SOHLE? DOUBT AFTERMATH.
Secretary Long Suspends Ap
proval Until Schleps Attor?
neys Can. File Objections.
<* : f
-Washington, Dec. 16.-Admi?
ral Sehl ey was in consultation to?
day with his cousel, Hon. Isador
Raynor and Mr. M. A. Teague,
also Gen. Felix Agnus of Balti?
more and Congressman Schirm of
Maryland.
After the conference Admiral
, Schley directed Mr. Teague to
? make the following statement:
"We have been in consultation
as .to what further proceedings
st??ii be taken, but nothing has
- - been determined upon so far as
civil or criminal action of any
kind against Maclay and his
sponsors is concerned. Maclay's
claim that the finding of the
court is a vindication for himself
and his book is absolutely untrue.
There are no less than half a
dozen instances in the book in
which, even were he to accept the
findings of .the court and incor?
porate them in the volume and
change it to suit the findings; the
book would still be criminal
libel." f
Mr.. Teague during the after?
noon presented the following let?
ter: from Admiral Smiley to Sec?
retary Long:
"Sir: I have the honor to most
respectfully trust that you will
withhold your approval from the
* findings of the court of inquiry
recently held at the navy yard in
this city of Washington, of which
court Admiral George Dewey
was-president, until such time as
J may have an opportunity to
object thereto, and I further re?
quest that you do not dissolve
the court until such action shall
have been taken on such objec?
tions."
Mr. Teague has asked the sec?
retary to indicate his probable
action in the premises. The sec?
retary replied that the request
"would be granted and his action
in the finding and the dissolving
of the court withheld until ob?
jections were received and he had
had an opportunity to consider
them. H? stated that he would
communicate with Admiral
^Schley in writing, and asked how
long a time counsel desired to
present their objections. Mr.
Teague replied that they would be
ready for representation by
Thursday or Friday of this week.
"We will except to the findings
of the court," said Mr. Teague,
"and make a demand that the ma?
jority opinion be disapproved by
the secretary as contrary to the
evidence and the pertinent facts
in the case which the court has
not considered nor acted upon."
While Mr. Teague would not
say that such action would be
taken, he pointed out the fact
that they could appeal from the
secretary's opinion to the presi?
dent of the United States.
Later in the day Secretary
Long acknowledged, in a formal
letter, the receipt of the request
from Admiral Schley for permis?
sion to file a bill of objections.
The' ? secretary's response was
brief and purely formal; it grant?
ed the request and allowed until
Fridav next, in which to submit
t???'b?H.
Admiral Schley has been re?
lieved from further duty, in con?
nection with the court of inquiry.
Admiral Dewey, president of
the court, today wras asked for a
-statement as to the extent to
which he endorsed the findings of
the majority of the court. "I
have not a word to say," he re?
plied, "not a word."
SCHLEY TO THE PEOPLE.
Washington, Dec. 16.-Since
the court of inquiry rendered its
verdict Rear Admiral Schley has
received a large number of letters
and telegrams, all containing ex?
pression of confidence and esteem
and offers of assistance.
To answer these personally
would be a work of such magni?
tude that the admiral has address?
ed the following letter to the As?
sociated Press which he asks to
be published:
Washington, D. C., Dec. 16,1901.
"To the Associated Press:
"I beg to express through the
medium of the Associated Press
my gratitude and heartfelt
thanks for the kind words and
evidences of interest in my wel?
fare which ? have received from
all parts of the United States.
The magnitude of the correspond?
ence renders it impossible for mc
to personally acknowledge the
same and I therefore take this
means of expressing my apprc
ciation to one and all.
"Very truly yours,
"Winfield Scott Schlev,
"Rear Admiral U. S. X."
THE MATTER IX SEX ATE.
Washington, Dec. 16.-An echo
of the verdict of the court of in?
quiry in the case of Rear Admiral
Schley was heard in the senate
today when Mr. Jones of Arkan
sas introduced a resolution ex?
tending the thanks of congress
and of the American people to
Admiral Schley and the officers
and men under his command dur?
ing the battle of July 3, 1898, off
the harbor of Santiago, Cuba. In
submitting the resolution Mr.
