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Foreign Notes of Real Iutcrc.,

Among the few roles Of Volta saved from ~.
burning down IF IA" Coma electrical exhibition ARE
I'll" original \ultHic pile. about twenty manuscripts,
and som" Autograph letters, n few books from his
library. and about fifty drawings, paintings and
medals
Russian expedition win visit III" New HlhorRn
Islands next spring, with the object Of binding out
IL" truth about tn" mysterious Sannik ,w Liant,
which several travellers assert they have seen 10
the northeast Of k"tJ' lh"i, tn" nnrth"rnmus tie
group The tznr has given GU,rrO roubles TO the
Academy of S""urcs 10 assist the expedition.
Whether the conservation If piece ~ ground
extends like III" law Iuu Nims definition Of its oN IL
crshlp, down 20 hell ana up Ia heaven" is paz.
1iag sune p"opI" in highland, Ms Il new und,r.
ground railroad station has been constructed direct
ly under the church u St. Mary Woulnuth at the
Junction Of Lombard street and King William
street In London In Boston II piece Of ground be-
qu"ath"d 70 q church for sacred purposes Ia now
covered several stories Nigh hy n department store
legal ingenuity having discovered thai a chapel IN
on" Of the upper stories, and mn agreement that
liquor should r"t l." sold AZ that end Of the store
would satisfy the tcSint"rs intentions IT," ground
seems thus 10 be- cut fran both under mud over the
old law maxim.
Wilh"mus Rex 81 Imr"rator las been suuhhed
again Icy his own berlin university. Iar govern
n"nt had insisted Tor tho SECOND tim" iH' In Leo
Ar"ns. rrvat Dozrut or Instructor. should hc de-
barred from teaching SIMPLY On ~" ground that
he was sucial.drmocrat. The faculty of the uni
v"rsity tried him formally. hut no Instances 4
Improper teaching were shown, the arguments
turned solely on the nlIuIty ~ social democracy.
In spite II the kaiscr's dictum on the party Rer.
lin university decided that THE fact that an In
sirn"'"r belongs to III" social democrat party wAs
n" r"Hson for his dismissal" An appeal has hoon
taken =" the Minister ~ Education. hut the first
rrnssinn university sr holds GU, for Independence
in teaching
Charges that tho income ~ tho rhantrov hoauost
Is being msus"d by tn" Royal Academy, 10 ,ny
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and ship as much grain. comparatively. as it
usedto do. the total volume OF its receiving and
shipping business OF all kinds remains. COM
paratively. unchanged. The grain business has
left New lc X for natural and necessary rea-
sons wholly ,nconnected with the depth. width.
lockage. masonry or any other part or defect
OF the Erie Canal. The most potential OF these
reasons is that numberess great trunk lines
Of railways have been built from both the old
and newly developed western part OF the coun-
try to many small. tidewater cities. and that
these cities. anxious for business. have been
able to present Inducements to these RAILWAYS
in the shape Of nominal port charges. low dock
rentals and general small cost Of all terminal
facilities. which New York has not been able
to offer. Tho basic fact about living and do
ing business in New York Is the high price OF
land. That this has operated to the dsadvan-
tage OF New York compared with other cities
during the last decade no one denies. II
the people In tho canal and freight terminal
business at this port have suffered from 1t.
everybody is sorry. but that Is no reason why
tho state should be asked for n subsidy for
this particular business. a subsidy to be ex-
pended. moreover. in the most hopeless
manner possible. II the State has got S4O,-
100000 to give to this city for the purpose Of
increasing its commercial Importance. there
arc hundred better ways OF expanding the
money than in fixing up the Erie Canal
The people who are most Interested in
spending millions in improving the canal are
the contractors DE X
NEW YORK. Aug IA
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khoja Saleh on the Afghan frontier. This
line would be about 100 miles long, but
could not be constructed in time for any
Immediate operations, were such contem-
plated. The transport of troops and stores
can, however go on by river in the mean
time. The extension OF tho Merry Kushk
railway to Herat is probable.
What the significance of these movements
on the part OF Russia may be is not inn
mediately apparent, unless, as is limited by
Russian paper, the error OF thirty.one
years ago in not anncxng Bokhara out
right Is about to be repaired, and the Rus
sian Government wants to secure its south
crn boundary and communications while
the operation is being carried out. The
same paper alludcs to the possibility Of n
war with Afghanistan, and gives this as n
reason why large additions should be made
to the Russian forces in Central Asia.
Such a war, however, could DO contem-
plated only il it were designed to bring
about the partition OF Afghanstan with
the cooperation OF England, or to occupy a
large part Of it in defiance Of the British
Government, and as step to Interior
operations in Persia. But whatever the
motives of tho reorganization and increase
of the Russian army in Central Asia, they
are facts pointing to some new develop
mcnts In that part of the world.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-!Sir: And God
spake all these words. saying:
Thou shalt not make unto thee any craven
image.
Thou shalt not take tho name OF the Lord
thy God in vain.
Thou shalt not kill
Thou shalt not steal.
Thou shalt not bear fase witness.
Thou shalt not covet."
BY this we learn that seven OF the ten edicts
promulgated by the Infinite Being are injunc-
lions.
Finite man. believing this to be a reasonably
high authority on which to base the rule OF hui
man conduct. has from time to time enacted
laws restraining the evilly disposed from I'M
lawful trespass upon the property and rights
OF his fellows.
This supreme law Of government by inlunc-
ton" has been Numbered through the ages
from Sinai to Bryan unchallenged. until in the
interests OF riot and disorder the doughty
Colonel draws his boodess battle blade and
makes the bold announcement. l am opposed
to government by injunction" And his fol-
lowers in the Debs- Fusion Democratic party
are parroting back. Me too"
The Colonel Is not usually lacking In cour-
age. WHY not then step to the front. and say
in unmistakable language Just what he means
" am opposed to a government by Law" This
might have the effect Of clnching the support
OF Croker and Tammany.
suggest this. as an old neiehbor. in the in
terest OF exact truth J. W LANSING.
New YORK. Aug. IA.
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The War Upon Commissioner Evans.

