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A PROBLEM AHEAD
Sporting slang at the tlms when
Cachet t *m chans plus spoke of one
pughust going around another "like a
Jooper arunnd a barrel." Bo' not many
a«1»n are going arotsnd barrel* non
ada;s aara the Toledo Blade. The
trtrk la performed hr a machine
• hick, fed the material#, tarns oat the
Aniofcod prodnct aa the cnginerr regu
iatoa the steam Carloads of strap
i«a go ima a furnace y ard at one end
and roOMT aat la the shape of ingots at
the ether, the smears' at hand labor
beng proportioned to the faith or die
tram the management me- have In
‘sendangled MKitvaana The bottle
machine aooa may be making moat
d the raancn honaehold utensils, and
there are reason that the glass fac
tories may cease to manufacture In
"andeorent Isent globes, 'he electrical
•nil.Allin getting Ibrtr auj ; l* Iron a
a«h>isua stack auay in a comer of
the plant, where It won't be in the
nay and won't host 'kings all up Ma
rk tasry runes in Shilled labor de
parts or raOcaily changes ns way of
working More machinery cornea. The
unskilled labor goes. Where util it
end? Invention wsli not. cannot be
stayed. Esotnuoa proceeds retro me
lesslj B hat 1* there abend for the
phlkfiiUy trained > Irtertw* (or tbs
nonderful fingers at mankind ?
Flab meal is aa article now figuring
is tbe inprti at tbe l uted States.
It la aaed aa a fcrbiurr aad also aa a
W for aaiar aad rattle. It U made
m Xorway. Kngisad aad Scotland
from tbe residue at herring. codlings
•ad oilier tan. cooked, dried aad
around. Consul Skinner, writing from
Hamburg, says. “Swine are said to
-no*■■is tab meal eagerly. aad ita use
for this purpose ia increasing in Ger
maay from ;<tr to jeer. It must be
fed with care, hoar ever, as aa rices
me ratten ia likely to affect tbe qual
ity at tbe pork Fed ta moderate
luatitits it con tributes to tbe gen
eral health at tbe animal ait bout dis
advantageous consequences of any
Aa inquirer a lakes to know what
La* bourse at “tbe old fashioned June
bug that used to swoop down on Chi
ago. die la countless million* around
tbe lam:posts aad have to be carted
away by tbe street cleaning depart
meat “ Tbe bug that spoiled tbe fish
lag when it came and snapped when
yo« stepped m It? We don t know—
but we are reasonably sure tbai the
Enai:sh sparrow did aot exterminate
them
A hows* in Tea?* was lately car
r »4 three miles from it* original site
wttbant harming the family or dit
f aching the tsrurar*. This would be
bailed aa a cheap way of May Day
moving were it not (or lack of choice
to the occapanta of the direction.
Twenty thousand toothbrushes and
aa many packages of totch powder
have been distributed in the i'll:lade!
pfcia public schools, and every one re
ceiving these things has been request
«d not to pscfc bis teeth m public.
The geological department of the
fnited States has decided that the
word < 't.cago nmn from the Ojibwa
■he-kagcmg. signifying wild onion, or
• had smell * The geologists must have
made their observation* from a point
Is the vicinity of the stockyards.
T# have often heard of the girl
who wore her bean on her sleeve, but
*t remained for a Xew Tork chorus
damael to wear her appendix as m
watch charm Possibly a earing one s
aid teeth for jewelry will become pop
slar in time
A Philadelphia donor, after eaten
sloe laboratory experiments with rab
beta, announces that cheap whisky ia
he worst Fenny the trouble some
people will take to prove what no one
has disput'd
A New York Jwry ha* awarded a
•saw aia cents damages for being
tusoed against her wilt And if the
mum who did it was at nil gallant be
promptly admitted that It waa worth
The Japanese hare reached the con
rtnlBg that the moot dlJkwlt thing to
ienr* in the honorable baseball game
la the hotting. They ore not big
eaongh to prodneo to order threw
As the news comes from Parts that
the harem skirt has been condemned
there, the sporadic hot strenuous ca
rwer ot that garment may be conaid
ered * natty ended
The proposed law which places a
ban on the campaign cigar will prob
ably ettrft a ligoroos protest from the
On* ot our contemporaries tells us
that the market tor mummies U dead
We Call to anything unusual in it
Oar idea of a genuine pessimist U
the novel render who is afraid tbs
hero wont toms owl all right in tb*
The hotels of London nr* booked
op |nr coronation welt sad the Amee
hobo who goes to It should taka
n tent along
Is deriding that ( tunes* sausage ia
ant tba customs offlcUls din
erectly refrained from saying what it
CZAR WILL VISIT AMERICAN BATTLESHIPS
ST PETERSBURG.—The American battleship fleet under command of
Rear Admiral C. J Badger arrived at Cronstadt, and remained several
days Emt>eror Nicholas did the United States the unusual honor of visit
ing the Teasels, and also received Admiral Badger and the fleet officers in
the palace in this city. The fleet comprises the battleships Louisiana, South
j I'aroiina, Kansas and New Hampshire.
