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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER *. 1007.
LORD STRATHCONCA, CANADA'S
GRAND OLD MAN.<
Every country almost bus Its grand
old man. but It Is doubtful If any
BOCtlon of the world has one who Is
heller liked und adinired than the
man who Canada loves to honor.
Lord Strathcnnea, high commissioner
of th(. Dominion, Is unquestionably
the one grand old man of the country
north of us. At the ago of eighty sev?
en ho Is now on tho ocean on his
three hundred and second voyage
across, the Atlantic. Ho goes back
und forth between Ihls country and
Europe us calmly and easily as an
Exposition visitor crosses Hamilton
Roads.
Donald Alexander Smith he was
horn, a native of Scotland, and at an
early age be entered the ranks of I he
Hudson Hay Company. Diligent, in?
dustrious, honest, shrewd and zealous
In the service, he rose Irom rank to
tank and became In time a resident
governor for that great corporation,
Ills record as a incnil.vr of the Ca?
nadian administrative system is a
continuous story of success, founded
Upon merit. Largely through his un?
flinching faith and his genius for af?
fairs came the triumph of the first
Canadian transcontinental railroad
enterprise. Me stands today as one
of the great creators of wealth In the
northland. In IS'.ttl be was given by
tho king the title of first baron or
Mount Royal and Strothcona, but this
honor did not change his outlook or
affect his rotations with tho rest or
mankind, He kept on working, des?
pite his advancing years, his vast
wealth and Ills disposition toward tile
qtllot life, lie works today, at eighty,
seven, Bystomatlcaily and thoroughly,
and lie crosses the gangplank of a
liner with It strong step and n zest
for the enjoyment of an ocean voyage
Which some Jaded men of forty lack.
The youth of Camilla Is being con?
stantly enjoined by parents and leach
ers to take the life of Donald Alexan?
der Smith as an example to follow
and In his life there is certainly an
inspiration for the young not only In
Canada, but over the entire world us
well. There are, of course, no vast
wilds, peopled only by Indians ami
rich in fur hearing animals to develop
the strong qualities of n man. There
# nro few great stretches of territory]
crossed only by (rails to bring out thei
hardihood of tho pioneer, and* later
to bo traversed by the products Of
the engineer's genius. But there are
opportunities nevertheless for suc?
cess in some measure to be gained by
Iboso who demonstrate the qualities
that transformed Donald Alexander
Smith into Lord Strathconii, and from
n penniless hoy Into a miiltl-million?
aire, without the taint of dishonesty
upon a single dollar.
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AN EXPEN?
SIVE AFFAIR.
The New York Herald has boon
going way down deep Into the Phil?
ippine question and Its seare't for
facts relative to what Ihn islands
have cost this country hava been
more than startling. The Herald
makes the statement that tho United!
States has expended on the Islands
thus far the enormous sum of $400.
000,000. To give an adequate con-(
ception of tho meaning of such a1
largo aura ono must noto what mifihtj
havo been accomplished by the expen?
diture of 1400.000,000 if tliiit river of
wealth had been deflected Into vari?
ous other channbla of human endear*
or Instead of being dumped Icfo the
Philippine ?rehlpelngq, sind that 1?
just wlinl the Herald hus done.
If ii had boeii diverted to purposes
of nattonnl defense, for Instance,
$1(10,000,(100 Would have sufficed to
build forty five twenty thousand lonj
Prtlloshlps of the tnosl powerful mod?
ern iype represented ' by the Dein-}
ware, and thus to have given the
United Stiil? s the most powerful]
navy In Iho world. Or It would be,
sufficient to pay for nearly thirty.
Bitch battloBlftpa and still leave a hol
ancb largo enough to defray the esti?
mated cost of the Panama ('until.
The same sum would pay >>r about
1110 battleships of the type of the
Oregon or the Indiana, which were
considered formidable a ileCi\lo ago.
Estimating on the hasls of the most
I.nl Congressional appropriation:..
