The Daily Advocate du lieu suivant : El Dorado, Kansas • 2

I The Daily Advocate. I In CONDITIONS LOOK NG TO I DEVELOPMENT GLOOMY. cr.o. r. vrop cznd Jkrtca, KANSAS DORADO, The last annual silk crop of China was' estimated at 21,000,000 pounds weight.

Of this total more CO per cent is consumed in China. XL 7- j- J.ilu..,..,,.mMwfi IPJEBPft JAPAN CZAR or RUSSIA In the electric cars and railway waiting rooms of many cities the boards of health have posted notices, forbidding, under heavy penalties, the unwholesome and nauseous practice of spitting on the floors. But have the authorities ever looked into a smoking car? been spent, with little to show for it. That plan contemplates the deepening war that may change the maps of the world. of the canal to nine feet and the lengthening of the locks.

The estimated cost Is about $25,000,000. The present cost of transportation of cereals per ton per mile on the Erie Canal is 1.75 mills. If the canal wer nine feet deep the cost would be about 1.16 mills. If the barge canal advo The honor of being made an earl cost Lord Roberts, as it costs every new-made peer of high degree, thou Peru has refused to accept the taking of a plebiscite in a form which would express the true and genuine views of all the residents in Tacna and Arica, says a Valparaiso, Chile, correspondent of the Chicago News. With a revenue which scarcely suffices for its home necessities, and with the greater part of the means whereby it might possibly have Increased its re-cources hypothecated for about half a century to come to its former English creditors, Peru finds itself in difilcul-ties as to offering any effective guaranty upon which it might raise upon a loan any sum of importance, especially when the proceeds of such loan would be used for acquiring a territory which yearly leaves a deficit.

Peru's Lack of Means. the payment of such a sum is an indispensable condition for the acquisition of that territory, it is manifest that Peru cannot recover it under the terrrs of the treaty of peace. The desire to avoid lessening the traffic on the Mollendo railway, and the lack of means, will prevent the Peruvian government from carrying on the prolongation of the railway from Tacna into Bolivia, and the irrigation works required in these departments upon which their whole future depends. To "Russia and 'Britain and Japan. Russia and Japan are steadily drifting toward a collision.

Japanese statesmen may wish to avert It, but they may be powerless to resist the popular demand. The Japanese army, on a war footing, numbers C03.116 officers and men. Russia Is said to have 3,564,000 available, but, of course, most of them are not in Manchooria and could not easily be sent there nor kept from starving if they were. Counting the forces mobilized for the Chinese expedition, Russia at last sands of dollars in fees. Nevertheless, diality which reigned between the two chancellories, he was led to entertain the hope of being able, at no very distant epoch, to produce an accord so much desired by both governments and which so transcendently affected the future relations of friendship and commerce, on which tne reciprocal development of both countries must be based.

The president to the national congress of that country In August, 1900, said that with the republic of Chile cordial relations were cultivated, and added that an accord had not been arrived at "notwithstanding that the deliberations with the new minister of Chile have proceeded under very friendly conditions and that his excellency. Senor Konig manifests a true interest in Bolivia." A few days after these words had been uttered the representative of. Chile formulated in a memorandum the propositions and remarks which he had verbally made to the government of Bolivia, and this is the document which, judged by some isolated phrases, has given occasion to the belief that an ultimatum had been sent to that country. But the minister for foreign affairs of Bolivia referring to this document said that the bases which it embodied "were worthy of being considered with a tranquil and reflective spirit." Ifor Benefit of Bolivia. In any case, and although the maritime aspirations of Bolivia may not be Improving the Erie Canal.

The Western States are more interested In the improvement of the Erie Canal than Is the state of New York. If the capacity of that canal were greater than it Is the cost of transportation to the seaboard of the products of western farmers would 5e decreased, and the benefit of this saving in cost would go to them in part There is no certainty that anything will be done in the near future to add to the usefulness of that canal. The hosts of Englishmen, and probably not a few plain American citizens who esteem themselves 'while not under temntation eood renublicans. would cated by the commission of which General F. V.

Greene was president wera to be built, the cost per ton per mile would be only .88 mill. But it will take $76,000,000 to construct such a canal, and there is no reason to be gladly pay the price. The municipal government of St. Petersburg has appointed a commis sion to study the question of sanitary workingmen's homes. The city, with its marshy surroundings and its liability to overflows, is regarded as unhealthy at best.

