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Evening star., 1899-03-11
Interests Are Identical,

interests are 1uent1c0I.
The anti-American Globe of London says:
by the end of next week Lord Charles
Beresford will be back in parliament His
return journey across the American conti-
nent has been. we trust, the means of
bringing transatlantic public opinion into
line with our own. We have never placed
any eXtravagant reliance on the sentiment
tai side of our relations with the United
States but when the appeal is made to our
enlightened sef-interests, our American
friends, when once convinced, can be de-
pended on, and if we are to trust their
press and the utterances of their represent
ative men, the United States are at last
fully awakened to the critical nature of
the struggle in progress. Whether the
project of knitting the Anglo-SaXon powers
into alliance with Germany and Japan, for
the. purpose of enforcing a uniform policy
is more than a dream, remains to be seen,
but the interests of Great Britain and the
United States in that empire are absolutely
identicai Sooner or later a powerful pres
sure will have to be put in force; the de-
velopment of China is too important and
too pressing matter to be subjected to the
irritating delays and petty annoyances that
have hitherto hampered all our relations
with its government. A radical change in
our diplomatic methods cannot be deferred
much longer unless others are to reap
where We have sown.'
These extracts are merely sample of the
extraordinary interest our English friends
are taking in a possible alliance with the
United States on any grounds.
English Railways.
In some respects the railways of this
country are very good, especially the lines
that run north from London. but the south
ern lines are in many ways antiquated and
ridiculous. Despite the fact that the south
ern railways have the imminent traffic to
France and the continent generally to
handle. they are hopelessly behind the
northern companies in their facilities their
railway carriages, time, comfort lighting
and numbers of trains Nor will they do
anything for the public but grudgingly.
The London and Brighton line and the
London and Southwestern are the best of
the four lines that run south. These COM
panies have. adopted the Pullmans for
few trains, and make fairly good time The
London, Chatham and Dover and the
Southeastern are by-words for discomfort
and bad time. The latter has recently put
vestibule train to one of the popular
seaside resorts, but this was wrung out of
them only by stern necessity. The Chat
tinues to run wretched carriages which
great discomfort, and are so Ill lighted that
it is impossible to read when darkness
comes on. A fiaring, dripping gasoline
lamp in the middle of the compartment is
all the light afforded, and only serves to
emphasize the darkness.
Both these lines serve the Dover and
Calais route to Paris, the short sea route
used by two-thirds Of those who 60 abroad.
Evening star., 1899-03-11
Uses of the Central Hall.

BY the designers of the best houses in
this city the difficulty referred to has been
recognized, with the result that the central
hall is not found, as a rule, in houses of
the larger class. The advantages of the
central hall in a small house are appreci-
ated as il tends to relieve the cramped
appearance, the boxlike effect, which is ant
to be found in homes of this type when
the staircase is located in narrow hall,
into which the front door opens.
In houses of this kind, when the central
hall is only of sufficient width to allow a
passageway not only for people, but for
the bulky articles of furniture, then the
effect tends to increase the apparent spa
cousness of the house. People who live in
houses of this size, however, do not give
large evening entertainments, and so Ii Is
not important that special provision be
made for a considerable number of guests
The General Demand.
In the case of some of the houses erected
in this city In recent years the English
Evening star., 1899-03-11
Views of Leading Nev,,,n...

