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Science in Central Africa.

The British South Africa Company is
about to expend s35, 400 to give the
British Association fir, e trip to Central
Africa, that scientific body having ac-
cepted the invitation to hold its meeting
in 1905 at Victoria Falls on the Zambesi
River. The South Africa company will
have hotel ready for the occasion.
A few days over forty-eight years
ago LIVINGSTONE discovered these falls.
With his sublime faith in the future of
Africa he believed that the region there
abouts was marked for special develop
ment. He saw there the elements Of ma.
terial progress. such rs water power,
coal, abundant vegetable products. cattl le
and intelligent though barbarous natives
Let us see if his dream is coming true.
hope GoD will in mercy permit me
to establish the Gospel somewhere in
this region. he wrote from the Upper
Zambesi. This very year LEwANIKA,
the King Of that country, when in Lon
don to attend the coronation of EDWARD
VII, asked for more teachers and arti-
sans so that all Of his people may learn
to read and more Of them may be able
to build frame houses and work iron.
Not far from Victoria Falls, LIVING
STONE found the only indication of coal
yet revealed in tropical Africa. The
British are now preparing to mine the
coal The railroad from Cape Town and
Buluwayo is, day by day, drawing nearer
to Victoria Falls where the South Africa
company is preparing to turn the vast
water power into electricity. LIVING
STONE was not the half-cracked enthusiast
that many persons believed him to be.
England's men of science will see at
Victoria Falls one Of the wonders of the
world. The broad Zambesi suddenly
seems to vanish into the bowels of the
earth, wide crack in the hard basaltic
rock was opened, ages ago, from bank
to bank. Nowhere else is great river
suddenly seen wholly to disappear in a
narrow, rocky chasm. At the bottom
OF this deep rift in the rock the engulfed
waters emerge through a narrow gullet
on the left, which is thirty-six times mar
rover than the river above the falls.
Any geologist would jump at the oppor-
tunity to study this remarkable freak
OF nature.
The hotel will be built for the perma-
nent convenience of all visitors to this
wonderful region. Africa is no longer
the Dark Continent
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FOWLER Currency BILL.
All the Ideas Of the House Committee Are
Embodied In That Measure.

WAsHINoroN. Dec lo-The conference
Of the Republican members Of the House
Committee on Banking and Currency was
held this afternoon to discuss proposed
currency legislation at this session of
Congress. Without reaching any definite
conclusions the conference adjourned to
meet again on Saturday afternoon.
The impression has been created within
the past few days that the committee will
not report any financial measure at this
session u the general conference of all the
House Il pubicans next Tuesday night
fails TO give It's Endorsement to the Fo~ ler
currency bill Mr. Fowler and other
prominent members of the committee have
endeavored 10 correct this impression but
it remains a fact that the committee has
nothing in the way of remedial financial
legislation 10 present in case the Fowler
bill il turned down at the conference as
all of the ideas of the committee on the sub
ject are embodied in that measure
The bill IL certain to encounter strong
opposition on the part of many prominent
Republicans Of the House Tso Of it's most
conspicuous features have been selected
for especial attack They are the branch
bank plan and the scheme for asset c,irrencv
The small banking institutions through
out the country are making determined
fight against the branch bank feature con-
tending that il would result in driving them
out Of business and the creation Of bank
ing trust The scheme for asset currency.
which is intended for relief In cases Of
money stringency, Is looked upon with a
degree Of suspicion.
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ANTITRUST LEGISLATION.
II May BE COnfned to . Bill ApprOprtsting
NHOO. 600 10 Enforce the sherman Act.

