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MONO AY. JANUARY 22, 1894.
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INDEX TO NEW ADVKHtFsEMEN li
Meetings—De Kalb Lodge No. 9, I. O. O.
F.: Bartow Monument Association.
Special Notices—Notice in Regard to
Assessment of Property in ihe Extended
Limits; As to Bills against British Steam
shipCumena; Infanta Eulalia. Le Panto and
other Brands of Cigars, at Solomons & Co's. ;
Branch Notice to My Customers, Wm. G.
Cooper.
AUCTION Sales—Elegant Parlor Furni
ture, etc., by C. H. Dorsett: Balance of Rail
road Commissary Stock, by J. H. Oppen
heim &. Son; Furniture, etc., by A. K. Wil
son.
We Have About Sixty Suits—Appel &
Sehaul.
Papa Wear Pants?—B. H. Levy & Bro.
Removal Sale—Gutman's.
Railroad Schedule-Jacksonville, Tampa
and Key West Railway.
The Great Shirt Sale Starts To-day—
Falk Clothing Company.
Bicycles for Boys— Lindsay & Morgan.
For You To-day—At Kohler's.
Steamship Schedules—Ocean Steamship
Company; Baltimore Steamship Company.
Cheap Column advertisements —Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
Trust to Chicago to do a thing up iu fine
shape! A guarantee investment company
there that collapsed a short while ago
and went into the hands of a receiver,
has liabilities to the amount of *56,000,000
and assets to the amount of *449 in legal
tenders and 75 cents in mutilated coin.
A witness before a Texas court refused
to answer certain questions because he
■was, he said, trying to live up to the bib
lical injunction, “whatsoever ye would
that men should do to you, do ye even so
to them.'’ The court informed him that
the golden rule was not necessarily the
rule of action in Texas, and sent him to jail
for contempt.
A Chicago man v.-as married the other
day to a bride furnished him by a matri
monial agency. A few hours after the
ceremony the happy groom missed the
bride. And in a few moments more he
missed his gold watch, some diamonds
and a roll of money. The victimized ben
edict is suing the agency to recover the
value of the stolen goods.
Ex-Gov. “Bob." Taylor, of Tennessee,
according to his friends, will not be a
candidate for the Senate to succeod Sena
tor Harris. Mr. Taylor has found his
fiddling lecture to be so remunerative
that he will continue on the road as a
lecturer, “piling up money for a rainy
day” When he has provided against the
rainy day he may again turn his attention
to political preferment.
George Bidwell, one of the four Ameri
cans who forged Bank of England notes to
the extent of i 1 .OOD.OUO some twenty years
ago and was sentenced to life imprisonment
therefor, and who a few years ago was
liberated on a tic.ket-of-leave, is endeav
oring to persuade Secretary Gresham to
ask the British government for a full and
free pardon for him. Bidwell says he
has letters of recommendation from
Chauncey M. Depew, Lyman J. Gage and
Ck>l. R. G. Ingersoll.
At a meeting of the board of directors
of the Virginia Military institute in Rich
mond the other day the applications for
reinstatement of several cadets who were
expelled last October for hazing were
read and refused, and the board adopted
additional regulations with a view to
suppressing hazing. It is understood that
the new regulations are very severe.
The board is determined that in so far as
the Virginia Military Institute is con
cerned, hazing shall be a thing of the
past—a determination that commends
itself to the public.
Baltimore has an ordinance defining
precisely where street cars shall stop.
They must stop on the near side of cross
ings with their front platforms on a line
with the sidewalk, or on the far side with
their rear platforms on a line with the
sidewalk. The carmen have of late been
careless about obeying the ordinance,
with the result that several accidents
have occurred. To bring the men and
the companies up with a round turn, and
with incontrovertible evidence, the police
have been standing on the corners with
kodaks, photographing the cars that
stopped in the wrong place.
Again the unexpected has happened.
An association too “rank” even for the
populistic palate of the Kansas state ad
ministration has sprung up in that inter
esting state. “The Workers’ Interna
tional Military Association" is the name
of the association referred to, and it ap
plied to the secretary of state the other
day for a charter. In its declaration it
stated its purposes to be “to organize and
unify associations of laboring men and
issue charters thereto, under the seal of
theorder: to bear arms, equip and drill
and discipline the same for mutual pro
tection, pursuant to the Declaration of In
dependence of the United States” The
charter was refused by the secretary of
state. ”
Mississippi's Convicts.
The Mississippi legislature is at work
upon a bill arranging for the abrogation
of the convict lease system, as required
in the new state constitution. The time
for the change of penal systems is fixed
by the constitution, which orders the
state to assume charge of its convicts im
mediately upon the expiration of the
leases under which they are now' em
ployed by contractors. The new peniten
tiary bill provides for the establishment
of a farm, or farms, for the safe keeping
and employment of the convicts. The
farm contemplated by the bill is one of
5,000 acres. No provision is made as to
the crop to be planted, but it is presumed
that food crops will l be cultivated, inas
much as it is the purpose to make the in
stitution self-supporting without coming
into competition with honest labor. It is
estimated that to equip and start a plan
tation of the size proposed for the state
farm an outlay of *125, (XX) will
be necessary. But, large as the amount
is, the people of Mississippi, in justice to
themselves and humanity to the convicts,
will not object to the outlay. The profits
on the farm will go to recoup the state for
the outlay, and when the debt has been
discharged the profits will be used to es
tablish other farms, until the peniten
tiary is in possession of enough land to
give employment to whatever number of
convicts it may have.
