WK" THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE. F1UDAY, PUimUAllY 11, 180. fiuday, rcnnuAnr n, isos. FOREIGN SERVICE UNDER DIFFICULTIES Borne' Ambassadors Who Have Neither Money Nor Credit. AN AWKWARD PREDICAMENT, TRULY Homotlmos, ns Willi tliu Ttitklah En voys, It I tho 1'ault of llio Country ; Homotlmos oT tho .1IiiilKtors--Tlie TrmurnnPs Ltbornllt). Ex-Attnchc, In New York Tribune. Simultaneously with the announce ment that to Dr. devils, the secretary of state of the Dotr Republic, has been nccorded the enormous salary of JS3, 000 a year for representing as Minis ter Plenipotentiary the Transvnnl In tho various capitals of Europe cornea tho :ovb thnt the Ottoman ambassa dors at Home, St. I'etcisburg, Vienna, Berlin, Paris and London hae decided to strike, alone with their respective tccretarlcs and attaches. In conso quencc of .their having been left not inly without their salaries and allow ances, hut even without remittances of any kind since the beginning of the ear that H to way, for the space of Just eleven months. It Is difficult to conceive any more startling contrast than that which pievalls between the diplomatic representatives of the Email African-Dutch republic, which is not even an Independent sovereignty, but merely a protectoiato of Greut Britain, and tho envoys of one of the most Im portant great poueis of the woild, a power the possessions of which extend over a considerable portion of tho con tinents of Europe, AIa and Africa, the spiritual supremacy of whose monarch Is repiesented by all Mahometan coun tries from tho Asiatic coast of Africa to the Pacific shore line of China, and which weighs so heavily in the inter national balance that the question of maintaining unbroken the peace of th'e Old World may be said to lest with the sublime porte. CASE OF TURKEY. Turkey Is one of those fhe or sK em pires, kingdoms and republics which In ulst on being represented In the piin clpal capitals of Europe and atWnsh ington by full-Hedged ambassadors, In HiU of ordinary mlnisteii plenipoten tiary, ambassadors being, of couise, expected to maintain the dignity of their high offlee on a much mote elab orate and magnificent scale than en voys of minor rank. The position of the unfortunate Pachas and Heys in trusted with the direction of tho Otto man missions abroad may therefore be appreciated when It Is mentioned that not only have the ambassadors tecelv ed no pay for nearly a year, liut that, moreover, they are unable to find any one willing to trust them even for the ordinary necessaries of life; for the tradesmen know full w ell that w rlts do not run in the case of foreign diplo mats, and that it Is Impossible to ob tain either Judgments against them or dttachments against their property. Moreover, Turkish ciedlt is at tho low est ebb In the various capitals of Eu rope, and under the circumstances It Is quite probable that tho stoiles current to the effect that on Tiuklsh nmbas bador has subsisted for months on lircad and tea, sae when invited out to dinner by colleagues and acquaint ances, and that another Is unable to stir out of the house because he has no boots to wear, may be tiue. AVhen one has neither money nor credit In Europe, and when one is moteover pre cludPd by one's diplomatic position and ofllce from resorting to other means of llvellhocd. It is obious that a recourse to the charity of friends is the only ecipe from starvation. MUSURUS PACHA AND rAMItiY. The financial difficulties of Turkey's nmbassadots la nothing new, although it is the first time that thev hae all gone on strike together and hae abandoned their posts without leae of abscense, decllntng to leturn to their duties until they receive their pay. Musurus Pacha, who for neatly a quarter of a century represented his country at tho court of St. James, was mixed uu In all sorts of unsavoiy transactions, mostly incurred in con nection with the effotts to procure re sources, and een today there are suits pending In the London courts against his estate and moneis advanced to him. His son, Musurus