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of clever and other animals guided solely by instinct, it Is a pity that human beings have not been blessed with a greater abundance of that quality. 00 8 4O 50 70 2 -JO foreign Adtertlsmg Representative Fifta Ayenut. New York; Stetar Chicago TUESDAY. AUGUST 23, 1910. Taft and Rocuevelt.

President Tuft's letter to Mr. Grlscom and Col Roosevelt's statement relating published todav. confirm the opinion i expressed by thla papci a there was absolutely no disc cl between Messrs a and Roose- TaTt shows a his only IMI a in Xcw York lo advise the leaders there to confer and personallv i Col Roosevelt, i a to harmonizing all differ- i i of opinion on State matters. I he State i met on August and nominated ic President Sherman for i i i a a man On the i President a first heard that Col i he selected as temporary a man He auiuiesced in the Migges- I mi a i granted a there IK no opposition On the 14th i i a to M. Sherman i i i a nee i I'ol 'Roosevelt i i i i i i a lie had given ic a before The day before the i President i lioaicl that i to Co! Roosevelt was Mi shoi man advised him by if Vphonc a i name of Senator Root a i as opponent a a I i the idea of ron- i i i i i a i peremptorily I i i to IK tli a into a fiKlit i i i Mi and asam re- i i a ice a there pi arid personal ronfer- i i i Itoosevelt liefer" i i i i Mi a did not that Mi Shcr- i a be mi; i nsideied in connection i a a i i read in newMpape 1 1 a Slierman a i i i i a i The da-.

when Mr a i ailed on the Jlr i a deplored result a evidently Mr SI a to see Col. Koosc- and a a fot Mr Sherin i to 150 into conference with oi Roosevelt i i he vveie m- ted Mi who was present, K-nt a a to Mr Roosevelt, sug- i such a conference Col. Roose- appears to ha.ve declined to Invite Sliei man to sc- i "Since the a c'ol "I have nut a was any paitlcu- object in i them (the leaders), to action the situation had become as to admit of no ornpronilse Mr "suggests a Col Roose- i now he made temporary chairman cf i in view of the I i I i Tint action, however, uVpencil a upon the attitude to be fiiivimed hv Mr Sherman It is within his pott-ei to i there shall be a i i a i a a i in New York a The is not a a i i concern- pel i the affairs of the party in New Mate but it is greatly interested in i the President and Republicans everywhere i be Rlacl to know a these great leicler-. nrc In liarmonv, and Democrats II lip i disappointed. Abiorption of Korea.

Those who remember how Japan retired with set face and clenched fists when Russia, Germany, and France deprived her of the most substantial fruits of her victory over China in 1895 are not at all surprised to learn of the annexation ot Korea. Those who possessed the gift ot understanding aright the language of diplomats saw the annexation of Korea written jail over the treaty of Portsmouth. Annexation by some one the powers--Russia, China, or Japan--which in- close Korea was Inevitable. Its strategic importance, great mineral wealth, -and other resources are all of too great value to permit so small and so weak a state to preserve Its entity. So long as Korea had to be devoured, she might easily have suffered a worse, fate than to be politically joined to Japan.

The change that must come to Korea from that of a feeble, servile autocracy, dominated by a bloated bureaucracy feeding upon her llfeblood, to whom justice Is unknown, and where poverty is a man's greatest safeguard against oppression, to all that progressive Japan has to supply, means vastly more to her social betterment than some may Imagine. front hostile. Her courage braves and perhaps conquers prejudice, while her gracious hospitality has a charm that may be more winning than any argument can be convincing. It is at least interesting to know that the opponents of woman suffrage in this country have not adopted a method alleged to be in vogue In England, that of requiring housemaids and other servants No in Uniforms of Boys Who Collect the Coini. Frederick Long, In Harper a Weekly.

The hat-tip trust' Yea, verily, even so. The coatroom-tlp business is as highly organized as any of which the puolic is aware. With two or three exceptions, all the large hotels and restaurants in New York, for example, farm out the "'coat- to sign adverse petitions. That surely trugt erabodled an i us i ve reticent Animals That Reaion. it 11 not quite easy to accept tne si i of Prof, i a L.

Garner, i ha- iu-t returned to this country i 3 i in the jungle of the I ren li onso a his pet chimpanzee i ri'u I to liirn there is no reason to a a i a the animal I i a The absence tin-. has been said to pnncip.il point of difference be- 1 the i a i of a beings and i i a pel son-; dogs I I i i a i that they had evidences of reasoning powei mi a i 1 i Garnei a as a result his six a i stucl.v he is convinced a the chimpanzees a a definite lan- i nposecl of about words, and a has mastered fourteen ol If tin-, be so. lie should have no i i fimline; out all the Inner emo- i i of the animals i none of his deduction-, left to cnance One Is Inc i to i howevei. that rot Oarner to i to life in another i before he mil be able to undeistand a i a language That the am naK--clogs and cats as well a' a a rudlmenta'ry lan- guase of i there would seem to he i doubt. That they do leason cert a i things at least to then own satisfaction, also seems to be beyond rtoubt.

