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On last Sunday the attendance at the
Paris exposition reached tho enormous
total of 540,000 fdr tho day. This Is
within 200,000 of being as high a figure
as was made at our own world's fair on
Chicago day, Oct. 9. 1893. The dally
attendance at the Paris fair Is, how
evor, much above the Chicago average,
being about 100,000. While this heats
tho Chicago record, It should be re
membcred that there is a population or
80,000,000 within n radius of 500 miles
of Paris and excursion trulns arc run
dally.
In other respects tho Paris show does
not differ much from the World's Fair
of 1893. Nearly all the leading fea
tures of the Chicago exposition urc re
tained. The Midway Plalsancc Is rc
nroduced with great urcclsencss. The
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"Streets of Cairo" Is tho great drawing
card In that section, Just as it was nt
Chicago. The camel ride Is us popular
over there ns It proved hero.
Occasionally we hear that tho Paris
exposition Is not a success. Perhaps
it Isn't an artistic succccss, but llnnn
clally It has proved a splendid Invest
ment for Paris and likewise for
France. To date It is a success.
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England's Latest
War Machines
The new Pennington motor has been
given a trial in England, and tho latest
"wonder of military mechanics" is not
tho ridiculous failure It was expected to
be. As a matter of fact It seems not
only to bo tho strongest but tho fastest
yet In existence, and Its use Is expected
to revolutionize modern warfare This
is to ho accomplished by means of a
traveling fortress capablo of running
at tho speed of an expres strain overnl
most any kind of ground. A most
stringent series of tests have lately
been mado with tho now machine. Last
week It was run across country for 15
miles without any dovlatlon from its
straight course for obstructions It met
with on tho way. Tho engine' Jumped
ditches, hillocks and largo rocks, and
crashed through fences with case.
Tho motor Itself setB low to tho
ground, aud is so rigidly built that It
can withstand any shock, while the ar
rangement of heavy traveling wheels,
formlngapractlcally continuous rolling
surface enables It to hang over nn em
bankment almost half Its length with
out disturbing Its balance. It would
bo thus poaslhlo for it to cross a deep
ditch, almost half as wldo bb tho ma
chine Is long, without toppling over.
It Is scarcely possible to give an Idea
of tho resistless force with which this
mighty engine quietly crushed down
every obstacle that came within Its
path. Part of Its forco comes from Uh
great weight, part from Its powerful
machinery and part from its momen
tum which, over part of tho cioss coun
try com so, brought it up to a speed or
40 miles an hour. While going at this
speed, a stono fence, two feet thick,
was crushed Into and tho masonry was
scatteied like chaff, leaving a smooth
passagoway tho width of the engine,
much In the form of a bullet going
through a rigidly framed pane of glass.
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yi Chinese yimcrican.
A llttlo over twenty-live years ago a
rich Chinese merchant of San Fran
cisco, well cducntcd and well born,
fell In love with tho daughter of a
white man who owned a ranch high
up In the foothills of tho Santa Cruz
mountains. Tho father threatened to
shoot tho Mongolian on sight, but tho
girl loved him well enough to leave
home and parents and run away with
him to China. They were married, and
two years later they had a son, Ah
Foo Lin. Tho child grew up, speaking
English as well us he did Chinese, and
when tno war with
Japan broke out
he was given a
commission on n
Chinese man ol
war. He was pres
ent at tho battle
of Yalu river and
was wounded by
.'ragmonts of a
shell. When tho
ship on which ho
served fell into tho
hands of the Jap
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The Hots in New Orleans recall sev
eral famous outbreaks of past years,
which throw the crescent city of tho
south into a state of turmoil and dis
order. In each Instance tho raclnl
problem has been the dlict or Indi
rect caiiFo of thi trouble, and In tho
days following closely on the civil war
tho political conditions wero such that
outbreaks were frequent. It has not
always been the negro problem which
tins precipitated these upheavals, as
was witnessed In tho riots of 1S90, tho
wrath of the peoplo at that tlmo bc
Inir (llrrctnil tnwiti'il Mm Itnllan element
of tho city, tho charge being made at
that time that tho Mafia soclHy had
caused the murder of tho chief of po
llco of tho city.
Tho first lint of nnv Imnortnnro In
Now OrkMiis was soon after the close
of tho war It had Its Inception in the
political troubled which then wero
rampant throughout the Htate, but the
real hostilities wero brought about
when tho colored population of tho city
sought to take nn active part In the
deliberations of the two political par
ties then snuggling for supremacy.
It had boon auggested by the federal
authorities that tho constitution of tho
stnte be revised In ceitaln particular?
so as to conform with the new order
of things following tho war. Tho sen
timent became so Btrong In 1S0G that
the governor left the state for a short
tlmo nfter announcing that he would
not call n special convention to take
tin tho matter of revision.