Bey, attempted In vain to better the foi tunes of his family and of his father's mission, to which he was attached as secretary, by abducting a French heiress, Mile. d'Imecourt, a niece and ward of the famous French cavalry general, tho Marquis do Galllffet. After conti act ing a maulage In England with her, which was subsequently annulled on the ground of illegality and lling with her a couple of months, he was im prudent enough to venture upon French Boll, where botli he and the young lady were Immediately arrested by the po lice, ho being turned over to her rela tives and he conducted to Calais and expelled fiom the country, his dlplo. matlc rank In England alone saving him from a criminal prosecution. Among other chiefs of diplomatic missions who hae come to grief fin ancially, sometimes tluough the neglect of their goernment to pay their salar ies and sometimes through their own extiavaganco and recklessness, is (Prince MUlkolm Khan, who for fco many years lepresented the Shah at the court of St. James. Tho Shah, not content with deprllng him of ids pay, and then of his office, with the threat of decapitation when ho re turned to Persia, has now caused him to be held up to obllquy us u swindler and a fraud by his reprebentutles in most of tho capitals of Euiope. SPANISH MINISTER'S PLIGHT. Then there is the popular, genial and enormously .stout Maiquis of Campo Sagrado, brothei -In-law of Queen Isa bella, who, after representing Spain for a number of jears at the coutt of St. Petersburg, suddenly vanished with out presenting his letters of recall. It subsequently developed that he had squandered his entire fortuno at the card tables of tho Yacht club and sim ilar institutions at St. Peteisburg, and that ho had Incurred liabilities which he was unable to meet, and which so gravely affected his own financial In tegrity, as well as his official dignity as ambassador, that In snlte of his lofty connections through marriage he was summarily deprived by telegraph from Madrid of his diplomatic tank. That, of course, placed him wit'iln the legal reach of his creditois. Hut before they could take advantage of the news ho had taken to flight and bolted to Paris, where, thanks to the llbeiality of his generous sister-in-law, the old Queen he still continues to live u Jov ial and merry life, his enormous glith In no wlso Interfeilng with his activ ity in the pursuit of pleasure. Greece's ambassador at Vennn, Prlnco Ypsllantl, became Involved In some financial transactions of so shady a character in the Austrian capital In his efforts to "raise the wind" that both ho and one of his associates, nil Austrian cavalry general, who was also a member of tho Imperlul House hold, woie compelled to commit suicide in otder to escape lasting disgrace and Infamy. His widow, tho Princess, a daughter of the enormously wealthy Vienna bunker Haron Slna, was ga zetted a hankiupt shortly after his death. Count Vlsone, the Italian chaige tV affaires at Rerlln, was com pelled not only to quit his post, but also the Old World, In a greut hurry for the Aiguttine Republic, In conse quence of his indiscretion In cashing at the. Hunt club, at Rome, n $3,000 check tipon a bunk at Ileilln where his balance was exactly $1. Refore tho check came back dishonored he had sallPd for the New World, his nnme being, of course, at onco removed from the roster of the diplomatic service of Italy and fiom that of tho club. A week afterward the leading pawn brokers at Rerlln displayed for sale In their windows a series of Jewelled wntchep, snuff-boxes rings, scarf pins, etc, adorned with rojal and Imperial monogrnms. and with Inscriptions to tho effect that they had been present ed by emperors and empresses, kings and queens and other Felons of roynlty to the late Count Vlsone, minister of the household to King Humbert, nnd father of tho fugitive diplomat- Tho ttlnkets In question had constituted the oun; man's sole Inheritance and ns he had lived far beyond his means while nctlng ns Italian chaigo d' af faires nt Retlln he finally got