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PREVENT MINE FIRES
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Many Lives Lost in Recent Years'
From Accidents.
Installation of Comparatively Inex
pensive Fighting Appliances,
Regulations and Drills Would
Help Materially.
New York.—Herbert M. Wilson. :
i L:*i engineer of the bureau of mines,!
in an address delivered at the annual
Keeling of the National Fire associa
tion in this city the other day, said
that failure to appreciate the serious
news of mine fires and a lack of ade- I
quste fire protection have resulted in
the loss of hundreds of lives and the :
destruction of millions of dollars 1
worth of property in the last few
years. He declared that two of the
most senous disasters in coal mines
in the last two years, one at Cherry, !
111., in which 2C2 lives were lost and j
tne other at the Panc-oast mine, near
S< :an ton. Pa., in which 74 lives were i
lost, originated from trivial causes I
and ought to have been quickly er
t:ngu::-!.ed wrhout the sacrifice of hu
man hfe.
' The contact of several hales of
hay with a blazing torch or an open
miners' lamp.” said Mr. Wilson,
"emus* d the Cherry nunc disaster with
its great loss of life and a total cost
of one million dollars, of w hich $50,000
a day was spent in direct fire fighting
for several days.
“The fire in the Pancoast mine
i:.!i-4 74 miners, left 45 widows and
1-T. dependent orphans. This fire is
icnown to have started in an under
ground room, presumably from some
oil-soaked waste. The fire was not
thought serious until it had been burn
ing two hours. This delay was, in
large measure, responsible for the
great loss of life
"Besides the loss of life, fires have
cost much in money. At Deadwood. S.
Lh. $ 1 .000.000 has been spent in fight
ing fire in a metal mine. Today fires
are raging In coal and metal mines In
various parts of the country. Some
of them have got beyond control, and
have been burning for many years, de
vouring hundreds of thousands of tons
of coal and miles of mine galleries
One mine fire near Carbondale, Pa.,
has burned out such a vast are*1 of an
thracite coal in the last ten years as
to result in a subsidence of the sur
face and destruction of surface prop
erty. Near Summit. Pa., a fire which
has been burning 51 years is estima
ted to have destroyed $25,000,000
worth of coal. Near Jobs. O.. a tract
of coal valued at several million dol
lars has been burning since 1884. In
some of the deeper metal mines at
Butte, Mont., fires have been burning
In the old timbers since 1889. In the
Comstock vein In Nevada thousands
*f feet of tunnels which had been
opened and timbered at great expense
are being burned out.
"The mining engineers of the bu
reau of mines have made a careful
study of fires In mines, and have
trached the conclusion that the Intro
duction of comparatively inexpensive
fire fighting appliances, the adoption
of proper regulations and the institu
tion of a reasonable system of fire
drills may minimixe fires and confine
others to a brief period of time with
little damage to life and property. The
engineers of this bureau have had
much success In combating mine fires
through the use of the oxygen helmet.
This is an apparatus that entirely
protects the head, and through which
air is furnished artificially, thus en
abling the wearer to explore the vi
cinity of a fire under conditions of
smoke and gas that would render his
approach otherwise Impossible. By
the use of such an apparatus a num
ber of fires have been promptly extin
guished which would doubtless have
spread and perhaps extended beyond
control.
