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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1900.
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publication, by the writer's real name!
and the condition precedent to ncccptanca
Is that all contributions shall be subject
to editorial revision.
TEN PAGES.
SCRANTON, MARCH 27, 1900.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
Legislature.
First Dlstrlct-TIIOMAS
nuv-
NOI.D8.
Second Dlstrlct-JOHN SCHliUER, JR.
The Philadelphia Press certifies that
Nominee Reynolds, of the First Lacka
wanna district, Is free to represent the
people of his district "In the highest
eense." This assurance of Mr. Rey
nolds' freedom from entangling fac
tional alliances will be welcomed by
many voters In his dlstilct.
An Invaluable Example.
ONE THING may be said for the
present grand Jury In ad
vance of any authoritative
knowledge of Us proceedings.
It 'ms exhibited genuine courage In
sticking grimly to Its quest for proof
of corrupt practices. It Is sparing no
effort to run down rumors of guilt and
Is casting forth Its drag net with skill
and vim.
In this It Is to be commended. What
ever may prove to have been the frui'.s
of Its industry and the public can af
ford to await In patience the complete I
finding the fact that it hns taken such
Arm hold upon the subject in hand will
set an example to future bodies of its
kind which will Insure a closer and a
healthier scrutiny of official conduct in
all departments of the local govern
ment. It would be unfair to hope that it
may discover evidences of corruption,
for that would 'be equivalent to assum
ing, in -advance of proof, thdt corrup
tion exists. But it certainly may be
hoped that If there is any part of the
rottenness which rumor Insinuates, Its
probing will uncover the facts and put
the culprits In the criminal dock.
Let the good work go on.
The Philadelphia Inquirer claims
that in the legislative primaries which
have been held thus far, the friends of
Colonel Quay have made a net gain of
10, and It predicts a gain of 12 nioro
in Philadelphia. This would seem to
indicate that the Wanamaker "re
form" movement is strongest on paper.
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In Self Defense.
AN ORGANIZATION of many
of the most Influential citiz
ens of Pittston, including
representatives of every re
ligion, race and political party, has
Just been formed for the purpose of
taking an active hand in the govern
ment of that town.
The association, for which a charter
has already been granted, Is to be
known, we learn from the Evening
Gazette, as The Taxpayeis" Association
of Pittston, Ta. The objects are "to
seek, by vigilance and co-operatbn
with the city authorities, to promote
the good government of the city and
to safeguard the intciests of the tax
payers: (a) By suggesting necessary
legislation, exercising watchfulness
over proposed legislation, and taking
steps to prevent legislation which
might bo inimical to the welfare of the
people; (b) by careful attention to the
subject of taxation, I. e., seeking to in
fluence the cltv authorities, so that
taxation may be kept as low as is con
sistent with the position nnd require
ments of the cltv, and to secure an
honest and economical expenditure of
public funds; und (c) by striving to se
cure a full and Impartial administra
tion of the laws by which the cltv Is
presumed to be governed."
The association begins with a mem
bership of 60. who agree not only to
pay $1 annual dues apiece but also to
stand the levying of a pro rata as
sessment based on the value of their
respective properties for the lalslng of
such revenues as may be needed in the
prosecution of the association's work.
It is intended to organize permanent
activities, educational, advisory and
detective, for the promotion of the pub
lic welfare.
We wonder If Pittston needs such
worlijworsethan Scranton.
The long silence of ex-Congressmar.
elect RrfWf tH aVousea the suspicion that
ho may be writing a book.
A Leader Demanded.
r-r RITES THE Washington
correspondent of Cram'3
Magazine: "Among the
names recently discussed
as pjf"5yaJjlblo ylce-presldentlal tim
ber,"" that' of Postmaster General
Charlerf'Elnory Smith loom3 forth as
especially fitted to shed luster on tha
ofllce. A Connecticut man by birth,
a Neyv. Yorker by editorial adoption,
now"-arid 'for twenty years a factor In
Pennsylvania politics, he more than
any other represents that Eastern sec
tion which, by common consent, is
thoilghT to Bo entitled to the honor.
