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The Washington times., 1901-07-09
PERSONAL.

The late Emile Richebourge, the popu-
lar French feuilletonst. made Sl50.00O by
royalties on his last eight books His to-
tai fortune at his death amounted 10
nearly 100000.
Gen. William D. Palmer. pioneer Presi-
dent of the Denver and Rio Grande Rail
road, has just sold his interest in that
road and will retire from business to his
estate north of the Garden of the Gods,
near Colorado Springs
Howard L. Bronson. the young Lehigh
College professor and graduate Of Yale,
who was recently seized at night by Le-
high students and thrown into a river
because the students thought he had
something to do with the expulsion of
several of their number. has been elected
assistant professor in the department of
physics at Yale.
In conversation with a newspaper cor
respondent Arab Pasha has stated that
he is in a difficult financial position. He
got an allowance of ESQ a month from the
Egyptian Government, which was scarce
~ sufficient to supply the wants of his
large family, which includes sixteen chill
dren aged from three to thirty-eight
years.
Although President Henry G. Weston.
of Grocer Theological Seminary, is more
than eighty years old, he performs all the
duties Of his office and will deliver four
lectures next week at the inter-denomi-
national Bible class. to be held at Lake
Orion, Mich. As long ago as 1919 he was
moderator of the Baptist General Associa-
tiOn of Illinois which State was the scene
of his early labors.
King Edward VII has accepted from
Scott Montagu. Member Of Parliament.
present of number Of American bronze
turkeys, which were imported into Eng
land in a wild state They have adapt
ed themselves very comfortably to their
new surroundings, and have thrived re-
markably at Mr.. MOntagu's place in
Hampshire. The Kings birds will be
lodged at sandringham
George j. Gould, like his father. is a
silent man. He divides his secrets with
no one. Taught in a practical school, he
has the ability. the wealth. and the ex-
perience TO develop his plans on scale
of great magnitude. 1t is predicted he
viii make a greater reputation as a mas
ter nnanci-r than his father left. and
that he will accumulate, if he has not
done so already much larger fortune
Mrs. Hoadley q. Ives. of New Haven.
has given $4,000 to the Young Mems
Christian Association of that city for a
library, and at her death will bequeath
income of that amount The association
has received another gift OF $4,000 from
Edward Bancroft F0Ote, of New Haven.
conditional upon the association raising
S75 900 more before September One-haIf
of this sum has already been raised.
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The Slow Growth OF France

The Boston Globe" seems unwilling
10 accept the slow growth Of the pop
ulation Of France as evidence that she
IS declining" as nation. Our Boston
contemporary contends that the ciyili-
zation Of France is the most substantial
in Europe. and that the people, as a
whole. enjoy high standard OF living.
It might not be an easy matter to DEM
onstrate that the civilization Of France
is the most substantial" IN Europe.
There is a great deal of fash ana gilt
ter about it, with a substratum of solid
ity, but 10 claim that ii is more massive
and durable than that OF the nations of
Teutonic origin is going too FAR.
But in order 70 determine whether
Trance is declining" we must under
stand the sense in which the word de
ciining' Is used. Il may be employed
TO indicate the mental or physical de-
generacy Of. the people. considered in
eividuaily, or it can be applied 10 the
general status of the nation as a whole
compared with other leading nations
II Il Gan be shown that physically and
mentally the Frenehman is fully IL ain
tanning himself. fhen a statement that
the people are degeaeiaung would have
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The defence of The trusts.

The partisan apologists for and de-
tenders Of the trusts are constantly
endeavoring 10 confuse the issue by
The dinerentiations they attempt tC
make between good trusts" and bad
ones. The simple fact is that there are
no good trusts" All are bad; some,
of course. being worse than others.
There is, However, a just and proper
distinction 10 be observed between the
employment IF large capital in an en-
terprise which cannot be carried en-
without 1t. and the combination of a
number Of such enterprises under one
management for the purpose of strang-
ling legitimate competition and con-
trolling prices. To operate a factory ad-
vantageously. there must be a sufiicl-
ency of capital to provide the best of
machinery and to conduct the work On
good sized scale. But that furnishes
no reason why all the factories en-
gagged in the same line of work should
be combined under one ownership to
the utter destruction Of just competi-
ton. When two such factories are
brought under one control II does not
cNaDSe the InOut OF OpcIdllbN IN tllncF,
or materially lessen the cost Of pro-
duction. Each factory is worked with
the same appliances as before. But the
combination gives the owners the con-
troll of the market, and this IL is that
distinguishes the trust combination
from legitimate investment Of ample
capital in a single enterprise.
The aim Of the trust magnates is TO
control the entire business situation to
the end that they may become multi
millionaires by unfair methods Under
free competition the cheapening of the
product, whether it results merely from
the rivalry or from improved methods.
inures to the advantage Of the con-
sumers, while, al the same time, the
multiplication of establishments means
employment for more people. With a
certain industry entirely in the hands
of one great combine. the clement of
competition disappears from the situa-
tion. The benefits of improved mac him
The Washington times., 1901-07-09
The Hat Question.

