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Fay of Professional M-n In Franc.


In France there are from 10000 10
10000 doctors, OF whom $500 are found
in Paris and about 10000 in the prov
inces. or this number or only
make incomes Of from $4,000 to $780,
900 year. 10 to Is make from 500 00l
to 100000 year. 100 make. say, SO.
900. 300 make from 50 900 to 5000, SOC
make from 81. 500 to $1,000, while zoo
earn less than $1,000 a year. Cominf
to the lawyers. of whom there are 800;
in Paris alone. there are not over 40(
OF them who make as much as $1,000
year. A couple OF score make in.
comes Of 10000 n year. II appears
that when one of these advocates 1,
made a magistrate his salary Is onl,
from 5000 to $500 year. while for thu
justices Of the peace-all fully quail
fed legal practitioners-the salariei
range from $500 to 5000 year. A col
lcge professor Is paid from 5000 to $780,
a year. a lycce professor from 500 Il
81 900 year. The explanation OF 4
all is the very simple economic on
that In France the supply exceeds thu
demand; twice as many doctors. law
yers. professors and engineers ari
turned ont yearly as there are berlhi
for.-Paris Eclair.
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Where Water Ia Scarce.

A most disastrous drought Is devas-
tating South Africa, the worst known
for many generations. Stock is per-
ishing in such vast quantities that
farmers are being ruined wholesale.
The illustration shows the process of
boring for water. At little expense
the Cape government provides an ap-
paratus for the use of the farming
community and drilling operations are
in progress in nearly all parts of the
country. 1t is generally believed that
there is abundance of water at depth
Of from fifty to hundred feet. but the
finds are few and weak. Unlike Aus
tralia there are no subterranean rivers
to tap. The hope of the farmer lies
in the conservation of the rainfall.
which. il not stored in dams. quickly
runs off into the "sluits" and "spruits"
and leaves the parched earth but little
refreshed. In many places the drink
ing supplies regularly fall short and
the farmers are reduced to the thick.
opaque contents of dam. In the re-
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Aluminium Cooling ,,,.,.,,..

Recent experiments show that alu.
minimum is safe metal for cooking
utensils. Some slight corrosion takes
place. but 1t soon ceases. ms an insol-
uble coating seems to form on tho
metal which protects It. This Is anal
ogous to protective deposits on iron
boiler plates and on lead water pipes.
which are often producei by water con-
tanning salts. 1t is announced that
nearly all the utensils carried by SOL
diers OF the French army on the march
will be made hereafter OF aluminium.
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By new process the paper Is cut IN
strips about half an inch wide. These
are drawn through and saturated with
flame producing material. They are
then rolled into tubes and cut the
length Of ordinary matches and dipped
In the PHOSPHORUS to form the head.
which is lighted by striking in the
same fashion as the ordinary wooden
match. 1t is predicted that the match
making industry will be entirely revo-
lutfonized by this new method. The
matches are very much lighter. and are
thought to be more reliable than the
old sort. Paper of various kinds will
be employed. that made from wood
pulp being better adapted for this pur-
pose.
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CoIorad0 Gold FicIei..

Colorado is the banner gold-producing
state In the Union. Production in 1897
over S2O.OO0.OO0. This year promises
to exceed S30.OOO.OOO. New strikes are
being made every day. Nothing like
1t since the days of 40 Would you
know all about these things? Then
send twenty-five cents for six
months trial subscription to the
MINING WORLD. an eight-page IL
Illustrated weekly paper. Regular sub
scrip;ion. S1.O0 year. The newsiest
mining paper in the world. Address
World" +. o. Box 1911. Denver,
Colorado.
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material available in almost every To-
cality. Either long and slender sap
ling may be selected. or piece OF
sawed stun with perfectly straight
grain. A split sapling is much better.
as there is no danger OF the cross grain
and weak spots, provided the tree has
grown straight and symmetrical. If
the trunk is large enough it may be
split into four sections and each of
these dressed down to strip about
three inches wide at one end, and an
inch and three-quarters at the other.
the strip preserving the thickness of
one inch all the way up with gradual
taper from base to top. When four
OF these strips are prepared they are
marked with suitable spaces. Slots
about one inch by one and a half
inches made of straight grained wood,
hickory being preferred. are placed at
appropriate distances. and upon either
side of either end the long strips are
nailed or fastened with strong wooden
pins. One ingenious farmer has made
ladder in this way, boring two holes
through the pieces and the cross slat
or rung. and putting through and back
ike Stltcn piece OF ordinary tele-
graph wire. the ends being drawn up
tightly and twisted to make them Sc
cure. Properly planned and carefully
put together ladder of this sort can
be made strong enough to bear an or
dinary man, and with further extension
and more slender top would sustain the
weight of lad to the top of the high
est tree heavier lower section with
an extremely light extension could be
made perfectly safe and practical The
strips on either side of the rungs firm
ly bolted together make ladder much
stronger than that constructed of the
ordinary single piece on either side.
During the cold weather. when work is
slack. matters Of this sort properly at
tended to will give results that will be
found highly profitable when the busy
season comes around again.
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How. That

