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WEAPON OF THE FILIPINOS.
r ,n BOLO A\U THK wnr IT PUYI
in rue fili pino ure.
Tfc , Many VirlHlf* of the Dladr. and
I lt-lr lan Closely ronnwifd
\liib the and Bfllulnaa Ufa
„r Ilir |,laodrre—ln One Form or
tnnlhrr Ilia 11010 la Owned by
I , rir Filipino, Uan. Woman and
I lilia— The 11010 Proper and the
lUl,fe of Which II la Fart—The
Terrible Mintlan*. Weapon and
aiork of the l.aboelna tinea—Tire
I aatpllan. Which Need Not Ur la
aheatehed for tiro Strobe.
Washmircon, Oct. IS.—'While much la
heir,! of tha bolo men In the Philippine
lel.i 1 , little la known of the bolo Itaelf.
„ I ( he important part It plays In the
K , o civilisation. Kvery Filipino an.!
Mroh IS hla bolo. Ha does not neces
,n arry It as a war weapon. It en
t(v -.la home life and marks his ao
rta ,id professional rank by Its shape
an or,., indentation. A Filipino who hua
Imprev. and nls opportunities and risen from
tht abort of class lo the rank of an of-
j 1 1
I Tmu—O*. . C..P.U.M,.'M
2. J30L.0. OSPICERS WEPkPOM
3. UIHO/^SI. CJaMPIUA.NLWITHOUT hair)
PuHAt de gs>Rs. Wea>poh Of moro Private. |
1 *r !n the Filipino army preserves care
i ..ly the bolos which have followed him
hi* upward career. At home the hole
: kept in a place sacred to itself, usually
k * r the door of the main room. Borne
.one will see in a wealthy Filipino
M ro home a many a* four or live
. • e blade# rat.ulna from the Funding
t n- ornate krta (pronounced creese).
• will Indicate that the owner ha#
is nin life from the laboring class to the
i owning class or that he ha# held ot
posiitbly reaching the high! of a gen
• ’j! in the native army.
Mindanao |# the homo of the bolo
Nr.irly every bolo of any value at all
*• me# from thi# island, which i# next In
t • to ],uzon. So far os the social and
I r<>fe#a|onai significance of the arm i#
erned the das.“l float lon of the Moro*
Mindanao I# tactitly accepted all over
[ * Philippine# as official. The officer#
i men of importance in the Filipino
army and government have adopted this
. sifleatton along with the weapon it
self.
Iloir the Weapon la Hide.
All these instruments are mode by
} ml. Theie are several l*4o factories In
M.r.danao, mostly ln.ated In interior and
TMpJtJUg-WEAPOtI -WEAPON
OF OFHCtRS. t>F FILIPINO PRIVATE
DFSiSMAits Social RaHiC
.
**"*•* tn towns. There ore also lome
: ' r t> • of Importance In Bimar and
L ' ' I*o other large Islands. Criminal"
" ully made to work In th-- 100
* though there ore special ex
l'ild by the town* to superintend
* r a factory or "Fabrics de bolo"
generally of a large nil* ahed
plc-ce of Iron and ateel lying
!•* beaten Into ship* Horn* of
< In so orante and beautiful that
t, ‘' ' tht easily imagine that It la the
d skilled mechanic* A criminal
;| r hie lll>erty very often by turn
•me >perlal piece of work. Many
men become expert In word uni
rvlng oe the handlei of the tolas
‘i 'llcate.
■ i of the form* of the notional
• lhe bolo proper which give* the
■tme 10 sill this cla* of weapon*
! '■ d'"lgn, ami without ornamenta
ls primarily a weapon of war.
