hese Short-Lived Concerns
Dupe Immigrants
TRING UP EVERYWHERE
JanCMiaiw and Italians arc Fleeced
Out of Larue Sums Yearly t'n
craptilou Operators Nearly Al
ways Escape Italian Govern
Bwnt'H Efforts to Protect Its Own.
la the foreign quarters of New
"ork'B great East Side It Is no un
immon thing to see a crowd of ex
ited men and women huddled In
ont of a building clamoring In a
rfon of harsh dialects for their
oney, says the St. Louis Republic,
.'omen are wringing their hands,
en, with distorted faces and hys-
rlcal gesturo, are pressing against
le closod door and lmpotently shak
iK their flHts at the window, where a
gn In foreign language proclaims
le place to be a bank.
One could scarcely call It a run on
i bank, for bank and banker are
one. Considered as an affair of
odern banking business, It Is of no
inaequenco. Possibly not more
nan f 10,000 Is Involved altogether,
id It has no significance In the great
ana of high finance. It Is simply
m of the petty crimes of low fin
ace repeated frequently in every city
I the United States, where there Is
. large foreign population.
In New York city these petty
rimes of finance have been going on
nd Increasing steadily ever since the
rat steamship companies began to
tnd multitudes of Hungarians and
Allans at Ellis Jsland. These crimes
ncern only the simple Immigrants
ho have been duped and plundered
f their own countrymen, and evl
eraee necessary for conviction la so
UBcult to obtain that Investigation
soally goes no further than a mere
word of the fact on the police blot
ir In the precinct where the crime
curs
Yet so persistently Is the work of a
and of conspirators carried on here
lat the Immigrants of the East Side
r swindled out of more than $1,
00,000 every year. There are, all
lid, between 700 and 800 banking
laces In New York conducted In the
reign language and patronized
irgely by the Immigrant class.
They spring up everywhere in the
tallan and Hungarian quarters, and
rdinarlly are short lived. They are
wnd chiefly In saloons and grocery
tores, and not Infrequently a shrewd
ootbluck opens a banking business
a connection with his business of
ilnlng shoes.
In a number of the Hungarian or
tallan newspapers published on the
?ast Side you will find from fifty to
00 advertisements of these so-called
anks. A recent Issue of a Hungar
ui paper printed in the Middle West
. antained glowing advertisements of
brty-sevon banks for Hungarians In
.'leveland alone. In New York the
umber is proportionately larger,
'hese advertisements are the host
lurce of revenue to the publisher,
nd each one tells In eloquent words
alculated to appeal to the simple
easant mind that "this is the only
'ungarlan bank In America author
ed to send your hard-earned dollars
nd cents to your kindred across the
cean."
The ward politician becomes use
ll when a confiding depositor learns
his dismay that his money, In
3me mysterious way, has passed be
ond his reach. He begins to make
lqulries that are likely to lead to
Isastrous disclosures, and lmme
lately he Is visited by one of the
buntrymen who has become active
olltlcally in the district and Is told
iat his only safety Is In keeping
(s Hps closod. He Is told that It is
. crime in America either to hoard
loney or to send It to the old coun--y,
and that If President Roosevelt
r "Captain" Jerome were to And
at he had turned over money to a
anker to be sent out of the country
would be at once deported and
laybe hanged; therefore the only
Mng for him In the circumstances Is
o say nothing. It may be difficult for
he average American to appreciate
row such a condition of affairs can
xist, but to those who understand
he degree of Illiteracy and the child
Ike simplicity of the Hungarian and
tallan peasants who swarm on the
last Side It is quite easy to under
tand. Less than a year ago one of these
iftnkers and steamship agents closed
da place in Avenue D, departing
vtth about $20,000 belonging to poor
mmigrants. Fortunately ho was
.-aught when about to leave the coun
try. To the credit of the Italian gov
;rnment It should be said that great
tffort is being mado for the protec
tion of Its Immigrants In New York
against their dishonest countrymen.
