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THIS ISSUE
CONTAINS
SIXTEEN PACES
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Special Notices—Golden Apple Tobacco.
W F Reid, A Little Sermon on Soap; Le
Panto Cigars; The Cottage Club, Tybee, Mrs
Bannon, Manager; Three Well Located
Houses for Sale, W. K Wilkinson, Real Es
tate Dealer; Steam Cracker and Bread
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tlce. Salomon Cohen; Easter Lily Bulbs. J.
Gardner; Shoes Repaired While You Wait,
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Merchants and Miners Transportation Com
pany; Notice to Superior Court Jurors;
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“The Pearson" Always on Top; Andy Jack
son Heads the Procession: Bathing This Af
ternoon at Hotel Tybee.
It May Be Hot Now—Byck’s.
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phur Springs Hotel, White Springs, Fla.
Your Vacation—Appel ASchaul.
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Good News to Parents and to Every
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The Constitution, Atlanta, Ga.
Taking Our Inventory—Meyer & Walsh,
Steamboat Schedule—Steamer Alpha,
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by C. H. Dorsett.
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This Week—At Gutman's.
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Near Alexandria. Va ; Oglethorpe Seminary,
Savannah, Ga.
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For Sale; Lost: Personal: Miscellaneous.
Henceforth the anarchist in France
will have to do his talking exclusively
through his hat. If he attempts to do it
through a newspaper, or through the
medium of other branches of the press, or
of the rostrum, he will find himself
brought up with a round turn and hustled
off to prison, without the benefit of trial by
jury. And it is the general opinion that
the judges will show anarchists little
mercy. The anti-anarchist bill which, as
our dispatches told, has now passed both
bouses of the French parliament, is one of
the most radical measures that could be
conceived of as the law of a republic Not
only is the publishing of anarchistic ful
minations prohibited, but the newspapers
are forbidden to report the trials of an
archists.
The New York Press says there seems
to be no longer any doubt that the
Louisiana Lottery Company is building
“Atalantis,” the great structure of iron
and cement that is to stand in the ocean
ten miles off the Long Island shore and
defy the elements. The Morning News
has from time to time printed descrip
tions of the unique venture, and has sug
gested that the proposed great central
pavilion would be an ideal place for prize
fights or other proscribed ‘•sports.” If
what the Press suggests is correct, it
seems likely that ''the American Monte
Carlo” may be planted at New York’s
door without the government being able
to prevent it For it is pretty certain
that if the lottery people havo gone into
any such mammoth venture, they have
already secured the very best of legal ad
vice upon the point of international law,
and are satisfied that their s will be an
independent “nation” w ithin itself.
It is to be hoped that every regularly
elected delegate to the state convention
will be in attendance next Thursday. The
principal nominations have virtually been
decided, and the convention's work in
putting the candidates before the people
'Till be in a manner perfunctory. But
the convention will adopt resolutions pur
porting to be the majority sentiment of
the democrats of Georgia, and it is the
duty of the delegates to see that those
resolutions are of the right sort. A
great many of the county meetings
passed resolutions with the right ring in
them, alia if the delegate* turn out as
they should, the state convention will do
the same sort of thing. Furthermore, a
great rally st the convention will do
much toward arousing the enthusiasm
necessary to the securing of that Mimst
majority for the democratic ticket, it
is expected that H|ssaker f'rlsp and other
prominent democrats will he In Atlanta
snd address the delegates alter the ad
mwrniiPMit.
The Constitutional Amendments-
There are three proposed amendments
to the constitution to be voted on at the
state election. One of them provides for
two additional justices of the supreme
court, one for the paying of pensions to
confederate veterans who, on account of
physical infirmities, are unable to earn
j a living, and one for changing the time
for beginning of the sessions of the legis
lature from the first Wednesday in
November to the fourth Wednesday in
July.
There is no doubt that the first of these
, amendments should be adopted. The
t supreme court now has more work
than it can attend to and do it
well. That the number of the su
preme court judges should be in
creased has long been admitted, and the j
legislature hesitated much longer than it
should in submitting the question of in
creasing it to the people. Not only should
the number of judges be increased but
there should be an increase in the judges’
salaries.
Of the justice of the second amendment
there can be no doubt. The only question
to be considered in connection with it is,
whether the number that would be enti
tled to pensions, if the amendment should
be adopted, would be so great as to im
pose a heavier burden upon the people
than they could bear at this time.
The governor ought to be asked to
furnish some data, if it is possible to do
so, as to the number of veterans that,
would likely become pensioners. The peo
ple are willing to do all they can to assist
disabled veterans, but they would like to
know approximately the amount of the
obligation they would assume by adopt
ing the proposed amendment.
