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The Washington bee., 1901-07-06
LIBRARY GOSSIP.

A Roman journal estimates the
value of the libraries in Italy at S12,'
100000, and that of the paintings
statues and vases at $30,0O0,000.
Canadians have ever resented Rud
yard Kipling's allusion to the do
minion as Our Lady of the Shows
Goldwin Smith has now placated them
by calling it This Land of Sunshine.
All letters to the editor published
in the Academy begin with Sir" and
end ''I am, etc" Sometimes the eff
feet is startling. Thus Andrew Lang
concludes a letter to the Academy as
follows: Mr.. Richard Grant White
was not infallible--in Greek. 1 am
etc, A. Lang"
In sending to George Bancroft 8
specimen of the pork raised on his
farm in Vermont Mr.. Evarts wrote
this characteristic note, which was
found preserved among the histori
ans papers after his death: Dear
Bancroft: l send you two products
of my pen to-day-my usual half bar.
rel of pig pork and nay eulOgy or
Chief Justice Chase"
The Washington bee., 1901-07-06
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
The COIOred Voter

The great speech Of Senator
Foraker ct the recent Ohio Re
publican State Convention sound
ed the key note of the Republi-
can campaign in the coming fall
elections. In relation to the col
Orsd voters of the country he said:
Neither is it q time to show in
difference to the wrong the De-
mocrstic party is cOmmittingin the
Southern States against the black
man. whom it is robblng of its
suffrage under the forms of con-
s;itutioEal amendments ana legal
enAotments their are in ViolstiOn
of the Const.Ju iOa of the United
States. This is worse, if possible,
than tie inhumAn lvnchings Of
which We read amos, daily, De-
cause it is wirhouG proVscAtion
aud is blow aimed both at 8 class
and the government Of = nation.
CONSTITUTED authority must
find . way tOEurppress these wrongs,
or the government will deserve to
lose the support Of a RAGS that has
sh I'd it's blood for our flag in
every war and upon almost every
field where it has waved. Brave,
heroic. gallant men were they who.
side by side with their white, COM
rades, have borne our flag to
victory IN all our wars, They
helped US to conquer our indepen-
dence, to form our Union, to pre-
serve our national life, to carry
liberty and freedom to Cuba, and
to plant our banner in victory on
the islands Of the seas. They are
entitled to the protection Of the
government for which they have so
braysly fought.
The Washington bee., 1901-07-06
THE LITERARY WORLD.

Gilbert Parker is again at work
upon a new noVel-but a novel whose
scene is laid in Egypt.
The Kipling fever is growing in
France. The French translation of
the jungle Book" has gone into its
thirteenth edition in Paris.
George Moore, who some years ago
announced that he was about to
shake the dust of England from his
feet, and to dwell in France and
write only in French, has now decid-
ed TO live henceforth in Dublin.
Ernest SetOn-Thompson's next book
will be called 1.-TWO Little Savages in
the Woods" and will give the expert
ences of two boys who go camping
IN the woods and live in the open for
an entire year in an Indian tepee.
Hamilton Drummond, the author of
"A Kings Pawn" which is now com
mencing to appear on the lists of the
best-Selling novels. is a cousin of the
late Prof. Henry DrummOnd, and, as
a citizen of Dublin, is prominent in
various circles of activity.
1t is said that Henry Guy Carleton,
the playwright, who stammers very
badly at times, not so long ago
stopped Nat Goodwin on the street
and said to him: NAT, will you g-g-
give me half an h-hour for f-f-five
minutes con-ver-s-sa-tion?'
NarIr Twain in dacIipipor a recapt
dinner invitation wrote: 4 have
temporarily broken myself down
with trying to do too many things
and shall try to save what is left Of
me by going softly for some months
TO come. ] am racked with rheuma.
tism these last six days and do my
sleeping by snatches in the daytime,
for I get no reprieves from pain In
the night"
The Washington bee., 1901-07-06
A Belt of Babies.


Il will probably startle a good
many persons to find, on the au-
thority of a well-knOwn statisticlan,
that, could the infants of a year be
ranged in a line, in cradles, the
cradles would extend round the
globe. The same writer looks at
the matter in a more picturesque
light. He imagineS the babies be-
ing carried past a given point iD
their mothers arms, one by one
and the procession being kept uD
night and day until the last hour in
the - months had passed by. A
sufficient liberal rate is allowed, but
even in the going past at the rate
of 20 a minute, 1,200 an hour, during
the entire year, the reviewer at his
post would only have seen a sixth
part Of the infantile host. In other
words, the babe that had to be car
ried when the tramp began would
be able to walk when but a mere
fraction Of its comrades had reached
the reviewers post, and when the
years supply of babies was drawing
to a close there would be a rear
guard, not of infants. but of romping
six-year-old boys and girls.-Medical
Counsellor.
The Washington bee., 1901-07-06
ALL SORTS.

