Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 162, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 2, 1904 Page: 7 of 8
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THE GAUVESTOK TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1904.
0. K. LAUNDRY
- Oun 1 ity— Service-—-
414-416-418-20)11 St. PHOHE 65.
ADOUE & LOBIT
BANKEF^S
AND
Commission Merchant.-a.
BIGHT DRAFTS ON LONDON, PARIS,
STOCKHOLM, BREMEN, HAMBURG,
FRANKFORT an$ BERLIN.
Ships Chatidler.
MANUFACTURERS’ AGENTS
and Commission Merchants.
'T. I_. CROSS <fe CO.
have In stock a full assortment of goods
tn their line, including BEEF and PORK.',
which they are offering low to the trade
Itnd to consumers.
2014 and 2016 STRAND,
MALLORYune
N.Y. A T. S. S. CO.
Proposed Sailings From
GALVESTON TO NEW YORK
Wednesday's Steamers Call at Key West
Ss. D enver......Wednesday, June 8—Noon
Ss. Colorado.....Saturday, June 11—Noon
Splendid Accommodations for First
and Third Class Passengers.
TICKETS™ EUROPE
AT LOWEST RATES.
J. B. DENISON, Agent, 2322 Strand.
NEWS FROM
TEXAS CITIES
(Continued from Fifth page.)
M. Guffey Petroleum company for penal-
ities aggregating $2,500,000 for alleged vio-
lation of^the anti-trust law in controlling
the output of the Beaumont Confederated
j Oil and Pipe Line company. The county
attorney brought the suit and another is
ijjpending against the Gulf Refining com-
pany, which has been continued.
• Hon., Jeff McLemore announced this
evening that he would be in the race for
1 state senator from this district, which is
composed of-the counties of Travis, Wil-
liams, Burnett and Lampasas.
, During the month of May 105 charters
.with capital stock, were filed in the state
'department; 20 without capital, and 15
amendments to charters increasing the
Capital stock, a total of 140. The aggre-
gate capital stock of the 105 companies is
$14,300,000, find the increase in the capital
’of the 15 companies is $500,000, making a
grand total of new capital invested in
Texas during the month, $15,400,000.
Waco
Special to The Tribune.
Waco, Texas. June 2.—At the meeting of
Pat Cleburne Camp, U. C. V., tonight, a
resolution will be introduced similar to
the one adopted! by Camp Sterling Price,
asking that the birthday of Jefferson
Davis be set aside and observed as a legal
holiday in Texas. Many of the confeder-
ates here are anxious to see this done and
it is thought the resolution, which will
call upon all persons who can prevail upon
-the legislature to do so. will pass.
Around Waco diversification is becom-
ing a practical reality, and Irish potatoes,
alfalfa, cantaloupe, cucumbers, black-
berries, onions and many other things
are being raised which were hardly
thought-about in connection with markets
a few years ago.
Cotton chopping is as a rule completed'
and the cotton is looking fine. There has
been some reports of boll weevils but these
are scarce and it is believed that not a
great deal of damage >witT~be done by
them.
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PERSONAL AND SOCIAL
(Continued from Fifth Page.)
National Federation of Musical Clubs
met with Mrs. Philip N. Moore of St.
Louis and were entertained with an ele-
gant luncheon. Also the middle and
western sections of the National Musical
Federation enjoyed a musicale on the
same date, under direction of Mrs. Law-
son of\Chicago. The musicales were held,
in the library of the Washington univer-
sity building.
Miss Eda Zahn, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Justus Zahn, formerly Vf this city,
but now of St. Louis, will be heard in the
Texas building. Miss Zahn has been most
successful in her concert tours.
Mrs. Wells of Brownsville, Mrs. Holt
of Houston and Mrs, Beers of this city
are a committee to fix up a room of the
Texas building with historical relics of
Texas. The ladies have met with much
success and a valuable museum is as-
sured.
Miss Pearl Carothers of Lampasas is
spending the summer at the Spiritualist
temple with Miss Lina Grace .North,, the
neice of Mr. J. W. Ring.
Mr. C. L. Wallis of Beaumont, ac-
companied by Miss Byrd May Wallis,
came down yesterday for a visit of sev-
eral days here.
Mrs. M. E. Beers and Miss Cordelia
Beers will leave' next week for Ashbury
Park, N. J., where Dr. and Mrs. Nelson
Shields have a summer home.
GROVE’S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC
Has stood the test twenty-five years. The
first and original tasteless chill tonic. 50c.
