The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 10, 1903, Page 8

— INST RUCTIVE_J'I‘UDID\? - P—— BY CH . D.D LAuthor David Corson,” " ete.] (Copyright, 1903, by Joseph B, Bowles.) The contact of people, either in masses omcoupiets, always generates energy. T hy, in war, soldiers march in battalions; in political cam- paigns people mbie in mass meet- ings; in religious revivals thev are asked to sit close together in the pews. “Touch elbows!” is the command is- sued to struggling armies in dark and fearsome nights. Each individual is like electric cell in a battery. By me mysterious law their union is ead of addition. Ten than ten times ation in ultipli n are always more same way even two of the me a battery — and, alas! s battering rams! These individual liv like two ams that have run quietly in their n channels, make a roaring mael- strom when they unite. There is a sud- den development of power in this fric- c t of which neither they nds had ever dreamed. to be donme with this new power? wer is a! s either bane- ful or beneficent, destructive or ecre- This incessant friction, in which s a - flving — what shall its x I wiil answer this question on the assumption that this frict e on account of temperz — for if life proves any- thing at all, it is that there are tem- peraments tk a irri- tate ch othe; erious of and unaiterable perhaps necessity with rm it matrimonial to character ¥ formation of the fi t light, of r nd falling waters into beneficial potencies is the great prob- lem of modern science. It is accom- ! thousand wonderful de- by any easy ones. It plished by a s, but not mmeasurable genius and illimit- able consecratior ver and.per- fect them. Well no easy thing to #: the friction of marriage life auty and strength of character, done. in the sou! is nobler than trol, and & is this qual- t endu ce of matri- last turns into. At n be that of s ity that the qu monial frict at first the smdden surprises of unknown ! traits of character, the differences of habit, of opinion, of taste, excite and jrritate the young married counle. Hot words follow and quarreis develop. There are tears of bitterness and re- gret. Days and perhaps weeks of constraint and coldness ensue. But by and by it begins to dawn on the mind of ore or both that the other is also an individual, with all an individual'€’| right to his®or her personal identity, judement and opinion. And a sacred moment it is when that lesson is fully | and A of ten men expect to absorb a woman’s personality into their own—and the re- verse. We want that other will to be | submerged and swallowed up in ours. It is madness, but it is human nature. And so. when at last we see and feel the clear right of that other soul to its individuality a first great step has been taken. A second step is taken when we final- ly determine to endure in silence the incurable contradictions and opposi- tions in the characters of our husbands | complance to the salivary glands, has | Ny Rolitical sovereignty. and wives. We have Jearned that noth. | ing but discord ond ‘strife follows the attempt to bend their wills or alter their temperaments to suit our own, and we decide to fake them as they are, | This involves self-repression. It is a hard way to be taught it, but the worst | education which teaches self-repression at the right time is better than the best | which teaches us everything else and | not that. Our poor self-love cgn be 1f. We are egotists, but each one “Mine is mot egotism, but con- " And when a nfan at last but it =ayvs scious power! learns to hold his own self down and | keep it from aggressive anerflon of its rights he has turned into the pathway | to Paradise. . Complete self-mastery in matyimonial conflicts is a long and difficult acquisi- tion. Probably it is fully acquired in the fewest possible cases. But in wh multitudes of houses it is developed to | that daily life becomes | such s point not only endurable, but blissful. Mar- ried people learn that they can control themselves in the presence of each other as well as in the presence of strangers or companions. “If 1 can control myself Lefore the meanest and | most aggravating boss in the world, .i acquired, it is the fundamental virtue, and to-day, taketh a cit Work of the Glands. BY W. R. C. LATSON, M. D. (Editor-Health Calture Magazine, New York.) Copyright, 1003, by Joseph B. Bowles. The glards of the body are so many and so varied and the work they do is | so important that, besides the general | facts discussed in our last article, it | will be interesting to consider briefly a | tew of the more important glands, how | they operate and whgt they produce. | First of all we may glance at the | glands of the mouth, the *®salivary glands, These are very numerous. There are three large ones, the parotid, ‘lhfl sub-maxillary and the sub-lingual, on each