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Show J&3I1K2CB1V VzrE, or gjjuy Jlisrjjrzjz TUryinccAujERMup, JDrjucjvf- Vzrz -- or&zHcn JbiruvuwaR. World hctpinnten for Its diplomats, Rua-HU l he UMMt liberal. Few, It any. of the governmeiiia iiinko any great olijeo-llo- n when auuousa crowns the penniless of a young and burlmpa a rich American lirlflg ailacho In quiet of luit let an envoy announce Ills contemplation of u matrlmoiil.il allinnrn with a fair resident of the Hulledbe States. and toa eapoclad Morin f protest may break at once. Americas Many of the marriages ofhave tnken foreign diplomats girls to phuMi while the laltra were atatlomxl at or at neat of Hum's government. t'nela leuht the romances have had lliclr under such cimimaLineea. Tlia fore Ian guvemmenla which aro opposed In lulcrtiallonnl marriage of this hind of uny tuke ilia ground that the stay In, at beat, diplomat In the United Mates sines most a ti'inpurary one, ami that, oilier of a dipioinul'a lira muat le spent Inennilu-elve countries. it Is likely to lie morn in Ida huppiuran If he have aa Ills life partner mis of hla own country women. However, aa has been said, lore and certainly laughsta at these arguments, to refute there ample proof with which the predictions of uuhappliicM unions. aurh The first notable International diploma lid imiiTlago in which an American place at girl played the leading role look the YVhile House during the administration of Presklent Andrew Jackson, and the chief executive claimed the honor of - iii i. rv - wlM-ucri'- (r i!i,f inonl -- n flaERTmJbGzzrrvzrrjjCie Jlnzxjcj?r( Mite orJ&vJifii jiZXLanBT IAtnch IhfLQrwT - w remained tlie heat of friends, and as soon aa the downfall of lllamarek was assured the loyal German remarried We former wife. A notable guest at the second welding waa the late K repress Frederick, who cordially detested lilsmurck. Countess Hstifeldt. who was so cona victim of lllamarek a brutality; spicuousalster-ln-IuIs the of tlie wife of Herr IJndenkrone. the Donlen von eervtce as diplomat, well known for hlaDanish Ambassador to France, This Mlsa dress, who waa formerly an actresa. of Albany, N. Y.. waa and after the death of her first husband, accident Charles Moulton, In n railroad on tna alie went to London to appear Tho stage, but failed to win aueoeaa. W a marriage of liar bile husband jlttjr .dlplo-matCount llntifeldt brought her lnto married aha and social circles, at one lima tlia who hail In erf hla government representative America. That tlm German court can, If It chiMines. be very gracious to the American wives of diplomats la proven oy tlia courtesies which Emperor William has showered on Uaroness Htcrnburc, the henutirul bride of the German Ambassador at Washington, and tlia high honors which have been bestowed upou Baroness vnn Ketteler, the widow of tlie late German mlnlHle.r to China, who was murdered during the Boxer revolt. The German Einpemr bus even forgiven and restored to the diplomatic service A. vnn Hretinlng. the vming Teuton otsleaman Tha Webtirr wrre among the kiimIb. Bodwoo w la . n- flnnftnr. 7Mzz;rinLrr Lnrz'izxADOiz 1 romance- JriRMiXJj&rr c.nsr ifim rGr.Kanir The fact Hint several foreign d.plomala grill aii'iin ilia next lew mmiilia bad Anirriiiiii girl to I lie allnr lias served to cull tiUciilion tn Ilia IT ri't Inoreaes during recent ivuii In In number or la diplomatic Inlcrnulioiiiil. niuiTliig cliclen. and pnrticularly to the preponderance of AinnrirMii brides In llwn llsncv r triumiih fur Yankee maiden which hua cnusctl no and of onimucut at tlia principal court of Hie norm. It la estimated that not Iona than hulf a luiinlnHl of tlia men of various untiunnll-tle- a rrlio now hnra wrt In Ilia dealing between vitrloiw government are assisted In the dlaelmren of tholr dnlicate duties by Auiorli.M ri wives. The titiiml preference for American girls. which haa been strongly manifested by foreign statesmen, ronsl itiitrs Mil even hied, to llie Bttnicltvrnesa nf fMlsa tlie fort drniglilei' iy reason ornir In that many of llieae tlia fare of ilia niont erih.i..i discourservlr power In whose agement hy tlm fa enrolled. Mo formidthe groomsman able ia I lila opposition In aonie quarter diplothat any inainnar of tlia toUcrimin wed one of wlin wishes pia tie corps women of the repnhllo must tlie pretty first secure apeelal permission from the Emperor nnd this U refused more often Ilian t Ih i:i'unli. To tie anie not ell foreign governments maul feat no imns n prejudice npiliwt of iiilnniullonal the American licioli: glrlnp-- PiAnwcjs gruiiddautflinr of DaroncM de imw in tiiu ImmediMe circle of the CviHna ul iishiqi. iHviipyuig1 