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4 gjy jflgr'ninfl gfoto#. Morning New! BuUding, Savunh. Us WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1904. Registered at Postofflce in Savannah. THE MORNING. NEWS is published every day in the year, and served to subscribers in the city, or sent by mail, one week, IS cents; one month, 70 cents; three months, $2.00; six months, $4.00; one year. SB.OO. THE MORNING NEWS by mail, six time a week (without Sunday issue), one month, 50 cents; three months, $1.50; 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. Every word and figure counted — No advertisement accepted for less than 15 cents week days, 25 cents Sundays. Contract rates and discounts made known on application at. busi ness office. Orders for delivery of the Morning News to either residence or place of business can bo made by mail or by telephone No. 210. Any irregularity in delivery should be immediately re ported. Letters and telegrams should be ad dressed “MORNING NEWS,” Savan nah. Ga. EASTERN OFFICE, 23 Park Row, New York City, H. C. Faulkner, Man ager IftDtl lO liEl ADVERTISEMENTS Meetings—Georgia Chapter No. 3, R. A. M. Special Notices —Family Cakes Baked, C. A. Vetter; Notice, J. W. Evans; Election of Directors, Ogle thorpe Savings and Trust Company; Roofing Paper, Andrew Hanley Cos.; Regular Meals, Veruki's Cafe; Crew Notice, Straehan & Cos., Consignees; Ship Notice, Williamson & Rauers, Agents; Crew Notice, Williamson & Rauers, Agents; Ship Notice, Straehan & Cos., Agents; Ripe Bananas, Collins, Grayson & Cos. Business—Notices—Good Things Ar tistically Served, at Sommers’ Cafe; That Boy of Yours. G. W. Thomas. Third Wednesday Shoe Sale—Leopold Adler. Jewelry Opening—Simon & Stern berg. Bath Robes—The Metropolitan Cos. It Will Do You Good —Rowlinski, Druggist. Tom Moore Cigarros—Henry Solo mon & Son. A Good Range—At Baltimore's. More Than Twelve Years—Le Panto Cigars. Christmas Things—The Solomons Cos. Size Up This Store-—Munster. Rich Jewelry and Silverware— Spaulding & Cos. Foods—Royal Baking Powder. Perfumes—Livingston's Pharmacy. For Skin Diseases—Tetterine. High Class Cigars—The Delmonlco Cos. We Show Lots of Useful Things— Savannah Gas Cos. Savannah Theater—To-day, Matinee and Night, Barlow Minstrels. Wiley’s Delicious Candies—Knight’s Pharmacy. Shop Before the Rush—Thos. West & Cos. Special Daily Sales No. 3.—8. H. Levy, Bro. & Cos. Getting Ready for the Holidays— Connor & Sullivan. Going West—Missouri Pacific Rail way. Lumber—Mill-Haven Cos. Everybody Is Pleased—Jerry George. Legal Notices—ln the Matter of W. D. Champion of Chatham, Bankrupt. Medical—Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. Cheap Column Advertisements—Help Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Mis cellaneous. The Weather. The indications for Georgia and Ka-st •rn Florida for to-day are for partly cloudy weather, with light variable winds. With the odor of the grave clinging to his congressional garments, it is not In the least likely that Gen J Warren Keifer of Ohio will find him self with a large following in Wash ington. Several of the New York papers are expressing the opinion that Senator Depew will not be re-elected. It is possible that New York is In the no tion to leave ofT perpetrating a Joke on the Congress of the United States? The unusual and not very edifying spectacle of a white woman suing a r.egro man for breach of promise of marriage was presented In a Phila delphia court a few days ago. The negro alleges as his reasons for fail ing to fulfill the marriage engage ment their ‘’difference in race, religion and social position.” The American Mechanic, a technical Journal, says that in railroad building the crossties now cost twice as much as the rails. Something, it says, will have to be done about this matter, as the ties are growing dearer Instead of cheaper all the time. Many of he railroads are now cultivating limber for ties along their rights of way. Mr. Curnegie is very much annoyed by reason of the fact that his name has been frequently mentioned of late In connection with a case that bus become notorious. To be sure! Why shouldn't the name of a man who i worth upward* of 1300,000,000 be held sacred! What’s ihe use *if being one of ih* richest mm In Ihe world, If tb* vulgar “people" ar* going to bandy •*c MUM? THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE. The message of the President opens with a discussion of the labor question an<* closes with a statement of exist ing conditions in the Philippines, stat ing reasons why it wouldn't be advis able to give the Filipinos their inde pendence at this time. It contains 20,000 or more words, and deals with each department of the government and with subjects which are recom mended for legislation. It is interest ing for what the