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China exports 15,009,000 fans every
year. Yet her financial condition
shows that she cannot raise the wind,
no vnattef how hard she tries.
The segregation of criminals in
our prisons that is now in progress is
a good thing. Beginners in crime
should not be thrown into company
with hardened rutliaus. Imprison¬
ment should be reformatory, not en¬
couraging to or instructive in crime.
Well, the mule has come out of it
all gloriously. His war career, begun
magnificently at Matauzas, closes
prosperously at Chattanooga, where
300 of his kind have just been auc¬
tioned off by the government for
$28,000. The price is unprecedented
for so large a lot, and proves that dis¬
tinguished service is highly appreci¬
ated in Tennessee.
M. Jules Clarette, the director of
La Comedie Fraucaise in Paris, France,
says there are in all Europe at the
present moment 1061 theatres which
comparison would place in the first-
class. France leads the list with 394;
Italy comes next with 388; then Ger¬
many with 264: the United Kingdom,
205; Spain, 190; Austria, 182; Russia,
99; Belgium,59; Sweden and Norway,
46; Holland 42; Switzerland, 35;
Portugal, 14; Denmark, 13; Turkey,
9; Greece, 8; Roumania, 7; and Ser-
via 4
There is an interesting item in the re¬
port of the librarian of Bishopsgate in¬
stitute,London. Accordi ng to the read-
ing done in the free library of that build-
iug for one day there were 543 per-
sous who chose works of fiction, 51
who selected books of travel and his- j
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tory, 36 biography, 25 natural sciences, j
and so on down the list to philosophy j
and religion, for which there were 15 :
readers. There is something very sig¬
nificant in a comparison between the
extremes. Scarcely a century ago the
order would very likely have been re-
versed. i I
Formerly tubercular lung trouble,
or consumption, caused one-quarter
of ail deaths that occurred. Now it i
is estimated that the proportion has |
been There reduced been to one-seventh steady decrease or eighth, in j
has a
its ravages all over the world since
1883. Two years before that time I
Koch announced his discovery of the
tubercular bacillus, the micro-organ- i
ism that causes consumption, The !
press took up the subject, auuounc- ;
ing everywhere that the old-fashioned
idea of the contagiousness of the ,, dis- .. j
ease was absolutely correct,aud urged j
the utmost precautions against the
spread of this portable aud communi- i
cal>le disorder. The lesson was quick¬ I
ly learned. Today, in the most con- 1
traoted city home, health officers and
inspectors rind a surprising knowledge
ami alertness. All discharges from
tbe respiratory tract are quickly I
burned, the sufferer has abed to hi u- ;
self, aud all possible care is taken to ,
spare others aud mitigate personal
pain.
Boston is educating more persons to
be teachers than it has use for, and
the problem is worrying the board of
education and the superintendent. It
appears that there are annually falling
vacant, on the averege, about fifty
places in the primary and grammar
schools, of such a character that it is
safe to appoint to them beginners at
teaching, such as the graduates of
the normal school. But there are
now in atteudauoe at the normal
school 201 pupils. This is an increase
of 79 iu four years. In other words,
the mere increase in the number of
normal school pupils is enough to
moie than fill all the probable vacan¬
cies for a year. At the present time,
not only most of.last year’s graduates,
but a majority of those also of 1897,
and considerable numbors of those of
earlier years, are waiting lor opportu¬
nities which do not come. The sn-
pei inteudent’s sensible remedy is to
limit the annual admissions to the
normal school to seventy-five,these to
be chosen by competitive examination.
He argues logically that if there is to
be disappointment among those aspir¬
ing to be teachers, it is better that it
be faced at the threshold of the normal
school course than at its conclusion.
Much weight attaches also to the eco¬
nomic argument that the public money
should not be wasted in the prepara¬
tion of teachers for whom the city hag
no need.
If you have somelhiiig to sell, let
the people know it. An advertise¬
ment in this paper will do the work.
