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The evening times., 1899-10-30
NO DESIGNS UfoN MOROCCO.
Denfals Given by an italian Foreigu
Office AttQche.


DenfaIs Given by an Italian F0reigu
| Office Httache.
ROME. Oct. 3Q-A prominent oficial in
the ministry of foreign affairs, in an in
terview with a correspondent concerning
recent rumors Of designs by the Italian
| Government upon Morocco, says:
"our ordinary representative in Morocco.
| Signor Malmusi, ihasogone to take up his
post, and this sending of a minister plen-
| ipotentiary charged with normal functions
has been confounded with the sending of a
| special mission which only exists in the
imagination Of the news agencies.
'Rumors that Italy Is cherishing designs
against Morocco or trying to prevent de-
signs OF others from succeeding, are en-
tirely without foundation.
Il know you allude to the comments of
certain French paper. exhorting Italy to
| cease her interest in Morocco, possession of
which is coveted by France. 1 have also
seen that the same journal demands pos
session of this country as compensation for
the conquest Of the Transvaal by England,
but the newspapers romantic oddities must
not be confounded with the positive inten-
tions OF government which. like the
French Government, aims at preserving
good relations with all the powers, includ-
ing. l suppose. Italy.
You really understand. moreover, that
in any case it would not be France who
would be making a present of the Trans
vaal to England, and that consequently it
would be absurd to suppose that the news
papers frenZied suggestion could inspire
the policy OF serious state and cause 1t
10 demand compensation for what II has
not given.
You must regard in the same way the
rumor that Italy has designs on Morocco
and sent Il mission there with the object of
preparing for the triumph Of these de-
signs
Is there not. however, he was asked.
something beyond newspaper gossip in
the case. for instance. of count Muravieff's
trip to Spain. his visit to the Queen Regent.
his return to Paris. and his interviews with
NJ. Delcasse and NJ. Loubet?"
The answer was: THE Significance at
tached to the Russian minister's voyage
might lead to a belief in another absurdity,
exercises over the republic kind of pro-
tectorate. which France accepts and sub
mits to. even to the point of leaving to
Russia the care OF negotiating with other
powers, and that, moreover. France and
Russia expect to make of Spain an auxil-
iary of their policy without taking into ac-
count the helpless condition that nation is
in at present.
I'VE are inclined to think that this could
not be affirmed without temerity. to say
nothing of the fact that there could be no
common interest between France and Rus
sia for action on Morocco which action
could not fail in other respects to raise
complications the gravity of which | need
not dwell upon.
We have no trouble with Morocco and
consequently had no reason to send a spe-
cial mission there We only sent to Moroc-
co residential plenipotentiary minister.
who was instructed. after much delay. to
present his credentials and to begin the
functions TO which he was appointed a long
time ago."
The evening times., 1899-10-30
Manual Training in Colleges.

There is an article in the current issue
of the Review of Reviews" on Manual
Training in the Colleges This will be
it is, not very bad one. Manual training
in schools of lower grade has long been ad-
! vocated; and there have been technical
schools of high order. Many authori-
ties have preached long and loud on the
advantages of manual training in negro
colleges, on the ground that such training
/ would fit the students for life. But they
have failed TO recognize that a great ma
/ jority of white men as well as of negroes
| are likely TO have TO use their hands in
/ some way or other in making a living and
that they might as well do SO intelligeutiy.
! Some of the college men who have made
the greatest success, material and intel
, lectual, have been those who owing to
poverty, gained sound manual training in
course of obtaining their degrees
A thing which the middle class of socie-
ty has been slow to learn is that a man
should be fitted for what he carr do best in
the world. His education should not be
given him in a haphazard way, nor should
he be assisted to win a college degree be-
cause of some supposed distinction con-
ferred by its possession. mans success
in life depends on what he is, not on what
he has or the number of things he hap
pens TO have studied. He may be a boss
carpenter and be thoroughly inte lie .tual
man, calm in judgment, keen in percep-
tions, gentle and chivalrous in instincts.
refined in taste, and worthy to be com
panion TO any other man of sense and
character. He may be a college graduate.
possessed of inherited millions, and still be
inefficient, foolish, ungentlemanly, and
mean, if not actually vicious So far as
possible, our educational system should aim |
at giving knowledge and training to the |
men who can best use it for the public |
benefit. The education which consumes |
four years or more of the most valuable |
time in a mans life is too precious to be a |
mere ornament. 1t should contribute di- |
rectly to his usefulness in the world.
Many men who go to college and study
variety of subjects which can be of no prac-
different clergymen or lawyers, should
have applied themselves to some trade
Sometimes they take up something of the
kind as a sort of pastime, and later dis
cover that they could have made a good
living by it if they had taken it a little
more seriously. More than one lawyer has
found that, had he the requisite scientific
knowledge, he could manage big factory
or mining business and not only make
money out of it, but exert a wide influence.
He has the taste for such things, but not,
perhaps, the training. Had he expert
mented little while in college, he might
have gotten the discipline which would
have enabled him to slip at once into his
place in the world. On the whole, it seems
is If the presence of technical schools of
me sort or another in connection with the
smaller colleges, at least, would be very
The evening times., 1899-10-30
HoNoRs TO CAPT. LAMBERToN
Dewey's Former Chief of Stan Ten.
dered n Reception.

