THE AMERICAN
THE CZAR S RAILWAY.
rna A me-1-l.a la I ur.ip 1th Only
Tatv-riir Hoar of Wlr.
Pr. J. M. Crawford, lais VntieA SUlp
eonniil-femr! t SI. ivtri.iiirit. I en
thusiastic on tho ml-Jivt of tl SitH-rlnii
railroad and rrgnrda It on of th
froat.'st rnttTpriw of tho aso, th
Cincinnati Trituino. and ho rfisards
the position thai KumI ha takon
n the Chim'fx - J.tintn- troty
a a torjr fair ono, and that tho UuUn
bear ha not romnu'iicftl to growl mere
ly for tho purpose of Mining ti'irltorjr
and SKrn.!iing nlf. The SlU-iUu
railroad ha already lind oni $1 W,
000 neslid In It by the llUHHlan gov
rnnent, and to rearh the etora port
Of Vladivostok the railroad mint do one
cf two things. It mtiat keep In Kusaian
territory or It must cut a.roK what
wa a part of the Chi none, empire, but
la now subjert to the treaty. Vladlvos
tok U on the Sea of Japan, at the ex
treme southeastern end of the KuksUo
empire. At this place the Chinese em
pire extend Into the UuhhIiui empire,
and on the map look a though a bite
bad been taken out of Kintals' domain.
It Is to cross thl "bito" that the Rus
sian government 1 going to try, for at
the time that the wnr wa declared be
tween China and Japan there were ne
Rotlailotii pending between Himsia and
China, and It waa given the Itututtans
to understand that they would be per
mitted to do no, and Kuaala does not
propose to be balked In her plan. For
the railroad to reaeh Vladivostok with
out going out of KuhkUii territory It
would have to run around the three
side of the "bite" and would go over
country across which the difficulties of
construction would be groat, while
cross the "bit' they would be com
paratively eay. What the result of
thl railroad will be the wildest flight
cf fancy cannot picture, for the natural
resource of Siberia are o wonderful
that no one can estlmnte the benefit of
t railroad which would cross from
const to coast and develop the country.
What It effect on the raclflc slope
would be no one can do more than
speculate.
It would be possible to go to Europe
without traveling longer than twenty
four bours by water.
CAS AND ELECTRICITY.
A. llrllllMDt Light til ltcnult of III Kill
Hilar Combination.
Quite a sensation was created a week
or two ago by Trofessor Vivian Iewes
Informing the member of the Gas In
tltute at Kdlnburgh that a French
clenttst, M. Penayrouso, had discov
ered a means of Increasing the Illum
inating power of gns something like fif
teen time. Professor Lewes had
ten made awnre of the discovery dur
ing a visit to M. Denayrouse In Farls,
and he hnd obtained permission to ex
periment with the new method of gas
Ughtir and to make a communication
upon the subject to the Kdlnburgh
meeting. In the Invention M. Denay
rouse hnd first teen struck with the
Idea of applying the principle of the
blowpipe to the burner. He employ a
Batnp with a spherical-shaped metallic
body and an Incandescent mantle. In
the bod of the lamp Is placed a very
email dynamo working a ventilator
and receiving the current from a couple
of small accumulators. The electrical
nergy required is exceedingly small
and is said to be only about one-third
volt and one-tenth ampere. This Is,
itowevar, quite sufficient to force a
current of air through the mantle and
cause the gas to burn with remarkable
brilliancy. According to M. Mellet the
lamp has a density of thirty-five to
forty carcels and consumes seven liter
of gas per carcel. Professor towes
had, however, been shown a lamp of
eighty cnrcels (about 800 candle pow
er), and he was convinced that the light
was quite as brilliant a an arc lamp.
Round I.lko Ncoteh Ktory.
A case of unusual strictness In Sab
bath observance I reported from West
Auburn, Me. A farmer wa waited on
by one of his neighbors, who asked for
the loan of his team the following Sun
day to take his wife and children to
the cemetery. At first he flatly refused
to let the team, arguing that It would
be a sin to receive money for such a
thing on the Sabbath day, but he finally
said to the neighbor that he would
think it over and let him know Satur
day, remarking that he would pray over
It In the meantime. Saturday the neigh-
bor called and the farmer said that he
pondered and prayed over the matter,
and come to the conclusion that It
would be no harm to let the team, but
that the neighbor must not pay for It
until some week day following. So the
neighbor hired the team to go to the
cemetery on Sunday, paying for It on
Monday, and everything was satlsfac
Vry.
