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Character of the Man and How He Rose to Power by Persistent Effort - Bis Energy Has Checked Those Conditions In Italy that Caused the Decay of Spain‘ (By' Thomas Burke Grant.) When Spain declared war against the United States, there. was one among the statesmen -of Europe of whose fervid' appreciation of. America there cannot be the least doubt from the very nature of his utterance. That ’was Signor Crispi, the man who has checked those conditions in Italy that have caused the decay and degeneracy of Spain. ' rispi said: “The present war is an epoch- -making event in the march of human freedom; that the prophecy of De Toqueville is being realized and the institutions of America are revolu- tionizing those in Europe." Of course to Americans there cannot be anything essentially new in this statement which is nevertheless gratifying. We know it is true in the present instance but the purblind tory of Europe hard- ly cares yet to admit. it. The agrarian noble of Germany who feels the scep- tre of power passing from him to the glasses of the German people, wants to shut out our American produce. He , thus pays unconscious tribute to America in this effort to keep a roof upon the Schloss. The stolid reader of the ponderous articles in the Lon- don Times may sneer at the Sunday, paper, or at the sensational journalism of America, but under the very shad- ow of St. Paul’s these prevailing feat- ures of America are making headway and are gradually converting into back numbers the once leading journals of London. Even the sacred precincts of' the peerage are being invaded, and the British duchesses will soon have to form a combination in order to exclude the nervy, bouncing, magnetic Ameri- can girl, who is never more charming than when she dashes down every mil- dewed banner that snobbery and self efliciency have fenced around fashion- able exclusiveness. Yes, Crispi is right, we are for bet- ter or worse ,.revolutlonizing Europe, and no power on earth can stop the process. tiny. It was in order that we should do this that the all-wise Creator of the world placed us in the middle with the civilization of Europe to the East of us, and that of the Orient to the West, our arms like those of Ale-x- ander extending into both.,America has only to be true to herself and to the precepts of the fathers of the Re- public, in order to bring thrones and crowns, and musty constitutions crum- bling to her feet. It is greatly to Sig- nor Crispi's credit that he has discov- ered and what is more that he has conceded to us so manifest a destiny. The circumstance clearly shows that the Italian statesman is keeping his observation eye in good order, and that he has thoroughly divined the tread of events. And on the occasion of the first for- eign war that the United States has had in eighty-six years, any such fore- cast cannot but be regarded as highly flattering to all Americans. It is par. ticularly so from a man like Crispi, whose, career is an inspiration and who takes high ranks, not so much as an Italian dictator, but a son of “Those men whOSe hearts were torches For Freedom's dmenchless fire." As a prophet Crilspi has not only the rare distinction (if being honored in his own country and in his own time but his prophetic forecasts have in— variably been" realized; Many ,years ago When Italy was under the joint tutelage of Austria and France, when her internal divisions were a series of petty duchies like Parma, Modena and Tuscany, when the notorious .Bomba, was ruling at Naples, when Mazzini was a political pamphleteer starving on Fulham Road in London and Gari- baldi was a guerrilla chief at Caprera; and when all that was rich and right- eous and respectable in the world frowned upon the Italian patriots and their cause, this man Who to-day pre- diets the proud destiny of America, then also forecasted a new and United Italy. He lived too to place the cap- stone on a noble idea through Italy taking her place as an integer in the Great Triple Alliance. .. He Has driven out the banditti and foiled every pest against the unity of his native country that was nursed by When others were blind Crispi was wide awake and far seeing. When Mazzini was appeal- ing to Charles Albert in the pathetic words, “Sire, unite us,” Crispi saw that union was impossible without a national spirit