REVOLVES
GOVERNORS IN A ROW.
Governor Beckham of Kentucky has
addressed to Governor Durbin of In
liana a letter replying to the criticism
y that executive of the courts and of
Icials of Kentucky in his recent letter
efusing to honor the requisitions for
Taylor and Finley. wanted for alleged
;omplicity in the assassination of Sen
ttor Goebel. says a Louisville dispatch
.o the Chicago Inter Ocean. He se
verely arraigns Durbin for his refusal
charging that in doing so he violated
l is oath of office to support the con
jtitution of the United States, and that
he became "a party after the fact to
lib w
VVrtvS. TlUiiAVWW
GOV. DURBIN.
'AtC zaost infamous crime in the history
of this State, the coid-b'ooded and das
tardly murder of an eminent and dis
tinguished citizen of Kentucky." The
Kentucky executive also charges that
DurLin's action in refusing was the re
sult of the political bargain made be
fore his election to office, and charac
terizes his charges against the courts
and officials of Kentucky as slanderous
and inexcusable misrepresentations.
He takes the stand that the Gover
nor of a State has no discretionary
powers, but only ministerial power in
the honoring of legally drawn requisi
tions fiom other States, and this is
taken as an indication that steps will
shortly be taken in the courts to com
pel Durbin by mandamus to honor the
icquisitions. If such proceedings are
instituted they will be in the courts of
Indiana and taken cn appeal to the
Supreme Court.
Current News
and Views
HALL CAINES WIFE.
The wife of the author of "The
Christian" came out from Greeba Cas
tle when her husband began his cam
paign for a seat in the Manx Parlia
ment a month ago and has made her
self a familiar figure to all in the
Ramsay district, which her husband
has been elected to represent. She
spent the most of a month driving
around in the district, visiting factory
workers and fishermen, whose votes
and influence the novelist sought. Mrs.
aCine is a pretty woman, charming in
manner and graceful, and is believed
to have won her husband many votes
which he otherwise would not have
RENEWAL CF CHINESE EXCLUSION.
Next May the Chinese exclusion acts
will expire by limitation, and the fore
nanued people of California are al
ready engaged in a vigorous agitation
for their extension. Probably this
movement will be successful, but its
chances seem to be somewhat jeopar
dized Ly the intolerant attitude of
some of its supporters. In places where
people turn upon the streets to stare
after a quiet Chinese laundryman the
source of the intense feeling against
his race is not understood, and the
whole opposition to Chinese immigra
tion is set down to unfounded preju
dice. The supporters of the present
movement would, therefore, do well to
abate the violence of their language,
and argue their case on its merits.
That there are good reasons for renew
ing the present laws becomes evident
on slight reflection.
The objection to unrestricted Chi
nese immigration rests upon the as
sumption that a large number of Chi
namen would come into the country if
they could do so freely. The rapid In
crease in the number of immigrants
before the passing of the exclusion
acts seems to show that this assump
tion is just. That the presence of such
a large body of Chinamen would be
undesirable, at least from the political
point of view, is generally admitted.
A government is not truly one of the
people when there is a vast mass of
inhabitants who are alien sojourners
and not citizens. On the other hand,
perhaps no one desires to give China
men the ballot. We already have a
great many ignorant voteis in our
cities, and experience does not incline
us to increase their number. No one
is properly qualified for the suffrage
who has not some appreciation of the
principles of popular government, and
in this one department of life, at least,
the Chinaman does not seem to be an
apt scholar. Chicago Tribune.
VICE GOV. WRIGHT.
There are rumors, emanating from
good sources, that the appointment of
ARTIFICIAL EYES.
Si WEEKLY
PANORAMA
A DESCENDANT OF FRANKLIN.
There recently passed away in Phil
adelphia Mrs. Elizabeth Duane Gilles
pie, great-granddaughter of Benjamin
Franklin. Her home was notable for
the great collection of relics of ths
scientist-publisher-patriot descent from
whom gave her a place among the
most distinguished people of Philadel
phia. These relics are of priceless val
ue and consist of wood carving, china,
silver, paintings and various other ar
ticles which were presented to him by
foreign governments and individuals.
Mrs. Gillespie made it her life work
to search out all facts concerning her
MRS. ELIZABETH D. GILLESPIE.
great ancestor, as well as to collect
and preserve all manner of memrntoes.
There was a strong resemblance in te
features of this woman and those
shown in the pictures of Franklin.
i
MRS. HALL CAINE.
got, despite bis name and the Isle of
Man's pride in him.
