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ENGLAND DOESN'T LIKE It At ALL

Special Correspondence of the Standard.
London, May 1.-THE Archbishop of
Canterbury, chief prelate of the
Church of England, has for his pala-
1ial home noble pile which stands on
the Thames opposite to the walls of
Westminster and is known as Lambeth
Palace. The great massive gateway
with towers, wondrous hall trans
formed into library, with thousands
of rare volumes and priceless manu-
scripts, saints and queens, blazoned
windows and high-pitched roofs, a
calm and severe repose that rests upon
the whole group of buildings, typical
of the church that looks back through
such long vistas of the nations history,
such is the background that Lambeth
makes for her great councils of the
present 1t may be said that, like
human body the palace bears indelibiy
the traces of the glory and the shame,
the joys and sorrows of those who have
lived there as it's masters. The great
hall, planned for the vast feasts at
which any chance visitor might enjoy
the Primate hospitality, the great gate
where the poor waited of old to receive
the fragments; the quiet and sobar
beauty of the chapel, the garden so
fresh and green in the midst of LORI
don; the door where kings and queens
have so often entered, one has but to
wait and think, and the church's past
rises UP at Lambeth in a continuous
story.
DIR. Temple is the man who was last
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was beast, he was a just beast" and
the English people, whether religious
or irreligious, have not failed TO be
struck by his fairness and evenness to
all parties in the church. Another such
quality is simplicity, and great culture
and high office have never transmitted
his plainness OF speech and of life. An
other IS the capacity for hard and I'M
Wearled labor, the setting of duty above
all things and complete self sacrifice;
these the London clergy testify that
they found in their bishop.
The shrewd common sense and dry
! humor of the archbishop have always
made him one around whose name
clerical stories collect Though of
the kindest nature, he could never put
UP with assumption or unreality in 9TH
ers; and yet, however strongly he may
| be opposed, he will always respect in
dependence of character and Judgment,
II it is based upon true convictions. 1t
is said that he was once presiding at a
conference. in which socialism was I'M
der discussion; he enunciated his own
views first. and only one clergyman
present, and he young curate, ven
tured to attack the bishops position.
Great was the wrath of the old fogies
at this appearance of subordination,
and profuse were their apologies for
their impertinent younger brother, but
the bishop said nothing, as he sat and
grimly listened. day or two after the
daring curate received note saying
that a certain living was vacant, which
the bishop would like him to accept. j.
The following story came from LAM
beth the other daS, and even if it be
admirably the archiepiscopal method
with those of his clergy who have not
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coded them here and for many days
the newspapers had been publishing ar
ticles not very friendly to the United
States. AS far as the press were con-
cerned matters took turn for the bet
ter on April 80, when the Para newspa-
pers began to speak in a more friendly
tone, but the people continued to show
themselves hostile to the few who con-
stitute the American colony here and
the blue Jackets of the Wilmington.
On April 20 Commander Todd and
United States Consul Kennedy called on
the governor of Para, DIR. Paes de Car
valho, and, as result of the conference
between the three, the following cable
was sent by the governor to the minis
ter of foreign affairs at Rio de Janeiro.
I give it to you as it was printed in the
local papers here:
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rio: The
American consul and the commander of
the Wilmington have just called on me,
bringing their spontaneous excuses re-
garding the departure of the Whining
ton for the Amazon before being re-
ceiVed the authorities which / solicited
from the federal government, at the
request of the said consul, who did not
think necessary the formality of re-
questing the permission in writing, and
counting as certain the acquiescence
of the federal government fastened the
departure.
Il am confident that Consul Kennedy
was sincere in reaching this decision.
In the course of the conference l was
pleased to receive satisfactory explana-
tions and protests of sympathy and con-
sderation for our country. / hasten to
advise you of this fact, which is cause
of satisfaction for us. thus allaying nat
ural resentments. Greetings.
"PAES DE CARVALHO."
At this writing no American has been
killed. but the threats and unfriendly
demonstrations on the part of the Bra
zilians have been many. Your corre-
spondent is threatened with sure death
by lieutenant of the Brazilian navy.
Many exciting incidents have taken
place, which I will describe in my next
correspondence. Let us hope all will
end well. L. RAPOSO,
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though they talked Gaelic, too. could
make themselves better understood
than the men.
THE first day OF the fair was sup
posed to be devoted to business and the
last two days to enjoyment BY night
fall the piles of fish We're disposed of
and the Islay people who filed both
sections of the town, prepared to enjoy
themselves as they could. Fiddlers from
al! the country round, who had arrived
in anticipation of employment We're
hired eagerly by the Islay people and
their friends. One-half of the houses
in Ballycastle proper and three fourths
of the houses in the Red Row became
lodging houses for the time being. All
the public houses, as the liquor saloons
are called, were filed, and in each one
several tidlers had been engaged and
dancing was going on in several rooms.
THE dancers were nearly all lsiay
people, and there was no pretense as
to style or grace. The women bobbed
up and down as if they were made of
cork, and the men, uttering loud
whoops in Gaelic, pounded the floor
with their heavy boots and clapped
their hands until they were perspiring.
The hlarity was just as great OUTSIDE
of the houses. Numbers of Islay Poop
pie who could not find room in the
houses had employed fiddlers and mad
dancing parties along the road from
the Red Row to the town proper, the
night being fine. The dancers were
surrounded in every case by crowds
of people, and every Islay man carried
a flask of whiskey, which he Hospitality
offered to every one he met.
THE next day, as soon as night fell,
the dancing was resumed, and, in spite
of prodigious capacity which the
Islay people have for whiskey drinking
a great many of them were drunk. L
met them everywhere, sometimes HI
lariously tipsy, at other times stupid
Iy drunk, but never quarrelsome.
Late on the last evening of the fair
the 1slay men weighed anchor and left
with their wives and children on their
sluggers for the rugged shores of their
island home, not to return again until
Sthe next fair. I was told that with
favoring wind they would reach Islay
in So hours. The luggers were very
broad in the beam and half decked, so
that sleeping hunks could be rugged
up for the women and children
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Written for the Sunday Standard.

