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GOOD MARTS ABROAD
Consuls Report Demand
for Products of
America.
FRUITS OF CALIFORNIA.
They Find a Ready Sale in
Many Parts of the
Orient.
BETTER PACKING NECESSARY.
Several Lines of Staples From This
Country Used In China and
Japan.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 25.— The
Bureau of Statistics of the State Depart
ment has just published reports from con
sular officers upon the Oriental market for
dairy products and fruits. Consul Hunt
at Hongkong sums up the subject for
that part of China as follows:
"There are two articles — condensed milk
and raisins — from the United States which
are used by Europeans and Chinese and
should command an important place in
the market. I might add that bacon,
butter and ham, and all kinds of salt
meats are in demand at a small profit;
however, it is necessary to improvise a
new mode of packing them superior or at
least equal to that of Europeans.
"It is absolutely necessary in this
climate to protect any perishable fruit, as
the voyage is too long to avail of cold stor
age. Nearly ail of the butter consumed at
this point comes from Europe and a small
percentage from Australia. As for cheese,
the United States compares very favorably
with the European supper, but it would
command a better place in this market if
it were put up in smaller sizes."
Consul Bommer at Bombay says that
California canned fruits and preserves are
considered the best in the Bombay mar
ket, though most California fruits are
brought by way of New York, increasing
their selling price. No butter or cheese is
imported from the United States.
Consul-General Polk at Calcutta says
there is small chance for the United States
fruit-growers to secure a market in Bengal.
Vice-Consul Boone at Padang reports
that the dairy products are almost exclu
sively from Holland and Switzerland. The
Imported fruits there come exclusively
from California.
Consul-General Mclver at Kanagawa,
Japan, reports: The market for dairy
products and fruit in Japan is very lim
ited, since the demand for them, except
apples, is confined to the foreign residents
at the open ports and a few natives of the
higher class, who have come into direct
contact with foreigners. The consumption
of butter and cheese is confined almost en
tirely to the foreign communities.
There has been a great demand in Japan
for apples and pears, as those grown here
have very little taste or flavor, and the de
mand has to some extent been supplied
by shipments from our Pacific Coast and
Canada, but recently the orchards in the
northern end of Yezzo, stocked with
imported trees under government su
pervision, are producing some excel
lent pears and apples, have begun to
bear fruit in sufficient quantities to go far
toward supplying the demand, and the
quantity will in all probability increase as
the years pass. The trade in preserved
and prepared fruits and products has been
largely controlled by English manufac
turers for many years. There is no reason
why we should not at least share this mar
ket.
Vice-Consul-General Tyler, at Teheran,
Persia, says American meats, salmon and
canned fruits are now sold in Persia.
Consul Connelly at Auckland says that
New Zealand is a dairy country, but that
the superiority of American fruits will
afford a market, and the importations are
noticeable.
FORMOSA'S IXBEPEXTtENCB!.
This Country JS'ot Ready to Recognize the
Xew Republic.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 25.— The
dispatch of Minister Denby announcing
the declaration of Formosa's independence
is not taken seriously at the State
Department. The information con
tained in the dispatch was taken
at the department to mean that
tne Minister awaited instructions
to recognize the new Government or that
it was in position to be recognized by the
United States. But there is not likely to
be any action taken by the Government
nor would Mr. Denby be justified in taking
any such step.
The United States recognizes Formosa
as belonging to Japan, and no matter what
may be the form of government whicn the
revolutionists may have organized, a recog
nition of the independence of the island
would be distinctly an unfriendly act
toward Japan.
It is not for the United States Minister
to China or for any other country to recog
nize the independence of an island in re
volt. The idea of the Republican form of
government being formed in Formosa ia
treated with some derision at the depart
ment.
The population of Formosa is composed
of savages, reclaimed savages and Chinese
immigrants. It is thougnt more likely
that an oligarchy is in control, of the
island. It is believed at the department
that the trouble has arisen over the fgar of
the inhabitants of Formosa that the Japa
nese will take away the property the peo
ple have acquired.
The Japanese legation here has received
no advices on the subject The officials do
not attach much weight to the affair, say
that the natives are little advanced from
savagery and are incapable of organiza
tion.
Drowned Herself in a Well.
DENVER, Colo., May 25.— Mrs. J. T.
Williams, wiie of an Erie (Colo.) capitalist,
drowned herself in a well to-day. She re
turned home two weeks ago from Califor
nia, where she had been on account of
poor health. Her mind was affected. She
was 50 years of age.
Double Tragedy at Chicago.
CHICAGO, 111., May 25.— Joseph Kan
orta, a sailor, shot his wife, and then to
avoid capture by the police who were pur
suing him, cut hi? own throat to-night. It
is thought both will die. The wife had
refused to live with her husband for two
years.