Chemistry, through the quick an
alysis of gases at frequent Intervals
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lu the neighborhood of the fire, has
proved a most successful adjunct In
lighting fires. It seems almost unnec
essary to call attention to the neces
slty of providing at each mine ample
storage of water properly conveyed
in protected pipes to possible danger ]
points, the desirability of using larger !
amounts of fireproof material in place !
of wooden mine timbering or wooden !
doors, the proper disposal of waste,
fireproof manways and air shafts and
the use of fireproof material as far as I
possible in all surface structures with- !
in fifty to one hundred feet of the i
main opening to the mine."
PAPA GANDER ATTACKS BOY
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Defends Goslings Which Mrs. Goose
Has Just Hatched Out When
Youngster Gets Inquisitive.
San Antonio, Tex.—Shaughnessy,
five years old and adventuresome, got
too well acquainted with a wild gan
der near the deer range in the Bronx
zoo, and as a result he will have a
sore chin for a few days.
Harry and his brother William
went to the zoo and spied the gan
der and his mate. The mate has just
hatched out some goslings.
The boys admired the goslings and
tried to pick up one. While -Mrs.
Goose chased William through the
fence her indignant husband grabbed
Harry by the chin and had worried
him along ten /eet when an attend
ant rescued him.
The lad's face was lacerated and
he was taken to the zoo office, where
t‘e wound was dressed.
City Builds Sidewalks.
New London. Conn.—This city will
be the first in New England to under
take a uniform system of sidewalks
at the municipal expense. The project
will cost nearly $150,000 and work is
to begin at once.
ARE WED IN SPEEDING AUTO
Couple Married While Being Whirled
Under Palm Trees in Westlake
Park. Lcs Angeles.
Lob Angeles. Cal.—A novel wedding
occurred the other day when Max
Botefuhr and Miss Avis C. Doebler.
daughter of William Doebler, a re
tired capitalist, were married In an
automobile as the car glided under
the palm trees In Westlake park.
The ceremonies began at the Sev
enth street entrance and when the
car arrived at the Sixth street en
trance the happy young couple were
man and wife. When the automobile
entered the park Rev. Cassius Morton
Carter, pastor of the First Baptist
church, arose with book in hand. “We
are standing here together in the
sight of God and man—”
"Go a little slower,” said the bride
groom-to-be. “We want it all to hap
pen in the park.”
The minister continued:
“To join together in the holy bonds
of matrimony this man and this—”
"Oh, my hat!” exclaimed Miss Doeb
ler. as the palm leaf became entan
gled in a ribbon.
The minister continued: "If anyone
can show just cause why they should
not be joined together, let him now
stand forward or forever—”
"Don't stop the car!" said Bote
fuhr, "I want it to keep moving."
“Hold his peace.” the minister was
looking pretty serious.
“Do you. Max Botefuhr, take Avis
Doebler to be your beloved—”
“I wish papa was here." said Miss
Doebler, “he would enjoy this!”
“Wife to honor and cherish until
death do you part?"
"I do,” said Botefuhr.
"Do you. Avis Doebler. take Max
Botefuhr to be your beloved huBband.
to honor and cherish until death do
you part?"
“I do.” said Miss Doebler.
The car was within ten feet of the
Sixth street entrance when the min
ister said: "Then I pronounce you
man and wife.”
SCHOOL FARM A MODEL
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Walla Walla's Unique Institution
Has Space for Playground.
Chief Feature of Building Is Its Flood
of Sunlight, There Being as Many
Large Windows as Could Be
Put in Four Walls.
Walla Walla, Wash.—Flanked by
converging roads which lead past
fields and orchards and homes to
the city, and facing miles of rolling
prairie mottled with gardens and
groves and farm houses, stands a
building unique in the development of
the land of Marcus Whitman—Walln
W’alla's first model "country-life”
school backed by the enthusiasm of
a united school board. Among Walla
Walla’s dozens of substantial school
houses which everywhere mark the
interest taken in educational matters
the Prospect Point school, soon to
close its term, is one of the best.
Larger plans are being entertained
for the development of Prospect Point
school and It is semi-ofificlally in
charge of the State Country Life
Commission, of which J. L. Dumas is_
a resident member.