to sustain it. He therefore set about creating the na- tional spirit by going from town to town as a tramp editor turning up with a paper in Milan, or in Malta, 01' Palermo; making a, ‘most scanty liv- ing as a writer or delivering a lecture on a political discourse to all within sound of his voice. The great world did not then as now heed what Crispi said, but Crispi’s accuracy and judg- ment and unwavering self confidence were then manifest features of the character of the man who was preach< ing the political regeneration ofltaly | at night and manufacturing bombs in the daytime. The wondering Italians, taught. from youth to respect .ortho- doxy Iwhether in politics or religion asked him on some of these occasions, “Are you a folloWer of Mazzini?’_' He answered, “No." “Are you a Gari- baldian then?" “No more " was the .. reply. "What are yo on?" was the last i despairing interrOgatory to: those spokesmen in. the crowds who tried to confound the lecturer. “I am Crispi," Was, ,the remarkable response. “But 'Ci'i'spi is nobody,’.’ they“ argued. "l .. ,,, To do so is our divinest des— . NG: i call myself ‘To-morrow, was the em- bryo statesman’s rejoinder. 'And Crispi’s glorious “to-marrow” came in ‘od’s good time. Viewed in whatever light we may Jrispi is as men, as Is the country he loves 'a phe- nomenon among resurrected and united people. Italy as from the old scrap iron of petty warring states, Crispi's fortitude and introspection has preserved her from falling asunder again. What the nature of those services are c be gathered from the tribute paid Crisp! recently by a member of the Cellege 0f Cardinalse—“His (Crispi’s) knowledge of our affairs excites the astonishment 'of all of us; it is like intuition. , He knows us better than we know our.- selves and the black anarchy as well as the red The spirit of the “black anarchy” has pursued Italy’s Grand Old Man so relentlessly that Bismarck once jokingly observed to him—“I have, always believed that I was the most hated man in my time but per- haps I have been 111 esumptious in this, fer Your Excellency pushes me very hard " ' I The pleaSant prediction of a man whose prophetic observations give him unique authority may well buoy up all loyal Ameilcans at such a. crisis; and the great Italian statesman . whose 'geuius together with the smile of Queen Marguerite are said “to be the two bonds that bi nd Italy together” need hate no doubt but his generous 'and encouraging remarks, are destined 'to make him and his country many 'warm friends in the United States. And They Cured Her. To... 1 A physician has had an amusing ex‘ perience. The other day a somewhat kldistlacted mother brought her daugh- ter to see him The girl was suffering from what is known among many peo— ple as “general lowness”; there was ‘nothing much the matter with her, but 'she was pale and listless, and did not [care about eating 9r doing anything. The doctor, afterdue consultation, pre- scribed for her a glass of claret three times a day With her meals. The mother was somewhat deaf, but appar- lently heard all he said, and bOIe off her daughter. determined to carry out the prescription to the very letter. i In ten days' time they were back 'again, and ,the girl looked quite a dif- lfercnt creature. She was rosy- cheeked, smiling, and the picture of health. The doctor congratulated him- self upon the keen insight, he had di 3- !played in his diagnosis of the case. “I am glad ,to see that your daughter is so much better," he- said. “Yes,” exclaimed the excited and grateful mother, “thanks to you, doc- ‘tor! She has had just, what you or- dered. She'has eaten carrots~ three times a day since we were here, and uncooked—and now look at her!” The medical man was So overcome with laughter that, for some minutes, he could not explain the mistake. Snatched lllm Baldheeded. An infirm: old gentleman was found by a rogue. moaning sadly for some- thing lost. said the fellow. : “0h, sir, a villain has just stolen my new white but from my head, and run away with it!” “Why don’t you run after him?" asked the rogue. “I can't run at all; walk." . “You can't," said the rogue; he stole your hat?" "Yes, he did, sir.” “And you can't run?" “Not I." "Nor catch him?" “No.'