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weather, with variable winds.
The. President and the Commissioner
of Pensions may create new classes of
pensioners, but it remains for Con
gress to find the money with which to
pay the claims. Congress, therefore,
cannot escape Its responsibility in the
matter of the new service pension or
der.
Col. DeJager, a staff officer of Gen.
Cronje in the Boer war and the hero
of a dozen thrilling adventures during
the continuance of hostilities, was ar
rested In New York the other day on
the charge of having passed a worth
less check. Col. DeJager was much
chagrined, and said that Americans
did not appreciate heroes.
Representative Dixon of Montana
has received a letter In which It is as
serted that the writer knows that John
Wilkes Booth was not killed near
Washington, but escaped and made his
way to Texas, where he committed sui
cide. It appears that the myth of
Booth's escape will never cease trou
bling imaginative men. Maybe it
would be well to have a congressional
Investigation, so that Booth could be
finally and conclusively written Into the
records as having perished at a certain
time and place and under certain cir
cumstances.
One of the candidates "snowed un
der” in the recent Republican pri
maries in New York was Joseph Mur
ray, who wanted to be a delegate to
the Republican National Convention.
Mr. Murray claims to be the man w'ho
•’discovered” Theodore Roosevelt. Some
years ago. ai he tells it. he procured
the nomination of Mr. Roosevelt for
the Legislature, worked hard for his
election and saw him elected and thus
launched on his political career. But
the Republican voters of his district,
despite this, thought it best for Mr.
Murray to remain at home.
A warm controversy is promised
Over the question of a smoking room
in a projected club for women in New
York. Rome members of the club say
that a woman’s club rooms ought to
afford the same facilities and conveni
ences as those of a men's club, and
that if there should be women mem
bers who wish to take their meals
with cocktails and smoke a cigarette
afterwards, they should be permitted
that privilege. Other members hold
up their hands in holy horror and as
sert that anything like cocktails and
a smoking room in a woman’s club
would be disgraceful. There will be a
.lot more said on the subject by the
I members.
THE TWO CANDIDATES.
The Indications at present are that
there will be only two candidates for
the nomination for President at the
St. Louis convention, namely. Judge
Parker and Mr. Hearst, both of New
York. Mr. Cleveland, although never
a candidate was frequently mentioned
in connection with the nomination. He
is practically out of the race now. No
effort is being made to get delegates
for Senator Gorman. Judge Gray ad
mits that he Is not in the contest, and
while the Massachusetts delegation
will probably be for Mr, Olney It is
well understood that neither he nor
hts friends are making any effort in
his behalf. Mr. McClellan has been
mentioned as a possibility, and it was
understood that Mr. Murphy, the
Tammany leader, hoped to swung the
New York delegation for him by hav
ing it sent to St. Louis uninstructed.
No one, however, is making any ef
fort in his behalf as far as known.
The action of the New York Demo
cracy in declaring for Judge Parker in
its primaries hits cleared the situation,
and where a w r eek ago, there was
apathy and confusion in the ranks of
the Democracy there is now order and
activity.
in all parts of the country the con
servative Democracy has gone to work
for Jud;;e Parker, and the opinion
seems to be that he will have a two
thirds majority in the nominating con
vention. There is no doubt that he
will have a majority, providing noth
ing happens to modify present indica
tions.
Mr. Hearst has been making a vig
orous campaign for weeks, and he has
met with some success, more perhapi
than was thought possible by some
of the ablest politicians of the party.
He stands a chance of getting a third
of the delegates, though, owing to
the vigorous campaign that has been
begun for Judge Parker all along the
line, it is hardly probable he will.
The success that has attended the
efforts In behalf of Mr. Hearst has
been due largely to the fact that prac
tically nothing was being done in be
half of any other candidates. Now,
however, that Judge Parker has been
pushed to the front, Mr. Hearst Will
find it much more difficult to pick up
delegates than he has heretofore found
it. No doubt his friends w’lll continue
their efforts in his behalf, but their
activity will be helpful to Judge
Parker for the reason that it will
arouse the latter's friends to the im
portance of taking the proper steps
to promote his interests.
Judge Parker has many advantages
over Mr. Hearst. It Is only neces
sary to mention one or two of them.
