Nebraska Newspapers

    TALKS OF THE TIMES,
VENATOR STIWABT GETS INTO
THE SWIM.
VIIii ii 1 ‘i «*<rr Kiri)lM«| h»l *it»
Thai II* Thinks Hal II* In »*
aval, and Italia*** th*ltth**i
Will ll*arh El.on J»n*s of
Nriaila an Silver.
Mvnstnr M,«,ri aa Opii<i»l*i haw.
Nsw York. Aug II The Times to
slay publishes the follow,ng: “Sen
sbr Stewart i< on* of the latest eon
wrt* to commercial optimism. He is
• -hall''on everything ereepl sllrer.
Hr Is engaged In s vigorous vampsign
ia W ill strvvt and said yesterday that
be bad hoard so mueh about better
I,s*e> that he had determined to
gather In a part of the prosperity
wbirh is not only rampant In ths
atrvet. but throughout the land ’
‘When asked what brought about
the change In hi* rivers, he said:
'There is no room for pessimism In
this cotinlry No one ran ha a bear
tr the faea of tha whaat famine in '
Argent ne, Russia. Hugary and India !
fa new of these condition*, abroad, 1 !
sboii d n *l la* surprised to sea ailrer
aril a* tow a* twenty-tire eents and
wheal as high a* a dollar Thera ia
nothing In talk ng ailrer at tha
present tints, and my adt tes to my
friend* in the \Va*l ia to fall In j
me w.th the forees of prorperilr and !
prstgress and rrceir* their due share }
of the reward The time has pasted j
f. Mr fK« .sl.l iss’iei War mtu< lltnt t.t
fare new imucs and new conditions I
frequently hear it said that thia secur
ity market is a duplicate of the mar
ket of i|71 It it not It is w ire of a
hoi) market. All a man ha* lo do ia
to get into it, go to sleep and get rich
“The wheat si lust'.on in the W r»t
will make every railway not a divi
dend earner lull a dividend oayer.
Railroad* that have been moribund
foe year* are now taxed to their fall
en* rapse tj and are »llli unable to
areomni.vlatr their t-affic I am told
that there ia imminent danger of a ear
famine oa many of the most impor
tant Vne* traversing the country,’
’"Are the people in the Weal alive
to thia new aitcation*
The people in the West,’ he re
pined. "are wide awake They know n
gaud thing when they see it. Most of
them are hang.eg oa to their cereals
w lh cnatdenee horn of hope and ac
twal traowiedge of what ia going on
around them With their immense
crops they will he able aot only to
laqnadaie the.r indebtedness to the
■Money sharks of the East, but will in
angnrate a haying movement that wi.l
awrpr.se the people in thia part of the
eunalry I think that by the -ale fall
the truth of what I said and reiterated
•taring the campaign will be generally
reeogti rrd and thia is that there cao
he me general prosperity in thia coun
try that ta aot bora and sustained in
the West'
"Senator John P Jones of Nevada,
■he is spending a vacation in IhU
eity. said yesterday that tne continued
fail its the price of aileer ought not tc I
swtpr-.se anyone S lver is falling in !
price, be sa d. ‘because of the falling
at the demand for it as money Japan
baa gone into a gvvld basis and so less
-*«rd the demand for silver Besides
this, there has been, because of eni
vt.-sal bard time*, a great falling off
ia par.ha-c* in the East The Ori
ental countries use silver money and
our purchase* are paid for in that
metal The demand haa been cat off 1
by reason of the hard times.'
