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FRESH MEAT FOR YOUNG HxsPG
Tho Secret OF Keeping Spiders Alive I'm tbs
Cell TIL the Wasp Eye Matches.


The wasp Is not a veg etarian like tho bee, and
our cement maker has before her tho problem OF
supporting her young with meat rather than
weather. and as enough food must DO stored in
the cell with the egg to mature tho young insect.
the question is how TO preserve the meat fresh
Tor 30 long a time. She meets the difficulty thus:
After tube is finished except at one end. which
Is left open, she flies off a hunt for spiders.
She hnds fat, heath one, pounces upon /,
stings IL. and carries il of and places il in mud
placed AZ many spiders in the tube as, according
10 her judg ment, will be needed She then lays
an egg in The cell and walls up the opening.
The remarkable thing about this performance
Is the mag c effect OF her sting. Whetber 1t Is tho
result OF a subtle poison whether II Is spe-
Cial spot in the spider nervous system where
the sting is inserted we do not know Certain IL
10. that after being thus stung the spider lives
In a paralyzed condition for weeks and even
helpless in its mud sepulchre until the wasp egg
matches into a voracous grub. which at once
falls to and ca is with reat relish the meat thus
miraculously preserved.
Whether the wasp sting rend@s the spider In
sensible 70 pain or not il question not yet set
tied. However the chances in favor OF tho
theory that 1t does Anyway, we need waste no
sympathy on the spider the most bloodthirsty Of
all the little people OF the fields and woods
thought Of a spider helpless and at the mercy OF
. small insect which IL would have merciessly
deyoured had t been able
So we need not accuse our alert industrious
cement-makcr OF any unreasonable cruelty II she.
like us. insists upon a meat diet for her young,
nor need we have any fear OF her sting. for she
seldom uses 1t as q weapon OF offence or defenca
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NEW YORK. Aug. 10.
He Thinks That The American Playwright
Has no Fair Show.

Has no Fair Show.
To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-.Sir: In this out of
the-way place we always read THE Sun. and to-
day have been reading the paper of three days
ago. In it is . description OF the kind Of drama
which. it is supposed. will be popular in the future
THE vogue of the costume drama seems to have
spent ITSELF" your critic writes The field Of polite
comedy is to be explored"
Give us some more Of this kind of articles, but
tell me why 1t IA that American writer's haven't
shown skill in this held" Suppose American
writer wero to write good drama Of any kind,
would Sothern. or Drew. or Annie Russell or Viola
Allen look at t7
know to my certain knowledge that very clever
author Of reputation too. wrote to Sothern and said
he had good play. and he sent request for him
to read it, Sothern didn't have the courtesy to
reply no" He wrote then to Daniel Hrohman, and
Frohman answered that he would not read play Of
the kind. Now. these people didn't know but that
they might get q treasure. Anyway, they couldn't
tell till they looked at the manuscript It's all bosh
this about the American author having o chance
with these managers
Say something about this. write merely TO start
o discussion.
Another thing. Why will not plays OF the Revolu-
tonary war be popular? Books dealing with that
subject have an immense sale. see looming up in
the future great opportunity for the dranatist.
Why wont the American manager give him chance
to show something OF what 10 in hint
think good stirring play dealing with Yorktown
or Trenton or Stony Point. hne dramatic occasions.
would make Pile of money.
Tell your readers what TIE Sun thinks Of this.
THE ADIRospAcKs Aug. IT. E.C.P.
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There have been OF late many Indications
OF willingness on the part Of the Manchu
officials, who, for the moment, are domi-
nant at Pekin, to enter into friendly and
even intimate relations with Japan. On
the other hand. there is a knot OF infiuen-
tia politicians at Toxic, headed by the
Marquis ITo, who have not renowned the
desire OF seeing their country acquire a
moral, II not n physical, ascendancy over
the Middle Kingdom. a desire which they
strongly hoped to see realized at the close
of tho recent war.
step in the direction OF a more cordial
understanding between the neighboring
powers was made about elk weeks ago,
when commission left Shanghai for Toxic
bearing valuable gifts for the Mikado.
Ostensibly, the mission was purely a COM
mercial one, but according to correspon-
dent OF the London Times, the commission
ers were empowered to discuss n treaty Of
alliance. and 1t has been since rumored that
such an alliance has been formed. 1t is
certain, however, that Russia would pro-
test vehemently against such a coalition,
and the protest would be backed by Ii HUNG
CHANG who has become u Jealous upholder
of the Cars interests. Tho time, indeed
seems to have gone by when Japanese ad-
illustrators might have brought about the
civil and military regeneration Of China,
and, ultimately, the union OF that country
and Japan under the Mikado.
There is no doubt that, il the Japanese in
1S94-'5 had been left untrammelled by the
European powers, their uninterrupted series
OF victories would have been followed by
the occupation Of Pekin, the dethronement
Of the long-discredited Manchu dynasty
and the assertion OF the Mikado's authority
throughout the Celestial Empire Even
had the Treaty of Shimonoseki, concluded
on April II, 1895, been allowed to stand,
the Japanese. firmly established in the
Lao Tung peninsula, would have soon
gained control of Manchuria and Corea, and
must, eventually, have acquired great in
tiuence at Pekin, first as advisers, and then
IA organizers of II drastic system OF fiscal,
administrative and military reform.
There is no waste in the collection OF the
Mikados revenues, any attempt at pecua-
tion being visited with instant and condign
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THE MARCH OF CIVILIZATION.
The Irresistible Tendency of Civilization to
Dominate the World.

