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26 . TB& SUNDAY 0BEG02IAN, "d?dRTIAND, JTJL"B 29, 1900. tyMKuB3frl4KVl0fi) Qi vwrfm fw t . (Copyright. 1900, by Frank O. Carpenter.) JOLO. Island of Sulu, June 4. The United States uses as much coffee as all the rest of the world put together. We import more than 5SO.000.000 worth every year, and annually consume more than 11 pounds to every man, woman and child In our country. "We are Increasing our consumption every year, and the Brazil ians and other coffee-producing peoples of the world are fattening themselves on our appetite. There Is a bare probability, however, that the days of their fatness will, cease. I saw excellent coffee grown In all parts of Porto Rico and Cuba, and there are evidences here which lead to the belief that the Philippines might sup ply a great share of the -world's product. I saw an experimental plantation today which surpasses In Its luxuriant growth any coffee plantation of Brazil. 1 found excellent coffee trees about Zamboanga and In other parts of Mindanao, and there are scattering plants as far north &s the upper end of Luzon. The Philippines He In one of the great coffee belts of the world. Those who have paid most attention to the cultiva tion of this crop have decided that the best coffee grows within 15 deg. of the equator, although In some places an ex cellent article Is produced as far from It as 23 or 30 deg. In America, for Instance, we And good coffee all the way from Mexico to Paraguay and Southern Brazil. The bulk of the Brazilian product Is grown In Santos and Rio Janeiro, fully as far from the equator as Northern Lu zon, and the plants thrive best at an al titude of from 1000 to 4003 feet above the sea. In Java, just below here, and be tween this and the equator, some of the best coffee known to the world Is found, so that the whole of the Philippines may be said to be In the coffee-producing zone. The lands here are of a nature adapted to the product. They are rolling and mountainous, so that almost any desired altitude can be secured. The plantation which I visited here In Sulu Is only 100 feet above the sea level, but there Is no doubt that the berries will ripen in this climate as high as 5000 feet. The fact that the mountainous regions are the hest places for coffee culture is ,a very Important one to the United States, for as yet little more than the lowlands of the Philippine Islands have been taken up by the people, and almost all of the mountain lands belong to our Govern ment. Birthplace of Coffee Industry. It Is in this part of the world that the coffee industry, as one of the great world products, was born. We usually think of coffee as originating In Arabia, but the Arabian trees came from Abyssinia, and their product was so small that coffee was not generally used until the plan tations of Java were started. This was just about 210 years ago. At that time an old Governor-General of the Dutch Bast Indies got some Arabian coffee seeds from a sailor and planted them In his garden in Batavla. They sprouted, and within four years were each producing from two to three pounds per year. From their seeds other trees were set out, and Java became the coffee coun try of the world. From its plantations seeds were taken to the West Indies, Mexico, Venezuela and Brazil, so that Java Is really the mother of the great coffee industry of today. Since then the child has so far outstripped its parent that today Java produces only about one eighteenth of the coffee consumed by man. Her annual product is now much more than 100,000,000 pounds, whereas last year the world's production amounted to about 2,000,000,000 pounds. The Java coffee trees have been serious ly affected during recent years by the blight so that today there are not more than half as many plantations as there were some years ago The blight has also afflicted the Hawaiian Islands, and it has practically ruined the coffee Industry of the Northern Philippines. In 1SS3 15, 000,000 pounds of coffee were shipped away from Manila, and now the shipments do not exceed 200,000 pounds. Java is trying to avoid the blight by planting a spocles of Llberlan coffee, which is said to resist it, and this is the character of tho coffee here at Jolo. I met a coffee-planter in Honolulu who told me thej had recently