The other amendment—the one chang
ing the time of the sessions of the legisla
ture —is intended to accommodate far
mers who may be elected to the legisla
ture. In July and August they have
much more leisure than they haveln the
fall when the crops are being harvested.
It will be adopted in all probability, and
It is to be regretted that it does not also
provide that there shall be only one
session of thirty or forty days every
two .years. There is altogether too much
legislation. A great many local laws are
passed that are never enforced, and oth
ers that deal with subjects that should be
left to county commissioners and city
councils. About twice as much money is
spent on the legislature as there ought to
be. Not only in this but in all the other
states there is room for reform in respect
to the legislature. There is too much
legislation and too much time wasted in
law making—time for which the _taxpay
ers have to pay.
The War Cloud.
China and Japan have exchanged sbot9,
but there has as yet been no' formal dec
laration of war. And it is by no means
certain that there will be a declaration.
If left to themselves there is not much
doubt that the two nations would fight
until one or the other was practically ex
hausted,, because there is a feeling of
great bitterness between them. What
the outcome would be, it is impossible to
predict with any degree of certainty.
China has about ten times the population
of Japan, and the Chinese are courageous
and tenacious. The Japanese, however,
are more advanced in the methods of
modern warfare and they would, it is be
lieved, display the greater intelligence
in conducting a war. The two na
tions are pretty evenly matched,
so far as their navies are con
cerned, but China is immensely
superior in the matter of land forces.
The remarkable quickness with which
Japan has mobilized her forces, however,
has created a feeling in military circles
that her superior skill in military
matters would about offset China’s su
perior force.
But a conflict will be prevented if dip
lomacy can prevent it. European inter
ests in both China and Japan would be
seriously injured by war, and extraordi
nary efforts will be made to avert it.
If war should be declared England and
Russia might be drawn into it. Russia,
it is believed, would take sides with
Japan, because she would like to have one
of the many commodious harbors of
Corea. If Japan were successful Russia
would likely get what she wants. She
would hardly obtain such a concession
from China.
England’s sympathies would probably
be with Japan, but hor interests would
compel her to lend China a helping hand.
England objects to the advances of Russia
and France in the east, and China opposes
their advances. Therefore, if it should
become necessary for England to take
sides, she would become the ally of China.
But if the diplomats are successful, there
will be no occasion for Russia and Eng
land to take sides.
The Ida Wells Crusade.
Gov. Northen is quoted as expressing
the belief that the efforts Ida Wells
has been making in Europe to create a
sentiment against the south on account of
the lynching of black men in the southern
states are inspired by capitalists who are
largely interested in the west, and who
are afraid that immigration will be di
verted from that section to the south. If
immigration to the west should fall off
these capitalists would be heavy losers,
because the lands on which they have
loaned money, and other lands which they
own, would lose much of their market
value. The western boom must be kept
up to enable these capitalists to get their
money back. The movement in
the direction of the south which is assum
ing large proportions alarms them, and
they are assisting Ida Wells to create the
belief in England and on the continent
that the south is not a section of the coun
try that immigrants would find sat-
I isfactory.
There may he a good deal of truth in
this view of Gov. Northen’s. It is quite
| evident that Ida Wells is being supplied
' with money from some source, and it is
natural to suppose that those who are
supplying it have other than a disinter
ested motive in doing so
They may meet with temporary success.
The truth, however, will eventually pre
j vail. There are comparatively few
j iyuchings in the south. *ud those that oc
cur are for one crime s urine for which
I blacks are lynched a* freely in the north
at in the south, 'the Negroes lynched
are of the lowest and most brutal type of
their rare Whip the self rospwting
black* are opposed to ly nching* a* they
ought to be, they ha-* 1 ho sympathy for
the brutal creature* who are th victim*
of lynch law.
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, JULY 29, 1894.
Every Man Has a Chance.
In this country every man has a chance
to improve his material condition. The
man who fails to rise from the ranks of
the wage-earners has only himself to
blame Either he has'not the inclination
or the intellectual capacity to rise. None
of the avenues to wealth or distinction
are closed to him. There is therefore no
legitimate excuse for anarchical doctrines
or for antagonism between those who
have wealth and the power that wealth
gives, and those who earn their daily
bread with the labor of their hands.
And nowhere in ail this broad land would
the doctrines of the anarchists be heard
with patience if it were not for the
presence of that objectionable ciass of
foreigners who have been coming to our
shores by the hundreds of thousands an
nually during the last few years, and who
have brought these doctrines with them.
It is difficult to assimilate them, and still
more difficult to get them to understand
and appreciate our institutions. Their
unexpressed purpose is to advance their
own fortunes by pulling down those who
are more successful. They would de
stroy, if they could, what, others, by gen
erations of labor, have created. The
strange thing is that Americans, wno
know the opportunities that are open to
those who have the capacity and courage
to improve their fortunes should even lis
ten to anarchical teachings or tolerate
acts which are the results of such teach
ings. They know and should appreciate
the blessings of the government under
which they live.
