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The Worthington advance., 1901-02-22

Clementine, is the widowed crown
princess of Austria. The mother of
these women, Queen Marie Henriette,
is the daughter of the late Archduke
Joseph of Austria.
Belgium's fair candidate for tho
veil is one of the most charming Of
royal girls. She il noted for her hu-
name disposition and for her fond
ness for animals. Her 'favorite pet is
a small and very white woolly dog,
which is the constant companion of
her drives and promenades. Visitors
to the royal household of Belgium
have been compelled, willy nilly, to
break bread with this dog, whose de-
voted mistress must have its COM
pany at table. The dogs seat is be-
TWEEN those of the queen and tho
princess.
Clementine not long ago was be-
trothed, or was said to have been be-
trothed, to Prince Albert of Flanders,
who paid visit to America not long
since. She was also said to have
been engaged to Prince Ferdinand of
Bulgaria, but all of these stories now
turn out to have been mere gossip.
1t il said that the young woman has
irrevocably made up her mind to be-
come q nun.
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KILLED TWELVE LIONS.
Col. Roosevelt Returns to Meeker,
COL, After q Most Success.
full Hunt.

Meeker, COL, Feb. 18.-Col. Roose-
velt and John Golf rode into Meeker
from the Keystone ranch Friday after
noon at three o'clock. When asked for
interviews the governor referred the
correspondent to Mr.. Golf.
Mr.. Golf said that II lions were killed
during the hunt, and that the governor
himself killed IL, four of which he
killed with his knife and eight with his
rifle. Mr.. Golf further stated that Gov.
Roosevelt Friday killed the largest lion
that has been killed in this section,
weighing 227 pounds and measuring
8A feet in the flesh. Mr.. Golf states
that Roosevelt killed it with his knife.
One of the most exciting experiences
OF the hunt occurred during Thurs
day night, when Gov. Roosevelt killed
with his rifle his second to largest lion.
In order to get shot at the unsuspect-
ing beast the governor leaned the
larger portion of his weighty body over
perpendicular cliff 40 feet high, John
Gof holding him by the leg while
Roosevelt aimed and fired and instant
~ killed his game.
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TWO WOMEN KNIGHTED.
Earned the Honor by Gallantry DuPs
ing Siege of Legation
in China.

In the list of honors proposed by
the French foreign Office and just
signed by the president of the re-.
public are the names of two ladies,
Nine. Lieutier and Nine. Won Rost-
horn. The two new feminine knights
of the Legion of Honor have both
been decorated for gallant conduct in
China. The former is the lady super.
intendent of the French hospital at
Peitang, the latter the wife of the
charge d'affaires of Austro-Hungary
at Peking, who has been made an Of
ficer of the Legion of Honor. M. and
Nine. Won Rosthorn, after the de-.
struction of the Austro-Hungarian
legation, sought refuge in the French
residence, where both husband and
wife helped in the defense of the be-
sieged building with untiring energy.
Lieut.. Darcy describes a fierce
struggle which took place on June %
and in which NJ. and Nine. Won Rost-
horn displayed great bravery, the
lady being badly wounded about the
face and hands while assisting her
husband in setting fire to a Chinese
barricade by throwing handfuls Of
ignited straw saturated with petrol.
cum on the structure. Nine. von
Rosthorn is the second woman of
foreign nationality upon whom tho
French government has bestowed the
cross of the Legion of Honor, says
the London Telegraph. The first was
a Belgian, Marie Jeanne Shellinck,
who fought in the wars of the first
revolution, under Dumouriez, and Of
the empire under Napoleon, taking
part in the battles of Jemmapes. Ar.
cole. Austerlitz and Jena. In 1909,
when she left the army, at 50 years
of age with the rank of sublieuten.
ant, she had served II years, fought
in ~ campaigns and had been
wounded eight times. On her retire.
ment Napoleon gave her the cross of
the Legion of Honor, which he him.
self pinned on to her soldier's coat.
telling the officers to salute her as
he did so, because she was one Of
the "glories Of the empire"
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WOOD FOR ART LOVERS.
Zig Prices Paid BY AnaeFioans fer
Beds, Tables and Chairs Made
ES: ~j - Of Genuine Teak. - -

