The argus., April 29, 1899, Image 2

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C. 0. MBEISOH, Publisher.
HULIIKOOK,
AKIZOXA
The girls are growing; anxious at not
hearing from Lieut. Hobsou.
The account of a Pennsylvania feline
that smokes and tipples reads HUe a
catfish story.
The rye whisky combine will proba
bly be followed by a strong advance in
the headache market.
The flint glass manufacturers will
form a trust. It will doubtless be a hard
matter to deal with.
War claims KM) years old have bpen
presented at Washington. It is grati
fying to find something that never says
die.
A coffinmakers combine is the latest
accession. It is doubtful if the pro
moters have any trust beyond the
grave.
The New York Sua remarks ambig
uously that "no man Is too old to be a
bachelor." It is. however, sometimes
too late for him to be oue.
The expression fin de siec-Ie is misap
plied when used in connection with the
Dreyfus case. It belongs apparently
as much to the next century as to this.
There is a rumor that the typewriter
Is to be gradually adopted for polite
correspondence. Heaven speed the day
or else make legible handwriting the
fashion.
. Dewey's new job carries with it a
salary of $13,000 a year, but he isn't
likely to be superstitious about It not
so much so, anyway, as to refuse to
draw It.
An Eastern man advertises that he
has the addresses of 20.000 red-haired
women. He must Iks angling for a posi
tion as drummer with some hair-dyeiug
establishment.
A man who tried to commit suicide,
but missed his heart, says that for
some time he had been practicing with
haystacks for targets. Evidently he
misjudged the size of his heart.
While Cecil Rhodes did not explicitly
say so, it is apparent that he would be
-willing to give the United States per
mission to take any territory on earth
which Great Britain doesn't happen to
want.
Germany paid last year more than
four million dollars in pensions to the
aged poor. It was a much-needed and
graceful charity. But far better would
be a social and industrial system under
which such alms would not be necessary.
William D. Howells doubts very
much whether "our old grudge" against
England has been wiped out. But this
may be merely a sign that Mr. Howells
has not yet been able to bring himself
to forgive his chosen enemy, the En
glish novelist.
The elevation of Dewey to the rank
of admiral of the navy Is a gift from
the whole people. Seventy million souls
indorse and acclaim the action of Con
gress and the President. We do not
think that In the length and breadth
of the contiuent there Is one dissenting
voice.
Two girls recently broke out of a
house where they were quarantined in
order to go to a party with two young
men who flung notes up to their win
dows begging them to engage in the
foolish enterprise. Both young men
now have the small-pox, which proves
that poetic justice still has an occa
sional inning here below.
Queen Victoria thinks it. quite as well
for her to remain away from Cannes
Ibis season; the German emperor has
ordered magnificent trees chopped
down in the park where ho takes his
daily constitutional, that the lurking
places of would-lH? assassins may be
fewer; the Czar has troubles peculiarly
his own: the King of Sweden has dis
covered that If he Isn't actually de trop
with his subjects he Is not a necessity
to their happiness and well being, and
no the story goes.
It is not the sore place that should be
hit in administering a reproof, but the
wrong deed. For the reproof that
causes wincing is more likely to pro
voke anger than amendment. Lord
I'almerston. while Minister of Foreign
Affairs, had a good-natured way of
giving reproofs when he did not mean
to be severe. "Put a little more starch
Into your neckcloth, my dear Dash.'
he said to a diplomatist who be thought
did not hold his head high enough at
the court where the minister represent
ed Great Britain. A witty repartee
often serves as the courteous bearer of
a reproof. "I can't find bread for my
family, said a lazy fellow. "Nor 1
replied an industrious miller. "I am
obliged to work for it." Zeuo. the Stoic
philosopher, remonstrated with certain
of hi scholars for extravagance. They
excused themselves by saying that they
were rich enough to indulge in prod
igality. "Would you." retorted Zeno,
excuse a cook who should oversalt his
meat because he had a superabundance
of salt?"
MARIE ENGEL.
It Is called the age of the humani
ties. True it is that organized benev
olence now exceeds by far anything
ever before known. The "loveless
world" of the Caesars, la which not a
hospital, not an asylum, as we under
stand such Institutions, was anywhere
on earth, has been succeeded by what
in contrast might lie called literally a
loving world. Even animals are pro
tected from needless pain. Cruelty is
certainly in all civilized countries
counted the one undebated Infidelity.
It is unbearable. A tale of cruelty in
the press is sufficient to excite universal
protest and a sure righting. Though In
small ways we may cause each other
needless pain by gossip, by envy and
jealousy, for instance, yet never as
now was the gentleman required to be
gentle, never was a deed of kiudness
such a passport to social honor.
Singer Whose Courage and Patriotism
Conquered the Spaniards.
Her work this -season in grand opera
has made Marie Engel a prime favor
ite In New York, and has given her the
same high place in the esteem of her
fellow countrymen that her wonderful
voice and sweet womanliness earned
for her In Europe. She is young yet,
and the triumphs she has achieved are
as nothing to those which the future
promises.
