GAPE MAY HERALD.

AN INOKPCNOKNT WCNKLY.

PublUaad Every Saturday Morning at S06 Washington Street. Cape May. N. J.

—By - M. L SCCU. • Mirttf Mi Pnyrtitir. . SUBBCRIPTIONt One Dollar Nor Year In Advanoe.

Xntared at the poet office at Cape May, X. J., as seepoa olaia matter, March

11th, 1901.

-ic;

The firing of a shot from an eightinch rifled pun. costs S12G: from a 16-inch gun. IS27; or more than enough to pay the wages of a private soldier In the regular army for five years.

The most familiar heading In the newspapers of the United States, at least. Is -Killed at a Crossing." The amount paid out by steam and trolley lines for deaths at the crossings would more than pay the expense ijf a cordon of guards around every crossing. Why not exercise this precaution and thus save life art! money t In the new mint In Philadelphia the United States will hare the flnesi. costliest and moat complete moneymaking establishment of Its kind in the world. The granite structure was commenced two years ago. and will cost about 92.000,000. including the mechanical equipment, costing 1200,000. There will be 24 coining presses t* the new mint

SIN IN HIGH PUCES. Or. Tslnuge S«ys the Same Law ol Right and Wrong Shookl Apply to Both kick and Poor.

THE FASCINATION OF FRAUD.

tccrrrtrti w.1

SVaasisoros, D. C.-In this discourse - ~ ‘ that them u a ten-

Dr. Tahnagc rwst, tour was U »doctor, at I did (at gri

IdaoT Look"«rSm*"He*didmm« W the grandeur of the capital than did all hit Ifd-SssS®

w-? aa.'arWf&wT upon Kebuchadnctxar, and be was d ^HerTu E'iShStfr.fi SSl Adogs. Look at him., He did more f<

n

furnace or be crunched by bon ot boneee. Bo God pulled him down. . He was smitten with what physician* call h-canthropy, and fancied that be was a wild beast, and he went out and pastured amid the cattle. God did not excuse him because be had committed the min in high place* or because tlu: trartreadon was wide roeounding. He mei ured Ksbucbadnexxar in high plan* just be would measure the humblest captive. But iu our time, you know as well as I, that there is a disposition to put a halo around iniquity if it U committed in conspicuous places, and if it is wide resounding and ol large proportion*. Ever and snoa there ha* been an epidemic of crime in high placee, and there m not a Bute or a city and hardly a village which has not been caliad to look upon astounding forgery, or an absconding bank cashier or president, or the wasting of trust fund or swindling mortgages, i propaaa, in ceery mg out the suggestion of my text, aa far as I can. to scatter the fascinations around iniquity and show you that tin is ■in and wrong is wrong, whether in high ‘TC3l , '^S*£TSi,». sw. ^ sermon* are necessary—the cm* on the faith of the gospel, the other on the mo rabty of the goepel—and the one is just as men hiding behind the eommumoa tables and in churches of Jesus Christ who have no busmans to be them as professor* of rebgisB. They expect to be all right with God, *itboiih th<7 are all wrong with man. And, while I want you to understand that by the deed* o' the law no flesh bring can be justified and a mere honest life cannot enter ns into heaven,

