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• WALTER BLOOMFIELD CcpnKbt M b» Xuil komm Bon. <C. - CHAPTER XXL Continued. “Remember, you must not «ajr ■ word of all tbla to your fattier be forehand," continued uncle Sam. “Your father la a fool, and a fool la alwaya a marplot. Before you actual ly undertake the taak, It ie well you abaold realize'that auccea may amount tq little more than failure. Your father may appropriate the whole of the se quins the moment they are recovered {for they are rightly hta), give you lialf-a-crown for your palua, and aond me a two-line apology on a postal card. Perhaps you may reaaonably hope fog-more generoue treatment, but It’s hard to aay. Nothing la ao diffi cult'he to forecaat the acta of an In- cy-.potent, stupid man/’ i Though my uncle's bltternes against my father was easy to understand, 1 found every exhibition of It hard to bear. It was not In my power to de fend the man who had the greatest claim upon my gratitude, and whom 1 still preferred before all bther men, eo I remained silent. Something of the dejection his words bad caused must have appeared In my face, for uncle Sam, taking my hand in bis and hold ing It tightly, continued In a kindlier tone, while he regarded me steadfastly to observe tba effect his words pro duced: “If you clearly carry out my sug gestions, our family differences will be mended, If not ended. What In England Is thought to be a comforta ble fortune will bo rescued from tjye dutch of a contemptible' old crank, who has gone wrong at the accidental Bight of a heap of gold, and your father Hud you—or one of you—benefited to that extent. The friendship of your father I don't want (I um ttorry to say anything painful to you, Ernest, but such Is the truth); yet, I repeat, It would be a satisfaction to me to know that he hud been brought to a knowl edge of the wrong be has done me. These things It Is In your power to effect; but to do so you must be cool and cautious, yet bold. Observe close ly, deliberate profoundly; and, your conclusions once reached, act promptly and with vigor. Clothe your reserve In many words. When I wish to avoid making assertions, I talk most. Your task Is not a hard onb, and you have at least uu average slinro of ability. If you lind been my son I would have subjected you to a training which would have enabled you to engage with confidence In a matter so simple and easy as this." "I am sorry you hare no son, uncle,'' I remarked. "Reserve your sorrow for greater need," answered unde Sam yulckly "aud tell me, arc you disposed to tol- lounuy advice?” "Yes, unde, I am,” I answered firm ly. "I believe your theory Is correct, und 1 will do my best to carry out all you hare proposed.” "Very good. Your prompt decision augurs well for your success. Wheu will you returnV” "The sooner the better. Say next week,” I suggested. “Why so long delay?" asked undo Sam. “The man Is old and feeble, and whenever he dies no one will be surprised. Every day that passes tells against us. Let me see. This Is Tues day and the Umbria leaves on Thurs day; better let mo book you a passage by her." , Thoughts of leaving my Constance almost as soon as 1 lmd found her again, and of Immediately renewing the monotonous life on an Atlantic liner which only two days before 1 had abandoned with so much thank fulness, were far from agreeable to me; but I was now almost as eager as my uuclc was to bring the affair of the sequins to a termination, and therefore assented to this proposal , Uncle Sam was much gratified, and If be had not expressed his satisfaction In words (which he did very explicitly) the merry twlukle of his bright eyes Bud his pleasant Bmlle would have sufficiently denoted It. He not only undertook to secure my passage to Liverpool In the Umbria, but Insisted upon my accepting, then and there, a gift of flOOU, which sum be handed to me In the form of thirteen United States bank notes—seven for $100 each, und six for $50 each. “There,” said be, as he selected them from the ' thick packet of greenbacks which filled bis pocketbook, "put those thirteen bills in your pouch. To-day Is the thirteenth of September, and I din: at Knickerbocker Cottage to-night with the Thirteen Club. I have been a mem ber of that elub ever since Its forma tion; but though 1 was not supersti tious wheu l joined It, I have become so since; because. In reserving Import ant affairs for the thirteenth' of the month. In defiance of the old super stition. 