WASHINGTON. Dec l0.-The first real step
to be taken by Congress to carry out the
recommendations OF the President in his
message regarding the trusts. and per-
hape the only measure which will get before
the House at this session. will be a bill ap-
propriating $500 600 TO enable the Attorney
General to enforce the provisions Of the
Sherman law. Such bill was introduced
the first day Of this session by Representa-
tive Hepburn, and is one of the many anti
trust measures now before the judiciary
Committee.
Chairman Jenkins has called a meeting
OF his committee for Friday, the day before
tie antitrust subcommittee resumes
itt consideration Of the bills which have
been referred to it. AT that time favorable
consideration Of the HeI burn bill will be
urged as preliminary to anything the COM
mittee may decide upon later in relation to
antitrust legislation. He contends that
this will not interfere with the work Of the
subcommittee which has the antitrust
bills under consideration. but that the
passage OF the Hepburn bill would enable
the Department Of Justice to enforce the
sherman Act and determine whether or not
II Is sufficient remedy for the trusts
This move will to certain extent take
the wind out of Mr.. Littlefeld's sails Mr.
L!ttlefield has heretofore taken the initia-
tive in antitrust legislation and has sought
TO Identity his name with the measure re-
ported. MIR Jenkins, on the other hand.
contents that there are no trusts, and that an
attempt to enforce the provisions Of the
Sherman Act against something which does
not exist will demonstrate the strength Of
his position that antitrust agitation il a
waste OF energy.
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Smallpox and Vaccination.

To that limited yet harmful group OF
beings with approximately normal cere-
bral development who still conscien-
tiously oppose vaccination, contending
that it does not immunize the human
family from smallpox. we commend a
perusal Of the report of Major AMEs,
Surgeon in the United States Army,
and late Director of Vaccination in the
island Of Porto Rico. This report ap-
peared in full in a late number of the
Pacific Medical journal. but the es-
sential points are reproduced in an able
editorial in the Neu York Medical Record
for December 9, 1902
When the United States authorities
took possession of Porto Rico in October,
1893, smallpox was prevalent in endemic
form, and by Dec. 1t had become a
widespread epidemic on that island.
1t became evident in February that all
ordinary methods Of controlling this
terrible scourge would be futile. There
were present at that time 5000 new cases.
Compulsory vaccination was begun,
and this enforced system of treatment
was carried on with such thoroughness
and energy that by July 1. after having
vaocinated SOC. 900 out Of total popula-
ton of 100000 inhabitants, the disease
had practically disappeared In the
two and half years Immediately fol-
lowing this period the mortality from
smallpox was but two in each year, as
against an average Of 62l for former
years. Taking into consideration the
fact that when compulsory vaccination
was instituted the disease was spread
ing rapidly. that it existed in many
widely separated communities in various
parts Of the island. that some of these
were not easily accessible and that
through ignorance or fear many cases
were concealed in out-of-the- huts
and in the forests, there could be no
more positive proof of the efficacy and
safety of enforced obedience to the
established laws relating to the public
health.
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Fogies and the prejudiced against what
used to be called the higher education of
females are invited to study the case of
those two admirable young women in Rad
cline College who are running a bakery
In Cambridge. II was their high purpose
to make perfect bread, and they have
succee led, il their clients know perfection
The bs kers of these really boss loves"
these superlative and unparalelable ba axters.
work day and night. and still the demand
" great and the loaves are too few. These
two Radcliffe geniuses may become even
unreasonably rich, If they choose If they
despise wealth, at least they ought to pity
the world in general and eastern Massa-
chusetts in partc ular. We hold that the
twilight Of the New England literary gods
and certain Harvard inability at oar and
pigskin are due to improper nutrinent, or.
II we may say so. to ancestors fed upon
soggy and saggng bread and biscuit. The
Radcliffe baxters may be the harbingers
OF great literary and athletic revival
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WILL BE FREE on CHRISTMAS.
President Commutes Sentence NJ Gideon
W. Marsh. Philadelphia Bank Nrecker.

WAsHEGToS. Dec. lo-The President has
commuted the sentence Of Gideon ". Marsh
the Philadelphia bank wrecker. the COM
mutation 70 take effect on Christmas eve
The petition for q pardon was signed tv
Assistant Attorney-Genera Beck. who in
1898 was the prosecuting attorney in the
cas-" against Ma rsh, and Nv leading bankers
and other citizens of Philadelphia
Marsh was formerly president Of the
kevstone National Rank Of Philadelphia,
which was wrecked in 1891 The arrest
and conviction of Marsh took place some
time afterward, and he was not sent ia the
peniten'iary until 1898 Al the trial he
pleaded guilty TO three indictments, under
the impression that he was pleading guilty
to single indctmcn'. and received SEN
tcnce under each TIE aggregate sentence
was eighteen voars in prison
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Shall There BE Deal With Addicks? Z?

