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calculated on the exchange Of the time
and at the periods agreed upon.

calculated on the exchange Of the time
and at the periods agreed upon"
When the Chinese made an appeal to
the powers toEbe permitted to pay IN sill.
yer instead Of gold. as even silver pays
ments would tax the resources Of the ems
pire to the utmost. and payment In gold
would cause arrangement in industry and
trade which would be disastrously felt by
the powers also. our government agreed
to accept silver and it was the only gov
eminent which did so. "a portion OF the
English press at<the time. and an intiuen-
tial portion Of It, urged their government
to do likewise and, by helping the Chi
nese government. promote British trade
and maintain Chinese friendship. but the
government refused, making an indefinite
promise that it might accept silver after
ten years.
The course Of our government has been
appreciated by China, which will have
every reason to give us trade preference.
e Taking into considerations the fact that
the tael heavily declined in value thru
the fall in silver, after the signing Of the
450,000,000 taels to 563 900, 900 taels. The
value Of the tael at the signing Of the
protocol was fixed at so.742, and our gov
eminent has accepted the contention Of
China, that the exchange rates of the tael
given in the protocol should in Justice con-
,tinue to be those accepted by the powers,
regardless of the iiuctua tions in the price
of silver. The first and second, install
ments have been, paid on the. silver basis,
the governments lreceiving the money re-
serving the right, to reclaim the difference
between the silver and the gold basis The
whole matter might have been referred to
The Hague tribunal as our government
suggested. The United States, indeed, has
thus far been the most Ter lent and just
of the powers interested in China.t"
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THE UNITED STATES ms"
Baltimore American.
The United States il" or ''the United

Baltimore American.
1.-THE United States is, or the United
States are"
For years the contest has waged as to
whether the third person singular present
used in connection with the noun United
States" orfwhether the proper form is not
that Of the present indicative plural Of the
same verb.
The battle Of the grammarians has not
been without interest to the general pub
lie; but now they may lay aside their
arms and enjoy a truce, for the commit
tee on revision of. the laws has, in re-
viewing the federal statutes, decided that
the United States is. = The singular
present of the verb ito be- will. there
fore be used in the forthcoming edition
of the revised statutes. and from the
legal viewpoint. the United States are
will cease to exist.
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THE, MAGAZINES

The Worlds Work for April contains
an illustrated paper byf Professor Clifford
Of Cornell, showing the vast destruction
OF forests in the lands of the land grant
railways, and the const family increasing
need Of ties In track. construction by all
could effectively assist the forest move
ment and benefit themselves by holding
blocks of forested land and treating it
under the rules Of scientific forestry.
George Isles Interestingly shows the adj
vantages of New Works free lecture sys-
tenn, and Mr.. Emory Of the department
of&state contributes paper on the new
department Of commerce and labor, and
Its possible stimulus to commercial prog
ress and expansion: w. S. Harwood of
Minneapolis shows lin an Illustrated paper
the process of growing American lemons.
An illustrated paper Of interest is Albert
Bigelow Paine's Flat Dwellers of Great
City, New York being the city. It is
a good sociological study. The latest New
York fat building is seventeen stories
high; has sixteen elevators and over 300
suites of rooms and. $4,000 electric lights.
Rents run up. as high as $4,000, for a
double suite Of rooms. New York: Dou-
bleday, Page & Coz
The Booklovers' Magazine for April COLI
tains an interesting sketch of a group
Of Men Behind the Railroads.&c.. K.
vanderbilt, George Gould, j. ). HILL "A.
J. Cassatt and e. II. Harrinan-and their
work in developing the Community of
interest idea. Portraits Of these gentle
men appear. There is AN illustrated pa
per on Oxford and the Rhodes Scholar
ships" giving much information about the
|universitys MISS officials and students and
methods; with descriptions sof the old col
leges. lDr. Samuel Johnson 2is the ssubject
OF. a fine Illustrated sketch, and railway
consolidation is discussed by H. D. Lloyd
and H. r. Newcomb from the radical and
conservative standpoints respectively, and
the ,transcontinenfal railway. projects OF
Canada are discussed by j ohm A. Evan
(Philadelphia: 1923 Walnut street}
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WHY WE HAVE so. MANY ELEGANT
WIDOWS.
Harper,s Weekly.

