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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26. 1094.
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Where did Representative Wilson con
tract that case of typhoid feverf He was
ill when he left Washington, and pre
vious to the time of his leaving he had
been at the capitol more than anywhere
elso. Has tho notoriously bad sanitary
condition of the capitol resulted in in
cubating typhoid germs in the big build
ing?
It is respectfully suggested to the Hon.
M. L>. Harter, of Ohio, that instead of
substituting the word "globe” for “dol
lar” on his new non-legal tender free
coinage money, he substitute either the
word “bone” or “case.” It the word
“globe” were used on tbe proposed money
it would require too much thought on the
part of the owners thereof to remember
the nominal value of tho coin, whereas a
large number of people already know
what a "bono” or a "case” is.
The King's County Political Equality
League, of New York, which is a woman
sutuage society, made a strong bid for
public favor the other day when it enthu
siastically endorsed the opinion of Mrs.
Cornelia Hood. “We don't want to turn
tbe rascals out.” she said, referring to
the men, "for we love the rascals, as they
are our husbands and brothers.” This
may not be precisely in line with the
teachings of Miss Anthony and Mrs.
Lease, but the sentiment will be popular
with the younger female suffragists.
The oyster war between Maryland and
Virginia is becoming quite as interesting
as the difficulty down in Brazil. The
governor of Virginia lias appealed for an
int reuse in his navy, and has offered
pri es lor the capture of the craft of the
enemy, which may have the effect of
making the privateers of the Poeomoke
exceedingly active. It is gratifying to
noie, by the way, that in the midst of the
hostilities. Govs. O’Ferrall aud Brown
are good personal friends, and engage in
pleasant conversation whenever they
meet.
The state of Ohio is building at Mans
field a palace prison for the reformation
of her youthful prisoner.!. The state pen
ittmiary at Columbus, with accommoda
tions for 2,000 prisoners, cost about $450,-
000, while the new reformatory, with ac
ooinmoda; ions for 750 prisoners, will cost
$1,260,004), unless an economical fit strikes
tbe legislature pretty soon. A descrip
tion of the building says: “The walls
are of solid limestone and the guardroom
ceiling is supported with polished granite
columns 15 feet high. In addition to the
usual heating apparatus the place is to be
made cozy and cheerful with open fires.”
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New York, following the example of
London, has found it advisable to classify
the “bounder,” a recently discovered
social parasite. The "bounder.” accord
ing to the American understanding of tho
species, belongs to the genus dude, and is
distinguished from tho dude proper by
his inability to conform to all the require
ments and usages of good society. In
England the "bounder” is classed stili
lower; he is not a gentleman, but occa
sionally bounds up to the rank of gentle
manhood. only to drop back instantly.
He does everything in bad form; wears
last year's hats, is “in trade,” rides a
bicycle- notwithstanding horses are in
fashion, and talks about himself.
The Key. Dr. Rainsford, pastor of a
New York church, lias been blackballed
by the Metropolitan club—“the million
aires’ club,”—of New York. Dr. Rains
ford is the originator of thechurcli saloon
idea, and is a "popular” preacher. Com
menting on the occurrence, and attempt
ing to salve the reverend gentleman’s
wound, the New York Press says of the
club members; t “There is not a smgie
millionaire of them all who attracts more
attention when he walks up I ifih ave
nue than Dr. Kainsford. and probably
toot one is so universally admired by wo
men " Arc we to understand fiom this
that the ath lit ion of Fifth avenue and
Ifi< admiration of women constitute (lie
on.y r- ally desirable eminence m the
New Yorker s opinion ’
Wages Take an Upward Turn.
Mr. Andrew Carnegie said some time
ago that the manufacturing industries of
this country would be able to make
reasonable profits under the Wilson bill.
A great many other protected manufac
turers took issue with him on the matter,
and. together with the protee iouist
politicians and newspapers, started in to
prove that he was wrong; that the mere
suggestion of the Wilson biil was suffi
cient to smash industries. They ordered
wages slashed and mills closed, all the
while crying havoe, in order to frighten
workingmen, intimidate congressmen, and
possibly save McKinleyism from annihila
tion.
But their bluff has failed The Wilson
bill has passed one house of congress and
; will pass the other; and business is im
j proving s.eadil.v, notwithstanding the
I efforts of the protectionists to smother it.
And, better still, wages arp improving
in the face of the Wilson bill—the terrible
ogre that the protectionists vowed would
devour wage-earners, boots and all 1
A few days ago we noted tbe fact that
Silbermann’s silk factory, in New Jersey,
had granted its employes an advan -e of
20 per cent, in wages. This has been fol
lowed by the announcement that the
Frank & Dugan mills, at Paterson. N. J.,
have raised the waves of their employes
25 per cent., and that four other mills in
the same city will fellow suit!
These facts are sledge hammer blows
to silence the protectionists’, but there is
yet more to be told. Not only have the
textile workers of New Jersey been favor
ably effected by the collapse of the pro
tectionists’ bluff, but the wages of the
workers in the great iron industry have
taken an upward turn.
Twelve foundry firms at Cleveland.
0., decided on Thursday last upon pay
ing a scale of wages 10 per cent, higher
that they have been holding out for! And
the remaining foundry firms in the city
will meet the advance.
