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CARTOONS OF RULERS
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E; Art of Caricature, as Understood by Parisians,
Xackstke Real Humor of the American Article —
SjJbcimcns of Alleged Wit
hand of Iho French gov-
has suddenly Mwoopcd down
|whwß4 put out <’t business the pub-
Ht&cr of a series of cartoon postal
fjSfeijSlf’ which. although cleverly drawn
Ipm 'od a feumoroua character, are al-
Sjegcii to hold some of the crowned
ißetuis of Europe up to ridicule. All
|s£ the stock In trade of these cards
which were In possession of the pub-
JJtsber at the time were confiscated
W>. K •).
fl
• ltn< shii.-i- m :mortal Orand
, Hther I will make the hlUrdre-scr*
' place In Pari* was raided.
t 'mt to imu gen
. I-. ‘ rCr,lar,, ,U ' r .Vf;'t ■** bigk
take fhtdr place RiuOag those curious
collections Of ‘'.suppressed word*'
which range ail the way from 10 cent
pamphlet* In ctastly bobkn. "'&*■*
Kvidcntly fte|irretlcli koverhment. at
the present (fens Is auxtou#*to keep on
‘good terms with the crowned heads,
and took this means of showing the
fact.
The expostulations made by the
Hritlsh ambassador at Paris against
the publication of the vulgar earica
Urea of Queen Victoria and members
of the British cabinet, at tho outbreak
of the Boer war. will be recalled In
this connection. In no country In the
world Is the art of ca ’ attire so proa-
Iv'-gp. V
“Nicholas 11., the Emperor and Auto
crat of All the Bussias."
"The dullest of all the tyrants."
tituted as in Prance, vulgarity ami fre
quently obseentty taking the place of
the genuine humor of the real carica
ture- In this, as in moat other lines of
art, science and industry. America
leads the world. Here the caricature
is & work of art. and except in rare
instances the subject himself may
laugh at the portrayal made.
Tho postal cards suppressed includ
ed caricatures of Emperor William
■wearing a mustache guard, one of
the Cxar In a half sleepy condition,
one of the Emperor of Austria, who is
called "The Emperor of Babel” in
ironical allusion to the language prob
lem In his dominion, and pictures of
King Leopold anil the Sultan, together
with caricatures of ihc King of Italy
and Mr. Kruger. Tho latter seemed to
be the least offensive of all the pic
tures, but it whs suppressed w ith the
rest of the bunch.
It is recalled, however, In Paris that
“ -rtf
I . 1
II., the Sultan of Turkey.
ah the tyrants."
icft snwi Tensive if not such amus
sold there on the streets
ago and no attempt was
mad# M ;>Vu ad end to the traffic Al>
d|.sifktsli|.anrt the- Empcfr of Austria
have U<> tiften been "roasted" by the
tivdfj? >'<Anch caricaturists, with no at
t-Bipt OB the part of the government
to spare gflpr fee lings. Emrt tot Wll
iiaip 1b s&W to hate laughed heartily
when shown the picture postal card
of himself which has just been placed
an the black list.
in an age afar when the pristine stai
hung over our rolling world.
When over the night he art a light and
tho Dug of his glory unfurled.
In a sweet little cave by the restlew
wave nodded a nice young man.
Whose heart was of gold—so I have been
told-snd was built on a gilt-edged
plan.
There tho shy Plesiosaurus both ambled
and prowled.
And the coy Megatherium whistled ami
howled,
And the Ichthyoaatirus unite frequvttlj
scowled.
And Hoget’s Thesaurus—but let It al
pas.
For he lived In a cave with a lass, will
a lass.
Jilt • beautiful Annabel Lee.
' And aha
Was really a vision to see.
For she wore- the flirt!—a ralny-da;
skirt, of a kind that was bound ti
> afitjre.
And also a smile of a fetching style—l
was really extremely demure—
And the man In the cave by the rest lest
f wave was happier than a king.
