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New-York tribune., 1900-08-07
ECONOUIZING IN pOLITENESH.

An ingenious person with Il turn for calcuat-
ing what are called statistics has estimated
that the dear sirs" and yours trulys' OF cor
respondence. II all written by typewriters,
would keep employed the year around some
e. 700 persons M "A cost OF $3,350.OO0. There
fore as IL measure of economy. the abolition Of
all terms of pOliteness or "OnvcntOnality il
urged by The Haberdasher' which gives eur
rency 10 these statistics. This reminds MS that
we have ourselves been doing a little work with
statistics. and have discovered that the time
wasted by the American people in buttOning
and unbuttoning their collars and searching for
lost collar buttons amounts TO n little over
100000 hours each day, which. at the low esti-
mate Of 80 cents an hour costs Sl5O.0O0 day,
or over $5.5OO.OOO n year. This is, Of course.
utter waste. owing to the wearing OF an article
OF clothing not for comfort but purely for con
vention II people would only stop wearing
collars. and spend the time thrown away upon
them in getting down TO their offices each n
trife earlier and staying n trihe later. their
bank accounts would doubtless show this
$5. 100000 at the end of the year.
OF course there will be opposition TO this
reform The collar and laundry trade will at
once ask where they come in If people stop
wearing cellars. what is TO become Of their
business: How are the men and women who
make collars TO get a living? The chief end
OF man. according TO the manufacturer is not
to be economical, with few and simple wants
but TO be a large and ever-increasing consumer
Of his wares, however much one might get
along without them. Does a man sleep on the
floor: 1t Is his duty to civilization TO adopt
other habits and buy bedstead Does he slip
on his shirt and rush off to work in the morn
ing without wasting time and money on col
lars? He must he taught that the scheme of
creation will never be complete till he wears
collars and other suitable haberdashery 10
match. In the same line we imagine the MAX
ers OF typewriting machines and the stenOg-
raphers might argue The customary polite
phrases of correspondence cost S3,350.O00 a
year for salaries. do they? Well where are
the estmable young men and women who do
New-York tribune., 1900-08-07
THE FIRST BATTLE.

The first battle has been fought in the ad-
vance toward Picking. The news is Of slgniti-
cance. partly as proof that the advance has act
ually begun. partly a revelation Of the compo-
sitiOn OF the advancing army. and partly be
cause of the result Of The coniicT and its bear
ing upon further operations The scene of The
battle was Pei-Tsang only a dozen miles fr0R
Tien- -Tsn. and not at Iang-Tsun. The place
which some sensational dSpatc chps the other
day named that al which the first engage
ment was occurring. Progress. then. has been
slow. as there has been reason IA fear il would
be. Nevertheless progress is being made and
all the Powers seem 10 be moving together We
have had rumors that some TWO or three Of the
Powers Were taking part in the advance and
the others We're hanging back. There can be no
doubt thar the Americans. British and Japanese
are al the front. and the announcement that the
heaviest losses were sustained 10y the Japanese
and Russians proves that they are there too.
Their heavy losses are doubtless due 10 the fact,
already we'll known. that their forces greatly
0utnumber those OF the Other Powers The bul-
letin Of the battle then. conyineeS us that the
allied forces all moving on. surely II slowly.
toward the Chinese capital and The scene of
siege. and. lei Us hope. Of rescue.
II Is equally important 10 observe that stub
horn resistance WAS offered 10 the advance but
Was overcome. and that q clean victory was
won by the allies Prince Tuan is understood 10
have ordered every foot OF the way from Tien-
Tsin TO Peking 10 be stubbornly coDended. and
though there are no large streams or ranges of
hills 10 form barriers, such The Beers made
use Of I'm South Africa the Chinese can readily
throw up earthwOrks. and from behind these
can pour CALLING rifle fire upon the advancing
troops. How many Chinese were engaged in the
battle is not known. Probably they were sew
eral times many the allies. who num-
bered about sixteen thousand We may reason
ably suppose. too. that the Chinese losses were
much larger than those OF the allies. perhaps
two or three times as large. That the Chinese
were splenddly armed and that they knew how
20 use their arms effectively are circumstances
not TO be wondered AT. Europe has been send
ing TO China the hest output Of her arsenals
and also the best drillmasters Of her armies
The Chinese are not fools. nor slow TO learn
ON the contrary, they have particularly acute
minds. active and alert. and they have the gift
Of imitetiveness developed I'm an exceptionally
high degree. The hackneyed Libyan tale re-
lated by Eschylus about the e2gle stricken
with dart which his own feather had winged
is apt TO the ease. Europe is fighting in China
against European arms and the results of Euro
peen instruction
But the Chinese were defeated and are in re-
~>~at That after all. is the crowning feature
New-York tribune., 1900-08-07

