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The morning times., 1896-01-19

the House. !; was one that would benefit
certain political opponents OF ETicc.
That hill has lw" sides said the Dem
ucratic politician, straight cming himself
up aud looking sharply at the photographer.
But believe in miudiuG my own business.
and, if they can't see il, let it GO
AT this there crept 4 sharp smile across
the face OF the ohioan, aud tn" photographer
snapped the camera upon it. That man is
going to he heard of again, and he'll like to
know how he looks when he bshOlds a mig E
ger IN the fenCc'-whcn he looks Sharpl
'Mckinley's picture, smiling, IS difficult
to get because he smiles only for his friends.
With them he is<indulgcncc, ioviality and
good nature. But when out Of the company
OF those he knows very well he gets back
into the serious mien OF Il thinker.
"A friend OF his took an amateur photo
graph of him with his home smile on his
face, and, though she allowed me tn copy
It, she would not sell it to me. 1t Is tn he
enlarged and copied in crayun by her
self some day. McKinlcy's dimple comes
out with his home smile, and his eyes have
a piercing look as though he could see the
fun as well as feel it.
DO think it would he good plan to
print and sell the smiling pictures of our
great men? Yes, / do. l think people
lose no respect for 4 man because he smiles
and know that many think more OF him.
Il smile makes us all kin.
The morning times., 1896-01-19
Harrison Indulgent.

incursonS Of book worms, hut the pages ire
threads. The covers are of paper, and are
dyed i'll purple, green, blue and yellow. The
paper on which the text is printed is rice pa
per, which does not crumple, but remains as
smooth as glass. The books are so light that
100 OF them may be carried with ease.
The average man could bear about with
him the entire Imperial Encyclopedia of
32O volumes and not experience much diff
Guilty. This encyclopedia, which was pub
lished in 1919, is similar in scope to the
Britannica. 1t contains information on
every topic that could possibly interest n
cultured Chinaman. One little work which
is very entertaining is entitled English
Without Master In it the simple cX-
preston, How are your is expressed by
Il few characters which resemble the Ma
sonic Temple, while the greeting Good
day looks like the explosion OF cannon
cracker.
The old books are copies of the insCrip-
uons on the tombs of various deceased mon
archs. The characters are very large and
are printed white on black paper. The art
which made such printing possible is now
lost.
The collection of works by European and
American authors is most valuable. They
are in English, Latin, French, German, Ital-
ian and Spanish. One of the Oldest treats
of the Dominican missions in China. Thein-
The morning times., 1896-01-19

! mauncrsand customs, Ia W, art science litera-
turc and religion. Intact, all serious subjects
are dealt with. Many of the books relate To
the topography of the country itself. In ex-
planation of these many wonderful maps
have been secured. prepared hydraugh ghtamcn
! in the service OF the imperial government
and printed upon paper such as only the
| CelcStials can make.
To the sghtsecr the books printed in the
queer characters of the Chinese arc the most
| attractive. While Il few OF these are older
than the earliest works issued from printing
presses III Christian countries. most of them
arcby comparatively moderna uthOrs. ThcS.
works are finely Illustrated 10y the best or
Oriental artists who, though they lack to "a
great degree the sens" OF perspective. never
thelcss dlSpHyan admirable power GcXprcS-
sion in a few lines. From these pictures an
excellent insight into the manners and Gus
toms OF the country may be obtained. even
though the text bc odd and unintelligiblc.
\ glance ut some Of these dainty volumes
viii convince the most skepticIl that the
CcleStialS know more about pocket editions
than some men who have studied for years
how to make small type plain and thin paper
smooth and durable. \ certain dream book
containing considerable matter is aninCh in
breadth by an inch and hail in length. The
Chara dtcTs are but little smaller than in the
hulkier volumes. They express so much in
little that one page is worth at least three III
the average English pocket edition.
The books are all bound in the same man
ner. No paste is used toinvite the destructive
The morning times., 1896-01-19
MOUNTAINS or SULPHUR.
Great Deposits Found in Eastern
Lower California.
san Diego J-uiuu