NEW YORK. Oct. 3O-Capt. Benjamin
P. Lamberton, formerly Admiral Dewey's
chief of staff, and at present in command
of the Olympia, will be rendered a recep-
ton and dinner by the Theta Delta Chi
fraternity. at Sherrys, this evening. Cap
tain Lamberton was the founder of the
Sigma charge of the Theta Delta Chi fra
ternity.
Secretary Hay and Attorney General
John W. Griggs have also been invited
Col Willis S. Paine will preside at the din
ner. and Albert S. Hetherington. of Phila-
delphia. will act as toastmaster. Among
the speakers will be William L. Stone
Franklin Burdge, and William G. Raines
of this city; Prof. Ernest W. Hufcut. of
Cornell University; Daniel n. lockwood.
of Buffalo; DR.. Carl A. Harstrom. Presi-
dent of the Grand Lodge: William Lamb,
of Norfolk; James NJ. Sterrett, of Column
bia University; President Elmer N Capen.
of Tufts College. and Samuel D. Norris.
of Brooklyn.
The evening times., 1899-10-30
The bottle MT shin Launches.

Down to Charles IFS time it was customary
to name and baptize ship after she wa:
launched-sometimes a week or two after. Tbs
old Tudor method used for men-of-war was sill
in use. Pepsys Diary shows that. The shr
safely got aioat after which some hiri
parsonage went on board with a special silver
standing cup ''Aaggon' of vine out OF
which he drank, naming the ship. and poured !
libation on the quarterback. The cup was then
generally given to the dockyard master ship
wright a memento. When did the present
usage Of naming and baptizing a ship before
she is sent ahoat come in2 l trace the last ex-
plicit mention OF the old method to 1861. when
the Royal Katherine launched (see Pepys).
The first mention of smashing bottle of wine
on the bows of British man-of-war that
have found is in contemporary newspaper cut
ting of May, 1850, describing the christening of
H. N. S. Magnanme at Deptford, but nothing
is limited that it was then new custom.
The evening times., 1899-10-30
A City with Two Cnrrinre.

Correspondence of the Chicago Record)
There are only two carriages in La Paz Bo-
livia. One belongs to the Archbishop, and his
Eminence is hauled about by three horses. be-
cause his ecclesiastical pediments are afflicted
with the gout. The other carriage is the prop
erty of the government, and one of the per
Gmsites that pertain to the presidential power
1t is ordinary landau, imported from Paris
in pieces, and put together by local talent, and
a native artist has painted upon the panels Of
OF the doors brilliant reproduction of the coat
in the national colcrs-green. yellow and red.
This is greatly admired by the populace, who
see the carriage only occasionally-on state oc.
casions, when it is drawn by four big black
horses, wearing harness heavily mounted with
silver, and decorated with rosettes, tassels and
streamers of the national colors
The evening times., 1899-10-30
Curious Landmarks in Wales.
From the Cardiff western M,iIl


A curious barren mound is to be seen in
Montgomery churchyard Whatever the cause
there is plainly to be seen strip of sterilty in
With the mound melancholy legend is con
nected. 1t is called Roberts Grave and the
story is that beneath the barren hillock lie the
remains OF an innocent man who was hanged on
mistaken evidence. II is said that while the
man stood on the gallows, with the rope around
his neck. he solemy declared, as proof of his
innocence, that grass should neve? grow on his
grave. And even it was and is. Any one who
attempts to frustrate the fulfillment of this
prophecy by sowing grass on this spot pays the
penalty with his life. Instances are given of
individuals who have been rash enough to do
SO, and have met their doom soon afterward.
The evening times., 1899-10-30
The cznrinn a. n Cnrtoonist.
(From the Birmingham Posi-. }

