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RECENT
Alfred Belt, A~iagnate.

The World To-Day.
At the present date Mr.. Belt possesses a controlling in
terest in companies having a nominal capital of slN. co., 900.
He is a director OF the Rand and Bultfontein mines, OF
the Rhodesia Railways, OF the Bechuanaland Railway
Trust. and of the Transvaal Consolidated Lands Company.
The last-named company possesses more than 2.C00, 900 acres
Of the most valuable agricultural and mineral land In the
Republic. The actual amount of Mr.. Belts wealth is I'M
certain: $~ooo000o Isl a very conservative and perhaps in
adequate estimate.
Mr.. Belts most notable quality is his conservatism in
business operations, already commented upon. Smaller
SPECTATORS trust him, and his schemes without trepidation,
though he is a leader in one of the most perilous of in
dustr.es. Another almost equally prominent characteristic
of his is a uniform ,courteousneas and quietness of de-
meanor.
In his business offices in Bishopsgate street, London
the most magnificent In the city-he IS practically inscces-
sible. The assistant to his private secretary cannot be ap-
preached without an Introduction; and it IS even reported
to be dimcult to get into his outer offices. Nearly all his
clerks are Oxford or Cambridge men, and some of them
belong to the aristocralcy.
The belief Is prevalent that Mr.. Belt does not give pro-
fusely to charity: but private friends assert that his gifts
during the last ten years. made without ostentaion. ex-
coed those of the Rothschnds. If this report is true. the
South African hnancier is n prince Of philanthropIsts.
His house in Park Lane reflects the Unborn reticence Of
the man: 1t Is severe and simple in taste. Hero he occa-
sionally gives an elegant dinner. generally to business
friends; but his table il, rarely graced by the smiles and
chatter Of women, for Mr.. Belt 10 a confirmed bachelor.
and, like his departed friend, Mr.. Rhodes, Is reunited to
be a woman-hater. His favoted recreation Is the theater:
but he spends a good part of his leisure in equestrian
pleasures
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MEANS A TRAINED RESERVE ARMY.

Perhaps the most promising feature of the con-
templated army and navy maneuvers along the At
lantic seaboard in a defense of the Long Island Sound
approach to New York City is that which includes the
militia among the forces to be benefited by this prac-
tce Of the art of war.
OF course, movements of this nature in time of
peace are of great value TO the regular militant es-
t~ablishment in both the land and sea branches Of the
service, and are, therefore, well worth the cost.
Our naval gunners proved, in the war with Spain,
of what vital advantage had been the years of target
practice, against the expense of which so many fool
ish protests were voiced. There is but one way to
make effective fighters, and that is TO give plentiful
training in the art of fighting.
The militia, however. will be the greatest bene-
fciary of the coming maneuvers, and this is eminently
satisfactory for the reason that, in time of war. the
militia necessarily comprises the great bulk of an
American army. The nearer the State soldiery can
be brought to the standard of the regular establish
ment the better.
This fact of its employment with regulars in the
Long Island Sound campaign should be but the begin
ming of n closer association with the army in the mat
ter of training, equipment and discipline. The con-
templated maneuvers may he commended with es-
pecial heartiness and should be studied with the keen
est interest by all persons who favor encouragement
of American ~soldiery.
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above the ken of the average student of the bread-and-
butter proposition. There are some whose dis
tingushed services in philanthropy are entitled to
just rs great appreciatiOn; notably Carnegie, Rookie
feler, Pearson and others who realize the RESPONSE
bilities of their stewardship in Il greater or less
measure.
Masters and Doctors of Finance and Philosophy
they may be, but the Imagination must be stretched
before they can be termed auGht else. Yet the close
of each school year marks the comforting of degrees
whose meaning is inconsistent with their achieve
ments. The Board of Control which first solves the
problem will have done much toward removing from
its university the reproach of not making the punish
ment fit the crime.
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mental than by material considerations. She has been
deeply touched by the sincere regard in which Ameri
cans hold the names of the heroes Of the Revolution,
that of R~ochambeau among them. She says that the
memory of what we have done for the stricken people
Of Martinique will live forever. To her mind, such
things as these disprove the charge that we are a ma
terialistic nation.
The turth of the matter is, perhaps, that we have the
faults and virtues Of all young peoples who have had
n strenuous existence. Unquestionably, the material
istic side Of our natures has been amply developed by
conditions which made it imperative that we should
be intensely practical. But equally true is it that
American life has stimulated sincere sentiment and
honest idealism TO a singular extent. The encourage
ment of the situation is that we have come to the pres
ent stage Of our history with this genuine sentiment
and idealism so much in evidence that such an OBJ
server as the Countess de Rochambeau believes the
materialistic in us to be dominated thereby. We have
become accustomed to our foreign visitors discerning
the worst in us at a glance. There is something re-
freshing in the fact that this g~entlewoman of France
has, instead, discerned the best-and to her own great
surprise.
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Difficulties of the BaloonI.t.