Lemon juice followed by salt takes
out ink or rust.
The manicuring art had it's origin
in the converts of France many cen
turies ago.
Lake Copals, in Boeotia, famous in
antiquity for its eels, has now beer
completely drained and turned ints
$4,000 acres of arabic land.
The cars loaded with oranges sent
out last month from southern Cab
fornia would have made each day =
train 1ls miles long.
AS illustrating the cumulative forcG
of the fve-cent piece it is shown thai
the total income of the "a street rail
way companies operating in Pennsyl
vania during the fiscal year endee
June 80, 1900, was S24, 4,457,1S1.
No longer viii the school children
be bothered by the question of what
state in the union has two capitals
An amendment to the Rhode Island
constitution was adopted at the last
election which does away with tho
capital at Newport, and hencefortE
the one capital city will be Provi.
dence
The wood of the chestnut tree i.
considered valuable for many pur
poses. 1t is strong and tenacious ant
may be subjected for years to the in
fiuence of air, wind or water withou'
decaying. In some places the trees
are cultivated solely for the wood. Il
inflames easily and produces a great
deal of heat, but is considered dan
gerous as fuel on account of its
tendency to throw out sparks. II
makes excellent charcoal
The Washington bee., 1901-07-06
HINTS TO HOUSEKEEPERS.

To stuff an olive, peel the pulp from
the stone spirany, as one peels an ap.
pie, being careful not to let it break
Then make a tiny ball of the filling
and fold the strip about il.
4 delicious sandwich is made by
spreading thin ovaIs Of bread with
equal parts of finely chopped celery
and walnut meats, mixed with
chopped olives and little mayOnnaise
Old potatoes should always be
placed over the stove in cold water and
new potatoes in Aoiling water. Let
the old potatoes stand in ice water
for an hour or two after peeling ano
before cooking.
Too much baking powder is often
used il doughnuts and fried DROP
cakes. causing the dough to burst out
in very irregular bubbles on the edge
which soak fat and make the dough
nuts heavy and unshapely:
with a Grievance.
al understand you whipped my boy
this morning" the angry father said,
striding into the schoOlrOom after the
children had been dismissed
Yes, sir, ! did" the terrified
teacher answered. But l did not whip
him severely"
That's what I'm kicking about. ne
reioined. ~You didn't hurt him at all.
Now, look here. sir. I'm one OF the
largest taxpayers in this school dis
trict, and my boy is entitled TO as good
a whipping as you give any other boy
Understand that, If you slight him
again you'll hear from me in way
you won't like. Good afternoon. sir! =
Chicago Tribune
The Washington bee., 1901-07-06
Rings from Rags.

His maiesty's consul for Hiogo and
Osaka iD recent report says that the
variety of floor covering other than
mating made and exported from the
Riogo-Osaka district, Sakai rugs and
carpets. cotton hemp and wOolen
show a slight decrease in 1s99-about
e71,O00 worth, as against E $4,000 in
1898. The bulk of this article. consist
ing Of the cheapest grades, was for
merly made mostly from old gunny
bags from India, but last year this sup
pIy was nearly stopped altogether,
owing 20 the prevalence of the plague
at Bombay. and the manufacturers are
nov falling back on the canvas wrap
pers of American bales of cotton. The
goods were getting into disrepute in
America, SO a guild was formed to
frame precautions against the inferior
trash being produced in future. Lon
don now seems TO take more than
three-fourths of the Out-turn The
profits. however, of the industry at
Sakai are so small that the capital is
being put to other uses.-LOndon Tele.
graph
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at the altar were made. There seemed
no answering call.
The neighbors scoffed a bit at her
faith. Alma's future was fixed, they
said. She would always be blind and
helpless.
The cold weather brought sickness
TO the mother.
During her illness she prayed con
stantly for Alma. That the girl might
be well, happy and able to use her then
sightless eyes was her prayer.
Her last day on earth was passed
in constant prayer for her afflicted
daughter.
Surrounded by her family. blind
Alma among them, she gave them her
benedictiOn. Stretching her hands
toward Alma in her dying hour she
made a final supplica tion to God.
With the words on her lips she died.
As her mother passed away. Alma
threw herself on the bed, sobbing bi,-
terly. \ neighbor came in TO prepare
Mrs. Proyencher for burial. She knew
of the mothers prayers for Alma and
her closing supplication.
She picked the girl up from the bed
and held her by her mothers side
Taking up the dead woman's hand she
passed it over Alma's eyes, repeating
the prayer she often heard the mother
use. Then she said: Alma, if your
mother is happy now you viii see
again"
Immediately the child felt tIngling
in her eyes. They seemed TO smart
and burn beneath the bandage she
wore. She cried out that she wanted
TO take of the bandage, that she be-
lieved she could see.
Her old grandmother refused 10 let
her She had bur little faith in any
thing save the doctors medicines.
The child went sobbing TO bed that
night. In the morning her first
thought was Of her eyes. She deter
mined to get rid of the bandage. to
test her hopes.
Tearing of the bandage, a gIimmer,
then CLEAN of light pierced her eyes.
She cried out in JOY. \ hurried glance
showed that she could distinguish OBJ
jects in her room.
Rushing into her grandmother's
room she shouted: Grandma. I can
see. can see!" The old lady peered
into the ehild's eyes, and held up diff
ferent objects until she was sure.
Then she hugged and kissed the girl,
both crying in ecstasy of JOY.
The initial soreness soon left the
girls eyes, and the powers Of sight
grew full and strong. The neighbors
called in and wondered at the phenom-
enoh.
The doctors who attended the child
wondered at the marvel, They could
. give no explanation, save that it was
/ visitation of the Divine power.
Those among them who had giveI
the child up as a hopeless case SAID
that no mortal power could have
wrought the cure.
The Washington bee., 1901-07-06