•Ol the increase in gold production
in Alaska. Mr. Jones said: -1 am not
opposed to prosperity through an in -
crease in gs d The Republican* are
very laeky and 1 congratulate them
oa the fact that tius great discovery
bus ».th:n their aim .u .strution. i
believe a grva: deal of gold wiii be
fownd is Alaska and it is certain to
resiore prosperity. for which the lie
pubixaas wile'am and receive credit
twau vaow ii* mars. « neiaer
Itroafli |nW or aiiasr. Marls glonti
rmV»o» *m& oo*frat«.>ataoe in bean!
owt im far* that oar Wo*l
m wheat .t pouitf ap to
a atoliar bearanae of a faensi-e in
%rg*a. ism. Esot-.t IbJa and other
rvosklraca. 1 Ao sot thus* Ual oar
prosper, t/ a io«nd*4 opes dees,tattoo
■m luml* in focr fs. aat.-joa 1
■ us to «* a Aeud of wsmi tarn the
kite at. ; 'W.t kSsJ rt fitr me «u!«
pauL« of oor -as A Aao&brr mon'.t
that s«U folk. » firs* an abo&dasac of
■awe* be it » Trr or fold will be
•art aana of la a hatred of Uu trsm
TW paiapo kata traeta asa oo. r proa
prr<l) Vm> fnie Sdaupor eat ef Ue r
eaiaia Ptsptjr of Boars sail (n<5
mot Us trsti Hrj AoeraA ssslj -a
bare t-*a» *_
U naiMi a #•••« t'**»
KtiM* Cm, H«». A*/ - - Tie
Aa#* **?.* baa beta «u>ae toot v *rt ■•
n»aes>i s to f s'* a heat-aai asf u o*
praa" a Kw>w I'tj » tu so* poe
* roar* * bo .5<*p la lb# sftpiar
|- — tor tJbs bs»,4 tf Ike |».- • rr f
•ao* piosad .» tb» . a** * a# Ukr .1
uw too*4 vbat lit app*< #* stana
froan CoOaf*#** a a* -tsa Ai eel t*
•«nrt Un b*..d-*f eoasf. »>« and ti
•aaat aa^ man a at off '• »l pa ■■**»
ados van a» s f » p»u op a p an
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JOHN SHERMAN.
ttat rratMhl* that It* Will Kellre front
the Cabinet.
Wasuixotom, Aug IS.—AU report*
about the early retirement from the
cabinet t»f John Sherman, aceretary of
atate, which have b»n scattered
bro*.Icaat of late are dented by Mr.
Sherman and the report that Judge
Day. first aaslatant secretary, was
summoned suddenly from t'anton
where he waa attending hia vacation,
to assume charge of the department,
la also denied.
The fact that Judge Day was pre
paring to leave Canton for Cambridge
boro. I'a., evidently gave rise to the
re wort. He is not ex pre ted in Wash
in. .on before September.
Though the Immediate retirement of
Mr Sherman le not expected. It has
been tha Impression among well In
formed men In Washington for aev
eral months that his service as secre
tary of state would certainly not
continue through the administration,
and possibly not thrr gh IU first year.
The fact canuot he concealed that ha
la in feeble hoalth. due to advanced
sgv and long years of political actle
lly. but the statements that he 1s men
tally irresponsible are preposterous,
for his conversation is as dear and ra
tional to-day as any man s
When Mr. bhrrinan went into the
Cabinet It was with the express un
derstanding that he should Ik* relieved
of all hard diplomatic labor. He has
visited Ins office dally when in Wash
ington. has met the diplomatic corps
at the appointed times and has per*
formed other light duties, hut has not
attempted to perform any of the heavy
labor of the department
NO KLONDIKE GOLD TAX
Cnaada Ahead*** Ha Svh*m* la Kia*l
runf
Ottawa, Out.. Aug 13- Influenced
kt a strong protest from both the
politician* »:id basin*** men of the
northwest po'tioa of the dominion,
the government has decided to ahau
don its scheme to force miners of the
placer region* of the Klondike to pay
a royalty of 1> or li per ctnt on ail j
gold taken out there. Many business '
men declared in their representation*
to the government that sv h a rule. If
put In force, would undoubtedly lead
to infinite trouble and wight lead to
bloodshed. The storekeepers and out
fitters of British Columbia are busy
now arranging thair plans to compel
all prospectors to buy their supplies
of them by enforcing the payment of
duty on all outfits from the United
Metes which are carried Into the
Upper Yukon valley.