Inc Times says, in reference TO tb,s-
W hat is remarkable and significant in tra
mouth OF an American protectionist. is Mr.
fe1d observation that the door which
s'ahdS open there for the next ten years
VIII by 'hat time have such rising tide of
,raoe passing through it from the awaken
ing east that no man thenceforward can
ever close it. This is, as Lord Charles
berestofd has previously argued, the basis
OF common interest on which the United
states ana the British government can CO.
operate, III the far east, at any rate. for the
development of commerce and the Dreserya-
tion of peare. We do not know why other
nations should not come in and occupy the
same ground"
The Yorkshire Post published at Leeds
one of the most influential papers in the
provinces, looks at the Beresford views as
IolioWs Lord Charles Beresford has
clearly been a welcome guest at New York
Under any circumstances he was bound to
De, but coming in the guise of CONNER
cial traveler'-a drummer is the American
equivalent-who avows himself to be acting
IN the joint interests of the traders of the
United States and Great Britain, he pre-
sented Irresistible credentials, and the
American business men overwhelmed him
with hospitality and compliments Though
Lord Charles is first and foremost a man
OF courage, he has plenty of tact and he
used it with effect upon his American audi
enceS- No professional commercial traveller
could have eXcelled him in the art of put
ting his hosts on good terms with them
selves. He described the prosperous out
look of American trade with China he eX-
toned the commercial insight of American
manufacturers and administered to their
more rigid rivals on this side the water just
the kind of criticism which is calculated TO
please American nostrils.
1T is, however, quite true that American
trade in China, especially in the cotton
branch, is gaining ground at the expense of
English mills. All this, however, helped
the visitor to impress his hosts with the
policy which he had come to preach-that
of enlsting the republic in a commercial
league with England to defend their COM
mon interests in China, and We should not
be surprised to find the impression crystal
liZihg into a definite object of state policy,
so far as the commercial situation itself is
I'D
Evening star., 1899-03-11
Travelling in Comfort.

You may go from Aberdeen to London on
the Great Northern, a distance of 523 miles,
for f., third class, less than a penny a mile
You leave Aberdeen at 1920 am. and reach
London at 1915 pm. to the minute. so good
is the time of their trains. At Aberdeen
YOU enter corridor veStibule carriage
which you need not leave until you arrive
at your destination except to go forward
at Edinburgh for lunch and again at York
for dinner. These meals are served in
third-class dining cars for two shillngs and
sixpence. respectively. Wine or beer can
be had as cheaply and good as at an
ordinary hotel. Most of the northern lines
have similar trains, and from Liverpool, on
the Midland, you may travel practically in
the same comfort as by first, with lunch
served as well.
BY contrast. I went to Ramsgate last
Saturday by the Chatham and Dover rail-
way on what is known an express train.
The box l rode in was about 61a feet long,
the same height and about 91a feet wide.
Ten persons are supposed to ride in this
box, and many more often do. The backs
were straight up and down and your knees
impinged those of your opposite neighbor.
The whole carriage (sic) of which my box
was one compartment was probably about
twenty feet in length and ran four
wheels only. Badly lighted and rickety, 1t
was impossible to read obtain ordinary
comfort. Yet 1t is the third class that pays
dividends.
Evening star., 1899-03-11
Some Witty Sayings.

The fight between high and low church
men goes merrily on, and Sir William Har
court is in Rome, or, as the lighter-headed
papers have it, gone to Rome" which is
the usual announcement when an Anglican
parson changes his religion for that of Ro-
man Catholicism. When that doughty
champion of Protestanism returns it is
pected that parliament will see lively times
over the question. Meanwhile. in order to
administer to the general gaiety of nations,
some one has been collecting some of the
witty sayings of the late Archbishop Ma
gee. Here are few of them; they seem to
be applicable to the present times: 'Wh.n
will my episcopal brethren learn that OPP
portunity is bald behind?' .'The future Of
the church will depend on two not very
strong anchors-the discretion of bishops,
and the forbe arance of parliament If bish-
ops prove indiscreet." Il am beginning a.
most to lonGI am always looking--for dis
The Coconino sun., 1899-06-10
WILLIAMS MEETS DEFEAT.
Flagstaff Ball Tossers Have Revenge on
 Their Former Victors.