By -educational, Journalistic, poetical.
dlplqm.ftfjg.aivl aJrnlnltratlve training
he ftjtflleil fed 'are few for a broad
grasp'of . (he UutJeV pertaining to that
ofllce. For my own part I should
much like to write, speak and cheer
for our brilliant" postmaster general."
Such Is the opinion of all who know
Mr; Smith." ;$Ve have yet to hear a dls
sentlrigWlce; N It Is a continual source
of surprise to politicians and public
men.ln. other states that his extraor
dlnSfX' '.qualifications do not receive
from (118 Republican' party In Pennsyl
vania the assertive recognition which
they 4esenre; If hd lived In any. other
Mate, do you suppose that his felloiv
Republicans would have left him so
tar in the background that only by vir
tue of presidential Initiative necking
him out for preferment nnd honor was
ho placed within the sphere of his de
serts? Would they, in the peculiar op
portunity now presented, fall to press
forward his candidacy for the vlce
presldcncv? We know, for on every hand we hear
It asserted, that the Republican masses
of Pennsylvania hold Mr. Smith in
the highest esteem and look with
pleasure upon the recognition which
he Is winning by means of his excep
tional endowments In the omclal circle
ho now adorns. Wc know that the
Republican people of Pennsylvania
would delight to sec htm nominated
for the vice presidency on nccount
both of the personal tribute to himself
and of the honor thus to bo reflected
upon their long-Ignored common
wealth. Why, then, nre they passive
In the matter? Why do they not take
the steps necessary to make their
wishes known nnd felt?
The occasion demands a leader.
The South African war clearly teach
es that bravery without disci etlon Is
vain.
In the Enemy's Camp.
I
T IS UNDENIABLE that the Re
publican party has got Into
something of a snarl over Puerto
Rico. On the surface It looks
like a bad snarl, but pretty soon the
common sense of tho party will gain
the mastery, fluttered citizens will be
calmed and all will be again serene.
How Is It, meanwhile, with the oppo
sition? Lest wc should be accused of
bias, wo Intend to summon a recog
nized Democratic authority, the Phil
adelphia record, to the witness stand.
Says the Record: "It Is a long, long
time since tho Democratic party had
on opportunity as bright, in n presi
dential year and before tho meeting
of the conventions, as that which is
now offered." Our contemporary dwells
lovingly on this brightness; magnifies
tho Republican differences, belabors
Mark Hanna and the trusts and avers
that the people are literally hungry
for the chance to elect a Democratic
president. But there Is a large "but"
In tho Record's forecast the "oppor
tunity of tho Democratic party de
pends: upon the assemblage of a wise
and truly representative convention
which shall realize that the Democracy
ought not to be tied to the fortunes
of any one man, but should be the
party of the people, as its name and
traditional principles signify a party
with living Issues, seeking success not
for the vindication of a particular man
and his doctrines, but from patriotic
motives and far-reaching purposes."
To bo more specific, our contempor
ary wants Its brethren In the Jefferson
ian faith to toss Jonah Bryan over
board, drop the free silver corpse, and
stop the Idiotic outcry against expan
sion. "That a majority of intelligent
and patriotic Democrats believe that
the Philippine archipelago rightfully
belongs to the UnltedStates now and
for all time, and that all talk of Its
independence is mischievous folly, Is,"
says the Record, "fair to assume from
the attitude of nine-tenths of the Dem
ocratic papers of Influence. There Is
further proof In the steadfast refusal
of any number of Democrats to Join
In the unpatriotic clamor of the mis
called antl-lmperlallat agitators. They
cannot be persuaded that a prolonged
territorial condition, such as most of
our states have experienced, would be
a hardship too great for the Filipinos.
or that a people too primitive for such
a condition are lit for self-government
to the degree that absolute Independ
ence requires, intelligent people are
not to be frightened by the bugbear of
Filipino competition with American la
bor. It has been proved in the pa3t
two years that the superior skill and
greater productiveness of our workmen
place us beyond all danger of serious
rivalry In any quarter."