As he left the White House last Satur-
day Mr., j. F.. ADDICKs made a statement
regarding the political situation in Della
ware which amounted to complete
justification of the attitude maintained
there by the Republicans, or. as they are
perhaps more commonly known, the
Regular Republicans, This was the
point Of it:
There will be an election for two Senators In
Delaware next January. Two Senators will be
elected-two Republicans
And Mr.. ADpIcKs will be one Of them, naked
a reporter.
There won't be an election unless he 4, one Of
them. replied Mr.. AppIcxs."
There would be general wonder as To
how this sense Of power to dictate the
Delaware Senatorships had lodged in
Mr.. ADDICKs's mind were it not that he
himself has recently explained it. The
explanation was an expenditure Of
S25O.OOO.
For purposes of Executive recogni-
tion what is the "Addicks Republican"
party which the investment of that
quarter Of million of dollars has
produced?
Since Mr. ADDIcKs obtained possess
sion of portion of the Delaware Legis-
lature his platform has been "AppICKs
or nobody Naturally the Republicans
say, Any one but ADDICKs.
Should the Republican Administration
at Washington make the deal with AD-
DICKS which the Delaware Republicans
refuse to make? We think not.
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A local statesman looking over a dust
covered copy of the Albany Red Book for
1894 the other day remarked that although
republics were called ungrateful and poll
tics lottery with more blanks than prizes.
men active in public life did not appear to
fare badly. GEORGE W PLuNKITT. recently
elected for another term in the Albany
state Senate, was a candidate for ASSEM-
bly, in 1893. when MICHAEL c. MURPHY,
less than year ago Commissioner of
Police, had been elected Member of Assem-
bly,. He had as a colleague THOMAS j.
CREAMER, one Of New York city's present
delegation to Congress CHARLES A. FLAM-
MER, who was a candidate for Assembly in
1899, is one Of the present Police Magistrates:
JOHN X. VooRHIs, candidate for Assembly
in 1893, ia the present president Of the Board
OF Elections; CORNELIUS VAN Corr, candi-
date for Assembly in 1899. is the present
Postmaster Of the city; THOMAS F. GRADY.
recently elected State Senator, was a candi-
date for Assembly In 1879: RrPus B. Cow
ING, present City Judge, was a candidate
for Assembly in fsTb: JOSEPH p. FAIIoS,
Municipal Court Judge, was a candidate
for the same position in 1879, and CHARLES
n. TRUAX, now one of the Supreme Court
Judges. ran for the same position in the year
following. Judges CowrNo. FALLoN and
TRUAx were successively candidates in the
same districts for Members Of Assembly
and the record Of such nominations to those
active in public life at present Ia a long one
The fact is that voters in New York con-
stituencies are not fcke in their support Of
candidates who have once established any
title to their favor. and in elective constitu-
encies knowledge Of district, of it's inter-
ests and chief political elements is matter
Of greater Importance than any novelty
which attends the fret appearance as can
didate Of political newcomer The vicis-
situdes Of politics are many but the ability
OF successful local statesmen to cope with
them is great
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him to choose a girl OF almost any other
occupation before houseworker. how
ever good, attractive or desirable. .
This again seems reasonable, which Ia
more than the ordinary young man
often is. We can only stand afar of
and reverently wonder which Of the two
opposing theories is right. Perhaps
the maids marry the extraordinary
young men.
Mrs. kRETsCHMAR, a college woman,
sees little or no good in the associa-
tion's diploma. She regards the average
housekeeper as incompetent to award
diplomas or even to pass upon the
quality of housework of the most ordinary
kind Let us hope that this is too
austere a judgment. As college woman,
Mrs. KRETsCHMAR looks TO the college
for help:
Only when the great colleges OF the country
have publicly recognized the value and importance
Of homemsking as a profession will the domestic
problem approach a satisfactory solution. With
this training for the prospective mis,resses OF
America should be established technical training
"'ho'is WI 'he ePioSpe'tiNVHdius'-sC hTTAugto
upon plans and bases similar to the training schools
for nurses. now so numerous and effective"
Lud lud, but now the wages will 90 up
when the trained maid makes her ap-
pearance. We can hear the cook, the
housemaid. the ladies' maid and the
laundress giving their college yell"
Housekeeping is going to become more
grand, solemn and expensive, as time
and education roll along.
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What is the matter with the foreign cy-
clists who entered the six days race'
Their countrymen have made an unsa,is.
factory showing in past years. but the
foreigners present record at the Garden
is the worst yet, Out Of the six distinctly
European teams which started In the long
race last Monday morning not one re-
mains. On the other hand, Of the ten
American teams which started nine were
still riding last night. The managers of
the race declared few days ago that they
had secured for the present contest the
best long-distance cyclists to be found
on the other side Of the ocean. If this is
so, the American riders must be pronounced
by all odds the best in the world
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TO COMPLAIN or TURKEY.
Delegation OF American Missionaries
to See the President To-day.

