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.%S TO SAVING MONEY. How Some Men Try to Do It and Make n Failure. From the New York Press. If the average man of education and brains were to save one-quarter of his wage* and invest it judi io sly, he woud have enough at 50 to feel easy the rest of his days, lie ought to live to be 70, and should retire at the half c:ntury to make ,rxm for th tlon. Start in at 23, say, to earn your own living. Sup pose- you nevtr make more than $3,000 a year, which is a rather high average even for brai. 6 of the highest university brand, one-four h <f this amjutu saved annu a ly for twenty-seven y ars would be a fortune of over $20,000, if laid away in a stocking, and if well invested should be ha fas mu( h more. Thirty thousand do - lais at 5 pt cent, would gve an income ot $1,500 a year—quite enough for com fort. If I had my way there would be a law’ requiring men *o retire frern active bus iness as soon as they gain a competen cy. Our population is increasing so rap.d ly that there is nothing for the newcom ers to do. The aged en umber the ground. We don’t want the dear old vete.ans to die, but to retire to ease and comfort on the interest of their investments. Wha a hap; y. jolly, contented world this would be if i he successful man should Step down ad out at 50 and give the boys a chance. Jfut. he wil. never do it. He works harder at 60 than ai 40, harder at 70 than at 30. It is a kind of insanity. The poor, starv ed. friendkss creature is obliged to toil c-n and die in his poverty, but the rich man. the fortunate millionaire, tolls on because his soul is filled with greed for gold and dies in his riches poorer than the o her. 1 know' men in this city whose struggle to save a dollar for a rainy day is pathetic. Theirs is a generous nature. They take un occasional toddy, perhaps, and being treated must treat back. With money in pocket this is un easy accomplishment, and money flies when four or five good fellows get together in front of the bar. There are close-fisted scalawags who will be treated all day and never come back at you, but they generally w’ear out their welcome. They* have big voices end im press strangers with their apparent good fellowship. The man who stands his .treat right along has old R. E. Morse fitting on his pillow every morqing. after he has slept off his drunk. When he looks at his i rnpty pocket book, he makes vows, saying: “Great Scott! If God will oniy forgive me this time I’ll swear I’ll quit! I don’t mean that I’ll quit drinking entirely, but 111 quit hanging out at barr<x>ms and Heating fellows w'ho are of. no earthly good to me. Damned if I don’t!’’ This man really means what he says— means it until' the next three or four drinks, w'hen he slips up again. Before dinner, as before a drink, he is cool, calm, stern and calculating; after the cockles of his heart are warmed and the mucous membrane tickles with a provocative glow' his evil generosity, his affability and his damphoolishness revive. He seeks the same worthless old pals and “blows” them. Finally he gets so low that he will tipple with anybody. Sober, he is always peni tent; in his cups he is thoughtless of the future, rash, full of cheap talk and brag. God pity him. Lord bless his family. Nearly all the good fellows go to hell in this sort of Pullman car At is easy riding, with all the luxuries of modern travel. One of these good* fellows—good for nothing—will draw his salary on Satur day and run to the bank with it before he can be tempted, depositing all but barely enough to maintain him through the day. He imagines himself then safe from at tack. Honor forbids him to drink at the? expehse of others without returning the favor, and. being denuded of change, how can he return it? In this inevitable way— by drinking a few rounds with his pals, then, spurred on hv evil generosity and false manliness, drawing a check for th** proprietor of the bar to cash. The funds thus acquired are speedily exhausted, leaving our hero as before. On Monday another check is drawn a* another bar, on Tuesday a third at still another bar, and- so on through the week. If 1 nad my way no barkeeper should be permitted to cash h check. It is this cashing of checks that leads to perdition. But barkeepers nre the best fellows in the world because they do always cash checks for custom ers, whether known to them personally or not. They take chances of losing money for the sake of helping the Pull man car tourist on to hell. The cowardly, utterly irresponsible, weak-nrained. faint-hearted brother starts down town in the morning with car far?' and return, leaving the rest of his “wad” with bis beloved wife—God bless her. And Go-1 pity her. His intentions are the V>st that, ever went into a pavement in hell. He meets the boys in the afternoon and takeg just one. “Say. fellows. I’ll take just one—just one; I’ve got to qatch a train.” One and one make two; one rtnd . two make three, etc. The train rocket .plays out; he borrows a quarter or a half. “Just * happened to run out of change; return it in the morning.” He must borrow from the good wife to do that, or let the indebtedness escape his memory for a few days until he can hold out on the angel of his household. AVe all know this type of “gentleman.’’ He is another good fellow riding in a Pullman car. There is another type of good fellow', evilly generous, whose only salvation lies in keeping in debt—nor borrowing a quar ter here and there, or $5. or $lO, or $25 from friends who cannot spare it. but buying property on the instalment plan, so much down each week or forfehure. This keeps him “up to the scratch.” ns the phrase goes. It keeps his nose to the grindstone, whereas otherwise it would be in the mint. T have in mind a man who never earned more than S3O a week in his life, but who has bought no less than three large farms in the last twenty years out of his sav ings. These savings w*re like the aver age cotton crop in the South—mortgaged long before planted. He dared not squander a cent! and the habit of paying a certain sum each month to retain sion of his estates made him so abstem ious that his appetite was reduced to one glass of beer a week and a piece of pie for diner. But he can buy all his old pals to day. There is still another evilly generous good fellow W’ho saves in a way. When a friend is treating he invariably orders whisky, or brandy, or an expensive liquor, but on his own treat always takes beer. The friend’s expenditure is 25 or 30 cents, while bis own is 2X This low down practice is not uncommon, but the good fellow manages to conceal it indefi nitely by an expertness worthy of a bet ter cause. A certain irregular chap in this city has an arrangement with three bar keepers on his> beat to set out a bottle of water whenevr he calls for gin. Drinking men are unsuspecting, and few know that bis tipple is plain water on his own treat, for which there is no charge. The |olite bartender serves the check face dow’n. The bottle is branded gin. “Beware of im itations,” etc., and is retired beneath the bar the moment the Kne.ik is served. If an acquaintances should say, “I guess I’ll take gin. loo,” another bottle is set out, eume label, etc., but containing real gin. WHEN Fill ST INIIEII FIRE. Sensation* Incident to tlie Plnpr of Ilullct and t rasli of Shell. ’Will Levington Comfort, In Indianapolis Hr css. “Soldiering is a bad drufe to give up.” This is one of the few and significant re marks which the late war chief, Lawton, was heard to utter. On a transport com ing’up from Porto Rico over tt year ago. I heard a dozen discharged soldiers say that they would commit suicide before en ter.ng the service again. And yet I met three of th same fellows iti the Philip pine* six months ufterward, and there were doubtless more Any chap who has ever le n an atem of tlie g eat blue mass which mak*s up llnclc Sam’s i.ght.ng bot tom—w 11 he iM not a stranger to the craving which calis him back to the ranks again This is even so with a man who has only soldiered in times of p ace. It’s a worse drug for him who has smelled the powder and heard the groan and seen the bio and of war. Thousands of ihe b:ya who are serv ing enlistments in ihe Philippines to-day will be so dier for all time.* They are n a sen>e irreclaimable?, for they have pi t. €*d at thr g me of all gim s, compar ed to which ail other game are f r 1 tt e children. The shooing of ja k-rabbhs is no sport fer a l.on hunter. There is orly ‘ ne more thrilli. g same f r him. It is ihe splendid hazard of holding your face to ward a host le fire, nv anwhile replying to it. It nuts new* thoughts in vour head, new quivers in v ur limbs and a ge oral y new far of Gcd in bjth places. And when it is all over (if the thought does not bite its way into your brain that you are a craven born), you w ll fe l affectionately inclined toward yourself as never before. One can best teli how it feels ujder fire •by ext Lining his own sensations. I pic tured m s If dodging s fils ad b coming generally absorb, and in w teh.ng fir w rks as soon as the ship crawled into Manila harbor As a matter of fact it was some da>s before I heard the crack of a car bine. 1 found that you have to “hike” for a fight in Luzon—“hike ’ first, last and most of the time. t inally the great clay dawned. 1 felt strong and was pining for trouble. It was MacArthur’s arm of the general expedi tion in the north, last November. The General advised me to get in the rear, but 1 explained that I would be unwept and unsung at all events, and so my pony Can Do” and I were allowed to slay in advance with the scouts. “Gan Do” didn’t seem to be tickled with tile prospect, but I was heartlessly hoping for the worst, and wondering what it would mean when it tame. For an hour the rains had ceased and the sun was dragging up moisture from man, beast and rice paddy. Eight hundred yards ahead through the midday shimmer we could see the low ruins of an ancient wall, extending along this end of the town, and behind the green palms and the brown of nipa shacks. Slowly the column crawled forward through the killing sun shine. Skirmishers were wading through the mud an water on each side of the trail. “Much boom-boom poco tiempo,” whis pered the Macabebe to the General and his staff. The little native traders squot ted forward as they walked. They didn't seem to like it and would have hung back had it been possible. There was a queer, hard look in the faces of the white sol diers, and the eir was full of the gutter ing of cartridges as they were slipped into the Krag rhagazinee. Things liegan to look serious—depressingly so. "Can Do” had no sympatb* with me, and required much prodding. I would not have insisted further upon the pony to keep in the ex treme advance, but I had fought with MacArthur to let me ride with the setouts, and I felt his black eyes on the back of my neck. It occurred to me that I did have a bunch of close acquaintances back In the slates, and I felt for (he sake, of “Can Do" that X should not be so far for ward but ii really seemed as if the Gen-' era) had lost track of the possibility of a fight, taking so much interest in me. All the time the sun sent down rays to show me how pitiless perdition will be. A few minutes before such a suggestion would have seemed comfortably far off. but now Something hit me. It wasn’t a Mauser or a Remington— only