Democratic victory, our contempor
ary thinks, can be snatched If the
Democratic convention will put Itself
abreast of the times; but It mourn
fully adds: "It Is useless to deny,
however, that at this moment there
Is the danger that a convention which
will not represent the best Intelligence
of the party will prefer to proclaim
Its loyalty to a dead Issue rather thun
triumph at the polls." We are not so
sure about there being the possibility
of a Democratic victory under any
circumstances: but the Record's in
sight Into Democratic prospects while
Bryan Is the chief mogul has certainly
the weight of Inspiration.
, The Puerto Rlcan question promises
to offer almost unlimited scops for the
campaign liar.
New York's Tunnel Roadway.
-HE UNDERGROUND rail-
I way tunnel upon which
JL work was begun In New
York city on Saturday is to
bo 20.61 miles long and to cost $36,500.-
000. Upon Its completion, four and a
half years hence, It Is expected that
persons residing In the Harlem section
of New York can be conveyed to the
city hall In fifteen minutes.
The conditions under which this un
derground railway system Is to be oper
ated are worthy of studv. The rapid
transit commission which has the mat
ter In charge was empowered to lay
routes, prepare plans und specifica
tions, select motive power, etc. That
being done, as President Orr explained
in his speech at the breaking of ground
on Saturday, the right to construct Is
vested lr tho city, provided after open
competition an acceptable lessee Is
found who will agree to construct and
operate the road for a term of not les,s
than thlity-flve or more than fifty
years, paying as rent tho Interest on
tho bonds Issued by the city for con
struction purposes, and a further an
nual amount of not less than 1 per cent,
on the cost toward tho creation of a
sinking fund which Is to protect the
principal of the bonds as they become
due, tho lessee meanwhile to give se
curity that will be satisfactory to the
commission for the full performance of
all contract and leasehold obligations,
This lease has been found In the Rapid
Transit Subway Conatructjon company,
of which August Belmont Is president,
and the franchise for tho construction
and operation of the roadway has been
I
disposed of by a financial arrangement
under which, to use Comptroller Coler's
words, "the city will become the owner
of tho roadway within the lifetime of
men now living, nnd without calling
upon tho taxpayers for a cent."
The contractor for the excavation
work and building is John B. McDon
ald, who has given a $3,000,000 bond fot
tho faithful performance of his work.
Some Idea of what that work will bo
may bo derived from tho following In
formation taken from tho Now York'
Herald: "Two million cart loads of
earth will be taken from the excava
tions. More than sixty-five thousand
tons of steel beams will bo used In
constructing the tunnel. Almost twen.
ty thousand cubic yards of enamelled
facing and common brick will be set In
arches, tunnels and stations. Five
hundred thousand lineal feet of under
ground track and sixty thousand feet
of elevated track will be laid. Nearly
fifteen miles of sower will have to be
taken up and rclald. Eight thousand
tons of cast Iron will go Into tubular
tunnels and station construction. Five
hundred thousand square yards of
granite blocks and asphalt will be nec
essary to restore the streets."
In London there are 101 miles of un
derground railway, and It Is expected
that If the 20.61 miles planned for New
York shall be operated satisfactorily
the time will como when the whole of
Greater New York will be honeycombed
with subwayc.
When the bill to return to Puerto
Rico the money collected In duties on
tho products of the Island brought to
tho United States was before the son
ate, Senator Jones, the chairman of
tho Democratic national committee and
Democratic leader in the senate, moved
that the money, $2,000,000 In round
numbers, should bo returned to the
men who paid tho duties. Who woro
those men? The records of the Treas
ury department show that 91 per cent,
of the duties involved were paid by
the Tobacco and Sugar trusts. Senator
Jones' motion, therefore, was equiva
lent to demanding that tho United
States treasury pay over to these two
glanf trusts In the neighborhood of $1,
900,000. Yet the Democrats accuse tho
Republican administration of being
dominated by trusts.
Tho Millinery Trade Review for April
publishes a warm denial of the story,
recently circulated throughout the
country, to tho effect that large num
bers of song birds In Delaware are
being slaughtered for the Easter bon
net trade. The Trade Review de
nounces the story as a malicious canard
and says that there is no demand for
birds this spring. While in this In
stance It may bo possible that the
Delaware despatch was untrue, a
glance at he fashion plates of the past
will convince all Interested in tho
preservation of Bong and Insectivorous
birds that it is well at all times to keep
an eye on tho movements of those in
charge of the millinery supply stations.