Written for the Sunday Standard.
Para, May 2, 1S99-The Brazilians are
still wondering how the Wilmington
managed to navigate the waters of the
Amazonas without a pilot. 1t is a feat
that has never before been attempted,
but the Americans seem to be able to
accomplish anything they undertake
nowadays. The arrival of the Whining
ton was the signal for voices to be
raised in Brazil-voices that put the
worst possible construction upon the
mission of the little vessel.
She is here on secret errand mimi
cal to the peace of Brazil said the
voices Americans want to take pos
session of Northern Brazil" They
want to learn the mystery of the pas
sage of the Amazonas river" and so
on. These rumors, the governor of
Para, DR.. Paes de Carvalho, a most
worthy official did his best to quiet. He
is friend of America and a very wise
official, and he saw at once the absur-
ity of the talk.
The Wilmington spent twelve days at
Manos, and then left for Yquitos, after
taking aboard two pilots In some way
there had been a misunderstanding. All
had been regular so far as the Ameri-
cans were concerned. Hon. X. K.
Kennedy, United States consul at
Para, had requested from the governor
of the city permission for the Will
mington to go up the Amazonas. This
permission had to be obtained from the
federal government at Rio de JGneirO
and it appears that the reply had not
arrived at Manaos at the time the
American gunboat left that port, so
they left without it. On such a small
matter do great events turn The Latin
races are easily excited. They vented
their anger at what they were pleased
to consider an unfriendly action on the
part of the Americans, as evinced by
the departure of their gunboat on the
supposed secret mission by smashing
the windows of the American CONSUL
ate, and then-Strangest revenge of all
they entered the different saloons and
broke every bottle of beer or liquor that
bore the American label.
Meanwhile, quite unaware of the ex-
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SCARED AWAY BY WARSHlPS.
Old Fisherman's Theory About Disap-
ance of Mackerel.

From the Bangor (Me) Commercial.
Of late years mackerel have not been
seen off the east coast of Name. One
explanation was given Monday by a
prominent fisherman of Southwest har-
Dor, who was in Bangor on that day,
who said:
1--WE used to catch mackerel by the
thousands down our ways years ago,
but the warships scared them away.
You know they run in schools, and once
they get scared from a certain locality
they never again run that way. That's
the only reason l can find as to why
they don't come our way nowadays
Less is known about mackerel than of
any other of our common food fish. 1t
is known that the fish migrate north
ward in the spring and southwark in
the autumn. and that they come from
some unknown place, that is secret to
all of our experts
In May an enormous school strikes
the coast of Yarmouth, N. S. This
school evidently is separate from the
southern army that advances from the
southern coast. From the size and gen
eral character of the mackerel off the
Yarmouth coast it is believed that, as
they have no connection whatever
with the great schools from the south,
they must come out of the deep sea to
the east. When the southern schools
nave duNdHIeu dS ldI DIS 4NdItuChSt
they suddenly disappear, leaving no
trace behind them. Then the veteran
mackerel fishermen pick up their traps
and repair to the bays indenting the
Massachusetts coast, for it is there that
the mackerel will next appear. where
they stay in more or less numbers until
well into August.
The rowing habit of the mackerel is
thus shown. Besides these general
movements they have certain erratic
habits that confound the fishermen and
experts. They disappear from one place
and re-appear in the strangest manner.
There is no accounting for these move
ments any more than there is in ex-
planning their migrations. Old fisher
men who have grown gray in the work
say that the mackerel are the most
mystifyng of all our salt fish. They
have learned to read the signs of their
coming and going, but they cannot ex-
plain them, neither can they account
for their habits. They pursue them
with a sort of intuition. One may be a
good fishermen of other denizens of the
deep in a short time, but to capture
mackerel large experience is required,
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THE MAN WHO'LL COUNT THE PEOPLE

