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EVIDENCE TO BE HELD BACK. j-nOSEC l TIOX CLAIMS TO KNOW WHO SHOT GOEBEL. Will Nol Let the Evidence C ome Oat on the Trial of Power* Who Wn* Indicted Only a* nn Acce*ory. I*ro*ecMt lon Will Rest the Latter p ar ( of ttffi* Week—Nome off the De fendant* Will Not Go on the Wit ness Stand. Georgetown, Ky., July 22.—The Powers murder conspiracy trial will be resumed to-morrow. U is said to-night that the prosecution U ili not ailow any of its evidence as to v o fired the shot that killed Goebel to iowe out on this trial. Powers is Indicted only as an accessory before the fact, and all of the evidence os to the identity of the assassin is appar ently to be held in reserve for the trial cf Jim Howard, Berry Howard and others indie re-3 both as principals and accesso ries. Ti - prosecution may close its direct t etimony the latter part of the week. The lawyers for the defense decline to pa* whet hr r the defendant will be put on the stand. It is understood that neither Tcu’sey. Davis. Combs nor Whitaker, who me in jail here charged with being a , e s ries, w ill be allowed by their attor i eys to testify in the Powers case. Hubert Noaks will resume the stand to nnircw. He was as.ted by t v e and fense to produce in court the muster rolls cf the mili ary company which he organized at t o request of Caleb Powers, and which he sa>* Powers directed should be made up. cf mounta n desperadoes. The defense miy offer proof to show that the ccm piny was not composed of men of the . haracter Noaks a 1 g. s ihey wer a. STBAMEK ST. GEORGE ASHORE. Hut ?lie Pulled Off With the Aid of Life Suviog Crews. Cape Henry. Va., July 22.—The weather bureau official at Hatteras, N. C., reports an unknown steamship stranded this morning on Outer Diamond Shoal. She. appears to be a large tramp steamer and presumably was bound north. Crewe of the Cape Hatteras and Creed's Hill life saving stations have gone to her assis tant and full details will be sent when they return. The ship is too far off shore for any reliable details to be given until boats return. The weather is clear but smoky, winds light southwest, and sea smooth. The weather bureau official at Hatteras. N. C., telegraphs that the steamship re ported ashore on Diamond Shoal this morning was the German ship St. George, Capt. KnutsfeJdt, with iron ore from Cuba to Chester. Pa. The steamship after be ing aground about five hours, was suc cessfully floated, without damage, with the assistance of the crews of the Cape Hatteras and Creed's Hill life saving sta tions and i9 now on her way to her des tination. The St. George is a large tramp steam er of 1,600 tons burden and carries a crew of 28 men. She passed the village of Hat teras early this morning and after sight ing land turned and shaped her course around Diamond Shoal. The weather was smoky at the time and the captain states that owing to this fact he was a little off his course and fetched up on the outer Diamond. The ship struck the shoal at low water with a smooth sea which en abled her to hold her position until high tide, when she was able to haul off In deep water. WILL SOON START CAMPAIGN. Democrats Are Preparing to Give Active Work. Chicago, July 22.—The Democratic Na tional Committee will commence active preliminary campaign work In earnest this week. Senator James K. Jones, chalrma nof the National Committee, is expected to reach here to-morrow, and will immediately assume direction of the preliminary work. Ex-Gov. Slone of Missouri arrived here to-day and Daniel Campau of Michigan is scheduled to reach Chicago to-morrow. Chairman Johnson of the Executive Com mittee is in Kansas, but will return Wed nesday night to jolni in the work. The locating of the national headquar ters will be the first mailer to be disposed of. and as the rooms facing on the Wa bash avenue side of the Auditorium build ing have practically been decided upon, this will not take up much time. Chairman Jones Is expected to make known his list of committees before the end of the week, when the organization of the office force for headquarters will be taken up. w AGE WORKERS T AKE ACTION. Their Attitude Annulment on Tno Disputed Point*. Pittsburg, July 22.—8 y a large majority vote of the Amalgamated Association members, they will insist on the Republic Iron and Steel Company signing the scale for the new base rate of $3.50 per ton for puddling. The American Tin Plate Workers have Noted to give discretionary powers to their committee, and it is probable the tin plate scale .will be soon adjusted. two votes, the result of which Is made known to-night, were made neces e.irv, because the Wage Committees, after threp different conferences with the man ufacturers, failed to carry their point for the Indianapolis scales and asked for dis cretionary powers. The tin plate workers agree to leave all with the committee. The bar iron lodges, on the contrary, refuse to grant power to the committee to change the base rate, but give au thority to change the foot notes where necessary. Over 15.000 men are interested in the settlement of this scale. TO niilNG THE BODIES HACK. Drnrl Vlrrnc* of the Uoiicnn Wnr to Re Interred nt Home. Houston, Tex., July 22 —Col. J. W. geni i' of the quartermaster's department. U. p A., has gone to Mexico to disinter and ' ring back for burial in the San Antonio governmi nt ermetery the bone* of Ameri ;n soldiers wlo fell in the battle cf u " r Vista, fought near Baltillo, Mex., \ r ”*46. b tween the Americans under Gen bar> Taylor and the Mexicans under b*' ta Anna. The remains of abcut 71)5 Ainerirar s f'e where the/ were bur ed on ’he battlefield, but an W railroad will go f M’ianly across this g/>ot and this has the American government to act. looks like a deadlock. * <>nare**| oiiol Situation In Fifth Alnhnvnn District. Pirmingbom, Ala., July 22.