side; two smail ones, Blandin's | and Weber's, under the tongue dn cach | side, and a great many minute glards buried in the tissues of the lips, cheeks | and other parts. Each of these glands, | or perhaps we should say each pair of these” glands, elaborates a fluid pecu- liar to itself. These fluids combine to { form the saliva. The saliva is a most important fluid. Its chief xalue arises from the {presence in it of a substance | called ptyalin. enzyme or ferment. And a ferment is a substance that has the power of caus- ing certain chemical changes in other substances. This particular enzyme, ptyalin, is what is called an amylo- Ivtic or diastasic ferment, which simply means that, when brought into contact with starch, it has the power of chang- ing that starch into sugar. This amylolysis, or conversion of { starch into sugar, is necessary before the substance can be digested, for starchy foods, such as bread, cereals | and most vegetables, cannot be digest- | ed until they are converted into a spe- 1 kind of sugar. The process is a complex series of chemical changes, in | which the starch becomes in turnj amylo-dextrin, erythro-dextrin, achroo- dextrin, malto-dextrin and then mal- P | tose. This question will be more fully | discussed when we come to conmsider | digestion. . The glands of the stomach aré nu- merous and their function is- most Im-i These glands are for the most portant. part simple or compound tubuiar— that is, either a simple pit or tubular as in antiquity, “He that| raleth his spirit is greater than he that | Now ptyalin is an | THURSDAY, DECEMBER. 10, 1903. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. - Address All Communications to JOHN McNAUGHT, Manage: —= |Publiullon0mée PR S BN R e S L @ teiieessssssecs... . Third and Market Streets, S. F. | | United States, ing, lined with filtering (epithelial) cells, like a well lined with bricks; or, a mere tubular opening with otk:ws branching from it and called a com- | pound tubular gland. The glands of | the stomach dip down into a fine, close | network of blood vessels (capillaries), | and absorb from the blood surrounding | them the elements required to form the | gastric fluid. In a state of hunger \hei surface of the stomaéh is pale; and,} the blood flow being slight, the glands | | are also pallid and inactive. The taste | of food, the introduction of food into | the stomach, or, in fact, even the thought of food, causes a striking change in the appearance of the stom- | ach lining and of the glands situvated upon it. There is an immediate and marked increase in the amount of blood | sént to the stomach, its lining becomes flushed and the gastric glands become active and begin to secrete from the' bleod and pour out into the stomach the gastric juice. The pepsin, which is the principal | enzyme found in the blood, has the power of changing proteid matters, ! such as white of egg and other sub- stances contained in meat, milk, gumes (peas, beans, lentils) and nuts intoe what is called peptone, in which form they can be used by the body. | Then there are the intestinal glands, which in form and operatibn are some- | | what . similar to | stomach. The | however, to possess three enzymes, or | ferments, one an amylolytic ferment | like the ptyalin of the saliva, changing starch to sugar, the others changing | | sugars into more digestible forms. Among other glands in the body may | be mentioned the liver, the spleen, the pancreas and the ductless glands. The | {liver, the spleen and the ductless glands we will consider in other con- | @hna hich ™+ th thie’ shiomeit nibr | the stomach and which, from its re- been called | gland. | and two in width. It secretes from the | | bloc™ a fluid known as the pancreatic the abdominal salivary digesting amylopsin, which, like the ptyalin fl( the saliva, changes starch to sugar; trypsin, which, like the pepsin of the tone: steapsin, which emulsifies fats, and lastly, a ferment that, like the ren- | curdle. Now, most of the fluids secreted by the glands which we have just dis-| | tion. And in our next article we will i describe some interesting features of the digestive operation. ' A Germany in Brazil. Germany's Brazilian colonies are | growing, according to the Koelnische | Zeitung, there being in one State up- ward of 190,000 Germans, and their in- | fluence is being felt in every depart- | ment of pyblic life. There are German schools, churches and theaters, and in every way the establishment of the necuona The pancrnxs is an important ! | gastric juice, changes proteid to pepfl reconciled to the sacrifice of everything | nin of the gastric juice, causes milk to | { plain, le- | | with it, the glands of uw" intestinal juice is not! perfectly understood either as to its' nally learned. Probably nine out | composition or its action. It is knm\'nw | | | { T | l | cussed are used in the process of diges- | the joke. DECEMBER 10, 1903 THE MESSAGE ON ' PANAMA. THURSDAY(..cotvvacrneas T must be merely in a spirit of unreasoning partisam- I ship that any one can oppose the policy we have pursued in Panama, after reading the President’s message on that subject. He has followed strictly in the line of principles laid down by as eminent Demo- cratic authority as Polk and Cass. The latter, as Secre- tary of State, said: “None of the local governments having sovereignty of the isthmus, even if administered | with more regard to the just demands of other nations than they have been, would be permitted, in the spirit of Eastern isolation, to close the gates ot intercourse on the great highways of the world and justify the act by the pretension that these avenues of trade and travel belong w them, and that they choose to shut them, or, what is equivalent, to incumber them with such unjust relations as would prevent their genera use.” Secretary Seward, interpreting the treaty of 1846, in its guarantee of the sovereignty of New Granada over the isthmus, declared that its purpose was to guarantec the isthmus only 2gainst seizure, or invasion, by a for- eign power. This view was concurred in by Attorney General Speed, and there exists powhere any dissent to that view by any American statesman of any party. It is entirely beyond dispute that, were cither Cass or Seward Secretary of State and Buchanan or Lincola President, exactly the same course would have been pursued that has been taken by Roosevelt and Hay. Buchanan, in discussing this isthmian canal, went so far as to declare for the seizure of the Sandwich Islands, as a safeguard to the Pacific end of the canal, and of planting a protection of the other terminus by the same sort 'of measures in the Caribbean Sea. The governments of New Granada and Colombia proved themselves utterly incapable of maintaining order on the isthmus. In the fifty-seven years elapsed since the treaty of 1846 there have been fifty-two serious outbreaks and revolutions there, involving loss of life, with an equal number of minor riots and disorders, which disturbed commejce and rendered the use of isthmian transit dangerous to all and expensive to the since we have had to use our naval forces to discharge our treaty obligations and keep faith with the world by keeping open the gateway of intercourse. Colombia failed to do her reciprocal duty. It is easy to say that we must be policeman over the sov- ereignty of Colombia, on the isthmus, but she has done nothing to dignify that sovereignty, by making it toler- able to those who were under it. Her duty was plain. She had the opportunity to discharge it by ratifying the canal treaty, requital of half century guardianship of her property. During all that time Bogota was not in any way hindered or obstructed in her isthmian-administration. She had every opportunity to make it strong, enlightened and progressive, and she took advantage of none. The President tells the story concisely, forcibly and with dignity. “He miakes it plain that the whole peo- in our ple of the isthmus concur in the revolution and the erection of the mew republic; @and that the unpaid national troops, enlisted- from other Colombidn states, {who were on the ground when the change was pro- claimed,. were in active sympathy with “the isthmians. The de facto authorities of the new state being, by endo with the treaty-making power, have used that pow& in conciudings the new treaty, which they have now ratified. and the duty of the United States Senate to also ratify it now a patriotic and American duty, which we are sure will be discharged. the law of nations, is For the circumstances under which this treaty is made the Democrats have the authority of President Monroe, who said the de facto governmen: of a country is-the one for us to deal with. How? If hot by diplo- matic recognition that carries the treaty-making power how can we deal with a de facto government? The new treaty, as sketched by the President, is more advantageous to us than any we can hope to make with Nicaragua and Costa Rica, for the other route. It gives absolute control of a strip across Panama twenty miles wide, and equal control of three marine leagues gf the water at each terminus, with the right to fortify; and exemption from taxation, other than the annual sub- | vention of -$230,000. It secures to us aldo the right of sanitary control of Panama and Colon, that we may exorcise from them yellow fever and other pestilence, as we did from Havana. This is of special importance, as cpidemics harmfully impair or entirely suspend trade. The treaty of 1846 binds us as much to maintain the sovereignty of héalth on the isthmus as it does to secure It would be more than na- tional“foily to reject this treaty, and with it the bppor- It is