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4 tklg Jta. SUBSCRIPTIONS. WEEKLY NEWS, issued two times a week, on Mondays and Thursdays, one year 9 1 OO WEEKLY NEWS, six months 75 WEEKLY NEWS, three months.... 50 THE MORNING NEWS every day in the year (by mail or carrier) 10 OO THE MORNING NEWS every day for six months (by mail or carrier)..... 5 OO THE MORNING NEWS Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, or Tues days, Thursdays and Saturdays (by mail), 1 year 5 00 ADVERTISING. Display advertising fl 40 an inch each inser tion. Discount made for contract adver tislng, depending on space and length of time advertisement is to run. Local and Reading Notices 25 cents a line. Marriages, Funerals and Obituaries $1 00 per inch. Legal Advertisements of Ordinaries. Sheriffs and other officials inserted at the rate pre scribed by law. Remittances can be made by Postoffice Order, Registered Letter or Express at our risk- CORRESPONDENCE Correspondence solicited; but to receive at tention letters must be accompanied by a responsible name, not for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. All letters should be addressed to MORNING NEWS, Savannah, Ga. REGISTERED AT THE POSTOFFICE IN SAVAN MAH AS SECOND-CLASS MAIL MATTER. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1894. Hard Questions for Senator Jones. The republican state committee of Ne vada puts some hard questions to Senator Jones of that state who recently an nounced in a lengthy letter that he had abandoned the Republican party and joined the populists. These questions the senator will find it rather difficult to an swer. The committee asks the senator to re sign. It tells him that he was elected as a republican, and while it does not ques tion his right to become a populist, it does question his right to hold on to his office after severing his connection with the party that elected him. The committee criticises his letter se verely. It calls attention particularly to that part of it in which he says he has not changed “his principles.” The in ference is that while adhering to repub lican doctrines he wants to be known as a populist. The committee wants to know whether by being known as a popu list his influence in the Senate will be in creased. It desires to be enlightened as to whether by affiliating with Peffer he will be able to render his constituents more efficient service than if he had con tinued to affiliate with the republicans. The committee is unable to see from anything the senator says in his letter why he separated himself from the Re publican party of his state. The Nevada republicans are just as radical in their views in behalf of the free coinage of sil ver as the senator or the populists can possibly be. If the senator is guided by a proper •elf-respect, he can hardly afford to ignore the request for bis resignation. As far as the public now knows, he has ceased to represent the people of Nevada. He may think the majority of the people of that state have become populists. He doesn’t know they have, and he has no right to assume they have. Nor has he the right to hold on to his office, after having repudiated the party that gave it to him, with the view of using it to acquire additional political influence. The senator has always been regarded as an honest and high-minded public man. If he wants to continue to enjoy that rep utation he must give up the place he owes to the republicans, since he has announced that he has parted company with them. The populists can hardly feel likegiving him a cordial welcome into their ranks. He distinctly says he has given up none of his republican principles. He does not therefore accept the demands of the pop ulists. Why then does he thrust himself into the company of populists? As far as the public can see his purpose in doing so is not one creditable to him. What the Judges Say. If what some of the country papers are * saying expresses the opinions of the peo ple in the localities in which they circu late, there are yet a good many voters who doubt the necessity of the constitu tional amendment increasing the number of the supreme court judges. It diffi cult to understand, however, how any one who has given the subject considera tion can entertain such a doubt. There isn’t a lawyer in the state who is in a po sition to express an opinion that is valua ble that does not know that the supreme court judges have much more to do than - they can do well. In no other state have the judges of the highest courts any where near as much to do as the judges of Georgia's supreme court. The Morn ing News published figures a few days ago that show that it is utterly impossible for the judges to write opinions for all the cases they decide. Indeed, their de cisions in many cases must be made hur riedly and without that careful examina tion of authorities so essential to the reaching of correct conclusions. The judges themselves say they cannot do good work and get through with all the cases presented to them. In a recent communication, signed by all of them, they say: In reply to the inquiries as to the ne cessity for adding two more justices co the supreme bench in Georgia, we state without reserve that the necessity is over whelming. Our experience enables us to speak advisedly on tnis subject, and we say to all voters that the constitutional amendment ought To be adopted. It is a matter of vital importance to all the peo ple of this state that it should be done. We know chat two more justices will 5 really and materially aid the court in isposing of its business. They can do this in many ways, and their help will make the work better in every respect. The number, five, is not too great. Otaer supereme courts have five, some seven and some even nine judges. They work harmon iously, and their work is done more thoroughly than three could possi bly do it. If we had two more, the pres ent members of the bench would work, perhaps, as long as they do now, but un der less strain, and hence they would do the work better. Intellectual labor done by< minds fagged and worn out cannot be of the best quality. If the people un derstood the situation as we do. the amendment would beyond all doubt be adopted by a large majority. Here we have the tacts very clearly stated. Neither the facts nor the con clusion can be successfully controverted. Voters who are anxious to promote the best Interests of the people of the state cannot conscientiously vote against in creasing the number of the judges. If they do their full duty as citizens they will vote for the amendment. The Challenge Declined. The reasons given by Judge Hines for declining Hon. W.