Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 June 1900 — Page 4

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IS RUSSIA TREACHEROUS? 4 Is eeoslderlna the etoiiee of Fassla's treachery and duplicity it ie well to remember that they come, so far, from es- , clustvely sources. When we make* this susseetlon w# do not mean to Imply that ths English officers would misrepeesent the facts, or that they themselves are not fully persuaded of ! the truth of the reports. But it roust not be forgotten that It takes very little evidence to satisfy the average Englishman on thta point Idstruat of Russia Is s part of the British political creed; there Is, of course, good reason this should be so, but hatred and suspicion of Russia disqualify, to some extent, the English as witnesses. They naturally tend to exaggerate the Importance of every move ths Csar makes, and they are Ingenious in suggesting crooked motives for everything ho does. 8o, while ’ there Is nothing Improbable In any of the reports that have reached us — rather they are entirely consistent with Russia's record In war and diplomacy — It would be wise, while preparing for the worst, to receive them, till further corroborated, with considerable reservation. The witnesses against Russia are the officers of the British cruiser, the Terrible. As told by ths dispatches from Chs Foo, they “assert that discord exists between the Russians3and the AngloAmericans, and they say they believe the Russians are planning to break the concert. and take possession of Pekin indepsndsntly"; and much mors to similar ' affect. This is, of course, a formidable indictment. And it may be true, though 1 It seams incredible. One thing at least Is clear, and that Is that ws must be prepared for the basest treachery. We saw how powerless the boasted European concert was aft the time of ths Armenian massacres. This * powcrltsenses was due to tho fear and suspicion that existed Among the powers. In view of such a record, it would not be strange If the concert should fall to pieces now. The failure to agree on a definite policy may result In doing nothing. or else in a wild and Independent grab for territory. It le not su pleasant spectaclethat of tho great Christian nations of the world forced Into a temporary hflfrmony by the dreadful crtsla now existing In China and yet-each one of them eyeing the others with a jealous hatred. Our duty Is plain. We muse-co-ops rate with any of the powers, or with all of them, to restore order and-to-pro-tect Ufa and property,, and use our Influence In such a way as mayconduoe to a peaceable sstllsmant of the grsab problem. That nation which thinks or talks ot territorial aggrandisement at a time when men and women are being butchered by an infuriated mob. ought to stand disgraced forever in the -are# of the chrtHMd world. HERO WORSHIP The public has always had Its heroes. Man Ot widely varying condition And of Qvtfta different claims fa pubUo regard 1 ham been popular heroes, private virtue i bag not always been a requisite. Indeed, mage than one profligate has been a derUa* of the crowd. The Duka of Buckingham. In Charles rs tlm* for example was Immensely popular in spite of many moral blemishes. Charles XX, notoriously Irregular as hie lift was, was ths Idol ot England. Part of his popularity was, | of course, due to reaoUou from the stern, j peate-elngfog Cromwell era. England wanted to eat. drink end be merry again, and |n Charles she found a monarch who wanted precisely the same thing. But ths graces which Charles united in his parson would probably have mads him popular at any period. Who could resist the courtesy that distinguished him even on his death bed, when he begged pardon of his courtiers for being “such an unconscionable time dying*'t Xf there have been many puhUo heroes, there have been legions of private ones '—parsons whs to one or mors of their friends, or to a limited circle, have appeared to make of life s problems a particularly admirable solution. Probably no young man or woman is ever without such a hero, or ideal. D’Artagnan, when, at twenty, he plunged Into Paris to find his fortune had tor his ideal De TtevlUe, ' who. like himself, had begun life without a sou in his pocket and with only his award. If De Trevllle won his way thus, why not I. reasoned the young Gascon . That Is where the real secret of hero worship Ilea The worshiper fondly sees in himself some attribute akin to that of ths hero, and says to himself that he will go and do likewise. Sometimes, often. In fact, the heroes or ideals of young people are mere book creations, baft this does not lessen their reality. The tropical imagination ot youth easily warms them into life. There art many people that decry hero

worship. It seems to them foolish In Itself. deceptive and pernicious in its effects. They refuse to bend the knee, finding in the most perfect and admirable characters damning flaws. If such people can find no better cause for complaint, they will dislike a man because of his father, as Duke Frederick. In "As Tou ; Bike It.** disliked Orlando, even after b!s skillful wrestling: Tfcoa shouMst have pleased me bettw la this Hadst thou descended freer, another boeee. Buch people never know the inspiration that springs from the warm rush of feeling that Ignores petty faults, and sees j fn living human beings the concrete embodiment of an ideal. Next to being great oneself, indeed, is the faculty of i recognizing greatness in others. Of most of the world s great men and women, : we can only have an imperfect knowl- , edge, buf even this is helpful. It la | heartening. Carlyle, in his "Heroes and j Hero Worship.” says: One comfort ia, that great men. taken | up in any way, are profitable company j We can not look, however, imperfectly j upon a great man without gaining some- j thing by it. He is the living founta.n of , life, which it is pleasant to be near The hero of the American people Just \ now Is Theodore Roosevelt. It Is j altogether possible that popular en- | thuslssm overestimates hfm. But that j really does not matter. He has proved J bis possession of manliness, signal abil- J tty, courage, decisiveness, and he is certainly not to blame for being per—on ally magnetic, interesting and pftetlU—qua as well. All good Americans ars pr t>i of him, and they have a right to ba