Many scientists maintain that animals are guided solely by instinct. I this be true, then it must be the kind of I i i a women use. backed by itaaon. for they hit the nail i squarely on the head when Instinct alone would not seem to be sufficient. I Is not mare Instinct that Impels dogs to go to the door at.

certain time each evening to wait for Us master's return. Many clever dog plain indication of knowing that the members of Its mas- tar's family are golns away when It sees funl3 being packed. Moreover, when a qertaln food makes a dog sick. It has enough never to take that kind ot food again. Incidentally, it knows that the best cure for stomach ills Is to ab- from food for a while.

If the lives commanding, as it does, the Pechlll and northern China, and Kore Gulf being the strategic key to undisputed supremacy ofer the Far Eastern seas, Is far too valuable a possession to be maltreated by the nation which has suffered untold humiliation and given the flower of the land to acquire it. So far as the people of Korea and the development of the country are concerned, there Is no need of either pity or sympathy. But the great question that the world Is asking today is as to the use which Japan will make of this newly acquired power in furthering Its Interests. The nation which In its isolation knew so well how to use its restricted powers with such world-startling effect will certainly employ its enlarged powers to its own uses in her own time. The full effect upon world politics of the acquisition of Korea by Japan can never be known i Japan's policies arc known.

That the Jap should have staked his all upon a. conflict with one of the mightiest military powers In the world for the possession of the "land of the morning calm" Is abundant proof that Japan sees in the control of Korea the stepping-stone to her development. Forest Fires. Since the great forest flre that raged in Adirondacks from April 20 until 1900, when 600,000 acres were burned over and a loss estimated at JS.oOO.OOO was caused, there has been a much stricter enforcement of the laws regarding forest fires, and this has been followed by a remarkable diminution in their number. The railroads, which have contributed In the past to the number and frequency of flres, are now fully alive to their responsibilities and Interests.

They are making strenuous efforts to prevent fires by the use of spark arresters, and maintain large forces along their lines to put out fires wherever they may occur. The companies realize that they suffer by the burning over of the country through which they run. and by the destruction of valuable timber lands, both directly and by the litigation which so often follows. There Is no cTOubt that heavily loaded locomotives with their Increased exhaust do cause many flres If spark arresters are not In good order. But with the rigid inspection which Is now Insisted on, this danger is reduced to a minimum.

But criminal intent and culpable negll- is not playing falr, even though it may be a faint imitation of the Influence that employers have been charged with exerting over wage-earning citizens in some strenuous political campaigns. The Storage Battery. The wizard of Invention and discovery, Thomas A. Edison, announces the complete success of the' electric storage battery. If he Is not mistaken--an- it would be strange If he were--this is a step In advance, promotlve of higher material civilization equal to the first harnessing of steam as a physical motor or the original subjection of the lightning to the physical uses of man.

It means many things. Important, but not absolutely vital, among them, it means better country roads. It means- quicker dispatch, it means the elimination of the horse, the mule, the or. as beasts of burden, even on the rugged mountain-side farm. It means, for urban life, speedier and cheaper, transft from suburb to center.

It means the discontinuance of the transportation of coal from the mine to the plant. It means that the immense ocean tonnage, now requisitioned by coal, to carry a. vessel around the globe shall be replaced by "holds" for merchandise. It means that a dreadnought can go from ocean to ocean with a tithe ot the present expense for fuel, with one-tenth of a tithe of the present requirement for labor, with infinitely less danger of shipwreck, and with a speed that will make the present fast steamer of the swiftest commercial line comparatively slow. The opportunities thus opened are measureless, for it as true as it is trite, that "transportation is civilization." The Appian way was to material Rome even more than either Brutus--or botn of them--was to political or historic Rome.

The crazy vessels that bore Christopher Columbus across the waters did more for the advancement of mankind than all the Caesars. And, after all. Dean Swift was right in his philosophy that he who made, two Wades of grass to grow where one sprang up before was the true philanthropist. Plato fed the mind; lidison ministers to the belly. Take your choice.

The Coach and the Mail. The old-time mall coach has virtually disappeared, both as a means of travel and of communication. Its interesting continuance Is an artificial, picturesque, and highly expensive form of recreation, a delightful and deservedly popular survival In borne instances, as in the coach- Ing trips out of Paris and London, that are devoted wholly to one of the rnost rational and wholesome forms of pleasure for tourists who wish to view the countryside with more leisure and Intimacy than are possible from the windows of swift railway trains. The trains have usurped nearly everywhere the old method of carrying letters. Yet that method survives In the mral mall delivery, an Institution that performs far more than the function described by its name.

The daily mail is the link between many regions, remote in transportatipn. If not in from the busy world. The rural carrier of the serves not only the remote and mighty government at Washington, but the people along his route as well. It is an ascertained little man with an office near the "Great White Way" He pays the innkeepers well for the privilege, hires hat bovu, and pays their wages. They surrender all their tips to the trust's "captain." But how can the trust be sure of getting all the money? That Is seasy he has no troublo at all.

He may lose a few dime 1 a. day on a toy, but the boy eannot keep It up. It is not half FO easy beating this a as it Is for a street-car conductor (on a car of the ordinary type) to "knock down" fares with his car full of spotters. In the first place, the exploiter of tips furnishes the uniforms. Ha charges his employes only a month for wearing them.