There Was Xo Sose-Vulling.
NEW YORK, N. V., May 2o.— Corbett
and Fitzsimmons, who h;.ve been telling
for several days what they would do if
tbev met each other, occupied seats in the
same row in a Tenderloin district music
hall for an hour this evening. There was
no nose-pulling, no face-punching — only
cold stares. The fighters' wives accom
panied them to the music-hall.
Civil Service liules Amended.
WASHINGTON. D. C, May 25.— The
President has amended the civil service
rules, taking all chiefs of divisions in the
Department of Agriculture, of whom there
are eighteen, out of the accepted class.
Vacancies in their ranks are to be filled
hereafter by promotion from the large
corps of trained experts, or occasionally
where necessary by competitive examina
tion. The classification of the Department
of Agriculture has also been amended un
der the civil service rules.
Authority for a JVetc Sank.
\VASHINGTON, D. C, May 25.— The
Comptroller of the Currency has given
authority for the organization of the
Continental Bank of Helena, Mont.
TERROR TO THE BEARS
Again the Price of Wheat Goes
Sailing Rapidly Up
ward.
Bulls Declare That the Dollar
Mark Will Soon Be
Reached.
NEW YORK.N. V., May 25.— The bears
in wheat had things their own way during
the first hour this morning, but before
midday the pits resounded with yells as
they frantically tried to cover short sales
put ou£ yesterday and early to-day. The
light rains over portions of the winter
wheat belt had so improved crop accounts
that the country was in a mood to take
profits and sold big blocks on the decline,
but as soon as it heard that frosts were
predicted for to-night over a large area in
the West it resumed its buying with all
the old-time vigor.
July opened about a cent down from
last night's price and fell to 78, where it be
gan to feel tne influence of the outside de
mand. In a few moments it was sailing
up at a rate that struck terror to the bears.
Up it went until it reached 81^, 4% above
the lowest point, the closing being nervous
at 81>4. The bulls are talking of dollar
wheat again and say the country has un
loaded so much wheat in the past two days
that it is eager to try its hand once more at
lifting prices.
GTJffS MADE Or PAPEE.
Their Chief Points Are Elasticity and
Lightness.
Almost without limit are the purposes to
which wood pulp is being put, says George
D. Rice in the Paper Trade Journal. The
latest invention in this line is the manu
facture of large guns from this material.
Guns have been made from leather pulp,
and these are bound with hoops of metal.
The leather pulp is, of course, hardened.
There is also a core of metal set inside of
the gun. The lightness of the leather can
non is an essential feature. The principal
aim, however, is to secure a material which
has some elasticity, so that the force of a
heavy discharge will be broken gradually.
This seems to be obtained in cannon
made from a pulpy substance. Paper
pulp answers the purpose, as numerous
trials and experiments have proved. It
possesses more elasticity than metal and
when hardened is nearly as tough ; hence
this material is useful in the manufacture
of articles requiring hard, efficient and
elastic properties. The body of the gun is
mode or paper pulp. The core is of metal,
and made very much like the cores of
ordinary cannon. The exterior of the
cannon is wound with wire. About five
layers of copper, brass or steel wire are
firmly wound on, thus binding the cannon.
Outside of the covering of wire are various
bands of brass. These bands are set with
uprights, through which rods extend par
allel with the gun. There are lock-nuts on
each side of the uprights, and these hold
the rods in place.
The process of making the gun is as fol
lows: A special grade of paper pulp, in
which the fiber is long, is selected and well
agitated. The usual hardening and tough
ening ingredients, consisting of litharge,
wax, tallow, white lead and blue, are in
troduced. The pulp is then run into
molds and cast of the proper shape. The
steel core is put in, wire is bound around
the exterior, brass or steel bands are se
curely set about the whole, and the parallel
rods are applied. The rods, being of steel,
possess a degree of spring, and as they are
fastened to the bands the result is a gnn
which will give way slightly at each dis
charge, yet cannot burst. A person
may make his muscles rigid and
fall to the ground, in which case
he is likely to receive a ■ broken
bone, but if the muscles are relaxed the
bones will give way somewhat and will not
break. The same principle is applied to
the paper cannon. The pulp, though ex
ceedingly durable, will give way enough to
prevent a break. The layers of wire, the
binding of steel bands and the parallel
rods add strength. In war times it is easy
to batter down a brick wall or a stone
foundation, but a protection of bales of
hay, bags of sand or similar substance 13
not affected, as the shot is simply im
bedded in it. The chief points of the pulp
gun are elasticity and lightness. Being
lighter it follows that transportation win
be easier. It is said that the leather pulp
guns, which, if made of metal, would re
quire a derrick to move, are readily trans
ported on light wagons.
A MYSTEEIOUS OITY.
