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Senator Cushman K. Davis Gives
His Views.
TREAT THEM KINDLY, BUT FIRMLY
Would Give the Philippine Archi
pelago the Fullest Autonomy When
the People Are Prepared Feor It.
Why We Took the Islanas, 3
In a recent speech in Cincinnati Sen
ator: Cushman K. Davis, one of the
American peace commissioners ' and
chairman of the senate foreign relations
committee, said:
“‘Practically the entire questfon as
to the Philippines was left by the pres
ident of the United States to the judg
ment and discretion of the American
commissioners. It was at first thought
that it weculd be sufficient to take the
island of Luzon, but the best military
and naval authorities, Admiral Dewey,
General Merritt and Commander Brad
bury, laid the situation before us from
a military, naval and strategic point
of view, which made it perfectly obvi
ous that we must either take the entire
archipelago or abandon it entirely ; that
the relation of those islands to each
other was such that the acquisition of
one with a hostile power or a foreign
power of whatever character holding
the others would only reproduce the
conditions of Cuba as against the Unit
ed States and create a perpetual sore in
the waters of the east. We were bound,
in view of the astounding development
which the Chinese sovereignty has been
snbject to, to have a sufficient naval
station in those waters. Who in this
audience would have expected that we
would have left the Philippines or any
portion of those islands to the ineffable
and indescribable atrocities of Spain?
““We cannot endure, in view of our
past and coming interests in the orient,
that the Philippines shall be dismem
bered by foreign powers, as they will be
the minute the United States removes
itself from that situation, and above all
things, my fellow citizens, although
they appeaf perbaps dimly before us
now, yet I believe there is a profound
conviction in the minds of the Ameri
can people that part of all'this force
which has pushed us there and estab
lished us there is an impetus which tells
for civilization, for a better Christian
ity, and that the United States as the
great evangelist of the nations is bound
to play a leading part in those waters
and in those islands.
“I would treat the Filipinos in this
way, considering their present condi
tion and their inconsiderate actions,
stimulated, I believe, by inconsiderate
advice from the United States, I would
treat them with the hand of paternal
affection wherever possible and by the
hand of paternal chastisement wherever
necessary. And when the time should
come, by the handling and development
of the people, as it has come by the
handling and development of Great
Britain in the Straits Settlements imme
diately opposite, that little by little, by
degrees, they could be admitted to local
autonomy, which I would grant to the
fullest extent wherever possible in the
due process of time, whenever they
should be fit for it. I would act toward
them as Great Britain has acted toward
its civilized colonies. Whenever they
wanted to go they should go, and I
would rejoice that in the process of
time an island republic could be estab
lished there in the Philippines against
the island empire of Japan. But until
that time shall come, the interest, the
honor, the security of the American
people demand that we shall hold the
Philippine Islands not only under our
protection, but under our rule.
“‘T'o me the acquisition of the Philip
pine archipelago is not a mere gratifica<
tion of lust or pride of conquest. Let
us all endeavor to look a little beyond
day after tomorrow as to these things
and let us mark certain great tenden
cies proceeding with all the force and
regularity and sometimes with the
slowness of a great geological process
and see what is meant by that which is
transpiring on the surface of hnman
affairs within the last 50 years, and,
fellow citizens, the tendency—shall I
call it of. humanity or shall I call it
the forces—which move the human race
toward the Chinese orient—the Pacific
east. Everything has been subdivision
ed. France has acquired Madagascar.
The great centers of activity are upon
the east coast of Asia. Russia is con
structing across Siberia that great
transcontinental railroad which was
foretold 200 yearsago. By the treaty of
1696 Russia has obtained practical con
trol of Chinese Manchuria, an area as
large as Texas and containing 20,000, -
000 people. She has obtained Port Ar
thuar, always open, for a terminus of a
railroad instead of Vladivostok, frozen
four months in the year. France has
seized Siam, Anam, Camboge and Co
chii. China. Germany has madé a com
peusatory seizure.’’ ©
Mre. J. Silvers, Doogan, Ga., writes;
Rev, H. €', Haddoek had Totrpid Liver s,
bad he could rcarcely leave nis room
and was cured by I, M. A. Simmon
Liver Medicine, which he recommend«d
to me, and it cared me of indigestion.
Ithink it better than Black Draught.
A ‘Sumter county man stored away
enough ice, during the freeze, to last
im during the summer,
’ ONLY A GREASY OLD CaP.
