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MONUMENT TO BARON KETTELER.
Honor Axturilril to t,(. (itriitiitt MluNlrr
IpI nt l'rldii.
TIjp Han tn-ss Von Kcttoler, formerly
of Detroit ntid widow of the (lorttmii
minister I UliMt nt Pckln has invited
snvcial friends to attend the unvollliiR
f the timmitni-ui to lnr lnislmml in
Hi'rlin. The batonoss has personally
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superintended tho erection of the
shaft.
The marriage of Miss Iodyard to
Ilaron Von Kettoler on Feb. 21, 1897,
was otio of the greatest social events
In tho history of Detroit. Owing to
tho fact that the baron was a Catholic
a special dispensation from tho popo
was necessary, after which tho wed
ding war. solemnized.
Cranberry Growing.
Cranberry growers of th United
States had to their credit last year a
crop of 1,000.000 bushels. Of the varied
Industiics that have shown unusual
results there are none with a more
notable record, for tho crop of 11)00 was
iiu'9,000 bushels. These facts mean that
the owneni of tho cranberry hogs will
havo received, when the crop Is fully
marketed, nenrly $1,700,000. Cranberry
raising la an Industiy which, despite
tho popularity of the fruit, has com
manded r.mall attention fiom others
than those, directly Inteicsted. Capital
Is an absoluto necessity to engage In
It successfully, as a productive bog
costs from $300 to $500 an aero to
bring to a state of profitable bearing.
PLANS WHITE HOUSE FUNCTIONS.
Mhjot MrCiiTtley linn Clmrco of Matn
and Korlul Kutert iliimcntH.
Major Charles L. Mct'awley, who has
been specially detailed to ai range and
impel intend state and social entertain
ments at the white house, Is planning
Borne elaborate functions for the sea
son. Major McCawley first leaped Into
fame by leading Miss AILc Uoosevclt
' Major MoCanrltty.
out to danco at tho ball at which she
made her dobut
This iionor has fallen to him also at
each subsequent entcrtalument of tho
kind.
Truit In Fancy Homes.
Kcvv ot tho wealthy members of
trusts who aro buying high-class
horses at Lexington, Ky., nro aware
that n trust controls tho blue grass
hoiso markot.
Tho business runs into tho millions
of dollars, ns from 7,000 to 8,000 horses
aro sold annually by tho trust, which
Is composed of about twenty leading
fancy horse dealers, with headquarters
near Lexington. They havo agents In
all parts of thu coantry buying young
horses, which aro shipped to Kentucky
and handled until ready for sale.
Each week a car load of fancy horses
la shipped to New York nnd Chicago
and many to Atlanta, Ga.
IlwarM In I'rcnoli Draft.
The dwarfs as well aa tho giants are
caught in tho net of Kronen compul
Bory military service, and tho last cotv
Bcrlptltif lias brought out a lccrult of
very rHmlnutlvo sire, his nnmo Is
Francois Finns, ho comes from Mont
melllan, his height Is 3 feet 3 hiches,
ho wolglm only 4 stono 3 poudWd, ho
cannot carry a Hag or keep stop with
hla comrades, but trots after thorn ns
they march through tho town. It re
mains to bo seen whether tho medical
officers will roject this warrior as unfit.
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N.W STYLE TURBINE DESTROYER
limit Con-truiteil In i:nclUli Vnril
Largely n mi I iprrlnicnt.
There was launehrc on the 'Ijii'
tecetitly a tot pedo-lio.it deatioyet
which Is designed especially for steam
turbine innrhippiv. bring generally of
.tin . n..... .1.. 11 ..I lllf.
nil- ruuiir ij jji- us uic iiiur iiim " r
Cobra. The new vojel H tuuiuil then
Vclox, and has not been built to th
order of any government. The bull
has been coiiHttucted by Messis. H. fc
W. Hawthorne. U-xIle & Co., at their
llebbuut yard on the Tyne. while tin
machinery has been niadeat the works
of the I'm sons Marine Steam Turliliv
company at Wulliciid-oii-Tyiio. Th.'
vessel h 210 feet long, twenty-one feet j
wideband twelve feet six Inches mold- !
ed depth. Special attention has been I
paid to the conditions necessary to I
seeuio loncltudlnal strength. Tho I
main propelling machinery consists of
two Independent sets of I'arsons tin
bliio engines, one l.lgli pressuie on
glno and one law pressure engine ho
Ing on each side of the vessel. This
gives four turbines, each of which ha
Us own line of shafting, and as each
shaft entries two propellers, thete arc
eight propellers In all. London
Times.