- Y. Atkinson’s invita tion to jointly discuss the issues of the campaign are not such as to lead the pub lic to believe Judge Hines is anxious for a joint debate. The impression his rea sons make is that he is of the opinion that the populist party has noth ing to gain by such a debate, and would likely lose ground by it. The reasons are that the invitation was sent too late and that the democratic executive committee declined to reccom mend a division of managers of the polls. There is no force in the first reason. The election is more than two weeks off, and there is still time to make converts. Judge Hines thinks there is, because he says if he engaged in a joint debate he would have to abandon some appoint ments he has already made. He doesn’t want to abandon them for the reason ap parently that he thinks he can do his cause good by keeping them. He knows, however, that if he should engage in a joint discussion the newspapers would give wide circulation to his speeches, as well as those of Mr. Atkinson. He would, therefore, reach a great many more people than by speaking alone. He would reach democrats as well as populists, and if he has confidence in the populist de mands, he ought to be glad of an op portunity to get them, with his comments upon them, before the people. His second objection, namely, that the democratic executive committee has re fused to recommend that the populists be given managers at the ballot boxes, and that, therefore, the means of having the judgment of the voters expressed upon the joint discussions has been denied, is even weaker than the first objection. No fair-minded man doubts that all the ballots of the populists will be counted. The insin uation that they will not be will be inter preted by many as meaning that the pop ulists are laying the foundation for an assertion that their party was not dealt with fairly at the polls. Judge Hines can rest assured that all the votes east by his party will be fairly and honestly counted. The democrats purpose winning the election so fairly and squarely that the nopulists will have no reason whatever to excuse their de feat by the cry of fraud. The populists will not feel elated by the refusal of their leader to meet Mr. At kinson. Some of them doubtless are so innocent as to believe that their demands are so just and fair and their leader so much superior to the leader of the democracy that a joint discussion would result in an overwhelming victory for their leader. Judge Hines’ refusal to meet Mr. Atkinson in debate and to have the populists’ demands com pared with democratic doctrines ought to open their eyes to the fact that they are in the wrong camp—that they are being misled—-and that it is impossible for their chosen leader or any one else to success fully defend their platform. If the joint debate had occurred Judge Hines would have found himself greatly overmatched, and the demands of -his party would have been so clearly shown to be impracticable that many populists would have become disheartened. The Truth Not Always Recognized. In an editorial article entitled “The Right Spirit” the Philadelphia Press compliments Gov. Tillman for saying that the English committee, now in this coun try to investigate and denounce lynchings in the south, is welcome to visit South Carolina to learn the facts in respect to lynchings in that state, and that he will assist it in every way he can, and con demns Gov. Northen and some other southern governors for intimating that the English committee is meddling with something with which it has no concern, and that it had better attend to the evils it can find at home. Does it not seem strange that in this matter Gov. Tillman should be put before the country as the good man earnestly trying to put a stop to a great evil, while Gov. Northen is made to appear as the bad man who is trying to cover up a great evil? As a matter of fact, Gov. Tillman is the only southern governor who approves lynchings for the crime which is the cause of nearly all the lynchings in the south. If we are not mistaken, he has said that he would lead a party to lynch a black brute who had assaulted a white woman. On the other hand Gov. Northen and about all the other southern governors have taken ( a firm stand against lynching for any crime. They insist upon the law taking its course. They believe in up holding the courts, and they miss no op portunity to hunt down lynchers and bring them to justice. The governor of Tennessee has exerted himself to the ut most to bring the Shelby county lynchers to justice, and in our dispatches of yester day the governor of Arkansas is quoted as condemning in the strongest terms these lynchers. The governor of Vir ginia is noted for the determined stand he has taken against lynching and for in sisting that criminals shall be punished promptly by the courts. The southern governors who resented the meddling of the English committee ■ are the ones who are active in the sup pression of lynchings. On the other hand, Gov. Tillman, who approves lynch law in certain cases, is practically placed before i the public by the republican press as I being the only southern governor who is doing all that can be done to put an end to lynchings. Is this perversion of the truth due to Gov. Tillman's shrewdness or to the ignorance of republican news papers? One of the jolliest conventions held in Chicago this year, according to the news papers of that city, was that of the coffin makers, which has just adjourned. The principle topic discussed by the conven tion was the effect of the new tariff on the mortuary situation and the outlook. The coffin business has been depressed for eighteen months, but the makers do not blame it upon the fear of tariff legis lation ; nor do they expect a speedy re vival in sales to follow the resumption in other lines of business. Byway of ac counting fcr the dull times, one delegate said the people were too poor to hire doc tors. hence there was not so much de mand for conns. The same delegate asked that the people be informed by the pi ess that they would be wasting time to delay their final dissolution in the hope that the new tariff would make coffins i a great deal cheaper. THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK): THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20. 1894. PERSONAL. i The New England Undertakers’ Assocla- i tlon at a session held this week elected as of ficers Mr. Berry of Rhode Island, Mr. Clay of Massachusetts and Mr. Church of Connecti cut. The Rev. Dr. Dougan Clark of Richmond, Ind., one of the most eminent Quakers in the world, is to be disciplined by Ins church in Richmond for having .recently submitted to baptism, lor many years he has been con nected with Earlham College. The fashion of using a reversible saddle, which vAs begun in England several years ago by the Princess of Wales, was introduced to American women by Miss Anna C. Brack ett. who was the first woman in the country to use such a saddle. Even now it is not in common use. although many women preterit, children are taught to ride upon it and doc tors recommend it. The English rose and the Florentine lily will each have a place on the memorial slab that is to cover the grave of Robert Browning in Westminster Abbey. The slab, which is nearly completed, is very simple in decora tion and bears as inscription only the name and date, but the stone upon which these are carved is of oriental porphyry set in a frame of Sienna marble. The work has been done in Venice. Foreign papers say that the Czar of Russia has decided to