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YOUNG DIPLOMATS.
CHILDREN OF AMBASSADORS AND
AIHIISTERS AT THE NATION'S
i CAPITAL.
They Constitute Quite a Foreign Col
ony. Representative Typea From
the Courts and Governments of all
Nations.
The city of Washington has among
Its inhabitants a colony of foreign
children who bring to our Republic,
the manners and customs of many
far-off lands. They are the sons and
daughters of the offlcials known as
diplomats men sent by the various
governments of the world to act as
their agents at the headquarters of
uncle bam. Quite a number of these
children of foreign parents have been
born la this country and a few years
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CHILDREN OP MINISTER FROM PARAGUAY,
ago a Chinese baby opened Its eves In
our -capital city on the Fourth of July,
and was named Washington.
Another youngster who is a native
of the United States Is the little son of
benor Quesada, the Minister or Envoy
from the Republic of Cuba. Senor
Quesada and his wife have two chil
dren, both strikingly handsome with
.arge dark eyes and the olive complex
ion of the Latin-American. Their cous-
in, a young girl whose home Is In the
city of Havana Cuba, spends her va
cations with them and they never fail
to give a great chlldrens' party In her
honor every time bhe visits Washing-
ion.
From the Antipodes.
An exceedingly pretty little girl is
Frau Matilda Bussche, the daughter
of. that blonde giant Baron Bussche,
Secretary of the German Embassy and
his dark-complexioned South Ameri
can wife whom he married while sta
tioned In the Argentine Republic at
tne other end of our continent Little
Miss Bussche has a striking comblna-
tion of dark eyes and flaxen hair and
despite her tender years she speaks
.iwo different languages,
Other South American children In
this odd community in Washington,
:are the two sons of Senor Baez, the
.Minister from tne little known Re
public of Paraguay. The new Mexican
Ambassador and Senora Casasus have
seven children; Hector, aged eighteen;
Evangelina, fifteen; Horacio, fourteen;
Margarata, thirteen; Mano, eleven;
Leon, nine and Jorge, seven. At the
home of the Envoy from Costa Rica
there are half a dozen children; the
Minister from Haiti has two dark-com-
plexioned sons; there are several
young people in the household of the
first Minister from the new Republic
of Panama; and five attractive young
sters enliven things at the residence
of the new Ambassador from Brazil
the first Ambassador (a diplomat of
higher rank than a Minister) to come
to the Unted States from any South
American country. These young people
from Brazil, speak the Portuguese
language whereas the junior citizens
from all other Pan-American countries
speak Spanish.
Chinese Children.
Conspicuous among the juveniles of
all nations gathered in Washington
. are those from China. The present
Minister from the Celestial Empire, Sir
Chentung Liang-Cheng is a widower
Who has a large family but only three
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CHILDREN OF CUBAN MINISTER.
of them accompanied him to this
country a daughter aged about seven
teen who Is famous In Washington for
ber superb Jewels and two sons one
of whom Is not yet twelve years of
age while the other Is still younger,
la the same household are four half-
-American children, the little sons and
daughters of Yung Kwal, a Chinaman
who acts as Interpreter at the Legation
whose wife is an American formerly
living In Springfield, Mass.
Tbe daughter of the Minister is
known even to her intimate friends
as Miss Liang. Like other Celestial
women of high station she has a given
name but the Chinese are a very lor
mal people and the Minister's daughter
Is seldom addressed by her first
name even by her father. Minister
Liang's two sons who now speak Eng
lish almost as fluently as their father
adopted American dress from the day
tney took up their residence in Wash
ington but the daughter of the Envoy
still clings to her native dress con
sisting of loose blouse and trousers.
Chinese fashions have not changed
in centuries but Miss Liang's costumes
are made by a Chinese tailor connect
ed with the Legation. Her costumes
are of the richest silks and satins.
black and white being her favorite
colors. The quaint Chinese shoes that
she wears cause this young lady to
walk in what appears to American
eyes, 'a rather awkward fashion but
she has not the small, deformed feet
such as have prevented some of her
predecessors at the Chinese Legation
from walking without assistance.
GULF STREAM SWIMMERS.
TUEY ENCOUNTER MANY UN
KNOWN AND SINGULAR DENI--v
ZENS OF THE DEEP.
Young Chilean Ladles.
Two young people who have made
many American friends during a long
term of residence in the united States
are the daughters of Senor Don Joa
quin WalkerO.Iartinez. the Minister
from Chill. These young ladies have
been living under the Stars and
Stripes for nearly five years and have
attended American schools. They
have the clear olive complexion, dark
hair and eyes and rich coloring typi
cal of the Latin- Races.
