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THE DERBY OF is6,
LOOKS LIKE A GIFT FOR ROTH
sCHILD's ST. FRUsQU1N.
TOPHEAvY FAvORITE.
No American Horse WIN Run. Gro
ker's Former Colt BEOnfauIz being
Vvithdravvn-The Hfst0ric Race.

On wednesday. June 3. the greatest horse
race the world over VIII take place on
Epson Downs. about the worst track the
world over. This is the English Derby, the
blue ribbon event Of the turf 1t viii be
the nth race for the stake. the first being
run in 1880, when this nation ives still Id
it's swaddling clothes.
One hundred and fifty thousand people
viii see some part OF the race Few Of
them viii see all of it. Any one who hes
been to a horse race where there were
thirty or forty thousand spectators knows
the difficulty Of gaining and holding point
Of vantage. It is an easy matter for these
people to picture the crush made by
crowd four or i've times greater.
The Derby is conducive 10 happiness to
chosen few. The owner Of the winner. the
jockey, the trainer, the people who have
bet on him form the happy contingent
All the rest belong to the opposite army.
Americans had hoped that an American
horse would win the Derby OF 1896. but
this IS not to be FoxhaI Keene. Pierre
Loril1ard. Richard Croker and E. Wishard,
all American racing men Of note. have big
stables of horses in training in England and
not one Of them is eligible for the Derby.
Until recently Montauk. the great three
year-old in the Croker string. was sup
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TO. biqh. Tt was afterward bought BY Prince
orion for 2 100000 francs. Later on the
Prince presented the gem as gift to Cath
crime. -
A LENGTHY CERE1fONY.
Every one stands in the Greek church,
ana as the coronation is a prodigiousiy big
ceremony. lasting nearly six hours, the
anaetators will be very tired before TT Is
over. First the young Emperor VIII be-
gin the service by a confession OF faith,
which VIII be followed by various religious
rec 1fnes Of an ordinary character After
tbe gospel reading. the imperial mantle Of
arnnine will be clasped about his neck. and
fben he viii lift the crown from the table
while the ohciating Bishop recites the
benediction- AS the Bishop concludes with
the words "In the name Of the Father. and
Of the son, end Of the Holy Ghost the
Young Car viii place the crown upon his
head. and taking the scepter IN the right
hand and the globe in the left, will seat
himself upon the throne
Then the ordeal Of the young Empress
Will begin When the Car has taken his
seat a cushion viii be placed at his feet.
and on this the Czarina will kneel. TIE
Car then lifts the crown from his head
and places It on the head Of his wife He
leaves 1t there but an Instant and then
places It back upon his own head Next
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CAMPAIGN HUSTLERS
MEN WHO WORK THE MACHINES IN
PRESIDENTIAL YEARS.
SPELL BINDER BOSSES.
How the spoutera are Assigned ana
kent Track OLA Delicate and
Important Task.

Already the men who make things hum
in Presidential campaigns are planning
for the work to be done in the summer and
fail. No matter who gets the nomination
these men do the fighting, ana they do it
in a systematic way which seems won
derful to the uninltiated-
It Is practically certainty that Will
lam F. Harrity viii be reelected chairman
Of the Democratic National Committee,
but the same cannot be said about Thomas
H. Carter. Of Montana. the present chair
man OF the Republican National Committee
rs Senator Carriers currency views may
clash with those to be expressed in the
platform to be drawn up at the St. Louis
convention.
One man who viii figure largely in the
Republican fight particularly # Major Nc
Kinley is nominated is General william
H. Hahn. OF Mansfield Ohio Mr.. Hahn
is Que OF the men who bob into national
prominence every four years The rest OF
the time he keeps the machine in his own
bailiwick in good running order
His particular forte is managing the
G. o. P. spellblnders. and he has devel-
oped this peculiar work to a point closely
allied to perfection In the last national
campaign he had charge of the Harrison
spcuters. and this year his work viii be
in the same direction He is one Of the
few men who know accurately all about
the internal organization Of his party. He
Is an animated X ray on this subject. and
he knows the weak and strong spots by
heart.
MIGHT BE CALLED A JOI.LIER-
He is adept at smoothing out the
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posed to have chance for the Derby.