And he said, polite: "Now. you are all
right; you are surely a nice young
thing "
To that sge afar when the pristine star
shone brightly and lightly and clear.
Deep agony came—though it seems a
shame to drag In the tale of It here-
Deep agony came, for Cupid's flame In
the shy Plesiosaurus burned.
And the coy Megatho was smitten—dear
me’- and unto this Annabel yearne.l.
And the tchthywiauru* both gurgiea and
hissed,
And vowed by his bill that the maid
should be kissed.
Though she said: "I will not. for I'll
surely resist I"
And Koget's Thesaurus—Oh, bsnier.e bin
good.
The young' mun resolved he would do
what he could
Fur beautiful Annabel I.efr-
Me couldn't well help It, you smji*.
So he got R large club, no* he played
rub-a-dub on the bill of the Ichthy
"sau. V.-. ■ "■
tnd he knocked out the cuss In a terrible
joss with a bh/-v on th. tip of the
'O.i ill- shy Plesiosaurus U-rt nothin*
j : " ! " fer-ua tiiwii-iiiis his (sot-.-*, Ate
' >h. the world prehistoric grew very ca
loric, as every auto scientist owns.
And that Is the reason-ll's really quite
pleasin'- why the antediluvian brood
Are frequently found In museums around.
and mostly are carved out of Wood.
For they vanished. It's clear. In that
long-ago year, by dint of the com
bative might
Of the chap In the cave by the restless
wave, for ho wns a strenuous
wight;
And It ever has been, as It ever will be.
That a young man In lovt with his An
nabel Lee
Can knock out the biggest of big Meg
athe.
I’ear me!
It Is really quite easy- to see.
—Alfred J. Waterhsuse In New York
Times.
Peary’s Future Plans.
While in Brooklyn a few days ago
Lieut. Robert EL Peary, the arctic ex
plorer, was asked wnether It was true
that he had at any time declared he
would never again try to reach the
north pole, replied; "If I had an Inde
pendent fortune I would go back to the
arctic at once and I would stay there
until 1 had reached tho pole or had
been removed from the possibility of
further effort. What I did say was
that 1 had spent all my money and
that l could see no prospect of another
expedition. I have nothing to fall
back upon, except my place In the
navy. For that reason I am going
buck to Washington to report.”
Too Good a Liar.
A young man from Banffshire was
spending his holidays in Aberdeen.
While walking on "the green" in com
pany with his undo, he was surprised
to see so many kites flying. Observing
one far higher than the rest, he called
his uncle's attention and asked If ever
he had seen a kite flying as high be
fore. “Did ever 1 see ane as high
afore? Man, Jamie, that’s naething.
for l hue seen some o’ them clean oot
o* sicht." —Scottish American.
Survived “Official” Hanging.
Col. Philip Figyelmesay. a Hunga
rian and a' compatriot of Louis Kos
suth, who was officially hanged for
treason fifty years ago. t* still living
in Philadelphia. The "official" hang
ing consisted ot his condemnation to
that fate at such time as the authori
ties could lay their hands upon him,
but the colonel escaped to the United
States In time to save hi# nee*.
“Murder Judge.”
Justice Ore. nth a m is called the par
excellence murder judge of England.
In one day at Leeds recently he tried
three murder eases—two before lunch
eon and one after. The justtee Is an
[ inveterate smoker, and in the course
of the day leaves the bench four or
| five times to s.iatch a few whiff# from
| a qtumpy little pipe which he has used
i fof years.
Different Way to Express It
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, tin,
\ English liberal leader, was announced
to deliver a speech in the commons
jon one occasion. A newspaper ipau
sent a note asking how long he in
tended to speak. Sir Henry replied:
"I don’t think 'intend' is the proper
| word, but I 'fear' about an hour.”
IN THE CAMBRIA MINE.
Into the depth* of the pitiless damp
Hr plunged, a mere stripling, unfear
loac;
Only to save gome poor suffering ons
From the Jaws of the death monster
nes ring.
