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AMERICAN GIRL IN LONDON.
I SINGER OF SOUTHERN PLANTA
TION MELODIES BECOMES
FAMOUS IN ENGLAND.
is to Sing Old Negro Songs to King
and Queen. Has Declined Stage
Career, Preferring to Sing the Na­
tive Songs of the Southland.
Another charming American girl
has set the fashionable world of Lon­
don by the ears. She has sung her j
way into their hearts and taught them
the beauty of old plantation melodies
until the English capital is fairly ring­
ing with the sound of her praises.
This fortunate young woman Is
Miss Clara Alexander of Memphis,
Tenn., and as pretty and attractive a
girl as ever crossed the water to Old
England. She is just now anticipat­
ing her appearance before the King
- 1
and Queen of England, and when
IT PA YS TO DRESS IN STYLE.
CHINA'S ARMY OF 40,000.
A NEW EASTER LILY.
Stirring Ad venture of the Hon. Augus­
tus Browne, in Cleveland. Ohio.
Crossing the Bermuda Flower with a
Philippine Species is Successful.
of Cleveland, Calo. As Mr. Browne
stepped off a street car during the
busiest hour of the day and at one of Japanese Training Apparent In Su­
the most crowded localities in Cleve­ bordination and Discipline.—Mauser
land. his well-made trousers caught Rifle« Used, but Cavalry Service is
on the lower step—it seems that some
of the iron work was loose. Simul­ Inferior.
taneously, the conductor started the
Evidence that China is shedding her
car, and the Hon. Augustus Browne skin of conservatism and is preparing
at onoe sat down upon the Belgian to take her place with other Oriental
blocks in a shocking manner. More­ nations, is evidenced by her first regu­
over, the Hon. Augustus kept lar army manoeuvers, just endet| at
right along with the vehicle, towed Shaugtung. A numlier of diplomatic
by the left leg of his expensive trous­ attaches, representing the military of
ers, and presenting a picture of unus­ the principal nations of the .world,
ual distress and consternation. What
made it worse was the fact that the were present as guests of the viceroy,
spectators on the sidewalk were dis­ Yuan Shi Kai, by whom they were
posed to be disrespectful.
Mr. lavishly entertained. To those who
Browne expostulated against the treat­ 1 remember the condition of Chinese
ment he was receiving, though, of troops five years ago this feat of
course, In a perfectly dignified way. raising an army of forty thousand
men to its present efficiency is mar­
velous. There were some unfavorable
criticisms, to be sure; but all gave un­
stinted praise for the complete control
of the troops and their steadiness of
discipline, the latter Hearing compari­
son with that of European veterans.
experiments now going on, the price
of Easter Lilies will be much lower
next year. This will enable persons
who have been obliged to deny them­
selves the luxury of an Easter Lily, to
purchase this beautiful flower with­
out laying themselves open to the
charge of being extravagant. The
high price of this spring flower is
caused through the long growing
season of the bulb before it bursts in­
to bloom. From the time the bulb
of the Bermuda lily is planted until
it is in lull bloom is a period of live
to seven months. Florists usually
plant the bulbs in September in order
that they may be ready tor the com­
ing Easter. They have always been
studying the flower with a hope of
shortening the time of growing, for,
in greenhouses, time and space are at
a premium, and any shortening there­
of represents a decided gain.
The Bureau of Plant Industry of
the Department of Agriculture early
last year took up this problem and
imported from the Philippines a lily
resemblng thle common Easter lily in
size and color, though it bears usually
only one, but at times two flowers to
the plant.
' ' Its chief virtue, • however,
lies in the fact that its growing sea­
son ls but two to thnee months.' This
lily the department has crossed with
the common Easter lily, and the re-
suit has been a hybrid, bearing as
many flowers as the old Bermuda lily,
with no difference in appearance from
this plant, except that the hybrid will
develop in four or five mouths, rep-
FOREIGN ATTACHES WITNESSED
If the expectations of the Depart­
Things went very hard the other RECENT FIELD MANOEUVERS—
ment of Agriculture are realized with
day with the Hon. Augustus Browne,
AMAEED AT RESULTS.
