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American
Exports

There is NO civilized land In the
world and few savage ones where evil
dsnce Of American ingenuity and skill
Dc not confront the traveller on every
slAs. Up in the north Of Sweden trains
q reindeer are drawing American
wood-cutting machinery to points not
far distant from the North Cape. The
machinery has to be hauled hundreds
Of miles over. the plains of snow, but
the ahrewd Swedish lumbermen have
found that its use almost doubles their
profits. Again Puntas Neras in TERRA
del Fuego Is the most southerly CONT
mental spot on the globe. The impor-
tant lighthouse there is equipped with
electric machinery manufactured with
in . few hundred miles of New York
City Some Of the schemes devised by
the enterprising Yankee are 80 daring
that they might have been almost sac
religious in less practical age. 4
large consignment of steam pumps wal
lately shipped to the East Their des-
tination was the Jordan. Formerly
pilgrims with an eye to the main
chance had found 1t profitable 10 Sc
cure calabashes of water from the sa-
cred river and sell their contents to
churches and converts to be used as
holy water A wideawake American
saw his opportunity. He devised q
steam pump of convenient size, a num-
Der of which were set up at suitable
points along the banks of the Jordan.
The result was profitable business in
retailing to the churches all over Eu-
rope. Again, American devices are
finding their way into the vatican it.
self The sovereign pontiff has recent
iy been our customer for fiashlight
apparatus, which stands by his couch
and can be ignited at any moment dur
ing the night by pressing button.
Tradition has assigned to Bagdad the
honor of producing the most celebrat-
ed of lamps. But New York house
has superseded Aladdin and his genii.
The lamps are of fanciful pattern, and
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Odd Articles Sent
Abroad from thjs
Country.

are decorated with devices often more
pleasing to the eye Of the oriental than
the morals Of the ascetic. They are of
simple design. operating without a
chimney. on the principle Of the blast
furnace. They are conveyed to point
on the Persian gulf, from whence they
are hauled over 30 miles Of desert on
camel back. They are then transferred
70 RATS and towed hundred miles up
the Euphrates, where they are again
loaded on camels, which convey them
to their destination, two hundred miles
from the river. These lamps are quite
the thing in the orient. Among the
residences that they decorate are the
palaces of the sultan OF Morocco, the
prince of Siam and several rajahs in
British India. In India too, 1t looks as
though at no distant date the punka
will be a thing of the past. and the
punka walla seeking new job. A de-.
pAnd for electric fans of the more up
So-date of the native princes, a little.
sultan in Borneo in particular having
laid in a considerable supply. The
torrid climate of India opens up a
number of opportunities for American
enterprise. Nor does the ancient land
of Egypt turn up its nose at our new
tangled contrivances. The supply of
images in the pyramids having run
rather low. owing to the depredations
of curio hunters, an American firm has
been filling up the vacancies with most
interesting and antique appearing little
statues. AS matter of fact they are
manufactured by new patent process
from various condiments. but they loob
SO like ancient stone that they would
deceive any but an expert. Egypt ap-
pears to be getting frisky in its old age.
An American merry-go-round of the
Coney Island type has recently been
set up at Cairo. 1t Ia largely patro-
nized by the Arabs, who cut fine fg-
ure In their snowy burnooses bestrid-
ing the green and gold tigers and ele-
phants.-T. G. Knox. in Atlanta Con-
stitlltion.
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How Claus Spreckeis Got His
Stort in Life.

Claus Spreckels, the California sugar
king. arrived at Charleston. 8. c.. in
lS4S, with So In his pocket. and prob
ably thought for a little while that
the Germany army was preferable. But
his 70 stretched out over portion of
months expenses until he got Job
In grocery store for his board, and
without much further delay he began
to do something" The something"
was only raise of - week in sal
ary during the second month of his
employment and transfer to another
grocer at IS during the third month.
But he wrestled with boxes and used
the scoop and managed the scales SO
carefully that when his employer, IS
months later, was about to give up his
business Spreckels bought him out on
credit and in ~ months additional paid
the debt
He had barely become successful in
the conduct Of his grocery store in
South Carolina when he took advantage
Of an opportunity to buy store in
New York. and he had held the latter
property for comparatively brief
time when he had laid aside enough
money to take himself and wife on q
visit to the old folks In the Father
land Then when business conditions
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NEW MINISTER TO GREECE