• to understand that

One moment after hi* departure from life he will nut own an opera house, he will not own a certificate cf etoek, he will not own one dollar of Government eecusitiee, s-x xSss^x ttf&Ejg a* it goes by will have more money than that man who one week previoue boasted that he controlled the money .market. Bo there hat been a great deal of fa»nation thrown arouno libertinism. Society i* very aerert upon the impurity that lurks around the alleyi and low haunt* of the town. The Uw pursues it, smite* it. incarcerates it, tries to destroy it. You know as well as 1 that aooety becomes lenient in proportion aa impunty becomes affluent or is in elevated circles, and finally society i* silent or diepoaed ,0 \?here is I he judge, the jury, the police officer that dare arraign the wealthy libertine? He walk* the street*; be nde* the parks: he flaunts his iniquity in the eyes ^Bomebmoi it seem* to me a* if soewtr 5SJ2ii“i£ ness on pillars and temple well and nothing but the lava of a burning mountain could hide the immensity of enme. At what time God will riae up.and extirpate these evil* upou society I know not nor whether He will do it by Are or hurricane sS’ah&Jrvis isy. i r Uere the thuDderbolts Art busing hot, and that when God comes to chastise the community for these sine, aninet which He has uttered Himself morebitteriy than againgt any other, the fate of Sodom and Gomorrah will be tolerable aa compared with the fate of our modern society. Inch-knew better, but did worse. We want about 10,000 pulpits in Amer- ■* to thunder, "AH adulterers and wborelongers shall have their place in the hell hat burnrth with fire and brimstone, ihieh is the second death." It is hell on _irth and hell forever. We have got to understand that iniquity on Columbia Height* or fifth avenue or Beacon Hill i* as damnable in the eight of God ai it is in the slums. Whether it has canopied couch or eider-

Uader the title. "The Corrupting Power of Puhjlc Patronage." Congreas- ^ mac Oscar W. Underwood cnHs attention In the Romm to the dangerous Influence exerted by the spoils system on the legislation of the country. He advocates the prohibition of represen-

tatives from having any voice In ap- _ _ pc«», 0 u u, <«<». jfg-.ga'y&.-jtesrt.tg either directly or fnllrectly. ri^ht—grace in the heart^and grace in the

faith of the gospel and son

rality of the goepel.

It seems to me there has not been a time in the last fifty year* when this latter truth needed more thoroughly to be

to be presented to-day.

Look upon all the fascination* thrown i fraud in this country. You know

hare been made heroes of * 1 in w ’

London la a variable term: JU boundaries being different for different administrative bodies. "Greater London.” the district under the Metropolitan and City Police, has a population of 6.8:8,784 according to the new census, ajprincreaae of 96 h,652 since 1891.j The district Is made up by adding to the London of the administrative county. 17 populous suburbs which between them have

2,042.750 Inhabitants.

Parsce Maharajah, mill-owner, millionaire and philanthropist—Sir DlnRhaw Manockjee Petit—haa Just died in western India and his name and memory deserve to be perpetuated. He spent a large part of his fortune In the establishment of hospitals and In the erection of drinking fountains In the cities of his native country. The alck and women, without respect to sect or race, and dumb brutes were bis special beneficiaries.

The New York Times gives a compilation gbowl£g~''that the United States have piipdnced 6500 authors of definite books In the last three centuries. Naturally In the V r,,er P** 1 of this period our authors were mostly foreign-born, and foreign countries have supplied 700 out of the total of 6600. New York state has furnished the largest number of ( writers—1600 —though In proportion to population Massachusetts bolds , the palm, 1250 bating been born within her borders. AH New England baa supplied 3350. or more than one-third of tne total, while the Middle States hare supplied 2000. Pennsylvania Is the third state In literary production, her crop of authors having been 600. Virginia leads the South era States, with 235. and Ohio the Western, with 176.

and pictorialircd and in various ways presented to the public, aa though sometimes they were worthy of admiration, if they have scattered the funds of has'

swallowed groat estate* that did r

long to them. Our young men hav. — dared with this quick accumulation. They hare said: “That'* the way to do it. What’s the are of plodding on with amall wages or insignificant aalarT when we may go into buamets life and with aome stratagem achieve,such a fortune as that

man haa aehievsdf” A dill.

man has achieved?” A dJH

has been applied to the crime of Wall street from that wnieh has been applied.

Bo a peddler enme down from New Eng-

abominations in the

w York. Aa' sight ofyaU

“He was a peddler io one decade, and in the n«i‘ -*—*— ' '

arch* o Sre^f

decode he is -one of the mon-

of the stock market. That's the do it." To this day the evil

— it." Xe this day

that profligate financier has been felt, and within the past few weeks he

his had oonspicuous imitators.