The advance, it is true, merely
replaces wages where they were
when the foundryroen cut wages
because of the Wilson bill; ”
nevertheless, it is an advance, and proves
beyond refutation that the Wilson bill
had nothing to do with the reduction in
the first place. The employes refused to
be bluffed, and the manufacturers re
stored their wages.
Add to these facts the further facts
that in Pennsylvania alone, since the
House passed the Wilson bill, some 118,-
000,000 increase has been made iu the cap
ital of iron and steel manufacturing con
cerns, and that mines and mills of Ala
bama, West Virginia. Maryland and
every other mining and manufacturing
state, have resumed business—add all
these facts together, and what becomes of
the protectionist calamity howl?
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Northern Stills Moving South.
The Morning News a few days ago. re
ferred to the action of the Dwight Manu
facturing Company, of Chicopee, Mass.,
in petitioning for permission to increase
its capital stock in order to engage in cot
ton manufacturing in the south, and com
mented on the fact as showing that the
time was fast approaching when the
south would manufacture the most of the
cottdn she produces. The Boston Journal
of Commerce furnishes some interesting
facts and conclusions iu connection with
the matter. The facts go to show that
the south’s advantages as a ootton manu
facturing center are recognized, and the
Journal’s conclusions are that northern
mill men will not wait until southern
men have seized upon those advantages,
but will take hold themselves
and put northern money into
southern mills. The Dwight com
pany has placed itself at the frout in a
procession that is going southward to
make investments in textile mills, “and it
will not be long,” says the Journal, “before
we hear of other mills in the same pro
cession,” because “it is unquestionably the
the fact, owing to natural conditions, that
c oarse goods can be made cheaper in the
south” than in New England. “It has
been evident for some time to some of our
shrewd and far-seeing cotton manufac
turers that sooner or later this class of
goods would have to be relegated to our
southern mills.” And many of the New
England mills have “worked onto finor
goods” in anticipation of the change.
It is an open question if fine goods, as
well as coarse ones, cannot be more profit
ably manufactured in the south than in
New England. But the south can very
well afford to hold the matter of the
manufacture of fins goo is in abeyance
until the coarse goods factories are estab
lished; the other factories will follow,
almost of their o-.vn accord.
The commercial standing of the Dwight
company, which is leading this south
ward march of New England mills, and
its scope of business, are matters of in
terest. Its capital is now $1,200,000 and it
desires to add #500.000 to tbe stock. Its
shares are of a par value of s'>oo. and are
quoted at SBOO, with few offering. It ex
ports goods to Turkey, South America,
Africa and China, besides hiving an im
mense home trade. Forty per cent, of its
wares are cpariecloths, so that the inten
tion is to transfer nearly half of its busi
ness to tbe south in the near future.
If Georgia, with unsurpassed advan
tages, fails to secure a large share of the
northern money that is s■eking and will
seek investment in southern mills, it will
be Georgia's own fault. It will take work
to induce the mills to copie here—the
New England people are not pulling up
stakes and stumbling over each other to
get south—but timely and j(nßlljjfirut
work will not be without its Yerttrrd.
What is Georgia doing in the matter'
It is understood that Secretary of War
Lament suggested to the river a'n i
harbor committee of tho House the advis
ability of making no appropriations for
this year; “as the appropriations how in
hand can be utilized on the important
works, and. on the other hand, there
c ould be susikmsions without scriousdam
age resulting.” The committee, how
ever. according to a report to the Balti
more Sun, will not go to the length sug
gested by the secretary, but will recom
mend ouiy such appropriations a are
necessary to continue work already under
way, and to begin no new improvements
•>f any kind. The bill, it is expected, will
be reported within the next three' or four
>iays.
The spirit of AuUgoulsri is. apparently,
o strong in Alabama that til c annot
**\en let a Llllo sc-ouj huso uaii
league' rock along without getting up a
counfgP'po.tibioaUoa.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20. xB!4.
The Anarchist.
Scarcely a day passes that the newspa
pers do not contain foreign or domestic
dispatches, or both, telling of outrages
committed by anarchists, or of the ar
rest of anarchists, or of the activ
ity of the anarchist propaganda. In n
general sort of way most people know
that the artarctrist is an enemy to law and
government. But how many persons are
there in our southern section who know
the leading tenets of the anarchist s
it is safe to say there are compar
ative-few. A circular recently distrib
uted throughout McKcesimrt. pre
sumably upe n the authority of John
Most, the anarchist lender in New York,
condenses the anarchist s creed into
short form, and furnishes an insight into
the purposes of this menace to society
that has apparently gained a strong foot
hold ih this country. The circular is
addressed. “The Communist-Anarchists
to the Proletariat," and is, in part, as fol
lows;
We wage war against private property,
against the state and against the church
—a war having for its object their utter
annihilation
Wc repudiate the institution of private
property, becase its history is the history
of ail human suffering. So long as pri
vate property prevails there will be rich
and poor, but ths latter will b.r dependent
upon the former. Whoever, therefore, is
truly striving for the happiness of man
kind at largo must join us in the cry .
‘Down with private propeety.’ ”
Tiie state, far from being, as many
fancy, an institution lor the general well
•being of the people, is simply a means of
defence that tne rich have set up against
the property loss.