Armed With Modern Equipment.
The scheme of the manoeuvers was
the assumed invasion of CLJei by a
southern force from Shantung, whose
advance was opposed by the northern
army. The infantry were armed with
Mauser magazine rifles, with short
dagger bayonets. Officers carried
sword, revolver and field gluss. The
private’s kit
weighed fifty-four
pounds, knapsacks being of Japanese
pattern. The pioneers carried picks
shovels and saws.
The cavalry were mounted on small,
Mongolian horses, and carried Mauser
carbines, sabres and revolvers. This
is regarded by the military observers
as being the weakest branch of the
army.
There were no tom-toms, no stink­
pots, fire works, gods on poles, or hid­
eous masks, in which the Chinese sol­
dier of the past placed hl» whole re­
liance.
Hand of Japan Discovered.
PUBLIC TIMBER GRABBING.
PRESIDENT’S COMMISSION ANX­
IOUS THAT CONGRESS FIVE
AMERICAN FORESTS.
Second Instalment of Commissions
Heport—Protests Against 640 Acre
Homestead Scheme— Repeal of Lieu
Land Law.
Two pieces of public land legisla­
tion which engaged the attention of
Congress last winter were the 640-
acre, or square-mile homestead l bill,
and the lieu land timber bill,
The former was defeated the latter
was passed, both properly, Under
the 640-acre bill it was sought to in­
crease the 160-acre homestead entry,
covering some twenty million or more
acres of land in South Dakota and
Colorado, to 640 acres, the claims be­
ing that the land was not sufficiently
productive to supiiort a family on IGO
acres, and that 640 acres would be a
proper unit. A similar bill was also
introduced to Include the lands of the
entire state of Montana.
These measures were vigorously
opposed on the ground that 640 acres
were either too much for a farm or
else not large enough for stock graz­
ing exclusively, and also on the
ground that the agricultural capabili­
ties of this, or in fact, any part of
the west are not thoroughly under­
stood and that laud which may to-day
be considered of little use for agricul­
ture, will, under improved methods of
culture and the introduction of
drouth-resisting plants, be found to­
morrow to be entirely suitable for
farming purposes. As a. matter of
hundreds of thousands of acres^r at]
laud embraced within the forest rfl->
serves naturally almost bare of forest i
cover or which had been stripped of
their timber and left worth perhap«<
a dollar an acre, were thus purchaaijft
by corporations and exchanged on an
even basis for the finest government-
timber lands of the northwest. Sev­
eral bills were Introduced to amen^'
this law, but finally, arter much con-
troversj-, the entire act was repealed^,1;
greatly to the dismay of the timber
grabbers, and this mode of robbing.
the government stopped.
A bill was also introdqjed repeall^M
the timber and stone act and proviM
ing for the disposal of timber in th*j
manner recommended Jiy the Publie
Lands Commission, but this bill slu»',
laired and finally died in the Publie
Lauds Committee of the House oC
GIFFORD PINCHOT
U.S '-orestei and Member of the Publlo Land*
Commission.
Representatives, the opinion of th«
majority of the members of that com­
mittee being, apparently, that th«
timber grabbing should be allowed to
continue. The strictures of the Presi­
dent’« Public Lands Commission,
quoted below, on the coils of the law
are a sufficient condemnation of it*
malefldent provisions.
The second Instalment of the Com­
mission’s report follows-
’This wonderful transformation in a
few years, from an unorganized mob
of fanatics to a well equipped, intel­
ligent army of defense, is said to be
due largely to Japanese influences.
One attache remarked that he had no­
ticed at least twenty Japanese officer*
The agricultural possibilities of the re
among the troops. Many of the can
miiliiiug public lands are as yet almost un­
known.
Lauds which a generation or eve«
non are of Japanese type, and the
a decade ago were supposed to be valueless
knapsacks are Japanese in design.
are now producing large crops, either wlt>
The fine hand of Japan is seen at
or without Irrigation.