The Italian Consul is doing all In his
power to expose the fake banks to
the emigrants and to encourage the
Italian bunks In tho city which are
doing u legitimate business.
Records show that since 1896 tho
Italian bauliB of the city have han
dled upward of $45:, 000, 000 nud
that a lan-e part of this money has
been scut Lack to Italy.
"Mark Twain" Wuh Responsive.
friend wrote to "Mark Twain,"
asking his opinion on a certain mat
ter, and received no reply. He wait
ed a few days, and wrote again. Ills
second letter was also ignored. Then
he Bent a third note, enclosing a
heet of puper and a 2-cont stamp.
By return mall he received a pos
tal card, ou which was tho following:
"Paper and Btamp received. Pleuue
end envelope." BoBtoa Herald.
riUNCK LoriS'S CAUKEIt.
Worked from the'Dottom to tho Top
In Drltlsli Navy.
He Is the son of the late Prince
Alexander of HeBse and was born at
OraU, Austrln, on May 24, 1 854.
May 24 was the late Queen Victoria's
birthday also. Prince Louis Alex
ander, for he took his father's name,
bears the title of Serene Highness
and Is connected with tho Pritlsh
royal family through his sister-in-law,
Trincess Beatrice, the King's
sister, who married Prince Henry of
Pattenberg, Louis's brother. HU
wife, Princess Victoria of Hesse, who
was born at Windsor In 18(13, Is the
sister of the Empress of Russia.
They were married in 188 4.
Prince Louis, not liking tho Idle
ness Into which he was born In his
own country, threw away the silver
spoon, so to speak, and enlarged his
PKINCK LOl'IS OF BATTF.NHKKl
scope of possiblitles by becoming a
British subject. He was naturalized,
and entered the British navy as a
cadet In 1868. That the Prince has
good stuff In him Is shown by the
fact that he has risen by his own
exertions to the rank of Roar-Admiral
and is a responsible personage
In the British Navy. By steady,
gradual advancement, through many
promotions, ho has reached the top.
His record shows that he has not
been altogether the recipient of royal
favors. In 1874 ho became a sub
lieutenant, 'a lieutenant In 1876, a
commander In 1885, was appointed
to command tho Dreadnought in
1887, was mnde a captain In 1891
and a rear-admiral In 1902. He
served in the Egyptian War in 1882
and won the medal and the Khedive's
star. At present he Is head of the
Naval Intelligence Bureau, one of the
most important departments of the
British navy. He organized tho sys
tem of information that is now in use
in tho navy, and being of an inven
tive bent of mind, has Invented a
whole lot of useful ship's things.
Two of his Inventions are a ship's in
dicator, which accurately informs
navigators when tho ship is out of
course, and a roller ruler, which en
ables seamen to calculate the dis
tance of a ship's run and the time
.necessary for one ship to overtake
another.
Prince Louis has been to this
country before. On tho occasion of
his second visit to America, he said:
"I don't want tho people to be
talking of the Prince. I am Infinitely
more proud of being in command of
a squadron and flying my flag than
the minor distinction of bearing a
handle to my name.
"I want to emphasize tho fact that
I am primarily tho Admiral, and that
the name of tho Admiral who hap
pens to be in command of the squad
ron Is a matter of altogether second
ary Importance, and therefore I
gratefully accept all of the mass of
hospitality which has been showered
upon mo as a compliment to the Brit
ish Navy as a whole, which I have
the honor to represent upon this oc
casion. "My title has more often been a
handicap instead of an assistance. I
have had to prove, step by step, my
fitness for the service under rigid
conditions proscrlbod by the supposi
tional barrier of possessing a title.
"As you may know, I married the
Princess Victoria of Hesse, the late
Queen's granddaughter, and I am not
unmindful of tho distinction and
honor, apart from tho happiness that
this marriage has produced. But I
value more than anything el::o tho
trust of my superiors and inferiors."