The present Commissioner OF Pensions,
the Hon. HENRY CLAY EVANS OF Tennessee,
is an honest man and faithful and vigil
liant officer Of the Government.
He is doing his duty to the honest vetcr-
ans entitled to pensions and at the same
time he is doing his duty to his employers,
the people of the United States, in protect
ing the Treasury against the schemes of
dishonesty and the follics of reckless ex-
travagance.
No wonder Commissioner EVANS has won
for himself the hearty hatred of that class
of pension applicants who proceed on doubt
full claims and thrive by loose construction
OF the laws. No wonder he has excited fierce
indignation in the offices of the shark pen
sion attorneys.
The result Of fidelity and vigilance ia
shown in this brief exhibit:
ending June 80. 1888. ....... ............ 843bl
Additions to the pension list in the year
ending June 40. ls99....,.... ........ 40 asI
For the first time in twenty years there is
actually net decrease in the pension list
thanks to Commissioner EVANS'S honesty
and courage.
This is a credit to the Republican Admin
istration. The Republican President who
appointed this honest and fearless Commits
soner is going to stand by him.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir: Having read Of
some remarkable voyages in boats through the can.
yon Of the Rio Grande made by various volunteer
respondents OF THE SUS. with cascades encountered
one day, and beautiful deep currents the next but
al the time plenty of moisture around I am con
strained to ask. Where does that water come from
| stayed. some years ago. for a month. about ono
hundred miles northwest of where this canyon be
gins During all that time the noble Rio Grande rlv.
er was nothing but wide sandy bed, with a ribbon
OF water not more than three feet wide by one foot
in depth trckling along one OF its banks this slight
stream even ending little below the town in two
small puddles. From thence. as far the eye could
reach. was nothing but sand. On windy days during
most of the year the Rio Grsnde always he locat
ed by the dust and sand that arises over its course
and as from where was to where the canyon begins,
is a vast desert.
am certain that to make trip through the rag.
ing canyon, a man would need good horse and
buggy and no boat, WEsTERSER.
New YORK. Aug "a.
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Russian Activity In Central Asia.

