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for years in greater safety than II
nearer the surface, exposed TO the dam
gers OF navigation and the assaults Of
whales, swordhsh and other leviathans
pertaining to Neptune's domain.
While the route necessarily chosen as
that for the projected cable uniting the
continental United States with its in
sular possessions In the Pacific is most
favorable to the project, 1t is not the
shortest distance between our Pacific
coast and Asia, In survey of the Pa
cific from the equator to the arctic cir
Gle II Will be seen that the two CONT
nents approach each other most nearly
in the northern region. The shortest
possible length Of submarine cable con-
meeting Asia and America would be, OF
course, across Boring strait, less than
forty miles In width In It's narrowest
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tween San Francisco and Yokohama,
about 5000 miles but there are no in
tervening islands. 1t would be a
stralghtaway stretch, like that across
the Atlantic between Great Britain and
America,
The fourth route, which Is the one
surveyed and practically selected, is
that between California and the Philip
pines, via Hawaii, the Midway and
Guam. with cable to Hongkong and
perhaps another TO Yokohama. This
route dips southwesterly from our coast
until below the tropic Of Cancer, reach
ing about its southern limit at Guam,
thence westerly TO Luzon and north
westerly to Hongkong.
Still another route across the Pacific
is that surveyed and coveted by the
British government for the completion
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these 1000 mills the United States pus
sVoO.oOo,o0O pounds OF paper on 'ne
market each year.
The railways Of America are using
today 7SoOoO.o0o cross ties. and eacn
year they require 10000 900 addition"
cross ties 10 renew those now In use
The yearly cash expenditure for Gro"
ties exceeds Seo.too,ooo, and II Is esu.
mated that IN the next twenty years
1900, 900 ties VIII be required.
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The government win next spring dis.
tribute throughout the country young
trees and seeds to whoever may apply
for the same through their members Of
congress.
Fifty pounds OF paper for each lndl-
viduai was the amount consumed in
this country last year.
Nearly zs.oo9Ooo pounds OF printed
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day or two after the birth OF his daugh.
ter and, In honor Of tho event, 10000
requests for money.
Senator Hoar OF Massachusetts
spends his vacation In resting He rise,
early but is In his bed every night BY
:, and during the day takes long walks
and does a good deal Of light reading.
Alfred Vanderbilt. who Is now tho
head Of his family. is one Of the best
amateur tennis players In New York
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-10-26
THE KING AND THE TEA MER-
CHANT.

A funny story about King Edward
VII. and Sir Thomas Upton is going
the rounds. That 1t need not be belIey.
ed does not take from its merits Here
II Isl The king. after distributing South
African medals. said something to Sir
Thomas about the new orders which
would be bestowed by and by on those
he desired to honor, and IAN order may
chine your way" he concluded. IT
shall be promptly attended to-" is the
alleged reply Of the great. tea merchant.
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~ girl Of sixteen. who had danced
several times with little Alfonso, pre-
sented her cheek to him for a salute.
Instantly he Strengthened up and ex.
tended his hand to her. Il don't kiss
girls" he said. They kiss my hand
instead. am your king"
The international Society Of Arbori.
culture planted over 100000 trees last
year.
The entry Of the Grand Duke Of Lux
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climate 10 order, for a single grain Of
II win cool a quart Of champagne.
Even on the equator a person may have
the climate OF the arctic circle by the
proper use Of chunk Of air no larger
than a lead pencil.
One gallon Of liquid air has the cool
Ing capacity or power. It has been com
puted OF eighty.hve pounds OF ice, and
an equal amount Of solid air would be
capable Of adequately chilling the lar
gcst cold storage warehouse in exist
ence. In the publication Of chemicals
and liquids used In the arts and In do.
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NEWSY TA8L0lDS.