The building is of red brick, two
stories in height, surmounted by a
tower. It contains four large study
rooms, basement lunch rooms for both
boys and girls, library, auditorium,
spacious halls open to the sunlight,
and storage room for fuel as well as
furnaces and lavatories.
The chief feature of the building is
its flood of 8uniighL which is let tn
through as many large windows as
can be placed within the four walls.
The library Is tucked away oft the
stair at a wide landing, and auditori
um ia provided by opening sliding
doors which throws two large class
rooms into communication with a
small centrally located room where
is a starge.
The cloakroom feature of the open
halls is improved by the situation of
the doors, which make it possible for
the pupils to come into the building,
pass through the halls and enter the
schoolroom without confusion.
The school is supplied with a li
brary of 200 volumes which Is to be
soon increased, with maps, charts and
a globe, and facilities for instructing
the eight grades assembled there un
der the direction of three teachers.
Playgrounds, gardens, lawns will
be laid out on the five-acre tract.
With plenty of land fo~ a rough-and
tumble playground, tfc-.- board baa felt
Instilled in making a lawn around the
building, and this will be done next
year and preserved as a beauty spot
Back of tbe lawns wlh be an ample
playgrounds and the teachers' cottage.
The cottage will i»j surrounded by a
lawn and flower beds.
One of the finest features of the
site is a water right which the dis
trict obtained with the five acres. Out
of it Is to be developed a water sys
tem fcr the schoolhouse and teachers’
cottage which will supply drinking
water from a spring not more than
two miles away, and irrigation for
lawns, gardens and flower beds with
out any expense except Installation.
Roosevelt, Jr, Wins Prize.
Cambridge. Mass.—Quentin Roose
velt has won a prize for being tbe
second highest in standing in his
class at the Groton school.
However, he does not feel the
weight of his honor.
"That is nothing." he 6aid. "I bad
much rather be good at baseball and
football."
Fortune From Common Egg
K’lUtfbtnv, Pa.—While working in
the kitchen of Ryan Brothers, at Ply
mouth. Charles Dllg, a cook, found an
egg which bore the name of Miss
Bertha Garrett of Huntsville. Madison
county. Arkansas This egg brought
him the acquaintance of the young
woman, her love and now a legacy of
$3,000 at her death.
Although he had written her only
a half dozen letters, and bad not even
heard her voice, she decided on her
deathbed that Dllg should be remem
bered. and attorneys tor the estate
are now busy arranging to carry out
her bequests.
Upon finding the egg five years ago
Dllg went to his boarding house. He
sat down at once to write the girl
ot his discovery. A short time later
he was delighted and surprised to re
ceive a letter from the girl, in which
she said she was the daughter or a
wealthy hardware merchant at Hunts
ville. Her letter said she had a girl
friend whose father was in the poul
try business, and while there she con
ceived the idea of writing her name
and address on the egg.
This was five years ago. and in the
meantime Dilg had forgotten his expe
rience until it was recalled by the an
nouncement of the girl’s death and
| of his inheritance.
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OR many w ee k s
plans for celebrat
ing the anniver
sary of the Declar
ation of Independ
ence as a great
civic festival have
been In prepara
tion. Varied and ex
tensive e n t e rtain
ment should be
supplied so as to
make the day as
sume the character
of a community fes
tival. llut the reck
less use of danger
ous explosives by
children, too young
to realize their own
peril, is not necessary to the nation's
| expression of gratitude that it is free
and independent. This sentiment has
at last erystalized into a movement for
i a sane Fourth, and throughout the
j country various cities have made ar
rangements by which It is hoped child
! life will be better protected than it
has in preceding years.
It was on the third of July, 1776,
that John Adams wrote to his wife,
| Abigail, the letter, since often quoted
1 as a prophecy, concerning the future
celebration of this period as a national
festival. Despite the fact that he was
one of the most important figures in
the stirring events of that historic
I time, he wrote two letters to her on
| that day. In one he said: “Yesterday
the greatest question was decided
which was ever debated in America:
and a greater perhaps never was nor
conceded that Jefferson wrote the Dec
laration, which was reported and dis
cussed until July 4, when it was
adopted. Copies were prepared and
sent to the states. Pennsylvania was
the first to receive its copy, and on
noon of July 8 it was read to a crowd
of citizens in the statehouse yard. It
was read from a wooden platform
erected in 1769 to enable David Rit
tenbcuse to observe a transit of Ve
nus. Some in the concourse who list
ened to the reading may have realized
that a new constellation had ap- j
peared in the firmament of the na
tions.