1 observed that those same af fairs invariably turned out weU. And id you will find In this case.” As my experience widened, my shy ness decreased, and at this point t in formed uncle Sam of the Imprest-ton which fete fair sister-in-law had made upon me, and of the provisional pre- sjlse which she had so graciously given declaration which act long be fore I should have lacked the courage to make. My nncle listened with an amused smile, snd when I had finished •peaking, he remarked that he bad observed almost ss much for himself. "The man Wb» Wins Constance Harsh," said nncle Bam, ‘‘will have a wife wise, healthy and wealthy. You will observe that I place these time- honored qualities In the order In which they ought to be esteemed, but are not; the second Is largely dependent oa the first, and the third wholly so. I wish yon' success In your amorous enterprise. I am the youhg lady’s guardian, bnt I tell you frankly, I will neither assist nor retard your suit I have seen something of the disaster usually consequent on the lnterefer- ence of a third party In such matters. As society Is now organised, marriage offers no scope for a broker; the bust ness, to be successful, must be ar ranged by the principals themselves.” “This Is as much as I could reason ably hope for," I said. “I was afraid you might resent my presumption.” “Dismiss that fear, my boy,” said uncle Bam, consulting his watch, “and come with me to breakfast I am as hungry as a prairie wolf, and would prefer a porterhouse steak." I followed my uncle down stairs Into a room which I then entered for the first time, an<l was disappointed to observe that breakfast was laid for two. On Inquiring the cause of this I learned that aunt Gertrude sad Miss Marsh, In preparation for what thsy expected would prove a fatiguing day, had ordered breakfast to be taken to them In their private rooms. On the table lay a letter addressed to me In my father’s hand. My father bad promised to write to me Immediately he received a telegram announcing my arrival In New York, and I had nr- nnged that bis letter was to be for warded to my uncle's bouse by special messenger the moment It was received at the Gllsey House, but I felt sure at the time that my father would write to me within a day of my departure from home, so Its presence on my uncle's breakfast table occasioned me no sur prise. On the contrary I had been thinking that I might possibly bear from Holdenhurst this morning. “Well, what news from Suffolk?” asked uncle Bum ns he sat down, for his quick eye had perceived the Eng lish stamp and the familiar writing on the letter which lay on the table. "I shall he pleased to tell you the mo ment I know,” I replied, tearing open the envelope. And then the following lines, and all that they Implied, were revealed to me. Holdenhurst Hall. Bury 8t. Edmund's, fid September. 18- My Dear Bon—When you arranged with me the particulars of your tour I voluntarily stated that I had no ob jection to your calling upon your uncle wheu you were In New York should you feel disposed to do so. Yon have been gono from home but one day, and in that short time circum stances have arisen which Induce me to write to yon at once, urging you very earnestly not to do so, or to In any way concern yourself with my brother or bis doings. About four hours after you left here I was startled by your grandfather calling upon me. As you know, I had not seen Mr. Wolsey for four years, and during that time he has been round the world. I was greatly surprised by thla visit, and much Impressed by your grandfather's venerable aspect; he ap pears quite an old man now, and bis hair nnd beard arc almost white. His story Is strange and painful. After being deluded by cunningly devised false clues for four years he has at last found his (laughter. She Is at present staying with her little child at Bourne mouth, bnt never remains at one place for more than a month or so, and lives chiefly on the Continent. I understand also that she goes to America once n year. The man who Induced her to leave her situation In London Is no other than your uncle. Samuel Tru man. Your grandfather Is staying with me. nnd Is more contented than he was now that the mystery la made plain to him. Sucb also is my own case. Any shadow of doubt which may have lin gered In my mind ns to the Venetlau treasure Is now dispelled. A man who will resort to villainy to accomplish one purpose will not scruple to employ It for another. Do not neglect this Injunction, my dear boy, but write ts soon is you can, telling me where yon have been, and how you have employed your time. When your money falls an low as fifty pounds let me know of it and I will endeavor to send you some more. Your affectionate father. CHAPTER' XXII. two oonrxssiox*. As soon as nncle 8am bad read my father's letter he got up from tba table and stood by the window for a minute or two, gsslng st the street. Presently he resumed hie test and handing me the letter asked very qttlrtir what I thought t>1 it This question, earning from such a source, greatly embarrassed .me, and my etnoarfassmefil feat increased rattier than allayed by my ancle’s ad-, expected behavior In these peculiar circumstances. Instead of-Indignant ly repudiating the charges brought against him, or admitting their troth by some outward and visible sign of depression be contented himself with merely asking my opinion of the mat te)'. aUd while he awaited thy reply A New Census of the Phillipines. THE TOTAL POPULATION FOUND TO BE 7,633,426. Wild and Uncivilized Number 647,740-Luzon the Most Populous tilind-The City of Manila Has 219,9231.ilubitants- Chsrecteristles of ibe Savages. HE population of the Phil ippines, according td . the census just completed under Brig.