Charles s. Francis, prominent Troy
journalist. was recently nominated by
President Mckinley to be envoy sxtra-
ordinary and minister plenipotentiAry
to Greece. Mr.. Francis 10 q son of
John N. Francis. founder Of tho Troy
Times. and who was minister to
Gfesce under President Grant. During
his fathers residence in Athens Mr..
Srancis was his secretary. He y .
sIeduAss Of Cornell university. As
student and ~ alumnus he has hesn
oes Of the most prominent representa-
Avn oe Cornell in boating. While at
college he repeatedly won the single
scuA championship of the university.
and IA 1875 he won the intercollegiate
singls-scull championship at Saratoga
lake. making time which still stands
u IA worlds intercollegiate record
two miles in Is minutes and 42k sec
o1ds.
Mr.. Francis, who Learned the print
sr's trade At the case In the composing
room Of his fathers newspaper. was
successively reporter. city editor and
manager of the Troy Times. in 1881
acquiring proprietary interest. In
1857 ~ became an equal partner with
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more than this. He Is a man with
stern sense of Justice. and a man OF
large human sympathies. He has a
warm social side. and takes pleasure
In his home and his club. He has had
10 children, OF whom only five are
living, four sons and daughter. His
mansion has been built on a scale that
Is in harmony with his other actions.
He is liberal in his religious vews. and
possesses a rugged simplicity OF char
acter. He Is big-hearted. He likes to
see others get ahead as we'll as him
self, provided they do not get in his
way. He Is benevolent. open handed
and generous and has very large SYM
pathies for the working man and the
small consumer. He appreciates the
value Of art and music.
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SAN FRANClSCO'S SUGAR KING

Spreckels. For while Mr.. Sprsckels
was at = decided disadvantage, be-
cause of the enormous profits made
by the trust on Its business in the east
and the consequent possibility of SELL
ing in California at loss. But the
disadvantage was quickly met. With
his usual resourcefulness. Mr.. spreck-
els conceived the idea Of carrying the
war into the enemy's own territory.
Against the strenuous advice and OBJ
jections of his friends who predicted
disaster II he attempted to light the
trust single-handed. he erected an
enormous refinery at Philadelphia,
which Is the largest and most complete
in the world at a cost Of $4,000, 900.
Mr.. Spreckels then fixed prices In all
the eastern markets Of the trust, and
30 soon became such thorn in Its
side that the trust made overtures for
peace, and the terms finally agreed
upon involved the purchase Of the
Philadelphia refinery by the trust and
the uninterrupted operation Of the Cal
ifornia Sugar Refinery In San Fran
cisco.
Physical and Personal Character.
He is essentially masculine in his
nature. He Is bold, original and Gre
alive. The predominant instinct In
him Is not the art instinct. or the lit
erary instinct, or the scientific instinct.
He is the active man of affairs. he 10
through and through the shrewd. sue
cessful business man. But he II also
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MoHAMMEDAN FANATICS.
They Murder ssd Outrage Hundreds of
Christian.

They Murder sad Outrage Hundreds of
Christians.
The unspeakable Turk once moro
exhibits to the world his demoniac
fanaticism. From Salonica comes the
Macedonia have been massacred BY
Mohammedans in the village Of Bituoh,
in northern Albania, a horde Of Mo-
hammedans crucified every Christian
male In the place. pinning them TO the
trees with stakes driven through the
hands and feet. Many of the women
were outraged and all were carried on
to Mohammedan harems. Children
were chopped up before their parents
eyes. At Gruma, south OF Bituch. wom-
en- were violated in front OF their bus
bands and fathers. The men were ter
ribly mutilated, having their ears, IN
gers, toes and limbs cut of. Many
children were drowned
At Ribaritz the entire population was
massacred after the victims flesh had
been sliced off. At Binashkia a bon
fire was made of twenty Christians.
At Gepevitza a priest Of the Melum-
kovics was tied in sack and thrown
into the river. The rinsleader Of the
Mohammedans is the fanatic Islam.
who boasts of having slaughtered 800
"GiAours" (inndels) with his own
hands.
The Servian consul at Metrovitsa -
Inmates the number OF Christians killed
at 407 men. 40 women and 400 child
rem. He places the number Of Chris
tian women outraged at 1856.
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TAX
COLLECTORS