But a Touching, Tender Story Accom
ke panies It
An Athens, Ga., special says: Yester
day evening, in an humble cabin in this
city, an old negro man named Richmond
Eider died at the age of 81 years, Close
beaide him when he died lay an old grea_
8y cap, and to-day when he was Dburied
the old cap accompanied him to his last
resting place,
There is a hist(qy connected with that
cap which illustrates the devotion of the
old slave-time darky to his y»ung mas
ter. Richmona belonged to a young
man named Joe Elder, who voTunteered
for service in the Confederate army from
this county in 1861. Richmond weat
alopg with his young master as a oody
servant, andgwas with hLim in seyeral
battles in Virginia. At Malvern Hili
young Elder was shot through the head,
and as he fell forward his cap fell to
the ground. FEichmond was at the side
of the dying soldier in a moment, and as
he lifted his head trom the ground he
heard these words: ‘‘Rich, pick up my
cap and keep it.” Then the soidier died,
and was borne to therear upon the
shoulders ot his stalwart negro slave,
Old Richwond kept the cap. For thir
ty~seven years no other cap or hat has
been on his head. Long since all the
Confederate gray has disappeared from
the cap, and all that remains is the leath
er rim surmounted by patches of all
kinds of cloth,
Old Richmond, on beirg asked several
weeks since what he wished done with
his cap when Le died, said: ‘“Puat it in
the ¢ flin with me. Whenl meet my
young master in heaven 1 want to be
able to say: ‘Marse Joe, here is you:
cap. I picked it up and kept it,’"
Unique Bridal Presents.
The Macon Telegraph says: Among
the presents received a few days ago at
the marriage of a pr minent young cou
ple in one of the towns of the state were
a bull dog and a pistoi, These presents
were given exclusively to the bride by
friends, The couple spent the night in
Macoo oo their way h me, and the bulls
dog was kept chained to one of the bed
posts in the bridal chamber at the Brown
honse. The story is absolutely true, as
the bride told it to me heiselt in the
presence of the groom and another
friend. The presents were given by
friends who bheard her say that her hus
band, who is a lawyer, would be away
fr m home a good portion of the time,
and that if she ~nly had a bulldog and a
pistol she would®'« be afraid, She is
now ;[ repared for any emergency. |
Must Have License to Drink, }
A bill introduced into the Michigan
lesislature proprses that every person
who desircs to purchase whisky by the
drink shall register his name with the
coualy, city or town clerk aund take out
a license, for which a fee of $5 shall be
charged; the licensee shail then adve:-
tise in some home newspaper the fact
that e bas secured a liceuse, giving his
name and address and the license num
ber, Thus armed with au.hority, he
may go to a sal on and upon producing
the price he may take his drink. |
Help...
! Babies and children needl
roper food, rarely ever medi
prop y a
icine. If they do not thrive E
s on their food something is z
| wrong. They need a little |
ihelp to get their digestive j
i machinery working properly. %
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SCppSK
COD LIVER OIL
WITH HYPOPHOSPHITES of LINE & SODA |
1 will generally correct this
I difficulty.
| Ifyou will put from one
i fourth to half a teaspoonful
in baby’s bottle three or four
i times a day you will soon see
a marked improvement. For
larger children, from half to
-a teaspoonful, according to
age, dissolved in their milk,
if you so desire, will very
soon show its great nourish
% ing power. If the mother’s
!milk does not nourish the
!baby. she needs the emul
| sion. - It will show an effect
‘iat once both upon mother
z and child.
l 50c. and $l.OO, all druggists.
2 SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York,
TRADE WiITH GERMANY,
Unnecessary Anxiety Over Our Re
lations With That Country.
A good deal of unnecessary anxiety
seems to be exhibited both in Germany
and in the United States about the
trade relations between the two coun
tries. Some figures just prepared by the
treasury bureau of statistics show that
the supposition that American trade in
Germany or (German trade in America
is being disturbed or depressed by ex
isting conditions seems to be unfound
ed. Certainly the United States is giv
ing to Germany a larger percentage of
her import trade than ever before and
is selling to Germany a larger percent
age of her exports than ever before.
American exports to Germany increased
over 11 per cent in the past six months
compared with the corresponding six
months of the preceding year, which of
themselves were phenomenally large,
and the imports from Germany into the
United States in the past six months
were nearly 25 per cent greater than
those of the corresponding six months
of last year. The share of our import
trade given to Germany has steadily in
creased during the past decade, as has
also the share which she takes of our
exports. A decade ago 10 per cent of
our imports was taken from Germany,
while now 13 per cent comes from that
ecountry. A decade ago 8 per cent of
our exports went to Germany, now
over 13 per cent goes to that country,
and in the last half of the calendar year
1897 cur exports to Germany were $32, -
632,122, and in the last half of the cal
endar year 1898 were $40,615,770, an
increase of nearly 25 per cent. Our ex
ports to Germany in the last half of the
heavy export year 1897 \were $77.132,-
0563 and in the last half of 1898 were
$85.903,120. Even in meats and provi
sions the exports to Germany in 1898
show a marked gain in nearly all
classes. In salted or pickled beef the ex
portations increased mcre than 25 per
cent in 1898 over 1897 Exports of ba
con increased 25 per cent, or nearly
10,000,000 pounds; those of hams in
creased from less than 5,000,000 pounds
to nearly 12,.000.000 pounds; those of
pork, fresh and salted, from less than
3,000,000 pounds to nearly 13,000,000
pounds: those of lard from 205,000,000
pounds to 238,000,000 pounds, while in
fruits and nutsthe exports of 1898 were
nearly 50 per cent in excess of those of
1896, and but slightly below those of
1897 e
THE WHBITE MAN’'S LU IDEN.