the gfound. The low stone wall ahead was obscured in while smoke, and about 600 natives behind it were actually shooting in my direc’tion. It never struck me. this way before—not the ground—but the fact that a fellow must get shot at. Never before did I feel that I had so little to do with my own finish. "Can Do” had shak en me. I could hear hint thunder ing back and toward the rear of the col umn. forty miles an hour. I could also hear a series of croons and drones and snaps. These last are what worry. One knows tlie bullets are high whtn they sing in I assing. but when they come with a venomous staccato snap—it isn’t en tertain ng. 1 found myself in the midst of a heroic and well-directed effort to bite a cavity for myself in the black mud f the rice paddy. Then a brii lant thought came to me—if I should place my head in i he mud sideways, Instead of teeth down, less would be exposed, since it is flatter that way. I did it. Now the volleys were over. I looked abent and saw teat all min save the Gen eral and a few other officers were down. This is the prop r thing during a volley, the ugh the ragged fire which follows is often better directed and more deadly. Notv I herd the voice of the Gene al and saw things At the sound of that voice the skirmishers in the field, half of whom I thought must be dead, or dying, rose as one man. In truth, tt is hard to kill. "Forward as skirmishers. Fire at will." The command rumbled magnificently for h and settled into every man’s under standing 1 didn't have to get up. No one was looking for me. In fact, I was strangely comfortable, but the fear was far stronger now' that someone might see me down, and I went into the town with -ha men. "Young man." said MacArthur to me that night after camp had been struck in the new town, "was to-day your first experience under fire?” "Yes. sir," I answered, abjectly. "You did pretty well." If he had only known fhe thoughts which had been mine while the hostile fire was crashing in front! One overcomes the maudlin sense of ter ror apparent in Ihe first trial under fire, but no after engagement with the enemy clings so indelibly in memory. It has been claimed that personal fear is to some natures a pleasure exquisite ami lasting. Stevenson’s "Suicide Club" brought out well such a theory. There is certainly something in this, hut I be lieve that the satisfaction arising from a perfect mastery of self in a trying mo ment has much to do with the pleasure. Where there is a perfect sanity there is also a sense of fear. Courage is that fine, clean quality which master fully holds the dread in subjeetton and epurs the other faculties to intelligent effort. Courage is not given to all men. This is sadly true. It is not given to all soldiers. "Soldiering is a bad drug to give up.” It is a wild, hard, animal life. The man who follows it denies himself ail the soft things which make life beautiful, but it gets into the blood and stays. A man needs only to be apart from the life for a Utile while to learn how dearly he loves it. The old cavalry horse dies when he is condemned and sent back to the haled civilian. And the soldier who has tried his man hood and found it vibrant with virtue— who has come out of a campaign of harsh service—will crave and crave for the rest of his days to feel again the sav age Joy of the fight. HI IXFIGHT HOH It Oft S. Disgraceful Scenes tt lllch Disgusted tlie Spectators and Aroused Their Hisses mid Protests. From the London Standard. Paris, June 4 —Disorderly and disgrace ful scenes marked the reopening this aft ernoon of the bull ring at Depil, near Eng hien, where, it will be remembered, a panic took place last autumn when a bull escaped from the arena and dashed among the public. These successive attempts to introduce bull fighting Into the French capital have aroused a good deal of feel ing among the public, and rfUmerous per sons, anlmaipd with humane ideas, as sembled along the road to Enghlen and hissed at the well-dressed people who wete making their way io the spectacle, wide others obtained admission to the bull ring and by whistling and shouting provok'd Horsford's Acid Phosphate A Great Tonic. It invigorates and strengthens, re lieves nervousness and headache, and creates a good appetite. Genuine bears name Honsro*D*s on wrapper. THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY. JUNE 23. WOO, Cigar Dealers Like to have their regular customers smoke Old V lrgima Cheroots because they know that once a man starts smoking them he is “fixed/* and that he will have no more trouble with him trying to satisfy him with different kinds of Five Cent cigars. Three hundred million Old Virginia Cheroots smoked this year. Ask your own dealer. Price. 3 for 5 cents. j demonstrations which the supporters of the spectacle naturally responded to. One person so far allowed his feelings *o get the better of him that as a group of gayly dressed toreadors were driving to ihe arena he drew a revolver and. taking aim at their chief, fired at him. The bul let missed, but the man fired again, and this time the projectile passed through the clothing of one of the matadors, with out. however, wounding him. The roan was prevented from further using the weapon by the bystanders, who at once seized him and handed him over to the gendarmes. The shots were heard in the crowded arena, and the news of the inci dent soon spread. When the group made their entry to the strains of the well known march from "Carmen," the publ c cheered in the most enthusiastic manner, several Spaniards, including a female who is well known on the music, hall stage, being particularly demonstrative. At the juncture only a few discordant cries were heard; but