A veterinary surgeon expresses the
opinion that the hats worn by horses
do not, after all. afford much relief
from the heat. as they are too closely
woven and fit too closely 10 the head.
This is matter for the Humane Socie-
ty to attend 20; but the statement
arouses curious reflections in the mind
Of the casual observer. If il is not
good for horses TO wear hats of this de-
scription, is it good for men?
The hat worn by the horse is no
more closely woven than that OF the
average man. In fact, most straw
hats are hard. stiff, and covered with
a smooth finish which makes them
equal TO doing almost anything but
shedding water. They fit close to the
head of the wearer, and not a breath
of air can get under the brim TO the
crown of the head. Unless the hat IS
provided with perforated crown the
man might almost as well have on an
iron helmet The same is true of the
sailor hat worn by women, which is
never perforated.
II has been said that the badness of
the American man is due to his habit
Of keeping his hat on aud jamming il
down upon his head. There is color for
this in the fact that in the South,
where the soft felt has been in general
use. badness is less common than in
the North, where the stln straw hat al
ternates with the derby. But can it be
true that some Of the sunstrokes which
have occurred during lhe last few days
were due TO the stir straw hat? Is
such head-covering only a shade bet
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NO PLACE LIKE HOME.

President and Mrs Mckinley in Canton
have cause 20 rejoice, and the people of
this nation viii be glad with them that
the first lady in the land has so FAR re-
covered her health 1t must be pleasant
to both of them to be at home again. for
there is no place like home, after all. The
official residence in Washington is well
enough in its way, but in it there is no
rest for the Chief Magistrate. That is to
be found in the old home at Canton and
it may be expected that while the Presi-
dent recUperateS from his arduous duties
and anNieties his loved wife will gather
health and strength as she could not any
where else. That is what the public hope
for.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
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MINING OIL AND WATER.

A novel and decidedly an interesting
experiment is now being tried in what
may be viewed by expansionists and
anti-expansionists as our isles OF ex-
perience"-the Philippine group. 1t is
well known to sundry and divers expert
menters In science that oil and water
will not mix 1t is also held as axiomati-
caIy true by many persons that civil
government and military rule viii not
mix Perhaps the influence of William
Mckinley who is known in Washington
as phenomenal reronciler and smoother
over of rivalrics. may be strongly and
effectively exerted a. long range in
the PhHippines-Boston Globe
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THE GOOD OLD WAY.

We are getting back to the good, old
fashioned American practice when the
Comptroller of the Currency writes a let
ter to the President announcing that as
he Will be a candidate for the United
States Senate in Illinois. he resigns his
Federal Office from October l. There is
a frankness and a directness about this
which is refreshing. Mr.. Dawes wants
the Senatorship and he is not too bashful
to say so. He does not talk about being
in the hands of his friends and he re-
frains from saying that it is too early to
talk about the SenatOrship until il has
been offered 70 him.-BrooklNn Eagle.
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MIR. LONGS JOKE.

Mr.. Long is a gentle, playful. subtle
humorist. who has been having his little
joke. This IS our theory of the matter.
whatever may be thought of it elsewhere.
1t occurred to Mr.. Long that nothing
would make the opposition chortle more
chortlingly than to proclaim Mckinley to
be as great a man as either Washington
or Lincoln. The thought of it tickled
him. IN order to make it seem entirely
reasonable. he first argued that there
never have been any great men, in the
usual acceptance OF the phrase, and that
the b0uleVardS Of Washington are
graced by no more discerning minds in
affairs of statesmanship than the sugar
barrels and the soap boxes of the stores
down in BucSsport, Ne. Then the thing
WAS done.-Springfield Eepublican.
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sIowness in building warships.