As has been mentioned above there
are many young people In the house
holds of the envoys from South anJ
Central America and the West Indies.
At the Legation of Haiti, are tho
Misses Bourke, popular young rela
tives of Minister Leger, who by the
way Is one of the veteran diplomaU
at Washington, having resided in this
country continuously, for ten years.
Starling: experience of a Moonlight
swim in the Great Ocean Current
Accomplished by Shark Scared Big
rlsh Away.
The wharf rats of New York and
other large cities who seem willing
to brave the wrath of the officers of
the law are but the making of many
of the most fearless swimmers of the
world. A commercial traveler who
journeys, not only all over the- pre
cincts of the .United States, but in
foreign lands as well, in speaking of
his happy' boyhood days when he as
sociated with the daring swimming
population of the Metropolis, said that.
however pleasant and enjoyable his
youthful excursions, they were notto
compare with a swim in the Gulf
Steam the Gulf Steam, teeming with
life, .that only one whose nerves are
in absolute consonance with the
ocean can escape. Wrigglng and dart
ing things grip unseen at -the swim
mer's breast and arms. Silvery flashes
before his face tell of fish turning
their glittering sides sharply as they
leap away at his approach. Big and
little, rising out of enormous depths
to sink again half seen, all conspire
to make that sunlight splendor a place
of sudden terrors to any except the
fearless.
Moonlight Swim in the Tropics.
"One evening," said the man of
commerce, "after I had been in Ja
maica, having a week of the joys of
swimming this stream, I proposed to
a couple of my friends that we break
the monotony by taking a dip in the
water by moonlight. One of them con
sented, and we were soon disporting
ourselves in the clear moonlit water.
"We were going along easily and en
joying the swim immensely. Rarely
have I seen the water so phosphor
escent. Every stroke made fire whirl
light swim here again after that, eh?"
said one of his hearers.
"Oh, we were kind of scared, all
right," was the reply, "but it wasn't
that bad. Only I will confess that we
sat around for nearly an hour getting
our nerves straightened out before we
swam back.
RESOURCES OF THE SOUTH.
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MISS MATILDA BUSSCHE.
Daughter of Secretary of German Embassy.
The agent of the Republic of Bolivia at
Uncle Sams seat of Government has
a very pretty daughter, Elena Calderon
by name, and there are several girls
In the large family of Senor Calvo, tke
Minister from Costa Rica.
Son A West Pointer.
Minister Calvo, by the way haa a
son who is a cadet at West Point and
is rendering a most excellent account
of himself, standing well toward the
head in all his classes.
The new Russian Ambassador to the
United States has a decidedly pretty
daughter. Baroness Elizabeth Rosen
and the only daughter of the British
Ambassador constitutes another im
portant member of the foreign colony.
The last-mentioned young lady, Miss
Josephine Durand, is one of the partic
ular chums of President Roosevelt s
eldest daughter, just married. The
Turkish Minister Chekib Bey has two
young sons who wear American
dress and speak the English language.
A Lapland Birthday Present.
As soon as a Lapp baby Is bora a
reindeer is presented to him. This
reindeer Is literally his start In life,
for not only that deer, but all Its
young, and as they grow up, all their
young deer, belong to the child. When
he is of age he has quite & herd of
his own.
This custom is of much greater um
to biin than If every aunt uncle and
cousin he had In the world prwenUd
him with tb heaviest sUrvr spooa
to be found.
around us, and once, when I looked
over at myscompanlon, who was swim
ming abreast of me probably a hun
dred feet away, he seemed to be ab
solutely immersed in sparkling flame.
But that same moment I became aware
of a third area of swiftly moving phos
phorescence between us; and the next
Instant I realized that it was made
by a big shark, a good three feet
longer than I am.
Shark Was Carney.
"I splashed hard, but the shark,
contrary to the habits of his kind,
did not turn tall. He kept right on,
and then my companion Baw him and
became nervous. He began to swim
unevenly, and I knew at once that he
might not keep his head If the big
fish should really try to annoy him,
So I struck straight across at right
angles.
"Just as I got half way over, the
shark put on speed and forged head
down on me. For a moment, as I
saw that green, submarine streak of
fire, with the glistening dorsal fin
sticking -up higher than my head, com
ing straight for me like a shot, I was
nearly panic stricken myself. But I
turned directly at him pounding and
lashing the sea with bands and feet
and blowing the water to make a bel
lowing noise. The man-eater sank be
neath the surface, and I could see his
faintly illuminated outline going down,
down, slowly, till it glimmered fath
om deep. Then I got my hand undar
my oompaaloa's anaplt sad belped
aim along."