Scriptures are TO be fulfilled in thai.
return to Palestine With Others :
is more of a political scheme uD5s..
taken because they believe that If all
Jews could unite and form an inds.
pendent state, instead Of being scat.
tered through the Gentle us-ioDs
they could command the respect ~
the world and escape being summed
and prosecuted as they so often are
now. These latter are delighted with
the news that the sultan OF Turkey
has received DR.. HeFZl in Constant.
nople with high honors, and has given
him an audience of two hours and A
half. DR.. HerZl is the founder of the
Zionist movement, and his plans are
warmly supported by Emperor VIII
liam of Germany, who, il is expected.
will become the principa. surety for
the sum of money Dr. HerH has of.
fered the sultan IN order to secure
definite possession and practical gov
erning rights for Jews in southern
Palestine. The intention is TO begin
the Jewish development Of Palestine
by rebuilding Jaffa harbor and estab-
fishing extensive irrigation works in
farming districts. Jewish labor viii
be employed, and, Is houses are built
rural Jews from Rounania. Russia
and Galicia will be gradually settled on
the land. AninternationaI congress will
be held soon 10 support the plans.
Four years ago there was a congress
at Basle, Switzerland, for the purpose
of discussing the same scheme, and al
that time il was stated in the Nine
teenth Century by Mr.. Herbert Bent
wich, an enthusiastic advocate of Dr.
Herzl, that the work had already
progressed enough so that there were
80 distinct colonies of Jews in PaleS'
tine. numbering about 10000 souls in
all. Many prominent Jews, however
the novelist Zangwill among the mum
ber-believe that the vast bulk of the
brethren are so well content with the
civic rights they have fought for anC
painfully won in various countries
that it viii be impossible for then
ever to unite wholly and make TN!
dream a reality.
The Washington bee., 1901-07-06
FOREIGN TRADE INTERESTS

The large knitting works of Saxony
supply the Syrian hosiery trade.
Russia and the United States are
the two countries from which Ger.
many draws her main supplies OF
bTeadstuffs.
Last years production of calcium
carbide in Germany was estimated al
10000 metric tons, equivalent to $500,
600 gallons of petroleum.
According to a German trade jour
nal large quantities of carpets are
imported into Turkey Great Britain
supplies by far the greater part Of
these carpets, including the so-caIled
Brussels carpets and small foot rugs
German furniture is. as a rule, fair
ly handsome in appearance, but ex.
ceedingly expensive. Many Of the
processes of carving and otherwise
decorating sideboards. mantels, chairs
etc, effected in the United States by
machinery, are there worked out by
hand at greatly increased cost.
Since the West Indian colonies were
lost the production of beet sugar in
Spain has almost mOnopolized the at.
tention of Spanish agriculturists
Large capital has been subscribed fol
the purpose of eultivating beets on ar
extensive scale and of erecting sugar
mills throughout the country.
IN central Asia, wooden shawls Of
European manufacture find a ready
sale. The trade in merino shawls in
Tibet bids fair to develop into profit
able business. The shawls come from
France and Germany. and being very
cheap are readily sold. They even seen
10 be supplanting the better, but
much dearer, ''pashminas," or cash
mere Shawls.
The Washington bee., 1901-07-06
conyersatlo.