Into dif ficulties, was drlen first to pawn all tht mementos above described, and then, In utter desperation, to raise money nt the Hunt flub nt Rome on a bogus check. AMIJASSADORS' NEED OF FUNDS. Of couise the objett of the Roer R2 publlu In pioldlng Dr Loyds with so large a fealaiy ns $S3,000 a year Is to en able him to lepresuit the rarsvaal In such a manner in the various capitals of Euioon ns to Inpresj tho people w th whom he Is 1 rous-ht Into official ror.Vrl with the Import 111 i of his f.orrnmuit Wh.Jp madi his been wrlt'i 1 about the usple-isnoss of costly rrlsslcrs abroad In thes modem das, when nil the great capitals of the world are connected with one anotl.pr by wile, nnd when It Is possible for a min ister or foielgn affairs to conve.' hia Instiuctions nnd orders to tlielt des tinations within a few minutes, with out livv.'nsr the latitude fo the direc tion or dhtctlon of tho emov, Ihcre Is no doubt that nn nmba-sador who Is able to represent his country on a s -ale ef uiandeur and magnificence, w'o I? nble to enteitaiu on a large scale, has It in his power to servo the Interests of the government far moie elllcnclously than a diplomat who, for one reason or another, can make no show. Not one but dozens of treaties of the utmost international importance ha e been, bo to speak, floated Into port on a tidal wave of champalgno, and this oven more the case nowadajs, when alliances are announced in tho shape of pon-piandlal toastb, than it was when Lord Elgin came to this countiy with Laurence Ollphant, In the fifties, for the purpose of conclud 'ng his commercial treaty with the United States That Is whv Great Riltaln accords to her ambassador at Pails a salary of $30,000, together with allowances to tho tune of an addi tional $20,000, and the u.o of a hand some palace cntlrelv furnished and equipped een with a superb service of gold nnd sller plate. The ambassa dor of Russia, Germany and Aus tria In Palis hnve abodes which, If not quite to sumptuous, aio still ery gi and and stately, and salaile3 of about $40,000 per annum, while England pajs hei onvojs in the other capitals of Euiope on the same mugnificcnt scale, providing In almost every ease nn Im posing palace 01 mansion furnished even down to the item of gold and sil ver plate, as at Pails. The English ambassador at Constlntlnoplo has two palaces, one at Pera and the other at Therapla, together with a couple of steam launches, a s-tate baige nnd a government steam yacht, commanded by a lieutenant and manned by eighty Hrltlsh tars, all being maintained for the ofllclnl and private use of Ills Ex cellency by the Hrltlsh fio eminent. AMERICAN ENVOY'S SALARY. It will readllv be seen fiom this that, unless the United States happens to find a man of wealth willing to undei take the not alwijs grateful task of lepresenting this country os ambassa dor nluoad, ho miibt necessarily, with his $17,000 salary, convey to tho people among whom ho Is sent to reside a less powerful Impression of the piestlge and of the giandeui of hit, native land that his fellow -ambassadors always ex cepting those of Turkey, who nro Im measurably worse olf even than the American envoy who Is compelled to live within the nniiow limit of his of ficial stipend. It ia only fair to add that these highly paid ambassadois of Furopean countries devote conscien tiously nil tho money which they re ceive from the state to the purpose for which It Is grantel, namely; the repie bentntlon of their government mid of their countiy with befitting splendor and dignity. Tew, if any, of them put aside anj thins duiing their oilleial ca reer, manv of them, indeed, dipping henvily into whatever private resoutc cs they may have happened to possess, ns, for inslancf, Lord Lytton and Loid DufCeilii, both of whom quitted the Palico Roighewe ut Pails, the one for his giavo and the other for pilvnte life, far pouter men than when they (list ciosscd. Its tlucshold as master. Eng lish diplomats ure not alono In this. It is the bJine with their other Euro pean lolleagues who aio perfectly