The reports coming from st. Petersburg
of renewed military activityin Central Asia
explain the uneasness recently reported
as existing in Afghanistan, and the prcpa-
rationS said to have been ordered bv the
Amir to meet possible evcntualitics.
The Russian troops in Turkestan have
already been organized IN two army CORDS
and other plans OF military reorganization
are being carried into effect and are near
completion. Reinforcemcnts to the extent
of thirty-two infantry battalions with their
complement Of artillery and cavalry are
to be despatched to Central Asia.
and the important frontier post of
Tormcz on the OXus has already been
strengthened materially. Tho Importance
of Tcrmcz consists in its being only about
tfty miles from Khulm or Tashkurgan in
northern Afghanistan, the point of DEPART
ur" of two main roads, ono leading direct
to kahul through Bantam and the other
going eastward through Kundu1 and Fniy-
abad to the passes into the Chitrul country.
At FaiHabad several roads coming from
kh"kand, MarGilau, and other points on
tn" Central Asian railway, meet and by all
these troops can be directed toward the
frontier Of India. instead Of crowding the
advance along n single line.
There Is also question OF the construction
OF railway from Charjul, where the line
from Merv to Bokhara crosses the oxus, to
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The Danger of the Competitive Exam,nn.
ton.

From the Nineteenth Century Review
Our modern system of education generally is
greatly open to the objection that 1t tends to cult
vate the purely receptive faculty too much and the
reasoning. imaginative inventive and creative facul.
ties too little Take the OF our public examins.
tions for the army. navy and civil services Thous
ands of young men compete for these every year
and the educational lines OF schools are largely
directed to meet them. 1t is very we'll known
that these examinations are gnerally framed 50
to put strong premium on certain
clever rcceptvity of brain rather than on real
force OF intellect and character. Young men with
the mind of Socrates or a Plato a Shakespeare or
RNiCtcr Hugo. Napoleon BuonApartc or a Yelling.
ton, Bismarck or william Pitt, a Darwin or a
Pasuter. would have small chance of passing in the
competition as against Bengal Babu He with
his faCilc plant, and receptive intellect will read
up the regulation bookwork more rapidly in more
subjects and make higher average OF marks than
any q them; although each Of them may have far
real knowledge OF certain Of the su ects suited
to his own special genius. This sort of examination
test, persisted i'll for generations. must tend to
encourage the development of clever, ready and
shallow wits at the expense of real original talent
and self reliant brains. 1t will produce feminine.
rather than masculine kind of intellect.
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BIGGEST LOCOMOTIJ YET.
The Brooks Works at Dunkirk Soon I,
Finish Great Engine.