matter. designed for general distribu.
ton. was shipped In one month last
year.
Wood pulp Is now also being used In
many parts Of France in the manufae-
ture OF various cloth fabrics.
Many stories are related Of the young
king Of Spain. At recent function in
which only young people Joined a pref
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ne Is good racket player, too, and
curing the winter is an enthusiastic
deyotee Of the latter game.
WOOD pulp Is now being used in the
manufacture OF paper Of textile fabrics
sueh as cotton and linen, which are TO.
'aiiy insufficient to meet the demand
which Is Increasing every year.
Inc United States has about 1000
mills engaged in the manufacture Of
paper. mostly from wood pulp. From
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emburg into his elghty-fifth year seems
to call attention to the remarkable de-
velopment Of longevity among reigning
princes during the last half century.
In July. ls4s, there were ffty-one soy.
ereigns, great and small. in Europe,
among whom there was but one. the
King OF Hanover. over seventy years Of
age. Today there are forty.
The King OF Italy received 1900 tele-
grams Of generalization on the first
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larized the discovery in America. II
might seem invidlous to mention some
of those who are identified with the de-
velopment of the process and not all,
but this enumeration is made merely to
illustrate the avidity with which train
ed minds seize upon any sign Of new
vein or lead that shall possibly unfold
to them the hitherto secret mines OF
wealth in natures arcanum. The true
scientist Is broadminded, ready to sac
rihoe himself in contributing to the
worlds fund of information, and espe-
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of course, is taken for granted. The
piece Of air was seized with pair OF
forceps, which stuck so hard that they
could not be removed. Struck with a
hammer, the tool rebounded from the
lump Of air as though IT were india rub
Der. 1t can be whitfield and shaved,
and It is declared that with piece Of
solid air one may manufacture his own
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me FISK OF having historic and valuable paintings where
~ can PICK them up recently d
phe oil sassoferratos famous the %
IN the
ona OF he Arvnn The Dominican occupy convent
su he painting on the morning following American
mao the privilege copying IT, The found aerv
ane but the
scarcely De SAID that this picture by artist
century who Raphael
invaluable In Madonna Ro
o. several other pictures in the last government
ing removing all the valuable art from religious
Wnere they cannot be properly guarded placing the
museums IN care Of authorized officials
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cially is this true In the domain Of
chemistry.
So far as known, then, Professor
Metz. availng himself OF the informa-
ton contributed by his predecessors In
the field, went a step beyond any they
had taken and found solid air in the
twelve inch test tube full Of liquid air
after reaching degree OF frigid tenn
perature as yet unmeasured. II looked
ike ice but was different In consisten-
cy and had great tensile strength. But
this has not as yet been fully tested,
though its tremendous expansive force.
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developed, by the cumulative effort q
several. II not many. minds working 70
one end. For example, the first known
liqusfaction Of air by applied chemical
processes was made In 1875 by cailletet
IN Paris and PIctet in Geneva. Two
Russians with almost unpronounceable
names. Wroblewskl and Obszewskl. i'm
proved the processes. Demar OF Eng
land went further than any other chem
list In his experimentation and In pub
fishing his results: Iinde Of Munich
added his observations, and In 1895
Charles f. Tripler Of New York popu-
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OF an all British line around the world
or, rather, two routes have been sur
veyed--the first between Vancouver IN
British Columbia, via Uniak and the
Aleutian archipelago, TO Japan, dis
lance OF about $500 miles and the Sec
ond to connect Australia and British
Columbia via the Fills, not far from
1000 miles.
Australia and New Zealand are con-
nected with the continental system by
cables southwark from China and In
dla, and eight years ago Queensland,
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nestle economy solid air will prove In
valuable. for the freezing process me-
chanically eliminates all impurities.
The water In whisky, for example,
freezes and is separated from It's other
component elements at temperature
Of 80 degrees f.; between $50 and 1870
below fusel oil and other deleterious
ingredients assume a solid form, leav.
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part, but II Is doubtful II that would be
feasible, though the route for a great
transslberlan and Alaskan line was
surveyed years ago.
Southwark, again, we find the Aleu-
tian islands. stretching lnvitnely from
Alaska TO EamchOtka by which sue
cessicn Of land lines and cables could
be run from Seattle or Vancouver, via
Sltka. to Kamchatka. TO connect with
the transsiberlan line ending for the
present az the mouth Of the Amur
The most inviting route is that be-
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then run the risk OF safe transmission
around Asia, across Europe or under
the Mediterranean and across the At
lantic, are still fresh In mind. The
route taken by Dewey's messages which
electrified the world and gave US news
of the destruction Of the spanish ileet
Is also the only one available at pres
ent. A message must first traverse al
most two-thirds the distance around
the globe In order to reach point only
one-third OF that distance away.
The advocates OF governmental own
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-01-05