Ahe lrfebstiDle tendency OF CIVILIZATION TO
Dominate the World.
Atlantic Monthly.
or the eight several annexations to our terri
tory since the forming OF the Government not
ono was anticipated by the fathers or provided
for In the Constitution: and this acquisitve
spirit has been in exact harmony with the
spirit OF all the other great nations OF the
world
Look at the international signs OF the times.
Since the Crimean war. Russia has added to
her territory from the heart OF Asia domain
nearly as large as the whole OF the United
States; Germany has acquired on the east
coast OF Africa as many square miles as we pos
sess east OF the Mississippi River; the depend
encies Of France in Africa are still greater;
Holland. Portugal, and Belgium have their
share: and Great Britain. firmly planted at the
South and ut the North. will soon connect the
Cape and the Nile by rail. and ere long make the
heart OF Africa as accessible as Is now the heart
OF America. In the far East the same tenden-
cies are equally Irresistible The railroad from
St. Petersburg to the Yellow Sea covers hun
dred degrees of longitude.-twicet the distance
from New York to San Francisco. This ire
eistible spirit Is knocking at tho gates OF China.
and the everlasting DOORS which from the dawn
OF history have successfully defied all intrusive
efforts. are giving way and admitting the civil
liZation Of the Oecident.
1t is the advance OF civilization upon barbar-
ism. 1t il the Eastern Question. which has
ever agitated the world since thStime OF Xerxes
and Alexander the Great. now at length ap-
preaching solution, 1t is the ever irresistible
encroachment OF the Occident upon the Orient.
OF the modern spirit upon the spirit OF antique
ty. 1t Is the substitution OF the railroad train
for the oxcart and tho caravan. 1t is electricity
driving out the rushlight, 1t Is the white man
ever civilizing the red man or pushing him out
OF the way
Do not all these facts point in the same direc-
tion2 Is it not certain that civilization is to
take possession OF every nook and corner OF the
globe2 Is it not inevitable that In the near
future the doors that have always been shut
will be thrown wide open?
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From tho Galrsston Daay Netrs.


One OF the largest ray fish ever caught IN
Galveston waters landed on the beach
yesterday afternoon, near Tolexs garden, al
the foot of Seventh street
-Four east end young men, j. Harrison, Gus
and Fred Schmiech and Will Niemeyer, sitting
on the verandn at Tolexs place. espied the
monster disporting in the gull not far from
shore. and determined TO give chase. Procuring
boat harpoon rope and knivns, they were soon
along side, and after some skillful name uvring
Mr. Harrison succeeded in driving the harpoon
home
The big follow made the water boil for a few mo-
ments and then started for the deep water Of the
gulf. dragging the boat after him at lively
speed for two or three miles. He then sa kened
which enabled the men TO pierce him wi til long
knives dashed to poles. when, becoming ex-
hausted and weak from loss OF blood, he gave up
and allowed himself to DO lowed to the beach. a
slow and arduous task Upon reaching shore II
was found lie was extinct and attaching the end
OF the rope TO one OF his feeders he was dragged
by about fifty men and boys to place on the
beach.
He measures thirteen feet eight inches across,
from tip TO tip Of his hippers; thirteen feet from
nose TO tip Of tail; five feet over his head; three
feet across his fcavernous mouth, into which a
boy could crawl and lie down; his depth from
ground to back Is twenty inches, and his weight
r. estimated at ZOO TO 1000 pounda His thick
skin is nearly black. and feels to tho touch like
India rubber, much like porpoise
1t is thought by some that he was blown -
these waters by the late hurricane
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The Treatment of Incorrigibles.