President says about matters that are not usually present ed in presidential messages, such as the need of reforms in our cities, child labor, better protection for the travel ing public and additional liability of corporations for injuries sustained by their employes in the line of their du ties. The President makes it clear that while he is friendly to labor unions, ho favors the open shop. He doesn’t see, however, how the general govern ment can interfere in labor troubles to a greater extent than it does now to bring about a settlement of them or for the preservation of the peace as long as the primary control of the police power remains in the states. When there is such interference the circumstances must be altogether ex treme. He is satisfied, however, that the liability of employers for damages when their employes are injured should be greater than it is, and, therefore, he recommends that a commission be appointed to study the entire question of employers’ liability with the view of extending the provisions of a great and constitutional law to all employ ment within the scope of the govern- ment. What he says in respect to safety on railroads will be fully appreciated. There have been so many railway ac cidents within the last few months that any steps in the direction of pre venting such accidents will be ap proved. The percentage of accidents on European railroads is small com pared with that on railroads of this country. Most of the accidents on our railroads are due to carelessness, in efficiency or incompetency of employes. The President's opinion is that the railways should be required to employ only first-class men; that they should not keep them on confinuous duty long enough to impair their efficiency and that drastic punishment should be meted out to employes who under such circumstances are responsible for acci dents. The President also discusses freight rates, freight rate discriminations and rebates. He admits that this is a diffi cult question to handle, and says that he isn't prepared to recommend that the Interstate Commerce Commission be given authority to fix rates, but thinks that, when a rate is challenged the commission should have power to fix the maximum rate, subject to ju dicial revision. It is probable that the whole question of interstate freight rates will come before Congress at an early day. There is So much discrimi nation, such big rebates in favor of large shippers and so many evasions of established rates that there is pro found dissatisfaction with the rail roads and their freight rate methods. The President doesn’t discuss the trust question at as great length as might be expected, in view of the part that question played in the presiden tial campaign. In discussing it, how ever, he takes occasion to make it clear that he had no respect whatever for the position the Democratic can didate for President took on that ques tion by saying that it would be folly to attempt to deal with abuses in great corporations by state action. He says he can't be patient with the ar gument that such matters should be left to the states. In his opinion, the national government alone can deal with these great corporations. He ad mits that these corporations are neces sary, but they must be managed with due regard to the public welfare. They must come out in to open, state what they want and seek to take no more than they are given. In future publicity, not secrecy, will win. An in teresting feature of the message is the recommendation that the Bureau of Corporations be extended to cover in surance companies. No doubt those who have invested in life insurance would approve legislation of this kind. There is no doubt plenty of room for reform in our cities. The Presi dent wants Congress to make Wash ington a model city—a model for other American cities. In this connection he expresses his views freely in favor of better care of children and of the severest kind of child-labor and fac tory-inspection laws. In this connec tion he says it is desirable that mar ried women shouldn't work in factories. He says further: “The prime duty of the man is to work, to be the bread winner; the prime duty of the woman is to be the mother, the housewife. All questions of tariff and finance sink into utter insignificance when compared wdth the tremendous, the vital Importance of trying to shape conditions so that these two duties of the man and of the woman can be fulfilled under reasonably favorable circumstances. If a race does not have plenty of children, or If the children do not grow up, or If when they grow up they are unhealthy In body and stunt ed or vicious in mind, then that race is decadent, and no heaping up of wealth, no splendor of momentary ma terial prosperity, can avail in any de gree as offsets." A question in which the