THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1900.
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BEPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
Legislature.
First Dlstrlct-THOMAH J. M1Y
NOI.DS. Heeond Dlstrlct-JOJIN SCIIEl.'ETt. JR.
The discomforts of ttvi terrible woik
if the "(reft 'leruiers during the past
fiw days becomo nil the more ttggra
vntlnr when run- consider? that the
n ilsiiuro might liuve been avoided by
ilio sprinkling of n few bitrreU-, of
m !((" on Iho striM'tp in advance of the
Mvnnplug brigade.
. ,
Relief For Puerto Rico.
r if NOEUTA1NTY has done moro
Lr to paralyze- the business in
terests and Inflict hardship
upon the inhabitants uf
I'ueito IMen than all other agencies
ciniihiucd. Tho adoption by the senate
i-ti'idnv of th" amended Korakor bill
t I'Hinbllsh it inovlslonal rhit govern
liniii for the inland and to provide
l.vmie for inc'Ptlng the expenses
tli"ieor will, if speedily concurred In
by Iho house, whose earlier bill It 11b-fi-llss.-s,
'-lid iho long suspense and
In- the signal for u swift recupera
tion. A Senator Knit banks lias explained,
t !(. Is no ground whatever for the
ib-iige, so mistakenly brought by
many Itcpubllcans who have iMinsult
ed rhol- oniollons instead of their
l isou, that the Tnltrtl States Is not
treating l'uerto lllco In the most lib
eral manner nossllile. foffee eonstl-
tut" -"even-tenths of the exports of
t!ii Island. It found a market ehielly
In I'm op'-. Spain Imposed tin export
diuy on it. but that has b';cn abolished
under meiiean occupation. To pro
foot the Puerto lliean coffee growers
n duty hits been impofod of " cents
i foreign coffee coming into the Isl
and. I'lider the senate bill, the pro
pi sed duty of l"i per cent, will bring to
the island a leveiiuo on its average
sugar pioductlon. of 202..yin. The
duty will be SI. 50 per ton, Instead of
the present $10 per ton. The 13 per
cent duty on tobacco will yield $210,
000. There will bo derived from the
duty on tobacco and sugar the sum of
$ir.:.00, and on all ltms $198,271. The
duty upon existing stocks of sugar and
tobacco will be paid by the large plant-
rs and by the sugar and tobacco
trust, and the burden will not in any
vay fall upon the mass of the people
of Puerto Itloo. The duty of $1.50 per
Ion. which will be collected on sugtr
will not add a solitary dollar to tho
burden of the people of Puerto Rico,
but they will get the benefit of every
oollnr collected in that duty.
It wlllro'iulro $2,000,000 for the ordi
nary civil administration of tho isl
and. There aro no schoolhnuses thern,
and their construction and Inaugura-tl-in
of a comprehensive system of
education, the construction of public
loads and other needed Improvements
villi leiiuir,-. $:l,000,oop additional. Where
u that money to' be raised from?
Governor Genera! Dvik has testtlled
that tho. imposition of additional taxes
would practically amount to confisca
tion. Another plan proposed is by dl
rnct appropriation fiom the United
States treasury. Our people have been
very generous to Pueito Rieans, but
the latter are not mendicants, and it
would be unwise to undertake to sup
v port them out of our treaemy. An-
other proposition is to borrow tho
money. l:ut; tl at would be turning
them over to bondholders and cannot
be done until thev have a full gov
ernment of their own, oven if advis
able at any time. The fourth plan Is
that of indirect taxes through customs,
and that is the only way available
now nnd tho best way.
So far as tho proposed civil govern
ment Is concerned, Its provisions ar?
as liberal as the present str.tus of th"
large majority or the island's Inhabi
tants will permit. It enables the
Puerto Rlcan peoplo to start on their
career of self-government, not at the
top of tho ladder, but at the foot,
where they belong because they have
not the experience, the education or
Zi fh" temperament to conduct nt once,
tZ tr all their centuries of Spanish
jj- misguidance, a republican government
3 of the first liassAg- tist'asthey can
2 show evidences "cf Improvement they
K wJll undoubtedly, receive, opportunities
S to broaden and better their forms of
Kofr)tIK!t ''t 'flay even nsplre to
tl statehood as the ultimate goal of their
3 po'Juleal progress.
n lit"? IffiCj-iem. o. the moment, h'o'w-
over,.!sto brine; Indecision to n close.
