the World
Veteran Consul's "Record.
Horatio J. Sprague, United States
consul nt Gibraltar, died recently
nt thut pluce, aged 77. Ho was tho
nldoH of tho American representatives
abroad and had been consul nt Glbrnl
tar for flfty-thro years. Ho wus very
popular among tho residents.
Mr. Spraguu was tho doaii of tho
American consular service nnd his rec
ord at Gibraltar was altogether tinlquo
IIOHATIO J. SPRAOUE.
nnd most eminently gratifying to tho
department at Washington. Tho aged
consul wns born nt Gibraltar, Aug. 12
183.1. His father was a Uostonlnn,
who settled In tho great fortress town
Hoon after tho war of 1812 and became
n permanent resident. In 18 lf young
Hpraguo was mndo consul and re
mained In that office for flfty-threo
years. Ho served under fourteen pres
idents and personally entertnlncd
three of them who visited Gibraltar
nftor leaving tho White House. These
.woro Fillmore, Pierce nnd urnnt. Tho
consul was n warm friend of Admlrnl
Dewey and when tho hero of Manila
stopped nt tho Itock on his way home
Mr. Sprnguo took charge of him for
a time and hospitably entertained tho
famous sailor. During the war of tho
rebellion Mr. Sprnguo was In a most
dulh-ato position, but ho carried It oft
with great credit to himself nnd to
tho cause of tho North. In tho late
Spanish war ho was placed in even a
mora oxnctlng situation, but ho met It
capably and well. Although ho had
visited this country but once ho was n
patriotic and onthuslnstlc American.
The Man on Horseback
Bept, 14 Is said to have boon set as
tho dato tor springing a conoplrucy to
overthrow tho French republic and In
Hlail l'rliico Louis Napoleon ns an em
ptiror. Extract from cablegram from
Purls,
A to "Ideals."
It Is snld that London HnunclorH
tako tho projoctod continental boycott
of American goodB aorloualy, nnd that
Homo of them aro Inclined to believe
that England should tako part In it.
TliQlr vlow I that tho meimco of America-,
U not merely a matter of trade. They
lu-ofctm to rt'gurd tho uentlou from u
hlstily moral Htnuri point. Thoy nuy It Is
no ailvantuKo to thu world thut u great
.nation Nhuultl ilomluntn It with litouU Into
willed, they allelic, notlilnif uxcupt money
I'nn tint or nnd with a system of govern
ment In which inonny U tho lontrullln
(lower. Tho IdoalH ot Kuropii have uvcr
lieou higher than that, ami tn droit to
liii; American stunuuru would no a rutul
n ror.
Sad, isn't It? Tho Uultod States is
tho only country which han engaged
lit wur within tuo last forty years
from any but Bullish motives. Its res
cue ot tho Cubans was the only piece
ot pure knight-errantry socn in that
time, Kuropo allowed tho Armenians
to bo tortured and massacred because
no European power could trust tho
others where thoro was plunder in
sight. For tho same reason Europe
permitted tho Sultan to trnmplo on tho
Greeks. England In engaged at prcs
out In stamping tho life out ot two
little republics for their gold mines.
Americans hnvo tho knuck ot getting
money, but thoy part with It moro lav
ishly than any other pooplo in tho
world. Thoy holp to support tho 1m
pocnnlous aristocracy ot Kuropo,
which la willing to bnrtor Its aoul tor
Anmrlcan dollars, Mr. Frodorle Hurrl
tion said that tho Impression produced
upon him by America's educational re
imurccs was that tholr volume wob at
loast ten times that ot tho resources
devoted to tho Baino purposo In Kng
land. Moro monoy In given awuy for
uducatlon every year in America than
In all Kuropo In ten yeura. In Amor
lea money is often prlzod as a means
to noblo ends; In Kuropo It Is sought
for solflsh enjoymont. Abovo ull, ro
manco still Burvlvcs In America, and
marriages are still made for lovo
When pooplo lu Kuropo cease to soil
tlioinsolves Into matrimony they may
tnjk about tholr "Idoals" and depre
cute tuo error of "dropping to tho
American standard."
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News and views
V reduction of Cold.