In India the native tax collector is
intensely proud of his position and has
methods which are, to say the least OF
them, ingenious. The small amount OF
legal oversight which he receives tends
to make him despotic, and he gets his
pound of flesh in a manner entirely
his own. It Is said, however, that the
conscientious performance Of his du-
ties n likely to get him into trouble.
II the recent inquiry relating to the
0uxarat district substantiates the COM
plaints that have been made. Guxarat
b . maritime province in the northern
part Of the Bombay presidency and, al
though some Of the districts are -four
fishing, others are in poverty-stricken
state owing to the barrenness OF the
soil. This gradually becomes worse
a. the briny spray from the sea causes
Aeterioration of fertility. The aver
a. tax collector there has . matter
os-faot, everyday system of horsewhip-
ping persons who object to paying their
revenue dues. By way Of variation, or
when q whip is not at hand. it, place
10 taken by 4 stick. club or BY boot
leather. II the culprit has skin with
which this treatment Is not persuasive
other methods are tried and an in
stance Of unsurpassed DEGRADATION 10
reported from the village Of Bhatgaum.
At this place a man from whom some
money was due was led through the
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Persons horsewhipped
in India for Directing
to Dues.

streets by rope with which his hands
were tied. The rope was then put into
the hands of a Died, who led the man
to the neighboring village Of Olpad,
Western people may not see anything
very heavy in this treatment. but con-
veying . man with his hands tied Is
considered. specially degrading by the
natives of India. In addition. q Died
belongs to one of the lowest castles,
whom people are not permitted to
touch, SO that being led. or practically
driven by such person. is about the
depth of degradation in the eyes Of
these people. In other cases families
have been turned out Of their homes
at . moments notice, often suffering
great privation. Others have been for
hidden to use the village we'll, an order
which means great distress in q hot
country. Houses, cattle and lands have
in many instances been attached" a
proceeding better translated at the
present time BY the word "comman-
deered," and in many cases the trou-
BILE has been made worse by resource
to money lenders. Wives have been
compelled to sell their wedding pres
ents. which every class of people in
Guzarat are Obliged to make on the
marriage Of relative. These presents
are the soils property Of the wives and
It is considered not only improper and
dishonorable. but sacrilesious. for such
to be sold, or even pledged.
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How the value 1t land has so.s up
IN the Highlands Of SeeelaaA, - we'll
~ elsewhere. b svidsnsed from some
s1tracts that have bsen given to the
prsss from the Ms. Of the late Rev
DoaAld Kelly, Z Kintyre divine, who
had observed the changing coaditions
Some rentals In Kintyre, as compared
with those Of the latter half Of last
century. have gone up J thousand fold
and that without taking into consiaer-
alton the value Of the shootinss and
nshinss. There are four farms In Kin
tyre today that are more valuable than
was the whole of Kintyre in 1772, tneir
rent roll standing at E2,40O. as rom-
pared with a valuation for all. Kintyre
of E2.o25 . hundred and .thiyty-yee-
ago.
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USES OF EXCELSIOR.