for territory, but is solicitous for commercial conquest. In all this dash of ambitions sod interests, signs of weakness and anarchy among the Chinese ana likely to quicken the impulse of aggression. It will not be at all surprising If the present trouble results in war between Great Britain or Japan sad Russia. or even in the great European war which for a long time has been the dread of civilisation. And this on the heels of the peace conference at The Hague: Neely meanwhile remains in New York.

The Fiilnois Democrats put on the soft pedal when they came to financial measures.

It Is said that Mr. Roth has politely but flnr ly been Informed that he is not the entire city administration. We hope this Is true. It would be a good thing for the administration and the city if he were not even a small part of it.

The Hon. Henry Watterson has swallowed free silver and all, and Is trying his best to look pleasant.

Ships of War.

Te ships of War. that rule the ware* And strike with spars of steel. Tour coarsen aatver 'eeath the earh. But heed the tree heel: : Tou beer our hearts sod fcapes abroad, | Acroee the ehoreleee eea. j While, storm-defying, oo roar peaw | Stands Uuxad'rt&g Victory: i What though the caster* sky be black With death for tboas that rove. Though darkness of tha damned ingulfs I Pahs aad palmetto grove. | Tour free fash along the shore. Your searchlights flood the bay. And Liberty can eater where Tour great guns blase the way. When your trackless paths prove looeij. And friends art far and few. Or in all the waste ot waters Nose hut ths Lord and you. To Him who thieids and saves ua ell Prayer* rise from maid and man. For you hear the natiee's banner". Tou are tha nation's van. Advance ye steel-clad Ship* of War. Dispelling doubts aad fears: Tour bosoms hold a prec.ous freight. The fatae of future years, j High o’er your conquering conning tower* The pennants fly unfurled; The Stars and Strtpee above yoe are The beet hope of the world. — .'ernes Bugece Farmer in the Bookman.

THE WORLD’S WORK.

Genera! Chaffee has a long way to travel to g-t Into the fight. But If j ♦hlng* are not settled by the time ha | geta to his post. w» may be sure he ' will give a good account of himself.

AH OTHER ALLIANCE. It now sf^ems that the Democratic party may have a chance to make an alliance with another political organization In the principles of which It does not believe It Is said that Prohibitionist* will present to the Kansas City convention a list of LOOO.W voter* pledged to support Mr. Bryan on the condition that there shall be a prohibition plank in the Democratic platform. Advocates of this Interesting program do not expect the Demoorata to make the deal, but "they believe and insist that It will be the entering wedge that will finally split one or the other of the two great parties and build on the ruins the foundation of a new party.” Fanciful as the scheme appears, our Prohibition friends should not be too sure that the Kansas City convention will refuse to go Into it. A million votes, assuming that they can be swung as proposed, constitute a very tempting bribe. It was exactly this argument that was used In 1896 to persuade the Chicago convention to abandon Democratic principles and take up with populism and silver Republicanism The wiseacres looked over the situation, and found that In 1*92 General Weaver, the Populist candidate, polled over a million votes It was decided to go after these. The platform was built for that purpose, and tho votes were won —but tho election was lost. Now, It seems, we are to have another million votes offered to the Demoerxtlo convention on the condition that It make the right sort of a platform. And there is no reason. In logic, why the precedent of 119R should not be followed. The rote of a Prohibitionist Is quite as good as that of a Populist However, It is not probable that this alliance will be made, for there Is evidence that the Democrats are wearying of the fusion policy. The Prohibitionists will probably have to fight alone. To the Art Association: Do something! It ttegins to look as If our presence on Chinese soli were good for a seaport

The Democrats are likely to have more trouble with the vice-presidential question than the Republicans had. Popular expression has ficclarrd no preference^ George Fred Williams has been mentioned, to b* sure, but rather languidly: and a few —a very few —voices have been feebly raised for Shively. But the party at large has shown email Interest. In the last few days, since Roosevelt's nomination, something like interest has bean shown in some quarters for David B. HUU But he is an Impossibility for several good reasons. Moreover, the Democrat* are confronted with the ready-made Sioux Otty ticket. They want tha I > opulist vote —and they want it badly. What effect will the rejection of Towns have on that vote? That Is something that has to be considered. No wonder the Democrats are all at sea, and high sea at that, over the vioeprestdenoy.