discovered an antidote for tho blight I think It was of a parasitical nature a little worm or bug which attacks the parasite which causes the blight and kills it and which multiplies so rapidly that it will In a short time drive out the blight. parasite , and free the plantation of them. The new j parasite does not injure the trees, fix- j pcrlments with it are now being made 1 in the Hawaiian Islands, and. It Is said, successfully. On the ship which brought ' me to Manila from Hong Kong was a man from Hawaii who expects to invest ' in coffee lands here, because. he can buy them at "a low price on account of the blight, and by Introducing this parasite can redeem them. ' i Paid Twenty-Five Per Cent. i In the past coffee-raising has paid very i well, the planters and shippers making about 23 per cent out of their Invest- ' ments. Good coffee lands, with the trees In bearing, were until lately worth about J 590 gold per acre. At present -their value is only nominal, and some of the plant ers have been pulling up the coffee trees 1 and putting in sugar cane. Up to the time of the apearanco of the ! blight the most of tho coffee was grown ! in the provinces below and about Ma- i nlla. The best came from Batangas, j quite a lot was raised about Laguna de Bay, and also in Cavlte. Many of the J plantations were large, containing numer- j ous trees. The trees were shaded. They j were set out so closely that 1723 trees j were grown on one acre, and It may have J been this close planting that caused the i low yield per tree. The amount produced j averaged not more than 10 ounces, or 1000 pounds to the Acre. This, at 12 cents a I pound, a low rate in the past for this ' varie'ty of coffee, gave ari Income of 5120 1 per acre per year. In Brazil many of the trees yield two and three pounds each. The harvesting of the crop In Luzon has been usually sdone on Bhares, women and children picking the berries and hulling the seeds for half the profits. Practically j no modern machinery has been uscd. Much. of. the pulp has oeen allowed to dry on the berries and then pounded off with mortar and pestle. After this the chaff t i the wind. Some of the planters hired their work done, but nearly all were more or less' In debt, so that there has not yet ' been a practical test of coffee-ralslnt? in J this .part of the world with modern ma chinery and plenty of capital. The coffee conditions in the Sulu Isl- ands are far different, however, from , those of Luzon. Here there is only one j plantation, but it covers 70 acres, and it now has 33,000 trees. It is owned by : two Germans, who "hnv mnrrld Mnrna l They have a large tract of land and are j teBtmg coffce-ralslng as an experiment. ( Their trees are now only three years old t and they are so loaded with berries that I the limbs are breaking down with the , weight They will get one pound jer tree this year, and they tell me that they have been already offered IS cents silver ( or 14 cents gold per pound for their crop, i Within two years from now they think t the trees will be producing at least three and a half pounds each, and it looks as j though they had a fortune in sight. J The Plantation. I spent some time in .going over the plan ! tatlon. It lies about three miles back of j Jolo on the foot hills of the mountains, and is reached by a bridle path through I the fields. The lands surrounding it are like a natural park filled with tall forest j trees and overgrown with a tall growth of luxuriant grass. The grass in many j places was taller than my head as I sat I on my pony. The earth of the path where the grass was worn off was as I black as that of the valley of the Nile, until We came to the plantation Itself, i where It assumed the reddish tinge so j common to good coffee lands. Nearer j the plantation the scenery grew wilder. 