Private property can only be over
thrown by the destruction of its guardian,
the state. Both institutions must stand
andAfall together. The watchword,
therefore, of every consistent champion
of freedom must be, ‘Down with the
state!’
The church—no matter what its par
ticular deaomination may be—is the con
densation of the most enormous swindle
ever perpetrated on humanity. If, there
fore. the baiUe cry. is to be raised against
all that tends to hold men in slavery,
submission and ignorance we must not
fail to exclaim;—"Down with thechuroh !
Down with all.creed swindlers and priest
humbug!”
There we have an explanation of wbat
the anarchist is. He hates humanity,
property, the church, tbe state—every
thing. His war is against everybody am
bitious enough to own a bed and civilized
enough to sleep in it; against everybody
wbo is industrious enough to work and
sane enough to enjoy the fruits of labor;
against everybody who prefers decency
and order to squalor, lawlessness and
rapine. He is more dangerous than the
assassin who stabs a man in the back;
lie is the assassin of society.
The anarchist is the curse of Europe.
He must not be permitted to be the curse
of America.
How Science Helps Farmers.
Intelligent farmers are depending more
and more upon chemistry to assist them
in making their farms productive. They
are studying the soil of thoir farms, with
the view of finding out what it needs to
mdke it productive, and what kinds of
crops it will produce in the greatest
abundance.
A paper read at the convention of the
State Agricultural Soeiety that was held
recently at Brunswick is of great value
to watermelon growers. The author of it
is Dr. George F. Payne, state chemist.
He told the melon farmers that what the
land on which watermelons are grown
needs is potash. An average crop of cotton
takes from the land only about six pounds
of potash, but an average crop of melons—
say half a carload —takes off 17% pounds.
Cotton and corn take from tho soil more
phosphoric acid than watermelons.
The fertilizer that answers for cotton
and corn docs not do for watermelons.
The melon growers, particularly those
whose farms have a sandy soil, should
purchase a fertilizer rich in potash. If
they should do Unit thoy would have no
reason to complain that they cannot raise
two successive crops of Inelons ia the
same field.
The average fertilizer contains 10 per
cent, of phosphoric a id and 2 per cent, of
potash. Put upon the soil at the rate of
20i1 pounds per aero each yevr it would
take four years of such fertilization to
put back into the soil as much potash as
is taken out of it by one crop of melons.
It is app ivcnt,* therefore, why the idea
Vrevails among melon growers that land
that has produced one crop of melons will
not produce a profitable crop the next
year. There is very little of the kind of
food in the soil that melons feed upon.
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The Japanese government is going to
hold a national fair at Kioto next year to
celebrate the eleven hundredth anni
versary of the establishment of the
national capital at that city. The capi
tol, however, has since been removed to
Tokio. Among the features of the fair
will be an exposition of Japanese relig
ions. and the various Christian sects have
boon invited to participate in the exer
cises of the religious congress. It is
probable that the Japs got tho idea from
the world’s congress of religions at the
Chicago fair. At any rate, tho forthcom
ing event at Kioto will aiToni American
missionaries in Japan an opportunity to
do good work for their respective
churches. Considering the fact that it
has been only a short while since Chris
tiafSs first taught their or cis in Japan,
it is significant ofthe liberal mindednnss
of the people that they . should o.noisily
iuvite Christians to discuss religion with
their priests at a national exposition.
An extraordinary pawnbroker’s shop is
shortly to he established in New York
city, ,lts purpose will be to aid poor peo
ple by loaning mopey at low rates of in
terest on oiltnost anything they have to
oltqp. Cornelius' Vanderbilt is at the
oGthe concern, and associated with
hiiiff uro n R. CouJert, \V. E. Dodge,
Abram $. Ilewitt, Adrian Iselm, Seth
Low, Fierpofit Morgan. Oswald Otteu
dorfer. William L. Bull, John D. Crim
mins qnd a numljprof other iyeu of equal
prominence. Ting business will be ruu on
a plat, devised and perfected by the Kov.
Dr: David H. tlroer, rector of St. Bar
tholomew’s Episcopal church. Chattel
mortgages will be takeu on household
goods or personal ejects and flumes
longed at the legal rate of mtovr-xt, ju
st ad of the 30 to 50 per cent, rate charged
by regular pawnbrokers.
>o. i hr -gain, for the sixth time, lieen
ii u-n by the Frentb Aindemy. He is
sii.l a rsudiCalo tor nny vacancy that
nay occur. ! rials one of those candi
dates who do toot kuosv when they are
They are having comedy specialties
during the Brazilian war. A week ago the
report came by cable that the insurgent
troops, after a desperate fight, had suc
ceeded in capturing and occupying Isla
Bon Jesu. This is how they did ft: The
island, which was a government position,
was quietly abandoned by the tropps two
weeks ago, for the reason that the posi
tion was not worth holding. Several
days olapsed before the insurgentslearned
of this movement. When da Gama found
out there was nobody on tne island, he
marshalled his host, “the whole rebel
fleet of tugs, gunboats and torpedo
catchers gathered at the island and open
ed a furious fire with rapid fire and ma
chine guns. After half an hour of this
his men landed and rushed up the slopes
firing furiously. Then they set off a lot
of red 111*6 as a signal to the distant
Aquidabaii. which signaled back.” And
the next da.v the world was informed of
the great insurgent victory at Isla Eon
Jesu.