i < carrying of the bolo proper
'.ink or position. It* handle 1*
m cam boo horn and It* Made t
•1 out of a piece of *te*t. The
1 f the Filljdr.o does not enier Into
* ■i- life of the owner a* doe* that
-'loro ,nd the native of the aouth
-11 of the group. In ame Island*
* *n re of strange and aecret rite*
e- i woman perform Intricate and
‘ '• 1010 deneea tha l* Iflea lon
h ihey cannot ba pretra at up n
, *• Ofttn a native will dance wl h
o until he or ah* falls from ex-
a *"on. During tha myaile dane* al
* performed prior to a marriage the
plays 4 moit important part, all
■ *r of the family or elan finally
‘atrattsa themselves before It and
Satmnnalj IBafnin®
w*rlnir alleirtanr* to It should the niar
ii.i*e contract ever tv* violated
In the north of the archipelago * form
of bMo is uacd a.* an agricultural Instru
ment for th** gathering an I harvastlhg
of crops Of iti* ymr theao implement a
have het'onv' weapons of wnr an.l an agen
clf* of <t*ath, arc far more effective than
the thihai; machete. Thla partlcul.ir
wapofi is known as the sumiang. which,
when carried, placro the owner in the
• rinc I * 1 tfl now • i
weapon of the private sofclwr in the Fili
pino army In Luton and the northern
Island* It Is hamineredl out of an oil
piece of Iron or wtrel. whlla the handle
Is usually of wood or horn. The s wb
bard 1* cut roughly out of two piece* of
wood tied together by atrip* of ImmVto
The weapon la cuHoualy ehoped and cun
ningly balan ei so as to throw the weight
toward the striking end Rven n light
blow ta terribly effective The average
Filipino Is as dexterous in handling the
sur.dnng ae a fencing master i* with the
rapier
< ninpllnna, flnltl and lllraate.
The campllan is the regular arm of the
Mora private soldier It is about four
feet long and very sharp It* scabbard
consists of two pieces of wood loosely tied
together w*.th a single piece of hamh.w
thread It is carried over the shoulder
and ta never unsheathed for the first
stroke When necessity for Its use arises
It is brought down on the head with
(he scabbard on It. The hlaie out*
through the ,breed, thus unsheatlng li
eelf This is a device used to disarm the
eremy of suspicion There Is u regular
JrlU that the Moros go through with
ll.la weapon, cutting snd mopping svirh
extraordinary *wjftne** while continually
leaping hither and thither lo avoid the
return of the enemy. An tndlvidaul en
counter between two natives armed with
the campllan presents a curious nml i tart
llng spectacle. One sees the sudden
stroke, hears the ckip and rattle of tlie
wooden scabbard as It lands mat watches
I fall to the ground In halves, as If the
blow hid been effective only In breaking
the weapon. It saeinc hideously Incon
gruous that the recipient of the stroke
ahould go V>wn sun his tsktill split at
the same moirurit But the sheathed sice!
•toes Its work swlftiv and such duels ure
over with the first ewlug tbnt reaches the
mirk. The handle of the campllan is
always of hard wood, usually ebony or
mahogany.
The hairy campllan Is th* mark of the
officer below the rank of major. It differs
from the ordinary campllan only In th
detail of the arvlng of the handle and
in the fact that a long tuft of hair Is
attached to the handle This ha.r is dyed
with vegetable dye; usually a deep red.
btft sometimes bright yellow or green.
In former time* tho hair ornamentation
was from the head of a slain enemy. It
I* said that even now the Kcalp of the
dead foe I* In reme of the Islands a
source of supply.
The Ivrl* \\ eapoa f ttic Mnff Officers
Among the staff officers tho kri* I*
the favorite weapon It I* from two to
three feet long One-third of the way
down from the lip It ripple* 1" little wave
lets of steel Ii Is said that this email
sword Inflict* ghastly wound, and from
th,. appearance one would choose It last
of any to be perforated with. The ap
prised krla stroke Is for the body with a
p-cullar weaving motlpn of the wrist. sun
p, -,d to send the blade home nnd spread
the wound. Artistically the krls Is one of
the most beautiful weap-nn In the world.
The blade I* often magnificently Inlaid
v/tth gold, and sometime* with pearls
aid other Jewels In theory this Is to
make It flash In the light as It Is bran
dished starve tho head of the charging
trader, a beacon of victory. The kri* Is
the Insignia of leadership. Every high
ofllcers wears one (trapped or lied to his
Very similar In design to the krls Is
belt
the terrladn It I* by no mean* so or
namental. tha blade being straight and
the Inla-lng. If there l* any. of aom*
Cheap mere! It. too. algtilfles leadership
In th* fled and Is. as a rule, tha mark
of the non-commissioned rfneer.
Llk* the krls. the borong of tho Moro
l-dlcate* rank and leaderablp. but rather
(he leadership of th* forum and
tho council, than of tha field. Hold
ere of political office carry thy
borong: *o doe* the cV.se which we wmtM
sail leading citleana'’ Is th* Catted
SAVANNAH. GA., SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28. 1900.
