Smyrna times., 1897-09-29
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Samuel &. Durham, statistical ex-
pert of the department of labor, writes
from Alaska that hundreds of men will
starve or freeze to death in the effort to
reach the Klondlke gold fields.
The idle money that has been lying
inert and dead for any purpose of sub
stanial business usefulness is now
finding its way from the city banks to
the country and into the hands of COM
mercial borrowers.
The Prohibitionists of New York are
to push their municipal campaign by
the distribution of toilet soap, on the
wrappers of which is to be inscribed
prohibition party soap. Ye voters of
Greater New York, clean up the dirty
politics by voting with clean party
for clean men!"
Leading dry goods merchants of
New York say that there has been
nothing like the present boom in that
line since 1892, and that the year bids
fair to break all records in the amount
of sales.
British vessels are carrying over So
per cent of the United States merchan-
disc, both of imports and exports The
percentage of imports CARED in Ameri-
can vessels is 1876, and in foreign YES
sells 81. 65.
Makers of European silks and soaps
who find their sales in America cur
tailed by the exactiOns of the Dingley
tariff are proposing to establish manu-
factories in this country. 1t is also
said that Partisan tailors and dress
makers will take like means of serving
their American customers by establish
ing branch houses in this country.
Chairman Dingely repeats the asser-
tion that during the four months the
tariff bill was pending in the Senate
not far from $1OO,OOO,OOO worth ofmer-
chandise was imported in excess of the
demand for consumption, "simply for
the purpose of avoiding thepayment of
the new or increased duties provided by
the pending bill for the purpose of in
creasing the revenue.
Some ten persons in Chicago last
week took their lives. Being unable
to get employment and becoming de-
spondent, they broke one of Gods
laws. The world is often as people
make it. Although it is a struggle for
the ajOrity of those coming into the
world to procure decent living, per-
sons opportunities are often as they
are content to have them.
SO many potatoes have rotted in the
ground in Montgomery and Bucks
Counties that farmers are predicting a
scarcity and high prices next winter.
Postmaster General Gary will pre-
pare a bill providing for the establish
ment of Postal Savings Banks through
out the country.
The postal savings bank idea will be
opposed by people who think the
proper function of a Government is to
spend money, not to save it.
Thousands of persons have been rem
dered distitute by floods in China, and
property worth $1,OOO,OOO was de-
stroyed.
The floods in Italy have proved dis
astrous to life and property, many per-
sons being killed and great tracts Of
country devastated.
FIRST Corn SENT IT.-Mr. Thomas
Cecil of Spaniard's Point sent to Balti-
more on Thursday the. first yellow corn
on cob sent to the Baltimore market
this season. It was a lot of 1S
bushels and sold for $1.3O per barrel,
equal to 26 cents bushel. C6ntreUiLe
Observer.
CALIFORNIA FRUIT SOLD IN LONDON.
Within nine hours after the docking
at southampton, the American Line
steamship st. Paul 44O2 packages of
California fruit were all sold Thurs
day morning.
It is stated in Tangier that if the
claims of United States are not setted
within reasonable time a squadron of
United States war vessels will be sent
to Morocco.
The Sultan of Morocco has sent an
army corps to punish the Rifians for
atsc of piracy.