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4 gjje ISorniitg ifeto& Morning News Building, Savannah, tia. BATIRDAY, AI'HIL 2, 1004. Registered at Postofflce in Savannah. THE MORNINj* NEWS is published every day in the year, and served to subscribers In the city, or sent by mail; one week, 18 cents; one month, 70 cents; three months, $2.00; six months, $4.00; one year, SB.OO. THE MORNING NEWS, by mall, six times a week (without Sunday Issue), one month, 50 cents; three months, $1.60; six months, $3.00; one year, $6.00. THE WEEKLY NEWS, two issues a week (Monday and Thursday), by mail, one year, SI.OO. Subscriptions payable In advance. Remit by money order, check or reg istered letter. Currency sent by mail at risk of sender. Transient advertisements, other than local or reading notices, amusements and classified column, 10 cents a line. Fourteen lines of agate type—equal to one inch in depth—is the standard of measurement. Classified column ad vertisements, 1 cent a word each inser tion. 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Whisky—Hayner's Hye. Contains No Grit—Gamble's Tooth Powder. Obelisk Cigars—Henry Solomon & Bon. Warburines Are Good For the Liver— Rowlinski, Druggist. Bicycle Day—At Lattimore’s. Georgia Eggs—A. Ehrlich & Bro. Old Fashioned Corn Hominy—The tlelmonico Cos. Boys' Regatta Wash Suits—B. H. Bro. & Cos. The Everett Piano —McArthur & Sons Cos. Wonderful Values in Fresh, New Easter Merchandise—At The Bee Hive. The Place To Buy—New York Cash Grocery. Medical —Herpicide; Chamberlain’s Remedies. Cheap Column Advertisements—Help Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent, For Sale, Lost, Personal, Mis cellaneous. The Weather. The indications for Georgia and Eastern Florida for to-day are for fair 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. YOU MAY READ j after a fashion with the letters f the page dancing before your e* but the risk is great; the strain ill lead to serious results sooner or I#?r —usually sooner. Why not takel'*' matter in hand now, see us, set proper glasses, if glasses you npd. and save your precious eyesight? / HINES OPTICAL CO., / DIE LEWIS A. HINES, Refractldist. Bull Street anti Oglethorpe An