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SEEN, SAID, AND HEARD
IN THE POLITICAL FIELD
Timely Topics of Local and National Interest

I 10 be both a novelist and a statesman.
but the two are seldom found in the
same person. The most recent attempts
to make a statesman out OF novelist
have occurred in the cases of the Hon.
Winston Churchill. member of the New
/ Hampshire Legislature. and the Hon.
Booth Harrington, member OF the Indi-
ana Legislature. While the writings of
these two young men have attracted
wide attention, their efforts at law
making have not been such as TO entitls
them TO positions among the worlds
greatest statesmen.
| The two most notable examples of
ktterateurs in politics are the Hon-Theo
dore Roosevelt and the Hon. Henry Clay
Lodge. but fortunately for them, as well
as for the public, perhaps, they have
abstained from novel writing and con-
fined their efforts largely 10 historic
and sociological subjects. The Hon. Vic
/ tor Murdoch, however. seeks fame as
novelist. and, after inducing the voters
of the Seventh district TO send him 70
! Congress, rewards their confidence By
publishing novel; still worse it is, ac-
cording to the reviewers. novel OF con-
| temporaneous history. a story OF the
wild West. the tale of a boom town.
Perhaps Mr.. Murdock's reputation may
yet be saved by timely warning to re-
/ call the volume and destroy the plates.
! Imagine a Kansas novelist struggling
with tariff schedules and dickering for 4
postofice site; such work is for poll
ticians, not for novelists. The Seventh
Kansas district which once gave us
Jerry Simpson, now offers Victor Muir
dock, novelist and what may We next
expect.
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Streets of Many Names.

To the Editor OF the Washington Times:
Now that the Commissioners have decided to
do a little Strengthening OUT" would it not be
good idea 20 take up the matter Of street
nomenclature in the northwest2 The average
Washingtonian prides himself on the simplicity
Of the National Capitals street plan, but the
average citizen does not know that between
Seventh Steet extended, Bridgewood Ave
nue., as it is called, and Fifteenth Street
west, some Of the cross streets have the proud
distinction of possessing three names. For in
stance Bismarck Street extends from Bright
wood Avenue TO Eleventh Street, where it
changes its name 10 Yale. which runs from
Eleventh 70 Fourteenth. After crossing Four
teenth it is Huntington Place This IS but
one instance Of many, and ali should, in my
opinion, be remedied as speedily as possible.
G. G.. s.
Washington, July 81.
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farm have not been realized. and he
longs for home and mother. He IN
tends TO return home as soon as he
has earned a sufficient sum with which
to purchase a second-class railroad
ticket, for the distance back to dear
old Harvard Is too great to traverse
by natures means of loeomotion
alone.
Young Mr.. Sophomore has had
quite enough Of farming. He IS glad
that the old Cambridge institution is
not an agricultural college He
heard that the fields were waiting for
the harvester; he read Of the waving
fields of growing grain and resolved
t. become a husbandman for a few
months, imagining that all he would
be obliged to do in this day of labor
saving machinery would be to sit be-
meath the shade of a broad Panama
and watch a reaper and binder do all
the work.
But woe has been his experience.
His palms are covered with blisters
from welding the pitchfork, and
when the good housewife punctures
them with darning needle the water
gushes forth as from a hydrant; his
limbs are sore and lame and his face
Is so sun-burned that mother would
have difficulty in recognizing her
darling boy in a tribe of Indians.
The young and robust college stu,
dent has found cheap o. difference"
as they say in Kansas, between the
results of exercise derived from ath-
letic sports and exercise which comes
from harvesting. He may be able on
the college campus to vault six-foot-
seven pole with agility and ease, but
he has found it quite a different sort
Of jumping to leap out of bed at 3 80
III the morning and hustle to the
barnyard and feed the stock Throw
ing the hammer is play, but throwing
sheaf Of wheat into the most remote
corner of a barn large enough to hold
political convention is work. And
there's the difference.
Besides, young Mr.. SophomOre's
appetite has never sraved pie as 3
part Of his mornings meal; what he
wants is breakfast food" So the
young man who went forth 10 reap is
coming home with a golden harvest of
experience. 1t makes no difference to
him if there be a shortage i'll the
worlds wheat crop. He prefers Bos-
| ton baked beans.
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The Peoples Forum.
Waiting for Georgetown Cars.