States. This arm has a broad axc-!lk**
blade, and Is rather clumsy lo handle. It
is not for use. and It* original pun o c
has been forgotten The Mom sultans
carry It Mahoguny and Ivory. Inlaid with
gold, silver and jewels form the handles
of thce arm*. Some of them, undouhtnl
ly. arc worth a king's ransom, but tne*e
are kept carefully hidden and ate worn
only on state occasion*.
Tlia Drstllr and Hranflfad Little
• ’iinn 1 il Krla.
Women and children carry the puna! da
krls One I ordly ever finds a Metro child
with any pretension to family and breed
ing who Isn't the proud p'* eaor of one
of the e diminutive hut deadly weapon*.
Occasionally they come Into play In child
ish quarrels aid the disadvantage of arm
ing .n Irresponsible human with a lethal
implement are sufficiently attested In the
subsequent funeral not to mention the faud
that may r. ult. The woman of the let
ter classes takes the same pride In h* r
puna! de krls as doe* her more cl villi* and
sl*er In stylish apparel Seldom is that
wmpon more than a f**>t long, and us
ually It la not more than seven or rich*
Inches, but the bl.tde |* well ponttd and
sharpenel In shape it lean exact rep b a
of the krla on a small a a *; sm tline*
even more ornate In Inlaid device A
punal de krls beaten blle. handle and
scabbard fr>m solid silver is no uncom
mon thing, and I hove heard of punala
beaten from gold.
The quinattasl Is the knife of the privne
soldier, lit* carries it very much as the
American private does his ha yon* t. It I*
his general utility blade an I tot u*ed
much In actual warfare His wittllng
brush cutting and foraging bring It in*o
play, arxl It is his table knife when he
feels the need of any. Gene'ally r peaking
it is u utensil rather than a weapon,
though'by no means to be despised at
close quarters.
One of the most Interesting weapons
of the Morn Is the talibong a sort of
headsman’s x It Is from four to five
feet long and weighs anywhere from four
to eight pounds In time of war certain
companies are equipp'd with these arms
exclusively and are used a* nn advan
guard They were also used by the offi
cial hsadMßttt tei daoiptf ting criminals
The chief use of the talibong from which
it got Its name, was to sever the herd of
the victim fallen in *attlc The Morns
when warring with other tribes or even
among themselves never took prisoners.
After a battle men armed with the tail
bong ware sent among the slain to finish
the work. The weapon has now no sig
nificance, but Is held sacred 111 the fam
ilies of those who were once commis
sion'd to use it. While there are other
special designs of the bolo among the
natives of the Philippine*, th* Imple
ments herein doscrlied constitute the con
ventiona! types of the bolo, as officially
recognised by the Moro*.
r.vrn (lit* Filipino tubby tin* III*
11010.
The distinction* between the different
types of weapon drawn so close among
the Moros of Mindanao, have lost much
of their fore# In Luion. and the section
immediately under the influence of Ma
nila Still even hera the old families keep
sacred their bolos. though the weapons
do not enter Into the religious life of
the people as they do further smith Rut
even In Lui n the naive without his
bolo stands as a man without a trade
Fvery cab driver has one under his clothes
or concealed among his worldly* goods
During the continuous warfare between
the Morn# and the Spaniards the Moro
army was armed almost exclusively with
bolos. There Is p‘urc between the Moros
and the Amerlcars and the greatest good
feeling exists between
boanga Tligan and Pa rang-l*a rang, the
chief Moro cities In Mindanao, It Is as.
snf*> for an American soldier to go abour
unarmed at right as It is In an American
city. The Moro Is not deprived of his
bolo. but since peace ha < been estab
lished many have given their bolos as
presents to the officers. The majority of
natives, however, have add them *as sou
venirs. They are In great demand, and
the various ships and transports enter
ing the*# southern ports have run the
price up to an abno-mal point
rapt A. W. Butt.
INAKfi FMIGR VriOV
Off the Coast of (*ota lllca the Wa
ter swarm* With kerpenfa.
A remarkable Instance of serpents ap
parently en voyage u|on the!r own ac
count Is to be witnessed by any passenger
on one of the Pacific mall steamer* plying
between Ban Francisco and Panama.
Off the roast of Cost* Rica there Is a
gone of muddy water about fifty miles In
breadth that literally swarms with the
Bqiwwg w
Favpfute-we atom TADBdag- or
of the pa pro Sultaks HeadshahsAxe. Carryimg
aro PetiTicAu OFWcesy. W,TH ,T soclAL OEsTecr.o#i
most venomous looking snakes.