one gentleman who was in lire boxes close to the president’s stand, and who protested, was severely handled by his neighbors. Several persons oriel that he was an accomplice of the man who had tired the revolver, and he was thrown down the stairs of the arena, several per sons striking at the unfortunate visitor as he passed. By this time the audience had become somewhat excited, and it was generally noted with satisfaction by those who had attended the gathering last year and were forced by circumstances to be present this afternoon, that considerable Improvements had been made in the ring, and that it was, at ell events, considerably safer. The promenade into which the hull dashed had been done away with, and the ring and the stands had been strengthened. The general aspect of the ring, however, had not Iteen changed, and, when compared with a Spanish or Portuguese arena, it seemed a very puny affair. The weather was extremely hot. and it is difficult to imagine what pleasure this closely packed crowd of for the most part well-dressed people could find in the disgusting spec tacle which followed. The parade was marked by the escape of the mules, which, frightened by the blast of the band, bolted and careered wildly around the ring. This function over, amid the plaudits of the assembly, the first bull was driven in. It was a fine black animal, bred in the Seville district, and, afar a f w paus s. fated the picadors, whose horses, it should be said, were sheathed in iron. The first picador made a clean wound; but the second, striking the animal in almost the same place, made a cruel gash, from which the blood stream ed in profusion, until the animal’s left side became a deep red. At the protests which a small mlnortty of the audience had thq courage to raise the greaten pro portion'commenced to cheer vociferously, while the torture of the wounded animal was proceeded with. The bunderilleros then attacked the beast, each seeming io lake a spe:ial de light in planting his sharp-pointed stream ers in the already gaping wound. Mad with pain and bleeding and groaning, the bull dashed here and there until some if the spectators took up the cry "A mor’l ’ The killing of the beast had bet especially forbidden by the Prefect, and it had even been asserted that any attempt to do so would be followed by an inter vention of the gendarmerie. Ignoring that decision, the matadors then produced their swords. Felix Robert, a Frenchman by birth, undertook to complete ihe butch ering of the first bull. Having thrown h.is hat to the gallery, he appeared (o demand the President's permission to dispatch the animal. The President, however, did not respond, and Robert finally lock the re sponsibility in his own hands. With Ihe red handkerchief in one hand and the glistening steel in the other, he faced the wounded and. it should be said, weaken-, ed animal. Suddenly, with a mad rush, the bull was upon Robert, who fell to Ihe ground. For a few seconds the greatest excite ment prevailed. 'Women shr eked, ard some, already sickened at the sight, faint ed. But the matador’s comrades quickly drew the animal’s attention away, and, to the relief and astonishment of every one, who had expected to see a mangled tody, Robert rose and coolly put on one of his silk slippers which he had lost in the fray. The people cheered, while, the small mi nority made themselves conspicuous with their shouts ot ’Bravo, Toro!’’ Whether the fall unnerved the matador cr not I cannot say. but he was unable to dispatch Ihe beast with his sword. The tvea on seemed also to enter the wound already made, and there it remained, half the glistening blade with Us ornamental handle swaying about. The spectacle had now become most re volting, and cries of "Assez!” could be heard on all sides. While another ma a dor was preparing his sword to attack the bull. Robert was making frantic efforts to obtain the recovery of his. The loss of blood, however, told, and finally the but. sank on Its knees near the edge of he ring. Even the fatal wound with a short dagger was only given after four at tempts. the gallant beast meanwhile mak ing frantic efforts to struggle to Its feet and get at its torturers. This scene last ed fully twenty minutes. It made many people ill, and they at once left the are na while the applause which greettd the death of the bull was counter-balanced by a good deal of hissing and whlslUng, coupled with other cries of disapproval. THe killing of the second bull was much more speedily accomplished, the matador Montes this time wielding the sword. The third animal to be butchered gave the au dience a bad fright, and there was nearly a repetition of the panic which ensued last year Wounded and mad with pain, the beast endeavored to escape from Its tor mentors, and jumped the fence of the ring. The audience at once rose, but the animal was unable to clear the second fence, which encircled the arena, and to which he had to return to be tortured and finally put fo death. The spectators cheered the dispatch of each unfortuate animal in the most vociferous manner. . Robert. the matador who was shot at, and who, it appears, was slightly injured In his en counter with the first bull, was given quite an ovation when he reappeared in the ring to face the fifth bull, which he only put to death after what may be term ed atrocious butchering. In all six bulls were killed, (he perform ance in each case being similar to that which I have described for the first bull. The death in some cases was more speedy than In others, but the scene throughout was one of horror. While Ihe men cheered and stemrd lo revel In the proofedlngs. many women fainted as the hulls wete put io