n
5ECY GA6E
Nut unexpectedly Russia, actuated,
of course, by hor own sugar trust, lias
retaliated against tlio United 8tates be
catiBo ot our government's treatmont
of Russian licot sugar. RusBla, It Is
contended, pays a bounty to Its sugar
growers on all sugar oxported by thorn.
iTho Dlngloy tariff law of tho United
'States provides for a countervailing
duty on all foreign beet sugars receiv
ing an oxport'duty, tho amount of tho
duly to bo tho Hamo as Iho bounty
paid by tho exporting country. A cargo
of Russian beet sugar brought to this
country has caused tho onforcomont ot
this tariff provision by tho secretary
of tho treasury. Tho amount of tho
duty levied against tho Russian sugar
Is Htiniclent to oxcludo it from our
markets. In retaliation Russia has
terminated certain preferential tariff
IwciivrAiiv a Ad trs contim-
i TlOtfThc mittcm of internal Utxa-
J i (fo)i in Ilmsla amounts to a bounty on J
i tvynr and therefore vuthen the exported X
j suyar subject to a countcrvalllna dtUy. $
India Threaten Hettolt.
I Tho nows from tho far oast Is not
encouraging to England. Tho mighty
cmplro of India Is gottlng ready to ro
volt and boforo long tho coast cities
held by tho British may bo roduced by
overwhelming numbers,
I Thoro aro In India C50 native statos
I groat and small. Thoy are govornod
,by their own princes and chiofs with
jtho advlco and help ot Drltlsh real
Idents, representing thu supremo gov
ernment ot India. Somo ot theso rul
ers administer tho Intornnl affairs or
their respectlvo states with almost
.comploto Indopondonco. Tholr author
ity, howdvor, Is limited by tholr Indi
vidual troatlcs and engagements, Tho
suzerain power dooa not allow thorn to
go to war with ouo nnothor, nor to
.form alliances with foreign powers,
and it intorvoncs In cases of bad gov
ernment or oppression, exorcising a
f "-.U MOSQUE AT BEH
TROUBLE WITH
advantages herctoforo conceded to tho
United States. This action amounts to
creating a prohibition ngalnst tho Im
portation into Russia of American
Iron and steel and machinery.
A tariff war between America and
Russia may cost America many mil
lions a year besides tho general good
will of Russia, which in past emer
gencies has been steadfast.
Tho traditional friendship that has
existed between tho United States and
Russia Is an assurance that 111-fcellng
will not bo cngondercd between tho
peoples on account of commercial
rivalry. When tho revolutionary war
broko out Russia was quick to send
aid to tho struggling fleets. When thu
civil war was on and hostilities were
threatened with England on account of
tho arrest of Mason and Slldell, Russia
did another friendly act that for a
con 11 Intr fmirit has never been sui-
passcd In history. England sent n
fleet to New York for tho purposo ot
making a hostile demonstration. Al
though Its departuro from England was
shrouded In solemn secrecy as to des
tination, it had hardly been nnchorod
off New York when a moro powerful
Russian fleet sailed in nnd took up a
position between tho British fleet and
tho city. Tho Russians began to clear
tliolr decks for action. Noticing this
tho British admiral sont a messngo to
tho Russian flagship, tho same being a
request for an explanation, Tho Rus
sian sent buck word that he was
morely going through tho customary
practlco drill. Very suddenly tho Drlt
lsh squadron sot sail. It was followed
by the Russians. Tho Russians had
probably saved Now York, but It was
years afterward before tho truth bo
came known. Tho lato Czar of Russia,
whoso brother was in chargo of tho
fleet, confided the story to Dr. Tal
mago.
Again In 1893, when tho United
States treasury was being depleted of
gold and exports of tho yellow metal
threatened tho Btahlllty of tho nation's
general control in tho direction of
peace and contentment. Theso feuda
tory rulers possess revenues and arm
ies. Tho gross Incomo of tho princes
of India Is .CI 5,000,000 ($75,000,000),
tho sum ot tholr trlbuto Is 600,000
($3,000,000 )por annum.and they main
tain in nil 80,000 natlva troops In ad
dition to thOBo thoy furnish for tho
Imparlal service.
Tho relations between Drltlsh nnd
natives have until latoly boon perfect
ly amicable. All are equal bctoro tho
law. A natlvo can earn exactly tho
samo wage ns a Drltlsh workman. Dut
inasmuch as Europeans havo a far
greater capacity for work than tho
natives nnd aro ablo to do moro work
In a shorter time, a consciousness ot
superiority sometimes produces arro
gance, which Is a fruitful sourco of
racial disputes and probably Is at tho
bottom of the prosont disturbances.
