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CHARLESTON 1‘K KAN1NN1E8. receivcil ImpreMtons of A N^nliern Tnariat In ttoe^Ct'jr Bj The Sea The most Vivid Impression by a Northern travekr^n route South for the firH time, sitys ihe New Yoik Commercial Advertiser, is likely to be that Florida is on^ hi/go sanitarium, a kind of mecca to which all the un fortunates of the earth turn longing eyes. This tu«.at;a that one will pro bably be askcd r muu limes during a first afternoon''out, “What disease brings you South?.’’ If one replies that bis object is .pleasure alone he is likely to he favored with Lis ques tioner’s medical history from the time of the tkst tooth cutliug dowu to the 'present. The second impres*ron is that the negroes of the South are not as the ne-' greet of the North. The ‘travet^rfeefs this is some subtle way, because of scraps of conversation or the demeanor of the waiters oh, lye boat- As it moves steadily Soutnward even their speech takes on-** u Uefence. They are at once rnoro deferential and more independent. It is ns if they began to •niff tnelr iSttVE atr -KTTtt reiw-Bed- to-l^^ui^ ^i i the way of their ancestors without knowing it; They seem to .become an integral part of civ.i zumn, not the somewhat lonely, isolated beings they appear in Northern cities, better edu cated perhaps, more aristocratic that their Southern brethren, but not half so happy. Kvcn the fat old mammies seem to shrivel thcru with the -cold. They have not grown up with the country. They are no essential part of it. But in the South it is another story. The first glimpse of the dock when the New York boat lands u. Charleston lets the Northerner into a new world, with new traditions of labor and service and strange condi tions to which he cannot adjust him self at once. Daraies spring up from the ground ou ail sides at once like a crop of Inky mushrooms. The first negroes on the dock do not make the traveler’s life miserable by' clutching at bags and b indies, and of fering to do unheard of things with baggage They have something muc!£ more interesting on baud. The boat, if it lands at twiligu:, must be un loaded In a' Couple of hours, and' the darkies will get ‘15 or 50 cents an bout instead of 15 or 25, as u^ual. ’ Tbty do not neglect their opportunity. Before the gangplank is dpwn they arc at work; aiyrraOtr or^rfxWT' like black mctiade, with its walks, its fountains, its long I'ne of luxuriant southern trees and the shaded paths between, might make the most indefferent ip babitaut proud of the town. But when Charleston offers itself at sunset as au oaas, between fifty dreary hours of boat just past, and eighteen more to come before Jacksonville shall end the misery, this Southern city, with its soft air and its solid streets is noth ing short of Paradise. At least it would be if one could shake off the horde of little black-imps that would makfe the fortune of a dealer In gro tesques, if he could only freezs them into some of their attitudes and keep them so. - ' But how can wd dream and and imagine, and fall into the delicious reverie that belongs to the place and hour if one Is compelled every three seconds to inspect some fresh bit of pickaninny grotesqutness ? Chance'sometimes favors one imget- tlng rid of the little scamps, for just around the comer 1 of this most exclu sive- street of Charleston the negro quarter begins. If the victim enters this abruptly, the circus follows, and its' Waterloo is close behind. The black mammies seem .to be lying in the doorsteps, and as the group passes, one after another of these big black women stretches out a strong muscular arm and extracts her pickaninnyTrom \he group, till those remaining are^terrified and melt away; leaving a blessed silence in their train. Then tho traveler may turn attention to the other interesting features of auts, wheeling thilHoaus bithcr ana t wil 1 -appreciate as never before the sad thither on a run, shouting and singing at the top of their lungs, noise the better work, js a uroverb that every darkey approves, and he sel dom dies of consumption, to jiifigo by the lung power of a native Charleston ian. Accordingly, when he is trying to earn 35 cents hour he makes more noise than a regiment, and toe ness of tnu war and the problem of the The m6¥e't^&ok man, seen at work and at play on h|s own ground.* Charleston ; St. Mlcbaei’s, one of the .arliest cnurcbes in America; the powder magazine, known as “ the old magazine,” built lu tne early 1700's; the chstoms building, completed a few years ago, shining white through the twilight; tne house where a soldier and his sweetheart v«ere pronouncing the wedding vows when the bombard ment of the city began, and a chance shell wiped the entire wedding party out of existence at one sweep. Then, too. there is the quaint market build ing, the special joy of the colored population, where darkies of every size, shape and description congre gate with their wares and offer them each day to tho housewives of Charles ton. - . As the traveler reluctantly raouftts lfie gang plank again at The end of the precious two hours he carries away an impression of a city Hooded with beau tiful color, sunset, blue sky, sparkling water and -the soft pink and-pray_of TruIldingsTelCTroaT'a former time. He •ADDRESS