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Causes of Former European Sup rem,

Causes of Former European Sup remacy
\ thousand years ago, when Con.
Stantinople was the capital OF the
world, the eastern trade reached Scan
dinavia by this route, Kiev being the
outpost of the Greek economic system,
and NoGorOd the northern emporium
says Brooks Adams in the Atlantic
Within the northern commercial thor
oughfare lay the cradle and hot-bed of
western civilizations: beyond lay desc
late wastes impenetrabe alike to the
trader and the soldier. These wastes
cut Europe off from the Pacific coast,
a region singularly favored both in
soil and minerals. Europe, on the
contrary, has never been remarkable
either for the fecundity of its soil or
the wealth OF its mines. 1t reached
high fortune rather because, before
railroads it's physical formation lent
itself in u supreme degree to cheap
transportation
y tongue of land deeply indented by
the sea and penetrated throughout by
navigable rivers, it could market what
it had when the treasures of Asia and
America lay inaccessible. This ad-
vantage Europe retained until within
about twenty years, and the new in
| dustrial revolution has been 1T once
the cause and the effect of its loss.
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When men so diverse as Mr.. Cham
cial and commercial organs of opinion
of all shades, publicly warn English
men that their trade has passed its
and more outstripping them in the
race for industrial supremacy, it is not
strange that nervousness and even pes
simism mark the attitude of England
confronting the new century.
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The navy of Spain now consists of
one battleShip, two coast defense YES
sells, four cruisers of the first class,
five of the second class and four of the
third class. with an auxiliary fleet OF
sixty gunboa1S and twenty-seyen tor
pedo boats. Eight ships are under
construction - two second class and
one third class cruisers, one gunboat
and four torpedo boats of the highest
type.
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After Victoria but one actually rul-
Holland OF seventy-four rulers on
the earth twenty-five are Presidents,
fifteen are Kings and six are Emper-
will not "be the same in 100 years,
comments the New York World.
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In the new Australian Federation
the Senators are made elective direct
ly by the people for a term OF SIX
wears The Federation has copied
pretty closely American forms OF gov
eminent, and in this particular has
probably improved upon our plan OF
selection, thinks the Philadelphia Rec
ord
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NJ Camille ILLUMINATION. the French
astronomer. does no: place the slight
est credencc in the idea that the in
habitants of Mars are trying to signal
to our earth. He considers that the
lights observed in the Icarium Mare
We're, in his opinion. simply the retiec-
ton of the RAYS of the setting sun on
the clouds over that sea.
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Father Times Own Clock .

's,rhe transmitting clock at the Ma
val Observatory. Washington, is the
absolute monarch of American time
keepers" writes Evander MclVer
Sweet in the Ladies' Home Journal.
Every day in the year except Sunday,
by one pendulum stroke it speaks d.
rectly and instantaneOusly TO every
city and considerable town between
the peaks of the Rockies and the pines
of Maine. saying to them that on the
seventy-fifth meridian it is N Ugh
noon to the fraction of SCI A
duplicate mechanism. StatiOnedV(eY the
Branch Naval Observatory on Mare
Island. performs Il similar service for
the people of the Pacific slope. And
by this one clock at the national capt.
tai together with it's duplicate on the
Pacific) is set nearly every timepiece
in the United States and Cuba, most
of those in Mexico and many Oh the
border of Canada. y number OF
clocks-from three to 30OO-in nearly
every city and large town are wired
together into a local family, and. by
means of a switch key at the telegraph
office, are put into direct contact with
the parent clock at the national CAPT
tai. So that the instant the electric
touch is given from Washington every
clock in the circuit-whether it be at
Boston. Minneapolis or New Orleans
begins a new day in perfect accord
with its mechanical deity
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The 'Tater Baby.