EX-PENSION COMMISSIONER EVANS.
IIM PrleuiM lUuert lltm to llo'tllveii
Iiiiiortnnt Foreign MIlon.
United States Pension Commission
cr Henry Clay Evans, who has tiled
his resignation with President Roost
vclt, and whoso friends predict an im
portant foreign mission for him in the
immediate future, has been n Tennes
see Hcpubllcan since the civil war, nl
though he was horn In Pennsylvania.
Ho was twice Mayor of Chattanooga,
Henry Clay Ktmi.
his home city, and In 1S90 defeated a
strong Democrat for congreEs jn a
Democratic district. He also c'amo
within n few hundred votes of an flec
tion as governor of Tennessee. Col.
Kvnns was a prominent vice presiden
tial candidate in 1890. His prospec
tive assignment to an Importnntlilip
lomatle mission Is regarded In Wash
ington as a substantial promotion He
has long been weary of his piCsent
position. .
Tlio Worlil'n I.nrceit Dam. v
New York's Croton dam, the lai,;est
ever undertaken by man. Is 200 f feet
thick nt the bottom, 300 Teet J high
from tho base of tlio foundation, ISO
feet high above the ground and 1,000
feet long, it Is located threo mile
from PeekBklll.tho top of the dam be
ing 210 feet above tidewater and 100
feet abovo tho icservolr in Central
Park. Work has been lnprogresslelght
years and will continue threo bears
longer. The estimated cost nt the
dam was $4,160,573. hut $1,000,000 ad
ditional will be required.
STATUE OF COUNT DE ROCHAMBEAU
neantlful Memorial Soon to lis Krocteil
at tlio National Capital.
Tho Btatue to be erected at the capi
tal In memory of Count de Rocham-
bcau, tho gallant 1 rencliman who
fought for the struggling coloring, is
tlio design ot a young French sculptor,
Hamar. It rcprr sents tho field marshal
in Ills unlfoim, standing wltu one nrm
outstretched, as though In protection
The Hoclniiulie.ui Stutni
of tho young republic. At tbi base Is
tho significant figure of a wonian Hur
rying forward bearing the flag of
Franco aloft. Uoneath her Met is tho
prow of a ship, and below nro the arms
of the two countries inmen logeuior.
rnnuroas made an npproprlMlon for
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the statue at the last session.
Home and
Topics That Will Prove of Interest to tho
Feminine Mind.
lM' Arnmorle.
"Trllles" ate of more iitipottnnco
than women sometimes think, for n
very oidlnaiy dirts may often acquire
an cl"gance which It hxs tiot. by a
wcll-choM'ii, pielty detail, bo It only
a w.il'tt belt (lloves ntid boots cannot
be (all (I dit.'i i. they are uecessarles,
and cannot he too good In every re
spect Detiilli mean collnin. tlis, belts,
veils -everything, In fact, which is not
of the die-ii, hut which form3 the tout
nsomhle of a perfect toilet. The very
iniiso in her hand, the chain around
In i nci k, the combs In her hair, pto-
'.inn the tnato of tho woman. In col
li r, the latest Is r embroidered lawti
r l.ue over an under collar of black
ill.. Another model s a high bnnd
f black velvet with a stiass or Jet
band in the center and n sailor knot
it the bark. Transparent collars are
threaded with tho narrowest blnck vel
vet rihlmii, as also arc tho lace yokes
ami fronts of some blouses.
