f
S NEW LORD.
T. JOHN BROORICK LANS
DOWNE'S SUCCESSOR.
Boa of Tkcoaat atiddlatoe mad
to rabll Life Uaee lase
a! Forty-Four Yean Old Served at
Peder KwnUrjr One.
f Mr. W. St. John Brcdrtck was one
of the "clever young men" of the Con
' eervatlve party in the "early eighties."
Though not, perhaps, a brilliant ora
tor, he U a keen debater, and has moro
than one shown that be can state a
case as clearly as any of his colleagues
oa the Treasury bench.
Sides son of Vlrcount Midleton, Mr.
Brodrick Is in his 44th year. He re
ealTed his early education at Eton, and
later on at Oxford. Like so many oth
er men who have shone in the politi
cal world he took a prominent share
in the debates of the Union Society, of I
wiles he became presidsnt. He also
'helped to found the Canning club,
which' has lone been the center of the
new Toryism of the university. It
was his good fortune to step straight
trom the presidential chair to a seat
In the House of Commons, being re
turned unopposed for West Surrey at
the general election of 1S80. Both
in and out of Parliament Mr. Brodrick
wae exceedingly industrious and pains
taking, and it Is affirmed that he was
one of the faw members who really
nrastered the intricacies of the Irish
lid bill. On die passing of the Re
distribution act, Mr. Brodrick was
elected for the Guildford division of
Surrey, aad he still represents that
Constituency. Often it has been said
that Mr. Brodrick came of age, sat
for his county, and got married all
3 one J'cnr, but the statement is er
Honeous. True, the tiro latter events
occurred in loiO. but that was nearly
-three years after ho had attained his
majority. In June. 1885, Mr. Gladstone
resigned, owing to the memorable de
feat on the Budget bill. Ere many
.months had elapsed the Conservative
government were vanquished upon the
amendment of Mr. Jesse Collings to
'Stae Address, but the home rule pro--posals
of Mr. Gladstone speedily In
stalled Lord Salisbury again in Down
ing street.
f Then it was that Mr. Brodrick began '
WANTS AMERICAN WIPE
' The Minister from Uruguay to
Washington came to this country
specially with a view to securing an
American wife, and he does not hesi
tate to say so, adding that he is a
great admirer of American women. His
father is president of Uruguay, and
Is anxious that bis son shall make a
good match in the United States. The
minister is young and handsome, and.
SENOR CUESTAS.
will soon open a house of bis own and
entertain lavishly in Washington.
JOURNALISM FAR NORTH.
Fife It Waa Atl Cata aa Afterward
' Waal Seateiieee.
One of the most amusing skippers
visiting Philadelphia is the g-ial
commander of the British bark Calci
um one of the fleet of Greenland cry
olite traders, which has just dis
charged her cargo here and loaded
eoal for Demerara. A fine specimen of
tao real old-time sailor, Capt Smith
pSaaYasees a fund of knowledge gath
ered through years or rough experi
ence, the record of which would form
the groandwork for aa up-to-date sa
aval. For years this picturesque
Upper gained kn'owledged of the high
latttadea that has been of great bene
fit Mi him In his present trade through
aarrfee aboard one of the old Peter
fcacJ whalers, a fleet once famous, but
extinct Capt. Smith has
of the most successful of the
UGSe traders, his only mishap being
C lata of the British bark Argenta,
r"a .he commanded la the fall of
V-Tato veaeel. was actually
1
... f:rtJ to atoms by the arctic floe
Uit-"iX were rescued after a thril
I' Csmtmt. aad made their way
. V y Dajrkasnbssn, where they were
r "af fed by the Danish gover
VP 'Crr Ha ku t greater
' at Greenland than any
t C3 ii the merchant service,
7ri2aMphia Frees. When be
: Jaef to ton of the bleak set
iczmnM by the polar Ice
1 an always aapraemtoi aad
zt kmst aai greatly later
'n. Cmral days ago. Jaat
" Trtsna gar Dtnaorai, the
S cr ktmnOH etory
r .iTp1 FHatiaaaSOPdssj
t ti KZL to
- tZZ aai at Its
his apprenticeship by serving as under
secretary to the war office, and he re
mained at that post until the Unionists
were supplanted by the Radicals In
1893. Finding himself in the shade of
the opposition, the member for Guild
ford turned his attention to matters
other than military. As the eldest
son of a peer, he got Into "revolt'
against the idea of men, on , succeed
ing to the title, being compelled to
forsake the House of Commons for
the House of Lords. He assisted in
promoting a bill to change this state
of things, but without success, and he
is now the only one of the three mu
tineers now left in the Lower Chamber,
Lord Selbourne having been called to
the Upper House on the death of his
father, and Mr. Curzon having become
as an Irish peer, viceroy of India. It
was the hand of Mr. Brodrick that
fired the cordite mine which blew up
the Rosebery government in June.1895.