lliu position of Ural Tlio culmination of tlio romance of lonK tHmlliiR which bring an American brlao to ftrnor loii Juan HIn'io. Um Hrumiih diplomat, recalls niinttyT muttiinonlul allinfw In which the fate tried the jMenoe of Years lover. ago, when Duke nsde Areoc KPYJiz.JzrxzJC'r, lAww at" an wax stationed at Washington of tbe Kpnnlsh Ts'gatlon. he fell In Jjfcj cones turlie but love with Miss Virginia 1owcry. JTziTLXfJ tie set the fsiih of the young people, ami they were not inurrled until many was SpaniardDuchyearn later, when the yniuig duly In the City of Mexico. The rastora mntc friend and companion In arms. The on to did much ess who ils Arens, man who won the band of this famous feeling letwmi tl.c olflriala of Hpaln g'nl beauty of her day waa II. Alplmnae Jound ilia trill ted fjtnlcs nflsr the recent seph Yves I'ag'iit. a native of Marliiilune. now resides In Burojie, wliara her war, lie while Alice erved who Unit met Iswts ns secretary of the French Legation at liiisluind la serving (n a diplomatic from who Inter received Washington and tn Louie Fiilllpiie the poaltion of minister of .Homo Idea of tlie lack of smoothness Ills course of the true love of eome Amerl-va- n the republic. girls who have married Herman diploAnother famous diplomatic wedding of ma I a Is afforded by the experionree of the eni'llcr period of the nation's history was that which linked for life Harriet lli former Miss lblen Moulton, of New fount Paul lleall YYllliiuns. a beuutlfui echoolgirl ofn York, who murrhil the late wlio waa for von 1 years, and Huron dc Kwilaco, the German death to his many years prior representative at the American capiat , the Court of Ht. James. tal Al this ceremony all tlie diplomats umliaasador moat Kismnri-kone of the Prlnen hy were present In full oourt dress. Henry or hla rsreer, compelled (.'lay gave the bride away: James Kuril- tlie Teuton diplomat to divorce hla Amert-es- n anan walked with one of the brutes maids, wife. However, the separated couple and President Van Harm and I wnlnl nmfd-of-hon- well-kno- w Hpanisli-Auierir- alow-movi- Am-Irua- L Uree-noug- rJiPl&CHjmi4 MU-AOfll- ts-a- , Halsfiddl-WUdriibur- h. lc . Hua-sla- advanced to the position of RritMh voy at the Court of Darmstadt, nnd o. Mr Henry Howard to lib marriagea ofmember of a dlstlnaufaiS Riggs, American family, was speedily folio ns to the puei of Minister ta by promotion Tha Hague. M. Juaserand. tha present French baaaador to tho United Hlatea, las u American wife, but matrimonial alliances In diplomatic circles have bean rather limited. Promlnwt among those which have occurred u tha niarriaga of tlie daughter of tha his Gen. George B. McClellan and K. ph Desprey, tha French minister to Hiln. A more recent addition to tlie coterie ru found in the marriage of Madame Raalu Barbour de Renglfo and M. luma Thlebaut, First Hecrctnry of the French embassy In Bwltserland. The bride's tat husband was Minister from Colombia ta Bolivia and lost bla life In an ocean theater while proceeding to hla diplomats g, ' Franco-Americ- who some yearaagomarried e lata mnnon divorced wife of atro. The Kaiser was terribly wrougnv ac up over the matter fur after the wedding, not so ffiniTSi 5' a present of money couple had accepted from tho first husband. sgffiattffis.ssaag sffl 2sfSSk'aaStejg sass post It Is ponanmnt noticeable that diplomats who am robbed of American helpmates by in fate In cases where they have have almost Invariably chasm u brides daughters of the grealmt of This la true, for Instance, In tin case of Baron Moncheur, tha Belsliq Minister. The first Baroness Momtar waa Miss Holman, nnd hla present vtfi waa Mias Clayton, daughter of Gen. Clayton, United Btatea AmhaMadwts Mexico. Her slater will era long be nap rled to g young British solved tho riddle for tho lovera Marriage with an American girl may be taken aa a good omen for any British history Indicate that prodiplomat,Is for almost aura to follow. Lady motion VanderHerbert alater of Mrs. Cornelius bilt, helped liar lata husband to reach tho coveted post of British Ambassador to who Washington. Hon. Alan Johnstone, married Mina Plnchot. of New York, was few diplomats fma tha republics or from arieual countries have won American brides. One the ease of Juan exception waa found in In charge of tha 8. Attwell, who while Republic at of the Argentine legation Washington married Mia Marguarita Kite tie Huyck. Mr. Yung Kwal, who has an the for years past anted of the Chinese Legation at American capital, haa aa American the and raised In New wife, who waa born WAT.DON FAWCETT Kngfsnd. gugsaajsaat-ftS- asss-sr-S x stss-jsthkln'rChnMWhl!!lraP SSrtaSI