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The great international questions with
which Venezuela and Cuba are concerned
naturally oyershadow somewhat tho troubles
OF other Central American and south American
countries. Save for that, perhaps, more atten-
ton might be given TO tho statement that the
rejection by Argentina OF Chi!i's proposal to
dlsarm. has strained tho relations of those
countries again. Should this prove to be tho
case. 1t would be an unfortunate sequel Of the
recent arbitration protocol.
Another possible source OF disturbance Is
Argentina's reported demand on Bolivia TO
evacuate tho territory of San Antonio. which
that Government recently occupied. \ third
trouble appears Ia Nicaragua, where hostility
to President ZELAYA has manifested itself in
various ways. and weli-known men are under
arrest on charges of conspiracy to overthrow the
Government.
On the other hand. q gain for peace has been
made by Bragil's settlement Of hcr difficulty
with Italy, in which she agrees to pay the latter
n liked sum, and to put to the judgment of an
arbitration commission certain claims for i'll
treatment of Italians which have not yet been
liquidated. As a result. emigration from Italy
to Brazil will be resumed.
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President ERRAzuRIz Of Chill. who has
suffered under tho charge Of disfavorinR
the Conservative party. TO which no owed
his election a few months ago. has got rid of
the Ministers who embarrassed his Adminis,ra-
ton. and has chosen q new Ministry in which
the Liberal party is represented. In this case.
he has again manifested that independence
which is n marked trait OF his character. A
number of the Liberal Deputies helped him at
the time of the election. and helped him again
recently when tho situation was troublesome.
As soon ns party affairs had been arranged
the houses OF Congress turned their attention to
administrative business of pressing Importance.
Including that relating 10 tho state OF tho Treas
ury. Tho financial programme OF the new Min
istry seems to be n promising ono. and there 10
now reason to believe that some adequate meas
ure for Increasing the revenue will DO devised
and adopted. At this time questions in tariff
and taxation are at the front In Chill rs we'll as
In the United States.
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themselves. When they have no chance 70
work at their own trade, IL says, they will
accept 'Rny other kind Of work. and any
wages. Then It adds, THE Italians hate
begging. Has any reader OF this ever been
stopped by an Italian and asked for a
'nickel'l In the record Of charitable insti-
buttons there are very few italian names"
Such is the observation Of intelligent per-
sons. The Italians in the large cities OF the
United States are, many OF them, poor, and
many more of them nre illiterate as we'll rs
poor, but they are not mendicants. They
do not beg. They do not seek aims, They
do not apply frequently to the charitable
societies for aid. Italian Migrants are
almost unknown u the police courts
OF the large cities, and, generally speak
ing, these Italians are . ~self-supporting
element in every American community.
What makes this especially remarkable,
is that, while in the southern provinces OF
Italy, from which the largest emigration to
the United States comes, mendicancy in
the large cities is very Common, it is
correspondingly rare among the 1tal-
ians in the big cities Of the United
States. Can any student Of mendicancy
or theorist in the fine ART Of indiscriminate
benevolence, sometimes called almsgivinR,
explain this fact ? Do the Italians who leave
their native country for the advantages of
a freer government and n fairer field for
thrift and toll in the United States, become
imbued with sound notions of self-reliance
in the American republic and a positive de-
termination to live, and thrive II they can,
by their own efforts and not through the
assistance of those more %fortunatet
Whatever the true reason may be, 1t Ia .
fact visible to every one that the Italian
population in the United States is self-sup-
porting. Moreover, it has been observed
that Italians furnish very little business for
the courts. They are rarely sued and
there is rarely any occasion to sue an Italian.
Those without means do not contract obi
cations to others; those who have means
pay their debts.
1t has been said that at tho recent Presi-
dental election q larger number Of Italians
in the large cities of the United States voted
in favor of honest money and against repu-
diation than of natives Of any other
European country exercising their franchise
as American electors. :
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What Have They Done d?

