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I . .7551. agnflfiwwgmngW-figm - . .- v. ', . ..__.- wâ€"WHW, I, ill or THE PHARADHS. IAN MACLAREN’S IMPRES- SIONS 0F EGYPT. Persons and Property Are as Safe There To-day as in England , Itself. When one visits Egypt with his eyes openâ€"especially if he has visited it br'oreâ€"he comes home with various impressions, and the first is the abâ€" solute quietness of the country, writes Ian MacLaren (Rev. John Watson). Twelve years ago Port Said was safe but unpleasant. .Thirty years ago it was so barbaric a. place that a man would come into the hotel and remark casually that some One had tried to stab him, but that he had shot the other man. first and his neighbor at the table would ask him to pass the mustard. It Was then the wickedest place on the face of the earth, and largely in "file possession of the refuse of the Levant, who had been discharged by the Canal Company, and were living by their wits and their knives. Peo- ple who had any regard for their lives walked down the middle of the ’ street after dusk in case they should be dragged into a side passage and stabbed, and a revolver was more necessary than a hat. An energetic prefect of police man- aged to transport the ruflianism of Port Said to Alexandria, so the story goes, and after the same gang had made Alexandria more intoler- able, a prefect of police there. havâ€" ing come to terms with the foreign consuls, who had' an unholy habit of protecting their. own subjects, even though they were cutâ€"throats, gather- ed together the moral residuum of Alexandria, native and imported, but all European in descent, and sent them for a trip to sea in an old sail- ing vessel, which was accompanied by a gunboat, and, so the story conâ€" cludes, the gun boat came back, but that brig was never seen again. Port Said to-day is as orderly, and as clean and as safe as an ENG LISII COUNTY TOWN. In Cairo a European may go any-' where he pleasesâ€"unless he makes a fool of himself in a mosque at some sacred seasonâ€"without the slightest fear fox’ his life or his property. The police are everywhere throughâ€" out the cityâ€"tall, well set up, intelâ€" ligent, and attentive, and they now regulate the traflic with a pardon- able _ imitation of a London police- man, though not yet with the same majestic authority. They have, I think, all passed through the army, and many of them have the medals of the Soudan campaigns. Twelve years ago we were guarded by soldiers on various Nile expediâ€" tions far below the first cataract, but to-day one can go anywhere without protection as-far as the se- cond cataract, and even as far as Khartoum, which is now within a comparatively easy railway journey of Cairo. Twelve years ago, howâ€" ever, the Mahdi was at the scoond cataract, or thereabouts, and the unâ€" rest of his power was felt through- out Lower Egypt. , The police suggest the army, and the visitor is bound to be delighted with the Egyptian force. For twen- ty. reasons. Because the men are of excellent physique, because they are devoted to their drillâ€"drilling one another in groups during their off timeâ€"because, although conscripts, they are a hearâ€" ty and cheery set of fellows: because they are patient and docile: because the English ofiicers are as smart a set of men as one could wishâ€"I had no opportunity of meeting the native Egyptian officersâ€"and because they have carried themselves well since the day they were drilled and organ- ized by Englishmen. 1 Whether that portion of the Egyp- tian army which is recruited from the fellaheen could be depended upon, say against the dervishes or any fierce and self-regardless attack, without a stiffening of English troops, is a matter on which no oiliâ€" cer outside the “Gyp” army will pass an opinion, and although a “Gyp” oflicer is proud of his men, yet he alâ€" 50, I think, HAS HIS MISC IVING-S . As regards the Soudanesc battalâ€" ions of the “Gyp” army, there can be only one opinionâ€"that 'such de- mons for fighting could hardly be matched from the rising of the sun to the going down thereof. To say that they have no fear and have no concern for themselves is to trifle with the case; the lust of blood is in them, and their chief joy of life is war. Let them have their wives with them, for without their wives they will go nowhere, give them someâ€" thing in the shape of arms, and brave men to lead them, and there is no enemy living a Soudanese bat- talion would not face, no situation they would not storm, and no cir- cumstances in which they Would turn tail. Butâ€"and this is perfectly well known in Egyptâ€"they are perilous stuff in time of peace, for if they start drinking they get beyond conâ€" trol, and if they are kept too long dOing nothing they spoil for a fight, and, one battalion will attack an- other. This Was what happened not long ago, and it was “a regrettable inci- dent,” and very soon the number of a, battalion will be missing on the “Gyp” army list. Shrewd ofiicers consider that the English army 'of occupation has nabbed its minimum, and to reduce .3. furtho'.