On July 30 It. II. Howell, n Judge of
tho supreme court, wan selected to call
a convention, which was to bo held In
the Mechanics' Institute In Drydes
jtrcct. Shoitly after 11 o'clock on tho
morning of tho date mentioned, n
large number of negroes, headed by the
American flag, marched toward tho
nicotine nlaeo amid tho hooting and
yelling of tho whites, who had assem
bled on the sidewalks.
When the procession had reached
Canal street, near Hurgundy, a car
man noshed ono of the negroes from
I tho sidewalk nnd In nnothor Instant n
shot was Ural. It was round impos
sible to transact any business In the
convention and nn adjourment wan
taken. In tho meantime tho whitca
had armed themselves and soon nfter
12 o'clock n pitched battlo was fought
In tho streets surrounding tho Insti
tute. The rauilt was that llfty negroes
and two white men were killed and
fully 300 of both races wounded. The
United States army ofllcers Interfered
and peace was restored aftor several
days of excitement.
During tho Interim between 18CG nnd
1873 thoro wero numerous disturb
ances of a minor character In New Or
leans, but it was not until March ol
tho latter year that matters again took
on a serious aspect.
It was then that tho so-called Pinch
beck legislature passed certain lawH
which weio distasteful to certain of
tho whlto element In politics. Pinch
beck, tho lieutenant governor, wna col
ored, and for this reatson tho feeling
became all the, moro Intense. The stnte
was governed practically by two gov
ornoiB Kellogg and McEnory and
after many weeks of skirmishing tho
nolltlcal bomb buret In tho strocts ol
New Orleans, and several days' rioting
followed. Several negroes and whites
wero killed nnd tho hospitals were fill
ed with tho wounded.
In March, 1891, Now Orleans ngaln at
tracted tho attention of tho world by
Indulging In a riot, which led to the
severing of friendly ties between tho
United States and Italy and came near
resulting In n war between tho two
nations. The lynching of eleven So
clllaus by a mob was the direct online
of the departuro of the Italian minis
ter from Washington.
On Oct. 15, 1890, David C. Hennessy,
chief of the New OrleatiH police force,
was shot near his own door at night,
and died without being nblu to say
anything moro than tho "daws" had
shot him. Many murders aud assaults
had been committed In the city by Ital
ians, nnd In tho majority of Instance.
tho perpetratois escaped punishment.
Chief Hennessy had been Instrumental
In tho extradition of Esposlto, a fugi
tive Italian bandit, nnd had proved a
terror to the lawless element among
the Italians.
Tho murder of the chief caused In
tense excitement umong tho working
people, and was Intensified when It
TARANTULAS OnOWINQ SCAT-.
Arlionu Mmi "h Nvrr tlotUm Orer
Horror of Thriu.
"I've nccn tho famous 'Olla mon
ster' often." H.ld an Arizona man In
the Now Orleans Times-Democrat. "It
Is simply an uncouth, horrlhlo looking
llzird, and I'd rather encounter a hun
dred of thorn than a slnglo tarantula.
I'll never forget tho first tlmo I ever
saw ono of thoso glnnt spiders. I was
living noir Phoenix then, und hnd
gono out to havo u look at u mineral
deposit recently discovered on my land
Tho plnco was soino distance away, and
I was walking across a stretch of level,
sandy country, when I noticed n. queer
round object, about the bIzo of a man's
clinched lint, lying near it llttlo pile of
rocks. It looked for all tho world llko
ono of those snarls of hair that women
lake out of their combs, but when I
drew rearer 1 enw that It was nllvo.
and recognized It from descriptions us
a d-aert tarantula. Itn ler.s wero nil
drawn under Ub body at the time, and
It seemed Indescribably lumpy nnd
sluggish, but aH I stooped down to get
a closer view It mado ft muulrii. quicK
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SCENE OF THE NEGItO 11IOTS.
Iii'c.min nnlsril about that the Mafia
eoclety had conspired to kill tho alllcer.
Six men wero charged with tho murdor
of Hennebsy nnd threo others were
held as accessories.
After a lengthy trial tho men wore
acquitted by order of the court. Tho
verdict proved unsatisfactory to tho
peoplo of tho city, nnd charges were
mado that tho powerful Mafia society
had used money to bilbo tho witnesses
and court olllclals.
Before tho Sicilians hnd been releas
ed from tho Jail a. commltteo of fifty
was organized nnd nfter a mob had
been formed tho frenzied men broke
Into tho Jail on March 14 nnd captured
eleven Sicilians who wero there con
fined. They were mnrchod to tho pub
lic square overlooking tho old parish
prison and while thousands of peoplo
lined tho streets nnd housotops thoy
woro hanged to trees nnd poles and aft
erward riddled with bullotH.
An Informal Itotlmv.