According TO our esteemed contemporary,
the New York Times, from all parts of
the country comes "A demand, not confined
to any party, that Congress and the Execu-
tive branch of the Government shall pro-
coed against trusts and similar combina-
tons" The principal demand for such pro-
ceeding has come from BRYAN and ALTGELD
and their followers and from vicious and
hysterical newspapers like the World. But
If there is a demand among some reasonable
and intelligent folk, such Us the Times rep
~resents, for the discontinue of trusts, what
is the complaint against those bogies F?
Surely some of them have reduced prices,
and SO made for the greatest good OF the
greatest Number. Some of them have been
smashed by their W to~pheaviness or the
i%ncapacity Of their organizers, and so gone
away into the Elcfgkett. There can be no
trouble about them. And have some trusts
put up prices? 1t is what every man is try
ing to do with his labor or other commodi-
ty. Is it wrong and against public policy
for Ton, DICK, and HARRY conformity to do
what either has the right to do severally?
Suppose that u trust does put up prices.
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New Development In Trade. Un,op..

From london Engineering.
One OF tho most curious developments OF what may
be called the new labor policy has exercised one OF
the London %vestries. Tho Bermondsey vestry had ap.
pointed q committee to consider the question of the
unemployed: the report was taken at its meeting last
week. It occupied not only the whole meeting as
ordinarily understood, but from the time OF meeting
7otclock. until 4 O'Clock the next morning, being an
all night sitting. which 10 most unusual with a vestry.
The chief point In dispute, and the one which divided
the vestry into two opposing parties. was whether
employment should bo given exclusively TO the
parishioners who were members OF trades unions. or
whether all the persons out of work should have an
equal chance. II seems incredible that any body OF
men elected by the ratepayerss should for one moment
entertain the notion that n man should be refused
work by u vestry simply by reason OF the fact that he
did not belong TO a trade union, But so excited was
the discussion. and prolonged tho proceedings, that it
IL evident tho parties were strongly represented. In
the end. however. IL was resolved that a man need not
be q member OF n union to DO taken on, II work could
be found.
The incident throws q curious light upon the tactics
OF the new labor party. who talk or socialism, and of
universal brotherhood, when VIC md that brother.
hood means q paltry tyranny exercised upon the
starving poor. who have to apply to the parish for
RELIEF. or for work to procure bread!
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We apprehend that it would be a serious
misfortune for Brazil to lose the services OF
President PRuDENTE DE MoRAEs BARRos. who
has been compelled by i'll health to transfer the
duties OF his office to the vice-President- Dur
Ing the two years Of his service as President of
the republic he has done we'll. The disturbed
States have been %paciaed; the general pros
perity has been promoted. and much atten-
tion has been paid to the development OF the
country's resources. Upon two occasions
lie has manifested statesmAnlike powers;
first. In the settlement OF the dispute
with England over the ownership OF tho
outlying island of Trinidad; and. secondly, in
the arrangement Of the dispute with Italy over
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The New York correspondent Of our es-
teemed contemporary. tho Pittsburgh Dispatch.
communicates this singular fact:
after twenty-five or thirty years OF personal OBJ.
servation and some study, I have come to tho con.
clusion that the th!ns \ woman most dislikes to do is
TO sew button on"
Now, in what part OF tho planet have these
observations been taken? In Pittsburgh? Is It
true that the women OF Pittsburgh dislike more
than anything else to sew q button on An OK.
pert opinion. that is, the opinion of a Pittsburgh
woman. should De sought on this question. Can
the correspondent mean that the women of this
town hate to sew buttons on, Surely twenty
i've or thirty years OF observation and study
have been misspent II they have furnished
an assertion which seems so ~palpably erro-
neous. Or is it correct. after all. and Is the
cheerful Willingness with which women SOW
buttons on only another instance of their in
stinct OF selt-abneGation and patient tolerance
of unwelcome tasks? The subject should be in
vestiGated. Buttons seem to be n necessary
evil in the present condition Of civilization. 1t
is painful to fancy that the restoration OF them
involves an irksome labor on the part OF the
superior sex. What is to be done IL this is the
case? Must tho world return to hooks and
eyes?
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The Federal census of 1890 returned
1872, $50 natives of the Italian kingdom as
resident at that time in the United States,
an imperfect enumeration clearly, for be-
tween the years 1880 and 1890 the Italian
emigration to this country was 3O7. O95. 1t
is doubtful, however, whether there are as
many as one million Italians in the United
States. AS some of the Italian journals pub
lished here are asserting. One of these
journals calls attention to a notable phase
of life in American cities. One-third of the
Italians in the United States, it says, are
settled in the principal cities. Onc-halt of
these are laborers; fifty per cent. of them
are illIterate. They are hard and steady
workers, thrifty. and anxious to improve
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II u puts them too high above the cost OF
production. IL invites and nurses q competi-
ton which will break either IL or the prices.
A trust is simply a way Of doing business.
It's results should be looked at as calmly as
those OF q partnership. Instead. a parcel Of
cranks and fanatics and demagogues have
been bowling themselves purple about the
wickedncss Of trusts, until some people, or
dinari.y sane, have come to regard a trust As
a sort of hellish device for undermining
society besides grinding the faces Of the poor.
just as in 1878 a lot of people thought the
national banks were the cause Of all evil,
just as BRYAN's dupes believed that n gold
standard was the sum OF all villainies, so
now q number of persons find In trusts .
terrible danger and iniquity. Yet what
have the trusts donef Whom arc they
hurting' And IL they are efficient forms of
business, what can a thousand laws do to
put them down.
Great is humbug, but it shall not prevail.
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Foreign Note. or Rsa, r...r..t.