5 Y&terdiiyWutc !) the senate places
2 'HC rroh'om once more m the thresh-
holt of the house. ,
iit'r -j .
TJio, JStfoudsburg Times celebrated
StJts aevenjh anniversary on Monday,
ktndi'ni View of yeneral prosperity In-
IdujBQdjJ; quite a, display .of yellow Ink
oVth'e "tlile page. This," however, Is
probably' not Intended to cdnvey tho
,l.ln ,1.n, ,hhin-mni. I .1 r.l ...... - - .
iniaiing vviiit yenow jouruuiism. rue
5 TirHeVfa'a brlBh't.and noway publlca-
itlon.and des.erves Us .success.
ftfJ .
pa
H, Rural free delivery of mall, which
j Congressman Connell liopea soon to
hava in operation In Lackawanna
county, was first tried on a small scale
g during th6rwHawl'son administration.
When levej(j?n(carno ln-he expert
Xi ment vtescVop&Sd, but finder pressure
K from,, congress tho matter vvvas taken
Kupaga!nrri'806.8lncb March 4, 1897,
5 ucarly lwooo rural homes In all parts
of the linked States have been
broufrl'it Into close touch with the rest
of the world by a dally visit from tho
rural postman. The Rood work will
continue as long as there Is a Iteptib
llcun administration at Washington.
General Joe Wheeler Is said to be
slated for defeat at the next election,
because he hnsspoken klndlyof tho Mo
Klnley ndmlnlstrntlon nnd demonstrat
ed that occasionally a Dcmocrut can
rise above tlu narrow tenchlnga of his
political creed. General Wheeler's cnn
will doubtless prove a warning to party
leaders In future who owe advance
ment to Democratic votes. It Is po
litical suicide for one In this position
to glvo utterance to anything that Is
not a howl ngalnst the government.
flie New Pcrslnn ninlster.
T
TT-11K ANNOtlNGRMENT that
the Perainn Bovernment nu
decided to send another
diplomatic representative to
Washington Is more proof of the wide
spread Influence of the prestige gained
for the United States during tho Span
ish war. Since the departure of Hadji
Ilassen Ghooll Khan, In 1888, the land
of the Shah has had no representative
In America. Ghooll Khan was an ex
tremely proud and haughty Individual
who went nbout like the heroes of tho
Arabian nights, attired In brilliant
costume und attended by a body
guard who carried a drawn selmoter
of comic opera pattern. In this garb
the minister seldom fulled to attract
attention that was second only to that
aroused by u circus parade, and was
Invariably followed by crowds of small
boys who gazed with awe at the no
table personage or guyed the Individual
with the crooked sword. Efforts of
the police to protect the minister
served only to Increase the crowds
that followed him everywhere, and
finally the prince fled from the coun
try In disgust and returned to his na
tive land, where, It Is said, 'he was
obliged for a time, to endure the ridi
cule of his neighbors.
Tho experience df lladjl Hassen
Ghooll Khan brought the United States
mission into disrepute and no Persian
of prominence lias cared to accept the
appointment since. Now, however, tho
important place occupied by this na
tion among the powers of the earth
has convinced the Shuh that Persia
should be represented at Washington,
nnd another man will be sent.
Whether the new representative of the
Oriental potentate will attract as much
attention as the former remains to be
seen. In any event It Is probable that
he will be obliged to remain and face
the applause, as Persia can no longer
afford to be without representation In
this country.
The Itusslan-Japaneso war cloud has
passed over without provoking many
journalistic scare lines.
The Famine in India.