In an illustrated life story of the Empress Of
Russia in The Young Woman for October we
are told that the Czarina speaks five languages
and that riding, painting, rowing, sketching
swimming and tennis are among her recres-
tions. But one of her favorite amusements is
in drawing caricatures. Her skill as a cartoon
ist would make even 'F. C. c. jealous. Freed
from the fear of the censor, she indulges with
her pen and pencil in way which makes even
Russian ministers tremble, drawing them in car
feature which would mean death or Siberia to
any other artist. She has drawn the Gar him
self-a solemn, bearded, but bald infant In long
clothes, tied in an armchair and surrounded by
a host OF Grand Dukes and Grand Duchesses armed
with feeding bottles, all insisting on feeding
him in different way. No wonder the Gar is
screaming at the top of his voice.
The evening times., 1899-10-30

The New York Tribune" does a public
service in calling attention to the fact that,
although the distance between the oceans
from Aspinwall to Panama is shorter than
by the Nicaragua route. the Panama Canal
scheme involves much longer line and
more and more expensive, excavation than
the other This is useful to bear in mind.
as desperate effort will be made next win
ter to unload the old De Lesseps failure on
the American people.
The evening times., 1899-10-30
A Fnmou. stag Shot.

lfrom tne Sc0tsrnan.)
There has lived for many years past in the
forest OF Loeb Rosque famous stag known as
the Swtcher (although .he generally carried fye
or six points,, because he had been a Caber
Schacht in early life. In 1895 Mr.. Bignold gave
him his life, and since then the hill orders have
been, Take hrunmel or a havior if YOU can.
but don't shoot the Switcher.' The stag seem.
ed really to understand, and seemed to delight
IN getting In the way. OF rifle However, in
ls9s he went TO Rinlochawe and was fired upon:
even this lesson he did not take to heart, and
passed the summer near the Long Loch Tn.
other day he was shot, and though neither hi,
head nor weight was quite equal to former
times. still he scaled twenty three stones clean
and carried q massive beam
The evening times., 1899-10-30
An Artificial Food Product.
Ar. NIouxl.,s-s

Experiments in German hospitals with an
albuminous powder called ''tropon,'' a sul,sti-
tute for meat, have been so satisfactory that it
is likely to become article of commerce Ii
is claimed that one pound of tropon is equal in
nutiitive value to five pounds OF meat or one
hundred eggs, and its cost is only seventy cents
The hospital patients liked the tropon so well
that nearly all of them preferred it to meat
1t is now being used ingredient OF various
foods, as, for example, in -four. roll contain
ing per cent. of the powder equa,ing in nri-
tritive value FIVE eggs half pound of meat
1t is needless to enlarge upon the future of tro-
pom, if there has been exaygeration in the
accounts of the experiments with it. The in
ventor is a professor at Bonn.
The evening times., 1899-10-30
The Deterioration of Brandy.
CFrom the London GlobeN

NrIOm the London Giobe.)
1t appears that the decline in the popularity of
brandy is not without good reason AT the con-
gress at Backpool Sir Charles Cameron, who
with Professor Smith, has made complete study
OF the subject, has declared that no modern
brandy contains the pure alcohol and other prod
uctS which We're the cause of its recommends
tion by an older generation of medical men The
reason Is curious Since the reappearance of phyl-
loxera in France the production OF wine has tai.
len from about twelve 10 million hectolitres
Yet the same amount of cognac is placed upon the
market In Spain. alone, where the old.fashioned
methods prevail is the quality of the brandy
maintained. 1t will be interesting to observe Il
the publication of Sir Charles Cameron's re-
searches has any appreciable effect on the spanish
vii trada
The evening times., 1899-10-30
THE VALUE OF ADVERTISING.
Graphic Headline Brings Success
To n Horse RuNer

CHICAGO. Oct. 3O.-"wanted - Thor
oughbred horses that can't win is the
headline on cards that Charles F.. Robbins
has placed in Chicago turf resorts. Mr.
Robbins has contracts to furnish thor
oughbred animals to the French and Brit
ish governments for army use. and hit
upon this headline while in a mood of
thought how best to get the kind of ami
mails sought. That the idea has proved pro-
ductive is shown in the number of thor
oughbreds purchased and in the number
shipped within two weeks
These animals are to be used by the
French and British army officers. and ex-
perience has shown that the racer Injured
TO track life is the best for the service
required. Mr.. Robbins has bought and
shipped nearly 100 horses with records dur
ing the past two weeks
The evening times., 1899-10-30
Explosive Kentucky Potatoes.
rom the cwenton News.

peculiar explosion occurred last Sunday at
the home of Mrs. r. s. Garrett. She had some
potatoes baking in a stove. In the oven was ais,
roast of beef and other good things Without
warning explosion occurred, blowing open
the door. The roast came tumbling out
OF the oven, followed by other etatables Upon
investigation it developed that a mild-eyed
Irish tuber had swelled up and let 90. A simi-
lar accident occurred near Monterey. in which
potato exploded in 4 kettle. throwing hot
water on the lady of the house and seriously
scalding her.
The evening times., 1899-10-30
DERAILED BY AN OPEN SWITCH
4 Locomotive Upset and the Fireman
Killed.