They are made to his special order, and there is not a pocket In them. That fancy gold braid yon see where pockets ought to be Is only a glided pretense. There Is no pocket there. But the boys used to beat that. They used to slip an occasional dime Inside their collar, and allow it to work Its way down Inside -their underclothing into their shoes.

But the trust boss stopped all that. He makes them wear knee-length running trunks. Now they are all honest. They turn over every cent to the captain aa soon as it is handed them. They get a week for serving the tip trust' and collecting the tips from the patrons of.

the houses where tic works- them. WALL OF BROKEN CHINA. Detroit Woman Constructs Unique Mosaic in Her Home. From the Detroit Free Press. Mrs.

Denier, wife of Capt. John Denier, of Canfleld avenue police station, lias built a wall of china her residence, '300 Dragoon avenue, and it Is a question In the minds of neighbors whether her teat does not rival that ot building the Chinese wall. Old smashed china! Laid in kaleidoscopic patterns, with a keen view to color effects and size. A very patchwork of porcelain, bisque, and glass. Heads of Dresden shepherdesses, executed In some catastrophe of dusting; triangular scraps of white and ruby glass, emerald, and amber bits of lemonade jugs long gone to perdition; heads of powdered marquises once the proud center of a plate, now diademed with glazed crowns that once did 'humbler duty as a breakfast cup; umbrella knobs and broken cofteepots are imbedded In this wonderful wall, among a hundred other things.

Everything lost is "saved." Mrs. Denier looked at her work with satisfaction as, pointing with just pride to the highly enameled metal ceiling ot her unparalleled sun parlor and the neatly boarded varnished floor, she said: "1 did It myself. Laid the floor, put four coats of paint on the ceiling, lathed tho walls, put on the 'hard wall'--did everything. "I have saved old china for years," explained this pattern of housewives. "Some of it because it was a household trea'suve and the rest befcause 1 meant to do something with the pieces I really valued some day--I didn't know whau Finally, this idea came to me, and 1 got all my friends collecting, too The china-walled conservatory is lined with flowering plants and palms, heated A VISIT TO AMERICA! Tail Pointed to Bun-Down Clock End Came.

Landgrave Alexander of Hesse, who is about to call (or America to sev- From tht Tork American eral In traveling through the United States and Canada, is a first cousin of Queen Alexandra, and is at the head of the nonrelgnlnj branch of the sovereign house of Hesse, with rights of i succession to the grand duchy, lie is en- titled to the prefix of "royal highness," and is closely related, through his mother She dwelt Among the untrodden Adjoining Cedar whom (here were to praise And few to love She lived unknown, and Jew could 1-now When FluBy cetwd to fuss; But nbe In grave, and, oh. The difference to vu! --JJf." WorAmorth. and through his younger brother, to the The Cedar Grove. N. prlntery, H.

house of Hohenzollern, for his younger i Jacobus, proprietor, is In mourning this brother. Frederick Charles, is married to morning over the demise of Fluffy Princess Margaret, youngest sister of the Roughhouse. the cat that could tell time kaiser, who makes her home at the I Although she was a creature of tern- chateau of Frledrichshohe. near Horn- perament, given rather to fits than to friendliness, Fluffy's remarkable habit of burg, which she Inherited from her mother, Empress Frederick, while his mother Is a sister of that Prince' Frederick entering the prlntshop every day at exactly 11:45 o'clock was so sure and wel- Charles to whom Bazalne surrendered. come a signal for the lunch hour that had become dear to the hearts of the girls.

They didn't have to look at the clock; just looked at Fluffy Metz In the war of 1870. The landgrave, who divides his time between his huge and picturesquely situ- ated chateau of PhlUppsruhe, In the and knew the time of dayto a second. gence cause no small number of forest i fa ct that in many cases the contract fires, especially in times of drought such rlce for tnls service would not alone pay as we have had this year. Such are the hardest cases to handle. Despite the best efforts of vigilant wardens, many farmers have persisted In burning fallow land out of season and in defiance of laws, the expenses of the carrier for maintenance of horses and vehicle, aside from his living wage for faithful and regular performance of duty.

For these he depends u.pon an Individual carrying trade, and from these many disastrous fires amounting to a small local express busl- have started. It la even recorded that ness He Performs at the postofflce town many flres have been willfully set In some places by men who hoped to be paid for their services tn helping to put them out: Boys have been known to start flres for the fun of seeing the men hurry to prevent their spread. Camp flres, tramps, and hunters also are responsible for many of the flres recorded. In seasons of average rainfall the danger is slight; but in times of drought extreme vigilance Is required. It Is a hopeful sign that Insurance companies are now being formed that are ready to Insure large tracts of valuable timber lands against destruction by flre.

If the system spread, we are certain to see proper precautions taken and laws enforced, at least in the vicinity of insured areas. A Suffragist Revival. Suffragists and suffragettes, whose unwonted quiet in this country of late has caused some wontJer, are soon to resume their activity. The authority for this announcement, which In Its technical terms includes both the pacific and the militant schools, Is the Rev. Dr.