1 We crossed several streams and wound ; our way In and out through the jungle until at last, mounting a low hill, the whole 70 acres of coffee bushes rising and falling with the land in wide graceful lines of burnished green lay hefore us. I cannot describe the luxuriance of the growth and the healthy look of the trees. They were as big around as a man's wrist at the ground, with branches coming out on all sides, loaded with green and red berries and blossoms. The ber ries were in all stages of growth, some as big as tho end of your little finger and others the size and color of a large red cherry. Unlike the coffee of the northern part of the Philippines, the berries here ripen all the year round, so that you see blos soms and berries on the same stem at the same time. The blossoms are white, much like the jasmine flower, emitting a perfume which Is almost sickening In its sweetness. Here and there among the coffee plants I could see the trunks of Kreat trees which had oen cut down in the clearing of the- land and left to rot. There were but few signs of cultivation. The grass had evidently been chopped off with bolos. I was tolu that the ground was mowed every month, but that no SWEEPING UP COFFEE .GRAINS, CANAL DOCK, ( hoeing or weeding had been done during j thepast .year. I went over the plantation with one of the owners, Mr. Charles Schuck, and later spent some time with him and his family. Both he and Ms brother, Mr. Ed ward Schuck. ha.ve Moro- wives and a number of half-breed children. Their wives are the (laughters of some of the Moro chiefs, and their relations with the people are so friendly that they have , been of considerable assistance to the , Americans in arranging our peaceful oc cupation of the islands. During our visit ' , to the Sultan. Charles Schuck was the Interpreter, and his -sister. Mrs. Fexer, and his brother's wife, a Moro Princess, aepomnnnlwl thi narfv ' j Deeded Him 10O0 Acres. The Schuck family have lived in Sulu for many years. Charles Schuck's father came here as a trader a Quarter of a een- , tury ago and established such relations J rsB& with' the old ' Sultan ' that- the latter deeded -him -about 1000 acres' of the best land of the Island, of which this coffee plantation is a fart. ' The story of how Mr. Schuck came to get the plantation was told me by his son. The old Sultan owned practically the whole of North Borneo, comprising the harbor of Sandakan and the vast tract now leased to the North Borneo Company. Being In a frleridly mood one day, he made a deed of all this land to Mr. Schuck, telling him he$could sell what he chose of It to the Germans. There was an understanding. I suppose, that Mr. Schuck. was to give him a share of the profits. At any rate, the gift was accepted arid Schuck wrote, to Prince Bis marck, offering the land to him for n German colony. At that time Germany had not the greed for Asiatic posses sions fche now has. Bismarck replied- that Germany was not yet ready to enter upon a colonial policy and that he could not accept the propo sition Mr. Schuck reported the result of his correspondence- to the Sultan, and his majesty in reply made a remark which Schuck did not like. It may be that it was an Insulting reference to Prince Bismarck. At any rate, it made Schuck so angry that he took the deed granting him North Borneo, tore It In two and threw it at the feet of his majes ty, telHnfr him he could keep his old land j and that neither the Germans nor himself wanted It. , The Sultan, in order to appease him, ( gave him n deed to this land Just out ride of Jolo. He kept the Borneo prop- j erty, and a shjrt time later rented It out to an English syndicate known os j the North Borneo Company for the annual I payment of 5CO0O. This sum the present Sultan Is still receiving from the com- pany. The lands have been developed and I quite a town has grown up about the har bor of Sandakan and several lines of steamers make It a regular port of call to bring goods and take away the crops. Starting the Plantation. During our chat Mr. Schuck told me how he happened to start his coffee plan .tation. Said he; "My father had planted a few trees. They were not well cared for, but they grew very fast, and are now 20 feet high, with trunks ranging in size from the thickness of your thigh to that of your waist They are all In full bearing, but it is almost impossible to pick the coffee on account of the height When my father died, a few years ago, my brothers and myself found that we had this land, but that It was in such a condition that It produced no Income. Wo left the Sulu Islands for a time and went to Borneo, Singapore and elsewhere to earn enough to develop the. property. In Borneo we became Interested in coffee planting, and, knowing what father had done with the old plantation, wevthought that a