As the ship cut* a path through th*
waves these reptile* may be *e< ti sw.m
mtng awoy from her bows and wriggling
In her w-ake on being churned up by the
propeller. They are usually alanit three
feci in length, and marked alternately
with sinister lookmg black arul orange
rings.
Whether or not these snakes are natur
ally of marine origin does not seem to
have been fully determined, the explana
tion offered by sailor* familiar with those
water* being that they hare come down
on- of the rivers flowing Into the Psetflc
otd that they are on their way lo some
of the many Islands off ths coast
Questionable ss thle theory may seem. It
receives confirmation in the case of an
ielxrd much further up the eoaet. about
alx'een miles out from Coronado Beach.
Cal
The taland In question forma on* of th*
group called the Coronado Inland*--an ob-
Jeetsve point of In'ertwt to those Eastern
twurtats who do not tear • trip
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over the Pacific roller* In a launch or
fishing boat.
The Islands themselves, barren peaks
and ridges of soma submarine range of
mountains, are uninteresting, except from
the fact that one only of their number Is
Inhabited by hundmle. If not thousands,
of monster rat:lr-nukes.
At some lime, no doubt, they must hnvs
crossed over from the mainland, but why
they should have selected one of the Isl
and* only for a h.ibllat, upon which there
appears to be- neither food nor water. Is
i, question that the Italian fishermen are
unable In answir Still It Is perhaps cu
rious that tliey do offer the op'nion thßt
the snake, on this particular Island are
from lime lo time recruited hy fresh ar
rivals from the mainland. M. fS, Whit*.
A C'tarloua lluaslna Trade.
From tha Ixrndon Standard.
Moscow —The Rostov police have Juwt
succeeded |n arresting a woman who has
| having driven a lucrative trad* tn art Hl
i tieen warned for the pool two year* for
i c|al mutilations. After her husband's
death th* widow continued the buelncsa,
aml by mem* want of caution aroused the
attention of the police, but aho has long
managed (o evade them, while continuing
jto perform her operation* Hy Injecting
undor the skin at the Joints some ptepara
tlon of petroleum, whe produced a very
natural-looking contraction of the Joint
operated on. Her . UentS were those among
ho common*fieople who desired, at a*
small an expense as possible, to escape
being teken for soldier*, and among .***
deserving and richer people a certain num
ber of clever *urU.d.era, who defrauded
accident Inert rarer companies by affect
ing the name kind of disfigurement*. The
last alienin', which led to (he cnpiure,
was on a young man who had arranged
to fall out of a train, and ao account for
ht* Injuries to th* Insurance company,
besides the possibility of getting sum
of mueay Cram U* railway cetsMO/a
Elks Street Fair and
Grand Carnival!
WASHINGTON IN OCTOBER.
HOW TIIINti* ARK (tOVMi AT Till:
CAPITAL Jt *T HC.I OHK BLKCTIOV
President NeKlaln'# Tnrt - Wr.
*frwurt'a Mirror# and the Riche#
of Her I filar I leaeta-Uek f
Kntliu*la*ni Reported by Polities!
Worker*—Quay of Penuay Ivanla
hot Worrying;.
Washington, Oct. 27 -Bright sunshine,
park# abloom, tourist# and bridal couple#
and Indian summer over all!
Tills I# Washington In October. Tn*
town Is literally throwfrd with visitor*
and the guide# are wearing erect elite h*ta
and rmoking gr*#i cigar#, all on account
of thi# golden sight-seeing season.
The Washington ' night-liner" and the
ancient. w cofly-headed ''Uncle," a# Jrhu,
Is rapidly bo orning n thing of the past,
since the advent and popularity of the
automobile, and dozen# of the latter may
bo Been hourly bering visitor*, to nnd
from the White Rouse, public buildings,
congressional library, art gallery and th
numerous points of interact within and
without the city. It l* no time f year
to look for the dl*tlng*iih*l resident# of
the national capital They avoid fopulir
thoroughfare#. shops aid matin**}*# t l
gather n mas** ui the golf k Kvery
body ha# tbs erase, dip onw -• #enators,
repr* tentative*. army and nivy officer#.
Judges of the Supreme hen i and to
clety m* n nnd wom.ii, The Chevy < ta#'
and the Columbia fioif (Tuba are ttis lmd
atone# that attract od and young. Poli
tic iana transient in Washington may I"’
out up n the slump |****l binding foi (heir
respective p-.rths. hut tn non-partisan
#rt disports Itself upon tho g,r links, ap
par. ntly Indifferent to the results of fh
apfiroft' hli g election. (Cabinet official# *•#-
rape from conferences at the executive
man*loo. Impstiem lo ( !••• the llluelvo.
nesting golf ha.l.