Anna Shaw, the active and ardent president of the National Woman's Suffrage Association. It Is not apparent why the promoters of the cause have been comparatively Inactive In the United States during this summer. A year ago, some of those actively devoted to suffrage for women sought Its promotion and their own physical welfare by a pedestrian tour of propaganda through New England. The walk- Ing developed thirst, and there was an unprecedented and welcome volume of traffic at the soda water fountains along the route. Everywhere the earnest advocates received courteous attention; but as to the number of their converts, statistical returns are lacking.

But Dr. Shaw brings home from a visit to England interesting reminiscences of her observations of the movement there. One of Its manifestations is to "heckle" the antls whenever they hold meeting. Hence arises, the effort that seems odd In American eyes to keep out of any meeting all opponents of Its purpose. It la not clear how converts can be made in that way.

The beneficent Mrs. Belmont, for example, who la devoted to all good the errands of the farmer and of the farmer's wife, and he may even carry to market light consignments of the smaller products of garden and barnyard. These mall wagons are a link between the past and the present. They can even carry passengers as well as crates and packages. Many a summer boarder readies in this way a rural destination.

The automobile has begun in some regions to displace this use of the horse; but there are many parts of the country where It will survive, both usefully and delightfully. Is Grlscom coming or going? The greatest need for economy is In lying. Sunny Jim must get out his 'explainer again. Senator Gore escapes by the narrow margin of a clean bill of good Intentions. The voters will take care of 1912 as they will of 1910--neither led nor misled.

Nobody has ever been blackballed by the Ananias Club for want of qualification. When an automobile and an aeroplane get too friendly somebody Is apt to get hurt. Several of the Southern States are having their August attack of Republl- canitis. Kenesaw Mountain Landis Is still the leaning tower of Pisa in the beef trust prosecution. Perhaps the New Tork political situation won't seem so funny after Dr.

Depew returns. Signs of an early winter are about on schedule time. Straw hats have begun to shed prices. The Cummins presidential boom must be on vacation or out hunting for Itself. It hasn't spoken for some time.

If the new comet Is Halley's, the astronomers of early spring will have to off the reception committee. The neyer-come-back league has signed up new member, named ipadrjz. of Nicaragua, hit-and-run play Is a wonder. to the same temperature in winter as It gets In summer from its southern ex- posuie, and equipped with armchairs a phonograph. Ovei it fly snow-white pigeons, and behind It tiny chickens peck.

Many a piece, In its slow and palntul formation, has a family history for which it stands Immutaole. Not an angle pio- trudes florn the sleek coat of plattei that meets 'carefully with jagged edge, the colors been harmonized wit.i the caie of a jewel makei. "I uied to put the pieces under watei to decide how to lay them," said Mrs. Denier. "They look prettier that nay, and you get the effect better.

It's funny the way people stand outside the house and watch. When I play my pianola 1 can collect an audience In two minutes any night. And I don't mind a bit. Any one who wants to come and see my wall Is welcome." Rhine valley, and England, is completely blind. He is a wonderful musician, has achieved considerable note as a composer, and received much of education at celebrated college for the blind near Sydenham, one of the suburbs of London.

In spite of his affliction, he is very fond of society, In which he mingles freely in the English and French capitals. Brother Vanished Myiterloualy. His elder brother disappeared in a most mysterious fashion while on a trip round the world. During the' voyage from Singapore to Java he left his traveling companions on deck after luncheon, announcing that he was going to take a siesta in his stateroom below. He was never heard of again.

He was seen to go below, but no one saw 'him fall overboard, and the porthole of, his cabin, Jhough was too small 'to admit of his making use of It to jump into the sea. His disappearance remains to this day one of the many mysteries'of the ocean. For some reason or other Capt. Ralph Hamilton, who has been traveling in the United States, and who arrived In New York the other day wife, Lady Grlzel Hamilton, the huntress daughter of the Earl of Dundonald, refrained from aking use of the title of Master of Belhaven, by which he is always known Great Britain. "Master" is a designation given in Scotland to the eldest son of a peer of the rank of baron or viscount The standard "peerages" give the father of the Master of Belhaven, namely, Lord Belhaven," as having established his claim to the peerage in 1894.

But this is scarcely correct, for Lord Belhaven has merely chosen to have himself, in Scotch legal phraseology, "served heir" to the Belhaven estates at Wlshaw, In Lanark- shire, and has -refrained from taking any steps to establish his claim to the peerage before the committee on privileges of the house of lords. His attitude of the crown, which Is invariably advised by the committee on privileges of the house of lords in such matters, is best shown by the fact that although Lord Belhaven's sisters have applied for a patent The fearful details of the tragedy can never be written. Only mute evidences of death told the tale. But Fluffy must have entered the bindery Saturday night to get possession of a string attached to a piece of red paper, which the girls had fashioned for the cat's delight. After disporting with the simple toy to heart's pontent.

