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The Washington times., 1903-08-30
Admiral Porter'S ather.
Gave Up United States Commission to
Take Mexican 0ne-Minister
to Turkey.

A half dozen Of the older officers Of the navy
we're sitting in the smoking room Of one Of the
clubs when one told Of Commodore David Porter,
father Of Admiral David u. Porter, who adopted
David Glascoe Farragut, afterward Admiral, in
1919.
Commodore Porter's naval career closed with
an interesting incident A gang Of pirates had
proved upon and robbed the Americans the
island II St. Thomas and carried of their booty
to Porto Rico 20 dispose Of. Lieut.. Charles T.
Platt, who commanded one Of the snail vessels
Of Porter's fleet, heard the complaints Of the
Americans and started in chase Of the pirates.
He followed them 10 the port where they had
taken refuge and at once made a demand upon
the alcalde and other authorities for the return
Of the stolen goods, but he was treated With
indignity by the officials and put under ar
rest by them. Subsequently he was released
and as he was leaving the harbor he met the
Aagship (the John Adams) Of Commodore Por-
ter. reported to him the treatment he had been
subjected 10. and this resulted IN the commo-
dore demanding an apology and reparation from
the alcalde-
Commodore Porter had with him three or four
other vessels Of his feet, and he threatened
that if his demands we're not complied with in
one hour he would take possession Of the place.
No attention being paid 70 his demands, Porter
began 10 land force Of about a hundred
armed men, and then the authorities, seeing
that he was not playing with them, agreed
to all that was asked. But his own Govern
ment disapproved Of Porter's act of vindication
and the commodore was recalled, was put I'M
der charges, and tried by court-martial, and
was sentenced 10 suspension from rank, duty,
and pay for six months.
Commodore Porter demurred 70 this punish
ment, but the department insisted upon the or
der being carried out when Porter resigned his
commission and entered the service Of the
Mexican navy. Subsequently, President Jackson
cffe.ed 20 restore Porter his commission, but
ne declined 70 accept Il unless the court mar
tial record OF censure was expunged, which
the Government refused 70 do.
Mexico did not treat Porter with the dig
nity that ne demanded: In fact, the Covenant nt
was mfaithful 10 him. and this decided him TO
resign bis commission. short time after his
return TO the United States he was appointed
TO the diplomatic service, and little time later
he was commissioned United States minister
to Turkey. where he remained till his death,
in March. 1913.
The Washington times., 1903-08-30
Disraeli and Salisbury

SO long Disraeli lived, Lord Salisbury
Lived in his shadow. No two men could have
been more necessarily antipathetic than this
parvenu and this patrician. The remark Of
the dull old duke on Lord Beaconsheld's first
appearance in the house Of peers doubtless ex-
pressed the Unspoken sentiment of Lord Sails
bury; What droll blsckguard it ISL And.
indeed. his sentiment not unspoken He
spoke il freely in that burst Of indignation 10
which Dizzy so characteristically replied: The
noble marquis who wrote anonymous articles
against me before l was his colleague. and af-
ter | was his colleague really do not know
whether he wrote them while / was his col
league" Whatever truth there may be in the
story Of real reconciliation between these
tenperamental oppOsites, il was only after the
departure Of his chief that Lord Salisbury was
able to assert himself. To him foreign politics
was means of conducting to the greatness OF
the British empire To Dizzy they were simply
pawns in his personal political game And.
while he retained his interest in public affairs
it must be owned that Lord Salisbury ordered
the foreign affairs of the empire with shrevd-
ness, prudence, and circumSpection Especial
ly and literally with circumspection. He
''looked round" the Affairs Of he world
from the point Of view OF an intelligent Brit
ish patriot. And for many years there was
nothing to compare, for intellectual interest,
in the proceedings Of the British parliament
with such = survey OF mankind the prime
minister. with extensive view" from time 10
time gave the house Of lords. He detected the
British interests in what to his hearers and
his readers before he began 10 explain it was
Z mere weitering imbrOglio. Confusion became
order in his path. And he did for all u. e
years promote as well as perceive the true in
terests of his country.-New York Times
The Washington times., 1903-08-30
Bailey as Chairman.