—The latest f ’.xi . s fiom the Fifth Alabama district 1 J ate a deadlock In the Congressional I "nvention. Willis Brewer, the present r: ( uihei of Congress from that district, 'Uid c. W. Thompson have almost equal while J. F. Heflin and T. L. dg*r will probably hold the balance of P°wi* AH counties j n district Il i ve n <# acted, but enough hove selected II to make a deadlock almost a wrtafnty. Hon. L. E, t lilttemlcn Demi. Burlington. Vt., Ju\y 22 -Hon. L. E. ' dttenden. register of the treasury dur • k the Lincoln administration, died here w*-d*y. Ho was 77 years old. ONLY one AMERICAN VICTORY. Conclusion of Amateur Champion whip Contests at Pari*. Paris, July 22.—The world’s amateur championship contests in connection with the Paris exposition came to a conclusi n to- ay at the grounds of the racing club in the Bols de Boulogne. The weather was cooler tl an it was iast week, though ihc sun shone brightly. Comparatively few Americans attended, owing to the* fact that only three or lour of their coun rymen were announced to compete in ihc events, for the most part handicaps, in which the Americans had received too sever? treatment to tempt them to <xhaust themselves in running losing races. Six even s were decided. The Americans competed in three and won one. their only success for the day. Thirty entries were received for the 200 metres flat race, which followed, but only eight went to the starting post, two out of thirteen Americans alone running. Two trial heats resulted, in which William J. Holland, 1 nlversity of Georgetown, and Walter B. Tewkesbury, University of Pennsylvania, with Pritchard of the Eng lish team, and Rowley of New South Wales, qualifying. The final heat gave America her only victory of the day, and was the occasion of a magnificent tussle between Tewkesbury, Pritchard anf! Rowley. All three left the mark to gether, and dash\l up the track with Hol land close behind. At first Pritchard led, hut Tewkesbury quickly got abreast of him, and the two then ran neck and neck to the finish Tewkesbury beating Pritchard on the tape by six inches. Row ley was a good third. Time 22 1-5 seconds. BELIEVES THEM .MURDERED. Robert* Knows Chinese Too Well to Think Otherwise. Chicago, July 22.—John P. Roberts of Shanghai, an American civil engineer, who has spent thirty-eight years in China ar.d who left Shanghai last May, passed through Chicago to-day on his way to New York to visit his old home. "Knowing the Chinese as I do,” said Mr Roberts, ‘T have little doubt but that all the foreigners in Pekin were murdered long ago. The government is weak and the mob undoubtedly got the upper hand. I know too much of what Chinese mobs have done in the past to doubt that they murdered the foreigners. "An army of 40,000 regular troops is all ♦ hat is necessary to‘take Pekin,” he con tinued. "The stories to the effect that the Chinese have an army of 950,000 men aye ridiculous. There are not more than. 20,- 000 drilled troops in China. The rest are poorly organized and poorly armed. If <hev had modern arms they would not know how to use- them, and* they do not constitute an effective fighting force.” STAMPEDE TO NEW DIGGINGS. Several C'n*itnltie* Are Reported From the Gold Field*. Victoria, B. C., July 22.—The steamer Bristol has arrived from St. Michaels, af ter a passage of nine and a half days. The passengers report new discoveries in Tanana. Urek creek claims are giving from 25 to 10 cents to the pan. A stam pede to the diggings Is expected. On June 15 a cave-in of the bank of the Yukon buried a boat’s crew, which is believed to number from three to five. Three were recoveredfbut none have been identified. On July 20, a boat containing five pas sengers drifted out to sea from the mouth of the Yukon and they are believed to have been lost. Four bodies cf miners, drowned from the capsizing of boats, have been picked up on the Yukon flats. COL. BRYAN ATTENDED CHURCH. r> He May Go to Northern Nebraska on a Short Trip. Lincoln, Neb., July 22.—William J. Bry an to-day followed his usual Sunday pro gramme of attending church with his family, occupying a pew in the First Con gregational Church in the absence of his pastor from the First Presbyterian. ' The remainder of the day was spent in driving and entertaining friends and neighbors at his city home. It is barely possible Mr. Bryan may make a short trip with his brother-in-law, T. S. Allen, to the northwestern part of ihe state to irerrow evening, returning Wednesday or Thursday, but no decision will be reached until to-morrow. The visit, if it is made, will be by night train with no speeches, and will Ijpve no political significance. Mr. Bryan is making good progress on his speech of acceptance. PROMINENT MAN MURDERED. Alex Donelaon Shot Down ly an Un known A****ln. Nashville, Tenn., July 22.—Near the Confederate Soldiers’ Home at the Herm itage last night. Alex Donelson, one of the best known men in Davidson county, was assassinated by some unknown person. Donelson was en-route home!' ami was going through a lane when lie was shot and killed. Persons at the Soldiers’ Home heard the shots, and going to the lane found Donaldson’s dead body. .Stone latter* Make Agreement. Chicago, July 22.—After months of idle ness thirty cut stone contractors, many of them members of the Building Con tractors’ Council, have entered into nn agreement with the officers of the Stone Cutters’ Union to resume work and to submit all differences which may arise to a permanent arbitration committee of ten. The agreement takes away from the business agents of the Stone Cutters’ Union a large part of their power. Five Killed in a Collision. Belfast, July 22.-In a collision last evening outside Belfast Lough between (be local passenger steamers Dromedary and Alligator, five passengers were killed and more than fifty more or less serious ly Injured, in many cases the amputa tion of legs being There were 600 passengers on board the two vessels and terrible scenes followed the collision. It is feared that some others have Deen drowned. Three Young Women Drowned. Nashville, Tenn., July 22.