deputation representing all religious
bodies in America which are doing mis-
sionary and educational work in the Turk
ish Empire il to wait on President Roose-
welt at Washington to-day to protest against
the conditions with which they have to
contend. Three members of the deputa-
tion are in active missionary work in Tur-
key. The others are officers of mission
boards and prominent citizens identified
with the work
The deputation will tell the President
that the United States citizens and organi-
zations ara not properly treated by the
Sultans Government. and will ask that
this Government demand Of Turkey that
under the act according special privileges
to foreigners Americans receive the same
rights as French and Russian residents.
These latter, II is said, have secured in
Turkey immunity from taxation for their
churches and schools. They have the priv
ilege of repairing their buildings. and OPEN
ing schools and places of worship wherever
and whenever they desire to do so. Under
the favored nation clause, Ii is asserted
by the missionary boards that Americans
have similar rights, vet il has happened
that all American schools and churches
have been closed, willie those under French
or Russian management, remain open
An appeal ha, been made locally to the
Sultan, and he is said to have replied that
Americans have no legal rights in the En-
pire, while French and Russian residents
have.
While it is not certain that COMPLAINT
OF he fact will be made to the President,
II Is an open secret that many Ameri ran
religious workers from Ame-ica in Turkey
ar far from satisfied with the United States
Minister IN Constant inople. II is also as
serted by them that Con tantinope 10 a sort
Of dumping ground for people whom the
AUTHORITIES do not want elsewhere
The rev Or George Post, a well-known
mTenl'al authority. heads the deputation
He represents the Syrian Pr testant Col
lege a. Beyroot With him will he the Rev.
William Eddy Of the Presbyte,ian mis-
ga'ional Ame-'cin Board. who istroos,irer
Of the mission at Con t'rt nope Darwin r.
James. representing the Pre- sbyteran Beard
OF Foreign Missions, and John \ Kennedy.
who i member of the governing hoard
of Robert College, ConSt antinople
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TREATY WITH NEWFOUNDLAND.
New England Fisbcrmen to Appear In
MaahinG ton In Opposition 10 RatIncation.

