A Household JVamc.
William Clark , president of the ceN
cbrated thread manufacturing concern
of Rhode Island died last week In his
iesldonoe-at-Watch Hill. Howna
seized with a sudden \\cakncss of the
heart consequent upon an extremely
Edvero attack of Indigestion.
Mr. Clark was extensively known In
the world of trado. Ho had been a
manufacturer of spool cotton In' thlfl
country since 1801 , when ho came over
from Scotland for the special purpose
of erecting mills for the firm of Kcrr
& Clark of Renfrewshire , in Scotland ,
of which ho was a member.
This "flrni had
boon founded by
Mr. Orark in 1851.
Thirteen years later -
tor a Joint stock
company was form
ed , and while
many of the shares
' were owned in
'I//// ' / / / England and Scot
land , numerous
wealthy Americans
Interested In
William Clark.wcro
the enterprise ,
which , with its new plant in Now Jer-
ney , was a great success fiora the start.
The original name of the concern was
the Passahj Tlnoad Company , but this
was afterward changed 'to the Clark
Thread Company , Mr. Clark still re
maining the general manager and di
rector , a post whlph he filled , untll'nlno
years aao.1
At that time Mr , Olark determined
to build factories 7of his own , and the
plant at Wcstchcstor , R. I. , arose. It
was thoroughly equipped from the be
ginning. Ita founder was ably assist
ed by1 his two eons , Robert and Wil
liam , who , when they loft college , had
entered the shop and In time had mas
tered the thread Industry.
The Corking man's village , which Is
an adjunct of the Clark factory , ls a
notable example of the company's fair
dealings with its employes. Mr.
Clark leaves a very largo estate.
White Defends Wilhclm.
Andr fv D. Vhlto , America 'nmbas-
sador to Germany , 'baa ( returned for a
brief vacation to this country.
"China Is the all-
absorbing topic of
Interest In Ger
many judt now , "
said Mr. White ,
"But I don't think
that the kaldor Is a
bit more Interested
in the subject than
are his people. The
kaiser's opinion
about his divine
rights as monarch
Andrew D. White , necessitates l lim-
Ambassador Whlto
guage to his soldiers , which Is likely
to bo misinterpreted If viewed from
any standard loss than absolutism.
The kaiser regarded BarpnoiuKe.Uo -
ler as ills personal servant , 'just asJho
regards every other man In , govern
ment ; 'service. ' The baron's doalh at
the hands of the Chlne'so was nOt'.only
an offron'jt to Germany , but a peisou-
al hisult to the kaiser , whjqh llo , can
only avonjva by sending more'of Us
personal nci'vants of the army and
navy to strlko a blow at Von Kotteler's
muiderers , "
Ambassador to Italy.
fin Ex-Gov.J Roger 'Wolcptt ' , of , .Massa
chusetts , appointed ambassador to
EX-GQV. WOLCOTT.
Italy , to' ' succeed Mr. Draper , has loft
this country for his post of duty. Kx-
Gov , WqlcpJft.6meB fropi ono .of the
old nnd 'honored , families of , the Bay
State nnd Is in the prlmo of life. Ho
Is a fine specimen of physicalintqllec-
tual and morar manhood. Hte political
life bdgaVfn.the State Legislature nnd
KO ablj 5dld 'ho perform his duties
there tliatftn 1892 lip was elected lieu
tenant governor. Inf 1893 , ' 94 nnd ' ? 5
lie was ro-oleotod and on the death of
Gov. Oreenllalgo hi February , 180G , ho
became acting Governor. In 1895 ho
was elected Governor , He , now enters
the ranks of diplomacy , where his tact
and talents will show to ujes advan
tage. . , ( , . - ' ' ! ' ' '
American on China's Gods.
General Fred Ward , the Amcrl
can Boldlor of for
tune , who In the
' 003 oiganized and
le-1 the "Ever-Vlc-
torloiiH Army" of
China which sup
pressed the great
Tal-plng rebellion ,
still holds a place
ln the affections of
( o v o r y patriotic \
Chinaman. At the Gen. Ward ,
death of Ward the Chjncso erected a
temple In honor of > the "Invincible
American , " and to th's day Chinese
warriors burn Inccnso before his shrine
when they arc about lo begin a cam
paign. So It has como to pass that
among the Inhabitants of the Chinese
Olympus there Is nt least ono Yankee
god. Before going to CJilnato which
country ho shipped as a sailor before
tlio mast , Word served as a soldier In
the Crimean war , and In several fili
bustering expeditions against Nlcar- ,
agun and other Central American coun
tries. His great ambition was to en
ter West Point , nnd when ho failed of
an appointment ho threw himself Into
the employment of any government
that would glvo him actlvo service In
the field. Ho left the United State.i
Just too soon to take part In the civil
war.
