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Evening star., 1901-11-22

Fifty Chinese soldiers surprised $50 BAN
dts close to Pekin. killed twelve of them.
and captured sixteen. The prisoners were
taken to Pekin for decapitation.
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probability Of total losses may be re
duced TO a minimum.
It Is also TO be kept in mind that
when a diminished crop finds what Is
called compensation" in higher prices
those prices themselves are an injury
to the consume. "sEo very rarely can
find an equivalent for what ne has lost
When cur corn crop is reduced several
hundred million bushels. as it easily
may be By the present heat and
drought. the country sustains a loss
for which a full compensation can be
found nowhere
Already it Is stated that the injury
to the corn crop Will very speedily ad-
vance the price of meat-a good thing
perhaps for the stock raisers to what
ever extent they can advance the price
beyond the increased cost of feed. but
il will be a positive injury to the mil
lions who have no meat to sell but a
great deal Of it 20 buy Thus We see
how easily a shortage OF one food
product viii affect the prices Of others.
II would be hard to get any real com
fort out of the Western drought
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REORGANIZATION OF COTTON.
Two Foreigners Invent and Patent
an improved Process

Frank H. EruUdage. the United States
Consul at Aix Ia CnareIIe. writes to the
State Department that a German chemist
and an Austrian mechanical engineer
have invented an improved mercerizing
process. and have obtained letters pat
ent in all countries Speaking of the mat
ter in detail Mr. Erundase says:
They mix copper, ammonia, and cot
ton waste In "a large vat. In about six
hours a liquid of darl- blue color is form
cd. which passes into n large filter press.
ard then out OF small glass tubes through
Il mid sUphuTiC acid batu II IS then OF
a geIatnous consistenc.-. and is caught
by a small glass rod in the hand Of a boy
or girl, and reeIed onto a large glass
spool. as it passes through the bath
The copper and ammonia, together with
other chemicals, are deposited as a sedi-
ment, and are used again. IS the threads
are reeIed they receive a bath of cold
water from a siDhOu- The numerous
spools centre on one large spool. and are
then rceled onto another and SO on. al
ways under cold water, until all chemi-
Gals and acids are removed. This stage
Of the process takes four hours The
thread is then taken to a drying room
"A corporation has been formed with n
paid-up capital Of S476.g95 called were
inigte GlaRztoff FabTiken." It now has In
operation a factory employing 400 hands
i'll the village of bremen. ten miles from
AK Ia ChapeIle- and a factory employing
an equal number Of hands at MuIhausen.
AlsaCe. Germany Ny observation, while
visiting the factory in this district. was
that the employees were nearly all boys
and girls OF UnskiiIed labor. At present,
! am informed by the inventors, they are
unable to fill all the orders They began
exporting to the United States this year.
The product Is brilliant in color and
finish and Of considerable textile strength
( The thread consists OF ten OF twenty
fibTeS twisted into one. but can be made
OF the desired thickness. They also make
q thread called 'hoTsehair artificial silk
The machines are small and compact, and
are operated by ingenioUSly applied cleo
trio power. each machine can be started
or stopped without interference with the
others
The factory IS built on the bank of
small stream, which furnishes water
I power to run large dynamo. the force
/ being then distributed to small batteries
on each machine They are now manu-
featuring 6j0 pounds daily.
Thu present market price is about 50
per cent that OF silk. The manufacturing
rights for France have been sold for
500 900 ! understand that negotiations
| for the purchase Of the United States pat
ent are under way
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The combination Of the Women's
Christian Temperance Union with the
wholesale liquor dealers, which. under
the able leadership Of Mr.. LituefeId Of
Maine, resulted in the abolition Of the
army post exchange by Congress at
the late session, continues to bear
fruit Fort WadswoTth, in New York
Harbor. heavy coast artillery sta
ton. is the latest to supply an illustra-
ton of the devils work IN the army
that is being accomplished as a conse-
quence of the reform"
Friday last was pay day at the fort,
and as MANY Of the enlisted men as
could secure leave focked to South
Beach, a popular seaside resort near
by, and number of them proceeded to
get drunk. fight. try to wreck saloons,
and so on Some of them are in the hos
pital. The guardhoUse is full. and the
officers. who have the pleasing pros
pect before them Of a recurrence Of the
rioting with the advent of each month
" pay day. are profane IN the express
sion OF their views concerning the
temperance union of the total alb
stnence sisters and the whisky men,
which has led to such disastrous de
moralization in the service.
1t is stated that in the ten years
during which the canteen fourished at
Fort WadswoTth drunkenness at the
post was practically unknown The
men drank their harmless ard whole
some beer and amused themselves with
chess, drausnr7. - cribhage, or read
the papers and magazines at the ex-
change They were satisfied and con
tented and were not tempted TO visit
the deadfaIIs outside Of the reserva-
ton Now all that has changed. and
good order and military discipline fly
TO the winds whenever the paymaster
makes his appearance. 1t is a high
price for the nation to pay for the sake
Of pleasing a lot of hystericaI women
and their allies, the wholesale liquor
dealers
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Royalty and DaryvinisEn.

