The Columbian. (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, June 29, 1905, Page 2, Image 2

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    Kang Yu Wei an Exile From
His Native Country.
FOR REFORM METHODS.
Think Railroads One of Hip Prfnel
pal .Necessities of China Took
Prominent Hank In the ('nun
ells of tin- Emperor lb-form
Associations.
Kang Yu Wcl was born forty
fight yours ago In the Province of
Xwang--tung. District of Nam-hal,
nenr the city of Canton, says the
New York Mail. As ho crow up ho
nhlbod Ideas about civilization and
overnment vastly dlffort-tit from
.'hlnose youth. He showed thin la
ils first public work, which was ns
president of the Cr nton I'ntvf rslty.
During the time he was preside nt of
this university he repeatedly memo
rialized the Imperial throne, urging
the necessity of Introducing proper
governmental methods In China.
This was between fifteen and
.wenty years ago. About that time
Knng Yu Wei prophesied, In n book
yublished by him, the approach of
the Japanese-Chinese war and the
disastrous results to China that
would follow that conflict, includ- :
;.ng the loss of Korea. I
The war with Japan broke out
hile Kang Yu Wei was president
of the university of Canton. It re- i
suited In those disasters he had pre
dicted. Prior to this time the Em
press Dowager had been in complete
control of the'emplre of China, but
the disastrous results of the war
with ,1a pa n caused her to deride to
relinquish her power to the young
Emperor, so that he would have to ;
shoulder the blame consequent upon J
the humiliations heaped upon
China.
Xo sootier was the Emperor per
mitted to take advantage of the pre
rogatives of his rank than he Siim
nioned Hang Yu Wei to PeUn. lty
.that, act the Emperor showed a de
sire to be progressive, and Ivans Yu
Wet determined to take the fullest
possible advantage of his oppor
tunity. He took prominent rank In the
councils of Cie Emperor, and
J89S, for a period of about Kit)
days, he was the virtual Prim; Min
ister of the Empire. Durltr; theso
100 days there were Issued by I'.vj
Emperor, upon tiie reeoi.ii.iendai iori
of kang Vtt Wei, rcfoim edicts i
which were designed to change !
China from an Oriental to an Occi
dental nation.
Before s.il!'. i 'nt time had elapsed
enable the reform laws to bo enr
i' d out, the react ioa-ii -les, under
l.e leadership of the Empress Dow-
:Ser, soiled the Kmperor. On the 1
ame date, September 28, ISDN, all
f the Emperor's leform mlni.iterM !
of t.tate and other persons to the !
number of fifty-three were captured. J
Only two of the persons wanted by
ihe Kmpress Dowager and her party '
encaped. One was Kpng Yu Wei
cud other his pupil, Liar.g Kai Chan.
The Emperor v.ns taken, a prls- 1
oner, Into the co-called Pur)!e Pa- J
iace, and was there forced to Issue
an edict In whkh he Htuftvl that, ow-
' inn to 111 health., he was obliged to
lelinqtiish the r"ins of government, j
ind nsked the Empress Dowager to
again assume the responsibilities .
she had laid down two years before. I
this edict was forced from the Em-
peror, as Is generally recognized
throughout the empire to-day.
Since that day Kang Yu Wei tins
been a fugitive from his native la.M,
with a price upon his head. He
managed to get aboard the British
steamer Ballarat, which was only
saved from being sunk by the Chi
nese fleet by the timely arrival of
several British battleships, Kang Yu
Wei escaped to Vancouver, and lm- J
mediately began organizing the Po- j
wongwhul, or, literally translated,
"Protect the Emperor Society,"
which la known throughout the
world as the Chinese Empire Re
form Association. Until about a
year ago, he lived under British pro
tection in various oriental colonies
of King Edward, including India,
Penang, Straits Settlements and
Hong Kong. About the beginning
of last year Kang Yu Wei went to
Europe and spent a year there, trav
eling in all the continental coun
tries and Great Britain.
The chief reason why my friend
was not successful In his efforts to
modernize and uplift his fellow
countrymen 1b that he did not have
nn armed force to support him.
Kang Yu Wei Is a great believer In
railroads.
