THE AMERICAN.
STRUGGLE FUR RACE EXISTENCE
ArrWa aa4 Asiatic l'otaisi Rcal
From tb LonJon Spaouior. Th
(lain truth I (hat th naiurat flhtln
power of Astatic and African la very
trly jhjuxI to that of Uuropon,
&earljr equal tbat hnvr tb dark
men ar even dwntly oriunlicti and
nurd, or IpJ by man of rapaoltjr,
the whlt nu n'a advantagu Jloapiari,
and they have to fight with all th car
and cenrralalitp and even number
which they would fiulr In Kurope.
It la astuinej that then thing will
oarer occur, but the assumption la a
very Urge one, and by no mean borne.
out by !iut facta. We all know, and
admit, that the necessary change baa
occurred In Japan and no European
tower would now Invade that country
without taking: all the precaution It
would take If It wat Invading Euro
(lean atate. Indeed, Russia la actually
accumulating a Rival army In eastern
Slberla-90.000 nun. It la aaid In fear
that the Japanese, If too much pressed.
hould Invade her.
The amoer of Afghanistan la trcuma
latlng European weairaua year by year,
and la actually manufacturing them In
uch quantities that, should c ever
coma In conflict with hi aurceauor, the
general In command will have to be aa
careful aa It ha were face to face with a
European foa. It la not General Roberta
who will tell anybody that the con
quest of Afghanistan, auppoalng tbat
democracy divided on that fool I ah en
terprise, would be an easy tank or a
military parade. And now in Abyssinia
a European army haa been actually
destroyed by an African power whose
coldlera, though no doubt of Semite
blood, are most of them darker than
any grout trlbo of Aalatlca. The Itali
ans were of the beat blood of Europe.
They belonged to nn army trained for
thirty years to meet European oppo
tienta.they carrlod weaponaof precision,
and they died In a proportion to their
numbers most unusual in warfare. Yet
they were swept in utter rout out of the
bills, and had Menele k but pursued, as
a European general would have done,
would have been swept out of Africa.
WHY THE MAN WAS MAD;
till Cents Iania-r Awarded Hlra With
out t'ost.
He came aboard at 84th street. Ills
Hps quivered, his eyes blazed, bla
breast heaved and It waa clear that
there waa murder In hla honrt, saya the
New York Mall and Express. Every
body noticed him, but he noticed no
one. He ant down near the door and
looked out of the friendly window. It
waa day. Had It been night none could
have seen him under the miserable
lamp lights. The train crawled into
the 7fith street station, while the pas
sengers held their breath In silence.
Silence la golden on the "L" road. The
conductor called out the station in an
unknown language. That caused the
unhappy pasenger to look up. Hla
lips moved. He made a forcible remark.
Then he took from bla luslde pocket
a typewritten paper. He tore It into
email pieces. The star in the melo
drama ne'er slashed a paper as that
one was. lie cast the debris on the
floor of the car lnd it looked as it a
enow-storm had brushed through the
door. Then he arose and went out on
the platform. He quaffed the fresh air
of the morning aid his eyes brighten
ed, but only for aa Instant. The guard
epoke to him, bt he beat his band In
the air and said:
"Go away, go away. I shall go mad
It you do not."
; He looked It, too.
"To think," he remarked after a
pause, "to think that my hopes should
be ruined thus. Lawyers are dogs and
the courts are their kennels. I shall
leave that to my heirs that they may
take warning. Oh, the brutes!"
Now that it is all over, it is no sur
prise that the man was mad. He had
Just been awarded a verdict of 6 cents'
damages without costs, and who would
not be mad under the circumstances?
lit rrophpev renting True,
John Trompeter, one of the Jurors
who convicted Thomas Punshon of the
murder of his wife at St. Joseph, Mo.,
the other day fell from a roof and was
fatally injured. When Punshon was
convicted he said he would live longer
than the men who found him guilty,
and one of them Is already dead. Trotn
peter waa a schoolmate of Punshon,
and it was expected that he would
favor acquittal, but he favored convic
tion, and held out until the other Jurors
reached the same verdict
Ranghart's Queer Colt.