—News reaeh ed here from Hamburg. Hardin county, of the drowning near there of three young women. Misses Cora and Ruby Townsend and Pear! Flock. They were wading in Owl Creek, when one of them stepped from a shelving rock into deep water. The others responded to her cries and us none could swim the three perished to gether. JUDGE R. r. TRIPPB IS DEAD. Raid to He Ln*t Surviving; Member off Confederate CoagrcM. Atlanta, Ga.. July Robert Pleasant Trippe. believed to be the last surviving member of the Confederate Con gress and at one time a Judge of the Su preme Court of Georgia, died here to night. _ llnll Gnme*. Kansas City—Kansas City, 3; Indian apolis. 5. „ A, Chicago— Chicago, o; ( jevelaml, <Hxieen innings; called on account of ! darkness. At Detroit—Detroit, 6; Minneapolis, 4 •At Milwaukee—Milwaukee, 6; Buffalo, 7. THE MQKNING NEWS: MONDAY, JULY 23. 1900. OUR TRANSPORT SERVICE. KOHEIIiN GOVERNMENTS MOW GUT TING POINTS FROM IS. Our Trnn.pnrt Flret Now Nural.fr, Twenty-live and Some off the Ship* Are the Must Complete off Their Class in the World—\A hy Perry Heath Succeeded Gen. Dick. Washington, July 22.—50 efficient has become the transport service of the United States government that England, Ger many, Russia, France and Japan have of ficially applied to the war department for the plans upon which our transport sys tem is based. It ‘will be recalled that during the early stages of the Spanish War. the army transport system was se verely criticised for its inefficiency and general lack of system. The experience obtained by the war department during that war proved a great benefit to our army and navy, and to-day all the great nations of Europe recognize that the United States has the best and strongest transport system in existence, and the European Powers above mentioned con template adopting our system as far as practicable. Gen. Ludington, quartermaster general of the army, who is directly in charge of this system, discusses the subject with great pride and points to the fact that within the past two years-, astonishing progress has been made in organizing and bringing the transport service up to its present high standard. He admits that at the outbreak of the Spanish War, the present generation of United States army officers had but little, if any. practical experience in connection with a large and well-equipped transport service. There had been previously no occasion for the establishment of such a service and nat urally under heavy pressure and exci.e ment, coupled with a lack of experience on the subject, some mistakes were un avoidable. Now the government has un der its control a fleet of from twenty to twenty-five modern trans ports, fitted up with all modern conveniences for the transportation of troop® including ample quarters for the men, the best facilities for taking care of the sick and wounded, and every rea sonable provision for food and other sup plies required in a long journey at sea. Those transports are all named for gen erals in the army who have won dis tinction. The four largest transports, with a carrying capacity each of from seventeen hundred to two thousand men are named for Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, and Meade. The other ships have a ca pacity of from seven hundred to eleven or twelve hundred men and they are named in the same manner. The trasport system is under the direct supervision of the War Department, and its work has been so thorough and so sat isfactory as to command the admiration of the civilized world all of which is in evidence of the.progressive and adaptable nature of American institutions. Hanna lla* Them Guessing?. That part of Washington which Us in terested in Republican politics has not yet been able to discover what is the sig nificance of Chairmaq Hanna's switch from Gen. Charles Dick to First Assis tant Postmaster General Heath for the Secretaryship of the National Committee. ‘‘Before the change was made it was sug gested that the relations between the two Ohians were of the closest and most cor dial character, but the intimation is very strong that the Congressman from the Garfield, JYade and Giddlngs District has lost favor with the Chairman of the Na tloal Committee and that hereafter he will be a going and not a coming man in Ohio as well as National politics. Dick and Heath have been great rivals for Ihe favor of President McKinley and Chairman Hanna and apparently the first assistant postmaster general has won a complete victory over the Imperturbable Dick. The friends of the former Secre tary of the National Committee are at tributing hie loss of the secretaryship to his selection to run the campign in Ohio, but it is notorious here that, but for his hope of restoration to favor. Dick would absolutely refuse to have anything to do to assist the President in his campaign for re-election. Dick’s downfall is said by some to be due to the fact that ever since be has been Secretary of the Com mittee, the law firm of which he is a member has been doing a thriving busi ness here in Washington, making a specialty of contests for the House of Representatives or before the National Committee. Prior to the Philadelphia Convention there was a scramble among contestants and contestces to have the members of General Dick’s firm ar gue their casese before the National Com mittee. Protests, it Is said, were made to President McKinley and upon his per sonal insistence the change in the secre taryship was decided upon. VANCOUVER A SUPPLY POINT. England Will Sll| Stuff FronA There to the Orient. Vancouver, B. C.. July 22.—A special from Ottawa says the Dominion govern ment has received a cable from the war office in London stating that Vancouver is to be made a supply point for British troops in China. Ammunition will be ship ped from the arsenals in England, but all available rations are to be purchased ♦' Vancouver. The Dominion government has been asked to make arrangements as soon as possible for the transportation from Halifax to Vancouver of a large number of troops and munitions of war destined for the Orient, but the precise number of troops to be sent through is not stated. Telegraph on the Y ukon. Seattle, Wash., July 22.