Il is not at all surprising that Euro
pean royalty has been rudely shocked
by the announcement that King oscar
of Sweden is a believer in the Darwin
ian theory Of evolution and fully &C
cepts the doctrine that monkeys were
the ancestors of the human race It is
bad enough for any ordinary mortal to
be asked to believe that he descended
or assembled from an apish ancestry
but to a king or an emperor, hedged
around BY divinity as it has been
claimed. the idea must be simply par
alyzing
These views Of the Swedish mon
arch are said to have been expressed a
few day ago while discussing Viz
elbows argument that the gorilla is de-
seconded from man, the Kings idea be
ing that the tendency of man is not
downward, but upward Whether the
DaTwinian theory IS well or III founded
there can De no denying that it is far
pleasanter to imagine man as having
come up from the ape, and as rising
higher and higher in the scale Of both
physical and mental development. than
it is to think of the human family
sinking to the level Of a gorilla, which
necessarily implies that it may GO
much lower.
It is suggested that some Of the Eu-
ropean monarchs affect 20 believe that
King Oscar has been lei to accept The
Darwinian philosophy by the circum-
stance that the Swedish monarch him
self sprang from the ranks Of the com
mon people, mis- gTeat-grandfather
having been a Pyrenean peasant. This
is amusing but it does not seem TO
help the case Of the kings very much,
for all of them came from a l0Wly an
cestry if We only trace it back far
enough. If the theory Of evolution is
to be successfully combated. it must
be upon the basis Of some opposing
theory much more substantial than
that embodied in the doctrine Of the
divinity Of kings"
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Wire screens in RAILWAY Cars.

A railroad, like a newspaper or a pO-
liticaI campaign, is something which
everyone ran manage better than the
people who are in charge Of it Posi-
bly, the multiplicity Of suggestions
which the railroad men hear, has some
thing 70 do with the lack Of progress
observable on some roads. The easiest
way 10 deal with an oyerstock Of advice
IS 70 let II all alone.
There Is. however. much to be said in
favor Of certain changes in the con
venIences Of summer travel It would
save a great deal Of trouble, for one
thing. If wire screens were put into the
windows OF day coaches. as well as
PulImans. and the cost would not be
very tremendous. II IS safe to say that
most people would prefer to DO without
plush cushions, mirrors, and nickel
trimmings if they could by mat means
be enabled to do without dust and Gin
ders. In summer II is scarcely possible
10 travel without having al the win
doyys open: and yet this means such
a shower Of SCOT and dust that the pas
sengers look like coaI-heaVars at the
~ a cinder in some ones eye spells two
or three days pleasure for the suffer
er Moreover. screened windows would
prevent the loss Of hats and other ar
ticIes. and lessen the danger which
comes of incautious people, especially
children. putting their heads out Of the
tempting aperture.
There is no real reason why railway
travel should BE- as much more dis
agreeable than steamer travel as it
actually is. Of course, the noise and
the jarTing cannot altogether be pre-
vented, though much has been done in
that line since the first steel rails were
laid. People who rode IN the early rail
way coaches We're subjected to such q
jolting and shaking that they got out
Of the car al the end Of their Journey
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WANT A NEW FRENCH CONSUL.
The Incumbent at Philadelphia
Anglers His FeIIoSv-Countrym