FROM AN article in tl
Transcript, contrll
the Rev. J. K. A
the Boston
lbuted by
Mibott, of
New York, a man thorough
ly familiar with the conditions he de
scribes, an Idea may be obtained of
the existing famine in India much more
vivid than has been Imparted by the
fragmentary news reports which have
been published from time to time.
"The area of famine," writes Mr.
Abbott, "Is Western India, covering
about 400,000 square miles, Inhabited
by about 50,000,000 people, of whom 4,
500,000 are now on the relief works,
with the number Increasing 100,000 a
week. Those on the relief works are
those who would actually die of star
vation were It not for this help. Of
the condition of the 43,000,000 not on
the relief works, there are no statis
tics. There are a certain number of
millions to whom the famine Is only
'hard times;' a larger number who are
pinched, and perhaps 20,000,000 who are
keeping themselves alive with difficulty
by selling and pawning all they have
and on reduced food somehow holding
on to life. This number Is arrived at
by the fact that the government has
recently reduced the dally wages on
the relief works from 4 cents a day to
2 cents, In order to prevent one-half
the population of the famine area
flocking to their care In overwhelm
ing numbers; and from the fact that
In some districts 23 per cent, and oth
ers 40 per cent, are actually receiving
relief. It Is In this 20,000.000 that the
greatest distress Is to be found. It Is
from them that the 100,000 a week, re
duced to tho lowest possible destitu
tion, leave home for the hard toll of
the relief camp. Some die on the way,
some arrive at the camp only to die of
disease, to which they easily fall a
prey. Those too weak to work aregra
tuitously fed In the kitchens until pro
nounced fit to work; but many of this
20.000,000 put off going to a relief camp
until too lute, and die In their villages.
The aged und Infirm and children who
cannot go die. This 20,000,000 people
are a great field of trouble, of desti
tution, of emaciation and death. In
which private benevolence has Its
place. Rut the best that can be done
for them Is but little, and for three
months more at least they must wait
for the rain and the October harvest."
It has been charged that these re
curring famines constitute an awful In
dictment of the inefficiency oh British
administration In India; that If proper
government were given to the multi
tudes and India not used by Great Bri
tain as an orange to be squeezed, the
great disproportion between population
and production and the largo Inequali
ties In the distribution of material
prosperity throughout the Anglo-Indian
domain would gradually disap
pear. Critics of tho British colonial
system and even antl-expanslonists In
the United States take pleasure in
pointing' to India, on account of these
famines, as an International "horrible
example." This, also taken from tho
Boston paper, Is the opposite side:
"Before British rule In India, tho
peoplo would have been permitted to
die like flies. Thus, In tho famine of
1769, fully 3,000,000 persons perished.
But now, whenever unfavorable
weather makes food scarce and the In
habitants begin to starve, the treasury
Is opened for their relief. It Is not the
policy to glvo jjlms. Instead, tho gov
ernment undertakes vast publlo works
and thus gives the famlnc-strlcken
peoplo employment which enables
them to buy food. This expedient does
not pauperize the peoplo and It gives
the government &ome return for Its
nioney generally a return which In
Itself Is calculated tu diminish future
dangers of famine. Road building and
canal building nre the staple occupa
tions In famine years. Tens of thou
sands of miles of roads have ben con
structed as relief works. Kven better
thnn roads are tho canals, perhaps the
greatest material blessings bestowed
upon India. A few yeurs ago thu
whole vast region between the Ravi
and tho Chenab rivers, from Lahore
to Multan, was a desert, the few
wretched Inhabitants of which main
tained a precarious existence. Today
its large population Is prosperous
among some of the finest wheat fields
In the world. The change has been
effected by the construction of canals
for Irrigation, And what has been
done there has been done In a hundred
other districts. Within the last three
months the Indian government hns
spent more than $10,000,000 upon relief
works nnd It will doubtless have to
spend millions more before tho famine
Is past. We shall doubtless hear of
much distress and of miny deaths nnd
of a deficit In the Indlnn budget. Rut
there will be hundreds of miles of ca
nals and thousands of square miles of
land made proof against drought, and
millions of people made secure against
any recurrence of famine."