Jones made no statement and it
was referred without consent to
the committee on naval affairs.
H&Y-P&ONC?F?TETREATY RATIFIED.
Vote Stood 72 to 6-Amend?
ments Rejected.
Washington, Dec. 16.-The
senate today ratified the Hay
Pauncefote canal treaty by the
decisive vote of 72 to 6. The
vote was reached a few minutes
before 5 o'clock after almost five
hours' discussion behind closed
doors. There were no incidents
during this entire time. The de?
bate was confined exclusively to
a discussion of the merits of the
affair and the policy of its pro?
visions. The principal speech of
the day was made by Senator
Teller, in opposition to the treaty,
and he was followed in rapid suc?
cession by 12 cr 15 other sena?
tors, who spoke briefly either for
or against the motion to ratify.
Senator Teller in his speech
expressed confidence that the
resolution would be adopted by
the senate and while he had no
purpose to attempt to prevent
that result he.was convinced that
there are very few senators who
are really satisfied with the
treaty. With Great Britain in
her present mood, he said, that it
would have been possible to se?
cure a treaty which would give
entire satisfaction and he sharply
criticised the state department
for failing to do so. He took the
position that it would have, been
sufficient to abrogate the Ciayton
Bulwer treaty and said that Eng?
land knew well enough that with
that result accomplished she
could very well trust the United
States to maintain the neutrality
of the canal as this country had
been prepared to do so many
years.
Among the other speakers of
the day were Senators Clay, Fair?
banks, McCumber, McLaurin of
Mississippi, Culberson, Mallory,
Mason, Tillman, Bacon and Bate.
Senator Clay was one of the
southern senators who spoke in
advocacy of the treaty.
Education in the Philippines.
Fred. W. Atkinson, General
Superintendent of Education in
the Philippines, has recently sub?
mitted a report covering the
period from Nov. 5, 1900, to May
27, 1901, in which he makes an
interesting statement concerning
the progress of education in the
Philippines.
At the time mentioned there
had been appointed eight super?
intendents, eight pricipals and
assistants, and seven hundred and
eighty-one teachers from the
United States, together with two
superintendents and eighty teach?
ers from applicants in the Philip?
pines. Mr. Atkinson says that
over eight thousand written ap?
plications with testimonials were
examined, so great is the desire
of Americans to take part in this
noble work. In some cases, he
informs us, successful teachers
offer to teach in the Philippines
for smaller salaries than they re?
ceive at home, prompted, let us
hope, by the desire to do good.
It was our privilege some time
ago to talk with a citizen of the
United States who has spent
much time in the Philippines and
who is familiar with the condi?
tions in those islands. He ex?
pressed the conviction that all
the trouble which we have had
there and which we are now hav?
ing grows out of the fact that the
Filipinos do not understand us,
do not understand our ways, do
not know what national charac?
ter is. They were for so many
years in bondage to Spain that
they have received all their ideas
of government and national hon?
or and integrity from that source.
They did not have faith in the
promises that the Spanish Gov?
ernment made, for they were
taught to believe that such prom?
ises were made to be broken and
not to bc kept. Thc gentleman j
referred to said that it was pitt ful ?
to sec how the Filipinos mistrust
ed the United States Government, j
It was more pitiful, he added, to j
sec how even friendly Filipinos
thoroughly misunderstood us.
When friendly witnesses are put
on the stand they testify in the
Government's behalf, no matter j
what the facts in thc case may be.
They have been taught to be?
lieve that that is what a Govern?
ment witness is for.-Richmond
Times.
H T McIntyre. St Par:!. Minn., who has
been troubled with a disordered stomach
says, "Chamberlain's Stomach and Livea
Tablets do me more good than anything I
have ever ?aken." For sale by Dr A J
WORK OF CONGRESS LAID OUT.
Senate Will Probably Ratify Treaty
Revenue for Philippine Islands.