Anuerx His FeIIovv-Countrym
PHILADELPHIA. July 15.-At the close
Of the French celebration Saturday night
IN honor of the tall of the Bastiie. at
Washington Park. Twenty-siXth Street
and Allegheny Avenue, the officers and
directors Of I-Ass3ciation Rationale
Francois under whose auspices the fete
was given. held an indignation meeting
in the main pavilion Some pertinent re-
marks were made concerning Edward A
PesoIi. the French Vice Consul IN Phil
ssdelphia. whose continued absence from
various affairs Of deeD interest to the
local French colony had excited their
President Paul Glutton. il. said: This
thing IS getting tireSome: what IS the
use Of having French Consul IN Phil
adelphia2
Director r. Lazarre: Y propose a pc
tition to the French Ambassador at
Washington asking for the incur1bents
removal
1t appears that NJ Pesoli's predece<
sor Louis Nossio2. who was transferred
three years ago to Honolulu, never fail
ed TO attend the various feteS- paTtlCu-
larry that Of July Il. In addition Mr.
NOSSiOu ALWAYS kept the Office Of the
consulate, "a Walnut Street. open dur
ing the morning or the French national
holiday when the committee from the as
suciation would call and tender formal
invitation for his attendance at the fete-
INiS custom prevails N New 1 DIX, CHl-
CaEp- st Louis and other large cities OF
the United Sta-es but MI Pes0E notified
the association that his Office 'Wolpd
remain closed for the entire day
" hen the French cruiser D Estrees lay
in the Delaware River. OF Philadelphia
the association invited the officers of the
snip. together with the vice consul. to 4
reception given at their rooms. 81 South
Fifth Street Eleven Of the officers came
but the vice consul. il Is said. failed TO
even tender his regrets. Thus a spirit Of
unfriendlineSS was foStered. eliminating
in the informal action taken last night.
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FORTY YEARS WITHOUT PAY.
A Pennsylvania Preacher Faithfully
Serves His Church.

YORK. Pa. July I5.-Rev Abraham
Hershey has served as pastor of Her
shey's Mennonite Church. about five miles
from this city. in Dover township. for
forty years without pay He was elected
by drawing a slip from a hymn book and
after his selection continued his OcCupa-
ton as preacher and farmer.
His grandfather was one Of the earliest
settlers of York county and WIS Rus
sian Mennonite He fed to this country
to escape persecution, and bought 500
acres Of land in Dover township Of vii
liam Penn for $50, He founded the Men
monte sect in York county. and was its
first pastor He built HeTsheys Church
and at his death his son was elected to
succeed him as pastor. Thus for three
genera tons Hershey's Church has had
Hershey as its pastor. The last member
Of the family has retired from farming.
being seventy years of age, but continues
to preach
The three pastorates Of the Hersheys
cover about l25 years. The family is one
of the most notable in the State None of
the present pastors sons will accept the
pasturate at his death. as they have eS-
tabIjsh-d large Mennonite bakery here
and are extensive advertisers.
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POLITICS IN MARYLAND.
Plenty of Candidates in the Field
in RnItimore County.

. BALTIMORE. July IA lively interest
is being taken in political affairs in Bal
timore county Col B F Taylor. who
was appointed 20 serve the Unexpired
term Of Representative 4 \. BIakeney in
Congress. viii be out this fall. and his
successor is to he elected. 1t is believed
that Colonel Taylor viii be the Repub-
lean candidate 10 succeed himself. There
are a number Of Democratic aspirants, in
Guiding James RitIsnh0use and Joseph
Sandman, Of the Thirteenth district:
George W. YeIIott, of the Eleventh dis
trfct. and John $ Wilson, Of the First
district
Frederick VOn Kapff- of near Towson.
has been assured that if he will announce
himself as a candidate for the House of
Delegates lie viii receive the nomination
unanimously Won KapG does not seem
anxious to enter the fight.
IT is believed that there viii be no con
test in the Ninth district at the Demo
cratic primaries on Saturday. July p
George G Tracey, proprietor Of the Hotel
TGwSOu and Elisha Parks. who lives near
T@Ws0n. both Of whom were candidates
for sheriff, IL is understood. have with
drawn from the fight. and viii favor
the nomination of William r Cochran. Of
GovaustOwD. secretary Of the West Ar
iiHgtOn Lard Company. who Is candi-
date for county treasurer Mr.. Cochran,
therefore, expects to have q walkoVer IN
the district.
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TRADE WITH JAPAN GROWING.
Evidences of Commercial Activity in
New York City