To overcome the accumulated evils
of h, hundred centuries of Ignorance,
superstition nnd fear Is no light task.
What other nation, we wonder, could
Improve on England's work In India?
Mr. Hay's proposed military bill
making all citizens between the ages
of 18 and 45 liable to military service,
If enacted as a law, would probably
have one peaceful effect. It would un
doubtedly In future silence many of
the Individuals who tire at times so
anxious for war and at other times
so willing to let some one else do the
lighting.
In 18M, during Democratic times, 30,
000 miles of railroad, or one-sixth of
the country's total mileage, weie In
receivers' hands. Today only 1,010
nre thus affected and most of these are
maturing plans of prosperous reorgan
ization. Republican ' administration
pays.
The undoing of Governor Leary, of
Guam, seems to have been the result
of a propensity to extend the constitu
tion rather too freely on the Isles of the
Southern seas. Captain I.eary Is a
good sailor, but the constitution is be
yond bis depth.
A Brooklyn Democrat claims to be
for Bryan because the sliver champion
Is a good man to beat. Like all think
ing men, the Brooklyn partisan real
izes the fact that the next president
will be a Republican.
It Is already Intimated in some quar
ters that Grovor Cleveland's sudden In
terest In national affairs is an indica
tion that he has been indulging In
dreams concerning the coming Kansas
City convention.
Having had his say, Senator Bever
Idge will go with his parly, which Is a
very sensible decision for a youfg man
hoping to have a future In political
life.
The gold Democrats reem farther
from the mint Just at present than
tho sands of Cape Nome.
Perhaps In time Mr. Webster Davis
may be persuaded no to take himself
so seriously.
Outline Studies
o! Human Nature
Captain, Colonel, General, Judge.
T IS A RATHER difficult task to
point out the traits of manner and
the "earmarks" which entitle a man
to be distinguished by such honorable
appellations as ".ludge," "Colonel "
"Captain" or one of the other titles
bestowed In every community upon Its,
various citizens. And sometimes the
reasons ure not alwaya complimentary
to the character of the wearer.
A tenderfoot was standing watching
a ferryman on the Missouri river,
which was not very wide at that par
ticular point, so that he had frequent
opportunities to converse with the
ferryman as he went back and forth
with his load. At one of the pauses
between loads tho ferryman lighted
his pipe and prepared to resume the)
conversation Interrupted by the last
trip.
"I notice," observed the tenderfoot,
"that you address each of your male
passengers either as 'Captain,' 'Colonel'
or 'General,' or some such distinguished
title. Now, Is it a fact that these
gentlemen you have curried over are
all Captains, Colonels and so forth?"
"Laws, no," replied the ferryman
laughing heartily.
"Then," asked the tenderfoot, "how
do you come to give all these titles to
these people?"
"Well, you see," said the ferryman,
"In this country peoplo are not all
alike. There's somethln' about each
of them that's different. Now. a man
of a certain style we call 'Captain,'
then there's the style we call 'Colonel'
and some's 'Generals.' See?" .
His listener responded In the affirm
ative, though the various marks vver-j
not distinct enough In his mind to en
able him to "brand" the passengers.
Just then an individual wearing a bat
tered silk hat of many years' vintage
and arrayed In a sleek Prince Albert
coat hove In sight. One leg of his
pants was In his boot, while the other
leg was badly torn. His shirt front
was bespattered with tobacco Juice,
his eyes were bleared. His nose fairly
blossomed.
"And, what would you call him?"
asked the tenderfoot, as the newcomer
approached,
"Oh," said the ferryman. "That's
easy. We'd call him 'Judge.' " New
York Sun.
British. Treasury Methods.
A N AMUSING story of tho ways of
the Kngllsh treasury Is told by Sir
Weymss Reld, In tho Chlcuso News.
