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Show 7- 1 I in the: public bye H ,4 WIDELY CELEBRATED TARIFF REFORMER MmWm mW KiTS!rmTTT'mS!"i Wu Hc-ilt of thn Englishman, .loieph Ch:iinl)cr- .s tWJ r.Tl lain, wild rerun tly. on tlio occasion of the cclebm- H'K IrVvVt' ,lo 111 Wrmtnghuin of IiIh seventieth birthday. 1 , i"X' ' V.'Wi Hunt out this characteristic menage to Ihe nntliin: I'1'" "Treat foreigners lis I hey treat i:h anil treat otir H fl ' I kinsmen better Mum yon treat foreigners." H -v ' C fv, p Joseph Chamberlain In Immensely popular ami H 'Xii'Z- ' 3tf IminoiiHt'ly itnpopulnr, but appears eipial to er;- " ' f l ) lug with both friend and toe. When nssul'.e I '.i? H -A A-V vV W11H "Ironsly during the Hour war ami It H 'V'm? i, I ' preceding and sulmi'qr.cnt problems, his cool, r ' S V! mPttiiK or attacks opposed formidable fro". H , V Jy to those ih.it uttomutod to down hliu. H ' K'i M MrtA I-arly l IiIh crier he was three times elect" 1 H lUd'iV Vjfiftsl mayor or Iilrmlngh.ini. and during his terni-t of H ' ,sft$f$b 7rr4'i nir earrled through many pub'.lc Improvements I "l" tnn' "f olutttuite oppmltlon. In 1SS". lie I l'.!9&PMLSjffifjnttl became member of parliament, conn won illsthic H tlon. becume widely known by reason of the mlvo H racy of popular reforniK. For a time ho wan the recognized elader of the lt.i I- H knl party; but later organized tin; Liberal Union party which su;porteI the H I Conservatives, and was Milled 'icncgitde-' by the Homo Rulers. I In ISSS ho camo lo thin country iih chief commissioner, effected an agree- i m cut in the Canadian fisheries dlxpute. Thin came year ho marrle I an Amer- H lean womiin, dnughtor or W. K. Kndleott. secretary of war. In IS'Jl we llnd , Mr. riiumhorhiln leader of il Liberal I'tilon party lu the Commons. In the "coalition mlnlatry" of the Marquis or Salisbury he became colonial secretary mid proved himself most zealous In developing the Interests of the Hrltl h H ' i . An ardent disciple of the now diplomacy, Joseph Chamberlain has labored f HK.sldtiott.sly for an Anglo-American alliance. 1 1 THE ADVENTURES OF GENERAL DIAZ v I . iiA E-'TS!?""""1"?""! T,, '""K. peaceful, highly successful career ol H jT pfIW,,-P;r; President Diaz Is not no plcturesipie as his life thu I, W"1" ' "dIX 't ' ' years preredltiK tho occupancy of tho presidential I W 'i Yi ."' chair. And it may bo of Interest to ko hack tc 1 SWiV"! iw'W tno lla'H l,rlor 111 laoilern, inoKresslvo Mexico - 1 BPX "'i tnodcrn and proRresslvo larKoly by reason of the H i,J W-'Zns1 ht'fl man nt tho helm and note tho adventures oxpurl- I Lffjf 'jS ' m ' , " enced by 1'orflrlo Olaz. 1 I rA'WH ti ' si " '' 11 wou1'1 Kcam 1,10 nt of Monto Crlsto had H i 8 $j y no u'oro call for dnrltiK and resourcofulnoss than H '9 ';' 'Ja";?, nin. had In that period when Mexico was strut;- H i '-CiMkv 1 ffibkk kUiir to reach a national existence. DurliiK his B JJ giMmR -jtBii soldier days Diaz was thrico miido a prisoner and H ( RBBIHkv 0 mBRR "lr'l' "ade romantic escape, Tho first time ho H t fBaHKvrMHKSQ broke away from his captors and on horseback H 5 HVHIDlJifBiS ,,llslu!l1 over n ''IK'1 Htio wall. Tho second tlmo H it- IHMaBI ho