Life for ihc Gospel.
Countess Tankervlllo , who , with her
titled husband , has Just arrived from
London , was before her marriage Miss
Leonora Van Martin of Tacoma , Wash-
Incton. She and her husband have
long boon Interested In the work of
the Salvation Army and recently decld-
COUNTESS TANKERV1LLE.
cd to close up their palatial home , ono
of the finest In England , and devote all
their tlmo to gospel work.
JK.illcd by Horse.
Miss Teresa II. Blake , a beautiful
girl popular in Boston society and an
accomplished horsewoman , went to the
Holloway stock
farm near New
Rochelle to buy a
hunter and Jumper.
She chose a hand
some bay and sad
dled It for a try at
the hurdles. At the
third hurdle the
h o r B o stumbled ,
threw her over Its
head and fell upon
her , killing her almost -
most instantly.
Mlss , Blake had Miss Blake.
ridden since she
was a child , and was a skilled tennis
and golf player as well.
A Mohammedan Potucr.
The fact that there are now not far
from 130.000,000 Mussulmans under
the British flag certainly entitles Eng
land to bo frf.lled the greatest Moham
medan power In the world. The
Mussulman population of India alone
Is estimated to bo about 80,000,000.
and Is steadily Increasing , not only by
natural growth , but by accretions from
the Hindoos. To such an extent Is
this going on that it has brought forth
a cry of alarm from niany leading
Brahmins , who see In the tendency of
their people to accept the doctrines of
the moro militant faith the approachIng -
Ing end of tholr own luflu'enco , says
the Now York Sun.
Spain a Land of Wealth.
The natural wealth of Spain Is on-
ormoiiB. It has been neglected'for lack
of enterprise. Its mineral deposits are
the richest In the world. They will
afford , a stimulus to Industry and will
contribute a vast revenue to the poo-
plo. By concentrating within Us-own
realm the effort and aspiration which
Spain has heretofore dissipated on Us
colonies It may , In tlmo regain much
of the glory and importance . \yhicb. It
once
Tortable"
Ernest 11. Godward of Now Zealand
has dcnlgncd the egg beater pictured
below , which ho claims luis the nd
vantage that It can bo operated by the
cook while walking nliout and attend-
Jtfg to" other dullea , bdilig takoil up
and laid down at will. The Interior
arrangement of the beater la arranged
Ib'ciil'all parlfl of the egg us' ' the beater
la shaken In the hand , there bolng two
gets of spiral blnrlofl plncnil Innliln thn
casing , with a flat
Spiral cutter at the
center. The ends
itio closed , by two
caps , which are
provided with
wash | s to prevent
leakage , and are
held In place by
scicw tin ends or
other convenient
fastenings. By pro *
\ldlngtai removable < "ft"
cap aXxboth fcnda , New U e.nall.
the utensil can bo
more readily cleaned. When It Is de
sired to.usotho utensil , ono cap is-re
moved-and the eggs poured In , after
which the cap Is replaced and the
beater is shaken lengthwise in the
hand , The device can bo made of tlh
or glass , and the cutters are 'mounted '
In cupa attached to the end caps , which
allows the whole mechanism to be eas
ily remo.ved for washing.
Ticturc of Brcscl.
Hero Is an authentic picture of Gre-
tano Brascl , the slayer of King Hum
bert of Italy. It Is from a photograph
II
GRETANO DRESCI.
taken In Paterson , N. J. , a year ago.
Ho formerly resided In that city.
All for Her /"on.
Camlllo D'Ar vlllo , who haa Just
announced in San
Francisco that she
will soon bo mar
ried to E. W. Crel-
lln , a wealthy Call-
fornian , and wilt
retire forthwith
from the stage , has
the best wishes of
friends with out
number in New
York , says a dls- D'Arvllle.
patch from that city. Few of the pee
ple who have enjoyed Mme. D'Arvllle's
singing know of the nobility of her
private life. For many years her ef
forts have been directed toward the
education of her son , who Is now a 17-
year-old student in the Military Academy -
omy at Harrlsburg , Pa. It has long
been the ambition of the actress to ac
cumulate a fund of $35.000 to give to
her son as ho begins his career In the
world. This sum Is almost now rea
lized. Year by year she has put aside
a part of her earnings , and the amount
she will add to the fund from her
work this season will complete the
whole sum. Then she will marry Mr.