'I his has bees
every turn.
brought about In part by the Introduction
of new gralus and other plants and new
The artillery consisted of field guns
methods of farming and In part by denser
of various types, and Japanese moun­
population and Improved systems of trans­
tain guns carried on mule back. The
portation. It Is obvious that the first es
guns were served excellently, and this
sential for putting the remaining publta
lands to their best use Is to ascertain what
branch of the army appeared to be
that
best use Is by a preliminary study and
efficient, though there was no signal­
claudication
of them, and to determine
ing apparatus, and no range finders.
their probable future and development by
Each regimental commissarhit in­
agriculture.
Until It can be dellnltely ascertained that
cluded thirty-two wagons, German in
AS THE NEW QUICK FLOWERING HYBRID LILY APPEARS,
given area of the public lauds Is and
pattern, but poorly constructed. The resenting a shortening in time of fact the Department of Agriculture nn.v
In
all probability forever will remain on-
rations consisted of rice, I 1-2 pounds; from one to three months. While the has within the past year, grown mac­ suited
to agricultural development, the ti­
cabbage, 6 ounces; salted vegetables, experiments of the Department are
de to thnt land should remain I the Gen­
6 ounces, and meat 6 ounces, carried not yet completed, the results attain­ aroni wheat to the extreme western eral Government In trust for the future
settler.
in Japanese haversacks.
ed so far warrant tile belief that the boundary of South Dakota in crops For example : The passage of the reel«-
All things considered, the progress new hybrid Easter Lily can be pro- ranging from fifteen to twenty bu­ math
n act (June 17, 1902) made certala
of China in her military organization duced vastly cheaper than the old shels per acre and Colorado’s semi­ the disposition
to actual settlers of large
MISS CLARA ALEXANDER.
appears to be wonderful. With a few variety.
desert lands have, under "dry-farm­ areas of laud which up to that time bad
been
considered
ns valueless. Other are««,
more
years
of
effort,
aided
by
Japa
­
ing” methods, yielded up undreamed which are too high
Indeed but the conductor was inside collect­
this is Accomplished,
and barren to have
ing fares ,and did not hear him. At nese influence, with her inexhaustible
of and highly profitable crops. The notable
value even for grazing, are now
feel that her success is complete.
Starting
In
Early.
Mr. Browne’s suspenders gave natural resources and her multitude of
bills, In question, however, were re­ known to have Importance In 'he future
(A little more than a year ago some last,
One year the gardener told me that ported upon adversely by the Secre­ development of the country through their
with a mighty snap, and their men to draw upon for raw material,
interested friend of Miss Alexander way
to produce forest growth.
The
was left sitting in the street, China will be a formidable enemy and the rose bugs threatened to work d<*- tary of the Interior and the Commis­ rapacity
.naklug of wells will give nn added value
sent her on her journey to London, owner
a powerful ally in the development of structlon among my choice roses. So sioner of the General Land Office to
with
the
car
vanishing
into
the
dis
­
vast
tracts
of
range
lands
for
whlck
armed with letters to prominent mem­ tance, and the trousers flying wildly the East
I hit upon the idea of hiring my two
the water supply Is now scanty. In short,
bers of the social world there. One
youngsters to pick them off and de­ and also by the Public Lands Com­ because of possible development, through
the lower step.
mission,
as
is
shown
by
the
following
of these was to the famous Mrs. John from
irrigation, through the Introduction of new
stroy
them
ten
cents
a
hundred
Naturally, the Hon. Augustus
Texas Sulphur Deposits.
plants and new methods of farming,
Mackay, who became her social spon­ Browne
couldn’t sit there in the mid­ Texas, a State which claimed the at­ bugs. This worked beautifully for a printed report
through forest preservation, and grazing
sor, and practically made the clever dle
control, the remaining public lands have
of the street indefinitely. Already tention of the whole country as a cat­ short time, until suddenly there came
Timber Lieu Lands.
little girl from Tennessee the toast of he had
an Importance hitherto but dimly forseen.
narrowly escaped a garbage tle State, and as a petroleum State, a devastating horde of the pests. Dick
London drawingrooms.
