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han errr SS See paren 8 Passed Away Peacetally Surrounded the castle in the vicinity of Hirsch- gruppe.” Suffered Terrible Agony. According to an unofficial account the death agony was prolonged. The prince died without taking leave of the family. Tor fully an hour he suffered terrible difficulty in breathing, and bis greans were fearful to hear during tbe death struggle. He had been placed in a sitting position and propped up with cushions in order to relieve the frightful spasms in breathing. His powerful constitution feught to the s) The family, gathered in an ad- g room, were plonged into the very anguish of grief by the moans from the death chamber. During the of dying the prince repeatedly sed his hands to his eyes. His ap- pearance in death is said to recall strikingly that of the first Emperor William, the smallness of skull as com- pared with a large body being remark- able. The stro contrasted, small, pale features, greatly emaciated, sug- gested long ard severe suffering. though the expression was calm. Count Hubert Bismarck refuses to al- iew anybody to visit the death chan ber until Emperor William has seen the dead statesman. Emperor Deeply Affected. DEATH CLAIMS - BISMARCK co THE CORNER STONE IS LAID IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES AT THE NEW CAPITOL AT ST. PAUL. IRCN CHANCELLOR sUCCUMBS THE GRIM REAPER. Memorable Day in the Annals of the by His Family and His Faithful State—Immense Throng Takes Physician, Dr. Schweninger — + Part in the Exercises Connected Death Came as a Surprise to All With the Important Event of the Day—Civic ang Military Bodies Europe—Culmination of Chronic Disease, Neuralgia of the Face Make Up an Imposing Parade— and Inflammation of the Veins — Senator Davis Delivers a Master- Recent Apparent Improvements ly Oration—Ex-Governor Ramsey in the Prince's Condition Had Performs the Ceremony of Plac- Given the Impression That the ing the Stone in Position. ( End Was a Long Way 02. St. Paul, July 29.—With petitions to the Almighty for his favor and coun- tenance, with ceremonies as solemn Perlin, Aug. 2. — Prince Bismarck died shortly before 11 o'clock Saturday night. He passed peacefully. | Bergen, Aug. 1. — The news of the | 22d imposing as human agencies could The death of the ex-chaneellor came | alarming change in ‘the condition of | Make them, in the presence of a great as a surprise to all Europe. Bismarck reached Emperor Seat Le, of citizens and of military the fan deni there was an un-| Wiliam late Saturday evening. When | 82d civic bodies, including the newly diss hy r the emperor w informed of the | Tecruited Fifteenth regiment of volun- irrent of apprehensicn when the g of the prince was first. an- nounced, inspired more by what the left unsaid than by any infor- on given, But when the daily bulletins chronicled improvements in the prince’s condition. detailed his ex- tensive bills of fare and told of his de- votion to his pipe, the public accepted Dr. Schweninger’s assertion when he 1 there was no reason why Bis- teers from Camp Ramsey, the corner stone of the new state capitol was laid at St. Paul yesterday afternoon. Above its final resting place the huge block of polished granite swung in the grasp of a pair of exaggerated iron pinchers. At the close of the musical selection which followed the eloquent address of Senator Cushman K. Davis, every eye in the assembly unconsciously sought the point where the stone was suspended. Gov. Clough stepped to the front of the gaily dec- orated platform in the silence which fell on the throng of spectators. He said: “We will now proceed to place the corner stone of the new capitol upon the foundation prepared for it. In this box, made of copper, we have placed various articles and memorials indicative of our progress in art, liter- prince’s death early Sunday morning he was deeply affected and ordered his yacht to return immediately. The yacht with the emperor on board will reach Kiel this evening. The flag on yacht is flying at half-mast. Will Not Affect European Politics. Paris, Aug. 1. — The French papers express the belief that the death of Prince Bisma will have no influ- ence upon European politics as the de- ceased retired from public life eight years ago. sinki COL, SHANDREW ILL. Commander of the Fifteenth Minne- sota Is a Very Sick Man. St. Paul, Aug. 2—Col. Shandrew, of the Fifteenth Minnesota, was. obliged to leave his command Firday after- nocn a very sick man. He topk cold Thursday afternoon which seemed to settle in his face and throat, and he almost completely lost control of his vocal organs. He was given every at- tention by the regimental surgeons, but rapidly grew worse and was re- moved to his home. Surgeons say the ailment has many of the symptoms of cerebro apoplexy. Sunday a marked improvement in the colonel’s condition was noted, he practically regaining the power of speech, and it is now thought that with close attention and careful » he will pull through all right. Prince Bismarck. k should not reach the age of ninety v The reperis were deemed to be a repetition of the alarm that Prince Bismarck was in extremis, h had been often repeated in the It appears that the