UNCLE EPH will save you money.
Tomorrow afternoon the Veuve Jeffer-
son Davis chapter, U. D. C., will celebrate
Jefferson Davis’ birthday with appro-
priate exercises. At 5.30 o’clock the fol-
lowing program will be given at Macgill
Memorial hall:
Biographical Sketch of Jefferson
Davis..............Mrs. N. H. Christian
Plano Solo.......Miss Homoiselle Randall
Violin Solo...,.....„.Miss Vanita DeMilt
Vocal Selection.............Mrs. Geo. Reid
Reading.....................Miss Aida Head
After the program ice creaffi and -cake
will be served on the grounds of the hall.
A small admission fee will be charged,
the proceeds of which will go to th® fund
being collected for the Confederate Sol-
diers’ and Sailors’ monument to be
erected here. Prof. Louis Amaties, the
sculptor who executed the monument to
Texas heroes on Rosenberg avenue and
Broadway, is now at work on the Sailors’
and Soldiers’ monument. Th® Daughters
of the Confederacy have already paid out
$10(10 for this work; an additional $1000
will be due in a short time, hence the
number of entertainments the local
chapter are giving. The public is invited
to attend, also1 the veterans, sons of vet-
erans and all interested in honoring the
natal day of the southern chief and at
the same time assisting in. building a
monument which in the course of a few
months will be a pride to the city and
an especial object of interest to those
whose pennies, cents and dimes helped to
erect a tribute to those who fought for
the lost cause.
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Dishonest Croupiers.
Each roulette table in Monte Carlo
has a chief, an underchief and seven
croupiers. The roulette croupiers are
ordered to keep their hands spread
out open upon the table between the
turns. This is designed not only to
give confidence to the players, but to
protect the bank against its own em-
ployees. Once it was found that a
croupier who seemed inordinately fond
of snuff had a spring bottom snuffbox.
Every now and then he would set it
down on a gold piece, and when he took
it up the gold piece was inside. An-
other croupier was discovered to have
a sort of funnel under his collar,
which ran down to a money belt. -^Ev-
ery how and then he would scratch his
neck, and every time he did so the
bank lost 20 francs.—-Argonaut.
MARITIME MATTERS
ARRIVED.
Ss San Ma-rcoa (Am.), New York.
SAILED.
None.
VESSELS IN PORT.
Steamships.
El Monte ..............................Pier 41
El Rio .................................Pier 41
Florida ................................Pier 16
Galveston ........................... Pier 41
Georgian .................. Pier 15
Horatio ............ . ..Pier IS
Mira ................... Pier .18
San Marcos ................. Pier 25
DESTINED FOR GALVESTON.
Steamships.
Almerian .......... \.
5- 7
San Marcos............
.......New
York
5-25
Denver ................
......New
York
5-28
El Norte...............
......New
York
5-28
El Rio..................
.......New
Y ork
5-26
Iris .....................
.......New
York
5-28
MARINE
NOTES.
The San Marcos
arrived
from
New
York yesterday.
The El Sud has arrived in New York.
The Colorado cleared yesterday from
New York for Galveston.
The Mallory line steamship Nueces
sailed yesterday with he following Gal-
veston people on board for^New York:
Mr .R. L. McCann, Mr. Tim Sullivan, Mr.
and Mrs. Jesse Triggs, Mr .Sam Spater.
There were 38 cabin passengers in all.
The Southern Pacific steamer El Norte
passed Sandkey at 4 a. m. yesterday.
PERSONAL POINTS.
Mr. J. L. Mullen left Yefefeiflay for St.
Louis. c sa&goa
Mr. J. F. McLaughlin:‘has sgone to St.
Louis. . <’c h”: ’ ■
Mr. Geo. F. Dungan Iqff yesterday for
Kansas City, Dwt silt
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Porch have gone to
The Independent Boy.
The nonchalance of boys who are
Bure of a .dinner, and would disdain as
much as a lord to do or say aught to
conciliate one, is the healthy attitude
of human nature. How is a boy the
master of society! Independent, irre-
sponsible, looking out from his corner
on such people and facts as pass by,
he tries and sentences them on their
merits, in the swift summary ways of
boys, as good, bad, interesting, silly,
eloquent, troublesome. He cumbers
himself never about consequences,
about interests; he gives an independ-
ent, genuine verdict. You must court
him; he does not court you.—Emerson.