There haa been an irresistible impression going abroad among young men that the poorest way to get money is to earn it. The young man of flaunting cravat says to the young man of humble apparel: “What! You only get 81800 a year! Why, that wouldn’t keep me in pin money. I spend 86000 a year.” “Where do you get itr asks the plain young man. “On. stocks, enterprise*, all that sort of thing, you know." The plain young man haa hardly enough money to pay Ida board, has to wear clothe* after they are I out of fashion and deny himself all hurarias. After awhile be gets tired of his “Af, and be goes to the man who

Anecdotes without end are told of feats and Intelligence of the lower animsds, but reey few careful experiment* have been made to determine just what thy can really da In this direction. Dr. E. L. Thorndike, of Columbia University, seems to have done the bert work. He has published experiments (bowing that dogs, eat* and chicks not only do aot reason, 1 but only learn aa It were by chance. They cannbt.'be really taught even the smallest, trick. In an article In the Popular- Science Monthly. Prof. Thorndike describe* recent experiments with monkeys. He.-hlnks that they may be Included with .man In a special mental genius, owing . daily to their enjoyment of physical and mental actlvlfy. They cannot however, learn by seeing other animal* do the same thing or by being put through the movemsnta. In spite

of the common notl&n to the eon-.i _ „

trary. they db not really Imitate. 1

Saaachjevsd suddenly large estate, ^and he

^hoi : re---the

or the factory or the store be has — money than he ever had, trades off his old

Just show ma how it is done." And

ba it shown. He soon .learns bow, although he is almost all the time idle now and has resigned tea position ic the bank

or the factory or the store be *

ch for a gold one with a flashing a hislhat a little further over on

of ES head than be ever did, amokte better cigars and mor -* ■' —

He has-tea hand in Now, if

SC. S2 , JS“S , S , p luulS’s,s..-ia be will get political job* and wiU hare

is for a the To-

a»L

Those

is aafe for perdition. are caught who .Jsge of it. If the

would only tears them alone a little white they would steal

- . ■ 0 n

3fe§SBMgS;k.

$25

If God s&rald put Into money or its C5SP^ ^ 1 - United States

out, and its would

and men are almost apologetic, when they

read the Ten Commandment*.

Then ieok at the faeelnstions thrown round assassination. There are in all .immunities men who have taken the five* of other* unlawfully, not a* executioners of the Uw. and they go scot free. You say that they had their provocation*. God gave life, and He alone haa a right to take it, and He may take it by visitation of Providence or by an executioner of the law, who is HU moarenger. But when a man assumes that divine prerogative be touches the lowest depth of crime. Society is alert for certain tends of murder. If a citixen going alone the road at night is waylaid and slain by a robber, we all want the villain arrested and exe- ‘ 1. For all earroting, for all beating

rinb or an axe or a (long-

out of life by a dub or i shot, the law baa quick spring ai stroke, but you know that when men get afiteent and high position and they svenge their wrongs by taking the lire* of other* great sympathy ia excited. Lawyer* plead,

re'

happen to be against him a new trial U called on through aome technicality, and they adjourn for witnesses that never come and adjourn and adjourn until the community has forgotten all about it, and then the prison door opens and the mur'rrer gore free. Now, if capita] punishment be right 1 »y let the life of the polished murderer eo with the life of the vulgar assassin. Let us have no partiality of gallows, no — 0 f electrocution chair. Do

not let us float hack to bsrbarism, when every man waa'^his^own jud^e^jmrj^ and , who had the sharpest knife and the strongest arm and the quickest step and the Healthiest revenge. He who wilfully and in hatred take* the hfe of another it a murderer, I care not what the

cation or the circumstance*,

may be cleared by aa enthusiastic 10m. be may be sent by the Govit of the United States as Miamter

.sited State* as Ml me foreign court or modern lita. polish the crizn* until it looks lUtr —’ -s-it in the sight OT God murder

i the judgment day s ~

^3^ ri real it. Now. do

-lor throw] — Because other*-here habit* that seem brilliant, but yet at the same time are wicked, do not choose such faults. Stand independent of all such influence*. Put your '' 3* in the Laid God. He wifi be

“Vengeance is mine. I —.... the Lord.”

