The Republican journal., 1899-03-02
News Notes.
Uncle Sam gets something over $50
900, 600 year in taxes out of tobacco.

ooo,oUo d year III taxes out OF tobacco,
Winter vegetables were killed by tn.
cold as far south as Tallahassee, Fla
The thoroughbred DEPARTMENT. of the
great Stanford stock farm at Pao Alto.
Calf, is to be abolished
The average monthly wages of NAL,
teachers in Illinois in 1898 was $50. 81
and OF female teachers S51S4
The new Japanese cruiser, Chiltose,
built at San Francisco, made twenty three
and three fourth knots on her trial trip.
Don Carlos, in letter, forbade his adj
herents from attending the Spanish Cortes
while the peace treaty is under discus
| sion.
The first dog train road between Daw-
son and forks of Ell Dorado and Bonanza
Creeks, in the klondike, is in successful
operation.
The Memphis Cotton Pla nters' Journal
] reports that cotton grower in Mssissip
pi has trained 200 African MONKEYS to
| pick cotton.
The Boston School Board is taking
steps to prevent the employment of non
resident persons to teach in the schools
of that city.
Anarchy and rebellion are said still to
prevail in Samoa. The provisional gov
eminent persists in interfering with Brit
ish subjects.
Secretary Long has issued an order pro
hlbiting the sale to enlisted men of the
navy of beer or liquor on any ship or at
any navy yard.
Admiral Dewey has a number of auto
graph letters from Aguinaldo, in which
the Admiral is referred as my honorable
and lllustliOuS friend
The Government of the United States
and Mexico have agreed on the terms of a
new extradition treaty, TO replace that
which lapsed about three weeks ago.
The Supreme Court of Illinois held CON
stitutionai the law which provides that
cities and counties are liable for three
fourths of the value of property destroyed
in riots.
A school teacher at BallvIle, O., has
been asked to resign because he punished
his scholars by making them hold their
noses in small ring which he had drawn
on the black board.
A sweeping ordinance which prohibits
the employment of aliens in the munich
pal bureaus or of persons not residents of
Philadelphia is awaiting the consideration
OF the councils Of that city
The merchants of the BIG cities and
small towns are not agreed as to the de
slIablilty OF cheap postage rate on mer-
chandise. 1t would help the dealers at
large centers and steal trade away from
rural merchants.
The Navy Department records show
that at the time of the destruction of the
battleship Maine in Havana harbor the
total number of persons on board was
33j. OF these 26l We've lost and ninety
foul survived,
The American Agricultulist estimates
that there are IL, 600 GOO horses in the
world. OF these IS. 900, 600 are in Europe,
/, 100 600 in North America and 5000, 600
in Asia. The mules and asses in the
world are said to number 9, 600, 600
In commenting on Germanv's recent
conciliatory attitude toward the United
States the London Daily News says: Ger
many backed the wrong horse. and, hav-
iA10 NAioN'' SiSt htIC IiII>tdht, Is duAlOuS 10
right herself with the Americans.
Recently gathered figures show that
Spartansburg County, S. c., grows annu-
ally %, 900 bales of cotton. The twenty
two mills of that county not only use all
this up, but have to import 100, 900 bales
from other counties and States to supply
the demand Of the factories
A German doctor, who has been collect
ing Information about the habits of long
lived persons, finds that the majority of
those who attained old age iduloed in
late hours. Eight out OF ten persons over
50 never went to bed till well into the
small hours, and did not get up again
TIL late in the day.
Texans recently shipped their first car
90 of cotton for the japanese markets.
1t consisted of -, S}2 bales, and was load
ed ON the japanese steamer Tamba Maru
She is said to have been the first vessel
ever loaded at a gulf port for Japan and
will 90 by way of the Suez Canal to Kobe,
Yohahama and Naeasaki Englishmen
command the vessel, but her crew is made
up entirely of japanese.