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Show I EXPANSION OF EMPIRE. t "i any movemeat looking to gl would she have ever relinquished her sphere of operations by the Unlut wtverelgaty over Cuba. Fortunately It State, and think tb government ul in ome la such shape as to make It j der which w are ruled doe not admit i holy war." - of anything approaching colonlalf I am, however, one of those system. L1VINO CLUB. who have faith both in the capacity of On FsmIU That Faralsb Vra gtaa the American people and of their Maala For Ml CeU Sack. ernment to control, regulate, and gov- ern any eoloniee in any part of the Nine of the most staid and respectworld which they may- - find It Oecea-wr- y able families In Burrton, Kan., have to their Interest to establish. A tbruwn away thetr stovellds and pack-i- d their dishes on the back kitchen free constitutional government where They have shocked the ordithe press is untrsmmeled,' education U noves free, religious tests are forbidden, aqd nary Ideals of economic propriety, says t, Louis and Intelligence Is widespread la the best the a insure to formed eafe. living hive Just, and government wherein the food question is prosperous colonial establishments. a basis. upon Sac b a got ernment Is the United 8tatei settled and suh is that of Gieat Britain. j5un( n Is a small village without any victory, haj, immediate prospect of growing larger.1 lweyt by almost In the twinkling of an y The tine of the town does not warrant opened to us the opportunity for a the lot alien of a bakery, and all the must be bought from the foothold in the East. The discussion wbea'-dufas to whether we should avail neighboring cities. As a consequence of It should rest, not upon of the limited population there Is a whether the Americans and their very small supply of hired help, eren would be able to manage and smaller than the limited demand. The govern the Philippine Islands success- heaiv burdens of the household fall fully. but whether any government es- upon the housewife alone, and very tablished by any other people could do little social Intercourse can be enjoyIn such a condition of affairs the ho for the Americans and thelf gov. ed I -- ' Tree Pictures the Future Policy of ; Ex-Jud- ge i the United, States. . Old Ideas arc Out of Date. Globe-Democra- Lambert Tree, Democrat, student of affalia and former minister to Russia,-Ioutspoken in behalf of aa overturning of the traditional "Isolation" policy of the United States. He believe that Dewey victory ha thrown into the band of thl country go opportunity which should not b overlooked o extend It commercial and maritime power. Asked what be v considered were some of the more important questions thus far suggested by the war, Mr, Tree said to a Chicago paper "The logic of the war which require! the seizure of Manila and Puerto Rico " 'will be apt to bring the United States face to face with new questloni In regard to the future policy which ought to control the government In Us International relations It Is easy to understand how the statesmen who were ", Ex-Jud- s infancy of it experimental existence, it had scarcely three millions of Inhabitants, was substantially without as army or navy, or th means of procuring etther, and whose chief Interest and ambition was to be let alone to develop Its own internal resource and solidify its own federal system of government, should strenuously in slat upon its avoiding any line of action which might by any possibility bring it Into contention beyond the continent on which It had established Itself, Most of the disputes between nations at that period concerned dynastic ambitions In which this country could have no possible interest aside from the fact that our fenbleness as a power of the world admonished us to keep clear of then, whatever might be their purpose, when America rt II Ilahyhood. "Bat times have changed considerably now, We have paed the -f babyhood as a nffrion and period Bod ourselves grown to be a great commercial power with, a popukllon of more than, seventy millions, engaged In all the pursuits Incident tfl a progressive and aggressive people. Our manifold interest! rAh out and touch very portion' of the Inhabited globe. The rnlea laid down for the guidance of the aparsely ecttled, little expert- -' mental republic of a hundred years ago In lta International relations scarcely Bt the powerful nation of today, and k strict adhesion to then seems near to being fetish worship. 