South is particularly Interested is that of a national quarantine law. The Presi dent takes the position that it is un desirable that a state, on its own mo tion, should enforce quarantine regula tions. Such regulations are restric tions on Interstate and international commerce. As long as states have con trol of quarantine the wheels of com merce re bound to bo blocked every time there is an epidemic of yellow fever or cholpra. The national govern ment should have aole authority In quarantine matters. Then only will there be uniformity In the regulations and Justice to ull Interests. An earnest plea Is made In the mes sage for economy In the administra tion of the government, for a reduc tion in the number and volume of gov ernment publication* and for a better consular service. Thee* are three re SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 7. 1901. forms that are urgently needed, but the politicians will not permit either of them to be effected. The waste in the public printing is a scandal and the consular service is totally in adequate to the needs of the country's commerce. Of course, the President discusses the currency, but there is no probability that his recommenda tions will be adopted. He wants the greenbacks retired, every silver dol lar made redeemable in gold at the option of the holder and the currency made more elastic. The talk of mak ing the currency more elastic has been going on for ten years or more, and yet a way to make it so has not yet been discovered, a way that is satis factory to the majority. The President still harps on the need for a great navy. Without it he thinks we shouldn’t be able to make our flag respected or to get our share of the trade of the Far East—the trade for which the nations are now contending. In this connection the President rec ommends that a commission be ap pointed to study trade conditions in China, and report upon our oppor tunities for enlarging our market there. The President says there is no dan ger to be apprehended from the num ber of immigrants that reach our shores so long as we take care to ad mit only the right kind. “Good Ameri canism isn't a matter of creed or birthplace, but of common sense, con science and lofty patriotism.” The President doesn’t want the Phil ippine question discussed. He thinks the Filipinos have been making steady progress ever since we got the bet ter of the insurgents, and that they will improve steadily right along, pro vided they don't get the idea strongly fixed in their minds that they could do better for themselves if they were independent, and that they really ought to have their independence. He says the talk in this country that they ought to be independent has done them a great deal of harm; that, as a matter of fact, they are not fit to manage their own affairs, and that no greater misfortune could happen to them than to be given their independ ence. He says that when they are prepared for self-government he hopes they will, if not able to stand alone, bear some such relation to this country as Cuba bears to it. One thing in the direction of self-govern ment is to be tried in the islands with in the next two years. A lower house is to be established. If this house should show ability for legislation, would the President still insist that the question as to whether or not a definite time should be fixed as to when the Filipinos should have their independence shouldn’t be discussed? The message as a whole is an inter esting document. Its thought is clear ly and strongly expressed. Those who read It will not think their time was wasted, and they will find no mention of the tariff. Is that subject to be dealt with in a separate message, or is it the purpose of the Republican party to take the position that there is no good reason for changing any of the Dingley schedules? Kftl'Al JUSTICE. A noticeable statement in the elo quent charge which Judge Cann made to the grand jury on Monday is the following; “It may be of interest in this connection to know that out of twelve homicides tried in your courts, when ten of the defendants were ne groes and only two whites, both white men were convicted and only two of the ten negroes, and this by white Juries. It was stated a short while ago by a newspaper of a certain city, in a Northern state, that of five mur derers under sentence of death in that city four were negroes and only one a white man." There is an impression at the North that in the courts at the South the negro doesn’t have an equal chance with the white man for justice. The statement made by Judge Cann shows this impression is erroneous. Asa matter of fact the Juries are inclined to be more lenient with negroes than the whites, for the reason that the whites are supposed to have more rea sons for respecting the laws than the negroes. It