‘ would be dangerous. When unn‘ the Seaforths in flairoâ€"a.l WmWflW:flWKImmmdmmmk_mmn~___w 1.“... ... ,. .1.-." . 11., . , _. . A... ;_... _-._- . -_. .. . . . . English uniforms, he saw the final guarantee of Egyptian security, trouble some day. land has ABSOLUTE CONTROL. Sirdar. Upper Egypt, of England. icy to its height. increases every day. dered the greatest service to Egypt. it is time we should'let the world over to anarchy and ruin. of war, but of peace. Gordon. _____+_____ ONE NAME PER YEAR. -When a. month old the Japanese child gets its first name, with great ceremonial. The child is borne in hold servants, carrying the infant’s wardrobe. bears the box in which is the priest’s three years old the child is again christened, accompanied by elaborate hood state lidis again christened When he takes to business he receives his business name and upon every upâ€" ncw name. If his principal happens to have the same name he again alâ€" pcrior’s dignity. At his marriage his name is altered, and his last, and only permanent name is given him after his death, which is writ upon his tomb. .. _.____¢_.__-. THE JUDGE SCORED. Some years along the age many ed a young lawyer named Brown. compelled lawyer became angry. and said : "Your honor, will you please tell me how it is possible in this court pany ?” The judge quietly ignored the 'conâ€" tempt of court shown by the lawâ€"- yer, and asked : question, Mr. Brown ?” “Yes, sir,” was the definite reply; “yes, sir, and I want to know how court so that it will be heard." The judge smiled and said : “Well, first, Mr. Brown, I’d advise the farmer to employ a. lawyer.” Mr. Brown had nothing more to say. fl, TO THE END, Persistence is a. great thing in ad- vertising. Fighting the campaign to the end, making success in spite of all obstacles, planning large sales with an assurance of values in stock and conveying the impression of a desire to supply the wants of the people at the right time in the right way, this is what is necessary toâ€"day to-morrow and every day. This is what makes business certain this week, next week, all through the spring and all through the year. Keeping at it makes greater success possible. Keeping at it insures the attention of the buying public. â€"â€"â€"+ Advertising gives life to business and keeps dull days from the store when the non-advertiser is wonder- ing what to find for his rise-ks to keep them busy. _ 1.31.3.3â€" - my- fiawwtvmgwmmf}1mfiwmvn =-;.-ww-.;»A~uw . . i. . . very tidy set of ladsâ€"and the other though there is a. man called Senous- si rip-country who may give serious One comes home every time from Egypt with the conviction'burned inâ€" to his mind that it was a singular blessing to that country that the dual system of Anglo-French Govâ€" ernment came to an end, that Eng- and that the real ruler of Egypt is not the Khedive, who, left to himâ€" self, couldn’t hold the reins of power six months, but Lord Cromer and the They are the lords of Lower and wearing the double crown as Viceroys, neither of the Kheâ€" dive nor the Sultan, but. of the King As one sails through the Canal and passes ’l‘elâ€"el~1(ebir, or stands on the citadel at Cairo, or sails up the Nile, as one hears and studies and takes in the situation, he is amazed at the folly 'of the politicians. who condemned the purchase of the new Suez Canal shares and proposed to scuttle out of Egypt, and he admires afresh the wisdom of Lord Beacons- field, who by that clever stroke in- augurated the modern Egyptian polâ€" icy, and the statesmanship of those great proâ€"consuls, Cromer and Kitâ€" chener who have brought that polâ€" We are now the real governors of Egypt, and the English power there We have ren- giving to the mass 0f the people jusâ€" tice, and comfort, and security, and know that we do not intend to retire» and hand this prosperous country The Englishman who can leave Egypt without pride must be cleansâ€" ed, not only from the spirit of pat- riotism, but also from the feeling of humanity, for the final victory of his nation on the Nile has not been that But I also pity the Englishman whose blood does not tingle with shame as he remembers the inexplic- able and unpardonable tragedy of state to the family temple, and beâ€" hind the procession march the houseâ€" The last male servant fee, together with a. slip of paper on which three names are written. On reaching the temple these three namâ€" es are tossed into the air, and the first that touches the ground is the one which the child receives. When religious rites. At the age of fifteen his education is supposed to be finâ€" ished, and as he then enters the man- wurd step in his life he receives a ters it, as it detracts from his suâ€" farmers line of a large railway brought suits against it, and engagâ€" The judge who was presiding was to