Only (he president of the congress.
John Hancock, and his secretary
signed the Declaration on the day of
its adoption. The final signatures of i
the fifty-six who signed the original
document were not affixed until No- j
vember.
Three of the 5fty-six signers lived
to see the fiftieth anniversary of
American independence. They were
John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and .
Charles Carroll. Adams and Jeffer
son died on the fiftieth anniversary,
July 4, 1S26, leaving Charles Carroll
the sole surviving signer. Jefferson
and Adams had both served as pres
idents of the republic which they had
helped to form. A third president,
Monroe, also died on July 4, but five
years later than these two.
Posterity, though it has fulfilled
Adams' prediction, selected the fourth
instead of the second of July as the
day for celebration.
The corner stone of the Washington
monument at the national capital was
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View From Chestnut Street Side of the Historic Building.
will be decided among men. A reso
uticn was passed, without one dissent
ing voice, that these united colonies
are and of right ought to be free and
independent states." In the other let
ter he wrote: "The second day of
July. 1776. w ill be the most memorable
epoch in the history of America. 1 am
apt to believe that it will be celebrated
by succeeding generations as the
great anniversary festival. It ought
to be commemorated as the day of
deliverance by solemn acts of devotion
to God Almighty. It ought to be
solemnized with pomp and parade,
with shows, games, sports, bells, bon
fires and Illumination from one end of
this continent to the other, from this
time forward forevermore."
The resolution for independence
was, as these letters show, really
adopted July 2. But the formal De
claration of Independence was adopted
July 4. and copies of this declaration,
prepared by a committee of five head
ed by Thomas Jefferson, were then
sent to the states. The resolution
adopted July 2 was presented to con
gress by Richard Henry Lee of the
Virginia delegation. June 7, 1776. It
read: "Resolved, That these United
Colonies are and of a right ought to
be free and independent states; that
they are absolved from all allegiance
to the British crown; that all politi
cal connection between them and the
State of Great Britain is. and ought
to be, totally dissolved.”
Prompt action in so serious a matter
was not to be expected' and congress
put it off until July 2, when the reso
lution, much to the joy of Adams, who
seconded Lee’s motion, was adopted.
In the meanwhile Lee, the mover of
the resolution, was called home by the
illness of his wife. Otherwise he
would probably have been made chair
man of the committee of five appoint
ed to prepare a formal statement.
This committee was composed of
Thomas Jefferson. Benjamin Frank
lin, John Adams, Roger Sherman and
Robert R. Livingston. It is usually
laid July 4, 1S50. It was a very hot
day. President Taylor, who was pres
ent, was exposed to the heat of the
sun for three hours. On his return
to the White House he drank freely of
ice water and iced milk and also par
took of some cherries. Shortly after
ward he was taken ill and died July 9.
Benjamin Franklin, the oldest sign
er, was seventy. Edward Rutledge of
South Carolina, the youngest, was
twenty-seven; Jefferson was thirty
three. The average age was forty
three years three months. Many oc
cupations were represented, but law
yers. of whom there were thirty, were
in the majority.
The first public celebration of the
event was that of Pennsylvania, July
S. On July 9 Washington, comman
der in chief, annnounced in general
orders. "The honorable Continental
congress, impelled by the dictates of
duty, policy, and necessity, having
been pleased to dissolve the connec
tion between this country and Great
Britain and to declare the United
Colonies of America free and lnde
pendent states, the several brigades
are to be drawn up this evening on
their respective parades at 6 o’clock
when the declaration of congress
showing the grounds and reasons ol
this measure, is to be read in an au
dible voice. The general hopes this
important event will serve as fresh
incentive to every officer and soldier
to act with fidelity and courage, as
knowing now that the peace and safe
ty of his country depends, under God
solely on the success of our arms. And
state possessed of sufficient power tc
that he is now in the service of a
state possessed of sufficient power tc
reward his merit and advance him tc
the highest honors of a free country.'
