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for if there was not as yet much water
visiuiK it was wttsmng irom siue xo sme
as the vessel lurched and of course no
one could tell at what rate the leakage
was coming in
Is she going to sinkr said Miss Peg
gy rather breathlessly it was Sir Ewen
Cameron she addressed
I wont stay another moment in this
boat Mrs Threepenny bit exclaimed1
You must call to the pilots tell them
to stop and take us on board
Oh be quiet one had to say to her
This is nothing of a leakage it only
means that theres nowhere for the water
to go to
And how fast is it coming in she
asked
How can anybody tell Well have to
wait and watch Or rather Columbus
must come inside and watch and if the
water should rise in any quantity then
we may have to get on board the pilot
boat thats all It isnt domg any harm
its only washing the floor
Here a violent pitch of the boat flung
as all together and then we could see
through the forward window her bows
shaking off a great mass of foam
jlu juu ore mat jiu uuc ju t USCll
to dipping her nose like that
Well it has to be conceded to Col
Cameron that he was the only one who
cared to wet his ankles in order to make
an examination He boldly splashed
through the lurching water and got to
the further end of the saloon and stoop
ing down strove to reach with his long
arm the circular pieces of glass set in
the bows of the boat But neither there
nor anywhere else could we find out the
source of the leakage and when Capt
Coir fTfis was summoned from his post
shown the state of affairs it was gen
erally agreed that the water must be
coming in through defective seams
Our gallant convoy continued to cut
her way through those swift running seas J
tike a racer and we laboriously plunged
and rolled ana atruggled after It must
be said for tne women that they were
very brave over it after that first fright
about the water in the saloon they had
hardly a word to say they merely looked
on in silence sitting close to each other
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What the Sharpness people had been
Warning us about we were by-and-by to
discover The Shoots as they are call
ed are formed by the sudden contraction
of the Severn estuary between North
wich and Portskewet and consist of a
eries of races and whirlpools not unlike
those in the neighborhood of Corriever
ch7n over by the Corra Islands and the
Dtrus Mor When we found these cur
rents strong enough to grip the pilot boat
by the bows and yaw her about it is to
e Imagined that our poor old Noahs
fcrk lumbering up in the rear had any
thing but a daisy time of it More
over the water became more and more
lumpy what with the swirling currents
ifcemselves and the breeze blowing
iagainst the tide the Nameless Barge
began to forsake her heavy gambolings
jfor all kinds of mystical and unexpected
gyrations and again and again ominous
noises told of catastrophes within
It was blowing hard and looking very
dirty in the south and one of us at least
segan to wish that the two women could
be transferred to the other boat The
pilots themselves no longer seemed to re
gard this performance as a joke they
fcept an eye on our unwieldly craft as she
plunged through the heavily running sea
Indeed it was almost ludicrous to watch
this misshapen thing dipping her nose in
the water and springing forward again
and dashing the foam from her bows just
as if she were a real yacht and the only
question was how long she was likely
to keep up the pretense by remaining si
lent
Presently a new and startling discovery
fwas made As there was no calculating
what time we should get to Bristol with
this head wind driving against us the
steersman desired Jack Duncombe to go
inside and bring forth a handful of bis
cuits and the young man cheerfully obey
ed The next instant he came out again
without any biscuits
I sayj he exclaimed with a curious
expression of face this blessed boat is
full of water
In a moment from the look of the wom
en he perceived the mistake- he had
made
Oh no not that he protested but
A little water has come in and its slop
ping all dbout the floor of the saloon
Here youd better let me take the tiller
for a minute and you can go and look
for yourself
Of course we all of us instantly made
for the door of the saloon and there a
most unpleasant spectacle met our eyes
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Murdoch was in the pantry busy with
ham and eggs and tea
Now we had just finished breakfast
and had gone out again to have a look
at our surroundings when we were ap
proached by a wherry containing three
men who offered for a consideration to
tow us to Bristol Truth compels the
admission that these three sailors of Bris