There was once Il ilttie Sii hi"i
Ruth who had n great many dolls. one
day her father brought her new one
the funniest of them all
1t was Il big potato that had a heao'
a neck, and body. In the head Were
two ewes and little hump between
for a nose.
Wasn't Ruth delighted? She began
right away to dress her later papy.
First she stuck in sticks for arms, then
she nut on a blue check dress, ana
tied on q blue knit cape and blue
bonnet.
She found shoe box, and brother
Ned helped her make carriage OUT
of it. He tied a string to ii. and pun
snools underneath. Then the new
dolly went to ride.
Every night Ruth put her baby into
the closet in her bedroom.
Sometimes she put it out on the pl-
azza roof to get an airing and ued the
string to blind so that the carriage
could not slip down.
Once she forgot and left her baby
out'on the roof all night. When morn
ing came she went to the window and
looked out, but there was no carriage,
and no dolly.
Then she ran down stairs and out OF
doors as quickly as she could. Ihefe
on the ground lay the poor baby, but
it's head was broken quSe on.
Ruth caught it up. and ran i'll crying.
She did not stop crying until Ned stuck
the head ON with stick, and TED IL
with II string to hold it on tight. Then
1.-The later baby" looked almost as
good as new.
But one day still worse thing hap
pened. Ruth was taken sick. and the
new dolly was put into the closet and
left there Il long, long time. When
Ruth got better. she thought of her
baby, and when to get it.
Her mother heard a loud scream and
hurried upstairs to see what was the
matter There stood Ruth, sobblng as
if her heart would break.
What has happened, my child:
said her mother
..Oh. ohr' sobbed Ruth. Ned has
spoiled my baby"
Where is it? And what has he
| done?'
I'm the closet. He's stuck sticks all
over it, and it is spoiled
Her mother went to the closet, took
up the dolly, ana at the funny sign
that met her eyes, she could not helE
laughing.
Ruth looked at her in wonder, ant
stopped crying.
"Why, Ruthie, Ned has not touched
your dolly! 1t has sprouted" said hel
| mother.
| And sure enough it had. There was
a long sprout On the end of its nose
and two coming out of the eyes. The,
l were sticking out of the holes in the
bonnet and the cape, and hanging
down below the dress.
Ruth did not like it at all. sShe de
clared that she did not want doll,
that would do like that; so one day
'the 'tater baby" was taken OF
doors, and put into the groundn
it grew. and in time beca9
green potahG ~ The Fa
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When you received a box OF water
color paints as n holiday gift. dla you
stop to think that the whole Worlu
had been searched to furnish you WIN
those little cakes of color: NandYks
brown is an earth from CaSsel, III Ger
many. From the neighborhood OF 81
emma, in Italy. comes transparent
yelIov-ochre which is called raw sleh-
ma. and when it has been subjected
to heat it takes the name OF purh'
sienna. Raw lumber is an earth ironl
Umbria. in Italy. The madden plant
is now cultivated on great scale III
France. Holland and Turkey Tor the
sake of the colors-.rose madden, Drown
madden. carnine madden and others
obtained from it. Other pigments d
vegetable origin are @amboge. 1rolh
the gum of a tree that grows IN Ce!-
Ion. and Indian lake. from the resin OIL
another kind of tree native to benSai
and Siam. Sepla is obtained from the
cuttlefish carmine is derived from
the cochineal insect. Prusslan piue Is
obtained from horses hoofs, and ivory
black is made by burning ivory chips.
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TIE LUCKY BARGAIN.