Railroads are one of the prinol
pay necessities of China. In Ihe
opinion of Kang Yu Wei, because
the Middle Kingdom is a country of
last extent and at the same lme of
enormous population. Without fa
cilities for communication there can
be no homogeneous and compact na
tion such as Chinese reformers be
lieve is necessary to protect their
country from the aggression of for
eign powers, as well as from inter
nal enemies.
In order to accomplish his re
forms Kang Yu Wei will have to
overcome the following obstacles:
First, the Empress Dowager; sec
ond, the Manchu dynasty; third,
those . Chinese statesmen who sup
port the reactionary Manchus;
fourth, that deep-set feeling among
the Manchu people that whenever
China makes progress the people will
recti re power that will at once de
otroy their dynasty; fifth, the lack
of cohesion among the Chinese peo
ple. ' I might add that within the Em
neror's party are found the most
sincere supporters of the cmnese"
Government (tint are to be found.
Their support Is given with more
patriotism nnd more understanding
of the needs of their country than Is
found In nil the rest of China put
together. It Is the hope of the pnrty
that by spreading the propaganda of
education among the rising genera
tion, on the death of the Empress
Dowager, the Emperor will be re-f-tored
to power, nnd they will be
able to assist him In enforcing reforms.
MALRY.MPLE OX CIVIL SERVICE.
(ilnsgow'n Railway Expert Opposes
American System.
Jnnies Dalrymplo, General Mana
ger of the Municipal Railways of
Olnsgow, Scotland, whose coming
to America to give his opinion of
municipal ownership, In a sweep
ing statement, dealt a strong blow
to the advocates of Civil Service,
when he said:
"Municipal ownership could not
survive In the same field with those
ehorlshed American Institutions,
the civil service and politics. Disas
ter would be the inevitable out
come, of trying to run street rail
ways, or any other public utility,
.'tampered with the restrictions of
civil service nnd the cherished pre
rogative of political parties to make
u clean sweep of employes nfter
each election, ejecting one set and
putting in Another, or to use the
shibboleth of partisanship, 'turning
ihe rascals opt.
"My position Is that of a man who
has charge of a street railway or of
any other public department, must
have the same po,or to hire and
tiiseharge which any man In any
other business has where he has
any number of men under him. The
manager of a railway, just the same
James Bali jniplc
ns the manager of a department
store, must have continuity of ser
vice under him. He must have sole
control over hi.-i subordinates.
"No hoard can determine by an
examination In writing or otherwise
what applicant for a position will
make a good conductor or a good
niotorman. That must be deter
mined by practical experience.
"If any of the men whom I dis
charge should have the right to np
peal to somebody else It would work
disaster In the business. Where he
has the right to appeal to the courts,
as Is the ease hero, I understand,
that only makes the matter worse.
Such a system is pure nonsense.
One man, the manager, must have
power to hire and to discharge.
Where somebody else steps In Is to
f-ill Into chaos. You must have dis
cipline, and there can be none un
less the man whom the manager
discharges stays discharged.
"I hire all of my men, and watch
to see what they can do. I hire the
best men I can get, but I sometimes
lind It necessary to dlcharge some.
I will not keep a man about me un
less he does satisfactory work.
When I discharge, that Is the end of
it. The man never even thinks of
objecting to it.
"I have had no experience of the
operation of civil service, but I
nhould think it would be a handicap
to a manager of a public street rail
way or any other munlcipul depart
ment. "What do you think would be the
effect upon a municipal street rail
way If some of the employes were
under civil service and the rest were
liable to be discharged and sup
planted by new men after every
election, say every three or four
ears? I
"I believe any man at the head
of any municipal enterprise should
be head and shoulders above poli
tics. I never voted in any munici
pal election, and would not vote for
even my dearest friend as a menin
ber of the City Council. Yes, the
Council hired me. But what I
ald about continuity of service in
connection with civil service applies
to politics. You cannot run a rall
load system or any other public de
partment on any other lines than
jou use In any private business. I(
must work disaster if new em
ployes are to be appointed with
every change in the political admin
istration of the city government.
Municipal ownership would make a
bad yoke fellow with politics. Pub
lic and private business must be
conducted upon the same lines. The
street railway system of Glasgow
operates 150 mile of track, and has
4,400 employes. Since the people
took the ownership of them It ia
possible to ride for 2 cents."
The diameter of the funnels
there are two of the new Cunarder
Caronla, 1b so great that were they
laid on their sides a couple Of loco
motives could paBB abreast.