ex-chancel- not precipitated by s rather BRING HOME THE SICK, Preparations for Their Reception Being Rapidly Pushed. Washington, Aug. —Secretary Al- tastening preparations at Mon- Point for the reception of the army corps, now at Santiago. past lor’s death w sudden complications, but v the culmination of chronic disease — ve of the Ince ond Indammation geon General Sternberg has just AS the veins—which kept him in con- hed “Gol -Foetaede ot Big Hie ZB a stant pain that was borne with the} you, to the site of the camp with in- b, NGAI iron fortitude which might have bee2] crouctions to erect at once a hosnital = expected, capable of accommodating not less ty Unexbected by German Pape than 500 soldier Gen, Shafter has i al to the As- at the news of Prince Bisma ached Ber. lin at a late hour and w culy nerally known Sunday morning. A number of papers, among them the Post, Vorwerts and Deutsche Zeitung, iin the news of the death. ung only had a brief sued a Sunday afternoon. r prints the fullest vecial correspondent yndon, Aug. sociated Pr been noti in sto: by a cablegram to rs of the good fortune » for them in order that the men may be cheered up to wait with pa- tience for their remoy: This cannot be effected immediately owing to the condition of the men themselves, GREETING THE TEXAS. Big Batileship Receives a Tremen- dous Ovation at New York. New York, Aug. 2.—Fresh from the ecast of Cuba, battle-stained, scarred and punished in spots, with her Maxim The Lokal Anz; details from its s at Frederichsruhe, but the other pers, misled by Dr. Schweninger’s : The parade started shortly after 2 o’clock, having the scene of the cere- monies for its terminus. A portion of !the contents of the box placed within the corner stone was selected by ex- Gov. Ramsey. Among the books were a Bible, reports of state officials, legis- lative manuals, historical publications, photographs and engravings of Minne- sota scenes, an American flag, the original draft of the capitol bill, por- traits of Alexander Ramsey and Hen- ry Sibley, copper plates of the state seal and other designs and drawings, copies of the daily papers and papers relating to the corner stone laying. Two bronze plates were also deposited on the box, one bearing an epitome of memorable historical events within Minnesota, beginning with the cession graved with a statement that the cor- ner stone had been duly laid, and nam- ing some of the participants. The Parade. Tke most spectacular and stately fea- ture of the corner-stone celebration was the parade of military, veteran, civic, secret and labor organizations. Early settlers, who bore the brunt of making a way in the wilderness, the remnant of Indians who once owned all this territory, veterans of the prim- itive struggles with the aborigines, honored survivors of the army and navy of the Civil war, state, county and city officials, department officers of the federal army, uniformed members of social organizations, sturdy trades union bodies and the St. Paul fire de- state’s history and illustrated its finest resources, its wealth of men, its achievements in war and civilization. Under Chief Marshal McCardy the line formed, and at 2:1 the platoon of mounted police, under Lieut. Budy swung from Rice Park into Fifth street. Then followed the long line of marching men, which took fifty-five minutes to pass. The last third of the | line was taken up by the city fire de- partment, which neer ymade a better appearance. The march was made without mis- hap and with few untoward incidents. The crowds were admirably handled by the police department. a by Virginia in 1784, and the other en- | partment made a panorama of the} All day along the line the sidewalks * naan sey, who had come to Minnesota just for- ty-nine years and two months ago, should lay the corner stone of the capitol of the state, the corner stone where political foundations were also laid by him. ‘“‘Mem- ory spans with its triumphal arch the breadth of half a century. Upon every year of that arch is built his acts as gov- ernor, senator, secretary of war, diplomat- ic negotiator and citizen, are ineffaceably j traced. It is only the ideal and the spirit- ual that is eternal. Other peoples must decipher the record of ruins, but we have with us the men who laid the foundations | of the state. The capitol would embody in marble and granite this modern concep- tion of a free and independent state. It does this both in general form and in de- | tails. The building would be the great po- { litical sensorium of the state. The signifi- cance of the word capitel was considered at length and illuminated with much learn- ig. More and more both it and the build- ing it stood for han become iientifien with ing it stood for had become identified with sitn was therefore a fitting one for con- templation of the part Minnesota, as a component of the United States, is des- tined to play “in the swelling act of the most important theme of all the ages.” It was to be noted that the hundred years new drawing to a close have been the mcst eventful and productive of any epoch. The civilization of Europe and the United States have been on unconscious process of preparation for destinies hereto- fore unpreceived. A great secular