A Fairfield (Mich) man named Bang
hart has a colt that would bring a
fortune to any enterprising showman.
It has only three legs. The third leg
Is forward and located almost in the
center of the chest It is not yet three
months old, but is healthy and gives
promise of reaching maturity.
The Colonel' Definition.
"The horn of plenty?" repeated the
Colonel, pressing his hand to hla brow.
"That would be difficult to define for
any and all circumstances but I should
say that five fingers was a good, aver
age figure."
With which he didn't care If he did.
Detroit Tribune.
A Natural Question.
Miss Nobby Oh, girls, did you see
the handsome Mr. Goodman, who has
Just arrived in town? Chorus of Voices
Handsome, Mr. Goodman, no; how
touch money is he worth? Adam's
I Freeman.
t viumi national
The oldest national flag in the world
la that of Denmark, which has been In
tse since the year 1219.
AN OAStV WITH A CASINO,
HI f Laiarr l It Msl WUh la thm
tirul S.kara.
The niskraa oaslt. with Its 1 50.000
trees. Is only shout two tulles long and
eitend In half a down little villages
by the Oued atresia, says the West
minster Itecord. Ths Arabs. In their
poetic rhraaeology. style U variously
the "Desert Queen." the "Queen of the
Oasis" and the Tearl of the iveert.
Seen after two days' Journey through
barren, treeless wastes, with Its war
lug palms and brilliant verdure, it Is a
sight difficult to rival. Dlakra baa sev
eral line buildings, ot which the town
ball, built In the oriental style, with
gleaming cupola and a forest of dainty
pillars, la the gem. It cost 16.000. and
Is cheap at (bat figure, but, of course.
labor here Is bsd for a song.
The Oued Illskra flow through the
oasis snd causes much ot It prosperity.
The chief Industry I date raising and
nearly all the Inhabitants own a little
plot ot ground devoted to this purpose
and generally their only source of rev
enue. Illskra owes much to the Com-
pagnle de 1'Oued el R'lrh, whose mem
bers bored artesian wells and laid out
vaat date plantations. They also erect
ed a One casino and constructed a
tramway to the celebrated Hammam
Salahlne, about all miles distant
springs well known to the Romans,
whence Illskra was called Ad Plsclnam.
In consideration of all these benefits
the company was granted various priv
ileges. The members are to enjoy for
ninety-nine years the profits arising
from the springs and from 800 acres of
land, besides a large town plat
Dlskra is practically the "key to the
Sahara" and bence ever since the
French entered in 144 bas been an Im
portant military station. The lover of
orlentsllsm will find it here in a much
purer form than In seml-Europeanlzed
Algiers, and can also enjoy an almost
perfect climate. The district, however,
Is not rainless, as Is often supposed; on
the contrary, In winter there is a fair
share of rain, though not so much as
In Algiers, where this is ths weak point
in the climate.
Like Algiers, It Is beautifully mild,
there Is no snow, and for the majority
of the winter there Is a brilliant sun
shine and a very even temperature. In
the summer, however, It Is almost unin
habitable. No one dreams of staying
there unless military or other duty com
pels it The heat Is Intense, the water
noxious, and snakes and scorpions
abound whose bite often proves deadly
in an hour. The country at this period
Is subject to plagues of grasshoppers,
the ruination of all verdure and
produce. A very annoying malady
called "clou de Biskra" prevails, which
is said to resist most treatment except
change of air.
I1ttr Than a Wire.
The placid oriental, when his wives
rave or affliction smites him, will stroke
his beard if he have one and thank
Allah for the good gift,
Which on the Moslem's ottoman divides
His hours and rivals opium and his
brides.