Asa rule the rich men of to-day are the
sons or grandsons of those who carried
the hod or followed the plow a genera
tion or two ago. And sons and grandsons
of the rich men of to-day will be among
the workingmen two generations hence.
Under our wise laws wealth does not re
main in families for centuries. It is di
vided, and more often than otherwise
passes into the hands of strangers.
How many are there in business in Sa
vannah whose fortunes came to them
from ancestors? Is not the number
exceedingly small? There are, however,
many who are called rich, and many more
who have comfortable little fortunes.
Were not nearly all of them mechanics or
clerks or struggling professional men a
quarter of a century ago? Take a look
at their employes, and it will be seen
that many who are now working for
wages or salaries are the sons or grand
sons of those who were the rich men of
their day.
These changes of fortune are going on
all the time in all parts of this coun
try. and they are the safety valves of the
republic. It is the opportunity open to
every one to rise from the ranks and to
win fame and fortune that brings content
ment to honest toilers and makes them
feel they have the best government in
the world.
The economy and self denial of one gen
eration bring ease and comfort to the
next, and not infrequently the third gen
eration drops back into poverty. Ameri
can workingmen, to whom all things are
possible, should remember that this gov
ernment is the hope of the world, and
though occasionally national, state and
local affairs may not be administered as
they would have them there are ever re
curring opportunities to mend matters
through the ballot box. In any other rem
edy there is danger, not to individuals but
to the coming millions who, if this govern
ment should be destroyed, would be with
out the liberty this republic assures to its
citizens.
Parkhurst Vindicated.
The dismissal of Capt. Doherty and his
ward detectives, Hock and Mehan, from
the New York police force is a vindica
tion of Dr. Parkhurst that must be very
gratifying to the doctor and his friends.
It has not been so very long since Dr.
Parkhurst began an Investigation to find
out why crime flourished so openly in
New York city. He very soon discovered
that the criminals were protected by the
police. The evidence was convincing,
but the police commissioners refused to
take notice of it. They denounced
Dr. Parkhurst as a preacher who was
crazy for notoriety. His communications
pointing out officials who were protecting
criminals and law breakers for a money
consideration were thrown into the waste
basket. At one time it looked as if Dr.
Parkhurst would fail, because all of the
higher officials of the city were against
him.
He was not a man to give up. however,
when he was in the right. He went be
fore the legislature and had the Lexow
committee appointed. To that committee
he took his evidence as to the state of
affairs in New York city, and he startled
the whole country. Ho showed that the
police were blackmailing the people of
j New York to the extent of many millions
of dollars annually.
Then the police commissioners were
compelled to act by the force of pubic sen
timent. A refusal to investigate the po
lice captains and patrolmen charged with
levying blackmail, would have been ac
cepted as an admission of the truth of the
charges.
One captain and two detectives have
been tried and dismissed from the force.
There are to be other trials, and, prob
ably, more dismissals. There is ground
for thinking that the police force is mor
ally rotten from commissioners to pa
trolmen.
Dr Parkhurst and the Rcxow commit
tee have only begun the work they have
undertaken. What they have done has
earned for them the thanks of every good
citizen of New York. When they have
finished that city will be freer from cor
runt officials than it has been in mauy
years. Dr. Parkhurst is an example of
what one determined man can do to bring
about reforms in a community.
Chief Arthur of the locomotive engi
neers has another "unstruck strike” to
his credit. He went down to Norfolk
where there was danger of trouble be
t ween the Atlantic and Danville road and
its engineers, and had no trouble in
arriving at an understanding with the
employers under which the employes will
continue at work The secret of Mr
Arthur * success, there can be po doubt,
is his sincerity. He is looking out for the
best interests of hit people, and not for
personal notoriety. He it a reasonable
man and a man of good Judgment, hence
his efforts are always for peace, employ
ment and wages, and against strike*
onn result of his good judgment and *u
-1 i-safui management is that the engineers'
brotherhood is today th most homo
geneous and prosperous laljororganization ■
in Iht, l tiled hlaUa.
PERSONAL.
The combined assets of the Rothschild
family In Europe are not less, it is said, than
t2.G00.00p.M0. The virtual head of the family
is Nathaniel. Lord Rothschild, of London.
Signor Podrelter. a leading Roman crimi
nal lawyer, has accepted the brief in the case
of the French government against Santo
Caserio, the murderer of President Carnot.
Prices Bismark Is visiting his son Herbert,
at Schoenhausen, en route to Varzin, his
summer home. The ex chancellor looks
feeble and is not Inclined to take active ex
ercise or long journeys
It is said that Zola's "Lourdes." a story
which has to do with the so-called miracle
cures in the south of France, has increased
tenfold the circulation of mi Bias.the French
paper in which it Is appearing.