NO WAR ON AMERICAN GOODS.
The fact that our exports of manu
factures in the first eight months of
this year were about 136,000,000 lesd
LUKE E. WRIGHT.
Luke E. Wright as temporary gover
nor of the Philippine Islands, may
eventually be made permanent. At
present Judge TaTt i3 ill and the duties
of the cilice had, of necessity, to be
placed in other hands. As a member
of the Philippine Commission, Luke
Wright was a natural successor. Now
it is said that Taft and Gen. Chaffee
are not wholly in accord, and that,
even in the event of the former's
speedy recovery, it is not at all certain
that he will resume his former posi
tion. For the present, at least, Luke
Wright i3 an interesting figure in pub
lic affairs and he may be for some
time to come.
KING EDWARD'S MUSICAL PROJECTS
London Truth credits King Edwart
with the intention of reviving music
at his court, but the details cf his pro
gram only go to show the low condi
tions of English music when comparet
with its earlier glories. His progran.
includes visits to the opera in semi
state, with beef eaters on duty at the
box doors and along the corridors; r
coronation concert at Albert Hall; pri
vate performances at Buckingham pal
ace and Windsor castle; "commanded"
performances before the royal family;
J and more frequent playing Jjy the
I king's private band. Sir Walter Par
J ratt has been gazetted master of the
i music, and Dr. Creser, composer to the
chapels royal. Who Parratt or Cresei
i are the world little knows or cares
On the whole, though music will be
I less neglected by King Edward thas
1 it was by his mother, there is no pros-
! pect that it will rise out of its low
condition. Now that Sir Arthur Sulli
I van is dead there is hardly a British
i composer of prominence left. Sir Her-
j bert Oakeley. Sir Alexander Macken
zie, bir rreuerick Briuge, and Hamisl:
MacCunn remain, but with the excep
tion of Mackenzie their works are un
known out of England. None of the
members of the royal family, excepl
the late Duke of Edinburgh, has been
much interested in music except as ar.
accompaniment to royal functions oi
matters or iasnioa. ihe king himsell
has been indifferent.
Ther Were IX:ide lit Keypt Five Iltindre 1
Year 15. C.
It is not tewn piecisely when or
where artificial eyes originated; but
the annals plainly show that in ancient
times ihe prier-Ls in Egypt and Rome,
who practiced as physicians and Bur
geons, made artificial eyes, hands,
arms, and les the Egyptians as ear
ly as 500 B. C. TheJr method of eye
making a thus described: On the cen
ter of a piece of flesh-colored prepared
linen, two and a quarter inches by
one and a quarter, the flat side of a
piece of earthenware, modeled life-size
and painted to represent the human
eye and eyelids, was cemented; and
this linen, coated on the other side
with an adhesive substance, was placed
over the eye and pressed down. These
artificial eyes were therefore worn
outside the cavity, and though not
strictly artistic in design or detail,
were no doubt fully appreciated and
worn with pride by the monocular
Egyptian and Roman "toffs." It is
chronicled that one of these artificial
eyes was picked up in the ruins of
Pompeii, which was destroyed in 79
A. D. The earliest known mention of
modern artificial eyes that is. eyes
worn Inside the orbit occurs in an
exceedingly rare illustrated work on
surgery, written by a French surgeon
named Ambroise Pare, and published
in Paris in 1561. Pare invented three
artificial eyes. The first was a won
derful contrivance. It consisted of a
thin metal spring-band which passed
half way round the wearer's head, hav
ing on one end a small oval plate,
which covered the orbit of the eye, and
the other end pressed against the back
of the head. The oval plate was cov
ered with smooth, soft leather, on
which an eye was painted. It would,
perhaps, be difficult to devise anything
more inelegant or uncomfortable. The
second device was a hollow globe ot
gold, eye-shaped and enameled, which
was worn inside the socket the first
recorded artificial eye thus worn. The
third contrivarre was simply a "shell
pattern" eye. exactly similar in shape
to those now used, but made of gold,
and enamelod. Eiccept that they were
made of gold and enameled, the
two latter were practically of the same
design as the "globe" and "shell" glass
eyes of the present day. Fare's clum
sy, truss-like appliance and hi', two
gold eyes, which were used only by the
wealthy, were succeeded by eyes made
of painted porcelain and colored pearl
white, which immediately became im
mensely popular. Next came the in
vention of glass ryes, which instantly
superseded all others, and still com
mand the public favor.