visit his relatives at Copen hagen for the benefit of his health. His majesty says that the Danish capital is the only place in which he feels well and entirely free from care. B e walks for hours in the Fre densborg Park, near the city, accompanied by his dogs and sometimes by his favorite niece. The illness of the czar gives much con cern to himself and relatives. When a little boy Sheridan Le Fanu wrote the following essay on the life of man: “A man’s life naturally divides itself into three parts—the first, when he is planning and con triving all kinds of villiany and rascality; that is the period of youth and innocence.. In the second he is found putting in practice all the villiany and rascality he has con trived; that is the Sower of manhood and prime of life. The third and last period is chat when he is making his soul and prepar ing for another world; that is the period of dotage.” Mrs. William H. Vanderbilt holds to the rule that obtains with the rest of her late husband’s family of never giving to those who ask for help, but at the same time she devotes most of her large income to char itable work, living simply and quietly her self. She investigates through competent agents the cases of those sick and ndtedy, whom she seeks out and gives generously. During last winter she is said to have paid 1 the rent of nearly a thousand persons, and she goes frequently into the slums and to the missions, but her great anxiety is to conceal •her identity and avoid thanks. Cardinal Taschereau of Quebec, who has just resigned the archbishopric of that dio cese because of old age, has been for many years a stalwart antagonist of the Jesuits. He has never been in favor with the ultra montanes. for his inclinations have always been liberal, and his elevation to the cardi nalate was made in spite of mu6h ultramon tane opposition. Taschereau has been the principal obstacle in the way of Jesuit con trol of the educational institutions of his church, which means of practically all the schools of the province, and he succeeded, so far as his own diocese ife concerned, in pre venting the founding of any Jesuit schools. BRIGHT BITS. Hayrick—Can t you fix this splice so that neither of us can get a divorce? Farson—You can make a contract to that effect if you wish. Hayrick—That’s it; draw up articles that this is to be a fight to a finish—Kate Field’s Washington. The latest arrival at Newport.—Miss Em maline—Papa, you know it is supposed that this old mill was erected by the Normans? Mr. Bidfileby—Don’t see why the city au thorities ever ’lowed sech a thing to be put up. ’Taint ’tall in keeping with its surroundings. —Harper’s Bazar. Enfant Terrible Mrs. Myles was prais ing you to-dav, mamma, to Mrs. Renwick. I was on the other side of the garden wall and heard ’em. Mamma—What did she say? Enfant Terrible—She said that there were worse old gossips than you in the town.— Truth. Tramp—l want n dime. • Man—Do you want what you need? Tramp—Of course. It couldn’t be any other way. Man—Yes it could. Tramp—How? Man—A bath, for instance.— Detroit Free Press. Editor—We were greatly pleased with your last contributions. Poetaster—lndeed! Then you will kindly consider the letter notifying my withdrawal from your staff as not having been written. Editor—Why, my dear fellow, it was pre cisely that letter I was referring to!—Lustige Blatter. It happened at Saratoga. Plumly took his wife's diamonds to the hotel off oe for safe keeping. “I suppose they are safe here?” he said. “Yes; tut we can't insure you against loss.” said the proprietor. “This agent will do it for you.” And he handed Plumly the card of a plate-glass insurance agent.—Harper’s Ba zar. Innocent Kid—Papa has bought another writing machine. May Igo down to his office to-morrow and see it? Mrs. Kid—You must be mistaken, sweet heart. Papa didn’t tell mamma anything about it. Innocent Kid—No, I am not mistaken. I heard him tell Mr. Twitters only last nignt that his new typewriter was a peach.—New York Herald. At an excited political meeting lately, a Mr. Hay was called upon to move a resolu tion. This gentleman did not suit the tastes of the noisy ones, and they drowned his voice with their tumult. The chairman vainly tried to restore order; at last.*getting exasperated, he shouted at the top of his voice; “I have only one word to say. Will you hear Mr. Hay?” “No!” yelled the disturbers. “Then all 1 have to say is, this is the first instance on record of jackasses refusing hay!”—Tid-Bits. CURRENT COMMENT. They Groan However it Goes. From the Louisville Courier-Journal (Dem.). When the price of an article goes down under the new tariff the republicans groan for the poor workingman, and when it gees up they groan for/the poor consumer. However, since they lost tne offices the republicans never open their hungry mouths except to groan. Louisiana and the Sugar Trust. From New Orleans Tlmes-Democrat (Dem.)- The sugar question in Louisiana is a simple one—a contest between democracy and re publicanism: and the trust fortunately does not enter into it in any way. and is not likely io do so. The trust is not taking any part here in politics, be-ause there is no one. whether-anterested in sugar or not. who favors it or it? interests. The latter are hostile to those of every other interest in Louisiana, and the trust would have a very poor show ing if it depended on Louisiana for votes. But They Are Not Democrats. From the Memphis Commercial (Dem.). The Louisiana sugar planters who have had their lands dyked and drained at public ex pense and their rivers- and bayous dredged regardless of ihe annual wAste of govern ment money, who have been educated in the greedy school of the lobby and taught to ex pect and demand special privileges over their neighbors, now shove their underlips out like sugar scoops and demand a clear an nual gift of #47 per acre on their cane crops. Unless the lucre is forthcoming these pa triots declare their determination to sell out to the republicans. Here is democracy for you. ‘ Chicago Under ths New Tariff. From the Chicago Herald (Dem.). The retail trade of Chicago and of every i other city is the best argument in favor of tariff reform, it shows the beneficent results | caused by the disenthrallment of commerce ; —by removing its shackles and badges of i servitude. Every home and every individual experiences a sense of relief that a burden { has fallen off—that life has greater comforts . ■ at less expense. The stimulation of McKinley i prices for goods four years ago did not bring , higher pneeg for the labor by which the goods ; were produced. The promise that better , wages should follow higher prices for manu- ! failures was a lie. In many cases wages 1 were reduced. The prophecy that wages ; i would fall under the new tar ff has proven to i be false. Industry is reviving in all dire> turns, and with greater activity in manuiac | tures—which will come as taxation de- I creases—wages will advance. Base Ingratitude. A fakir had opened up business on the pub- I lie square of a southern town, says the De troit Free Press, and was going on to tell how his •‘Red