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make the Rigi at ore tirns as dangerous
as the Natterhorn at another.
To a certain extent. OF course Gao
weather can be foreseen: but neteoToloSy
IS not yet an exact science. ard even the
ACQUIRED Instinct OF the guides = some
times al fault so that grave mistakes.
often followed by fatal consequences, are
made almost every year.
Mont Blanc is probably the mountain IN
which had weather makes the greatest
difference. on fine day the ascent OF IL
is scarcely more dangerous than the as
cent Of Primrose hill; hat in storm you
viii lose ycur way and wander round and
round until yoa sink down exhausted and
freeze 70 death.
In September. 1870. a party OF eleven
persons eight of whom were guides or
porters were lost in this way When their
bodies were recovered 3 memorandum was
found in the pocket Of one OF them, J.
Beane. OF the United States OF America,
finished apparently just before his death,
and giving a brief summary OF the CIR
cumstances Of the calamity. This IS how
il read:
Tuesday. Sentember 6-I have made the
ascent OF Mont Blanc with ten persons
eight guides Mr.. Corkendal and Mr.. Ran
dali We arrived at the summit ct --So
O'Clock. Immediately after leaving il l
was enveloped in clouds of snow. We
passed the night in a grotto excavated out
of snow, affording very nncomiortabie
shelter. and 1 was i'll all night
September : (morningl-fntense cold;
much snow falls uninterruptedly; guides
restless
September (eveningl-We have been
on Mont Blanc for two DAYS in a terrible
sriowstorm: we have lost our way and are
in 81 hole scooped cut of the snow at
height of i5.eo0 feet. / have no hope of de-
scending Perhaps this book may be
found and forwarded. CHere follow some
instructions on his private affairs) We
have had no food; my feet are already
frozen and / am exhausted: / have only
strength TO write a few words. / die in
the faith Of Jesus Christ, with affectionate
thoughts of my family; my remembrance
10 all. / trust we may meet in heaven.
Says Leslie stephen, commenting on the
incident i'm the Alpine Journal:
The main facts are so simple that little
explanation is needed The one special
danger of Mcnt Blanc is bad weather.
The inexperienced travellers were probably
ignorant Of the fearful danger they were
encountering. and had not the slightest
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-18

Mills IN East Oakland have for some time
had under consideration a propcSi ton 20
remove their entire plant 70 Japan The
company was organized In lSs3 with a capt.
tai OF s5.lesl has given employment 20
as many as 80 employees az a time. and
has paid out not less than Se9.sD IN
wages. but, as the superintendent ex-
plains the situation. the Wilson tariff bill.
supplemented by the determination OF the
state prison directors 10 go into the manu-
facture OF ore bags. cotton rope and Irvine.
makes II impossible TO carry on the mills
a. q figure which viii return even mod
crate interest on the investment.
This is unfortunate for California for
we cannot afford 70 give Up any OF our
manufacturing industries. but the strik-
ing part Of the affair is the offer that ia
pan makes TO induce the transfer OF the
plant TO that country. Japan viii give
absolute exemption from all taxation for
twenty years. and VIII promise aoie-
bodied male expert labor for ~ cents
day. while for girls and boys all that is
asked is S cents day.
The removal OF this mill TO Japan is no
new experiment on the part or the Japa-
nese. They have already over s00.0 600 sp!n-
dies running. and are constantly adding
TO their plant. To take over an American
mill which has been tested by twelve years
OF experience. and the machinery of which
Is adapted to the manufacture Of ore bags.
cotton rope and cotton Irvine. which japan
has thus far not undertaken to nanEfact-
ure. would be an excellent stroke Of busi-
ness for Japan.
AS for ourselves. the question is very
different. II Japan goes on increasing
her manufactures and output of textiles.
with labor az from 70 IS cents a day. il
will not be long before New England and
its most rahid free traders will be clamor-
ing for protective tariff so high as 20
make the Mckinley tariff sink into insig-
nificance. Free trade is all right so long
as we can undersell our competitors. but
If Japan comes along and sells cotton
goods in the American market cheaper
than we can manufacture. the conversion
of free traders into protectionists will be
as sudden as that OF Saul of Tarsus. and
at Japan's present rate of industrial pro-
gress and with the money she viii have
at her command from the Chinese indem-
nifty fund, there is nothing 10 prevent such
a consummation.
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TIE COTTON MILLS OF ASIA.
Japan. India and China Are Competi-
tors. WITH Japan in the Lend.