The eastern disturbance has been.
productive in our peaceful American
cities Of large sales of all sorts of en-
broideries, carvings, bronzes and fur
niture Of Chinese manufacture.
Only . small quantity of the black
and red carved Chinese wood has found
its way far into the United States, for
Americans have only recently begun
to appreciate its beauty and its espe-
cial adaptability to our country houses.
There is now demand for it, though it
fetches as handsome prices as the best
old undergraduates teak is what
the householder desires in preference
to what comes from: Bombay. Bombay
teak is softer wood and most elabo-
patterns, while the furniture makers
of Canton use only the ruddy ironwood
OF Tonquin, which, in its natural state,
is the color of our rosewood, and which
when dry is as hard as metal. From
time immemorial the cabinet makers
of Canton have fashioned this beauti-
full wood in the pure Chinese shapes,
carving it while the sap still ran in the
fiber and seasoning it afterward and
making beds, tables, chairs, tea
stands, sofas, etc., for the mandarins.
Sometimes the ironwood was left in
its natural red-brown color, highly
oiled and polished, and then inlaid
with mother-of-pearl or ivory, and al
ways, in place of any trifling uphol-
stery, for the seat and back of chair
or sofa and for tops of tables, hand
some mosaic disks of warm red stone
or rosily veined marbles were set in as
needed. To soften the stony seat loose
cushions stuffed with gorgeously en-
broidered leather or silk were tossed
in the chairs. A mandarin household
furnished magnifcently throughout
with teak was what gave the idea of
imitation to the English in Hong-Kong
and to both English and Americans
when they settled in the coast cities of
China.
For years Canton has done -four
ishing business in the manufacture
of this special type of furniture, and
with an eye to trade the Cantonese
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British Ambassador Pauncefots &
: typical British gentleman; large,
strongly proportioned, Of grave mien,
strong face and genial courtesy to ON
cials and friends. .:sS
French Ambassador NJ. Jules
cambon is a typical French gentle
man; scrupulously careful concern
ing his attire, voluble in conversation,
polite, suave and given to dattery. *&. *=
To dscribe each one would FIJI .
volume, for each has characteristics
of his race and country, although they
are not obtrusive of those character
istics. .-.-,
The appointment of ambassadors
and ministers to represent the coun-
tries of the world at this capital, and
the appointment. of ambassadors and
ministers to represent this republic
at tho capitals of the various nations.
is regarded as one of the necessities
of modern civilization.
But, like everything else in national
governmental affairs, it is overdona
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RxTR SESSION.
President Says L VIII He Called
s# When Cuban ConstitptionI Is
Receives Here. s:

washington, TED ID ne PreBls
dent told senators who called upon
him Saturday that congress would be
called in extra session as soon as the
Cuban constitution was received. The
president has seldom been known to
talk SO freely with members Of con-
gress and other public men on any
question he had in contemplation as
he now talks with them concerning
an extra session of congress. He has
apparently been revolving the sub
ject in his own mind for the past
month, and for that length of time
has talked more or less pointedly
with his callers. Senators and rep
resentatives have, however, thought
until within the past day or two that
the extension of the session could be
avoided. Even now there are many
who refuse to believe that the call
will be issued. Those who have
talked with the president in the past
day or two are not of this opinion.
They say that he announced definite-
ly Saturday his determination to ask
congress to come together as soon
at ter the completion Of the Cuban
constitution as might be expedient.>
The only apparent object of the
president is to have the Cuban ques-
ton considered, and it is his desire
to have congress share the RESPONSE
bility of deciding what steps shall be
taken with reference to Cuba, regard
less of the details of the constitution.
He has not as yet indicated time
when he should expect congress to
meet, and this he is not expected to
do until the Cuban constitutional con-
vention shall complete it's work. The
prediction is general that in case an
extra session is called it will extend
well into the summer. It is not be-
ieved that it's deliberations could be
confined to Cuba, but that the Phil
ippine question, the antitrust bill
and the subsidy bill .(if that should
fail to be disposed of at the present
SESSION. would all come in for a
share of attention. Many of the lead
ing republican senator's are using
their utmost endeavors to avert the
call.
The president had Senators Hanna
and Allison as his guests at dinner Sun
day evening. Later Senators Spooner,
Aldrich and Platt (Conn.) called, all
the visitors remaining with the presi-
dent until late hour. The occasion
gave, the president an opportunity to
discuss with the senate leaders the
existing status of the business of con-
gress and the calling of an extra ses-
sion.
Havana, Feb. 1s.-The special COM
mission appointed by the Cuban con-
stitutional convention to draw up a
proposition defining the future rela-
tions between the United States and
the republic of Cuba have returned
from conference with Gov. Gen.
Wood at Batabano, and reported to the
convention in secret session.
The question of the United States
maintaining naval stations in Cuba
met with strong opposition and the
commission reported to the convention
not to accept this condition. The
other clauses in the proposed relations
have been practically agreed to.
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CHINESE IN PHILIPPINES.
why TheiD Wholesale Enumeration
to the Islands Should BE
EncOuraged.