Mississippi’s example in the matter of
convict control is one that should be fol
lowed by the other states in which the
lease system is retained. The details of
the Mississippi plan might be improved
upon, but the general proposition that the
state should itself control its convicts
should be adopted. The Morning News has
for a long time been urging the abrogation
of the lease system in Georgia. It is our
idea that the convicts should be put to
work at improving the public highways,
reclaiming state lands, etc., enough of
them, probably, being employedon a state
farm to feed the whole. However, we
have been, and are, wedded to no plan,
but would be pleased to see some good
law passed abolishing the lease system,
with its cruelties and scandals. Within
a year there have occurred in the convict
camps in Georgia incidents sufficient to
damn the lease system forever.
Seats in Engine Cabs.
Discussing the rear-end collision on the
Lackawanna road, at the Hackensack
flats, the other day, and referring to the
number of rear-end collisions that have
occurred on railroads in various parts of
the country within a year, a railroad man
ager concluded: “There ought to be no
seats in engine cabs. As long as men are
on their feet they can keep awake, but
curled up in a warm corner on a comfort
able hair-stuffed and leather-covered seat,
the inclination to drowsiness often be
comes utterly irresistible, and while fully
determined to keep awake they are very
likely to drop off into a doze or a sound
sleep, to be awakened, perhaps, by the
crash of a collision.”
The collision on the Lackawanna, it will
be remembered, occurred during a heavy
fog. There was no suspicion that the en
gineer was asleep, hut the manager’s ob
servations are of interest, in view of the
number of accidents that have occurred
while engine drivers slept at their post of
duty.
On the European railways no such
tiling is known as a seat in the cab of a
railway engine. No matter what class of
train is being hauled, the engineer must
stand all the while his engine is on the
move. The result is, it seldom happens
that trains are run past signals by slefepy
engineers. But the want of seats is noth
ing less than a hardship upon the freight
engineers. In the passenger service the
runs are fast and of comparatively short
duration, heuce the passenger engineer is
able to keep on his feet during the run
without serious inconvenience. But in the
freightservice.in this country as well as in
Europe, the trains move more slowly, and
are subject to frequent stops and more or
loss extended delays on sidiugs waiting
for the passage of trains having the right
of-way. During these tedious waits it
should bo the privilege of the enginemen
to rest on comfortable seats if they wish
to do so. A proposition to deprive the
American engineer, in the freight service
especially, of his cab seat would be met
with a vigorous and just protest. At the
same time it might be to tho interest of
ti\e railways and the traveling public to de
vise some plan whereby the sleep-inviting
seats could be kept out of use while trains
are in motion and placed at the disposal
of the enginemen again, when they are
side tracked or waiting at stations.
The Czar of Russia has chosen for him
self a distinctive title; how well it fits
him must be pretty much a matter of in
dividual opinion, according to the light in
which the individual has studied his
character. At a recent discussion between
the czar and his courtiers on the subject,
a courtier suggested that, as his father
had been known as “the liberator,” the
czar should be known as “Alexander the
Just.” “No,” returned the czar, “1 am
and shall remain the ‘peasant emperor.’
Some of my nobility style mo so in der
ision, scoffing at my affection for the
moujik, but I accept the title as an
honor.” Dr. Talmage, who saw the soft
side of the czar's individuality last year,
will probably agree that the humble title
suits the meek and agreeable gentleman
who entertained him. But Poultney
Bigelow and Frederick Remington, who
were in Russia about the same time, and
felt the claws of the Russian bear, will be
apt to hold, with George Kennan, the
opinion that the present czar is as much
an autocrat as any of his forefathers.
Attorney General Pillsbury, of Massa
chusetts, advocates the changing of the
laws so as to “allow trying a person ac
cused of a criminal offense a second time.”
He refers to the trial of Lizzie Borden as
an instance illustrating the need of such
a change. There is, however, an almost
insuperable barrier in the way of making
any such change in the criminal laws, in
the shape of the fifth amendment to the
constitution of the United States, which
provides certain rights to defendants in
criminal actions, notably that no person
shall “be subject for the same offense to
be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb.”
And there is not the least likelihood of
the repeal of that amendment.
A gold mining company recently formed
to operate in Utah will employ electricity
in the reduction of ores. Under the old
system the cost of reducing ores is about
*2 50 per ton; with electricity it is hoped
the cost will be cut dowu lo *2, or prob
ably to f 1 50 per ton.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, JANUARY 22. 1894.
The Nictheroy, Dynamiter.
The Nictheroy, Brazilian cruiser,
formerly the American merchant steamer
K 1 Cid, has been in Brazilian waters for
moro than a month now. She was turned
over to Peixoto early in December, at
Pernambuco, where she has been off and
on, for one reason or another, ever since.