All of the man in tho admiral spoke
there, and I was compelled to quick
admiration of the Prince and tho
prido of the achievement us a man.
"I was here as a midshipman thir
ty-three years ago," tho Admiral con
tinued, "and the changes tl:;.t have
been mado since then, your great
strides lu all that stands for pro
gress, your wonderful machinery, up
pliances, methods no country can
furnish these iu such n degree as the
United States. New York Sun.
Testing Wool und Liiicu.
Wool will bum slowly, white cot
ton will go like a train of gunpow
der. Another test is to unravel tho
threads, and tho cotton caii then eas
ily be detected, says Woman's Life.
Dampen tho finger nud apply to
the surface of tho llnon fabric. If
tho moisture is eoen on the other
side you may know at once It is
linen. It It U Blow iu coming
through, without doubt thero is an
ftdmlxturo of cotton. Another meth
od Is to unravel tho threads, un la
the wool test.
c7r WU:
THE COLUMBIAN,
!lf 1 I I
Unions Protected Against For
eign Laborers
NEGROES WORKCHEAPLY
Health Conditions on the Isthmus
Continue to Improve Cold Stor
aire Plants Introduced Work of
Publicity Bureau Paid 7ft Cents
Dully Im Than Europeans.
The Panama Canal will be built by
the labor of West Indian negroes.
Chiefly because of the objection of
labor unions, Chairman Shonts has
abandoned the proposed experiment
with foreign laborers, and will make
no contract for the delivery on the
Isthmus of large numbers of Chinese,
Japanese and Italian workmen, at
was contemplated In the beginning.
It has been found that enough
strong, husky West Indian negroes
voluntarily drift into Panama In
search of work to provide all the lab
orers required on the canal and for
any length of time.
The BteamBhlp companies that ply
among the Islands to the south of us
hnve relieved the Canal Commission
from a great deal of worry and bother.
One of the biggest problems that
faced the commission was the ques
tion of securing laborers to dig the
ditch. It was mado the subject of
Beveral essays by the learned experts
employed by Admiral Walker, un
der the old regime, and was thor
oughly discussed by Mr. Shonts and
his advisers when they took hold of
tho canal management. It was con
sidered out of the question to hire
Americans for this heavy work, al
though It was thought thnt some of
the hardy negroes of the Southern
States might be ablo to survive the
ordeal -of working all day In the
trenches of the tropics. At any rate
it was not deemed advisable to try
the experiment.
After mature deliberation It was
decided to try the experiment of
Asiatic and European labor. Corre
Bpondenre was entered Into with the
passenger agents of certain foreign
steamship companies whoso business
It Is to transport large numbers of
laborers. These men guaranteed to
furnish any number of worklngmen
of several different natlonaltlos. If
their price were paid, they Bald they
could deliver on the Isthmus as many
as 10,000 Chinese coolies, orthe same
number of Japs. The commission
considered tho matter at some length
and decided to hire 7,500 foreigners;'
taking 2,500 of each of tho nalonall
tles recommended. AH the details
li ft'
T. P. SHUNTS.
for advertising for bids for the deliv
ery of the worklngmen at Panama
were arranged. The men were to be
ready for work on December 1, 1905,
the government agreeing to take
charge of them upon their arrival at
the Isthmus, and provide quarters,
fuel, fresh water and medical attend
ance. The contract was to be awarded
to the company offering to furnish tho
men at the most reasonbale rates per
day.