4 So
It may be asked If American, domestic
habits have not some thing to do with the
frequent breakdown Of American nerves.
In perhaps the majority of cases, in
cities, at least, the day is admirably ar
ranged SO as to give the business man, no
rest whatever until he gets into bed It
has come within our observation that, In
our civilization, there are three systems
OF living out the ordinary workng-day.
There is the.French system, which Is that
of the continent Of Europe in general:
there is the English system; and there is
the American system. The last combines
the chief features of the other two The
zEnglishman goes to work late and comes
away early; but during working hours he
works all the timei His luncheon is light,
and eaten hastily erhaps at his desk.
For this he makes up by a. leisurely
breakfast and a. leisurely dinner; while
+ he has the early part Of the morning and
the latter part Of the afternoon to himself.
The Frenchman, on the other hand, goes
/ to work early, and works hard till noon.
The American Is apt to sunderrates the
energy. with which the, Frenchman works
while he Is working. But at. noon work
ceases, and he sits down to an abundant
meal, well cooked, we'll served and eaten
with Appetite and in peace. I,
SAfter: his dejeuner he has his petit verre,
his, smoke, and perhaps game of domi-
!IOSSF OI EGdFuSs -WIllle ne discusses pOutlCSs
the arts, or the topics Of the day. He
takes his two hours Of refreshment as a
matter OF course he has no prickings Of
conscience at wasting time, nor search
! ings Of heart lest some one else should
':get ahead of him., Even the ylaborer,
who in America eats his cold midday meal
in a ditch or behind a pile Of boards, gem
orally Sits down In Europe to a decent
table, deftly# served and, however coarse
his food, has time to eat otherwise than as
the lower animals. Then, with mind
/ cleared and cheered, and body strength
ened and refreshed, laboring man and
business man return to their tasks, to
work hard and late. The American sys-
tenn, as we have said, combines the chief
features Of the other two. The American
goes to work early, like the Frenchman;
like the Frenchman, he works hard; like
the Frenchnan,' he works late; but, like
the Englishman, he takes no time to HIM
self at midday. His luncheon Is the
merest smack; 1t is often cooked badly
and served worse; it is oftener STILL per-
haps, drawn from a paper in his pocket,
and not served at ALL Assfor any intel
lectual repose or mental distraction from
the. grim facts Of work-not only is it. not
thought of, but the very idea would be
laughed to scorn. From the moment Of
setting forth to. the moment of return
mind and body alike are deprived of their
proper nourishnent and rest. It is
scarcely strange, there fore, that Europe
should be rich in elegant American
widows and orphans, and the church
yards at home too full Of young men s
graves. . 80 ''- :: ::-sf' ~ Z
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AT THE TEEATERs
Foyer Chat.

Eyer Chat
Marguerita Sylvia and d clever company
clientele ats the Metropol titan. The piece
will run the week out. s.
ork State Folks. :, which comes to the
Metro olitan Tor an engagement of four
nights and Wednesday matinee beginning
next Sunday, is remarkable for the atten-
ton given to detail. Electrical devices are
utilized to secure fire. fly and other effects
In the famous Maple. Lane scene, and an
uncannily real storm Of thunder, lightning
and rain is a feature. rs
THE Chaperons'' will be on view at the
Metropolitan for three nights and matinee
commencing Thursday, April 16, with
nearly all the old favorites in the cast.
The Castle Square Opera company will
sing; Martha" at. the Metropolitan, st.
Paul, tonight with Miss Norwood as Lady
Harriet. Miss Du Ere as Nancy, Mr..
Coombs as Plunkett. Mr.. Carrier as Lord
Tristan and Mr.. d Aubigne as Lionel. To-
morrow night Aida" will be the. bill with
Miss Norwood In tho title role and Mr..
be repeated on Saturday evening, and on
Friday night and at the matinee Satur-
day 'Tannhauser's will BE presented.
The exciting melodrama "At Cripple
Creek will be presented. at the Bijou the
coming week. Wild life in the heart of the
rockies Is full Of. dramatic and scenic pos
sibilities and the prolific pen Of Hal Reid
has woven these thrilling and heroic
episodes into a heart stirring drama. +:
Those two capable artists, Billy B. Van
and Nellie O'Neil, with a good supporting
company are presenting "Bolivars Busy
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PEANUT. CURE FOR INSOMNIA.
Phi1adelphia RECORD