From the standpoint of the persons who
sold the ship, the guns and the other
things necessary to the transformation of
the merchantman into a man-of-war, the
deal was a great success. But from the
standpoint of the purchasers, who
wanted something that could light, and
fight hard, the outcome must be a great
disappointment. For the Nictheroy has
as yet been nothing to Peixoto but a
source of expense and annoyance. Her
crew, consisting at first altogether,
and at present in considerable
part, of mercenaries, picked up
iu New York, has been in a constant state
of disaffection. Outbreaks of insubordi
nation were frequent, because of disa
greements about pay, so long as the alien
seamen were in the majority. Native
Brazilians have predominated in the crew
for some two or three weeks. But there
is nothing to indicate that they are an im
provement upon the old crew. The com
mander has never dared to take them
within sight of one of the enemy’s ves
sels.
But, had the Nictheroy’s crew been
composed of heroes, into the war from
motives of patriotism solely, it is doubt
ful if she would have been sent against
he euemy, in his powerful armored cruis
ers. The fact appears to be that the Nie
theroy, as a dynamiter, is a failure —a
worse failure than our Vesuvius—and
that the Brazilians have found it out. At
the Port Royal tests of the Vesuvius’
guns, the gunners were able to place
a shot within a few feet of a
target made of two or three
barrels, one time after another, at the ex
treme range claimed for the guns. Dur
ing the practice with the Nictheroy’s gun
since she went south, the only thing the
gunners have succeeded in striking is the
ocean. At a distance of 2,000 yards they
fired at a rock 1,000 yards long and 300
feet high—an object as big as would have
been Mello’s fleet, bunched and placed in
a convenient position for annihilation by
the Nictheroy’s discharge of dynamite.
But the projectile missed the rock by 300
yards, and lost itself in the sea. The ef
fort, by the way, disabled the gun for five
days. That was during December. Since
then it has been announced that the gun
is in good order. Nevertheless, when the
commander of the Nictheroy, at Pernam
buco the other day, saw a
thread of smoke on the hori
zon to the .southward, and had
weighed the suggestion that it might be
a cruiser, he put to sea at full speed, and
ran awmy and hid for two days. The
smoke was from a cruiser, sure enough,
but it w r as a British cruiser.
If the improvised navy of the Brasil
ians offers the nations of the world any
lesson, it is that a make-shift ship, manned
by a scrub crew, cannot be depended upon
to wipe out the enemy in short meter.
Typhoid Fever.
Prof. Vaughan, of New York, makes
some intarcsthig statements concerning
typhoid fever, based upon official reports
in this and other countries. In this coun
try there are annually about 500,000 cases
of the disease, of which 50,000 terminate
fatally. The cost of these cases, esti
mated in dollars, and not including physi
cians’ fees, is about *04,000,000. AH of
these great losses of lives and money,
Prof. Vaughan says, are caused by a com
plaint that is very well understood and
may be prevented, and he asks why it is
not prevented.
Impure water and had sanitary ar
rangements are the causes of typhoid, the
professor says, and these matters can
certainly be attended to by municipali
ties. As an illustration of what may be
done by a city towards preventing disease,
ho cites the successful efforts of the city
of Munich, Bavaria. From 1852 to 1859
the annual death rate from typhoid
fever in that city was 24.2 per 1,000.
There were no sewers, ho public water
supply, and the sanitary arrangements of
the houses “were almost too disgusting to
describe.” The consequence was that
the place was a very hotbed of typhoid.
In 1859 sanitary reforms were introduced;
sewers were constructed, a pure water
supply provided and the condition of the
houses improved. The result of these
reforms was that in 18S4 the death rate
from typhoid fever had dropped to 1.4 per
thousand.
Prof. Vaughan thinks that if the towns
and cities of the United States would see
to it that their supplies of drinking water
were pure, the number of deaths from
typhoid fever would drop off as much as
40,000 a year, at least, and if house drain
age systems were made perfect, the de
crease Would be even greater. Savannah
has already secured an abundance of
water as pure as that enjoyed by any city,
and there is no doubt that the public
health has been benefited by it. What
she now needs is a good house drainage
system. She has never been greatly
troubled by typhoid fever. Still she has
been afflicted by it to some extent of late
years. With a good house drainage sys
tem'she would seldom have a case of it.
The New York Press must be the organ
of the most stupid and prejudiced classes
ip the Republican party, to judge from
the character of "stuff’’ to be found in its
columns. In a recent issue it stated as a
fact that Congressman Wilson and his
tariff bill have within a week been the
causes of the loss of more than *1,000,000
to West Virginia, and then explained that
a number of men who had projected “two
companies with a capital of *600.000 each
to open up coal mines and lumber camps
in West Virginia,” met last week in Cin
cinnati. At the meeting “the Wilson bill
and its probable effects” were discussed,
when It was unanimously decided to "in
definitely postpone action.” If every pro
jected scheme that falls through is to be
counted in a state’s losses, there is not a
state in the union but loses billions of
dollars every year.
If the deposed Queen of Hawaii can
hire in Canada men enough to overthrow
the provisional government and replace
her on the throne, it is her privilege to do
so, and the United States government has
nothing to do with it. The queen was
turned out by a foreign force under official
orders, but the act has been disavowed.
If she can recruit an army in a foreign
country without the official knowledge
and sanction of the government of that
country, it is her affair.
PERSONAL.
Gen Harrison is expected to begin his lec
tures on law at the Stanford University dur
ing the first two weeks of Februarv. He
w ill probably remain in California until May
and occupy the intervals between his lectures
in visiting the principal points of Interest in
the state.
