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TOPICS OF THE TIMES A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTEF ESTING ITEMS. Comments and Criticisms Based Upc the Happening of the Duy If iator cal und News Notes. Magazine writers are full of advi < telling people what to eat , without tel ing them how to get it. A baby carriage trust in England preparing to strike a blow at the infai Industries of that island. The adage that "Two's company bi three's a crowd" seems to hold tru also , in the case of joint protectorate Notwithstanding the wonders clain ed for liquid air , it is not likely it wi supplant "hot air" for some time t come. At the rate messenger boys are be ginning to develop international speee there may be in time no real need fo wireless telegraphy. One agreeable possibility suggests il self in connection with the anticipatet rubber famine it may cause the mys terious disappearance of certain rub bernecked individuals. There is a law in most States to pre .Tent men from carrying concealec weapons. It ought , in justice , to b < amended in such a manner as will pre vent women from carrying a whole ar mory of hatpins. It appears that every European na tion whose citizens can get permissioi to build a railroad in China expects t < acquire thereby a "sphere of influence' in that part of the empire througl which the rarilroad runs. If this expansion of the messeugei boy service continues , there won't be an American girl that will oneu a let ter from anywhere that doesn't come by the writer's "own" messenger , so quickly do "our girls" accommodate themselves to any new conditions. Should Married Women Follow Pro fessions ? " This is a query put forth by Sarah Grand , the novelist In reply , it may be said that it all depends upon the married woman's husband's ability in the way of providing the necessary funds for the running of the house. This opinion has been obtained from a "washlady" who is now supporting a liusband and six children , and ought , therefore , to be worth something. America has one undisputed leader ship which ought to be abdicated in some way. That is in the destruction of property by fire. No country in Eu rope pays any such bills , year after year , as this republic has to foot on ac count of fires , most of which ought to be avoided. The annual drain from this cause amounts to about 20 per cent , of the expenses of the United States government , including pensions , inter est on the public debt and the operation of the postoffice system. Who can fathom the changes that time brings ? A hundred years ago would the most visionary have believ ed that the close of the century would find American and British soldiers fighting shoulder to shoulder and min gling their life blood in a common cause ? Or back in the gloomy days of the early sixties who could have fore seen the soldiers of the North and South clad in the same uniform sleep ing the long sleep side by side in a na tional cemetery , their graves garland ed with tributes of gratitude from a united country ? "Let well enough alone. " The truth embodied in this saying finds pitiful confirmation in the recent incidents of a man's life in New York. He was found nearly starred and dangerously weak , and was taken to Belevue Hos pital. This was his story : He had been a school teacher in an inland town. He had an assured position , an adequate salary , and had saved $4,000. Some of his acquaintances had become sudden ly wealthy by speculating in stocks Hoping to be equally successful , he went to New York and made his ven ture in Wall street. His money wa spent for stocks , and as is usual the other gambler got it. With hardly a cent left , he sought work , failed to get it , and had about succumbed to star vation when the police found him. The lesson is obvious ; but so few of us profit by the experiences of other people ple that we fear ot may go unheeded. The Army and Navy Journal calls at tention to an incident of the Manila expedition that has excited considcr- ab& comment in Europe , but has pass ed almost unnoticed in this country : "When one of our troop ships stoppenl at Gibraltar some of the British of ficers asked the privilege of inspection. When they had finished they told the American officers that Great Britain , with all her experience in water trans portation of troops , had no transports to compare with those of the American government" This discovery , which is only given as a typical case of the ael- uiiratlon elicited all along thf route , has been the subject of a good deal of flattering comment in military and naval circles in Europe. They can't understand how a government which ten months ago had not a single troop ship and no experience to go by should have outstripped all the rest of the world In one stride. There are prob ably one or two other things besides good gunnery and transportation that ( the old world will see if it keeps its eyes open. The textile industry of Japan shows , si remarkable. , development during the past few years. The Japanese Gov- .ernmeut in 1898 Dublished a work giv- ing the volume of the home industr of Japan dealing with the manufactt of cotton , silk , wool , jute , hemp a linen , both separate and in mixtu The manufacturing of textile goods Japan is not confined to certain Iocs ties as it is in this country , but exten by means of hand looms all over t country. The spinning wheel w formerly in general use , but duri the last twenty years it has been : most displaced by spinning mills usi machinery. More than 1,000,000 sp ! dies are now thus operated , forty-sev mills in Japan producing last year i estimated yield of 050,000 bales yarn of 400 pounds each. Japan is I ginning to play an important part the textile trade of China. The pr < ent returns show that more than 20 000 bales will be shipped to China dt Ing the current year. Only one of t ] spinning mills of Japan has importi machinery necessary In spinning tl higher counts. The increasing denial for the higher counts of cotton yai explains the rapidly growing demai for American cotton. It would be we for American cotton producers to no this fact , with a view to teaching suracient number of Japanese workrne to become expert to teach others in c der to extend the sale of American co ton. Many of the large class of pe sons formerly employed in spinuin by hand are now engaged in weavin textiles on hand looms. It has recent ) been computed that more than G00,0 ( hand looms are in use in Japan and is stated that they employ 890,000 w < men and 50,000 men. These han looms are generally operated in prival houses and consequently give a houi character to the work. Justice Stephen J. Field is dead afte seeing the ambition of his life realizec Not many men live to see the ntimbe1 of years that did this unusual man , an fewer still are they who carry on sue : i long life of activity as did he. Bor away back in 1S10 when a neighbor' bouse in the country districts was Ic 2ated oftener by the smoke curlin ; above the treetops than by any know ] road or way , Stephen Johnson F5el < spent his early life as the children o the settlements did of whom AVO rea < n Cooper. In later years he euterei Williams College and in 1S37 grad uited. It was not long afterward be 'ore he found himself in the then terri ory of California , where his name i : 'ound prominent in many of the or 'animation movements of that terri ory. He was among those who found > d Marysville , being its first alcalde aid continued as such until the organ zation of the judiciary under the con titution of the State. He was electee . member of the first Legislature helc .fter the admission of California intc he Union , served on its judiciary coin- iiittee , and secured the passage of laws onceruing the judiciary and regulating ivil and criminal procedure in all the ourts of the State. lie was also the uthor of the law that gives authority 3 the customs and regulations of liners in the settlement of coutrover- les among them , thus solving a per- lexing problem. In 1857 he was elect- el judge of the Supreme Court of Cali- jrnia for six years. On the resigna- on of Chief Justice David S. Terry in epternber , 1859 , Judge Field succeeel- 1 him , and continued in office until his [ ) pointment to the supreme bench of ic United States by President Lincoln 115G3. He was a member of the elec- iral commission in 1877 , and voted 1th the Democratic minority of the mimission. In 1880 his name was aced in nomination for the presiden- - at the Cincinnati convention , and he 'coived sixty-five votes on the first illot. Judge Field's life was one of markable activity and works. It was s great ambition after seated in the rpreme Court to make the period of s term the longest yet. John Mar- lall had sat on the bench of the Su- eme Court for thirty-four years and ield surpassed it by a few months , e retired December 1 , 1897. The aracter of the man was of the ainbi- ms kind. He pushed and struggled itil he reached the goal he sought , liich was always one he prized be- use of its resources of good to all. In 5 decisions he was careful , combining e highest sense of justice with the icrring light of the law. He was ac- stomed to say of the court : "It car- is neither the purse nor the sword , t it possesses the power of declaring v , and in that is found the safe- arc ! which keeps the mighty fabric government from rushing to de- uction. " Tradition and custom , too , lyed no small influence upon him. S in many cases , considered tradition ? basis of written law , and accord- tly founded decisions upon it. In demise of Judge Field the country t a most eminent jurist. Electricity and a Balky Horse. L. Pennsylvania gentleman owned a se that would have been very val- jle but for what seemed an inerad- ble vice of balking. A friend sug- ; ted that electricity might cure him. 