change is now taking place throughout the world. Ancient international balances have be- come unpoised. It was a mystery why China had so long been spared from the fate of India and America. But at last it has yielded to the encroachments of Europe without resist- ance, and is about to become as subject to it as were Peru and Mexico. In Europe i nations have rearranged themselves en race lines. The Teutonic, the Slavonic and the Latin races present themselves nationally. Until recently the Anglo-Sax- on races had divided themselves into two political divisions, but they are beginning to Le drawn toward each other. The gen- eral movement of the Europeans in Africa has been towards the Orient. Another sig- nificant eastward movement is the fact that the center of the manufacturing in- dustry in Europe is moving eastward. Within the last thirty years Germany has become a great manufacturing nation, and has established herself in the East; Rus- sia continues her movenent toward the East, begun in the time of Peter the Great. After pointing out that the United States could not hold aloof from the movement towards the East, the senator said: What action by the United States do its peace and safety require to insure to it the rightful and most advantageous re- ——$ AEF VOWRURP WY we 8 Sam the far s statement reg prince’s condition, made no provision to obtain news of his death. A ma- jor of the provincial papers did not contain the news.. The Hamburger guns gl ing in the sunlight and her ottice and crew laughing and cheer- ing like school boys en a holiday trip, the battleship Te Capt. J. W. Phil- ips in command, steamed slowly up ature and agriculture, a list of which will be read by Nathaniel P. Lang- ford.” The list was read by Mr. Langford. Gov. Clough resumed: “I Correspondent and the Nachrichten | the lower bay from Santiago on her yill request the commissioners to place appeared with mourning borders and | way to the Brooklyn na ard. Salu- this box in the cavity prepared in the publish long obituary notices. The] tations of welcome came from all The corner stone for its reception.” casket, gleaming in its rich tints, was laid away In the Rocky Sepulcher. When their burden had been deposited in the heart of the stone Gov. Clough again stepped forward and spoke in his capacity as representative of the commonwealth. He said: latter gives the fullest details of the last days and death of Bismarck. It says: “On Tuesday evening an improve- ment set in in the prince’s condition, in which repeated changes for the worse had occurred since October last, and he was able to appear at the table and take part in the conversation, drinking champagne, and afterward smok1 everal pipes, which he had not de lately. His condition wa > satisfactory that Dr. Schweninger, af- ter the prince had gone to bed, left with the intention of returning on Saturday. His condition Was Comparatively Satisfactory throughout Friday and Saturday morning. He read the Nachrichten and nversed on politics, particularly re- ferring to Russian affai In the forenoon he took luncheon, grumbling ocularly at the small proportion of spirits in his drinking water. Then a sudden change for the worse occurred in consequence of an acute attack of pulmonary oedema, and in the course of the afternoon he frequently became unconscious. On Saturday evening grave ymptoms appeared. Death came and painlessly. The last words Prince Bismarck uttered were addressed to his daughter, Counte: yon Rantzau, who wiped the prespira tion from his forehead. They were “Thanks, my child.’ The whole family were assembled at the bedside at the time of his death and Dr. Schwenin- ger, Dr. Crysanther and Baron and Countess Merck were also present, Dr. Sehnweninger telegraphed the news to Emperor William in Norway. In ac- ¢ordance with Prince Bismarck’s wish jie will be buried upon the hill opposite sides. Every vessel that boasted a steam whistle let it fly for all it was worth, and the man in charge of the steam siren on the Texas worked like 2 beaver replying to the hearty re- ception. THEIR CRIME. CON The Murderers of the Marquis De Mores Been Found. London, Au; Advices have been received here from Tunis to the effeet that three natives have been arrested in connection with the marder of Marquis de Mores. who was reported on June 17, 196, to have been assas- siuated south of Tripoli. The advices add that the prisoners have confessed to the murder of the marquis, The marquis left Floutia, a Tripolitan vil- lage, on June 8 for Grandamas, with eight companiens and an escort of Touraigs and Sohambas. He was at- tacked by the Tourag escort, who shot him and left him lying in the road. R MISSISSIPPI. duction of our own state, designed by our architect, and shaped by the skill of our workmen. It gives me great pleasure to now call upon our honored fellow citizen, Alexander Ramsey, the first territorial governor of Minnesota, a man who has resided among us and watched with pride the wonderful growth of this—first territory and then state—since 1849, to lay this corner stone.” At this point Judge Charles E. Flan- drau stepped to Gov. Ramsey’s side and presented him with a glistening trowel with which to lay the stone. The governor bowed his