FILIPINOS. Proclamation Promulgated to Pbilip- pine People by American Commia- aion. The preamble of the proclamation of the United States Philippine commis sion, reciting'the cession by the peace treaty of the Philippine islands to the United States, refers to the appoint ment of the oommission, assures the p.ople of the cordial good will and fra ternal feeling of tfye president of >the United States and the American peo ple and asserts that the object which the United States government apart from too fulfillment of its solemn obli gation^ has assumed toward the fam ily of nations by the acceptance of the sovereignty .over the islands, is the well being, prosperity and happiness of tfie Philippine people and 4helr eleva tion and advancement to a position among the most civiiiz id peoples of the world. —- Continuing, the proclamation says : “ The president believes this felicity and perfection of the Phil ipplno peo ple will he brought about by the cult! vation of letters, science and the lib- HIUOS AND nous FOR MAKKF.T -■W erratic course of his movements would put a frantic- hen to shame. If he doesn’t work in fils best style, away he goes, and one oflbetagcr pensioners on the outskirts slips im.o fits job. It is at the risk of life and limb that one threads a way through this chaos to the comparative quiet ut the end of the dock. Tiiere arc found a bunch of shifting, wriggling little black boys, all offering to “ lake de ladies and gemmen round de city to all de points of Interest.’’ A certain code of etiuqettc seems to prevail among these small beggars. The first speaker gets the contract, and if one of threw is caught trying to steal a march on tho others be will' submit gracefully to the re- E roaches of a much smaller boy, who urls epithets at him and ends up with a tangle of words which interpreted signify: “ Git out a-here, you young, sneakin’ galllnipper, try In’ to git ahead of me. Dis year’s my peachtree.’’ Just here a warning should be posted for inexperienced travelers. The small blacks''have all the charm of novelty, with tbeir uneasy toes, their plump, small persons, appearing through their clothes at unexpected intervals, their saucy noses and their .irresistible grins. It seems as if the one crooking up his forefinger enticing ly would be very desirable for a st.uay_| Iktigiiwi. of local color. But the warning’stiould read uncompromisingly : “ Beware, beware ; he’s fooling thee.” Once eu-« courage him, and the unfortunate traveler will not have one guide only through the aristocratic streets of *CharlostoD, but such a scrambling horde of pickaninnies besides that It will take more coppers than Aladdin .found in his cave Jo get tid-bf them. They will tie ihemfhlves into bowknots before him, turn somersaults, back ward, forward and double walk on their beads, but leave blip in peace— never! After a time this traveling becomes irksome. For the walk along the seawall is full of poetic sugges tions; just at sunset, with the clouds all afire with the last rays. Tne houses opposite are, many of them, full of historical significance, one with a fiTglf wall having a heavy, solid gate shut against the world forbiddingly; The shadows lie heavily on the house ; no one lives there, and the windows are shuttered. The whole place has a look of blank misery, -of grim endur ance as if It were guarding the past. One almost feels that midnight must witness strange scenes, when its form er occupants steal back again, perform ing a hollow mockery of the pleasures of past years, la voiceless phantom pa geant. The skeleton of a brick build ing* standing near does not detract from the uncanny spell that the house casts over the spectator. Ever since the shells tore and ripped out its in terior, when the city was bombarded during the war, it has stood just so, and thus it will stand, probably, until the walls fall In—or out. The houses A Souih Carolina Young Lady's Pros perous Cndcrtaking, One of-tfyfe latest of unusual avoca- tiocs entered upon by a woman is the raising and training of native' spng 5;rds. Mies LjuiseCheatani lives near the popular winter resort of Aiken, S. C-, and the idea was suggested by the sa’e of a put mocking bird. This along this promenade are a curious fixture of old and modern. They are »mong the most beautiful la Charles- tqn aqd they typify well the ample, hospitable life of the old. town. Tfie S iiazzas, one above another and one or every story, are almost as.-large as jthe houses themselves. No matter Vhat the position of the street, they face the south as religiously as a, Mussulman turns to his cast. Con •equently nearly all the houses along the sea wall-offer a side as their front, and the visitor goes half around the house before he gains entrance. Charleston may be beautiful in day light. No doubt it .is. The avenue ‘running at right angles to the Fro every remaining irdtotf—to-' Miss bird-caine to her thf&ugh a negro boy whom she caught robbing the parent uest. The fledgling was the weakling of the (lock, nod for that reason the boy considered it worthless and left it on the ground to die. Miss Cheatam res cued and raised it, intending to free the little captive when it could care for itself. But that time never came, for no pet is more helpless than a mocking bird reared in captivity. The