Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 90, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 March 1901 — Page 24

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Prince- Kropotkln Predict the Death of Autocracy ToUtoI Appeals to the Czar.

ST. PETERSBURG. March CO.-Director General F.erR, with the consent of the district curator, has closed the Itisa Polytechnicum. The Kharkoff authorities have Issued an order against assembling In public places, imposing the same penalties for offenses as here. Excellent observers believe that the position of the minuter o" the interior, M. Sipiagulne, i.; untenable, and anticipate his resignation within a few month?, as a reEult of the inability of the police to control the turbulent elements. M. Slpiaguine was disposed to exculpate Lieutenant General Kleigell. editor of the St. Petersburg Post, until the St. Et tersburg Council, on Tuesday after the great riot, reported adversely to the Czar. Prince Viasemski, a member of the Imperial Council, vho was an eyewitness of the rioting, won over the Council in an excellent speech. It is understood now that his resignation, which was tendered after he had protested against the conduct of the police, has not been accepted. M. Fipiagulne's latest proclamation adopted the point of view of the Imperial Council. A week after it had been Issued a report was sent to the Czar by the Grand Duke Michael, president of the Imperial Council, whereupon his Majesty pertinently demanded, according to good authority, what M. Sipiaguine, who la head of the police, had done to forestall the troubles. Some people even hold that police agfnts provoked the affair. The publication of the petition of twenty-eight professors to the Czar, In an English paper, has been the means of bringing the pitition before ths Czar, as the Czarina reads the paper referred to regularly. Eight professors of the St. Petersburg University, three of the Moscow University, three of the Mining Academy and live of the Engineering Institute signed tx.s appeal, which was for more liberal university and political institutions. The present university statutes,' which will probably be revised, were adopted in I85I. The Liberals then predicted their failure. Professor Pilbosoff is publishing criticisms of the Etatutes, predicting more serious troubles than those which have recently occurred. IVA 1 1 OS AITOCHAIV. Anarchist Kropotkln Teil. of the Alms of the Ilnsnlan People. NEW YORK, March 30. Prince Peter A. Kropotkln, the famous Russian. Anarchist, was in this city at the Gerard Hotel, last night. "The first effective blow has been dealt to autocracy in Russia," said Prince Kropotkln in discussing the affairs of his country. "It has been struck within the past fortnight. The ministers of state have notified the Czar that a law he promulgated could not be enforced. This is the first time it has ever been done. It marks tha' first step in the progress which - will eventually make of Russia a federal government such as Is that of the United States. "This law of the Emperor's was the cause of the recent student uprisings In St. Petersburg. The trouble all arose out of an incident at the university at Kleff. A student had become unpleasantly involved In some scandal there and the other students held meetings to decide what should be done to protect their fellowstudent from notoriety. The dean of the university arrested a number of students and the matter was reported to the minister of public Instruction, who told it all to the Czar. The Czar Is an irresponsible, rot very clever young man and he promptly issued an order according to which all students who participate in meetings of any kind will be at once sent to the army for service of two or three years as the case may be. At the present time the 12.000 university students of the empire are exempted from army duty. Under this new law 1S3 students from the University of Kleff have been sent to the army. The new law is unconstitutional, for while the Czar may cause a law to be made in one of two ways, the old law must first be repealed before a new law is made. The old law exempted students from army service. It has not been repealed and tho ministers of state were not consulted in the formation of the present obnoxious decree. "I have a letter from a woman of high rank in Russia, in which she says the public prosecutor at Kleff, the general of the gendarmes and a military general, who belongs to the commission appointed to draft the students have joined in a memorial to the Czar, in which they say that it is impos5iblo to condemn young men in this ruthless fashion. The ministers of state have also taken up the subject. They have informed the Czar that his law cannot be enforced. His decree will not be repealed, but the execution of it will not be attempted and tho Kleff students will be quietly released. It is the tirst time in the history of Russia that the Czar has ever been overridden." Prince