"The Chinese immigration question
is one of the most serious with which
congress will have to deal in deter
mining the future of the Philippines
said Henry Clay Thackery, of Cali
fornia. Mr.. Thackery recently re-
turned from Manila, where he went to
study conditions as the representative
of number of Pacific coast capital
lists who are negotiating for large
tract of land in Luzon, which they ex-
pect to develop, says the Washington
Post. Everyone is familiar, of course
with the controversy as to whether
Chinese can be admitted to the Phil
ippines and yet kept out of the Unit
ed States, and we people on the Pa
cifc coast are keenly alive to the dan
ger that threatens this country should
the door be thrown open to Chinese
immigration by way of the Philip
pines. But, as one who is interested
in the development of our new island
possessions in the Pacific, I am much
in favor of admitting as many Chi
nese there as care to or can be in
duced to 60.
Though the Spanish conquered
the islands some 300 years ago, the
Philippines are, to all intents and pur-
poses, new country, and no new
country can be developed without Ia
Dor. Work the Filipinos will not.
They would rather beg or steal five
cents day than earn a dollar by la
Dor. Some one other than the Fill
Pino, therefore, must do the work
that is to be done. Americans, or
white men from other countries, could
never be persuaded to go there in any
considerable numbers, so it would
seem that practically the only hope of
the islands lies in the Chinese. If
congress can devise q way to suspend
the Chinese exclusion act with refer
ence to the Philippines and yet keep
the bars up so far as the rest of the
country is concerned, it will confer
upon the Philippine islands the great
est boon that could befall them.'
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learned to copy the shapes of Euro
pean furniture, to upholster in tufted
silk and satin and thereby forget
their classic Chinese forms entirely.
This is to be lamented, for now that
teak is coming into fashion on this
side of the Pacific, the buyers clamor
for fine specimens of the pure old
Cantonese shapes.
The American purchaser prefers his
black, it's seat and top to be of mar
BILE, and he does not vince at pay
ing good big price. A genuine man
darin,s bed of red-brown wood, dec
grated not only with fanciful carv-
ing but record in ivory figures
along the panels of the mandarin's 8
noble deeds in peace and war, readily
commands $3.50. A table from =
princes palace library, it's top mo-
sale of pebbles as bright and varied
as a platter of jewels, fetches a lit
tie short of $500, while a superb chair
of classic old Chinese shape, it's seat
and circular center of back Of warm
red marble, is worth no less than
$3.50.
These rather abnormal prices are
asked because now that the French
own Tonquin they levy a heavy ex-
port duty on the ironwood taken
from their forests, and second lib
eral duty is paid at the American
ports before the eastern furniture can
be brought in. The situation, how
ever, is no damper on the enthusiasm
of the teak-furniture collectors in the
United States, who are decided upon
having the best and who buy the
richest embroideries they can. lay
their hands upon to use in making
cushions for their costly chairs and
tables and for draping the wicker
mattressed beds where generations of
pig-tailed princes have slept the sleep
of the just Chinaman.-Chicago Rec
ord.
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and wisely. Editorial writer's who do
not know presidents and presidential
candidates, senators and senatorial
candidates., personally and heart to
heart, are likely to have distorted
ideas of the individuals of whom they
write. Consequently they unconscious
ly and unintentionally often do in
justice in their work. Few people who
write about William Mckinley, Will
liam Jennings Bryan, Theodore Roose-
velt and Adlai E. Stevenson know
those men well enough to properly
portray them in print.
So it is concerning the diplomatic
corps. There are many divergent
ideals entertained about this aggre-
CATION of individuals who represent
the nations of the civilized world
here; and those ideals are almost as
diverse and numerous as the individ-
uals who give the subject thought or
consideration.
There is, and should be, no clamor
nor glitter surrounding the diplomat
ic corps in this city. It is co1o-
posed of eminent gentlemen from
the different nations of the civ
ilized world, but these gentlemen are
not always on dress parade. Except
ing the Chinese and Corean ministers
and their attendants, the members Of
the diplomatic corps dress as other
gentlemen do, and no stranger could
tell diplomat on the street from an
ordinary citizen. Il r. r..
The residences of the members of
the diplomatic corps are scattered
about the city, so that there is no
residential homoyeneity Of the corps;
and it is only on rare state occasions
that they assemble in q body, wear
ing the unitorEnD and decorations
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DISASTROUS WRECK.
Express Train PlunGes Into a Wash
out i'm Nevada-Four Persons
Killed, Six Injured.