He says: "I remember a distinguished
public man who had risen high In the
service of tho state relating to me u
little experience of his own. On the
day In which heifirst entered a certain
government office as a Junior clerk he
was the witness of u scene that filled
him with ainazement. An elderly man
who was seated at another desk In the
same room suddenly lose from his
sent, dragged his chair to the fireplace,
and, seizing tho poker, attacked the
offending piece of furniture with what
seemed to be maniacal fury. When he
had broken n leg oft the chair his
pnsHon seemed to bo exhausted Ho
flung the damaged seat Into tt corner
of tho room, and, getting another chair,
calmly resumed his work as though
nothing had happened. My friend, on
leaving his work that afternoon, ven
tured, with the hesitation of u novice,
to nsk another clerk who had been n
witness of the scene what It meant.
'Is Mr. X subject to attacks of
this kind?' ho asked. 'Mr. X 1
was Hie response. 'There was nothing
the matter with him. You see, one of
tho casters had conic off his chair, nnd
the tieasury t won't replace casters;
they will repair nothing less serious
than u broken leg. So he broke one of
the legs nnd now he will get the coster
put on again.' This story Is absolutely
true, and it throws n flood of light
upon treasury methods nnd traditions."
A False Alarm.
A MONO Till! communications re-
n celved In the regular malls at the
department of agriculture a few weeks
ago wus a request from a farmer, lo
cated In one of the stales of the far
west, that he be supplied with a quan
tity of a certain kind of seed. He. de
sired, he said, to make use of the seed
on his farm for experimental purposes.
The communication passed through the
customary channels until It finally
l cached the section of seed and! plant
Introduction. In due time a package
of the desired seed wns mailed to the
address of the applicant, Inclosed In
one of the ordinary ofllclal penalty en
velopes. Much 'to the surprise of the officials
the seed was returned to the Wepart
mont a few days ago. Accompanying
It was a longi explanatory letter from
the farmer, full of protestations that
he was Innocent of any intent of
wrongdoing. Ho had wanted tho seed
for private use on his larin,i he said,
but when ho made application was
Ignorant that such use was unlawful.
He added that as he had promptly re
turned the seed, not having made use
of It, he hoped ho would not be made
to pay the fine.
The department people were highly
amused when It dawned upon them
that the western farmer had mistaken
the warning on the official envelope
"Penalty for private use, $300' as ap
plying to the seed. Washington Star.
Force of Habit:
THE YOUNG MAN took a piece of
paper and a pencil from his pocket
and laid the paper on his knee.
"I will have something Important
to say to you in a minute, Miss Jones,"
he said.
Then he read over carefully what
was written on the paper and crossed
out a word.
"Superfluous," he said, half to him
self. He went over It again and crossed
out another word.
"It's just as strong without that,"
ho muttered. "We are all too prone
to use adjectives and adverbs, any
way." He picked up the paper and seemed
about to begin to read from It, but
suddenly stopped.
"That whole sentence might as well
come out," be said. "The meaning Is
perfectly clear without it. Conciseness
is really the crying need of the hour. '
Then, turning to the girl, he said: "Be
mine."
Thus we see the power of habit. For
years his duty had been to edit the
"copy" of prolific coi respondents.
Chicago Evening Tost.
NUBS OF KNOWLEDGE.
Every German regiment has a chlropo
dlst In Its ranks.
Tho llower trade of London exceeds in
value $10,000,001) per annum.
The department of agriculture will
plant 100.0U0 rubber trees In the Hawaiian
Islands.
Mrs. .Tamos Gv Blaine Is collecting her
husband's letters for publication in a bio
graphy. The lord mayor of Loudon wears a
badge of ofllee which contains diamonds
valued at 120,000.
There Is a clock In Brussels which lias
never been wound up by human hands.
It is kept going by tho wind.
The Bank of England destroys about
330,000 of its notes every week, to replace
them with freshly printed ones.
From microscopic observation It has
beer, computed that the skin Is perforat
ed with 1.0U0 hole : In a square Inch.
The Hebrew population ot London has
more than doubled during- the last 20
years. It Is now estimated nt between
100,000 nnd i:0,00f.
The earnings of one German line be
tween Hamburg and New York In 1!19 ex
ceeded tho earnings of the previous year
by l,(iH),O0O marks.