Russia would have a precedent for “temporarily occupying** China.

It la a pretty safe guess that the Democrats at Kansas City will not accept the proposition of the Prohibitionists to put s prohibition plank In their platform. Not with their present thirst I

There is great danger that the concert of the powers may play out. The possess,, m of the Phltlpplnee eras an unexpected end ungjeslred result of our war with Spain. We had no thought of them when we undertook to strike a blow for Cuba. Now, In the free-for-all fight in China, may we not, though we have no lust for territory, be forvod into a aituation where we shall have to accept some other unexpected and undesired result T And If we are, what are we going to do about it? We are out In the world, sure enough’

Vo voice thus far has been raised In remonstrance against the course of the United States In protecting Its citizens In China. We presume that none win be, at least so long as this Government acts on the present high plane. But It le entertaining, to say the least. to hear some of the will talk about the “heathen Chinee ” This Government haa long excluded Chinese from this country. It is not with much grace, therefore, that are take exception to the course of the Chinese when they seek to expel foreigners—no matter for what high and lofty reason foreigners may be there. Of course, the objection has force that the act of expulsion Is accompanied with violence and murder. But we shall have to admit that the Chinese have as much right to expel foreigners from China as the Americans have to expel the Chinese from America.

Those that would run Hill with Bryan may find out that Hill is not that kind of Democrat.

It may not be war in China; but it Is a good deal like what General Sherman said war is.

General Chaffee Is going to Interview the Empress dowager.

The city has had better street-cleaning than It enjoys Just at present.

The fact that the tax returns show that Mr. Bryan is the heaviest taxpayer in Lincoln may not Indicate that Mr. Bryan is growing rich, so much as tt may mean that he makes honest returns to the assessors.

Think of Mr. Bryan taking back Cleveland. Carlisle, Olney and others on probation !

Perhaps in the dismemberment of China we, too, shall have a voice

Whenever the European powers become Jealous of one another they can leave It to us. The Chinese officials fear the effects of landing foreign troops on Chinese soil. They may well fear the effects tf the foreign troops once get to work. It Is not at all unlikely that the events now In progress tn China mark the beginning of a really new era tn tha. part i of the world. It Is true there have been j other great uprisings and rebellions in i the past that have been put down, and | China has then gone cm her sluggish j way. after the old manner. But. little by little, western Ideas have been penetrating the great inert mass of China, and there is greater ferment and unrest than ever before. At the same time the western powers have been making stronger lodgments on her outskirts. Russia bars* like a threatening cloud on the north; Japan, or. the east, is only prevented by fear of the European disfavor of descending finally upon her. England and Germany and France are eager to get their share if dismemberment comes. America alone has no lust

The Jewish Chautauqua Society will hold Us fourth annual assembly at Atlantic City, July 13-39. From small beginnings this society has grown to a large and powerful Influence. It carries out fully the Chautauqua Idea adapting a popular system of education to the needs of busy people applied to Jewish education. Membership Is variously divided as ore the courses which for completion extend through eight years. New lines of investigation are developed constantly. L>urlng th« meeting at Atlantic City, which is a great resort for Jews, there will be lectures and addresses by some of the moet prominent Jewish educators in the country. The general work of the assembly comprises a department of popular lectures, of literary and musical entert xlnmects, of popular confereccea, of Chautauqua circle*, of the summer school and of religious worship. The society grows from year to year and Is prospering greatly. The average voter is at present disposed to endure the present 111* rather than fly to o'-bers that he knows not of. Shelby county's efforts to bring the robbers and boodlers to Justice can not too strongly be applauded. May no guilty man escape: It Is dear the Boxers are not the real fhing according to American standards, or they would talk more. The nations suspect the Russians aeon bearing gifts

Platt's fractured rib has sent him to bed. It ts suspected that he laughed too much over the result at Philadelphia.

The present is not the time to reduce the war taxes.

The Sentinel ts unable to hear of any l ease ns, because cf which men oppose Mr. Bryan, except his devotion to free silver, and the charge that he talks ^oo much. Well, what Is the matter with those reasons?

Decidedly William Jennings Bryan is against Hill. But then, Hill is not enthusiastically for Bryan.

The leadings candidates for Governor before the Illinois Democratic convention, yesterday, were men named Alschuler, Ortselfen and Orendorff. The principal speech was made by Altgeld. The first thing the Democrats have to decide in their campaign is whether to take tho Towne or not. It rather seems to us that some of our good people have been exciting themselves unduly for such warm weather over this waste-receptacle business. Such boxes have been placed at convenient corners In many cities and have proved to be a help In keeping the streets from litter. Men. Instead of throwing paper on the pavement, take an extra step or two and throw It Into the box. That Is the good aids of It. Of course, such receptacles ought not to be necessary. People ought to have pride of cleanliness enough to throw nothing on the pavement. The police should see that they do not. But that Is a condition of things that will be slow In coming in the average American city. On the other hand the use of the receptacles as bill boards will not make them an attractive feature of the streets; and tho fact that the company seeking this franchise ia not organised under the Indiana statute is decidedly against tt. We have no idea there Is any big “Job” in this thing or that the company, if its contract stands. Is going to make any great fortune out of the business. But It is plain <hat the Board of Works acted with too great haste and too little consideration.