Cultivate old fashioned honesty. This - of K. Old fashioned honesty

spoken of by Dr. Livingstone,

your strength. Vengeanc will repay, aaith the Lord-’’

Cultivate old fashioned 1 book is foil of K. Old fashioned honest] inch aa was spoken of br Dr. Livingstone, tb* famous explorer. You may not know hs was descended from the Higblandas. Dr. Livingstone said that one day one of

J - railed his children

"Now, my lads, I — family line.

I can, al were he

Dr. Livingstone

the old Highlanders «■» and said: ,

have looked all through our family I have gone back as far as I can, and I find that all our ancsaU 1

people. There doesn’t * rogue among them, and

blood. Now, my lad*, be There are hundred* of young men who

have good blood. Shall I ask three or four plain question*? Are your habit* as good

when you left your father's bouse?

ve you a good ticket in your pocket f Have you a lraudulcnt document? Havi

Men f **

Have yon a irauaucnt document: you been experimenting to sec how — ate an imitetion you could make of your employer’s signature? Oh. you have good blood. Remember your lather's prayers,

a ember your mother’*

in i " my? too far?

As 1 stand in pulpits locking over audience* sometime* my heart fails me.

iber your mother* example, an evil way. Have you Men .

astray? Come baric. Have you real

THE SABBATH SCHOOL 'aUrtalional Lessen Comments For

Jnly 28.

Sabjed: (ted CaUs Abram, Oca. xll. l-2~ Goldes Test, Oes. xll, 2-Mewory Verses. l-J-Cammcitary os the Day's Lessee. Introduction.—Thus far the Bible story haa been a history of the entire race, but from this point to the cloee of Generis a tingle family (Abraham’s) it brought into prominent notice, sod the rest of the tribe* of men are referred to only inci-

dentally.

1. “Abram." The name was afterward changed to Abraham, meaning the “father of a multitude.” He wes born two year* after the death of Noah, and about half way between Adam and Christ. "Get thee out." He was tried whether be loved God better than he loved his home and dearest friends, and whether he could willingly leave sill td go along with God. This ap-

to be tne second call. For

ST

company rest Haran for a number of year* of goit£ onto Canaan. fath-

Abram and his o

pears t known

instead of eoin*

er’a bouee. T# , very probable that the family were determined to eo no further, but to aeltle at Haran, ana as Abram might have felt inclined to atop with them in this place, hence the ground and necessity of the second call recorded here. Act* 7: 2-4. "I will shew thee." God does not tell him what it i*. that He may still cauac him to walk by faith and not by sight. The apostle assure* u* that in aU this Abram had spiritual views (Heb. 11: 8-10); be looked for a better country, and conridered the land of promise only aa typical of the heavenly inheritance. Abram wa* called upon to separate himself from all the idolatrous influences of friends'and

.. .. great, nation.” There are seven distinct promises in verses 2 and % When God called him away from his own people He promised to make him the distingeirbed head of a great nation. Thi* promise required Beat faith; he was seventy-' five year* old and as yet had no child. A great nation would be one of large numbers, of noble ebarmeter, of great influence in Hearing others—a nation which should serve and obey God. "Thy name great." Known, honored and loved by multitude* of people. It it a remarkable fact that perhaps no mere man has ever been so widely and so permanently honored. “A bltsttog." By his integrity, wisdom and faith tea hfe has been a great blessing to the whole world for .4000 year*. 3. - "That blest thee," etc. Abram’s cause was to be God's cause. Ibis ia still true in the case of the righteous man. 2 Chron. 16: 9. "In thee.” “In thv posterity.'in the Messiah who shall spnng from thee." “All famihes." By family u meant here, and often elsewhere, a people, or nation, regarded as one grest family descended from a common parent- “Be blessed." The gospel of Christ shall be preached throughout the world and great blearing* will be given to all mankind. 4. :T Abram departed.” His • obediefire wa* speedy and aubmiaaive, for "M went oat, not knowing whither be went, mit knowing whom be followed." “Had spoken." God had not only commanded him to go. but had given him many precious promises. These promise* were early fulfilled in a measure, assuring him of their complete fulfilment: he could realize the reasonableness of the commands of God. "Lot." Lot wa* Abram’s nephew, the son of his brother Haran. “Haran."* Some-