tol city were about the most villainous
looking set of scoundrels one had- ever
clapped eyes on and experience proved
that they were capable of acting up to
their looks But still getting to Bristol
was the main thing we agreed to their
exorbitant terms gave them a line and
away they went we following
Soon we had entered the river Avon
which is probably a rather full river at
full tide but was now at low water
showing log mud banks that were far
from attractive As we got further in
land however we passed through beau
tiful woods now almost in full summer
foliage and whatever had become of
the storm we had seen gathering in the
south there were clear blue skies over
head and a warm sunlight filling the riv
er valley
As we were leisurely getting along to
our hotel on the College Green Col Cam
eron hung back a little allowing Jack
Duncombe to go on with the women folk
Look here my friend said Inverfask
in something of an undertone now its
all over I suppose you ought to be con
gratulated on having come down the Sev
ern in a houseboat and in the face of
half a gale of wind Well youve done
it successfully for once But if I were
you I wouldnt try it again
CHAPTER XVHI
Next morning is a Sunday calm and
clear and still a placid sunlight falls on
the trees in the College Green on the
pavements and the closed shop windows
a soft sound of church bells fills all the
tranquil air And then when our wom
en folk accompanied by Col Cameron
have gone away to the cathedral a kind
of hush falls over this great hotel the
spacious rooms look prefernaturally emp
ty one wonders when Jack Duncombe
will have finished his letter writing and
be ready to set forth on a hunt for the
whereabouts of the Nameless Barge
Presently he comes along into the hall
Sorry to have kept you waiting he
says as he lights a cigar at the top of
the steps Fact is I had rather an im
portant letter to write
But after a long hunting we at length
discovered the Nameless Barge in a
kind of lying outside some
empty coal boats and having clambered
over these and got on board we found
Murdoch in sole possession
Well Murdoch one naturally inquir
ed I suppose you saw nothing more of
those rascals yesterday
Indeed yes sir Murdoch answered
with a grin They came back to the
boat
What for
Well sir they said you had telled
them they were to come and get a bottle
of champagne
And you gave it to them
Not me sir I chist telled them they
were liars and to go aweh
And then
Well then sir they threepit and bet
ter threepit and I said I would not give
them a bottle of champagne or a bottle
of anything else and I was thinking one
o them was for coming info the boat
so I took up an oar Here Murdoch
grinned again Oh ay sir they sah
I was ready
Ready for what for his coming on
board
Chist that sir If he had tried to come
on board I would have splut his skull
said Murdoch coolly And they sah 1
was ready for them and then there was
a good dale of sweering and they went
aweh
We left full instructions about our de
parture on the morrow and made our
way ashore again Now as those other
people would not be back from the cathe
dral till near lunch time we set forth on
a long ramble to fill in the interval wan
dering along the old fashioned streets and
admiring here and there an ancient gable
or latticed window visiting a church or
two and generally finding ourselves be
ing brought up sharply by the twistin
and impassable harbor It was during
this aimless perambulation that Jack
Duncombe made a confession
I shall be glad when we get away
from these towns into the quiet pastoral
districts again he said Living on
board is ever so much better fun than
putting up at a hotel It used to be so
delightful to have merely to choose out
a meadow and a few willow stumps and
pass the night where you pleased I am
looking forward to the Kennet and Avon
and I dont mind telling you that 1 hope
to enjoy this last part of the trip a great
deal more than any that came before
The truth is when I had to leave you at
Warwick I was in a little bit of a
scrape
We guessed as much
And it threatened to become a ratner
And now that long dark spur of land 1 ri0lis scrape suPIBe I may tell you
the that its all
Porushead ioint was it called was
drawing sensibly nearer The shipping
that was gradually becoming visible no
doubt marked the whereabouts of the
King or Kings road and that we
knew was just off the mouth of the
Avon Then the sea grew a little calm
er Capt Columbus was provided with
-a huge sponge to help him in his bailing
We could hear Murdoch at the bow call
ilng to his brother mariners ahead of him
asking fcr instructions most probably
And at length and at last the connecting