$100,000,000 would Bufflco for Iho
mnintennnco of our prosonl naval ob
lahllshmont for four years, the ap?
propriations for the present year hav?
ing been only slightly In excess or
$100,000,000. I* would sustain the
Pulle d stales Army, oaHmnled upor
the same basis, more than five years.
Expended upon const defense forti?
fications It would have made our At?
lantic and Pacific seaboards practi?
cally Impregnable to attack, it would
pay the Federal appropriation Tor tho
malnleuauee of Hie III 11 it hi of all the
Slates In the Union and Hawaii into
the Lurgaln for a period or two hun?
dred years, if that annual lipproprla
rion Should not. exceed the $2,000,000
voted lor 1007; or it would llofniy the
government's enormous pension fund
for nearly three years.
Should that vast sum of $400,000.000
hi- devoted lo less Warlike purpose
it would maintain lor two whole yeara
the entire public school system of tho
twelve suites In the Union which ap?
propriate the largest sums for that
purpose, namely, New York, Penn?
sylvania. Illinois, .Massachusetts.
.Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri and
and California. Dovotod to purposes
of higher education it would richly
endow' a score of first class universi?
ties.
Estimating the cost of building and
furnishing a comfortable modorn
dwelling house at $S,(U10. It would
erect. 50,000 such homes, or enough
lo house the population of a large
city.
Tho Herald Is making n vigorous
campaign to have the United Stales
rid Itself of the Philippine.! and while
therb Is no question Unit the nn
lion would he a great deal better off,
i If It had never retained possession
? of the Islands, how to get rid
of I bom gracefully Is n puzzling prob?
lem. The country cannot abandon
them Without ceremony and II would
not he advisable to give them away,
though there are a number of coun?
tries that would like to own the Is?
lands. At the present time it surely
would he bad Judgement to sell them
all or In pail. The question Is a per
ploxlng one mid the man who can
solve the problem win have a place
in history ns n great statesman.
The United States holds the samoi
position to the Philippines ns does a
iiuin who has hold of a live wire
It wants to let go, hut cannot.
An Interesting suggestion comes
from West Virginia where it is pro?
posed to croati a town which will
bar alt while people und to have It
owned and conducted entirely by the
negro race. It Is to he hoped tho
plan will he carried out. Ii will be
an Interesting experiment and will
demonstrate whether or not tin- col?
ored race Is capable of self govern
input and enn successfully manage
their own affairs. The negroes will
know that they are on trial and sub?
ject to crTtlCisn) and "ill therefore
do their best. That such an experi?
ment will be useful in helping to
sohle the .race problem Uiere can?
not lie the least doubt. The only dif?
ficulty will be whether our form of
government and the form or govern?
ment of the states white people can
be barred from the negro town, ami
unless thero Is <a Votal elimination
of the whites I do experiment mould
be without value.
The London Graphic Is of the opin?
ion that In the pursuit for wealth the
Americans are losing their sense of
humor, and says that Hill Nyo, Mali;
Twain and several others are not hu?
morists, but Ignorant buffoons; Char?
ity forbids us from making any crit?
icism of English humor.
Prince Wilhelm tells the reporters'
that the American girl Is the prettiest
and best gowned he ever snw. When
the Prince gets back on his own
stamping ground we enn see him gel?
ling a curtain lecture from his fiance.
The more one reads of the "late
unpleasantness" at the Jamestown
Exposition, tho stronger grows tho
, inclination to say, "what's the use?"
1 ?'. ?
pace during his stay in America. That
in perhapB true, but lie never got
ahead or tho photographer just tho
same.
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WITH THE PAnAGRAPHER9
No more rire will ever miliduo Col
onol WaltelMon.?Washington Times.
Mayhe Mr. Pish Is trying to qtlhllfy
tor the Cabinet.? Indianapolis Slav.
When l.ho motor .ear mcots Wie
trolley, (hen COIIIOS tho coroner.?Chi?
cago News.