In view of these facts It Is of the Brat
One
of
the
most
detrimental
of
the
grasped
the
“
‘
situation
at
once
and
sal-
and two short-haired ladies on bi­
Importance to save the remaining public
Miss Alexander has never been on cart
will
probably
soon
become
remarkable
lying
forth
land
laws
has
been
what
was
invited
his
friends
to
as
­
known
cycles. So he arose and took a look
domain for actual home builders to the ut­
the stage, but from her old mammy around. Excepting the loss of a pair as a sulphur State. In the trans-Pecos slst. at five cents per hundred, sul>- as the lieu land selection law, which most limit of future possibilities and not
in the south, and a score of servants •of beautifully-creased trousers and a country in El Paso county, north of the contracting, as it were, while he did provided that where rorest reserves . mortgage the future by any dlsirosltloe
who had once been in her family, she largo assortment of abrasions, which Texas Pacific Railroad, geologists com­ the bossing and pocketed the profits. are created by the government set- of the public lands under which name mak­
ing will not keep step with disposal. To
learned the real plantation melodies, would perhaps cause him to take his pute that there are ten million tons of
that end vour Commlastoa recommend*
learned to sing them as only a girl meals at the mantelpiece for a week 40 per cent native sulphur ore avail­
(see n. 12) a method of range control under
who spent her early life in the real or so, Mr. Browne was in pretty fair able and almost in sight. The sulphur
which present resources may be used to th*
full without endangering future settle­
south could sing them. She learned to shape. He wore a very shiny silk hat, area which has been explored and sur­
ment.
imitate the old darky In all his quaint a perfectly-cut frock coat, patent lea­ veyed covers about ten thousand acres
After the agricultural possibilities of ths
characteristics and her triumph was ther shoos, a boutonneire, the finest and the deposit has an average thick­
public lands have been ascertained wltk
reasonable
certainty, provision should b*
declared complete when she moved a garters in the market, and a suit of ness of nine and one-half feet. It has
made for dividing them into areas snffk
fashionable audience to tears by her union underwear fit for the most limp­ been recently reported that this sul­
clently large to support a family, and n*
touching recital of a little negro poem. id and illustrious legs in any land. It phur field has been bought by Illinois
larger, and to pertnl- settlement on suer
undoubtedly a sad thing to lie di­ capitalists, who have associated with
areas. It Is obvious that any attempt t*
W. S. Gilbert, author of “Pinafore,” is
accomplish this end wl.aout a careful clad-
vested
of
one
’
s
trousers
in
broad
day
­
them
In
the
enterprise
a
number
of
advised her strongly to go in for
slfleation of the public lands nr ,t noceo
but it was ventured, by an eye­ European capitalists. At present no
sarlly fall. Attempts of ‘hit cind are be­
emotional acting, and Lady Bancroft, light,
witness. that there ought to be a railroad is near the deposits, the near­
ing made from time to time, and legists-
•ne of the shining lights of the Lon­ whole
lot in a silk hat. frock coat, est station being Toyah, twenty miles
tlon of this character Is now pending^
don social world, and herself a talent­ boutonniere,
modeled
on the Nebraska «40 acre home
patent
leather
shoes,
and
ed actress, offered to coach the young Improved garters. The frock coat must to the northwest. The Intervening
stead law, which was passed as an expert-
moot to meet a certain restricted local con-
American girl In the role of Juliet If have concealed any ravages caused by country presents no obstacles in the
dittos. This act (S3 Stat., 547) permit*
way of railroad construction, the
Bbe would study for the stage.
the gentleman's rapid transit over the grades
the entry of «40 acre homesteads In the
being low.
sand hill region of that State. Whether la
Lady Ludlow recently lent her Belgian blocks in a sitting posture,
It Is calculated that the United States
practice the operation of this law will re­
splendid mnnslon in Portland Place and otherwise.
annually
consumes
500,000
tons
of
sul
­
sult In putting any considerable number of
for a recital by this talented American
On the whole it is a question in
settlers on the land Is not yet determined.
Much of the sulphur used In
girl for which the social world of Cleveland whether Mr. Browne should phur.