‘ The grave of Robert Browning in West
minster abbey,” says the London Dally
News, "will shortly have placed over it a
beautiful design in Italian aiabaster of the
English rose and the Florentine lily inter
laced
Mme. Carnot, widow of the murdered
French president, is not only given to deeds
of philanthropy, but she Is a model house
wile. There Is no work in her home which
she is not as competent as any of her own
servants to do.
It Is proposed to e-ect at Lebanon. Pa , a
memorial over the grave of John Casper
Stoever, who was one of the first German
Lutheran ministers to be ordained in Amer
ica. He was buried at the old Hill church,
northwestol Lebanon, more than IJOyears
ago.
What Inventor Edison Is trying to do in
New Jersey is as simple as A BC. He pro
poses to crush the mountains into fine pow
der, take up all the iron and sort it out with
magnets, and dump the surplus sand over the
mountain side through a chute. Iron men
say this scheme won't work, but he differs
from them.
The Countess de Montbello. wife of the
French ambassador at St. Petersburg, has
sent to Mme. Carnot as the representative of
French women a book containing portraits in
water colors of twenty-four groups of Russian
women. 6.U00 autograph signatures and a
draft for 11.000 francs to found a scholarship
in a French college for girls. The volume is
sumptuously bound and its corners of gold
are ornamented with rare gems.
BRIGHT BITS.
"Has that young man proposed yet’"
“Not yet. mamma, but he has been inquiring
if your cough was anything serious.’’—ln
dianapolis Journal.
Mrs. Primm (putting Willie to bed)—But
you have forgotten to say. "Give us this day
our daily bread ”
Willie—Yes, mamma; but I don’t want to
eat while I'm sleepln’l—Truth.
He—Do you know anything about these 17-
year locusts?
She (of doubtful age>—Oh. no; when they
were here before I was such a wee mite of a
baby, don't you know —Washington Star.
She had neither beauty nor riches,
But she'd found a better scheme;
She made herself attractive
By never eating ice cream.
- —Christian at Work.
*‘And your daughter;- did she marry well?”
“Oh. yes: her husband s name is known all
over the civilized world."
“One of the great artists or writers, eh?”
"No. one of the John Smiths."—Chicago
Tribune.
At the Revival.—The Deacon (to the cow
boy. who has just dropped in to see what a
revival was like)—Young man. have you made
your peace with your creator!
The Cowboy—l ain’t never had no trouble
with him.—Life.
Judge—You have been found guiltv of as
saulting tine man who took the job you aban
doned. attacking your employer, and burning
his property. What have you to say for your
self ?
Prisoner—Wull. y'r anner, oi’m willing to
ar-rbytrate.-—Puck.
Exasperated Young Mistress (after a wordy
argument with her cooki—Why. Bridget, it’s
perfectly absurd! Either you or I must be
crazy.
Bridget (proudly)—Sure and I wouldn't be
so bold as to thluk ye had no more sinse than
to keep a crazy cook —Truth.
Little Ethel—Johnny took my banana.
Mother- -J ojmiiyj. Whalito you-meaie-—.
Little Johnny—lt wnv ftlP lrT fhß game,
mamma. I said. "Let's plav Broadway,* and
she said, "All wight,” and so she got a tulle
for a banana stand, and then 1 was a police
man and walked past.—Good News.
"Yes, father," said the young graduate
freshly returned from college, -‘I am a trained
athlete now and mean to take part in a num
ber of contests in the east. I'm strong enough
to lift almost anything.”
"Well, then," said the old man, grimly, “I
guess you kin just stay at home and help lift
the mortgage oft the farm."—From Life.
Amateur Poet (loftilyj—Aw: Here is a
little thing I wrote in five minutes last even
ing.
Editor (astonished)—You did.? Why man
allye! Any one who can write that in five
minutes ought to make his living bv his pen.
Poet (much flattered j—Oh,thanks:• .
Editor—Yes. You can get 59 cents a
thousand for addressing envelopes.—Puck.
CURRENT COMMENT.
The Tax on State Banks.
From the VeMosta (Ga.) Times (Dem.i.
One of the senatorial candidates a making
the repeal of them per cent, tax on state
banks his main planlt. and 1 1 lims the credit
of having brought that issue to the front.
Perhaps be did wl.a he could— his duty—and
that is all right but Air. Turner has been ad
vceating the repeal fer ten or twelve years in
Georgia and in Wash n {ion. He was prob
ably tho first man to aavocato it on the stump
in the state.
W hy Not Compromise More P
From the Louisville Courier-Journal (Dem.)