second winter of the bird’s life It • as purchased by a Northern visitor to Aiken, who, chancing to pass the bouse, heard it Binging. This sale gave the young woman an Idea which she was nut slow to follow, and now she does a thriving business with native song lairds of the South. Miss Cbeat- arn, watching her chance, goes to the spot where the parent birds have made ineir bombs and lifts the nests, with their young broods, off. This Ms the best and most humane method, especi- al’y with tho mocking birds, for if a human band once enters their nest the parent bird will kill aud, accord tag- Ch atam, her greatest enemies are these same parent birds, for they try iu every way to poison a bird which they find caged. . . - Beagle raising is the means by which Miss Asch earns a good living. Her home is also near Aiken, and her work began by the -Mile of a pet dog. One of the favorite amusements of tho winter visitors to Aiken is rabbit coursing, and the best dog for the purpose is the beagle. As both the game and the dogs are small, the hunters, men and women, follow* on foot, and as a rule end their chase by a breakfast or luncheon at some picturesque spot in the woods. ’ It was tooneof these heat ers that Miss Asch sold her first dog, and the price paid was $35. She had kennels built and invested her little capital in dogs. Now she has a thriv ing business, which not only pays well, but is both healthful and pl^a^ant, since she is loud of dogs ana outdoor exercise. Another Southern woman, Miss Ida Norrell, near Augusta, Gh.; is earning a fair livjng' bv distilling cape jas mines. ~.Tfia process is hernwn discov ery, and still a secret. She has refused good offers for her recipe. The cape jasmine, as every one who has visited the South knows, is easily grown and blossoms in the greatest profusion. Miss Norrell, there'ore, has no di® eulty in getting all the flowers she can use.- The'"result of htr distilling is a delicious perfume, but she claims that at present the supply equals the de mand, and it is unnecessary to publish her formula. —Mrs. Mary Ellen Lease is now ex ploiting herself on the spirtualist plat form. She says the spirit of Jay Gquid stalks about m rags, condemned ever to hear the clink of gold and to cut couponb from his hoorded bonds. —“And to whom do tho Philippines belong V’ asked the teacher when the geography class had reached the sub ject of the Pacific islands. “ Dowey!” shouted the whole school in unison. —Joseph Leiter and other American capitalists are planning a< $25,000,000 corporation to supply a system of auto- mooiies for Loudon. » oral and practical arts, by the enlarge ment of intercourse with foreign na tions, the expansson of industrial pur suits by trade and commerce, by the multiplication and improvement of means of internal communication and by the development qL, the great na tural resources of the archipelago. ^ “ Unfortunately these uure aims and purposes of the American government and people have been misinterpreted to some <>f the innabitams of certain islands, and, in consequence, the friendly American forces, without pro vocation or cause, have been openly attacked. Wby these hostilities? What more do the best Filipinos de sire ? Can it be more than the United States is ready to give ? They say they are patriots and want liberty.” The commission emphatically asserts that it is willing and anxious to estab- lishian enlightened syntem of govern ment under which the people may en joy the largest measure of homo rule and the amplest liberty consonant with the supreme ends of the govern ment.and compatible with those obli gations which the United States has assumed towards the civilized nations of the world. The proclamation then says ther& can be no real conflicFbetween Ameri can sovereignty and the rights and liberties of the Filipinos, for America IS ready to furnish armies and navies and ali the infinite resources of a great and powerful nation to maintain'lt-j rightful supremacy over the islands : so it is even more solicitous to spread peace and happiness among the people and guarantee them rightful freedom and to protect their, just privileges and immunities, to accustom them to free, self-government in ever increasing measure and to encourage those demo cratic aspirations, sentiments and ideals which are the promisb and po tency of fruitful national development. n. conclusion the proclamation i&n- □ounces that the commission will visit the Philippine provinces to ascertain the enlightened native opinion as to the forms of government adapted to the people, conformable with their tra ditions and ideals, invites the leading representative men to meet the coru- missiou and declares the policy of the United States, in the establishment and maintenance of the government, is to consult the wishes and secure the advice and coperat.on of-the people. The proclamation contains 11 arti cles, declaring America’s intentions, as follows: 1. The supremacy of the United States must and will be enforced throughout every part of the archipel ago. Those who resist can accomplish nothing except their own run. 2. Tne amplest liberty of self-govern ment will be granted which is recon cilable with just, stable, effective and economical administration and com patible with obligations of the United States 3. The civil rights of the Filipinos will be guaranteed and protected, their religious freedom will be assured and ail will have equal standing before the T Honor^CT^arid'l^ends'hip for- bid the exploitation of the people of the islands. The purpose of the Am erican government Is the welfare and advancement of the Philippine people. 