An epidemic OF scarletina. attended with great
mortality. is raging throughout southern Russia.
Penny shares arc the attraction offered by a Lon.
don stock company. There are go 900 OF them,
the full capital being a2. 500.
For the nrst time In over a hundred years ths
heading "Universite de Paris a appears over the list
OF lectures at the Sorbonne this winter.
Sir John Lubbock told some London school chill.
dren recently that one of his neices described aiR
as consisting of Oxygen and CambridRegen.
George Frederick Watts. r. ~. is building Q
church near Guildford. in which he will paint free
Goes himself. while his wife will design the terra
Gotta decoration.
a stamp collection containing nearly 1000 IN
used specimens was sold for ss. $40 recently in ION.
don. this being the largest price ever paid for . O0L
lection AT auction.
While Paris policemen arrest 2s7 murderers or
would be mnrdsrers a year on the AVERAGE to 10
caught by the London constables, they have only
s7e burglaries TO deal with annually TO London's
1905.
A full'riGged iron ship, with two
years stores and 2.50u tons OF coal on board, was
sold for sos ut Yarmouth. England. recently. She
had Just run ashore on the Scroby Sands, three miles
on the town.
81. Kilda. the lonely islet west OF the Hebrides.
has demonstrated that 1t is not entirely out OF the
world by sending a subscription OF sl2. so, rsprG
among Its sixty families OF fishermen, 10 the fund
for tho relief OF the Armcnians.
Women are going ahead In France. The MiniGter
OF Fine Arts has submitted to the Chamber OF
Deputies a proposal TO admit women or terms OF
equality with men 10 the BeauK Arts. az they are
Already admirted TO the Sorbonne and TO the 7A~
and medical schools.
AZ the omcial trial OF the viraSo torpedo boat ds.
stroyer. built by tho L.airds. a mean speed Of so.lT
Knots was made on the measured mile, white 3O.o7
KNOTS was the average for the three hours coEtinu-
GUS speeding. the coal consumption being 2.Sa
pounds per horse power per hour.
NJ bosnlobon. the Russian court painter. who
painted the picture or the Russian deet at Toulou,
presented by Alexander III. to the Paris Circle
"i'.aire' ma" Just died at The age OF ~ years. He
oAuaht cold while making sketches OF tho arrival of
the crar at cherbours for a picture which Nicholas
II. had ordeI cd.
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Had 20 Have His Goggles.

TOW n tHtcdpo ItHcs- deruSu.
THE day before the battle of Chickamauga,"
said II. j. Hoffman, who served In . brigade
made up OF Indiana and Wisconsin troops in
that engagement, Our brigade was sent on q
raid In search of important We
found 1t by running upon u large body OF Con-
federate troops. and, as orders had been given
not to bring on a battle. we started back with
our Information ms fast as we could go without
seeming to he in too much haste. Col. B. r.
scribner Of the Thirty-eighth indiana was COM
mandinG the brigade. He became o Brigacier q
little later. The last time / heard from him he
was n resident of New Albany. Ind. As we
were moving back. every man taking long and
frequent steps. Col. scribner and his stan. in
going through n thlcket. ran into q hornets'
nest. The hornets were ready for business. and
made It, as uncomfortable as they did lively for
the staff and the advance OF the brigade. While
the Colonel was brushing away the hornets ho
hit his goggles and they fell. He immediately
gave command for the brinade to halt aud said
to mis- Acknowledgement, Captain, md those
goggles as soon as you can. The brigade cannot
feet from my nose without them You better
believe there was n hustling and a bustling to
hnd those goggles. for the Jealous Johnnies were
no: far from our heels. AT the end of FIVE min
utes the precious goggles were discovered. Tho
Colonel put them on and gave the command.
Forward We made up for lost time with a
bit OF double quick"
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8 URBEAMS.