Fluffy ate it, string and all. Thereafter she disported Involuntarily around the room without touchIng: floor or walls In the most thorough fit ever accomplished by a single cat. She fell Into a can of printer's Ink, flopped out of it into a pot of glue, anc yesterday morning they found her stuck to the floor In the doorway, her long anc beautiful tail pointing fatefully' toward the clock, which had stopped at exactly 11:45 o'clock. HIS FIANCEE FOUND INSANE. Woman Herself Was Once a Nurse in- Poughkeepsie Asylum.

From New York Edward Smith, once an attendant In tne Hudson River Hospital for the Insane In Poughkeepsie, reported to the Coney Island police on Wednesday morning that the woman he is engaged to marry, Mrs. Margaret Close, who was a nurse In the hospital with him, had disappeared from her room In the Prospect Hotel, on Surf avenue. They had resigned theii places in the hospital, he says, so that they could go to his home In New Orleans to be married. Before making the trip they thought to rest for a few days at Coney Island. Last night Mrs.

Close was found In the Insane ward of Bellevue Hospital, where she has been since last Thursday. She was found by a policeman near -a boathouse on the Bronx 'River at 182d street She will be sent to the hospital at Central Islip this morning. Smith a Mrs. Close had rooms on the same floor of the Coney Island hotel. On Tuesday night Smith says he felt sick and went to bed early.

In the morn- Ing he awoke late, and was told by a clerk that Mrs. Close was not up yet. Repeated knocking on her bedroom door failed to bring any response. The door was opened, and it was evident that she of precedence, to take rank as if their had not there a night Painter Rests for a Year. From the New York Press The surprise of Joseph DIxon, a merchant of this place, when he found a painter quietly at work on the front of his store this morning was only equaled by the astonishment he had felt when the same painter abruptly abandoned the Job Just a year ago yesterday.

Dlxon watched with wonder the dull red front of his house being transformed Into a brilliant yellow to correspond with the other three sides of the building. They were painted yellow in August, 1909. "Hullo, Elijah; what are you doing here?" Dlxon shouted. "Ob, Just finishing up this Job," replied the painter, whose last name Is Ball. When Dixon Insisted on further explanation.

Ball said he went away a year ago to rest and "see the country." He always had intended to finish painting the Dlxon store, he explained, and so on returning to Whlppany the first thing he did was to apply his brush to the red front. By nightfall the whole structure was of the same yellow hue, and Dlxon handed the painter a $5 reward. Brains Not Needed. From the New York Press. The following anecdote yesterday was related by Mgr.

Lavelle, rector of St. Patrick's Cathedral: "A farmer had come to New Tork from the country to have a look at Its sights. One night he got home very late and a burglar stopped him In Central park and put a pistol to his head, saying at the same time: 'Give me your money or I'll blow y6ur brains To which the farmer replied: 'You may blow my brains out If you wish, but I certainly shall not give you my money, because from what I have seen so far you can very well live in New York without brains, but certainly not without POST PHILOSOPHY. Most people think other people eat too much. A man isn't as lonely without a country as he Is without companions.

Nothing that a father-in-law can give a son-in-law Is more acceptable than a little "I've been there myself" spirit. Some things are so queer that exaggeration detracts from them. Some young men think they are too polite to work, but think they are just right for a diplomatic" career. It Is well to remember that nothing is dangerous at a safe distance. When a person unwilling to talk of himself he has something to hide or find out.

A man who Is always figuring the interest on his money Isn't necessarily a man of principle. It is not well to judge the temper df household by tbe mottoes on the father had succeeded to the peerage, which would have had the effect of enabling them to prefix "honorable" to their name, the application has not granted. This Is because tbe crown is still in doubt as to whether Lord Belhaven is really entitled to the honor which he has assumed. Cost Deters Claimants. The trouble with Lord Belhaven's case Is his failure to prove the absolute extinction of male Issue of Capt.

Francis Hamilton, younger brother of the father of the ninth Lord of Belhaven, and who died in 1869, leaving issue. Should any sons of this Capt. Francis who belonged to the Ninety-fourth regiment, appear uoon the scene, they would undoubtedly have rights to the barony ot Belhaven and to the Wishaw estates pi ior to those of the present lord, who has to go back to the middle of the sev- enteentn century In order to prove his lelatlonship to the ninth lord. I may- add that there was no doubt whatsoevei as to the right of the ninth baron to the title, as this was established on the death of the eighth lord, after long and careful investigation by the committee on privileges of the house of lords. This Belhaven branch of the Hamilton family is very numerous, and under the circumstances it Is not astonishing that there should be several claimants to the barony, one of them here In America, who are only prevented from taking any steps to establish their pretensions, and thus deprive Lord Belhaven of his doubtful honors, by the terrible expense Involved In any legal proceedings of the kind before the committee on privileges of the house of lords, the only tribunal competent to deal with the question.

Lord Aldenham, Merchant Prince. Lord Aldenham has been selected to preside at the. great banquet which is to be held In London on September 20, next, to celebrate the centennial anniversary of the Independence of Lord Aldenham may be described as one of England's great merchant princes; of. that class. Indeed, from which the house of lords has been so largely recruited.

