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Alaska forum., 1901-02-21
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 BIG INCREASE THE PAST DECADE. SENATOR DAVIS ESTATE EGAN RE-lNSTATED
 The following figures were pre- pared by Director of the Census w. K. Merriam, for the Seattle Times. United States, 76,295,22o; Puerto Rico. 953,24S; Philippines, 7, ,ooo,- 900; Guam, S,561; Tutuila and aia cent Isles, 4 165; total, S4, POLLS Easing the increase for tne.next ten decades at the uniform rate of IS per ccnt;in the year 2ooo the total population would be in tue neigh borhood of All, ,ooo, 2o6.
 ---~s as+sng gton, Dec. z5. ne senate has amended the Clayton -Bulwer treaty and says that the treaty prac- tically ceases to exist. It is displea- sed by the Hay -Pauncefoto obstacle to building the canal. English pa pers are very bitter in their discus sion of the matter and characterize the action as an insult to England. New York. Dec. IS. Four new eases of smallpox have been report ed to the board of health. The pa tients will be sent to North Brother Island.
 St. Paul, Dec. 12. The will ofthe late Senator Davir walk filed for pro- bate today. The estate consists of $25, ,ooo personal property and $4o,- 900 real estate, aff of which is left ] to his widow. Minnesota is build ing monument to commemorate the great statesman.
 Washington, Dec. 10. Towne, ot Minnesota, pop, was sworn in as Senator Davis successor today.
 Washington, Dec.6. Commissary General Egan was today restored to duty by President Mckinley and immediately placed on the retired. list.
Evening star., 1901-12-14
Immigrant COnsumptives,
From American Medicine,

According to reports in the newspapers
the immigration commissioners have decid-
ed to send an immigrant back to his native
country on the ground that he has pull
monary tuberculosis, and that this is q
contagious disease. We do not know the
exact wording Of the law under which the
commissioners act and the exact cause of
the order Of deportation may be fnaccu-
rately stated in the papers. A Door immi-
grant may arrive in such a late stage of
tuberculosis that he may thus become q
public burden, If not able to support him
self. In this case, as in any advanced and
hopeless disease. deportation may be ad-
visable in the public interest. But we think
professional and lay opinion will not justify
the exclusion Of tuberculous immigrants on
the simple ground that the disease is CON
tagious' or communicable" 1t Is only so
in such a low and doubtful degree that the
severe measure of exclusion for this reason
alone seems unjustifiable. 1t would be al
most impossible to draw the line between
severe and slight cases, and If all tubercu-
lous patients are to be excluded bac-
tertologic examination Of every immigrant
would be necessary-a proceeding which
would bring the measure to an absolute
reductio ad absurdum. There would remain
the possible sequel that other nations might
make us dance to the same tune. Has the
immigrant such hopeless disease and such
poverty that he will become q public
charge? is the decisive question as regards
the tuberculous patient and his admission
to this country.
Evening star., 1901-12-14
WHERE FURS STILL ABOUND.
Wild Country of Northwestern Canada
Where the Trapper FIOurishes.

Where the Trapper FIOurishes.
Calgary Correspondence Toronto Mail and Empire.
At the ancient trading post of the Hud-
sons Bay Company at Edmonton you are
away from the modernity of the new town.
and are conscious Of a certain atmosphere
of historical romance. From the front Of
the massive whitewashed buildings, which
have more than once been attacked by hos
tile foes, you have fine prospect of river
and woodland and fertile plains, stretch
ing away to the blue distance. The Sas-
katcheWan runs in a deep gorge below you
and on the farther bank there is a diver
sion of outline and foliage that is very de-
lightful. But don't suppose the Hudsons
Baypeopie used to think much of the beauty
of the scenery, in the midst of which their
trading post happened to be situated.
Their eyes were set on 1.-The main chance"
rather too intently for that When the In
dian came for a sack Of -four they stood
his gun upright and made him pile skins
up to it's muzzle from the ground as the
price of 1t. Well, of course it had taken
considerable trouble to get the flour there,
ana there was no competition.
The fur trade is still pursued at Edmon-
ton, and on the main street one sees more
than one sign on which is painted in legi-
BILE letters: "Furs bought here for cash"
bears are to be seen occasionally within a
~ " AiiiAeo VI eAc tO"A anu II was not long
ago that Galician farmer of the neigh
borhood, seeing cub roaming near his
shack, fetched his gun and fired at it.
Thereupon it's mother appeared and ran at
him viciously, open mouthed and wishful to
tear his vitals. The man, having powder
but no more slugs felt that Galician's
mouse is his castle, and retiring therein,
barricaded himself as we'll as he could
Till the day broke the she bear clawed all
over the place In the endeavor to get at
hlm But the daylight enabled the farmer
to find couple more slugs, with which he
dispatched his assailant. afterward coming
up to edmonton triumphantly with her
skin and that of the cub for SALE Only the
other day bear was seen by townsman
prowl1ng around his back yard, though 1t
decamped with rapidity, warned apparently
by the increasing daylight and by the noise
the Edmontonian made in opening his
back door that the environment was un-
suitable for an animal of it's type If you
go forty or fifty miles north or northwest
you may load for bar" with reasona BILE
hope of bagging specimen. Other fur
bearing animals are correspondingly nu-
merous. and many a Mooswa and his com
panions roam in the vast wilderness
Evening star., 1901-12-14
THE BEAUTIFYING OF CITIES
me Appearance of Paris is Worth MIL
lions Yearly to Her People.
Charles II. Coffin In Worlds work