An old Persian legend brought to
light by Lieut Walpole tells the story of
a virtuous youth distraught at the loss
of a loving wife. A holy man looks
tenderly upon the disconsolate one and
tells him a balm for his affliction. "Go
to thy wife's tomb, son of sorrow," says
the anchorite, "and there thou wilt find
a weed. Pluck it, place it in a reed and
put fire to it then Inhale the smoke
thereof. This will be to thee wife and
mother, father and brother, and, above
all, will be a wise counselor and teach
thy soul wisdom and thy spirit Joy."
The lofty, poetic strain of this eastern
sage breathes of implicit faith In his
native Shtrax tobacco. For doubtless
he, a dweller In
the land where the cypress
and myrtle
Are emblems of deeds that are done
in their clime;
Where the rage of the vulture, the love
of the turtle,
Now melts into sorrow, now maddens
to crime
had often experienced Its influence on a
wounded heart Indeed, the history and
associations of the plant, from its wild
Indian home to the remotest east, are
full of romance of more than ordinary
Interest. Gentleman's Magazine,
Alee Bhepoard, the Hale and the Turtle
Alec Sheppard, a Nut Buch, Tenn.,
man, while riding along the road the
other day encountered a seventy-eight
pound turtle, and finding the labor of
dragging It rather onerous, tied it to
his mule's tail. The mule looked back
and reached the conclusion that he
had been Imposed on. Having tilted
Sheppard on the roadside, he started
off, with the turtle sometimes trailing
along on the ground, sometimes flying
in the air. The mule might still have
been on the run if its tall had not
parted.
Women Win Bavs Their Borne.
Mrs. H. Eastby and her daughter
Clara started from Spokane, Wash.,
recently to walk to New York. They
live on a farm and hope to make
enough money in the venture to lift a
mortgage. They are under contract to
a manufacturer of a health costume.
A Tree 1,000 Tear Old.
In the Baidar valley, near Balaclava,
in the Crimea, there stands a walnut
tree which must be at least 1,000 years
old. It yields annually from 80,000 to
100,000 nuts and is the property of five
Tartar families, who share Its produce
equally.
Worse.
"There's a rumftr in the congrega
tion," said the deacon, "that you went
slumming when you were in Albany."
"It la a cruel slander," replied the par
son. "I merely attended one meeting
ot a legislative investigating commit
tee." Truth.
IN THE DEEP SEA.
Ron Laala Stereaaaa Tttl lb Ufa
I the ttoptkia.
I read the other day something tbat
I thought would Interest so great a
ea-bather aa yourself, wrote Kobert
Louis Stevenson In St NUholf i. You
know tbat the fishes tbat we Ve and
catch go only a certain way down Into
the sea. Below a certain depth there Is
no life at alL The water Is as empty
aa the air Is above a certain height
Even the shells of dead Ashes tbat come
down there are crushed Into nothing by
the huge weight ot the water. Lower
still. In the places where the sea is
profoundly deep. It appears that life be
gins again. People flab up In dredging
buckets loose rags and Utters of crea
tures that bang together all right down
there, with the great weight holding
them In one, but come all to pieces as
they are hauled up. Just what they look
like. Just what they do or feed upon, we
shall never find out Only that we have
some flimsy fellow creatures dowu In the
very bottom of the deep seas, and can
not get them up except In tatters. It
must be pretty dark where tl y live
and there are no plants or weeds, and
no fish come down there or drowned
sailors either, from the upper parts, be
cause these are all mashed to pieces by
the great weight long before they get
so far or else come to a place where
perhaps they float But I dare say a
cannon sometimes comes careering
solemnly down and circling about like
a dead leaf or thistledown, and then
the ragged fellows go and play about
the cannon and tell themselves all
kinds ot stories about the fish higher up
and their Iron bouses, and perhaps go
Inside and sleep, and perhaps dream of
It all like their betters. Of course, you
know a cannon down there would be
quite light Even In shallow water,
where men go down with a diving dress,
they grow so light that they have to
hang weights about their necks and
have their boots loaded with twenty
pounds of lead, as I know to my sorrow.