A I'olnt on Shirt IVnUli,
A point concerning shirt waists
which Is very definite Just now, Is that
to be smart they must bo belted with
a similar color. A soft white linen
licit, stitched ulong each edge and
washable as often as occasion requires
will bo a necessary adjunct to tho
sunimei girl's wardrobe. Hemovablo
buckles may he used, or the belt may
bo uathoied and pinned with one of
the i omul pins whoso uses are leglou.
These bells may bo made of any inn
teilal, but a special touch of com
pleteness Is given when they nro of
the same material as tho waist with
which they aro worn. With n white
linen stock stitched with a band of
Iho shirt waist color, and a belt of
the same material as the waist, tho
simplest outfit will look chic and
modish.
Fancy Walit.
Evening wnlst of pastel green peau
de sole, nicked all over. The fronts,
which cross arc bordored with flcello
lace. In which ribbon of the same shad?
as the silk Is run. The ribbon is
knotted In a pretty way on tho left
side, and on the outside of tho sleovi),
which aio trimmed to correspond.
Inside of tho laco on the fronts of tho
L waist Is a drapery of plaited inousac-
lino de solo matching lue silk, nnu tuo
draped yoke or plastron Is also ot the
moussellno do solo. Le Costume EIo
Eant. Now anil nremjr Icina.
Several handsomo gowns aro shown
with the deep circular Ilounco made of
material contrasting with tho rest of
tho skirt, tho sleeves and yoko match
ing tlio upper part of the skirt. This
is an effective combination and in
black and white is very flno, but as can
bo understood readily, is susceptible In
theso days of during contrasts, of be
ing overdono shockingly. Tucking has
not gone out of fashion, hut is abun
dant on summer gowns. In tho sklrta
theie is notlccabio tightness at hips
nnd almost to tho knees. There comes
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LATEST FROM PARIS.
Fashions
tlare In graceful llounres or tiny ruf
lies. Yokes lluish nearly all bodices,
and some aie outlined with fancy lacq
collnts or beitblis.
C'li.irmlni: llonii down.
Itucpiloti ovvn of fawn-coIorei
poplin. The cors.ige Is made with
plaits si lichen ovei the shoulders
opening out below to form a very fill'
blouse. The vvalMcoat, tho glidle am!
the deep uifls are all of fancy caunelo
velvet.
The waistcoat opens over a full
plastron of white moiissellue do sole
ornamented with straps and bows ol
black velvet The skirt Is plaited at
tho sides and back, the plalta helm;
stitched down over the hips, then open
ing out to give a graceful Hare. Le
Luxe.
Women Should Mre, Morn.
A physician who Is a specialist In
nervous diseases say that womon
should sleep nt least nine hours
at night nnd one In tho daytime, says
tho New England Fanner. A woman
will plead that she hasn't time to He
down for a few minutes In tho dny
time, and she will Infringe upon the
hours of night, which should he given
to sound, healthy, needed sleep, in or
dor to finish some pleco of work which
could as well be completed on the mor
row. She will rush and hurry all day
long, and then when the household Is
hubhed In slumber at night sho will
sit to read the daily paper, thinking
sho will not hnve to pay for the time
she Is stealing from the nealth-glvlng
sloop that conies before midnight.
From tlio I'lnh IVnmnn.
To tho woman who would be Indi
vidual, who wants to be an Inspiration
and a beneficence, there Is but one
message: 15o not afraid of yourself,
got acquainted with the deeps of your
own nature; face the shortcomings ot
your own spirit, (lo Into the open
country alono if you can; if not, tako
a llttlo tlmo out of every twenty-four
hours to think. Just as the obser
vance of tho Sabbath Is n wlso thing
from it physiological standpoint, eo are
self-communion and Its breathing
spaces a hlesslug to the Individual
bhlrt Wnlit Material.
Madras, ducks, linens, percales, sill,
ginghams, silk and mercerized ehani
brays all will be mndo up In shht
waists. Tho new figured piques and
ducks nro very fine and soft as a
glovo. White laced lawns aro mote
beautiful than ever and may ho found
In numerous designs. Linen colored
batistes seem to grow handsonier with
each addition to tho stock and make
up prettily in separate waists. Tho
shirt wal3t suit will bo popular and
may be made up In the samo materials
as tho waists.
