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Pretender to TJe Editor,
To piovlde tho Pre.. Ii KovallntB
wlt.li an irgati. tho Duk of Orleans,
who la Mir pretender o tho throne of
Frnnno, hns purc-husod th Parisian
luiwHjHipor Solull, unit will conduct tho
Joiirniil In tho interest-i of tho cnliso of
which ho Is tho
head It la under
stood that tho
Duke will UMtimo
porsonal charge or
tho editorial de
partment of the pa
per Tho novel
spectacle of royal
ty In the pi-rgon of
a claimant to a
throne, who by
blood and mnrrlago
Id related to many
of tho ciownod houda of the continent,
turning editor will be Interesting to
contemplate. OrleniM can well afford to
OHxay tho taak ofllnnnclng a newspa
per. UIh private fortuno Is ample. Re
cently It was reinforced by a decision
of tho French court which condemned
tho French govonment to turn over to
tho Duke and his family property and
funds worth many millions of dollars.
Tho property consists largely of canal
shares which woro tho property of tho
house of Orleans at tho time of the
groat revolution In tho luttcr part of
tho eighteenth conttiry. After the
downfall of tho dynasty this property
was confiscated. In 1811 laws were
passed providing for lt3 restoration to
the original owners. This was Impos
sible in a majority of cases, as tho gov
ernment hnd disposed of the property.
Subsequently the law provided that the
restoration should be made In cases
whero tho now owner. died without
holrs, which would place tho govern
ment In actual poH.iesalon of it. Ilestl
tutlon lias been made under the deci
sion rendered latoly by tho court3.
f he legls'ator believes a stc.im laun
dry i ould easily bo operated In connec
tion with each creamery at his home
tovvn of Almond with n view to trying
the plan. Mr. Frost hopes to be
known to posterity as the emancipator
of the country housewife. The reward
ho hopes for In life l.i a return to the
legislature. Mr. Frost Is serving his
second term In the nsiemhly. Ho is
the Almond agent of several Insurnnce
companies and of an agricultural ma
chinery manufacturer, and owns n
large farm, which he manages In nd
dltlon to his other business. Ilo Is a
graduate from tho Oshkosh Normal
school and Is 43 years old.
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, A youthful Authoress.
When a writer barely twenty years
of age produces a book of suHUIent
merit to attract so conservative a pub
lishing firm as the Harpers It Is not
too fulsoino credit to sny she ha
achieved a distinct success. This ills
tlnctlon has been earned by Miss Mar
garet Ilorton Potter with her third
novel, "Tho Hatiso of DeMnllly." Miss
Potter la the dnnghter of O. W. Potter,
the Chicago millionaire, and was horn
In Ohlcngo In JSS1. Iler sister, Mrs.
Gertrude Potter Daniels, tins nUo pub
lished two successful books. Mlas Pot
ter has acquired most of her education
through travel and reading. Miss Pot
ter's Inst trip abroad Included a con
siderable stay In a remote village In
Sicily; there she secured much of tho
mnterlal woven Into her last novel, the
scenes of which nro laid in tho court
Mary SacK.-OWe to Wed.
I.ndy Mary Saclullle of England,
well known to tho 400 of New York mid
to the elite of Washington, and who
was at one time reported to havo boon
engaged to Frank Gould, will soon rid
herself of the name for flcklcnesg
which society has placed upon her.
Tho titled English woman is now pre-
Emancipatc farmer's Wife.
F, J. Frost, of Almond, Wis., who
represents tho Second District In tho
Wisconsin legislature, wants a steam
laundry established at ovcry cross
roads In tho state, where fat mors'
wJvos may bring tholr weekly wash
ings and savo themselves one of tho
hardest duties of tholr work. Mr.
Frost has not fully developed his Idea
mi yot, and has no definite plan for tho
imtuhlluhmont and malutonnuco of tho
laundries, but ho doulures his plan Is
feasible,
Ilo 1h engaged in visiting tho resi
dents of hlu district, tlxlng his ponti
le. J. FUOST.
nil fences, and Incidentally getting
their views on his pot schomo. Ho
contrasts tho comparatively llttlo labor
done by tho housowlfn In tho city,
whero laundries aro avullable, with tho
drudgery of tho country farmhouso
where oaoh week's washing and Iron-
lug must ho dono on tho promises and
commonly by tho housekeeper liorself.
