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TUESDAY, MAY 29. 1900.
CIVILIZATION OF THE METROP?
OLIS.
Taking as Its text a recent Inci?
dent of thu streets of Gotham, the
esteemed Washington Post makes :
few sarcastic lliags at the genuine,
blown In tho bottlo civilisation of the
great metropolis. Tho incident upon
which tho Post lakes to task the "1
Kin-hollur-than-thou" exponents of re
forma in the South was the case of
Thomas .Jefferson, a gentleman of
ebon hue, who was pursued down
Broadway by a policeman early one
morning more than a week ago. It. is
recorded that, as Thomas turned into
Broadway from Sixty-eighth .struul, a
representative of New York civiliza?
tion, accompanied by a lady friend,
alighted from a at reel car. The man
knew nothing except the fact that a
negro was running rapidly, but lie
pulled a revolver. without asking
quest Ions, and tried in shoot I ho fu?
gitive. The latter sited along down
Broadway, ami, about the middle of
the block, ran close to an automo?
bile carrying four per.-ons. The auto
put on a spurt, and, when ii got
within a few feel of Thomas Jef?
ferson, one of the occupants drew
.his gun ami let fly twice at (he hunt?
ed wretch. In Sixty-seventh street,
jti6l off Broadway; the chase passed
the Hotel Boulevard. Another high?
ly cultivated Now Yorker happened
to be standing around, and, its soon
as he saw the Hying darkey, out
came another repeater, and more
lead was (lung at Thomas Jefferson.
All this_JLook place at about 1:30 a.
m.. a time when very few penplo were
abroad, und the Post thinks it la en?
tirely ''reasonable to assume that at
such an hour and in such neigh?
borhood prctically everybody stirring
saw the negro and took a shot at
him."
Our Washington contemporary then
draws Hi" following comparison:
"Now we vehtura to say that this
performance could not possibly be
reproduced under similar circum?
stances in Charleston, Atlanta, Mo?
bile, Galveston or New Orleans. In
the first place; an equal number of
clti/.ens would not have been carrying
guns. Hi the next place, Southern
men of even the sinalle.-.t pretension
to respectability do not shoot at
fvery colored person who passes in a
run. When they commit that kind of
violence, they must have a mighty
good reason for it. We say nothing
of the mob of whites who finally cap?
tured (be poor devil, and who, by
a common Impulse, proceeded loi
hang him That has never occurred
In any Southern community?could
not possibly occur unless the whole
nature of the population were abso?
lutely transformed. Our point Is
that In New York City, where they
are so . ready to condemn and exe
crstp the South and to vaunt them?
selves on their alleged civilization,
almost every white man In the
streets at the time had a pialol in
hl? pocket and instinctively sought
the death of a miserable fugitive as
to whose offense they knew literally
nothing nave that his skin was
black."
While no patriotic American will
rejoice at the lawlessnesB of the chief
city in the republic, one cannot fail
to see the grim humor of the sit?
uation. The only redeeming feature
of thu almost universal pistol toting
of the metropolis is that none of
the mannikiu pistol loters seem to
he able to hit anything at Which
they shoot.
FOR EFFICIENT MEAT tNSPEC
TION.
It Is to he hoped that the confer?
ees appointed to represent each
house of Congress on the agricultural
appropriation lull will agree upon the
provision added in the Senate design?
ed tu bring about proper Inspection
of meals killed and packed for home
consumption, as well as of those
products Intended for export trade.
Most persons have been laboring
under the delusion that the inspec?
tion now provided for included the
meal products disposed of in the
United Stales, hut one of I lie muck
rakers in a reeefit magazine article
produced affidavits to show that no
such method of Inspection is in
vogue anil made such serious charg?
es against tlie packers' combine and
its alleged habit of slaughtering dis?
eased animals and of putting through
the packing houses the carcasses of
cows dying In I he pens, and the quiet
and business-like way in which th.1
Kennte dealt with the matter. ? may
have been ilue lo those revelations.
Thu present prices of the finished
product, U? compared with the price
of live stock on the hoof, certainly
furnishes a sufficient margin oT profit,
without resorting lo t(uch methods as
were set forth In the magazine ar?
ticle referred lo, and if the provision
placed In I he agricultural hill by the
Senate and agreed to even without
diseu.tsiou, promises relief from un?
speakable abuses. the amendment
should meet the unanimous approval
of the (louse mid should then receive j
the President's signature.