Usually when a mother and daugh?
ter agree It is on a decision that (ho
father and husband Is a crnilk.? Kans?
as t'lly Star.
It Is not understood that any of
the malefactors <>r large wealth has
tell It expedient to arrange for ball.
? Milwaukee New ?
It Is no sign thai a policeman is
n musician because ho happens to
know how many I'us there are to the
beat.?Dallas News.
The news from the oyster beds Is
encouraging. The Crop is said to be
fine and a good oyster year Is pro
dieted, This should serve a Hille bit
to mitigate tho sting of calamity In
tho stock market.?Philadelphia Rec?
ord.
An exchange remarks that no man
can kick himself into the Prosldgiicy.
However, Senator i.a Follotto un?
doubtedly would rather kick than be
President.? Washington Post.
Perhaps it wan the burning thoughts
er Colonel Walter son that Sei fire
to Ills newspaper office, but wo have
long feared they would do It.? New
York Mall.
There are said to be Intelligent
peojdo oil Mars. If so., they inns', be
much amused every lime thoy look
towards lo earth.?Philadelphia Press.
The Hon. Hokc Smith seems
fitted, physically ami mentally, for the
part of Ajax.- New York Sun.
PLAYS AND PLAYERS.
Julia Marlowe has been spending a
vacation in Italy.
Imgeue Cowlea has been re-engaged
for Miirie CabiU's company.
A member of tho "Knight of a Day"
company Is EugotlU Moldau, a brother
of Prank Moulun.
Mrs. T. P. O'Connor, wife of the Bug-'
llsh editor, bus had a historical melo?
drama produced In San Francisco.
All modeln records appear to have
tieeu broken by the sale of Franz l.e
bar's "Mallslreuen" number from "The
Merry Widow." In less tbiiu three
weeks after production of the piece at
Daly's theater In London over -10.000
C?|ile8 were sold.
The news comes from Purls that tho
producers of "Salome" Incurred a loss.
The receipts, it Is snld, were 101,000
friiues mid the expenses 100,000 francs;
bouco a deficit of h.000 fraues.
EDITORIAL FLINGS.
Swiss glaciers are said to ix- shrink?
ing, but nothing like that happens to a
hotel bill over there.?Now York Her-1
u Id.
"Is a bathing suit a crime?" Is a
question that is being asked, if it Is, it
Is often a very small one.?l'blladel-'
plita inquirer.
l The Japanese evidently believe in
the disarmament of nations, judging
from their Korean programme.? ]
Springfield Republican.
A Washington proof rentier has gone
Into bankruptcy. Those of us who
knew have long looked upon proof?
readers as failures. Detroit Free Press.
W. i>. Howells is charged with hav?
ing discovered Henry .lames, it has
heretofore been supposed that Mr. j
Howells had no enemies. ? Chicago
Record-llerald.
FACTS FROM FRANCE.
It Is the fashion In France for school?
boys to have their hair shaved off.
In France the bill of a physician or
druggist COUUol be collected If moro
than two years old.
in France two ships of 5,f>00 tous
euch are being built with a view to es?
tablishing a line fqr third class pas?
sengers ami freight between Dun
korqllC and New York.
There is still much wine consumed
lu France, but It Is growing less be?
cause of the growing popularity of
beer, and that is the pith of the wluo
growers' troubles.
A mummy factory has been discov?
ered In Montrougo, a suburb of Purls.
The "mummies" are sent to Egypt and
thence returned via Marseilles. Many
have been sold to museums iu rurlous
countries.
OLD FASHIONED.
What has become of the old fash?
ioned man who wore leather suspend?
ers?
What litis become of the old fash?
ioned men who sat on the counters at
the stores v
What has become of the old fash?
ioned man who crossed his legs nod
let his little son ride bis foot?
What has become of the old fash?
ioned boy who believed that handling
toads would cause warts to grow on
bis hands?
What lias become of the old fash?
ioned woman who hung up n branch
of asparagus In her house for tie flies
to light on??Atchlsou Globe.