His gracious spirit gives me joy;
What can / give him for his grace?
A little, useless, battered toy
OF time and space.
A box of prayers with broken wings,
OF shapeless hopes and wasted hours,
OF half hundred worn-out things
And faded flowers;
Wherein one blossom lives and makes
A light, whereat his lips will part
And smile for kindness, as be takes
The proffered heart.
N. S., in the Spectator.
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/ have a friend. without whose face -
God keep his face from sorrow freeD
The world would be q dreary place
For weary me.
To please him is my chief delight;
I'd rather die than give him PAIN,
Yet this I've done in my despite,
And shall again.
My friend is kind when l am cross
Nor ever cross when 1 am kind;
He rules the sullen waves that toss
My toiling mind.
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Perhaps it is n sign of the sudden
world power that the European papers
are disposed to regard the utterances
of our statesmen so seriously.
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Professor Clark. of the University
of Chicago. says too many preachers
back dignity. Unless the preachers re-
sent this and cause further talk the
pointed.
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The additional bad things they are
finding out about mosquitoes will at
least tend to increase the sale of net
ting in the summer.
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1t has been only in recent years that
the medical profession has fully recog-
nized the Importance of dietary in the
treatment of the sick OF course, in q
general way the physician has always
kept supervision of the food of the
patient, usually by prohibiting most
articles, but now the preparation of
nourishment has become a matter of
direct medical concern. In Berlin Frau
Heyl has started a cooking school for
doctors, and more than 100 prominent
ksicians from France, Russia, Italy
Hermany have taken the course.
ehool5R be establish in
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his scanty eaf1f lncs like prince. How
no managed TO live was q puzzle to
MANY people and often a puzzle to
himself.
His Iandlady. with whom he settled
promptly. regarded MIN as an estlmH-
bic ledger. and was loud in her praises
of the 'littery gent. on the third front.
Those. of whom he occasionally Dor
rOwed money referred to him in quite
a different fashion.
For a day or two. French watched
the advertising columns OF the news
papers in the hope OF finding reward
offered for the manuscript in his pos
session. None appeared. however, aaG
the little pile of foOlscap lay in his
room almost forgotten for some weeks.
Then one night he picked it up ami
glanced curiously st the first sheet He
read it and turned to the second, and
as he did so his interest was aroused.
1t was seldom he read anything except
the police reports. but The Maze OF
Life" laid hold of him at once. Page
after page he eagerly devoured.
The fire in his room sank lower anu
lower. and finally sank out in feeble
spIutter A neighboring clock chimed
the hour of two. but still he sat leaning
over the table. his eyes cleaning with
earernesS as he turned the sheets over
Now and again he would pause anG
wips his forehead with his handker
chief AS the faint streaks of dawn
shimmered coldly through the Win
dow paneS he came to the end
Good Heavens"' he murmured rs
he sank back. exhausted. What i.
story
He gathered the manuscript togeth-
er again.
who wrote ii. I wonder? It's a mas
terpiece-a work of genius! The poor
devil who lost it--what q blow
Then came the thought: What to do
with it?'' He knew the honorable
course open to him-to advertise it.
But Herbert French always preferred
to take the opposite course to the hon
orable one.
Next day an idea struck him. II
scared him at first in it's insolence. and
he put it on one side as impossible and
too risky. Thinking it over later. il
lost it's fearfulneSs. 1t was risky, GER
tainly: but he had grown callous tC
taking risks. especially where money
was the inducement. And it might he
thought, be possible for him to carry il
through unscathed.
why not have The Maze of Life
published as his own work? That il
would be accepted by a publisher OF
srepute on it's own merits he felt sure
i work that throbbed 18th genius. that
y gripped the reader from the first chap
ter and held him spellbound to the end
\Quld not go begging. And the chances
the real author coming forward
then? He preferred not to dwell
IRt--S
he would risk it, and if he was
led he would brazen it out Il
the0ananuscript to a type
npent. and a few days
med with a neatly
1rned the original
er when this wa,
patched the type
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Sir Thomas Upton. coming gayly
after "that bit of family plate" as he
describes the Americas Cup,will find
it on Uncle Sans shelf marked per
Sanal"
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It's all OF with the horse when New
Jersey people use an automobile TO
chase a horse thief.
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The United States has now become
possessed one-ffth of the entire gold
and silver money of the world.
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Tasmania Copper Deposits.