Only one descendant of Robert Toombs
now resides in Georgia, the Rev. Robert
Toombs Dußose, who has been recently
stationed by the North Georgia conference
at Harlem, that state. One of Mr. Toomts
grandsons resides in Montana and two of his
granddaughters in Georgetow-n, D. C.
Mr. Crisp often smokes a good cigar, offered
to him by a member who wants to keep within
range of the speaker while presenting some
matter sequlring discussion Otherwise, says
the Philadelphia Ledger, he has the reputa
tion of smoking the worst cigars known in
the House—regular ••twofers.” or, perhaps,
“threefers.”
George Von L. Meyer, speaker of the
Massachusetts house of representatives, has
been a member of various legislative bodies
for seven years, is wealthy and prominent in
society. He graduated from Harvard in 1879.
He is a director in several financial com
panies, and a member, probably, of more
clubs than any other man in Boston.
Mrs. Clara Mindoch is one of Uncle Sam’s
lighthouse keepers who has been retained for
many years in spite of ail political changes.
Her husband was appointed keeper of the
Rondout light, on the Hudson river, during
President Pierce's administration. He died
after one year's service, and sime that time
Mrs. Mindoch has attended to the duties.
Emperor William is determined to make
his hunting lodge at Rominten, near Theer
bude. as attractive and luxurious as possible.
A few days ago he purchased the adjoining
piece of land to add to the park about the
castle. The piece contained thirty-five acres,
and cost the imperial purchaser about 15.0 0
marks. The emperor, despite his disabilities,
is a passionate hunter, and prides himself on
his good marksmanship.
BRIGHT bits
Mr Farwest—l met mv old schoolmate,
Lakeside, to day for the first time in an age,
and I thought from the way he acted when I
mentioned you that you and he must have
had same romance or other before w e met.
Mrs. Farwest—No romance ahout it. We
were married for a few years, that’s all.—
New York Weekly.
"No. George.” said Laura, "if I take the
part of Juliet in the amateur theatricals, it
never would do,in the world for you to play
the part of Romeo.”
"why not?” demanded George fiercely.
Because.” rejoined Laura, sadly vet firmly,
'■you would not be satisfied with the stage
kiss.' —Chicago Tribune.
The Mother—l think our John is getting in
terested in matrimony.
The Father—Why do you think so?
The Mother—He was asking me this morn
ing where Cain got his wife.
The Father—H’m! It appears more likely
to me that he is getting interested in Bob In
gersoll.—New York Press.
Out of the Swim—Mr. De Style—Why have
you cut Mrs. Highupp from your list of
acquaintances?
Mrs. De Style—They have dost their money.
Who says so?"
No one; but I’ve learned that she is giving
her daughters a thorough education. That
shows that she wants them to be school
teachers.”—New York Weekly.
Sure of an Ally.—ln the street-car: Watts—
It may be good policy to raise the tax on
cigarettes, but I doubt tt.
Potts—Doubt it? The vile things ought to
be taxed out of existence. I will leave it to
this gentleman if lam not right.
Stranger—You bet you are right.
On the sidewalk: Watts —How could you be
so sure of. being supported in your assertion
by a perfect stranger '
Potts—l smelled the old pipe he had in his
pocket—lndianapolis Journal.
The mechanical figure of a woman that taps
on the window of an Asylum street store with
her fan to attract the attention of the passers
by, became an object of curiosity to a lat orer
in the street, and. leaning on the handle of
his pickax, he stepped up to have a nearer
look. One of his companions called outtohim:
"Fwat is it yez are flirtin' wid, Moiker”
‘Thwlst, there. Pat. Bedad, she reinoinds
me o’ th' ould OOmaii when she was that
young.”
"Away wid yez. Yer ould ’ooman cud never
pound wid her phist on the windy widout
breakfn’ the glass.”—Hartford Post.
Disinterested Patriot.—Reporter—l have
called, Mr. Lunkhammer, to ascertain your
views as a prominent business man on the
proposed Income tax.
Mr. Lunkhammer—One moment sir. (Whis
pers to bookkeeper.) Adams, what were my
net profits last year?
Bookkeeper (in a whisper)—Thirty-nine
hundred and seventy-eight dollars, sir.
Mr. Lunkhammer (to reporter) -I am
heartily in favor of it, sir. In my judgment
the man with a clear income of over $4.0J0 a
year who is not willing to pay a just propor
tion of it to maintain the government under
whose protecting aegis he enjoys the bless
ings of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happi
ness. is not worthy, sir, to be called an Ainer
ican citizen. It is the highest duty of every
true American, sir, to tonsider himself a part
and parcel of the great republic. Inseparably
linked with it in prosperity and adversity,
and in honor bound to hold himself person
ally responsible to the extent of his means,
etc.—Chicago Tribune.
OURHENT COMMENT.
Thurston’s Great Mistake.
From the Philadelphia Ledger Und.l.
For a diplomatist, Minister Thurston, ot
Hawaii, talks entirely too much. He ap
pears to think, however, that he is aecredited
to the American people rather than to the
government at YVashington.
May Bring the Bonds to 2 1-2 Per Cent.
From Rradstreet's find.).
The general impression, supported by the
latest advices from Washington, seems to be
that the loan will be over subscribed, and
that the tenders may reach prices carrying
the average return upon the bonds to as' low
as 2)J per cent.