Your commission Is of opinion, after care-
the United States is imported from
fid consideration, that general provision*
London cheerfully paid $5 a ticket. attempt to collect excessive damages Italy,
the
tonnage
brought
in
from
that
o
fthls kind should not tie extended uatl.
Her services are constantly in demand from Hon. Thomas Johnson, the inno­ country varying from 100,000 to 250,000
after thorough study of the public land*
«md with Mrs. Mackay and other in­ cent owner of the car line.
tons
a
year.
The
American
State
which
(Continued on next pake.)
fluential women to sand sponsor for
leads in the production of sulphur is
her, this little girl from Tennessee is
Louisiana,
but
a
vast
amount
of
sul
­
Japan's Grand Old Man,
adding fresh laurels to her crown.
phur is obtained from the pyrites
And now she Is to appear before the
mines in Louisa county, Virginia. It Deforested Lan
Marquis
Ito,
who
was
recently
King and Queen! The "command”
Is said that the visible supply of sul­ tn Minnesota»
which has been sent to Miss Alex­ stoned by a Japanese mob, is of com­ phur is sufficient for the requirements
ander is the same as that which goes paratively humble birth. His father, of trade for the next twenty years.
to every artist whom King Edward Juzo Ito. was a rustic gardener. Mar­ The sulphur trade of the world is prac­
and Queen Alexandra wish to hear. quis Ito first went to Europe, stow­ tically monopolized by the Anglo-Sicil­ Timber Scene a
If 80,
It is in reality an invitation, but is ing himself away in a bale of silk on ian Sulphur Company, Limited, of Lon- Gove rnmen
Lande in Orerò,
called a "command” for the reason board a ship bound for Liverpool. He
We Want to Send You
that an invitation from the King or was concealed in this bale for 36
An Enfeebled Giant.
Queen brooks no declination and is hours, until he was discovered by one
of the ship’s officers. The reason for
It looks as If Europe hart another
therefore. In a sense, obligatory.
Miss Alexander breathes the life of his leaving Japan was that he desired "sick man” on its hands, the mighty
DO
to
escape
the
vengeance
of
the
Con
­
Empire
of Russia, although It may
the south in all her work and
Wo believe we have the very beat and the
chesrest line of Acetylene Burners. Our -ample
amount of persuasion will induce her servative party of that country, which not be Incurable as Is the case with
will
Stow better than we can ext lain here whv
or
chronic
as
is
the
case
with
to give It up for a stage career. She resented his more advanced views and Turkey,
1 iirkey,
That night I had a bill Of S3 from tiers or private corporation» owning It woiildnay
you to use our burners.
is taking into London drawing rooms attempts to adopt Western manners Spain. Nations, like men. go down In pom tired Arthur, and nearly
1 lands within such boundaries might
Write n* fo-day mention kind of Gone-
rator lifted, pnclofui H cents in at am pa to cover
and even into the presence of His and customs in Japan He is now the march of time. Russia is too fiom mv enterprising and business
Majesty. King Edward VII an atmos­ said to be the most Western Japanese yotmg, perhaps, to go to pieces like like younger hopeful.
So I reduced select In lieu thereof any public land jioatagD, and we will H*nd you
phere of love, freedom and the pretty in the Occident, and spends probably Turkey, which in the days of the. wages to ten cents per thousand. not reserved, and this right was trans­
A Bample Horner
instincts which make of the southern five hours a day reading European English Tudors was the first military whereupon they promptly struck. The ferable. The result was that parties
sold
their
lieu
land
rights
and
these
newspapers
and
magazines.
Yet,
with
power of earth, and too virile to go as next day I found them hard at work
girl another type of the American
beauty which is eYer a puzzle and yet all, he is said to be the poorest Prime Spain did, which at the time of picking rosebugs for a confiding were purchased by giant timber syn­
Minister
in
this
world
’
s
goods,
either
Charles V was the world'« foremoat i neighbor, at the original price, while dicate» and lumber corporations for
a veritable joy to our English friend«
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military power.
my buabea were left to their’fate.
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•cross the water.
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