Arizona republican., 1898-04-09
AT WASHINGTON HOTELS.

''It seems to me that it is time an end were made to the folish practice of using Latin notices in books, in pub lie buildings, on monuments, flags, or what not" said MT. H. B. Bethuns, of Philadelphia, at the Normandie.
 "I am really sorry that the nations motto, 'E pluribus unum,' should have been taken from dead language. To use Latin nowadays is pedantic and smacks of affection. Up in Reading, in my state, they are preparing to cele- brate the sesqui-centennia1 of the town, and it was thought proper to get up a flag and colors. As Reading is going to do the grand, of course, she must have the very toniest of flags, so a reward was offered for designs. One was selected, and it is to be embellish- ed with pictures of some old-time Pa gan deities, together with the Latin motto. Dec adjuvante, labor preficit.'
 Some of the town councilmen, not being classical scholars, kicked on the motto, and one of them said it sounded good deal bit like Spanish, the most detested language on earth to him, and which could not be used on any occasion of public nature in that town. His fears were 'quieted, and finally the motto pulled through. While on the subject, it strikes me that it wouldn't be bad idea for our ho- tells to quit using the French language on their bill of fare. It adds nothing to the quality of the viands to give them foreign name, which a large per cent of patrons do not understand. English ought to be good enough in this country for every use of the peo- ple"
 "Just as it has come to be in South Africa, where only men of large cap ita1 and big corporations can acquire money in gold mining, so it will be ere long in the Klondyke," said MT P. c. Moss, of San Francisco at the Shoreham.
 "The individual who goes to Alaska with few hundred dollars, expecting to bring back many thousands, will be bitterly disappointed. It is the man who can buy large stores of supplies, boats and drilling and dredging ma chinery that will be in shape to un- earth the treasures of the icy north. Of course, an individual without such equipment may make form $15 to $20 day up there, and such a revenue sounds large to us here. In reality 1t is the poorest sort of pay for the hard ships involved, and the expense of living will consume nearly all the rev. enue of the impecunious miner.
 There is no danger of the country getting overcrowded in the next fifty years, nor is there any doubt of the enormous gold deposits hidden in that frozen soil. It will take a small for tune though to get out the vast amount so the dreams of the average fortune hunter are about as substantial as the story of Aladdin and his wonderful lamp. It will take capital and unlim- ited pluck to get any returns from that region. The Yukon River is 2,0OO miles long, and it is fed by streams. little and big, it's entire length, and these in turn are fed by countless other tributaries yet unexplored What is along the banks of these unknown streams can only be conjectured, but probably every one of them is an un- developed gold mine"
 Tt is little curious that if there ex- ists such a warm feeling of friendship between France and the United States, as I have often heard Americans re- fer to, that from the inception of the troubles between Spain and your gov ernment, the whole tenor of the Paris press should have been distinctly un- to America said Mr. John Grattan, of London. at the Raleigh.
 "It is certainly queer way of mani festing friendship. Contrast the tone of the French newspapers with the editorials of the leading London dailies regarding the same subject Our jour nals have from the outset indicated their sympathy with the United States and defended the curse of your presi- dent. The French writers exhibit not only their malice. but ignorance of the questions involved. As 8 matter Of fact the newspapers of that country