officials actually fail to do the reasonable re-
quircmcnts Of duty. they should. Of course. be
supplanted and others put in their places. Good
government IS not, however. promoted by teach
ing people of any locality that they can allow
the election OF bad OtfcehOlders and then get the
Governor to help them over every little diff
Guilty resulting therefrom Corporations should
nor be Taught that they can support Croker mt
election time and then III the name of threat
ened property rights ask the Governor TO save
them from the maladmnStrdtiOn Of the law by
CrOkerS minionS. The Governor is. of course,
justified in keeping watch on the administra-
ton of Justice in every part Of the State, and
his reported intention concerning District At
torncy Gardiner may go no further than the
most conservative exercise of this function. We
hope so. for anything that remotely resembles
meddng with local authorities. if they are hit
to held office at all. almost invariably dscred!ts
those responsible for it, and rarely does any real
good
New-York tribune., 1900-08-07
ARTIFICIAL SUGAR.

BY dfty years Of careful culture the Germans
have raised the amount of sugar that can be
got out Of a beet from IL IT II per cent to II
l6, and in rare instances they obtain even more.
And yet they are not happy. II one may believe
a report from the United States Consul at Mag
Geburg 1t is said that the German beet grow
are worried over actual and possible com
Iettion with the chemically prepared sub
stances that may be used for sweetening
In the first place, they troubled about the
continued production Of saccharin. an intensely
sweet coal tar derivative. On the theory that it
is not altogether wholesome. the use of
charm by brewers has been prohibited in Ger
many by law; but there Is enough demand
from other sources to encourage the manufaCt-
urers TO make il In increased quantities. Then
again. while saccharin is not identical with
sugar fears entertained that some day the
trick Will be learned OF making real sugar arti-
fcially. The elements that compose starch
the same as those in sugar but the proportions
are slightly different Add one al tom of oxygen
to two molecules OF starch. and you have the
formula for a molecue Of beet or sugar.
However in chemistry. in mechanics, put
ting together is not easy as taking apart. A
boy can remove the wheels from his watch but
ne fines it nard 10 put them back in such a way
that the function OF the timepiece is restored.
Some Of the chemical combinations with which
science Is familiar. like those of acids with
bases. are as readily effected as the mixture OF
a salad dressing; but there are many which ut
terly defy human skill. The exact constituents
OF albumen are known and their right proper
tions. but some OF the ablest chemists in the
world have tried in vain for years TO persuade
these elements 10 unite. So too. with the manu-
facture OF india rubber and a host OF other
useful substances 1t Is not enough to know the
materials one must learn the method which
nature employed in marrying them Still, in
few instances-nOtably In making indigo and
certain perfume and fiavoting extracts-nan has
been able TO produce the genuine article. These
trumphs stimulate effort in other directions.
and encourage hopes Of further successes More
over this kind OF research is carried on more
extensively in Germany than in any other coun-
try in the world. Hence, while It Is not possible
at present to produce sugar syntheucaIly. II
must be admitted that the fears Of the Teutonc
leet grower are not altogether unreasonable.
Such possibility ought not to cause any pro-
found anxiety. however. either in Europe or
into sugar discovered to-day, there would arise
tomorrow an increased demand for starch
bearing cereals and vegetables. 1t would still
be necessary 10 call upon the agriculturlst for
these and in all probability the only effect OF
the industrial revolution that he would notice
would he the necessity for growing fewer beets
and more corn and potatoes.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-07
TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS.