me appearance of Paris is Worth Mil
lions Yearly to Her People.
Charles ii. Coffin In Worlds Work
large number of people, the majority
In fact, have no consciousness of the desir-
ability Of beauty in city With them the
highest consideration is the convenience or
comfort Of the city life; and In these re-
spects such enormous improvements have
been made within recent years that the
city seems to represent everything that
could be desired. What is this beauty.
anyway" they exclaim Perhaps they
were in Paris during the exposition, when
the omnibus system proved itself entirely
inadequate to accommodate the crowds
who wished to be carried. They come
home and rail against the miseries Of II
and extol the superiority of their own sys-
tenn OF rapid transit, though the latter is
not without its drawbacks. Then they did
not have decent steak all the time they
were IN Paris. and the oysters-but the for
elgners don't know what oysters are!
Every time 1t is the conveniences and COM
Iorts or the lack of them upon which they
harp. The dignity or beauty of Paris.
while 1t cannot have escaped their notice
their hearts as thing that it would be de-
sirable to emulate in New York. Yet. IL
they had learned from the foreigner any
wrinkle that would improve their own busi-
ness they would be quick to adopt it,
Yet may not this same beauty be lust
such wrinkle? I think it is worth to the
Parfsians about $500 600, 900 a year. Paris
caters for the world, and it's main store in
trade Is Its beauty, which 1t keeps on in
creasing, and the treasures of its works Of
art. Poor, impoverished Italy, where would
she be today If it were not for the beatuy
or her cities, much Of it created four and
nve hundred years ago. on which now she
is n gathering dividend of $90.o0o.OoO annu-
Evening star., 1901-12-14
History of Irish Poplin,
From the London News.

Lady Carew, who died the other day, was
benefactress Of Ireland in this way: She
was the first person to wear in Paris an
Irish poplin dress. It was in primrose yell
low. with design in gold thread. and so
much admired that the foremost ladies at
the court of the Tuileries asked her where
she bought the poplin. and on learning the
address. wrote for patterns. Marie Amelie
ordered one in lavender, enriched with a
gold pattern; the Princess Marie one in
blue and silver and Princess Clementine
one in pink and silver. Irish poplin was
first manufactured in Dublin by Popeline,
Huguenot refugee. 1t became the rage,
and was greatly worn on occasions of high
ceremony. as rain did not spoil it. Poplin
became favorite dress for the public
promenades at fashionable hours All it's
French limitations, the wool being less
carefully treated, cookie and lose luster
when exposed to the least shower Balzac
dresses some of his grand ladies in poplin
The Princess Clementine wore plaid pop
lin gown the day the late Queen Victoria
first landed at Treport to visit Louis Phil
ippe and Marie Amelie at Eu. Irish poplin
is still much worn here by the children of
the wealthy, and is thought to go well with
Irish guipure.
Evening star., 1901-12-14
CALIGRAPHY.
Examples of Rare Skill on Exhibition
in Vienna.