Democrats at Saratoga are canvassing
the political situation with much thor
oughness, and one of the matters talked
over is the Craftsmanship OF the Demo-
cratic national committee. Il was con-
coded that the man nominated for the
Presidency would have much to say as
to the choice. and IL was also agreed
that former Senator James X Jones
would be likely to hold on until after
the convention. This decided, names
were suggested of men suitable to sue
coed him, and about every prominent
man in the party was mentioned. The
majority OF the leaders present. how
ever, seemed to think that Senator Bal
ley. who has already been put forward
by his friends, would probably make the
best man for the place. Senator Bailey
when in Washington recently refused 20
discuss the matter. but TO intimates he
has said he would accept II IL were Of
fered. OF course. nothing definite was
settled at the New York resort, but the
consensus of opinion shows the way
things are going. Senator Bailey is
friend OF Bryan and he is not offensive
in his views to the Democrats of the
East, thus making it possible for him TO
do about all one man can to bring the
warning factions of the party together.
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Wisdom's Whispers.

4 man rarely feels that he has been given all
to which he is entitled.
Women are inclined to share good fortune
with a man more cheerfully than with a
woman.
Men usually reach out for more than they
can easily manage.
Some women show of best when engaged in
a banter with men.
The man Of the times is not always the most
worthy the tile.
Catch a woman in a queer transaction and
she will proceed 70 justify her course without 4
blush
1t is hard 10 tell how honest a man may b,
from his conversation
A woman can FISH for a compliment with a
dantiness that brings satisfactory results.
Take a man by surprise and he instantly de
velops unsupported resources for escape from
ccasure.
Women are caught by the chat which men
give out after careful preparation
-Philadelphia Bulletin.
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Rain.

The wet earth-smell came TO me where | stood.
The breath Of rain, pungent and keen as wine,
Rich with the incense of the dark, drenched
pine.
Sweet with the sweetness of the wet peat wood,
And something stirred and quiekened In my
blood.
Methought great deeds might spring in sudden
birth,
Born OF the rain, and the sweet breath OF
Earth
Wine that Antaeus drank, and found most good
Primeval wine' that wakes in us quick fires,
A vagrant warming for the wonder life,
Laughter and longlIS, and young wide desires
Fer distance and great space and clash of strife
Who drinks the keen earIh-wine, he needs must
call
Antaeus' mother, mother of us all
L. II. MACAULAY.
The Washington times., 1903-08-30

be made his escape, with the assist
ance of his wife, and took refuge in
Spain, where after long exile he per
ished miserably.
But looked at dispassionately, there
Is nothing in his conduct of the de-
Tense of the fortress of Metz tc Jus
t;fy the decision that he betrayed his
country. Before he was finally shut
up in Metz by the Prussians, in his
efforts to rejoin MacMahon's army a,
Chalons, he engaged the invading
forces in several of the most fiercely
fought battles of the war. At Won
Vile and Gravelotte, under his leader
ship, the French did their best fight
ing Of the entire campaign.
When Bazaine retired behind the
walls of Metz, the city was pro-
visioned for a garrison of only twenty
OF thirty thousand. His army num-
bered nearly 100000. He made sew
eral attempts to break through the
P1ussian lines, but on nearing of the
catastrophe Of Sedan and the fall OF
the Empire, his only hope was to hold
out until the conclusion of peace. But
the Republican leaders were deter
mined to carry on the war to the bit
ter end. After a siege of nearly
eight weeks the last rations of bread
were distributed to the troops IN
Metz. 1t was then that Bazaine
opened negotiatins with Prince Fred
erick Charles and accepted terms of
surrender. The capture of his army
fell OPPORTUNITY for the Prussians,
for il released another army for the
advance on Paris and left its rear IN
threatened.
1t would be impossible to plead
Bazaine's innocence in France, just as
If was later to defend Dreyfus' cause.
But. except on the theory that he was
bought with Prussian gold, there
could be no such character as Regnler
TO serve Madame Humbert's purposes.
Without taking her too seriously, 1t
looks as though she had attempted TO
trade on the old-time prejudices of
The French people in order to give eff
feet 10 her promised sensation.
The Washington times., 1903-08-30
Courts and Capitals
of the Old World
BY THE MARQUIsE DE FoNTENoY.
A Baronet's Association.