is a fact that grand Juries are not hard on the negroes. They are disposed to be merciful In dealing with them. And the same may be said of the courts. There is no doubt that in the South the courts are more lenient with negro offenders than are the courts in the North. That this is true could be shown pretty easily from the court reports in the Philadelphia pa pers. There seems to be a very strong feeling in that city against the increase in cost of administering Jus tice, because of the increase in the number of negro criminals. There Is no ground for saying that here in the South the negro Is discriminated against in the courts. The territories that are clamoring for admission to statehood will sorely miss the late Senator Quay when the fight comes up again in Congress. It was asserted that Senator Quay want ed New Mexico to become a state so that one of his old Pennsylvania polit ical aids, known popularly as "Bull” Andrews, could secure a senatorshlp. With Quay and his peculiar Influences out of the way, Mr. “Bull" Andrews will find the door to statehood some what harder to open. But with the Republican party in charge of alt branches of the government, he may succeed in getting in. The Greene and Gaynor case gives an abundance of opportunities for academic discussions with respect to International law, by government offi cials and others; but It seems that very little is being accomplished in the way of getting the now famous fugitives from justice back into the Jurisdiction of the federal courta. One of the bankers who advanced Mrs. Chadwick hundreds of thousands of dollars on her notes, and thereby ruined bis bunk and himself, says; "1 was either an awful dupe or .* ter rible fool.'* U I*olll that the "or” might wall have been changed to and” without doing violente t the truth. It is not unlikely that the United States will take charge of all of the customs houses of the republic of Santo Domingo, for the purpose of putting into effect the award of the court of arbitration of July, 1904, pro viding for a method of settling claims amounting to $4,500,000 in gold for the Santo Domingo Improvement Com pany of New York, the Central Do mingo Improvement Company of New York, the National Bank of Santo Do mingo, and other claims of American companies against the Dominican gov ernment. While it is acknowledged In Washington that the customs re ceipts of the Dominican republic are likely to be taken over and adminis tered for a time to settle these claims, it is denied that it is the purpose of the United States to interfere i ft the least with Dominican autonomy. With the Boston Herald to the North and Gov. Vardaman to the South of him, the President seems to be passing a good many uncomforta ble quarters of an hour. Almost any other man would have passed over the Herald’s turkey story in silence, or have got one of the numerous Washington correspondents to correct it in a quiet, unobtrusive manner. But it seems Col. Roosevelt became high ly incensed, had a proclamation is sued by his secretary covering the in cident and ordered certain reports of an official nature cut off from the Boston paper by way of punishing it. The whole matter was picayunish and altogether unworthy of the row that has been kicked up about it. The United States government has established a lazaretto for leprosy at Manila, at which everything in modern science that promises a cure for the horrid disease is given a trial. The physicians have, during the past sev eral months, been giving special at tention to the x-ray in the treatment of the ailment. In a number of in stances, it is reported, the x-ray has been found highly beneficial in arrest ing the progress of the disease. No claim of the ray as a specific for the disease has been made, but it is claim ed that patients, even in advanced cases of leprosy, have been benefited by three or four weeks’ (treatment under the rays. The new German army bill provides for a gradual increase of the stand ing army on a peace footing until 1909, when the army will number 505,839 men, and for every 1,000 of total pop ulation, 95 men will be in the army. It is believed this manifestation of in creased militarism will meet with strong opposition; but the govern ment says it is necessary to provide for the increase, because France has so large a standing army. It has been officially decreed by a German court that poker is not a game of chance, but of skill. A cer tain high official had been accused by a newspaper of being a gambler, be cause he played poker. He brought suit for damages, alleging gross libel. Many witnesses were examined, and the finding of the court was that play ing poker was not gambling, but en gaging in a game of skill. PERSONAL. —King Edward has taken up the royal Stuart 'tarltan for himself and his servants at Balmoral, and the white league is quite excited. Queen Vic toria never used the Stuart plaids, but her servants at Balmoral wore the so called Balmoral plaid designed by the Prime Consort. —Mrs. Charles W. Fairbanks, wife of the Vice President and present gen eral of the National Society, Daugh ters of the American Revolution, has requested all chapters to hold a co lonial tea on Jan. 6, the anniversary of the wedding of George and Martha Washington. BRIGHT HITS. —Little Elmer—“ Papa, what is a hypochondriac?” Prof. Broadhead—"A hypochondriac, my son, is a person who has no disease, but many complaints.”