And with all this and the helmet, which
is heavy enough of itself to any one up
here in the thin air, they are carried
about like gossamers, and have to take
every kind ot care not to be upset and
stood upon their heads. I went down
once In the dress, and speak from ex
perience. But it we could get down for
a moment near where the fishes are,
we should be In a tight place. Suppose
the water not to crush us (which It
would), we should pitch about In every
kind of direction; every step we would
take, we should pitch about in our j
seven-league boots and we should keep
flying head over heels and top over bot
tom, like the liveliest clowns in the
world.
Mandolin and tiultar Clan.
The mandolin and guitar were never
before so popular in this country as at
present The manufacturers state that
it is almost impossible to fill their or
ders, especially in the west, where
there is a greater interest manifested
than anywhere else. Hundreds of
young ladles and gentlemen, after ac
quiring a slight knowledge of these In
struments, have organized small clubs,
numbering from four to ten members,
as soon as they are capable of playing
their score. An Instrument new to this
country has recently been Introduced
In these mandolin and guitar clubs,
with pleasing effect It is one of the
mandolin family and named the "man
dola." The meaning of the word man
dola is "almond," and it Is supposed
that the shape of the Instrument has
given it its name. It is similar to the
viola in tone, being tuned one-fifth be
low the mandolin. In clubs it takes
the second parts, as it possesses a rich
alto quality of tone. It made Us first
appearance in northern Europe at the
court of Mary, Queen of Scots, in con
nection with the ill-fated musician,
David Rlzzlo. As a solo instrument It
is superior to the mandolin in power
and quality of tone. The mandolin is
particularly adapted to ladies, as their
fingers are flexible and they play with
a more delicate touch than the op
posite sex. Boston Herald.
Got the Wrong Man.
Old Mr. and Mrs. Shuman, from Bry
an, went to Atlanta, and in going to
the hotel for dinner saw a crowd around
a Justice's court The old couple, with
pardonable curiosity, Inquired the
cause of the gathering. They were in
formed that a man was on trial for
beating his wife. Edging their way
through the bystanders to get a look
at the prisoner, the old lady whispered
to her husband: "What a murderous
looking creature the prisoner is. I'd
be afraid to get near him." "Hush!"
warned her husband. "That isn't the
prisoner; he hasn't been brought in
yet." "It isn't?- Who is it then?"
"It's the Judge!"
That Fashionable Hand.
Harry "What are you doing with all
those books?" Reggy "Studying
them, dear boy. They're the latest
things on hieroglyphics and cipher
writing." Harry "How does that In
terest you?'" Reggy "Why, you see,
I've commenced a correspondence with
Miss Frills, and am still at work de
ciphering her first letter." Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
New Chinese Mint.
A mint is to be built at Soochow,
China, for the coining of dollars and
subsidiary coin. The machinery for
the mint has been ordered in England.
The governor of the province of Shang
hai has contributed about $35,000
toward the enterprise.
Walked Off a Train In His Sleep.
Charles Vinsey, a traveling man,
walked off a train near Anderson, Ind.,
recently and was probably fatally in
jured. Vinsey was walking In his
sleep. The train was Moving at the
rate of forty miles an hour.
HIS TIME WAS LIMITED.
The Train's Delay Was a Matter of las-
pertaare la the Traveler.
They were holding the westbound
express at Reno for the east bound to
pass, says an Exchange, and after
while a tough-looking character came
sauntering Into the waiting room and
naked of the ticket agent:
"Wall, how long afore this train
leaves?"
"Can't tell," was the curt reply.
The man went away, but in the course
of half an hour be returned to inquire.
"Heard anything yet?"
"No."
"Can't you tell when this train will
pull out?"
"No, sir. If you are here when the
train goes you can go with It It's no
use coming here to bother me."