5. Guarantees an honest and effecti ve civil service in which to„ the fullest ex tent practicable, natives shall be em ployed. 6. The collection and application of taxes and other revenues will be put upon a sound, honest and economical basis. The public funds, raised justly and collected honestly, will be applied only to defraying the proper expenses of the establishment and maintenance of the Philipp ne government, and such general improvements as public interests demand. Local funds col lected for local purposes shall not be : In accordanoe with the - expectation of the state department, the Philippine commission has now resumed full ac tivity. It was notjdeemed expedient f or the body to undertake to influence the insurgents, whijjrthe latter were acting under misguided Influences, and, conse- auently, unapproachable. Now that Otis’ campaign has probably convinced the T&gals of the Impossibility of standing before the American forces, it is deemed timely to again address the insurgents in hope that they could be brought to see the uselessness of a further struggle against the United States arms. Tbe. d.ep&rttiacnt was notified €y" ia cablegram from Mr. Schur- man, president of the Philippine commission, that the expected pro clamation would be 0 issued- Dr. Scburman says that after a Months’ _personal observation and Interviews with different classes of people, Mpe finds that the insurrection has had Its origin and strength in the Tagalog provinces around Manila. The re paining provinces of north and south Luzon are peopled by different races, and the rest of the archipelago are not natural alies of t.be Tagalogs, but un friendly rivals. -During the months while the treaty of peace was being negotiated la Paris, the Tagalogs sent detachments of from 50 to 200 meu to all the other provinces to seize gov ernments as robbers hold up/ trains. The liberty of the population was con strained ; supremacy was enforced in places in which there were noAperi- can forces present to expel the Taga logs. He says the recent victories have had a .good effect everywhere. With a growth of a.general feeling of security, the populations will doubtless declare for the United States. “The Philippine^ people,” says Dr. Schurman’, *’ seemed discouraged by the valorous, swift and irresistible movements of the American troops, against which their elaborate defen sive works were useless.” FACTS ABOUT SAMOA. diverted to other ends. With such History and Resourc rs of The Little Oroup ol Islands Which Are 8o Important. The. people, productions and com mercial and strategic importance of the Samoan Is-Un.s are discussed in the current number of the Monthly Summary of Commerce and Finance, just i&sued by the treasury bureau of. statistics. Tne islands are located about 2,000 miles south and 300 miles west of the Hawaiian Islands, H.degrees south of .the equator. They lie ir au almost, direct line between San Francisco and Australia and slightly south of the direct steamship line connecting the Philippines with the proposed Panama or Nicaraguan inter-oceanic canals. Their' special importance, therefore, lies more in their position as coaling and repair stations, on these great highways of commerce than in their direct commercial value, their popu'a- tion being small and their imports and exports of comparatively little impor tance. -~ — The group consists of ten inhabited and two uninhabited islands, with an area of 1,700 square miles and an ag gregate population, according to latest estimates, of 3(3,00(1 people, of which something over 200 are British sub jects, 125 Germans, twenty-five Ameri cans, twenty live Frencfi^ftnd twenty- five of other - nationalities, while the remainder are natives, of the Polyne sian race. The bulk of the population is located io the thr& islands of Upolou, Savali, and Tutulla, the num ber in Upolou being 16,(300, in Savaii 12,500, and in Tutuiia 3,700. The isl ands are of volcanic origin, but fertile, producing cocoanuts, cotton, sugar and coffee; the most important, however, being cocoanuts, from which the “copra” of commerce is obialned by drying the kernel of the cocoanut, the copra," which is exported to Europe and the United States, being used iu the sovereign rigbtSAirdi the manufacture of cocoanut oil. The exportation of copra from the islands in 1696 amounted to 12,565,909founds, valued at $231,372. A considerable proportion of this was exported to the United States; a larger proportion, however, u Germany, whose citizen*, control its commerce through a trad ing company, which has long been established there. The cocoanut aud copra production, however, varies greatly from year to year, owing to tho fact that many of the cocoanut trees have been destroyed in recept wars between native factions, a single individual being able, by cutting out the crown of the tree, to permanently destroy in two minutes’ time the Truit- bearing qualities of trees which re quire several