At once the queen sent for Lord Salls-
HON. ST. JOHN BRODRICK.
bury, who accepted office and appealed
to the country. The noble marquis
started his third administration with
a huge majority, and Mr. Brodrick was
appropriately appointed to the war
office, as second in command to Lord
Lansdowne, and so successfully did he
perform the duties of the position
that no surprise was evinced ujn his
transfer to the foreign office on the
promotion of Mr. Curzon to India. As
lieutenant to Lord Salisbury, the
member for Guildford has acquitted
cimoelf with complete satisfaction.
proprietor, Mr. Moeller, is due the cred
it of educating a large number of the
natives, because he not only printed
the paper for them, but also taught
them how to read it. This wonderful
ly energetic man performs single
handed the functions of editor, report
er, proprietor, printer, distributor and
business manager. The entire paper,
which is printed in Godthaab, is the
product of his own pen. Some time
ago he set up a primitive printing es
tablishment, and every two weeks he
performs a long Journey on skates to
dispose of his journal. Originally it
contained only a few crude illustra
tions, but gradually other matter was
introduced until now it contains arti
cles on the affairs of the day. This
man actually taught his subscribers to
read his paper, first introducing words,
then sentences, and now articles on
the topics of the day. Mr. Moeller la
a Dane and has lived in Greenland for
many years. He takes a deep inter
est in anything calculated to make
lighter the burdens of the natives and
Is beloved by all who know him.
Tba BIcsMt Pair of Talk.
In his report upon the trade and
i commerce of Zanzibar for last year
Acting Consul Kesteil Cornish states
that the finest tusks on record in East
Africa, and probably larger than have
ever yet been obtained in any part of
the world, came through Zanzibar last
year. The elephant from which they
Are obtained was shot by an Arab
jear Kilimanjaro. These tusks, which
consisted of perfect ivory, without a
particle of disease, measured over ten
and a half feet from top to base, and
weighed 224 pounds, and 239 pounds
respectively. They were sold for
$5,000. The nearest approach in bulk
to this pair were found about ten years
ago, and weighed 180 pounds each.
Tbey were, however, diseased to some
extent.
Ceoklng to ladla.
Every man in India is a good cook.
The women cook at home, but in trav
eling the women are not allowed to
show themselves, and so the men do
the work. No Hindu will eat food on
which any man's shadow has fallen.
All Hindus are great ceremonial legal
ists. The Hindus are of our own
Aryan race. They are not like the
Chinese and Japanese, alien from our
race. Tbey have all the mental ca
pacity of Europeans, end only need the
same religion snd the same opportun
ity to shine on an equality with us.
ParchaM Waterloo Battle O roe ad.
Heart Houssaye, the French Acade
mician and authority on Napoleon.hes
purchased for the Paris Sabre tasche,
the French military association, the
exact spot of ground where the Old
Guard made its last stand at Water
loo, and upon it U. Oerome, the sculp
tor, Is to erect a monument.
A cheap aad simple aula tor wood
to aaav with permanganate of potaaaa.
A solatloa of It spread apoa poor or
eheny wood for a few mlaotea leaves
a psrmaasat dark brawn color, which,
after aarafsl washing, srytag aad
oCax aatwaes a roaSah tint upon be
ing polished. ,
Blew Ships
m vT mouav Armorea
for N3Lvy ; vesi
Hon. Joseph C. Cannon has
been elected to congress four
teen times. That Is several times
more than . any other member of the
present congress. He Is, therefore.
the father of the house." He has been
Uncle Joe", to evervbodv In Washinc-
ton for a score of years, and while
regarded as the fiercest fluhter in the
House be has done more kindlv acts
for other members and outsiders than
any other man in congress. "Uncle
Joe" fits him better than "father of
the House," and he will continue to b
known as "Uncle Joe."
Waa Oaeo Defeated.
Mr. Cannon was once defeated for
Congress. He went down with the Re
publican crash in 1890. after the pas
sage of the McKinley bliL McKinley
was defeated the same year. So were
scores of Republican leaders in the
west. Mr. Cannon was also defeated
for speaker in the fifty-first congress.