Tlio Kver-Fopular lllack.
Ulack, which has already enjoyed an
exclusive vogue so long, will bo even
moro popular this spring in the pro
duction of tailor suits and dcmi-dreai
gowns of pcati de sole, failles, cash
mere and Muscovite silk.
I Wonderful
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In lb7l a oung Oxford undergradu
ate, brokou In health by consump
tion, left England In chargo or his
hiother, with tho despairing hopo that
lu tho highlands of Natal his lifo
would be piolonged,
Two jo.um later ho had been re
stored to health. He had laid tho
foundation of a meteoric career that
has won for England tho south halt
of the African continent and gained it
unique placo In the history of tho
llrltlsli empire.
Honuinci! has been outclassed by tho
life ot Cecil Hhodes. There was no
project too great for hla aniblMon and
ho ilrinly believed lu tho maxim that
"a man can get nnythliiK ho wants. If
he only wants It enough. Tho great
struggle now going on lu Soutu Africa
Is tho direct outconio of his gigantic!
plans for the overthrow of all control
save that of England, nnd the weld
ing together of the InhabltanUi under
the Union Jack. Ho lived to seo the
vision almost teallzed.
One of tho most gigantic railway
schemes ever thought of was the
Cape to Cairo railway, which Mr.
Hhodes detci mined to construct. 1IU
wonderful poworn woro exerted on
Kaiser William of flermnny, who,
after a conference with him, gave per
mission to build tho road over a part
of tho Herman possessions In Afrlet.
No other opposition of importance hai
been met. Tho road Is projected to
run through the Interior of tho conti
nent. Hlvers must ho leaped, swamps
drained, morns&c.i mndo solid, and
mountains bored through. Hostile
tribes and deadly climates havo to bo
Cecil IlhouV.
overcome. Hhodes estimated that
oO.OOO lives wuuld bo sacrificed in tho
construction. It would rcqulro an
army of C00.00O workers. Rhodes'
tianscontlncntal telegraph lino is oven
now being built.
Mr. Rhodes was born July 7, 1853.
He was ono of soven brothers. His
father was it country parson, Itov.
Francis William Hhodes, nt ono tlmo
vicar of Hlshop Stortford, Hertz.
The man who controlled tho des
tinies of Africa and who has been
cnlled the most nctlvo mnn In tho
world, never had tlmo to get married.
For all that ho was a highly polished
man and shono in woman's society. It
may be that with a wlfo his gigantic
plans would havo sunk to the cares ot
the family man nnd tho rourso of his
tory might hnvo been changed by ho
slight u cause.
When the two brothers arrived in
Natal they first went on a cotton plan
kit Ion. Then tho rush to tho diamond
llelds of Coleshurg kopje, now known
as Klmberley, began, nnd tho young
men went to tho mines and laid out
claims.
As a miner young Rhodes swung tho
pick and dabbled in the blue mud
for diamonds. In a surprising short
time he won health and fortune, too.
With health and strength tho ideas
of tho dreamer became widened.
Wealth to him was but a means by
which to rise to higher things'. Hut
it was absolutely necessary.
Ho secured a majority of tho Block
of tho great Do HeerB mine, with its
$1,000,000 capital. Other properties
were secured until at last every mine
in the Klmberley district was united
in tho De Heers Consolidated, with a
capital of $20,000,000 and a revenuo
that has been phenomenal.
The English government had not
been called into Ids plnns thus far.
Meantime Rhodes was establishing his
political influence nt Cape Colony. Ho
secured the complete conlldenco of Sir
Hercules Robinson, the governor. Ho
impressed him with tho boundless
prospectH ahead In thu settlement of
Africa.
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The race for Matabolcland began
and Oom Paul Krugrr was defeated
Id It by Rhodes.
Ills soldleis stieamrd through Mu
chiiaunland nnd Mashoiuilaud. Ho
found Maslioiinlaml harried by the
Malabeles and sent n machine gun ex
pedition against them.