'Whatever may be advanced by , these' who look with" a prehension upon the aetabltahment of new 'outposts by the United Statea..ln .order, to .secure their hare of the worlds commerce. It wilt be found in the end that the country will be compelled to obey the laws of lta destiny as a great commercial and maritime power. If not today, then tomorrow, China, wlth her four hundred millions of people and vast resources, it soot to be awakened from her slumber of - centuries. Railway will penetrate the heart of the empire and ship will fill her navigable rivers to engage In trade with her. The United States, whose western frontier Is bordered by the ume ocean which' washes Chinas shore, and whose ship sail directly out of our ports lc.o Chinas, must have an equal chance to share in Chinas trad with European nation, whose shores know no other ocean than the faraway Atlantic. Even now tho trude'of this country through th open trenty port of China Is many millions of dollars greater than that of the combined countries of continental Europe, and Is only exceeded by that of Great Britain. Th vessel also which navigate Chinese waters and By th American flag outnumber, by thousands those of all Britain excepted. Tet we have recently seen Inaugurated a movement by certain continental powers by , , the eelxure, more or less violent, of several Important ports of China for the no doubted purpose of controlling and monopolizing the trade there, to the exclusion of other nations. The last breaking Into the Flowery King dam was a case of flat burglary. No wonder these same powers, after all tb pains they have taken, contemplate with consternation and undisguised Jealousy the event which has transpired at Manila, In whkh an American officer of the name of Dewey played a part Can It be possible that the detested Yankee Is going to put bis band In the game and spoil the plan of excluding hltn from sharing in the benefits of the Asiatic trade, as the same powers have already probably done in Africa, England excepted, who, to her everlasting credit be it said. Is always In favor of open and unre-urted trade If to aasilreand protect our trade with China a foothold on that side of the world Is necessary, then we must have It, cost what It will. far red lata War with Spain. "We are at the present time engaged In a war with Spain. It is not a of our making. It has bees brewing of a century. We for have been forced Into It in order to abate an Intolerable nuisance In our neighborhood pnd .to prevent worse consequences. Wd have been forced into It by the conduct of Spain herself, and oho most pay the cost. The Philippine islands are likely to be one of the sources of our Indemnity if we choose to keep them. When Spain emerges from this war It will probably-ba Impossible for her to retain sovereignty over the Philippines as It would be to retain sway over Cuba. The Jealousies existing between European powers seem to preclude the Idea oftbelr passing under the flag of either of them without exciting a conflict, even If we were disposed to sell them. - The --United States, therefore, will most likely have the problem presented to It of deciding whether It should make a new departure in Its foreign policy with reference to the acquiring of territory In Asiatic waters. It is not difficult to foresee that such a question will excite profound discussion la this country between those who beljeve that we should adhere to the restricted policy marked out In the of th republic, and those who believe that the time has arrived for n broader-foreig'relaffons which will make Be a more influential factor In the control and dlvlslofi of the world commerce.. "Any one who has at all noted the progress of events must perceive that great changes have taken place In th character of our government since Us foundation, little more than a century ago. The civil war decided the disputed question as to whether our system was a voluntary hondbetween state to be determlned.at any moment that either of them thought proper to withdraw frojA tt, or whether It was an Indissoluble union which could only be terminated by a majority of all of the people of alt of the states, and we came out of that war a nation spelled with a big N, as much so as the people of Great Britain, or of France, tinder their systems. Since then the trend of federal legislation, the decla-ioof the highest Judicial trlbuaal In th land,, the settlement of delicate and intricate question arising with other nations In consequence of th reexpansion of our commerce, th sponsibilities created, and even the Jealousies excited by our growing Importance, all tend tfl the solidifying of power In the central government for th protection of the rights and happiness of the American people. "There are many people, It la true, who regard with nervous apprehension our-m-lt- es nt rs ni A MARKET SCENE OUTSIDE" THE WALLS OF SAN JUAN, PORTO RICO. ernment are competent to administer any colony that any other people or government To adherq to old tradition which no longer have a raison detre Is Bour btmism pure and simple. . That 1 what is the matter with Spain today. BbdbHb of Um Wo k "It is not likely that ware will cease to break out from time to time. Th Interval of peace which this country, haB enjoyed since the close of the civil war Is the longest which hat happened since the declaration of Independence, and our situation now shows the necessity of being prepared lor war at any moment. I regard the present war a fraught with many blessings. It unifies U country" by giving th South the opportunity to prove Iter loyalty to th flag an opportunity which aha eagerly embrace. It will create a sentiment In favoy of a strong navy, which is Indispensable In these days to the security of a