lluldn IeNQle journal.
The present conditions of the trade in
india and Japan form such a vivid con-
trast that it may Toe useful TO summarize
briefly the pros and cons of the situation
From Liverpool TO Yokohama the dis
lance is about 4000 miles greater than
that from Liverpool to Bombay. The
japanese must therefore pay much higher
freight and insurance on machinery and
stores. Japan depends largely upon India
for It's raw material Bombay has now an
abundant supply of trained labor on
the other hand. tho japanese mill owner
has coal at about one-hfth Of the cost of
Of English coal IN Bombay The figures
work out roughly thus: y mill Of 80 600
spindles, costing &c iakhs, consumes
coal 20 the value Of rs. 50.0e0 annually
\ similar mill IN japan could save Rs
1900 annually on Its coal bill. which is
equal 20 % per cent. upon the capital.
Even II the capital were Is lakhs,
IL still means ga per cent. nearly. If the
quartcr-anna commission system has not
been adopted tn Japan-and we have not
heard that II has-then another Rs 5000
or per cent. goes toward dividends.
The Japanese workers are most patient
and Flooding. and. as is seen in their pro-
ducucns generally, everything they touch
Is done with deft hand This Is quail
ity most essential in all textile industries.
H. as In England. women and girls are
employed as frame tenters. and. I'm some
cases. as ring frame piecers. then a fur
Their decided advantage IS gained For
these operations we have here invariably
men and boys. whose fingers are never so
delicate and nimhle as those OF the oppo-
site sex. Wages in Japan are probably
much lower than here. but in the absence
Of data as 20 the number Of hands in the
various departments. and their wages we
are unable 10 make a comparison.
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pan. The figures are: Merchandise, ex-
rortS. 1Sss g ~ SO ven. lSss, % Ies So yen:
imports, 1875. eeaz7, e7s yen; 1884, 5s.64s <4s
yen. Ard specie, exports, ISs5, II.15,sIl
yen: 1895, IS -. sS3 yea. imports. 1ss5, e-zl4.-
sS7 yen; 1884. 1s.Gl $50 yen The excess OF
imports over exports has decreased from
6.seo, 900 TO only over 5oa.osa- The move
ment OF specie is 10 be explained. presun-
ably. by the purchase OF war material
abroad. The principal increases in ex-
ports are on habutaye. silk handkerchiefs.
rice ard matches. There is a marked fall
ing OF on raw silk OF imports cotton.
cotton yarn and rice show the principal
increases. and sugar. peas and beans the
chief falling off
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THE PLOWMAN.