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Whllo vn. t fortunes arc being piled
up In oil speculations In Texas not all
success Is reached In this way, wrlteo
n correspondent from Beaumont, tho
center of tho oil region. BusIiicmi en
terprises of nil kinds are paying well,
I was In a restaurant the other day
a plain looking affair that didn't seem
to be worth ?.10O nnd the owner sat
by a desk on which was spread out
$18,000 In small bills and coin. I asked
him what he kept so much money In
his place for, nnd his nnswer wns:
"Have to do It stranger. Everybody
around hero is using $500 nnd $1,000
bills. I have n dozen or so of them
thrust at me every day, and I must
have tho chango handy." At night ho
locks tho desk and goes homo feeling
secure In Ills wealth. Before tho boom
this man was deeply in debt. Now his
receipts nro from ?1,700 and $2,000 a
day, and bo's got all kinds of money.
A barber had a two years' lenso on a
building that Is worth probably $1,000.
Ono of tho oil speculators wanted It
for an ofllco, and gnva htm $8,000 to
move out.
Men who enmo hero with great sums
of money cannot keep doubling it in
less tlmo than It takes to tell It. Men
who enmo hero with a llttlo amount of
money to Invest In any kind of busi
ness cannot easily go broke and stand
for moro than nn oven show of making
fortunes.
Women aro coming In from all sec
tions dally and nro Investing In board
ing houses, laundries, etc., whllo not a
few arc Investing In tho oil. No towu
over enjoyed such a boom and what la
bettor promises to bo permanent. A
curious feature about It all Is that
those already here aro endeavoring to
keep dark tho possibilities so that
there will bo fewer to dlvido tho vast
wealth with. But this effort has noC
succeeded at nil nnd ovory train brings
in Its load of prosperous looking mon
and women who have the dough and
nro looking for chances to mnko more.
of Louis XV. Miss Potter's first book
was called "A Social Lion" and her
second 'Uncnnonlzed.
LADY SACKVILLE.
paring for her marriage to Hamilton
Dent. London is looking forward to
tho event as one of considerable social
significance. The announcement of
the engagement was mndo May 21.
Trusts Affect Trices.
Professor .lercmlah W. Jcnks of Cor
nell university lias mndo un unbiased
study of tho clfccts of trusts on prices,
which appears In the current number
of tho North American Review. From
tho facts gathered by tho United States
Industrial commission ho deduces the
conclusion that prices aro mndo high
er by the trusts than they would bo
otherwise. Tho fact that prices of
manufactured commodities aro now
lower than they woro bofore the era
of combinations proves nothing either
way. Tho crucial question Is whothor
or not tho mnrgln between the cost of
raw mcterlnls nnd tho market prlco of
tho finished product has Increased
since tho coming of tho trusts. Evon
this Is not un infallible test as regards
prices, for tho trust may use Its power
to forco down tho cost of tho rnw ma
torlal It needs, but In general tho size
of this margin between raw n1r.t2r.al
and finished product Is tho most t'o
llnblo test available,
Paul Hovcro. tho revolutionary
hero, was an Inventor, though not
many people are awnro of tho fact. Ho
was tho first man to refluo and roll
coppor. In 1801 ho founded the Ro
voro Copper company, and tho com
pany Is still running, under the same
nnmo. In Canton, Mass.
"Business in South Africa,
Consul General Stowe of Cape Town
predicts n business revival In South
Africa after the close of tho Boer war
and advises American exporters to bo
0.1 tho lookout for their share of tho
now trade. Ho argues that tho losses
of tho wn" must be replaced and that
these losses cover almost everything
men buy nnd sell, from farm imple
ments ami household necessities to min
ing machinery and railway supplies.