new one could be started at a profit My brothers then clubbed togeth er and sent me back to Sulu to set out the trees. "Tho first thing I did was to lay out the plantation. I cut down the Jungle and burned it and later on set out the plants in the regular order you see them. We got the seed from Borneo, choosing Ll berian coffee. In order that It might better resist the blight The seeds were first sewn In seed beds, and when the plants were eight Inches high we set them out Each plant was grown In a tube of bam boo, and so transplanted without dis turbing the roots. After a short time the bamboo tubes rotted and the roots came through on all sides. We set the sprouts out without shade, and they grew from the start We had no particular tlmo for planting, putting them out "from day to day throughout several months. ''Our labor was made up of natives, some of whom ,were slaves. At first I lived with the workmen, often sleeping with 0 of them In the same house. I use- such men and. women on the estate today. They are Mocos. I find they work very well, although I pay even my slaves for their labor, doing so, as far as pos sible, by the piece. I have many women who each earn from 25 to 40 cents in silver a day, and men who do even better than this. I have made it a point to be friends with the Moros. I employ any of, them who will work, and so far I have had no trouble In getting good labor. "At first i keflt the plantation very clean, hoeing the trees and pulling out the weeds, but when the Americans came they so disarranged things that I had to let much of my work go. I have now a little disease among some of the trees, but I think it chiefly comes from the foul condition of the land." Pnlplnjr Coffee "With Teeth. Later on I went to Mr. Schuck's house and watched the pulping of the coffee, 6r the getting the seeds out of the berries. It was a curious sight The plantation house is a building covering perhaps half an acre, with -a heavy thatched roof. Jit is high up from the ground upon posts, so that you can easily wo- under the first floor without touching it with your MANILA. head. Uponthe ground below the house there were about.two, dozen women and 10 children, the most of them girls. Each woman had a basket of coffee berries and a dirty pan or a worn-out kerosene can before her. They were all brown skinned, all half nakbd, and all had teeth as black as the blackest of Ink. Some of the women were wrinkled, and there was hardly one that was not disgusting. All were busy. They were working their jaws, making a crunch, crunch, crunch, as they bit into the berries and, rolling their tongues around the seeds, chewed off the pulp into tho pan. They worked wonderfully fast making a stream of this spittle flow from their mouths to the pans and grind ing away at about six movements of the Jaw to the second. I was told that they received about 12 cents of our money for a gallon of the chewed mixture. This was the result of one day of working, from morning until night and it seemea to mo that they well earned the money. - I picked up one of heberries and went through the process. "The'shell was quite hardhut the pulp and speeds tasted sweet, and theoperation tredAnly; once was not particularly unplea4fn .' It Is in this way that air of the pulping is done, although f" am. told that the process is so expensive that machines have been ordered. , , After thl th mush Af nuln and seds Is placed for some Vlays 4n the sun to xerment. it is nextcuucen to me crees and washed, and the;banB are then laid out upon mats in the "yard. They remain for five or six days in- th,e sun and are then ready to be hulled. Every coffee bean has still two skins upon It, which must be taken off before It Is ready for sale. There is an outer skin as thick as your finger nail, 'and an Inner one . .b .. ' , ....... as tnln as fine tissue paper, in oraer 10 ; w. vmj w, ., ........ , v.- , -.