Recently a special train of six cars on j a trial trip over the Baltimore & Ohio, between Baltimore and Washington. ' made seven miles In six minutes, up a steep grade, and down grade went live mile* at the rate of MLS mile* an h<yir. 1 The train was sheathed fore and oft like a ship to a line below the trucks, and as restibuied throughout, having the ; appearance of one long, sinuous, flexible car. This so reduces the resistance of the air that the speed Is believed to be a practical thing for long distances.

Li Hung Chang's reputation is not such as to inspire confidence- U is supposed always to Inquire what he is there for.

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Down s long dreamland corridor I 9*4; ®v*r it grew mor* dark, mors efciil. ir.or* dre*r. Wfcile, with v«!'.cd faces which I knew w< dead Went with ice stapes cf fear "Ah. leave m*''’ projed I; “I can dare alone The 4arltE«a». it ye take from me this dread” "F\wev«e roust we walk with thee” said ons: "We arc the gentle deeds thou hast not done” Then »aw I. faintly outlined overhead. Another host, countless and dark and still; Yet, was it a voice which made the dense air thrill ? "We are the comforting words thou hast not •aid." —Margaret Vaadegrtft SCRAPS. Persia has as yet no railroad systems The scarcity of salmon now tn the Columbia river is pronounced abnormal. Beginning August 14. all letters from Finland to foreign cou wtiea must bear Russian stamps. Electric power has nw b*en used to any great extent In agriculiic. 1 * *o far, though it seems well adapted to *t. A young man in Pennsylvania broke his engagement with a girl because on her graduation she took the oratorical prlxe. An automobile service has been started between the Sengml and the Niger. The automobiles are of French make, and are run by Frenchmen. A Chicago physician is of the opinion that, under proper and fitting climatic conditions, “» per cent, of all case of consumption can be cured. Southern California is famous for its Indian centenarians, most of whom are able to establish the date of their birth In Franciscan mission records. Barton county Is one of the principal wheat growing sections in Kansas. Its crop will probably reach 5.000.000 bushels, and it has a population of only 12,000. The telegraph was first established In Japan in 1869. when the Japaneee governmen engaged some English engineers to build a line between Yokohama and Tokio, which are only a few miles opart. A project recently set on foot in Hungary to supply electric power In small quantities to home workshops in the vicinity of Budapest has received t sanction of the Hungarian Diet. One of Philadelphia's hotels, 800 feet high, has devoted its entire roof to a garden. A rustic arcade has been bulit overhead. to be covered with trailing vines. The view extends for miles beyond the city. A well-known Philadelphia artist says women's necks are growing longer. He says the high collar is responsible for it. All the life studies and portraits of women seen at students' exhibits demonstrate this. All cots being In use at a Philadelphia hotel, an Idaho delegate to the Republican convention was permitted to sleep on a billiard table. His bill was rendered tn this form: "Use of billiard table, seven hours, 40 cents per hour. 82.80.” In Utica, N. Y., a block of new apartment houses has just been furnished with complete Installation of electric cooking utensils In each flat. The electrical kitchen furniture consists of three round platters or ‘‘stoves,” an oven and a broiler. A singer In grand opera contradicts the statenent frequently made that lemon juice_U excellent to relieve a slight hoarseness. It may clear the voice at first, but only for a short time, and the strong acid Is extremely Injurious to the vocal chords. The other afternoon an American, in taking a seat In a street car. brushed against the arm of a Filipino as it was stretched along the back of a seat. Thereupon the Filipino punched the American in the small of the back. So the American thrashed the Filipino and another rising was nipped in the bud — Manila Letter. A party of citizens of Far Rockaway were speeding to that point from Brooklyn over the. Long Island railroad last week bearing with them an injunction from the Supreme Court forbidding the Long Island railroad from laying tracks in Far Rockaway when an accident occurred on the line ahead of them and stopped them. Of course the accident continued to obstruct travel until the objectionable tracks were laid. Wireless telegraphy still remains a subject more Interesting than practical. So far no particular use has been found for It, though numberless experiments have been made. The main difficulty has been to perfect a selector system, whereby on# of a number of stations within one another’s range of influence might signal to a particular receiving point without affecting the others So far it seems to have been impossible to do this. There are very few complete collections of campaign badges in existence*. Two of them are earned in New York, one in Chicago, one in Philadelphia and one In I.ouievUle. There are quite a number of collections eating back to Grant's flrat political campaign. In later years the campaign badge, the distinctive campaign badge, had gone out of existence, hi ving been supplanted by the campaign button, which ts truch neater and much less costly-Washiugion Star. The twentieth century will have twentyfour leap years, the greatest number possible. February will have five Sundays three times—1880, 1884 and 1876. The earliest possible date on which Easter can occur Is March 12 The last time it occurred on that date was 1818. The lateet date that Easter can occur is April 26. It will occur but one time in the coming century on that date—1943. The middle day of the century will be January 1. 1961. There will be 380 eclipses during the coming century. “Department clerks have discussed the question for manv years, but have never settled the matter as to whether a clerk may properly, during the summer months or any other months, for that matter, work in hi* shirt sleeves." said an old Land Office clerk. “I admit that It is convenient and pleasant to do so. but I think that nine-tenths of the clerks, men and women, in the various departments think as I do. that a man should never work In a public office In his shirt sleeves."—Washington letter. "Graft" is the proper name for all Senate pages, especially If their real name is not known, or does not come to the mind Instantly. It come about In this way: One of the first pages ever appointed by the Senate was Grafton D. Hanson. For a while Grafton was the only page in the Senate chamber, and the calls for "Graft.’' as he was called, were very numerous and at tlmea urgent. As new pages oame into ths Senate from time to time the name Graft was given them and used until their naseea were so well known that they could be remembered. The eartteet authentic record of bubonic plague has hitherto been accepted, says Nature, as dated 800 B. C. Dr*. F Tldswell and J A. Dick have, however, recently brought evidence before the Royal Society of New South Wale* to show that the epidemic ot 1144 B. C-. doscribed In the First Book of Samuel (chapters 4 to l«j, was the bubonic plague. After the Philistine* had captured the Ark of the Covenant and token It to Ashdod, sever# illneess broke out among the people. “The hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod. end He destroyed them end smote them with emorods." The word "emorod” has usually been taken to mean hemorrhoids, but in the revised version of the Old Testament tt is stated to mean tumor or plague boll. The epidemic la PhlUetla occurred at the time of the regular Plague season, and mice are mentioned in connection with it. which furnishes additional evidence that the epidemic we* plague, for a connection between the death of rats and plague at Bombay and elsewhere has been clearly established.—Baltimore Sun.