DUNkIRK. Y. Aug. 1.-THE Brooks Loco
motive Works of Dunkirk will turn out within
a few days locomotive for the Illinois Central
Railroad, larger than any other locomotive in
the world. II will he eight tons heavier than
the locomotives built by the Brooks works a
year ago for the Great Northern Railroad and
which are the largest locomotives in the world
This giant locomotive will he n twelve wheel
freight with cylinder OF twenty-three- inch da-
meter and thirty-inch stroke. 1t will have
eight drivers Of lfty-sevcn inches diameter.
The boiler will have 424 two-inch hucs. four
teen feet and eight and three-eiRhths inches
long The total weight OF the engine Is 2lSOOU
pounds. and with tender 100000 pounds II
will have tractivc force or draw-har uulJ of
$1,000 pounds, or twenty-siX per cent. more
than either Of the monster locomotives built
for the GrcAt Northern.
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An interesting election will be held two
weeks from to-day in the Eighth Congress dis
trict OF Missouri to I'LL the vacancy caused by
tho death OF Mr.. BLAND. The policy OF the
Democratic managers in that district. as in the
West and Southwest generally. has been to dis
card Populst support The Populists are no
longer wanted. In the Eighth Missouri district
they have a nominee OF their own for Con-
gresham. Now. the Populists have some
times cast in that district nearly thousand
more votes than the plurality by which MIR.
BLAND was elected. 1t remains to be seen
whether the Democrats OF the Eighth.Missouri
district can pull through without them.
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From NE NashmIc american.
Met Teller t'othcr morniu--
Most anus n sort ut cus,.
Had Il cur style about him,
Crrtnly Coulint we'll he wuss-
says Where you hail I'm, pardner ?"
An he smiled in kuuwin' way,
An replied III turrcu lingo
porto Rico. I S \.
Seen Teller down on broadway,
With u shockIn' head Of hair.
An a lptO tr"p.r garments.
An n most 0utlaulsh air
"Waur he ;rum - n Teller shouted
An brtOr" we'd time to say
Thu, yer" hrathcn turned an ansr'd;
''luncylulcr, T. = A"
Met "A Teller here on Olive,
With a sOmb zero on.
Had a lot II shaggy whiskers
N"arly all his clothes wu1 gone.
stopped an Hst me fur uuA'tcT.
says: MY home is fur away"
"Whur You frum \. Tn" varmint answered
Santiago, u. $. A"
Seen fcller at the Southern,
With u heavy iron box.
Oycrr"at was lined with hearskin,
Wur' dozen pair NJ soy.
sized him NJ t. be rr miner,
Judglu hy his awkward way:
seen hIln writ" IN hls char ar-terH;
''lrrl" city I. 5 4
Seen a saddlc.colorcd heather,
Wearu earrings in his nose
Linen cun round his ankles
ust indecent lack ~ clothes.
Where. d TINS h"athen guy here spring frum ?"
inquired III lofty wAy,
An he had tho nerve to an Wcr:
From Manila, L. $ A."
l!nlly dec Avs l. Il noycr heard o.
These here CAumbals before
Air these hsatheuS yere all voters2
VIII We stan fur envy more?
Sel you ask fellor
WIZ WhEr ,h hs,f f5 rum an, hslIsAy.
All creation. U, 3. A"
. ." t. IT, 3. s Consul General a. 8. Gall.
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The vital Need of Coal,

From tie Nineteenth Century Rruicw
The industries by which markets are supplied and
the communications, land or sea. by which these
markets arc reached have. since 1915, come to de
pend more and more upon coal. Tho twentieth cen.
tury will see marked increase in tho price Of the
coal Of the United Kingdom. of European
Powers, Russia has by far the greatest reserve OF
coal. India Australia, and South Africa will come
to the aid Of the British Empire, hut the United
States must become the centre of the world i coal.
supply to be- in the far future perhaps supplanted
by China and Japan, How these changes will affect
the relative power Of nations it would be rash to
attempt to predict
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From the Sidney Bulletin.
In Launceston, Tasmania. a mother Of ninety years
brought her son of seventy.two to tho Benevolent
Asylum to be looked after. The poor lad had az.
parently taken up with bad companions and fallen
into bad habits. The other day his speech was Ger
tanly thick while from the odor Of his clothes and
breath her worst fears were aroused she'd every
reason to suspect that he had begun smoking. The
asylum superintendent took charge of the BARN.
and promised TO ethis mother know II he miscon.
Quoted himself, So she might come and correct him.
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From The SgdHcv BuikhE.
In the Rakaia. New Zealand. railway smash drink
was tn" direct means of sar The lives of about
SAty rNrursi"n'st' vino. as the night was cold ull
We; and the tram was waiting. lot the rear carriages
and troopcd into the railway hotel few yards Oh.
While they w"r" drinking tho smash took place,
The carriages which sixty Of the bccr.thirsty or Iwi
had quilted were reduced to matchwood
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Mosquitoes Killing Cattle.


Fran The PhHGdflphiI R'cOrd
MILFORD. Del. Aug n-MOsquitoes are thick
about hero and live stock in the "necks" are
suffering terribly. som" young stock having
died from bites OF the insects. Travel near The
tect the horses from mosquitoes and they aro
kept in dark stables and covered with netting
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Mr.. Kiss.

To THE Editor or THE sux-Sir: On Fla,bush
avenue, BROOKLYN A KISS tran sacts business sthis
name worthy OF a pacein your list? C. I'M.
BRoOKLYS. Aug. ii.
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P.nr-R'os iue No. ~, uoNr Grand Hotel aGa
Eiosque No. IN. Boul" yard de- CApurincs
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1899-09-07
A ramiiy lxescni07--9Icr

Mrs. O'Donovall re"diustins ne:
glasses)-Yez risinIble y,re miiher Sc
mooch, Norah. Ord know yez hel
daughter il Old liver seen aither AZ
yez-,Iudge.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1899-09-07
The Tanning r.s--try In Japan.