The reports from Mtxieoconcerning the
health of Chairman William L. Wilson
are nothing short of alarming. An official
report says he has typhoid fever, and an
unofficial report says he is in a dying condi
tion. There is a superstition that every
new tariff bill demands the life of some
body connected -with its passage. The
corps of otficial fiepewters of the, debates
has heretofore furnished most of the vic
tims, and it is said tlt at least one re
porter of the House is now in a critical
condition as a result of the extraordinary
strain upon him. If both the father of
the nc.v bill and one of the men wbo kept
the record of the pro eedings should suc
cumb to nature at this juncture, it would
strengthen the superstition and darken
ths opening days of the nty tariff.
PERSONAL.
Miss Jeanffif SprahjL Hlqdop dslegam to
the world s fairy rtfrt-Yerr fxvrru of San
Francisco, the has not been received co-di
ally there, and has keen annoyed by bother
somo anonymous letter* •
The Sultan of Turkey lha conferred the
second class of the Shefakat upon Miss Fan
ny Caio, daughter.of Gea. Caro, governor of
of Briam on. I-ranee, on the occasion of her
betrothal with Youssouf Moutran tflendi.
Mary Bruce, a well educated and cultured
woman and an authoress of considerable
in England was discharged a few days ago
from tiallowell prison, after promising to
keen socer. She failed to do so. was arrested
again and has just been sentenced to one
month's incarceration in jail.
Miss May Fuller, of Tacoma, has succeeded
in climbing Mount Tacoma. Washington. It is
the first time a woman ever accomplished a
feat which but few men have dared. The
mountain is 11,144 feet high. Miss Fuller was
accompanied by four men, and the entire
party suffered greatly trom exposure.
Miss Margot Tenant, of London. Is one, of
the most attractive women of that city.
When Emperor William visited Ehgland last
she managed U> make hik .acquaintance on
Rotton Row,la order to pis a wager Not
withstanding the informal manner of their
acquaintance the yriung emperor was so
charmed with Miss Tenant that he waltzed
with her several times at ihe state tall, at
Buckingham palace.
Mrs. Frederick Vanderbilt devotes a gen
erous part of her income to starting young
girls in business. Through the pastors of
forcigh mission churches in remote corners of
New York she hears of girls of ability who
require only a start In life to render them
selves honorably self-supporting She usu
ally gives each girl so selected *SOO. At least
ten young women every year are thus pio
viffed for by Mrs. Vanderbilt. The money is
always considered as a loin.
BRIGHT BITS. -A••
Mrs. Spatts <nee Gotroxl-VYou're a perfect
brute! I actually believe you married me
sim.ily because of my money.
Mr. Spatts—Well, my dear, you'd hardly
expect a man to take such an important step
without some reason.—P. A S. S. S. Co.’s
Bulletin.
Auntie—Does your doll close its eyes?
Little Ethel—Yes'm. but she is the most
wakeful child I ever saw. She doesn't shut
her eyes when I lay her down, as she ought
to. The only way to make her go to sleep is
to stand her on her head and shake
her. —Good News.
First Young Lady—Do yon. always buy two
kind Sof paper f. , w,
second Young Lady -Always, You see.
when 1 write td Charlie I iish paper- that
means love. When I answer Jims letters!
use blue paper, which means "faithful unto
death."—Brooklyn Life.
"If women got into congress." said young
Woocny Witte, -every one of them would
want the last word "
Possibly." replied Miss Pepperton, "but
1 don’t think they co id Le any longer in get
ting around to it thin spme of th s gentlemen
who an now trying to make our laws."—
Washington Star.
Mrs. Motley Mix (reading sign over oyster
dealers door)—"Families Supplied " Dear
me. what won't they ue supnlyin next?
They ve got the telephone an thetrollo' an'
the Te:trie light, an'now they talk about
supplyin' femailes 1 Fust thing we know
they U be supplyin ready made fathers an'
mothers fer destitute . orphans.—Harper s
Young Peoplo.
Billy Baredues—l've made a bet of a hun
dred 00l ars with Jack (.'humpies that if X
propose to you. yon 11 refuse me* -Now if you
do refuse tue. I'll divide with you.
Miss Bondstock-And supposing I should
accept you? 4
Billy Uarefiues-Then I m .afraid I shall
have to call on you to help me pay the deot.—
Harper's Bazar.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Takln? Chances at an Office.
From the Galveston News (Dem.).
Alat ama has a candidate who has an
noun.cd himself for three offices at on, e. i o
in locently explains that if he cannot get -one
ot the offices maybe he can get one of‘ the
others.
Kansas Not Bleeding Just Now.
From the St. Louts Republic (Dem.).
Thcrjisnota prominent populist in Kan
sas not now under charge of mrruption i y his
or her tellow-partisans. The two old parties
are enjoying a rest, white the reformers arc
reforming.
Misery Has Company.
From the Washington Post (Ind.L
Now York should cease blubbering be
cause sho has no representative on the su
preme court bench, there are just thirty four
other s ales in this grand and glorious union
that are in the same hole.