Salve” would cure toothache, neural gia, backache, rheumatism, sprains and most everything else under the sun, when a big and ugly-looking colored man pressed his way into the crowd, and said: “I dun bought ibox of dat stuff of yo, ober to Augusta, an’ it hain't wuth shucks!” ‘What! What s that you’re saying?” de manded the fakir, as he stopped short in his appeal to a suffering public. •’Dat stuff hain’t no better’n so much mud!” growled the colored man. ‘■Sir!” exclaimed the fakir; ‘‘you have pub licly accused me of being a swindler, and the case is one which must ue thoroughly investi gated. I warrant my Red Salve to cure cer tain ailments or the money will be refunded. What was your ailment?” "pain, sah!” . “Where was that pain?” ‘‘Down betwixt my shoulders.” “And you used the salve according to the directions?” “Yes.sah.” “You’ve used it all and the pain is still there?” “De pain am still wuss, I reckon.” “Then my Red Salve has skipped a cog, and I must refund your money. First, however, let me make an examination. Come up here till 1 run my hand down behind your collar and see where the-pain is.” The colored man had op a woollen shirt, which was open at the throat, and he bent his head and let the lakir slide his ha.,d down. Ihe latter felt around for a minute and then withdrew his hand and held a bent and rusty tenpenny hail up to view and said: ‘ Ladies and gentlemen, is it any wonder my celebrated Red oalve couldn’t take away the pain with this nail sticking into his back? One box of it pulled the nail over half-way out, and yet he declares I'm a liar and a rob ber. I think I felt at least three other nails, besides a pipe ; stem, a hair-pin, a wishbone and a gimlet, and yet he has the face to come here ar.d demand his money back! Does any one ever hear ” ‘Whar’ dat nail cum from?” shouted the colored man as he darned around. "Drawn out of your lungs by the use of one box of my world-renowned Red !<alve, sir?” “An’ mo’ a cornin’?” “Heaps more, and yet you charge me with being a robber and murderer ! 1 guarantee to refund the money in every ease where a cure is not effected, and, therefore, I now ten der ” “No, sah—no, Bah P* Shouted the negro as he flung his arms about in great exitement. “Idoan’dun want my money back! I dun wants another box of dat stuff to bring out all de razors, jack knives, coiton choppers an’ corn plows dat’s got lodged in my system dooriu’ de Iks’ twenty y’arS. an’ if one box won’t do it doan' you' dun leave dis town ’till I’ze got fo’or live! Gimme dat salve, an’ you’boy Hiram cum along an’rub it on an’ look out for nails an’ splinters workin’ out!” To Make Hard Exercise Delightful. “There is a lot of talk going around these days about the best way to take exercise,” he said, according to the New York Sun, “and meat of the suggestions smack of hard work. This business of getting up in the morning and pushing dumb beds or swing ing Indian clues is all well enough for ener getic men, blit it doesn’t suit me. My physi cian advised me to i educe my weight by exer cise, and I tried the Indian. club business. Probably it did me good, but it unhinged my mind for the rest of the day, and it was tor ture. I had to make so many swings with the Indian clubs and so many punches with the bells before breakfast. The prospect of this exercise disturbed my rest at night, and the memory of it interfered with my work by day. On the whole, it me did more harm than good. “Now I have an idea that I think is a good one. I fell in behind a band that was leading a chowder party yesterday. I don’t like to walk, but Ido likeMhe music of a brass band when it doesn’t attempt anything classical. This I and was playing a march. It was a vig orous, lifting sort ot a march, with the clang of the basses to bring out the time. I fol lowed the band, walked in time to the music, and enjoyed every moment of it. A hen the chowder party reached the boat and the band stopped playing, I found that I was tired. I had walked nearly three mileA. "That was good exercise, and I didn't rea lize that I was taking exercise. Now there are lots of men in this town who need exer cise and who don’t like to walk. They do like the music of a good band. Now why not form a walking club, and hire a band for it? Do you catch the idea? It'S great, iaa't it? and it’s new,. If fifty men would subscribe for such*. Club the dues Wndah’t beheavy. Fbrm the procession up town, you know, add pick up the different members of the club and walk them down town every morning to their places of business. ‘Liberty Bell,’ • A’ashing ton Post.’ ‘Boulanger.’ and all that, you know. It's great! I think it will be a go. Ta-rum tum tum-te-te tum-tum-tum. I’m going to see some friends about it and iind out the cost of a band. Exercise-made-easy Club! How s that?” The Haughty Porter. He was one of the best natured fellows in the world, says the Chicago Dispatch. He had brains, too. and this latter burden made him more or less popular with the offliers of the Pullman company with whom he came in contact. When out on his run, with his at tractive uni f orm carefully brushed, he was a model ot all that a conductor should be and his passengers liked him better than they did other conductors. Now of all the faults in the world the one he had was by far the most natural for a good fellow to have. He loved the cup that cheers. Loved it well, too, and thereon hangs the tale. He had just had a series of long runs, and as he expi eased it, was tired of the road. He had been home, had slept the necessary five hours and now proposed to enjoy himself a tritie. Accordingly he . dropped into one of his favorite resorts and being quickly sur rounded with his chums he was soon feeling joyous and gav. He was good-humored and ready for a joke, be it what it may. A funny story, an “outer’s tale. ” was oelng told when in came a Pullman passenger. "You are wanted for the 11:05 train, Mr. ,” said the youth. He smiled a 1 tile and then, with his back against the bar and his thumbs in his vest, asked, jestingly: - • Lam. eh?” “You are, sir!” replied the boy. “ A ell, jou go back and tell the company if it will tack my train to the door of this sa loon I will go out on it. If not, I won’t.” Prof. Garner and the Monkeys. A story is told in Washington ot the way Prof. Garner—he who has talked with chim panzees and gorillas in Africa—met an Ameri can specimen in Washington society. There was a young man at a party which the profes sor likewise attended, says Kats Field’s Washington, who seamed to be having a rather dull time and the hostess was de termined that he should be entertained in some way. She thought that the professor could relieve the ennui which had settled over the young man, and brought them to gether. “Now, Cholly,” she said, "this is Prof. Garner. He has been to the wilds of Africa, you know’.” “Y-a-a-s. ive heah’d of the professor. Happy to meet him. I’m suah.” ■Of course you are. He has had no end of wonderful adventures and seen lots of queer people. And he knows how to talk to mon keys in their own language. Now, profes sor.” she went on. turning to Mr. Garner, "do