The explanation offered for the
abandonment of the scheme to hire
Chinese, Japanese and Italians Is that
all the labor needed Is coming Into
the Isthmus without encouragement
from the government. The steamship
companies that operate among tho
West Inlda Islands have been spread
lng broadcast that the United States
wants thousands of laborers to dig
the canal. Mass meetings were held
In certain Islands and the announce
ments made that good wnges can bo
earned In Panama. Tho negroes
flocked to tho isthmus at the rute of
500 to 600 a month, and thus fnr
have answered all tho requirements
of the, situation. They are paid at
the rate of 75 cents a day, gold,
which Is considerably less than Euro
pean laborers will work for. '
The government Is taking rood
care of tho negroes, most of whom
cr.mo from Barbados. Excellent qunr
1. rs are provided for them in places
where tho sanitary arrangements are
us j,ood as can bo made. It Is tho
policy of the government not to en
gage tho services of any employo un
til good, sanitary accommodations
are provided for Mm.
The canal employes have tho bene
fits of a cold storage plant on tho
isthmus. Such a structure Is utilized
It tho Interests of the canal em
ployes. Steamers that ply between
this country and Panama are also be
ing equipped with cold Btorgae facili
ties, bo that it will soon be feasible to
Khlp to the isthmus perishable food
supplies of all kinds.
Chairman Shonts has adopted the
policy of giving the widest publicity
possible to all news matters con
nected with the Panama Canal. In
order to better carry out this policy
he has appointed a trained newspa
per man to take charge of the Pub
licity Bureau.
BLOOMSBUROPA.
PETTY GRAFT IX I'KI VATM LIFE.
In !' Home Servant Profit by tl
t raying Truxt Placed l.i Them.
It has long been considered a tru
ism nmong a certain class that pub
lic office Is a private graft, and thero
has grown up a custom of expecting
public dishonesty, of accepting brl- j
bery, as tho usual thing In public Bor- !
ants and honesty as tho unusual,
until tho snmo view has become
prevalent with regard to private ser
vice. So widespread hns private brl- .
bery become that one of the Shan- i
leys, the ramifications of whose fnm- '
lly tree are only rivalled by those of
the Simpsons, estimates that It '
amounts to $50,000,000 a year, and
It has at last been necessary to place
a law on tho statute books of this
State to prevent this Bort of thing.
The Saxo law went into effect on
September 1.
In the Inquiry Into the death of
Mrs. Jane Stanford, one of her ser
vants testified to receiving commis
sions from various tradesmen more
than $2,000 a year. One of the per- (
qulsltes of being a housekeeper or
butler In a wealthy family Is the
commissions to be made from the
tradesmen. Wine merchants say that
even more avaricious than club stew- i
nrds are Rome butlers of private fam- I
Hies, and one well known family in
Now York was nearly exterminated
by poison before the butler's butcher (
wns cnosen. At one nine ine eimru
family with the exception of one son,
wns ill with ptomaine poisoning. The
hend of the house tells now with con
siderable zest how spoiled food enme
on the table, meals were uneatable
and the family had to take to dining
out. Thnt particular butler was dis
charged, but the next one selected
his own tradesman and no questions
were asked.
The lady's maid also finds means
to augment her Income. Madam's
last season's dresses, of course, de
scend to Clarlnda, but there are pur
chases to bo made. There are tho
milliner and the dressmaker, the
hosier and the glover. It might not
be thoughtthat Indies' tailorsof great
names would stoop to Buch things.
Nevertheless, H Is true that ladles'
maids draw the commissions for In
fluencing their mistresses in the pro
per way. This Is a work of diplom
acy and deserves good pny, for most
women think they know without any
telling who is the best dressmaker or
milliner. In the matter of gloves
and hosiery nnd various other toilet
accessories It is easier to earn the
pay. Many of these things are left
entirely to the maid, and she has lit
tle else to do than to collect the com
mission. Take tho Janitor, for Instance.
Most persons move Into a new apart
ment In a hurry. With a rush and in
a general turmoil and turgid whirl
of mishandled lares and penates the
family lands in Its new abode tired
and hungry, fortunate If there Is
other light than a tallow dip for
tho octopus takes its time about
turning on the gas and appeals to
the Janitor for succor in tho dire ex
tremity. He recommends a certain
butcher, baker and grocer. If It so
happens that the hardened mover
has got In with a fair degree of com
fort and proceeds to find his own
tradesmen without consultation with
tho autocrat, that individual will af
ter a brief interval suggest the men
who may be found satisfactory to
deal with. And it will bo generally
found conducive to the peace of the
tenant to agreo with tho Janitor and
avoid discussion.