Mean.
“He took a mean advantage.”
“In what way?”
“When she sued him for divorce he
got the judge to give him the cus
tody of her lapdog.”—Judge.
The Slow Luncheon.
Mistress—Why have you been so
long. Marie? I told you we wanted the
lobster for lunch, and it is now past
one o'clock. ,
Maid—It's on account of your hob
ble skirt you gave me, madam.—Pele
Melc.
Worried.
"I’m afraid my wife is going into a
decline.”
“Don't worry about that, old man.
She’ll come out all right.”
“Yes. but what if she shouldn’t? I’ve
got all arrangements made to send her
east for the summer.”
PRESERVED BY PHONOGRAPH 4
Records of Old Mojave Indian Songs
to Be Kept by University
of California.
Berkeley, Cal.—Achorn Hungara, a
Mojave Indian from Needles, Cal., will
enjoy the unique distinction of having
his voice preserved in phonographic
records for time immemorial, by the
anthropological department of the
University of California. The branch
of the anthropological department that
is preserving these records is especial
ly detailed to work up the historical
features. Achorn Hungara is unabla
to speak English, but he has as his
companion and Interpreter Captain
Jack Jones, who is also a Mojave In
dian.
Achorn Hungara will spend about
five hours a Hay for the nest few
Achorn Hungara.
weeks singing into the phonograph
the songs of the Mojave dialects. The
Indian singer can sing songs in nine
different dialects and he knows over
three hundred different songs. Some
of the songs are along historical re
citals and it takes several days for a
single song. Many of the songs have
been handed down from father to son
for generations, and it is hoped that
the early history of the Indian race in
the southwest may be amplified
through these songs. After the songs
have been sung in the dialect into
the phonograph they will be translated
into English by Captain Jack Jones.
The university will then have not only
i complete historical record, but it
will also possess a musical record
showing the cadences adopted by the
Indian singers and also the words they
use. This record may or may not be
uf tremendous value in establishing
the connection between the American
Indian and oriental people.
THE PRINCESS KAWANANAKOA
This Beautiful Hawaiian Is a Distant
Cousin of Young Jay Gould's
Bride.
Honolulu, H. I.—Among all the rep
resentatives of royalty present at the
coronation of King George in London
was a lady who, though of royal de
scent, gladly bows to the Stars and
Stripes and readily recognizes the
authority of Uncle Sam. She is the
Princess Kawananakoa of Hawaii, a
member of the family which ruled the
Sandwich Islands previous to the
more recent dynasty which stepped
down to make room for the Ameri
can flag. She is a cousin of Queen
Llliuokaiani, who still makes a claim
upon Uncle Sam for the loss of her
royal prerogatives; and she is also a
cousin of the Miss Anna Douglass
Graham who recently became the
bride of Jay Gould, the son of George
Gould. Mrs. Gould's mother is now
Princess Kawananakoa.
Mrs. Hubert Vos of New York, but
she was K .ncess Kaikilani before her
marriage.
The Princess Kawananakoa attend
ed the Gould wedding and her pres
ents to her cousin were unique and
beautiful. Within a few days after
the wedding she sailed for London to
attend the coronation. She carried
with her many beautiful gowns, but
the most gorgeous and valuable of her
sartorial possessions is a cloak made
entirely of the brilliant plumage of
fpecies of small bird which is now
nearly extinct
Americans Learning Spanish.
Boston. Mass.—Pupils desirous of
learning Spanish in the schools are
numerous. During the last term at
Columbia university, conferences were
held in that institution in the lan
guage of Cervantes. The mayor of -
Boston recently compelled all the
school masters In his jurisdiction to
include Spanish in the school curricul
um and it may safely be affirmed that
there is hardly a mercantile firm of
any importance In the United States
that does not possess an employe who
can both speak and write Spanish
fluently.
The reason of all this is not fat
to seek. The United States in its
anxiety to find new markets for its
products has set its eyes on South
America and hopes to find a new field
there and also in Central America
among its many republics, an] they
are satisfied that in the long run they
will have them all under their con
trol.