At Batavia. N. Y., the experiment of having two teachers in each room of the high school has been tried with great seccees. The additional teacher is for the purpose of helping backward pupils, so they can keep up with the class. Two years' work with the system has proved it to b* so admirable that Instructors from other pieces dally visit Batavia to learn the method. Professor Mark, of Owen College. Manchester, was sent to Batavia !o look Into the work for the British government, and he will report favorably concerning it.

The annual report of tho Pennsyvania State bureau of mines shows that in the past thirty years 9.575 lives have been lost in the State in mine accidents. During this time there have been, according to the report, good laws and honest effort by mine Inspectors and mine superintendents and foremen to shield miners from aanger. And yet this vast total of lives must be recorded. The report thinks that after making due allowance for preventable accidents that were not prevented, at least three-fourths of the casualties are due to the carelessness of these whom the law and the officials enfoiclng the law tried to protect. This, to a degree, must ever remain a kind of carelessness, against which no foresight can guard. It has been greater in Pennsylvania, perhaps, from the employment of great numbers of miners ignorant of English, and not only unable to read printed Instructions, but to comprehend them. Tho conclusion is that whatever progress la to be made in reducing the death rate from mining accidents must be in the direction of increasing the Intelligence of the miners, &a a class. It is believed that the lew and the mine inspector are doing all that is poscible to make coal mining safe, and that only an Increase of Intelligence that will cause a greater obedience to rules and regulations and that will decrease carelessness will agpi ectably reduce the number of deaths.

The aroused attention to the protection of birds not only by national and State law*, but by the voluntary aid of private societies gives added interest to the report of our consul et 8t. Gall, which tells of a Swiss law enacted in 1873 to prohibit the killing or trapping of song birds, and the robbing and molesting of their nest*. Greet effort is made to enforce this law. but over the border In northern Italy the spirit of bird murder is epidemic. And It spreads Into the c&nton of Tessin, where the nightingale, the swallow, the wren and little songsters of all kinds are the victims. As the seasons come and go the Swiss birds make their pilgrimage and then they are mercilessly pursued. On the borders of Lake Maggie re It Is estimated that at least 60.000 birds a year ere killed, while In the neighboring regions millions are Indiscriminately slaughtered for the table end for millinery purposes. The Italians cover the limbs of treee, recks, telegraph poles, wires and everything on which a bird will light, with bird-lime, so that when the little songsters stop for rest they are stuck helplessly and thousands are thus captured. But the Swiss do not give up the erforcement of law* for all that and In the one canton where the lew is little regarded more than 12,600 bird-traps were last year destroyed end the criminal courts ere eealously arresting every viola ter of the law.