FREE SILVER SCHEME.
ft* Proposed Parches* of Pony Toe*
fa* Eaforrrd reunited Coles**
Wasbixotop. Aug 13—The Silver
Dollar league of this city ha* iesued a
circular asking investors to co-oper
ate in the purchase of forty tous of
ss.ver to be offered at the mints for
free coinage, and in the event of the
superintendent’s refusal the court*
will be invoked under a clause, which,
it is claimed, ha* not been revoked, of
the act of February 2d. IsTd, which
provide* that “silver dollars of the
weight of 413S grains Troy standard
silver shall be coined at the mint* of
toe United States as provided in the
act of January 1*. 1S37.” According
to the circular, “the profit to thos<
who will help us to start and finish
the fight on the above lines” will be
SToO.oOO. For any sum above a dollar
investors may become part purchase! s
of the fortv tons
Klnped With s Train:*
Sedaiia. Mo. Aug. 13.—A trarap
about 35 year* old. whose right name
is unknown here, but who was known
by the simple sobriquet ot “Joe.'* was
given employment splitting rails, by
John Jordan, who lives on Thomas
ChaaU..aia't farm. fifteen mile*
north of Ne-taiia Some time during
Monday night, the stranger, who had
breome enamored with Jordan * wife,
b.tcbed two of his employer's horse*
to a wagon and drove oft w.th Mrs.
Jordan and three of her children. The
fugitive* were traced to this city, and
it i* believed they are now traveling
through Kenton county, on their way
to the Ozark*. or In.l an territory.
IS* Ttd* ot Is* iriila*
IVtii:i«M)>. Aug 11—The tide ot
.**. g ration U at the lowest point
unco the genera! government a*sumrd
1 iurisdwtioo of the sub.wet in 1*41.
Toe number of arrivals from all cons
! tries, accord.ag to treasury statistics
■iur.ng the last then) year was Mi all,
a decrease a <-x* pared w 111 the pie
* VIOWS year ot 111 til The lightest
j .mu. grat.oe ot say previous year was
A l**l. when the aamber from alt
>ts.r»'t **> »va
I • VkiMii %+m
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A BIG UNDERTAKING.
MEASURING THE EARTH THE
LATEST ENGLISH FREAK.
A (ilg.mlr Nrh.m. Instiaurat .cl to Ae
romitll.h t ho iHiJrrt An Are »* I OS
llriiTM Mill H.«|»lrn • Lons
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N REPARATIONS arc
A under way In I. >t»
f don for the most
gigantic undertak
ing In the way of
u survey ever at
tempted, It Is pro
posed to measure
the earth. Now. It
only needs a glance
at one of the hum
ble Imitations of
this terrestrial sphere to see that It Is
no light task. It Involves the expendi
ture of .flllllons. It means continuous
sclentlfl.- research for a period the
length < f which no otic can tell.
Felen.lBc men are cmslderlng the
plan wllh (he deepest Interest. It Is a
strange fact that the tmire the problem I
of the formation of the eurth Is studied
by siiv. ntH the more Is the belief that
the earT. Is not round, credited. This
may secia like a ridiculous statement, j
hut Sind authorities as Professor A. I
Fowler, .me of ihe lending members of I
the Ko; al Astronomical Society, Is
firmly iv this belief, and be represents !
a host i< others of equal prominence. |
The li ngest arc at present known Is [
>9 degrees and 32 minutes. The south
ern temlnatlon of this arc. wh eh I
means ooc of those lines you see drawn j
In a semi-circle on a map. Is Staro
Nekrassowka, in latitude 4ft degrees j
30 minutes 2 8 seconds. This terming- ■
lion Is marked hy a pyramid of east j
Iron, which rests i»n a mice seven feet )
wide, hearing an Inscription showing ;
what the monument really Is. The
northernmost limit of this arc is at I
Hammerfest. In Norway. Another i
monument la there. The column anil ;
pedestal are of granite, and at the top. |
or. a tironxe base, is a terrrestrlal glob
of copper, bearing the following in- I
script Ion:
"The northern termination of the ,
arc of meridian of 25 degrees 20 min- ’
utw from the Arctic ocean to the
River Danube, through Norway. Swe- j
r .-.