talk to Cho.l? a little while, won't you?” And then she fluttered away. A Tale of Chivalry. The bold Knight du Bois pranced up and down before the castle of Montgomery on his gayly caparisoned steed, says the Detroit Free Press. Presently a fair lady looked out over the portcullis towards him. And she was very fair; so fair that the bold Knight du Bois stopped his prancing steed to look at her. She was not agitated by his gaze, but continued watching the knight. He waved his sword at her, and still she was unmoved. “By my halidom!” he shouted as he looked upon her. She shook her head. "No,” she teolied. “no. we don’t want to buy anything today.” saying, she disappeared. On the Common. From the Boston Courier. i She stood on Boston Common, and her at titude was grand. While the strains of Wagner s choicest flowed from the Cadet Band; i Her face and form were faultless, and unto my soul it seemed . The music held her spellbound, while the master’s dream she dreamed. • Just then her chum espied her, and when those fairies met. ; The words which froze my romance I ne’er can quite forget; She, whom I’d placed so high in art, unto her friend did say: “1 wish t hey'd git threw tunin' up an' tackle ‘Boom-de-ay.’ ” ITEMS OF INTEREST. The largest vessel ever built In America will be launched at the famous Cramp ship yard next month, says the Philadelphia Rec ord. The giant merchantman, the six-decker St. Louis of the American Line, will receive its initial baptism in the waters of the Dela ware and a new era in the h story of the American merchant marine will be inaug urated. While not as large as the Lucania and her twin sister, the Campania, nor en dowed with their hoise power, the St. Louis will be greater and swifter than the Paris or New York, and will make at least twenty knots an hour on her trans-Atlantic voyages. The new vessel is more than one-tenth of a mile long, being 554 feet over all, with an extreme beam of sixty-three feet and a tonnage of ll.uuo tons. Eer chief glory will be that she has been constructed from keelson to truck of American s.eel in an American shipyard and represents American skill and mu&cle in model, design, material and building. Phila delphia is justly proud that her citizens have contributed their enterprise, money, brains and muscle to this pioneer of our future mer chant marine. The “Arabian Nights.” or the “Thousand and One Nights,” is the celebrated collection of tales, long current in the east, and sup posed to have been .derived by the Arabians from India, through the medium of Persia, says the Newcastle Chronicle. They Were first introduced into Europe in the beginning of the eighteenth century by means of the translation of Antoine Gal and, a distin guished FrenchOrifentalist. which was hailed with universal delight, and soon became one of the most popular works in Europe. The story which connects the tales of the "Thou sand and One Nights” is as follows: The Sultan Shahnyar, exasperated by his bride, made a law that every one of his future wives should be put to death the morning after mar riage. At length one of them, Shahrazed, the generoi s daughter of the grand vizier, suc ceeded in abolishing the cruel custom. By the cnarm of her stories the fair narrator in duced the sultan to defer her execution every day till the dawn of another by breaking off in the middle of an interesting tale which she had begun to relate. The delight felt by Shah riyar has been felt by thousands more of his own faith, and the universal jiopiilarity of the “Arabian Nights” is evider.ced oy the numer ous translations in different European lan guages which have appeared since the time of Galland. The total fall between Lakes Erie and On tario, says the Popular Science Monthly, is 329 feet, and is made as follows: From Lake Erie to the head of the falls, 70 feet; the falls, ,181 feet, and below to L ke Ontario, 98 feet. Consequently the total power* running to waste is more than double the 5.000.000 horse power on the falls. An idea of the proportion that this total bears to what may l e called the world's consumption of power may be had from the fact that it is computed to be equal to the total of all the steam-generated power in the world. The. geographical situation of the falls with respect to nearness to the, at present, great power-consuming centers is, as hinted auove. not quite all that could bs aesired; but there are, nevertheless, sev eral cities within reach, electrically speak ing. which will us,e an enormous amount. Buffalo may be said to be next door, and Rochester is within easy reach. In the not too distant future we may expect to see the great electrical manufacturing works in Schenectady operated, as is meet, by electri cal power from Niagara. The power company has. however, made branch track connections between the territory owned by it and three important railway lines which all pass within a few miles of the property. These con nections and the good freight rates which have been contracted for in various directions, together with the cheapness of power, will in all likelihood attract to the spot manu factures, besides those which have already undertaken to go there, to an extent that will make it the foremost power-consuming cen ter in the world. More than 150 families of animal&on land and in water, embracing tens of thousands of species, produce phosphorescent light. They yield enough of it to illuminate London, Paris and Glasgow, says Lloyd’s Newspaper. The most brilliant light afforded by any land ani mal is that of the famous firefly of the truoies, known as the “eucujo.” Thirty-eight of them yield one candle power. People in Cuba con fine them in paper lanterns for going about the country at night, or for indoor lighting. Sometimes they attach one of the insects to each foot for traveling in the dark, to serve as a guide to the path. Also, they use them as ornaments for tne dress and hair. A scientist has recently decided that the Tght does not depend on the vital principle ofothe insect. He found that an egg be came Ivminous on being shaken in a glass receptacle. Then he dried the eggs and kept them in that condition for a long time. On being moistened they shone. The dried eggs were powdered in a mortar, but they gave light on being moistened. The beetles themselves, twelve hours after being killed by electricity, were still luminous. So the professor infers that nothing more than a chemical combination is concerned in the manulacture of this “cheapest light.” He' thinks there is hope that we may be able to reproduce it some day. To make a light equal in brilliancy to that of this, tropical in sect we must produce a temperature of 2.000 degrees. The flre-fiy’s lamp creates no heat that can be detected by the most delicate in strument. Its energy is entirely expended in illumination. Nature, while offering ob ject lessons in the art on every hand, laughs at man’s efforts to imitate her in this field. If there is not some latent but fatal defect in Herr Dowe’s system of making a soldier bullet-proof, says the Spectator, the re sult of warfare will be a very remarkable