SUICIDE IN PUBLIC,
View
THE M'KINLEY MEMORIAL.
The national association formed to
erect a suitable memorial to William
McKinley at Canton, Ohio, finds its
work impeded by the project offered
by public men and residents of Wash
ington. The circulation of appeals for
both projects tends to confuse the pub
lic as to whicn is the proper object of
popular contributions. Any doubt
upon the subject should be dispelled
by a simple statement of the facts.
For some years there has been be
rore congress a proposal for a great
HCBART'S TOMB.
The massive mausoleum which will
contain the remains of the late Vice
Present Garret A. Hobart is now
rapidly nearing completion in Cedai
Lawn Cemetery at Paterson, N. J. The
design was prepared by Brite & Bacon,
tee New ork architects, and all the
work has been done under their direct
supervision. The tomb will cost about
$S0.000. Its material will be prinelp-
than in the same months of 1900 has monumental bridge across the Potomac
led some to believe that the much
mooted "European alliance" against
our goods has been effected and is now
In operation. In the current North
American Review O. P. Austin, chief
of the bureau of statistics, demon
strates that this belief is without foun
dation. In the first place, the reduction is
partly due to the fact that Hawaii's
and Porto Rico's annual purchases of
about $5,000,000 are no longer counted
as exports. In the Eecond place, the
decline is not general, but is practi
cally confined to refined mineral oil,
copper, and iron and steel products.
As to mineral oil, the decline was ia
price alone. We actually exported for
the compared eight months 47,693,272
gallons more this year than last, but
we obtained $3,250,200 less for It.
Blaine's Tollej Far-Reaching.
The congress now being held In
Mexico is a continuation of the policy
Inaugurated by James G. Blaine, when
Secretary of State, to bring about clos
er relations between the United States
and the Cen
tral and
South Amer
ican repub
lics. Mr.
Blaine's ef
forts In this
dire ctlo n
brou g h t
about the
first Interna
tional con
gress, which
was held in
the city of
W ashington
In 1SS9-90. In 1SS4 Congress took step
to realize the idea of bringing together
representatives of the different governments.
at Washington. The idea Is of un
doubted merit and in due time some
such bridge will be built. Congress for
various reasons has not yet made the
necessary appropriation. One part of
this proposed bridge is 'a great tri
umphal arch, which the Washington
committee suggests be built by popular
subscription as a memorial to Presi
dent McKinley.
Inis movement is not In any sense
antagonistic to the proposition to erect
a monument to the late president at
Canton. President McKinley recom
mended that congress construct the
bridge across the Potomac, connecting
ashington with Arlington, as ";
monument to American patriotism.
and without doubt the construction of
the bridge and memorial arch will be
authorized by Congress.
Ml
i ii y v -- a i i' r
There are 165,000 Britons living In
WHERE CARROLL DIED.
The Carroll mansion, one of the fa
mous old landmarks of Baltimore, is
about to be sold at auction. It was in
this building
-hat Charles
Carroll, of
Carroll ton,
the last sur
viving sign
er of the
Declarati o n
of Independ
ence, died
N o v e mber
14, 1832. The
house was
built about
1770 by
Richard Ca-
ton. Charles Carroll's son-in-law. from
bricks brought from England for the
purpose. This historic structure, in
whse rooms the flower of colonial so
ciety once gathered, li now a tenement
house, the abode of Russian Jews.
fee iM
I I
the united Kingdom at present who large town at a night of over
were born In the colonics. I feet above eea leveL
Quito, in South America, is the only
9,000
"
Chinese Widow Hang Hem fir ia
of "aa Admiring Cnif J."
On Sunday, in one cf the suburbs,
after two postponements, one cn ac
count of the typhoon and the other
owing to the floods, the public suicide
by hanging of a Chinese wido was
witnessed by several hundreds of spec
tators. The poor woman resolved on
committing the deed immediately after
the death of her husband. She sold
the paddyfield she possessed for ?1C0.
and purchased seme splendid clothes
and a coffin with the money. The
Taotai. getting wind of her intention,
had her brought before him, and kind
y expostulated with her. pointing out
Ihe unreasonableness and wrong of
.he resolve she had made, but all to
io effect. She said that her husband
ind all her children were dead, and
;hat she no longer desired to live. The
raotai's offer to make provision for
-er did not turn her from her purpose,
ind the sending for the brother-in-law
:o the Yamen and ordering him to pre
sent her carrying out her intention
was equally useless. It was in vain,
io the story goes, that the Taotai tried
to frighten her by the assertion that
such visitations as the late typhoon
and floods had been brought upon us
through such wickedness as hers; be
sides, did she not know that to take
her own life was against the law of
the land? "How is it. thn ,..