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Vi ml
THE COLUMBIAN,
nil isiisi
People arc Earnest 'Promoters
of Education.
ITS GREAT COMMERCE.
Scientific Sugar Cane Cult lire.
Finest Coffee In the World
Converting Waste Lands
School System Modified After
That of Inlted States.
When the revolution of 189ft put
n end to the Hawaiian monarchy a
prominent resident of Honolulu ro
tiiurked :
"I have thousands of dojlnrs of
"onl estate In the best business
quarter of the city, and I could not
to-dav raise $100 on the whole of
!t."
From the organization of the pro
visional government In that year
there came an Immediate change.
I'nder native rule there had never
been any dlftleuly In getting a llb-
tral appropriation from the royal .
treasury to pay the expertses of a
chief'B funeral, but It was Impossl- !
tile to secure even limited sums for '
the construction of necessary public j
work.
The provincial government began
at once to enlarge the water front,
facilitating the docking of large ves
sels, and to dredge the harbor. A
liagulflcent road was completed
I'rom llilo, on the island ofll.ivuli,
to Klleaun, the great volcano,
smooth as the boulevard of a city
and set on either side with bread
fruit trees, mangoes and alligator
pears. Other highwaya were sur
veyed nnd finished and the sugar
plantations began to improve with
all else. So long as revolution was
Imminent at any time there was nat
ural unwillingness to experiment in
nev and costly methods of cane cul
. ure.
When annexation to the Fulled
ttates Insured political liability ud
undisturbed public credit the ac
tivity which began with the passing
of the monarchy was Immensely
Hlniulated. Aside from the tempo
rary dislu r! itiee pending the discus
sion of admission of Cuban sugar
into American markets r.t, a nominal
tariff the commercial development
of the Islands has been phenomenal.
The evolution of one plantation
on Oahu Is an example. The land
Iiad been considered worthless, ly
ing on the leeward side of the
island, but tt was found that by Irri
gation and fertilization it could be
made productive. It bad also been
3upposed that the water on the low
lands obtained by boring wells
would be too brackish, but it was
also found that the cane could en
dure a certain per cent, of salt and
thrive. All manner of modern ma
chinery was Installed, clever con
tr'vances, like a wonderful shredder
invented by Mr. Scott, of llilo, being
devised. The mills nre now bril
liantly lighted by electricity, run
ning day and night, while grinding
Is in progress. The sugar is taken
through nil the processes except re
f.nlng on the ground, and It Is so
pure and light In color when tt
leaves the mills that there Is little
left for refiners to do. From the
time that the cane Is fed into the
hopper, labor formerly performed
Dy stout, sturdy Japanese women,
until it is being put into sacks ready
to trunsfer to the waiting schooner
little more than three hours elapses.
The most expert chemists are em
jloyed who as part of their work
make frequent analyses of the soil,
Indications of exhaustion being
promptly remedied by the use of the
proper fertilizer. What has been
Accomplished by theso enlightened
scientific methods may be guessed
when it Is stated that whereas in
'893 the maximum yield was Ave
tons to the acre the best land3 can
now be made to produce ten, while
eight tons is of common occurrence.
The native Kond coffeo is the fin
est in the world, not excepting the
famous Mocha of Arabia. It has
great strength with exquisite flavor.
It has been affected with a dostruc
vented Its export In largo quantities;
it is nevertheless well known to the
epicures of New York and San Fran
cisco clubs.
The work of reclaiming the naked
mountain slopes and other arid re
gions by planting algoroba and eu
calyptus trees has gone on steadily.
The rainfall had been seriously di
minished by the felling of the indi
genous forest for cane growing and
by tho ravages of wild cattle that
run at large in Hawaii and other of
the islands.
The city is furnished with an in
comparable water supply, the rain
fall drained from the mountains
p.nd filtered and distributed from
reservoirs. The sewage is carried
out to sea by an ingenious contriv
ance which may be roughly de
scribed as a series of tanks, through
which it is forced, thus avoiding the
danger of contaminating the harbor.
As there is comparatively little
manufacturing, and fires in private
lesidences and hotels being re
quired only In (he kitchen, disas
trous conflagrations are very rare,
the burning of Chinatown in the
spring of 1900 having been due to
carelessness. There is now, never
theless, perfect fire protection, one
company being maintained by the
Chinese, who contributed tho engine
bouse and its equipment to the city
as a free gift.