ElS VINDICATION.
When M. de Bossue returned to the,
court In France he was mostly coldly
received. The king refused to see him
and the king’s courtiers were quite un¬
civil. At his sweetheart’s house in
the Rue des Saints Peres, the door was
closed In his face. He was filled with
astonishment and grief, both of which
•were increased when he wont to see
his friends. All looked askance at
him, few deigned even to speak to him.
Too proud to question strangers, and
yet sensitive enough to suffer keenly
under the treatment he had received,
he went to his room to brood alone.
There was a mirror here, and in this
he surveyed himself. The hardships
of war had deprived him of his good
looks; his face was drawn and haggard,
his skin wrinkled; his eyes were dull
and sad, while across his left cheek a
long, disfiguring scar told where a
saber had cut deep.
He left the mirror and sat down de¬
jectedly. “I am grown ugly,” he said,
“and poor, and therefore they shun
me.” He thought of his life, offered
to his country and to glory; of his
hard campaigns in America and the
Indies; of the famous battles in which
he had done his part under Montcalm
and Vaudreill—“but all this,” he told
himself, “has been in vain. The king,
my love, my friends, they are none of
them left to me. The only faithful
one of them all—-my horse, who used
to lick my hand and neigh gladly at
my coming—he, too, is gone, for I
have sold him. No one—nothing is
left to me.”
One black thought was succeeded by
another, and his gloom and melancholy
Increased until life seemed but a bur¬
den to be got rid of. He was a man
of promptitude and decision, and, hav¬
ing come to this conclusion, he did
not procrastinate. His pistol lay ready
tr his hand—one shot and the deed
was done.
At court they said: “M. de Bossue
had the fever.” Weeks and months
passed and they spoke no more of him.
But there remained to Bossue an
old-time friend. After serving in
Spain for some ten years, and grow¬
ing discontented with his work, M. le
Comte de la Puysaye returned to
France and to the court. He
gained prestige at Mesdames
de Boufiess’, de Chauvelin’s, de
Surgere’s, and Luxembourg’s, and:
asked new service of the king, and
solicited a regiment. He called him-
self a friend of Bossue’s. “Poor fel-
low!” he said; “only 30 years old. What
could have made him leave us tn that
-way?”
“His face clouded when he heard tne
story, for he was a brave man him-
self. “A coward!” he cried; impossi-
ble!”
“But yes!” said his informer. “We
repeat only what the reports said—re-
ports which were sent to the king di-
rect. M. de Bossue, it seems, disliked
(he enemy too greatly—so much so, in
fact, that he could never bring himself
to approach him.”
“Bossue a coward!” cried the count.
“He must have changed greatly, then.
May not those reports have been
f a i se ?”
“Well, the marshal himself-’’ and
so on - Lm Puysaye heard the story re-
?, eated a score of times and found that
the mention of Bossue s name brought
forth oniy curses or reproaches. He
ended by renouncing him.
“But,” he said to himself one day,
" * can f° r ?et him. I loved him well,
and I believe I love him still. Very
well, I shall allow myself this little ec-
centricity—that of loving a dishonored
wretch. Bossue remains my friend, an^
of all the world I alone shall recall
^ im southing other than dis-
da j£
hung the dead man , s portrait 0Q
)jj S wa jj once more. But the portrait
was an old one, and no longer resem-
bled anybody. La Puysaye, discon¬
tented, wished for some other souvenir
—something which Bossue had used.
He thought of the horse. “Where is
he now? They tell me that he sold
him. That horse carried poor Bossue
for ten years, I must find him.”
Once, while his friend still served
with him, he had seen the horse—a
curious beast,of a dark-yellowish color,
the product of a cross between a Span¬
ish barb and an Indian pony. He was
able to furnish descriptions of the an-
imal to certain men whom he sent in
search of it.
The men were away three months.