10 make speech while talking from the stand to you,
people Of Freeport, as am doing today, car
rage and magnificent one II was, drive up and take
position the outside OF the crowd beautiful young
lady sitting the box sest whilst Fred Douglas and
her mother recned inside and the of the carriage
acted driver saw this in your own town. lyoces,
What of tg All have say of it is this that if you,
black republicans think that the negro ought be
social equality with your wives and daughters and ride
in carriage with your wife, whilst you drive the team,
you have perfect right to do So told that of
Fred Douglas kinsmen another rlch black negro is
travelling in this part of the state making speeches for
his friend Lincoln the champion of black voices
''What have you to say against ite] All have to say
that subject is that those of you who believe that the
negro your equal and ought to be equality with
you socially, politically and legally have right to
terrain these opinions and OF course, will vote tor Mr.
Lincoln
Possibly Mr.. Bryan is yet unprepared to go to the
extreme of preaching universal social equality but this
is but step removed from universal political equality
Equality, social and POLITICAL is the logical end to which
must all who accept the abstraction of 'equal"
creation; and with Mr. Bryan and his school this is
little less than religion. The Times has oce crit
icsed Mr. Bryan the of his excessively 'demo-
cratic tone He is responsible for his feelings
than Lovejoy Everitt, Phillips Garrison Higgin-
and the others of that host of abolition ideass with
whose sentiments his mind works in natural and auto
matte harmony.
Surely The Pubic.is correct There is indeed a.
difference between the the old democracy for
which the southern slave power and Cleveland stood
and that OF the new led by Bryan and interpreted by
bis organs The difference being SO patent and SO radi
cal IN hundred ways, The Times but marvel at the
choice made for the southern people by their leaders, and
express belief La its ultimate reputation by 'the rank
and fle.''
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PROTECT
AGAINST THE
FUTURE.

/
zedan exceptional profit the past years operations
But this not last always. From the beginning of
tine the world has had its lean years we'll its fat.
Depression follows prosperity and prosperity de-
preston with much certainty exists in the changes
of the There is economic law which controls
the of these periods and gives warning of the
approach Of either the good bad But it should be all
sufficient to the prudent to bear in mind that the his
tory of the future will be but repetition of the exper
fences of the past
The prime sourcer of trouble with mankind is Just
here. These simple truths too largely ignored and
prosperous time too many fail to lay up against the
coming rainy day Despite all that have been told we
can not look to economic legislation to make profit
out of cotton, wheat corn growing Some four years
back much said about the price of cotton and the
price of silver, and predictions made with the SOL
emnity of the prophecies of old of dire caames unless
got free silver Sixteen to lost in the shuttle
but the price of Cotton to have held its fairly
we'll.
But it is just certain to decline in the future as in
the past it certain to rse and neither laws nor lead
stay its 1t rests largely with ourselves to
say how its fall shall find u.s.
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1901.
an hundred-fo

| an nunQfeu-IOlQ
In the world at large the closing hundred years have
wrought vast and momentous changes but probably nc
national aggregation Of people has been SO potenty
affected by the centurys events own. period
which in reckoning the life of the worlds ancient civil
cations may count TOR little, has in America included be-
tween It's opening and its close both the caow youth and
matued growth of of the greatest of all
time 1t event of profound Significance in marking
peaceful evolution Of governmental processes that the
system set in this hemisphere the close of one CEN
fury by handful of colonies, after war-inducing def
ance of great European naon should at the close of the
next furnish the model upon which has been boodlessy
erected practically independent state from another
group OF colonial possessions of that power in re-
mote quarter of the globe Such the lesson taught the
world by the genius for possessed by the
OF Britain, through the examples of the
American Union, but little than century old and
the Commonwealth of Australasia officially born with the
new century.
No people should be contented than ours with
what the nineteenth century bequea to the present
is literal truth to say that the history of the world furn
shes in no time place the spectacle of SO many millions
OF people possessing much of material prosperity as
today belongs to the citizens of the United States True
there is poverty here but it is at its minimum 1t has
existed through all time and in all countries and will NOT
be banished this side the millennium. But as whole
Americans the best housed the best clad the best fed
the most industrious people EARTH They have better
opportunities, freer to schools libraries and instr
buttons for the uplifting of the mind and heart than is
the portion of any equal number of the human race ON
any part of the earth's surface.
The efforts srenuously made to belle these simple
the preachin" hv IT+- = sncialistic vision |
having for
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-01-05
LEvEE
BOARD
PROCEEDINGS.

1t is now some days since the meeting referred to
held and though is the talk of the street that its
transactions of most important nature not line
of them has yet been officially made public After wait
ing until nearly time to 60 to press The Times made in
quiry of the Democrat the organ Of the board and
informed that the last minutes ready for pubca-
ton, with the exception of the signature of the president
which, it seems is necessary to their completion 1t is
presumed that the president will day put his royal
hand to these important pages and take tho public into
his confidence.
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THE
SEWERAGE
MATTER.