asked, "that the temple especially set
apart for the worship of widows in
tending to commit suicide Bhould be
allowed by the government to re
main?" All argument was unavailing
Suffice it to say, the suicide came off
as already stated, on Sunday last, with
out let or hindrance on the part of an
admiring crowd, the woman having be
decked herself in the finest of fine
clothes for the occasion. Fonchnw
(China) Echo.
THE HOBART TOMB.
ally of white granite, surrounded by
fluted columns of the purest white Pa
rian marble. The entrance is guarded
by heavy bronze doors, ornamented
with piece work. All of the interior is
lined with white marble. The dimen
sions of the building are: Length, 39
reet 8 Inches; width, 21 feet 2 inches
and height. 22 feet 7 inches. The re
mains of the Vice President will re
pose under the heavy dome in a mar
ble sarcophagus beside another of slm-
B0LD MONKEY SLEW SNAKE.
htratepy of the Simian Wn Too Mich
for the Cobra.
At Bangalore, India, not Ion? ago a
battle between a monkey and a snake
was witnessed by a party of Europeans
The reptile, a cobra, was enjoying a sun
bath near ;he highway, far from the
beaten track of jungle travel, when
the monkey espied him and deliberate
ly put an end to his siesta by hurlins
at him every missile he could find. The
snake wri&gled awhile under the niiTi-
nar maite cesiinea ror the last resting isnment, and then in a fury eave chase
place of Mrs. Hobart In addition to to tae monkey. The little simian was
these receptacles will be six catacombs far to agile for the reptile, however,
for the other members of the Hobarf and kept him at a safe distance untii
family.
Her Fortune Gone.
iove nas led to misfortune in tht
case of the Princess Elvira of Bour
bon, daughter of Don Carlo3. the much
advertised pretender to the Spanish
throne. in
1896 Bht
eloped with
Signor Fol
chl, an artisl
and a mar
ried man.
She first met
Folchi in
Rome and
became in
f atuate c
with him
She had
then a for
tune in hei
own rieht ni
ivu.iuu and could easily have secured
more advantageous alliance. Her
family used every influence it could
bring to bear to induce her to break
off her friendly relations with Folchi,
but she persisted In her course and
oped with him.
a pue or rocks was reached. On this
the monkey calmly perched, with hi.
back against a bolder, and awaited the
onslaught. The snake came on in blind
rage, and again and again 6truck at the
monkey, who dodged every blow, al
lowing the venomous head to strike
the rock at his back. The cobra be
came more and more infuriated as he
battered himself against the bowlder,
and at last, bleeding and exhausted,
lay at full length with every fighting
instinct subduud. This was the mon
key's opportunity. Seizing the snake
by the neck he quickly rubbed the head
off against a sharp point of rock, and
then climbed a tree and chattered glee-
runy at the admiring human specta
tors, who showed their appreciation of
the spectatcle he had afforded by leav
ing a banquet of Indian corn and su
gar cane for the victor. Chicaeo
Chronicle.
Blight Be Worse.
"Oh. doctor." exclaimed a rheu
matic patient. "I suffer dreadfully with
my hands and feet."
But, my dear sir." rejoined tha nhv-
sician, "just try to think how much
Inconvenience you would suffer with
out them."
Tr&n63ttarYiic
Topics
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The standard fuel of the poorer and
middle classes of Germany consists of
brown coal briquettes. The briquettes
are made by reducing brown coal to
powder and then molding it into little
bricks with the addition of a quantity
of bitumen. The Driquettes sell for
from $2 to $2.75 a thousand in Berlin
and burn-without smoke. Under a new
process briquettes for use as fuel are
being made from peat, of which there
are nearly 5,000.000 acres available in
the empire. It is expected that these
peat briquettes will drive coal ana
other fuels cut of the market.
Most people in Germany live in flats.
There are few private residences. Fur
naces and steam heat are almost un
known, the people using generally the
old and ineffective tile-covered stoves,
huge square structures, rising from
floor to ceiling and looking most like
monuments to some "dear departed."