One day La Puysaye received notice
that a horse answering to the descrip¬
tion given had been found in a field in
Artois. He went to the place and
bought the animal at once. It was,
indeed, Bossue’s extraordinary beast,
the friend of his friend, old and thin,
worn by the hard service before the
plow and the ill treatment of the farm
hands. There were the white legs,
still as Jine as those of a racer, the
long black tail and mane, and those
eyes—dark, cold, clear and fixed—that
made one uneasy. “Strange animal!”
thought La Puysaye.
He had it fed, groomed and saddled,
and set out for Paris at a rather halt¬
ing gallop. Much fatigued, he arrived
at length. But tired as he was, there
was to be little rest for him. A note
from the bureau of war awaited him,
informing* him that his request for a
regiment had been granted; that it was
to be known as the “Grenadiers Puy¬
saye,’’ and that he must join ii near
Fribourg as soon as possible. Taking
hardly time for the writing of a let¬
ter and the saying of an adieu, he de¬
parted for that place, and, gratifying
his own wish, he went there on Bos¬
sue’s horse.
His new grenadiers grumbled among
themselves. “Is it with that plug,”
they said, “that he means to lead us?”
La Puysaye’s friends looked at the
beast critically. An ensign lifted its
Up. “No use,” said the count; “he’s an
old horse, and his teeth no longer mark
his age."
“But why didn’t yeu come on your
black fellow?”
“Oh, Constantine broke his leg, and
—but do not laugh, messieurs; poor
and old as Is this charger,
he is good enough for the
campaign. I judged that we should
only he amusing ourselves here, and I
did not wish to honor the enemy by
riding too fine a horse.
The officers saluted smilingly, and
the colonel, wishing to see the mar¬
shal, M. de Coigny, inquired the way
to his quarters. Before going thither
he left his horse with his orderly, who
was going toward the trenches. “Bring
him back to me tonight,” said the
count, and the man departed with the
horse.
But not more than a* hour had
passed, and La Puysaye was just leav¬
ing the marshal’s quarters, when an
attack was ordered on a strong point,
where 1,800 men had been killed the
night before. The trumpets sounded,
and the army hastened to respond.
Being ordered to hold his regiment
in reserve, La Puysaye conducted it
behind a certain embankment, then
sought to go after his horse. But his
friends stopped him. “Not now,” they
said; “the place is exposed; you would
be risking your life needlessly.”
La Puysaye returned to his place and
gave vent to his vexation. "Miserable
orderly!” he cried; "my horse! See
what he has done with my horse!”
“Ciel!” exclaimed a captain in as¬
tonishment, “why are you so con¬
cerned about the beast? From whom
did you get him?”
La Puysaye, tired of keeping his se¬
cret, revealed it. “From De Bossue.
He was alas! one of my old friends.”
The news was murmured through the
ranks, while the officers marveled au¬
dibly. “What an idea!” they said.
“Where is he, that we may observe
him again?”
“In that trench over there, which is
so exposed. My orderly must have
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AND ON.
been drunk to leave him in such a
place.”
“Oh,” cried an officer, “have no tear.
Bossue’s horse! The horse of a cow¬
ard! He’ll crouch when the bullets
fly; you’ll find him again safe and
sound.”
“After all,” said another, “the
trench covers him; he’s satisfied to stay
in it; he won’t come out.”
At that moment a bomb came sing¬
ing through the air, and from the
trench, calmly, proudly, defiantly, a
horse emerged. He stood alone, in the
middle of the field, in a great open
place—alone. The saddle was on his
back, the bit in his mouth, and, though
he had lowered his neck in the silence
following the first bomb, he seemed
waiting for a signal on his bridle.”
“The coward’s horse!” thought the
army.
Just then the place seemed to fill
with smoke, while the city beyond
trembled as with an earthquake shock;
three more bombs in the ranks of
France, and fifteen files were cut down
like so much grain.