Out to the light of the day that 1*
fair,
Mike Sabot dragged to the portal
A fainting man. weak, but he stayed
him not there.
IJe who Is with the limqortal.
Swift again down to the lire damp's
death
Plunged he so bravely, uncaring:
Dragged out another t > life, where the
sighs
Of the lummer-born breezes are faring.
Still he stayed not In the zephyrs
so sweet.
Air that was life, purifying;
Only a glimpse his glazed eyeballs
they meet
Of the heaven with fleece clouds fly-
WOMEN STRIKERS FIRM,
“I would rataer handle 100 women
than ten men in a strike,” said Or
ganizer Fitzpatrick of the Chicago
Federation of Labor, i n discussing the
J. J. Fitzpatrick.
box makers' strike In that city. This
remark wan called forth owing to the
AGAINST INCORPORATION
Trade unions are principally popu
ypr , benefit associations. Their funds
relieve a good deal of that suffering
which Is wrought by soctsl injustice.
The pennies which Is collected from
our workingmen arc meant for the
helpless victims of the prevailing
business system of unlimited compe
tition—namely, for the impoverished,
the out-of-work, the sick, the super
annuated and those who could not
with a lifetime of dally toll provide
for a Christian burial. It is not and
cannot be right to put the funds of
labor unions at the mercy of relent
less employes claiming damages, says
a writer in the Chicago inter Ocean
It the law clothes labor unions wjth
legal personality, there will -fie' wo
eud of lawsuits against them. Every
quarrelsome employer will hold the
union whose members he employes
responsible for all the real and im
aginary sins and wrongs he and his
ILLINOIS STATE FEDERATION.
The twentieth annual convention
of the Illinois State Federation of
Labor recently held at East St. Louis,
was notable as being the largest and
most enthusiastic in the history of
the state body, and for the stand
taken for constructive legislation to
bring about reforms in the convict
labor system and in child labor.
The bill to be presented to the leg
islature this winter Is the result of
thorough Investigation and careful
consideration - by President Menche
and a committee of able labor raeu. It
provides for the elimination of con
vict labor as a competitor of free
labor. It stipulates that the prisoners
shall manufacture all articles for
slate Institutions and that they shall
FACTS OF INTEREST.
The census returns show that there
are 6,354 children uniter 16 years ot
age employed throughout the country
in the making of shirts for men.
More than 3.000 of these work in fac
tories.
The number ot persons employed
by railroads in the United States last
year was 1,067,169, or ac average of
548 employes for ever EOO miles of
road, an increase of 19 per 100 miles
over the previous year.
Engineers* Union No. 3 of Chicago
I# making arrangements to celebrate
the wonderful growth of the organiza
tion. It has more than 4,000 mem
bers, and is the most prosperous
union of engineers in America.
LAKE SEAMEN TO MEET.
The seamen of the great lakes are
looking forward with lively interest
to a convention of the International
Seamen's Union to be held in Milwau
kee Dec. 1. Some of the topics
which will be considered and which
will interest all seamen, both of deep
water and the chain of lakes, are: The
amalgamation of alt marine occupa
tions: an" international mouthpiece to
speak for all; an v international button
THE BRUNSWICK DAILY NEWS.
ing.
Again on the mission of mercy he goes
1-Ike one of Clod's aafcels coining;
Down again, thrice to the death that's
beioW'—
Drags out a third from the gloaming.
Summery winds and sweet life both
are near
To the lad who Is slipping by Inches
Out of the realm that Is loving and
dear.
‘ Mike Sabot ne'er falters nor flinches.
And again! On to the struggle he flies;
The fourth, 'tls the last—and be fainted.
Mike Sabot dies by the man he would
save.
Winning a fame that Is sainted.
Angels safe keep him close unto your
fold;
Clod, he ha* crowned him wltn glory,
Ills life It was plain, hut his deeds
arc of gold.