Its Mirage Is One of the Most Inter
esting and Carious Ever Seen.
Many stories have been written about
mirages and delusions, but none have been
more interesting and curious than that of
the Silent City mirage, which makes its
appearance near the Pacific glacier in
Alaska. The discovery of this wonderful
mirage was made by the Indians, who
would tell of the city which was built in
the clouds.
The mirage can be seen in the early part
of July from sto6r. m. It rises from the
side of the Pacific glacier. It first appears
like a heavy mist, and soon becomes
clearer, and one can distinctly see the
specter city, well-defined streets and trees,
tall spires, huge and odd-shaped buildings
which appear to be ancient mosques or
cathedrals.
It is a city which would seem to contain
at least 25",C00 or 30,000 inhabitants. No
one has been able to identify it, although
several have cJaimed to recognize the piace.
There is no city like it in Alaska, nor in
any country about it for thousands of
miles. Some claim it as a city in Russia,
others say it is a city in England, but none
can tell what or where it is. Tne mirage
was given the name of the "Silent Gity,"
as it appears to no one like a dead city.
There is nothing which would indicate
that it is uninhabited.
Getting His Moneys Worth.
'•Whats the matter with your face?
Have you had a fight?"
"Oh, no! But my barber owes me 3
francs which he refuses to pay and I am
about to leave town, so I made him shave
me six times in the last three dayb "— Le
Figaro.
Our Punishment to Come.
Many a man is rehearsing his fishing
yarn. Last year's would be a misfit.—Buf
falo Times.
If you sneeze in a Vienna cafe even
strangers will remove their hats and ex
claim, "God bless you."
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 26, 189q.
IN THE SWAGGER SET
Noted Americans Who
Are in the English
Swim.
CROKER AND WHITNEY.
Significant Conferences Be
tween the Weil-Known Men
of Gotham.
WALES TO COME TO AMERICA.
But the State of Queen Victoria's
Health May Prevent the Con
templated Trip.
LONDON, Eng., May 25.— T0 the delight
of everybody except the undertakers and
kindred professions, London had a return
of tine weather this week, and the great
metropolis is overflowing with American
tourists, who are occupying the best rooms
at the hotels, and making; things interest
ing and lively in the fashionable shopping
districts.
Much attention has been attracted to the
party of distinguished Americana who
have been occupying the best apartments at
the aristocratic Hotel Bristol since Satur
day last. Its members consist of W. C.
Whitney, formerly Secretary of the United
States Navy, and Mrs. Southgate; Mrs. W.
K. "Vanderbilt, accompanied by her son
and daughter; Pierre Jay, Mr. and Mrs.
Ogden Goelet and ex-Mayor Abram S.
Hewitt of New York. The baggage of this
party filled the hotel lobby and corridors,
and the arrival of the Americans was the
signal for the invasion of their apartments
by a small army of dressmakers, tailors
and shopmen who had been lying in wait
for the travelers.
The Goelets have been deluged with in
vitations to various aristocratic gather
ings, and their presence here, as well as
the warm manner in which they have been
received, has caused a renewal of the cir
culation of the rumors that there is a
possibility of the Prince of Wales accom
panying them to the United States in
order to be present at the races for the
America cup in September. It is im
possible to get at the truth of this matter
at present, but those who noticed the
Prince's partiality for the company of Mr.
and Mrs. Goelet during the yachting sea
son on the Mediterranean, when the Prince
was their guest on board the Whyte Ladye,
would not be astonished if the report turns
out to be correct.
On the other hand, sober-minded per
sons claim that the state of the health of
Queen Victoria is such as to preclude any
possibility of the heir apparent being al
lowed to wander so far away from home.
But stranger things have happened, and
the Prince is known to have a will of his
own. Questions on the subject have been
put to Mr. Goelet, but he maintains a dis
creet silence, neither denying nor confirm
ing the stories. It is known, however,
that he and his family are going back to
the United States shortly and that they
will remain there for the America cup
race.
Among the persons who called upon
Mr. Whitney on Tuesday last was Richard
Croker of New York, the famous Tam
many leader. Mr. Croker had a long in
terview with the ex-Secretary, and it has
caused much gossip among the Americans
here, who have kept themselves in touch
with New York State politics as well as
National affairs. The subject of the con
versation between Whitney and Croker is
not known, but naturally there are people
■who claim that the names of the possible
Presidential candidates of both parties was
reviewed by the two statesmen from New
York.
Another gentleman here in ■whom con
siderable interest is taken by the American
colony in ex-Mayor Hugh J. Grant of New
York, who is engaged in seeing the sights
in company with bis bride, a daughter of
Senator Murphy of Troy, N. Y. Mr. and
Mrs. Grant are among the latest arrivals i
here, having previously spent a week in J
Ireland. They will go to the Continent
next week, and will visit Paris, in addition
to other cities. It may be added that Mr.