Examples of Rare Skill on Exhibition
In Vienna.
Vienna Letter in London Chronicle
The Viennese public may be lacking in a
cultured appreciation of art, but they have
what is perhaps better. a native love Of
what Is beautiful. They are showing It
now. for all Vienna is talking of the won-
derful exhibition in the imperial court
library, and Vienna tradesmen are busy
taking hints for new combinations of form
and color in furniture, dress, glass, china.
etc. The secret Of Vienna cleverness is
that it turns other peoples originality to
account The source from which they are
drawing their new ideas Is a collection
perhaps unique-of old Persian, Ethiopian.
Byzantine. Arabian, Slavonic, Chinese, In
dian. Italian. Flemish, German. French.
English illuminated manuscripts. thought
the exhibition was "for scholars only" and
prepared to give 1t a respectfully wide
berth. but any one with an eye for form
and color must be enchanted by these ex-
qulslte specimens of a lost art-the once
celebrated art of cali8aphy.
Perhaps of all the nations represented
the Persian is pre-eminent here-and there
is good reason for this. Among the neces-
sary qualifications for the exalted position
or shah or sultan it was absolutely essen
tial that he should be an eminent calig-
raph1st. In the post Of honor in this ex-
hibition are twenty-four pages Of cele-
Drated hfteenth century copy Of the Koran,
all Written'-that is, exqufsitely etched
and painted-by the renowned caligraph-
ist." Sultan ALI Meshed. One only wonders
whether he ever found time to attend to
anything else. Curiously akin, when thew
attack hgure subjects, to the best periods
Evening star., 1901-12-14
THE WINNER MAGAZINE,

of Chinese and Japanese art the Persians
had style in actual lettering and border
ing which no other nation possessed. Their
favorite colors are blue Qapis lazuli and
turquoise blue) and gold; but what blues
like the famous Perugini blue. The art of
mixing so as to get both the depth and the
permanency has escaped all modern re-
search.
One of the most skilled Viennese design
ers, having special permission to take
sketches for the use of his firm, is in de-
spair. The designs he could capture by
the aid of a strong magnifying glass, but
the color eluded him. 1t Is very interest
Ing in these Persian pages. of parchment
so fine that it is like peeled ivory, yet so
durable that centuries have not creased or
torn it, to notice the carpet motive"
which Enthusiastically occurs over and over
again, and which is so familiar to us in
our homes through the agency of Tellery
in the east and Liberty in the west.
Evening star., 1901-12-14
The Back View.
From the Chicago Post.

From the Chicago Post.
Puffed-up waists to shirt waists, un-
hooked skirts and draggled hens are called
opprobriously married backs" OF course,
this is hateful slander. and a mean way
that careless folk of all kinds have of get
ting out Of trouble and laying the blame on
somebody else. But If were one of that
married coterie I would see that none Of
the reproach fell to me. All the more
reason that you should hitch up the rear
part OF the toilet with extreme care is that
there are small eyes looking after you and
taking patterns. Bobby likes to know that
mamma Is well dressed, and there are no
mitators In all the world equal to Fanny
and her lntle-sisters. Dress Is not a. power
to be despdsed, and IL you want to keep the
admiring glances OF the master of the
house at home Hven up bit, and make
your back thing of beauty as he looks
after You walking down the street.
Evening star., 1901-12-14
A Giant Telescope.

There has just been completed at the Full
ton engine works In Los Angeles a huge
telescope. minus the lenses. for the Lick
observatory on Mount Hamilton. The steel
framework for the two thirty-six-in
lenses weighs 5000 pounds. The tube Ia
forty inches in diameter and sixteen feet
long. The work has been passed on by
Prof. Campbell Of Lick observatory, and
the instrument viii go to Mount Hamilton
only for testing purposes, after which II
win be shipped to Chile and mounted on
some high peak OF the tropics. The pres
ent plan Is to leave 1t there for three years
that very close and accurate obseryations
of the southern heavens may be made.
Evening star., 1901-12-14
Mexican Conquexts of Americans,
From the Mexican Herald

From the Mexican Herald.
1t is gratifying to be informed by the
Guadalajara News that the Mexican girls
OF that charming region of the republic are
making a. conquista pacifica of young
Americans. This is the best way to bring
about permanent alliance of the United
states and Mexico. The fair Tapatians are
doing good work and supplementing most
effectively the efforts of the statesmen of
the two countries. Likewise in Michoacan
these international unions appear to be
continuing and with most agreeable re-
suits Our clerical journalists must grieve
exceedingly to see their philippics and anti
Yankee preachments SO disregarded.
Evening star., 1901-12-14
Eastern Embroideries.

Strange. weird and most astonishing en-
broideries are likely to embellish many OF
our smartest toilets during the coming sea-
son. Fancies grow in boldness. The most
incongruous stuffs are allied. though al
ways with unerring instinct. while eastern
traditions play an important role In many
OF these lovely productions
Evening star., 1901-12-14
Hydrophobfa and st. Hubert.