Made precious for song and for
story.
action of the girls involved In the
strike, (n both the folding and square
tox trades the girls work largely by
piece work. Since the strike they
have received an agreement on the
part of the manufactures to pay them
from fifteen to twenty per cent ad
vance. This was entirely satisfactory
to them, and with the agreement
their own grievances were at an end
Notwithstanding this, however, they
nave resolutely refused to go hack to
work until the men had obtained sat
isfactory concessions. While at the
present writing an adjustment of the
troubles appears to be imminent, the
fact is a noteworthy one that from
3,000 to 3,500 girls have remained out
of work largely from sympathy with
about 600 men. The spectacle has
dally presented itßelf of this large
body of young women calmly and de
liberately depriving themselves o!
work and wages -awaiting them in
order to assist a comparatively small
body of men in enforcing their de
mauds. "When women once makt
up their minds," said Mr. Fitzpatrick
"they need no lash to keep them in
line. They are determined, they art
calm and Independent, and an a con
sequence they generally get what they
auk for."
attorney can think of.
There is no dotlht at all that Incor
poraiing unions would put their treas
uries In perpetual jeopardy. Any em
ployer who might trump up an al
leged violation of agreement or an al
leged conspiracy of some sort could
go Into court and sue fur damages.
The uncertainties of law and the prej
udices of judges are something that
labor unions. If they are wise, will
not show undue baste to reckon with.
Experience has: taught the laboring
man that in this country we have
only a very few judges who would
not In a case ot capital against labor.
Interpret the country's law in the
spirit of the Manchester philosophy.
The greater part of the employers
would harass unions by actions gt
law for trifles in order to deplete
their funds through lawyers’ fee3,
damages and fines —simply to crush
trade unionism.
he used in the construction of road
and in agriculture.
To carry out this reform the pro
posed law provided for a state prison
commission of four members, whose
duty it shall be to Inspect and keep
watch over all penal Institutions and
to regulate the apportionment of work
among the convicts.
As to child labor the convention
will probably work in conjunction
with the child lahor committee of the
Federation of Women’s Clubs of Illi
nois. in an endeavor to secure the pas
sage of anew law. To thl# end a
resolution was passed, providing for
the appointment of special committees
of three to work in the Interests of
child labor at Springfield.
Marine engineers-employev] on th*
ferries between New York City, Jer
sey City and neighboring points have
been granted an increase In wages of
from $95 to $l2O a month, a fifty-six
hour week and $1 per hour for over
time.
President Uhler of the Marine En
gineers' Association has issued a
warning to that craft to keep away
from the Pacific coast, where a strike
is in progress and higher wages than
the union scale are being offered to
marine engineers to take strikers'
Places.
There’s many a slip twixt the mus
tache and Up.
appropriately designed: an investiga
tion of the district of the Gulf of Mexi
co: a union pennant, a symbol of
union transportation; the establish
ment of an office for the International
Seamen's Union.
It is almost as hard to keep a friend
as it is to lose an enemy.
Some girls are engaged once too
often and some once too seldom.
POU(E UNABLE TO (OPE
WITH CARNIVAL Of *
cl?jtw<
Streets of French Capital Practically Given Over
to Organized Bands of Robbers and Murderers
Who Laugh at the Authorities.
Once more comes the news, astound
ing to all except such as are familiar
with the corruption which exists
amoDg the police of that city, that
Paris is terrorized by organized bands'
of footpads and burglars who do not
hesitate to murder If they Ana the
killing of human beings requisite for
the success of their operations. Hard
ly a night passes but some unoffend
ing citizen is set upon by thugs and
as many as a dozen revolver, knife
and sandbag attacks have been report
ed in one night. Recently a uew
method of assault has been Introduced.