After all why should senators who have
compromised so much to secure votes in the
Senate, object to compromising just a jit tie
more to secure votes in the House, the signa
ture of ihe President and the approval of the
people! It is true the last (loes hot count for
much with the Senate, as a rule, but it has
been so long since the Senate pleased the peo
ple that a few concessions to them would be
humbly appreciated. •
Possible, but Hardly Probable.
From Charleston News and Courier (Dem.)
Half the population of Savannah, it is re
ported, spends the afternoons riding .in the
street mrs since the fare has been reduced to
1 cent on some of the lines, 3 cents on others,
and 5 cents for a ride all round the city. It is
possible that the lines will make more money
while the low rates obtain than thev ever
made hefore in the same length of time Per
haps the cut rate campaign ma.v prove a bles
sing to both the roads and the public in the
end.
Praying Down the Democrats.
From the Baltimore buu (Dem.i.
A holy man at an Jowa republican conven
tion tried the efficacy of prayer against the
Democratic party. The priests of Baal on
Mount Carmel tried lo overcome grand old
Elijah bv piaving against him But Elijah
carried the day. When King Baiak found
that Israel was too manv" for him he sent
for a chaplain to curse them. But that ex
pertinent tailed him a'so. If the Republican
party wishes divine interposition it should
show its repentance by helping to repeal the
McKinley bill.
Embarrassing Situation.
From the Boston Herald dnd.h
The republicans, as well as the democrats,
are experiencing very much embarrassment
on account of the state of things in Washing
ton Hitherto the republicans have been
patting senator hill on the back, on account
of his course with reference to the tariff bill.
Now that Senator Hill champions the cause
of the administration, as aga!nt Senator
<orman. they find themselves compelled to
aDandon Senator Hill and take up the cause
of the Maryland aerator It Is awkward
sometimes to be simply ' agin the govern
ment.”
The Georgia Congressmen.
From the Hatnt ridge itia.) leßioorat vPem t.
'I he people of (le.irgta show w isdom In their
spprecistfon of their present representatives
nev sre indeed worthy of It and s continued
spprecutloD wit] give us In lleorgts * rl< h
cop of greet men ami thus s commanding in
ftuaio rln the iiiunciis of the country Look
in* >o Hie fa> t thsi there are somatic disturb
In* and distent ting influences among us so
many irsuktsnis fooleries sud political m
Isiutrs ran. pant it >a will, greet rsiiafsvtiou
• re. 'urnl lo in i.eorgie the conditions which
will gits her tun erestive influence and iho*
help to furvtsb a oslsioe wheel to Uta |i*rs
U*a of the govt j oiutuu
Mr. Clerkinwell—A Boarding-house
Episode.
"Mr. Clerkinwell—ln." Though it was only
a small white card neatly written and tacked
in the side of the mirror of the hatrack, sacs
a writer in the New York Tribune, it was the
flrM thing that < aught the Nomad's eye the
first day he entered the hall. And when he
went out at the end of twenty minutes, after
negotiating for a Three Pair Back, he noticed
the card again, only this time it bad been re
versed and read. "Mr. Clerkinwell —Out."
When the Nomad came to settle down in
hn new quarters he became deeply interested
in the announcement of the coming and going
Mr. Clerkinwell. Sometimes Mr. Clerkinwell
was Out; sometimes he was In. and his habits
seemed to be irregular, and he would be Out
at unconventional hours and in when he
would not be looked for The Nomad even
became so interested in theClerkinwellmove
ments that he consulted Maggie about him.
' A foine man is Mr. Clerkinwellsaid
Maggie. "He has the front room on the
same flare wid yourself He kapes the card
in the mirror so's to save me the work of
running up and down the stairs If anybody
calls to see him."
Then he has a good many callers, does he'-"
suggested the Nomad
Niver wan," answered the girl decisively.
"None a tall But he might have he says,
and he don t want me to be after killing me
seif gallivanting up and down the three
flights to see if he do be In or out. I wish
they all done as he does "
One evening as tae Normid reached the
head of the last flight he met an elderly man.
tail and straight, with a gray mustache,
which curled up at the ends. There was an
anxious, troubled look on the old gentleman's
face.
Pardon me sir," he began. "I am Mr.
Clerkinwell. I believe I have the honor to be
your neighbor '
'ihe Nomad tried gently to suggest that
the honor was the other way, but Mr.
Clerkinwell waved away the idea as obaox
lous to him
"Did you." he continued, “happen to notice
a small card in the hall mirror with my name
on it?—but. of course, you didn't."
' But I did notioe it."
Indeed"’said Mr. Clenkinwell: ‘ how ob
serving: Perhaps you noticed, too if it said
'Mr. Clerkinwell—Out,’ or Mr. Clerkinwell-
In.’ ”
"It says 'Mr. Clerkinwell—ln.’