TIT WITT IU-TuJ
1t readily appears that by means of the balloon. in MANY
cases. the information necessary to decide important uues-
tions of military strategy may be easily obtained. We
must not forget, however. that the aeronaut is very de-
pendent upon wind and weather. In a strong wind the
use OF the balloon is impossible on account of the great
danger OF Its breaking away; also the aeronaut can make
observations only when the atmosphere is clear. There
are also difficulties due to objects on the land which Oh
struct the view. Buildings. timber. and even the rows of
trees along the highways, forests, and undulations of the
land often conceal troops :or movements CT the enemy or
deceive the observer by false appearances.
We must not forget the difficulties due to the nbv=caI
cohdltion OF the observer himself. Even when the air is
absolutely still the strain OF several hours of close OBJ
serVation' together with the constant signaling, by tele-
phone or otherwise, is SO great as to exhaust the observer.
su.ai is much greater when a strong wind 4. blowing,
as the iurching Of the basket makes observation very diff
cult and often causes real sea sickness
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A HAPPY MEDIUM,s THE THING.

Novelist Booth Harrington, who has won a de-
serycdly high literary reputation with his two strong
ly contrasting stories, The Gentleman from Indiana
and Monsieur Beaucaire," is justified in his belief
that, to do the best work that is in him, he must now
draw out of the busy world of society.
In arriving at this decision. however, Mr.. Tarking-
ton has, perhaps, gene a bit to extremes in "deneun-
cling" as well as renouncing society. The truth of the
matter is, as most persons viii agree, that society Is
very well in its way; an organization, so to speak, of
people of pleasant manners and of socable minds,
who come together because they like to meet one
another, and whose Intercourse is delightful and re-
paying in exact proportion to the kindliness and wit
contributed by each to the general fund. The world
as a whole would be rather a duh place were 1t not
for the social instinct of mankind.
The very fact that a well-bred society possesses an
especially potent fascination for persons of emotional
and imaginative temperaments causes the danger for
creative artists which exists in such society. The
truth may not be denied that the highest and truest
work of the craftsman in letters or IN the other fine
arts Is the work done in isolation more or less COM
plete, lovingly broOded over in sOlitariness of spirit,
its inspiration and its performance alike intensified
by loneliness. There must be a knowledge of the
world. and of men and women, but this knowledge
bears its best fruit in remoteness. And surely there
must be an Unborn love of ones fellows, their strength
and their weakness, their virtues and their faults. if
a work of genuine human sympathy is to be pro-
duced, and this very love makes dear their comrade-
ship to the artist.
The problem confronted by all creative minds, and
which Booth Harrington has not by any means solved
in "denouncing' society, is that of satisfying, with
out too great 4 sacrifice of ones liyingtime, a health
full friendliness for ones kind. \ happy medium is
what Mr.. Harrington should seek; an occasional vaca-
ton ~healthily passed in social intercourse with the
great world. this recreative season made peculiarly
enjoyable by long sessions of hard work intervening.
Being a young man, full of a wholesome optimism
and much generous ardor, Mr.. darlington will doubt
less himself plainly discern this truth after, say, a
year spent In the quiet of his Indiana farm.
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A FRENCH GENTLEwoMAN's VIEW.