The Hamburg-American liner Deutschland, which
arrived yesterday from Cherbourg. Southampton and
Bremen. brought these passengers among others.
Charles AUerbaCh. Isaac Y. Brokaw, George r Bro
kaw, Q. w. Chaplin. c. a. Conrad l.. H. Davis. DR..
Isaac G. Emerson, Marquis De La Gaudaia. Rich
ard T. Gaunt, Benjamin Hirsch, Colonel William
Hester. Chauncey Marshall Professor II. o. Merri-
man, d.. {. 3. Murray Conrad l.. Peters. J. f.
Pearsall. John d Rockefeller. J. W Raymond.
George W. Reed. Professor .. f. Randall Wallace
Randall Niccmte de Tocqueve. Isaac Untermey
er, Consul II. H. Wolff and Andrew D. White.
United States Ambassador 10 Germany.
Among the passengers on the Atlantic Transport
Line steamship Marquette. which arrived from
London yesterday. the Rev w. Page Roberts,
canon residentary Of Canterbury and vicar of St
Mary's Church. Nere-st London. He came for the
ocean trip. and will return tomorrow on the Oce-
anic. Other passengers were Miss Lizzie Raymond
and Miss Kate Lesler. vaudeville performers
The steamship Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse, of the
North German Lloyd Line, sails to-day for Bremen
by way Of CherboUrg and Southampton She will
have among her passengers DR.. Won iolleben,
German Ambassador; Baron ROsen. Russian Min
lister TO Munich. and Baroness ROsen. COmte and
Contesse de Bergen de LavOuZiere, Countess Grace
Rittberg and Mr. and Mrs Carroll Beckwith
New-York tribune., 1900-08-07
PERSONAL.

Among Queen Victoria recent guests at Windsor
Castle was the Due d'Alencon. whose mother was
the Queens first cousin Louis Philippe nearly
ceeded in arranging marriage between the old
Duo and Victoria, when King Leopold. uncle Of
the Queen and son-n-law of Louis proposed Prince
Albert.
Captain Viaud, OF the French navy. and of the
French Academy. better known by his pen name of
pierre Lott" sailed from France for China on
saturday He Is flag captain TO Admiral POTTER.
The Wichita Eagle says: General Adna r
ChaTee. the commander of Uncle Sans troops In
the Chinese Empire. has brother living in this
city. Everybody knows him who knows the Saliva
tion Army. for Nelson Chaffee has been one of its
most Jealous members for several years. He is
the quiet little old man with flowing whiskers who
mas hammered the big drum of the Salvation Army
so lonS that the memory OF the oldest citizen
neth not to the contrary. He always red
Jacket and cap with wide red band about II.
There never much music in his drum beats
put FOR all that everybody has watched him with
interest, for every time he the sheepskln Il
lick there were zeal and sincerity in H."
According to Leslie Stephen in the National Die
tionary of Biography" Wordsworth as Poet
Laureate wore the same coat to levees that Sam
uel Rogers had worn. and the coat passed sub
Sequently to TennysOn when he became Poet
Laureate.
The nineteen year-od daughter Of EleonOra Duse
is not intended to follow in her mothers footsteps
Instead she will become school teacher and is
now studying to that end in Munich.
Galesburg. Ill. Aug. 6.-Dr. Thomas McCIelland,
Of Forest Grove College. Forest Grove. Ore, has
teegraphed his acceptance OF the presidency OF
Knox College. in this city. which has been without
lay nearly year ago DR.. McCIeIand will assume
his new duties early In September.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-07