The Janitor frequently goes to tho
tradesman and demands a commis
sion on the business of every one In
the apartment house. He does not
ask this as a favor. He demands It
as a right and states It as a sine qua
non of the tradesman entering the
building. This commission Is usually
10 per cent, of the amount of the
bill. To enforce his demand the Jan
itor has every means at his disposal.
There are poster rules for delivering
goods, and It will be often found that
the messengers of the rebellious
tradesmen are harassed In every pos
sible way until upon some pretext
they are forbidden entrance to the
building. If the tenant be recalci
trant, his. food disappears, the milk
Is sour, the meat talr ted, dinner is
late because the grocerteg are not de
livered. All sorts of methods are at
the disposal of the Janitor, until both
tradesman and customer give In, the
specified man Is employed and the
commission paid, and everything Is
lovely.
A valet In court proceedings the
other day testified that a tailor had
offered him $50 a year If he would
double the amount of clothes to bo
ordered by his employer, and tho
tailor assured him this could bo eas
ily brought about by tho valet skil
fully rubbing the knees of his em
ployer's trousers and tho elbows of
Ills employer's coats with a little in
strument, of roughened wood, which
would speedily make tho garmeuts
look worn and threadbare. Tho tail
or supplied the valet with the instru
ment frue, r.nd carefully Instructed
him how to uso it.
Drain Softening Increnslng.
According to a physician soften
ing of tho brain is a very common
occurrence in tho country, one-third
of the laborers in rural districts of
England dying from It. The cause of
tho disease according to this author
ity, Is the lack of bialn exercise.
"The Intellect of a rural laborer
rusts rather than wears out, and
when he attains tho age of 65
or 75 he usually dies in an apop
lectic fit or something of the kind.
Judges and others whose thinking
capacity Is continually employed livo
to a far greater age than the aver
Ho'o rural laborer In any part of
the world."
DO YOU PKEL THIS WAY.
Do you feel all tired nut ? Do ynu iome.
tinir lliitik you jtut can't work nw.iv nt
voiir profriwion or trudc nny longer ? Do
von have n pour nppi lite, and lay awake ut
higlus unable to Mccp? Arc your nerves
nil gone, nnd ynur stomach ton?
Has ambition to foigc ahead in the
jf. ' wnnu
left von?
If so.
rou nitcht
iyjllr H well put
A Mop to your
misery. You cwi do
it if you will. !r.
Pierce's (loldi n
Medical Discovery
will make you a dif
ferent individual. It
will set your slug-
Rish liver to work.
It will Bet Into every
vein in your body
and purify your
blood. It will set things right in your stom
ach, and your appetite win" come bark. If
there is any tendency In your family toward
consumption, it will keep that dread dc
atroyer away. liven after consumption has
almost gained a foothold In the form of a
lingeritiK cough, bronchitis, or bleeding nt
the lungs, it will bring about speedy cure in
qS per cent, of all cases, tt is a remedy pre
pared bv Dr. R. V. Pierce, of lluffalo, N. Y.,
whose advicr is given free to all who wish to
write him. His great success has come from
his wide epenenee aim varien pracure.
O. S. Copctihavrr, Ksq . of Mitint I'nli
ii. ,f eo . I'ii. (Horn uj). writrs: "Al
on.
' AlKMlt
Iwelvr years rko I was smldenlv taken with a
lent t could not walk straight. It woulil prow
more severe until it caused wterhrli and vom
iting of a ilimv vcllow water. A physician told
me I had a forin'of dyspepsia ami treated me for
about six months with hut little benefit. An
other physician told me my liver was out nf or
der and that I had indigestion. He gave me a
treatment and I got some lielter but only lor a
short time. I then tried another one, who said I
had chronic indigestion, ulceration of the lining
of the stomach, torpid llverand kidney affection.