"I don't want to bother you nor no
body else," slowly replied the ques
tioner. "But mebbe you don't under
stand how I'm fixed. I'm Prairie Sam's
partner."
"Well?"
"Sam got into a little ebootin' scrape
uptown this forenoon."
"Yes."
"And about an hour ago the boys
turned out and pulled Sam up to a
limb."
"Did, eh. I hadn't heard ot that
Why didn't they pull you up with him?"
"The blamed limb wasn't stout nuff
to hold the both of us and they was
too tired to hunt for another. They
glm me two hours to leave town In,
One of the hours has gone and I'm
kinder anxus about the other. I kin
buy a boss and ride out if that train
won't be here In time, but I'd a heap
rayther take the kyars. I don't want
to bother you but under the sarcum-
8 lances "
"I see. Well, the train will be here
In half an hour."
"Good. That gives me thirty mlnits
to play on and I won't look for a hoss.
Nice weather this."
"Beautiful weather for a lynching
bee."
"Of course. That's what I mean. I'll
Jest step up and take one long, linger-
In' look at Sam and then ketch the
train."
reacefulnes and Vegetables.
An objection urged against vegetar
ianism is that it would make us too
peaceable. A mixed diet Is supposed
to give restlessness, energy and love ot
domination, and, therefore, to give to
races which adopt it some advantages
over others which do not The connec
tion of food with racial character if
there be such a connection Is a matter
which cannot now be discussed. The
savage eats his enemy's heart because
he thinks he thereby acquires his
enemy's mental qualities. We know
that the analogy is a false one, but we
sometimes reason much in the same
strain. The Anglo-Saxon race is sup
posed to acquire its energy from the
quantity of meat which it consumes.
We might with an equal show of logic
contend that our energy is due to our
drunkenness or our love ot gambling.
If national predomlnace be a desirable
thing that race will be the fittest to
survive which has the greatest intelli
gence and the highest physical effi
ciency and which practices the greatest
economy in the use of its resources.
Westminster Review.
Why He Left.
This Incident isn't intended to dis
courage the legitimate business ot a
book agent, says the Oxford Democrat,
but perhaps it may point a moral.
There was a ring at the door of a South
Paris house one forenoon recently and
the lady of the house, taking her hands
out of the flour on the cake board, -went
to the door.
"Is Mrs. Blank at home?" Inquired
a etranger who stood at the door.
"I am," was the reply.
""Well," said the stranger, as he
pushed by her and took possession of
the parlor, "I would like to talk with
you a few minutes." Tossing his coat
and hat on the sofa and taking his
prospectus from his pocket, he con
tinued: "I am introducing a work
that "
"Is it a book on etiquette?" interrupt
ed the lady of the house.
The stranger looked at her for a
moment, then he took in the situation,
also took his coat and hat and his de
parture. Rhymes ot the Times.
And the wind blew high on Market
street,
But she didn't seem to mind;
Her gown was new and her face was
sweet;
I lazily strolled behind.
The rude breeze tossed her golden hair;
It disarranged her hat;
It laid the nape of her white neck bare,
But it didn't stop at that
For, wild with glee to find such prey
And ankles so neat and trim,
That mischievous zephyr, bold and gay,
Indulged in a naughty whim.
Oh, to be at the front, in the foremost
ranks,
"Let those who are so Inclined;
I owe that zephyr a vote of thanks
I'm glad that I walked behind.
San Francisco Wasp.
True to His Tow.
She-Jome, rlppr. here are som nice
fresh biscuits I cooked myself. Put on
your slippers and come to the table.
He Excuse me, dear; I don't think
I'll put on my slippers. I've always
made the boast that I'd die with my
boots on! Yonkers Statesman.
Distinction.
"When yer own plans goes wrong,"
said Uncle Eben, "it's hard luck. When
anudah man's plans goes wrong he orter
done knowed better." Washington
Star.
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