Smyrna times., 1880-09-15

An enterprising newspaper man III
Havana was fined $500 for publishing the
wreck of the Vera Cruz before all the
particulars had been received. Ii we
had such a censor of the press In the
United States people would have TO Wait
longer for their news than they 90 now'
ALL our pet theories are likely to be
oyerthrown. Some scientific individual
has been investigating the question OF the
brain strengthening power OF the PhoS-
phorus in fish, and says there is no more
phosphorus in the fnny tribe than IN any
animal food. What shall we have 10
give up next?
THE latest thing in the railroad line Is
special car for the use of commercial trav-
elers, with sleeping berths, restaurant ac-
commodations, and spacious compart-
ments for the display of samples, all on
the same wheels. The idea is to tlll sucn
a car with drummers representing several
varieties of trade, and send them on their
circuit together.
Mrs. Newman, wife of the Rev. DIR.
John P. Newman, the Methodist divine,
has recently written book called "The
Flowery Orient" descriptive OF her trav-
els in Asia. Last week she presented the
proceeds of the sale of the book, amount
ING to $500, to the Secretary OF the
women's Foreign Missionary Society, to
be used in building home for outcast
women in India.
MARSHALL o. ROBERTS, the great New
York merchant, who died on Saturday,
was one of the many Americans who,
beginning life in humble circumstances,
have risen to high success through their
native ability, energy and integrity. He
was emphatically business man, and his
prosperity was honorably won, so that he
leaves to his heirs not only large posses
sions, but an unstained name.
GEN. PoPE, in writing to the War De
partment from Fort Leavenworth in re-
gard to the raids and outrages OF Victorlc
and his band of Apaches into New Mexico
and Texas, making Mexico their base O
operations, says: $50 long as we are pre-
vented by the refusal Of the Mexican
government from sending a force int
Mexico to hunt down this band of Indians
we are liable to these raids. again asl
that the Mexican government be requested
to permit us to pursue and break up thi
band in Mexico"
The fruit crop of this year will, it
estimated, be the largest and the finest i
the recollection of man. 1t is calculate
that two hundred million barrels of az
Piles will be gathered in the United States
Reports from the North, South, East an
West all agree that there was never befor
such abundance or so fine quality. A
the same time the fruit crop in Englan
is reported to be a failure, and it may /
expected that barreled apples will const
tute large portion of the cargoes Of ou
going ocean vessels this fall.
REPORT was made to the New Yor
board of health last Saturday that dipl
liberia exists in epidemic form in Twent,
third street, and that large number
children were sick. 1t is believed tn
the epidemic is caused by tidewater ente
ing the cellars of the houses. Diphther
is also reported prevailing in portions
Fairfax county, Va. Advices to the N
tional Board of Health are that dipther
of very fatal type is reporsed at Ne
London, Conn. that an epidemic
dengue (an erratic type of rheumatisr
prevails at Charleston, S. c., there beir
over 1900 cases in that city. Dengue pr
walls at New Orleans.
In Paris the clocks on the streets al
in the public Offices are now run by mea
of compressed air, conveyed from ce
tral station through underground pipe
as gas and water is. By means of
small bellows, which is expanded by t
transmitted air, the works of these cloc
are kept going at a practically unifot
rate. The street mains are of wrong
iron, about 11-16 inches in diameter, a
these are connected to service pipes
lead three-ffths inches in diameter, VIII
the different stories of building are su
piled by rubber tubes / inch in diamet
Any number of clocks can be operated
this way within radius of two mi
from the central station and the systC
has worked well.
SsTHE Heather Chinee" is becomi
Quite as obnoxious to the people of Al
tralia as to those Of our Pacific coast.
Melbourne there is considerable excl
ment on the subject of Cinnamon co
peting for and undor-bidding white lab
SO that sevcra' H e meetings have bC
held to consider the matter and devise
pressive measures. Victoria already
colonial law restricting Chinese iml
grafton, and popular prejudice secures
rigid enforcement. The opposition
Mongol competition with white labor
nearly as old throughout Australia as
In California, and the result has alre:
been considerable restriction of the G.
ses of industry in which Cinnamon n
engage, and a diminution also of
Chinese population.
The terms of peace which form
basis of the negotiations now going
between Chill and Peru bear much har
upon Bolivia, the ally of Peru, than t
do upon the latter power. In fact t
annihilate Bolivia as an independent st
and restore it to its former position q
part of Peru. During Spanish asce
ency Bolivia was called Upper Peru,
was section of that province. 1t
erected into an independent State in IL
by Simon Bolivar, from whom it 60
name. From 1929 to 1889 it was III
the presidency of Santa Cruz, who W;
the same time president of Peru, and
joyed the title of protector of the Boil
Peruvian confederation. This con