Crellln and retire from the profession.
Her flanco Is worth a million or more ,
but Mme. D'Arvllle will not allow her
son to feel that ho Is dependent on
his stepfather for his start In life.
A "Begging Tony.
The begging dog has become com
mon , but a few days ago a begging
pony , for the first time , was seen upon
the streets of London , where It stands
all day long and collects money for
the widows and orphans of tho1 British
PRETTY GOOD.
soldiers who have lost their lives In
the South African War. The pony's
name Is Pretty Good , and a steady
stream of copper and silver coin is
won by It from the passing crowd.
Indiana Hatcher Chcttts Money.
Andrew Sundhelma , a butcher of
Wabash , Ind. , Is an Inveterate tobacco
chewqr. using plug exclusively and
carrying It In a hip pocket A few
days ago ho absent-mindedly thrust a
$10 bill down alongside the tobacco.
The weather was hot , the bill and the
Imcco fatuck together and not until
the plug had nearly disappeared dM
1 Sundhelma learn that for a couple ol
days he had been chewing a $10 bill
along with his weed. .
& 1&rr Jordan
_ from Shig-a.a,9
President David Starr Jordan of the
Leland Stanford university , writing us
from Shlgua , Japan , says :
"The outbreak is the expression of
a difgatlsfactlon which has been grow
ing a long time In the north of China ,
which has lolatlons with the outside
woild very different ftom the trading
and wandering people of th'o southern
inrts. The first source of trouble and
perhaps the least. Is found In the work
of Christian missionaries. Wisely or
unwisely , some of these put themsolvss
In direct oppositionto time-honored ,
"More potent toward Immediate
trouble has been the Invasion of rail
way and mining ehglneers who wan
der about the country often reckless of
nutlvo customs or prejudices , asking
nobody's leave and heeding nobody's
objections. The Chinese do not want
railroads. Still less will they consent
to have thorn run through their grand
father's graves , and almost every foot
of land la somebody's graveyard. They
do not llko mines , least of all those
conducted by 'foreign devils' In sacred
hills , and they are Incensed when ore
MAP OF TROUBLED DISTRICT.
-doubtless very objectionable cus
toms. The national feeling Is weak in
China , but the feeling for ancient cus
toms , the feeling which wo call con
science , bigotry or fanaticism , accordIng -
Ing to the way It affects us , Is exqeed-
Ingly strong.
' 'In the south of China the people
grow rich through trade or service
with 'foreign dovlis , ' and they have
learned the tolerance which commerce
always brings. In the north bigotry
has freer sway.
A VIEW OF CHINESE TERRITORY NEAR OUTER WALLS OF PE KIN.
Germany's Meal Problem.
Consul Pitcalrn reports that the Ger
man naval authorities at Kiel have
been compelled to buy canned and preserved -
served meats In foreign markets In or
der to provision their China fleet. Ger
man stock rdlsors and packers cannot
even supply the homo demand , and
they can do nothing toward provision
ing the Gorman fleet In an emergency.
Yet the Agrarian element in the
Reichstag has compelled the passage
of a meat exclusion act Intended to
keep the meats of the United States
and other countries out of Germany.
Though the law has not yet gon& Into
effect , It Is already causing much In
convenience to the commiasary depart
ment at Kiel , as all the available
canned meats In the German market
have been taken up In anticipation or
the shortage that will follow the
operation of the law.
\7nclc Sam and "Russia.
Among the rumors concerning the
attitude of the European nations to
ward China Is ono that credits Russia
with having made advances to the
government of the United States to se
cure unity of action among the west
ern powers whoso people are besieged
In Pekln. It is reported that Russia
is engaged In active negotiations at
Washington , the outcome of which
will bo to uphold the integrity of
China unconditionally. While this
lumor , which has been circulated from
two centers during the last few days ,
cannot bo corroborated , it is one that
is knocked oft from the tombs of tem
ples.