The old adagc, "There are two sides to
every question, is applicable to the ques-
ton Of abuses in institutions, as to all other
questions. We are compelled in fairness
TO consider both sides Of the question.
Here is boy who is incorriglbe. Only
those who have had experience with such
boys realize the full meaning of that word
This oy can ook you in the eye and with
an .nnocen, smile tell tarefaced lie. His
attractive manner gains your confidence
and he takes tho first opportunity to rob
you. Cross his path and you are assailed
with the most horrid oaths and the vilest
epithets. He defos all authority. Gather
hundred or more such boys in an institu-
ton. How will you control thenA Devise
every method and yet you will often bo at
your wits end. Administer punishment for
serious misc II .uct, and you are brute,
beating, ckinS and stamping upon an in
noe mt 10y. The boy says this, and it ia
confirmed 10y the Il sCharged employee who
10 ever ready to "Let square" with those in
authority. Tho public know neither the
character Of the by nCr las olIeuse. But
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Mr.. Reed as Mr.. Cookers Preceptor.

One theory Of the Hon. RICHARD CRoK-
ER's sudden conversion to anti-imperialism
is that during his recent passage across tho
Atlantic he sat at the feet OF the Hon.
THOMAS B. REED, and listened to his teach
ings on the subject of Empire Can Wait.
We believe this theory originated with
the Washington correspondent OF our
esteemed contemporary, the Chicago Inter
Ocean. 1t was founded on the subjoined
facts and differences:
"RIEp is an anti-cx pansionist as much az Senator
HoAR. REED and Croker came across the Atlantic
on the same steamer. They together m UGH of
the time. and this wRA the only opportunity which
CROKER had from the time he left New York until
his return to converse intelligently with q man of
mronH convictions who knew much about public
affairs in this country, and he glad enough to
accept the opinion OF somebody who had a we'll
formed opinion TO contribute. The language which
CROKER used in announcing his perversion is almost
the language which REID might have used in one Of
his commonplace moments. CROKER soaked
with REEDS opinions. and the first man who inter
viewed him In New York simply squeezed them out"
On the other hand our esteemed contem-
porary, the Boston Herald, gravely remarks,
on the strength OF private information:
1--WE have some reason for knowing that Mr.. REED
changing the views Of the New York boss but that
the contrary such intercourse they had was of
an entirely incidental aud casual character"
The discussion OF Mr.. REEDS RESPONSE
bility is Improbable. CRoKER's so-callcd
conversion to the opinions held by Mr..
BRYAN concerning the American policy in
the Far East was contemporaneous and CO.
incident with his discovery that BRYAN is
one OF the greatest OF American statesmen,
living or dead.
The one logically involves the other. Forif
Mr.. BRYAN were dead-wrong on so impor-
tant Question us that OF American expan-
sion ana national destiny, he could not pos
sihly be regarded rs one of the greatest OF
American statesmen.
Precisely tho same motives which inn
PEELED Mr.. CROKER to declare his admira-
ton for Mr.. BRYAN's powers OF leadership
required him to record simultaneously his
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-20

From aIatS dbeussion IN the British Medical As,o
etatton. reportsd IN ths Medical z rcord

