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TEXAS MINING AND TRADE JOURNAL.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, October 18, 1899.
Special Correspondence to JojJRNAL.
I NDIVIDUALLY, officers of this Government are at liberty
to entertain any views they please concerning the war be-
tween Great Britain and the Transvaal Republic, but offi-
cially they niust be strictly neutral, that being the position which
the United States Government has assumed and will maintain
during the war. Our Consuls will look after the interests of
British citizens in South Africa, but that has 110 significance, be-
ing only a return of the courtesy extended to us by British Con-
suls in Cuba during the war with Spain. The movements of the
war have been followed with great interest in Washington.
There are open sympathizers for both sides, but there is only
one opinion as to the ultimate result. The Boers may win vic-
tories for a time, while Great Britain is massing its troops, but
in the end their defeat and the wiping out of their Government
is regarded as a certainty.
philippine outlook.
War Department officials express satisfaction with the result
of the military movements in the Philippines during the week
just closed, and are very confidently predicting an early col-
lapse of the rebellion, after the regular campaign gets started.
about government ownership.
Those who believe that the Government should carry tele-
grams just as it now carries letters would be delighted to hear
Mr D. Tamaki, who is Engineer of the Imperial Department of
Japan, and who is now visiting Washington, talk about the suc-
cessful management of the telegraph and telephone lines of Ja-
pan by the Government. He said: "Government ownership and
control of all the agencies of commnnication is preferable to
p, ivate ownership. In this modern age correspondence by wire
is as necessary as by letter, and there is 110 reason why the tele-
graph should not be regarded as properly coming under the scope
of Governmental operations. We have a first-rate system in
Japan, which being a small and compact country is easily served
by wire. There are 250 stations, and the cost in your money is
a little more than one cent a word."
administration means business.
That the Administration means business in hurrying warships
to the Philippines was shown by the extraordinary action of the
Navy Department in the case of the cruiser "New Orleans,"
which was one of the ships ordered to Manila on Admiral Dew-
ey's recommendation that the naval force over there should be
strengthened as much as possible. When the order for the "New
Orleans" to proceed to Manilla was first issued, Captain Long-
necker and other officers of that vessel reported that two months
would be required to overhaul the machinery of the cruiser be-
fore she could start. Later, those officers reported that the
work could be done in a month. That did not satisfy the de-
partment, and Rear Admiral Rogers was appoin ed president of
a board of naval officers to inspect the "New Orleans." As a
result of the inspection premptory orders were issued for the
boat to start for Manila not later than the 19th instant. That
was a very unusual proceeding, as it is customary to accept re-
ports from the commanders of vessels upon their condition, and
it is regarded as a hint to other officers that unnecessary delays
will not be countenanced by the department.
the alaskan boundary.
Whether the war between Great Britain and the Transváfd
Republic had anything to do with Canada's acceptance of the
temporary Alaskan boundary, agreed upon some weeks ago by
the United States and Great Britain, is a question upon which
there are differences of opinion, but inasmuch as the the tem-
porary boundary agreed upon is much more favorable to the
contentions of the United States than it is to those of Canada
it is probable that Canada's acceptance was the result of posi-
tive orders from Government of Great Britain, and that those
orders were issued because of the beginning of war in South
Africa. The temporary boundory shuts Canada out from tide
water and makes it necessary that Canadian goods from the Pa-
cific, for the Yukon section, shall pass through American terri-
tory, and does not even leave Canada canoe navigation or any
outlet upon the Lynn canal. While it is not certain that the
temporary boundary will be the permanent line, its acceptance
has greatly strengthened the American claim, and can reasona-
bly he clamed by the Administration as a diplomatic triumph.
garden truck on the yukon.
Consul Cook at Dawson City has sent the Department of State
an interesting report showing that flowers, vegetables and grain
grow as well in the Yukon section and mature as quickly as they
do in Vermont, Minnesota and other Northern States. The re-
port concludes by saying: "We seo no reason why the smaller
fruits, such as strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, currents
and gooseberries, could not be cultivated profitably, as they are
growing wild in the surrounding country. Timothy, red top and
several other grasses suitable for hay, also grow wild, and as
luxurant as in any part of the United States. In the floral line,
we have as pretty wild flowers—especially roses—as can be seen
in any northern climate. The duration of the season suitable
to vegetation is approximately five months in the lowlands and
islands of the river, and two to four weeks longer on the hill-
sides with southern exposure." This is directly contrary to the
popular idea of the Yukon section, but there is no doubt of its
trustworthiness.
Should a Woman Propose Marriage."
"Should a Woman Propose Marriage?"This subject has been
largely discussed in Household Department of the Farm and
Ranch. "Jennie, the Farmer's Wife," has an article on the sub-
ject from which the following "points" are taken:
"Oh, I think it is not a woman's place. If a gentleman wishes
to marry a lady, and loves her, he will in due time propose. If
he loves her all right, he may be ever so timid or bashful, but he
will make out to let you know what he is saying. I know this
from experience, for my husband is the most timid, say-noth-
ing man on earth, but when he was courting me he certainly did
manage to tell me be loved me, and actually proposed and asked
my parents for my hand in marriage, although he now tells me
I did all the courting.
"A man would never give a woman proper respect, but would
always, if there were any family trouble or disturbance, say:
'You should not have courted me,' or it would be hurled at her
in some flouting way. Do wait, girls, for them to pop the ques-
tion. You are not losing any time. If you get a good husband,
you have long enough to live with him; if you get abad one, you
have too long. So wait and watch them; try to know their
character first. But I will say you will never know each other
well enough. Marry for love, true love; not for convenience,
or money, or a home. It is well to have money and a home, but
without love or congeniality what is wealth? Don't you all
that want girls to pop the question, poke out your mouth at me.
I'm not going to say any more."
Ben F. Dewsenberry believes when young people would
a-wooing go, they should seem to be just what they are. In the
"Farm and Ranch" he has an article from which we make the
following extract:
"I want to add my voice to Nyam's protest against the prac-
tice of girls in general in showing nothing but the best exterior
before and dropping it after marriage; and the boys, too. They
(many of them) leave their tobacco and profanity off 'on Sun-
day,' along with other 'bad habits' (old clothes, etc.) But 'after
taking,' how about it, then? He tries to keep it from her no
longer, thinking, as Nyam says: 'She is caught and can't get
away.' That's not the right principle. Every effort should be
made to keep him or her from wanting to get away. To my
mind, nothing would be more disgusting than the late bride get-
ting down to breakfast in 'an old dress presentable nowhere ex-
cept at the washtub, hair uncombed,' etc.; or the husband spit-
ting tóbaeeo on the stove in the best room (or any other room),
utterly careless of what his wife thinks about it, now that she is
tied."
A Thousand Tongues
Could not express the rapture of Annie E. Springer of Phila-
delphia when Dr. King's New Discovery cured her of a hack-
ing cough that for many years had made life a burden. She
says: "After all other remedies and doctors failed it soon re-
moved the pain in my chest and I can now sleep soundly, some-
thing I can scarcely remember doing before. I feel like sound-
ing its praises throughout the Universe." Dr. King's New Dis-
covery is guaranteed to cure all troubles of the Throat, Chest or
Lungs. Price 50c and .$1. Trial bottles free at T. P. M. & M.
Co.'s Pharmacy.
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McAdams, Walter B. Texas Mining and Trade Journal, Volume 4, Number 14, Saturday, October 21, 1899, newspaper, October 21, 1899; Thurber, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth200528/m1/2/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarleton State University.