Special Correspondence of the Standard
Washington, May PA decida dly in
teresting man is William r. Merriam
former governor of Minnesota and now
director of the census. in whose hands
rests the selection and appointment of
some $4,000 employees. 1t has teen gen.
orally agreed that the conduct of the
last census was a national scandal and
the president. was determined that the
present one should not be likewise if
he could prevent it. Yet it was certain
that the pressure for appointments
that wrecked Director Porter would be
brought to bear on the new director.
What the president wanted was a
man who. while reasonably partisan in
his appointments, would yet refuse to
have4 his work clogsed by dead wood
and who would yet so refuse as to
avoid giving offense to party friends,
He found just the man he wanted in
Merriam.
The latter's device of requiring all
applicants for posts to pass a simple
examination cannot be objected to by
the most radical spokesman, and yet it
will winnow out hundreds of incapa-
bles. The utter ignorance of many of
the employees Of the last census is even
yet not properly appreciated by the
country at large. There were literally
dozens of men and women carried on
the rolls as high grade clerks who were
not fit to sweep out an office-clerks
who could neither spell nor calculate
nor even write the English language
with any degree of accuracy. 1t was
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chief, more exalted position in boy
ish estimation than 1 have held since.
50 you see | have fellow feeling for
newspaper men.
after | left college | entered the
First National bank as a clerk and
there | earned my first money. I re-
member well how anxious | was TO
know how large a salary / was going
to get, but | didn't find out for six
months The president was a friend
of the family and he kept me guessing
for long time before he made up his
mind how much 1 was worth. Then
he told me that I was to have $50 a
month. 1t seemed immense to me. The
next year | was raised to $1,000 year
and the next l went to the Merchants
National bank as its cashier.
"Since then l have been speaker of
the legislature and governor of the
state for two terms, l don't pretend
to be a statistcian, though, Of course,
l am familiar with figures. AS l I'M
derstand my post. I am simply the
business head of the census. 1T is my
duty to pick out the best men to at
tend to the work and to see that they
do it. That is all I can do, and that
is what I mean to do No political con-
sderations will be allowed to interfere
with the selection of the experts on
whom the burden of the work will
fall.
I'm the appointment of clerks poilti-
cal considerations will necessary pay
some part. Each state will have it's
quota Of appointments and the recon-
mendations of congressman will GER
tainly have influence in the selections.
But no political influence will be suffi-
cient to put an employe on the rolls
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won his favor, as well as the rugged
aptness of his wit An incumbent of a
living wanted to hold another living in
plurality, and therefore had to apply
to the archbishop for leave to do so.
What happened may be put in a dra-
matte form:
Scene: Lambeth. Time: 1899.
Archbishop-'How far is the new liv-
ing from your present cure?"
Applicant-"About six miles, as the
crow flies your grace"
rchbishop-"You're not a crow, you
can't fly; and you shan't have it,
Curtain.
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TO REPLACE COPPER,
High Price OF the Metal Makes Cheap
Substitutes Desirable.

substitutes DesffeaDie.
So rapidly is the price of copper adj
vancing that electricians are looking
about anxiously for some metal that
can be substituted for it, says the New
York Times. The growing inclination
at present is to see in aluminium
means of escape from expenditures that
are beginning to bear heavily on The
various electrical industries and es-
pecially on the various forms of electric
traction. Bulk for bulk, copper is the
best conductor known, with the pos
sible exception of one or two precious
metals of which the use on any large
scale is out Of the question.
Until a comparatively recent period
aluminium also cost too much for gen.
eral employment but improved meth
DDS of production are constantly de-
creasing its price, and it is believed
that already the change from copper
can be made with profit. In discuss
ing this subject the paper, Electricity,
says that although the resistance of an
aluminium conductor to the passage Of
an electric current is between so and 10
per cent greater than the resistance Of
fered by q copper conductor of the
same cross section, the difference in the
weight of the two metals more than
makes UP for the difference in conduc-
tivity, as well as the difference in the
cost, leaving a balance of between one
and three cents to the pound in favor
of aluminium, everything else being
equal. Aluminium, too. is of much
greater tensile strength than copper,
and it is more ductile, qualities of both
especial value to the practical electri-
clan. The chief inspiration, however,
to experiments with the white metal is
the fact that its COST falling steadily,
while that of copper Is as steadily
mounting.
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A Sure Cure.