From the Report Of a Flowing Match
committee in Berkshire. Mass, in fS4q, =
Clear the brown path. to meet his coul-
ter's CLEAN,
10! on he comes. behind his smoking
team
With tolls bright dewdrops on his sun
burnt brow.
The lord of earth, the hero of the plow,
First in the field before the reddening sun
Last in the shadows when the dav is ,3one
Line after line. along the bursting sod
Marks the broad acres where his feet
have trod.
Still. whore he treads the stubborn clods
The smooth. fresh furrow opens deep and
Matted and dense the tangled turf up
Mellow and dark the ridgy cornfeld
Up the steep hillside. where the laborlng
train
slants. the long track that scores the level
Through the moist valley. clogged with
oozing clay.
The patient convoy breaks its destined
At every turn the loosening chains re-
sound.
The swinging plowshare circles glistenlng
Till the wide field one billowy waste ap-
And wearied hands unbind the painting
steers.
These are the hands whose sturdy labor
brings
The PEASANTS food. the golden pomp of
kings:
This is the page whose letters shall be
seen
Changed by the sun TO words of living
green.
This is the scholar whose immortal pen
Spells the first lesson hunger taught TO
These are the lines. o heaven-commanded
Toll
That Mi thy deed-the charter of the soil.
gracious mother. whose benignant
breast
How thy sweet features, kind to every
cline,
Mock with their smile the wrinkled front
We stain thy fowers-they blossom DER
the dead.
We rend thy bosom. and it gives US
Ger the red field that trampling strife
has torn.
Waves the green plumage OF thy tasseued
our maddening conflicts scar thy fairest
SIN thy soft answer is the growing grain.
Yet. Q our mother. while uncounted
Round the fresh clasp Of thine embracing
let not our virtues in thy love decay.
And thy fond weakness waste ourstrength
away.
No, by these hills. whose banners now
displayed
IN blazing cohorts autumn has arraved:
By yon twin crest, amid the sinking
sphere.
Last to dissolve and first to reappear;
By taese fair plains the mountain circle
screens
And feeds in silence from its dark ravines:
True 10 their home these faithful arms
shall toll
To crown with peace their own unta!nted
soil.
And. true To Cod. % freedom. 20 mankind.
II her chained baudogs faction shall IN
bind
These stately forms. that bending even
now.
Bowed their strong manhood to the hum
Die pillow.
Shall rise erect. the guardians Of The land.
The same stern iron IN the same right
hand
TIL Grayiock thun6ers 10 the parting sun.
The sword has rescued what the pl0w-
share won
%. ". Holmes. Chairman.
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upon the slope below. The x....s-
hesled over as IL mon a hgn~a 10y ~
setncr unui e bent - dsxrees -, --lssA
then y crushed ont .ss base. ara ~ .usssss
\ thousand fragments, piungss 10y ~ M
Gown upon the slope that we has "a
every atom Of cur track thar w. ssssss
course vas oohteratsd. all tire nsr. = =
was swept away. and { hrcas ~ saas
Si1'oota. classy ice showed th4 - -, z
force with which IL had fallen : -sssess
FRANCIS GRyp,,-
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The Deadly Chinese Torpedoes.

Another revelation in a Chinese ord
nance department is forthcoming. this
time from Foechow. The Chinese author
lties commenced TO take up the torpedoes
that mad been laid TO protect Foochow
from japanese invasion, in the vicinity
OF Sharp peak, at the mouth of the Min
river. On examining the torpedoes it was
discovered that these dreadful instru-
ments of war We're all loaded with coal
dust! 1t is TO be presumed the authorities
are looking for that fierce mandarin who
was IN charge to promote him to a sphere
more fitting for his genius.
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The Railways of Japan.
Hyogo News,


The Hiroshima aIitajirf line OF railway.
10 be undertaken by the Sanyo Railway
Company is about eighty-ssyen miles
long. The total expenditure is estimated
al some four and a half million yen. One
long tunnel and two large bridges must
be constructed. and the work viii occupy
about three years From Mitaliri 10 Ba-
kan the distance is only a little over
thirty miles, but the government viii not
yet sanction this section. owing TO the
differences of opinion as TO the coast or
mountain route.
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I'M Z N

Why waste time and money with doctors w1m
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male a new man Of me AMI IL will do the sAns
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shouli send AT once for this prescription. ~
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NELSON BRIsCOE, AL Cedar ayeaus. -
Francisco. -
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Eight Warships for China.
Shanghai News,

Nanklng advices report that Viceroy
Chang has decided TO order two battle
ships OF 5000 tons each. two first-claes
armored cruisers of 5000 tons each and
four second-class protected cruisers of
COCO tons each. 10 be built partly in Ger
many and partly in England, as the
nucleus of the new Nanyang fleet. Over
$50 naval students are also to be sent
abroad for practical study.
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We understand that in few DAYS the
prospectus viii Do issued OF an important
spinning and weaving mill 20 De founded
in Shanghai. % which the American
Trading Company will be the general
managers. The capital OF the new under
taking viii bN eso 30 taels. divided into
lo.ao0 shares 81 10 taels each or the ars,
issue ~ 1ooo shares. considerable nor.
ton cas already been privately subscrib-
ed. hut it IS believed that about 90
shares viii 30 offered for puhli, sub
sCvipj5on. An influential directorate has
beer secured. land has beef acquired and
the machinery will combine all the very
latest improvements. The looms VIII
come from Americs. but the other ma
cAmery from England. The mln vii start
with q 90 spludles
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HvoCn NaNS.