with a prominent conservative dep
uty, for the accuracy of which the
Chicago American correspondent in
Rome is in a position to vOuch.
II do not understand" said his ma
jesty, "the sorrow which you cOnserV-
atives have for the extreme left.
have read the speeches of the members
of that party; | have studied their po-
litical and social programmes, and l
have arrived at the conclusion that if
those men were intrusted with the
government they would do good work
for the country.
ut is true that theirprOgrammec con-
tains an antimOnarchical plank, but
that does not prevent me from appre-
ciating the value of their economic
and social policy. If the socialists op-
pose the monarchy. il is because the
monarchical parties regard the social
lists as, ipso factO, enemies of modern
society.
Il ain certain that at the bottom
the socialists do not bother themselves
much about the form of government.
whether il be mOnarchical or repub-
lican. They would easily reconcile
themselves to a monarchicaI form if
the constitutional parties would take
them by the hand and work together
for a social and economical reform"
These remarks show true statesman
ship. and much broader view of mum
dane things than the late King Hum
bert ever displayed. The ranks of the
extreme left in the Italian parliament
contain statesmen and patriots who
might well be trusted with the des-
tinies of the country. Instead .hey
are treated like political mad-dogs, and
the young king has the courage and
sagacity, apparently. to see this.
The Washington bee., 1901-07-06
ODDS AND ENDS.

It is estimated one-third Of the
dwellers upon earth are habitua
users of tobacco.
The tip of the minute hand of the
average watch travels nearly four
ffths of mile every year.
The finest piece of amber ever found
off the English coast was recently
picked up by a traveller near loves
toff. 1t brought the lucky finder the
sum of S137.
Only in II states can a married
woman dispose of her separate and
independent estate by will. In tbs
remaining % states sine must have
the consent of her husband before
she can will her own property as she
may wish.
There has been no official designa'
tion of the recent additions to the
territory of the United States. and il
remains for congress to adopt one
For the time being those who are
conducting the correspondence Of the
state and war department usually re
fer TO the United States and insulaI
possessions"
1t is cheaper TO be born in New
York than married or buried. An ex
ception may be found in the case OF
the very poor, who can be married
for nothing. A child may be brought
into the world among the poor of the
East side, clothed and given nurs
ing bottle for S6.4O. But death swells
the bill to at least $50. the minimum
for which a man can be buried out
side of POtter's field,
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CURED BY A MIRACLE
Sight Restored by the Touch of Her
Dead Mothers Hand.
MAssachusetts Mill Girl Had Been
Blind from Infancy, Bat Now
She Is in Unrestricted Pos
session of Her Sight

Alma Proyencher, of Amesbury,
Mass, nearly II years old, and blind
from infancy, was restored to sight
by the touch of her mothers dead
hand. Now she has full use of her
eyes. And daily she journeys to ST.
JOseph's cemetery, where she prays
thankfully at her mothers grave.
Alma is certain that the restoration
of her sight was miracle wrought
in answer to her mothers prayers,
and there are many of her tOwnspeo-
pie who share her confidence.
The story of it all, as told by the
St. Louis Republic, reads like a mira
Gle of olden times.
Last October there came into Ames-
bury from over the Canadian border
the Proyencher family. Coming with
a colony of their fellOw-cOuntrymen,
they settled down to the hum-drum
life of the mill town, hidden away in
one of the big corporation blocks.
One of the children, Alma, a 16-year-
old girl, was blind. Some years before
she had been attacked by a disease
which left her sightless. The Canadi-
an doctors had tried their remedies in
vain.
Her daughters affiiction was great
burden to. the mother. 1t was her con-
slant thought, her earnest prayer,
that Alma should recover her sight.
The little store of money in the
household was drawn upon to pay doc
tors to treat the girl. They reported
that they could do nothing, A visit
to Boston to consult eminent special
lists was advised, but scant hope given.
The money in the family could not
be spared in such vain quest.
The child seemed doomed to a life
of total blindness, and all but the
mother abandoned hope.
She prayed day and night for her
daughters recovery. Daily visits to
the parish church and daily prayers
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An Tnannronched Trnth-

Doctor-Let me tell you this. my
friend; you seem 70 look upon infirm-
ity as something designed for your
punishment alone. You forget that il
is the lot of all
Patient-Yes, and you seem to for
get that il is the lot upon which you
have built your palatial home.-Rieh-
mOnd Dispatch.
Physicians assert that baked pota
toes are more nutritious than those
cooked in any other way, and tba
fried ones are the most difficult K
digest.
The Washington bee., 1901-07-06
Widows Pray for Wind

In Sumatra the wind decides the
length of time 3 widow should remain
single. Just after her husbands
death she plants flagstaff al her
door, upon which flag is raised.
While the flag remains un1Orn by the
wind the etiquette of Sumatra forbids
her 10 marry; but at the first rent.
however tiny, she can lay aside her
weeds, assume her most bewitching
smile, and accept the first man who
presents himself
The Washington bee., 1901-07-06
ZIONIST MOVEMENT
Sultan VIII Probably PERMIT,
Return TO Palestine and Eat,h
lish Colonies.