PITTSBURG. Pa Oct 30-The Chicago
express east bound on the Pittsburg and
Western Railroad ran into an open switch
near Newcastle. Pa. at O'Clock this morn
ing. The engine was overturned and George
Holiday. the fireman, was killed. Georges
Cupp. the engineer and the baggage master.
were hurt.
None of the other cars was derailed and
the passengers escaped injury.
The evening times., 1899-10-30

A rumor comes from Europe to the
effect that Russia is about TO demand
of Turkey the opening of the Bos-
porus and Dardanelles. The story probably
has a stock jobbing basis. Such move
ment would be dangerously apt to bring
on a continental war. Turkey would al
most certainly fight. and it is impossible
to guess what complications might ensue.
The evening times., 1899-10-30

feet that may have upon the fortunes Of the
Transvaal cause in Europe. Intervention
is and always has been the only basic
hope of the Beers. Sir George White will
hold out to the last. knowing that relief
will come in some shape when twenty
thousand British troops have landed at
Cape Town.
The evening times., 1899-10-30
Monaco Postal Card. Suppressed.
From the London chroniele.)

The Monaco authorities have been much ex-
ercised over some illustrated post cards thar
have lately appeared in the princpalitv and
are rather too pointed in their illustrations and
legends to be pleasant-such as Rouge perd ct
noir perd. Ia banque gagne touiours'' and la
supreme loi cest Ia bourse de rCi.' These Of
Tending bits of cardboard have accordingly been
contscated, and those collectors fortunate to
possess the few which have gone through the
post have in them a valuable property
The evening times., 1899-10-30

rope an impression is growing in that part
of the world that new knocker and door
plate have been ordered for the open
door in China. and that the latter is to
be inscribed John and Jonathan tunlim-
The evening times., 1899-10-30
Starvation in London.
(From the London Clobe.)

trIUin tEe Lthuon ciope''
Parliamentary return is issued today reat-
ing to the number OF deaths in the county of
London during last year, upon which a coroner :
jury had returned a verdict of death from star
vation or death accelerated by priyation. From
this it appears that the total number Of such
cases was forty-eight. the lead being taken by
the Eastern District. with fifteen Deaths the
Northeastern second with thirteen. The
lowest number was in the Liberty of the Tower
of London, where only one case was reported
The evening times., 1899-10-30
MARCoNI TESTS AT SEA.
Experiments Conducted Under Naval
Auspices.

NEW YORK. Oct. S0.-The Navy Depart
ment continued this morning its official
tests of the Marconi system of telegraphy
The cruiser New York and the battleship
Massachusetts left their anchorage in the
North River at 10 O'Clock, and went TO sea-
According 10 the programme the tests were
to be begun while the vessels passed out
The vessels were to communicate with
each other at various distances up TO
fifty miles.
The evening times., 1899-10-30
Revenge.
r.o,, Tho Ch;o.a'r.,

(From the Chicago Tribune.)
Voice (from the top fiat) )--Can't you see the
sign in the hall there-..no peddlers allowed in
this building?''
Answering Voice tat other end of speaking tube.
loud enough to be heard through the building)-
l amt peddler. ma am. I'm the boy from the
dentists with your new teeth!
The evening times., 1899-10-30
Nnturc,s nncls,r.rdncs..

From the indianapolis Journal)
The Critic-That does not look the least like
nature.
The Artist-True enough. no doubt; but don't
YOU think nature will reach il some day il she
keeps impr6ving?
The evening times., 1899-10-30
CURRENT HUMOR.
4 Telephone Hat,

(From the Chicago News)
LADY, wish to get hat for my husband.
Hatter-What kind. ma'am?
Lady-A telephone hat. if you please.
Hstter-I never heard Of telephone hat
Lady-Oh, yes; they are the kind tha, you car
talk through
The evening times., 1899-10-30
Not Quite Certain.
(From Harper's Bazaar J

rIUHI fidIpef 5 bdZdaI.
''Was it my face you saw reflected in the mirror
on Halloween he whispered, softly
81 couldn't quite tell" she replied. at was
either that or pumpkin the boys were foolng
with"
And he changed the subject.
The evening times., 1899-10-30
Always Loses mt First
From the Detroit Journal.)