1 guest yon doat evsr want a moon.
GREAT CULEBRA CUT.
Biggest Piece of Digging Ever Under
taken-A Huge Mexican Drainage
Cut.
The huge excavations fop the Pana
ma Canal across the Culebra divide
will be by far the greatest furrow in
the CiVtth's surface ever made by
human agency. This statement is made
by the Engineering News, in a com-
prenensive discussion "of : the great
excavation projects of the world. The
big Panama cut is so large that the
mind falls to grasp its real magnitude,
and it can only be appreciated by
comparison with some familiar object. 1
a question or considerable interest re
cenuy raisea ny a correspondent re
lates to the largest existing artificial
excavation which is at all comparable
witn the Culebra cut Great amounts
of excavation were done, of course,
on sucn worns as tne Nortn Sea Canal,
the Manchester Canal and tLe Suez
Canal; but all these were built through
comparatively level country.
So far as It has been able to dls
cover, the only deep cut at all com
parable with that to be made through
the Cuelbra divide is the great Nochl-
stongo cut through the hills which
surround the Valley of Mexico. This
huge excavation was begun in 1640,
for the purpose of affording an outlet
to the flood waters which had Inun
dated the City of Mexico and destroyed
a great part of the city and its in
habitants. For more than a hundred
and forty years labor on this great
work was the chief task of the Mex
ican nation, and it was not until the
year 17S9 that It was finally completed.
The total length of the Nochlstongo
cut is twelve and one-half miles. Its
rreatest depth is 197 feet, and its great
est width is 361 feet The total amount
of material excavated was about 64,-
000,000 cubic yards. In comparison
with this the cut at Culebra will have
a considerably greater maximum
depth and width, even for the project
with the elghty-flve-foot summit level
The total oube of excavation at the
Culebra divide was estimated by En
gineer Wallace as 186,000,000 cubic
yards for the sea-level canal and 111.-
000,000 cubic yards for a canal with
a sixty-foot summit level.
While in mere size of excavation
the cut through the Panama divide is
by far the larger, the fact that the
Nochlstongo cut was made with abso
lutely no aid from machinery or me
chanical power, but wholly with hu
man muscle, makes our task on the
isthmus seem like mere child's play
In comparison with that accomplished
by those patient toilers under the tor
rid sun of Mexico two centuries ago.
When one recalls that this deep, arti
ficial valley, more than twelve miles
long, was all dug by the labor of In
dians, who excavated the material
with the crudest hand tools and car
ried it in baskets on their heads to the
place of final deposit the great cut of
Nochlstongo is entitled to rank, with
the Pyramids of Egypt among the
world s greatest wonders.
THEY ARE MAGNIFICENT i BUT
DEVELOPMENT UAS ONLY
JUST COMMENCED.
No Section of the United States
Offers Productive Land So LheaD.
Opportunues far Many Millions of
Kural Homes.
By WILLIAM . SMVTHE.
It is a comfort to us to look forward
to the day when our children and our
grandchildren will be fulltledged citi
zens of the Republic? Will they have
the same chance or an equally good
cnance witn us, or the chances that
our fathers an'l our grandfathers had
to enjoy the blessings of our free in
stitutious? Will they have the chance
that we have to make or secure, each,
a aome 01 nis own:
It has been said that the true test of
statesmanship s the provision which Is
made for the comfort of posterity. The'
present population of the United States
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What Governs Price of Dogs.
The price paid for a dog seems to be
governed not so much by the value of
me animal as the sentiment of the pur
chaser in the vast majority of cases,
md. as a rule, the snorting doe brines
the lowest figure. Doubtless this is
-ue to ue fact that the man who wants
x gun dog is a practical person, while
the seeker after the "show dog" pays
.or running the "show." It Is granted
ight here that many a good gun dog
r.lso shows well; but the highest prices
go for the show animal, pure and sim
ple.
At a recent sale of pointers and set
ters at Birmingham, England, one of
the most Important sales in years, the
entire lot two score or more sold foi
$3,025. The highest price paid was
$325, for the famous ifemale pointer,
Coronation (four and a half years) the
winner of many championships; while
among the setters the choice was
Ightfleld Bang (four and a half years'),
a great field trial winner, who brought
only $185. American purchasers
would have thought these dogs cheap
at $1,000 apiece.
In contrast with these prices, the
bull terrier Woodcote Wonder sold in
New Haven for $5,000 to a San Fran
cisco purchaser. Richard Croker, Jr.,
paid $3,000 for his Champion Rodney
Stone, and Frank Gould paid as high
as $5,000 for a St Bernard. These are
real prices unlike many of the
amounts running up Into the thousands
tagged on to bench space, of not a few
30-cent dogs, exhibited at some of the
kennel shows, where it Is believed nec
essary to have something attractive.