A citizen walking hurriedly along a
street on his way home from his place
of business or entertainment hears
the whirr of a I-Hat and before he has
time to see whence it comes finds
Himself lassoed and being dragged
The Lariat Men at Work.
into some dark alley or doorway,
where thieves relieve him of whatever
of value he has on his person. When
he escapes—lf he Is fortunate enough
not to be killed —he hurries to the po
lice in the hope that an efTort will be
made to recover his property and
pnnlsh his assailants. His complaint
causes no surprise and arouses no
official to action. Robbery is such a
commonplace affair In Paris that the
police do* not deem it worth while
tracing tho offenders in any particular
case, unless the graver offense of mur
der occurs also.
So bold are these Paris thugs that
they band together and give them
selves names, as secret societies iiave
a habit of doing. The names and ren
dezvous are. many of them, well
known to the police and no other rea
son for the failure to rid the French
metropolis of them can be ascribed
than collusion, with profit to the po
lice in the shape ot a division of the
plunder. As their names differ, so
do their purposes and methods. There
are at least thirty of these guilds of
crime and- some of them wield con
siderable political influence.
As their name suggests the mem
bers of the “Habits Nolrs” gang are
well dressed and, for the greater pari,
they are also good looking. The term
“Habits Nolrs” means "evening
dress.” They frequent the reading
and smoking rooms of hotels as well
as picture galleries and similar places
of entertainment during the day. and
cafe concerts at night, always dressed
in the very height of fashion. They
do' not disdain the acquaintance of
men. especially If they happen to be
foreign visitors, and are only too
ready to pilot them to haunts where
they can be robbed in one fashion or
another with impunity. Yet, as a gen
eral rule, they look to women as their
legitimate prey. In one manner or
another they manage to scrape an ac
quaintance with their victim, and
once they have achieved this the rest
Is easy. For woe betide the woman
who allows even a scrap of writing, a
glove, a handkerchief or a card to
fall into the hands of one of these
adventurers. It is used at once for
purposes ot terrorism and of black
mail. and unless the woman has the
good sense to immediately appeal for
protection to some male relative there
Is no limit to the depth of the degra
dation to which she will be dragged.
In the end she may be murdered.
Another notorious band operates in
the Bois de Boulogne. The police su
pervision of that famous park is of
the most inadequate character, and
Bar.de de Neuilly Thugs Throwing
Victim Over a Parapet.
the result is that each clump of
bushes, each copse of trees has be
come the hiding place of bandits of
the most audacious description. To
such an extent is this the case that it
has become positively dangerous for
solitary promenaders to turn off into
any of the less frequented side paths,
and scarcely a day passes without one
or more robberies being reported to
the police.
The coarser thugs beyond mostly to
the Bande de Neuilly. a league whose
members make night attacks upon be
lated citizens returning home through
the streets that are badly lighted and
little frequented. • Their audacity re
mains almost Incredible. They think;
nothing of attacking a policeman on
his beat.. In Neuilly and In other sim
ilarly infested quarters of Paris the
patrolling is done by the police in
couples, or even in parties of three
Marquelot, the founder of this gang of
thugs, ultimately met with his death
on the scaffold for the mnrder of an
old lady, and during the course of his
trial the fact was brought, to light
that as chief of the Bande de Neuilly
he had taken part in no less than sev
enty separate eight assaults with rob
bery. His hideous society survived
him. Asa general rule its members
content themselves with throttling,
pounding and kicking their victims in
to insensibility. But If the persons
thus assailed show 11 gat or lead their
assailants to believe for one moment
that they have recognized them they
will stab them, or beat in their skulls
without the slightest hesitation, then
drop their bodies over the parapet of
the bridge at Neuilly into the swiftly
flowing river.
There is no bridge in all Paris that
has been the scene of so many mur
ders of this kind as the bridge at
Neuilly.
The Cour la Reine bandits are a:
formidable as the Bande de Neuilly
but are not so coarse. They haunt
the fortifications of the city, attacking
only selected victims, who. after being
plundered are thrown over the walls
and killed.
GRATITUDE OF A BLACKBIRD
Absoluts Authenticity of This Story
Not Vouched For.