- .., ... '--' - ,r - remove these tho beans are put into a that the Republicans will sweep the coun- 'strong vote-maker for the Republican mortar made by gouging out a hole In , try West of the Missouri River In the Fall party, and will prove so this Fall. The the unrijrht end of a leg and a native i campaign, and carry every state in that South, as usual, will go Democratic, but pounds upon them with a pestle - like section. This not only Includes the states If the negro question could once be ellm wooden, club breaking the skins. The of the Pacific Coast, but states that have . inated In that section, there would be coffee and shells and skins are then win- i heretofore been reckoned as doubtful, or ! many surprises coming from the now nowed by throwing them up In the air. " even Democratic. It has been generally J solid South. Just as our pioneer fathers winnowed , conceded that Colorado at least would go I Roosevelt's Campaign. . their wheat and the coffee beans which Democratic, but late Republican, advices ' It ls the preaent hope of party leaders y i i 1 1 'i ''"" MORO COFFEE SLAVE AND CHILD, remain are ready for the market They are bagged and carried to the sea coast on the back of a water buffalo and then shipped to Manila for sale. Such ls coffee raising-as it Is carried on In .Jolo, and such coffee can be produced in this way, I anvtoldt at a profit If this ls true. It certainly should pay after modern methods and with modern ma chinery. In the meantime, It must be remembered that all of'tho land here in Sulu belonds to the Sultan, and that as yet none ls for sale., FRANK 3. CARPENTER. Poetry of the Campaign. Tho campaign poets are- beslnnln-f to be heard in the land, despite the t fact that Mc Klnler. Jlooscvelt, Bryan and ' Stevenson are all hard names to use for rhymlne purposes. John Lattlmore. of Fox Lake. la., haa favored us with these lines, which, as the critics would cay. seem to strike a new chord In American poetry: Flags are flytn High fcr Bryan And Adlal Stevenson, too; But Mr. McK. ' And Theodoro they Are feeling pretty ,blue. This Is from the XeworkSun: To shout for BI1 nnd Teddy I always will be ready; But not for Bill) and Adlal. Althouch they need It "badly. These lines are furnished by the Perryvllla (Minn.) Standard: f v O the babies All are cryln' Aloud for Bll Bryan Not for the other Billy. Because they ain't so silly. The Balllstor (Mich.) Democrat's poet says: They've taken Qoyn The name of Towne t And put up that of Adlal. And you'll nsree. It seoms to me. t , They micht have done mens badly. vThe Mpntvllle (O.) Free Press sums up the situation In this way: The" Bills arc runnlns at tho head, And after them come, Ad. and Ted, vhlle Debs and Barker In the rear With Woolley and The rest appear. i j. This som Is sent to us" by Lulu R. Mitchell, of La Falle, 111.: I'll shout for BUI McKInley Until my lungs f&re raw. - For he's bound to be the winner At all the Torld. must knowl Lot Bryan do his .boasting Before elsctlort day, .. Because wt'll bury silver Again, next Fajl, to stay. ' w vAs.a reply to the foreeolpg e mlcht pre sent 'thwe lines from l5(enry W. Cranford, of Fort Vfs-ne, Ind.: ' , The Illy or Nebraska. ', ' els the candidate for me. There never was a'.cbamplen Moro chivalrous than he! McKlnlcy's relcn ls vcr nnd His star Is srowlng dim How can we trust -our Faio with such " An autocrat as him? Chicago Times-Herald. Japanese- Police. Japan has a pollco fofce .modeled some thing, after tho French system. In vari ous, places throughout Toklo there are small kabanchos, which aro something like the British sentlnei boxes, but larger. Three men are detailed to each box dally. One remains inside resting, while another stands at th6 uoor and the tnird patrols a beat and returns at regular in tervals to the box. Stations are changed every eight hours. Afteri hours' work the three pollcemenare given the same length of time to rept, and three other men are sent to the bpx. During their off days the men are em ployed In taking a. census, making re ports regarding the condition of streets, bridges, embankments, drains and ceme teries. They also report weddings, births,, deatha. theatrical performances and the presence of suspicious people. Lons-ItraiiEe Phjptoerraphy. Captain Gcntlll, an, Italian officer who has been experimenting- n long-distance photography, has discovered a means of taking photographs at a, distance of many miles. It has been possible for him to photograph fortresses "?rom a distance of 11 mile's, and masses of troops at a dis tance of 19 miles. ,Ca?taln Gentlll's in vention ls likely to bec.bma of considerable importanco from the' military point of view. lrTTgfTwWJ-W---1 " ' ' ''... UsBBsHBI&BSCC-iL' ! ssssssMltasaHRl'aiK3B', r,- . - HJLs.s.KSsK'SItiM'-l:,' ? sssssHBH99IJ TrfSSSBBaSB SSgSBPWP? tft-f KSsBBBBSui -iSuiSSSSSSsi PLANS FOR -CAMPAIGN PROSPERITY OF -XOUNTRY "WILL help'Vhe REPUBLICANS. Roosevelt's Itinerary Outlined He Will Make- Complete Canvass of Pacific Coast Political Gossip. WASHINGTON. "July 21. Based upon reports which are constantly being re-1 celved at ReDUblican headquarters In this l.. -.. i ,,.,. nnn fsnhi t oocorl " ii i i i i i ii r COFFEE TREES IN BACKGROUND. from that state strengthen the claim of ther party leaders that the electoral vote of tho Centennial state will go for Mc KInley and Roosevelt, and that Senator Wolcott will be elected to the Senate by a nice majority. This great gain In Republican strength ls attributed first and foremost to the -collapse of the silver It-sue, and secondly to the strength of the expansion Issue as against the antl-expanslon policy of the Democrats. Then, too, the general good times ls a great factor In many of the states, and espe clallj" in Idaho, where not only Sliver Re publicans have forsaken Bryan, but Democrats as well, for they say that Bryan's prophecy of four years ago that free silver alone would give them pros perity has proven utterly false, and has shaken their faith In the Democratic leader. Letters from political leaders in Montana say that Senator Carter will be returned by a handsome majority, and with him will come a Republican col league to fill the seat now held on ap pointment by Senator Clark. Prosperity is counted on to carry Nebraska and Kansas for the Republicans, regardless of other Issues, as these are states where Bryan's calamity howls had such great offect four years ago. In a word, the West seems to have lost faith In Bryan and Bryanlsm, and is ready and willing to stand by McKInley, the Republican party, and plaae Its hope of prosperity In the party which in the past has done so much to bring about a prosperous condition throughout the United States. Prosperity more .than filled. The successor of the late Sen anythlng else appeals to the masses, and ator'Gear Is yet to be named. Wetmore with prosperity they are ready to support of Rhode Island Is likely to return, as Is expansion, sound money and other issues Turley of Tennessee. The others remaln whlch iro to Viake nn the Republican Dlat- I lng In doubt are: Baker of Kansas, Butler form Th Gront Unttle-Gronnd. n-i. i -- v v .nmnira rin u , v,a, w i- t,u.,., - nesota, Wisconsin, Ohio and Illinois, with .L. ..V.A..AA. f.. ....a.. rw .. Tj.mihnmna tne cnances in tavor oi tne lepuonciua W4U i;Uillil-V) 111 iUVUl UL U1U ikCJIUUIH.UiJ m eacn oi ineso siaies. x-rosyumy not appeal to the voters of these states 2H&r r5!3n2r. i, Jwori. tiS ! 'tor A tSTire -k TT,.Kti.. .vnnnrinn le thA popular issue among the more intelligent classes,, as a whole, and sound money appeals to the better judgment of tne61C111- " n. iicitie voiers, reauy on iot.o ninssps. hur RtTvnurm5 efforts the slightest provocation to feverse their are -being made to create an antl-Repub- ucan sentiment among tne wonting classes, and particularly tho Germans. The Boer question is being injected in this section "in the hope of turning the Ger mans to the support of Bryan, but Re publican leaders are preparing to meet whatever advances may be made by the Democratic campaigners along those llne3, and do not feel uneasy as -to the result. The results in the East are pretty well determined, and the campaign there will not arouse so much interest Silver has long been dead in that section, and what antl-expanslon sentiment remains is so weak as to be harmless. The East is practically solid for expansion and the gold standard, and the workmen- in East ern mills aro not slow to appreciate the better wages and better hours that they are receiving today, compared to poor wages, or In many Instances no work at ail, wmen prevauea lour years ago. ThHfftr TTinntif tCnUirrttr Jn th "Pnot In a J that Roosevelt may be able and willing to stump the entire West in support or the ticket the country where he ls so well known, and where he ls In such close touch with the" people, and, In view of the fact that he has been tyHUng to use his best efforts in the campaign, it is likely that he will make this exten sive tour. While definite plans have not yet been formulated. In a general