LAWYER AND AUTHOR 1
New British Ambassador Considared
a Versatile Genius.
Sir lleiirjr Mortimer Dnrnnd,
SyunlaU Court, \\ ill Arrlvo la
WualiinKto* Wilkin m
Short Tina*.
Sir Henry Mortimer Purand, the Brlt
ls ambassador In Madrid has been ap
pointed British ambassador to the Unit
ed States, to succeed tlie late Sir Michael j
Herbert.
The selection of Sir Henry was a sur- :
prise to most people, chiefly because he
has never had any official connection
with Washington. It Is learned that Sir
Henry has frequently expressed a great
liking for Americans and a desire to go !
to the United States. His promotion
comes more or less In tne ordinary
course of diplomatic changes; but one
of the strongest recommendations that
appealed to Foreign Secretary Lans
downe was Sir Henry's reputation of be
ing an excellent lawyer (having been
called to the bar in 1872). A similar
qualification had much to do with the
late Lord Pauncefote's selection.
The new ambassador will speedily bid
farewell to the Spanish court and pro
ceed to the United States. Lady Durand
Is not very strong, but it is hoped the
American climate will benefit her health
and enable her to completely fulfill her
duties as hostess of the British embassy.
The daughter of Sir Henry and Lady
Durand is much liked in Madrid society, i
Their son is an officer in the Lancers.
In addition to his diplomatic success
in Persia, India and Afghanistan, Sir
Henry is an expert shot and has had
many adventures with big game while
hunting in India, where he was closely
connected with Gen. Lord Roberts, serv
ing as his political secretary during the
famous Cabul campaign.
Sir Henry, who was born in 1850, is a
son of the late Maj. Gen. Sir Henry
Purand. He married in 1875 Ella Reve,
daughter of Teighmouth Sandys, of the
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SIR H. MORTIMER DURAND.
(Newly Appointed British Ambassador to
the United Slates.)
British civil service. Sir Henry was ap
pointed to the British privy council in
1901. He is the author of a life of his
father, Sir Henry Purand, and of "Helen
Treveryan."
He entered the Bengal civil service in
1873, was xjolitical secretary to Sir F.,
now Earl, Roberts during the Cabul
campaign of 1879, and foreign secretary
in India from 1884 to 1894. In 1893 he
conducted an important diplomatic mis
sion to the Ameer o£. Afghanistan and
from 1894 to 1900 ho was British minister
to Teheran.
In the mission to Cabul in 1903 he was
completely successful. The Indo-
Afghan frontier question, the position
of Afghanistan in regard to its Oxus bor
der, as defined in the Clarendon agree
ment between England and Russia, and
other matters which had caused some
trouble, were adjusted to the mutual sat
isfaction of all parties concerned, with
the probable exception of Russia. Asa
reward for his services. Sir Henry was
made a knight commander of the Order
of the Star in India.
It is worthy of mention here that the
British mission to Afghanistan in 1893
was full of perils. The safety of Sir
Henry and his party was intrusted en
tirely to Afghan honor, the sole guard
being furnished by the ameer's troops,
and Cabul was known to be a hotbed of
ferocious fanaticism.
The British commissioner's special
endeavor was to convince the ameer that
England was single-minded in her de
sire to uphold the independence 'of
Afghanistan. To do this required much
tact, which, fortunately for England,
the commissioner had acquired in the
Indian foreign office.
In 1900 Sir Henry became ambassador
and consul general at Madrid.
The significant and important feature
of Sir Henry's selection is the fact that
it is the first time the British govern
ment has sent an ambassador directly
to Washington. Heretofore Washington
has been looked upon as a post ranking
at the foot of the embassies, hence it has
been the custom to promote a minister
to the embassy to be ambassador here.
So the action of the British government
in this case marks a growing ser.se of
appreciation of the importance of Wash
ington as a diplomatic post.
A fmiiflonert Huby In Ilnf?.
"Listen! Well, I'll be hanged, if that
isn't a baby's cry coming out of tho
darkness over yonder in the meadow!"
exclaimed Chalkley Cleaver, driving
along a Whitemarsh road toward his
grist mill at Norristown, Pa. He
stopped his horses, groped his way over
the fence, and followed the sound to a
spot where, in a gunny sack, wriggled
a well-dressed, black haired baby girl,
whose parents had evidently left her
there to die. Cleaver took the lusty lit
tle self-defender home, and over the
Jiill to tho poorhouse she will go unless
•some other foster home opens its doori
U) her,
TRIUMPH OF CHEMISTRY. ,
New York Inventor Ifns I*erfeot#4i
FrocPßi for th« Monafautute
of the Hardest Stoue.
A New York scientist has discovered
recently a method for manufacturing
Etone which he announces considerably
Improves upon nature. The new stone
is called "polladite." It is harder than
most natural stone, and may be manu
factured quickly and at comparative
Blight expense. "Palladite" is the in
vention of Mr. W. Pallard Foote, of
Yonkers, New York, who has given the
iiscovery his name. The chemically pre
pared stone may be used for a variety of
W. PALLARD FOOTE.
(Discoverer of a Process for the Manu
facture 01' Stone.)
purposes. As a thin veneer placed on
iron, wood, stone or brick, it offers pro
tection against fire, water, acids or rust,
resisting the effect of extremes of high
and low temperatures. It is composed
chiefly of waste paper pulped and mold
ed into form, and presents the appear
ance of stono in color and consistency.