thanks. Then, as the band struck up,-Gov. Ramsey leaned forward, and, with a_ steady hand, smoothed the mortar with which UP: Townsend Has a Million to Spend Below St. Paul. Rock Island, Ul., Aug. 2—Capt. Cur- tis McD. Townsend, engineer in charge of the upper Mi: ippi river improve- ment, from St. Lo to St. Paul, has received official notification that the sundry civil bill pa d by the last congress carries $900,000 for work in his jurisdiction next season, which is considered liberal in view of the war expenditures. There still remains in the fund of the upper Mississippi $150,006, so that there will be ample to carry on the work of improving the channel for some time to come. Capt. He did it skillfully and well. Then, stepping back, he signaled that so much of the task was done. Great blocks and ropes creaked. A donkey engine puffed and slowly the massive corner stone settled into place. did so the crowd broke out into more cheering. At last the stone was in its bed, in which it shall rest for, perhaps, centuries. Standing upon the stone, Gov. Clough delivered the proclama- tion, saying: “I proclaim that the corner stone of sota has this day been well and prop- erly set in its permanent resting place. May its fidelity to the trust imposed upon it ever be a silent monitor to the rulers of the people for whom this house is being erected.” It was fitting that the band just then should strike up the national anthem, The Pope’s Appeal to the Scotch, Rome, Aug. 2.—The pope has issued an encyclical to the Scottish people, the terms of which are significant in view of the recent reports that the thoughts of his holiness are absorbed with his death. He says that in his stress he addresses them because he sees that his last day is approaching, and in the most solemn terms-he re- <alls the services of dead Scotch heroes to the cnureh and beseeches the peo- vle to return to their ancient faith, The Bella Mac Sinks. La Crosse, Wis., Aug. 2.—The large steamer Bella Mac. owned by the Mis- sussippi River Towing Company of La Crosse, sank in fifteen feet of water above St. Louis. The crew and passen- gers reached shore safely. She will probably be abandoned. ing “America.” A Tremendous Volume of Sound floated away from the capitol enclos- ure. Bishop Whipple, of the Episcopal church, then delivered the closing prayer and benediction, the audience standing with uncovered heads, The arrangements for thé” comfort of the public were admirable, Two Fatally Injured. Milan, Mo., Aug. 1.—During a cele- bration here over victories of the army and navy the fireworks exploded, fa- tally wounding two and injuring six athes, “This massive corner stone is a pro-; the foundation stone had been spread. ; As it; the new capitol of the State of Minne-- and that the throng should join in sing- | were densely packed, and at every cross street theaters were improvised of packing boxes and delivery wag- ons, while every second-story window was fluttering with ribbons and bloom- ing with bright faces. There must have been a hundred thousand persons in the holiday crowd. St. Paul Entertains, Before the ceremony at the capitol, after the ceremony, during all of last evening, St. Paul indulged its just civil pride by relaxation into sports and jol- lities. A niimic battleship, a grotesque street car, paraded the lines of the electric railway. Bands played at the princi- pal parks and street corners. Colored jubilee singers made droll melody in the open air. Trick cyclists diverted the street crowds. Races were run at the parks. Flags tickled the eye by day, rockets and colored lights amused the eye by night. The high-fettled horses of the fire department galloped on exhibition review in front of the glittering fire engines. And processions of real and decoy soldiers, of soldiers active and retired, old and young, on foot and on horseback, with uniforms significantly severe or theatrically bril- liant, delighted the 20,000 visitors no less than the many more residents i that thronged every downtown thor- oughfare. SENATOR DAVIS’ ADDRESS. A Masterly Oration, Embodying Many Timely Observations. : Senator Davis began his address as fol- lows: We have met here to perform a great political ceremony: to dedicate by an im- pressive symbolism, employed by many nations throughout all time, the edifice which represents and typifies the state. An ideal significance inheres in every act by which the hand of man, guided by his will, his reason and his imagination, seizes the forms of matter and compels them to artistic or useful inventions. The ver‘est utilitarian mechan'‘sms, those slaves of man, the creations of his genius which do his work, the most luxurious products of his imaginative art, every- thing from the reaper and the sewing ma- : chine to the painting in which nature is ' given a beauty beyond her own, or the | presses harmonies sweeter far than any | presses harmonies sweeter for than any heard in groves, has its transcendental sig- nificance, which is the very soul of the material creation. After remarking that architecture was, as Ruskin said, “the distinctively political art,’ and that state architecture discloses a political significance beyond its manifest qualities, Senator Davis spoke