'he gentleman purchased a small rage battery , connected it by wires the bit and crupper , and placed it. in cart to which the horse was at- hed. As was anticipated , the horse used to move , and stood with all r feet braced. hen the owner touched the button nected with the battery. When the se felt the shock he snorted , jumped , I began to move off at a lively pace , jry day for a week he was treated the same lesson. As a result , his aer declares that the horse is corn- : ely cured of his evil ways , he West Pennsylvania Humane Soy - y , which investigated the gentle- a's method , came to the conclusion t a small amount of electricity used ; hls way was more humane than a p. rouble is the only thing that keeps ie people from getting too gay. IMPERIAL TYRANNY. One short year ago President McKi ley proclaimed to the civilized wor that this country would stand on tl proposition that "extension of territoi through conquest is criminal aggre slon. " Since the fall of Manila th announcement of our policy has m been retracted. In practice the polk of the administration has been such i to give rise to the general opinion th ! there is contemplated the carrying 01 of measures that constitute what Pre ideut McKinley clearly and truly d fined "criminal aggression. " Monster mass meetings have bee held for the purpose of protestin against such a policy and demaudin that the President respect the promise made by himself on behalf of this m tion. These meetings have had the co dial support of men of national ye : international reputation for learnin and teachers and counselors in the ii tellcctual and moral world. They cam from divers sects and political parties guided solely by their sense of righ t'ousnrss liberty and patriotism. Larg < ly attended counter demonstration have been held , and the ; demand ther made that President McKinle-y shr : continue to ignore the solemn pledge by him made , and urging him to relent lessly wage a war of "criminal aggres sion. " The supporters of these meetings lini their enthusiasm fed by the sordid cr ; of "Commence follows the Hag. " Im partial onlookers assort that the at tcndants at these meetings are largel ; of the kind who follow the flag at ! safe distance. Our form of government , our tradi tions , our widespread innate love of lib erty , our oft-expressed belief in the in herent rights of man are all opposed t < "imperialism. " When President Me Kinley publicly disavowed for this na lion any intention of pursuin.tr an "im perial' ' policy it was supposed by al patriotic Americans that such disavow al was solely for the enlightenment ol foreign nations. It is humiliating tc every right-minded American to fiml that a faint suggestion of possible com mercial benefits has secured a follow ing for imperialism , and that these fol lowers are willing to see the standard of imperialism planted on the ruins of American honor. The hypocritical cant which frames excuses for "criminal aggression" de ceives 110 one. The general issue can not be evaded. It is clear-cut and well Ic'fiiie'd. If President McKiule'y means my thing less than imperialism it is juite easy for him to make his meau- ug known. He may rest assured that i distinct avowal of a just policy , fol- owed by such active measures as ivouhl evince his sincerity of purpose , vould at once silence adverse criticism ind attract enthusiastic support. lie nay rest equally well assured that day > y day and step by step the noblest ne1 ! ! and purest patriots of this country vill resolutely oppose the tendency to ward imperial tyranny. Chicago Dem- icrat. British Gold. In every Presidential election up to hat of 1S9G Republican platforms , lewspaper organs and stump shouters harged that the opposition was back- el up by British gold. To-day the term British gold" is never seen in the col- mus of any Republican organ , and a ub-eelitor who should be so foolish or uforunate as to insert in a Republican aper an editorial similar to those that fere in fashion in 1892 would lose his 3b instantly. Everybody now know bat British gold ( which is the property f British usurpers , the common people f that country never seeing any yel- > w money ) is to-day a firm supporter C the Republican party. Can any Republican deny it ? Can nybody name any British banker , naucier or moneyed man who would ? joice to see William J. Bryan elected ? n the contrary , are not the hoarders : British gold interested , pecuniarily , i the continuance of "the existing gold andard , " and would they not. there to , be willing to contribute' to a fund 'siguod to pay the cost of defeating ie free silver party in America ? Brit- h gold will unquestionably be spent ir the Republican tie'ket next year , uel if we allow our elections to be thus night we shall be selling ourselves to slavery to Lombard street. How many American citizens are ady to stand up and avow that they ite tlfc. ticket elictateel and supported - British gold ? and Expensive Job. [ t required thirty-five years of con- nnt summer and winter campaigning "pacify" tribes numbering 300.000 id capable of putting , at the most , ,000 armed braves into the field. If was a job of a third of a century to ercouie our mere squad of nomadic dians , how long will we be subduing our will the Tagalos , Yisayans and iier tribes , numbering 8.000.000. ? We limit the- problem to the expausion- s and ask for an answer. Nobody to Blame. I the venerable Cincinnati jour- list who was in the habit of placing 2 responsibility of any of his short- Lnings upon the shoulders of his icked partners , " General Alger , it ? rns , is to claim immunity from criti- m on the ground that he was , after , the subordinate of Major McKin- . And in like manner the Major , ac- ding to his friends , must be exoner- ( d