Washington, Dec. 15.-The disposi?
tion of the senate is to do very little
business, beyond acting upon the Hay
Pauncefote treaty, before adjournment
for the holidays. In accordance with
the agreement reached Friday the
treaty will be voted on before the sen?
ate adjourns tomorrow. Senator Tel?
ler will make the first speech of the
day tomorrow and he will be followed
by other senators with brief speeches.
The opponents of the treaty admit
there is no doubt for ratification.
On Tuesday the announcement of
the changes in committees will be
made, and there is a probability that
after this announcement the senate
will adjourn until Thursday when the
adjournment for the holidays will take
place, extending to Jan. 6. If there
are business sessions Wednesday and
Thursday, Senator Morgan will make
an effort to secure action on his bill
authorizing the acquisition of right of
ways for the Nicaragua canal, but
senators on the Republican side of the
chamber are inclined to postpone all
important legislation until after the
holidays. There probably will be ac?
tion before the adjournment Thursday
on a number of nominations, and the
chances are that Attorney General
Knox's nomination * will be among
those to secure attention. The intro?
duction of resolutions bearing on the
case of Admiral Schley also is among
the probabilities, but no action in that
direction is anticipated for the present.
HOUSE FORECAST.
. Washington, Dec. 15.-The house
this week will pass the bill to provide
temporarily revenues for the Philip?
pine islands which was reported from
the ways and means committee last
Friday. Under the aggreement then
made general debate will extend
throughout Tuesday and until 4
o'clock on Wednesday when a vote will
be taken. There will be no opportu?
nity to amend the measure. There
will be a break in the party lines on
both sides of the house. Mr. McCall
of Massachusetts, the Republican
member of the ways and means com?
mittee who opposed the Puerto Pico
bill during the last congress, will
speak against tue measure and will be
supported in his dissent from his Re?
publican colleagues by Mr. Littlefield
of Maine, and perhaps several other
Republicans who opposed the Puerto
Rican bill and who hold that a similar
issue is presented at this time. On
the Democratic side Mr. Robertson, a
member of the ways and means com?
mittee, will support the bill and the
remainder of the Louisiana delegation
will do likewise. Representing the
sugar cane interests of their Stato
they are opposed to concessions on
sugar duties either from the Philip?
pines or Cuba. The general beilef
is that the bill will secure as. many
Democratic votes as it loses votes on
the Republican side, and that the
majority in favor of it when placed
upon its passage will be about the Re?
publican majority in the house.
CONGHESS~?yl??ESTIB?TE.
Admiral Seeley's Friends M Satis?
fied-Further Action Unexpected.
Washington, Dec. 14.-Representa?
tive Pearre of Maryland, who repre?
sents the Maryland district from which
Admiral Schley came, stated today
that he would introduce a resolution
for a congressional investigation of the
entire Sampson-Schley affair, unless
his colleague from Maryland, Mr.
Schrim, who has contemplated intro?
ducing such a resolution, carried out
this action. Mr. Pearre says he has
not formulated the details of the pro?
posed congressional inquiry, but he
thinks it would bo desirable to have
it conducted by special committee
rather than by one of the regular com?
mittees of the house. -
"The main purpose," said he "is to
get the subject before an impartial :
party of men wholly disconnected
with the navy and free from the pre ju- :
dices which seem to exist in certain ;
naval circles. It is by having an in
vestiagtion by men of such disinterest?
ed character that the real facts can be
brought out. The proceedings before :
the court followed the strictest legal
and official formality, and much evi?
dence was barred out on technical
grounds, which congressional investi?
gation would bring out. I will, how?
ever, defer to the wishes of colleague.
Mr. Schrim, as be first announced he
proposed to introduce a resolution of in?
vestigation. Bu'c in case he does not
act, my resolution will be introduced.
MAY INCREASE THEIR PAY.
A Biii Being Prepared in Congress
to Double Salaries.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 14.-Con?
gress will commence on Monday the
longest winter holiday it has ever
given itself. Generally the date for
the Christmas recess starts about the
21st, but tho congressmen, getting
into a very liberal mood, have ?eter
vmined on a fail throe weeks, during
which time only tho lobbyist will be
able to worry about legislation.