He was taken abroad a year ago and had
become thoroughly acclimated- Moreover,
ne had developed into a slashing big colt.
rather high liz the legs. but on tue whole
a racer Of the first water. In the future
books he was held a. long prices, and his
owner had put up enough money to have
won fortune had he run in the race and
Won Many Americans in London had
backed the borse TOO. merely out Of patri-
otism. and they stood to win q pot Of
money.
The hopes and fears Of all were settled
for good. however. when, a month ago. Mr..
Croker sold Bfontauk to W. Sibary, an
English racing man. Montauk's new own
er at once cancelled his Derby engagement.
probably because he considered the horse
was not good enough to stand a chance
o. winning
English racing sharps say that barring
accidents the rare is as good as Won BY
Leopold de Rothschild's colt st. Frusquin.
This horse far outranks any three-year-old
Of the season. ana g such heavy favorit0
in the betting that he may 90 to the post
with ODDS on against aim even If a large
field faces the starter. Mr.. de Rothschild
has two other candidates entered for the
blue ribbon-Galeazzo and Gulistan-and
his stable Is in such fine winning form that
the English 1ritics declare that he could
( land the prize win any one Of the three
The blue and yellow the coIors OF the
greaL banker. have been invincfble on the
English tracks this year In the first six
teen races that A-r- de RothschiId entered
/ his horses he captured thirteen. Tommy
Y LOates. his jockey. has landed as many as
, three winners N a day, some Of the prizes
/ being historic stakes st. Frusouin is
/ credited with being fourteen pounds better
I than any three-ye in England and
his recent win in the Two Thousand GUM
] cas-, made with almost ridiculous ease
bears out This opinion.
WAAES HAS A SECOND CHANCE.
! Persirnmon. the -nsry Of the Prince Of
/ Wales, Is, according to the betting. sun
posed to have a fair chance OF running
into the place for the great race. The
next Two most dangerous horses are Teu-
! fel and Regret Teufel is the only horse
/ that ever gave St. Frusqufn a beating and
that occurred last year when the horses
were racing In their two-year-old form
Since then the Saint hes developed in much
I finer shape than his rival Even when
{ Teufel beat him the former had an advan-
tags OF ten pounds in the weights, and il
the weights had been even shrewd judges
say that the Saint would have flashed by
the wire a winner
Neither Persimmon. Regret nor TeufeI
has done much this season. and the pub
lie have had to rely on rumors from the
different stables as to their condition. I'm
like any race in this country, the people
Of Great Britain have some kind Of a bet
on the Derby to a man II there was any
way of reckoning all the bets on this race
It would doubtless be shown that tens OF
millions Of dollars are at stake. When
the favorite wins the general iubilation is
tremendous and the favorites win oftener
In the Derby Chan IN any OF the great
races. The bookmakers endeavor to make
q s'round book''--that Is book which viii
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other supports. while many Of the other
designs for turning night into day are
unique and artistic.
Every day ana ni ght until June there
VIII be some great festivity- On the latter
date the royal couple VIII return to St
Petersburg.
IT would be an endless task to detail
the magnihcence Of the ceremony or the
fabulous sums spent The coronation robe
Of the Czarina cost $500 600. With her
jewels and imperial mantle her costume
viii represent something like So 600 600.
The coach in which the Empress will ride
win be drawn by eight horses. and the same
kind of a coach win be used by the Dowager
Empress coach drawn by six horses
viii be used by the immediate members OF
the imperial family. The Immediate mount
ed attendants Of these three coaches viii
number 126. and the harness alone &C the
14s horses cost $3.50 OOG.
The sets Of harness were made In Paris
They are all OF red morocco. sewed with
white. There are saddles Of the same mo
rocco. with stirrups Of chiseled and gilt
bronze for the trout pairs. which are alone
intended TO be mounted The reina and
adOrnments Of the eight horse sets are Of
red silk and gold. while the Others are en-
tirely IN red
Each horse. and there are 14s OF them.
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wrinkles in fzs loosely jointed spots, and
lnfI-ing the wavering adherents with an
elixir Of frmness. BY some people he
might be called a tip top jollier When
anything of a particularly delicate nature
is to be performed he Is called upon. Not
long ago Major Mckinley deputed him %
make a tour Of the Eastern States to sat
isfy the great banking institutions that
ne CJcTZtnley) was a sound money man
This was a task OF more Importance than
appears on the surface. for. If the great
power controlled b. the moueyed institu-
tions Of the East could be swung into line
It would be something more than a feather
in she cap Of the Ohio statesman
When the time comes for MI. Hahn to
let loose the orators throughout the ma
ton his first work will be to nail up on the
wall OF his oflce a tremendously big map
Of the Unned States The names OF all
the big and little cities and towns In each
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MILLIONS FOR SHOW
FABULOUS COST OF THE CORONA
TEON OF THE CAR.