-Gen. J. P. Sanger, Is 7,035,420, which 047,740 are classified as wild and uncivilized, although not without some knowledge of the domestic arts. Wf This is the rii‘At Accurate and com* sugared fait coffee and buttered bit i>tete enumeration bt the Filipincte toast with a* great an air of Indlffer- ever made, those undertaken by the ence at If be bad asked my opinion of Spanish authorities being largely esti the weather. “I don't know what to think; my brain la In a whirl. I no sooner sur mount one difficulty than I am con fronted by another. Are the state ments In my father'* letters true?" "Ton are too discursive/' said undo Sam. "Let us settle one thing at a time. It you don't know what to think t can tell you—at least so far as re gard* the sobjict ot that letter. To allow your brain to get into what yon call a whirl whenever you receive un welcome intelligence la bad; you must conquer that weakness, or you will al ways be the sport of events. T)f course, as Boon as you surmount one difficulty another difficulty confronts you; It was ever so with every man, nnd you will find the process continue until you are confronted by death—the last difficulty, not to be surmounted or evaded by any of us. As for yonr direct question I unhesitatingly assure you that the statements in your father's letter (ex cept where he seeks by n spurious an alogy to associate me with the loss of hi* sequins) are perfectly true, and not only are they true, but, as I regard tlio game of life, they are perfectly Justifiable." This declaration shocked me. I had never before met with anybody who entertained such unscrupulous opin ions, or was so honest In the expres sion of them. "Most people,” continued uncle Sam, would Infer from that letter that I was guilty of great treachery to your grandfather Wolsey, whereas the very mates. It was taken by the Philip pine Census Bureau, which was gnuized by General Sanger. The enumerators employed were mostly natives. The schedules were translated, transcribed and tabulated by the United States Census Office id Washington. General Sanger's report gives the population of thd Philippines by 1st onds, provinces, municipalities and barrios, ft is classified also by tribes and religions. The tables gjvc separate enumera tlons for 343 Islands which bear names, nnd many others are grouped together unnamed. The most populous island Is Luzon, which contains a total of 3,708,507, of which 223,500 are clas sified ns wild. Panay is next in popu lotion with 743,040, of which 14,933 are Wild; Cebu, third, with 502,247. all civilized, nnd Mindanao is fourth, with 400,034, of which 252.040 are wild. Jolo, with 44,718 inhabitants, contains only 1270 who are civilized, and the province of Cotnhnto, with 125,875 pMpIe, has but 2313 civilized. The city of Manila contains 219.028 Inhabitants, which includes 15,901 who reside on vessels in the harbor, while 11,400 live in the limits of the city walls. General Sanger says the aborigines of the Philippines are believed to be the Negritos, of which 23,000 Still re main. They are distributed over many of the different provinces nnd live In n primitive state, having no fixed habitations or occupations, hut wander about in the forests, living on such fortune. A gambler. If he meets a woman on the way to a gambling bouse, returns, ns he belters* 4* • sis® of bad luck. These superstitions, and others of a more injurious nature; says the re port, prevail generally affiong the ig norant masses, and are not ttnlik* those which afflict many people in the United States and other countries. It warf hdMlM* to say that they inter fered fcitl* the dally affairs of life and were the eft use' 6f iriUch unnecessary anxiety and suffering, and sometimes of serious crimes. Fortunately, they would disappear as the people became more Intelligent and rational, and, therefore, less Inclined to believe In bogies of nny kind. reverse Is the case. I loved bis eldest j ng they can find. They are very daughter (she who afterward beeamo ; slmrt itnturc , malM nvcrnRln(r your mother), and my suit was ap- ; only f our ton Inches nnd the fe- P™y, ctl *7 00 ® ne “J™ • h ““ by j males even leas. Their color Is black. William Wolsey. But when later on , tllclP balr wool(iy nnd bntby , nml your father bent bla glances In the same direction that same William Wol- thclr tons arc remarkably prehensile, they using them nlmost as well toy discouraged my visits to his farm, ! bn( r cr , favored the rl.lt. of your father, and j These pcop ie, tbo rpport b . not long afterward coerced hla dough-1 nb | y nppronch ns nrnrly to thc ter Into marrying him, well knowing that she had promised herself to And why was this? Not because of i cpptlon of primitive man ns nny people thus far discovered. Their origin is shrouded In obscurity, but from tbo any fault In me, real or alleged, but j fnct that „, nilJ(ir ty(K .