Astss,s nads in Ansrica frosa nsssvssA
Esd Pepaar
"Dxcelsior, an American invention.
which is.sxtensively used for packing
1sDosss and In the manufacture Of
6slding, and various other upholstery
usss. y NOT, ~ il generally believed.
DAAs ffeo s1Ayinss," sa1d . whels-
~ dsajsg n Tie M(atseial 70 ths witt
- rsssa11y. 1T p IN article 4 fsgu-
lar Aaaufacture. and between 5000
aad Ae,eee tons Of the cnrling wood
1bsr are turned out by the Eastern
aAA WeQ1Gen l9nber mills sannAlly.
''Dassweod and poplar are the woods
used h tie productioo. The logs are
sawed into lengths Of eighteen inches.
which 10 the length Of dbsr Of ex-
cslsdor These blocks are in split
haavss and the wood is properly sea-
soued. Excelsior IL made Of different
degrees of coarseness and fineness Of
fber. In the manufacture a series of
knife points run down the face Of the
clock, cutting into the wood In parallel
lines that are spaced according to the
width of the fiber to be made. A fol-
-l0wfng knife slices of the whole face
e the block thus served. The dbers
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looked rosy In California-seven years
after the discovery of gold-he took
the $1,000 which he had saved, crossed
the continent, invested in brewery.
made money in that. sold out his gro
Gerry store in Manhattan. and located
for the balance OF his life over 1000
miles from his original home.
An tAs Sugar Business.
He then turned his attention to the
sugar business. Knowing that mastery
Of the details of an undertaking il the
drst requisite to success. Mr.. Spreckles
went to New York and became a work
man In the refineries there. When he
had learned what he needed to know
he returned to California and organized
the Bay Sugar Refining company-the
real begi.ning of his vast fortune to-
day. The company prospered. but the
men who were in 1t were not big
enough for the chief promoter and he
presently went out In a quarrel over
questions Of management.
With his 'nrst refinery venture thus
thrown into other peoples hands. he
went with his family to Europe. and
there entered into an exhaustive study
Of sugar that has since made him the
undisputed master of the business In
American. He even became workman
again, serving as an ordinary employe
At Magdeburk. BY 1867 he was again
In the refinery business in California.
operating, in connection with his
brother, the institution which still ex-
lists to his honor. the California Sugar
Refinery. For this institution he per-
sonally directed in New York the
building of the machinery and after
ward participated in the training Of
every employee as well as in the erect
Ing of the buildings and the manage
ment Of the finances. He begun with
wooden structure. rather small,
adapted strictly to the extent Of the
CURRENT operations; but within three
years the building was enlarged four
times, and at the end of four years an
Immense brick building was put up.
which, with q capacity to turn out 800
ions OF sugar per day, still stands on
the south shore Of San FranciSco-one
of the most conspicuous manufactures
of the Pacific coast.
Forced the Trust.
Between Mr.. Speckels and the men
rho had driven him from the Bay
Sugar company an intense rivalry ex-
isted. Gradually the competitors In
the local field gave way, and by 1888
Mr.. spreckels was the unquestioned
sugar king Of the Pacific coast. But
his trfumphs in his own field served
only to bring against his single hand
the colossal power of the American Re-
tineries company. which has since be-
come known as the Sugar Trust. This
viewed his lucrative business
jealousy and sought to absorb it. They
offered Mr.. Spreckels 81 900 900 for his
interests. He rejected the Offer. Com
petition was at once inausurated and
the, trust attempted to coerce Mr..
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THE coPpEa PENNY.

II Z slowly Making Its way late the
MlninE Regions of 1Gootaaa.
The copper penny will soon be in
circulation In Butte. Mont. It wasn't
so many years ago. says the Anaconda
Standard, that the two-bit piece was
the smallest coin that circulated in this
neck Of woods. and Butte got along
very pruepefously as . town In which
there was no circulating medium of =
less denomination than zS cents. Grad
ually nickles and dimes came into cir
culation,r and now there IL stronx
probability that before long the cop
per cents will be juggling in the peck
cts Of Butte's citizens, and will be Civ
en- over the counters of Butte business
houses In change.
What makes this innovation prob
able is the fact that several Of Butte's
business houses in the past year or
two have inaugurated the scheme of
selling goods with an odd" price-that
is to say. they have inaugurAted the
SO and 48 cent methods OF catching
trace from those who look close At .
bargain. Now when one Of these Butte
business houses sells . certain article
for ~ cents, and receives = half dol
lar In payment for It, the house ooss
not give the customer copper cent.
but instead gives the customer q ht-
tie envelope, which ON being opened b
found to contain 4 ons-eent postage
stamp. In case two cents In change u
coming to the customer an envelope u
given containing . two-cent postage
stamp. and 10 ON. SO far - known
no business house has yet inaugurated
the plan Of giving pennies, yet II Is
manifestly more convenient to handle
pennies than to handle the postage
stamps. l..
There viii b general regret when
the copper cent gains its foothold in
Butte. But It Is bound to come. It
Il more persistent than the Russian
thistle. The copper penny has nearly
completed the conquest of the great
Omaha and 81. Paul al bhsis Of op-
srations, It has been slowly. but surely
eonquering its way toward Montana. It
flooded Western Montana, and then
penetrated the Dakotas. Information
10 that 1t has gained q foothold in
Bastsrn Montana, and can be seen &C.
casionally az far into Montana Is
Billings and Livingston. Furthermore
the copper psnny jum111 from the
east clear to the westsrn ouast. and
saA - fpund in sevsRnl Of TIE coast
towns Thus the smS1l remaining tsr-
ritsey n which. Tie ccp1G penny IL
sti1l un1noWn is Threatened ~ Invasion
frsa both, The east and the west. Butte
win have to make up its mind TO ae-
espt u later, II not soonse.
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To the music Of soothing lullaby,
psaysd softly ON . piano. Florence Pal
msr, 10 years old, died in Chicago the
ether day At tho home Of her aunt,
Mrs.. sullivan. Miss Palmer was the
dauShtsr Of Matthew Palmer. of Wau-
kegan, ILL.,. and had been ailins for .
long time. Feeling that dissolution
was near, the dying girl. who was
very fond Of music asked her friend,
1nily Michaels, who was watching At
her bedside, to play something On the
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Lullaby Her Death Song.