Commenting upon tho decrease la
tho world's output of gold Inst year
as compared with 1893, tho Hankers'
Mapazlno Is undoubtedly right In say
ing thnt but for the Boer war tho gold
product probably would have more
than maintained itcelf.
It is almost us certainly wrong in
saying that "tho virtual demonetiza
tion of silver as a standard of vnluc
hns within tho Inst five years glvon a
great Impetus to the discovery of new
gold dopo.sltH nnd tho development of
gold mines." Gold production may
bavo been stimulated in Colorado nnd
eonio other pnrta of tho United States
by tho fall In the value of sliver which
han been going on for much more than
flvo yenrH, and which cannot have been
largely duo to demonetization of sli
ver Tho greatest of recent discoveries
of gold that In South Africa cannot
bo regarded as duo In any degrco to
silver legislation, and tho output of
tho Transvaal mines undoubtedly
would have been quite as groat If no
country on earth had legislated In re
gard to !lver slnre 1870. It is prob
nblo enough that tho continued great
output of gold will again nrouso np-
prehensions of a decided fall in tho
purchasing power of thut metal, such
ttB woro expressed by tho distinguished
French economist Michel Chevalier
after tho great gold dlscovorles In Cali
fornia nnd Australia. Wo may at least
rcaMonubly nntlrlpato a cessation of
tho lnscusato clnmor or free colnngo
of silver and that contradiction of
terms known ns a "doublo standard."
So long ns tho gold stock is Increas
ing at tho rate of 1200,000,000 to $250,
000,000 a year It will hardly be posslblo
to make political capital by raising an
uproar about the Impoverishment of
debtors by Increasing the value of
gold. With gold demonstrably fulling
In value that kind of uproar will not
promise pood dividends to any adven
turer In tho world of politics.
Oli-Oe Schreiner a "Prisoner.
Mrs Olive Schrelner-C'ronwrlght, who
has been conduce! In a wlru r.cttlug
OLIVE SCHREINER.
reservation by thu British lu South
Africa and them kept an Isolated pris
oner, was one of the warmest sympa
thizers .with the Boors during tho enrly
troubles lu 1899. She waa moro bitter
than hor brother, William Philip
Schreiner, who, us premier of Capo
Colony, openly advocated tho cause of
tho Dutch Afrikanders. Mrs. Crou
wrlght Is descended from Boor anees-
lorfl and sho showed her blood In tho
book sho wrote und published in tho
defense of hor people Just before Pres-
Idont Krugor declared war on Great
Brltntn, TIiIh book was entitled "An
Kngllsh Soiltl) African View of tho
Sltuntlon," and contained somo very
freo expansions of opinion on tho Jus
tlco ot Drltlsh rule or attempted rule
In South Africn.
-A HebuKe from Canada.
Tho Hon. David Mills, Canadian
minister of Justice, has recently been
saying Bomo exceedingly hnrsh things
with rognrd to tho alleged Indisposi
tion of descendants ot tho Pilgrims to
rnlBo largo families. Among other
things, ho Bald: "Tho Now England
people are upon tho soil, but aro not
ot It. Thoy obvlouflly dislike farming
as much ns tholr women do having
children, nnd woro It not for tho ln-
capablo among them, and tho foreign
ore who have taken up their resldonco
among thorn, there would bo neither
children born nor ilolds cultivated."
"Royal Uomfoolcries.
Horcuttor no womun will be a genu
ine snob unless sho wears u garter on
her arm.
Edward VII. haa conferred upon his
royal consort, Queen Alexandria, tho
most noblo Ordor of tho Garter, und
on tho llrnt formal appearance bIio will
bo expooted to wear it upon hor urm
Instead of olBowhero. William E. Cur
tie' London Letter,
People and
T Extents
May Wed "Rosebcrry.
The Duchess of Albany, whoso en
gagement to Lord Rosebcrry Is made
tho subject of reports nnd counter re
ports from the headquarters of court
gossip In London, Ib one of the come
Host and most popular ot tho women
of the British royal family. When she
married Prlnco I-copold In 1882 she
waB tho Princess Helen of Wnldeek.
Leopold, tho Duko of Albany, died in
1881, leaving his widow with two chil
dren, Princess Alice and tho present
duke. Tho futuro Countess ot Ross-
berry bearfl n striking resemblance to
the young Queen of Holland, but this
DUCHKSS OF ALU ANY.