THE KAMOl'S MOSI MKXT AT HAM.MEKEEST. JCORWAY.
den and Russia, which, according to
the orders of His Majesty King Oscar
1. and the Emperors Alexander 1. and
Nicholas 1., and by uninterrupted la
bors from 1816 to 1852, was measured
I by the geometers of the three nations."
When the present arc was completed
it was celebrated as tbe conclusion of
the greatest undertaking of the sort
ever carried to completion Therefore
how much greater is the present plan,
for it cor templates the measurement of
an arc of 105 degrees.
The probabilities are that the carry
ing out of the latest plan will not take
nearly a century and a half- The
knowledge which ia already ours will
accelerate action
% Cl#«#r Httifullr.
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town j#tHr) Arm Scut a gold w«u h
i At IdtAi, w*4 r#v#<w)«*d by a
c»rtiv**r of thr firm to •otn»* of hi#
i >rcti* tii ihu rtty th# i»thrr d*y a
AglMiAWitd iuaci At th# At or#,
I iad *fi#r moth «J#Ub#rAting ib>wr a
tttUh Aid give hi* chuck for Idou in
! far it I Vint you to ba%*
; tb« witch rvgulAtwd b# «*UI to th«*
( r>rk ao I t as i*i >< tomorrow After*
loot li tb* w*AbU«* you ran 4* rr
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lust *fi*riu«ui b* rt)M led *11 In*
that tb# * h#* k hid b##A r#«
furt*4 fn*m ib# luck o*t «bi<l u to
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(Ini# afterward the check wits returns
to the firm for payment. The banl
had cashed It on the strength of tb
firm's Indorsement.- New York Tlmei
AMERICAN IN NAME ONLY.
Key W»il Is m yuiwr CIl; amt Hid No
Rats* the Coafedrrala Slag.
From the Huffalo-Courler: A mat
who recently has returned from Koj
West, Fla., says the flrst Impression <
stranger gets of that place at the pres
ent time Is that the city has gone on i
perpetual holiday spree. Hunting fllei
from almost every housetop, and th«
colors are about evenly divided lietweel
"Old Glory" and the emblem of tht
Cuban republic. People of ull clasaei
and ages wear pins or other symholi
hearing the motto, "Cuba Libre.” Thli
far southern city, lying utmost within
the troples, Is the only town of Import
ance bellow Mason and Dixon's lino
that was never under the stars and
bars of the Confederacy. The popu
lation Is about evenly divided botween
white Cubans and the white Hahamluus,
There are not more than a score of real
American families resident on the Is
land. but notwithstanding this fact the
great mass of the people are loyal to
the union first and to Cuba next. It
Is eurlous. though true, that of all the
houses, dwellings, stores, hotels and
other buildings that dot the Island from
one shore to the other, not one of them
has a chimney nor anything that will
answer the purpose of a chimney.
Handsome residences and lowly hovels
ure alike In this respect, and from an
eminence guzlnguut over acres of roofs
on all sides one Is struck with the want
of something to complete the symme
try of the picture. Wood or coal or
fuel of any kind are unknown quanti
ties. us the tropical atmosphere fur
nishes all the heat required, and for
nmklng purposes sticks of rurlxm are
used, which are sold by peddlers who
hawk their wures about the streets.
There are few stores, as we understand
Kuh things, utid no markets. Sign
hoards In Spanish will tell you where
ihe liarber shop Is located or where
Lo buy coral ornaments. There are no
more than half a dozen stores conduct
ed on the American plan In the Island.
Instead of a market there Is a daily
auction near the government dock,
where everything In the way of pro
visions, furniture anil fruit is knocked
' ' .I
down to the highest bidder. Bananas,
alligator iwars ar>.\ pineapples are the
I eommonest articles of purchase: and
here ships from Jamaica. Cuba and
Nassau, in the Hahamas. unload their
' cargoes and dispose of them at ruinous
rates rather than risk a voyage at tills
■ time of year to more northern ports.
I'ruuouorea.