One is that Mr. Hearst will have no
support from his ow f n state. That in
itself ought to be sufficient to con
vince him that there Is little or no
probability that the nomination will
be offered to him. Another advantage
is that a great many democrats of
New York are saying that if he were
the party's nominee he couldn't car
ry New York, while the opinion seems
to be pretty generally entertained by
Democrats of that state that Judge
Parker could carry It. It is admitted
that the Democratic party cannot win
without Its thirty-nine electoral votes.
It Is hardly reasonable to suppose,
therefore, that the Democratic party
will nominate a man that stands no
chance of carrying his own state, es
pecially as that state is necessary to
success.
These advantages are sufficient to
convince Democrats that are open to
conviction that Judge Parker is pre
ferable to Mr. Hearst as a candidate.
THE COMBES MINISTRY.
The work of secularizing the schools
of France having been practically
completed the people of that country
do not seem to have any further use
for M. .Combes, their Prime Minister,
who accomplished that work. There
is no doubt he did what they wanted
done, and it seems strange therefore
that his popularity should be on the
wane.
He wasn’t the originator of the se
cularization of the schools, though he
has done ail that has been done in
the direction of secularizing them. The
law was enacted through the efforts
of Waldeck-Rousseau In 1891, who was
prime minister at that time. He got
the Idea fastened in his mind that the
republic was in danger from the re
ligious schools, and so he had a law
enacted that authorized government In
spection of them. He had no inten
tion of breaking them up. He aimed
simply at publicity in their affairs.
The forces he unloosed by this law,
however, got beyond his control, and
things were done of which he dll not
approve. Indeed he was made re
sponsible for so many acts, which he
considered outrages, in connection with
the religious schools that he retired
from the ministry.
M. Combes, who succeeded him, un
derstood better what the people want
ed, and he did not hesitate to give it to
them. He gave interpretations to the
Waldeck-Rousseau law that were nev
er dreamed of by the author of that
law. Thousands of schools were
broken up and their teachers driven
out of the country. The temper of
the House of Deputies Is lo sweep
from France all schools which are un
der religious direction.
Minister Combes has won the ap
plause of the French people by the
thoroughness with which he has done
his work, but it seems they think that
having completed the work for which
he was so well qualified he ought to
retire to private life. That seems to
be the view the French people take
of the situation.
A New York court has been called
upon to say whether or not automo
biles used for public conveyance are
to be classed with hacks, or whether
they are in a class by themselves. The
legal rate of hack fare in New York
city is 50 cents a mile or $1 per hour.
The public automobiles have been
charging double these prices, that is
$1 per mile and $2 per hour. Recently
a club man protested against being
charged $3 for a ride from the City
Kail to a Fifth avenue hotel, and up
on the chauffeur becoming Imperti
nent determined to make a test case
of the automobile driver's right to
charge double fare
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY. APRIL 2. 1904.
THE SAVANNAH CLIMATE.
It is the custom of the managers of
the baseball clubs of the big leagues,
as soon as they have signed their
players, along about the last of the
winter, to bring their men South for
preliminary practice. So keen is the
rivalry In the big leagues that no pos
sible precaution to have the men In the
best shape Is neglected. The mana
gers make the most careful selec
tions of preliminary training places,
taking into consideration climate,
water, weather probabilities and a
dozen other details. Only the very best
will do for the careful and Intelligent
baseball manager who hopes and ex
pects to round his team up Into an
aggregation of “pennant winners.” No
chances are taken with questionable
water, an uncertain climate and the
l:ke.
During the second week in March
the Philadelphia Baseball Club, with
about twenty men, arrived in Savan
nah. When the team left Philadelphia
there was snow on the ground, and
many of the Pennsylvania rivers were
gorged with ice; when it arrived in
Savannah the sun was shining warmly
and the parks were bright and fresh
with new grass and brilliant with the
colors of tulip and hyacinths. Already
the spirit of spring was in the atmos
phere, and the Philadelphians were not
four hours ashore from their ship be
fore they were cavorting over the
baseball park like spring colts. They
remained in Savannah two weeks.
There wasn’t an hour of their waking
time that they might not have put in
at practice. Then they went back to
Philadelphia by ship.
What these professional athletes
think of Savannah as a training place
is reflected in the Philadelphia papers
the day following their arrival at home.
The Philadelphia Record says: “The
stay in Savannah was one of pleas
ant weather and warm temperature.