For its population Hawaii has the
largest commerce In the world. It
lies in the direct route of travel to
Australasia, Japan, China, the Phil
ippines and the Far East. The
cramped schooner and the weather
beaten whaler have been supplanted
BLOOMsBURG, PA.
by groat twin screw steamers, float
ing palaces which equal thse that
make their flying voyages across
the Atlantic. There arc also well
equipped linos plying between
th Islands, now supplemented by a
Tilreless telegraph system, while
Widely separated nnd Isolated
plantations are brought within talk
ing distance by telephone. The ma
ilue railway Is still a substitute
hardly adequate to the enormous In
crease of commerce since the closo
of the Spanish-American war for
modern dry docks whose construc
tion is merely a matter of time.
Washing I, ace Ciiitiilns.
First shake the loose dust free and
ihen fill the bath or tub full of
warni water, to which has been add
ed some dry son)) or soap jelly.
Leave the curtains sonklng In this
mixture over night. In the morning
lake hold of the end of a curtain,
;nss It through and through the wa
ter to get rid of the dust; wring
out, lot all the dirty water go and
make another lather of warm soapy
water, put back the curtains and
leave again for some hours. Then
awlsh them through the water and
llnse them through cold water, to
which has been added a tinge of ll
Qitid blue.
After this comes the starching.
Mix the dry starch with enough cold
water to moisten It; pour boiling
wnter on, stirring gradually all the
lime till It becomes rlear and trans
parent looking; then add an equal
quantity of hot water to It, nnd It
will probably be about the tight
consistency, though people's Ideas
as to how stiff curtains should be
differ so much that It is difficult, to
give any hard and fast rub'.
If the curtains tire to bo white
odd a little bluing to the starch; if a
cream color Is desired add a little
well strained coffee.
A deeper yellow shade Is obtained
by pouring boiling water on saffron,
letting it stand till the coloring Is
extracted,, and adding enough to
th" starch to make it the required
tint.
Before Ironing laeo curtains or
Giber starched articles rub the Iron
with a bit of wax candle lied in a
clean piece of cotton.
A I'.islxip on ; ; ml ' i ii; .
The Bishop of Peterborough, ad
dressing a large gathering of clergy
and church wardens at Northamp
ton the other day, said that with
the spirit of gambling gaining
strength on every hand, all earnest
Christian men must take a decided
fctand , against ' it In all forms,
whether in horse racing, in rallies at
bazars, or in Id. points at whist.
Subsequently, he urged the clergy
to discourage the gossip of mischief
making, scandal-loving women In
their parishes, because the "talk
ing of these old cats often led to se
rious dissensions iu a parish."
London Standard.
A Chance for Inventors.
The Government of the Nether
lands has instituted a competition
with tho object of discovering a pro
("s of cutthig diamonds which will
dispense with the use of nn alloy
dangerous to health. For a com
plete solution of this problem a
prize of $2,275 Is offered. The an
pwers must be written In English,
French, German or Dutch, uud sub
mitted to Prof. L. Arousteln, chemi
cal laboratory of the Polyclinic
School, Delft, Holland, on or before
January 1, 1906.
Robert T. Lincoln. ,
who declined to bead the board of di
rectors of the Equitable Lifo Assuranoe
Society, is noted in the business and
diplomatic, world. He has been Secre
tary of War and United States Minister
to Great Britain, and is now President
of the Pullman Palace Car Company.
He is the eldest Bon of President
Abraham Lincoln, and was born at
Springfield, 111., in 1843. I
The Sbake-lland-Less Salute.
Dr. Nalpasse is preaching In Paris
the gospel of the shake-hund-leBs
salute, which he declares partly re
sponsible for tho excellent health
prevailing In unhygienic Turkey.
You put your hand to your heart,
lips and forehead successively to ex
press that your friend is always in
the heart, on the lips and In the
thoughts. It is pretty and you
neither give nor take microbes. I
A Russian Mystery.
At the present time Russia has at
least two hundred thousand troops
concentrated in Central Asia; and
fhe has a sufficient force within
striking distance of He tut to take
that city within a week. Despite the
drain upon her military resources,
pays the Bombay (India) Times, she
has maintained this largo garrison
in Central Abla und she ha said
nothing about It. To what end?