A. Go0dhc. the Enscuada banker. has
recently returned home after trip, by
way nf Yuma. 10 the great sulphur deposits
in the southern Cocopah range OF mountains
on the eastern side of Lower California. He
was accompanied 10y Judge Mastcrson OF
Yuma, Mr.. Fay and party Of Cocopah
Indian guides. They went in an open boat
down the Colorado River to the mouth
of Hardy's Colorado. thence up that river
tn the ueiEhborhoOd of the sulphur mines.
Guodhc describes these deposits as being
little less than mountains OF sulphur, which
is 81 per cent pure. aud refined sulphur
IS only 9S per cent pure. All that is
necessary to do is to shovel the sulphur
ituo sacks and ship it away TO the market
for ordinary use, especially for the mann
facturc of sulphuric acid. At one point
the deposit rises as n bluff fifteen feet
high and fully $50 feet wide, all of pure
sulphur. A The foot OF this a shaft has
been sunk into pure sulphur sixty feet
deep. He declines Ia estimate the total
quantity Of sulphur. but simply says there
IS plenty" His plans are To put the
product on the market Immediately.
The morning times., 1896-01-19
TEA SMOKERS OF new YORK
Fashionable People Who Learn
ed 1t From a Countess.
THE BEST-KNONN STIMULANT
Men Puff Them at Afternoon
Tea and Think Them an I'M
provcment on Fluid Bohea.

New York has plunged from n city
the feminine portion of which either did
not smoke at all or was ashamed of the
little smoking which it did to one whose
women pufr the weed from morning until
night.
But there are weeds and weeds ana
puffers and buffers. And about them you
must know before you give an opinion
upon woman's smoking.
The trick Is a French One-this rev smok-
ing trick. 1t came To New York via "A
beautiful French countess. who has IA ken
apartments in u very handsome hotel in
New York city. The countess had good
letters of Introduction and sent around her
cards literally. Monday WIS her reception
day that day when French women rush
out after the cnnui OF Sunday-and her
parlors were soon filled. a little lad car
RED around the trays of tea and cakes
and, when they were gone, he followed
with tray of cigare,tesl One Mortified
glance and the ladies arose to 20. But
the countesslaug he'd merrily. Wait SAID
she, you do not know! You think they
are tobacco cigarettes, so horrible! You
shall taste! They are tca.'
And tea cigarettes they were. There
We're 100 OF them, laid carefully side by
Side in a white satin case. Upon each
cigarette was the crest OF the countess
The morning times., 1896-01-19
DID CHARITY FOR PROFIT.
Somebody Told Dean Hole This Story
and He believed IL True.

and He Believed II True.
Dean Holes new hook about his tour IL
America contains many curious stories. of
which the following is supposed 10 il
lustratc Chicago "smartness."
There was man in Chicago. I was
told in New York who came one morning to
his office with such a radiant smile upon his
countcnanC" that his partner could not re-
frain from inquiring the cause OF his cx-
ubcrant Joy. Ny dear fellow he replied.
my doctor, as YOU know, has ordered me
to walk here from my house. and this
morning have been able, in consequence.
to do three splendid acts enough, surely,
To make any man happy. As was passing
one OF the churches saw a poor woman,
with a baby In her arms. weeping bitterly
on the steps OF the approach
Il inquired the cause of her sorrow, and
she told me that she had brought her little
darling to be baptized but that the priest
said she must pay a dollar, ana that she had
no money. told her that had nothing in
my purse but a t.n-,IOllar note, but that she
might take it to the priest, and would
wait outside for he change. She brought
it. with such profusc expressions OF graft
tudc and praise, that i'll my modeSty hur-
ricd away. Hear now. what have done.
and refrain from envy II you can. l have
dried poor woman's tears; lave placed
The morning times., 1896-01-19