of the mys- tical and symbolic meaning that has. al- ways been associated with corner stones. It was particularly fitting that Gov. Ram- ‘sultsj of these new international relations ,ard adjustments? The sitution in the Chinese Orient is pregnant with wars, and wars, in these deys of fleets built of steel and driven by steam are different from those of the times of wooden wails and sails. There is not a habitable spot on the earth’s surface too remote or secluded or | too strong to be excmpt from the attacks of rapacious and unscrupulous military and naval power. All history is false or j this is true, that such wars are inevitable. Their arena has been enormously extend- ed. The recent aggressions of the powers !of Europe upon China were acts of war. | It is not long since that the war between | Japan and China ended by depriving the j latter power of her fleet, by compelling her to pay an enormous indemnity, and, | provisionally, to cede a portion of her ter- ;ritory of the greatest military and naval |importance, of which Japan was in her ‘turn deprived by the duress of Russia and | Germany, only to see Russia substantially | acquire the same territory and Germany ‘make a compensatory seizure near by. | Next to China, the Pacific possessions of | the United States are the most inviting | objects of attack. Under existing condi- tions their defense would be difficult. Had , Spain triumphed at Manila as decisively | as did the United States, her navy could | have seized Honolulu and have operated ; from there upon the entire coast of the | United States from Mexico to the Yukon. An overwhelming European force in the | Same waters could do the same thing. So eculd Japan. The condition is piainiy one of alterna- tives. The United States must become an efficient element in the Asiatic situation or it must entirely abstain from any partict- | pation in it, return to its own shores, re- ceive the smallest possible share of its commercial advantages, and prepare for its own defense against the same aggres- sicrs which have reduced China to her present condition. It may be objected that all this is without precedent. So it is. But all great human evclutions must precede precedents in order to create them. The present war restored confidence to those who feared that the spirit of our people and their patriotism had been en- {ervated by a long and prosperous peace. That they would suppert the government ro one doubted. But it was only faintly heped that a war, not onerous when com- pared with our resources, would complete- ly fuse all political and sectional differ- ences, into unanimity of support to the honor, dignity and safety of the nation. It is now manifest that the United States {vill be, at the conclusion of this war, a great and actual naval and military pow- er. Many thousands of her citizens will be trained to modern warfare on land and sea. The military spirit has inspired the people. They have been raised to a high plane of patriotism. The additions to our fleet have been very considerable and that fleet will never be less. The appropria- tions for its increase, already liberal, will continue to be so. The astounding victo- ries of Commodore Dewey and Commo- dcre Schley have convinced our people of the vital importance of the sea power. The organization and operations of a great ar- my and navy will teach them their own strength, : The heroism of our soldiers and sailors will be a heritage of national glory and honor. Our people are carried to the high~ est top of national pride by witnessing at Manila and Santiago (to paraphrase Na~- pier) with what majesty the American sailor fights. It is also perceived, with the greatest satisfaction, that certain expo- nents of European opinion, who, until re- cently spoke with a condescending «s- sumption of superiority, of intervening in the present contest, have abated their hau- teur of expression. The Monroe doctrine, in the sense of an expression by this government to inter- vere to prevent encreachments by Euro- pean nations upon the republies of the Western hemissphere, has been confirmed and has received a steadying force. The press of continentaal Europe has adopted, during the last few years, a fashion of re- senting even any theoretical assertion of this great principle of American security, which was recently characterized by Bis- marck as a doctrine of ‘‘uncommon inso- lence.” It is now probable that any Eu- ropean power will deliberate before acting upon that assumpticn. The necessity for the immediate con- struction of the Nicaragua canal has been undeniably demonstrated by recent events. The voyage and perils of the Oregon are conclusive upon this proposition. The unpleasant relations which have ex- isted betweon the United States and Eng- land for so many years were caused by a traditional aversion, which was aggravat- éd by certain events of our Civil war, and by many rhinor irritating controversies, the worst feature of which is the fact that few of them have ever been settled. But through all this it has been felt by the peo- pie of both countries that a tie binds them together, however much they may irritate each other by straining it. Aversion and even specific controversies between peoples