear was cut off,
but thirty years later she did, and
that ear was unrolled from its cam
phor and cotton, and furnished a
cut and dried pretext. Who
knows how soon some old dry ear
may be unwrapped as a preteXt to
resettle many past grievancesF
Our steal of Oregon was fair, but
lit was a steal, sanctioned only by
a majority of one, with many
British votes within call, but not
notified in time to prevent snap
Judgment? Neither nation was
satisfied with the British-Ameri-
can (Canadian) boundary. Well,
in brief, suppose the two nations
find themselves at war? Britain
twice armed the Indians against
US. At those times it would cost
more to arm and drill the Negroes
than their services would be worth.
Not so now. If the present-day
Negroes should be offered a de-
pendency government by Britain
they would flock to that standard
as iron filings to magnet. The
secession they helped to defeat of
their masters they would help to
win for themselves, and the Gulf
States might successfully secede
at last, as Negro government.
Suppose that a considerable
number of our intelligent, cour-
ageous Negroes should go to Can
ada, Jamaica and England; and
by legal process become British
subjects as is contemplated by
many of them, and should return
on a visit to Charleston or Atlanta
with British passports, and should
be mobbed or lynched for refusing
to give all the road or sidewalk to
the white trash" they chanced to
meet. Britain and France gave
General Butler much trouble at
New Orleans by allowing rebels to
take out British and French pa
pers." They then became the
most insolent of rebels while
claiming the rights of foreign
neutrals. l have understood of
late years that such papers were
not regular nor legal, but Butler
was a good lawyer and recognized
them as legal, and Britain at that
time was in a mood to unroll Jen-
kins' ear at us. What would she
do in the case suggested?
The United States has always
given asylums to political offend
ers of European countries, and we
cannot well object to being paid
| in our own coin when a like debt
10 due us.
Suppose Japan should secretly
employ the discharged and dis
graced soldiers of the Twenty-fifth
Infantry to go through our South
ern States and quietly organize
the alienated Negroes to quietly
meet at some place on our Pacific
Coast to join a Japanese Army?
Doubtless this could be forcibly
prevented, and if not prevented it
could be defeated. But it would
be a troublesome problem. Could
il not be much easier prevented by
giving the Negroes cause to be.
patriotic rather than alien? Only
those who have the confidence of
the Negroes know how intensely
bitter they feel about their treat
ment. As we have given the Jap
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The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-26

NN', "oo hClN OllACCI OHC Gay.
We were expecting an attack, and
had five hundred Negroes cutting
a hillside so as to form a precipice.
They had cast the dirt up hill as
far as they could with shovels, and
were then casting it down. / came
along above them, and was looking
down on them. They were talk
ing quite lively about "Massa Lin
cum" and "Massa Jeff Davis" and
"Massa Lee" and "Massa McClel-
lam" At last one looked up and
saw me, and he gave three distinct
raps on his shovel handle with his
knuckles, and others took up the
tapping, and l could hear it re-
peated along the line of Negroes
for a hundred feet each way. After
a few minutes asked, "Boys, how
would you like to be soldiers2
Nobody answered. | asked again,
and directed my question to a large
fellow who had been talking very
lively a few minutes before. He
answered, 81 don't know, sah."
| got enough of their talk to learn
that Mcclellan was crowding Rich
mond pretty hard. The papers
from the North had not yet
reached us, as they came by a
chance steamer from New York,
and when they came they con-
hrmed what / heard these Negroes
saying to each other. Mcclellan
was then the nearest he ever got
to Richmond. They were work.
ing hard and talking as they
worked. They were working to
help the Yankees in whose cause
they believed. There was not an
idler among them. Later on, these
ignorant Negroes made hrst-class
soldiers when they ably COM
manded.
The Negroes of today will
make as much better soldiers than
those of the Civil War in the pro-
portion that their intelligence is
greater. Their numbers have
doubled since 1860. Of the pres
ent number, at least a million good
hardy, brave soldiers can be en-
listed in cause that shall COM
mand their enthusiasm.
Our people seem blind to the
fact that they are developing
most formidable enemy in their
own midst. Wars are precipitated
very suddenly sometimes. During
our Civil War, by the unauthorized
act Of Captain Wilkes in taking
Mason and Slidell off the British
merchant ship Trent, a course
which Britain had long practiced
and against which we had long
protested, we were within forty
eight wars of war with Britain.
When we took up the practice
apparently Britain came down
hard with a war-cry protest. Lin
coin surrendered the men on con-
dition that it should be a govern
ing precedent for the future. Sew
ard advocated accepting war, but
Lincoln replied Zone war at
time, gentlemen. President Cleve-
land put us very close to war with
Britain about the Venezuelan
boundary. Our war with Spain
was precipitated suddenly. Who
could have guessed the political
changes that resulted from Napo-
leon sending his ambassador to
Berlin to insult King William and
provoke the Franco-Prussian War I
When we forced, as it were, a
treaty with Japan during Filmore'S
administration. San Francisco,
Cal, was but a Spanish village
Who in that day would have guess
ed that the Spanish village in ttf-
ty five years would have grown 10
such magnitude that it would vio-
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clined to thrust our bulk against
all outside hostility. So was Rus
sia in her contest with Japan.
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|FSS PlaymatES In OPeretta
And Speech.
Iarre Dorsey Carlotta Ford
Pence and Ella Anderson, Thr-
York, lnez Matthews, Louis
iner' Julian Lee, Winfield and
worth Johnson, Geo. Donnell
Willie Green.
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Jack And tht Bean Stalk
| Al St. James Church
|DlIy Eve. August Oth.
Admission 25 cents