A Scotcliman Who Smoked In Church.
Sir Walter Scott in his “Heart of
Midlothian” refers to one Duncan of
Knockdunder, an important personage,
who smoked during the whole of the
sermon from an iron pipe toMcco bor-
rowed from other worshipers. We are
told that at the end of the discourse
he knocked the ashes out of his pipe,
replaced it in his sporran, returned the
tobacco pouch to its owner and joined
in the prayer with decency and atten-
tion.
Candles are extensively used in Mexico,
owing to the great cost of kerosene.
New Orleans. • > tn
Mr. J. A. Boddeker Jiag g’fitiffrned from
a. visit to San Antonio.’/'
Mr. and Mrs. Wileyy haveygone to St.
Louis to take in the; fair. ,
Dr. William Keiller left for the east
yesterday to be gone until July 1.
Mr. E. R. Fogg, who-kasthBfen visiting
in Galveston, left yesterday, for Kansas
City. *
Mr. and Mrs. John Young leave,, this
morning on a month’s ysiit to their son
in Loogootee, Ind.
Mr. and Mrs.<P. L. Munro have gone
to St. Louis to visit relatives and friends
and take in the fair.
Mr. James A. Boddeker returned yester-
day from a visit to relatives at San An-
tonio.
Dr. T. L. Kennedy returned this morn-
ing from New York and other points east.
Attorney A. H. Culwell is in Houston
today on legal business.
Maj. F. Chas. Hume and Messrs. G. H.
Pendarvis and J. I. Wilson of Houston
attended the session of the court of ap-
peals today.
Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Flint and son, J.
P. Flint, left yesterday for Roanoke, Va.,
where they will spend the summer;
Mr. W. H. Alexander of the United
States weather bureau has returned from
Huntsville, where he attended the com-
mencement exercises of the Sam Houston
normal school.
Mrs. Anton Sommers, accompanied by
her two sons, Charles and Anton, jr., and.
Mrs. W. E. Kleinicke and W. E. Klel-
nicke, jr., will leave today for Denver.
They go to attend the wedding of Charles
Sommers and Miss Buela- Steele of Den-
ver, which will take place next Wednes-
day.
Hon. J. L. Slayden, congressman from
the Fourteenth district, was in Galveston
yesterday on a business trip. Col. Slay-
den’s home is in San Antonio, so he took
time while here to. view the sea wall and
other places, of interest. He materially
aided Col. Gresham. in securing the re-
cent sea wall appropriation.
Pavement Paragraphs.
The regular meeting of the city commis-
sioners occurs this evening.
A regular meeting of Mizpah Chapter
No. 2 O. E. S., will be held this evening.
A regular meeting of San Felipe Lodge
of Perfection No. 1, A. and A. S. R., will
be held this evening. t
The regular meeting of the board of di-
rectors of the Galveston chamber of com-
merce occurs tomorrow evening.
The monthly meeting of the German
Ladies’ Benevolent society will be held
at Eaton chapel this afternoon at 4
o’clock.
The eleventh closing exercises of the
Sacred Heart parochial school, avenue 1
and 11th street, will be held Friday after-
noon at 4 o’clock. A comic operetta in
fours acts by the pupils forms a feature
Of the^program.
NECROLOGICAL.
C. L. WOLFER.
Mr. C. L. Wolfer, the well known car-
penter and builder of jthis^city. died at his
home yesterday afternoon at 3 p. m. The
death came as. a great shock to the many
friends that, he has formed about him
during 60. years of residence in this city.
The deceased is survived by his widow
and six children, Mrs. C. L. Wolfer, Mr.
Christian G. Wolfer, Mrs. O. H. Lott, Mrs.
J. G. Eberling, Mr. C. J. Wolfer and Mr.
Richard Wolfer of this city, and Mrs. H.
W. Hander of Beaumont.
The funeral will take place from the
residence of the family, 2127 avenue M%,
tomorrow afternoon at 3 o’clock to the
German Lutheran church, where services
will be held1 at 3:30.
A London laborer has collected many
hundreds of Union Jacks of all shapes
and sizes. Every table, bed and pillow
in his house has its covering of bunting.
The very shirt this man wears is a red,
white and blue one.
The contested theory that pearls are
due to a parasite in the oyster was first
advanced by Fillippi in 1852. Several re-
cent observers have confirmed the view.
THE COTTON MARKETS
GALVESTON MARKET,
Galveston market for spot cotton closed
steady. Yester-
Today. day.