To some it may seem a trifle unfair
in General Otis to suppress treasonable
newspapers in Manila when so many
In this country are allowed to publish
mischievous articles unnoticed. When
the Filipinos have been sufficiently edu
cated, however, to comprehend yellow
Journalism and take the utterances of
the hot air writers for what thev are
really worth, it is probable that the
Filipino Journalists will be allowed
greater liberty In their mission of keep
ing the public pulso In a state of ac
tivity. .
The Tobacco trust has 3,000,000
pounds of tobacco and the Sugar trust
15,000 tons of sugar In Puerto Rico,
waiting for the chance to get them
Into tho United States duty free. This
fact helps to explain why the Republi
can leaders want a temporary tariff
on Imports from that island.
Grover Cleveland, In his two terms as
president, vetoed 313 bills. William
McKlnley, In three-elght3 of Cleve
land's time, has vetoed Just 2. Five
bills passed over Cleveland's veto. Not
a single member of either house has
yet voted to pass a bill over McKln-
ley'3 veto.
TOIL.
It was millions and millions of aeons ago,
When tho stars were nebulous mist,
And cosmlcal dust shono with luculent
glow
Llko an Inllnlto amethyst
That the God of tho embryo universe rose
And fctnlled through the opallno haze,
When lo! every atom with Industry's
throes,
Pulsated and throbbed at His gaze!
Attraction, repulsion, unceasing turmoil,
Jehovah's Ilrst canon ordained;
No growth, no development, only through
toil.
Was ever can ever-be gained.
And bo through the cycle of myriad years,
Since the dawn of Creation's day,
Each life-Germ has struggl'd, In sun
shine, In tears,
For tho goal that was far away.
t
In tho dim, fur-distant Laurenttan past,
Dwelt the Adnmtc protozoan,
That was spawned from tho ooze of the
ocean vast,
And has crept and climbed to a throne!
By labor Incessant tho primitive cell
Of tho dark, Eozolc Ago,
Has writhed and squirmed through
abysses of Hell,
Till It reached tho brain of the sage!
By labor through labor tho earth Is re
deemed! Tho stars sing no dirges of woo;
And never a Seraph has spoken or
dreamed!
Of Misery' g "Man With the Hoe."
Tho heroes, the giants, the saviors of
. men,
Who illumine History's page,
All humble, und diligent workers have
been,
And tho halo of every age.
0 Sluggard! condemned to a Ufa of dull
ease
Shut out of the race and the strife
What Is thcro thy hunger und thirst to
appouso
For tho boon of a useful life?
Yo drones und lncupablcs victims of
caste
1 Whut Vumplro's venomous tooth
What cankerous poison did wither and
blast
The Olympian spirit of youth?
The camel that mutely tolls under its
load
Tho ox that plods patiently on
Aro worthier under tho yoke and the
goad
Than Fortune's degenerate son!
Aye, Labor Ih over tho solace of man,
Whom It wrought from Insensate clod;
And which, by Its magical ulchemy, can
Lift him up to tha foot of Clod!
Punxsutawncy Spirit.
Record of Man Who
Has Charge of the
Goebel Mtirder Case
Condensed from the Louisville News.
LAWYER THOMAS C. CAMPBELL,
who has been engaged to manage
the prosecution of tho Goebel assas
sination case in Kentucky, has a
Cincinnati record lis a criminal lawyer
that reads llko a dlmo novel. It Includes
among other things a connection with
tho Cincinnati riot of 18S1, In which flfty
ono people were killed and 00 wounded,
nnd a $700,000 court limif-o burned; his In
dictment and trial for an alleged attempt
to brlgo Michael Zabe, who was sum
moned as a Juror In tho Bcrncr case,
which caused tho riot, nnd his arraign
ment before the Bar association on a mo
tion to disbar htm from practice.