The Protectionists and Their Dupes.
From the Philadelphia Record (Dem.)
There is one radt. ai difference between the
protectionist Cassandras who erv aloud
against the o ilson tariff bill and their dupes.
The Cassandras are airaid that their prophe
cies won t tie fuinlied, and the dupes arc
afraid they will.
Hill’s Opinion of the Senato.
From Springfield (Mass.) Republican find ).
No man in pul lie lire lifts a profounder con
tempt for the Unl’ed States Senate than Hill,
a member of It. He makes it tight his politi
cal battles and stand by his smirched ex
* auiUdates. And he doesn't hesitate a mo
mi nt to violate Oi.euiy a strict rule of that
> od; foriiddlug th# publication of a speech
delivered iu executive session, for all ban is
agree that Hill hinis" f guvo out the speech he
made on the confirmation of While.
Warning to the Democracy.
From the PhlladupßiaTlmes tlnd.)
It suits the purpose of lb" high tariff or
guns to assume that ibe rz eiii democratic
reverses express n p iiuiar hostility to the
Wilson bill This assumriioa is wholly
gratuitous and we believe altogether Wrong,
ihe Cos nlry Is mofouidiv dissatisfied not
with what the ißmo ratio party has done or
> adoriskea to do. cut with its fail ire to flu
uuv.hii.g its only way to ipcovi r pubit
or,.ldii,, is ... shorn iu capacity for reason
ale legislation ty the immediate perform
unco of the and ,ty for which tho present coo-j
gresa was *j tally cviutiiiMluued
The Reformed Druggist.
The Reformed Druggist was taUiing to the
Man with the Cracked Lip. says the Buffalo
Express. "Now. collodion," he said, "col
lodion is just the thing to put on that lip of
yours. It is a great thing to promote the
growth of new -k.n. Just brush that lip with
tollodiqn. aad it will he well in no time.
But, he continued, warnlngly. "you want to
be very careful. One or Ihe worst acci
dents I ever saw was the direct result of col
lodion,"
The Man with the Cracked Lip shivered
apprehensively. "How wasthat?’ he asked
Tbe Reformed Drugg.st 1 gated a fresh
cigar and stuck his feet upon ihe radiator.
! Yes."’he continued re.iejtivcly that was
a bad accident. and the worst of the whole
; tfcmg was that 1 was responsible for It. in a
I wav. "
But what was it?” Insisted the Man with
: the Cracked Lip.
It was just like this: One day, before I re
] formed and while I was keeping a drug store,
a man came into the store with ihe worst
pair of lips lever saw. Why, that nssuis in
that lip of yours wasu t a marker to the gulbv
that was in his lower lip. 1 saw in a minute
that t e suffering a good deal. He
was a great, bur man and Uio teeth were
rather protubeiant I asked him if he wanted
something for those lijjs and he told me that
I had guessed right, -chen X told him juxt
what I have teen telling you 1 explained to
him the action or collodion and he told me to
put-ome on his lips I got tho bottle and
pi.iui out a ca:uels-hair brush, khen I
painted those li, s m a wav that no mans
lips were ever palmed before and just daubed
i the collodion on by the spoonful, rrettv
soon 1 had them all OxeX out. and then tbe
accident occurred. Holy Moses: vhit an ac
cident that was. Why. the man's nead was
just blown clear off his shoulders and instead
of getting .TO cents for my 00, I was out ID
cents for telephoning for the ambulance to
corns and take him away."
"i don t think I catch tho drift of your* re
marks, " said the Man with the Cracked Lip
“Did I understand you to ay that the man g
head was blown off ‘
"You did. replied the Reformed Druggist.
"His head was blown clean from his shoud
ers."
"But bow; did he have a dynamite cart
ridge in his mouth or soniethlwg of that
kind.-”
* "(>h. no." The Reformed Druggist laughed
abit. '*You remember I said that he had
protuberant teeth and that! also said I put a
great deal of . ollodion on his lips? Well, col
lodion is na lo of gun-cotion and ether, and
when it got in the sore spot he kinder brought
his teeth together with a snap Some way or
other those teeth struck a spar e that set off
the gun-cotton, and there was a big report and
the mans head was blowm into bits.'
The Man with the Cracked Lip sat for a
moment in silence Then he said, slowly:
ri don t wonder that you got out of the drug
business. Your moper place is press agent
for a fishing club."
The Reporter’s Blunder.
“Talk about making funny mistakes,”
said the old reporter of the Chicago Dispatch.
"I'll never forget one I made once. Come to
think pf it. it wasn't so awfully funny after
all, for it cost me my job and no end of mortl
fieation. But it was a long time ago and I
can afford to laugh at it now. I had just ar
rived from the east and secured work on a
Chicago morning paper. My assigntmen wag
to cover' the principal hotels. 1 had found
the same fiae of work very agreeable in the
eastern city from which i came and had also
learned that it was a matter of policy to
cultivate the acquaintance of the hotel peo
ple. more particularly the proprietors and
clerks. In common with the rest of mankind
they enjoy el seeing their names In print, and
an occasional flattering mehtion won their
good will and was of great benefit in securing
news tips. In a very Jiort time I was on the
best of terms with most of them.