Kropotkln said he does not think the Czar should bo killed. "1 believe the greatest foe to autocracy in Russia is Nicholas II," he said. "He is so stupid that ho will make many mistakes. Everyone of those mistakes will weaken his power and the power of the throne. If I thought ho should be killed I would do my best to kill him. I do not believe in asking Bomeona else to do what you would not do yourself." Prince ICropotkin said he did not believe the Czar was responsible for the calling of The Hagno peace conference. He said he thought the Pope was at the back of the whole movement. "The Pope had a great friend at the Russian court," said the prince, "in the person of l'obiedonostzeff, one of the Czar's ministers. Tho Pcpe did not think Emperor William a suitable person to call the conference, so through his friend he prevailed on the Czar to call it." Prince Kropotkln says letters that have come to him from Russia are to the effect that tho general sentiment there is against tho acquisition of Manchuria. He says Russian public sentiment is broiling. The Czar will be asked from time to time to make certain concessions in tho direction of liberty. He will not have the good sense to make all the concessions that are demanded, and trouble will result. liKTTKIl TO THU CZAlt. Coant Tolstoi WnntJ Hin Majcs.tr to May Rclissiou Persecution. NEW YORK. March CO. A dispatch to the Journal and Advertiser from London says: "With a petition of Po.ukobhor women begging to be allowed to join their husbands In Canada. Tolstoi has written the following letter to the Czar: "Tens of hundreds of Rusda's best children suffer trials as heavy and even heavier than the present religious persecution. that inconceivable madres which spreads wider ;md wider over Russia, but which enlightened men and the government have long come to regard as futllo and stupid Injustice. I have long felt iL to be my s.icred duty to .ndeavor before- I die to open your eyes to the senseless and horrible cruelties perpetrated In your r.ame. This touching apial of the Doukohhors forces me to delay r.o longer. Thousands anil thousands of men, deeply religious, an 1 thus representing the nation truest and chiefest strength, have been brought to ruin, imprisoned :i exile or driven forth from Russi 1. Take this matter into your band. Heed not the counsel of the men who Instigated the persecutions; heed not I'obiedonostzeff, uu evil, obstinate, hard-hearted man born out of his time, nor Slpjagin, a short-sighted, superficial, unenlightened man, but revise " lepeal all the existing stupid, repugnant, '.mek'S'ä I.ifcs enjoining religious "perecutioii, which have long ceased to exist In every civilized country except liussia." Adniral Mnln Arrmlnt. iNEtV YO!;K March 00.-A dispatch from the. Herald s correspondent in Ri j dJaneiro payu that Admiral Justine I)e ProV;uf Governor of Cobras !-!ar.d Informed Admiral Mellu that the government i-et bim at Alberty ana ordered him to so im

Horace Council Willed Ills Estate to Deserving Poor.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March SO. The will of Horace Cousens, late of Newton, which has been filed for probate, gives practically all the estate of $3.0,000 to the deserving poor, ut tinder somewhat singular conditions. After payment of $20,000 to the town of Lyman, Me., for a fund, the residue goes to the city of Newton for investment until its total Is $1,(M),000. The Investments are to be in loans to Industrial men and women of Newton to assist them in procuring homesteads. On attaining $1,000,00!) the yearly interest is to be paid to deserving city poor. If the city of Newton does not desire to care for the bequest, two l.oston institutions get $10. CW each, one Newton charity JÖ.Oiw, and the residue goes to Lyman, Me. There seems some question whether or not the disposition of the projKTty hinges on the demise of the testator's children with or without issue. The .Joseph Thome "Will Case. NEW YORK, March CO. Transcript of a judgment from Richmond county for $22o,(51 against Mrs. Eunice E. Huff, and in favor of Mrs. May Thome Rrandingham, the plaintiff In the contest over the will of Jcseph Thorne has been filed In this city. Thome was an inventor of improvements in typesetting and sewing machines, and the contest over his will grew out of tho transfer by him of practically all of his property to Mrs. Huff, for whom in 15 ho left his wife, after forty years of wedded life. Mr. Thome's death occurred on tho 4th of May, lSliT. Just eleven days after that of hi3 wife. He had transferred to Mrs. Huff about $.;oo,uuo worth of stock In the American Press Association. May Thorne Rrandingham was his adopted daughter, having been adopted In San Francisco In 1;.'?. Her father was Lieut. William Henry Lee, of the British army, who was drowned about that time in the harbor of San Francisco, while rowing with a party of friends. Alexander Thain was Mrs. Brandihgham's counsel in the suit against Mrs. Huff. GOOD WORK FOR MARCH SU3I3IAKY OF CONDITIONS IX THE INDIANA OIL, FIELD. Activity Is Phenomenal for the Season nnd Results Are Satisfactory Higher Prices Probable Soon. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MONTPKLIKR, Ind., March 30. OH operations in the Indiana oil field for the month of March show an increase in all its branches. During the month there were 176 wells completed. Thirty-three were gas wells or dry holes, and the rest show an output of 2.S34 barrels. Thi3 is an average of twenty barrels per well per day. Never before in the history of crude oil in Indiana has the oil business from every standpoint presented such a favorable outlook for the oil man In general. The runs of oil from the Indiana field'do not increase as they should with a large number of new wells completed each month, and the shipments are of such a quantity that but little Indiana crude remains In stock. It Is being shipped more rapidly than it Is being produced. The older crop of wells is falling off in output, and the newer ones fail to produce enough to keep up the average. The present outlook is for a much better price for tho product. Dollar oil would stimulate the drill, and new pools would be sought after by the trade. There are many extensive oil pools yet In the State which have never been tapped by the drill, and when they are this State will stand second to none as far as the production is concerned. All that Is needed to lind the product is 'good prices from the pipe line3, and the operators will do the rest. During March an attempt was made to extend the State-line pool to the north into Monroe township, Adams county, a couple of miles north of producing wells. Tho venture was located on the Habegger farm, but when completed failed to lind oil in paying quantities, much to the disgust of the citizens of Decatur. The State-line pool is one of the most promising ones in the entire oil area of the State, and many news wells will be put down there the present season. Before the close of the season miles of new territory will be developed in all directions from the center of the field. Hartford City has a regular oil country boom on, and some more than average 'wells are being completed there. The new strike reported during the past few days to the southwest of Marion is exaggerated considerably, and is not such a producer as reported. Its output was less than 100 barrels a day. A well is not what it will produce the lirst few hours after completion, but what it will do after it has settled to its daily average production. The Hamilton county strike near Noblesville is the most prominent one during the month, and may lead to the opening up of quite an extensive area of new territory. The following figures show the work done In Indiana oil fields the past two months: Summary of Completed Wells. March. Februarv. County. Com. Pro. Dry. Com. Pro. Dry. Wells 26 420 2 2T 410 1 Blackford ... 32 SCO 3 31 74,) 3 Jay 8 210 3 7 CO 2 Adams 19 3:0 5 17 S20 1 Grant 23 - 3C0 7 23 3W 2 Huntington . 10 160 2 11 210 1 Madison 14 lu) 4 12 . 1C0 3 Miami 4 ; 1 6 X) U Marion 1 1)0 1 10 0 Delaware ... 3 4 0 5 60 1 Wabash 2 10 1 2 13 l Jasper 2o 71 2 li (12 1 Mlscellane's 1.' 1 1) 3 in 40 jj Totals m 2,1 S3 " 174 207 23 Increase completed wells 2 Increase new production, brls 2t77 Increase5 dry holes 5 Abandoned wells SO Average Jauary wells, brls is. Average February wells, brls 17; Average March wells, brls 20" Drilling Wells and Rigs. March. Februarv. County. Drg. Rig. Tot. Drg. Big. Tot. Wells 2U Id 3) 22 1,1 Zö Blackford 26 10 36 21 y SO Jay 7 4 11 4 10 Adams 17 9 2;J 1H S 24 Grant 17 11 2S 22 S SO Huntington 7 10 17 !) 6 1. Madison 6 6 rz 0 A Vi Miami 3 3 6 4 2 6 Marion 13 4 112 Delaware 4 4 S 3 4 7 Wabash 2 3 5 I l 2 Jasper IS 0 U IS 0 is Miscellaneous .. 13 8 23 12 6 18 iotals .........146 7 233 HI 66 210 Increase drilling wells 2 Increase rigs up and building ; 21 Net Increase In new work 23 The IltiriiltiK of the Helpless. Case and Comment. If the protection of the helpless is ever the duty of the State, such duty certainly requires a greater care for the prevention of fatal fires In schools, orphan asylums, hospitals and similar institutions. Most day schools kept in buildings more than two rtories high need better fire escapes and better fire drills for the pupils. Tin-so-called drills which they have are often little more than" a farce. But the most crying need is In those school dormitories, hospitals, orphanages and homes for tho helpless, tho friendless or the aged, where n.any people under a single roof tdecp every night in Imminent peril of cremation. Tho burninsr of normal school pupils at tmloiila, X. Y.. and the burning of orphans at Rochester, N. Y.. have recently startled the public to some appreciation 01 thee (iannr-r?. Legislators who do not count the protection of human life less Important th.in Kiur.e laws nr regulation at pawnbrokers may well give attention to Ihls subject.