The New York Herald says that if a
quantity of this be taken and made into
a box or troughlike form to a given size,
tay live or six feet long, by four inches
square, then veneered with "polladite,"
it will make an effectual stone covered
conduit for underground or overhead
electric or telephone wires of noncon
ductivity and durability. Patents have
been granted and others are pending for
the protection of this invention.
In July, 1894, Mr. Foote introduced
in Brooklyn and New York, in a series
of public tests, a "bullet proof shield"
for government use which was comment
ed on freely by the press. A test was
given also at the United States govern
ment proving grounds at Indian Head,
in 1895, at the request of the late Ad
miral Sampson.
Later on members of the German le
gation at Washington examined and
praised the invention.
This invention embraced the first im
portant elements of "polladite." After
nine years of continuous work, Mr.
Foote has succeeded in perfecting this
valuable process—the soiicification ol
mineral and other matter.
BUST OF WASHINGTON.
To He Presented to American People
by Descendant* ol French Rev
olutionary Otticers.
The bust of Washington which wa«
offered to this country by the descend
ants of the French officers who fought
in the American revolution is finished,
according to Le Monde lllustre, and will
soon be shipped. Corapte de Rocham
beau, Marquis de la Fayette, Marquis de
Grasse and Henry Jouin mado the offer
and collected money by general subscrip
tion to defray the expenses. The bust
is heroic in size, and Is by David d'An
gers. It is of bronze, and is mounted
on a pedestal of white marble from the
quarries of Berring-Nicoli at Carrara.
BUST OF WASHINGTON.
(Gift of tlie Descendants of French Itovo
lutionary Officers.)
It has a tablet of bronze, after the styl«
of Louis XVI., designed by Charles Du
pont. The bust and its pedestal will bi
shipped to Ambassador Jusserand at
Washington. It is intended that th«
j erection shall take place soon after the
convening of congress in special ses
sion. The French families whose an
| cestors took part In the war of inde
! pendence will be represented. A little
book containing the names of all con
tributors to the fund is being printed,
and a copy will be sent hare with the
bust.
Fo.er for the Ml.alonnry.
A strict law prevents the Immigration
of Chinamen to Australia. A mission
ary in China was endeavoring to convert
one of the natives. "Suppose me Chris,
tian, me goto Heaven?" remarked Ah
Sin. "Yes," replied the missionary,
! "All right," retorted the heathen, "but
what for you no let Chinamen into Aus
tralia when you let him into Heaven?"
j "Ah," said the missionary, with fer
vor, "ther»'6 ao labor party In He»v«al*
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1903.
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THE BROWNLOW BILL.
Intercut* «( Government Well CJnnr^
ed, Hat n Potent Incentlre to
Local Action.
One objection that has been urged
against the appropriation of money by
the government to aid in road-building
is that the members of congresrs would
engage in such turmoil and unseemly
strifes as are now witnessed in securing
appropriations for rivers and harbors.
This could not be the case under the
Brownlow bill, for it provides that no
state shall receive in aid of road con
struction out of any money appropri
ated for that purpose a greater propor
tion of the total amount appropriated
than its population bears to the total
population of the United States. To il
lustrate: If $20,000,000 should beappro
propriated, Massachusetts would receive
approximately, $735,000; Alabama, $497,-
000; Tennessee, $521,000; Michigan,
$634,000, and Maryland, $311,000.
However much work may be done by
either of these states, it could not re
ceive more than its proportion of tho
amount appropriated. 'Nor could any
community in the several states com
plain of another for trying to secure the
premium offered by the government in
taking prompt and effective action in
raising local funds to meet the require
ments of the government. It would be
a contest, not between states, but be
tween different counties of tho same
state, or between different subdivisions
of townships, but the bill makes it im
possible that there could be contests be
tween the states themselves.
This bill is well guarded, also as to
the expenditure of the money appropri
ated by the government. Application
must first be made by the officers having
jurisdiction of the public roads in any
state or county or district to the direc
tor of the bureau of public roads for co
operation In the construction of a pub
lic highway. After the application is
made with the required resolution the
director of the bureau of public roads
must have the route investigated to de
termine whether such a proposed road
would be of sufficient importance to
receive national aid. If it should be ap
proved by the director upon investiga
tion then maps are to be prepared, plans
and specifications made, the width of
the road determined, together with an
estimate of its cost.
A second application, with resolution,
Is then made by the local authorities and
filed with the director, in which assur
ance is given that such road or a section
thereof shall be constructed according
to the provisions of the act. The di
rector then advertises for bids for the
construction of the road, and the con
tract is awarded to the lowest respon
sible bidder, or it may be awarded to the
state or county or subdivision. The di
rector may then issue his warrant on
the treasurer of the United States, but
his warrant shall not be in excess of 80
oer cent, of the work performed, and in
all cases the government shall hold back
20 per cent, until the entire work has
been finished.