Thereisromanceinherlife story. Her
mother was a singer with a voice that
might have stirred the world, but the
opportunity was denied. The maternal
grandparents of Marie Engel lived In
a pioneer settlement of the West and
had puritanical ideas. Their daughter's
voice attracted much attention, but so
great was their dread of the stage that
they would not permit her to cultivate
it." When she married Engel he took her
to a neighboring city and placed her
under good tutors. But it was too late
for "a professional career. Then Marie
was born. Great was the parents' de-
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The main strength of republican in
stitutions in France to-day is the con
fessed weakness of the claimants to tha '
throne. The French people themselves
that Is, the peasantry do not care
particularly whether the government
under which the live is monarchical or .
democratic in form. They are content ;
with either so long as it Is stable and .
they are protected In the pursuit of i
their business. But neither of the men ;
who would profit by a change of gov- i
ernment has the confidence or the re- '
spect of the French people and they ,
have not that of their personal follow
ers, except such as expect to gain some .
advantage by the success of their mas-
ters. Of the two the Napoleonic line
has the least hold upon the people. The
bead of the family. Prince Victor, is a
descendant of Jerome, a brother of the
first emperor, and certainly the most j
unpopular one of the family. There ;
has not been one of the family since
Napoleon the Great who has merited '
the entire respect of the French people .
and the descendants have grown less !
manly the farther removed they were !
from the parent stock. In 1883 the j
Comte de Chambord. who was a grand-
son of King L0UÍ3 Philippe, died and 1
the Bourbon succession was merged i
in the Count of Paris, the representa- .
tive of the younger or Orleans line of
the Bourbon-Orleanlst family. Around
neither of these two claimants could
the French people rally with any hope
or expectation that a better or more '
stable government would be given them 1
than they enjoy under the republic. Be
sides all this a majority of the people of
the middle class, who make public sen
timent in France, are loyal to the re
public and believe the present troubles
will pass away and bring a better and
stronger administration than the coun- 1
try has had since the establishment of
the third republic.
MISS MARIE ENGEL.
That portion of the agricultural ap- I
proprlation bill adopted by the Fifty- '.
fifth Congress which promises the most .
far-reaching results in the way of ad-
rancing the interests of profitable hus- .
baudry In this country is the Item j
which appropriates $3,1,000 for "an in- i
vestlgatlou of irrigation methods in the
United States and other countries."
When the bill was first reported It re-1
stricted the Investigation to the United
States, but fortunately this restriction ;
was eliminated in conference commit- ;
tee. The Agricultural Department will
now be enabled to study the great irri
gation systems of Europe, such as the
British system that has made tillable
and productive vast areas in Egypt.
The United States, however, has al
ready made phenomenal progress in the
reclamation of arid lands in California,
Oregon, Colorado. Arizona and othet
Western States. Millions of barren
acres have been made fruitful through
the various systems of irrigation,
through Federal and State appropria
tions, as well as through private enter
prise. The schemes already in opera
tion for carrying water to barren lands
are diminutive, however, compared to
the monster irrigation project now on.
foot for reclaiming what Is known as
the Arizona desert." To carry out this
colossal engineering enterprise the
greatest storage reservoir in the world
is to be constructed iu the mountains,
about sixty miles northeast of Phoenix.
In this reservoir will be stored the win
ter floods, to lie drawn from as needed
during the summer months and sold to
the irrigating canal companies now do
ing business In the Salt Kiver Valley,
and by them distributed to farmers,
who will pay a certain amount per acr
per annum. It Is estimated that enough
water Is wasted from Salt River each
winter to Irrigate 1.000,000 acres it
stored and properly distributed. Fot
this purpose the United States Govern
ment has granted the canal company
the use of the Tonto basin, to be used
as a storage reservoir, which will be
converted into a lake covering eighteen
square miles, and from which the wa
ter will be conveyed through the chan
nel of Salt River. The result of this
gigantic Irrigation project will attract
the attention of engineers all over the
world.
light when, as a child, she showed mu
sical ability. They built castles in the
air for her; she was to be a great singer
some day. When Marie was 7 the
mother died. Her last request was to
hear her child sing, and the little one
stood at the bedside singing and sob
bing as the mother breathed her last.
When Marie was old enough her father
took her to Europe, where she studied
under the masters. A few years ago
she made her debut in Berlin, and
thereafter sang herself Into the favor
of the great capitals of Europe. This
Is her first season In America.
Miss Engel has not only beauty and
a sweet voice, but superb courage. This
trait was Illustrated last spring. She
was to make her debut In Madrid on a
night in April, taking a leading part
in the operatic event of the season. She
reached the Spanish capital just before
the war broke out. Feeling against the
Americans ran high, and Miss Engel
was told it were better If she would not
take part. She declined to surrender
her place, and when the time came
went upon the stage. The cry went
through the house, "This is the Ameri
can," and jeers and catcalls rent the
air. She started to sing and the audi
ence howled. They would not listen to
her, but she went through her part.
After the first act she was warned by
the stage manager that should she go
on in the second act her life might be
in danger. It didn't frighten her. Her
second appearance was greeted like the
first. The American girl now felt It was
a matter of patriotism and went on a
third time. The audience greeted her
with silence. As st began to sing,
there was a tremor in the sweet sound
that fell on the hushed audience, for
she feared the silence foreboded trou
ble. But her courage was speedily re
stored, for she had not gone far when
from all parts of the house went up
cheers and applause. "Bravo. Ameri
canos" was the cry. She had conquered.
Even Spaniards could not withhold the
applause which such courage and pa
triotism demanded, and thereafter, fot
several nights, she was the heroine of
Madrid.
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town recently, and took with him a
bird in a bag. He was about to toss
up the pigeon in the town hall square
when a policeman came up and told
him that he must not fly the bird there.
"Why not?" asked the coilier.
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The collier, with the usual sharpness
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