Philadelphia Record
Peanuts as, a cure for consumption are
widely known and believed in. Now q
Roxborough, man comes forward with a
peanut cure for insomnia. He says Of TT:
y had 70 been poor sleeper for five years.
Violent exercise. drugs and other rene
dies had given me no relief Finally, at
the suggestion Of a vegetarian, / tried
the peanut put beside my bed bag
of peanuts newly roasted, shelled and
sailed, and on my first attack Of insomnia
ate fifty, masticating them very thor
oughly-giVing In fact twenty-five chews
to each nut. While taking this large
dose, I felt drowsiness stealing over me,
and as soon as the dose was ended fell
asleep. Since that: time have always
kept fresh peanuts by me at night. They
have never failed
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= Canada is reported to be getting lit
tie cocky over its growth and prosperity.
The Canucks are doing well, and we are
glad Of it. but the earnings Of the United
States Steel Corporation are more than
twice the entire revenues of the Domin-
ion. We merely mention this fact, as sort
of counter irritant.
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The Engineers Personal Equation. .

r =
Chicago, gives it as his opinion that, rail-
way. accidents, for which engineers are
responsible, are often due to a sort Of in
voluntary self -hypnotism of the engineer.
An engineer is a man who is under great
strain and constantly has his mind con-
centrated' on his duties. The continuous
watching of. the track ahead is enough in
itself to produce a state of unconscious
ness. Persons of strong powers. OF con-
centration can voluntarily throw them
selves into a. state: of Inconsistencies by
concentrating their attention on some OBJ
ject. In the case Of engineers whose
nervous systems are more or less i'm
paired by long strain, this unconscious
ness may come 1nyoluntarily. ~
The correspondent cites one case Of the
kind that came under his personal obser-
walton. The engineer, though apparent
ly conscious, was utterly oblivious of the
fact that he had run by a passing point
ana only the fireman S emphatic reminder
Of the situation prevented a collision.
The engineer afterward explained "that
everything seemed to have dropped out
of his head *...s~. s..
+ The engineer may suffer. from this
nervous disorder without. knowing it, and
If he does, he may conceal it=from others,
and thus it Is practically impossible to
ascertain whether he has the trouble.
Moreover, the first manifestation of the
disorder may have an instantaneously
calamitous result. The only check
against railway disasters resulting from
such sudden lapses in n engineers Z as
well as those strange freaks of
accidents is to put two engineers
on every train and charge them
with equal responsibility If one fails
the other, at least, is not likely to fail
simultaneously. when the question is
| thought off, says the Railway Age cor.
| respondent lit seems unsafe on the face
Of it, to run a machine like one Of the
! modern fast passenger engines, with the
! life and property behind 1t, at the lowest
possible limit for labor, as Is now the case
i allowing no margin of safety for sickness
or accident to one man. sf
Mere fatigue from s overwork causes
many accidents. From exhaustion the
engineer becomes irresponsible; his facul.
ties are not in working order. A year OF
| two ago a tired engineer on a fast pas.
senger train went to sleep and his engine
went laundering over Mississippi rive,
.drawbridge without stopping. For
| tunately the draw was closed, but the
fireman perceived the situation too late
| to have prevented terrible catastrophe
had it been open. Several times within
the past year we have read Of trains
rushing along, miles at q time, with q
dead man at the throttle. The fireman
has his own arduous labors to attend to
and can not be expected to be ready t
/ check the engineer at all times.
In view Of these facts the suggestion o.
an extra engineer does not seem unrea.
sonable Certain specially important
!. trains might be provided with them, any,
1 way. The travelling public would fee
that it was much safer II It knew tina
there were two responsible men in tn,
engine cab.
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WANTED-AN ISSUE

Nelson County IN. d. Observer.
Iii the astute Senator German of Mary.
land the democracy has at last found
genuine leader All that is needed now t,
make of it a real party is the discover,
Of an issue.
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Mr.. Hay thoroughly understands the
Canadian reciprocity question. It is now
that we must get reciprocity, or else go
without 1t for a long time.
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GROVER WOULD Be EASY
Cakes IN. D.l .Repub1ican. .