years for their growth. The government of the—Batnoan Islands had been from time Imme morial under the two royal houses of Malietoa and Tupea except on the is land of Tutuiia, wMch was governed by native chiefs. Iu 1673, at the sug —At Tientsin, China, 200 perfons fell through the ice andMOO were drowned. | the Philippine people. prudent and honest fiscal administra it is believed the needs of the govern ment will in a short time become com patible with a considerable reduction In taxation:— 7. Theeatablishment of a pure, «peedy and effective administration of justice, by which the evils of delay, corruption and exploitation will be effectually eradicated. -8. The coutructionof roads, railroads and other means of communication and transportation and other public works of manifest advantages to the people will be promoted.' 9. Domestic and foreign trade and commerce and other industrial pur suits and the general development of the country in the interest of its in habitants will be constant objects of solicitude and fostering care. 10. Effective provision will be made for the establishment of elementary schools in ABich the children of the- people will be educated. Appropriate facilities will also be provided for higher education. 11 Heforms in all departments of government, all branches of the public service and all corporations touching the common life of the peo ple must be undertaken without delay and effected comformably with com mon right and justice, in a way to sat isfy the well founded demands and the I highest sentiments and aspirations of resident of the State of Alabama. To this Court are referred: First,- all civil suits concerning real property situated in Samoa: second, all civil suits between natives and foreigners or between foreigners of different nationalities; third, all crimes com mitted by natives against foreigners or commtttediby such foreigners as are not subject to any consular jurisdic tion. The future alienation of, lands was prohibited, with certain specified exemptions. The capital was located at Apia, the chief town of the group of islands and a local administration provided for the municipal district of Apia. A commission was appointed and this in 1894 completed Its labors, confirming about 75,000 acres of lands to Germans, 36,000 to British, ami 21,- 000 to Americans, though much of this land has since cbB&ge<fhands. Malie toa, who- had been deported, wa* re stored as king In November, J889, And continued as such until bis death, which occurred August 22, 1898, when the consuls of the three powers with the chief justice as president, took charge of the administration pending the election of a successor. It is out of the election and recognition of this successor to ’ king Malietoa, deceased, that the rocent disagreements between the representatives of the three Gov- ernmfents maintaining the joint pro tectorate over the islands have oc curred. Especial interest attaches to these islands from the standpoint of the United States by reason of the fact that the harbor of Pago Pago, in the island of Tutuiia, the south ernmost Of the group, was ceded to the United States for. a naval and coaling station, first in' 1872, and'afterwards confirmed by a treaty signed at Wash ington, January 17, 1878, and ratifica tion exchanged on February 13 of the same year, by which the United State* was; given the right to establish at that barber a station for coaling, naval supplies, freedom of trade, commercial treatment as a favored nation, and ex tra territorial consular juriisdlotion. This harbor was occupied by the United States in 1698, presumably with the purpose of utiWzing its ad vantages as a coaling and supply sta tion. Tutuiia, the Island upon whose coast the ha'Vbor is located, has a popu lation of 3,700 and an area of 54 square miles, while Upolou has an area of 340 square miles and Savaii 659 square miles. • —The- importa duriftg- tbe fiscal year 1895 amounted to $418,840, of which '$60,624 came from the United States, $64,504 from Germany, $1,»>48 from FOUNDATIONS DEMOCRACY. Tbe Perils and Safeguards of Oar System of Government. The following is an abstract of tbe address of tbe Rov.. Henry. Van Dyke, D.D..-LL.T)., on “ Democracy and Cu - turd.” delivered at tho University ol Chicago: _ . By Democracy wo (bean not a fixed theory of Abe State, nor a particular form of government. We mean a ten dendy, a spirit, acurrertof Ideas ard aspirations. It is a sense nuV-of the actual equality of all men as a fact,'but of tbeir potential equality as a hope. It is tbe eudea^or to realizeAbU hope, 'The present not by the concentration of power In tho bands of a few, but by the dif fusion of power in the hands of the diany. These, It seems to me, are sbm 3 of the notes of true Democracy as we see it working out Us salva tion with fear and trembling In our own country. Now as regards this fear and trembling, let us acknowledge frankly that they are not without rea son. while at the same time wo main tain that they are perfectly consistent with the most firm and loyal faith, We believe that Djmueracy is right, that it will triumph iu the end, that the magnificent experiment now in progress in our country will result In a splendid success. But we are not unconscious of .certain inconveniences which