| Show I 1 I 1 1 i 1 11 I 1 2 1 I 1 N TV ll 11 1 I h rk az 7 V arv PIS i iny lly I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 4 I 1 N 61 P F af V R ra 41 i 1 I 1 I 1 ay i 45 0 V f 7 41 r 7 7 I 1 I 1 ae 7 i I 1 keas I 1 1 h 1 FIGHT if ikc the war with spain has done no bother other thing th ing it has boa taught the whole a regain lesson in freedom french Irack ch germans er It allans and sed have gaped at the to 10 then hem ilsc inscrutable r mutable courage and heart I 1 of ct the american soldier tile tiie military agent of the french government who the watched etched the little battle on san juan bill I 1 decI eLred lit he sever never saw such bold cry ry why sold said ho be the lite Ameri catis fought I 1 13 23 it each man wore his big own om ill cral ra I 1 and as it if it were ills own lire life that thai was ma in the til balance I 1 the fact act was amazing to the frenchman but to the american cordler it was mere commonplace for lot let ye that the american volunteer is unique in simple truth he fig abts because lie be dei desires dires 10 light fight ile hi does dae r col at go p to war at the command of bis big government lie he commands hta I 1 government to L TO a to war lie ile permits or Ins instructs tracts his government to equip him with clothes clothe guns and ammini fon in B order that he may assist tier per ills his fellow belloir citizens in carraine carr Cae rYAng but the design he has milled w llred he forms his altu regiment and amalgamates it other regiments formed on the same plan then lie ho goes to bathe and it if the elie makes mis i takes taken or disobeys ills orden the th government promptly heart ot of it A soldier in III any other country orl on the face act ot of the globe la Is an atom in a moving ina mass the movements of any other army arms than ours la 13 molar motion the movement of oc our army is or motion As sir mr laline kipling lp line has haa remarked every american la is having a kins that was laid kald before but I 1 leave not yet heard beard it said that every Amex lean leark volunteer soldier Is 13 a commander ln jn chief or of the or army ny and yet if II 11 the matter be analyzed with sufficient clarity it would so BO appear this Is a government of 0 the people each citi sell n is a sovereign citizen the citizen will support the executive he has haa hosen hosell even area though that executive be in the wrens romett mes but our lives generally know ahat the citizen wants him to do and floe does it to the best of 0 hid alfi lights A careless Cin les executive inus reckon with the pe people 0 pie thus in n the th very fabric and nature lif t the american form ot of government it t Is the citizen phout inglem lit lie may imay he careless but in important matters which lie in conceives touch life bla interests Inte reata closely lie he goner ally lia be ills his way may an ali affair of 0 the country like the tariff the money question and forel lorelyn relations is il a personal affair with every inan an who nhe Is old enough to thlin dc uc lie reels feels a heay hea cavy y responsibility ja in politics re IJ stands ty by hie big party parly lo leally loit ally hut but often he be comes exasperated fill ills party sold and crosses over to the ather ejde said and vow vom a political vengeance on OIL any servant of IK his from an alderman to IA the Pr eIdent who has hao displeased him ills vote Is a terrible sword which he saag with mighty ann it Is a great power find and I 1 it may do till all things th taffs in the coll coil and clabor of 0 affairs it is to chicago the metaphor the ono one high note that is heard beard above OIL all when the issue la Is plain end and the whole hole people are arc concerned all tto the votes go one way ay the I 1 nation Is a collective citizen it to la thee cheso facts facts not net tl at all un by any other oilier people that lie iio behind the american soldier and his way of fighting indeed the lie american out political roH circumstances Cum stances that have created the american citizen tabe itic Aner can rol 01 ol dier ls 14 66 cillA citizen cit le kryling and uniform ul Kornn NA 1 Is a man who Is hla hit 1 r ire once fought for or bis big h homand arne wite mile fd ard children that was ions on ago now kow that he Is strong alron and oil rich JY he lights tor for his principles lie he Is not tend ot of fighting lie he may b be by the couplet of 0 pope peace Is my dear dt dulls light ht not more cut but touch louth no ina and no minister so soro and when ullen he does light fight he h fl lights hta in the may w ay that so puzzled the french officer aicer who couldry t understand itow could he be 0 when mckinley BIcKl nley iras w Is I 1 alaj laj sick tacy cy he once olice made an ju irk which he described the difference be tw awen n elie volunteer and the soldier at 0 other nations the men who villa were we o his in the civil war he as bahs not only fought but thought to illustrate this lie hi related in an ance anecdote dote al ut a young soldier irk in foule boub northern regiment choro duty it was tC to carry arry ill tin regimental flag on tile he match march the boy bay ran rail on ahead Alread with the flag alae stream lax in tho the air th colonel was mas incensed sed ll here ere lie he cried bring that nag flat back to the regin vont nt the boy turned nd