Williams aggregation of ball tossers came up from that thriving borough Sunday and engaged the local horse- hide chasers in the national game. For some time it was much mooted question in the grand stand as to whether it was ball game or an ora torical contest, but eventually 1t turned out the former with few variations.
 Williams went to bat. One of the long-legged sons of that place slapped the ball on the north side and wan. dered down to the second station: another and another wallDped the ball until it looked like the slaughter of Ihe innocents. They succeeded in pit ing up tw runs while t other fellows we e getting us ,d to them elves. When the local ball swatters cane to the fore and attempted to crush the sphere win fell swoaps they found that Williams man Crow put wrinkles on il. Base hits were as scarce as d dry spot in barrel of water. Some of our young men acted like they were using the name of the town to strike out with. All they got out of this inning was exercise.
 The Williams folks came in again. This time one of them walked up to the rubber and was called out for striking at the ball three times where it wasn't the most. Another vicious young man selected large stick. picked out a ball that had lost s,eam coming up grade and gave i; d brutal swipe on the seam. There was grand scramble
The Coconino sun., 1899-06-10

out oh ohc Hhcod, sIrcdh oI iCu iCBo around the bags and cloud of dust at the third pillow when it was all over. The next batter steared one up in the air and toward the Verde country, but it fell into well out in center field owned by an elongated fellow named Flynn. With two out and two men on bases the catcher got to talking to himself and wondering why his girl wasn't in the grand stand, and the ball rolled back of the backstop-twO more scores for Williams.
 Then Flagstatf-well, all of them were union men, and were ordered out on strikes.
 It looked sad. There were no fa- miliar voices to be heard-nothing but the glad shouts of foreign voices, mostly from Williams and Supai.
 In this inning Williams came up full of smiles and conceit and were happy, but they knew not their fate. They again misused the ball. They sawed out one run from the offerings of our salary-armed man. They were pluck ing hits in punches, but were finally retired for not hitting the bali hard enough to get to the initial pillow.
 Flagstaff. O, they took group Of O's the size of a pawnshop sign and the same number, and went out to saw more wood
 A young man of Williams hacked of piece of the ball and the catcher picked up the rest. The players punched immediately and proceeded to maslicate several bolts of linen-re- suit, foul tip, not out, but strike. They are off again. With two men on bases relative of Bobby Burns-not golf playe.-named McDougal, upper
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-08-25

and who knows that charlatanism and
offensive jingoism are not American
and that yellow journalism does not
represent anything that is ennobling
or commendable in our national life.
There is considerable speculation in
certain circles as to what the admiral
will say in reply to Mayor Van Wyck's
address of welcome, whether he will
declare himself for or against the an
nexation of the Philippines or say
anything of his relations with the Ger
man admiral in Manila bay. All such
speculations are ridiculous. Mayor
Van Wyck will greet Dewey as the VIC
tor of Manila, as the annihilator OF the
Spanish fleet in the Pacific, as shin
ing example of American bravery and
tact. He will, of this I am certain. re-
fer in no way to the political aspect of
the Philippine problem; and the admir-
ais reply will be equally guarded. The
reception will be public demonstra-
ton pure and simple, and politics will
not be discussed by eithe, host or
guest.
It is possible that some ill-mannered
individual may attempt to draw OUT
the admiral, but the effort will prove
futile, for Dewey is made of different
stuff than the unfortunate Capt. Cogh-
Ian who, under the influence Of a rich
dinner, permitted his tongue to run
away with his judgment. Nothing will
occur to mar the harmony of the great
reception which is destined to go down
in history as the most magnificent pop
ular tribute which nation ever paid to
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be duly honored, but the bank accounts
of the shop keepers and rumsellers will
derive quite as much expansion from
the gallant sailors homecoming as our
glorious country did from his capture
of the Philippine capital.
There will be warships here to greet
the Olympia and her noble crew, and
thousands of soldiers, of the toy
variety and of the real kind, will tramp
up Broadway and pass in review before
the guest of honor. President McKin-
ley may perchance come from Wash
ington to shake the hand that knocked
Admiral Montijo out in one round, and
governors by the score, from the east
and the west, and the north and the
south, surrounded by gaudily dressed
stats, will vie with each other to tell
Dewey what the people of the land
think of him.
And they will tell him pleasant
things. They will tell him that he is
the central figure of the Spanish-Amer-
lean war; that his was the only victory
not tainted by character-destroying
jealousy; that his diplomacy was as
triumphant as his fighting. They will
tell him that in spite of sensational
newspaper correspondents, who would
make a monkey of the lion, the people
have an abiding faith in his common
sense and his judgment of men and at
fairs. And all this homage will not
turn his head, for Dewey is a true
American who believes in the people
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w HEN DEWEY COMES.
Great Preparations Now Being Made
by New York City.
The Admjrals Reception Will Sur.
pass In Grandeur Anything In
American History-Great
Z Triumphal Arch.
Especial New York letter.