—The steamer Excelsior arrived to-day from Copper river and Cook Inlet. She sailed from Tyoonook, Cook Inlet, July 16, and Port Valdes. At Port Valdea she landed Lieut. Burnell, U. S. A., who Is to superintend the construction of the military telegraph line which the government is building from ?ort Valdes to Eagle Clry, on the American Yukon. A Coni Miner Killed. Decatur, 111.. July 22 John Eden, a coal miner, was shot and killed by his broth er-ln-law Edward Martin to-day at Nian tic. Eden was drunk and was abusing his family. Mart'n attempted to quiet him and the quarrel which resulted in E len’s and atb followed. Mar In gave hlmelf up. Found n Suicide'* Body. Detroit, Mich.. July 2\—Two b.ys to day found the body of Francis M. Coles, of Cblumbus, 0., In a vacant lot on Wood ward avenue, with a bullet fired by him self in his head. —The Fr ncess Sophie Bamba Dhuleep Singh, only daughter of ih° late Mahara jah of I aho e, i< in New Ycrk, en e fr- m India to England. She Is ac rompati led only by a m id. ’lhe Pri -cess was ed ucated in Etgatd and has lived for sev eral years there. Fh<* i< a sister of Prince Dhuleep Sirgh, whose marriage to Lady Anne Coventry, thlid daughter of the Earl of Coventry, in January. 1898. was marked by considerable opposition on the part of Lady Anne’s father, which was mainly overcome by the Intervention of thA Prince of Wales. The Princes* Boph‘e is a young woman about 26 y ars old, tall and t lender I —Dr. George K. Morrison, the Pekin correspond nt of the London Time<, has lived In the C lestlal City for nearly thte years In 1862, when only 20 v*ar old, I he crossed Australia on foot, THE t NBRIRAKI.E JAPANESE. A Secret Service Agent'* Experience* Slio*v Tliem to Be Rejom! Corrup tion. From the London Mail. I am In the Russian Secret Service in Japan. Do not expect from me. however, a deflate pronouncement on the question of whether there is shortly to be u war be tween Russia and Japan, for, to be frank. I know nothing of the relations that ex ist between the cabinets of Tokio and St. Petersburg. I never in all my experience found my self in a country where there was eo lit tle chance for exercising my profession as in Japan. In all other places Vrhere 1 have resided it was comparatively easy for us to get secrets from corrupt gov ernment officials—very seldom, however, of high rank—or * through Russian spooking the language of the country per fectly, and seeming in all respects like natives. For the former method China is un doubtedly the best country in the world, and even a newspaper correspondent can sometimes obtain valuable Information by the judicious use of money. For the latter method England is best, containing, gs it does, such a large pro portion of foreigners, and being £o unsus plcous. In Japan, however, it Is practically im possible to buy the officials, on c omit of their contempt for the foreigner—a rel ic of pre-Rrsto atic-n days—and their in tense devotion to their country, and it is equally impossible, of course, sor any one not a Japanese to pass himself off as such. The practical incorruptibility of the of ficial# is certainly wonderful, considering how very wretchedly they are paid. Tfie O’ ly way, in fact, to set informali n of a Japanese military or naval authority is to get hold of him when he is living—as he often is—far beyond his means in some European capital, where a paternal gov ernment has sent him to study—say, the art of fortification—to lead him deeper into difficulties, o fleece him. and then to threaten him with exposure and dishon or. or to dangle b fore his eyes the gol den bait. Even then, however, it is tun, to one that he* commits suicide sooner than betray his trust. 1 know at Fast two prominent military men who were caught in this way, but who were not able, after all. to give any very valuable information Their Russian captors al- Icwed them to return h r me on Go under, s anding that if they did not send them, within a certain time, tlie plans of an im portant battery they would be exposed. Both men were dead before the time came. But on other occasions the Russians have been more successful, and they now possess almost all the Japanee mill-ary secrets worth knowing. Coming to my own experience®. I ob tained a position in Japan, which did not interfere with my real work, and were there some years ago with a number of Introductions from Japanese abroad to Japanese at home. I am worry to sav that these introductions did me no good whatever, and I strongly suspect that the Oriental hands which wrote them sent at the same time epistles of a very different tenor by post. In other words, the per sons I was introduced to were warned against me. This suspicion made me keep quiet for several months, and earn a name for myself as a more or less harmless lu natic, with a hobby for Japanese art. This ceriainly gave me a good start, but when I began to look around me to see how the land lay T found that the secrets of the Island empire were guarded like am ogre’s gold. In the first place, the people are one* and all the most suspicious and the readiest to impute bad intentions that ever I have met. 1 resided for some time near a fortifieel post, and every policeman I passed bored holes in me w r ith his eyes. 1 struck up an acquaintance at one. time w’ieh an old military man. who was al most crazy on the subject of old china, but for some reason or other he dropped me. I think It w*a* because, relying on my inti macy with hkn, I had wandered just by accident into the vicinity of nn important battery. I fell into hands of the ma rines. however, and they persisted in keeping me a prisoner until a naval offi cer to whom they telephoned had come from his po?t three miles away. I was explaining to the officer's satisfaction, I hope, how' I came to he there, when I suddenly heard a sharp click in the thick underwood close by. 1 got off scot free, however, as I ha ripen ed to have had no incriminating sketches. I w r as very' near obtaining some valuable plan* from an employe of the war office, however—all owing to his tremendous