PEOPLE OF THE DAY
Tho Armenian Terrorists.
The recent itrrosl In New York of
Klssiiu Jcllniinu, htctuber of tin- A mer?
lon u lluiichii.klst society, line revealed
n startling story of crime. The Munch
nklst society, ostensibly n imtrlotle or?
ganization, waa In reality n hltickiuuil
lug bililil. AccortlliiK to Jelhilhut, the
boc-lety whs controlloil by n central
committee which levied fribute on rich
Armenians. Failure to comply with
the ilotunuda of the society ?ns pun?
ished by dentil. The organization had
hmiiciieri tu New VoiU, Providence,
Hosten und Worcester and Is said to
hare collected thousands of dollars
from Its victims.
The murder In NcW York on duly 21
of 11. S. Tuvsliniljtllll, a wealthy Amor
lean rug importer, brought uiatlcrs to
ii bend. Tavshanjiaii was organizing
the wealthier Armenians to resist the
demands of tin? secret order, and sou
tCUCO of death was decreed and carried
Kl.sS IK .MM I..W.IAN.
I out. Identified with him in this work
? wns Fhthcr Cns|iar Vartarlan, an Ar
I meiilau jirlest, who was killed In Now
York last May and his dlsiucmbered
body placed in 11 trunk.
The arrest of Jellllllllll und Ids revel
BtloitS us to the Inner workings of the
KuuchuiflBt will doubtless put an end
to activity of the society In (Ids coun?
try. _
Ho Ritkod It.
Vice President W. C, Brown of the1
. New York Central railroad said In
I .Syracuse ti.at lie believed In govern*
I Hunts', supervision id the railroads.
1 "Such supervision, conducted, us It
is bound to be, with fairness, win
bonelit tin- ivhoi'i country," said Mr.
Brown, "It Is an error to think that
the government is going to oppose ami
I persecute the railroads. Some people
I think that, though. They think the
government Is going to take chances
with the railroads as tin- fanner did
, with his son.
t "The fanner's son was plowing, und
I n groat black crowd of crows followed
the,plow, picking up the worms that
! wriggled 111 the rich, chocolate col?
ored furrows.
1 "The former ran Into the house, got
! his gun, 111<it Hi the crows and pop*,
pored his son's legs with shot. The
young man fell down, anil when his
(ather ran up to hiiu he groaned:
" 'Dldll'l yo sei- me. father :' I
"'Yes,' said Hie old innn, 'I saw ye
, well enough, but I didn't like to miss
the chance at the crows.' "
McLii.111 Once Beat Haskoll.
ClinsJn N. riaskcll, the lawyer and
r.v'--- ad builder, who has been nomi?
nated for governor by the Domocrnta
01' 1 IkUBtoinn, Is an Ohio man, forty
nlx years old, wiio left that stale eight
years ago, after he had been beaten by
.lohn It. Mef.ean for the Democratic
nomination lor governor of Ohio.
Tho Caso of Mrs. Eddy.
Perhaps no legal proceeding of re?
cent years has aroused wider public
Interest than the case of Mrs. Mary]
linker Glover Eddy, the nged founder
of Christian Science. A commission
appointed by n Judge of the Now
Hampshire superior court Is to decide
who!her or not Mrs. 1-Mdy was men?
tally competent to transact business in
March of this year as 11 preliminary in
WILLIAM K. OHAND1.KII.
tho suit filed for tin accounting of her
estate by her son, George W. Glover of
Lead. S. D., and others.
Kx Senator William IS. Chandler, sen?
ior counsel for the plaintiffs, was sec?
retary of the navy from 1882 to 1885
and represented New 1 In nips hire iu
the United states senate for fourteen
years. After retiring from the senate
In P.lOl Mr. Chandler became President
of the Spanish treaty claims cominls*'
slon. It will be remembered that ho .
figured prominently In the tilt between
President Koosevelt and Senator Tlll
11111 a a year or so ago when somebody's
veracity \vn3 questioned.
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