about seven inches long tunity to complete the canal, which has been in the air for a century and a half. It was the dream of Jefferson, juice, which has an important part im of Bolivar, of Humboldt and of every President of the the food. The pancreatic| United States since 1801. fluid “contains at least four ferments, | ¢, It remained for opportunity knock at our door now and be invited in by Roose- velt and Hay. Let them be supported in a gpmt of pamonflm that forgets partisanship. Russia is hastening arms, ammunition and provisions into Eastern Asia while her diplomats are sounding the praises of those who prevented war with Japan. As far as anybody knows, Japan is the only one that can't see ., AN INSULT TO JUSTICE. ONVICT WOOD, under life sentence at Folsom, combined and conspired with other desperate prisoners to escape. ~Their plans necessarily in- C volved murder of guards and officers, since they were| ‘to be carried out in daylight, and wher the l;w-iut authorities were on duty.- They seized lhe Warden. M “other officers. They> committed murder W executing their ftlonious purpose. They were guilty of murder| again during their flight, and were armed and prepared | z'hy can’t 1 control myself in the pres- colonists is facilitated, special privi-| to do murder from the moment of their flight to their of my wife?” Brown asks his conmscience. “If I can govern my re- sentment over the cook’s peculiarities, why can't 1 over those of my hus-|freedom. The same paper says that| commission of that capital crime. band?” Mrs, Jone- hqulrel of her soul. And so—the frlcfion grows less and logs. Fewer sparks fly. The teeth of | goes to prove, were proof needed, how Sacumento by a jury, leges being accorded to them for the acquisition of land, with substantial guarantees of all forms of industrial German capital is represented almost exclusively in the raiiroads and large industries of Brazil, ““a fact which only cappn'c. They were all accessory to every murder that was committed. They were, in law, all pmmpals in the Wood, who séems to have been the ringleader e the series of capital crimes, was tried.for murder in which has found him guilty of the cogwheeis play together more | very desirable it would be for Germany murder in the second degree! This is equivalent fo an smoothly and quietly. The old energy of confiict and contradiction has passed into self-control and fine -nd noble character is the resultant. It may seem | to prosper, though they had been going | sentence, nmmdmm on in a way for the greater part of a | It is said that foir wemfl“wmmto{mmm “.: bent the other eiiht to female termagants have offen made male heroes, and male gadfiies have often deyeloped female saints. awmw«.wmu to acquire even the most delicate foot- hold in South America.” Until lately the German colonies there did not seem century, but political, industrial ]mm seem now to be ; much in their favor as they have hith- erto been adverse. oo, u:qumal since the punishment of second _degree mur- der is imprisonment, and he is already under life|i for a crime which to exercise patience with such a m of Micg so that no penalty attaches, under the verdict, | The critics who are fond of attacking courts would better turn their wrath' upon juries. Such a verdict is an encouragement of crime, an incitement to murder. The crime of which Wood was guilty 1ackefl none of the eclements of murder in the first degree. It was premeditated, deliberately planned and cruelly exe- cuted. It had not a single feature that the law re- quires in murder in the second degree. It was not a homicide committed in sudden passion. The plea of self- defense was inadmi ssible, since the murderer was com- mitting another. offense when he killed. The jury has no justification in law, morals, decency or good citizen- ship. It simply forgot its oath, justified crime and put a premium on assassination. It has made the duty of every prison and jail officer in the State more difficult. It has put the life of every such officer in imminent and constant peril. It has disgraced the administration of justice and weakened the arm of the law. If the jurors can cofitemplate all this with satisfac- tion, they are welcome to it. Such verdicts are one cause of lynching, since they make even good citizens despair of the criminal law. The return of Wood to prison, unpunished, injures the discipline of the peni- tentiary and nerves the arms of other desperate mento follow his bloody example. But the people are power- less. The State has no recourse, no appeal, and justice no means of getting satisfaction. At a cost of $9,000,000 Japan has bought from Chile two modern ships of war. The Mikado should have a care that by some slight error of judgment or policy he does not make them a Christmas present to the Czar of Russia. SAN FRANCIS?O AT THE FAIR. T