San Francisco, Feb. 1S.-The South
ern Pacific east-bound limited ex-
press, which left here at ten a. m.
Saturday, was wrecked at Mills City,
New, Saturday night. The fireman
and three passengers were killed. The
conductor, engineer, one brakeman,
two postal clerks and one passenger
were injured. The dead are: Adolph
Bissenger and wife, San Francisco;
Clinton r. Coulter, San Francisco; B.
L. Whitaker, fireman. All the pas
sengers were badly shaken up. The
train ran into washout, which was
caused by a cloudburst. All trains
east and west were abandoned for 4s
hours.
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Exceptional.

what can we do for you, sir?"
asked the man at the city editors
desk.
I'm the man whose house was
broken into last night and robbed Of
a lot Of jewelry and stuff,'' said the
caller. "Your reporter was down to
see me awhile ago. What I want him.
to say in writing the thing up is that
the burglars didn't overlook any cost
ly or valuable articles in their haste,
as they sometimes do. They took
every blamed thing there was"
And he went softly out.-Chicago
Tribune.
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The friendly relations between Great
Britain and the United States could
be easily maintained without having
the people of Great Britain annually
taxed $5o,ooo for an ambassador to
this country. The friendly relations
between this. country and Mexico
might easily be maintained without
the people of this country being taxed
$17, 500 to maintain minister there.
Not only are these ambassadors and
ministers high salaried gentlemen,
but they are expensive luxuries to the
nations of the world, because they
maintain costly residences, with Sec
retaries, assistant secretaries, military
and naval attaches, and hosts of serv-
ants. It has long since been appar-
ent to me that the cost of our diplo-
matte and consular servics is shame
fully high, rascally high. But the
other nations of the earth maintain
these great expenditures by taxing
their people,; and, unless we make as
good a show as they do, we might as
well stay at home and keep out of
diplomacy. Lady readers will under
stand this principle of diplomacy bet
ter than others, when they are re-
minded that it is better to stay away
from church a whole year than to go
to church with last seasons hat,
or with holes in the stockings. They
must dress well and keep up appear
anoes, if their husbands work their
fingers off.
That is not intended to be an un-
gallant or an undiplomatic remark,
but statement of fact for illustra-
ton.
The principal duties Of the men,
bers Of the diplomatic corps and their
attaches are to entertain and be en-
tertaining; that is to say, to eat,
drink and be merry. The ambassa-
dors and ministers give costly, garish
banquets when the congress is in ses-
sion and our entire governmental ma
chinery is at work in this city; and
their understrappers spend their time
and their money in wining, dining and
theater-going with their friends in
the corps, and with the friends they
have made in this city.
Practically (when they are prac-
ticaD, some of these secretaries make
it business to charm and capture
the handsomest daughters of our
wealthiest men and marry them; for
there are more fool girls to the square
inch in this city than anywhere else
in America.
That may seem little harsh, but it
is frank. Maybe if these diplomatic
! corps fellows were as prevalent else
where they might develop as many
silly girls, for it is true of women as
it is of the stronger sex, of whom the
poet wrote:
'Men are only boys grown tall:
Hearts don't change much, after all. -
Human nature is substantially the
same everywhere, and our butterflies
and buds here may not deserve un-
kind characterization; but it is GER
tainly unworthy of our national pride
and international development that
our girls and their matchmaking
mothers should bow and scrape, a.
they do, to these foreigners who as
semble in our capital city. But we
will not get up any Boxer movement
to correct the evils which we see and
deprecate. Nor should this story be
concluded without saying that some
of these foreigners are splendid ex-
amples of manhood as well as supe-
rior representatives of their govern
ments and their peoples.
SMITH D. FRY
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Princess Clementine Of Belgiun,
who will soon enter convent and
take the veil against the protests
OF her father, has desired to retire
into 9 religious Life for the past two
years and has been thus far restrained
by parental authority.
The princess is the third and young
est daughter Of King Leopold of Bel
gium. She was born on July 80, 1872.
One of her sisters is married to
Prince Phillip of SAKE Coburg, and the
other, who is eight years older than
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winter, in Euroue.