replied AW you your regiment up to the flag I 1 now low the colonel mus placed in a position if I 1 lie he enforced effect he would niem to be tile the CS if lie did not lot lie he would inake jilin hlin self out to b IK obeying tile ilig elders ot or a 11 private lie he had his choice and lio lie 1 ita L f od cd orders I 1 have orten often thought h hat would the regiment have done dona cad the colonel persisted lit in his bis a order to the boy I 1 do not believe there h had ad been any ally crave bravo detection defection but I 1 gun am convinced that the flag would n never ever nave have been brought back colonel e or r no gneri clionel M A lanen in C chlon b icaco ld THE it 1 I 1 to boss bom him in the storo tor and ovi nica his bib nork rw F or I 1 had ad charge charee of 0 one ona whole noor floor I 1 i and ho he wn judit a dork clock I 1 dclay yv its 11 at 1 1 erent 1 IC you please wo voye aft changed respeLl vo pt acca 4 11 tit privat 0 ia tile ranks and d got str ilyS lit I 1 tf I 1 I 1 11 ako tko jhb girls whose brolles mere once for me 1 now ow iou hat a 8 such uch in great attraction attra cllon can t tiance ley ado pants amin T alio ID erstwhile clrk no longer f indulgenti Indulge nto bogs ang my 4 I 1 with in SS down stripes W lelo iles lc till on 1 hl high I 1 agn ls legs in ill rits private lono jones do this and that bit r lit in hamo basis I 1 anual me 31 I 1 leati TO to jenkins on w whom born oft ivo iva sat at I 1 ian told loll to 10 answer air lr one on born to 10 rule rul its conr coins to pass r waw of mag I 1 I 1 drink the drego I 1 ml in in the tho the ar arnay my with sisal i no stripes t t DOWA 1 t 20 edwin X L fabin in puk puck possibilities I 1 direct trade folt ollon erit the flag the greatest Broat etl galner by ou our I 1 nar ar with spain la in 11 1 bo b tho the fertile coast the of t the th planting american harf in the and I 1 in n philippi 1 means the esta bilah biant ct ot of filet american centers ot of arit in the heart I 1 of the partite 11 tho the kocin coast Is easy reach cons ot of tho the ni vt american posses po iona and air alo 0 of tu tb west coat coast of couth oc am dc china oan anil and earkle 4 bui blit it ir h hns not taua taken bivivan 11 tage is fa Us t 3 grodt arual 0 germany and france have taken the bulk of the trade the coast by reason of Us its nearness to the enat coast ot of south america might properly strive felt at least one fourth of the trade trad oe oc our south american Amerl je publIcs icat and tor for all our nur trade alth asia and a with this trade jt it would have during the past fiscal year ovo iga 67 Eft or 6 tier cent of 0 our total exports and zand or as 2 per cent 0 of our total imp imports 0 rig what would such a volume ot of busian mean to san difrancisco francisco seattle portland tacoma los angeles and san diego every country on tile the globe Is a customer of the united states yet we have scarcely sought to do business with vath most of 0 t them born they have hae como come to us wo we oell bell tar far more to lurono 13 drope and north america than me e buy from thew thein rut but wo w 0 buy twice us much from south america arid and asia as we sell and we import worth of 0 goods more irom from mccarlo ill than we sell to these islands our Paci fl COW coast t the next door neighbor of culna japan and Oc eanica should irad bad ir ad ill all the world in the struggle for their trade ti ado all of eur po is crowding its freighted ships on the atlantic seeking openings tor commerce they cue on e tar fat ahead ot of us there bilut Pron providence dence has given us the decided advantage on tile iho pit pa C clec tile we are I 1 lie he one great trading tr adin nation just across the sea from the orlen oriental lands they look upon us ns its their nearest neighbor and best friend england and the iho continent are tar far away and id more feared by them than respected and to all else i a must add the 1 t ast aft development of ci trade on in our pacific r C tile eaas roast t made certain by the opening of the great eold fields in the tbt northwest nearly halt a ventury ago the pro eyo eye ot of now new yorks foremost statesman william IL seward Sa tore fore taw saw tho the future ul it seemed almost as 1 if li ito might m ight have pared into file vonti vond erful erfal events of the present m ahen hen lie he male hala front it his Is seat at in the senate sena sella a te that the pacific ocean its chores its islands landi Is and the vast region beyond will n ill become the chief theater of events in the worlds great hereafter the star of empire moves westward g belll till and it in ill moling more swiftly than thajo over ever now ft alle it follows tile american flak fag go to the coast i oune nian man bealles Le weekly NEW MEW STORY OF THE MA emperor william of germany als alkes nothing more than to neo his big oil mrs excited or in the tha least ru at parade or maneuver lie frequently hold hid occasion to ej etc cia go agn a voa a I 1 on that accounts and at a recent interview in berlin the kabeer reprimanded him for his self possession at a crying mover mot nent kt it if your majesty thinks 1 I am ettles too old I 1 bes be of 3 ou to 10 allow no mo to re sign no ko no replied the ralser you are too youns young to resign indeed incited it your blood coertse cour tte through your veins 