of the case. That means. DO doubt, that the ad-
vance will 90 on unchecked And we are hope
full that il also means that opposition to it viii
be discouraged and viii wane. despite Prince
Tuan'S alleged order to contest every foot or
the way. We recall that AT the time Of the
Chino.lapanese War there were those WHO said
the Japanese would ighi yaliantly at first. bat
would lost heart after the first reverse having
10 staying powers" while the Chinese would
not know the meaning Of defeat. but would
hang on doggedy until in the end their sheer
persistence and weight OF numbers should WIZ
the day. The event proved precisely the re-
verse. It was the Japanese who showed dogged
PERSISTENCE and the ChlDesc who lost heart ana
became panic stricken We shall not be sur
DriSed Ia seq that experience repeated Ihtre
have already been utimAti0nS that II VIII be-
The victory nf the allies NJ 1icn-lSin power
fIl!y affected III Chinese at PekiDg. This later
victory nj Pei-rsang may well have "A similar
effect II may cause the Chinese opposition Ill
the field 20 melt away and The Chinese aiil-
tudp toward the Legations AZ Picking 10 become
more ami,able. But whether il does or not. the
first battle Is the first great step forward. ana
rhe second step, whether peaceful or helligerent
must speedily follow.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-07
p-2lorls DaiIp Iribr1,te.
TUESDAY. AUGUST :. 1860.
THE NEWS rms HORNING.

FOREIGN.-A seven and half hours battle
took place between the allied forces ana Chinese
eight miles from Tien-Tsin Sunday: the
Chinese retraated, but LOO Of the foreign
troops out OF Ii force Of $4,000 We're killed ur
wounded. - Ii Hung Chang. German
newspaper said stated that The Boxers were
faithful TO the royal family. and that Prince
Tuan in control OF the central Govern
ment =# Further Russian victories "ere re
ported from the Amoor district. =- II was re
ported from Pretoria that Lord Kitchener was
tightening the Gordon around General De Wet
and Mr.. Steyn. -= The Italian Chamber o
Deputies was re0pen@d an address was hlaue
by the President eulogiZing King Hamberl'
Bresci the regicide. has been showing symp-
toms of violence - Il Was admitted IN the
House OF Commons that Congo Free state
troops had invaded British TERRITORY carrying
off women and cattle: reparation was promised.
DOMESTIC.-Secretary Hays illness is not
considered serious and a rest OF fe" DAYS ~
expected restore him 10 his usual health
-= The Cuban school teachers now at Har-
ward University are TO visit Washington on
Canton 10 meet them. == Bids for over io,VOp
tons Of arnor for battleships and cruisers Will
be opened at the Navy Department to-mor-
row. ==- The report Of the Commission Whlch
investigated the needs Of the postal service in
New-York and other large cities was mace
public. == 4 number of refugees from China
arrived in san Francisco on the transport
Logan. =-= Some new evidence was produced
at the trial in Kentucky growing out or the
Goebel murder Bryan started from Lin
coin for Indianapolis be officially Informed OF
his nomination. =- The English tennis play
ers arrived al Boston. and the international
tournament begins to-day == The Minnesota
was beaten again in the Seawanhaka Cup races.
- The Grand Circuit trotting races began at
Buffalo
CITY-Stocks were duh and slightly lower.
-= John McCuIlasn. superintendent Of ElAc-
ticns estimated that Tammany Hall would try
poll 10000 Illegal votes in the fall. ="
letter fourd in the trunk left heTe by Anton Ian
nor. one of thu Anarchists arrested in Italy, the
police say. has given new cleWs TO the plot for
the killing CT King HumbeTt. =- Andrew ID.
White. Ambassad0r to Germany. arrived here.
= MI Odel said he had nothing to say re-
riding himself and the GOTernOrship. --
The referee in test case decided that the by
law adopted last January by the Produce EX
change to alter its GratUity Fund system was
Illegal and void. -= +. Thiele fourth officer
on the Deutschland. committed suicide the
steamship when TWO days out from Hamburg.
THE WEATH ER.-Forecast for to-day: Fair
and warm. The tempeTa ture yesterday: High
est ~ degrees: lowest, 40; average. 1I7s.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-07

The DAILY aRi SUNDAY TRIBrNE, ST.. 90 a
month, except 10 a foreign addreSS.
AmerI6aHs in Paris 7cM aI1ravs fHd
The TRIBUNE at NJ L0nIS VBif0H S. RHs
Scribe, sueH ii ths kiOsqHes and kotsIs haze
sold their supplies.
The Presidential campaign has faMSed a
prompt increase IN sales OF IHE TRIBUNE.
AnV Hsrsdsalsr Kill Strvs the PAPER rfgH-
LGrir upon rsCsiJ1He an 0rdfr 10 That effect.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-07