He is the head of 'the ancient ctfy of London house of Anthony Glbbs which has been in existence" since the American war of independence, and which for the hundred years has been so largely Interested in the South American trade, especially In the trade with Chile. Indeed, the fortunes of the house of Glbbs are to a great extent Identified with those of the Chilean republic. And that Is why It Is peculiarly appropriate that Lord Aldenham should preside at the centennial banuet. Yet it was his connection with Chile that cost Alban Glbbs, as he was then, his seat In the house of commons Lnder circumstances which redounded to l.is While the war between Russia and Japan was in progress, the British government, by way of indirectly helping tts Oriental ally, purchased fine Chilean men-of-war, which would otherwise have gone to swell 'the Muscovite navjr. This purchase was made Dy the English government through Anthony Glbbs Co.

Observed Unwritten Rule. Now, there Is an unwritten law to the effect that persons Interested in government contracts cannot sit in the house of commons. It is a rule, however, that In recent years, at any rate, has more honored in Its breach than in its observance. Alban Oibbs and his brother, VIcary, felt, however, that with the unblemished tiadillons cf their firm they could not permit any question to be raised as to their position. They felt this all the more strongly as Alban Gibbs had been for ten years or more at the time the member for the alty of London In parliament, a dignity which, while it entitled him on the opening day of parliament to sit among' tbe cabinet ministers on the treasury bench of the house ofl commons, rendered it incumbent upon him to avoid anything that could in the slightest degree affect tbe honor and tne name of the great commercial constituency of which he had been so long the spokesman In the legislature of the empire.

Needless to add, that -after his resignation he was at once reelected by an overwhelming majority. In IMS he again resigned, this time in favor of Arthur Balfour, the unionist leader, who had found himself without a seat. MARQUISE DE (CopTrilbt, ittU. The police were notified. Smith says lie has walked the streets constantly since then in search of Mrs.

Close. Smith stopped policemen whom he met on the streets so often that he became familiar to them, and some Interested themselves sufficiently to make Inquiries about the woman to persons on their beats. Smith ran out of money to continue the search. Mrs, Close had charge of all their savings. He told his tale to Acting Capt.

Charlie Eason, of the Coney Island police, who lent him enough money to get a bite to eat here and there and to cover trolley rides in search for the missing woman. Last night Lieut. Lewis, of the Coney Island station, got word that a woman answering the description of Mrs. Close had been taken to Bellevue on Thursday night. She had no money, It was said.

Dr. Gregory, in Bellevue, said the woman seemed constantly in fear of something, and appeared to be afraid that the north pole was going to come up through the ward floor and kill her. At othei times she rather lucidly told of her experiences as a nurse in the Hudson Klvei Hospital for the Insane. She talked of Coney Island, Poughkeepsie, Lockport, and her trunks that lay in the freight room of the Grand Central station In readiness for the trip to New Orleans. She and Smith were to take train for his home there this morning.

When asked 'just what peculiar form her insanity took. If any, Dr. Gregory replied that she was "crazy crazy." The case was not extraordinary. Some one In the Hudson Kiver Hospital for the Insane said last night that it was true that both Smith and Mrs. Close had been employed there.

They said that Mrs. Close had been subject to hysterical fits. Neck Pierced by Arrow. From the Los AngaJea Times. SSW TOBK TABK3 Southern Girls Complain of Being In- sulted Repeatedly by Mashers.

From the New Tork There is something else the matter with our parks besides a threadbare sward and a general air of being poorly cared for. Two Southern girls, here connec- tion with the summer course at Columbia, have recently had experiences with habitual "mashers" and oglers in Riverside park, which should need but to be related to spur the police and park departments to utmost efforts in ridding the parks of such youths. In the pare of the South from which they came, young people use the city parks freejy on summer evenings without escorts and without fear of insult or annoyance. The parks in the residential sections of their city are crowded until early bedtime. The people talk, laugh, listen to concerts, or stroll as they will.

There is no such thing aa disgusting in public view, and the thing of girls without escorts being approached toy men Is unheard of. Tbe Southern girls, here for the first PEOPLE MEI IN HOTEL LOBBIES "I fear that the mule never will be rated at its proper value by persons who don have anything to do with the said Charles J. Allen, of PittsburtT, at the Shoreham. "There Is a saying, 'as stupid as a and one. 'as lasy as a Both cf these, I know, are not borne out by the facts.

A mule Is not stupid. It Is much more intelligent than a horse. It is not laiy, either. I honestly believe that a mule likes to do a good day's work. "If any one ever springs a new proverb on me, something like 'as dirty as a I'll have the goods on him.

My personal observation convinces me that the mule Is as clean as the most ous human being. And I'll tell you why I think so. "Some time ago the proprietors of a colliery at Plains, 'which is known as the Henry, built a big bath tub for the mules in the company's mines. I can't say that this was done altogether from an altruistic motive. The owners.

time, expected to enjoy Riverside park after consulting with veterinarians, were with its compelling half-light views of convinced that a daily bath would pro- the Hudscn u. utmost. The first evening the.i went there, a block or so long the life and the vigor of the mules which are used in the mines. At any from their home, they were quickly ap- rate, they built a big bath, about 40 feet proacbed by young men whom they had long, and something like 4 feet deep, never seen and asked, without excuse or apology of any sort, if they would go with them to a nearby amusement place. The girls turned away, fearing even to reply lest they be trapped into conversation or discussion.

