Morning journal and courier., 1893-11-14

ture, and for all time, whenever the music of "The S'ar Spangled Banner" shall be played, every member of Washington
 Commandery present shall immediately rise to his feet and uncover his head, and
 remain standing until the music of its in | spring strains shall have ceased. The of fcers of the Washington body think the patriotism of the whole order needs stimu- lating, and they will send request to all commentaries throughout the country for the passage of similar resolution.
 The production of cotton is rapidly in- creasing in quantity in the transoaspiAn provinces of Russia. Last year as many as 72, 565 tons of raw cotton were trans ported across the Caspian to Baku, and thence by tho Transcaucasian railway to Batoum and Poti. After reshipment at these places the cotton was conveyed to Odessa and Sebastopol, and thence to the weaving mills st Lodz, Warsaw and those
 in the Moscow district. It being cheaper
 than either American or Egyptian cotton, which pays a very heavy import duty, 1t may be that in few years, when the cot ton crop of the transcaspian provinces will suffice to furnish the raw material required
 by the Russian mills, American and Egyptian cotton will cease to be bought in Russia.
 A Greek engineer, who received his pro- fessionsl education in America, has just elaborated the great project of lighting, by means of the electric light, the whole of the town of Constantinople, all the Bos- phorus, from Cavsk, as far as the histoh- cal village of San Stefano, upon the Sea of Marmora, by means of three very power full machines to be erected upon the three points of the Bosphorus where the current has an extraordinary force, that is to say, at Arnsout Keui, Csndilly and at Sersl- Bournou, at the entry of the coast port of the Sea of Msrmora. The project has ap- peared to be so practical and realizable that a company of capitalists has been formed, the necessary funds subscribed and de- mand for a concession has been addressed to the Turkish government The latter, on the other hand, has taken the project into serious consideration, and, without losing time, has nominated a commission ad hoo to examine the details and draw up an official detailed report.
 Telegraph and telephone lines in Ger many are owned by the government and are important adjuncts of its postal service. There Is not an overhead wire in any city or town of the empire, but buried in he earth is perfect cobweb of wires, rsdist- ing from Berlin to the most remote dis tricts, all connected at regular intervals. The main lines are made of seven copper wires constructed like submarine cables and enclosed in iron pipes. No meteoro logical disturbance ever interferes with their perfect action, and should an enemy invade the country he could not destroy telegraphic communication between the districts occupied and Berlin, except by digging trenches at every halting place. The prices for the service are astonishingly low. A ten-word message Is sent any where within the empire for 12i cents, and for a five minutes conversation by tele- phone the charge is but 25 cents. The an nual rental to telephone subscribers Is about $36, for which sum they have the privilege of communicating with persons In every part of the country.