A Baronet's Association.
AS there are some British people
settled in America, and likewise some
United States citizens, who have in
herited the title of baronet. it may be
well to draw their attention to the fact
that there has lately been formed In
London a species of baronet's protection
association under the name of the
Standing Council of the Baronetage, ("
it's purposes being described in the
wording of a circular just issued by the
founders. The latter. whose signatures
are eighteen of tie best-known baronets
in the United Kingdom, among them
being Sir Hickman Beacon, the premier
baronet of England; Sir James De Hogh-
ton, whose baronetcy is second in point
of precedence; Sir John Heron Maxwell,
Sir William Vincent. and others.
The circular states that il is in
dispensable TO the honor and wellbeing
of this hereditary dignity that it should
possess a permanent central organiza-
its interests" and it seems from the
circular that owing to the absence of
any such organization the order of
baronets narrowly escaped being en-
tirely ignored at King Edwards corona
ton. although the order OF nobility of
Malta was duly recognized and officially
represented, thanks to its organization.
The Washington times., 1903-08-30
Ohio Majorities.

The Republicans OF Ohio are satisfied
with the nomination of Mayor Tom John
son. They are also satisfied with the
arrangement which has been made 10
bring William ]. Bryan into the Buck
eye State 10 help in the campaign. That
Mr.. BRYAN is TO take part has been set
tied. and he is going to make a number
OF speeches. In speaking of the way
things are shaping up. Representative
Charles Dick is quoted as saying that he
hopes George Fred Williams and the
others may also appear. which would
make the contest only a question OF
larger Republican majcrities.
1t is his opinion that Mr.. Johnson is
going 10 be defeated by something like
SO. 900. In conversation with a reporter
for The Times while In Washington re-
Gently. Representative Grosvenor put
the majority at 100. 900 and asked that
the date of the prediction be remem-
bered. II was August 10. The thinner
man wing of the party. so dispatches
say, put the majority AT 10000. Myron
T. Herriek, the Republican candidate.
has made no prediction. aud Mayor
Johnson is said 10 be satisfied with ths
outlook.
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The Passing of McComas.

Another candidate has appeared among
the aspirants for the Senate from Mary
land. Isador Rayner is the man. and.
judging from the remarks made by
leaders of Baltimore and the counties.
he is formidable. II is expected that the
formal announcement of his candidacy
is to be made in a few days. So far he
has begun no open contest for the honor,
and. speaking Of the position he has as
sumed, one of the Baltimore leaders
said that he thought Mr.. Rayper was
adopting a wise course in letting his de-
siTes rest upon merit Asked If he
thought the Democratic combination as
new constituted would not be against
Mr. Rayner, he replied that the Demo-
Gratis must carry Baltimore. and that the
leaders would hardly combine TO defeat
the party.
4 county leader said he knew that but
three of the legislative delegations Lad
been instructed. and that the field vas
open. Just what Mr.. German thinks OF
Mr.. Rayner is not yet known The
only thing certain in the contest is
that Senator MeComas, to use an ex-
pressive sporting term. lis down ard
out" Representative Mudd is victo-
rious. and il seems that he is going 20
return to the House until he tires of the
life.
The Washington times., 1903-08-30
Globe Sights.

Herd your troubles; don't let them run wild
Don't wear baseball suit unless you can
play.
When you have fried chicken at your house.
is there any left over?
The homelier woman, the more liable she
is to wear fascinator-
81 am afraid of a banker" man said to-
day. ''even when do not want to borrow
money
When we have things our way. elderly men
will become gray headed instead of bald
headed.
good deal of your time. is taken UP in
listening to pointers given you by friends
Ever use one?
When a woman really loves her husband,
the first evidence Of il is a statement that he Is
overworked.
What nerve a man must have who adver-
tises spiritualist seance and promises TO
bring back the dead!
A little Atchison bridegroom is calling for
help His wife. big fat woman, has enter
tanned eight Of her out-of-town kin during the
six weeks of their married life
An Atchison man who has been married five
years is boasting that he received letter be-
fore noon today from his wife, who left at
O'Clock this morning for a brief kin visit
A ''favor" is seldom worth what it costs.
The man granting IL usually says you are not
as grateful you should be, and that you
took IL a matter OF course Don't accent
favOrs if you can avoid it.
-Atchison Globe
The Washington times., 1903-08-30
No Protective Law.