The I'resldent*# Tact.
President McKinley # tact la one of his
most agr**able qua'.lt lea. In matter
of courtesy, she President never leave
the performance of another wit at he can
d* himself. When John gherman lay
dying on the night of Oct. 21 and the rep
resentntlve* of all the hading paper* of
the country were on the |UI vlve for first
Intelligence of the event. President Mc-
Kinley'# me*#enifer went often*#t to #-
certain the condition of the distinguished
patient, and upon his drn*i early in the
morning, while other near frier da and ##-
soc la tee were at ill sleeping Mr .McKin
ley called in per*n at th* hone* of be
rsavemsnt. he being the ffrut to offer thi*
honor to the distinguished dral.
When Mrs. Hobart vl*|t# ot She execu
tive mansion, whi h #he hus twice don*
since her husband's <l* ath. the Freshh nt
drives with her to and from the s'atlon,
and it l# the custom of Mr#. McKinley—
at the request of her husband to send
with all floral remembrance# upon occa
sion# of death, a personally written rots
of condolence.
At a public reception the President nev
er neglect# to present the cirnation. that
has adorned Ms cost lap*l to aoma at
tractive child, and it Is to his credit that
be understands the srt of saying agree
able things to women.
Not Partfoalarly Ktf haelaatlc.
Democratic #pe|iblndsrs who come In
from nearby does statea ars not partlcu.
Urly snthuekuKlc as to the out.ook as U
apj *r# to their trained eyes Member#
of <*onc rests who have t*e ii In the cam
paign In New' Jersey. Delaware. Mary
land anl Went Virginia, ail have the nm<
rlo.y to tc| of la< k of I► rr*iK-rati fund#
and consequent lack of I'temocrelic en
thuiiiivm on tho pari of lbs party
work* r*
In #J of th*o statea the national ticks*
receives #• cud pirn e In the con-id- ratio l
of the Iremocmllr managers. Ttie*e er
terprlslng men are doing the !#*:* the\
know how for the male tickets, but for
them Bryan I* simply an Incident of sec
ondary Importance.
Ilialll n llnoni for Mirror#.
A good-natured rlppb* of amusement I#
making the rounds of society at the ex
pense of Mr#. Htewart. the wife of the
fitmoim "Hllver King" from Nevada last
season the Stewart# sold their famous
"I’uetle" on lut*orit Circle and moved in
to th* old Webb house, in that portion
of the city made fa*biotinbl half a cen
tury ago by the army anti navy wet. The
latter houtf could riot tM-gln to hold the
furnishing# contained In the lut>oii Cir
ri- home, but Mr#. Ktewart cannot part
clieerfully with any article she nan ones
|w*-..h .< .*d. hence It was a matter f nr 1 #-
wity that thing* should be crowded end
Not a celling in the house was of suffi
cient high! to place two oil and massive
walnut mirrors, so Mrs. Htewart cheer
fully enclosed u portion of a rear varan-U
and the "mirror room" I# now one of the
featur* * of the drawing-room floor. Thi*
drawing-room, by the way, b a study In
conflicting art. It cotilaln# enough chairs,
divans, table#, rug# end pictures to fur
nish three rooms of It# else. ICvery period
1# represented, and on late winter after
noons It 1* like treading a maze to make
one’# way from the -loor to the hoatesa.
The house l undermined with lamou# ce
dar and camphor wuoii closets, where are
stor-l arttciea of great value and for
which there la no space al*ove stairs
Thesn closets furnish Mrs. Htewart with
abundant occupation and pleasure and she
delights In showing her frleni# the tnoet
apf>rvd method# for the avoidance of
ntoih# and corruption.
A McKinley tl*n’# Devise.
cvi Nat McKay, who i# . Republican
polltb iun, believe# that President Mc-
Kinley l# going to be re-elected, and make#
the opening of hi# Washington hotel con
tlcipn. upyb that event.
Col. McKay own# the handsome new
hotel on N street, whb h In tht) oxhutier
ance of patriotic enthusiasm, be nantetl
th# liewey. Thi# w* before the Ad
miral let the previdentlal bee induce him
to embark upon the sea of polities.