Thomas F. Ryan's Successful
Rise in Financial AlTairs.
HIS HUMBLE BEGINNING.
Career Contains no Records of Po-Mi-uctlon
of Properly or Rail
roads Details of Nogot bit Ions
Never Published Remarkable
Inventive Capacity.
Thomas Faulkner Ryan, who In a
day persuaded James Hazen Hyde
to do what other financiers nnd good
counsellors had been unable for
months to convince Mr. Hyde should
be done, has sometimes been called
the grontoHt. "opportunist" that ever
rauie to Wall Street. Ills persua
sion of Mr. Hyde to sell a majority
of the stock of tho Equitable Life
Assurance corporation will surely be
accepted as a good explanation of
what Is meant by the complimentary
term "tho great opportunist." Mr.
Ryan h regarded by financiers as
having acted not only opportunely,
but at exactly whnt Is sometimes
called the psychological moment. He
and those who are with him have
already received a majority of the
vnpltal stock of this Institution -one
of the largest In the world, In
r.ssets, business and surplus and
have given to Mr. Hyde their
check for this stock.
Mr. Ryan Is of that rnce of North
ot Ireland pioneers who settled
along and upon the slopes of the
Blue Mountains.
I'nliko many of tho youth of those
mountain districts, who, when they,
were old enough to venture away
i'loin the boyhood home, turned
- ' -f.
1 bourns I . Ryan.
their fttces to tho West, young Ryan
made his way to tho East. Balti
more just after the close of the civil
war seemed to the young men of
the South to offer tho best chance.
He was self-taught, self-contained,
self-confident and tremendous
ly in earnest, so greatly In earnest
that he was never self-conscious;
and to this day one of the most stri
king of the characteristics of Mr.
Ryan is utter hick of self-consclous-r.ess.
He must have Inspired the
confidence of his employer, Mr.
John D. Barry, nnd probably was
brought Into close touch with many
men of Southern birth engaged 'n
business in the South who had set
to work vigorously to repair the for
tunes that were Impaired by tho
civil war. The understanding has
always been that when Mr. Ryan
came to New York he brought with
him assurances of business, of finan
cial trusts, given him by some of
the Southern merchants and finan
ciers, and It has always been pre
sumed that much of his earlier suc
ceuses and some of his later tri
umphs were made possible by the
association with him of Southern
financiers and the intrusting to him
of Southern capital. He was a Wall
Street broker when only twenty
one years of age, having opened an
office here in the spring of 1872.
That very act Is typical of Mr.
Ryan's entire business career.
Mr. Ryan was also one of the first
to understand the possibilities that
were in tho transportation of pass
engers In such cities as New York
und Chicago, and It was doubtless
through his early comprehension of
the magnificent opportunities that
New York city offered that he was
orought into association with the
late William C. Whitney and what,
afterward cume to bo known as the
"Philadelphia syndicate." That
was in the closlug days of Mr.
Cleveland's first administration as
President, in which Mr. Whitney
served as Secretary of tho Navy.
Just as Mr. Whitney and Mr. .Ryan
were perfecting their plans for the
consolidation of the street rullways
of New York Mr. Frauk L. Sprague
was demonstrating the capacity ol
the electric current, operating
through newly invented apparatus;
to propel street cars.
Mr. Ryan buw the enormous pos
sibility that was in that use of elec
tricity, and with steady, always si
lent and secretive, but certain, pro
gress, he, acting with Mr. Whitney
r.nd others, at last consolidated the
various street railway systems ol
New York.
Mr. Ryan has been Bpoken of as
a taciturn man. It has sometimes
been thought strange that he had
not the volubility, the excitable
temperament which are sometimes
thought to be characteristic of th
race from which Mr. Ryan sprang
But he is taciturn only in the sense
that he Is a much thinking man.
jeopty ausorueu, not given to tri
viality, ulthough he has a delightful
sense of humor. He is sometimes
upoluu uX y uX the burduiit
working men In New Yorkj but
there Is no sense of drudgery with
him, no labored and perfunctory ap
proach to his task, for his work In a
sense Is a recreation, since ho finds
his highest gratification In tho work
ing out of problems and In the rec
ord of success. It Is a sense of
Achievement with him flint Is his re
ward for all that he does. Ho It
singularly free from the small Jeal
ousy of others who have also suc
ceeded, not having any envy for
those exploits that are constantly
brought before the public. Ilia
habits of life are correct to tho ut
most; his family, his farm, his llol
stoln cattle and his kennels give him
nil the recreation that he desires or
needs.