his play is taken from the orig
ery ahd is one of the best of it's
ID written.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-13
Silence and Science,

Before 1t was determined scientific. ally that smoke is waste, smoke was fixed as the final indication and proof of prosperity. Today smokeless chimney means nothing less than thrift and good management Similar ly we now hear that noise is proof of urban life, progress and activity. We may answer that noise is loss as surely as smoke is waste. Decreased comfort is loss and noise decreases comfort. Disturbed minds are loss through a re- duction of mental force. But these and similar consequences are indirect loss. There is direct loss also. A rat. tling car means worn bearings and a short lived vehicle. Otherwise rail- roads would not spend so much on their roadbeds, and they would run trains at higher speed.-Detroit Free Press
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-13
A Elohtino "Super."

The following little gem was one of the experiences of MT. Benson, the Shakespearean actor:
 MT. Benson made professional visit to Dublin, and the rehearsals included the due training of body of stage assistants to represent the hurried ly retrfcting supporters of Richard "Crookback," when that monarch suc- cumbed to the onslaught of Richmond on the field of BoswCfth. On the night of the first performance of the tragedy the army that was to fly stubbornly refused to leave the field or to ac- knowledge being vanquished, but turn. ing upon the forces of Richmond gave them a severe drubbing. Nothing could be found to tame them to proper submission till one of the frank and file' said:
 "Look here, MT. Benson, if you want us to be beaten, you must put O'Con nor" the leading "bruiser' of tue party) Gin Richmond's armyw-Pear sons Weekly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-13
Impossible,

A year or so ago an American stu. dent in Berlin was attending a lecture In a room drowsily close through lack of ventilation. To keep awake he be- gan whispering to a German at his side the story of Mark Twain cbout the man who lived all his life in a chronic fear of fresh air. The relatives of this man, as is we'll known, decided after hls death to have his remains cremat- ed, and the climax of the story occurs when the undertaken, opening the door of the oven to see whether incineration was complete, was appalled, to hear the corpse speak out and request him to close the door and shut off the draft. The American sprung the joke as ef- fectively as he could, but never a smile was his reward. His German friend remained for several moments in a per. ple-.ed study; then he leaned over t. the American and said: "But how could that be? The man was dead!"-Har- per's Weekly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-13
eDnlor "Reminiscences.