To the Editor Of The Washington Times:
Can you tell me the object Of the Metro
pOlitan Railway Company in deliberately in
coIavenicncing a belated and long suffering pub
lie by leaving a large and profane portion
Of the said public to wait an unnecessary NJ
teen minutes each night at the Baltimore and
Ohio station? To the average observer 1t seems
to be one Of the greatest instances OF incompe-
tent or cynically Indifferent railway manage
ment to be found in the country, and there
should be SOME means Of relief.
The midnight train from the North leaves
Baltimore at midnight sharp, is generally On
time and arrives in Washington at 12:5G a.
m. The number OF passengers carried IS al
ways large, especially on Sunday night. and
many Of these passengers desire to take the
Georgetown car If there no car there
the case would not be bad, but over and
over again the last regular Car has arrived at
the station, taken on two or three OF the
people streaming out and then hurried away
without woiting until all the passengers could
reach the street. These unfortunates have to
stand on the corner from fifteen to twenty five
minutes until the next car comes, or get dis
gusted and walk home.
Common sense and decency would suggest
that the wait until all the passengers were
of the train, and even if the train were a few
minutes late, the car should wait for it. This
is done by the Fourteenth Street car, which
also meets the train, and none OF the police
men or street car men explain the con
temptuous action OF the Metropolitan Com
pany Tie Times has been successful in Sc
curing so many reforms that we midnight SUI
ferers from the insolence of the street car COM
pany are confident it obtain some relief
in this case by agitating the question
BELATED BALTIMOREAN.
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The Duke of Richelieu.

The Duke Of Richelieu. one of that
ever-increasing number Of European no
Dies who, owing to the fact that their
mothers are natives of the United
states, have American blood in their
veins, is about to pay a visit to this
country, and, according to reports re-
ceived from Paris. sails next week. Not
only does he bear one of the most illus
trious names in Europe, but, moreover
he enjoys the distinction of being son
of the only American born woman who
has ever attained sovereign rank and
shared a European throne.
On the death of her first husband, the
late Duke of Richelieu, Miss Alice
He!ne, who was born at New Orleans as
the daughter of the late Michael Heine
the well-known New Orleans banker
became the wife of the present ruler OF
Monaco, Prince Albert 1, from whom. II
is true. she has now secured a judicial
separation after a union of some twelve
years.
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Heir to a Large Fortune.

The Duke of Richelieu, who is I'M
married. some twenty seven years OF
age. and who on the death of his mother
will Inherit one-half of her very large
fortune. holds, besides the dukedom of
Richelieu, that of Fronsac, as well as
the marquisate of Jumilhac. Were he
to marry an American girl their eldest
son would bear the title of Duke of
Fronsac
The dukedom of Richelieu was found
ed by the great cardinal of that name
who played so notable a part In the
French history of the seventeenth cen
fury, and who. at his death. bequeatbed
with the Kings permission his dukedom
to his granddaughter, the grandson OF
one of his, the cardinals. sisters. The
name Of this granddaughter was Jean du
Plessis de Vignerot. Among his i'm
mediate descendants was the famous
Marshal Duke de Richelieu, who fg-
ured so prominently in European his
tory during the latter part of the
eighteenth century, and the Duke OF
Richelieu, who. after emigrating to
Russia at the time OF the French re-
volution, founded Odessa.
The dukes of Richelieu of the So
called Vignerot line came to an end
with the death of that Duke of Richie
lieu who was minister of state to King
Louis XVIII. The latter monarch
thereupon conferred the dukedom OF
Richelieu and OF Fronsac upon the min
listers son, the Marquis de Jumilhac,
who. after the revolution of 1880, distin-
guished himself by his hostility TO the
Orleans dynasty. being one of the most
devoted adherents OF that Henry V who
was known as the "Comte de Cham
bord-" Dying unmarried and without
issue, he was succeeded by his nephew,
the son OF his younger brother, who
only held the dukedom for few months
and died. leaving a daughter still I'M
married; a son, the present Duke OF
Richelieu, and widow, who nine years
afterward became the second wife OF
the reigning Prince of Monaco.
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Senator Hawley Improves.