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There is good news that that king of fruits, the apple, promises to be in evidence this year with an exceptionally large crop. Fruit dealers of New York have gathered opinions from the appleproducing regions of the country, and estimate that this year the crop will be almost a record-breaker for size. Last year the apple season opened with the best of the fruit $2 a barrel, but on account of a short crop the price was soon doubled. Dealers predict, from the present outlook, that the opening prices this y* ar W H1 be as low as fifty and seventyfive cents a barrel.

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The Academy at West Point will be considerably enlarged because of the law recently enacted that provides for the addition of 100 cadets. Two of the new cadets will be appointed at large from each State. Those appointed by the President will be Increased from twenty to thirty. The cadets at large will be nominated by the Senators. This addition will make the total maximum number of cadets 4S1. The Increase In the strength of the army Is the reason for enlarging the West Point corps. It is felt that if the army Is to have a total strength of 65,000 or 75,000 the necessity for educating a larger number of officers Is apparent, and Indeed it Is believed that the hundred new cadets appointed will not be sufficient.

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posts, brass trimmed,regular price 66; sale price

$4* 3 5

In Austria the prevailing tendency, our consul at Prague writes, is to form trusts in every branch of Industry to reduce the cost of production, to control the market price of the article and to get larger profits from the manufacturer— the object of trusts the world over. The last trust formed there Is that of the paper manufacturers, with the result of advancing the price of paper 25 per cent The likeness to home conditions is increased by the report that the Judicial department Is working on a general rule to govern the formation and conduct of trusts. Our consul adds that the manufacturers of Austria complain of our tariff as shutting them out of our markets. At the same time, he says, the Austrian tariff, like ours, is strongly protective, and In some articles prohibitory. He cites the purchase of a safe in Cincinnati by an Austrian business man, the freight on which to Hamburg was $21.50, from Hamburg to Prague $10.40, but the protective duty amounted to $122.50! So the business of buying American safes In Austria may be said to be in a state of innocuous desuetude.

MEN'S WEAR Man's French Balbriggan Undershirts and ribbed bottom Drawere, with double Beats, regular sellers at 80c Thursday, a garment 88c, or a suit ffOC Men's Butterfly bows, ths 10c axv. ones. 1c each, or a dosen I VC Madras Negligee Shirts, with cuffs to match. 2l.0k at OVC Washable English Squares. aOM. made of madras cloth, 15c onss —Bast Aisle. HOSIERY

10c

ingrain lisle thread Hose, new tan shades, with white heels and toes, ths Mo kind mOC Ladles' fancy blue, with white polka dots, lisle thread Hose, with double heels and toes. Mo kind, orial a pair 6»VC Children's fast black, full regular mads cotton Hoes, fine ribbed, with double knees, heels and toes, srvregular Me kind IV® —Bast Alsls.

WHITE G00D5

50 dozen Fringed Huck Tow- i_

els. all-linen, 17c value, for liSyC

7c quality Striped Lawn, at a,

a yard ..VC

40-lnch India Llnon, worth 12Hc, for a yard Fancy White Goods in plaids and stripes, worth 15c to 20c, special, a yard

—Basement.

SH0E5 ‘

Ladles' black or tan vicl kid Shoes, hand turn soles, kid

KEEP COOL Bom* articles that possible— Rubber Hose, H-lnch, guaranteed. a foot Rubber Hose, %-tnch, 2-ply, guaranteed, a foot White high grade Hoo* foot 8-burner Puritan Gas with shelf, all nickel, for Puritan Gas Ranges, SS 8? Larger ones for—

Freese

earth (Peerless Icelan

Iso* tops

9c and

and high heels, 2>-M and MO fifk ROD qualities, for SfM.OV

INVENTORY SALE OF LADIES’ TAILORED CM fftn SUITS. AT q»O.UU LADIES' PIQUE AND OA DUCK SUITS. AT VO LADIES' PERCALE ACtn WAISTS. AT *iVL SUITS are in black, navy and gray. Jackets lined with silk rom&ine. Skirts lined with percallne. * PIQUE AND DUCK SUITS, at less than the price of the skirts alone. Very cool looking and prettily trim-

med.

PERCALE WAISTS, freshly made goods, regular 75c and $1.00 kinds. They won't last long at 49c to-

morrow.

—Second Floor.

SUMMER UNDERWEAR Ladles' pure white Richelieu ribbed Vests, with low necks and no fQg

-Balcony. East Aisle.