attend the experimental stage ; nor ought we to bo careless of certain dangers Which, threatened to delay our national advance, and possibly to di vert It from its true eburso so widely that we may be forced into one of those periods of reaction, by which a nation that has too hastily followed a false lead returns upon its course in order te get a fresh start. But iu our inatwiki prosperity, our rapid advance ip mechanical inven tions and the arts of UfeTthe wide dif fusions of what the old divines called “ creature comforts,” and in tho conse quent good humor and self complacen cy which prevail-among the different classes of society, lies one of our great est perils. We are in danger of mak ing too much of these things, aud im agining that there is something per manent and stable about them. We are inclined to introduce ’ r&ettove tfi ma chinery,’ as an article of our creed, and to suppose that an American has only to present’himself before the judge of the universe with a new kind of sew- Ing niacin ne, or an improved tele phone, or a rapid-fire gun, to be crown Great Britain, $153,708 from New South Wales and $110,(305 from New Zealand. In 1886 the imports were $304,159, of which $47,552 came from the United States, $49,802 from Germany,- $177,- 857 from the Australasian colonies, *7,044 from Great Britain and $21,904 from other countries. The exports In 1895 were $256,758-In value, of which $33,050 went to the United States, being exclusively coprkr $167,950 to Europe, o.' which $165,650 was copra, and $2,174 cotton. The 1896 exports were$263,047, of which $231,872 was copra. ROMANCE AND DIPLOMACY. the test before tbe eve* of m attentive world. How will A meric* meet her crisis of success ? With fatuons self confidence ? Or with sober ooarare ? It may be that the great republic has *t last won tbe long-coveted and boast ed power to “ whip all oreaUoo.’’ Bat that is not the cblet question of tbe day. Tbe chief question Is 1 Has she kept the power to conquer and rule and guide herself? 1 do not enter now upon the contro versy between opposing policies; the continental policy under which wc Oave hitherto prospered, and • the colo nial policy under which it is proposed henceforth to proceed. But this Fsay is no time to follow des tiny blindfold. The present is no time to discourage sober thought, to stifle free discussion, or to appeal to the passion and prejudice of the multitude. The people of America will have what (they want There is probabl/.xio power on earth that can resist them. All tho more reason why they should have time and Ught to sec what they really want, to Imagine vividly what it will mean when they get it. and to think soberly what it will tiobs yet unborn. I believe that Dumocracy as It la embodied in this republic is next to Christian religion, the m-sst precious possession of mankind. I believe that it can be preserved only under tbe tight and leading of true culture, wbfch makes the demagogue rldlcur lolls, the anarchist loatnsome, the plutocrat impotent, and the autoont Impossible. 1 believe that the bestciu- ture Is that which make's, not selfish and sour critics, but sane and sober patriots. I believe that no man has tbe right culture unless he is willing to put his clearer vision, his loftier imagination and his deeper thought at the service of hi* country and human- Uy,-rHnillev6 in culture 'T believe in Democracy.—By Democracy purified, by culture diffused, God save the State! involve for genera- THK PHILIPPINE RAILROAD. The The Gossips Tell a Romani iu Story ol Admiral Dewey. Archie Butt telegraphs from Wash ington that diplomatic relations are about to be resumed between this coun try and Spain. It will be something new In international history for such relations to be restored so promptly after the exchange of the ratified peace treaties, and the explanation seems to lie in a touching little romance which will be read by the American people with more than ordinary interest. It is said that the man who has been settled upon by the Spanish govern- ment«a*.'its first representative to this country, after the restoration of peace will be the Duo d’Arcos, who not only claims distinction because of his cash and culture, but because he made a love match with a beautiful Washing ton oelio whose social and financial preeminence was well recognized. ' • And here comes the romance—-the “strange coincidence,” as Byron says — i' •— 1 iu " - u By which such things are settled now adays.” For a long time, we are told, Miss Lowry, whoso nome on Vermont ave nue is one of the palatial mansions in Washington, hesitated between two charming and polished suitors. One of them was the Spanish qobleman whom she finally mafried, and the other was George Dewey, now admiral of the United States navy. She chose! the Spaniard and sailed away to old Caatiie. Disappointment and bitterness, so the story goes, prompted Dewey to ask for service as far from the national oapital as possi ble. He got it, and how effectively be exercised it has already become an im perishable partjaf American history^ gestion of foreign resident*, a Housed -aome-ofTHTTemember tBat even while Nobles and a House of Representatives were established, with Malietoa Laupepa, ..m3 the chief of the royal house of Tupea as joint kings. Subse