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward
FOR any case of cMtarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. J. CHENEY a CO., Toledo, q.
We. the undersigned. have known F.
]. Cheney for the last Is years. and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
West Truax. Wholesale Druggists.
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. o.
Halls catarrh Cure is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces OF the system. Testimo-
malls sent free. Price 75c per bottle. Sold
by all druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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Nine Hundred Thousand M,,.. , ~

This. according to the recent calcu-
lations OF Prof J. c. Kapteyn OF Am
sterdam is the velocity with which the
sun and It's planets are speeding
through space In northerly direction.
The brightest star In that part of tho
heavens toward which we are going is
the brilliant Vega in the constellation
Lyra, n sun unquestionably much
greater than ours. Every year. by
Professor Kapteyn's estimate. we draw
some three hundred million miles near
er to that star.
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very sick and for several days II seemed ~
II he would never be any better. After .
while he began to improve and in few
weeks was able to go out, although weak
and miserable. Then, gradually
All Strength In His Limbo
gave out. The physicians told M II was
paralysis, which sometimes follows an at
tack Of diphtheria. We did every thing
for him, but he grew worse until he was In
a pitiful condition. He suffered terribly
at night and complained continually of
his head, and In what little sleep he was
able to get, moaned INCREASINGLY. He lost
all control Of the muscles Of his body and
limbs. He had no appetite and complained
Of feeling sick Mt his stomach all the time.
After we had tried many different reme-
dies and had about given up all hope
we commenced giving him Hoods Sarsa-
parilla. In a short time he ceased to COM
plain, his appetite improved and at the
end of three months lie was able to attend
school n part of tho time. Now ho is we'll
and quite strong and rugged boy. You
are at liberty to use this testimonial il you
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is such that it has been truthfully said
of him that "he knows more than some
men," A little over four years ago
Fall Brook Engineer James Richards,
as he was about to leave Williamspor1
on his engine for Corning, felt some
thing soft against his ankles, and
glancing down discovered a moderate
sized animal with shaggy, silky hair
looking up in his face and with tail
awag, saying plainly in dog language,
take me along with you.' AS the
dog had no owner. Mr.. Richards
brought him to Corning. where his
rowing proclivities soon took him away
from the Richards domicile. and Sleeps
became "a dog about town"
He has free access to all the stores.
hotels and boarding houses. and never
wants for comfortable quarters. He
hobnobs with the fire laddies. and is
always at home in the city hall, nor
does he fight shy of a "bluecoat."
Whenever the fire alarm sounds Sleeps
is crazy till he gets out of doors and
heads the procession toward the scene
of the blaze barking necessarily with
all his might. and his sharp yelps Of
excitement can be heard above all the
other dins. Every noon, when the fire
bell gives the noon tap, out goes
Sleeps on the street racing up and
down, and If there is a milk wagon or
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moter districts the Beers experience
this acutely. A Boer recently called
at an Englishman's house while on a
journey and asked for drink. The
Englishman had a good supply and
gave him sparkling draught. The
Dutchman was greatly surprised and in
his kitchen "tael" expressed himself
highly delighted with such sweet
drink. for. as he observed. at had
neither taste nor smell"
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The I.nrrc.t waves.

The largest waves are seen OF Cape
Horn, rising to 10 feet In height and
7G5 feet long from crest to crest. Wave,
In the North Atlantic have been OBJ
served to rise 43 feet In height. In
the Gcrmsn ocean their height does
not exceed 1917 feet. and IN the Medi-
terranean 1lN feet
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Dueiiing In Italy.