„ are found in for that sovereign quality In the new j „, c M „, ny p( , n | nlllM „ ml on the suitor-ownership of a couple of thou- . islands in thc Bay or Bengal. It Is con- sand Suffolk acres, forsooth!' I eluded they once occupied the entire Here uncle Sam paused nnd laughed Malay archipelago, sco tn fully. Presently he continued: | 0 f the other wild -tribes in the It was that circumstance which first islands the most important are the gave my mind a cynical turn, and In- igorotes, In northern Luzon, who arc duoed mo to devote myself to the ac- j divided Into several branches, with qulsltlon of money, which I conceived was the prime mover of our kind. Twenty years’ experience has confirm ed the opinion then formed. I have not gone out of ray way to avenge the wrong old Wolsey did me, but when about four years ago I accidentally met one who greatly resembles the girl I used to ramble with In the fields different names. One of these branches. Inhabiting the sub-province of Bontoe, arc said to be the most famous of head hunters. Another curious tribe of head hunters Is the Ibilao, sometimes called Ilongot, in the province of Isabella, while In Mindanao are seventeen wild tribes, nearly nil of which lmve the beliefs and lanes of Holdenhurst I did not re- nnd customs of savages. They not strain myself by any consideration for only take the heads of vanquished the man who had treated me so badly, cnemlgs, but their hands and hearts That she has secluded herself from n8 well, nnd offer human sacrifices to her father as long as possible has been .their deities. her own wish, and was always a mat-j The report divides the civilized ter of Indifference to me." Filipinos Into eight tribes, the Bieol, Uncle Sam’s sophistry was very fas- ; Cagayan, Ilocano, Pampangan, .Pan- clnating to me. 8ystems of reasoning gaslnnn. Togalog, Visaynn and 55am- whlch In others I should hove de-1 halnn. the most numerous of which is nounced as illogical and absurd when the Visnyan. While the great mass of presented in his words, snd with the, the people are Malays, and had corn- case and charm of manner for which ! mon origin, there is n difference in he was distinguished, seemed to lock none of the essentials of truth. At first It nppenred to me monstrous. j But my uncle's way of stating his case obscured these considerations, nnd led me rather to think of the perfidy j their written nnd spoken languages, but not much in their customs. For such progress ns they had made they are indebted, says the report, some what to the Chinese, with whom they came In contact hundreds of years ago. of my grandfather Wolsey, which was before the arrival of the Spanish, nnd the origin of thc trouble, nnd to marvel j since then to the religious orders, how my father could have accepted for his wife a woman whose love he lind not fairly won. That the state ment was tone I had no doul* what ever, for unde Sam had very effect ively alluded tc thc circumstance when he denounced his brother, and thc latter find suffered It to pass with which had contributed largely to their civilization nnd education The archipelago was divided Into five dioceses and 740 regular parishes, 105 mission parishes nnd 110 missions. Notwithstanding the Inestimable ser vices rendered by the friars, the re port says, they succeeded in exciting out challenge. Another, though nil on- ! the bitter antagonism of the Filipinos, ROBERT TRUMAN. “What's the matter now?" asked uncle Sam. “Have you any bad news? You look 111." “Yes, I have rather bad news," I answered confusedly, “but I cannot toll you about It." “Why not? Yon promised you would rhow me your father’s letter." “Yes, thafs true. 8hall I do so?" tlrely different consideration, afforded me much gratification, nnd that was the promptness with which my uncle had admitted the truth of the charge now brought against biro, which con trasted strougly with his strenuous denial of having had anything to do with the rol8stng sequins, nnd afforded an additional proof of his innocence of that affair. “What do you purpose doing respect ing this little affair?’’ inquired uncle Sam after a long pause. My mind was made up, and I an swered without hsitation: “I will go to England In the Umbria and carry out the plau you have auggested. By that means I hope 1 shall convince ray fnther that he has done you nu Injus tice, and he will readily agree that out which was beyond question a power ful inventive to the revolution of 1800. Now, that the friars Jam! question has been settled, it Is probable, says Gen eral Sanger, that the Roman Catholic clergy will substitute a large number of the friars and that all cause of agitation on their accouut will bo re moved. In a chapter on the Bicol tribe, thc Governor of the Frovince of Ambos Camarines remarks that a very no ticeable characteristic of that people Is the aggressiveness displayed by the females, and their evident superiority to the males in ousiness capacity. Wherever a family had risen from the lower ranks of society to a position of comparative affluence and social importance, it was