death. It Is certain that this dis play will decide numbers of people to bring pressure to bear on deputies to sup port the bill now before Parliament for bidding bull-fighting on French territory. The attendance at the arenas was said to b close upon eight thousand people. At th* close of the spectacle there was much cheering and counter-cheering, though the supporters of the movement were evident ly in a large majority. PETS OF THE FAMO l S. Creatnres That Hate Been Loved by Men and A\ omen of Note. From the San Francisco Cali. A volume might be w-ritten of famous people and their pets, and It would be in teresting reading. Many books of biogra phy nave scattered along their pages ten der* reminiscences of an attachment to some dumb animal from Boswell’s "John son” and Cowper’s ’’Letters” down to one of the latest works of ihe kind. "The Life and Correspondence of Charles Kingsley,” Johnson's cat "Hodge," tor which he used to go out to buy oysters "les’. ihe servants, having ihat trouble, should take a dislike to the poor creature ’ and Cowper’s hares, which used to amuse him in his dull, weary hours at Olney. are os well known as the two men themselves. Charles Kingsley seems to have loved every living creature around him, and he taught his children to respect even toe most loathsome inscets. Mrs. Kingsley tells how a family of runaway toad* made their home iu a hole of the green hank at Eversley, and the. scythe was never allow ed to approach their retreat. He had two little friends In a pair of sand was; a which lived in a crack of the window In his drawing room, one of which he had saved lrorn drowning in a basin of water, and every spring he would look out eager ly for them or their young, which came out of. or returned to. (he same crack. He petted the white stable oat and the black house cot, and sat up w ith a sick dog dur ing the last two nights of its suffering life. Wherever he went he was followed about the parish by his faithful lltle Dandy Rln mont, whose intelligent face tvas always to be seen at the lectures and school les sons, and was known to every cottager in the place, being almost as much es teemed by thfm as by the Kingsley chil dren, whose reached friend he watt ioi ten years. Dogs, perhaps, have been pets with a greater number of famous persons than any other animal. Every one will remem ber Sir Walter Scott’s canine pets, of which he had more than a score. The most prized was the old Scotch hound Maida, his companion for many years, whose giave is near the gate at Abbots ford, with the. monument and inscription that he designed for her. Then there were the two pet greyhounds, Douglas and I’ercy, which attended him every where. They had a privileged place In his library, one of the windows being left open iu all weathers so that they might pass in and out when they pleased. Lord Byron had a famous dog. Boats wain, whose picture is still to be seen at Newstead Abbey; and Hood’s dog. Dash, will be remembered as Ihe one that Barry Cornwall said should have been named Rover. He accompanied Charles Lamb in many of his walks, nearly worrying tlie life out of the gentle essayist, who could hardly manage to keep in sight of hi> restless four-footed companion, and was in constant terror lest he, should lose him Walter Savage Landor was another lover of dogs. He had a number of them j —Parig, which followed him in all his (ramps; Gallio, give,n to him by (he seuio lor S(ory. whose place was to lie at bis feet; and, most celebrated of ail, Pcmero. the little while Pomeranian deg ihat was sent to him from Fiesole to Bath, where he was then living. For twelve years Landor and his dogs were always toge ti er, noiiceable figures wherever they w-nt, and Pomero was written about and ta k ed about nearly as much as his master. Mary Russel Mitford was surrounded by doss from her childhood. To relate her history would be to tell theirs likewise, for they were inseparable. Their quali -1 ties, troubles and general doings have an important place in her letters, and they have tender mention that might lead one to suppose them to be human members of the household. "All our pets are well,” Is her usual message In closing, and many of them come In for special mention, ilk* "Marmion, and Modoc, and Moss Troop er,‘the hounds;” "Marls, with her black and glossy puppies;” "Miranda, from Stratford-on-Avon," "Mayflower, and Mid, and Lufla, from the northcountry and Dash, who "sends his respect to Mrs. Browning’s doves," and was so well be loved by his mistress that when she was in London homesick she wrote to her par ents, "I am dying for my Dash and my flowers." Wordsworth's companion on his morning rambles was a dog for whose death he sincerely mourned, and to whose memory he paid an fxquisite tribute in verse. There have b en ether famous lovers of and gs. Sir Edwin Landseer was especially fond of them, and many of his pets he has made to live again on the immortal can ' Mrs. Browning was greatly attached to a silken haired, hazel eye spaniel that Miss Mitford gave to her. Fiushie lives in literature as the subject of one of his mistresses’s tenderest poets Goethe hated dogs His pet was a live snake, which he kept In a chimney corner —a repulsive companion one would think The pet of Tiberius, the Roman Emperor was also a snake. Yet the. two men were whollv unlike In every particular. Jean Paul Richter s pet* were a mouse, a squirrel and a white spider. Hogan h, the palmer, was fond of cats, and at his home at Chi wick, he had a garden wh're ie bit led his fivoites, placing little tab le’s to mark the spot and distinguish their 1, dividual sepulchres. The cat has be n a favorite with a num ber of well known ,-c pie. Pope made com panlons of several, and he showed the best side of his character to them Dry den had aLo a stately favorite cat, with a t.mmr as bitter as his own pen Gray author of thi hat ful "Elegy In a Country Churchyard,” wrote an “Ode on the Death of a Favorite Cat, Drowned In a Tub of Gold Fish s." In this llttie poem he bewails the fate of the demure and almost his crlc B'Una. Dante made a pet of a large black cat. Theophile Gau tier had a white rat of gr a’ beauty nam'd D n Pie rot de Navarre, of which he was extravagantly fond.