6. "fkrai." "My prince**,” afterward* changed to Sarah, 1 '* prince**;” that is. a prince** for all nation* and no longer for Abram alone. “Souls—gotten in Haran.” This may apply either to the persons who were employed in the service of Abram, or to the person* he bad been the instrument of converting to the knowledge of the true God. “Land of Canaan." A rood land poaaeased by a bad people, who lor their iniquities were to be expelled. See Lev. 18: 25. This land wa* made a type of the kingdom of God, as Abram left hi* own country, father's house and kindred, and took at the command of God a journey to this promised land, nor ceased till he arrived in it; ao abouid we cast aside every weight, come out from the worker* of iniquity, set oat for the kingdom of God, nor ever rest till we reach the heavenly country, ’ into —Canaan they came."- It was the divine plan at the first that Abram abouid ro to Canaan, and now. after several year* delay at Haran. God calls him again, and this time Abram reach** the land that had been selected a* a home for hitatelf and hi* descendant*. 6. “Passed through.” Abram passed

through the land from the north toward the south. “Place of Sbechem" (B. V.) Between Mounts Ebel and Gerixim. "Oak

of Moreh" (R. V.) Moreb wa* the original owner of this oak Bhechem. “In the tend.” No dout

had come to C real paradise, I front him: 1.

probably

grove in No doubt Abram

expecting to find it a w two dimcultie* conThe Oanaanite, was in the tend to interfere with his right of possession. and, 2. There wa* a •eyere famine in the land at just this time. Faith haa its trials a*’ well as iu answers. It is not to be imagined that the man o! faith, haring pushed out from the ahoreo. circumstance* finds it aU smooth and easy sailing. 7. “Lord apprered." In what way this appearance was made we know not; it wss orobat’r br the =rest ancrl ol _*oe covenant, desus, tne unnat. Xne appearance, whatever it waa, perfectly satisfied Abram, and proved itself to be supernatural amidivine. It is worthy of remark that Abram is the first man to whom God is said to have shown Himself or appeared. “Win I give" God was dealing with Abram —* in his private and personal capacity n ly, but with a view to high and impor interest* in future age*. "An altar." solemn act *f devotion he mad< profession of nil religion, estabhi

|

bis a tent, there God iuu*t

And there arc those venturing down into tin. and my heart aches to call them back. At Brighton Beach or Long Breach you have acen men go down into the sun-to bathe, and they ' * - •

Yo^arid^I 3 ™

Where Abram has a tent, have an alter, as be«well no safety out under the di

back! Comeback! You will be drowned!” eacnficre *«r*

Egypt because of the famine in Canaan.

CI down and farther oat from shore until alter awhile a great wave with a strong undertow took them out, their corpse* the next day Washed on tie beech. Bo I

StSSSTett riflTth.'path’efGod’.

knows there is y out under the divine protection, w who build boose* ever think of ---y and neeeasitr of building an r Maker. "Oalted,’; etc. The

£

mail

iu*..-*. no direction to tea*

Residents of Shreveport, La.

plain that while in former yean many rarietlea of American birds made their domes In that vlsinUy. a great change baa bees brought about by the Bng-

:l*h sparrow. This pugnacious litr

CCIENCE AND INDUSTRY,

A writer In the Engineer point* out thu coal oxportal to the air end wetiher deteriorate* meaaurcably. A alow combustion take* place In the oxidation of the coal by the air. and where the heat 1* confined It may rise. such a degree aa to Ignite the

coal.