Snlrt to Throw New Light on the Motive That Aetnnted the Spy Speeeh Iiy Queen Alexandra.

LONDON, March SO. The diary of Major Andre, after lying hidden for a hundred years, has been discovered in England. This interesting find was made by Lord Grey, the other day, while he was going over a lot of old family papers that probably had not been disturbed since the conclusion of the American war of independence. Lord Grey's great-grandfather was a commander of British troops in America at that time, and Andre served on his staff, and this accounts for the diary being In possession of the present peer. The diary Is apparently the original, but to make sure that it Is not a copy Lord Grey Is sending over to the United States to secure samples of Andre's handwriting, none of which can be obtained here. The diary is a story of the campaign, day by day, during the years 1777-177$. It Is simply but interestingly told from the soldier's standpoint, and is accompanied by maps, apparently drawn by Andre himself, and with a skill that would make him the equal of any military hydrographer of to-day. The diary ceases too early to throw new light on the motives which prompted tno tragic ending of his career, but it gives Interesting glimpses of the personality of one of tho historical figures of the revolution. BRITAIN'S QIEEN SPEAKS. Interesting Address to the People of Her Dear Old Put her In ml' COPENHAGEN, March CO. Replying to the representatives of the C00 Danish associations this afternoon, Queen Alexandra made an interesting speech. "Receive," said her Majesty, "my heartfelt thanks for the beautiful address expressive of the love and sympathy with which my dear compatriots still surround me, notwithstanding the lapse of so many years. It was a heavy blow which befell my husband and myself when God called our beloved and never-to-be-forgotten Queen Victoria to himself. May God give us strength and wisdom to discharge the manifold and great and difficult duties which have devolved upon us. In the confident hope of-beins able in the future to contribute towards strengthening the bonds which have for so many years united Great Britain and my dear old fatherland, 1 express again my profound gratitude to all who signed the address." TRADE IN THE TROPICS. Effect of "Weather on Goods The American Consulnr System. "Tip," In New York Tress. Our trade in the tropics is not what It should be because our merchants have not taken the trouble to learn how to pack goods for shipment to extreme southern latitudes. Special Commissioner George Hargreaves Aubrey, of the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition, advocates a feature of that show which should appeal to every wholesaler In the United States. He wants fo pay every American consul in the West Indies, South America, southern-Africa, China and the East Indies to send to Charleston practical illustrations of the methods of packing goods most approved by tho merchants in thoso countries. It is well known that the Germans are far ahead of us in these matters, and in not a few cases tho conservative British manufacturer gives us cards, spades and a beating. The damp air of the tropics is destructive to many articles of American manufacture. Mildew is ever present. In Panama it grows mushrooms on shoes that are left out over night. Throughout the equaforial region it attacks all textile goods, leather, books and stationery, whila arms, cutlery and metal work of all descriptions require constant attention to preserve them. The dampness is such that a piece of woven fabric made in the United States and measured for length will have different lengths in South America and the Indies. Tho labels on cans become moist and fall oC, leaving a most unsightly stock of tinned meats and vegetables on the shelf of the native merchant. The Germans cover all cans with shellac, which preserves the labels, which keeps the stock looking bright, new and attractive. Our hardware is shipped in plain brown paper; the Germans ship theirs in ozokerite paper, which is impervious to moisture. Mr. Aubrey, who Is an extensive traveler, has watched the progress of American goods after arrival at a torrid seaport city tor transportation to some interior town. In Brazil, for example, nearly all American packages have to be broken open and their contents repacked in small parcels, so that they can be handled the more easily by the peons, who even at this late day are the real freight lines of the greater part of the republic. This is a source of trouble and expense, and