Chicago forger doing time" at Joliet for
his irregular exploits OF penmanship has just
received news that some Idaho silver mines he
longing to him have suddenly jumped in value
to the figure of $2OOOOOO. His own signature
will now be worth forging, and Chicago will no
doubt be able to turn out practitioner equal
to such an inviting and profitable opportunity
New-York tribune., 1900-08-07

Russia and Germany both want to borrow
money and reaching out inviting hands
toward our surplus. which is quite likely TO be
found equal to their accommodation. In pres
ent conditions the financial strain upon them is
pretty severe and promises continuance but
their credit is good. We have the money and
they will probably get some If IT, line OF busi-
ness which f1nanciers are likely TO find Of
increasing magnitude time goes on.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-07

Crokers determination to give the Ice Trust
shoulder 20 all reporters without distinction OF
age sex or previous condition of servitude
may not be changed but he talks outside with
the flowing looseness of a side show barker on
the East Side predicting the election of Bryan
and a Tammany victory taking in all New
York from its western panhandle to Montauk
Point That is what he told Senator German
and a companion day or two ago at the Cafe
Savarin in a voice which could be heard around
the corner, giving emphasis to the pretenson
that he believed what he was saying But no
body thinks SO poorly OF his judgment as all
that comes to, the wise and wary German least
OF all
New-York tribune., 1900-08-07

The earnest good wishes of every patriotic
American will go out to Secretary Hay that he
may speedily be restored to full health. The
Nation is in urgent need OF his services. and
could Ill afford, TO lose them even during
brief and slight fndispositiOn.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-07

Acting Mayor Guggenheimer is not peppery
as his chief. but ne knows when 1t is time to get
angry. and he mas good reason TO be angry over
The condition Of Forty -second-st.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-07

The British House of Lords, or the judicial
part of it. has decided that copyright in a speech
is vested not in the author of the speech. who
composes and delivers it, but in the man who
reports IT and prints it. That will give some
comfort to Mr.. Richardson, of Kentucky. who
has been copyrghting the messages OF the
Presidents
New-York tribune., 1900-08-07
FRESH AIR NOT ALL GONE YET.
TRIBUNE FUND GAVE 1T To rs MORE
CHILDREN YESTERDAY.

CHILDREN YESTERDAY
The Tribune Fresh Air Fund sent 1876 children
10 the country last week. but this feat did not oy
any means exhaust its strength Yesterday " sent
14S more children away for two weeks or ireS"
air They went TO almost a dozen different places
n Y. and nearby PAGES started of in the morn
ing The people who have invited these cAidien
to their homes as follows:
Port Jervs. n Y-Mrs. Annie Rightmeyer Mrs:
Stephen Campbell, Mrs. Elias Davis. NLS. FIe.A a-
Mrs. ]. Benston, Mrs. John Flynn, Mrs '"''S-
Mcmahon and Mrs Samuel Cgddf6aGK 5 Mrs
Tri-States. n f.-Mrs A L brown anu MS
Lena stol ~, ,,-,r,..,, s,fs5s1 the
Rev. T. G: Spencer and Mrs c. DeGker
Milford Penn.-NIrs. Jerry Lehy-
Another party. which went away in the mornns'
contained children bound for Unadiua, y y
Alton y y and Wells Bridge y y. and 'Is0
a few children especially invited 10 other places
Some Of the hosts and hostesses of these children
follows:
Alton. y. Y--Mrs 5; d putt0n- ~
RaIiOnia isril's sRsinS YN n Holdridge
Wells Bridge. y. Y.-Mr- Pierce. MTS a, -
Wood. Mrs Belle Smith and Miss Blanch Ferry
In the afternoon the second party Of twenty
bovs invited this summer to the Groton SchoOi
carnD near Ashland. y H started by boat ae-
connpanied by two specials for Amherst Mass
and in the evening children went 10 Chasm + a.
y Y. Owls Head y Y; Campbell. y. Y, GURUS,
\ Y. savona. y Y. Mount Morris, y y anu
Malone. N Y Some of the people who nave SEM
invitations TO these children as follows;
,,ar,rhau y-Rentanin Fairfield D. A stark
Mrs Amos Jack, Mrs. Leila Thayer MISS I5nndv
David Wright Edward Yost. MIS-; GE5,-C-,k SuIiz
Mrs Edward Knowles, Mrs. Ross ana M'S- '0"-
EssSonoa' ssssTono \ Y-Thomas Brayshaw and David
cuTtis. n. Y.-Charies HOugh and Frank Veis'
New-York tribune., 1900-08-07
The American State Departments cipher