van ity. I had little difficulty in getting him to promise after a while to snow the plans, but a good deal to keep him to his prom ise. At length he brought me into the plane where the document lay, and while he w.is going through various files of parchment I strolled leisurely across the room to ex amine n number of photographs hung on the wall. They were all snapshot* of for eigners taken in the most natural manner possible. The first represented a tall, full bearded man paying hi* kuruma at the step* of the Grand Hotel. Yokohama. The second w r as undoubtedly that of Herr one. of our agents, who had been several years In Japan. How strange that th .v should have hung his photograph there! And then a sddden terror seized me, and I swept my eye down the long line of pic tures. The last one was my own. It represented me standing near Ihe bat tery. explaining how T got there to the af fable Japanese officer, and must have been taken by a photographer hidden in the underwood. A* I was gazing on it as if fascinated, the young officer stepped to ward me with the plan in his hand; but a a soon as I turned hi 9 quick eye noticed the change in my appearance, and in a second he had grasped all. It looked as if it would be rtrurder at first, for a Japa nese is awful when angry; but. drawing my revolver, and keeping a safe distance — for my opponent had only a sword—l pointed out to my dear friend the suspic ions that w'ould be thrown on him even If he killed me. and I am glad to say that lie listened to reason, and allowed me to de part unharmed. Amulet*. From the London Mall. It is Ihe desire of every Chinaman’s heart to possess a pair of magic bracelets. Arm rings or bracelets are thought a greit deal of in the Celestial empire, the cus tom of wearing them having been handed down from time immemorial. Usually roafle of Jade stone, the Chinese arm ring of to-day is one of invariable shape. It looks like a large martingale. The Chinese word for Jade is ngook-seu. and for Jade arm ring or bracelet. ngOvik ak. The custom in China is to place the bracelet on a young man * arm Just Hi fore the hand stops growing. A tight fit Is usually secured, and once placed the amulet arm ring is worn throughout life. At death, if the bracelet has proved a lucky one, and If there Is a son whom it will fit, the bon*** in the old man’s hand arc broken and the bracelet removed. Many are the marvelous tales told by the Chinese of the wonderful qualities the.-e amulet* possess. TJiere is a tradition that a certain Chinese Emperor, who was stricken will paralysis, wore upon hi* forearm a magic bracelet, which kept life In that member for many months, and allowed him to make known his desires and decrees by writing. At last when death claimed the Emperor something even more wonrboful took place. Dead three days and lying in state, hi* body wa* being viewed by the priests. The ad visability of removing the bracelet was, being considered, w hen the hand Van lift ed up and gave a slgrwd which they In terpreted to mean the bracelet should go with Its owner to the tomb. Among other wonderful properties a good amulet is said to act a6 a fairly re liable barometer. CAT AND DOG DIFFERENTIATED. The I n*ettlect ( ontroversy n* to Which I* the Superior %nlnial. From the London Spectator. It is time that the controversy concern ing the superiority of cat or doj should be discussed on some more general ground then that of British feeling or human egotism. The case is prejudiced, if we are to weigh the cat’s merit* on practical grounds, for the cat is essentially dra matic; or, if we are to estimate her char acter from the western point of view, for the cat is an Oriental; or, finally, if *we are to consider the moral qualities of the cat solely In relation to the desires of the human being. In all such cases the vulgar estimate of the cat would be the true one; and, according to the vulgar es timate, the cat is a domestic, comfortable animal, usually found ufled up like an ammonite, essentially selfish, essentially cruel, and. apart from these two draw backs, essentially feminine. "The cat is selfish and the dog is faithful.” This sums up the judgment founded on wilful denseness and gross egotism. In respect to what is the dog faithful and the cat sr.fifh? The judgment rests on this—that the human being is a very little portion of the cat’s world, but Is the all-absorbing object of the dog. Here, plainly, Greek meets Greek; and we had better let the accusation of egotism alone. It is commonly said that cats are de voted to places, and not to persons. We have never found this true; but. if it if* the case, it not improbably results front the fact that many people arc devoted to kittens, and net to cats. Then the cat’s devotion is transferred to the scene of her romances, the corners where she has lain in ambush, the place where she has secretly viewed the movements of her foe or of her prey, the place where she has experienced the surprising fend absorbing Joys of her kittens. The truth is that the scope of a cat’s emotion and experiences too nearly resembles our own. We prefer the devotee. It i {hue this general scope pf life that chiefly differcs between dif ferent taces of animals. The moral qual ities differ from individual to Individual. The dog s conscience takes a somewhat higher rank titan the cat’s, for the chlff part of his moral code he accepts a* a law given by a higher being. He shows a de sire for moral approbation when he has behaved well; he is depressed by moral disapprobation quite apart from the fear of the whip. But a rat defies the external code of it dare, and covets admiration rather than moral approbation. Esthetic, sensitiveness seems more de veloped In the cat than in the dog. The keenness of a dog’s intelligence, combined with the inferiority of nature that lies be hind it, makes the employment of the senses almosi entirely utilitarian. Among esthetic sensibilities ths enjoyment of mu sic is the keenest and most common, and the perceptioti of color perhaps the rarest. Neither the cat nor