AN INTERESTING CEREMONY
gust what VIII Happen on Tuesday
in the Tiny Cathedral Of the As
Humn14on.

The greatest show that Europe has ever
seen has always begun in that diruest q
all Russian cities. Moscow, and the cn-@-
event, that Of the browning Of the yol-s
Car By himself. viii take place on Aus=-
day the 26th
When all the expenses OF this ceIello-l1
or series of ceremonies. have been aQdel ".
e viii be found that the total is SONS l7-s
between thirty and thirty-lve Enlll-1A e
dollars This is she sum that th e mlillons q
subjects Of the Car viii be taxed % pay.
OF course it does not represent me -o.4i
expenditures. All the great nations OF e-e
earth will be grandly represented, ana lls
Russian mobiles viii also do something @
swell the nnapniheence OF the affair Tbs
only ones who viii benefit by ~ arc mo
d5stes rniiliners carriage makers tallOrs,
caterers and decorators
The Car and Czarina are now IN MOSCOW
end the city is ahlazs with festivities OF al
kinds To Russians Il may be perteo5
paradise but to average tourists 30 VIII be
a long time before they forget the city 81
Moscow for that is the premier city OF tbs
earth for unpleasant smells Each street
seems to have an exclusive smell Of its
own. and to the outraged nosrrils Of the
visitor each smell appears to be worse than
its predecessor. II cleanliness be next to
1mmeasurabIe distance from paradise Dir
IS Dre-emInent- IL is aged dirt too. the
kind that has fingered long in the sane
place and makes it's presence known from
afar.
zoo 900 VISITORS
But there ere so many people in Moscow
row that the dirt viii be hidden. although
the smells cannot be subdued- Seven hun
dred thousand visitors are said 70 be there.
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he takes the Czarina's crown from the
table and places it on her head, where it
is securely fastened The Gear kisses the
hand Of the Empress and then they kiss
each other. While the members Of the
royal family congratulate the couple, every
Dell 10 the hremlin is set ringing, and the
bells Of all the churches ia the city help
to swell the noise The bands on the OUT
side begin TO play the national airs. and
the multitude VIII yell its hurrahs at the
top Of its voice. Omcials VIII be stationed
in all sections Of the crowd to start the
hurrahing. and voc to any subject Of the
Car who fails to make praiseWorthy
noise.
THE CORONATION PRAYER.
When the clamor has died awav the Car
will kneel down. and while all the others
stand. recita the coronation prayer Il is
as follows.
20 Lord God Of our fathers, and Supreme
Ruler OF sovereigns. who hast created
everything by Thy word. and in Thy Wis
dom hast set up man that he may govern
the world in holiness and righteousness;
Ehou mast chosen me as Car ana judge of
Thy people. Z confess Thy inscru table
providence with regard to me. and. in
giving thanks, bow down before Thy mai
esty- and thou my Lord and GCd. in
struct me in the work for which Thou hast
sent me- enlghten my path and direct me
IN this great ministry let the wisdom OF
Thy throne abide with me send it down
from Thy holy heavens. that may know
what Is pleasing in Thy eyes. and what IS
n accordance with Thy commandments.
Let my heart be in Thy hand that I may
order everything to the advantage Of the
people 1ntrusted to me and to Thy glory
so that even In the day Of judgment may
without condemnation render my account
90 Thee Dy the mercy and bounty Of Thy
9nly-bego-ten Son. with whom. and with
Thy holy and good and lfe-giving Spirit,
Thou art blessed unto the ages Amen"
AN IMPRESSIVE SIGHT
At the conclusion OF the prayer the
priests. the spectators and all will kneel
the Car only standing The signal viii
pass to those 10 the streets. and they. too
must kneel. At that precise moment a
million and q half OF people viii be kneel-
ing IN Moscow. The priests utter the
prayer the congregation follow. the peo-
PIE ln the streets take st up and far and
wide the prayer is repeated by hundreds OF
thousands OF men, women and children.