Life Anxious Mother Hus his lord
ship exhibited any symptoms of affec
tion?
Observant 1 laughter Yes. he ha
tried to tind out how much we are
worth.
LATE NEW INVENTIONS.
With the use of a new wash Isiilet
it is not uecessary to scrub the clothes
hard, the dirt being largely removed
by the action of the water in the boiler
a series of pipes extending down
| through the boiler into the stove tti
I force the water out onto 'he cloth->
| as it betomes heated
Clothes-pins sts now being menu
Uituted which have the opening li
j grip the line placed in the side of Hr
pin Ulead of In the md. so that tin
pm -an be attached to the line by pull
*ug down ins <ad of pushing the ;i*
on one aide being elongated so as u
' be grasped by the hand *
Med nine w hi- it tastes bad van is
e**M» taken by weans of a newly Je<
. vised stage. wnhh has a partition in
the renter I * tejarat* the nr dtvin*
front i ItdO-d to wash it -town 111*
* i art it ion preventing the two front to v
1 ng sv.d alto*mg the wash to sins
ewt by lipping the a inn* highsr op
h new portable •awing w* nine t
telttni ttee* and vsttltf iheth op mt
«os*t has s folding flaw* with g i«t|i
twian** wheel gssred to g -rank thsf
with the saw tii-js attached to the tti
j - I the -rnha la slide th'rogh gvoesvei
In the lugs m# saw being run by 1
fasti vg the sober end «f the snail
Hun whs* dn past mews hi 'vH
! Mid ** nwmitlhg * tlittisg tut If
’ (eathe • wet' T nth.
* 'no room for them.
. UNCLE SAM WANTS NO AN
ARCHISTS.
Am*rtrA la Not to II* Mail* on Aaflnat
for Th*«n--Th* I .aw Mtiuttlng Out
l»Ang*roua IVraona From For
•Ign louatrlia tn It* Atrlctljr
Raferc*4»
WAtrlilng for Aiiorrhlalg.
Wasiiisotox, Aug. 14.—The treasury
authorities are keeping a sharp look
out for th* Anarchist* now being
driven from France, Spain and Italy
by concerted action, and no patna will
be spared to prevent the United State*
from being insdc an asylum for these
men.
Terrence V. l’owderly, the new com
missioner of immigration, said last
night that he would udopt every rem
edy under the law to exclude I’lanas,
leader of the Spanish Auurehista, who
has been conducted to lluvrc bj
French official* and shipped to N'eii
York. Thu immigration authorities
will notify their ollleer* at New York
und all large seaboard porta to he on
the lookout for Anarehista headed this
way. It la expected that the United
Slates consul at Havre will givo sped
flo Information as to the ship on
which I'lunas and his co-Aiiurchists
shall sail.
The law permits the exclusion of
"person* who have been convicted of
a felony or other infamous crimes nr
misdemeanors involving moral turptl
tilde" and of "persona likely to become
a public charge.' These are the only
provisions which even indirectly cun
he applied to anarchists und the bu
reau will be compelled to resort tc
them
After the Harcelona anarchistic agi
tation the French sent to tin- state
expelled from that country and ex
peeled to Colne to the ('ailed Ntate*.
The list was sent to the Immigration
officer* in New York, Philadelphia,
Host.m and other |iort* with inxtrur,
I Ions to apply the law against unarrl<
l*ts named on the list None of them
were apprehended, however, a* tliev
either did not come or were Minuggled
in by way of the steerage.
Mr. Powderly was asked If be fa
vored strengthening, the law »o us to
•peciflcslly exclude Anarchist*, and
replied: “1 most assuredly would favor
a law excluding from the t'niteil
State* every criminal, Incendiary and
Anarchist There 1* no trouble in fix
ing the status of a mau who ha* been
conv cted of a crime, but the term
‘Anarchist' has not been clearly de
fined. so that it is extremely diliieult
to ascertain who the Anarchists are. '
Mr. Powderly went on to show the
difficulties in the way of defining 'an
archistic." The latter claims to la- a
philosopher seeking an ideul state of
society. To this end he advocates the
abolition of all law and the snbstitu
tlon of individual effort It Is only
when the Anarchist carries his philo
sophy to the point of becoming an as
sassin or advocate of assassination or
incendiarism that the law can deal
with him. It cannot deal with him us
an ubstraet philosopher.”