the dog can compare of course in musical susceptibility with the parrot, who is shaken by storms of emotion; but we have known a cat show very marked pleasure in a whistled tting. It is common to find dogs who "sing" fol lowing. to some rough extent, high or low notes of music; but one doubts if such imitation is conscious, or based at all on enjoyment. The dog appears depressed, with lowered head and tail, or uncomfort ably excited, and a kind of thrill precedes the sounds. On the other hand, both cats and dogs appears to be unconscious of the sounds* they utter until experience or definite teaching has shown them the result. Facts seem 10 point to the conclu sion that the voice is not purposely pro duced; and, that though sounds may give warning or guidance to other animals, the utterance is dependent on physical im pulse. When the Impulse is imitative, it may depend ultimately on such sensation as is felt by some people in Ihe throat when a Bourdon stop is on the organ, and by most people when, they hear, for in stance, the cheering of a large crowd. If this i.s so, we are on the wrong tack in comparing the sounds of animals, varied and specified though they are, to lan guage, and should rather compare them to weeping and laughter, which provoke an imitative response, or even to the sounds of a man who has early become dumb through deafness. For In such cashes It is not purpose, but efficient cause, that must be the subject of inquiry. With regard to color, both cats and dogs appear to have little esthetic perception. We have heard of a dog appearing to pre fer scarlet to blue, but it is difficult to eliminate the effect of association in deal ing with n single instance. Cats, however, seem to show a doflnte esthetic percep tion of texture—esthetic, for it is not or dinary bodily comfort which rules. They may like to slop on velvet, but they revel, waking, in the feeling of crackling psi>er or texture of stiff silks. And there i* a well-authenticated story of a cat which go*** into the garden to lick the under sides of foxglove leaves, and cannot be kept from trying with his tongue the tex ture of flannelette. But the keenest es thetic pleasure for a cat lies in the region of emell. The dog uses smell merely as a medium of information, bill the eat rev els in it. She will linger near a tree trunk, smelling each separate aromatic leaf for the pure pleasure of it, not, like ft dog. to trace friend, foe or prey. If the window' of a close room Is opened, the cat leans out, smellink the air. New dresses are smelt-, partly perhaps for future rec ognition, but also apparently for pleas ure. A strong smell, above all a spirit uous emeii, is not only disagreeable, but absolutely painful. Lavender water mav please a tiger, but it will put a cat to flight. This apaprent power of esthetic enjoy ment in the cast is counterbalanced in the dog by a quality we are wont to rank highly, yet not without a haunting mis giving. The dog has a rudimentary sense of humor. It is the commonest thing in the world to see a petted dog try to laugh off a scolding. If he Is encouraged, if his fooling is successful, he will repeal it again and again with growing <*xaggera tion, will roll with wide mouth and ab surd contortions or fly at one’s face to lick it. On the other hand, he will rec ognize that teasing i.s a humorous* proceed ing, and, when he begins to get bored, will try to stop It humorously. Now the cat Is solemnity incarnate. To punish it is to cause instant offense, to tease it is to outrage its dignity. The bet ter bred a eat is, the more easily is it of fended. But the "sense of the ridiculous” is. after all, a gross quality; and the hu mor of one age seems vulgarity to the next. A cat is never vulgar. The old Kgyp tionaa said that a cat reasoned like n man, and the root of the matter i.s there. In the dog there Is a quicker intelligence, a greater adaptability, and omre facility in planning. But a dog cannot, us a cat, onn, determine its own end and purpose, and lice its own life. He I*. afior all, the kinsman of Brer Fox; but the cat is a scion of royalty. —Thp Rajah of lvapurthalu, the Sikh cl lef who Is atjout to revisit London, Ih very popular with Englishmen. He Is an athlete and a warrior, and his territory in the Punjab brings him IIOOGO a year. His house stood true to Ihe Quern during the mutiny. a OSTHTEtfe SIUMATn I <-onl|>atlon, IJ ITTE" sjk- Scotch and Irish Whiskies. We are agents for the most celebrated Scotch and Irish whiskies, imported direct from the distilleries of Scotland and Ireland. These Scotch whiskies are the blend of the finest Highland whiskey matured many years in wood before bottled. The expert Analyist describes this Scotch whis key as the perfection of Highland whiskey, and is special O. V. H., selected Old Vatted Highland whiskey from Glasgow, Scotland. The latest novelty in Scotch whiskey is distilled by Kutherford of Leith, Scotland, and is called Scotch Cherry Whiskey, and very palatable indeed. We are also agets for the famous old Irish whiskey, imported bv us from Wheeler, Belfast. Ireland, LIPPMAN BROS., i Agents for Scotch and Irish Distilleries. THE FORBIDDEN LAND. Tlie l>nl Inina Decree* ItclicHnun Liberty in Tibet and Throw* Open Hi* 4 nunlrj . Ex-Attache, in Pittsburg Dispatch. At a moment when all China is in the throes of an insurrectionary movement, which is principally directed against the foreignewr-and which has for its avowed object the exclusion of the white races from Chinese territory, there comes from the Roman Catholic Bishop Btet. Vicar Apostolic of Ttbetl the news that the Grand Lama has issued nn edict pro claiming religious liberty in thci "Forbid den Land” and 4hat he has repealed the strict laws prescribing death to any white man who entered his dominions without permission or who attempted to engage in missionary wogk. That this totally unexpected of intelligence should arrive at ihis precise Juncture will appear less astonishing when it is explained that Tibet, although nominally a vassal of China, has always maintained