To corroborate his nrgunicnt ho cites
tho fact that American manufacturers
of mining machinery havo already re
ceived orders nggvegatlng $5,000,000.
Mr. Stowo's roseate predictions
should be accepted with some reser
vations. As regards ono class of im
ports his view Is correct, whllo as re
gards another class ho probably Is
In error. It Is true that tho need for
goods and commodities of all kinds
will be widespread and urgent, but tho
cash with which to buy them will bo
lncklng In many cases. Tho Boers aro
lighting desperately and havo becomo
impoverished. They will bo sorely In
need of clothes, food, Implomonts, and
all tho necessaries of life, but they aro
now too poor to do nny largo amount
of buying for some years to come, that
Is unless they wlpo out British author
ity. Then they can ralso all tho money
they will need.
Mascajlm to Tour nitcd States
Pletro Mancajsnt. the celobrated Ital
ian composer, who Is coming to A
erica for a concert season of elglit
weoks, has written sovcral oporas, but
only ono of theso has taken It3 placo
besldo tho great compositions of tho
nineteenth century. This Is "Cavalle
1 In Uustlcann." Mascagnl, llko Verdi,
was born In the humblest of circum
stances. His father was a baker of
Ixghorn, and in that city tho futuro
Tho King of Portugal Is clever with
tho brush and has boon awarded sev
eral medals for ills pictures at exhibi
tions, As a rule, however, ho works In
pnstel, and thus spends many a leisure
duy skotchlng favorite spots along tho
coast,
Head of Mystic Shfiners.
Philip C Shaffor.
tho now imperial
potoutato of tho
Noblra of tho Mys
tic Shrlno, la a nu
tlvo of Philadel
phia, and ono of tho
boat known busi
ness mon In town.
Ho ItiiB Just ontorud
upon bis tlfty-tlrst
year and for more
than one-Unit f
bin Ufa has been n
Musiin. Upwards of
covontoon y oars
ago ho Jolnod tho
Hhrlnors, and tor
twelve years ho of
ilcliited lu thu post
of Oriental Ould
or Lu Lu Tempi"
Philadelphia, For
tlitoo yeurs ho was
tho potentate of thu
tuniplo, nnd ho was
elocled to tho of
tlco of thu deputy
Imperial potontnto
nt tho last mooting
of tho Shriuoru.
Mr. Shaffer, un may
bo imagined, la onu
t thu moat on
Ihunlastlc ot tho
Hhrlnora in thu
devoted to spirit
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PIETRO MASCAGNL
Mininnsor first looked unon day on Do-
comber 7, 18C3. Ho played so well on
tho piano that tho musicians ot tho
town sent him as a child to the con
servatory at Milan. Thero ho fought
with his masters and turncu ills uacic
upon them. Then ho traveled with
a choap opera company and wroto tho
nmrist nmhlnca in inilrtlc. Ill 1S8S
a Milanese mnnasor offered n prize for
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nu opora. .Mascagni wroio uavaiionu
until II In Tim liirv nt mini award
ed him the prize nnd his fortuno and
reputation were mailo at one stroKe. in
18'Jfi ho bocmno tho director of tno
conservatory at Pc3aro.
country, Ho Is
and purpose
. ot this ordor, and fovv mon have moro
mystic friends than ho in his homo
tlty und throughout tho couutry. It
IMPERIAL POTENTATE SHAFFER.
was believed from tho beginning that
ho would bo promoted from tho second
highest to tho hlghost olllco lu the or
der. Mr. Shnffor la prominent lu tho
furniture trade.
Settled All Accounts.
At 11 stuK nartv recently Klvon In
Kansas City, a protty and politic cus
tom was Introduced. Thero were just
forty guests, nnd ovory ono had a wife
at home. Each on his departure
(about 2 o'clock in tho morning) re
ceived a handsomo casket of sweets
to tako to his waiting partner and fam
ily, Tho outsldo box was of satin
wood, coating $8, and made a pleasant
memento ot the .occasion. It Is snfo
to say thero woro no curtain loetures
In forty homes tnat nigui.
'Parisians Applaud Her.