. London, Feb. 18.-All Europe is ex-
periencing return of winter weather.
Severe cold and snowstorms are re-
ported from all parts of England, Ger
many, Italy, Austria and Russia. The
blizzard continues in the Odessa dis
trict. In Switzerland many villages
are cut. of. Numerous. deaths are re-
ported. S...zz. gs.s 81 ] zSss5s ~ Is .
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No Place Like Home.

An Atchison man took sick Saturday and
decided to stay home till he got rested. He
was back at work Monday. His wife had
asked him within few hours to take care
Of the baby, to chop onions for pickles, to-
grind the coffee, to dress the children. and
TO milk the cow while he was restinR:"-
Atchison Globe.
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Four Drowned by Flooding of Mine.
Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. 1S.-Particulars
have been received here of the flood
ing Of the Santa Rita mine in the Bac.
tate mountains, 200 miles south of
Hermosillo. Four miners were
drowned and their bodies have been
recovered =
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Brown-say, I've been trying the
finest cure for insomnia that ever
heard Of. 1t is for one to count each
breath that he exhales while lying in
bed. --.' 49,. go,
smith-Ah, then you 60 to sleep.
Brown-No; but after little while
fellow gets rather interested in the
work, anu the night passes away so
quickly that he doesn't mind lying still
so long.-Brooklyn Life.
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u An Atchison man has been refusing for
years to get any new furniture, because
the old was not worn out His wife stopped
coaxing, and invited his, three nephews to
spend the summer The new furniture
sOn Globe. 5 =. , ss@Es AIS MI
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WeV FOInt FfO1ebB0f Dead.
West Point, N. Y, Feb. 18.-Col.
Peter S. Niche, professor of the de-
partment of natural and experimental
philosophy at the United States mil
itary academy, died after a short ILL.,
ness of pneumonia. He was IS years
old z =. .,+,-,, 49,, z-.. ID
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Dies OF Paralysis.

. Dresser, Ind, feb. 1s.-Mrs. John
Jordan, three miles north Of here, is
dead Of paralysis. She weighed GIG
pounds and was the mother Of ~
children. 5aS9.5 ,3.s5,s,#s
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No such Luck.

Mr.. Park slope-Do you believe that
the doctors will agree that, after all,
salt is the elixir Of life? sz=@,=
Mr.. Wildwood - Never! Its too
cheap!-Brooklyn Eagle.