hawser was shipped and we parted com
pany We found ourselves at anchor is
a comparatively smooth sheet of yellow
water and near to a Dutch looking line
of coast the topmasts of vessels or here
and there a little glimmer of distant land
scape appearing above steep banks of
mud
Now Miss Peggy you and 1 expect
-to be waited upon by the whole of this
ships crew and passengers We have
been on dit Since half past two and
3iow it is ten If that isnt working for
tones breakfast what is
N ureIm hungry enough said
Miss Feggy ftadly and Queen TJta was
so touched wjt compassion that she her-
tself began to get the table ready while
t
story now over
You
see there is a ying lady
Of course
Yes tJ ere generally is but this one
i3 a ward in chancry he remarks calm
ly
What
A ward in chancery that is where the
trouble comes in Her mother is a wasp
ish old vinegar cruet tremendously proud
of her ancestry the family have been
settled in Wilts since the time of Ed
ward HE at least so they say and of
course she hates me like poison I can
fancy the old cat crying Imagine Maud
marrying the son of a man who hasnt
even a coat-of-arms on his carriage And
I suppose it was she who set the guar
dian against me
And the guardians one says to him
Oh they declared that the young lady
should remain perfectly free and unbiased
until she came of age Well neither of
us seemed to see the fun of that arrange
ment and then the guardians proceeded
to extremities yes they did their little
best or shabbiest as one might say they
applied to the vice chancellor and he
issued an order directing that an com-
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think of how to mitigate thest cruel circumstances-
That means I suppose that you com
municated vith her all the same
They pcended to think so observes
the young man very slowly You see
it is very difficult to define what com
munications are very difficult and you
cant expect lawyers to have large and
liberal views In fact the Court of
Chancery has no sense of humor what
ever If they think youre gfing tricks
they only grow morose Well I tell you
when I left you at Warwick I was in a
fix and no mistake I had visions of a
scene in court the vice chancellor whisk
ing thunder and lightning all about my
head and finally sending me off to Hol
loway prison to purge my contempt And
the trouble I had to explain and apolo
gize and give assurances by the yard 1
assure you it required a great deal of tact
to appear very penitential and yet main
tain that there was nothing for you to be
penitential about
So you are engaged to be married are
you one says to him
Weve been engaged these two years
he makes answer but it has been kept
very quiet owing to that absurd opposi
tion However that will soon be over
Miss Wrexham I may as well tell you
her name will He of age in about six
months And then he adds in a hesi
tating kind of way I should like your
wife to see her And and we shall be
going by Devizes you know
Yes
Well the fact is Miss Wrezham has
plenty of pluck you understand and if
your wife were so awfully good natured
as to send her a little bit of a note shed
dive over to some appointed place she
and her sister drive all about the country
in a little pony chaise of their own and
then Murdoch could hold the pony and
the two girls pop into the saloon and
youd give them a snack of lunch 1 think
it would be very jolly theyre rattling
nice girls plenty of fun in them
And this is what you call obeying the
vice chancellors orders is it one de
mands of him
Oh I should have nothinjr to do with
it If your wife asks two young ladies
to come and look at a house boat how
can I help it Ill sit dumb all the time
if you like
What kind of treatment do they give
you in Holloway
Not at all bad if youre a first class
misdemeanant
Do they crop your hair
Certainly not
Books
All right well consider that project
when we get along info Wiltshire
Just as we arrived at the entrance of
the hotel we could see the other mem
bers of our party- coming across the Col
lege Green through the dappled sun and
shade beneath the trees Notwithstand
ing her partly veiled face it was dear
that Miss Peggy was laughing merrily
and Col Camerpn who was apparently
responsible for this breach of Sabbath
decorum had his eyes fixed on the
ground Queen Tita was looking else
where
rtWhat a handsome girl that is said
Jack Duncombe involuntarily as he too
caught sight of the tall young lady
Has that never struck you before
Oh yes of course but somehow in
the open sunlight when you see her at
a distance her figure tells so well
Now that one thinks of it my young
friend for a person engaged to be mar
ried you seemed to pay a good deal of
attention to Miss Rosslyn at one time