In the ease of 1’lunas, the Spanish
Anarchist, there seems to he no doubt
as to his character. Mr. Powderly has
long known Planas. The fact that he
is expelled fron France would proha
bly bring him within the section of the
law excluding those who had been
lolivieted of any offense involving
moral turpitude.
BIG POLITICAL POW-WOW
President McKinley, senator l-lstl slid
Governor lllsck to Sleet.
W ASIIISOTOX, Aug. H.—All interest
I ing and probably Important political
; pow wow is scheduled to occur tins
! week at Port Henry. Representative
1 Wallace T. Foote. Jr., of the Twenty
| third New- York district, is having a
house party there. His Congressional
colleagues are his guests. Governor
Black, Senator Platt Speaker Heed
anti Senator Chandler will la- present
during the week, ami President Mc
Kinley accepted an invitation to-day
to dine there Saturday, when ho will
j meet the party. Hue of the most eon*
. splcuous features of the meet will be
wi» emu.tig together tor the tlr*t time
in neverul month* of Muuittor I'lalt
and liovernor It lack.
It i* thought hera tliul the two Netv
Yorker* will reuelt a more e.trdtul
u 4 denta tiding and that notne import
ant proportion* toward carrying on
tirenter New \ ,.rk » politlgnl campaign
will Iw dlaeuaaed and *ou>ethlug dell
Itite decided upon
I 4at»ru klouUikar*.
S*trtu, \ta»h. Aug. U--<»tte u(
the lttrg<-»t and hc*t otutppcd of all
the parttc* that have *lartrd for the
Klondike from NealH* tin* h-.imi* ha*
ju»t arrived In the elty from New Kng
land. They are organised on a noit
tary laili, the captain la-lug Arthur
T Key mom r *.u of the well-kno * u
mind tva-ler l ha tie* II Mo*ele> , f.n
nn-rly of Ike I’orton Herald. t* *eer«
tary. and A K Itoger*. uf Norwich
* onn , l* tr* uiim Kach meml-c- ol
j the party originally i-ontrihuted
and each agree* to *hare and *har>
•like iu a 1 the expenditure* and profit*
of th • *X|»*dd-uh Apart from tio xe
•It lit dual* the >..*naii, ha* plenty of
ate* ag
Mu**l Hirtuo* Mot*
i Hi- xi-ix Aug it tw** t tool,a a I
gee hundred men roifthttnl u* t Kiea
g>> * ftaUtte uhiol bn ..ting . *tru. b t«.
i 0*. •*) ,<**ter of 'lie lidding I ruir,
gowned and repair* on th.*tx hte
a Hail him*** were tiuptw-l II tt»*
{ *tr»k» I* not tett.ed n*>* It i* *a d the
ikti -l ng* wilt be m tueb • condition
that they cannot le *w*l at the open
tag of tne mhoed* In *rpi* <*t*r fhe
lak**r ****** den**- -led that the W-*< d
nf ed- .-athm innrrt a , *..*• m fatura
gonlrm-ta that none 1**41 VkHHMk feMHffli |pn
»i«4 «nk IU* 4.'• ».
ENTERINC A FORBIDDEM ClYV.
Or. Wolfe, » Oerinan Tr»»»l«r. »p«n«l»
Two llonni lo t'hiiirSh*.