great maritime and commercial power llhe the United State; for It Is tea power which commands the wholesome respect of nation today. It will prove that the island of Cuba, directly or Indirectly, is as essential to the peace and safety of the United States as the control of a large Island at the mouth of the Thames would be to England, or qAaat tbe iCe- mouth of the Seine would Look back over the dlplc, of this eountry for ysr 7 years and you will And that t a worn most fi,- - loved Interesting f Cuba. You will fli 4 gult be welcomr of that source period Cubj Invitation to of anxIetrfMn accepting it, b through EuropeaT by a "speak-fo- r tvals, pass into othXx.r gayly attired h of Spain. More thadigUbly pays com States has been brou in hostile at ents and titude, ellveriosower and then with another, a they coveted lta ownership. In tEFTiacdg of a strong power It would be an unendurable menace to ua. War with Spain sooner or later was Inevitable. In no other way f et r was Living Association, organized for the economic and social benefit at it membership;-- . In order to insure a reliable, orthodox reputation, the association has enrolled among Its members bankers, merchants, druggists and a representative preceptor and dominie.' The practical advantages of the club may be noted as follows-Firsthe saving of from fifteen to twenty-fi- v hours of kitchen worry" per week. Second, the providing of d and meals, ranging In cost from 714 cents to 9 cents per meal. It may be well to note that low rents 8 per month for an sight-roohouse) and th com para their low wages paid to the cook $25 pw month, with ass of house and with board for herself and family of three children) .may .not ba duplicated -- In larger towns. A purchasing committee of three members buys the provisions, groceries at. wholesale rates, meata by the quarter and side, and all provisions in correspondingly large quantities. Another member acts as treasurer, and all bills sre paid promptly on Monday morning for tha week ending the Saturday previous. t' well-cook- well-serve- m -- Aa CmSfM Reply. The duke of Wellington, writes Sir William Fraser, detested being helped; not from ingratitude, but from two distinct feelings one, that he did not like to be thought, what he certainly was not, decrepit; the other that he knew very well that ths majority of persons who helped him did bo in order to be able to eay that they had don so. This to him was revolting. Standing opposite the Apsley house. In th evening. In Plccsdllly, when the street was even more crowding than It la now, th duke was hesitating on the A gentleman, nearly as curbstone. old as himself, made some demonstration of assisting him to cross the road, endeavoring to check the tide of cabe and other vehicles that was setting strongly. When the duke reached the. gate ol Apsley house he touched his hat and aald, I thank you, sir The elderly stranger Immediately uncovered, Holding hlv hat at hit knee he addressed the duke as follows: My lord, I have passed a long and not uneventful Ufe, but never did I hop to reach the day when I might be of the slightest assistance to the greatest man that ever lived. The duke looked at him calmly, and, ' In a voice not the least choked by emotion, replied;' intr "Dont be a fool! and walked 4 Apsley house. Covered HI Track. Florida exchange has the unique local notice: "While Major Scott, tha A fisherman, was wadtng out into the river he happened to the accident of losing his left leg, from the earns being bit off by an alligator which waa evidently laying In ambush for him, A crowd is pursuing the gator, but he teems to have covered his tracks well." CMS K R.V A Chicago woman, who possesses a highly,-brought pet poodle which It to a matinee at on otjbtt theater last week. As the bouse wasnt crowded she asked for a ticket for the animal so he could have the himself. The pleasure of a seat all by He box office; man wasnt phased. gave her K 10 and the dog K I. she-prize- s Oaiylhignr- - Penelope--I got mW stockings qa wrong side out Mqrie Then youll be ; MAP SHOWING 4, PASSAGE TO THE lu-dee- Walk lag bjr eight aa hr Faith. Peace is rooted In the unseen. Walking by eight Is possible in prosperity only. Walking by faith Is posslbls In. adversity, when sight Is too affrighted to act. There Is a fanning whlch ile- pends upon rains fer moloture. Drought brings fur. Then, again, crops may be raised by Irrigation. Tbe unfailing artesian well supplies ths moisture, and, though the source Is hidden, from until harvest not a shadow of seeding t fear crosses tbe farmer's brow. Tha spiritual life that depends upon occasional showers of bleeelng has Its nD tarnations of refreshing and parching. But the life of trust la the Irrigated life. It is the tree planted by th river of water, that hringeth forth his The New Hampshire experiment sta- fruit In his season; bis leaf alno shall best things are the tion gives the following method of ap- not wither.- The c c 'r!