outwitted his jailers In tho closely Rtiardod H Sy IB prison at I'uobla, stole out by nlfiht on to tho roof H I of tho bulldliiK whero he was confined, then along H 'M i titer roofs nnd then down n ropo In safety to tho ground. Tho Inst trial and H ! victory was experienced on board a vessel as ho was returning from his first H J! visit to tho Unltod States. Among tho fellow passengers were numbers of his H i il onemleu, hitter enemies only longing for a cliunco to do him harm. Knowing H '. ho must forfeit liberty, and perhaps life, as soon as the boat landed, ho drew H ft to his aid tho purser, with this o Ulcer arranged n plot that Included a pretenso H l of Jumping overboard. Tho enemies thought ho had thus sought escape from H L them, whllo really ho was safi) hid In n box-couch In tho purser's room and H ' llHtenlng to tho sttrntlROs of his foes. H President Diaz' mother was a full-blooded Indian, his father of good Spttn- H iRh-Amcrlcan blood; and thus tho different elcmonts of tho country aro ropre- H ' Rontoil In "Don Porflrlo," ns tho Mexican pcoplo affcutlonatoly call their rulor. WINSTON CHURCHILL, AMERICA I i . I H S'tSSZiJ'!"''"!'",'' II Scribbling nnd politics not Infreiiuontly go H 1 . WfW' ''iH.:. hand In hand these days, a man dividing his tlmo H WmWr between tho two. Anil wo would speak of Winston H f mmv Churchill, author nnd now candidate for olcctlon H i ' 'wmf ns Bovorllor of New Hampshire. (And over In H 'W- a ICngland tltoro's tho other Winston Churchill tin- H i v BftVvJ'N doubtodly tho gcntloman calls hlmsolf the Winston H Wr) n Churchill who In his tlmo has played soldier, H y C 'i'vtu war correspondent, author nnd politician.) H &s-- $ llr Wns,(,n Churchill gnvo up a naval carcor H l&L J ' e"BnK literary work, and now may havo to H ' WC stirrcinler lltcraturo If ho takes earnestly to poll- H flfr St$ t'CH' 'rllc mithor-polltlclnn was born In St. Louis, H Miv jkL ,S"1' "f,or l,rl;1l,lnary schooling entered tho 1 PR:r.V S'Stt United States Naval Acndomy, graduated thoro- B -ffli 'av jiWKSm fr,)ln I'1 1 SO t. Among his early writings wcro 1 aMKi Bllorl n:ivul stories which attracted considerable HiwiiwIA laKnMHH attention. "Hlclmrd Carvel" was his first groat H success ; an earlier work, "Tho Celohrlty." "Hlch- B nnd Carvel" wi'.s followed by "Tho Crisis," ".Mr. Kocgnn'u Klopcment," "The 1 Crowing." nnd Inst tho political novol, "Conlston." H Mr. Churchill In 1002, now far fa mod for his writings, entered politics, mnde, H a nuccessful campaign for election to the New Hampshire legislature, hnvlng H for so vera I years inaila his homo In Cornish, N. II. Ho served In tho legislature 1 two years, was n dolegato to tho last Itopubllcau national convention. BLIND TO DIRECT EDUCA TION FOR THE BLIND 1 TTmsc if i 'Mvwsa'sFnl IIul" Ko,,or tho wonderful blind, deaf and 1 fflBLtW0'&' dumb girl, has recently been appointed membor ot H w . "A -sSf-1 ,1,l M'ii',8-'Us board of education for tho blind. H fKsC'-" - i T1, lJOa,',1 W1W ,ocn"' created, provided by tha H f jf- Y , . MnKsachiisetls legislaturo laryely at tho sollclta- B )f. " tff Vfi Hon or Holon Kollor. H ('P!