Perhaps some of US who read i, -
papers the other day that the ..z;a.t' ya'
movement" had met with itg s
great political success did NOT ra.I -l's'
Der exactly what that movement stsli - u
for. But if it had been spoken r,'Ol >. %
the plan to gather all Jews togstha' -
into the Holy Land once NOR '-s'
should have known in a minute ". We
have all heard of that, whetbs, "e
know II by the other name ornot We
For many Jews this hone 80
turn to Palestine is a part Of re Ss'
religion. They believe. says tbeTi,Is ,,.sis
Chronicle, that the prophecies 90 ,,',,Is !,
The Washington bee., 1901-07-06
KING GROWING LIBERAL.
MOnarehists by Praising the
Ideas of Socialists,

The young king of Italy is causing
concern among the conservatives, who
arrogate to themselves the title of
''mainstay of the monarchy" by his
evident sympathy with the more ad-
vanced political sections. His predilec-
tions, however, may revOlutiOnize
Italian politics and save the country
from the economic ruin toward which
Italy. in the opinion of many Observ-
ers, is steadily drifting.
King Victor EmmanuePs frame OF
mind may best be judged by short
conversation which he recently had
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How Fascinating.

Said the mistress Of a Marseilles
shop TO a young-and impecunious-
journalist: This is the sixth time you
have been here without saying a word
about the money you owe me, mon
sier. What am l 10 understand by ?"
"Ah, madame said the witty jour
nalist, when one sees YOU one forgets
everything. lie Voleur.
The Washington bee., 1901-07-06

cabinet-that is, for secretary Of com
merce and industry-is as scholar!
a gentleman as one could find id
months walk He is the president d
the j. B. StetsOn Hat company. anu
knows that line of industry thorough
ly. But he is also familiar in genera
way with every fact Of -mportall..
concerning the Industrial grown %
the nation, present and past lie A15
strong views on national policy anu
he shapes his opinions only atter DC
has exhausted every means ot "laeI-
ing his knowledge on the su0jee. i'll
hand The suggestion Of giving LIN
| the new pOrtfolio-in case li DC OK
ated by congress regarded in " ASH
ington as a peculiarly fortunate -l5. ,
This entirely apart from tne .-c' ---.
Mr.. Search is an intimate and SlNP'
thetic friend Of the president
The Washington bee., 1901-07-06
PROMOTED BY POPE.
Mgr. de AVezedO, Cha In the
PaPaI Household, Appointed Ma
jOr DOmO of the Vatican.

Mgr. Ottavio Cagiano de AVezedo.
the present chamberlain in the pope's
household, will be the successor of
Cardinal Della VOlpe in the post of
major domO-the most important of
The Washington bee., 1901-07-06

the positions in the service of the
pontifcal family.
Before 1870 the major domo of the
pope was also the prefect of the
apostolica palaces, and thus united
in himself all administrative and iu-
dietary power over the household
The events of September 20 caused
many changes in this jurisdiction, and
modification were carried out which
restricted the powers Of the major
dOmo.
Of all the rights once exercised by
that functiOnary he now retains only
that of always accompanying the
pope, and succeeds eventually TO the
goyernorshiP of the conclave. He is
the chief of the singers of the papal
chapel, and has the direction of re-
Hgious ceremonies.
The Washington bee., 1901-07-06
THEODORE c. SEARCH.
First "Secretary of Commerce
and Industry"

Theodore c. Search. the presidsn:
of the National Association of Manu-
facturers, VINO Is peing pushed Tor The
possible ninth place in the presidents
The Washington bee., 1901-07-06

First Politician-DIu you So
Weisaker has been announced TO dis
cuss a few public questions from 8
high moral plane?
Second POlitician-Yes. I wonder
what the old geszer Is sore sbout7-
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New Cure for wrinkles.

A physician in Germany has disco,
cred a method of oblireratlhs vi
kles in the human face. lie me,
! paraffine under the skin, ana "a.
! il remains, putting out the MTiaE..s, MT...--