The evil is aggravated by the use of the poor of rooms beneath the overflow line. diminish the deficit left by their Peru would have no other means than to close the schools and hospitals, reduce the strength of the police and the salaries paid to William Dickerson, an engineer, living at Chelsea, is the moving spirit in an organization of fifty or sixty men and women of that part of the state who say they are descendants of Oliver Cromwell, and as such entitled to a share in the division of more than $25,000,000, which, they have been assured, has been lying for generations in the Bank of England. realized, it should be taken into account, as a circumstance favorable to that eountrj-, that Chile is not contemplating a renunciation in favor ot Peru as at one time might have been feared at La Paz of its rights over Tacna and Arica, and that, as a consequence, as soon as it may require their definite possessions Bolivia will have a facile and permanent road for its traffie, as well as be able to hope for the realization of the railway destined to unite the excellent port of Arica with its capital. The kingdoms of Saxony and Bavaria, and the model republic of Switzerland, are not the less cultured nor the less industrious because the salt water does not lave their boundaries; and neither Turkey nor the Philippine islands, nor Greece, nor various nations of Europe, are more prosperous than tliey are because they are copiously environed by the sea. the civil employes.

The present uncertain situation cannot be much longer prolonged. For the Chilean government each jear of delay means so much loss, only Peru benefits by it, since, while the definite nationality of the territory remains unsettled, Chile cannot undertake in it any of the projected public works, which would be its salvation, and this gives Peru the security that the Bolivian commerce will not abandon the Peruvian route, via Mollendo, and return to the port of Ariea, the nightmare of Peruvian statesmen. The future life of this region depends upon Its being incorporated with Chile, which has the means and the will to develop it and make it prosper. Two Natloni Friendly. The Chilean minister of foreign affairs in June, 1900, stated to congress that having regard to the spirit of cor- The sound of ttie woodsman's ax may soon be a thing of the past.

In the forest of rotter county, a machine is to be tested which is claimed to bo capable of peeling bark, cutting down trees and then transforming them into logs. After being fastened to a tree the machine will peel it from the ground to the branches, then cut it down and saw it into the required lengths. FROM A PHOTO OF A COMPANY OF RUSSIAN CAVALRY AT TIENTSIN. lieve the people of the state of New York will vote the money. Friday is the unlucky day of the Boys who "work their way" through college often hit upon odd ways of turning an honest penny.

Girls in similar circumstances also appear to be resourceful. Several Kadcliffe students are earning their college expenses, or a part of them, by tending babies. They receive from twenty-live to fifty cents an hour, and are acquiring information not obtainable through the regular curriculum. shippers of the west will have to look to the Canadian government for better facilities for water transportation to the ocean. Governor Odell has recommended to the New York legislature the continuation of the plan of improvement started in 1895 and abandoned after all A nrnn A I TV rv Interesting Incident week, but it seems to have no terrors for those matrimonially inclined.

It is said that Friday holds a fair average with other daj-s of 00 HIS END a the week for marriages solemnized. the money voted by the people had tinguished American. accounts had four army corps in Siberia, numbering in all about 160,000 men. A considerable part of this force of course is in western Siberia, thousands of miles from the scene of any conflict between Russia and Japan. Although Russia has three times the population of Japan, this discrepancy would practically cut no figure.

The resources of either country in the raw material of armies may be considered unlimited. The Japanese are not, like the Boers, in any danger of the absolute exhaustion of their male population. They have over eight million men of military age, and for them, as for the Russians, the question of military strength at the point of con f0 to he Morocco orouhle. The United States government proposes to force the payment by the Sultan of Morocco of an aggregate of about $50,000 in claims due to citizens else could it have been? How else could I have got it?" Maynard needed to tack no other letters over his door. The impetus ht had gained carried him through life.

He became a member of congress, attorney-general of Tennessee, minister to Turkey and postmaster-general, adorned every position to which ha was called. Five years ago when Alcnzo White-man of Williamsport, died, his family was surprised at the smaiiness of his fortune. They were sure he had more money, but could not tell where, a few days ago, Charles White-man, a son, was rummaging about the attic of his home, when, in the secret apartment of an old trunk, he found, tied up with red tape, a package of government bonds, to the amount of $40,000, evidently placed there by his father. of the states who have been unjustly dealt with by the provincial authori tion is that the Morocco "court" gets out of the way whenever a day has been set for a hearing. Mr.