95c

Ladies* black or tan kid lace Shoes, with flexible soles. $2.00 end Ms 22.60 qualities, for Ladles’ vsatlng top, patent tip oxfords, with flexible soles, (ie mn 22-00 quality JJII.OV Misses' black or tan lace Shoes, 2115 kinds -Rear Main Floor. N0TI0N5 Some bargains in the pre-inventory sale— ' •' 15c twelve yard Tape I0C 6c Safety Pins, 3 for 10c 8c Hair Pins lc 10c Basting Cottony dosen.. Be 8c Finishing Braid Be

$20.00 and $2B.OO Ice Cream Freesera, the bee

nd), each—

$1.49 to $2.2B

and Ice

$6.49 to $29.00

Iceland % Refrigerators

Boxss. from—

I5c

8c Pin Cubes

sleeves, each

are de-

mon ■ t r a ti n g Gslr's Queen Skirt Supporter at our notion department. The only practical skirt supporter made, —West Alsls.

Children's Garden Beta, worth 28o, for Floral Bats of I pieces, wars *■_ Me, special (a set). *vC Teaspoons, Just ths thing for f. Ice cream, heavily plated, each..,. « c Hose Reels, S kinds, 49c, 80c and 69c. worth double.Our 12 and 14-lr.ch EverLawn Mowers, complete with grass catcher, each....9^. Screen Doors, plain, 4-pontl, stfx. I 2.6x4.8 up to 1x7, for WC] ^ Fancy Doors, soma sixes, All our 40c and Mo lea Picks *0„ and Chippers, each Sprinkling Cans, galvanised and Bn, at very low prices. 68c Wood Tubs, IkD Wood aq. Buckets and 24 clothes pins, for*wUC' AU our 34.00 and 3LOO Go-Carts now half urice. Trunks, Bags and Dress Buit Cases very much reduced. Empress Mocha sad Java Coffee, five pounds In sfr-tigbt Qq —New Basement.

PETTIS DRY GOODS CO. ■sdieM

PETTIS DRY GOODS CO.

CHINA AND THEMINESE. The policemen of Pekin are armed chiefly with small drums, which they beat loudly in order, it is presumed, to let burglars know that they are coming. All night long the watchmen beat their way around the streets, and as a natural consequence are said to make few arrests. The Rev. Isaac Taylor Headland, professor of mental and moral philosophy In Pekin University. says the Empress dowager Is one of the strongest characters that ever occupied the Chinese throne, and she is the strongest sovereign on any throne to-day. Her hands are tied, however, because after she dethroned the Emperor It became necessary- for her to play off one leader against another in order to prevent their seizing the throne. "Then, as she has antagonized the liberal party, she has had to depend on advisers who are aged conservatives, and who have not studied foreign affairs in forty years, the period during which China has been making progress. She knows nothing of the progress that really has been made.” New-Chwang, while a comparatively small city, of but 60.060 population, is of especial importance to the United States as a treaty port. It is located at the extreme north of the Gulf of Pe-Chl-Ll, considerably further north than TienTsin, and Is of especial Importance to the United States -because of the demand for goods from this country in that section. American cottons, oils and American manufacturers generally are In great demand in the province of Shing-Klng, of which New-Chwang is the treaty port and most important city, and goods reach the interior by the Muren river, which is navigable nearly to the northern border of the province. The proposed Russian railway line which Is projected through Manchuria and the province of Shing-King to Port Arthur, passes near New-Chwang, and is to be connected by a short line. Another. a British line, will connect NewChwang with Sbanh&lkwan, which is already in railway connection with Pekin. During the year 1898 52,661 vessels, of $4 223.580 tons. entered and cleared Chinese ports- Of these vessels 748, of 239,152 tons, were American. The opium war, which was declared against China by Great Britain in 1840, was responsible for the opening cf that nation to the world's commerce by means of the treaty port* which were afterward established. That war grew out of the attempt of China to suppress the smugg*irg of opium carried on by the British to tho depletion of the Imperial revenues. To suppress the trade the Chinese had recourse to fort* All strangers settled in Canton, 275 aJto*ether, were Imprisoned end the British commissioner hod to purchase his liberty and that of his fellow-countrymen by the surrender of 35 QOS chests of opium, valued at 210,000,006, which were Immediately destroyed by Viceroy Lin. Then followed the opium war, in which the United States did not take part. But after the short, sharp struggle in 1867 which resulted In the capture of Canton by the allied British and French, the United States wsa one of the power* that Joined with England, France and Russia In securing treaties for freedom of trade. These treaties were nearly destroyed by the concluding stipulation in ell except that of the United State* that the ratification should be exchanged at Pekin within a year. The Chinese opposed the entry of foreigners late the sacred capital, and the United