! “Then here goes for your wig," and accordingly, pulling off the thatch from his head, the fellow went 015'. like a shot from a rifle, and the old gentle man was left as bald as a coat. I can hardly, "and , Centenarian of 1898. This is to be a year of centenaries France will have three—the centenary of Jasmin, the barber poet, who was born at Agen in 1798, and died in 1864; that of AugusteCo-mte, founder of the Positivist School, who died in 1857; ‘and that of Jules Michelet, the famous historian, who was born on August let, 1798. There will be twocen- tenary festivals in Italy, in memory of Vaud, the Swiss will commemorate the great painter., On May 21St, P0rtu~ gal will commemorate the fourth cen— tenary 0f the explorer Vasco dc Gama. , . “ She Does Not Cycle. herself against the proposed reform of women's Clothing, saying that she is quite content with the present fash- ‘ ions, which are sensible and can be modelled according to everyone’s taste. Her Majesty is one of the few lROyal ladies who do not cycle. She considers it a very ungraceful sport for women, and the lady cyclists she has seen in Germany have not im- pressed her by their varied costumes. A Singular Ship. . The most singular ship in the world is the Polyphemus, of the British Navy. It is simply a long steel tube, deeply buried in the water, the “deck rising only 4ft. above the sea. It car- lies no masts or sails, and is used as a ram and torpedo-boat. Rose leaves not on: y furnish us with the most delightful 0f perfumes, but are also medicinally employed as a tonic and astringent. Cloth Made from Wood. | Cloth is now. being successfully made .from wood. Strips of fine-grained wood are boiled and crushed between rollers, and the filaments. having been carded into parallel lines, are spun in- to threads, from which cloth can be um e11 .111 the usual way. A ,1 r: - a much a. marvel among- Having forced a new ' sometimes. c‘tenermand once or twice 9 of indifference to Americans. , The people ofthe United States-- my “What‘is the matter, 311?", the poet Leopardi and of Savonarola. . Besides the centenary celebration. of the independence of the Canton of‘ fourth centenary of Hans Holbei'n, the ' The German Empress has expressed. caznrrn P"? FRANCIS JOSEPH. A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE EMPEROR OF AUST RO-HUNGARY’S LIFE. His Assurances of Anxiety for the Crown of , Spain and the Cabled Rumors of His Ef- forts to Raise Europe Against Us Makes His Majestylnteresting‘to Our Peopl The assurances of anxiety on the part of the Emperor Francis Joseph in the Crown of Spain and the cabled rumors of his efforts to raise Europe against the United States make the polyglot empire of his majesty a mat- ter of direct interest to our people. We have paid but little attention to the beer garden scenes lately in the. Austrian Reichstag, and neither the discontent of the Magyars nor the po- litical demands of the young Czechs, have much concerned the people of the United States, since the exile and death of Louis Kossuth. When the great Hungarian patriot came to this country the peOple of the United States gave him funds, a warm welcome in. the name of freedom and the privileges usually accorded- to a distinguished stranger in Washington. Mr. Sewarde and the late “Sunset’_' Cox and many others. made warm speeches appealing, to Magyars and to all American patri- ots alike; to stand by the Hungarian cause. There is not any apology due Francis Joseph for our action in 1870. Thongh one portion of the dual Em- pire would probably reciprocate by now discountenancing acts of hostility against the United States on the part of the head of the state, it is neverthe— less a fact that beyond wishing well to freedom everyWhere we have not as a people taken any particular interest in Austro-Hungarian affairs for many years. We may, do so again because it is almost impossible to doubt that the head of the House of Hapsburg has dis- played both Lin his 0Wn person and in the case of his Majesty's Premier, Golu- chowski, a tone of-.bitte1' u'nfriendli- nose to the people and institutionsof the United States. Count 'Goluchow- ski has gone sofar astopubllclyurge upon Europe the necessity of combin- ing against us commercially, and his august master has followed up this step by repeated invitations to Euro~ pean Courts .j'to intervene in our con- test with spam in the common interest of the lame, crippled, humpbacked, be- wigged and wrinkled monarchies ,of Europe. With the affairs of that con- tinent