The Mount Lyell copper deposits in
Tasmania lie in the centre of what, ac-
cording to recent advices, promises to
be one of the greatest mining and
metallurgical centres in the world"
Transportation has been one of the
most difficult problems, but now that
this has been happily solved and mod
-. methods of treating the ore and
Aye been adopted, the rich
Rposits insures for them Q
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"Oh. salt your heart!" is, of course,
bound to be slang. VINO Woulu eA-
pect to escape it?
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A CULPRIT CORNERED.
s Herbert French was leav-
ing n street car. in which ne
had ridden for about twenty

ing a street car. III w ihSh LIZ
~ had ridden for about twenty eiat
"A minutes loud exclamation
caused him to pause.
Hi. sir,' shouted the conductor,
you've left something behind.
French knew he had left nothing;
hut he was not the man to lose the
chance of obtaining anything for the
sake of a lie.
Here YOU are, sir and the con-
ductor thrust parcel into his hand
French gave the conductor dime.
and n few minutes later was at the
house in which he lodged. and ascend
ed to his room. Here he examined the
article which Fate-of the car con
ductor-had given him. 1t was
square, bulky package. enVelopeo III
brown paper and tied neatly with
piece of red tape. There was no al
dress on the cover, and, opening 1t, ne
found a quantity of closely written
manuscript, inscribed in firm and
clear handwriting, and headed The
Maze of Life"
1t was a story he could see at
glance: and no name or address was
upon it, He threw it on one side,
with a quiet laugh.
Not much fear of that being adVer-
tised for" he said aloud. "Some poor
beGgar of an author forgot it. ] sup
pose. who hasn't got a dollar to bless
himself witll--like me-.
Herbert French was an individual
who for years had existed in the man
wi ich is commonly called Giving
49, That is to say he could
Il hiS haan-fn nearly
4. but practically skillful at
rllpon time he held a good
in Il large business house: but
pe became mixed up in sone
led practices. and he had to go
pfrom one thing to an
~ IA man does, and now
HHS. y ser for advertisements
SOU society weekly" run
- h. Wn journalist. There
S1fndMT4sf mount of money to be
made .t n ork and French spent
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Hnom one thing to an
IA man does, and now
ser for advertisements
'society weekly" run
Wn journalist. There
knOunt of money to be
|ork. and French spent
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Cause of the1

A home for indi
been established
This would seem I'd
enough rich -men
leaving defective W
mercial.
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went beyond its instruction in order
to have a word to say as to sites. The
committee said on this point:
The committee begs leave to sug-
gest that while the central site
namely the White Lots well adapt
ed for the purpose of monument to
Gen. Grant. the placing of any kind
of a monument in the White Lot
circle is extremely Objectionable from
an artistic standpoint and is an en-
croachment upon historic ground. The
four corners of the White Lot square
are deemed highly appropriate
places for subordinate military
monuments, but neither one is suited
in dignity for site for monument
to Gen. Grant
1t is understood that the park COM
missions plan, which was preached
after the competition was instituted. is
most likely to be carried out. The
Shrady composition. it was announc-
ed from Washington, was not only the
first of the models in intrinsic merit.
but also best adapted to this site The
Niehaus model was pronounced sec
ond in intrinsic merit and adapted to
either site, although not so desirable
for tho White Lot site.-New York
Sun.
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of the models in the competition Re-
poseful, but uncompromising as ObOm-
well. as has been said Grant sits on
the great horse which is such a one
as appeals to sculptors. Mr.. Rhind, in
submitting this model was associated
with Bright & Bacon. architects.
Mr. Story's model at once suggested
when it was exhibited what is by some
called the greatest of equestrian
statues. that of Bartolommeo Colleoni
at Venice But it is ornate and fanci-
full in contrast to the dignity, power
and representative character of some
of the others.
The model submitted by Charles A.
Lopez who is Mexican born, and +. g.
r. Roth. in association with the
architect, Henry Hornbostel, aims at
securing it's effect of grandeur through
the towering height of the columns,
representing the north and south, be-
fore which Grant sits on horseback.
The peristyle surmounted by an
equestrian statue of Grant flanked by
emblematic figures is the work Of
Burr Churchill Miller, who is a son
of former United States Senator War
ner Miller of New York state.
The conditions of the competition
called for the erection of the statue
either in the rear of ~ne White House
or on the south axis of the state, war
and navy building.
The special advisory committee. in
reporting to the statue commission.
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MR.. SHRADY'S DESIGN