Why doesn't the Ice Trust put the name Of
Augustus Van WyCk on its wagons If it wants
TO do business under cover Of some private per-
son? He is one OF the most private persons in
the United States since he returned from Kansas
City.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-07
Amu5tmcTfs.

CAsINO-s-CasIno Beauty Mnsirels-cazno Boy
}lAMMERSTEIN'S KICTORIA-SslJ-ito Garden.
HERALD SQUARE TfIEATT<i.- -e.I5-Tae CaGet Girl
= SEITH S-f'ontiuuous Performance.
afASHATTAN BEACTI-2-Fsa Fsaciuils list Regiment
Baad-s-Psin's Great Spectacle and F.fe"oFhs- ;
ard 8-Martha
NF0- YORK THEATRE-s-Che Blossom Grove
J aSTOR' s-r8utIGiuous Performance.
ST. ETCTEOIAs GARDES-Sunu.es Night Concerts
New-York tribune., 1900-08-07

a political point and securing campaign ma
terial No one ever credited him with higher
motives.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-07
gn0cr 10 AorcrtlsrmcnIs.
BEsluess \ ollCcs.

J. II. Johnston & Soa. Is John St.
Precious r-,.-.-.. M. piG Gold.
Csems Pearls '- ''- Matches. JtVelrH
3ronzes. etc. &c and sell Sflve:wa-e
Duplicate 1Vesd.ng Presents specially.
Carl II. Schultz's Carbonated Waters a"e
the only Pr-RE ard CORRECT artifclal mineral waters
New-York tribune., 1900-08-07

The latest explanation of Bryan's advocacy OF
ratification OF the Treaty Of Peace with Spain is
that ha did so merely for the sake OF scoring
New-York tribune., 1900-08-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Astor Bristed will make
visit TO Miss Leary at Newport They will go from
Lenox where they have a cottage, about the end
Of the week.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-07

Mr. and Mrs Alfred Kessler and Mrs. Samuel
Smith are at BaIlstou Spa. near Saratoga, az the
old homestead OF the smith family Cora. Countess
Of Strafford is in London. but will pay some Coun-
try house visits later in the season AlT. am MIS-
sidney Smith will return from Europe within
fortnight.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-07

The Vicomte and the Vicomtesse de ToQuevtile
arrived on the Deutschland ON sunday The Kaiser
Wilhelm which sails to-day. has booked among
Its passengers Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Beckwith and
the Countess Won RittbeTs. the sister OF Major
RathbOne
New-York tribune., 1900-08-07

The funeral Of Mrs. George Barclay Riyes took
place yesterday morning at Grace Church Owing
TO its being midsummer there was a small attend
ance but many flowers were sent Mrs Elves was
married at Grace Church three months ago She
was a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs j, Montgomery
Hare. Her husband is the son of George T. Hdves;
Mrs Rives was a very beautiful young woman anu
a great belle in New-YOrk society
New-York tribune., 1900-08-07

Marshall Kernochan is AT present visiting his
aunt Mrs, John J. Wysong at Newport He did
not go, reported. the trip with oliver II
PAYNE to Scotland and the North Cape Mr. and
Mrs William Pollock are at Homesdale, Pitts
field. Mass. where Mr.. kernoChan has been this
summer His mother Mrs Pollock has given sew
eral large house parties.