We are unable to guarantee the ab
solute authenticity of the following
story; but as truth is often strangei
than fiction, we leave It to our dls
oriuilnatlng readers to settle the poiul
as to which category it belongs. A
well-known charitable gentleman,
who was In the habit of taking a
■‘constitutional” every morning, saw
on one of his rambles a half-frozen
blackbird lying on the snow. He
picked It up and took it. home, where
with care and proper food, it became
a general pet; and Its kind master
finding it very teachable, got it tc
learn a popular song, which, by dlnl
of practice, it was able |cf whistle
from beginning to end without fault
With the return of the spring, our
friend set it at liberty, as he could
not find it in his heart to detain it in
captivity any longer. A year passed
and In the following spring the pbil
antcroplst was awakened on morning
by certain harmonious tones which
proceeded from a tree opposite his
bedroom window. It was the song hi
had taught the blackbird now ren
dered by four voices. The grateful
bird had. during the winter, taughl
three of its comrades to sing the pop
ular air. and now performed It as 8
quartet for the delectation of its ben
et actor.
Safety of the Temple.
There was one famous building o'
antiquity, which, according to the rec
ords, was never once damaged bj
lightning during its thousand years 5 o;
existence, although placed high on *
bill above a city In a mountain reglot
where thunderstorms are very fre
quent. It was the temple of Solomor
at Jerusalem. The temple was over
laid within and without by plates ol
gold, writes a contributor to Leslie's
Monthly. Now gold is one of the best
electric conductors, and In this way
the whole building was protected witt
a perfection and thoroughness tbai
has never been attempted before oi
since.
Students "Josh” Carrie Nation.
Mrs. Carrie Nation went to New Ha
ven to have “a heart to heart talk witl
the I ale students," as she expresses
It. She made her way to the campus
where she found a number of youni
men. some smoking cigarettes. Thii
was enough for Carrie, and she pro
ceeded to give the students a scold
ing. They stood it good naturedly fo
a while, but finally treated the saloot 1
smasher to a round of "joshing" col
lege yells and choruses, and Mrs. Na
tlon was forced to beat a somewhat
undignified retreat.
Record Head of Hair.
Mexican lady, by name Mercede:
Lopez, claims to possess the longes
head of hair in the world. She is only
five feet in height., but when standing
erect her tresses trail on the grounc
a distance of four feet eight inches
It is, moreover, so think that she car
hide herself in its folds. So quickiv
does ft grow that she is able to cut efi
large tresses and sell them from timt
to time, since her husband’s positicr
is only that of a poor shepherd.
Zulu in American University.
Pixley Ka Isaaka Seme, the firs
Zulu to enter an American university
has succeeded in passing the sever*
entrance examinations at Columbia
and has matriculated for an eigir
v ears course in medicine and surgery
He has been in this country since 189f
and is 21 years old. His purpose is
practice medicine in bis native land.
DECEMBER 1*
HYPNOTISM AND MORAL CURES*
rb Result of Experiment* in an Irin
Asylum.
In a lecture delivered before the
King’s College Medical Society Dr.
Milne Bramwell gave an interesting
sketch on the subject of hypnotism.
Describing the experiments of Forel.
who till recently was medical director
of the Burgholzi Asylum and on- f the
professors of the University of Zurich,
he said that he succeeded in hypnotiz
ing nearly all his asylum attendants,
both male and female, a large propor
tion of them becoming profound som
nombulcs. For ten years experiments
were made In regard to the use of hyp
notism in the night watching of dan
gerous lunatics' Warders were hyp
notized and trained to sleep by the
bedside of these patients and to awake
the instant they heard them attempt to
get out of bed. the hypnotic suggestion
being made use of to inhibit all sounds
which had no reference to the dufy laid
upon them, and it was found that
warders so hypnotized could perform
night duty for six months and work
hard all day without showing signs of
fatigue. The results of these experi
ments were, it is said, uniformly suc
cessful. and no accident of any kind
occurred
In regard to this and other applica
tions of hypnotism Dr. Bramwell refers
to the method of Wetterstrand, who,
instead of restricting himself to sug
gestions made in the course of a short
hypnotic trance, advocated the use of
the curative effects of prolonged hyp
notic sleep, wetterstrand treaded epi
lepsy and grave forms of nervous dis
order by keeping the patients in the
hypnotic trance for three or four
weeks. Without rousing them the pa
tients were fed at stated intervals,
and the actions of the bowels and blad
der were regulated by suggestion, and
thus mental as well as physical rest
was given, in addition to such thera
peutic ail vantages as might be gained
by aid of suggestion.