and that not so long ago One might
have been excused for thinking that you
had serious views
About Miss Rosslyn said he with
evident surprise No surely not I have
cheek for most things but not for that
Well this was a modest speech at any
rate
Of course being so much with her on
the boat he said there were plenty of
chances of becoming very friendly and I
dare say being shut off from the rest of
the world like that a kind of mutual con
fidence sprang up besides when a girl
is exceedingly pretty and very good-natured
and full of high spirits and enjoy
ment you want to make yourself as
agreeable as you can
Oh you do do you
-Why naturally
But without prejudice to the young
lady under the guardianship of the vice
chancellor
I am quite sure of this that Miss
Rosslyn has perfectly understood our re
lations all the way through he answer
ed I am quite certain of that Why
if I had been quite free from any en
gagement 1 could not have presumed
I would not have presumed to regard her
with any ambitious hopes of that kind
Really In truth the young nans
humility was quite touching
Besides he said in a lower voice
it is as clear as noonday who absorbs
all her interest now A precious lucky
fellow he is that is my opinion
To be continued
Consumption jntl Frwsh Aii
It is a matter of common knowledge
says an English exchange that the late
Sir Andrew Clarke cured himself of
consumption by living as much as pos
sible in the open air The principle in
volved has since been generally recog
nised by the medical profession with
the result that the old bad practice of
keeping consumptives in warm stuffy
rooms has been almost entirely aban
doned It is fresh air which is mainly
responsible for the cures worked at
such places as Davos where the pa
tients spend fourteen hours a day out
of doors breathing cold bracing moun
tain air while they are exhilarated by
bright sunshine The result is that each
diseased spot in the lungs is cut off
from the healthy tissue by a ring of
stretched cells - across which diseased
germs cannot pass and so the malady
is arrested until the strengthened body
can overcome it
The Mainspring of Success
The chief essential of success for a
young man is -what the vast majority
of young men think about the least
that is good health and a sound consti
tution That is the first thing noth
ing precedes it fn the battle for suc
cess that should be a young mans first
thought not his abilities nor his work
but his health That is the basis the
corner stone of all Abilities cannot
bring health but health uay arid
munication should cease between her and erally does develop ability Ladies
me It seemed hard and it was hard J Home Journal
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On Saturday the Senate passed eighty
three private pension bills The Alaskan
civil code bill was under consideration for
some time but finally went over until
Monday In the House after an hour of
routine business the session was devoted
to hearing eulogies on the late Gov Oli
ver P Morton of Indiana in connection
with the acceptance of his statue which
has been placed in Statuary Hall at the
capitol by the State which he served The
speakers included Messrs Steele Miers
Crumpacker Oversfreet Griffith Hem
enway Brick Alexander Faris and
Watson of Indiana Grosvenor of Ohio
and Cannon of Illinois Fifty three pri
vate pension bills were passed
On Monday the House joint resolution
in favor of a constitutional amendment
providing for the election of United States
Senators by the people was laid before
the Senate and after debate was referred
to the committee onprivileges and elec
tions During almost the entire session
the Senate had under consideration the
Alaskan civil code bill The amendment
providing for the mining of gold along
the beach in the district was perfected
after a discussion lasting nearly four
hours In the House consideration of the
naval appropriation bill began its pro
visions being explained by Mr Foss the
acting chairman of the naval committee
The Senate on Tuesday heard Senator
Hoar speak against the retention of the
Philippines and then Tesumed considera
tion of the Alaskan civil code bill In
the House the second day of debate upon
the naval appropriation bill was confined
closely to the subject matter of the bill
The questions of armor plate and the
building of warships in Government
yards attracted most attention
The Senate on Wednesday passed a res
olution introduced by Mr Mason appro
priating 25000 for bronze medals to be
distributed by the Secretary of the Navy
among certain officers and men of the
North Atlantic squadron who partici
pated in naval engagements during the
war with Spain Devoted the rest of the