* * * and a better trained set of
players never departed North than the
Phillies.” The Philadelphia Ledger
says: “The sojourn in Savannah was
the most successful preliminary practice
every taken by the Philadelphia Club.
The team was in the city two weeks,
and during this time never lost a day’s
practice, except on Sunday. The
weather was ideal and the facilities
perfect. The temperature daily ranged
from 70 to 78. * * * There is not
a man among the number who is not
in good physical condition.” The Phil
adelphia Inquirer says: "It is doubt
ful if ever a team that went South
experienced as fine weather as the
Phillies did in Savannah. Under a
daily temperature of 75 to 80 degrees,
and with exceptionally fine weather,
the players rounded to with a quick
ness that was really astonishing.
* * * The sojourn in the Georgia
city was one that will be long re
membered. * * * The stay in Sa
vannah was one of pleasure, as the
Southerners did everything possible to
make the men feel at home.”
These are merited, and appreciated,
tributes to Savannah’s superb climate,
and to her proverbial hospitality.,,And
t; should he borne in mind that the
weather while the ‘‘Phillies” were here
was not exceptional, for Savannah.
The WeatHer Bureau noted no de
partures from the normal worthy of
mention. It was just typical Savan
nah weather, the class we have dur
ing the far greater part of the year.
An enthusiast declares that Savannah
is due to have each year 360 fine days
and five foul days, and that the five
always come first. That may not be
quite the correct proportion, but any
one who is familiar with the climate
will affirm that there are fewer foul
days in Savannah than about any
where else. And a climate that will so
quickly put athletes into perfect fet
tle for a hard season’s work is un
doubtedly good for other people as
well.
WHAT MISS IIARTON WANTS TO
KNOW.
It is well known that the affairs of
the Red Cross Society are very un
satisfactory to many of its members,
and that an investigation of them has
been ordered. Miss Barton, who is
its president, has written a letter to
the investigating committee —the com
mittee consists of Senator Proctor,
Representative Alton Smith and Gen.
Wilson—asking about the scope of the
investigation. She wants to know
whether it is desired that the accounts
of only the previous year be exhibited
or the accounts of the society since
its incorporation. If the latter she
pleads the statute of limitation. She
says that she is willing to furnish ail
the records of the society, but that she
has never heard that there were any
charges that funds of the society have
beeen misappropriated.
It is probable that what those who
are asking for the investigation want
is the resignation of Miss Barton. They
want to get hold of the society and
reorganize it. It is evident to them,
and probably to most everybody else,
that it will not amount to much
while it is in its present hands. It
seems from its latest publication that
it has but little, if anything, in its
treasury, and there seems reasons for
saying that if need for its services
were to arise it would be handicapped
by the lack of means for doing any
thing.
If the public had confidence in its
ability to accomplish something, in the
event its services were needed, its
financial condition wouldn't be so de
plorable. In its financial affairs it
makes a very poor showing in com
parison with the Red Cross of Euro
pean countries or even of Japan.
We don't pretend to be well posted
about the affairs of the Red Cross, but
it seems to us that the best thing
that could happen to it would be to
pass into other hands. The nation
wishes it to be brought up to a high
standard of efficiency. The people
doubtless w-ovild contribute the money
for that purpose, but before anything
is likely to be done in that direction
Miss Barton, in all probability, will
have to sever her connection with it.
She has had a long career at the head
of it and has had many medals of
honor conferred upon her by foreign
governments. She is well along in
years and the society doubtless needs
younger and more vigorous people Jn
control of it.
The British troops went into the
Boer war wearing uniform coats of a
color between that of a boiled lobster
and a cardinal's hat; they came out of
it wearing the very subdued and mod
est khaki. It did not take them long
to learn that the brilliant red made a
first-class target for the Boer marks
men. Heretofore the summer uniform
of the Russian troops has been white.
White made a fine background for gold
iace, vari-colored ribbons and ornate
decorations. But the order has been
promulgated from St. Petersburg that
the summer uniforms for the Far East
army shall be dun-grey. The Japs
are quite expert with long-range rifles,
and spotless white uniforms would in
vite accuracy of their fire. Thus the
picturesqueness of war is departing.