Friends OF Senator Hawley are pleased
to note that his health Is improving and
that be will probably be able to take
his seat again in the Senate at the
opening OF Congress next fall. He has
just reached Connecticut after slow
voyage by houseboat down the Chesa-
peake Bay and up the coast, and the
trip is said to have greatly improved
his condition. He will return TO Wash
ington in the fall by the same route.
Last fall Senator Hawley vas unable to
attend TO his duties in the Senate. and
there was then much talk concerning the
possibility of his resignation. The
Committee on Military Affairs, Of which
he is chairman. was presided over by
Senator Proctor. and during the session
Senator Hawley remained at home 20
recuperate.
While his friends at no time conceded
the possibility OF his retirement, 1t is
now quite certain, that he will serve out
his term, which expires in March, 1905
1t is quite likely, however, that he will
not seek reelection He has long been
honored by the State, and has always
returned satisfactory service. but owing
to his advanced age and infrmities. he
may decide not to ask for another term.
There are half dozen aspirants for his
Senatorial toga. and in case he steps
aside there will doubtless be a lively
contest for his seat.
Probably the strongest candidate is
the Hon. EbeneZer J. Hill, OF Norwalk.
who Is now serving his fifth term in the
House, and is one OF the foremost poll
ticians OF the State. He has gained
some prominence in his efforts for cur
rency legislation, and would make
worthy successor of Senator Hawley.
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Distinguished as a Soldier.

One of them distinguished himself as
a soldier, and being among the earliest
to transfer his allegiance from Ma
poleon TO the Bourbons after the restor-
alton, in 1914. was permitted by King
Louis XVIII, like many other generals
who had gone over" to retain the
nobiliary title which he had assumed.
Count Boni de Castellane is a great
grandson of this military Marquis de
Castellane, who died as a field marshal.
The latter's brothers followed his ex-
ample, and likewise assumed the title
OF Marquis de Castellane, and that is
why today there are in existence, not
only several branches of the Castellane
family, but likewise several noblemen
bearing the title of Marquis de Castel-
lane.
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Pax Americana.

We love to sing Of the old kcarsargc,
And famous fighting crew;
How they won the day on the bloody deck,
While high above the splintesed wreck
The brave old ensign few.
But what of the race Of the new RearsaTge?
No lesser laurels these
With never check, through billow and foam
Her griny hremen drive her home,
The mistress Of the seas.
New ork Sun
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Her Double Barreled Name.

Lord Suffolk's fancee, Miss Wolfe
Murray. is indebted for her double bar
relied family name to the fact that 1t
was in the arms Of one OF her ances-
tors, Col Murray OF Cringletie, com.
manding the Black Watch. that General
Wolfe died in storming the Heights OF
Abraham at Quebec. Since then all the
Cringletie Murrays have, with the sane
ton OF the crown, borne the compound
name OF Wolfe Murray. Lord Suffolk is
the principal aide de-camp of Lord Cur
zon, the viceroy of India, and was at
one moment reported as engaged TO
Miss Daisy Letter. of Chicago.
MARQUISE DE FONTENOY.
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SECRETARY HITCHCOCK's RETURN

Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock is
expected to return to his desk the latter
part of the week. according TO Acting
Secretary Thomas Ryan. Judge Ryan
said that, while large amount of bust
ness requiring the Secretary's attention
had accumulated during his absence
there was nothing new OF special i'm
pOrtance. and the great majority OF the
cases to be considered are those which
time.
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tunity to contend that It's laws can
not be nullitied or rendered ineffective
by the appointment of dummies as
directors, officers and agents to oper-
ate railroads within the limits Of the
State in violation Of the statutes OF
that State.
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NEW RAILROAD IN MEXICO.

AUSTIN, Tex. Aug. 3.-The represen-
tatives OF a syndicate OF PIttsburg CAPT
talists have just finished an inspection
trip over the route of the proposed rail
road which is to be built down the Gulf
Coast from Matamoras, situated oppo-
site Brownsville, Tex, to Tampico. 4
distance OF about zoo miles.
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Another American Invasion.
The French Infantry to Adopt the Dress
of American Soldiers.