During the course of her brief stay in this country
the Countess de Rochambeau has made something of
a study of the American people. as was natural to an
interested visitor, and is much surprised at the result,
which necessitates a readjustment of estimates.
This distinguished Frenchwoman had been told
that Americans are crassly materialistic, that they
value the almighty dollar above everything else, that
the finer and nobler treasures of living go unheeded
and belittled-such treasures as gentle thinking, Sc
renity Of soul, the love of beauty, the graces of good
manners, the joy and inspiration Of high ideals. This
is truly the European view Of Americans.
Yet the Countess de Rochambeau finds that It Is
an erroneous view. She has discovered that Americans
are more quickly and powerfully moved By senti.
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Why not have a new degree or several, indeed, for
the universities to distributor Recent events on the
rostrums of some Of our best institutions would seem
to Justify an effort to secure a little more consistency
between the letter and spirit of the honors which have
been conferred upon distinguished lights.
Miss Gould has just been made a Master Of Let
tiers. Prince Henry has an LII. D. as one result Of
his trip to this country. Prince Ito became a doctor
of something or other when he passed through on his
way to England. And thus and so on, here and there,
men and women whom all delight to honor receive
titles which, while high-sounding, signify little, since
they possess no appropriateness.
Andrew Carnegie is an Ii. D.. and no one be-
grudges him the degree. Yet, so far is he from being
specially fitted for the honor-even granting that his
publications are meritcrious-tha the comforting of
the degree must be explained on the ground that his
efforts as a philanthropist gained him the title. An
drew Carnegie the author would never have received
the honor. Carnegie the library builder is betltled.
So with Miss Gould. Her good works deserve of
unstinted praise. Prince Henry as the guest of this
country was the recipient Of honors, not Henry the
accomplished mathematician and navigator. Ito.
learned as he is, received his degree because of his
notable work as the financial head of the Jsnanese
system.
Why not confer degrees which signify? Why not
memorabilia Miss Gould as a Master Of Charities ?
Carnegie as a T. L would be recognized as the patron
of libraries. Ito as a Doctor Of Finance would be
best labeled.
OF course there should be some plan or classical
ton Of these degrees. There are lines Of activity
which are just as worthy Of high credit as the delving
Into philosophy OF achievement in the world Of let
tiers. ]. P. Morgan, J. W. Gates, Russell Sage and a
few other notable figures have a proficiency In hnan-
cial manipulation which requires g certain deep study
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st. Louis is to be congratulated on the successful
termination Of the movement to secure a guarantee
fund for the proper maintenance of the Choral
Symphony Society during the season of 19o2-03. The
requisite number of subscribers has been obtained,
and the society is thereby enabled to confront the
coming year with every confidence Of increased
achievement. The new board of officers and man.
ayers take charge of the ChoralSymphony Society's
affairs at an suspicious moment and may well be ami
mated by a commendable determination to make the
approaching musical season exceptionally notable.
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Doodle in Business,


Llpplncott's Tor June.
1 have spoken Of bribery in the households in Amar,oo
1t Is by no means unknown in business. There are certa.,
positions, the holders of which make large purchases for
corporations. that are considered to be very valuable h.
cause Of the perquisites outside Of the salary. It nsad 10
be the case-We may now be living in a purer atmos-
phere-tnat the officers of insurance companies always ex-
Pected a personal bonus when purchasing bonds with the
money of the policy holders. The poorer. the investment
the larger the bonus Such are secret commissions of the
most obnoxious Kind, and are clearly punishable by exist
ing law. Besides. civil actions can be maIntafneS IN va.
cover from officers who thus abuse their trusta
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Marie Antoinette,s Omen.