The trumpets sounded the attack,
and at that moment, suddenly, magnifi¬
cently, the rays of the setting sun
clothed the horse in gold. He raised
his head, as the brave steed does when
the battle is on and the rider encour¬
ages him to advance; then boldly, ea¬
gerly, joyously, he charged on the city
at a gallop. Deaf to the thunder of
the cannon, indifferent to the shot that
whistled about him, glad to sniff again
the smoke of powder, to feel once more
the excitement of the combat, the gal¬
lant horse dashed on and on—a sub¬
lime spectacle for a whole army to
witness.
What moved him to rush on the ene¬
my so madly, to affront death so
grandly? Was it the memory of Bos¬
sue’s glorious battles? Was it the force
of habit acquired after a score of en¬
gagements—the result of a lesson
learned on many fields?
They who followed swiftly after him
did not know; but they swore after¬
ward that they had seen a hand on his
bridle, feet pressing his sides, a shad¬
owy form on his back, and for one
brief instant a face, with a tong scar
on its left cheek and a look such as
no coward ever wore.
The poor beast at length fell, bleed¬
ing from a score of wounds, but he
had done enough; in the eyes of the
army he whose horse this had been was
vindicated. Bossue was not a coward.
—Translated from the French for the
Argonaut by W. E. Dutil.
DICK” BLAND DEAD
The Hissouri Congressman
Passes Over the River.
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FATHER OF SILVER CAUSE
His Demise Removes Unique Character
From the Arena of the Po=
litical World.
Congressman Richard Parks Bland
died at his home near Lebanon, Mo.,
at 4:30 o’clock Thursday .
morning,
peacefully and without apparent sisf-
fering.
Mr. Bland returned home when con-
gress adjourned in March and soon
suffered a relapse from an attack of the
grip.
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souri, Who Died Thursday. ’*
For more than two months he had |
been confined to his home and his!
health gradually declined. He thought j
would not survive the attack from 1
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the first and showed his thorough
of his condition. !
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On the third of this month Mr.
Bland suddenly grew worse, his sous,
who were in school, were summoned
home and for the first time the public
was informed of his critical condition.
From time to time since the patient
showed signs of improvement, but he
continued to grow weaker. Sunday
and Monday last he presented an im-
proved condition and Monday after-
noon strong hopes for his recovery j
were entertained. ;
At about 10 o’clock Tuesday night, |
bowever, he fell asleep aud continued ;
in that condition until death.
The strain on Mrs. Bland’s nervous:
system friends has alarmed been very at its f®**' effect. ® nd Mr. * er \
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Bland left no life insuranca and died
a comparatively poor received man. several
Mrs. Bland has
dozen messages of condolence from
admirers of her husband all over the
C0Untry - notified ,
Private c Secretary „ Bell „ , has
the clerk of the house of represents-
tives of Mr. Bland’s death, requesting
him to appoint a committee of mem-
bers to attend the funeral Promi-
nent friends of Mr. Bland throughout
the country have been notified of the
funeral arrangements.
NAMED FULL TICKET.
Pennsylvania Democrats Finally Se¬
lect Court Judges.
A special from Harrisburg, Pa.,
says: The contest before the demo¬
cratic state convention for supreme
court judge ended Thursday evening
with the unanimous nomination of
Judge S. L. Mestrezat, of Fayette
county, on the twenty-eighth ballot.
Charles J. Beily, of Williamsport,
permanent chairman of the convention,
was nominated by acclamation for
judge of the superior court, and Rep¬
resentative William T. Creasy, of Co¬
lumbia, was the unanimous choice for
state treasurer.
WATSON RELIEVES BARKER.
Admiral Reaches Hong Kong and
Takes Charge of Squadron.
Admiral Watson has arrived at
Hong Kong, and being on bis own sta¬
tion, took command of the Asiatic
squadron, relieving Captain Barker of
the Oregon, who has* been in charge
since Admiral Dewey sailed from Ma¬
nila.
Captain Barker will return to the
United States on a mail steamer and
will probably be placed on leave.