Low ordinary ........8% 9%
Ordinary ...............9 9%
Good ordinary .........10 5-16 11 1-16
Low middling ..........11% 11%
Middling ...............11% 12%
Good middling ........12 12%
Middling fair ..........12% 13%
Sales today, 224 bales; yesterday, 262.
LIVERPOOL MARKETS.
Liverpool, June 2.—Spots opened with a
fair demand and closed easier, 22 points
down. Futures opened easy and closed
weak on near months, 20 io 21 points
down and quiet, but steady on distant
months, from 7 to 8 points down. Sales,
7000 bales, of which 6100 were American;
no imports.
LIVERPOOL SPOTS.
Y ester-
Today.
day.
Ordinary ............
..........6.20
6.42
Good ordinary .......
..........6.40
6.62
Low middling .......
......;...6.54
6.76
Middling ...........
..........6.68
6.90
Good middling .....
..........6.76
6.98
Middling fair ..................6.90 7.12
Sales today, 7000 bales; yesterday, 6000.
LIVERPOOL
FUTURES.
Today.
Yester-
day.
January-February ...
.........5.49
5.56
June .................
.........6.41
6.61
June-July ............
.........6.35
6>55
July-August .........
.........6.30
6.bl
August-September ...
........6.10
6.30
September-October ..
........5.79
5.87
October-November ..
......5.59
5.66
November-December
........5.53
5.60
December-January ..
........5.50
5.57
NEW YORK
FUTURES.
Steady.
Yester-
Today.
day.
January .............
...10.24-25
10.34-35
June .................
...11.30-33
11.80-82
July.................
...11.46-47
11.96-98
August ...............
...11.25-27
11.59-60
September ..........
...10.65-66
10.79-80
October ...............
...10.31-32
10.44-45
November ...........
...10.23-25
10.34-36
December ...........
...10.23
10.33-34
NEW ORLEANS FUTURES.
Steady.
Today.
Yester-
day.
January ........
........10.02t04
10.10-11
June ........
..........11.28b
11.45-46
July-...........
..........11.51-52
11.82-83
August ... .
..........10.92-93
11.16-17
September ..... 10.41-42 10.52-53
October ................10.09-10 10.16-17
November ............. 998-99 10.05-Ot,
December .......... 998-99 10.05-03
GALVESTON COTTON RECEIPTS.
Bales.
By I. and G.- N.......................... 47
By G., H. and H....................... 300
By G., H. and N....................... 123
Total .................................. 470
GRAIN MARKETS
Chicago, Ill.. June 2.—July Wheat—Open.
88%@88%c; high, 88%c; low, 88%c; close,
88%@88%c; yesterday, 88%c asked.
July Corn—Open, 49%@50%c; high, 50%c;
low. 49%c; close, 49%c asked; yesterday,
49%c asked.
July Oats—Opened, 39%c; high. 39%@39%c;
close, 39%c; low, 39%c; yesterday. 39%@
39%c.
St. Louis, M.o., June 2.—Cash wheat, $1.05
asked; yesterday, nominal. July wheat,
86%c asked; yesterday, 88%c bid. Cash
corn, 48c nominal; yesterday, 47c nominal.
July corn. 48%c; yesterday, 48%c bid.
GALVESTON STOCK.
< This day.
On shipboard— This day. Last year.
DAILY INTERIOR MOVEMENT.
For Great Britain...
945
1 1,707
For other foreign...
1,612
2,793
For coastwise .......
1,234
743
In compresses and de-
pots ................
7,958
10,047
Total stock ........
11,749
15,28$
Augusta ...
Receipts. Shipments.
Stock.
14,803
...... 109
90
Memphis . .
...... 86
649
25,663
St. Louis ...
...... 761
729
12,007
Houston ...
...... 361
325
8,781
totals ...
...... 1,317”
1,793
61,254
NET RECEIPTS AT ALL U. S. PORTS.
Galveston, 470; New Orleans, 1199; Sa-
vannah, 250; Norfolk, 260; Boston, 102;
total, 2281; same day last week, 3239; sama
day last year, 3952.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT.
Net receipts of cotton at all U. S. porta
thus far this week, 16,690; thus far last,
week,,18,189; thus far this week last year, I
22,462; thus far this season, 6,998,119; thug’
far last season, 7,603,717; decrease, 605,598. i
■ GALVESTON GRAIN RECEIPTS.