Gummere, our consul at Tangier, the capital, has been instructed practically to corral the court and insist on a hearing. If the court is not willing to yield to Mr. Gummere's suasion the cruiser New York will take a hand in the settlement. In all cases, however, the presence ties of Morocco. Morocco has agreed to pay the Ex- aqui claim of $5,000, but she has stead fastly ignored the settlement of other equally important indemnities.

The aggregate of $50,000 in claims is the result of several years outrages tact is merely one of organization, transport, subsistence, skill in command, quality of troops and finance. The Russian fleet in the far east consisted a few months ago of three battleships, seven first-class and two second-class cruisers, six gunboats, two torpedo boat destroyers, twenty torpedo boats and three transports. At the same time Japan had four first-class and two second-class battleships, ten coast defense vessels, three first-class, nine second-class and five third-class cruisers, sixteen gunboats, three dispatch boats, one transport, twelve torpedo boat destroyers and thirty- It was a good many years ago when Horace Maynard entered Amherst college as a freshman. He had a square jaw, a steady eye, a pleasant smile and a capacity for Tiard and persistent work. One day, after he had been in college about a week, he took a chair from his room into the hall, mounted it.

and nailed over the door a large square of cardboard, on which wras painted a big black letter and nothing else. College boys do not like mj-steries. and the young man's neighbors tried to make him tell what the big meant. Was it "for Was it a joke? What was it? The sophomores took it up and treated the freshman to some hazing, but he would make no answer to the questions they put. At last he was let alone and his remained over the door, merely a mark of the eccentricity of the eccentric.

Four years passed. On commencement day Horace Maynard delivered the valedictory of his highest honor the college bestowed. After he had left the platform, amid the applause of his fellow students and the audience, one of his classmates accosted him: "Was that what your 'V meant? Tolstoi 1Taits on ninneir. Tolstoi digs his own potatoes, cooks his own food, makes his own fires, chops his own wood and even makes his own food, makes his own fires, timate friends says that he has seen him take off his boots to give them to a beggar in the street, and the only time when he carries money is when he asks his wife for a few coppers to give to a passing tramp. Other holidays commemorate events of the past; Arbor day speaks for posterity.

John Frederick Oberlin, the famous Alsatian pastor, would not permit the peasant boys and girls to come to communion until they had planted at least two trees in their iock-strewn of an American war ship has bsen effective off Morocco. The Exaqui claim was promptly put, into the way of settlement when the Sultan heard that Dixie had been ordered from Naples to Tangier. Even in that case, however, the Sultan pleaded the Fast of Ramazan as an excuse for one month's more delay. The Sultan held that during Ramazan he could not attend to business. against American citizens.

In some instances commercial travelers have been interfered with contrary to the treaty rights. In other cases the property of Americans such as cattle; sheep and grain have been seized by the pro-vincal authorities. Lately an immediate reckoning was demanded. One of the curiosities of the litiga- valley. Had the great educator of a eicht torpedo boats.

Besides these she century ago lived on the present site of Chicago the university of that city might not to-day be paying $5,000 for transplanting a single row of big elm-trees on its campus. has under construction two first-class battleships, which are now about ready, three first-class cruisers, two third-class cruisers, one gunboat and twenty Itoosevelt Youostr than Senators. Vice President Roosevelt is younger than any senator in the body over which he presides, with two exceptions. There has been but one view-president who was younger than he -Breckinridge, who was elected on the ticket with Buchanan. Daniel 1).

Tompkins and John C. Calhoun wer the same age as Roosevelt when tht-y assumed the office. torpedo boats. It would probably be a matter of considerable effort to get Russia to bring ships enough from the Baltic Were you after the valedictory when you tacked up that card?" "Of course," Maynard replied. "What to equal Japan's strength in the Pacific.