-- " thlunseen plying the potash: "The hair should be cut away from the young h6?n as thorLuviug th Unlovely. Love to the unoveiy is a characteroughly as possible so that the potash may come in intimate contact with the istic of Wru; God hke love. Loving parts to be treated. The oily accretion the lovely Is not unknown among should be remped from the parts to be heathen, and even the godless may touched potash, by wiping practise that. "But God commendeth his iovt toward us, in that, while we carefully with' a rag or sponge moiswere yet sinners, Christ died for ua" tened with soap suds, or water containing a little ammonia. Parts not to be "Hsreln U love, not that we loved God, toucbed'should not be moistened. The but that He loved us. "Every one love stick of potash Is rolled up In a piece that loveth" with thle God-Uk- e "IS begotten of Cod, and knoweth Of paper so as to leave one end exposed. In the measure that we love The exposed end Is dipped In water to God. th unlovely as God loves them, and moisten It and then rubbed on the butbecause God loves them, we show nur ton or embryo horn until the skin and we give evidence to start, care being taken that tha whole of the button and tb border or that we are begotten" of Ood. It la in matrix is Included In tbe treatment. In our bearing and In our feelings toward are yet sinners, and most young calves a tew days old a surface those who half an Inch or a little more in diame- unlovely sinners, that we manifest, te ter will cover these parts. Caustic pot- those who observe, our we so far represent God be-ash, or caustic soda, which answers as and that for and show to those whe believers, well, can be obtained at almost any ar without what manner of spirit w drug store. When not in use It should are of Sunday 8cbool Time d be kept In a vial, one with a rubber stopper preferred, or It B Cheerful will liquefy. After the, calf Is two or We should train ourselves to m th three days old the sooner, tbe potash Is good things, the brightest things ol applied the better. lue. There are few habits more common, even among Christians, than thi of seeing and remembering unpleasant Pifitortf for Hogs. At the recent meeting of the Kenthings and being blind to and forgetand there U tucky Swine Breeders association, ting tha pleasant -- things, held at Elizabethtown, Mr. J. L. Hale no hablt whlch la more- - Inimical to read a paper on .What In tb Cheapest cheerfulness The truth la, there ar in the ordiand Best Hog Food, In which after life a thousand pleasant things to nary the la that a hog, by nature, taring is unpleasant. It is a shame, that onq grazing animal and thatTpAsturage for of him 1 not only a luxury but a neces- therefore, to let One roughness a pain of tho. the all us for gladness poll sity, he said that by furnishing them the one discordant with pasturage we accomplish two and good things, ne all the music of the ends we harvest the crops (blue Mote mar for grass, clover and rye) without any ex- grand symphony. pense or labor, and at the same time AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHER8. the hogs take the necessary exercise We are asserting In the courts onr right to the and become fully developed In bone exclusive uee of the word CASTOKIA, and and muscle, and after suggesting the "PITCHES S CASTOKIA, m onr TiwdeMsrk. benefits of exercise a well as the vale, I, Dr. Ssmnol Pitcher, of Hyannls, was th originator of PITCHEB'g uable results from the character of food obtained in pasturing, he contin- CASTOR1A. the tame that ha borne and does signature of CHAS. H. ued: "In the fall when we generally now bear tbe ou every wrapper. This is the have a diouth artichokes come In well FLETCHER original "PITCHER'S CASTOKIA which has to fill th gap between the summer been used in tbe bomes ot ibe mother of grazing and the rye. With plenty of America for over thirty years Look carefully good pasturage we need to have very at the wrapper and tee that it ia "the kind you llttl fear of the feeding too much of have always bought. and haa the signature of H. FLETCHER on the Wrapper. Ne that cheapest of all grains corn. With CHAS. one has authority from me to use my name exgood pasturage you can safely feed cept The Centaur Company, of which Chas H. freely of grain. In fact. It never pays Fletcher le President. March 8, 1807. SAMUEL PITCHER, M. IX to feed sparingly. Hogs should always be fed liberally. The stingy feeder and Tbe Bible. the hog are not very good friends I The Bible la the only source of all lately visited two different breeders, Christian truth! the only book that unone of them had his hogs on good folds to ua the realities ot eternity. grass ynd plenty of grain, and there I Among the many expenses born by saw a splendid lot-- of youngsters, and failroad companies the ice bill figures etock, a Including the breeding quite prominently. - For Instance, on as were active as kittens. the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad boar, It ia Tbe other bleeder had some fancy expected it will take over 50,000 tone bred stock, 'bought at high prices, with of Ice this year to meet the requireplenty of bran and zhlpstuff, but no ments of the service. The greater sign of gras of any kind, and he portion Is used la connection with shipment