the annual banquet of the Merchants' Associa- A tion, on Tuesday evening, a most cordial response was given by the entire company to the arguments of the speakers of the evening in favor of making a special San Francisco exhibit at the St. Louis Exposition. There were even times when the cordiality of the response approached enthusiasm; it was mani- fested by cheering that had a ring of genuine exuitation init. Such responsiveness was, of course, not unexpected. It was a festal occasion, the report of the president of the association on the work of the year had been grati- fying, the banquet had beep excellent and the wine abundant. Everybody was in good humor, and accord- ingly all were ready to applaud every point made by the speakers in favor of the good cause. The banquet is over and gone, but the question of the special display remains for discussion. It has now to be discussed, however, not as an after- dinner talk and a theme for flights of oratory, but as a pmatter of business. If we are to have an adequate display, there must be ample funds provided for making it, and they should be promptly forthcoming. It is not to be expected that the response to the cold business proposition of raising money , will be as enthusiastic as was the response to rounded rhetorical flourishes of the post-prandial ora-| tory, but, none the less, it should be prompt and liberal. The issue is one of no little importance to the city. The, exposition will be the chiefi industrial and commer- cial feature of the decade. It will draw to St. Louis thousands of enterprising men from all parts of the| world and, while most of the visitors will be there for pleasure mainly and count for nothing more than casual sightseers, there will be a host of men studying the ex- hibits for the purposes of business in every department of industrial and commercial activity. San Francisco cannot afford to be outside the arena of that great com- petition. We have much to show, it. Our rivals will be there, making their best efforts at display. We, who are expecting great things from the development of the Oriental trade, must’ have on| we | exhibition whatever products, natural or artificial, have to offer to that trade, and also whatever ad- vantages, as a port, we have to facilitate 1t. The exposition is to be nearer to San Francisco than any other of its kind ever held. The visiting crowds will be nearer to us than ever before and it will; therefore, be easier than ever to draw many of them westward, to cnjoy the coolness of our summer, the magnificence of | our scenery and to study the resources of our matchless ' State and city. All these considerations combine to strengthen the ‘argument in favor of making a special exhibit on a comprehensive scale. The work should be promptly supported and carried out with vim and vigor. We must not only be at St. Louis, but we must be there with a display that will attract attention and compel admiration. A “There is an excellent opportunity in San Fran- cisco for a crusade against mashers. People, from the country who go to San Francisco to look around (! refer to ladies) are insulted all along Market street. * */* The custom that now prevails on Market street keeps people away from San Francisco — holiday shoppers, who are needed by the merchants. The women of San Francisco, when they go down town, are going somewhere, walk along briskly, looking straight ahead; the visitors do not do that, and they are sub- jected to insults from the.mashers. What is the remedy? No woman is"going to make a complamt to police.” San Franciscans are well aware of the presence of that obnoxious class of individuals whose conceit allows them to stand on the corners and ogle ladies as they pass. All too familiar are those men in flashy garb, who believe that their very presence will so dazzle the eyes of femininity that they need but to display it to good advantage to have women gladly accept their com- pany. ~ They are those whose life is lived on the streets and l\o !hcf’eforc, are wont to believe that the public # best theater for the practice of their MASHERS ON THE STREETS. CORRESPONDENT irom San ™ Jose writes: w pow e nflhflte is great, but |t lvefi with the ladles them- selves to cure the evil. - A mere scornful glance at one of these insulters profits “nothing and only provokes a sally of bantering when the “masher” returns to the corner from which he sallied forth and mingles again with his kind. A remedy for the nuisance is provided by the courts, and one who has been offended by these vulw amm _has only to report the ‘matter to the nearest ‘to bring the fellow to the pcimdimem uuu s)deva& gallants mw: put their pride and we should show | _policeman / which is .decreed by law. 1i ladies who are insulted by Baby's First Sorrow. A cigar box, evidently containing something very