Is not surprising when it Is remem
bered that she Is nu aunt to that In
teresting sovereign. Tho duchess Is
very domestic !n her tastes, lu an ex
cellent nccdlewomnn.
j Silly Mission.
Hov. Dr. George C. Lorlmer of Bos
ton Is In London. Ho Is the sensation
al pastor of Tremont Temple when he
Ih nt homo nnd his religion Is a mix
ture of many, with politics thrown in
nB a side line. Since reaching Eng
land he lias found, to his dlsmny, that
a considerable number of the clergy
men nrc not only opposed to tho Hoer
wnr but publicly avow such opposition.
To the Lorlmer mind this is rebel
lious, un-Chrlstlnn, indecent. Ho Is
ho deeply offended that ho Is going to
take the rostrum nnd spend tho next
two months denouncing these clergy
men In case ho falls to convert them.
It will be Interesting to know how
many converts tho doctor will make
among this class. Naturally they will
resent tho presence of a foreigner who
comes to abuse them It thoy do not fall
Into lino with his suggestions; again
It will Btrlko them as queer that tho
United States, which so generally has
sympathized with tho Doers, should
furnish n clergyman to misrepresent
his countrymen at tho seat of Drltlsh
power and to traduce those who, from
a sense of justleo, feel impelled to take
lssuo with their government because
thoy believe it to be in the wrong. Mr.
Lorlmer would have thoso men act
contrary to the dictates ot their con
sciences lu considering tho wnr and
support It blindly. He has n strango
conception of English chnractor, which
Ib nothing if not candid and fearless of
consequences, when It comeB to deter
mining public questions.
Amerlcnns repudiate Lorlmer and
IiIb mission. They sympathize with
tho Doers nnd all tho bellowing of the
Do3ton preacher cannot chnngo this
sentiment. Thoy respect the English
clergy who hnvo tho courago to record
their opposition to tho unequal strug
gle In South Africa and feel that men
of this stamp hnvo nothing to fenr at
tho hands of thn Massachusetts ranter
who represents only himself In tho
self-appointed, cheeky und undemo
cratic mission ho has undertaken.
Would Stop Creating.
riiomns 1). Mluuhan of Columbus, O.,
who has orlglnuted a movement for
the abolition ot tho American custom
of "treating." presented his plans to
tho central division ot tho Knights
ot Columbus at tholr meeting In Putin-Day
u tow days ago. Mr. Mlnahnn
Is a promlnout nttornoy of Columbus
nnd deputy ot this district ot tho
Knights ot Columbus. This movomont
Is endorsed by eminent divines ot tho
llomnu Catholic church and of tho
Protcstnnt denomination. Ho snys
thnt tno omitoratlon of tho cus
tom ot treating, so oxtonslvely
practiced by Americana, is the first
roal step toward total abstinence Ho
Ib confident that with tho nctlvo sup
port ot the churches tho movomcnt
will become national. Tho Initial
step waa taken in tho ranks of the
Columbus Council No. 1, Knights ot
Columbus, which ndopted resolutions
pledging its mombors to retrain from
tho custom. When It Is considered
that tho national organization has i
membership ot S0.00O, tho roal Import
auce ot this crusado will bo understood,
THOMAS B, MiNAHAN.
&RIMTHS OVEH Am.
The problem of aerial navigation
has at last been solved. It Is unques
tionably epoch-making news that has
been cabled from Paris, Franco, de
scribing M. Santos-Dumont's uctltil
voyage around tho Eiffel tower and
over the suburlw of Paris. Man's tri
umph over the paths of the air has
como with this accomplishment. The
gifted Drazlllnn's performances wort
as much in ndvnnce of Count Zeppe
lin's and other previous accomplish
ments as the latter surpassed ordinary
ballooning.
Slti Agnlnit TTIml.
M. SantoH-Dumont left St. Cloud In
his new airship, circulated around tho
COURSE TAKEN BY
Eiffel tower, and went bark nearly to
tho starting point, a distance ot tmi
miles, In forty minutes. But unfor
tunately when near home hU motor
failed him and he was obliged to rip
his silken balloon to hasten descent
nnd avoid Injury. Notwithstanding
this accident M. Santos-Duniont's ex
pel Iment wns a success in that tho bal
ioon navigated against the wind for
the first time In the history of airship
construction. One or two minor de
fects which can be easily remedied In
a, few hours prevented tho complete
carrying out of tho tests, but It Is safe
to prophesy that within a month M.