From aIdtS dheussion IN the British Medical As,o-
efauon, reported IN the Medical r cord
DR.. Sykes was OF the opinion that the officers Sc
cured In the army unsuta bic; they were Sc
leced for their literary and scientific alta nmrns an
account al all was taken OF their physical capacity
the consequence was the wrong men were chosen
There only one n alton besides the British that
chose It's ocers by literary tests. and that was the
Chinese, and could anything be more inelcient than
their armyH Why did the young officers die of In
IndaH Because OF their poor physique and eonse-
quent inability TO sustain fatigue and resist the
effects OF the climate "1herc is something rotten
inlthe state OF Denmark said the speaker in concu
sion and the system urgently required revision
Surgeon eneral CUTIE thought that the of1oers
dehclspt in physique very often. though emf
nently qualified from literary point OF view; but
vacancies occurred. and II necessary 10 I'LL them
vita the best men obtalnable
DE Mitchell bruce, in summing up the discussion
advised memoirs 10 draw up some resolutions max
ing a request OF the war once In the name of the
British htdlCa Association that the ply steal should
precede the edu test that soldiers should moi
be required to In the tropics under the agc of
twenty-tw years and that the physical standard
for admission into the army should be recon SdeTed
In the direction OF raising and not OF lowering.
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Capt. NIcvane's a,Ao Shark.

Capt McVane OF Long Island. Portland
Harbor, can tell pretty good story himself
He tells the Courier that while out after mack
slightest warning his dory began to move un-
easily Just as it would II it had been moving
and then slowly but steadily 1t into the aiE,
and turning over. threw McVane a couple OF
OF a big shark. He clutched the dorsal I'm and
held on. The shark was probably the moro
frightened OF the two and the moment No
at 40 clip. heading about south by east. on
a course that would take him close to Half.
Way Rock. He kept to the surface for about
two miles and then diving. left McVane hQun-
dering about In the water not 300 yards from
swan to and after getting into dry clothes was
set ashore at Long Island.
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WAGES OF EXPERT IRON WORKERS.
The Prosperity That Has Come Again To
The Men OF the Furnaces.


READING. Pa. Aug. 1o.-"Earning 80 q day.
with time between heats 70 pitch quots, Is ono
Of the oddities Of labor In The iron world. Tho
referred 10 Is roller In Of the suburban rolling
mills He was only one Of type of expert workers
In the iron mils There arc thousands more.
Nearly all In fact all, high-cass workers are max
ing good wages Just now especially those working
In finished iron. The rollers have time between
heats 70 rest and II there Is a quoting ground
very the mill they take turn at that until
the next heat Is ready. Iron workers are genera
ally Jolly and are fond Of sport Steam hammer
men. spanner men and pipe welders also high
class iron workers at from Ave 70 seven dollars a
day In the West the prices are higher. Heaters
In the East earn $40 month Puddlors by hard
work. can mako 500 q month A voretan iron
worker said today:
"Of course We arc all glad for the present good
showing In tho iron business We are also glad
for the work and tho present wages. But fifteen
years ago, say twelve years ago rollers got Sl2
aday. Some got as high as $40 day for the same
work as they now get 50, Spannermen got Sl2
and SIS day. II was all theirs too They did
not have to pay any helpers az the puddlers did.
Why. right hero In this town. knew q hammer
man. Jim Smith was his name, who got IS a day
right along. II tho mill was running or not know
pipe welders got 81 day and bonus for extra
good work, so that their wages sometimes ran
high as $40 q day Tho mills were fairly busy.
too, right along, the same as they arc now. Idont
think necessares of life higher then than they
arc now War prices have disappeared But tho
mill owners were getting higher prices for their
outputs but not much higher than now. II figures
keep on going up Butts all right Wo're get
ting our pay promptly, our families are happy and
present wages will do It's only here and there
you hear of a small strilco Why, common labor 10
getting 81. 65 day.
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Plant Tint Causes Non Ruminant AnfnaA1a
to Lose Hair.
From fh' " Arlington s ar.

"A curious plant" said an eminent botanist TO
rnd or iunbai plant OF The riverside and waste
places OF tropical America, and very strange are
It's effects upon the non,ruminant anima.s that
seeds It causes horses to lose the hair from
their names and tails, has similar effect upon
complete nakedness. Horses are said to re-
cover when fed exclusively corn and g rass, bat
the hair is OF different color and texture from
the old. so that the animal Is never quite the
same as II was. One animal Of which l person.
ally knew, after feeding on the plant. lost its
grew and hardened again Ruminant animals
are not thus affected and the growth OF tho
fodder plant for cattle. sheep and goats The
difference in its action upon rumpants and non.
upon 1t in the chewing Of the cud-"
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Guest bought tho Hotel for spite.
From tie Hendsrson Gazette.