The total mileage of railways in opera
ton in Japan at the end of March was
2.l3o: lines under construction and pro-
1ected made up another 1.042 miles. The
number OF railway companies was twenty
nine. and the capital involved was 49,
COCO ven odd. The state lines comprised
some $40 miles only OF the total, and some
so miles OF the new works
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A Great steel Factory I'm .yapan

According TO the Yomiuri Shimbun. the
government has decided 20 establish a
steel factory, at a cost of 1890, 90 yen.
the payments 10 be spread over four
years The principal object will be the
manufacture of arms for the government
Estimates are now being prepared
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Tho NH Owners Union. which has de-
cided 70 establish a spinning mill in the
vicinity OF Shanghai with 5000 spin-
dies Is anxious TO obtain full report
from the japanese consul there Since
the promotion nv Jardine. Natheson &
CO. OF \ similar enterprise was announced
the union Is eager 10 complete its pre-
luinaries as quickly as possible.
\ cotton mill j. proposed for Fushimi
with capital % 95oooo Ven. The machin-
cry VII he driven with the water power
- the canal which means a saving OF
5.59 yen every year on the coal bill.
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"A Fresh English Comn,a-.. ).

That healthy pink and white r,i.e.
as well he the typical American -, -, -
ion. al people would take reasorsh ~s.'sssi
OF their health. Ripans Tabules - 81
root or the trouble. because a stom.ss =
good order produces good blood '''A'a
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4 sad Fate.

kind-hearted Old CSent-Year
indeed a sad one. And how did ~. ;
your husban8e wa aa@
Applicant Tor Relief-Plesss so-
killed while Iestin' life-savin' a,,,,. : ~
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You Can't Always Tell.

ARE you sure they're quite fresh3'
'Wot question 10 arst, Can't yer see
they're aAve?@
Yes, but yoa'rs alive. you know"
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quickly. Over 1000 private endorsemenm.
Prematureness means impotency IN tne =.
stage. IL is symptom OF seminar we ~ -
aud harrenness. II can be stopped In @np
by the use of Hudyan. ..s
Tho new discovery was made ny the 49, "
fists ofthe old famous Hudson Medicai instasss ~.
IL Is the strongest yitaliner made. y ~
powerful, but harmless. Sold for Si.Ua -
age orc pael ages for $500 fplain sealed poi.s
Written guarantee given for cure. IL ~
six boxes and are not entirely cured, nA n%As
win be sent TO you free of all charges.
Send for circulars and tectim0nials. AaafU
wuDSON MEDICAL. tN4TgTIifF,
Junction Stockton, Market ana Li'u
Streets. San Francisco. CAR
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Increase of Japan's Foreign Trade.

HFO-0 NFWs
Compared with the first six months 81
ls9f there has been an Increase OF =. re SO
yer tbs year - the foreign tra6e OF Ja-
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Manchester papers advise that the Al
fred Holt liner Pyrrhus has been special
- chartered 70 convey a large consl rn-
ment of cotton-sptnniag machinery 10
shanghai from Manchester The ship-
meat viii - from the works % John
HethertnEton & sons. limited ana viii
comnriSe from SEQ TO S.gS1 packages This
is only Part o. 3 much larger consirn-
nent. the remaining portion Of which vii
D. sent down the canal Ell route for tbs
same destination ~ = later steamer.
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san Francisco Chronicle
The directors c. TIE California Cottc,
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went into q hardware store the other
DAY % buy g paddock and Was shown
variety which looked very familiar The
shopkeeper brought out a box which De
said contained genuine American locks
hut e WAS difficult 20 distinguish them
frcm the Japanese limitations. We rnal-
~ selected enc az Japanese manufacture
which ecra the wor@s 80 English stamped
tn the brass: "Autematic lock Patent
applied for" while she key bare the raue
% Miller Lock Comopny. Philadelphia.
L s A"
Some time ago a manufacture o.
iSnan burners IN New England sent over
few beautifully finished samples which
De desired Mr. Mcrse, o. the American
Trading Company, 10 introduce here.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-13
Isavages of Locusts In Cyprus.