because Aiger's derelictions could not have been foreseen or guard against. So that in point of fact r body at all is to blame for the mala ministration of the War Departmei The Hon. Hazen S. Piugree , for i stance , who is a bosom friend of Ge Alger , demands to know why the Se retary of War should be blamed f McKiuley's bad administration , ai Mr. Grosvenor asks whether the Pre : dent could have attended to the detai of the War Department personally. is only fair to say , however , that the : recriminations come not from Messi Alger and McKinley , but from the pa tisans of those statesmen. Betwec the Major and his Secretary of W : there subsists a deep affection , fouiii eel along in 381)4. ) which will contini so long as Alger is in a position to ai in extricating great men from tempo ary financial embarrassment. Chicaj Chronicle. The Humorous It is the opinion of lawyers of stain ing that Edward Atkinson of Bostc has most excellent grounds for actio for slander against McKiuley's Atto ney General. Griggs has gone out < his way to hold a reputable citizen ute to public contempt as a "traitor. " Tli offender cannot plead official privilegi because the offensive terms were : ij plied in newspaper interviews unde conditions which would warrant log : action and were applied to a man wh was eminent long years before Grigg was dragged from New Jersey to orn : nu'iit the President's Cabinet. Should Atkinson see fit to prosecut Grijrirs. the Jersey imperialist AVOU ! find himself on the horns of a dilemmi : If he should plead justification and en doivor to prove Atkinson a "traitor. the country will want to know by wha right he allowenl 'the "traitor" to gi unproseeuted. It is the eluty of Grigjr to punish treason and sedition. That i : one of the tilings he is in office for Why , then , does he not prosecute At kinson , whom he has publicly brandee us a traitor ? The answer is very sim [ ) le. He dare not because the country lias received the suggestion of his s < ; loing with a loud guffaw. New Yorl News. Commerce and Imperialism. All this talk to the effect that the jossession of the Philippines will "in : reduce us to the Orient" is pure rub jish. No imperialist has yet under a ken to tell us how the possession of hose islands will enable us to sell a lollar's worth more to "the Orient" han we could sell without them. Even klr. Frye is constrained to admit that ve need nothing more than coaling tml naval stations for the purpose of irotectiug our commerce. We can sell o the people of "the Orient" if we offer hern the things they want on terms as atisfactory to them as they can make nth other venders ; otherwise we can- ; ot. It is not a matter of owning ter- itory or making a great display of military or naval force. It is simply a latter of supplying things wanted on ntisfactory terms. We have abundant roof of this in the fact that Europe akes more than three-fourths of all ; e sell , although we do not own an ere of ground in Europe or "front- ig" Europe. Chicago Chronicle. Impudence of the I/umber Lords. Late advices from Washington indi- ite that the lumber lords are entreat- ig the administration to retaliatory i-tion by exercising the option con- srred in the Dingley act and doubling ie tariff on lumber. This is positively ie most impudent protectionist pro- ) sal which has ever been seriously ged. Not content with doing all in ieir power to frustrate the effort of e joint high commission to settle all atters in controversy' between the nited States and Canada , these vora- ous monopolists now seek to add to e difficulties of the situation and to ment new causes of disagreement lien every consideration of the public elfare demands an amicable adjust- ent. Philadelphia Record. Poorest Way to Get a Market. The customs receipts at Havana dur- r April amounted to § 800,000 ; and for e fiscal year they will close to $10- 0.000. This reflects a very promising tivity in trade thereabouts. It would interesting to contrast these figures th the Manila customs collections. ; cts as to the latter are wanting , but ? internal revenue collections at inila since the American occupation ; an amount to hardly $175,000. The : er demoralization of trade and in- stry there is strikingly shown by : -h figures. Our war of subjugation get a market is destroying whatever irket there was for us. Springfield publican. Imperial Brawls to Be Avoided , t will be an evil day for the republic ien we come to regard ourselves as so ich of a "world power" that we are .dy to join the brawls and wars of old world nations. England is ite ready to see us become just that t of a "power. " available for use in ' extraction of her embroiled chest- is. We must beware lest Uncle Sam e that sagacity which has been re- ded as his distinguishing character- c. Springfield , Mass. , Republican. Letting Aleer DOTVQ Easy. ecretary Alger has at last admitted truth of the report that he is an ac- j candidate for United States Sen- rial honors to succeed Senator Me- Ian , who declines renomination. We not in the Major's confidence , but it seems as If a snfliclent explanation ft the chief executive's noticeable elati ( of spirits has been furnished. In lee ing about for a