Work for the Blind.
A new occupation for the blind U
made possible by an Invention of the
mechanical engineer Maznew of St.
Petersburg. According to the "Nowoje
Wremja," he has fastened to the Rem
ington typewriter an attachment en
abllng the blind to write upon this ma
chine from dictation. One of these at
tachments was on exhibition In the
typographical exhibition In St. Peters
burg last month, a blind lady showing
off the advantages. The key-board used
by Maznew is more than four times the
size of the original keyboard, the char
acters of the Brail alphabet for the
blind being attached next to the ordl
ary characters of the type bars.
H Stood Higher.
Mrs. BelleCeld (to her daughter) Mr.
Oukane is over head and heels in love
with you, dear.
Miss Bellefield So is Mr. Gaswell,
mamma.
Mrs. Bellefield But you must remem
ber that Mr. Dukane Is six feet tall,
while Mr. Gaswell Is only about five
BUFFINOTON'S FRIEND.
It Wa AIwmI Tm rr toad If hhorl
Acquaint la kail Huff.
Th meat genial fellow I ever met."
t&ld Dave Hufflngton, of the American
House, Itrookvllle, the other day, "'
man in a one-horae wagon. I never
saw him before In my life that I know
of, but he knew me. He caught up to
me Juat above the Iron bridge on the
road that leads to the depot. The brldue
wa being repaired and borne and
vehicle had to ford the tream, while
foot passenger could pick their way
a. row on plank.
" 'Hello, Huff.' he ald cheerily. 'Get
In and I'll hul you over.'
"I didn't altogether like the Idea,"
continued lluftlngton, "but he greeted
me with uch hearty cordiality that I
accepted hi Invitation. He drove Into
the water and not knowing exactly
where the best fording place wa he
oon got up to the hub and then over
the wagon bed.
"Huff, old boy, you'll have to hold
your feet up,' he said.
"Then the wagon bed was submerged
end the water came over the seat
" 'Huff, old boy guess you'll have to
stand up.'
"I stood up.
"The fellow by thl time had lost hU
bearings completely and we went Into
a plout hole about ten feet deep and the
horse had to wlm. A the wagon box
sank benenth the water he yelled, with
the same cheerful voice:
" 'Huff, old boy, I guess you'll have
to swim.'
"We both ewara out and after the
fellow had hi horse safely landed on
the other side, he ald, a be climbed
back Into the wagon:
"Well, Iluff, old boy, you got wet,
didn't you? Good-bye. Buff, old boy.'
"I Tjught really to have killed the
fellow, but he wa so heartily polite
that I couldn't even swear at him. Since
that time I am a little wary of people
who get too friendly on short acquaint
ance." SAID SHE WAS DEAD.
Coroner Ilnelter'i A tailor Showed a.
J'liotogroiih to 1'rova She Was,
A thin, middle-aged woman dressed
In black went to the coroner' office
yesterday afternoon and asked Police
man O'Rourke if she could ee Coroner
Hoeber, says New York Sun.
"What Is It you want," Inquired the
policeman.
"Well, you see, If thl way," said
the woman confidentially, a she
reached for a button on O'Rourke'
coat , "Two month ago I entered
Mount Sannl hospital a a patient. Two
days ago I was discharged as cured.
Here," she continued, pulling out a pho
tograph of a plump-faced woman, "you
can see how I looked when I went there.
Now, look at my face and see the
change."
"But, madam," said the policeman,
"this 1 the coroner' office. We cannot
take cognizance of your case until you
are dead."
"But I am dead," said the stranger,
calmly. "In fact, that is my principal
business with Coroner Hoeber."
"I am sorry we cannot accommodate
you," said the policeman. "Coroner
Hoeber has Just stepped out."
"All right," replied the woman,
cheerfully, "I will call again when I
get time."
She left the building without giving
her name.
A Kle I'rnuhet.
Six hundred worsted mill operatives
In Fitehburg, Mnss., have received no
tice of raise In wages; the Collins wool
en mills near Ixwelt have announced
an advance of 10 per cent to their
hands; men In nail and plnte mills at
Pottstown, Pa., will have their wages
largely Increased on August 1; the men
In the Donaldson Iron Works at Allen
town hae been notified that their
wages are to be raised. These an
nouncements must rile Gov. McKlnley.
They don't fadge with hla prophecies
of woe. As a forecaster of Industrial
weather he is a tragic failure. He Is
political rainmaker. He promises
rain and cyclones and ruination and
does his level best to create a disturb
ance in tho atmosphere. But In the
face of all his warnings prosperity con
tinues to "push deni clouds away."