"Oh dear—that's right. I'm in. I just
came in. but I couldn't remember if I changed
it or not. I'm glad it’s right, because it will
save me a trip down all those stairs. Good
night, sir.” and Mr. Clerkinwell disappeared
in his room.
After this the Nomad saw more of Mr.
Clerkinwell. and even penetrated his room,
on his invitation, and talked with him of
many things. But Mr. Clerkinwell always
seemed to have a nervous, preoccupied air
which the Nomad traced readily to his appre
hension lest the ca rd in the mirror was wrong.
Usually after coming in it took at least one
trip and sometimes two back to the hall to
satisfy Mr. Clerkinwell that the card was
right.
It was the same way when he went out; he
always came back; from the stoop at least,
and sometimes from the corner. Often when
he came in the Nomad, to save him the trip
backj would go down fop him to make sure
thatMr. Clerkinwell was In, not Out: and
never did the Nomadic eyes fail to consult the
card carefully when their owner passed
through the hall; and sometimes when going
out the Nomadic legs would again ascena the
Three Pair when it was feared that the card
was wrong. Not that any body, Mr. Clerkin
well himself or any one else, ever did find the
card wrong. Mr. Clerkinwell could no more
pass the hatrack without turning the card
than he could walk through the door without
unlocking it; but the thing had taken hold
upon the unfortunate Nomad, even as it had
upon Mr. Clerkinwell.
But though drawn into the net. he still re
tained his reasoning faculties to a certain ex
tent; so one day ne ventured respectfully to
ask if the labor and mental strain of keeping
the card right were not somewhat out of pro
portion to the number of visitors received.
Mr. Clerkinwell thought not.
“Let me see, ‘he mused: "let me see. was
it two or three years ago that Maj. Harrodan
calle,d. I declare, it’s almost four years.
Well, well; how time flies. But. Mess me. it
was only last summer that Mrs. Inkster, wife
or my dear old schoolmate, Dick Inkster of
Philadelphia called on me. What do you
think of being out when a lady calls on you':”
ihe Nomad expressed his abhorrence of
such an untoward and calamitous concatena
tion of events.
".so you see.” added Mr. Clerkinwell. cheer
fully, "they do drop in occasionally, and you
can’t tell when others may come. ' And when
they do come Ma gie can see at a glance if I
am out or in.”
. It happened three-days ago-, as the Nomad
was preparing for bed', that he heard heavy
tramping on the stairs and along the hall,
and low voices and people going in and out.
Then Maggie rapped at his door and said.
"Mr. Cletkinwell has been after being took
sick on the street, and they brought him
home in a ambulance; and he wishes, sir. if
it's not too much trouble, to see you in his
room.”
The Nomad hurried in, Mr. Clerkinwell
was in bed, and the doctor was bending over
him.
T—l’ve had a bad turn.” said Mr. Clerkin
well. feebly. "They wouldn’t stop to let me
change it as they brought me in. Won’t you
please go down and attend to it for me? Re
member. >lr. Clerkinwell—ln.’ "
’t he Nomad did so. When the doctor went
out he said: "He's a very sick man ”
The Nomad saw Mr. Clerkinwell again in
the morning. He opened his eves wearily
and uttered the one word. ’ln." The card
was still right when the Nomad went out a
few minutes later. When he came back at
night it was wrong, as he read plainly in
Maggie's face. So he reached up and righted
it—’Mr. Clerkinwell—Out."
His Goods Undervalued.
Elbridge T. Gerry. New York’s protector of
infants, is having a good deal of trouble with
a tine house that he Is building in that city,
says the New Orleans Picayune. Some time
ago work on the house was delayed by a
strike among the workmen, who refused to
handle the marble wainscot, which he had
imported from ai road, alleging that he ought
to patronize hems industries. Now he is in a
much more serious trouble. It is with the
custom house this time, which has seized a
large invoice of Interior furnishings for the
house on the ground that it was greatly un
dervalued. there were elaborate iron rail
ings. marble mantels, arches and caps for
pilasters, a great deal of ornamental glass,
splendid brass candelabra, door locks and
knobs, and many other things. These things
were reported to the custom house as worth
53.000, whereas it is said that $lO 000 would
not cover their value. Of course, it was the
builders, and not Mr. Gerry, who made the
false report, but all the same, the goods will
be seized, and will have to be bought from the
custom house after they have lain there a
year, or their duplicates will have to be pro
cured. which will take about as long.
Ke Did His Best.
An old Jersey City resident, says the New
York Sun, threw down "Dodo.” "I don't
think so much of it. I've known Sarah Znb
nske." Now. nothing pleases a Jersey City
person more than to tell of the days when Jer
sey City was not a collection of car sheds and
ferry slips, but had a line society of its own.