In a recent report on the leather in
dustry in Japan, United States Consul
Samuel S. Lyons OF Osaka says there
are but two tanneries of any import
ance in operation throughout Japan
one located in Osaka and the other in
Tokio-and they are chiefly occupied
in supplying the leather wants of the
army and navy.
A large tanning establishment is To-
Gated near Kobe. Il was formerly I'M
der European management. but, after
several unsuccessful attempts to OPP
crate ii, il has been closed. There are.
however. many small home tanneries"
in this country, and they are operated
exclusively by the 'Etas," a class OF
persons whose occupation is looked up
ON as unclean. The beggars "Kojiki'
constitute the lowest class in Japan.
and next above them are the Eta"
who monopolize the occupation OF Kill
ling animals for food. the tanning and
dressing of leather. grave digging and
similar work. The "Etas' are popu-
larly supposed to be in possession OF
q secret method of tanning.
Tanning being looked upon in ia
pan as a degrading calling. 1t is not
probable that the industry will ma
terially improve here in the near fu-
ture: and 1t Is for that reason, to-
gether with the additional ones that
cattle are scarce in this country. and
that there is growing demand in
Japan for leather of all kinds. that the
United States has field in which it
may largely increase its expectation OF
this article year by year.-The Manu-
facturer.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1899-09-07
he DOOMED BUSINESS.
Business Wa. had 20 He Invented q
Cheap Edible.

"Speaking Of oysters" said the
major, puts me in mind Of the time
/ went into the patent oyster business.
1t was when ! was with Smith 4 Cole
man, formerly proprietors OF the st.
Nicholas and Aston houses. New York.
respectively, but at the time running
the Metropolitan in Washington. Bust
ness was bad and we cudgeled our
brains how to build it UP without in
curing extra expense. Finally they
left 1t to me. / concluded TO try q
plan that would either make or break
business
There We're some old rubber mats
IN the store room, and l had the boys
wash them thoroughly and then cut
them up in pieces about the size OF
domino. Taking about two hundred
of these pieces, l went to De Mar, the
chef OF the hotel, and famed for his
fried oysters. and asked him IL he
could cover the chunks Of rubber with
butter and brown il without getting
the rubber so hot Ii would smell He
tried it and succeeded beautifully and
when l had placed the patent oysters
in chafing dish behind the har they
looked as appetizing as the real
bivalye ever looked when properly
fried
My first customer was Smith. one
OF the proprietors. lie saw the oysters
and said. Good heavens. major, we
can't stand that Fried oysters Will
break us. Why, / know fellows who
viii stand here and eat dozen
II told him | didn't think they
would and as he wanted 10 try one
/ passed il ont on plate with the
regulation fork. He chewed on IL Il
while and then took ii out of his
mouth and looked at it, Just what he
said doesn't matter. but he went out
and sent Coleman in for an oyster. In
an hour or two the run had COM
menced. every fellow that got an
oyster went out 10 get victim. Gen.
O'Rurns brought in Frank Turk. John
Chamberlain introduced Chester A..
Arthur to the dish. Sunset Cox. sam
Randall, Allen G. Thurman and host
of others were brought in only to say.
Don't give me away. | want so and
so to have an oyster. and they'd 90
and get them.
Teddy Quinn came to me. and says
he Major. | want dozen of your
oysters put up in "A box for my friend
Flanagan Of Troy. n. ". to take with
him for lunch on his journey home to-
morrow. Flanagan had his wife with
him. and they did not open the oysters
until they got to Wilmington. and
there Flanagan went out To get some
coffee for her while his wife opened
the lunch.
''She good kind soul. asked several
ladies sitting near to help her eat the
oysters, and In truth she needed help
TO eat them. When Flanagan came
back with the coffee there was a coach
load of about as angry women as can
be imagined. Flanagan tried one OF
the oysters to see what the trouble
was, and when he got home he wrote
me a letter. But the patent oysters
doomed the business, and was known
for many day as the rubber oyster
man.