Grant and Mr. Croker have met, and will
meet again while in London, and New
Yorkers are the persons who can form the
best idea of the probable subjects of their
chats.
It is now freely predicted that there will
be a general election in Great Britain the
coming month of July. On all sides it is
admitted that Lord Rosebery's govern
ment is in a bad way and the very atmos
phere of the House of Commons empha
sizes the sense of coming disaster of the
Liberal party.
The "Revolt of the Prospective Peers,"
as the crusade of the Hon. George Curzon,
M. P., eldest son of Lord Scarsdale, is
called, came to naught as generally ex
pected, though the question raised by the
Earl of Selborne as to whether peers could
or could not sit in the House of Commons
after succeeding to the House of Lords, or
be elected members of the House of Com
mons, occupied the attention of the latter
body for a few days.
Little by little much secret history con
necting with the last two drawing-rooms
at Buckingham Palace is leasing out, and
is giving the gossipers plenty to chatter
about. It appears that the application of the
dowager Duchess of Marlboro ugh, formerly
Mrs. Louis Haminersly of New York, who
wished to be presented to the Queen on her
marriage to Lord William Beresford, was
returned to her through the Lord Cham
berlain's office, where such applications are
filed, with the indorsement in the hand
writing of Queen Victoria that her Ma
jesty could only receive her as Lady Wil
liam Beresford, and that she could not re
tain her previous higher title, as she has
often done. Consequently the charming
lady who is generally known as the
"American Duchess" will in future have
only her place in precedence at court as
Lady William Beresford, and will not have
the right to Bit on the coveted bench re
served for Duchesses at St. Albemarle and
other court functions.
The second incident which is being dis
cussed eagerly by the gossips is in connec
tion with the drawing-room of Wednesday
last, where the Princess Louise, Marchion
ess of Lome, third daughter of Queen Vic
toria, represented the Queen in place of
the Princess of Wales, who had been first
selected for the honor. It was given out
that the indisposition of the Princess of
Wales was the cause of her refusing to be
present, but it would seem that the health
of the Princess of Wales was not the real
cause of her absence from Buckingham
Palace last week. Among the names of
the ladies to be presented was a certain
peeress, for whose company the Prince of
Wales had shown a marked partiality. This
caused the Princess to pay a flying visit to
the Queen at Windsor, and her Majesty
reluctantly consented to call upon the
Princess Louise to represent her at the
drawing-room. But after this turmoil in
the royal family the much-discussed
peeress did not appear at Buckingham
Palace, and so the storm is blowing over.
Vanity Fair says that the sensation of
the function, the drawing-room of Wednes
day last, was the presentation of Mrs.
George N. Curzon (formerly Miss Mary
Leiter of Washington and Chicago). She
was dressed more beautifully than any one
there, in a silvered white gown, with a
yellow train, attached to silver wings on
her shoulders and with diamonds "like
dewdrops" over her dress and in her hair.
As predicted in these dispatches, Mrs. Cur
zon is being most warmly received here
and is being as much petted as any lady in
the city.
Lady Mary Hamilton, the young daugh
ter of the late Duke of Hamilton, will be
the richest peeress in England and prob
ably in the world. She is only 10 years of
age and has inherited the bulk of the late
Duke's estate, including the isle of Arran,
which alone is worth $5,000,000. The
whole of the Duke of Hamilton's property
was at his own disposal and the rentals
already amount to $1,000,000 a year.
The Duke's death was due to "banting,'
as the process of reducing of a person's
avoirdupois is termed. He had succeeded
in lightening himself by about sixty
pounds, but the process was too much for
his vitality and he succumbed in spite of
the efforts to save his life, which were
made by those who had been supervising
the banting treatment. The present Duke
of Hamilton, a distant relative of the late
Duke, inherits Hamilton place, and barely
enough to support the title.
A camphor famine is threatened as a re
sult of the war between Japan and China.
The price of camphor has rapidly advanced
and Japan is placing the most severe re
strictions upon its exportation. Much of
the camphor in this country is held by a
syndicate. Should a warm summer bring
cholera and dysentery the demand for
camphor would be very great, and its
scarcity will not only interfere with many
medical compounds, but will hinder the
manufacture of smokeless gunpowder, in
which camphor largely enters as an in
gredient.
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OSCAR WILDE CONVICTED
Sentenced to Two Years' Im
prisonment at Hard
Labor.
Jurors Make Pertinent Inquiries
Concerning- a Warrant for Lord
Alfred Douglass.
LOjSDON, Esq., Mag 25.— Oscar Wilde's
trial having reached the final stage, the
Old Bailey courtroom was filled with in
terested spectators to-day. Sir Frank Lock
wood, Solicitor-General, concluded his ad
dress to the jury.