composition, otherwise distinctly fine
was that it involved a misrepresenta-
ton of Grant, who. it is held, never
permitted himself to occupy the posi-
ton of a conqueror. Mr. Niehaus in
preparing his model was associated
with Henry Bacon as architect.
Here is what the special advisory
committee on whose report the COM
mission acted in reaching its decision,
said of the models by Mr.. Shrady
and Mr.. NiehauS:
The committee thinks it desirable,
notwithstanding the brilliant charac-
ter of Mr. Shrady's composition, to be
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Majestic Designs for Grszrf
Memorial at Washington

park commission, and also in view OF
the possibility of this equestrian figure
of Grants becoming the central feat
ure of this portion of the plan Of tbs
park commission, the committee beSs
to suggest that before finally making
the award Messrs. Shrady and Niehaus
be requested to execute another model
of about four feet in height for the
equestrian group of Gen. Grant.
"As this enlarged model would IN
volve a very serious expense to the
sculptors, the committee suggests.
that an appropriate sum of money
be offered in remuneration to the
unsuccessful competitor
The reproductions here printed are
from photographs made by ]. F. Jar
Wis OF Washington. those OF the
Shrady and Niehaus models being
copyrighted and are published by per-
mission.
The colossal scale of the statues may
be seen readily from a comparison
with the figure of the man standing
in the grass plot which surrounds the
statue in the model made by J. Mas
sey Rind
This statue has been said to furnish
in many respects the most satisfactory
representation of Grant himself OF any
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MR.. NlEHAUS'S DESIGN

most conspicuous sites at the capital,
and is to cost $4,000.
The two best models. in the judg-
ment OF the commission, are those OF
Henry Merwin Shrady and Charles
Henry Niehaus, both of New York. In
fact all of the six mentioned models
are by New York sculptors except one.
that sent from Rome by Waldo Story.
son of the poet-sculptor, the late w.
w Story.
Gen Dodge Senator Wetmore and
Secretary Root selected an advisory
committee of generals, sculptors and
architects to assist them in determln-
ing the merits of the models submit
ted. and there was special advisory
committee composed of Gen. J. NJ.
Schofield and Augustus ST. Gaudens.
Several of the sculptors sought the
aid of architects in formulating their
ideas OF what the Grant statue should
be. and the models submitted by these
artists were made in conjunction with
the architects.
Mr. Shrady's composition is one Of
fierce movement and eager, straining
activity, presided over by the calm,
unruftied Grant 1t comprises three
groups.
At one side there is a dash of cavalry
and at the other battery OF artillery
Is rushinesinto action. Both are done
in the round Between these two IN
tense groups. with their fervid move
ment. and towering above them, Gen
Grant sits firm and quiet astride a splr-
tied and alert horse. the figure of the
general the only quiet one IN the Sur
ring scene.
The broad and simple platform on
which the groups making up the com
position are mounted is designed to
serve the functions of reviewing
stand. 1t was said in advance OF the
commissions report that so far as
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with il An award of 81 600 for each OF
the models. or designs. so distln-
guished The report of the commits
sion was in a way conditional one.
The commission. instead of selecting
finally one design, found two of the
number before it to be the most merl-
torious of those submitted, and called
upon the authors of these two to sub
nit each another model, made on a
larger scale. and therefore better fitted
10 prove the sculptoT'S efficiency for
the task of making a great national
monument of a great national nero.
The statue is to occupy one of the
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could then be judged, this model,
which attracted great deal of atten-
ton in the Corcoran Gallery, stood the
best chance of being finally adopted
for the memorial.
Mr.. Niehahs' composition was also
early pronounced one of the notable
ones among the models sent in 1t was
ikened. because of the general concep-
tion to ST. Gaudens' sherman" al
though not up to the height of that
composition.
In this. Grant is on his horse and
is attended by a soldier 90 either side
heraldins triumph and the coming If
peace. Horse and men are in motion.
The objection at once made to this
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Characteristic.

1t was on the train between ST.
Petersburg and Moscow.
All said the gentleman in ti,
brown hat. Il am glad to see tina
there is another American on the
train
But how did you know I was an
Americana" queried the person ad.
dressed, with a puzzled expression.
Because when we slowed up at that
freshly painted station you reached
out of the window and touched " e
see If the paint was dry.