The largely increased sales of Ameri-
can machinery abroad during the last
few years have been ascribed in part
20 the expedition with which our fac
tories turnout their product In this
respect the Americans are said to be
far in the lead of their foreign COM
petItors, many contracts, according to
current reports, having been awarded
20 our people mainly because foreign
bidders required too much time for the
completion of the work. There can be
no possible doubt of the ability of
American manufacturers to turn out
given quantity of work as quickly to
say the least, as those of any other
country.
Hence, the long delay in the compile
ton of battleships and cruisers for the
United States Navy has caused much
surprise throughout the country, and
has been made the subject Of much un-
favorable comment No one will ques-
ton the generally high character of the
vessels built and the achievements of
the Oregon have filed every loyal
American bosom with emotions of
pride. At the same time there is no
good reason apparent why it should
take an American shipyard from a
year and half to two years longer to
turn out drst-cIass vessel than ii does
for a British shipbuilding concern to do
it. The statement has repeatedly been
made that this is the fact and we have
not seen it denied.
This is a matter of the first import
ance in naval affairs, and it should re-
ceive immediate attention. In view OF
the rapidity with which commercial
orders of all kinds can be filed by
American factories. the snail-like pace
at which our waTships are constructed
should first be explained, and then a
remedy should be applied. 1t is obvious
that under certain contingencies a de-
lay Of year and a half in the COM
pleting OF z number of high-class YES
sells might be almost fatal. Aside from
every other consideration a very long
delay in TIE construction Of a war yes
sci may seriously affect its relative ef-
ficiency in these days Of constant i'm
proyement.
That American shipyards can turn
out vessels more rapidly goes without
saying. In some way or other they
should be compelled to do so. II the
United States would equip itself for
such work TO an extent sufficient to
make ii a good strong competitor with
the private yards, it would have
highly beneficial effect in more ways
than one. 1t would increase the coun-
try's aggregate capacity sor such work.
it would tend to lower the pids, it would
put the private builders upon their
mettlc to do the best pcs sible work and
in the shortest possible time.
The matter is well worth looking into
by the Navy Department, and while
about it the Board on Naval Construc-
ton might with propriety devote some
attention to the reports that foreign
BATH ships are being built that are at
least two knots faster than anything
under construction for our own navy.
If this is true. there can be no good
reason Tor it. If speed in battleships is
desirable. we should have the very
highest attainable. We have the skill
TO build them, the money to pay for
them. and we should have the best
warships afoat
The Washington times., 1901-07-09

ter than the exposure of the head to
the direct rays Of the sun?
Physicians may be able to enlighten
the public on this matter, but it may
be noted that they wear straw hats
quite generally themselves. The fact
is that in this temperate climate, where
the weather is only tropical about two
months out of the year. people have
not made a business Of devising cool
raiment. Each has his own peculiar
method cf graphing with the problems
of midsummer, and what makes one
man cool makes another man hot.
There seems no reason to doubt,
however, that flannel and felt are cool
er, in the long run, than linen and
straw, if one is directly exposed to the
sun. Anyone who has attempted to
take a long walk on a hot July day.
clad in cotton, viii remember that the
suns rays seemed to be beating direct
ly upon his body. He might as well
have been wholly unelethed SO far as
his feelings were concerned In fan
mel, on the other hand. the body does
not receive the heat of the sun direct
ly, and the temperature is kept more
even. There is the same difference be
tween the soft felt hat and the stiff
straw
On the other hand, if one is sitting
in the shade or working in the house,
the thinnest cottons seem to be most
comfortable. This is because in the lat
ter case the heat is in the body and
the surrounding air is some degrees
cooler; while in the case of one walk
ing in the sunshine the heat comes
from without and must be warded~ of
The Washington times., 1901-07-09
baseball in Porto Rico.

tFrom Inc san Jnan NcVS-)
large crowd saw the Porto Ricans and the
Battery ]. team play baseball Fl MORO
grounds Yesterday afternoon. The Porto Ricans
won By one run. They are SO richer today.
The whole town took great interest in the
game and considerable money changed hands
Although the players could not talk TO each
other on account of the difference in language.
there was no trouble and everything passed Oft
smoothly. The band was ON hand and played
lively airs to keep the players in good spirits
The Washington times., 1901-07-09
Not n Dry vote.
CFrom Tic chicago Chronicle-