After the arguments were finished Jus
tice Wills began summing up at 1 :30 p. m.
The general tenor of his address was favor
able to Wilde.
During the address of Justice Wills to
the jury the foreman asked whether, in
view of the intimacy between Lord Alfred
Douglass and Alfred Wood, one of the
men whose name has been brought promi
nently into the case, a warrant for Lord
Alfred's arrest had ever been issued. The
Judge replied that he thought not.
The foreman then asked if it had ever
been thought of. To this the Judge re
plied he could not say. He added that the
suspicion that Lord Alfred Douglass would
be spared if guilty simply because he was
Lord Alfred Douglass was a wild idea and
a matter which they could not discuss.
The present inquiry was as to whether the
man in the dock was guilty.
The jury found Wilde guilty on all the
counts of the indictment, including the
charge with reference to persons unknown,
who were also pronounced guilty. The
announcement of the verdict caused a
great sensation in the court, as it was the
general impression that Wilde would be
acquitted.
When the foreman of the jury delivered
the verdict, Wilde, who had entered the
prisoner's dock a moment before, rose
from the chair on which he had been
seated throughout the trial and stood
with his arms on the rail of the dock.
The silence which prevailed throughout
the courtroom was really painful as Justice
Wills ordered that Alfred Taylor should
be also summoned before him.
Then in a voice trembling with emotion
the Justice said:
"I never before had such a case as this
to deal with. Two men such as you are by
the nature of your crime lost to all sense
of remorse for what you have done. To
think that yon, Taylor, and that you,
Wilde, a man of culture, should be guilty
of the offenses charged.
"There is no doubt but that the verdict
is a just one, and I shall give you the full
penalty allowed by law, and I only regret
that it ia not more severe. You are both
sentenced to hard labor for the term of two
years."
Wilde did not look at the Judge while
the sentence was being pronounced. His
eyes roved around the room and his face
never changed color, and he looked like a
man who had made up his mind to make
the best of a bad situation. Taylor smiled
when sentence was pronounced.
As Wilde turned in the dook and started
to go back to the prisoners' room the
crowd yelled ♦'Shame!" "Shame!" This
shouting caused Jnstice Wills to rise and
exclaim in a loud and determined voice,
"Silence, silence!"
During the time the jury was debating
on the verdict Lord Douglass strolled out
of the courtroom and into the courtyard,
where he walked about nervously, smoking
a cigarette.
His face still showed traces of his recent
encounter with his father, his left eye be
ing much disclored. Dunne the final
stages of Wilde's trial to-day there was an
immense crowd in front of the Old Bailey,
and the windows of all the neighboring
houses were filled with highly interested
spectators.
Oscar Wilde and Taylor were, after the
conclusion of the trial, conveyed without
delay to the Newgate Jail, where they
waited until warrants were signed for their
sentence.
Both men were then conveyed in the
prison van to Pentonville, where they will
serve out their sentences unless a pardon
should be granted or they should be trans
ferred to another prison before the expira
tion of their sentences.
Medals of Honor Awarded..
PARIS, France, May 25.— At the salon
to-day medals of honor were awarded to
Herbert's painting of the infant Jesus
sleeping and to Bartholdi for his marble
group "Strasburg."
It is calculated that over fU.OOOjOOO is
annually spent in tobacco and pipes m the
United Kingdom.
IN WILLIAM'S DOMAIN
Little Accomplished in
the Reichstag's Ses
sion.
CRISIS OF THE CABINET.
Several Mentioned as Probable
Successors of Chancellor
Yon Hohenlohe.
SILVER HAS ITS ADVOCATES.
Powers Will Be Invited to Send
Representatives to the Mone
tary Conference.
BERLIN, Germany, May 25.— The work
of the Reichstag session, which has just
closed, was mainly of a negative character.
In an unexpected parting attack on the
Government, just previous to the adjourn
ment, Count yon Kanitz reproached the
Ministers with this fact.
He declared that the members of the
Reichstag might as well leave Berlin
empty-handed as to return to their constit
uencies with "miserable legislation touch
ing upon sugar and spices." Such results,
he added, could only increase the discon
tent in the country.
The Government, he insisted, had done
nothing in s-oite of all the promises made
by the Ministers to relieve agricultural
distress, and he demanded that the Gov
ernment either draft a new bill by the
autumn or accept his motion to raise the
price of cereals.
Baron yon Manteuffel said that the
whole Conservative party subscribed to
the opinions on this subject of Count yon
Kanitz. Dr. yon Boetticher, Imperial Sec
retary of State for the Interior, said, in
reply, that he regretted so little had been
done during the session, but he added that
the Government had not felt encouraged
to prolong it in the face of such empty
benches as had recently been seen in the
House.