There were no receipts of grain in Gal-
veston today.
Th® Harm Slang Poes,
The use of slaqg tends to limit the
TTOcabulary of him who uses it. Now,
a limited vocabulary is almost as in-
convenient at times as a limited purse,
and it is far more inelegant If there
Was practically limitless wealth within
the reach of him who was minded to
take it, it would argue a certain stu-
pidity in any one who declined to avail
himself of the supply. The same as-
sertion holds true with regard to him
who is willing to limit his choice of
words. There is even more to be said
than that. There is a limitless wealth
©f words at our disposal, but the most
©f us are too stupid to make use of
them.
There are about 200,000 words in the
English language. The average edu-
cated person is able in reading to un-
derstand perhaps 25,000 words, but
most of us who write and speak limit
©urselves to about 500 or 600. Indeed,
there is a vast number of fairly intelli-
gent people, or people who pass as
fairly intelligent, whose working vo-
cabularies do not comprise more than
800 or 400 words each.—Household.
A SAIL ON THE BAY.
Th® Young People’s union of the First
Baptist church entertained a few invited
guests with a delightful sail on the bay
last evening. The boat left tha landing
at 8.15 p. m. and did not return until
11.15, three most enjoyable hours having
been, spent In the ride. The weather wag
just right, the moon was out, and every-
thing worked to the success of th® occa-
sion, as tha 50 delighted ones who took
part in it will testify, Refreshments
were served while en route. Besides tha
young people, several of the older ones
enjoyed th© occasion, among whom wag
the pastor. Rev, W. M. Harris.
An elephant at the London zoo died of
fright caused by a thunderstorm.
TOO LATE TO Ml
SEVERAL YOUNG and gentle mllcft
cows, fresh in milk. All good bioodea
cows. Inquire at Enterprise Market, No.
616 Tremont street.
Ancient Mukden, the Present Japanese Objective
RING the retreat of
an army and the cor-
responding advance of
the pursuing force it
is evident that the
center of interest is
subject to frequent
substitution. What
was a point of vital interest yesterday,
when it was occupied by a receding
army and was being approached by the
pursuers, becomes a spot of no especial
importance tomorrow, when it has begn
deserted by both pursued and pursffer.
The center of interest is not separable
from the movements of the armies that
are furnishing the spectacle.
Owing to the rapidity of the Japanese
land campaign this center has been
shifted with almost daily regularity
since the crossing of the Yalu. From
present indications the advance of the
Japanese toward the railroad will be
likely to bring the armies into active
contact at Mukden. For that reason
this ancient Manchurian city has as-
sumed an increased importance, and
anything that will dispel a little of the
darkness which hitherto has obscured
that section of the war map should be
both interesting and profitable.
Mukden, the capital of Manchuria
and of the province of Shingking, is
situated in a fertile region near the
Hunho river, 110 miles northeast of
Newchwang, which is its port. Mukden
is Mantchoo for prosperity, and the
city has had seasons of great commer-
cial activity. It is a double walled town
and is modeled after Peking. Its popu-
lation is not far from 250,000.
It was from Mukden in 1640 that the
Mantchoo princes, grown arrogant with
repeated successes over neighboring
tribes, descended with their victorious
armies upon Peking, and destroyed the
power of the famous Ming dynasty,
which had held imperial sway in China
from time immemorial. At that time
Mukden was a small and unimportant
town. The Manchurians on their ac-
cession to the supreme power made it
their capital, and it began to take on
the airs of a metropolis. The advan-
tages of Peking, however, were too ap-
parent to relegate it to obscurity. The
new dynasty soon removed to the for-
mer capital, but the victors showed
their attachment for their native city
by making it the burial place of all the
Mantchoo sovereigns. These defunct
worthies are entombed in structures
winch are splendid from an oriental
point of view and most curious to the
western eye. Little is actually known
of them, for they are guarded with the
most diligent care from the intrusions
of foreigners. They are the scene of
numerous religious functions and the
Mecca of ancestor worshipers in the
Celestial Kingdom. They are not with-
in the walled city, but are at several
suburban villages to the north and east.
The Mukden of the present day is a
rather imposing city. Like all eastern
towns, it is most impressive when
viewed from a distance. A closer ac-
quaintance reveals the presence of most
of those oriental disadvantages which
are so distasteful to western nostrils.