Santos-Dumont's Invention will hold
as complete dominion over the air as
a ship does over tho sea.
Paul Kruger' Wife.
To his wife, who died lu Pretoria a
few days ago, President Kruger of the
Transvaal attributed much of his suc
cess in the political life ot the South
African republic. Mrs. Kruger was
compared in this respect to tho wife
of the late Prince Blsmnrck. Like Mrs.
Bismarck, sho remained modestly In
the background, and comparatively lit
tle Is known about her. That tho In
fluence of "Tanto Sante" over the ob
stinate, unyielding Oom Paul wns
great Is, however, known, and while
Mrs. Kruger seemed to take little in
terest in politics, It Ik. said her bus-
wns not without distinguished uncos
try. Little Is knowu, Wrer, about
the family tree.
When Mr. nnd Mrs. Kruger, In 1892,
entered tho two-story cottage In Pre
toria which was t. executlvo man
sion ot tho TjftKittal, they did not
change tholr n edo ot llfo, nnd tho
simple, unpretentious housekeeping
which they had followed therotoforo
was continued. It was only within
tho last fow years, nnd then only bo
causo of hor great ago, that Mi's. Kru
ger took servants Into tho houso.
Up to four years ago sho did nil tho
housework herself, although hor hus
M. Sautos-Dumont's immediate ob
ject haa been to win the prize ot 100,
000 franca oifered a year ago by M.
Deutsch, the Roucu petroleum refiner.
The conditions required that a start
be made lu the neighborhood of St.
Cloud, that the Eiffel tower bo circled
three times, nnd that the airship then
return to its starting place nt an aver
age sped of not less than thirteen
miles an hour.
More than one Inventor has been
struggling under this Incentive. Hence
M. Santos-Dumont has been working
at tho greatest speed lest ho bo fore
stalled, and he undertook tho test nt
the carllst moment. He has already
discovered several posslblo improve
ments which will Increase tho mo
bility and safety of tho nlrsulp. Tho
Dcutsch prize -amounts to $20,000 in
United States money.
Arounil tlie Tomer.
M. Santos-Dumont reached the Elf
fol tower at 7 o'clock In tho morning.
His bnlloon was being propelled
through tho atmosphere apparently
with ease and greater grace than a
steam yacht plows th'o seas. M. San
tos-Dumont sat In tho forward part of
the car handling the lines which con
trolled the engine and the rudder.
Tho balloon glided along toward tho
Eiffel tower, Us coat rellcctlng tho
beams of tho enrly sun, apparently
obeying the will of tho steeror willing
ly. Ncarlng the tower on tho south
side tho baloon maintained its course
until it was less than fifty yards away,
when It grnccfully turned northward.
M. Santos-Dumont continued to turn
his machine until it pointed directly
westward. It seemed to be absolutely
unhampered by tho wind. It passod
tho Eiffel tower at an altitude of
about 10 meters between tho first and
second stages. The entrance to the
j band ofien consulted her in mntters ol
state.
Mrs. Kruger was a daughter of the
Duplcs8ls family, one ot the best
known names ih South Africn, and was
a nleco of President Kruger's first
wife. She bore Oom Paul sixteen
children, seven of whom wcro living
tip to tho outbreak of tho war with
Great Britain, In which two of the
four sons have been killed, leaving two
sons und threo daughters still alive.
Tho Duplessls family comes from tho
blood that guvo Cardinal Richelieu to
tho world, and Mrs. Kruger thoroforo
band's Income of $3G,500 from the gov
ernment, not to Bpoak of his winnings
from his private enterprises, was suf
ficient to have given her tho scrvico of
n princely castlo. But Mrs. Kruger
preferred to do her own cooking and
housecleanlng, and seldom had any as
slstance save that of her daughters
while they were still unmarried.
Free Teople, Great Country.