TIiIm resulted In thousands of dead
savages and the absorption ot Mntn
beloland. The Mashona people were
left to till the soil In peace.
Finally tho dominion of his com
pany, which Is the dominion ot
Rhodes, extended all over "Rhodesia."
Ho had kicked out tho Portuguese and
shot out tho natives, and his empire
was safe, lu thli; aggression ho was
backed by the Capo Colony govern
ment, because It believed that ho in
tended to mako of Capo Town tho po
litical and commercial center of tho
"United States of South Africa."
(lermans, Hoers and Portuguese wen
claiming the country. Mr. Rhodes be
lieved that the domination of un oli
garchy of Dutchmen who resisted nat
ural expansion was doomed. Iiter on
ho acted.
In 1890 Mr. Rhodes became premier
of Capo Colony, which ofllco he held
for live years. Under his rulu (lermun
ambition and designs had been baf
lled by him Blngle-hnHtled nnd n vast
territory gained for his nntlvo lnnd.
Tho lion rule of the Dutch premier in
tl.o Transvaal boro heavily on tho Eng
lish settlers. Rhodes became their
champion.
That ho was connected with tho
Jameson raid into tlio territory of tho
Hoers Is no longer doubted. Its falluro
gavo tho Hoers the opportunity to pre
pare for n struggle with tho English
when It should he backed by tho gov
ernment. Rhodes never expressed regret for
the attempt.
Ho declared that ho lind proof that
tho Pretoria government had been in
triguing with Oermnny. ,
Whllo the Hoer wnr wns raging Mr.
Rhodes was bhut up in Klmbcrly,
whllo tho Hoers besieged tho place. It
Is said that if tboy had captured him
a ransom of $10,000,000 would havo
been demanded, In caso his lifo was
not declared forfeited.
A reward of 15,000 was offered for
his body, dead or nlive. To tho Orange
Free State ofliclals and tho Trunsvnal
cra his personality and ambitious worn
hateful to tho last degree. Mr. Rhodes'
cscapo is well known.
An Englishman wrote ot Rhodes:
"Ho has tho face ot a. Caesar, tho am
bition of a Loyoln, nnd tno wealth ol
a Croesus." As to ills ambition and
wealth thoro can bo no doubt. Rhodes
had tho scholar's brow and tho steely
bluo eyes nnd thin lips ot tho man ol
indomltnhlo will.
Like all successful men ho battered
down opposition and forced ills ideas
on tlioso by whom he was surrounded,
Thoso idens, howover, vvero not nar
rowed to self, but as broad in their
scope as national llrltlsli aspirations.
If England ever succeeds in plnntlng a
sccond.Amcricn on tho soli of Asia, sha
will owe that trcasuro to tho fact that
tho young Oxford graduate wa3 driven
from homo by tho ravages ot dread
consumption. His subsequent adven
tures will ultimately become fabuloua
Tho "Hop Coii;rei."
Those bright youngsters who aerv
ns pages In tho house of representa
tives at Washington havo formed what
they call tho "hop congress." They
call it so becauso tho members put in
their time during tho sessions ot thu
real hotiso hopping around from desk
to desk on errands for tho legislators.
Tho "hop congress" assembles at 9:30
o'clock in tho morning, beforo the
gcnulno members are at their dcaks,
and its deliberations aro carried on
with as much dignity and precision as
is tho real thing which assembles at
noon. Pago J. II. HollIng3Worth of
New York is tho speaker of the mluia
turo congress nnd he dispenses hla
rulings from tho chair which Speaker
Henderson occupies later In tho day.
Ho emphasizes his remarks by pound
ing tho same marblo slab that Speak
er Henderson pounds. Mr. Payne's
desk Is occupied by tho chairman of
tho Junior ways und meanB commit
tee nnd Mr. Dalzoll's by the leader
of tho committee on rules. Tho pages
havo n scrgeant-at-arms and a clerk
of tho house and recently legislation
reached such a stage that it was
found Imperative to have u Major
Prudcn to deliver messages from thu
president.
Kontlcuoocli, Near Capo Town.
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