He treated me for more than a year and I felt ;
much better, but it did not last. I then took to j
using several widely advertised patent medi
cines, but received no more than temporary re- ;
lief. I then tried Ir. fierce- medicines, using
his ' ('.olden Medical Discovery,' and the I'lens
ant l'ellets,' and in two months' time I was feel
ing better than I had for years belore."
Don't be wheedled by a penny-grabbing
dealer into taking inferior substitutes for
Dr. Pierce's medicines, recommended to
be "lust as rood."
Stato OouBtabulary
The Organization is Looking (or Some One
Who Will Build Barracks and Prcsest
Them to the Stato
The state constabulary, of which
so much has been said recently,
seems to be something of a wander
er on the face of the earth. It is
now looking for somebody lo con
tribute to its support.
The Philadelphia Inquirer says:
"It has been determined to estab
lish one of the troops of the consta
bulary at Reading, another at or
near Wilkes-15ane, a third at
Greensburg, and the fourth at
either DuHois or I'unxsutawncy,
with the chances favoring DuBois
A captain and a lieutenant of the
constabulary have been in Reading
for several days past for the pur
pose of trying to coax money from
the citizen.-' to assist in establishing
the new martial policemen barracks
' The Reading people, however,
were net rushing up to the captain's
office and putting down their hard
earned money. They did offer
however, to furnish JfSo.ooo if the
state would pay the interest thereon.
The state officials think that f.at
cannot be done legally, and the
matter is now at something of a
standstill. The captain and the
lieutenant worked hard to get the
money needed, which was for the
purchase and equipping of a build
ing suitable for a barracks in Read
ing. The two emissaries were told
that the Reading people believed
the state to be sufficiently wealthy
to furnish the money itself, and
that the begging business is undig
nified to say the least.
"The herd of horses, some 300
in all, have already been purchased,
mostly in Mexico, and are said to
be of a superior quality of the equine
race. Being strong and lustv pro
ducts ot the range, and, although
said to be thoroughly broken to the
saddle, it is very sure that the first
of the mounted drills will furnish
sensations of a varied sort."
The Thankgiving Turkey
Turkeys are reported plentiful in
northern Berks and lower Schuyl
kill counties and prevailing high
prices, it is expected, will not be
maintained. Dealers report the
birds in fine condition and large
flocks offoni twenty to torty, com
mon. Many owners are taking
orders lor delivery Thanksgiving
Day at j6 to 18 cents per pound.
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of Horses, Cuttlo, Sheep, Dogs, Hogs uud
j Poultry by acting directly on tho bick paicd
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bwrt V I vUrttt OK l0 snlKiA.
Tell cf the Awful Hardship and
Rough Treatment by Officera.
A writer in tho SIovo draws a pain
ful picture of the attitude of the naval
authorities toward the survivors of th
Baltic fleet, which was destroyed In the
battle of Tsu-shlma.
"You cannot imagine the treatment
to which we were subjected," Bald a
young officer of one of the Baltic cruis
ers to the writer. "It made one feel
ashamed of wearing our uniform. For
more than a year we did work equal to
penal servitude. Our crews worked 11
hours a day carrying coal, transport
ing It In small boatB in the ocean, lan
guishing under a tropical sun, feed
ing on Bait meat and tinned food.
"During eight months we lived lb
dirt and slept in rubbish. During eight
long months not a single night passed
without alarm or without expectation
of the enemy's attack. And before u
wo had nt 111 greater labor and priva
tions In blockading Vladivostok in ras
we succeeded In reaching It. And re
proaches and insults were our only re
ward. You know the rough nature if
our sailors. Well, our chiefs have suc
ceeded In touching them to the quick
by (heir humiliating Invective, and 1
have seen them cry, broken down by
this new kind of welcome from their
mother rountry after the laborB they
have undergone. Truly, we envy those
who perished." St. Petersburg Dis
patch. Thlevfs Shoes.