throw many of the cases out of court because they were improperly brought, at which the Swelling with indignation, he arose to get justice against a railway comâ€" "Do you want an answer to that a farmer can get his case into this UNDER UNION JACK. Has Declined $350,000,000 a Year. Did Britain accept all the offers of the revenue. S\VCI‘S. 1891 to take her under our Wing. unanimously in favor of the_ offer. and Senor Ana de Selba was deputed of Chili in THE BRITISH EMPIRE. however, little nation tried again, Don Alvarezâ€" with a special plea. It was at the time of the Chili loan, rather hufi‘y. African Republics, ly balance of about $1,000,000 on 200,000 fairly industrious people. It is just as well, when one comes to balance the accounts, that we left Turkey’s offer alone, in 1889, for tiful crop of European wars, and a dozen Cabinets to get us out of. But before the Armenian troubles. Abdul Hamid, being BOTH VERY IMPECUNIOUS plied to the British Government to Turkey’s hands. A prompt refusal followed this, to do with the “shifty country. Turkey, however, thinking she would sion, and finance and protect it. But Britain said “No, thank you!" very decidedly. This “deal” would have brought in an income of $80,000,000, with a small yearly balance during good times on the right side. There was plenty of land to paint redâ€"about 000 peopleâ€"mostly idlers. There is not much doubt, either, that Turkey would have found a way to slip out after being SET ON HER LEGS and we couldn’t take her. let her have a man who put her fi~ nances straight. Britain really did consider the of- fer that Nicaragua made, and if we had accepted, the situation would be immensely important just new, beâ€" cause of the canal which is to be cut to join the two oceans at the narrowest point of America. That would have meant, apart. from the country, as big a hold over the At- lantic and Pacific as _we have over the Mediterraneanâ€"in fact, it would be a second Gâ€"ibrgltar. ’ Nicaragua, in a. formal Govern~ ment petition, asked us to take her over, lock, stock, and barrel and run up the Union Jack at Greytown. The canal would have cost us a, huge sum to build; but it would have paid, of course. We really did have a protectorate over Nicaragua once, and “ran” the native negro kingsâ€" the Fredericksâ€"who were descended from the castaways of a slaveâ€"ship that was wrecked on the coast. But these monarchs, who were ad- dicted to drink, became rather tire some, and we eventually parted with our rights. So, when Nicaragua made the offer, it. Was talked over; but as the deal was not worth causâ€" ing a war with the United States, as it would 'have done, we dropped it. Another country, and a rich and prosperous one that made a big ef- fort to come in under the Union Jack ten years ago was Persia. It seems almost a pity we did not take her at her word, for she WOuId have been a fine appendage of India; whereas now she has given Russia 'the chance, and Russia‘ has, for all practical purposes, get control over her. Persia’s trouble at the time was lack of railways, and she was willing to make HERSELF OVER TO BRITAIN provided -we would “run” her, pro- tect her, and build plenty of rail- ways. But there were difficulties in the way, and we politely refused Per- sia’s offer, and did what we could for her from outside. Persia. would have been a. nice little asset to the Empire for she has nearly 700,000 square miles of good land. and her revenue of $7,500,000 we should soon have doubled or trebled. And her $125,000,000 of imports .would have been ours, to say nothing of keeping Russia away from the west m___.... THEYi‘iillâ€"lil] BE BRITISH. NATIONS WHO WOULD LIVE Some Reasons Why Great Britain other countries who want to come in under the Union Jack, We might in- crease the Empire by half its size again, add some 50,000,000 subjects and put a trifle of $350,000,000 to But there are twa sides to look at, says London An- We should be on the brink of anâ€" other “whitc man's war,” now had we accepted Chili’s application of and make her people Britons. For the Senate of Deputies voted almost to apply formally for the inclusion A polite reply went back from the British Government, that it was very nice of Chili, but we couldn’t. The and sent over its chief diplomatâ€" and the nation voted for annexation in a. body, but the request was re- fused a second time and Chili got It would have been a better pro- perty than the majority of the South‘ for Chili has a revenue‘of $33,000,000, with ayear- the right side, and we should have gained 270,000 square miles. and 3,- that shifty nation would, as a Brit- ish asset, have let us in for a plen- general dilemma that would take a. and scared about the outlook, ap- take his empire as a. suzeraintyâ€"a la. V Transvaalâ€"leaving the revenues in and it was thought a little compli- mentary that Turkey should think us foolish enough to agree to Such an agreement, or to have anything tempt