Portland, Ore., exported fl,30O,0O0 bushels
of wheat during the last eight months.
More than half of this was raised In the
state of Washington.
One-quarter of the people on tho earth
die before the age of 0, one-half beforo
the ago of 16 and 1 out ot each 100 born
lives to the age of fu.
Moro than liO.OOO.OOO- worth ot timber
was destroyed In the recent forest tires
In tho stato of Washington.
A Leeds, England, gentleman has left
C100 on trust for the benefit of his eldest
son "on condition that ho does not reside
within 100 miles of Leeds Town Hall."
lie.iutlfnl snow at r.00,000 nor fall Is
iu. expensive luxury for London. This
was the eoit of removing it from the
whole of tho thoroughfares of the metro,
polls.
The modern, kid glovo goes through tho
hands of 233 workmen before It Is fin
ished. At least 4O.O0O.OiX) pairs were man
ufactured In France last year, their value
being $25,000,000.
The president to be elected next No
vember may have tho filling of four of the
nine places on tho I'nlted StateH supremo
bench. One of the vacancies Will bo the
chief Justiceship.
The most renowned ruby In the world
Is In tho crown of the Czar of Russia. In
shape It resembles a bishop's mitre, and
on Its crest is u, cross composed of six
superb diamonds.
The Get man cmr.eror Is a believer in
luck attending horseshoes, never passes
ono by. and wns once seen walking home
through the streets of Berlin carrying a
'huge shoe in his left hand.
A young French peasant, seeing bis
child thrown from a mule, received such
a shock that he became bald within eight
days. After u. time the hair began to
grow again, but It was whito.
The most magnificent opal In existence
Is, It is stated, worn In the cap of the
Chinese minister at Washington. It Is ns
large as a pigeon's egg, nnd surrounded
by diamonds. It Is valued at $3,000.
King Menellk has an army of at least
100,000 men armed with tho best modern
artillery anil rifles, and with Russian nuVl
French advisers. Not many years ngoR
this Abyssinian army totally defeated the
Italians,
In New York city the Metropolitan
Street Rullwoy company hns SSI miles of
track und last year carried on them 2."3..
$33,000 passengers, or about half tho num
ber carried on nil of thu steam rullioads
of tho United Stntes.
The Ontario government has completed
arrangements for the formation of n for
est of almost three thousand square
miles In extent, embracing the district In
, which Lakes Temaguml und Lady Evelyn
nro situated. Tho bulk of tho rescrvo Is
virgin forest, with tho finest whlto pine
In Canada upon It.
South African journals declare that
emissaries ol tho United States ure buy
ing up largo tracts of laud In Hrii7.ll, Peru
and Chile, for the purpose of getting a
hand In local political intentions, with tho
ultimate view of annexation,
In Englcwood, a Chicago suburb, the
board or education compels pupils, who
have been absent from school four days
or moro to submit to n medical cxamlnu
tlon by a physician appointed by tho
board beforo being readmitted to solioot,
The qncelest church In the world Is In
Bergen, In Norway. It Is completely made
of paper und rendered watet proof by f.n
application of quicklime with curdled
milk nnd while of eggs. 0er t.900 peo
ple may be seated In Its Interior.
A traveler tells the New York Tribune
of the actual case of a man whoso fnthur
wan English, his mother Irish, who wus
born under tho French fiug, In Turkish
waters, christened by a Ruslan, baptized
by a Greek sky pilot, married un Ametl.
can nnd lives In Cuba.
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PERSONALITIES.
General Lew Wallace Is to sail shortly
for tho East, where the sceno of his next
historical novel Is to be laid.
Senator lleveridge Is to spend his next
vacation abroad, when he will make a
tour of Germany, England, Franco and
Italy.
Congressman Charles B. Landls, of In
diana, Is a cloj-e friend of James Whit
comb Riley, the poet, who is always tho
congressman's guest when in Washing
ton. Colonel William Slddons Young, great
grandson of Mrs. Slddons, has presented
to tho British Museum a relic ot tho uc
tress In tho shape of a gold and tortolso
shell snuff-box which was given to her
by George IV.