quently Malietoa became sole king, in 1887 he was deposed by the Germnn Government upon tbe claim of unjust treatment of G?rman subjects, who formed the bulk of tbe foreign popula tion on tbe Island, and was deported first to German New Guinea and then to the Cameroons, in Africa, and finally, in 1888, to Hamburg, Tamasese, a native chief, being meantime pro claimed by the Germans as king, though against the protest of the British and American counsuls at Samoa. -Mataafa, a near relative of Malietoa, made war upon Tamasese and succeeded to tbe kingship. In 1889 a conference between the re-t presentatives of the American, British aed German Governments was held at Berlin, at w'hich a treaty Vks signed by the three powers guaranteeing the neutrzlity of the islands, in which the citizens of the three signatory powers would bavo equal rights of residence, trade 1 , and personal protection. They agreed to recognize the independence Olathe Samoan government and the closely Ifree rights of the natives to elect their — "--- ' thief or king and choose a formxpf jjulres? each time E overnment according to tbeir own iws and customs. A supreme courV was established, consisting of one judge,-who is styled the chief'justice of Samoa, and who Is at present W. L. Chambers, ^an American, formerly the Olympia and her b.lcbing myrmmi dons Were, as Bob Evans put it, making Spanish the court language of Inferno, that there was a touch of viudictivenss arising from this love affair which primed the bull-dogs aud nerved the aruasof Dewey and.his men. He was revenging himself on the nation whose representative had robbed him of a sweetheart. —*~ It was what we call poqtlc justice which sent Montojo’s fleet to the bot tom of Manila bay. But now comes tbe irony of it all. The husband of the beautiful Wash ingtonian U to be the next ambassa dor froth Spain to the United States after the resumption of peace. Dewey and his former fiancee, wi 1 probably meet at some official function in Wash ington during the next few weeks. It will be an interesting scene—almost as interesting as the fact that never before have diplomatic relations been restored so promptly between hostile countries.—Augusto Herald. ed at once with glory, and received Irto the > kingdom of Heaven. We are tempted to rely upon our physical prosperity^ our wealth, our industrial advance, as a-pk-dge of, security, and to adopt a policy of Meuiug the more important things lake care of them selves. Thus it comes to pass that a tone of airy carelessness pervades our political life. Large powers are suffered to fall into the hands .of small and incompet ent men. Oar city governments speak with various orogues. Wo receive without discrimination, and almost without thought, the * miscellaneous hordes of immigrants whd are poured upon our shores. Our national diges tion is powerful, but there is a point at which it may break down and it is a seriout| question whether the signs of of political and social dyspepsia are not already apparent- A Democracy fail ing into the hands of those who do not understand what it means, norat heart believe in it, swiftly transforms itself into a tyranny or into an anarchy. A republic must have moral and intellec tual foundations. The corner-stone of Democracy is culture. Culture most begin and continue with a fine disre gard of pecuniary returns, it must be catholic, genial, disinterested, its ob ject is to make the shoe maker go be yond his last, and the clerk beyond bis desk, ped the surveyor beyond his chain, and the lawyer beyond his brief, and the doctor beyond his prescrip tion, and the preacher beyond his‘ser mon. What we need pt present is.not new colleges with a power of conferring de grees, but more power iu tbe existing colleges .to make mod'. Ta this end let them have a richqr endowtbent, a fuller eqmp«HN*V tmt wWve oiL a-zeatvaLju£ "I the creative ideal. ,«And let everything 7 be done to btiug together the high school, tbe normal school, the gram mar :chool, the primary school, and the little r^d schoolhousa school, in tbe harmony of this ideal. The uni versity slipl! still stand in the place of honor, If yodr will, but only because it bears the clearest and most steadfast witness that the end of culture is to create meu who can see clearly, Im agine nobly, and tbilnk steadily. The salvation of Democracy lies in the possession of such men. Popular discontent comes chiefly from want of power to see the beauty and interesi of life, of the world, of the simplest things in their natural charm. Na- ture .Tovars are seldoni mob leaders. CTass lialFeir; ~" tho -- ar fogance of the Only-One in Luzon the .Line of American Advance. Tbe single railroad line of our new Oriental colony traverse* some-of tbe finest country to be found in oil these islands, says the Scientific American. For probably ninety miles It runs di agonally across a contlnous level or slightly rolling land, separated from tbe sea and hemmed in by mountain ranges which in places rise to tbe height of 5,000 feet. The North western corner of the Talley opens on —A pauper woman in Paris has been convicted of , having bod her c^ild baptized 'fourteen times as a Catholic and twelve times as a Protestant, for tbe purpose of securing five francs and the shallow gulf of Llngayen, whereon