(From the Chicago Chronicle)
Woman suffrage, we have been told viii brin.,
about determination OF the liquor traffic. Facts
somctimes play havoc with theories. Wyoming,
the fast Commonwealth of the Union 10 give
women the ballot did not find a solitary pro-
hibition ballot in her boxes at the last electic.
The Washington times., 1901-07-09

Rev. DR.. John A. Aspinwali, rector Of
St. Thomas Church, is one of the
trustees of the Shelter Island On. "
Yacht Club DR.. AsDinwaIi, who has
beer the owner of number of we'll
known yachts. forsook his steam yacht
Ardath some two seasons ago FOR auto
mobiling. Last season and the season
before he had one Of the finest OF self
propelled vehicles at the island.
The Washington times., 1901-07-09

cry all go in The first instance to TIE
trust The moment the price begins to
-fall. a general order is issued for the
curtailing of production, and this
means smaller earnings for the ork-
ing force, the effect being felt through
out the entire community.
The defences of the trusts are full of
the most transparent sophistry. The
talk of their being beneficial TO the peo-
pie is absurd. They are cOnfessedly
founded for the purpose of giving a
few men an unrighteous advantage
over all others, which excludes the idea
of their being beneficial to all classes.
1t is as easy to defend a political des-
potism as it is logically to uphold an
industrial despotism. They rest upon
the same principle. Each in it's partic-
ular field aims at supreme power. and
each is animated by selfish purposes
and ambitions.
II may not be an easy matter to pre-
vent such combinations. Thus far the
efforts in that direction have been
rather barren of results. But we GER
tainly can deprive the trusts of the ad-
NaHldSeS winch tney ENJOY from lie
operation of unjust laws. There is no
reason on earth why a giant monopoly
in America should be protected by a
tariff wall against foreign competition,
Such wall simply enables it to
practice extort:on at home. But the
moment it Is proposed to take the wall
down, or even to lower it a few courses
as protection to the people, every
trust champion comes TO the front with
little squeaky plea for the small man
ufacturers and the wage -earners-th
very classes that have the most ulti-
mately to fear from the trusts 1t is
singular circumstance-it would be
amusing if 1t were not so serious-that
whenever a great public abuse is at
tackled the defence of it is always. in
part at least, based upon the assump-
tion that any attempt to curb the abuse
viii result in the injury of those who
are the chief sufferers from the abuse.
few men like Mr.. Hanna have the
hardihood openly to defend monopoly,
but the trust champions generally do it
by indirection, through specious pleas
for the people. whom the monopolies
are depressing.
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A Wise OH Nm.
(From the New York wor

(From tie New York Worid.)
Rruger's refusal to authorize priyateering under
the Boer flag shows him To be still the clear
sighted. level-hcaded old man that he was from
the beginning OF the unequal strife with Great
Britain.
The Washington times., 1901-07-09

despatch from Cape Town, admits that
there is great unrest and dissatisfaction
in Cape Colony because the colonial gov
ernment gives no sign of policy in local
affairs The Times expresses regret
that the whole South African situation is
one of~drift without apparent direction;
and that is how it looks to outsiders, too.
The Washington times., 1901-07-09

The great and terrible mystery of Nho
wrote the despatch ordering Dewey to
Manila perhaps has been solved. Ac-
eording to CroRninshieId it was he who
did the pencil work in the back room of
the White House. Then Day, of Canton
looked upon it and found it good. Next,
the President changed { word and said,
Let ii GO" After that was forwarded
TO the Navy Department, and when Sec
retary Long returned from Chevy Chase
he signed it. Finally. it went. So Adj
miral Dewey viii be obliged to recognize
the fact that the honors of the Manila
victory must be shared with number of
people. All their profiles should have
been upon the Dewey medal. Why not?
Crowninshield. Long. and Day had quite
as much TO do with the triumph over
Montoto as Sampson was concerned in
schley's sinking of the Spanish squadron
off Santiago!
The Washington times., 1901-07-09

Mr.. Richard Croker ought to be happy
He has won the Arnold Selling Plate with
his Eileen Violet. He may now feel that
he is even with the naughty Saxon and
forget seven hundred years OF oppression
long enough to return to his principality
and repIenish his resources for another
season. IN which all his admirers no doubt
trust that he will lift the Derby.
The Washington times., 1901-07-09