NEW YORK, July 1.-THE Importance
Of New Yorks rapidly growing trade with
Japan was emphasized Saturday BY the
appearance Of a japanese illustrated jour
nal which VIII be published regularly in
this city. It is called Japan and Amer
lea and its ayowed object is to foster
the mutual commercial interests Of the
two countries. To that end it IS printed
in English and Japanese
Owing to the growth of trade with the
United States, the Government of Japan
will also increase its consular force in
this city Word to that effect was re-
Ccived yesterday at the consulate, 90 Mas
sau Street. by Chancellor Yasnoske Ohki,
who is ROW in charge
My Government has informed me Of the
appointment Of T. Tanaka to the post of
EIeve Consul at this Office. said Mr.. Ohki
He is nov on his way to New York from
Honolulu where he has been Consul for
several years There are thirty thousand
japanese il the Hawaiian Islands. and
the post which Mr. Tauaka vacates is a
very Important one His new position
here Is more to be desired however. ow-
ing to the Importance Of trade between
this city and Japan Mr.. Tanaka Is thirty
vars old. and Is graduate Of the High
Commercial school OF Tokyo.
- Consul General to succeed Mr.. Sada-
ZUrNl [ CDlla- y lD went nome last M4rgh.
viii be appointed in a few weeks The
GUVerun euJ VIII send the most energetic
man available fer the post, - his duties
viii grow in Importance in the next few
years The establishment Of a paper like
Japan and America in your city is a
good sign, and development we have
expected in view OF the Increasing trade
Japan and America Is published by
HaiimC HoSlli, q young japanese who re-
Gently completed his education in Column
hia University 1t is said to be the first
japanese paper to adopt the Roman letter
in preference to the complex and difficult
Chinese ideographs and hferogIyphics in
use in japan The system is known in
Japan IS '-R0maji- and IS row being in
VeStigated by a Government committee
The new publication VIII attempt to foS-
ter this reform, which is one Of the few
that the people Of Japan have opposed.
The policy of Japan and America is
outlined in the 'CEayO." or greeting. OF
the first number After pointing out how
JaIan IS drawing nearer to America in
sentiment, il says Of the growth Of trade.
In 1883 Japan bought of the United
States So. go worth OF products In
1850 she increased her purchases to S31-
$4,000. For the first time she bought
more than she sold. for the United States
imports from Japan in 1867 amounted To
ST. 2S3, 90 Japaus trade with America
Is growing intellectually faster than her
trade with any other country
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Corn and Meat.

In the modern worlds business the
different industries are 50 closely in
terwoven that anything which seri-
ously affects one is sure to be felt with
more or less severity in many others.
The greatest single industry in the
United States is that Of agriculture
not that the money value Of the crops
exceeds that Of the manufactures. but
agriculture Is the basic industry upon
which everything else rests. II fur
nishes the raw material OF a very large
proportion Of our manufactures. and
the actual sustenauce Of the people de
ponds almost entirely upon the produc-
tons Of the farm
II is most unpleasant truth that
this great industry is just now receiv-
ing a staggering blow The full effect
OF il cannot be f0reseeu, but that il
will be far-reaching and serious can
not be doubted. In some Of the West
ern States corn. the greatest Of our ce-
reals. IS literally burning up. and other
crops, notably oats, are suffering al
most as badly. The direct loss upon
these crops VIII be very heavy. TAX
Ing the country as a whole. the money
loss viii be partially recouped by high
er prices for the scantier crops. and
Tor wheat. which is abundant and
good That is TO say, the total money
value of the crops viii not shrink so
much as the actual destruction would
seem TO indicate.
But it must be remembered that in
many cases the corn planters whose
crops are ruined have no wheat or very
little Of it, and not very much Of any
thing else upon which to keep even
This suggests the advisability Of diver
styling the crops Of a farm to the ut
most extent possible in order that the
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MR.. WILKES REPORT READY.
II Was Given to the Public Printer
on July /.