"One OF the strangest Incidents that ever
witnessed" remarked Col. Lyle. occurred In
How was that. Colonelr" interposed .
Gazette reporter. and the crowd drew their
chairs nearer,
lit was this way" continued the Colonel.
Several years ago. while was In that city.
gentleman arrived at the hotel there early one
the landlord. who rented the hotel received
very short reply Thereupon he inquired az to
formation he went out and succeedei In hnd-
ing the owner. and actually paid $4,000 for
the building, and in less than three hours re-
turned to the hotel with the keys and deed TO
the property and locked up the hotel, with the
remark that IL the hotel could not be run
decent he'd Just close itup.'"
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Unappreciated.
From he DVeyIour0. Ttnn., Herald.

From he DVeyEouT0. Tenn, Herald
We never loved tree flower but that the rolling
stone gathered Our jokes fall fat stale and
improbable. while serious and sober efforts
evoke the most enthusiastic oubursts Of merriment
when expect to sphta side we break heart and
when would call mp the tender tears from tho
heart Of rathos wild and woolly outbursts Of laugh
ter smite upon our delicate and sensitive When
we try to preach sermon we are mistaken for n
jester and whom seek to rival Josh billings, Tai
mage grows Jealous.
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Eject of Marriage on Salaries.

From, hs Chicago Record
young man and young woman employed in
big supply house in Chicago fell In love and were
engaged to be married The aggregate salary of the
two was Sls.
Mans salary. So a week
Womans salary. week
The young man notified his employers that he was
about to marry and rather limited that increase OF
salary would be acceptable. The younR woman mott
ned the hrm that she was about to marry and hoped
that she would he permitted 10 keep her place
On the hrst pay day after the marriage the onvel-
opes came follows.
week
Womans salary. ...............SS week
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From the Nsv York Commercial.

Our best grip upon the foreign market Is posi-
Bile only by means of hrmor one upon our own,
compared Win which, in importance our com
b.ncd foreign outlet is itlc more than a shadow.
We expressed tue Lehcf the other day that our
last years trade Of 2l2,00O.U0J with the Cast
could easily be doubled In tho next six years and
10 this we adhere. But We are doing nearly 100
cents worth Of domestic bust for each three
and half mills worth Of Oreptal business Our
total foreign trade cannot OF coed over per cent
Of our total foreign aud domestic trade 4og ether,
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Tho sufrerinr of the MIn,,trv.

A Congregational MfniStsr In the Harrerd Couydnt
am in receipt OF letters constantly from min
listers seeking charges, and the suffering and
anxiety they disclose Is appalling. II is neces.
sity born OF elementary human sympathy that
something he done. Only the most cAlous could
rcfusS and am convinced that the ministry will
act when they SOC that IL is in their power to
light the wrong.
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adhesion to the party opposed to the
American policy.
Mr.. REED may therefore be acquitted;
unless indeed, 1t ls assumed that IL was he
also who first taught Mr.. CROKER to appre-
ciate BRYAN's true greatness.
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Liquid Air Cromatory.

from AfdIcm hSedI
his said that a company has bern formed In this
city which viii erect a orematory Eyack where
the rapid oonsumbton oLdsad bod.ss VIII be enested
BY means Of liquid Airs
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One Form English. tho Other Spanish.

To THE EpITon THE suN-!Tr: Will you please
explain to several thousand puzzled readers why It
10 that the word " Philippines is spelled given.
while the name of the people Is Filipinos"i Why
this change in orth ography7 Z. 8. ELLIE.
Avon, n. j.. Aug. 10.
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Business Curfsw in " NIisSoury."
From the KanIaI City Journal.

A unique curtew arrangement Is that In
vogue in some OF the Lewis county towns. un-
der which tho bell rings at S:l5 every evening
as a signal for the merchants tn close their
stores and quit business tor tho day.
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Jovr friend, who favor soth manussrtpn fer pub
tsaHon Wtsh 10 Nave rejected areiss returned hsp ss
~ Ill eases send stamps for that purpoa.
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PAnn-Kiosqus No. II, near GRAND Hotel and
Hiosqus No. 10. Boulevard des oapuoinss
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Sign Over "a Negro Cabin in Georgia.
From he Atlanta cOHIniu ion.
ITsAchss Folks 10 Reed an Bite an
do hgGsrs in thar heads.
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