repok-tlc- ; sSaSs; wTri tolr to suffor Prsr-e- ll well-kno- diplo-m- Comparatively fieeretsiy-Interpret- PcR77lRL.Il PJVNECruTj jruwr Tor JZDRDEiUlLDtlvG great crusade la now In progress tohave tha United Mates guvcruuu'iit Jiidcriaka tbe Improvement and maintenance of our country roads just ns It looks after the condition of our rivers ami harbors and other Important water m'le Saiu highways. This move to lii'.ve I. the thoutake a hand In looking utter sands of miles of wagon roads In all li the ruuiitry Is admittedly parts of of the farmer, but It t claimed Interest that tlie fanners, although our they constitute so lerse a proportion of population, have not bcun faring nearly so well at the ' bands of the government as the city taxtha payers. Indeed, it Is asserted Hint only big thing which the FederalasGoverna elas ment haa done for tha fanners expended considerably mors than wMWO and was to establish rural free delivery, like-Iv the useful m s of even this service Is to bo wriously Impaired unless we get for Anierles. while one of better roads, has Iho the rlrlo-s- t hntjnns on the Klole. poorest Wilson toads of ;My culm ry in the world. If the national government does lend eld for the tarterment oi our rural highway It wi'.l by no means acting without pra- A "P as well with one wheel high jtj rut aatj bank and the other down In a th with would grdloary apparatusremarkable of on a level. Most all.brij ever, la the marvelous dlrtelevstorwliK, too plows up tha earth andr lifts the material Into wagons inv!T!'i iinxtnr center of the roadway. Thean eievavj consists principally ofarone.d adjjf; frame with two rollers canvas beltplaced a wide, endless may be adju Jjj upper end of the frame be to are to suit the wagons which or to deliver thd dirt to tlie bait advM-tag- ( - H-- nt. Our airier republic of France haa of wagon roads which itsrlv I't.u"!and are numiiained by the gov- were built ernment. ana H.ily has some &.iuO miles of In maintained the earns reads built and wav. To come nearer home some of roe athius of the inion have adopted the In assisting their farmer princip-' ms to get tn market with their nre ruu and doing more or leaa in irts. i tne una of afTridlng state aid In road hull: i s. In New Jersey, Connecticut, and New York the new p'.iDy hs laid a sufficient trial to demonstrate wlmt ran be dona The State of Massachusetts has thus far m yond roads building snd has (sd miles New .f bnprnved Mg.iwavs as a result. and has 1.U0U Jpi s has expilidcd of rood built or under contract. V uh n expendPure of over H.KUri' New miles of has ,puie. upward of lrri.cce.l higliwnys, and Connecticut. wlicie the exproilitures have not yet the mark, has more than C.'i miles of ysjd roads built or under ted- e In grading. 1 'Gwvrr i ; i Hi The nieth'xl of procedure is not the snme nil these states. New Jersey, for riles each year, as rtate oiin two-thir- one-u-n- th two-thir- one-four- th one-th'l- td Y'-i- ortract. JL'jicx aid t the a cod touts project, me sum ol The stele a quarter rf a one-thof the cost of Improving .he roeda ar.d the counties defray tha of the cost, although remaining of the lutter may ba assessed s appropit-aieConnecticut suainst tha towns. almost as much each year aa New least at and the state pays Jersey, ar.d. threa-fouriIn some instances, of ths entire cost of tha road. In Massachusetts there Is drawn from tha slate treasury for road building each a million dollars nnd the year shout halfentire cost of the fond Imstate pays the of the amount but provements. hack to the counexpended ta assessedwhere the York, New government ties. In ns Friukfl in n bus appropriated ms much roads fund, the the for good single year of the road Male bears half tl.e expense more than routines pay making; the the entire cost nnd tho smallof balthe ance cornea out of tlir pocketsbenefited. townspeople who are Indirectly has lately appropriated Pennsylvania H,.rsin.fiOn, to be expended In building good roads during the next half dnaen year, eight other states have and not lesa than set tmt to help In the work of road osbuild-te- g yet, within thi lr liorders, but bavx xs : t res-ci- liwt When one of these machine la w there fring dirt to tha road grade traduced a distributing device widen, o' tached to the tipper end of the Dfi"11 . tne livers the earth to any portion of desired. The plow, which, of cur'ff' an Invariant part In the ri vu One of these big mnrninrs, p dirt dlrrauv that It delivers the elevafor. T ,,111- lower end of the ug raac j, nindels Of the are capable machine in 154 cubic ifi from 14 to hour, according to t1he cl gftn. r kr tha total cost of w tion. even allowing terest on