II any division Of the Government serv-
ice is up to date in disposing of the work
which comes under its supervision as
well as the execution Of mere technical
ana clerical work it is the Division Of
the Secret Service. OF which John E.
WiIkie is the chief
As one Of the instances OF the prompt
ness of the chief in paying attention to
the duties OF his office il may be said that
the annual report OF his division was
made hubble the day following the ending
of the fscaI year. June 30 last on the
lst of july the report was in the hands
OF tine Government Printer, and a few
.lavs afterrard printed copy of the re
bort was distributed TO the press for pub
NcatigT.
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FFT0W ne iowa JIIE RrVuEIIIau-I
We are having some very warm weather Some
Of the thermometers showed l04 IN tl5e shade
Il is reported that John Wagner has dead
horse in his pasture near fryJown.
Il Is reported that H. a Dunlap Is losing
his hogs with some disease II seems that HARRY
has his share Of bad luck As he also lost a colt
last week
Steven Sunier lost one Of his finest jersey COWS
yesterday The COW took suddenly sick about
noon ana died before night The death is al
tEibute3 10 The excessive hot weather.
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Justified.


(From the Cleveland Plain DealerD
You say that the plaintiff was The victim OF
heat9''
struck him
But what had he done - produce this evidence
of auTVathy2"
He said to the defendant that the boat races
on Tuesday were the last OF summer
Discharged
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with their bones considerably IooseDed
in the socket. In the modern car. even
the day coach. it is quite possible 20
sleep or to enjoy eae's self.
The main trouble with the railway
lire of the present is that there is too
much dirt and too much furnishing of
q kind to catch anG hole it. When cars
We're not we'll heated there may have
been some reason for plush upholstery,
but it would certainly be better In these
days 10 replace this fabric with leath
CT or straw. which can be easily and
thoroughly cleaned. Nobody ever saw
a plush cushion in a railway car which
did not give out a dense cloud of dust
when struck with the hand. It is i'm
possible TO brush such a cushion long
enough or thoroughly enough to make
it clean
If all the furniture OF the day coach
We're Of some material which could be
wiped, or even washed, So as to make
it quite free from dusz at the beginning
Of every journey, and If screens were
placed in every window to keep out
flying cinders, and at least a part of
IilG si4i Ittil pulSilt, II Hl4SEtA DE ItS-
sibIe to travel without longing for d
bath after the first half hour. There
would also lee less danger of catching
epidemic diseases. The railway car as
it exists at present is used by every
class Of people, the clean, the dirty, the
healthy, the diseased: and, however
democratic one may be, it is impos-
sible for those who have refined and
! dainty tastes to enjoy too close person
al contact with those who have habits
of the opposite description, especially
when no good can come of it 1t fol-
! lows. therefore. that every public place
should be kept scrupuIousIy clean, both
| IN order not to offend the sensibiIities
/ of the refined and as an education in
/ minor morals for those who are not
nice in their ways.
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- the - -

: Young British officer in South Africa re-
Gently wrote home TO his father Dear Father
Kindly send me 80 II once Lost another leg
in a s+iff engagement and arr IN hospital with
out means The answer WIS: Ny Dea: Son
A. this Is the fourth leg YOU have lost, accord
ip1r to vour letters. You ought to bc accustomed
to il BY this time. Try To wabbIe along any
others YOU may have left
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Like His IN.
(From the chicago tribune J


1T IS great pity your husband has 10 be away
from home much, but you not LETT entirely
alone That's one comfort Willie Is getting 10
he quite man, and grows more and more ike
his father every day
%. yes He goes about the house with his sus-
penders hanging down about half the time
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Tender to Thieves


During his administration up 10 the present
time. President Mckinley has pardoned thirty
i.e bank officials. who had been cOnvicted>Ot
crimes under the banking laws and sentenced TO
terms of Imprisonment IN punishment therefor
President McKincy-s IenienCy toward this class
Of offenders Is one Of the most remarkable. and
Al the same time most dlscredItablc, features OF
his administration
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From the St Louis starr
That prosperity Is IN the saddle IN Missouri
cannot further be denied. The editor .. ,E-
Week CITY News has real estate 81 sell.
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(Frum the Cleveland Plain Dcaler)
A Cincinnati dog acted quecrly the other day
and q tirHorous crowd waited around for police
nan 10 come along and shoot it The policeman
however. speedily demonstrated that Jhe dog
ouly thirsty Those Cincinnati policemen know
hU,g II u themselves
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From the Augusta H,fa.db
AnEIo-American comrad-biP IS 80 warming up
that Salisbury may soon be making application
tor membership in the Colonial Danes
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tFrom the Atlanya constitutional
81 want to get YOU. said the book agent. 10
take the 'Lifc @; Burns -
stranger" said the old mconshiner. Il never
took the life OF any uan-'cept the revenue de
tcctivet''