The present law, passed at the in?
stance of the packers, seems to have
been designed to save American meat
products from Herman boycott. The
new law, authorizing inspectors to
condemn and destroy products not
up lo the standard, ought lo bring
about marked Improvement in the
grade of meat furnished to American
consumers. Since Ibey are absolute?
ly tit the mercy of the combine and
are birred to pay the very highest
prices, it is no more I hau just Hint
Congress should give them Hint much
protection.
NO CANAL LEGISLATION.
It begins to look as If the Panama
canal may be fled up once more.
The report of the Senate committee,
favorable to a sea level water-way is
said lo have caused the President
much concern. That gentleman is in
.favor of the lock type mid the San
Francisco earthquake did not cause
itiin to revise bis opinion, although
one si litiol of experts claim thai such
;? seismic disturbance on the isthmus
wo; Id mean the destruction of a lock
canal Another school declares that
Ibeie would be great danger of an
earthquake shuck breaking some of
(he dams holding in restraint I he
mountainous streams above a sea
level canal. It begins lo look as if
the whole controversy is to lie fought
over again, while Chairman Shout/,
and the costly commission will con?
tinue to draw salaries and rud-lcatu
in tlie isthmus.
Speaker Cannon, who is the House
of Representatives^ says that he will
not agree to a sea-level canal, and
that if the Senate insists upon that
type there wdll tie no canal legi sta?
tion at this session of Congress. Of
course, the trans-continental railway
companies now reaping a harvest he
cause of the absence of the waterway
are not especially discouraged at tlie
turn affairs have taken. They would
not objee) to it permanent deadlock
between the advocates of the sea
level type on the one hand and the
dyed-in-the-wool believers of the lock
canal on the other.
A deadlock means Inaction nnd
that is just what, the transcontinen?
tal railway companies are looking
for.
The San Francisco saloon keepers
couldn't have a much harder time
getting permission to reopen if they
were to blame for the earthtiiiake.?
Washington Pos' There are some
persons who alrcta ' have figured out
lo their own satisfaction that the
saloons were ncccssrics in produc?
ing the conditions which are said to
have demanded some sort of heroic
reformation.
If one may judge by the testi?
mony now being brought out in the
insane asylum investigation in the
District of Columbia. Virginia is not
ihe only place in which refined cruel?
ly to helpless Imbeciles Is permitted.
It must he admitted that the
President has selected a heavy man
for that Supreme Court vacancy.
Had a Close Call.
"A dangerous surgical Operation. In?
volving the removal of a malignant
ulcer as large as my hand, from my
daughter's hip was prevented by the
application of IJucklen's Arnes
Salve," says A. C. Stlckey. of M?e
ttis, W. Va. "Persistent use of the
Salve completely cured it." Cures
Cuts BurnR and Injuries. 25c. at W.
Blair Canghomo, druggist. tu.th.su.
THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
lonie FiK'fn Which ?Ire nit Idea of
If* liumenMltjr.
In nil the heavens, willi the excop
llon of passing meteors or meteorites,
not ono body occupies u position closer
to enrth tluin Hie moon, which Is some
240,ixkj miles nwny ? very fnr, ol
course, Hide ley side with any earthly
distances, hut a mere find Ion side by
side with other astronomical distances.
Next to the moon our nearest occasion'
nl neighbor Is Venus, and then Mars.
Doth Venus and Mars, however, nru
often farther nwny from us than the
sun. which remains always nt some?
where about the same distance, rough?
ly at from OO.IMNi.inmi to ICl.OOO.OOO tnllos.
This dividing space between sun and
earth Is of grent Importance In think?
ing about the stars, and it should be
clearly Impressed upon the mind.
Next to the sun In point of nearness
come Ihe more distant planets?Jupiter,
which Is about five times as far from
the sun ns our earth Is; Saturn, nearly
twice ns far as Jupiter; I'ranns, near?
ly twice ns far ns Saturn, and Neptune,
nearly three times ns far as Saturn. All
Ihese planets belong to our sun, all i
are mouthers of bis family, all nre part
of the solar system. The size of tho '
solar system its a whole, consisting
thus of the sun and his planets, includ?
ing our earth, may be fairly well grasp?
ed by any one taking the troublo to
master two simple facts. They rtro
these, that our earth Is roughly about
02.000.noo miles nwny from the sjnn
and that Neptune, the outermost plan?
et of tho solar system. Is ncjirly thirty
times ns fnr distant from the sun as
our earth Is.- Chambers' Journal.
AN ODD BIRD.
The Klvrl of Sfvr 7.ealnnd linn Some
armnrknlilr I'rctillarltloe.