"One night in making my rounds I dropped
into one of the most prominent hotelg in the
city. I knew both the proprietor and the
chief clerk quite well by that time, so far as
an informal acquaintanceship goes. As I
neared the'desk 1 heard the proprietor, who
chanced to be behind the desk at the time,
make some remark about the prettiest baby
in Chicago. *
“ 'New baby?’ I inquired, catching, as I sup
posed. the drift of the narrative.
•'Yes, and a regular beauty, too,’ said the
landlord.
• 'Hoy or girl?' was my next interrogation.
“ 'Girl.' was tho reply.
, There was a good little item Mr. Land
lord I knew to oe nm>n of wealth and high
social standing/and the fact that he was the
father of anew baby Would be of general in
terest. Furthermore. 1 coula say sonfethlng
in a complimentary way and ingratiate my
self still deeper in his good graces. So I in'
dited a short paragraph to tho effect that Mr.
Landlord, the url ane and 1 popular proprietor
of What-you may-cail-R house, was rejoicing
over the advent of anew daughter. Ido not
rereemi er for sure now, as it happened so
long ago, but I probably added a line about
■mother aud child doing well. That kind of
stuff went than, for this wggn t the metropol
itan city it is now.
"Welt. I'll never forget ffiy feelings when i
learned the next day that the new i aby was
in the family of the head clerk. The mistake,
under ordinary circumstances, might not
have amounted to much, but In this case it
was rendered exceptionally borrowing by the
fact that the proprietor had married a leadng
society belle less than two months previously
and the item caused no endof gossip. I didn't
try to explain how the mistake occurred. X
thought it would be easier io look for anew
job.”
An Incident in Florida.
“It Is a genuine treat to spend a fortnight
in Florida at this season,” said Mr. W. 11.
Watts, a prominent citizen, to a Washington
Post man. "l am just from Ormonde. St. Au.
gustine, Jacksonville, and other resorts in the
laud of flowers, and it was about ihe happiest
pi g image of my life. At home, I am a
staunch republican, but I'dte a democrat in
Florida, unless, perhaps, on the tariff The
presence of the colored man and brother
would largely influence my change in politics
if 1 changed my hatltat. 1 suv this 100,
without any prejudice against the race. A
party of us went out into the ionntrv to hear
a colored divine preach one lovely Sabtath
m irn. His language 'gfas grandiloquent, his
gestures wonderful, his manner fervid, and he
worked up his bearers to a state of high re
ligious exaltation.
"Then he got down to business, and a col
lection was taken up to pay the pastors ex
penses to a near by town, where he was to
hold forih shortly. Tbeproecels were .-A M),
all nut the odd cents being contributed by the
northern tourists After another hi mu we
were a little Jasu nished when the reverend
gentleman auiioun ed that another collection
would e taken up tor the pastor s personal
benefit, tho reason cing that tho local ex
press company ho and a suit of his clothes that
could not be released till the charges were
forthcoming. Again we Shipped in, not quite
as heavily as before, and left amid the broad
grins and benedictions of all the congrega
tion." c
Was This Man Mean or Not?
They got into a Broadway cable car to
gether, and if he was not a man who had been
playing heavy leads on a farAvestern circuit,
and she the leading lad, of the xuma com
pany. and his wile. 1 can toll nothing of char
acter from dross or faoes. fa vs a .New York
Press writer, lie looked exceedingly pros
perous and the lady was a co very stunningly
gotten up but it seemed to me that the lone
of her hair was a trifle duller than it might
have been and the gold not quite red enough
fo. the prevailing mode, tie hauded the i on
ductor a dollar bill and received lack, of
course. SB cents in change Puking out a
quarter he dropped it aimy An the pocket of
liis.oier,oat then softly jingling the rest in
the hollow of bis tanned giove, he said, in
genuine, deep chest tones:
"You may have some use for this loose sil
ver my dear."
“Thunks so much." said the lady, with a
toss of uer shimmering head? "t ve plenty of
change, ihank you.',
Now. what I want to know was—tiecayse I
couldn't hc-i;.' overhearing it—whv did atm pot
such a circumflex accent ot. the w ord change.
A hv did she emphasize ihe word change—
italicize the word, so to speak? This incident
has women me ever since, because I do not
know whether ihe lady unapt that he ought
to give her ills and keep the change lor him
seir. or whether. In fact, she s,oriied the
change, even though he gave her ihe greater
part of all the money he had' The rtiore yon
think this question over, the more its horri
ble fascination will grow upon .you. Was he
a mean man or wasn the?
Little Addle Cunningham, of Fall River,*
bus passed through a letuurl.nble experience.
On the 18th of last September she was eating
watermelon w hen a seed lodged fii her wind
pipe She was seized with a terrible tit of
coughing, aud for weeks her life was de
spaired of. Physt,lane could (lo nothing for
her. and she w vstod away to a slceletou. She
was seized with a tcrrl 1* ill of coughing a
few iiujs ago am] tin- ineion sued was Ibrowu
out It was lh: e<? times the size of the ordi
nary seed mm .entwined a long sprout whi n
was mi ideally growing in her windpipe Sh
eas tanned uily relieved, and can now
bftfdillic c
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
At a masquerade in a New York suburb
recently, a man who appeared as Father Time
carried a lawn mower instead of a scythe.