a specie* of more or less open resistance to the wishes of the Tekln government so much so that it was suffi cient for the Chinese authorities to de sire a thing in order to insure the Grand Lama doing precisely the contrary. Hence it is in keeping with 4he past his tory of the "Forbidden Land” thar a* soon ns ever the Tibetans learned that the Chinese had resolved to drive the foreigners out of Chinn 4hnt they them selves should at once decide to throw their doors wide open to the strangers. All Dread the White Alan. Exclusion of Ihe white race is the natural instinct of all duskv-hued na tion*. alike in Asia and In Africa. China, Japan, Korea, the numerous independent states of Central Asia, as well as Arabia. Morocco. Tunis. Abyssinia, were all closed to the foreigners in the early part of the present century, and whereas to-day a man can travel from one end of Afi i a to the other without firing ti shot In self-de fense. it was impossible one hundred years ago to venture Into the interior of the Dark Continent without courting cer tain death at ihe hand* of the natives, who were firmly resolved to keep the stranger from setting foot on their terri tory. Little hy little the barriers thus raise 1 against the white races have been re moved, and one by one every country has abandoned its policy of exclusion. Since the Emperor of Korea some fifteen years ago opened his ports to foreign commerce and sanctioned intercourse between his people and the outer world. Tibet has been to nil Intents and purposes, the only land of the universe that kept It* doors closed. It is therefore a subject for congratula tion that Ihe closing year of the century which has witnessed the throwing open to Western civilization of wo jminy Asi atic and African countries should have been signalized by the removal of the barriers of the last remaining nation that hail preserved its roll "undeflled” by the presence of the “foreign devils.” Another Gateway to Dhlnn. Inasmuch as the ln*urrwtion is spread ing throughout the VV* stein and Southern portions of the Empire, where foreigners and native converts are being tortured and massacred in every direction, the es tablishment of friendly relations between the Grand Lama c;f Tibet and the foreign Powers will prove of Inestimable value to the latter. For tfie "Forbidden Land,’’ I* s’e and of formh g as hitherto nn Impene trable barrier against access to China from British India, and fr< m the Russian possessions in C ntral Asa. will on the con tray serve a a means off Invadirt* the Empire from a point which the Chinese have alwa\s regarded as absolutely se cure against all foreign attack. ■lndeed, one may be tempted to believe that Ihe Grand Lama has h en prompted in establish friendly relations with the great Powers by some Idea of forming an offensive and defensive alliance with them against China. For the Tibetans have from time immemorial hated the Chinese even more bitterly than the white races, have tolerated the presence of Chinese trad erg only und r certain stringent restrictions, and are naturally at ihe pres nt moment alarmed lest th** upheaval which Is taking place in China should result in an armed irruption of the insurgent hordes across the Tibrtan fron ier, ovei who ming th<m by force of num lers and drsLoy ng their cherished inde p ndcnce. Called uron to choose between the peril rf a Chinese invasion on the one hand and the abandonment of the traditional policy of exclusion on the other. the Grand Lama, who is menially and physi cally a strong man, has selected the lat ter alternative and may be said to have thrown in his lot with clvlllzatl n In lieu of with barbarism. The .Huered City. So little is known about Tibet, the only three white men who have ever penetrated the metropolitan province of Lhassa, namely, the Englishman Manning, in 1811, and the French mi*aionarle* Hue and Gabet, In 1844, having been seized and de ported as soon as discovered, that a few brief notes respecting this mysterious la ml may he of timely interest. True, there are a few Protestant ond Roman Catholic missions in Tibet, as Is indicated by the presence of a Vicar Apostolic of the Pope on Tiber soil. But these mission* are es tablished in those portions of Tibet that are near the northern and southern fron tier* beyond the immediate power of the Grand Iximo and remote from the seat of the Tibetan government at Lhassu. In the same way Mr. Rockhil), now Assistant Secretary of Stale at Washington, the Russian explorer Prjfval*ky. Prince Henri of Orleans and his companion, M. Bonva lot, who have penetrated Tibet from the north, from the south and from the east, have each one of them been obliged to confine their exploration* to the outer fringe, If I may be permitted to use the expression, of the "Forbidden Land,” and were driven back as soon as ever they turned their steps In the direction of the sacred city of Lhossa. In fact, the only definite information which the outer world possesses of Ihe “Forbidden LaiiV’ ha* been obtn r,l by the P.rltlsh Indian government, which has em ployed carefully trained native agents nnfl official* to map out #>nd describe countries inaccessible and closed to white explor ers. Dr II nHr Information. One of the most successful of these na tive agent* i* a man named Sara! 4'hnn dra Das, a member of the Educational Department, at Calcutta, who, thanks to hi* knowledge of he Tibetan language and tq his friendship with one of the Lamas, whom he met at some Bud dhist shrine In Northern India, was able not Wdy to enter the metropolitan prov ince of Lhassa, l>ut even to penetrate the fUely City itself, and to pay, hia respects to the Grand Lama, or ruler of Tibet. Chandra Das in hts official report to the Indian government at Calcutta, and which is contained among the state rec ords of the latter, gives a wonderfully picturesque description of the ap proaches to Lhassa, whlob, he declares. Is at least sixty miles distant from the lat itude and longitude assigned to it on the standard maps and chart*. It stands in a level plain