soft cushion on wbk to fall the War Secretary has select ( one of billowy luxuriance and the on remaining problem to be solved is tl pliability of the Michigan Legislatui to be elected a year hence. Cliicaj Chronicle. "Censoring" the Mails. The Atkinson incident is only one < the many incongruities arising out i the anomalous position of the Unite States in the Philippines. The Goveri merit , in this case , finds that it caun < admit copies of its own documents in1 the country which it has subdued. It a matter of regret that the Governinei should be forced to such measures 1 sustain the President's policy , and is apparent that some of President M < Kinley's earlier utterances regardin "criminal aggression" would be excluc ed from the Manila mail under this o ; der of the Postmaster General. Bos ton Post. If We Are Ly'niK. The lawyers are forcing a very nic question to the front in Cuba. Amei ican lawyers insist that they have th right to practice there because th island is a part of the United States The Cuban lawyers insist that the ; have not unless they are admitted t the bar under Cuban rules. If we ar merely standing guard over Cuba unti she is "pacified" it is evide-nt that Cub ; is not a part of the United States. Bu if we are lying , and me-au to hang 01 to Cuba anel use our troops to se-cure : vote for annexation , which is eiuit ( probable , the lawyers might as well g < to practicing. Indianapolis Sentinel. All on .Account of Jones , This is the problem by the side ol which all others confronting the Buck eye Republicans pale into insiunill caiice. To Jones , or not to Jones ; As compared with Jones , She'rmaifs re turn to Ohio- politics is of no import ance ; the IJaima-IUishiu'll-Forakei feuels are mere sideshows ; even Coxit Olel Boy , the Cincinnati boss , and the turheel-down McKissoii. of Cleveland , are mere ciphers. There are all sorts of trouble at hand for the Ohio Repub licans , anel all on account of Jones. Atlanta Constitution. AVhy Haxinu Favors Quay. "Of course I am for Quay. Why shouldn't I bo ? " remarked Senator Ilauua to an interviewer. Hauna's point is Avell taken. In the nature of things birds of a feather will flock to gether. Quay , as chairman of the Na tional Republican Committee , raised a tremendous corruption fund and elect- in ! a President. Ilanna , occupying a similar position , squeezed millions from the trusts , debauched the voters in a ilozeMi States and put McKinley in the White House. New York Journal. Democrats Do Their Own Tliinkinc : . Republican organs have great sport Ktintirig to the diversity of opinion in Democratic circles , forgetful of the 'act that diversity of opinion among Democrats is an indication that Demo crats do their own thinking. There vould be no diversity of opinion among Jemocrats if Democrats followed the ixample of Republicans by allowing me or two leaders to do all their think- ng for them. Omaha World-Herald. Administration Talk of Treason. The weakness of the administration s made very clear by the silly Cabinet alk of "treason. " With the best minds n the Republican party enlisted .gainst "criminal aggression" dis- uisied as "benevolent assimiliation , " uis Cabinet jabber is highly absurd , "he most active "traitors" are distin- uished members of the President's wn party. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Danger in Upeettinj * a Precedent. We much doubt whether Mr. Quay ill succeed In overthrowing the prece- ent long established by the Senate. : is a dangerous matter for the Repub- can party to drift from well-establish- 3 principles , no matter who the per- > n is in whose behalf the matter Is rged. In years to come thes > e things iturn to plague the inventors. Cin- nnati Commercial-Tribune. Merely a Move for Effect. If there were really any expectation tat Mr. Quay would get a seat in the innate , contrary to the provisions of ie Constitution of the United States id of all precedent , there would have ; en no such haste to make the ap- ) intment. The appointment was not ade with any such expectation , how- er. It is only intended for political feet. Philadelphia Press. The Two Republican Factions. There are two elements in the Re- ibllcan party , just as there are in the uutry at large. One represents anna , Alger. Eagan. Carter and car- m meat and the other represents the rtisaus who are for expansion , the nor of the flag and the punishment the poisoners of soldiers. The latter iss is rather out of place in the Re- blican party , but it exists. Wash1 1 'ton Times. it And There Arc More . , Vhen tlie prediction was made" that thing short of an earthquake would ? vent McKinley's re-election next ir , it Avas not thought there would be : -h a prompt response. Indiana and iitucky had earthquakes the very set day. Butte Miner. He Is Getting Uaed to It. ? unny that President McKinley mid consider it necessary to go to t Springs , Virginia , after being in : water so long at Washington. nchester Union. Understand One Another , 'he trusts will not care so long as g. o. p. confines itself to platform itinciatlon of trusts. Omaha World- raid. India nnd the Money Question. The balance of trade in favor of the- United States , as against India , aneZ. the apparent determination of the Brit ish Government to impose the gol(2 standard of India , has brought to the-- front once more the question of bi metallism that is to say , the silver- question. What is now feared in Lon don by the banking and financial class es is a drain of gold from the banks of Great Britain to the United .States and' to India. A correspondent of the Lon don Financial News points out that. iu spite of the enormous increase1 in the- production of gold during recent years , the available- gold in sight in England * is no larger to-day than it was twenty- years ago. Another correspondent- - Mr. Frewen notes that throe-quarters of a million of sovereigns from Aus tralia were received at Bombay a few weeks ago , this consignment of gold being one of the results of the deter mination of the Government to e < tab- lish the gold standard in India. Just at present this subject seems to- have small interest for the people of this country , but events may combine to make the results of the Indian ex periment exceedingly interesting , if not positively thrilling. At present the na tives of India prefer silver to gold , ami have preferred it since time began ; but they are4 not averse to gold. They are keen to hoard it , as they do silver-or as they did be-fore silver lost half its value as the re-suit of demonetization and it will be no very difficult task to wean them from silver and give them a fresh thirst for gold. But In order to establish the gold standard in India the Goverume-iit there must have a gold reserve , and it must pay out that reserve on de-mauel. S.ome British writers contend that the gold standard will draw into cin-n latiori the hoards of geM that arc known to exist in India. Swh a ron Lention is easily established on paper. [ t was contended that the artificial val- le given to the rupee would draw out : he gold hoards ; but it has not had , ind is not likely to have , that effect. That is why the London bankers are > pposed to the gold standard in India. Prom 1S-18 to 1877 India's balance of rade absorbed more than ? 2,500,000- 100 of gold a sum in excess of all the fold which Avas taken during those ears from the mines of California anel Australia combined. So far as known , lot an ounceof this gold ever got back nto the channels of trade. It went te > nelia auel disappeared. When the appetite of the Inelian Is laele to hone for gold alone the hoards hat will come out of hiding will be the epreciated rupees , and their place rill be taken by gold coins or bars. Vhen the drain of gold to India once airly sets in our own reserves will be- in to feel the effect of it , and so will : iose of England. The drain of gold rom London to this country can bo ontrolled by the discount rate of the ank of England. It can be stopped , erie ie gold itse-lf can be recalled by the lanipulatiou of that rate , but nothing in recall gold that goes to India. Once- 1 that mysterious land it elisappears 'om the channels of trade. Gold lixport. We must se-11 our products low lough to induce other countries te > ther send gold here or allow us te > ? ep what we have. Hence the gel < ? andard and low prices are absolutely separable. If we put prices low lough , we can keep the gold ; other- ise it is impossible. Of course , it will > t and cannot be going out all of the ne. When we let our prices fall suf- : iently to undersell other countries. Id exports will be checked for awhile , itil they , in turn , have adjusted them- Ives to the lower-price level , and thei > ey will begin again. [ t is the fact that the movements are us irregular and spasmodic , that e-n les the gold speculators to deceive so my honest men as to the true cause , ie simple truth is that the great com- ? reial nations are trying to do their siness on a gold basis , when there is- t enough gold for the purpose , with t a continual lowering of prices. Rise in Prices , Ve have seen that free silver would se prices , but this would not go seas as to work any injustice to credit- ! generally. The tremendous de- nd for silver created by a country it equals in productive e-nergy En- nd , Germany and France combined tild enhance its exchange power r product greatly and thereby lower price level of silver lands. Prices uld rise , however , till the owners of er bullion could buy no more here h it than in other silver lands. Thoa e-n their general price Ie vel and our = c. the tendency of silver prices , ether up or down , would depend on amount of it that would come te > world's mints. Doubtles we woulel n then have to use vast quantities japer to keep prices stable. 'ood has had an important influ- & on the paperinaking industry , ing saplings , which before were not th cutting down for fuel , can now c-onverted into pasteboard. A tree- cut down in Galveston , Tex. , at "clock in the morning and converted : into pulp and then into paper , by clock in the evening. At G o'clock ; next morning it was being dis- uted as a daily paper. Car anel 2 wheels have been made of wood- and it is taking the place for roof- of corrugated iron , tiles and slates n the "patent" leather boot 1s- etimes not patent leather at all , woodpulp in a high state of com- sion.