Dr. Milne Bramwell says that, al
though every one cannot be deeply
hypnotized, profound states are not
necessary for the successful employ
ment of suggestion, and the number of
persons insusceptible to some degree
of hypnotic influence is extremely
small. Among other diseases he gives
the following as those in which hyp
notism has given good results; “Hy
steria. neurasthenia, dipsomania, and
other drug habits. obsessions,
moral perversities and nervous tricks
in children." We may add that, as
far as. the treatment of dipsomania is
concerned, it seems noc entirely im
possible that some of the startling re
mits which are said to have been ob
tained at certain institutions for the
treatment of this condition may have
been the outcome of an unacknowl
edged. but none the less effectual ap
plication of hypnotic suggt stion.—Lon
don hospital.
MYSTERIOUS RUINED CITY.
Hamluraii Government llm Stopped Hi**
Work of ExrnfNtlnn.
All work on the ruins of the great
prehistoric city of Copan. in Honduras,
has been suspended by order of the
Honduran government. Extensive ex
cavations have been made at Copan by
agents of the Peabody Exploration
Fund, and great palates and temples,
giant stairways and broad plazas have
been unearthed. Enough was uncover
ed to show that-Copan was the capital
of a great empire which has entirely
vanished, leaving ho history, not even
traditional history, behind it whien
man as yet can read.
The government of Honduras gave
no valid reason for stopping the ex
cavations, and the custodians of th"
Peabody Exploration Fund hope to be
able to get permission to resume work
next year, as the prohibition seems to
be only the result of a temporary freak
on the part of the native officials.
Meantime a wall has been built around
a part of the excavated city and watch
men. living in huts amid the ruined
palaces of forgotten kings, keep away,
natives who might deface and destroy
the elaborate stone carvings and
sculptures.
The history of Copan and its mighty
warriors, wise statesmen and splendid
kings is all written on numerous col
umns of stone and on the walls of the
palaces and temples, but no man as
yet can read the inscriptions. Archaeo
logists of the Peabody Museum have,
however, mastered the calendar ot the
vanished people, and. with this as a
starting point, are gradually making
progress toward the acquisition of a
knowledge of the language of the mys
terious people of the forgotten empire.
If the work on the ruins of Copan
can be resumed next year it is expect
ed that many “finds” will be made
which will be of the greatest import
ance to American archaeology.
Sew "WlreleM” Trlnwtpli.
Accounts of another wireless tri
umph are reported. The staff of the
torpedo schoolship Vernon at Ports
mouth, England, has succeeded after
many experiments in devising a
scheme of keeping communications by
means of wireless telegraphy with sub
marine vessels when they are under
water, and so ingenious is the contriv
ance that no part of the apparatus
for receiving purposes is visible on the
surface when the boat in communica
tion is beneath the water.
Her Cutfo Coißmcnt.
"Yes,” said the obtrusive young au
thor. “I wrote it all myself.”
“I’m glad to hear it," rejoined Miss
Cayenne. "Your statemeht relieves
everybody else of all suspicion in the
matter." —Washington Star.
The coal fields of Scotian ! are sup
posed to contain for future use about
9,000,1)00.000 tons. The calculation is
based upon the availible coal within
a vertical limit of 3000 feet.