Buffalo Courier.
From th Four Wlmla.
A wholesale dry goods merchant of
New York city recently gave a supper
to twenty of his friends engaged In the
dry goods business In the city. As one
of the guests happened to speak of the
state In which he was born, the host
made Inquiry into the nativity of the
others, and it turned out that the twen
ty men were born In twenty different
states of the union. Five were natives
of New Kngland states, four of south
ern Btates, seven of states running from
New Jersey to the Mississippi, two of
states beyond the Rocky mountains,
one of Nebraska and one of New York.
The host of the occasion was a Harlem
Ite by birth. New York Sun. .
An Honor Able Srnr.
The following story is told to ac
count for the late Sir Robert Peel's hab
it of wearing his hat at a rakish angle:
Sir Robert while on board a steam
boat in Table Bay many years ago,
Jumped overboard to save a drowning
man, and was struck on the head by
one of the paddlewheels. The blow
left a wound on one side of his head,
and therer.ftt ? fii j. b ' Id never
bear the weight of anyiuiug upon the
scar, which he carried to the end of
ls life.
It All Depended.
Mother I am going out, Mamie, and
I want you to be a good little girl while
I am gone, and I'll you home a
paper of candy. Now, aren't you going
to be good?
Mamie Well T suppose so: but
can't tell how goou I ought to be unless
HIS MALADY FEIGNED.
California t'oarli llaa K Jin pa thy
for Kciwrtcra Wh khaiu Inaanlir,
A sad blow at "Journalistic enter
prise" ha len dealt by an unfeeling
Judge In California. An ambition
young reporter on the Ix Angele
Herald, who had wearied of ordinary
assignments, conceived the Idea of win
ning fame by getting up a sensation. So
he feigned Insanity, was brought be
fore the court for examination, wa
pronounced a subject for the asylum,
and was sent to the state Institution at
Highlands. After staying long enough
to get material for a good "story," he
wanted to get out. but In order to se
cure hi release, was obliged to tell the
whole story of his deceit. The Judge
who had committed him cited hlra to
appear to answer the charge of con
tempt of court, and sentenced him to
pay a fine of $200 or serve 100 day In
J.ill. The Judge accepted the plea that
no disrespect for him personally had
been Intended, but explained that con
tempt of court was not an offense
against the person of the Judge, but
against the government, because It Is
an unlawful interference with the or
derly administration of Justice by the
tribunals created for that purpose. In
this case the reporter, by deceit, had
caused the machinery of Justice to be
set In motion, Involving considerable
public expense, and when brought be
fore the court acted In a disorderly and
Insolont manner to Induce the court to
make an Improper and Illegal order.
The judge proceeded to express these
views upon the plea that a Journalistic
criminal ought to be treated more
leniently than one not in "the profes
sion." "Possibly from the standpoint
of a reporter, uch conduct may seem
right and proper. It Is possible even
that In some quarter an attempt to
deceive a court of Justice, and by de
ceit to procure an improper and illegal
order an order Involving the expendi
ture of considerable public money, and
resulting In the sending of a sane man
to an Insane asylum may be looked
upon as legitimate Journalistic enter
prise. I hardly think, however, that,
upon sober second thought, any citizen
would bo regard it. One who embarks
upon such an enterprise an enterprise
which Involves a violation of law, an
enterprise which Involve the commis
sion of a public offense must abide the
consequence."
Monks Who Drink Beer.
Washington, D. C , Aug. 18 It Is
understood that Mgr. Satolll is giving
hi attention to the question raised by
the petition to himself for the suppres
sion of the brewery conducted by tho
Benedlollne monks at Beatty, Pa., with
a view to harmonizing the differences
as to placate the complainants and at
the same time not deal harshly with
the ecclesiastics who conduct tho brew
ery. He is f Ivlng his attention to the
petition not only from tho point of view
of the petitioners, but also considers
the fact that the monks are native Ger
mans, who cannot see the harm in
drlpkijjr beer made after the maimer
pursued in the fa' norland. The effort
will be to settle the dispute without
any formal decision.
J Errors of Youth.!
SUFFERERS FROM
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Indiscretions, Lost KMooil,
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Man mm. from the effect! of ynuthhil Impni-
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that haa rwluceti lli Reiwral tyitrm w much to
A indut almott every other disease; and th real 0
cau of the trouble ararrely ever being tuitpected.
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lHirinK our extensive -oHere ant) hospital practice
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