generally found Should I fail to connect Adams with • he robbery of the sequins, then I will assert my Indvldual right to unrestrict ed action, for I am nearly of full ago now, and could respectfully and re- •rotfully refuse to obey my father in “Of course. Stand by your word.! Mis matter on the ground that his coat whatever happens." ' t ir.nd is unjust and unnatural," 1 banded my unde tbs lettor. To ha continued. — friendship shall remain undisturbed. I *^ ue to thc <act * onor Ry close at tention to business of the female mem her ot the matrimonial partnership. The Ilocano8, to quote one of their number, like all nations of the world, have many and various superstitions, among them one that they do not take a bath, marry or start an a voyage on Thursdays. The raven they consider a bird of ill omen, ard when it croaks it U regarded as a sign of gome mis- good Fellowship to-day. . Beautiful Relation ot CowradMhlp Be tween Modern Boys aad Girt*. “There is nothing I envy the young people of to-day so much ns the good- fellowship between the young men and the young women,” said the observant elderly woman. “When I was a girt a sharp Jlne was drawn between the men and the women and it was a misfor tune. It made comradeship and good- fellowship between the sexes almost impossible. It made man less help ful to woman and woman less helpful to man. It made a girl artificial to keep constantly dinging It Into her that she should adopt certain manners before the men, and It made the men Awkward nnd embarrassed. “I know that I used to believe that a man was a rather odd creature with interests that no woman could* under stand. I thought he lived in a world Into which no woman could enter. I believed I must act entirely different from my natural self when the men appeared, and, to tell the truth, I cor dially hated men, for I never felt com fortable when with them. ’ “Just see how It Is to-day nnd what thoroughly Jolly, happy times my nieces have with their boy friends. They go boating together, golfing to gether, walking together and riding to. gether. If a girl can beat a man In some outdoor game she docs It because of her superior skill and not because he feels that he must allow her to win because she's a woman. If she has a horse of her own she does not hesitate to take her men friends driving. She learns bow to sail a boat and insists on helping her man friend to do the sailing. “A man is not afraid to ask a woman to go In for any jolificatlon that he honestly enjoys. If he likes to take a long, hard tramp through the woods he Is npt to nsk some congenial girl friend to accompany him ns a man friend. He does not feel that be need he anything but his natural self be fore her. He talks about nil sorts of things which interest him and finds her very satisfactorily informed in regard to them. “I suppose higher education of wo men has brought about some of this good-fellowship, blit I’m inclined to think that a great deal of it is due to the increase of common sense among omen, nnd I for one nm heartily glad of this comradeship which has sprung up between the sexes."—New York Times. Travel In Runli, The Russian Jew Is not always the most agreeable traveling companion, but compared with the Russian he Is neatness nnd cleanliness personified. The third-class traveling coach re served for Jewish Itinerant merchants is only too often the one clean compote, ment in a Russian train. Russians who have journeyed abroad, nnd thereby acquired a taste for compara tive cleanliness in travel, whenever it is possible to do so, travel across Russia by river steamer In preference to Imprisonment in one- of their com partment cars. Even in the first and second sections of the Russian trniu, i, women nml children huddle Into the coaches, each family bringing its own bedding, food, and ton kettle. Seats and aisles are soon Inch deep with broken food nnd the air redoleut with cigarette fumes, for even the women of Russia puff the weed. The seats are convertible into couches, one above the other, two or even three deep. There are no curtains and there o privacy. A single washroom serves for both sexes, and the filth Is indescribable. In the third-class com partments bare-footed men. women and children huddle together indis criminately, sleeping by day and night, nnd with closely closod doors and windows, emitting an effluvia that surpasses the reality of George Ken 's descriptions of the over-crowded, fetid prison wards of Siberia. Yet in this stench the Russian finds his chief happiness. The Jew, however, ilraws the lice at herding with th*' Russians of the masses. He will sacrifice any amohnt of comfort rather than do that.