That queer bird, the kiwi. Is a untlvo
of New /,eu la nil. its remnrkuble pe?
culiarities are. first, (lie apparent ab?
sence of wings, as the pinning*! 'so
covers the stiiaH. Tndlmohtnry, stick?
like appendage of n wing Hint none
whatever Is apparent. The situation
of the nostrils nt the bill's extremity!
Is a second peculiar feature. While,
hunting lor earthworms It probes tho
soft ground, making a continual snuff?
ing sound. Thus the scent Is evidently j
of great help In Unding food nud the
reason for the position of the nostrils j
(jultu apparent.
A third peculiarity Is Hie very'dispro?
portionate size of the egg In compari?
son lo the bird, It being a little less
111ii11 one-fourth the bird's own weight.
One kiwi's egg found weighed four?
teen nod one half ounces, while the
bird weighed Just under four pounds
(sixty-four ounces) nud was about the
size of an ordinary hen.
The plumage of the kiwi Is a dull
brown streaked with light gray, nnd
the body resembles n miniature hay
shock, rather badly hacked off nt tho
renr pnrt. as nature has not provided
the kiwi with such decoratIon as a tall.
The absence of wings Is compensated
for by Its swiftness of foot, and the
large, clumsy looking legs, which nre
sometimes used as weapons, are placed
fnr hack-on the oddly shaped body.?
St. Nicholas.
Thn< Wnn All.
A young girt who is always trying
some new thing was present once
when the doctor sei a neighbor's bro?
ken arm. She wits sure that she knew
exactly how U was dime and rather
anxious to iflit her new knowledge Into
practice. Some time later a hen out
In the chicken yard broke Its leg. The
girl directly nniiouu.1 that she meant
to set It "and make It as good ns
new." Accordingly II was put Into a
plaster cast nnd left for the proper
length of (line to knit. When Hie day
came lo take off the enst the girl ran
out to the henhouse In grent eagerness
to see {he result. Presently there was
a 8creani that brought, every memtier
of the family to her side. The chicken
was Jumping miserably over Ihe ground
sldewlse Instead of directly forward.
You know n hen's leg has a crook.
Well, she bad crooked It tho wrong
way, that was nil.
Allen* In old London.
Here Is n curious report of the nllens
In London In the year 1007: "Thero
being a grent Increase of foreigners In
the city, her majesty ordered the lord
mayor to take the name, quality nnd
profession of all strangers residing
within the city of London." The list
was bended by the Item, "Scots. 40."
Other nntlons were represented by
"French, 428: Spaniards nnd Portu?
guese. 45; Italians, lift; Dutch. 2.030:
Rurgundlans, 44; Danes, 2; Llegeois, 1."
Shnrk'n Toll Far I.nck.
Attached to the extreme end of the
bowsprit of n sailing vessel there may
sometimes be seen n piece of some mn
terlal thnt looks remarkably like leath?
er. Tills seeming piece of lentber Is
really a shark's tall. It Is placed there
because the pnilors think thnt It augurs
good luck, believing thnt pleasant voy?
ages, will be their lot while It remnlns
there. Instend of ttie bowsprit tho tall
Is at times nailed to the top of ono of
the masts.- London Hing.
Basier In the Rmernld lele.
In uo plnce outside of Home Is Eas?
ter celebrated more Joyously nnd uni?
versally than It is In Ireland. The
Whole heart of the Irish people, peas?
antry and gentry nlike, goes out in
glad and pious rejoicing nt the thought
of the Snvlour of mankind risen from
the doad. Tho celebration of the day
may be said to beglu on the evening
before. That evening Is known in 1 i o
Innd as "Holy Saturday." Tho l?ng
period of restraint imposed by Lent
has nearly passed, and the long pent
up mirth nnd merriment will bubble
over In spite of everything. All th?
household sits up to "watch the Lent
out." A hearty meal Is prepared, ami
at midnight Jn?tlce is done to It.?New
York Times. _ _--?
THE BEAUTIFUL HAND.
Division 'Mint Storni tile Teat of
All Time.