"Everywhere are found agents of
syndicates eager to secure concessions ,
often doing nothing with them save to
hold them for future speculation. The
European natloas forget sometimes
that jurisdiction and ownership are
two different things. Jurisdiction Is
costly , and unless It is in full accord
with the will and the customs of the
people over whom It Is exercised It is
Ineffective and unprofitable.
might present a satisfactory means of
settling the difficulties that have aris
en in China between the celestial gov
ernment and the rest of the civilized
world , and it Is , therefore , greatly to
bo hoped that It has a foundation of
fact.
Capt. John G" . Myers.
In command of the American ma
rines at Pokin. To his bravery and
ability is largely duo the safety of the
ministers.
This month at Spa , Belgium's well-
known mineral springs , the horse
races are In full swing. The queen of
the Belgians Is the central figure
round which fashionable Spa moves.
She "makes" the season every year ,
and takes an actlvo interest in every
detail of the summer program. Amer
icans are arriving In large numbers.
This touches the third and most dl- f W |
roct cause of the present outbreak. The
'breaking up' of China , the partition
among European nations , has been
freely discussed throughout the civil
ized world , npt to the , pleasure , or edifi
cation of the Chinese. Spheres of In
fluence have been freely laid out * n
paper by men who do not know that
the true moaning of 'sphere of Influ
ence' Is simply 'center of trouble. '
"China Is weak , but Chinamen are
strong , and the future of the tropical
Orient lies In their hands. Even In
Siberia the Chinese gain foothold fast
er than Russian Influence spreads In
China. China cannot bo conquered ,
nor divided , nor retained by otitsldo
powers If It Is once awakened and
united. Some men foresee the forma
tion of two strong nations Manchuria
nnd China Instead of one natlon.hcad-
less and Irresponsible. Some concede
Tartar Manchuria to Russia , In which
case Japan will take Korea , which she
does not want save an part of the
strategy of nations. This , Japanese
gentlemen freely concede , but It Is felt
Japan will have to do it , as they have
already taken the unprofitable Island
of Formosa.
"I may sum up public opinion as It
reaches me in these propositions :
" 1. The foreign powers must protect
their own legations and citizens
against official weakness and local fa
naticism. This they are doing , shoul
der to shoulder a fact of which the
people of Japan seem very proud.
" 2. The foreign powers must not
make this an excuse for the partition
of China. This Is a thing Impossible ,
and China once aroused not all Eu
rope could furnish the men to conquer
the country or to hold It in check.
" 3. The European powers , as Lord
Salisbury has distinctly pointed out ,
cannot guarantee the Interests of syn
dicates doing business under Chinese
Jurisdiction. They can protect their
citizens under ordinary condltlons.but
they cannot foster enterprises by a
show of force.
" 4. It Is for the general Interest of
the world to hold China together , to
strengthen her government so that It
can maintain order at home and dig
nity abroad or to treat Chinese people
wherever they go Just as people of oth
er nations should be treated. It does
not , for example , help our own trade
or relations with China to subject her
people to statutes which apply to Immi
grants or travelers froni no other na
tion.
"There Is no desire in Japan for war
with Russia or any other nation. There
Is a feeling that Japan will not again
be made a cat's-paw of any European
combination. If Russia seizes Man
churia Japan will feel It her duty to
take Korea , a weak , Irresponsible , and
badly governed neighbor. Every ono
hopes that the flames of war will be
confined to the region where they have
been kindled. "
The Peruvians have admirable pub-
lie roads. One is 1,500 miles long.
K.rajjer 1hc Issue.
The world will watch with great in
terest to see what Great Britain will
do in case , as now appears not Impos
sible , It receives the surrender of
President Kruger. The rumor that the
president Is meditating a surrender ,
but wishes to know first what England
proposes to do with him , may be pre
mature , but It is certain that if ho Is
tnkeu the question of his ultimate
disposition will have to be mot. The
ground upon which Napoleon w ent
to St. Helena was that he was a pub
lic enemy and a menace to the peace
of nations , in order to keep him in
restraint In Europe it would have been
necessary to Imprison bin ? and so ho
was placed in tolerable comfort on the
remote island. The same plea can
hardly bo urged in the case of Kruger
who has waged war
with but ono
-Sale of an Historic Farm
Hackwood farm , near Wlnches'ter
Md the scene of ono of the most not
od ban PS of the late civil
war has
n 'ft cl !
Vlnso ° ' Ro
- a
stead besides
bloody battles , was also nt one
occupied
_
Lor.1 . Salisbury recently"cfcarocter
zed Hi , am Maxim , the gunmaker
"the man who has
prevented
more
men from dying of old ago than any
other person that over lived "