In England there are no legal means
at present TO prevent the unlawful as
sumption Of baronetcies, and although
in 1888 royal warrant was issued or
dering that the title of baronet should
not be inserted in any commission. war
rant. or appointment, or any other
legal instrument thereafter TO be is
sued, TO any person claiming or using
the said title, until such person had
proved his right thereto in his majesty's
college of arms, and produced certifi-
cate thereof from that institution" this
warrant was for some reason or other
modified a year later in such a manner
as to merely apply to the baronetcies
created subsequent to the date of it's
issue.
The consequence is that as matters
stand now anyone who wishes 10 call
himself a baronet may, do SO. providing
he declares that his baronetcy was
created prior to 1884. And as there is
no penalty provided for those who. vio-
lating the terms of the royal warrant of
that date, unlawfully usurp baronetcies
of more modern creation. people guilty
of this offense are subjected to no
drawback. save that their dignity does
not secure official recognition at court.
The Washington times., 1903-08-30
Political Gossip
Here and There
Honesty in Missouri.

The currency question. which Il seems
impossible for some of The Democrats to
get away from. is apparently not going
to cut much OF figure in the State cam
paign in Missouri. Advices from 81.
Louis are to the effect that the main is
sue is TO be the honesty OF men in Of
fee. and all OF the candidates so far
mentioned prominently for the gov
ernorship have been identified with the
exposure. prosecution, and conviction OF
the hoodlers. The Democrats announce
that they are going to make the dis
honesty of the Republicans the keynote
OF their fight. and the Republicans are
putting up men who put the grafters in
jail. 1t seems that States Attorney
Folk has everything his own way for
one Of the nominations. and the Repub-
licans apparently have settled finally
upon State Senator John Boutwell, All
of Missouri's soiled linen is TO be wash
ed in public for the edifcation OF the
voter, and the issues of interest 10 the
country generally are likely TO be ig-
nored.
The Washington times., 1903-08-30
A Question Of History.
Madame Humbert's Assumption That
Bazaine Was Bought.

Madame Humbert's Assumption That
Bazaine Was Bought.
When Madame Humbert promised
that her trial should end with a sensa-
ton, she showed that she knew her
Paris. One thing and another hai
happened to divert public attention
from the celebrated ease, and only
dramatic conclusion would revive it,
spectacular interest. But her loudly
heralded disclosures about the person
atty Of the mysterious multi-million-
aire. the American Crawford. was des-
tined to fall fiat. After all, Regnier,
the alleged agent Of Bismarck, who
was supposed to have bribed Marshal
Bazaine TO surrender Metz, was nc
less Of a myth than the fictitious
Crawford.
As a matter Of fact, it has never
been clearly established that Bazaine
was guilty of treason. Months after
the war with Prussia was ended he
was court-martialed and condemned
10 death. This sentence was commut-
cd to twenty years Imprisonment
and he was confined IN a fort on the
island Of st. Marguerite. From there
The Washington times., 1903-08-30
Not Among Noble Class.

Baronets, contrary 10 the belief that
prevails abroad. are not classed among
the nobility" although their dignity is
hereditary. True. they may be regarded
as belonging TO the aristocracy. For in
Great Britain, as on the Continent.
considerable portion thereof is untitled.
But in the eyes of the English law
baronets are merely commoners, who
are entitled TO write sir" before their
Christian name and Bart" after their
surname and TO whom is assigned
particular place in the scale or pre-
cedence, just after younger sons of peers
and above the knights of the various
national orders.
The distinction carries with il no po-
litical prerogatiye or legal immunities,
The Washington times., 1903-08-30
Titles for Sale.

Patents signed by the sovereign. but
leaving the name OF the prospective pur-
chaser in blank, were coufided to Sir
William Alexander for sale at SIS, 600
apiece, the half of which sum was TO
be turned over TO the crown and the
other TO be retained by Sir William for
use in the promotion of his colonial
venture. The vicissitudes OF the latter
were such-Nova Scotia shortly after
ward falling into the hands OF the
French-that 10 record was kept OF the
baronetcies thus disposed of. although
it is known that the whole lot of them,
numbering about three hundred. had
been duly sold.
Only a very few of these Sir William
Alexander baronetcies have since been
established. The majority of the So
called baronetcies which figure under
the head Of Nova Scotia in Burke's
were sold by King Charles I himself in
England 10 raise money for the purpose
of carrying on the civil war in defense
OF his crown against Cromwell and par
lament, and it is well known that sew
oraI Of the Sir William Alexander bar
onetcies are now in the possession of
old American families. who. like the late
Lord Fairfax. disdain as United States
citizens to make any use of an OLD
World title.
The Washington times., 1903-08-30
OsteoloQY SimDlihed.