In even chilly weather it is almost im
possible to heat a small room with
one of these stoves, and the empire of
fors a great field for American manu
facturers of heating apparatus. One
trouble has heretofore been that heat
is not furnished by the owners of fiat
buildings to their tenants, and It has
been diSicuIt. therefore, to establish.
central heating systems for such build
ings.
In Vienna the piice of beef, mutton.
and pork is so high as to place these
meats beyond the reach of the poorer
classes, and for nearly fifty years their
place has been taken by horse and
donkey meat. There are in Vienna 185
butcher shops which sell horse and
donkey meat exclusively, the price for
the choicest cuts being from 5 to 10
cents a pound, which is much less than
half the price charged for the same
cuts of beef. During the last year for
which the figures arc available no less
than 25,040 horses were slaughtered
for food in Vienna. The inspection of
the animals is extremely thorough and
careful, government inspectors being
present at eath slaughter house with
full power to condemn any animal.
Dealers itt horse and donkey meat, and
restaurantkeepers who oer it on thei;
bills of fare are obliged not only to
plainly state the fact, but also to keep
in sicht of customers the government
certificate of inspection.
The model lodging house which was
opened in Milan. Italy, last June, has
proved a great success. It is patronized
not by manual laborers, but by clerks
and shop assistants. Rooms rent for
cents a week. Every lodger must
be in his room before midnight, and
be out again before 9 o'clock in the
morning. Bathrooms are cpen day
and night, a full bath costing four
cents and a shower bath two cents.
Ledgers may buy food outside and cook
it themselves in the hotel kitchens, or
they may buy their supplies at the
lowest possible price from the hotel
storerooms. Lodgers are also fur
nished with facilities for doing their
own washing. The building is five
stories in height, with a roof garden
on the top. The building contains 530
rooms, all of the same dimensions,
5 feet 10 inches by 7 feet 6 inches.
In no other country in the world is
the cigar so popular as in Germany, bo
much so that it Ii impossible to raise
enough tobacco in the empire to sup
ply the domestic demand. Last year
Germany Imported nearly $22,000,000
worth of tobaccp, a little more than a
third of it coming from the United
States. The use of the cigaret Is rap
idly spreading in Germany. Last year
286 tons of cigarets were consumed.
at least five times as many as were
needed ten years ago.
Wonderful results are reported from
experiments conducted at the Berlin
electrical works with the idea of util
izing the heat which goes to waste in
the exhaust steam of a high pressure
or in the circulating water of a low
pressure tteam engine. For the pur
pose of using this waste heat, so-called
cold vapor engines have been built,
and long continued tests show that
they add an average of 41 per cant to
the efficiency of the compound engines
to which they are attached, and that
without adding to the consumption of
coal by so much as a single pound.
What such a saving would mean in a
large plant will be appreciated by ev
ery man who has to do with the devel
opment of steam power.
The use cf American corn meal Is
rapidly increasing in Eelgium, where
it furnishes a cheap and nutritious
food to the millions of working people
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who earn only from 40 to CI ..vnta a
day. It's thief use at preset is in
bread, white corn meal Ixiur, mixed
with whent Cour in its nakirp to the
amount of 20 per cent. Nine-tenths of
all the bread u-ed in Belgium l& made
by public bakeries, and tholr product
i? sold at lower pric.-s th:in is bakers'
bread in l:e United States.
Th high-speed electric tractiou tests
nox being made under govc mmt nt su
pervision on the military line between
Beriin and Zossen have already proved
successful, a sjed of ninety miles an
hour having been attained, while tb3
engineers expect to rua at 150 mile
an hour before the tests are flnihwd.
The fast runs are all made on a t-tretc h
of tr.k a little more than fourteen
miles in licgtb. It is a standard gaug9
track, level, and nearly straight. Dur
ing the summer the entire track va
relaid and the roadbed put into perfect
condition for the tests. Puwer U
taken from a series of three ovrheal
trolley wires, which are arranged in t
unusual manner at one side of the
track. The cars used in the tests were
also especially built for the work, an J
have been fitted up with electrical ap
paratus by rival electrical firms. Tho
front of the cars are pointed in order
to lessen the resistance of the wind.
France is badly worried over an
alarming shortage in the wheat crop.