A second effort to see the park and river by twilight was made. They and two other girls with them were approached and spoken to by men almost at once, and ogled until all were forced to leave the park. They spoke of It on their return, and were told by those older than themselves that no group of girls would be free from insult in New Tork parka after Sunset. As tffey were strangers re.j4.nere were few or no escorts to be had. and thereafter they saw the park by daylight only, spending their evenings for the most part in their apartment.

'IS 'IGHNESS. John O'Keete, in the New Tork World, Certain men propose to place a statue of King George Ilf of England ID Bowling Green "Gawd syve 'is royal from the brokers homeward bound; "Gawd syve 'is royal 'Ighness!" with a reverence profound; And aliens seeking liberty will fall in their supineness To worship In this land or free 'Is 'igh- ness. 'is 'ighness. True, this is the age of forgiving. Especially men who have fled.

Abhorring our foes when they're living. We pardon them (when they are dead). And really, old chap, it's surpiismg-- 'Pon honor, a trifle absurd-That Jonathan still is despising His majesty Third. Y'know those sedltlonal plotters, Such pussons as Putnam and Wayne, Today would be bally old rotters. Not fit for a cab in Cockaigne.

We're glad that the Yankee Is learning To pay his allegiance deferred Ana that he's no longer gol-derning His majesty Third. Old fellow, since you are so pleasant, Of course, you'll be willing to raze Those Washington groups that at present Offend us in va-iuus ways. Yaas, he was a traitor, and therefore He should have been hung, 'pon me word. He's no fit companion, we swear, for His majesty Third. "Gawd syve royal 'ighness!" you 'ear the Sons St.

Georgef "Gawd syve 'is royal 'ighness and to with Valley Forge' We''d love to shrine B. Arnold and young Andre of the slyness. But, failing that, a statue for 'Is 'ighness, 'is 'Ighness!" near the entrance to the stables. The mules are pretty tired, as you tan imagine, at the end of a day's work But you should see them race from the mine entrance to the bath tub. You would think they had been out on pasture foi six months, from the speed they show as they gallop down to the stable entrance.

They clamber over each other in their efforts to get into the water. "I'll venture to say that a horse would make a break for the stable and the stall to get the second meal of the day, if worked as hard as one of those nxules. and would pass by the batli. But not so with those mules. Hungry as must be, they rush Into the bath Some of the animals are so reluctant to leave the water that the stablemen have to drive them out.

One old mule, that has drawn a car for years, absolutely declines to leave the pool inside of ten minutes. "Directly over tbe bath a perforated pipe. When the stablemen think the mules have been water long enough, the water through this pipe, and the four-footed bathers get a fine shower bath. One of the foremen recently told me that some of the animals will actually point to the shower pipe with their noses In order to call the attention of the stablemen to their desire for a shower bath. One evening the stablemen were In somewhat of a hurry, and tried the mules out of the water without the shower.

One animal, more determined than the rest, refused to be driven out, and the water was turned on to oblige that particular mule. This saved time, as the mule is a pretty difficult object even for a. dozen men to handle especially in the water "The driver boys arc not very much in sympathy with the, mule-bath innovation, as they are kept ten or fifteen minutes longer to take the mules to the stables. But the system certainly IB popular with the mules." "According to my father, Abraham Lincoln used to tell a story about a publfr man who talked a great deal and did i tle in which he related an incident which was supposed to have happened on the Mississippi Riier," remarked A. S.

Tetlow, of Sacramento, at the NationaT "This story had it that a little bteam- can't' boat wllicn I )Iied between St Louis and Memphis was- with such a TTig WANDER-SONG. Martha Hiskell Clirk, In Muntey's The gray friar loves his book and bell, The king, his golden crown; The archer, his October ale That sparkles bright and brown; whistle that when it blew so much steara escaped that the boat stopped. The application of the tale, whether it was true or not, Is very obvious "Mr Lincoln either had witnesred phenomenon which he described or he was quite a prophet. Foi 1 saw, within the last few months, a locomotive that whistled itself out of business. I had to make a trip hurriedb, and was forceil to go on a freight train that carried passengers between way stations.

we neared Bullaid, Cal the whistle I But search the green earth far and wide, blow It blew and blew, fo, There naught so dear to me As the little, grassy wander-roads That lead beside the sea. Thty gave me wine unto my lips, And gold within my hands, And filled my garners high with grain As pittance of my But naught I own--nor land nor gold Cries half so sweet to me As my little, grassy wander-roads, A-calllng by the sea. I stole myself a gypsy cloak. And wandered o'er the downs And found myself a sea-sweet nook Afar from clustered towns; I long I don't Know, but It seemed to HIP the lasted for houri. The spee'i I of the long tram fclac-kened ai.d finally v.