"Sarah,” he continued, was the daughter of
the chancellor. One time the Danish minis
ter. lie Billet, was visiting the chancellor
and Sarah took him lo a party. When it was
time to leave the diplomat asked Sarah what
the formalities of this country required of
him. Sarah was a witch. You must say.
’By golly, I've had a bully time.” ’ So, with
Sarah on his arm. the minister made a pro
found bow and with his Lest accents said
•Madame, by golly. I’ve had a bully time.’
The woman was astounded, indignant. The
man realized he had done something wrong.
When he found out how Sarah had treated
him lie was furious But he afterward mar
ried her. Dodo couldn t have given Sarah
points, and that was in the 00
Foreordination.
Years agn, says trie Summerville News, an
old hardshell preacher, who dived on the bor
der In the days when the Indians were at war
with the whites, was making prearatlons one
morning to go to church, miles away, through
a country Infested with savages. He was care
lully loading his old Hint-lock rife to lake
amng. when a friend present remarked
What are you going to take that gun along
for old man* Don't yog know that If It Is
foreordained for the Indians to kill you. the
gun won't rave you;"
l'liai s very true." said the old man. de
lllerately rammlnr the nail home but sup
pose Ibai it t foreordained that the Indian
shall! skilled Now, how would the good
Lord i; r-y out his purpose if 1 didn i have
my gun ai< ng'" That closed itir debate
• ietin. Janos Long street, John If, Gordon
Wade Hampton and Joseph Wheeler are the
only aurvlvora oI the nineteen llentenuni gen
erate of the confederate army
Miss Alice Moore of l Iceland le one of the
few Women who have made a century record
on the bicycle a century run mean* ut ride
h>j mile* la • day
ITEMS OF INTEBEST.
About the best and most appropriately
dressed man in town is a Chinese laundry
man in Fourth avenue, says the New York
Sun His sole outer garment is a loose, long
piece pf gauze, lilac purple in color, extend
ing from his shoulders almost to his heels. It
is Pound at the waist by a wide sash of neu
tral tint, harmonizing with the garment
it girdles. As seen from the street
the tall, delicately colored iigure. with its
graceful draperv. reminds one of the figures
drawn by the test of the French decorative
painters.
Chocolate brewing, says the New York
Sun. Is a line art of the east side, especially
of the German quarter, and one gets there a
better cup of chocolate for 5 cents than one is
likely to get elsewhere in town for 10 or lb
cents It surpasses the chocolate of the
French quarter, having more strength and
body. It is the German habit, however, to
make chocolate over sweet. Even alter the
cup has been sweetened quite beyond the
taste of the ordinary palate two or three
lumps of sugar are placed in the saucer as a
concession to persons of unusually sweet
tooth.
Says an American business man who has
been living in Mexico. “What Mexico most
needs is education. The ignorance of the
peons is astonishing. If the great churches
of America which are yearly sending mil
lions of dollars to China and Africa to educate
the heathens there, would devote a fair pro
portion of that money to Mexico, far more
good would be accomplished. The money
would be spent and results more apparent.
The few missionaries in that country are do
ing good, but their number is not sufficient.
Then, less theology and more liberal educa
tion should be taught, and sectarianism
should not interfere with the work. Strange
as it may seem, the English tongue has dis
placed the French as a roreign tongue, and is
rapidly being learned by the younger na
tives.”
It is not unusual to find sailors who are un
able to swim. An officer of a ship lying at a
South street wharf. New York, said that
many of these are men who ware brought up
in the country. They had a liking for the sea
and were attracted to it by stories they had
read: or walking a.ong the water front on a
visit to the city they were struck by the sight
of some fine ship and wanted to go to sea.
Many ef them could not swim. Of course the
young sailor who has shipped in this way
knows he ought to learn to swim, ar.d he et
pects to learn: but he keeps putting it oil
from day today andf:om year to year until
he gets to be an old man. and then he pays no
more attention to it. In fact, he has been
three or four voyages in safety and without
mishap he may think no more about it, and
he may become a thcrcu ;h deep water sailor,
a veritable old salt, and je: be unaoie to
swim.
A correspondent of the Boston Transcript
draws a gloomy picture of the farmers in the
hill country of New Hampshire. There is no
large area of land anywhere under cultiva
tion, and only small herds of cattle. The
scattered houses are surrounded by a garden
patch, a few acres of corn, a pasture, with
dense woods encircling all. “There is no
real farming." he says. "Each man has his
own mouth and a smaller or larger clrcie of
dependent mouths to ail. and be goes at-it in
the way that lies nearest to his hand: in the
way that his father went at it lefore him. and
his grandfather and his father. The commer
cial idea of accounting for outgoes and in
comings is no part of their rnnntal malte-up:
they live from field to mouth, and their hori
zon is bounded by the store which takes their
butter and eggs in trade, and the town house
where they exercise the rights and functions
of American citizens."