1t is well known that St. Hubert died
AID. 72O was reputed to cure hydrophobia
by touch. as kings cured the kings evil"
The saint was a father before he was a
saint, and left son from whom descended
a family-the Lavernots-still fiourishing In
Picardy. This family claims (and the claim
is admitted throughout Picardy) to have in
herited the magical powers Of the saint
and exercises them regularly to this day.
The neighbors still prefer Its treatment
to that Of the Pasteur Institute.
Evening star., 1901-12-14
Worth Makes the Price,

From Life.
Divorces" said the man who wanted to
talk and phiiosophize. "cost more than mar
riages."
Certainly" said the practical man why
notf They are worth more"
Evening star., 1901-12-14
Punishment Fit the Crime,

Making the Punishment Fit the Crime.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.
Mrs. Boerum Observation-Disclosures, I
cannot make Willie mind"
Mr.. Boerum (sternlyl-"william. do as
your mother wishes. or / viii make you 60
and sit in the cozy corner"
Evening star., 1901-12-14
In the Papers.

From the Chicago News.
Ida-"They say Belle ID the picture OF
health these days"
May-"Yes, some remedy company v
using her picture in their testimonials"
Evening star., 1901-12-14

Maud-'What makes you treat Jack no
coldly3 You used to find him SO interest,"
Ing"
Msr4e-"Didn't you know was engaged
70 him nowr'-ToWn and Country.
Evening star., 1901-12-14
Their Uses.
From Puck

From Puck-
of law" for?"
Actress-.-Advertising. my dearl Now
run away and play-dog
Evening star., 1901-12-14
Jealousy a Reason.

Nor is the movement due to economic
nervousness alone. The bitter jealousy Of
Great Britain which has for years been
growing on the continent jealousy of her
prosperity, her freedom and her apparently
endless power of expansion and which has
guanoed mems minds till every kind Of
hatred grows there readily has of late
years extended itself to the United States
aiso The crushing defeat of Spain, which
they mad not expected, shocked the conti-
mental peoples, and especially the Catholic
peoples, who felt, by a sudden revela-
tlon that new. a great and a probably
hostile power had been born into the world
Inc enormous increase of American wealth
which followed, and the evidences of Amer
lean enterprise. increased the impact Of
the shock, which was not diminished by
the accounts, poured out in reams by
friends as well as enemies, of what Count
Buquoy calls the unparalleled ruthless
ness of America in business That such
prosperity and power should accrue to an
Engl1sh-speaking republic without an aris-
tocracy conscription or an ancient past
disgusts as well as alarms the upper classes
OF the continent, and changes economic
alarm into kind of angry despair, which
SHOWS itself in futile proposals such as we
have just recorded.
Evening star., 1901-12-14
gentine confederation should only be for

gentine confederation should only be for
short terms"
Resolutions at meetings do not usually
matter much. but these must be read by
the light. not only of Austrian feeling, but
OF events in Germany, where. If the agra
rians triumph, as apparently they will, the
idea of union of central Europe against
American exports of food will be eagerly
accepted, and will be pressed on France
Where, be 1t remembered, protectionists are
still completely in the ascendant, M. Del
casse refusing reductions even to Russia
from whom he was begging admission for
french wine. There is, in fact, real dan
continent, who include the agrarians, the
clericals, the absolutists and a vast mass
OF peasants. should achieve a temporary
triumph grand effort will be made to try
an economic boycott of the United States
and the Argentine republic as a protection
for the vital interests" threatened by
their comDetition
Evening star., 1901-12-14
Washington's Development as the
Great Federal Capital.
ITS PART IN AMERICAN HISTORY
influences Tending to Make 1t an
Ideal Community.
SHEPHERDS GREAT WORK

WASHINGTON. THE CAPITAL CITY; and It's
Part in the History of the Nation By Rufus
Rockwell Wilson, author Of 'Rambles in Colo
nial Byways." Two volumes. Illustrated. Phlla-
delphia: ]. B. Lippincott Company. Washing
m RaI and
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-11-22
BRIGANDAGE IN CUBA.