another room. and best room in tho house-
a LEISCRELY MOMENT.
4 friend of this young woman dropped
in one evening AT 9 o'clock 10 maxi his first
call after the wedding. "Unintentionally
/ was in Ia the last course OF the dinner,
sald he 1t was being served in the Dac
parlor. In a big, easy chair sat Jack, the
picture e.. ease, smoking like q house alire,
with coffee cup pushed away from him and
little gll>s drained.
He was talking. and having. apparently,
the most Sociabe time of his life. Opposite
him sat his wife. young Mrs. Jack. In her
fingers she held a cigarettc-I didn't know
u The time that II was tea! And her vel
Vet robe was turned up a little. showing
the lpvehest lining, upon which the tea
ashes fell.
Il nearly fell myself from surprise. for
| knew them 10 be Conyentionality itself.
But Mrs. Jacks explanations and a sample
of her own weed put me at ease. My wife,
when | get her. shall smoke tea cigarettes
with me every dinner time
Although tea smoking was imported from
Paris only 4 month 4 20. there are now 5000
tea smokers in New York city alone.
The morning times., 1896-01-19

lingering I'm the smoking-room, leaving
the ladies alone, drear and dull, in Tic
dra wing-roonl.
FOR STATE DINNERS.
But she has solved i'll At her last
dinner she triUmpbantly led the way into
the smoking-rOOm. The next couple, IN
the secret, folio wed her. Two by two all
filed into the smoking apartnent-ar room
filled with palms and mystic things, in
teresting, hut never before viewed by the
women guests.
Then entered tho servants. Pipes, cigars,
cigarettes, etc, were passed to the men,
and to TIE women the dearest little cigar
cites that ever were seen. They were Just
three inches long, and as big around as
small EcnCi-cnOugh for a puff and then
thrown awayl 1t made the dinner DC
liciousiy sociable; and SO admirable is the
roof arTangeme nj III this rDOnl-opcH.lS in
a pointed dome 80 feet high-that no
smoke filled Groom 10 trOuflc the most
sensitive or the fair guests.
Little gifts of these cigarettes are made
to ladies Us one woIld give Il box OF bon
DOnS. Tile box is satin lined, the cigarettes
lie in II, snOw-like in their neat wrappers,
around the base OF each is 4 strip OF gold
paper TO protect the fingers, and on the front
is a simple decoration, II !cttCr maybe. On
top is Il pretty motto:
Ny liehtcst puff-if YOU will take,
y day dre;Itni II you sleep or wake!
The delcacy Of the wording rObs the
box or its shock. to her even who has
never before hcheld Il tea cigarette, and
when she tastes she IS converted TO the idea.
AT afternoon teas the tea cigarette Is
passed around libcraily, and here men
themselves smoke them. Men are not great
tea drinkers. They take cup or tea Tor
The sugar, or because they've got TO, but
they don't like it, When they find that
the tea cigarette. fragrant and smoking,
axes the place OF Il cup of tea III the heart
Dr the hostess they are charmed. Afternoon
teas bid certain to be more popular with
men than they Were.
There is woman in New York, whose
home after dinner is the most delightful
plac, IN the world. She has coffee served in
the ORA awing-rOom, and with IT. there Is
liquor ana the cigarette. All three are
slightly, but none to the eX-
tent they would bc If taken tandem in
dining, smoking, and dTJwing-rOumS- IL
is like serving the last course altogether in
The morning times., 1896-01-19
Some Biz Things.