MIES-FANATICS' HEADQUARTERS.
! j pi lor to exportation is not a bounty ' i
Ji oti xutjar. 1 1 I
credit, Russia, through hor present
flnanco minister, Sergo Yulevltch Do
Wltte, proffered a loan of $500,000,000
in gold, to bo paid back at any tlmo
wo saw fit. Tho proffor was docllnod
and bonds issued instead.
It wus during tho civil war that tho
Alaskan purchaso camo up. President
Lincoln reminded tho Russian minister
that wo woro short of gold. Ho was In
formed that Russia was In no hurry
for tho money that wo could pay
when wo were nblo and without any
Interest chargo whatever.
Wo havo had many friends among
lha nations of Europe, but with tho
exception of Russia nnd Franco, thoy
havo been "fair weathor" ones. In
times of adversity Russia could always
be depended upon.
Armour's Generosity.
As Is well known, P. D. Armour was
always deeply lntorested In young men
and whenever ho had an opportunity
of encouraging their ambitions ho did
so. This has beon well Illustrated by
moro than ono incident. Ono day
while traveling between Now York and
Chicago, ho becamo interested in a col
ored boy, a slcoplng car porter, whom
ho saw trylnrc to read a book. Ho
named tho boy "General Forrest."
"General," said Mr, Armour, "I'll
glvo you a 5 bill If you will read one
lino of that book without stopping to
spoil out tho words.
Tho boy grinned, but accepted tho
challenge, and read out a lino without
hesitation. Ho not only received tho
?5 nato, but on further questioning
stirred Mr. Armour to still creator In
tercst. Ho disclosed a dcslro for
knowledge that impollod Mr. Armour
to proposo a way for his education.
Soon afterward "General Forrest" re
LORD CURZON.
Blgned from tho sleeping car Bervlco
and wont to Oherlln colloge. where ho
was educuted at Mr. Armour's oxpenso.
Tan American Exposition Flag
Tho ofliclnl flag of tho pan-American,
exposition at Buffalo was solcctod from)
300 drslgiiH and Is tho production or
Miss Adelaide J. Thorpe. In the uppor'
comer Is a slnglo whlto star, on a bluo.
Mold, typifying North America; on n
red field In tho opposite corner aro four
ctars, representing tho southern cross;
constellation and South America. Tho
contor of tho flag is a diagonal whlto
bar, bearing tho golden oaBlo of Hbrr-:
ty, vlth a green scroll In its tttous,
Kccrlbod, "Pax, 1901."
Dlnck walnut canes woro given to tho
caVlnot memberB Tuesday by tho presi
dent. Tho canes wero sont tho presi
dent from Illinois, and woro cut from a
walnut treo on tho farm formorly tho
prcporty of Abraham Lincoln, In Har
vls:ovrn township, Macon county, 111,
George Gould9
I J
The magnificent Eagle-Dragon group
which was brought over from tho
Paris exhibition by Tiffany & Co., of
New York, and Is now being exhibited
at their establishment, has been pur
chased by Gcorgo J. Gould and will b3
added to tho grand collection of works
of art at his Lakewood, N. J., home
Georgian Court. This Is probably ono
ot tho most remnrkablo examples of
wrought Iron work ever seen In this
country, It was ordered by Emperor
William II. to crown tho center of the
Court of Honor of tho German section
at tho Paris exhibition. It represents
a great eaglo of heroic slzo, with out
spread wings, struggling with a gigan
tic dragon, which Is held by tho eaglo's
talons. Tho group symbolizes tho con
test of liberty nnd truth with oppres
sion nnd superstition tho oaglo being
tho emblem of freedom.
Tho englc measures twelvo feet from
tip to tip of tho expanded wings and
six feet bIx Inches fiom tho benk to tho
end of tho tall. Its weight is 4,200
pounds.
Iho dragon measures twenty-two
and ono halt feet In length, though
much folded and colled and weighs
G.000 pounds. Tho total weight of
both pieces Is thereforo 10,200 pound's,
A Famous Old House
Even tho Indian Territory Is begin
nlng to havo its "ancient" landmarks.
In Fort Gibson stands a houso built
In 1833, which Is old for that region.
It waB onco tho homo of Dushyhcad,
formerly chief of tho Cherokee Nat.on.
Tho houso Is now occupied by nn In
dian family, distant relatives of tho
old chief. It was built about tho time
tho Chcrokcc3 wero romoved to tho
Territory and for years it was pointed
out as "tho finest residence on Grnnd
River." It has sheltered somo of the
biggest men In tho country. Under lt3
rafters havo stopped President Taylor,
James G. Dlalno, General Sherman nnd
scores ot other well known whlto men,
besides many ot tho most prominent
Indiana In tho country. When tho gov
ernment first established Fort Gibson
this houso was used as officers' quar
ters. All tho big social "functions"
of tho officers' society woro given in it.
