The morning news., 1899-04-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


China News, was suddenly and summari-
ly arrested the other day by one Of the
high mandarins in that city and thrown
INTO the district magistrates yamen to be
bambooed and cangued. Upon inquiry by
the postal authorities as to the reason Of
such arbitrary conduct it appeared that
this postman had been guilty of having
delivered to his accuser's yamen, in the
course of his rounds, an anonymous latter,
which contained whole pages of cutting
sarcasms accusing the receiver of the let
ter of avarice, extortiOn, etc. The lrate
mandarin made the unlucky posiman re-
sponsible for the obnoxious letter, saying
that he had no right to deliver such matter
to his yamen. The commissioner of Gus
toms of Wuhu, who had been notified OF
the affair extricated the postman from MS
difficulties.
"A. Smart, the consulting engineer of
the Rand Mining Company, of Johannes
burg, who has been inspecting the manu-
factures of Pittsburg, is thus quoted by
the Pittsburg Dispatch: Il am simply as
founded. This is my first visit to PITTS
burg and it has been a revelation TO me-
This is the workshop of the world. In Eu-
rope l have seen nothing TO equal II. Ihe
labor-savlng machinery that you Ameri-
made you pre-eminent in the manufactur-
ing world A visit here readily shows a
foreigner why America is so successful in
bidding against the world. We can no
longer compete with your Pittsburg man
ufacturer Your illimitabfe fuel supply,
your limestone deposits, vast ore fields
and superb transportation facilities Tor
raw and finished material put you in the
position of the master. No other section
of the world can show the same wonderful
combination of facilities that Pittsburg
can, and Pittsburg is bound to lead the
world.'
Mrs. John Tyler. one of the best-known
residents of East Haddam, was badly in
jured while returning from Mount Parnas-
sus on Thursday afternoon with a team,
says the Middetown QMass) Press. Mrs
Tyler was leading a COW behind the wag-
on, and while coming down hill the cow
jumped into the rear of the wagon, part
ly turning the vehicle over. Mrs. Tyler
was thrown between the wheel ana the
shaft of the wagon. The frightened horse
ran away. Mrs. Tyler's clothing became
entangled in the wagon and she was drug
ged for three quarters of a mile behind
the running horse. When her clothing
finally gave way she was left by the side
of the road in a terribly injured candi-
ton 1t was at first thought that she
would die. Mrs. Tyler rallied Somewhat
yesterday and it is thought she will re-
cover. Perhaps what saved her life is
the fortunate circumstance that a buffalo
robe in the wagon became wound about
her head and the upper part of her body
and afforded her considerable protection
against the rough ground
The Kansas City Journal says that Col.
Funston of the Twentieth Kansas was not
at first popular with his men. When he
joined the regiment at San Francisco he
found things at odds and ends, and most
of the boys possessed the idea that they
were engaged in picnic. He began at once
10 hammer the regiment into shape. Strict
rules were enforced about the camp, the
men were compelled to work zealously at
their drills, order was brought out of
chaos, and in course of time the regiment
began to attract the attention of the COM
manding general But look al the letters
which are coming from these selfsame men
since the Twentieth has gained it's battle
glory They idoize their little colonel,
and vie with each other in praising his
deeds of valor. There is a blood-tinghng
enthusiasm about these epistles which
leaves no room to doubt their sincerity.
common phrase among the soldier boys,
and this means that he holds their su-
preme confidence and most fervid admira-
tion"
For some time past, says an exchange,
the police commissioners of New York
have detailed in every district two men to
suppress professional beggars This meas
ure has been assisted by co-operati ton with
the Charities organization, and last year
there We're 2l20 arrests and / 756 commit
tails, first offenders getting off with warn
ing. Yet very little has been accomplished
The trade pays entirely too well. The
boarding house districts are literally over
run. Superstition and imperfect training
In economics combine to help the mendi-
can't Give the beggar a copper and your
luck Is changed. Touch a deformed hack
and win at the races. These are maxims
which are adhered to by thousands of per-
sons otherwise apparently quite sane. SOM
tickets have been literally distributed 10
be given out by the prosecuted, but to no
avail. During 1898 nearly 5000 men were
helped by the Cooper Union Labor Ru-
reau. over haif the applications arose from
want OF work, II per cent. from intemper-
ance and 20 per cent. from illness. Hartley
House spent 81, ,223 in its neighborhood ana
the call only grows louder. Yet in Great
er New York there are 3 $50 charitable in
sutut1ons, of which 1O6 are public. 1.3O7
belong to religious bodies and nearly 2.0O
are the products of private phllanthrophy
Tears are the common heritage Of the
human race, says an exchange. and If
anybody should ask whence they come and
where they go there would be displaved a
surprising amount of ignorance about q
very simple subject. For example. II ie
generally known that our eyes are always
wet with tears. Not only when We ween
out always. Our tears are flowing con-
siantly' even when we sleep, over our eve
pals; and were this flow to cease for a
single hour miserable indeed would tho
possessor of those eyeballs be. When wa
weep and the tears roll down our checks
we are simply subject to an overflow Of
lachrymal fluid. Now arises the Question
which the reader may ask: If the tears
which run down our cheeks are an over
flow, what happens to the ordinary or nat
urai flow which is going on constantine
Let us begin AT the right place. Al the
outer corner of every eye is a gland-tbe