So w;s McKinley. Thomas B. Reed
wa elected. McKinley became chair
man of the committee on ways and
means and Cannon became chairman
of the commfttee on appropriations.
"UNCLE JOE" CANNON.
In every Republican congress since
then Cannon has been chairman of his
old committee, and as such be has bad
more power and responsibility regard
ing appropriations for government ex
penses and public works than any
other member of either House.
When the battleship Maine was
blown up in Havana harbor, "Uncle
Joe" said little on either side. He be
gan making a few figures, and one
morning be quietly dropped a little
bill in the box, which, when found,
created a sensation, not only in Wash
ington, but in every city in the civil-
trriA wrttaal A
During the Spanlth CrUU.
The bill was unique. It had
no
SIX FIERCE LIONS.
A Stranre Thlas That Happened at a
Clrroa.
Show people dread a timid lion, tiger
or leopard, not only because in lt3
panic it is likely to Injure the trainer,
but because it Is unreliable, may take
fright and spoil a performance at any
moment from the slightest causes. An
Incident at the Porte St. Martin The
ater, in Paris, has become part of the
annals of the show business. Tho
chief feature of the exhibition was a
"turn," consisting of the casting of a
young woman, securely bound, into thy
cage of lions, heralded as bfeing Ihj
fiercest and most bloodthirsty of man
eaters. Unfortunately, the woman who
had the "thinking part" of the victim
was taken ill, and a sii'tatltute was
found in the wife oi one of the train
ers, herself a trainer of some experi
ence, but without any acquaintance
with these particular six lions. A she
was somewhat nervous, she cerried a
THE YOUNGER PLATT
In his endeavor to establish the
New York stabulary bill, Sn:tor
FRANK H. PLATT.
Thomas C. Piatt has the act' re co
operation of bis aoa, Frank H. Piatt.
Plans for Five Im-
e a
precedent It appropriated 950,000,000
for public defense and placed that sum
at the disposal of the president It
meant that the nation would get ready
for war and It directed the president to
take steps to that end. It was passed
without a dissenting vote by the
House. There were speeches, but they
were all for the bill. In the Senate
there were no speeches, but it passed
by unanimous vote there also.
Uncle Joe does many things in this
way a way that is more familiar to
poker players than to other men. Ho
tests the opposition with a bluff.
Mr. Cannon was born in a Quaker
settlement of North Carolina. When
he was four years old his father. Dr.
Horace F. Cannon, emigrated to the
banks of the Wabash at Bloomingdalo,
Parke county, Ind. Dr. Cannon lived
In that town until bis death. In 1851.
and there his boy Joe received his
early education and training. He was
14 years old when his father died, and
at that age be started out for himself,
his first work being as a clerk in a
country store. He wes so employed
until he had attained his majority,
when he began the study of law, and
was admitted to the bar at Terre
Haute in 1858.
MoToa to Illinois.
The next year Mr. Cannon moved to
Tuscola, III., and in 1861 he was elect
ed district attorney. He subsequently
was elected to the Forty-third, Forty
fourth, Forty-fifth, Forty-sixth, Forty
seventh, Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth,
Fiftieth, Fifty-first, Fifty-third, Fifty
fourth, Fifty-fifth congresses, receiv
ing 21,484 votes to 14,176 for John M.
Thompson, Democrat, and 682 for
Samuel S. Jones, Prohibitionist.
Keep your chin up. (If you are a
woman, you won't have to be told so.)
s!on arise. Amid the breathless si
lence of the spectators, the ring-master
explained the ferocious nature of
the lions and the terrible risk of the
woman, and she was thrust in at the
cago-door. In the excltermcnt of the
occasion the door was not securely
shut after her. No sooner was she
fairiy inside than the six monarchs oi
the jungle, seeing that a strange per
son had been forced upon them, raised
a chorus of shuddering terror, bolted
for the cage door, clawed It open, and,
with dragging tails and cringing
flanks, (led throi'gh a rear entrance and
found refuge In a collar, where they
were dlBlodgcd only affr a great dif
ficulty. It was a week before the
"ferocious man-eaters" were sufficient
ly recovered from their terrors to re
appear In publlo. McClura's Magazine.
New York, it is said, has an annual
murder record of 500, Ikwton of 348,
New Orleans of 215 and Chicago of
220.