In 1899 the are* of reserved government forests in the different British provinces of India aggregated 84.148 square mile*, or 54.0d0.000 acre*, more than the total area of England and Ireland together. The atate foreeta of *Jie German Empire only aggregate 16,400 square mile*. A Zurich photographer claims to have perfected an apparatus by which be baa taken photograph* of amall objects at a great distance. Some of his pictures were taken at a distance of 120 mllm. The Improved art Is called telephotography, "photographing at a distance," as teleggraphy Is "writing at a distance.” The theory upon which the Japanle work t«v produce their famous artificially dwarfed trees Is to limit the root system and to reduce the number of leaves so that practically only sufficient food is assimilated to maintain the plant la health, without there being any surplus to provide material for added growth. This countef-cfaecking of the natural growth ledbne so to such a nicety that a tree more than 300 years old m*” not attain a height of more than two or three feet It Is pointed out by physicians that transmission of contagious diseases Is easily possible through the common toilet pin. and persons who make a practice of putting pins in the mouth are warned of the danger incurred. Pins are used by patients suffering from tuberculosis have been found to bear the germs of the dle. Even pin* fresh from paper or box are not aafe. ms these are often collected from the streets by children and sold to pin manufacturers, this latter practice being specially common in Europe. Sable Island, off the coast of Nova Beotia, where eo many ships have been wrecked, is gradually washing away, and. strange to say. the Canadian Government is doing Its best to find a way to save it. It might be thought, at first blush, that Its washing sway would be the best thing<h*t could happen, but the trouble Is that will wash down just below the surface of the water, and then lie there concealed, an infinitely greater danger to navigation than ever. %n effort la to be made to keep It above water, and this is to be done by planting on It certa[a trees whoee roots bare peculiar binding qualities. The roots branch out widely and Interlace. clinging to the sand in such a way that it become# a strong walk The French Government haa uaed the trees effectively for this purpose, and they have also been used along the sandy banks of the Suez Oanal. A Small WatchThe Dowager Duches* of Sutherland. who is credited.with poa see sing the only crystal watch In existence haring transparent works, made for the meet part of rock crystal, had the works removed from a miniature watch and placed inside a magnificent diamond having a diameter not exceeding the depth of four line# of ordinary type. Small as this timepiece was. It I* surpassed in dimlnutlveneas by what was Justly described as the “smallest watch In the world." which waa exhibited at the watch exhibition In BerUn recently. Made of fine gold, this mlacroacoplc watch had the dimensions of a pea; tliBt Is to say. its diameter of 6 1-2 millimeters, which U practically a quarter of. an Inch, would equal’In depth three lines of type; 480 of dheso watches would weigh about one aound avoirdupois. If the* existed any one possessing a heart sufficiently adamant to permit so brutal a wrtebt as avolrdapols to be applied to so delicate a mechanism. Made of gold and valued at £400, this dainty watch boaste a minute hand as long as an ordinary-aixed letter T" and a half, an hour hand less than an “n" and a half in length; and, a aocond hand one-slx-teenth of an inch long that would demand an Incursion Into the nonpariel font to supply a suitable Illustration. —Good Word*.

bli ch

. cm rr':

Strew *»r'ae

Canal /reet New Orleans, is about 135 feet wide between the sidewalks. On each side of Uw pavement there is a roadway 37 feet wide, on which U aU ther traffic. Ia U»w*atre of the street, there is a section 60 Uti wVje. which has been known as MBtral ground, qn which the local street railways have laid their tracks. Recently an effort has ‘been made to Imp: ore the condition of the street snd after considerable study It was determined to giave this central section with concrete. Accordingly a regular concrete pavement, snch as that used in sidewalks was laid down, the bottom ot which ex-

tends. to the bottom of the ties upon the rails are laid. Inztead of being a solid mtaa. It Is laid down In

blacks with sand joints. Eight inch sand Joints are provided between the paving and the rails to prevent spreading of fractures which may develop after a time. This also permit* of the ready repairing of the rails, or renewing o< bonding without great expense. The experiment of ualng a concrete surfacewey in etrerte win be * etched with much interest by mu-

nicipal engineer*.

ABOUT ITALIAN PEOPLE.