much valuable time is consumed. Trade cannot be maintained under these conditions when importations from other countries arrive properly packed. Our mail trade with China is extensive, yet nearly all registered packages addressed to Shanghai reach that postoilice broken. Most are in paper boxes, some in wooden. Thev are burst by reckless stowing in ships' holds. One shipment of a gross of valuable eyeglasses, packed In a flimsy wooden box, was utterly destroyed, the small particles of glass being scattered all through the mail pouch. Carelessness! We are fighting for the trade of Venezuela, yet our merchants, apparently in ignorance of the fact that the customs duty is collected on gross weight, persist In using enormously heavy but weak packing cases. Immense clumsy crates are employed, which fall apart before the tax is paid. An American resident in a foreign city obtained an order for a bicycle, and especially Instructed the firm in tho United States to ship the wheel securely boxed. Instead of heeding the instructions the merchant shipped it In a crate, the result being that all the tools were stolen in transit, which cost a delay of six weeks and another set of tools. What might have been the beginning of a profitable trade was thus destroyed. Congress refused to appropriate $200, for the Charleston exposition, but the show will proceed. Governor Odell has kept his promise, and New York's $15,000 appropriation is assured. Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, all the Southern and many of the Western States have fallen in line with the Empire State. In others, the legislatures having adjourned, nothing can be done. There is one branch of th? federal government that can be of much assistance even without an appropriation, and that is the Bureau of Foreign Commerce. Department of State. Did you know that the United States government publishes a daily trade paper of large circulation? It Is just three vears old. and getting better every day. The edltor-in-chief is our old friend Frederic Emory, of the Department of State, who has had charge of "Consular Reports" for seven years. These reports originally were published only monthly, but on Mr. Emorv's recommendation a daily, entitled "Advance Sheets of Consular Reports." was authorized by John Sherman, then secretary of state, and thus we were provided with a means of disseminating Information concerning foreign trade requirements not possessed by ;ny other country in the world. Mr. Emory modestly submits that such success as he may have achieved Is largely due to some twenty years' previous experience In various .branches of newspaper work. Ho has been through the mlllreportcr, traveling correspondent, editorial writer and copy fiend. At first the great Increase of questions from merchants to consular officers, for which Mr. Emory was mainly responsible (In his desire to improve the service and encourage trade), caused a rebellious sentiment among tho pampered pets of the service, and many Informed the Department of State that they were embarrassed by the extra work entailed. Rut thpy have betn carefully nursed pat that tage of finecurism. Whereas three years ago complaints were pmiririK In all tho tirno to-day not a murmur Is hearth Our consuls often 2 exhibit the zeal ot the missionary in pro-

During dull season I had made 25 Parlor Suites three pieces, in different frames, upholstered in silk damask and velours that were to retail at $22, $24, $25 and $28. Monday all these suites go on sale, regardless of cost, at $14.98 each, hardly the price of the sofa. All fresh, new 1901 Parlor Suites. Do not delay; get first choice. Here is one, there are 24 others. Some inlaid lines, all mahogany finish frames

5 $ $s Y o g $ 4 js v ,$ $ 4 , $ $ $ . motinR American trade. Besides attending to their regular duties many of them lend their personal efforts to the introduction of American gooas. At many of the consulates samples are exhibited to foreign buyers. Malcontents who formerly advocated the abolition of the consular service have become strong supporters of Emory's reconstructed band of "foreign correspondents." If a firm manufactures an article that it thinks ought to sell well in Patagonia there is now no necessity for sending a special commissioner all the way to the bottom end of South America to learn the prospects. All it needs to do is to ask Emory. Just write to the "chief of the Bureau of Foreign Commerce" and inquire as follows: "Will you be kind enough to inform us if there is a demand in Patagonia for clothes