Late buttercupsa and also peas growing on Q vine
still in blossom as In midsummer have been picked
at Rockport. Ne.
-Superheated dust " as the cause OF an explosion
in s'fertilizer factory at Kansas City, in which two
men were severely burned.
At New Augustine. Fla. the Mayor, Gitting a. Q
magistrate. accepted nve hogs from q negro cul
prit as security for the payment of Q nne.
Two forty -eight-pouni sacks OF meal were re-
quired TO stuo the skin OF n rsst'sen stc killed By
Thomas Herring OF Laurel. Tex. It was 10 feet ~
inches long and rad eighteen rattles.
AT Harrison. Neb., sympathetic neIghpors OF Q
woman whose husband abused her ordered the
brute TO leave town, which he did, aud then abe
sued The good folk for alternating his affections.
Augusta. Me-. 10 talking OF the cat o. two tails,
such an animal being owned there by Percivai
Brothers. Only one OF the tails can be stepped
upon. that In the usual location: the other Is on
pussy's back.
Among the residents Of Kansas City. NO.. is Miss
Overall. according to the Clay Centre, Kan.
Times, and the same authority refers to Miss Over
ans cousins. the Pants. a. living on the Kansas
side OF the line.
liz whitneyville. Me-. IS Q hen who catches and
kills mice as readily as o cat does. She stands
near the grain barrels in the barns and with one
downward peck strikes the rodents to such good
purnosc that she IS soon able 20 frish them.
Walter Nichols. IL years old. has been sem
fenced to nine years' imprisonment at SUFFOLK, Va,
on two charges Of Grand larceny. ono for safo
breaking and the other for roobing q jewelry store.
1t is said that his criminal tendencies were mani.
tested from infancy.
Water hyacinths have at last been found good
for something, according 10 . property owner up
the river from Jacksonville. Fla. who says that
after putting some of them on q Heretofore sterile
neld and ploughing them under he was able to
grow good crops on the land.
An Oxford county. Maine, farmer hardly knowa
whether to boast or complain OF q low-down trick
q parsnip played on him by growing twenty-five
inches downward from the garden surfa e. A
man in searsport in the same State grew . beet
weighing almost eighteen pounds.
-Tramps will have great respect for North
waterborc. Me-. II . few citizens initiate . young
woman who recently. while in charge OF the Post
once there, answered four OF them. when they
asked II any one was with her. in the Affirmative.
and when they asked who. pointed q revolver with
six full chambers at them.
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In THE Sun OF Sunday we attempted to
account for tho strange inactivity Of the
Cuban revolutionary leader, GOMEZ, during
the past SIX months, and especially within
the last eight or ten weeks, when WEYLER
was mastering his forces for the cam
paign which began n fortnight ago. We
could offer only co%njectures as to why it is
that while MAcEo is engaged in n brave but
hazardous struggle against the main body
Of the enemy, by which his isolated camp is
besieged, Gen. GOMEZ, who is the chief COM
mander for Cuba, and whose army is at
least thrice as strong as that of MAcEo, has
made no movement for his relief.
The defeat Of MACEo would be a most
serious thing for Cuba. Yet his superior
officer has left him alone, and has seemed
regardless OF his dangerous situation. While
unable to offer u satisfactory explanation
of Gen. COMES policy, and while unable
10 obtain Trustworthy information concern
ing his designs, plans. or movements, w
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I've Raised Them.

FTOW mo Sp0Enhe RarIeN.
A few nights ago n miner from tho North who
had lately sold a claim. had money TO burn. and
was in an incendiary mood. came down to Spokane
TO make the currency bonfire. He was rather rusty
looking when he struck Spokane. but he was hungry.
and, before going to q barber shop or bath. dropped
into an uptown restaurant to get something to eat,
There was but one waiter. and he. busy carrying
champagne TO q party at another table. paid little at.
tention to the hard'looking miner. Finally the waiter
was called over. when the miner said:
"see here, kid! DO IeAt;"
Sorry l can't wait on you now" was the prompt
reply, " but the gentlemen there have just ordered a
nfty'dollar dinner"
"Firy'doliar dinner be hanged! Bring mo sloo
worm ot nam and Eggs, and be quick about It. Do 1
look Ike a guy who can he blured by a mesa OF NON.
intays! lie was waited upon promptly.
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An UnErammutical Governor-Eleot