In all Italy there were but 920 dusls
fought last year according 10 tho rec
ord kept by Commentators GALL. OF
Milan. and OF these 1903 had scrloua
consequences. Only one duclist was
killed on the spot: Elk others died OF
their wounds or the serious duels
twenty-five were between civilians. NJ
teen between officers. md in thirteen
officers fought civilians.
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SEATTLE. unquestionably best and
cheapest starting point and Quitting sta
tion for Alaska and Klondike, does no. ask
or advise You to go, but you will find
Seattle's facilities, stocks and experience
unsurpassed and prices the very lowest
Washington state has Klondikes OF its own.
Seattle is the chief city. Strangers are
protected by Public Comfort Bureau. Ad-
dress Chamber of Commerce. Seattle, Wash.
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Tn. rny,e.. t,,,.,,.L.

A single stone 115 feet long, 10 feet
square At one end and feet square At
the other. has been successfully cut
from the sandstone quarries At Hough-
ton Point. Wis. II II supposed TO be
the longest monoiith ever quarrisd.
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Fatigue.

Glow Is your husband:'' asked one of two
women who had met MT the bargain counter.
.very much run down. was the answer.
"Perhnps he works too hard
NO he doesn't. But he loses sleep and
wrecks his constitution trying to figure out
some way to live without working at all."-
Washington Star.
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sALzER's GRASSES AND cLovERs.

Are warranted. They produce. We are
the largest growers in America. Low
est prices. Seed Potatoes only s1.50 per
barrel. Big farm seed catalogue with
clover and grain samples (worth $1,000
to get START sent you by the John A.
Salzer Seed Co.. La Crosse Wis. upon
receipt of 10c and this notice. wing.
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SLEEPS, TRAMP DOG.
HE IS POPULAR AND AN EFFi-
GENT FIREMAN.
Like Topey. His Ancestry Is Unknown
but EI Accomplishments Have Won
Him Many Friends In Infiucntiai
Circles.
(wlllIamsport pa.. Letterl

f Y o N d doubt,
there is no animal
in the quadruped
line better or more
popularity known in
Corning. N. Y,
than Sleeps. the
tramp dog. whose
likeness is present.
ed herewith. He is
about s years old
and his discretion
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SCIENTIFIC TOPICS.
CURRENT NOTES OF DIscov-
ERY AND INvENriON.
Ladders for the Orchard--A Third Set
Of Tecth-Boring for Water In south
Africa-A Ten Hour Day Watch
Made In France.
Ladder. for orchnrdl.t..

ERY few people re-
alize what an easy
thing 1t is to make
a ladder that will
reach we'll up into
the tallest fruit
trees. Instead Of
the heavy and cum
brous articles now
in use. light. man
ageable ladders
NAV be made from
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Tho following is a Characteristic Hoods
Sarsaparilla testimonial. Facts like
these have made Hoods Sarsaparilla
Americas Greatest Medicine and en-
deared it to thousands Of homes scat
tered NIL over this broad land
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Ability Required.

The I.awyer-Blgfec is a man OF remark.
able ability.
Friend-1 thought you said he didn't know
much law.
The Lawycr-Thats II. In our line man
must have ability to succeed II he doesn't
know luw.-Puck.
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Miss Upton-Ive Just heard Miss Kali,
play at the musicale. She can positivel,
make II piano talk. DeWittc--Can she max,
II mOnOpOlIZc the conversation!
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Beauty is Blood Deep.

Clean blood means clean skin. Nc
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar'
tic cleans your blood and keeps 1t clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all i'm
purities from the body. Begin to-day to
Danish pimples. boils blotches, ,blnckheads
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets, beauty for ten cents. All drug
0ists. satisfaction guaranteed. 10c. &c. Soc
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1T is said that the center of the
worlds poverty is right here in Chica-
60" THAT'S true. l carry it around
with me-"
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''Wby do you never applaud at the thes
teri when | pay Sl.J0 for u seat ! !,
the dcndheads attend to the physical demon
stration.''
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"Did you read about the woman who ma
ried one man. thinking he was another .
women do the same thing every day in til
week.
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Psper Mstrbee,

(. The days Of the old fashioned wood.
On match are said to bs numbered.
Matches are said to be made Of paper.
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Piso's Cure for Consumption has been
God send 10 me.-Wm. Il. Mcclellan, Chester
Florida. Sept. II. 1885,
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smot. -sicalec Cigarettes, 20 for ct