One of the chief features of the session,
which has not been without startling inci
dents, has been the rapid growth of the
bimetallic agitation. The bimetallic party
has been even more successful in the Prus
sian Diet than in the Reichstag, in
asmuch as the resolution of the Diet,
instead of merely asking the Government
to call a conference, as the Reichstag did,
instructed the Chancellor, Prince Hohen
lohe, much against his liking, to persuade
the Bundesrath to so frame invitations to
the monetary conference as to make it
plain from the start that Germany wishes
to bring about the general adoption of a
double standard.
Dr. Miquel, the Prussian Minister of
Finance, however, in his speeches on the
eubject in the Diet, while doing his utmost
toward conciliation of the conservatives, is
careful to bind the Government as little as
possible to any definite policy. Prac
tically, however, there is no doubt that the
Bundesrath will empower the Govern
ment to invite the powers to send repre
sentatives to a monetary conference.
Finding no support for the bill advo
cated by Count yon Kanitz, looking to a
state monopoly of the sale of grain, they
regard a money standard as one of the big
remedies which they claim the Goyern
ment owes them, and they will be satisfied
with nothing less.
It is interesting to note that Prince Bis
marck, in his recent table talk with the
Saxon deputation, declared himself to be a
bimetallism saying to Mayor Beck of Frei
borg that he was obliged when in office to
yield his own convictions to the opinions
of currency experts.
Rumor still busies itself with the proba
bilities of a ministerial crisis, and that
Count yon Eulenberg, Count yon Walder
see and Count yon Radowski, the German
Embassador at Madrid, are canvassed as
possible successors to Prince Hohenlohe.
Emperor William, after indulging in
deer-stalking to his heart's content, is back
in Berlin looking remarkably well. While
a guest at Wierohkowitz the Emperor wa3
present at an exhibition given by Herr
Fielder, an inventor of Berlin, on a new
fluid. The exhibition took place on
the lake near the castle. The in
ventor poured some of the liquid
on the waters of the lake, and
directly in coming in contact with them
it burned upward, giving a high flame on
the surface. A strange feature of the ex
hibition was in the fact that the flames
could be pushed aside at will by the
boatmen on the lake. The Emperor was
highly interested in the spectacle, and ex
pressed the opinion that the invention can
be made use of in case of war.
Emperor William has painted a fine pic
ture, representing Pagel of Nibelungen
fame, and has presented it to the new Ger
man ironclad Hagen, where it adorns the
messroom. .
The Empress of Germany and her chil
dren will pass part of the hot summer sea
son at Wyk-on-Fohr Island, in the North
Sea, where four villas have been rented for
the use of her Majesty and her suite.
The measures to be taken in order to
counteract the effects of the American
petroleum combine are still under consid
eration by the Government. For one thing
it is proposed to differ between raw and
refined petroleum in the levying of duty so
as to permit the establishment of oil re
fineries in Germany. It has also been de
cided to allow the bringing into the gen
eral market of mixtures of Russian and
American petroleum.
Steps for the complete reconciliation of
Count yon Kotze and his traducera are
still pending. In accordance with the
wishes of the Emperor, Duke Gunther of
Schleswig-Holstein and Count yon Hohe
nau had to call on Count yon Kotze this
*eek and express their sympathies with
him.
And so the great court scandal arising
from the series of anonymous communica
tions sent for years past to various
high personages is gradually smoothed
over. The chief of the general staff, Count
yon Schlieffen, is now attending to this
matter, and the court proceedings which
would have been personally distasteful to
the Emperor have been entirely suspended.
Copyright.
Xot to Succeed William*.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, May 25.—
James E. Risley, the United States Min
ister to Denmark, says there is no truth in
the story that he is to succeed Ramon E.
Williams as United States Consul-General
at Havana.
Reforms in Armenia .
CONSTANTINOPLE (Turkey), May
25.— A majority of. the advisers of the Sul
tan have counseled to agree to the prop
ositions of the powers regarding reforms
in Armenia. The Grand Vizier, Djevad
Pasha, opposes these counsels. His atti
tude is much commented upon and is
likely to lead to complications.
Dr. Kingston Knighted.
LONDON, E>"G., May 25.— Dr. Kingston
of Montreal has been knighted by the
Queen, in commemoration of her Majesty's
birthday.
HIS IIEST VIOLIN.
Caesar Thompson Made a Boat of It and
Set It Sailing.
When M. Thompson was asked the im
pression made upon him by his tirst violin,
he replied: '-I was so young at the time
that I cannot remember. Ido remember,
though, what I did with it. I made a
beautiful boat and set it sailing in a pond.
As a result I was soundly whipped. I was
always more enthusiastic over music than
over the violin. The orchestra is the
greatest violin. To me my instrument is
a means of expression, and the best I have.