There seems to bc a well developed
idea that this congress will increase
thc salaries of its members from
S5,000 to 810,000 tor annum. This
question is generally broached at each
session, but amajorityof thc ronirress
mon have come to consider that ;: dou?
ble amount of coin v.ouid be more sat?
isfactory, sr? it is believed that thc bill
will pass. Such a biii has been form
ulated and will give many members an
opportunity ri' scowing their regard for
the United States treasury.
Tho numerous resolutions passed by
diff?rent societies and the many
speeches mad'- against Senator Wel?
lington of Maryland at the time cf
his alleged remarks about. Mr. McKin?
ley have: been of no result and there
apparently will be no effort made by
any of the senators to oust the Mary
landor.
His own explanation seems to have
satisfied the most indignant ami there
the matter rests. Senator Wellington
is perhaps one of the most remarkable
of the self-made men in the senate.
His real name is a long German name,
but soon after he arrived at age he be?
came tired of the troublent caused
people to pronounce that^tfhich he
held so dear and had it changed by an
act of the legislature. For several
years the present senator was a driver
on the tow path of the Baltimore and
Ohio canal, part of which property he
now controls. He is a thorough Ger?
man scholar and it was amongst the
German communities of western Mary?
land that he first waved his political
banner, f?e has the reputation of be?
ing a splendid heart to heart talker
amongst the boys, but there are one
or two other senators besides him
that also have that kind of notoriety.
There is a disposition to let all ques?
tions rest until after the hoildays, and
since the speaker's assignments on com?
mittees there has been little to do but
settle down.
B?RGOHi'S QRE&BT INVENTION.
Messages Game 1,700 Miles With?
out Wires-Inventor Satisfied.
St. John's N. F., Dec. 14.-Signor
Marconi announced the most wonder?
ful sientific discovery of modern times
tonight in stating that he had receiv?
ed electric signals across the Atlantic
ocean from his station in Corn?
wall, England. He explains that
before leaving England he made
plans for accomplishing this re?
sult, for while his primary ob?
ject was to communicate with ocean
liners in mid ocean be hoped also to
succeed in attaining the wonderful
scentific achievement of wireless tele?
graphy across the Atlantic.
Signor Marconi's station in Corn?
wall is most powerful. He possess?
ed an electric force, generated there, a
hundred times greater than his ordi?
nary stations. Before he left England
he arranged that the electrician in
charge of the station, which is located
at Poldhu, should begin sending sig?
nals daily after a certain date, which
Signor Marconi would cable him after
having perfected his arrangements
here. Signor Marconi arrived here a
week ago Friday, selected Signal Hill,
at the entrance to the harbor, as- an
experimenting station and moved his
equipment here.
Last Monday he cabled to" the
Poldhu station to begin sending sig?
nals at 3 p. m., daily and to continue
them until 6 p. m., these hours being
respectively 11.30 a. m., to 2.30 p. m.,
St. John's time. During these hours
Wednesday Signor Marconi elevated
the kite with an aerial wire by means
of which signals are sent or received.
He remained at the recorder attached
to the receiving apparatus, and to his
profound satisafction signals were re?
ceived by him at intervals, according
to the programme arranged previously
with the operator at Poldhu.
These signals consisted of repeating
at intervals the letter "s" which in
Miarconi's code is made by three dots
or quick strokes. This signal was re?
peated so frequently and so in accord?
ance with the plan, arranged to pro?
vide safeguards against possibility of
a mistake, that Signor Marconi was
satisfied that it was a genuine trans?
mission from England.
Again on Thursday during the
same hours, the kite was elevated
and the same signals were re?
newed. This made the assurance so
complete'that Signor Marconi cabled
to his principals in England and also
informed the governor of Newfound?
land, who apprised the British cabinet
of the success of the experiments.
Signor Marconi, though satisfied of
the genuineness of the signals, and
that he has succeeded in his attempts
in establishing communication across
the Atlantic without the use of wires,
emphasized the fact that the system is
ai; yet only in an embryo stage, and
that the possibility of its ultimate
development is demonstrated by the
success of the present experiments
with incomplete and imperfect ap?
paratus, as the signals can only be re?
ceived by the most sensitively adjust?
ed apparatus, and Signor Marconi is
working under great difficulties owing
to the conditions prevailing here.