A Kansas City man, signing himself
E.E. W., has written a parody on
“The White Man’s Burden,” which is
better than the original of Rudyard
Kipling.—Atchison Globe.
““T'ake up the white man’s hurden
And send your sens abroad
To prey on other peoples .
Who serve another God:
To steal, and starve, and murder
All who oppose his aim—
The Indian and Egyptian—
The men of ancient fame.
““Take up the white man’s burden’’—
Whate’er else betide—
To mislead simple people
And crush out native pride
““By open speech and simple—
A hundred times made plain-
To held their lands for profit—
And bring them down to shawe,
““Take up the white man's burden”—
Put the savage warrior down—
The Maor: and the Zulu—fk
With the native near Capetown;
When you have crushed their free
dom
And sent them to their doom,
Send your raiders to the Transvaal,
And kill the Duteh Paul Oom.
“Take np the white mman’s burden’
And weigh the bloody rod--
Find neither life nor freedom
Can please the white man’s God ;
Heathen souls are worth a dollar—-
Mark the price wher’er you roam;
He can fill the heathen countries
From the dwellers 1n his own.
“Take up the white man’s burden’
Aund reap his own reward .
The curse of those he murders,
The hate of those he guards,
In Cuba and Mani'a,
In Porto Rico, too;
In China and Fashoda—+
Egyptian and Hindoo.
“Take upr the white man’s burden”—
Make his profit if you can—
A shilling for a woman-
A savereign for a man;
Kill them with explosive bullets—
Children, aged, sexes—all
“These sullen, silent people”
Who know no God at all.
“Take up the white man’s bnrden”—
Have done with charity—
Christ taught commerce, not kind
ness—
" Twas His mission— don’t you see?
The white man has a right to mur
der—
'T'is part of his commercial creed—
He will slay all ether peoples
To satisfy a Christian’s greed.
Genernl Lee’'s Diplomacy.
General Fitzhugh Lee has an unfail
ing plan to distract the attention of his
Cuban frientls when they become too
pressing in their inquiries about the in
tentions of the United States. He asks
them what they think of (®eneral Julio
Sangnily. Half Cuba thinks him a
traitor and the other half the greatest
of patriots, and the discussion which
ensues always shuts out all other topi}/
Rob childbirth of its terrors and mini
mize the pain and dangers of l:bor hy
using Simmons Squaw Vise Wine or
Tables,
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WINDMILL RUNS THIN FARM.
Inyentive Towan Provea to Hia Wife That
He Ia Not Lazv.
WaBsTeER CiTY, lA., Msrck 18.—1 n
o*der to satisfy his wife, who accused
him of beivyg of no use arcund the house,
Ewmanuel Stotely, a farmer living near
here, has so arringed the windmiil near
his home that it will rock the baby’s
cradle, run the sewino machine, do the
churning, mix flour for bread, feed the
chickens, sweep the floors, start the fires
in the morning, kick the dog cut of the
tiouse when necessary, and do several
other things, When he began to con
nect with the windmill the crank of a
talking machine, into which he bad sune
the latest sovgs, and to rig up an attach
ment whereby the windmill was to get
breakfast every morning, Mrs. Stotely
objected, saying her ‘‘poor, dear husband
had worked hara enough,”
The Coming of Baby.
When a baby comes to the honse real
happiness comes. The care and anxiety
count for nothlng against the clinging
touch of the little hands and the souad
«f the little voice, The highest function
given to human beings is bringing
healthy, happy children Into the world.
Over thirty years ago the needs of wo
men appealed to Dr. Pierce, now chief
consulting physician to the Invalids’
Hotel and Surgical Institute, of Buffalo,
N.Y. Theresult of his study improv
ed by thirty years of practice is embodis
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It strengthens, purifies and makes
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Lt gives weak women the strength and
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Earned His Money.
'/ Sam Jones can be likened unto the old
negro ‘‘exhauster,’” who, in appealing to
the unsaved, said: “De waters ob sal
tion am free, but yous muost pay for de
X;(irant, and I'se de hydrant.” The
Chattanooga people gave Mr. Jones
$963.49 for seventeen days’ labor trying
to show them how to keep out, of hell.
It was a tough*job, and Sam earned his
money,~--Naslville Banner.
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