There are at out I.OCC boxes of unpacked
foreign exhibits still lemaining at Jackson
Park. The customs inspectors are busy pack
ing and marking the goods for their speedy
removal to warehouses.
An Interesting account is given in the Lon
don new spa tiers of a great dredger that has
just t een constructed in Scotland. Formerly,
when it was needful to make a channel
through rock, it was customary to shatter the
o stacle by blasting and then dredge out
the broken material but re*ent dredgers
are powerful enough to cut the way through
rock without any preliminary blasting. A
little while a;o anew channel into the har
bor of Alexandria was cut in this fashion.
It Is *OJ feet wide and runs through solid
roc Lately it was decided to make anew
channel at Bermuda, and for this special pur
pose the pew dredger just referred to has
been constructed. It is the largest in the
world, having a displacement of 2.400 tons,
and Is built entirely of steel, its length is 2 8
feet, beam 4o feet, and its death seventeen
teet three inches, dimensions which will en
able it to go anywhere and face any weather.
The dredging gear, and bucket chain
are the strongest ever made, and weigh about
liWtons. I his gear has such an excess of
strength that It will pull up the engine if
unv insuperable Impediment is met with in
working, and a break down will thus be
avoided The oucket la >der Is fitted with
ten powerful buffer springs, to cushion
any shocks that mav fce experienced when
the dredger is worklrg in a sea wail. The
vessel will dredge to a depth of forty-five
feet below water level, and will be able to
cut her own flotation"—that is. cut her way
through a bank above water level.
It is protable that the days of the second
class carriage upon English railways are
numbered, says the New York Post For
many years there has been a tendency on the
part of the public, especially in local traffic,
to economize by riding in the improved third
class carriages, and ot late the second-class
carriages have been comparatively deserted.
In the old days third class carriages were lit
tle better than horse boxes, and there was a
large class of travelers unwilling to ride in
them aid yet unable to pay iirst
class fare. For these persons the
oecond-class carriage was provided,
and by them, for a time, it was Datron
ized most liberally. Nowadays, however, the
third class carriage L on de.eut springs and
is often comfortably upholstered, particularly
on the longer lines, and Is used by a large
maicrity of travelers of moderate means,
the problem to be solved by the directors
was whether, if there were no .second-class
carriages, the people who used to ride in
them would go into Uie first or the third
class At a recent meeting of the Great
Eastern Hallway Company. Lord Claud Ham
ilton. the chairman, observed that the
second class had now been abolished
for a year on the main line, and on the
branches in the country districts, and the re
suit had more than exceeded the expectations
of the dire, tors. If the whole of the second
class passengers had gone into the third class,
the company would have stood to lose £22 00)
in the year, hut nearly one third had gone
into the first class, causing an increase in re
ceipts of more than £41.000. These figures
probably will seal the fate of the second class
carriage.
Rubies are now the most expensive kind of
jewels, says the New York Tribune, and a
very wealthy man said the other day that he
was going to buy his wife a set of rubies, as
he wanted some investment for his money
and was sick of land. His wife seemed im
mensely pleased with the idea, for nothing is
more exquisite than fine rubies surrounded
with pure white diamonds. In respect ot
jewels men are as extravagant as women. A
ciza ette case recently made to order for a
wealthy cluuman was of oxidized steel and
studded with diamonds of the first water, i ho
cost of this toy was *Ui); aud yet men laugh
at women who have diamonds inserted in the
lace of their fans, where they are certainly
more appropriate than ffi cigarette
eases! Nor does this extravagance
stop at trifles that can be carried
on the person of the sterner sex.
There is a well known young London "ex
quisite" who is the happy possessor of a
shaggy Irish terrier, called Tim, and around
the little animal’s bristly neck is a gold col
lar with his unaristocratic appellation done
in red enamel and diamonds and the young
man's crest and monogram similarly exe
cuted. It is quite possible for a woman to
wear too many diamonds. T here are. it is
true stately dowager du< hesses and magnifi
cent marchionesses to the manner born wflo
adorn, rather than are adorned, by the costly
jewels they wear; but, on the other hand,
there are faces pretty enough, but lacking
that essential quality of high breeding and
refinement without which a splendidly jew
eled woman becomes a mere background for
an ostentatious djsplay, her beauty being in
a measure obliterated by her jewels.