The most perfect echo in the world is
said TO be that at shiplcy, in Sussex, South
England. 1t Will repeat twcnty-one syl-
lablcs.
The largest sponge ever sent to market
was from the Mediterranean. 1t was ten
feet in circumference and three in diameter
1t is said that the largest bar of gold ever
cast was sent to the Bank of California in
1882. 1t weighed 81 12 pounds.
1t is said that the largest crane in the
world is in the Krupp iron works. 1t
lifts and turns a weight of 90 tons.
The largest cast bronze statue in the world
is that of Peter the Great at st. Petersburg.
1t has a weight of so tons.
The largest stick of timber was cut in
Washington. 1t was 80 feet long and an
average of twenty by twenty-one inches.
The greatest bell is that long famous as
the giant OF the Kremlin in Moscow. Its
weight is 443,722 pounds.
The morning times., 1896-01-19
Big men BEFORE CAMERAS
Statesmen Look Pleasant While
Being Photographed.
CLENELAND'S GLAD SMILE
Allison and German Have Faces
That Laugh All the Time,
Though Unintentionally.

There is Il photographer in Washington
who own tho strangest collection Of photo
graphs in existence. The photos are the
rejected pictures OF distinguished men who
have sat before his camera.
When great man has his picture taken,
lie poses not once but many times. Harri-
son has quite often had thirty snaps taken
OF himself ut one visit to the photographer.
This is 10 avoid the time and trouble OF
coming again and to be sure OF one satisfac-
tory picture.
In the lot where so many pictures are
taken there are always some 'shirty" ones,
pictures where the men moved or winked too
often. These are thrown away. But there
are several that are rejected on account
OF the expression of the face. 1t is too
sober or too smiling. Neither the subject
nor the photographer wants to place it
upon the campaign banners.
1t is these pictures, the too smiling ones,
The morning times., 1896-01-19
BOOKS PRINTED In CHINA
Rare Oriental Literature in a
Chicago Library.
SOME OF THEM PRICELESS
Splendid Collection in the Home
of a Wealthy Chicago
Man.
Chicago Record.

China and the Chinese are at last flttingly
represented in the Newbcrry library. The
interest which of late years has developed
with regard TO the celestial empire and its
inhabitants and the attention which schol-
ars are now giving TO tie subject Were
deemed by Librarian Cheney as adequate
reasons for the purchase of IL collection
OF hooks which is unequalcd in the untry.
The collector OF the library, Gen. Ii. W.
Bailey, of Nevada, 10 wa, Will receive 81 o.
200 for his books. This sum has not yet
been paid, but negotiations have reached
such stage that the works are already here
and II catalogue OF them is being prepared.
There are coo volumes i'll all, three
eighthS of which are in the Chinese language.
The librarian considers the works written
in the European languages as most valuable
to all except scholars vcrscd in Chinese,
and is fearful that an impression may get
abroad that the library is "a useless Curio
acquired to excite special wonder.
All sides OF Chinese life, thought and craft
are treated. There are works on philosophy,
The morning times., 1896-01-19
ANTARCTIC rosSIBILITIEs.
Borchgrevink Thinks There May BE IA
Future for Commerce There.
The G.infnry.