us, proffered a second sugges- tion, that We should have the reven- ues to ourselves, and take the coun- try altogether, as a British possesâ€" 1,000,000 square milesâ€"and 22,000,- But we‘ assists am 3.2;: :3 ill HOUR WITH UNCLE SAM We did take Sierra Leone's offer, and added her to our list, though we had a lot of fighting afterwards as she did not play fair. might have had the Philippines had we liked just before the Spanishâ€"Am- erican war; for Alcedes, then the try to us, under a. suzerainty. The trouble was that it was not his to give, as Spain nominally owned it; only, as Spain had no hold on the country, . SHE WAS NO MORE able to refuse, in effect, than the rebels to offer. But as Alcedes, anyway, was not a recognized president, we could not take any notice of the offer. either to accept or refuse, and we did not. We could have done with the Philipâ€" pines very well, for they Would have added a. couple of millions a. year to our assets under decent manage- ment. It was something of a wrench to decline the offer of Abdul Aziz, Em- peror of Morocco, three years ago, to let us gather him in under the flag, and control both sides of the gates of the Mediterranean. He was so troubled by internal tribal fights, and the bad management of things in general that he sent Shayhk Ak- bar to approach the British Govern‘ ment about annexation, and if we could have taken the offer, we should have doubled our power in the South. Besides which, the trade, with busi- nessâ€"like ' treatment, ~ would have yielded us $6,000,000 3. year, at least, together with a fertile country stretching so far inland that nobody quite knows how far it does go. Here, again, we declined twice. and were approached yet a, third time. Had we accepted, however, we should almost certainly have had the much- talked of “European coalition” down on us in earnest. But it was a pity we could not take the Emperor at his word. +__..__. PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE. No doubt much can be accomplished during a dull season by a man who is laying the foundation for the busy days later on. If there are idle days just now they can be made valuable to the establishment by laying plans for the busy days which will come when spring business opens. Much of the stock is already bought, some of it is already on the shelves. If the selling force of the establishment is familiar with the goods which they are expected to sell during the spring months there will be no doubt about their ability to sell more of those goods. If the force is not familiar this is the best time to explain to them the value of each grade of goods and educate them along the lines which they will be called upon to sell to customers. In transmit- ting this information to the clerk reâ€" member what your arguments wore and later on yon will be able to put‘ them into your advertisements in a. manner which will make your space a great deal more profitable and give you plenty of satisfaction as a diviâ€" dcnd from the time spent. HE DREW ATTENTION TO IT. A merchant who had made his money quickly was invited to the wedding of a friend’s daughter, where he thought he would be able to dis- play to its utmost a fine diamond stud which he had lately bought. He went to the wedding ; the diamond blazing resplendent on his bosom. But, throw out his chest as he would strike attitudes calculated to show the gem to the best advantage as he might, everyone ignored the palpable fact that he had a new shirt-stud. His heart was broken. What was the use of having a diamond if no one looked at it ? Finally, he was called upon in his turn for a toast to the happy couple. In a flash he saw his opportunity. Pointing to the sparkler on his breast he said with great solemnity : children, may your whole future be as bright as that. l” -+___ POOR FATHER ! A farmer was driving along one hot summer day when he met the son of a neighbor standing 1'y the roadside viewing an overturned load of hay. Jt was a 'very hot day, and the farmer asked the boy to come to his house close by for dinner. “No,” said the boy, Wouldn’t like it.” Persuasion was used, and the boy at last consented to go to the neighbor’s house, but he added that he was afraid “father wouldn’t like it.” After a square meal the farmer wanted the boy to remain and smoke a cigarette, and rest till it got cooler. “No,” said the boy, wouldn’t like it.” Finally he was persuaded to re- main, and soon he insisted that he must go back and get his hay up. The farmer accompanied him, and when they got to the load the boy insisted on going right to work, but the farmer wanted him to rest under a tree. “No,” said the boy, wouldn’t like it." This exasperated the farmer, and he wanted to know what in the name of goodness there was between the boy’s father and himself that lcould make his father dislike everything proposed. ‘ “Why,” said the boy, "father’s here under the hay.” ‘ ‘father ' ‘father ‘ 'father But we , leader, ofi'ered to yield up the counâ€"' ' ‘My dear _â€" HOW THE BUSY YANKEE ‘ SPENDS THE DAY. Some Interesting Matters of Mo. ment and Mirth Gathered From His Doings. In the United States only one murâ€"~ derer in fifty is condemned to death. Exports of iron and steel and copâ€" Per have increased in ten months $46,000,000. The population of the United States by the census returns of 1900 is given at 76,000,000. The value of the mineral producâ€" tion of the United States in 1900 was more than $1,000,000,000. Several seats in the New York Stock Exchange were recently sold at the top price of $80,000. The estimated surplus of the United _ States for the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1902 is $100,000,000. The United States army is costing one-fourth, or about $25,000,000 more than the United States navy. Sir Thomas Lipton, through an English company, is starting a. line of steamers between Savannah and Liverpool. In four counties of Western Massa- chusetts, no less than 120 libraries, containing 825,000 books, are in op- eration. There are 1,074: postâ€"offices in North Carolina, in which the com- pensation of the postmasters is less than $50 a, year. A statement of the treasurer of Harvard university shows that it ran behind'$321,579 for the year ending July 31st, 1901. ‘ It is now estimated that the Nicaâ€" ragua canal will cost three hundred million dollars, possibly one billion dollars. There are 120,000 children out of the schools in Kansas, in spite of the fact that the state has a compulsory attendance school law. A Florida man has built a forty- foot launch, with a glass bottom. The purpose of this is to enable his guests to see the wonderful sea flora. Thirtyâ€"live years ago it took six days to go by stage from- Atchison to Denver. It now takes fifteen hours by rail The difference in fare is $175 and $15. ' The only member of the President’s Cabinet not a native of the United States is the Secretary of Agricul- ture, Mr. James Wilson; who was born in Ayrshire, Scotland. The Waterworks of Boston repre- sents a cost of $15,000,000 and have a daily supplying capacity of 75,000,000 gallons. Another reser- voir is about to be constructed at Weston. Andrew Carnegie during 1901 do- nath to- the cause of public educa- tion, embracing universities and lib- raries, $40,200,000, or an average of more than $11,000 for each of the 365 days. The evacuation of New York by the Tammanyites, says an' American newspaper, is the most notable event of the kind since the evacuation of that city by the British over a hun- dred years ago. Coats of arms are gaining in pop- ularity every year, and some persons of wealth have had their heraldic es- cutcheons on specially manufactured fabrics for draperies and furniture coverings. Postmasterâ€"General Smith. it is re- ported, will ask Congress for an ap- propriation of $6,000,000 for the free rural delivery service in the next fiscal year. The appropriation for the current year was $3,500,000. In 1900 there were in the United States 373 boiler explosion. by which 268 persons were killed and 520 wounded. In Great Britain dur- ing the same period only 24; persons were killed and 65 wounded by boiler explosions. San Francisco bay will be tunnelled to accommodate traflic between op~ posite sections of the city which new has to go around. The distance is about five miles and the subway will pass beneath an island in the bay. Raleigh, N.C., is planning to cele. brate next summer the landing of the original British colony on Roanoke Island, off the North Carolina coast, and also to erect a statue of Sir Walter Raleigh, for whom the city was named. For every man, woman and child in the United States there was in circulation last year in lawful money $26.93. The per capita debt of the Government was $14.52. The per capita interest of the public debt was ~14 cents. - Charles Leopold Manning, who came to the United States from Engâ€" land about fifteen years ago and squandered a fortune, (lied in obscurâ€" ity in Jamaica, L. I., recently. Manâ€" ning said he was a scion of a noble family, and was known as “Lord” ll‘lanning. ‘ Perry Belmont’s campaign for a. seat in Congress is understood to have cost him about $80,000, nearly $311 per capita for his total vote of 7,283. A large part of this great expenditure was notoriously paid out to political clubs, Canvassers and badge wearers, and in direct gifts to voters of turkeys, wash-boilers, etc. I-Ie’was defeated. __+__._ Teache1‘â€"-â€""IvTereditary is an adjec- tive that means something that des- cends from father to son. Now, Wil- lie Green, construct a sentence con taining the word.” Willie Greenâ€" "My father’s trousers are heredi Wary.” p. .,:Vwéyy& J ;)*:v‘:.;_f~_ -,. g 1 _.._,:I.;’,.L.,. _.: again ' car it .v’9 9 ii ' i ‘ 0 i ’l ._\..,, - v w M:\,e‘»\'~i- .. :-_ w‘ v‘h’ ' I “A... . . . â€" r » .\-v V --~‘\4~.a 3.x. vary. w,- . . \. ' s. "wxéw “>\.“‘\.&." . ‘xl' ~v..nr~.â€"~..-.,~W»J~.9-