Investment, seldorn ex W nttirf cnT a ytard for the fop eriu' " Icu'tur Of late year the of . Ajricu Htates Department been condii JZ?xs. ycz ' ttalgn In good martW 7 ,M The reversible steel road other one of the bandy utMiidtrj over the surface undergoing Improvement ' the apparatus Is Irsa than 14 feet In disposal of the present day when folded, and no earefully has expert. In the newest macn1" m -! more evenly ana rapidly, and also en class tliegraat n. icii more cheaply, than It could the weight been kept down in planning very familiar be dure bv tl.s use of men and ' these portuhle outfits that It la now pos-- . enn lie shifted oul,A' ann ret rri' MI!m machine, I arc a. The distributing the npparatus on the aibie to obtain a movnhle plant of this either side of for xtisc dump rar cun lie so adjusted that the kind that la capable of handling fully SO Ita acute anglesroads. A.' Thlrh shoot of crushed stone, sand or gravel tons of stone pet hour. Finally, In the and widening same category Is the portable storage ment ia found In a to srroad upon the road will be of any deto uch a m sired thickness, from one m eight inches. bln on wheels, which, though largo the operator of the bank to hold 1! tons of atone, weighs Attached to tills odd mechanical worker martiln H the blade Into enough Is an engine tender with a device fnr use when empty but liA) pounds. On occamoved without stopping . TT In sprinkling during the rolling process. sion one of thes entire outfit consistwss formerly necessarj Other new paraphernalia of great value ing of stone crusher, elevator, screen and one of these machines mar rtin1r,,,5 In twenrieth-ceniui- y both sides lulc,J tu. to tak VS on operabln, ha been set tip ready for tnovoh.S tions are the complete portable rockfor the possible 13 minutes. Inside uf outfits. from movnot the aide of the wd andjw , crushing Including only There hove been Introduced during tbe the center of thehjghwayn able rwk crushers projur. but portable bins on wheels grnnq of these hare fold- ' past few years some very wonderful road mndiine twiner ing elevators, which raise the crushed machines, which will plow and grade at but a perfectly snKVlrt FAlrttT' 'one U feet from the ground, although surprising angles, that it will work quite : , j -- Coon ll"i Zc dlrt-elev- Txz-jprjv- (or tha tlms the Should Congress decide that has enne ter I'mTe Pam to engage in would road building on his own hunk it more opussuredly appear asthethough a could portune tune than for Inpresent few other fields have lieen chosen, of activity In America has tlia develop-aa ment of the past tew years, in so fur mvana and methods are concerned, been so phenomenal ns In that of road construction. Frosross Ins been madeonnlimg the two separate and distinct lines one hand there has been Invented of areater power and eP'clencv. which' has made It possible to rnnir'i"t TnP nr on. halter rvul In mrfnnin rtviw! ntVr ITior h9 evolve to It whvh make possible wagon hlchwavs at a fir less ex pend it nre than lias heretofore beer, necessitated dne of the most Important adjuncts to eci rcmlcnl read building Is found In the recently Invented combination road roller and traction engine. It la useless to attempt to make a permanent goodandroad yet without tlie use of a steam roller, available for but this one class a macl-lnof work lias heretofore involt ed a very anpi.rutfd pui pose. very iceny n-- t tlrxl-cla- ss heavy exri't,.r.l H"wvi.hav-th '11 which combination i. been Introduced mt only about as much as an ordinary road roller. an.l machines the of reason the that fact by ot may. hy tli tr -- e interchange be converted fi ..1 road rollei-- Into traction engines, i; U possible to employ them for all the vu;i,..i tnsks of operating a the stune to the stone eruuh'T e ro ut. and fin.!"y rolling the road. autnmohllca One of thes" r will, when in .n aa a traction engine, IS 1 tons of stune luul n load of 0 least over an onlfn rv toad. On the other hand, Into a stationary en when a stone crusher. It furipiT;-- ' gine forsulli-i-'i t w.T to crush my ordinishes nary rock for u as me foundation of the Iu with tbs apcoi.tunctlon bichwuy. the t wl.ite roedliullders are paratus.1 l.itriv and vised very Ingenious using mi nttachnient for n utc dump eirt. w.:'i road any re on II nmilcaliy sp- s nf stone or gravel. quired thickm of method this In the stone is dumpod from the I Into hauled te any car. crusher e road by means of the point on roil-'and gbex (. traction ' - ''m-h.- wia-.-ls- new-mad- - tlmc-s.ivin- g rnad-b:!i'Iii- ig de-sir- t- V. S- - -- "Iitni gxtMi Xcnp JSjuLhixje: ,. n- 1 pns-sin- iv -- : xll road-buildi- road-buildi- ng ! |