con tent to rely upon the nssurance of the liberal pension which Is always accord ed in the Old World to those who bene their countiy conscientiously and with lovulty. The example of tho Roer lepubllo In conceding mi Inigo a bulary to Dr. I.eyds is one which merits caicful con sideration In this countiy. President Krugcr and his associates in tho gov ernment of the Tiansvaul aio lecognlz ed as somo of the longest-headed and shiewdest statesmen living, Prince Ris ninick, Indeed, having declared that President Ki tiger possesses the most sagacious and keenest Intellect of any poison that lie has ever met. As a mle, Roer Ideas of remuneration are not paiticulaily extravagant, the piesldent himself leceivlng but JJO.OOO per an num. If, therefote, they have accorded a salaiy of $S5,000 to their ambassador to 1. in ope, it is beiaube, after caie fully weighing tho matter, they have nnlved ut tho conviction that he needs fully that amount In order to repieyent his country to tho best advantage) and to servo tho best interest of the Trans vaal lepubllc NllWhPAIM'.US I. UNITED STATES There nro 20.5GJ newspapers published In tho United Stilton, of which 2,070 aro dally papers, 11,073 weoklloa, 2,780 month lies, and the rest aro trl-weeUly, seint weekly, quartet ly, etc. New Yotk has tho lingeHt number of any state, 2,070; Illin ois next with 1,018, and Pennsylvania la next with 1,151. Alaska Is at the bottom of the list with 1, and Nevuda noxt with 28. MARINE GARDENS IN THE BAHAMAS A Narrative ol Fact That Reads Very Like Fiction. OLD NATURG IN CAPRICIOUS MOOD Crowths In Cornl That Present n Thousand Novel Shapes nnd Hues When Gnzcd nt Thiongh Fifteen Tcot of Scn--A Picture That Sug gests a Bulminrltio l'ulrylnnd. .M.44..M..H.4444444444444 4444444444444 4444 H H M ) 4444444444444 444444444444444444444444t Kid Kj loves Adlcr's P. K. and Dress Gloves for men, regular price $1.00, special 75C" All of our $1.50 Adlcr's Real Kid Glove at the spec- -f.'ni .,-:,... At C1 10.- 44444 44444 44 H H M 44444 Buy Here or Pay More Elsewhere." : Ladies' rVests One lot of Ladies' Ribbed Vests, trimmed with ribbon ' around neck and arms, in t fwliite and ecru, the rctnilar t t Ipricc of these has always X X ;;becn iajc, special for I?ri- T 1 -Jay,.'? for 25ct t-4444 4-H-H- H H -M-H-H-f ItlllHttf 44 -H- UHlMt THE LEADER, 124 and 126 Wyoming Avenue. James Poster, in Providence Journal. The marine gardens nt Nassau In variably attract tho visitor to tho Uahamas, lie Is so accustomed to wonderful egotation and wild luxu llnnco In nnturc'a furnishing on land In this fabled part of the tropics, that ho Is not surprised to see strange growths under the sea. To reach them It Is necessary to take a sullboat or steam launch. Two places are usually visited One Is a short distance down the harbor, the other some few mile1 out by the coral reefs. The hitter It the better. A party of tourists of which the writer went down to the wharf at Nas sau and engaged a sailboat to take them out to the sea gardens. The sun shone from out a sky guiltless of a cloud. The steady tiade wind blew, tempering the heat. Just before arriv ing at the gardens the skipper told the party thnt the boy would dive for nny specimens they might want to take home. Ho was asked If the colored bojs were not afraid of sharks. A monster maneater had been caught tho day before near this spot. He said the sliniks never tioubled the boys. AT TI1U GARDENS. At the nca gardens the boat Is an chored The party gets In the observa tion boat. Its bottom is made of plate glass. Through this the bottom of the sea may ho distinctly seen, for the water is as clear as costal. Another way is to use a water glass. This Is merely a square box with a glass bot tom. On the lloor of the sea, aH it were, Is the sea garden. The "soil" Is the vvhlto coral rock. Rising up in the transparent water some fifteen feet under tho boat is the "vegetation" of odd nnd fantastic shapes. The branch coial, tho sea fair and the sponge are ranged In paiteires or nitlstlc dlsor doi. Seen through tho