Mmc. Seluimann-IIelnk, when she was
a young Berlin singer, married her stage
manager, Uerr Schumann. They have al
ways worked together. Their last child,
which Is No. S under the family rooftreo,
wus born In America.
James Oliver, who Is probably tho rich
est man In Indiana, luid the 1'outid'iUou
of his fortune by raving from his salary
ot 30 cents a week as a farmer's "chore
boy" enough to bi y a housa and lot on
the Instalment plan and then selling It lit
u profit.
The young Marquis of Graham, the fu
ture Duke of Montrose, has adopted tho
sea as n piofesslon, and hns been assist
ing In the navigation of a trading ship
from Australia to England. 1le Is now
second otlicer on Lord Brassey's yacht,
the Sunbeaii.
Mnrcella Sembiich s husband Is a grave
man with a durk beard. He Is Professor
Gulllaume Stengel and she married him
when sho wns a student In a musical
conservatory of which he was director.
She is neai ly as wonderful a pianist and
violinist as she Is a singer.
Senator Tillman Is ambidexterous. This
is an accomplishment of which no other
rtutestnaii In Washington, It is believed,
ean boast. Viewed from the galleiy the
senator's perfoimunce ot writing with
both blinds at tho name time on separ.ito
pieces of paper Is marvelous.
Joseph Cowen, the English Journalist
who died not long ago, numbered anions
his friends Mnzzlnl. Garibaldi nnd Kos
suth, and Mr. Gladstone once pronounced
him 'a wonderful fellow.' Ho began life
us a brick-maker, nnd always dressed so
an to look like a workinsniun,
Senator Vest recently sent a. newspaper
clipping to tho secretary to be rend to the
senate. Tho latter got the wrong side of
the clipping and Instead of an editorial
on the money question began: "Ridicu
lous: We are giving away these goods
at hnlf pi Ice." "Tho other side!" cried
Mr. Vest.
The stained glass window that Is to he
placed in the new High School ot Phila
delphia In memory of the late president
of the Board of Education. Edward T.
Steele, the gift ot his two daughters, Is
to bo exhibited at the Parts Exposition.
The window, which cost $13,000, was
mado by Tiffany, and was ordered three
years aun.
There is still much gossip In Washing
ton regai ding tho piesldentlal aspirations
of Admiral Dewey or rather of Mrs.
Dewey, for she ir credited with being
much more desirous of such advancement
than her sailor husband. It Is said to be
the desire of John R. McLean, Mrs.
Dewey's brother, to keep the admiral in
the public eye until the campaign four
years hence.
Governor Roosevelt was a guest at the
recent Lotus club dim er in New York to
the Gridiron club of Washington, and af
ter hearing tho visitors unmercifully quiz
somo other notables present ho endeav
ored to conciliate the newspaper men oy
saying that ho knew them of old. "Of
course you do; wo made you," was the
chorused reply, and Teddy's overthrow
wus worse than that of any other victim.
Though William C. Whitney Is very
proud of his splendid new home In New
York probably tho most beautiful In all
tho land he says he would not advise
anyone to undertake the tnsk of erecting
ii similar elaborate residence. The first
floor suite, which includes the ball-room,
dining-room and two drawing-rooms, cost
nbout $1,000,000, and the difficulties over
come hi carrying out tho scheme of deco
ration decided upon were enormous.
WHEN BONNY APRIL COMES.
(From School Songs, by Orlana M. Will
iams.) The leaf-buds burst on every tree
When bonny April comes,
The robins all are mnd with glee
'When bonny April comes!
And children, too, rejoice and sing
Their carols to returning spring
When smiling, flower', .tearful, showery,
Changeful April comes!
The violets-hud with yearning thrill
When bonny April comes.
And wakes the rturdy daffodil
When bonny April comes.
Arbutus blushes 'neath the leaves
While raindrops patter on the eaves
As tearful, showery, smiling, flowery.
Changeful April comes!
DFFEE
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