Life — March 13, 1902 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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HENRY HUDSON SNAIL, ON HIS WAY TO FIND A DIRECT WATER ROUTE TO INDIA, ARRIVES, AFTER A LONG AND STORMY VOYAGE, AT BERTLEBSURO, Unpopularity. ot M2A2Y sears ago, mes enfants, |)‘ there lived a man who / longed, as he longed ‘ for nothing else, for the luxury of unpopu- larity. But he could not afford it. “I will work hard and get rich,’’ said the man, after giving the situation =~ mach thought. AX ‘ HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR BREEZY WEATHER. Suiting the action to \ the word, he was present- ly worth a great deal ) of money; possibly a hundred millions, But what was his mortifica- tion to discover that he simply could not be unpopular, hereupon, no matter how hard he tried. He was able to be unpopular with some of the people (Populists) all the time, but not with all the people any of the time. Now that it was too late, he deeply regretted not having conquered his unfortunate appetite while yet he was young. The “Water Cure” for the Filipinos. THis being true, tt was not surprising that there had been some retalla- tlon on the part of small hands of American soldiers. He (Governor Taft) had heard of no charge of mutilation, but there probably were some cases of unnecessary Killing ; some cases of whipping, and some cases of ‘what 1s called the * water cure,” this method of puntshment conatating of ring water down the throats of men until they would sweil up, and, ming frightened, would tell what they might know, as for instance, As to where guns could be secured.—New York Krening Post. This “water-cure” treatment is amusing, but not strikingly original. It was popular in the days of the Spanish Inquisition, and probably was in use before that cheerful institution started in business. Ofcourse torture is against the laws of modern warfare, but the American Government is not making war against the Filipinos—it is only civilizing them. New Books. OICES IN THE NIGHT. Emma Eames. The Puppet Crown, by The Emperor of China A Confident To-morrow, by Nikola Tesla. The Money Spinner, by Russell Sage. Up from Slavery. Mrs. Fiske. Tho Fortune of War, by W. S. Schley. Her Ladyship’s Elephant. Countess de Castellane, Uncanonized, by Mary Eddy. The Soul of The Street. James R. Keene. Days Like These, by E. B. Dunn. In the Midst of Alarms, by A New Yorker. comicbooks.com