To many this viii be the most impressive
spectacle Of the ceremony. a hundred times
more affecting than the sight Of a man
lifting a jeweled baubla from a table
and placing 10 upon his head.
A magnificent mass follows, and while q
is being sung the Car viii be anOinted
on the forehead. chest. handc. ears lips
nostrila and eyelids- The Empress is also
anoAnte6. but only on the forehead. The
ceremony Of the holy communion is next
+ observed, and after many prayers and much
I singing the Gar and Czarina leave the
4 church, when there is more bell ringing
/ and shouting BY the populace. Banquets
4 and AAuminatiCns close the day. No less
Z Lhan half million lights VIII blaze in the
( AAreml1n alone. The arc lights instead o.
I the usual plain white glare, viii represent
{ monster opeu-p6talIed fuzchias depending
4 acne aaa A punches from ornate poles and
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wears a plume o. white ostrich feathers on
It's head The saddle cloths and mantelets
are adorned with gold lace. with the arms
and eagles IF the empire woven In gold
The breast straps are each Ornamented
with FIVE large plates with the imperial
arms chiselad ana gilt A paladne Of gold
and red silk passementerfe, with fringes
and cartisane. hides the name under a broad
lozenge. The rings through which the reins
are passed are formed OF a curved eagles
neck. surmounteC by the imperial crown.
and are IF chiseled and gilt bronze. as. in
deed. are the orn5.nsnts and the imperial
arms which adorn the blinkers and other
parts Of the harness
Twenty-four whips, with red morocco
handles. mounted with gilt bronze. complete
this interesting set Of harness.
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summER NovELrIEs.

Summer novelty goods. says 'Harper's
Bazaar. - are as pretty as they can be. Trans
parent effects are the very newest, conse-
quently grenadine. gauze. net. canvas. eta
mine and fabrics Of that description are
shown in great variety. The blending Of
color in these materials is simply mar
velous: and as lhe rule is to make them
up with silk lining, a stIll richer erect is
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the pot boiling, that is. stirring up sluggisb
people to contribute literally to the cam
paign funds. The spellbin6ers in the last
Republican campaign spent for expenses
very close to $500 600, and the orators Of the
Democracy came within $4,000 of that sum
What the total expenses Of Presidential
campaign are it Is difficult to say. but be-
tween now and November next it is safe 70
estimate thar verv close to IS, 000. 600 viii
be snent by the two leading parties.
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Sta.e are printed on this map, and each
name Is marked by a pinhole When the
campaign is In full swing this map looks
like a Chinese puzzle. as it is almost COW
cred with tiny slips OF paper, each slip
bearing name and date If Chauncey NJ.
Depew vas to speak at st. 10, Mo- on Aug.
is. slip Of paper bearing his name and
the date would be stuck on a pin and the
pin thrust through the hole az st. 10.
Il De- a big tahk getting ali these speakers
"a iine and keeping them IN good humor.
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AEidgers-It's having all these children to
keep that runs away with my income.
Sniggs-But I thought you married two
OF your daughters OF, last year2
11dgers-That's right, end have t. keep
lair- chudran as we'll now
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Gen-Tf you insist. meln frauleln, on
breaking of our engagement, I viii publish
the letters you have written to me-
Lady-As you please There is nothing
about those letters need be ashamed Of
barring the address,-Ver kehrszoitung
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Ink may be taken out or paper fn the fol-
lowing way. III the stain IS not too old Take
a teasp0onful Of chlorinated lime and pour
Just enough water over it to cover II Take
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given. The crepons as we knew them last
year are no longer in fashion. but the same
beauty q weave IS found IN many of the
gauzes which apparently have no name.
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piece or Ola linen ana moisten IL with this
mixture. and do not rub, but pat the stain and
&c VIII slowly disappear If one application
does not remove the stain let the paper dry,
and then apply again.
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CONG HonE

Switzerland. the only federated Republic Of
Europe has an lsAllti1l Is 10 me man 19 49,
somewhat similar 10 that which has lately led
to the downfall Of a radical Cabinet in France
The question in Switzerland has engaged the
attention OF the people for many years IN
fact. it would seem that in every constitutional
Government the upper legislative chamber if
one exists. is always mere or less butt of the
ment Of Great Britain Of the Senate of the
United states and Of the French Senate. In
nounced against the creation of the Council Of
State. anc In 1871. when the Swiss Federal
Constitution revised desperate effort
was made to suppress that chamber. Formerly
az + % tig , l5Ili ~ 2t-e We're elect
ca by the Grah9 councils OF the cantona- As
IN the United States in respect to the Sen
49, 800, ~ ~ &, -, s3 - 1899
large number Of cantons have amended their
individual Constitutions SO that the deputies
Of the Councu OF STATE are elected directly
by the people The effect Of this change may
oe watc4ea WIN ln's4e@e WIN speclSl retel-
the Senatorial question in France.