The hair of man is gradually disappearing
before the march of civilization, saj-s the
New York Sun. Nature, who is an economi
cal dame, has gradually removed tha hair
from the top of the head where it is no longer
useful. Still, kindly intentlored. a decora
tive fringe Is left for ornament. Man himself
would have gladly compounded with nature
and bartered some of the growth on his face
far a few handluls of hair on his head. Na
ture. however, knew the value of shaving as
discipline and refused to interfere. Now, it
aopears, man sees the way to establish a per
manently clean face for himself. No more
earlir rising lor a mututlnal slave nor dal
lying in barber shops awaiting turn. The
method is simple but expensive. It is done
with the electric needle—at a cost of about #3
a hair, a decline from the first rates. The op
eration takes time. Owing to the strain on
the operator's eyes, the removal can be done
only in pat.hes unless a relay of physicians
be provided, ihe operation is painless, as
the ground has been prepa ed by cocaine
With the later improvements in electric
lights and magnifying mirrors the time my
come that a man will eradicate the brambles
of his faee as easily as a farmer mows
down a hedge row. A Roman youth
used to receive his toga virilis the
day of his first shave. The occa
sion was a feta. Cotnelia. Lesbia. Fla
via. and the rest had teen hemstitehln and
feather stitching his toga in secret moments
for weeks before. In the new day the occa
sion will doubtless be the same. Tho girls
hav ng save their pocket money, will have
ready an electric needle, ivory mounted or in
repousse silver, with monogram, when the
youth's first growth Is sufficiently sighted for
removal. Thus far it is easy to predut an
aristocracy of smooth faces. Even at whole
sale rates the effacement of the beard is
bound lor a long time to be bevond the reach
of the multitude. This or itself is certain to
make smooth faces fashionable.
One of the most interesting exhibits in the
museum atGhizeh is tho jewelry of Queen
Abotpoo of the seventeenth dynasty (about
B. C. 15)> taken from her majesty s person
when her mummy case \ros opened by Mari
etue Bey. says the CornhiU Mi azine. Among
the most beautiful obje. ts in this very an
cient collection is a gold cnatn or necklet
with a scarac pendent as Its eitral orna
ment on the other hand of the kings had
their names engraved on sacred bteetles. the
sacred beetles in return gave their names
to mighty kings. The very word for beetle
was so holy that li enters Into the i omposi
tton of many royal titles. Just as elsewhere
great princes des rioed themselves as lions
or vohes. or bulls, o deerhounds, so in
Egypt they described themselves as beetles
of the sun god Strange to say. some of the
latest scarabs bear Christian emblems. Sev
| eral of them are inscribed with the cross and
one in Mr. Lofties s collection, is adorned
with a well marked crucifix. This queer
jumbling up of Christian and hea hen sym
bolism may seem incredible to those who' do
not know Egypt or early Christian
art, tut to students of the first few
centuries of Christendom it is no
isolated example, in the Ghizeh museum
there are many other works of the transi
tional period quite as strangely mixed as
these—i alntings with the ankh or cruxan
na:a the symtol ot immortality, combined
with the vorttut le Christian cross; em
blems of whtch it is hard to tell at first
sight which ure heathen and which Chris
tinn; Madonnas that can hardly le dis
criminated from Isis with the infant Horus;
and the Islses that fade off by Imperceptible
stages into Madonnas and Baabinos. The
fact Is scarabs had been buried with corpses
in Egypt for centuries till they hsd become
as it were, part of tho recognized ceremo
nial of burial; people no more liked to dls
pense with them us marks of respect to tho
dead than our own people would like to dis
pense with plumes and mutes and all the
other wonted accompaniments of Christian
burial. So when the Egyptians felt they
•m et adopt he new ert e 1 in place of the old.
the endeavored to t ht;otiani/.e and convert
the scarab by Inscribing him with a figure of
the crucifixion, just as ihe priests in Brittany
have Christianized and converted ihe old
heaihcu *tandl> g atom s by putting a cross
on top to which Hi" modern worshiper now
nominally ut least, directs hia j ravers,
'i here is more of this subs'itutionevery where
in r.uiupe ihun moat people suspect, a large
part of what passes us modern i hrlstlaniiy u
notiilug u ore ih au very slightly veneered an
tique paganism.
List of Dealers who handle
SILVER
CHURN
BUTTERINE:
Nlchola* Lang.
Est. 6. W. Uranch.
M. Logan.
Cohen Bros.
Mrs. T. D. Wheat.
W. O. Cooper.
Mutual Co-Opera tire Association.
J. J. Joyce.
James McGrath & Cos.
J. If. U. Entelman.
Henry Ganves.
11. F. Kuck.
J. F. Lubs.
M. & X. Max.
A. McCreadmonda
SilverChurnßutterine
Scientificially prepared by
ARMOtJR Packing Cos.,
KANSAS CITY, G. S. A.
■ Hi
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WRAPPERS AND WAISTS.
Great mark-down sale to
close out surplus stocks and
broken lots.
teii M-tfe oni Diesis
UNDERWEAR.
Every garment far exceeds in value the
prioe quoted. Hand-made Night Gowns 88c
*l. 41 45. $1 89. *2 25 and op to *4.
Chemise and Drawers 49c, 59c, 86c, 89c *1
tl ri>. $1 75 and 42 50.
White Petticoats 49c, 73c, Si, tl 25, tl 50, t 2,
t 2 25 and up to $4.
Domestic Underwear,
Comprising Night Gowns, Chrmise, Drawers,
Skirts and Corset Covers, ranging in price
from 25c to tl,
LADIES’ WAISTS.
Made of French Per. ale, Cheviot and
Sateen, at 45c, 60c, 75c, sl, tl 35, jl 50, tl 75, J 2
and up.
Lies’ Sill Pellidis,
t3 75, $4, t-4 50, $5, $6 50, t 7 50, $8 and $9 50.
Extraordinary induce
ments will be offered in our
Dress Goods department in
order td reduce stock prev
ious to the reception of our
spring importations.
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