precious, a little shov- el and a small *tin bucket constituted the burden cf a brave littie tot who a few days ago made her way into Gold- en Gate Park through the Haight- street entrance. She was a very pret- ty little thing and attracted attention because of the sad expression in her big blue eyes. When but a short distance from the entrance she left the path and disap- peared among the trees. An hour later she eame-out. She was minus the box, but the shovel and the little bucket were still clutched tightly in her chubby, dirt-begrimed little fists. Traces of tdars were on her cheeks and the big blue eyes were dimmed by those unshed. Prompted by curiosity a big police officer went down the path and en- tered the clump of trees where a short time before the little mite had gone with her shovel and bucket and box. ' A little mound of freshly turn- ed earth caught his eyes an’d stooping he dug for a few minuteS with his hand. He soon uncovered the cigar box and opening it found the body of a tiny fox terrier puppy. Qne-of the Many. Business was particularly rushing and the new clerk knew that he would be expected to make a good showing in the way of sales in comparison with his fellow' clerks. In the midst of the busiest hour an important looking woman bustled up to the tounter and asked him to show | her some of his prettiest silkS. Now silks are expensive and a silk sale is a big help to the day’s receipts. Know- ing this the young clerk was very anx- ious to make good on the deal. As the time went by he thought how hard .are some people to suit. Three- quarters of an hour was consumed in the showing of the goods, but none seemed to be just what the woman was looking for. The clerk was con- scious of the floorwalker’s penetrating gaze and hastened in his efforts to please the prospective purchaser. Finally when they had spent enough time to take the entire stock of the silk department the lady spotted a piece that seemed to strike her fancy. Her face lit up with a radiant smile and the clerk got out his book prep- aratory to recording the record- i breaker of the day. To his chagrin the woman merely said: “There, I knew it. I knew that Mrs. Walker never sent to Paris for that dress she wore the other night, iand I just wanted to satisfy myself. | That's the very same thing. Thank Yyou ever so much. I am sorry to have taken your time. If she hadn't a dress of that piece I'd get one myself.” Had Thieves Surrounded. A few months ago when night prowlers were making their unwel- | come presence felt in\the North Beach | section of the city the police were in- structed to keep a sharp iookout for fheir capture. It was a dark night | with only a few lamps shedding light over the waters of the bay when a young police officer in patrolling his beat heard heavy breathing, accom- panied by long drawn out snores, ! coming from an old shed on Mason street. The guardian of the peace {halted and placed his. ear close to the weather beaten boards; the longer | he listened the more convinced he was that the gang of prowiers had made the place their headquarters. To cap- ture them single-handed would add glory to his record, and perchance, | elevate him to *the upper office. But |a trip to the Morgue was an item to }be considered; he might get killed in | the attempt. He paused not long, however, but started off to the first call box and sent a message for help to the central office. It was only a few minutes be- fore the patrol wagen and four burly officers appeared on the scene carrying with them bullseye lanterns and guns galore. The building was ‘surrounded and two of the bravest forced an entry, with pistols draw The command. “Surrender!” was.given in stentorian tones and the light from the bullseye lanterns was thrown all round the shed. But not a human_being was seen. In one corner a dozen hogs, snugly cuddled together, were snoring weacefully. That raid was kept a secret. i A Hero Unsung. No fla; is snlpplng over him, No band is playing loud; ‘There are no cheers in strident vim From some zpplauding crowd; But night and day he toils away, Until his work is done— No_ranting fifes or bugles play ‘To lighten his long run. He has no time to think of fear, Or talk of pluek or nerve, With danger always lurking near In every lurching swerve. The swaying lamps make shadows dim To taunt his straining eyes; The jolting car makes mock of him As madly on it flies. o Tt may be north, south, east or west— The mail must hurry through: The postal clerk may take no rest With all these things to do. He does not see, what waits ahead, | " Nor cares what lies beh The bungry mail racks must be fed, To all eise he is blind. Sometimes you stand beside the track And see the mall train race, And white above the rolling sack ‘ou see his toil-smudged iace. So. day and ni clerk Goes, time and sl He only h eountry’s ‘Ana tries hire men cheap. lma. haps. they'll lift him 'WP v W‘v Bfiwllluvafiundhllhnlmmuu ‘This man wh N N l-cum Triburie. His Preference. A Philadeiphia clergyman recently visited an old schoolmate cated in Montana. had revival services city, looking straight at a big, power- ful looking man who sat in front, said to him: ““My friend, don’t you want to work for the Lord?” The Swede thought a few seconds, and replied slowly: “Ne, I tank not; de Norden Pacific fallers is party good to work for.”