Better at Home Than Abroad.
From the Baltimore American (Rep.).
In spite of the large army of the unem
ployed in this country, which in thirty etzht
of the chief cities is estimated at not less
than half a million people, the situation is
far better hero than fn many parts of Europe,
where anarchists have been exciting idle men
to riot and pillage. The few outbreaks in
this country have been promptly suppressed.
“Tom” Johnson's Amendments.
From the Now York Times (Dem.h
Though the efforts of Mr. Tom Johnson, of
Ohio, to secure radical amendments to the
Wilson tariff bill cannot be considered en
tirely loyal to the Democratic party, they are
not without their utility, 'they serve to
bring out very clearly the real purpose of the
committee to carry out the reform of the tar
iff with the least injury to existing industries.
An exception in the case of those Industries
in which a mischievous monopoly is made
possible by the tariff is not only reasonable,
but is In accord with the professed desire of
the strongest protectionists, such as Senator
Sherman and the New York Tribune. In
deed, it would he only consistent for that sen
ator at least, when the bill reaches the Sen
ate, to use his utmost Influence to secure its
passage.
Interesting Facts About the Bonds.
From the Slew York Evening Post (Ind.).
The reason why Secretary Carlisle offers
the sper cent, bonds described in the am of
1870 Instead of the 4>4s or the 4s is that they
have the shortest time to run. 1. e.. ten years.
It is easy to compute the price at which these
bonds ought to sell in order to be equal to a
3 per cent, bond running tne same length of
time. The secretary Hnds it lobe 117.223.
Every 5 per cent bond for H.Ouo. therefore,
must bring to the treasury not less than
*1.172.23. Hut the human mind is so consti
tuted that, although the 5 per cent, bond at
117.223 and the 3 tier cent, bond at par are the
same thing in an economical sense. nine men
out of ten will not only prefer the lat
ter. but will pay a considerable bonus
for It. The premium of 17 per
cent, which is required for the 5
per cent, bond will deter many bankers from
bidding. The reason for this is that they
have some doubt whether the next comer will
pay this premium. Experience has taught
them that the public do not tike to pay pre
miums, and as bankers usually buy In order
to sell again, they take this psychological
fact into account. Probably the government
could save one-quarter or onehalf percent
tier annum in the rate of interest, for the
whole ten years, if it were not for this pre
mium. In other words, the government could
sell a 214 or 2„ per cent, bond at par as easily
us a 6 per cent bond at: 17.223, The premium
is a bugbear, but everybody knows that bug
bears have a commercial standing. They
count for something In the world of finance.
He Admired Courage.
A few weeks ago there died in Adriano pie
one of the most famous and original of the
subjects of the sultan of Turkey. He was
Hadshi Achmed Izzet, pash3 governor gene
ral of the vela.vet. or province, bordering on
the Black sea. Hadshi Izzet was an ideal
Turk of the old school, says the San Fran
cisco Chronicle—a strange mixture of Solo
mon like wisdom and childish foolishness,
energy and apathy, cruelty and mercy, truth
and deceit, generosity and avarice. Iu the
eyes of his ruler and contemporaries he was
a hero, and it was with a purpose clear to
many that his majesty appointed him gover
nor general of Adrianople and kept him for so
many years at the head of that important
province—the gateway to the Ottoman em
pire. ihe pasha was born more than9o years
ago. and rapidly climbed to places com
mensurate with his name and the Influence of
his family. At the time of his death he was
the dean of the Turkish viziero. Almost
countless are the anecdotes told of
the pasha, who was known and re
spected from the Turkish Dan to the
Turkish Beershena. His hatred of the
•Christian dogs. ' as he always called the
people of the west, was boundless. It was
invariably his custom, when force of circum
stances obliged him to give his hand to a
"dog.” to wash it. upon withdrawal, while in
the presence of his guest It is said that
Hadshi Izzet laid aside this habit once. One
day a consul of one of the greatest European
countries was obliged to seek an audience
with the sultan's lieutenant in governmental
alfairs. He had already been insulted once
by the pasha washing his hands after the
greeting, and determined that he should not
be so treated a second time if he could possi
bly prevent it. Ihe consul was a thorough
master of the Turkish tongue and for this
reason had a great advantage over many of
his colleagues. When the servants of Hadshi
Izzet received him at the palace threshold he
spoke as follows in a voice which he knew
would reach the ears of the governor in his
office near by:
"Go and tell thy master that I wish to
speak to him. Say to him that 1 shall also do
him the honor to give him my hand, but shall
crack my hat over his ears in case he at
tempts to wash his hands after shaking
mine.” .
The servant started away to announce the
visitor to his master. But the governor had
already heard the message and came smiling
toward the daring consul. While he placed
his right hand in that of the foreign repre
sentative he said: “That was right. You
please me, eflendi. You, at least, have cour
age.”
The hands were not washed until the coun
sul had left the palace. The Incident gave
him notoriety in thejconsular corps at Adrian
ople. v '
Lost in the Forest.
It was a recent afternoon in the House. A
great leader was talking and was emphasizing
his views with voice and hands,!
and feet, says the Washington Post.
The Hon. Dan Lockwood came
over and sat down by the Hon. Amos Cum
mings in what is called the Cherokee strip.
' What are vou doing over here?” queried
Cummings; "why don't you go back on your
own side of the House and listen to the ora
tory ?”