green water they aie bathed In a mingled, melan choly light. There Is a bluclsh, green ish tint on the scene It Is like look ing at forms frozen In Ice. Heie the branch coral of the most delicate pink raises Its candelabra-llko arms, tho shapely sea fans' graceful curve swell in rounded fullness, or the specimen sponge makes a circle of deep purple or golden yellow on the white bottom, and the white coral raises its delicate Pi ones. It Is a fair garden for a sea nymph. Well might Aphrodite choose this plain for her palace. The many coloted fishes might well draw her chariot thiough thoe arches of Neptune's own building. Tho strange glory of this scene, the silence and the realm of en chantment which It calls to mind, would almost give Its evidence to the eirtf in favor of a belief In this famous met maid's home being inhabited. The imagination may have painted the fields, and hills of this marine won der In glowing colors, havo endowed It with the brilliant hues of verdure seen on land. At flist It Is a disap pointment. No orange tree, with deep and glossy leaves, half-hiding the golden fruit, rears Its rounded form, bathed in the white light of tho sun and reflected fiom sand; no bamboo spreads Its tpray-like foliage in deli cate tracery against an azure sky, and no spear-llke palmetto or vase-like royal ualm waves In the ether. Here tho silence of the underground king dom reigns Jlotlon ceases, except when, like sprites, the wise looking fishes poise and dart across tho vision. Slowly tho charm of the weird scene, the se ct et beauty of the sea leveals itself, Moie delicate than ever wraught by human hands, the gleaming white cor al's airy branch curves and points up ward, a skeleton tree In marble. Close by, the pink of the summer sunset Is caught and held foiever In the fern like form of another species. Sea ane mones of rare tints like buds and flow ers cluster round and form contiasts to the deep put pie of the sea fan. Somo blight fish with rounded bulk, blue as the sky at night, slowly moves through this maze. Following in his train comes tho bright angel fish, with bulg ing eje, fearfully watchful, cased in nn aimor of brightest ellow scales. Fiom out some shadow or grotto shoots one arrayed In glorious bllver, and ath wait his body, like a sash of some knightly older. Is cast a black belt. In this scene the many kinds of sickly colored fishes dart to and fro, or stand still, balanced, as It were, In tho ether above tho fairy landscape. Strewed nround In careless profusion aie shell of dainty tints. It Is not hard to believe Iho stories of the na tives, that within them may be found the pearl The boat slowly drifts to and fro, showing new combinations nnd jet newer growths, DIVING TOR SOUVENIRS. As this feeling of wonder passes off the touiist may exclaim with delight nt some new feature. He points It out. Instantly the negio diver is swimming in the crvstnl depths below the boat, and befoie the visitor icallzes he Is up again with the admired specimen In his hnnd In this wny the visitor may himself select a sponge, sea fan, shell or coial, have tho boy secure and diy it, and take it home as a memento. Time files rapidly. Just before lunch anchor Is weighed nnd befoie tho wind the boat laces back to Nassau. Then the paity realizes that It Is hot. The shade of the big sun hat Is as a drop of drink to a thirsty man The sun beats down, It beats up, and It radl ateb from tho water and boat: every particle of atmosphere has stopped moving apparently, und seems to vi brate with heat At this time cloth ing Is a poor Insulator Even It rises lu temperature until you feel as If clothed In nsbestos in a fiery furnace. The tourist then realizes that it is hot. Conversation flags Tho run to tho dock ts a short one, but It is an object lesson to the visitor, showing what tho tiop ic would be without the ever present trade wind. ' 4- -f-H-f-f-H- 4H-r-H-f -H- -M-4-H-H- 4 4 4-H-M-f -M-f f -f-H-H- 4 -f 444 444444444444 44444444444444 4444 j Winners for Friday,, Not merely a few pickings for the sake