g. -tEE Especial new YORK Letter.
New York is going to Guido itself in
welcoming Admiral Dewey upon his
return to his native land. In way
New York, J. admit, is slow town, but
when once its people resolve to do q
thing they do it right. -
Dewey has been long time coming.
He has given Mayor Van Wyck and the
festival committee enough time to pre-
pare for big display; and the gentle
men in charge of the celebration have
taken advantage of the delay.
To mention even the prominent fea-
lures of the public reception, which is
to begin on or about September 2, would
be quite task. If Admiral Dewey
participates in but a third of the cere-
monies, dinners and banquets prepared
for him, and survives the ordeal, his
achievements at Manila will pale into
insignifcance. OF course, Admiral
Dewey will not attempt to partake of
all the hospitality offered him, but the
mere possibility of his being here and
there will attract hundreds of thou
sands of strangers.
Every great public event, don't you
know, has business side. Big crowds
mean big sales of merchandise, fat in
comes for merchants, restaurateurs
and saloonkeepers. Local pride has
no doubt something to do with the lib
crafty displayed by the business COM
munity in connection with the Dewey
celebration, but self-interest, to para
phrase Count Boni de Castallane, is
more than 30 per cent" Dewey will
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Not RESPONSIBLE for Their :.

In a certain part of Banffshire, where
the roads are as nearly precipitous =as
may be imagined, little girl was one
day employed in her usual task of herd
ing the COWS.
A minister. newly settled in the par
ish, coming Suddenly upon her, re-
marked:
THESE are awful hills you have here,
lassie."
Overcome, doubtless, with the feel
ing of awe for the cloth so common
in rural Scotland, the frightened lassie
answered, in an apologize tone:
"'Deed, sir, they were here afore w
am'!"-Tit-Bits.
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coach's last lecture came to me 81 I
long monotone. Then the coxswain's
orders, sharp and clear, pause, then
the swish Of the oars through the wa
ter. My hearing was never so acute.
l could even hear the peculiar little
grunt that my own rowlock always
gave.
''They passed where could see them
for minute. saw the long, steady
swing that was as natural to me as
breathing, the row of brown faces l
knew so well rising and falling, togeth-
er. And in my seat, the seat cher
ished more than any in the world,
rowed hulking Brown-Brown, who
had no idea of time, who even as they
started was little out. y.
"I've heard of men whose hair has
turned white through the agony they
suffered. Mine didn't turn white; and
yet, did suffer? 49,.
II tried to forget everything, but !
lay, it seemed to me for hours, every
minute of them a day long, until I
heard the swishing of a launch oom-
ing up stream. 1t bumped against the
float, there was a babble of voices and
stamping of feet. Then little Height
ley, the freshman coxswain, rushed in.
"'Here's the DOCTOR he cried.
How did it come out!' said jerks,
breathlessly, who from the first had
famed me unremittingly.
cit was great race said Height.
ly, but Brown caught crab in the last
mile and they beat us by ten feet
"Then the light shadow slipped quiet
~ off everything and I groaned and
sat up.
"When the poor broken-hearted boys
came back I helped them carry in the
boat. They were very good to me. But
I have never tried to row since. only
watch."-N. Y. Sun.
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bas-reliefs symbolizing the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans on one side and the
North and East rivers on the other,
''thus," to quote from the committees
report, "to emphasize New York's posi-
ton as the most important commercial
city of the country" The two keystones
OF the arch are to be surmounted by