Some curious details are given In let
ers from missionaries In regard to tb<»
visit of a German traveler. I)r. Wolfe,
to Chang-Sha. the capital of Hunan,
which never before had been entered by
a foreigner. It seems that the doctor
gained his point and entered the for
bidden city, but his visit was a mere
farce, as he was not permitted to go
about In the city or to aee any of Its
features. He simply was carried In a
rlosed chair to the prefect’s room In
one of the government halls, whore h«
was entertained with refreshments, and
an hour latpr was taken back swiftly
In the same way. Hunan Is the pro
vince of China which has gained noto
riety aa (he most bitterly antl-forelgn
and anti-Christian of any In the em
pire. For years the mandarin In
charge of the te'egraph aerv *e a'tempt -
ed lo connect Chang-Hha with the other
large cities of China, hut ha was forced
to give up, us the people burned his
poles and threw the workmen Into the
nearest river or pond. Only three years
ago an effort was made lo run the tele
graph Hue to Hlherla through one cor
ner of Hunan, hut native prejudice was
still so strong that the wire und poles
were destroyed und the workmen wera
driven beyond the boundary of the
province und warned under pain of
deuih not to return. It is only within
the lust year (hat an Imperial decree
was Issued ordering the Hunanese not
to molest the builders of (he telegraph.
It Is expected that Chang-Sha In u few
months will he connected with the rest
of the worltl by telegraph. It was at
Chang-Sha that the atrocious hooka at
tacking the Christian religion were
published about eight years ago. Chou
Han, a literary graduate and a mun of J
means, was the author of these libels
on Christianity, which were Illustrated
with pictures too vile to describe. Dr.
Griffith John, a well known missionary,
exposed the authorship of the books,
ami iiitm i iim'u in*' iMiiJimiinr wiiu whn
sending them out. Through l.l Hung
Chung un Imperial decree waa secured
prohibiting any further publication of
the books, and an order was Issued for
the destruction of the wooden type
from which they were printed. This
order was evaded by Chou llan remov
ing the type to his country place, forty
five miles uway, but a curious feature
of the matter was the change of heart
on the part of Chou Hun. Dr. John
sent him letters calling his attention
to the Injustices of attacking a religion
of which he knew nothing personally.
He also sent Chou Han the Bible In
Chinese, with considerable literature
that explained the chief tenets of Chris
tianity. Chou Han made no reply, but
his publisher, who U now one of Dr.
John's friends, assured the missionary
that Chou Han had ceased to rail
against the Christian religion, though
the story of his conversion was with
out foundation. Chou Han appears to
be a mun of much nobility of character,
for he has given away In charity tbs
greater part of a large fortune, retain
ing only a small farm sufficient for the
support of himself ami his son. For
merly when he visited Chang-Sha he
put up at one of the temples; now lie
stays at a cheap hotel. It Is'thn gen
eral opinion that Dr. Wolfe's persist
ence in entering Chang-Sha has aroused
the enmity of the people, and that his
conduct will make It morn difficult for
any other traveler to penetrate Into the
Interior of Hunan. Dr. Wolfe waited
fifteen days for permission to enter
Chang-Sha, and on March 19 this was
granted. In a closed chair he was
taken through the gate at 3:45 p. m,
and at 5:46 p. m. he was brought out
In the same wav. his chair curtain*
being let down all around ho that b»
was In absolute darkness, unable to see
anything. After leaving Chang-Sha hn
went to Heng-Chou, where u street mob
hooted at him and pelted him with
rlods of earth. They tried to pull him
down to the water to drown him. but
he escaped and reached I.yntang There
his three bearers became alarmed at
the violenee of the people and deserted
him. Left alone, with no knowledge
of the language. Dr. Wolfe was foreed
to make his way by water back to
Handtow. New York Sun.
t'eeil* (lie Mlsalaalitpi.
According to calculations of John
Hirkenblnn. of Philadelphia, the drain
age area of the Mississippi liver Is on«
*nd one-fourth millions of square tnlln*.
including uearly all of the country from
the AI lag bail I es lo the I lock I As Mlt,|
from t'unuda to the tlulf of Msalco. In
his communication to the Rnglnecr*'
Plub Mr Kirkentdue estimates that on«
inch of rain falling evenly over this
area would equal 31.7*0.000 UMO.UOO gal
Ions of wafer The average yeaiiy ftt||
in the Mississippi watershed averages
from iweuty to forty-three Inches -
ordlag to Us alltv The river has an
sverag* flow of tuums. cubic rwt
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