..T'hen you never go to the yo~uun,--
sunday" '.Never: duns on week days ar
as much as l can stand"
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'Therc are some men who would rather
fight than eat" "If you lived ut our
boarding house You would hav. to fight to
eat"
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A hotel keeper in Brussels hotel wns
Obliged the other day to buy eighty pairs Of
shoes FOR his guests. The porter had de-
charge. ''
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To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag.
nctic. full OF life. nerve and vigor take No-To-
Bnc. the wondcr-worker. that makes weak men
strong. All druggists. Soc or 81. Cure guaran-
tecd. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or New York
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"The plot thickens'' '.Arc you talking
nbout Spanish conspiracy or n Welsh rare
bitI''
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Al
Druggists refund the money II It fails TO cure IS

When Queen Victoria asccnded the throne
more than IL per cent. OF the people In the
British Islands could not write their own
names. The proportion in that condition
has now been reduced to per cent.
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Mr. Hogg-Here Is some fool snys In the
paper that women have forgotten how to
laugh. Mrs. Hogg-l guess lie means mar
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Americas Greatest Medicine

desire, a. we feel We cannot say. too much
in praise Of Hoods Sarsaparilla A. : blood
purifier and building up medicine" Mas.
Il. 3. ANDERSON, Cumberland, Maine.
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..Yon haven't got your spring suit yet?''
"No: II we have war with Spain I'm going
to let the government buy Ii for me-"
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Economy is also a characteristic Of
Hoods Sarsaparilla. Every bottle
contains 100 Doses, and hence there
is solid fact concisely stated in the
familiar line, 100 Doses One Dollar.
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ais Family PMS are the best.
Evening star., 1898-11-30
INSURGENTS SET Up GOVERNMENT.
Republic Established In the Nisayas
Indepemdent Of LuZOm.

A cahleeram from Manila yesterday says:
Advices from Iloilo say the natives of the
Visayas Islands have established a republic,
indepeDdent of LuZon. In some of the Is
lands hostilities are proceeding between
rival republics.
At the Loyal Legion banquet here yester-
day evening sixty-fOur guests We're pres
emf Nearly every commandery was repre-
sented General Anderson presided and
Rear Admiral Dewey was received by
guard of honor from the Oregonian. The
sneakers were Generals Anderson, Harri-
son, Grey, Otis, Reeve. King and MacAr-
thur, Captains Glass and Coghlan and Col.
Hawkins.
The Concord has sailed for Canton.
The steamer Culgoa has arrived here
from Sydney, N. S. w, with supplies. She
has been transferred to the American flag.
1t is reported that section of the insur-
gents called the guard of honor who are
opposed to Aguinaldo, have captured San
Ignacio, in the province of Pangasinan, Is
land of Luzon, at the instance of the Span
ish priests.
The Casino Espanol here has donated
$40 to each Spanish officer and SO to each
private held IN captivity by the insurgents.
The Filipino papers are demanding good
roads into the Interior for the transporta-
ton of produce which is now wasted.
Charles MckinnOn, member of an Ore
gon regiment, died TO-DAY of smallpox.
Evening star., 1898-11-30
Had the BUCK Few
rem the Iron Mountain Tribune.

] rrU the IrVG Mountain Tribune
When a hunter sees his first deer there is
no telling Just what nc will do. Sometimes
he vii Try 10 shoot without having tis gun
cooked. and then again he will stand and
stare at The game without saying a word.
A good story IS told on Frank Hughes and
Oden Eskill who returned last night from
a hunting trip near Bad Water. While pa
tleUtIy looking for a shot Saturday, having
had 10 opportunity 50 far, they saw a
deer : tail sticking out Of the brush. Every
OEce in = while the deer would wigSle its
tail a. If 10 invite them 10 come on They
moved up cautiously, when the deer ran
cut into clearing. The boys followed
ard. 10 their surprise. they saw five fine
deer. Oden stood paralyzed for a moment,
ard although he had his gun I'm his hand
ready TO shoot. tremblingly said
oh Frank II ! Only had my gum
Frank then tried 10 raise his gun, but his
muscles would not work and he stood there
ike a sphinx until the herd ran away The
boys. however hred shot after the deer
10 let the know that they were alive and
we'll
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CLAIM FOR REBATE.
Case of Dunlap & Co. Argued I'm the
Supreme Court