An
The gentleman named LERDY whom the
Populists of Kansas have elected as Chief
Magistrate of the Fool-Capped State. writes
a letter to the Kansas City Times in reply
to what he regards as the aspersions Of the
Eastern newspapers.
Mr.. LEBDY first refers to the circumstance
that there is at present an insufiiciency of
school accommodations in the city of New
York. These inhuman people," he says,
"are so eaten up with avarice and greed that
they allow their own children to grow up
under their own noses in ignorance" On the
other hand, as LEEDY points out, there is
not a school district between the Missouri
River and Colorado. nor from No Mans
Land to the Nebraska line, where the citi-
zens of Kansas have not provided free mi
ample school privileges for every child
within our borders
With the logic of the violent ward, LEEpY
argues from these premises that there can
be no truth in what the Eastern newspapers
say about Populism in Kansas. AS the
next Chief magistrates Of tho FoolICapped
State triumphantly expresses it:
"slanders from q people who have sunk 20 low in
the scale of civilization as that. 10 4 certificate OF good
character OF which we should DO proud"
This is q smashing retort, from the point
OF view Of the violent ward. Blu it would
be interesting to know in what particular
school between the Missouri and the Colo
rado line Mr.. LEEpY acquired his syntax.
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william Booth Meet. sanue Brown.
From the Isndieton Ea,t oreOOnfamL

TToW " fcnuictoH Eudf OTcQOntdTL
The other day at McMinnYille. at the meeting
OF the Btmetall.c League. Samuel Brown. son Of
John Brown of soul goes marching OF" fame.
met William Booth. son OF the Sheriff who
hanged John Brown. AS is the custom OF all
conventions in Oregon, every delegate does his
best to get acquainted with every other dele
gate. and all delegates speak whether acquainted
or rot. Several delegates were so.iI about in
Producing u rather handsome man of 40 or
thereabouts. whom they called Mr.. Booth Of
McMinnville. They would say of him:
VI Booth Is tho son OF the sheriff who
hanged John Brown of Ossawatomie at Har-
per's Ferrv."
All of which caused people to take more than
a common interest in Mr.. Booth. Finally Mr..
Booth was introduced to n man of excellent APP
pearance. whose name was Samuel Brown.
After the introduction Mr.. Booth and Mr..
Brown chatted very pleasantly for . minute or
two.
Mr.. Booth" said. Mr.. Brown. was 1t your
father who hanged John brown at Harper's
Ferry
Yes" said Mr.. Booth. He was Sheriff at
that time. and 1t was his duty to offciate at the
execution. No relative of yours. ! hope 2"
Only my father" was the quiet reply.
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Slightly Mixed.

Prom the Cleveland Piain Dealer.
THE Mixers have a beautiful new dog,
George. saw Mr.. Mixer out with him this
morning, he, had q lovely new collar and q sky
blue blanket
WHO, Mixer?'
why, no. the dog. / think he has Irish
Uncle Jim once owned"
Mixer looks like your Uncle Jim's bulldog ~
talking about the dog. 1t was amusing TO SEQ
the denure way he walked behind his master.
But just Ms they passed our house Miss Badgers
that dog jump. He pulled the cord around Mr..
Mixers legs and made one terrible bound for
the poor kitty. But Mr.. Mixer held on to him.
When he found he couldn't get the cat he sat
on the sid ewalk and howled like q lost demon
MIXER howled like a lost demon !"
! say, Mixer howledf You know I said
the dog howled."
You said he howled.'
We'll. why shouldn't l say lie howled ?"
because the name of Mixers now dog 10
LiZzie!"
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Tho south,s Balance sheet.


from The Macon Telegraph.
The Southern Democracy by Its alliance with popu.
liam has lost Kentucky, Delaware. Maryland. and
West Virginia. thus destroying the solid South. Nor.
than this IL has lost its old friends and allies who
stood a Gibraltar Of strength In recon struction and
carpei6ag dnys-the States OF New York. New Jersey,
Connecticut. and Indiana. What has she gained ,
Kansas. Nebraska, and a group OF Rocky Mountain
mining camps. Not IN a generation can tho blunder
be repaired unless there Is n speedy. absolute reyu,.
sion against the Altgelds aud Tillmans and the re.
tinue OF politicians OF less degree who forced TO tho
front at Chicago and the unnatural
alliance with Populism.