The Cornwall coast is 1,700 miles
from St. John's.
A Hore Vita! Slatter.
"Did you eyer think what yon would
do if you had lhe" Duke of Westmin?
ster's income?" ,
Village Pastor-No,, butA have some?
times wondered what the duke would
do if he had mine.-London Baptist.
GOOD TIMES EVERYWHERE.
Still ol' Georgy's raisin'
The merriest kind of tune ;
Roses in December
Whisperin' of June.
When you think it's winter,
With its skies of gloom,
Suddenly a frostflake
Melts into a bloom!
-Atlanta Constitution.
An' here in Luzeanner,
Why, everything's in bloom, '
And even when it's rainin'
It's pourin' down perfume.
The birds are always singin'
In sunshine an' in rain,
An' Luzeanner's raisin'
Well, everything and cane.
-New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Up here in Chicago,
Where culture fairly hums,
Society is sportin'
Its big chrysanthemums.
The gayest lot of people
You ever come across
We're putin' in our evenin's
A-worshipping the boss.
-Chicago Tribune.
In Maryland we're happy
The nor'west breezes pipe:
Thc canvasback is blooming
An'i ?he terrapin is ripe.
The hardshell crab is tempting
The jaded appetite '.
The oyster irak?s us joyous
The world ?> running right.
.Baltimore American.
An' Cleveland town is boora in?
She's spreading but like sin.
And lias to keep a-stretcbin5
To. let the st ra II gr rs in.
She's L'ot conn house comin'.
Likewise a city hall :
An' np aloft Tom Johnson
Is watchin' o'er us all.
-Cleveland Plaindealer.
An' jesl while you're a talkin',
B'gosh, we'll have you know
There's alias suthin" doin'
Right here in Buffalo.
An' jest as a reminder
O' suthin' great an' gran'
We're workin' like tarnation
A-tearin' down the Pan.
-Buffalo News.
CH?NESE EXCLUSION.
Joaquin Miller contri bates an inter?
esting article to the current number of
the North American Review on the
''Chinese and the Exclusion Act,"
which contains some startling state?
ments as coming from a man on the
Pacific coast. In fine, it is that the
real proprietors of the Pacific coast
want the Chinese and the real work?
ing men do not owbject to them. He
says that his w7ork as a teacher, talker
at teachers institutes, colleges, and so
on. in the last four years has taken
him into nearly every county in "Wash?
ington, Oregon. California, Arizona,
New Mexico, Texas and Louisiana,
and he has nowhere heard one voice in
favor of the Chinese Exclusion Act,
but the contrary, at all times and
places. He says that the "little
brown man is honest and industrious
and patielnt and willing ? to do the
drudgery at a pitiful cost and that
those who enjoy his services are pleas?
ed with him and want him to stay.
He asserts that he can count letters by
hundreds begging that this "brutal
exclusion act be not perpetuated.
Indeed Mr. Miller says that since
the exclusion of the Chinese, property
in the larger cities of the Pacific has*,
in the main, been at a standstill. That
San Francisco has slid back from its
proud place as the seventh city in
the Union to that of the ninth. He
declares that the sentiment against
the Chinese proceeds largely from oth?
er foreigners who have come in and i
from labor agitators.
We do not deny anything that Mr.
Miller has said in this connection.
The Chinaman is honest and patient
and industrous aad amiable, and he is
willing to do drudgery for small pay.
He can be used to advantage and is
doubtless used to advantage in the
West. But for all that it would be a
national folly for us to open our doors
to China and let her pour out upon us
her surplus population. This is a
most inviting field to the Chinese and
if we should throw down the bars they
would undoubtedly come here in im?
mense numbers. Admitting all the
good that Mr. Miller says about, the
"little brown man" there is one most
important fact which he does not men?
tion. The Chinaman does not come
here with a view to making his home
here. He does not come here to be?
come an American. He expects to re?
main a Chinaman and it is his hope to
go back to China, when he shall have
accumulated enough wealth to take
care of him for the rest of his life, and
that, in the Chinaman's estimation,
is no fabulous sum. The Chinese in
America are Chinese just as they are
at home, and they cannot be absorbed
and Americanized.