day to consideration of the Alaskan civil
code bill The House debated the naval
appropriation bill under the five minute
rule A motion to strike from the bill the
contingent fund of 500000 for the Navy
Department was defeated Conference
report on the urgent deficiency bill was
adopted
In accordance with the recommendation
of the President in his message the Sen
ate on Thursday passed a joint resolution
providing for the administration of civil
affairs in Porto Rico pending the appoint
ment of officers under the Porto Rican
Government law recently enacted The
Alaskan civil code bill was again under
consideration the debate continuing on
tne Hansborough alien miners amend
ment Mr Carter presented formally his
substitute for the Hansbrough amend
ment and delivered a speech in support of
it Mr Spooner antagonized both the
original and substitute amendments hold
ing that the courts ought to settle the con
flicting claims without interference by
Congress The House spent the day con
sidering the naval bill in committee of
the whole The most fmportant action
was the striking out of an appropriation
of 100000 for the use of the navy in
making surveys and charts of the waters
of our new island possessions The regu
lar appropriation of 10000 was put in
thevbill the work to be done by the coast
and geodetic survey
This and That
The postal appropriation carries llo
000000
A -marked increase in the number of
left handed persons is noted by a Wash
ington physician
A hotel exclusively for women is to be
built in New York by the Womans Ho
tel Company chartered with 400000
capital
The two counties of Brewster and Pre
sidio Texas having a joint area of U00
square miles have it is said fewer than
3000 inhabitants
A Swiss authority insists that 2H Rhq
sians will spend in a month than
1000 Englishmen and women for the
same period of time
Last year the American people ate
2000000 tons of sugar Of this the
American Sugar Refining Company oth
erwise known as the trust made 1385
000 tons
The street car charges at Cape Town
are high 6c being the regular rate for
a distance of from two to three miles
Eight miles the extent of the longest line
costs 36c
The Chinese Six Companies at San
Francisco have offered to pay for Chin
ese detectives to maintain order in Chin
atown provided the men are vested with
police powers which will be done
The Paris police have issued a notice
warning the public and especially for
eign visitors that a crreat numhpr nf
false 50 franc notes are circulating in
Paris andtfhe large French towns
The great increase in commerce and in
naval armaments has placed the services
of experienced seamen at a premium The
scarcity of sailors is felt in all navies
and even the great steamship lines are
inconvenienced
Lieut Batson will organize the Native
Philippine Battalions
The surplus revenues of the year are
likely to be 60000000
Hawaii coins are to be received at
face value for all public dues
The cable company has sent in a bill
for Deweys cutting at Manila Bay
A bill to permit Indian Territory cities
to issue bonds will be introduced in Con
gress
The announcement is made that a line
of steamers will soon commence running
on the Dead Sea the first of the fleet
having already been purchased
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The Senate held no session on Friday
The House by a vote of 240 to 15 passed
resolution for constitutional amendment
providing for election of United States
Senators by popular vote Attempt of
Mr Hepburn of Lowa to set aside May
1 for consideration of the Nicaragua
canal bill was defeated by objection of
Mr Burton of Ohio Rest of the day de
voted to consideration of private pension
bills There were several sharp attacks
upon Mr Talbert Dem S C for his
course in delaying action
ROBERTS ARRAIGNS BULLERL
Commanding General Scathingly Re
views Splon Hop Movement
All England is agog over Lord Roberts
dispatch in which he severely arraigns
Sir Redvers Buller and Sir Charles Warren-
After sketching Gen Bullers in
tentions as communicated to Sir Charles
Warren who commanded the whole force
Lord Roberts points out that Gen War
ren seems to have concluded after con
sultation with his officers that the flank
ing movement ordered by Gen Buller
was impracticable and therefore so
changed the plan of advance as to neces
sitate the capture and retention of Spion
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Lord Roberts continues As Warren
considered it impossible to make the wide
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flanking movement which was recom
mended if not actually prescribed in the
secret instructions he should forthwith
have acquainted Buller with the course