The modern army travels on Its stom
ach, actually as well as figuratively,
w'hen going into action. The advance
lines crawl along the ground, taking
careful aim and picking off a man of
the enemy wherever one can be distin
guished. The wise belligerent, there
fore, makes himself as inconspicuous
as possible. Fancy uniforms are pret
ty for the pomp of military displays in
peace, but when there is fighting to be
done the sober colors are in demand.
New York is to have an office build
ing devoted entirely to physicians. It
will be a tall structure, containing
sixty suites of apartments. No per
son who is not a reputable, practicing
physician will be permitted to have
an office in it. There wdll be no bulle
tin or directory in the lobby, but liv
eried attendants will meet all visitors
and conduct them to the office of the
physician desired to be seen. Each
suite of offices wdll be provided with
every modern appliance and conveni
ence suitable for a doctor's office. The
idea of this building grew out of the
disinclination of many leading physi
cians to have their professional and
home life so closely associated as is
unavoidable when the doctor’s office is
in his private residence.
Last year Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr.,
had constructed a high-speed, turbine
yacht, the Tarantula. The boat on
several occasions has made the speed
of tw'enty-nine knots an hour. Mr.
Vanderbilt wanted another knot add
ed, to make it an even thirty. In or
der to achieve this he has had the
furnaces reconstructed so that here
after a spray of petroleum will be
throw'n upon the burning coal. With
the use of tw'o kinds of fuel at the
same time it is believed a pressure of
steam sufficient to drive the boat
through the water at the required rate
of speed can be maintained. The al
terations in anticipation of the extra
mile have cost Mr. Vanderbilt $25,000,
and the fuel bill will be increased
about 20 per cent.
Pettigrew of South Dakota, one time
a senator of the United States, prom
ises that he will bolt the Democratic
party if Cleveland is nominated. In
view of the fact that Pettigrew was a
Republican as long as that party would
do anything for him, and addressed his
first Democratic convention a few days
ago, it might not be a bad idea to
nominate Mr. Cleveland so as to drive
the Pettigrews out of the party.
PEHSONAE.
—Barbora Honora Venus Brown-
Ryan, a Boston character for many
years past, was arrested for vagrancy
the other day, and upon being search
ed $6,000 was found concealed in her
clothing. She was permitted to depart
from the court room in peace, but
with a warning to keep off the streets.
—Mrs. Andrew Carnegie cares little
or nothing for jewels. When she goes
out to a function or to the opera she
sometimes wears pearls, but these are
not of fabulous size or price. They
are extremely modest and afford quite
a contrast to the jewels which some
women wear. At best Mrs. Carnegie
does not care for functions or society
in general. She makes a delightful
hostess at Sklbo Castle, where she has
received royalty, and these are quali
ties which always win with the higher
classes abroad.
BRIGHT BITS,
—"I don't knowt whether she has
shaken him or promised to marry
him.” "Why?” "He has stopped buy
ing extravagant presents for her.”—
Philadelphia Ledger.
—"There was a good deal of truth
in the Senator's speech yesterday.”
"Yes, there were a number of quota
tions from standard authorities.”—
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
CURRENT COMMENT.
The Houston Post (Dem.) says: "The
difference between the attitudes of
Northern people and the Southern peo
ple toward the negro is simply stated.
In the North they want him to vote,
but not work; in the South we want
him to work, but to eschew politics.”
The Birmingham News (Dem.) says:
"There should be decency in all things.
Judge Parker is a man of dignity,
judgment and character. He has no
chain of newspapers through which to
acquire a spectacular notoriety, and it
is well that he hasn't. One W. R.
Hearst is an ample sufficiency for even
those who confuse the honor of the
presidential nomination with a five
ringed circus going about the country
booming the owner for political prefer
ment.”
The Albany (N. Y.) Argus (Dem.)
says: “Judge Parker's friends do not
fear inquiries, the most searching, the
most exacting, the most hostile, even,
to which ht may be subjected. ’Our
friends the enemy’ on the Republican
side of the house have vainly sought
some flaw in his record, some point
on which he might be attacked. The
better he is known, the stronger his
candidacy becomes. He loses no sup
porters, but continually gains new
ones, and so it will be, until the new
Man of Destiny becomes the next
President of these United States.”
The Norfolk Landmark (Dem.) says:
“At the present time it looks as If
Judge Parker has the best prospect
of nomination. There would be no
difficulty in giving him hearty support.