c.ame to a stop, althouk.li the -whistle continued to shilek long alt ei wai d. walked forward from the caboose the engine, wondering what accident could have caused such an uproar We found that in borne way the lever a controlled the whistle had got out ol ordei, and that the engineer could not close the aperture through which the steam rushed Into the whistle. There was no way of repairing the mechanism and the engine and train just stopped there, all the steam gone, until an en- For of all the great world's treasure glne could be brought from Fresno to store, The dearest things to me Are my little grassy wander-j oads That loiter by the sea' No Longer Old at Forty. Prom the Strand Magazine There is no fact more striking than the way modern life is pushing back the period of old age. Less than a.

century It was in the summer of '59 that George ago a man was old at 40 You have only Wainwright and Ben Spencer, each in charge of a train Ot freight wagons, were headed for the Missouri River to bring supplies back to Colorado points. The' Indians were very troublesome in those days, and these two outfits always camped together for protection. One nigfit they had arranged the camp, with the wagons forming a circle, and everybody but the guards were to be Inside. Wainwright preferred to sleep in a clump of cottonwoods about a quarter of a mile off, and there he fixed himself with his negro servant as a bodyguard. Neither the camp nor Wainwright was disturbed during the night, but early the next morning, while Wainwright was sitting on the ground with his back to a tree 'drinking his tin of coffee, an arrow from 'an unseen foe entered his neck to the right of, the jugular vein, and was driven with such force as to impale the victim to the tree.

The negro, believing his master was killed, ran to Spencer's camp and gave the alarm. Spencer and some of his men rushed over to Wainwright. Instead of being dead, Wainwright was not even seriously injured. Spencer cut the arrow off close to the point of entrance, and gently drew Watnwright's head forward until he was released. The victim suffered but little inconvenience from the wound, and by the time the trip was completed It was entirely healed.

What Is an Equinox? From the Strand Magazine. Parents, as well as teachers, have sometimes to run the gantlet of awkward questions. "Father." said little Tommy one day, "what is an equinox?" Father--Why, er--It is--ahem! For goodness' sake, Tommy, don't you know anything about mythology at all? An equinox was a fabled animal--half horse, half cow. Its name is derived from the words "equine" and "ox." It does seem as if these public schools don't teach children anything nowadays. This is perhaps equaled by the definition given by a proud father who derived the word from equa, "mare," and nox, "night," and called It "nightmare," which may have expressed tali feelings fairly enough-.

haul the train The disabled engine, still tooting awaj, was towed to the repau shops, and we went on our way "Lincoln wasn't so far off. after all, when he told the story of that steamboat." "You have seen some of these trick moving pictures in the various little theaters of this cltv I presume," said G. R. Spltznagle, of Minneapolis, at the Arlington. "I don't suppose, though, that manj people know that the Department of Agriculture has engaged in the business of manufacturing these trick pictures When I explain, it won't seem so surprising.

"In these pictures that all of u-' have seen, i show the glow til of a flower from the moment it emerges from the earth to Us full development, flower oi plant is actually photographed. All the stages of growth passed through in one of these pictures in five or ten minutes have been recorded by the camera. If the plant is a fast a film Is exposed each dav untfl it has matured. When the plant develops slowly to pick up Jane Austen novels to tlna gentlemen of 35 described as middle-aged At 60 they were gabbling in their dotage And there is Mr Pickwick--that dear delightful benevolent old gentleman of 4i Fifty years ago when a man reached the age of 45 he grew a beard under hU chin, bought himself a pair of drab gaiters and a white neckcloth, and spoke with anxious concern of the rising generation, whose manners were so dlfteren" from those he had known as a "young a In our generation 32 is outwardly Indistinguishable from 52, save In that the former has a slightly more youthful tint In i cheeks a i waistcoat. As for the fair sex, the genus old lady! tne exposure may be made possibly once is all but extinct.

The pretty, vivacious matron you admire at a garden may have seen 25 or 70 summers As Queen Alexandra not long since said to Mme. Adelina Patti, "We are two or the youngest women in England." The illustrious royal example has been so sedulously followed that the ladies-always young, always active, always in the height of fashion--may be said to laugh In the very, face of Father POINTED PARAGRAPHS. From the Chicago The old cow has the milkman beaten a frazzle when It comes to giving milk. A fool may give a. wise man advlc if the latter takes It his wisdom to go wrong.

A doctor may not be sure of his nosls, but he takes the patient's mo merely as a guaranty of good YOur side of the argument may be vmclng as far as you are concerned, but what is the use if it doesn't convince the other fellow? REFLECTIONS OP A BACHELOR. Pram the New York Prux A woman's recipe for keeping young a capacity for lying about it. The more you can like a man, the more you wouldn't if you Veally knew him. The little that man wants here below he wants over and over again every few minutes with some new kind of fancy dressing. A woman gets mighty suspicious of what her husband has been doing when he doesn't raise the 'roof tbe baby cries at night, a week.

When the plant has attained full development, the various strips of film are pas'ted together and run through the machine at such speed that It seems to sprout, grow up, and put forth Its fruit before the eyes of the spectator in a very few minutes. "The Department of Agriculture has a film thus made which Is now being shown to Western farmers. It shows two stalks of wheat growing, from the moment they break through the ground till they reach full height One of-the from a good seed and the other from bad one. and the comparative rate of growth and fruitfulness of the two vividly pictured. This picture.

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