— Puck. —Hungry Harry (as he reaches the point of satiation) —”1 was starvin’ lady, before I begun on this beauti ful Thanksgivin' meal.” Mrs. Hand outte —“And how do you feel, now, poor man?” Hungry Harry (equivo cally)—"l feel as if I'd like ter be starvin’ all over ag’in, lady.”—Judge. CURRENT COMMENT. The New York Commercial says; “No attempt has yet been made to establish a bank that shall keep open Sundays, as well as week days. Perhaps, how ever—should the Jaws be changed to permit such institutions—we may yet reach that point. We are a genera tion of iconoclasts—each succeeding generation tending more and more to become such —and no one can tell what the future may bring forth." The Philadelphia Record (Dem.) says: "Secretary Taft's agreement with President Amador of Panama is a tacit acknowledgement of the wrong done the republic by the extension of the Dingley tariff to the canal zone, the establishment of United States ports of entry at the canal ends and the ouster of Panama from its Juris diction over postal matters and other governmental affairs within the leased territory. All of these invasions of the sovereignty of the republic have been suppressed, or will be as soon as Pana ma shall adopt the gold standard con formably to an agreement of June 20. last. The outcome 39 Secretary Taft's mission i* gratifying, and it relieves this government from the grave Impu tation of bad faith In the observation of treaty stipulations.” The Baltimore Sun (Dem.) says: "The attitude which the Republican party will adopt toward the South will not be determined solely by the radical elements in that party. There are many conservative Republicans in the East who will have a voice in decid ing what their party’s pbllcy shall be. The business Interests of the North will be a potent factor in shaping the decision. They do not want a condi tion of unrest and agitation created in the South. There Is too much North ern capital invested In the Southern states to permit political extremists nud fanatics to have a free hand there, a* they had In reconstruction day*. Furthermore, the South 1* an Important element In the nation's prosperity. Manufacturers, merchants and bankers do not want it* development halted and It* industries palsied by a revival of sectionalism and a renewal of racial discord end antipathies. Finally, there le President Itooeevelt, whose Influent* ought to be eserted, as President of the whole people, in restraining the extremist* of bis own party,’' How the Pardon Got Hid Dinner. A clergyman who always spends a part of his summer preaching in small country churches near his home city was relating one of his experiences of last summer, says the New York Press. "I went out to preach in a tiny town about twenty miles from here which does not boast of a hotel or anything approaching it,” he said. “I conducted the Sunday morning serv ice, and at its conclusion waited for the usual invitation to dinner. For some reason no one extended such an invitation. I was ravenously hungry and in desperation approached a prosperous looking farmer. " 'Brother,' said I, ‘won’t you come home to dinner with me?’ "He beamed with pleasure. ‘Why, certainly,' he said. Where do you live?’ “ ‘About twenty miles from here,’ I answered. “He looked at me stupidly for a minute and then the point of my in vitation dawned upon him. With a hearty laugh he grasped my hand and said: “ ‘Pardon, let’s go over to my house. It's a heap nearer than your’n.’ ” Tennessee's Grand Old Man. Gen. John A. Fite of Lebanon was on a street car bound for the fair, says the Nashville Banner. A lady and her daughter got on the car, the moth er finding a seat. Gen. Fite very gal lantly rose and offered the young lady his seat. The young lady declined to take it. Gen. Fite insisted, but the mother remarked: "She is young and can stand.” “You don’t mean to say that I am old, madam?” “Oh, no, not at all,” politely remarked the lady. The young lady accepted the seat, and Gen. Fite, turning to the mother, said: "How old do you think I am?" "I should think about 55.” “Madam, I am 93 years old.” Then he stopped to enjoy the sensation the announcement had created. He had it to the full. The men