"In a Broadway car the other day," said
Mr. Bozzle to the New York Sun, "1 saw
something that always interests me. a father
and son on friendly and affectionate terms.
He was rather a big man, the father, and
rather a powerful man. too. physically and
mentally: a man of some account. The son
was even taller than his father, though he
couldn't have been more than IP: he was a
fine hoy, with the spareness of youth, of high
intelligence, and with the alertness of that
happy period of life. He and his father were
great friends, and the father was proud of
him. When the conductor came along the
father paid for both. ’For the bov.’ he said,
very quietly, to the conductor, at the same
time indicating that 6 foot youngster by a
slight movement of the band. It was neces
sary that he should explain why he had paid
two fares and who the o.her fare was ior, but
it was almost touching, nevertheless, the
father's evident feeling of pride and affection,
for the motion seemed also to convey, in spite
of him. This is the sort of boys that we raise
down our way.’ ”
"Just after I had finished college." said
Arthur L. Romaine of New York to the St.
Louis Globe-Democrat. "X made a tour of the
old world. During a visit to Palermo 1 was
tempted to go in;o the Capuchin convent,
which is near there, and the unbounded
curiosity which is common to most young
people induced rue to follow my guide into
the catacombs, in which the bodies of people
who had died ages before are buried. I saw
a great many bodies of both sexes in an ex
cedent state of preservation. There were
lots of ghostly friars dressed in the habit of
their orders, ana either laid awav on shelves
or fastened against the walls in an upright
position. Death Is rarely ludicrous, but
there these old fellows are grinning at you
like Chessy cats, and I defy any man with
the smallest vein of humor to exmalne these
mummies without laughing either inwardly
or outwardly. The price of places varies
with the position, though women for soms
reason or other, are charged twice as much
as men. The women are exposed to view in
glass lidded coffins, and appear to have
been decked out in all their finery. Some of
these bodies have been there for centuries,
but to look at them one could easily imagine
they had died only the day before."
• Yes, sir. There is such a thing as an epi
demic of diamond thefts.” is the way a
diamond detective s’ated it to the Chicago
Record. You know there are such things as
diamond detectives; men who are experts in
the capture of diamond robbers. • 1 never
knew." the diamond detective went on. "one
diamond robbery to occur in this city, or any
other, that it wasn't followed by two or more
on the same day. or within a few days. I sup
pose you have heard that a man who manes
the stealing of diamonds his business will
rarely steal anything else. That is why you
sometimes hear of burglars entering a house
and leaving everything untouched. They en
tered the house to get diamonds, and. failing
they wanted nothing else, 'lhe average dia'-
mond thief is a pretty sleek young man. Ho
generally knows where he can disoose of dia
monds before he gets them. The trick played
on Veacock Monday is an old one. but not a
very clever one. It is my opinion that the
young man had pais, and that lh;y knew the
regular delivery man at Peacock s was absent.
It is a trick of diamond thieves to interest
someone in apparent good standing to help
them out in their work. No doubt, in this
case, the young man has been cultivated by
the thieves for some time for just such a
game, home years ago 1 knew a young man
in this city whose people belonged to the up
per crust and he was as suave as a dancing
master. But beneath the surface he was
crooked, and all his associates were young
men who would not be permitted to enter h.s
own home. He was offered regular pay by a
nest of thieves to act as their go-between and
was in their employ when he was run to cover.
Through bis people he gave the gang away
and they were all captured and are now doing
time, ’t he young go between was let off aud
afterward reformed.'’
Cleopatra was a widow. She was the cause
of not a little discord in the families of both
Ciesar and Antony. The former tdok her to
Rome with him. but the people sympathized
so strongly with the dictator's wife that he
was obliged to send the Egyptian queen back
to her own country. Antony gladly ruined
h.mself for her sane Cleopatra was a blonde
with a complexion like ivory, yellow hair and
blue eyes. Zenobia, the queen heroine of
i almyra, became a widow after the fall of
that city before the Roman arms she was
taken in triumph to Rome, and after being
released married a Roman senator and be
came an exemplary housewife. Artemisia
Queen of ( aria. Immortalized herself hv the
honors she paid to her dead husband Man
soleus. She erected for him the most splen
did tomb in the world, hence the word mauto
leum. Queen Victoria is the most powerful
widow on the globe. She rules IMT.vost
l^d are ■ i -?-S*ssr of “T ** r,h h l ' rrltr "'y
tsi wf.** 5 ' 857 of it population.
b n r,ll !Jf a widow December
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the great revolt which nearly ended the Ho
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