Governor Crane of Massachusetts
does not placo much confidence In for
mal reviews of the state nillltln, and,
therefore, ho surprised tho Mnssnchu
HottB troops tho other day by appear
ing In their camp unannounced, nnd
ordered nn Impromptu review
tniwiunont und then Jumped Bquuro at
my face. I dodged It by puro Instinct,
and tho thing missed me and struck
tho sand two or three feet nwny. It
ran several yards with Indescribable
swiftness, and then turned ns If to
chargo ajnln, but I had had enough.
I bent ft retieat. Slnco then I havo
killed a nnnibor of tnrantuluB nnd
...i,i (...,.. niiiFn tint T Imvn never
'outgrown tho horror thoy Inspire. Tho
coarso brown hair thai covers uioir
bodies makes them .seorn much larger
than they really Jirc and thoy havo
ImmenHoly muscular legB. Tolr Pu
nuclty und strength are almost in
credible. They will nttack anything, n.
regardless of size, nnd they make the
moBt amazing leaps through tho nlr. Of
late ycarB I am glad to say they hav
becomo very senrce, and every fron
tiorsmnn Is their natural enemy, nnd
tho war against them Is ilerco and ro
lentlcss. The blto of tho creaturo la
Bald to bo fatul.and I havo known them
to kill horses, but I have no personal
knowledge of nny case of a human be
ing who died from the effect of tho
poison. Their Ill-repute In that partic
ular Is probably exaggerated."
Tho annual death rato of Gonova,
Switzerland, is only 14.7 a thousand.
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fit- Ttamado's Homes.
At tho thirty-fourth annual meeting
of the directors of Dr. Darnndo'a homo
In Great Britain, statistics woro glvon
showing the enormous extent of this
chanty. Last year the disbursements
reached nearly $1,000,000. During tho
year 3,011 children wero admitted to
tho homes and, adding these to tho
4 448 children In the Institutions nt
tho beginning of the year, tho number
miUntalncd wholly or In part during
t year" was no less than 7,459. Tho
& Vof tho homes Is that during tho
yoarno application mado by or In bo-
half pf a destitute child was rcfusod.
Dr. Darnado's homes now number
twenty-two In the United Kingdom,
besides which there are four In Can
ada, and It Is proposed to establish
others in Australia. Another branch
of tho work Is tho sending out of chil
dren as emigrants to tho British col
onies, and thus far 10.C09 boys nnd
girls have been sont, most of them to
Canada.
A letter from Stephen Crane to
nichard Hovoy sold in London Inst
week for 50.
uneso he was mado n prisoner. A few
weeks later ho escaped and after a
month of hardship und wandering ho
finally landed In Honolulu. Thoro ono
night ho was drugged und "shnng
haled" on board n schooner engaged In
smuggling opium to tho United States.
When the llttlo vessol finally came
to anchor In a bay on tho coast of
southern California he took tho first
opportunity to slip overboard In tho
darkness nnd swim to shore. Ho was
entirely without money or acquaint
ances, and the next fow .months ho
had a hard time to get food und shel
ter. Ho served as bootblack, as u dish
washer, a fruit picker, aud as n min
ing prospector. Ho was knocked
down by a hlghwaymnn and robbed of
what llttlo ho had accumulated. At
last a letter camo from homo bringing
plenty of money. He started on tils
travels. In Chicago ho worked for a
time as reportor on ono of the groat
newspapers. Then ho drifted to Bos
ton. Since his arrival at the Hub ho
has published two novels' and a book
of verso, and the critics declaro that
he is likely to make a name for him
self in the literature of this country.
Trobltm Ttefore Planters.
A lettor from Greensboro, S. C,
printed In tho New York Commercial,
assorts that the South is suffering
from a scarcity of plantation labor. It
Is said that fully 75 por cent of tho
workers who handle the cotton crop
consists of negroes, nnd tho number
of theso who are willing to work on
plantations decreases each year, As a
result the cotton plnnters are suffer
ing, for there la no substitution of
whlto labor, and during tho picking
season thoro is an Inadequate supply
of workman aud tho planters find It
difficult to gather their crop.
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Chinese and Japanese Merchants Compared.
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Japan, from her proximity and kin
ship to China, ought to have tho ad
vantage In competing for tho trade of
China, hut Japanese merchants and
manufacturers suffer frwn Inexpcrl-
onco and nlso from ft streak of dlshon
csty and unreliability which greatly
lmpnlis their credit, not only In tho
east, but also In Europo nnd America.
For this reason Japa" is doing hor ex
porting wid importing wit Europea
countries and America through for
elgn homes resident In Japan.
Tho Cblneso merchant, on tho otlut
hand, la. famous throughout tho east
for his commercial honesty. Ho maj
cheat you In making n bargnln, but
onco his contract Is made ho holds to
it, whether written or oral. ThlB com
mercial integrity In a country wher
the government Is so corrupt la due to
tho fact that In China, unllko Japan,
merchants havo always been near th
top, of tho Boclnl ladder.
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