I never studied much, and received no
more lessons after I was IVA years old.
Dupuy, my first master, died then, and
I received* a few lessons from Leonard,
who went away from the town in
which I lived after the war of 1871. At
the age of 15 I went to Italy to play
in the orchestra of Prince yon ded Veis,
under the direction of Herr Muller-Berg
haus, to whom, through association, I owe
much musically. I remained there ten
years, and the Italians interested me
greatly. It was not music that I studied
in Italy, but the plastic arts. It is the art
atmosphere there which makes upon one
such a profound impression. In the pres
ence of the works of such a man as Da
Vinci, architect, sculptor, painter, what
are we all? Having free access to the
royal libraries I studied the old Italian
writers for the violin. We walk in a path
made by those who have gone before;
from justice we must study them. Among
other manuscripts that I examined were
forty compositions, hitherto unknown, by
Valentini, written for the violin in
1690. I had them copied, and in
due time will # publish them. As far
as my technic is concerned it is
not the result of arduous practice,
but of concentrated thought. As a smali
child I studied three hours a day. Now,
with four or five minutes, I can accom
plish with concentration the work of three
or four hours. Then why practice so
much? I study in a scientific manner,
and do not believe in so much practice. It
is needless. Here in Chicago I have not
practiced a note. My playing has been
done in concert. In New York recently I
did not take my violin out of its case for
eight days; then I played in concert. I
study the relation of things by mathemat
ics. Through trigonometry, through the
study of angles, I accomplish my work.
My unfailing technic has been mentioned ;
that is due to the simple means through
which I obtain it. I hesitate to make my
method public, nor do I know when I shall
do it. Joachim desired me to, but it will
awaken too strong opposition. It is too
directly opposed to existing traditions." —
Baltimore American. N
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NEW TEST TOE GEMS.
Diamonds, Rubies and Sapphires Floated
to Prove Their Genuineness.
An accurate scientific method has at last
been discovered whereby precious stones
may be distinguished from the fraudulent
gems, which are now so numerously manu
factured in the laboratories of Paris and
other continental cities. This is by testing
them for their specific gravity, but not by
the scales occasionally used for large
stones, and which, however delicate, are
unreliable, says the Chicago Times-Herald.
The new means of detection of bogus
gems is simple and ingenious, and is likely
to be widely adopted in the jewelry trade.
It is the chemist who has added this knowl
edge to the lapidary's art. Several liquids
have been discovered which are more than
three and a half times as dense as water,
and in which, therefore, the amethyst, the
beryl and other light stones will actually
float.
The most useful of these liquids is
methylene iodide, which has a specific
gravity of 3.3, and in which the tour
maline readily floats. Moreover, it is not
corrosive or in any way dangerous. It
being impossible for the lapidary to pre
pare a number of liquids each having the
specific gravity of a different gem stone,
the methylene iodide is easily diluted by
adding beuzine to it. Each drop of
benzine added makes the liquid less dense
and so it may be used to separate the
tourmaline and all the lighter gem stones
from each other.
If it is doubtful whether a certain gem
be an aquamarine or a chryso beryl, all
that is necessary is to place it'in a tube of
the liquid, together with a small fragment
of true aquamarine to serve as an index.
If it be a chrysobery], which has a specific
gravity of 3.6, it will sink like lead. If it
be an aquamarine, which has a specific
gravity of 2.7, it will float. If the liquid be
then stirred up and diluted until the index
fragment is exactly suspended the gem
will also neither float nor sink, but will re
main poised beside it. This method may
be adopted with all of the lighter stones.
But for heavier guns like the carbuncle,
the mrgoon, the sapphire, the topaz and
the diamond a different liquid is necessary.
This has lately been discovered by the
Dutch mineralogist, Retgers. He has
found a colorless solid compound which
melts at a temperature far below that of
boiling water to a clear liquid five times as
dense as water and therefore sufficiently
dense to float any known precious stone
This compound is the double nitrate of sil
ver and thallium.
Its most remarkable property is that it
will mix m any desired proportion with
warm water, so that by dilution the speci
fic gravity may be reduced in density by
adding water, drop by drop, so as to sus
pend in succession carbuncle, sapphire
ruby and diamond.
These tests of precious stones may be
made in a few minutes and are absolutely
reliable, as all stones of the same nature
have the same specific gravity. None of
the bogus rubies or diamonds have the
same weight as those they are made to
imitate.
OAGED THE CANABIES.
Energetic Songsters of the Atlantic
Doomed to Perpetual Imprisonment.