Cakes IN. d. Republican.
Gleyeland's presidential boom is gaining
some strength. The nonina ton OF Gro
yer would be as easy a proposition as the
republicans could have to go against
Those who still adhere to the st. Louis
platform, Bryan and sixteen tosone, would
be mighty force for the advocates OF
Cleveland to overcome. Then the people
have not vet forgotten the stagnating
tEHttoI So. - 8
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There Is from ten to twenty feet of
snow in Yellowstone park. Why didn't
some one think to give the president a
pair Of skis while he was in Minneapolis?
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terest Of the people and viii work 9 posi-
tive public injury. If passed. Such q
measure the republican ajority cannot
afford to become responsible for.
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Minnesota and South Dakota, it appears,
belong to the effete east. The president
did not don his SLOUGH hat till he reached
Fargo.
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"
Even Poultney Bigelow Is not perfect, II
appears. We had understood from Mr.
Bigelow's writings that hewas.-
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A BUNCH OF GOOD STORIES.
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THREE OAKS FoReoTTEN
Sioux CITY Tribune

Sioux City Tribune. -
Sioux City is being reminded that Three
Oaks. Mich.s is also left out OF the prestz
dents Itinerary. / 81
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Governor Cimmins, Of Iowa, is the
kind OF 'standpatter" we like. He stands
pat for sound tariff views
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AMEs AND. d. WHITAKER
Des MONIES CAPITAL

= ss.s8 sE&sDeS MONIES Capital. y. #75s
j.. Whitaker Alright is inclined to fol-
low the ex- Mayor Ames precedent so far
rs the poor health racketais concerned.
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The democrats have carried Oyster Bay
but the president has the country.
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English Spelling Reform.

Twelve simplified English spellings
recommended by the National .Educa-
| tional Association, and being widely
! adopted. They will be used hereafter
| in T h ] ournal:
Tho Program
| AItho CataIog
Thoro Decalog
Thorofare Pedagog
| Thru Prolog
4, Turnout Demagoq
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This measurement is for the
paid advertising carried dur
the month and does not in
clude any city or county
printing.
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:. Those two capable artists, Billy B. Var
and Nellie O'Neil with good supporting
company are presenting "Bolivar's Busy
Day. at the Bijou thissweek. ).
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-10-16

Writing in the Empire Review on the
locust in South Africa, s. L. Kitchen
says: Locusts are very tiny creatures,
at most two or three inches long, yet
giant jawCd and shcllcd in Il grim
browE mail so hard that as they strike
it causes sharp smart. They travel
in such numbers that it takes them
four or five days to pass over. The
scouts alone. towering in patches like
red dust clouds. are numerous enough
to destroy the vegetation of Il district
while the main body. high up in the air
a host of little black specks. stretches
out into an interminable screen be
tween heaven and earth. The tanning
of their wings brings Il fresh GOODNESS
over the hot earth even in the depth
of summer. There seems to be fresh
breath of ozone as of the sea.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-10-16
The Dnnn,cras of Africa,

In Cations "TroPical South Africa"
il is stated that the DanmaIus use no
term beyond three and that when they
wish to express four they take to their
fingers. Beyond five they cannot count
at ALL 1t is seldom, however. that they
lose in Il bargain through their inability
to count. When bartering, each sheep
or OK or whatever they may be sell
ing must be paid for separately. If
this rate of exchange We're at the rate
of two sticks of tobacco for one sheep
1t would greatly puzzle a pam;::;:ra to
accept four sticks for two sheep. Gal
ton says that he several times paid
them in that way and that the Dam
mara forthwith set aside two sticks for
one of the sheep, and even when he
found that he had two sticks left for
the other sheep he still had his doubts
as to the gcnuineness of the transac-
ton and was not satisfied until two
sticks were put into his hand and one
sheep driven away and then another
two sticks given to him for the other
sheep.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1903-10-16
PHIL MAYS BARGAIN.
An Experience the Artist Had Wit
a Rowing COnsurer