marveled; the women wondered. One of the former said: “To what do you attribute your long life?” “To nothing in particular. I have used good whisky; chewed good tobacco and smoked good cigars. My mother died at the age of 101 years. My grandmother lived to be 110, and had ten living children and over 600 descendants living and dead.” A Helpful Hint. “All I’ve got to say for him,” pessi mistically growled honest but sadly abraded Farmer Tootwiler, according to Puck, "is that my city nephew that’s visiting us just now ain’t got as much good, sound sense as a bar rel of hair, even if he does wear fine clothes and intellectual-lookin’ eye glasses. Last night while I was milk in’ I tied the old brindle cow's tail to my boot strap to keep her from switchin’ my eyes out. Something frightened her and she gave a wild blat, started to run and dragged me three times around the barn on my back before I could get disengaged, so to describe It, from her. Roy—that’s his name!—Roy watched me circum navigatin’ the edifice, as it were, without raisin’ a hand to stop us, and when it was over he calmly lit one of them confounded cigarettes and gently remarked; “If you are going to do that again, uncle, wouldn't it be a good idea to grease your back before starting?” The Hetort Courteous. “The late Charles Hoyt,” says Frank Daniels, the actor, according to Col lier’s, “was about as genial a fellow as one would ever meet; yet, when oc casion offered, he could give utterance to some rather sarcastic remarks. “I remember once how he gave an awful jolt to a player well known for his intense egotism. Hoyt was in the box of a Western theater witnessing the first production of his musical comedies, and, in accordance with his custom, making notes for the improve men of the piece, when a telegram from the actor referred to was handed to him. The telegram read: “If your new play is a success, I very much desire the leading role in same.’ “Whereupon Hoyt turned over the message, wrote upon the other side: ‘You are alone in your desire,’ and gave it to the messenger to be at once put on the wire.” An Election Test. Henry C. Frick, the Pittsburg cap italist, tells of an acquaintance who is interested in a skyscraper in New York city, says the New York Times. “When this building was completed,” said Mr. Frick, “a test was made of the elevators. A basket full of eggs, four kittens, and some fragile pieces of china were placed upon the floor of the cage which had been drawn to the uppermost landing. At a signal the supports of the cage were with drawn and the elevator shot down into the pit, many hundred feet beneath. “My acquaintance made an exam ination of the elevator’s contents. He found the kittens alive, but with heads deeply buried in their fur. ‘Poor things,’ he muttered, ‘not shocked, but almost frightened to death.' “ 'Fright nothing,’ blurted one of the elevator men, a nauseous expression on his grimy face, ‘one of those eggs burst.’ ” W hnt I.lttle Snnl Got Christmas. From the Cosmopolitan. Us parents mostly thinks our own's The smartest children out!— But Widder Shelton's little Saul Beats all I know about! He's weakly-llke—ln p'lnt o’ health, But strong In word and deed And heart and head, and snap and spunk, And alius in the lead! Come honest by it, fer his Pa— Afore he passed away— He was a leader —(Lord, I'd like To hear him preach to-day!) He led his flock; he led in prayer Fer spread o’ peace—and when Nothin' but War could spread it, he Was first to lead us then! So little Saul has grit to take Things Jes as they occur; And Sister Shelton's proud o' him As he is proud o’ her! And when she "got up”—jes fer him And little playmates all— A Chris'mus treo—they eyer’one Was there but little Saul. Pore little chap was sick In bed Next room; and Doc was there. And said the children might file past, But go right back to where The tree was, in the settln' room, And Saul Jes laid and smiled— Ner couldn’t nod, ner wave his hand, It hurt so—Bless the child! And so they left him there with Doc— And warm tears of his Ma's. Then—suddent-llks— high over all Their laughter and applause— They heard—“l don’t care what you git On yer old Chris'mus tree, ’Cause I’m got somepln’ you all halnt— I’m got the pleurisy!” —J itiaies Whitcomb Riley. Arrangements are being completed by the city of London International Commercial Association for (be hold ing of an “Internal ions I Horlety Dance" In December, at which a thou sand guests from the various trading center* of Europe will be present. TELEGRAPH IX PRISON. From the Chicago Chronicle. Every prison has its secret “tele graph,” for it was not to be expected that cunning offenders could be long confined together, even on the “separate cell” system, without discovering a method of secret intercommunication. Prisoners “rap their