-" "aL Am T1, woni'rrul results Uiut have followed tho H Wwskv. VS orforts to open tho world of thought nnd benuty H ' 10 ,llls fn"ou """'I Blrl. havo been an Inspiration H ttRsP'!i '?S tl10 wor1'1 ovor t0 worhera In bolmlf of thoso that H v 'm ,n""ot BCU lss Kellor Is n strong hollover In H T&t'S Jim lllllllHtll!l1 training for persons alllhtcd with blind- t aifM uess, nnd probably during her servlco on tho hoard H JBks wl1 fllrlllor wlth churncterUtlc cuthuslnsin this H , r y'TyOM training. H N ' HsJ 1,0,011 Adams Kellor Is n gnuluato of lladcllffo 1 college, ono of our best schools for women; fin- H I "J Ishod tho four ye.trs' course, was graduated with H tho degree A. I). Slio Is author ns well as col lego H woninn, her lltornry stylo of an excolleuco. H MIsh Keller now tnnlieu hor homo In tho north, hut fiho conies from the H south. Slio Ik related to well-l;uowu families of both north and south, the H Adamses nnd ICvoretts of Now ltuglnnd, tho I'ottswooda and Lees of Virginia 1 She was born at Tiiscumbla, Ala.; at tho ago of 19 months an Hlness left her H blind and doaf. Until the ago or soven years little was dono In tho way of H teaching hor, when Miss Anna Sullivan, who had rccclvod training at the H Perkins Institution In Dostoii, assiinied chargo of tho unforttinato child, Helen H nt that ago was Uttlo moro than a wild animal, vory dllllcult to control. With H lnflnlto patience and skill hor teacher lod hor out of darkness, to-day slio Is u H beautiful, cultured, splendid woman. GEORGES BENJAMIN EUGENE CLEMENCEAU H fiiSe ' Tho French minister ot tho Interior Is said to H IWmSS' xJW'f Hgj bavo moro frlonds nnd moro enemies than any H mSf ot,lflr nn" 1,1 l,lll,llc llfo' Vor half a century ho H WE I VVM ,ms boon "10 "mmt radical of Jtopubllcans, tho H mbz- (& Y S0ver08t cntlc of every administration and tho H V 1 courgo of public olllclnls." H Iw sl a f.k Clemonceau holds tho most Important post In H jiffl ' Av- "l0 cn,)l"01 ot I'resldent Fnllleres. Though a thor- 1 fl Yy ,V'" oubIi politician ho has not been an olllco seeker, for H & ni "v i1iu lnst' tnu 'C!irH lm8 devoted himself rather to H IfU.KvM. Vrv ' Journalism than politics, editing n radical Journal. H SP' V ik'fL' Uocently his friends, and llkowtso his enemies, H Rr --SX ,,av0 1,00,1 Krent'y surprlFcd by lila chnngo of nttl- 1 I?J---iM&K ,,y hla IToiionncement that socialism !b at B UtKvik Sx varlnnco with every sound doctrine of tho ropub- 1 MmvW y) MiWffi lie. That ho was able to keep down tho recent H MLtlj' AJtfflfYi .f ' rlotf, r,0t8 wn,cu (ilmost reached tho point or H 1aM dfflMVTacai revolution, has brought him tho conlldouco of B many, to hi in is glvou the credit of saving the day. Ing ago lu his youth. A'hllo a medical stmlont, engaging In political R Intrigues cost him Ids prlvlh-ges as a student. Ho decided to try foreign air for his health about this tlmo, nnd Included thu states In his trnvels. When H ho returned homo ho completed his studios and began tho practice of his pro- 1 t'osslon. H c He has written fiction, social studies, trenchant articles on current mat- L tors, under the latter we would niontlou a series In dofenso of Dreyfus. JtfiiZyl S -j- T-rxxi- : ' ' (jJWP1 ' 1 n-esttoMintmaitmm aMMwiWtiwWMlWWg |