The chapel clock peeled the hour for US, and we ate it with epicurean en- joyment. We were walking together, the senior and l, and 1 listened with baited breath while he told me a fish story. Arm in arm we walked. but suddenly he stopped and drew his hands across his eyes. It was good likeness, but obscured his vision bit. Then he resumed
 eve sure were q bunch of hummers in our freshman year. In our snow ball fight with the sOphS on Washing tons birthday three of. us gained tue fence and began to chop it up into small pieces for souvenirs. Suddenly d seven foot soph grabbed the smallest of my assistants, but with a well aim- ed snowball between the eyes I laid him low, while scarlet streams rolled down his face and made intricate ara besques on his collar
 The senior paused and fetched a sigh, goodness knows where from.
 "But whence the scarlet streams?" interrogated. "Was 1t blood?"
 "No," he palpitated; "there was t. mato i'll the snowball."
 Then silence fell, but we sustained il between us.-Yale Record.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-13
Susy's Opinion of Her Father.

Before Susy began the biography she let sall a remark now and then concerning my character which show ed that she had it under observation In the record which we kept of the children's sayings there is an instance or this. She was twelve years old at the time. We had established a rule that each member of the family must bring q fact to breakfast-a fact drawn from book or from any otle, source; any fact would answer. Susy's Hrst contribution was in substance as follows: Two great exiles and former opponents ill war met, in Ephesus. Scipio and Hannibal Scipio askeJ Hannibal to name the greatest gcn eral the world had produced.
 Alexander" and he explained why
 And the next greatestf"
 "Pyrrhus,' and he explained why.
 But where do you place yourself. then?"
 If I had conquered you, I would place myself before the others"
 Susy's grave comment was:
 "That attracted me. It was just like papa, he is so frank about his books"
 So frank in admiring them, she meant.-From Mark Twain's Auto. biography" in North American Re, view
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-13
Power of Falling Water.

It is perfectly well known to every one that water constantly droppine upon stone will wear it away. and there is a tritc old proverb regardin2 this fact. The force of a single drop ot water falling from height is not great, but the results of this tiny blow when it is many times repeated ave astounding. There is a story of o:,t poor wretch who was bound with |. back to stone wall and had a strca 2, of water "of the bigness of a mag finger directed on to his bare hcH the water falling from q hei2ht ., about eighteen feet. The recept&< 2 from which this apparently harnltc stream trickled was barrel holtli, only twenty gallons, but before th> water had more than half run out tl@ man was dead, with hole in lli; .,'.,,' which exposed the brain.-Popular Mt chanicS.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-13
Climbing a Water Stair.

Even steamboat can climb hill EA going up one step at time. This re markable performance can be wit messed several times daily during tht season of navigation beside the Nrane waterfall in the Bandak Norsje canal Norway. At this point falls in til
 river prevent the passage of boats j.. or down, and a canal has been bull
 round the rapids and falls. The ascent is made through a series of locks which accommodate one boat at time, ana in passing from the lower to the upper lock the boat is lifted about ninety feet
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-13
All She Had

In the absence of his wife and l.. illness of the servant Mir. Taylor r,l dertook to help three-year-old Marc. to dress. He had succeeded in getti:l her arms in the sleeves and throu V the armholes of her garments and haI buttoned her into them. Then he told her to put on her shoes herself, and he would button them. He soon discoN- cred that she was vainly striving to put left shoe on her right foot.
 Why, Marjory," he said impatiently don't you know any better than that You are putting your shoes on the wrong feet.'
 "Dey's all de foots I dot, papa" re. piled Marjory earfully.-Youth's Com DaniOn
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-13
Never Loses His Head.

Many years ago, when William J. Stillman of New York city was re. porting a disturbance in Greece for the London Times, report was sept out that he had been beheaded. One of his friends, hearing the report, tele- graphed to the correspondent this mes- sage: "Rumor here that your head has been taken off. Is 1t truew It was not until the message had been sent that 1t occurred to the sender that if the rumor were true Stillman would be the last man in the world to speak about it. But the message reached Stillman, and this was his reply: My dear boy. a newspaper man never loses his head"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-13
A Story of WhewelI.