of excitement, but a com- J plete slaughter of everything that bears the stamp of "Winter Goods." Two seasons are struggling for supremacy in this store. Spring stuffs are staking out their claim for shelf space. Winter goods are still too i much in evidence. A few such sales as we shall have today will set i matters right. Prices like these will do it. $ Special Sale of 4- Upholstery Goods The finest department of its kind in this city. Everything appertaining to this branch of our business is far in advance of any exclusive upholstery store here, and the prices we ask are always lower than elsewhere. As a special inducement to intending purchasers of lace curtains we will repeat our offer to give free of charge with every pair of curtains a handsome wooden pole with brass trimmings. This offer holds good on cm tains of any pi ice. Swisses and Draperies Striped Swisses, 38 inch es wide, regular price 19c. 15c Irish Point Sash Lace,.. v orth 49c 35c Fish Net Sasli Lace, worth 15c 12C Fish Net Sasli Lace, worth 19c 15c Golden Draperies, worth ioc 7c Golden Draperies, worth 15c 9c Turkish Tapestries Striped gold effects, 50 inches wide; were 85c 69c Cushion Tops Moorish Beautiful $2.50 .... Cushion designs : Tops. ere . . . q 1 . 1 o Drapery Mulls French Drapery Mulls, exquisite colorings; 18c were 15c Bagdad Silkolines The kind that is sold ev erywhere for 15c; Friday. 10c Carpet Sweepers The very best in the mar ket. Will sweep a carpet or a hard wood floor. Sent on trial for thirty days if you ' like. If not satisfactory, send it back. A sweeper that is worth $3.00, here for $1.98 Special Sale of Embroideries, Men Furnishings, Corsets And Flannel Waists. The sale of Men's Linen Collars during the past week has been most phenomenal. Several hundred doz en of them still in stock. Guaranteed all linen, Q ry four-ply. All the latest styles and shapes " Hen's Furnishings All of our 25c. neck wear 19c All of our 50c neckwear, 3 for $1.00 35c 25c extra heavy men's half hose 19c Men's best quality per cale shirts, two detachable collars, new link cuffs, reg ular price $1.00, special... 69c Embroideries One lot of cambric em broideries from 1 to 3 in ches wide, special 4c One lot of cambric em broideries, 3 inches wide, new patterns, regular price ioc and I2ic, special 7c One lot of extra fine cam bric embroideries, regular price I2c. and 15c, special. 10c Fur Rugs Your pick of any that aie on hand now, in 'white or grey; former price ?2.5o and' S2.75, to close $1 .98 Special Sale Today of Dress Goods and Linings The daily arrival of Spring Goods necessitates a further reduction of stock in this department, on account of lack of room. Every item given here is of very spec ial value and should deserve the notice of every judge of bargains. We offer for today: One lot of black figured Mohair effects, 38 inches wide, tegular ptice 35c, Special 25C One lot of black figured Crepons, 40 inches wide, regular price 59c, special. 49c One lot of all wool black serge, 45 inches wide, re gular price 49c, special . . . 39c One lot of very fine all wool Black Henrietta, 46 inches wide, regular price 75c, special 59c One lot of plaid and fig ured Dress Goods, 36 in ches wide, worth 15c, spe cial 123c One lot of Mixed Dress Goods, 40 inches wide, nev er sold for less than 35c, special 25c One lot of Novelty Dress Goods, 38 inches wide, worth 39c, special 29c One lot of Novelty Dress Goods, 40 inches widci reg ular price 49c, special. . . . 39c Corsets Twenty-five dozen cele brated II. & S. Corset in grey and white, all sizes, regular price has been 50c, special 39c Twent-fivc dozen II. & S. Corsets, giey, regular price 75c, special 59c Twenty-five dozen II. Si ' r' S. Corsets, in black, grey and white, regular price Si.oo, special 79c Flannel Waists Ladies' All-wool Flannel r' Waists, with detachable col- lar of same material, in all ' sizes ; colors navy blue, gar net black and bottle green, regular price ?i.25, special. 75c Much finer quality-made in the same manner as above and same colors, reg ular price $1.50, special. ... 