About 350 years ago a ship returning
from the islands in the Atlantic, which peo
ple then called the Fortunate isles, but
which were undoubtedly the Canaries
went ashore on the " coast of Italy, near
Leghorn. A cage of beautiful birds cap
tured on these islands wa3 broken and the
+ w IT Ilb " at - Through some caprice
m^,i« Vw take refu e on the Italian
mainland, but went to the island of Elbe,
where in due time they nested and bred
and increased in numbers. The Italians
discovered that they were admirable
them?n an tO capture them aad n
This gave rise to 'a traffic which soon
completely cleared the island of Elbe of
canary birds, so that not one was left there
in a wild state. From that time the his
tory of .the canary has been one of per
petual imprisonment . and of the trans
formation of his appearance and character.
H * has become what may be called an
artificial bird. Every nation of 'Europe
as _ produced a canary of a special type.
An-the; natural state of canaries, as they
8 a ii exist in the Canary Islands and other
Atlantic islands, the birds are of a grayish
green, not remarkable for beauty; but they
are such energetic singers that they have
been known to break the membrane of
their throats in pouring forth their song.—
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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Crazy With Joy. ■■§
There was a crazy passenger on a Cen
tral Wisconsin train the other day, who
scared the passengers by purchasing a
fulminating cap for dynamite. He was
arrested, and was found to have a big
stick of dynamite tied about his body by
a string. He had three times tried to
explode it. Name, John Lock; cause of
craze, inheriting a fortune.— New York
Recorder.
WHITNEY THEIR MAN
Advanced by Cleveland
and Tammany
Hall
FOR THE •PRESIDENCY.
They Say the Ex-Naval Secre
tary Will Be Able to Unite
the Democracy.
NOW AWAITING HIS CONSENT.
Administration Chiefs Think the
... Massachusetts Man Will Have
a Large Following.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 25.— 1f
William C. Whitney will permit the use of
his name in the next National Democratic
Convention, he will have as a nucleus of
strength the hearty and honest support of
the Cleveland administration and of
Tammany Hall.
A report to this effect, based on the very
best authority, came from New York to
day. Mr. Whitney is now on his way home
from Europe, and immediately upon his
arrival his consent for the use of his name
in the convention will be asked.
A Cabinet authority, in speaking of this
report to-day, said that it was undoubtedly
correct. He went on to say that the im
pression which had gained ground in some
quarters to the effect that there was an
estrangement between President Cleveland
and "Whitney was false. He admitted that
the ex-Secretary of the Navy had not been
iv Washington since the inauguration of
the present administration, but observed
that by keeping away he had at the same
time pre^rved his skirts from contamina
tion with any of the different cliques of the
party.
"Whitney is the most popular man in
the party to-day," this gentleman con
tinued. "He has kept his hands off all
fights, and is highly thought of by both
reform and machine politicians. The only
question of his permitting the use of bis
name in the next National Convention
rests on his opinion of the party's pros
pects at the next National election.
"He does not wish to lead a forlorn
hope. I am able to stake my political
reputation on the truth of the statement
that upon giving permission for the use of
his name he will receive the support of not
only the administration and Tammany
Hall, but of David B. Hill, Fairchild,
Grace and elements represented by those
gentlemen.
"There is no doubt that if Whitney
shows up in the next Democratic conven
tion, backed by a solid delegation from his
State, he would receive such a nattering
vote on the first ballet that his nomina
tion would be probable."
Mr. -Whitney is not unknown to the
Democratic leaders outside of New York.
He made friends at the last, National con
vention of Democrats from every .State.
Many stalwart Democrats at the Chicago
convention expressed admiration for the
ex-Secretary, and thej- said they wonld
like some time to have the pleasure of cast
ing their vote for him. If there is a man
in the country who can bring all the dis
cordant elements of Democracy together
that man is Whitney.
A PEOULIAB GLASS.
It Will Transmit light Freely, but Xot
Heat.
The announcement recently made of a
German method of producing glass which,
will transmit light freely, but no heat, is
founded upon the following statement of
details, presumably from the source o
operations: A plate of this material four
tenths of an inch thick, containing 2.8 per
cent of iron in the form described as fer
rous ehlQride, allowed only 4.00 per cent of
radiant heat to pass through it, whilo
another plate of equal thickness and con
taining quite as much iron as ferric
cnloride, permitted 11.2 to pass.
The chemical distinction is exceedingly
email, but the effect is very marked.
Using oxide instead of chloride, and again
having it in a ferrous condition, 1 per cent
produced a glass having a very faint blue
tinge, but even more impervious to heat
than the other sample. A layer .332 inch
in thickness allowed only 0.4 per cent of
the heat from a bat's wing gas flame to
pass through, 0.72 of that from an argand
burner and 0.73 of the heat from a lime
light; but it would transmit 12 per cent of
heat from sunlight, ordinary window glass
on the other hand letting some 86 per cent
through.— PhiladelDhia Record.
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