messages” to each other, and experience has shown that an attentive ear may receive and understand a communication thus made through the thickest prison wall. The raps correspond regularly with the letters of the alphabet, which is arranged for the purpose into six rows, the first beginning with “a” and the last beginning and ending the series "z.” The first rapping indicates the row in which the letter is found, one for first two for second, and so on; the subsequent raps, given after a slight pause, show the number of the letter in the row. At first the table must be kept in mind, but after a little practice the prisoner is enabled to dispense with all conscious reference to it, the message being really received, as in the Morse telegraphy, in the form of symbols standing in place of letters. In Russia the clue is not so much in the system itself as in the nihilistic method of manipulating language with a view to concealment. This is clear from what happened recently in one of the central prisons. Word had gone around to protest, not only against an excess of heavy work, but against the bad quality of food supplied to the prisoners, and the protest was to take the refusal to perform the usual tasks on the men being called together after breakfast. Somehow or other the governor ob tained the message as it had been rapped through all the walls, but he took it literally as a plot to break prison by the whole of the convicts, so he armed the whole of the warders to the teeth, taking effective measures to prevent the assembly on the mor row. This blunder had a highly bene ficial effect upon the discipline of the prison, for the convicts obtained not only immediate immunity from the heavy tasks to which they had been accustomed, but afterward enjoyed better food and more humane treat ment. LAWS AS TO THE COST OF LIVING. From the New York World. Rev. Edward Everett Hale, lectur ing in Philadelphia on “How to Regu late Expenses” and “How to Dress,” said Engel had carefully studied ex penses and his three laws are: First. That the greater the income of any person or family, the smaller the relative percentage of the outlay for subsistence., Second. That the percentage of ex pense for clothing is approximately the same, whatever the income. Third. That the percentage of out lay for lodging, rent, fuel or light is invariably the same, whatever the in come. As to the clothing there must be a decent regard for the opinions of man kind along with a determination not to be wholly subservient to them. The cost of clothing to the workman is from 7 per cent, to 9 per cent, of his income, the average in Massachusetts being 15 per cent. In Germany the average is 18 per cent, and in Illinois 21. Then there is the question of how much of one’s income to devote to other people in the social life. That must depend on a person’s own con sciousness and circumstances. There is also the problem of contributions to charity. Dr. Hale read the principle enun ciated by Starr King, that for every expenditure in amusements we ought to make a corresponding contribution to the improvement of society and in the interest of the offspring, for “when we do that we have a right to our amusements; otherwise we have no right to them.” TEACHING OYAMA TO SHOOT. Horace Fletcher writes in the Decem ber World’s Work: “Twenty-five years ago I was an experienced rifle shot, and could hit a moving object every time. The 22-calibre rifle and machine made cartridge, which came into gen eral use in the seventies, made exten sive rifle practice possible. I wrote and published at the time a pamphlet on how to shoot with a rifle. It hap pened that copies of the pamphlet reached Japan, where I spent some time soon after. Japan had just be gun to make a military organization on the most modern lines, and Mar quis Oyama was Minister of War. He invited me to visit him in his home at Tokio. and showed great Interest in the method of learning to shoot at a moving object with a rifle. He had already seen the pamphlet. “I had a number of American rifles and ample ammunition with me in Japan, and Marquis Oyama and the then Col. Murata (inventor of the Jap anese military rifle) joined me sev eral afternoons at target practice. They entered enthusiastically into the spirit, Oyama in particular showing the enthusiasm of a boy. I shall never forget his keen joy the first time he hit a moving object with a bullet. It was a teapot thrown in the air, I believe, and when it came down in dust and pieces he capered about and screamed in his delight like an excited schoolboy." TRANSMUTATION OK VEGETABLES. 1 1 From an Exchange. At the Academy of Sciences in Paris it was announced recently that M. Molliard has hit upon a means for transforming a radish into a potato. M. 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