-This anlma. died of consump’lon. Ho had a regular rhysl ian, and was fed on as es milk, but be finally succumbed and the pcet de scribes his death in m >vltig terms. —The*Esquimaux tf Alaska make shirts and boots of tanned salmon hide and Jackets from codfish skins Frok skins are now used in the bookbinders' art, and the skins of many other fishes and reptiles are put to practical uses. KHARTOUM TO-DAY. An English City Growing on the Hanks of the Nile. From the Manufacturer. Soon after the fall of Omdurman It was decided that the seat of government In the Soudan should be moved back across the Nile to its old location at Khartoum. This decision was based chiefly on two consid erations. The first was the fact that Brit ish authority in the Soudan is largely de pendent on prestige, and it was considered that the moral effect of re-establishing Ihe oid capital and the consequent decay of the Dervish city would be salutary, and, moreover, the attempt to work over Om durman into a civilized seat of government would bring about condition* which might lessen the respect of the Inhabitants for the energy and power of their conquerors. The second roast n was the *a?e with wntch the old city could be made proof against attack. Omdurman, on the other hand, is higher, dryer and less unhealthful than the old city, and much stress was laid upon the public and private expense in volved in the change. Military considerations prevailed, how ever. and the new Briii6h eapiial was planned accordingly. A correspondent of the London Times gives an Interesting ac count on the remarkable progress made in the construction of (he. new city, since the plana were adopted, as follows; The Modern filjr. "The whole city has been laid out on a metropolitan scale. Tlie river front along the banks of the Blue Nile Is more than three miles long; the depth Inland Is near ly s mile and a half. The public building? li along th® river bank At the extreme southeast the Gordon Memorial College, a large red brick structure with shady gal leries and porticos, covering three side® of a square, has far outstripped its scholars and In a few months it will be ready for work In the center of the lines, on the exact side of Gordon's palace, rises th® palace f the governor general, now prac tically completed. It Is a handsome Vcne ilan-looking red brick edifice, with white ston® ardadlngs and ogives; the facade overlooks the river; the open court, flank ed by two wings, look out over the city across a spacious garden In which there still flourish a few of the old palms and 1 lemon trees of Gordon's day. Further northwest ar® other large buildings which j will soon ha finished, the government of fices and the supply and ordnance stores The road in front of them will be flanked throughout by a ston® river wall. Lp-to-Date Im pros entente. "Parallel with this imposing river front | run along several avenues—Sirdar's ave ! nue, Victoria avenue, Shasta Cromer These are regularly crossed by main streets not less than ninety feet wide. The I blocks thus formed are fuither intersected 1 by diagonals, the crossroads forming the ! keypolnts of the city for purposes of de tense in such a way that four Maxim guns | could control the whole Interior of the ; city. Near the northeast corner of the river front there Is being rapidly built by British capital the hotel which, at the end of their long desert Journey, will receive the weary visitors to the capital of the Soudan. Nearer the center of the town are the shops, restricted to the quarter round the ’sock’ or bazaar, and close at hand a covered market on Indian models is about to be built In 'Abbas square.’ A mosque and an English church arc also to be erected at government expense, and the Christian cemetery of the Austrian mission, whldh has been utterly wrecked by the fury of the Dervishes, has been re stored and the gravestones replaced by Col. Drage’s cere. Outside of all these bunld ings, on the desert front, a line of de fensible barracks with redoubts will be drawn along the narrow arc from .Nile to Nile. Work of n Year. "Such is the rity of Khartoum, as It lies behind the fringe of palm and orange groves which rise, a true mirage among the false, to greet the traveler approach ing across the barren deserts of the north; a city of brood streets and nandsonie buildings, of tramways and electric lights, planted In the heart of Africa by the au tocratic will of a single man, designed in Its entirety and equipped with all its pub lic buildings within a year by the group of brilliant young officers of the Royal Engineers, on whose devoted shoulders the burden of this work hos lain." A question has now arisen which prom ises some interesting development*. The military headquarters are In Khartoum and tlie people are in Omdurman. In a ptogresslve Western country the chances are the people would philosophically "come to Ihe mountain." but in the Sou dan things are different. The provincial government of Khartoum counted on a general movement as soon as work took definite shape, but this has not come. The poor p ople cannot afford to move, and the merchants cannot afford to leave the great