Some years ago two little fellows Of seven
and eight years heard older people speaking Of
skeletons. The srven-year-od boy listened in
tently TO the conversation, when the elder boy,
with an air Of superior knowledge, said abrupt
Iy:
''You don't know what a skeleton is, and /
do
$50 do T." replied the younger. Il do know
] know Tor certain, do"
''WeH, now. wha. is it?'
It's bones with the people of:"-Lippin.
The Washington times., 1903-08-30
Daily Calendar of American Historu
August 40.

177S-Americans evacuated Long Island.
17S1-Count de Grasse. with French
fleet, arrived in Chesapeake Bay
1S13-Massacre at Fort Mimms, Ala. by
Creek Indians.
1S56-Army appropriation bill, without
provision that army be not used 10
help pro-slavery legislation in
Kansas, passed by Congress. Sec
ond session Thirty-fourth Congress
adjourned.
1S62-Battle of Manass Second battle
OF Bull Run. Kirby Smith, with
Braggs' right. advanced on Rich
mond, KY, and defeated Union
forces.
1ST7-Monument to John Brown ledi-
Gated at Ossawatomie, Kan.
1S79-COlfederate Gen. John B. Hood
born 1881, died at New Orleans
1SeO-Act passed providing for inspec-
ton OF exported and imported
meats and empowering the Presi-
dent 10 retaliate upon those Cor
eign nations discriminating against
the United States.
The Washington times., 1903-08-30
Lord Curzon.
The Remarkable Achievements of a
Remarkable Man.

In another part of today's issue of
The Times we print an exceedingly in
teresting account of the work done in
India by Lord Curzon. Our readers
will recall that, early this month.
Lord George Hamilton, secretary OF
state for India, announced In the
House Of Commons that Lord Cur
IONS term of Office as governor gen
eral of India had been extended to
May of next year, and that, should
Lord Curzon be able to continue his
duties in India beyond that date, the
government would extend his period
OF office for another term, not exceed
ing two years.
This unusual action on the part of
the home government-for a second
term as governor general of India, is
Of less frequent occurrence than is the
reelection of President here-must
have had some substantial basis TO
rest on. 1t must have had something
to justify it other than a mere desire
tc retain IN Office a useful member Of
the party in power, or keep a trouble
some rival-a formidable candidate
for the reversion of the Tory premier
ship, perhaps-at a convenient and
safe distance from home.
The average reader of the daily
newspapers, if he read nothing be
SIDES, derives his notions of contem-
pOraneous history, as a rule, from the
scraps which his favorite paper pro-
vides IN the way Of more or less in
telligent dispatches. At best these
dispatches are mere glimpses at the
theater of action. They rarely, if
ever, present a complete picture, The
record of today seems To bear no rela-
ton whatever 10 that Of the day be-
fore. The continuity of a movement,
It's origin and development, are lost
sight Of III a series Of meaningless
paragraphs, which, stretched over a
period of weeks, months or years, re
veal little or nothing of the true ma
ture Of the movement, and which FIRE
quently, though correct as far as they
90, become positively misleading by
reason of the conditions under which
the best, the most resourceful. the
most conscientious of newspaper
must be published today, and must
probably continue to be published for
a long time 10 come
1t is no wonder, then, that in the
fragmentary dispatches from India
which have been permitted to find
their way into American newspapers
within the last four years no adequate
idea could be gained of the magnitude
OF the work undertaken by Lord Cur
zon when he set out to rule Great
Britain's Indian empire, nor that a
correct notion could be derived of the
solid and substantial achievements of
his administration from a perusal Of
columns of rubbish and fol-de-rol
commemorating the splendors Of an
imperial Durbar. The article which
we print today supplies in succinct
manner this information. 1t does not
furnish all, but more than enough 10
how that the action of the British
TeInment IN reappointing LORD
ron for another term OF two
hrs after May next was justified.
Bot justified merely, but rendered alb
solutely necessary by the logic of
The Washington times., 1903-08-30
Powerhouse Fire.

VIII The Times kindly inform one Of its
readers when the powerhouse on Pennsylvania
Avenue was burned? b.
On the night OF September %, 1897. The
fire was discovered by C. B. Pomeroy,
an actor. who turned in the alarm from
a box in front OF the Willard Hotel
The fire was soon beyond control, and
continued to burn all night