In spite of the fact that peace has for
a comparatively long time reigned IN
Cuba, the island is still infested with
brigands. The local authorities do not
seem to be able to stop the practice.
The local papers go SO far as to say
that the authorities are in league with
the bandits and that the rankest kind
Of corruption exists.
The Diario de la Marina (Havana)
hints at this unfortunate state of affairs.
The Avisador Commercial charges col
fusion outright. cit has been clearly
stated, - says that paper, ''that the au
Ehorlties were aware of the evil in vari-
Gus places without attempting to put
o stop to it; in other places it would ap-
pear that the authorities shared the
benefits of the contributions which
were levied by force on defenseless
people. In other places the people re-
garded their so-called protectors as in
league with the bandits.
Some of the native papers seem to
Think that the whole cause of the
lawiessness that exists lies with
the Rural Guard, as the Cuban
police are called. The Rural Guard
are admitted on all hands to be in
efficient Their incompetency Is said
to be due to their having been organic
ed hastily in troublous times, when to
have been a revolutionist entitled
man to be held as fitted for any posi-
tion. 1t is charged that the newspa-
pers do not publish one-twentieth part
Of what happens; that murder and rob-
berry and kidnapping are on the increase
every day, that travel through the is
land is altogether unsafe on account of
the brigands.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-11-22

The dainty little Chinese maidens
who accompanied Nine. WI on her re-
turn to Washington are not to enter
society. Minister Wa says they are
merely official guests, and will remain
in secIuslon in the embassy except
when they go out for an airing with
his wife. Washington society, there
fore, misses what it had promised it.
self would be choice novelty. = Saw
annah News.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-11-22

The New York Evening Post Satur-
day last observed with a special edition
the one hundreth anniversary OF its
first publication. Not many newspa-
pers in the country can look back a
century of continuous publication, and
no one can boast so widely extended
influence as the Evening Post.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-11-22
County Fair In FuII swing.

Lexington, Ga, Nov. 21.-The Ogle-
thorpe county fair is now in full swing.
The race track is in fine shape and
numerous special attractions are here
President Knox has procured some OF
the best racers in the state to compete
for the purses, and cattle. sheep and
other stock have arrived from Tennes
see. There has been much to mar
the opening of the fair, but the next
four days bid fair to draw large
crowds.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-11-22
Rlddled WITH Small Shot.

Chicago, Nov. 21.-Charles and John
Miller, brothers, Of Toronto, Canada
were riddled with small shot here to
day The former will die, John was
seriously wounded The shooting was
done by Robert Coburn, who thought
the men were about to rob his her
roost John Miller said he and hi.
brother We're without money and were
merely seeking a lodging in the Co
burn barn. Coburn drove I les t
a police station with the unconscious
form of John Miller in the bottom o
a wagon. The police found the lat
ter's brother two hours later. CoburI
was detained by the police.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-11-22
Believed They We're Murdered.

Knoxville, Tenn, Nov. 21.-Infor
nation from Elizabethton states it il
believed Miss Ada Thompson was not
killed by Frank Kidwell Monday OF
last week and that Kidwell did not
suicide. 1t is now thought some ur3
known party was secreted in the
woods near by and when the two ap'
peared they were shot and pistol
subsequently placed by Kidwells side
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-11-22

The Nashville American remarks
that Georgia is considering bill to
prohibit divorces, but that will not
necessarily cut any ice. New Jersey,
which is a candidate for everything
that nobody else wants, can meet the
exigency by chartering divorce trust
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-11-22

Ii Hung Chang is said to haYe accu-
INFLATED wealth estimated all the way
from $4,000, 900 to $500, 900, 900. But
with 100000 IN a country like
China an ordinarily economical man
could get along very comfortably.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-11-22
AMERICUs. Ca. NOV. %, 1901.

A court of inquiry seems to stand a
chance of becoming fad Lew Wallace
has asked for one to determine his con-
duct at the battle of Shiloh. The gem
erals chance has expired by the statute
of limitation.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-11-22

The people of Kankakee, near Chica-
go, are trying to solve the servant girl
problem by employing negro girls from
the South, whom they agree to pay So a
week. A little later on they will be
trying to solve the negro girl problem.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-11-22

London, Nov. 21.-A dispatch from
Lord Kitchener, dated Pretoria Nov.
81. says Commandant Buys has
been captured after attacking a pa
troll of 100 railroad pioneers on the
NaaI river near Villersdorp.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-11-22

The opinion is so strong in Washing
ton that Congress will order an iuves-
LEGATION of the Schley Sampson contro-
verry, to get at both sides of it, that
the attorneys for both Admirals are
already preparing for it.