Ke:ad by rrefM*er r. S. LaUrer Afl»r Thra* Montha in Itely. One < an And districts In the largo r I ties where stranger* arc uncommon, and can sometimes vtalt little country village* where the natural Ilf* of the people -ha* not b.-*en greatly disturbed by the apparition with a guide-book. It U aueh experiences, all too new and fragmentary, to which I owe a new aad moat sincere admiration for the Italian people. They are so courteous, so honest, so efficient in their crude handicraft*, that one- earnestly wlshea them more prosperity than seems likely to come to them. Where the tourists go, begging and petty fraud are greatly in evidence. Move ever ao little out of the main stream of foreign travel and you find a polite and dependable native population. Undoubtedly there people are alnnera roost of them, like other Christians, but one need not be constantly on tha lookout for the lead lira nor be afraid to (mile upon a child. le*t the mother demand a

fee.

1 think we often forget that Italy la one of the youngest of the nations; that in only 40 year* she has had to do almost all those things whose accomplishment marks the material Rripe ration of present civilization from that of the middle ages. The work that has betd done is simply enormous. Cities have been torn down and rebuilt, splendid roads have been constructed, railways and elec trie tram lines are reaching In every dlrecfion. Except In unhappy Naples these things seem to have been done by the Italians themselves. The tower are well lighted and generally are fur nlshcd wfth an adequate supply of excellent water. Great progress ha* been made In the hygienic drainage of the principal cities. Traveling if easy and pleasant wherever I have been, though certainly the trains are alow. This, however, helps reconcile one to the rather high price of tickets and to the charge for carrying bag gage. The traveler remains so long on the train that he can Justly regard a part of the expense as house rent. Many stories are in circulation about the opening and robbing of trunks is .the baggage cars, hot I hare not been able to fix a definite Instance, though I have tried. I dare say such a thing may have happened, but I should regard a trunk as being quite as safe In an Italian car or station as anywhere else out of sight. Possibly the stories are circulated by the tour1st agencies that are quite ready, for a consideration, “to insure the safe

delivery of luggage."

Evidently these internal improvethus far mentioned were posslla only by reason of the amazing cheapness of labor. Twenty cents a day u the usual wages of the unskilled workman. Think of It! Vet —and this is the darkest side cf (he situation—In spite of these starvation wages. In spite of the tremendous taxing of all property and incomes, the natural' poverty of the country is such that the pnblic works are at a standstill. No more can be paid for at present. At the same Time there are strikes in most of the cities (including Pompeii, which certainly seems old enough), and there has been serious trouble in Genoa and Milan. In the present phase of indus-trial-competition. what Is a nation to do that has no coal or iron and which cannot live on It* own products? Well, it can take boarders. This Is what

Italy Is doing. But It Is not good for a.

people to be mainly dependent on

tourists.

in one way and another I have been able to see a good deal of the Italian soldier, and have come to entertain a great respect for him. As a private. he is of Just the right site for marching, and he is as strong as Iron. The % officers.'too. are exceptionally fine-looking fellow*. Perhaps there Is among them the usual proportion of gaudy, tin soldiers, hot for the most part they are quiet, self-poised men. with the keen, intellectual look of one who knows how—the fjp confident engineer at whose 1 things begin to happen. The tlemen will pretty surely be from If Italy ever comes to blows wir her neighbors, a thing of whl Innately, there seems to no im ‘probability.—From a Letter ft Hartford CouranL

The Stricken wife burst into the brary where the huaband wa* busily writing %nd cast herself at his feet. “Oh, Harold." she pleaded, "don’t do it. Please don’t do it. Try to master your revenge for my sake and for the sake of your children. Think of your being cast Into a murderer's cell! Think of the conrt trial! Think of the hangman's noose and—" ■There, there, little woman." interrupted the huaband; ’■you 'have a bad case of hysterica. Try to calm yourself." "No, I waa listening at the door," went on the tearful wife, “when Mr. Publish called. I heard you tell him that yon intended to kill Althea—that her death waa necessary. I don't know who Althe* la. but please spare her life for your happiness and my own." Thenthemurderous minded husband took the wife In his arm* and explained to her that Althea wa* the heroine of bis latest story, and that to make It Interesting her death was '.—Ohio State Journal.

ween 1861 and 1871 British fari turned out 2.000.000 mils* of goods, made from ’ 5S.OOO.OOO lee worth of flax. This record ha*