Sydney Smith said of the great Dr. Whewell, master of Trinity college. that 'science was his forte and om. niscience his foible." On one occa- sion two fellows of the college, think ing to get beyond his range, read up the subject of Chinese metaphysics and then disputed about it in the doctor s presence. He listened in silence for a time and then observed, "Ah, see you have been reading paper which I wrote for an encyclopedia of sci ence."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-13
siamese Object to Walking.

The Siamese, above all nations iI the world, hate to walk. No such mode of progression is tolerated by Siamese if he or she can by any means ride. A Venetian gondolier will walk some times, even Hollander will ride oD his rough cart. but Bangkok man not if he can help it. His family boat for him.-Windsor Magazine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-13
Spider Talk.

Qn the Kindergarten during a natu- ral history lesson) Teacher-So you see one of the differences between us and animals is that we can talk. Lift tie Boy (of three)-Spiders can talk Teacher--No, dear; spiders are very clever little insects. but they can't talk. Little Boy-Well, then, how di- the spider say. twill you come int" my parlor?"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-13
The Mistake.

Customer looking at the bilD-Here. waiter, there's surely some mistake i'll this total Waiter politely)--Ze thou sand parjons, sir! Nit my usual care lessness l have added in ze date and vorgot to charge you for ze butter.- London Answers.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-13
Health and Music.

Health is of the first importance 1T any business or profession, but in tn musical profession it is the very ea sence of the whole thing. And how to preserve that health is the bugbear of q musicians life.-London Black an'i White.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-13
A Mean Advantaae.

"You say he accused you of being untruthful?"
 That's what happened" answered Piute Pete, with much embarrassment.
 "And lives to tell the tale?"
 Well, you see he used long words in such roundabout way that he was out O town before had fingered out exactly what he meant."-Washington Star.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-13
Disappointed Hopes.

"You can't rake up anything against that candidate" well. happen to know he is in love with a married woman" Do you? Oh, who is she:" "His ."-Baltimore American.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-13
Value of Good Roads.

The farmer is by no means tll, only one who benefits by good high ways. Every town merchant is vital ly concerned in the good roads move ment, whether he Is aware of the fac or not
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-13

The one who will be found iu trial capable of great acts of love Is eve, the one who is doing considerable small ones.-F. w. Robertson.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-13
Not Her Full Weight.

Mistress-Letta. Letta. you'll break that fragile table with your full weight on 1t. Letta-I haven't my full weight on 1t; I'm standing on one foot.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-13
Attentions Ceased,

"1s Willie still paying attention to
 Tiliie?' "No." "Did he jilt her." "No; he married her."-Illustrate Bits.
The Jewish outlook., 1907-09-06
Temple Notes

The Religious School of the Temple
will open Sunday morning, September
18th, at 10 o'clock.
Those wishing to rent seats in the
Temple during the coming year, please
apply to Mr. S. r. Zwetow, care OF the
Golden Eagle The Temple trustees do
not sell seats for the holidays to resi-
dents Of Denver.
New Year services will be held at
Temple Emanuel Sunday evening, Sep
tember Sth, beginning at Z 30, and Mon
day morning beginning at 10 O'Clock:
Services for the Day Of Atonement will
commence Tuesday evening, Septem-
Der 18th, at 80, and Wednesday morn
ing at 10 o'clock. DR.. w. S. Friedman
will preach the sermons.
The Jewish outlook., 1907-09-06

and family of Memphis, Miss Mamie
Davidson of Waco, Texas; Mr.. and Mrs.
ID. E. Hirschfeld of Fort Worth,
Texas; Miss M. Schwartz Of Indianap
oils, Miss II. Schwartz of New York:
Harry and Frances Gerson of Oklahoma
City, Mrs. NJ. Freedman and Evelyn of
Waco, Texas; Mrs. j. Goldstein and
Mrs. j. Stiffel of Memphis, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Rosenfeld Of Cleveland, Mrs.
Louis Libeck, Miss Hortense Libeck
and Miss Rose Libeck Of Nashville, Mr..
and Mrs. M. n Sobel of Nashville, Mrs.
r. Calm Of Kansas City and Misses S.
and E. Hammerslough of Kansas City,
Alex Levine of Kansas City, Missouri;
Miss Cora Simon, Mrs. Henry Levy Of
New Orleans, Mrs. |. II. Bauman, Miss
Florence Barman, Miss Ethel Bauman
and Mrs. E. Loewenstein of st. Louis.
The Jewish outlook., 1907-09-06
Germany
The Sunday-cIosing Question.