There wns a dispute nmong three
Indies as tu which bad the most beau?
tiful baud. One sat by a stream and
dipped her baud Into the wnter and
held It up, another plucked strawber?
ries until the ends of tier fingers were
pink and another gathered violets until
her bunds were fragrant. An old, hng
gard woman, passing by, asked, "Who
will give me n gift^ for I am poor?" All
three denied her, but nnotbi r who Rat
near, unwashed In the stream, un?
stained with fruit, unadorned with
tlowers, gave her n little gift and Balls
fled the poor woman, und then she ask?
ed them what was the dispute, nnd
they told her and lifted up before her
their beautiful bands. "Beautiful In?
deed," said she when she saw them,
but when they naked her which was the
most beautiful she snltl, "It Is not the
band which Is washed clean In the
brook. It Is not tlie band that Is tipped
with red. It Is not the hand that Is gnr
lanilcd with fragrant tlowers, but the
band that gives to the poor is the most
beautiful." As she said these words
ber wrinkles lied, her staff was throwu
away and she stood before them nn
angel from heaven, with authority to
decide the quest Ion in dispute, and that
decision has stood the test of nil time.
STATE LOTTERIES.
They Were Once Very Common and j
Very I'npnlnr in Enrnpc.
Lotteries were confff.on In ancient:
Rome, and during the middle nges lot?
teries were utilized by the Itallnn mer?
chants for the disposal of tbclr goods.
Some of the Italian stntes then adopted
the lottery ns a means of raising reve?
nue, and the Institution of state lot?
teries afterward became very com?
mon nnd very popular throughout Eu
rope.
The earliest English state lottery of
which there Is any record was In 1500,
when 40,000 chances were sold nt 10
shillings each, the drawing taking
place In the west door of St. Paul's
cathedral.
The prizes consisted of articles of
plnte. und I lie* protlts were, employed
for the repair of eertnln harbors. Early
lu the reign of Queen Anne prlvnto lot?
teries were suppressed "ns public nui?
sances," hut government lotteries, bow
ever, were still maintained, and from
1700 to 1824 considerable sums were
annually raised In lotteries authorized
by nets of parliament.
The average yearly profit to the gov?
ernment from ITO.'t to 1824 wns over
?140.000. tin the ground of Injury to
public morals lotteries of nil kinds
were abolished in England In 1820.?
London Saturday Review.
FORGET YOURSELF.
Its One Citn Grow While Ilia j
TIioiikIiIh Are Self Centered. j
Forget yourself. You will never do
anything great, until you do. Self con?
sciousness Is n disease with many. '
No matter what they do, they cnu nev?
er get away from themselves. They
become warped upon the subject of
self analysis, wondering bow they
look, bow they npponr, what others
will think of them and bow they can
enhance their own Interests. In other
words, every thought anil every effort
seems to focus upon self; nothing radi?
ates from them.
No one can grow while his thoughts
are self centered. The sympathies of
the man who thinks only of himself
are soon dried up. Self consciousness
acts ns a paralysis to all expansion,
strangles enlargement, kills aspiration,
cripples executive ability. The mind
which accomplishes things looks out,
not In; it Is focused upon Its object,
hot upon Itself.
The Immortal nets have been uncon?
sciously performed. The greatest pray?
ers have been the silent longings, tho
secret yearnings of the hear*, not those
which hnve been delivered facing n
critical audience. The dally desire is
tlie perpetual prayer, tho prayer that
is heard and answered.?Success.
Whnl (lie Illlnd See.
"I can always tell when people an
looking nt me." snid a blind man. "In?
deed, nearly nil blind persons enu tell
when people fire looking at them. 1
hnve always about me a soft golden
glow of light, When people whom 1
like come Into my presence this glow
becomes pnler, lovelier. When those 1
dislike are nbout the glow is darkened
nnd besmirched. I can tell what kind
of characters people have by the toucu
of their hands. There is Individuality
In tlie touch. A man's touch shows me
whether he is alert or sluggish, colo
or passlonnte, kind or cruel."
Stone In the Henrt.
A Greek woman employed In the
Amerlcnn riospitnl In Caesarea, Turkey
wns stirred by a revival. She straight
way asked leave to visit n woman
whom she had injured nud to whom she
had not spoken for ten years. "When
she trudged through the snow three or
four miles to nsk her "enemy's" for?
giveness her relatives were sure slm
bud gone dnft, but the next day, w'neu
nhe enme back to the hospital, she snid,
"We made peace, and the stone In my
heart Is gone."
Not So Itenourceftil nn Mont Glrla.
Nell?Some of our proverbs are s?
ridiculous. For Instance, "Where ig
uornnco Is bliss"? Belle?What's til*
mntter now? Nell?Why, you know.
Chnrlio gave me my engagement ring
last week, nnd I simply enn't find out
how much It cost him.?Fhllndclphle
Ledger.
Wot Altogether UnaaceeMsfat,
Bobby?Went fishing yesterday in
stead of going to school. Tommy
Catch anything? Bobby?Not until 1
got home.
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