"Shoes have played an important
part in the capture of criminals," said
Detective William llarrett or Htiffalu.
"Had It not been tor the footwear of
certain thieves they woulj never hav
been caught. It is not bo long ago
that I nnd two others were detailed on
a case, and before wc caught our man
another shop had been burglari.ed. Wt
looked nt the marks about the win
dows and noticed they were scraped
by nails. We went back to the other
place and found the same conditions.
Later we went into well-known resort
and found a man silting in a chair.
He hnd his feet encased in a ncat-m-tlng
pair of shoes, but for some rea
son he had nails put in the heels. V
"Jumped" him at once, nnd, senrchius
his rooms, we discovered enough loot
to start a store. Ho later explained
that the nails were put in his shoes to
aid In roof-climbing. Squeaky shoes
have caused the arrest of several
thieves right in this precinct. The oth
er night, a thief bought a pair of cheap
shoes nnd they were very mush al. Th
man got Into a place, and before he gut
anything his noisy shoes gave him
away and he was caught. All clever
criminals have a penchant for buying
good Bol t shoes. They pay a good price
for them and they are repaid some
times by getting off with the swag to
pay up for what they speut." Sho
Retailer.
Tea, Three Cents a Pound.
There Is a description of tea sold in
Japan at the average price the country
over of ti'jd. per pound. Th la is "br iri
cha," which consists of a mixture of
the former year's leaves, withered
stalks, etc., and la mainly consumed by
the poorest classes, though the price
varies considerably In different prefec
tures, being na high as !ld. in Kr..;o
shlma and only about '.id. per pound
in Kyoto.
In l'.M)3, according to a consular re
port by Student Interpreter l'hlpps of
Tokio, no less than !i5,5SS,03U pounds
of tea of all Qualities was produced,
valued at 1,1-0,800. During the same
year 48,2o'J,-lS4 pounds valued at 1.
422,035, were exported. from the Lon
don Chronicle.
Mikado's Large Income.
The yearly allowance of the Mikado,
which is at the same time that of th
whole imperical family, is now $1,500,
000. Iieside, he bus the yearly income
of $500,000 from the interest on th
$10,000,000 which was given to him
from the war Indemnity received from
China ten years ago; of $250,000 from
his private estates, which amount to
$5,000,000 or more; of $500,000 from
the forests, covering an area of 5,124,
873 acres and valued at $512,487,300, at
$10 an acre; iu all, $1,250,000. Thus
his yearly net income amounts to $2
750,000. There are In all sixty mem
bers of the imperial family, Inclusive
of eleven married and four widowed
princesses, who are members of tat
royal family by marriage.
Orientalism In Commerce.
Even in its commerce Smyrna Is
Oriental. Few Westerns care a fig for
Smyrna, but that famous old city re
gards the fig as tho mainstay if lti
prosperity. The most popular merry
making of Smyrna's year la the fig
festival. That takes place when tho
export of the fig harvest from the
interior gets in. Tho first train load
enters tho station with tho engine
beflagged, the wagons covered with
branches and garlands, und there ate
artillery salutes nnd flourishes of
trumpets. These, however, are a
nothing compared with the noisy re
joicings of the populace, who follow
loaded camels through the city to the
grand bazaar singing and dancim; with
all the unrestrained fervor of the Or
ient. Loudon Globe.
Has Its Own Laws.
An English island free from KU
lish law is an anomaly, yet such is the
situation of the Isle of Man, which has
a code of laws entirely Its own. It has
never been ruled by the laws of Kng
luud. One Early Ambition.
Lord Kitchener had an ambition to
becomo an actor when a young man.
A well known actor, whom the great
soldier consulted, ofTered him a part a
"walking gentleman," but advised the
army, and tbe engine In particular.