An Experience the Artist Had With
Rowing COn3urer.
An amusing story is told of the artist
Phil May and an English conjurcr at q
fair at Stafford on-Avon. Phil was in
the crowd which had gathered to watch
a very clever gentleman who was wrap
ping up sovereignS and half crowns in
pieces of paper and selling them for .
shillings. The sharp" had beautiful
face-such q face as Phil May loved to
draw. So he sketched him furtively.
But the gentleman saw him and made
q speech forthwith.
eff that there celebrited portrit paint
er with the tight brooches on will and
up the picter, the equally celebrited
benefactor to 'oomanity wot is givin'
away guilds for coppers will reward i'm
accordingly" he shouted.
Phil, with q twinkle in his eye, hand
cd up the drawing. The coniurcr was
delighted with the sketch and pinned it
to the tailboard of his cart. With an
other preliminary speech, he threw
three sovercigns, three half sovercigns
and several half crowns into piece Of
paper, screwed it up and handed it to
the artist. You'll be president of the
bloomin' R'yal academy some dye,
young man," said he. Here, catch"
"a bargains a bargain" said Phil,
walking off with the packet of gold and
silver.
He confessed afterward when he
opened the packet and found two pen
MES and halfpcnny in it that it was
the most entertaining commission he
had ever been paid for.
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TSs zHals and lpteIilasacer.
BEL AIR MD. OCT. 1e, 1903.
nisCREET lNDlSCRETIOM,

Row the INSTRUMENTATION of IL DIpio~
MAI .1Ncricd HostiIitics.
An example that can never lie over
looked whom tie yi.Et Of an amhaSsa-
dor to CNcru;:S. his own discretion is in
question is that which occurred i'll the
career OF Lord I.yu:i.i when he was our
ambassador 10 the United States. He
was persona gratl there. "All | can
say, Lord Lyons. is, Go thou and do
likewise, was abraham Lincoln's
genial method of receiving the British
ambassadors announcement of the
Prince of Wales marriage. Lord Lyons
did not take the advice, but he remain
ed Il very effective ambassador in
spite of his bachrlorhoud. When the
grave difficulty over the Mason and
Slidcll cas-" arose Lord Lyons was in
structed from home to present an ulti-
matum, afford twelve hours for its ac-
ceptancc, and, the latter not being
forthcoming, he was to break off reia-
tions and leave the country. The
twelfth hour expired, Slia"ll and Ma
son were not surrendered and there re-
manned apparently only the dire pros
pect of war. "Give me another twelve
hours" said Seward, the secretary Of
state. 1t was an entire contradiction
Of official orders. but, nevertheless. II
WILL" said Lyons. From 6 o'clock that
night until the next morning Seward
battled with the recalcitrants. Then
Lyons received an intimation that the
Confederate ENJOYS would be given up.
So by the INSTRUMENTATION of an am
bassador war was saved.-St. James
Gazette
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Unlike Napoleon, bismarck was a
hard smoker. He once told this story
to illustrate his love Of the weed:
1.-THE value of Il good cigar is best
understood when it is the last you pos
sess and there is no chance of getting
another. At KoCnigGraetZ l had only
one cigar left in my pocket. which l
carefully guarded during the battle as
a miser guards his treasure. l did not
feel justified in using it. l painted il
glowing colors in my mind the hanNy
hour when l should enjoy it after III"
victory, but l had miscalculat@d my
chances. y poor Dragon lay helpless.
with both arms crushed. murmuring
for something to refresh him. felt in
my pockets and found only gold, which
would not be of the least use to him.
But stay. l had still my treasured
cigar. l lighted it for him and placed
1t between his teeth. You should have
seen the poor fellows grateful smile. l
never enjoyed cigar so much as that
one which did not smoke"