Miss Sybil Sanderson reappeared at
the Opera Comlque in PnriB tho other
night in "Phryne," it being her first
appearance In tho French capital since
A Judjjcon "Common Ci-dilHv'
Judges aro supposed to know the
law better than laymen. When a New
Jersey vice chancellor says from the
bench that "common civility Is tho
law of the land" common people, un
learned In the laws, will not venture
to tako Issue with him, but thoy will
express their regret thnt tho law or
the land Is not onrorced. There Is often
a painful lack of the cheapest kind of
civility In public unices, nt bargain
counters, and on street cars. The vic
tims do not seem to hnve thnt legal re
dress which they expect where tho law
of tho land has beon violated.
The vlco chancellor went on to de
fine "common civility,' saying that
"ono person has no right to speak to
another person unless he first gets his
consent." People who nro bubbling
over with questions or views nml who
wish to open conversation with stran
gers will pleaso boar this In mind.
They should begin operations not by
remarking that It Is a pleasant day,
but by saying. "Havo I your consent
to talk to you?"
At this point "organized labor" and
tho vlco chancollor part company. Theso
remarks ot his woro mndo apropos of a
strike In a Paterson silk mill. Non
unionists havo taken tho placo of
union workers nnd tho luttor havo
been reasoning with tho formor, some
times qulto violently, to Induco them
to quit work. In such a case tho vlco
tho death of her husband, Antonio
Terry. Tho house was filled with an
appreciative audience, which gave en
enthuslastlc reception to a former fa-
chancellor deems It only civil for tho
man who wishes to do tho reasoning
to get tho consent of tho other party.
Tho lawyer for tho strikers asked
tho court how this consent wns to bo
obtained and w:i3 told that his clients
could wrlto a letter to tho mill-hands
asking for lenvo to arguo with them
tho question of stopping work. This Is
a delightful suggestion. Nothing could
bo moro dignified than for strikers to
wrlto polite notes to those who have
taken their Jobs, saying to them,
"Come, let us reason together." "Or
ganized labor," howovor, does not
agreo with the judgo on this question
of "common civility." If all walking
delegates and pickets thought nbout
this mattor as ho does, controversies
between union nnd non-union labor
would bo conducted with n degree of
politeness nnd decorum not nlways
found In courts and congresses.
The Value of a Scrap Heap.
Tho enterprising Mr. Ycrkcs, of Chi
cago, who Is about to tear up a largo
part of london In his rapid transit
schemes, Intimates In the latest lntor
vlow that tho English need a rum
mngo sale of some of their present
bolonglngs. "I tell you what," ho do
clares with choice Chicago directness,
"tho trouble with tho English con
cerns is that they don't know the
value of a scrup heap."
vorlte. All tho Paris papers pro
nounced her return a success. Mlsa
Sanderson's admirers In the United
Stntes will bo glad of her now success.
Thero Is n good deal of truth nnd
philosophy In the observation. Amer
ica has stepped to leadership on Its
scrap heaps. Tho other day, :n Now
York, four million dollars' worth of
cablo equipment went to tho Junk shop
becaiiBo olectrlclty was bettor. Down
at League Island thero wns a scrap
heap of old monitors which woro
hardly valuable oven ns objects of In
terest, nnd If tho rocent work of tho
now projcctllo In smashing tho strong
est nrmor plato Is continued thero will
bo other scrap heaps ot lnrgor ves
sels, which havo cost the government
millions of dollars. It has not boon
many years slnco tho newspapers had
to make scrap heaps of their old
presses. In fact in every department
of effort tho scrap heap has beon tho
.sign of progress nnd success. It would
be fortunate If men could deal na
promptly In tholr Ideas and prejudices
ns thoy do In their machinery. Tho
spoils system lu politics would mako
good Junk. Tho oxcesslvo tariff pro
tection would look well as a second
class ruin. Some of tho presont navi
gation laws might bo sacrificed with
profit. And there nre other things. A
govornmout need3 scrap hoaps ns much
as u corporation.
In Turkey whon the present sultan
plays chess oveu business of atat
must wait.
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