one. Since the object of war is to kill—“to place hors du combat” is only a less crude way of nutting the , fact—new ways of killing infamry and calvary will have to be devised. Ihe chances of hitting men in the face at long distances with rife fire will not be good enough. But the only ways of killing effectively that will remain open will be ar illery tire, close combat with the bayonet and clubbed rifle—preferably the latter, as the cuirass will make tie bayonet difficult to use with effect—ana riding men down by Calvary Charges. The first of these, artillery Are. has hitherto been regarded of comparatively little importance in the matter of killing. It is often dec ared, indeed, that the chief effect produced by the guns is the moral effect. Though nit many are killed, men do n t like to be wiihin range of artillery. Pos sibly, however, the effect of artillery fire could be increased. In any case, and since everything is relative, the fact of the falling off of efficiency in rifle fire must increase the importance of artillery tire. It is obvious, however, that the chief effect of bullet-proof soldiers on the circumstar.ccs of a ia'.tle would l e to increase enormously the amount of hand-to hand fighting. But hand to hand t ghting means an advantage to the strongest atd most athletic force. Now, it will be seen from the bare enumeration of the changes which seem likely tn follow bullet-proof sol diers that a great advantage will be given to ' England. Bullet-proof cuirasses will give an I advantage to the nation which can only bring a small number of troops into the Held. But I that nation is England. It will increase the importance of artillery. But this should Le ; in favor of England, for. though we haxe not j the conscription, and so cannot get men in : large quantities, we can manufacture as many ! guns as we choose. Next, the revival of close I combat ought to be in our favor, for t nditffi- I men are certainly better at the rougn-anu ; tumble of close fighting than their neighbors. The infantry are naturally more handy and more athletic, and the cavalryare, if not theo retically better riders, more capable horse men. An Englishman is more likely th get his horse to do the impossible than a French man or a German. i BAK NG POWDER. Awarded Highest Honors—World’s Fair.' DR. CREAM BAKING MOST PERFECT MADE. X pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder. FrsS from Ammonia, Alum or any other adulterant, 1 40 YEARS THE STANDARD. I THE NEWS IN GEORGIA. I . Gathered From Correspondents and Exchanges. ®winnett Herald: The young people are 'talking up' their annual chinquapin hunt. ' This promises to be a gay time for those who participate. Dawson News: Times may be hard but : they are bound to get better in a country where nearly 50 per cent, of the families own i their homes. No other country can even an proach such a showing. i A very intelligent monkey furnished no end 1 of fun fob a crowd on Forsyth street, at Amer . icus. Friday. The little nigs especially en . joyed it, and at times it was rather difficult to distinguish the Simian from the African. 1 MissCresey Renfroe, an aged lady who lives a few miles from Quitman. happened to a painful accident a few days ago in the way of a fall. She became blind and f linted while near the door and fell out, making a terrible bruise on her head. Brunswick Times: After long and trying periods of depression the glimmer of hope i which spreads the skies is buoying men np to look for greater things than are possible, and > the strain is a hard one. Be.patient. Things are improving. Times are better, and will i reach around in due time. Get a move on. Shake off lethargy. Old Marshy Lyle, colored, who lives two miles below Sylvania, and who was known in the papers about a year ago. when she was a pup.l at the public school near her 1 home, says she is 93 jears of age. She remembers the war of 1813, the Indian 1 war, the Mexican war and the war between the states, and she bids fair to ouilive by many years the China Japanese war. She is still about as hale and active as she has been for the last thirty years, and - picks cotton and goes to sit up with the sick for miles around. i Talbotton News: It is reserved to few to attain to his high degree of matrimonial bliss. To Capt. Curley and wife a kind providence has awarded the proud distinction. Last Wednesday, a', their home in this city they cele orated their golden wedding in the pres- ■ ence of all the children except one, and a few friends. It was indeed a joyous day and we rejoice with them. In a hard world like this we cannot wish them many returns. In lieu i of this we send congratulations and wish that this aged couple, so highly esteemed by us all, may together celebrate their next golden wedding in that beautiful city where eyes never grow dim and where steps are ever ' elastic. Albany Herald: The residence of J, R. Forrester, on Broad street, between Monroe and Madison, was burglarized Saturday morning. About 3:o0 o’clock Mr. Forrester ; was awakened by a strange noise in his bed . room. Instantly Mr. Forrester arose to a . sitting posture, only to find before them, in the middle of the room, the erect figure of a man. As soon as the burglar discovered that Mr. Forrester was awake he made a dash for liberty, taking with him Mr, Forrester’s pantaloons. From a light that was stream ing in the door from the bath room Mr. ' Forrester saw that the ' burglar was a white man, but he did not recognize him. Officer Neal Mooney was soon on the scene. By this time it was daylight and a search revealed that 1 the bur glar had entered the house from the front oy prying open a window on the veranda on the hrst floor, and escaped by the same outlet. In the alley was found Forrester’s pants, let ters and notes. Mr. Burglar was very poorly paid for his trouble, as Forrester bad only 15 cents in his pants, a 10-cent piece and live coppers. Os this amount the burglar took 11 cents, leaving Forrester a “nest egg.” At another residence the burglar was a little more successful than at Forrester s, as he secured 88, taken from Thomas 1 attison’s vest. Capt. Coffin has declined re election to the position of captain of the Oglethcrpes of Augusta. Lieut. R. O. Barksdale was unani mously elected captain of the Irvin Guards of Washington last Monday night. At the same time A. L. King was elected first and J. W. Latimer second lieutenants. These are good selections. AugvstaNews: Deputy Collector McElmur ray is the happy recipient of a handsome Colts’ revolver, a present from his friend and admirer, Commissioner Caivm. The pistol was ordered direct from the manufacturers and is beautifully mounted In silver, bearing • Jud’s” monogram and words befitting the great “joy juice” detectives. Douglas New South: A very sensational elopement is reported of a young lady of high standing in Feltonla with a dashing dude of Possom Snout. The society of Shake Rag is in a high state of excitement over this affair. The glided lover of Lick Skillet is after the scalp of the gay Lothario of Possom Snout. The facts are meagre and we