| Observation-Disclosures wasa com
| nicrcial one, and commercially IL was n fail
| urc, because we did not fihd the right whale,
, so valuable for its whalebonc. The Ant
arctic was fitted out for the hunt of that
peculiar kind OF whale: nevertheless have
| no doubt that the commercial result Of the
expedition would have been much better
had we worked under more favorable
| auspices.
do not by any means consider the fact
| OF our not having met with the right whale
In those seas as conclusiycprcOrofthc of thcirnon-
existence in the bay at Victoria Land. The
Antarctic found the right whale at Camp
bells Island in the winter time; the boats
Fastened To five OF them, OF which, however,
only one WAS caught. Now, 10 me it does
not seem Improbable that these whales
go south to the bay OF Victoria Land, where
Ross saw them i'll the summer, and return
north in the winter. 1t would seem incrCd-
iblc that a man or Sir James Ross stand
ing, supported as he was by able scientists
and experienced whalrrs, should have made
a grave error wien lie said that this val
bers i'll those lati;udcs.
The difference in the appearance of the
blue whale, ms we found it there, and the
right whale in the method of srOuting is so
strikin;: that even the most CaSual observer
could not easily be- deceived. Very possibly
had we penetrated further into the large,
omen bay discovered hy EOss in the vicinity
OF the volcano peaks ErcbuS and Terror,
we, too. would have found the right whale
in great numbers. We saw many blue
whales, but had not the aTplia nCcs 10 take
Asf remarked at hc International Geo
graphical Congress We, found few seals.
They increased, however, in number as we
worked eastward, and seemed afraid OF the
land. All of tie seals that we met on the
shore shO we'd much uncasiness and speedily
made for the water, n fact which strength
cncd my belief in Il" existence OF n large
enemy OF the seal u the continent. Idonot
doubt that the seals ,onEr"gatc together
in large numbers at some places on the bay.
| consider the Guauo beds which we dis
covered of great commercial Importance.
and they ought To hc wcllwnrlhthe attention
Of cnt"nrising business men. The spcci
men which brought back with me contains
q large percentage OF ammonia.
Furthermore from the analysis of the
specimen OF rock which brought back with
me. the possible and probah'e presence OF
valuable minerals ON thrcontincnt is proved
although the lava aH1 volcanic aspects of
the coast line do hot speak favoraby
for the presence Of heavy metals near the
surface.
The morning times., 1896-01-19
SNOW IN MA RS.
Observations Made With the Great
Telescope ut Lick Confirmed.

Observations Made With the Great
Telescope ut Lick Confirmed.
European Edition New York Herald.
The Herald published last year particu-
lars of the results obtained at the Juvisy
Observatory by observations and meas
urcments of our ueighhot, the planet Mars.
and showed that the seasons in Mars re-
semble our own in intensity. though their
duration was twice as long. l am happy to
be able TO Inform the readers of the Herald
that similar observations, made by Mr..
Barnard, with the great equatorial tele-
scope of the Lick Observatory, entirely
confirm ours.
few observers. especially at the Paris
Observatory, thought they might conclude
that the SHOWS had completely disappeared
In October; they were mistaken. At Juyisy.
as at Mount Hamilton, some trace of them
was perceived until the beginning of
November.
/ will add, in conclusion, in reply to let
tiers from several readers that the As
trODomie, which has ceased to appear for
year, is replaced by the Bulletin Men.
suel de Ia Soclete Astronomique dc France.
The morning times., 1896-01-19
Had Domestic Trouble.

At Brunswick recently in the superior
court a colorcd witness stated that ne was
unable TO testify us to a certain occurrence
because he had domestic trouble" about
that time.
What was the domestic troublc?" asked
the examining attorney.
We'll to tell the truth, boss" said the
witness, II was in the penitentiary for
stealin' 4 cow."-Atlanta Constitution.
The morning times., 1896-01-19
Did Him a Great Service

- One ofthosemcn who say something which
they had better LEFT unSaid addressed the
late Rev. Charles SpurgeOn as he was pass
ing out Of church. Grasping the preacher
by hchand, the man said: Isee YOU have
forgotten me. sir, and yet You once did me
the greatest service that clergyman can
render TO anybody" What service was
that" asked Spurgeon. You buried my
wife, sir" replied the man. his eyes suffused
with tears.
The morning times., 1896-01-19

formation to DE obtaipd from these wo,. -
is said TO be comprehensive in every sense of
the word. Besides the printed works there
China. but never plbltshcd. Gen. Bai,Sy.
who spent his life cSllcctIng the library,
earned his title in the Chinese army and
fought at the side of Gen. Gordon. He is
lecturer of ability and Il gentleman Of the
widest culture. -
The morning times., 1896-01-19
More Like Friend Than HuSba nd