Watt Unique Charticter.
Mr. Bland was one of the most
unique characters in American politics.
He was commonly known as “Silver
Dick” Bland, and was as frequently
callod the father of the silver cause.
He was a typical farmer, in dress, in
manners and in his general habits,
always simple, unassuming, easily ap¬
proached, and cordial.
He was born near Hartford, Ky.,
August 19, 1835, received an academic
education, removed to Missouri in
1855, thence to California, and thence
to that portion of Utah now Nevada,
locating at Virginia City, practiced
law, was interested in mining opera¬
tions in California and Navada, was
county treasurer of Carson county, the
Utah Territory, from I860 until
organization of the state movement of
Navada; returned to Missouri in 1865,
located at Eolla, Mo., and practiced
law with his brother, C. C. Bland, un¬
til he removed to Lebanon in August,
1869, and continued his practice there,
was elected to the 43d, 44th, 45th,
46th> 47th> 48th> 49t h, 50th, 51st, 52d,
an q 53,1 congresses, and was elected
! to the 55th congress as a silver demo-
crat, receiving 24,605 votes, against
19,754 votes for T. D. Hubbard, re-
publican, and 1,467 votes for J. H.
1 Steincipher, populist.
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Candidate Kor President,
That, in biief, is a summaiy of his
64 years of life. At the last demo-
«atic national convention in Chicago
he was a prominent candidate for the
nomination for president and after the
nomination of Mr. Bryan could have
been nominated for the second place,
but wired Governor Stone to withdraw
his name,as lie considered it unwise to
name both of the candidates from west
0 f tbe Mississippi.
Mr. Bland’s closest friends say that
be has never been himself since he
^ vas defeated for the presidential nom-
in a tion. Although he was in the last
congress he did not show the energy
or CO mbativeness of former years. He
still kept his hold on his district and
was re-elected to the next congress by
a handsome majority.
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BREESE AGAIN ARRESTED.
0neof H is Bondsmen Dies and Nullifies
1S ure y.
W. F. Breese, president of the de-
funct First National bank of Asheville,
N. C., who was tried and convicted of
embezzlement at a special terra of
United S ! 8teS C ° Urt ia fpril and given
ten , years imprisonment, and who was
out on bad pendmg appeal was taken
into custody by a United States mar-
shal at his home m Brevard Thursday
morning The arrest was because
Breese s bond had become inadequate
by reason of the death of one of his
sureties a few days ago.
TO IMPEACH EVANS.
Attorneys Are Angry With the Com¬
missioner of Pensions.
A Washington dispatch says: The
pension attorneys are going to take
their fight on H. Clay Evans into
congress. Several days ago Captain
Evan'S came out iu an open statement
attacking "the attorneys and claiming
that the action of the G. A. R. posts
was inspired by the attorney sharks.
Corporal Tanner and others who
have been leading the fight in secret
have come into the open and claim
that Evans is liable to impeaohment
and that impeachment charges will be
filed against him in the next congress.
LEFT THE SPANIARDS.
Rebels Abandon Prisoners In Their
Hasty Retreat.
Dispatches received from Manila
Thursday state that Captain Cable, of
General Wheaton’s staff, with 'three
companies of the Twenty-first regi-
ment, reconnoitered in the direction
j of Imus. The rebels, who were ap-
parently expecting an attack, retired,
j j leaving behind them twenty Spanish
prisoners, whp joined the Americans,
“STICK TO SILVER”
Is the Expression of Demo-
ocratic Committee.
KOHLSAAT SOUNDS THEM
Opinions of Representatives of All the
States Given In The Chicago
Times=Herald.