pins?" or whatever the article may be. In a little while Consul Mayer will reply through Emory's daily trade organ: "So far as I can learn by the most diligent inquiry there is no demand for clothes pins in Patagonia as yet, but there may be prospects for any enterprising American business firm that cares to enter the held. The ladies of the interior are gradually coming to clothes and will unquestionably need pins in the remote future." Or words to that effect. I mention this to illustrate what the consul nowadays must go through, for the American can ask an infinity of questions, and not all are sane. THE COST OF THEATER SEATS. Wheu They Are Not Sold nt Fancy Price They Are DnrffitiiiM. New York Tribune. The announcements which have Just been made of th reductions of prices of seats at two Uroadway theaters aain call attention to that sore topic of the cost of t;oing to the theater lu New Yorit. If it wtre not for the American's habitual insistence on paying the hixhont possible pric for everything that he get?, the managers would not be able to do what they do. Uut it is the law of the country that the poor must conduct themselves exactly like the rich, and this is one of the btt of the reasons why the poor gruw pooler, while the rich, by industry and frugality, are growing richer. The young man who K-ts $13 a week will do almost everything before he will take the young woman who gets nothing a week, and is worth It, to the theater and have her sit in any but the most expensive seats. This condition has led to the curious result that there are now almost no theaters of moderate price In Mew York. The managers of the flrst-olass houses find that they have only to ask whatever they like fur their teats and they can get It; wherefore their prices have a natural tendency to rise. And then, since. If this goes on long enough, something i bound to burst probably the young man's noeketbook, because of the presure of air without and the vacuum within the other theaters make their prices extremely lov, po as to catch the youn? man and his girl when they fall.. The reduction of the prices of tho best fats in one of the Uroadway theaters from $2 to $l.r,0 merely emphasizes tho fact that theaters charging $1.50 for their best seats are now rare, although only half a dozen years ago that was the regular price everywhere. Now the repular price is $2, and thence it is a clean ' drop to $1. which i asked at some of the theaters well away from Broadway. Uut these theaters are not really In New York. They are in the city geographically, but in every other respect they are as provincial as if they were built in South Norwalk. Then, getting back into New York, there are the continuous performance houses, where the highest price is 50 cents, unless a few peats are set a?ide at 75 cents to gratify the haughtiness of thosp who are bound to be superior to their surroundings, wherever thoy are. These are the natural refuge of the poor young man and his girl, and they can feel that they are enjoying unsurpassable glory, since there is nothing In the theaters where they are which can be- bought for more than they have paid. Recently two Broadway theaters which seem unable to determine whether they are variety theaters or not hnve cut their prices ruthlessly down to tho 50 cent scale. The experiment thus far appears to be .a success. The occasion for It, however, Is partly du to the decline of the music hall in New York. Three or four years ago New York people would pay any price If you would only give them vaudeville; now they will well, they will not pay any prlc. But the decline of vaudeville I a separate subject, which h.s been written about before. And so has this one. for that matter. QUININE IN MEXICO. Enormon Quantity of the Drug Consumed by AmerlcniiH. New Orleans Times-Democrat. "The quantity of quinine taken by foreigners on tho southern coast of Mexico is something timdy incredible," said a re.iient cf this city who is interested In coffee culture In the.iter republic. "There is a general belief among the American and English all through that region that the drug U necessary for the preservation of life, and they keep full of it from one year's end to another. The first time T visited the C apt I stopped at Frontera, the first port east of Vera ruz. and as soon as our ship tied up it was boarded by a tall, sallow man. who turned out to be an American engineer, in charge of a big eugar plant up the country. He maifl a bee line for the purser. 'Hello! Uillj !' he said; 'did you bring thst quinln??' 