—Era Magazine. Note Appearance of Kobinc. From each weather bureau station the appearance of the first robin in spring must be reported by telegraph to tke Washington office. The more- mcRjs of no other bird or animal air noticed. MOUNTAINS IM JAPAN. Th,7 Klral >• F»nor»m« tUe Switzerland* , On every tide of n*. to the golden distance far away, toe world stretched mountains. pe** ”P°" peak as thick as junks lit a Chinese harbor and range beyond range' e baustlblc. No sounds of mortal life came up inside the rock ' ‘ b river, gentian blue, wound silent lu transparent pools below. The pan rsma In Japan on a splendid *>>“■“" day is Impossible to describe to an English reader wbo bas not been i (he East, for such a one will read be twoon- the lines the local relor In which he wa* bred Instead of the wholly (li ferent atmosphere that heightens the charm of the picture there, the bril liant luminous air which Invests' eye with telescopic power and brings the whole landscape to our feet, while a soft suspicion of ,<Hky haxe seems to float a halo ronnd efliji foliage hid den bill. Switzerland, too. is a moun tain world, but smnll compared with this, the entire content from' Inns- brack to Geneva only one-fourth tne? length of this single island of Japan,, a thousand miles of continuous ro mance. And the quality of the sun shine is what separates by a very wide- gulf a summer's dny In these latitudes froim-one in more northerly Europe. Ernest Foxwell, in Cornhilf, - v WISE WORDS. Goodness is beauty in its best estate. —Marlowe. \ ; There is little* to Inspire in a spire with a debt on it. Begin your web and God will supply you with the thread. The best doors to enter are those that open with, a push instead of a pull. The cement with which the hearts of mankind are united is Jove.—Stev ens. V Patience and resignation arc the pil lars of human peace on earth.—’ Young. Swallowing diamonds lias been the cause of much spiritual iudigestiou.— Ram's Horn. Don't forget that other people feel about ns little imprest in .your troubles as you do In their& Men will wrangle for religion, .write for It, fight for it, die for it; anything tut live for it.—Colton. I would much rather that posterity should inquire why no statues were erected to me than why they were.— Cato. “Virtue reaching to its aims,” “fur thering and pursuing.” thirf is the way to Paradise. Meanwhile, for every au- gel’s blessing we must wrestle ^tilh— J. II. Clifford. \ j I oppose, ns I would every useless fear in man, the lainentr.tiou that tin/ feelings grow old with lapse cf years* It Is the narrow heart alone which does not glow, the wide one become* larger.—Joan Paul Richter. Prayer is the greatest thing in ths world,. It keeps us near to God—my own prayer has been mort weak, wav ering and inconsistent, yet has been the best thing I have ever done.-* Hamuel Chapman Armstrong. If there be a God, He must hear you when you call to Him. If there be a father, he will listen to his child. II© will teach you everything. But I don't know what I want. He does; ask him to tell you what you want.—Georgs MacDonald. artnihorni n« Inventor*. In 1827 a carpenter of Sandwich. Mass., wanting a piece of glass of a l'::rtlcuh:r size and shape, conceived thc idea that the molten metal could be pressed into any form, much the same as lead might be, writes William It. Stewart, in the Cosmopolitan. Up to that time all glassware had been blown, cither off-hand or in a mould, and considerable skill was required and the process was slow. The glass manufacturers laughed at the carpen ter, but he went ahead and built a press, nnd now the United States is the greatest prcsscd-glassware coun try in the world. In 1S90 a novice in thc plntc-glnss Industry. Henry Fleckner, of Pitts burg, whose only knowledge of glass had been acquired in a window-glass factory. Invented an annealing •’lehr," the most important single improve ment ever introduced in plate-glass manufacture. In three hours by the lehr the same work is done which under the old kiln system required three days. In four years the impor tation of foreign crown and plate glass Into the United States fell in value from .$2,000,000 to $200,000. About the same year Philip Argo- bast, of Pittsburg, also a novice In the glass-making, invented a process by which bottles and jars may be made entirely by machinery, the costly blow-over process being avoided and the expense of bottle-making re duced one-half. The result has been that more bottles and Jars are used in a month now than in twelve months ten years ago. Chicago'* Lowest Death Kate. Of the world’s great cities. Chief.? has the lowest death rate. Berlin hrl* second place for a decade until I,;> year, when London took that positi> . with a rate of 15.62 per 1QOO. Improvement In Cables. A striking fact about copper, is that a cable of to-day for submarine teleg raphy will transmit twice as many messages as one made in 1858, due to the greater purity of the copper now employed. Many metals are most susceptible to minute additions of va rious alloying elements—being with out them, and crumbling easily when a slight trace is incorporated. High Birth the Test. It is his blood, and not the amount of his wealth or the extent of his lands, that ennobles a Rajput. Many of the noblest families are very poor, but the poorest retains the knowledge and the pride of his ancestors, which I are often his only. Inheritance. ■