The noble blanket Indian who was wont
to go on the warpath practically has been
eXterminated, and most of the military
sBosts on the former frontier are to be
abandoned. 1t is understood to be the
policy of the Administration to construct
large posts within convenient distance OF
manufacturing cities so that in the event
of labor troubles troops can be mobiized
in considerable bodies at short notice.
Such a plan would make for peace. but
we are afraid that the working classes
will call it the peace of Warsaw"
The Washington times., 1901-07-09

In his palatial official steam yacht the
Mayfiower, Governor Allen. of Porto Rico,
has announced that he will visit our
shores and proceed to Canton. there to
lay the humble petition of the Porto
Rican Legislature for a performance of
''our plain duty" in giving the island free
trade with other parts of the United
States at the feet of President McKin-
ley. Then. it is understood, the prayer
viii be granted. and one blot of disgrace
removed from the national escutcheon.
The Washington times., 1901-07-09

Mr.. Henry Ives Cobb is at Lake George
Mr. Cobb is the architect of the new
State capitol now in course Of erection
at Harrisburg, Pa.
The Washington times., 1901-07-09

The Misses Foraker will shortly visit
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph z. Wainewright. OF
Philadelphia, at their cottage at Cape
The Washington times., 1901-07-09

Mr. and Mrs Sutherland are at Haines
Falls, in the Catskills.
The Washington times., 1901-07-09

Miss Cooley is at capon Springs. and at
e recent card party given there By Mr.. J.
X. Carr. Of New Orleans. won the hrst
iadys prize.
The Washington times., 1901-07-09

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Blagden are at
Saranac Inn. Young Mr.. Blagden was
captain Of the Yale crew which won the
recent boat race.
The Washington times., 1901-07-09

Mr. and Mrs. Westinghouse viii return
from Europe to Erskiue Park, Lenox.
about Septe1sfsr /
The Washington times., 1901-07-09

Among the visitors at SFarblehead Neck.
Mass. are Mr f. r. Bigefow. Of the
washington stafT OF the Weather i5u-
reaU Service. and Mrs. Bigei0w. who ex-
pect to remain until September. Mr..
Bigelow Is a Massachusetts man. having
been born in Concord.
The Washington times., 1901-07-09

Mr.. and Mrs. w H. Hilliard are spend
ing the month at Black Island
The Washington times., 1901-07-09

Mr.. George c. Lafrert is passing his W.
cation al Bedford Springs
The Washington times., 1901-07-09

Mr. Justice Peckham and family are
occupying cottage on Lake Placid in
the Adlrondacks.
The Washington times., 1901-07-09

Mr.. Justice Cray has been making a
short visit 10 Cape May.
The Washington times., 1901-07-09

Mrs. BahkmeleT sailed from Europe
Saturday for her annual visit to her
mother, Mrs. Beale.
The Washington times., 1901-07-09

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Sterry gave a din
ner at their cottage at Hot Springs fasr
Friday evening in honor Of Miss Julia
Marlowe. who was a guest at the Home
stead Hotel at the time of the fire
The Washington times., 1901-07-09

Mr. Barbour Iathrop Is occupying Sun
nyside cottage at York Harbor. Me.
The Washington times., 1901-07-09

Mrs =. B. Ioring and Miss Lydia Lor-
ing are spending the summer at Boston
and outlying coast resorts.
The Washington times., 1901-07-09

DR.. S. B. Grubbs. of the Marine Hos
pital Service, is a guest at the Greenbrier
White Sulphur Springs.
The Washington times., 1901-07-09

Mrs. H P. Waggaman and the Messrs.
Waggaman are among the large Wash
ington contingent at Capon Springs.
The Washington times., 1901-07-09

Mr. and Mrs Charles A. Mum. OF Mas
saebusetts Avenue. have taken the Eliot
cottage at Maaehester-b -by-the-sea.
The Washington times., 1901-07-09

DR.. W. w. Grier and his son. Dr. w
W. Grier, jr., are at Sweet Springs. W.
The Washington times., 1901-07-09

Mrs. 3. n Smart will leave this morn
ing for an extended trip through northern
Pennsylvania and New York State. She
viii meet her husband at Buffalo. N Y.
in September when they will visit
Niagara Falls. and Toronto, and return
home about September 10
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Senator Morgan. of Alabama. and his
two daughters are making their annual
visit to the Warm SPRINGS. Va.