'Sure. replied the purser, and diving into his cabin he came out with an armful of tin boxes, about tho size of tea canifterF. and Japanned green. Each of them held a pound of quinine. I never saw it put up that way before, and. naturally. I was surprised. I foott scraped an acquaintance with the engineer, and mad? bold to inquire what In the world he wanted with such a supply. 'Ar you getting it on a ppeeulation? I asked, with a vagtirt idea that it might be intenied f.-r so-r.e Mexican army contractor. He laughed heartily. Speculation nothin: said he; 'this all pees to our little colony of Americans back in the interior, nnd it "won't last very Jong, either.' With that he drew a penknife from his pookct. or-cned a blad that had been ground off round, like a sratula. and thrust it into one of the cans. He brought out a fliky. white massenough to heap a teaspoon put it on hi tons-ue and swallowed it like so much suar. 'Have you anv idea how many grains you are takineT I asked In am.irfir.eLt. 'Only approximately. replied carelessly; 'a män quits weighing quinine when he has been down here a fw month". ' That was my first encounter with a bona tide quinine-eater," the cftee planter went on. "but I met-plenty of them afterward. They generalis keep the rtuff !n rubber tobacco pouches, to protect it from perspiration, and when they feel like takimr a they di In. with one of tho!e -oatulated kntves thit they all carry, and rwall-iw an rauch As they see nt. A they co etlrely rv pues. It l hard to pay now much will tVe In the coarse of a day. hut I have weiche 1 the amount th.it can 1 lifted cn the. crdinftry knife blade and found It tn rAnice between 2" nml 50 Krlnw. Vou ee. quinine Is as compressible as cotton, and two vradH nf It that look alvut the ?ame piT will vary 11 per cent. In weleht. Or would poC matter r.f course. tVat 5'i'v "iirmnin quantities cf the 'ruc would i'rodur an Intolerable tinaing in the head; but. tdranse to say. they lo nothing of the kind. The averr white rasa Cown there who keep3 under tho InSueccs

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EACH Mahogany finish, 3 pieces, $25; Monday and the'week or until . . , ix $ $ $ 4 $ $ J $ all the time, experiences nothing except a plight feeling of exhilaration at least to I was assured by dozens of habitues. Whether the use of the stuff is of any real beneflt is something I am skeptical about. I never took a grain of It myself, and I was the only man on our plantation who didn't have a touch of fever." HIDDEN FORTUNES. Are There Million Lylnff Idle In IJritlsh Hunks? London Mall. ' Are there really vast sums of money lying in the Bank of England and other bank or Great Uritain awaiting owners, which might with justice to the community and injustice to no one be claimed by the chancellor of the exchequer in aid of revenue? A correspondent writes combatting the statement of a well-known banker, published in yesterday's Daily Mail, that the total of such lost funds ia only about Sö,üoO, and that it would te robbery on the part of tha exchequer to seizt money that does not belong to the nation. From recent investigates he Is convinced that an enormous amount of unclaimed money largely composed, it may be true, of comparatively small sums is deliberately hidden by th banks, in order that they may reap thd profits accruing from It without incurring taxation. The liank of England, he states, distinctly evades the law in this reppeet, for, according to the national dt-bt commissioners act of 1872. it should give public access to the list of such lost moneys, wherea it never does anything of the sort. "When challenge! it invites legal action, but no one cares for a legal contest with the Bank of England, so the question Is never faced. How do these unclaimed moneys accumulate? Largely, says this correspondent, through the omission of stockholders to claim dividends, and through the fact that many people die without leaving behind tl.em a strict account of their investments. The bank." do nothing to help next-of-kin to discover hidden money; in fact, they offer passive resistance to such endeavors. Few people, except those with an Inside knowledge, he pays, have any conception of the enormous deposits which lie ownerless in the various banks throuRhout the country. What injustice, he asks, would be done to the banks If the treasury took over these unclaimed moneys, wdth the obligation of repayment to the rightful owner in case of a successful claim? The money does not belong to the banks. And yet at present It Is