Onco more tho men of France have
celebrated on tho 14th of July tho tear
Ing down of tho DuBtllle, tho tearing
up ot 3tupld superstition about tho
divlno rights ot kings, and the cstab
THE AIItSHIP IN ITS FLIGHT. I " WX9wEliKmr M
Pare waa obstructed by two very high
sheds in which M. Deutsch, donator of
tho prize, Is building a largo balloon
for tho purposo of winning It himself.
M. Santos-Dumont mndo repeated at
tempts ngninst tho wind to enter tho
Pare between tho sheds. Tho struggle
lasted flvo minutes. The supply of
petroleum then becamo exhausted
and tho machine was left to tho mercy
ot tho wind. Finding that tho motor
worked Irregularly and thou stopped
suddenly, M. Santoo-DUmont, In ordor
to prevent tho ballon from being car
ried away, toro tho silk covering In
order to allow tho gas to cscapo and
mako a quick descent. Tho machine,
however, was blown across tho Selno
nnd becamo entangled In a chestnut
treo in Edmund Rothschild's garden
Tho aeronaut descended without In
Jury. Almost hi3 first word was that
ho would yet succeed in winning the
$20,000 prize.
Cost a Fortune.
The ship la the outgrowth of several
yenra ot work nnd experiment on tho
part ot tho Inventor. Thls'mnchlno
wns only recently completed. Tho
gearing apparatus Is suspended from
a huge cigar-shaped balloon. The mo
tor is a gasoline cnglno which drives
the shaft of the scrow. Tho aeronaut
sits In the saddle and starts the motor
by means of a pedal and chain gear,
as in tho caBo of a motor cycle. Tho
gasollno Is contained In tho upper
cylinder and In the lower and larger
cylinder Is a reservoir of water which
is used as a ballast. Tho machine
cost Its inventor a fortune.
llshment of liberty, equality, frater
nity as accepted principles ol human .
society. Every American should feel '
not only tho greatest gratltudo to
France, hut the greatest admiration of
tho French people. It is indeed a great
nation and a great raco. It has edu
cated the world in the principles of
liberty, philosophy, llteraturo and in
dividual Independence.
A Frenchman eats wisely, lives tera
poratoly, he Is sane, patriotic, ener
getic. And nil Frenchmen, from tho
highest to the lowest, actually think.
Evory Frenchman has an intelligent
opinion on the questions ot tho day. .
There Is no country In tho world where
the absolute feeling of equality Is more
firmly established than nmong the
, French. The French nation knows
very fow great fortunes and very few
paupers. It is practically freo from
dyspepsia, from gout, from baldness,
from drunkenness, and from special
privilege. The French did us a great
deal of good 125 years ago, when
Lafayetto and his men and the money
nnd powor ot Franco enabled us to
beat tho English. Wo dorlved much
benofit from France. Wo would de
rive evon moro todny If our people
would study and appreciate tho great
French nation freo from class preju
dice, froo from plutocracy, -freo from
superstition, and forging alwnys
ahead.
Id-dcrthin as Educator.
Advertising Is a mode of education
by which tho knowledge of consumable
goods Is increased. It sets forth tho
peculiar oxcollonco of novelties, koops
in mind tho merits ot staple articles,
and thus increases tho gcnoral demand
for commodities. This method of rank
lng tho public acquainted with goods
has been resorted to because the mod
ern Bystem of distribution requires thnt
goods bo sold in largo quantities. Pro
duction lncrcnses.compctitlon becomes
moro fierce, nnd puchasers must bo
found. BubIiioss men recognize that
advertising can Incrcaso sales by In
creasing tho people's familiarity with
goods. This hotter knowledgo not
only helps to educnto the individual,
but trains him In other ways. Ills
powers of discrimination nro exercised
and developed by tho necessity of
making a cholco between tho articles.
Even the abuses ot advertising aid him
for ho learns by his mistakes. Adver
tisement Boraetlraes creates a demnnd.
sometimes directs It. What greater
stimulus can there he for an inventor
than tho fact that a method is In voguo
by which a useful article can bo im
mediately placed beforo tho public,
with tho probability of largo and Im
mediate returns? Advcrtelng fixes now
staples. Toa was one of tho earliest
articles advertised in England. Re
cently the "blending" of teas has be
como customary, and tho value of tho
different blendB made known. Jour
nal ot Political Economy.
Beauty and folly are old companion.
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