of perishable goods; the balhardly had a single good 'lndl- - ance In th passenger train service. A vlduaL What grass has done for Kengreat dea of this ice is put up by the and cattle horse will do for It tucky company in Its own Ice houses, but as her hogs. If you cant furnlBh pastur- the past winter has been so warm a age for your hogs, then dont try to very large proportion will have to be raise hogs, for you cant compete suc- purchased. cessfully with your neighbor, who ha In Ireland an acre comprises 7S40 square the cheapest and best of all foods. . yards, and In Scotland 6140 go to the acre'. Dairy Production In France. Some Wo Fay Expense interesting statistics were set forth at and liberal commissions, refund tbe cash fot n recent meeting of the Society for the all goods not givingthe consumer satisfaction. Firnt-clas- a of terms credit. Long the schema of Encouragement Dairy Industry salesmen wanted. No bond " required. In France. It was stated that there made from photepr Ths We guarantee Sales MUM month on mail orders. Address with stamp, were In France 5,250,000 milch cows, Iowa renard Mfg. Ux, City, Iowa. and that they produced 1,715,000,000 One pound of cork will support a man ol gallons of milk annually. Out of this production 152,000,000 gallons ar em- ordinary size In tbe water but not on land. ployed In the manufacture of cheese, of which 138,000,000 kilogrammes is Try Aromol, the breath perfumer, only made, Paris consuming about one-nin- 5 cents a package. of the total production, and EnIt's easier for us to see the faults of gland taking eome 38,000 cwta., equiv- others than it is for others to see our vir sum of a 110,000, Of the tues. alent to butter produced, 450,000 cwt la anTh e human race is imt a contest for dob nually shipped to England, representlars. ing a value of upwards of see w-t- three-quarte- ur. Tk mmmmm r We wake, many of us. morn ip f by' morning,, to azactly the same kind of nr. Thera It 1 with the ume occusame pations, ume streets, ume shops, duties. and restrictions same people W sicken and weary as we survey them. But how la It with ua when w at eat to climb the stone steps of som taR Jower or great cathedral ? They ar monotonous. Indeed, limited dark Indeed, while only a ray of light coming In now and then through a narrow window which Is soon left behind. We become tired and breathless wKb this continual round. Yu, but every round leads upwards and lifts ua upward as we olimb. Tbe steps have an upward tendency and each round make an ascent. By and by, If w only peraevere, w shall coma out oa the roof tnd lato the fresh air and glad sunshine and glorious prospect. Sq, If amid onr monotonies and limitations w only keep onr faith In Christ, all will com right at last, is indeed right now. Tak Sit. Borne (a Tim. Rornlea cattle are the desideratum fat moat localities There may be possible exceptions In localities where the animals actually need their horns te protect their young and themselves against wolves and like animal at btfl happily many of our atates are now fed from pesu of that character. The born I a relic of age when the cow did not have man for a protector. Man Manna use for It Every few weeks w hear e horrible story of some person being gored to death. What farmer has not seen even m cows attack other eowi furiously with- - their horns, sometimes Inflicting damage that Is not onsily remedied? The horn 1 a use-e- t and a dangerous weapon for her masters to leave Jn possession of the cow. Most of our farmers realize this, but consider It too much trouble for them to have their cattle dehorned. In ome ease there is a sentiment about Inflicting pain on the animals, though it la probable that the pain of Scheming is not greater than the pain to the human being In having a tooth drawn. However this may be, we need only horns and the pain to the animals of dehorning. Caustic potash. If applied at the proper time, doe the work to perfection with lUriet or no, pain. The little knob of horn starts at first from a semi-so- ft material which may be called the matrix, or mother of the take the horns in time to avoid both th horn. Apply potash to this and It becomes Impotent. The process is ar- rested forever and the calf grow up hornless. Such animals are easier handled, and even if they attack one, can do infinitely less damage than can animals on which the horns have been left to grow. Take the horns in time and save trouble. PROPOSED NICARAGUAN CAN!. turn the hose obliged to hkve your maid r on ypu- be-gi- na Christ-llkenee- e, closely-stoppere- Msesa-ehosett- lle 600-pou- nd th - - - ' T Gar CoosttpaUoa Forms T?k Canes ret Candy Cathartic KD orBt U C. G O. fail to cure, druggists refund mont Good Milk Cows. "Five thousand te alx thousand pounds of milk' a year Is the average product of the dairy cow," Gold la said to be so malleable that itcaa boatea as thin as a railway ham-sanilays A. G. Judd, and tbe cow that goes' wlch, ' ' . under 5.000 pounds Is not a good representative of a dairy cow." For a perfect complexion and a clear, healthy akin, as COSMO BUTTERMILK L BOAT. Bol everywhere. , " |