way, it is expected that he will start In, ylth two or three other speakers, stumping Kansas first and. then going over into Colorado, where he would likely be as sisted by Senator Wolcott, and speak at Denver and the other large cltie3 of the state, before working westward "nto Utah. From there he would work into Southern Idaho, crossing Nevada, into California, where he would stump the state from bottom to top. After leaving California, the party would proceed into Oregon, going down the Willamette Val ley to Portland, and thence on Into Western Washington, visiting the Puget Sound cities. When the entire Coast has been stumped, the party would cross over to Eastern Washington, Spokane and Walla Walla and back Into Eastern Oregon, winding up at Baker City. Their route will then He across the uncovered portion 6"f Idaho, into Montana and Wyo ming, before the Dakotas are reached. With thoge states covered, the Roosevelt tour would probably terminate In Ne braska, Bryan's home, unless conditions in Minnesota and Iowa should be such that additional Republican speechmaking was deemed necessary, in which event he would probably extend his tour into those states. At any rate, the Pacific Coast will be stumped by Roosevelt, ac companied by strong spellbinders, and probably Tim Fitch will be among the party when It reaches that section. It Is the Intention to put up a thorough, strong and convincing campaign over the entire West, with a view of carrying every state for the Republicans in the Novem state election, and strengthening the vari ous state tickets. The Senatorial Outlook. Just about this time there are a num ber of United States Senators who are on the uneasy seat, and who are specu lating as to whether the 3d of next March will see the end of their Senatorial career, or whether they will be returned to the Senate for another six years. There are a number of those whose terms ex pire at that time who are sure of re election, among them being Frye of Maine, Hoar of Massachusetts, McMillan of Michigan, Martin of Virginia, Morgan of Alabama, Nelson of Minnesota, Till man of South Carolina, Bacon of Georgia, and very probably Elkins of West Vir ginia, although Elkins will have a stronger fight on his hands than any of the others named. A great deal of In terest ls being centered in the fight which Senator Cullom, of Illinois, ls making for his return, and. If he succeeds, he will deserve double credit for his opposition Is Immensely strong. Carter of Montana ls similarly placed. At one time It looked as if we were to see no more of Sena tor Chandler, of New Hampshire, but his chances are brightening, and It would not be surprising now to see his festive coun tenance once more adorning the Senate chamber. Shoup of Idaho will have a hard fight, with chances in his favor, and Warren of Wyoming ls in a still bet ter position, with his return almost as sured. Wolcott of Colorado, should he go down in the silver storm In his state, would be succeeded by Governor Thomas, who has his eye on the Senate. Chilton of Texas, of course, makes way for young Bailey. Caffery, of Louisiana, ls to give way to a man more In touch with the Democratic party and Its platform, and Lindsay., of Kentucky is to steg aside to make a place for Joe Blackburn. Dela ware ls also always an uncertain state, and will have to fill the seat now occu pied by Kenney. Factional differences In that.state make the result doubtful. There is also a vacancy in that state to be MORO SLAVE GIItLS HULLING COFFEE. j of North Carolina, who is making a ! strong play for return: McBrlde of Ore- eon. PettlCTew of South Dakota. Sowell of New Jersey, and Sullivan of Mississippi. Thurston of Nebraska will not run again, ... A . ... Ul; AAUUT. ''?,. l.n.nAnf v... y.a tXav...a ic rrosycci ior me uone. i ; Political leaders have come to realize Vlo, fH - , -n - fi i : srsrj? ssv m .5?s jk " PW not in nowor. .nd some UtHe auprciiBiuiun is now leit lest me jjemu- crats shall gain control in that body as a result of the next election. It ls the ' vote' of the previous election, who make " w.nKum so greau, ana iuey we not more to be counted on now (han la the past The Democrats are very hoj ful of success, and are counting on the House, although they know that having it they will not be. able to accompi much with a