we have no concern. It is not the intention of the United States to interfere in, the domestic affairs 'of any foreign people. But our espousal of the case of Kossuth' helped to create the autonomy of Hungary and as we have in this country many 0! the for- mer subjects of the.,Austrian~ kaiser, the political condition of the people of central Europe can hardly be a matter therefore be. com-polled torenow their former interest in the'Emperor Francis ' Joseph and his affairs, apart entirely from the fact that he may at any time spring into notice as the author of a European concert against the new for- ward policy of this country. Of course we have no fear of any such. concert. And if all Europe would be so mad as to regard these United States as all Europe once regarded the First Napo- leon, this country has enough of the former subjects of these European countries to stand betWeep and :11 American Waterloo, even if a the na- tive Americans kept saying nothing but sawing field. We need not raise a hand should such an issue he thrust 1111611111., Indeed thé somethat rickety throne of Austria .would hardly hear such a strain Just now as partici- pation in a European concert. Would put upon it. And thé opinion prevails in more centres 1111 America that it is the tact and urbauity of the Emperor alone which. makes the House of Hope- burg a 11.161.11.111 in Europe; and that when Francis Joseph dies as many lines of cleavage are likely to set in through his mosaic empire as mani- fested themselves in the once proud Empire of Charlemagne. of which there is now no trace. The present Emperor was hardly seated on the throne in 1848 when he saw the expulsion of Louis Philippe engenders revolution among his sub- jects, and it is not unlikely that to the fear of seeing the throne of the Bour- bons fall in spar-1,1, and thus the can. taglon spread from Madrid ,to Vienna, is due much of that solicitious interest in us now shown by the Emperorof Austro- -Hungary. It is not our fault but Spain’ s misfortune that the proud and pedigreed race over which his 1113,. jesty’ s niece is Queen Regent, should so conduct itself in Cuba as to make American intervention a humane neces. pity as was that of Austria in Bosnia , and Herzegovnia in 1870., It may therefore so happen that Francis Joseplf would court the fate: and that the close of his reign would see the renewal of those aspirations for liberty which in 1848 drove Prince ' Metternich from the Austrian Capital,', and gave a free constitution to the “Austrian people. The ,present Emperor ought not to forget that it was the ab- dication of his uncle Ferdinand which kept the Hapsburg dynasty from fall- ing in 1848. In order to qualify him for reigning in this .crisis, Francis Joseph, then a minor, was declared at age so as to give his ascent .of the throne the legal sanction of the con. stitution in the eyes of the people. It was only through the assistance of wiser councils that those who now sur- round him, that the young Emperor was proclaimed, and it was through the military aid of Russia and by rather clever manipulation of the popular forces that a. peace was ,maintained which secured. the , succession; . Nor can we forget" that the practice: of petty intrigues such as is now attrib. uted to him Well- becomes, the Emperor. - .....,._.A-.._.._. . - peror. 1 and his family. For athousand years the House of Hapsburg has maintained itself by crimes that call for the con- damnation of ,the decalogue. It was by these arts that the dukes of Austria pushed that insignificant state into the Proportions of an Empire. Itwas, a duke of Ausfria that betrayed Richard- Plantaganet to the Saracens. It was a duke of Austria that held, Richard Coeur de Leon for twelve years in a. Danubian castle; and another of the race that did all manner of hideous things in order to incorporate the crowns of Bohemia, Transylvania and: Austria. The character of his ances- tors also wellhefits the present Em- In the dispute rhetween Eng. land and France in 1854 the aim of the Emperor of Astria was to trim between the contending powers. Calling him- self an ally of the Western powers he came out of the scramble protector of Moldavia and Wallachia, and, so be- c'ame one of the contracting parties of the peace of Paris in 1856. Ha thus vastly solidified himself in the seat into which adventitious circumstances