The real Democracy would be able to
range itself with enthusiasm behind
Parker, Gray or Olney; for we take
it that the nomination of any of these
three strong men would imply the
adoption of a genuine Democratic
platform, free from taint of Populism
and communism. None of these men
is engaged in a disgusting scramble
for the presidency, none of them is
printing yellow newspapers in the in
terest of his personal political ambi
tion, none of them is seeking office
by "the misuse of money and the meth
ods of a mountebank.”
l Motherhood.
Is made happy-hood by
healthy infant-hood.
Children that have bunches
in the neck, eruptions on the rs. ' jir
face, head or body, eczema, sore ll
ears, inflamed eyelids, rickets, wy.
or snuffles, should be given 1
Hood’s /LH
Sarsaparilla
The great specific for inherited or acquired Scrofula.
None too young or old to be benefited by this great
blood purifier, alterative and tonic. I
“I had scrofula when I was two years f "Our little boy had eczema and the top
old and Hood’s Sarsaparilla cured me. I of his head became scaly. Hood’s Sarsa
have since taken it for dyspepsia and it parilla cured him and made him strong
has helped me very much.” Ada Austin, and hearty.” Mbs. M. Hoknby, Law- 1
Tate, Va. recce, Kan. 1
Accept* no Substitutes forHHoofs4 f s Sarsaparilla and Pills.
No Substitutes act* like them.
Only One Choice.
Grover Cleveland had the reputation
of being a self-willed man when he
was in the Presidency, but there is
abundant Reason for believing that
he admired positive men even when
they opposed his wishes, says the
Boston Post. Shortly after his sec
ond election a delegation of eminent
Democrats from one of the Eastern
states, called at the White House to
recommend a noted lawyer, who shall
be called Brief, for a high federal
position. The President examined the
claims of the delegation carefully and
satisfied himself of the fitness of the
man. He seemed impressed, thought
he would make the appointment, but
asked for a few days to consider the
matter further.
In forty-eight hours a fierce factional
fight arose and outside interests trot
ted out a second candidate for the
place. The second candidate had pap
ers and petitions by the bushel. A
week passed and the President sent
for the delegation who had recom
mended. Mr. Brief.
"Gentlemen," said the President, in
substance, “a very ugly factional fight
has arisen over the appointment of
Mr. Brief. Now, I suggest that you
withdraw his name and give me two
more names as a second and third
choice.”
"Mr. President,” said the spokes
man, “we are your friends and al
ways have been. We represent your
organized supporters. The man we
present is competent and his charac
ter is without reproach. Have we
stated the case correctly?”
The President nodded his head in
acquiescence.
"Then,” said the spokesman, “we
present the name of Mr. Brief as our
choice for this position.”
"Yes,” rejoined the executive, pleas
antly, “he Is your first choice, but
who is your second?”
"Our second choice is Mr. Brief.”
“Who is your third choice?”
"Our third choice is Mr. Brief.”
The President must have admired,
this loyal persistency in standing by
a friend, for that afternoon the name
of Mr. Brief was sent to Jhe Senate.
Truf Fame.
The two laurel wreaths sat swing
ing idly by the roadside that led to
the House of Fame, says the Reader
Magazine.
"It is inevitable,” said the first laurel
wreath, "that in the course of time
we shall both of us rest upon the brow
of the most deserving.”
“Too true.” said the second laurel
wreath. “And I cannot help but won
der who they will be. Here comes a
modem poet. Brother, do you feel an
impulse to spring upon his brow?"
“No, I cannot say that I do. His
hair is of the usual poetical length,
he has the poet's rapt look, yet he
is not the real thing. I shall iet
him pass.”
"Well, then, here comes a mag
nate. Surely he is deserving of our
consideration. His name is a house
hold word. A list of his public bene
factions would fill a long column. What
say you? Shall we not give him a
trial?”
"Never! To-morrow he will be for
gotten. Besides he is ndt entitled
to consideration. He is in reality
only a high-class robber.”
“Well, then, here conies a modern
authoress. Thousands upon thousands
have eagerly waited to read her next
book. See her confident air. Has she
no claim upon us?”
The first laurel wreath rustled in
indignation and replied:
"How can you? She is here for a
day and gone to-morrow. We are not
for her.”
“But surely we have a mission. Sure
ly there must be some one—”
The first laurel wreath uttered an
exclamation. "See!” he cried. "They
come! They come at last, those whom
we have been expecting. Brother, pre
pare yourself. In a moment now we
shall be reposing upon the twin brows
of those whose fame shall indeed be
lasting.”