"Oh. I don't care to listen to him, ” replied
Lockwood, wearily. ”in the view he takes,
as well as in his methods of thought and ex
pression, he reminds me of Gus Scheuyer's
celebrated trouble with a tree Gus lived in
Buffalo. He'd been out doing politics one
night and became very much convinced, in
deed. and was faring homeward about 3
o’clock in the morning. Gus' convictions
seemed almost too heavy a load for him. and
their weight carried him from one side to the
other, and caused Gus to leave a trail as
devious as a corkscrew. At the crossing of
Second street there blazed an arc light.
"Part of the scenery at this point was a
big elm tree. The tree was very black and
the arc light very brilliant, and between the
two Gus became confused and rattled, and
finally brom h: up standing in front of the
tree. He took a hard look, steadied himself
and started on a little journey around it. He
missed it somehow and came up slap against
the tree instead. Gus recovered himself
and made an effort to steady things for a sec
ond attempt. At last he felt that all was
ready, and veered awny in an attempt to go
around the tree on the other side. Again
he came against the rough, hard bole of
the elm. Gus’ reason began to reel. What
was the matter? For the third time he nerved
and manned himself for the enterprise. The
tree must be gone about in some fashion if
Gus was to sleep at home. With a mighty
effort of self -control Gus started again. This
time he bent away to the left, as in his first
essay. And for the third time he ran squarely
and energetically against the tree. This time
he peeled his nose and started the blood. Gus
went no further with the business. He gave
up. and, as he sat dismally down on the
ground at the base of the elm. he observed in
a voice full of terror and concern: Lost!
Lost in the imp3netrable forest!’ And. as I
said.” concluded Lockwood, "while listening
to our friend and attempting to follow his ar
gument, Gus and his encounter with the elm
tree were vigorously recalled to my memory'.”
Mr. Depew’s Courtesy.
“All railroad presidents are not czars," re
marked a traffic official who had been down
east attending the conference on the rate sit
uation. says tlie Chicago Post. “I saw Chaun
cey Depew do a thing the other day which
should cause you newspaper fellows to hold
him in grateful rememoerance for ever and
ever. One morning, just as one of the most
Important conferences was about to go into
session, a card was stuck into his hand It
had been sent in by a reporter of the Evening
Sun. Chauncey never refused to see a news
paper man.
" ‘.Show him in,’ he said to the messenger
who brought him the card.
“ Well, sir, what can I do for you?” he re
marked as suavely as imaginable as the re
porter entered. He was a young fellow, look
ing as though he had just left school, but
stated his business quite intelligently.
‘Well, now look here.' It is row 10:30
o'clock. There is a meeting of all tho presi
dents of the trunk lines aud central traffic as
sociations in session at this minute. I should
he there, because they cannot very well begin
till I get there, and lean hardly afford to keep
them waiting. Their time Is every a precious.
Tam very sorry,’ said the young man
T have just started on this week, and If I
succeeded In getting a good interview with
you I think it would help me considerably.’
' Are you a stenographer?' asked Mr. De
pew of the young fellow.
" No, but I think if you will give me, an
interview I can reproduce 1* as satisfactorily
as if 1 took notes of what, you say.’
■All right, then. Here goes!’ And he
talked to him for a column or so.
‘The interview appeared in that after
ternoon’s paper. Mr. Depew took pains to
see it, and it seemed to him to be a complete
photograph of what had been on his mind
while he was talking. He at once sat down
and wrote to the managing editor commend
ing the young man for his good work. Next
mail brought him a letter of thanks from the
reporter, stating that he hah been promoted
to a position on ihe morning paper and had
had his salary advanced.”
How Sandow Received the News.
There we stormy times behind the scenes
at Foster and Bial s last night. At a few
minutes before 10 Oscar Hammerstein rushed
into the music hall and whispered something
into the ear of Manager Cline. Mr. Cline
turned j:ale. says the New York Sun.
"We must heep it from him at anv cost!”
he cried. “It would unnerve his muscle."
Without a word the two managers rushed
behind the scenes and barred the stage door.
Instructions were issued that no one was to
speak to Mr. Sandowuntil after his perform
ance.
Wat's the ’ow-de-do’” exclaimed Miss
Bcllwood. who was waiting to go on. M*.
Hammerstein whispered the tidings into Miss
Beilwood s ear. Miss Bellwood's eyes filled
with tears. “Poor old chappie.” she ex
claimed. “My 'eart bleeds for him. These
theatrical widows is always a snare.”
■Ah. but she isn't a widow” exclaimed
Hammerstein. “It’s the one thing she's
never been.”
A consultation was held, and it was deci
ded that as soon as Sandow had finished his
performance Miss Beilwood should break the
news to him.
As Sandow left the stage Messrs. Hammer
stein and Cline approached. Each seized one
of his hands and stroked it.
“Brace up. old man.” they exclaimed in
chorus. “We have bad news for you. But
Bessie will break it as gently as possible."
And then Miss Beilwood advanced and in
formed Sandow that Lillian Russell, his old
love, was going to marry Mr. Perugini. Hut
Sandow has not been carrying grand pianos
about on his hack for nothing. If he was cut
to the quick his features did not show it.
"That's all right. I don’t blame her. She
has worked me as a free advertisement for
herself long enough.”