The Chicago Times-Herald has been
asking members of the national demo¬
cratic committee what should be their
party’s cry in 1900—whether “free sil¬
ver,” or “down with the trusts,” or
both. The answers of those that have
been received were published in the
Times-Herald of Monday and in part
are as follows:
Clark Howell, Jr., of Georgia: Un¬
til a new platform is made, we should
stand by the old platform, except, of
course, on such questions as might
arise out of conditions which are now,
and which were not, under considera¬
tion at the time of the meeting of the
last national convention, and even on
such questions, I doubt the propriety
of the national committee taking the
declaratory position in advance of the
meeting of the party conventions in
the several states. The two questions
which are now uppermost are impe¬
rialism and the concentration of capi¬
tal in trusts and combines. As to the
latter question the general attitude of
the party is already well defined in
the national platform, and there is lit¬
tle doubt that it will follow the posi¬
tion already taken in its last national
declaratipn by a more pointed and
more emphatic utterance on the sub¬
ject in the next national convention.
It seems to me that the course of the
party is clear as to the selection of its
political candidate for next year, and
that the rank and file of the party have
already designated for renomination
the brilliant leader, Bryan.
Urey Woodson, »f Kentucky: The
democratic gatherings at St. Louis
and Louisville the last two weeks
ought to clearly show the gold stand¬
ard press that its predictions, that the
democrats are preparing to drop the
silver issue, are altogether erroneous,
tor every speech and every resolution
adopted was in favor of maintaining
the same firm stand for free coinage
in 1900 as was taken in 1896. A year
hence Bryan will be renominated upon
the Chicago platform, unaltered save
by such additions with reference to
trusts, imperialism and other new is¬
sues as may seem necessary.
Josephus Daniels of North Carolina:
The shibboleth of the campaign the
democrats will wage in 1900 will be,
“Down with the trusts.” The Chiea-
g 0 pl a tf 0 pm "will bo reaffirmed. Bryan
w jjj p, e renominated and all men who
are opposed to trusts of all sorts and
to militarism will be invited to join in
a struggle to restore equal opportunity
which the trusts deny, aud to crush
the attempt to saddle old-world mili-
tarism upon this country,
B. R. Tillman, of South Carlina: I
shall advocate the Chicago platform
without taking out a single word, aud
would add to it strong plauka against
trusts aud imperialism,
James M. Mead, of Tennessee: In
my judgment the national democratic
convention in 1900 should reaffirm
every principle laid down by the Chi-
cago convention in 1896, without any
trimming or equivocation, and, if pos-
sible, in more direct and unequivocal
language.
Peter J. Otey, of Virginia: I think
^ the reaffirmation of the Chicago
platform ls a certainty, and hence the
silverquestion,canbenolessprominent
j n the future than it was in the cam-
p a jg n G f 3896, though the fight against
trusts and imperialism and militarism
wil j b e equally pronounced.
onl / one of the replies of
dem0 ra tic leaders, the repre-
sentaHye for Maine , th e home state of
Bryan’s running b mate in 1898,
* f tllyp >. . h are aI1
unan molls in glving the trust
^ y a prominen c e it has never
tha latform of their own or
any ot b er party
LYNCHERS IN LIMBO.
Qov. Sayers Gives Out Report Con¬
cerning Killing of the Humphreys.
Governor Sayers, of Texas, made
public Sunday the report of the as-
sistant attorney general, Morris, who
went to Athens, Henderson county,
Texas, recently at the governor’s in¬
stance, to investigate the lynching of
the Humphreys brothers at that place.
The report reviews the entire situa¬
tion attendant upon the lynching, and
reports that the united efforts of the
state and county officials have resulted
in the apprehension of twelve persons
charged with being in the mob, and
that the apprehension of all those be¬
lieved to be guilty will follow.
COCKRELL SAYS “NAY.”
Missouri Senator Says “Free Silver”
Wl.l Not Be Sidetracked.
The attention of Senator Cockrell of
Missouri was called Monday morning
j to a report that the democratic mana-
j g ers intended to relegate free silver to
secondary place in their next platform,
“This is all nonsense,” said the Mis-
souri senator. “The free silver plank
! w iH be adopted without modification
j and pushed without stint.”