One reads of plaques of locusts, In,
it is difficult to realize what terrible
inf1iction an invasion of these ravenous
pests can be. MI. J. f.. MavrocordatO
of the civil service, Cyprus, has made
the subject of how best to destroy, or at
least to decrease their numbers, sDe
cial study, and the very graphic ac.
count of his experiences us related at
tho Colonial institute is full of interest.
Cyprus i'll past years has suffered sorcly
from tho ravages of locusts, and tho in
habitants have at times been reduced to
famine. The locust, one Of the grass.
hopper family, is about two inches in
length and increases at tho rate of
about 90 to l annually. When tho eggs
are Matched, the breeding ground is GOV.
cred with il denscly packed mass of in
sects, not much larger than an ordinary
ant. This mass eventually marches for
ward, consuming every green blade on
its route. This goes on till, arriving nj
their full size, the cree lures take to their
wings, and wherever hey settle devas-
tation is complete. -Wcstminster Ga
Zctte
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ArALK ABOUT METALS AND MINERALS
Something About Their Difreronccs-Rusts
OF tho Former.


Something About Their DiGercnccs-Rusts
OF tho Former.
Professor Skitlmoro of Philadelphia,
in course Of laboratory lessons to su-
pervising principals and teachers Of tho
Philadelphia public schools, took up tho
subject of metals recently. In tho course
Of his lecture he made Somo interesting
remarks i'll regard to tho distinction be-
tween minerals and metals. 1t is not
possible, he observed, to define exactly
what metal is, yet there is little liza
bility of mistake in distinguishing
metal from nonmetal. The metallic
properties OF luster, toughness, fusibili-
ty. opaqucness. conductivity and rust
may be possessed separately by nonmet-
ais, but they are not associated rs they
are with metals. Most metals may be
bent, twisted, drawn and hammered to
nn extent far beyond what any mineral
not metal could endure.
Taking up the matter of the rusts Of
different metals, he showed by q series
Of interesting experiments that sodium,
potassium, ]ithium and, in q lesser de-
gree, calcium, strontium and barium
rust instantly when exposed to moist
air, their white rusts quickly dissolv-
ing i'll water and forming alkalies. 9th
er experiments demonstrated the fact
that another group Of metals, in which
are zinc, lead, magnesium and antimo-
ny, have white ruStS which are not SOL
ublo in water. These rusts form thin
adherent coating, which only half con-
ceals the metal and gives to it Il dull.
furnished appearance. 1t was shown
that at higher temperatures than the
ordinary, and especially if the metals
are finely divided, the chemical energy
OF rusting is so great that the metals
burn with vivid light and emit a
dense white smoke. The permanency Of
these rusts and their protective charac-
ter are utilized in white paints
Professor Skidmoro then directed at
tention to third group of metals,
which includes those which have dark
or colored rusts, as with copper, iron
and silver. A series of experiments fol-
lowed to show how these rusts were
formed, and the changes which iron I'M
dergoes in appearance i'll the tempering
process were carefully noted. Attention
was directed finally to the fourth group
| Of metals, which never rust These are
gold and platinum, and it was noted
that they are also the metals which are
found as metals in the earth, and not
as ores from which the metal must be
manufactured. In the case of the other
metals, it is an advantage that they are
| found in the rust or ore condition, as
they can be manufactured much more
easily than they could be cut from
] lodges of the pure metal.-Iron Age.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-13
Everybody Ready to Dicker.

Many years ago, i'll central Maine, a
man started ont TO sell oilcloth table
covers throughout the country mt 90
cents a cover. After travelling all day
without selling one a happy thought
struck him. He would charge dollar
and take half tho pay in cast off shoes,
The result was that people imagined
they were getting some return from
shcir old shoes, and there was general
rarnacking of attics, and table covers
went like hot cakes. Bat tho old shoes?
Well, wherever he found convenient
hole beside tho road, out of sight, he
pulled pp his cart and dun2e$ tbe lot,
Lewiston (Me J Jou.nal.