o
Tho stato of things In tho criminal
courts In 18S1 In Cincinnati was shock
ing. It was openly talked of by tho peo
ple of that city and of all Hamilton
county. Tho criminal codo had been so
fixed as to glvo tho defenso tho right to
challenge proposed Jurors until it was
almost Impossible to get a Jury disposed
to anyone but the murderer. Indictments
were held up for a consideration, and a
regular system of blackmail prevailed In
the administration of Justice. Just when
peoplo wero beginning to bo aroused, a
peculiarly atrocious murder was com
mitted. William Kirk, ,a stableman In
Cincinnati, was murdered by two em
ployes, William Bcrner, a young German,
and Joseph Palmer, a mulatto. Up bobbed
Tom Campbell. Berner's father had
money and could afford to employ a
"great criminal lawyer." Tho trial pro
ceeded. Campbell succeeded In getting a
separation of tho Indictment. Tho pecu
liar atroclousncHs of the crime was made
plain as day by the commonwealth. On
Monday, March 23, 1SS1, tho Jury brought
In tho verdict of manslaughter. So dis
gusted was Judge 8. R. Matthews at this
miscarriage of Justice that ho forgot tho
dignity of the bench and audibly said It
wus "a d d outrage." He did tho best
thing he cculd under tho law, giving Bcr
ner twenty years In tho penitentiary.
o
Excitement quickly ran to tho danger
point. A mass meeting was called to
meet at Music Hall on Friday night,
March 28, 1S84. Eight thousand deter
mined citizens crowded their way Into
that big building. Thoso who could not
get In swarmed on tho outside. Tho best
cltlzpns of tho town wero In charge of tho
meeting. Speeches vigorous and Impas
sioned wero delivered by men of tho
highest standing, und after tho meeting
had adopted resolutions strongly con
demning tln1 Berner verdict and ad
journed, tho thought camo to hundreds
"why not go to tho Jail and hang the
murderers, especially Berner?" Tho lino
of march was started In that direction.
Tho mob Increased In numbers rapidly,
and soon thoy wero battering down the
doors of tho Jail. In a few minutes thev
had possession of the place, but having
no leaders and not knowing how to break
the cell doors, wero quickly persuaded by
a modcrato number of police to leave tho
place. Afterward they returned to the
attack, were met by a force of deputy
sheriffs, policemen and militia, and the
first blood was shed, the militiamen fir
ing a volley Into the crowd and driving
them from the building. In tho mean
timo the young murderer, Berner, in
charge of a deputy sheriff, was on his
way to tho Columbus penitentiary.
o
But the mob had forgotten about him
by that time. They wished to avenge
themselves for tho death of their com
rade. They attempted to smoke tho mili
tiamen out of the Jail by setting fire to
tho building. It was now after midnight.
Two small offices attached to the rear of
the Jail were fired. Coal oil was poured
In at tho window. Tho militiamen had
tho prospect of being burned alive. Vol
ley nfter volley wns sent Into tho mob.
Finally about 3 o'clock the mob dispersed.
The hospitals and tho morgue were filled
with dead and dying men. The first day
of horror was over. Governor Hoadly of
fered Sheriff Hawkins the aid of all the
troops In the state. It was found that
the First regiment of Cincinnati, t with
tho police and deputy sheriff s, would' havo
all it could do to protect the Jail. Tho
offer of assistance was accepted. The Jail
was strongly barricaded and men put on
guard. Saturday night the mob grew In
numbers and confidence. The Jail barri
cades looked ugly, so the thousands gath
ered about tho court house. A storming
party battered down tho Iron doors in
tho court house front in a few mlnQtes.
A crowd broko Into the county treasur
er's office In the northwest corner of the
basement. The idea came to them to
burn the building which hud witnessed
such miscarriages of Justice. Soon fires
were started In all the basement rooms.
Then the crowd went Into tho South
Court street side of tho bulldln?. Intend
ing to lire tho offices there. They were
met by a volley from a company of mi
litia. They still udvanced and another
iftadly volley checked them. By this
tlmo the Fourteenth regiment had ar
rived there from Columbus and, in clear
ing the streets In the vicinity of the court
house, killed a number of men and
wounded many others. But In tho mean
time tho court houie was practically de
stroyed. o
Sunday was tho third and last day of
the tcrrorfl Tho city was filled with
troops by this time. Thero were attacks
mado on tho barricade In broad daylight.