mass of iheir customers. Further more, the shipping facilities at Omdur n an are better than they are on the other side of the river. An order has teen Issued that each holder of land in Khartoum must erect a building, complying wi h the regulations within two years. But this order cannot be well carried out, as the buildings mils' be of brick, and there are not enough skilled masons in the region to accom plish the w-ork necessary within the time limit set. A prominent sheikh Is of the opinion that it will require at least forty-five year* for the people of Omdurman to huild themselves houses In Khattoum, if It ft to their own resource*. ERRORS IV Q,IOTING. I nwlae nnd I nanfe Io Rely on Hie Memory. From the Rochester Pcmocr*t. The longer one follows the business of writing the more entirely he becomes con vinced, by withering experiences, of the unwisdom and unsafely of quoting from memory. The man who quotes, without refreshing his memory or correcting hie distinct Impression of the passage quoted by reference to the text, will, in nine cases out of ten. bungle his quotation, even If it be of a passage so familiar that to inclose It in quotation marks seem* almost an in*ult to hi* readers. Indeed, the more fa miliar the passage—the more entire y cer tain you are that you recollect it perfect ly—the surer you are to get it wrong. For the words that are so familiar to you nre, most often, not the words of the author, but merely the popular colloqu.a) version practically certain to be incorrect, of the author’s words. By trusting to your memory of such passages you not merely risk mangling them—which fault, if you cling to the popular version, is likely lo pass unrebuked—but you also risk m*- crediting them, ascribing them to some author who didn't write them, which fault Is most unlikely to escape unrebukel by some guperfluous busybody. A Frightful Example. Here Is Raul Leicester Ford, in his "Ja nice Meredith,” furnishing a frightful ex ample of the danger of quoting fr m memory. A man of wide reading, who ought to know better—a "literary feller." who ought to set a good example of cor rectness in quotation lo common folks—he falls Into one of the commonest and most frequently corrected of familiar m squo a tions. He had occasion to quote these lines: "Immodest words admit of no defense. For want of decency is want of sense.” Being "entirely familiar” with them. ■ everybody Is, the advisability of verifyl g his Impression of them did not suggest It self to him. He confidently quoted Tom memory, and so, of course, m squo ed V,’ili:!.\ J YG!' SI'CE ON A PACKAGE YOU KNOW IT IS ALL RIGHT. ’l&jygSf “The American Porter, ’is without an equal as a re freshing beverage, and superior to the best English brands of Porter, Stout or ’alf and ’alf, being more mellow and pleas ing. The one perfect American Porter. 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LIPPMAN BROTHERS, Wholesale Druggists and .Wholesale Agents l ire Proof Safes. them, writing "want of modesty" for "want ot decency,” nnd eironeously as cribing their nuthorlshp lo l’oi e To <lo him Justice, he doesn't mention Eoi:e by name, but refers the author,-hip to "the reigning poet of the eighteenth century.’' The Chronicler thinks it f.iir io assume that by "the reigning poet of the teigh teenth century" Mr. Ford meant Fop -. At any rale, he certainly couldn’t have meant the real author of tlie lines, the Earl of Roscommon. For the Karl of Ros common was never "the reigning itoet" of any century, nor any sort of poet of the eighteenth century, because he had been dead and buried eighteen years when the eighteenth century began. Mr. Ford had probably never read Ihe author's own words. That Is no reproach to him. Prob ably nobody now alive has ever read the Earl of Roscommon's "Essay in Trans lated Verse," So Mr. Ford thought the lines were Pope’s. He followed the multi tude with unquestioning faith, and be cause. to quote another line of the Earl of Roscommon'*, "The multitude Is always In the wrong’’—ln regard lo quotations—he caused his little reminder that every au thor receives sooner or later of the wis dom ot verifying one’s quotations before letting them into print, ••Familiar Misquotation*.” Someone with lime enough for Ihe nec essary research could write a very en tertaining essay on "Familiar Misquota tions.” There are a host of them. Th* Chronicler probably has a great many of ♦ hem stowed away in this mind, ready at the first opportunity to force themselves into a chronicling tn the guise of quota tion* and get him into trouble, but he knows only a very few of them for what they are. There is the remark that "If a man were permitted to make all the bal lads' he need not care who should make the laws of a nation” publicly misquoted a dozen tlmett every day In the year, and as often erroneously ascribed to Fletcher of Snltoun, always, for some unknown rea son, called "Old” Fletcher of Saltoun in this connection. Then there Is— " The mind is in Its own place and itself Can make a heaven of he’d, a hell of heaven." Most persons are now aware that the haunting idqa that these lines are Shuke speare’s is a delusion and a snare, but they are still almost Invariably quoted thus: "The mind is Its own place, and of itself Can make a hell of heaven, a heaven of hall." Then there are "God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb," as to which it is most difficult to rid yourself of the impression that it must be "somewhere In the Bible," although you know better; nnd on the other hand, "Evil communications corrupt good manners," which appeals to most persons as a proverbial saying of unknown origin, although It occurs in a chapter of the