• * * *
Prof. Annie Oppenheim seems to be making
quite a good thing over in London out of the
proverbial curiosity which people feel about
themselves She is a physiognomist, and has
"delineated” 9.000 people in nve months, hun
dreds being turned away because she had not
time to read them. Miss Oppenheim dis
claims any connection with palmistry or pre
tention to psychical powers, and says her sys
tem of lace reading Is purely scientific.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Dr. Chan Quan Hing, a graduate of the med
ical college at Canton, has got out his shingle
in Detroit, with his name modified to Joseph
F. Chan. M. D.
Although French woman's legal and civil
rights are extremely circumscribed, it has al
ways been advanced la their favor that they
are absolute mistresses in their own domes
tic circles. Therefore it is with a feeling al
most amounting to consternation that they
learn that in the matter of dismissing ser
vants it is the husband alone who has the
power. A case in point came before the courts
the other day. and the magistrates ruled that
legally a wife cannot dismiss her servants
without her lord and master's consent.
A Nevada paper says that an entirely new
meta! has been discovered in that state. A
wood-chopper in the Pine Nut district, it as
serts. wishing to mend his oven, took some
clay from a large deposit near by. mixed it
up with water, and did the requisite pat h
ing. The next morning, when he went to
build a fire, he noticed that his patch had
disappeared and found in the ashes a white
clear metal, with scarcely any weight to it.
He put it on an anvil, and tried to break it
with a hammer, but found it impossible to
break or crack it. He found that it would
stand a high degree of heat, is very strong
and flexible, almost transparent, and very
light. It is extremely easy to reduce from
the ore. only a small degree of heat being
requisite, and the man says that he knows
where an inexhaustible store of the clay is to
be found. All this is very important, if it be
true, which there seems some reason to
doubt.
“It is a singular fact,” says a correspondent
of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, “that the
reign of every queen in modern times has
been attended by a wonderful advancement
in the material, political, literary, and even
military progress of her country. The reign
of Catherine the Great of Russia witnessed
the widest extension of the Russian empire
that had been known up to her time, and the
greater part of the Russian conquests were
accomplished during the time of the other
Russian empresses. The reign of Maria
Theresa was a period Of prosperity for Aus
tria-Huneary. in spite of the seven years’ war,
while the reigns of Elizabeth and Anne in
English history were ages of glory in letters,
arts and war, and that of Mary might have
been but for the unlucky foreign alliance she
formed with Philip of Spain. Great Britain
has never seen such an age as that of Victoria,
and perhaps will not again for ceflturies. The
presence of a queen on the throne as sov
ereign seems to inspire all the poetry and
chivalry there is in the nature of man. and
perhaps that fact furnishes an adequate ex
planation.”
Working hours in Germany are, as a rule,
very long, and are subject to great fluctua
tions. says the London Times. The chief fac
tory inspector of Bavaria says that in many
factories the hours of labor are not the same
every year, or even day by day, but are sub
ject to manifold changes. Strikes are most
frequent where social democracy is most pow
erful, and it does not appear that wages are
especially low in the districts in which they
they are most frequent. They usually begin
in the spring, when the seasonable trades are
making fresh adjustments of wages. Negotia
tions prior to the strike are usually fruitless:
but about the second week both sides begin to
give way. At the end of each successive week
the number of men out diminishes, and when
the strike funds give out both parties agree to
a compromise. The membership of the local
socialist body usually shows a great increase
just before a strike. This is the course of a
typical German strike. Asa rule, strikes are
peaceably conducted. Strikes are unknown
in agriculture, and are rare in trades like
baking, where the assistants often live with
their employers and look forward to becom
ing employers themselves.
One of the most interesting objects shown
in the Pennsylvania railroad exhibit at the
world's fair, says Cassel's Magazine, was a
model illustrating what appears to have been
an old system of block signaling used on the
New Castle and Frenehtown road. This prim
itive single track railroad connected the
towns of New Castle, on the Delaware river,
with Frenchtewn, on the Elk river, a stream
flowing into Cheseapeake bay, and formed an
important one of the many links in what was
then practically the only chain of communica
tion between the northern and southern cities
of the Atlantic seaboard. It was opened for
traffic in 1832. The five signals used on the
road were on posts about four miles apart, or
only so near together as was necessary for
distinct vision by means of a spy-glass, fpr
this was in pre-telegraphic days, and this
railroad, like the coach "Victory,” with its
barroom, had to he content to borrow Ideas
from the marine as well as from the coaching
world. Each signal post was provided with
two large balls, one white and the other
black, which were raised and lowered by
ropes, the relative positions of the balls in
dicating whether a train had passed ihe
posts carrying them or whether it was ap
proaching.
Palladium is one of the least known but
most useful of minerals, and the uses to
which it is put would make an interesting
story, says the Brooklyn Eagle. It belongs
to the platinum group, and Is found with that
mineral in the Ural mountains, Brazil, Peru
and in the Hartz mountains. It was first in
troduced by a chemist named Cox. It is sim
ilar in color to platinum, and is very malle
able because of its flexibility. It is a great
absorber of hydrogen gas, but is principally
used in the production of alloys. It is
used in a thin Him to protect silvered sur
faces. Avery close inspection of most silver
ware will reveal a thin coating of it on the
articles, which protects them to a large ex
tent from tarnishing. Mirrors have beem
backed with it. It gives an ally with zinc,
nickel and tin. Palladium and silver form an
alloy which is used by dentists in filling
teeth. An-alloy of palladium, gold, silver and
copper is used to make bearings for the
works of watches. In that use, one part pal
ladium. three parts gold, two parts silver and
four parts copper form a body which pro
duces less friction for the working parts of a
watch than the gems which are more com
monly used do. Palladium and steel are com
bined to make the most delicate of surgical
instruments. It can be utilized more compre
hensively with good results than any other
mineral known.