0 o ins quite bo be fat fust you would bo be a more useful admy leader on the evening of that day the fer and the general ge met at a ball the general was talking to coomo gran g ran young ladies ad who for lack of room were not clan dancing 0 ing ali ah cried Wil harri that Is right get ett ready to marry take a youn wife then that temperament of 0 yours will soon eoon vanish the general bowed low as 03 bo be retorted 1 I beg bee to be excused your majesty a young emperor and a young would be more than I 1 could possibly stand land ladles ladies home journal ORY OBY OF THE philippines america from out the tha east a ery cry rings onh forth a cry that is in ot of gods goda delree plant plain on an these isles thy flag flae for we would he be ono milli alti and on thy strength rely vt a know thy past wo we hea thy hy voles voice ft hereby downtrodden learns that he la Is iw free conio come break our shackles como come across tile sea and A n of lit us up wo we wait for thy reply ti thlu sis 13 the call these far oft ocean isles extend to lo thee fair air lanil land and what dost the thou truo true child think best to say bay in turn oh ob m ayi thou answer that their wave as led miles of da I 1 wo P land thou wilt will with peace endow AT and d hum that tor for theat them thy beacon light ball ahall herman alerman babalion Bab lion on in leslie LF a weekly A congressman AT I 1 on ono one occasion remarked the v veteran t statesman stattE toan and nd oldest annta tive in congress Colus lia A grow congressman at large from pennsyl vanla during the campaign previous to roy my coming to the house the last time I 1 was mas riding aldin along a road through ono one of the remoter remoler balleys kallo 1 1 I ing at the toot foot of the blue blidge mountains nhen hen I 1 came to a airrie 11 m house 1 velch looked as aa it 1 it might afford a luscious drink of 0 cool mater fr from 0 in a tine well in lot yard d A tidy 10 looking aking worn woman an not especially handsome handa omo or of superior intelligence respond rc to my appeal and jallo while I 1 drank the cooling draught she talked to tit ni 1 I presume there Is no dearth of politics in your neighborhood at present I 1 said ald at a venture yes yea my husband and the to boya aint much else there daya it interest you no I 1 dont heer who pits elected so lone as we can call git fit along and keep out of debt with a lit little tie to I 1 lay ay by ter for th the children good enough politics tor for anybody any bady madam 1 I 1 said bald bilth a bow which made her blush in embarrassment its tho the only kind I 1 know good er r bad she said bald do you ever have any of the candidates up this thin may waya 11 not right here but they come down to tho the store halt half a mile across the valley do da you ever see any of tbell not this year but I 1 hove have other years yeara why not this year aronou loslie Y your our interest in tho the great statesmen eta of oc pennsylvania no not that and she hesitated amk awkwardly but they say theres a congressman nt at large this year yea r and I 1 thought may bo be it ft would lie be water if iter cr me to stay pretty close around hoin lain till after lie lection ion and they to took 0 k him film in washington star THE ARE TOUGH from 7 arto RICO comes the sarno same story that we have bo be often heard from rum the Philippi nethe the spanish cannot tru trust e t the native volunteers this has hag been the great mea kinest and the great condemnation at 0 colonial poll fy cy oh all along aloner says bays the new york averl in rig post poat it could subdue tile natives but it could not conciliate them it boull not 0 m make k them em think of the mother country as something to bo be fought tor for but to be suspected and stabbed in the back bach aben a rood good opportunity port unity offered off ercil wat sp aln might have made of the inhabitants ot of the if elio had bollok followed a 4 un in glash methods of administering cofi riles la Is hinted by an englishman writing in the elie london times who mile ills has lived in tho the last for thirty one years half of 0 that time in the me philippines lie says or of the natives that they lee are food bailers bailors arid ami excellent fighting men they are arc men liven whom nhom it 1 fairly treated and well officered om no coin nander could help being proud or of tacy tire are enthus enthusiastic lastlo and fearless rk nid la they have wonderful endurance eaher on A forced march or a I 1 ing ang pu pun 11 I 1 in n open boats I 1 have myself seen a native dispatched with a leter letti ir anil and it a par pai CEI the latter some gome eight or ten pounds in weight from the toan of 0 Tac loban to that ot at Cari Car ingra agra some thirty six miles distant the wt clay roads for the greater creator part of vie tie way were otro aaro clous he oft left Ta Tac cioban loban about 7 it a m and about 11 p rn n he arrived back i again with a rett gettly ly and did not net appear very much Tati fatigued gued alib although ough ho 10 assured us he hal hail n noticed allied or shunted sh every foot of the iho road seventy t two tv milts miles in an anim on boat w aith ath a crew of of eight manila inn in n I 1 have in an emergency pulled leeg lity aniles without a rest in fairly smooth water a 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