had thiust him. He was also successful in the attempt to. maintain 1er a long time the predominance of Austria over Prussia in the Germanic Diet; and no one will deny that the ill-starred at- tcpt of his brother Maximilian to sub- vert the Monroe Doctrine had the full and unconditional approval of the whole Austrian Court. He was then the enemy of America as he is top“! Therefore there are many pro billtiu as well as some powerful reasons why the cables from MI which speak of the pernicious activityJ of Austria do no injustice to the Alli: trian Emperor, whose family rushed in piety have ever been the unscrupu- lous fees, of liberty, and of whom a caustic writer has well said that “they gave idiots to Spain in the 91186 at Kings, harlots to France in the so of Queens, tyrants to the Netherlén in the guise of regents, monsters to es new world in the guise of warriors and empty-headed bigots t0 lord it ova-111.0 brave people of the Hilly Roman Euv pire. " This is a crushing indictment and it is perhaps one of the retribu- tions of avenging time that the man. who is now conspiring against us has no direct heir for the throne his fathers had stolen and is likely to be succeeded by a madman who is never likely to reign and who is one of the wickedest men on earth. .__'-——_—-—-—_—"— THE AM ERICAN PRIVATEER... A Private Sh‘lp'of War Bent on Doing It- Best to Help the Country. When the American privateer came to the front in the war of 1812 it did not come as a pirate. . It came as a private ship of war bent on doing its best to help, the country, which had only a small “naval force. These vessels and "their, services to the Republic were admirablyd‘llustrat- ed in the case of the Contra-k. Arm~ strong, a small ship, mounting only seven guns and carrying ninety men. The General Armstrong sailed from New York and captured many British prizes in the first mo years of the war. . . . . In September, 1814, she was lying in the harbor 0f Fayal, Azores Isla’nds, when a British squadron of several ship's sailed in. ‘ This squadron was on its way to Ja- maica, where a great fleet was being assembled by the English to capture New Orleans. On seeing the General Armstrong, which Was under comm-and of Capt. Samuel 0. Reid, the British prepared to attack her. The principal English vessels in the squadron were the ship Plantagenet, of 74 guns," the-frigate Rota, 44, and the brig Carnation, of 18. Commodore Lloyd gave orders to capture the Yankee so that she could be used in the expedition against New Orleans. All were sailing ships in “.hose days, and the first attack on the ‘Ya'nkee" was made by a boat party of 150 men. These were repulsed with terrible loss, and a second attack was made with 500 men, which met with a simi< lar fate Amazed at the fighting qualities of his American privateer. Commodore Lloyd then ordered one of the big ships to be “worn" into position/sothat she could get her big'guns to bear on the General Armstiong. ' Before this could be done Capt. Reid scuttled his ship and landed with his men. The little company took refuge in an old stone convent on a high hill and defied the enemy. '1 he official report of the British Coh- sui shows that the losses on that side in killed and wounded was 300 men, while the American had only 2 killed 1nd 7 wounded. By this gallant fight of Capt. Reid 4h. The British squadron did. not reach Jamaica 111' time to co-operate in the attack, and when they finally reached there God. Jackson had the city in a condition to repel their attack. Thiswonderful exploit ,of the Gen- ,eral Armstrong is not referred to in any of the regular histories of the American Navy, though it certainly de. :erves a place there. as this country was concerned, Were the volunteer navy of the Republic. They struck out boldly for'vthe enemy’s country and were ready for a fight at 1 moment' 3 notice. The volunteer navy of to- -day would do the same thing if given the oppor- Amity. ‘ For Profit and Pleasure. ’ )ther tin boxes that 1,11}. thrown av‘ra’y every month are stamped by machinery While the manufacturer makes a fair nestle ' , eanf‘ilaseg ’ and his men New Orleans was saved. , The privateers of those days, so far . In Paris the thousands of sardine and i into tin soldiers, and acid so cheaply. thatthepoorést children can buy them, I l . 3\.
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