Henry francis II the "a
The architect who had the range OF the royo, ,r-.,.,
ings, by some inexpicable fatality, had selected for m.
scene the hideous hymensal of Jason and Medea the
theme Of marital tragedy for a thousand years. 1t could
hardly have been thoughtless caprice that chose tbi,
ominous tabisau for the decoration of Marie Antoinette,s
first glimpse of her new life. To Goethe the sinister n-ure,
Of the tragic wife and mother seemed to mingle with and
become part Of the young brides matriculatiou into b.r
new state. whether Marie Antoinette realized tn. in
congruousness of the hideous hymeneaI she gave no evil
dence. beyond the surprised expression. "Ah. what an
omen"
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by his name. When he died his son. Henry
VI. was ased but s months. so the corona
ton was deferred till the boy was 8 years
Clc. He was !eyia upon the high scaIIoio,
says an anonymous contemporary, land THAI
was covered ali with red sage between the
high autere and the quere. And he was set
IN his astatc in the myGdle Of the scanolo
there. beholdyuge the people abowte sadly
and WISELY" Poor boy; let US hope that no
forecast was vouclsatsd 70 his spirit OF the
exceeding .nisadvCuture that followed his
attempts at constitutional government. and
that he was able to do justice to the Won
derful viards described at great length "
the aforementioned authority as furnish
ing the banquet.
What the Guests ReIished.
In q proGigious list Of dishes may be Toted
the bore's hede charmed in a castell royal,
frUamenty with ve~nysoHn, Grocc {? grouse)'
I char. swan, heron, Srete PIKE, custards
ryan with q rial lybba-d Qeogard) Of gold
set theirin, holdynge q floure delyce. crane.
isly wrcten and noted with TIE Deum lauda-
mus, bytore (bitternl. pecock. p~artrich,
chykns endored {? giiO, CRETE breme, egrete,
cuTiewes, and cookies. qudyIes' CRETE oyrdes'
larkcs. CRETE carp" and so on. with sun1ry
'sotyllyes'' (subtetiesJ-that categorical
groups Of figures in pastry
In manner as Prince Henry, son Of Henry
IL, was crowned yst never became King,
so EdUard Y. came to the throne, yet alone
"a TnElE hEL-S tL I-a4E4dLl IL "N~
crowned. Dishes for the banquet, dresses
Ter the guests. had been prepared. but MS
wicked uuc.c. Richard Of Gloucester, ak
The raopla az ire festival by causing Ed
ward ana his brother 10 be done TO death in
The Tower. A fortnight later the dresses, II
NOT the dishes. came into play, and Richard
III. stroye TO drive his evil deed out OF me
minds Of rlen by the m2En:IcsDce OF MS
coronation on July 6, l=S1. True, the monks
sars Te Deum' with a faint courage" but
..s D"@1S Tai,as ~ +ba cnurt
hins' the Hl5h@ps anu - tho
around Queen Anne as lHtJ a. -
high altar, each stripped to the waist Tor
the aEoiat-ns- Fad the OH lhasea 'eeli. a.
was E,-med Tor IT, OF aitiHs 49,; go
ii VOID have eaten Use |-l-'o' !1-' ~ 'N-
OF JA= -eFoc5aua iethdid'
en- the Field OF E&''ie'
Uor~tc.t. vengeance upon The CroIchoack
for 3le murdered Princes was rot long De-
layc1. ON August o. 1855, the wars or inc
Roses, the If- OF Richard and the rouse OF
Lancaster came TO AT ans ditoEetheF On
Ro=v-or-a Field. SIR Reginald Bray. finding
Richards u5-ggE-a0 crown IN a hawthorn
bush, br1G-l- -- 20 Lord Stanley VINO, on
the spot arii called Crown HI, placed II On
Hoary Of I;IrrwnEf's brow.
"Io, hero -..= -..- -err7zi r1vslty
Trew Oh. D.r' "a $ NJ rs h!a.ty Wreven
liaF' ! pa'. III .E1-e. ~ gtohS W."
"g1' IT, b. -i."S
~ " ,-- GH- N'tol,a'-oh u =
o. '-s LL-.t a. SS-S
Ii'hrF VII te-' u 20 ot' -oI ne suose4ueas
formal ceremony II W est1'hs.sF vas sHorn
Of r.HSA o. is t'a"'13i"l sue II ~
NhIlh SA3ht~'eate IL-S mo h7 hou
cftc- ;he victory al Bos"or1h was "en
Iohhiot'
= As We have taken The sacrament
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Even with an II, oo0,0oo-ba cotton crop, prices
will not drop far from the high mark which has been
maintained during the past two seasons. The excel
lent reports Of conditions are of the sort to encourage
every one interested In the welfare of the South. The
sections of the country which suffered from the
drought last year will be blessed by the bumper crop
which is promised. With a good yield and fair prices
prosperity is assured.
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Senator Hannas great speech in behalf of the
Panama Canal route will doubtless please the trans
continental railway corporations immensely. It
promises to $50 delay action on the canal project as to
entirely defeat all canal legislation in the end, and
this is just what the railroads want.
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EternffY.

Old Poem by Whittier in Independent,
Tlme-what Is Time to thee? a passing thought
To twice ten thousand sges-a faint spark
To twice ten thousand suns; a fiber wrought &
Into the web Of iHhnite-a cork
Balanced against a world: we hardly mark
Its being-even its name hath ceased to be-:
Thy wave hath swept It from US and thy dark
Mantle of years, in dim obscurtty
Hath shrouded it around: Time-xb,t 60 Tim. =, thea,
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The Real South African victor..