Queen Victoria takes a great interest in
her Scotch tcnantry and often stops 10
talk to them on her drives through the
Highlands. An old wCmgn, whom her
majesty remembered for Il number Or
years, was taken Ill, and TIE queen sent
one Of her ladies to make inquiries as 10
her health. And your husband is good
to you, hope, and waits on you now that
you are unable to get about asked the
queen messenger. Yes, me lCddy; he's
more like a friend than Il husba md" Her
ma 'csty laughed heartily on hearing this
reply.
The morning times., 1896-01-19

get over smiling from one rock-a-bye to
another: 1t will I've q sad day for them II be
gets wife TO smile at.
I'VE caught IIarrison's best smile one day
whcnhc was out rldingtoward Georgetown.
For various reasons we had cameras posted
along the. road that day, and even poised
III trees, while our camera artists were upon
thefr metal TO get us good pictures. Any
Washington photographer, no matter how
legitimate he ma Y be. likcstogct coll, ctiOn
OF these accidental pictures.
"They come IN good when he is getting up
crayons of the parties, or lie can sell them 10
the first artist who is painting picture OF
these men. These accidental shots save
sittings hcttcrthan prearrangcd phs
do.
"0n this day, rare luck! Harrison was
driving out with several of the little ones,
Russell Harrison's and the McKces. Just
as he was in n straight line with the largest
OF our road cameras he turned his face to-
ward the hills and followed Baby McKec's
fingers towards the beauty Of some distant
animals The then President smiled indul-
gently and we had his picture. His descend
ants will ask US for it some day. IL Is such
a good one.
BRICE HARD TO CATCH.
"Bricc's smile is more fleeting than May
sunshine. Now YOU catch ii and now you
don't. Bricc has face that is pleasant all
The time, bat it isn't the smile that passes
for a laugh.
"a phoiogra phcr friend of ours caught
one several years ago and sent 1t I" us.
BriCe was before the camera, and the Pho
tugraphCr was trying to make him pose
well by talking politics with him at the
same time.
"FurtunatCly, or unfortunately, he
touched upon Il financial bill then before
The morning times., 1896-01-19
A lllSon's LOng-AgO Smile.

Cleveland is man who is ashamed
of his laugh, but l know that Mckinley
and German like to feel that they are
still youthful enough TO laugh.
Great men are so oppressed with the
cares of nation that they smile rcluct-
antly. and that is why smiling picture of
a statesman is such Il rarity
The morning times., 1896-01-19

her little one on the heavenly road; have
passed. a false ten-doIlar note, and have got
the change in my pocket"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-02-18
Coffee Drinkinr

There are some persons who ind,,1oa to 8 considerable excess in eofroa 5,.;,,7E lng' ana many more who 90 to oven greater excess ill the use of tea. Ii has accordingly been eontended bv sone oh stalners from these two substances that tney are capable of generating form of lnebrlety corresponding to etherisn onquestionably intemperate tea and conee drinking will give rise to serious mischief. The inordinate consumer If strong tea may become a dyspentio wreck, a sleepless hypochondriac. with deereplt nervous system, the victim or deep, intense melancholy, with. in some cases, suicidal tendency. The lmmoderate indulger in coffee. black and strong, may lose all appetite for healthy food, eat little, suffer from tremors, acute neuralgia and other pains, excessive thirst, agonizinp head ache and feeling of intolerable drypeas and heat. He may become pinehed and emaclated, have a feeble circulation and constant fear of falling. with a blurred vision, as if looking through light brownish media.
 These, however, are the symptoms of tea and coffee poisoning. They bear wit ness, so to speak, to theine and caffeine lntoxication, minus the anasthesia and paralysis of alcoholic drunkenness. Dr. Kerr, i'll his practice, has never seen an uncontrollablescraying for tea or coffee to which all natural affections and du- ties were subordinated. He is therefore unable to recognize these phases of ex- cesslye drinking as manifestations of nareomaaia, the disease which is char acterized by an oyerpowering impulse to intoxication at all risks. New York Sun.