a system along It's lines, contended That MAJ TEX
his ideas feasible and practica I--
some with equal assurance expressed the opinion that the
plan adopted was utterly impracticable.
it's matter of common knowledge that the work
begun in the midst of much discussion and considera
BILE apprehension. Iii matter of to every man
interested in the town, and believing that practical
statement of the exact status of the work. the probability
of its complexion the amount expended it, the present
attitude of the contractors toward the work and the town.
etc., would he welcomed and appreciated, The Times in
vtes such stat cement from the city officials in charge of
the work and from the engineer responsible forit.
No idle discussion contemplated by The Times,
and this suggestion is made in spirit of hostility to the
plan any connected with it. If the work be
carried to successful complexion very good if not then
it is idle to continue the present plan.
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the basis OF voting population. 1t is in this way
that he proposes to punish states that disfran-
chise the negro And it is the only way in
which the federal government can punish them.
Yet President Mckinley opposes Crumpacker's
BILL When that gentleman proposed it last
year it was pigeon-holed. And such will
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-01-05

The following is also from that ardent Bryanite and
interpreter of the democratic democracy The
Public:
Representative crumpacker, republican Of Indiana
again introduced bill reducing congressional representation
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-01-05

On Dec. Goth there meeting of the Levee Board
AS the position of The Times toward the board precise
that of every other taxpayer of the district has only
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-01-05

The Times has secured from Captain W. F. Randolph
the promise of series of articles giving his remins-
of Stonews jackson. These articles will prove
valuable contribution to the history of the particular
events in which that famous commander was the central
figure Intimately associated with Jackson keenly OBJ
servant of all the hstoymakng In which he
played such commanding part, and profoundly in sym
athy with his subject probably no man now living is so
Unqualified to render to the public this genuine service
Captain Randolph.
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F THE
CRUMPACKER
BILL.

uouptess DC us ate again this year unless Mr. Mckinley
persuaded favor its adoption Here an opportunity for
northern who object the Acknowledgement of their
the southern states Let them bring their influence to bear
support OF the Crumpacker bill If they neglect So they
allow that bill to be again pgeonhoed without protest from
their leaders their without much peonng its
favor they must not be surprised if the public
them of of having deeper interest pums of republican
machine politics than in the maintenance of their constitutional
rights as fscf MaH
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PARSONS and the pointing of pithless
morals. But when in the passage of
time it happens that the day must bring
forth twins, and becomes at once the
nativity OF century and year, these
observations and reflections are magnified
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-01-05

one means of ascertaining the proceed
ings of this important institution. Like
them, it is dependent for Its information
solely upon the published reports, as Civ
en- to the public through the boards
official organ, and as required by law.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-01-05

1t has been number of months since the voters OF
Greenve authorized issue of bonds for the consruc
ton of sewerage system The time for the completion
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.'The verdict Of our voters which condemned inc H.
Justice Of maintaining protection for projections sake on
Joins upon the peoples servants the duty Of exposing ana
r7 destroying the brood of kindred evils
II SUBSIDIES. which are the unwholesome progeny OF
ii naternalism 1t I'M
dermines the self-reliance Of our people
II PROTECTION and substitutes in its place dependence
upon governmental favortsm
The lessons of paternaism oughtto be unearned ana
the better lesson taught that while the people should pa
troticaly and cheerfuy support the government i's
functions do not include the support of the people
acceptance of this principle leads to refusal OF ooun"e
and subsidies which burden the labor and thrift OF per
ton of our citizens to aid hadvsed anguishng en-
terprses in which they have no concern leads also to
challenge of wild and reckless pension expenditure,
which overleaps the bounds of grateful recognition OF
patriotic service and prostitutes to vicious uses the peo
pies prompt and impulse to aid those disabled In
their country's defense. "-Grover Cleveland
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-01-05

In spite of occasional statements to the contrary the
american people are in prosperous condition Iron
workers. of all classes builders of locomotives and cars
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-01-05

It is CO. hoary with age to mark the birth of o
year by forswearng and resolving, and indulgng
in wearsome pattudes heinstitu ting of doubtful COM
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-01-05

maKerS OF STRUCTURAL SteeI, OWnerS OF Iur-
naces have their hands full, south and
north. Manufacturers of commodities
ana fabrics of every description hare had
a year of unusual activity. The grow
ers and producers have generally real
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-01-05

'eopIe's Defenders, /" ''Public Voices" s'Coms
terra, have been saying lots of hard things
lately. But this was to have been ex-
r. Cleyeland's papers possess the pc
to the mind rattle than to preiu-
Use smaller shot fire closer to
birds. just II the Boy
Ills pen in 1rops EN-
'em smile,
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of the work by the contractors has long
since passed.
The engineer employed to lay down
plan, and superintend the construction of
a system along its lines, contended that
his ideas were feasible and practical;
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Some unknown friend has been kind enough to favor
The Times with one or marked copies of The Public
careful erusal of its columns marked and unmarked,
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/ persuades 70 the opinion That ia u We
have an excellent forecasting of the gener-
al tone of the recently announced Com
mener. The Public is decidedly Bryan.
esque in all its features.
In common with Iuany other Bryan