When the Admiral made that famous an
nouncement of III# presidential candidacy,
<'ol Nat suffered a considerable shaking
up in hi# enthusiasm department, and for
• few hours, came near jn\lng another
name to ills hoalsiry; but with the assur
ance of (hi politician# that the Admiral
would never become very mu *h of a pres-
I-lent la 1 p<>slbulty, he went on talking
AloKlnisy.
He ha# been talking McKinley ever
since, nnd now has floated In his hotel o
placard bearing these words. "This hotel
will he re-opened Nov. 7 If McKinley is
re-elected If Bryan win*, it will re
main closed. ’*
Th# Colonel doesn’t say for how long t<
will remain eloeed in the event of Dem
ocratic victory He doesn't conlder that
a possibility, and he feels therefore that
he ! not called upon to go into explana
tions
A few morning ago Mrs. Htewart went
Into the shopping dtetrlct. And observed
In a fashionable shop window the lat*at
(od in wiudow OeupraUou. •called % gmilA
PAGES 12 TO 24.
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of wisdom nnd returned home A hasty
• , r . - e 'if
treasun eno igb t turn Intellect of
womankind. They were lac#- shtnies *f
b**uty and richness peculiar to fifty year#
jg<#, and Mr- htewart l-i punhgacd
them In her early married Ilf*
To-day the siiukiwit cf the
io*i-** are the et\ yof all beholders. Thera
is rv*t another house In t#wn tha* mak a
l <i; i >1 A
more than likely that with the advance In
style of all thing# **rtiilnlng to n house.
Mrs. Htetvart will k*wp up with th- pMS
by simply drawing upon th* treasure# ac
cumulated by three separate and distinct
for tunas.
l|uii) Taking l.lfe t n>.
Two prominent Pennsylvania politician*
who should be conspicuous In the fire sent
campaign are taking life easily at their
winter home# In Washington. Former ften
ator Matthew Htunley Quay, whom we
supposed to lie struggling for his political
Ilf*' In the Keystone state with the imp#
and expectation of regaining hi# lost seat
In tho Senate, seems to la* anally In'MfTer
mt to the result of th** Impending contest
from a national etavd)>oint. It Is poesiblo
that he may have his lieutenant# in the
field at work in hi# b* half, but he is giv
ing no outside Indication of persnrtai ex
ertion. lie and his family have taken pos
session of their handsome residence on K
Stic-t In what is known a# "Sanatoria!
row.” and there the great noiltical man
ipulator who ha* figured A< prominently
in former presidential campaigns may be
found alrnoat any evening arrayed In a
black velvet smoking Jacket nnd slippers,
reclining on a couch in hi* valuable libra
ry, apparently indifferent as. to whether
McKinley or Bryan succeed# or whether
the strike of tho coal miner# Is adjusted
amicably. Mr Quay absolutely de
cline# to venture a prediction on
any political question. He #y* he dote
not know what the result will be. ami
he has had too much experience In former
campaigns to be Influenced by surface in
dications. If h* had had hand In plac
ing the un i- rgrnurid wire# which ars
usually laid tn since-sful campaign*, he
might he better Informed hs to the pres
ent utptok. Ha professes total ignor.in<*e
of what Is being lone for the pailonal
ticket, and. therefore, de< lines to ccenmlt
himself or indulge In political forecaata.
The other distinguished Pennsylvanian
who Is spending much time in Washing
ton JiiM now 1# Kepreatnlativ* John Dul
se l who ia one of Mr Quay's rival* for
senatorial honors Mr. Dalsell la aup
l>osed to be in accord with the McKinley
administration, and it is n open sectwt
that the administration has on more than
one occasion given aid end <->cnfort to
Mr. Dnlcel.'s senatorial aspirations* Poli
tician# at this end of the line are unable
to account for the lukewarmnesa or inac
tivity of the*e two Republican leader* In
the present campaign. It Is possible that
they have a-euran> es that the Keyteone
State Is safely Republican, and It I* wlao
possible that they feel that they can direct
their personal interests In that state at
long-distance range from Washington
equally a# well as if they were enduring
the rough-and-tumble hardship* of a can
vaa However, their presence In Wash
ington. while almost every, other available
Republican It on the firing line, occa
sion! contlderabit comment among thoee
who fol!ow Key •roes poliiic#
You have read of the cure# by Hood**
Sarsaparilla, and you should have perfect
confidence In Its merit. It will do you
good.- a4 ,