There are two excellent reasons for
this, the one is that the Chinese do
not intend to be absorbed and the oth?
er is that the Anglo-Saxon race will
not amalgamate either with the brown
race or the black race. We recei ve
white men and white women of all
races and Americanize them and mar?
ry and intermarry with them with the
net product of more Americans, and
sometimes better Americans. But we
draw the line at negroes and Chinese.
We have a negro problem, which is
giving us a great deal of trouble and
if we should open our doors to China
we should soon have a Chinese
problem also. This is a white man's
country and must remain so, no mat?
ter what view fanatics may take of it.
-Richmond Times.
UPRISING FE?RED \\\ MANILA.
Reviva! of Rebellion Expected by
General Chaffes.
Pekin, Dec. 1. -A private letter re?
ceived here from an American general
at Manila, whose position gives his
statements the highest authority, says
that secret service reports from all the
provinces of the Island of Luzon show
a remarkable and widespread revival
of the spirit of rebellion there.
..; This letter says the American army
expects a general outbreak throughout
the-Island of Luzon, and is taking
vigorous measures to . suppress it.
Manila is the centre-of discontent.
Gem Chaffee has frequent parades of
the garrison through the city's streets
to display. American strength, fearing
an attempt at a general massacre of
Americans.
Arrangements have been perfected
to concentrate American women and
children in the public buildings on
short notice.
??ll II a un -
linn tins: the Kan sarco.
When brought to bay. the kangaroo
jumps like a Hash for the hunter's
chest and tries to crush it in with his
fore feet. To prevent this each man
wears across hrs breast a two or throe
inch thick matting. Armed with a
spear, with a club attachment at the
other end, they ride upon swift horses
into a herd.
With the agility and equipoise of cir?
cus riders they stand erect upou their
horses and use their spears and clubs.
The kangaroo is able to jump clear
over a horse. As the game is bagged
it is skinned, and the skin is stretched
on tho ground and pegged down to pre?
vent shrinkage. The flesh furnishes
moat for tho camp.
Each man places his private mark
upon his booty, and when they have
100 apiece they return back to civiliza?
tion. There arc 2;> varieties of kanga?
roos, among them tho blue, red walla?
by, black, gray and forester, the hitter
furnishing tho best leather, as it lives
maiiily in wooded sect iv.ns.
Celluloid.
Tho base of celluloid is common pa?
per. By action of sulphuric and nitric
acids it is changed to gun cotton, then
dried, ground and mixed with from *J0
to 40 per cent of camphor, after which
it is ground line, colored with powder
colors, cast in shoots, pressed very
hard and at last baked between sets o?
superheated rollers.
Soni?i America.
Competent authorities assert that
Sont li America lias greater undevelop?
ed resources than any other portion of
tho world. Any crop grown elsewhere
can be duplicated there, and the coun?
try abounds in mines of coal, silver and
gold, most of which have been only
slightly developed.
The Trans-Alaskan Railway.
Denver capitalists have their plans
well under way for the Trans-Alaskan
Railway, which will start at Iliamna
lake and extend to Cape Prince of
Wales, where steamers will connect
with the Trans-Siberian Railway.
The entire length of the road will be
850 miles and it will traverse a coun?
try rich beyond the dreams of avarice.
An engineer representing the projec?
tors has just returned to Denver and
makes a report which will arouse new
interests in the Alaskan gold fields.
He says the country is teeming with
gold, that there are vast fields of coal,
immense quantities of timber and
many indications of oil. Copper is
"found in chunks," one piece weigh?
ing 60 pounds.