In several German towns recently
Jewish merchants have made earnest
representations to the local authorities
urging that Jewish firms who strictly
observe the Saturday Sabbath should
be allowed to work for a few hours on
Sunday The municipality of Cologne
had before ii short time back a peti
ton from twenty-eight Jewish firms
asking that those firms closing on Satur.
day might employ their Jewish HANDS
for three hours on Sunday. 1t is not
able that several deputies belonging to
the Centre party took up very favor
able attitude. JustiZrat kausen eX
pressed the opinion that a general by
law should be passed, permitting those
who observed a different day of rest to
open on Sunday. The Reichstag deputy,
Trimborn, stated that he would rathe"
accede to a request of this nature com
ing from The Jews than from any other
section of the community, and he
greatly deplored the fact that the law
prevented the local authority from re-
specting the wishes of the Jews. Ow
ing to this difficulty the request had t.
be refused In Kitzengen, in Bavaria,
wholesale firms, according to the local
law, were once permitted to work Tor
five hours on Sunday in the counting
houses This time was restricted some
months ago to two hours. In conse-
quence of representations made by Jew
ish firms to the Bavarian government,
the original regulation was restored. In
Mayence also sixteen orthodox Jewish
firms petitioned the municipal authori-
ties that, IN case Of any change in the
regulations concerning Sunday rest,
The Jewish outlook., 1907-09-06
Hround he 0orid

Jewish firms keeping the Jewish Sab
hath should be allowed to work for some
hours on Sunday.
The supporters of Rabbi DR.. Cohn,
who failed to secure an abrogatiOn OF
the decision Of the communal authorities
involving his dismissal, have resolved to
found an Independent congregation, and
to place Doctor Cohn at it's heaed. The
committee formed for this purpose,
over which Rechtsanwalt DR.. Fried
lander presides, has decided to hold
services on the ensuing High Festivals
when Doctor Cohn will preach. That
''l'Affaire Cohn" has made more than
ephemeral impression on the Jewish
the pen of Sanitary Councillor Dr.
DIES Judentums, who ascribes to the sub
ordinate position of the Berlin rabbis
and the unseemly military tone adopted
towards them by the heaeds Of the com
mrnity, the fact that the most distin-
guished German rabbis do not apply for
posts in the capital He urges the res
toration of the .abrogated RabbinicaI
hierarchy Of the five oldest rabbis, who
in matters of worship would form an
Independent tribunal, which could con-
stitute a disciplinary authority for
their younger colleagues, just as is done
by the doctors and lawyers in their re-
spective professions The young theo-
logians would not then have to bend the
knee before men who are intellectually
their interiors;
Lady-Why in the world are you
bringing the milk at 'clock in the af-
ternoon? Can't you get here earlier9
Millman-Earlier? Why, madam,
this is tomorrow mornings milk.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-03-09
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Curansen sin tenor 4 que Sc IT,
produzcan, los dolores de garganta, fa-
ringitls, amigdalitis, ronqueras, cos
quilleos, tos nerviosa, extinciones q
voz, anginas, con las Partillas Houde
a la Cocaina.
Su uso Serecomienda especialmel..
te a los oradores, profesores, cantai.-
tes, y todas las personals que fatigsn
su voz por un trahajo excessive.
Los padres, -cuidadosos de la salut
de sus hiios, deben hacerle chupar dt
cuanlo en- cIianio rSas past:l;as, fr
lie evital en- elloS las Gruuiaciones y
as Vegetaci0ues de la garganta. Pa
/ ra evitar toda deception, que pudieri
ser grave, exijase la frma (Houde) so
bre la faja de garTntfa de sus past
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Paris.