is situated Dagupan, tbe terminus of the road. Ou the southern end this ideal valley region ts bounded by Manila bi\y, the Pasig river and Lake Bat, the most Important lake in these islands. In this valley region and the bordering mountain arc included all of the six provinces wherein was begun the Spanish subjugation of the islands, and to-day they are tbe most impor tant part of Luzoa. These are Manila, Bulacan, Nuuva Ecya and Pangaslnan, all of which are traversed by the Manila and Dagupan road The scenery along the line of this railroad is most picturesque. For fif teen jniida out of Manila, the land rises in irregular, long, sloping hills, scarce ly half a hundred feet in height. Os one hand is a succession of rice fields, and on the other the hillsides are ter raced with queer native bamboo hats. At Caoocan are seen the first real signs of civilization. Twenty-five mile* from Manila is Malolos, the capital of the socdlled Filipino republic. Like many other, native towns it is stretch ed out for a considerable distanoe among the bamboos and ponds. I Be tween Malolos and Calumpit, a dis tance of nine miles, there are twelve bridges across streams of sufficient volume to be called rivers. Ten miles from Calumpit is Ban Fernando, and qre we reach this place we have left behind the bordering hills «f Manila bay. Twenty miles beyond San Fer nando we pass through a out about three hundred yards long, and thirty feet .deep, the only one of any newly rich, the stupid, blundering cru eltiee of ti >se who -grind the face* of the poor arise where the faculty of im aginative sympathy has been smoth ered in the crass atmosphere of com mercialism. Political mamas and financial aud social hydrophobias are the result’ of a popular craving for swift action without the trouble of steady thought. f* The forces that aggravate these evils are many. The yellow journals that disseminate general misinforma tion with absurd comment; the corpo rations that deal with men as if they were .wjpseis in a ma hine ; the poiiti- cal bos a. kwh o capitalize toeir control quence on the road', and here at Barn- ban we have reached tho mountains. nd Bamban the landscape changes, and cocoanut groves begin to supplant the bamboo flats. Tarlae is one of the most important towns on the road. It is located in the province of Tarlae. The remaining forty-five miles of the road tb Dagupan runs through flat land, well drained, aud there is a suc cession of rice fi Ids, cane fields and cocoanut groves. Tbe only Important town ou this part of the road is Baj- ambang, on the river Agno. The Eng lish firm of Smith, Bell & Co., has a large rice mill there, and at Caiaslas, -the next.Btation to Dagupan, are made the finest of Manila hate Such am' the scenes along the only railroad line in the Philippines, and in spite of its in- xignitWnp.R thl* hqa dnnn mimh toward improving the country through which it passes. Ere long American energy and capital will begin tbe grand work of development so long de layed -through Spanish misrule, and the toot of American locomotive, echoing through the bamboo jungle* and cocoanut proven, will soon awoken these oppressed islands from their long The confidence we have iff Alligator Liniment giving entire satisfaction in so great that we guarantee, it We have done so for yean and wa have to be called upon to relund the price of one bottle. It cures Rheumatism, Neuralgia and all pain. ^ Of votes and sell tbe stock to the high est bidder; the labor agilatof's who promote industry by stopping work ; all persons aud <. 6 encies and institu tions that and it to their interest to foster ignorance and misunderstanding and prejudice and a blind, thought less, sensational mode of life, are do structlve powers, threatening the wel fare I»f. the republic. - Against these forces of destruction there is but one safeguard ; and that is tbe influence which men of true cul ture may have, and ought to have, in the republic. What a glorious time is (his for such men to make their influ ence felt.in the service of their coun try. We nave advanced along the pathway of industrial prosperity and look and in military triumph to ar eminence of wealth ana power where the reaPbhar- octer of (he republic must be put to -A well known Bishop of the Pro testant Episcopal Church while on a summer's outing went fishing with a friend, and in accdrdance with on un written law of summer fishermen, the provisions included beverages exceed- ; ing water in speeific gravity. In foot, t tbe Bishop in his fullness of heart had , bought a bottle of wine of ancient vintage. He was very proud of hispnr- * chase aud guarded it jealously. When the time came for lunch he brought out carefully and piacedlt in the stern * of the little boat. The fishing had been poor and he turned to his friend and said: “ Look here, I’ll try another *• cast, just for luck, before we open * this.” But tbe cast proved most uh* . lucky for the Bishop, for the line r caught around tbe neck of the preciong bottle and jerked it overboard. The Bishop, without sayidg a word, watched the littlj bubbles as they ascended through the water, then, with n a broken voice, he soU j his friend: Will you please do honors for this occasion r 1 can’t, for, unfortunately, 1 am n Bishop." . , ^ r me 7- 7a-' : » MM