At night this was continued. Volley tir
ing: and the Galling guns did deadly
work. By 3 o'clock Monday morning the
mob was conquered. Fifty-one men had
been killed, about two hundred wounded,
and a Beven-hundrcd-thousand-dollar
court house had been destroyed, as a re
sult of the lidUmulon over a veidlct ob.
tulned by Tom Campbell, tho man who is
now In chargo of the Demociatlc plot to
fasten tho killing of Senator Goebel on
tho Republican office holders of Ken
tucky. o
Amid all the mourning for the dead and
for the lost honor of tho city, Campbell
was not forgotten. Reputablo attorneys
becume very much allvo to tho necessity
of Investigating his practices. People
who had kept silent about him began to
talk. He was Indicted by the grand Jury
for attempting to bribe Michael Zabe,
who had been summoned to appear as a
Juror In tho Berner case. Campbell was
arraigned beforo Judge Johnston June 9,
1SS1. Tho trial was hot and Interesting.
On June H tho Jury reported that it
could not agree soven stood one way and
ftvo another; although how the seven
stood, whether for conviction or ac
quittal, was never learned.
o
But Campbell's trials before the public
and tho courts did not ceaso there. Early
In April, at a regular meeting of the Cin
cinnati Bar association, a committee was
appointed to Investigate the professional
conduct of tho "great criminal lawyer."
After an Investigation lasting for' somo
time tho committee prepared an Informa
tion against Campbell and presented It
to tho district court Juno 7, 1RS4. and
asked that it bo filed. It was filed later
and a hearing set for July 15, 1884. It
finally camo to trial Nov. 20. Evidence
was taken from Nov. 21, to Dec. 28. On
Jan. 3 the argument began, and on Jan.
8 the case was submitted.
o
Thoso who had charge of the prosecu
tlon wero the ablest, most influential and
most honored lawyers In Cincinnati E.
W. Klttrldge, still one of tho leading Cin
slnnatl nttornoys; W. M. Ramsey, now
dead; John R. Holmes and W. H. Tnft,
until rccontly United States circuit Judgo
and now chairman of tho new Philip-'
pine commission. The charges In tho
criminal information constituted a tcrrl.
flo nssallment of Campbell's character,
He was charged with having a bad repu
tation for Impeding the administration
of Justice by packing Juries and suborn
ing perjury. This was stricken out on a
demurrer of tho defense as not being suf
ficient In law, even If true. Othtr sec
tions of the Information charged him
with a conspiracy to pack a Juiy In favor
of an official charged with embezzling the
cltj'R funds, with swearing falsely In an
affidavit, with conspiracy to mako ovl
denco In a caso and with attempting to
bribe a man summoned to appear In the
Berner Jury. Judgo Tnft. In his speech
for the 'prosecution, said he would grant
that the defendant had nil tho qualifica
tions of a good lawyer save Integrity. On
February 3 tho district court returned its
finding In tho disbarment case. They ac
quitted him of all the charges savo tho
ono that ho used the power nnd liftluenco
of his position as prosecuting attorney of
the police' court to further tho collection
of a debt In tho Interest of his client,
Walter Gow. For this, owing to the
"staleness" of tho charge, ho was nomi
nally suspended from practice for ten
days on nccount of "technical miscon
duct" and fined the costs of tho case.
NUBS OF KNOWLEDGE.
The population of London increases by
"0,000 a year.
Berlin has 14 pctsons whoso annual
tncomo exceeds $2jO,000.
Brcslau has a paper chimney 60 feet
high and perfectly fireproof.
Philadelphia has 41 wards and two
branches of the city council. Chicago
has 33 wards.
It Is probable, that lumber shipments
from the head of the lakes for 1900 will
aggregate 500,'XK) feet.
Exports of manufactures from tho Uni
ted States In January Increased over 1899
$9,7SO,0"0, or 18 per cent.