Customer want some cyanide of mer-
curry.
Druggist-What do you want it for?
Customer-For insomnia
Druggist-For insomnia Don't YOU
know that cyanide of mercury is a deadly
poison?
Customer-Of course I do. I want to
give it to the cats that hold protracted
meetings in our back yard every night.
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of whose competency | am not salts
fed, nor to keep one there after he
has been found to be incapable. The
examinations will be germane to the
needs of the bureau. No copyist will
be employed who cannot write and spell
and no calculator who cannot calcu-
late
CRITTENDEN MARRIOTT.
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Explained.

From the Boston Transcript
When little Billy, the parsons son.
saw the chickens that were suffering
from the gapes. he Ventured the opin-
ion: "P'raps, pa, theyse been saying
over some of your sermons out here in
the yard"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-05-19
WIRELESS ~IEIEGRAPHY-

The London Times prints some in
resting details of recent experiments
lade by Signor Marconi, in the presence
t a French commission, with a view to
demonstrating the possibility of com.
lunicating between a moving ship and
ne land.
The experiments were made at the
outh Foreland ,Signor Marconi being on
GARD the dispatch vessel Ibis. The re-
ewing and transmitting instruments on
ne Ibis were in the cabin, the wire to
he instrument room from the top of the
last, about $50 feet high. Messages
'ere transmitted to the Ibis from the
outh Foreland, from Wimereux, Bou-
Dgne, and from the East Goodwin
ghtship, as also from the Ibis to each
t these points, and in each instance they
'ere recorded with unerring distinct
ess.
One of the objections hitherto raised
gainst wireless telegraphy is the I'M
disability of concentrating the current
I such a way as to "cut out and pre-
ent the message from being received at
tations where installations exist within
n equal radius, other than the one for
Fhich it was originally intended.
ignOr Marconi, however, has discovered
n ingenious arrangement for prevent
lg this. Messages were first taken
simultaneously at South Foreland and
he Goodwin Lightship; then the new
~nvention was applied, aud the messages
ent to the Foreland were concentrated
here and were received at no other
|oint, the lightship being ''cut out A
imilar experiment was made with the
fghtship, the ships communicating with
ach other. while the Foreland was cut
ut. Messages were also sent simulta-
eously from BoulOgne and the light
hip to South Foreland, where only the
Poulogne message was taken by the
e%ceiver, the other being cut out at will.
A joint congratulatory telegram was
lem from the Ibis, while cruising in mid
hannel, to the French Ambassador at
london. The telegram was taken at the
fouth Forelaud, t~elephoned to Dover.
nd telegraphed from there to London.
hese experiments demonstrate that
moving ships can communicate with
ach other at sea, and that messages
an be concentrated on the point for
Which they are intended. These are
ighly important developments of the
ew invention.-BostOn Journal.
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If food is not furnished the hen in
her W domain, she will go hunting.
and O o find enough TO keep her busy;
but She is not so successful in getting
water to drink. The farmer or his
wife will usually provide some feed.
but "biddy' many times takes her
chances TO find water. Yet chemists
state that eighty-four per cent of the
egg is water. In view of this, fowls
to lay well must be furnished with an
abundance of fresh water. Drinking
vessels should be thoroughly cleansed
every day, and if possible, so made
that the hens cannot stand in them.
In winter these drinking vessels
should be emptied at night to prevent
freezing. 1t is advisable 10 give fowl
"A warm drink in the morning when
they first come from the r0osts. as at
this time they usually drink freely.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-05-19

propelllng power gave out through ex-
haustion of tho steam. The new machine
is credited with a flight of only 800 feet,
although it scared to a height of 800 feet.
Unless more detailed accounts of the test
show some accidental effect, there
will be reason to question whether, after
all, the contrivance of Professor Langley
is not one of those inventions which
work we'll as toys but lack the essentials
of practical use.
1t is established among men of science
that if we ever navigate the air 1t must
be, not by balloons, but by machines
which force upward by pressure npon
the air. On this principal Maxim built
his machine in England and several in
ventors have worked with more or less
success in Germany; while lin this
country Professor Langley has pushed
his experiments along the same line. 1t
would seem that this is the direction in
which success will be reached, sooner
or later. The failure of a machine to
work in the manner expected only illus
trates the difficulty of the problem which
is yet to be solved in all Its details.
A flying machine that flies may come
in with the rest of the marvels of the
twentieth century; but at present it
looks as though the inventors were up a
tree. A first-class inventor like Maxim
has failed a first.class scientist like Prof.
Langley has failed. Nevertheless, we
look to see a practical flying-machine
constructed in the lifetime of the present
Observation-Disclosures News.