great American eagles, which will prob.
ably be gilded.
Above the wings of the eagles shall, IL
is suggested, be placed inscriptions, to
be chosen by the celebration commit.
tee, in recognition of the services of
Admiral Dewey. A novel feature of the
design is quadriga of sea horses, draw
ing ship, surmounting the apex OF
the arch. At the PROV of this ship
stands figure, symbolizing TriumphaI
Victory, with outstretched wings. This
is one of the most striking portions of
the entire structure.
The large surfaces above the painor
arches On the west and east sides of the
edifice are to be covered with designs
in high relief, the subjects of which
have not yet been definitely chosen, but
for which allegories of 1.-THE Protection
of Our Country" and 1.-THE Advance
ment of Civilization" are suggested.
As for the large sculptured groups to be
placed at either end of the coIonnade,
four in all, the committee suggests
some such subjects as THE Army" and
1.-THE Navy" for one end and 'The West
Indies" and "The East Indies for tho
other.
A suggestion has been made that ar.
rangements should be perfected with
one OF the gas companies to have the
columns of the colonnade topped with
fambeau lights, and similar lights af-
fixed to the corners of the cornice of the
arch, while the arch itself should be IL
Illuminated with electric lights.
The arch is to be built of the same
material as that used in the gorgeous
decoration of the Chicago exposition,
which, as experience has proved, is
capable of withstanding the elements
for at least year. The actual erection
OF the arch will occupy month, this
time of course not including the work
on the bas-reliefs and groups, which 10
already begun
No feature of the Dewey celebration.
it is safe to say, will leave a more lasting
impression than this great work Of
American art, and none will be priced
more highly by the admiral who, since
childhood, has been admirer of beauti-
full things.
WILLIAM WALTER WELLS
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. hero. Saxon and Celt, Teuton anA
Gaul, made one by their allegiance to
the stars and stripes, will work united
" to show to the world that as far az
the recognition of a great public service
is concerned there is no such thing as
factional or sectional feeling in the
United States. All Europe will watch
New York's greeting to Dewey, and to
that extent his Homecoming il an
event of international importance, one
that will teach lesson more far-reach-
ing than newspaper gibes or oratoFicsl
bombast.
It is pleasant to turn from politics to
art, and still more pleasant to note that
the National Sculpture society, Of
which j. @. A. Ward is chairman, has
volunteered to design triumphal
Dewey arch, to be erected at Madison
square, free of cost, although the pro-
fessional services of the artists engaged
in the work represent an equivalent Of
from $3.50, 900 to 100000.
The arch is to be supplemented by .
line of columns, enriched with scuIp-
lures. The arch itself is similar in gem
eral design to the great Roman memoir
ial arches, particularly the arch of
Titus. Its four great piers will have
bas-relief decorations, and at their
bases are to be large allegorical groups,
personifying Patriotism, War, The Re-
turn and Peace. The finals of the coli
umns, on either side of the allegorical
groups mentioned, are to be portrait
figures, from eight to twelve feet high,
of famous American admirals and naval
officers. The committee of the ScuIp-
ture society wrote to Secretary of the
Navy Long to suggest the names Of
eight heroes who he thought would
most fittingly represent the navy. In
reply he suggested John Paul Jones,
representing the war of the revolution;
Decatur, Hull, Perry and Marlborough,
representing the war of 1912, and Far
ragut, Porter and Cushing, represent
ing the civil war.
The spandrils over the main entrance,
ON the north and south sides, are to have