It is fairly well planned and has fewer
mazelike passages than are to bp found
in most eastern cities. The inner walls,
which inclose the old imperial palace
and most of the temples, are crumbling
and time worn. The outer city is the
seat of great commercial activity. This,
too, is surrounded by a wall, which is
about eleven miles in circumference.
The new wall is of brick and is a cred-
itable example of modern masonry. It
is about sixty feet in height and rests
on stone, beneath which is spread a
deep concrete foundation. There are
eight fine gateways. These are provid-
ed with huge bastions pierced by two
gateways at right angles to the others.
These are surmounted by lofty watch-
towers and formidable batteries, giving
the place an appearance of great secu-
rity.
A curious feature of Mukden is that
it has no water gate or exit for water.
Whether or not this was an oversight
of the engineer who planned’ the town
is not known, but it is a matter of rec-
ord that he was punished severely for
the omission, as it was then considered,
but in after ages it was attributed to
his foresight, and a temple wag erected
to propitiate hlfioftsnded tsiemory. Since
VIEWS IN MUKDEN, MANCHURIA.
the town has no provision for sewerage,
it is likely that the comparative free-
dom from epidemics is due to the po-
rosity of the soil. This immunity is
even more remarkable when it is con-
sidered that all the water for domestic)
use is furnished by wells within the
city walls.
Another peculiarity of this curious
city is that It is a difficult matte? to
find in It a»y one who either speaks or
understands the Mdnfoho© language.
EVin those who are of pure liantehbO
blood do not make use of their mother
tongue. Chinese only is spoken in all
circles. To hear Mantchoo in its orig-
inal purity one must have the entree to
the exclusive court circles of Peking.
It is a fact that four-fifths of the popu-
lation are Chinese, and Chinese cus-
toms prevail largely. In one way, how-
ever, the women of the city show their
independence—they do not dress their
hfeir or compress their feet, as is the
inode at Peking. Because Mukden is
the very he&dq’uartlrs of China’s reli-
gious system it is apparent that its
temples are devoted to the exposition of
Confucianism in its various manifesta-
tions. Though the Scotch Presbyte-
rians have maintained an establish-
ment for upward of a quarter of a cen-
tury, they cannot be said to have se-
cured an assured foothold. Their best
success has come from their medical
mission, which is held in high esteem
by all classes. There are at least 20,000
Mohammedans in the neighborhood.
They are the descendants of Ottoman
rebels who were transported and com-
pelled to settle in Manchuria. They are
obliged to occupy a quarter by them-
selves a mile outside the city walls.
JThey are not regarded by the citizens
of Mukden as a desirable acquisition to
the community. They are soldiers, ped-
dlers, cattlemen or robbers, as the oc-
casion demands.
Mukden has profited largely by the
Russian occupation. It is quits as like-
ly to thrive comffiorcially if the Japa-
nese. having expelled the J&iseoviUs.
should make that city a point of con<
centration. The Manchurian has prod-
uce to barter, and the money of the
mikado is as much to his taste as that
of the czar. If the season should be
propitious, agriculture will be stimulat-
ed by the demand of this excellent mar-
ket thrust thus unbidden into his very
hand. It will afford him a noble oppor-
tunity to wake from his apathy and--
make hay while the sun shines. And
that is precisely the conduct that would
make for his benefit. TheTvtanchurian
hillsides can be devoted to no crop that
is more profitable. It is always one of
the chief factors in the Mukden market,
and the presence of an army cannot fail
to give additional importance to the
fleets of hay laden sampans which
slowly make their way to the Mukden
market.
This roseate expectation is, of course,
subject to the accidents of war. A hos-
tile meeting of the armies at the capital
would be likely to furnish its inhab-
itants with distractions more engross-
ing than the acquisition of riches.
THOMAS J. BROWNE.
EMERALD ALASKA.
The agricultural department is doing
its best to help the people to^get rid of
the idea that Alaska is altogether a
land of ice and snow, productive of
nothing but gold and salmon and seal-
skins.
Over and over again agents of the
department have declared that tast
areas of the territory are capable of
producing food for men and cattle, that
the temperature in much of the terri-
tory is more favorable to white popula-
tion than countries in Europe that are
sustaining larger populations and that
as soon as settlers can be found who
will devote themselves to getting some-
thing out of the land besides gold it will
sustain a population of at leastClLOOO,-
000 people.
THIN SHEETS.
Aluminium can now be rolled into
sheets so thin that 4,000 laid together
measure only an inch in thickness. It
is proposed to use these for writing pa»
per where lasting recasts are desired,
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