WASHINGTON, Dec 10. The fishermen OF
Gloucester " i'll be in Washington next week
to appear before the Committee on Foreign
Relations in opposition to the ratification Of
the Hay-Bond reciprocity treaty with New
foundland, believing. AZ they do. that II is
a bargain in which New foundland gets
everything and the fishermen Of the United
States nothing Senator Lodge has pre-.
sented to the Senate papers and statistics
In regard 10 Gloucester and the New England
fisheries which have been printed ar Senate
document. 1t il a very interesting one
1t gives the facts and figures about the fish
ing industry Of New England. and works In
commercial statistics, politics, poetry and
pathos to an extent that has att racted wide
attention to the document. Following the
statistics il an extract from chapter OF
history describing the fight between the
Levant and the Constitution, in which u
Gloucester man displayed heroism. Then
the article gets down to business and has
this to say about the treaty itself:
What does Gloucester yet by such n treaty?
Only this one small thing the withdrawa!
OF the tonnage tax which Newfoundland
fishing vessels that seek Newfoundland ports
at certain seasons of the year for the purpose
shore fishermen at localities where W.. do
not hay" the privilege of fishing on the New
9Snndrnd TSn cOa, o, ,, w,n1 , the ,m
shore fishermen. The American isning yes
.sels that Wit such shores are COMPARED TO
on the Grand Banks They numbeted this
year ,hirty-t,yo gnd PROBABLY paid abou,
for blessing some OF her inhabitants by pur-
chasing sonnet hing that they were very glad
TO sell Newioundla and gets "verything our
market free for her a1h and oil The catch
amount. o"'s%S to- i"" o" sS"i anin,aIl m % With labor
there costing not half as much a. II does In
Gloucester or other New ENGLAND ports it
puts the New England fishers at great dis
advantage.
There are more than a score of printed
pages Of facts about the Gloucester fisheries
and the interesting document concludes
with an extract from kipling's Captains
Courageous. in which the author describes
the annual memorial meeting at Gloucester
when the roll OF the dead OF the year is
called
The Senate to-day removed the ban OF
secrecy from the reciprocity treaty with
8. by Secretary Hay on the part of the United
States and Ambassador Herbert on behalf
of Great Britain. Its alleged object is,
for the Improvement OF commercial rela-
tions between the United States and the
Colony of Newfoundland To that end
it permits the purchase Of bait by Ameri
can fishermen and the privilege Of touch
ing and trading, buying and selling
fish and oil and procuring supplies in
Newfoundland on equal terms with New
foundland fishermen u also admits into
the United States free Of duty the products
Of Newfoundland fisheries. not including
fresh Goldfish, together with the product
Of Newfoundland mines and states from
the quarry. untrimmed. On the other
hand specified products of the United
foundland and on others the rate Of duty
l. reduced
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Chicago MatrOns and Maids,

The National Housewives Association
OF Chicago reports progress, but still
seethes with debate. The president of
the association has appointed commit
tees to prepare the diplomas which are
to reward house servants who have
worked faithfully and efficiently for one
year in one household. But households
are many and servants comparatively
few; and the value Of the sheepskin re-
mains to be proved. The National House.
wives are willing to do much for their
maids Dr. MARY SEYMOUR, first vice.
president, proposes that the association
build " servants home to be used as
club by unemployed maids and hos
pltal for sick maids. As the association
has solemnly banned the word servant :"
and substituted maid for it, the ex-
preston servants home is inadmis-
sible and would sound harsh in the ears
OF graduate or undergraduate maids.
As Miss JANE ADDAMs says. hospitals
are plentiful in Chicago, She might have
added that woman's clubs past number
are there already, If the diploma plan
succeeds, the maids will have their uni
verslty club, so 10 speak: and it is likely
enough that in time they will found
university settlements for the improve
ment of the housewives or matrons, as
the technical language of the association
hath it.
For 1t seems that matrons must 90 10
school as we'll as maids, Mrs. HOWARD
:. kRETsCHMAR of the Woman's Club
admits this:
It's no use trying TO reconstruct household
matters on the old basis. We live In a new age
and We must keep up with II. Thorough technical
training for both mistress and maid Offers the only
way ou, OF the present trying conditions Even n
a woman never intends to marry. she should know
how to make good home. No employer can cx.
pect good service without knowing OF lust wha,
this service consists, Men never work In this way
The m'StrcsscS need training just as much as the
maids, With such training for both. 1t will no
longer he necessary 10 consider house workers as
a class apart, to talk OF homes and hospitals espe
cialy for them. nor to gather statistics concerning
their marriages"
In letter to the Chicago Tribune Mrs.
A, G. HARROW Of Des Moines asserted
that " the servant girl, be she a good one,
pretty or plain, is almost sure to marry.
Her chances In the matrimonial market
are always good because her occupation
teaches her to be homemaker." This
view seems reasonable and is corrobo.
rated by Mrs. AUGUsTE LEVI, president
OF the association, who believes that
house servants marry more frequently"
that is. more house servants marry
than factory or store employees, but
she holds that this is because the maids
are less particular But Miss Ap-
DAMS, who is somewhat of a statistician,
denies the existence of any exact figures
bearing on the matter Speaking from
her own observation, she finds that
factory workers and saleswomen marry
better and have more chances to marry
than maids. She detects in the ordinary
young man an instinct that induces