piano. Miss Michaels At first dsmur-
red, but the innportunitiss Of Niss Pal
msr At last prevailed and she turned
and opened the instrument Soon the
melodious notes of the lullaby filled
The room. and the Qualification OF the
fast-failing patient was pictured In her
worn countenance. When the melody
was about finished the smile on Miss
Palmer's face vanished. and Just as
the last notes Of the old song were
sounded she passed away in perfect
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curl and commingls as the knife sets
them free. An excelsior machine
makes two to three hundred strokes a
minute. every stroke ,cuttiag ~ tier
OF hbers across the fsce Of ~ Mock
The usual commercial packags q ex-
esassor 10 bale Weighing absuf $50
pounds. At wholesale excelsior sslIs at
rom ZIG to ~ = ton.-WashiASton
8&Ar. ~,
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ais father, and on the latter's 6eath
in 1897. succeeded to the editorial d.
rection and sole ownership of the Troy
Times. and became the sole owner OF
the Troy, Times building. The Troy
Times has been one of the best known
Republican newspapers; in New York
state. and 1t was one of the first to
advocate the nomination Of Mckinley
for president in 1896.
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H.v L.see,s. Of Ess..

Dean Hall. esoiogfst in the Univer-
sity of Minnsspta. calls situation to the
fact that the report q DR.. D. r. Becker,
one Of the United States ssoaoGtsts.
who went With the army to ths Phil
ippine islands, contains the geological
history Of the archipelago, which leads
scientists to believe that the islands
comprise the Gardeo Of Ddsa, the orig
inal home Of man.
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There was young man who said that
He would Vork ~ q vinegar vat
II he found 4 1eft tlnrG ~ 80
His friends said. to his face,
He would mad II right under his hat.
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Nearly all the liners now leaving the
port of Philadelphia for Germany and
Great Britain carry in their holds hun
dreds of barrels and hOgsheads of ap-
pie waste. Apple waste Is the peelinGs,
cores and other refuse Of apples II
is gathered from the manufacturers OF
apple butter and kindred compounds.
and in England and Germany marina
lade and wine are made OF it, A very
palatable apple wine is imported thitb-
er and In certain colonies is much en-.
joyed. Excellent Inarmalade. very tx.
pensivc and very beautifully labeled
and put up. also come back for con-
sumption. Both are made of apple
waste. but few people know that
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As... II. s.m. Old r..,r.s.

No. married life is not so different q
explained the young father. When
have been having an all-night session
arguing with the Paby on the ques-
ton whether it is better to yell over
the advent of new teeth or to sleep 1t
on. 1 have much the same feeling the
next morping that | used to have after
bachelor dinner"
Twenty-Five Victoria crosses have
been awarded SO far in the South Az
rican Var.
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A brave girl Is one who keeps right
on spending two honrs day curling
her hair after her heart is broken and
she has nothing TO i've for -