Strange that a travelled American should be
caught abroad by an old but clever form of
would pfop9Diy De- Ially alert AT David
Johnston, who is q years old, and is said
states, maze Lhe acquaintance or an English
man nemed Sexton while on his way from
he went with this new acquaintance to set
a draft for enc hundred pounds sterling $500
the bank they met a friend Of Sexton. with
whom they entered q cafe
the latter let me oHer you this little pocket
book which I have just brought from Lon
DON"
1T is very pretty commented the Amer
DO you think so?" said the Eneiishman.
Well I have another just like it. DO me
the honor Of accepting IL
Mr.. Johnston thanked him.
NOnlys" interrupted Sexton. "alloW me to
put the banknotes in it That viii bring me
good luck.
The American consented. A few moments
afterward they separated. and Johnston. who
thereupon had entered a shop to make pur-
chase discovered that he had been robbed
Sexton had deity substituted an empty pocket
book for the one that had contained the
bank notes
Eminent SpeciaIist-Kes. madam, your
husband is suffering from temporary aberra-
ton, due 10 overwork. Tue form Of his
mania is quite common.
Wife-Yes. he insists that he IS a mill
/ Iiunaire.
Eminent Speeialist-And wants to pay
me $500 for my services. Wen have 10
humor hims you know.
i A new broiler for cooking meats and toastng
bread. made. usual. OF fine wire and steel
rods, has netting which keeps the blaze %
the fire from reaching and cooking uneVeuly
whatever Is placed in it A glass funnel is
more desirable for filing vinegar cruets than
one OF tin, az It cannot eorroda under the ac-
Z ton OF acids
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Dearest, if were far. far away. could
you still love me?
why. Reggy. what a question! Pm sure
the father you were away the better 4
should love you,'s
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4 new broiler for cooking meats and toasting
bread. made, as usual. Of fine wire and steel
rods, has a netting which keeps the blaze %
the fire from reaching and cooking uneveuly
whatever Is placed in it A glass funnel Is
more desirable FOR filing vinegar cruets than
one Of tin, az It cannot eorrods under the ac-
tion Of acids
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AFTER TAG RACE
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But there ere so many people in Moscow
row that the dirt viii be hidden. although
the smells cannot be subdued. Seven hun
dred thousand visitors are said to be there.
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LOUIS soMMER.

tended to believe it and laughed a
the claim that there was no sncerit,
in the republican plank But sine,
election they are not to be heard de
Tending the republican party's inten
tions at all. How can they? The
howl that is being raised for the
retirement of the greenbacks, and
stalking the government out Of the
banking business" has nothing in it
to indicate inter- national bimetallism.
Furthermore, that proposal has
dropped into Oblivion with the press
and fountain heads of the party
(where, in fact, it never existed) and
the clammor is swelling daily for the
gold standard, and they are now
sneering at the inter national agree
ment proposition Wall street rules
republican politics, and the Washing
ton Post Is one of the organs reflect.
ing Wall street opinion, and the Post
openly says:
Nothing has done more to bring us to
our present pass than persistent mainte-
nance of the belief that there is going to
be an inter irrational Conference, at which
European nations will agree with us to
establish and maintain double standard.
There is not the smallest reason to expect
any such thing. The best and final OBJ
lection is that telling the people that any
can be kept above It's market
by treaty is Brynnsm. pure and simple.
Ii The international agreement talk is
kept up we shall have no sound financial
legislation this winter We shall have
only more compromises and makeshlfts
The only way out of this middle and the
only way to prevent n reappearance of
Organism for years hence is TO stop such
Ialk and to say that we are monometal-
nc nation with gold standard, and do
not care who knows it. and that we only
use silver for small change.
What is there in that for those
who stood with Hanna because they
wanted international agreement? Per
laps their feelings are not in the
east outraged, however The anti
election mask is being discarded on
Ill sides.