Of course, if she could get the The British foreign office, it is said, is not disturbed by the speeches made in the senate on the Nicaragua canal question. "They are dismissed with the remark that treaties cannot be abrogated without the consent of both the contracting parties." "Cheer up," said the lawyer to his client; "thej can't put you in jail for that." "Maybe they can't," replied the victim through the bars, "but they have." Whether treaties "can" be abrogated or not, we know of one that will be. help of France it would be a different affair, and if a fight comes France will not fail to aid the Muscovites. In that case Japan would need a friend. The Pined Pop Every Death current incidentr between Russian and British troops at Tientsin indicate where -she might posibly find one With France and Russia fighting Japan and Britain Germany would which is about the same thing.

Ships do not fancy having to pay fines of this kind." "The only place, as far as law is concerned, where it costs money to die from natural causes is aboard a naturally be Inclined to aid Britain, but would find herself sandwiched be tween the land forces of France on An application to congress for an appropriation of $10,000 has been made by Secretary Hay as a preliminary step to the entertainment in Washington next December of the International congress which considers the protection of patents, trade-marks and other Industrial properties of a similar nature. An article of the convention concluded in Paris in 1883 pro the south and Russia'-on the, north. United Germany would not last long against those powerful forces. Her vides for the periodical revision of the steamship," says, a. vessel owner.

"The purpose of the law is excellent enough. There was a time when emigrants were being brought to this country in very large numbers, or 'by the ship as it is termed. There is no doubt that there was crowding in the ships that brought them, and to prevent this a law was passed imposing upon the ship a fine of $10 for each death that occurred during the passage from natural causes of persons over 8 years of age. This put a stop to overcrowding, or, at least, it is supposed that it did, Lake Huron Sturgeon Unless strong measures are taken the sturgeon will soon be extinct in the Lake Huron and Georgian bay district. The fish are being slaughtered at a fearful rate, one firm alone having shipped 70,000 pounds of caviare in the season.

The roe is the part of the fish that is most valuable, and as they aie therefore taken just before spawning they have no chance to reproduce themselves. aereement The last conference was held last December in Brussels.5 The arrangements for the conference include the gathering from the various navy would be of no use in such a war. The country would be overrun by Slav and Gaul. Therefore Germany would be forced to remain neutral. Thus the while, the French and Russian Asiatic fleets would be engaged with Japan their European fleets would be busy with the navy of Great Britain.

It is argued that the French and Russian fleets would make short work of the British navy. Their great battleships are of the latest fighting invention, whereas a large portion of (parties to the convention and th dis tribution of the suggestions for amendments, all of which must be completed at least six months before the meeting. The University of Chicago is said to have been chosen as one of the nine institutions which will select the can didates for the Noebel prizes, The other eight are the Universities of Ber screw, the inventor of which was so-poor that he trudged on foot from Philadelphia to Washington to get his patent; the roller skate has yielded $1,000,000 after the patentee spent $125,000 in" England fighting infringements; the dancing Jim Crow js set down for $75,000, and the copper tip for children's shoes at the spring window roller pays $100,000 a year; the needle threader $10,003 year; from the drive well $3,000,000 have been realized rwhile- the stylo-graphic pen Is credited with $100,000 year. New York Weekly. Patentees Sometimes Make Fortunes.

It cannot be disputed that vast fortunes have been made by successful patented articles. Still, it is worthy of note that only about one patented article in twenty-five proves a pecuniary success. A few of the most lucrative patents are here enumerated. It is stated that the toy known as the returning ball, a small, ball attached to a rubber string, yielded a profit of $50,000 a year; the rubber tip on lead pencils produced. a.

competency for the inventor; more than $1,000,000 have teen earned by the gimlet-pointed lin, St, Petersburg, Vienna, Rome, eydon, London, Paris and Zurich. M. Noebel was a Swedish millionaire, who the British navy Is composed of wooden ships. It would be murder, nothirg less, to send these ships against the modern destroyers of France and-Rus-sia. It would therefore be a war of the first-class ships of the three nations.

In a combination France and Russia's fleets would be somewhat superior to Britain's. But whether their fighting blood is as good as is the case with their proposed foe is another matter. The next few months may develop a left a large legacy for prizes to the greatest benefactors of humanity. The prizes go to the fipreatest discoverers in Tihvsical science, cnemistry ana THE NEW YORK AT SEA. psychology; also to the author of the greatest literary work of Idealism an4 to the greatest promoter of peace..