The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-04-17

tivities designed TO show the Iro,. ~
OF England's influence and bor we
gross in commerce and the mecbonr,. O'
arts since 1887. ''A
A point brought out in recor,
port by Commissioner Carron y y
Wright, Of the Department Of Il, y
bearing on the sex and age of emnIo"'
In the industries of the country /. ,t'
the proportion Of children to tho wSa,
number OF people employed Is la,a''
decreasing. Children" in these S ~
tistlcal reports are those under ton.
teen years of age, and the decreasa '' y
the number at work is supposed 10 4
due to the more stringent leplsat,'
in many of the states regarding am,
labor and school attendance. con
parison with the latest census reDo-
shows an increase Of CO per cent "
the number of male employees Of oi,s
teen years and over, and a decrease =,
500 In the number under elpbto.'
years, while female employees nna,.
eighteen have increased 50 per os,,
Out of $50 cases examined where mo,
and women work together at the cam,
occupation and with equal degrees i,
efficiency, men receive greater nav h
595 cases, or 76 per cent, and woms,
receive greater pay in 1919, or lGh M,
cent, while in only IS cases, Or INa
per cent, did the two sexes recelve m,
same pay for the same work. The ma,
receive so per cent. more pay than II,
women in the 595 cases in which fine,
get greater pay, but the women receIy.
but a little over 10 per cent. more IA,
in the 1873 cases in which they get hlgb.
er wages.
1t will not be many years, remark
the Atlantic Constitution, before n,
commerce Of the globe is exclusyer
carried on by steam. Each year boil. /
ers are substituted for sails and I'm.
proved methods of navigation take MI
place of the old ones. For exanDs
in 1896, the worlds said boat tonnag,
was reduced 1854, 900 tons below M
year preceding, while its steamba
tonnage was increased 100000 ton,
OF the total increase in ship buildh
for the year only 299, 421 tons Of steam
10S,710 tons of sailing craft, were bull
outside of England. In this connectlOi
it is gratifying to note that much Of
years activity in the line Of ship-buitN
ing was confined to the United StatgE
On the great lakes especially the nun
Der of steamboats, is rapidly increasing
Only few years back these inland SEA
were covered with sailing boats m
such thing as steamer plOWng tht
depths was a rare and novel spectacle
At the present time, however, a
boats on the great lakes have beCon
as odd as steamers were a few yelr
ago. In the Disappearance of the sala
there is something intensely pathet
So much of romance and adventure
times past have clustered about ID
knight-errant of the deep that proge
seems inconsiderate, If not cruel, inra
firing him from the wide theatre OH
activities. Except in the Literature
a by-gone age the sailor boy will SOD
be without a habitation.
Acting on the advice of several big
officials who have known the deligh
of hunting big game in Africa, and h
with reason, apprehended the speed
determination of the larger animals
the reckless slaughter of recent yea
should not be forbidden, the EngH
government has determined to
apart the coast region of Somailal
as a sort of elephant sanctuary" Hs
after sportsmen will not be allow
to intrude; its denlzens will
to live in peace and safety, and b
any infraction OF the regulation will
severely punished. The reserve
tends from Sheikh Pass, on the ca
to the Abyssinian frontier on the We
with, roughly speaking, the edge
the Haud for its northern boundl
and 1t has an area, approximately
200 miles by so. The herds of eepha
which remain in this reserve are
present, however, confined to the ma
smaller area, about forty miles sQla
of the Gadabursi Mountains. The We
point of the arrangement is, 1t is 81
that there are no means of entorc
the ordinance as against the natlV
Active steps in the same direction d.
been taken by the German authoFA
in German East Africa. An edict slsA
by Gov. Wissr?an establishes two
portant sanctuaries, and Others are
contemplation. In addition to TINS
censes are required for hunters OIL
plants, a. higher scale being exac'
from Europeans than from nan
This latter regulation has been
some time in force, and the natlNe Nv
ers willingly pay for these licenses
ing we'll aware that the presefVaN
of the animals is as important to %
as to the whites.
When they cry wolf in the Go'a
ment of Saratoff, Russia, it ME-
During the last two
the wolves there have deyourea'
cording to the official returns, y
horses, 10000 horned cattle, -
sheep, 5000 swine, 1000 dogs anu
300 fowl. They have also during
same period attacked 6S peIs
levouring two on the spot, and lnA
ng fatal wJunds on twelve Others
France it is estimated that 5OOV"
these animals exist, and the daI
inflicted by them is set down al aY
100000 francs annually. a reg
body of men, numbering over
,alled the Louvoterie, is maintains
xppn dnwn wild hpasts and the