Starting at Cook's inlet, wthich is .
navigable water, the road will cross
the Nushgak river, which is navigable
for 600 miles : the Kushowim, which
is navigable for 650 miles; the Tana
ma, which is navigable for 900 miles,
and the great Yukon, which is larger
in places than the Mississippi. It will
be little more than a ferry ride to
cross Bering strait and connect with
the Russian Railway. Prince Hilkop,
a cousin of the czar, is the head of
the Siberian Railway, and is a person?
al friend of J. J. Frey, president of
the Trans-Alaskan. It is expected
that both rai roads will be completed
within five years. .
Mr. Joseph T. Cornfield, who built
the White Pass road, says the Trans
Alaskan will be a great money maker.
The Whte Pass road paid 60 per cent
dividend last year.
The construction of this railway will
mean the taking out of many millions
more of Alaskan gold. Undoubtedly
there are vast quantities of it there.
This will add to the wealth of the
world and help to keep up the good
times, which are due in a great meas?
ure to the gold finds of Tecent years.
t? It means a more systematic search
for the precious meta! than has yet
been undertaken. The completion of
the road will put Uncle Sam in very
close touch with his next-door neigh?
bor, the czar.-Atlanta Constitution.
Exports of Corn. <
A Government publication combats
the notion that American corn is not
popular abroad. On the contrary,
it is asserted that it is not only very
popular, but that it is increasing in
favor every year.
In support of this assertion it is
shown that in 1891 our exports of corn
amounted to only 30,000,000 bushels,
of the value of SIT, 000,000. Since that
time there has been an enormous iri
crease. In the fiscal year 1900 the ex?
ports were nearly 210,000,000 bushels,
and in the fiscal year 1901 nearly 173,
000,000 bushels. For the present cal?
endar year, up to September 1, that
is, for eight months, the exports were
about 125,000,000 bushelss.
The exports before September 1
were, of course, of crops prior to that
of the current year. The . short crop
of the present and the consequent rise
in price will, of coarse, make the ex?
ports for the remainder of the fiscal
year much smaller than they would
otherwise have been. The opinion is
expressed, however,* that, owing to the
higher price, the money value of the
exports may not be decreased.
It is an interesting question what is -
increasing the demand abroad for corn.
Efforts that have been made to teach
the people of foreign countries to eat
corn bread have not generally been
considered very successful. Evidently,
however, Europe, which takes nearly
all our exported corn, is finding some
use for it, if not for human food, in
some other way. Great Britain, the
largest importer, took 85,003.000 bush?
els last vear, Germany 46,000,000,
France 5,200,000, and the remainder of
Europe 55,000,000 bushels. Whatever
the reason, corn has become a very im?
portant article of export, and is mani?
festly in no disfavor. For the pres?
ent we shall not have so much to
spare, but another food crop will cor?
rect that.-Courier-Journal.
Art in The Schools.
We are told that in the city of Chic?
ago the walls of the . school-rooms are
lined ;with good, reproductions of . fa?
mous pictures," every school having its
supply. I Occasionally exhibits of pic?
tures are given,"and a small charge of
admission made, and the proceeds are
used in buying more pictures. ;. VV..
This question is-also attracting at?
tention in New York and an exhibition
was held last week in the museum of
Teachers' College, under the direction
of an artist. The publishers of pic?
tures from all over the world sent
specimens of their work, suitable for
hanging on the walls cf the schools.
The purpose of the exhibition was to
show the available material and to
suggest the proper grouping of sub?
jects. There were also specimens of
statuary, together with some remarka?
ble photographs.
This is a most commendable depart?
ure and we should be glad to see the
suggestion put into practice in the
Virginia schools. Every child is im?
pressionable and every child is large?
ly influenced by its environment. It
is therefore a matter of supreme im?
portance that when the child's mind is
being trained and its character form?
ed its surroundings should be as pleas?
ant and as inspiring as possible. No
one thing will more surely conduce to
good results in this direction than an
attractive and artistic scohol-room.
Pictures are most suggestive and every
child will be benefited by acquiring a
love for art. Moro than thar, these
art exhibits ir. the school-room may
be the means of .discovering art talent
in this child or that and possibly of
developing artists. If the children
of this land are educated to love the
true, t?ie beautiful and the good, there
wiil be a general uplifting of the next
generation.- - Richmond Times.
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