—New York Tribune. Lo, the Poor Indian. The Boston Transecript dées not find the lot of somg American aborigines so hard after all. It has discovered that the richest nation in the world is not the United States, but a nation within the United States. The Osages of Indian Territory are credited with bank accounts that amount to neafly $5000 per individual, and the average holding of land is eighty-seven acres, valued at $10 per acre. Here, then, is a case where “Lo, the poor Indian" is better off, financially, than even the white citizens of Massachusette, the richest of American commonwealths. A Crucial Test. The Paris correspondent of London Truth tells an interesting story of the manner in which the Russian Govern- ment tested the efficiency of the French detective police when the Czar was about to visit Paris. The chief of the Russian police went secretly to the French capital with orders to lie quiet- Iy by in a hotel and only to report him- self at the embassy after a stay of a week. But he had not been three hours |in Paris before the Prefect of Police learned of his arrival from a French detective. At St. Petersburg they thought that a’ satisfactory result and the imperial pair ventured te go to Paris and drive down the Champs Ely- sees without cavalry around their car- riage. A similar test applied in Rome had different consequences. The head of the Russian police remained there a whole week without his arrival being suspected. On the evening of the sixth day he called on Count Nelidoff to re- port himself, to the great astonishment of that Embassador. They both agreed that if the Roman police had net secent- ed out the head of the greatest pelice force in the world, they could not be depended upon to know much about the goings on of anarchists and nihilists. *Phis is alleged to be the true reason why the Czar declined to trust himself in the King of Italy’s dominions. The Doughty Jap. Arthur Mzy Knapp, owner and pub- lisher of the Japan Daily Advertiser of Yokohama, believes that Japan could teach Russia a lesson in fisticuffs if the opportunity which has been hover- ing over the horizon should finally ar- rive. To a New York interviewer he recently said: “Every man, woman and child in Ja- pan regards Russia as an enemy, and, while the Government is disposed to continue negotiations and avoid a con- flict if possible, the people are eager for flict if possible, the people are eager for the fray. Japan has a superb navy, and her ships are manned by splendid seamen. Russia must have 50 per cent more tonnage and men to stand a show of winning on the wat>r. And the Japanese army is one of the most complete pieces of military machinery in existence. The quartermaster and commissary depart- ments are simply perfection, and the whole establishment will operate like clockwork. The earlier: stages of a conflict, on both land and sea, would undoubtedly be marked by success for Japan, but the Government is undoubt- edly tified in apprehensions as to the uitimate outcome of the struggle. Once, however, that it begins, the Jap- anese will fight to the last man and the final ditch. It will be a contest of in- telligence and agility on the part. of the Japanese soldjery against the solid- ity and brute force of the Russians. It is certainly not the intention of Russia to relinquish Manchuria if only Japan stands in her way. The Western pow- ers are, however, pledged to mainain the integrity ol China, and if Russia is not checked the United States will be discounting the value of her achieve- ment in building the isthmian canal, in so far as it may be intended to fa- cilitate trade in the Orient. . The Phil- ippines are the gateway to Asiatic trade, but if Russia holds Manchuria she will next appropriate Korea and menace Japan. The United States should assert herself, and indicate to Rnuhm:mmnrmiuhxon “‘way back and sit down.” Eiffel Is Toncring. The highest monument in the world. Stherwise known as the Eiffel tower in , is doomed to disappear. It has n found that it is inclining to one side, like the leaning tower of Pisa, and .| that, unlike the latter, its center of it -will topple over. be taken down in the near future and with its removal the best means cf see- ing the country around Paris will dis- appear. The tower is 985 feet high, and since its erection has been popular with