Argument was begun in the United States
supreme Court yesterday In the case of r.
Dunlap and Co. against the United States
involving the claim of this firm to a rebate
on alcohol used by them in the manufac-
ture OF hats, as allowed by the sixty-first
section of the German Wilson tariff law
The case comes to the Supreme Court on
appeal from the Court of Claims which re-
fused the petition for q rebate on the
ground that the grant failed when the Sec
retary OF the Treasury did not prescribe the
regulations which were made necessary by
the law.
The argument was begun for Duntan nv
S'eo. A King, who contended that the oh
lection raised by the court below was with
out force and did not relieve the govern
neht from the Obligation 10 pay the rebate
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control of the Isthmus of Panama) makes
this point in relation to the Monroe doc
trine which seems 10 afford a reply to the
London Standards question, IF SO valuable
a concession is now granted Oo the United
States) it would be interesting to know
what Is the consideration offered to Great
Britain?"
Wharton remarks: But the doctrine
should not be extended so as to preclude
European power from receiving for its own
purposes te. g., for coalinS steamers ces-
sion of territory in South America.
Evening star., 1898-11-30
MANY PEOPLE CANNOT DRINK

G. Zee az night II spOils their sleep. You can
drink Grain-O when yen please and sleep Ike
tcp. For GraiD-O does not stImulate IL nourishss
cheers and feeds Yet II looks and tastes like the
best coffee. For nervous persons young people and
children GrAin~O IS the perfect drink Made from
pure grains. 6ei package from your grocer today
Try Il in plac Of coffee. i5c. and PC.
Evening star., 1898-11-30
Bids for Gun FOrRfnxs.

The naval ordnance bureau has received
two bids for forgings for Pinch guns of
the model OF 1898 for the battle ships Maine,
Ohio and Missouri. One Is from the Beth
iehem company at Is cents a pound, and
the other from the Midvale Steel COMPANY
at 10 cents. These bids are much lower
that the price formerly paid for such work
Evening star., 1898-11-30
THE BRITISH VIEW
London Papers Comment on the Con-
cession at Chiriqui.
ADVANTAGE TO THE UNITED STATES
A Reference to Prohibition in Clay
ton-Bulwer Treaty.
FROM ISTORY

Important questions are put forward in
the special article in the London Stand
ard. which deals with the report of the
concessions secured by the United States
at Chriqui in the department of Panama,
Colombia. Press cable dispatches from
London quote the Standards article. in
part, follows:
Great Britain was advised to secure
harbor there in 1880, and her rejection of
this advice must be placed among her lost
opportunities. The strategical advantages
of Chiriqui are important, and we may eX-
pect the American occupation to be some
thing more than nominal The incident Is
another proof of the energy, determination
and prescience of the United States in pur-
suing the role of an imperial nation.
The Standard article alleges that any at
tempt to fortify or colonize there (at Chiri-
quD would be in contravention of the Clay
-Bulwer treaty, which British govern
ments have successfully declined to mol
ify.' and upon these premises this British
metropolitan Journal says:
IF so valuable a concession is now grant
ed it would be interesting to know what is
the consideration offered to Great Britain.
Doubtless there may be reasons for modify
ing or abrogating the treaty, but it is to
he assumed that the foreign office will take
care that the important rights secured to
Great Britain under the treaty will not he
aba andoned without sufficient compensation.
either in the American isthmus or else
where"
The Prohibition.
The prohibition in the Clayton-Buwer
treaty against ''fortifying or colonizing,'
of which mention is made, related to con-
dittons which do not now exist. The agree
ment of 1850 has been declared by our State
Department to be inapplicable to the pres
ent time. Repeatedly within the past two
decades of years our government has
stated. with unmistakable positiveness that
and that this government will not be bound
by the terms of that ill-advised, mutually
VeXatious, un-American agreement
In any event, according to the construc-
ton placed upon it by our Department of
State. the Clayton Bulwer treaty applies
only to Central America. The same author
ity holds that the Isthmus of Panama is
not in Central America.
In his instructions to minister to
England, intended to strengthen the minis
ter IN any discussion he might have las to
the heEetitS of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty
and the mutual interests of the two coun-
tries in conserving it as the basis of a set
tlement of all disputes between them touch
ing Central America and isthmian ques-
tons. Secretary Blaine remarked:
Il am more than ever struck by the
elastic character of the Clayton-Bu
treaty. and the admirable purpose it has
served as an ultimate recourse on the part
of either government to check apprehended
designs in Central America on the part of
the other: although all the while il was
frankly admitted on both sides that the en-
sascments OF the treaty Were mlSundcr-
StdndlnSiy entered into, imperfectly COM
pretended, contradictorily interpreted. and
mutually VeXa atiouS''