he proposed to adopt There is nothing
to show whether he did so or not But
it is only fair to Warren to point oufthat
Buller appears throughout to have been
aware of what was happening Further
on he says But whatever faults War
ren may have committed the failure must
also be attributed to the disinclination
of the officer in supreme command to as
sert his authority and see that what he
thought best was done and also to the
unwarrantable and needless assumption
of responsibility by a subordinate officer
CUBAS CENSUS COMPLETE
Shows a Population of 1572797 with
a White Majority
Cuba numbers 1572797 souls accord
ing to the census just completed by the
United States Government It is said
that this is the first accurate enumeration
ever made in the island Officials of the
War Department now acknowledge there
is no reason of furtherOelay in granting
of municipal suffrage The census shows
that the white native born Cubans hold
a safe majority of the votes under the
property and educational limitations to
be imposed upon the exercise of suffrage
in the island There are 187820 white
adult males who were horn in Cuba as
against 900S3 born in Spain 6794 born
in other countries and 127300 colored
The figures themselves show that the pro
posed basis of suffrage would not result
in the Spaniards gaining control of the
island
WAR NEWS IN BRIEF
The British casualty list lengthens out
steadily
Italy has refused to intervene in the
Boer war
If hard pressed the Boers will retire
across the Vaal river
Close estimates place the number of
Boers in Natal at 12000
Kruger attended a conference of Boer
commandants at Brandfort
Boers practically again hold the Free
State eastward of the railroad
Gen Chermside has taken command of
Gatacres column at Bloemfontein
Commissioner Fischer says the present
Boer strength at the front is 38000
The Boer forces have changed their
tactics and are nOwon the offensive
Three thousand armed Basutos line the
frontier to resist Boer encroachment
Winston Churchill declares that 250
000 men will be needed before the war is
ended
Frank Smith wealthy mine owner of
Barkley West has been captured by the
Boers
Hilyard Steyn brother of Free State
President expects the war to last till
Christmas
The British losses at Wepener in four
days fighting were eighteen killed and
132 wounded
The British Government is closing con
tracts in New York for 30000 horses for
army service
The British war office proposes to land
at Cape Town before the end cf May
20000 horses
v British officers are instructed not to
take any more expanding bullets to Af
rica for revolvers
The Boers have mounted several heavy
guns in commanding positions in the Big
garsberg mountains
It is calculated that Lord Roberts now
has 214000 effective troops with 12000
more afloat or under orders
Lord Roberts has warned Cape Colon
ists that further acts of hostility will be
treated with rigorous martial law
Fifteen thousand British are required
to guard 107 miles of railway between
Bloemfontein and Norvals Point
A British scout who has visited the
Bloemfontein water works reports that
the machinery and dams are intact
The Boers have again crossed the Or-
ange river into northern Cape Colony
stirring up a new rebellion among the
Dutch
It is reported that the Boers recently
smuggled thirty pieces of artillery some
of large caliber through Portuguese ter
ritory
The operations in Natal have not yet
been fully explained There appears to
have been an attempt to outflank the
British at Elandslaagte and sever them
from their base at Ladysmith
The min Boer position is a range of
hills between Kroonstadt and Winburg
a distance of sixty miles It is fortified
throughout and almost impregnable
Here it is said 35000 Boers with ninety
guns are concentrated
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Paris Great Exposition
The only department of the Pans
really ready for the Pinf
bentmel
the ticket olBce Milwaukee
Jaris should have sent a fey- of her ex
nosition commissioners to Chicago to gee
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pointers on now to uu tmub
Syracuse Post Standard
The Paris exposition is not quite ready
but Paris is ready The people otf ranee
are always ready for the dollar of the
unwary traveler Springfield News
Paris is now- engaged in giving St
Louis a good illustration of the condition
in which a big exposition should not be
when it is opened St Louis Republic
The American exhibit at the Paris ex-
position will be closed Sundays- but the
rest of the show will be kept qpenfor the
benefit of American visitors St Louis
Globe Deniocrat
Paris is- a merry place -but during the
approaching summer it will be merrier for