cannot give full particulars in this issue. Irwin County News: Messrs. D. J. Branch and D. J. Newton came into town Tuesday ’ evening with nearly a one-horse wagon load of provisions for Mr. W. H. Barker s family. Mr. Barker s family have had a great deal of sickness again this year on top of the mis fortune of being burned out last year. These people are worthy objects of charity and the people of the town and community have re sponded liberally. Douglas New South: There is a haunted house down near the line of Coweia and Car roll which is the most mysterious place on earth. What is heard and seen around this old building woild make the hair s and on ends. A young gentleman has rushed into our office as we go to press and gave us his wonderful experience last night, but owing to lack of space and the rush of work we cannot give it io our readers this issue, but we will have a full report in the next. Lieut. Bell of the Dawson Guards, who stood an examination before- the examining hoard of the Fourth regiment, at xhomas ville, a few days ago. made the best record ever made before this board, and it is doubted if it has ever been equalled in the state. He male an even 100. which is the highest possible for him to have made. The Dawsm Guards should be, and we have no doubt are, proud of Lieut. Bell and his record. He should certainly feel proud of the highly creditable examination which he stood. Rome Tribune: Many Romans have no ticed the big Equitable building in Atlanta, and have admired the buff brick out of wnich it is constructed. The Rome Brick Company has just discovered a clay that makes a brick of this color of the very high est quality. Thirty thousand finely rinisued brick have been made and they are beauties. H. H. McClure says they cannot be e ccelled anywhere on any test. He his samples of tne brick on East First street. This com pany is one of the best known manufacturers of brick in the country, and the suoeriority of the crick made hero s recognized" Nearly 810. OX) worth of new machinery has been put in during the past few months. A correspondent sends a spicy communica tion to the irwin County News: “in the last issue of the Ashourn Advance the editor at tacked me. and said if I would answer his ar ticle in detail, he would give a year's sub scription to his paper; but our preacher said in his sermon 1 ist Sunday for parents not to allow bad and worthless literature to come into our homes, tor words to that effect) there fore. I desist from answering the little pop gun editor as to the • one third party” he speaks of. If things don't change it will be three-fourths of the voters by the October i election. I have always been advised not to I handle anything dirty, out if I have to take hold of the little one-gallows fellow, I will cripple him for life. C. F. Hill.” Irwin County News: Last Saturday even ing at Lutenoh Bros’, still in this county a specimen of the Jesse James order of law lessness was witnessed by several of our cit izens. Luterloh Bros operate one of the I largest turpentine distilleries in the state | employing 2to or more negroes, and being in .1 an out of the way sort of place, makes it an harbor for criminals of other portions of the state. Detective H. A. Turner went there Saturday evening for a murderer whom he had spotted, and was driven away at th c points of pistols and Winchester rifles in the hands of a mob of criminal negroes. One Benjamin Wilson, alias Luda Johnson, alius bill Bostic, alias Wild Bill alias Will Harper, a several times murderer for whom Mr. Turner was not looking, seized the reins of a large bay horse belonging to J G. B. Han.ock, just over in Wilcox county cut the harness from the horse, mounted him' and, with a glittering pistol in hand, com manded another negro to hand him his Win chester, which he did, and the negro rode •away at full speed in the director of Tifton by feycamore. Dispatches were sent to Tif ten and other neighboring towns describing the horse and rider. At Tifton the mar shals were on the lookout with shot guns in hand, and a out 8 o’clock the negro rode in and was ha.ted by the marshals The negro jumped down on the opposite side of the horse from the marshals and began tiring on them as he retreated, and escaped in the dark. The horse was returned to Mr. Han cock. slightly the worsa from the twenty-five . mile run. The negro is a dark ginger-cake " color, about five feet ten inches high, weighs , 150 pounds. There is about »70u reward for » him. County sheriffs and bailiffs, is there no , way to bag these gamblers and murderers - ROUND ABOUT IN FLORIDA. The News of the. State Told in Paragraphs. ’ A St Augustine cigar manufacturer has thus far made the largest single importation 1 of Cuban tobacco into Florida—over $20,000 worth. ' St. Augustine Press: Work is going ahead rapidly on the East Coast canal, and about 201 feet are being dredged daily. Some of the cutting is very light, while in some places the dredge is sa dto have passed through lakes tnat needed no cutting. . . Tampa Times: Manuel Silva was badly burnt in the face and on one arm last night 1 while tiring the cannon in the court house yard. r lhe powder flashed out as he rammed > in the wqd. He was taken to the Tampa drug • store, where his wounds were dressed by Dr. • Stebi.ins, who says his eyes are badly burnt. > He cannot tell how serious the burn will prove Silva overheated the cannon by try ing to fire ten guns in ten minutes. ; Ocala Banner: John Mitchell was hauling ! ° ne day last week for Killinger's mill at i Martiq. In crossing a culvert one of the wheels of the wagon slipped off of the bridge, > causing a sudden lurch, which threw Mitchell i off of the log on which he was sitting to the ground, the log following, striking him on bis chest and crushing it, trom the effects of , wnich Mr. Mitchell died in ai ew hours. He i was a young man of promise, and a favorite, Dr. L- C. Washburn has resigned his posi- • tion as superintendent of the Ft. Mvers sub i experiment station because the remuneration i was too small to justify him in devoting his time to it. Yet we read that Director Clute r is about to expend .$3,000 in improving the > facilities and appliances of this sub-station. 5 We cannot but believe that the state would 5 secure better results for the monev if a num r ber of competent farmers and fruit growers in private .ite were furnished each with a > small fund and asked to experiment in some special line under the advice and control of 3 the director. • t Tampa Times: J. H. Drew, contractor, has r just finished $ 12,70 b worth of work for the Mc- Farlane Investment Company. In little over r three months he has completed buildings j under contract, costing over 810J.0C0 in, West 5 Tampa, in 144 working days he has built 138 i houses, 116 of the number neing completed in t that time and others neurinz completion. 