I'VE take a leaf from America."
exelaims Gerault Richard. a French
deputy of Radical Soeialistic tenden-
eles, IN commenting upon the new
uniform IN which a company of the
Twenty-eighth Infantry made its APP
pearance at the review recently held
on the Longchamps race course. III
Is high time," he adds, growing elo-
quent over the sensible and practical
war dress of the United States Army.
THAT our old uss-and-feathers
chleftalns should throw overheard
their antedeluvian notions of gold
lace and plumes. When was boy,"
he continues, II was taught to be-
heve that all Frenchmen were brave.
but that there were various grada-
tons in their courage; for instance,
the grenadiers were more plucky than
the voltigeurs, who in turn eclipsed
the simple inesmen; while the Zero
clous Zouaves could eat up at one
mouthful voltigeurs, grenadiers, and
piou-pious, This tomfoolery Is now
passed, and General Andre has ac-
eomphshed an act of patriotism by
trampling red tape and tradition in
the dust and giving his country a "a
tiOnal, healthy uniform for It's foot
soldier"
The appearance of this company in
uniform which, we are informed, is
presently TO be adopted by the entire
French army, elected much comment.
1t resembles the new khaki uniform
of our own soldiers, only that, instead
of being dark green, it Is dark blue
The hat Is large, broad-brimmed
blue felt one, considerably larger and
more clumsy than the SLOUGH hat
worn IN the United States Army, and
i looped up at the side with a red,
white, and blue cockade. The red
epaulets are the only decorative part
of the new regulation uniform-the
only concession, we might say, to the
prejudices Of the past.
Naturally enough. soldiers of the
"old school, are greatly scandalized
by this innovation. 1T Is injurious
tc the prestige Of the army" exclaims
one old general, while another de-
clares that mo soldier can ever be
proud Of such a grotesque dress,
without grace. beauty, or panache."
The single exception to the chorus Of
disapproval intoned by the old-timeIs
i d general on the retired list, who
admits that the uniform Is "comforta-
bic. practical, and humane" but who
Is constrained TO to add that it "lacks
prestige"
It strikes us as odd that in collect
ing and recording the conflicting
emotions Of different classes Of the
French people at the sight Of another
american invasion" the newspapers
Of Paris have failed altogether to as
certain what are the views Of the
nurse-maids IN the Bots de Boulogne.
Now, that would have been an
opinion worth having, and, if voiced
il time. It might yet confound the
plans &C icouoelastic refoImers.
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Daily Calendar of American HistoFu
August 2.

AFf'-Latayette introduced 10 Washing
ton a Philadelphia and attached
to his personal staff
1deO-Command in the Highlands of the
Hudson with West Point given to
Gen. Benedict Arnold
1fS5-General Wayne made treaty with
Ohio Indians; they ceded %. 600
square miles.
lSoS-GOvernor Seymour, of New York.
requested President Lincoln to
suspend draft Of troops from that
state
lsS2-President authorized to cali con-
vention TO fix a common prime
meridian for the world.
1ss6-Act passed to increase the navy.
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RECEIVES INSTRUCTIONS.

Alfred Keane Moe. OF Jersey City.
United States consul at Tegucigalpa. Hon
duras, called at the State Department
this morning. to receive instructions be
fore his return to his post. Mr.. Moe has
been IN the United States on leave 1or
several months and VIII sail from New
Orleans for Honduras in few days.
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Good Business.

''if there's one thing J hate,2 declared the
passenger who had trouble with nc conductor,
tits to be conradicted.''
wei" replied the man who shared his seat,
II like 10 have people talk back to me-"
You do!"
..Yes. Pm an auctioneer." - Philadelphia
Ledger
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In a Lighter Vein.
The College Youth.

The college youth now forth does go,
His heart with triumph glowing;
He knows that what he doesn't know
Is scarcely worth the knowing.
But later when the gray hairs show
And fate sad tricks has played him,
He'll know that what he didn't know
Was Just the things 10 aid him.
Chicago News
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Betting a Waitress.

Polk-She took part in your amateur play,
didn't she?
Jolk-Oh, yes; she took the part Of wait
ross.
Polk-What sort Of costume did she wear2
JoIk-A fetching one, Of course--Philadelphia
Press.
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Intellect Wanted.

CholIy Chumpleigh-No; the woman marry
must be Of fine intellect
Miss Caustique-I should think you'd rather
have a wife who would think you great MIN
Chicago Journal.
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New Species.

Necessity inyents ali things
There's nothing that can block IT.
We doubt not when the airship comes
There'll be a fool to rock IL.
New York sun.
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The Men With Hoes.