Indeed, It is claimed that the younger
member of the family Is the origina
tor of the ld?a, and that by Its pas
bige he hopes to make himself a power
in state politics. He Is credited with
an ambition to step into his father's
shoes when the man from Tioga re
linquishes the state leadership. Some
people who are close to the senator say
that the older man leans considerably
upon his son for advice and that he
would bo pleased to see htm become
the party lesder eventually. As the
junior member of the great law firm
of Tracy, Boardman A Piatt, from
which Gen. Tracy retired after his de
feat for mayor of Oreater New York,
young Piatt wss well trslned. He la
an aggressive snd shrewd young man
and, even though he falls to reach the
goal to which he aspires. Is certain to
be a more prominent figure la Repub
lican politics of the Empire state as
the years pass.
NEW SHIPS FOB NAT
PLANS POR PIVE IMMENSE AR
MORED VESSELS.
peed of IB Kaeta Three Are to Be
sheathed aad to Bare Hupe rawed
Tarreta Work Uraattjr Delayed by
Armor Contract
When congress In March, 1899, ap
proprlated money for three sea-going
coast-line battleships, carrying the
heaviest armor and most powerful
armament tor vessels of their class, it
was evidently the Intention to provide
for vessels more powerful than those
of any other nation in the world. The
jnfortunate provision by which the
contracts for the vessels were made
subject to an agreement as to the price
of armor, while it delayed the work,
served one good purpose in making it
possible to combine with them the two
battleships provided for by the act of
June 7, 1900. The bureau of construc
tion and repair, In the designs for
these Ave vessels, has fatly carried out
sr. I .1 41
COMMODORE PHILIP HICHBORN.
(He Has Charge of the Construction of
New Naval Vessels.)
the evident purpose of Congress, and
the plans now approaching completion
represent five of the most powerful
battleships ever projected.
heathed and Coppered.
Tbe vesscfls appropriated for in 1899
are required to be sheathed and cop
pered, whereas those of the later ap
propriation have been held bthe Navy
Department not to be covered by the
provision as to sheathing, and the bu
reau has, therefore, designed two
classes of vessels, one sheathed and
the other not sheathed. The designs
have been further complicated by the
decision of the board of construction
to fit three of the vessels with the su
perposed turret, similar to those on
the Kearsarge and Kentucky, and to
provide the other two vessels with
what has been designated the quadrila
teral arrangement of the eight-Inch
guns of the main battery. The gener
al dimensions and chief characteristics
of the sheathed and coppered vessels
are:
Length on load water line. 425 feet;
breadth, extreme, at load water line,
76 feet, 10 Inches; trial displacement
about 15,000 tons; mean draught at
trial displacement, about 24 feet;
greatest draught, full load, about 26
feet. The general dimensions of tbe
unsheathed vessels are: Length on
load water line, 435 feet; breadth, ex
treme, at load water line, 76 feet 2V4
inches; trial displacement nbout 14, W0
tons; mean draught a trial displace
ment, about 24 feet; greatest draught,
full load, about 26 feet.
Speed of Xlaeteea Know.
In the 15,000 tons represented In
each of those vessels, the many an
tagonistic qualities essential to a per
fect fighting machine have been com
promised and Incorporated in propor
tions which experience seems to have
pointed out as the most desirable and
efficient. To begin with, they will
have a speed of at least nineteen knots,
which compares most favorably with
any battleships under construction
abroad, as well as cay in the projected
stage. As all the vessels previously
designed by the bureaus have shown
excess of speed over that called for It
may be expected that this figure will
be exceeded by from a quarter to a
half a knot. ,
The vessels will be propelled at this
high speed by twin screws driven by
two four-cylinder, triple-expansion en
gines of about 19,000 Indicated horse
power, having a stroke of four feet,
running under conditions of maximum
speed at about 120 revolutions a min
ute. Tbe steam necessary to this pow
er will be supplied it a pressure of
250 pounds a square inch by twenty
four Ilabcock & Wilcox straight water
tube bollera, placed four In each of six
Independent water-tight compart
ments. roar Klg Oaoi on Each.
Each ship 'will carry four twelve
Inch guns, forty caliber In length,
mounted In pairs In Hlchborn balanc
ed turrets, having an arc of train of
270 degrees, one forward and one aft.