Mnnv women In tho exclusive circles
of Wnshlngton society have In their
younger days danced beneath tho rcor
of this houso. It was In this building
BUILT IN 1833.
that Upton did much work upon his
book of tnctlcs. In tho houso havo
linen sinned somo of tho principal
treatlos mado by tho Chcrokees. Hero,
too, havo been laid plans for tho In
dians 10 tako tho war path, and In it
havo been signed pence ngroemonts.
Fort Gibson Is now n city ana me
houso stands In tho part of it known as
"old town." There is a legend among
tho Indians that when Upton was. sta
tioned at Fort GlbBon and occupied tho
houso ho got many valuable hints for
Ma tnntics for at least for tho revis
ion ot them) from Chief Ross and oth
er Cherokee chiefs.
TopularUy of Alexandra.
At n. tardon nartv In tho grounds of
tho royal jmlaco at Tokyo tho question
of tho moat popular woman on or nenr
tho throno was being discussed by
somo members ot foreign legations
who woro present. Tho Empress Hn
ruko happoned to overhear tho dis
cussion and gavo U10 honor to tho
Princess of Wales, now Queon Aloxan
dra. Tho Empress Ilaruko haB a great
admiration for tho English court nnd
regnrdB tho now queon ns an Ideal
among royalties. Sho has nlso n pro
found admiration for tho Emprcas
Frederick, with whom sho has carried
on nn Interesting correspondence.
Vtirchase,
This is exclusive of the iron ba3o and
rock mound on which it rests. Their
weight Is fifteen tons. When mounted
tho group is sixteen feot thrco inches
high.
This was tho most important group
In forged Iron shown at tho Paris ex
hibition of 1900 or any provloit3 ex
hibition, and Is of great artistic merit
ns well as a wonderful pleco of me
chanical technique and Ingenuity. In
slzo It far surpasses any similar worlc
beforo executed.
Tho eaglo and dragon aro beautiful
ly wrought In artistic detail. Tho
modeling Is wonderfully strong, and
each Individual feather possesses nil
tho variety of form and slzo ns would
an eaglo's feather. That painful do
tall so often present In work of this
character Is pleasingly absent. The
group Is a happy combination of ideal
ism and realism, nono of tho strength
of tho latter being lost In tho blending
with tho former.
Tho Japanese iron eagle at tho Co
lumbian exhibition of 1893 measured
twenty-six inches across tho outspead
wings, while the famous iron uagle
in tho Sclenco Art department ot tho
bouth Kensington museum measured
twonty-olght inches across tho wings
Uhe Superimposed Turret
Tho reported accident to tho thlr
teen inch gun of tho battleship Kcar
sargo, which has the superimposed tur
ret system, undoubtedly will hn thnr
oughly Investigated. At least It should
u. mo ueiaws cr inn accident are
not yet known, nor 13 it known whnth
er tho guns wero disabled, as It was
claimed would bo tho case should an
accident hnppen to nnv of them.
In this conneotlon It would also be
interesting to know whnt has caused
such a radical change of opinion on th
part of tho Board of Naval Construe
tlon. It is not long since tho ouporlm
posea turret system was rejected by
mo uonrrt upon tho Kround that dim
cultles In operation of tho two turrets
ana tho danger that tho samo shot
might dlsablo both rendered Jts adop
tlon unwise. Now ten out of tho
twelvo members of the board havo
voted not only to abandon tho old tur
rot system adopted for tho battle.shin:
Virginia and Rhodo Island, but also to
equip all of tho seven new battloshlp3
authorized by consross with sunerlm
posed turrets, It Is also intimated that
tho new system may bo used on the
Illinois, Maine, Missouri and Ohio, now
bolng built on th,o old lines. This ac
cording to tho latest Judgment of tho
board, would secure a homogeneous
now fleet, nnd henco tho greatest ef
ficiency. Ex.
O-Ocrdoing Expositions.
In vlow of tho various expositions
which havo been hold slnco tho Chi
cago world's fair and tho projectod
plans for still other expositions, there
would seom to bo at least somo danger
of overdoing the matter. To mention
only tho fairs which aie to bo held In
tho near futuro, Duffnlo will open its
Pan-American exposition this spring,
tho South Carolina Intorstato and
West Indian exposition is echeduled
to open next December nnd tho St.