WILLIAM E. SMYTHE.
Is 80,000,000. A generation more, at
uie present rate or mci-ease, and it
will be 120,000,000 or 130,000,000. A
century hence, it will be 500.000.000
The children of some of us, anyway
our grandchildren, will live to see that
date. Will the United States then be
able to sustain such a population? No
nor half that number, even with even
arable acre cultivated according tol
present metnods. It Is estimated that
with every such acre cultivated after
the present manner, the country could
produce only enough to sustain 144,
000,000 people. What about the re
malnlng 356,000,000 souls of which our
children or grandchildren will be a
part?
Do we ever stop to think that the
matter for organizing rural settlement
throughout the United States ol
"Building the' Unfinished Republic," i
you please Is not merely a matter of
increasing material prosperity, or evei
a matter of making homes for tbt
homeless, but something which Is a1)
solutely vital to the very existence of
the Nation In times to come, and to
come veTy shortly?
Somebody must look ahead; some
body must take account of the needf
of the future. This Is a portentou"
question which the future must an
swer, and which the future slmpl?
cannot answer unless the present gene
ration begins to organize Its forces for
Uie systematic and scientific develop
ment of our entire fund of natural
wealth ,nor even then unless methodi
are devised to prevent waste and t
Increase efficiency In every direction
The Prophecy of Malthus.
A century ago, one Malthus, startei
the world by depiotinr the horron
which would some day come fro x
over-population. His theory was thu
the number of human beings increased
much faster thuu the means o(
subsistence; hence, that dlsastei
must come in the natural course ol
events. It wasjiot given him to foresee
how vastly the means of subsistence
would be Increased through the inven
tion of labor-saving machinery, the dls
covery of new crops and methods ol
cultivation, and the improvement ol
the means of distribution.
So that many of the present-time
writers, having in mind thn advance
of science speak in no little deroga-
uqn oi me teaching of Malthus aa
narrow and grounded UDon iennrnnfo
of the vast, ever-unfolding resources
of the world. Nevertheless Malthus's
warnings were not entirely unjustified.
and a8 applied to ourselves it must be
conceded that the thoughtful people of
the United States have no more urgent
business than to make broad outlets
for surplus population upon the soli
ana to train the rising generation so
that it will know how to make the
best possible use of natural resources
now wastefully employed or altogether
neglected. Necessity, the prolific
mother of invention, will doubtless
continue to place In our hands new
tools which will multiply our power of
production; '-"t. If we would escape
grave trials and hardships we must do
thoroughly and well the work which
needs to be done in organizing pros
perity for our people by means of
rural settlement.
The rural settlement, and all that
this term Involves In its broadpst b -plication
the division of land into
smaller farm homes, sufficient for the
support of a family from the soil, the
diversification of crops, and their ut
most cultivation and the Improvement
and breeding up of plants so that they
will yield their greatest product, tho
utilization of every waste and unpro
ductive acre in short, the settling of
the entire country into Bmall rural
homes, so that each family shall own
a piece of land from which, he may
secure a living for himself and his
family this is the work than which
there is no more important question
before the country to-day.
The Empire of the South.
Now all this is merely introductory
to a discussion of the opportunities for
domestic expansion in various parts of
our great country, and of the need of
private and public enterprise in mak
ing these opportunities available for
the masses of men. First of all, let ns
look at that great empire which lies
between Mason and Dixon's line and
the Gulf of Mexico, and, for the most
part, east of the Mississippi River.
A native of New England and a
citizen of the Pacific Coast, I never
fully grasped the truth about the
South until through travel, I saw and
came to know things as they are. I
once thought of the South as an old
country, vastly interesting because of
Its historic associations, running back
to the earliest English settlements on
this continent, but practically deve
loped to the limit of its normal'
growth and possessing resources in
ferior to some other portions of the
Union, especially to those of the Far
West.
The truth is something very differ
ent. In an economic sense, the South
is a new country, with Immense re-
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Highest Salaried Woman.
Miss Kate Holllday Claghorn, of
Brooklyn, has been appointed to be
registrar of the tenement house depart
ment of the city and is the highest paid
woman in the civil service of New York
State, ber salary being $3,000 a year.
At a competitive examination, the
only other person to pass was George
Hale, a veteran In the department,
whose average was a little lets than
that made by bis successful rival
Miss Claghorn In a run prnttv voun?
woman ot modqst and Eaassuaing
manner.
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