Bible than which no other is more, frequently read in public. These, with the Earl of Roscommon's lines, already re ferred to, about complete the Chronicler’s list of quotation traps from which he Is comparatively safe. As you see. the list is short. It could easily be extended For any one can procure plenty of material for n long and entertaining essay on "Fa miliar Misquotations" by writing down, from memory, all the familiar quotations he can think of. and then verifying them with the aid of the authoritative "Dic tionary of Quotations.” A Strictly Mahometan Railway, Berlin Correspondence of the London Times. The Kolnische Zletung learns frem Con stantinople that the prepari'lcn* . onuect ed with the projected construction o;’ a line of railway from Da mas in to Muci are being pushed forward with os enta tlous zeal According (o many <f the Turkish newspapers, rails and locomotives have already been ordered In Europe Cn the other hand, Ii Is also given out hat a supply of rails has been produced l om the raw Iron in the Turkish wo. kshops, t 1 t Mahometan engineers have heen summon ed from the provinces to Constar tlnop e to receive instructions concerning the con struction of the railway, and, last, t a< the authorities intend, so fur as p-wtilrle, to exclude Christians from the upd rt ik ing. However, notwithstanding all these reports nnd plans, negotiations ar ■ cow on feet between the Porte and Herr Na gelmaker, the director of the sleeping a’ company, as the latter has expr axed his, readiness to build the Una of railway f om Damascus to Mecca provided that he re celvcs the monoply for laying: the eleetria light in Turkey. The negotiation* with regard to the extension of the Damascus nnd Beyrout line of railway are approach ing completion. The project ha* haen worked out, and ll has now to be ap proved. of by the Turkish mlnlsir y of Works. > a * EVERY-DAY BIKE IX CHIXA. A Ken Facts About the Cnstom* of the Celestial*. From the Philadelphia Record. China Is In the world's eye at present writing, so here are a few facts about manners and customs of the Celestials. According to Chinese customs, the bri dal procession Is formed at the brlde’a house. First, there are a number of boys who are hired to walk ahead, carry ing red banners fastened to long poles; then come the musicians, some playing wind instruments much resembling in sound Scotch bagpipes, others scraping elongated riddles, others thumping gonge of varied sizes and discordant tone, while pome are boating ho.low pines of bam boo, which give forlh a dull sound. After lhe hand come more boys carrying largo parasols, with long red and gold fringe (these parasols are on sticks ten feet long, then more boys with red banners, which bear Chinese characters In gold on either side expressing all sorts of complimentary things to the bride. The superstitious treatment of dlseaaa Is an extraordinary feature of Chinese social life. Death, they account for by saying It Is In accordance with the "reck oning of heaven,” and It would appear that in this at least they are not far out of theirs. Recovery Is by grace of some particular god or goddess. They Imagine that this evil god works by mys terious influences of a family, and result ing In Illness. Hence great bribes are of fered to this pleasant familiar, and Urge profits to the Taonlst priests. It may be said that the Chinaman Is born fishing—he has for ages past culti vated a system of artificial breeding nnd rearing of live fish for the market. In the shops may be seen displayed llvo and dead fish, fish fresh and salted, smoked and preserved. One variety are like whitebait In basket, graded from tiny things not half an Inch long to whet appears to be the same fish grown to eight or nine inches In length. These are sold fresh, salted and smoked. Shark fins are a delicacy. These are fish mot tled and barred, bright and dull, fish of quaint and, to us. unknown shapes, but. foremost above all and everywhere t* be seen are the artificially grown live flsh. Chinamen boll their rice In flat vessel* shaped like deep saucers. From 20 to .30 inches across and fiom t to 9 Inches deep is rhe. usual size of th so utensils, which are cast wonderfully thin, the metal rare lv exceeding an eighth of an Inch In thick ness. The blast furnaces are shaped Ilko large, sequat lamp chimneys, and fuel ad m tal are fed through the narrowed ipenlng a' the top. The very frugal Chin aman wi l e he works also uses his fur nace fir' to cook his evening meal. Jade Is the article mot highly prised f r jewelry by the Chinese. A Jade ban gle in Canton would bring a higher price than one of diamonds and gold. The J*da Is cut by t o s work and with a reciprocat ing motion driven by rocking foot traa d!e. Owing to the general, maladministration of the conn ry, China offers a thorough ly congenial soil for the growth of all sor s of Illegal combinations. Under op pression and tyranny secret societies si rli g Int., life- The Kolao Hul Is said to be numerically the most powe ful se ct: et society in china. Its members num ber upwards of a million, and Its organ ization Is in theory ss n arly perfect aa the 1 ose Ideas possessed by Chinamen. It Is a direct rpseendent of the Hung L’gu-\ the universality of whl'h ts x -pr< sed by the symbol, sign fylng "* mighty bbod," which Is employed to write the word Hong T Is society was govern e , by the eh efs who were known as tha "Ko" or Elder Bio hers. It was consid ered ad lssble to ch nge the name of tha "Hul,” and It e "Kolao," der v and from the epithet of the chiefs, was adopted In I's place. Eczema—’Nu ( are, Ko ray. Your druggist will refund your money If Pazo Ointment falls to cure vou. sOo. -<A 7