States respected the sentiment. Rut the powers were unwilling, and, with their armies, forced an entrance to Pekin, wh*re, under the guns of the powers, the Emperor was forced to sign the treaties. .v M, *L of th ® r »llways of Chin* are in the region which is now the ncene of military operations and of the depredations ? f ,h ®. bojt « r » A raliway eighty miles

of Pekin on this line, begins the Belgian Lu Han railway, which extends southwest seventy-eight miles to Peotlngfu. where the boxers hev# been particularly active. Both the English and the Belgian lines have been largely dentroyed by the rioter., frirm Tlen-Tsln a railway *xi®" 4 * *7 mile# eastward to Chenehou, and there are branches aggregating fifty nfiles. Altogether the English system has 407 mile* and the Belgian eighty-eight It is th* fonper that is to be ultimately connected with Moukden, In the Russian wh ® r ® ** W * D connect with the Siberian railway. About sixty miles of the American Hankan-Pekln line have been graded, but work Is now stopped. Whether the Chinee* have ever, at any time in their long history, had perceptlon or conception of on* true God, Father and Creator of all thlnxs.” le a question that has been long and learnedly discussed by scholarly rtudenterf their classical writings. It is still an open question. But there Is no doubt et all that for many centuries pest they have worshipped the sun. th* moon, the ^ A <* anc **tral deities All the gods of China may be sold to have been deed men, and, by the right of ancestral worship, it may be affirmed that ln i* **1®® aIJ th ® deed men of China are S od*. Temples «e constantly erected. JL th t^ n *r. n 01 to men who, while living, hev* in various ways distinguished themselves. It is impossible to say that any one of thee* men mar not, in the slow evolution of epee, rise pU<: * lunon * th * national divinities. There can, therefore, be no doubt whatever that ns a nation the Chinee* are polytheistic. .n T £!!.«!£T* •*» published In Sh&nfhjJ, and th# wcic — th#y have 1 *i. t0 v t ** •■*4U»lishn»*at of others at some of the other treaty ports. There Is no harbor to ToJro, it tvuex upon th* low coast of the Hoeng-hal or Yellow sea. Th# settlement consists of barracks, officers’ quarters, a small custom house, and a lot of poor Chinese houses or. hovels. The land Is a part of the delta of ths Peh-ho. This river, though small, brings down nn enormous amount of silt, and Is steadily up tb* sea beyond. Although the Yellow sea Is rather turbulent, th* fierce river Is moving the bar out steadily. The charts show this movsnugt pery clearly. Those of the early pert of ths century make ths bar about three miles from the shore, tn UM it was about four and a half miles, and to-day It la six miles. At this distance from tbs lead there is only twelve feet at low tide, excepting In the four channels Ths bottom is mud, so soft and so free from rocks that th* coasting captains who ply that part of the Chinese waters think little of running aground to this neighborhood. For many years enterprising merchants have kept powerful steam tugs at TtanTsia. and they make a handsome profit In towing vesmle up end down the Pehho. and in pulling luckless ships off th* numberless shoals within the bar.

h® Ivory fan of Adelina Is Ailed with the ante

MEW AND WOMEN.

. Lord Pauncefote. the British amt dor at Washington, will deliver as dress on modern politics before the dergraduates of Harvard early next Captain McCalla, of tb* cruiser 3 ark. now in Chines* waters, ha. weakness for raspberry vinegar, of wi he always takes to sea with him a

store, made by Mrs. McCalla.

r T»o professor* of the Unfr« Letpsic—Heines end Wundtcelebrated their twenty-fifth Jv-^, professors, ejid both of them left wty to escape ceremonies sod

laoons.

On th* Ivor

whleh is fllleu | _ famous persons, Queen

he* written; 'To a 8p Queen, who to proud to count

her subject*.

Andrew Sheridan Burt,

th J, v Twenty-fifth (colored)

90 distinguished itself ... ,

Philippines, to a ready writer, pad contemplating writing a history of ‘

Philippine conflict.

Julian Ralph, th* war cot. v

the London Dally Mall, who tded home, writes that his InJu not at all likely to be permanent ! return to America eiriytoSi

deliver a course of lectures.

An amusing story is told of

?®a*iUf.t Ofte day In the the Chamber of Deputies ' ‘““tea friend, when he e w from the chamber of ”j

ing « cries

, With a laugh, he

friend. “They are calling fo

—“th perfect calm he en th* top of hto voice,' mother figure of the ipoteon TII has been I

'Assassin! i# said to

wHh perfect calm he ent at th* top of hto vol

Napoleon HI has been removed death of M. Claude Boujat, the the imperial cutoln*. At the ~ 8t. Cloud, and Compiegn* tbs BouJat, who was described

the Id Frenc

who was described by of all cooks, followed radltlons. Boajst h

for nothing but boiled fresh little rock salt, or a she* ol

at VI try.

itby

“TELL THE TRI

BbtWb Hub goods si dote Ixxnch Herring, in glass, 25eand Shrimps, in salad droastag, 25e; baseo Pods, 26c; Tobasco Sauce 80c; Chili Saves 25c; gon Vinegar 26c; Italian and nut Pretada 15c a povnd; Peanuts 20c s pound.

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