The second laurel wreath trembled
with anticipatory excitement.
"Who are they?” he exclaimed.
“Don't you see? They are the two
best advertisement writers of the pres
ent day!”
Their I.nst Requests.
In the New Zealand Medical Journal
appears this story: On walking to the
scaffold In solemn procession a crimi
nal once called to the governor of the
prison: “Just oblige me, guv’nor, by
telling me the day o' the week.” "Mon
day,” answered the surprised gov
ernor. "Monday!" exclaimed the pris
oner in disgusted tones; “well, this
'ere’s a fine way of beginning a week,
ain't it?” And he marched on with
dissatisfaction imprinted on every line
of his face.
On another occasion an officious
hangman whispered as he placed the
white cap on his victim's head, "If
there’s anything you'd like to ask me
I'll be pleased to answer.” The victim
craned his neck forward and said in an
equally low but very much more
anxious voice. "You might tell me, is
—is this scaffold safe?”
ITEMS OF INTEREST,
—Hudson bay is 1,000 miles long and
600 milfas wide at its northern part.
The bay is a great source of riches;
it abounds in all kinds of fish, although
the industry will remain undeveloped,
as will also the oil industry from the
whales and porpoises and w’alruses, un
til it is navigated and is thus brought
within the limits of the commercial
world.
—The cultivation of coffee has been
attempted in the Mesa and Coroneles,
forty miles from Tuxpaln, Mexico, at
an elevation of 800 to 1,000 feet above
the sea level, but only in rare instances
has it been satisfactory, although the
few who have succeeded claim that it
is of superior quality, and sells from
2 to 3 cents a pound more than the
grade in other and lower sections of
Mexico.
—The Canadian government has un
dertaken the development of the At
lantic fisheries on an extensive scale.
It Is proposed to establish an experi
mental station at Canso, where the
Nova Scotia fishermen will learn how
to catch and cure herrings under the
direction of a staff of fishery experts,
and a number of Scotch fishermen are
to be brought over and established in
Nova Scotia.
—lft connection with the naval con
flicts now proceeding in the Far East
it is interesting to recall that certain
islands off the Japanese coast are tra
ditionally haunted by the ghosts of
Japanese slain in naval battles. Even
to-day the Chousen peasant fancies he
sees ghostly armies bailing out the
sea with bottomless dippers, condemned
thus to cleanse the ocean of the slain
of centuries ago.
—Japan cannot afford to surrender
Korea. It is historically and of ne
cessity the main artery of her vital
connection with Asia. It is only 125
miles across the Korean strait. And
Fusan is but ten hours away from
Shimoneski .the gate of the Inland
Sga. To yield Korea to a hostile
Power is to expose herself to peril
along the whole western side of her
territory. She needs Korea as a com
mercial outlet.
—The Japanese are extremely teach
able. They are ready to gain knowl
edge from any one who possesses it,
and they further show great wisdom
in deciding how far and in what direc
tions they can best assimilate Western
knowledge, remaining at the same time
passionately Japanese. The Japanese
have decided that the English lan
guage shall be the gateway to West
ern life and thought, and with great
foresight they give more time to the
study of English than any Western
nation gives to the study of a foreign
language.
—Manchuria corresponds in latitude
to Manitoba, North Dakota, Minnesota
and Nebraska. Its area of 362,310
square miles is only 10,000 square
miles less than the combined area of
these great grain states. It is two
and one-half times greater than Cali
fornih., and is as big as Texas, Ala
bama and Louisiana combined. In
the northern part of the province are
thousands of square miles of rich
wheat land entirely untouched. Man
churia has a possible .wheat area as
great as that of the United States.
—Americans have an electric street
railway in Seoul, and a gold mine in
the north which employs fifty or sixty
foreigners and 1,200 Koreans and pays
into the imperial treasury an annual
loyalty of $12,500. Americans should
have a special interest in Korea as
one of our four small Asiatic wars was
with Korea a generation ago. For
years an American was foreign ad
viser to the Emperor, and an earnest
Korean once argued in favor of
America’s assuming a protectorate
over his land. But our chief contri
bution to Korea is neither commercial
nor political, but moral and religious.