Iity the men with the hoe;
Cherries and sad is their way
As out TO Kansas they go,
Earning four dollars a day.
New York Sun.
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The College Students Wall.
Farming in Kansas Not All It Is Crack
ed Up to Be.

From the distant Kansas prairies,
where the golden grain Is ripening in
the summers sun. loud above the
chnp Of the grasshopper's cherries
song, is heard a plaintiye wall. 1t Is
the cry Of the Eastern college stu
dent, who Is spending his vacation
reaping. binding, and harvesting IN
the great fields of the Sunfower
State
The young mans dream Of the
joys of country life on a Western
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CURRENT NEWS AND GOSSIP
FROM OLD WORLD CAPITALS
impending Visit United States of the Duke cheeu-Son of
Amecan-Born Woman

Orleans; Lord Cheylesmore, whose
mother was Miss Charlotte Marman, of
New Orleans; Lord Abinger, whose
mother was Miss Helen Magruder, of
Washington; the young Marquis of
BlanfOrd, whose mother was Miss Con-
suelo Vanderbilt, of New York; Prince
Brancaccio, of Rome, whose mother was
Miss Elizabeth Field. of New York;
young Prince Cantacuzene, Of Russia,
whose mother is a granddaughter OF
President Grant; Viscout Ellington,
Martin, of New York, and the two boys
of the Count Boni de CastelIane, whose
mother was Miss Anna Gould.
Selection of Titles.
With regard to the latter family, It
may be mentioned in reply to the in
quiries of readers that there are not only
several branches thereof, but that there
are also several noblemen, heads Of
these various branches. who. like the
father-inlaw OF Miss Anna Gould. make
use of the title OF Marquis de Castellane
Strictly speaking, the Norante branch, of
which the Marquis Lionel de CasteIlane
is the chief, is the senior one of the lot
Count Boni de Castellane belongs to the
so-called Novejan branch, which is the
fourth and Junior one, two others being
the Esparron branch. of which the chief
is the Marquis Hippolyte de CasteIlane,
and the Magastres branch, of which only
Mile. Blanche de Castellane. daughter CT
the late Marquis Jules de Castellane, re-
mains. Both Count Adhemar and Count
Lionel de Castellane. who are frequent
visitors to this country, are sons OF the
head OF the Norante branch, which is
quite as well connected as that to which
Count Boni de CasteIlane belongs, being
related By ties of marriage to the ducal
houses OF Broglie, of Sabran, Of Blacas,
and of De La Rochefoucauld. Some OF
the most eminent genealogists of France
claim that none OF the Castellanes now
living have any connection with the old
Castellane family, which played so greae
role in the history of France from the
twelfth century until it became extinct
toward the close of the eighteenth CEN
fury through the death of that Marquis
de Castellane and Count de Grignan who
was the son-in-law Of the famous Nine.
de Sevigne. AT the time Of the great
revolution there was. according to these
genealogists. an untitled and in no sense
of the word noble family. of the name of
Castellane at Toulouse, the members of
which during the Napoleonic war in the
early part of the century. took advan-
tage Of the confusion raging on the sub
ject of titles TO assume those Of mar
quis and count belonging to the ancient
and illustrious family of Castellane
Grignan. which had become extinct.
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TRAINING SHIP AT LISBON.

training ship Enterprise has arrived
here.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-05
INSPECTED S2,35O,OO0 JOB.
Capt. Gillette Returned Yesterday
from Cumberland sound.

Capt. Cassius E. Gillette returned
yesterday from Cumberland sound,
where he has been on a visit of in
spection. While there he inspected
new dredge which will be used in COM
peting the work. He found conditions
satisfactory and was much pleased
with the progress of the work. 1t is
now nearing completion, and will be
finished ahead of contract time.
The work contemplated the expendi-
ture of $2,350000, of which amount all
has been appropriated by Congress
with the exception of 100000, the re-
cent sundry civil bill providing for an
appropriation of 100000. The work
was started in 1896, there being an av-
erage annual appropriation for it of
about 100000. 1t will probably be fin
ished in the course of three months.
The sound has been deepened be-
tween the jetties from a depth of
about nine feet to a depth of twenty
five feet at low water. When it is con-
sidered what an area the work covers,
the enormity of the undertaking now
nearing completion may be fairly esti-
mated.