Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1898-11-29

the direct approach 10 q proposed bridge
q memorial TO General Grant. to b
constructed from its western end acros
the Potomac TO Arlington. 1t is thre
story structure of brick, with Acaui
sandstone window trimmings and .
semicircuiar front at the street corner
facing west. This front has porch a
the top of high stoop. The bricks hav,
never been painted, and they look re
markably well for bricks that hav,
stood the weather of a hundred years
for ii was begun in laeS and completed
in 1900. DIR. William Thornton. tn,
architect who designed il for Colone
John Tayloe, was affected TO some exten
by English ideas of what a privat,
house should be, for he surrounded tbs
grounds with a high and substantial
brick wall, over which one may see the
roofs of the ample stables. servants
quarters and kitchen.
When the British forces swept down
upon Washington in 1914 and burned
the White House, President Monroe used
the Octagon House as a temporary ex-
ecutive mansion. While he was its oc-
cupant the treaty of Ghent was signed
by him, it is said in the circular room
Immediately over the porch and vesti-
bule.
Stay Away From Hawaii.
1.-The Hawaiian Islands have a eli
mate that is nearly perfect, but 1 would
not advise any poor man 10 migrate TO
them in the hope of lettering his con-
dition, remarked Mr. Milton W.
Blumenberg. who accompanied the
United States commissioners ON their re-
cent mission to the islands when they
went thither 10 devise d system Of gov
erninent fer our newly acquired posses
sion In the Pacific.
''Only men with considerable money
need think of going there" he contiu-
ued, for there are no opportunities for
those who cannot command capital.
The japanese and Chinese are already
on the ground in sufficient numbers to
perform all the manual labor required,
and they will work for wages so small
that white men cannot compete with
them o. course. money can be made in
the production of coffee, but good lands
are held at a high figure, and the area
susceptible of cultivation is limited
The board of trade of Honolulu issued a
circular prior TO our leaving warning
people without money to stay away. ]
should say that the limit of material de-
velopment in the islands has pretty
nearly been reached. !"
Increase In American Exports
An increase of over 800, 600, 600 in
exports and a decrease of the same
amount in imports is the record of
American foreign commerce for the first
nine months of this year over the same
period of 1897. This breaks all records
in the history of the nation S commerce.
Exports for this period were twice as
great as those for the corresponding pe-
riod in 1858, while the imports show
decrease of IL per cent despite the
growth in population. Imports of mer-
ohandise for the period just ended are
less than the same corresponding period
since 1885 All classes of exports have
prospsred during the last decads.u-Exsu
snd Tor 1898. $50, 00o, 600: agricultural
products. $304, IT'S, ,5sS, against $751;
294, 995: domestic manufactures, $685.
S42, 972, against $227, S22, 045, or nearly
81, 600. 900 for each business day in the
year.
These figures indicate that the exports
of domestic manufactures Will reach
$500, 600, QUO Tor the caieHuar year ioi
the first time in history.
Raising Wrecks Doesn't Pay.
1.-THE fate of the Maria Teresa proves
the wisdom of the secretary OF the navy
in deciding few days ago TO spend no
more money raising sunken and half
wrecked Spanish warships, remarked
a naval officer the other day. 1t Is
cheaper to build new vessels than to at
tempt to save and reconstruct lot OF
battered hulks that have been hammer
ed to death by l3 inch solid shot and
the wild waves Of the Caribbean sea
Naval officers see something 10 be
amused about in Constructor Hobson $
expression of regret that he was not on
the Teresa when she went down They
question the sincerity of the remark
CARL SCHOFTELD.