Mrs. Ibbie Gordon, of Clarksville, Tex.,
who was horn in 1805, was once introduced to
David Crockett, says the Galveston News.
Describing the incident, she savs: "It was
in the winter of 18.lt. not long after Crokett
had lean defeated for congress in Tennessee.
We heard that Crockett had crossed Red
river, and fearing that he might not come
through Clarksville, but keep on the old
Trammell trail, we intended to-meet him.
Jane Latimer, then a girl of 18, rode behind
me. and Betsy Latimer followed on a pony.
We overtook Crockett and his party at the
house of Kdward Deen, about four miles
from Clarksville. It was early in the morn
ing, and when Mrs. Deen saw us she said:
Mrs. Clark, what in the name of God brings
you here at this time of the day':’ My horse
brought me,' I answered, and then I told her I
wanted some breakfast. We went into the
house, and a friend, who had known Crockett
in Tennessee, introduced us. Crockett was
dressed like a gentleman, and not as a back
woodsman. He did not wear a coonskin cap.
It has always disgusted me to read these ae
counts of Crockett that characterize him as
an ignorant backwoodsman Neither in dress,
conversation, nor bearing could he have
created the impression that he was ignorant
or uncouth. He was a man of wide practical
information and was dignified and entertain
ing. His language was about as good as any
we hear nowadays. - ’
Sandford Fleming, formerly engineer in
chief of the Canadian Pacific railway, has
prepared a memorandum for the construction
of anew British Pacific cable, which is now
tinder consideration by the Australian author
ities. He proposes four different routes. By
the first the cable would run from Vancouver
Island to Fanning Island, thence to the near
est island of the Fiji- group. From Fiji it
would run direct to New Zealand and thence
to Australia. The distance is 7.145 nautical
miles, and the estimated cost- £1 878,000. By
the second route the cable would run from
Vancouver Island to an unoccupied island
known as Necker Island, about 210 miles to
the west of the Hawaiian group: from Necker
Island to Fiji, and thence to New Zealand
and Australia. The distance by this route
is also 7.145 nautical miles. The es
timated cost Is $1,585,000. By the
third route the cable would extend from
Vancouver Island to Necker Island, and
tbence to one of the eastern islands of the
Gilbert group. From the Gilbert group two
branches would extend, one to Queensland
touching at the Solomon Islands and having
its terminal point at Bowen, one to New
Zealand through Viti Levu, the southern
island of the Fiji group, Tho distance by
this route is 8.284 nautical miles. The esti
mated cost is £1,825.000. The fourth route is
identical with the third, except tha- it leaves
out the branch to New Zealand and takes
the shortest possible line from Vancouver
through the Gilbert Islands to Bowen. The
distance Is only 6.244 nautical miles, and the
estimated expense £1.380.000. According to
Mr. Henry Fleming s plan the cable would
be the property of the colonies concerned
and the capital would be raised upon their
joint guarantee at an interest, as he believes,
of 3 per cent.
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HOTELS.
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palaces (Ponce de Leon, Alcazar, Cordova).
American plan. Rate—s3, $3 50. $4 per day.
C. B. KNOTT. Manager.
Hotel Ponce de Leon will open Jan. 10, 189fc.
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IIP.
The subjoined lines will be
offered during the ensuin? week
at half price, with a view of mak
ing room for our Spring importa*
tions, the first installment of
which will be opened within the
next week,
Fine Cloth Jackets.
Beaver, Kersey, Melton and Cheviot, black
and colored, tight, loose and reefer, medium
and full skirts, plain or trimmed with braid
and fur; hundreds of styles.
Fine Cloth Cloaks,
Black and colored, with capes; high collars
and full sleeves; best shapes, perfect fitting,
with and without umbrella skirts, with and
without fur trimming, $3 75, were $6; $5,
were $8 50; $7 50, were $10; $9, wore
sl2 50.
Ladies’ Plush Jackets, finest linings and
finish, real seal loops, sizes 32 to 38, were
sls, S2O and $25, now $5, $7 50 and $lO.
Fine Table Linens.
Table Cloth and Napkins to match, both
colored borders and pure white, plain and
knotted fringes, $4 50, were $6; $5, were
$7 50,
Bosl Doub'e Damask, bleached aid un
bleached, 63 to 72 inches wide, new designs,
fresh, clean goods. 45c. were 60c; 65c,
were 75c: 70c, were 85c; 80c, were 95c.
Full lines Turkey Red and Cardinal Dam
asks at prices from 25c to $1 yard.
Bargains in 5-8 and 3-4 Napkins.
Thousands of Towels in all sizes and at
all prices from 10c each to sl.
200 pairs Boys’ Odd Pants at half price.
DANIEL HOGAN.
CROCKERY.
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