so related are often com- posed by the force of events with which their connection seems merely ideal and sympathetic. ‘This day will soon end. The invocations, the choral rejoicings of triumphant and patriotic music sent out by instruments and voice; the words of oratory vainly es- saying to be adequate to its theme; the gleaming banners of our country; the em- blems of our industry; the trophies of our conquest of innumerable facilities here ex- hibited; the militant youth cf Minnesota marshalled for war—all that constitutes this pageant will soon cease to be seen or heard. Not for hundreds of years will this cere- mony be again performed. But of one in- dubitable and changeless fact we can feet assured, and that is that when, in a dis- tant age ,a corner stone shall be laid for another and a greater capitol of Minneso- ta, they who place it, in contemplating the reverend structure here begun, will glory in and emulate the glory of their fathers. For, as a great master of English, a seer in economics and an authority in art, has truly said of such structures raised by states: “Men cannot benefit these that are with them as they cah benefit those that come after them; and of all the pulpits from which human voice is ever sent forth there is none from which it reaches so far as from the grave” Nor is there, indeed, any present loss, in such respect for futurity. Every human action gains in honor, in grace, in all true magnificence, by its regard to things that are to come. It is the far sight, the quick and confident patience, that, above ell oth- er attributes, separate man from mah ani near him to kis maker; and there is no action nor art whcse majesty we may not measure by this test. Therefore, when we build, let us think that we build forey-' er, Let it not be for present delight, nor for present use, let jt be such work ag our descendants will thank for, and let us think, as we lay stone cn stone, that a time is to come when these stones will be held sacred beceuse our hands have tcuched them, and men will say as they look upon the labor and wrought sub- stance of them: “See! This our father did for us!" a For indeed, the greater glory of a build- ing is not in its stones, or in its gold. Its glory is in its age and in that deep sense of voicefulness, of stern watching, of mys- terious pathy, nay, even of approval or condemnation which we feel in walls that have long been washed by the pas ing waves of humanity. It is in their las ing witness against mcn, in their quiet contrast with the transitional character of all tkirgs, in the strength which, through the lapse of seasons and times, and the Gecline and birth of dynasties, and the changing of the face of the earth, and of the limits of the sea, n.aintains its sculp- tured shapelinesss for a time insuperable, connects forgotten and following ages with each other, and half constitutes the identi- ty, as it concentrates the sympathy of na- tions. It is in that golden stain of time that we are to look for the real light, and color; and preciousness of architecture ; and it is not until a building has assumed this character, till it has been entrusted with the fame, and hallowed by the deeds of men, till its walls have been witnesses of suffering, and its pillars rise out of the shadows of death, that its existence, more lasting as it is, than that of the natural objects of the world around it, can be gift- ed with even so much as these possess of language and life.” A Good Excuse. A Western teacher in a town in which the women have the right of suffrage, received the following note accounting for the absence of one of her pupils on election day: Dere Teacher—Please be so kind as to excuse Lizzie for not having went to school yesterday. I kep her home to mind the baby, while I give out ‘votes at the polls, an otherwise done what 1 could to elect the right man, who, as you will see by the morning paper, got there by a big majority. So I am glad I kep Lizzie home an done what I could at the poles.—Harper’s Round Table. A Slight Objection. “Of course,” said Farmer Corntos- sel, “I want to see my country get along. And there’s no gettin’ round the fact that England and us have sen- timents in common. But I don’t want any Anglo-American alliance,” “But that’s merely a name.” “That's what I don’t want it to be. Look at the Farmer's Alliance. That's merely a name, too, an’ I want this un to amount to somethin’.”—Washington Star. ——_——____. Considering the Jokes It Brings. “The sight of these brave men—men who cannot physically qualify for the army, who cannot pass their physical examination, breaks me all up,” said the kind-hearted official. “ tBuyou needn't cry about it.” “You see, circumstances compell me to shed a few volunteers.” War is all that Sherman claimed it was.—Buffalo Enquirer. Castigation. “Don't you think this country ought to have extended the Olive branch to Spain?” asked the man with queer ideas, “It did,” was the prompt answer. “The difficulty was that the only way to make any impression was to strip the leaves off it and put it where it would hurt:’—Washington Star. Isn't {t Just like @ woman to object to the it war becau: ee Mest (oe Soaniah memos are'ne nacre en a { + i we { ——-+ _ +