In each vessel. Of the eight-Inch guns,
forty-five calibers In length, which
will be carried on each of the three
sheathed vessels, four will be mounted
In turrets of the Hlchborn type, super
posed upon tbe twelve-Inch turrets,
snd four in two turrets smldablps,
bsvlng an arc of train of 180 degrees,
snd In the two unsheathed vessels all
eight eight-Inch guns will be mounted
In four Independent turrets, having an
arc of train of 14S degrees, placed two
on each aide at the ends of the super
structure, thus forming a quadrila
teral. la each vessel there will be a broad
side of twelve tli-lncb rapid-fire guas,
fifty calibers la leagth, mounted six
oa each side oa the main deck, aaeh
with aa are of trala of 110 degrees,
and each will also have twelve four
teen pounders and twelve three-pounders,
mounted Is commanding posi
tions, aad baring Tory largo rcs of
Are. In tbe two lower tops there will
be four automatic one-pounders, and
in tbe upper tops four single-shot one-pounders.
MAW'S POCKaTS.
At Beat Woatan Has Mo Mare Fackata
Man is a perfected marsupial. He is
a creature of pockets. With him tbe
necessity of a pouch simply develops
one. This is the law of evolution. The
first we read of him as a pocket bear
ing animal he was on a level with the
kangaroo. He then had one pouch,
fastened to his belt Now look at him
and compare him to woman, for whom
in bis chivalry he is truly sorry.
She, in her helplessness, Is usually be
hind the kangaroo, and at her best
only equals hlra with the one pouch
fastened at her waist She has not
evolved through the law or nature, but
under the sterner decrees of the dress
maker. What a difference between no
pockets and a score of pockets! The
first is woman; the other man. Wom
an is literally fettered for want of
pockets. She must carry In her hands
whatever Is not a part of her clothing,
while man's arms, palms and flngerii
are free free to help his unfortunate
sister. Think of five pockets in trous
ers, five in vest, five in Jacket and five
in overcoat nn exact score in all.
Some men have more than this. When
man took up the handkerchief habit
he made a pocket for that convenient
article. He don't have to be picking
them up except for the women. He
made a pocket for his knife and a
pocket for his watch; a pocket for his
keys and a pocket for his letters; a
pocket for his tobacco and a little
pocket for his car tickets; and he kept
on making pockets as fast as be
Iesnes, envy him. They reach out
to him to borrow his knife, to borrow
his pencil, to borrow a bit of string,
and to borrow a dozen articles that h!
usually has stowed away about lils
clothing. He Is kind and lends, for he
Is sorry for them In their nrrested de
velopment. New York Herald.
THE LATE GEORGE W. WILSON.
George Washington Wilson, lato
commissioner of Internal Revenue,
who died In Washington last week,
was 57 years old, and a native of Ohio.
He entered the Union army when 18
years old as a private In the Fifty
fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry and
served throughout the war, coming out
a first lieutenant In 1866 he took up
the practice of law, and in 1809 entered
the internal revenue service. He serv
ed In various capacities, rising from
one important position to another, un
til he became the head of tbe bureau.
Commissioner Wilson was considered
the most thoroughly informed man on
GEORGE W. WILSON.
Internal revenue subjects who ever en
tered the government service, and was
consulted on all measures affecting the
revenues that have been before con
gress In many years.
BEAUTY SPOTS.
Dora the Itnlral or Patenee Foretell
Faehloae of I,oas Ago?
Nobody can tell you Just how or why
it happened that moth patches thoso
little circles or crescents of black court
plaster which are now worn by up-to-d&to
girls Just at the comer of th
mouth, or under the temple, or closo
to the ear, or in the middle of the
chek or chin, or on the shoulder
have come Into favor again. But that
they have come back Is very evident.
She who thinks that her efforts in this
direction are limited by squares or cir
cle or crescents Is much mistaken.
The Parisians have taken care of that
At the fountain head of such fancies
It has been decreed that a girl may
wear circles In two or three sizes, loi-
enger-shaped patches, rtar-shaped
patches, heart-shaped patches, patches
shaped like the ace of clubs, patches
shaped like the nee of spades, flowcr-
aptd patches, or even patches shaped
like chubby little Pierrots, or like lean
little tragedians. If the wearer of
these beautlflers does not care to ask
for them by the ordinary name of
"patches," she may use the more aris
tocratic sounding French name.
mouches." It's a matter of conjec
ture among a large class of people
whether these patches are to be ussd
as an entering wedge to open the way
for the return of the other marks of
the sge of the "Orand Monarch." Will
the little men begin to wear tall, red
heels on their shoes to make them
taller, aa tbe "Orand Monarch" did?
Will laces, satins, brocades, for men
as well as women, come In fashion
again? Stray Stories,
Matarana Striae far ateala.
At Pensaoola, Fla., the motormen on
street ears struck for stools oa which
to alt while the cars art la motion..
They had the sympathy of the people
with than and woa out