3 This is at the rate of more than one house i per day. Os this number the cheapest house i cost 8275, and the most expensive co&t Si,SCO, r most of them being cottages costing sftCoeach. The number includes six factories, the net . contract prices of which range from $2,000 to » 82 5.0, and also includes twelve residences, T costingffrom 81.000 to $2,100. r The Fort White Herald has this to say of High Springs: Because Mayor Lee tele k graphed to a party in High Springs, who in i tended to bring two sick persons here, sup i posed to be affected with a contagious dis t ease, "that no person from High Springs - would be allowed to get off the train at Fdrt 5 White until further Investigation,” the little paper published at that place flew off the L handle and denied the report that its town , was infested by a contagious disease, and j said that High Springs was a health resort , compared to the malaria-laden atmosphere of ■ Fort White. For the Sentinel to deny the re port of the existence of an epidemic iu the , town was very proper, but its editor should . have refrained showing his tendency for lying by praising the health of his town, situated in iow, marshy bottoms, and try to make it appear that the atmosphere of Fort White, a , town situated among high, rolling hills, to be malarial-laden. Fort White is an example for High Springs in health, morality and in ; telligence, and if the people of that little vil lage would follow the example of the moral i and intelligent people of Fort White those i sinks in and around High Springs could be put to a better purpose than the hiding places tor the carcasses of men. Residents of La Villa,*a suburb of Jackson ville. had a first-class scare Saturday morn ing on account ot a large bear being at large in that suburb and roaming the streets at will. The bear belongs to Abe Campbell, the butcher, and is usually kept chained in Camp bell's yard. Yesterday, while Campbell Was in the house, sick, the bear succeeded in breaking its chain and at once started off on an exploring expedition. In the meantime the news had spread that a wild bear was on the rampage, and the people began to hurry their children into the houses and to bolt and barricade the doors. One woman saw the bear come into her yard, and without waiting to close the outer door, darted from the kitchen into the house. This was what the bear had been looking for. and into the kitchen he went. Ante piece of roast beef was already prepared for the oven and sev eral pies were on the table. Bruin did not wait for a knife and fork or call for a napkin, He simply proceeded to get on the outside ot beef and pies in the shortest time imaginable. Secretary and Treasurer W. W. Clyatte, of the Marlon county democratic executive com mittee, says he has only taken in SBO so far, and he has paid out over S6O in mailing registration books for primary purposes and liquidated a few printing bills, his exchequer is dry and he must" call on Chairman Mo- Conathy to make a new levy. SOUTH CAROLINA. Regis'er: Constable George Just Brown was painfully hurt Friday afternoon in front of tne State Dispensary at Columbia. He had been to the union dopot and was return ing on an electric car. He did not get off the : car at the corner ot Gervais and Main street, but attempted to jump off in front of the dis- > pensary. As he jumped one of his thumbs i caught in the railing of the car. Mr. Brown • fell to the ground and was dragged along for - some distance. His thumb was terribly lac erated. Columbia Register: Some additional facts about the poisoning of Miss Mary Brazell and Mrs. Lee, who live in the county, near Columbia, were learned, but there is still somothing strange about the whole affair, and the facts will probably not come to light. The story told is tnat Miss Brazell and Mrs. Lee went to the house of Miss Brazell s grandmother on Saturday night. While there they drank some coffee. On their way back both were taken ill with symptoms of sugar Os lead poisoning. Mrs. Lee took does of Epsom salts, which* is an antidote for sugar of lead poisoning, and soon got well, but Miss Brazell was in a serious condition until Sunday morning, when Dr. Hopkins was sent for. Dr. Hopkins says that while the symptoms were all like sugar of lead poisoning, there may have been something else wrong. Miss Brazell drank only three sips of the coffee, because it was hot. An other feature which cannot be understood is that the young lady is a favorite with her grandmother, and if there was poison in the coffee it got there accid intally. A writer in the New Fork Weekly Witness, a prohibition paper, publishes the following of Gov. Tillman: “Several weeks ago it was my lot to be seated alongside of a strange looking and peculiar, but interesting man. We talked together for about an hour, and I must say that the time passed too swiftly. That strange man, with only one eye, was Gov. Tillman of South Carolina. Among I other things he told me was; T will be elected United States senator That s set tled.’ At the time I had my doubts; ,hut now it looks as if Senator Butler, the idol of the South Carolina aristocracy, had been 'turned , down,’ and that the off hand, somewhat ! crude, but naturally gifted Ben Tillman, will i have a seat In the United States Senate. If : he makes good what he told me he would do when he becomes senator, he will cause many ot the members of that conservative body to i open their eyes and wonder who has come among them. The New England Home says that ten years ago the governor had never 'seen a railroad, or a tank or a hotel.' Dur ing the campaign he has made many > speeches, and has called tne gentlemen with whom he will be soon associated some very hard names. His heart is better than his tongue, and while he gives hard knocks he is willing to receive them without a murmur. Gov. Tillman is one of the strange political products of the populists.” Florence Times: Wednesday afternoon when the Cheraw and Darlington train pulled into the Coast Line depot, at this place, two prisoners that were en route for the stat* penitentiary from Chesterfield jail, and sup posed to be under the charge of a guard of the name of Whittle, were escorted out by the conductor, Capt. H. M. Brunson. When they struck the platform they were coupled t igether with handcuffs. The guard who had them in charge got out ahead of them, leav ing them alone, and walked up to the west end of the platform. When the train started back to the sidetrack the guard got on and was carried with the train do a n in the freight yard, his prisoners being left alone. Some of the boys in fun asked them why they did not walk off. but they said they did not want to do that; they would rather go on to Columbia. By this time Detective Newbold came up and took charge of them and carried them off to turn tnem over to Sheriff McLendon. The guard never showed up any more, but we suppose he was found later in the evening. The two convicts were Jackson Hardeson. a negro sent up for three years, and Leonard Dickson, a whit* man sent up for fifteen years for the suo posed murtfcr of his sten-father. Julius Hahn. A passenger on the tiain said that the guard was so full and trying to shoot at the passen gers on the tram that he had to take the gun away from him. He was certainl* in » tine condition when he got to Florence.”