The price of wheat has already risen
48 cents per 220 pounds, while tte
price cf a quartern loaf of br ad has
risen from 12.5 to 13.5 cents. It Is es
timated that the shortage which EJuat
be supplied from abroad will aggre
gate nearly 100,000,000 bushels. There
has lately been formed in Paris an
international committee the ot'ject of
which is to control the price -ot wheat
all over the world. This committee
has the support and indorsement of
nearly a hundred agricultural tit.oietiea
in Denmark, Germany, Spain, Austria,
Hungary, Russia, Portugal and Swit
zerland. The committee has opened
permanent offices with a f-ecretary in
charge, and haa gone to work in a
scientific way to gather information
and acquire influence which ny be
used in keeping up the price.
A r.e-w device for applying motive
power to small boats has recently been
patented by a French firm, which also
holds patents In all civilized coun
tries. The new device ean be eas-ily
and quickly applied to any boat, with
out special preparation. The screw is
located at the bottom of a cylindrical
shaft, about which it revolves, so that
It may le worked in any direction.
Thus by pimply moving a lever th
whole power of the screw may be re
versed, and the boat stopped In an in
stant. "With the screw a tajhtt cr
gasoline motor Is used. ,
ETHICS AND FOOTEALL
In the November North American,
President Charles F. Thwing of West
ern Reserve University becomes a
i kind Cf oTiCial panegyrist cf the pame
of football, and stamps it with a kin4
of official approval. He can hardly be
blamed for doing so. He discusses
"The Ethical Functions of Football."
and when a thing has ethical func
tions" it should be received with open
arms.
May it not be suspected, however,
that what we of the present day zre
fond of crlling "ethical functions" are
nothing more or leas than what used
to be called "moral effects"? Such a
suspicion bometimea crosses or.e'2
mind while engaged in the complacent
use of such expressions. It is difficult
to free one's speech of the cant of th
day, and of all pieces of cant "ethical
functions" is perhaps the most widely
spread and the most glibly used. More
over, when one comes to the specific
"functions" which Prof. Thwing men
tions one finds again that his expres
sions have a kind of uncertain, glim
mering effect. It may be that football
does "represent the inexorable." and
does "bring a man up against the
eternal laws of the universe." but is
there any sport, business, or amuse
ment about which the same thing is
not true? Does the young man have
to go to the football field in order to
fall under the operation of the lawa of
the universe?
Lord Penrhyn's son and heir, who
is soon to visit the United States, will
inherit nearly 50,000 acres of land ia
Wales, including the most extensive
slate quarries in tne United Kingdom
and possibly in the world. The dally
output of these quarries is 200 tens.
They employ 3,000 workmen and sus
tain more than 15,000 people. The
gross Income of Lord Pcnrhyn from
the quarries is about $3,500,000 annu
ally. Penrhyn castle is one of tfc
ehow places in Wales.
The youngest college president Is
said to be John II. McCracken, who at
25 presides over Westminster college at
Fulton, Mo. Jerome Hall Raymond,
president of the University of Wett
Virginia, was elected to that once
when 2S years old. President Booth
Colwell Davis of Alfred University.
New York, was elected when 32 yeart
old. and Rev. Burris A. Jenkins ai
two years younger when he became
president of the University of Indian
apolis.
He Wotild BreaK the BanKof Morrte Carlo.
According to a
London cable, the
Earl of Rosslyn.
who recently tried
to float a company
float a company
with a capital of
$100,000 for the
purpose of perfect
ing a system capa
ble of reducng the
Monte Carlo sys
tem to a 6tate of
bankruptcy, has
secured interesting
results with his
new scheme.
On Monday a
croupier played a
test game with
Lord Rosslyn at 91
and 93 Jermyn
street, London,
where he dealt
Trente et Quarante
cards for two
hours In the morning and again in the . stakes according tothe svstem. The re-
afternoon, while Lord Rosslyn placed j suit of the first day's play against the
croupier was a winning of $1,325.
On Tuesday the game vai reuumed,
and at the end of the day. after ner
eral heavy imaginary losses, the Earl
had won $5,000.
During the whole of the time occu
pied in playing the Earl continually
made puzzling calculations, and al
ways referred to a big chart, which
was covered with mathematical prob
lems and hieroglyphics, that reminded
of ancient Egyptian papyri. Sporting
men and experts are skeptical and say
that before any money U invested in
the Earl's system It will be necessary
to see the result of 20,000 couj played
continuously.
Brazilian carbon, which is vorth
about $45 per karat, or about four
times the value of ordinary diamond,
is used in drilling some of the cold
mines in South Africa.
The number of students fn the liy
regular medical scNools of the United
States in 1900 was 1,079 females and
21,673 males.