Chicago Chronicle.
His imperial Majesty speaks Of the TransvaaI and the
Orange Free state as my new dominions." Messrs.
Jameson, Belt ct al, Of the British South African Com
pany. viii chuckle softly at the sumption, but they will
not dispute It. His Imperial MsAsty's troops come in
handy, when the British South African Company desires
to extend its possessions The harmless fiction Is a cheao
price to pay FOR them
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SUNDAY, JUNE s, 1902.
CIRCULATION DURING MAY.

Charles w. Knapp. General Manager of The St Louis
Republic. being duly sworn. says that the actual number Of
full and complete copies Of the daily and Sunday Republic
printed during the month of May. 1907, all in regular
editions. was as per schedule below:
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~O~~~~NN~

az Tho 81. Louis carrier force Of The Republic
deliver more thtn $4,000 copies every day. This
Is nearly four times as many as any other morn
Ing newspaper delivery In ST. Louls and more
Than twice as many as any morning or evening
delivery,
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FROM THE GREAT POETS.
LORD ULLIN'S DAUGHTER.
By

Few poets of reputation whose spa hash zee extended to the the score and ten allotted
years have written so little as Campbell. He was too much a dreamer and at umesm may have
lost his opportunity from the sheer weight Of incidence And yet considering the value Of the
legacy he has left we have no reason to complain EUt 1t is on his lyrics that the fuur'
reputation of Campbell must principally rest they have taken their place. never to be dis
certain to endue-wm. E Aymun D. C l.. author OF Lays IF the Scottish Cavaliers"
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And said Charles w. Knapp further says that the num-
Der Of copies returned and reported unsoId during the
month Of May was $50 per cent
CHA W. KNAPP.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this s1st day Of
May, 1902
J. B. PARISH.
: Notary Public. City Of st. Louis, Mo.
Ny term expires April rs, 1905.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-11-10
NUTMEG GRATINGs

Rev Thomas r. Davies, jr, of Christ
Episcopal church, has accepted a call
become pastor of All Saints church
of Worcester. Mass.
Philo III. Skidmore, Jr, democratic
state senator from Bridgeport ID 1888,
died yesterday morning. He was
member of all Masonic bodies and a
thirty second degree Mason and was
president of the Algonquin club.
Archie Mead of Norwalk broke
away from Constable Joseph Goodwin
yesterday afternoon as he was being
taken to the police station to answer a
charge of theft and the constable fired
at him, hitting him in the leg and in
f1icting wound that is not regarded
as serious.
The passenger stations Of the New
York, New Haven & Hartford Rail-
road company at Deep River and Ches-
ter were broken into during Friday
night. Nothing was secured at Chester
but a package containing $50 was
taken from the Deep River station.
There is no clue to the identity Of the
robbers.
James Bislocky of Seymour. 80
years old. was almost instantly killed
near the railroad station at Ansonia
last night while trying to board an
outgoing passenger train. The train
was in motion at the time and Bis
locky, who was in a hurry, failed to
keep his hold and fell under the
wheels. He leaves wife and four
children.
A man who gave his name as Martin
ID n ~ c,&7
River. Mass. was run over by the cars
east Of the Milk street crossing at Will
limantic Saturday afternoon. He had
attempted to Jump an east bound
freight for Boston and had slipped
and fallen under the wheels. His feet
were not severed. but the ankles were
badly crushed
Truant Officer Hansell found well
concealed artificial cave while in Gar
den terrace, Meriden, Saturday, with
an uncompIeted passageway leading
to the other side Of the hill. 1t is
supposed the gang has been the head
quarters of d gang Of toughs against
whom complaints have been made,
| but who have mysteriously disap-
peared when pursued. The entrance
was concealed under brush.
A bill Of complaint was fled in the
circuit court of the United States sat
urday by the I. b. Kleinert Rubber Co
of No 725 Broadway, New York, and
Reddin w. Parramore of Somerville,
N. J., against Thomas p. Taylor of
Bridgeport. The plaintiffs claim an in
fringement of 1etterspatent on hose
supporter. An injunction is asked for.
The defendant has been notified to
enter an appearance on the records of
the court on or before the first Monday
of December.