Republican Senate and Republican President It would, of course! give them control of local matters, ar matters in which the state organizations were Interested, and Democrats wouic control to a large extent the provislor J jn the appropriation bills, but when i came to National questions, the Senate and the President would dominate. Yei a Democratic House would prove a greal embarrassment to the Republican Admins istratlon, and would prevent the carrying out of much legislation which the Re publicans have planned and will execute if left In power. There ls much for the Republican party to do to complete plar already adopted, and much more ths can be done in the coming short ses-j slon. If a Democratic House succeeds the present one. it will be almost if not al-j together Impossible to complete present plans, and the programme will have to abandoned until a Republican House cat be elected. It is with a view of makini a strong Congressional campaign tha large funda are desired, and, In fact iq will be found that more money will have been spent in Congressional fights thai for the defense of the National ticket Candidates of both parties are workli incessantly to secure large funds to conJ duct their campaigns, and are meeting with more success In such matters that the promoters of the National camps JOKELETS ABOUT KIDLETS. Inarenloas Whimsicalities of Bi Paragraphic Scribes, Ethel (to her younger brother, who ha been whipped) Don't mind, brother.! Brother (between sobs) That's Just what I was licked for. Ohio State Jour nal. Mamma Paul,' darling, you must run bed. See. the birds are already la thel nests. Paul (at 5 o'clock next morning) Mam ma, mamma, waks up I All the birds up! New York World. Willie was Bent to tho board to writ the plural possessive of sheep. Aft many attempts he asked dlscouraginglyj "Wouldn't lambs do Just as well?"- Judge. "Well, Jlmmle, do you like to go school?" "Yes slr-e-o; ylsta-day teacher tied mj feet together, en t'day she tied my meat up." Indianapolis Journal. Teacher Now, boys, express in. othe words this sentence: "What 13 the use of complaining?" Mickey O'Brien Wot's yuse complalnl of?" Philadelphia Inquirer. Sunday School teacherRobert, tell me why It was the children of Israel built a eolden calf. Robert I don't know, unless 'twas that they didn't have gold enough to make a cow. Life. "What ls chagrin, ma?" "Chagrin? Well, Tommy, It is the feelj lng you had yesterday when you brougha those three kittens Home rrom tn Joneses and I made you take them back.' Indianapolis Journal. "Now, Sammy, you must not say word while ma has company.". "All right, ma; If y' gimme a dinner nlate full of Ice cream I'll be so Dusy won't want f talk." Indianapolis Jouri nal. Freddie Ma. didn't the minister say that the hairs of our heads are numbered" Ma He did. Freddie. Freddie (after an interval of reflection! I suppose thats done so it one raua out we 11 know Just where to put it Dae in the right place. Richmond Dispatch! A little boy. writing a composition or the zebra, was requested to describe the animal and to mention what it Is usee for. After deep reflection,, he wrote "The zebra is like a horse, only striped! He ls chiefly used to Illustrate the letter. Z." " Harper's Bazar. "That bov ls going to make his marl In the world." said Mrs. Corntossell nroudb. "What makes you think so, Mandyrl asked her husband. "I've been readln' some biographies oi famous men. An a whole lot of didn't show any particular smartness al school." Washington Star. Tommy (whispering) Say, ChlrmnyJ why don't yer show de teacher yer mumpa so she will let you go home? Chlmmy (hoarsely) 'Sh! yer Idyut wants ter have de whole school ketch de disease, so as I kin have some of de fel-j lers ter play wld. Judge. Papa Aha 1 You have disobeyed me." Willie Boo-hoo! I tried not to. H ain't my fault f Papa Not your fait, eh?" ' Willie No sir. You said: "Don't le J mo catch you at that again." an' I don my best not to let you.-Phlladelphl ; - -. uttle Grade had been having trouble .. i,. i a .. r v,iJ ! zCSSrSssrJSi ; fcer.J UU the Paper t te and won i " cuu5. c n uuu ux.n. u.u w. side however, and he inquired: t Wh.ats tho matter? Aren t they al "&".. "Yes, they're ever so nice; but won' you please put in a few mistakes so thai j ".... "... w.. ..u.o.&u mc oww journa I