To anyone who will study closely the
provisions of the Brownlow bill it will
be apparent that the interests of the
government have been well protected in
every particular. The value of the bill
is the beneficent influence it will exert
upon local action. Experience has
shown that something is necessary to
stimulate local effort in the matter of
road building. The history of the con
struction of roads In all European coun
tries shows that no good permanent free
roads have ever been built by local as
sessment or taxation.
SIMPLE GRADE LINE.
With It* Appllrntfon it (,rnilp nf Any
Dealretl Fnll to the' Hod Can
lie lOatnklinhrd,
To establish the grade of ditchfrj
and drains, take a well-seasoned,
straight pine scantling and use it for
the base of a triangular frame. The
base, a b, should be one rod long; the
upright side, a c, is formed of two
light strips so that a plumb line may
hang between them suspended from
C
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A
RELIABLE GRADE LINE.
the point. Place the frame in an up
right position, level the base and mark
the point upon the base at which tho
plumb hangs; it will always hang to
this mark when a b is level, but not
otherwise.
Now to test whether a ditch is level,
place the frame upright in the bot
tom of the ditch and if the bob comes
to the mark, the ditch is level at that
place. To establish a grade of any
desired fall to the rod—say four inch
es to the rod —tack a block of wood
to the under side of a band when
the bol* comes to the mark, the base
will be level and the ditch will have a
fall equal to the thickness of the block.
—C. L. Smith, in Farm and Home.
Early in the fall, as soon as the
leaves fall, is the best time to make
cuttings of grape, currant, gooseberry
and rotio.
I —"Howli Farmer
ORTHY of a hlgh
reffljh than I can find
words to express."
Yg&if' )W 'M This is what Mr.
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V V fl Sherman, T e x.)
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across the small of my back, directly
over the kidneys. I paid small attention
to this at first, thinking it would pass
off. But instead of getting better it
became worse and in a short time the
pain centered through my left hip and
pain across down my left leK
fjt, 1f ras far as the knee.
IR€ small Of This is precisely
thp ha/'L' 4what kidney trou
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/PSSgT body.
/stVjY It does not al
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- V at first, but ap
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1 Him' imM exhaustive aches,
I ' MVw V » v telling of sick kid
« \ neys.
So Mr. Plang
man's experience bore this out.
Continuing, he says:"l did not
know the cause of the trouble, but
I am led to believe now that it was
first brought about by jumping in and
out of the wagon and in some way 1
may have strained my back.
"I was constantly growing worse," he
continues "and I became very much
alarmed about my condition. I knew
that something had to be done or serious
results were sure to follow. I went to
a specialist here in Sherman, and under
went a rigid examination."
Then he relates how the doctor told
him that it was a serious case, but that
ho could cure him for fifty dollars.
Oncht to I.earn.
"Ak!" he said, as he led her hack to
her eeat niter the waltz, "I just love dan
cing."
"Well," she replied, as she attempted to
repair a torn flounce, "you're not too old
to learn."—Philadelphia Press.
New I r »*t Train to Texas
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8:80 a. m.for points in Texas aud the South
west. Direct connection with trains from
North nud East. In addition to this the
Iron Mountain Routo have three other
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Fastest schedules to Texas. Tourist tickets
on sale the year round. Write any agent
of Iron Mountain Route, or H. C. Towx
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Mabel—"How well Miss Elderley carries
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Riches of South Dakota
More than 60,000,000 bushels of corn, more than 50,000,000 bushels of
wheat, live stock to the value of $32,000,000, hay to the value of
$12,000,000, and products of the mines above $12,000,000 are some of i
the returns from South Dakota for I9 0 3* With a population of 450,000 i
and the production of new wealth for 1903 above $146,000,000 it can be
readily understood why South Dakota people are prosperous and happy. .
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• However, necessity knows no law and
i Mr. Plangman paid half down and took
I the treatment and followed It falthful
' ly for four weeks.
Naturally, he thought that he would
! soon be rid of the trouble, but in ppite
of the doctoring ht goes onto add, "I
: was in such misery that it was almost
i impossible for me to do my work."
"It was at this Juncture that Doan's '
Kidney Pills came n * «■
to my notice and I ram w
procured some from 7,/y L~,/9/>
the drug store of C. l£l[
K. Craycroft. I
used these pills /^A 1 f&C
according to direc
tions and to my 112 Unl
' surprise 1 was con- I w !L
siderably relieved
on the second day \
and in a short time V 1
i completely cured," ..
This is the unl- y//fi /|™|| K
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those who have
i been sufferers from » pF/'*i'xZ.
' Kidney trouble and who have been for
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i Doan's Kidney Pills.
1 There is nothing wonderful or mag
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112 Early indications
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come from two
sources?, the back
and the bladder.
The back becomes
weak and lame be
cause the kidneys
are sick, and re
lief from backache
can only be com
plete -when the
kidneys are eet
right.
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