not even taxed. The controller of the Postoffice Savings Bank, In replying on behalf of the postmaster general to Mr. Arnold White, recalls the official statement given in the House of Commons on Feb. 11. lSlO, that In the case cf the savings banks accounts not recently operated on Interf t Is added and the money accumulates in the same manner as in other accounts, and that the department can at any time be called upon to discharge its liability to the depositors. TUE COLNTHY DOCTOR. He Has a Detter Time, on the Whole, Than Ills City Brethren. New Orleans Times-Democrat. "The popular conception of a country doctor is ludicrously wide of the mark, at least as far as this State Is concerned," said a man who tells surgical instruments, and spends a good deal of time with the rural trade. "It is based on novels mainly, where the rustic practitioner b generally pictured as a half-starved martyr to duty, who either drives about in a ramshade gig or rides a 'gaunt gray mare,' with his medicines In a pair cf saddlebags. The doctor's old gray mare, as I remember her, is quite a standard character in fiction. This doleful portrait may be true of other localities," the instrument man went on, "but it certainly isn't true of Louisiana, and especially south Louisiana. Tho average country doctor of that section is far more prosperous than the average doctor in a city. 1 know at least half a dozen who earn fully $10,000 a year, ana a $3,000 practice Is comparatively common. This is not mere guessing, but I speak from a personal knowledge of the facts, gleaned in the course of long business relations. To be sure. It takes hard work to earn euch sums. One physician of my acquaintance, who lives forty miles from 'a railroad, uses eight horses in making the rounds of his patients. He keeps several at pclnts remoto from his home, as relays. , Often he Is on the go for two or three days for a stretch, but he is healthy and happy in spite of the strain, and last year he collected t3,2o0 cash. He expects to keep up this pace for six or eight years, and then take a young partner and gradually retire from active life. That Is the rlan of most of our successful country dootorp. and it has made fine openings for many bright graduates from the medical colleges. I have noticed, incidentally, that the country doctor usually retires at an earlier age than the city man, and is able to enjoy life before be becomes decrepit. One great advantage of a rural practice is that there are comparatively few bad bills exactly the reverse of the conditions in a city. When a farmer sends for a physician he pays' him. A customer of mine in "one of the river parishes lost only four accounts last year out of a total of over $5.ooo. If you are looking for medical trtarvellngs," added the instrument man. "you'll have to go to town to find them. The country Is not their habitat except in stories." MODERN SOAP BCIHILES. How Selenee linn Improved Upon the Old Style. . New York Evening Po.t. When ftreat scientists drop their dignity n1 resume the sports of childhood they are very apt to Introduce pom Improvement. Thl has ben d-ne In the boyish partim of blowing soap bubbles. S'-me English phj'siclst took up the. matter, and found that th youngsters were right in prefrrlny clear honey soap to other kinds for making big bubbles. Th true rei?on lay in the fact that the favorite oap contained a trifle moro plycerine than other popular branfis. A number of experiment." soon disclosed the proportion cf glycerine to sap In order to obtain th." beiyt result. AVlth this combination the pray-aired, scientists blew bubbles two and three frt in diameter, and one of them I? sa'd to hive had a wild, enthusiastic amiiersce of little children who Kat watching him for an hour or more. The Investigations have been utilized by sev eral entcrrriln eap boilers, who now turn nut a srip-bubr.le oar. jth this a thre-year-older can make bubbles as large as hlmrelf. Net only are the iridescent ephres larger than usual, but they la.t W.eer. When launched carefully from the end cf the pipe- they will float from two to three tlmee as lone as df those made from ordinary soaps. A very pretty experiment is to blow a bubble with c!frar or cljrarctte smok Infte-a.! of the natural brfath. The jrlyeerlne j?ives a rlay of rainbow color on the surface o' the bubble, and the spare within beins: rmWed opa;ue, is that of a Riant pearl floating In the air. If a fwr drops of any enwntial oil. such as violet, clov or reranliim. 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