landlords than for their guests There
will be consolation for the people obliged
to stay away Milwaukee Wisconsin
The American exhibit if those in charge
will- but give ub a fair show will still
further open the worlds markets to our
products and help along the industrial
Grand Rap
boom we are now enjoying
ids Herald
mi - ii- i cimro rtf rhf United 1 1
States in the Paris exposition is greater 1
than that of- any other country except
France appeals to the pride of Americans
and may be expected to prove of no small
benefit to our commercial interests
Omaha Bee j
Americans have scored their first vie- j
tory at the Paris exposition by an ex
hibition of energy in getting their
ing and exhibits advanced so much ahead
f others as to make the French commis
sioner general say it is an object
son to us all to see the American people
work Indianapolis Journal
Clevelands Lecture
Mr- Cleveland is eminently fitted to
instruct Princeton students how to cut
loose from the Senates apron strings
Nashville American
Mr Cleveland had Congress on his
hands at times when he was President
In his lecture at Princeton he had Con
gress on his mind Pittsburg Chronicle
Ex President Grover Cleveland in the
first of his two Princeton lectures on
the independence of the Executive took
ground which hardly conforms to Ad
miral Deweys idea that a President has
nothing to do but execute the laws of
Congress Rochester - Democrat and
Chronicle
It was a thoughtful exposition of the
place of the Chief Magistrate in our
scheme of government and while proba
bly finding no part of its inspiration in
a recent puerile estimate of the duties
and responsibilities of that high office
came almost as a rebuke of that extraor
dinary utterance New York Mail and
Express
That a Democrat of so great ability as
Mr Cleveland should publicly advocate S
a change in the method of electing a
ident which would ignore entirely the
State lines and make him the choice of
the majority of the voters regardless of
the choice of the States indicates hcAj
far the national idea has progrssedana
how -far the idea of a federation of -sovereign
States has been forgotten Brook
lyn Eagle
The presidency to reach the level of
its highest usefulness must be strong
and independent within the limitations
which the constitution prescribes -in con
nection with the office The Indepen
dence of the Executive was illustrated
in a most interesting and conspicuous
manner by Grover Cleveland for eight
years There is no man better qualified
than he to discuss that instructive topic
Kansas City Star
Queens Welcome to Ireland
But it is not in the heart of an Irish
man to make war upon a woman and
the Queen is a woman to her subjects in
that island Boston Post
The Queens visit is significant of Eng
lands desire for friendlier relations with -the
people of Ireland It is in part a
tribute to the gallantry of the Irish
troops in the Transvaal Minneapolis
Times -
It is conceded that the visit has
Tarought Englishmen and Irishmen into
friendlier relations than have existed be
tween them tsince the days before Par
nells revival of the cause of home rule
Milwaukee Wisconsin
Victorias visit if intelligently directed
can do much toward arousing a senti
ment throughout Great Britain which
will remedy the seven century old seriftf
of wrongs which Ireland has suffered
St Louis Globe Democrat
The present is an opportunity for the
radical betterment of conditions and if
Irelands independence should follow as
a result of this visit it would prove the -crowning
event in the long and remarka
ble reign of Queen Victoria Scranton
Truth
The past cannot be recalled and it
may be that the spontaneity which marks
this the last visit the sovereign will
probably pay to the Emerald Isle will
be regarded by the Irish peope as a large
if not a compete atonement for the mis
take to put it mildly of nearly half a
century Philadelphia Times
Carnesrie and irick
Neither Carnegie nor Frick ajpeared to
be anxious to open the big jack pot and
wisely decided to -pull the stakes Oma
ha Bee
The signing of the new stock
might be called the formal ratifica
tion of tke Carnegie Frick treaty of
peace Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph
Philanthropist Carnegie retired from
business some months ago wien he had
euchred his partner Frick out of several
millions When he was called to time
and made to dieeocge he re entered busi
ness taking Frick in
with
him as a part
ner Memphis Commercial Appeal
Mr Carnegie and Mr Frick have set a
Tl Se maaB PewSe rather
2 S5 their Way to cach others
pockets
through the courts They hav
compromised with at least SIOOOOOOOO
at stake Why cant menVhosTd
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