Wife (pathetically)-Are you going TO be out
until after midnight again tonight?
Husband-oh. ! suppose so; ] never seem to
have any luck until about l O'clock.
The evening times., 1899-10-30

when curious experience led her TO write ~
Romance Of Two Worlds" Loneliness inspired
Olive Schreiner in South Africa to write her
novel of an african Farm An Oxford tutor
suggested TO Mrs Humphrey Wards mind til,
character of Robert Eissmcre and she wTc,e
that famous novel.
Mr.. W. II. White, author of the Autobiography
of Mark Rutherford made his first essay in lit.
erature with a paper in Chambers Journal
March 6. 1s5s the prosiac subject OF Births
Deaths, and Marriages" doubt suggested by
his official work in the registrar generals office.
where he spent the first fsw wears Of his pro-
fcssional life. The business of registration in
England previors to 1897. when the work was in
the hands of the clergy and thoroughly mis-
managed, i there explained. The civic duties
Of religious bodies, the writer remarks are nearly
always performed in a bunglirg manner and no.
where is this more apparent than III the old
parish registers Alterations. int rineations,
cTasures to sIit the convenience Of interested
parties were not infrequent. The good old days,
when daughters of freemen married in order to
qualify their husbands for voting purposes are
gene forever. Some curious entries Of names were
ncted. such as Alpha Omega" for Il child. The
extraordinary also appear Of Kiinum
Toats, Lavendar Marioram. Patient Pipe, Tabitha
Cumi Fussy Gotobed The Russian war in the
Crimea may be credited with the names Malatof
Sepastapol. and Inkermann. while Florence. from
Florence Nightingale. was perpetuated all tn.
country. In the marriage registers were shown
that Lamb before marriage becomes Lion
afterward. Nightingale marrics Part
ridge Mutton" takes Ham, and Salmon"
.Codd." OF the diseases of which people have
died were: Disease CT the lever" Changed him
self in fit Of temperate insanity from excessive
Mr.. White concludes by SAYING that
here in Somerset House lies the real birth history
of the English people. ''My history's epoch az,
my birth, my marriage, and the memorable days
when Tom and Jack ard Susan and Jane cam.
into the world and gathered around me. The
history of the naticn may be in Macaulay or in
the columns OF the Times" but the history %
the people is in the registrar generals vaults at
Somerset House.. And the writer lived to H.
illuminate some of the lonely byways CT obscure
lives by genius and matches style in
. Mark Rutherford and its sequel, "Tanner'f
Lane" and '.Niriam's Schooling"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-07
TORNADO IN OKLAHOMA.
Many buildings Blown Down and
People Injured.

Wichita, Kan, May 6.-Meagre reports
reach here of a terrific wind storm that
caused great destruction at several points
in Southern Oklahoma. The most serious
damage is reported at Chickasaha, Tonga
wa and Anadarko.
The storm struck Chiekasaha at 3 o clock
in the afternoon and destroyed that part
of the town north of the Rock Island
shops
Sixteen buildings were blown down and
the roof was torn from the railroad round
house. Sixteen injured persons have been
taken from the wrecks up TO o'clock, but
only one death had been reported. J. II.
Murray, a railroad man. was dead when
taken from the wreck of a building.
Rumors of greater loss of life are heard
but cannot be confirmed. There is only
one telegraph wire out of Chickasaha ana
there is little chance of getting list OF
the injured tonight.
The storm came from the southwest,
preceded by a heavy hail and followed
by "a food of rain. The path of the
storm was right down the Chickasaha ave-
nue., the main street of the town, and
nearly every building on the street was
either wrecked or unroofed, and the con-
tents exposed to the rain
dispatch received in Wichita from
Tongawa says that in Canton township,
eighteen miles west, great damage was
done by a tornado. The family of J. H.
Ware took refuge In a storm cave, which
became so heavy from the constant rain
that it fell in. killing three members of
the family. The houses of ]. f. Teunel
and S. II. Saunders were blown to pieces,
and Mrs. Teunel was badly hurt.
OF the damage at Anadarko nothing
definite can be learned The Rock Is
land extension up the Canadian valley
to Anadarko is reported washed out in
three places and traffic is blocked.