TIIE DEADLY "KALA AZAU.'
Mortality In this Disease Reaches
IIO Per Cent.
Interesting particulars of the
Kala nzar and Its newly-discovered
hut at present nameless parasite
were given recently In an address by
Major W. B. Lolshman, M.B., pro
fessor of pathology at the Royal
Army Medical College, Russell
Square, W. C.
"Kala azar" signifies black
sickness, and was given to It by the
natives because of a darkening of
ihe skin which It Induces.
The disease, said Major Lolsh
man, has been known in India sine
iStiit, but It was first met with In
epidemic form In 1SS2. The para
site litis also been met with la
Northern Africa, Tunis, Algiers and
Arabia.
The symptoms include an enlarge
ment of the liver and spleen, a
shriveling up of the legs, a corpse
like appearance of the skin, fever,
an enormous reduction of Ihe white
corpuscles In the blood and dysen
tery of an intractable kind.
Women are as liable to attack as
men, nnd the parasite hits been
found In a baby a year old. For
some time white men were thought
Ir bo immune but recently the para
site was discovered in a soldier at
Net ley.
"We do not know how the para
site i.e's out of the body or Into tho
body, but we know that Infection
runs airing the trade routes and
c'lns'.s to a bouse In which patients
1 tio had tho disease. It will prob
ably b found that the parasite lives
In the soil through the aid of an in
termediate host of cid blooded
habit, such as a reptile." London
Vail.
C'letficter in Slioes.
A certain shoemaker Is a firm be
liever iu "shocology." He says:
"Worn shoes go ahead of the art of
lortune telling from tho lines of
the hand. In one shoe, for Instance,
see Irresolution, hangoablonoss.
Inclination to slovenliness and occa
sional fits of ill hurtior.
Show me any person's footgear
after two months' wear and I will
describe the character of the person.
If the soles and heels are worn
evenly, then the wearer Is a reso
lute, nble business man, with a clear
head, a trustworthy official or an ex
cellent wife and mother. If the sole
is worn on the outside, the wearor 13
inclined to adventurous, uncertain,
ftful (beds, or, If a woman, to bold,
celf-wllled, capricious tricks.
The solo being worn on the Inner
side shows hesitation and weakness
in a man and modesty In a woman.
l-endor of Salvationists.
To the world outside tho Salva
tion Army Mrs. Brum well-Booth is
but little known, for she has few of
those oratorical gifts of the Booth
family. Yet all who have followed
the Army's soclul work know that
Mrs. Brumwell-Booth is the very soul
of tho movement, and the desire
among those interested in the social
efforts of the Army to meet her was
gratified yesterday at the Interna
tional Headquarters in Queen Vio
toria Street. Calm eyed, quiet, al
most timid in manner, the fair hair
moothed In bands from the fore
Lead, the complexion of a healthy
child, the simple dark blue dress of
.he Salvation Army that is Mrs.
Bra m well-Booth.
Otllclal Papers in Russia.
In Russia you must have papers
of some sort, but outside the cities
it matters little what they are. A
high official some time ago Btartod
from St. Petersburg with a view of
showing tho absburdity of the sys
tem. He had his papers. Having
crossed into Rounianla, he returned
at once, handed out his pass, and
reached home without question.
Then ho exhibited his passport la
triumph. You may not bring live
stock across the frontier without a
permit. And this was to "pass one
MR."
Land of Jewels.
A recent auction In Calcutta
which attracted buyers from all
parts of the world serves to illus
trate the large amount of wealth
ihut must bo burled in jewels in In
ula, says the Englishman pf Cal
cutta. Precious stones form a con
blderablo portion of the heritage ot
every princely house in this country.
Every respectable Indian family
lays out some of its riches In this di
rection. Silver ornaments decorate
the wives of all laborers not abso
lutely on the verge of starvation.
Cigar Fallacies.
The thorn in the side of the cigar
manufacturers of to-day is the exist
ing cruse for light colors. The de
bired result is to convince the smok
er that a light colored cigar is not
necessarily a mild one. In fact, tt
has less reason to be so than one
with a dark or medium shaded
wruuuer. Tobacco.