Tho Victoria Cross measures one inch
and two-fifths square. The actual weight
of tho metal Is 434 grains, Jus li',4 grains
less than an ounce. Its IntitiiMc vulue
is a penny farthing.
The "bloodiest battle of tho century"
was that of Borodino, a Russian vlllugc,
where Napoleon fought the Russians on
September 7, 1812. Nearly SO.iWO men were
placed hors du combat.
Education costs $150,r'j9,!09 a yea. 'n
the United States, Great Britain, France
and Germany. Tho United StUcs spends
threo-sovenths of tho whole amount, and
leads with an educational per capita of
I2.C7.
The Retail Druggists' association of
Philadelphia, which represents more than
70 ncr cent, of the trado In that city,
has resolved that Its members refuse to
sell soda water, confectionery and cigars
on Sunday.
Eighty thousand elephants aro required
unnually to supply tho world with ivory,
and most of them como from South
Africa. The Boer has shipped lions tiom
the Transvaul to all lands, and he has
killed seven thousand of tho beasts with
in Us borders.
German authority estimates that al
most a third of humanity speak tho Chi
nese language, that the Hindu language
Is spoken by more than 100,000,000, tho
Russian by S9,O00,00O, while tho German
Is spoken by 57,000,000 tongues and the
Spanish by 4S,000,000.
The First Baptist church In Dover, Pa.,
has converted a building heretofore used
for church social aftatts Into a shirt
factory In which church members are
given preference In employment. Five
per cent, of tho wages is to revert to
church work In tho town.
Llfo ana property nro as safe In Mex
ico ns In tho United States. It Is not
difficult to find a perfect climate ranging
from CO to SO degrees In tho shade tho
year round, night and day, whcio good
railroads. Water nnd market uro at
hand. Thoso who havo never enjoyed
the luxury of seven months of bright sun
shine without ono dreary day cannot
realize what It means.
PERSONALITIES.
Frederic Harrison has been appolnt:d
Rede lecturer for tho present year at
the University of Cambridge.
General Wheeler has brought home
with him a collection of Philippine curios
valued at a considerable turn.
Senator Hoar's fad is the cultivation
of flowers. When not in Washington ho
spends several hours a day in his garden.
Tho namo of Colonel Kckowlch, the
hero of Klmberley, Is much mispro
nounced. It should bo pronounced "Cake-
wlch."
Ex-Senator riillctus Sawyer, of Wis
consin, has given to different towns in
his stato flvo hospitals and thrco public
libraries.
Mayor Van Wyck, of Now York, has
issued a dictum to reporters In which
ho positively refutes to bo interviewed
for' publication hereafter.
Senator Bcverldgo makes it a rule
never to return a card with tho "not In"
that disappoint so many callers, but sees
each of his visitors if it lu possible for
him to do so.
Miss Ella Little, an American, has re
ceived a doctorate at tho University of
Heidelberg, "summa cum laude." This
is the first time the distinction has fallen
to a woman.
Thomas Wcntworth Hlgglnson, after
somo close study of tho subject, reports
that ho finds law and Journalism the most
attractive professions to young men Just
leaving college, tho latter calling being
the moro popular because a man can
earn a living at onco in It.
Sir Henry M. Stanley Is quoted in tho
British papers as having declared at tho
start of tho South African war that a
more thorough knowledge of tho country
was essential to -English success, "And
how can that bo had?" ho was asked.
"It can be bought by one thing." he an
swered, "and that ono thing Is blood."
Thcro nre two senators at the national
capital who are never too busy to stop
and exchange greetings with persons who'
npproach them In tho proper spirit. And
they are opposite types of men. One Is
Senator Morgan, of Alabama, and the
other Is Senator '.Mason, of Illinois. Neith
er of these men Is ever In much of a
hurry to discuss current affairs.
Just beforo Kipling left England he was
lunching at a rest.iurant In Fleet street.
In a lit of absence of mind ho got up
from his seat und began walking away
without paying his score. Tho waltrcbS.
with a readiness of wit which delighted
tho whole room, called nut, "Mr. Kipling
Pay, pay, pay." the well-known refrain
of tho "Absent-minded Beggar."
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