surrounded on all sides by a lofty and Inaccessible range of moun tains, the four defiles through which cou stiuiling the only approaches to tne city are strongly defended by tarts* The city is described as encircled witb a girdle of foliage formed by .century-old trees, from the midst of which arises the lofty white houses terminating in flac roofs surrounded by turret*, the numer ous temples with (heir gilt canopies, and the Pcxala, crowned by the magnificent palace of the Grand Lama, and all unit ing to constitute a majestic and impos ing spectacle. The Potala or palace of the Grand Lama is situated on a rocky eminence, rising like an fcdnnd from tho Plain, and it is on the lofty terrace oi\ the palace that the Grand Lama, gave audience to Chandra Das, who thus de scribes the event: Tlie lira ml l.nma. "The great altar, resembling an Orien tal and supported by lion* carved in wood, on which His Holiness, h child of eight, sat. was covered with silk scarfs of great value. A yellow klnkoh of mitrs hat crowned the Grand Lama * head and a yellow' mantle Ids shoulders, and ho sat eross-lev'ged, with the palm* of his hands Joined together to b’ess us. In my turn I received His Holiness’ benediction and surveyed his divine fore. The princely child possessed a really bright and fair complexion with rosy cheeks. His eye* were large and penetrating. Th*s cut of his face was remarkably Aryan, though somewhat marred by the obllquo •yes. The thinness of his person wot probably owing 10 the fatigues of the ceremonies of his court and the ascet'o observances since taking the vows of monkhood. I pitied his exalted position, for who know* that he will not be forced to undergo another transmigration before reaching his twentieth year?” The Grand Lama’s supremacy, both spiritual and temporal, I* acknowledged all over Tibet, his position being not unlike that of the Pope in the Middle Age*. He Is believed to be Buddha’s Vicereeejw incarnate on earth to uphold Buddhism and to protect Tibet, and !* supposed never to die, though at time* being displeased with the sense of mor tals he retires to the so-called Gah-Dan, the Mansion of Joy. o reappear In the person of the new' Grnnfl Lama. His prime minister and principal execu tive officer hears he title of Desi. and 1* is the Deisl who, like the Grand Vizier in Mohammedan countries, usually exercise® the powers tof regency during the minor ity of the Grand Lama. Whom the l.nnin Govern*. The Dal Umn’B government extend® over a |x>pulation of about 6,000,000. includ ing the Inmates of tl# great monasteries, 20.000 mo*kH alone occupying the build ings* around hi* palace at Lhasna. His standing army does not exceed 6,000 troops, armed with long matchlocks of <?hlnes make, bows and arrows, long knives and spears. But ft I* estimated that if call to arm® were made the Grand Lama could easily music r a force of 800,000 hardy fighting men. highlanders all of them, and fear lo*s not only by nature, but likewise in the belief of the divine attribute* of the Dai Lama and the conviction that death while fighting in his behalf insures blls® in the world hereafter. Armed European fuFhion. led hy white officers and, Imbued with the fiercest kind of hatred for the Chinese, they would prove invaluable al lies to the great Powers In the event of any necessity of attacking China fr*<in what is now its most vulnerable point, namely, f*nm the southeast. The country abounds In ponies*, mules, donkeys. nnJ yaks, which could he easily utilized .for transport services, while in every part off the country there are flock® of sheep and goats, which would constitute invaluable supplies lor the commissariat service of any huropran force Invading China via Tibet. It would take too long to attempt to giv* within the limits of a mere newspaper article any more extended description cf the "Forbidden Lind.’’ The above notei, however, will enable the readers of the Dispatch to form an Idea of the Import ance of the nw's off the owning up of Ti bet and the effect which It is likely to ex ercise upon Ihe present embroglio in Chi na. FAT MEN OF THE OLDEN TIME. AA lint They Dflcl to lleduce Weight Altont A. D. 200. From the London Globe. We know from ancient history that som® of the greatest men of the old world wer® f4, but it Is news to hear that they wer® troubled In their minds on that account. Banting is generally supposed to be an in vention of the present century, but that this Ih not the case is shown by the treat ment by Galen on the foods best adapted for preventing or reducing obesity, which has now been edited for the first time in the original Greek by a German acholor. From an Interesting account supplied by a. wrker In the Lancet, we learn that the treatise In question, which was wrlt icn somewhere in rhe second century, A. D., was discovered in 1840 and purchased by the Blhliotheque Nationale. The man uscript was frequently referred to by an cient authors, and there seems no reason to douha that It is really the work of th® famous physician. Be Thai as it may, it is noteworthy that the treatise is a scien tific anticipation of the Banting system which became popular about the middle of this century. Galen deprecates the use of drugs and says that the proper way to reduce fat Is by dieting. He recom mends eating let ks, onions, mustard and nasturtiums among green herbs and fishes which haunt rocks and birds fre quenting mountains, saying that aquatic birds are fat producers. One of his meet curious hints Is that vinegar or brine ar® food for the fnt and herein he anticipate® the "mixed pickles,” which are c<*iftld ered on the continent to be a purely Eng lish invention. Borne of the recommenda tions read very comically nowadays, hut. all of them are full of common sense, and it seems extraordinary 4 hat so much knowledge should be lost to the world for so many years. There Is nothing ne-w under the sun. not even the present craze for a slim figure, and Galen’s treatise shows iih that after all people 1 of 1.700 years ago were men o l like pazaiong with ourselves. 5