Louis centennial exposition In com
momorntion of tho Louisiana purchase
is to be opened In 1903. Tho Ohio Cen
tounlal nnd Northwest Territory ex
position, which was to havo beon held
in Toledo in 1902, has bscn abandoned,
but Now Orleans haa n fair In prospect
In tho remote futuro in celebration of
tho Interoceanlc canal.
Hen Jfc)is MaKjng "Records.
Ben Novls still continues to mako
records. Its latest effort In that direc
tion Is In tho wny of rainfall. In the
month of December thero foil a llttlo
over forty-threo lnche3 of rnln on tho
top of tho mountain. This Is no les3
than twenty-eight Inches nbovo tho
average for tho month of December nnd
flvo Inches nbove tho largest quantity
of rain that foil boforo December in
any month slnco tho obsorvntory was
opened thero. Forty-eight Inches Is
moro than doublo tho quantity of rain
thnt falls ovor the greater part of tho
United Kingdom In tho courso ot a
year.
A Vigorous Treacher
Tho Rov. F. W. Macdonald, a cele
brated London preacher, Is an unole to
Rudyard Kipling. It Is probably n
surprlso to a good many people that
tho great author over had nn uncle.
Tho Rev. Macdonald Is a prominent
Methodist, said to make ns choice and'
vigorous uso of good Saxon words as
his famous nephew. Ho Is a brothen
to Rudyard's mother, tholr father also
being a minister. Thus It will bo Men
that the talented author comes rightly
by such of tho serious material as. on-
RE.V F. W. MACDONALD.
tors into the composition ot his
work. Whero ho got tho other sort la
as no hlmseir might say, another
story.
The Ethics of Tie.
Probably no other nrtlclo of dally
food has been so frequent a disturber
of tho household peaco as pie. So ad
mirable are tho qualities of good plo
and so dangerous aro those of bad pla
that It behooves housewives to study
and master tho art of plo making. An
unfortunato couple wero beforo Judgo
Crano In New York tho other day. Tho
husband was charged with Ill-treat
ment of his wlfo nnd tho wlfo was
thero as a prosecuting witness, though
they had been married only a year.
Tho wife's complaint was, In brief.
that her husband not only called her
names because of her alleged poor
cookery, but on ono occasion when Bho
served him with mlnco plo ho not only
opened tho window and throw It out
Into tho street, but pulled her hair and
Informed her that she was a falluro as
a plo maker. He did not taunt her for
not making as good plo ns mother
made It, but for utter, abject Ignorance
of tho wholo subject, nnd ho pathotlc
rlly Informed tho court that his con
duct was Justlflablo becauso the plo
tasted as If It wero made of sawdust.
Judgo Crane, it must bo admitted, took
a wise view of tho subject, says tho
Chicago Tribune. Ho did not lecturo
tho wlfo for her lgnoranco nor punish
tho husband for tho assault. Ho la
from Massachusetts, whore tho plo wa3
first known, if not invented, In this
country. Ho told tho youthful pair ofi
tho excellent mlnco plo of his boyhood
and that ho could not find such plo
anywhero savo in his own houso, for
Mrs. Crano had tho recipe. Ho ap
pealed to tho wedded pair to make up
their little quarrel and go homo and1
he would sond them tho reclpo. They
consented and left the court room arm
In nrm, and peaco has prevailed in
their homo ever slnco tho arrival of
tho Judge's plo prescription.
Heiress of "Rossana.
rmong tho many beautiful portraits
painted by that celebrated artist,
George Romney, Is ono that has.hoen
recently exhibited ns a typo of Irish
beauty. That type so often sung by
Tom Mooro and depicted by many an
TYPE OF IRiarf BEAUTY,
artist, with matchless eyes of bluo and
raven tresses, Is hero personified In
tho vlvld portraiture of Miss Elizabeth
Tlghe, tho holrcss of Rossana, who
flourished about 100 years ngo. It was
fortunato for lovers of tho beautiful In
art that sho attracted tho attention of
one of whom Lord Thurlow said:
"Reynolds 'and Romnoy divide tho
town; I am ono ot the Romney fac
tion," and who was so successful that
ho mado by portrait painting moro
than 117.000 a year.
Sur-Ot-Oors of Three Wars.
With Mr. Roosevelt Installed a3 vlco
president thoro Is in tho senate tho
survivors ot thrco wars tho Mexican,
tho civil nnd tho Spanish-American.
General Bato of Tennessee Is tho only
senator who Baw servlco during the
Mexican war. Though Senator Pettus
ot Alabama was in tho army during!
that period, ho never got to tho front.
Thoro aro twonty or moro venerablo.
senators who wero on one Bide or 'iho;
other during tho civil war, but Mr.
Roosovelt 1b tho only veteran ot Ihoi
Hnanlsh-Amerlcan conflict.