89c Special Sale of White Goods, Muslins, Ginghams and Flannels The greatest values we ever offered. The prices given here are less than wholesale market quotations. All of these on sale all day today : Table Linen Bleached Table Linen, 60 inches wide, regular price 35c, special 22c Bleached Table Linen 64 inches wide, regular price 50c, special 29c Napkins Fringed Napkins, with colored borders, all linen, special price for Friday. ... 5c All Linen Napkins, 5-8 size, special price per doz en on Friday 69c Linings 20 pieces of Cambric Lin ing in all color., worth 5c, special for tomorrow 3JC 15 pieces of yard wide j Rustleine, worth 8c; spe cial 5c Twenty pieces of Fibre Chamois, worth 25c. per yard, for tomorrow 1 0c Towels Fringed I luck Towels, 20x44 inches, regular price 19c, special 120 Hemstitched Iluck Tow els, 20x40 inches, special.. 12C Huslins 4-4 Bleache'd Muslin, reg ular price sc special 3c 4-4 Extra Heavy Un bleached Muslin, regular price 6c, special 4C Sheeting 10-4 Unbleached Sheet ing, regular price 12k, special 10c 10-4 Extra Heavy Un bleached Sheeting, regular price i5c.M... 12-Jc Pillow Cases Ready - Made Bleached Pillow Cases, good quality muslin, sizes 42x36; regular price, gc; special ,.. Flannels and Percales Spring Style Outing Flannels in stripes and checks; 8c. quality; special for Friday .' 43 c 36-inch Percales, new styles and patterns: regu lar price i2Jc; special.... 73c Ginghams 8c. Dress special 5c Apron special Ginghams; Ginghams; 43c 3c LEBECK & CORIN. X i t 6c X 444444M4444444444f4444444f444444444444444444i4444 44 444444 4444 44 444444444444 444444444444 the n 1:1; i) 1,1: iNnusTnv. ('ormnuy I Itnpldly Cuming to tho I'lont it KiiRlunil'a Itlvnl, rrom tho Journal of Commerce. The export trade of sewlntr needleH fornm a very Important part of com merce In Get many. Formerly 13ns land supplied that country with need les; this Industry, according to tho United Htutes consul at Annaberff, I eight cara fropi 18S0 to 1SS7 tho der has durlne the last few yeais de el oped to such an extent that tho Ger mans are ablo to meet their English competitors, not only In tho markets of tho world, hut In the Iirltlsh col onies and In England as well, Tho principles seats of the Industry aio Alx-la-Chapelle, Ilurtscheld, Iseilohn, Altona, NuremburGT und Schwalbach. Tho factories of Alx-Ia-Chapello alone produces 60,000,000 needles weekly. The following figures show to what extent the exports from Germany of theso needles have developed. During the man export of needles of all kinds embioldery, knitting, darning, sewing and sewing machine needles amounted to 11,000,000 pjunds, valued at $12,000, 000. The following eight years make n btill better showing. During this pei lod tlu quantity exported was 15,000, 000 poinds, alued at J15.000.000. Tho enormous growth in tho production of thisarticle is due pilnclpally to the expArt trade to China, where Germany seems to entirely control tho market. Other countries Importing German siwing needles aro Hrltlsh East Indies, JViancc, tue united States, Austria- Hungary. Italy and Tuike In con clusion the American consul says: "Under the protection of their gov ernment tho Geimans havo built up a needle industiy which commands tho respect of the woild. At first they im itated th English methods of man ufactuie, but their superior technical training soon enabled them to discover the defects of the English machinery, and they adopted new and Improved devices and followed their own courso of manufacture. The infant Industry of a few years ago has become 0110 of national Importance. The manufac turers go into the maikets of the world, pieferably Into new countries, and compete sucLehsfully everywhere." Una Human IMiiivph. Mrs. Yeast Uao you eer seen any thing in the moon which reminded jou of a man? Mrs. Crlmscnbenk Oh, rsj when it was full, I have.? Vonkers Statesman. Hut Not ExIlnguUhod. "They say ho Is a finished musician." "Good. Tho perse n who Mulshed him deserves a medal.'
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