—The copyright act of Great Brit
ain brings to the British Museum so
many newspapers that a special
building is necessary to house them.
This new building at Hendon is mak
ing such progress that it is expected
to be finished by the end of June.
The number of newspapers published
in the United Kingdom received at the
museum last year was 3.222, compris
ing 199,067 single numbers. In ad
dition to these 221 sets containing 28,-
735 numbers of colonial and foreign
newspapers were presented, and 78
sets containing 122 volumes and 14,-
633 numbers of current colonial and
foreign newspapers were purchased.
—When the public reads that 100,-
000,000 yen has provisionally been set
apart by Japan for war purposes it
may perhaps put an exaggerated es
timate on that amount. Although
Japan has a gold standard, the yen
is of silver currency, and fluctuates
with the price of silver, so that at
the moment 100,000,000 of them means
scarcely more than £10,000,000. But
even this is an immense amount in a
country in which the wages of a skill
ful artisan are often not more than
three yen a week. The Japanese cur
rency system is decimal. Thus the
yen, or dollar, is divided into 100 sen
or cents, the sen into 10 rln. the rin
into 10 mo, the mo into 10 shu, and
the shu, finally, into 10 kotsu. Govern
ments accounts do not take account
of any value smaller than a rin, but
estimates by private tradesmen often
descend to mo and shu, which are in
credibly minute fractions of a farthing.
No coin exists, however, to represent
these liliputian sums. '
—Some French doctors in Algiers do
not think that mosqu'toes are carriers
of malarial infection, and offer to al
low themselves to be bitten by the
most virulent examples which can be
found in that mosquito infected coun
try, and to submit themselves to criti
cal medical inspection for a sufficient
time to ascertain whether the malady
really develops, says the New York
Tribune. They will not take any pro
phylactics. and will give the insect
and its backers a perfectly square
deal. The reputation of the former
as a distributor of quartan ague is
not quite so overbearing as it was a
few years ago, but a good many peo
ple in Algiers, and out of it, still be
lieve in it, and a scientific test on a
new basis will possess much interest.
It is doubtful, though, if any con
clusive result can be obtained by use
of the effete North African ceratopa
gon. It will take the New Jersey kind
to give final force to the experiments
and determine whether there is any
thing in the theory or not.
—The Japanese army uniform is like
the Americans' before khaki and olive
drab came into vogue. Generally it is
heavy, dark blue, with long, hooded
overcoats. The infantry is distinguish
ed by red trouser stripes and coat
markings; the artillery has yellow
stripes; the medical corps green; the
transport service, light blue; the en
gineers, darker red than the infantry,
and the cavalry have red trousers
striped on the seam with green, and
a short jacket trimmed with yellow.
All arms of the service wear the same
tall blue cap trimmed with yellow, ex
cept the Imperial Guard, whose caps
have red decorations. The Imperial
Guard is a division drawn from every
part of the empire and supposed to
represent the flower of the army. In
the other divisions an effort is made
to keep men from the same district to
gether. A division is commanded by
a major-general (there are no briga
dier generals). A division is composed
of two brigades, each in command of
a senior colonel. A brigade consists
of two regiments at infantry, a reg
iment cf cavalry, a battalion of en
gineers and a battalion of artillery.
—Deer reverse the apparent order of
nature, for they sleep in the daytime
and feed at night, says the Scottish
Field. How much sleep they do take
is a matter of contention even among
experienced stalkers—some say little,
others much. On the whole, we are
inclined to agree with the former, for
it has to be remembered that they chew
the cud when lying down. Two most
experienced and observant foresters,
the one in Argyllshire, the other in
Aberdeenshire, thus gave their opin
ions: “Deer sleep or rest from about
10 or 11 a. m, to 4 p. m.” It is no
uncommon occurence to come on deer
asleep; a stalker in Blackmount had
the rare experience of coming upon a
parcel of seven stags all sound asleep.
A herd was seen to move in Glenfeshia,
but one stag remained behind, lying
motionless. On a careful approach he
was found to be asleep. Perhaps,
however, the oddest occurrence of this
nature happened in Braemore, when a
stalking party, on going up to the stag
which had just been shot, found a
3-year-old close to it fast asleep, in
fact, it is by no means rare to get
within a yard or two of a sleeping
deer.
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lead to serious results sooner or I#?r
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DIE LEWIS A. HINES, Refractldist.
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